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bMKK . 2 "f , THE MONROE JOURNAL Volume XVII. No. 10. Monroe, N. G, Tuesday, April 5, 1910. One Dollar a Year. 5HEMWEL PARTLY PARDONED Man Who Drew Pistol on Rail road Conductor Oct Sentence Much Lightened. Baiter Shemwell, the prominent citizen of Lexington and all round bully, who drew two pistols on a Southern railway conductor to make him stop the train contrary to or ders, and was sentenced to 5 months in jail, and whose sentence was stay ed till April 1st, found mercy at the hands cf Governor Kitchin, who changed the sentence to 5 days in jail and $500 fine. After a lengthy review of the testimony and the his tory of the case, the Governor says: "About a month ago the prisoner's attorney came to me, saying a new application would be made. I told him in that case I desired to select some physician to examine the pris oner and was assured that the pris oner would permit any reputable physician to examine him at any time. I then named the county phy sician of Guilford and two most emi nent physicians in Raleigh. In due time Shemwell appeared in Raleigh. "The two physicians selected by me declined to examine him. I then selected two other eminent physi cians of this city. Upon the prison er's presenting himself to them, he failed to secure an examination, al though they were informed that the Governor desired it While I was anxious to get the opinion of those physicians. I do not blame them for declining, for one must naturally shrink from a case of such great no toriety in which the applicant has been so greatly censured by the press. I would shrink from it, if the consti tution and the law did not place the responsibility upon me a responsi bility to be discharged upon my judgment on the facts disclosed in an orderly manner before me. I have succeeded, however, in having skillful physicians to examine the prisoner since the pending applica tion was made. Fifteen gentlemen have written, filing protects against crmmutation, some think inr one's physical condition" should not be con sidered. "The solicitor protests against commutation unless Shemwell's phy sical condition is such the sentence will be cruel punishment, or serious ly impair his health, and thinks from his observation that Shemwell's trou bles are due to extreme nervousness. The trial judgo says there was no evidence before him of any physical trouble and he prefers to let the Governor pass upon it without sug gestion from him. "Dr. Edmund Harriston Guilford, after two examinations, found Shem well's heart action extremely bad, his nervous system in worse condi tion than his heart, with inability to control his feelings, general evidence ' of present or threatened neurasthe nia, and of past attacks of rheuma tism, and thinks close confinement would seriously imperil bis health and mind. Dr. John Whitehead of Salisbury found Shemwell in a neu rasthenic condition and believes con finement will be very detrimental to his health. Drs. J. T. J. Battle and S. T. Brooks of Greensboro found an enlarged heart with well developed murmur, showing organic disease; no after effects of rheumatism, ex cept possibly heart lsion. Dr. A. F. Fortune of Greensboro, superinten " dent of health of Guilford county, examined Shemwell last Saturday, lie found enlargement of the heart and a nervous condition and believes confinement will impair his health very much. "With the information before the judge the sentence was proper. While I have never seen Shemwell, with the information before me, of which the judge had no benefit, I am , satisfied the execution of the sen- tence pronounced would be a pun ishment cruel and unusual for a mis demeanor of the character of which he was convicted, in his physical condition. "While applying the same meas ure to him that has been and will be applied to others, prisoner should have commutation on the ground above mentioned, for manifest rea sons. I therefore commute the sen tence to five days in jail r ad a fine of 500. Provided, saitf line and all costs are paid. Sentence Begun. Greensboro Wltch, lit. Accompanied by his son, Dermott Shemwell. Baxter Shemwell arrived here on train 4 1 from Lexington at 9:30 this morning. Stopping a lew momenta at the Guilford hotel, fath er and son proceeded to the office of the clerk of the Superior court. Here Shemwell paid in new bills the sum of $020 70. Five hundred of this was the fine imposed by Gover nor Kitchin, and $120.70 was the accumulated costs in the trial of Shemwell. Shemwell then notified Sheriff Jones that he was ready to go to jail to begin the service of his five days' sentence. The officer, Dermott and Baxter Shemwell walk ed around to the jail and soon the doors closed on them, shutting out a curious crowd who had followed. News About the State. A meeting was held in Henderson villo Wednesday in the interest of constructing highways from Knox ville to Charlotte, Greenville and Spartanburg to Asheville. At Neuse station, on the Seaboard Air Line, ten miles from Raleigh, Tuesday morning, Robt Beville, a flagman who was flagging a freight train, waa run over and killed by a passenger train. Beville, it is stat ed, went to Bleep at his post while waiting for the train to pass. Will Walker and Bob Durham, colored, were in a room together at Stice s Shoals, Cleveland county, on Sunday morning, when Durham was shot and killed. The Shelby Star says that Walker contends that they were scuffling over the gun when it was accidentally discharged. lie is in jail to await the action of the grand jury. Swift & Co. and their local repre sentative, Vaughan, were tried last week in Raleigh on a charge of sell ing diseased meat and were convict ed, Swift & Co. being fined $500 and Vaughan $50. The particular meat was a hog, which had ulcers on it with pus in them. The very thoughts of it have caused the con sumption of meat to greatly decrease in Raleigh. Jason Hawkins and his son, John Hawkins, living near Polkville, in Cleveland county, had a difficulty last Friday, says the Shelby Star, which resulted in the son stabbing his father, indicting a serious if not fatal wound. The young man was plowing when his father, who was drinking, reproved him for his treat ment of Jhe mules. A quarrel fol lowed and the father knocked the son down and was beating him when the boy stabbed him. Governor Kitchin Tuesday grant ed three conditional pardons, the beneficiaries of executive clemency being A. G. Wynn of Wilson county, Harvey Elkins of Yancey county, and George Washington of Franklin county. Wynn was convicted in September, 1907, of retailing liquor, and sentenced to two years on the roads. Elkins was sentenced to five years on the roads for stealing a mule, being convicted in September, 1908, and Washington was sentenced in January, 1909, to two years on the roads for an assault with a dead ly weapon. Think a Job Was Put Up on Rev. Crawford. Viliw Enterjirtiw. Rev. J. C. Crawford of this com munity, charged with shooting at Rev. William McDonald, another col ored preacher, at Nebo Baptist church in this place one Sunday night a few weeks ago, was tried and con victed in the Superior court last week and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs. The evidence was along the same line as brought out at the trial in the Recorder's court, which was published in this paper at the time. It should be stated in justice to Crawford that a great many of the best people of the com munity, both white and colored, do not believe in his guilt and were surprised at the verdict. Having heard all the evidence on both sides and knowing all the ins and outs, they believe that the entire affair was nothing less than a "put up job" on Crawford. Somebody did the shoot ing, to be sure, but they do not be lieve that any of the State's wit nesses know who did it, their testi mony to the contrary notwithstand ing. ncLendon Erwln. Last Wednesday evening at seven o'clock Miss Daisy McLendon of Vance township was united in mar riage to Mr. E. A. Erwin of Catawba county. The wedding was a quiet home affair and occurred at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. J. McIendon, Rev. J. E. M. Dav enport of Matthews officiating. Af ter the ceremony an elegant supper was served and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin left for their home in Catawba. The bride is a lady of liberal education and has been a very successful teacher. News from Here and There. The list of persons indicted for bribe-taking in Pittsburg, l, has increased to ninety-one. Emperor William has invited ex President Roosevelt to be his per sonal guest at the palace for three of the five days that Colonel Roosevelt will spend in Berlin. A strike vote has been ordered on the Lake Shore, Michigan Southern railroad by the officers of the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors. The order was issued following the break ing off of the negotiations which had been carried on with the road for three days. About 20,000 men are involved and the result of the vote will be known on the 8th. Two men who are alleged to have robbed the postoffice at Richmond, Vs., Sunday night, were arrested in New York city Tuesday night after a desperate struggle, and a third man escaped. They were traced to New York by means of three trunks shipped from Richmond, with the seizure of which $30,000 worth of the $85,000 lot of stamps obtained in the robbery were recovered. The men were at the station with checks for the trunks when they were ar rested. Preferred Drowning; to School. Roxboro Courier. The body of Martin Luther was found by Jesse Luther, Ruf us Lassi ter and others in Uwharrie river last Monday. The young men were fish ing on Easter Monday and saw the body floating in the river in the Las siter mill pond nearly half a mile above the mill. This young man disappered from home on November 1G, 1909, and had never been heard from since. He was tracked to the river and the river was dragged for several weeks but nothing could be found and it was believed by many that he had run away or had been enticed from home. The body was found above where the dragging in tlic river was dene, acd p.bove the point where the tracks of the boy wero traced to the river. A reward of $200 was offered for him. Ho evidently committed sui cide and it is thought that it was on account of his people insisting on his going to school. lie was a good boy, the constant companion of his mother, was slight ly crippled and on account of this deformity did not like to go to school. His people insisted on his going to school when he disappeared from home. He was 1G years old and had never spent but one night away from home in his life. Mt. Prospect School Closing. Mt. Prospect graded school will close on Friday, April 15th. There will not be any exercises by the pu pils. The annual sermon will be preached at 10:30 a. m. Dinner at noon on picnic style. The annual address will be delivered at 2 o'clock p. m. The Tabernacle brass band will furnish music. A match game of base ball will be played at 4 o'clock between Mt. Prospect and College Hill teams. The public is cordially invited. Don't forget the day, don't forget the place, don't forget the speakers whose names will bo given in next issue; don't forget the big, full basket of some thing good for the inner man. Dr. W. W. Bays of Charlotte will deliver the annual sermon. C. A. Plvleb, Prin. Meeting; of Electrical Engineers. The American Institute of Electri cal Engineers met in Chartotte last week. The meeting was a particu larly happy one because it was in the home of the Southern Power Com pany, the most extensive developer of hydro-electric power in the South. The engineers were brought on a special train to Monroe, thence to the power plants on the Catawba and Rocky creek, where the day was spent in sight seeing and an old time barbecue. Ine following from Mon roe accompanied the party: J. L Ev erett. Chas. Iceman, J. J. Crow, II. B. Shute, J. M. Blair, J. A. Douglas, F. G. Henderson. Misses Frances Lee and Margie Williamson and Mrs. Etta Griffin. Worse Than Bullets. Bullets have often caused less suffer ing to soldiers than the eczema L. W. .. . - . r a : llarnman, uuningion, aie., got m the array and suffered with 40 years. "But Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me when all else failed, he writes. Greatest healer for sores, ulcers.boils, burns, cuts, wounds, bruises, piles, 25c., at English Drug Company's. COTTON. Local market, 14.50. The Weather Now the Factor in the Bull and Bear Game. Sew Orleu lirwlh. 3rd. With the cotton market once more a two-sided affair, this week will probably ste more activity in the fu ture ring. For a long time the bulls had their own way and were able to throttle bearish enterprise and to threaten higher prices because cf the unbroken drouth in Texas and the western cotton belt generally. With general and heavy rains in the South west, the situation has taken on a most decided change and both sides seem to have an equal chance in their operations. If the weather remains favorabe the bears will once more commence to talk about possibilities of a 14, 000,000 or even a 15,000,000 bale crop, just as in the recent past the bulls have been gloomily predicting that with not enough moisture in the soil there was a chance for an other 10,000,000 yield, such as was seen in the last season. It is yet too early in the spring to justify either of thes9 extreme estimates. Crop reports will assume considerable im portance this week from the fact that planting is now in full swing in Texas, will be in full swing in parts of. Louisiana and will commence quite generally in Alabama and Mis sissippi, rrom now on it will be a weather market and those who can guess the turns in the weather can guess the course of prices in the cot ton contract market. For some time to come the weather in Texas will command most attention because of the dispute now on as to whether the rains of last week were a com plete cure for the drouth that has ruled so long. Bears claim that the effects of the drouth have been con quered, but bulls claim that the rains camo too late to put season in the ground. Only the growth of the plant can determine who is right t Action Regarding Sanitation. "Malaria is beginning to appear rapidly in Monroe," said a leading physician yesterday. And it is the opinion of men who know what they are talking about that unless wise measures are taken in time Monroe will have more than an abundance of sickness this spring and summer. At the meeting of the county associ ation of doctors yesterday three members, Drs. Nance, Neal and Ste vens, were appointed a committee to meet with the board cf aldermen to night and take steps looking to se curing more sanitary conditions. The situation is in the hands of the city authorities, as the law lays upon them the duty of providing and ex ecuting sanitary regulations. It is expected that prompt and vigorous steps will be begun ai once. Of course, the town has got to have ad equate sewerage before the proper conditions can exist, but certainly much can be done at once. The thing is to get down to the root of the matter, see what should be done and then do it. Big; Strike of Miners. Two hundred thousand organized miners of the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Okla homa and Arkansas quit work last Thursday night. The miners, members of the Unit ed Mine Workers of America, declar ed the walkout was not a strike but merely a suspension of work pend ing an arrangement between them selves and the operators of a wage scale for another year, the old scale having expired with the month of March. The men demand an increase of pay in some instances of 5 cents a ton, and in other instances of more, and certain changes in working con ditions. Confidence was expressed by the operators that there will be no gen eral coal famine, large supplies of fuel having been secured in antici pation of the walkout. While the miners predicted the suspension would be cut short by a prompt signing of wage scales, some of the operators maintained that the mines ought to be kept closed for a month or sixty days or longer. The Call of the Blood for purification finds voice in pirn pies, boils, sallow complexion, a jaun diced look, moth patches and blotches on the skin all signs of liver trou ble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills make rich red blood, give clear skin. rosy cheeks, fine complexion, health, Try them. 25c. at English Drag Co. s. Carolina-Virginia dame In Char lotte Next Saturday. tjrikl to The Jouriu!. Charlotte, April 4. Charlotte has not entertained anything recently which bas aroused such universal interest and enthusiasm as the ap proaching Carolina - lrgima base ball game which will be played here Saturday of this week. This game will decide which of the two univer sities shall be entitled to the cham pionship in base ball for the South for 1910. A battle royal will be fought for this Southern champion ship. The Charlotte people are do ing everything possible which can in any way contribute to the comfort and pleasure of the two teams, their friends and all visitors on this occa sion. Everyone is invited and it is hoped that you will all come and bring the other fellow, too. Remem ber the date, Saturday, April 9th. All railroads entering Charlotte have granted special reduced roung trip rates and will sell tickets which will be good on all trains leaving the city before midnight Sunday. The game will be called promptly at 3:30 p. m.. and all trains leaving Charlotte on their regular schedule between 4 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon will be held for the game, so that all visitors at the game may return that even ingthe same day. AH those who remain over will be entertained at a grand ball in Char lotte s large auditorium, where re freshments will be served. Charlotte's accommodations are ample for the occasion and it is hoped that all who can do so will re main over for the ball, as everyone is most cordially invited to come, bring your friends and attend. atch the Charlotte daily papers for any further important announce ments When He (lets a "Git Back." The darkies have coined another new phrase. It often happens that one who has served one or more times on the gang is sentenced for another term for some offence. In which case he gets a "git back." Lots of them have Lad many "git backs." The gang is now finishing up the macadam on the street leading to the Oil Mill, and Superintendent Morgan is preparing to begin grad ing and macadamizing west Frank lin street. Mr. Morgan came over to church Sunday and when he got back to the stcckade one of the guards and the trusties w ere having a great old time. The trusties were the rabbits and the hounds that are always kept. at the camp were running them in great shape. Mr. Morgan soon restored the proper Sunday decorum. The gang is visited in throngs on Sun day by people who want to hear them sing. But this has become a nuisance and the management will cut that out. Proposed Big Automobile Run. RiH'kiliRlinu I'usl. Mr. A. G. Corpening yesterday re ceived a letter in regard to the pro posed endurance run to be inaugu rated by the Times-Dispatch of Rich mond. The letter stated that the tour is to take place early in June, starting at Richmond, coming into North Carolina, thence returning. There is some question as to what route will be decided upon, but it is believed this run can be made in five or six days. The route suggested is as follows: Richmond to Clarksville, Clarksville via Durham, Greensboro, High Point, Lexington, Salisbury, Concord, Char lotte, Monroe, Wadesboro, Rocking ham, Pinehurst, Sanford, Raleigh, Henderson and return. There will be about twenty-five entries from Richmond, and of course numbers of others are expected to join along the line, so that it is safe to estimate the party will consist of nearly 100 cars by the time it reaches Rockingham. II there are four per sons to each car this will bring 400 people here and they must be enter tained to a certain extent Ex-President Roosevelt is in Rome today. When arrangements were being made for his presentation to the Pope, the latter sent word that he could not grant the interview un less Mr. Roosevelt would agree in advance not to have anything to do with the Methodists in the city. Mr Roosevelt replied that while he had no engagement nor expected any, he would not accept any restrictions upon his conduct, and would not see the Pope. This is the same trouble that Ex-Vice President Fairbanks got into. It looks like the Pope has got it in for that bunch of Metho dists in Rome. fir. Edwards U a Mover. Mr. James H. Edwards, carrier on rural route No. 1 from Mineral Springs, is a mover. He gets over ground when he starts. He used to be a school teacher and when exam ination day came round each year for a renewal of teachers' certificates, he was the first to finish every time. and he usually handed in his papers before many got started good. And he made gcod marks, too. Last fall Mr. Edwards put his substitute car rier on the route at Mineral Springs and went tp to Charlotte, took the examination for city carrier, got an appointment, and went to work. Not being allowed to stay away from bis work at Mineral Springs any longer, he came back and took up his regu lar work the first of this month. Not long ago while working in Charlotte he came down home to spend Sun day, promising to report for work in Charlotte on Monday morning. Sun day night he got left here by the train, but he didn't fail to keep his appointment He merely picked him self op and walked to Charlotte that night About seven miles from Char lotte he sat down to rest and fell asleep, and so got in a few minutes too late. But Mr. Edwards accom plished a feat last Saturday that made him more tired than walking to Charlotte on that Sunday night He rode over his route on a bicycle, a distance of sixteen miles. Then he rode the wheel and walked together to his home near Altan, a distance of ten miles. Here he took a drink of water and went out and planted his roasting ear patch. Five New Special Districts Ordered The Board of Education, consist ing of Messrs. P. T. Way, J. E. Broom, h. L. Marsh, Prof. Nisbet, superin tendent, met yesterday, but not hav ing time to complete the business, will meet again next Monday. rive elections for special tax dis tricts wero called, upon petition of citizens of each. Williams-Secrest district, Monroe township; Wedding- ton Aor.der.y district: Au'och in Sandy Ridge, Black Jack in Marsh ville, and Faulks in Marshvillo are the districts. Petition for new school building in Altan district was not granted. Petition for new district to take m part of Faulks, Rock Rest and Ma ple Springs, was not allowed. New school house will be built m Bonds Grove, Sandy Ridge town ship, and site changed to a point on public road nearby old site. Petition from Cool Springs, in I-anes Creek township, to move school house was deferred till next meeting; Fine Beginning of Mr. Craig. Rev. Braxton Craig, pastor of Mon roe Baptist church, has preached seven Sundays since coming to Mon roe. There have been professions on eveiy Sunday and thirty-three new members have been received. Rev. Mr. Craig will preach at sev eral churches in the county during the summer, holding meetings in conjunction with Rev. J. A. Bivens, Kev. It. II. James and Rev. M. I). L. Preslar. He will also hold a meet ing at Mt. Airy some time during the summer. Wants an Afternoon Train from Monroe. Charlotte Chronicle. Sunday, the 9th, the Seaboard Air Line is to make another change in schedule. The Charlotte business men have petitioned strongly for a restoration of the evening passenger service from Monroe to Charlotte a service that proved satisfactory and of much benefit to the traveling pub lic. In arranging for the new sched ule, it is to be hoped that the Sea board officials will give this petition the consideration that it deserves. draded School Honor Roll for March Eunice Benton, Annie Lee, Nannio May McNeely, Emma Williams. Jean Ashcraft, Ruth Green, Leslie Futch, Martha Biggers, Alice Presson, Alma Belle Collins, Henry Belk, Eugene Lee, Victor Hamilton, Mary Haiel Long, Eva Flynn, John Douglass, James Gathings, Finley Rogers, Ona Bass, Elizabeth Houston, Sherman Winchester, Charlie Ritch, Willie Matheson, Cora Broom, Ada Hancock. Special Spring; Sale. The big ten days' special spring sale at A. Blacker's begins next Thursday at nine o'clock. The line embraces all kinds of goods for ladies and gentlemen and prices have been marked way down. Mr. Blacker is in the Whitfield old stand next door to Bmner & Hucy. r i ' ?J4
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