'be Monroe Journal
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VOL. 19. V 11.
MONROE, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1912.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
1U YOl" .KT A LETTER?
Some of TIm-m Womlerful F.pltle
From Imprisoned ForeijpM'rs Have:
Come lo This County.
Several persona In I'nloa county
have in the past To month receiv
ed wonderful letters from what pur
ported to bo imprisoned foreigners.
Mr. C. W. Iancy received ono from
Spain a few days ago. Hero Is the
full explanation of them:
Some person connected with
band cf theives. claiming to be
foreiirner. writes u letter to some
Hereon stating that he is held In
prison in some foreign country and
that If tho writer will agree to come
to Madrid or some other place which
he names and visit him he would
reveal to him a secret of ascertain
ing the whereabouts of a hidden
treasure amounting to tens of thou
sauds dollars. This letter you will
find Is moro or less badly written
and the language would indicate
that the writer la of foreign descent
Tho scheme is that the first let
- ter written more or less signifies
that if the party takes up with the
nronosition. then the further cor
respondence would be that the par
ty should come to New York or
some other port and there meet
some of the relatives of the man in
prison who would give him further
advice of his trip to una roreign
port, when in fact, the parties he
would meet la Now York or the oth
er place designated would be a part
of the band or tncives. u wouia
filmnlv moan that the man biting at
this Ect-rlch-ouick scheme would
be robbed of any amount he might
have on his person and if necessary
to accomplish their purpose they
would even kill him and make away
with his body.
I write this as a warning to any
person who might have received
such a letter, a3 it is in every way
a fake and not only dangerous flnan
clallv but to any person's life who
might take ud with the proposition.
I have in hand now several of
such letters which I expect to turn
over to the United States postoffico
authorities and would bo glad to
have any person who might have re
ceived such communications send
them to me. I am especially anx
ious to get not only the letter but
the envelope which will show the
postmarks and cancellations.
MILFOKD W. HAYNES,
Mgr. Haynea Detective Agency.
Tarboro. N. C, April 11.
THE MIKMITI riXMUtS.
Roosevelt and Wilson Carried Peon
4ivaniu. In the presidential primaries held
In Pensylvania Saturday Roosevelt
walked off with the Republican vote
and Woodrow Wilson got the Dem
ocratic ones. This has caused their
managers to make the following
claims:
ROOSEVELT CLAIMS.
The Pennsylvania election has re
versed conditions in the Republican
party, according to the opinion of
the politicians In Washington. It
looks now as if Roosevelt had the
.advantage. The Roosevelt people!
are very hopeful and aggressive, but
the Taft forces are under hack, in-
rector McKlnlcy of tho national Taft
bureau was confident that he would
get sixty delegates in the Quaker
State. We got. a niero handful.
"It is all ovr but the shouting
thev aro taking tho count." said
Senator Dixon, discussing the situa
Hon today. "Taft Is down and out
Ho was knocked out la Illinolu, but
he didn't know it.
"The Republican voters are for
Roosevelt, and against Taft. The
politicians are for Taft and against
RooHevelt. Hut the peoplo have
rallied to Roosevelt, and repudiated
the socalled Taft leaders and smash
ed Into smithereens the polities
machines. Tho Penrose machine in
Pennsylvania and the Lorimer ra
chine in Ilinols went down last
week; they were put in the scrap
heap. Before another new moon a
lot of fine political Junk In Massa-
chusetts and New Hampshire and
other boss ridden states will be sent
to the scrap pile.
WILSON CLAIMS.
The statement from the Wilson
headquarters claims for Governor
Wilson a majority of tho Democratic
delegates thus far selected and
aays In port:
"With the sweeping victory scor
ed in the Pennsylvania primaries
yesterday Governor Woodrow 11
son took the lead in the pre-conven-
tlon race for the Democratic presi
dential nomination. The 70 votes
cf tho Pennsylvania Democracy,
which were given the New Jersey
Executive In a popular voting con
test, are the largest, number yet ac
corded any of the candidates by a
single State. Governor Wilson's
strength in the Baltimore conven
tion Is now represented by 142
votes. The delegate column In fa
vor of the New Jersey Executive
will continue to receive large acces-ions."
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Important.
We want It strictly understood
that there will be no change In the
voting on subscriptions. You can
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Hut Hreak la l-ee. Friday Xllit
Caused fewfrpiiig Itnniage IVo-
ile in Tree Horse in Houm k.
Yieksburg. .Miss., April 14. Vol
"n leer workers In gasoline boats.
: its, skifta or any other sort of a
craft that would float, have rescued
nearly 1.000 persons within the last
forty-right hours who were maroon
td on knolls, fences, trees, and
wrecked homes In the path of the
flood which surged through the
break In the Missisppi river levee
at Salem, La., Friday night, inunda
tlnr: hundreds of square miles of
territory and leaving desolation in
its wake.
For miles the banks of the levee
are lined with thousands of negroes
and scores of whites who fled from
the flood with hastily gathered
property and effect. Tugs and steam
boats are taking them off as fast
as facilities permit and bringing
them to Mcksburg or taking them
to other spots where they will be
out of reach of the water.
The scene tonishl along the levee
is weird. Feorea of fires dot the
embankment. Soggy driftwood has
been caught and dried and used for
fuel. Meantime beeves have been
kille! and carcasses are being roas
ted to feed the hungry, wet and
miserable.
Tonight the work of rescue Is be
ing pushed further into the inun
dated district, where hundreds of
negroes and a large number of whlt
persons still remain.
The break came Friday evening
at 5 o clock at the Buckner planta-
tlon. A squad of negro workmen
had been working on the levee dl
reeling their attention particularly
to a "bol!" 50 feet away from the
base of the revetment. They were
preparing to strengthen the weak
spot when a section 50 feet wide
bursted the base of the levee. In
a few minutes a 1 5 feet wall of wa
ter was rushing through the break
Within 20 minutes It Is declared
the water had spread over an area
two miles square. At Australia
plantation every negro who could
ride was supplied with a horse or
mule and told to ride at breakneck
speed to every home and warn them
of the coming flood. AH night
the negro messengers rode through
storm and rain, except in Instances
where the rising waters forced them
to seek places of safety Immediate'
iy.
Vlcksburg, New Orleans and Lake
Providence were notified of the sit
uatlon. Vlcksburg citizens were first
on the scene, arriving early Satur
day. Shortly afterwards a number
of Lake Providence business men
came in gasoline launches towing
skiffs. Through the crevasse they
went and begun their mission.
CLUNG TO TREES.
One boat found two white men
and a negro clinging to saplings with
a ten mile current tugging at their
bodies. These men had saved the
lives of their women and children
and had gone bark to rescue what
property they could.
Families were removed from the
roofs of scores of houses.
Throughout all the regions about
the crevasse utter desolation rules
tonight. Dead mules, cows, pigs,
chickens and Bhecp flout In the sta
ble yards.
One planter had moved his saddle
horsta into the upper story of his
residence, where horses and family
are living until boats can move
them.
John Sharp Hadn't Met His .Man.
Senator John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi called on Gen. Leonard
Wood Saturday to reeeomniend Gen.
For Clerk of Superior Court.
To tho voters of Union county:
The time has arrived for the peo
ple to know for whom they may vot
at the next primary. While there
are a great number of offices to be
filled, there is none of greater im
portance than that of Clerk of the
Superior court. This officer has Ju
rUdictton cf estates of deceased per
sons, minors, of settling many dis
putes between parties, and has
charge of all the records pertaining
to the Superior court. It is there
fore Important that this officer be
possessed of not only a fair and
discriminating mind, but It Is equa
ly important that he should be me
thodical, industrious and systematic
ia every detail.
These qualifications belong to the
present clerk, Mr. C. E. Houston
For the short time he has filled this
office, we venture the assertion that
no man In tho county could hav
given better service. It takes
while to catch on to the duties of
this office and no man can do it in
a short time unless he has aptness
and special fitness for this work
The clerk's offico, as it is now, will
bear critical examination. The
books and rvcords appear to be per
fectly kept, everything neat and in
ordr. and any one having business
in this of i ice can have it quickly
and easily dispatched.
Without having made Inquiry, wi
would say that the board of county
commissioners would testify that no
clerk of the superior court has ever
kept his accounts In better shape in
any and all matters which come un
der their inspection, than has Clar
ence E. Houston.
Mr. Houston was appointed to this
office to fill an unexpired term, and
it has been the custom of the people
of this county, when an oflcer has
been faithful in tho discharge of his
duty, to give their approval by giv
ing him a second term, and there
is no reason In this case why this
rule should not bo strictly adhered
to. On the contrary, there is every
reason why it should be followed
With another year's experience. Mr.
Houston will make as good clerk as
this county has ever had. He should
be nominated to succeed himself.
MANY CITIZENS.
Xews
Medal Winners and Other
About Weddlngton.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Weddlngton. April IS. The fol
lowing young people were the medal
winners at the commencement of the
Academy here this week:' Declaim
crs medal, Mr. Charles DeLaney:
reciters medal, Miss Mary Pence:
scholarship, Mr. Charles Simpson;
music medal, Messrs. Charles Simp
son and Reuben Shannon; art med
al, Miss Cletis Deal. Weddlngton
has enjoyed a good year under the
management of Prof. C. J. Scott.and
It Is to be hoped that he will take
the school again
Miss Eloise Rudisell Is visiting
friends In the community. Mrs. N.
j. Kuck of Charlotte has lately been
visitor to relatives. Miss Grace
Bradly of Marshvllle has been visit-
ng Miss Eloise Thomas. Messrs,
Hugh Thomas and Claude Hunter
of Charlotte lately visited the form-
rs parents. Miss Jennie Price has
returned from school at Albemarle.
Other visitors in the vicinity for
mo pHt several days were: Miss
Amy Price of .Matthews, wi'h Miss
Helms; Misses Mlnnlo and Nealie
Finclier of Union with Miss Leila
Harkey; Messrs. Lewlu Gordon and
Hugh Hoyce of Hebron at Mr. W. T
Shannon's; Miss Mamlo Matthews of
'rovldence; Mrs. Bailey of Marsh
illo with her father. Mr. E. W
Thomas; Miss Ella Seaman of Con-
ord; Mr. R. B. Cuthberfson of Un
Robt. K. Evans for the Major Gener- ion; Mr. Ike Pence of Hickory, with
p'ship left vacant by the death of
General Grant. There was a stran
per In the room but the Senator did
not pay any attention to him.
"I have come here," said Mr. Wil
liams as soon as the handshaking
was over, "to say a good word for
one of the finest officers in the
United States army and one of the
best that Mississippi ever produced.
He is Gen. Robert K. Evans,
splendid soldier who ought to get
General Grant s place.
What do you know about him
personally?" General Wood Asked.
"Not a thing in the world," con
fessed the Senator. "Never saw him
In my life. But Senator Percy and
I are being swamped with telegrams
about him, and everybody in Miss
issippi seems to think he is the best
men that could be selected, so we
would like to have you to promote
him."
"Perhaps," said General Wood,
swinging around in his chair and
waving his hand toward the third
person In the room, "you might like
to meet him. General Evans let me
Introduce you to Senator Williams."
:iAL receipt. I at, 8-oclock. -
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Wingato Commencement.
The commencement exercises of
the Wlngate School will begin next
Friday evening. At 8 p. m. the Poe
and Athenian societies will hold
their contest for reciters' medals.
Saturday evening at 7:30 the
Browning contest will be held, after
which members of the Gladstone
and Philo8ophlan societies will de
bate the question, "Resolved, That
women should have the same privi
leges of suffrage as men." On
Sunday at 11 a. m., Rev. W. H.
Reddish will preach the annual ser
mon. At 10 o'clock a. tn. there will
be a contest for the declalmer's
medal and for the orator's medal. At
p.. m. Dr. R. T, Vann, president
of Meredith College, Raleigh, will
deliver, the annual literary address.
The play, "Just For Fun," In three
acts, will be presented In the audi
torium vMonday evening promptly
Mr. V. S. Hunter.
M
A Real Good Roads Man.
Mr. I. R. Duncan is one of the pro
gresslve men In Goose Creek who
believes in Rood roads, so much so
that he has built up about a mile
of private road on his placo on In
dian Trail R. F. D. 1, which Is a
credit to his community as well as
to himself. Mr. Duncan says ho
thinks that every man should keep
up his private roads through his
place, and if they would we would
have much better roads than we
now have, for a groat deal of trav
el in done on private roads. The
trouble Is that there rtre so few peo
ple who take pride In good roads.
Any old road will do. I have seen
large gullies washed out right In
front of men's doors and they would
not lift a hand to stay
the waste. Now, 1 hardly I
know what to call this, but
believe I'll put It easy and say It Is
carelessness, or Just an oversight.
(but of course It's plain laziness and
want of pride and interest). Now,
I am not reflecting personally on
any one, but every body knows what
I am saying Is the truth. There are
often breaks In the roads that are
neglected for twelve months till the
roads are ruined, when they could
easily be prevented If taken In time.
A GOOD ROADS BROTHER.
Republican State Convention a Riot
At Bay City, Mlchagan last Thurs
day the Republican State convention
broke up in a free fight between tho
Taft and Roosevelt delegates and
the militia had to be called In to
keep order. Both Taft and Roose
velt delegates and the militia had to
keep order. Both forces attempted
to organize the convention and there
broke loose what used to be describ
ed In Negro conventions down here
as "pandemonium." Roosevelt forces
finally withdrew and Taft men orgat
lzed the convention and claimed the
delegates, which will of course be
contested at the National convention
in Chicago, ,
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FEARFUL SEA DISASTER.
WORLD'S LARGEST STEAMSHIP
AMI MANY I.1VKS LOST.
The Titantie Struck an Ielnrit
Yesterday anil Fifteen Hundred
IVujile Wen- Drowned. Some of
The Wealthiest Men In the World
A board.-Lit tie Ilne Hint the Hi.
sler was not Complete. Wort
Disaster in Sr History.
More thaul.500 persons. It Is fear
ed, sank to death early yesterday
morning, when, within four hours
after she crashed Into an Iceberg,
tho mammoth White Star Line ship
Titanic, bound from Liverpool to
New York, on her maiden voyage,
went to the bottom off the New
Foundland banks. Of the 2.200 on
board the giant liner, some of them
of world wide prominence, only 675
are known to have been saved.
If tho early estimates of the fa
talities are correct, the disaster is
the greatest in the marine history
of the world. Nearest approaching
it were the disasters to tho steamer
Atlantic in 1873, when 571 lives
were lost and to La Bourgogne In
1898, with a like fatality to the
Atlantic.
Untold wealth Was represented by
passengers on the Titanic, among
them being many millionaires of
world wide reputation, Including
John Jacob Astor, and his bride, re
turning from Egypt, and many other
There were also several famous ar
tists and authors on board.
A Fine Man for the Legislature.
I notice in one of the papers that
some one has said that Union coun
ty should have a representative far
mer as one of her representatives
A STILL US COURT SQUARE.
Sixty (Walton Kettle iU-stinsr There
Hut not INihu; liuviitcos Jule lirif.
fitfi ami Cliff Fouler Fcttlnil H. r
In from The Wooti.
On the court gr-en rlsht ia front
of the temple of justice thfro res'
this afternoon a sixty rillon kiiII
ana a long curl or "warm," a pair
of overalls, a pair of Sunday sho s
and a five gallon jug cf as mean
fire water as evor burntcut the lin
ing of a human M;niachi. All of
it Is the result of a daring and
sjiieuuui rani made this mornins
and last night by Deputy Sheriff
Jule Griffith and Constable Cliff
F owler.a pair of enerpetic young ofi'i
ccrs who can every time be depend
ea upon 10 striKe a leu lor un-
Holding the laws. The still, with
about one thousand gallons of beer
.is found in New Salm township.
aiiout thirteen miles from Monroe,
on a small drain, on land belonging
10 .vir. uunyan ureen, and some
four miles from the place where
the same officers captured a still
last fall. The officers spent last
night in the woods and about day
ngni lounu tne sun, wnich was
heated up ready for business. Hit!
Ing as near as they could, they wait
ed lor the men to come back. When
they came the officers ordered them
to surrender, but they "burnt the
wind," as such action Is officially d
scibed by Chief Justico Flow. The
officers fired and could hive hit
them had they wished to do so. Ed
Mullis, a youncr white man, was one
of them, and the officers know the
other but are not yet giving h'.i
name, not bavin? seen his face per
fectly. Arter destroying the beer,
they brought the still to town. It
had been run Saturday. Sunday and
Monday. The men will be arrested
unless they skip the country. There
were five stands and eight barrels
of beer.
.Suggestions for a Great Sunday
ncliool tiathering.
There has been a suggestion made
that every Sunday school superin
tendent in and around this commu
nity should think over and let us
in the next leirlBltiir T nt wl.h,8,!u 11 omeming real nig cannot De
a . - O v , . nna tri a
the idea and 1 want to suggest
man who fills the bill. That man is
Squire W. G. Long of GooseCreek
I do net know a man more fitted
for this position, both on account
of good hard common sense and
character and by reason of his ex
perience In public affairs. Mr. Long
is serving hia eighth year as coun
ty commissioner, four years of
which time he was chairman of the
board. In no other like period of
the county's entire history has Its
affairs been more wisely and Judi
ciously managed than during these
years, and every one In a position
to know realizes to what a great
extent this fact Is due to the wis
dom and the faithful service of Mr.
Long. Not only has the county Just
built one of the best homes for the
aged and infirm in the State, but
this has been done without one cent
of expense to the public, and the
county will not owe on3 cent for
this or any other thing when Mr.
bong goes out of office. Mr. Long
ia one of those men, all too fevv.who
grows on you as you know him bet -
cr. His good common sense Is be
yond question, and ho is not only a
well informed man, but a man who
hlnks for himself, and never gets
his views second hand. No man
can "run" him. Both In his public
life and In hia private career Mr.
ong Is a progressive man in the
truo sense of the word. He stands
at all times for a fair deal to all
men, and has never been nctuated
by a single thought but to do his
duty and take care of the inter
ests that the people intrusted to
him. Ho is not obtrusive in his
views, but when he has heard all
sides, he then makes up his own
mini! and lets you know where he
stands. This is the thing most
needed in a public servant. In his
private life he is and has always
been a citizen that this founty
hould be proud of. He has nwer
engaged in any ocupation but far
ming, not even had any side lines,
ut so wisely has he followed this
calling that ho has reared and edu
cated a largo family who are ex
ceedingly useful men and women
three of his sons being ministers
of tho gospel. A man who has the
ability and energy to do this must
now his business. Ho keeps in
touch with the good thought cf the
times, has travelled much, and ii
man of liberal vlew3, has no ene
mies to punish nor friends to re-
ard, and would make Union coun
ty a well balanced, sensible and
honest representative. Let's reward
true worth and sterling Integrity
and send a man from the ranks of
the peoplo who would at the same
time be a credit to the county.
ONE WHO KNOWS HIM
summer. That suggestion
is that all the schools in this vicin
ity, of all denominations, unite one
day and have a mammouth celebra
tion and picnic at some convenient
central place. Each school would
come under the leadership of Its
superintendent, we would have some
fine speakers who are Sunday school
specialists who could tell ub some
thing worth while, we would have a
dinner that has never been sur
passed In this section, we would
have great singing, and it would all
give the Sunday cshool work such
a boost that our schools would be
larger and better attended. Do you
know that there are scores of boys
and girls in this good county who
never are sent to Sunday school?
What, are we doing to get them
there? Think this suggesttlon over,
superintendents, and communicate
with tho undersigned. !
M. T. STEELE, or
H. A. PRIVKTT.
THE SfcWKRAt;K l.t.KCTION.
T!m Alilt-niitn niu!t' Stat'-inctit of
the Polity tiutt Will tie Puru. d.
Il U of Val i-i t.rti!iif to he
Htnltli or the "it. nu Tli.-rv will
lie Xo 1u:ii.- for Couiicclio!!
ami the Win l. Ti.nti Will !n Am
ply Stii!lt.l.
The ciiy a!,:. rii'eri met ytcr
day afterneon vi.i talked ov" r :l:t
sewrase prpcsitJr.. liavinu receiv
ed the report of Hie eniii.. r and
Recorder's Court.
James Blackman, colored, dispos
ing of mortgaged property; costs,
Monday Medlln, col., selling whis
key; 3 months on roads.
Dwlght King, violating ordinance
80; costs.
Balles Porter, disturbing school
entertainment; $5 and costs.
Clifford Conder, disturbing school
entertainment; 15 and costs.
Ernest Godfrey, disturbing school
entertainment; $5 and costs.
Dosier Tart, carrying concealed
weapon; 115 and costs or 60 days
on roads.
Harry Miller, beating way on
train; 30 days.
T. E. Holmes, col., beating way on
train; 30 days. "
The man who hesitates mar
by watching others lose. ,
win
Prices Must Serve Term.
Wadcsboro M. and I.
At the September term of Anson
criminal court Jesse and Robert
Price, now of Union county, were
convicted of murder In tho second
deijree for killing Lcnter Rushing,
a young whito lniin who lived in
White Store township. The homi
cide occurred about 18 months ago,
at which time the Price's were i;l
so living In White Store township.
Lester Hushing was a tenant of
Jesso Price's and the two men had
been at outs for some time before
the killing. Tho conviction followed
one of the hardest fought murder
cases ever tried in this county, the
attorneys for the Prices being es
pecially zealous and earnest in their
defense.
Jesse Price was sentenced to the
roads for seven years and Robert
his younger brother, for four years
me case was appealed to the Su
preme Court and yesterday the high
er court handed down a decision af
firming the Judgement of the lower
court. The effect of the decision
of tho Supreme Court will be that
the Prices, who are now on bond
will have to serve the terms for
which they were sentenced on the
county roads.
W. T. Brook Arrested.
Mr. W, T. Brooks was arrested
In Chariot to last Saturday charged
with having burned an outbuilding
on his place In New Salem town
ship some time ago and attempting
to collect the insurance on thirteen
bales of cotton which had been
stored In it but which had been
hauled out and sold before the fire
the warrant having been sworn out
by an egent of the State insurance
department some days ago. Depu
ty Sheriff Griffith and Constable
Fowler brought Brooks from Char
lotte Saturday evening aud he Is
now In Jail.
To All Whom It May Concern.
I understand that the report Is
being circulated through the coun
ty that I promised not to be a can
dldate for the office of sheriff again,1
This Is not true. I only promised
not to be a candidate In 1908.
Respectfully. B. A. HORN.
April 10th, 1912.
Don't forget .to hear the Trouba
dours Orchestra Troupe, society's
best entertainers, at Dixie Theatre
No. t, Wednesday, April 17th. Two
performances, first beginning at
7:45; second 9:00. Prices 10 , and
20c. .
his maps. They are highly plotted
itn tne report, as n.e oiht-r citi
z lis who have kx:i!!.iiied ! Tho
engineer made .in exhuaxiive study
of the topography of the town, made
a map showing ;he grades, locations,
etc., which he guarantees to be ab
solutely correct. Me bays th:it tha
plant can be eisiiy put in for the
thirty thoiu-and bond issue, us the
natural drainage of the ciiv la ideal
for the work, and that the system
which he has laid out would bo
largo enough to last the town for
years to come. He has completely
covered the town, and made provi
sion not only for the present houses
of all kinds, but fur the vacant lots
that may be expected to be built ou
In the coming years. There would
be three principal outfalls, follow
ing the natun-l t'.r.'IniRe, ant! all
emptying into U.-ar Skin creek, af-
tir Miing thresh the septic tanks
and the sewi'ge beinij disposed cf
so that the liquid turned Into the
cret k would b.- purified and mad'J
haruiiet-'S before going into tho
stream. In fact he said that he
would guarantee the harml-jsness
of It by drinkini? s.:m? of It himself.
One outfall vvoii'd be beyond North
Monroe below the Piedmont Bugcy
Company's plant. One would bo
near the railroad bridge, and one
near where the macadam road
crosses the G., C. & N. railroad 'in
tho vicinity of Icemorlee. One oth
er small tank would be in the
southeastern part of town and
drained to Richardson creek. By
following the natural drainage no
deep cuts would have to be made.
No citizen will be compelled to
connect with the sewer unless he
wants to, the aldermen feeling that
his can be well left to the neonle
themselves, who In time will see the
great advantage in connecting and
come in when they wish to do bo.
There is one thing, however, which
the health of the city will make
necessary In case the bonds are not
issued so that the sewerage can
be put in at once. That is that tho
city will bo compelled to forbid the
opening of the drain pipes on the
streets bb fhey now are. It be
hooves the citizens of the town to
see that we have a sewerage sys
tem now that there is a chance.' It
must come sooner or later and the
longer It Is put off tho more un
necessary sickness and deaths we
will have.
The aldermen have Issued a state
ment as follows:
To the Citizens of Monroe:
The time for the election on tho
question of the $30,000 bond lsimo
by the City of Monroe for tho pur
pose of putting in a sewerage sys
tem is May 7th. We. the Mavor
nd Aldermen of the Cltv. deem it
best to make some statements in
regard to the proposed sewerage
system :
1. A competent surveyor haa been
employed and lms made a thorough
survey of the city and a map of
the same, and in his report says
that he finds the city so located
that putting In a sewerage system
will bo an enpy natter and that he
thinks $30,000 will be amply suffi
cient to put sewerage lines In every
part of tho city.
2. The sewer pipes will empty In
to one or more septic tank3 and will
empty Into no stream and will not
therefore affect the healih of any
citizen.
3. The city will carry the sewer
age main to the property line cf the
citizens and no one will be charged
for tapping the sewerage niaiu, nor
will any charge be made for the use
of the sewerage.
4. The citizens will not be com
pelled to connect their premises with
the sewerpge system and there will
bo absolutely nothing compulsory
about installing the sewerage lines
on the premises of any citizen.
Mr. A .vers Loms a Hoi so and Seven
HojJH
Mr. X. H. Aycrs who runs a meat
market in Monroe, lives half a mile
from town on the Griffith road. At
twelve o'clock Saturday night ho
put up and fed a young horse that
he had lately swapped for. On Sun
day morning he went out to foed
and found the horse sick. Pretty
3oon ho went to the pasturo anil
found a number of his hogs sick.
By the time he cot back to the barn
tho horse was dcad.and pretty soon
seven hogs died. Just what killed
them he doesn't know, unless too
much salt got In the feed that had
teen cooked up and given the hogs.
The horse was thin and he had
Tho horse was thin and he had been
fed pretty heavy. ; nd no doubt died
of indigestion. That the hogs and
horse died so near together seems
to have been a mere coincidence. ;
Simmons Club Organized.
A Simmons Club was organized
here Saturday, with Mr. R. B. Red-
wine chairman and P. H. Johnson
secretary and treasurer. The mem
bership was not stated. The Jour
nal Is requested to announce that
there will be a rnlly and several
speeches In the court house at eight
o'clock Thursday night, and that on
next Saturday at ten o'clock Mr.
Cameron Morrison of Charlotte will
make a speech on the east tortieo
of the court house In behalf of Sen
ator Simons.