The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1919-10-28
Local and Personal.

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-Mr. Preston Blakeney has four
acres planted in cotton that will yield
him six bales.
Mr. T. j. W. Broom will speak
on the Cotton Association at Trinity
Thursday night at $50. The public
is invited.
Nh Henry Myers. who lives
about two miles from Monroe on the
Morgan Mill road. is one of the few
farmers in Union county who can
boast OF having flock of sheep.
The L. D. c. Chapter will meet
with Ms. j. E. AshcrafI Thursday al
iernoon al $3.50. Election of officers.
and important meeting. Every mem
Der requested 10 attend.
A woman was taken from this
county TO the insane asylum a short
time ago, il is said, had never been
farther than ten miles away from her
home. She had never even been TO
Monroe, though she lived only fifteen
miles from here.
Up to October 18th. 1919, 49,
162 bales were ginned in this county
compared with 9,4S6 bales TO the,
same date last year. So, according
10 County Statistician j. G. Rogers.
.4,276 more bales have been ginned
the present year.
Mr.. Charles L. Helms, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Helms, of Goose
Greek township, and Miss Marie Pearl
Mullis. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Mullis of New Salem town
ship, were married recently at the
home of Esq. Zeb. VI. Little, in
Marshville township.
Dogs have played havoc with
Esq. Jerry C. Laney's turkey flock
this year. Usually the gentleman
from Buford sells from forty to sixty
turkeys in the fall of the year, but
the dogs have put him out of bust
ness along this line for months to
come.
Thursday, Oct. 80, has been set
for assisting Messrs. Oscar and Cecil
Williams in gathering their crops, and
all who expect TO help them are re-
quested to bring baskets and sacks
| for picking cotton. Mr.. Oscar Will
liams has had sickness and death in
! his family and Mr. Cecil Williams had
the misfortune to get his hand shot
off. aud neither has been able to
gather mis- crop.
Mr.. w. A. Hemby, a member or
the board of county commissioners,
has believed all along that cotton
would 90 TO forty cents pound, and
he has backed his judgment by keep
j ing nearly three hundred bales off the
market for months His holdings, at
the present price, are estimated 10 be
!, worth over $4,000. Had he sold his
cotton several weeks ago, when ii was
Il bringing only 80 cents a pound, ne
would have done so at loss of S15.-
600 compared with what he can get
at prevailing prices
On account of the small atten-
dance at the meeting Saturday, the
organization of the American Legion
has been deferred until Saturday
November Sth. at two o'clock. in the
) Chamber of Commerce rooms. Every
soldier in Union County who possibly
can do so is urged to be present at
this meeting. Short talks were made
Saturday by Major Hugh Hinde, Dr..
H. d. Stewart, Mr.. Gillian Craig, and
Mr.. Joe Hudson. Mr. John Beasley
was elected temporary post-comman-
der and Mr.. Hudson temporary post
adjutant.
The small farmer is the one who
; is benefited most by high cotton prl-
ces. according to Mr.. w E. Funder-
. burk. To illustrate his viewpoint, he
; relates the following: The first Of
the wear one of the LATEST darkel
. farmers in the county came to me foi
! work. | knew his reputation, bu
needing help badly, decided to EN-
. ploy him. For a couple of months ne
STAYED with me. doing better worf
than | expected When planting time
. came | found that had no more use
for him on my place; but, feeling sor
!. nv for him, | offered to rent him
. small patch of land. He agreed t
!; nv terms, and began to work. Dur
!. ing the season he went in debt to M
: for $50 for rations and fertilizer
!! The other day he sold three bales o
: cotton, and the proceeds were larg
/ enough to pay his bills for the year
!. and give me half of the cotton for m!
!. share. He has seven more bales u
sell, and by the end of the year n
will have cleared from 500 to $1,000
: Until this year don't believe he eve
!: cleared over $50 off his crop"
Nearly two hundred operatives
!; II is said, failed to show up for worl
!! AT the Icemorlee cotton mill Monday
!: and for a while ii was thought tn
{ mill would have to. shut down, 0
|: operate with a greatly reduced force
!: Sheriff John Griffith, however, wen
|; TO the village in the afternoon, am
!. persuaded the men TO meet with MI
: Chapman, head of the mill, Mr.. 30
|: Iceman. the superintendent, and MI
!: Roland. the secretary, for a confer
I ence. The differences were settled
Z and the men readily agreed TO 9
! back 10 work The cause of IN
{ strike. The Journal is informed, wa
Z due TO the discharge of union man
:: Sheriff Griffith found the men assem-
j bled at a small store near the mn
!! and after reminding them of how MI
: Iceman looked after them while ~
i fluenza ragged last fall, securing fou
|. nurses TO attend them while othe
i towns were unable TO get medical aid
! the men agreed TO talk over thel
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