'he Monroe Journal
Volume XVIII. No. 1.
Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, January 31, 1911.
One Dollar a Year.
Cabarrus youth killed.
Quarrel In Near IWer Saloon Re
sults Fatally Fussed About
Railroad Talk.
Coirurd S-:li. t l"tarl..lr litwrrvrr.
Sidney Bar.ier, a young farmer 20
years cf tie, was bhot and kuieu
last tight about 12 o'clock at the
tear leer stand belonging to II. A
Goodman, about three miles from
tic city on the Mouut Pleasant road.
Birrier went to tie near beer stand
early ia the evening and after he
had been there for feveral hours the
proprietor of tho place, II. A. tiood
man, asked him to help him serve
the trade, which he did. During the
first part of the night the near beer
stand was visited by a number of
people, but about II o'clock the
crowd, with the exception of about
five persons, had dispersed. These
who remained were sitting in the
store engaged in conversation.
John Safirt, a young white man of
Rimer, and Barrier became involved
in rather heated argument concern
ing the proposed railroad through
that section. Seeing that the two
men were about to come to blows,
the owner of the near beer stand
told them if they wanted to fight
they would have to go on the out
side. Just previous to the above re
marks Jim Plott and George Motley,
who bad been in the store for some
time, had gone on the outside and
it is said that they were hitching
their mule to a buggy.
On being told that he would have
to go on the outside of the store it
he wanted to fight, Barrier immedi
ately got up and told bahrt to come
on the outside. Safirt paid no heed
to the challenge and remained seat
ed on a barrel about the center of
the store, but Barrier continued his
way to the door and just as he step
ped out of the doorway a shot was
fired. Barrier staggered several feet
and struck a buggy wheel. All the
men made a rush to his assistance
and II. A. Goodman caught him just
as ho fell back from the buggy.
Goodman called to the crowd to
bring a light and just as he did bo
Barrier said: "Bud, I am shot; I am
going to die," and hardly had he
uttered the words before he expired.
The bullet struck him in the breast
just above the left nipple and was
found by the physicians this morn
ing lodged in his right lung.
I'lott and Motley, who were hitch
ing their mule, got in a buggy and
closely followed by two others of the
crowd came to the city and notified
the officers. A coroners jury was
empaneled and began to take evi
dence at once. Motley returned with
the oflicers, but I'lott stayed in the
city. All of the crowd wa9 examined
except Motley, who was held by the
jury. I'lott was also arrested early
this morning at a house near the
ump station and the two are now
n jail. The jury has not yet rend
ered a verdict but will meet tomor
row morning for further investiga
tion. Tho shooting has created no
end of comment here and a large
number of people from the city has
driven out to witness the scene ol
the tragedy.
The dead man was a'wut 20 years
of age and is the son of Mrs. V. D.
Barrier of Rimertowa. He married
Miss Maymie Penninger, daughter
of Mr. Amos Penninger of No. 6
township, lat June. He was well
connected throughout the county,
but had always been known as a
somewhat reckless young man.
Ice and Fuel Company Doing Well
The stockholders of the Monroe
Ico and Fuel Company held their
annual meeting last Tuesday. The
report of Mr. . L. Howie, the sec
retary and treasurer and general
manager, showed that a splendid
year's work had been done. A cash
dividend of 10 per cent, was declar
ed and paid and a nice sum Bet aside
as a surplus. Mr. Howie was highly
complimented oa his management of
affairs and the stockholders showed
their appreciation by making him a
present of a nice suit of clothes and
raising his salary. A vole of thanks
was given Mr. W. S. Blakeney, the
president of the company, for his
untiring efforts in making a success
of the new enterprise.
meet Him With a Smile.
Concord Tribune.
Speak kindly to tho other follow.
He may not come to your ideal but
he is striving to reach an ideal. He
has his trials and burdens and a
kind word will make his pathway so
much smoother. Smile at him. Smile
to him. Not a sneering smile but a
happy, encouraging smile. Try it
awhile and see how it works.
Death of Judge Trantham.
Judge V. D. Trantham of CamJen
died at his home at that place last
Tut s lay, after an illness of some
time. Ho was a brother-in-law of
Mrs. D. A. Covington of Monme, and
she has been in Camden for the past
week. He was one of the best known
men of that section, and was the
youngct Confederate soldier in the
county at the time of his death. He
was educated at Wake Forest Col
lege, admitted to the bar in 1872,
and in 1877 was married to Miss
Nannie Simmons, daughter of Dr.
W. G. Simmons. He is survived by
a wife, two daughters, Miss Ida
Trantham, in the government service
in Washington, and Miss Nannie
Trantham, a student at Winthrop;
and live sons. Prof. Harry Trantham
of Baylor University, former Rhodes
scholar at Oxford from North Caro
lina; Simmons Trantham, a student
at the University of Florida; Wil
liam, Clarence and Frank of Cam
den; and by two brothers, Dr. Henry
T. Trantham of Salisbury and J. S.
Trantham, sheriff of Kershaw county.
School Notes.
"Judging from reports, the schools
visited, and so on, I believe the
attendance this year is better than
it has been in years," said County
Superintendent Nisbet "Not only is
the enrollment better but the aver
age attendance is better."
There will be a teachers' meeting
at Marshville on Saturday, the 11th
of February. All the teachers of
Marshville, New Salem and Lanes
Creek townships are expected to be
present, as the meeting is held there
for their convenience.
The meeting of the county super
intendents of the West Central dis
trict will be held at Statesville on
the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of February,
As County Superintendent Nisbet
expects to attead this meeting, he
will not be in his otlice next Satur
day. What Ordinance No. 76 Is.
Seeing quite frequently the charge,
violating ordinance No. 7G, in the
report of the Recorder's court, many
people have asked to know what that
is. Usually, it is a plain drunk; but
as it may be of interest to have the
whole thing, here it is:
"Sec. 70. It shall be unlawful for
any person to exhibit himself in a
drunken condition upon any of the
streets, sidewalks, or alleys of said
city, or at any place where he i3 like
ly to bo seen by the public, and any
person who, from the influence of
intoxicating liquors, shall be seen to
reel or stagger, or any other way
lose control of his action, shall be
deemed to be drunk within the
meaning of this statute. And it shall
be unlawful for any person to dis
turb the peace of said city by acting
in a rude and boisterous manner, by
singing vulgar songs, or by using
vulgar and profane language, or by
keeping a disorderly house within
the incorporate limits of said city.
Any person violating any provisions
of this ordinance shall pay a fine of
tiity dollars.
Wanted to Look at Hr. Caldwell.
Mr. G. B. Caldwell of the Monroe
Insurance and Investment Company
returned a few days ago from Greens
boro and Pittsburg. On account of
the unusual fine work he has done
in writing insurance for the Pitts
burg Life and Trust Company, the
company wired Mr. Caldwell to come
up to Pittsburg and let them take a
lock at him. Of the GOO agencies of
the company, Mr. Caldwell has stood
head ten different weeks in the
amount of business produced. He
has already won a trip for himself
and wife to Canada this summer,
with all expenses paid by the com
pany. They will go Joly first.
Death of Sandy Ridge Citizen.
Waihaw Knterprtne.
Mr. John II. Howey died Wednes
day night of last week at the home
of his son, Mr. Milas Howey, in the
Bonds Grove neighborhood. He had
been suffering from cancer for sev
eral years and this was the immedi
ate cause of his death. Mr. Howey
was a good man and his community
has lost a good citizen and his church
a faithful and useful member. The
deceased was GO years old and is
survived by three daughters and
four sons. The remains were buried
Thursday at Bonds Grove church, of
which he was a member.
'I liail been troubled villi constitution
for two year and tried all of the beat nlirxi-
ciniiH in Bristol, Tenn., nnd the; could do
nothing fur me, writ Thou. E. William,
jMuldieuoro. Kt. "Two iackirea of ham-
berlaio'a (Stomach and Liver Tablet cured
me. " For ta l by al 1 dealers,
DEATH OF DR. RED WINE.
Alter Lor? Ulne.as He Passed Away
U.t Night-A Long Life of Hon
or and Usefulness Funeral To
morrow.
Dr. T. W. Redwine died last night
at 1:30. The end was expected. For
days he had been getting weaker
anil weaker and tho end came like
the gentle severance of an autumn
leaf from its stem. Lacking but a
little of being 84 years of age. the
harvest time had come and there
was but the gradual withering of
the branches that had seen their day
of full growth, maturity and decline.
He passed as he had lived, gently.
Funeral sen-ices will be held at 11
o'clock tomorrow at Union church,
near the old home in Sandy Ridge
,;-(,C. ;t . '.1
township. His will be the first grave
in the new cemetery at the church,
it having been decided to abandon
the old burying ground. The re
mains of Dr. Red wine's wife, who
died in 1SS9, are buried at the old
cemetery, but will be moved beside
his to the new.
For more than half a century this
good man practiced the gentle art of
healing as it was known to the older
men of the profession. In the schools
in which he learned there was not
so much science, because the great
discoveries are nearly all of very
modern origin, but none surpassed
the fine old doctors who, while doing
their best for the bodily ailments,
never failed to pour balm upon a
wounded spirit and to pass to their
patients the effect of the love, devo
tion, and unselfishness that controll
ed their lives. After becoming too
feeble to remain on his farm, Dr.
Redwine came to the home of his
son, Mr. R. B. Redwine, and passed
the last months of his life surround
ed by the devotion and caro of his
children and grandchildren.
Among the honored citizens of
Union county none stood higher
than Dr. Redwine. Born in David
son county, N. C, April 18th, 1827,
he attended the best schools afforded
by that county. He read medicine
at Mount Pleasant, N. C, under Drs.
Smith and Stedman. He located at
Samuel Howie's, in tho western part
of the county, and began the prac
tice of medicine in September, 1816,
and was in active practice for fifty
three years. When the war broke
out he volunteered and went to the
front In September, 1861, he was
elected captain of Company F, 35th
Regiment. lie was a member of the
Constitutional Convention of 1875
and represented Union with great
credit to himself and his constitu
ents. In 1880 he was elected presi
dent of the Union County Medical
Society. In 1848 he married Miss
Mary A. Clark and they were blessed
with several children, four of whom
survive: Messrs. R. B. Redwine, V.
C. Redwine, Mrs. Julia Price, and
Mrs. M. K. Pollock of Blacksburg,
S. C.
Dr. Redwine was a quiet, unas
suming gentleman of the old school
and his aim in life was to make an
honorable and useful physician and
a good citizen. In that aim his ev
ery aspiration was realized. In his
declining years he had the conscious
knowledge of a life well spent, and
that he possessed the love and es
teem of his neighbors. Ho was kind
in heart, gentle in thought, dignified
in manner, and always courteous to
both the humble and the great.
Biz fleeting of Farmers' Union.
The county meeting of the Farm
ers' Union at Waxhaw Saturday was
one of the biggest held in a long
time. There were about 200 visitors
present, and the Waxhaw local and
the ladies of the town entcrtainod
them with the biggest kind of dinner.
Hot:
fir
Local and Personal.
Mr. Robt. G. Ltm y has a position
with the Itek of I nion.
Mia. T. N. ILla moved to Lincoln-
ton last week.
Mr. J. K. Williams of Charlotte,
formerly of Goose Creek township,
spent rnday n Monroe.
The Dixie has for tonight two
giod pictures and double acrobatic
comedian acts.
Mr. J. M. Austin, manager of Aus
tin & Clontz's five and ten-cent stare
in Shelby, spent last week at home
Miss Lizzie Whitaker of Colum
bia, S. C, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
G. B. Caldwell.
Mr. J. L Thomas of Marshville
has bought the store room next to
. S. Krauss , on Lafayette street,
from Mr. C. . Bruner.
Prof. L. P. Wilson attended the
meeting of the principals aud super
intendents of graded schools at Ral
eigh last Friday and Saturday.
Dr. D. D. Johnson of Culpepper,
Va., who was in the drug business
here years ago, spent last week with
Mr. W. S. Lee.
nave you signed the petition for
the election on the Salisbury rail
road? Just 223 persons signed it in
one day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Love have
moved into their now residence on
Houston street. They have a beau
tiful and well located home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Fincher of At
lanta, who have been visiting Mr.
L L Fincher, returned home Mon
day. Mr. Fincher is traveling rep
resentative for the Atlanta Journal.
The Sunday school class of Mrs.
Kirk patrick will have a candy and
cake sale at the Union Drug Compa
ny's store Friday for benefit of the
Presbyterian Sunday school.
An extensive and convenient office
is being fitted up in the north store
room of the opera house building
and will bo occupied by the Icemor-
Iee Mill.
Mr. Ramsey Yandle of Stout and
Miss Sadie Balentine, daughter of
Capt. W. T. Balentine of Stout, were
married at Indian Trail the 20th,
Esq. J. M. Toraberhn officiating.
Mrs. S. A. Robertson has received
word that her uncle, Dr. T. L. Dos
ter, who moved from this county to
Blacksburg, S. C, some years ago,
is quite sick.
'Squire McWhorter came home Sat
urday night and spent Sunday and
Monday. Ho says he is getting fat
down at Raleigh and has to "tramp
a little every day" to get his legs in
working order.
Mr. George Fincher, son of Mr. S.
A Fincher of Buford township, died
last week at his home near Hopo,
Ark. Mr. Fincher left this county
about fifteen years ago. Ilo was
about 40 years old.
Mr. W. M. Starnes of Altan writes
of his birthday on the 25th: "I went
up to dinner and found a fine dish
of pork and peas, and I thought it
was just as good as my dinner sixty
years ago.
Mr. S. 0. Blair has gone to Fair
mont and Lsesburg, Fia., to spend a
few days. He will stay with Mr.
Frank English, who is in the drug
business at Fairmont, and look over
the property of the Lake Land and
Lumber Company near Leesburg.
Miss Eliza Smith of Lanes Creek
township died last Thursday, at the
old homeplace, whore she lived with
ber brother and sister. She was a
good old lady and was the aunt of
Messrs. Sanford, Ranford and Thomas
Smith.
Mr. W. S. Blakeney is spending
this week with the Bank of Pageland
and the Bank of Chesterfield. The
capital stock of tho Bank of Page
land will be increased from $15,000
to $30,000 and tho Bank of Chester
field from $25,000 to $50,000.
They are still killing good hogs:
Mr. J. T. Dtse's was 210 days old
and weighed 222. That is the way
to make 'em, a pound a day. John
Griffith, colored, near Wingate, kill
ed one that weighed 572, and Joseph
Simpson, another colored man, killed
one 15 months old that weighed 380.
Mr. J. C. Winchester of this town
ship and Mr. J. Harvey Starnes of
Waihaw left last Wednesday for
Iieesburg, Fhv, with a crew of 18
men to run saw mills on the proper
ty of the Lake Land and Lumber
Company, a Monroe corporation own
ing 10,000 acres of timber lands
there.
Death of ."Irs. B. F. Houston.
Mrs. Elizabeth Houston, widow o
Mr. B. F. Houston, died at the home
of Ler son-in-law, Mr. W. B. Phift r,
at Gainesville, Ha , on last Friday,
the 2th, of gastritis. She Lad U en
sick since Christina. The remain
were brought to Monroe SiturJay
and buried on Saturday afternoon
Accompanying the remains from
Florida were Mr. and Mrs. Randolph
Redftarn. Dr. W. C. Houston, Mr.
W . B. Phifer and his three children.
Dr. Weaver and Per. Mr. Craig held
services. The pall bearers were
Messrs. J. K. English, J. M. Beik,
J. H. liee, C. B. Adams, W. S. Lee
and Davis ArmCeld. A large gath
ering attended tho funeral, and the
grave was loaded with a great abund
ance of the most beautiful flowers.
Mrs. Houston was in her (8:h
year, having been bora September
11, 1843. She was the daughter of
William Hudson. After marriage to
Mr. Houston Djcember 21, 1805,
they lived on their farm in Sandy
Kidge township, coming to Monroe
in the seventies, where Mr. Houston
was identified with different busi
ness enterprises. On the death of
her daughter, Mrs. Florence Houston
Phifer, some six or seven years ago,
Mrs. Houston went to Gainesville to
take charge of the latter's children,
and had since made her home there.
Dr. W. C. Houston of Concord and
Mrs. R lied f earn of Monroe are the
only surviving children.
She was a member of the Metho
dist church since girlhood and was
most cordially loved by all who
knew her.
Opera House Thursday Night,
February 2nd.
Miss Sallie Pickett Oldham, read
er, assisted by local musical talent,
will give a recital at the opera house
Thursday night, under the auspices
of the Ladies' Aid Society of the
Baptist church. Miss Oldham is a
graduate of the School of Elocution
in the Baptist University for Wom
en, now Meredith College, Raleigh,
and comes cordially recommended
by Miss Phelps. She has toured
North Carolina, South Carolina, Vir
ginia and Georgia. Her readings
are given from some of the best dra
matic and humorous writers. An
evening of rare enjoyment is in
store for all who hear her. Tickets
15 and 25 cents.
New Bank and Trust Company.
Monroe will have a new bank and
trust company doing business in a
short time. Stock subscriptions are
now being taken and the proposed
capital of $50,000 has been practi
cally subscribed. While of course
nothing definite has been done or
will be until the organization is ef
fected, it is generally understood
that Mr. M. K. Lee, who is the largest
stockholder, will have the manage
ment of the institution. Mauy good
business men arc taking stork, and
the organization will soon be effected.
Mr. Lee is one of the county's best
business men and will manage the
new business in a way to both safe
guard his stockholders and to aid
in the development of the town and
county.
Big New Building This Spring.
The stockholders of the Houston
Heath Realty Company met last
night with their architect from Char
lotte and discussed the details of
their fine new building to be erected
on the Houston corair west of the
public square. Building will be
started this spring. The building
will be four stories high 44x180 feet,
with four store rooms, 35 rooms up
stairs, cafe, barber shop, real estate
office, etc., in basement. The front
will be 180 feet on Franklin street
and will bo a building of credit to
the town. Mr. J. L. Rodman, the
well known business man of Wax
haw, is a stockholder in the compa
ny and took part in the meeting last
night.
Hobble Skirt Trip Society Belle.
While hastening across & crowded
thoroughfare in Richmond Tuesday
afternoon. Miss Jane Cnrtwright, a
beautiful young society woman, dress
ed in a handsome velvet costume of
extreme hobble cut, gathered too
much momentum for tho action of
the pedal extremities in their ham
pered quarters and fell to tho pave
ment, where she lay still.
Fifty spectators rushed to her res
cue, thinking that she had fainted
or was injured. Two young men
assisted her to her feet and akcd
her if she was hurt. But she merely
blushed and glanced at the garment
drawn tightly around her knees.
PLYLEK WILL TELL ALL.
In the Case against the Negroes,
Charles Plyler wi!l be the Prin
cipal Witness and will Tell the
5tory of How the Murder of Car
ter Parks was Accomplished
Case will be Taken up Thursday.
Judge Oliver II. Allen opened a
ne week's term of Ur.ion Superior
court yesterday morning, Solicitor
A. M. Stack, the vigorous State's
prosecuting attorney, representing
the State. Some cases of a minor
nature have been tried, but the one
around which the greatest interest
centers is the charge cf murder
against George Mayhew, ill Fun-
derburk and Vane Richardson, the
three negroes whom Charles Plyler
says he hired to kill Carter Parks,
his brother-in-law, on the 25th of
June, 1910. The case will be taken
up Thursday morning. The Solici
tor will ask for a verdict of murder
in the second degree against these
men. What effect the testimony of
Plyler will have upon his own case
is wholly unknown. He is under
sentence to the electric chair, having
been lound guilty irrespective of his
own testimony. Now be says that
be paid these men certain amounts
of whiskey to do the deed. When
hi goes on the stand a big crowd
will be present to hear the story.
No special venire will be called.
The case against Lester Ashcraft.
the young negro charged with the
murder of Curtis Ashcraft, in Lanes
Creek township last August, will be
taken up this afternoon.
Banks freeman, white, charged
with assault with criminal intent,
plead guilty of simple assault, and
judgment was suspended on pay
ment of ccsts and the deposit of $50
to be paid to May Long, the girl
bringing the charge, when she be
comes 21 years of age.
Josie Ingram was convicted of
burning the barn of another colored
person in Sandy Ridge township.
Judgment not yet passed.
Case against J. h. Doster, charged
with violating a town ordinance of
Waihaw, was nol. prossed.
THE GRAND JI'RT.
A. J. Brooks, foreman; R. E. Dees,
V. T. Helms, L. E. Marsh, W. D.
Austin, C. T. Baucora, h 11 Snider,
J. A. McCollum, W. R. McNeely, E.
M. Hcltrs, M. C. Long, A. J. Benton,
X. C. Curlee, W. J. Hudson, J. D.
llemby, D. B. Snider, J. S. llarkey,
J. D. Marsh.
Death of Mr. R. H. Sapp.
(anra-ter New.
Mr. R. II. Sapp, well known itiv- -zon
and Confederate veteran, died
about 2 o'clock Sunday morning at
his home in the Sapp Cros3 Road
section of the county after a linger
ing illness of lung trouble. lie was
about 70 years old, and leaves a
widow, formerly Miss Emily Plyler,
daughter of the bto Daniel Plyler, .
three sons and a daughter, Dr. W. II.
Sapp, I). R. and D. F. Sapp, Mrs. U.
A. Funderburk, all cf this county.
He is also survived by one sisterk,
Mrs. Clark of Fall River, K. C.
Conductors Favor Present Plan.
Capt. W. A. Lane, representing
the 0. R. C, went to Raleigh last
week to appear before the legislati re
committee regarding the bill requir
ing railroads to return to the old
system of pulling mileage on the
trains, instead of at the stations in
exchange for tickets. The bill will
be heard by the committee Thurs
day. The conductors favor iba pres
ent plans, as it makes their work
less exacting and gives them more
time to look after trains.
Here is a Pig, Sure.
The folks who understand the gen
tle art of hog raising say that the
most profitable hog is not the largest,
but tho one that yields the most per
day for the entire number of days in
hi- life. And as a standard, they
say a hog that nets a pound a day
when butchered h a cood oie Ac
ceding to thU standard Mr. P. C.
('rater d north M wo.) has killed a
fine one. It was 240 days old and
netted 30G rounds. Mr Grater r.inta
to know who can beat it.
Dr. J. M. Blair returned a few
days ago from Hot Springs, Ark.,
where ho went with Mr. Chas. Ico
man, who has rheumatism. Mr.
Iceman is better and expects to re
turn home this week.
The quicker cold ia gotten rid of La
loan the dancer from rweunionia ami oih.t
erioua discaw-s. Mr. It. W. I. Hull, ut
Warerly, Ya.,MT: "I firmly belieTe Cham
herUin'i Coii(!h Kemedy to be alolutely the
bent preparation on the market for cohta. I
hat recommended it to my frienda and
ther all agree with me," hot tale by kit
dealera.