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fiE Monroe Journal VOL. XVIH NO. 32. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1911. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. MYSTERIOUS DROWNING. Young L?.dy of Hendersonvu'le Found in Lake and no Clue to the Cause of Death. Ilendcrsonxille. X. C.. Si j.t I Tlio stillness of a iK'iiutiful Sal -hath day in tin' mountains was suddenly transformed intu scenes of the wildest excitement lien' t- diiy when it became known that the deal body of Miss Myrtle Hawkins. the pretty 17-year '-Id daughter t' Mr. and Mrs. V.'. 11. Hawkins had heeii found float ing in the ijiliet lilue waters of Lake Osceola, id'oiit three miles from Hendersoiiville. on the road to Kanaka. Tlie girl had heen absent from home siuec Thurs day morning, and a quiet, though dcti'i'inincd. search had failed to locate her or train even the faint est clue as to her whereabouts. Her sudden disappearance had not hecoine generally known, how ever, and wliell Word reached the town this morning that her dead hody had hecu found, a mad rush was made for Lake Osceola. Sunday school services were in terrupted and preparations for church services were forgotten in the eagerness to get to the lake side. The scene at the lake was one calculated to touch the hardest of hearts. Several little hoys throwing rocks in tin water were frightened out of their wits when a dark object was seen slowly rising to the surface, and when one of iheir uumher summoned up courage enough to investigate he shrank in astonishment that the ohjeet of his gaze was a hu man hody and the face her peer ed inlo was that of Myrtle Haw kins, possibly the lies! known and most popular of llie younger girls in Hcndcrs.mvillc. The knowledge of his gruesome find was imparted to his companions and tiny heat a hasty retreat to the nearest house to give the alarm. A telephone message to town informed the parents of the dead girl and the coroner, and in a short while the excited people were swarming to Lake Osceola. All was silence as the hody was pulled into the hank and many an eye was damp when the water soaked clothing was recognized as the same dainty little dress that she had worn a numher of times on the streets of the town ami which she hail worn when last seen at 11 o'clock Thursday morning. The stillness was intcn , sifted as the heautiful head of hair, always dressed in the latest style, now hanging loose and tan gled, came into sight, and only heavy hreathing could lc heard as the pretty face, now drawn, and muscles tight, was turned to wards the staring friends and her identity established licyond a doubt. The hody was tenderly lifted from its watery grave and placed on the soft green turf to await the investigation of the coroner. A post mortem examination was made and no marks of violence were found, and yet it was evi dent that death was not due to drowning. There was no other evidence available, however, and the coroner's verdict was that she "came to her death in a manner unknown to the jury." (Later developments are said to show that the young lady was engaged to be married soon, and that she was murdered while walking on the road through the woods, and the body left there and afterward thrown into the lake. There were no marks of violence and chloroform was used.) Rev. braxtnn Craig asks The Journal to say that he has sent a request to clerks of all bap tist churches in The I'nion bap tist Association, which meets at Faulks next month, to make out their associational letters at once and send them to him. lie desires to have ready for the as sociation a digest of the letters, and he will himself carry the let ters to the Association. "Dreams Just Dreams" by Mr. Henry Fairley at the Dixie to ught. Mr. W. E. Kindley, a native of this county, who ran a large store at Fayetteville and then moved to Asheville, failed at the latter place last week. j Gone Off to College. This is tl.e principal week that lb.- boys and girls have 'Vr school. Sim.- have already gun and ...uie will go later. The town dl have big delegations 'bis year. The hoys and girls scatter all aUnit in choosing the places to pursue their school work. While most of them will go to State colleges, some are going to institutions outside of the home borders. The .loiirnai would In delighted to have the name of ev ery boy and girl in the whole county who is going off to school, but of course we cannot hear of them all. The roll would he large. A few years ago the whole num ber could have been counted on the fingers, and the going off to college was an unusual event. To day so many go that not even a newspaper with both eyes open can get all their names. So tar as li;;s been learned the several institutions will be represented by the names given below: Meredith, Kalelgh: Misses Gal lic Xeal, Eunice Denton, Deiilah Nance. Myrtle Sanders. Caroline Diggers. Antoinette Deasley. Ked Springs: Misses Norma Dell and Evelyn Wolfe. Elizabeth: Miss Maude Doyte. Presbyterian College: Misses Mabel lielk. Ollie Alexander, Lil lian Dlakeney, Iconise Morrow. Dernau, (Jainsville, (ia.: Miss Lessie Covington. State Normal: Misses Rosa Dlakeney and Annie Rcdwine. Greensboro College: Miss Mary ( 'row. Peace Institute, Raleigh: Miss Cora Lee .Montgomery. Salem College: Miss Rebecca Stack. Randolph-Maeou Institute, Dan ville; Miss Sarah bed wine. Aglles Seolt : Misses Lot I ie May Dlair and Jean Asheraft. Coxe College Miss Velnta Horn. Converse: Misses Mabel Laic and Annie Lee. Davenport College: Miss liuth Secrest. Carey High School: Misses Des sie ami Maggie Tucker and Mag gie Divens; these young ladies left August 27. Trinity College: Messrs. John English. Paul and Kemp Xeal. Lee Slack. Allen Lee, William Lee, John and Ed Secrest. I'niversity: Robt. Houston and Roy Long. Fisburn Military Academy. Waynesboro, Va., James Morrow. Porter Military School. Charles ton. S. C, Fitzhenry and Percy Dillon. Oak Ridge: Paul (iriffith, Will Hudson and John Futch. Financial Statement. Financial report by the vice president of the Union Associa tion of women's missionary soci eics for the quarter ending Au gust :U. 1!11: W. M. S. Monroe s,27..r.(l Meadow branch .... 13.00 Mill Creek 4.00 Mountain Spring .. .. 1.5(1 Marshville 2.0." Hopewell 13.05 V. "W. A. Monroe (i.Oil Sunbeams Monroe 5.0(1 Marshville 2.(10 R. A. Monroe !UHI .Marshville 2.:!0 Total 8l.00 Cotton Condition to Sept. 1. .s I lie census tmreau verv prop erly took pains to explain, the unusually large quantity of PHI cotton ginned up to Septeniler 1 does not have any bearing upon tin- size of the crop. The record shows' that the largest percentage heretofore ginned Itcfore Septem ber has b(een in a small crop year. Of the 771.415 ball's reported ginned. Texas alone accounts for 55!.114 hales. Georgia with 134. 076, reports more than three times as many ginned as the next highest State Alalaiiia. Exclu sive of Texas and Georgia, only 78.22(5 hales were ginned. The big showing made by Texv as is accounted for by the fact that the crop is a week earlier than ever before, demonstrated by the marketing of the first bale. A new biograph picture, "The Primal Call" will he show n at the Dixie tonight, also "Inheritance" aud "It Served Her Rigid, "two comedies on the same reel. DANGEROUSLY SICK Mr. Davis Arnifielil Has Attuck of Appendicitis and is Lying at Door of Death Operat ed on Saturday Night. Mr. Davis AriiilVhl. one of the best known young men of Mon roe, is lying dangerously sick in a hospital in Charlotte, having been operated on for appendici tis Saturday night. After the operation, which was completed about four o dock Sunday morn ing. Mr. Armfi.'ld's condition seemed entirely satisfactory un til yesterday, when dangerous de velopments set in and it seemed that then- was not much hope for his recovery. At the time thai this is written the news is that Mr. Armficld was resting very well, but that anything at any time might be expected. Mr. Arm field's attack was al most as sudden as it is violent. He bad been complaining some but as late as Saturday morning last he came up town. He had been sulfering some the day and night before but supposd it an attack (d biliousness or indiges tion. On Saturday afternoon lie trot very ill and the attack was then found to he appendicitis. It beoame so violent that quick measures were necessary and the patient was taken to the hospit al on the Saturday night train. The operation was gone into at once. The appendix was found in a very bad condition and prov ed that the oMratioii hail been none too soon As said before. the immediate results were sat isfactory, but later his condition became alarming. News Around Indian Trail. (Correspondence.) 1 he school at this place taught bv Mr. T. J. Huggius of Marsh ville and Miss Mabel Robinson of Waxhaw closed Friday for the fall vacation. There has been 125 students enrolled this sum mer, and it has been decided to have three teachers during the winter session instead of two. Mrs. S. W. Thompson of Pratt City, Ala., who has been spend ing the past six weeks with rel atives and friends in this neigh borhood and other parts of the county and also at Pageland, S. C, left Tuesday evening to spend a week at Sanford. She was ac companied by her brother, Mr. J. M. Tomberlin of this community. Mr. J. P. boyd ami daughter. Miss Nancy, spent last week with relatives near Yorkville. S. C. Mr. T. 1?. Johnson of Little Rock. Ar kansas, the former's nephew, re turned home with them. Miss Martha boyd delightfully entertained a number of her friends Friday night in honor of Mr. Johnson. Mrs. ('has. Hill and little son. Master Roy. of Norwood are vis iting Mrs. Hill's parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J. M. Harkey, and also her sister, Mrs. V. L. llemby of Wed dington. Miss Lillie Porter is visiting her sisterp, Mrs. Sam Shannon near Antiocli church. Mrs. D. F. Shepherd of Monroe spent Wednesday and Thursday in the village. Miss Wilma broom is spending a few days with her sisters, Mes .1, lines King and Gannon of Char lotte. Miss Lillian Darkey spent a few days last week with her sis ter, Mrs. W. L. Hemby of Wr.l dington. Mrs. I. D. Doyd. who has been confined to her bed for the past four weeks with an attack of ma laria, is slightly improved. Several nice new dwellings are going up in the village. Mr. J. P. Poar has just moved into his lieautiful new residence. Mr. J. M. Harkey will soon have his new house completed, which will be one of the handsomest homes in town. Mr. Z. A. Pressley, our popular mail carrier, is also erec ting a nice residence. Missionary Meeting. The annual meeting of women's missionary societies of the I'nion Assoiiation will he held with the Woman's Missionary Society of Marshville, Thursday, September 2S, for one day. The president of the I'nion urges all societies to appoint delegates at once so that there may be a large attendance. Death cf an Old Citiren cf Union i Val.aw Ee'e'-prse. Mr. W . Ah a:..l. r C: .iv.. for merly "f this cor-mui.i . who iiniviil to Lee .-o m'y : w ars ago. iin .l at liis in lie- lucre i.tsi Friday night and was buried at the old Cool Springs ei m.-ti-n Saturday. Mr. Craig l a l be. u all ii! valid for the last s vi u years and was totally blind for the I'' tliree years. II - was born in .la ks.'u township Mv '"'. 182". and was therefoiv . years. t no nilis and three ay old. In 1845 hi- was married to Mivs Ma ry Ewing, who died about ten years ago. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson of Arkansas, and one .son. Mr. W. R. Craig of Lee county, with whom he was living at the time of his dentil. He also has a wide circle of relatives and friends in this community to whom the new of his death will bring sorrow. During the civil war be served as an officer of the home guards. llis passing removes one of the ancient landmarks. In the good old tines when Camden. Charles ton and Cheraw were tin- prin cipal markets for this section, he he made many trips to and from those places on horse hack aud in wagons, and was as familiar with the roads to Charleston and Catndeu as the ordinary citizen is with the roads to Monroe or Charlotte. He was in Charleston shortly after the first railroad for the use of locomotives in this country was built --running from Charleston to Hamburg and saw the first locomotive ever ship ped t this country which ran on a road id" wooden rails spliced with iron strips. lie was a consistent member of Tirzali Presbyterian church, lb took great pride in improved stock and always kept the best liors s and mules in the commun ity. He ,vus l. greet b-yer ef children, whom he delighted with stories of camping trips. During his long illness he was in a state of almost perfect colitt lltlilelit. and the death summons came in the form of sleep. The Lemmond Family. William Lenimoud. the ancestor of all the Leinmonds in this part of the Carolinas, came from Ire land iilsiut 17-lH and settled in North Crooked Creek in what is now I'nion county. He was the father of one son, Jonathan Lemnioud, and others. While the immigrant from Germany and England were loathe to take iq arms against the british govern meiit when the Kevolutiou '-ame. the Scotch and the Irish were in variably anxious to do so. Hence, w hen the struggle began, we arc infirmed that Johnathan lem moiid immediately connected him self with the American cause, Jonathan was the father id' Rob ert Lemmond. Robert married a Miss Walker, the daughter of a German settler in Goose Creek section, and to this union were born Mary, who married a Stew art and is the ancestor of .Mr. Mummer Stewart of Charlotte Cy rus O. Lemmond. who was no ted for a famous speech made in the North Carolina legislature in iMil favoring secession, mid who was the father of Senator Lem mond of Monroe; Jackson Lem mond. who married a sister of ex Sheriff Stevens and mired a fain il : l!rown Lemtiioiiil. w ho mov ed to Arkansas and died; llutc iusou Lemmond, w ho fell out of a tree and broke his neck; and Margaret, who married Mark Squires. Then- are a number of Leiiimouds and descendants of Lemmoiids in this county ami they are all descended from the William Lemmond named above. During the days of slavery this family was very rich, and during all times it has been noted for its intellectuality and good com mon sense. Xcy MeX'iely, in Waxhaw Enterprise. Notice to Telephone Subscribers. All our subscribers wiil please mark off of new telephone direc tory D. A. Horn. W-R. as Mr. Horn's number is 121. ind i:p- tears in the directory in two places, by mistake. W. II. Norwood. S.jpt. "Dreams Just Dreams" by Mr. Henry Fairley t the Dixie tonight. EEATTIE FOUND GUILTY. ; Yountr Virginian Who Killed His Wile Condemned by a Piu;.i:i Jury. Henry lay P. .it'ie. ..' i; . ' ' lilolld. 'a., whose tr'ui t!.. munb-r f bis young '. -. t.,sj been the largest subject of rot versatioii in tie S.mtl, for ;! past two Weeks, was foi.nd v 1 ty las! Friday and vnMi ! to ( be electrocuted. Tin- jury !:n. ' ! : cd down and prayed !!' in- ta .-: iug a ballot, and tlo u KningM j in a verdict of guilty in short or-' de. Deattie, who is the son of a wealthy inerehMit. shot hisi young wife to ib-atl while out on the road in an aiitomobile and earned her body home and an nounced that a highway man bad killed her. Put bis cousin con fessed that he bad bought a gun for lleiirv a short time In !'! the murder, and it was 1 his gun that dil the killing. After ;!,. v li-t Deattie made a few n mai l s about the jury. "I am far from a dead one yet," he said as he grinned in inaii-to-uian fashion at his inter viewer. "There's many a legal battle to come before they send me to the electric chair. I think I'll get a new trial in another county and with an up-to-date ju ry 1 II he acquitted. "I II tell you, old hoy, he said to the interviewer, "a fellow s up against when he is to be tried by a bunch ot countrymen from the back woods like those that tried 1110. I never had a chalice from the beginning. They ei t married young, bring up big fam ilies, work around their farms: what do thev know abmi! a ei'v or a city's life .' What ila know about how easy it is f-.r a young fellow nowadays to get mixed up with a girl like II- dah binford in a eily .' You ie- vsp,i ;er men from the Xorth ail i i:o this. It is almost impossible a chap with a little I 1 1 of money and a motor ear to avoid g.-otiuu mixed up with these women. Ii" can't help it. Isn't that right .' That's what they got me on. this beulah stuff," went on the con demned man just as casually as though hi- were telling that he had struck out in a base ball game, "These fanners back lure don't understand, that's nil. I want to say again that I am in nocent and that anv jury of up- to-date young men or residents ot a live city, even of Richmond, would have freed me.' by the way, fellows," Deattie added. "I see lots of talk in the papers about the possibility ot me try ing to end my own life. That 's all rot. believe me, if 1 finally must go to the chair, I'm going there like a man. No suicide for me. You all have said in your articles that I am game. Well. I'm going to be game right on to the finish, whatever it is." "Wood's Crop Special for Sep tember," says "It is always j;d visable, in our opinion, for farm ers to put in as much of their land as they can in the fall. We nearly always get -avinablc growing weather during the fail and the early spring, and crops sown in the fall not oiiiy f vnis1. a cover crop for th . soil, bit: in growing and thriving a' -as.iti which in recent years line pr. ed most ' advantageous in o;;i southern soils and climate. W would therefore urge (,ue ;-;ici,.. rrs to sow all the l.itid i e -s ; ! i j in suitable enq s t his f ,!l. so a to provide against tie !v;-'itin'; of short feed crops n-Nt y ar. " "Wood's Crop Special" is issued monthly and gives lim iy end seasonable information about seeds that can be planted to ad vantage and profit each mon'li throughout the year. Wri'e for sample copy to T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen. Richmond. Va. Contracts to Let. I w ill let to the low est r -.sponsible bidder, Tuesday. September l!Mll. 10. 11. 111., at Sale),, s-hnol house. No. !t, Monroe t-i-,ei!hip. the contract for the buihi't g of a one-room school house, a -e-.r-i iug to the State's plan N-i. 1. At District No. II. N-v Sab-m township. Sept. (, 111. a. tu., I will let the contract for the build ing of a one-room school house, according to the State's pl.m No. 1. R. N. Nishet. Co. Sup:. Death of Eq. L. A. Helms. Sipiir - L. A. lb . s ,: ,i his home ill biltold tnwisi.;p last Saturday nigt 1 ;.': r ! -.'ig in feeble health for soo I !--. lb' was 7 years old las! nioiith and bis death was not unexpected. He is s-iirxivnl by bis wit an i sev eral sous, and one daughter. Mrs. Deii Cook. The remains v. ere buried on Sunday a' the Itelk gr.ie;.rd and the fuuer,-.' was conducted by R v. K. J. .'I-II-wailic. Squire II In. s w as once county surveyor and many years a magistrate. He was an educat ed man as well as of a natural bright mind and for many years taught school. He was a Confed erate soldier and was a lieuten ant in the army. He was a mem ber of the Methodist church for many years and a man of strong personality. His oldest s ui. Mr. W. J. Helms, died just at the be ginning of what promised to be a noted career. He won a high stand at college aud became the president of Columbia Female College and died of typhoid fe ver. Squire Helms' other sous are' A. T. Helms of Mullens, S. C, and II. A.. A. L., J. F., and R. E. Helms of this county. Recorder's Court. (Sept. 11th.) Lon Jordan, colored, carrying concealed weapons; $15.00 and cost. John Hamilton, colored, carry ing concealed weapons; not guil ty. John bogau, colored, criminal assault: hound over to next crim inal term Superior court in sum of .2(10.(10. bob Rogers, enlol'ed, maiislaugli ler; bound overall sum of tflOll.dO tirover Head, assault and bat tery ; .1(1.(111 ami costs, and Imud of ."i(I.ii(I for six mouths to keep the peace. (This man tried for beating his wife.) Dave billings, colored, crimi nal assault ; bound over in sum of 200.00. Coleman Helms, assault and battery; !f'2.i(l and costs. Clarence Pate, assault and bat tery ; 2.."0 and cost. J. T. McCorkle, assault and luittery; 2.."i0 and costs. Geo. D. Yoder, keeping whis key for sale; jury trial; jury could not agree, aud new trial set for September IHth. .lames Crook, violating ordi nacc 7li; judgment suspended on payment of cosis. Sunday School Statistics. The report for the last Sunday of the Monroe Sunday Schools was as follows' Methodist, attendance 2.14; col lection, !,4..'l:l; baptist, attendance. Kill; collection. J.78; Prcsbyteri. an, attendance. 120; collection, !f4.ti(i; Episcopal, attendance, 27; collection, 58. Total attendance, ViO; collections, $VIXk The report for the preceding Suuday was inadvt rtantly left out of the paper last week, but is herewith given : Methodist, at tendance, 21(i; collection, 4.80; Presbyterian, attendance, lot!, col lection ' 10.20; baptist, attend ance. 1.")(. collection. 20.0."i; Epis copal, attendance, 28. collection .")4. Totals, attendance. ,"0(i, col lections. J47. News About Pageland. News and Scout. Cards -ire out announcing the marriage of Miss Atha Naomi Fiinderburk, daughter of Mr. J. T. Fiinderburk. to Dr. Thomas Duncan. Dr. R. L. McManus will resume his practice here about Septem ber 8th or !Mh. and will begin his regular calls at Jefferson Sep tember 11th. Mr. McManus has been taking treatment in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Daltiinore for a mouth or more. There are pew residences going up in Pageland all the time. At present there are nine or ten nice houses going up. Messrs.- George McManus. E. J. Graves, M. II. Hawkins. Dufort Threatt, T. b. Smith. J. iM. Carpenter, Rev. E. O. Thompson, G. O. Tuck er, and T. A. Gulledge, all have g'xid houses under way of con st met ion. There will not be a cheap house among them. Messrs A. F. Fundetbork. L. L. Parker. I. F. Porter and others will build houses this fall.
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