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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1917
Page
5
Miss Caroline Morrow and Hal Ne Mar Belk left for Albemarle relatives. many neighbors travel for Navy, Shrine, or education events. Morrow family notes, harvests rising with corn up, peas and soy beans up. local church revival continues with 35 new members and strong crowds.
Mr J H Griffin and Miss Cleone Privette were married Sunday at the home of the officiating magistrate sq W P Plyler. Both reside in Buford township. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs W L Griffin and the bride daughter of Mr and Mrs B Privette.
Mr Tracey Smith and Miss Jennie Helms wed at the bride’s Sandy Ridge township home Saturday with officiating magistrate W G Hawfield. The groom is son of J R Smith of Chesterfield county and the bride is daughter of Marion and Mrs Helms of Sandy Ridge. They will reside in Chesterfield county.
The Union County pension board met in the Clerk of Court's office yesterday with no actions taken beyond revising a lint. A follow up meeting is planned for next Monday to review applications. Members present included Benton as chairman and W A Love, P C Stinson, with R W Lemmond serving as clerk of court.
At a board session yesterday Prof. R. N. Nesbit was re-elected Superintendent of County Instruction and sworn in the same day. Three new members were sworn in: J. L. Radian, Zeb Little, and B. F. Parker, joining J. W. Laney and A. A. Sceres on the five-member board.
No slackers in Union County officials report all residents between 21 and 81 registered, says Clerk of Court R W Simon, a county registration board member. He notes few areas lacking arrests for failure to register, underscoring county diligence.
Union County residents Poy Maccied and companions were aboard a vessel near Weide on June 20. They spent the prior week in Uda county with the groom's mother, before visiting Laurinvure and Phevon. A veteran Woolworth executive notes the young man’s unfamiliarity with the vast enterprise yet hints at his native roots in the county despite limited public recognition.
County Commissioners met with little activity on Monday as Jerry Laney gazed out the window and Gov Buford appeared idle. Reports from Waxhaw show the new school house bond failed, District No 5 tax election yielded 9 to 17 against, and Marahville township constable post saw another appointment after resignation.
A clipped, quippy line echoes a widow posing as a miss to snag a hit, juxtaposing a washerwoman’s hard life with the lure of wealth, and warning that self centered living ends in failure.
John A Howie of Pleasant Grove near Indian Trail died last Friday afternoon after a fall at his home turning ill on returning from Monroe. The funeral was held Sunday at Pleasant Grove with Rev Vestal officiating. He would have been sixty six next September third. Survived by wife, one daughter and four sons, plus one brother D H Howie of Indian Trail. Pallbearers listed as Lonnie Wolfe Oscar Howie Edward Howie Will Helms Lawson Howie and George Howie.
Extension Circular No. 40 outlines three methods for storing and planting home grown seed Irish potatoes at Willard station, North Carolina. It compares replanting first crop culls, in- trench sprouted seed, and a floor or surface spread method, noting sprouted seed yields, disease culling, and timing through mid August plantings with guidance to select from good stock and consult Extension Circular No. 49.
Notice from the Pension Board of Union County announcing meetings in the Clerk of Court’s office on July 25 and 24 to review pension applications for Confederate soldiers and widows. All applicants and any others with business with the board should appear. no other meeting will be held this year. R. W. Lemmond, Clerk to Board.
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