The Monroe journal., 1919-11-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
Latest Happenings In and Around
Monroe

hAoA ntAiS di II ~ al
E7rmon Baptist church.
NrA.A.Spiltle. who has been i'm the
Lployment OF the city for "A number
81 years. has resigned to accept a po-
sit!on with the Yadkin River Power
Co. in Wadesboro.
8euiah school will give box sup.
Pc Saturday night. Nov. %. Young
people of other communities are in
wed TO attend and bring boxes. The
evening will be spent in games and
conversation.
Rev 5. l.. Roiter pastor of the
Episcopal church here. spoke Tues,
aay night at ST. Pauls church. Sails
bury, in the interest OF the Episcopal
nationwide campaign He was &C.
companied to Salisbury by DR.. John
HI Tucker of Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. X. B. Cuthbertson
awe returned from Gastonia where
ley went TO attend the marriage OF
Mrs. Cuthbertson's sister. Miss Lois
robinson. TO Mr.. Clarence l.. Parour
Of Norfolk, Va. Miss Robinson is
pleasantly remembered here as a
teacher in the Wellington school.
An appointment TO the consular
service has been received by Mr. Har-
~ Hargis. son of Mr. and Mrs. II W.
Hargis, formerly OF Monroe, but now
u Charlotte and he leaves in a Few
aeks for Cuba. where he will work
the American Consul-General's Of
nee al Havana His salary will be
sue and expenses.
I'm the presence o. a number OF
Z, ends and relatives AT the parsonage
O. Central NJ L. church "Wednesday.
a.'ernoon Miss Mary Elizabeth Laney
a-came the bride OF Mr.. Bias
IN a. Helms. Rev John "
Moore offciated. Nj. and Mrs
helms are very popular and have
:-.ny friends to wish them happiness.
Rev. r. NJ Haigler will conduct
vices al the following churches on
T .anksciving day: Philadelphia. a.
ln a. M; Macedonia, at l:$0 D. M;
q COrinth AT 3 p. m The public
cordially invited TO attend these
vices and everyone is urged To
ing an Offering for the orphanage
:. Thomasville.
\ local stock dealer estimates that
100000 worth of mules and horses
/ be sold in Union county before
antng time next spring. He also
s8ys more buggies have probably been
sid this year in Monroe than ever
before despite the popularity of the
tomobie. Colored farmers are
hsavy buyers of the better grade OF
ggies, he says.
The play. above the Clouds. -
= ich is TO be given at the Wingate
gh school auditorium on Wednes-
Gay afternoon and evening before
7 thanksgiving is the center of inter-
-. in Wingate. so The Journal is III
fmed The school is putting forth
ne of its most talented students;
10, under the tutoyship of Misses
.ssnie Bracket and Selma CLANCY.
q progressing nicely with their re-
htarsals.
There is an interesting story being
d in local legal circles about
Vance township man buyug a farm
= Z Years ago. contracting To pay for
i with hundred bales of cotton. to
g. delivered from year to year When
made the deal cotton was bring
around ten cents pound; aud
lay. with the price lowering about
e forty-cent mark, he still has near
seventy bales to deliver The farm
was worth only $1,000. but by the
tsale he finishes paying for il in the
manner in which his agreement stipu-
lated, II will have cost him $4,000.
o. more: provided, of course, there
is no decided slump In the price OF
cotton.
Mr. J. d. Mccall OF Charlotte. ma
tive OF Goose Greek twOnship. who Is
q candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress in the ninth dis
trict, is a fiddler of repute. He learn
ed the classic art in his native haunts
along with Messrs. r. W. Lemmond.
w. o. Lemmond. of Monroe; Edmond
Rich of Charlotte; ]. d. Faulkner. OF
Monroe: +. G. Faulkner. of Union
Vile, A. j. Rich. of Vance township,
c. A. McRorie, of Goose Creek town
ship; Johnson Miller, who lives few
1dIuS dClOSS tue luioh lAhV III -"NNh
lenburg: and Sam Stevens. colored,
q so of Goose Greek township. Nearly
of these gentlemen appeared to-
gsther with the fiddles at corn shuck-
ines in those days. and their reputa-
VI ION spread so that they organized the
famous Mint Hill String band. II is
needless TO say that the old fellow
fiddlets of the Charlotte man wish
him the best OF luck In his congre--
sional aspirations.
Five young men of New Salem
township are on trial before a milf
tary court at Camp Jackson this week
on charges of desertiou. They are:
Fate Crisco. $ 5. Martin, Albert Crit
fin and Lester Austin. Crisco, il is
said went to camp In one contingent
tat left Monroe in the early days
OF the war. but was discharged for
PHYSICAL disability. Later on, how
ever. he was reclassified and ordered
again to report for entrainment for
camp. He refused to answer the sec
ord summons, and remained In his
home community until about two
weeks ago. when he was summoned
to appear for trial. Martin deserted
after the expiration of furlough,
while Griffin and Austin failed TO re-
nort at all when ordered to do so by |
the local board of exemptions. These
r.en were rounded up by n. Glenn |
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