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S- m 'he Monroe jourm r Volume XVIIL No. 5. Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, February 28, 1911. OnelA. nYear. 'A I Superior Court. The two weeks term of Superior court begun by Judge Allen on the 20th is suil at work. The following cases have been tried: Allen Hardware Company against M. T. Stalling; non suit by plain tiff, who pays costs. Price-Hemby Company against S. V. Stewart; settled. Willie Wan, the Chinese laundry man, secures a divorce from Connie Wah, his mulatto wife. Mark Brewer agiinst Feter Mo Neil; judgment for $ 30. A. B. Funderburk against John Helms; damages for assault, $05. Daisy M. Kiker against James Kiker; divorce secured. W. H. Terrell against J. A. Cro well, suit ior injuries received in as sault; compromised. J. E. Richardson vs. T. M. Ed wards, F. 0. Caudle end U. C. Grif fin, damages for injury in planing machine; judgment for defendant. Ruth Howie against Henry Spit tle; judgment for $ 150. The plain tiff is a five-year-old child, and suit was brought for damages sustained by being run over by the defendant in a buggy, suit against Bunyan Coan, growing out of the same inci dent, was non-suited. Announcements for North Monroe and Centre. The second quarterly conference for this year for the North Monroe and Icemorlee circuit will be held next Saturday, March 4, at 4 o'clock, at the North Monroe church instead of Centre, as was previously an nounced. On Saturday night, March 4, at 7:30, at North Monroe, there will be a layman s rally or mass meeting. Mr. Cole, the district lay leader, of Charlotte and also Dr. J. 11. Scroggs, P. E.. will deliver addresses. On Sunday, March 5, at 11 o'clock, Dr. J. R. Scroggs, P. E., will preach at Centre. After dinner on the ground (let everybody please bring dinner) there will be a layman's rally or mass meeting, with address by Mr. Cole of Charlotte and also by Dr. Scroggs. All the people are urged to attend all these meetings and make them a success. The addresses will be in spiring and helpful. W. T. Albkight, Pastor. A Colonial Tea. The Colonial Tea given by the ladies of Central Methodist church last Friday evening, at the parson age, was a success in every respect. Quite a number of young ladies ap peared in colonial costumes, taking us back to 0 wlien toe beautilul dames of George Washington's time danced the stately minuet. "Young America" was very much in evi dence, the program for the most part being rendered by children under nine years of age. The sum of fifty dollars was realized. The following program was given: Chorus: "America" By the audi ta. Song Miss Kathleen Nelson. Piano Solo Miss Juan Ashcraft. Song Miss Hat'ie BeaBley. Song Ogburn Yatos. Recitation Dorothy Lee. Song Mary Deane Liney. Recitation Hannah Blair. Recitation Alex Liney. Recitation Jessie Ihrper Brown Song Francis Lan y. Mr. W. E. Brock Recorder for A nson County. Widesboro Miwuwr nd IntrHliri'nn-r. The bill efctablishiug a R-xorder's court for Anson has passed the le- islature and n now u law. Mr. . h, Brock is named in the bill as Re corder at a salary of c50 per month Tbo first session of the court will meet next Tuesday and weekly there after on Tuesday. The court will remain in fission at each meeting until all cases befne it have been dipcswl of. Ti e bill provides that the board of county ct mnirsioners caD, in their discretion, appoint a prosecuting officer whose ws shall bo the sumo as those received by solicitors in like cases. Tho Sandy Ridge school, taught by Messrs. F. M. Griffin and J. V . Richardson, will close on Saturday. March 4th. Mr. S. II. Rogers will deliver an address at 10:30 a. m., while Messrs. D. C. Montgomery, II. Y. Belk and the teachers will speak in the afternoon, after which there will be a game of base ball be tween the school boys of handy Ridge and Mt. Prospect. Exercises by the children will begin at 8 p. m. Tho public is cordially invited to attend. Editor Way Will Go to Henderson. Mr. P. T. Way. editor of the W ax- haw Enterprise, will leave in a few weeks for Henderson, where he be come the head of a stock company that has bought the Henderson Gold Leaf, one of the oldest and best papers in the State, and will ed.t and manage it. It is understood that the Waxhaw Enterprise will be continued, but tho new manager has not been announced. Y hue The Journal congratulates Mr. Way on securing a larg?r field, we regret to see him leave the county. The Gold Leaf said last week: "We believe the people of Hender son and Vance county are to be con gratulated. If we are not mistaken in our estimate of the gentleman, Mr. McCoin has done well in inter esting Mr. Way in the enterprise in hand. He is a capable newspaper man and has 'made good' in a small town with poor advantages and lim ited opportunities. He has had twelve years experience in the busi ness and is a practical printer him self. "Mr. Way is editor and proprietor of the Waxhaw (Union county) En terprise. He will sell his paper and come to Henderson, seeing in this a larger field and more promising fu ture. In politics Mr. Way it a Dem ocrat, in religion a Presbyterian. He is spoken of by his neighbors as a good man and useful citizen, conser vative in his views, tolerant in his opinions, according to others the same right that he claims for him self, yet firm in his convictions on all essential matters where principle is involved. Qypsy Woman Stole $23 But flip ped It Back. Polkton Corrr pondtnt Mtrthrlllt Horn. The Gypsy troubles never cease Four of these wily tricksters, three men and one woman, came to Polk ton Saturdav from Wadesboro and while here relieved Mr. Reuben Da vis of the Deep Springs community of $22. One of the Gypsy women was endeavoring to get Mr. Davis to let her tell his fortune, at the same time getting his pocket book out of his pants. The woman quickly went to fumbling over his money. Mr. Davis at once secured his money and made them leave. He counted it soon afterwards and found that he was $22 short. Esq. Gale deputized Messrs. Clarence Dewese and Fulton Preslar to arrest them. The Gypsies were on their way to White Store then but were overtaken just beyond the Ledbetter bridge. The woman made a great pretension of her inno cence. The money was found in Mr. Davis' clothes during the trial, but there is no doubt but what it was placed there by the Gypsy woman as the room was crowded and the trick could have been easily done They were let eff with the costs and with the admonition to leave town which they did at once, this time re turning to adesboro. nr. Sikes Buys Property in Albe marle. Sunlj Kntrprl. Mr. Vann Sikes of Monroe has bought the livery stable site now occupied bv the S. B. Kluttz livery business. Mr. Kluttz has rented the property until Mr. Sikes takes charge. The latter will probably build and move to Albemarle later on. U. L. Cotton and B. F. Almond owned the property. Consideration paid was $3,000. Deputy Sheriff A. W. Green and squad captured two stills Tuesday in the Mission section. There were about 1,000 gallons of still-beer n?ady to be manufactured, but no parties connected with either stil could be found. Mr. Bart I.ove of Union county has a position in the clothing depart ment of Morrow Bros. A Heath Co, Mr. Love came here from Monroe, where he was in the mercantile busi ness. Pinned Down Under a Log. Cullen Walkup, a young man em ployed on Dr. J. B. Eubanks' farm in Lnes Creek township, had a nar row escape from death a few days ago. The young man was hauling a saw log on a low-wheeled wagon and was sitting astride the log when it rolled eff of tho wagon and fell on Mm, literally mashing him into the ground. Dr. Eubanks and a colored man were near by and ran to Mr. Walkup's resuco but it was some time before they could prize the heavy log up and releaso the unfor man. Oaeof Mr. Walkup's legs was broken and the other badly bruised. All that saved him from being crush ed to death was two cotton rows be tween which he fell, and as it was it was a narrow escape. The Salisbury to The Proposition on Which Monroe and Goose Creek Townships Will Vote on Thursday. March 1 6th. I9II. & Just What It Is. What It Will Cost, and What the Benefit Will Be. This railroad was chartered by the Legislature of 1909, and last Decem ber the Company was organized to build a standard gauge steam rail road from Salisbury, south through Cabarrus county, and through Goose Creek and Monroe townships, Union County, crossing the Seaboard Air Line Railway at Monroe, and thence south to a point on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. After these con nections are made, it is proposed to build from Salisbury to mston- Salem, connecting there with the Norfolk & Western. The advantages which would re suit to the people of Goose Creek and Monroe Townships from having this railroad run through their ter ritory would be many and great; but a few of them only are mentioned here. By the opening up of a new section north and south of us, which cannot now be reached by railroad directly, our community will become the logical market for these sections. This railroad would not only furnish much shorter and mord direct line to a number of points which are now reached by making changes from one railroad to another, and thus lower freight and passenger rates to and from these points; but it would also bring about lower rates to and from other points by the competition it will arouse between the other ran roads running nearest to the territo ry which this road will touch upon. Our section being brought so much closer in space and time to many cities and shipping points in and out of the State, land near the rail road would increase in value, and the enlargement of farming and bus iness opportunities would lead to the establishment of manufacturing and industrial enterprises, bringing peo ple from less favcrxl sections as in vestors and operatives, and adding greatly to our population. In short, the coming of the railroad will pro vide opportunities and advantages which nothing else could provide, and of which we are greatly in need. In addition to the permanent ad vantages enumerated, it should be noted that the railroad will be serv ing the community before its com pletion and before the townships have to pay a single dollar cn the bond subscription. The principal part of the cost of the road will be spent along the line in the communi ty through which it runs; the con struction of the railroad will create a large demand for feed for stock, for supplies for men, for cross-ties bridge timbers, etc., along with em ployment for additional men and teams. The election to be held on March lGth is for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of Monroe township the question of its sub scribing $00,000 to the capital stock of the Salisbury Railway Company; and to the qualified voters of Goose Creek township the question of its subscribing $20,000. These sub scriptions to be met by issuing bonds to the amounts mentioned, the bonds to be of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, bearing inter est at tho rate of five per cent, per annum, payable semi annu ally. These bonds may run 40 years; or the county commissioners may pay all or any part of them at any interest period, $ 40,000 in bonds of Monroe township to be delivered to the Salisbury Railway Co. when the road is completed and in opera tion to Monroe, N. C; and tho re maining $20,000 in bonds to bo de livered when the road is completed and in operation through Monroe township. The $20,000 in bonds of Goose Creek township to be deliver ed to tho company when the road is completed and in operation through Gooso Creek township. Each township shall receive in re turn for tho bonds an amount of the capital stock of the railroad equal to the amount of bonds delivered to it. In the case of Monroe township, to meet the interest on the $ 60,000 of bonds a special tax must be levied on the township to raise $3,000 an nually. Monroo township has now a taxable property valuation of $2, 451, 9S7. Before this special tax can be levied the township would have about nine miles of railroad on which the company would pay taxes and which would add to the taxable valuation of the township not less Monroe Railroad. the Qualified Voters of 1 .1 Siva mv i. : . it.. t-i ..l uatioa $2,541,987. There rate of 10; cents on the $ 100 and 31 ' cents on the poll, the special tax would produce about $3,123, which is more than sufficient to pay the interest In doose Creek township, to meet the interest on its $20,000 cf bonds a special tax must be levied to raise $1,000 annually. Goose Creek town ship has now a taxable property val uation cf $517,S25. Before this special tax can be levied the town ship would have about ten miles cf railroad on which the company would pay taxes and which would add to the taxable valuation of the town ship about $100,000, making the total valuation $617,825. There are 534 polls in that township. At the rate of 13 cents on the $100 and 39 cents on the poll, the special tax would produce about $1,050, which is more than sufficient to pay the required interest. The figures for both townships are based, of course, on the present property valuations and number of polls. The increase of property values and of population, which would be brought about by the building of the railroad, as pointed out above, would soon reduce the rates of taxation which are now nec essary to raise sufficient sums to meet the annual interest on the bonds. Or, if the rates should be left at present figures, the surplus of taxation created by increased values and number of polls could be ap plied to a sinking fund for the pur pose of paying off the principal. Any time the Treasurer of the coun ty has on band $1,000 (arising from the special tax) more than is neces sary to meet interest charges, he has the right to pay cfl a bond. The townshios are entitled to representa tion on the board of directors of tho railway. An amendment to the bill under which the railroad was chartered has been introduced in the present legislature, requiring that the rail road be completed within three years after the bonds are voted. The above article is published at the suggestion of many citizens of Monroe township, who are not inter ested in the proposed railroad ex cept as citizens desirous of the prog ress and upbuilding of this commu nity. Their names are not appended for the reason that they are too num erous; but anyoue wishing to know who they are can ascertain at the office of this paper. Want to Have a Big Poultry 5how, At a meeting of the Monroe Poul try Association sometime ago it was decided to hold a show here next January. There was no change made in the officers: It. A. Morrow, presi dent; J. II. Beckley, secretary; G. B. Caldwell; treasurer. We want to have a big show and must have the help of all who want to make it a success. We want the country people as well as the town people to take an interest and help to make this the biggest ever held in this part of the country. We can if we will. Get your chickens ready; now is the time to start. We want everybody who will to help us in the wav of cash premiums. Cash pre miums is what draws the birds to a show. We are going to offer good cash prizes instead of so much mer chandise and will have to have the help of our friends. Now don't be backward, but come iu and show that you want to make this show a success, lou can send what you wish to give to either of the officers or to 1. P. Dillon and it will be credited to any breed of chickens you wish to offer it on. We war.t al! who are interested and especially the country people t.) get their birds ready and exhibit them at this show. Everybody knows what the shows have done for this county, so come and help us to push this show not only with tho "I hope you will have a good show but also with a little cash, for we all know what it takes to have a success cf anv kind of enterprise Push and Money. So come oa all you people chicken cranks, gooso crar.ks, duck crank and no cranks and lets have a lig time. Committee. Pageland business men are pre paring to build an cil mil!. The Fearful Famine Conditions in China. Recent advices from CLina in dicate that conditions in the famine are as bad as have been rumored aid are growing worse as days go by. Iwo andanalf milucn I bintsf will die for the want of bread if as sistance is not rendered imuudiatly. This number comprises nearly the entire population of thenorthen part of the provinces of KiangSu and Anhui. The famine in China is the di rect result of the great floods which inundated the provinces mentioned last summer, ruining the crops. Consequently there was no harvest and the supply cf food on hand was not sufficent to sustain the people of these sections until the next harrest. In fact, unless prompt aid is render ed there will not be a next harvest, as the Chinese will eat the seed in stead of planting it. During the first days of the famine mothers en deavered to sell their babies to pro vide food for themselves and save the children from starvation. Now they are trying to give the children away in the hope that those to whom the babies are given are able to fejd them. Along the banks of the Grand Canal the victims of this terrible ca lamity are living in mud and water, with only shacks of matting over their heads, hoping against hope that they may exist until boats bear ing the staff of life come up the canal to releive them. News About Stallingsvllle. Cormpundmn of Th Jon rnl. Mr. E. F. Lewis and family of Huntersville have moved into our village. Miss Hall of Chailotte, who has been visiting at Mr. W. W. Smith's, has returned home. There are several new dwellings going up here. Our school is progressing finely. Miss Bliss Price, our teacher, says that out of an enrollment of 82 last month, the average attendance was The local camp of W. 0. W., at their last meeting, elected Sovereigns G. W. Chambers and J. M. lomber- lin delegates, and M. T. Stallings and J. E. Sustar alternates to the State meeting at Greensboro, which convenes March 14 th. State Consul Commander W. S. Charles says this camp has a larger membership than any other camp in this county. Ihey now have 120 members. The local Farmers' Union will have a supper Saturday evening, March 11th. All the members will take due notice and govern them selves accordingly. Our genial mail carrier, Mr. G. W Chambers, says he delivers more Monroe Journals on his route than any other paper. The Journal goes to every home in our town with one exception. Blew Out His Brains Beside his Dead Wife. Driven into temporary insanity by the sudden death of his young wife, Mr. Milo Pendleton, a prominent business man of Warrenton, blew out his brains with a revolver and died almost instantly by the bedside of his wife. The young wife of Mr. Pendleton bad been ill for several days, and he was watchiDg by her bedside in company with a physi cian when she died suddenly of heart failure. Ho requested the phy sician to go to the phone and call in friends. While the physician was at the telephone the grief-crazed man picked up a revolver from the dresser and blew out his l)rains. Death was almost instantaneous. He sank down by the side of his young wife. Auction Sate of Lots for Colored People. Oa SUurday, March 4th, 1911, we will sell at public auction about 60 desirablo residence Iota for colored people in the tnvn of Waxhaw. This will hs hi bist opportunity tin thrifty fo!:.-:4 people of that c m.v mtmtv will probably c-v.r have t buy a hkA hi in Waxhaw i-n which to build a home. a:;d at tho sun: time gi t it at a bargain and oi: favorable terms. We will sell fr one-fifth eah snd tho balance 0:1 four cqlal yearly pnymonts, at 0 per cent, interest. Your first p-iyment wii! not prob ably be over $ 10 or $ 15, except for 8 or 10 choice lots, so Sdve your money for thi-t bale. White people can do gcd service by calling the attention of worthy chorea men and women to this on- por:unity. ARMnEi.n & MvTT'inws, Moirvf, N. C. A WASHINGTON PARTY. A Unique and Pretty Reception by nonroe Ladies Historic Char acters. rrvrr, v.th. Beautiful and interesting in every detiil was the reception given on Washington's birthday by Mesdames B. C. Ashcraft, J. A. Stewart and Lula Shannon at the home of Mrs. Ashcraft from 3 to C. As one passed through the entrance it seemed that one bad been carried back a hundred years or more to the period of powder, puffs and patches. The guesU were greeted first bv Mrs. John M. Blair, who as Mrs. De Witt Clinton was truly a stalely lady of the olden time. 1 he cards were received bv little Misses Hannah Blair and Mary Wylie Stewart, who were attractive in red, white and blue suits. The beautiful Theodosia Burr in the person of Mrs. II. R. La ney conducted the callers to the punch bowl in the reception room. where Mesdames E. C. Williams and V. C. Austin were dainty and sweet as Mrs. Gouverneur Morris and Miss Maria Monroe. Mrs. J. A. Stewart, impersonating Mrs. Alexander Ham ilton in her bright witty manner, in troduced the guests to the receiving line in the parlor. This was headed by Mrs. Martha ashington in the person of Mrs. D. A. Houston hand some ana queenly as the original. Next came her attractive sister, Miss Dandridge, represented by Mrs. B. C. Ashcraft. Next in line was Mrs. Lula Shannon in the guise of Betty ashington Lewis.wearing a quaint old-fashioned costume. It is safe to say that Nellie Curtis never looked prettier than did Mrs. C. D. Meach- urn in that role. Miss Hannah Mc- Call as Anne Bradstreet was a quaint and striking figure. Mrs. W. A. Lane made a perfect Dolly Madison with her bright, vivacious manners. Miss Bessie Simpson was the digni fied Miss Fairfax, while Mrs. Frank Armfield figured as Mrs. John Quin cy Adams. Mrs. Abigail Adams was represented by Mis. Weaver ana Mrs. Martha Jefferson by Mrs. F. B. Ashcraft. Betsy Ross, alias Mrs. A. L. Dsaring, introduced the ladies to a charming maiden Columbia (Miss Birdie Iceman) who was dressed ia the American fhg. Columbia introduced the guests to a bevy of handsome old-time matrons in the dining room commonly known as Mesdames J. E. Ashcraft, J. D. Warren and Charles Richardson. Mrs. J. T. Griffith, in tho charac ter of Mrs. Robert Livingstone, In vited the guests into the tea room, . where a group of charming matrons in puritan attire made a pleasant contrast with the befrilled aud be powdered colonial dames. Here was Priscilla in the person of Mrs. E. W. Crow, assisted by Mesdames W. C. Heath, A. M. Stack, Charles Iceman and 8. 0. Blair. Mesdames Estelle Stewart and Julian Griffin bade the guests a charming adieu. The whole lower Qoor was beauti fully decorated with flags, shield' red, white and blue draperies and pictures of George and Martha Wash ington. Cherries were very much in evidence, especially on the punch bowl in a handsome epcrgne, on tho dining room table, on tho tea tables and mantels and everywhere there was hatchets galore. The cakes were made according to Dolly Madison's favorite receipt and were decorated with glace cherries with leaves of angelica. Jhe refreshments were truly delicious and were efficiently served by Misses Mary Morrow Heath, Ruth Russell and Bernice Shannon in tho dining room and Misses Mabel Shannon and Annie May Ashcraft in the tea room. Pa triotic airs were rendered through out the afternoon by Mioses Kathloen Nelson and Comic Fairley. North Monroe Church News. A Woman's Homo Mission Society was organized at North Monrio I ueibooitit ehjicu a few days ago. Mr?. W. L. Low ry is president, Miss , hi'sr Thuius recording ftcn-tiry, Mrs. V. T. Albright, cor-rpciiding secretary, .W.ss Mary Broom treas urer. Mis. S. A. Furr 1st vies presi dent, Mrs. Lovelace "rd vico presi dent. The first regular meeting will be held in the church ou Friday night at 7 o'clock. An address expected by some visiting mi.-sion worker. It has been decided to move tho church back on the present lot and remodel it. This will give three or four additional rooms which aro badly needed to accommodate our flourishing Sunday school. For beidtidio Lr. lilies' Ami i ; H
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