The Monroe journal., 1919-05-20
Fresh Lot roSe Flour Get yours while we have Vann Funderhrk
Plants


on Sunday. the 25th. at IL a. m. Mr..
c. NJ. Moser of Mineral Springs will
be present and conduct a song SER
vice on the occasion. beginning at 10
o'clock. The public is invited.
A number of the women of the
city witnessed with delight the dem
onstrations of the Westinghouse elec-
tric range at the Strand theatre Fri
day afternoon and several of them at
once placed their order for one OF
them with the dealer. Mr.. VI. c. How
lie.
MIR. F. II. Wolfe was yesterday
exhibiting TO his friends book of
formulas written by his grandfather.
the late DR.. James F. Lee. who lived
near what is now Mineral Springs. in
1922. The writing is i'm a singularly
perfect hand and the old style letter
S is used frequently. Mr.. Wolfe dis
covered the book while looking over
some old papers.
MIR. f. B. Huneycutt of Cabarrus
county and Mrs. Bessie Broadway OF
Goose Greek township were married
in the office of the Register of Deeds
Saturday afternoon by Esq. Henry
McWhorter. These are people of ey
cellent character and news of their
marriage will be received with inter-
est.
The Bearskin cotton mill is now
running on full time with full COM
plement of expert mill workers. The
streets in the village built for the EN-
ployees of the mill are electrically
Lighted and present a beautiful sight
TO passengers on trains coming into
Monroe. IL has been a source of
lmuch comment recently and the man.
lagement of the Bearskin has come in
for much praise.
An active canvass is being made
among the members of Central Meth
odist church this week to secure sub
lscriptions TO cover the quota of $751;
230 assigned the church in the Cente-
nary Movement. The service at the
church Sunday morning was in the
nature of preparation for this move
ment. The committees will report the
results of the canvass at the Wednes-
day evening service. This service will
begin at eight o'clock instead of eight
thirty. in order that those who attend
may also take in the Chautauqua.
Lieutenant Andrew Monroe. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Monroe. arriv-
ed home Saturday to spend a twelve
day furlough before reporting at
Camp Jackson where he will receive
an honorable discharge. 1t Monroe
was one of the youngest men who
entered the officers training camp in
May 1917. He received his commits
sion and sailed for France in August
of the same year He was member
of the staff of one of the regiments
attached to the famous Forty-Second
Division. In one of the battles he
was gassed and spent some time in a
hospital.
Every detail looking to the hold
ing of the greatest road meet ever
staged in North Carolina here OH
Thursday. May 80. is now being look
ed after Secretary Riddle of the
Chamber of Commerce has mailed
formal invitations to the meeting TO
the forty-fve delegates from the va
rious townships who are expected to
represent Union at the meeting and
TO the members of the Road Electo-
rate. The following compose the cleo
torate Messrs. f. g. Henderson, w.
c. Heath. G. W. Smith, Sr., T. l..
Price. W. f. Lemmond. Sam Redwine,
Edwin Niyen, T. c. Eubanks, H. +.
Parker and J. T. Green. An invita-
tion to attend the meeting will also
be mailed to the editor of every news
paper between Wilmington and Ashe-
vile.
Six cases were disposed of in the
Recorders court Saturday morning.
Clarence Baker, charged with steal
ing a sum of money form +. T. Brew
er at Mrs. Sudie Howie's boarding
house Thursday morning, waived a
preliminary examination and was
bound over to Superior court. Leon
ard Perry, colored, drew sixty days
on the. roads for carrying concealed
wealon and thirty days for being
drunk. Robert Perry. a brother to
the aforesaid Leonard, drew thirty
days for being drunk. In the case of
James Watts continued from a pre-
vious session of court he was fined
SO and the costs for biting and beat
ing his wife. Calve Baker, colored,
of Lanes Greek township was sentenc-
ed TO pay s25 and the costs for an as
sault with a deadly weapon. few
Sundays ago Calve went to church.
which was in itself commendable, but
while at the church he fell from grace
and played the leading role in gen.
eral mix up. In the melee he infict-
ed knife wound upon the anatomy
of colored sister for which Judge
Lemmond on Saturday inflicted him
with S25 and the costs.