THE MONROE JOURNAL
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BEASLEY,
F. bEASLEV,
PraLieataa.
TVESOAY, January $, 1904.
The Pnreive Fanner uf Raleigh
tnes l us this wetk a "tV old
jur with Bow vigcr, new capita!
id a stro!.-r stan. announcing
tVt the jviiht has been bought from
lit. J. V. Denmark, who owned it
after it went out of th" possession of
CI Polk's immediate family. Thf
new purchasers .e a shark company
eunpiwd of lr. B. V. Kilreof the
North Carolina IVpartment of Agii-
culture, lr. l W. Durkett of the A.
and II. l'ollep Mr. J. W. Itiiley of
Raleigh and Mr. T. B. Parker. secre
tary and business agent of the 1-armors'
Stale Alliance, and Mr. Clar
ence 11 IV, Iio is editor and man'
ager. with I'r. Kilgire and Prof.
Ikin ki'U agricultun editors. Thin
change will give the bright young
editor, Mr. IV, who ha made the
Farmer a splendid par, a belter
hand, and means that the State is
t have an up-to-date farm paper
which w ill seek to help and stimu
late fanners and farm life and not
exploit them. We can give the new
comiany no better evidence of our
good will than to say that we would
lie rejoiced to see the Progressive
Fanner going into every farmer's
home in I'nion county, and the oth
ers, too, for that matter.
The beginning of the new year
finds Russia and Japan more ready
than ever to unleash the dogs of war.
The sympathy of this country is with
Japan, the pluekv little nation of the
rising sun country that has adopted
Eurojiean and American civilization
and dares for justice face the fearful
menaces of Russia the terrible. The
struggle is no mere contention over
boundary lines or spheres of influ
ence, but on the part of Japan, for
the first and fundamental right of
man, the right to grow. The popu
lation of the island is crowded to the
point of suffocation. There is no out
let except in Corea, the nearest main
land across the water, and Manchu
ria, the undeveloped northern prov
i :ce of China. With an insatiable
Lnd gn-ed whette:) by centuries of
unbridled aggression, Great K issia.jn
would kwp the Japanese out ot these
l imb - keep them still!;'.! up in their
little island, not because Russia her
self has any such need, but because
of greed for trade. The diplomats
and others w ho profess to know, tell
us that the storm may break at any
time. When it does, God pity the
Japanese.
It is the opinion of leading busi
ness men of Monroe that this town
must have an adequate and useful
organization for the promotion of our
material development. Some gentle
men are engaged in formulating a
plan for such an organization, w hich
is to be merely suggestive of a work
ing organization. This will soon be
presented as a basis for getting to
gether and talking over the matter
in a business like way, and arriving
at such conclusions as the members
may, in their wisdom, deem best.
The town w hich goes forward does
so by united effort. We can, and
naturally will, have our little differ
ences among ourselves, but when a
question effecting us all arises, as
the development of our town does,
we can easily stand together and pre
sent a solid front.
The features of the high price of
cotton have been the fact that the
farmers who make the cotton have
Leen more benefitted by the rise this
year than ever before, and that the
Southern people who gamble in fu
tures did, up until the break of last
week, make more money than ever
before. All Southern people are bulls
on the market, and the continued
and steady rise made it easy for
them to make money. But much of
this has already been lost and it is
pretty certain that all of it and more,
too, will eventually go back to New
York. The catastrophe in Chicago last
Wednesday afternoon was horrible
beyond the power of words to ex
j reus. The mayor of the city has or
dered every theatre in the p'ace to
be closed because their means of fire
protection are inadequate. This
looks something like locking the
stable after tho horse has gone, but
it will nevertheless serve good pur
pose. Con refutation.
Mr. Job H. Cullom, editor of the
Garland, Teui, New., bit writ tea a
letter of conj rtultioni to the menu
lecturer of Chamberlains Cough Rem
tty ai followa: "Siiteen years ago
when oor oral ebtld waa a baby ne
subject to eronpy tpella and we would
be very noeaay about him. We began
otiiif Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
1887, and Boding it aucb a reliable
remedy for colda and croup, we have
never been without it in the booee
liuce that lima. We bar na children
and have given it to all of them witb
good results. One good feature of thia
remedy ia that it i not disagreeable to
lake and our babies really lias it
Another it that it it sot dangerous and
there it no rik from giving as over
dene. I congratulate yoa opon the tuc
ceet of youv remedy. For tale by Dr.
S. J. Weltb and C. N Sunptoo, Jr.
Soar Cootritxitkm.
Theeomraunicatiorts and contribu
tions that a newspaper get in the
run of a week are something to give
the spice of vanetv to even the most
raving appetite fur change. It t so
iih a small weekly, w hat must it be
with 1 bin daily ? The run of con
tributor to a newspaper are a study.
Any man wb- comes in is likely to
uave up his sleeve something be
anw published. It mar be a piece
of old repnnl as big as a barn dr
or it may be an original bit of stuff
hrmly believed by the author to be
first class poetry but with the meas
ure as uncertain as the movement of
a Christmas jag. And there is also
llie man who has copied, without re
gard to punctuation or capital letters,
a learned disquisition on an abtruse
subject and offers it as his own. The
Journal very highly values its corps
of correspondents who send in the
newt items, and wants them to un
derstand that they are not included
in this study, these are a part of
the news-gathering force of the paper.
Apparently, the hardest thing in
the world to get people to under
stand is the fact that contributors
must give their names when they
send in their articles. Almost every
paper keeps a notice like this stand
ing in its columns, w hile others con
tinually refer to it. Jet, constantly,
people send in contributions without
a scratch to indicate who ineir au
thors are or whether they are sent in
good faith. A ten-page article of this
kind came to The Journal this morn
ing. Of course, the writer will spend
manv an hour in wondering what
became of his piece. This thing is
a little matter that people will never
learn.
e
The persistent, though unsuccess
ful contributor, is a rare bird. The
Journal has one. Quietly each week
he comes in, lays his bit of paper on
the table and walks out without a
word. The fact tliat his contribu
tions never get in the paper has nev
er seemed to disturb him a bit he
keeps coming just the same. Why
has he been debarred ? Well, for
two reasons : Many of his pieces are
intended to be humorous and the
joke hangs fire ; the other part of
them are a series of vain question
ings concerning the doctrine of actual
hell fire a question we do not con
ceive ourselves called upon to assist
in setthnc. But even- week the iht-
sistent contributor indulges himself
in a change, and so, to break the
monotony, we print his pieces this
time. Here they are, heads aim all
'spencer's hrst rRiNciri Ks.
"Quiz When does a baby get
milkshake ?
Re Tort When its mother has a
AMPLE CAt'SB.
"Benedict Why that care-woin
and haunted look r
"Bachelor, shuddering This is
leap vear.
o
A genuine darkev, no matter how-
much he may steal or how much he
mav be deprived of his liberty in con
sequence thereof, never loses his love
for religious songs. And about all
he wants of the song is a chorus. He
supplies the remainder as he sings.
They are also great hands to p't
their songs, no matter how foolish,
printed. They'll tike an old tune
and hang any jumble of words to it
that comes to mind. As an example
of the stealing-religums-singing dar
key, John Hough, heretofore referred
to as charter and, apparently, a life
member of the chain gang, forces
himself to the front. John this week
sends us a "Song by Rufus Adams,"
and says, "please, sir, print this and
return to John Hough, care of Capt.
B. T. Fletcher." Here is John's
"song," and though it may seem
foolish to a wise and free generation,
there is comfort in it to the chain
gang crew as they swing their picks
from morn till night, joining lustily
in the chorus as one of the leaders
makes the lines between :
"Ynmlrreomea alxfer Miry,
Sinter Martha Iit her nMe
Wtth Hie rMpel bMAtn tn her right hand.
Sweeping out the acute of ud.
i-auare.
Sweep elean, Mary, aweeji clean. Martha;
We are walking In the light ol Uud.
When I can read air tit lea clear
Tn mannltine In the tale.
I'll hid farewell Ut every fear
And wla Bljr weeping eyaa.
caoata.
Sweep clean, Mary, aweep clean, Martha;
We arc walking in the light uf Uod.
Yonder ennifa Brother Oahrlel,
And Hmther Mu-hael tij hla aide,
W tth the goape! hriKim in hla right hand.
Sweeping out the euuee uf Uod.
caoata.
Sweep clean, Mary, aweep clean, Martha;
We are walking In the light uf liod."
General Lonfstreet Dead.
Charlotte Ohrerver.
A hero of three wars Mexican,
Indiauand civil passed away with
the death of Gen. James Longstreet
at his home at Gainesville, Ga.,
last evening. Had he lived until
the 21st of thia month be would
have been 83 years old. Ife was a
native of Kdgefield county, 8. C, a
graduate of West Point, and in the
war between the States waa succes
sively brigadier general, major gen
eral and general commanding the
First Corps, Army of northern
Virginia. After the warGen. Long-
street became a Republican and
has held one position and another
almost continuously ever since
when that party was in power. The
highest of theae waa that of minis
ter to Turkey, and since 1897 be
has been commissioner of the Pa
cific railroads a sinecure. In the
year last mentioned, when about
77 years old, the old gentleman
waa married. The Southern people
never quite forgave him for his
politics, but it ia to be passed to
his credit that he was a brave sol
dierwhether or not alwsysa skill
ful commander the historians dif
fer.
Mr. Wm.S. Crane of Califoraia,Md
uttered for yea re frota rbeomariara
and lumbago. He wat anally adviaed
to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which
be did and it effected a complete cars.
For tale by Dr. S. J. Walah sad C. N.
Sitnpeoa, jr. .
Sewing Machines, beet and
cheapest, at the Monroe Furniture
Company's.
Yeatnf Mea hitched TheiBScrvc
l'e te a Btigry.
Oarer pa trare i The- Jaaraal.
Altan. Jan. 4, Christinas ased
off very quietly. There was no drink
ing ,rdunrUorly conduct, toe young
people had a few social entertain
ments.
There were o young men from
fWk Messr. B. and R-,
called on one of the fair young daugh
ters of Buford m long since. ntr
n tukrwhu-k. the other in a buggy.
hen the hour ot aeanure came
thjt viiim men atari t-J for their
horses, which were hitched in a grove
nearby. The hordes, seeing ine young
irun Uuk fnclit and caporea u
home some five mik-s distant. Thi
Y.mm men ful lowed on. but not una
ing their h(rsn. returned for the
l,.i,.,.v l,v 1,-Ml!n. mil 01 II oter
down hill and uivhill.throiigh
. . m -, L t
a piercing wind. lor a nines wuir
the dawuol day.
The sclha4 teachers have all
atimwl fhe.tr Wiirk
Mr. W. T. 1 .ancy went toCharWte
Fridav fr mill rejtairs.
Mr' and Mrs Krank (lav of Crtvr
gia visited relatives in the Altan
neighborhood during the holiday
Mr HHr Bilk of the I'niu
States armv is on a furlough of 30
days, visiting relatives near Hope.
The road overseers of Buford town
ship are requested to meet thesupei
riuNit l! V Griltin'xMondaV.tll
11 th. at 10 o'clock, to receive advice
and tools for the better working
the public roads. J. C. L
Marshville News.
Correapundenre uf The Journal.
Marshville, Jan. 5 School opened
last Tuesday morning with several
new students. Miss Minnie Wilhoit.
the primary teacher, sent a part of
last week with her brother at An
sonville. '
Mr. J. C. Brooks of Chattanooga.
Tenn., came in Tuesday morning on
a visit to his parents.
Mr. John Weir of King's Moun
tain visited friends here last week.
Miss Panic Lee of Monroe spent
Friday with Miss Alma Marsh.
Miss Abernathy of Charlotte visi
ted her sister, Mrs. J. . Green, last
week.
Messrs. J. II. and W. S. I-ee of
Monro sjx'nt Friday in town.
Mr. Copeland Masseyof Taxahaw,
S. C, was here last week.
Ir. Watt Ashcraft was in town
Wednesday. J.
of
Mr. and Mrs. Green Entertain.
Correeuontcm-e of The Journal.
Rushing, IVc. 31 - Christmas pass
ed tiff quietly. No marriages to re
port and news is scarce.
rk'hool suspended one week for
Christmas. It oH-iied again Wed
nesday. We are glad to state that Mrs
Marv Ann Ashcraft is improving
She is the oldest person in this com
munity, being nearly eighty years of
age.
Miss Minnie Perkins of South
Carolina is visiting her brother. Dr.
Perkins, this week.
Messrs. II. 0 Sturdivant and B. L.
Bushing spent the holidavs at home
Mr. Rushing returned to Columbia
Christmas night. He is a teacher in
a business college at that place.
We had the pleasure of attending
the reception given the correspond
ents of Our Home Christmas day
On account of the rain the corre
spondents did not turn out, but din
ner was served just the same, and it
was certainly a treat to be there. e
wish to extend thanks to Mr. and
Mrs. Green for their hospitality and
wish Our Home, much success.
Tomorrow w ill be New Year's (lav
Ijet each one of us resolve to live a
better life and do more for suffering
humanity next year than we have
done this year. II.
Rock Rest Items.
Correiiponnynce of The Journal.
The Christmas tree on the 21th
was highly enjoyed by both young
and old. 1 he presents were plentiful
and few of the names were forgotten.
Santa Clans was on hand and added
no little to the enjoyment of the occasion.
The teachers and students of the
Rock Rest school intend to observe
North Carolina Day in the afternoon
of the 15th inst. All patrons of the
school are earnestly requested to be
present.
Clegg Funderburk, son of Mr. W.
E. Funderburk, who lives four miles
southeast 01 Monroe, foil from a
house on last Tuesday evening and
broke his wrist.
Mr. II. E. Copple and son, Boyd,
of Monroe spent last Wednesday
with Mr. IL C. Griffin.
Miss Inez Williams of Rock Rest
spent the Christmas holidays in Rock
ingham. Misses Lois and Mittie Williams,
who have been off teaching school,
spent Christmas at home.
Misa Brownie Gathings of Rock
Rest spent Christmas at Carmel.
Mr. Oscar Moore of Rock Rest
spent Christmas with his sister, Mrs.
T. B. GYodman of Polkton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. II. Williams of
Monroe spent last Monday with Mr.
T. B. Liles of Rock Rest,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry McCollum of
Oak Grove spent last Monday visit
ing relatives at Rock K4tl.
Misses Mayme and Gertie Phillips
of Matthews spent Chiistmas visiting
relatives at liock Rest
Mr. Luther Phillips of Matthews
spent last Wednesday visiting friends
at Rock Rest
Mrs. W. A. Benton of Monroe is
visiting her father, Mr. T. J. Wil
liams of Rock Rest. A Stcdist.
A Prisoner la Her Own House.
Un. W. H. Layha of tool Agnet
aire,, Kantat City, Mo., bat for several
yean beta troubled with a aevere
boareeoeet and at timet a bird cough,
which aba tart, "Would keep me in
doon for dtya. I was preecribed for
by pbyaiciaot wilb no noticeable re
tulta. A friend gave me part of a bot
tle of Cbambrlaio't Cough Remedy
witb inalroctioot to cloaely follow the
direction! and I wiab to ttate that af
ter the Drat day i could nolice a de
cided change for tbe belter, and at
Ibis lime after oeing it for two week a,
have no beaitatioe) in saying I realite
thai I am entirety cored." Thia rem
edy it for tale by Dr. S. J. Welab and
C. N. Simpaoo, jr.
RELATING TO THE
PUBLIC 5CHOOLS.
r rebr. eaauittraae. etuiarata or athera
wea4 la tte palate arawuta a tavilra
trt'aite thW eMumw. -h.4 . per-
aaral . f auf thia W-wrtag apoa tbe puk
Ur ertwwi e;cae. The t-MU
down in tit bok. Just how popular
it will be, is Mill to be seen, as the
farmers out here think men in the
(college know very little about a far
mer s tMbuues.
Will Teach Agriculture.
tVrepnlrik.- of th Joarnat.
The fe'lowing pupils of Wesley
Chavl graded schl won first hon
ors for the week ending December
IS, I'M :
Seventh grade Bright Moore,Le na
Howie. Vernon M.tore.
Sixth grade Winnie Price, Tom
Bigger, Cleveland Moore, A vera Ply
ler. Fifth grade Addie Winchester,
Agnes House, Maurice Price. Daisy
Helms. Hampton lnce, iHuinic Piy
ler. IVarl Price, Jane Pressltj-.
Fourth grade Amelia 1 law field,
Pattie Worley. Irl IYiee, Carrie Fin
cher. Rose Winchester, John Win
chester, Amy House.
Third grade Addie Freeman, Jim
Craig.
Second grade Ton; Wolf.
The following were second honor
pupils: Clyde Biggers, I-elia Win
duster. Joe Uts, Nannie Howie,
Gabe Helms.
Our progressive County Superin
tendent was here on North Carolina
Day by invitation. The children en
joyed his visit immensely. They
would like to have him come again
soon.
It is to the credit of the pupils of
the graded school that they memor
ized all the North Carolina Day pro
gram, and that in four days' time.
Mr. Dalrymple thinks that the chil
dren of this community are well
equipped mentally.
it is the purpose of the teachers
here to teach agriculture as laid
An Incident of the Chkagw Fire.
Chkafo DpaK. I4 11.
A athetic incident occurred today
on the Cottage Grove avenue cable
line. This passes within half a
square of Roiston's morgue. Late
this afteruvin a man, haggard and
worn, walked up to a tVttage Grove
avenue car and climbed aboard, car
rying in his arms the body of a little
gold-haired girl. The form was
partially wrapcd in a canvas ckth.
but not sulhcicntly to conceal it As
the father Uvk his seat with the
child in his arms, the conductor
eved him doubtfully and then, ap-
' proachiug him, touched him on the
I shoulder, saying : "I am sorry, but
' the rules of the company do not prr
! nut lite earn ing of bodies in this
. manner. I must ask you to Wave
the car."
i Without clanging his expression
' in the slightest ; without showing a
: trace of excitement or irritation, the
man rose to his feet, still holding on
one arm mo ixiy 01 niscnuu. h un
his free hand he thrust in the face
'of the conductor a large revolver and
said in a tone which betokened utter
. weariness and ahmt lark of interest
in the prvveedings : "This is my
daughter. 1 have looked for her all
of last night and all of today. I have
i tried in vain to obtain a cab or a
i carriage and I can get none. Iam
taking my baby home to her mother
and I intend to take her on this car.
Now go on."
Other men on the car interceded
with the conductor and the latter
realizing the situation, gave way and
I in the crowded car the father sat
1 and carried the corpse of his child to
her home.
! An Old Favorite !
.SONG
f Robert Htrrlck
Or
RORERT IIKRRICK. clerayman and poat. called by
aoma cnll.e tht beet writer of llfht lyrical vereve la
Enallah literature, waa born In London la 1MI and died
In IVvunihlre In KT4. During the civil war liar rick waa
deprived of hla poet of vicar becauee of hla royattat pro
rltvltlae. He waa rcatored In lad alanr of Hernck'e
poema are unuaually erotic for a clerayman, and aoma
of them h-ive met with ecvera crltictam. Many of them
were puliliithcd anonymouely.
G
ATHKR ye roecbuila aa ya
mav,
OM Time la etiM a-flvlnc
Anl thia aatne Mower that
mCa to-iliiy
To-morrow will be dytnf.
The ilnrloua lamp of heaven, the aua.
The hlh. r he a a-nettln.
The aooner will hut race he run.
And neartr he a to eelllnc.
That ace la beet which la th Aral.
When youth and blood art warmer;
But brim ipent, th won and wortt
Tim atlll fucceed th former.
Then be not coy, but ua your time.
And. whtl ye muy. fo marry,;
For havlnc loit but one your prime,
Too may for ever tarry.
Cl 23cmk 'Booh
for 2Tcti Jews
Give the children something substantial for Christmas.
Present them with bank books and begin early to Instil in
their minds habits of thrift and economy. Many ot our cut
tomers are doing this. Parents open accounts for your chil
dren. Accounts may be opened with small amounts and on
all such Interest will be paid at the rate of 4 per cent and com
pounded every three months.
The Savings. Loan & Trust Company
F. H. WOLFE, Cashier.
HORSES
AND MULES!
Wholesale
and
Retail.
Our buyer has just returned from the
West with two car loads, our second supply
for this fall. If you want one, a dozen, or a
car load, it will pay you to come to see us.
Wo have and keep in stock all kinds at right
prices. Heed this notice and we will save
you money.
E. A. Armfield & Sons.
Eelk
.ftffstheirs.
andS
hoe fifourc.
The Cheapest Store
on Earth.
AllCtiOn JobS A Specialty.
Cheapest Store on Earth.
Phone 74.
New Year
Resolutions.
Are you going to make any New
Year resolutions f If you are, don't
iiiuke an unreaMonable one that you
cannot keep. Kvery time yoa make
a resolution ami fail to keep it you
are iu a worse condition than yon
were with4he old habit that you
resolved to quit. We do uot ez-IMH-t
to luake single resolution
and then break it. We will make
only one. That is one we will have
to keep; one that we would disdain
to violate; one that will profit us
to keep. Kead that resolution be
low. It is a simple one and the
only one we will make and propose
to bend all our engergiea and de
vote all our time to keeping faith
fully to ourselves and all others
concerned. It is thia ;
We resolve to maintain from New
Year's Day 1904 to New Year's
Day 1 90S the best and cheapest
Grocery store In Monroe.
Thia will not be hard to do be
cause we have been in the habit of
doing tbat very thing for more than
year. It has paid us to do so and
it has benefitted every customer
we have. Our new firm will main
tain the integrity and reputation of
the old one. ith thia promise,
upon our part, we trust that we
may have the continuation of your
patronage in tbe future as we have
bad in the past. We most heartily
appreciate (lie liberal way the good
people of tbe county have patron
ized us in the pant and beg a con
tinuation of the same in tbe future.
Assuring you our beet service and
lowest prices, and again assuring
you of our hearty appreciation of
yonr patronage In the past,
We are yours,
Bivens & Helms.
Mil
inn Like
We've labored hard and long to
establish a reptation for honest and
fair dealing, giving 18 onucei to
the pound, and underselling all
com pet ion wherever located. It
ia true there are those who at times
think they might do better in the
towns, and we are always glad to
have them investigate, for it al
ways results that I am the cheapest
place.
Nice line Ladies' Ospea and
Cloaks just In from Kew York.
Beet Btick Candy 7 cents per
pound.
Best Granulated Sugar 30 pounds
for one dollar.
Paper 11ns 1 cent
Bet Table Bpoona 5 cents.
8 day Clock, best $1.98.
And we've got almost anything
elae yon want We have nade oor
start by working cheap, and to get
plenty work to do we are willing
to work cheaper.
Give na your orders. We will
guarantee satisfaction.
Tbe place to meet your neighbor
is at
HENRY W. PUSSEB'S,
Z0A2,H. C,
Don't Blame the Cook if
Your Bread Is Poor,
But in the future buy Porcelain Patent Hour. It is the Nut
M .t. 1 1 1 . .1 . , . .
uuur inai can m pruuuoeu uy motiern iiiaruinery anil uoioing
but the finest wheat grown is used In its manufacture.
Just arrived: New Crop Out Flakes, Prepared Buck wheat 9
flour, Mountain Buckwheat Flour, New Mucruroni, HI rained
Honey, Imported Syrup, Pin Money Pickles.
If you waut tbe finest cup of coffee you ever drank, try a
package of Premier Coffee, and besides getting the finest cofl'ce f
you also get a ltodgers Silver After Dinner Coffee Spoon in ev
err luirkaoev
r B
Keceived every week by express N'unnally'a Fine Chocolates X
and Bon Itoua, Freah Cakes, Crackers aud Wafers received Z
eacn week.
me Llndseu Grocery Co. il
You
Want a
Bargain?
We are going to manufacture Bug
gies, and in order to get considerable
more room, we will for the next thirty
days close out our entire stock of
Vehicles
at or about cost for tho CASH only.
Our stock is well selected and com
prises some of the latest styles. We can
suit the most fastidious. This is no
fake advertisement. We mean what
we say. and you can put your money in
your pocket and come to see us. We
will prove, what we say.
The Heath-Lee
Hardware Co.
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Car. CHat
la Two Pays.
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