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'he Monroe journ. VOL. XVHL NO. 24. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1911. ONE DOL A YEAR. THE CAT CAME BACK. And So Hu the Zoo Historical Institution to be Re-established on the Square But Dogs,' Not Squirrels, Will be the Denize:: . The Zoo luts come back. Th.s simple announcement will send a thrill of pleasure to the hearts of Monroe folks. The Zoo is to he set back on 'the square. It will sit iu the self same spot where it once sat. Jt was stolen away between suns in disgrace and contumely some mouths ago. It comes back in the broad light of day, about the glorious hour of the ninth watch, in honor aud triumph. Because some incousiderate per son bad heaped slanderous re marks upon it during the munic ipal campaign it had to be taketi off iu disgrace, lint such a crime could not long endure. The pres ent admisist ration has glorified itself by bringing the Zoo hack. But it has likewise brought a tremendous burden upon itself and raised an issue that may yet wreck it. That issue is Who shall be keeper of the Zoo J The aldermen have decreed that since the squirrels that formerly frisked gladsomely in the now classic walls of this institution have been scattered while their home reposed on the country premises of Dr. Houston, that it shall now shelter dogs, dogs, dogs, of all kinds ami classes, even "curs of low degree," pro vided that they do not wear col law showing that the tax on them has been paid. The Zoo was hauled back this morning and will be set up once more. On the fifteenth the dog catchers will begin to fill it with unlicensed dogs and the sporting population are guaranteed the delights of a perpetual dog fight. Admission free. Seats furnished on the square. If the owners of dogs that are impounded do not redeem them in u given time by paying the tax, the board and clothes bill while impounded, and a turnkey tax for opening the Zoo, the said dogs will go to the bone yard in due time. For which, let us all say, praise be! N. B. Owners of dogs, who, while looking at the animals, get into fights themselves, will he ex cused at half the usual fines and costs. This is because the town admits contributory cause for as sault and battery. Death of Mr. H. F. Liles. .Mr. Hamp F. Liles died in a hospital in Chattanooga hist Fri day alter an illness of about one mouth. The remains wen- brought home and buried i'i Sunday at the Williams buryimr ground. Srr vices were conducted by U'ev. 1). M. Austin end Ib-v. .1. A. Bivins. Mr. l.il'S was a son of .Mr. W. 1. Liles of Marsliville township, and is survived by Ms father and s"VmhI half brothers and sisters, lie was 4 i M-.'is old i;u i was an ut'ii.-it. :ii i.:-, in tie o.j time and tiou iu I !i allli ga .Mid lie h:. His '.:' man. square lie had l.eell . it e for a heiir , 1 Ss ; I 'tatt, va I l'(';-'po.sj 1 1., i'iM Iiis ' ;:!'. ii ill ti iii a uo ! h I: :.' . .io I Li!. -. ,-ni.i a Ma. L i: 1 1 I.. Lr 'c-S ' il! -rs ami .iai const i-eqiiaii- j .a; -,.;,.,.. day. The .:.!," V haa-iiii. cm, :ia rimis set iuir.. A pie el. limed tii"' had be-'ii ovi i v ! nobody has n. v. as noi put iii::li is a general iui; any such person ' ikell U'l in a.". i the v:' at many p. o t i. ir ;n o'ici'i v !:. but so far io say that his eo,i'ii. There r s-doii that if appeared the hoard would have a fa..i;iM tit. and probably this h is tended to keep away any onewh t had any idea of appearing for that 'pur pose. The board has a big job and Ihey are tryinas to deal fair ly with all and "equalize" as far as possible. The Littb1 family reunion will 1)? held at the residence of Mrs. A. W. II. Price, in Goose Creek township, Friday, July 27th. All the relatives are urged to bejires cnt. ' Quit Carrying Rocks. We have all heard the storv of the olden times when grist mills were few and .far between ami when meu carried their grist to the mill on horseback. We have also heard the story of th mau who carried his grain in one end of the sack and put rocks iu the other end to balance it so that it would lie across the horse's back. If we will observe closely and think a little we will find men iu this day doing things just alnmt as absurd as the man w ho put rocks in one end of his sack. Not a great while ago the writer saw an old man walking behind a heavy board drag drawn by a heavy team and the old man fol lowed on behind. This was not far in advance of the man with rocks iu one end of his sack. If he had just used a little more thought he would have made the drag about one hundred aud fifty pounds lighter aud fastened to it u good comfortable seat for him self. Thus the work would have been just as effective aud much easier on the driver aud no har der on the team. Auother man punished his boy for riding on the harrow instead of fastening a log on it to make it heavier. Again 1 saw three strong men, each with a strong mule hitched to a little old fashioned plow, preparing land for corn. The land was just right for a two horse steel beam plow or a disk harrow, and had the men been asked why these were not used they would probably have re plied that they could not afford the expense, the three, or even two, mules hitched to a good plow or a harrow would have done the work better and releas ed two of the men to do some thing else. He whs more than paying for better tools in time and labor thrown away and yet be didn't have the better work of the superior tools. We need to think more, plan more aud walk less. There is no sense or virtue in a man's killing himself with drudgery wheu he can avoid it. It seems a pity that we can not think. Here is another example of in excusible waste of time and en ergy. The man was digging holes along the rows replanting corn. There were long skips and many holes to be dug, requiring long and hard labor. If he had been asked why he did not read and learn the best method of test ing his seed, he would no doubt have said that he did not have time to read and make experi ments, lb- would have no doubt also d'-elared that he knew as much about farming as Dr.Knapp A. L. Freiieh, or any other book and paper farmer. Yet he had plelltV ot ll'lie to llo iiecesNary anl hard lot (It 1111 work, ami Was p!"l!ty lii'l" to ose about half his crop. I! even ;i'!i::ie pers, nor mi', the bulletins not a dollar nor or honks and jia o"i'"s lime m ;vad s : hat v. - i if I !i.-i e sa v- ed all ti !;i!io;- :i Ivrd and :n,:ieees.iry I il!,-"e,IS ''I his ; t'ofils li::ve supplied I. an w i'h iai'"!' I U' vcaas. t I 1 1 t ' I I ' I ! I ' i ' S 1 I I ' 1 1 lNVOIliliT ' L'.-t ':! 1 .'111. ,i,l m la- si:. I I! 1 .lii I'l til ' )'"!; s. I'oeie U .1' it rv.r ;ht a Shot Cui: Due! - !.'i ! We.Ines ,v and Major :-e. ;u a I attl" ...' .vn.' '-..lit lb-.',, aoi.'s "ais taat S'.i'.th True! .",'", ami ii a .,1 i ' .01. .mi i: r th atti ttiii'. fit I '.ii II s eivip. siuii h, S"t luS tie, as Iplliled "by I'ls Mai, i a'.e ej t.-d (.''"U- araic ! hi.s jun to Hie field with him. Truelnw. aecaia-paui'-d liy i.is ila'ixdi'ei'. came lio'VIl to the fi"ld and ordered Smith out , and neeoriliiuT to the version of Smith. Trm iow iiiime diaily opened fire upon him w hen he refused to leave the field Smith returned the compliment with his gun, several shots pass ing between the duelists. The men were, Hhout 75 yards apart and there was no serious damage done. Trnclove was wounded in the face and arms, some of the shot piercing the skin and pass ing into the body between the ribs. Smith was only slightly wounded, receiving only two shot iu the back. LOCAL ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. I'apehart are visiting relatives at Kittrell. Miss Daisy Wilkins of Gaffuey is visiting Mrs. J. F. Ijiiicv. Mr. William Lee- has returned from a visit to Jackson Spriugs. Miss Myrtle I-slie of Vass is visiting J Irs. J. F. Williams. Mr. aud Mrs. U. S. Lee return ed last night from a stay at Wrightsville Beach. Mr. J. W. Fowler and family are spending some time at Wrightsville Beach. Misses Mary Redwine and Ma rv Hudson are visiting in Ashe ville. Mr. Boliek of Conover has been visiting Mr. Henry Fairley for some days. Mr. John Lee has gone to Marshville to take a position with the Union HardwareCo. Miss Willie Moore Liles of Hamlet is visiting Miss Kunice Benton. Miss Ledbetter of Red Springs is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fowler and Mr. and Mrs. G. S. lice are spend ing some time at Wrightsville. Miss Katharine McDowell is spueding lire vacation at her home in Vernon Hill, Va. V Miss Bessie Austin is visiting in Atlanta aud other places iu Georgia. Misses Kdith and Annie Lee Wager left this morning to visit their aunt, Mrs. Kate Ashury in Washington. Miss Elizabeth Mullen of Lin eolnton, who has bnee visiting her sister, Mrs. J. S. Buskreville, re turned home this morning. Mrs. Rufus Annfield, Misses Lessie Houston and Beth Knglish leave the last of the week for Moutrcat. Mr. J. D. Bundy has gone to Atlantic City as representative of the Charlotte Elks to the an nual meeting. Mary Steele, the little daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Nor wood, who has been very ill for some time, is better. Miss Marguerite Houston and her guests have returned Irom a house party given by Miss Belle Dukes at Rock Hill. Miss Pearl Hefner of Wingate entertained the Gleaner Class Saturday evening from 8 to 11 and the guests spent a mos en joyable evening. Mr. Balfour of. Rock Hill has moved to .Monroe aud occupies Dr. Houston s house on Washing ton street, lie lias a position with the Piedmont Buggy Co. Mr. and Mrs. Heiirv Williams of Atlanta are visiting the hitter's mother, Mrs. Flora Davis. They have just return -d from an ex tensive Western tour. j j" The Sundav school of Central!"''! Mvtlmdisl church will hae tie annual picnic a! I'l '.is.vii !mvo , i ii is year next Tb'ii sda. . The' school will me. 1 ' 1 the ehu.'ehl i roup!!; i:t s ::;n f ,. the si.iri. ! The i!;i'. clors of the i'aiil of i " I ; j 1 1 : 1 ";r liiis illOI'imil:' ill fesfll- I' si'l'll jl III ti " .s-mi-aii', ses .Ion. :il i'ive !li I :i : ! . I "I to I US it i) ; i.i I'liii-i ',' .IS ,i, ill b ! io tiiii'iN :'n . ;e i III ! t. lancl. I" "i .I if.' a. :.. !. fl II il'ie l.ISi V. l I in ii'. i.t : i.. I lw 111'. I ,...SV.I til ;s i.i.li .1 !li i'l' It su; 1,1 lei! IMioil lie! w.i i lying ii. ur Ci." i'a. I. Tla-rc v;'s a i"w 1'riday be tween a lV.iniber of i,eiiio. s on an excursion train I'elut; n.u t'i'.'iii Ml. Croglum. S. C. to Cheraw. which reshllcd ill the death of Alt' Massey, a s"ctioii haiad. M.is sey Waiiot euti"ey throii-!i the head and killed instantly. Mac'-: Blakeiiey, the negro who did the shooting, was arrested and car ried to Chesterfield. Mr. W. II. Belk of Charlotte, Miss Sadie Belk and Mrs. 1). A. Houston of Monroe, and Miss Al ma Marsh of Marshville, are on the Pacific and Canadian trip with a party conducted by Rev. Wm. Black. Miss Belk has writ ten that she was snowballed while in the mountains of Colorado. Kershaw Youth Kills Father to Protect Mother. Camden, S. C., July -l. McR.iy Kirklaud of Wmt Watered sec tion was killed by his sou. Willie Kirklaud, early this morning. It sit'in that there was some fami ly trouble and Willie Kirklaml was protecting his mother. Mc Kay Kirklaud, it is said, attack ed his wife last night and forced Iter to have the house and stav out doois all night. She sought reluge in the house of a neigh bor early this morning. Just about day break Kirklaud went over to the neighbor's house aud called them out. He graded his wife and threw her iuto the bug gy, drew a big knife aud defied anybody to hinder him in his ac tions. About this time Willie Kirklaud came up and asked his father to release his mother. When his father refused aud had threatened him lie sent for his pistol and again demanded that Ids father release her. Again his father refused. Then Willie shot him once in the head, killing him instantly. The first time he pull ed the trigger the pistol snapped. Cocking it again ,he took careful aim and fired the fatal shot. Men Re Kirklaud has a bad rep utation ami is considered a dan gerous man, while his son is a very quiet young man and is well thought of iu this section of the county. It does not appear that McRae Kirkland was iutoxicated but was almost insane with anger Willie Kirklaud has not been arrested, but is said to be on his way here to give himself up. Proceedings of Recordre's Court. (July 4 to July 10, inclusive.) Vance Plyler, robbery. After hearing the evidence in this case the Recorder changed the warrant to forcible trespass, and suspend ed judgment ou payment of cost. Johu Chapman, false pretense, dcfcnedant bound iver to next term of court, bond fixed iu sum of $100, iu default of which the defendant is now iu jail. Minerva Smith, colored, viola tion of ordinance 7fl, $1 and cost. Pull Sam, colored, assault, 110 davs on road. Frank Houston, colored, assault and battery, if'J.uO and costs. Job Houston, colored, assault and battery. In this case the de fendant was a 12-year-ohl color ed boy, too young to be punish cd for an ordinary misdemean or. The Recorder discharged him after reprimanding him severely, Preston Chambers, colored, vi olation of ordinance TO, irJ am costs. Johu Fiiiiderbui'A and iiisi Brooks, colored, nuisance, jii lilent .suspended on paymuel costs. ol I ins Brooks, colored, carrying! icoiiecaieii weapons, .-' a'n esls : 1 . as-; 1 loll II I I lorn lioVit ali'l mil with deadly l.A.I. '...! sfiiil!;. i . 'a 1 1 e Weapon ; ( ' .!';i 'I , u; .s:!s;m ii. .ii. .1. n; a;'; 7- .'I'll .. Cha; !:o.:i S OU !,-. id- 'Kill. ! i.lsb ! ' . l'r : . . v 'i i ', 1 1 : ' a . I ' .. ' Me , or. p."'- 'Ssi "1- , il.u-ier of I h" : ' lh" 1 bv II'.' a' ill take it 'i' I I l. , VYi, Ball oi iiM' l o . V. .1 es ' ..i-"'rd. v, a ;ile a ei' ii'i l : i il j'i I'i.e Ci ''' ', a" .'IL if I'.os'"' bn ill'.' o II 'V. eillil S;. Pan!' place at noui. tl! ' aol'il' i' ' c!l beite . ".'at, i '"oiigr 'c;a! io;i five o'cloe!; l! is aflel' Phil Cast. .n. a co!o-, ,1 barber, reports that his house was broken into Thursday night and robbed of about fifty odd dollars, part of which was lodge funds which he had in keeping. No arrests have been made. Mr. and Mrs. Will Worlcy arc visiting Mrs. Worlcy 's aunt in St. Louis. The Awful Heat Wave. Iu the upper sections of the country the awful heat wave that caused hundreds of deaths. . sk- cially in the larger cities, lwg.ui to break last Friday. In New York City, on Tuesday night, Park Commissioner Stover threw Central Park oi-n to iifith- . . .. . .... ers, wiui, witli their cti.i.iren, wished to sleep there. Soon af-; that was not threshed, it bavins ter the iermission was given the a little clover in it. Figuring wild spread throughout the ten-! that the unthresbed produced as "incut districts, and when night ( well as the other, his crop a eatne on the park had lecu turn- mounted to some sixteen hundred, ed into a nightly camping ground, bushels. They are the Appier. While Central Park was reserved ! and having been cut and threshed! for the most part for women with without a drop of ruin having children, the smaller parks were fallen on them, they are of the thrown open without restriction,! very finest quality. After hav and there all sexes and ages gath- ing them threshed they were ered for relief from the torridity 'spread out upon a floor for ten of crowded houses and unventi- days ami thoroughly dried. Then lated rooms in which sleep was .they were sacked iu the best impossible. grade of inside coffee sack, even In New York the temperature three bushels to a sack. In this ranged from US to 104 1-2 de-: shape they will be well cared for grecs. It climbed to 104 in Bos- aud sold for feed. The Applet ton, and Concordia, Kansas, roas- is given up to be the best oat fop ted under a blast that sent the this section, and Mr. Lee is an mercury up to 108. From West J enthusiastic grower He sayst to East the thermometer hovered i that he can make outs niiicli over the 100 mark, and it all goes to show how fortunate is North Carolina with its equitable cli mate rarely reaching the ex tremes in summer or winter. Speaking of the hot wave, the New York Herald on Thursday says in an editorial: "The hot wave which lias so persistently hung on and main tained great intensity over the couutry will be memorable in me teorlogical annals. In May ami Juue the Southwestern States were subjected to a long period of unseasonably severe heat, and before the close of last month the heated areas extended north ward and eastward to the great central valleys. While the sea son continued moderate in the North Atlantic States until the opening of July, extreme and even record breaking tempera tures were reported in many wes tern districts. But the most re markable fact in connection with this extraordinary heat has been its long continuance in regions far north of the Gulf States, from which it is generally supposed our hot waves are transported to the central and northern por tions of the country. "Plausible as this explanation of the torrid weather prevailing so loinr north of Ohio and this week as far north .is Ontario and New' l'.uglaud, it becomes unsat isfactory, since the maximum tem pera lures of 104 d'gl s reached at Boston and 1"S in On'ario arc relatively much :i excess of t ho.e J.iiollf the s'Ulie tl. Guif States. occurring at or time in most if Appaiviitlv no 'h cause or causes 'lis mis Vet SlHM I N't!'' a!:h- .u I'il.e. 'II IV. 'l.'.'i'. lolU'. i K'ui I'. I ' I 'le M Ci . .i. :; !;. il .v. M"s-rs. i: a,' ii 'aai:;. alive be M"S-!'S. S. ,.. ( aai:;. 1 . j M. Furies. J. M. Wiisoii. i II!. in., I Hnner mi the -i"i,i!aK. J 2:-l0 p. in. Annu d literary dress by Gov. W. W. Kil.-liiu. 4 a0 p. in., Track meet. (iaIO p. in.. Fr (pen air con cert by Charlotte W. . W. Cor net Band. SalO p. in., The Mint Hill Bra untie Club will present 'Sun-j light, or the Diamond Kimr. n Western drama in four acts. Music wilPbe furnished by the Charlotte W. O. W. Cornet Band, J Mr. Lee' Fine Oat Crop. j Ii a dry year like this an oat crop covering thirty-five aeiv , that produces forty bushels oil an average and seventy-five ou some choice acres is a splendid accomplishment. That is what Mr. , Wristoii 1av has done. He ha just threshed thirteen lnmdrc.1 1 II III! . . mism-is aim imnn a greai neai cheaper than corn, aud he makes plenty of both. His oat field em braced thirty-five acres and was in one field, only the public road lying between them. His farm is two miles north of Monroe. Asheville Aroused Over Murder of Officer. Asheville, July 7. Patrolman E. C. McConnel, one of the most daring and efficient young mem bers of the Asheville police force, died this evening at ti:"0 o'clock as a result, of a gunshot wound sustained Monday morning at the hands of a negro known as John Huff while the officer had tho negro under arrest in an automo bile. McConnell made a bravo fight for his life, hut the odds were against him and. conscious almost to the last, he went into the last sleep as fearless as in any battle he ever fought. The death of the police officer was the ocasion tonight, at the weekly session of the city coun sil, of impassioned pleas for re wards sufficient to bring the murderer to justice. Mr. Lockt Craig spoke fervently ou the sub ject and was followed by Colonel Lusk and J. W. llaynes. Colonel Lusk declared that it was the du ty of the city of Asheville to bring the negro to the bar of jus tice, if it cost every cent the city lud and if the city had to barter its credit. The aldermen offered a reward of $.100. , Mr. llaynes d""lared that eili . 'lis of Asiieulie wanted to eoil ' tribute to a si ill larsfcr fund ; lliaf within lliiatv minutes, if neiessa- i rv ? l.'UO IVIlId il'' of t'l'' lillsed. .!. L. Batt-ry I'ar!; ... .fa'.'. I u til." o !n . jirlv.'i;.' .;t"i! :,!. fa. ,t ; Aic I. Willi i lis ol'i'e I I .sill' I .i.' v :i. il 1. I' 'l I V la- i piel.ie Aletil.,!, M in roe d'itVs I'Ctflll Rev. J. 11. WitiiersjHion. Pastor. , The report oi the I'ililed States ! 1 1... i ..i' if : i l't-Hllllli lil I'l .l,i II III! H- lvSll'H yesterday on crop condil ions.says that the dry weather of the last thirty days played havoc with crops all over the country. Oats uid hay were hardest hit and less than two-thirds of a crop is ex pected. Hie potato crop is un usually short. Wheat was up to the average. .The condition of jcoru is 80 per cent.
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