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u he Monroe Journal VOL. XVHL NO. 31. MONEOE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1911. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, rrr- THE NEEDS OF THE CHURCH. A Correspondent Thinks That the Men who Take No Part are at Fault. To the LMitor of Tin Journal . I iu not given to rushing into lrint. Will you pardon me ti ! jrive space to u few lines' I thing I Intve read quite careful ly your editorial in last week's Journal on the church. I heart - ilv a give with you that nil brunches of tlie chritsiaii ehureh fall far short of what Christ its founder wishes it to 1h It is of ten a source of grief ami sorrow to see ami know of some things that are done in the name of the ehureh. Your article is rath er a severe arraignment of the ehureh. merited no douht. There is a question that persists in presenting itseit to my inind: What and who is the ehureh! To me there is luit one answer, folks just like you and me. No. Mr. Kditor. I am wrong. Not many. Very few are like you; more are like myself. To quote you, "Is there any wonder that the pow erful men of the day have turn ed the ehureh over to the preaeh ers, the women and children to a larpe extent!" Are the prea ehers, women and children re 8ponsihle for this? (Jod in his infinite goodness has endowed you with more hrains than he gives to most of his creatures, Mipplcmented ly years of train ing at one of the hest colleges. The church suffers for the wis dom, the powerful leadership that such men as yourself could give. We often covet men of well rounded nhility to fill the places of our deacons, stewards, ciders, Sunday school superinten dents, etc' to stand in the pray er meetings of the church ami Sunday cshool as a bulwark of defense. Kor years it has been a source of j-cpret and often hu miliation to me, that our church es engage in "ice cream suppers and second hand clothing enter prises" in the name of Him whose "the gold and silver are, and the cattle on a thousand hills." When such traffic is pro posed in our churches, we need the "flat-footed, straight- hack ed," serious minded, strong bus iness men to arise from the back end of the congregation, the mid dle aisle and the a men-corner with a "bugle blast" of protest. 1 don't think that the women would persist in tin- face of this. Ihey mean well, hut often are misguided sheep that have gone astray; many belong to the (ircat Shepherd, but have sadlv lost their way. Some who have been trying for a number ot years to help with the Lord's work often feel that our little bit is so pitiful, we often become faint-hearted, and sometimes would quit and lay it down if we dared. Won't you help us editors, lawyers, dentists, doctors, hankers, mer chants? We need you, oh! so much! Shall 1 say (!od needs you? fiive him unreservedly one day in the week, as you give yourself to other things. Will you teach a Sunday school class, lend a prayer meeting, be an act ive officer and leader in the church. A half dozen such men as yourself with clean hearts and sweet spirits could bring about a reformation in any of our lo cal churches. We need you to see that "the smirking hypocrite who oppresses his fellowman and gets church immunity by sending a large check to foreign mis sions" is "coddled" no more, but is dealt with as he deserves. It seems to nu that the blame for the church losing so much of its force and power for righteous ness, is "shifted'' again to the strong brainy men who of their own free will and accord have turned their attention to polities, finance, State and national gov ernment, and left the church to shift as best she may, with the women, children ami preachers at the helm. A. I. 1 Mr. J. 1). Me Rue has accepted a H)sition as traveling represen tative of a large mercantile con cern and will begin traveling on or about the first of November. The latest Diograph "Her Sac rifice" and "Stability and No bility" at The Dixie tonight. Woman Follows Husband to Pen. Mix J.mic Noel. who. with lo r husband, wr.s chargvJ with en ticing young jrirls away from their homes to be used for im moral pui-ihws. was tried ill Salisbury last Week and sentenced to five years in the penitentia ry. Iler husband had already been sentenced to fifteen years. Doth appealed. At the conclu sion of the trial. Judge Daniels addressed the counsel for several minutes, and turning to Mrs. No el, made a lengthy ami earnest talk to her. lie told of how tit--ease had grieved him and what a sad duty it was to have to punish her. lie said he wished he could tell her. as the Savior told the fallen woman. "Do, thou. and sin no more." but this he could not do and be true to the State, to the homes and to the little children. He appealed to her to amend her ways; there is hope so long as there is life, lie believed being put to work iu n mill at 10 years of age, being raised by an ungodly mother, be trayed into marrying, at the age of 14, a scoundrel who afterwords proved to have another living wife, her marriage to Noel, who dragged her farther in the mire, all contributed to make her the woman she is. She is now only 1!) years old and in a delicate condition. ' The judge's remarks were touching and visibly affected the spectators. Mrs. Noel paid the closest attention to them. llr face was flushed and at times it appeared that great lumps gath ered in her throat and she swal lowed with difficulty, though no tears gathered in her eyes. New Cotton Firms. Messrs. V. .1. Hudson and J. K. Stack, who haw been iu the cotton business here for several vears hav dissolved their co partnership, and each lias goiu into a new firm. Messrs. Hudson and W. S. Lee have organicd a eompanv. The lludson-l.ee Cotton Conmanv. and will carry on buying and selling business with their otticc in the rooms ot in leeinorlee Company iu the opera house biiildiiiL'. Mr. Stack has taken in his son. Mr. K. D Stack, and the firm is J.F.Stack Jfe Co.. and thev will continue at the same stand. Mr. T. W. llu of Lancaster, an expert cotton man, has moved to Monroe an will be with them. Will Gin Cotton Free. Free ginning of cotton is some thing new, but something which few people will object to. Mrs srs. K. II. Hi vens and James A Crowcll of the Monroe Oil Mill have rigged up their big ginnery with a 12.1-horse power motor, new saws, new brushes, and new presses, and have decided to al ow the tanners the commission they have heretofore had to pay huvcrs. by ginning their cotton free. 1 hev have overhauled their big barn and have plenty of nice stables to accommodate thosi who wish to stay over night Thev have secured three of tin best pinners that can be had and will gin dav and night. New Ordinance. The board of alderman of tin Citv of Monroe do ordain. See. 1. That all water and all light rent not ices shall be sent out on or lietore the i.itli day of the mouth following the month in which said water or lights are used and said water ami light rent shall he due and payable within seven days after the said notices are sent out, and it shall be the duty, and the power is hereby given the citv tax collec tor to cut off all water and lights not paid for within the said giv en time. Sec. 2. That a fee of fifty cents shall he charged and col lected for water ami lights cut on after the same has been cut off for failure to pay under this ordinance, the said fee to be col lected before said water and lights are turned on again. Sect. II. That this ordinance shall be in effect from and after the date of it adoption. Adopted Sept. 4. 1111 1. J. J. Crow, Mayor. P. II. Johnson, Clerk. Boy Drowned in Yadkin on Sun day. Draxton Darkley, 17 years old mailing elcfK lor Hie alisiiury Post, was drowned in the North Yadkin river, about 12 mib from this city, this morning at lii::;il o'clock at a point known as Horse Shoe bend. Young Itarklev, with Floyd and Lee P.ost, brothers, had pom to the home of Mr. Kd Davis near the scene of the drowning with a nephew of Mr. Davis, who lives in Florida and who is here on a visit. Thev left Salishurv at 6 :'! o'clock, two going iu a buggy and two on bicycles. Dark lev being one of the latter. Ar riving there they went to tin river and went in swimming Floyd Dost and Dark lev were en , . . - gaged in swimming irom a cer tain point to a rock iu the river called Shecphead rock. Floyd had reached the rock and Dark lev was following close behind. when all of a sudden he called and said he was giving out and went under. Flovd swam out to where his companion had gone dowu and was still under. Floyd let his feet dowu in an eftort to locate the drowning boy, who grasped him by the feet, pulling him under. Dost strangled freed himself and was then too weak to render further assist auee to Darkley. Dost saved him self with difficult v. Darkley never came up and the alarm was given. Dost hur ried to Mr. P. (). latum s. at South river, several miles dis tant, and telephoned to Salis bury of the affair, ami parties with grabbing hooks hurried to the scene in automobiles, to Ik gin dragging the waters, which at this point are from 12 toll feet deep. The boy is a sou of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Darkley. who live on i.cmeTitry street, ins lather was iu Charlotte and was notified. His brother went to the scene at once. The mother was p rostra ted Wlieu I lie Mliservcr represell- tive called at the home this alter noon. flie two Dost, boys are the ones who were out fishing with anoth er hoy near Salisbury one Sat urday night when a storm came up and they all took refuge un der a tree, which lightning struck instantly killing their compan ion named Correll ami severely injuring Floyd Dost. Darkley was an exceptionally bright an energetic lad and was well liked by his employers and those who knew hint. Salisbury Special to Charlotte Observer. A Real Nightmare. Squire J. C. Laney, the popu lar and polite member of the board of county commissioners, was telling yesterday of a dream that he had the night before that may he called a real nightmare. He was sleeping iu a hammock on the porch and sud denly began such a yelling that all the household were aroused and thelmysgot up and got their shot guns and rushed out to see who was killinp their father. When the storm uuieteil down. 'Spuire Laney explained that he had seen a tremendous big horsi coming tun nit at mm with an nurmnus mount open ami paw ing to beat the band, lie savs e was not iu so much danger as when the liplitning came hear striking him some time ago, but h was a lot more seared. Death of Mrs. J. M. Hartis. Mrs. Mappie J. Hartis. wife of Mr. J. M. Hartis. died at her home iu Charlotte last Fridav, after an illness of several mouths of spinal trouble. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Davis, of I'nion county, tin latter of whom died some months ago. Nic is survived hv her hus band and two children, and was 42 years old. She was a member of Charlotte Westminister Pn byterian church and lived an exemplary Christian life. She suffered greatly for 1.1 months, but bore it with Christian forti tude. Mr. C II. Richardson relumed from Daltimore last week. He rcMrts that Mrs. Riehardson.who in a hospital there, is a little better and the doctors give hope of her permanent recovery. Balloonist Drowned t Charlotte. Charlotte r r. In plain view of a l.onb- of Saturday night plcasire-s-.-kers. II. C Drown, a Laallotiist of Lansing. Mi.ii.. :V1 into the lake at Ijtkew 1 was drowned could rv.icii 1. irk last night a. id b't're Csslslailee 1 lie accident oceurcii luri'iit'i l ?)! tl'Ul-IIU III the balloon w !,ii- 1 .row it i.s in the air. Carried ovt-r the lak by a wind from the southwest the huge bnp sank lower and lower above the water, until it was within some 2d feet of the surface of the lake, when its oc cupant jumped, lloats were llKiU the spot withui four minutes af ter the unfortunate man had plunged into tlie la lie. Put no trace of him could then be found. It was generally believed by those who were nearby when the accident oeciired that the unfor tunate man. knowiup that he was unable to swim and fearing lest he become smothered bv the folds of the bap settling upon him and thereby be placid beyond the possibility of rescue before lie sank, jumped in order to evade such entanglements. However tnat may he, i:o one will ever know just how the affair hap pened. Imperfect vision was against it clear statement of just what happened immediately pre ceding the accident. The pleasure-seekers, to the number of several thousand, went out to Lakewood for the purjHise of seeing a quauity of fireworks set off in mid-air. They expected to observe Dalloonist Drown make tin ascent and then, when several hundred feet above the ground, explode such fire works as would provide a spec tacular sight arid amusement for the evening. They did not count on such mi oecurmiee as tliat whieli rcallv happened. Instead of witness ing a ballon ascension and tire works, thev saw a balloon fall and the snuffing out of a voting mans life. Corker Like to Have Got Him. Several months ago Dr. Weav er preached a sermon at iieoroii. in west Monroe township, and pave the tonacco a hard lick. He chewing hamt never heard mm that sermon till yesterday. wlieu he nu t .Mr. -iim lu-zian on the street lilid then he heard a pood deal. Why, si.id Mr. Keziah. "I haven't tasted tobacco since that . . it. (lav and wnai s more, i tiou t want it at all." 'That's pood." remarked I)r. Weaver, "you can give that ten cents a week you spent tor to bacco to something useful." "Ten cents a week nothing. was the reply, "l ciu-wcd ten cents wort n a day, ami imii was what was hutting inc. Well, af- er the sermon that day we all went out in the yard and I ask- I all the boys who would quit with me to shake hands, and about twentv-five of them agreed o it. hut every ei.e of the rascals has blackslid." I guess they are (ill Metho dists Ihen. said Mr. Weaver. "Oh, no. that isn't the reas.ni. You see. tiny all promised to quit as long as I would and ev ery one of tin mi t! -ought i. Id Jim wouldn't, held out two days. Siuiie held out a ray or two. but all finally pot b;;.-k. I ain't had a bit of troubie but one time," wound up Mr Koiah, "and that was a bout the third day after I quit. I was ploughing along side of the road and a drummer came along and 1 browed a sam ple package of Corker' at me. You know that is mighty juicy and I put it in my pocket and thought I'd carry it around for awhile just to leel mp Use, tun I tell you I had to throw it away pretty soon. Mrs. Horton Hurt. Mrs. T. C. Horton and her sis ter. Miss Hallie Horn, were driv ing on Franklin street Saturday, and their buggy and one that Mr. J. W. howler was driving collided and Mrs. Horton was thrown out and one wheel ran over Her. Mie was quite pain fully bruised and one ankle was sprained. -Miss Horn was not uirt. ' Wingate News. ' I 'orrespondeijee of The Journal,' Mrs. Lowery of Di w-tt Falls spent a day or two lis" u.-tk with lo r little d.nr.'hirr. Dorothy, who is iu school hero. .Miss ti race Hamilton. ; student here, spent Saturday and uiiday at In r home near Dakar's Cross ing. Mr. Leiii W.i'mhi. earri-r on route 2. is spending his vacation with l is sister. Mrs. Walter C. Perry, in Atlanta. (Ja. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P--ddinp-field will return to their home in Wake county Tuesday morn ing after spending scv-ral days with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. K. I Stewart are on a visit to the hitter's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Arm strong, near Taxahaw. S. ('. Miss Mary Sherrin is visiting relatives at Marshville. Mr. Howard C. Drown, son of Mr. ami Mrs. Chas. . Drown, went to the Young Harris Insti tute iu (icorgia last week, where he will enter school to prepare himself for the ministry. Mr. Drown has been employed iu the railroad service for about ten years, having served as conduc tor for the past four years. He made known to his father a week ago the fact that for a number of years he had been deeply im pressed with the call to service, but only recently had be surren dered. We had two of the best ser mons Sunday that we have had the pleasure of hearing. Rev. Mr. Cordcll preached a most ex cellent sermon at eleven o'clock a. in. and Dev. .1. W. Rowi-ll pivr us an instructive ami soul-stirring sermon Sunday even ing at .S;.'lii, his theme being "See Visions." Mrs. C. C. Lamb is visiting her mother. Mrs. (loodwaii. at Polk tou. Mr. LMgar J. Williams, s hi of Mr. Thos. Jeff Williams, ami Mr. J. Clyde Jones left for Wake Fin est College this morning. Mon day. Mesrss. P.oyee Sherriii ami Carl Parker will go to Chapel Hill the last of the week to enter the I'ni versil v. Opening of Schooh. The Monroe schools had a pood opening yesterday. There was a large enrollment of pupils, and the work started off satisfactori ly. Several citizens were pres ent and made interest u p talks. All the new teachers wer- pres ent to take eharpe ot their work except Miss Laple. who was un avoidably kept away by her sis tec's serious illness. Miss Dun lap has kindly taken her place for a few davs. The enrollment was its follows: Lam-aster Avenue School lool. . . 4m 77 i:.s .71.1 North Monroe Sri Colored School, . , Total, .. A Great Meeting of Woodmen. (Correspondence, i (hi Saturday night. S,p!.-ui!ier 2, PUI, a large and appreciative audience assembled in the audito- rilltll of the Wesley Chap '1 Schoo building lllldol- the lolspiees of Wesley Chapel Camp of Modern Woodmen of America to Inar an address on the principles of the order. "District Deputy Head Council. W. M. Tye of t 'li.-n h.tie was present and iu a f"v will chosen and peaceful i- iua;-l:s in troduced the speak -:- of iu- eve ning. State D.piit.v. William . Draiit of Ral-iph, . ( '.. who then delivered the strong, s', clearest. and most forcible address n Mod ecu Woodcraft ever beard here. He had his audience wi;h him from the first, and held tliem till the last by his graceful delivery and convincing logic. I' was a great speech. No suiopsis would do it justice, hence none will be attempted. At the conclusion of Mr.Drant' speech. NeighNir Tye made a short and telling address upon the safe and sound financial poli cy of the Modern Woodmen of America. Kvcry one went home well sat isfied with the evening's enter tainment and have the highest words of praise for Neighbors (!rant and Tve. lltllst rilteil Si hot l,v- Mr ti. in.. I Fairley at The Dixie tonight. HubiT-nd Killed, Wife Assaulted. Lambcrtoii, Sept. ."!. An 1111- k lie All negro elit-ld the Louie of Mr. (iray Tolar las! night, shortly after 12 n'el iek. s'ruek him uiicoiisch us Willi a pbw-bar while he was shepiig and then attempted to criminally assault his wife, who was sleeping i:i ii liother bed ill tin- sam room. Mr. Tolar was brought to the Thompson hospital here this mor ning and his skull was found t be badly fractured and he is uot expected to live. He has exten sive sawmill interest and was liv ing in a small house near one of his mills. When the negro first entered tin home he assaulted the owner and then attempted to assault Mrs. Tolar. She could feel his kinky hair on her face as he at tempted to choke her. Py some means she got his fingers off her throat and by screaming seared the brute awav before he could accomplish his purpose. Mrs. Tolar went over to her hus batuls bed und finding him lying in a pol of bind, she grabbed up her two children and with them iu her arms, ran u half of a mile to summon assistance from a neighbor. Three suspects have been ar rested and bloodhounds were sent to the scene of the crime this morning. One of the suspects had a unused ticket to Fairmont in his pocket, which he purchas ed yesterday afternoon. Feeling over the outrage is running high, hut violence will hardly he attempted as Mrs. To lar cannot, identify her assail ant. It is certain that the negro did not have robbery as his object, as he did not touch a roll amount ing to $12(1 which was in Mr. To la rs pocket. The New South. Collier's Weekly. It is not two years since this paper began to try to call public attention in a conspicuous way to the fact that the South is the coming West; that there is now going on in the South the equiv alent of that impressive expan sion which took place iu the West front five to thirty years ago. The difference is only in manner. The booms iu various parts of thu West were always spectacular ami sometimes unhealthily feverish; the Soul It's development in every material aspect is steady, substan tial and permanent. This change in the Southern States is, in its present and future, so much the most important economic phenom enon now occurring- on the conti nent of North America that it justifies the occasion of reitera tion furnished by some recent census figures dealing with agri culture. The Southern States, which, ever since the civil war, have betii producing the bast per capita iu farm values, are now beginning to produce the most. The Central Western Statrs, long the synonvmii for the abundance of the soil, in the last lecade show a ." per cent, in crease in crop values; the South Atlantic States show an increase of LIS percent. South Carolina, only 2(ith among the States in population, has become Liih iu crop values. One oilier interest ing fact shown by the recent cen sus is that, the rural Soul it is be coming white; in the last decade the whites in the rural parts of the South increased 1.1.4 per cent., the negroes cnly b.rt per cent. This tendency will grow more marked with the coming in of farmers from the Central West, who are just learning that they can sell their present farms for a hundred dollars an acre and buy Southern bind just as good for twentv. Burning of Kr. Brooks' House. (Marshville Home.) Mr. C. S. Drooks, who lives .1 miles northwest of Marshville, hkst his dwelling and its contents by fire Sunday about 12 o'clock. A smokehouse nearby was also destroyed and a lot of moat was burned. The fire originated iu the roof of the cook room, near the stove flue while dinner was being prcwred. It is supposed to have caught from a spark from the stove flue. The loss is about $1,.1(M) or $2.(1(10 which was partly covered by insurance. I- f IV i- t
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