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he Monroe Journj
Volume XVII. No. 5.
Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, March 1, 1910.
One Dolu Year.
TURN BACK ON DARWIN.
Man Who Deserted His Own Chil
dren Qot No Comfort From the
Family of His Wife, Who Turn
ed Their Backs Upon Him.
Last week The Journal told the
story of three children who came to
Monroe in search of the father who
had deserted tbem, married in Shel
by, told his wife that he had only
one child, and camo to Monroe to
live with his wife s father, Mr. D. W
Carroll The Btory left off where
Darwin, after being presented with
his children at the Mayor's office,
and then vainly trying to send them
off on the first train, was compelled
to take them home for the night
Since then The Journal has seen Mr.
Carroll, the father of the young lady
whom Darwin married. Mr. Carroll,
who is a broad shouldered man and
looks you 'straight in the eye when
talking, spoke very freely but sor
sowfully of the affair. He and his
- family are greatly humiliated that
their confidence should have been so
betrayed. Of course, it was not the
matter of the man having children
that troubled them; it was the fact
that ho had deceived them and
proven himself untrustworthy. Mr.
Carroll used very emphatic language
in characterizing the conduct of the
man in deserting his own flesh and
blood, as well as in practicing the
deception upon his wife and her
family.
"I feel," said Mr. Carroll, "that I
would like for the people of Monroe,
among whom we are strangers, to
know that the conduct of this man
found no countenance from us and
that when his deception became
known he was turned away from our
house forever. On the night he
brought the children there we took
them in and cared for them as best
we could, and the next morning Mrs
Carroll gave Darwin money to buy
tickets and told him to go with them
and take care of them. Of course,
our daughter is the chief sufferer,
since she is only nineteen years of
age and is married to a man who has
proven unworthy of her respect and
confidence and whom she can never
again associate with. The baseness
of the man's conduct is further
shown by the fact that he tried to
get the children away without our
knowing anything about it so that
he might practice further deception
upon us.
Mr. Carroll is from Alabama. He
is an engineer with a run from Mon
roe to Bostic. After coming to this
work last year he brought his family
to Shelby to spend the summer, and
then on to Monroe to live. At Shel
by the marriage took place. Darwin
is gone and will probably never be
seen here again.
Pretty Entertainment at Wlngate
Correspondence of The Journal.
A very pretty social affair was the
reception given by the Drowning
Literary Society in the Browning
Hall last Friday evening from eight
to ten-thirty o clock.
Both the refreshment hall and the
reception room were beautifully and
artistically decorated in lavender and
green, the colors of the Browning
and Poe societies. The colors were
beautifully carried out in the dainty
refreshments served to the guests
immediately before they departed.
In the center of the refreshment
room was a largo table grace
fully arranged in lavender with a
bowl of violets for the center piece.
Around this were a number of small
tables on which were bunches of
violets. The souvenirs were hand
painted violets tied with lavender
ribbon.
The guests were introduced by
Miss Annie Bogan, president of the
8 ciety, to the receiving patty, which
was composed of Mr. and Mrs. B. Y.
Tyner, Mr. J. Q. Carroll, Misses Es
ther Bivens, Lillian Brownlee, Janie
Bivens, Mary Jones and Bessie Gad-
dy. The entertainment consisted of
music and recitations rendered oy
members of the society. The even
ing was thoroughly enjoyed by all
present.
Making an Egg.
"Grandpa, does hens make their
own eggs?"
"Yes, indeed they do, Johnny."
"An do they always put the yolk
in the middle?
"They do, Johnny."
"An' do they put the wtite stuff
around to keep the yeller from rub
bin' off r
"Quite likely, my little boy."
"An who sews the cover on?"
This stumped the old gentleman,
and he barricaded Johnny's mouth
with a large lollpop. London
Scraps.
Item of News Here and There.
The beef trust cf the United States,
embracing six great packing com
panies and twenty-one packers, sev
eral of them multi millionaires, soci
ally and industrially prominent, were
indicted by a grand jury in Hudson
county, N. J., charged with conspira
cy in limiting the supply of meat
and poultry.
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of
South Carolina continues his favora
ble progress toward recovery and,
barring complications, it is believed
his recovery is assured. He shows
renewed evidence of the gradual
abatement of the paralysis and apha
sia. The constitutionality of the stat
ute of South Carolina as construed
by State courts, requiring railroads
doing a local business to pay a pen
alty of $50 if they fail to adjust
within in) days a claim for loss of
goods in transportation, has been up
held by the Supreme Court of the
Inited btates.
While the Supreme Court of the
United States has vouchsafed no in
timation on the subject, it is gener
ally supposed that the decision in
the case of the American Tobacco
Company, which has already been
argued before the court, will not be
handed down at least until after the
argument in the case of the Standard
Oil Company, which is set for March
14th.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that Moses Haas,
Theodore II. Price and Frederick A,
Peckhara, all indicted in the District
of Columbia in connection with the
cotton leak scandal of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in rJOj, must
come to ashington for trial. The
defendants resisted the efforts to
bring them to the District of Colum
bia for trial and the cases have been
pending in the courts since the in
dictments were brought.
John K. Early, formerly of North
Carolina, whom the health authori
ties at Washington and many physi
cians have branded as a leper, is
destitute in New lork city with no
means of supporting his wife and
two children. Dr. L. Duncan Bulk-
ley of the New York Skin and Can
cer Hospital, who insists that Early
is not a leper, has made an appeal to
the public in his behalf. Early can
not obtain employment and is ostra
cised because he is believed to have
leprosy.
The State of South Carolina has
instituted suit before the State dis
pensary commission for $ 500,000
damages against the Richland Dis
tillery Company and Lanahan & Son
and the Bernheim Distillery Com
pany. The amount is alleged to be
due from the distilling company as
result of overcharges. Another
suit of the same character has been
instituted against the Carolina Glass
Company, the amount asked being
$29,000. These suits are the result
of the dispensary graft.
Following the discovery that the
Natianal City Bank of Cambridge,
Mass., had been looted of $144,000,
the doors of the institution were
closed by National Bank Examiner
Pepper, acting on behalf of the
comptroller of the currency. Later
a warrant was issued for the arrest
of George W. Coleman, the young
bookkeeper of the bank, who was
last heard from in Kansas City a
few days ago. Coleman is charged
with embezzlement. The institution
is insolvent, the capital stock of
9100,000 and the surplus having
been wiped out by the defalcation.
Mr. Flow Still Offering Oood Bar
gains.
To My 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
posed of in bulk. My plans to sell
the remainder of my stock in bulk
miscarried, and I am under the ne
cessity of just 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 benefit Hence I
will sell 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
ers or just about give them away in
bulk. I propose to do the best for
both mvself and the tmblic. and
hence will keep my doors open
awhile longer. Don't fail to come
and see what I have, because they
surely are good bargains for you.
u. wnxrLow.
THE BELL'S NEW flOVE.
Very Solicitous About Rural Tele
phones After the Independent
Unes Are Established.
Staieeville Landmark.
They had a farmers' short course
at Hickory this week, as announced
in the Landmark a week ago, and
while he wasn't on the programme,
Mr. Morgan B. Spier of the Bell Tel
ephone Company was on hand. Mr.
Spier is a versatile gentleman and
accommodates himself to a religious
gathering, a farmers meeting or any
sort of gathering in which he can
put in a word for the Bell. The
Democrat has this to say of his ad
vent in the Hickory farmers' meet
ing:
"Morgan B. Spier, district super
intendent of the Bell Telephone
Company of Charlotte, pointed out
the absolute necessity of the rural
telephone to the farmer. By co oper
ating farmers may get the farmers'
exchanges by an investment of $ 15
to Sl each, and 40 cents prorated
among each member for an operator.
The Dixie exchange in Mecklenburg
costs each member $9 a year. Far
mers can get thoir exchange as low
as 40 cents a month. Mr. Spier
showed maps of Mecklenburg and
Union, dotted all over with country
'phones. Union bad 25 exchanges."
We wonder if Mr. Spier told the
Catawba farmers that the Union ex
changes are independent companies
and that Union is free from the Bell
monopoly? We wonder, too, did he
tell them that notwithstanding the
Bell ha3 controlled in Charlotte for
many years that not until recently
has a rural telephone exchange been
established in Mecklenburg county,
notwithstanding Union, Iredell and
other counties have long had these
important adjuncts to the modern
rural life? Of course he didn t tell
them that, nor did he tell them that
it was not until recently that the
Bell began offering any inducements
to the farmers to build rural lines
and exchanges; and that its zeal in
thic direction now is due to the
strength of the independent tele
phone systems in Iredell and other
counties in this section of the State.
He didn't tell them that, but the
Landmark does tell them, for it is a
fact
As to the prices quoted for rural
service, they are higher than neces
sary, but the cost would be reason
able enough if that was the end of it
If the Bell ever reaches the goal for
which it is striving an absolute
monopoly of all wire communication
the farmers and all others who de
sire to use this service will be forced
to pay any old price the monopoly
may ask. And the folks who join
with the Bell or any other similar
monopoly are helping to bring about
just that state of affairs.
Young Mr. Vann.
Mr. John Vann was yesterday
sworn in as a practicing lawyer in
the courts of the State. He lately
secured license to practice and has
come to Monroe to locate. He is the
son of Mr. J. J. Vann, who was one
of the ablest and one of the most
honored men who ever practiced
here. He was a man of sterling char
acter, and though he has been dead
fifteen years men speak of him now
with the warmest esteem and admir
ation. And in the county there are
hundreds who loved and admired
him who will wish the greatest suc
cess to the son who has now started
out as a lawyer before the bar which
his father honored. And these
friends can wish nothing better for
the young man than that he shall
follow closely in the footsteps of
honor and probity of his father. Mr.
Vann is a young man of sterling
character, determination and ability.
A Cup for Pennies.
To the Editor of The Journal :
I feel that I will be doing myself
no injustice and my fellow country
men a courtesy, in offering a simple
suggestion in regard to rural mail
box conveniences. We ought to of
fer any accommodation that we ran
for our carriers' convenience. I can
conceive of nothing so simple and
yet so convenient, as the smallest
size tin cup placed in the rural mail
box in which to deposit money for
stamps, cards, or postoffice money
orders. It also makes it very handy
indeed to your carrier, who has cold
hands or gloves on, for you to place
your letters, cards, etc., on this cup,
as he can thus get hold of them more
readily. Out of self respect, get a
cud for your box for convenience to
your carrier, and do not be compell
ed by the postal authorities to show
your appreciation of their service.
Koute o. i hos. u uinso. i
News About the State.
The Manufacturers' Club, the C
lonial Club, the Elks' Club, Eagles'
Club, the Farmers' and Mechanics'
Club, the Park Driving Club and a
number of individuals, including the
proprietors of near beer places in the
city, represented by E. T. Byers and
J. E. Cline, and individuals charged
with having over 2 gallons of liquor
in their possession, namely J. r.
Thornburg, W. F. Small, tewis Stew
art, A. Dessie Walker, Dave Nash,
R. S. Reinhardt, have all been pre
sented by the Mecklenburg grand
jury and true bills returned against
them by the jury, charging violation
of the State prohibition law.
Arch Mclver, colored, who was
serving a term in the penitentiary
for murder and was pardoned by
Gov. Glenn, got into trouble at San
ford recently and was shot and badly
wounded by another negro. Doubt
less fearing that his pardon would
be revoked on account of the difficul
ty, Mclver got out of bed and fled,
carrying a bullet in his back, while
still supposed to be in a critical con
dition.
Forgery of a unique sort is charg
ed against Fred Gordon, a negro, in
that he is alleged to have punched
the time clock of Fogle Bros.' Com
pany of Winston, attempting to in
dicate that he was at work on a cer
tain day when he was really absent.
In this manner Gordon is suspected
of having previously collected his
$1.50 a day before the firm spotted
him and had him arrested. He will
answer in the Superior court
Governor Kitchin is contemplat
ing the early employment of an ex
pert accountant to audit accounts of
all State-aided institutions of every
class in order to bring about a uni
form system of bookkeeping. The
legislature enacted a law to bring
this about, and the council of State
has endorsed the matter. There is
no rellection upon any of the institu
tions, but the importance of having
a uniform system of bookkeeping
and also the benefit of expert inspec
tion is considered necessary.
The Newton Enterprise calls at
tention to the fact that the report of
the grand jury of Catawba county
Superior court shows that inmates of
the county home unable to work get
only two meals a day and they com
plain of this treatment, which is not
unnatural.
John Alexander, colored, killed his
brother-in-law in Mecklenburg coun
ty early in January. He surrender
ed, claiming the shooting was acci
dental, but a jury in Mecklenburg
Superior Court returned a verdict of
second degree murder and Alexander
was sentenced to Is years in the
State prison.
Chapel Hill is to have a new cot
ton mill, the authorized capital of
which is ? 200,000; $75,000 has been
paid in. The new mill will have
10,000 spindles and will manufac
ture yarns exclusively. Construction
will begin April 1, and the company
hopes to have the mill completed in
time to handle the fall cotton crop.
A final survey of the books in the
case of ex-Sheriff T. S. F. Dorsett of
Davidson county shows that his
whole shortage was ? 27,581. Of this
amount, the bondsmen on the State
bond paid $6,417 and the county
bondsmen $21,164. The ex-sheriff
was fairly well fixed and turned over
all he had to his bondsmen and the
property brought $14,861, which
went to reimburse the bondsmen
that much.
High School Victorious.
Those of our citizens who went out
to the craded school buildine last
Friday night saw the nicest game of
basket ball ever played in Monroe.
This time our High School bo7s de
feated the team of the Charlotte
High School by the nice score of 27
to 22. It was not an easy victory,
for our team won each point through
steady nerve and persistent effort
ThA visitor nlavad clean ball, and
conducted themselves as perfect gen
tlemen. Such a set of boys is a
credit to any town.
The Monroe boys in the game
warn llenrv Fmr ev. renter: iom
Crowell, Durward Waller, forwards;
Bob Howie, Paul Neai, guards. All
played their parts well. But Fairley
is the man who won most points for
his team.
Basket ball is a new same here
and a verv interesting one. too. So
we hope our people will make use of
me opportunities tuey arc uavuig w
acquaint themselves with it It is
vigorous but not too ranch. Above
all, it helps to build the physical
man.
CIVIL CASES TRIED.
fir. Hinson Gets Judgment Against
Town Several Divorces Grant
ed Yet in Session.
The two weeks term of court for
the trial of civil causes is in progress
and will continue all the week.
Judge Lyon is presiding. Last week
the most interesting case tried was
that of Mr. II. J. Hinaon against the
town of Monroe. Mr. Hinson owns
property adjoining the town's water
and light plant and the contention
was that the unsafe condition of the
large derrick at the well prevented
the renting of Mr. Hinson 's house.
The jury gave a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff for $75 and one for
$25 for the destruction of his fence.
Divorces were secured as follows:
Mrs. Estelle Turner from Chas. Tur
ner; Mrs. Hattie Iceman, from James
S. Iceman; Mrs. Berdie Thomas, from
Jack Thomas.
Rawlings Implement Co. against
J. W. Railings; verdict for $37.30.
T. P. lielk against J. W. Fowler,
damages for being thrown by a mule,
$50.00.
D. II. Howie against J. I. Orr;
verdict for $02.50.
J. Y. Doster against J. R. English
and S. 0. Blair. This was a suit
charging usury in a deal involving
the house and lot of the plaintiff.
The Bank of Jefferson had a deed of
trust on the Doster property, with
W. S. Biakeney, trustee for bank.
Under order of sale from court W.
S. Biakeney sold the property and
made deed to Blair and English.
Poster's contention was that he was
to have the property back at a cer
tain time, but since he did not get
it, but all joined in a deed of trans
ference to another party, the transac
tion constituted a loan, and the profit
of English & Blair constituted usury.
The defendants claimed that they
bought the property outright, gave
a bond for title to Doster, but that
this title was not demanded, and that
their profit was merely profit on a
purchase and sale proposition. 1 he
juiy gave a verdict iu favor of Messis
Blair and English.
Details of Broom-Halgler WeJding
Correspondence of The Journal.
A marriage of much interest oc
curred on Wednesday, the 23rd, in
Goose Creek township, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Haigler, when
their daughter, Miss Ida, became the
bride of Mr. J. E. Broom of this vi
cinity. The ceremony, which occur
red at high noon, was performed by
Rev. J. E. M. Davenport in his usu
ally impressive manner. The house
was tastefully decorated with ferns.
The bride was beautifully attired in
a gray satin princess. Immediately
after the ceremony the guests repair
ed to the dining room, where a most
sumptuous dinner was served. Late
in the afternoon the bridal party
drove to the borne of the groom,
where an informal reception was
held and an elegant supper served.
They received a number of nice pres
ents. The groom is one of the coun
ty s most prominent men, being the
efficient manager of the store of J. I.
Orr & Co. of Indian Trail and also
chairman of the county board of ed
ucation. The bride is widely known,
having been one of the county's
most prominent teachers and as a
lady of rare talent and culture. Ibeir
many friends wish for them a long
and happy life. Those attending
from this community were Mr. and
Mrs. J. II. llson and son, Master
Willie; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Riggins;
Misses Beula and Lillie Paxton, Ja
nie and Clarabelle Boyd; Messrs. W.
S. Paxton, Z. A. Tressly, Thomas A.
and H. G. Boyd.
Prof. II. M. Baucom of the school
faculty spent Wednesday evening in
Monroe.
Mr. J. P. Boyd's family, who have
been sick for the past three weeks
with measles, have about recovered.
Mesdames Garmon and King of
Charlotte, who have been visiting
their father, Mr. J. E. Broom, have
returned home.
Mrs. J. M. Tombcrlin is right sick
at her home.
Mrs. I. D. Boyd, who has been se
riously ill for the past two months
with pneumonia, is slightly improv
ed. Mr. Boyd, who has been sick
with la grippe, is better.
Miss Annie Crowell is right sick
at her home in the village.
Mrs. J. A. Boyd of lorkvilleis
visiting relatives in this section.
At Wadesboro Thursday morning
of last week, while Henry Katchffe,
colored, was hauling saw logs, rid
ing astride the log, tie wagon struck
a rough place and Henry was thrown
to the ground, the log failing on his
breast and tilling mm instantly.
The Hog was an Involut y Hobo.
The story of the frog and the cat
hobo told in last week's Journal serv
ed to bring out some more real true
stories. When Mr. W.T. Lawhorn cf
the Monroe Manufacturing Company
was car inspector on the railroad
yard here, he one night got seven fat
hens that were playing the hobo. A
car that had been sidetracked down
the road for some time was hookol
on the local freight and brought to
town. When the men went round
looking at the running gear, as they
always do when cars come in, Mr.
Lawhorn found seven big hens roost
ing on one of the under pieces. They
had gone to roost awhile before the
car was taken up and of course rode
on into town.
But that was not a circumstance
to what happened to a big old pine
rooter hog down in Moore county
when trains began running through
there before the days of the stock
law. There was a certain big old
fellow in a neighborhood that was
well known both on account of his
size and coal black color. One day
while he was crossing the track an
engine came along and picked him
up on the cow catcher. 1 he old fel
low was cither dazed or had sense
enough to lie still till the train stop
ped at the next station, which was
ten miles away. Here he was seen
to get off by a man who recognized
him and put him up and notified the
owner, the singular part of it is
that the hog lost his rich dark color
and turned as gray as a rat. Like a
a man who has seen a ghost, he was
just turned gray by fright.
Process to Grow Black Flowers
and Black Cotton.
Washington I)lwt-li, K th.
Floral culture and the cultivation
of cotten will be revolutionized if tho
formula which Dennis Trapley, a
rheumatic cripple of Savannah, Ga.,
has discovered proves all he asserts
it will. Trapley is now in ashing
ton trying to obtain a patent on his
formula.
By his process, which consist of
the mixing cf three inexpensive and
common chemicals into a fluid, black
cotton can be produced at an ex
pense one tenth that of the dye. He
says he has produced black roses
and he declares that any flower can
be cultivated so that its blooms will
be black.
Back of Trapley and his claims
are Representative Edwards, of Ga.,
and Col. A. R. Lawton, vice presi
dent of the Central of Georgia rail
road and a wealthy hwyer of Savan
nah. On March 1 Trapley will send
from his home in Georgia to Repre
sentee Edwards for exhibit in
Washington a rose plant bearing
several black blooms, also a number
of buds equally as black. This was
the statment made to Representative
Edwards by Trapley this afternoon.
Trapley arrived in Washington yes
terday. He was receded by a let
ter from Col. Lawton, who asked
Representee Edward to take the man
in tow. Togetherrjthey visited the
patent office and told the assistent
comissioner of patents, C. C. Billings
of the wonderful discovery. Com
missioner Billings immediately gave
Trapley the required papers to mako
application for a patent.
Death of Mr. Henry Sloan.
Mr. Henry W. Sloan, formerly of
Monroe, died in Atlanta of pneu
monia Saturday morning. Mr. Sloan
bad formerly been here in the drug
store of Mr. C. N. Simpson, Jr., but
some months ago went to Atlanta to
study medicine. His illness and
death were sudden. He was a na
tive of Jonesboro and the body was
taken there for burial. From Mon
roe it was accompanied by the fol
lowing young gentlemen, who acted
as pall bearers: Julian Griffith, C.N.
Simpson, Jeff Sewell, Boyce Wil
liams, Herndon Hasty, Nisbet Cro
well and Code Morgan. Mr. Frank
Sloan, brother of the deceased, who
now has a position at Simpsons
drug store, has not yet returned
from the funeral. The deceased was
a most upright young man and high
ly esteemed by many friends. He
was only twenty-two years of age.
A dispatch from Burlington says:
There is considerable excitement
here over the sudden disappearance
of Eugene S. Patterson, a voung man
of highly respected family. It has
just come to light that there is a wo
man in the case, and that Mrs. i'at
terson is in possession of letters
written to her husband by a young
woman of this place, and because of
this, it is said young Patterson took
leave of his wife rather than face
the consequence.