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COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
ANSON
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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MECKLENBURG
COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA
CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
LANCASTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
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1890
January 1, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-There was a new year’s wedding in Monroe today, the groom being Mr. John STAFFORD, son of Mr. J. LaFayette STAFFORD, of Cabarrus, and the bride Miss Ada CURLEE…
January 2, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Enquirer. Mr. B. D. HEATH retires from active mercantile business in Monroe…
January 6, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Enquirer-Express: We learn that Mr. R. V. HOUSTON proposes to donate and acre lot lying just north of the cotton platform, for the building of a co-operative cotton factory…
January 7, 1890, The Charlotte News (Mecklenburg Co,
NC)
Still Leaving Union County: A
large party of white emigrants from Beaver Dam, Monroe and Ames', arrived in
the city last night on the Carolina Central passenger train. Their baggage, amounting
to a car load, came in on a freight train preceeding
(sic) the passenger train. There were 75 white people in the party, and they
were bound for Arkansas. This is the second party of white people to emigrate
from Union county within a few weeks past.
January 7, 1890, Charlotte Chronicle (Mecklenburg
County, NC)
EMIGRATION AGENTS: They Were
Working in Charlotte Yesterday, and Made Some Converts.
Emigration
agents have struck Charlotte. Yesterday all day long groups of negroes could be seen at different places on the streets.
They usually surrounded a white man, who was constantly portraying, in a very
impassioned manner, the superior advantages and inducements offered by Arkansas
and other Southwestern States. A CHRONICLE reporter, in his rounds yesterday,
frequently stumbled upon the agent and his eager and interested hearers (sic).
Occasionally some of the negroes who are opposed to
the emigration movement would argue the question, but the glowing picture of
the great Southwest contrasted with what the agent called the depressed
condition of affairs in North Carolina, in many cases, convinced the darkies
that the objective point of the emigrant is far superior in every aspect to
North Carolina.
The
agent began work in Charlotte yesterday, and the reporter learned that some of
the negroes are already seriously considering exodusting (sic).
The
agent said that he wanted to establish a settlement in Woodruff county, Arkansas, but that he will take emigrants to
Mississippi, Alabama, or other parts of Arkansas. He says that he wants to
secure 50 white families, and will take any number of negroes,
from 50 to 500. Farms, provisions, and railroad fare are offered on the same
conditions upon which so many have already gone. The agent may get enough negroes and whites, too, to fill his orders, but many of the
Charlotte negroes are averse to the idea of trying the realities of the other
side of the Mississippi.
January 8, 1890, Charlotte Chronicle (Mecklenburg
Co, NC)
MORE EMIGRANTS: The movement
from North Carolina to the South and West Continues.
An emigrant train in charge of J.W. HICKS, passed through Charlotte Monday night. There were two carloads of negroes and about 100 white people. One man said that he had his wife, two sons and daughters, and 21 grand-children along with him. The whites were from Union and Moore counties, and were on their way to Texas and Arkansas. Another batch of emigrants passed through yesterday morning. There were about 200 negroes and a few white families. All of them were from the eastern counties, and were on their way to Alabama. The negroes said that the exodus movement will continue active, and that many more negroes will leave soon. They were in good spirits, and seemed hopeful.
January 8, 1890, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (Atlanta, Georgia)
-Leary, Ga. – Jan. 6 – Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Virginia T. CURRY, of Baker, the adjoining county to this (Calhoun), to Mr. Walter J. HUNTLEY, of Wadesboro, N. C., on the 8th instant, the marriage to take place at the home of the bride’s father, Rev. W. L. CURRY. Miss Virginia is one of the most accomplished young ladies of this entire section. She came home from North Carolina about two months ago, where she had been for two years, occupying a position as a teacher in one of the educational institutions of that state.
January 9, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Enquirer: The STEWART estate property was sold at public auction on Monday, per advertisement. The sale amounted to $7,350. The hotel building was bid off by Mr. J. W. ASHCRAFT at $4,600; the store house on South LaFayette street, was bought by J. C. BLAKENEY and Mr. J. W. ASHCRAFT. Mr. BLAKENEY getting the upper room at $1,400 and Mr. ASHCRAFT the lower one at $1,300. The bids on most of the property will probably be raised and it will go to sale again. – The board of county commissioners have purchased the Hiram HARGETT estate lot, located on the corner of alleys A and B, as a site for a new jail.
Friday, January 10, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-...Mr. R.V. HOUSTON proposed to donate an acre lot lying just north of the
cotton platform, for the purpose of building a co-operative cotton factory.
Friday, January 17, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The STEWART estate property was sold at public auction on Monday. the sale amounted to $7,350. the hotel
building was bid off by Mr. J. ASHCRAFT
at $4,600; the store house on South LaFayette street
was bought by Mr. J.C. BLAKENEY and Mr. J.W. ASHCRAFT. Mr. BLAKENEY getting
the upper room at $1,400 and Mr. ASHCRAFT
the lower one at $1,300. MONROE ENQUIRER. (photocopy)
-Married in Monroe, Union
County, on the 7th inst., Mr. O.P. WIMBERLY of
Texas, and Miss Ida R., daughter of Sheriff J.P. HORN.
-Married in Union County, Lanes
Creek, on the 5th inst., Mr. Uriah SADLOCK, of
Texas, and Mrs. Mary J. BIVENS. Also, Mr. J.A. ASHCRAFT and Miss Wilma
RUSHING.
-The following jurors were drawn
to serve at the February term of Superior Court of Union county
[alphabetized here for easier searching]:
First week: C.A. ASHCRAFT,
T.E. ASHCRAFT, G.D. AUSTIN,
GEO. W. BAILEY, R.T. BARRETT, Ashley BAUCOM,
Hilliard W. BELK, W.A. BENTON, S.B. BUNDY, Eli CONDER,
J.J. COX, J.J. CROW,
H.G. GREEN, Milton C. HAGLER,
S.B. HART, R.J. HEMBY,
R.A. HUDSON, G.S. LEE, T.C. LEE, W.D.
LILES, Jr., J.O.A. LITTLE, John A. LONG,
W.A. LOVE, Garrison MEDLIN, Myers MEDLIN,
B.F. MOORE, Jacob OUTEN, Peter A. PARKER,
H. PRESLAR, S.J. RICHARDSON, D.C. ROBINSON,
John H. ROBINSON, J.C. SIKES, James R. STEWART, J.D. TAYLOR,
E.J. TYSON.
Second week: A.D. AUSTIN,
N.W. BIVENS, John W. BYRUM, J.M. CAMPBELL, K.R. GORDON,
B.G. GRAHAM, Edmund W. GRIFFIN, W.A. HAMILTON, A.M. HOWIE, R.H. HOWIE, M. LICHTENSTEIN, R.W. MOSER,
W.W. NORWOOD, P.E. PERRY, W.W. REID, R.E.WARLICK,
Thomas E. WILLIAMS.
Third week: Jos. M. AUSTIN, James C. BAILEY, L.R. BELK, Calvin BROOM, J.E. CHANEY, I.A. CLONTZ, G.F. CROWELL, J.S. DeLANEY, J.Q. GRIFFIN, Marley GRIFFIN, T.B. HAMILTON, Allen HARRIS, S.G. HOWIE, J.H. LEE, B.F. NIVEN, J.P. ROGERS, Z.P. RONE. (photocopy)
January 17, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. J. C. BATES, of Union county, this State, who has been engaged in the mines of Colorado, says that if any of the mines about Charlotte worked, they would pay handsomely. All wanted is for some company to go to work with plenty of capital, and our mines would be a bigger thing than the cotton mills.
January 18, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Stanley Observer: J. F. LITTLE, from near Beaver Dam, Union county, a white boy, aged
probably 16 years, turns out to be the fellow who burglarized Dave FOREMAN’s store
in this town on the night of Dec. 15th, last, and again on the night
of Jan. 7th. Officer U. F. HATHCOCK arrested L
Friday, January 24, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-J.F. LITTLE, from near Beaver Dam, Union
county, a white boy, aged probably sixteen years, turns out to be the fellow
who burglarized Dave FOREMAN’S store
in this town on the night of December 15th last, and again on the night of
January 7th. Officer U. F. HAITHCOCK arrested LITTLE
at the home of John E. FESPERMAN...
Friday, January 31, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. John C. BATES, of Aspen, Colorado, reached Monroe last Friday and left
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. BATES was a
resident of this county for ten or eleven years and left here about four years
ago, since which time he has resided at Aspen, Colorado, and has been engaged
in mining enterprises. He has recently gained a mining suit which involved
about $6,000,000... Monroe Express. (photocopy)
-Attempt At Barn Burning - Mr.
Thos. A. PRICE, who lives near Mill
creek, seven miles from Monroe, came very near losing his barn by fire last
Monday morning...he found that his barn had been set on fire...Monroe Register. (photocopy)
-A Maine Visitor – Mr. Hiram M. PAUL, from the northern part of
Maine, has spent a few days here examining the land around here with a view of
purchasing and settling. He says that when he left home, ten days ago, the snow
was a foot and a half deep, and the thermometer indicated a temperature of 45
degrees below zero… (photocopy)
January 31, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Register: Mr. Michael OSBORNE, one of the oldest citizens of Union county, died at his residence near town, last Tuesday morning, aged nearly 81 years.
-Mr. Sam JONES, a
young white man who was working in Mr. John C. A
February 6, 1890, THE LANDMARK (Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina)
-The Monroe Enquirer and
Express. A curious case is reported to us from Goose Creek township. Mr. J. F. BELK, of that township, has a
daughter 8 years of age, who, although she has perfectly good use of her tongue
and talks freely with all other members of the family, cannot be induced to
speak to her father. She will sit upon
his knee and allow him to fondle her, but has never be
known to speak to him. He has tried
every device to get her to do so, but without avail. If her mother sends her to the field on an
errand she will take one of the other children along to deliver the
message. The circumstance, as is to be
imagined, gives Mr. BELK a good deal of uneasiness, as he does not know
how to account for it. It seems to be
simply a freak of the child. There is
not a doubt of the truth of the above.
We doubt if it has ever had a parallel.
Friday, February 7, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Union County, on the 30th ult., Mr. Michael OSBORNE, aged 81 years.
February 14, 1890, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (Atlanta, Georgia)
-Charlotte, N.C., February 13. –
[Special] A very remarkable case of attempted highway
robbery is reported tonight from Cabarrus county. Yesterday, Jona LITTLE,
a Stanly county merchant, was returning home through the country in a covered
wagon, which was loaded with merchandise, and when about ten miles out of Concord,
he heard a childish voice near his wagon call out, “Halt there.” LITTLE stopped his wagon, and raising
the canvas a queer sight met his eyes. A
thirteen-year-old boy in knee breeches stood by his wagon, and with a double-barrelled gun leveled square at him, commanded the driver:
“Throw up your hands, or off goes your head.”
LITTLE was dumbfounded, but seeing from the lad’s eyes that he
meant business, up went his hands in compliance with the youth’s command. The young highwayman was prepared to overhaul
the wagon, when the Stanly merchant suddenly jumped down upon him, and before
the lad could realize the change of situation, he was slapped down and his gun
taken from him. Getting on his feet, he
ran for dear life. His name was Willie COLEMAN,
the son of a Cabarrus county farmer.
Friday, February 21, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on the 19th
inst., Mr. Eli HENDERSON of Clear Creek, and Miss
Jane FLOW, daughter of G.W. FLOW.
-Married in Lancaster County, S.C., on the 11th inst., Mr. W.T. CASKEY of Lancaster County and Miss Nancy L. MEDLIN, of Union County, NC.
February 21, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Register: Yesterday afternoon at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. G. W. FLOW, Mr. J. E. HENDERSON, of Mecklenburg county, was united in marriage to Miss Jennie FLOW, of our town, by G. W. BELK…
February 26, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. Grant STEGALL, a farmer of Crab Orchard township, was married at Beaver Dam, Union county, last Sunday, to Miss Ida STRAWN.
March 7, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The Register says Monroe’s population is 2,500.
-Monroe Enquirer: We were shown the other day by Esq. J. T. ROSS, a deed made on the 12th of March, 1829, by ‘Squire STEVENS to Elijah STILLWELL, for two and a half acres of land, the consideration being 6 1 2 [6-1/2?] cents. The land is part of the B. F. HOUSTON’S lands, in Vance township, and is worth now about fifteen dollars and acre.
-Monroe Register: The STEWART House was re sold today by the executors of the late John D. STUART. Mr. B. A. EVANS bought it, paying $5,060. The brick building occupied by Messrs. J. R. ENGLISH & Co. was also sold. The price paid was $2,500, and Mr. J. W. ASHCRAFT was the purchaser.
-Mr. Isaac BATES has sold the HOWIE Mine to Mr. W. R. REEVES, who is making active preparations to work it on a more extensive scale than ever before.
March 11, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Adam ADCOCK, the four year-old child of Mr. J. M. ADCOCK, died at Mr. ADCOCK’s residence, 618 South Church street, at 5 o’clock this morning. The body will be buried tomorrow, at Hopewell churchyard, Union county.
March 13, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Isaac PHILLIPS, an old crippled darkey living near Marvin, recently had his barn burned down, and lost his cow, mule, corn and fodder. PHILLIPS was a Democrat and well thought of by his neighbors, who contributed enough to buy him another mule. The fire was incendiary.
March 14, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Register: Mr. W. B. WINCHESTER died at his home, about eight miles west of Monroe, Tuesday morning. Mr. WINCHESTER was a well-known citizen of this county, and some years ago resided in Monroe and was engaged in business here.
Friday, March 14, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-At Monroe last week, the final sale of the property of the STEWART Hotel building was bought by Mr. B.A. EVANS, of White Plains, S.C. the sum paid for same was five thousand sixty dollars.
March 15, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. Hilly H. McCALL, of Monroe, was accidentally shot and instantly killed yesterday afternoon, while bird hunting. The accident occurred on the Potter road, opposite Mr. James HOUSTON’S residence, 8 miles from Monroe…
-Monroe Register: Mr. William WHITNEY, who was probably the oldest man in the United States, died at his home in Locust Level, in Stanly county, on the 14th of March. Mr. WHITNEY was born in 1775, and was therefore 115 years old. It was said that he was the last surviving subject of King George III who was born on American soil. He was a most remarkable man in many respects. Possessed of an almost unparalleled constitution, sickness was almost unknown to him, and it is said that in all his long life he never required the services of a physician. His death was due to the gradual wearing out of the vital forces. He was a good citizen, and had been about sixty years a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. He has a large number of descendants living. [Note: Believe this to be the William WHITLEY shown on the 1880 Census in Furr Township with wife Martha. Both were listed as 100 years of age.]
Friday, March 21, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-At Monroe...Mr. Hill McCALL... and W.N. WHITE left town ...with the intention of hunting... The gun McCALL was holding slipped ...discharged and ...entered the breast of Mr. McCALL, killing him instantly.
March 28, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Enquirer: On last Tuesday, a little two and a half year old daughter of John A. LONG was playing near the wash pot when her clothes caught fire and she was so badly burned that she died on Friday night following and was buried at Hopewell Saturday evening.
April 5, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Register: Mrs. J. H. WALSH died at her home, at Chesterfield Courthouse, S.C., on the 26th of March, after many months of great suffering. She was, until about twelve years ago, a resident of Monroe, and has a sister, Mrs. W. W. WALSH, with many friends still living here.
-Monroe Enquirer: News of one of the most cold blooded and shocking murders ever perpetrated, reached Monroe last Thursday. It took place about 17 miles south of Monroe in Lancaster county, S.C., and about two miles east of Tradesville on the Sam ROBINSON plantation. Augustus HENNIS, a painter, was the victim, and Rachel CATOR and HENNIS’S wife were the murderers. The deed was done on Sunday night, the 22nd ult., but was not discovered until Wednesday following, when some of his neighbors, suspecting foul play, made search for him and his dead body was found in a ditch, covered with rocks and brush. His throat cut and his head bent into a jelly. Our informant said that such a sight was never witnessed by him before. HENNIS’S wife was a Miss WILSON and was a woman of very bad repute. He had been married about two years. CATOR is a mulatto about 25 years old.
Friday, April 11, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Some one (sic) set fire to the
barn of Amos C. PARKER, of Buford township, last night. All the contents, which were two tons
of fertilizer, a wagon or two, and a considerable amount of corn, fodder, etc.,
were entirely consumed.
-Died in Union county, on the 5th instant, Mr. Larkin THOMPSON, aged 53 years.
April 11, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Enquirer: In the death of Mr. Britt PARKER, of Buford township, which occurred on last Thursday night, one of our oldest citizens has passed away. Mr. PARKER was about 75 years of age. He was a good man and a good citizen, and will be greatly missed in the community which he had lived so long.
-Monroe Register: Mr. Chas. MYERS, son of Mr. M. D. MYERS, of this place, died last Sunday, after a lingering illness. Charlie was a young man of good disposition, tender feelings, and was popular in the town.
April 17, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Salisbury Herald: Dr. R. M. EAMES came home last Saturday. He reports that on Wednesday last a hurricane blew down four houses and damaged several others near the mine at Indian Trail, Union county. The doctor also had the privilege of fighting wood fires, which at one time threatened the buildings of the mine.
April 24, 1890, THE LANDMARK (Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina)
-The Monroe correspondent of the
Charlotte Chronicle says E. W. GRIFFIN, a farmer of Union county,
was wounded in the hip during the war, and as the ball remained in his body,
has been lame ever since. While lifting
some heavy objects a day or two ago, the ball was dislodged, and with a small
piece of bone was cast out by the sore.
Thursday, April 24, 1890, MONROE ENQUIRER AND EXPRESS (Union County, NC)
Jackson Township:
-Mr. Walker SIMPSON is
suffering from the mumps.
-Mr. W.E.
HELMS has been suffering for several days with la grippe, but is
improving.
-We are glad to state that Mr.
Jas. C. HUEY is some better...
-Dr. G.H.
BURGESS returned last Friday from a trip to the mountains, where he had
been visiting his father.
-We were sorry to hear of the
death of Mr. Charlie BROOM, which occurred last Friday night, in Monroe township...He was 75 years and nine months
old and leaves an aged wife and six children...
Indian Trail Items:
-The health of the community is
very good at present with the exception of Mr. Eli HEMBY...
Mr. Clark HARKEY has been very sick.
-Mr. A.J.
WILLIAMS child, that was badly scalded some time ago...died on the 3rd
inst.
-Our section was visited by a
heavy wind and hail storm on the 9th inst. Mr. John WILSON had his
stables unroofed...Mr. Andrew STARNES had his shop blown down. Messrs.
Wm. CARTER and son had the frames of their houses at Indian Trail badly
wrecked...S.C. ROSS was thrown from his horse during the storm...
-Mr. Luther BOYTE
of Goose Creek, and Miss Melinda YANDLE,
daughter of Mr. M.M. YANDLE, were married last
Sunday...
Oak Grove Items:
-The health of this community is
very good. We know of no sickness except two cases of long standing
paralysis-Mrs. Jane M. LONG and Miss Clarinda CLONTZ. Mrs. C.W. LONG has been confined to her bed for some time
on account of a sprained or fractured limb, caused by a fall.
-Married, on the 17th inst., at
the residence of the bride's father, Mr. J.E. GRIFFIN,
Mr. Henry E. POPE and Miss Ella GRIFFIN...
Lanes Creek Township:
-Died, on last Thursday, infant
son of Mr. Steven MEIGGS, aged two years.
-Miss Dora GREEN, who has
been teaching near Goodman, Anson county, returned
home last week.
Items from Gravel Hill:
-Mr. J.L.
HAMILTON'S family is confined with measles...
-Bertha, infant daughter of Mr.
B.F. HASTY, is lying low with pneumonia.
-Misses Lerrie
and Blanche HASTY, are suffering with la
grippe.
-Mr. J.W. HASTY, of Albemarle, who has been visiting
friends and relatives in our vicinity, returned home a few days ago.
Monroe Township:
-Mr. T.A.
PRESLEY has been very poorly, but is improving.
-Mr. O. BAUCOM
who has been sick, is better.
-Union's Oldest Man: Mr. Hutson TAYLOR, we learn, is 118 years old, or
thereabouts...
-Mr. Elisha GRIFFIN has
had a ball taken out of his leg that has been in there 27 years or upwards.
-From Friendship: Mr. Jackson CHANEY,
who was stricken with paralysis on the 14th inst., is still in a helpless
condition...
-Administrators Notice: N.J. McMANUS, administrator of Mary M. McMANUS, deceased...
Sandy Ridge Township:
-Joseph, a little son of Mr. and
Mrs. W.P. REDWINE, fell and broke his arm the
other day...
-Mrs. H.L. ZEDAKER
and family have recently moved to Waxhaw, N.C.
-Mr. S.W. STEWART has
been quite sick with La Grippe but is improving.
-Mr. W.A.
ALDRIDGE has been suffering for some time with a wound he received from
the late war.
-Olive Branch Items: Prof. ALDERSON,
who has been conducting our school for the last 8 months, expects to vacate his
work of teaching on the second of May...
-Advertisement: Union
Institute-Trustees: Wm. G. LONG, Ch'm'n,
D. Mac PRICE, Treas., E.J. GRIFFIN, Sec., Wm. A. LOVE, Thos. H. BENTON,
S.N. PRESSON, (dec'd.) Principal: O.C. HAMILTON.
-Dissolution of Co-partnership:
...the cotton firm of FAIRLEY & HEATH, composed of J.M. FAIRLEY and B.D. HEATH,
expired on June 1st, 1889. Afterwards, on Sept. 1st, 1889, the firm of HEATH,
FAIRLEY & HEATH was organized... This later firm is also this
day dissolved. The old business of latter firm will be continued in liquidation
and wound up by May 1st, 1890, under the management of O.P.
HEATH... O.P. HEATH, B.D. HEATH, J.M. FAIRLEY.
-Mr. Amos PARKER has sold
his farm, consisting of about 300 acres, lying in Buford township...
Mr. Parker will go west.
-On Monday morning a little
child of Mr. Pierce ROGERS, of Buford township,
was bitten by a supposed mad dog...
-Baxter Hilton SIMPSON,
son of C.N. SIMPSON and wife M.R. SIMPSON, met his death by falling into the well
in his father's yard, on Friday, April 18th, 1890.... age
2 years, 10 months and 14 days...
-Administrators Notice: H.A. WINCHESTER and B.J. WINCHESTER,
administrators of W.G. WINCHESTER, deceased...
-Mr. D.B.
WOLFE has gone to Baltimore for the purpose of taking a course in book
keeping.
-Mr. H.F. McPherson expects to spend the
summer in Baltimore. His address is 208 West Franklin Street.
-Col. Russell ROGERS, one
of the old landmark's of the county, was in town Tuesday.
-Dr. John R. DRAKE is in
town this week. He has been spending some time in Greensboro since leaving
Monroe.
-Mr. T.P.
DILLON and wife, who have been residing in Charlotte for the past seven
of eight months, have returned to Monroe...
-Mr. John JOHNSON and
wife of Montana, are here visiting Mrs. J.D. PARKER, who is a sister of
Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. JOHNSON is a civil engineer and has been in the
employ of the government for the past eight years.
-The family of Mr. B.G. GRAHAM will [leave] today for Laurinburg, which
place they will make their future home. Mr. Graham has been in Laurinburg several weeks where he is
engaged in the drug business...
-Mr. E.W. GRIFFIN, of Goose
Creek township, is a happy man. Mr. GRIFFIN was
wounded in the battle of Fredericksburg over 27 years ago. He was sitting down
at the time and the ball entered his thigh and ranged upward, and lodged
against his hip bone, but its exact location could never be discovered, and Mr.
GRIFFIN has carried the ball all of these years and has been lamed more
or less by it. On last Friday, Mr. GRIFFIN, while trying to dislodge a
root, felt the ball break loose from its long resting place and fall down in
the channel of the wound. That night his son Luther sharpened
up his knife and cut the ball out, and now Mr. GRIFFIN prizes it as his
most valuable relic. Mr. Griffin
was a good soldier in the time that tried men's souls; he is now a good farmer,
a good Alliance man and a good citizen generally. We congratulate him.
Friday, April 25, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-A most distressing accident
occurred at Monroe last Friday. The children of C.N. SIMPSON, having through curiosity,
removed the covering from a well which is being dug in the yard, were playing
around the same, when Baxter, a three-year old child, approaching too near it,
fell in and striking his head against a rock, was instantly killed
-Married at Whitaker’s, S.C., Mr. George DAVIS and Miss Irene HUMPHRIES, all of Cleveland County, N.C.
April 25, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Register: Mr. E. W. GRIFFIN, who lives seven and a half miles from Monroe, was wounded in the thigh at the battle of Fredericksburg, and the surgeons did not succeed in extracting the ball from the wound, and Mr. GRIFFIN has at times suffered greatly from its effects. On last Thursday, while lifting something about home, he felt a sensation like something had broken loose from the thigh bone, where the ball had been lodged for so many years. That night he discovered that the ball had worked out so near the surface that he could distinctly feel it with his fingers, and his son, with a pocket knife, cut through the skin and abstracted the ball, which was an ordinary minnie ball.
May 8, 1890, THE LANDMARK (Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina)
-Monroe Enquirer-Express:
Judge FLOW’S bar room, which was located on a high embankment on the
side of the WOLFE Pond road, a mile and a half south of town, was turned
over into the road the other night and the jugs and bottles smashed.
May 8, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. J. P.(?) WIS
Friday, May 9, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Rev. J.D.A. SECREST, of Monroe township, is the possessor of a relic of the Revolutionary war; which he values very highly. It is a musket, which was captured at the Battle of King’s Mountain by Maj. John SECREST, who was a brother of Mr. SECREST’S grandfather, and it has been in the SECREST family ever since. When Mr. SECREST’S father, a few years ago, gave him the gun, he cautioned him particularly never to let it go out of the family, and when Mr. SECREST started to bring it to town with him a few days ago, his son was earnest in his request that it should not be sold. The gun is a flint and steel musket-and it never misses fire. It is Mr. SECREST’S companion on his hunting expeditions, and he assured us that he has brought down many a fine “gobbler” with it. It is 6 feet 7 inches long including the bayonet, and weighs 13 pounds. On the upper end of the lock are the letters and figures E D G E -1760. On the right hand side of the lock is an engraving of a crown and underneath it the letters G R I P . On the left of the lock are the figures 8-30. The gun is well preserved and in the hands of a “good shot” is just as capable of doing deadly execution as in the day when it was used to shoot down THE PATRIOT soldiers of the Revolution.-MONROE ENQUIRER.
May 16, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Look Out, Hornets. If the Hornets Nest Riflemen don’t want to get wiped up in the prize drills, they had better look out, for Monroe is talking big. The Register says: “The Monroe Light Infantry, which is recognized as one of the crack companies of the State Guard, will enter the competitive prize drill at Charlotte on the 20th of May. The company is being drilled three times a day, and this practice will be continued until the 20th. They are going in to win the first prize, and if they do not get it we will be deceived. Capt. W. C. HEATH is one of the best versed officers in military tactics in the State, and he has a company composed of the very best material. He is working the boys for all they are worth, and on the 20th of May they will make a record in Charlotte of which Monroe will be proud. We give the other companies the warning: The Monroe Light Infantry expect to get the first prize.”
May 16, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Monroe Register: Last week Mr. A. F. STEVENS, President, and Capt. W. C. HEATH, Secretary and Treasurer of the Monroe Cotton Mills, went to Charlotte and Fort Mills for the purpose of inspecting the cotton factories at those places, with a view of obtaining as much information as possible in reference to the best plan for building the factory at this place.
Friday, May 16, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The municipal elections at
Monroe, on the 5th, resulted as follows: For Mayor-C.H. POLLEY, 150; S.S.S.
McCAULEY-127.
For Commissioners-J.R. ENGLISH-264; J.M. FAIRLEY,
250; W.F. MORGAN, 257; John SHUTE, 212; A.F.
STEPHENS, 152; A.M. CROWELL, 138; J. Millen STEWART, 35. The first five were
elected.
-Last night, the citizens of
Monroe were aroused by the alarm of fire. The residence belonging to Mr. S.L. GARDNER,
was found to be in flames...Rev. J.F. WASHBURNE,
pastor of Monroe circuit, informs us that Shiloh Methodist Church, 3 miles
south of Monroe, was also burned last night...
-Jurors for Federal Court -
Union county - Joseph R. WINCHESTER,
G.W. HELMS,
John E.W. AUSTIN, John SHUTE, Calvin ROGERS, Benson STARNES, W.H. KLUTZ.
-Married in Union county, on the
7th inst., Mr. Will DAVIDSON of
Charlotte, and Miss Maggie SIMPSON
of Monroe.
-Died in Cabarrus county recently, Mr. Obediah W. HAMPTON, aged 41 years.
May 21, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-As foreshadowed in The News yesterday, the first prize of $200 in gold was awarded to the Wilmington Light Infantry. The Hornets Nest Riflemen got the second prize of $100, and the Monroe Light Infantry got the third prize of $25…
Friday, May 30, 1890, THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Cabarrus County, on the
17th inst., Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. HORNBUCKLE,
aged 19 years.
-Died at Harrisburg, on the 25th inst., Mrs. HARRIS,
aged 85 years.
Friday, June 6, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Union county, on the
25th ult., Mr. G. H. LOVE and Miss P. H. BIGGERS.
Friday, June 13, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Rev. C. W. ROBINSON, who
has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Monroe for nearly three years,
preached his farewell sermon Sunday night... His family will move to Charlotte
next week.
-Died in Concord, on the 6th
inst., Nellie, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. BROWN, aged 4
months.
Friday, June 20, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Union county, on the 6th inst., Mrs. Bethany SNIDER, aged 60 years.
June 27, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Monroe. The Monroe Register received today says: Mrs. Bessie LANEY, wife of G. W. LANEY, of Monroe, and daughter of Dr. PARKS, of Charlotte, died in Monroe, yesterday morning at 8:30, just five years from the day of the month and week on which she was married. She had been a great sufferer for many months, but bore it all with meek submission to God’s will. She leaves a husband and one child.
Friday, June 27, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-A new post office, by the name
of Sincerity, has been established at the residence of Mr. I. A. CLONTZ,
nine miles from Monroe, on the route between here and Olive Branch...
-It is with pleasure that we
note the fact that Mr. E. K. WOLFE of Monroe has been elected to the
professorship of higher mathematics in a college in Neosha,
Missouri...
-Mr. S.L.
MULLIS, of Goose Creek township reports that on the last day of May,
while in the clover patch near the house, his little son, who was with him, was
bitten on the foot by a black adder...
-Died in Union county, on the 18th inst., Mr. James
C. HUEY, aged 51 years.
-Maggie MAXWELL, daughter
of Washington MAXWELL, was burned to death last Saturday...about 12
years of age... Concord Standard
Friday, July 4, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on the 25th ult., Dr. J. E. ASHCRAFT
and Miss Rosa ANDREWS, daughter of Maj. L. D. ANDREWS.
-Died in Monroe, on the 24th
ult., Mrs. HART, widow of Maj. W. H. HART, aged 76 years.
-Died in Union county on the
25th ult., Mrs. Bessie LANEY, wife of Mr. G. W. LANEY of Monroe.
Mrs. LANEY was the daughter of Dr. PARKS of Mecklenburg County.
Friday, July 11, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Union county, Sandy
Ridge township, on the 28th ult., Mr. R. M. MOORE,
aged 50 years.
-The Wadesboro Brown Stone
Quarry has received the contract to furnish the brown stone to be used in the
construction of the government buildings to be erected at Asheville and
Statesville – Wadesboro Messenger. (photocopy)
-The Presbyterian church at Waxhaw is now receiving the finishing touch. This
is one of the prettiest churches in the county. The first sermon was preached
in this church on Sunday, 22nd, by Rev. Mr. COCHRAN, of
Mecklenburg. Monroe Register (photocopy)
Friday, July 18, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Phillipsburg, NJ, on the 14th inst., Miss Florence BERNHEIM, daughter of Rev. G.D. BERNHEIM. She was a native of Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus County.
July 25, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Newspaper Change in Monroe – Mr. W. J. BOYLIN has sold the good will and subscription list of the Monroe Enquirer to Messrs. M. A. UNDERWOOD and E. W. POINTER, publishers of the Monroe Register, who will fill out all unexpired subscriptions…
Friday, July 25, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the 12th inst., Mr. M.A. HARRIS, aged 72
years.
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the 14th inst., little son of Mr. Allen BOST, aged 5 years.
August 7, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-A Big Case. Over One Hundred Witnesses Here from Union County. Union county is here today in full force, the occasion being a case removed from Union to Mecklenburg for trial. It involves Esquire W. A. AUSTIN, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Union, and the widow Ellen BROOKS, who has heretofore held a high place among her neighbors….over 100 witnesses here, and the feeling is so bitter that some of them will not speak to each other…It will occupy at least ten days of the court, so the lawmakers say.
Friday, August, 8, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Huntersville, on the 12th ult., at the
residence of his son in law, Mr. R.B. HUNTER,
Mr. John M. CANNON, aged 85 years. Mr. CANNON was a highly
respected citizen of Cabarrus county. He was one of
the first subscribers to the , and continued a subscriber
and read it every week as long as he could read.
Friday, August 15, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Eugene LITAKER, a
son of Capt. Jim LITAKER, of Cabarrus county, shot himself Monday and will probably die. He is
about 32 years old and had been known as a sober and industrious man...
August 17, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Col. BURGWYNN’S Picture. Capt. T. J. CURETON, of this city, who commanded a company of the gallant Col. Harry K. BURGWYNN’S Regiment (the 26th N. C.), has just had a splendid picture of his old commander presented to him. The picture is a cabinet-sized photograph taken from the picture of Col. BURGWYNN that adorns a place in the State Library, and represents an exceedingly handsome man in the full dress uniform of a Confederate Colonel. The picture was sent Captain CURETON by Col. W. H. S. BURGWYNN, and it would have been a hard matter for him to have sent his deceased brother’s old comrade anything he would prize more highly. There is to be a reunion of the surviving members of the 26th Regiment at Monroe next Wednesday, and Capt. CURETON will have the picture there. It will be remembered that Col. H. K. BURGWYNN was killed during the first day’s fight at Gettysburg.
Friday, August 22, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Eugene LITAKER,
the young Cabarrus man who shot himself a few days ago, died last Wednesday. A
disappointment in love is said to have caused his suicide.
Friday, August 29, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. John W. HOWIE, of
Pleasant Grove neighborhood, has 7 acres of cotton in one field, which the best
of judges say will average a bale to the acre... Mr. HOWIE is a young
man, only twenty three or twenty four years old...
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the 22d inst., Mrs. Jane E. HARRIS, wife of the late Shakespeare HARRIS, aged 70 years.
Sept 3, 1890, Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, NC)
-Died: G. J. HENRY, C. of Lilesville.
September 5, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-A tabernacle is to be built in Monroe.
Friday, September 5, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the 22nd ult., Mrs. W.S.
HARRIS, aged 66 years.
Friday, September 12, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on the 10th
inst., by Rev. P. J. CARAWAY, Mr. PHIFER, of Florida and Miss
Florence HOUSTON.
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Union County’s Civil War Veterans Reunion
of 1890
The Charlotte Democrat, September 12,
1890 (photocopy)
Veterans Reunion and Barbecue
The
Veterans of Union county met at the Court House on
Wednesday, the 20th of August, 1890, in an Annual Reunion, Geo. C. McLARTY, Colonel Commanding,
presiding, and T. D. McCAULEY,
Adjutant, acting as Secretary.
The minutes of the
last Annual Reunion were read and approved. The following veterans came
forward, gave in their names and were enrolled in the organization, to wit:
A. J. CUTHBERTSON, Co H, 7th N.C. Regt.
W. C. SIMPSON, Co H, 7th N.C. Regt.
J. M. BROOM, 6th N.C. Regt.
J. M. BROOM, 6th N.C. Regt.
[name repeated in article]
J. A. POLK, Co K, 6th N.C. Regt.
J. J. HARKEY, Co F, 49th Regt.
Saluthie HELMS, Co A, 48th Regt.
W. H. AYCOCK, Co B, 43rd Regt.
W. P. WILLIAMS, Co I, 48th Regt.
R. A. G. DAVIS, Co B, 53rd Regt.
J. W. HELMS, Co C, 1st Cavalry
E. W. TOMBERLIN, Co C, 1st Cavalry
A. J. PHIFER, Senior Reserves
Also, the following named
persons formerly belonging to Co H, 42d N.C. Regt. :
A. G. R. NANCE
Jno. DRAKE
J. H. DRAKE
J. D. TAYLOR
Daniel THOMAS
After
the transaction of some other business, the veterans adjourned to “Stewart Grove,” where a table had been
spread under the direction of Capt. J.
E. W. AUSTIN, Commissary in Chief, and his corps of assistants.
At
least one thousand persons partook of the feast. The whole of the proceedings
at the table were well arranged, well conducted, and orderly, and there was a
sufficiency of well cooked provisions for all.
Upon
the meeting being again called to order a short address was delivered by T. D. McCAULEY,
Adjutant, in which the necessity of more perfect and thorough organization was
set forth. He was followed by the Colonel who, in a forcible manner, spoke of
the necessity of
organizing a “Permanent Relief Association” for the benefit of
indigent soldiers, their widows and orphans, and suggested that a fund be
created by quarterly assessments of 25 cents each on such members of the
Association as would pledge themselves to contribute for this purpose.
The
election of officers being in order, the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Geo. C. McLARTY, Colonel;
B. F. RICHARDSON, Lieut. Colonel; Bartley
BENTON, Major; T.D. McCAULEY,
Adjutant; W.A. LOVE, Treasurer.
All
of the company officers, heretofore elected at the last annual reunion and
whose names are published in the report of that meeting, were re-elected to
serve for the next ensuing year.
The
following resolution was unanimously adopted:
Whereas,
The success of the barbecue this day enjoyed by us, has been much assisted by the
zeal, energy and kindness of certain young ladies connected with the
contribution committees, and whose names have been reported to us; now
therefore be it,
Resolved,
That in these young ladies we recognize the true and
perfect type of the genuine “Southern Girl,” and as worthy daughters of those
matrons whose heroism, in the dark days of the South, is an honor to all
womanhood.
There
being no further business, the Association adjourned to meet again in Monroe,
N.C., on the first Tuesday in August, 1891.
By order of the Colonel Commanding.
T.D. McCAULEY, Adj’t.
Monroe Register
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Friday, September 19, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Monroe, on the 16th
inst., Mrs. J. T. HEART, aged 45 years.
-Union County Court-The Fall
term of the Superior court for Union county convened at Monroe last Monday, His
Honor Judge BROWN presiding, F. I. OSBORNE, Solicitor. The Grand
Jurors drawn to serve the present year were as follows: E. A. ARMFIELD,
Foreman; C. W. BREWNER, J. H. BENTON,
S. A. WILLIAMS, Alex. OSBORNE, A. E. RUSHING,
J. L. WALKUP, W. M. PERRY, R. S. AUSTIN, M. C. LONG,
W. CUTHBERTSON, I. L. P. SIMPSON, A. L. PARKER, T. J. EZZELL, W. P. NEELY, W. L. BIGGERS, Wesley HINSON and O. M. SANDERS.
(photocopy)
-W.C. COLEMAN, of
Concord, and the wealthiest colored man in the State, took thirteen premiums at
the New Bern fair recently held. (photocopy)
-At Mill Hill, Cabarrus county, is a house that was built over sixty years ago by
Mr. Jacob STIREWALT, the grandfather of Miss
Julia STIREWALT. The piazza columns are of
solid heart pine, eighteen inches in diameter, and have stood there over sixty
years, and yet they show no signs of decay. The piazza floor is laid in pine
and white oak alternatively. This Mr. STIREWALT
did to test the two specimens of lumber. The pine is yet smooth and in solid
condition, while the oak is worn rough and is giving away to age-the action of
heat and cold.-Concord Standard. (photocopy)
-A Bullet which was Carried Twenty Eight Years: At the Battle of Cold
harbor, on the 27th of June, 1862, Rev. E.E.
PREESLY [PRESSLY?], now Pastor of Amity Associate Reformed Presbyterian church
of this county, received a minnie ball in his right
leg at the ankle joint, while he was kneeling and loading. The surgeons could
not find the ball. He was operated upon in 1863, but without results, and again
three years ago, in like manner fruitlessly. Meantime the ball, which has been
a constant source of irritation was working outward,
and last Saturday Dr. M.W. GIBSON cut into the
leg and got it out. The sense of relief which Mr. PREESLY
experienced is inexpressible. For more than twenty eight years he has not been
allowed to forget that he was carrying the ball about with him…. (partial photocopy)
September 26, 1890, Charlotte Chronicle (Mecklenburg Co., NC)
-Married at the Temple of Justice – Paul Hagler and Mrs. Amelia Whitley, of Mecklenburg county, were married yesterday at the new Temple of Justice, by Esq. D.G. Maxwell.
[note:
Paul Hagler was born 1831 in Anson Co., the
son of Charles and Elizabeth Hagler who lived
in what later became Union Co. He was 1st married in 1853 in Union
Co. to Jane E. Griffin. “Mrs. Amelia Whitley” was Amelia Braswell,
born 1866 Union Co., the daughter of Penelope Braswell and James Lewis Griffin
(he was married to Margaret A. Cuthbertson York). Amelia was 1st
married about 1889 to a Mr. Whitley.]
Friday, October 3, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY-
Monroe, N.C.-A company, of which
Fred C. BEARD is General Manager, and John W. TOWNSEND,
Secretary, has been organized under a liberal charter, and authorized by the State,
granting it power to purchase and develop town and city lots, sell and dispose
of the same. The company has secured option on 385 acres of land in and
adjoining Monroe. About 284 acres of the land lies on the line of the Carolina
Central Railroad, east of the corporation line, and is very valuable for
improvements. The company proposes to lay off this property into town lots, having
broad streets, as fast as the engineer can do so. Any information, or order for
stocks can be had by addressing J. W. TOWNSEND, Monroe, N.C. (photocopy)
-Capt. B.F. RICHARDSON of
this county, who commanded Co. F, 48th Regiment, N.C. Troops, captured the
sword of a Federal officer in the fight at Ream’s Station, near Petersburg, Va.
in the fall of 1864. On the sword was the following inscription: “Capt. Wilson
W. FAY, 56th Regiment, Mass. Vols. From
his mother.” Capt. RICHARDSON still has the sword in his
possession, and he desires to return it to the owner, if he is still living, or
if Capt. FAY is not now living, some member of his family will receive the sword by
corresponding with Capt. B.F. RICHARDSON, Mt. Prospect, Union county,
N.C. (photocopy)
-Jurors for Cabarrus county
court to commence on the 29th of October:
W.R. LAMBERT, John A. CLINE, John F. FINK,
R.C. WHITE, John R. BRADFORD, J.C. LIPPARD, G.E. FISHER,
R.M. KIMMONS, C.T. ALLISON, M.A. EMERSON, J.L. SHINN, John A. BARNHARD,
(No. 1) Jacob A. CLINE, L.J. FOIL,
Martin BOGER, James P. COOK, E.G. IRVIN,
Ed. F. CORRELL, Alex BOSTIAN,
D.G. HOLDBROOKS, D.H. McEACHREN, D.B. MORRISON, Robt. W. COPE,
Noah BLACKWELDER, C.H.
FISHER, D.R. HOOVER, M.A. PROPST,
Edmund FOIL, C.L. WALTER, D.L. BOST, M.W. DORTON, D.M. LIPE, R.M. BOGER, G.C. GOODMAN, Jr., F.S. GOODMAN,
Charles F. WALTER. (photocopy)
Friday, October 10, 1890, THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Yesterday evening while
returning home from the fair, Mr. Charlie CRESS, of No. 5 township,
happened to a very severe accident...his horse stumbled, throwing him violently
forward upon the ground, breaking one leg midway between the thigh and the
knee...
-Died in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus county,
on the 3rd inst., Mr. Will ROSE.
October 16, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. J. R. SHANNON, of Greenville, S.C., arrived at the Central yesterday afternoon with his bride, nee Miss McCALL, and left on the Carolina Central train for his old home in Union county. Mr. SHANNON is a printer, and formerly worked in Charlotte. He is now owner of a job office in Greenville.
Friday, October 17, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. W. P. PLYLER
of Mt. Prospect, has been for two years experimenting with ribbon sugar cane,
and has demonstrated that it can be successfully grown in this section...
-Died in Monroe, on the 11th
inst., Mrs. S. L. MONTGOMERY, wife of Dr. Saml.
MONTGOMERY, aged 85 years.
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the 10th inst., Mr. J.A.
RUSSELL, aged 65 years.
Friday, October 24, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married at Tradesville,
SC, on the 12th inst., Mr. Jule WOLFE of
Monroe, NC and Miss Dora POLK.
-Married in Monroe, on the 12th
inst., Mr. Wm. E. BAUCOM and Miss Ada GRIFFIN,
all of Union county.
Friday, October 31, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Concord, on the 27th inst., Mr. John C. WINECOFF, aged 35 years.
Nov. 5, 1890, Biblical
Recorder (
-Died: Hettie R. BLALOCK, wife of M. E. BLALOCK, Baptist, Norwood, Stanly County.
Friday, November 7, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Two little sons of Mr. R. P.
REDWINE came near meeting with a horrible death at Wolfsville
one day last week. They were packing lint cotton into a press, when a match
which had fallen among the cotton ignited, and soon the lint was blazing around
the boys, and they would doubtless have been suffocated if relief had not been
at hand. As it was they were painfully, though not seriously burned.
-Married in Union county, Sandy Ridge township, on the 21st ult., Mr. James E. MORRIS and Miss Emma D. THOMPSON.
November 13, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The Georgia Carolina and Northern. Abbeville has celebrated the completion of this road from Monroe to that place, and now the road is pushing for Atlanta…The cost of the road per mile has been about $20,000…The road has been built entirely by a syndicate, at whose head is Hon. John M. ROBINSON…So far one hundred and thirty-nine miles have been completed…
Friday, November 14, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Monroe, on the 3d inst., little daughter of Mr. James McNEELY,
aged 8 years.
-Died in Monroe, on the 6th inst., Mrs. C. E. WOLFE, aged 63 years.
Thursday, November 20, 1890 MONROE REGISTER (Union County, NC)
-Married: Last night at the residence of C. AUSTIN, Esq., by Rev. A. B. CAUDLE, Mr. J. F. GARNER of Darlington, S.C. to Miss Maggie MAY.
-Mrs. Dolly FERGUSON, of Clear Creek township, Mecklenburg county, died on the 9th inst., aged 92 years.
-The obituary of Mr. Thomas W. SANDERS, an excellent and highly esteemed citizen who recently died, will appear next week.
-Olive Branch: Married: Mr. Preston FOWLER to Miss Jane MOORE, on the 9th inst., J. S. SMITH officiating. Mr. Benton BRYANT, to the daughter of Mr. Ashley GRIFFIN. Also, Mr. John AUSTIN to the daughter of Mr. Andrew GRIFFIN.
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Friday, November 21, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the 10th inst., Maud, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Will JOHNSTON, aged 9 years.
Friday, November 28, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on the 19th
inst., Mr. J. F. GARNER of Darlington, SC, and Miss Maggie MAY.
-Died at Poplar Tent, Cabarrus county,
on the 25th inst., Mr. J.B. HARRIS, aged 43 years.
November 29, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Sale of Lots in Monroe. The first sale of suburban lots in Monroe was held last Wednesday and was a success. A subscriber there writes the News: Sometime ago a Land Improvement Company was formed here for the purpose of improving and developing some valuable real estate in the suberbs (sic) of Monroe. Mr. F. C. BEARD, of New York, Maj. L. A. BURKE, of South Dakota, Prof. O. W. CARR; of Greensboro, and Messrs. J. M. FAIRLEY and J. W. TOWNSEND, of Monroe are the members of the Company, and they are all live, energetic, wide awake business men. A number of lots were laid, streets were opened, and on yesterday a grand auction sale of lots was held. The success of the sale was beyond the most sanguine expectations of anyone, the amount of the sales footing up over ten thousand dollars. The greater portion of the lots were bought by the citizens of Monroe, thus demonstrating the confidence of our own people in the growth and prosperity of the town…
Friday, December 12, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The Union county government
changed hands last Friday. Geo. C. McLARTY,
who had been Clerk of Court for eight years, is succeeded by F. H. WOLFE.
J. W. BIVENS was sworn in as Register of Deeds to succeed Mr. WOLFE.
J.P. HORN succeeds himself as Sheriff.
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the 4th inst., Mr. Arch FAGGART,
aged 54 years.
Friday, December 26, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Sometime
ago, Trade Street Baptist Church of Charlotte, extended a call to Rev. D. M. AUSTIN,
of this place, to take charge of that church. Mr. AUSTIN has decided to
go accept the call and enter upon the discharge of his duties about the first
of January... Monroe Register.
December 30, 1890, CHARLOTTE NEWS (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The Concord Standard says that Dr. S. L. MONTGOMERY, of Monroe, has moved to Concord and formed a copartnership with Dr. LILLY. Hereafter the firm will be known as Drs. LILLY & MONTGOMERY.
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