The Monroe journal., 1922-11-03

lEcre VIII DC uiiilsNiti ShOW oe
Mineral Springs school Friday night,
Nov. 10, by local talent. Proceeds go
10 school.
The Oxford 0rphanage realized
Sl23.45 from the concert given by its
singing class here last night. The
little tots rendered an enjoyable pro-
gram.
Rev. r. NJ. Haigler will fill his
regular appointment at Macedonia
church Saturday at 2 p. m. and Sun
day at IL a. m. The entire member
ship is earnestly requested to be
present.
Mr.. Wick Hunter of Wellington,
Vance township, has harvested a
mammoth sweet potato which being
too large to grow in the regular row,
was found in the middle between the
rows. II weighed twelve pounds.
Mr., ]. NJ. Russell of Newell, Meek
lenburg county, is visiting relatives
here. He is a son of the late Mr..
Green Russell of Goose Creek town.
ship and this is his first visit TO Mon
roe in Is years.
Funeral services of Paul Aycoth,
four-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. A. Ayeoth of the New Hope sec
tion, who died Tuesday from the et-
fects of burns, were conducted We'd
nesday afternoon, Rev. f. c. Snyder,
officiating.
A colored family of twelve, driven
out of Georgia by the boil weevil,
has located here and are picking cot
ton for Mr.. T. p. Redwlne. They say
il is impossible to make cotton down
in Georgia without the extensive use
of poison.
Mr.. vann Skies has learned the
value of fighting the boil weevil with
poison. OFF three acres on which he
used poison he got two bales and a
half, a yield considerably in excess
of that he got off the balance of his
land.
Mr.. Grady Hargett. son of Mr.. D..
c. Hargett of New Salem township,
and Miss Ruby Griffin, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Griffin, were
married Sunday at the Baptist par
sonage here, Dl. W. X. Burrell Off
ciating. They are well-known and
popular young people.
Mr.. Marvin Mangum and family
are moving this week into their new
lone at Rock Rest, having some time
ago purchased the Copenhaven resi-
dence. Mr.. Mangum, tho living in
the same community, is moving IN
order to be nearer the school and dali
Iylng market
A travelling salesman from Geor-
gia, while here yesterday, said that
labor for the cotton fields in his -
tive state, due to the boil weevil,
could be had for fifty cents per day.
"And corn whiskey," he added, "is-
plentiful at 70 cents the quart" leav-
ing the impression that many far
mers IN that section, having failed at
cotton, were going into the liquor
business.
The Executive Board of the Union
Baptist Association is hereby called
TO meet in annual session in Meadow
Branch Church on Wednesday, No
vember s, Immediately following the
Reinforcement Conference. Anyone
desiring to present claims for aid
from the Mission Boards of the Con-
vent'on is invited to present same at
the above time and place.-Joseph
W. Snyder, Cam. Of Board.
Beginning tonight and continuing
Frost of Louisville, Kentucky, repre-
Faulkner of Louisville, ky., repre-
seat ng the Baptist Sunday School
Board, will lecture every evening in
the First Baptist church on "The Ad-
vancement of Religion in the School
Of the Church" Her lectures are Of
absorbing interest to student of the
Bible, both young and old, and every
body, irrespective of their denomina-
tion, is cordially invited to hear
them.
Rev. Walter NJ. Gilmore, Publicity
Director of the Reinforcement Cam
paign for North Carolina, desires to
confer with all the pastors, church
directors, w. NJ. U. directors, and
b. Y. p. L., directors of each church
in the Union B,ptist Association, at
Meadow Branch Church, November
s, at 10 o'clock a. m. Let US try
10 give Brother & lmore a represent
ative crowd foT this conference
y. vi. DedCH, DieCtoI VI OHioH
Association.
OF interest to Union county lovers
of flowers is the following from the
Wadesbcro Messenger a. Intelligen-
GER: "The night blooming cereus of
Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. McLendon bloom
ed last Tuesday night, and a number
of friends were invited by Mr.. and
Mrs. McLendon to witness the unus-
ual sight Two blooms opened, and
we're wilted by the next day. The
night blooming cereus flowers for the
first tine when FIVE years old, and
has one bloom. The second year it
has two blooms, and thereafter an
extra bloom for each year"
Further road construction without
another bond issue, is out Of the
question, Mr.. J. d. McRae, chairman
Of county road commission, declared
yesterday. "There are a number of
roads that the commission would like
TO build" he said, "but with interest
and bridge construction eating up the
road tax there is no prospect of
funds being available for this purpose
in the near future. 1t is either more
bonds or no more roads. There is at
present a bridge over Lanes Creek, !,
between Gilboa and Pageland, sadly
in need Of repair. But to replace it |
with a new one would take all of the |