'he Monroe Journal
VOL. XVIII. No. 61.
MONROE, N. CM TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1912.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
MIL FAIRLKY POINTS THE WAV.
Wants to 1 Something Xuw Thai
Will Itr IVnimucul anl Worth
Wlille, and KImims How It Vm He
Hone.
To the Citizens of Monro Town-
Ship and to the good people of Mon- ji..e paper," write one, while
From the Wanderers.
In sending In their renewals for
The Journal, the people who nav
gone out from the old home county
seldom fall to put In their letter
word or two of appreciation of the
piper. We are always glad to get
an
roe In particular: other will say, "We could not
We ail know the conditions of the without The Journal. It Is a week
streets at the present time. They ly letter from home." and many are
are almost impassable. We think kind enough to say, "It Is the best
that this township especially has paper we get." We appreciate very
gotten to a point financially that deeply all these kind expressions.
it can remedy this condition If all and it Is always a pleasure for us
will pull together. I to hear good new of our folks
My plan is for Monroe township who have gone away, especially of
to issue J50.0U0.00 or I100.ouo.00 the young people that the county
fifty or thirty year bonds, which sends out In such large numbers to
will enable us to put the streets and serve and succeed in other sections.
main roads of the township In a I
condition that people can travel. I One letter came In the malls
We are now paying about $7,000 I few days ago from a gentleman for
a year road tax. While the roads an old In ion county man una'
In dry weather are all right, there bio to write for himself. It read
has been no permanent work done. "Mr. J. D. Gordon gave me the
And it cannot be done without more money to send to renew his sub-
money than we are getting now. I script ion. Mr. Gordon
Our taxes are as high as we think also asked me to say to you that
we can stand. ha highly appreciates his old home
If we lssua a. hundred thousand paper, which he has taken for the
bonds, the Interest at six per cent, sixteen years be has been in Texas.
would only be $6,000, which would He remembers you kindly and ask
leave us $1,000 to be placed to a ed me to express his best wishes
a sinking fund, and our taxes would The old gentleman was stricken
not be any more than tney are now. with paralysis about three years
The Interest on this sinking fund ago and Is almost helpless."
would keep the roads repaired, and I Mr. Gordon's old friends In this
with the $100,000 we would have all section will be pained to learn of
the roads In Monroe township and I his condition. The paper Joins them
the main streets In the town ma-tin hoping that he may get much
cadamlzed In from three to five better and enjoy many more years
years. My that means the present of life,
generation that has been bearing
the brunt of all the Improvements Father Wants to Know Something
that have been going on in me ,f His Hoy.
township and county may live to Three months ago David Tarleton,
see or enjoy some of the benefits son of Mr. W. II. Tarleton of Vance
of these good roads and streets, township, got his uncle to haul two
Otherwise If we go on in tne way bales of cotton to Charlotte for him.
we have been doing, we will all It was cotton that be had made him
travel the road from which no trav- self and he sold it and got the
eler returns without having seen money.
or enjoyed the benefits that come His father has not since seen or
from having good roads and streets, heard of him. On Jan. 6th, his
I know that a great many of you mother died, and bo far as
wilt say that we don't want to leave known, the boy does not know this
a debt for our children to pay. in fact. Ills father is anxious for him
reDly to that I will say that It Is to know that his mother is no more,
much better to leave our children and also very anxious to know some
these permanent improvements that thing of his whereabouts. If this
they cannot waste or throw away comes under his eye, or those of
than to leave them money that nine any one who knows anything about
times out of ten will make worse him. the father would be glad to
citizens out of them than they would hear something. David Is nineteen
be without It. years old, and his father says be is
While money la a very desirable l a good boy and never gave blni any
and necessary thing, it Isn't that trouble. Mr. Tarlton does not
which makes character and the best want him to come back home unless
people we have. If we leave them he wishes to, but merely to comma
these good roads nna. permanent nleate with him.
Improvements it will make them
take pride in their county and State , Wanderer at Home.
nnd have a tendency to keep them Mr. James Robert Blythe Is In
here with us to build up our own Waxhaw for a two or three weeks
cointy and town, Instead of eml- visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
grntin to other sections where Samuel Blythe. Ills home Is in
they nave these advantages. Fort Smith, Ark., and when he left
Look what Mecklenburg lias done the first of the week he said the
with her bonds and good roads, thermometer was below zero. Ice
Look what the infant county of Lee ttas everywhere, nnd along the
and what Bhe is doing. Only three homeward trip he encountered late
or four years old, yet voted tne otu- trains,
cr day $100,000.00 bonds for good This is Mr. Hlythe's first vlsdt to
road. She Is not only doing this Waxhaw since he left for the West
but is keeping up with all the im- gx years ago, and he finds many
provement8 that are going on nil changes here. The town has grown
over the enterprising counties or and many familiar faces are to be
the State. seen no more and girls who were
Take for instance my old county, then 10 or 11 years old are now
Richmond, now part of It bcotlund. beautiful young ladles. Mr. Blythe
Tley started out voting oonas lor noted the felling of the timber and
two townships about three years the cultivating of many tracks of
ego for good roads. Now every land on the farms, and the growth
'ownship in tne county or scounna 0f the town.
has voted bonds to improve the Mr. Blythe Is a contractor and
roads, and they are having now as hg pleased with the thrift of the
good roads as any county in tne west. He has two brothers with
State. And it is not so much a him in his far-off home, but owing
necessity for spending money on the to sickness they had to postpone
roads in that county as it isin ours, their visit until summer. Waxhaw
So let us at once have the com- correspondent Charlotte Observer,
mlssloners to call an election for .
this townBhip for $50,000 or $100,- Parcels Tost for Rural Mail Routes.
000 bonds, at their next meeting. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
No doubt soma of you will say that I eral Deeraw urees the establish.
this Is taking money out of the nient of parcels post delivery on ru
country. but instead of doing that rai man routes. The recomenda-
lt Is bringing money into it. as tne tlon Is based on the fact that the
bonds will be sold In some other expenditures for rural service Is in
sertion of the country and the cash creasing much more rapidly than
will tome here to be spent among the receipts; and the parcels post
our people. It Is true that it will wm provide much additional reve-
have to be paid ones, out it win De nue. During the past year the ru
be degrees and we will never miss raj man receipts were $7,570,000,
it. . while the expenditures were $37,'
In conclusion will say let us o 130,000. For the present year
up and doing something, and not there has been appropriated $42,-
leave our footprints in tne mua or 790,000, while It Is not expected
time, but leave them upon the ever- there will be any appreciable ln
lastlng rock. Yours truly. crease in receipts. This loss will
J. M. FAIRLEY.
become greater each hour, says Mr.
Degraw, unless a parcel post Is es
tablished to help.
There are at present more than
1,000,000 miles of rural mall routes
and the average miles traveled per
Morse Pardoned
President Taft has commuted to
exolre immediately the 15-year Ben
tence for violating the national
banking laws under which Chas. W. day for each carrier is 24.18 miles.
Morse, the New Torn Danger ana murng the past year 677 routes
"Ice king", served two years In the werA added, maktnt the nregent to-
Federal prison at Atlanta, ua. ine tal 41,858
commutation of sentence, wnicn
gives Morse his complete freedom I Butter 48 cent Pound In IlaJti-
but which, unlike a pardon, does more.
not restore bis civil rights was Baltimore Sun.
granted upon recommendation by The best butter here in Baltimore
Attorney General Wickersham and u nw 48 pent the nound. and the
8urgeotr General Torney. Accord- protesting voice of the thrifty housed
ing to tne surgeon general re- wife heard
nort to the President on bis con- The nrlce of butter has been soar-
dltlon, Morse couia not live one ng steadily of late. Afew days
month longer in confinement inn co it reached 4 5 cents, todav It
even at liberty probably would not t0ok another Jump, this time to the
live six months. aforesaid 48. And, according to
several prominent dealers through-
Ande De Gurrowskl, a Russian out the city, It may reach the half
who has lived for 27 years in this century mark, and even then it may
country, and who is the owner of not stop.
ronstdera ble property near Lynch
burg, Va., has been ordered by 8ec- Thirty-one members of the fourth
retarv of Commerce and I -a bor Na- class at West Point have been dls
eel to be deported from New York, missed as a result of the seml-annu-
were he Is being held. A recent I ai examinations. The young men
triD abroad lost Gurrowskl his were appointed after competlve ex
American residence. wnne in lamination ana aiso passed tne regu-
Geneva Switzerland, he was convict-Mar entrance examination, but af-
d of a crime involving moral tur- ter six months trial at the academy
pltude. they feel down.
MASTKR OF 4WX HKSTIXY.
A Writer Kay th Farmer Must
Help TlM-nm-lve and and TImm
WIh Work for Them.
The cotton crop of 1)11 1 the
largest ever grown la the I'nlted
State of America.
We have made more cotton than
we can sell at a price that pays us
to make It. If this large crop is fol
lowed by another big one, one even
two million bales less than the pres
ent, the price of cotton will not
only not go up. but will go down.
Let us look this fact squarely in
the face.
The cotton grower In the South
ern States of America Is the only
ebemy whom this cotton grower
need fear, for he is the only ene
my who can do btm any permanent
injury.
The cotton grown outside of the
United States is neither enough nor
of the right sort to do him any real
harm. This cotton does not seri
ously compete with the Southern
farmers' cotton.
The Southern farmer then having
a natural monopoly of his staple
crop Is the sole master of his fate.
It is childish to blame the spinner
for buying cotton Just as cheaply
as we will sell it to him. We our
selves, do not refuse to buy what w
need because the price is too cheap.
It is a waste of time, besides be
ing very foolish to condemn the
bear speculator for putting down
the price of cotton while we at the
same time continue to give htm the
weapon with which to do It.
The spinner and the bear specula
tor love us Just as much as we love
them, no more, no less, they take
advantage of us when they can and
laugh at us for cutting up about
it, seeing that we give them this
advantage and then help them to
keep 1L
We would take advantage of them
If we could, and we can if we will
There is only one way to do tht
make less cotton and at the same
time perfect a Judicious system of
selling cotton after we have made
it. We will not only compete with
each other, in making cotton, ha
ing made it, we fairly fall over
each other In a wild scramble to st
It, before the price goes any lower,
under these conditions can we
look for anything, but a continual
ly falling market? When cotton
went below 12c. a pound. It fell be
low the price where there Is a pro
It in it to the man who makes it.
if this be true, because as our
critics claim, we spend too much
money on outsiders in making it.
ask what Is to become of those who
make the articles which the cotton
grower buys, nnd of the labor w hich
the cotton grower hires?
Labor used In making cotton
not too high, it is too low, as every
man knows, who ever followed
mule up and down a cotton row
July and August, and as every wo'
man, and every child will testify
who bend their backs under a Sep'
ember sun, and get their fingers
frost bitten by winter cold, while
picking cotton.
The plane of living in the rank
of all who work, should bo raised
not lowered, for certainly they have
oo many hardships and should be
entitled to as much of the good
things of life as other classes
citizens.
We ought really to live better
than we do, give our children bet
ter clothes, more of the comfort
and pleasures of life, iller educa
lonal advantages. Fellow farmers,
we can do all this without grinding
down those who look to us for a liv
Ing wage. It Is up to us, and to us
alone to better.not only our own con
ditlon, but also to better the condl
tlon of those who work with and for
us.
We appreciate the sumpathy of
our governors, the offer of our
bankers, to lend us cheaep money,
the efforts of our agricultural com
mlssloners, In our behalf, and the
speeches of our politicians, ripping
up the bears, but unless we get to
gether to protct ourselves, not so
much from outsiders as from
each other, the road to ruin lies
straight ahead. Let os organize
our counties by beats, our sattes by
counties, inviting the counsel and
co-operation of every man who sym
pathlzes with us, and out of this or
ganization there will come a way.
not to hurt anybody, but to help
ourselves, and those depending upon
us to greater prosperity and to
more happiness than any agrlcultur
people have heretofore ever
known. John. H. Rogers
(The above article was handed us
for publication by Mr. J. M. Falrley,
ho clipped It from a paper, saying
Them s My Sentiments.")
A Itral imm Idea.
Some of the boards of trades of
different towns are having sales Tw
day one day set apart for the peo
ple to gather from all sections and
buy and sell things that they may
have od band or need. At Lexing
ton the Hoard of Trade will have
its first sale day on Monday. Feb.
5th. The advertisement in the
Lexington paper explains the Idea
quite fully, and la copied below:
A TRAGIC HAY IN I'Ol'HT.
Murder CaM HiMNwd of in
Anwin In One Daj A I'atlM-tk-
S-ene.
Wadesboro M. and I.
. ftU .. I i .....
lentil luursuiijr us an evenuui seen since rniidnood, and whom
uay in the superior court or Anson
county for the trial of criminal
case. A negro. Will Logan, was
sentenced to forfeit his life in the
electric chair in the State's orison
"There is going to be a big crowd at Raleigh for the murder of Fred
in Islington on hale Day. Monday, Heiidrii-kson. and Thos. J. Flake, a
.iu. 11 iuu uir niiT-i iiif uiuer ui a well nuuwn lauiliv. was ineir lather who nm ili.M unnm
thing on hand that you waul to dis- sentenced to serve a term of ten years before. The boy had not been
pone oi come ana onng u aiong years on me rouds or tne county lor in the oruhunatte lone before h ran
silling nis cousin, tain smith, at
Ltlesville.
Both the dead man and Flake
were members of well known and
largely connected families in Lilos-
Vouiik Man Find His MoI.mt.
Mr. Ralph Carraway was a buppy
happy young man last evening when
he boarded the train in Waxhaw to
go as fast as It would take him
to see his mother, whom he had not
lie
never expected to see again. Tho
life-story of young Carraway reads
like a romance.
In 1Ho2. Ralph Carraway and his
sister, when they both were small,
were put in the orphanage at Char
lotte. They had no remembrance of
of come
with you. If It Is salable, you will
have no difficulty In getting!
the cash for It. If you have
nothing to sell, come anyway. The
chances are that there will be some
thing sold that will be the very
thing you are looking for.
"If you don't want to sell or buy.
come and see your friends from
other parts of the county. They
will be here. A great deal of inter-
away and drifted about, finally set
tling with Mr. A. A. Hagler ol Wax
haw. For the past ten years he
has made his home with .Mr. l!ai:ler.
working with him day by day In
ville township. The killing took the blacksmith shop, ami was look
place late upon a Sunday afternoon ed on as almost one of the family.
of last tvtober In the town of Liles- Ralph Carraway had often said
vllle. Flake was under the inriu- if his mother was alive he did not
ence of whiskey and upon some trl- kuow it. He hud not heard a word
est is being shown by all of the peo- shot Smith while Smith was running
pie of the county. Even outside (away from him
of the county, they are talking
about Sales Day In Lexington and
they are coming.
"The Lexington Board of Trade
proposes to make Sales Day a regu
lar Institution. The merchants are
going to Join in and will offer spec
ial cut rates on certain lines far that
day and you can save a great deal
of money by watching their ads and
being on hand to purchase at the
vial provocation drew his pistol and from her or about her for ten years.
and it was Ills belief that she was
dead.
The little sister, who was with
him in the orphanage, now a grown
voune ladv. he learns, is alive, and
His she and the old mother live together
a re- at Cum Neck.
Flake, neatly dressed In a black
suit, was surrounded by his lawyers.
his wife, his sister, his brother and
his aunt and other kinsmen
little three-year-old daughter.
is
of
Canada's Governor In New York.
Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 21. Canada's
Governor General, the Duke of Con
naught, accompanied by the Dutch
ess and their daughter, the Prin
cess Patricia, left this afternoon for
New York, to be the guests for four
days of Whltelaw Reld, the Amerl
can ambassador to Oreat Britain,
and Mrs. Reld. The ducal party left
on the car Cornwall and York and
were attended by Lieutenant Colo
nel Lowther, military secretary; Cap
tain Rlvers-Bulkeley, aide de camp,
comptroller of the household; Miss
Pelley, lady in waiting, and several
servants.
The visit to be strictly informal
and there will be no official recog
nition of it on the part of American
authorities. It Is the outcome of a
promise made by the Duke to Am
bassador Reld some time ago and
of which Mr. Reld recently remind
ed the Governor General.
The ducal party Is expected to
return to Ottawa Friday next. j
markabiy pretty gin. was in nis Young Carraway appears to be
lap, while a younger child was held about 21 or 22 years old. Ho is
by his sister. Appeals, made very Industrious, honest, kind, and will
touching by the presence of the wo- be much missed in the honest home
men and little children were made 0f the smith, as well at the old shop
by Flake's lawyers to the Judge to where for these manv vears ho has
proper ume. watcn tne aaverus- sena mm to tne roans ratner man been at the f aming forte and baa
ing columns or me inspatcn next, line penitentiary. During mis ume made the anvil ring. Waxhaw Cor-
week and the week following for the prisoner broke down and wept resnondenee Charlotte Observer.
tne. mercnants part or sales uay. ana there was scarcely an eye in
It win be attractive. the court room that was not moist. Frozen Stiff While on His "Hunk.
Tb prospects now are that there Judge Whedbee in passing sen- ,.rs.'
win be a big line of articles offer- tence told Flake that bis little chil- Charlotte Chronicle.
ed for the first of these sales days, dren had saved him five years pen- The naoers from nil Darts of the
Every citizen ef the county, who al servitude and that for their sake state are brincine in cold weather
nag anyming to sen, snouid send a and against nis Detter judgment, ne gtories of burst pipes nnd explod-
nst or articles ne win orrer ton. is. was going to send mm to tne ronas ed ranges nnd busy plumbes but
arner, secretary of the Board of Instead of to the penitentiary. in the best of all comes fom Salisburv.
Trade. Do this now. These artl- commenting on the crime the Judge I n which Mr. Ed. Heilig was frozen
cles will be advertised In this space emphasized the fact that the horn- hike the letter Z. It happened like
next wees and tne wee following, clde was due entirely to tne tact th s: When Heille cot home Sntur-
free of charge so that there will that the prisoner was under the In- day night, he found the water pipes
be a host of bidders here. fluence of whiskey at the time and doing business at a great rate and
"Don't forget that there will be exhorted him to forever abstain he recognized the fact that some-
no cnarge for tne services or tne rrom all intoxicants in me ruiure. thing had to be done In a hurry,
auctioneer, use of the city scales, or The setance, 10 years on the roads He finally got two plumbers and
any oilier item conuecieu wuu lueioi me counijr, was meu rmticu. I went Into tne basement to hold a
sale. Everything Is absolutely free lamp for them. The work of re-
to you and you will have a ready Little Girl Killed by tar. pairing a broken pipe is not a mat-
market for everything you want to Charlotte Observer, 23rd. ter of a few seconds and while the
sell. The most shocking tragedy which clumbers were on the lob. Heilig re-
"Hring anyming nnd everytning. i nar otte has Known in many ma nprt n a snuatt ne nns t on.
Don't worry about glutting the Lex- months was the death of little Do- holding the light. So obsorbed
ington market, for you won't do rothy Virginia Withers, 5-year-old wna he In the process of the repairs
that. The Board of Trade will daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. that he was unconscious of the
make arrangements to take care of I Withers, w ho was killed by a north cradual stlfenine of his ioints. and
everything offered and will see to Charlotte bound street car at 5:15 wnen, at the end of tibout an hour
It that there will be buyers for all o'clock yesterday afternoon. The nc- the plumbers quit and the lightbear-
or it. cldent occurred on houtn iryon m., er started to get up. he found that
Kemember that, beginning witn in the center of tne first uiock soum ne couldn't move. He wns frozen
Monday. Febunry 6th. the first Mon- of Morehead and immediately In stiff an a cornRe. but not in so com
day In the month will be sales day. front of the George W. Bryan resi- fortable a position, by a long shot
All land sales ns nearly as possl- dence. He was assiHted Into the hous, and
me ano an mortage sales win be Tne cniid, witn ner younger sis-1 after the doctors had worked over
held on this day. Always plan to ter and brother, Helenora and him for several hours, lie was able
come to Lexington on the First Moi- Lloyd, Jr., was with their nurse, t0 stretch out, and no serious result
ony. it, win pay you. bah loung, nt tne nome oi meir nre ant c oated. Th a s about as
'There will be music throughout aunt, the sister of Mr. Withers, Mrs. good a storv ns the eticine being
tne day uy a nrst class orass nana, i it. swiri iiuvis on tne east siue oi frozen to the track at Lynchburg
t ome and bring tne wire nna onu- i ryon Btreet. i tie nurse went, into
lea. the home with the younger children Matter of Manni rs.
leaving Virginia on the porcti.wnere Showing the false standard com-
Ktarvcd Put lent to Death. . sue Dado ner remain, peeing a iu- mon t0 a Very large degree In mod-
Sonttle. Wash., Jan. 20. Miss Do- tie child ncross tne street, nowever, eru "society," we quote a question
rnthna W .mmnn. w in u th hpr wrglllia ran across to greet ner. , ivcted to f'vnt 1 :i rirov n avnHI.
sister, Claire, was heir to an Aus- men. loomng oacs ana mincing i ie cate wrter 0n social form. The In
tralian estate of $500,000, contin- reappearance or tne nurse, ana i ais- ,,uj8ttor asks: "Should a girl off-
tied her testimony at Port Orchard regarding tne wHriiing wave oi iu er to shake hands when Introduced
in the trial of Linda Hazard, a '"tiers hand, sue was nnsiening t0 a la(ly or a Kontlemaii on the
starvation doctor." Mrs. Hazznrd MnfK across me sireei io me i'a' Hreet?'
Iu uiiMiH.ui Hf iimr.w in th first home, when she narrowly escaped whnt nwi vnhm hm iho iittin f
degree, the charge being that she collision with the horse and buggy a iiat the opening of ndoor, the
starved Claire Williamson to death, oi ir. u. noyce uen, oniy , lIC chitting of a chair, if not inspired
Dorothea told of her diet while struck an instant inter uy me by reia kindliness of heart? Does
she and Claire were patients of Mrs. north-bound car. tier race wns turn- lt matter really matter whether
Hazzard in Seattle. She said she ed toward me norm ine enure uuie we address the wedding gift to the
was given two meals a day, each ana eviuenuy sue uiu uui ic bride or to the lucky man himself.
iruney i:m m an. ib u wrong really wrong for a
The child was almost lifeless wnen , n,i t-i on, ihin w
Sometlmes orange aen irom ueneniu uiu cm nuu gl(leg frUlt( flowers and candy un-
pireo wunin live minuies uuer i ie tu he nas known her 47 years? Is
lowering beams nau Dome me in- it roniiv hpvnmi ih naio tnr a riri
tie body to tne eartn wnn reieiu- ,0 offer to 8hake nandg thft
perlenced delirium and fainting less force, ine car was going at
nells the usual rate or speo, dui inougu
On Anrii 9? uhn nornthen wna there was slight warning.
very weak, she and here sister were nian J. M. Massey reversed his cur-
rent and brought the car to a stop.
veyed to the wharf and embarked it Is claimed, within three-quarters race mentally, morally and physlcal-
for the Hazzard Snnltarlm at Olal- oi a lengm. ny The real thoroughbred may
la. Soon after their arrival Doro- oine .gani, uin- be born in a palace or In a poor hut;
thou wna normlttorl In bob her uls. Sixteen years BgO Wnen U1P lliniu II. , nMin't mnttpr Tho fltnoca nf
ter. The latter was little more than nng was established In this county, the courtesy that thinks first of
a skeleton covered by a parchment there was a meeting held In the others may be expressed In grace-
of skin. coun nouse io iai oi run.i n.u..- ful, cultivated way, or with untut-
Dorothea herself ravenous for ment. Among tnose wno niuue ored rouEhness. but it is rniirtesv.
I r- ii ti a nAA I
food, begged Mrs. Hazzard to give sueecnes was esq. iv. true manners, Just the same.
ne bui. i go, instead of worrying ours
consisting of a cup of water In
which asparagus or tomato had
been boiled.
Juice was substituted
After two weeks of treatment Do
rothea was unable to walk and ex
street if she likes the person, the
person likes her and both think
they are glad to meet.
hat real effects do "just man
ners have In the development of a
her sister milk, honey, crackers or of Buford. And
tea biscuit, but Mrs. Hazzard stern
ly refused.
jrselves
Victim of Practical Joke.
Cincinnati. Ohio. Jan. 20. With
10 iowu lu-utij on iiiiI.uvl, oved what Is correct In manners,
roao an me way uirouM" im- et just shake hands, terallv and
because ll was oeuer mini w.r fleurat ve ... w)th eV4rv human he.
ing whose life touches ours now on.
A glad hand and a warm whole
some heart Is the only true guide
to good manners.
roads." Since then we have bad
some Improvement, but nothing like
what should have been done. It Is
both feet and bands frozen, half time for Squire Rogers to make an
starved and semi-Insane from his other speech, for we have gotten
physical condition, James Fry, a 17- back In about the same fix again.
year-old boy, was found in a
freight car here tonight. He Shot Three Serenade,
He had been locked in the car If a court holds that a man Is Jus- .mine his seat
The Retort Courteous.
George Ade had finished his speech
at a recent dinner party and on re-
a well known law-
last TueBday at Peru, Ind., by prac- tlfled In filling another with buck- ... .,. ....j v.. hnrta
tical Jokers. When the patrolman shot because of a midnight sere- jnt0 his trouser's pockets, as was his
who found him tried to feed him a nade. there will be a score of mur
roll. Fry endeavored to swallow It ders In Sapulpa, Ok., alone, the in-
hole, and It was only with the I gt ant the decision is rendered. A
rommnea errorts or rour men mai m. Hurr evidently nas an ear ior ag a uttie unusual that a profes-
ne luuiu uw neiu iohh puuuku io ni-i music mm i bibu ' slonal humorist should be funnv'
. 1 1 .. V. I
I habit, and laughingly inquired of
those present:
"Doesn t lt strike the company
low nourishment to be given him. U shot gun. Consequently when he
He was taken to the city hospital heard the singing of "Casey Jones
nd the physicians hold out little by three young men as they passed
hope for bis recovery.
Stories of Intense sufferings dur
ing the cold weather are now com
mon. This rather strong one is
sent out from Kansas City: Froz
en to death in his saddle, his horse
dead ulder him, and scores ofdead
cattle about him. T. C. Bidwell, a
ranchman, was found half burled in
the snow near Scott City, Kan.
Bidwell lost his life trying to drive
his herds to shelter.
his home on the road near Sapulpa
he ordered them to quit. When he
got an impertlnant answer he woun
ded, although not seriously, all 3
lot the young men.
Wine Selection.
First Saleslady Are you going
to marry the gentleman that comes
here every day? Second Ditto
Nope. I d rather have a Job with
out a husband than a husband with
out a Job. Life.
When the laugh had subsided
Ade drawled out:
"Doesn't It strike the company as
a little unusunl that a lawyer should
have his hands in his own pockets?"
Gov. Colquitt, of Texas, a few
days ago received a letter signed
by 30 State penitentiary convicts of
fering a reward of $291 for the cap
ture of two of their fellow-prisoners
who had escaped. The convicts
subscribed sums ranging from $1 to
$10. In their letter they said that
they were well-treated and that the
escape was an outrage.