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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
5
Pageland residents report visits among friends and relatives across South Carolina and nearby towns. Visitors include Mrs H J Mango, Miss Willie Moore Liles, Miss Ona Long, and many others calling on relatives in Lancaster, Carlisle, Rock Hill, Matthews, and Goose Creek township.
A. L. laid off about 50 railroad workers due to slack work. Regular crews shift up as seniors stay, while junior men drop to smaller positions until demand returns. Georgia passes full crew bill for flagmen on passenger trains. Seaboard work expected to reach full capacity by early September.
At the annual meeting of We Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company the directors elected include RR L Helms H M McCain J C Laney E Rushing G R Winchester J M Guin and J W Chaney Officers chosen were W H Phifer president T J Gordon vice president James Jeely secretary L R Helms agent The executive committee comprises J W Chaney J M Gunn and J C Laney Supervisors named for townships include W E L Williams Monroe L Thomas Lanes Creek H M Green Marshville W R McNeely Jackson A A Secrest Goose Creek J Lonnie Helms Vance G W Sutton Sandy Ridge T C Eubanks Buford G W Smith New Salem The by laws from 1913 on stove flues were rescinded.
Mr W H Pugser of Union County writes The Journal that he and a party fished last week and caught enough fish for three days. They note abundant cantaloupes and watermelons but no market. Crops look well despite drought and a new mail route saves a five mile trip for mail users.
Statement from Mr Bundy notes an eye injury may prevent further canvassing. He resolves a dispute over his age, claims he is thirty, says he has worked for himself ten years and mentions education at the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh North Carolina J D Bundy.
Waxhaw resident Calvin Broom, 84, revisits Lumberton and recalls helping build the old Robeson County courthouse sixty five years ago. He meets locals who remember him and shares an afternoon picnic organized by neighbors at Bunyan Broom’s farm. Birth notices list eight colored and twenty eight white births in Monroe township for July. Horse racing accident at Weddington ends with a horse killed and rider saved by a sand pile nearby.
A young white man in Buncombe county attempted death by swallowing carbolic acid while awaiting state court. An officer intervened, and the prisoner’s life was saved, avoiding a road sentence.
Announcement for an Aug 18 sale of Special Pullman Sleepers with limited return tickets to reach the origin by Sept 2 midnight. Reservations encouraged, with stopovers allowed on return within the limit. See S A L Agent or JOHN T. WEST, DP. A Raleigh NC.
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