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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1911
Page
1
A letter argues that the church suffers from leadership gaps and calls for active lay participation to reform churches. In Salisbury, Mrs Janie Noel, 19, and her husband face prison for trafficking young girls. a judge pleads for reform and warns there is hope if she acts, detailing a troubled past.
Mr J D McRae has accepted a traveling representative role with a large mercantile concern and will begin travel about November first. The Dixie shows the Biograph features Her Sacrifice and Stability and Nobility tonight.
Messrs. Wood Hudson and Stack dissolve their cotton partnership. Hudson and Lee organize The Hudson Lee Cotton Company with offices in the Keemerlee rooms in the opera house building. Stack forms J E Stack Co with his son M Stack at the same stand, with T W Ih of Lancaster joining Monroe.
Mes srs EK TL Bivens and James A Crowell convert a large ginnery with a 15 horsepower motor new saws brushes and presses to offer free ginning to farmers. The upgraded facility includes a renovated barn and ample stables for overnight stays as they secure top equipment for day and night operation.
The Monroe aldermen enact a rule requiring water and light bills to be issued by the seventh day after use and due within seven days of mailing. City can cut off service for nonpayment. A 50 cent reactivation fee is charged before service is restored. Adopted September 4, 1911 by Mayor J. J. Crow and Clerk H. Johnson.
Braxton Barkley a 17 year old Salisbury Post clerk drowned in the North Yadkin river near Horse Shoe bend while swimming with Floyd Best. They left Salisbury at 6:30 am by buggy and bicycles. Barkley followed Best to Sheephead rock, then disappeared as he struggled to reach the surface. Rescue efforts began with grabbing hooks and boats but were unsuccessful. Barkley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Barkley of Cemetery street.
Squire J C Laney recounted a dream of a porch hammock scene interrupted by a sudden uproar as the family woke and fired shotguns at an apparent danger. He described a huge horse charging with a biting mouth, comparing it to a lightning scare from a prior incident.
Mrs Maggie Hartis wife of M T Hartis died at her home in Charlotte last Friday after months of spinal trouble. She was 42, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T L A Davis of Union county. Survived by husband and two children. Member of Charlotte Westminster Presbyterian Church. Suffered 15 months with Christian fortitude.
Mr. CH Richardson reports from Baltimore that Mrs Richardson, hospitalized there, is a little better and doctors hold hope for her permanent recovery.
Dr. Weaver at Hebron West Monroe township urged abstinence from tobacco. Jim Keziah reports quitting after the sermon, but peers soon relapsed. Aiming to save a dime weekly, the men pledged to quit, yet temptations and old habits lingered as one drummer offered tobacco and reluctance persisted.
Mrs Horton suffered painful bruises and a sprained ankle when a buggy driven by Mr J W Fowler collided with another buggy driven by Mr Tierton on Franklin street Saturday. Miss Hallie Horn was uninjured.
Mrs Lowery of Mowett Falls spent a day or two with her little daughter Perthy who is in school here Miss Chace Hamilton a student here spent Saturday and Sunday at Baker s Crossing Mr Lew Watem on route 2 and sister Miss Walter Perry visited in Atlanta Ga Mr and Mrs Thomas Herdingfield return to Wake county Tuesday morning after visiting relatives here Mr and Mrs K P Stewart visiting Mr and Mrs RosL Arstrong near Tuscalaw SC Miss Mary Sherrin visiting relatives at Marshville Mr Howard Brown son of Chas E Brown went to Young Harris College in Georgia to prepare for the ministry He had served as conductor in railroad work for about ten years and recently surrendered to the call to service Two strong Sunday sermons by Rev Cordell and Rev Dr Rowell at the church Visitations noted Began J Williams and Clyde Jones leave for Walcest College Monday Roger Sherrin and Carl Parker to Chapel Hill to enter university
Mentor schools opened with strong enrollment and satisfactory progress. Several citizens attended and praised the start. New teachers began work with all but Miss Bayle present due to her sister's illness. Miss Danlap filled in for a few days. Enrollment list shows Lancaster Avenue and North Monroe Colored School 58 total.
A Saturday night gathering of Woodmen featured Wy Tye of Charlene and Deputy addressing the group. Delegates praised the remarks by Grant of Raleigh, calling it the strongest clearest rationale yet heard. Tye complemented with a short address on safe financial policy of the Modern Woodmen of America. Attendees left satisfied and praising both speakers.
Mr Heary Paisley delivers an illustrated song show at The Dixie tonight. The program blends music with visual storytelling, drawing a crowd eager for a distinctive performance in the venue.
A Black man entered the Gray Tolar home shortly after midnight and assaulted Mr. Tolar, fracturing his skull, while attempting to choke Mrs. Tolar. Mrs. Tolar fled with her children to seek help as bloodhounds hunted three suspects. One man had a passenger ticket to Fairmont. robbery denied. Authorities report high public anger but no decisive identification yet.
Collier's Weekly notes the South catching up with the West in agricultural value and population growth. Census data show crop values rising 188 percent in the South Atlantic and a 66 percent rise in Central West states. White rural population increases outpace black growth as Western farmers move south seeking cheaper land and better prospects.
Mr. C. H. Brooks of Marshville lost his house and contents in a Sunday fire about noon. A nearby smokehouse and meat were destroyed. Fire started in the cook room roof near the stove flue, likely from a spark. Loss estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars, partly insured.
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