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Volume XVII. No. 2.
Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, February 8 1910.
One Dollar a Year.
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PREACHER SHOT IN PULPIT.
Whne Making His Opening Prayer
Sunday Night, Colored Preacher
Is Fired Upon Through the Win
dow at Waxhaw.
Praying is going to be a mighty
unsafe business if the experience of
the Rev. William McDonald is re
peated many times, lie is pastor of
the colored Baptist church at ai
haw and while kneeling in the pul
pit Sunday night to make his open
ing prayer, some one took three shots
at him through the rear window. He
hollered out with a mighty voice
that be was killed and the congrega
tion was in an uproar. While some
of them gathered up the minister
and conveyed him to a nearby bouse,
others went in hot haste to see if
they could find out anything about
who had fired the shots. They got
out in time to bear him burning the
wind through the nearby woods.
Not getting a sight of him, they had
Mr. J. S. Plyler, manager of the
Waxhaw Telephone Co., to phone to
Charlotte to seo if the Mecklenburg
blood hounds could be brought
down, which they couidn t. Mtan
while a doctor bad been called to see
if anything could be done to save the
life of the preacher. lie found that
the only bullet that had hit him
struck the watch in bis vest pocket,
which no doubt saved his life, as no
wound bad been made by the bullet,
except on the watch.
Rev. McDonald bad been pastor of
the flock only a few months, and the
congregation had had a row at the
time of his call. No arrests have
been made. The bullets were fired
from a 38 pistol. One went into the
ceiling in the amen corner, one into
the window framing outside, which
showed that the marksman musi
have been standing some distance
away, and the other one struck the
preacher s watch as described.
Superior Court.
The Superior court for tho trial of
criminal cases closed i hursday after
noon. Since the last week's report
the following cases were disposed of:
Jack Perry, embezzlement, guilty;
costs.
Robert Kelly, failure to list prop
erty; judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
George Russ, abandonment; not
guilty.
Cull Barrett, manslaughter, sub
mits; 6 months on roads. This is
the negro who killed another in San
dy Ridge township six years ago.
Wilson Aycotb, assault with in
tent to commit rape, guilty of simple
assault; 30 days on roads and to pay
costs. This case was a peculiar one.
Aycock, who was arrested at the time
of the assault, would not have gotten
off so lightly but for the fact that the
woman, who was the widow of one
of his brothers, died suddenly a few
days after the event The coroner
held an inquest, but nothing came
of it. The woman dead, tho State
was unable to produce an ere wit
cess, and could not maintain a more
serious charge.
M. D. Pressley, failure to list prop
erty; judgment suspended on pay
ment of costs.
Mack Foard, retailing; prayer for
judgment continued on payment of
costs.
Jim Liles, feloncous breaking; 12
months on roads.
John Hart, larceny; 12 months on
roads.
Thur'.ow Alsobrooks, larceny; 12
months on roads. Appeals.
Y. M. Boggan, assault and battery;
judgment suspended on payment of
costs.
Fine Fowls.
Mr. J. W. Laney, one of Monroe's
fancy poultrymen, last week shipped
to a distance a pen of fine bull Wy
andottes, six pullets and a cockerel.
They were beauties.
"It is a wonderful thing," said Mr.
Laney, "why people will go on rais
ing scrub or mixed fowls of all kinds
and colors when they can just as
easily keep pure strains and have a
yard full of handsome fowls of uni
form beauty and color. Not only are
such more profitable in every way,
but they are so much prettier."
There has been a wonderful im
provement in poultry in this section
of late years but there is room for
still more. A man who breeds a
good strain makes a reputation with
them and always finds a much better
market
Grape Fruit, Chestnuts, Stuffed
Dates and all sorts of fruits and can
dies will please the most exacting
taste if yon get them at the Candy
Kitchen.
Mrs. Crow Entertains the Merry
Dames.
Mrs. E. W Crow entertained the
members of her club. The Merry
Dames, and a number of invited
guests, at her hospitable home,
Crow's Nest, one mile west of town,
last Friday afternoon. The crack
ling wood fires that cheerily blazed
in the several fire places, at once
suggested to the guests the spirit of
old time hospitality which amply
materialized during the whole after
noon. Dominoes were the games
played and most dainty refreshments
were served by Misses Mary Morrow
Heath, Sarah Red wine and Adlene
Craw. Those present were Mesdames
W. C. Crowell. J. C. Sikes, V. D
Sikes, E. S. Greene, C D. Meacham,
John Fairley, 0. W. Kochtitzky, W
S. Blakeney, J. T. Griffith. Davis
Armfield, T. J. Payne, N. C. English,
riston Lee, Iioscoe 1'hifer, W. U.
Stack, A. M. Stack, N. M. Redfearn.
C. M. Redfearn, B. C. Redfearn, E.
C. Winchester, J. E.Ashcraft, Lizzie
Covington, Rufus Armfield, J. J.
Lindsey, 0. E. Houston, Frank Arm
field, B. C. Ashcraft, Eugene Ash
craft, J. E. Stewart, R. F. Beasley,
. J. Rudge, h, C. llliams, Lee
Griffin. II. M. I lmer, W. A Lane, J
M. Blair, L. C. Bickett, Chas, Ice
man, and Misses Templeton, Adams,
Harris and Dunlap.
Recorder's Court-
Alex Frazier, disorderly conduct;
?4 and costs.
Calvin Reaves, assault; not guilty
Dave Mungo, gambling; $10 and
costs.
Jim Lyles, larceny; 12 months.
Nelson Cuthbertson, assault and
battery; ?2 SO and costs.
Jim Winchester, violating ordi
nance 71?; costs.
Jim Simpson, gambling; 30 days
Curly Alexander, gambling; 10
and costs.
Will Blount, assault and battery;
? 2 50 and costs.
Will Smith, cruelty to animals;
costs.
William Bivens, col., keeping li
quor for sale; 3 months. Appeals.
Adam Haley, larceny; not guilty
B. F. Helms, violating ordinance
7b; $2 50 and costs.
Love Stevens, larceny; CO days.
Charles Alsobrooks and Robert
Brooks, for visiting smallpox and for
failure to be vaccinated o within days
after said exposure; guilty; f 3.20
each.
Isaac Bradshaw, for visiting small
pox and for failure to be vaccinated
within five days after exposure; guil
ty; $5.00 and costs.
Adam Nixon, concealing smallpox
aud failing to call a doctor to diag
nose his case and warn the public as
to the prevalence of the disease at
his home; guilty; $9.00 and costs.
''ncadow-Brook Farm."
When the curtain rises on the first
act of "Meadow-Brook Farm," which
appears at tho opera house on the
18th, those who have been fortunate
enough to secure seats will experi
ence a most pleasing effect. The
scene is on a New England farm in
the vicinity of Cathedral Hills, in
the State of New Hampshire. The
smell of the new mown hay, the sing
ing of the birds, and the perfume
from the blosoming roses, are all so
discemable as to cause one to forget
for the time being that he is in a
theatre. Si Ilolden and his wife,
Jane, are two lovable characters.who
will remind you of your father and
mother or grandparents as you re
member them. Incidently, Sim
Smith and Tim Slocura, the town
Constable and Justice of the Peace,
and Polly Byrd, who was born tired,
and Billy Bates, the circus bill-poster,
will drive away all dull cares and
cure the worst kind of a case of the
blues.
New Charlotte-Wilmington Train.
The Seaboard has put on a new
train between Charlotte and Wil
mington Nos. 39 and 40. No. 39
leaves Wilmington at 3:45 p. m., ar
rives at Monroe at 9:55, Charlotte
10:50. No. 40 leaves Charlotte at
5:00 a. m., Monroe at 5:50, and ar
rives at Wilmington at 1:15 p. m.
Slight changes in other schedules
now in effect may be seen by looking
at time table published elsewhere.
Union Meeting.
Correapon dense of The Journal.
The union meeting of the Union
Baptist Association met with Mill
Creek church Jan. 29. The meeting
was a very interesting one. A num
ber of short talks were made by the
brethren on different subjects.
On Sunday following Rer. J. F.
Hammond of Wingate preached to a
good number of people.
CONFESSES THREE MURDERS
Savannah Mystery Cleared Up by
the Confession of Negro Who
Had Not Been Suspected.
Savannah, ., Dl'patfh, 4th.
By his own stolid confession Bing
ham Bryan, a negro, is the man who
on December 9th killed three white
women, Mrs. Eliza dribble, aged 70;
Mrs. Carrie Ohlander, her daughter,
and Mrs Maggie Hunter, in their
home on Perry street, in the heart of
Savannah.
The negro is a prisoner in Chat
ham county jail here, and has been
in custody since he was arrested De
cember 14th for a minor crime. The
negro's story tallies to minutest de
tails with appearances about the
house of murder after the dead wo
men were found. His story, simple
but terrible, follows as he told it
He declares his motive in entering
Mrs. Cribble's home was robbery
only. Bryan said today:
"I was working around the Crib
ble house, cutting wood.
"I picked up a hammer in the lit
tle house in tho yard and bid it in
the bosom of my shirt.
"Then I went in the back room
and went to work on a trunk. I was
trying to prize the trunk open and
it made some noise.
"The old lady grabbed me from
behind and shook me pretty hard.
I took tho hammer and gave her a
lick on the side of the head. The
first lick did not knock her down
and I gave her a second lick.
"Then the second one came up,
the younger one, and grabbed me at
the door in the back of tho hall and
I gave her a lick with my fist. Then
1 hit her a lick with the hammer on
'he side of the head, but it did not
kill her.
"I heard a noise at the front door
like some one wanting to come in.
I tried to keep her from coming in,
but she pushed the door open and
came in. She grabbed hold of me;
1 took her by the throat and choked
her with One hand. Then I gave her
a lick with the hammer, but did not
kill her. She was alive when I left"
Convincing Argument.
Anns Margaret had a great many
toys, and her mother thought she
ought to give some of tliem away
before Christmas to less fortunate
children. Anna Margaret was will
ing to part with the broken trunk
and the cracked set of dishes and
tho one legged bear and a few other
toys that were in the same dilapi
dated condition. But when it came
to her pet baby doll, the one that
went to sleep with her every night,
she rebelled. Mamma assured licr
that Santa Claus would undoubted
ly bring to her another doll, even
better. Sho refused to be comfort
ed. "Mamma," she wailed, "if God
sent you another baby would you
give me away?" She kept her doll.
Delineator.
Opened tho Door For Himiolf.
A traveling salesman whose busi
ness keeps him "on tho road" nine
months every year lives when in
New York with a married sister in
a large apartment house on the up
per west side. The day after his re
turn from a long trip he found a
jury duty notice on his plate and
rushed with it to the commission
er's office, framing all sorts of ex
cuses on the way. Then, to his dis
comfort, ho found that he had bor
rowed trouble needlessly the no
tice was intended for his brother-in-law.
"What I am worried about
now," he tells his friends as the
moral to his story, "is that my time
will Eoon come, for before my error
was discovered I gave my name and
confessed thnt I had never served."
Self Potioisid.
It was late and getting later.
However, that did not slop the
sound of muffled voices in tho par
lor.
Meantime the gas meter worked
steadily.
The pater endured it as long a
he could and then resolved on he
roic measures.
Thyllis," ho called from the
head of the stairs, "has the morn
ing paper come yet ?" '
ao, sir, replied the funny man
on the Daily Bugle. "We aro hold
ing the form for an important de
cision." And the pater went back to bed
wondering if they would keep house
or live with him.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ilnuch of Lan
caster visited Mr. and Mrs. 8. A.
Robertson last week.
SHOT TO DEATH ON SUNDAY
Bert Redfearn. Brother of fir R A
Redfearn of Monroe, Killed In
Knoxville, Tennessee Remains
Brought Home for Burial.
Mr. Bert Redfearn, brother of Mr
R. A. Redfearn of Monroe, was shot
and instantly killed at the Y. M C.
A. building in Knoxville, Tenn.,
by a Southern Railway flagman uam
ed John W. Cash Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Redfearn was assistant secre
tary of the railroad branch of the
Young Men's Christian Association,
and was on duty Sunday. Cash was
drinking and kept hanging over the
telephone in the office and prevent
ing others from using it Redfearn
remonstrated with him, and this an
gered Cash, who began to curse vio
lently and call Mr. Redfearn vile
names. Mr. Redfearn undertook to
put Cash out and finally hit bim
with a chair. Then Cash drew a
Urge pistol and shot five limes. Two
of the Bhots took effect and Mr. R-d
fearn was killed instantly. Cash
was arrested and jailed and made
the statement that be did not care
what became of him as he had kill
ed his best friend.
Mr. Redfearn was twenty seven
years old and was unmarried. He
is survived by his mother who lives
near Mt Croghan, and several broth
ers and sisters. He was prominent
in church and Y. M. C. A. work in
Knoxville, where he had lived about
four years. The remains were car
ried to the old home by way of Che
raw and the funeral occurred to day.
Ur. M. L. uedfearn and Mr. M. I
Godwin of Birmingham, accomranl
ed by Mrs. Godwin who is a sister
of Mr. Redfearn, arrived in Monroe
yesterday, where they were joined bv
Mr. R. A. Redfearn, and all went to
the old home in South Carolina to
attend the funeral.
Lamb Hissed Hit Own Fare.
Lamb's unfortunate farce, "Mr.
II.," has one of the shortest theat
rical lilWo on record, and it could
not possibly have had a shorter the
atrical hie, since it was performed
only once. Lamb, as everybody
knows, "hissed and hooted as loud
ly as any of his neighbors."
Writing to Wordsworth tho fol
lowing day, he said: "A hundred
hisses (the word 1 write like kisses
-how different!) a hundred hisses
outweigh a thousand claps. The
former come more directly from the
heart. Well, it's withdrawn and
there is an end." But it is to be
observed that he did not curse his
audience, as your modern play
wright would have done, for Lamb
happened to be a sound and sane
critic of his owu work. London
Chronicle.
All Ovor.
"No more will 1 hear his foot
steps on yonder walk just as the
clock strikes the hour of 8."
"Gracious, Jeanctte!"
"And tho old parlor light will
never burn low for him again."
"You don't mean it?"
"I do, and, furthermore, he will
never sit on this sofa three nights
a week and call tnc pet names as he
lias been doing for tho last two
years."
"1 am astonished."
"And tonight I am going to burn
all tho old love letters in my chest
of drawers."
"B-but why? Are you going to
discard him?"
"Discard him! No, you goose. 1
am going to marry him!" London
Scraps.
Tho Merry Minitrela.
"What am the difference, Mr.
Bones, between a forger and a man
plaving poker who calls tho other
fellow's bet?"
"As usual, Sambo, I am nt a loss
to answer your query. What is the
difference between a forger and a
man playing poker who calls the
other fellow's bet?"
"The first man raises a check, and
the second one checks a raise."
During intermission, ladies and
gentlemen, the orchestra will play
that delightful melody entitled "Fa
ther, Please Bo Careful; the Jani
tor's Got a Grouch.'St Louis
Star.
A Ptt Anyhow.
Tbo family lived la the suburbs of
tbc city, and, much to the joy of Lulu,
a little rig was given a home in the
stable cellar. A few dnys later the
little one was railing nt a neighbor's,
where the showed great Interest la the
bird.
The lady snld, "Don't you keep a bird
at home?"
"No." aald Loin, "we keep a pig in-
itf id."-Delineator.
Let's Have Corn Clubs in County.
To the EillHir of Tli Journal :
Please allow me space in your col
umns to sav a word about "Boys'
Corn Clubs." Prof. I. 0. Schaub,
who is to speak in Monroe next Sat
urday, is general manager of the
Young Tt ople'a Farm Life Associa
tion in North Carolina, and he is de
voting his entire time to this work.
Now, why not have these Farm Life
Clubs in Union county? A great
many counties in the State are al
ready organized and much interest
is being manifested. Let's have it in
Union. Spaco and time forbid giv
ing an explanation of the workings
and purpose of the organization in
this notice, but will say that any
public school pupil between 12 and
20 years of age may be a member.
There is an organization for boys
and one for girls.
Prof. Schaub will speak on the
subject of agricultural education,
and after the address he will talk to
the bo j s about their work if they
will come to hear him. So come out.
boys, and bear what Prof. Schaub
has to Fay. He will explain the work
fully, and let's organize a county as
sociation for the boj s on that day.
Hope the parents will encourage tie
boys to come. T. J. W. Broom.
Death of Mrs Fannie Belk Wil
liamson. Mrs Fannie Williamson died at
her home in Mullins, S. C, January
30tb, after a short illness of grip.
Sho was a daughter of the late Rev.
Julius A. Belk of this county, and is
survived by ber husband and nine
children. She was a sister of Mrs.
J. W. McCain of Waxhaw, Mr. Jas.
N. Belk of Eton. Ga., II. A. Belk of
Union Mills, S. C, and a half sister
of Miss Willie Belk of Rutherfordton
The remaius were burh d mar Mul
lins. Mrs. Belk possessed an unusually
bright mind. She graduated at
Rutherford College at tho age of six
teen, being the lirst woman to take
that degree at th3 colli go. She was
valedictorian of her class. She was
married in 1880, and went with her
husband to Mullins, where they since
lived. She was a devoted member
of the Methodist church and on ac
count of her many virtues will be
greatly missed by the people of her
community.
Aunt Patsey Crook Dead.
Aunt Patsey Crook, known many
years to everybody in Monroe, died
at her home north of town last Fri
day afternoon. She had been feeble
for a long time and bad not been in
Monroe since the fourth of last July.
Funeral was held Saturday at Shiloh
by Rev. W. T' Albright. For years
Aunt Patsey has traded with Crow
Bros., and so fond of them she was
that a while before sho died she gave
directions to ask Mr. John Crow to
buy her coffin and to administer on
her estate. She left a tract of more
than a hundred acres of land. Sev
eral children survive her.
Death For Kitting.
Tn ancient Egypt it was consid
ered a high degree of politeness to
kiss one's hand and then place it on
the top of the head.
Men of rank occasionally kissed
each other, but in the land of the
pharaohs no man ever dreamed of
kissing a woman.
In Rome kissing was at one time
a serious matter. If a slave kissed
a frco woman ho was liable to be
torn to pieces by wild horses.
It was the great Cato who pro
mulgated a law making it a punish
able oireiisc for parents to kiss in
the presence of their rhiidrvn.
The Greeks put to death any man
kissing a woman in tho public
street.
In Austria today a man kisses a
woman's hand only. In Russia the
forehead is kissed among equals.
But a Russian peasant salutes his
lordly master by hissing his knees.
Tho Tolc kisses tho shoulder of
his superior.
When Cold Leoka Green.
Gold can be beaten out so thin
that it allows light to pass through
it, in which case, though it still ap
pears brilliant yellow by reflected
light, it is green as viewed by trans
missionthat is, by the light that
passes through it This curious ef
fect can easily be observed by lay
ing a piece of gold leaf upon a plate
of glass and holding it between the
eye and the light, when the gold
will appear semitransparcnt ana of
leek green color:
Mr. M. S. Secrest of Waxhaw ris-
ited Mr. Frank Secrest last week.
NEWSPAPER MAN FIGHTS.
Editor Bivens of Wadesboro U At
tacked by BlinJ Tiger He Had
Exposed, But the Newspaper
Man Had to be Pulled Off.
WeHrtbore liwnlu.
Wednesday afternoon Will Honey
cutt met the editor of The Ansonian
on the streets and objected to the
refernce made in Tuesday's issue of
of this paper to bis suspected blind
tiger joint upstairs iu the Smith
building. He was prom ply told that
sufficient evidence was availlable to
justify the writing of the article re
ferred to, but this did net satisfy him
and he followed the editor some dis
tance on thfstreets, keeping his hand
suspiciously in his pocket. When
on the public square be cursed some
vile oaths and took from bis pocket
an open knife. He was told to his
face that he was a blind tiger and
asked what business be bad. To
these questions he made no reply,
holding on to bis open knife. Yes
terday afternoon he was again on the
streets and as he started to enter a
store into which the newspaper man
had gone, he was met at the door by
the latter. lloteycuttattbis time had
the same right hnnd in the pocket
from which ho drew the open knifo
the day previous. Before he had
time to remove his hand from his
pocket if he intended doing so, the
newspaper man hit him in the face
and was later taken off him after the
two had reached the sidewalk where
the encounter bad been continued.
Honeycutt is a common, drunken
foul-mouthed vagrant who despiees
honest labor as the night owl does
the noon-day sun. He makes a dis
honarblo living and pays the ronton
disgraced quarters by violating a
law which three-forths of the citi
of Anson county and a majority of
45.000 citizens in North Carolina
say is right and just. Anywhere
elso bis quarters would be investi
gated and his demoralizing business
disposed of in one way or another.
Respect for law has kept citizens
from ridding tho town of him alrea
dy. How long they will respect the
law when officers themselves show
no respect for it, is not known.
Monroe Furniture Company In New
Quarters.
Mr. II. E. Copple, manager of the
Monroe Furniture Company, has
moved his store to the McRae old
stand on the comer of I lay no and
Jefferson streets. This is a much
larger room and gives space for a
greater display of his stock. Under
the management of Mr. Copple the
business of this company has in
creased from year to year and the
company now carries a big stock of
furniture of all grades. In the new
quarters they will be much better
able to display their goods and han
dle their constantly increasing busi
ness. flany Applicants Took the Exami
nation for Census Enumerators.
An exmaination for those desiring
jobs of census enumerators for this
county was held in the court house
last Saturday by Postmaster W. B.
Love. There were forty-two appli
cants, two of whom were colored.
The papers were forwarded to Mr.
Grant of Mocksville, supervisor for
this congressional district, who will
make the appointments.
There will be eighteen enumera
tors to do the work in this county.
They will begin April the first, and
ire allowed fifteen days for the town
and 30 days for the country in which
to gather the statistics.
Smallpox at the Thomasville Or
phanage. The hundreds of friends in this
county of the Thomasvillo Baptist
Orphanage will be sorry to learu
that there are some fifteen cases of
smallpox at tho institution, includ
ing one of the teachers. Some of the
children were allowed to visit rela
tives in the town some time ago and
there contracted the disease and
spread it when they returned to the
orphanage. Of course, the situation
is being carefully and properly tak
en care of, but it is -stated that one
boy is already past recovery.
Adding to the Monument Fund.
Since last week's report a number
of subscriptions have been added to
the Confederate monument fund.
Congressman U. N. Page has sent
ten dollars. Mrs. A. W. Kluttz of
Chester has sent a contribution and
handsome gifts have been added by
Messrs. R. V. Houston, B. A. Horn,
L. C. Bickett, C W. Bruner, and the
Sikes Company.
Have you made your contribution
yet?
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