The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1919-10-31
Local and Personal.

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Esq. Z. II Hargett.
The Wesleyan and Weaver class
! es OF Central Methodist church will
meet with Mrs c. B. Laney Thursday
evening az O'Clock.
The Sunbeams Of the Methodist
church will have a Halloween party
al $50 tonight in the Chamber of
Commerce. \ silver Offering will be
taken at the door.
Mr. Robt. Carnes has on exhibit
ton at H. G. Nash & Co.'S store two
perfectly developed pully bones that
were taken from one chicken by Mrs.
H. T. Pate Sunday.
Mr.. T. j. W. Broom and Miss
Blanche Carter, who comprise the
county demonstration force acted as
judges at fairs held al Polkton and
Lilesville Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr.. Ray Funderburk. superinten-
dent of county schools. says the school
committeeman are negligent about
sending in their school census. which
the compulsory school law requires Of
them. He asks that the committee
men attend 10 this matter az once.
The hearing of Chief Orr and so
members of the Charlotte police force.
charged with murder during the riot
at the car barns in August, was begun
yesterday. Messrs. Stack 4 Parker
are assisting in the prosecution. The
trial bids fair to continue week or
ten days longer.
-''Prude." one of the best-known
.. mules in Union County. died Wednes-
day morning at the farm of Mr.. Vann
Skies, mile and half east of Mon
roe. For thirty years "Prude" has
! been used by the Skies company TO
! break young mules for the farm, and
there are few farmers in this section
, who were not acquainted with her.
] Sanders Lindsay. charged with
killing a colored preacher named
Hicks who was pastor Of a church in
Monroe, on trial last week in Wades-
boro. was convicted of manslaughter
and given three years on the roads.
] II is thought he will appeal, The An
sonian says that Lindsay is respect
able negro and proved good charac-
ter ~ SfNtldl Nllllt iltis
Union County soldiers are urged
to attend the next meeting of the
American Legion, TO be held in the
/. court house Saturday November Sth,
ut Two o'clock. Permanent Officers
/. are 10 be elected. and plans made for
. the big homecoming celebration ON
. November 18th. Other important
1 | t,H I'M IN thn cnlIiats ell
: be taken up. TOO. Come prepared to
!. join.
! A leading farmer of Stanly coun-
!. ty told the editor of the Stanly Couu-
. " Herald last week that many days
/ | in Albemarle the price of cotton i
!. more than 81 on the hundred lower
!; than at Marshvile, Monroe and near
: by towns. The Herald quotes him
!. further. I'VE are not going TO haul
: our cotton TO Albemarle and take So
!: on the bale less than we can get al
!. other places, and where we sell oul
I cotton We are going to do our fall
|: trading"
! Mrs. VI. j, Ragland, wife of Dr.
NJ. J. Ragland, died Monday night al
. her home In Salisbury after an illness
; of several months The funeral was
!! conducted Wednesday morning anc
!: interment was in the Chestnut Hill
i cemetery. Dr.. Ragland is wei
!. known veterinarian who came e
!. Monroe SOME years ago to assist il
/ tick eradication and while here boil
!. he and Mrs. Ragland made many
: friends. She was a woman of at
/ tractive personality, and possessed {
!. generous. unseltish nature. She wa'
!; a member of the Baptist church. Two
!. lchldren, son and daughter, survive
!; With the opening of the twenty
!. third series of the Peoples Buildinl
!. and Loan Association tomorrow, thu
people of Monre have the opportun
! ity to make one of the best invest
4 ments possible. The shares cost eacl
IS cents per week, are non-taXable
and bear interest at the rate of 6 anC
one-half per cent. For instance, tel
shares. costing $3.50 per week, viii
in six years. including Interest
lamount to $1,000 dollars. The week
lily payments are small, therefore en-
ltailing no special hardship TO even tn,
small-salaried man, and the returns
are great. Those desiring to buy o
build a home should also investigat,
| the opportunities for accomplishin!
their dreams afforded by the buildin!
and loan associations. Mr.. Hargrov'
| Bowles, at the Bank of Union. is sec
rotary, and Mr.. +. c. Carpenter Il
| president.
MIR. Fred Wolfe, of Manning,
c., who was here the other day, re
| lated very sympathetic incident tina
occurred in little South Carolin
| town. While walking around in thi
| place. he found an exhibit of wa
| relics in the window of a small shop
| and as he was looking at them, tn
| proprietor, an elderly man, approach
| ed him. "They were sent to me b.
my son, who is now in Germany,
| he said simply. A few weeks later
when again in this same town, MI
| Wolfe decided TO take an acquaint
anee around to the little shop 4
| see the old mans war trophies; but
] on reaching the place. found the
D had been taken out of the window
= The old proprietor. when he saw VIII
\ his visitor was, broke out into tears
J and told Mr. Wolfe that his son ha'