The Monroe journal., 1919-05-20
Local and Personal.


field, T. c. Anderson and j. T. Crit
fith of the travelling force of the Mon
roe Hardware Company are attending
the convention of the Retail Hard
ware Dealers of the Carolinas in
Charlotte.
There are 500 real estate owners
in Buford township and 500 in Lanes
Greek. according to a list made out
by Tax Assessor NJ. l.. Flow. prepar-
atory TO mailing each land owner in
the county QUESTIONABLE. as is re-
quired by law.
received notice that their son. 1t Roy
Long, who has been with the Medical
Corps in France for several months.
sailed for the States on May IL. and
is expected TO land at Boston, Mass,
en- the e2nd.
All returned soldiers are request
ed TO meet i'm the office of Mr. 7. F.
Limerick i'm the Law Building Satur-
day afternoon at four O'Clock for the
purpose of making preparations for
the Salvation Army Home Service
drive, which will be continued
through next week.
Mrs. Gertrude Austin died at
her home In Raleigh last Thursday
evening at seven o'clock. and was
brought TO Shiloh Baptist church and
her body deposited there Friday al
ternoon. Rev. r. NJ. Haigler con-
Quoted the funeral service. Mrs. Aus
lin was a daughter of the late Dun
can Spittle of this county.
The Robesonian. published al
Lumberton, contains the information
that large delegation from Robson
county will attend the big road meet
ing to be held here on Thursday. May
90. This paper says that the dele
gates will come armed with maps,
facts and other things necessary to
persuade the Wilmington-Charl0tte
highway to pass through their county,
Within the near future space
fifteen feet to the right, fifteen feet
TO the left and fifteen feet in front of
all water hydrants on the business
streets will be marked off in lines
that can be plainly seen. Inside this
space will be painted the words,
Don't Park Here" This will be done
TO secure a better observance of the
State law prohibiting the parking OF
vehicles within fifteen feet of n.y.
drant.
Mrs. Jane Underwood died al
her home in Icemorlee at an early
hour Sunday morning of paralysis,
and was buried at Oak Grove church
Monday morning. Rev. X. NJ. Haig-
lerconducted the funeral service, She
was 6S years old and woman OF
christian character. having been a
faithful member of Oak Grove Bap-
tst church for SO years. She leaves
her husband and eight children, three
children having preceded her to the
grave. The bereaved family have the
sympathy of all their friends.
A negro woman by the name OF
Carelock was shot in the leg Sunday
afternoon by Bert T. White, colored
The accident occurring on the railway
track near Mineral Springs. Accord
ing to stories told the officers, the
woman was walking up the railroad
when White yelled to her to "Get off
the track" When she failed to dc
this he pulled pistol from his pocket
and fired. the bullet taking effect in
the woman's leg below the knee. The
wound is not serious. Deputy Sheriff
Clifford Fowler was notified but
when he arrived White (colored) had
already taken his departure.
The Journal has received his
tory of the Fifth Division from Capt.
J f.. Haywood who is with the Army
Of Occupation in Germany. which
shows that this division played an
important part in several of the hard
est fought battles of the war partic-
ipating in the Frapelle. st. Mihiel and
Argonne-Meuse offensives. The COM
pany commanded by Capt. Haywood
was attached to this division. On the
morning of October IA. 1918. as is
shown by the history, Capt. Hay
woods company went over the top at
$50. In the course of an hour and a
halfs fighting five officers and nine
ty-six men of the company were kill
ed.
Capt Frank Page. chairman of
the State Highway Commission, who
recently spent the day in Monroe dis
cussing good roads matters with the
road commissioners, says that one
thing which his commission is going
TO devote special attention to is the
matter of collecting automobile IL
cense taxes. He states that there are
people in every community in the
state who by hook or crook evade the
payment of an automobile tax and do
not display numbers on their cars.
Most of the money collected from this
source goes to the road fund and
Capt Page is going to see that the
law requiring payment of license for
the operation of an automobile is rig
idly enforced.
Every person who will operate a
threshing machine in North Carolina
this season is required by law to Sc
cure a license from the Register OF
Deeds of the county in which the
threshing is done. However, the Sc
curing of license in one county by any
person or firm is sufficient to allow
them to operate in any county in the
State. Any person threshing wheat
is required to keep complete and ac-
curate report of the number of BUSH
els threshed during the season. On
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