The Monroe journal., 1919-06-24
Local and Personal.

and Machine Co.
Houston Camp ". o. w. will
meet Saturday night. June 2sta, AT
$3.50 o'clock. 4 full attendance Is de-
sired.
MIR. J. ". Wherry OF Raeford
has purchased a farm near Bakers
from the Monroe Insurance & Invest
ment Company and will move his
family TO it in the near future.
Mir W W. Pusser has received
n telegram from his SOL .r. Claude
A. Pusser, stating that ne had land
ed in New York from overseas and
was at Camp Mills. He expects TO re-
ceiye his discharge in short time.
Mrs. Sarah Plyler. wife of Mr..
Bud Plyler of Chesterfield county,
died suddenly about nine O'Clock Sun
day night She was about 55 years
old and a faithful member of Wolf
Pond Baptist church. where the re-
mains were buried Monday. Besides
her husband, she is survived by sew
eral children.
Friends here of 1t. Francis Ball
will be interested TO learn that he has
been awarded the Mons Star" the
highest of British military honors.
The decoration bears witness TO the
fact that the wearer was among the
first l17,000 men of the British army
which stopped the triumphant rush OF
the Hun i'll 1914.
Elder T. n. Stanly of Albemarle
will preach at the Primitive Baptls'
church in North Monroe Sunday at
IL o'clock. He will be assisted by
Elder Henry Taylor in the funeral
service for Mr.. Lonnie Williams. who
died several months ago of influenza.
Song service will begin at 3 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend
-Messrs. Braxton Worley and
Rupert Funderburk sustained minor
cuts and bruises while Mr.. Will Link
er of Concord was injured when their
cars collided in a dense cloud of dust
near Rock Rest Sunday afternoon
The dust prevented the drivers of the
cars from seeing each other in time
to prevent the accident. The cars
were damaged considerably.
The following officers of the Ma
sonic lodge for the ensuing year will
be installed at special meeting
tonight: +. :. Wood, w. NJ j
W. Hamilton. $. W. Lee Griffin, }
W. G. NJ Beasley, Secretary, 7. l.
Crowell, Treasurer. Craven Gordon
s. d.. Cyrus Smith, j. d.. Z. b
Bivens. 5. S. J, W. Griffin, j, s., W
c. Wolfe. Tyler.
DR. Watt Ashcraft will attenc
the convention of the veterinarians o
the state at Wriehtsville Thursda!
and Friday. He will make stront
effort to bring the next convention o
this association to Monroe, extending
an invitation on behalf of the Cham
her of Commerce. Dr. Ashcraft is
member of the board of examiners o
the association.
The advertisement of the Nortl
Carolina State College of Agriculture
and Engineering appears in this is
sue of The Journal. Young men whit
contemplate fitting themselves for ef
heieney and success in Agriculture
or in Civil. Electrical, Mechanical
Chemical, or Textile Engineering
should investigate the advantage
which are offered at this well know
technical college Full informatio
may be had by writing Registrar +
Il. owen at West Raleigh.
MIR. Michael Mccoy, aged 8
years and a Confederate veteran
died Saturday at the home of his son
in-law. Mr.. Joseph Richardson 4
Buford township. The deceased serv
ed as a soldier in the Confederat
army and never flinched in the dis
charge of his duty. He was mem
ber of the Methodist church and
good man. Surviving are one so
and two daughters. Rev. Seymou
TAYLOR conducted funeral services a
the Lee McLarty cemetery Sunda
afternoon.
In Recorders Court Saturda.
viii Barber, the young white ma
who on Wednesday stole an automo
bile belonging to Mr. p. NJ. Plyle
while il was parked on south Hayn
street. was bound over to Superio
court. Bond was fixed at $3.50, bu
falling to raise the amount he was rt
handed to Jail. Arthur Kelly, the nt
gro who several days ago shot an
wounded Walter Richardson, coloret
four times was called to account fo
his sins. He was sentenced to pa
$25 and the costs and to leave his al
tillery in the custody of the officers
All mail carriers serving route
from Monroe and all clerks at n
postoffice here will receive an II
crease in salary July 1st, under la
passed some time ago.
-Figuratively speaking. Miss Al
ma Blair cast bomb shell into IN
midst of the suffrage meeting at III
court house Saturday night. Mi!
Nary Elizabeth Pidgeon, employe
by the National Woman Suffrage A
sociation, was the speaker OF Il
evening, and following her discour:
omen discussion was invited. Son
one at this point, after saying fe
words favorable to woman suffrag
declared that there was one woma
present who had done more than ar
other person in shaping the life
the youth of Monroe by the layir
of the foundation for their prop'
education and that she should be a
lowed 10 vote. Miss Blair was
once called upon for speec
Arising she declared that she was n,