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he Monroe Journal Volume XVII. No. 9. Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, March 29, 1910. One & iar a Year. PIEDMONT'SNEW BUILDING IDEAL EQUIPMENT OF A PLANT THAI IS TURNING OUT HIGH GRADE PRODUCT. New Building Covers More Than an Acre Floor Space and Contains Latest Machinery and Conveniences. Company Selling Vehicles in Eight States and the Demand for Them Rapidly Increasing. In its new building, with iU walls as white and clean as a hospital, with its four hundred and fifty windows, every one of which looks out free to the clear blue sky. The Piedmont Buggy Company of this place now works under ideal conditions. With every labor-saving device and con venience that a million-dollar plant might have, its skilled workmen have conditions that will stimulate them to ambitious workmanship. The new building, covering more than an acre of floor space, is designed ideally, and from the smithy on the basement floor, where the beginning of a jab is made, to the crating station above, there is no hitch, no cro.s, no back ward movement of a piece of mate rial. Every step is a fir ward one, and no piece of the twenty-five vehi cles which the plaut is capable of! turning out daily, is required to dou ble an inch on its track. The build ing is mill construction throughout, four lloors, 05x206 feet, steam heat ed, equipped wi;h automatic sprink lers connected to the city water works, with a privatj auxiliary cis tern of 50,000 gallons. And the most superior feature of it all is that there is no rumble or dust from engines, innumerable, shafts and belts, for every machine or section is run by its own electric, motor, all driven by the noiseless white fluid from the Catawba river miles away. There are some dozen motors, rang ing in power from the one eighth horse power of the sewing machine in the trimming room to the fifteen horse power in the blacksmith de partment. Everything about the plant suggests ease, facility and high efficiency. Yet there is not the sug gestion of exclusive machinery that one has in a cotton mill, for instance, for here there remains opportunity for high individual skill and charac ter in the workmen. The men are still workmen, not operators, since the character of the work makes nec essary a combination of the qualities of the individual workman with the use of machinery. The building is situated just out side the city's incorporation line, on a bluff overlooking wide fields and meadows which are just now taking on the green shades of spring. The work is divided into depa i: snts with its foremen, and sub - uepart ments, all in close touch with the presiding genius, General Manager Payne; and from the President, Capt. Heath, General Manager Payne and Secretary and Treasurer Kochtitzky, down to the last workman, there are none who do not manifest a pride and enthusiasm in the work of the company. Probably you have never taken a thought when spinning along in a light running vehicle of the work required to produce such a comfort able effect. If you haven't ever seen a buggy in the making, you will surely be interested in a running de scription of the process. The job starts in the blacksmith shop, the material being brought in from an adjoining warehouse. Here the wheels are primed, tired, bored and boxed, put on an electric driven ele vator and sent to the second floor, where they are painted, striped and finished and set aside to dry for three to seven days. The gears are assembled in the smithy, placed on the elevator for the second floor to receive priming, color varnish, striping and finish, all done on racks without removing, and dried from five to seven days in a dust-proof room without handling, and clear of scars or bruises to paint. The bodies are sent by elevator to the third floor and gracefully submit to twelve coats of paint, during which they are rubbed with pumice stone in water three times. After the finishing coat is put on they are placed in a dark room, which is Tainted black, with black curtains, his is for the purpose of excluding every fly and insect that might dis figure the glossy surface, which has been brought up to piano finish. The tops, cushions and backs are made on the first floor, where women are found to lead the men in the neat and careful work. Here, as ev erywhere else, the most modern ma chinery is at the command of the workers. Thus far the work has been goiug on in sections or departments, the wheels along one line, the gears their way, likewise the bodies and the tops, cushions and seats theirs. The foreman of each department has carefully inspected, tagged by num ber and dismissed each piece. Then they all assemble in the hand3 of the shipping clerk, who with his force on the first floor packs each buggy in a cage crate, which, with wheels and all is made U occupy a cozy space only thirty-three inches deep. The crates here bid tho factory fare well, as they slide into a railroad car waiting on a side track at the back door. The Piedmont has been operating six years, and in that time has dotted the highways and streats of eight States with its vehicles, selling in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama.Mississippi.IiOuis iana anil Florida. The company has all tho facilities for competing with tho strongest competitors, and satis fies tho demand for a high grade, a medium high grade, and a medium grade vehicle, represented respect ively by their Black Diamond, Pied mont and Columbian. The Black Diamond compares more than favor ably with Eastern work that soils at a much higher price. The Piedmont, in style, durability and quality, is acknowledged throughout the South to be a leader. In the Columbian is a medium priced vehicle that carries the distinct Southern style and has none of the earmarks of cheap West ern made work. All workmanship and material are guaranteed. Since the company has opened its new building the old uptown plant has been turned over to repair work of evory description, including auto mobiles. Here also special jobs like delivery wagons, dray wagons, rural delivery wagons, will be turned out. The Piedmont Buggy Company is an enterprise that this section is proud of. It is doing honest, high class work, employing skillful and well paid labor, and carries an ad vertisement for this section over many States. Using the Drag on Rural Routes In Anson. Rural Carrier In Wtdesboro Mesatngennd In lelllgeneer. Just why every road overseer in the county does not use a road drag in working the roads is strange to me. One can be made at practically no expense. Surely they do not know the real benefit they are in working the roads, or they would not work the roads without one. Everybody knows what a deplorable condition the roads of the county have been in for the last six months. In some places almost impassible; such was the condition of the roads over which I had to take the mails. Just to give you some idea of what can be done with the drag, I will give you a little of my experience. Near the home of Mr. J. E. Gray was a piece of road 300 yards long so bad that I bad to take to the fields and woods to get along On Wednesday last I met Mr. W. S. Watkins with his team and road drag just beyond that bad place. Mr. Watkins told me that he was going to fix the road so that 1 could pass over it in a trot the next day, and while I knew the drag would do wonderful work, I doubted if it could be done, the road was so very bad. But sure enough, next day the road was so smooth and nice I went over it in a fast trot with compara tive ease.' In fact some parts of the road would be a credit to the streets of Wadesboro, and to my own knowl edge no work has been done only with the drag. No one who has not tried the drag or seen one at work, has but a faint idea the good one will do when properly managed. Mr. P. L. Hough has one that he tried for the first time on his road and it did wonderful work. He lays he can do more and better work with his team and drag than he could with fifty negroes in the old way. There are others who are making drags on my route that means better roads for me. Every section of road in the coun ty should have one of these drags, even if the county has to pay for it. Compulsion, by the county, to use the drags in working the roads ought to be enforced, at least every three months. Capt Cureton Not South Caro linian. Mr. John S. McCain of Jackson township, a member of Company B, 2Gth Regiment, writes a letter to the Charlotte Observer about the birth place of Capt T. J. Cureton, whose death was mentioned in The journal last week. Mr. McCain says: "He was born in Union county, this State, instead of at Lancaster, S. C. He was about 73 years old and a son of the late Jeremiah Cureton, and was raised on the Macamie farm, the birthplace of Andrew Jackson. "The flag "mentioned was handed to tho flag bearer, Calvin Dickson, by Miss Anna Cureton. On one side it boro the title, 'Victory or Death,' and on the other side, 'Waxhaw Jackson Grays.' The speech of pre sentation was eloquentand patriotic. Capt. William Wilson in response pledged his honor that it should nev er bo trampled in the dust. In the first day's battle at Gettysburg Capt. ilson and i o per cent, of his com mand gave their lives to sustain their pledge. Thirteen brave men of that immortal 2Gth Regiment gave their lives and the fourteenth man with his remnant of troops drove the enemy back, placing the banner upon their breastwork?. "Tho Jackson Grays was made up of beys picked up around Jackson's birthplace. They were full-blooded Tar Heels, chugful of patriotism and pledged themselves on the Gettys burg battlefield, 'Victory or Death.' At the close of this battle Cureton wai made a captain. He saw service around Richmond and Petersburg. At the close of the struggle, ragged and barefoot, with empty haversacks, the brave boys made their way back to Union county back to Tindle X Roads. There with a handshake and a good-bye the company disbanded, each man going to his home. "The writer was one of the boys in the gang from the beginning to the end." Brothers Marry Sisters. Last Wednesday afternoon Mr. Marvin Mangum and Mr. Oscar Man gum, sons of Mr. J. B. Mangum of south Monroe township, were mar ried to Miss Mittie Williams and Miss Floy Williams, respectively, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John II. Williams of east Monroe township. The event occurred at the home of the parents of the brides, and was witnessed by a large number of rel atives and friends of each family. The ceremony was performed by Rev. M. D. L. Preslar. Miss Bessie Hamilton played the wedding march. Messrs. Ray Williams and William Preslar were groomsmen and Misses Wilma Mangum and Ethel Lilcs were maids of honor. A large num ber of pretty and useful presents were received. After the ceremony the party went to the home of the grooms' paronts, where a fine supper was served. The young people are all popular among a large circle of friends. They be long to honored families, numbering generations of useful, right living and high thinking men and women, and they start life with the greatest of all assets, high character, strong hands and clear brains, the most precious heritages that parents can bestow upon their children. Call to Democratic Executive Com mittee. The State Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina recent ly met in Raleigh and adopted a plan of organization. In this plan it is provided that each county Democratic executive committee shall determine whether there shall be in its county, for the selection of delegates and candidates, primary meetings, primary elections, or county conventions. The Democratic Executive Com mittee of Union county is, therefore, called to meet at the court house, in Monroe, N. C, on Saturday, April 2nd, 1910, at 11 o'clock a. m., to de termine upon one of the methods mentioned, and to transact anv other business that may come before the committee. R. W. Lemhond, Chairman. F. tt Wolpb, Secretary. ULESVILLE DESTROYED. Fir Wiped Out the Whole Busi ness Portion of the Town Satur day Night Insufficient Insur ance The whole business portion of Lileaville, Anson county, was de stroyed by fire Saturday night The fire began about 9 o'clock and raged till three. The origin is unknown. The following buildings were de stroyed: J. A. 0. Craig, store, $1, 000 damage, insurance $500, occu pied by W.T. Knotts, stock $ 1,500, no insurance; J. T. Saunders, store, $ 1,000, stock $ 2,000, insurance $ 1, 000; A.G. WaU, store, $ 1.000, stock $2,500, insurance $1,800; T. R. Tomlinson, store, $600, no insur ance; E. P. Liles, store, $000, insu rance; E. P. Liles, warehouses and storage rooms, $16,000, insurance $5,000; II. J. Wall, two brick stores, $2,600, no insurance, occupied by T. A. Home, $5,000, no insurance, and J. S. Clark, $4,500, insurance $800; II. J. Wall, two frame stores, unoccupied, $1,500, insurance $500; Bank of Lilesville, building and fix tures, $2,500, insurance $1,200; John Williams, stock $800, no in surance; Kerr Wall, drug store, $1,000; Allen & Massagee, livery stables, feed, P. Liles, store and post oflice, two warehouses, 2,400, stock $2,000, insurance l,(il)U; J. A. Mc A lister, 'rood shop, stables aud black smith shop, si, 100, no insurance; Mrs. R. L. Henry, residence and store, 1,(100, insurance 500; li. V. Henry, old gmhouso and barn, M no insurance; Allen & Maspngee liv ery stables, feol. etc., $1500, insur ance $!(; J. A. Morton, blacksmith, if 200, no insurance; Dr. J. L. yatt, oflice, $.r00, stock $5t)i, r.o insur ance. Oilier small losses amounted to about $1,000. Recorder's Court. Since last report the following cases have been disposed of: Bill McCain, retailing; 4 months. John McMillan, assault with dead ly weapuh; costs. Lawyer Harris, violating sanitary regulation; costs. ircinia hiteside, colored, vio lating sanitary regulation; $5 and costs. Alf Knight, violating sanitary reg ulation; costs. Henry Boone, beating board bill; costs. W. II. Persons, assault and battery; $2 and costs. John McKeethan, assault and bat tery; costs. Steve Welsh, assault and battery; costs. Wriston Shepherd, assault and bat tery; costs. Bob Meanes, violating ordinance 76; $4 and costs. M. C. Broom, assault and battery; $2.50 and costs. George Ilinson, assault and bat tery; not guilty. Johnsie Burton, keeping liquor for sale; $50 and costs. Peter Odom, assault and battery; costs. Will Ilariston, colored, shooting firecrackers; costs. C. V. McNeely, using profane lan guage; $2 and costs. The Lot Sale on Benton Heights. The auction sale of lots, the prop erty of Mr. J. II. Benton, on Benton Heights, last Saturday was called off after about fifteen lots had been sold. The best lot sold brought $325, and the least desirable was bid off at sixty. These prices Mr. Benton con sidered too low, as his property is the best that has been offered in a similar sale here in a long time, and he called off the sale, and will offer some of the others from time to time at private sale. The free lot was drawn by George Ilinson, the eight-year-old son of Mr. II. J. Ilinson. Benton Hill is a pretty residence sec tion and with the broad streets that have been opened up, gives most de sirable lots for those wanting to build near the business part of town and yet just outside the corporate lmits. Some who bought lots have already begun to put down lumber to build and before long that section will be one of the prettiest about town. While Mr. C. J. Braswell of Goose Creek township was running a saw mill a few days ago, the rachet han dle caught on the saw and the rachet was scattered in pieces, one of which, a piece of steel about two by eight inches, struck Mr. Braswell across the breast and knocked him uncon scious for two or three hours, and breaking his collar bone. 'Squire Braswell was in town Saturday with his hand in a sling. TOOK A HIGH APPEAL. Rev. Crawford Convicted ot Shoot lot at a Brother Minister, Hakes a Mighty Appeal to the Lord in His Own Behalf. Having exhausted his own resour ces and those of his lawyers, and staggering under conviction of hav ing shot a few balls through the win dow of Nebo colored Baptist church of Waxhaw against the sides of his brother minister, Rev. McDonald, Rev. John Crawford, colored, brush ed aside the technicalities of earthly courts and appealed direct to the supreme court of Providence. While the Rer. Crawford was resting in jail last Friday morning, awaiting sentence, Sheriff Griffith heard a sound as of the rushing of mighty winds coming from the direction of Crawford's cell. Going to investi gate, the sheriff beheld Crawford on the knees praying with tremendous voice that the heart of the solicitor might be softened, that the judge be overcome with mercy and loving kindness, and that Providence would lead from the prison cell into the clear sunlight of liberty "disol' Bar nabas, who ain' done nothin' and yit U covered wilh shameful shackles." It is not known what duct this prayer had on tho heart of Judge Lyon, but it must have softened it, as he fined Crawford only sjO and costs, which the preacher paid cheer fully. Mr. John J. Parker was appointed by Judge Lyon to act as solicitor in the case of State against Whedbce, Solicitor Stack having been employ ed by tho defendant before his ap pointment to the solicitori-hip. T. C. Whcdhee, who was an agent of the Seminole, Securities Company, was convicted of false pretense on his trial here last August and sentenced to 2 years in the penitentiary. The case was carried to tho Supreme court, and judgment was arrested on the ground that the indictment was fatally defective, Clark, C. J., and Hoke, J., diss?nting. It was sug gested in the Supreme court's decis ion that the solicitor "consider most carefully whether, upon the facts which the evidence tends to prove, ho can make out a case against the defendant for criminal false pre tense." Mr. Parker will investigate the matter and decide whether or not it will be advisable to renew the prosecution. Other cases disposed of before the court closed its week's work Friday afternoon were: Will Secrest, keep ing liquor for sale; $100 and costs, and bond for good behavior till March, 1911. This is the case in which Judge Williams fined the de fendant $1,000 in the Recorder's court. Ed Horn, felonious breaking; 2 years. Ralph Broom, seduction; not guil ty. Robert Howard, failure to list prop erty: judgment suspended on pay ment of costs and tax. H. II. Trull and Ed Trull, assault and battery; judgment suspended on payment of costs. hi (irimn, false pretense; oo days on roads. Appeals. William Tarleton, assault and bat tery; $5 and costs. Eli McDonald, immorality; pay ment of costs. Oscar Austin, violation of Marsh- ville town ordinance; not guilty. J. H. Gnthn, forgery; plea of nolo contendre entered, which is accept ed by the State and the payment of 850 costs and $100 bond to appear at March terra of court for two years and show good behavior. Cap Davis, forcible trespass; judg ment suspended on payment of costs. Cap Davis, larceny; 12 months on roads. Jack Coffee, burning barn; 2 years. Robert Nash, disturbing religious worship; judgment suspended on payment of costs. The following gentlemen compos ed the grand jury: F. II. Wolfe, foreman; is. L. Clark, J. W. 1 nomas, K. B. Laney, W. R. Benton, B. F. Ke ziah, J. I. Griffin, J. 8. Broom, J. II. Godfrey, John W. Richardson, F. II. Austin, J. F. Conder, W. F. Orr, J. M. Burns, Jennings A. Secrest, W. S. WaJkup, T. S. Haney, R. F. James. Stubborn as Mules are liver and bowels sometimes; seem to balk without cause. Then there's trouble: loss of appetite, indigestion, nervousness, despondency, headache. But such troubles fly before Drivings New Life Pills, the world s best stom ach and liver remedy. So easy. 25c. at English Drug Company's. PRETTY MARRIAGE. Mr. HcEwen and Miss May Death of Mrs. Lowery Mr. Griffin Very Sick Personal. Cormpondroc ot Tht Journal. Wingate, March 2S. A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L May on last Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock, when their daughter, Miss Annie, became the wife of Mr. Ojcar McEwen. Rev. D. M. Austin, pastor of the bride, in a very impressive manner spoke the words that made them one. There were no attendants, so after the great number of invited guests were as sembled in the parlor the bride and groom quietly entered and took the marriage vows. The bride was love ly in snowy white Messaline satin and she carried a large bouquet of American Beauty roses. Immediate ly after the ceremony congratulations were spoken and the bride and groom and the guests drove to the station, where they took No. 44 train for Jacksonville and other points in r londa. 1 he bride is a lady of many charms, and her sweet disposition has won for her a great number of friends. The groom i3 a gentleman of splendid character and is well worthy of the pnxe he ha3 won. Af ter returning from their bridal tour they will probably reside at Hamlet, the groom being an cmplcvec of the Seaboard with headquarters at that pb.ee. Ihe great number cf valu able presents of which they weie the recipients, attested to the popularity of this couple. We wish f.;r them all pleasure and prosperity on life's journey. Mrs. W. T. Sanders r, t'.irred t her home at Jonrsboro Sunday after spending several weeks with her father, Air. S. A. u iiiiams, and oth er relatives here. MissEstclIe Armstrong of Taxa- haw came up last week fur the .May McEwen wedding and spent several davs with friends here. Mr. Edwin Wocley of Mt. Gilead spent Sunday st Mr. V.M. Rogpan's. Mr. Bright Unlhn. who has been seriously ill for the past three weeks, is still in a serious condition and a trained nurse came down Sunday evening to attend him. Mr. and Mrs. Blair Bivens of Alon- roe were in town Sunday. Miss Mayme Boone of the Pee Dee section came up for the McEwen May wedding and is spending some time with friends here. Miss Clara Nicholson returned to her home at Jonesboro Thursday morning after spending two weeks with relatives and friends here. Since our last writing death has again entered our village and claim ed as its victim Mrs. Julia Lowery. On the 17 th of February she was called to the bedside of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. James Lowery, at Little Rock, Ark., and it was while on this mission of ministering to the sick that she was seized w ith the complication of diseases to which she succumbed after eight days suf fering. Deceased was C5 years old and was the widow of Mr. Thomas Lowery, who died about eight years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Lowery seven children were born, six of whom sur vive. To these children Mrs. Low ery was all that a loving mother could be. A truer christian than Mrs. Lowery never took the vows of our holy religion. She was a homekeep- er and a ready and willing giver of aid to everyone in need of help, and she will ever bo remembered in many homes here where she so faith fully ministered to the sick. The following named constitute the fam ily bereaved by the loss of this good woman: Ine sons, Messrs. Jesse, Si las and James Lowery; the daugh ters, Mesdames John Belk, Cull Grif fin and Henry Cox, and a widowed sister, Mrs. Martha Griffin, who made her home with Mrs. Lowery. The body, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Silas Lowery and Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lowery, arrived here on Thursday morning, the 17th, and on Friday was interred in the cemetery at Mt. Olive church by the side of her hus band, Rer. L. C. Snyder conducting funeral services. Saturday Archie Boyte, a 12-year-old son of Mr. C. M. Boyte, picked up a railroad torpedo in a pile of trash that had been hauled out by the town wagon and thrown into a gully. Thinking to have some fun, he put it on a rock and struck it with an axe. The thing exploded and shot a piece of the material half an inch long into his eyn. It went through the lid and into the Yul, bnt to one side of the vital spot, nar- rowly missing destroying the sight
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