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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1917
Page
5
Local notices report a Chautauqua meeting at the telephone office and a guarantors gathering. Residents visit relatives, attend grand opera in Atlanta, and local elections near. A wedding at the courthouse, wartime drafts, and deaths in Wingate are noted along with real estate transfers and a short obituary.
Community urged to purchase Chautauqua tickets before start to guarantee full revenue for the guarantors. Advance sales will cover shortfalls, reducing personal liability for Monroe promoters and ensuring the educational event proceeds. Citizens are encouraged to invite friends and buy early for a week of programming.
Mr B Green an employee of an escrow company in Spartanburg County was found with a bottle believed to be cough syrup. He drank some thinking it was medicine and became seriously ill before recovering. An investigation revealed the bottle contained horse medicine not poisonous to animals but deadly to humans. The incident occurred near Monroe Auction House displays.
Alabama Governor Charles Henderson announced he would urge Congress and the War Department to let Colonel Theodore Roosevelt raise a division and command troops on European battlefields. He argued the ex-President’s presence would boost morale among Allied soldiers and show full U.S. commitment to liberty and humanity. The piece closes with an unrelated remark noting women avoid the matrimonial lottery.
Barney Lathan aged about 16 died at his uncle John Lathan’s Monroe home after his enlarged neck glands worsened. He had returned from Boone North Carolina to finish school and planned to enter Trinity College. Survived by his father Sam Lathan and siblings Otis Clyde Savi Lula Ethel Zora. funeral at Prospect Methodist Church.
W M Gordon thanks Munroe voters for backing him in the first alderman primary and asks for continued support in the coming primary Saturday. He says he remains on his original platform of progress.
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