The Monroe journal., 1922-02-14
PROSPECT PEOPLE
ARE In FINE SHAPE
Having Been Following Good
Farming Principles are Not
Afraid of Boil Weevil
SCHOOL AND CHURCH WORK
Community Club Organized and at
Work With Committees on
Important Subjects
By L. F. Latham

By L. F. Latham
Monroe Route 1. Feb. l3.-Mrs. T.
M. Belk, widow of Mr.. T. NJ. Belk, has
been seriously i'll and is still at the
point of death.
Mr.. Washington Fernell, a Confed-
crate veteran, of the Prospect COM
munity is dangerously sick and not
expected 10 live.
Mrs. Mary F. Belk. wife of Mr.. B.
Belk and sister Of Mr.. j. X. Latham,
who has been confined to her bed
nearly three years on account of a
broken leg, is still unable to walk.
There has been a general epidemic
OF Geld or light form of the "fiu" pre-
Nailing for the last few days in the
Prospect community.
Mrs. S. d. Helms has been desper-
ately sick for several days with side
pleurisy and other complications and
is not expected to live. Miss Rosalie
Fineher, a trained nurse from Ashe-
vile. is with her.
Mr.. T. B. Fincher came very near
losing his house by fire few nights
ago. 1t caught from stick of wood
rolling out of the fireplace after they
had retired. Had Mrs. Fncher not
awaken when she did, about three
O'Clock, in thirty minutes longer the
whole house would have been in
flames.
do not think the people OF this
community are so badly alarmed over
the bcll weevil situation as some COM
mun..'rs OWING to the general talk
and neral conditions existing. In
fact have been preparing for Mr..
Boil eeyil for fifty years or more
in the Yay they are now advising us
to !; IN him. The best farmers of
nifty aGrs ago started an example
thG. q, their descendants, today are
pror3 Of, This example was to raise
all iae home supplies for home con-
sumption and a little of each to sell
and then raise what cotton they could
as a surplus, and by adher.ng to this
rule a lot of the farmers of this sec
tion have their last years cotton crop
and some have their last three years
crop on hand.
The small grain crop is looking fine
and indications are there will be a
fine crop Of grain harvested this year.
As west Buford has gotten nothing
out of the seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in bonds that have
been spent on the roads of Union
county except gullies, mud and prom
Uses we are anxiously and patiently
awaiting to see if we shall be recog-
nized in this the next two hundred
and fifty thousand dollar bond issue
as citizens and taxpayers of Union
county.
The school at Prospect under the
excellent work of Prof. Bert Price is
encouraging. The average attend
ance so far has been over one hun
sfred and fifty. Prof. Price is to be
commended for bringing the attend
aDce up to this. He has gone to ev-
cry home and to each young person
not in school and by so doing great
good has been accomplished | do
not think any teacher in Union coun-
ty has worked more earnestly for the
benefit Of the school and community
than has Prof. Price.
rI'he people Of Prospect school dis
trict met at the school building
Thursday night, Feb. 9th, for the pur-
pose Of organizing a community club.
There was large crowd in attend
ance, the school building being about
full with men, their wives and chill
dren, all taking an active part and
seeming to be very much interested
in the community work. After sew
eral talks by the patrons of the
school present and an outline of the
work which may be accompanied by
the organization by Prof. Price d per-
manent organization was perfected,
with the following officers; President,
Bert Price; vice president, P. w. Ply
Ter; secretary, L. T. Latham; commit
tee on moral and religious work, Rev.
R. L. Forbis, Thomas Starnes, r. B.
Starnes; education, L. +. Latham, r.
Il. Starnes, NJ. ID. Starnes, J. S.
Broom; music and entertainment
committee, Miss Thelma Starnes, Miss
Fay Helms, Mr.. Leonidas Starnes;
committee on literature, Mrs. Bert
Price, Miss Lizzie Fineher, p w. Ply
Ter; committee on woman's work, Mrs.
p. W. Plyler, Mrs. W. 7. Latham, Mrs.
ii. l.. Yarbrough; committee on
roads, ]. S. Broom, R. B. Starnes,
Judge Belk, Thos. Starnes, L. F.
Latham; committee on agriculture, M.
ID. Starnes, J. E. Starnes, G. w. La
than, Miss Verla Richardson, Miss
Ida Latham; publicity committee, Bert
Price, Rev. R. l.. Forbis, L, +. La
than, Miss Lizzie Fincher. After the
organization had been completed stu
dents in the high school department
rendered some exercises that were
commendable.
Rev. R. L. Forbis, our new pastor,
is doing good work and is very much
liked by the people. OF course we
could expect nothing else because
Union county does not send out any
thing but good preachers.