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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1911
Page
1
The article urges optimism about improving the world through active effort by all people including ministers teachers and doctors. It notes the era is favorable for such work and cites biblical aims to renew and brighten the earth while acknowledging current loafing at the depot and calls for better conduct to aid railroad operations.
New York August 2 Harry N Atwood the Boston aviator arrived in New York by heavier than air machine traveling from St Louis via Chicago He landed safely on Governors Island after a flight from Nyack New York Through Hudson River fog he set a world record by covering the distance in twenty eight hours one minute in the same biplane with no major mishaps The feat compares to the speed of trains and marks a milestone in aviation history.
Local items report N B Joss’s death amid Mon and Salisbury railroad interests and right of way disputes led by A W McManus and W G Long. Other notes mention remodeling, a new house by RoW Polk, Felix Riggers and W B Love teaching moves, a Mill Ground camp meeting drawing a large crowd, Lee Riker losing his home during absence, rheumatism afflictions of A Pig, Neith Kiser’s illness, Lois’s hospital visits, and A W Me.
The issue reports cotton conditions in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama with mixed gains and losses from rains. It also recounts a deadly Canonsburg Pennsylvania theater disaster where twenty six people died in a crush at a moving pictures show, many of them children, prompting school delays.
Mr. J. J. Lindsay spent several days in town last week visiting local residents and meeting with the town's leaders during a brief stopover.
A large revival at Corinth Baptist Church reports fifteen professions of faith and thirty six join the church. The meeting led by Rev Bryant and Rev Sparks of Kentucky drew large crowds with vigorous preaching. Baptisms occurred at Totten Pond with fourteen seated for baptism. Local updates note community events and upcoming visits by pastors and families.
The Conrad farm on the Yadkin river fourteen miles east of here owned by A Dinkins and George Steelman is in fine condition. It is estimated that the hogs in corn this year will produce from 12 000 to 15 000 bushels of corn which will benefit Yadkin County.
All members of Macedonia Local Farmers Union are requested to meet Friday night for special business. A. L. Parker, President.
Wingate news lists visiting relatives from Sanford Monroe Robeson county and Charlotte. Enrollment exceeds two hundred with fifty one boarders. Rev Cordell of Marshville to begin meetings Tuesday night at the church. Mrs Hadley and two sons visit from Charlotte. J W Smith and wife with baby visit Monroe.
A Lehigh Valley passenger train No 4 hit a spread rail on a trestle near Manchester New York on August 25. Two rear coaches plunged forty feet into an embankment causing many deaths and serious injuries. The accident involved fourteen cars and drew veterans and Rochester excursionists among the passengers. The crash marked one of the worst in the system’s history with many feared dead.
Aldermen approve street name changes from Lafayette to Main and other renamings across town including Bryan to cross town routes and Alley K to Ciordon avenue. Mrs Noel, wife of a Davidson Superior Court defendant, was arrested in Spartanburg after being implicated in abducting two girls for immoral purposes. released on bond and fled after a preliminary hearing.
Last Thursday morning Mr J M Fairley left town for a three day trip to Seothand county in his childhood region Kubesom He finds drastic changes from rapid commercialization and new earth due to fertilizing The land he recalls once sold for twenty five cents an acre now rents for six hundred dollars per year The county boasts graded roads concrete bridges and many colored farmers with machines Land rents reach ten dollars an acre and large tracts of five to six hundred acres appear under cultivation The scene compares cotton prices from fifteen cents to five cents as he travels from here to the downcounty area The narrative notes improved infrastructure and rising local tenancy as development continues.
The Test Book Commission finished its work and adopted two books Reed's Primary Speller and Reed's Word Lowens. County superintendents may decide which to use. Reed's Primary Speller appears favored for general use and ample supply will be sought through depositories. The list with exchange prices will be published soon by Superintendent Nishet Co.
Studying live stock Mr BL A Williams, a AJ and M College student, returned to east Monroe township to spend vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs WooR de Williams. He pursues a two year course and aims to work at the experiment station during break, hoping to return to Union county to build a career in the expanding Southern agricultural field.
In Goldsboro a sheriff pursued three craps shooters, a white man and a negro. The negro fled and the officer fired to stop him. Burke Privett, a drug clerk, joined the chase and fired, injuring the suspect. Privett was not deputized and could face legal trouble.
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