The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1919-12-05
LATEST HAPPENINGS
News Events of the Day in
the State and Nation.

Greensboro has completed a vic.
torious drive for sI25. geo with which
TO build Y. W. c. A.
Several High Point grocers have
been penalized for using liquid meas.
ure in handling commodities for sale
when they should have used dry.
The Woman's Club of Wilson. y.
C., has made arrangements TO have
ex-President William Howard Taft
make an address in that city on
March Goth.
In keeping with the campaign for
the conservation of coal. the S. A. L.
Railway has taken off the dining cars
OF three of its passenger trains, sub
stituting therefor stops at Norlina for
twenty minutes.
The sugar situation was discussed
in Washington Tuesday BY refiners,
producers and officials of the Depart
ment of Justice. Cuban sugar was
looked upon as the only source of
relief
Coal restrictions in the North are
being clamped still tighter The sit
uation caused by the strike and be-
low zero weather. in ten States, COM
bined to urge officials TO action. Many
schools have been forced to close.
Francisco Villa has been captured
by a band OF his own men and is
being held for reward from the
Mexican government. One state OF
Mexico has already offered fifty thou.
sands pesos Tor he bandit.
In a resolution introduced yester.
day in the senate President Wilson
was asked TO sever diplomatic rela.
tions with MeNico. Mexicans persis-
tently refuse to release Jenkins and
Congress is aroused to war fever by
their conduct
Secretary Glass stated in his an.
nual report. sent to Congress yester-
day, that no appreciate reduction in
taxes for the next fiscal year can be
thought Of He urged Congress to
deny every appropriation for ex-
penditure in new fields"
Officials of the North Carolina Mer-
chants association are advising strict
compliance with the Fuel Admins
tration's regulations, saying 'concer-
ted action and uniform compliance
by all merchants will eliminate dis
elimination and unfair advantage"
Baptsts in the State are joyous
over the fact that they have gone
beyond their six million dollar allot-
ment in the drive on this week. Hun.
dreds of churches are yet to report
and more than five million dollars
has already been reported
Representative of the National
Democratic executive committee say
that il Republicans win in this dis
trct the fact will be advertised
throughout the United States as
reputation of the Democratic party
by the South
Henry Clay Prick. pioneer ironmas-
ter and one of the foremost art col
lectors in the United States died sud.
denly Tuesday in his seventeen year.
He rose from farm hand to become
the possessor OF a two hundred mill
lion fortune
Damage estimated al three hun
drei thousand dollars was done 10
the plant OF the Union Seed and Fer
tilizer company in Henderson We'd
nesday morning Flames started IN
a house whore two thousand and five
hundred tons of cotton seed were
stored and damage to this constituted
a large part OF the loss.
Nevomber was month OF almost
no rain for this section, according 20
a weather report During the month
there We're only four rainy days, as
compared To normal of seventeen:
NAL OF nine; the average tempera-
ture ST.. as compared TO normal
of 49.3 The coolest November on
record was in 1901 with a mean OF
42.6.