The Monroe journal., 1922-12-15
Local Happenings


p. m.
There will be a box supper at Ham
iltcn Cross roads school mex; Satur.
day evening at 1880. Muse by string
band. Public invited.
The Ladies Aid Society Of Union
Grove Methodist church will have a
box supper on Saturday night. De-
cember %. The proceeds will 20 to
the church. Everybody is invited.
Rev. r. NJ. Haigler viii fill his ap-
pointment at Benton's Cross Roads
Saturday at o'clock p. m. and Sun
day at IL a. m. He will also preach
at Brief school house Sunday after
noon at 3 O'Clock.
Mr.. Braxton Haney of Efrd's has
blossomed out into very artistic
window decorator and his Christmas
window at the store is attracting a
lot of attention. He has produced a
very pretty effect both in the window
and in the store with Santa Claus and
Christmas decorations.
Mr.. o. C. Brooks, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. c. Brooks Of Monroe town.
ship, and Miss A. VI. Bollick of Bel
mont were married Tuesday morning
at the home of ESQ. S. A. Helms in
Benton Heights. These young people
have many friends TO wish them hap
piness.
Rev. Mr.. Daniels, Superintendent
Of Presbyterial Home Missions, will
preach in the First Presbyterian
church Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
Mr.. Daniels is said to be a most in
teresting speaker. Immediately after
the sermon congregational meeting
will be held A full attendance of
the membership is desired.
County cotton statistician C. V.
Strawn reports that up till December
first there were ginned in the county
23,206 bales of cotton. For the same
time last year the number was 25,-
ZIG. The folks who have been laying
few bets that the number would not
be more than twenty-one thousand
may now settle UP.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Braswell of
Marshville township have received
announcement of the marriage of
their son, Otis S. Braswell, who lives
at Camden, N. j., and Miss Edna May
Wood, on December 9th. Mr.. Bras
well has been living in Camden for
the past two years, and is expected to
bring his bride home during the hol-
idays.
Rev. H. c. Carmichael, the new
Presbyterian pastor Of the Unionville
charge, will be installed at Bethle-
hem church next Sunday at 8 p. M,
and at Unionville at 1880 p. m. Rev.
l.. N. Brown of Mint Hill, Rev. r. C.
Clontz of Cornelius, and Elder w. Z.
Price of Charlotts as principals with
Rev. r. ]. McIlwAine and, Elder w.
L. Wallace Of Charlotte as alternates
will compose the commission to in
stall.
Miss Glennie o. Baucom, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Baucom, and
Mr.. Theron Brooks, also of this coun-
ty, were married in Riverside Metho-
dist church in Jacksonville, Fla, on
the 9th. Both had been in school in
Charlotte. The bride took a position
with the Standard Oil CO. in Char
lotte, and Mr.. Baucom is manager of
an oil company in Jacksonville. In
giving an account of the marriage the
Jacksonville Times Union speaks most
highly of Mr.. Brooks as a successful
young business man. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brooks will live in Jacksonville.
Clerk Lemmond has received the
pension vouchers for the old Confed-
crate soldiers and their widows. These
vouchers have been timed to reach the
old men and women at Christmas time
and Mr.. Lemmond is very anxious
that those who are to receive them
come and get them at once. The law
requires him to return all that have
not been delivered by February first,
1928, to the office at Raleigh. There
are vouchers for fifty-four old sol
diers in the county and for ninety
one widows, and the total amount of
the vouchers is S745250. Any one
who knows an old soldier may call
his attention to the vouchers.
At the home, of Esq. S. A. Helms
in Benton Heights, Tuesday after
noon, Miss Callie McRorie, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Baxter A. McRorie, J
of Unionville became the bride of Mr.. |
Alexander Tomberlin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. J. Tomberlin of East Monroe !
township. Esquire Helms performed
the ceremony, the couple leaving i'm !
med ately after fo rthe home Of the !
groom's parents, where a number of
friends had gathered to welcome them
and where an elegant dinner was
served Mr.. Tomberlin is an only son
and is a successful young farmer.
Mrs. Tomberlin is graduate of the
Unionville High School and is an at
tractive popular young lady.
Lots belonging to Fowler and Lee,
comprising the H. M. Houston old
home place lying between Franklin !
and Jefferson streets, were offered at ,
auction yesterday. The corner lots
were thirty by ninety-five feet, and /
the others thirty-fve and frac-
tion by ninety-five. Seven lots face
Jefferson and seven face Franklin i
street. The Franklin street lots were .
offered first with the privilege to the
buyer to take the adjoining lot Of JEFF
ferson street at fifty-five per cent of
the bid for the Franklin street lot. !
Mr.. |. F. Plyler bid off the lot on
Church and Franklin Street and
the adjoining one, making fifty-fve I
front feet in all, at s132.50 a front
foot, and took the jefferson street
lots with them. This made the Frank