The Monroe journal., 1919-10-28
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

| Mt. prospect pubic scnOOl Will
open next Monday. October 3rd. Ali
patrons and pupils are urged to be
present.
Rev. K. NJ. Haigler will preach at
Macedonia church Sunday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock. The public is cordially
invited.
There will be a Halloween party
at Jerome school house Friday night.
An admission fee of Is cents will be
charged and the proceeds will 90 10
the school.
The meeting of tie local L. d.
C. chapter which was called for
Thursday has been postponed until
next week. Definite notice of the time
and place of meeting will be given
later.
Mr.. Luther Williams is back on
his job at Lee Griffns after a vaca-
ton of about seven weeks which he
did not enjoy, having been confined to
his bed during the time with rheuma-
tism
Wilton Crawford, coored. was
nilfh go anu NOSlS Wy JuuSt w. W.
Lemmond yesterday morning for
slashing the throat of one Robt. Rob-
inson. some days ago. near Esq Hen
ny McWhirter's home in Jackson
township. Robinson was severely cut.
but the court believed the defendant
was exceedingly provoked and let
him off with a light fine
Columbus Starnes. colored. for
shooting at his wife, and hitting his
mother-in-law. must serve twelve
months on the county roads. And. if
he is not out of this section within
two days after the completion of this
sentence. he must serve another six
months for carrying a concealed
weapon. The shooting occurred near
Wellington on Sunday, Oct 49,.
Starnes became enraged at his wife,
and fired, but missed The bullet hit
his motherin-law. who was standing
nearby. His hearing was before Re-
corder Lemmond yesterday morning
Mr.. o. ID. Hawn is coming back
to Monroe from Catawba county, and
will in short time begin the opera
ton of a small ice cream factory in
the old creamery building, which is
located on Tallyrand avenue. He was
in Monroe yesterday making final ar
engagements to start his plant in OPP
Grafton. and this community will
probably soon see the start of a bust
ness that may in the future amount
TO large proportions The manufact-
nj of 90 On lie it,npnnS N
day in importance, and Mr.. Hawn,
along with his associates. believes
that Monroe affords one of the best
locations for plant of this kind in
the state. In addition to his ice cream
business, Mr.. Hawn may revive his
old creamery trade.
Back in the spring. when Ocso-
Der cotton futures were quoted
around 20 cents. Mr.. J. s. Wannama-
ker. president of the American cotton
association is said TO have wired a
number OF large Southern planters to
buy October futures and not TO plant
an acre of cotton. His friends took
his advice. and under the stimulus of
this heavy buying. October futures
began to reach higher and higher lev
els. Very shortly Mr.. Wannamaker
and his farmer friends found they
had realized profit of SIS per bale.
They had planned TO hold their con-
tracts for months. but a change in
their form. ordered by the Federal
government, forced them to sell out
AT this figure. II is said that by now,
if they had been permitted to keep
their contracts, they would have
broken the New York exchange mar
ket. If this story is true, and the
writer has no reason to doubt its au-
thenticity, il shows that Mr.. Wanna
maker knows the game, and is in a
position to lead the movement to take
control of cotton out of the hands of
gamblers.