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11 'he Monroe Jourkwl vol. xvra. NO. 25. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1211. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY. Four White Boys and a Negro Charged with Many Robberies in Buford Township Had a Regular Organization. Many store iiiI.U-tu-s haw oc curred in Hut'ord township in tin past several weeks iiuil on Satur day four white nn-ii ait 1 a negro wvre arrested and were yester day bound over to court. Tin men are Itcii Startles. Kvcrette M- 'ton, Jeff Starns. Jim Kich ardsoii, while, and Fred Unison, colored. Another man, Dexter Stack, is implicated, luit has 1 s. rVil the country. Tlie negro is in jail and before Magistrates A. L. Helms and II. A. Norwood tlie whit" well yesterday waived ex amination and were hound over to eotirt. All pave three hundred dollar bonds except Jeff Startles, who gave a five hundred dollar bond. Tlie latter is a one armed man, having lost his arm in a saw mill a eoujile of years ago. lie has a little store and the goods were found eoneealed under a se cret counter. The men have made various statements, hut it seems that Starues received the goods and sold them. He kept separate accounts w ith the men, giving the credit for tlie goods brought in t:d charging them with what they got. He has borne a good reputation up till now. The store of Broom & Stameg was robbed Friday night, and this led to tlie detection ot the men About everything in the small store was hauled off in a buggy, in two loads. The buggy tracks c iv followed and led to the house of lien Starnes. lie was arrested and finally began to talk, impli cating others. These in turn were unvst'd and each told his s''M'v, From th" various state ments it seems that three men broke into Walter's store s m time ago; five of tlleni robbed S, M. Parker's: four lifted S. A Lat ban's peas: five went along to relieve P. P. h'oss ot a lot of corn, and tluve did th" si'inv lor V. S. HritUtlcy, while only two went into the store of Sta riles & liroom Fridav night. The arrests have ! n a s n- satini in that country as the men have geii-raliy bo ne good lepu tations. Mr. Faust's House Burglarized. 1 .. I." I ' L' .. 1 or. rntt s notice ui en tered last Friday night and be tween ."rbi.-i and ifl5U stolen. The money was in his trousers. There is no clue whatever to the robber. There were bills in tlie s'ii.:ll watch pocket, sonic in a pocket book in the hip poekcl, ami, lot of silver in the trout po.-ke's. Nothing hut money was taken, and that down even to peMiies. HoW the thief got ill or out is a mystery. The family were out till lied time. Mr. Faust went home about ten o'clock, and after locking up the doors and windows as usual, undressed and went to bed. II" knew nothing of it till h got up next morning an I found the trousers gone. A shirt was on the chair on top of the trousers and had a gold watch in the pocket, but this was not taken. All the doors and win dows Were closed as on the pre vious night. Mr. Faust thinks that the burglar must have con cealed himself in the house while the family were out. Money alone Seems to have been the object. and the robbery was accomplish e I in such a way that no tracks were left behind. Mr. Faust offer $50 reward f.ir th" arrest of tlie thief, but the general opinion is that lie will not he diseovtred. Tlc-re have been many sneak thieveries in town, and stores have been robbed, the last ne being the store of L. N. Prcssoii & Co., hilt l:o!ii'IU' so bold us this has occur:-' d before . Notice. The annual meting of all the m uibeis of The I nion County Farmers Mutual Fire insurance Company will be held at o'clock p. in., in the court house. In Monroe, X. C, on Saturday, July 2!th, 1!M1. This is the time for the annual election of officers, and as there is some im portant business to look after it is earnestly requested that every . member he present. Yours verv truly, W. II. Phii'er. Pres. Jan. McXcely, Sec. and Treas. Mr. Walters' Little Girl Shot. Myrtle Faye. the little .iy.-ar-o!d daughter of Mr. William Wal, ters. was shot and hadlv wounded by the explosion of a gnu shell in a fire last Thursday. The acci dent occurred at the home near town and by the merest fraction of an iiieh change in the direction of the load the child's life would have been lost . The children had swept up a pile of trash in the yard and were burning it. The shell was either in the trash or in a pair of old overalls that some men who had been working in the well had left and which the chil dren threw on the fire along with the other trash. The fire had been burning some time when the explosion occurred. The shot, which were small ones, probably No. 8, took effect in the thighs, and three of them took effect in the side and one hit near the eye. Hut the bulk of the load went in the thighs and it is estimated that some three hundred must have gone in. A physician was quick ly summoned and rendered such aid as was necessary, deciding, however that it would require too much cutting to take the shot out and that it would be best to let them remain. Some will no doubt work out and some will remain always. The child is doing nicely. Lawyers Take a Hand Anyhow. When Mr. Frank Haywood of Vance township died a few weeks ago, he left a will in which he directed that his executors em ploy no lawyers in connection with his estate. It closed in these words, "No law and no lawyers in no wise." Hut more than the usual number of the brotherhood so hateful to the testator have al leady been employed in the mat ter of this very will. The widow, for whom the only provision made in the will was that one of lie sons, who received a consider able portion of Hie estate, should take care of her for life, lias filed dissent through an attorney in or del' to get lief dower. Several ol the legatees have employed a i;riu of three lawyers to contest the will and the executors have retained another firm to repre sent them. 1'p to date seven law yers have been engaged to look after the various interests and there are likely to be more; and this is not because tin lawyers sought the employment, but be cause the contestant sought them. The testator's extreme opposition to the profession and professors of the law s"ems to have made him blind to the persersity of hu man liaiurc in the laity. Union Institue. The full term of 1,'nion Insti tute will begin August 7, lull. The wide reputation of this school makes it unnecessary to eiiuiiicri'tc me mativ advantages offend its students. Suffice it to sav that it has the reputation of having prepared more students tor college than any other school in I uioii count v. I he school is now a State High School, and will be put on a regularly grad ed basis. A full and competent corps of teachers has been em ployed which assures the continu ation of the high grade of work done by the school. Hoard and tuition may be had at verv low rates bv student from outside the district. The music class will be in charge of a competent teacher, and all students desiring this course will ne given same ai a very reasonable rate. All parents are urged M have their children ready to cuter the first day ol" school as the Mist day is one ot the most Kirtant of the school year. For further information. 1111- ad- dress, IIDKACK ST K WART, ( I'nionville, N. C. A passenger train on the North ern Pacific railroad was h-ld up by three masked robbers near Huffalo. N. !.. one night last week. The robbers secured about $500 in cash by going through the passengers ami shot Engineer S. P. Olson ol rarg twice in or- h-r to make liiin stop the train, i hev made a successful escape in an automomie wnicu nicy nan awaiting them near the scene of the robbery. I jj,i,iWW f.J, JLJlliUJll HjUJIil JL.HU, HI Willi I II I .Jl .HIIHL. tf W -J;el'.W '.-,;."' ! OJ'', , "t . 'l l1 ' -,"- 'f ' ',' -"- , '. . New Business Man Here. Mr. !. F.. I.iv:is!.ury . Ox rd. Xcv Voik, will move his taiaily here about Oei..ber l, JJ,. has bought stock in the Piedmont Huggy Company and w ill have en tire management of toe sales de partment, and will also do some traveling. He is an experienced man and has liecii with some of the big concerns in New York State. The business of the Com pany has grown so that a special Miles department was made neces sary with a high grade man in charge. Mr. Lownshury fills the bill and will push the sabs all over the South. Tin' Company has lately sold several vehicles in New York. Mr. Lownsbury and his family will receive a warm welcome in Monroe . Proceedings in Recorder's Court. (July IS, through July 24.) Hy mistake in last week's Journal, the name of W. K. (Jur ley was printed "W. K. Curlee." The note should have been W. K. (iiirley, assault and battery, cost. Hozy Stocton, colored, assault and battery, i,2 aud costs . Daisy Houston, colored, assault and battery, cost a. Susie Alsobrooks, colored, as sault and battery, costs. Mary Kzzell, colored, judgment suspended on payment of costs. J. M. lloneycutt and C. J. Tucker, keeping whiskey for sale, 50 each and costs. Coleman Caudle, larceny of pistol from Jim Hayes, 4 months on roads. The warrant in this case was originally drawn for house breaking, but the evidence was the house in which the de fendant lived and he had a right to enter it, so he plead guilty of larceny of the pistol. James Ingram, colored, carry ing concealed weapons, not guil ty. .Monday Medlin, colored, vio lation of ordinance Tti, W days on roads. Typhoid. August, September and tlct" ber are the typhoid months. September is the month of greatest susceptibility to the dis ease. If you wish to escape the fall epidemic ,take the following pre cautions: 1st. Keep your premises rid of all decaying organic matter, weeds, water melon rinds, slops. Iruils. chins, ct". dive vour premises thorough drainage and keep them dry. -nd. Clean out your privies, stables and hog pens once a week. Keep the surface privy ground covered with lime. !rd. Screen your windows and doors. Kill flies with tanglefoot. :ly powder, etc. Chase every fly that gets in, kill as you would a rattlesnake. It aiiv ot vour neighbors have typhoid, don't let a fly come in at all. 4ih. He sure that your drinking water is pure and the soui not contaminated. .1th. If you arc helping with a typhoid patient, disinfect all se cretions promptly with lium, car bolic or bichloride. Always wash your hands after handling a pa tient. He sure your food 'and water are not fly infected or hand infected. Don't fail to help your typhoid neighbor in time of need, but do these things 'iitelligeiitly and in safe, sanita ry way. It frequently happens that those who steer clearest of typhoid get it first. tith. If you begin to have that characteristic tired feeling with headache, general aching, chilli ness, loss of appetite, coated toll gue, call your doctor at once. Don't wait. The earlier you he gin the fight, the better and u ore quickly you win. Kespect fully, 1I. D. Stewart. Notice. the tax lew will s.ion be As made it is v"rv important that committeemen in all the local tax districts see that n carefully pre pared list of all the property In their respective districts and also those liable to a poll be furnished in ample time for the levy to he made. R. X. Xisbet, Co. Supt. County Superintendent K. X. Xisbet asks Th" Journal to siy that he will not be in his office next Sat unlay on account of at tending the Tirzah Hible Society. Virginia a Hi Wife. Murdered For eral d.n Uiel.i d b. s had Jl great 'Murder m;. Ocry. A mail's wife, rising wi'h if.iu in an itot,io!ii.- voue dt.uc-e iimui the city at 11 o'ehw-k at nigM, vas silo! through the I .a. I by a "man in the road. ;iv rd:iig to tie- tesiuioiiy ( the h isban I. Th" gun with which the killing was done, was found near :he veite. the iiuxhand averring ihct h jumped from the automobile and grappbd with th" assailant, wrenching the guu from Lis ban. Is, when he boited for tin woods. The gun was placed in the rear Neat of the machine and holdiug the body his dead wife with one hand he drove home with break lleck speed, the gun 'ailing from the rear seat on the journey. Fron the great secre cy maintained by the members of the police, it was evident that at the proper time a sensation would be sprung. Under duress from th" police Paul Heat tie. a cousin of Henry's, swore that he bought the gun with which the deed was done. Thereupon both Henry and Paul lteattie were arrested and the former was brought to the Richmond city jail, where he is in confinement. Paul fell in a dead faint on being told that he was under arrest, and later wri thed in convulsions. He was so violent that he had to be h cuffed, and thus manacled, h" was taken to the city home for medical treatment. Despite the potent caste feel ing of the Virginia aristo-ivcy, the families remembered, when they spoke of the wedding of Henry Clay lb-attie. but a few months ago, of the mysteriously veiled woman who then appear ed. Il has been generally known since Heat tie's marriage that there was another woman who appeared heavily eil-d. like a wraith, at the wedding feast .and from dark re-ir '. of t!c little church in Mauehestcr, in spired a dread fear That munis .voiild be forbidden. The police named Heulah Hinfonl as the wo man. I'udcr sweating t!c police de clared thai the other woman ad mi. ted that she was th" mother of Hcattic's dead s ui. born July J4. Hl!. aud that she has lately been paid money by the violi of the South to ke.p away from liiehmond. She l-turn-d -hive weeks ago. and mi a least two occasions just prior to the kill ing of Mrs. Heat tie she was se n a "cording to Chief of P dice Lou is Werner, ill the ;:l iMobile of He.i'tic. which carried the la'-ti-r's wife to her ,le,;:h. Henry Clay HeatM' ' Inly child of one of Virginia's first fciii lies, husband of the Miurdered Woman, who was wi'h her nt h ' death. .Mrs. Henry Clay H-.? tieThe 'hindered bride of on-1 year, a Daughter of the C mfedcnicy. bcile of .Manchester, mother of Hca! tie's five-weeks' old boy. The other Woman i! ulah Mill ion! For four years sweetheart of l!eattie, according to th" po lice, now under surveillance. Woman Said to Be 1 1 1 Years Old. Atlirmi IMitch,!Hril. Mrs. Mary Trawiek Proctor, aged 111 years, a real da-ghter cf the American revolution, a woman who has lived in three centuries, wher. stirring events were making the Lis tory of nations, has jus been locat ed in an humble cabin in Dutow county, Georgia. Her sole compan ions are her daughter, ilis iltry Proctor, aged IK), and two great-great-grandchildren, descendants of another daughter, all who are left of six cenerations of her fatcily. Mrs. IVoctor was born in Wake county, Xorth Caroiina. She is the daughter of Wiley lraick, who left rth Carolina acout i'JMand later moved to Alabama, where Mary was married to Hiram Proctor when she was 19 years of ag. She wa Proctor s third wife. Her husband was a veteran of two war, the revo lution and the war cf ls12. Cassius J. Finlcy. Jr.. ag-d IS years.was drowned in a mill pond in (iuilford county Monday af ternoon. The boat lie and two companions were in overturned and while his clotlns were wet he d 'cided to swim awhile with above results. Frominet BIO PROPERTY INCREASE. j Taxable Property of Union Now j Over Nine Million, Which is an Increase Over Last Asses. ' meat of Nearly Two Millions. J 'lllel .I'lst lee J- l,;iS Jllsl .:'iusl.d running up the t.c.ii fig ! ures of the ta ass ss.rs just J eoi.,ph-ted. alld they sa.iw coll- i si.jer;. bc gains over tin- iivvnv e ut of f ear years ago. The total of real and pers-.n.d i ;-:s.;-rty is .'..'ill,.!Ci. i,: -!i is n'.i increase ot l,;t. w in n the b.mk stock, railroad and telegraph property, which is as sess.-d by the corporation com mission, is added to this, the to tal figures will be something over nine millions of dollars. The increase in property own Mi bv white people was $1,777, '.r:!. Increase in property owned by colored people. !tl:i442. There are :177."."7 acres and I.li:." lots owned by whites, val ued at s4.L,ti.'!.(i.VI. There are 14."7!l acres and o7'J lots owned by colored peoplc.val ueil at f-N.i'l?. Th" total land property is 4, Iii7.4til. White personal property in the county, $:.N!0.4G6; colored. $-15,-do. Total personal property in county, !,4.i45.4!iH. The average assessment of land in the county is $S..'M per acre. The average per acre in the va rious townships is as follows: Monroe, if'12.54; Marshville. !!; Lanes Creek, iti5; Hu ford. r'o.sS; Jackson, t!.Sl ; Sandy Iiidge, !fS.!l; Vance. 1.44 : (loose Creek. !i.45; Xew Salem. The tax levy will le made next mouth. Resolutions Adopted by Medical Association. With sad hearts we arc called upon to record the sad dea'h of Dr. Henry Houston, who like the in-iit Physician." went about doing good. As We j illi'liey through life and conic into daily contact with th" sick and sor rowful, we sometimes wonder at aur lleav-nly Father's d'alings wiih his children. We cannot look into the infinite and know why "lie who is acquainted with trief" Would allow these broken horn" ties and bereavements. Vet v.e know that He does not w ill iugly affect those who love Dim. Whereas, we are called upon to mourn the loss of him who iiiin s'ered unto th" sick and suffer ing, even when his own body was diseased beyond hope of recov ery, i;iii the love and affection in whidi he was h"hl was testi fied to by hundreds of friends ..ho a't.ndeil the last sid riles, therefore be it resolved: Is'. That our Medical Socie ty Mist ;i ins a great I ss in the jessing away of this faithful pi. si. -mil. Hy his invgrity, gmi rosity an ! kindness he proved hl'.elt t.i be one of Nature's ii e.ie!i;e " and entit'ciT to wear i's his badge the while flower of spotless life. We will hold him :u loving remembrance. 2nd. That we bow in humble submission io our Father's will who has removed this .iil iahle member. 1. H. Nance, I). IJ. Perkins. J. L. Asheraft. Marriage of Mr. Kargett and Miss Scales. Mr. UoM. II. llargett and Miss Alice Scabs were married hist Tuesday evening at ! o'clock at n sid"iice of the bride's pa rents. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. C-ah-s. on Washington street, in the pr.-s. nee of a number o'' friends and relatives. 1,'ev. !. Kirk p. i' rid; performed tie marriage service, the ring ceremony Icing :,s" I. The bride Was givill J:WI.V hy her father. Ml". A. M. Seerest Wi'S best mall. Mis. W. J. l:idge p!a.e'l t"1' wi'dding march, ami Miss Pat Adams s.-mg a solo. Many pretty and useful pres ents Were received. Immediately after th ivmoiiy 'he c-iuple left for Western North ( 'iiroliim. Mr. llargett is a member of the firm of Collins & loggers Co. and is a young man of fine char acter and real worth. Mrs. llar gett long held a positi'rii in the Monroe post office and by her obliging disposition won hun dreds of friends. ( Local and Personal. Mr. and M-s. IJ. M Harris aro Vi.silillg .11 WliniuigSoll. Miss .'.icie Ncal l.-fi this morn ing to isii r'latives at Mt. Airy. Mrs. Thomas Hugh i.f UklalnH ma is visit iiig Mrs. A. M. Stack. Miss llelle Pointer is visitiii' relatives in t hcraw and Coluiu oia. Mr. F. O. Lewis of Arkansas U isi.iug his nephew, Mr. II .II. la w is. Miss F.th.l Higgers of Mat thews is visiting Misses Carolina and Martha Higgers. Messrs. Fred Smith. Albert Kedfearn and Henry Fairley arti ui a trip to New York and Xi aga la. The preaching service next Sunday at Center will be held at .'!:oO iii the afternoon instead of 11 o'clock in the morning. Tim The tiriffiii family reunion will be held at the home of Mr. John (. (1 rit fin on August tho third. All relatives and friends are invited to he present. Miss Pearl Nance, daughter of Dr. li. H. Nance, has accepted the position of teacher in the second grade in the Mouroa scnooi. pastor is expecting Kev. M. T. Steele to he present. The pro tracted meeting will begin tho first Sundav in August at eleven o'clock. The Winston Hoard of Triub! has entered a protest against tho closing of the postoffiee in that town on Sunday and will send ti commit tee to Washington to urgo that the order be rescinded. The protracted meeting at Si er will begin next Sid. bath and the wet k following. Mr. llortoii of Charlotte will conduct the mu sic and Kev. Mr. Campbell of Philadelphia vll do the preach-' ing. At the Farmers' lusiiiutc to be held in .Monroe on August 7th, Dr. Walt Asheraft and Mr. Lex Fuiidei Lurk, who own some fine bred cattle, will have on exhibi tion three head of fill" olllig pure bred lien fords. They aru for the purpose of showing the difference in size and weight of a good breed and the ordinary ones, things that a man wants to Know who is growing cattle lor sale. Wingate News. -. (.Correspondence ' 'J'h Journal.) Prof. W. J. Ferr-ll of Meredith College spent Saturday here. .Mrs. J. W, Hivdis spent several da,s las week with her daughter, Mrs. U. V. T. in r, at Hide's Mrs. M. H.'lhy and children of Cary are spending some time with. ;ela'ics lure. Prof. Dry is at tending ii summer school in New? York. Mr. and Mrs. Jes.sc Ilinsou of Charlotte are isiting Mr. S. W. Ilinsou. Mrs. J. M. Perry and Mrs. C. M. Stewart went to Itichnioinl.Ya Saturday to see the former's hus band, who is there for treatment, for cancer of the face. Miss Mary Sherrin spent last week with friends at Mineral Springs. Mrs. Dura Kushing aud Miss Mary Hogan went to Mineral Springs Saturday, returning Sun day evening. Miss Hcssie Matheson of Mt. (iihmd is visiting In r aunt, Y. M. Hogan. Prof. J. (i. Carroll ami Mrs. Miss niii" Hogan is spending a few days in Montgomery county. Kev. S. N. Wiitsoii of Concord was in town Saturday, Mr. Kemp (irii'fin of b'oeking ham is visiting relatives here. Kev. L". C. Snyder's handsome residence in the eastern part of town is Hearing completion. Mrs. J. W. Smith and baby am at Warsaw spending a month with relatives. Kev. II. (i. Hryant. assisted by Dr. Sparks. State Kvangelist of Kentucky, is holding a meeting at his church in Waxhaw this week. Dr. Sparks will preach here Sat urday evening at eight o'clock. A large crowd is expected hero Friday and a pleasant time antic ipated. The visit of (iov. Kiteh in will attract hundreds of people,. hi If tv. k u. V If . -; v. . II
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