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he Monroe Journal Volume XVII. No. 46. Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, December 31, 1910. One Dollar a Year. SALISBURY TO flONROE ROAD Salisbury People Say the Road Will Certainly Be Built Sur vey to Be Made at Once. Again the talk cf building a rail road from Salisbury to Monroe to tap the Seaboard Air Line is revived and it is riven out that the line wil certainly be built, the parties inter ested being mostly citizens ci bans bury. A meeting was held at Salis bury last week and Messrs. W. II. Miller, T. J. Jerome, X. B. McCan less, L. Dunker, V. II. Ragland, T, II. anderford, M. L. Jackson, J. D. Dorsett, Dr. J. G. Busby and J. D, Norwood were named as directors and these will meet shortly to elect officers. It is stated that the survey of the line will begin withm a very short time and will be made by Mr C. M. Miller, a civil engineer of Sal isbury. Interested parties have made trips to points along the proposed route of the road to talk business The route in view will take in the granite section of Rowan and will go oy ML rieasant, Cabarrus county The road will be known as the Salis bury Railroad Company. Anyone who is at all acquainted with the situation knows the im mense possibilities for development in the section through which the new road is to be built. In the first place, the line will extend into the very heart of the large granite belt and tap an almost inexhaustible sup ply of the finest granite m the world Hundreds of cars of this granite are now being shipped to all parts of the world in spite of the very unsatis factory and limited railroad facilities and with the increased use of gran ite for road building as well as arch itectural purposes, this industry alone would supply the road with an abundance of business. The road will also make accessible a large supply of timber of the very best quality, to say nothing of the agricultural possibilities of the sec tion traversed, which have been un developed for lack cf proper trans portation facilities. Prizes to Boy Corn Growers. Next Saturday will be seed corn day in Monroe and on that day prizes will be distributed to the sue cessful contestants in the boys' corn clubs. The prizes are for the best yield on one acre, and for best ex hibit of seed corn. County Superin tendent Nisbet and a committee from the Farmers' Union, V. E. L. Wil Hams, S. A. Lathan and R. L. Gor don, have the day in charge. At 10 o'clock Trof. Schaub of the A. and M. College will deliver a lec ture in the court house. After this competent judges will examine the corn on exhibition and the prizes will be awarded and distributed. The prizes will be distributed as follows: For greatest yield on one acre, 15.00. For second greatest yield on one acre. 8 10.00. A prize to every boy making 10 or more bushels per acre, so.OO. To the person making the best exhibit of seed corn: First prize, $5.00 pair shoes. Second prize, sack 8-2 2 guano. Third prize, comb and brush. Those contesting for seed corn prize should bring at least twenty ears of corn. Any boy between the age of twelve and eighteen years is allowed to contest lor tne seed corn prize. Don't Chill the Potrtoes. Squire A. C. Jehnson, who was reared down in Sampson ana knows all about sweet potatoes as well as Sampson blues, calls attention to a habit that people have in marketing their sweet potatoes that is very in jurious. They take the potatoes from a warm bank and bring them to market unprotected. When the cold air strikes them they are chill ed, and go into a condition known as frost bitten. This happens nine times out of ten when they are taken from warm beds and hauled without adequate protection. And Squire Johnson says that many potatoes are gold in bad condition when the sell er says and thinks they are alright. What's In a Name? A new Baptist church has been organized three miles northeast of Marshville, Rev. Messrs. A. C. Davis, E. C. Snyder and II. G. Bryant be ing the ministers who participated in the work. Lawyers Grove ia the name of the new church. A house of worship will be erected at an early date. How's that for a name for a church? It would be interest ing to hear from Rev. R. II. James on this subject. COTTON. Local market, 11.00; seed, 45. Census Report of Ginning. The census bureau's cotton gin ning report says that from the growth of 11)10 to December 1, 10,13'.),08i bales were ginned, compared with 8.87G.88G for 1!)0'.); 21.00S.CCl for 11108 and 8,313.390 for 1H07. The per cent, of the last three crops ginned to December 1 was 88.1 for I'M); 81.1 for l'JOS and 75.5 for 11)07. Round bales included this year are 101.C52 compired with 131.303 for 1D0S; 201,480 for 11)08 and 151, C3G for 1907. Sea Island cotton ginned for 1910 was ,G3 1 bales, compared with t t , 51)1 for MOO; 08,390 for 1908 and 55.299 for 1907 and distributed as as follows: Florida, 23,049; Georgia, 35,105; South Carolina, i ,oK). Alabama 1.0C2.629 Arkansas 625,030 Florida 54,307 Georgia 1,626,499 Louisiana 218,772 Mississippi 970,205 North Carolina 615,493 Oklahoma 828,842 South Carolina 1,036,480 Tennessee 249,794 Texas 2,795,330 All other States 56,605 Crop Estimated. Washington blspatrh, Wli. The total production of cotton for the United States for 1910 11 will amount to 5,040,597,000 pounds (not including linters), which is equiva lent to 11,4215,000 bales of 500 pounds, gross weight, was the esti mate of the crop reporting board of the L nited States Department of Ag riculture issued today. The 1909 crop was 10,004,949 bales and the 1908 crop 13,578,30G bales. The estimated production by States fol lows: Virginia, 13,000; North Carolina, 075,000; South Carolina, 1,110,000; Georgia, 1,750,000; Florida, 58,000; Alabama, 1,1(4,000; Mississippi, 1, 100,000; Louisiana, 200.000; Texas, 3,140,000; Arkansas, 815,000; Ten nessee, 305,000; Missouri, 4S.000; Oklahoma, 900,000; California, 12,. 000. Mileage Book Ticket Custom Is Knocked Out. The North Carolina Supreme court in Harvey vs. Railroad, from Wilson county, practically deals a knock-out blow to the railroad mileage book regulations requiring holders to pro cure mileage tickets in exchange before boarding a train in its ruling just made. Harvey is a traveling man and attempted at W llson three or four times to procure a ticket in exchange for mileage, being stood aside each time by the agent in or der that he might wait on cash pur chasers of tickets. Finally the train came without Harvey having gotten his ticket. He boarded the tram with mileage which the conductor refused to accept, putting him off at the first station. lie recovered $2,- 500 damages. Organized Charity Needed. Mr. W. C. Crowe!! has been look ing into the matter and thinks Mon roe should have an organization for charity work. There is a great deal of charity done, but in the least ef- ective way. Some goes when and where it is not needed, and some ails to go when it is needed. Most towns have organizations in which all the charitably inclined join, have a board of managers and a leader, and do systematic work. This is both to see that no needy case is neglected and also to protect the public against fraud. In a nearby town a short while ago an organiza tion of this kind detected a fraud that was being practiced upon the public in the name of charity. It is a suggestion worthy of investigation. Low Round Trip Christmas Holi day Rates via Seaboard Air Line. Account Christmas holidays the Seaboard Air Line announces low round trip rates from all points on its line. Rates will be on basis of 80 per cent, double the one-way ares. Tickets will be on sale De cember 15th to Nth inclusive, De cember 31st, 1910, and January 1st, 1911. Final return limit January 8th, 1911. For full information as to rates, schedules, etc., call on your ocal agent or address the under signed. II. S. Leard, D. P. A., Raleigh, N. U. When Ton have a cold cet a bottle ot Clianilxrlaiu's Cnnjjh Remedy. It will won tix Ton up all tilit and will ward oil any tendency toward pneumonia. Thii remedy coutaini no opium or oilier narcotic and may be given aa confidently to a baby a to an adult, bold ly all dealers. j BLOWN LP IN A WELL. Goose Creek Man Has a Narrow Escape With His Life and is Badly Injured fliraculous Es cape. That a man in the bottom of a small well should receive the expto sion of a stick and a half of dyna mite and come out alive is marvel ous, but that is what Mr. Luthsr Love, a voung man of Goose Creek did ten days ago. lie was working in the well of Mr. C. W. Medlm, a neighbor, and was tamping down the charge of dynamite with a ham mer when it exploded. Messrs. Jonah Mullis and C. W. Medlin, who were helping, cautioned Mr. Love to be careful, and were getting away from the top of the well when the explo sion occurred. Though the well was thirty-five feet deep, masses of rock were hurled out of the top, and one went through a large plank at the top. The men above had no idea but their companion below had been blown to atoms, but they began sending down air so as to get down as quickly as possible. But Mr. Love called for them to take him out. He had never become uncon scious, but was badly cut about the head and neck. His nose is broken, one arm torn an to pieces, two fingers gone from one band and one from the other, and one eye is par tially gone. After he was taken out no one thought that he would live at all. lie 13 only 21 years old and had been handling dynamite reck lessly before this time. Financial Statement. The Women's Missionary Societies of the Union Baptist Association have contributed the following amounts to missions during the quarter end ing March 30, 1910: Marshville $ 8.00 Meadow Branch 7.0o Hopewell 5.60 Mill Creek 5.00 Antioch 3.00 Mt. Olive 2.45 Waxhaw 7.05 Monroe W. M. S. First church.. 132.35 Monroe Y. W. A 10.00 Monroe Royal Ambassadors 6.82 Monroe Sunbeams 5.00 Total $192.32 Mrs. F. B. Ashcraft. Death of Mr. J. 0. Griffin. Mr. J. 0. Griffin, brother of Mr. E. M. Grillin of Monroe, died at his home in Charlotte last Tuesday. He was 3 years old, and is survived by his wife and three children, one of whom is Mr. John M. Griffin of Mon roe. Air. uriiiin was a native of tnis county, and till he moved to Char- otte several years ago, was well known here. He was an upright, honest man of fine sense. He had been in feeble health for years and heart trouble was the cause of his death. The remains were buried at Marshville last Wednesday. Commends Publication of Health Talks. I am glad The Monroe Journal sees its way clear to publish the Health Talks sent out by the State Superintendent, thus calling the at tention of the people to a most vital subject. These talks ere being dis tributed to the teachers of the coun ty, and I hope no teacher will neglect o do bis full duty in the matter of giving this information to the chil dren. R. N. Nisbet, Co. Supt. Health Talk No. 2 will appear next week. Swallowed a Scarf Pin. Mr. J. W. Simpson, a young man of Chesterfield county, swallowed a scarf pin on the evening of Sunday week. He was taken to Charlotte, thence to Baltimore, where an oper ation was performed and the pin successfully removed. A x-ray ex amination showed the pin lodged in the right side. Removal, it is said, was effected by reaching down the patient's throat with an instrument, cutting the pin, hooking it and pull ing it out. Caught the Old Hen In His Sleep. Marehville Home. Mr. Frank B. Marsh took a "snooze" Sunday afternoon and while on his journey to dreamland imagined that be had found a hen s nest containing seven eggs, un awakening irom ns sleep, he went to the place where he had dreamed the nest was and, to his somewhat surprise, found a nest within about a foot of the spot at which his vision had placed it and the nest contained six eggs. Close shot! Mr. Hayne Johnson is suffering greatly with rheumatism and has been conhned to the house several days. County Teachers Hold Enthusias tic fleeting. On Saturday morning in the audi torium of the graded school building was held the second regular meeting of the County Teachers' Association. Here were assembled about sixty of the men and women who have upon their hearts the burden, and upon their hands the task of training the boys and girls of Union county into manhood and womanhood of pre paring them for the duties and re sponsibilities of life. And indeed it is a burden and a task! These teach ers, at a great expenditure of both time and money, have prepared them' selves for their work; they are capa ble of doing much and the county has a right to demand much of them. And yet far too much is ex pected at their hands. In many in stances it is devoutly expected not only that they impart knowledge at a rapid-fire rate to from sixty to a hundred pupils, but also that they inculcate respect for superiors and regard for law and order (.primarily the duty of the home, and yet a duty sadly neglected!); and in addition to all this, they must assume the role of preacher or Sunday school teacher and train in the nurture and ad monition of the Lord." To be sure, all these things enter into the mak ing of the duty of the school, and any school or any teacher is a failure who does not make an honest effort to do something in all these direc tions. And yet no school should be expected to do it all. That our teachers feel keenly the weight of their burden and appre ciate to the fullest the immensity of their task, is evidenced by the fact that they attend our teachers' meet ings, many of them keep up with the work of the Teachers' Reading Circle in short they are doing ev erything that means for self-im provement, which is the secret of all success. The meeting Saturday was opened with a vim' by the hearty singing of "America," after which devotional exercises were conducted by Prof. T. J. Huggins. The first speaker was Supt. L. P. Wilson of the Mon roe schools, whose subject was: "The benefit of the teachers' meetings and how to obtain it." Following this Dr. II. D. Stewart, county superin tendent of health, was introduced and made an intensely interesting, practical and helpful talk upon "Health and Sanitation." Prof. J. T. Yeargin wa3 next called upon, and although he had had no warning. made a cood talk on How to Study. The last subject was "The Course of Study," and upon this County Su perintendent Nesbit made a few brief, yet important remarks. Sev eral teachers were called upon and participated in the general discus sion of these topics. Under the head of the good of the order," it was suggested that an editorial secretary be elected, whose duty it should be to keep the county papers in touch with the work of the association and the schools at large. Prof. L P. Wilson was chosen to fill this position. Both in attendance and interest his was one of the best meetings ever held by our teachers. It is the earnest desire and purpose of those in charge to make these meetings as interesting and helpful as possible, and no stone is to be left unturned in the effort to make this the banner year in the educational history of Union county. Cow, Negro and Dog at One Shot. When a Louisville and Nashville passenger train out of Mobile struck a cow near Kirkland late Saturday afternoon, the results were as un usual and unexpected as they were atal. The cow was hurled to one side, striking a negro watching the train go by. The negro was knock ed into a puddle of water and killed. n falling he struck a dog, which was playing the part of innocent by stander, and the life of the canine was snuffed out, to?. A "Curus" Time Coming:. Marehville Home. We don't give it as a matter of news, but just want to state that Christmas will soon be here again the time at which men who never "touch it" during the other months of the year must have their "dram," and the time which habitual drink ers choose for getting drunk. "I had been troubled with constipation for two veara and tried all of the best hvi. cians in Hristol, Teim , and they could do nothing for me," writes thou. K. N illiame, .Miildlelioro, Kv. "I wo tiaikacea oft liani- berlain's Stomach anil Liver Tablets cured me." For tale by all dealer. Death of Mr. Thos. J. Bivens. Mr. Thos. J. Bivens died at his home at Wingate last Saturday. He had been sick some time of tubercu losis. He was about 33 years old and leaves a wife and four young sons. The funeral was held at the Williams gravevard on Sunday, Rev. D. M. Austin conducting the service. Mr. Bivens was a native cf this county, being a son of Mr. E. J. Biv ens, now of Arkansas. He was a member of Meadow Branch church and a good man. Up till the first of this year he was living near MeCol and carried on large farming opera tions, making a great success of the business. Losing his health, he moved to n ingate, since he could no longer do farm work. He was a man of great energy and of fine judgment Union Beats Hyde on Corn. Hyde county is famous the world over for corn. Down there they grow oO bushels without fertilizer. Strange as it may seera, in the boys' corn club contest in North Carolina just closed, Union county beat Hyde, I he figures given out at Raleigh last week show that I nion had 12 boys in the contest, and their aver age yield was CSJ bushels per acre. Hyde had one boy who made ool. Maybe corn is an old song in Hyde county. Mr. ulie Rollins of axhaw, this county, won third prize in the th district, his yield being 90! bushels. State averages were as fol lows: Average for State 58.7 bushels. Eighty-three boys over 75 bushels per acre; 33 boys over 100 bushels per acre; 10 boys over 130 bushels per acre; 15 boys over 110 bushels per acre. Only 19 counties were ahead of Union. Day Set for Execution of Charles Plyler. Governor Kitchin has set January 20th as the day of execution of Chas. B. Plyler, convicted of the murder of his brother-in-law, Carter Parks, June ICth. The petitions for a com mutation of the sentence to life im prisonment, which have been exten sively signed, will be presented to the Governor on the 21st of this month, and unless clemency is grant ed, the execution will take place at Raleigh on the day set. Recorder's Court. Rich Perkins, violating ordinance No. 70; .?5 and costs. Tom Doster, assault and battery; $G and costs. Henry Robinson, assault; costs. Tom Miller; peace bond. Joe Cotton, violating ordinance No. 7G; $2 and costs. Pink Horn, house breaking; 3 months. John Reap, assault and battery; $2.50 and costs. ill Funderburk, concealed weap ons; CO days. Appeals. This is the negro who was charged with going to the home of Mr. Will Funderburk and trying to call him out at night. Ester tenders, pointing a gun; 30 days. Sam Simpson, disposing mort gaged property. Jell Starnes, assault and battery; $2.50 and costs. J. A. lowler, assault and battery; costs. Old Fiddlers Friday Night. Oa Friday night, the lCth.at 8:15 o'clock, at the opera house, the Old Time Fiddlers will exhibit their skill and demonstrate their ability to get real music out of the fiddle. The o d lime fiddler doesn't play by note nor by any set rule or formula, but tunes his fiddle to his heart and makes it vibrate his soul as he beats time with his heel upon the floor. The old time fellows those who plav "Fire in the Mountains," "Mat tie Put the Kettle On," "Cotton-Eyed Joe," "Leather Britches," "Virginia Real" and dozens cf others are f ist passing away. Like the old soldier, they will scon be gone. Don't miss hearing them one more time. In all probability it will be the last oppor tunity. Uncle "Billie" Hill from the moun tains is expected to be present. There will be a score or more almost if not quite as good as he who will participate in the convention that night. Go and spend an hour and a half with them and get really in tune to take Christmas. Profs. J. G. Carroll and B. Y. Ty ner, principals of Wingate School, were in town Saturday, attending the teachers' meeting. Their school is in fine condition. The Bonds and Interest that the Town Owes. Mr. T. L. Crowell, city tax collec tor, is hustling to secure money to pay interest on the town's bonds that falls due this month. The bonded indebtedness is now -v87,-0U0. This month interest falls duo to the extent cf 1,770, which to gt'ther with $ 2,000 bonds to be re tired, makes v(),770. No vender Mr. Crowell is hustling ?nd City Treasurer Adams is watching his efforts with anxious eyes. There are now outstanding four batches of bonds, as follows: Six thousand dollars, funding bonds of previous issues. Nine thousand dollars, graded school bonds. Forty-two thousand dollars, fund ing bonds; issued two years ago, to cover back indebtedness. Thirty thousand dollars, water and light bonds. All bear per cent, interest except the $ 12,000, which carries G per cent. After this pay ment of ? 2,000, the total bend in debtedness will be $85,000. Death of Little Davis Hudson. Little Davis Armfield Hudson, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Hudson, died at 2 o'clock this morning. lie had been sick about eight weeks, but was thought to be getting better till a few days ago. The little fellow was a most bright and interesting child, just six years old, and his loss ia a great blow. t uneral will be held at the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The pall bearers will be Messrs. Wriston Lee, J. A. Stewart, Hayden Shep herd and John Welsh. Local and Personal. The village of Unionville has be gun proceedings for incorporation with Mr. J. B. Little as mayor. Mr. II. II. Crowell, who has been night yard master here, ha3 gone to Wilmingten to take a position on the Seaboard yard there. Mrs. W. P. McLester of Stanly, formerly of Monroe, spent gome time here last week on the way to Page- land to visit relatives. Mrs. John Fulenwider and baby left Sunday for Stanley, N. C, to spend awhile with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. II. Cline. Mrs. Henrietta McCauley has suf fered a stroke of paralysis and is in very feeble condition. Mrs. McCau ley is the oldest continued resident of Mouroe. Mr. Vernon Baucom and Miss Ethel Simpson, daughter of Mr. F. W. Simpson, were married Sunday afternoon at the homo of the bride's father. Mr. Calvin Starnes of Buford township and Miss Luellen Estridge of Monroe township were married on Sunday by Esq. A. C. Johnson at the latter's residence. Mr. J. E. Thomas recently pur chased 200 acres of land one mile east of Marshville from Mr. Charles Huntley of Charlotte. Considera tion, 5,000. Mr. G. W. Kennington, who has been with the Marshville Drug Com pany for some time, has taken a po sition with the Union Drug Com pany at Pageland, S. C. The officers here who captured tl e man Rhyne, who was sent to Gas tonia to fill out an unexpired term for express robbery, have received the $25 reward and expense offered for his capture. Ex-Sheriff B. A. Horn of Monroo has rented theT. M. Edwards house in the eastern part of town, says the Marshville Home, and will move his amily into it when it is vacated by Mr. Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thominson of Charlotte have moved to a planta tion in the southern part of Marsh ville township. Mrs. Thominson was Miss Cleone Meigs before marriage and is a native of this county. Mr. U. D. Helms of Ansonvillo township, Ansoa county, has bought a 35-horse power traction engine which he will use to plow with next spring. The engine draws seven arge disc plows and the way it turns over land is a caution. Mr. William G. Helms and his wife, Mrs. Gatsie Helms, who moved from this county a number of years ago and who lived near Little Rock, Ark., were buried in the same grave on November 2Gth. Mr. Helms died on November 21th and his wifo died the next day. Mr. Helms was a brother of Mr. R. W. Helms of south Monroe township.