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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
2
A novice cub reporter covering a wedding accepts fashion tips from a female colleague. The following day the paper prints a mischaracterized description of Mrs Betty Blank wearing a pink plastron and a silk lace arrangement, implying health issues.
The August 1916 civil term court calendar lists cases before Hon. FE B. Cline, with dockets showing Miller versus Mills and numerous equity and property actions. The schedule covers Wednesday August 23 through Friday August 25, including motion docket hearings and protest cases, with notices to witnesses and parties to attend only for their trial day.
Real estate ads from several counties offer farms and parcels for sale or rent. Listings include 60 acres near Pageland on sand clay road, 110 acres with a 10 room brick dwelling, 200 150 and 125 acre tracts near rail lines in Virginia and South Carolina, 128 acres on Davis Mine road near Baker’s and 137 1 2 acres near Monroe with timber. Also stock farm 1250 acres with cattle hogs and silos. 350 acre river-area tract near Monroe. 1000 acres in Chesterfield County South Carolina. Multiple brokers named including T and Smith Marshville Davis Realty Co Greenwood William Watkins W C Lemmond Dan Hammack P A Hodges W Dowless Snyder Hough & Peay and local officials notice for Buford township road work.
Statesville Landmark reports a public dispute between Judge Bond and Chief Justice Walter Clark over Miss Haywood and an anti woman suffrage article. Bond ridicules Clark, Clark denies ties to Haywood, then Clark ridicules Bond. both claim the other attacked their records. The piece questions dignity of officials amid a lively public back and forth.
Court ordered sale of two tracts of Howie Mining property in Sandy Ridge township Union County North Carolina. Frank Armfield and C W J Pratt serve as commissioners with sale set for 12 noon on September 7 1916 at the Monroe courthouse. Terms require one third cash day of sale with balance and interest paid over six and twelve months secured by securities.
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