Injunction Filed Over Union County Gin Dispute
In a rare move Sheriff J W Griffith and Coroner J J S Plyler secured a temporary injunction to stop J T Shute from erecting a gin on land south of Bear Skin creek. The case, tied to a 1916 contract with J R Shute and partners, pits Shute against McEwen and Wilson with multiple lawyers prepared for a long, high-stakes fight in Wadesboro ahead of a July Superior Court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Griffith
J. PB. Hege
Stewart Street
Wadesboro
J. J. S. Plyler
J. T. Shute
Griffith
Mr. Shute
Chas
Kr. J
Nates
Union County
Union Lecounty
J.P. McEwen
Emmett McLelland
J. Rhute
J. Shute
Plaintiff
Fendant
Monroe
Jaintiff
H. H. Wilson
Plyler & Nash
Hich
Defendant
Shute and Wilson
Shute & Wilson
Bear Skin Creek
Seaboard Railway Company
Frank Hatgler
Marne
Monroe Hospital Drive Aims To Raise Ten Thousand Dollars
A Monroe town effort urges citizens to raise ten thousand dollars for the Monroe hospital. Prompt action is urged with a deadline of June 18 to start construction quickly. The piece calls for widespread participation and mutual cooperation to fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Hospital
Monroe
Storm Toll Rises Across Midwest and South
A devastating series of tornadoes swept Kansas Illinois Indiana Tennessee Arkansas Kentucky and southern Illinois Friday through Sunday killing more than 150 people. Mattoon Illinois suffered 54 dead and 500 injured with massive property loss. Charleston Illinois 38 dead and 150 injured. Other hard hit towns include Andale Kansas Dublin Kentucky South Dyersburg Tennessee and Blytheville Arkansas with numerous deaths and injuries. Indiana reported at least seven fatalities and over two hundred injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Kentucky
Mattoon
Miams
Charleston
Andale
Kan
Dublin
Dyersburg
Tenn
Dyer County
Blytheville
Ark
Hebron
Kouts
Indiana Territory
Ilinois
Russia Faces Economic Crisis Amid War Effort
Petrograd reports the finance minister M. Shingaroff warns only a miracle can avert economic ruin as Russia strains under enormous worker demands. Socialist ministers at a ministerial council urge ending the war as the only path to relief for the beleaguered economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Russia
M. Shingaroff
Ishr
Albert Newsome dies after long illness in Marshville
Albert Myers Newsome died Saturday afternoon at his Marshville home after a prolonged illness. Born 64 years ago in Anson County, he was a respected farmer and skilled brick mason with deep church commitment to Faulk's and Marshville Baptist churches. He leaves a large family including seven of twelve children from his first marriage to Sallie Lampley, plus a later wife Martha Stegall. Funeral held at Faulk's Church with Rev. Marsh and Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horn
Anson County
J. E. Bailey
Marshville
Albert Myers Newsome
Sarah Newsome
Mr. Newsome
Ansonco
Win
Newsome
Versane
Dorado
Ark
Marshal Newsome
Wingate
Phillip
John Griffin
Sallie Lampley
R. Clyde
Clay Newsome
Jim Haney
Walter Haney
John Stegall
Emerson Bivens
Albert
Woodmen of the World
Faulk’s
Messrs. Marsh and Snyder
Messrs. Marsh and Snyder, In the Absence of His Pastor, Rev. Mr. Black
Jennie Wells
R. M. Vaughn
Green
Hamlet
Wm. Thomas Griffin
Jones‘boro
Albert Newsome
Conley Stegall
Slarkton
Frances
M. T. Stegall
J. C. Bailey
Ed Thomas
Weddington
Robt. Cunningham
Monroe
Gertrude Yeager
Philadelphia
L. L. Green
Fire Devastates Oakboro Block Destroying Key Stores
About 3 o clock Saturday morning Oakboro suffered its worst fire. The post office block between Second and Third streets burned, destroying the J B Avant barber shop and dwelling the post office and millinery store J B Harteell store J B Helms General Store Oakboro Furniture Warehouse and C C Farr livery stable. Residents J B Arant and R Arant fled with no time to save household goods while Fulton Haywood and J S Helms also escaped with personal effects. Postmistress Mary J Hartsell lost almost everything save a single showcase and a few hats with no insurance. The barber shop and Helms building were partially insured. Oakboro Furniture Co suffered heavy loss with some insurance. the livery stable had a total loss with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakboro
J. B. Avant
Mary J. Harteell
J. 8. Helms General
C. C. Farr
J. B. Arant
R. Arant
Fulton Haywood
J. 8. Helms
Helms
Mary J. Hartsell
Oakboro Furniture Co
County to Register All Men Aged Twenty One To Thirty
Sheriff Griffith schedules county wide registration for male citizens aged 21 to 30 on June 4. Registrars for each precinct are named and the county board warns of penalties including prison or fines for noncompliance as the nation is at war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinth
Sherid Grirnth
Lanes Creek
W. L. Thomas
Armfield’s—Wv
A. Eubanks
Irby’s—A
North Goose Creek
I. C. Clontar
South Goose Creek
Lonnie Tucker
Unionville
Boyd Griffin
Euto—J. ©. M. Vann
Olive Branch
R. L. Smith
Marshville
J. C. Brooks
BE. Huggins
Wingate
H. K. Helms
J. W. Bivens
North Monroe
W. C. Crowell
R. W. Lemmond
Raymond Redfearn Elected Fourth Policeman in City
At a City Hall Aldermen meeting Raymond Redfearn was elected the fourth member of the police force. Salaries fixed: three officers at 70 dollars monthly, Chief Christenbury 100 dollars, Street Superintendent Howie 75 dollars. Uniforms ordered soon for the police. Dr J B Ashcraft re elected to the school board, Dr H D Stewart also joined. Gulf Paving contracted for five new paving blocks from Franklin and Hayne to Church and Jefferson streets. Petitions for additional paying were deferred until current work finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Redfearn
T. M. Christenbury
W. L. Howie
J. B. Ashcraft
H. D. Stewart
J. E. Ashcraft
F. G. Henderson
The
Gulf Paving
Many Business Deals Despites The Pact In Monroe
The war does not halt building as Investment Corp buys Ayers market for 3600 to tear down and erect a new structure with the bank on Heath Morrow corner. T. P. Dillon and J. C. Sikes acquire Walter grocery building for 2000, with plans for new or improved work. Oscar Blair advances on Main street store rooms while work continues on the hotel project and the Savings Loan and Trust Co bank site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Investment Corporation
Messrs. 5
Blair
N.C. English
R. B. Redwine
J. C. Sikes
Ayers Market
Messrs
R. A. Morrow
Claude Bruner
Bank
Heath-Morrow
T. P. Dillon
Walter Grocery
Main Street
John KR. English
Buchannan
Old Heath
Savings, Loan and Trust Co
Oscar Blair
Western Union Promotes Liberty Bond Purchase Plan
Mr Newcomb Carlton, president of Western Union, urges patriotic support for the war by employees. The company will advance up to 25 percent of yearly salary to buy bonds, repaid in 18 monthly installments through wage deductions, with 2.5 percent interest credited. Subscriptions must be filed with the company by June 30, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
KR. A. Cunningham
Newcomb Carlton
The
Liberty Bond
Western Union Telegraph Company
Board of Directors
Free for all fight leads to jail time and injuries
Three men Thurman Thomas Jesse Brooks and Jule Brooks faced Judge Lemmonds court after a Sunday afternoon brawl near the oil mill. They admitted a melee using a rock a stick and an axe with a pistol bloodstains on a then loaded gun alleged. Jule Brooks drawn 90 days on the roads and Jesse Brooks plus costs. Thurman Thomas fined 2.50 plus costs. all reportedly drank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman Thomas
Jesse Brooks
Jule Brooks
Jesse
Jule
Thomas
Join Monroe Red Cross Chapter in Wartime Call
An appeal to Union county men over military age or exempt to join the Monroe Chapter of the American Red Cross. The letter urges men to become members, highlighting the Red Cross work in wartime, minimal fees, and contact details for Dr. H. B. Gurney and Miss Lottie May Blair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Red Cross Society
Monroe
Army of Mercy
American Red Cross Society
Negro railroad hand killed in shanty car Sunday afternoon
Frank Sadler was killed by Charlie Caldwell in a fight over meat aboard a work-train shanty near the off-will Sunday. Caldwell, in jail for a preliminary hearing before Judge Lemme, claimed self defense after Sadler threw a rock. Sadler, from Newberry South Carolina, died on scene. Caldwell’s Providence township Mecklenburg County home reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iy White
Frank Sadler
Charlie Caldwell
Dail
W. C. Lermond
Mecklenburg County
Jed . O. Lemme
Sadler
County Home
Caldwell
T. M. Christenbury
Clifford Fowler
Newberry
South Carolina
Carpenter Construction Company
Providence Township
Mecklensburg County
Uniform badge proposed for June 5 registration
The Council of National Defense endorses a khaki three inch wide cloth band to decorate men registering on June 5. Counties should supply the badges, using khaki or similar colors, or white dyed at home if needed. The aim is a national symbol to honor registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RW. Lemmond
Joseph Hyde Pratt
W. 8
Gifford
Coansell
National Defense
Council of National Defense
United States
Union County
Execution Certificate for Bank Maske’s Death Sentence
Clerk of Court R W Lemmond received a certificate stating Bank Maske was electrocuted on May 26 1917 in Union County following the April 1917 term verdict. Witness signatures include J P Cond er W L Gulledge C W Howard C W Batcom N L Smith H F Williams J J Watson J J Perry W A Chaney L F Warren W A Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Lemmond
Superior Court
Bank Maske
Union County
J. P. Conder
W. L. Gulledge
C. W. Howard
C. W. Batcom
N. L. Smith
H. F. Williama
J. J. Watson
J. J. Perry
W. A. Chaney
L. F. Warren
W. A. Austin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Be. J.T. Shute
Kansas, Ilinois
Sheriff
MR. Raymond RN
Henderson
Ashcraft
Dillon and Sikes Bay
Investa Corporation Co
Waller
H. Grady Bird
Columbia
E. W. Pointer
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