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Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, November 29, 1910.
One Dollar a Year.
Volume XVII. No. 44.
SERMON AND HUSIC.
Rev. Ollbert Rowe's Fine Thanks
giving Sermon. Followed by Or-
, can Recital by Prof. Zehn of
Charlotte.
Monroe is indebted to Charlotte
for one of the most pleasant and up
lifting occasions that our folks have
had, in that she furnished us Rev.
G. T. Rowe, pastor of Tryon Street
church, last Thursday evening, who
delivered a most brilliant and inspir
ing sermon on Thanksgiving, and
Prof. Zehn, director of music in
Elizabeth College, who gave a splen
did recital on the new pipe organ
that had just been set up in Central
church. Monroe can scarcely hope
to repay its neighbor, except in thor
ough appreciation of the occasion.
Rev. Mr. Rowe is one of our boys,
almost, having been partly reared
here, where hi3 father, the beloved
Dr. J. C. Rowe, has resided many
year?, twice as pastor and once as
presiding elder. Mr. Rowe speaks
with a fluency and brilliancy sur
passed by no youug man in the
North Carolina ministry of any de
nomination. His thought is both
profound and clear, his penetration
acute, and his imagination and good
humor illuminating. The text was
Paul's exhortation to the Philippians,
written from prison, in which he ex
horted them to "Rejoice" in the
I-nrd not in the abundance of the
things thev possessed. The pleasing
countenance of the young preacher
is half of a good sermon, ana ine
broad mouth, with a bewitching up
turn on either side, is indicative of
a broad and deep good humor. Im
agination and humor facinatingly
chase each other over the face, and
a wealthy vocabulary lends wings to
accurate and profound thinking.
The religion of hope and joy, as
bound up in the word "rejoice," was
set forth as a necessity and the re
sult of the profoundest facts of
human character. In the light of
such thanksgiving sentiments, the
mere thankfulness that would limit
itself to full barns and fat pocket
books seems peculiarly little and in
sufficient. At the conclusion of the sermon
Prof. Zehn, director of music in
Elizabeth College, gave a recital on
the new pipe organ. For an hour he
charmed and thrilled the audience
with such music as few had often
heard. English, French, Dutch and
Spanish composers were rendered
with wonderful variety and power.
In the opinion of many lovers of
music the pipe organ in masterful
hands is the most wonderful and
powerful of all musical instruments,
and Prof. Zehn is unquestionably a
superior artist.
Members of the congregation will
be glad to know that Prof. Zehn
gave the new instrument a complete
inspection and found everything "up
to the standard. His visit was pri
marily for the purpose of examining
and testing the organ. The cost of
the instrument, with expense of set
ting up, etc., is about $ 2,900.
Recorder's Court.
F. J. Griffin, violating ordinance
H'v costs.
Eber Helms, keeping liquor for
sale; fCO and costs.
Marion Blythe, assault and bat
tprr1 costs.
Wheeler Smith, disorderly; $3
anil cnstfl
Percy McRae, assault with deadly
weapon; bu days.
Lizzie Wiggins, assault and bat
tery; $5 and costs.
Bud Doster, assault and battery;
CO days.
Rebecca Crump, assault and bat
tery; 5 and costs.
Alice Clyburn, disorderly; 30 days.
Tom Sikes, assault and battery;
Ed Caudle, assault and battery;
f 5 and costs.
John Smith, interfering with tel
Anhnnn linP.H. nol. DrOS '. COStS.
Carl Alsobrooks, assault and bat
tery; $4 and costs.
Bud Funderburk, assault and bat
tery; costs. .
Bax and Charlie McGuirt, nol
pros.; costs, paid by prosecution.
We are going to get out a direc
tory in a few days. All those who
expect to take 'phones soon should
Iai no have their names so they can
mt in with the numbers. This is
the only directory that will be pub
lished in some time and all names
should appear in it
W. H. Norwood, Mgr.
Monroe Telephone Co
Vnr inn week onlv and for the
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cash, we will sell you 25 pounds of
Rice for fl.ua Bruner & uuey.
A Cotton Farmer from Away Back.
Mr. P. P. W. Plvler spent last Fri
day night with Mr. R. J. Wentz of
ance, after addressing the farmers
Union at Mill Grove. Mr. Plyler
was asked about the reports of the
wonderful amounts of cotton that
Mr. Wentz is said to have grown on
four acres, and replied, "Wentz has
been telling the truth about that
cotton. I saw his field and heard
how he had treated it, and the stalks
on the land looked like trees. Mr.
Wentz is not a bragging man, but
he'll tell you about it if you ask
him."
On four acres this year Mr. Wentz
made 12 five-hundred-pound bales.
The ground has been in cultivation
four years and the stumps are not
yet out. It is naturally a rich, black
loam. Before he plowed it the first
time he gave it a coating of stable
manure. This year he put 31 sacks
per acre of high grade fertilizer on
it. From IS acres this year Mr.
Wentz sold s? 1,800 worth of lint cot
ton. From his crop he has spent
$1,200 on his house, paid all his
farm expenses, has all his seed, three
bales in the lint, and $200 in cash.
This fine four-acre tract he will get
the stumps out of and put in wheat.
High Finance as Practiced by a
Colored Woman.
Witlteboro Antonian.
A clever trick was played on one
of Wadesboros merchants a lew
davs ago bv a colored woman. She
wanted to buy a dress on credit but
not having the proper financial rat
ine was denied the favor. Later she
returned and stated that she "just
must" have that dress to wear next
day and offered to leave a new pair
of shoes she had bought with the
merchant until the next week when
she would return and pay for the
dress. This seemed fair and the
merchant took the carefully wrapped
pair of shoes and placed them under
the counter, lwo weeks ana tne
woman failed to "come back," and
then one of the clerks decided to see
how much the firm had made by the
transaction, getting a pair or 6hoes
for a dress that cost only about two
dollars. The package was unwrap
ped and contained a pair of old,
worn-out summer slippers, not worth
a dime. You'll just "have to show"
that merchant next time you want to
make such a deal with him.
A Young Farmer's Year's Work.
A son of Esq. A. R. Edwards of
Marshville township, who became
twenty-one this year, began working
for himself, and if ho keeps up the
pace he started he will be a farmer
right. His father gave him a mule
and rpnted him land. The voune
man pitched his crop, worked it ac
cording to modern methods, ana
gathered bountifully. He paid his
rent, fertilizer bill, his board, feed
for his mule, for his tools, some la
bor, and all other expenses to make
his crop, and then had 400 in cash
as a result of his work. Isn't that
good?
Hiding Money and Walking
on
Railroad Tracks.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The same old storv. The Wax-
haw Enterprise learns that Mr. Fran
cis a farmer residing near Glendale.
was robbed while he slept the other
night of the sum ot if ob7, wnicn
amount represented tho earnings of
a year on the farm. Mr. Francis had
the money in his pocket, and the
thief entered the house some time
during the night and got it all.
"Where Mr. rrancis missea it,
says The Lnterprise, was in noi
leaving the money in tne Dan, w ny
snv man wants to be sleeping with
anything like that amount of money
in his pants pockets Hanging on ine
head of his bed or any wnere eise in
thA hnnsa is not an easy proposition
for any cautious, right thinking bus
iness man to understand. He is not
only in danger of losing it in more
ways than one, but the very fact of
its presence in the borne endangers
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his life and that oi nis lamiiy, oe-
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ntnsA the marauaer wno is mean
enough to enter a house in the night
and steal money is also mean enough
to commit murder if necessary in
order to conceal his identity and
cover his crime. Possibly Mr. Fran
eis is one of those men who are
afraid of banks. Anyway, he is wiser
now even if much Doorer.
The case of the two old ladies near
Charlotte who were murdered and
humed with their house for the sake
of their supposed hoard, ought to
hitvA nerved as a warning. Maybe
it did in some cases, but people con-'
tinue to hide money at home ana
walk on railroad tracks in face of al
most daily warnings.
OLIVER HEWS TO THE LINE.
Says He Has Been Writing for the
Press Fifteen Years and ."Never
Departed from the Truth Va
rious 5ubjects Treated.
;orrinini- tf The Journal.
On this beautiful morning of
Thanksgiving day I will pen you
a few lines. Some things we are
thankful for and ethers we are not.
We are thankful for good crops and
good prices for our produce. We
are thankful we are living in God's
country I mean around Marvin.
I have been writing lor tne press
fifteen vears and always confined
myself to facts, and in this letter I
am going to hew to tne line ana lei
the chips fall where they will." To
day the Daughters of the American
Revolution are erecting a monument
at the George McKamie place, in
Jackson township, to mark the birth
place of Andrew Jackson, the seventh
President of this great country. Con
gress passed a law while he was
President to recharter the national
banks, but Mr. Jackson vetoed the
bill. He accused them of muzzling
the press and the ballot box. How
about it to-day? Jim Tillman killed
poor Gonzales of the Columbia State
in an attempt to muzzle the press.
A gentleman of York county, S. C,
assaulted Mr. Grist, the editor of the
Yorkville Enquirer, and attempted
to muzzle that paper. The editor of
the Wilkesboro Chronicle, who is
dying with consumption, was bru
tally assaulted by one bully while
another held off the poor editor's
friends with a Colt's navy revolver
because he told the truth. A good
jury convicted them and a good
judge gave them a term in the
Wilkes county iail. but iustice was
cheated, but not by Tod R.Caldwell
nor Nathaniel II. Brogden. Just tne
other day a Wilke9 county jury gave
that noor dvine editor $600 dam
ages for that brutal assault. That
jury was composed of 8 Republicans
and 4 Democrats. The gentlemen
who did the assaulting were Kepub
hesns. Today some gentleman irom
thA Slate of Ohio has sued Mr. Dowd
of the Charlotte News for defending
the Sabbath. The gentleman from
Ohio surely has not read the book of
Numbers, chapter 15 and verses &J,
.13. 34 and 35. The old plantation
trustv around can show our Ohio
friends a man in the moon who was
put there for burning brush on Sun
day.
In Februarv. l&Go. I was a nurse
in general Hospital ao. e, uaieign,
X. C. There were 75 or 100 Federal
prisoners in tents in the yard mat
was nailed with plank s or iu leei
hitrh and a sentinel at the gate day
and night. That hospital today is
Peace Institute. A prisoner asked
me one day how the war was going.
I told him if he would not give me
awav I would eive him a newspaper;
and in big letters at the head of a
column were these words: bherman
Has Burned Columbia. S. C. and Is
Cutting a Swath Through South
Par.ilina Sixty Miles ldo.
That poor fellow who had been
locked out from the world in Salis
bury prison for two whole years was
eager to devour the good news mat
the war would soon be over and that
hn would escaoe the awful doom o
11.000 of his comrades who lie in
thn Federal cemetery at Salisbury
today. If that poor fellow had been
caneht with that paper and given
me away, I would have been punish-
p.i fnr it. I was a nurse there ana
the doctor gave me a list of the light
dipt every morning and beiore
would take it around to old Brother
Swanson. the cook. I would add a
few more names to the list: and my
friends not only who wore the gray,
but some who, wore the blue, never
forgot me. I gave one of them a
hi no coat that was oicked up on tne
hatt pfifild and he cave me a canteen
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I brought that canteen home with
mft
Although I was only a 17-year-old
boy, there was one scene 1 will never
forget One morning a carriage
Hrnvn nn to the door of the bospita
and an elderly gentleman and lady
and a colored servant alighted ana
took a basket apiece on their arms
and ascended the steps: and when
they came to ward F, I had just
finished washing the faces and comb
ing the heads of the patients who
could not walk. The doctor met
them and they told him their mis
sion, and he accompanied them to
ivery cot and told them how much
of the contents of their rich baskets
the Door fellows could have. It
moistens my eves today as I look
hack 55 years and see the tears
trickling down the faces of the poor
Confederate soldier who haa jus
conquered a death grapple of pneu
monia caused by exposure in me
rifle pits and on the lines. Today if
I were to visit Raleich. the first
thing I would do would be to hunt
up that good angel of mercy and her
husband or their children or grand
children. That good Samaritan and
his grand wife was Ex Governor W.
W. Holden.
During the confinement of the
'pderal prisoners at Salisbury, a
good old womau asked Major Gee to
take some provisions in to them.'
he request was granted and she
visited the prison daily. Today
that grand angel of mercy is remem
bered in her declining years by
Uncle Sam with a liberal pension.
In some para ot inion county
human blood has flowed freely of
late, and today the best people of
that section are in as much despair
as the prophet Elijah was when he
led from the King Ahab and hid in
a cave and was fed by the ravens.
The Lord assured Elijah that there
were 5,000 men in Israel who had
not bowed the knee to Bial yet
Vrtv vears aco the Lowerv gang
were drenching the soil of Robeson
county with the blood of her best
citizens. They appealed to the btate
'or heln but the State, like the wick
ed Nero, fiddled while Rome burned.
During the reign of the Lowery
gang in Robeson, you could buy the
best land in it for one dollar an
acre, lhe life insurance agents
packed their grips and left, but
there was a change and a new crew
took nossession of the old ship of
State and a thousand dollars' reward
was offered by the State for Henry,
and five hundred dollars apiece for
Bill Oxendine and the balance of
the gang. John McQueen, a Scotch
Iighlander and a mighty Mmroa,
saw the rewards and he set himself
br some of them. One morning
while he was lurking in a cypress
swamp, le saw bill uxename go
into a abin. He waited till dark
closed in and crawled to the door as
noiseless as a Rocky Mountain cat
and peeped in the cat hole. There
sat Bill with a Croatan damsel on
his lan. and when John touched the
triecer of his trusty rilla Bill fell to
the floor. The next moment a bucket
of water went on the fire. John now
rpturned to the swamp with the tread
of a lion and anxiously waited for
the breaking of day. 1 hen he moved
forward to the cabin again, where
he found nothing but the dead body
of Bill Oxendine. He put it in a
rnarl cart and dumped it out in the
court house yard at Lumberton and
then the sheriff counted him out
S.'iOO. These rewards dumped the
dead bodies of the Lowery gang into
thA ennrt house yard one at a time.
all but Henry, and he saw his days
in Robinson county ending ana es
caned to the Kingdom of Montezuma,
and woe unto him if he puts his foot
in Robinson county.
J. V. Johnson stained the son o
Morvin township in Anson county
with his breeck-loader; Anson coun
ty has had her lynchers, Cabarrus
her black bovs. Rutherford her Ku-
Klux, and Alamance her regulators
all because the law was not put in
good bands and executed according
to testimony. uliyer.
Program of Teachers' fleeting
Onpninff. T. J. Hilggins.
I. The benefit of the teachers'
mpptinzs and how to obtain it.
T P Wilson.
II. How to study. General dis
cussion, led by E. R. Settle.
Ill Health and sanitation. Lr.
II n Stewart.
IV. Course of study. R. N. Nis
V. Agriculture in the common
schools. J. Z. Green.
Wa hone every teacher will feel it
his duty to be present ana take par
in thpflA discussions.
Mnnrne rraded school building.
Saturday, December luih.at nam
K. .N. MSBBT, rres.
Old Time Tea Party Friday Night.
Tjtrlips of the nome Mission Socie-
tv nf the Central Methodist church
will give an entertainment in the
court house Friday night, beginning
at 8 o'clock. The play will be "Ye
Tea Party of Ye Olden Time," and
some 25 ladies will take part, ior
which they have been regularly
nracticinff for some time. Mrs. J.
W Stnhenson will be hostess. Mrs
J F. Laney "grandma," Mrs. II. W.
Uargis "old maid." Prices 15, 25
and 35 cents.
TWt fail to order today one o
those home-made Fruit Cakes, sold
nnlv by Bruner & Huey. Y'ou know
who makes them, and that is guar
an tee enough for anybody.
Attempt to Burn Qin.
What is believed to be an attempt
to burn the gin of Mr. W. T. Laney
of Buford township was made Fri Jay
night A slight accident caused nr.
Laney to shut down on 1- riday alter-
it
noon, leaving about nan a Daie oi
unginned cotton on the yard. This
bplonired to Mr. G. W. Baker. An
other load of seed cottcn on the yard
awaited ginning belonging to Mr. B.
W. Baker, was also left out. As
soon as the gin started up on the
half bale Saturday morning fire broke
out, and only prompt work and hands
and neighbors saved the plant. As
it would take some time to start
again, Mr. B. W. Baker hitched up
and brought his cotton to the Lrow-
Lee gin in Monroe. hue this cot
ton was going through their gins
were fired. This was the only cotton
eft out at night, it came from diHer-
ent farms and both fired gins. It is
thought that some one put matches
or other material in the cotton for
the purpose.
County Home Property Not Sold.
The county commissioners. . G.
Long, II. T. Baucom and T. J. Gor
don, met yesterday to receive bias
'or the county home property, winch
has been advertised sometime. Seal
ed bids had been asked for. The
property is 27 acres of fine land
ronting the graded school, uaiy
one bid was received. It came from
a company whose names were not
disclosed, but was bom tide, ine
bid was f 24,000. This was prompt
ly rejected, and on next Monday the
commissioners will probably take
steps to have a public sale of lots.
Two representatives of real estate
selling agencies are wanting to con
duct a sale tor the commissioners,
but nothing has yet been decided
unon. The commissioners will sell
in such a way and time as will get
the best results for the county.
Death of Mr. J. C. W. Hargett.
Mr. J. C. W. Hargett of Goose
Creek township died at three o'clock
vpsterdav. He had been sick about
twelve months of something like
tumor on the brain. At one time he
was treated in a Charlotte hospital,
and last summer was operated on at
Johns II pkins. lhe lunerai was
held at Mill Grove, ot which cnurcn
he was a member, to day.
The deceased was years old
He leaves a wife and six daughters
His only brother' Mr. J. W. Hargett,
lives in Arkansas, and three sis
ters. Mr. Hargett was a good citi
zen and a progressive, up-todate
farmer.
Widow's House Burned
Thanksgiving day was a sad one
for Mrs. Elizabeth Yarbrough and
her daughter, Miss Levy larbrougn,
who live alone near Mt. Prospect, in
Buford township. Their house with
almost its entire contents was burn
ed that day. At 12 o'clock fire was
discovered in an outside room, and
must have been started by rats and
matehts. Miss iarbrough was pain
fully burned in trying to rescue the
household goods. A couple ot leatn
pr hpds and a few chairs were saved
The loss was about $750, and Mrs.
Yarhrouch had no insurance.
Bpfore the fire had ceased burning
neighbors had gathered in and made
nn a nurse of S80 and nut on foot
plans for rebuilding the house. A
building committee was appointed,
and Mr. II. L. Y'arbrough is treas
urer and will receive all donations.
Barn Burned Last Night.
Last nicht the barn of Mr. B. F
Hunnicutt. six miles northwest o
Monroe, was burned. A peculiar
fact is that several stacks of hay and
snmA lumber. 300 feet from the barn.
which also burned, caught first, the
barn afterward, though the wind was
blowing from the barn to the hay.
Mr. Hunnicutt lost a lot of feed, a
surrv. and other things. He thinks
the fire was set
Convicts Hangman,
Aecordlwr to a letter written from
ItUMia, published In the Berliner Tage-
blatt there ore some prisons in tlint
conutry In which men condemued to
death are held which have no regular
lv annotiited hancmen. The execu
tioner Is selected from among the con
vlets. The man who Is ao fortunate
nn to be appointed receives 25 rubles
for each execution and a credit of six
months on tyls nentence period. One
convict had nearly worked oft his term
and had accumulated a handsome uin
of money when the governor of the
prison appointed another hangman.
"Between dull business and eoinpctl
tlon. the senior executioner's term
dragged along, but finally came to n
end, and be went forth freed and com
fortably rich the correspondent re
port.
Cotton market today, 11.50; seed,
j cents.
Miss Isabelle Horn of Elizabeth
College spent Thanksgiving at home.
Dr. Weaver, the new pastor cf
Central church, will arrive in Mon
roe tomorrow on the evening train.
Mr. Hall Wilson of the A. and M.
Colloge at Raleigh. 6pent Thanks
giving at home.
Mr. Walter A Cook and Miss Dai
sy Carnes were married at Icemorlee
yesterday by Esq. Flow.
Mrs. M. J. Bell, a sister of Mrs. J.
S. DeLaney of Weddington, died in
Charlotte Sunday afternoon, aged C6
years.
Misses Aleine Drew of Tampa,
Fla., and Margarette Brittain of
Salisbury are visiting at Dr. W. B.
Iouston s.
Mrs. J. C. Fletcher and daughter,
Miss Marie, who have been visiting
in Dallas, Fort Worth and Oklahoma
City for some time, returned home
hursday night.
Mr. X. G. Russell has bought an
interest in the livery and stock bus
iness of Fowler and Lee and the
firm name will be changed to Fow-
er-Lee Co.
In ten minutes, in a fire in New
ark, N. J., 25 girls were burned
alive or crushed to death in leaping
rom the windows cr a lour-story
brick factory.
Mr. John Whitley Yesterday shir
ped fifty muskrat, one mink and one
possum hide, the result of the past
two weeks' work. One muskrat hide
was white.
Mr. J. W. Lathan has moved to
town ana ne ana Mr. j. y. uicn-
ardson have bought the stock of
Ielms, Richardson & Co. Mr. L. K.
lelms will take a year off and look
after his farms.
Miss Kate McAllister of Walltown
is visiting her sister, Jirs. it j.
Rwlwine. Last week the following
ladies of Wadesboro visited Mrs.
Rpdwine: Mesdames Dr. Ingram,
T. C. Coxe, E. S. Ashe, Blalock, and
G. Boyhn.
Benjamin Franklin Bradley, aged
vears. died at the home of his
grandfather near Monroe on Nov. 22.
The remains were buried at Flint
Iill church in South Carolina on
Wednesday. Death was caused by
membranous croup.
The Wesley Chapel graded school
had a fine opening, with the follow
ing teachers: Prof, and Mrs. Yeargin,
the latter of whom has Deen sick
some time; Miss Annie Bunting of
Crystal Hill, a., and Miss Bright
Richardson. Miss Lula Tindle of
Burlington will teach music and
elocution.
TV fha?. A. C. Smith of Laurin-
burg and Miss Ellen C. Hoover of
Monroe were married in the parlor
of the Presbyterian church last-
Wednesday afternoon at 5:30, by
Rev. 1i. F. Kirkoatrick. They left
immediately for Wilmington to spend
a few days before going to tneir
home in Laurinburg.
Mr. B. F. Connie, a brother of Mr.
II. E. Copple, of Monroe, and a well
known citizen of Winston, died at
his home in that city Friday after
noon. Death was caused by heart
failure, and was very unexpected,
while he was resting in his room.
The deceased wa3 a member of the-
Baptist church and is survived by
his wife and several children. He
was 55 years of age, and a man of
prominence and influence in his
community. Mr. H. E. Copple at
tended the funeral.
Mission Society Entertained1.
Mesdames Atha Stevens, Lula
Shannon and Roscoe Phifer most
delightfully entertained the ladies
of Central Methodist church Friday
afternoon at the home oi airs, rnner.
It was in the interest of the Ladies'
Home Mission Society. The guests
were met at the door by Mesdames
R. F. Beasley and Sam Howie, and
in the parlor were the hostesses,
Mesdames Stevens, Phifer and Shan
non, assisted by Mesdames W. S
Blakeney and II. B. Adams.
Mrs. B. C. Ashcraft showed the
guests into the dining room, where
they were served with a dainty salad
course by Misses Janie Phifer, Grace
Smith and Burnice Shannan. Miss
Ola Bruner then ushered the ladies
into the "Home Mission Room "
where this vital subject wis discuss
ed by Mesdames J. E. Stack, N. S.
Ogburn and Totten.
The afternoon was indeed pleas
ant, instructive and profitable.
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