Local and Personal
Mr. L.L. Fincher reports that the last cold spell almost
ruined the oat crop in his community.
A Farmer’s Union meeting at Mt. Prospect will be held
Thursday, January 30th.
On Friday a bill providing for the protection of opossums in
Union county was introduced in the House by M.B.B. Griffin.
Mr. A.L. Parker showed The Journal man some fine specimens
of tobacco that he grew on his farm last year. Some of the leaves were over two
feet long. Mr. Parker says that the weed can be grown successfully in this
county.
Messrs. Sam Montgomery and Dock Yow engaged in a cutting
scrape at Icemorelee Saturday night. It is said that Mr. Yow suffered severe
cuts about the head and that Mr. Montgomery suffered several minor cuts.
On Sunday a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Short of Weddington
was carried to a Charlotte hospital to undergo treatment for appendicitis.
Yesterday a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.Y. Godfrey of the same village was carried to
Charlotte for treatment of the same trouble.
Automobiles driven by Messrs. Victor Hamilton and Lewis
Carpenter collided on the Wadesboro road just beyond the residence of Mr. M.K.
Lee Saturday night. No one was hurt but the cars were damaged considerably, it
being estimated that the damage to both cars was around $200. Several young
ladies were in the car driven by Mr. Carpenter.
Last Sunday Mr. Fred West was called to Atlanta on account
of the death of his nephew, Roy West. Arriving there he found his daughter very
ill with bronchial pneumonia and that same day received a message that his
brother-in-law, Mr. Robert Latta had been killed on the streets of Camden by a
negro. Mr. Latta had been on the police force for a number of years. Mr. West’s
daughter is at St. Joseph’s Infirmary in Atlanta and is somewhat better today.
Mr. N.K. Futreele, an account of whose illness appeared in
last issue of The Journal, died Sunday at his home in Odum, Ga. Death resulted
from complications following influenza. For some time Mr. Futrelle was manager
of the Monroe Chero-Cola company was well liked by the people of Monroe. About
a year ago he moved to Georgia where he engaged in the hardware business. He
was married to Miss Sarah Smith, a sister of Dr. G.M. Smith, in March of last
year. He was 43 years old and was a companionable man of excellent character.
During his stay in Monroe he made many friends who are saddened at his untimely
death. Funeral services and interment were held yesterday at Jessup, Ga.
There will be a public meeting of the business men of Monroe
tonight in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at 7:30 o’clock to consider the
business situation and particularly the federal tax question. It is hoped that
every business house in Monroe will be represented.
Engineer Bert Griffin was slightly injured early Saturday morning
when the tender of his engine and 19 coal cars plunged into a creek a few miles
this side of Mooresville when the trestle gave way. The wrecking crew was
called out from here to clear the wreck and repair the trestle. It was stated
that traffic would be interrupted for several days. Until the damage is
repaired the daily train to Rutherfordton will use the Southern road to reach
its destination, taking this route at Shelby.
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Phifer and daughter, Mrs. T.T. Capehart,
left Sunday morning for Little Rock, Ark., to be with Mr. Braxton Phifer who is
desperately ill with pneumonia following influenza. A message received at 6 o’clock
yesterday evening from Mr. Phifer stated that he had arrived in Little Rock and
found his son slightly better.
The peace and quiet of Sunday was disturbed for Charley Toney,
a little negro about 12 years old, by another negro, Charlie McKenzie of about
the same age, plunking him in the head with a deadly weapon, to wit, a pair of
wire clippers weighing about two pounds. The Toney negro appeared in Recorder’s
court yesterday with the blackness of his wool set off by the bandages over the
wound. Recorder Lemmond found the McKenzie negro guilty and sentenced him to
pay the cost in the case and to pay the doctor’s bill.
The Journal is
reliably informed that the express companies are now handling more whiskey than
in many months. This is probably explained by the fact that the nation becomes
bone dry on July 1, and the lovers of the ardent are thing to get a little to
say good-bye to.
Fire last night about 11 o’clock damaged the Union Drug co.’s
stock to the extent of between $1,500 and $2,000. It is understood that the
loss is covered by insurance. When discovered the fire had made considerable
headway in the rear of the store, and the firemen had to flood the building
with water to subdue it. The origin of the fire is not known.
Military News
Mr. J.D. Futch, one of the few citizens of Monroe who can
boast of four sons in Uncle Sam’s service, received letters today from Lt.
Leslie and Private John Futch. Both these young men are with the Army of
Occupation, Lt. Futch being located in Mayer and Private Futch in Adenau,
Germany. Lt. Futch is aid to a general of the Third Division and says he has
had a fine opportunity to see almost everything there is to be seen as he rode
usually with the general in a Cadillac car. Private John Futch has seen hard
service and a great variety of it. This regiment was in the great drive the
first of November where they worked between the infantry and light artillery
and where, as Private Futch says, “The shells were whistling like a swarm of bees
and shrapnel fell thick and fast.”
To be blown 10 feet into the air by an exploding shell,
suffering a wound from which it seemed that he must bleed to death, and then to
make his way to the first aid station two miles back, and live to tell the
tale, was the experience of Mr. Ed Helms, son of Mr. Joe Helms of North Monroe.
Mr. Helms arrived home Sunday from an army hospital in Petersburg, Va., to
spend a short furlough with his parents. He is yet carrying his arm, the flesh
of which was torn away to the bone for several inches, in a sling. He was a
member of the 119th Infantry of the famous 30th (Old
Hickory) division. On Sept. 29 Mr. Helms with the rest of his company had
broken through the famous Hindenburg line, he states, and they were engaging
the Germans in hand to hand conflict when he was wounded. He says there were a
number of other Union county boys in his company and that about 17 or 20 of the
men in the entire company came through the battles without wounds. All of the
officers were killed. Speaking of the Germans captured, he declared that most
of them were either old men or kids. On one occasion, he saw a number of German
prisoners being marched in by the British and not one of the captured bunch
wore shoes. Mr. Helms was in France for seven months. He was entrained for Camp
Jackson by the local board of exemptions on October 3, 1917. Later he was
transferred to Camp Sevier. He landed in France the latter part of May.
Private Carl McManus is reported as severely wounded in the
casualty list issued this morning.
The train from Atlanta last night carried a car of shell
shocked soldiers en route from Ft. McPherson to Washington where they will
receive special treatment. Co. A with Mrs. W.C. Crowell was in charge, served
these 23 men and their six attendants sandwiches, fruit, chocolate bars,
cigarettes, hot chocolate and coffee.
According to the Raleigh News & Observer, the Bickett
Battery, Battery D, 113 F.A., may be on its way home soon. “contrary to earlier
impressions, it now appears that the Field Artillery will accompany the 30th
Division home from France. This was borne out yesterday by a cablegram received
by Mrs. L.P. McLendon from Captain McLendon, commanding the Durham battery of
the 113th. Capt. McLendon stated simply that he had been ordered
home with the 30th Division. It is presumed, although he did not say
so, that the entire regiment is included in the order. The 113th
Field Artillery, commanded by Col. Albert L. Cox of Raleigh, has not been
engaged in the fighting with the 30th Division. It has been assigned
to another division and, it was understood, had become a part of the army of
occupation.” This would seem to corroborate the rumor that the Battery would
leave for an embarkation port on January 25, as reported in a letter from Mr. Charles
Hart to his father, Mr. S.B. Hart, and told in a recent issue of The Journal.
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