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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
5
A collage of 1910s era notices and ads covers grocery pitches, family reunions, job moves, church events, a fatal freight train accident, survivor letters, theater updates, mining disputes, and local society notes from Waxhaw and Monroe communities, with multiple names and places including Vann Funderburk, Moses Walters, Henderson Garage, Monroe Oil, Rex Theatre, and Unionville.
Lee and Lee Co reports Mr E C Williams left for Atlantic City. Rev Abernethy preaches Monday and Sunday services follow Labor Day. Central Methodist and St Luke churchs schedule sermons and Sunday school. Family reunion planned Sept 1 at Cap Helis home near W P Sutton mill. Miss Dright McCorkle visits Charlotte Asheville Gastonia Belmont. Rev Snider to start meetings in West Monroe then North Monroe. Library committee reports 75 books on hand and solicit donations to Flow Phifer and Dillon. B F Parker sells twenty bales cotton at 15 1/2 cents up from fall value. Dr J F Lee reunion forms annual group with officers: Arthur L Moser president J Lee Polk VP J M Fairley VP T L Crowell sec treas. Seventy seven attendees. next reunion next August first Wednesday. Cotton market near 0 cents. spot 15 4 18 cents. Services at St Luke Lutheran Sunday morning and evening. Sunday school 10 am. G P McNeely and S H McNeely visiting in Jackson Twp. J R Shute altercation leads to head wound. Mrs J D Calder returns from Whitmire funeral of Caldwell Coffald. Misses Elma Christine McDowell and Mrs H J Glass visiting. Mr William Motley of South Boston accompanies. R C Massey discharged after illicit distillery case due to insufficient evidence. Misses Stella Mundy, Annie Beam, Wilson to arrive. Miss Mundy to board with Mrs E C Williams. Miss Mundy’s sister to become stenographer at Monroe Hardware Co. Miss McDonald married O B Walter of Concord.
Jury found Bun yan Shaw and co defendants unlawfully injured Bogan Crook after an altercation months ago. Judge Cline set aside the second issue allowing damages of 498 while the first suit for injury to the leg remains standing. Crook died after severe injuries near Lancaster two miles from Monroe. He lingered in a hospital in Charlotte before returning home. Court adjourned yesterday.
Warnings from New York and Repver about a possible nation wide railroad strike threaten paralysis across the economy. Millions could lose work immediately as rail and steamship services risk shutdowns and coal bunkers may run short. Officials say embargoes affect freight, grain shipments, and manufactur ers nationwide, with widespread economic harm expected.
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