1he Monroe Journ al
VOLXVm. NO. 23.
MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1911.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
ANDREW JOSEPH PRICK
Something of the Life of This
Good Man Who Left His In
fluence for Good Upon His
County A Christian Cent's
man and a Public Spirited C.
izen. Ex-Sheriff A. J. Price, whose
death occurred Tuesday inoriiinvr.
June -Til), was a big man in body
mind ninl character. His litV
may In pointed to with pride by
his friends null his community as
one worthy of the emulation of
youth ami the respect aud adnii
ration of age. Lost week The
Journal was able only to give a
few lines regarding Itis death. la
this article we shall give some
account of the loug and useful
life which was an ornament to
his county and a blessing to the
community in which he lived.
Andrew Joseph Trice was th
son of Joseph and Elizabeth
Price and was born iu this eouu
ty August 1st, 18:17, and died at
his home at Weddiugton Acadc
my June 27th, 1!M1. lie was the
voungest son of his father, win
died short I v before his birth. Hut
he was blessed with a good moth
er, whose wise instruction, earn
est prayers and goodly example
did much toward making him the
useful citizen and earnest chris
tian that he was. On April 1st,
1C2, lie was married to Miss Km
ily J. Howie, who died July 11
170, leaving three sons, W. 11.
J. X. and J. IS. Trice, all of
whom survive. Ou April 27th,
171. he was married to Miss
Nancy A. Howie, who now sur
vives. To this union there were
born two sous and seven daugh
ters, three of whom are dead.
The living ones are .Mis. F. 11.
Wolfe, Misses l'eiilaii, Jennie, Lo
la. Kthcl, and Lucy Trice.
To his excellent private life he
added years of puHIc service in
one capacity or another, and ab
ways with taact faithfulness,
paiustaking care Hid scrupulous
honest r. lie entered tie South
em army August 1. 1U!, on the
dav he was twcnlv tie years of
age. JSelow is given some ac
count written by himself, of his
experience m the army. At the
close of the war he came home
like most of the southern boys,
with nothing, and began life's
work anew. On reaching home
he had fifty cents in his pocket.
Hut he began with that courage
and determination that marked
the men of that time and by hard
work, good management, and the
strictest integrity, lie prospered
in material things, so that at the
time of his death he owned near
ly one thousand acres of land,
beside other property and inter
ests. He was liberal with his
means and gladly and liberally
supported all worthy objects. As
magistrate, county commission
er, county treasurer, member of
the county board of education,
he served faithfully and well, lie
was county treasurer from lb74
to 1878, and sheriff from lt80
to l5??4, and county commissioner
in 18M. lb: was a man of strong
convictions ami always stood
squarely by what he thought was
right.
His services to his church was
no less marked than to his State.
His religious life began at nine
teen years of age when he was
converted at Tleasant Grove and
i ii,.. :.,i,.i;t ..i,m..,.Ii
.. .!,.. i....',.. ,:n i,: .i i, i,liome. 1 got home about th
never relaxed interest in his
work. H" was for a quarter of a
century a Sunday School super
intendent. In this capacity the
eternal future alone will reveal
the good that he. did. The last
few Sundays that he was able to
attend church he leaned for sup
port as he stood and talked to
the children whom he loved so
well . He filled all the offices of
the church to which laymen are
appointed, and was always both
faithful and efficient. It was his
desire to do something as long as
he lived that would aid someone
to live better. For mouths he
had been expecting the summons
of death, but had no dread. His
life and death was a great bless
ing to his community. Not only
was he of service in the way
iunff(fncd, but was a great friend
of popular education, as indeed
he was a friend to all ideas and
movement st hat looked towards
betterment; He not only educa
ted his own children but he went
his full strength in every move- j
nu nt that was begun for the cause
in general. At the time of his
death he was a member of the
lioard of trustees of Wedding
ton Academy.
He was th Ideal husband and
.'atli. r an I always the unselfish
thristiau gtiitlemau at home or
abroad. His manners were re
fined and his bearing one of
great dignity. He believed in
doing things right and promptly.
He had a nice sense of humor,
and his company was always
pleasant and much sought after
by lotli old and young. A very
large gathering attended the fu
neral and the pastor who spoke
the words that day interpreted
only the feelings of those who
were present and knew the lite
that had closed. He always lov
ed music and in his young davs
was a leader iu the churchchoir.
Muring his last illness he would
otten Have ins children sing lor
him and frequently tried to join
in himself, lie lived above petty
tilings an. i iieut that it was easi
er to forget an injury than to
harbor it. Gentleness anl kind
uess always marked his way.
The following letter was writ
ten by Sheriff Trice to one of
his daughters while she was
teaching iu Catawba county
hen the war tiegan l was
living with my young wife and
my mother and we owned a few
slaves. My brother had volun
teered at the beginning of the
war, and as there was no white
man to stay with my mother and
wife, I promised Iheni that I
would not leave till the laws of
my country called me. So under
the first conscript act I bade my
wife and mother good-bye and
joined the army at Statesville un
der t'aptaiu Janus C. McKae.
"Thi' first two years of my
soldiering I belonged to Mallett's
batallion and sobl'icred mostly in
this state hunting up deserters,
etc. T was at Camp Vance, near
.Morgaiitoii, and hunted up deser
ters through all the western coun
ties.
"I was in Catawba county a
great deal. Several of the Ca
tawba boys were with me and I
stayed all night with some of
them. 1 have forgotten most of
their mimes, but I remember some
of them. 1 stayed all night with
Messrs. lcard. Little, Drum.Chris-
topher and Yants. The soldier
boys with me from Catawba coun
ty were Chnsto, Drum, Little
Whesaiithunt and Suttlemire.
'After we got through that
work hunting up deserters and
bushwhackers, our battalion was
lisbanded and the most of us
I'uiou county boys and some
from the upper counties got a
transfer to the thirty-ninth and
tweiitv-niuth regiments in the
western army, and were witk
General Johnston in western
Georgia down to Atlanta; then
with General Hood until Atlan
ta fell; then with to Nashville,
Tenn. There we got whipped and
were driven out of Tennessee.
Then we marched through west
ern Alabama down and through
Mississippi and into southern Al
abamu to Mobile. Our division
was left there under General
Dick Taylor. Our last fight was
there, defending that place. The
enemy eaptureii .Moiule and we
retreated to Meridian, Miss., and
there surrendered. We got our
paroles and set out afoot for
first of June, lSoo.
A deal was pulled off a few
days ago wherein Lineolnton loses
a citizen and cams another. Mr.
W. C. Crowell and Mr. T. W.
Hoat right of Cherryville exchan
ged bottling idauts, Mr. Crowell
going to Cherryville and Mr,
Moatnght to this citv. While we
regret to give up Mr. Crowell,
who is a fine fellow, in turn we
are glrid to welcome Mr. Joat
right to the "best town on
earth," where the hum of the
mosquito is unknown. Mr. JSoat
right is expert. in making soft
drinks. Lincoln County News.
27th.
For Craig and Aycock.
While the talk of gubernatori
al and senatorial candidtes is
going on, I wnt to say emphati
cally that I am for Locke Craig
for governor and Charles IS. Ay
cock for senator.
I stand for good roads, if 1
have to stand alone.
Progressive Seventy-Six.
TO NUMBER HOUSES.
Aldermen Agree to Have This
Done When Postoffice Depart
ment Calls for it for Free City
Delivery.
The city aldermen met last
night and passed upon quite a
number of interesting matters.
Tost master Iove was present and
stated that the time had come
when free city mail delivery
could be secured if the streets
were named and the houses num
bered. It was agreed that this
would de done promptly when th-i
department gave notice.
Tax collector Crowell submit
ted his report for June, showing
collections as tollows: Water and
lights, $?'J:!.20 ; miscellaneous.
$!H8; special license tax.$l:l2.
00; delinquent taxes. $40?i Hi to
tal, $1,5J4.0 The salary of Mr.
crowell was raised to $ij0.00 per
mouth.
A tax of $10.00 was placed on
cigarette dealers.
An ordinance was passed for
bidding any owner to allow a dog
to wear a tax tag other than for
the current year. The dog tax
of $1.00 goes into effect on the
15th. An additional ordinance
was passed, making a charge of
50 cents expense upon every dog
impounded and redeemed.
The tax on opera house was re
duced from $50 to $25.
Messrs. J. II. Lee and A. W.
ISiggcrs. from the school board,
appeared and stated that about
$10,000.00 would be needed for
the school for the coming year.
The school board was authorized
to make another room for one
of the grades.
The superintendent of the pow
er plant was ordered to put two
lights on the railroad over-head
bridge.
The board will meet Thursday
morning to take up the matter of
sewe'T.ge and the sanitary condi
tion of the town.
It was decided that license
would be withdrawn from hack
drivers who refused to give in
formation when required about
d i so r d e r ly passengers.
Give Us the Mile Post and the
Sign Post.
I am glad to see the article in
The Journal from Mr. Ilinson
calling for the establishment of
mile posts and sign posts along
our public roads. I was talking
to one of my neighbors sometime
ago about this very thing. 1
hope our road men will get a
move on themselves and give us
these helps to travel. Let s all
do everything we can to get the
posts and marks up. Lee Yandle.
(The editor ot The Journal
traveled nearly a hundred mile
over mountain roads last, wee
and every mile of the stretch bad
a neatly painted mile post giving
the distance in each diirection
This is a vast help to travellers
and our roads should have them.)
Death of Mrs. Helms in Charlotte,
Mrs. Mary Helms, widow ol
Mr. John M. Helms, formerly
of this county, died at her home
in I harlotte Sunday morning,
June -'4. Mie was ahout 01 years
old.
Mrs. Helms was a good woman
one who lived a christian life
taring well for her family, help
ing her neighbors, doing the duty
that was at hand. She leaves two
sons, Messrs Ravmond and Keeee
Ileitns and one daughter. Mrs.
N'oah Williams. Messrs. S. A
and Miles A. Helms are brothers
of tiie deceased.
Mrs. Helms was a faithful
number of the Baptist church.
Colored Peoples' Big Day.
The colored people are prepar
ing to have an all day celebra
tion at Lee Park on the 18th. A
circular which they had issued
reads as follows: At J o'clock
there will be, a great speech by
Prof. M. 1). Lee, A. 51.. D. D.,
general secretary of the A. M. K.
church, associated by Kev. L. J.
Melton and othres. This is hoped
to be one of the greatest days in
the history of Monroe among the
colored people. Merry, merry
time! eating ham, chieiken, ice
cream, and drinking .lemonade
and cold dripks vn ice. Every-
body come and bring your whole
family and enjoy one pleasant
lay in your life.
Miss Kitty James of Chester is
visiting Miss Mabel Lane.
WROK OF RECORDER COURT
Number of Cases Tried, Fines
Collected and Sentences Im
posed During Three Months.
Mr. J. M. C. Vann v.-sicrdav
made J he following report to the
county commissioners and th
city nlderiueii :
(cuueiiieii : i nave the honor
to hand to you a report of the
amount of work doueby the Ke
corder's court during the period
April 4 to June :!0, iin-lusive.
. The number of cases disposed
of williin the time m
itiotled is
li.t. n tiiese eases, ri would be
iu the jurisdiction of justices of
the peace and Mi within the ju
risdiction of the Superior court.
were u not ior tne ueeorder s
court.
Of the 17'5 cases, !) 5 prosecu
tions were for crimes committed
within Monroe, and HI for crimes
committed outside of Monroe.
The total number of defendants
tried is M2; of whom !: are
white persons and 1W are negroes.
The number of defendants con
victed is 14S. The number ac
quitted is 24. The number of de
fendants against whom no verdict
was asked or a nolle prosequi en
tered is 1:1. Of the above eases
.! were hearings on peace war
rants: in 2 of which bonds were
imposed, and iu 1 the defendant
discharged. Four eases were pre
liminary hearings in eases of fel
ony. In three of these the de
fendants were bound over to the
next term of criminal court, and
m one preliminary hearing the
defendant was discharged and
the prosecutor taxed with the
Costs.
I am unable togive the amount
of fines and costs collected. In
formation as to this may beob
tained at the office of clerk of
the Superior court. A cording to
the entry of tines made by me
when the cases were disposed of,
and a calculation which I have
made as to t lit costs, the total of
fines and costs is approximately
$1.K00.00. The aggregate of road
and jail sentences is o years,
months and 12 days.
Verv respect fullv,
' J. C. M. Vann,
Prosecuting Attorney in the
Keeorder s Court ol the ( lty
of Monroe.
Proceedings in Recorder's Court.
Mac. C. Helms, assault with a
deadly weapon, $25 and costs.
Fred Helms, assault wiih dead
ly weapon, $10 and costs.
S. ('. Hayes, acting as advertis
ing agent without paying license
tax, not guilty.
Walter Trace, colored, assault
with deadlv weapon. Dot guilty.
Walter Trace, carrying conceal
ed weapons, $40 and costs.
William McDonald, colored, as
sault and battery, $15 and costs.
Nook Cauthen, colored, assault
and battery, costs.
W. C. Carlisle, assault and bat
tery, costs.
Jeff George, jumping board
bill, not guilty.
William McDonald, carrying
concealed weapons. $!! and costs.
T.caureguard Kohinson, colored,
violation of ordinance 7i, $2 and
costs.
Dedication of Banks Church.
The dedication of !!,iiias Tres
byterian church in Sandy Kidg
township, will take place on the
first Sabbath in August, services
on Saturday before, basket din
ner on the grounds and two serv
ices on Saturday. Friends will
be present from ( harlotte. Tine
ville. Ft. Mill, Kock Hill, Monroe
and tar-away Texas.
Governor ELitchin to be at Win-
gate July 28.
The corner stone of the hand
some new brick building at Win-
gate School will be laid July 2S
Governor W. W. Kitchin will de
liver the address, and it goes
without saying that it will be a
fine one. A great crowd will b"
present.
Mr. J. A. Smith and Miss Alice
Ilinson, daughter of Mr. K. II.
Ilinson, of New Salem township.
were married on the JMh at tne
residence of the bride's father.
Ksq. Kllis 15. Purser officiating.
Mr. Smith is a popular and pros
perous citizen ami a man of fine
liaracter. Mrs. Smith is n popu-
ar young lady. A Irg number
of friends attended the wedding.
splendid supper was servevd.
A. S. Dackery Passes.
(Rockingham dispatch, 27th.)
Alfred Settle Dockery. hi Wi s
stricken with typhoid ft-vv r fur
weeks ago. passe.l away today at
t'Hir o'eloek. lie WHS it dejter-
atey sick man from the tone the
disease fastened itself upon him, j
but it was hoped his yuuiii audi
nat'iraliy robust cms' it u; ion
would triumph and sin-ceed in
throwing off the deadly toxins.
Nuc'i was not to be the case.
Coaiplieatioiis set in tal ly which
made his condition dangerous at
the outset. With the cheerful
ness and high spirits so character
istic of him in health, he made
a brave fight for recovery and
expressed the heliet that he was
going to get Well. However, af
ter the contraction of pneumonia
about a week ago and the devel
opment of jaundice a few days
later, it was s i seen that there
was very little chance for him in
his weak ned condition..
Alfred Settle Dockery was the
eldest son of Col. H. C. Dockery
and was born at the old Doek
erv home. ( miles lroiu Jioeking-
hain, October 2!l, 187(. 1I: was
educated at Wake Forest College
and the University of North Car
olina, going before the Supreme
Court and receiving his license
to practice law in Sept., a
mouth before he was 21 years of
age. He located in lioeKingham
for the practice of his profession
and soon built up a large prac
tice. Heat Wave Will Break this Week
The weather bureau at Wash
ington promises that the coining
week will be one of moderate
temperature in the Sou'h Atlan
tic Gulf States and generally
over the region west of the Mis
sissippi river, nigh temperatures,
will prevail the fiiist part of the
week iin the northern mul middle
States east of the Mississippi,
followed by a change to lower
temperature in these ilis'riets
about Wednesday.
A barometric depression that
now covers the Koeky Mountain
region, according to the bureau,
will drift slowly eastward, pre
ceded and attended by local show
ers and thunder storms and will
cross the Mississippi valley Tues
day or Wednesday and the At
lantic States Thursday or Friday.
It will be followed by cooler
weather over the plains States,
the Mississippi valley and the
region east thereof.
The heat record for the North
American continents was not held
by the United States, but went
to Canada, for at Uockliffc did.,
the thermometer rcgislcvd PS
degrees. The hottest place in
the I nited States was Marquette.
Mich., 104, while St. Joseph and
Kansas City, Mo., Des .Moines,
Iowa. Omaha, Charles City, Iowa,
reported 102 degrees; Fort Smith,
Ark., Louisviiile, Keokuk, la.,
100; Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit,
llarrisburg, Cairo, 111., and To
ledo, O., !S.
Six big cities reported !H de
grees of temperature while New
York and Tbiladelphia sweltered
under a temperature two degrees
less.
Where Crops are Gocd.
A gcntK-muu who l.iM week
travelled over p;irts of chester
field, at Iiuby. Mt. Crou'iian and
i'ageland, tells the Journal that
he found a great contrast iu the
condition of crops there and in
this section. Cotton is fully up
to the average and coin is very
good. Numbers of cotton blooms,
earn tassels and silks are in ev
idence and a great part of the
people arc beginning to think of
laying by time. There have been
several big rains recently and in
places the land is washed consid
erably. At Mt. Croghan the
crops are exceptionally good for
day land, but it is a I'irst quality
of clay, with black, loamy soil,
red clay subsoil ami just enough
sand lo make cultivation easv.
The Rivers Trot hers. J. II.. N. T.
and W. A., are doing good farm
ing. Last year they hail 210
aens mi cotton which vieideti a
hale per acre. And the attract
ive f-atiiif is that they used on
ly 700 pounds of fertilizer and 50
pounds of soda vr acre. They
have 225 acres in cultivation this
year, :o of which they replanted
owing to the dry weather. They
are also m the mercantile luisi-
1)".S.
DEATH OF MR. A. C. JOHNSON
End Came last Wednesday Night
After Brief Illness Well
Known Man.
Mr. A. C. .1 ; -1 1 1 1 s- 1 1 . whose seri
ous illness was poled iu Th-J
Journal last week, died at iiisj
home hi re last Wednesday nigit
of eoir.'e.tioll !' the brain. I;4
the previous Friday ni;!it lie at-
teudtd a meeting o) the ..lasoic.t
lodge at Wiugate. and came homo
late. It was supposed by 1l,o
family tli.il he v.i.s sb-cping la to
Saturday morning, and so thero
was no alarm when he did not
arise et the usuui hour. However.
he was conscious at five o'clock:
because he then got up to wako
a member of the family who w
ed to get up early, and again re
tired. When first seen in Lisj
room after that, he was walking
about unconscious. Only a fewr
lucid moments came before hi
death on Wednesday night.
IScsides his neighbors and near
relatives living here, Mrs. F.. F.
Johnson of Wilmington, Mrs, J.
M. Marshall of Crouley, Mr. ami
Mrs. Thus. Cuthbertsnii of Char
lotte, were by his bedside when
death came.
The funeral was conducted by
Dr. J. II. Weaver and the remain
were buried with the honors of
the Masonic order, of which ho
was an intelligent and enthusias
tic member. Whe'i the new lodgtS
at Wingate was instituted somo
time ago he carried his member-
Sll
hip there to help them organize,
and at the last meeting, which
he attended the night before ho
was stricken with the fital dis
ease iln.t caused his untimely
death, he was unanimously elect
ed Mi'ster of the lodge.. Ml".
Johnson was also u Knight ot:
rythias.
Mr. Johnson was born in S
mip-
son county July Itf. IS".', and ;m
therefore near'y 52 years old.
When he was about, grown ho
went to Wilmington and lived in
that city for some time and ou
October 20, 1882, he came to
Monroe and went into the gro
cery business. lie commenced
Iu sincss on a small sc.de but ho
gave it his most caret'. il. constant
and intelligent attention and ho
prospered and left a good estate.
On December .'11. 15, Mr.
Johnson was happily married to
Miss Kugenia Cuthbertson, who
died on the 2nd of last Novem
ber. To Mr. ami Mrs. Johnson
five children were bom. Two
sous. Mr. T. II. Johnson ami Mas
ter Na'han Johnson, and two
daughteis. Misses Kugenia and
Susie Johnson, survive. Mc C.
IS. Harden of Monroe is a lull?
brother and Mrs. J. M. Marshall
of Cronley is a half-sister of the
deceased.
Mr. Johnson was a very intelli
gent man and had decided views
upon all subjects to which he
turned his attention. He was a
man of the highest integrity, and
had good business judgment. He
never feared to show his colon
and did his own thinking. Ho
was a magistrate for 15 years.
He was for many years a steward
in the Methodist church, and al
ways a member of that denomina
tion, lie had always had the idea
that he should tile suddenly, and
had often told his family so. lie
was devoted to his familv. The
writer knew A. C. Johnson for
years and never knew him to do
a thing to be ashamed of or un
becoming an upright and a just,
man. lie had many warm friends
and was recognized as a man of
individuality and independence.
Farmers' Institutes.
Mr. T. J. W. Trooni will be in
charge of the party that will hold
the farmers' institutes iu this
county this year and he will cer
tainly have the best of speakers
along. The dates for institutes
have been fixed as follows:
Friday, August. 4th, Marsh ville;
Saturday, the 5th, Waxhaw; Mon
day, the 7th, Monroe; Tuesday,
the 8th, Indian Trail.
Two halls will be needed at
each place, as there will be a wo
man's institute i'l connection.
Principal and Teachers Elected.
The graded school trustees have
elected the following teachers:
C. J. Henley of Mecklenburg,
principal; Miss Jessie Kagle of
Salisbury and Miss Jessie Porter
of Lancaster, eighth grade; MiM
Clara Jordan of IJenncttsville,
seventh grade.