The Monroe journal., 1922-12-26
Local Happenings

eember with a family gathering an,
picnic at his home in the Walkersyill'
section.
A Christmas program was give;
a: Central Methodist church las
light by the different department
of the Sunday schol. A nice collection
was taken and sent to the Methods
Children's Home in Winston. Salem
Mr.. F A krauss who has renod
eled his home al Krauswood. vii
move his family ther, ths first of tbs
year. Waxhaw people regret keenly
the loss of this excellent family. Mr.
w. Nj. Crow and family will move tC
the Krauss residence on Broom
street. says the WaNhaw Enterprise
Passenger train number IL. from
New York TO Atlanta. due in Monroe
at 1850 p. m. did not arrive until
I o'clock Saturday morning. The de
lay was caused by a freight wreck al
Peachland. Two cars of the freight
train were derailed when a drawhead
gave away. The wrecking crew was
called from Monroe 10 clear the track.
J. ]. (Jake) Simpson. one Of the
white men arrested for violating the
prohibition laws as a result of the
work of Sherlock" Shapiro as told
in the last issue of The Journal, was
released from Jail last Saturday night
when he secured the $500 bail re-
quired by Commissioner NJ. L. Flow.
Mr.. w. ]. Heath signed the bond.
Mr.. Connolly Anderson, a former
resident OF Buford township. but now
Of Rock Hill. S. c., was married TO
Miss Della Tenant. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Wiley Tennant OF Rock
Hill. s. c.. at at the brides home
last Friday afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Anderson are now visiting Mr.. An
derson's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p.
Belk Of Buford township.
In a division which comprises such
cities as Norfolk. Atlanta Charlotte,
and New Bern. the Monroe office Of
the American Railway Express com
pany led the field in the number Of
money orders sold during the months
OF November. according 10 informa-
tion received by agent C. Smith Nor
folk, city Of more than one hundred
thousand population. followed Mon
roe by difference of three orders.
Mr.. John @. Griffin remarked
Christmas that he had now had just
three solid months of Christmas
during his life time. He has seen
ninety Christmases, which if all put
together would make just three
months, and as he has enjoyed every
one of them he fancies that he has
had more Christmas happiness than
most persons. And the fine thing
about it is that he enjoys them wv
Just as well as he always has.
Mr.. f. w. Grow, who went to
hospital in Richmond on Monday
night of last week. returned Satur-
day night to spend Christmas at
home. Later he will return for
further study of his case by an ex-
pert. His friends will be delighted
to know that the Xray examination
showed nothing alarming and that
while he will return for further ex.
sminat'on his leg appears to not be
SO badly affected as had been sup
posed.
Friends of Rev. John A. Wray,
former pastor of First Baptist
church, will be glad to learn that his
work in Owensboro, KY, where he is
pastor of the Third Baptist church,
is moving along splendidly. Deem
ber the thirty-first will mark the COM
pletion of a new three story Sunday
School annex and the church is pro-
crossing on other lines also. The
Wray family received a Maxwell Sc
dan as Christmas gift from the
church. Recently Mr.. Wray preach
ed in Chicago and addressed the
Ministerial Association of that city.
Announcement of a change In the
Seaboard schedule for Monroe is
made by j. T .Harrell, ticket agent |
The change will go into effect De-
cember 81. Train number from At
lanta to New York will arrive at 81
35 at night instead of 5:20 in the af |
ternoon as at present. Number 20. |
from Charlotte TO Wilmington will |
arrive here at 5:35 In the afternoon. |
about thirty minutes later than at |
Train number from New |
York to Birmingham will run fifteen |
earlier. arriving here at 81
Is. Slight changes will be made in |
the time of other trains.
A good sum of money was turned
loose among Union county members
of the cotton growers cooperative
association the last few days when
the association mailed checks total
ing $3,000.000. Four hundred grow
ers in the county signed contracts
with the association at the beginning
Of the campaign and are now reaping
the benefits. Distribution of checks
TO members would have been at an
earlier date had not the continued
bad weather held up the work of
grading the cotton and completing
the warehouse receipts. As it was,
however, checks arrived for the I'm
ion county farmers in time for
Christmas.
Marking the beginning of closer
cooperation between the management
and the operators of the BearsSin
Cotton Mills, the officers of the mill
were hosts to their employees, at
turkey dinner gwen at the mill at
| o'clock today. One hundred and
twenty-five operators enjoyed the
general good dinner spread by the I
mill owners. Mr.. NJ. X. Lee, presi-
tent of the company, acted as toast