The Monroe journal., 1918-07-02

! Mr.. l.. X. Helms is dangerously
i'll at his home on Lancaster avenue.
DIR. Quincy will preach at Cedar
Grove SHOOT house next Sunday after
noon at 8 o'clock
NJ. C. Presson, colored. who lives
on Mr.. W. L. Earnhardts place near
town, brought The Journal a cotton
bloom this morning which he gather
ed from his field few hours earlier.
-Messrs. w. B. Love and 7. j.
W. Broom will address the public at
the simpson school house (Belmont) [.
Goose Greek township, Saturday
night at o'clock. The public is in
vited and every farmer in the dis
trict is especially urged to be present,
Mr.. Murray Clark, clerk to the
exemption board, stated to The Jour
nal this morning that the board would
begin this afternoon to mail notices
to the men who have been relassiiied
and placed in class one, ordering
them to appear Friday for physical
examination.
In one of the rooms in the court
house Sheriff ]. " Griffith has stored
away eight copper stills, which have
been captured by the officers in the
last few months. They will be cut
up and sold for Junk. Copper is
bringing about a dollar a pound, and
as the averaget still weighs about
twenty pounds, the county will rea-
lie about $3.50 from the sale.
AT meeting of the War Saw
ings Stamp committee and the town
ship chairmen in the court house yes
terday morning. with Mr.. II. A. Nor
row presiding, it was shown that
Union county had raised 80 per cent
of its allotment. This ounty was as.
signed S132,000 and has pledged
S64S,599. The drive will be con-
tinued until July 6 in order to raise
the balance of the allotment. All of
the townships except New Salem.
Monroe, and Lanes Creek township
lacked few thousand dollars of
pledgng their allotments. Monroe
pledged her entire amount, while
New Salem over-subscribed her al
lotment by $1,000. Lanes Creek had
a comfortable margin to spare.
-" McAdoo." a pet rooster, may
be auctoned off for the benefit OF
the Red Cross in the near future by
Mrs. B. II. Griffin, home demonstra-
tor for Union county. III she does.
"McAdoo" will bring more than has
ever been paid for a chicken in this
section. She plans to have the bid
started off at 81. II the next bid
Is S1.25. the bidder must pay the auc-
tloneer 25 cents; ii the next is 50,
the difference between 1.25 and that
must be paid to the benefit fund. The
auction will proceed in this way; each
bidder paying the difference in his
bid and the last one, By this scheme
"McAdoo" may bring $50 or more. |
The auction would be quite amusing.
and would raise neat sum for the
cause.
Highly imaginative stories about |
the war are circulated in this county |
through some channels. During the
War Savings Stamp campaign il was
generally believed in some sections
tudN tht SONtihmNht w
force every man to buy $40 worth
of Stamps for each member OF his
family. Many tenants. with eight or
ten children. were badly frightened,
and more than one made an special
trip to Monroe to ascertain the truth |
of the statement. Their fears were
soon eased by Monroe people.
But the most unrealistic story float
ing in the rural sections is told some
what like the following: THAT Mrs.
V. ID. Skies had friend. who had
been captured by the Germans, and |
who had sent her a watch made OF
the most delicate materials; and that
this watch on being broken. revealed
a terrible tragedy. The jeweler. who
repaired it. so the story goes. found
in the works thin piece of paper
on which was written a note stating
that his ears (the friend. a captive
In Germany had been cut OFF; like
wise his nose. and that he was re-
ceiving brutal treatment from the
Huns. II ended up by stating that he
never hoped to see her MRS. Sikes)
again. When the story reached Mrs.
Skies she was very much amused, 4