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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
4
The piece critiques wasteful social giving and urges purposeful charity. It notes a local push led by The Spug to reform gifting habits and cites a wedding invitation as an example of frivolous giving. It also references women’s suffrage, Gov Bryan, and public health vaccination efforts.
The vital statistics law began November first. Since then, births were reported to Mr. T. L. Crowell in the township, including a daughter to Mr and Mrs J C Green and numerous other newborns listed with varied spellings.
The speaker says December 19 marks North Carolina Day and Knapp Memorial Day. They will distribute programs to schools by mail with matted copies for teachers who request more copies via OE NISBET, Co, Supt.
Dr R D Ress and family escaped injury as their car was wrecked on the A L crossing when a freight engine and rail damaged the vehicle after ten minutes on the track. The train then demolished the auto as the car’s red light warned approaching engineers. Ress has filed a claim with the railroad. Gov Craig recently pardoned Jane Bennett after a contentious murder case.
A priest in Clare South Tend Ind led more than 200 followers to St James Church in the city, marching bareheaded to join the Episcopal faith after a controversy with Fort Wayne bishop Aldering of the National Catholic Church of America. The event marked a shift in religious allegiance for the group.
Thomas H. Peebles, the Attorney General of South Carolina, reports he accidentally discharged a pistol while handing it to a man at the Elks Club in Columbia. A colored man, the club cook, was struck and killed. Peebles says he did not carry the weapon and intended to leave it at the club. he faces formal involuntary homicide charges.
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