Local and Personal News Highlights Across Anson County
Mrs. Walter Heckle visits Mrs. J A Douglas in Atlanta. Miss Laura Rogers visits in Lincolnton. Frank Walters and family vacation at Wrightsville Beach. G M Whitfield of Lumberton spent Sunday with his mother. Belk family sale discussions noted in Charlotte. A infant dies from cholera infantum. services planned at Broom burying ground. Local farmers praised by T C Anderson and Y C Redwine for crop quality in Anson. Community clean up at Shiloh Baptist church on Friday July 24. Union Farm demonstrator T J W Broom promoting crimson clover acreage. Several residents travel, visit, and recover from illnesses. road trip south via Camden noted. Miss Jean Ashcraft and others visiting Marshville. Miss Sadie and Carrie OConnell from Charlotte staying with local families. Monroe mercantile sales draw attention. W H Belk and J M Belk abroad. Dr. Whitley’s Ford car travel record cited. Local accidents and hospital updates outlined. Waxhaw gala day planned August 12 with county candidates speaking. Saint Pauls auxiliary to host charity event with Japanese tissue photogravures. Lee Wolfe dies at 68, survived by wife and five children. For sale: Jersey milk cow from W V Starnes Monroe route.
Old Slave Reunion Seeks Bigger Festival Help
A committee plans a larger Old Masters reunion this year after last year’s courthouse square gathering. They seek cooperation from white residents and invite the living old masters to attend. Key organizers include Edmund Timmons and Jno Nixon with support from Crowell, Phifer, Houston, Howie, Stockton and others. The event is set for Wednesday August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Phifer
A.M. Crowell
W. B. Houston
W. L. Howie
Journal
Edmund Timmons
Jno. Nixon
William Stockton
Silas Richardson
Alexander Crowell
Allen Hough
Clinton Moser
Presbyterian Church Notes on Sunday Services
The Presbyterian Church notes describe well attended Sunday services with a morning sermon on Prevailing prayer from Jude 20. The three heads Approach Asking and Answer framed the ex hortation. Evening singing by the young ladies choir enhanced the service and mid week gathering was announced for Wednesday at 8 15 with a call to come apart and rest awhile.
Deaths and Local Notices From New Salem and Surroundings
Death of Mrs D R Passer at New Salem township after a year with typhoid fever. Survived by husband and ten grown children plus two brothers and several sisters. Funeral at New Hope this afternoon. Also report of a purse-fishing theft, moves to Swannanoa for a month, death of civil engineer Marc Spencer at Badin, and a six room house for sale or rent near the graded school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Passer
Mary Passer
New Salem Township
Pusser
W. B. Hinson
Messrs
Ellis B. Pusser
BE. A. Pusser
Charlotte
William W. Pusser
L. E. Pusser
Love's Mill
J. D. Pusser
Spencer
N. C
Jack Simpson
N. C. Hinson
John Love
Stanly
W. A. Tarlton
Tirzah Farr
Albemarle
Dan Austin
New Hope
Elder Broadway
J. B. Nash
Obituary of J. R. Deese of Sandy Ridge Township 1914
Mr J R Deese born 1852 married M C Secrest in 1874 and had 12 children two predeceased him He died July 16 1914 in Christian faith leaving his wife and 9 children to mourn Their burial at Wedfington Cemetery on July 17 service by Revs Taylor and Bradley They left about 700 acres land and other property in their will giving each child a tract of land and the home place to his widow May God guide the widow and fatherless children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Deese
Sandy Ridge Township
M. C. Secrest
Wedfington
Taylor and Bradley
Primary Notice for Union County August 1914 Election
Notice proclaims Democratic Primary for Union County and township officers and General Assembly representatives on Saturday August 15 1914 from 2 pm to sundown, with North and South Monroe polls open 6 am to 6 pm. Lists pollholders by precinct and notes second primary if needed on August 22. Also includes a cinema advertisement for Universal Pictures at Rex Theatre and a schedule of films and showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
General Assembly
South
Monroe
North Monroe
C. N. Simpson, Sr
Baxter Williams
Frank Fairley
Declaration of Candidacy for County Commissioner
A candidate announces for the office of county commissioner in the Democratic primary. The notice identifies the applicant as Thomas from Marshville and states the candidacy is subject to a Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Marshville
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Walter Heckle
Atlanta
J. A. Douglas
Laura Rogers
Linerinton
Frank Walters
Pageland
Wrightsville Beach
G. M. Whitfield
Lumberton
Voc. Whitfeld
5. BE. Belk
Lessie Belk
Rocky River Springs
Antoinette Beasley
Wilmington
Mary Morrow Heath
Lert
High Point
Greensie
Mary Todd
Due West
Nannie Todd
Lancaster
R. H. Kennington
Oscar Hartis
Rosa Griffis
J. W. Griffin
R. M. Hagler
Corinth Church
W. C. Crosby
North Carolina Farmers’ Union
Stallings
County Union
W. E. Cason
Tom Capehart
Ella Lindsey
Nerces
Armileld
Tom Smith
Calvin Laney
Buford
Laney
Murry Lee
Julius Griffin
Buford Township
Broom Burying Ground
T. C. Anderson
Y. C. Redwine
Anson County
the Journal
Shiloh Baptist Church
Charlotte Observer
Belk Brothers
W. H
J. M. Belk
Scotland
Charlotte Boys
Belk Bros
W. A. Huey
T. J. W. Broom
Broom
The
S. O. Blair
Roscoe Phifer
C. H. Richardson
J. W. Griffith
Camden
Heath Springs
Kershaw
Waxhaw
Claude Bruner
W. D. Flow
J.C. Turner
Jean Ashcraft
Grace Graddick
Kathleen Whitfeld
Emily Wright
Clover, D.C
Estelle Horn
Hattie Wall Bryant
Laurinburg
Mary Hull
Shelby
Ruth Russell
W. A. Howie
Mineral Spring
John Austin
E. H. Austin
Sadie O'Connell
Carrie O'Connell
Annie
Kathleen Nelson
F. A. Sloan
Union Drug Co
C. F. Cadieu
Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte
A. J. Boyte
Presbyterian Hospital
A. M. Burns
Burns
E. C. Winchester
Roxboro
J. R. Welsh
C. C. Farr
A. 3. Braswell
C. E. Hill
Caboro
Whitley
Unionville
W. J. Trull
Josephine Mullen
Lincolnton
W. 8
Baskerville
Grace Baskerville
Mary Covington
Kemp Neal
J. W. Neal
Harvar University
A. J Barnes
Mr. Barnes Sale
W. M. Helms
Price Mill
B. C. Snyder
Oak Grove
J.a.biv
Oer Faulks
Ennett
Shiloh
Braxton Craig
Mill Creek
J. S. Snider
Mount Harmony
S. W. Bennett
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
T. P. Dillon
McCauley Heights
Lee Wolfe
St. Peter's Hospital
Mecklenburg County
Hickory
Dayton Wolfe
Rutherfordton
Roy Wolfe
Agnes
Estelle
Louie Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Davidson
Union
Mecklenburg
Jersey
W. V. Starnes
J. M. Carnes
Marc Spencer
Badin
Pastime Theatre
Tridges
Two Marys
Mary Puller
Mary Pickford
Moving Universal Pictures
Rex Thetre
Moving Universal Picture
Wallace Reid
Dorothy Davenport
Browning
Universal Animated Weekly
Priday
Rockies
Ford Sterling
Ethel Grandin
Doris Mason
Universal Tire
Cuckooville
Rex
Universal Pictures
Jervey
H. D. Walters
Monroe R.F
W. Grove
India
Eclipse
Lee & Lee Co
North Carolina
Nassif & Joseph
Monroe Bargain House
Nassiff & Joseph
Trinity College
Tam
Southern College of Liberal Arts
R. L. Flowers
Bescon Feastem
Blair
H. B. Clark, Onshiler
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