Monroe News Briefs From Union County Area
Local items report W H Funderburk family reunion set for September 15 with W O Lemmond and J C M Vann slated to speak, and a picnic dinner for old soldiers. Notices cover J T Garland opening Marshville dry goods store, Vanderbilt sighting in Monroe, a moccasin bite near Medlin Road, police action on speeding, and Soldiers' Business Aid Committee formation in Union County. Also reported are school openings, local clergy remarks, doctors drafted, and several social updates from Center Grove and surrounding locales.
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W. H. Funderburk
Chesterfield County
W. O. Lemmond
White Way
J. T. Garland
Marshville
J.t.garland &Co
Marsh-Lee Company
Garland
New York
Monroe
Lee & Lee
Ware Shoals
S. C
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York State Guard
Col. Vanderbilt
Spartanburg
Berlin
Jack Carter
Medlin Road
Christenbury
Soldiers’ Business Aid Committee
Union County
J. J. Parker
L. B. Huggins
L. E. Huggins
Parker
William Blakeney
Recorder's Court
South Carolina
Main Street
Blakeney
Lemmond
Roy Trail
Wolf Pond
W. T. Helms
RL. Payne
Sve
France
H. B. Creft
War Department
G. M. Smith
Lable
Presbyterian
B. W. Sikes
Coker College
Kershaw
J. C. Sikes
Mra
E. G. Fletcher
Carolina Auto Sales Co
Mesars
Jim Liles
George McLellan
Hayden Shepherd
America
Columbia
Gurney
Mr. Wray
J. E. Ashcraft
J. M. Belk
F. B. Ashcraft
J. F. Laney
Broom
J. Z. Green
Aldermen May Halt Street Work Due to City Debt
Aldermen warn street paving may stop as city has borrowed to the limit and lacks funds for new projects. Petitioned paving from Lancaster avenue faces delay while discussions note over hundred thousand dollars already spent on streets and White Way costs. A proposed underpass near the railroad and a dangerous old mill crossing prompt calls for railroad watchmen or action by authorities.
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Lancaster Avenue
Houston Street
H. D. Stewart
Khathera Hunter
Lowen
Katherine
Jim Evens
Off Mill
Byal
Jim
Corporation Commission
Regulations for drafted men heading to mobilization camps
Washington issued new directives for first five percent drafted men preparing to leave Sunday for mobilization camps. Instructions call for minimal civilian clothing and personal items, with toilet articles, towels, and handkerchiefs listed. other articles frowned upon. Clothing sent home not required to be kept. large luggage not allowed. Recruits should cut hair, bathe, wear clean clothes, and carry postcards or stamped envelopes for quick family contact. A humorous note ends with a saying on winding clocks.
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Washington
Lors Board
Bru-Nel Theater Show Delights Audiences At Albany
A crowded Bru-Nel Theater in Albany featured Allan and Kenna Girls, a strong chorus in dainty costumes, and a Dutch Irish duo keeping patrons laughing. Deadrick and his banjo drew encores as auto safety notes urged strict headlight compliance after a moonlit collision killed two and injured five.
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Bets
Allan & Kenna
T! Wes
Deadrick
Eva
Bra-Nel
Charlotte Observer
Itateh
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W. J. Rudge
Concord
Frank Lee
Angelus
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Waxhaw
Charles P. Wray
Ridgeway
S.C
James Hennessee
I. B. Bourn
Bourn
Hennessee
Texas Company
George Presson
L. N. Presson
Weaver College
C. M. Griffin
Palmerville
James Griffin
Juanita Alexander
Charlotte
Leslie Futch
West Point
Regular Army
Fron Monroe
Oglethorpe
National Army
Claudia Sanders
Greenville
T. H. Simpson
Jacksonville
Fla
Center Grove
Rt. 6
Connie
Docie Watkins
Russell Faulks
Lillie
Etta
M. IE. Faulks
W. C. Helms
Indian Trail
Martha Presley
Ebenezer
John Helms
Sarah
Emma Honeyputt
Fort Mill
J. BE. Wentz
Emma Birmingham
Mamie Ritch
Ollie
Lena Honeycutt
Flossie Riker
Jim Long
Wier Birmingham
Matthews
Davdi Williams
Willian
Minnie Trull
Stinson
Ouita Presley
Union Grove
Waller Hela
Clara Stinson
Ranee Orr
Sustar
David Williams
Hite Son
Kendryville
Younts
Pine
Joian Trait
Wents
Braxton
Edgar Baucom
Walter Helis
Monroe Lodge
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J. B. Copple
C. C
N. B. Ayers
J. M. Blair
Lee & Lee Co
Notion
North Carolina
THE
Bank of Union
the Welcome Bank
W. S. Blakeney
R. G. Laney
Lee Griffin
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