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he Monroe Joiirna: - A Volume XVII. No. 3. Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, February 15, 1910. '"V One Dollar a Year. REVEREND VS. REVEREND. The Colored Preacher of Waxhaw Who Wu Shot Says that a DU aenting Brother Minister Was the Trigger Puller The Record er Witbolds His Opinion in the Matter lor a Few Days A Meth odist Brother Who Took the Usual Precautions. Did Rev. Crawford shoot Rev. Mo Donald? That is the question which is now revolving in the mind of Re corder Stevens, and it is the ques tion that afforded unbounded amuse ment for the spectators at the sitting of the Recorder's court last Wednes day afternoon. Rev. McDonald is the pastor of the Nebo Baptist church of Waxhaw, in which the brethren have not always dwelt in unison of spirit, some of the congregation wish ing to keep the church in the Lanes Creek association and some wanting to wrench it therefrom and take it to a sister association. Rev. Crawford was one of the stalwarts who wanted to respect the old landmarks and keep Xtbo in her original place. Two or three months ago Rev. Mc Donald was imported from South Carolina to become pastor of such of the flock as remained after the trans fer was made. Rev. Crawford, who is a native and known in his neigh borhood as a mighty sharp negro, was so dissatisfied that same thought he wanted the pastorate himself, and his conversation and threats were heavilv used against him in the trial before the Recorder. On the 7th of December Rev. Crawford met Rev. McDonald on the street and told him there was a letter waiting him at Russell's store and he had better cotetit, llawent. Tue WSZr was Irom Rav. Crawford himself and got down to business without any of the usual brotherly expressions that are used between members of the cloth. It began: "1 receit to say that the Stale of North Carolina ip not Wong to you and your friend ind every little space now atid then informed Rev. McDonald that he was a liar and if ho didn't like it the writer could Still be found in town. On one occasion the two preachers met in the store of Russell, a colored mer chant, and got to talking about the sano.iiition and the moderator so much that the proprietor was com railed to call them down. "Now, gentlemen," said he, "I'm a Metho dis' and don't know anything about your moderator, but I'm moderator of this store and I want you to keep Readers of last week's Journal will recall that when the pistol fired into the window of the church while the congregation was being lead in nraver bv Brother Davis, there was some excitement and the preacher was carried off in a supposedly dy- infl condition. Harvey Massey, Methodist brother who happened to Vie worshiping with too Baptist on nrepation that night, cave the Re corder a very natural and graphic atorv of the affair. He was on knees, hand over face, near the amen cor ner. when the shot rang out. "Well, what did you do, Harvey?' "Who, me? I went over flat, des so." And flat Harvey sprawled on the floor of the court room, in the adeDt manner always employed by experienced hands on such occasions when the bullets begin to whistle. Then Harvey said when the next hiilM. was fired he jumped over Rrnther Davis and said "Get up," this in disgust at Brother Davis for trvintr to continue a prayer under such circumstances. Brother Davis seemed to have been the chief suf ferer. for about all the witnesses tes tilled to having jumped over or on him that night Ha. McDonald, who had the war rant sworn out charging Crawford with the deed, was the first witness rwfnr the Recorder, and told his storv very well. He had, he said caUpA on Brother Davis to pray, and wa dittinff leaning over in a chair hv fhn window looking in his hvmn book. When the pistol fired be felt the bullet hit bis side, and turning to the window, "I seen the face of Rev. Crawford looking in, with a niatol in his hand, and he wAnt nnom! and den Doom! des like Hat. " Th Recorder reserved his decis inn till nflTt Fridav. While he did nnt our ho. some folks bad the idea that he wanted to make a little in vpati ration of the church surround ings to see how natural conditions fit in with tome of the testimony, in tri trial there was an air of de corum, courtesy, and title giving that would have done credit to an old tima ivttirt acena when folks laid aid always referred to the man whom he accused cf trying to take his life, in the gentlest terms as "icev. craw ford." And all the witnesses flung the word Rev. around so much that the lawyers got to using it, and the Rev. McDonald was so scrupulous to give due honor where it was due that he once referred to the Record er himself as "your Reverend.' Will Search for the South Pole. Wa'hlngton DUpaU'h, February mh. The National Geographic Society today decided to send an expedition in search of the South Pole provided the necessary funds can be raised. It is not believed that there will be any lack on this score. Commander Peary, who is in New York, where a testimonial in his be half was given tonight at the Metro politan opera house, was notified im mediately of the action ol tne Doara of managers of the geographic so ciety. Captain Bartlett, who was in com mand of the Roosevelt, which 1'eary used on his successful trip to the North Pole, probably will be placed in charge of the expedition into the Antarctic regions. With the excep tion of Commander Peary, the mem bers of the expedition will be the same as those who returned last year from the froen North. The Roosevelt, including complete eauipment. sledges and all, is pra& tically in readiness to be stored with provisions and start on her search of the only big goal cn tne gioDe wnicn has not yet been reached. Is This the Biggest Record In Union County? We don't know who claims the record for the biggest yield of com W U'moil County. VrQDC. there ave been fow accurate measurements and IrnJIe certainly have been too ew claimants for good yields. But so far a9 we have heard Mr. J. T. Ielms of Goose Creek is entitled to stand head. Mr. Helms has made a good deal of corn in his time, and made heavy yields on nis ricn doi- tom lands every year while he was armmcr. Mr. Helms says that six years ago he made a particularly fine crop, and from the best he measured one acre and weighed the corn, and bund that he had made lUb bushels. This was made on stubble bottom and. on which was used plenty sta ble manure and a small amount of commercial fertilizer. Jurors for March Term. The countv commissioners drew the following jurors to serve at t term of court for the trial of crimi nal cases, beginning on Monday, March 21st, and continuingone week T. S. Hanev. J. W. Little. W. R. Ben ton. R S. Dees, Atlas a. fcdwaras, W. II. Norwood. M. r. Helms, K. a Lanev. J. I. Griffin, Aaron Cook, J, M. Porter. F. II. Austin, J. M. Burns, A. W. Davis, Jennings A. Secrest, John W. Richardson, C. F. Biggers, T. Klutts, B. F. heziah, George Brewer, R. F. James, J. b. liroora, R Ilucmns. J. r. Uonder. . . Orr. W. A. Helms, B. L. Clark, C. A Baker, Henry vv. Austin, jonauiau - -. aT a . 1 i 1 F. Gordon, W. o. waiKup, Jonn 11 Godfrey, J. P. Simpson, II. E. Cop pie, F. H. Wolfe, J. w. 1 nomas. Mr. Flow Still Offering Qood Bar gains. To Mv Friends and Customers: You remember that I advertised that I was going out of business, and that with the close of my sale January the 22nd, the whole stock would be dis poned of in bulk. My plans to sell the remainder 01 my siocs in uuia r. . . . v.. 11. miscarried, and I am under the ne wssitv of iust about giving away sev eral thousand dollars' worth of goods to some man to sell them out or, to sell them at retail myself. I prefer to give my old customers and friends the beneht. lience 1 bpII the remainder at retail at prices still lower than those that ob tained during the sale. I still have a good lot of good goods, and I must close them out cheap to old custom- jra nr inst about eive them away in bulk. I propose 10 ao me dcm iur both myself and the public, and hence will keep my doors open . . t 1 4 f awhile longer. Don't fail to come and see what I have, because they surely are good bargains for you. Respectfully, D. Will Flow. New Commanderv Doing Well The Commandery, Knights Temp lars, which Monroe Masons lately or ganized, has started off well with twflntv members and expect to dou- hl th membership shortly. The nffirora are Cant, S. IL Green. E. C W. C. Crowell, G.; Lee Griffin, C. G POPE WOULDN'T SEE HIM. Ex -President Fairbanks Snubbed la Rome Because He Appeared at fletboJlst Church. Hon. Chas. W. Fairbanks, ex-Pres ident of the United States, is in Eu rope. The other day he was in Rome and desired to pay his respects to the King of Italy and also the Pope, but the Pope balked, and said he would not see the distinguished Amer ican unless the latter broke an en gagement be had made to address the congregation of the American Methodist church located in Rome. This Mr. Fairbanks very properly refused to do, but went along and made his address and let the Pope go. The incident aroused a great deal cf interest During the course cf his address. Mr. Fairbanks said: "It is impossible to emphasize too strongly the good work the christian church is doing in all lands and amongst all nationalities. It is grat ifying that the American churches established in all countries are as serting a wider influence today than ever in their history. "All christian churches are worthy of support. They above all should be inspired by a generous, tolerant spirit towards each other. Nothing is more unseemly than the narrow jealousies which they occasionally manifest towards each other. There is room for all. Cease the narrow denominational wars and direct your energies toward the common enemy Let the Catholics and the Protestants of all denominations vie in carrying forward the work of the Master, which ia worthy of the best in there All' Marking the Streets. Mr. T. L. Crowell, city tax collec tor, who is always energetic, nas done on his own hook a little bit of what the town ought to have done in full, namely, mark the various streets. Mr. Crowell has painted neat boards and put them upon Lafayette street. Such signs ought to be on me cor ners of all tho principal streets. The other day a prominent business man had occasion to need tne names 01 the principal streets, and of course he didn t know them, ue canea uDon another prominent one, who is also a town official (we won t give him away bv telling his olhce and failed to find the information. It is expected that Monroe will be entitled to free mail delivery witnin me pres ent year. The streets will then have to be marked and the houses num bered. However, this need not cause thfl delay in having the streets marked. Going to Improvethe Public Square Did you know that our public square might be one of the prettiest things of the kind in North Carolina? Well, it could be. tew towns nave such squares in the center of town at all. And most any 01 mem wouia jump at the chance of beautifying such a one as we have. The county commissioners and the town have decided on an improvement which oueht to be well done. The town is to have the walks arouna me square graded and the county will put Hnwn cement walks. While it is . I ll being done it should be done thor ouchlv and beautifully. 1 he town 7 " ... 1 W II has secured the services 01 air. m. 11 Gold to make the proper surveys necessary to form a plan of work Scratch from flute's Tooth Makes Blood Poisoning. For nearly two weeks Mr. Bryce Rushinff. son of Mr. A. K. Rushing of Lanes Creek township, has been very ill from blood poisoning, lhe trouble came from a scratch made by a mule's tooth while Mr. Kushiug was trying to give medicine to the animal, which had pneumonia. The mule died, and in a day or two the scratch on Mr. Rushing began to get so bad that a doctor was called in He saw it to be a serious matter and went to work. Mr. Rushing is now improving but for ten days he was confined to his bed, a very sick man Wall of New Buggy Factory Up, The walls of the new building that the Piedmont Buggy Company ia erecting ill North Monroe have hren completed. The building wil he 64x200 feet, four stories. If the weather is favorable it will be com leted by the first of March. Mr. John Graham is the contractor. The Caumont .Talking Pictures, the latest and most startling achieve ment in the moving picture wona pictures that appew to talk and pre sent the next thing to real life, at the opera house Wednesday and Squarely Up To The People of Monroe. We have assumed that the people of Monroe are not going to have their laws trampled on by any one who wants to make money by run ning hell holes known as near beer saloons. Today the question is squarely up to them. This morning there arrived in Mon roe a man who introduced himself as Walter Kirsh, representing the Consumers' Brewing Company of Norfolk, Va., who announced that he was going to open a near beer place in this town. Chief of Police Laney warned Mr. Kirsh that the people here did not want such a thing and that their local laws were opposed to it. The representative of the Nor folk brewers replied: "Well, I'm going to take a shot at it under the advice of ray counsel. The aldermen thought that they would put the tax so high that no body would pay it, but I've got the money and I'm going to do it." He further stated that he wanted a house that would hold a car load at the time. Chief of Police Laney again told Mr. Kirsh that he was liable to be arrested for violating the local law, notwithstanding the Supreme court decision that license under the general law must be gran ted. Solicitor Stack is not here, but we have been reliably informed that he has advised that the first man who opens such a place ' here should be arrested. The Fayetteville people operating the same way. To meet the "shot" of the Norfolk brew ers at the tace and welfare of this community, we suggest that an amount necessary to employ counsel and test the case be at once sub scribed. The Journal starts the subscription with the sura of ten dollars. If the people want to he down they can do so. If they want to fight now is the time to begin. fir. Fowler Will Move to Monroe. Correspondence of The Journal. Wesley Chapel. Feb. 14.-The big reeze last Friday put the telephone ines out of business temporarily. There is a cood deal of colds and grip in the community. Miss Blake ieid. who has been m scnooi nere, has been sick for some time. Mr. Neill Moser has returned to school here, after an absence of two weeks caused by the sickness of his brother, who had a severe attack 01 pneumonia. Mr. Clifford Fowler, who was re cently appointed constable of Mon- roe township, will move to Monroe this week. Mr. Fowler is a good . ... officer, having served this township for auite awhile. He is a terror to the blind tigers. Messrs. B. C. and George Header spent last Friday m Bufordtown ah in. Messrs. Lawrence rresson ana Preston llawfield spent Saturday night in Monroe. Mrs. Julia Warwick of Laurin burg, who has been visiting friends and relatives here for several days, returned home last Friday. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs, Kate Howie. Although it was raining and cold there was quite a good number pres ent at a birthday dinner last Wed nesdav given by Squire John 11 Winchester, who was 78 years old on that day. Judging from his appear ance one would say he is good lor hundred or more. His ability to get about and his activity in general is tatter than most men at sixty. 1 be presents were numerous and valu able. May he live long. Judging from the way the auto mobiles and spotted horses pass this way, there will be something doing nhmit here in the near future. As for our part, we consider spotted horses much safer than automobiles, A Reputation About Right, This fellow you call Sam Krauss must have an awful reputation as 1 watchmaker. Last week he received three jobs: one came from Clermont, Fla.. one from Columbia, S. C, and one from Wilmington, N. C. Watch makers must be scarce around in those parts, or Krauss hat the thing by the tail. STEAMER IN WILD STOR.1. French Boat on the Mediterranean does on Reefs and 156 Lives Lost, Only One Man Surviving. r!m, l-land of Majorca, !l-iitch, llth. Driven helplessly from her course, in one of the wildest storms that has swept the Mediterranean in 40years, the trench Trans-Atlantic Meamship Company's steamer General Chanzy crashed at full speed, in the dead of night, on the treacherous reefs near the island of Minorca and all but one of the 157 souls on board perished, The sole survivor is an Algerian customs official, Marcel Rodel, who was rescued by a nsnerman ana wno lies toniglt in the hospital at uuda- as their telephone line was down, dela, raving as a result of the tor- and they had no way of communicat tures through which he passed and ing with the men along the line, they unable to give account of the disas ter. In the ship's company there were 87 passengers, of whom 30 were in tho first cabin. The crew numbered 70. It is not thought that any Am ericans were aboard the liner. The ship was in command of Cap tain Cavol, one of the most careful ollicers of the line. In his long ex perience he had with an accident. nver btfore met lie had intended to retire from the service in the near future. The passengers of the Chanzy were mostly French ollicers and officials returning to their post in Algeria, accompanied by their wives and chil- dren. a few soldiers, some ltalians and Turks, and one priest The only Anglo-Saxon names on the passenger list were Green and Stakely. These were members of an opera troupe of eleven which had been engaged to sing at the Casino in Algiers. LEFT DRUMMER IN CHARGE. Occupants of a Store Mistook Him for a Detective and one ty une Quietly Stole Away. Wadi-sWo Atii"nlan. Not many days ago a neatly dress ed man walked into a much suspect ed grocery store on one of the lower streets and asked for the proprietor. Ie was told by the two white men in charge and also a negro man about the place, that the proprietor was not in at that time. The stranger said he wanted to look over the stock a ittle. The colored man took the hint and volunteered to go after the man the store belongs to. He left and re turned a week later. After wailing only a few minutes, one of the white men said he wouia go aiier ms em- over there just went to Mr. t under ployer and see what had become of hurk and Der8uaded him to hitch up that negro. He left and didn t re- turn. Then the other white man begged of the stranger to tane cnarge of the business for a few minutes, as he was bound to get off just a little while. All this took place in the space of only a few minutes and the gooa naturea traveling mau waa icu in charge. He stood guard over the stock from 8 o'clock in tho morning to nearly 11 and finally called in a man and torn mm mat ne musi go, that he only came in there to sell a bill of groceries and wasn t expect- ing to take charge of the business so easily. They thought the innocent traveling man was a ueiecwvu. Selling Oysters Some. Mr. John R. Simpson has already sold this season one thousand dol lars' worth of oysters. There are several other dealers in town and no doubtl each of these has had fine les. Mr. Simpson Bens oniy one grade. According to the ancient rule that oysters are seasonable in every month in which the letter r occurs, there are yet two and a half months for sales this season. Think of the immense place this article of diet has secured in this country. Every town, big and little, sells them far and near, and it is the rarest thing in the wor d to find a man who doesn't like them. fir. Hicks' Brother Dead. Last Thursday Mr. Eugene C. Hicks received a telegram conveying the news of the death of his brother, Mr. 0. W. Hicks of Macon, Ga., which accurred that day. The remains were taken to Oxford, this State, and in terred at the old family home place. Mr. E. C. Hicks joined the party at Monroe and went to Oxford. Won't Need a Crutch. When Editor J. P. Sossman of Cor nelius. N. C. bruised his leg badly, it started an ugly sore. Many salves nri ointments proved worthless, then Bucklen's Arnica 8alve healed thor- nmrhlv. Nothinc ia ao oromot and sure for ulcers, boils, burns, bruises, cuts, corns, sores, pimples, eczema or piles. 25c., at English Drug Co. a. ELECTRIC CURRENT OFF. Sleet Causes Interruption o! Cur rent and Mills and Every thing Else Stop 5hort The Trouble Slight. The sleet and snow of last Friday played smash with the wires. Down n the afternoon the current of the Southern Power Company, which auDDlies Monroe her lichts and row- er and several mills and plants of various kinds their motive power, starred. And stopped was every- thing else, from the big Icemorlee min8 to the picture shows. It was Lot long before the power people discovered where the trouble lay, but dared not turn it on again till every man had a warning of safety. There were no lights in town Friday and Saturday nights, and the water sup ply gave out Sunday. But by Mon day morning everything was alright and going again. No doubt great damage was done by the heavy sheet to country tele phones. On Crawford street a line of six big posts of the Monroe Tele- nhono Company went down in one swoop. Fortunately the company had finished cabling its wires on that street and the gieat tangled mass of wires that resulted were the dead overhead ones that had not been taken down. Mr. Norwood and bis squad soon had the posts reset and the old wires cleared away, HAULED BEER HERE. HAULED IT BACK. Man Came Down from Salisbury to Open a Near Beer Joint but is Persuaded to Reconsider Gets License Money Back and Folds HU Tent. No near beer for Mource, neither for Bentonville, nor the regions round about. Mr. J. R. Funderburk came to Monroe last week from Salis bury, rented a small store room in Bentonville, got license irom me sheriff to sell near beer, unloaded several barrels of some kind of hog wa8h from a wagon, and was about roady to create a little hell for the DMI)ie o that community, when some.hing happened. They didn't f.r1Btpn um. thev didn't intimidate jlin,) they didn-t say tney would burn nim ou. or snotgun quarantine him, r;ApT vm oranvthincelse. qQ6 0 fading men who lives and e0 v, where ne came from or aomewhere else. It was a simple mnTA Rtiasion. of cood chns argument so to speak, and it wa8 put to n;m so earnestly that Mr. FnnHprhnrk said. "Well, if the sher- iff win Rjve me back the money I na d or the license. 1 11 quit. ..jt-9 a trade," said the gentleman who was do;ne the talking, "and if the sheriff can't give the money back it wiij found 80mewhere else. sheriff Griffith was only too glad to return tne money and cancel the iicen8e because he wouldn't issue one o the tniDg3 at the start till the Supreme court said he had to. Mr. Funderburk got his money back and on last Friday he loaded up his near- slop and went back. Mr. Funderburk is not so bad, even if he did want to sell such stuff. You have often heard that no one is altogether bad who is subject still to moral suasion. And air. tunaer- b 11k was subject. And the good folks who live over on Benton Hill believe more than ever in moral sua sion. No near beer for Monroe. Death of Mrs. Penelope Austin. Mrs. Penelope Austin, widow of Mr. John Austin, died at her home in Gooso Creek township late yes terday afternoon from pneumonia, following measles. The remains will be interred at the Austin bury ing ground. Mrs. Austin s maiden name was Caudle, and she was seventy years old. Her husband died twenty years ago and she reared her children alone and made useful men and wo men of them. She was a good wo man and a faithful member of Mead ow Branch church. Her daughters are Mrs. John A. Austin of Goose Creek and Mrs. G. R. Mullis. The sons are Messrs. John Austin of Monroe, and Palmer and Jeff Austin, who lived with their mother. Meadow Brook Farm is the play you have been waiting for. It is a story of New England life true to nature. At the opera house nday I mgni. tru on such things. Rev. McDon 0. W. Kochtitzky, secretary. Thursday night
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