The Monroe Journa:
Volume XVI. No. 49.
Monroe; N. C, Tuesday, January 4, 1910.
One Ixdar a Year.
BEN HUNTER CAUGHT.
Clever Piece of Work of Chief U
ney Will Brine Back Runaway
flan and Girl.
Tonight Chief of Police L&ney will
leave fur Lumber City, da., and
bring back, without requisition, Ben
Hunter and his sister in law, Miss
Bright Belk, who ran away from here
Christmas night Since the case was
given to him Sunday afternoon after
the runaways had gotten to Atlanta,
Chkif Laney has been hard at work
on points from here to Oklahoma.
Yesterday he located the couple in
an unusual way, which he is not at
liberty to disclose, and telegraphed
the Olivers at Lumber City to go to
a certain hotel there and make the
arrest. This morning be got a tele
gram saying that Hunter was under
arrest and would return without
requisite and that the girl was
with him.
There are several charges of mis
demeanors against lluuter, and he
will be held here on arrival for trial.
Mr. Belk, the father of the young
woman and of the wife of Hunter
whom he deserted on the night he
carried her sister of!, as told in last
week's Journal, has spared no effort
to get Hunter caught. It is believed
that the girl is quite willing to re
turn to her home.
U Oak Grove News.
4 v .tirmpundriipe of Th Jounie I.
II Mr. J. M. Keziah is preparing
to
f irct new buildings on his place
near Oak drove and expects to run
a dairy soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hargett of
Mint Hill spent Christinas with
friends in the i'leasant Grove neigh-
1 borhond.
' Mr. G. V. Huneveutt nnd familv
or H.gh Point visited at Mr. K. It
Gordon's a part of last week.
Miss Minnie Harkey of Abbeville
is visiting relatives and friends in
this section.
Messrs. Joe and Grady Hunnycutt
of I nion visited their aunt, Mrs. K.
k K. Gordon, last week.
J Mrs. John Howie of Pleasant Grove
1 is still sick from a relapse of pneu
nrnnia. Mrs. Joe Ilartis of Union is
suff-ring with typhoid pneumonia.
The girls of this section are wear
ing a peculiar kind of rat in their
hair. He seems to be much larger
on the rear end than in front, and of
a tailless nature. We boys giggle at
his shape a good deal.
Mr. Fred Niven of Monroe is visit
ing relatives near here.
Mr. Hugh Boyce of Houston went
to Charlotte on special business last
weik. Atlas.
Bank Robbers Meet Disaster.
' Outline. OkU., L.xpaeth.HIM.
Five men who intended to rob the
bank and the postollice at Harrah,
Okla., early today ran into a party
headed by United States Marshal
"Jack" Abernathy. As a result two
of the bandits aro dead, one is in
jail at Guthrie wounded, and two
others are held in jail at Oklahoma
Citv as suspects.
Frank Quigg of Atchison, Kan ,
son of a wealthy mother, a former
base ball player, was shot dead;
Fr.mk Carpenter, another robber,
was mortally wounded and died late
today in jail, and J. C. Dilbeck, a
third bandit, was slightly hurt, dur
the light with the deputy marshals.
T :H robbery was well planned,
but Carpenter told some one of the
plot and p stofiico inspectors learned
of Hie affair. Marshal Abernathy
wms advi-d and when the robbers
reached Harrah he was ready for
tin m. The ollicers waited until the
robbers began breaking in the rear
do r i f the bank and then charged.
The robbers ran and the deputies
fired, wounding Carpenter and Dil
beck ut the first volley.
To Hear big Case Argued.
Attorney General Bickett visited
his Mster, Mrs. F B. Ashcraft, and
hroth. r. Mr. L. C. Bickett. last week
Mr Rickett will spend this week in
Washington hearing the argument
in the case of the American Tobacco
Comnany before the Supreme court.
This case is an appeal from the
southern district of New York, in
which f hn Circuit court of the Unit-
, ed States declared the trust should
Hi Ranked. This is one o; the two
big trust cases soon to be heard be
fore the Supreme court, and is on
all fours with the one against the
I Standard Oil trust, also ordered dis
solved by a circuit court.
A bridge or trestle of the Norfolk
& Southern railroad across Albe
marle sound at Edenton N. C, has
just been completed at a cost of
about $1,000,000.00. Iu length is
six miles.
News and Personal Notes from
Waxhaw Vicinity.
Ondnwrd froai Th Enterprb.
Mrs. V. O. Nisbet of Charlotte has
been visiting Mrs. C. S. Massey this
week.
Miss Julia Howard of Chester has
been visiting her people here this
week.
Mrs. R. S. Gamble and children
have been visiting relatives at Win
gate this week.
Miss Nannie Howie of Monroe vis
ited Mrs. M. S. Sec rest and Miss Lou
Given Tuesday.
Misses Lura and Mary Morrow
Heath and Miss Mary Crow of Mon
roe visited Mrs. C. 6. Massey Tues
day. Mr. S. J. Osborne of Alabama and
Miss Attice Osborne of Georgia are
spending Christmas with their peo
ple. Dr. W. R. McCain of Charlotte
spent a part of this week with his
mother, Mrs. M. J. McCain, and oth
er relatives.
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Nisbet of New
York, Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Nisbet of
Philadelphia, Dr. W. O. Nisbet and
family of Charlotte, and Mrs. Ma
Nisbet and children of Providence
visited Mrs. M. J. Nisbet at Osceola
last week.
Mr. J. W. McCain, manager of the
Waxhaw Real Estate and Insurance
Company, speut the holidays
in Philadelphia, tbe guest of the
Philadelphia Life Insurance Com
pany, and also of his brother, Dr. II.
W McCain.
Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Godfrey of
Louisiana are vi-iting Mr. Godfrey s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Godfrey,
in the Walker community.
Mrs. Fanchon Belk, w ho is teach
ing school iu the Marshville commu
nity, is spending the holidays at her
home.
Mr. Frank Godfrey has been right
sick with pneumonia for several
days, and his friends will be glad to
know that he is now improving.
Mr. G. M. Garrison of Granite
Falls spent Saturday and Sunday
with his moth r, Mrs. Malissa tirri
son and his brother, Mr. J. E. Gar
rison. Mr. Sam McMamis of Mineral
Springs carried a cabbage snake to
the Enterprise office a few days ago.
The snake was found in a cabbage
head that Mr. MeManus had bought.
How the Negroes Came to the
StageBlack Patti.
If the world is at all grateful for
the negro being lifted to the stage
aud placed before the footlights, then
the world owes whatever is due to
Macon, says a newspaper of that
place. It was Macon that placed the
real negro on the stage. The time,
Wilson's raid; the promoter, a sutler
in Wilson's army.
The war had just closed. This
sutler, with the true Yankee shrewd
ness, saw the certain genius in the
negroes about Macon, heard their
songs and their music, saw their
powers of mimicry, and it was not
long before he had a troupe of gen
uine negroes performing the world
over as the Genuino Georgia Min
strels. Then came the negro to the
fore of the footlights, and in the later
days the limelight. Now, in the
North, tue negro is a part of the
stago. It was this Macon venture
that brought out Black Patti, and
she only followed that remarkable
musical genius, Blind Tom. furnish
ed by Columbus.
The show as given by bisseretta
Jones and her company last night
pleased those who love the negro
voice. Ttiere is a melody in his
voice, whether on the wharves roll
ing tho cotton into tho holds of
steamboats, or on the stage in an
opera house. There is a certain
sweetness in it that falls softly on
some ears, and feels like music.
Marriage of Mr. Williams and Miss
Chaney.
At the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chaney of east
Monroe township, Mr. D. Emmctt
Williams and Miss Sallie Chaney
were married last Wednesday after
noon at 3 o'clock. Rev. J. A. Biv-
ens performed the marriage service.
Tbe wedding was a quiet home af
fair, only the near relatives of the
contracting parties being present.
After the wedding the bridal party
went to the home of the groom s pa
rents, Mr. T. J. Williams, where a
fine supper was served.
Mr. W illiams is in the employ of
the Seaboard railway and they will
live at Hamlet. He is a young man
of splendid character and has a great
many friends. The bride is popular
with all who know her and is a lady
of fine character.
BICKETT ON NEAR BEER.
Famous Description of This Bever
age Going all Over the Country
Enjoys a Good Yarn.
.hlnK. Corrpo4Hln( at U Clurlott
Observer.
T. W. Bickett, Attorney General of
North Carolina, is in the citv. As
the State learns this fine son of I nion,
who combines the blood of tbe Cov
ingtons and Bicketts of Monroe, it
will realize two things: First, that
he is a full grown man, and second,
that he is a very able lawyer. With
all of his sense, his learning and his
oratory, however, he is a bully good
fellow one who likes a joke, a point
ed yarn, or a ridiculous situation.
Therefore, when he comes to Wash
ington, it is a real pleasure to hear
him talk, and to get his ludicrous
views of men and affairs. Whocould
have said smarter things about our
old Tar Heel friend, near beer, than
this brilliant young attorney? What
tine humor! What a sense of the ab
surd! Listen:
"What is near beer?" he asked.
"The testimony in this case Bhows
that it is a beverage that finds ready
sale as a substitute for real bn r.
Our bibulous constituents cry for it
as the children cry for Oastoria. It
is made by tho people who make
bm, and drunk by th people who
drink beer. It looks like beer, smells
like beer, tastes like beer. It is
served by the same white aproned,
many chinned friend who was wont
to comfort us in other days. It is
shoved across the old oaken counter,
and the mirrowed back bar, with
the picture of Aphrodite springing
from the foam makes the illusion
complete. And sometimes in the
gloaming the alchemy of a shadow
projected from a policeman's expan
sive back and falling athwart the
bar, works a transformation and
suddenly, even as tho thirsty one
lifts the cup to his lips, near beer
becomes the real thing.
"And yet this court is asked to
relegate this lusty beverage, this
scum of centuries of vats t ths ;u
sipid level of soda water! Perish the
thought! It proclaims ilsclf ia North
Carolina as solo heir and successor
to the gaudy fluid. It boasts cf its
bubble, and sparkle and snap. It
says to the disconsolate legions in
an arid land, 'I may not te entirely
wicked but try me.' It capitalizes
its kinship with Budweiser and
Schlitz. It scorns soda water as
Roosevelt scorns a mollycoddle, and
lords it over grape juice like a mint
julep over a milk shake."
This eloquent attack on near beer
has been copied in every sect on of
the country. It has legs and will
keep on going. Bickett can bo seri
ous when the occasion demands, but
he would rather laugh than to cry.
Fire Thursday Night.
Last Thursday night about one
o'clock, when the mercury was about
as low as it ever gets in this coun
try, the fire alarm sounded, and a
few half dozen folks turned out to
spo three small bouses, in the
western part of town, owned by
Mr. Randolph Redfearn, burn down.
They were occupied by colored peo
ple and were three and four-room
houses. The fire originated in the
middle one, occupied by Henry Lilly,
a hack driver, who saved only a part
of bis belongings. Some of the tire
men were very promptly on the
sceno with hose in time to have
saved one of the houses if they could
havo gotten water. But either the
hydrants were frozen or could not
be opened, and when this was reme
died the hoso was found full of ice
from water that must certainly have
been left in them when last used.
Mr. Redfearn had $500 insurance
on all the houses and thinks he lost
about .f 700 above this.
New Teacher at the Graded 5chool
The second grade has becomo so
largo at the city school that it be
became necessary to divide it, and
Miss Susio Covington, the accom
plished daughter of Mrs. I). A. Cov
ington, has been elected teacher of
the new division. There aro now
fifteen teachers in the school. The
work began yesterday after the
Christmas holidays. Tho fall session
was most successful, and everything
is favorable for fine work the remain
ing half of the year.
The colored school has three teach
ers, making in all eighteen employed
by the town.
Tbeie it nothing 10 annoying or to
diaagreeable at piles. We know of
nothing to effective in case of blind,
bleeding, itching pilet at ManZan
You apply ManZan very conveniently
by means of the norzle attached to
the tube ia which ManZan it put up.
Sold by all droggistt.
Horrible Death Under Wheels.
Charlottr llWrrrr, tad.
Dragged 10 feet, his head pinioned
between tbe heavy brake shoe and
the rail, Andrew Stiles, a young
white man, 22 years old, who resided
at the boarding bouse of Mrs. Lizzie
I Ielms, No. 8 1 1 North Brevard street,
met a horrible death a few minutes
before midnight last night at the
Southern and Seaboard Air Line
crossing and East Sixth street
Young Stiles, accompanied by two
companions, Will Collier and Earl
Kirk, one a room mate of the dead
man, had been to a number of the
vaudeville performances and was re
turning to his home. Upon reach
ing the crossing at Sixth street a
southbound Southern freight train
wss pulling out of the yard and had
he Sixth Btreet crossing blocked.
Approaching from the south came
the Sea board switch engine, No. 308.
The young men failed to see the ap
proaching switch engine until it was
upon them and it was only a quick
jump that one of the other young
men averted death.
Engineer A. Poplin and yard con
ductor O. R. Misenheimer were in
charge of the engine and as quick a
stop as possible was made. The
young man's body was dragged
scross the street and for several feet
beyond. The head was almost sev
ered and the body horribly wangled,
one hand was cut iff and lay a dis
tance cf abo.t 23 ftet from the rest
of the body.
The Crump Mine at Work.
Ciripnnileiir uf Tlir Journal.
The school at Center Grove is pro
gressing nicely under the manage
ment of Prof. J. M. Guin.
Mr. Charlie Yandle of Wilmington
and Mr. Joe Yandle of Winston Sa
lem spent the holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Yandle.
The Crump mine, which has been
abandoned for some time, has start
ed up 8gain. (Juite a number of
hands aro now prospecting. Some
gold has been found and it is hoped
Tar be struck rich.
Mr. Vernon Helms and sister, Miss
Ruth, of- Monroe township visited
Miss Mipnie Yandle Tuesday even
ing. Mr. Pratt McNeely of Waxhaw,
who formerly taught iu this district,
visited in tho community Monday
and Tuesday. His old students were
g'ad to meet him.
Mr. J. I. Orr.who has been on the
sick list, is much improved. His
many friends will be glad to know
that he is able to bo out again.
Mr. Matt Yandle sold out Decern
ber .list and will start soon with his
family to south Georgia, where he
expects to make his home.
Miss Clara Stinson, who is teach
ing at Salem, has returned to her
school after spending the Christmas
holidays with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. C. Stinson.
Dr. Knapp Will Bring a Message
to Farmers.
A great deal of interest has been
manifested, editorially and otherwise,
throughout the South, in the coming
tour of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp of the
Department of Agriculture in Janu
ary, and inquiries have been receiv
ed by him asking what topics he
will discuss on this journey. Dr.
Knapp has very kindly consented to
furnish tho press, and through the
press tho farmers, with the subjects
of his addresses.
At Charlotte, where he will speak
on January 11th, at 2 .10 p. m , his
topic will be "How to .Make a State
in which the Rural Masses Will
Prosper." Ilis object in this address
is to impress upon the farmers of
North Carolina some definite lino of
work which, if consistently followed,
will make North Carolina, with all
its natural resources, a great State in
which the rural masses will be pros
perous. The saTie general method will be
pursued in the addresses in tho sev
eral States, outlining in each such
policies as are most important and
applicable to the rural population.
Saved at Death's Door.
The door of death seemed ready to
open for Murray W. Ayers of Transit
Bridge, N.i ., when his life was won
derfully saved. "I was in a dreadful
condition," be writes, "my skin was
almost yellow; eyes sunken, tongue
coated, emaciated from losing forty
pounds, growing weaker daily. Viru
lent liver trouble pulling me down
to death in spite of doctors. Then
that matchless medicine, Electric Bit
ters, cured me. I regained the forty
pounds lost and now am well and
strong." For all stomach, liver and
kidney trouble they're supreme. 50c.
at English Drug Company's.
THE CASE OF SHEHWELL.
Man who Sets Himself upas a Big
Fighter Likely to Come to the
End of His Rope.
For years there has been a man
living in Lexington, named Baxter
Shemwell. Some years ago he killed
a well known and much respected
old doctor of Lexington, Dr. Payne,
in what many believed to be a case
next to cold blooded murder. Yet
he came scot free and continued to
terrorize the town. He is now be
fore the public again and the papers
about the State have been full of his
late exploits. He was under sen
tence of five months in Guilford
county jail for drawing two pistols
on a Southern Railway conductor,
threatening to kill the conductor and
terrifying the passengers, all because
the conductor refused to stop the
train at Ixington, where he had or
ders not to stop. Application was
made to the Governor to change the
sentence of imprisonment to a fine.
It was represented, cn the affidavit
of Dermot Shemwell, son of the de
fendant, and by certificates of phy
sicians, that Shemwell was undergo
ing treatment at Hot Spri. gs, Ark ,
for rheumatism and that i iprison
tnent might result fatally. ri e Gov
ernor did not commute the neuteuce,
but granted a reprieve until April 1.
About this lime it was reported in
the papers that Shemwell had been
seen in Lexington apparently fn good
health. The Charlotte Observer took
the matter up and instituted inquiry.
Dermot Shemwell published a state
ment, over his own signature, saying
that his father had come home be
cause he was compelled to come to
renew his bond for his appearance
at Guilford court, and had returned
to Hot Springs. The Asheville Cit
izen of the 22nd, before this state
ment was made, published an item
saying Shemwell was in Asheville.
He was in Asheville and it seems re
mained there until Sunday, when he
went to Lexington.
Some of the papers insist that the
Governor was deceived as to Shem
well's health and think he ought to
do something.
The Governor insists that he
was not deceived, and it is improba
ble that ho could withdraw the re
prieve if he wanted to. The fact
that Shemwell is able to go about
and attend to business shows that his
condition is not as serious as repre
sented, and unless something un
foreseen occurs ho will probably
have to take his medicine if he lives
until April.
Elegant Stag Supper.
Capt. W. E. Cason gave a most
enjoyable stag supper at his hand
some residence on Iafayette street
Tuesday evening. A most elegant
course dinner was served, and an
evening of enjoyment was given his
guests. A pretty feature of the oc
casion was the souvenir cards at each
plate, bearing a holiday sentiment,
which each read aloud in response
to the host. Those present were
Capt. R. T. West, Messrs. F. B. Ash
craft, O. II. Richardson, Dr. J. W.
Neal, Capt. J. F. Laney, Messrs. A. M.
Stack, B. C. Beckwith of Raleigh,
I). A. Houston, B. C. Ashcraft, R. A.
Morrow, R. F. Beasley, C. C. Sikes,
Frank Austin and G. M. Beasley.
A 5ure Enough Bargain Sale
As appears from his big ad. in this
issue, in line with previous announce
ments, Mr. I). Will Flow is selling
out his stock for the purposo of go
ing out of business, lie has been in
business a long time and is going on
a long rest. H is feeling a call to
the soil and will buy a farm and pro
ceed to become a country gentleman.
laving determined definitely to go
out of business at once, Mr. Flow
will naturally dispose of his stock at
a great advantage to his customers
Look at the prices and see what he
offers. The store is closed till nine
o'clock tomorrow morning, when the
whirlwind sale will begin.
A Wild Blizzard Raging
brings danger, suffering, often death,
to thousands who take colds, coughs
and la grippe that terror of winter
and spring. Its danger signals are
"stuffed up" nostrils, lower part of
nose sore, chills and fever, pain in
back of head, and a throat-gripping
cough. When grip attacks, as you
value your life, don t delay getting
Dr. King's New Discovery. "Oue
bottle cured me," writes A. L. Dunn
of Pine Valley, Miss., "after being
'laid up' three weeks with grip."
For sore lungs, hemorrhages, coughs.
colds, whooping cough, bronchitis,
astnma its supreme. 50c. and f 1.00.
Guaranteed by English Drug Co.
News Brevities of Interest.
At Elk, Watauga county, during a
drunken row on Christmas night,
Marshall Triplett killed his brother,
Columbus Triplett. When an otlicer
attempted to arrest the slayer he re
sisted but was taken after being bad
ly beaten.
It has been decided that John Tes
terman, who was found in a dying
condition by the roadside in Ashe
county a few days ago, was murder
ed and five men have been arrtsted
to answer for the crime. An exami
nation disclosed that Testerman had
been stabbed.
At a Christmas tree entertainment
in a colored church at Wentworth,
Rockingham county, Dan Woolen,
half drunk, attempted to shout anoth
er negro. One ball parted the par
son's hair on the side and another
lodged in a bystander's arm. Woot
en retired with his gun across the
Virginia line.
At Augusta, Ga., Sunday a party
of colored men took possession of an
automobile without the consent of
the owner and were enjoying a ride
when the machine crashed into a tel
egraph polo and then into a brick
wall. The machine was wrecked,
one negro killed and three seriously
injured.
A rather unusual request is mado
by Dr. W. A. Evans, Chicago health
commissioner. Having made an in
effectual attempt to get an increase
in salary for the men in his depart
ment, he asked that his own salary
of $8,000 per annum bo cut 10 per
cent, and the difference given to his
subordinates.
Col. Jas. Gordon of Okolona, Miss.,
has been appointed United States
Senator from Mississippi to succeed
McLaurin, deceased. The appoint
ment is simply a compliment and
Col. Gordon may not servo more
than two or three weeks. The legis
lature, which meets January 11th,
will elect McLaurin's successor and
Col. Gordon, who is 7G years old,
will not be a candidate.
A dispatch from Tonsacola, Fla.,
says: After being shrouded and tho
body placed in a casket, around
which mourners were gathered in
preparation to hold a wake, Mrs. Jes
sie Miller, 50 years old, tore away
her death bandages and, resting up
right in the coilin, cried out to her
husband to rescue her from the
grave. Life had been pronounced by
physicians as being extinct twelve
hours before. The doctors say it was
a case of suspended animation.
Despondent and in an ugly mood
following excessive intoxication, Ed
ward B. Alford of Macon, Ga., Mon
day night shot and instantly killed
his wife, seriously injured his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Slartha Exum, then
turned the pistol on himself, firing
one bullet into his right temple and
another into his right lung, in Hid
ing injuries which will result in his
death. A 11-year-old daughter, the
only child, was absent from homo
when the tragedy occurred.
"To wage an organized and deter
mined fight" against the methods of
dealing in cotton in vogue at the
New York cotton exchange, Presi
dent Charles S. Barrett of the Na
tional Fanners' Union has issued a
call for a meeting of the officers and
leading members of the union to
take place in Washington during the
present month. In the call Mr. Bar
rett announces the determination of
representatives of tho union to re
main in Washington until Congress
takes some definite action in tho
matter.
Stolen Horse and Buggy Never
Recovered.
It is rare in this county that so
large a thing as a horse and buggy
is stolen and never bo heard of again.
But it has happened. On October
the 4 th a buggy and horse belong
ing to Mr. M. L. Richardson of Jack
son township was stolen in Monroo
while Mr. Richardson was attending
Robinson's circus. Though he pub
lished notices in the papers and ad
vertised the fact considerably, he has
never recovered his property or
found who got it. The buggy was
a new Tyson & Jones and the animal
is a bay mare with blaze face. Mr.
Richardson would be glad to get any
clue. Ilis address is Waxhaw.
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