Local Intelligence. . . Latest Happenings In and Around Monroe
Mr. W.Z. Wentz of Vance township
suffered a broken leg last week when the pole which he was using to prize up
stumps fell on his leg.
Rev. K.W. Hogan will preach at New
Salem Church, west of Monroe, Sunday night at 7:30.
Rev. B.B. Shankle will preach at
Unionville next Sunday morning at 11 and at Bethlehem at 3 p.m.
A mile stretch of road on the
central highway, or the Marshville and Euto road, which was built by Mr. George
W. Smith and his sons, is said to be the best of its kind in the entire state.
Capt. J. Frank Hill, city building
inspector, requests The Journal to state that the state law required walls in
one story buildings to be 13 inches thick. For each additional story, add four
inches.
A disastrous fire occurred last
Wednesday night about 12 o’clock when the warehouse, barn and corn crib
belonging to Mr. T.C. Lee were completely destroyed. The handsome new home of
Mr. Lee was endangered for a time, but a fortunate shift of the wind saved it.
When the fire was discovered the warehouse was burning rapidly and the other
outhouses caught from that. All the livestock was saved but a gasoline engine,
compressed air tank, Ford truck, two buggies, wood sawing outfit, feed cutter,
several tons of feedstuffs, 200 bushels of cotton seed, farm implements,
several hundred pounds of meat were totally destroyed. It is not known exactly
how the fire originated. The loss is estimated at several thousand dollars,
with only $500 insurance.
The woman’s missionary society of
the Baptist church will meet Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock and the program will
be in charge of the Anna Hartwell circle. All members are urged to be present
and new members will be heartily welcomed.
In response to an appeal, the
woman’s missionary society of Central Methodist church have collected a goodly
supply of clothing and household goods and $55 in cash, and will donate the
same to the cyclone sufferers.
Last Tuesday Deputy Sheriffs
Clifford Fowler and Paul Griffith and Federal Prohibition Agents S.P. Dry and
F.C. Tolbert captured a 60-gallon distillery on a farm rented by Winslow Hinson
in New Salem township. Wednesday they found a 35-gallon still on a farm rented
by Carl Kennington in Buford township. These men will appear in court soon.
Messrs. W.J. Hudson, J.W. Lanney,
C.B. Adams, T.C. Smith, J.A. Douglas, F.H. Fairley, J.L. Everette and Randolph
McLarty will go to Anniston, Ala., to appear as witnesses in the case of the
government against D.H. Riddle, the Savage Cotton Co. and others. Mr. J.C.
Sikes is an attorney in the case, which concerns one of the biggest cotton
frauds ever penetrated in this country.
Tonight at 8 o’clock Bishop Joseph
Blount Cheshire of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina will hold service at
St. Paul’s church and administer the rite of Confirmation. He reaches Monroe
this afternoon, coming from St. Timothy’s church in New Salem township, where
he made his visitation this morning and confirmed several candidates. While
here the Bishop will be the guest of Rev. and Mrs. S.L. Rotter at the rectory.
Mr. C.W. Orton of Greensboro has
located at Monroe to open an office for the Pinnex Realty Company of
Greensboro. The company, which handles real estate on a commission basis, has
branch offices in the following towns: Darlington, Lancaster, Chester, Union,
all of South Carolina, and Wadesboro in this state. Mr. Orton has not yet been
able to obtain an office, but will doubtless do so in a few days.
Ex-Sheriff Lee Joyce of Surry
county, who was killed near Walnut Cove Sunday evening in a fight between
officers and negroes, is related to Mr. Gilmer Joyce of Monroe. Jim Matthews, a
special deputy, was probably fatally wounded, and three negroes were also
killed in the affray. According to the news reports, the officers attempted to
break up a card game said to have been in progress in a restaurant operated by
Nick Hairston, a negro. When the officers entered the restaurant the negroes,
it is said, began shooting. Mr. Joyce was killed instantly.
An enthusiastic discussion of a
fair for Union County featured the luncheon given at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms yesterday afternoon. Those present determined to exert themselves to the
utmost to organize a worthy project of this kind, and a committee was appointed,
composed of Messrs. T.J.W. Broom, G.L. Nisbet and John Beasley to study local
conditions, investigate sites and ascertain the best method of financing the
fair. This committee will make its report to the members of the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday night. Short talks were made at the luncheon yesterday by
Messrs. W.B. Love, F.G. Henderson, T.J.W. Broom and others.
Card of Thanks
I wish to thank my many friends
and neighbors who were so kind to me when my home was destroyed and my husband
killed during the tornado of April 12th. May God’s richest blessings
rest on them all is my prayer.
--Mrs. Robert L. Polk, Lando, S.C.
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