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"he Monroe Journa Volume XVIII. No. 8. Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, March 21, 1911. One Dollar a Year. TWO MURDER CASES. One Week's Term of Criminal Court Began Yesterday Two Negroes Charged With flurder Judge Allen's Charge. In delivering his charge to the grand jury on opening a one week s term of criminal court yesterday, Judge Allen emphasized the duty of the jury to da all in its power to break up the tale of liquor. He complimented the county on the good work that has already been done, and said that perhaps only one or two counties in the State had done better work in upholding the law than I'niou county. From this evil, said Judge Allen, most of the crime of the country springs. Any community that now tolerates the selling of liquor will soon wake up to their great mistake. While in times past some good men sold whis key, times have so changed that any man who is now Felling liquor is a bad man. One man got up in the legislature and said that prohibition was a failure. The man who says that is either ignorant or in the ser vice of the whiskey ring. Judge Allen forcibly charged the jury to break up any liquor selling that might be going on. The grand jury is as follows: V. T. Chcars, foreman; F. B. Ashcraft, Thos. J. Brewer, C. D. Benton, M. X. Bivens, T. C. Eubanks, W. R. Mc Donald, J. II. McWhorter, T. E. Man gum, M. S. Tig?, A. E. Robinson, W. T. Rorie, D. A. Simpson, V. C. Simpson, C. L. Simpson, C. W. Tail ton, A. J. Fowler, C. 0. Howard. Two cases cf murder are on the docket for trial. One is Major Hous ton of Monroe, colored, who shot Dunham McMaucs, whom he accused of being too intiniato with his wife. The other is Sylvester Dcster, col ored, who, by shooting him ia the leg, killed John Peyton, in Buford township, on tho loth of last month. The Houston case will be taken up Thursday. Several small cases have been tried. The two liquor cases against Jim Rouse resulted in a total sentence of 7 months on the roads. One of the Best Farts of the Paper. The Journal is proud of its adver tisements. Its columns are always full of interesting advs. that are as important and interesting to the readers as the news columns. Ad vertising has become to be a great art, and nothing get too big or too little to advertise, from the Stand ard Oil Company to the smallest grocery store everything advertises Because this is so, it has become necessary to put brains in advertis ing, and the men who can't write advt-rtismg get some one to do it for them. And the public becomes to rely more and more on tho mes sage that it sees in the advertising columns. The reader expects to there find the news from tho stoie and the store, where we have to spend our money, is a mighty interesting and important place to U3. And the up to date merchant sees that he can make it much moro interesting to us, by telling each week what he is doing, what ho has fouDd to offer us, and why his place ought to appeal to us. Peculiar Divorce Suit In Winston. VVtnxton Ji ill run!. I'.th. A peculiar suit came up for trial yesterday in the Superior court wheu W.Luther Vance, through h!s fath er, Mr. John S. Vajve, applied for the tnavlmmt of the marriage of Lu ther Vance with May Divis.in As!.e ille, which was ccntiacled within a day's acquaintatjC'' rf the parties, in March, 1910, and at tho time when application had bet n rnada for the commitment of Luther Vance to the asylum at Morganton. Evidence showed that tb plain tiff was taktn to the asylum for the insane the day after the marriage and is nn inmate of that institution now, and that the womai was of bad character at the time of tho alleged marriatre. The jury found for the plaintiff, and the mairiage was in consequenco declared annulled. Vance was an inmate of a sanato rium in Asheville at the time of the marriage. He got away one day, found the woman and married her. Nearly two acres of stock sheds burned at Fort Worth, Texas, Tues day, roasting to death between 500 and 1,000 head of horses, sheep and hogs and seriously burning four men. The value of the dead animals is estimated at about $250,000 and the property loss $50,000. The fire is believed to have started because of the carelessness of helper cook ing his breakfast in one of the barns. A Weekly Paper Like a Grist Mill We suppose it never occurred to many writers cf local news and ad vertisements for weekly papers that they are in any respect like grist mills. Imagine a grist mill in a community where it take all the time to grind the corn. Then let every farmer carry in his corn Sat urday morning and demand his meal that day. Could it be furnished? Certainly not The mill would be idle five days in the week and over run one day. If tho corn should be brought to the mill all along through tho week, as the mill was ready for it, all the meal could be delivered Saturday. When one issue of The Journal is mailed, the office at once goes to work on the next issue. If the news and advertisements are de livered all along during the week, they can be set up and be ready to publish the paper and send it out Tuesday afternoon; but if everybody waits with news and advertisements until Monday afternoon, to deliver them to the editor, what can he do with them? The question should not be how late can I get in what I want to go in the paper, but how soon can I get the matter ready for the editor. The paper must come out on time or the subscribers wid grumble. We ask all who hare news or advertise ments for The Journal to send them in each week as early as possible. If you can get it ready on Wednes day, send it on; if net, then on Thurs day or Friday. Had Premonition of Boy's Death. A report from Waynesville says that Marion Smalhers, living cn a rural mail route in Haywood county, received a telegram Monday stating that his son. Talley Smathers, who went to t!io West some months ago, was crushed to death in Washington State Saturday by a log skidder. A slrangecoineidcnce is that Mrs. Sma thers, tho young man's mother, had a "presentment" some days ago that h?.r son would meet with some hor rible accident, and feeling sure that the new s would come, she asked the mail carrier to bring any mail for her to the housa to keep her from walking to the mail box. The body will be brought back to Haywood county for burial. Stallings News Items. Correspondence of The Journal. Miss Grace Hoover is visiting friends in Monroe. Mr. Mark Harkey of Weddington is visiting his brother Mr. J. II Harkey. Mr. James Morris of Charlotte is visiting friends here. Mr. W. W. Porter of Iluntersville is visiting his brother, Mr. Cyrus Porter. Mr. W. W. Smith has moved into his handsome new residence. Misses Lillie and Beula Paxtou of Tleasant Plains spent yesterday at Mr. W. W. Smith's. Misses Ellie Sustar and Berty Mo ser o f Cochrane are visiting Miss Maud fc'iulmgs. Mr. P. D. Dry is erecting a new residence here. Misses Ethyl Guin and brother of Unionville are visiting at Mr. I. D. Boyd's. Master Ralph Iwig is visiting friends in Himtersvme. Mrs. X. E. Stallings is visiting her fon. Mr. M. L. Stallings. Miss Glomer Harkey spent Friday with her grandmother, Mrs. J. I. Harkey, at Weddington. Miss Mamie Lewis entertained a number of the yoimg people Satur day evening. Miss Lewis is a charm iug bostiss, and gave the young peo ple a real pleasant evening. Our school, taught by Miss B!is9 Price of Mitthews, will close Friday with a fine programme. Bird Pointer. Miss Ida Pointer and Mr. Grady H. Bird of Columbia, S. C. were married in Chester on the 18th, by Rov. M. W. Hook. They returned at once to Monroe and after spending a few hours at the home of the bride, left to visit the parents of the groom; from there they go to Columbia, their future home. Mrs. Bird is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Pointer and is one of Monroe's most popular and refined young ladies and has many friends. Mr. Bird is a son of Mr. W. II. Bird of Gaffney. He holds a prominent position as bookkeeper and assistant cashier for the Mutual Life Insur ance Company of Xew York. When yotir feet arc Wet nd cold, tnd Tour body cliilled through an.l through front expufiirv, take big dotm of Chamberlain'! lough Kenwrir, batlie Tour leet in hot water before going to bea, tnd yon are al moot certain to ward off a aevera cold. For ale by all dealer. MORE PRIZES IN CONTEST THIS WEEK! DO YOU BLAME CONTESTANS FOR WORKING WITH GREAT riaddry & Willson Offer a Twenty - Five Dollar Willow Plume, Making a Total of Five Big Prizes, and The Union Drug Store Comes In With Two flore Special Prizes Ever body Subscrib ing for The Democrat. Do you wonder why the young women are working so earnestly in securing subscribers for The Caro lina Democrat? It is because they are working for something worth while, and besides the prizes will win the admiration of every one who loves ambition and energy and are not afraid to get out and work for something that is worth having. The way the people are giving them their subscriptions for the new paper is certainly an indication that they have the utmost good will and admiration of the public. And here is what they are running their lively race for: 1. A $400, warranted, Piano, of fered by The Carolina Democrat. 2. A $50 beautiful Diamond Ring, offered by The W. J. Rudge Co. 3. A $3.". Solid Silver Toilet Set, offered by The Union Drug Co. 4. A 2a, three-ply, lf inch rilack Willow Plume, offered by Maddry & Wil son. And the big prize to subscribe rs themselves is the $00 Corbett Bug cv, rubber tire, and top, offered by The Sikes Company. This buggy is now on exhibition at The Sikes Company's, and it i3 a beauty. Any of the members of that popular firm will take pleasure in showing it, and Mr. Sandsrs, the bookkeeper, will put in your ticket. The Diamond King can be seen any timo at Hudge's. When you buy goods there or pay yoar ac count, call for trading tickets, and then make glad the heart of your favorite contestant by calling her up and giving them to her. The beautiful Toilet Set has ar rived and will be gladly shown by Mr. Secrest. It is very beautiful, very heavy quality, artistic violet design, shaded gray finish. The set consists of large hair brush with finest quality white bristles, heavily mounted comb, and mirror with fine French bevel glass set complete in attractive green moreen lined case, price $33. Get trading stamps and give them to your contestant. The beautiful Plume offered by Maddy & Willson has not yet ar rived, but will soon be exhibited at their store. They are opened up now in their handsome new store opposite the postollice. They will give trading stamps at the usual rate on all their varied and large stock of millinery. They will have their spring opening Friday and Saturday, March 24 th and 25th. Call and see their hats and give your trading stamps to your favorite contestant. There are now three stores in Monroe where you can make your money do double duty. Pay cash for what you have to have, and you can then turn around and help some contestant by giving them your tradiug tickets. Hr. Secrest Offers Two Special Prizes. Mr. A. M. Secrest of The Union Drug Company has made a very in teresting offer of a large eight-ounce bottle of fine Perfume, which is a sample of the high grade Btock of goods carried by this popular and reliable firm. Tho perfume is offer ed by Mr. Secrest for a new con testant at Wax'aaw. Also another bottle for a new contestant at Marsh ville who will enter tho list of con testants with a list of twenty sub scribers for The Carolina Democrat between March 22nd and March 2th. Xow, young women of Waxhaw and ; Marshville, h'.re is a chance to get i a fine bottle of perfume for a little effort among your friends. Twenty subscribers between March 22nd and 2tth gets the perfume. I am asked the question even- day, "Is it too late to start into the contest?" Xo, no. At my last con test there was a little girl, 9 years old, who joined the contest just a month before the closing day, and bho won the Piano? Xow, what one little girl did otter people can do also. All it takes is the courage and the grit to stick to it That is the excellent quality of the contestants cow working. Ihey will make a ENTHUSIASM? ' success in life. I never saw better f va Miss Stallings came to the front with 5 five-year subscriptions this week, besides 35 one-year subscrip tions. Mrs. T. C. Horton did good work; also Mrs. Perry. Miss Xell Curlee has been con fined to the house the past week, but she will do better in the future. Bonus Offer This Week. This week we will give 25,000 for every five-year subscription turned in. We will also givo double votes again. Tbi3 double vote does not j apply on the five-year subscriptions. Standing of Contestant.. Mrs.T.C. Horton 25(5,850 " W.C.Perry 357,500 " I. M. Clontz 70.000 Miss Xell Curlee 103,225 " Maude Stallings 413.025 " Kathcrine McDowell 51,200 " Lessic Houston 13.500 " Kathleen Whitfield .... K225 " Floe Broom 35,ooo MISS MAUDE TAWXEV, Contest Manager. A Fire Invention, Cut Too Lnte. If you had worked eight years to perfect au implement that you knew was badly needed, and just &s you got it ju:t I'ij.'ht, find that srmmme e!so 'way off yonder had beat you just a little and gut or.e just like it patented, how would you feel? Well, Mr. J. E. llonderson, of the Henderson Roller Mill, being a good Presbyterian, dcesn't feel that way, th'j'igh he has had just that experi ence. Mr. Henderson, watching a man sacking meal or flour as it came from the mill, saw that it took him a long time to balance a sack on the scales and weigh it, and decided that if he could make an arrangement which would do that work automati cally it would bo a great thing. He studied the problem and worked on it for several years as he found time. At last he had it just, right and a few days ago he sat up that machine in his mill and put it to work. It does the job perfectly. A sack is hung under a hopper and when the arrangement drops a certain number of pounds into the sack it stops. and the attendant has nothing to do but take the full sack away. A hundred sicks firs weighed and sacked wi'l not vary two ounces, so well does the weigher do its work. It is of untold value in the mill. But Just when Mr. Henderson had it a'l good and ready and was about to seek a patent, along comes some ad vertising matter from a concern up in Xew York saying that they had pattented and put on the market a weigher and sacker. Mr. Henderson lias done a gcod job and is not cry ing about somebody getting ahead of him "undeknowirst." Splendid Lecture on China. Mrs. Garj-Iice, a returned mis sionary now touring the country, delivered a most interesting and in structive lecture on China at Central church last night. Sho believes dply in the great future of China and says that iu the mighty ancient empire is going on a revolution that the world is not dreamiug of. The Chinese are a wonderful people and they will astonish the world in a few years. The mission work is marvelously successful, and in three colleges 3(H) young men at one time gave, themselves to tr.c ministry. She will deliver a lecture at Xorth Monroe Wednesday night at 7:45, at Matthews Thursday night, and at Manhville Friday night. Her talks are of an unusually high order, abounding in evidences of hard study, deep sympathy and accurate information. The Poor Millionaires Can't Afford Larjre Families. Baltimore Kvenltifl Sun. Only 11 babies were born on fash ionable Fifth Avenue, Xew York, in 1910. With the price cf diamonds and other necessities rising, how can the oppressed millionaire s fiord big families? Local and Personal. Mr. W.A. Scott, deputy insurance Comraisaoner, is in town. Mr. Chas. Long is building a nice residence in Marstmlle. Mr. A. Frank Stevens, Belk's clev er ad. writer, spent Sunday in York ville, S. C. Mr. Shea, superintendent of the 2ad division of the Seaboard, is in town today. Miss Hal lie Benton is assisting in preparing for the commencement at ingate, and also has some pupils in voice and elocution. Mrs. Xellie Burns accompanied by little Sudie Burns has gone to Rich mond to visit her brother, Mr. Bob Howie. Mrs. Sudie Howey Matthews will start Friday morning for Lawrence, Ga. to visit her daughter, Mrs. Ellen Fowler. The Iiee & Lee Company will have their usual spring millinery opening Thursday and Friday. It will be one of their usual fine events. The ginners report issued yester day gives 11,911,5(13 bales as the crop of 1910. as compared with 1909 of 10,315,382. Mr. J.W. Killough of Vance town ship has returned from a trip to I- londa where he went for hi3 health, which has been bad for two years. There will bs an entertainment in the Xorth Monroe school house Sat urday night for the benefit of the Ladies Missionary Society of Xorth Monroe. Admission, 10 and 5 cents. It is reported to The Journal that ths carcasses of several dead hegs have lately been seen in tho creek near the bridge and trestle over B.'ar Skin. Messrs. T. C. Ie A Co. have sev eral customers in Hamlet who b;iy all their groceries here, ship them there and pay the freight. They do this because it pays them, they say. Mrs. T. W. Macesa, who has been in the Stokes Sanitorium ai Salis bury, is expected home in a few days. , Her friends will be glad to know that she stood the operation well and is doing nicely. Messrs. Xeil Redfearnand Marvin Richarkson are now entitled to the title cf 'Squire Kichardson and 'Squire Redfearn, having been ap pointed Justices of the peace by the legislature. Belk Bros, will give their Spring millinery opening Wednesday night and all day Thursday. This firm always makes this a great occasion and tho present one will be up to the standard. The Henderson Roller Mill stop ped night work last week. Every day and night except Sunday since last July the mills have run. They will probably not run any more at night till after harvest. Mr. Ilen derson thinks that at present the prospect over tho county is for a good wheat crop. At the funeral of young Luke Red wine, who was killed by lightning buring the storm of the 13ih, the following classmates of his acted as pall bearers: Lee Shannon, Grady Honeycutt, Holmes Morris, Ranee Plyler, Ed Helms, and Malcolm Plv- ler. Services were held Tuesday af ternoon by Rev. ,1. II. Bradley. The High Hill school, taught by Mr. John Thomas Helms, closed ou the 15th with exercises Ly the siu dents. A largo crowd attended the closing exercisf s. Three prize were awarded: one to Mr. Arthur Helms for proficiency in grade and head marks, one to Muster Beachnn Ben ton for head marks, and one to Miss Loubrjt'a Helms for general deport ment. Tho year ha;' b -eu a very successful ore in the history of the school. This ends the sixth term out of eight for Mr. IHns. Th aver age attendance thU jear was (ifNen greater than List year. Mr. L. W. Tucker of Goose Creek closed a very successful schxl at Spruce Pine, district Xo. 3, Satur day, March 11th. In the afterncon there were declamations and recita tions by the students; at night, dia logues, comic speeches, tableau, etc. Prizes were awarded to the follow ing boys and girls for reciting and declaiming: Mr. Otha Griilin, Miss Maude Griffin, Master Xorrice Love, and Miss Letha Austin. There was a large crowd present, as the weath er was fine for such an occasion, find the best of order was maintained during the exercises. CHARLOTTE TO WILMINGTON'. Bill Passed by Legislature Provid ing for Public Highway From Charlotte to Wilmington The Counties to Contribute. Residents of the counties along the southern borders of the State will be interested in the Charlotte Wilmington lLghwar bill passed bv the legislature. It provides for the establishment of a public highway through the counLes ot Mecklen burg. Union, Acs in, Richmond. Scotland, Robeson, B aden, Colum bus, Brunswick and Xew Hanover, to Wilmington, composed as nearly as practicable of reads already ex isting, and the iNorth Carolina Geo logical and Economic Survey is charged with the duty cf selecting and designating the route and re quired to report to the board of trustees named in the bill and the boards of commissioners of all of the counties through which the highway shall pass, this duty being consider ed a part of the olhcial duties of tho geological and economic survey w ith out additional coraptnsation. The boird of commissioners of each coun ty touched by the highway is au thorized to appropriate out cf the general funds $50 for each mile of road built and each city and town $100 out of the general" funds and J?23 additional for each 1,000 peo ple over a population of 1,000. Tho commissioners cf the various coun ties are empowered to use the road force, whether convict or hired. Tho beard of trustees is composed of one member from each county, and they are as follows, to serve four year from April 1, 1911, or uiitil their successors are selected and qualified: F. M. Siiannon!ioe of Mecklenburg. F. G. Henderson tf Union, T. C. Coxe of Arson, II. C. Parsons of Richmond, Torn L. .Lhns of Sect land, A. J. Mckiancn of Robeson, G. II. Currie of lila ien, Klyle Coun il of Columbus, A. M. Clinnis of Brunswick, and W. J. McMcMillan, Jr., of Xew Hanover. The beard will meet on April 4:h at Maxton to organize and appoint local commit tees or boards of directors and w ill designate one day in each year as "road day," on which voluntary con tributions in labcr or other things of value will be accepted. The Secretary of Siate is directed to have printed as early as possible 2,000 copies of the bill, twenty-five copies to be placed in the hands of every register of deeds in the coun ties through which the highway is to pass and the remainder for pub lic distribution in th'j section taost . interested. Spending honeymoon Here Mr. X. G. Russell of The GlrU.l; -s-ter is receiving an unusual compli ment to his regular popularity, in the presence this week of Dr. P. U. Hatch and bride of Youngsvillc, who are spending their honeymoon with him. They were married in their home town on tho ICth, at tho Meth odist parsonage, there being soaruy objection on the part of the family of the lady, who was Miss L. Rookh Spivey. Only two friends were pres ent, and these saw them t the train on their way to Monroe, where they will remaiu several days yet. They are highly pleased with Monroe. Accidentally ShotT Sam Byrum, a colored bey of Vance township, was accidentally shot through the intestines last Thursday, and all but kiili'd. Oscar Freesland, a youug white man, was showing Sam a pistol for the pur pose of felling it to him. In hand ling it they let it be discharged and the bullet went through Sam. Hi was tsken to a hospital" in Charlotte and taken caro of. Cotton SeeJ IBilfNoit aLaw. In giving an account of local leg islation lat week, The Journal men tioned a bill rrovidinc that hover r-i seed cotton must pay a tax of slow annually. ( ,.;n further in stigation, it ha been found that t.his bill did nut pass the Senate, and is therefore no', s law. A groat dial of interest has txn manifested in tLis measure a;id on yesterday, while the folks were in town, it was all the talk. "Here's a check for S22 .r0 for cotton seed that I have sold to a man in another state who read my ad in The Journal," said Mr. S. E. Hamil ton vesterdav. "I've sold out now. don't run the ad any longer. It pays 10 aavertise. Y.vrty family )ian nmi cf a good, n-linble liniment. For fpntinis hruUes, cirenpra of the muscles ami rliruniatic pain ttiere ia none belter tl.an Chaniberlaiu'a. fc'olj by ill dealern.
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