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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1914
Page
8
A Democratic party appeal urges voters to back John Vann in the upcoming primary. The document argues constitutional amendments will shape future legislatures and stresses Vann’s training and suitability to help interpret the amendments and aid the party in the General Assembly.
Taylorville adopts a sweeping anti liquor measure with fines from 25 to 200 dollars for giving or possessing liquor. No drinking in clubs or private homes, no liquor advertising, and draymen must log all liquor hauled. Aldermen Lee and Wood lead adoption by a 5 to 3 vote amid strong opposition.
Passengers on trolley No 19 near Milburn avenue faced a rough stop when the car lurched and its high steps made boarding difficult. A portly woman refused help from a man, then a slight stranger with reddish whiskers offered aid, joking that he might be her husband. The man complied and she finally boarded.
A thoroughbred St. Charles spaniel named Colonel Bunch died after ingesting poison meant for home affairs. The note, carried in his collar by owner Mr Redman, clerk of the County court, triggered the dramatic delivery from courthouse to the Redman home.
City Forester Hoddy reports ants invading exclusive lawns. A ham bone with remaining meat lures ants from about 100 feet, then the bone is dumped in hot water to kill them. Hoddy cautions the method may deter refined homeowners but is suggested to save the turf.
In Chicago a vulcanizing machine blast at a dentist’s office showered false teeth onto pedestrians on State Street. A December 97-year-old resident, Tamar, Mo-Mia, Elizabeth Swan, and others are noted among the deceased and many descendants are mentioned.
The Tharp Hardware Company lists a stump puller for Mr Vernon Leck that claims one man can exert 28 000 pounds with a lever, block and tackle and ratchet. Described as simple, cheap and effective, it aims to speed stump removal in fields long clung to by stubborn Hehtwood stumps.
The Twenty-Sixth Annual Reunion of Bain Academy alumni and friends is set for August 7. Activities include 10:30 a.m. talks by former students, a 12:00 dinner on the grounds, 2:30 addresses by former teachers, 4:00 program by the Jr. O. U. A. M. council with a fing and Bible, 4:20 drama The James Boys of Missouri, and music by the Piedmont Orchestra of Charlotte.
The pastor will spend August at Hiddenite for vacation and there will be no preaching services during that time. The Sunday School meets at ten o clock as usual and mid week service continues on Wednesday evening as usual.
Church reporter notes a possible general war in Europe driven by Austria and Serbia with Russia backing Serbia and Italy and Germany backing Austria. Securities fall across Europe while bluster continues. England and Ireland debate home rule as Irish deaths by Scottish troops surface in Dublin.
Notice warns candidates for township and city offices to pay five dollars to the Democratic executive committee twenty days before the primary to fund the election. The deadline has passed. payments should go to Rt. L. Stevens or W. J. Pratt in Monroe North Carolina. Also notes filing candidacy ten days before the primary with the Clerk of Superior Court.
Louis Moore was shot twice on a public road near Centre church after a dispute with Funderburk who overtook Moore and his brother on Saturday evening. Moore was wounded in the leg and shoulder. his lung was penetrated, with uncertain recovery. Deputy Sheriff Jule Griffith arrested Funderburk, who posted two thousand dollars bond to await results.
Mr Frank M Hasty announces as an independent candidate for the legislature and plans to attend candidate rounds next month to request speaking time He says he runs in the middle of the road and seeks broad support from both parties water in his bucket metaphor signals his aim to gain votes from Democrats and Republicans alike.
At The Rex This Week features Universal Ike Almost a Hero a big comedy and A Man a Girl and Another Man a western drama. The Quack a love drama based on cocaine trafficking stars Walter Reid and Dorothy Davenport with other screenings through Thursday and Friday plus news on court cases and local ads including Chero-Cola sales across Union County.
Edith Thomas returns home to Marshville after a month with grandparents Mr and Mrs B W Thomas. Bettie and Lena Delaney attend Bible Society in Tirzah. Annie Lee Short visits sister Mrs Henry Honeycutt in Union. Reverend Seymore Taylor conducts protracted meeting at Wesley Hos. Walter Thomas and relatives visit Monroe and Marshville. W L Belk visits brother Sam Belk. Peart and Myrtle Hill visit grandmother Beulah community. Ola Hemby visits sister Mrs Edward Killough. Elsie Lerner guests of Lucy Price. John Hemby and family visit relatives near Antioch. Grave Price of Matthews visits Mrs A J Price. Oscar Hemby of Indian Trail and Lee Shannon of Charlotte spend Sunday here. Mrs G L McManus home from sanitorium.
The eighth episode follows Hicks and an assassin plotting Pauline's disappearance while a Sioux omen foresees her as a goddess. Harry races to rescue Pauline as a dangerous trial by oracle, a trench and rolling boulder threaten her life amid sensational urban jungle peril.
Thanhouser's biblical epic Joseph in the Land of Egypt in four parts features James Cruze and Margaret Snow and will be shown at the Rex Theatre on Friday August 14. The ad promotes Chero-Cola with a slogan urging patrons to swing into line and drink it.
Prices paid by merchants today for long staple cotton at 15.00 and short staple at 2. Seed values vary, with guidance to call merchants for daily figures. Butter, eggs, hens, young chickens, roosters, guineas, and pork prices listed, alongside cattle and other items. An advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Oil for cures.
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