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Monroe Journal, Friday, February 2, 1923
-We are glad to learn that Miss Patsy Trull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. M. Trull is rapidly improving from an attack of chronic appendicitis suffered several days ago.
-Miss Kate Trull was the weekend guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. M. Trull. Miss Trull is teaching at White school in New Salem township.
-Miss Ida Mills, teacher of the primary department at Belfield school, spent last weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mills, of Monroe.
-Miss Ida Mills entertained a number of friends last Wednesday night… Those present were Misses Naomi and Flossie Mullis and Miss Effie Stegall, Messrs. Archie Mullis and Clyde Strawn of near Marshville and Clayton Stegall.
-Resolutions of Respect – On the 2nd day of January, 1823, God in hid Allwise Providence saw fit to call from our midst Brother Clegg Crowell who was a faithful member of Hopewell Baptist church and one of the most loyal supporters of the Berean class of our Sunday school. Clegg was stricken with a lingering disease more than three years ago but he bore his affliction with Christian fortitude….
-The court is now engaged in the trial of Sam Crump, charged with slaying his wife. The defendant contends the shooting was accidental, that when he raised his gun to shoot at an alleged burglar, his wife ran between him and the open door, receiving the contents of the gun. The state, however maintains that Mrs. Crump was killed by her husband in a fit of passion, and that the story of the burglary is a frame-up…
-State against Lewis Carter, charges with false pretense, pleads guilty….
-State against Les Williams, charges with violating prohibition laws; defendant pleads guilty…
-State against Carry Teal, charges with recklessly operating auto, and injuring Mrs. I. J. Carpenter and others…
-State against F. R. Springs, charged with violating prohibition laws…
-State against Frank Williams, who was tried at the Oct. term on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and was found guilty…
-Former Monroe Man is Married in Asheville – Charlotte friends of Arthur Webster Thomas, originally of this city, but now of Asheville, will be interested to learn of his marriage in that place on January 3rd, to Miss Nancy Angeline Davis… Mrs. Thomas is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Davis, prominent residents of Haywood county, the former one of Western North Carolina’s pioneer orchardists… Mr. Thomas is a native of Monroe.
-Liquor Saloons Paid the Bulk of City Taxes in Year 1858 – If liquor could be legally sold in Monroe, and the saloons paid nearly three-fourths of all the taxes imposed by the city, would the tax-payers vote for prohibition? Perhaps so in this enlightened age, but away back in the early days of Monroe, when this condition really obtained, I doubt if there was a single “dry” advocate.
In the year 1858, I find that of the taxes paid into the municipal treasury, a scant $117.05 (not enough to now pay the salary of a single employee), $75 was paid by three saloons for the privilege of selling whiskey. Then there were but eighty-nine lots, an assessed property valuation of $64,020, 42 white polls, 29 slaves and 27 dogs. But the cost of government was cheap, free road work and free police duty being compulsory, and the necessary clerical work secured for insignificant sums. One entry shows that John M. Stewart was paid fifty cents for carrying water to road hands for two days. I doubt if a small Negro boy could be found in these days to do this amount of work for such a small sum.
The minutes of the board of commissioners for Jan. 6th, 1858, show that D. F. Hayden, the mayor, elected and appointed, duly qualified by taking the several oaths of office according to law before H. M. Houston, a justice of the peace. Transactions of the board at this meeting were:
“Ordered by the commissioners of the town of Monroe that D. F. Hayden, mayor, now proceed to take the inventory.
“Ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that R. H. Stitt, H. M. Houston and J. D. Smith be and they are hereby appointed assessors of the real estate of the town of Monroe and report at the next meeting; whereupon R. H. Stitt, H. M. Houston and J. D. Smith, assessors of the real estate of the town of Monroe, appeared and they were duly qualified.
“Be it enacted by the commissioners of Monroe that all circus shows [tear in page] of ten dollars.
[Tear in page]cted by the commission-[tear in page]nimal shows pay a tax [tear in page].
[Tear in page]er enacted that all [tear in page] of hand or any other [tear in page]tion for reward pay a [tear in page]ars.”
[Tear in page] largest tax-payers of the [tear in page] above-mentioned saloons, ev-[tear in page] complained of itinerant liq-[tear in page]dlers, for in the minutes of [tear in page]urday night, Feb. 6th, 1858, I find where the commissioners passed an act making it unlawful for any person with a wagon or vehicle to retail by the “small” and spirituous liquors or wine within the corporate limits of said town. Any person found guilty of violating the act was declared liable to a fine of $5 for each and every offense. Other transactions of this meeting were:
“Upon the application of John P. Houston, permission is granted to him to use a portion of the streets for the purpose of building on the corner and other places along the street so he does not obstruct more than half the street.
Captain Correll Reports: “C. Correll, captain of the patrol class No. 1, appeared and reported that all had discharged their duties as patrollers and were discharged. “Be it further enacted that the discovery of a horse or beast hitched to any of the forbidden shade trees along the pavements or sidewalks, of the public square in the incorporate limits, shall be presumed evidence of the violation of the act forbidding this practice and the burden of proving his innocence shall be upon the owner of said horse of beast.”
Court was a big occasion in those days. Few people ever came to town except when the “big court” was in session, and it is related that when J. E. W. Austin went to New York to purchase goods for his firm the size of the crowds wandering up and down the streets of the metropolis prompted him to write home that he “thought it was court week.” The size of the crowds on the occasions demanded stricter policing, and the commissioners, ever ready for the emergency, ordered the patrollers to patrol “at least two nights in each week except court week and in that case three nights and shall patrol all the Negro houses and other suspected places in the incorporate limits of Monroe for at least two hours in the each and every night.” This was the meeting held the following month, March, 1858. Other matters were disposed of as follows:
Court Week Big Occasion – “Whereupon John P. Houston, Jno. W. Holms, W. A. Howie and John M. Hargett made their report to the mayor within five days after their term expires.
“On motion it is ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that John Shute, overseer of the streets of Monroe, proceed to the collection of all the liabilities incurred by persons liable to work on public roads, who failed to work on the streets of Monroe on the days of working.
“On motion the commissioners agreed to replant the public square in shade trees.
“On motion it is ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that H. J. Wolfe pay to John M. Stewart the sum of fifty cents for carrying water to the hands two days when engaged in working the streets.
On motion, James S. Denton, John C. Brown, Isaac D. Boyte and Thomas W. Bickett, Patrol Chapter No. 2, appeared, reported and were discharged.
“Be it further enacted that there be a tax of ten cents levied on every hundred dollars worth of real estate situated in the town of Monroe and twenty-five cents for each and every poll taxable by the state; and that there be a tax of twenty dollars levied on each and every retailer of spirits, wine, etc., of a quart or less, and a tax of twenty-five cents on each and every dog and a tax of one dollar on each and every bitch in the corporate limits of Monroe by the owners or the person permitting the same to remain on their premises or elsewhere.
Stops Hogs Running at Large – “Be it further enacted that it be unlawful for any person permitting any of his hogs to run at large in the corporate limits of Monroe and suffering them to run out not being enclosed after night shall forfeit and pay a fine of ten cents for each and every offense per head, which may be found running at large before sunrise in the morning shall be presumptive evidence that such hogs were out during the night and the burden of the proof lies on the owner to show otherwise, and the owner shall be liable to pay ten cents on each hog running at large during the night or the hogs that may be found running at large before sunrise in the morning for every offense and be in force from the first of March, 1858.
“Be it further enacted that in case any person or persons refusing to pay either of the two above fines when called on by the proper officer shall be liable to pay two fold upon a warrant as in other case.
“On motion the commissioners of Monroe contracted with Joseph F. McLure to erect a caraway twenty feet in length and ten feet wide across the alley F at the branch below J. D. Stewart’s stable for five dollars all of which is to be well done.”
Slaves became harder and harder to control. Realizing that the members of the patrol went to bed early in the night, it seems that the slaves waited until after midnight to do their visiting and carousing, for at the meeting of April 3, 1858, the commissioners ordered the patrollers to patrol after midnight at least two nights in the month. W. W. Hart, Thomas Dinton, C. A. Helms and W. L. Howie were appointed a patrol for the month of April, 1858 and were designated as “Class No. 4.” W.W. Hart was appointed captain and W. L. Howie associate captain. Other transactions were:
The Board Spends Some Money – “On motion, it is ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that H. J. Wolfe, treasurer, pay to J. F. McLure five dollars for making a crossway across alley F., below J. D. Stewart’s stable, and that he be allowed the same in his settlement.
“On motion it is ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that H. J. Wolfe, treasurer of Monroe, call on W. W. Hart, and make demands of all the monies in his hands belonging to the commissioners of Monroe.
“On motion, it is ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that they take the treasurer, H. J. Wolfe’s, bond in the sum of three hundred dollars.
“On motion, it is ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that they petition the county court to enclose the public square.
“On motion ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that notice be given to C. B. Curlee that unless he fill up the old cellar on his front lot in the town of Monroe or remove the water from the said cellar on or before the 15th of May next that it will be condemned as a nuisance and he will be fined for every day it is suffered to remain in its present condition.
“The assessors appointed by the commissioners of Monroe filed their assessment of the real estate in the town of Monroe.”
-Man is killed near Crowburk. An unfortunate and sad shooting, says the Pageland Journal, occurred on the Plyler place near Crowburk Monday about three o’clock, in which Jeff Jackson, about 23 years old, was accidentally shot and killed by his brother Lee. The two brothers were bird hunting. Coming to a ditch Jeff jumped over and Lee in his jump fell but holding to his gun, it was discharged, the load entering Jeff’s back, killing him almost instantly. Cheraw Chronicle.
-Last Friday about one or two o’clock, while the family was
away, the home of Mr. George Smith was entered and robbed of wearing
apparel to the amount of about $40. Evidence points to a young white boy 18 to
20 years of age. Such a boy was seen to get out of a Ford car about 10 o’clock
Friday morning near the blacksmith shop of Mr. Courtney near Five Forks.
The car would not run and was left in the road, and is now in the possession of
Mr. Courtney. The boy came through Pageland and after the Smith house
was entered was seen at the store of Osburn Smith a little way up the
road. He was traced as far as Monroe. Cheraw Chronicle.
-The White Arrow farms, the largest chicken ranch in the
South Atlantic states, is located about three miles from town and owned by J.
L. Crawley and son. They are gathering over 1,000 eggs per day now and haul
them in from the laying houses by the wagon load. A ten thousand egg incubator
has just been installed and is working beautifully. The Chronicle recently
printed a two color illustrated folder for this enterprising farm. Cheraw
Chronicle.
-A marriage of widespread interest in the two Carolinas was that of Miss Lula Fay Parrish of this city to F. E. Smith, Jr., which was solemnized Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Wade H. Parrish, says a Rock Hill special to Sunday’s Columbia Record…The officiating minister was the bride’s pastor, Dr. A. S. Rogers, of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian church. The groom was attended by John Campbell of Tirzah, as best man. The bride entered with her sister, Miss Annie Saye Parish (sic)…Upon their return they will be at home at Tirzah where the groom is a well known young business man. The groom is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Long of this city and Mr. J.W .Craig of North Carolina.
-100 Acres in Lespedeza - M. W. Caudle and brothers who live on the Charlotte-Wilmington highway one mile east of Peachland are some of the most successful growers of this crop in Anson county. They were among the first farmers in the county to commence growing Lespedeza and to appreciate the value and importance of growing this crop. For the last few years they have had more than 100 acres growing Lespedeza each year.
-Stricken with some malady, believing to have been apoplexy, Mr. Oscar Baucom, 23-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Baucom of Goose Creek township, died suddenly Tuesday…. Had apparently been enjoying the best of health…. Had visited his uncle, Rev. W. B. Baucom, who lives in Lynchburg, Va….. A sister, Mrs. Carl Hill, died last August near Unionville. Besides the parents surviving are three brothers and three sisters, the brothers being Dewey, Edgar and Cornelius Baucom and the sisters, Misses Beulah, Cora and Ruby Baucom… Funeral services were held at Crooked Creek church in North Goose Creek township, services being conducted by Elder Walter Edwards.
-Marshville News: Mr. Walter Hanna, superintendent of the chain gangforce working near Peachland, and Miss Dawkins, of Cason’s Old Field, Anson county, were married yesterday. They will make Peachland their home for the present.
-Some miscreant, who must have been hungry, carried off one of Mrs. S. A. Redfearn’s heaviest bee gums last Saturday night…
-Plans for an extensive building program this year in the resident section of Marshville north of the railway, have been arranged. Two modern residences are already under process of erection, one for Mr. Boyce Hallman and one for Mr. Ray Ashcraft. Four other plans include new residences for Messrs. M. E. Applewhite, J. E. Tucker, J. W. Gaddy and Dr. D. R. Perkins.
-Silver Wyandotte cockerels, owned by Miss Viola Kirker (?) of Polkton, in Anson county, competing in a class of 23 birds, won first and fifth places at the Madison Square Garden poultry show in New York last week…
-The following news item from Chester, S.C., will be of interest to relatives and friends of Mr. J. B. Traywick, in Union and Anson counties: The thousands of friends of Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Traywick will be interested to know that they celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary a few days ago…
-News of Stouts: Mr. Dock Watkins and family have all been confined to their home with measles and “flu.”
-Mr. Clayton Helms has returned home from Paris Island, S. C., where he has been in training with the United States marines. He states that Mr. Brooks Presley will be in some time this week.
-Mr. and Mrs. Edga (?) Baucom and children have been confined to their home with flu…
-Miss Nellie Austin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Austin, celebrated her fifteenth birthday Wednesday by entertaining some of her young friends at a rook party….
-Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Code Morgan will be glad to learn that their small son, Edward, who has been so ill with diphtheria for the past two weeks, is better today.
-Born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Futch, Jr., a son.
-Mr. Frank Williams has rented his large barn at Baker’s to Mr. Curtis Hargett.
-Mr. Will Newsome of New Salem township, whose home was destroyed the other day estimates the loss of his household and kitchen furniture at $200 or more.
-Mr. J. B. Williams says he wouldn’t suffer if the boll weevil destroyed all his cotton this summer. He makes a good living selling produce on the Charlotte market.
-Rev. R. M. Haigler will preach at Herman church Sunday afternoon… he will also fill his regular appointment Macedonia church Saturday… and Sunday….
-Dr. Jas. B. Spillman of Charlotte will preach at the Presbyterian church Sunday… Rev. Mr. Chandler, the new pastor, will occupy the pulpit the following Sunday…
-Four operations for appendicitis in five years! This is the experience of the family of Mr. J. L. Crowell, an estimable citizen of Goose Creek township. Two of the operations were preformed last week on two of his daughters.
-Mr. T. E. D. Starnes of Buford township killed a mutton the other day that netted 73 pounds, an unusually large one for this section…
-Fifty thousand dollars was the amount of taxes collected by Sheriff Fowler on Wednesday… The check from the Seaboard, aggregating around $35,000 was the largest….
-Nearly a hundred duck were killed this week near Yemasee, S. C., by three Monroe men, Messrs. W. E. Funderburk, Frank Rose and W. J. Heath. They brought fifty home with them and they were on display yesterday at the English Drug Company…
-Her lower jaw was fractured and her face and limbs cut when the car driven by Miss Dewey Culp, of Charlotte, formerly a member of the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital nursing staff, smashed through the concrete bridge across Little Sugar creek on the Sharon road near Meyers (sic) Park Wednesday afternoon…
-While playing with “paper dolls” in front of an open fireplace in her parents home in the Allen neighborhood, in Mecklenburg county, Ellen, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Connell, caught fire and sustained burns, which resulted in her death Thursday morning….
-The textile development that has been going on in Gaston and Mecklenburg counties for the past five years has created a demand for Union county produce, chickens, eggs, and butter, that is constantly increasing. Mr. J. B. Williams of the Euto section has been making a weekly trip to Charlotte for some time with a thirty dozen crate of eggs and foodstuff he produces on his farm. Last week his load of produce brought a total of $47.50. Another man of the Goose Creek section, Mr. S. D. Outen, sells from sixty to seventy-five dozen eggs a week in the Queen City. Messrs. J. M. Lowry of Wingate and Solon Braswell and V. S. Simpson of Goose Creek township, are selling around thirty dozen eggs a week each, and Messrs. Walter Cunningham and S. A. Crane of Sandy Ridge township are getting from $110 to $115 a month each from the sale of their produce to Charlotte people……
-Pastor of one church for thirty-six years is the enviable record of Rev. W. S. Waddell, well-known colored minister. Antioch Baptist church, near Charlotte, is his charge, and friends of the preacher, who is seventy years old, expect him to serve for many more years. Rev. Waddell has a vivid recollection of pre-war days. He remembers being sold at the Polly Meadors sale, previous to the declaration of war between the states, to J. Jackson, of Chesterfield county. His mother, sold at the same time, brought $800 but he does not remember the price he fetched. When the war ended, the preacher says he was picked up by a Yankee regiment, told that he was free, and that they were going to take him north and give him an education. “I went along,” says Rev. Waddell, “but after we passed through Anson county, and when I thought we were almost up north, I found that we had around 2500 miles to go. That was too great a distance for my childish mind to comprehend, so when night came I slipped away, hot-footing it back to my old mistress and master.”
-We were very much surprised to learn of the marriage of Miss Arlie Conder, the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Conder, to Mr. Earl Helms, son of Mr. Frank Helms, which occurred last Saturday in South Carolina….
-Mr. J. P. Ritch is at the bedside of his sister, Mrs. Polk in Charlotte, who is in a critical condition.
-We are glad to welcome Mr. John Conder and family, former residents of Charlotte to Stouts.
Monroe Journal, Tuesday, February 6, 1923
-Sixteen patients, the largest number on record, are in the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital. Most of them are recuperating from operations for appendicitis. A few are confined with winter ailments, like the “flu.” The majority of the patients are residents of the county, but several are from other parts of North and South Carolina, who followed Dr. Mahoney here from Clio, S.C.
-Marshville: The first Presbyterian church building, which has been replaced by the new building, was sold Saturday to Mr. S. E. Hamilton. And so another of the old landmarks is gone, and while it gives place to one larger and better, it holds many sweet memories that another cannot hold…
-The jury standing seven for conviction of manslaughter and five for acquittal, Judge Harding ordered a mistrial here Saturday in the case of Sam Crump, of the Indian Trail community, who stands charged with the murder of his wife…[lengthy article]
-Wingate: Mrs. F. T. Curlee has been carried to the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital at Monroe to have an operation for appendicitis…
-Riddle Honored: Dunn Paper Pays Tribute to a Former Monroe Man – Mr. T. L. Riddle and his splendid family leave today for their future home in Sanford. Mr. Riddle came to Dunn from Monroe three years ago to accept the secretaryship of the
Chamber of Commerce. From the outset he has labored diligently promoting and fostering projects and activities that work for community upbuilding. Endowed with energy and ability, he entered into his task as Secretary of the Chamber with a spirit of optimism and temerity, laboring faithfully and conscientiously for progress and civic advancement….
-Keziah and Hinson Get Out Extra – Two Union county boys, W. B. Keziah and E. C. Hinson, the former editor, exhibited a lot of newspaper enterprise when they got out an extra edition of Mr. Keziah’s paper, the Whiteville News-Reporter, giving an account of the conviction of a Negro outlaw and his sentence to die March 1….
-Notice of Administration: Having this day qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Ellie J. Wilson, late of the county of Union and state of North Carolina, notice is hereby given to all persons holding claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned, duly authenticated, on or before the 7th day of February, 1924, or this notice will be plead in bar of their right of recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make prompt payment. This February 3, 1923. H. H. Wilson, Administrator of the estate of Mrs. Ellie J. Wilson, deceased. John C. Sikes, Atty.
-A Tribute to Jaydie Presley – There died in Monroe Saturday, February 3, 1923, in the twinkling of an eye a little boy of humble origin, but of noble character. This frail bark was not destined to sail on life’s stormy, troublesome sea for many years….
-Mr. Vaschar Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Watt Hill, and Miss Cora Griffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Griffin, all of Marshville township, were married Monday at 12:30 o’clock….
-Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wolfe, and Mesdames F. G. Henderson and Minnie Wolfe attended the funeral Monday of Mrs. Sallie Lindsay at Lancaster, S.C. The following is clipped from the Lancaster News: “Mrs. Lindsay was one of the city’s most beloved Christian women, died at 12:45 Sunday morning at her home on Catawba street after an illness of one week of influenza. She was one of the city’s oldest residents, being at the time of her death 81 years of age, and was the oldest member of the Presbyterian church of the city. She was a daughter of the late John and Mary Hood, and is survived by one daughter, Miss Lula Lindsay, with whom she made her home for many years.”
-Mr. W. Edward McCall of Charlotte, father of Mrs. R. H. McLellan of Monroe, died at his home at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon from a stroke of paralysis…. Internment was at Elmwood cemetery. Mr. McCall and family had lived near Matthews, in which neighborhood he had been a prosperous farmer until they moved to Charlotte last April….
-Funeral of Mrs. Mattie Stewart Asbury, native of Monroe, who died Thursday at a hospital in Dayton, O., was conducted in Charlotte Sunday afternoon at the Second Presbyterian church… of which Mrs. Asbury was a member…. Pallbearers were J. H. McAden, George Graham, J. J. Hutchinson, J. O. Thomas, J. B. Alexander and W. J. Finger. Mrs. Asbury was the widow of Eugene Asbury, who died in 1904, and was the sister of the late John M. and Robert Stewart, prominent citizens of the county. Although born on the Coburn place, near Monroe, in 1850, she spent the greater portion of her life in Charlotte. Surviving are five sons, Eugene, Ospre, Veber, Risden Asbury of Ohio, and Parks M. Asbury of Columbia, S.C., and five grandchildren…. Among those who attended the funeral from Monroe were: Mrs. C. W. Roberts, Mrs. S. B. Bundy, Mrs. Annie Marsh, Mrs. L. N. Presson, Mrs. G. H. Meares and Miss Elizabeth Meares.
-Mr. Hollis C. Smith of Lanes Creek township, died Friday night at 9 o’clock after an eight week illness of pneumonia which followed a severe attack of influenza. He was 73 years of age and is survived by his wife, who was Bettie Vick of Chesterfield county. Also surviving are eight children by a former marriage to Miss Mary Rorie. The daughters are: Mrs. Luther Cox of Marshville township, Mrs. Luther Thomas, and Mrs. Fletcher Lee of Lanes Creek township. The sons are Messrs. Duran, Cleveland, J. B., Eugene and Hurley Smith, all of Lanes Creek township. He is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: Messrs. Sanford Smith of Pageland, Ranford Smith of Chesterfield county, Lee Smith of Wingate, and T. P. Smith, formerly of Monroe, now of Sampson county, and Mrs. George Morgan of Marshville township. Mr. Smith was a member of the Baptist church, an honorable, upright citizen of the community. He was one of the most progressive farmers of that section. Funeral services were held at Philadelphia church Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. R. M. Haigler, Rev. R. H. James, and Rev. J. C. Meggs. Interment was made in the churchyard cemetery.
-Notice of Summons – North Carolina, Union County – in the Superior Court: Floy Hallman, Plaintiff, vs. Beverly Hallman, Defendant. To Beverly Hallman…you are hereby notified that an action entitled as above has been instituted against you in the Superior court of Union county by the plaintiff, who is seeking a divorce from bed and board on the ground of your abandonment of her and your habitual drunkenness…..
-Mr. W. B. Love of Monroe has been appointed chairman for Union county of the Near East Relief, for the current fiscal year, and will handle the campaign for that great humanitarian organization here….
-Mrs. D. L. Middleton of Monroe, who underwent an operation at St. Peter’s hospital yesterday for appendicitis, was getting along as well as could be expected last night.
-Miss Hazel Mae Boyte of Monroe and Mr. Daniel R. S. Frazier of Lenoir were married Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock in Trinity Methodist church, Charlotte….Mrs. Frazier is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Boyte of this city…
-At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the marriage of Miss Ruch (?) Nesbitt Tichnor and Phillip Warren of Greeneville, S.C., was solemnized Saturday….Miss Tichnor is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Orray Tichnor of this city… Mr. Warren is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lott Warren of Atlanta….
-Brief News: Mrs. F. K. Biggers has purchased a new Ford.
-Mr. Leonard Campbell will leave today for Sanford where he has accepted a position with the Phoenix Utility Co.
-City Government Runs on Fines and Penalties in the Year 1858: The handful of citizens who comprised the population of Monroe in the early days seem to have resented the ordinance forbidding hogs running at large, and the stand of the city fathers on this obnoxious question was repealed. “On motion,” reads the minutes of the meeting of May 1, 1858, “the fine heretofore passed upon hogs running at large, be and the same is now, hereby repealed, and that those who have paid fines under this clause have the same refunded and paid back by the officer.” (editors note: see the Monroe Journal, Friday, February 2, 1923 for more information regarding this matter). Joseph F. Hough, H. B. Howie, Lee Hargett and Jefferson Griffin were appointed members of the patrol for the month of May, 1858, with Hough as captain and Henry B. Howie as associated captain. Everything was cheap in those days, even the jail fees. J. F. McLure was then the jailer, and recorded in the minutes for this meeting, we find where the city treasurer was instructed to pay him $1.95 for the incarceration of “Messrs. Chambers and one Howard,” committed for violation of the town ordinances. Hitching racks instead of parking space was the problem of the fathers in those days. Fifteen racks were erected in the city for the convenience of visitors by Telmon Helms, for which he realized fifteen dollars. Other matters recorded in the minutes of May, 1858 were: “…ordered by the commissioners that notice be given to S. S. S. McCauley and J. D. Stewart and demand made of them of all the monies in their hands belonging to the town…” H. J. Wolfe, treasurer, appointed, appeared and presented his bond and was duly qualified. Bond approved… May 28, 1858 – The commissioners of Monroe met according to adjournment; whereupon James M. Key, James Jerome, B. F. Griffin, and Henry Ringstaff were duly appointed patrols for the month of June, class No. 6, and James Key was appointed captain and James Jerome the assistant captain…. July 3, 1858 - The commissioners of Monroe met according to adjournment; whereupon Joseph McLure, S. S. S. McCauley, John A. McCall, and Calvin Ivens were duly appointed patrols for the month of July, Class No. 7, and Joseph McLure appointed captain and S. S. S. McCauley his assistant to act in his absence…. Aug. 6, 1858 - The commissioners of Monroe met according to adjournment; whereupon James Richardson, John L. McLellan, Joseph McMurray, and Sandy R. McLellan were duly appointed a patrol for the month of August, Class No. 8, and James Richardson appointed captain and J. L. McLellan appointed his assistant captain to act as captain in his absence….
Ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that H. J. Wolfe, Treasurer, pay to James Sikes seven dollars and twenty five cents for nine days work on the streets of Monroe and his board and smith work done on tools…. Saturday night, Sept. 4th, 1858 –
The commissioners of Monroe met and proceeded to appoint patrols for the month of September class No. 9 to wit: Richard H. Stitt, Noah F. Lewis, Henry Steele, and William A. Hill; and appointed R. H. Stitt captain and Henry Steele assistant captain…. Saturday night, October 2nd, 1858 - The commissioners of Monroe proceeded to appoint patrols for the month of October 1858 class No. 10 to wit: John W. Ross captain, John D. Stewart, assistant, Thomas Chambers and H. E. Stack. November 8th, 1858 - The commissioners of Monroe met and proceeded to appoint a patrol for the month of November, 1858, class No. 11 to wit: John D. Smith, L. A. W. Turner, Simon D. Tomberlin, and Charles Spath. Mr. J. D. Smith to act as captain and L. A. W. Turner as assistant captain. Ordered by the commissioners, that the Treasurer pay Joseph McLure, three dollars, the jail fees for R. M. Carter, Wm. Tye, and R. S. Sutherlin, out of any money not otherwise appropriated…. December 4, 1858 - The commissioners of Monroe met and proceeded to appoint the following persons as patrols for the month of December, 1858, class No. 12 to wit: Hisakiah Williams, Bryant S. Traywick, G. W. Fowler, David M. Stewart and Robt. Jerome, and Hisakiah Williams appointed captain and R. S. Traywick assistant captain…. On motion, it is enacted by the commissioners of Monroe that it shall not be lawful hereafter for any person to sell or give any person on the Sabbeth (sic) day, in the corporate limits of Monroe, any intoxicating drink under a penalty of five dollars, in case of sickness excepted if prescribed by a physician. On motion of the commissioners of Monroe that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons hereafter, to be drunk on the Sabbeth (sic) day, or under the influence of spirits or any intoxicating drink, in the corporate limits of Monroe under a penalty of not more than five dollars or be committed in the stocks for the span of ---- or in jail….It is ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that the treasurer pay to D. F. Hayden, Mayor, five dollars for his services…. It is ordered that the Treasurer pay W. H. Simpson, Clerk, ten dollars for his services as clerk. Ordered that the Treasurer pay Thomas D. Winchester, one dollar, the cost of the book to keep the proceedings of the Town of Monroe. Ordered by the commissioners of Monroe that the Treasurer pay to Thomas D. Winchester, seven and fifty hundredths dollars for work done on the streets by Copeland Helms and others in 1858. Also that he pay Wm. Helms 31 ½ cents for work done on the streets in 1858.
Monroe Journal, Friday, February 9, 1923
-Daughters of Dr. Belk Sail on World’s Costliest Tour - New York, Feb. 7 – The liner Maureeetania, chartered at a cost of $1,250,000, sailed today with 547 millionaires and near millionaires on the most costly pleasure cruise ever arranged in New York. The cruise, across the Atlantic and through the Mediterranean Sea, will last sixty days…. Among the passengers are Mrs. J. C. Daughtridge of Rocky Mount and Miss Henry Belk of Monroe, daughters of Dr. J. M. Belk. Their itinerary includes visits to Egypt, Africa, Italy, France and Germany….
-Indian Trail: Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pressley, a son, Jan 29th.
-Mr. Fulton Furr is now constable of Vance township, having succeeded Mr. Will Pressley, who recently resigned….
-Mr. F. W. Mitchell died at his home in Benton Heights Wednesday night, having been ill for about a week with pneumonia. He was principal of Icemorlee school and taught on Thursday, becoming too ill Friday to attend his classes, his illness rapidly developing into pneumonia. Prof. Mitchell was about thirty-five years of age, a graduate of Furman University, Greenville, S. C., and was said to be one of the best educated men in the town. He came to Monroe in 1919, and with Mrs. Mitchell taught in the Monroe public schools… He is survived by his wife and a five-year old daughter. The body was carried yesterday morning to Greenville, S. C., the old home of the deceased…
-Mr. John Austin, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Austin, was badly injured about noon today when the delivery truck of Bivens Brothers, which he was driving, collided with a car, driven by Mr. J. W. Fowler, at the intersection of Houston and Church streets…
-Mr. Brooks Pressley has returned from Paris Island, where he has been stationed in the Marine Corps.
-On January 30th, 1923, the angel of death entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Baucom and called hence their eldest child, Oscar, aged 23…. He leaves a devoted father and mother, four brothers, Dewey, Edgar, Cornelius and Arris; three sisters, Bertha, Cora and Ruby; besides a host of relatives and friends whose hearts are saddened because of the loss of this departed life….
-On the 9th of January, 1923, as the gray dawn of day appeared on the eastern horizon, and the dark shades of night were being chased away by the illuminating rays of the morning sun-light, the death angel entered the home of one whom we loved, Bro. Hayden T. Clontz, and bid his immortal spirit leave its mortal frame and wing its flight to upward realms. Bro. Clontz was 37 years of age. Had been a consistent member of Hopewell Baptist church for a number of years, and was at the time of his death the efficient president of the adult Bible class… He leaves a devoted wife and five small children, the eldest of whom is only twelve years of age, whom he loved so dearly….
-Stouts: Mrs. S. R. Polk, widow of the late J. T. Polk, a native of Union county and a resident of Charlotte for many years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Richard Stegall, last Saturday morning at eight o’clock. Mrs. Polk was the last remaining daughter of the late J. S. and Eliza Ritch. She was the mother of twelve children, seven of whom preced (sic) their mother to the grave. Her five children are: Mrs. M. E. Yandle of Monroe, Mr. Henry Polk, a successful merchant of Charlotte, Mrs. Richard Stegall, Mrs. F. E. Moore and Mr. R. E. Polk, also of Charlotte. The funeral serviced were conducted Sunday by her pastor, the Rev. Mr. Davis, at the church in Charlotte where she has been a member since leaving Bethel, her old home church, in 1893. The internment was made in the old Bethel cemetery Sunday afternoon…. Her death marks the passing of all the large Ritch family excepting one, Mr. J. P. Ritch of this community. Her brother, Mr. T. C. Ritch, preceded her to the grave exactly one month.
-The sensational rise in the price of denim, from $15 to $25 a bolt, means a temporary delay in getting his overall factory started, Mr. Ab Joseph stated Wednesday….
-Mr. Wyatt Aiken, father of Mrs. Ben Wolfe, of this city, died very suddenly Tuesday night at his home in Abbeville, S. C., of heart trouble….
-Radio will afford Mr. W. J. Holloway, and other in Monroe, the privilege of hearing his brother, Mr. Homer Holloway, play in the Atlanta city band, of which he is assistant director, on the evening of Feb. 14….
-The following is clipped from the Pageland Journal: “Married by Magistrate John F. Richardson, Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, Mr. Edward Griffin of Wingate, N. C., and Miss Verdie Moore of Marshville, N. C.
-George A. Draper, president of the Draper Corporation, manufacturers of textile machinery, and uncle of Mr. A. J. Draper, president of the Icemorlee Mills of Monroe, died Wednesday in a Boston, Mass., hospital….
Monroe Journal, Tuesday, February 13, 1923
-After two special meetings of the trustees and much diligent work of committees, “The Wingate School” has received from the department of he Secretary of State the certificate of amendment to its charter, and now receives its legal title and new name of “Wingate Junior College, Incorporated….”
-Married by Esq. M. L. Flow, at his office last Saturday evening, Mr. William Fowler and Miss Maggie Starnes and Mr. Frank Helms and Mrs. Lula Griffin all of Buford township…
-Emsley, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Plyler of Buford township, died early Sunday morning of diphtheria after a short illness. He was one of twins, his sister surviving him…
-Mr. W. Hamp Helms of Mississippi was in on a visit to relatives last week. Mr. Helms, with his family and son-in-law migrated to Hamilton, Miss., in 1921, principally for the purpose of getting into a better cattle country….
-Lee, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Helms of Benton Heights died Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock of pneumonia…. Mr. Helms is employed by the Shute-Wilson Gin Company and for the past few weeks the entire family, Mr. and Mrs. Helms and the five children have been ill with influenza and pneumonia. Little Lee died Sunday, and the 18-month baby is at the point of death with double pneumonia at the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital…
-Administrator’s Notice – Having duly qualified before the clerk of the Superior Court of Union county, N. C., as administrator of the estate of Clara Barrett, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate to present them to me at my residence at Wingate, N. C., or to my attorney at Monroe, N. C., on or before the 13th day of February, 1924…. John Barrett, Administrator. W. O. Lemmond, Attorney.
Monroe Journal, Friday, February 16, 1923
-The little child of James Ford, a well-known colored man her, was so badly burned last Thursday that death resulted Sunday. The child had been left with older children, but got the kerosene can and, imitating others, poured some on the fire and was caught in the flames – another warning.
-Young Mr. Efird dies at Albemarle – A pall of gloom was cast over Albemarle and even out in the far reaches of the county on Monday morning when it was learned that Baird T. Efird was dead, after a short illness which he contracted while on a trip to northern cities. Only three years ago his brother, M. H. Efird, went on a trip to northern cities and returned seriously ill and died a few days after reaching his home and this fact tends to make the almost sudden death of Baird T. Efird the more sad. Young Efird went to New York about two weeks ago and while there contracted a cold and later developed laryngitis, with which affliction he was suffering when he reached home and was the immediate cause of his death. He was well and favorably known not only in Albemarle, but throughout the entire county. He was manager of the Efird Dry Goods Store and at the age of thirty-one was developing into a splendid business man. He was a son of J.W. Efird, a member of the well-known Efird family in Stanly county, being a nephew of the ex-Senator J. S. Efird. His father and mother and four sisters, Mrs. A. C. Huneycutt, Mrs. T. F. Morgan, Miss Garrie Efird and Miss Bertie Efird, all of Albemarle, survive him.
-Notice of Summons: North Carolina, Union County-In the Superior Court, Before the Clerk. E.W. Benton et al, vs. Nannie Rowell et al. To Dessie May Benton: - You are hereby notified , and you will take notice herefrom that a Special Proceeding has been instituted in the Superior Court of Union County, NC, by E.W. Benton and others against yourself and others for the division of the estate lands of W. D. Benton, deceased…..
-Administrators Notice to Creditors – North Carolina, Union County-In the Superior Court, Before the Clerk. In Re: Estate of H.C. Smith, H.T. Smith, Administrator, c. t. a.
Having duly qualified as administrator, c. t. a. of the estate of H.C. Smith deceased, all persons holding claims against his estate are hereby notified to present same, duly verified, to the undersigned administrator, c. t. a., at his residence in Lanes Creek township, Union county, North Carolina, on or before the 16th day of February, 1924….
-Emsley, the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Plyler died early Sunday morning of membranous croup. His condition was not thought as serious until a short time before his death which was a great shock to the community as well as the home…. His eldest brother died about five years ago…. Little Emsley was laid to rest by the side of his brother….
-Mr. Vann C. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of Monroe township and Miss Gertrude McManus, of Lanes Creek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McManus of Lanes Creek township, were married Wednesday afternoon…..
-Mrs. John Wallace is receiving a happy visit from her brother, Mr. Joe Black, who left this country for Arkansas 38 years ago and has been back on but one trip, and that one thirty-two years ago. Mr. Black is 63 years old but can run and jump like a boy and is in fine health. His children are grown and married and his wife is dead. He has been a prosperous farmer near Pine Bluff for many years, and his large farm now lies within the prospective oil fields. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace and Mr. Black went to Marshville to see their brother, Mr. Baxter Black. Of course the latter did not know his brother and had not known that he had come. In order to have some fun the latter was introduced to him as Mr. Harper, who used to know him in Lancaster. Mr. Baxter Black racked his memory a long time to recollect Mr. Harper, and just about the time he was succeeding, he was told that the stranger was his own brother. Then they had some difficulty in making him believe that.
-Many people remember Jack LaClear as a laughing young Irishman who blew into Monroe some time after the Spanish-American war, coming from nowhere particularly and perfectly at home wherever he landed. He called himself “Jack-the-bum” and for many years his Irish wit and good nature made him a favorite here. He gravitated to the natural position of an Irishman in America – a job on the police force. He married here and from here moved to Wilmington, where he became a street car conductor and held out a hand of welcome to any Monroe man who strayed down that way. From the slim and active lad he was when he came to Monroe, Jack grew to be as fat and round and clumsy as a hogshead. All this about Jack is introductory to the statement that Congressman Homer Lyon of Jack’s district has succeeded in getting him a pension of sixty dollars a month as a veteran of the Spanish American war. Jack’s old friends in Monroe will be glad of his good fortune.
-Notice – North Carolina, Union County. Sallie Stinson, Individually and as widow and Administrator of Geo. W. Stinson, deceased, Plaintiff. Vs. Hannah Washington and husband Ross Washington, et als., heirs at law of Geo. W. Stinson, deceased, Defendants. To William Stinson, Mary Stinson and George Stinson, heirs of Wyatt Stinson, deceased, and the husband of Mary Stinson, if she be married, to Mary Stinson, sister of Geo. W. Stinson, deceased, and her husband if married, and if the said Mary Stinson be dead, then to her heirs at law of Geo. W. Stinson, deceased, unknown to the plaintiff and the husbands of any of the married heirs, TAKE NOTICE: That an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Union County, for the purpose of declaring the late Geo. W. Stinson the owner in trust of a certain lot of land in the town of Waxhaw, Union County, N.C., containing one-fourth of an acre, and being described in a deed of Josephine Gregg to Geo. W. Stinson…..
Monroe Journal, Tuesday, February 20, 1923
-Mrs. J. A. Watson died suddenly late Friday afternoon, while sitting in her chair in her home at Wingate. Two of her children who live nearby came to the home about the same time and found their mother sitting peacefully in her rocking chair where she had just died, her glasses on and a paper in her lap. Surviving are Mr. Watson, one son, Mr. L. J. Watson of Wingate, and four daughters, Mrs. J. J. Perry of Wingate, Mrs. C. W. Perry of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Raymond McIntyre of Baden and Miss Hope Watson of Norfolk. These were all present at the funeral. There are eight grand children and they were as much at home at grandmother’s as in their own homes. Only one sister survives, Mrs. Adeline Rayfield of Mt. Croghan. Ex-Sheriff R. J. Lowery of Anson county, who died two years ago, Frank Lowery of Taxahaw, who died last year, and Charles Lowery of Altan, who died a number of years ago, were brothers of the deceased…. Interment was in the Wingate cemetery…. Mrs. Watson was seventy years of age, a daughter of the late Jackson Lowery, and was born in Chesterfield county. Mr. and Mrs. Watson moved to Wingate a number of years ago and soon became prominent in the upbuilding of that community. Mrs. Watson was a devoted wife and mother, and a useful member of the Baptist church.
-Waxhaw Man Dies in Arkansas – Mr. J. C. Blythe, better known around Waxhaw by his boyhood names of “Joe” and “Cleve” died at his home in Mulberry, Arkansas, on January 25th…. Burial was in charge of the Masonic lodge. Mr. Blythe was 35 years old. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Blythe, and his boyhood was spent here. He left about twelve years ago for the west. At the time of his death he was manager of a lumber company at Mulberry. He is survived by his wife and several brothers and sisters, among them Mr. M. N. Blythe of Waxhaw….
-Friend of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Byrum will sympathize with them in the loss of their little girl. The following dispatch from High Point appeared in the Sunday papers: “Sarah Mae Byrum, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Byrum died here early Friday morning at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Hicks. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon, and interment will follow in Oakwood cemetery.” Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Byrum and Olin Byrum attended the funeral services Sunday.
-Mr. M. L. Stevens of Elberton, Ga., writes The Journal that he thinks it the best semi-weekly paper he ever saw, and he can’t do without it, for it tells him about his old friends back here. Mr. Stevens, a native of Monroe, and once one of the most prominent business men, has been in Georgia many years. His old friends are always glad to hear from him.
-Mrs. Thomas J. Wilson, mother of Mrs. Braxton Craig, died Saturday at the home of her son, Thos. J. Wilson, Jr., who is registrar at the University, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Wilson was 83 years of age and had been ill for sometime, infirmities incident to old age being the cause of her death. Funeral services were held at the home Monday. Rev. and Mrs. Braxton Craig were with her at the time of her death.
-Mrs. Eliza Hancock, wife of Mr. John Hancock, died early Saturday morning with pleurisy. She had been operated on a week before for appendicitis and had almost recovered from the operation when pleurisy set in, death suddenly resulting Saturday morning. Mrs. Hancock was sixty years of age and was one of 18 children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Moses Walters of Buford township. She was a member of the Baptist church., funeral services being conducted Sunday afternoon at Midway church in Buford township by Mr. Cherry and interment made in the church cemetery. Surviving are her husband, a son, Mr. Ellis Hancock and the following daughters: Mesdames Will Funderburk, Jennings Pressley, Lewis Pressley, Carl Broom and Misses Vara Neal and Hattie Hancock. She is also survived by an older brother, Mr. W. J. Walters of Monroe, and the following sisters: Mesdames Jack Stewart, Murphy Gay, and Walter Crook of Sandy Ridge township.
-Mrs. J. D. Marsh celebrated her 74th birthday Sunday with a dinner and a gathering of her children and grandchildren at her home near Gilboa in Marshville township. All of her twelve children were present except Mrs. R. C. Griffin of Monroe who was unable to go on account of the weather. Mrs. Marsh is in good health for one of her age and greatly enjoyed the day with her children. Her husband, Mr. J. D. Marsh, long known as one of the best men in the county, died about two years ago.
[note: Bessie Marsh, daughter of John D. and Mollie Marsh, married on Jan. 13, 1898 in Union Co. to Raymond C. Griffin, son of John Q. and Mary A. Griffin].
-Fire destroyed the barn and contents of Mr. J. Fairley Drake on the W. G. Long old place in Goose Creek township lat last Thursday evening, together with two mules, a horse and two cows, with feed and implements….
-Twenty four years ago Mr. A. J. Rohr came to Monroe, and the next day Mr. E. G. Faust came. They were both good barbers and good men and have stuck. Much of the time they have been together, but for some years have been separated. Now they have formed a partnership and the first of March will start all over again, taking over and increasing the capacity of Mr. Faust’s present shop.
-Squire John H. Winchester of Wesley Chapel celebrated his 92nd birthday last Friday. All his living children except Mr. Hugh Winchester of Louisville, Ky., were present. Squire Winchester and Mr. John Q. Griffin are now the two oldest men in the county.
-Administrator’s Notice- I have this day qualified as
administrator of the estate of George McWhorter, deceased…..This the 19th
day of Feb. 1923. S.B. McWhorter.
Monroe Journal, Friday, February 23, 1923
-A wedding of much interest occurred last Tuesday at high noon in South Carolina when Miss Kate Conder became the bride of Mr. Carl Faulk….
-Sudden Death of S. O. Blair Shocks People of Monroe – Fell on Street at Eight Last Night and Dies This Afternoon –
Well Known Citizen Stricken While Walking With His Wife on Way to Visit Friends, and Never Regained Consciousness –
Mr. S. O. Blair died this afternoon a few minutes before three o’clock at the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital from the effect of a stroke of paralysis which he suffered at eight o’clock last night….. Two brothers and two sisters survive Mr. Blair. Dr. John Blair and Mr. Kent Blair, the latter of Charlotte, and Mrs. Mary Ashcraft and Mrs. James A. Stewart of Monroe…. He was fifty-six years old at his last birthday… [lengthy article] [note: Stephen O. Blair was the son of Dr. Isaac Hilton Blair who was originally from Lancaster, S.C., but later Monroe, and wife Louisa Miller].
-Marshville: Mr. Dewey Edwards, son of Rev. J. J. Edwards, died here Wednesday 21st inst. The remains were taken to Troutman for interment. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Green and Mrs. Lee Ashcraft accompanied the family. The town certainly sympathizes with the family.
-Mr. Clayton Brewer, who graduated in medicine last year and is located in Panama, is home on a visit to his father, Mr. George Brewer, and sister.
-George W. Chambers, mail carrier on rural route 26 running from Matthews down into Union county, was shot twice about one o’clock yesterday by Lewis, or Dock Kluttz, from the effects of which he died just before noon today in the Charlotte Sanatorium, where he was taken for treatment yesterday. Young Kluttz, who is between eighteen and nineteen years of age, is in the Monroe jail, where he was placed yesterday morning by Sheriff Fowler, who was quickly on the scene of the shooting….. [Chambers] was about fifty-five years of age…. It is supposed that the boy intended to kill Mr. Chambers and then rob him, but on finding that he was not dead, became frightened and ran. Between one and one thirty o’clock Wednesday Mr. Chambers was driving along his route in his buggy, between the Price mine and the home of Mrs. J. J. McLendon, when Dock Kluttz, son of Mr. Henry Kluttz, who lives near Pleasant Plains Baptist Church, walked down to the road from a nearby woods, and asked to buy five cents worth of stamps…. Like a flash a pistol fired and the bullet went into the thigh of Mr. Chambers. Another flash and another bullet, this one striking him on the right side of the head…. The parents of young Kluttz are highly respected people and have the sympathy of the public. The boy himself has a reputation for wildness and has been in trouble before. [lengthy article]
-Mr. Jno. W. Helms of New Salem and Miss Mattie Griffin of Buford, were married on the 16th by Esq. S. A. Helms, at his residence in Monroe.
-Ex-Solicitor Herbert E. Norris of Raleigh died Wednesday. Mrs. E. C. Winchester of Monroe and Mrs. Norris are sisters. …. He was sixty two years old and a native of Wake county.
Monroe Journal, Tuesday, February 27, 1923
-Mr. Charles C. Mullis died at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. W. H. Baucom, in New Salem township on last Friday morning, after an illness which extended over several weeks. Funeral service were conducted by Rev. E. C. Snyder at Mill Creek church on Saturday and the body laid to rest in the church cemetery. Last fall, Mr. Mullis lost his health and was carried to the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital for treatment…. He was a son of Mr. L. W. Mullis of Goose Creek township, and was about 28 years of age. He leaves a wife and three small children… He is also survived by his father, four brothers, and three sisters. The brothers are Messrs. S. W., James, Boyd and Royd Mullis. The sisters are Mesdames Z. M. Trull, H. P. Tarlton and J. V. Na---[page torn].
-A marriage of much local interest occurred on Feb. 15th, when Miss Jennie Simpson became the bride of Mr. Henry Curlee. The wedding occurred at the home of the bride and the ceremony was performed by Elder W. C. Edwards, a prominent Primitive Baptist minister. Miss Simpson is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Troy Simpson of New Salem township… Mr. Curlee is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Curlee of Burnsville township, Anson county….
-The history of the Town of Monroe, being prepared from the original records by Mr. J. H. Boyte….
June 4th, 1859. The commissioners met and appointed the patrol, A. A. Laney, Capt.; and James Richards, Asst. Capt.; D. M. McRae and J. L. McLellan. And ordered that Joseph McLellan pay H. M. Houston town police one dollar for 1 quire blank warrants.
June 11th, 1859. The commissioners of Monroe proceeded to appoint patrol for the month of July Class No. 7, W. P. Stewart, Capt.; Henry Ringstaff, assist. Capt.; W. O. Harmon, Joseph H. Sassamon.
Aug. 6th, 1859. The commissioners of Monroe proceeded to appoint Patrol Class No. 8, J. F. McLure, Capt.; Hilliard J. Wolfe, Asst.; Sandy McLellan, B. S. Traywick.
Sept. 3rd, 1859. The commissioners of Monroe proceeded to appoint Patrol Class No. 9, Thomas D. Winchester, Capt., T. H. Means, Asst., B. F. Griffin, Robert Jerome.
At a meeting of the commissioners of Monroe on Sept. 23, 1859. On motion it is ordered by the commissioners that W. H. Simpson, the clerk of the commissioners pay the hands for working the streets from the 18th of this instant and that he be repaid his money as soon as it can be collected with interest on the amount so paid by him out of his own money. Resolved that we will enforce the penalty against Joseph McLellan, town constable, unless he proceeds to act or resign.
At a meeting of the commissioners of Monroe held on the 1st Saturday night in October 1859, the patrol for October Class No. 10 was appointed, L. A. W. Turner, Capt.; H. Williams, Asst.; W. J. Willeford, J. A. McCall.
At a meeting of the commissioners of Monroe on the 1st Saturday night in November 1859, the regular patrol was appointed for the month of November, S. H. Walkup, Capt.; George Richards, Asst.; Joseph McMurray, Simon D. Tomberlin, Charles Trull.
At a meeting of the commissioners of Monroe on the 5th of December 1859, Patrol for the month of December, 1859 was appointed C. Class no. 12, S. K. Walkup, Capt.; S. H. McLellan, Asst.; J. W. Rhims, Hampton Thomas.
At a meeting of the commissioners on the 19th of December, 1859, the following persons were appointed Patrolers for the balance of the month of December, 1859. Class No. 12, J. M. Shelby, Copeland Keziah, C. A. Helms, J. M. Baker, H. W. Stegall, Arah B. Helms, George N. Fowler….
-A Pierce-Arrow enclosed drive sedan, of which there are but three in the state, has been bought by Dr. J. M. Belk. The other two are owned by Mrs. Cannon of Concord and Mrs. R. J. Reynolds of Winston-Salem.
-Miss Nancy Helms, daughter of Mrs. Helms of Monroe, was married Saturday evening to Mr. Holland McWhirter at Charlotte. Mrs. McWhirter has been living in Charlotte for some time, where she held a position as stenographer.
-Mr. John W. Kizer and Miss Blanche Groves, both of Gastonia, were married Sunday morning by Esq. P. H. Johnson in the office of the register of deeds. The young couple were driving to Chester to be married, but on taking the wrong turn out of Charlotte found themselves in Monroe. Encountering Policeman Ernest Barrett on the square, and at his suggestion, they decided to be married in Monroe.
-Arthur Dixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon of Goose Creek township, died Sunday afternoon, having been in poor health for over two years, being confined to his bed the past two months. He was a member of the Methodist church…. Interment being made yesterday afternoon at Emmanuel church cemetery. Surviving besides his parents are two brothers, Lonnie and Louis Dixon, the latter of Charlotte.
-Funeral services over the remains of Mr. S. O. Blair, who died Friday, were held Saturday afternoon from the Blair home on West Franklin street. Dr. H. E. Gurney, a former pastor, and Rev. W. B. S. Chandler, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was a loyal member, officiated. The following were pall bearers: Messrs. J. M. Belk, R. A. Morrow, J. H. Lee, J. C. Sikes, R. B. Redwine, H. B. Clark, W. J. Rudge, F. G. Henderson, E. C. Winchester, W. C. Heath, D. A. Houston and J. W. Laney. Interment was in the Monroe cemetery.
-Tom Coker was almost scalded to death and Raymond Meachem was badly injured yesterday shortly after noon when the boiler at the saw mill of Messrs. Joe Tucker and John Atkinson, near Olive Branch, exploded. Coker is in a Charlotte hospital and his condition is said to be so serious that little hope is held for his recovery. A flying missile of some sort struck Meachem in the back of the head, stripping a large part of the skin off the base of the skull. Though his injuries are serious, it is not believed they will prove fatal…
-Fearing possible mob violence, Sheriff Clifford Fowler has lodged Dock Kluttz, 19-year-old slayer of George W. Chambers, popular mail carrier on Matthews R. F. D. 26, in the jail of a nearby county….
-Rev. T. J. Ogburn, brother of Mr. N. S. Ogburn of Monroe, and the late W. C. Ogburn, died Saturday at his home in Greensboro….. A correspondent from Greensboro gives the following account….. He leaves his widow, three sons, Dr. H. H. Ogburn, and Roger Ogburn of the city, and Thomas Ogburn of Richmond, and three daughters, Mrs. W. C. Jones of High Point, Hilda Ogburn of this city, and a Mrs. Gaskins who lives in the west.
-Miss Nan Juanita Schachner and Mr. Robert Glenn Stewart were married Friday evening at 8 o’clock by Dr. W. R. Burrell, pastor of the First Baptist church… Miss Schachner is the daughter of Mrs. C.E. Schachner of this city and is one of the popular girls of town. Mr. Stewart is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Stewart of Wingate….
-Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Porterfield returned this morning from Comer, Ga., where they were called on account of the sudden death of the formers father, Mr. William Porterfield.
-Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gordon left yesterday for Camden, S.C., where they were called by the sudden death of Mrs. Gordon’s brother-in-law, Mr. J. J. Goodall.
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