Newspapers / The Monroe Journal (Monroe, … / June 8, 1909, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE MONROE JOURNAL. VOLUME XVI. NO. tO. MONROE, N.C., TUESDAY JUNE 8. 1000. One Dollar a Y&j Rocky River Springs CHANGED TO ALL-ROUND YEAR RESORT. Summer Season The proprietor of these Celebrated Springs has made many improve ments since last season - has just installed Electric Light Plant and Wafer Worls. lighting up all the buildings, springs and grounds. ::: Sulphur, Iron, Arsenic And Magnesia Springs. For rates, etc., address. W.T. BRASINGTON, Prop., Rocky River Springs. N. C. If It's Furniture You Want, The Place To Buy II.K.m t2i!:' : n 'i'v 0,1,1 CI. ,A, p i.Kk.r.,.f PIANOS AM) OIKiANS of the beat quality, anil all we ask is that you give our Instrumi-nts a fair tent. Km mt befora you buy. My goods must lie us ri prt'st nttn!. Yours for business. T. On The Ttuf is what ire always try to he with our clients. When we talk INSURANCE you can depend upon it that we represent the safest and best companies. Take LIFE Insur ance. Do you know that is today one of the best investments? You not only protect your family but you share in the profits as well. Call and let us explain the latest Endowment Policy. Gordon Insurance Every thinking citizen is now paying strict attention to public and local business conditions, and especially to the condition of the local banks as reflected by their frequently published statements. The light of this investigation has resulted in bringing the Q Q t to the front stronoer than ever, and OFFICERS: R. A. MORROW, President J. R. ENGLISH, Vice-President W. H. PHIFER, Teller. Opens June 1st is T. P. Dillon's. Suits in oak, $l:t..V. with roll foot rs anil Iran llnl, all prirex. f all tho L.tot tyk- and .ri.-vi.. 'arpfta, lruiT(i'tii, liiiiris Oil ( lnth and l.inoli.'lis. The li.ivi'iit atik'k of Muttii.f; ewr placcil on our IliKir. P. Dillon. Level ! 6 Investment Co. INVESTIGATION First Natiorjal Bani; .. UNDER GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY FOR STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY STOKY OV A lUtlAHIST. Deplorable Aflair InvoKIng Prom inent Young Lady ol Alleghany County. j I lue of the niost deplorable af-,'-fair that has ever occurred in! Western North Carolina in bring, a ! uuf.il.li-! iu 'hiti-li-a.l. Alleghany rin ut v, nxh dav, as the details ol In ocnilioti.s ami uiachiuatu.iisol one t ! Olwu, uliaa Robert I'. Iku nelly, herniue known, lie in una a priMUier iu I'eorio, II!., alon? be in belli on the iliar ol lorp-ry anil bigamy, he liming marrinl Min Agiiea Va-.ii)j. a la-aiitiful yoiiuj; woman of laenty eam, aben he hail a aife livinjr in llie lllinoia i-ity. The utory of the atl'air is of in tertut to iraetit'lly all of tl.i.s m-e-tinn ol North Carolina, J'rof. I lf Wagoner, a brother of llie youug woman, having taught at IHjImoii a nil Ix-iug a i.roniinent ! uealor of Alleghany county. Tlie Wagoner family in one of the moht proiuinent in Wetttcrn North Carolina and the victim of Olnen, aa he called himself, in a beaut ilul anil aroimipliolii'il young woman. She ban lieen tukeu from lilut Held, W. Ya., by her brother, ahilher she bad gone with her Hiiiioscd husband. Detail of the oK'ratioim of Ol aen were reoeiveil in this city yes terday. He met Mian Wngoucr at I Ilk in tctoln'r hut aa vhe w:ia en route from her mountain home to jSamtcrville, (ia., to enter a train j ing achool for nupna. Ni't day they were uiurried at Hoi k Ilill, A V., by Kev, Thoa. V. Oili-ll. At that time Olseu was engaged in a grocery business iu Charlotte and 1 lie nnjicarcd to lie all right iu cv 'ery particular and prosper.. ns. ;.lust la-fore Christinas he lclt Char lotte most abruptly, he and his I young w ile going to Whitehead presumably to spend Christmas with her parents, (llsen as on the point of leaving for Nebrahku, lie (leclaied, hut wils persuaded by 1'rof. Wagoner to remain ut White head during the winter. Olsen proleHNcd religion and Inn .liimestie relations were cordial un til March last, wheu he attempted to gain poaacanioii of his wile's property. Then Mrs. Wagoner, the mother, intcrveucd and Olseu acted iu such a manner as to get himself in jail. He was placed un der an fMK) peace bond, but l'rof. Wagoner, hia brother in law, had the mi in reduced and the fellow was released with the untie mlauiting that he leave the State. Accompanied by his young wife he left Whitehead. Nobody knew anything about him and alt bin rcf erenies proved false. The police iu practically every city in the Unit ed State had description of It .lit. I'. Donnelly, alias Smith, alias Me ('lure, aliaa Olseu, uud by means of a typewriter lull with the Char iot le National ltauk, he was picked up near liluelield. He was wanted ut Peoria on three charge of for gery and one of bigamy. It wetns that he forged a cheek on his IV oria wife lor ',(HH uud buncoed other iermiim out of scvei.il bun dred. Wife No. a clung lovingly to the traitor and would not Micve in his guilt. He attempted . o commit i suicide in the ail ut l.lueheld by I sum. ii log i llie. ui i o.ii e ..i-n.ii. n ..:....! 1. 1 ... . o i ...... ' ...1. 1. J 'il..t'..f I ...I I V .... ! ! '.. linuJI U.I.U llllll. i f.nrn, ... i '..- nelly, is ulxiut :!5 years old, ms , curly hair and may he. classed as good looking. Much sympathy is expressed for the young woman on r ......1 ..I.. ..:.. uccoiiiii oi mo ii.-i)ioiaoio niit.i. i , .. , , .. .. r i c and it s hoped by tho friend of , .. .,' .... It.n fuioitv Iliut ttu. fellow will lie made to pay for his crimes. There are many imitations of De Witt'i Caibolized Will Ii Hazel Salve - DeWitt'i it the orii;iual. l e mrc you get DtWlll'i Carln.liJ Witrh Hazel Salve when you ask fur it. It ii good fur cuts, burin aud bruises, and ii especially good for piles. SulJ by Knglith Drug Company. When industry goes out of the window, poverty breaks down the door. Wa do not know of any other pill that ia at good ai DeWitt't Little Kar ly Kiaera, the (uinoua little liver pills small, gentle, pleasant and tore pills with a reputation. Sold by KiiKlii.li Drug Company. t 11 11 1 1 vour dollar does its dutv onlv when . i..ii on interest or suoject to AIIRICTS NOTICE IN ItOSlON.; every other maim fact uring iiidtn !" Some Improtiunt of The Evening "The n.iitn'i;- u.ui iue ..I ibis Chronicle lit tireat flolj on ' ' '",' '" ,' I' VmMV 7 " , , ... , .roiittniied Mr. Smith, "this lull the IVople 1 Ch.rlotle. , it ia fr :,. mt. 1 'r...ji.nr..i,: . V nn.urgi.. American nidus Yuur page issue of May 15 is and giiaiai.tccii.g to them a i.i.ign-.lio nl paper ami u an - I noiinccuient lliat it M to be follow l.y another lie edition fur May; j'.tt, indicat.- thai Jnu r )Ulllii on a great beail of ateatti auil show - ing a wonderful burst ol mhI. !deeudcut f.-r the enru hiuei.t of all-.it ciieeriuii the hudden lie The Observer and The Chrouicle ,w Tiiis ammonia, or this depaitine li.nu the city of Mrn. are lUiliin of which Chailotte has uitr.eiii.nis element that i Him!.), who let) ( h.nl-.t'e Satur great reanon lo lie nud. I have ctly and so e.-.ential in the pn iday m d.t l"..r the home of her traveled from Jlaiue lo California duet ion ol this crop miot Ik taxed u tu-r, Mi. V. T. .1 ..rilau, in and I am familiar with the lien! Uause a few coke ami (fa-compi New York. 1'iii.r to her depart daily newspaper of the railed uies whis already pri.te. liil ami Hie .e l..;. her fiiends that her State. I have never seen morn ing making their uiillions,raiino be do j tile u in il:'iil;i-r.-hoi,ldsheHa'nd and afternoon paicr anywhere, uj,., piinlege of making irther' it with her hiih.iud. She also that are aa iiitlueiitiul with th.-.. ousliliieiu-ieaaaTheOliserver and The Chrouicle. They are iMwitive, uui.iie force with the people who read theni and at Held ny llieir fcutwcrioera in a farmer had to pay ala.ut ii pi rton measure of perwmai esteem and af- j moi-e? lo pi. since hia cotton for fer lection which in almost w ithout ;tij,,er iu order to give a little ad parallel iu my olwervatiou. Iditioual prolit to au already pros- The Olwerver has for years hal ja-rous pwtei-ted industry, hut he a lilicral advertiaing patronage, al- U11 amt pay a dulv on his bag though its latins are far and away gjng a) tiea'iu order lo build up the highest in the State, ltut w ith 4 hagging industry on Aiiu-iican a paper like The Observer the unit ' mf wr0 r.,w jute materia) oi cost must lmik very small beide was produced and, on l';e other the unit of service it renders lo ad- band, to add to the pu lits of the vertisers (quality and quantity areVraat ,1.1 trust. .... i. : ...... iH.ui laciora ill waning mui noil During my residence in Char lotte a few years ago I took occa sion once to make a house to house canvas over a considerable section of Charlotte (over Iwo wants and I found 1 he Chronicle in evidence' in the homesof the city by a grand (, , t,ansaie. To this ,.1V. he big show over any other paper, j WVIS . ,lH lllt MtW ,w ecu. The result of my investigation was n,i,.y he read, but what he mad. a revelation to me. If every live i f,-OIII ti,f t-x in hand included thii Charlotte advertiser knew the con- m.0,1(v: ewasa friend toman, lilions of the Chroui.le's circula- am ie jVed in a house by tin-side tion as well as I found them out at !of ,IC ttmy ..yi,,.,,. j.j a p.a in ii. first hand at thai time there would ,lilt sentence," thought the young not be a single one of them alwent , K. Klt down. There wiw from its columns. in.lec.1 a noein in it. but he did not i:iw AKIl (ii I.I.I M. Iloston, May IT, VMM. r.x-l'arnicrs' Union Smith Makes His l irst 5peech In Senate. 4-lll.mt.MI ..4t.-, il.l. iH'uouuritig tho euiling tariff bill as giving the manufacturer nil undue M.lvaiitai'n over the Ameri can wiirkingiuan, Senator Smith of South Carolina unequivocally ex pressed his faith in a tree trade policy in an extended speech, while the cotton schedule was under con sideration in the Senate today. "Tho w hole tendency of this leg islation has lieeu to cheapen the raw material uud raise the price of the finished article," said Mr. Smith, "thereby giving to tho pro tected muuutucttircr a double, ad vantage, lessening the price of what he has to buy and raising (lie price of what he has to sell. I am not pleading for, or shall I vote for protection of the raw material. I believe a thing is worth what it will bring in the oM?n markets of the world. What I shall vote against is the iniquitous and hide fcusibln system of legislating a prolit for artificial methods. I lie lieve that American skill and the wonderful mechanical devices op tr.;. ' ; ......' ,., a... erated by steam, water and eloc- , rial makes it possible for us to ....... ....lit will. tin. ituli...ta nf .Iia i .. i n oi i.l. Senator Smith said it was abso lutely idle talk about the protective tariff lieing a benefit to the cotton ... . . . imd grain growers of America, . ,,, .... a. support of his position, Mr. Si 11 . ' .' In Smith quoted, timugu not hy name, a lending lanufacturerof the South, who, he said, had told liim that hej hclived that it was right and just; that the protective feature of tariff: on cotton goods should lie entirely wiped out. The protection of the i government, asserted Mr. Smith, I giving such a margin of profit, has invited and brought into the cotton manufacturing business "a lot of financial biicaneers and plungers, I who, by the marvelous profits that could be figured, possibly on pa ier,put on foot impossible schemes, w hich have resulted disastrously to the mill industry of the country." He said that what is true of the cotton industry is largely true of of MoQroe cnecK. CONTROL OF UNION, and CITY OF ROSCOE PHIFER, Cashier W. C CROWELL, ; n-juat.le prolit, whi'e on the oth er hand, with shaip routiast with it in the hill, is iiioriiated a tat on the very Icrliliiiigchuiciit iimmi 1 which the agricultural hdorer is niiiiioii o..: of that which the gov ernuicnt ought Iomh that the faim jergetsat the loaect kwmM price." jj. Smith fciid that it was not 'j- rur dial the Southern cotton The House by the Side ol the Koad. Years ago, in the class room i.l theceleliiate.l Haiknc-s, prol'esM.r ,,f (;m j I'.i-owii Colli g"- as it then wils a vouiu' man was lull.. i write it for nearly twenty jeais. All that time, though, the words as he liad translated them staved with him, and he was then able to write a poem which has made a deep impression on many lives. From ''Dreams in Homespun,' by Sam Waller Koks. Copyriglit, I !;. by Ijee Shepaid. I'sed by per mission of Loth rop, Lee &. Sin panl Company. There arc hermit souls that li.e with drawn In the place of their self-content; There are souls like stars tin.) dwell apart In a tellowless firmament; There are pioneer souls that Maze a path Where highways never run. IaI me live in a house by the side of the rend And he friend to man. Let me live in a house by the ii.lc of the mad Where the nice .if men go by The men that an' good, the nun thai lire bud, As gtssl mid as had as 1. Then why should i sit in the seorner's sent. Or hurl the cynic's ban? Ia-t me live in a house by the side of the mad And be a friend to mini. 1 ace from my house by the side of the road, Hy the side of the highway of life, The men that press on with the ardor Of llOH', And the men that arc faint with the atrife. And I turn not awuy from their smiles and their tears Until parts of nn Infinite plan. Let me live in a house l.y the side of the mad And Is.' a friend to man. 1 know there are l.rool.-gln.lilcnc.l mead ows ahead, And mountains of wearisome height. That the road stretches on through the long afternoon And passes away to the night. Yet still I rejoice when the tiavelers rejoice, And weep with the strangers that moan; Nor live in my house by the side of the road Like a man that lives alone. Let me live in a house by the side of the road When1 the race of men go hy. They are pood, they are had, they are strong, Wise, foolish: so am I. Then why should I sit iu the scorner's aeat, Or hurl the ovnic'a ban? Ia'I me live in a house hy the side of the Mad And Is' a friend to man. 1 1 1 devosited with us. MONROE. Assistant Cashier Charlotte .Man Attempt to kill llis lie. N..i-:'..r Il.-iiol Claiksou ail! li.i.-i.t Hi:v 1....11. i.,. I.. II,. a.,., ..I jiirv now i.i .....,.,, th-rase of the State aiict Mi. D. tmisa Hurley wore than be thinks he d.--. chai-u.g In in a ill, an assault with ', ""V ut a .hv.llv naiH.ii witbthe uil.-iit to,lbr Vw '"k wl'ltrf a marriage I ill his H... Mrs. kalhcriio' Jor 'an 1 1 Hi lev. For the f tins the towu ban lain au-.'g with the utoiiea st.Ueii thai he bail li-clat hei three times Rit u n lay m. i ing, and that, under lheiiitlai'10-.M.f vhiskey, hia aiuiwaslM.l, olh rvi' he would have kiliisl he. Mr. uud Mis. Him lev have Is-eu prominent iu Charlotte S.a'iety for i i!ii:i!iar .ol years. She is llie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. lonlon, !. n.a.le Chuilotle their home dunii' her young ladyhood ami for aiue months alter her mar riage. Mr. Iluilcv came to Char- ..tie from Lynchburg, Ya., and was at Dim engaged in the cotton business heie. He connected him self with the best r!ul.a of the citv mid was to some extent successful in lius.ness. His marim-p took hue hls.ut three years ago, and while then, baa vii uuhappiness if w.i. g.-n. tally supposed by mu tual fiieiids to h.ie la-en Hatched ,ip. I Dining the past few cars he has been di iiikiiu; more than lie should ai.d to some - t.'i.t his health has Is en th n by iiuiiaiieil. This is ideme.l by his treiitiiicnt at the Churlotie Sin itoi iuni which he lclt Ihiiisilay. l-'iiday iii;:ht they calhd on I friends, but going to (heir nanus at the lluli. id Until, he left his wife uud ii was Silurday morning that the alleged attempt at murder wa-i coimuillc.I. SlioH'y after t! o'c'.K-k Saturday luiiriiie,, it U said by Mrs. Hur t's liiitnls to whom she related the whole story of the uilair, that he entered her bed khiiii and or Iciod her to leave it. Sii-ing that he was intoxicaii d, she iiciiiicsced null ol hl iliiuaiids, but stated :hat she could i ot leave i tinned late ly. He threatened to shout her, so lie laid, and had a pistol in his hand. Alter it few moments of loud talking and Ducats, it is said, he placed his revolver almost in llis w ile's face and fired. On lie- (unit ol his iliuukeii condition his hand tumbled to such an extent that the iiim went wild, and the Imlli t passed her left car. After the shot was lired, he is credited witli having made other threats, cxprcsMiig rc;;rei that the liullet uiissed Its mink. Kushing into his i-iiiiiii.w hieh w.i.scoiincetcd I hi. nigh ,l.l iidpuiiilig bath room, he seized llis wife's dollies mid was on the point of throwing them at her feet, when she quickly closed his bed room dot.r, lockin;; it. Almost iiu mediately another pistol report was hear I, the bullet crashing through the door and burying itself in the wall back of his wife's lied. A third s'.iot was fired Is-lore Die alarm was given. When the room door was opened from the hull Hurley is said to have Ix'ggcd for more builds, only three buying In'cii in his pistol when lie ntered I he room. 1-or several bonis men held him while his wife wan busy gelling her possscasioiih together preparatory to going to her mother in New York. Mrs. Hurley telephoned many of her friends lo come to her and she rclatid lo them the ulsive story. She stated that it was through fear of being killed that she was com pel led to leave her husband, and under no conditions w ould she ever return to him. Mrs. Hurley ai Miss Kallieiinc Jordan was one of Charlotte's most beautiful mid attractive young wo men. She w as respected and loved by a wide circle of friends, and her gentleness and womanliness won for her many admirers. During her married life, she was all that u wife should Is- and through her years of uiih ippiiiess, by her loy ally and struggle to correct and im prove conditions, drew her friends closer to her. She lclt many loyal friends here and carried with her the resH'ct and admiration of the community. Women Who Are Lnvicd 'Those attractive women who are lovely in face, form and teinMrare the envy of many who might be like them. A weak, sickly woman w ill le nervous and irritable. Con stipation or kidney poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin eruptions laud a wretched complexion. For all such I'lccttic Hitters work won- dors. They regulate stomach, liv- a..i kidmys, purity the biood, give strong nerves, tiriglit eyes, pure breath, smooth, velvety skin, give strong i lovely complexion. Many charm ing women owe their health and Is'auty to them. ."i k'. at Knglish Drug Company s, The serious business of tho world is done by people who are light hearted. Summer cousin and colds are obsti nate and difficult to cure. The most ! prompt method is to take something pleasant which will geullr move lb SS-Wto' ly and promptly cun your cold. Sold by all Urufjuls. Novel Contract of a J Ynunaf Rr.n'rA I Thkkk was io iiuuliv haste'. """" "" n.wriage, mil II tin' '"'groom low dog an ! I he P""""" "' J ,M,t IVimt William II, Williamsof Moid. U-r He Wouldu't tell who Hie 111..11 a d women are, but they can U ex-ily idenlilied if anybody iu Mould ui wants to take the trouble for the next week or two and l 011 the! lookout lor a man rum. mg madly through the streets of that illage to get home la-lore o'clock iu the evening. The Justice of the IV-air was called on the telephone yesterday morning and asked to lie at his ol lice promptly at 2 o'clock to at tend to an important mutter. It was a woman' voice. The Squire promised. At the appointed hour the young woman of the voice, ai-i-oiupani.il by young niau who seemed to have no voice at all, apia-ared at the office and announced that she was alsiut to lei her com pan ion lie come her husband if he would sign a ceitaui agreement 111 Die prcs ence of the justice of the M-ai-o. "t.eorge," she continued, "says now that he will Is- just the kind of a husband that I want him to Is'. But I insist uhid getting him dowu iu black aud white as suliM-iibiiig to a few aim nle rules of married life. He means well, but lie is of a lligtity ili.-p.wition and will lake his marriage vows too lightly ulici awhile." ThereuMin the girl took In. 111 her shopping bag the following doc ument: "I solemnly piomise Is fore the Justice of the l'eaiean.l the woman whom I have asked to lie my wife lo give to her my pay envelope, unopened, every Satur day night; to Is1 at home every night by It o'clock, unless my wile is out with me; never logo to balls or parties without her, and then never to dance with nnylasly else without her iN'rinission; to Ik- kind always to her mother and her little brother; never to join any lodge that does not admit women, and not then unless she w ishes to join loot never to smoke more than three cigars on a week day ai d uol more than five 011 Sunday; never to smoke cigarettes at all uud nev er to use profane language; to I .cat the rariiela every spring without grumbling; to do up my ow n laiiu dry package eiich week; never to drink intoxicating liquors 01 beets except at the iM'giniiiug ol the an nual spring house cleaning, and then only three glasses, iu the prcs ence of my wife; never to keep a dog and never to bring a dog home and say that I am to keep it just for a little while for a friend who has gone out of tow n. 'T also agree to do half of the night com foiling of and caring for any children we niiiy have when they cry ut night and to fix Die fur mice fire every morning and night in such a way lhat mv wife will never have to do anything but ad just the dampers." "I hat is alsiut till, said the prospective bride, as she finished reading the document and parsed it totieorge, after which she dip lied a pen in the Squire's inkwell and handed it to him. "Can't you soften that dog rule a littlct" asked (ieorge, as he took the pen as reluctantly as the timid man alsmt to pick up the w rong shell in the shell game. No, tiorge," she replied. "1 have thought this out cutcfiilly ever since you asked me to marry you, and I am sure that there is nothing in that agreement that ought not to lie there." Well, will you add something to itf "What is it, tieorgcT It seems to me that your love lor me is very calculating."' No, 1 love you dcarlv, but wou't you add just this much? You agree to let me have three thinks when we clean house. Now, just put in the agreement that I can have three drinks every time we move, riease, dear." The young woman hesitated, pondered, yielded. Then when Die document had lieen amen. led to provide for a little lickering up on moving days, (Ieorge seized the pen and signed his name. The girl and Mr. Williams signed theirs as w 1 messes. Half an hour later the pair re turned to the Squire's otlice with two friends to act as witnesses and then they were married. DON'T FALL INTO the error that all flour ia alike. The proof of it bet in a trial of Flour Milled by U The better baking and more of it yon can do with a sack or barrel of Invincible Flour will be a revelation to you. We won't I have to uk yoo to try it the second tim. 100 11 do that or your own ac- petite, strong nerve, healthy ig-t0Ti- ' or, all because stomach, liver aud HENDERSON ROLLER kidneys now work right 2.V., at MILLS CO. English Drug Company's. New in Maobiille Vidnitv. r-h.. . r . I Mr. J. (I. Trull, cotton Weii-licr it this iihice. (hcl oi a hoiital Charlotte Thursday eveni:i)r .f ;ttiei;li-i;i-' a,:. kiilt.ey trml.'. He h;!. l.-n in failing lioalth f..r .some time i. l i was taken vi.'.-iil-ly ill a few .lays la-fore he :. curt-i.sl to the hostil'aloii S11nd.1v. tin- 'r.1. to have an (H'nti.ui .porf.'rm.sl. Mr. Trull was in;.. l.'. to stand t1) ' .k. ration an.J iiu-! Is fo!-.- ihis work was i!'!n'. I'm- re:i:;i:ns were Lruuglit t Marv'iv.ii.- i-'iMjv rn..r;tiiiir :.nJ the ini. -i t -!.t made at Kaulk ivj.ver.-. m till township, Fri day af'.oniinn. li-. vs. A. C. Da vis. It. II. .Ionics a- .l J. A. I'iv eiis comluc'o.l services. I Vtva. eel was a nu rnik r of Faulk Ua'itist ciauvh ami wa.-- about 112 years "f aw. He- is survived bv his wife ami twelve children, ten sons and two (lauvhters, Tho sons are W. II.. A. J. and K. C. Trull of Arkansas-. C. S. of North Dako ta. J. 1.. ..f Wftdcsbom and Ver non Trull of this tovnliMt. Tli-? other four aiv small children. Mrs. W. 1'. Fierce and Miss Dora Trull of this township are the surviving daughters. .Miss Anna llr.wdaway received a severe scal.i m the left hand Friday. Sin poured lxiiling wa ter into a dish, holding it with her left hand, and the dish broke, the water covering her hand with the above result. Wr. Andrew Walts and Miss Matlie Daw-kins, both of White Store township, Anson county, were married last Thursday at the home of the bride's father, Mr. .lames Dav. kins. Esq. F. II. Morgan performed the ceremony. The sp.H-ial tax election held at I'eachlan j nn Tuesday, Mav 21th. has U-en declared illegal iiy the board of county commissioners. It appears to the lmard that the registration IsK.ks were not kept open as long a the advertisement of the election stated. Tho ad vocates of the projiosed tax will ask fur another election. An epidemic of sumo kind is reported as being among hogs in lanes Creek township. It is not known what the disease is. We learn that, in some instances at least, it attacks hogs and killi them almost suddenly. Mr. John Itichardson lost ten w ithin n few days and several of lib neigh bors' hugs have died in the same manner. At a meeting of the Isianl of graded school trustees of Marsh ville, held at the academy Satur day afternoon, the following olli cers were elected: J. V. Morgan, chairman:. J. ('. Marsh, secretary: 11. H. Marsh, treasurer. The ineoiing adjourned to meet again this afternoon at 4 o'chs-k to hear propositions for a build ing site and to consider plan of issuing bunds. I'nion county has as good rural mail facilities as any county in the Slate; it lias the best rural telephone i-vstem in the South, and if its rural schools are now brought up to a high standard, we can then boast of a rural pop ulation lhat has town and city conveniences with the absence of the vices of city environment. It this development go forward. It is development that reaches below the urn-face and means something. Mr. rWNecly OeU (iood Position. Mr. S. 11. McXoely of this town ship is one among three young men of the graduating class of the A. & M. College who have lieen given positions as second lieutenants in the army to go to the l'hilippine Scouts. Their pay will be $2, UK) a year, and their service will begin aliout Novem ber 1st. It was through the in lluence of J S. E. Young, U. S. A., that these fine positions were obtained for these honor cadets. There will be children's day ex ercises at I'nion church on the second Sunday in June. Tho ex ercises by the children will lie in the forenoon and Mr. Ney Mc- Neely of Monroe will make an ad dress in the afternoon. Dr. S. 11. Ezzelle has moved his family from Van Wyck to this place, and they have located on North l'rovtdence street. Iho people of the town and commun ity gladly welcome Dr. r.zzoiie and his excellent wife to Wax- haw. Rev. Arthur B. Kennedy, as sistant pastor of the first Ivaptist church of Columbia, S. C, will be prosecuted by the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals before the recorder or before a magistrate, for hurling a big shepherd dog lielonging to a prominent lady member of tho congregation through a church window at a revival meet ing Sun day. The dog's back was injured by falling on a brick drain below. Seeing the dog in the isle, though it was lying quietly, the preacher lost his temper and threw it through the window. The inci dent is being talked of every where, and is likely to break up the meeting and cause the minis ter to lose his position. Trouble Makers Ousted. I Wheu a sufferer from stomach trou ble takes Dr. King's New Life Pills he's mighty clad to see hisdyspep. sia and Indigestion fly, but more he's tickled over bis new, fine ap-
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 8, 1909, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75