The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-08-12
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
Latest Happenings In and
Around Monroe.

FIRST OF September
The meeting at the Mill Grove
Me- odist church will begin mex
Sunday. There Will ), two services
with dianer on the Sro
All who are intefestr,. ale request
cd TO meet Wednesday. Aug. IL. al
tae +. f. Presson cemetary for the
purpose OF cleaning il on.
Two plain clothes officers have
been added TO the Monroe police
force. Ii is their business to catch
seine OF the spceders that take the
streets of the city TO be race tracks.
Mr.. W. w. Pusser of New Salem
Township will drain his fish pond
Saturday, Aug. Is. at p NJ. and
his friends and neighbors are invited
TO be present for the occasion.
A Ford automobile, belonging TO
Mr.. John Starnes. was stolen Tues
day morning. The car was parked in
front of the Methodist church The
onieeis have several persons under
suspicion.
series of meetings will begin al
Walkersville Presbyterian church on
next Sunday. August Ii. Rev. X. c.
Clontz of Cornelius. y. c., will do the
preaching, which Will be at eleven in
the morning and eight in the evening
each day. Everybody is invited.
Mr.. William VI. simpson. son OF
Mrs. Mark simpson. and Miss Ida ".
Pusser. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Hugh Pusser. both of New Salem
township. We're married on Thursday
afternoon at the home of the officiat-
ing magistrate. Esq. W. II. Braswell.
Only a few friends OF the bride and
groom were present.
Mr. Ray Funderourk. county sup
erintendent Of education. states that
all committeeman from local tax dis
tricts may secure the tax books after
Wednesday. August II, in order to
make their special tax levy. II is
very necessary that committeeman
do this in order that the tax books
may be ready as early as possible,
he adds.
4 merry go-round and hieh striker
will BE- two additions to be added toI
his "Coney Island by Nj. ]. Z.
Shute. Mr. Shute has just returned
from trip to New York whore heI
purchased these attractions. The
merry so-round has tow charriots,
Sc horses, three abreast. and cost
about $4,000 These amusement ma
chimes will come Monday by express
and Mr. Shute expects to have them
ready Tor the public b. the following
day.
Curtis Stegall, white man whol
lives on the Wolf Pond road near the
Flow place. will be given prelimi-
nary hearing Monday on the charge
of an assault on a married woman OF
the same section. Although officers
say the woman had to use force to
tlude her would-be assailant, ii is be-
1ieved that the action will be COM
promised before the hearing. Thel
assault is alleged to have occurred
on August s, but Stegall was not ar
rested until yesterday
A clinic for the removal of adnoids |
and tonsils from school children be-
tween the ages of six and twelve will
be conducted by the county board OF
commissioners and the county board
of education at the Ellen Fitzgerald |
hospital beginning August %. The
cline will be held in response TO a
popular demand from the people,
many of whom We're disappointed be-
cause the state board of health found
Ii necessary TO cancel the one il plan
ned to hold here several weeks ago.
The cost of an operation at the coun-
" clinic will not exceed the cost that
would have been incurred at the
state clinic, and all parents who made
application TO Mr. Ray Funderburk,
the county superintendent of schools,
to attend the state clinic should re-
new their application on or before
August ~ for the county clinic. In
as TO articles required will
he given when application FOR admis-
sion is made.
That witness who said good even
Ing, Judge when he took the wit
ness stand in the Hallman case Fri
DAY, reminds Mr.. c. NJ Redfearn of
an amusing incident that occurred
back IN the days when the Seabord
ran first and second class coaches.
"A well-known Polkton man." began
Mr.. ReGteaIn, missed the hack at
the Rutherfordton hotel. and was
forced 10 walk to the depot TO catch
The train. II was an awfully hot day,
and when he boarded the train we
noticed that his high e1isr had wilt
I'd and that the crease had disappear
d from his long jim swin,er' coat,
,ausing II to drop around a quart
bottle of whiskey that was in his
hip pocket. Seeing Judge Neal OF
sitting in the first class
and being we'll ae-
luainted with him. sat beside him.
they began an animated conversation
hat wasn't interrupted until the i
he quart bottle slipped from our
friends coat. causing IL 10 fall with
resounding crash. This brought the
,wnei TO his feet. Without the slight
ST trace OF embarrassment. although ,
he whiskey was running down the !
ar aisle in streams and the air was ,
illed with its fumes, he pretended
ignorance OF what had occurred. and
with a polite good evening. Judge,
quickly left the car
Mr.. Thomas ID. Lee, prosperous I
md influential citizen of Lanes Greek /
ownship. died this morning at 2:15 [
l'elock after an illness of less than /
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