The Monroe j ournal
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HOrfBOB, N. C, TUE3DAY, JA3TUART 18, 19ia
OffE DOLLAR A YEAR.
VOTv-NiI. Ifo. 80.
OLITHR DOBS BOMB TALKJIfl.
Writes Aaoart Threes la Bml,
not Rvpoctally A boat I-ow Prlee
of OH to. WK1 Hsakgry Folks
Weal?
The year If IS epena ap with the
South la dletreee aa aceeaat af lha
lump la tba prlea af eottaa. Bat
the farmers have boa taught tba
lesson not to depend whelly apoa
one crop for their money. Tba cot
ton bolt of tba world llaa between
Virginia and tba RIoGrande. aad It
la In tha power of tba paopla of
tbla section to bring aa a eottaa
famine. la ltll tba Cenfederate
Oontr-ea paaaad a law forblddlag
all tha Southern far mart ta plaat
more thaa flra aaraa to tba baraa la
cotton. Tba raaalt waa tbat la
Manchester, (laad. eottaa waa 1
per pound, aad tboaaaada af mill
operative bad ta ba fad at aoap
houses. Aad yea may soma ea
down from ltd. and tba mora aot
ton la made tbe cheaper It la.
Now for tba remedy: Cal. Tom
Moore glvea part of It. aad Btq.Me
Whorter gives part.aboat tha yong
western mulea being aold to negro
farmers at $1M and lilt a piece.
Ha plants cotton aa loag aa ba can
get guano and eottaa seed ta plant.
I beard a ma aay tbat ba aaw a
negro farmer give p a pair mulea
he had bought last aprlng for $600,
and had paid $160 oa them. Tbat
had swept him cleaa. Today many
negroea and whlta raea are la tha
same boat. Tba white maa is ta
blame, for tba mala and buggy has
brought many a nagra ta tha chain
gang. Tha wblta maa wba aalla a
negro a mula ar a ptstal aad thea
loses his Ufa ar geta burnt aat for
making htm pay far It. aead blame
no one but himself. If tba laadlerd
vrll confine tba nesre ta part of
the crop, aa a crept r ar for wage.
and aee that ba makea bread and
meat to feed hla family an, botb
would be better off. I kaow a maa
In Union conaty wba aold a aegro
land and mulea aad that fallaw had
white croppers oa hia land. Tba
carpetbaggers aad acallewaga didn't
even put croppers nnder aegra land
lords In Union conaty, but a South
ern white man did for filthy lucre's
Hake. All tha aegra waats oa Cod'a
green earth la to rant a farm, get
a buggy and mule, and license to
preach. I know a colored preacher
who had bought land, mules and
buggy. He fell from grace and
served throe years on tha chain
gang for forgery. I asked hla broth.
er-ln-law the other day where he
waa, and be aald he waa now a I.
D. in the State of Alabama.
Our lea bark of thla winter Is
nothing compared to that of 1817.
Then the timber broke night and
day till it was relieved of its great
.load. The old timber In the forest
show signs of It still.
The government and tba eottaa
mill men jumped on Mr. Sully for
bulling the cotton market, but we
find now that a cotton famine wne
at the bottom of It. My friend Col.
Tom Moore need not be wasting his
prayers to the I-ord to get him to
take down that bow he put In the
clouds ns a token to hla servant
Noah that he would not aflain doB
troy the earth with water. If the
7 and 8 cents cotton don't stop the
farmer from hauling guano, the
chain gang and tha poor house will.
Benjamin Franklin aald that It was
hard for an empty Back to atand up.
He meant that it was hard for a
hungry man to ba honeat. Aak tbe
Confederate soldier If that Is true.
Last July I asked a leading hard
ware man la Charlatta If ha was
going to tha reualoa la Wilmington.
He said ne. Ma had beea la my
regiment, aad sa I told him be
ought to go dawa on the Hast Cape
Fear river and pay that old farmer
for the ham ha stela la April. 1884.
As he had beea uader arrest at tbe
time, I asked hlai how he bad got
ten out of tha scrape. He aaid tbat
word had coma that the Yankees
were coming from Newbern by tbe
thousands, and the guard house waa
emptied, aad every man who could
carry a gun waa ordered to fall in
at double quick time for the depot
at Goldsborough. Hunger drove
Daniel to eat tha shew bread.agalnet
the law.
Abraham Lincoln beea at Involv
ed In debt whea a young man, and
thought to pay ths debt by making
rails, but tbe mare rails Abe made
the lower the price gat. He made
1500 per day but bis creditors sold
him out for debt. And had It not
been for a friend, Abraham Lincoln
would have died la a debtor's cell
Instead of tha presidential chair.
Oood friends saved Henry Clay and
Alexander Stephens from debtor's
rells. General Oglethorpe opened
the prison doors to the debtora of
England and colonized them at Sa
vannah, Georgia, the Umpire State
of the South. OLIVER.
At llaltimere June tha 23th.
Tha Natloaal Democratic execu
tive committee met ia Washington
on the 9th and selected Baltimore
as the place of meeting of the next
national conveatloa and Jnne 25th
as the date. This la one week la
ter than the meeting af the Repub
lican convention.
After a lapse of more than ten
years, American troops are again to
enter China. Thy are to aid In
keeping open tba railroad from Pe
king to the sea. In (he course
of eight or nine days 600 regular
Infranty will be disembarked at the
little Chinese port of Chlnwangtao.
The movement was ordered after
mature consideration of tho policy
Involved In landing American sol
dlers in a foreign country under the
peculiar conditions now existing In
China.
s. . man uu.i, ai., iiuaiea.
ROM TO BIB F1BRCART IS).
Tha White Maa Whoaa Ha
Help Bbna KITi tha Dtiaaa Tried
astd Aerrartaed.
Joha Rosa, ana af lha Bagreea
rdar arreet far tha Harder af Mr.
.i Mra. Joha Dltea af Cleveland
oaaty. waa promptly eoavteted at
tba apaelal term af roan aeia ia
Shelby laat weak, and eenteaeed ta
dla la tha eleetrte chair at Raleigh
Fabraary It- Ha haa already beea
taken ta Raleigh. Tha other ne
groea Impllaated by him were re
leased, aad Frank Gladdea, a wblta
maa. wham Jaha aald plaaaea tba
mardad and made him help, waa
triad, aad released. Joha had tald
aa maay stories that tha Jary felt
that it eonld aat eoavtet aaatasr
maa aa bla naaapaarted teetlmoay.
Rasa, wha bad baea aa tba at aad
foar hoars la tha trial of Oladdea.
aald ha had started 'paasnm hnatlag
aad mat Gladdea aad that Oladdea
asked him ta ga with him aad gat
soma moaey.
Whea asked where ba was galas
ta get it, Gladdea aaid from Jaha
Dixon; aald ba agreed to kill Dtxoa
and that Gladdea placed tha aia at
tha barn and told him where to get
It. That after Oladaa got Dlxoa aat
ef the haeee, they would paaa tha
bara; that Gladdea was ta aignal
htm, whereupon ba waa ta spring
from beblad and crash Dlxoa'e head
with an axa.
Oladdea, ha aald. thea weat lata
tba house, while ha waited, and kill
ed lira. Dlxaa, or thoagbt ha had
left her for dead.
Gladden, ba declared, had promis
ed htm aaa huadred dollars to kill
Dlioa.
Thsy oaly abtaiaed tweaty-five
dollars from tha Dlxaa home, be
aald.
Gladden told him ta pasa there
aeit meraiag aad tall peapla tbat
ha aaw two white men at tha barn,
aad If tha paopla did not belleva It
then ta tall that it waa Hack aad
Will Roaa.
They ameked together tha day bf
tha iaqaaat aa other witneaaaa testi
fied that it waa generally knewa
that Dlxoa had money about him.
Jaha Roaa aaya tha Lord appeared
ta him and told htra to tell the
trnth aad that ha now kaowa ha
must meet death for hia horrible
crime.
Gladden s wife and three chlldrea
and hia father sat in tbe court
room with him.
Frank Gladen is a tall, well-dreaa-ed
maa of about 30 years of aga,
but has a hard face and a bad rep
utation. Ha was a painter aad a
farmer by trade, but a few daya aft
er the tragedy bia conduct waa sus
picious and ba moved to Shelby,
where he rented a barber shop and
donned his best clothes he bad. Tba
State contends that he knew some
thing of the 1800 Mr. Dixon was to
get that week and tbat hla purpose
In committing the deed waa robbery.
Mr. Dixon's purse contained S
or ISO, which was missing from bis
dead body and John Rosa says
Gladen told him that he needed the
money to move on with, but that
he would give him $100, if ha would
lay the crime on mill and Hark
Ross, whom they knew bad unsatis
factory dealings with Mr. Dixon
about a hog and a mule. Gladden
is married and haa three children.
Waxhnw Ranking aad Trsst Co.
The stockholders of tha Waxbaw
Banking and Trust Co. held their aa
nual meeting Wednesday. Jan. 10th.
The president, Mr. J. L. Rodman,
read his annual report, wbich was
most gratlfyiag to the stockholders.
A dividend of 10 per cent was de
clared, and the sum of $2260 taken
trom the undivided profits and plac
ed In the surplus fund, which now
makes that fund $13,600, beaides
a nice sum sttll remains la tha aa
dlvlded profit column. Tha Bank
haa a capital af $25,000.00.
Resolutions of thanks were pass
ed at this meeting thanking the of
ficers for the fine showing made
during tha past year.
The fallowing board of directors
were elected: J. L. Rodman, C. S.
Masaey, R. A. Morrow, J. M. Belk,
W. C. Heath, J. W. McCain. M. M.
Tillman, B. F. Price. C. O. Howard.
W. N. Davia. C. E. Parks.
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors Mr. J. L. Rodman waa re
elected president; Mr. C. 8. Mas
sey, vice-president and Mr. Jesse A.
Williams, cashier.
Shot ia the Reel.
Wheeler Godfrey, the 16-year-old
son or Mr. O. M. Godfrey, a pros
perous farmer living In tha Wax
haw Baptist church community, was
shot Friday evening In tha heel by
hla cousla Willie Kexlah, and 18-vear-old
boy. The gun waa acci
"dently discharged while they were
In the fields hunting birds, and
the accident occured while they
were returning home nnd young
Kezlah had the weapon under his
arm pointing to tha ground when
tbe ahot fired, the full load taking
effect in young Godfrey's heel and
leaving It In a horrible manner.
Dr. McCain, from Waxhaw, dress
ed the wound, but waa unable to
to remove all the shot.
Young Kexlah Is a son or Mr
L. Kezlah or Charlotte and was
C.
nt
Waxhaw on a visit to nis cousin.
The wound Is not dangerous but
very palnrul and will probobly de
stroy the use or that estimable
young man's right root through his
future lire .
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, whose hus
band, the late President Cleveland,
signed the original bill providing
Tor the creation of national forests,
has been fleeted a life member of
the Aiaerlcao Forestry Association.
JJof
jcrxta clam, os rrssn's.
Sastee tha Reaeosi Whr lie Advo
cates Federal Pensions For Owt
federate Roldtrre.
Tbe floath haa paid ainea tha
War 1 .to mllllene of dollars to pea
sloa Federal soldiers, af which lit
millions of dollars haa beea paid by
.forth Carolina. Of tbla enormous
war eoBtrtbotlea very little baa
tome baek ta tha Sooth. It haa
helped mora thaa all else ta keep
tba Soath poor. Of tha 111 milt
lea dollars aew anaaally paid for
peeslens North Caraltaa pays aaen
ally aboat 4 million dollars, mnah
mere thaa tha total xpeaae of
aar State geverameat for all par
passe, Ineladlng edaeatioa.
Now that It la aropaeed ta add
Tl mllltoa dollars mora for Federal
peasleaa. of which abaat I mllliaa
dellara will eoma ant of North Caro
lina, I have medeatly eaggeeted
that If this la doaa North Carolina
soldiers wha were aimply fighting
for tbelr State, aa tha Northera sol
di rs were righting for theirs.should
alsa ba placed on tha pension list.
This would help all oar people as
wall aa onr Veterans, by keeping a
part of this fund at heme. But In
stantly there goea up a cry from
profeaaional politicians against It. -
Senator Ransom made hia suoree-
stve appeals for re-elation, as we
well know, largely upon the gronna
that oat of the large appropriations
for river a and harbors be got a
small atlc for North Carolina riv
ers and harbors. Tba same plsa is
aew being made by Senator Sim
mona and a strong point being made
for him is thst ha will be made
Chairmaa of tha Senate Committee
whlsh will apportion appropriations
Wa alaa remember tbat ia tha tar
iff matter ba J ant I fled himself for
ratalalag tba tariff oa lumber that
a parties af the benefit would coma
to a few of our ricn people. lei
whea a proposition la made to re
tain thla penuiea fuad la tha State,
for tha benefit af tba whole State,
and la luetic to our Veterans, a
cry goaa np from the machine pol
iticians tbat thla will never do.
They rear that it may Jeopardise
gettiag tha presidency and tha of-
ricea appertanent thereto. For this
reason for 40 years past tha South
baa bean made to bear this burden
without any return.
Wa are told tbat it will start tba
cry of disloyalty. What disloyalty
is tbera in this demand for justice?
Snpposa It did, what harm would It
da ns? Tbe North has a vory live
ly remembrance of tbe trouble w
gav tbera In 1861-6. If they were
less assured or our abject humility
which we have shown for the last
40 years, without any benefit, they
would be more disposed to do Jus
tire. A little rear or disloyalty
down here would bring us some rec
ognition. England has dono this
In South Africa and in Ireland and
will do more. Tho North would dc
it if we were less abjectly humble.
It is bard to see why it Is commen
dable to get a small allce out of tho
rivers and harbors approprlntlons
and retain the tariff on lumber and
yet a matter of atich condemnation
to retain In our State for the usj
of tba brave men who endured tho
hardships and dangers of tha war
a part of the sums which la propos
ed to be raised out or us to tha
extent of 2 million dollars per year,
for tha Federal soldiers in addition
to the 4 million dollars per year
the people of North Carolina are al
ready paying for that purpose.
Our humility for the pant 40
years has brought us the presiden
cy for only 8 yar and the offices
which we got thereby were nothing
compared to the lack of self-respect
and the milltona or dollars we
have paid at tha dictation or the
Tariff Barons and Pension Attorneys
who want an exenae for high tariff.
1 have been assured by more than
one I'. 8. Senator that the South
ern soldiers would have been put
upon the penalon utxt, In common
with the Federal soldiers many
years ago If those who were sent to
Congress trom the Houtn naa de
manded it. H elected Senator from
taie State I expert to accomplish
this In Justice to m.r old comrades
and to benefit the people of the en
tire State by keeping that much
money at home which else would
go North. Very respectrully.
Walter Clark.
He Carried (ten.
"He's sitting In prison, and sor
row Is hls'n. he's wishing he never
bad carried a gun; he thought it
was clever to pack one forever, and
aim it at people in the spirit of fun.
And it, one rtne morning, went off
without warning, and plugged a by
iinitar who turned un hia toes;
and now he Is wailln' the wearisome
Jail In, and no one nas pity jot mm
in hi. mriia Th honevards are
crowded slth gentlemen Bhrouded.
and sleeping In boxes, tne victims
or fools; of pin-headed varmints
who loaded their garments with all
kinds or deadly and murderous
tools. And wldowt are sl ?hlng and
nrnhuna urn prvlne all OVer this
country because or tho blocks, who
always are plannln' to spring a bis
cannon and brandish It gaily till
somebody croaks. un, ici me iuw
step on a fool with a weapon, nnd
bury him deeply and load mm wiin
ikninui Kn lunatics ereater: It
seems the Creator In building forgot
to equip blm with Drains.
John W. Guy, 79 years old, the
rather or 32 children. Is dead at
hi. hnmn nnflr Molfa. Va. Or Mr.
Guy's 32 children. 21 or whom were
sons nnd 11 daughters. Zi nre bum
living, the oldest, a son, teinj; oo
years old.
Bosemenicrt!. I
WOH OF WIDOW AJD tTWaDRIX.
If This Can Happen aa Servant
of a City, What Abaat Those sat
sa Wen aff?
Charlotte Chroalcl. Saturday.
Penniless and with oaa days' sap-
ply of eoal and weed aad aa Infant
of nine daya of aga upon her kneea.
Mrs Joha P. MsGraw aat thla morn
ing In her homhl kon with the
other five chtldrta gathered aboat
her. ta the next room tha baaband.
cold aad atirr la death, lay la a
cheap casket provided by frieadly
sabserlptloae.
Mayor C. A. Blaad walked lata
tha reora. Tha widowed mother
looked at hla and atterad aat a
ward. A aaeatloa ar twa wis ask
ed her aad aoma laeobaraat reply
made. She waa wretchedly
weak and aat atarlag aat apon tha
saew-covered earth. Nat a aom-
plalat. not a mnrmar ar distress.
not a atgn of aaythlag bat abject
and dated misery.
"It waa tha most pltifal tight I
have ever seen," aaid Mayor Bland.
It'a good for a maa to ge aome-
timea and aee such poverty, sneh
dejeotloa, anch misery, for It makes
him more charitable, mora garous
and yet more mlserabla."
Chief Chrlstenbury went ta Mrs.
MrOraw. Tba dead bueband wat a
loyal member of tba police force
and one ar tha best officers Chief
Chriatenbary has ever bad nnder
him. Ha taok her $50, raised la $1
$1 aad tt evnt donations from the
policemen, employees and tervaata
aronad tha city hall. Tba children
didn't have a change cr doming.
There was aa food to spesk cf la
tba boase. Mrs. McCraw didn't
bava money to buy mora. "I pur
chased with tba money at Mrs.Mc
Oraw'a request something ta aat,
some waed and eoal, aoma cloths
for tbera all and te-day they ara
a little easier. She didn't realise.
She ia beaambed with bewilderment.
Abeolately destitute. It was Just
twral."
Mr. IfcGraw received for hla ser
vices on tha police force $fM0 a
month. Nina days ago tba alxth
child was born. Tbe oldest Is now
ten years or age. Tba officer tam
ed over every penny of his earnings
each month to the maintenance of
bis family. He rented a house at No.
1223 North Davidson street, where
ha died Friday morning at 6:30.
Muskrat Farm Profitable Industry.
Newark, Del.. Dispatch.
Running a muskrat farm may be
a queer business, but tbat It Is prof
itable Mra. John Fox can vouch.
Mra. Fox owns 400 acres or marsh
land between Silver Kun and Ap
poqulnimlnk river, In the lower
p. -t or New Castla county, on which
nothing whatevor can be raised ex
cept muskrau, yet they will clear
In tha four months from November
16 to March 16 more money than
any wheat or corn grower in the
State will In a year on a farr. ,of
tha same size.
Tha muckrat crop this year Is
unusually good and as a conse
quunca Mrs. Fox ia rattvnlng her
bank amount. In the past 15 days
men employed by her have trapped
1.700 anskrats. The pelts nre now
worth 45 cents apiece and the bod
ies 5 rents, making tba price 60c.
for each animal. Daring tbe entire
season it is expected tbat 10,000
niu&krata will be trapped on her
marsh laud, which will bring in $5.-
QUO, and or that amount at leaut
$3,000 will ba profit.
(Dir. John Whitley ia tbe blgpest
muKkrat catcher in Uiase parts, but
he ia not up with Mrs. Fox.)
To Have a Primary and Limit Kx
peaxa Moaey.
In a statement to the press last
week Governor Kltchln made pub
lic the correspondence be haa had
with the other candidates lor the
United States Senate relative to
holding the proposed senatorial prl
marv. He and Senator Simmons
auree on the advlaablltty or Indue
ing the State Democratic Executive
Committee to meet arly to order a
State primary on tha senatorial
question. Ex-Governor Aycock and
Chler Justice Walter Clark favor
leaving the whole matter of the sen
atorial primary and svhea It shall be
held to the State convention.
Governor Kltchln says all the
candidates are on record as deair-
Inc that the primary expenses, in
eluding campaign expenses, shall be
hoi .t down to tbe minimum. He Is
eager to Join in seeing to it that
theea expenses are keyil very much
below the maximum that is allowed
by tha Federal statute, which re
quires that all candidates, whether
elected or not. shall make, under
oath, a Itemized atatesuent of ex
penses except those for postage, tel
egrams, clerk hire and printing.
Must Hae Had a Cork Head, Too.
Rockingham Post.
Cork Leg. the young negro who
was shot on Thanksgiving day by
Fannie Mayfield. is atlll living and
Tuesday was carried to Hoffman, to
be cared for by hla people. Our
readers will remember that the bul
let was one or the 26 calibre auto
matic steel bullets and sent entire
ly through his head, entering In the
centre or his rorehead and coming
otit at the back. In spite of the
fact that at the time his brains ran
out at both ends or the wound, nnd
physicians said he could only live a
few hours, he Is still P. live nnd Is
now perfectly rational.
George Neeley, Democrat, was
Tuesday elected to Congress rrom
the seventh Kaneas disthct to suc
ced the late Representee Kilraor.d
II. Madison, Republican.
t itii.ii uiuiitii aim Aiitft-
theirs on 2nd and 4th Mondays
BR. tXKJk I.N" tTIARLOTTR.
Ha4 a Ouu4 Aadtrare aad made
eluaua nr Stnsg Remarks.
Charlotte Cbroaleta.
Dr. Freerlrk A. Cook epoka ta an
aadleace of 176 people at the audi
torium Thursday evening. Hla sto
ry of "My Attainment ef tba Pole."
was rehearsed along with aterecptl-
caa vlewa. A more In'erestlng leet-
arer haa aeldom been beard In the;
Qaeel City. !
The bew-ra were in thereogh nym-
pathy mlth Dr. Cook ard accorded .
Clarence O. Kaeeter. of tba Greater
Charlotte Clab. Introdnced htm, str
ing. "Oa April 21, 1908. I aay it. Dr
Caek discovered the North Pole."
After shoaiug all cf hla ptctnre
and telling ef the trials and hard
ships af tba trip. Dr. Cook took or
easloa to vnt bimse'.r on Rear Ad
miral Robert E. Peary and In h1
regard made tbe most rerrarkable
siateaeata. Ha also took a filing at
tha Natloaal Geographical Society of
Washlagton, of which he s'ated it
waa neither nntional or georrsplilc.xl
thst a ah woman and a diplomat'!
tfa bava tha same rlgbta in the
society If they paid the annnrl dues
of $2. but the $2 fca insisted . sere
very necessary.
Tha doctor a bo talked or bis Mt.
MrKlnley expedition and recused
bribery on tbe part cr those who
took tha trip avowing that for three
yeara that the kummU of the high
peak bad been reached and after
wards swore tbat Cook had faked
bis reports and tbat the eip-ditim
was an entire failure.
Deacriblng sitb wonderful vivld-
aesa tba arttc regions, bis mode of
travel and tha Ufa ba aad hi twa
Esquimaux companion! led, be sta
ted regarding bis success:
"Pin-point accuracy I have evr
claimed. Even withia a range of
many miles, it Is beyond tha e?pe
of human possibl'ity to secure it.
But tba fact tbat a point waa reach
ed at which tha sun In its revolu
tions maintained practically the
saute altitude ubove the horiion and
whn shadowy lengths were un-
changing Is enough to satisfy real
explorers, even if not the arm-chair
journalists."
Dr. Cook spoke for an hour and
a half. His speech waa a little too
long, but was enjoyed to its utter
most. Hud be snortenea it nan an
hour the audience would have heard
tbe closing remarks with more Inter- M 1( Mississippi valley suffer
ed, but instead there were nny 1 f J eliR the m'nimum at Chicago le-
leaving ine nan uuii.ik m:n """ling 1 -bove
hour and those remaining were tir-. B lt
cd and cold, for the Auditorlm was
poorly heated and the mill cold was
very uncomfortable.
Taking Precaution.
Knowing the temptations
that
Green River." and other brands on.,,,, ., ,.... ,, u,.. around. U
whiskey k?pt nt the depository here,() ge,f ref,lBt,.rng. nnd the reading
for same evil minded person or
persons, especially during cold .e -
mer. aianusv'r i rt'soun n.w nvu
steps to "avoid the appearance of
evil." Three raids in times past on
the faithful cupboard In which he
keeps the public "spirits," hevc
made him shy of cold and dark
nlghta, and so he has fortifiud his
castle. Over the glasses of tho
front doors . Iron bars have been
nailed, and the back doors have
been planked up with two thickness
es. As for the cupboard ltsolf. It
haa been given a new combination
lock. And rumor has it that on
specially bad nights Mr. Prosson
sets steel traps or stays in there
with a gun.
Man With Hioken Xeck.
Salisbury Post.
Ttios. V. Peters, the maa with
tha broken tmi. arrived In the
city last night, nnd was walking
around the city today and talking
with the people. Ha is one or the
very few men, who have lived and
have been able to move about with
a broken neck.
Mr. Peters returned only a short
time ago from a trip to Europe.
Hia DM'! Is strapped up and If the
straps wer.4 removed his head would
fall over his shoulders.
He Is a native of Arlzon, but was
injured at Quebec, Canada. Mr.
Peters Is an iron worker and was
only one of the !0 men who escaped
wlb his life in the accident which
broke his neck. The case of .Mr.
Peters Is a remarkable one and Is
a marvel to physicians.
reut Temperance Convention.
Tha next great event In Ralelr.h
U the convention of the State Anti
Saloon League to be held on the 20
27 and 28 of January. It has been
customary to bold these conventions
In Raleitib bi-nnr.ually In January.
Delegates will be sent from local or
ganizations all over the State, and
an immense crowd will be present.
Among the rpeakers will be Con
gressman Richard Pearson Hobson
and many other men distinguished
nationally. The Slate executive
committee, of which .Mr. R. F. Be.is
lye of Monroe, U chairman, met a
few days ago and called the conven
tion, which will consider all phases
or the temperance work.
A KiMc's Uiir Price,
In less than two minutes bidding
for a biblo ran up to $27,503 at
Wednesday iiiaht s session of the
Hoe library auction In New York,
Tho treasure was r. ropy of tne fa -
mous Cuttenbiirg Bible of 1 4;0;
the oilglnal of which was so!d ror
$50,000 from tho Hoe collection last
spring. It was secured by iiernarti
Quatrlch, of London.
No man, no nation, no par:y cm'
stand b ill wc must progress or do-
cay.
II. 1). O 1 L YV ART
OM.V A "TOlJ KXAP."
"aow I la Sliri'Uihil tlx 'iulrj,
and tlx- M-trury Ha llawa
Rat hut Uke It tta 1 Team
Aaw.
While ve have h.id considerable
raid snap and the whole country
haa be-n rowtvd in U-v an. I mow,
tbe folks bo cjwrlaiu of aoi hav-
imm "KMtfir I i L u . 1 .-.-it IA I'DI
. s.tunl:iv
tk nut rniticni I ne rmnuielor duwn
, Ro.k Kwt i, auov,
oar, Sum), woreins it
weat ta low as 51 fciove. whim is
the loaeet reached. The taui In
strument n Mondii;. . -vb. It, b'J.
registered 4 dcprn above, but on
Taeeday ni.rnin,:, 24 hour lau-r, i:
had dropped to lu-o. . 4 f iii oi
34 decrees ill i4 liCHr!-. ui h i. tiif
lowest point re;ubd ut aay litne
siare tbe records hae been kept.
Tba seat her bureau proniltMu a
bettering in conditions during th
week. A bulletin Int-m-d en Sunday
night at Washington says:
"The teneral prec-mre distribu
tion as shown by Ibc weather map
of ,he Northern Hemisphere duriiu
the last several days is such as to
lnd'cate a general reaction to nor
mal temperature conditions over tli"
Eas:ern half or the country by Hie
midJ of the week and to tempera
ture above the ?Hsotial average ia
Wer.ern districts throughout the
seek.
"The seek will be one of gener
ally fair weather eust of tbe Ruck
lea, except that a thort period o.'
rains in Southern and suow in
Northern States will utteud a dis
turbance which will appear in tha
Northeast Tuesday, crops the mid
dle West Wednesday cr Thursday
and the KaRtern States about Fri
day. Precipttatloh will be above
the normal in the North Pacific
States."
Porthfield, Vt.. vith a rislra
tlon or 26 below xero, was officially
the coldest place in the country to
day. Temperatures nearly us low
sere recorded in many inland ami
New Knglnnd points. The North
Allnntir States suffered less.
j mlnlnium at r,00n being 2 below.
Alike temperature was recorded hi
New York. Phlaric'.phla and Haiti
more. On the South Atlantic coast
28 above was the rending at Jack
sonville. Fla.. while ou the North
Carolina coast it wi s 10 above and
rt i.(i,w at Lvnchbtirg.Va. Tho Stat
jower Mill.
The above article v.ns written on
yesterday, Monday. This morninK
the mercury went still lowrr, regis
tering, some time before day, Z1
above xero. The government ther
mometer nt Uotk K st nuui,8 out in
shows the lowest point reached nnj
tinl0 in tne 24 hours.
THK IlKi I l!tr. I AMA'I i.
I lames Tliut Dt'stinj' 1 ! Kuu lia
ble liuilding Kndaiijttrxl Many
Millions cf Securities.
New York. Jan. 11. Bat woe n
tliwi iifii) (Mio anil S400.00u.U0o l'i
cash and securities were removed In
tact lute today from the vaults of
two of the financial luti'.lLU'i );u
whose quarters were destroyed i;
the fire that gutted Ihe i:qultnbl
Life Assurance soe'ety building
Tuesday. The vaults of the tquiin
ble Trust company alotm yielded
$300,000,000, which were transfer
red to the company's temporary of
fices. Many millions more wera taken
from the vaults of th MorcantU
Trust company, of which $5,UU0.0iiii
was represented in a sinttlo box of
gold certificates, which na officer
of the Institution carried through
the streets tucked under his urm
with only a lone policeman to pro
tect him.
There remains yet to be opened
the great vault cf tbe Equitable As
surance society ltsolf with Its treas
ure of $300,000,000 which was b'.III
burled so deep today undtir tons of
Ice cemented debris that the doors
could not be renched.
The body of Battalion Chief
Walsh is still in the ruins, and Its
recovery seems likely to be a task
of days.
One of the peculiar freaks cf the
fire came to light today with the
discovery that the clock In the of
fices cf the Mercantile Trust com
pany was still telling the time. The
imhogany case had been nearly
burnd away, but the pendulum was
still faithfully swinging and the
hands pointed to the correct time.
A contribution of $1'0.000 to a
fund Tor the benefit of the worker
at the fire was announced late to
day by a committee of directors of
the L'qultabla Lif" Armrance soch
ty. "The official Investigation of the
Equitable liuildl'.u; fire reveals pret
ty certainly that the disaster was
caused by the careless throwing
asay of a match," rendi a report
submitted to Mayor Gaynor today
by Fire Commissioner Johnson.
Poultry Show Frown Out.
The Monroe Poultry Show, schod-
uled for Thursday, Friday, Nit u
r.lay
' and yesterday, was rrozen out.
The
weather was so bad thnt exhtbi'ors
could not pet their iinrlea here. A
' few came by t xpres?. but were
promptly returned. Uee'd-- thnt. the
Kcntlenw.n wha hr.d been selected
, as judge, got sick and could not
come, and It would have been Im-
possible to get n man nt the last
moment.
Moil TOO, N. C.
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