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The Monroe Journ al f MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1911. ONE DOLLAR A YEAS. VOL. XVHL NO. 30. TO MAKE MEN AND WOMEN. This is the Best World We Know and now is the Time to Take a Hand in the Glorious Work Of Building Up. In making that litlltr eontribii t ion to The Journal recently on "A Ulorious Day" the author did not realize the niaguitude of the subject nor the deep ami ev er increasing interest a study of the subject would ereate in the minds of those who are not eon tent with 'many of the prevalent and absurd ideas concerning this old world, its inhabitants ami their final destiny. The object of this short artiele is not to provoke controversy, neither is it given in a spirit of crit icism nor fault finding. Hut the subject is so intensely interesting to your 'Tiidc that he can hardly resist the temptation to add a f v more thoughts to what he has already said, in the hope, that it may cheer and comfort many who are disjKtscd to take a pessimistic view of the situa tion as we find it today. As to what the earth is for, for what it was created, why peo pled with the beings endowed with reason, having minds capa hie of infinite improvement, with a holy desire for happiness we will leave to be discussed till we have all given the matter more thoughtful study. What con eems us all now is the condi funis as we find them today How frequently we hear the cry "Oh. the world is dad and is growing worse daily." Now, your Uncle doesn't see it that way. My good friends, this is the best world we were ever in so far as we know, and per haps as good as many ot us will ever Imd. Anyway, 1 presume that not many ot us are willing to exchange and run the risk on the small faith that we have. This is the onlv world we know of in which to make men and wo men and that is our business just now. This certainly is the must important, the most delight ful, and the most glorious work that we can engage in. Resides, this is the best time we have ev er seen for the work. We have the material, and oh. what glori ous opportunities! What advan tages this glorious day affords us all, ministers, teachers, edi tors, doctors, lawyers and laymen, can all engage in the delightful task of making subjects for the coming Kingdom. Yes. this is a good world to live in and work in. and it is growing better. Did not the good Ivord give us the earth and tell us to replenish, to subdue, renovate, enlighten, beau tify, and make it glorious.' Be cause this is bis footstool, and he says "1 will make the place of my feet glorious".. He says, further, that he made not t In earth in vain, but made it to be inhabited, that it is established, that it cannot be moved, and that it abideth forever. The crooked paths must he straight ened, the rough made smooth, desert shall blossom as a rose, the earth shall yield her increase, that mi n shall rim to and fro in it, that knowledge shall be in creased, so as to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. The gospel of "Peace on earth, good will to men", must he preached, the sick must be healed, the lame be made to wall;, the blind to see, the dumb Jo speak, the deaf to hear. The devils are to be cast out. tears to he dried up, cries to he hushed, weeping to be turned into rejoicing, even death to he aholsihcd. Satan is to be bound and cast out for ever, old things are to pass away, all things to become new. The battle is on. The world is the arena, darkness is the enemy Light is our slogan. Jesus is our captain, and the faithful are the victors. If permitted your Uncle will some time try to show how all this is to be accomplished and how it is being dune daily before our eyes. Hut Let us think. Uncle Osee, Mr. 1 P. W. riyler, who has been elected cashier of the Car olina Hank, to he opened at Marshville in a short time, is spending somo time with The Hank of Union to get "broken in." Stop Loafing at the Depot. The railroad people are com plaining very much of the loaf ing that has become so bad alniiit the dejK.t here. They say that crowds of jM-opIe go down there that have no business but to look, ami that this has In-come so bad that at some of the trains it is almost impossible for pas- i sengcrs to gel oil, or hi tuoi from trains. I lie Mat ion is aiso crowded and it is often next to iuiMissible for passengers to get to the ticket windows, the Intu it that people have of loafing at the station is much worse here than id any other place on the line, and is really a great nusianee. There is a town ordi- ance against people congregating about the station unless tliey have business, but the railroad ni'inde sav thev do not wish to appeal to the law until the mat ter had been called to I lit at tention of the people, thinking that when it becomes known that the custom is a real hindrance to the work of the train iieople and the traveling public it will cease. Flew More Than 1200 Miles. w York. Aue. '-;. 2"). Sailing sereuclv over New l ork s wat er crafts, ocean liners and fer ries, Harry N. At wood, the Dos ton aviator, arrived in New- York on his areoplane today, the first man in history to travel as fur as from St. Louis to New- York by way of Chicago, in i hea vier-t ban-air machine. At wood 'a safe landing on (iov ernor's Island, after flying down from Nvack, N. Y.. above tin Hudson river through a fog which made him only dimly visi ble to the million eves that watched him, was a notable inei dent in the annals of aeronaut ics. lie not only broke tin world's record, covering 1.-'- miles in an air line, or perhaps 100 more miles with his detours. but he flew all the way in tin same biplane and with no impoi tant mishaps. At wood's flight is comparable only to that mad hv last trains, lor lie coverec the distant in an actual flying time of hours and 'M minutes News in Upper Goose Creek Mr. N. H. McCanless was done Intel v in the interest of the Mon roe and Salisbury railroad, of which he is president. .Messl A. V. Mc.Manus and V. (1. Long are gelling ine rigiu oi way through this section. Some oh ject to giving t ne rigni oi way Mr. R. P.. Polk is building a nice House hi iriei. .Mr. rciix Riggers is going to work iiu proving his i:lso. Prof. W. It. hove has gone back to Concord to teach. Camp meeting at Mill Orov ad a big crowd last week. liee Kikcr. colored, lost his house and all of Ins household goods while he and his family were away at Camp meeting. Mr. and Mrs. A. .1. Pigg ar helpless with rheumatism. Neith er can walls. Katord Kiser has been sutler mg two years Willi liooKworni ami is a living skeleton, lie nas been in a hospital twice. A. W. Me. No Danger. If seems to be the opinion of some peop.e in nils seel ion oi the county that an effort will be made to tax the townships through which the proposed au tomobile, road from Charlotte to Wilmington will pass to help to build this road. As to whether such an effort will be made we are not prepared to say, but we want to go on record right now as opMsing a tax for this pur M)se, If the farmers of this or any other township want to tax themselves to build good roads over which to haul their produce to market, we have nothing to say, but to compel the citizen ship as a whole to construct a road for automobilists is quite a different thing. Our Home. (Of course these fears are not well founded. In the first place the project of opening this high way has fallen through. In the next place the people cannot be taxed for a thing like this uu less they vote it on themselves. and there is not a possibility of their ever being even asked to TWENTY SIX DEAD AT SHOW False Cry of Fire Creates a Pa nic and a Crowd u 5 ul located Many Women and Children. Canonsburg, Pa.. Aug. '21. Tweiitv-six dead from suftoea- t ion, twenty five seriously in jured, thirty suffering from mi nor harts, is the human toll ex acted last night during an inex- usahlc panic at a moving pic ture show in the Canonsburg op- ra house. The moving picture machine developing a slight de fect. A small boy shouted "t ire. at the same time starting for the narrow exit. Dolus Duhrowski. a foreign miner, one of the dead. giant in iroitortions, jumped from his seat and ran wildly for the same exit. lu a moment there was a fighting, struggling mass after him. At the head of a narrow stairway, which led to the strcct.tbe loreigner tripped. As he rolled down the stairs he swept others before hint who were waiting their turn to enter the theator mid soon there was an indescribable pile of human rings at the foot of the steps. battling like mad. With the ex ception of three people all arc local people.. It was all over in a short time. Volunteer firemen, several police man and a few level headed citi zens untangled the human mass. Hie unhurt and those slightly injured were pulled from the top ot the pile. As they gained the street, they ran screaming like maniacs to all purls ot the small town; next came the more seri- uisly injured, ami these were sent home are taken to nearby houses, while n few were rushed. unconscious, to the hospitals. Then the rescuers came to the silent forms of those who had reached the fatal stairway first. One after another, the victims. iiisiiv of them women and small hihlreii, were carried to the sidewalk. All had been suffoca ted and the faces showed terror. DiihrowKki'a wild flight through the theater and his sub sequent stumble down the stairs into those entering the buildiiiu. was the beginning of the death struggling jam at the foot of the stairs. The bodies clogged the doorway. Men walked over them and fought for positions of safety until, overwhelmed by the weight from the moving mass they too were crushed to death. When the doorway had been filled, still other persons walk ed over the bodies of those who had gone down, and breaking the glass trniistniu over the door crawled through nud dropped iu- to the street. ' Of the twenty-six dead, thir teen were children, seven pupils ui the public schools, iodav it was decided by the school autho rities to postpone the opening of the schools for a week. Author McPeake, aged 2(1. whose name is among the dead, was passing, when the bodies be gan to pile up at the door. The young man rushed to the rescue and was in the act of dragging a body trout the pile when a m. in came hurtling down the stairs. He struck McPeake on the bar ami i ne young man s neck wus broken. Sidney lugger, aged "M of Yiuingstowii. O.. was at the per ... - . i i . , , lormanee witn ins nance, .Miss I. ula Fisher, aged US, of (ilea Campbell, Peiin. Jiel'ore enter iug the building, they had stop ped at a nearby jewelry store ;uni nigger nun iiuugiit the ring that was to have been used at their wedding. Hoth were kii Icd. Wiltner Lane, a volunteer fire man, hastened to answer tin alarm and was working at tin pile of bodies at the entranci w nen ne came upon ine nteicss forms of his two children, lying by his unconscious wife. Samuel Lane entered the build ing a short time before the alarm was given, lie was making his way down when he saw a child almost under his feet. As i 1 'it stopped 10 picu ncr up, lie rec ognized his grand daughter, hut at that moment he was caught in the mighty whirl and she was swept out of his reach and kill cd. Mr. J. J. Lindsay spent time in town last week. some Growth of Cotton Last Week. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal's weekly cotton review pub lished jinterday, said: The decline ill the condition of the cotton plant whieh set in several weeks ago has been check cd in the two Carolina, Oeorgia and Alabama, or has ceased al together by reason of more fa vorable weather, rain having fal len in the Carolinas and dry weather supervened ill the two latter States. Cotton is early in the Atlantic out more rain States and with will open rapid- ly. A fair crop is assured ami a large one seems a possibility de spite the deterioration that has been suffered. Iu Mississippi Tennessee, Ar kansas and Ijouisiana excessive rainfall continued during the week and some of the reports take a verv gloom v outlook of view. The chief damage has re sulted from shedding of young forms by reason of the rank growing of the stalks and from boll weevils in the southern part of this valley territory. It is evident however, that bright weather would vastly reduce present estimates of damage. In Oklahoma and lexas a pe riod of extreme heat accompanied by a burning sun and hot winds caused a quick seback to cotton, which had but lately taken on fresh growth from rain. The plant was being forced to an ear ly maturity, but rains toward the close of the week put all end tO the eouditioll II lid hold out a promise of better returns next week. As most correspondents state, there is yet time to derivi benefits from the rains. Cotton is moving very freol to market where any picking is being done. Big Meeting at Corinth. The big revival meeting at Co rinth ltaptist church closed last ridii v. there were lit teen pro- essioiis by faith -and thirty-six accessions to the cIiuitIi. Hie pastor b'ev. Mr. P.ryant, had Rev. S. J. Sparks ot Kentucky with him to do all the preaching. Large congregations attended ev ery service and the House was packed to overflowing. On Fri- lay afternoon the baptizing took ilaee at the Toltcn pond near tlie Tindle place. Fourteen pre sented theniselvis for baptism. I'lie ceremony was witnessed by a large gathering. Corinth has never witnessed such a revival. oplc came from far and near and went awav well pleased and eeplv impressed with the pow erful preaching. Corinth now has membership ol l'!i. Mr. Cornelius Moser is teaching ten days singing class at Cor inth. Mr. L. h. Helms of Lancaster is visiting relatives ami iriemis in this community. Mr. and .Mrs. San ford Forte re turned to their home at Albe marle last Wednesday from a o weeks visit to relatives. Miss Virgie (iriffin. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. (Iriffin. was married to Mr. Solon Price. at the tormer s home, on the U'Olli Rev. S. J. Parks officiating. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Helms vis ited the hitter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Durant Helms of North Mon roe several days hist week. Mr. !, K. ( . Helms luis the con tract to build a fine residence for Mr. S. 15. Hart iu Monroe. Rev. .Messrs Pr ant and Sparks have gone to Deep Springs. An son county, to hold a meeting this week. Mr. Hryant has ac cepted a call to Corinth for the next year. W. K. H. Big Corn Crop Expected From One Farm. Yadkinvillc Ripple. The Conrad farm, which is on the Yadkin river, 14 miles cast of here, ami owned by Messrs A. Dinkins Hinl (ieorge Steelinnn. is in fine condition. It is estimat ed that the oOll acres which are iu ern this year will make from 12,(HMI to" 15,000 bushels of corn, which will bread Yadkin county oue year. All members of Macedonia Lo cal Farmers Union are request ed to meet Friday night. Spec ial business to be transacted. A. L. Parker President. Win gate News. Mrs. D. II. Perry of Sao frd :d here visited relatives and file last week. Prof and Mrs. P.. Y. Tyu. rand PiivcllS sp-nt several relatives iu Miiirie Miss Janie lavs wild last. week. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. V.. I "row li W il ming- spent several days in toll week before last. Mr. Carl and Miss Cora Ty- nT ol liooesoii eouiiiv are vis iting relatives and friends le-rr. Miss Lucile Oarner of 1 mi- monsville, S. ('., is visiting her uncle, Mr. K. L. May. Mr. and Mrs. T. O. McKwen stopped over and spent Saturday night and Sundav here enroute from Macon. (la., where they had been on a visit to Mrs. MeKw ens sister, Mrs. S. P. Wilkius. Rev. M. D. Austin preached grand sermon iu the church re Sunday morning. He receiv ed his preparatory education here and his friends and schoolmates icar him with pleasure. Mrs. Hadlcv and her two little sons of Charlotte spent last week with Mrs. Y. M. Hogan. Mrs. J. W. Smith ami baby spent several days last week with relatives in .Monroe. 1 hi enrollment ot students is over two hundred, fifty-one of whom are boarding students. Rev. Mr. Corddl of Marshville will begin a meet in in the chinch here Tuesday night. Mrs. Charles Heddingfiebl and children of Wake county are visiting Mr. W. M. Perry. Prof. 11. H. Jones and Miss Ja nie Mivens have been re-clectei to the lMisitions they held in tin Lumber 1 'ridge High School session and will go to taki their work there next wed, last up Thirty-Seven Persons Killed. Manchester, N. Y., Aug. -". Speeding eastward behind time. Lelligh Valley passenger train No. 4, ran into a spread rail on a trestle near here today and two day coaches from the rear sec tion of the train plunged down ward forty feet striking the tast embankment like a pair of pro jectiles. In the awful plunge and crash at least thirty-seven per sons are tonight believed to havi been killed and more than sixty injured. The injuries of sevcra are so serious that it is t caret they will die. l ie wreck was the worst in the history of the Lelligh alley line iu this State and one of tl most disastrous ever recorded on the system. rowtictt wun passengers, many of whom were war veterans and excursionists from the (i. A. R. encampment at Rochester, the train was made up of fourteen cars, drawn by two big mogul engines, was forty minutes late when it reached I to- chestcr Junction and from 1 here sped eastward to make up tim; before reaching (iencva. Change in Names of Streets. The aldermen have made the following changes iu the nanus of the streets and alleys: La Fayette street to Main strett. " Hryaii stret t " to run all the way through town including Tal lyrnnd avenue. Church alley to O'recii street. Alley II to Lane street. Alley K to liordou avenue. Alley L to Walsh avenue ; the alley Koiith of this one to An drews avenue. Alley I to Pate street. Alley D to Morgan Avenue. Street from resid, llee of lvvj. C. N. Simpson to the ice plant. North street. Alley C to Stewart avenue. Alley ) to P.easley Street. Street from Lancaster Avenue to eemeterv. by n. .. .Morrow s. Parker street. Several short streets about the town heretofore unnamed, were given names. Mrs. Noel, whose husband was convicted in Davidson Superior Court last week of abducting two young girls for immoral pur-, poses, ami sentenced to l- years in the State prison, was arrested in Spartanburg, S. ('.. Monday. She was implicated with her hus band in the case probaly the guilter of the two but was re leased on bond at the prdiminry hearing, on account of her con dition, autl ran away. 'ound Remarkable Change la His Old Section. Last Thursday morning Mr. J. M. Fairlcy slipped out of town ami treated himself to a three lays stay down in Scotland coun ty in the section where he was earn I, which was then Robeson ouuty. He luol not lieen iu that linmctliale pari oi ine count. 111 ten or tiltcen cars and lie ju.sl got hungry to go down ami see the old place. Of coins:' he was prepared to find great chan ges, toil uolliing like wnai in' re ally saw. That is the section that has been made into a m w earth bv the introduction of heavy commercial fertilizing. Mr. rair- ev saw a track of laud that the owner had once tried to sell him for twenty-five cents an acre. Onlv a part of it is in culti vation, but the owner gets six hundred a year rent for it. Mr. Fairlcy didn t buy it when it was on the low price market way back. yonder for he had some ot ins . .. .i... own at me same nine mat ne wanted to sell ami eouldn t. The small county of Scotland has graded sand ekiy roads and con crete bridges ami p lug auto mobiles to run over them. A re markable thing is that several oloretl farmers own machines. The crops of Scotland ami Robe son are excellent. Mr. Fairlcy says as you leave here ami start on the train the fields look like fifteen cents cotton but when you get down there it looks like. five cents. Itnd rents tor ten dollars an acre in many cases ami a good many colored tenants are leaving the highest price sec tion and going further up ami buying land of their own. Much of the land is owned in big tracts ami fields of five or six hundred acres are seen in culti vation. New Spelling Eooks Adopted. In regard to the spelling books atloptetl for use in the public. schtMils of North Carolina for the next five years, 1 would say: The Text Hook Commission which has just finished its Work adopt ed two hooks, A spelling book by Foust ami (iriffin, and Reed's Primary Speller, and Recti's Word Lesions. As to which one of these books should he used ill any county wus left to be de cided by the county superintend ent. After having examined the Ixioks, 1 think our schools v ill he benefited by a change, there fore 1 have decided Upon R ed's Primary Speller, and R"cd's Word Lessons. I hope the vari ous ileposllol ICS III Hie couiiij will secure at once all ample siij ply of these boks. A full list of the atloptetl books, with the ex change price will he published soon. J(. .N. .Msnci o. eMipi. Studying Live Stock Mr. P. A. Williams, who is a student at the A. ami M. College, came home a few days ago to spend a short vacation with his parents, Mr. ami Mrs. W. 1). 1 Williams, of cast Monroe town ship, lie is taking the two years course at. the college and after lb, session closed last spring be g'iu work timing vacation at the experiment station, lie is mak ing his way. like hundreds of strong ambitious boys could if they would. lie is making a special study id' live sl.uk in connection with agriculture and if some other section dent grab him when he gets through lie will come back to I'nioii county ami make a big success iu I In? field that is now opening Ut Southern boys. Yourg Man Shot Too Quick. At (ioldshoro the other day the sheriff flushed a covey of crap shooters, t.hree whites and a negro. The negro run and the officer gave chase, shooting in the ground to frighten the flee ing man. Young I'urke PrivclJ, a drug clerk, saw the negro run ning ami the officer in pursuit, ami in his excitement supposed a dangerous criminal was at large and was about to escape. Seizing a pistol he joined in the chase ami firing on the negro dangerously wounding him. Young Privett thought he was doing right but he may get in to serious trouble, as he had not been deputied ami his act was a violation of the law. do this. The Journal.)
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