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UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,

ANSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

and also:

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

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1904-1909

 

 

 

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1904

  

Tuesday, January 12, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-An infant of Esq. A. R. EDWARDS of Marshville township died suddenly last Thursday.  It was eight months old.

-Squire J. M. HARKEY united in marriage on the 3^rd, Mr. R. W. KILLOUGH and Miss Julia DEESE, all of Vance township.

-Squire W. G. LONG united in marriage, on the 9^th, Mr. J. D. CROWELL and Miss Mary Jane HELMS, all of Goose Creek township.

-A camp of the Woodmen of the World was organized at Mt. Prospect on the evening of the 31^st by Mr. E. T. BELL, district organizer.  The following officers were installed: H. L. YARBROUGH, C. C.; W. P. PLYLER, A. L.; A. L. HELMS, banker; F. A. PLYLER, clerk; W. H. SAPP, physician; L. F. MONTGOMERY, escort; C. B. PLYLER, watchman; Robert RAPE, sentry; A. M. EUBANKS, J. T. McCORKLE and D. W. MONTGOMERY, board of managers.

-Mrs. Mary PRESSON, wife of William PRESSON, died at her home four miles southeast of Monroe last Wednesday morning.  She was sixty-one years old, and a sister of Messrs. Jerre, Wesley and Moses HINSON.  A husband, one daughter and four sons survive her.  She was almost a life long member of the Methodist church, having joined in early life.

-Esq. J. W. SMITH of Olive Branch died on the 3^rd instant.  He was 82 years old.  For a portion of his life he lived in Stanly county, from which he was sent to the State senate.  Mr. SMITH was an up-right honest man and useful citizen.

-The Monroe correspondent of The Charlotte Observer gives the following account of a marriage which occurred here last Wednesday evening:  “Miss Alda RAMSEY, youngest daughter of the late W. C. RAMSEY, was married last night at the residence of her mother, on Washington street, at 8 o’clock, to Mr. John M. FAIRLEY, Jr., Rev. George H. ATKINSON, the bride’s pastor, officiating…..”  [lengthy article]

-Mr. Rufus KELLOUGH and Miss Julia DEES were married on the 3^rd at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. J. M.  DEES, J. M. HARKEY, Esq., officiating.

-Mr. Charles WILLIAMS of Arkansas, who spent the holidays with his grandfather, Mr. Bryant WILLIAMS, has returned home.

 

Tuesday, January 19, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Tribute of Respect – Joseph C. HARRIS, the subject of this sketch, was born September 15^th, 1848, and died on Thursday morning December 31^st, 1903, being 55 years, 3 months and 15 days old.  For a number of years Mr. HARRIS had been an earnest member and worker of Bethlehem M. E. church.  He had been a great sufferer for a number of weeks of that dreaded disease, consumption; but through all his sufferings he bore it all with the patience of a true Christian.  Not a murmur or complaint escaped from his lips, and all his friends, who visited through his sickness, were assured that all was well with his soul.  His last words were, “Death is only a dream….”  He was secretary and treasurer of the building committee who had just completed a handsome new church at Bethlehem, where a large concourse of friends assembled on new year’s day to lay all that was mortal to rest….

-Waxhaw – Lottie, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe HARTIS, died on the 16^th inst.  They have our sympathy.

-Waxhaw – Mr. T. J. COAN will sell his personal property Friday, January 22^nd.  He will move to Fort Mill, S.C…..

-Mr. A. HUNTLEY of Bonita, Texas, has lately been visiting relatives in this and Anson county.

-Little George, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George FITZWATER, died almost suddenly of membranous croup at the home of his parents on Church street last Tuesday night….

-A. A. BELK, who was sentenced to a sixteen months term on the chain gang for carrying  concealed weapons and resisting an officer, was released last Thursday afternoon, being pardoned by Governor AYCOCK, after having served five months…

-Mr. W. L. BARR, of The Journal force, was not here to help get out the paper, but was off to Durham on a most happy mission.  On Tuesday morning he was married to Miss Annie BRYANT of that place….

-Mrs. J. O. MULDROW, sister of Dr. W. B. HOUSTON, died at her home in Darlington, South Carolina, Saturday morning at 9 o’clock.  Six children survive her, and a little baby died with its mother.  Mrs. MULDROW visited here last summer and made many friends, who will hear of her death with sorrow.  She was born here, her parents moving away when she was a child.  No doubt many of the old people remember her as little Annie HOUSTON.  She was about thirty-nine years old.  Dr. HOUSTON went down Saturday night and came back Sunday.

-Six hours after the second operation for cancer had been performed on him, Mr. M. C. BIVENS of Marshville township died at St. Peter’s hospital in Charlotte at 6:30 on the afternoon of the 13^th….  Mr. BIVENS was the son of the late R. N. BIVENS and a brother of Messrs. Thos. and E. O. BIVENS.  He was 35 years old.  Eleven years ago he was married to Miss Minnie CHANEY, daughter of Mr. J. W. CHANEY, and the devoted wife is left with five fatherless children….  Mrs. BIVENS will move either to Monroe or Marshville to send the children to school, as she cannot continue on the farm alone..... [lengthy article]

-Mr. V. D. SIKES, son of Mr. J. C. SIKES, is at his father’s home in Monroe suffering with a case of small pox….  There is one other case of small pox in the county.  It is on Crooked Creek, in Goose Creek township, and a colored man on Mr. Uriah BELK’S place is the sufferer.  His case is also of the mild form.

-Court Proceedings – Superior Court adjourned Saturday.  Since our last issue the following business was transacted:  Alonzo BUCHANAN, selling liquor; 30 days in jail.  John STEWART, colored, carrying concealed weapons; $10 and costs. Ed P. BASS, embezzlement; 4 months on county roads. Appeals to Supreme Court.  June CUNNINGHAM, forcible trespass; not guilty.  Latta HILL, assault with deadly weapons; $5 and costs.  O. R. SIMPSON, keeping liquor for unlawful sale; $50 and costs.  Will FUNDERBURK, colored, selling liquor; not guilty.  N. C. PRICE, keeping liquor for unlawful sale; mistrial.  N. C. PRICE, selling liquor; nolo contendre.  Judgment suspended on payment of costs, with conditions that he remove his liquor from Monroe and not store any more here.  Charles HEAVENER, selling liquor; judgment suspended on payment of cost and defendant to appear at next term of criminal court and show that he has not sold any liquor.  Ed DOSTER, selling liquor; not guilty.  Ben LINGLE, carrying concealed weapons; $5 and costs.  Lester LILES, bastardy; $10 and costs and $50 to prosecutrix. Appealed.  Thurlow ALSOBROOKS, trespass; 4 months on chain gang.

 

Tuesday, January 26, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-On January 20^th, Mr. H. L. PRICE killed one of his mammoth black hogs, aged two years, ten months and twenty days, which tipped the scales at 697 [pounds]…..

-Mr. J. I. ORR of Indian Trail, this county, was the modest but nevertheless the star performer on the Charlotte cotton market last week, but not as a dealer in futures.  He sold HEATH Bros. 268 bales of actual cotton, delivered it, and got a check for $17,244.60, which was fourteen cents all round…. [lengthy article]

-Waxhaw Enterprise – A tragedy of which people of this section will read with much interest, was enacted near Dallas, Texas, a few days ago.  Mr. John PORTER was born and raised in the Waxhaws of Lancaster county, and was well known in this section.  He went to Jacksonville, Florida some years ago and there he married.  He and his wife moved to Texas, but as they did not agree, they parted.  Later they became reconciled and renewed their relation as man and wife.  A few nights ago, for some unexplained reason, the wife arose from her bed and secured her husband’s pistol and fired upon him, killing him instantly.  Mrs. PORTER was arrested and is now in jail.

-Mrs. George FITZWATER is on a visit to her old home in Georgia.

-Mr. James M. LOWERY of Buford township was married to Miss Mary MAY, daughter of Mr. E. L. MAY of Wingate, last Wednesday afternoon, Rev. J. A. BIVENS, officiating…..

-Mr. H. M. NICHOLSON has just returned from a trip down in Chesterfield, where he went to attend the marriage of his brother, Mr. W. P. NICHOLSON, to Miss Nonie KNIGHT, daughter of Mr. G. W. KNIGHT of Chesterfield.  Rev. A. C. BAKER of Ruby performed the ceremony.

-Mr. Ellis GODWIN of Concord writes The Journal that his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joseph GODWIN, died at the home of her father, Mr. T. J. GRIFFIN of Concord, last Sunday night.  Consumption and pneumonia were the cause of death.  A husband and a host of friends mourn her loss.  The young couple had been married only a little over eight months.

-Mrs. Mary S. SUMMERSETT, mother of Mrs. J. R. SHUTE and Mrs. S. W. PARHAM, died at the home of the latter last Saturday afternoon…. The body was taken to Fair Bluff, Columbus county, for burial in the old family graveyard, where it was interred Sunday.  Besides her two daughters, three sons survive Mrs. SUMMERSETT.  They are Messrs. Edward SUMMERSETT of Missouri, James SUMMERSETT of Columbia, S.C., and W. B. SUMMERSETT of Salisbury…..  Mrs. SUMMERSETT was 68 years old.  She had made her home principally with her daughter, Mrs. SHUTE, for the past four years.  Prior to that time she had lived in Charlotte, where her husband, Capt. SUMMERSETT, who was for a long time in the employ of the Seaboard, died.  She was a member of the Methodist church and a consecrated Christian woman.

-Mr. M. C. AUSTIN of New Salem lost two children last week – and gained two.  His daughter, Miss Ora, was married on Sunday to Mr. Crump WADDELL of Anson county.  The marriage occurred at the Olive Branch Baptist church and Rev. G. O. WILHOIT officiated….  The other marriage was that of Mr. C. M. AUSTIN to Miss Ella MOORE, at the residence of the bride’s parents in Anson county, and occurred early last Wednesday morning….

-Mr. H. M. EUBANKS of Monroe and Miss Lula DOSTER, daughter of J. F. DOSTER of Monroe township, were married at Waxhaw on Sunday, Rev. L. E. STACY performing the ceremony…. [note: Henry M. Eubanks married Louisa Doster on Jan 24, 1904. Per Union Co. marriage records]

-Lancaster Review, 20^th - Mrs. Eliza GARDNER, wife of Mr. S. L. GARDNER of Kershaw, died Sunday night, aged about 65 years.  She was twice married.  She leaves by her first husband, a daughter, Mrs. Burrell LOVE; by her second, two daughters, Mrs. Lee SOWELL and Mrs. Almetta KEY. [note: The 1900 census of Kershaw, Flat Creek Twp, Lancaster Co, SC shows Stephen Gardner and wife Eliza, with daughter Almetta Key and granddaughter Hallie Key. The 1880 census shows this family living in Monroe Twp, Union Co, NC]

 

January 29, 1904, The Landmark, (Statesville, Iredell County, N.C.)

-Monroe Special, 27^th, to Charlotte Observer. Iredell Man Killed in Monroe - J. E. WILHELM, formerly in business at Oak Forest and Hinwood, killed by H. M. EUBANKS – This morning at 11 o’clock the people of this place were much startled and distressed to know that a tragedy had been enacted in the store room of the HEATH-LEE Hardware Company, wherein Mr. J. E. WILHELM was shot to death by Mr. Henry M. EUBANKS.  EUBANKS is a son of Thomas C. EUBANKS, of this county, and a brother of Dr. J. E. EUBANKS, the coroner of the county.  He came to Monroe about two years ago and  was engaged as a salesman by the HEATH-LEE Hardware Company at the time of the fatal occurrence.  Last Sunday he was married to Miss Lula DOSTER, daughter of Mr. J. F. DOSTER, of this county, at Waxhaw.  Mr. WILHELM has been living in Monroe six or eight years and has been connected with a distillery, a store and some lumber business here, and latterly in South Carolina.  For some time he or his wife conducted the old Central Hotel here and only moved out of it about the 1^st of this month.  About Christmas some sensational stories were to some extent circulated as to an alleged occurrence between WILHELM and EUBANKS at the Central Hotel, where the latter boarded.  The facts as to that difficulty are difficult to ascertain, as also in the present instance; but EUBANKS came out of it with bruises about the eyes and showed signs of having been roughly handled…. [lengthy article]

 

Tuesday, February 2, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Frank ARMFIELD, of Low Gap, Surry county, was found dead in his chair with the entire top of his head blown off.  He has a large family grown, and is worth considerable property.  One of his boys was in the house at the time, but he and the rest of the family say that they did not hear the report of the gun.  They add that they found the gun on the floor with one barrel discharged.

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer - Maggie, aged five years, daughter of Mr. George McDUFFIE of Lilesville township, was burned to death late Sunday afternoon….

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer – The wife of John Hog KNIGHT, a colored man who lives on Mr. R. H. WALL’S place in Lilesville township, has presented him with three children in less than ten months.  On March 30^th of last year she gave birth to a boy, and on Wednesday of last week, January 20^th, she became the mother of twin boys.   Mr. C. T. JONES, section master on the Coast Line railroad at Paris, is the father of four children, all of whom were born on Sunday, as was also the mother of the children.  The youngest child was born last Sunday.

-Mr. and Mrs. J. A. WOODLIFF, formerly of Monroe, but who have been living at Lenoir for some time, left last Wednesday for Alabama, where they will make their home.  Mr. WOODLIFF has bought an interest in a mercantile business in that State. [note: Cecelia Latta (d/o A. L. Latta & Mary R.) married J. Alonzo Woodliff (s/o George F. & Sarah E.) on Jan 16, 1901 in Union County, North Carolina, per Union Co, NC marriage records.]

-Last Thursday afternoon [Jan. 28, 1904] Mr. J. W. RICHARDSON of Monroe was married to Miss Mabel Estelle DOSTER, daughter of Mr. R. W. DOSTER of Pleasant Valley, S.C.  The marriage occurred at Fort Mills, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. GORDON of the Baptist church, of which the bride is a member and in which she is organist and Sunday school teacher.   The bride and groom drove to the home of the groom’s father, Capt. B. F. RICHARDSON, on Friday, and on Saturday came to Monroe.  They are boarding at Mr. L. R. HELMS’, but expect to go to housekeeping soon on College street.

-A Big Fire In Monroe – Four Stores and the Journal Office Destroyed.  Sunday Morning Fire Carried Away the STEVENS & PHIFER Old Stand, SHUTE’S Two Storerooms, HUDSON’S Store, and the Journal Office – The Losses Quite Heavy and Not Much Insurance….. [lengthy article]

-Just before eleven o’clock last Wednesday morning, Mr. H. M. EUBANKS shot and killed Mr. J. E. WILHELM.  The tragedy occurred in the rear of the HEATH-LEE Hardware Company’s store room, where Mr. EUBANKS was employed as a salesman.  Three shots were fired, all of them taking effect, and the wounded man died in thirty minutes after being shot.  Mr. EUBANKS immediately surrendered to the Sheriff.  The facts leading up to the fearful tragedy are hard to obtain with certainty….  Mrs. WILHELM was conducting a boarding house in the Central Hotel building.  Mr. WILHELM was running a lumber business in Middledorf, S.C., and was away from home a good deal of the time, making periodical visits here to see his family.  Mr. EUBANKS boarded at Mrs. WILHELMS.  Some time before Christmas Mr. WILHELM came home one night and found Mr. EUBANKS sitting before the fire in Mrs. WILHELM’S room.  Without waiting for an explanation, Mr. WILHELM attacked Mr. EUBANKS….  Mr. EUBANKS had gone into the room to see about a collarette or fur which she had purchased for him to present to Miss Lula DOSTER, who was soon to become his wife.  It was further explained, in substantiation of this statement, that Mr. Ed DOSTER, the brother of the young lady, had also been in the room just previous to Mr. WILHELM’S entrance, and that Mr. EUBANKS had lingered behind to speak to Mrs. WILHELM because he did not want Mr. DOSTER to know of the present at that time.  This explanation seemed satisfactory to Mr. WILHELM, the two men made friends, and Mr. EUBANKS continued to board with Mrs. WILHELM until she moved to another location.  Mr. WILHELM went back to his place of business and did not return till Saturday night of last week. After he returned, he no doubt heard some of the gossip which had been set afloat by the previous occurrence, and began to brood over the matter afresh.  There can be no doubt that it was praying heavily on his mind, for on the previous day to the shooting a member of his family told a doctor that he thought Mr. WILHELM’S mind was affected…. The next time the two men met was at the time of the tragedy….  It seems that Mr. WILHELM entered the store, approached Mr. EUBANKS, and attacked him without warning…. At this point, Mr. EUBANKS drew a pistol and fired three shots in succession…  Mr. EUBANKS walked to Sheriff HORN’S office and gave himself up….. [lengthy article]

 

Tuesday, February 9, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mr. Z. W. TUCKER, son of Mr. M. L. TUCKER, and Miss Jennie GRIFFIN, daughter of Mr. W. P. GRIFFIN, both of Goose Creek, were married last Wednesday at the home of the bride’s father, Esq. W. G. LONG officiating….

-Mr. Lee KING and wife of Douglas, Ga., were here Thursday en route to Mr. KING’S father in Lanes Creek township.

-Mrs. Martha BIVENS, widow of the late Joseph BIVENS, died at her home in Marshville township on February the 3^rd.  She was sixty-one years of age, and leaves four sons and three daughters.  The sons are Messrs. J. R., Culpepper, Emmerson and Joseph BIVENS; the daughters are Mrs. J. H. COLLINS, Mrs. E. C. GRIFFIN and Miss Lou BIVENS.  Mrs. BIVENS was a member of the Baptist church and a most pious lady.  She was a sister of Rev. J. L. BENNETT of Marshville and of Dr. Marshall BENNETT and Mr. Ellis BENNETT of Texas, and of Mrs. John TICE of Marshville township.  Rev. J. L. BENNETT, who returned from Wake Forest on account of her death, will not return, as there are but a few days of the course that he was taking left.

-Capt. Leander M. SECREST, who lived four miles north of Monroe, was found dead in his bed last Wednesday morning, having died sometime during the night of heart disease, of which he had been a sufferer for sometime.  Deceased was about 72 years old.  Until a few months ago he lived in Vance township.  Capt. SECREST was a well known surveyor and was a well informed man.  He was a good neighbor and a true friend and will be greatly missed in the places that knew him.  He leaves a wife and one child, Mrs. J. I. ORR of Indian Trail.  Deceased was a brother of Esq. J. D. A. SECREST.

-Mr. Frank DOSTER, who lived near Altan, died on the 27^th of January.  His death was caused by rheumatism of the heart, a disease which he contracted while serving in the United States army about twenty years ago, and on account of which he was honorably discharged from the army.  He leaves a wife and six small children.

-Rev. E. C. McLARTY, son of Mr. J. M. McLARTY of east Monroe township, will be married to Miss Mary W. BROWN of Asheville on the 17^th.  Mr. McLARTY is one of the best known of the young ministers of the Methodist church of the State.  He served at Asheville before going to Concord, where he now is.

-Mr. and Mrs. Wilson GRIFFIN will this week begin housekeeping in the cottage now occupied by Mr. J. J. LINDSEY.  Mr. LINDSEY will move to the CASON house, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus ARMFIELD will board with Mrs. LINDSEY, and Mr. W. H. NORWOOD will move into the house vacated by Mr. ARMFIELD.

-Mr. and Mrs. W. N. KEENER of Lincolnton, who were married last Tuesday at Wake Forest, stopped over and spent a day with their friend, Mr. J. C. SIKES, Jr., on their way to Lincolnton.

-Mr. Jim STEGALL and Miss Maud ARANT of Buford township were married last Sunday, Esq. MANGUM of South Carolina officiating.

-Mr. Thomas DEES of east Monroe township was married to Miss Sarah Ann WEBB of Marshville township on January 27^th.

-Mr. T. R. KEZIAH and Miss Mary J. HELMS of Monroe township were married on January 27th, ‘Squire S. A. HELMS officiating.

-The court house clock has arrived and workmen will begin to place it today.

-Mr. EUBANKS Gives Bail [lengthy article about the WILHELM-EUBANKS case]

-On last Thursday morning, Mr. E. C. INGRAM was married to Miss Eva SHUTE….. The bride is the youngest daughter of the late John SHUTE….

-Mr. J. Dan LONG and Miss Ila BRASWELL of Goose Creek township were married at the residence of the officiating magistrate, Esq. A. J. FURR, on the 7^th inst.

 

Tuesday, February 16, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-A 2-year-old negro child of Lem ROBINSON’S, who lives on Mr. Ed STARNES place in Buford township, was burned to death yesterday afternoon.  Its mother left it in the house alone.

-Mr. W. S. P. HUNTER of Weddington celebrated his seventieth anniversary on last Tuesday.  A number of friends were present on the occasion.  Mr. HUNTER is still hale and hearty.  He has raised a large family of successful children, both boys and girls, who are a credit to him, and he can enjoy his old age in peace.

-Mr. J. Mace RICHARDSON, who formerly lived in Buford township and long enjoyed the reputation of a fighting man, died on Monday of last week of dropsy, in Lancaster county.  He moved to that locality about four years ago from Rock Hill.  A wife and six children survive him.  The body was taken to Rock Hill and buried beside one of his sons.  The Lancaster Enterprise says that Mr. RICHARDSON was “an industrious, upright and successful farmer of the Creek section.”

-Mr. W. T. STEWART, keeper of the county home, left last night for Morganton to carry Mrs. James BAUCOM and Mr. W. W. GRADY to the hospital….

-The trial at Wadesboro of Henry YOUNG for the killing of Mr. John WILLIAMSON at Hamlet last winter closed Sunday night in a mistrial……

-A civil term of court, presided over by Judge R. H. BRYAN, was begun yesterday.  So far, very few cases have been tried.  S. C. BOYCE, Jr., was granted a divorce from his wife, and one colored divorce was also granted.  Mr. J. E. LITTLE, recently granted license to practice law, was sworn in as an attorney.  In the case of Mr. Vann SIKES against Messrs. Thomas LOVE, Wade LOVE, and Monroe DRY for damages growing out of the events connected with the poisoning of Dr. S. J. LOVE, a compromise was effected whereby the defendants pay Mr. SIKES $100 and the cost of the action.

-Mr. J. Bright GRIFFIN and Miss Mattie L. GRAY, both of Monroe, were married last Wednesday at the residence of Rev. J. A. BIVENS, the latter officiating....

-“The last good smoke I had,” said ‘Squire W. G. LONG of Goose Creek, “was under the railroad shed at Nashville.  We were coming from the Confederate reunion at Louisville, Ky., and as the cars were crowded and the folks complained of too much smoke, I said to myself that I wouldn’t smoke any that night.  The next day I said to myself that I wouldn’t smoke any until I go to Atlanta.  On getting to Atlanta I said I’d wait till I got to Monroe.  When I got home I thought that I wouldn’t smoke any more at all, and I haven’t yet.”  If there were a prize for self control and determination, ‘Squire LONG ought to have it.  He is an old man and had been a smoker for perhaps half a century.  So well did he love a pipe that he had it in his mouth from the time he got up in the morning till he went to bed at night.  In fact, his constant smoking won for him the nickname of “Smoking Bill.”  His friends tell it on him that he used to feed a cotton gin with a pipe in his mouth.  Notwithstanding this habit of years, when he decided to quit, he did it without a word.

-Mr. Lonnie BAUCOM of Monroe township and Miss Ida MEDLIN, daughter of Mr. James W. MEDLIN of this township, were married last Thursday, Rev. A. MARSH officiating.

-Mr. Thomas LEONARD died at his home in White Store township Sunday, aged 87 years.  His remains were interred yesterday at the ASHCRAFT graveyard, near Mr. J. N. STURDIVANT’S.  Deceased was a brother of Mr. James LEONARD of Lanes Creek township.  [also see Feb. 23^rd issue for another notice of his death]

-Mr. C. A. CARRIKER of Monroe and Miss Mollie HUNTLEY, daughter of Mr. J. M. HUNTLEY of Lanes Creek township, were married in Chesterfield county last Sunday.

 

Tuesday, February 23, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer – The scaffold from which Will BOGGAN will be hanged next Thursday has been erected….. [lengthy article]

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer – Mr. J. F. TICE, a well know citizen of Gulledge township, died Sunday morning, aged about 65 years.  Mr. TICE, who suffered from some heart trouble, had been an invalid for some time.

-The Messenger-Intelligencer regrets that a bucket shop is to be opened in Wadesboro.  The gambling instinct is strong enough in all of us without having it encouraged and developed by these pernicious institutions.  

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer – Mr. Pleasant H. GADDY of Morven township was placed in jail Monday for safe keeping until he can be sent to the State Hospital at Morganton.  Mr. GADDY’S mind has not been right for some time, but recently he showed signs of becoming violent, and it was thought best for his own safety, as well as the safety of his family, that he be confined.  He went crazy on the subject of religion, we are informed.

-Marshville, Feb. 18 - Mr. Valentine MAUNEY, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Stanly county, died at his home in New London Sunday before last, aged 88 years.

-Mr. Thomas LEONARD died at his home in White Store township, Anson county, last Saturday and was buried at the ASHCRAFT graveyard, near Cool Spring, Monday.  He was 87 years of age.  He was a very hale old man until a few years ago, when he became more feeble and had to give up plowing.  He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist church and lived a consistent Christian life and died in the full triumph of gospel faith…. He leaves two daughters, a son and one brother to mourn his loss….

-Mr. D. P. McLARTY went to Asheville last week to attend the marriage of his brother, Rev. E. K. McLARTY, which occurred last Wednesday.  He was “best man.”

-Mrs. Nancy WALLACE died at her home in Buford township Wednesday of consumption.  She was 30 years old and leaves two children.  She was a good woman and devoted mother.  She was the widow of the late Henry WALLACE, who died about two years ago.

-Mr. Joe H. CALDWELL of Catawba Junction, S.C., had his right leg cut off last night about 12:30 in the Seaboards yard here.  Mr. CALDWELL is night yard conductor, and was switching cars when the accident occurred…. [lengthy article]

-Camp WALKUP, Confederate Veterans, met Saturday and elected the following officers: R. V. HOUSTON, commander; W. A. AUSTIN, vice commander; N. S. OGBURN, adjutant, secretary and treasurer; J. R. SIMPSON, quartermaster; J. G. BARTON, color bearer; Rev. J. J. McLENDON, chaplain.

-A neighbor of the deceased at Durham sends the following clipping from The Durham Herald, in regard to the death of Mrs. DAVIS, wife of Mr. R. J. DAVIS, son of Mr. T. A. DAVIS, of Sandy Ridge township:  “On the 26^th of February, 1903, when only eighteen years of age, Miss Mallie SHARP, of Whitaker, N.C., was married to Mr. R. J. DAVIS of this city.  On Saturday night, the 13^th of February of this year, she was called hence by the angel of death…. The funeral services were held at the family home on Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. L. CUNNINGHAM and the interment was in Maplewood cemetery.  Capt. J. H. EXUM, her uncle, and Mrs. WATSON, her cousin, both of Whitaker, were here to attend the funeral services…..” [lengthy obituary]

-Mr. John C. NISBET, a well-to-do citizen of Lancaster county, and postmaster at Jacksonham, just over the Union line, was found dead on a road on his farm last Wednesday evening just after sunset….  death was due to heart failure….  Mr. NISBET was about 42 years of age.  He was a member of the Tirzah Presbyterian church, and an upright man and good citizen.  He leaves a wife and one child.

 

March 1, 1904, THE LANDMARK (Statesville, NC)

-The Monroe Enquirer of last week contained the following: “The case of Bennett BLAKENEY and Jack SCALES, charged with larceny of liquor from a box car on the railroad yard here on the 15^th inst., was called before Esq. M. L. FLOW last Saturday (Feb 20^th) and the entire day was consumed in taking evidence and the case was continued until next Monday (Feb. 29^th).”  In another part of the same paper this item appeared: “Jack SCALES was arrested last Tuesday morning on a charge of stealing a mileage book from the Seaboard and failing to give bond he was sent to jail to await trial.”  This is supposed to refer to Jack SCALES, Jr., son of Mr. J. L. SCALES, formerly railroad agent at Statesville.  The friends of his parents here will learn with sincere regret of the young man’s troubles.

 

Tuesday, March 1, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Hanging of Anson County - The Execution of BOGGAN the First Legal One in that County in 33 Years – Negro Was in Monroe Jail for Safekeeping - This afternoon at eight minutes before 1 o’clock, Sheriff John A. BOGGAN sprung the trigger that launched the body of Will BOGGAN, the murderer of John A. SULLIVAN, into eternity…..   The crime, in expiation of which Will BOGGAN has paid the extreme penalty of the law, was committed Saturday night, the 28^th of February, 1903, about 9:45 o’clock.  On this night John A. SULLIVAN, a native of this county, who lived in the Beverly neighborhood, about 6 miles from town, was shot down, in cold blood, in the alleyway between the Klondyke Hotel building and WILLIAMS Bros.’ store….  The hanging of BOGGAN was the first legal execution that has taken place in Anson county in thirty-three years.  On the 21^st day of July, 1871, Lewis and Ned MYERS were hanged by Maj. James W. WALL, then Sheriff of the county, for the assassination of J. W. REDFEARN, a prominent citizen of the county who merchandised at White Store.   After Mr. REDFEARN was killed his store was robbed of about $800 in money, the most of which was recovered on the person of Lewis MYERS, son of Ned MYERS who was arrested at Cheraw a few days after the killing. [lengthy article]

-One Birthday in Eight Years – Dr. J. E. HART of Deep Creek is looking forward to next Monday with a great deal of pleasure, as it will be the first birthday he has had in eight years.  The doctor, having been ushered into this world on the last day of February of a leap year, ordinarily has a birthday every four years, but 1900 not being a leap year, he has not celebrated his natal day since 1896.

-Sandy Ridge: Mr. Brown McLEAN of Mecklenburg county, formerly of Jackson township, is visiting relatives here.  Mr. McLEAN is an old Confederate veteran, who lost both of his eyes in the war.  He is very cheerful for one in his condition, and talks interestingly of his experiences during the war.  He visited at Prof. DALRYMPLE’S Friday night, and entertained his family for about two hours.  All honor to our Confederate veterans.

-Mr. Newton THOMPSON and wife, and Mrs. TOMBERLIN, his mother-in-law, all have la grippe.  The three constitute the family, consequently there is no one to attend to them, only as the relatives and friends come in and help them.  Mr. THOMPSON is 76 years old and a good old veteran of the civil war.  Mrs. TOMBERLIN is probably the oldest person in this part of the county, being about 90 years old.  She is the widow of the late Reuben TOMBERLIN and mother of Mr. J. M. TOMBERLIN of Vance township.

-Mr. Gerrald BOYLIN, son of Mr. W. J. BOYLIN, formerly of Monroe, was married last Wednesday to Miss Mae HARRELL of Nashville.

-Court adjourned last Wednesday…  Mrs. E. A. FORTUNE of Marshville was granted a divorce from her husband, J. B. FORTUNE, on the ground of desertion.

-Mr. Burwell Franklin BENNETT [sic BENTON] died in Goose Creek township on the 18^th of February, aged 84 years.  He was the twin brother of the late Washington BENTON, who died three or four years ago, and was a native of Anson county.  He came to this county about 1845 and married.  Several of his children being deaf mutes, he moved to Raleigh in 1854 to educate them.  Coming back to the county in 1863, he lived here continuously until his death.  Mr. T. H. BENTON, a younger brother, is yet living.  About the close of the war he was married the second time.  Seven sons and daughters survive him.  The sons are Messrs. W. F. and E. E. BENTON.  The daughters are Mesdames John SUMMERLIN, Lawson ROZZLE, R. HELMS, James PINION, L. C. STEGALL, John SHERRILL and George BROOM.  Mr. BENTON was a member of the Baptist church.  He was a good old man and was held in high esteem by all who knew him.  [Note: apparently his name was Burwell Franklin BENTON but was misspelled in the original obituary]

-It has been suggested that the effort to build a monument in honor of the Confederate soldiers of Union county be now renewed, as the hard times which prevented the success of the former effort have now passed away…..

-Mr. Robert T. GOODALL of Camden, S.C., will be married this afternoon to Miss Carrie GRASER, sister of Mrs. W. M. GORDON, whom she has been visiting….

-Mr. Thomas WILLIAMS, son of Mr. T. E. WILLIAMS of Rock Rest, was married last Wednesday afternoon to Miss Wilma, daughter of Mr. J. R. HELMS of Wingate, Rev. J. A. BIVENS officiating….

-The trial of John, Raymond and Frank RITCH and Fred YANDLE, charged with an assault with intent to kill Emsley D. YANDLE, will be heard in Justice FLOW’S court on Thursday.

-Miss Jennie SHEPHERD, daughter of Mr. James SHEPHERD, was married last Wednesday evening to Mr. Charles M. SHANNON.  The ceremony occurred in Abbeville, S.C., at the home of the bride’s brother, Mr. John W. SHEPHERD, and Rev. Mr. WELLS, a Methodist minister officiated.  Miss SHEPHERD has for some time been in the millinery department of BELK Bros., and is one of the prettiest young ladies of Monroe….

-Engineer Gus COX, who was well known in Monroe, was killed on his engine below Clinton, S.C., last Friday evening about dark….  Mr. COX was a native of Abbeville and was living there.  He was quite a young man – about 30 – and had a wife and one young child.  He had been running an engine for about two years and had not been married quite so long.…  He was a member of the Presbyterian church.  When living in Monroe he was a fireman for Engineer J. W. YATES.

 

Tuesday, March 8, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-John GUAN or GANT, who during the holidays, in Rockingham county, purposely or recklessly fired off his pistol at a dance and killed a young girl, was found guilty of murder in the second degree in Rockingham Superior Court this week and sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary.

-Two new stores will soon be opened up at Marshville, one of dry goods by Mr. Henry LILES of Wadesboro, and a fancy grocery store by Mr. L. MEDLIN of Monroe township.  Mr. MEDLIN was formerly in business at Matthews and Gastonia, and is a good citizen and successful business man.

-Mr. R. A. MORROW received a telegram Saturday night saying that his father, Capt. J. M. MORROW of Charlotte, was very sick and not expected to live.  Capt. MORROW died last night a little before nine o’clock.  He was 75 years old and a native of Lancaster county.  He had lived in Charlotte for thirty-six years, twelve of which he spent as clerk of the court of the county, his term ending in 1898….

-Dr. J. W. NEAL of Monroe was married to Miss Ida GRIBBLE, daughter of Dr. W. H. GRIBBLE of Buford township, last Wednesday evening….

-Mr. R. J. COCHRAN of Charlotte has opened a bucket shop in Monroe, occupying a room over the HOUSTON-LEE Supply Co.  Mr. Albert REDFEARN, son of Mr. G. W. REDFEARN of Monroe, is his telegraph operator.  The Charlotte Observer says that Mr. COCHRAN is the tenderest hearted man in the world and was a misfit as a turnkey at the jail because he was too easy with the prisoners.  It’s to be hoped that Mr. COCHRAN’S humane efforts may not result in fostering the gambling mania in Monroe.

-Mrs. Bessie RAY, a well connected lady of Charlotte, was found dead in Vance park, behind the mint, Sunday morning….

 

Tuesday, March 15, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mr. Titus DRY and Miss Susie BROADAWAY of New Salem township were married Thursday of last week, Esq. P. J. C. EFIRD officiating. [Note: Union Co. marriage records show they were married Mar 03, 1904.]

-Mrs. Margaret PHILLIPS died at her home near Matthews on Tuesday of last week, aged 67 years.  Her maiden name was THREATT and she was reared near Zoar in this county.

-Mr. J. C. SMITH of New Salem was married to Miss Laura HONEYCUTT of Stanly county on February 25^th.  The ceremony occurred at the bride’s home and was performed by Rev. Mr. BLACK.

-Mr. W. T. KING of Robeson, S.C., was here last Tuesday and reported that on the fourth inst., a son was born in the KING family, the first son in the family in 26 years.  The young man is a son of Mr. W. T. KING.

-Miss Florence OGBURN, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. OGBURN, died at the home of her parents here last Wednesday morning….  Besides her parents, two brothers, Messrs. W. C., Jr., and Louise OGBURN, and four sisters, Mesdames E. H. AUSTIN and A. S. MORRISON and Misses Mattie and Nena OGBURN, are left to mourn the departure of one who was all that a devoted daughter and sister could be.

-Marshville, March 14. - Rev. D. J. McLAMORE, a traveling preacher, has just been united to a long lost daughter, whom he never knew until lately.  The daughter is Miss Fronie BYRD of Charlotte.  About forty years ago Mr. McLAMORE was married to a daughter of the late William NEWSOME of his place.  His wife died and left an infant daughter, which the mother’s relations took to rear, and the father went West and began the wandering career of a travelling evangelist.  He was informed that his daughter was dead, and he therefore paid no visit to this country.  A few weeks ago, Mr. McLAMORE was in Fayetteville and met Mr. Henry BAUCOM, a former resident of this county and a former schoolmate of Miss Fronie, his daughter.  It was then that he learned that his daughter was still living, and last week he made it convenient to visit his daughter and there was a happy meeting of father and daughter.  Mr. McLAMORE spent a few days here last week visiting old friends whom he had not seen since 1867.  [Note: Union County, NC marriage records show that Duncan J. McLEMORE married on Sept. 12, 1865 to Mary J. NEWSOM. 1870 Census of Lanes Creek Twp, Union Co, NC shows Sophrona McLemore age 4, living with Sarah Newsome age 53.]

-Court Proceedings: …In the case of H. M. EUBANKS for the killing of J. E. WILHELM, the grand jury returned the verdict of murder, but the solicitor announced that he would ask only for a verdict of murder in the second degree or manslaughter as the evidence might warrant….

-Mr. Henry F. DAVIS, formerly of this county, died in Charlotte last Thursday evening.  The body was carried to Marshville, the former home of the deceased, for burial.  Mr. DAVIS was a son of the late Rev. Edmond DAVIS, and a brother of Rev. A. C. DAVIS of Olive Branch.  He was about 52 years old and leaves a wife and several children.  He was mayor of Marshville and cotton weigher at that place a long time, but had been living in Charlotte for some time, working for the LIDDELL Company.

-Roy DOSTER, a young colored man of Buford township, went out to the new ground to cut wood last Wednesday morning, carrying his axe and a loaded pistol with him.  Some time afterward he was found lying across a stick of wood, dead.  One ball had been shot from the pistol, and had gone into his head through the eye.  It was thought that he sat down to look at his pistol and accidentally shot himself.  The coroner held an inquest but found nothing contrary to his supposition.

-Mr. Cyrus STEWART of Columbus, Miss., is visiting his mother, Mrs. Sallie STEWART.

-Murderer Arrested Here - Birch MORGAN, a Desperado of Montgomery County, is Rounded Up by Constable BIVENS After a Slow Trail Lasting Nearly a Year… [lengthy article]

-Mr. Edgar COXE, son of Mr. J. B. COXE, and Miss Dora WALTERS were married at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. M. A. WALTERS, on last Thursday, Esq. B. F. PARKER officiating.  Long and happy lives to the happy young couple.

-Safe Robbers Successful – They Tear Up SHUTE’S Safe But Fail To Get Much Money – A Crude Job, The Safe Door Being Pounded Open With A Sledge Hammer, SIKES’ Stables and SHANNON’S Store Also Entered…. [lengthy article]

 

Tuesday, March 22, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mr. Ed AUSTIN, the 18-year-old son of Mr. J. E. AUSTIN of Jackson township, was the victim of a fearful accident, by which he lost one of his eyes, a few days ago.  While he was chopping wood a knot flew up, struck him in the eye, and burst the eyeball.

-Uncle Stephen BARRETT, a well known old colored man of Monroe, called “The Bishop,” went to Charlotte one day last week, and, armed with a pardon from Governor AYCOCK, brought his son Jim home from the Mecklenburg chain gang.  Uncle Stephen wants to thank the good governor for the pardon for his boy, and the old darkey is certainly sincere in his gratitude, as his boy was sick.

-Monroe at last has a chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.  It was organized last Wednesday, and the officers are Mrs. J. D. RAST president, Mrs. J. M. BELK vice president, Mrs. R. V. HOUSTON treasurer, Miss Katherine COVINGTON secretary….  Any mother, wife, sister, daughter or niece of one who rendered service to the Confederacy, either in the army, navy or civil department, is eligible for membership.

-Mrs. R. J. BELK of Waxhaw died on the night of the 12^th inst.  Mrs. BELK was 40 years old and leaves a husband and four children.  The funeral was held at Tirzah Presbyterian church, of which she was a member….  Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. J. O. A. CRAIG of Wadesboro, a sister of the deceased; Mr. Henry BELK of Charlotte; Mrs. Maggie BROWN of Chester; Miss Bessie SIMPSON of Monroe; Mrs. Ellie McKENZIE of Monroe, Mr. Will SIMPSON of Monroe, and Mr. Frank MATTHEWS of Charlotte.

-Sandy Ridge: Mr. H. B. CLARK of Monroe and Miss Jennie CLARK ?????CLARK OR HOWIE??? of this township were married yesterday afternoon, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. John HOWIE, Rev. L. E. STACY officiating….  Mr. W. H. HOWIE, Sr., of Mineral Spring is to be married next Wednesday evening to Mrs. Mittie NIVEN of Waxhaw….

-Mr. James C. MOORE, son of Esqr. H. C. MOORE of Rock Rest, and Miss Bettie HORN, daughter of Ex-Sheriff J. P. HORN, will be married at three o’clock this afternoon, at the home of the bride’s parents in Lanes Creek township.  Rev. J. A. BIVENS will be the officiating minister.

-Henry M. EUBANKS, tried for murder in the second degree by the Superior Court last week, for the homicide of J. E. WILHELM, was acquitted of the charge and left the court house a free man…. [lengthy article]

-Our Home of Marshville -  The other day the operator of the telephone exchange here called CROW Bros. at Monroe to get report from the cotton market.  The answer came that they did not have the latest report but it could be had by calling at the “bucket shop.”  The operator here rung off in disgust.  He said he didn’t see how a bucket shop would know anything about the market.  Then he read in Our Home that the bucket shop at Marshville turned out nicely finished buckets, while the one at Monroe turned out sadder but wiser men and it occurred to him that he needed some additional information on the subject.  By enquiry he learned that a “bucket shop” is a place where folks deal in futures.  The amen corner church members who do that kind of business call it speculation.  The preachers call it gambling.  Some of the lay members who are afraid to risk their money that way, also call it gambling.  Country people, as a rule, do not know much about the “bucket shop” business, but they ought to know enough about it to let it alone.

-Ruined by a little money! That is the fate of Henry WEDDINGTON, a colored man, and a good type of his race.  Nearly two years ago Mr. R. B. WEDDINGTON, a prominent farmer and a wealthy, philanthropic and eccentric citizen, died.  He had owned the parents of Henry WEDDINGTON and had owned Henry when he was a small boy.  Emancipation made no difference to the colored WEDDINGTON family.  They continued to live with and work for Mr. WEDDINGTON.  The old negroes died, but Henry stayed on with Mr. WEDDINGTON.  He lived simply and was happy.  His wants were small; he knew little about money.  He toiled with a song on his lips and peace in his heart; and when he was 50 years of age he showed a well-rounded character.  His word was good; he was faithful in his service, serious in demeanor, steady and dependable in his duties.  Then Mr. WEDDINGTON died and left Henry large possessions.  By the terms of his will he received about $200 in cash, a fine farm of 118 acres, and the best mule that belonged to the WEDDINGTON estate.  The effect of the sudden acquisition of property seemed to daze Henry at first….  Then Henry went forth and purchased a rubber-tired buggy.  This was the main turning point in his life – a menace that was dangerous enough to affect even a more intelligent man than Henry….  And Henry’s whole nature changed after he began to ride in that rubber tired buggy.  The downfall was quick.  Inspired by the belief that he was a very rich man, Henry WEDDINGTON bought everything in sight, to use a colloquialism…..  Henry neglected his work.  He and his family sat around and ate candy and were restless…..  Ruin came in a year….  Ruined by a little money! That is the fate of Henry WEDDINGTON, a colored man and a good type of his race.  Doom came in a smart, brand new rubber-tired buggy, and told an old, old story. [lengthy article]

 

Tuesday, March 29, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mrs. LINNEY, wife of Hon. R. Z. LINNEY of Alexander county, and sister of Dr. J. W. STEPHENSON of Monroe and Rev. R. T. N. STEPHENSON of Polkton, died at her home in Taylorsville last Friday, aged 70 years.

-Mr. C. Q. LEMMOND, a Mexican war veteran of this county, living in Goose Creek township, has been granted an increase in his pension of four dollars per month, making [?page torn?] which he now gets.  The increase came from Congress by the aid of Senator SIMMONS.

-Mr. Milas YANDLE left the Vance township for Texas in 1842.  He left several brothers and other relatives here and they heard from him until the civil war; after that they could hear nothing more.  Mrs. J. P. RICH  of Vance is a niece of Mr. YANDLE, and sometime ago it occurred to her to put an advertisement in the Atlanta Constitution enquiring if any of his children were living.  Pretty soon she got an answer from one of her cousins, and learned that her uncle had left several children in Texas, all of whom were grown up.  Mr. RICH has ordered The Journal sent to one of them a year, so that they can become acquainted with their father’s old country. [Note: The 1850 census shows a Miles Yandle age 35, born in NC, listed in Rusk Co., TX]

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer - Last Thursday afternoon Mr. W. E. ALDRIDGE, who lived on the plantation of Mr. J. I. DUNLAP in Ansonville township, left his home without telling his family where he was going.  Friday morning he had not returned and his people and the neighbors becoming alarmed for his safety, search was instituted for him, which resulted in the finding of his dead body Friday afternoon in an old open well on the place on which Clerk of Court T. C. ROBINSON lived until a few years ago.  The well was about two miles from Mr. ALDRIDGE’S late home and had about twelve feet of water in it….. [lengthy article]

-Yorkville Enquirer – Coroner LOUTHIAN was called to Sharon last Friday to hold an inquest over the body of Mrs. John WEAVER, a white woman who died near there the night before.  The testimony showed that a little family quarrel developed from some cause, and while it was on the woman became angry.  She presently dropped over dead.  Dr. J. H. SAYE testified that her death was very probably due to heart disease.

-Mr. Robert PYRON, a cotton man of Texas, has come to Monroe to spend the summer.  He is a brother of Mrs. A. W. BIGGERS.

-Mr. I. T. HINSON and Miss Idell WILLIAMS of New Salem were married by ‘Esq. M. L. FLOW on Saturday.

-Mr. Henry F. PARKER, son of Esq. B. F. PARKER of Lanes Creek, and Miss Kate May HAMILTON, daughter of Mr. W. A. HAMILTON, were married last Wednesday at the home of the bride’s parents in Lanes Creek….

-…Mr. Walter LONG and Miss Cordie COAN [were married]…. [lengthy article]

-Miss Jane FURGERSON, a sister of Mr. P. C. FURGERSON, died of paralysis on the 25^th.  She was 58 or 59 years old, and had been a member of the Baptist church about forty years.

-A special from Concord to the Charlotte Chronicle says that Lee STIREWALT, the 13-year-old son of Monroe STIREWALT of No. 5 township, Cabarrus county, was out hunting Tuesday and stopping awhile, he was resting himself on the end of his gun – the barrel being under his armpit.  By some means the gun was fired and his arm was shot almost close off to his body.

 

Used above section in CGS 43.2

 

Tuesday, April 5, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mr. Julius GRIFFIN and Miss Maud BROOM, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. BROOM, were married March 30^th….

-Miss Kate WAKEFIELD, daughter of Dr. W. H. WAKEFIELD of Charlotte, and Mr. Leon M. HAM of Greensboro were married at the home of the bride’s father in Charlotte Tuesday evening.

-Mr. D. Frank PRICE and Miss Belle CRUMP, both of Monroe township, were married on April 3^rd at the residence of Esqr. A. J. FURR, the latter officiating.

-Warren C. COLEMAN, one of the wealthiest negroes of the State, died Thursday at his home in Concord.  Born and raised in Concord, he lived and labored there, took care of his investments and soon became wealthy.  His influence was felt far and near, and he was a real benefactor of his race.  Some years ago he undertook the building of a mill, the Coleman Manufacturing Company at that place, operated by negroes, and whatever degree of success it attained was due entirely to COLEMAN.  COLEMAN owned a little property in Monroe.

 

Tuesday, April 12, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer – Mrs. Elizabeth BITTLE, who lived near Chesterfield, in South Carolina, died of paralysis Tuesday at 1 o’clock and was buried Wednesday.  Mrs. BITTLE lived with an unmarried son and was stricken with paralysis last Thursday morning while sweeping the yard, but was not discovered until that afternoon.  She never regained consciousness and died as above stated.

-Mrs. G. W. TICE of Dallas, Tex., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. LONG.

-Mr. Will FUNDERBURK of Dudley, S.C., and Mrs. Lizzie L. MARSH of Monroe were married Wednesday afternoon, at the residence of the officiating magistrate, Esq. MANGUM of Chesterfield county, S.C.

-Mr. W. Dick FULLENWIDER and Miss Stella TRULL were married last Wednesday night at 8:30 o’clock, at the residence of the bride’s stepfather, Mr. N. W. GRIFFIN, on Crowell street.  Rev. W. F. WATSON performed the marriage service.

-Mr. S. McKey SECREST died in Charlotte Sunday morning at 2 o’clock, in a hospital, where he had been operated on for kidney trouble from which he had been suffering for several weeks.  The operation had been a successful one and the patient did well until blood poison set in and caused his death.  The body was brought home Sunday and interred at New Salem church, Rev. J. W. LITTLE conducting the funeral service.  Mr. SECREST was 58 years old and was born and always lived in the county.  Besides his wife and children, his mother, who is 90 years old and very feeble, survives him.  [Note: Samuel McKee Secrest was born Jun 6, 1845, died Apr 10, 1904 and was buried at Salem Baptist Church.]

-Last night about half past ten o’clock the residence of Mr. R. B. REDWINE, about a mile from town, together with all the furniture, library, etc., was destroyed by fire…. 

 

April 17, 1904, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (Atlanta, Georgia)

-At Monroe [Union County, NC] on Monday, Miss Rosa May BLAND, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. A. BLAND of Charlotte was married to George B. LOCKHART, son of ex-Congressman James A. LOCKHART, of Wadesboro.  It was a surprise wedding.  Miss BLAND was visiting Mrs. W. C. HARDISON at Wadesboro and with Mr. LOCKHART went very quietly to Monroe.

 

Tuesday, April 19, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer – Joe Bennett BRASINGTON, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. BRASINGTON, died Monday afternoon….

-Mr. Silas LOWERY, who has been in Texas for a year and a half, is visiting his mother at Wingate.

-Mr. William M. WALDEN, who moved to Georgia last fall, has returned to his former home in Lanes Creek township.

-Mr. C. P. HODGE and Miss Annie HAYWOOD, both of north Monroe, were married on the 12^th by Esq. A. C. JOHNSON.

-Mr. Andrew FOWLER, one of the oldest citizens of this township, died at the home of his son, Mr. A. J. FOWLER a few days ago.  He was 86 years old and a Confederate veteran.  He was a well known character of north Monroe township.

-Mrs. Mary Ann ASHCRAFT of Marshville township, whose illness was mentioned from time to time in this paper, died at her home, after a long illness, last Wednesday, at the age of 80 years.  She was a sister of the late Dr. J. E. GREEN and was the widow of the late Jackson ASHCRAFT.  She leaves two sons, Messrs. Henderson and Albert ASHCRAFT, and two daughters, Mrs. Joel HUGGINS and Miss Martha ASHCRAFT.  Mrs. ASHCRAFT was, to her neighbors, friends and relatives, a “mother in Israel.”  For many years she lived not only a faithful member of the Methodist church, but a life of active christian virtue.

-Miss Flossie WINCHESTER, daughter of Mr. G. R. WINCHESTER of Sandy Ridge township, died on April 9^th of catarrh of the stomach, after an illness of eight weeks’ duration.  She was 23 years old and was a dutiful daughter and beloved sister.  She was a member of the Methodist church at Pleasant Grove, having joined in 1893.  Funeral services were held last Sunday by Rev. L. E. STACY at Pleasant Grove church.  Mr. WINCHESTER and family wish to return thanks through The Journal to their neighbors and friends for their kindness and help during her illness.

-Mr. Thomas J. HUGGINS and Miss Atha LEONARD of Lanes Creek township were married at the residence of the brides’ father, Mr. J. T. LEONARD, last Wednesday afternoon….

-Mr. James OSBORNE, son of Rev. E. A. OSBORNE of Charlotte, who has many friends here, died in Charlotte last Thursday.  He was the eldest son.  He had been living in California several years, and was married.  Nine months ago he had an attack of fever, from which he never fully recovered.  He and his wife came to Charlotte recently in hope that he might be benefited, but in vain.

-Mrs. Elizabeth RAPE received a letter this morning from Mr. C. H. POLLY saying that Mrs. POLLY dropped dead last Saturday.  Mr. and Mrs. POLLY lived many years in Monroe, and Mr. POLLY’S friends here will sympathize with him in his loneliness.  He now lives at Hallsboro, near Wilmington.

-Mr. Jack GRIFFIN, a citizen of Sandy Ridge township, died on Saturday.  He was 65 years old and a member of the High Hill Primitive Baptist church.  His wife and five sons and daughters, all grown, survive him.

 

Tuesday, April 26, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mr. Robert WALDEN of Buford township died on the 14^th inst. of consumption.  He was but 26 years of age and leaves a wife and four small children.  Though sick for a long time with what he knew to be a fatal illness, he did not complain, and though anxious to live for those he loved, he was not afraid to die.

-Mr. U. A. RUTLEDGE of Norfolk, Va., and Miss Nep BARRINO will be married tomorrow evening at seven o’clock at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. D. B. BARRINO, two miles west of Marshville.

-On April 22, 1904, the death angel visited the home of Mrs. Barbara STARNES and carried her soul to a better home.  She had reached the extreme age of 98 years.  Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. F. BRADLEY, at Mt. Prospect church, and the body was interred at the cemetery there.  She had been a consistent member of Mt. Prospect church for nine years and lived a Christian life.  Three children survive her, two sons and one daughter – Messrs. Cadd and Stewart STARNES and Mrs. Polly STARNES.  She was always ready and willing to do anything for Christ’s sake.  She had been sick for about two weeks of paralysis and bore her suffering with the utmost patience.  We know that she was ready to meet her Savior, for she often spoke of her readiness to go.  She sang and prayed for her friends around her bedside and asked them to meet her in heaven.  Her dying words were that she was going to a home that was not made with hands, but eternal in the heavens, where pain and sorrow never come.  We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and hope they will follow in her footsteps and be prepared to meet her.   Maud and Jennie.

-Mrs. A. M. STACK returned last night from Greensboro, where she went to see one of her sisters who is preparing to move to Indian Territory to live.

-Dr. C. W. LOVE, son of Rural Carrier Thomas L. LOVE, is to be married on May 11^th, in the Presbyterian church of Blackshear, Ga., to Miss HENDRON of that place.  Dr. LOVE is a Union county boy who has won fine success in his adopted Georgia home.

-Monroe is becoming a popular meeting place for couples who want to get married.  In the waiting room sat the depot this morning, Mr. John L. COX of Lexington, N.C., and Miss Clara TERRELL of Columbus, Ga., were married, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Mr. ELDER of Richland, Ga., who accompanied the bride…..

-Mrs. Mary COLLINS, wife of Mr. Henry COLLINS of Lanes Creek and daughter of Mr. John ROLLINS of Wingate, died of consumption last Saturday.  The young wife and mother was but 27 years old, and three small children and their father are left bereft of their dearest earthly friend.  Mrs. COLLINS was a member of the Baptist church and was ready to die…..

-Mr. S. H. CARROLL moved from here to Cedartown, Ga., this week, where he has a position on the S. A. L.  We are sorry to lose Mr. and Mrs. CARROLL.

-Wadesboro Messenger and Intelligencer – Dr. D. C. TILLMAN of White Store township died this morning at eight o’clock. -Some time ago, William ALLEN of Ansonville township brought suit for divorce from his wife, Roxie ALLEN.  The case was put on the calendar for Monday of the recent term of court, and was on that day called up by ALLEN’S lawyer.  ALLEN not appearing, the attorney asked that the case be continued until next day, and this was done.  Before the case was reached Tuesday the lawyer received news that ALLEN had been dead three or four months.  – Wadesboro has within her gates this week probably the oldest living person who was born in the town.  The gentleman is James PEARL of Marengo, Ala.  Mr. PEARL was born in 1828 near the residence of the late P. J. COPPEDGE.  In 1854 he went to Alabama and settled.  In 1865 he stopped over in Wadesboro while on his way home from the war, and that was his last visit to the place of his birth until now.

-Reuben Items:  On the 14^th inst., Mr. J. I. HINSON and Miss Mollie LILES, both of New Salem township, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. 

-Stanly County News: Mr. Lindsay LOWDER is happy over discovering gold on his place 2 ½ miles north of Albemarle…

 

April 28, 1904, THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE (Nashville, TN)

-Winnie DIGGS born Anson Co., NC, Aug 10, 1825; married Captain H. M. DIGGS, Feb. 18, 1857; moved from N.C. to Va.; died near Abingdon, Va., Mar. 30, 1904. Daus., Mrs. J. Frank Gray and Mrs. Anne Spencer.

 

Tuesday, May 3, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Lancaster Enterprise. –The eighteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucius BELL was run over by the Southern’s west-bound freight train last Saturday afternoon about a mile and a half beyond Riverside, and so injured that it died and hour and a half later…

-Twenty nine members of Camp WALKUP met in the court house Saturday at a called meeting.  A committee of three, S. G. HOWIE, J. R. SIMPSON and N. S. OGBURN, were appointed to solicit funds for the General GORDON monument to be erected in Atlanta.  Eight applications for crosses of honor were received.  J. R. SIMPSON and D. D. STINSON were elected delegates to the reunion at Nashville in June, and Allison SIMPSON and S. J. RICHARDSON alternates.  Philip JONES, an old Union soldier of Sandy Ridge township, applied for membership in the camp and was unanimously elected.

-Mr. J. L. PORTER of Mineral Springs died at three o’clock Thursday morning.  He had suffered very much with rheumatism for a long time, and for some time prior to his death, was confined to the bed.  He was 49 years of age.  Eleven years ago he was married to Miss Ella PRICE, daughter of J. McCollum PRICE, and she, with three children, survives him.  Mr. PORTER was a most earnest member of Pleasant Grove church.  He was a good citizen, a kind husband and loving father.  He was held in very high esteem by his neighbors, and during his illness they showed him every attention.  Mrs. PORTER desires The Journal to return her thanks to them for their many kindnesses.  The funeral was conducted at Pleasant Grove by Rev. L. E. STACEY.  Messrs. A. M., William and Mary PORTER, and Mrs. J. P. SIMPSON are brothers and sister of the deceased.

-Mr. I. E. GAY, an old man, killed himself by blowing the top of his head off with a shotgun last Saturday afternoon.  The deed was the result of careful premeditation and preparation.  Indications suggest that he had been contemplating the act for some time.  The deed was committed about four o’clock in the afternoon, in a few feet of the little house in which he lived in his son-in-law’s yard, in Buford township.  The old man, who was about 70 years of age, had been married twice, the last time about twelve years ago.  This wife died a few months ago, leaving two little girls, one three years old and the other six.  Some time ago he sold the small amount of property which he had and sent these two children to Miss Mattie PERRY’S school at Marion.  Becoming dissatisfied with this place some time ago, he brought them back and last week took them to the Rescue Home in Charlotte, where they now are….  The four children of his first wife are all grown and live in different sections, but with one of them, Mrs. George GAY, he had been making his home for some time….. [lengthy article] [Note: Isaac E. Gay was 1^st married to Mary McCray. They are buried at the Gay Family Cemetery.]

 

Tuesday, May 10, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Philip CARRIKER, a prominent and aged citizen of Cabarrus, was driving to Concord Wednesday, accompanied by his wife and child.  When near town he gasped, fell forward and was dead.  Heart disease, the doctor said.

-A cotton mill man named DEATON shot and killed a barber by the name of PATTERSON Saturday night at Fort Mill, S.C.

-State of North Carolina, Union County, Superior Court, August Term, 1904.  C. M. SIMPSON vs. C. L.SIMPSON. Notice – The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Union county for the purpose of dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and the defendant therein named, and the said defendant, C. L. SIMPSON, will further take notice that he is required to appear at the next term of the Superior Court  of said county, to be held on the 4^th Monday before the last Monday in August, A. D. 1904, at the court house in said county in Monroe, North Carolina, and answer or demur to plaintiff’s complaint in said action or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint.  Done at my office this 9^th day of May, A. D. 1904.  E. A. ARMFIELD, C.S.C.

-Mr. W. H. DOSTER, lately of this county, now of Birmingham, Ala., is visiting Mr. H. K. HELMS at Wingate.

-Mr. W. I. SNUGGS, county treasurer of Stanly, and father of Mr. W. H. SNUGGS of the English Drug Company here, died at a sanitarium in Salisbury Sunday.

-Miss Sarah Ellen BROOM died at her home in north Monroe Saturday.  The body was buried from the Baptist church, of which she was a member, Sunday.

-Mr. Joseph DAVIS, an old soldier of Lanes Creek township, died Saturday.  He was a member of the Baptist church, and funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. L. BENNETT at Smyrna on Sunday.

-Mrs. Louisa DAVIS, widow of Jackson DAVIS of Buford township, died Thursday morning.  She was 72 years old and leaves five children, all of them grown.  She was a good woman and was a member of the Baptist church.

-Mr. C. A. WOMBLE of Belmont and Miss Ila BIVENS, daughter of Mr. N. W. BIVENS of east Monroe township, were married last Wednesday at the home of the bride’s father, Rev. J. A. BIVENS performing the ceremony….

-At three o’clock last Thursday afternoon Mr. J. W. RALLINGS and Miss Minnie SNIDER, both of Wingate, were united in marriage, at the home of the bride’s father….

-Mr. Joel McLaughlin MOORE, only son of Mr. S. R. MOORE, who lives one mile east of Monroe, died at 11 o’clock Friday night, of ulceration of the bowels.  He had been in bad health for several years, but the severe illness that terminated in his death lasted only a week….  The funeral was conducted from the home at 11 o’clock Sunday, by Rev. W. F. WATSON and Rev. J. L. BENNETT, and the body was buried in the cemetery at Monroe…..  Mr. MOORE was born on May 16, 1854, in Lanes Creek township.  Being an only son, he remained at home with his parents and lived with them all his life.  About nine years ago he was married to Miss Addie RUSHING of Monroe, who survives him….  The deceased is survived by his parents, his wife, and one sister, Mrs. J. T. BIVENS.

 

Tuesday, May 17, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Tirzah Items – Mrs. M. P. McNEELY left last Tuesday to visit her father, Mr. W. N. GASTON and other relatives in Chester county.

-Mrs. Mary LEWIS, an aged lady of Marvin, died Tuesday afternoon.  She was a member of Bond’s Grove Methodist church.

-Willie WAH, the Chinese laundryman at this place, has been in America long enough to feel that he ought to assume his part of the white man’s burden.  He was married last night to Cornie CORNWELL, a colored woman.

-Mrs. Elizabeth A. HELMS, sister of Rev. D. A. SNIDER and stepmother of Mr. Jasper HELMS, died last Thursday of Bright’s disease.  She was 62 years old and had been a member of Faulks church for forty or forty-five years and was a true, christian woman.  The funeral was conducted at Faulks by Rev. Messrs. BIVENS, MARSH and BENNETT.

-Mr. Isaac CONNELL, an industrious young farmer, and Miss Neeley CROWELL of Goose Creek, were married at the latter’s home Sunday, ‘Squire A. W. McMANUS officiating….

-E. P. BASS of Marshville, who was convicted at a late term of court of embezzlement, has returned to his home at Marshville from the chain gang, having been pardoned by the governor.  The facts in the case are interesting.  BASS sold some land in which he and his sister, who lives elsewhere, were interested, and was to send her her part of the money by mail.  He registered a letter to her, but when it reached her there was no money in it.  He claimed that it had been stolen from the letter while in transit, but the jury took the view that he never put the money in it at all, and so convicted him, and he was sentenced to four months on the roads.  Mr. E. C. GRIFFIN and others became interested in BASS’ case and secured a petition upon which he was pardoned; and also paid the money over to the sister.

-Mr. Angus DEESE of Lanes Creek township died yesterday at the age of 76 years.  His wife and six children survive him.  He was a member of Zion Methodist church and expressed himself ready to die.

-Mrs. R. T. NIVEN of Jackson township died Sunday.  Her husband and six children are left to mourn their loss.  Mrs. NIVEN was a member of the Methodist church and a woman of the finest christian character and held in the highest esteem of her neighbors.  The body was buried at the McCORKLE cemetery.

-Wesley Chapel - Mrs. Litha TOMBERLIN is visiting Messrs. MOORE Brothers this week.  Mrs. TOMBERLIN, although 94 years old, is still able to be up and about, doing almost any and all kinds of house work, and looks like she is good for several years yet. [Note: Telitha “Litha” was married to Reuben B. Tomberlin]

-Mrs. Robert ROGERS, the wife of a well-to-do farmer of Mecklenburg county, was stamped to death by a horse last Friday…..

-Mr. Alonzo WINCHESTER, who went from this community to Texas several years ago, but who recently removed from that State to Arkansas, is reported as being in a very precarious condition with cancer of the face.

 

Tuesday, May 24, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mrs. J. C. WILLIAMS died at her home near Unionville Wednesday.  She leaves a husband and five children, the youngest one but a few days old.  She was a daughter of W. C. SIMPSON and was about 35 years old.  She was a member of the Benton’s Cross Roads Baptist church.

-The body of Henry JOHNSON, a colored man who formerly lived here, was brought here for burial last week, he having been killed in a wreck in Alabama.  He was a locomotive fireman, and his engine was thrown from the track by running over a cow, and both he and the engineer were killed.  He formerly fired for Mr. G. H. MEARES.

-Mr. B. F. HASTY died in Charlotte last Tuesday of appendicitis.  He was 54 years old and leaves a wife and several children.  He was a brother of the late Ex-Sheriff J. J. HASTY, and was the last man of that large family.  The body was taken to Marshville, the old home of the deceased, for burial.  Mr. HASTY had been living in Charlotte about two years.

-The Woodmen of the World, which erects a monument to every deceased member, has placed the order for a monument to the late J. E. WILHELM. 

-The Woodmen of the World of Waxhaw have erected a handsome monument at old Waxhaw Baptist church to the memory of the late Hugh W. BROOM, and unveiling ceremonies will be conducted there at 11 o’clock next Sunday.  Dr. S. R. BELK of Augusta, Ga., a native of this county and a brother-in-law of Mr. BROOM, will preach a memorial sermon.  Mr. J. L. WALKUP, chancellor commander of the camp, says that the public is most cordially invited to be present.

-Anson County News: Mr. W. R. DIGGS of Morven township, who lost his mind some time ago and was carried to the State Hospital at Raleigh, died at that institution Monday.  His remains were expressed to Lilesville Monday night, and Tuesday they were interred in the HENRY graveyard near that town.  Mr. DIGGS was a kind hearted, hard working man.  He is survived by a wife and several children.

-Anson County News: John LILES and Lucy MARSHALL, colored, were to have been married last week, but postponed the affair until after the funeral of John’s first wife, who is buried near Lilesville, was preached.  The funeral was preached Sunday, three preachers and a tremendous crowd of colored people for miles around being present.  The marriage took place Monday in the store of H. W. LITTLE and Co.

-Anson County News: Mr. R. T. HOWIE of Monroe and Miss Jessie B. INGRAM of Lilesville township were married on Wednesday night of last week, Rev. L. N. CHAPPELL performing the ceremony.  The marriage occurred at the home of the bride’s father, Mr. W. B. INGRAM.

-On the night of the 4^th inst., while the people of Reuben were fast asleep, Mr. J. W. THOMAS stole quietly into the home of Mrs. Elizabeth GRIFFIN, and made good his escape with her daughter, Miss Ada.  They went at once to Esq. W. H. BROOKS’ and were married.

-Mrs. Della HALL, a half sister of Mrs. T. J. ALLISON, died at Salisbury Sunday.  She was a professional nurse and won especial distinction in the Spanish American war.

-Mrs. T. J. EZZELL of Poortith died last Thursday, after an illness that confined her to the bed for more than two years.  She was about fifty years old, and leaves a husband and five children.  Her neighbors say that she was one of the best women they ever saw.

-Mrs. Antonette BEASLEY left yesterday to see her mother at Wilmington, who was very sick.  A telegram this afternoon announced that the latter died last night. She was in her eighty-fifth year.  She used to visit Monroe quite often, but had not been here in several years.

-Mr. W. J. HORTON, a well known citizen of Lanes Creek township, died this morning.  He had been suffering with cancer for a long time.  The disease had gradually eaten away one side of his face, consuming one eye and finally eating into his throat.  He was a prominent man of his section.  His wife is also very sick.

-Mrs. Betsy AUSTIN of Waxhaw died last Saturday.  She was about 90 years old and was living with her eldest son, Mr. Green AUSTIN.  She was a widow of the late Coleman AUSTIN and is survived by four sons and two daughters and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.  She had been a member of the Baptist church for about 50 years and was greatly loved by all who knew her.  Funeral services were conducted at old Waxhaw church Sunday by her pastor, Rev. J. L. BENNETT, in the presence of a large congregation.

-A most distressing thing happened near Unionville last Friday night in the death of Annie, the 12 year old daughter of Mr. T. J.  PRICE, and the appalling circumstance which brought about this result.  The child was thought to have dropsy, and while sitting on the piazza in the afternoon, fell over in convulsions, from which she never recovered before death came at twelve o’clock that night.  When this attack came a doctor was called, and the parents first learned that a crime, which is known to the law as felony, had been committed upon the person of their child, and before she died another life had been brought into existence.  The child-mother gave no indication as to who the perpetrator of the crime was, and this seems now likely to forever be a mystery, and if son, the State’s prison will be cheated of its just deserts.  The occurrence itself is very unusual in medical history in this climate, if not altogether unequalled, particularly as the offspring is of ordinary size, living and doing well.  The State has recognized this law of nature by maintaining a statue declaring that before the age of fourteen years any violation whatever of virginity is criminal.

-Mr. W. W. WALSH of Monroe died of heart failure at the Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte at three o’clock last Sunday evening….  The body was brought home Sunday night and buried yesterday afternoon, funeral services being held at the house by Dr. ROWE, attended by a large gathering of friends.  The deceased was born in Marion county, S.C., Nov. 1, 1837, and was a son of Rev. T. R. WALSH of the South Carolina Conference.  Three brothers survive, Messrs. J. H. WALSH of Rockingham, Thomas WALSH of Charlotte and Michael WALSH of Chester.  The sisters are Mrs. Joseph McLAUGHLIN of Charlotte, Mrs. Fanny RAMSEY and Miss Mamie WALSH of Monroe, and Mrs. REID of Cheraw.  He was married to Miss Laura SPENCER of Marion county in February 1867, who with several children, all grown, survive him.  They moved to Monroe in 1870 and have lived here ever since.  Mr. WALSH was a Confederate soldier; he was a most kindly man in all the relations of life, and possessed to a marked degree the manners of a gentleman who made it a point to be pleasing and cheerful and kind to everybody.  He expressed himself as willing to die during his last illness. 

 

Tuesday, May 31, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Isaac Hilton BLAIR, another of our boys who work, is the one we are writing about this week, but like all others who know him, we shall call him “Ike,” for short.  Ike is both an industrious and frugal citizen, for he both works and saves. Newspapers and periodicals are his line.  Starting several years ago with Pennsylvania Grit, he has increased his list to some ten o twelve, making a specialty of the Saturday Evening Post and the Atlanta Journal….  This thing of rolling out of bed and taking a great pile of papers – 60 to 75 is now the number of Journals on the list, and it’s a big paper – and walking all over town before breakfast to deliver them, keeping up the collection at the same time and keeping the books straight, is enough to try the grit of a boy, and it does….[lengthy article]

-Boyce, the two-year-old son of Dr. A. D. N. WHITLEY of Unionville, died Monday of last week and was buried Tuesday at Beulah, in Lanes Creek township.

-Mrs. J. A. LANEY of Plains died last Thursday of pneumonia.  She was about 33 years old and leaves six children, all boys, and all of them under nine years of age.  She was a most excellent woman and a member of the Methodist church.

-Mr. W. J. HORTON, announcement of whose death appeared in The Journal last week, was about fifty years old.  He married Miss Eliza TERRELL, daughter of Mr. J. Massey TERRELL, of Monroe, and she, with five children, survives him.  He was a true man in every sense of the word, a man of great energy and industry, and he not only held the esteem and respect, but the affection of those who knew him.  He fought bravely and well the battle of life, which, by reason of his own affliction, and that of his wife, was particularly hard for him.  His body was buried at Philadelphia Baptist church on Wednesday.

-Thurlow, the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. LANEY, died last night after an illness of five days of meningitis.  The body will be buried in Buford township this evening.  The parents have the sincere sympathy of many friends and neighbors in their affliction.

-The Daughters of the Confederacy will celebrate Jefferson DAVIS’ birthday June 3^rd, at 10 o’clock a. m., in the court house.  Crosses of honor will at that time be bestowed on the veterans…

-Mr. Thos. STARNES of Buford township fell from the top to the bottom of a forty-foot well last Saturday, and is still alive.  His left thigh was broken in two places, his head was badly gashed, and other bruises were made about over his body…. [lengthy article]

-Last week The Journal copied from the Marshville Home an article recalling the poisoning of Mr. J. C. MARSH at Gilboa twenty years ago. Mr. J. G. BOYLIN, who was of the party, copies the same article and comments on it as follows: “The above reminiscence is of peculiar interest to the editor of the Messenger-Intelligencer.  It is an evidence of the rapid manner in which time passes with us after we have reached manhood, for notwithstanding he was of the party that was poisoned on the occasion above referred to, he can hardly realize that it has been so long ago.  The affair created a great deal of excitement.  We were living in Monroe at the time, and had gone to Mr. MARSH’S with a friend, J. Reese BLAIR, Esq., now of Troy.  The poison was in eggs served at breakfast.  The doctors had various opinions as to what sort of poison it was.  One thought it was arsenic, another strychnine, while others believed it to be corrosive sublimate.  Mr. BLAIR and a Miss PATTERSON, a half sister, we believe, of Mrs. MARSH, went out riding immediately after breakfast, and it being a Sunday morning the servants were also excused, leaving Mr. and Mrs. MARSH and the writer in the house alone.  Mr. MARSH was first taken sick and in a short time the writer was also violently attacked.  This was about 9 o’clock in the morning.  Mr. MARSH died about sunset and our own life hung in the balance for twenty-four hours.  Mrs. MARSH not having eaten any of the eggs, was not ill at all.  Miss PATTERSON and Mr. BLAIR were also made quite sick, but not as violently so as was Mr. MARSH and the writer.”  “Dr. GREEN, a brother-in-law of Mr. MARSH and father of the editor of Our Home, was the first physician to reach our bedsides.  Next came Dr. J. A. McRAE of White Store.  Later Drs. BLAIR, CROWELL and MONTGOMERY of Monroe arrived on the scene and did what they could to alleviate our sufferings.  All of these physicians, except Dr. McRAE, and he was the oldest of them, are now dead.”  “Mr. John C. MARSH, the gentleman who died, was a brother of Ed S. MARSH of this place.  He was a noble young man and was doing a great educational work in his neighborhood.  He had been married only a few months.”

-Marshville, May 30. – Married, at the residence of Mr. R. C. GRIFFIN, on Thursday afternoon, Mr. E. H. BIVENS of Monroe, son of Mr. E. J. BIVENS, to Miss Alice MARSH, daughter of Mr. J. D. MARSH….

 

Tuesday, June 7, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mr. Vander JORDAN of Pine Tree, S. C., died Wednesday.  He was a good farmer, a member of Zion church and leaves a wife and one child.

-Miss Jennie EAGLE left last Thursday for the St. Louis Expedition.  She will spend the summer with her cousin, Governor EAGLE of Little Rock, Ark.

-Mr. E. A. JEROME of Wingate will celebrate his 81^st birthday tomorrow….

-Mr. Frank KNIGHT of Plains, S. C., died Sunday morning.  He was 60 years old, a Confederate soldier, and a member of the Methodist church.  His wife and two children survive him.  His pastor, Rev. Mr. BAILEY, preached the funeral sermon at the house.  He was a good neighbor and one of the best members of Zion church.

-Miss Mattie Evans SCALES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. SCALES, will be married on June 22^nd to Mr. Evander Blue McNEIL of Raeford, Cumberland county.  The ceremony will occur at the home here at 8:15 in the morning…

-THE DAUGHTERS CELEBRATE – They Bestow Crosses Upon Old Soldiers and Decorate the Graves.  The newly organized chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Monroe celebrated the birthday of Jefferson DAVIS last Friday in the opera house.  The rostrum was most beautifully decorated with an abundance of flowers and with bunting and the banner of Camp WALKUP.  Prof. RAST was master of ceremonies and the program was opened with a most appropriate prayer by Dr. ROWE, and Messrs. RAST, LOCKHART, WELSH and BENTON sang. 

            Mr. R. B. REDWINE delivered a short address appropriate to the occasion. “We are met,” said he, “to pay our respects to the valor and bravery of the old soldiers of a Lost, but righteous Cause.”  In speaking of the motives that actuated the South to go to war, Mr. REDWINE laid down an eternal truth applicable alike to individuals as to nations- “No reward on this earth can repay for the surrender of a fixed principle.”

            Misses Maggie CROWELL and Ashe GADDY rendered some fine music with piano and violin, for which they were heartily cheered, and Miss Faye GADDY recited, “Furl that Banner.”

            Crosses were pinned upon the following old soldiers: J. W. FOWLER, J. F. GORDON, S. M. HOWIE, S. R. MOORE, T. B. McCORKLE and N. W. BROOM.  There are crosses on hand for J. G. DOSTER, P. A. PARKER, R. W. NORWOOD, J. C. LONG, C. A. HELMS and Thos. A. GRIFFIN, who were not present to receive them.  A good many more had applied for crosses, but there has not yet been sufficient time for them to be made and forwarded. 

            After the ceremony the ladies went to the cemetery and decorated the graves of the soldiers who were buried there.

-The county commissioners alone elect the cotton weigher at Wingate.  There were three candidates before them yesterday:  Messrs. E. L. MAY, present incumbent, and Messrs. Thos. EVANS and E. H. WILLIAMS.  The latter was appointed.

-Marriage in Lanes Creek.  Chesterfield, S. C., June 6. – At the residence of the bride, in Lanes Creek, on the evening of the 5^th inst., Dr. D. R. PERKINS and Miss Alena STURDIVANT, were happily married, Rev. A. C. BAKER, officiating.  Dr. PERKINS is a native of South Carolina.  He has lately taken his degrees in medicine and located in the “Five Forks” section, where he is rapidly building up a large practice.  Miss STURDIVANT is both beautiful and accomplished and is deservedly popular.

-Mr. Bunion NANCE, who has been in the blind school at Raleigh, has returned home to spend vacation.  Mr. NANCE is a young man with noble qualities and will graduate in another year or two.

-Mr. Fenly FRANKLIN of Asheville and Miss Maggie TENNANT of Buford township were married at New Hope church on May 29^th. [Note: Can’t locate marriage record for them in Union Co., NC]

-Prof. O. C. HAMILTON has bought the Union Institute property and will maintain a first class high school there…

-Mr. W. H. KRAUSS of Monroe is a veteran who was in the army only six months, but who, nevertheless, did valiant service for the Confederacy.  He came to this country from Germany when a lad, and was a miner by trade.  He worked for ten years for Commodore STOCKTON, who operated the HOWIE mine before the war, coming with him to this county from Virginia.  When the war broke out he promptly enlisted in the army, but the government had more important business for him.  He was sent to the iron mines that the government was maintaining in Gaston county.  Here he got from the ground the iron that the government was so sorely in need of.  Twice he tried to enlist to go to the front, but both times the superintendent reported that if he was taken the mine would have to stop.  So, Mr. KRAUSS’ services as miner were worth, perhaps, a hundred times what they would have been as soldier.

-Yorkville, S. C. Enquirer - A four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. LUCES, who live in the Tavora mill quarter of Yorkville, died last Sunday afternoon as the result of over indulgence in whiskey….

 

Tuesday, June 14, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Starr MOORE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. MOORE of Rock Hill, met a sad death by drowning in the Catawba river, near GARRISON’s Mill, last Saturday evening while in swimming with his friend, Herman WHIT [sic: WHITE], who was evidently a very much better swimmer than MOORE…. [lengthy article]

-Mr. Edward SPIVEY and Miss Lou BAKER, both of Lanes Creek township, were married last Wednesday, Rev. J. A. BIVENS officiating.

-Announcement has been made of the marriage Mr. F. H. WOLFE, cashier of the Savings, Loan and Trust Company, and Miss Flossie PRICE, daughter of ex-Sheriff A. J. PRICE of Wardlaw.  The happy event is to occur on the 21^st. [Note: Union Co, NC marriage records show the following: E. Florence Price, age 26, daughter of A. J. & Amelia, to F. H. Wolfe, age 44, son of H. J. and C. E., on June 21, 1904]

-Mr. Wiley TADLOCK, an old soldier, of Lanes Creek died last Wednesday from the effect of a wound received ten days previously while using a harrow.  The harrow struck an obstruction, and the handle hit him violently in the side.  He was about sixty-five years old.

-Mr. Alonzo WINCHESTER, formerly of this county, died at his home at Allbrook, Ark., on the 5^th inst., of cancer, at the age of 52 years.  He moved from Mineral Springs to Arkansas several years ago, and was a good citizen.  He was a son of Wm. E. WINCHESTER.

-Lex BIGGERS, the little son of Mr. E. R. BIGGERS of Unionville, died Saturday morning at five o’clock.  He had been sick since before Christmas and suffered a great deal.  The little fellow was a bout 12 years old.  The body was buried at Hopewell Sunday.

-Mr. R. E. BIGGERS, who lived across the Union line in Mecklenburg near Clear Creek church, lost his life last Friday.  On taking out his mule from the plow at twelve o’clock, he got on it to go to the houses, leaving the gear on.  The mule became frightened and threw him.  His feet became tangled in the harness and he was dragged to death.  Mr. BIGGERS was about 55 years of age and leaves a wife and several children.  He was a cousin of Mr. A. W. BIGGERS of Monroe.

-The little child of Rev. T. A. SIKES of Charlotte, 17 months old, died yesterday.  Mrs. H. PRESLAR, Mrs. SIKES’ sister, went up this morning.

-Mrs. C. A. PLYLER of Lancaster county died Sunday in the hospital for the insane at Columbia.  The body was brought home and buried at Tabernacle today.

-Mrs. C. T. CADIEU left Sunday for Columbia to see her father, who is very sick.

-Mrs. Martha WYATT [note: HYATT], mother of Mrs. J. L. RODMAN of Waxhaw, died at her home at Van Wyck on the 4^th.  She was 70 years of age.

-Mr. C. L. GAMBLE of Waxhaw was married last Wednesday to Miss Bessie YANDLE, daughter of Mr. J. P. YANDLE of Chester.  The marriage occurred at Chester.  The couple will live at Waxhaw.

-Cards have been received here announcing the marriage of Miss Miriam STAMPS to Mr. Clarence E. HOUSTON, on Wednesday evening, June 22^nd, at half after six o’clock, in the Presbyterian church at Raleigh.

-Mrs. E. J. KENNEDY died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Zebulon RAPE, in west Monroe township, on the 4^th.  She was about 65 years old and was a good woman.  She had been for many years a faithful member of the Baptist church.  She came here from Richmond county and lived in Monroe for some time.

-A lodge of Rebekahs, the woman’s adjunct to the Odd Fellows, was organized here Thursday night with 45 members, and the following officers were elected: Miss Allie WELSH, noble grand; Miss Faye GADDY, vice grand; Miss Kate LANEY, recording secretary; Miss Ola BRUNER, financial secretary; Mrs. J. C. SMITH, treasurer.  Any unmarried woman over 18 years of age may become a member of the order, but only such married women whose husbands are Odd Fellows.  The Rebekahs take one degree of the order.

 

Tuesday, June 21, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Marshville - Mrs. G. A. MARSH received a message this morning announcing the death of her brother, Mr. Tom HOUGH.  Mrs. MARSH left for Landsford today, the home of the deceased.

-Olive Branch – Mrs. Mollie THOMAS of Burnsville died June 5^th.

-Mr. James CURLEE of Texas is visiting his father, Mr. O. C. CURLEE.

-Miss Lizzie Graham BRYANT, sister of Mrs. Annie BARR of Monroe, died in Durham on Monday, 13^th inst.

-The Gloucester, a hotel that has been very popular here for several years under different managements, was ruined by fire before day Sunday morning…. [lengthy article]

-Mr. Frank H. WOLFE will be married at 8 o’clock this evening to Miss Florence PRICE.  The ceremony will occur at the residence of the bride’s father, ex-Sheriff A. J. PRICE, at Wardlaw, and Rev. H. M. HOYLE will officiate….

-Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mr. Jas. T. GRIFFITH and Miss Kate RUDGE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. RUDGE, in the Presbyterian church on June 29^th, at 8 o’clock p.m.

 

Tuesday, June 28, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Brief – Walter HOUGH, who shot and killed George HARTSELL, has had a preliminary trial.  HOUGH claims self-defense and he was bound to court in a bond of $200.  He gave the bond and is out now.  HOUGH is a grandson of Arlenia BASS.

-Mr. C. W. GAYLE, father of Mrs. C. T. CADIEU of Monroe, died at his home in Columbia, S.C., last night and will be buried at Cheraw tomorrow.

-Mr. Robert BELK, son of Commissioner S. E. BELK of Lanes Creek, was married to Miss Mattie PERRY of Wingate, daughter of Mr. T. J. PERRY, last Wednesday….

 

-Death of Mr. D. Mc. PRICE.  Mr. D. McPRICE (sic), one of the oldest men of the county, died at his home near Unionville Sunday night at half past ten o’clock.  Mr. PRICE had been a remarkably strong man all his life till a few years ago, when he began to break.  In January, 1903, he had a stroke of paralysis, and from it he never recovered, lying for nearly a year and a half in this condition.  The funeral was conducted by Dr. J. C. ROWE yesterday afternoon and the body buried at the PRESSON graveyard.  Fifty two years ago Mr. PRICE and his young wife settled on the very farm where he died.  Here they spent more than half a century of their married life and reared their large family of children.  The good wife yet survives.  The children are Messrs. D. A. and N. C. PRICE of this county, and Hon. J. R. PRICE of Albemarle, and Mrs. E. J. GRIFFIN, Mrs. A. A. SECREST, Mrs. M. M. SMITH, Mrs. D. T. BOGER and Mrs. Oscar LITTLE.  Mr. PRICE was a hard working, honest man. 

-Marshville – Mr. Andrew BASS died at his home here last Tuesday morning aged about 68 years.  His remains were carried to Smyrna church for burial.  Mr. BASS was a good citizen and his sudden death was a shock to his many friends.  His only son, Mr. Hamp BASS of Anderson, S. C., arrived a few hours before his father’s death.

 

Tuesday, July 5, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Saturday morning, June 11^th, at, 4:30 o’clock, a kind and heavenly father called to his eternal home our little beloved friend, Alexis DeWit BIGGERS, the ten-year-old son of Mr. E. R. and Mrs. E. J. BIGGERS of Unionville.  Alexis had been sick for seven months and death did not come to him unexpectedly.  He bore his sickness and suffering with great patience and fortitude, and often in his childish manner remarked to his parents that he loved the Lord and that it would not be long till he would be asleep with Jesus… [lengthy eulogy]

-Old Man Kills Himself – The body of Mr. Jesse BALDWIN of Rockingham was found dead in a pond Friday.  Mr. BALDWIN was more than sixty years old.  His wife was an invalid and he was disappointed concerning a son who had not done well, and he decided that he had rather die than continue an unhappy life.  He first took a bottle of laudanum, but uncertain as to whether that would have the desired effect, he drowned himself.  He left his hat upon the bank in plain view, as if to tell the world of his decease.

-Mrs. Francis RAMSEY announces the marriage of her daughter Claire to Mr. Charles Maurice REDFEARN Thursday evening, July 19, at 8 o’clock.

-Mr. James CURLEE returned to Texas yesterday after spending a month with relatives.  He has been in Texas nine years and this was his first visit home.  Miss Nellie CURLEE, who had also been visiting her father, returned to Union, S.C.

-Mr. J. M. STARNES and his father, Mr. J. G. STARNES of Buford, both lost their babies last week.  Lois Marie, the little daughter of the former, eight months old, died Saturday, and one of the twins of the latter died Thursday night and the other died Saturday night.  They were but a few months old.

-News has been received here that Oscar STURDIVANT, son of Mr. J. N. STURDIVANT of Lanes Creek township, was stabbed Friday night in Columbus, Ga., by a man named EVERETT, and died in the hospital there early Sunday morning.  It seems that the wound was in the neck, the cords and leaders leading to the spinal column being severed and paralysis resulting.  Mr. H. E. STURDIVANT, a brother of the deceased, has gone to Columbus and left with the body for home yesterday.  He is expected to arrive tonight.  The young man was traveling.  The particulars of the difficulties have been unobtainable so far.

-Mrs. Florence HOUSTON PHIFER, wife of Mr. W. B. PHIFER of Gainesville, Fla., died yesterday afternoon at four o’clock, at her home.  Mrs. PHIFER was a daughter of the late B. F. HOUSTON of Monroe, and at her bedside at the time of her death were her mother, and sister, Mrs. R. REDFEARN of Monroe, and her brother, Dr. W. C. HOUSTON of Concord.  Death was caused by blood poisoning.  Four children, the youngest four weeks old, and her husband survive her.  The body will be buried today at Florida.  To the many friends of her childhood and youth, the death of Mrs. PHIFER will be a great shock.  She was 34 years old, and had been married about fourteen years.  Since her marriage she had resided in Florida, but paid frequent visits to her relatives here.  She was a most earnest and active member of the Methodist church.

-Tom HURT, a local figure here since the war, died at one o’clock yesterday morning in his little house a few miles east of town.  He was in his younger days a fine mechanic, but it’s no unkindness to his memory to say that whiskey ruined him.  In latter years he became helpless, but despite the degradation that Tom brought upon himself, there was a spark of something in that old breast that challenged the respect of men.  That something would have made Tom HURT a man a little out of the ordinary had not the enemies that were stronger than his real self got hold of him in his young days and choked out all the better things.  To the last he held self respect, as he understood it, and on that account persistently refused to live in the county home, but passed a miserable existence with his faithful female companion out in the little shanty in the country.  He did harm, poor fellow, only to himself. [Note: Union Co. marriage records show that Thomas Hurt married Susan Shaver on Apr 27, 1877.]

-The following Masonic officers have been installed by Past Master J. E. STEWART: Jas. A. STEWART, W. M.; R. W. LEMMOND, S. W.; L. H. THOMPSON, J. W.; Rufus ARMFIELD, S. D.; C. L. YOUNGBLOOD, J. D.; T. C. LEE, Treas.; W. C. CROWELL, Sec.; S. H. GREEN, S.; J. C. FOARD, S.; J. W. RUDGE, T.

-Uncle Solomon NANCE, an old darkey of Marshville township, was here Thursday.  He says this town has grown plum out of his knowledge, that he “hope make it and now don’t know it.”  Uncle Sol is a carpenter and says he helped build “Mr. Tommy WINCHESTER’S house,” which sat where the Methodist church now stands, and was built years before the war.  He can read and write and says he is 84 or 85.

-One of the prettiest weddings that Monroe has had for a long time was that of Mr. James T. GRIFFITH to Miss Kate RUDGE, last Wednesday evening, at the Presbyterian church, at 8 o’clock, Rev. G. H. ATKINSON officiating…..  Mr. GRIFFIN [sic] is one of the best liked young men in town.  He came here about two years ago, to take a position as traveling salesman for the Heath-Lee Hardware Company, and is a native of Thomasville.  He is jovial, amiable, and therefore popular.  Mrs. GRIFFITH is the daughter of Mr. J. W. RUDGE, and stands foremost among Monroe’s young ladies for beauty and accomplishments, and is very popular with all who know her.  The couple left for Jackson Springs to spend the honeymoon.

 

Tuesday, July 12, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-‘Squire William Oleander BAILES of South Carolina is a citizen who ought to be suppressed.  He lives just over the State line below Pineville, and his business is to induce as many people as possible to run away from North Carolina and be married by him.  He sends out cards making boasts of how many he has married.  The other day a school girl of Charlotte, 16 years old, and a school boy 18, went to him and were married, and for days their parents were ignorant of it.  The girl’s mother, who is a widow, was prostrated at the news.  Of course, a lot of people who should not do so would get married even if this old sinner did not exist, but it is certain that he greatly helps on the bad work.

-Attorney J. Waites SMITH of Troy, while crossing the high bridge of the Charlotte and Durham railroad, 3 miles from Troy, Monday of last week fell.  His limbs were so badly broken and his body so bruised that death must have resulted instantly.  The bridge is 90 feet high at the highest point, and where Mr. SMITH fell was 70 feet high.

-The Stanly Enterprise says that Mr. B. H. KIRK, a native of Stanly, is judge advocate of the Sons of Veterans in the South.  Mr. KIRK has recently returned from an extended trip to London and other points in England, where he represented clients in the mining business.  He is now living at St. Louis.  His Stanly friends will hear of his success with much pleasure.

-Mention was made last week of the killing of Mr. G. O. STURDIVANT of this county at Columbus, Ga., on the night of the first by a man named EVERETT.  Both were traveling for the book publishing house of Collier & Son, the former as a salesman and the latter as collector.  A quarrel arose between them over a remark Mr. STURDIVANT made about EVERETT’S negligence of duty, and without many words, EVERETT stabbed STURDIVANT in the neck.  EVERETT is 22 years old and married.  He was arrested and put in jail.  Mr. J. P. STURDIVANT, who went to Columbus for his brother’s body, arrived with it Wednesday night and it was buried last Thursday at the RUSHING grave yard.  The deceased was 25 years old, and by those who knew him regarded as an exceptionally fine young man.

 

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-Mr. R. F. KRIMMINGER of Lanes Creek, who was in town Saturday, reports that in his community there are eight cases of typhoid fever in a mile square.  Mrs. J. C. BAKER died on the 9^th of June, and her mother on the 29^th.  Mr. KRIMMINGER says crops are fine in his section, and but for the sickness everybody would be happy.

-Marshville – There is considerable sickness in this community at present.  There have been seven cases of fever at Mrs. BAKER’s recently.  But the disease took its worse form in the family of Mr. J. C. BAKER, he having lost both his wife and mother-in-law who lived with him.

-[Lengthy tribute to Mr. G. O. STURDIVANT]

-Miss Isabella MORRIS and Miss Lula BLAKENEY of Alabama are visiting their uncle, Mr. John C. BLAKENEY.

-Mr. Ervin STACK has gone to Newport News, Va., to work in the electrical department of the navy yard.

-Whiteford Nelson, the six weeks old infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. STACK, died at five o’clock this morning.  The little body will be buried this evening at five o’clock.

-At special meeting held Monday the following officers were elected for the ensuing year by the Woodsmen of the World: B. F. HOUSTON, Con. Com.; E. W. CROW, Adv. Lieut.; J. E. McCARTEN, Clerk; W. A. BENTON, Banker; G. A. SPRINKLE, Escort; A. J. GREEN, Watchman; J. E. EFIRD, Secretary; Dr. J. M. BLAIR, Physician.  All members are requested to attend a special meeting on Thursday evening of this week.

-The following officers have been installed by the Knights of Pythias for the ensuing year: S. H. GREEN, chancellor commander; Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, prelate; A. J. GREEN, vice-chancellor; C. N. SIMPSON, Jr., keeper of R. & S.; J. E. McCARTEN, master at arms; H. B. ADAMS, master of exchequer; L. H. THOMPSON, master of finance; F. M. BOYETTE, inside guard; J. H. MYERS, outside guard.

-The Gainesville, Fla., Star, published at the home of the late Mrs. W. B. PHIFER, pays this beautiful and sincere tribute to her memory: “Florence HOUSTON was born in Union county, N. C., July 24, 1870, and died in Gainesville July 4, 1904, aged 34 years and 20 days.  Her parents moved to Monroe when Florence was a small child, where she grew up into beautiful womanhood.  She was educated in Greensboro, N. C., and while a student in college became a member of the Methodist church.  She and Mr. W. B. PHIFER were most happily married September 10, 1890, and came to Florida and made their home at Rochelle, until they came to Gainesville about four years ago. 

            “Mrs. PHIFER was a most excellent woman, one of the best in our city.  Those who knew her most intimately prized her most highly.  It is not every community that is blessed with a character so rare as hers.  She was one of the queens of earth, whose life and character entitled her to a crown of enduring beauty and glory.  Highly educated, refined, loving and loyal, intellectual and religious, she presented a beautiful combination of rare elements of character that one seldom sees.

            “As a mother she was one of the best.  Her children received a mother’s welcome and a mother’s kind and thoughtful attention.  She believed that a mother could not turn over the rearing of children to others while she passed her time in fashionable living.  The world needs more mothers of her type.

            “Her christian life was regular, true and pure.  She lived as a follower of her Master should.  Her religious convictions gave color to her entire life.  She did not make religion a cloak of seeming respectability, but it was a first principle and controlling power in her life.  The church of which she was a member will miss her effective service which she so gladly and cheerfully rendered.

            “Gainesville has lost a gifted woman; the church, a godly member; her husband, a loving, devoted wife; her children, a true mother; her family, a loving sister, and her friends, a trusted and high minded associate.  The sympathy of the entire community will be generally given to the bereaved relatives of the deceased.”

            And the Daily Sun of the same place has the following:

            “The funeral was conducted from Kavanaugh Methodist church at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. W. J. CARPENTER, officiating.  The Home Mission Society of the Methodist church, of which deceased was president for two years, assembled at the residence and preceded the remains to the church, where a large circle of friends were in waiting to pay their last respects to their departed friend.

            “In his remarks, Mr. CARPENTER was most impressive, paying a beautiful tribute to the life and work of the deceased.  The ceremony was a touching one, and there were few dry eyes in the congregation at the close.

            “A large number of friends accompanied the remains to Evergreen cemetery, where the interment was held and the service concluded.  The pall bearers were Messrs. J. M. DELL, W. L. FLOYD, L. W. FENNELL, N. K. FAGAN, Ferdinand BAYER and W. R. McKINSTRY.  The floral decorations were as beautiful and fragrant as they were elaborate, and came as last tokens of love and esteem.”

 

Tuesday, July 19, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mrs. Gatsie REYNOLDS – Gatsie PHILLIPS, daughter of Randall and Pollie PHILLIPS, was born in the year 1826, in the Macedonia neighborhood.  She was born again by the spirit of God in the year 1861, and united with the Baptist church, and was baptized by Rev. A. L. STOUGH, who left the pastorate of the Monroe church the same year to join the Confederate army.  She was twice married, the first time to Elijah PRESLAR in the 17^th year of her age.  To this union nine children were born – James Madison, Mary Elizabeth, George Washington, Culwell, Martha, Bryant, William, Leander, Robert – all now living except George, Martha and Culwell, who preceded their mother to the spirit land.

            In 1865, her first husband, with whom she had lived happily for 22 years, laid down life’s burden forever, and left to her the great responsibility of looking after the affairs of the home and meeting the ever-growing demands of the children.  After eight years of widowhood, she again married, this time to T. R. REYNOLDS, with whom she journeyed for 25 years.  To this union, one child, Susannah, now Mrs. McCORCLE [McCorkle?], was born, who still survives.  In 1898, Mr. REYNOLDS died, leaving her a widow the second time, and for the six intervening years she made her home with her youngest child, Mrs. McCORCLE.  After a protracted illness, she fell on sleep Tuesday afternoon, July 11^th, at five o’clock, and her funeral was conducted from the home of her son, Mr. Leander PRESLAR, where her last illness occurred. 

            For forty-three years she was a member of the Monroe Baptist church and walked in the integrity of her christian character.  A good woman has gone to her reward.

-Mr. Braxton PHIFER of Arkansas is at home to spend some time with his relatives.

-Esq. D. C. MONTGOMERY of Buford, while plowing in his field the other day, turned up a piece of hard clay in which were imbedded 125 Indian arrow heads.  They were closely placed together, and no doubt were the valuable implements of a big warrior.

-Capt. E. MONTZ, the widely known superintendent of the Haile gold mine in Chesterfield county, died Wednesday.  Capt. MONTZ came to this section from Pennsylvania nearly twenty-five years ago.  He was 69 years old and leaves a wife and six children.  The body was brought here for embalming by Mr. T. P. DILLON and then shipped to Pennsylvania.

-Mr. Joel T. BREWER died at his home in Monroe last Thursday.  He had been complaining some, but didn’t get sick enough to go to bed until the 6^th.  Heart disease was the cause of death.  The funeral was conducted at the home by Dr. ROWE on Friday.  Mr. BREWER was born in Chesterfield county February 17, 1855.  He came to Monroe in 1875, and on January 27, 1881, was married to Miss Lizzie SHUTE, daughter of the late John SHUTE.  Mrs. BREWER, with six children, survives her husband.  Mr. BREWER was not a member of any church, but he was an honest man, who followed the golden rule of do unto others as you would have them do to you.  He lived a quiet life and attended strictly to his duties.  He once did a mercantile business, but in later years was a valuable employee of the SHUTE Bros.

-It was stated in The Journal last week that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. STEWART had gone to Rutherfordton in the hope of benefiting the health of their little girl, Louisa.  The change was of no avail, and the little sufferer passed away Friday morning.  The remains were brought home and buried on Saturday morning, the funeral being conducted by Dr. ROWE at the residence of Mrs. J. M. STEWART.  Little Louisa was only 16 months old, and had been a constant sufferer nearly all of her short life.  The greatest effort was made by the young parents to bring the bloom of health to the little cheeks, but no such happiness could be brought about, and the little bud has gone to blossom in another world.

-Mr. C. M. REDFEARN and Miss Claire RAMSEY will be married at the residence of Mrs. RAMSEY this evening….

-Mr. H. L. GRIFFIN of Marshville township died last night of typhoid fever.  He was 50 years old, and is survived by his wife, eight children and several grandchildren.  Mr. GRIFFIN was a good citizen.  He moved to this county from Anson several years ago.

-Miss Ethel CROWELL of Tampa, Fla., is visiting her father, Mr. James A. CROWELL.

 

Tuesday, July 26, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Family Reunion – There was a family reunion at Mr. Hiram HELMS’, two miles above Monroe, Thursday, 14^th.  Mr. and Mrs. HELMS are fast approaching their three-score and ten years.  Mr. HELMS is 69 and Mrs. HELMS is 66.  They have been married 50 years and are the parents of 12 children, eight boys and four girls, four of whom are dead.  The living are Messrs. Crawford, Marshal, George, Calvin and Bradley HELMS, and Mesdames J. M. HELMS, J. D. PRESLAR and S. D. MARTIN.  There are thirty-two grandchildren, seven of whom are dead, and five great-grandchildren, all of them living.  All of the descendants were present except one son and family, who were unavoidably detained.  Rev. J. E. WILLIAMS preached at 11 o’clock, after which the ladies brought out well filled baskets and called on James A. WILLIAMS and the writer to prepare the table.  This was done to the queen’s taste.  Mr. T. N. HALE, the general photographer of Monroe, was with us and took several “shots.”  We had a grand old time, and it is a day that will be remembered by all present. Grandchild.

-Mr. Robert S. WINCHESTER of Waco, Tex., sent his niece, Miss Lenna HOWIE, a canary bird a few days ago.   She is very much pleased with the present.

-Upper Goose Creek, Brief: Mr. Will CLONTZ is a hustler.  On last Saturday night he went to Mr. Joseph WADKINS’ and stole about one hundred pounds and went to South Carolina.  He was married there and returned on Monday morning with his prize.  Mr. WADKINS called him over the ‘phone and invited him back.  They returned and stayed all night and helped “pap” thresh his wheat.

-Miss Anna PATTERSON of Waxhaw was the victim of a most unfortunate accident a few days ago.  She was playing with some children at Mr. H. F. BIVENS’, where she boards, when one of them accidentally hit her in the eye with a small bit of taffy candy.  She suffered great pain, and finally consulted a specialist in Charlotte, who discovered that the sight was entirely destroyed.

-Mrs. Telitha TOMBERLIN, mother of Mr. J. M. TOMBERLIN of Indian Trail, died at the home of her stepson, Mr. W. L. TOMBERLIN, in Sandy Ridge township, last Tuesday.  She was the widow of Reuben TOMBERLIN, who died some years ago at the age of 92.  Mrs. TOMBERLIN was 94 years old.  Since the death of her husband she has been living with her children or other relatives, and was always welcomed among them and much respected.  She was the last of the set of the old SECREST family, being a sister of Samuel, Abram and Ephraim SECREST.  She was first married to a man named ROGERS, and was left a widow with five children without any means whatever.  She reared them all and they all received good educations for the times.  Two of her sons gave their lives to the South on the battlefield and the other left an arm there.

 

Tuesday, August 2, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Reuben – Last Sunday was a good day for weddings in this section.  Mr. Thomas MOORE and Mrs. Unettie BRYANT, and Mr. Julian BROOKS and Miss Sadaria JAMES were united in matrimony by W. H. BROOKS, Esq.  Mr. John TURNER and Miss Jennie ALLEN, and Mr. J. T. BROADAWAY and Miss Nora PARKER of Anson were also married on Sunday.

-Waxhaw – Married, on July 27^th, at the residence of Mr. Robert FLOW, the bride’s father, Mr. J. E. BIGHAM and Miss Mattie FLOW… After the marriage a reception was given at Mr. J. N. BIGHAM’S, the groom’s father….

-Mrs. S. W. YOUNG of Little Mountain, S. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. B. BARRIER.

-Mrs. Nellie LOWDER and Clarence CARPENTER, both of Ansonville township, after failing to get a license at Wadesboro, went to South Carolina a few days ago and were married.  Mrs. LOWDER is 31 years of age and has four children.  CARPENTER is a youth of 17 years.

-Mr. J. W. MEDLIN of Marshville township died last Wednesday of Bright’s disease and was buried at Gilboa.  He was 49 years old and leaves a wife and ten children.  A relative of Mr. MEDLIN’S tells The Journal that the neighbors of the deceased were the best and most attentive to the sick man he ever saw, and says their kindness will never be forgotten.

-Mrs. Jane FAULKNER, mother of Messrs. J. D. and E. G. FAULKNER of Monroe, and Mrs. W. F. ROBINSON of COBURN’S Store, died at the home of her daughter-in-law in Charlotte on the 25^th of July.  She was 69 years old and a most earnest member of the Presbyterian church.  The Charlotte News says “she will be largely missed not only by her own immediate relatives, but by a large circle of friends in the city and country.”  All her children were at her bedside when she died.

-Mrs. Pauline BROOKS, wife of Dr. J. R. BROOKS, died in Louisburg Friday night.  Mrs. BROOKS lived in Monroe for a short while when Dr. BROOKS was the presiding elder of this district, and has many warm friends and admirers here.  The Raleigh Post says: “She was the daughter of the late Maj. D. S. HILL of Louisburg, and was a christian woman of the sweetest, purest character.  For many years she has been a leading spirit in every good work among the Methodist women of North Carolina.  Her husband has been a consecrated and faithful member of the North Carolina Conference and she has nobly upheld his hands.  She leaves no children, but three brothers, Dr. Charles G. HILL, Mr. D. S. HILL and Mr. W. H. HILL, all of Baltimore, and four sisters, Mrs. W. S. STARK of Oxford, Mrs. Carrie H. PAINTER of Baltimore, Mrs. W. E. BEST of Wayne county and Mrs. Garland JONES of Raleigh survive her.”

-Mrs. Jennie EZZELL, daughter of the late J. J. HASTY, died here Saturday night.  The remains were buried Sunday, funeral service being held by Rev. Mr. ATKINSON at the home of Mr. J. S. HASTY.  Mrs. EZZELL was 50 years of age and since leaving Monroe several years ago, lived in Charlotte.

-Mr. D. F. McMANUS was married to Miss Tirzah BIGGERS, both of Goose Creek township, last Sunday.  ‘Squire A. J. FURR officiated, at Union Grove church.

-Mrs. LANEY and children will leave tomorrow morning for South Carolina to visit her parents, Mayor and Mrs. R. M. GAFFNEY, in Gaffney.

-It is with sadness we chronicle the death of Mrs. J. D. GODFREY, nee Miss Della STARNES.  She was born December 2, 1870, died July 29, 1904.  She was a consistent member of Waxhaw Baptist church for sixteen years, was an affectionate wife, a kind mother, a good neighbor, a faithful church member, and was held in high esteem by those who knew her.  In her death the church has lost a zealous, useful and faithful member.  She leaves a husband, five children and a number of relatives to mourn their loss.  We tender our sympathy to them in this their hour of trouble and affliction, and commend them to the care of a gracious Heavenly Father.  J. W. ROWELL.

 

Tuesday, August 9, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Wesley Chapel – Mrs. Fannie CLARKE of Wolfsville spent last Sunday with her father, Mr. J. M. PRICE.

-Mr. Henry BROWN of Chadbourn is spending some time with his brother, Mr. T. B. BROWN.

-Miss Mary PUERFOY, who has many friends here, having been with Mrs. A. LEVY last year, will be married tomorrow week to Mr. John BREWER of Wake Forest.

-Mrs. John B. COBLE, who has been spending several weeks with her mother, Mrs. J. W. RUDGE, returned to her home in Abbeville this morning.

-Dr. Thomas CRAIG, colored, has hung out his shingle in Monroe and offers his services to his race as a physician.  Tom used to be a well known character in colored politics about Monroe and Waxhaw, but he says he wants all his white friends to understand that he has quit that business, and has been studying medicine hard for five years, and that he graduated from the head of his class in Knoxville, Tenn., and has license from the State board of North Carolina.  Tom is delighted with his prospects here.  He had been here about three weeks and says he is getting a good deal of work.  He and Dr. MASSEY, the other colored doctor, will spend one day each every week in Waxhaw.

-The descendants of Mrs. Martha WILLIAMS, widow of James C. WILLIAMS, will meet at her home in east Monroe township on Thursday in honor of her 80th birthday.  There are eleven sons and daughters, and nearly one hundred and fifty grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  All the sons and daughters have families of their own, and this meeting under the family roof tree must indeed prove to be a most pleasant occasion.  And of them all, none can be more happy than the good old lady who has lived to see all her sons and daughters grow up and take their places as upright, honorable and useful members of society.

-Mr. J. F. PRESLEY of Vance township and Miss Tela HASTY of Goose Creek township were married, at the home of the bride’s father, Mr. H. W. HASTY, in Goose Creek township, on the 7^th inst.  Esq. A. J. FURR officiated.

-Court adjourned late Saturday afternoon.  The most important case was that against Sam N. FOARD and his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth MORGAN, charged with burning a barn and an unoccupied house of Mr. Henry DRY, who moved from Goose Creek township to Texas about ten years ago.  Mrs. MORGAN is the widow of John E. MORGAN, who died a few months ago.  At this time Luther MEDLIN, one of the men implicated, made a confession.  He said that MORGAN and his wife hired him and FOARD to do the burning, and paid them three gallons of liquor for doing the job.  From the fact that, he had “turned State’s evidence,” MEDLIN was not prosecuted.  MEDLIN’S story was that a tenant who lived on MORGAN’S place was going to move into the house on the DRY farm and become the latter’s tenant. That MORGAN wanted this house burned. He had his wife to offer three gallons of liquor to MEDLIN and FOARD to do the burning.  MORGAN left the day before for Stanly county and Mrs. MORGAN went to spend the night with her brother, Sam FOARD.  She saw them go to bed together, in order that she might so swear should occasion require.  They afterwards got up, rode MORGAN’S mules to the DRY farm and did the burning.  Mrs. MORGAN denied MEDLIN’S story.  She admitted that her husband went to Stanly, that she went to her brother’s and saw him and MEDLIN go to bed, but denied the balance.  The jury found a verdict of guilty, but recommended mercy.  The Judge said that the law would not let him give FOARD less than five years in the penitentiary, but as to the woman, he had more discretion, and would sentence her to four years in the State’s prison.  The attorney’s for both appealed to the Supreme Court.  Mrs. MORGAN has five children, the youngest 8 years old.  She is herself 47.  MORGAN himself was, of course, the principal defendant so long as he lived.  The other cases disposed of are as follows: Isham GURLEY, assault and battery; C. C. BELK, removing crop; Henry PORTER, larceny; Tom McCOY, larceny; Andy THOMPSON, larceny; nol. pros. with leave.  John EDWARDS, selling liquor; nol. pros.  Frank EZZELL, assault and battery with deadly weapon; judgment suspended on payment of costs.  Charles L. DAVIS, keeping liquor for unlawful sale; fined $50 and costs.  Clarence STEVENS, assault and battery with deadly weapon; judgment suspended on payment of costs.  Luther and Steve WILLIAMS, colored, assault and battery with deadly weapon; judgment suspended on payment of costs.   W. H. SCOTT, carrying concealed weapon; judgment suspended on payment of costs.  Jim ROSE, selling liquor; not guilty.  W. Tebe KIZER, assault and battery with deadly weapon; guilty, judgment suspended on payment of costs.  Gus BROOKS, carrying concealed weapon; not guilty.  Will CUTHBERTSON and Horace CROWELL, affray; fined 5 cents each and one-half the costs.  Bob BLACKMAN, keeping liquor for unlawful sale; not guilty.  Tom SIKES, keeping liquor for unlawful sale; 3 months on chain gang.  Tom SIKES,  stealing ride on train; not guilty.  Horace ALLEN, larceny; 12 months on chain gang.  Wallace NELSON, burning barn; not guilty.  R. B. ROSS, abandonment; judgment suspended on payment of costs.  D. BROOKS, carrying concealed weapons; 6 months on county roads, to be discharged on payment of $50 and costs of action.  Cora HORN, assault with deadly weapon; judgment suspended on payment of costs.  Luther GREEN, larceny; 12 months on county roads.  Tom SIKES, gambling; 12 months on county roads.  Almond DAVIS, gambling; judgment suspended on payment of costs.  Jack PERRY and Will STARNES, gambling; 12 months on county roads.  William and Viney FUNDERBURK, larceny; not guilty.  Will TAYLOR, assault with deadly weapon; 12 months on county roads.  R. A. McRORIE and J. F. GORDON, affray; judgment suspended on payment of costs.  Anderson DAVIS, breaking into HEATH Company’s and WALKUP’S stores at Waxhaw; 9 years and 3 months on county roads.  Frank JACKSON, charged with implication in same offence, not guilty.  Caroline SMITH, larceny and receiving; nol. pros. with leave.  Della PHIFER, larceny; 12 months in county jail with leave to hire out.  Frank PERRY, concealed weapons; not guilty.

 

Friday, August 12, 1904, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (Atlanta, Georgia)

-Miners Meet Sudden Death From Torrent – Eight Men Are Drowned by the Flooding of Gold Mine – Nine Men In Shaft When the Pond Broke – Salisbury, N.C., August 11. – Information was received here tonight that the BARRINGER gold mine, located near Gold Hill, Rowan County, North Carolina, was suddenly flooded with water late this afternoon, causing the instant death of eight men employed in the mine.  The dead are: Will CANUP, Will STIREWALT, Joseph MAGRUM, Bob DeBERRY, Sam PRICE and three others whose names are unobtainable.  Nine men were in the mine shaft when a large pond located near the entrance to the mine suddenly broke loose, the breakage being caused by excessive rains, the waters rushing in terrific and deadly force to a depth of 100 feet upon the men, who were powerless to save themselves.  Thomas MOYLE, manager of the plant, was the only one to escape death.  The mine is filled with water tonight and none of the dead bodies have yet been recovered.  An unusual downpour of rain is reported in the vicinity of the mine this afternoon, much damage being done to the property.  The flooded mine is the property of the WHITNEY Reduction Company, of Salisbury, and Pittsburgh, Pa., and has been operated by them for a number of years.

 

Tuesday, August 16, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Olive Branch – On last Thursday night about midnight, when the earth was covered with a mantle of darkness, there came the bright angel of death quietly to the home of Mr. Lum CURLEE and conveyed the soul of Mr. J. O. SINCLAIR on their spotless snow-white wings to the realms above, where he now dwells in perfect peace and love.

-A 12-year-old boy named Tom SAVAGE was drowned Monday night near Wilson.  With two or three companions he was in a boat.  He playfully rocked the boat and it was overturned.  His companions swam out, but Tom was drowned.

-Larkin R. BELK of Mount Prospect died at the home of his son, W. L. BELK, on August 4^th.  The messenger of death came at the hour of 10 o’clock and claimed this good old man, at the age of 81 years….  Mr. BELK was a standard-bearer of his county.  He was the founder of Bethel church, and was always a great admirer of Uncle Rod PLYLER.  He was a peacemaker in his community.  He was liberal to the poor and a father to the orphan and widow.  He was married to Miss Ellen McCAIN, daughter of the late Joseph McCAIN, October 25^th, 1848.  There were born to them two sons and two daughters: Mrs. Ransom P. PLYLER (deceased), Mrs. Sam LATHAN, Mr. J. R. BELK (deceased), and Mr. W. L. BELK.  He leaves three brothers: Mr. John BELK of Texas, Mr. H. L. BELK of Lancaster, S. C., and Mr. Eli BELK of this county.  Mr. BELK was laid to rest at Tirzah church cemetery, and a large concourse of relatives and friends attended.  The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. W. RATCHFORD. -  J. S. McCAIN.

-Mr. Plummer STEWART went down yesterday to Star, in Montgomery county, to appear for Rev. J. W. LITTLE, for whom a warrant had been issued for assault with a deadly weapon.  Rev. LITTLE had said in a sermon, so it was alleged, that any man who sold liquor would steal a quarter off a dead negro’s eye.  One BOLIN took took (sic) this up, because it was a reflection upon his grandfather who sold liquor.  BOLIN made at the preacher with a knife, and the preacher held him at bay with a stone.  The warrant was, however, withdrawn without execution.

-Mr. B. L. MEDLIN and Miss Brettie BRASWELL of Goose Creek were married last week by Esq. A. D. AUSTIN.

-Mr. Fred HAYS, a member of the United States regular army, stationed at Ft. Caswell, is at home with relatives in the county until the 23^rd.

-Miss Lila LANE, sister of Mr. W. A. LANE of Monroe and for the past three years one of the teachers in the Monroe graded school, will be married tomorrow afternoon in the Presbyterian church at her home, Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C., to Prof. W. E. MOORE, who occupies the chair of languages in Grand View College, Grand View, Texas.

-Dr. J. H. McADEN, one of the best citizens of Charlotte and one of the best known business men of the State, died unexpectedly yesterday….

-Mr. J. C. LITTLE of Marshville township, who has been practicing law in Indian Territory for two years, is spending some time with his relatives in the county.

-Aunt Ann CARELOCK and Aunt Angy MEDLIN, two old colored women of Monroe, died Sunday.  They were both well known and held in respect by the white people.  Both were quite old and had been exceedingly industrious all their lives.

-Mr. Bernard BENTON, Misses Sallie BENTON and Fannie and Bessie AUSTIN returned Friday night from Camden, where they attended the marriage of Miss Louise SHEORN to Mr. J. P. WEEKS.  Miss SHEORN is a niece of Mesdames W. F. and J. H. BENTON and has visited in Monroe several times.

-Joe HOWELL, a young white man, 19 years old, was killed at Spartanburg Sunday in most tragic way.  He tried to step from one train to another, fell under the track, and his head was cut from the body and rolled 20 feet away.

-Brief: Mr. W. E. McMANUS is wearing a good smile now.  His son who departed from home one night two years ago, returned on the 10^th and took his birthday dinner on the 11^th, it being his 21^st birthday.  His mother did not recognize him, as he had changed so much since leaving home.

-Brief: Mr. Luke SEAHORN is at home from Kentucky for a short stay.  He is a telephone line repairer.

 

Stopped here on Oct 3, 2005 (have posted all of above to counties)

 

Tuesday, August 23, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.)

-Mr. G. W. JARRETT and Mrs. Ella FOWLER, both of this township, were married last Wednesday, Esqr. A. W. BIGGERS officiating.  Mr. JARRETT is an old soldier with but one arm.

-Mr. T. W. PERRY of Marshville township and Miss Gertrude HELMS of west Monroe township, were married Wednesday morning at the residence