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PEOPLE, PLACES, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC. OF

UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,

ANSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

and also:

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

LANCASTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

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May 1923

 

 

 

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Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC) Tuesday, May 1, 1923

 

-Mrs. Sarah BIGGERS, widow of the late Norris BIGGERS, died Saturday morning, April 28 at one o’clock at her home in Goose Creek township after an illness of hemorrhage of the brain and paralysis.  Mrs. BIGGERS before her marriage was Miss Sarah GREENE, a daughter of the late John GREENE of Stanly county.  The deceased was 75 years of age and survived by five sons and seven daughters, as follows: Messrs. J. D. BIGGERS of McKinney, Texas; C. W. and G. C. BIGGERS of Goose Creek township; Mesdames Henderson LOVE, Malon BAUCOM; Troy WILLIAMS and Elijah HINSON, all of Goose Creek township; Frank McMANUS of Midland, Mrs. Bartley HELMS of Kannapolis and Miss Jennie BIGGERS who lived with her mother.  She is survived by one brother, A. W. GREENE of Albemarle, and one sister, Mrs. J. L. LITTLE of Goose Creek township.  Mrs. BIGGERS was an excellent woman, a devote wife and a good mother.  She was a member of Crooked Creek Primitive Baptist church.  Funeral services were conducted at her home by Elder W. C. EDWARDS after which the remains were interred in the family burying grounds. [Note: see May 11th issue for obituary of Mrs. J. L. LITTLE, Mrs. BIGGERS’ sister.]

 

-Mr. J. M. FERGUSON died at the Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, Friday following [page torn] illness.  He is survived by his wife, five sons and five daughters, besides leaving a mother, one brother and a sister to mourn his loss.  Funeral services [were held] in Rehobeth Presbyterian church and interment was in the cemetery there.

 

-Mrs. J. T. CARTER received a telephone message Saturday calling her to the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. J. L. TEMPLE of Great Falls, S.C.  She immediately left for Great Falls.

 

-Mr. Albert BLAKENEY, a former citizen of Monroe, died about the first of April at his home in Waldo, Fla.  Mr. BLAKENEY was in business in Monroe many years ago and will be remembered by the old citizens of this section.  He was a cousin of Messrs. W. S. and P. B. BLAKENEY.  He married Miss Lou McMANUS of Monroe, who survives him.  She will return to Lancaster county where they lived before going to Florida. 

 

-The old house standing in the rear of the old stone house on Main street occupied by Mr. H. J. HINSON, owned for many years by the late Mr. M. D. MYERS, was partly burned Sunday morning.  This is one of the old historic buildings of Monroe.  It was built by Joe HOUGH about 1852 and stood on the ground where the stone house now stands on Main street. The old stone house now occupied by Mr. HINSON was built in the 70’s by Robert SEHORN, who ran a bar there for many years.  Joe HOUGH was clerk of the court here in the early days of the county.  He was killed by a pistol in the hands of James RICHARDS who ran a hotel where the Monroe hardware store now stands.  When shot he was standing near D. F. HAYDEN, father of Mrs. Susan SHEPHERD on the corner where LEE & LEE’s store now is.  RICHARD’s defense was that the shooting was accidental and the jury acquitted him.  The shooting was done with and old time single barrel pistol, with powder and ball.

 

-Mr. John M. GUIN died early this morning at his home at Unionville.  He had been rather feeble but his death was not expected. He had gotten up in his room and seems to have had heart failure and died suddenly.  The funeral has not been arranged as it is not known when the members of the family who are at a distance can arrive.  Mr. GUIN was about seventy years of age.  He was a native of Lanes Creek township and was well known all over the county having for many years been a teacher in the public schools.  He was accounted one of the best teachers in the old days and his services were much in demand.  He was a member of the Methodist church. He married Miss Mary Jane PRESSON, who survives him, with nine children whom they reared and educated.  Dr. L. E. GUIN of Waxhaw is the oldest son and the others are Messrs. Clyde, Homer, Clayton and Howell GUIN. There are four daughters, one of whom is Mrs. O. H. MOORE of Monroe, and the others are Mrs. Bessie PRICE of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. J. D. MOORE of Marshville, and Mrs. T. A. BOYD of Sanford. 

[Note: also see May 4th issue for additional information.]

 

-Mrs. J. Labe LITTLE an aged and respected lady of Goose Creek township, has been quite sick for some time.  She is about eighty-five years of age.  Her son, Mr. J. A. LITTLE is clerk of the court of Stanly county. [Note: See May 11th issue for her obituary.]

 

-Bill LITTLE, a colored man of Stanly county, died Saturday morning, and it is reported that he died drunk.  It is said that he made fifteen gallons  and on being asked if he could sell and he said, “No, I’m going to drink it all myself.”  He had a small amount left when he died. 

 

-A wedding of much interest to the people of Monroe and Union county took place April 8th at Fort Myers, Fla., when Mr. Cyrus Query STEWART of that city and Miss Mildred LYNAM of Baltimore, Md., were married…. Mrs. STEWART is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. LYNAM of Baltimore, Md., and was educated in Boston.  During the World War she served overseas as a Red Cross nurse.  Mr. STEWART is the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. STEWART of this county and is a brother of Mrs. L. N. PRESSON of Monroe, and Mrs. W. E. MARSH of Monroe township.  He is also a brother of Hon. Plummer STEWART of Charlotte and Rev. Steve STEWART, missionary to Japan.  Mr. STEWART is practicing law in Fort Myers, Fla., where he has lived the last few years.  Since there he has been elected and served as mayor, and has been one of the progressive young lawyers of the town.

 

-Mrs. J. C. BROOKS is in Reidsville at the bedside of her brother, Mr. J. K. GURLEY, who is very ill.

 

 

Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC)  Friday, May 4, 1923

 

-Fred SALE, son of Capt. T. B. SALE, a Monroe boy well known here, now living with his parents in Atlanta, is the latest of the Monroe boys to win fame as a pitcher.  The first Monroe boy who took laurels in this field was the late Lawrence STEWART, who had a splendid career and lost his life in an accident at Youngstown, Ohio.  Then came Phifer FULLENWIDER, who is yet in the box.  Now Fred SALE is starting on a career that looks big for the future. The following story is taken from a dispatch in the Atlanta Journal of Wednesday: Athens, Ga., May 1.- Frederick Link SALE, Georgia’s young right-hander, broke into the hall of immortal fame here Monday afternoon, when he pitched a perfect game against the University of Virginia, Georgia winning easily, 4 to 0.  Fred let the Old Dominion Boys down with nary a hit and, of course, nary a run, and he did not permit a man to get on first base….  Fred’s feat marked the first time since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary that a Georgia pitcher has chunked a perfect game…  Mr. SALE, who is just twenty years old, had everything in the world a pitcher could want in turning in his remarkable game.  He had a fast ball which cut up something awfully and his curved ball had a most outlandish break on it.  And with these he mixed up in a brilliant change of pace which was as baffling as it was deceptive and puzzling. 

 

-PLYLER Mill – On Last Wednesday afternoon an infant of Mr. and Mrs. Iris STARNES was laid to rest in the family graveyard.  The parents of this child live in Southern Pines.

 

-Mr. Scott LONG and son, Lawrence, left yesterday in a car for Emporia, Kansas, where the former has a  daughter living.   Mr. LONG is going to see his daughter and give the  country a once over coming and going. He expects to be gone about a month. 

 

-Mr. Joe GRIFFIN was badly burned Wednesday by an explosion of gasoline.  He was painfully burned about the head and chest and except for a pair of goggles which he was wearing he might have lost his eyesight….

 

-Tom LEE, Jr. was severely poisoned Tuesday night and came near losing his life.  Having a sore on the inside of his lips, he used a preparation  which he had been using for a  sore in his leg, and must have swallowed some of it, which had a large ingredient of carbolic acid.  His brother found him in a room about ten o’clock in an unconscious condition.  A doctor was quickly summoned  and found him in a desperate state, but succeeded in counteracting the effects of the poison.

 

-Mrs. Mollie HAIGLER died yesterday morning at her home in Goose Creek township following by about three weeks the death of her husband, Mr. John E. HAIGLER.  She was stricken with paralysis two days before her death but had been in feeble health for some time.  The funeral was held this morning at Zion church by Rev. J. W. STRIDER, Dr. C. C. WEAVER, and Rev. B. B. SHANKLE.  Mrs. HAIGLER was a lifelong member of the Methodist church and a woman of noble Christian character devoted to her home and family.  She is survived by one brother, Esq. I. A. CLONTZ and by the following children, T. C. and S. E.  HAIGLER of Monroe, O. B., S. D., and G. B. HAIGLER of Goose Creek, Mrs. J. E. BROOM and Miss Eunice HAIGLER. [Note: Cemetery records of Zion United Methodist Church show the following: Mary E. HAIGLER, w/o John E., b.Apr. 5, 1844-d.May 3, 1923; John E. HAIGLER b.Jun 16, 1845-d.April 17, 1923]

 

-Mr. Willeford CROOK is contemplating celebrating his sixtieth birthday this summer by taking a trip to Wilmington on the train.  If he carries out this intention it will be the first time he ever rode on a train.  He has taken one ride in an automobile and found that they were too fast for him.  This trip will also be the first time that he has been out of the county with one exception.  That was when he drove his wagon to Concord on one occasion to bring a family back.  He was born in a mile and a half of  Monroe, but he has never seen Charlotte, Waxhaw, Marshville or Wingate.  Not only has Mr. CROOK been a-stay-at-home man, but he has other points in his favor.  He has never staid away from home at night since he was married.  He owns two tracts of land and has paid cash for his fertilizer this year.

 

-The remains of Mr. John M. GUIN, who died early Tuesday morning, were buried in Monroe, instead of at the PRESSON cemetery as at first contemplated…  Six brothers-in-law of the deceased acted as pall bearers – Messrs. L. N. PRESSON, W. H PRESSON, S. S. PRESSON, Robert L. SMITH and Bryce JEROME. [Note: see obituary in May 1st issue. Also, cemetery records of Monroe City Cemetery show the following: John M. GUION b.Dec 25, 1855-d.May 1, 1923; Mary Jane PRESSON GUION, w/o John M., b.Nov 6, 1860-d.Feb 23, 1956.]

 

-Mrs. Chloe LEMMOND, wife of Mr. Eugene LEMMOND, died last night at  the Ellen FITZGERALD Hospital after an illness of four weeks.  Her death is a very sad one, for she was not yet eighteen and had been married since the 24 of June last.  She is survived by her young husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. GRIFFIN of Benton Heights, and several brothers and sisters.  The funeral will be held at the First Baptist church this afternoon at four o’clock…

 

Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC) Tuesday, May 8, 1923

 

-Mrs. J. W. MATTHEWS of Weddington died Sunday at the age of seventy-four years, of complications resulting from an attack of influenza.  She was a member of the Providence Presbyterian church and a Christian woman of the highest type.  Funeral services were held from the church with which she had been long affiliated…  Surviving Mrs. MATTHEWS are her husband and six children, Miss Alice MATTHEWS, registered nurse of Charlotte, Mrs. Ernest JONES of Alta Vista, Va., Miss Helen MATTHEWS of Weddington, and Messrs. D. W., J. H. and J. Y. MATTHEWS, all of Weddington.  Mrs. MATTHEWS’ brother in law, Mr. N. S. MATTHEWS of Charlotte, formerly lived in Monroe.

 

-“Fifty-nine years ago on Saturday and Sunday,” said Col. William McWHORTER, “we fought the Battle of the Wilderness.  I  remember very well seeing Prof. Ray FUNDERBURK’s grandfather shot down and dying.  We began fighting about two-thirty on Saturday evening and held GRANT’s army in check. At day light next morning the Yankee’s began to charge up and kept up their assault till nine o’clock, for GRANT was determined to annihilate LEE that day if possible.” “Did he do it?” the old veteran was asked?  “Lord, no,” shouted the Colonel and his old comrade T. F. WILLEFORD who was with him.  “Our right line was pushed back but LONGSTREET came up and drove the Yankees off.  From the Wilderness GRANT followed LEE to the court house and LEE outgeneraled him there….”

 

-Miss Gillie SMITH, daughter of Mr. Jim SMITH of Marshville township died yesterday after an illness of almost four years.  She was about 26 years of age and was buried this morning at 11 o’clock at Philadelphia church, services conducted by Rev. E. C. SNYDER.

 

Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC) Friday, May 11, 1923

 

-The Thin Gray Line Grows Yet Thinner on Memorial Day – Once again the Daughters of the Confederacy have placed flowers in honor of the dead and given the living old soldiers a dinner.  But yesterday only 19 soldiers attended!…  The veterans who were present  yesterday were, S. E. BELK, commander, Henry B. SHUTE, J. W. BYRUM, James GRIFFIN, William McWHORTER, J. C. HUGGINS, J. R. LATHAN, Thos. E. WILLIAMS, B. H. BROOM, P. P. PLYLER, Thos. F. WILLEFORD, B. H. BENTON, Philip WHITLEY, J. P. BROOM, McCombs WINCHESTER, A. W. McMANUS, W. G. LONG, J. M. DOUGLAS….

 

-Company A, 48th regiment, made up of Union county men, had 204 men in it and surrendered nine at Appomattox.  Since then the ranks have grown thinner.  Today, John H. WINCHESTER is the last living member of  the company, unless James LOWRY, another member is yet alive in Georgia.  Squire WINCHESTER has not heard from him in a long time and is not certain whether he is yet living.

 

-Capt. Bartley BENTON shaved himself before coming to the old soldiers dinner yesterday with a razor that cost him forty dollars, but it was a cheap razor at that, considering that he paid for it in Confederate money and has been using it ever since the battle of Bentonville in 1865.  Three of his men were on picket duty at  Bentonville and they killed a Yankee soldier, and as has been the custom since war began, they took what the soldier had.  John SMITH got a  five dollar bill, Evan HELMS his boots, and J. P. BROOM got his razor.  HELMS and SMITH are dead now, but BROOM and BENTON were here yesterday and were talking about the incident, and recalled that Capt. BENTON bought the razor from BROOM for forty dollars. 

 

-Two of the old soldiers here yesterday had rather interesting experiences in the matter of surrendering after the end of the war.  They were Capt. Bartley BENTON and one of the members of his company, Mr. Philip WHITLEY.  When they were returning after the surrender of JOHNSTON’s army near Durham, they decided to leave the train at Salisbury in order to avoid the Federal garrison at Charlotte. In getting off the train Mr. WHITLEY hurt his ankle and had to go on to Charlotte.  The Yankees didn’t get him and he walked from there to Monroe and hasn’t surrendered yet.  Capt. BENTON walked home from Salisbury and pretty soon he was reported as an officer who had not yet surrendered and taken the oath of allegiance, and so he walked to Charlotte and signed up. 

 

-Mr. Hamp AUSTIN, a native of this county, and formerly a well known citizen, died at his home in Hamlet yesterday.  The interment was at Hamlet today.  The deceased was a brother of Rev. D. M. AUSTIN.

 

-Mrs. John Q. GRIFFIN sustained a stroke of paralysis Wednesday night.  However, she has shown some improvement and there appears to be reason to hope that she will entirely recover.

 

-…Mr. and Mrs. J. Labe LITTLE.  Mr. LITTLE died in 1918 at the age of 82.  Mrs. LITTLE died last Monday.  She was a daughter of John GREEN of Stanly county, and leaves five sons and four daughters.  The sons are J. C. LITTLE of Stanfield; T. A. LITTLE of Charlotte; J. A. LITTLE of Albemarle; J. B. LITTLE of Sanford, Fla., and Watt LITTLE, who lived with his mother.  The daughters are Mrs. W. L. BIGGERS of Wingate, Mrs. J. S. GRIFFIN of Hillsboro, Texas; Mrs. J. I. GRIFFIN of Goose Creek township, and Mrs. E. T. HUNNICUTT of Stanfield….  Mrs. LITTLE’s age was 82 years, 7 months and 20 days… She was a devoted member of  the Primitive Baptist church.  She and her husband lived together in the home in which they had settled when they were married, about 60 years...  [Note: See May 1st issue mentioning her illness. Also see May 1st issue for obituary of Mrs. BIGGERS’ who was Mrs. LITTLE’s sister.]

 

-While sitting near her brother, Dr. J. A. AUSTIN of Charlotte, and reading the morning’s newspaper, Mrs. Mary E. DUNCAN, wife of I. R. DUNCAN, of Union county, died suddenly about 9 o’clock Wednesday morning from an attack of heart disease, from which she had suffered for two years.  Mrs. DUNCAN had been staying at the home of her brother at 207 Central avenue for the past week. While she was undergoing medical treatment.  The body was taken late Wednesday afternoon to her former home in Goose Creek township, Union county.  The funeral was conducted at Emmanuel church…  Mrs. DUNCAN is survived by her husband, a prominent Union county farmer; 11 children, Eugene DUNCAN of Raleigh; Claude DUNCAN, a dental student at Atlanta; Mrs. John PARKER of Inman, SC; Mrs. A. E. BEAVER; Mrs. O. L. FLOWE of the county; Jack and Dewey DUNCAN, of Goose Creek; Kathleen, 16; Earl, 14; Mabel, 12; and Dixie, 9; all of Union county; three brothers, Bundy and David AUSTIN of Goose Creek, and Dr. J. A. AUSTIN of Charlotte; and by two sisters, Mrs. John BIGGERS of Wingate; and Mrs. Vernon BROOKS of Goose Creek.

 

Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC) Tuesday, May 15, 1923

 

-Joseph Hampton AUSTIN, aged 79 years, a veteran of the Civil War and one of Hamlet’s best beloved residents, passed away yesterday morning, May 10th.  Death followed an attack of paralysis.  Mr. AUSTIN was born in Union county and in 1886 moved with his family to Wolf Pit township.  Eighteen years ago when Hamlet was but a struggling village, he moved here and was pastor of this city’s First Baptist church.  Poor health caused him to seek work in the open and he became one of Hamlet’s first contracting carpenters.  Last year he suffered from a severe attack of influenza and it is thought he never fully recovered from this illness.  Mr. AUSTIN volunteered in Company D, 37th N.C.  Regiment in 1861.  The regiment was of the famous LANE’s brigade, JACKSON’s corps in the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. LEE, commander-in-chief.   J. B. ASHCRAFT was commander of the company which surrendered at Appomattox court house April 9th, 1865.  Mr. AUSTIN, as fate willed it, died on May 10th, the date of death of his beloved commander, Robert E. LEE.  Deceased leaves to mourn his loss one brother, Rev. D. M. AUSTIN, of Trop [sic: Troy], N.C., three sisters, Mrs. Betty BEACHAM, of Polkton; Mrs. Maggie AUSTIN, of Polkton, and Mrs. Etta DUMAS, of Rockingham.  He is also survived by four sons and three daughters.  They are, J. E. AUSTIN, Hamlet; Rev. M. D. AUSTIN, Pueblo, Col.; G. V. AUSTIN, Hamlet; J. H. AUSTIN, Jr., McColl, and Claude AUSTIN, Hamlet; Mrs. Dora KENDALL, Kinston; Mrs. J. C. WORLEY, Hamlet; Miss Ella, also of Hamlet.  Funeral services were held Friday morning from the Pleasant Grove Baptist church, Rev. J. B. WILLIS, of this city, and Rev. B. BENTON, of Rockingham, officiating.  Pall bearers were J. E., G. V. and J. H. AUSTIN, Jr., three of his sons, and Ernest, Carl, and Frank AUSTIN, his three grandsons.

 

Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC) Friday, May 18, 1923

 

-Seventy-Six Dead In A School Fire – A Lamp Explosion Causes Horrible Tragedy In Kershaw County in South Carolina. Seventy-six person, many of them children, were burned to death in a fire last night that destroyed the Pezeland school in Kershaw county, South Carolina, about forty miles from the Union county line, while commencement exercises were in progress, according to tourists who passed through Monroe this afternoon.  Many of the dead were charred beyond recognition, and the remains of thirty or more of those perished are being interred in one grave near Beulah.  But twenty-five bodies were identified, the bodies were so badly charred.  These bodies have been turned over to their horror-stricken relatives…..

 

-Mr. W. M. MUNDY, father of Mrs. J. W. FOWLER, died yesterday morning at his home at Denver after an illness of some time of pneumonia.  The funeral is being held today at Bethel Methodist church in Lincoln county.  Mr. MUNDY was seventy-three and a half years old and was a Christian gentleman of the old school.  He was a life long member of the Methodist church and one of its faithful supporters in his community.  He is survived by his wife and seven grown daughters and two sons.  Mrs. Hunter MAUNEY and Mrs. Paul RHYNE of Lincolnton; Mrs. Harry TORRENCE of Davidson College, Miss Jamie MUNDY of Winston-Salem, Mrs. J. W. FOWLER of Monroe, Miss Ingrid MUNDY, who is training as a nurse, and Miss Frankie MUNDY, teacher in the Monroe city schools, are his daughters, and Mr. Russell MUNDY, a civil engineer, and Mr. Jerry MUNDY, a druggist of Denver, are his sons.  Mr. MUNDY visited his daughters in Monroe several times.

 

-On last Friday night, says the Stanly News-Herald, near the public school building at Palestine four miles northeast of Albemarle, Miss Sheila ATKINSON, the attractive 19-year old daughter of Mr. E. D. ATKINSON, who lives near Porter, was run down by an automobile driven by Mr. John TALBERT, of the Palestine section and killed almost instantly. As a result of the same accident Mrs. Abe KEY, of this place is suffering from numerous painful cuts and minor bruises, but will recover…. The funeral services were held in North Albemarle Baptist church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock… and the body was buried in Fairview Cemetery…[lengthy article]

 

Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC) Tuesday, May 22, 1923

 

-A cyclone passed over sections of Goose Creek township Sunday afternoon, dipping here and there, tearing down timber and small grain and damaging two tenant houses on the farm of the GRIFFIN boys, sons of the late E. J. GRIFFIN, and blowing Jonah SIMPSON’s barn from its pillars.  The storm was a regular twister and several thousand feet of timber were blown down, trees piled across each other, on the lands of the GRIFFIN heirs, Jonah SIMPSON and Thos. HAIGLER.  One of the damaged tenant houses on the GRIFFIN estate was occupied by eleven people at the time of the storm and those who witnessed the thrilling event state that the funnel-shaped cloud rose above the house which probably saved the lives of those in it.  The GRIFFIN boys’ crib was slightly damaged by the force of the storm which struck the roof.   The storm passed within fifty yards of the GRIFFIN home and was plainly observed by Boyd, Carl and Charlie GRIFFIN

 

-It is with a sad heart we are chronicling the death of Mrs. Margarette N. RINER, at her home near the old Waxhaw Baptist church, which occurred about one o’clock Wednesday afternoon, May 16th, 1923.  Mrs. RINER had been in declining health for a number of weeks, suffering from a form of heart trouble, but for several days prior to her death was thought to be improving.  On the day of her demise she complained of being a little sick and of feeling faint and would take no nourishment.  About the hour mentioned she showed signs of difficult breathing and gasping only once or twice, let her head drop and was dead.  Mrs. RINER’s maiden name was GODFREY, a daughter of David C. GODFREY, who was one of the pioneer settlers of this community, and who died thirty odd years ago at a ripe old age.  She was married to the surviving husband, L. M. RINER, on November 2nd, 1871, and to this union were born eight children, five sons and three daughters, six of whom reached years of maturity, or nearly so, two dying in infancy.  Three of these are now living, Mrs. S. S. DUNLAP and Mr. H. L. RINER of the home community, and Mr. S. D. RINER of Winnfield, La.  The other three, together with Mr. RINER’s mother, who made her home in the family, died in 1899 during a scourge of typhoid fever with which almost the entire family were stricken…  She is survived by her husband, two sons, and one daughter, as above stated, also by two brothers, Mr. John H. GODFREY of Charlotte and Mr. James H. GODFREY of this community…  The body was laid to rest to await the resurrection in the old Waxhaw church cemetery, of which church the deceased was a member…  Mrs. RINER was in her seventy-fifth year since January 15th last…  She had been married more than 51 years.

 

Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC) Friday, May 25, 1923

 

-NOTICE, North Carolina, Union County – In the Superior Court.  James WATTS, Plaintiff, vs. Cornelia WATTS, Defendant.  To Cornelia WATTS, defendant: Take Notice, you are hereby notified that an action entitled as above has been commenced by James WATTS in the Superior court of Union county, N.C., to declare the bonds of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and defendant dissolved…

 

-NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION – Having qualified as administrator of the estate of John E. HAIGLER, late of Goose Creek township, notice is hereby given that persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payment of same at once.  Persons holding claims against the estate are required to present the same before the 18th day of May, 1924, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery.  This the 18th day of May, 1923.  S. E. HAIGLER, Administrator of John E. HAIGLER, deceased.

 

Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC) Tuesday, May 29, 1923

 

-Flourishing a pistol in which she believed to be unloaded, and waving it in the face of her brother who was cautioning her of the danger, Mrs. Clara Belle KLUTTZ, pulled the trigger and the brother, Vance WENTZ, dropped dead with the bullet through his forehead.  The tragedy occurred at the home of the mother of the brother and sister, Mrs. Ida WENTZ, in Vance township Friday night at about nine thirty.  Mrs. KLUTTZ, prostrate from the shock, is now under bond of $2000, awaiting a hearing of the case before the Recorder on June 8.  The pistol with which the shooting was done belonged to R. B. KLUTTZ, and is believed to be the same one with which his brother, Doc KLUTTZ, is charged with having shot and killed George CHAMBERS, Matthews mail carrier, some weeks ago, and for which Doc KLUTTZ is now in the Union county jail awaiting trial for his life… Mrs. KLUTTZ, in whose hands this thirty-two caliber Smith and Wesson pistol did its second execution within a few weeks, is only eighteen years old and a bride of but two weeks.  Two weeks ago she was married to Mr. KLUTTZ… The pistol had been carried there when she went and it was in a drawer in the room.  In the room at the time were Mrs. WENTZ, her daughter, Mrs. KLUTTZ, the son, Vance WENTZ, and Dewey YANDLE and Mrs. Maggie HAYWOOD HELMS.  The company had been in a cheerful mood such as might obtain on such occasion, and perhaps had been dancing.  Mrs. KLUTTZ took the pistol from the drawer and took out the cartridges, supposing she had emptied the chambers.  She began pointing it about the room and her mother remonstrated with her, saying that it was dangerous.  She replied she had taken out the shells.  Her brother, Vance WENTZ, 28 years old, walked toward her and holding up his hands as if to take the pistol, said “Don’t, don’t, that’s dangerous.”  “Shut up,” replied Mrs. KLUTTZ, at the same time snapping the pistol in his face.  To the horror of all, the gun fired and Vance dropped with a bullet through his forehead.  He died within an hour…  Vance was the second son of the late John WENTZ and Mrs. Ida WENTZ.  He was 24 years of age.  Besides his mother the following grief-stricken brothers and sisters survive: Mr. Duke WENTZ of Indian Trail; Masters Paul, Wade and Ney, young boys living with their Mother.  The girls are: Mrs. Will McRORIE, Mrs. Clayton YANDLE, and Mrs. Reese KLUTTZ, who live in the immediate vicinity.  There is also one unmarried daughter, Miss Josephine WENTZ… The funeral and interment was held at the Bethel cemetery on Saturday afternoon…  

 

-Thomas Walter BICKETT, Union County’s Most Illustrious Son – On February 28th, 1869, Thomas Walter BICKETT, one of the most eminent men that North Carolina has yet produced, was born in the old CROWELL homestead of Jefferson street, Monroe, North Carolina.  His father, Dr. T. W. BICKETT, was a surgeon in the Confederate army.  After the collapse of the Confederacy, Dr. BICKETT practiced medicine in Monroe and Union county, where he became a very prominent man.  Mary COVINGTON BICKETT, the wife of Dr. BICKETT, was a fine and noble woman descended from a long line of well-known North Carolina families.  From these parents, young BICKETT inherited those cardinal virtues – a high sense of honor, of justice, and a deep and abiding love for all humanity…  On November 28, 1898, he married Miss Fannie YARBOROUGH, a woman of rare attainments, of dignity and charm, a constant source of help and inspiration to him…  Walter BICKETT entered the supreme office of Governor of North Carolina on January 11, 1912…  On December 27, 1921, he was stricken with three successive strokes of paralysis and died the next day…  [full page article]

 

-Young Man Crushed Under a Gravel Car - Mr. Lonnie DIGGS, a well known young man of Lilesville township, was so badly hurt that he died within a few minutes shortly before noon last Saturday, when he fell under the last wheels of a gravel car at the new ballast pit of HEDRICK & WADE, in Lilesville town, says the Messenger and Intelligencer.  The car was running down an incline, and Mr. DIGGS was braking it, using a wooden stick which he had picked up and standing either on the iron step or on the still at the front of the car.  The stick broke, throwing Mr. DIGGS off his balance, and he fell in front of the wheels of the car, which passed over his hips, crushing them… 

 

 

 

 

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