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re Monroe Journal VOLXVliL NO. 36. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1011. ONE DOLLAR A TEAR. SHOT AT IN THE BED. HOUSE BURGLARIZED AND YOUNG LADIES NEARLY MURDERED. Robber Entered Bouse of Mr. W. W. Horn Saturday Night and Atempted to Kill Misses Ritch and Jordan Fired at but Made. Escape Another Burglary the Same Night. A man whose only identity is that he is a negro went into the house of Mr. W. V. Horue Saturday niirlit did his best to kill Miss Margie Ritch and Miss .Ionian, one of the graded school teach ers. He fired his pistol two or more times almost in their faces and it is almost a miracle that no or 1ml h of them were not killed. One bullet went through Miss Hitch's hand, grazed her neck and buried itself in her pillow. The other went into the bod near tlie foot. The course of bullets showed that the first was filed directly over the young women and the other was fired trim the fit of the bed. No one in Monroe has ever hud such a frightful experience us overtook these young ladies. They stood tin' .dmek remarkably well, and ail during Sunday received kcoivs of cullers who went to express their sympathy. The object of tin burglar Was evidently t-0 se cure money Mid his attempt to murder was in coiiseipieiiee of the young hull's being awakened while he was ranisacking draw ers and trunks. The crime occurred something after three o'clock Sunday morn ing. Miss Ritch was aroused by a noise in her room and by the flash of the electric light which hung near the foot of the bed. With rare presence of mind, she made no outcry, and happening to have her arm over her face, held it there. She could tell that the man was near the bureau and that he wi;s flashing the light on and off and searching the room. She remained quite still for what seemed to her a very long time. The burglar became suspicious that she was awake ami went to the head of the bed and peered into her face, and be ing satisfied that she was awake, told her not to make a noise or he would shoot her. This awaken ed Miss Jordan by her side, who began screaming, then the man began shooting. The young la dies think that he fired three sliots at this time, but only the two bullets were found. Having discharged his pistol the man ran out of the door of the room into the hall. Here he encoun tered Mr. Kirby Hough coming out of the room adjoining, who fired two shots. This turned the burglar back and lie ran through the room of the young ladies, and again fired, either in the room or as he was getting out of the window. Tearing away the screen over the window, he jumped out on the front porch and to the ground. Messrs. G. B. Caldwll. Hall Wilson and others, who weis siting up jiM across the street at the home of Mr. I. II. Boum. whose IhmIv was a corpse, heard the shots and screams and got out in time to see the man jump from the piazza roof and run a ruund the house. Mr. L. S. l'res koii was also aroused in his home ae.roi-H the street and got out in time to see the man. None of them could make out anything as to his identity. Mr. Wilson quick ly weut for the bloodhound and had them there in thirty min utes, but they would not take the trail at all. When Mr. Hough saw the man in the hall there was not light enough to tell whether it was the burglar or some member of the household and he dared not fire directly at the object. Mr. and Mrs. Horn rushed from their room down stairs when th" alarm legan. and were at the foot of the stairs in the act of going up as the man was at the head to start down. Hut for the presence of Mr. Hough just at this time, who frightened him back, the scoundrel would no doubt have met Mr. and Mrs. Horn point blank on the stairway, and hav ing the loaded pistol in his hand. or Isith of them. An investigation showed that the burglar had entered a win dow in the dining room by rais ing a wire screen. He went to .he kitchen first and helped him self to food. His way theu led through the dining room again and parlor to the hall, then the length of the hall to the foot of the stairway, which is in the rear. and on to the rooms aliove, During the early morning hours Kd Smith, a negro about town, was seen prowling about, and when questioned, said he was looking for liquor. He made an apparent attempt to go off on the six o'clock train, but was ar rested by officer Barrett and some young men on suspicion. He was carried to the home of Mr. Horn for the purjvose of iden tifieation. No one had seen the man more distinctly than to tell he was black, and thick shoul dered. The young ladies stated that they would probably be bet ter able to identify the voice than the person of the man, as thev both heard him sav very dis tinctly that he would kill them if they screamed. Smith was held on a charge of carrying conceal ed weapons to await any di vcl opments. So far as is known the burglar carried oil nothiinr but a lew small pieces of jewelry. Just before the exciting occur rences above, a negro elltered the Caldwell boarding house. The down staii-s doora are not locked and he had no trouble in getting in. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Ingram were sleeping in the room near the head of the stairs, and this room he was in the act of enter ing when Mrs. Ingram was awak ed. She roused her husband and they both saw the negro very plainly, and Mrs. Ingram could very accurately describe him. He had his hand on the knob of the door ami had it half open when discovered. Mr. In gram called to know what he wanted and the fellow deliberate ly pulled the door after him ami ran down stairs. Mr. Ingram ex pected to see him go out the front door and so ran to the win dow to see if he could identify him, but on reaching the first floor the fellow ran through the hall and out the back door, (hi the outside he whistled, as if call ing a partner. Mr. Ingrain was seen with considerable money the attrenoou before, as he had it to pay off hands who were working on the various contracts that he has m town, and this is the supposed object of the at tempt. Boy's Skull Crushed in Cane Mill. Sealmm, the thirteen vear old son of Mr. James T. arllgett of Vance township, met a horrible death last Wednesday afternoon. His head was crushed in a cane mill, and the poor Imy died in thirty minutes. Of the many accidents that have been due to cane milts, none has been more horrible than this. Hands and arms are the usual toll taken when anything goes wrong. The lad was at a neighbor's house where he was working at the mill. It was an old time mill with two rollers in a frame and a long lever to which the horses are hitched to carry it round. An t liis lever goes round it goes Iwrely above the frame work. It was between the aolid frame and the lever that the boy's head was caught and crushed like an egg shell. Mood spurted from his nose and mouth, and in thirty minutes he died. A more dis tressing thing has not oceured in that Rretion. tjeborn was a good boy, very industrious, and well liked by evervlmdv. Notice of Quarterly Conference. The 4th (Quarterly Conference for the North Monroe and lee morlee Charge will br held at Center on next Saturday at two o'clock. lr. J. K. Seroggs. the Presiding Klder. will preach at two o'clock and hold the confer ence immediately following. There will be no preaching on S.in.lay at Center. This is the last conference for the year and all the officials are urged to be present as there will be business of importance for cow sideration. W. T. Albright, 1. C, would likelv have killed t-ne MORE TROUBLE FOR COTTON Insects and Disease Come Along and Pile Up On Short Crops and Low Prices. When the dry weather and the consequent short crop had hit the farmers goi.d and hard in this section, the price of cut ton took a tumble and this piled up trou ble. Hut now another blow has hit the farmers, and but for the fact that it came to late to do a great deal of damage, it would have been the worst of all. This ,is the depredations of an insect called the army worm or the cotton caterpillar. The worm seems to have come all ov er the State at the same time. It has appeared in various sec tions of this county ? especially in the western part. The worms eat the young bolls first ami then fire in and clean up the leaves, and even take to the grass. They come as if by magic and quick ly turn a green feild in to a sehorclied one. Fields of tweuty to fifty acres have been seen with not a single green leaf left. In addition to the worms men tioned above there is another ap pearing in sections, though not as bad. This is in the shape of a disea.se. The agricultural de partment has sent out a bulletin on this disease, which says : It is most easily reeognii il on the boll, where it forms uh'-T-likc spots, which, as they age, be come pink in the centers. The spot may enlarge so as to affect the entire bill. The diseased part of the boll usually fails to open and often the contents rot. Kuqtiiries from various sections of the State are being received almost daily at the Kxperimoiit Station concerning the disease. It has also liven especially se vere in Alabama and O'eorgia dur nig recent years, so severe in llie latter State that the Legislature has made a special appropria tion for its investigation. Although the disease is seen more prominently on the Imlls. it also occurs on the leaves and the stems. Cotton growers should know that this disease is carried from season to season ou the seed, ami mat seed trom a sick Imll, even though very slightly diseas ed, may raise a diseased plant. and this in turn may spread the disease to the whole crop next season. There is no satisfactory treatment ami the one point to be remembered is that seed from diseased fields is likely to carry the disease, in fact, almost sure to uo so. r.ven seed trom clean fields which has passed through a ein in which diseased cotton has been ginned is dangerous. It is of utmost importance for the grower to be sure that his cotton seed dots not come from a field or from a region where this dis ease prevails. Death of Cattle. Mr. V. 11. Fundcrburk, who is doing a large business in buying mountain cattle, fattening them, and furnishing local butchers, has a large pasture in Chesterfield county, to which he sent many cattle. That territory has not been cleared of tickes, and Mr. Fundcrburk got quite a bunch of cattle down there and could not bet them back over the quaran tine lines. Some time ago sever al head died. One day last week he got word that six more had been found dead. They were ly ing together in a pile, and all seemed to have died about the same time. Mr. Fundcrburk got Dr. Watt Ashcraft to go down and make an examination. Dr. Ashcraft pronounced death due to tick fever. Mr. Fundreburk has lost thirteen head in all. Mr. Joseph Bowman died at his home in I'nion county this morn ing at 4 o'clock. The deceased was an uncle of Mr. W. W. Bon nett and Mrs. J. T. William of Wadesboro. Messr. Bennett and Williaiuss, accompanied by Mr. F. i . , . .. ... . i r.. i ovingion, win attend the hur- la . near the former home nf Me Ihiwniau this afternoon at four o'clock. Wadeslairo McsKrngor and lutelligencer. After this week we will run our gins only three days hi each week, commencing next Tiiesd.i. the 17th, and will gin Tuesday, Thursday and Friday each week. Indian Trail Supply Co. Town Property Valuation. Citp e. i k and treisiir-r I. H. Johnson and Mr. W. Wo!",, have cohqih ted the tax i ..; :'.r the City of Monroe for ". y-ar BUI. The book shows I ti.-r-was listed for taxation on Ma;. 1. !:!? lots, valued at !?2.2v ; 22 horses valued at $24.::'"i: .VI mules valued at $5.15; !!'t cat tle, valued at !f4.J4 J ; 11 goats, value $11; farming tools $2'!f; mechanics tools, $1,217; house hold ami kitchen furniture, $4:'. 600: provisions, $5!I4; firearms. $1,173; libraries and scientific instruments, $2,474; goods, wares and merchandise, 172,57?t; money on hand, $4.:l57; solvent credits, $195,6!:i; cotton, $600: musical instruments, $17,i:i6; bicycles. $2.13; plated and silverware, $2. 6M; watches and jewelry, $7, 15:1; all other personal property. $151J.'):l; bank stock, $12:1 !'14: corporation excess. $1H.5H, mak ing a total of $1,746,265. Th tax levy is $1.:!7j ui the $100 val uation and the tax on property in the city is therefore $24.01! 14. There were 5.!7 pelis. 42' white and 117 colored givm :n and the tax on each poll is .-i4.K! or a total poll tax ef !2.2i7l. making a total of !.2o.22s.!'."i. The valuation of i-. ' s ,' . in lull was $iHi2 .2vi,imi:;-i !'.;ii $N"4.4'!7.on; increase $lo7.4'i7.''. The valuation of pets .'...! prop erty in It'll was $7M,! 7o.("S; in li10 717.022.00; uicree.S' . ,;.!. 4. Total increase $144.S"6.M). There is a decrease of i.l...u'. H"0 m I total amount t es due caused by a I'ed'.let o ;:X- the levy valuation HI. ef r. ami on c. tie :I7 Union Baptist Association. The I'nion Baptist A's-'ciation met at Kaulks last W.dnesday, Thursday and Friday. Tnis is the first time that the meeting has been opened on Wednesday and the change proved very sat isfactory, as it allows the phstors to at.teml and get away in time to make their regular ap int nients on Saturday. The muting was a very successful on-. The reports showed that th'-re had been a gain during ".he ar among the churches of 4!4 mem bers and $112:1 in contributions. Rev. 1?. Craig preached the in troductory sermon this ytar iud Rev. 11. C. Snyder was appointed to preach the same next year. Ksq. V. T. ('hears was reelected moderator and Rev. J. L. Ben nett, vice moderator. Rev. Brax ton .Craig was elected clerk and Mr. F. B. Ashcraft treasurer. Mr. J. W. Bivens was r.ppoint-d a committee to prepare a history of the association. lr. Sikes made a splendid ad dress on education and Rev. L. Johnson, exrresKnding secreta ry of the State Mission Board, made a fine address ou State missions. The next session will be held at Macedonia. Aldermanic Proceedings. At a recent called meeting the aldermen passed an ordinance providing that hereafter the city will furnish all water meters, and for tapping the main, furnishing the meter and putting it on, niakq a charge of $1. The city will take care of the meters and make all repairs. At a meeting held last Wednes day night policeman Shi pherd was made temiorary strtet su perintendent, and Mr. 1. A. Hon ey cut t was appointed special po liceman to be in service when needed. Tax collector Crowell submitted his rejKirt of collec tions for the mouth of September as follows: Tax books, $14G.:t5; special licenses, $7'l: miscellane ous collections, iflo.W; water and lights. $!'2:.72; total. $1,264.72. "Her Old Sweethearts." The missionary societies of nl nil Methodist church will give an entertainment. con.;'ig ot companion plays. "IPs Oj Sweethearts'' and "Her Old Sweethearts," ami a Pai:!oM!:m': and Drill by the children. Miss Mildred Stephenson and Mr. Ney McNeeley will impersonate th? leading characters and th-y wiil be supported by some of the best talent of the town. Opera house Tuesday night, October 17th. Ad mission j .j una .) ic. ' i Rains or Cold Weather Will Ad vance Prices. New Orbiius. Li.. He!.. I. r v.b. The Weather will be the Mi UV most Wil'.l-'.li il ill llie i-oK-.ill le !: ket this Week. On the f last week there Were sivTUs th;:t the protracted sp II of !"., v-tvble weathtr that the cotteji i-ountn has Im-i ii i n loving was iiti.mt io break up. If the sins prove cor rect, the tm.rket will b coiue un settled and the pip of the hears will le loosened to some extent. Over the larger part of the belt the crop is so far advanced that there is little for frost to injure and more actual harm is probably to result from rains. R-ain on the open cotton would greatly injure the grade and thereby cost the farmers of the South millions, but cither the rain or colder weather will ad vance prices this week. Next to the weather the trade will be concerned over the sMt demand. There were indications last week that Southron mills were buying quietly and it was reported that New Knirl.ind m ils were calling cotton, while on one occasion continental spinners got in th" market because they y .! the lintiili that a cold wave sweeping the cotton hel If any thing like a good sp 1 d' li-Yelops hear it will be ha-d to hold the 1! i.vtt'lJ. This wiil be Ihe last v. eel; ii. the period to be considered in th' next ginning report from the e-nsus bureau, and bearish fore casts of the amount ginned may lie exptctcd. If October exports ale to hi ia.1 ".e indication st hat way im.v necessarily develop this Week. Burned Human Bodies in Distil lery. (iovernor Kitchin offered yes terday a reward for Will Mcln tyre, wanted in Rutherford coun ty for a most notable series of crimes. He operated a blonkade distillery and it is now believed that he committed three murders for the purpose of robbery, and burned the bodies of his victims in the furnace of his distillery. J. 11. Miller disappeared Sep tember 7, 1!KK, and in November of the same year J. D. Atchley disappeared, and in 1!M)8 there was a similar disappearance of L. B. Hines, each having been known to be at the blockade still just prior to their disappearance. It is only since the conviction of Mclntyre for the blockading, the service of his sentence and his disappearance that suspicion has jiointed to him as the perpetrator of the series of murders, and So licitor A. Hal Johnson and num erous citizens of the scot ion join in asking for the reward by t In state. It ia alleged that human bones have bene found tliHt were from the furnace of the distillery. Mc lntyre is described as 25 years old, sallow-, dark hair and eyes, crippled so that he ordinarily walks with one hand on his knee. He is believed to have had accom plishes in the murders. The n ward for him is $200. Graustark" Well Played. Ceorge Barr MeCutcheon's "tiraustark" was presented in the Bijou theatre last night Is fore a large audience, when the costumes of dainty Miss Janet Waldorf as the princess attract ed much attention. She appeared in exquisite gowns and made an admirable princos Vctive. Henry King of Roanoke. Va.. shares honors with Miss Waldorf. Mr. King was an ardent w ooer as (ilenfall Iorry. Joseph C. (Ion yea impersonated Baron Dangloss and Louise Kpstein did well as Prince of Dawsbergen. Joseph Belmont, the bellboy, was especially well suited for his part. Miss All 'lie Dnrano s Countess D.ignu.r ami Miss Lou ise Huff IIS Counters Vsabel were also among the players w ho help ed to make the play delightful, full of brighteness and good ant ing. Others whose names appear ed in the ease were worthy of mention. New s Leader. New Uttii home on jnrnf t without t iottl of CUattorkin'i Colic, Choler ind L'iarrboct RttohIt. U is ilmngi certain to br needed and cannot be obtained when on bnard lb can or tni.Viin. Fnr ula K all ikalen. Death of Mr. L B. Eourn. M"". I. IS. Boiirii died at his nsideliei 4-11 WashiluluU street early Saturday moi-nina of Blight's dix-KN. . lb- had not heell in good htihh for S'HIie time and was forced to quit -rk some weeks ago to take a rest, and getting better, begau work again but had to soon stop. Fun eral services were held at the home on Sunday afternoon, by Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick of whose church he was a member. A very large gathering of friends paid their last respects to the deceas ed by attending and the floral of ferings were uuusually beautiful. After a brief esrvice at the home the Masonic lodge took charge of the exercise and buried their de ceased brother with their beau tiful and impressive ceremony. Mr. Bourn would have been 51 years old on the 24th of next month. He is a native of Clinton, S. C, and spent his life in rail road work, lie began work for the Seaboard in 1NH, and was continuously in its employ till his death. He began running a passenger train no the (i. C. & N. before the road was fifty miles lonsr. and soon thereafter moved to Monroe. II' was a popular man on the road ami among all his acquaintances, being of irood mitiired and generous disposition, lie is survived by his wife and his m-ithre, of Clinton, and his brother. Mr. C. K. Bourn of Oreen wood, both of whom wife pn,s ent at the funeral, by two broth ers in Massachusetts, who were unable to come, and by three sis tirs. one of whom only could get here, Mrs. J. J. Hennessey of (Iret -n villc. S. C. The other two sisters live in Ijawrence and St. Louis. The pail bearers were Conductors Casoii, Laney and Steele, and Messrs. J. D. Warren, W. W. Horn ami A. F. Forbes. Survivors of Co. I, 53rd Regiment Thinking that it might be of in terest, to the readers of The Jour nal, especially to the surviving members of Co. I, 5:lrd Regiment. North Carolina troops, who serv ed under (Ji neral Lee. 1 give be low a list of the said company who are still living, so far us I can determine. Of course the list may not be entirely correct, but very nearly so. If 1 am in error, I shall be glad to b? cor rected by any comrade. Some of our company moved west shortly after the war and it is difficult for me to keep track of them. Here is the list : Joseph A. Bivens, Charles 11. Brown, Thomas Brooks, Archibald Curlee, Harrison (iaddy, Robert Jaddy, K. M. (Jriffin, J. Hampton (Iriffin, Samuel Haney, .Stephen W. Hasty, Tobias Helms, Jerre Ilinson. Aaron Hinson, John L. James, R. II. James, John Keziah, Harrison Liles, (leorge Little, F. S. Lingle, Win, Morgan, R 'ddie Pope, Jas. A. Richardson. Joseph Tomberliii, Hosca Tomberlin. Uri ah Tadlock, W. M. Walden. II. P. Meigs. Total 27. Thomas J. Ash craft, Joseph B. Bennett. Irvin Ross, and Jacob C. (Iriffiu. have all died within the last !) months. So let us, who remain, keep our armor on and be "ready to move at any moment," for we shall have to "strike tents" shortly. Jtespect fill I v submitted. H. P. Meiggs. Mooresville'i Bee Well. Mooresville Special. Late yesterday afternoon the premises of Mr. B. W. Kerr, iu the heart of town were literally covered with honey bees, a Ntray swarm having decided to take up with him. They began to settle on the corner of his well, and were there by the millions, as it appeared. Mr. Kerr got busy and made a hive in which lo catch them, but instead the hers sought, the roof of the well shed. They were left there. This morning at quite an early hour Mr. Kerr went out to look for his bees but they were gone. Nt earing, but wondering what became of the bees, he nought to draw n bucket of water. When the vessel reached the top of the curbing, he found that he bad a bucket full of bees, the little things having gone down into the bucket and the well. He has been drawing bees and honey from the well at. various times all during the day. v.
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