There will be morning prayer tomorrow morning (Ash Wednesday) at the Episcopal church. Morning prayer and penential office at 11:30. No service at night.
As many predicted, the fines imposed upon the 50 persons standing in the court aisle last week have been ordered remitted by Judge J. Bis Ray.
Friday, February 11th, has been set for cutting some timber, working the road and cleaning up the cemetery at High Hill. All persons who are interested are requested to meet at 8 o’clock a.m. on the grounds.
Fines and costs imposed on defendants at last week’s term of superior court will amount to about $3,200. About half of this sum will go to the school fund and the balance to pay the expenses of the court. Solicitor Brock’s fees amounted to over $500.
Miss Annie Blackman and Mr. Benjamin T. Stegall were married at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. B.B. Shankle, on Benton Heights last Tuesday. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Blackmon of Goose Creek, and the groom is a son of Mr. W.T. Stegall of Vance township.
The city aldermen last night decided to sell another $100,000 worth of street paving bonds, and a meeting will be held Thursday evening, Feb. 17, for the purpose of considering petitions. This will be the last bond issue for street paving, the aldermen having announced that they will not consider petitions for street paving after Feb. 17th.
Chief of Police J.W. Spoon and the members of his forces were for a while yesterday mystified over the disappearance in open court of a quart bottle of “white lightning.” The whiskey was being used as evidence in a blockading case, and was on a bench in full view of the court when it seemingly vanished into the air. A search was instituted, but the liquor was not found until it was produced by a court attendant after the close of the session. He had seized it while the officers had their backs turned, his only intention being to play a practical joke.
Monroe has a “varmint.” Balaam Lyles, colored, of bear trap fame, reports having seen a strange animal about dark the other night while passing through a field in the vicinity of Mr. J.W. Richardson’s home in the western part of town. The animal, which appeared to weigh about 250 pounds, was dragging the carcass of a small calf. It had no tail, according to Balaam, who describes it as a “cross between a dog and a cow.” when last seen by Balaam, it was disappearing in a stretch of woods near the Lancaster road.
Until they sign an agreement releasing the railroad from liability for any damage that might occur from the operation of engines on the side track running by the cotton warehouse and the Pocomoke Guano Co. Warehouse, the Iceman Cotton Company, and Messrs. J.D.S. Plyler, G.L. Hart, Johnson & Howie and W.J. Hudson & Son will not be allowed to use the cotton platform. Before it would lay the side-track to the platform, the Seaboard required the city and county to sign an agreement not to allow cotton buyers to use the platform unless they signed liability releases. The above named firms failed to sign such releases, and Mr. H.M. Presson, the weigher, was instructed to refuse platform space for their cotton. These firms have been advised not to sign liability releases by the insurance companies, but it is understood that they will comply with the agreement entered into by the city of Monroe, the county and the Seaboard since the necessity has been thoroughly explained to them.
Rev. John A. Wray, one of the best and most popular ministers who ever lived in Monroe, has resigned as pastor of the First Baptist church. He has accepted a call to the leading Baptist church of Owensboro, Kentucky, a city of over 20,000 people. His resignation, however, has not been accepted, the matter having been deferred until next Sunday, and a committee appointed to confer with Mr. Wray. He has been pastor of the Monroe church for four years. During this time the church debts were liquidated for the first time since the establishment of the church; the membership and attendance has gradually increased, and the Sunday school is an especially flourishing condition. Mr. Wray came here from Oklahoma, and his ability soon began to attract the attention of Baptists all over the State, resulting in the extension of calls to him from other large churches. Mr. Wray has hundreds of warm friends and admirers who regret his departure. Equally beloved is Mrs. Wray and the children.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Laney left yesterday evening for an extended trip to Florida. They will visit Mrs. Emma Whitfield, and her daughter, Mrs. J.B. Simpson, at Tampa, Fla., and will also spend awhile in Saint Petersburg, Lakeland, Jacksonville and Saint Augustine.
From the Monroe Journal, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1921
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