'hb Monroe Journal
VOL. 19. No. zry
MONROE, N. 0., TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1912.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
1K1 KXIKK OX TliK PKKUHFIY U'oumU .1
.V Wuke FnriTicr IJimiiIi the l'art
I'laycil by Marrying Pais, u Sui
i."4'l l Ih Hi Friend.
Rale'ch News ami Observer.
I). Bryant Harrison, n well known
ami well-to-do fanner of Wake
county, slashed a minister with a
poeket knife several limes late last
'.hursday night when he found th?
p.irson, O. R. Sorrtil, hail officiated
at the marriage of his daughter.
Miss Kvie, to Bennett Wall, n young
man to whom Mr. Harrison was bit
terly opposed us the husband of his
oaeghter.
In the cy.'s of the fa lter, the
minister's offo.i.e was aggravated,
ivIiik to the faet that the minister
was staying at the home of .Mr. Har
rison prior to thi marriage. The
young parson was. It is said, under
tunny obligations to Mr. Harrison
lor kindness while the young man
was studying at Wake Forest Col
li;c The preacher requited this
kindness, not only ly performing the
marriage ceremony, but by running
j. way v.flh the girl and her lover,
having left tiie mother of the girl,
who was suppled to aid the minis
ter In preventing the mati'lt.
The young girl was married
Wednesday night In Siiiithfield. Her
father has been keeping watch' on
her for some time, knowing that the
match was contemplated. Twlc?
Register of lKcds Anderson of Wake
county had refused the pair license
On Wednesday the girl asked her
father if she might go to the near
by church. He consented provided
the go with her mother and Mr,
Sorrell. She went. When they ar-
lived Mr. Wall was waiting with an
automobile. He, the girl, and the
minister rode to Smlthfield, where
they got the license and were mar
ried by Mr. Sorrell. They had man
aged to lose the mother.
The young preacher, It is under
stood, attempted to see Mr. Harri
son Thursday night and secure for
civeness for both himself and the
daughter. Mr. Harrison, however.
is said to have slashed the young
minister as soon as he reached the
house, having sent word to him be
forehand not to come. Mr. Harri
son would make no statement yes
terday. He appeared before Jus
tice or the Peace Bledsoe ana gave
a Justified bond to appear from
day to day until the minister recov
ers sufficiently to come Into court
nnd prefer charges.
The knife wounds are on the
face, neck and arms of the minis
ter, and are more of a disfigure
ment than a serious Injury. He is
staying near Knlghtdule, recovering
from his injuries.
Mr. Harrison Is a prominent
farmer, an ex-member of the board
of county commissioners, a deacon
in Bethlehem Haptlst church, where
young Sorrell had been preaching
most often at the solicitation of Mr.
Harrison himself.
Dead header Succeeded by His Son,
The new commander of the Salva
tion Army, (leti Hramwell Booth, is
a big man physically and mentally.
He stands over six feet high and
is of military carriage. A British
cabinet minister once said of him
that he would be worth $50,000 a
year to any of the great English
administrative d parttneiils, and ih::t
lie could have ma.lo millions In the
busint s world.
He now follows Ills Illustrious fa
ther In supremo command of the in
lernallotial Salvation Army, with
more than 75,imo officers preaching
teaching and rescuing the fallen
In 55 countries, just as he has fol
lowed his father all his life.
At first he labored in the slums
f.s a sergeant. ::nd then as a cap
tain. In ISSO he was made chief
of the staff by his father, succeed
Ing his mother, who had long held
that position. Two years later he
married. His wife Is a native of
Plvniouth. England, and Is n commis
sioner and leader of women's so
cial work of the British Sahatlon
Army. Dhey have two children, Ad
Jutant Catherine Booth and Sergt
I.crnilrd Booth.
During late years Bramwoll Booth
.'was the working head of the army,
owing to his father's declining
health. He has his father's shrewd
business pircoptlen mil aptitude
for orGanlf.atloti, anil the deep sym
pathy and hisl'vht into character
possessed b' H mother.
Many yetus a;?o General William
Booth said:
"The announcement of my death
nnd the name of my successor will
go around tho world ut the same
time.
Ho was speaking metaphorically.
At that time he chose his successor
his son, Bramwell, nnd placed the
letter of election In the hands of
his lawyers with Instructions to
publish It immediately after his
death. No one knew until this let
ter was opened who the new com
mander would be, but all the lead
ers In the army thought Bramwell
would be his father's choice.
I) Husband, She Runs
t lit iiliil.
Wilson, August 22. With her
Intestines pierced by a bullet, Mrs.
J. W. Belaud mil out of her house
here this morning through the
"ok yard and into the rear of the
' tson Sanitarium, which S' rved as
refuge I'.'ow the wrath of her hus
band and as a means of immediate
surgical aid. She is there tonight
wltn a hire possibility only that
she can live. SI e was shot at :3i
this morning.
Belaud shot her. It Is claimed,
on account of nll?---ed Improper re
lations between his wife and (.'. T.
Gillikun, a young near beer dealer
here. Ho walked, into the room
where she, a boarding house keep
er, their daughter and the cook
were sitting. He fired point blank
at his wife six times. One of the
bullets hit her corset before she
turned to run. It flattened against
the steel stays. While In r back
was turned two more bullets struck
her. One of these flattened kIsj.
but the other penetrated the abdo
men. Physicians were unable to
remove it.
The woman ran into the yard and
fell. She scrambled to her feet nnd
reached the sanitarium unaided.
The. husband, in the meantime, went
out on the porch and said, accord
ing to report :
"I have done what any respecta
ble man would have done under the
circumstances to save the honor
of my children and myself. There's
a man in the case, and 1 don't re
gret what I did."
(The wonmn has died since the
above was written.)
Monroe Man Listed.
Concord Tribune.
Taft Republicans at the Atlanta
Federal building have made up a
slate of the men they think will get
their best jots when the Democrats
win in Novetn her. For pastuiaster tit
Atlanta. Mr. Walter I'eniberton An
drews is slated. Mr. Andrews Is a
ton of the late Maj. L. D. Andrews
of Monroe, a well known educator,
and Is a lawyer of Atlanta, where he
has taken quite an active part In
politics. He is a relative of Dr. W.
D. Pemberton of Concord, nnd was
a schoolmate of this writer In well,
we won't Bay just how long ago.
Knocked Out of Ih-ri By Lightning.
Wadesboro M. and I.
The home of Mr. Itobert Ingram,
who lives Just across the line from
McFarlan in Soujh Carolina was
struck by lightning during the se
vere electrical storm which passed
over that section late Sunday af
ternoon. One end of the house was
wrecked nnd one of two of Mr. In
gram's sons who were taking a nap
was knocked out of bed by the elec
tricity. Both of the young men
were seriously shocked as was also
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ingram, the former
being knocked down and Btuaned
for some time.
FROM CKADl.K TO (.KAVi:.
Ixmh r I'mh'rutM l Tell 'imurc
II' w I In- Working .Man is Tur!
F.viry That He Moves.
"I'nder the present oppression
tariff law, th laboring man returns
at night from h's tells clad in a
woolen suit taxed 75 per cent;
thoes taxed 12 percent; stockings
::nd underwear, 71 percent; a cot
ton shirt taxed 5o p,r cent: a wool
..at and woolen cloven taxed 78 per
ettit; he card's a dinner pall taxed
4 5 per coat and greets his wife as
she looks through a window pane
laxed - pi r cent, with a curiam
taxed 42 per cent.
"After scraping his slices on an
iron scraper taxed 75 per cent, he
he wipes them on a mat taxed 5u
per cent. He lifts the door latch
laxed 4 5 per cent; steps on a car
pet taxed t2 per cent and kisses his
wife clad In a woolen dress taxed
75 per cen. She is mending an um
brella taxed at) per cent with thread
taxed uU ptr cent.
"The house is made of brick tax
ed 25 per cent and lumber tnxed 9
per cent, with paint taxed 32 per
cent. Their wall paper was taxed
25 per cent and plain furniture o5
per cent. He hangs his pail on a
steel pin taxed 45 per cent, using
soap taxed 20 per cent. Ills 1-aok-l::g
glass was taxed 45 per cent anil
he combs his hair with a rubber
comb taxed 25 per cent.
"lie proceeds to eat his sapper,
which was cooked on a stove taxed
ii per cent, for which his; wife used
pots and kettles taxed 45 per cent.
On their table is commit) crockery
taxed 55 per cent nnd cheap tum
blers taxed 45 per cent. The sugar
i;e uses is taxed 54 per cent, which
he stirs with a spoon taxed 45 per
cent. His meal Is a frugal one be
cause the cost of living is high.
"He uses a knife nnd fork taxed
50 per cent, in eating Btiltfish tax
ed 10 per cent, bread 20 per cent,
potatoes 22 per cent, salt 33 per
cent, butter 24 per cent and rice 62
per cent. He proceeds to read a
book taxed 25 per cent and at the
close of the day reclines in an iron
framed bed taxed 45 per cent, with
a mattress taxed 20 per cent, sheets
taxed 45 per cent, woolen blankets
taxed 75 per cent and a cottage
spread taxed 45 per cent.
"He is taken ill and the doctor
prescribes medicine taxed 25 per
cent, which being Ineffective, he
passes from this active sphere of
life and his' remains are deposited
in a coffin taxed 35 per cent, which
is conveyed to a cemtery In a wag
on tnxed 35 per cent, deposited in
Its resting place in mother earth
and the grave filled in by the use
of a spade taxed 45 per cent, while
over his grave is raised a monu
ment taxed 50 per cent.
Government lingaged in Hat Killing.
Washington Dispatch.
The government is to become a
modern competitor of the l'led Piper, pie who made crusades till over the
of Hamlin as tin exterminator of country years ago, before the days
In the Old Days of the Temperance
( i-UMitle.
Squire R. W. A. Rogers of Bu
ford, who is 71 years old and has
a memory upon which events stick
as tightly as flies on tanglefoot, has
been promising The Journal some
time to give it one of the old cam
paign songs of the temperance poo-
Train Accidents for Quarter Ending
Ma nil SI.
Railroad accidents and the casul
ties resulting wero on the Increase
during the three months which end
ed March 31. The quarterly acci
dent bulletin Issued by the Inter
state Commerce Commission shows
2,383 persons were killed and 20,
499 were injured.
In train accidents 267 persons
were killed and 4.785 were Injured,
an Increase of 121 killed and 1,155
Injured aa compared with the cor
responding quarter of 1911. Of the
2,383 fatalities, 1,116 were suffered
by trespassers, persons using rail
road tracks as thoroughfares or
those stealing ride on trains.
rats. Hut the magic of the Pled Pi
pers llute is to tie displaced uy
i he most Improved, modern, double
action, sleei-Jawcl rat trap that
American inventive genius can fur
nish. Through Surgeon (leiicral Blue,
of the public health and limine hos
pital service, the government has
asked for demonstrations of rat
traps. The government wants traps
to exterminate rodents which carry
the bubonic plague from seaport to
seaport. The trap which proves the
most efficient will be recommended
by the service for use In American
forts where the plague-carrying rats
may be expected.
As a means of promoting its
country-wide campaign ngalnst the
plague, the service has Isaetl n cir
cular specifying the proper method
oi poisoning, rats. This has been
sent to ex ery American port.
Going; for Hookworms in Chester
field. Pageland Journal.
Drs. F. D. Rogers nnd J. Ln Bruce
Wr.rd of the State Board of health
were here last week making arrange
ments for u dispensary for the ex
amination lor and treatment of hook
works. They will establish these
plaies for examination In five towns
of the county, namely, Chcraw, Mc
Bec. Chesterfield, Pageland and Jef
ferson, and Dr. Rogers will spend
ore day each week at each place,
wiier- he will examine absolutely
free all who come to him.
This Ought to Satisfy Charlotte Doc
tor. New York, Aug. 19. If all re
ports are true, John Jacob Astor 6th
is the most expensive baby ever
brought into the world.
Gossip in the medical world Is
that Dr. Edwin Bradford Cralgln,
who is responsible for the safe ad
vent of this interesting Infant, gets
11.000 a day for each and every dny
he Is in attendance on Mrs. Madeline
Force Astor and her young son.
A horrible crime was committed
In London Monday night by Capt.
Hicks Murry. formerly of the Gor
don Highlanders. Murry represent
ed himself as Richard Mackle, an
American, and installed Florence
Taylor, his mistress, and their two
children in a cottage. Murray was
married to the Taylor woman's sis
ter. His wife and child appeared at
the cottage. Murray killed the wife
and all three children, seriously
wounded the Taylor woman, set the
house afire and committed suicide.
of prohibition. Then the effort v.iis
to get people to sign the temper
ance pledge and few people eer
dreamed that the day would come
when whiskey would not, be legally
sold. The temperance workers held
meetings hi churches like revivals
are now held and sought to get lh
church members to sign the pledge
for in that day it was not consider
ed biid for a church member to get
drunk. Squire Rogers says that
when ho was a small boy a temper-
anco lecturer held a meeting ut
Smyrna and told a story about see
ing an old woman sitting beside i
whiskey barrel In the smokehouse
drunk and still "a drinking." lie
asked her why she was drinking so
much nnd she said she was trying
to drink It r.U up so her old man
wouldn't kill himself. Over u lapse
of half a century or more Squire
Rogers remembers one of the cam
Ptiign pongs, which was Bting to the
tune of "Come Thou Fount," ami
wus called tho
"DHl'NKARIVS DREAM.
Come, thou source of every evil, wet
my lips and fire my throat;
!reat vicegerent of the devil, help
mo raise a horrid note;
leach me some Infernal ditty, read
by Buchanels in hell,
Bo noisy, v iso and witty, go it with
h perfect yell.
Here I have some good old whiskey,
thither nil the way I go;
And I hope if not too frisky I may
safely land at home.
Lratidy eought me when a stranger,
wandering on the public road,
Low il laid me, not fearing danger,
wallowing in the mire and mud.
Oh, to grog how great a debtor dai
ly I'm constrained to be,
Vet I'm worse instead of better nfte
every drunken spree.
Prone to stumble, oft I feel It, prone
to drink tho dram I love,
Drink I must, if I must steal it,
drink or die, I must by Jove.
Ctmrt Was Cut Slmit.
Judge Justice was very anxious to
Set hou.e l ttt we, k ani so pushed
up and cut short his two week
term of court imo liu! more than
half a week, lie adjourned Thurs
day night. A number of small cases
were tried ;,nd the ni't of the two
wet ks docke; coaiiauvd. Tiio.-e ca.sts
in which juil,aitn..s wwe rendcr-d
were:
Price, Hemby Co. aaainst J. M.
Kcs'ah, suit over an incuin. Ph.ln
tifu won judgment for fil::.l i, and
defendant nppc- b d.
M. A. -Vci ain aaia.-t J. M. Ke-
rah, Judgme:it in iaor if plaintiff
lor $40.
N. W. Br.'s.vell "gainst .1. A. Ait.-i
tin. suit over boundary line. In
ferred to T. J. Orr. it. P. Wit mire
and Mr. Lyman, surveyor of Anson
county.
!!. D. Auti:i, n-.lmniMr.i'or of
Cliff Grifiui, suit lor damages.
Judgment in favor of plaintiff far
?1 50.00.
J. H. Mills, administrator, against
t.ylvester fctrawn. Referred to W.
B. Love.
Dixie Tobacco Co. against Dos'.-r
& Destcr, sup on account. Plaintiff
secured judgment for $7.20.
Kuestar Pharr .V Co. against W
M. Niven and M. C. Howie, plaintiff
secured verdict fer jmT-J.mi.
Willie Bass agtinst C. A. Scott
suit for detaages fer false t.rrost,
won by iMenilaut.
Dr. J. B. Kubnnks rgtiitist Frank
Klser. This was a suit on account
for professional services. The plain
tiff recovered the full amount sued
tor, 119, with interest from Januarv
1. 1508.
J. H. Therreil agtltist Maude
Therrell. This was an action for
divorce, but as the evidence was not
sufficient the divorce was not granted.
Williams, Love & Me.Veely nnd
Redwine & Sikes against W. K. Bui
len. This was a suit brought by at
torneys for fees in a case of long
standing between W. H. Bullen and
W. C. VanC.ililer. The verdict was
In favor of the plaintiffs and they
obtained judgment for $500.
M. E. Cornier against M. T. S all-
ings. This is a suit over land on
which the town of Stalling is loca
ted. Referred but referee not ap
pointed. C. N. Simpson, Jr., ngainst Robt.
M. Green & Son. Suit over account.
Non-suit. '
J. M. Fairley against Lon Red
foam and Fred Redfearn. This was
a suit over a bale of cotton. The
plaintiff won and obtained judgment
for $52.41.
Z. P. Godwin against Rich Ter
kins. Xon suit. This was a suit
for damages on account of the death
of a mule which died while Perkins
was shoeing it.
Walter .McCain against Seaboard
Air Line Railway Co. Non suit.
Tile plaintiff sprained his ankle
while unloading erossties at Wax
haw and brought suit for damages.
Tlw -Vimr-i' Public SiImk.Is
Mr. Nicholson Coming Buck.
Pageland Journal.
Mr. Hardy M. Nicholson of JoneB
buro, Leo county, N. C, was here a
day or two .test week visiting rela
tives and shaking hands with old
friends. Mr. Nicholson was raised
lit this section, but lived at Wlngate,
N. C, for several years and later
moved to Lee county. He Is now
preparing to come back to his na
tive county and live. He will prob
ably buy a farm and raise dewber
ries somewhere In the lower part of
the county.
An Old Time Story ltcca!li,l.
About the year 17!5 a settler by
the name of Solomon Harris came
to this section nnd settled about
four miles southwest of where Mon
roe now stands. He lit-.d a son who
was bitten by a rattle sniilis am!
died from the iff'-'s. l-avini; a
(laughter whom the old m ill reared.
Tnis daughter married a Dr. Thread-
gill ami moved to Anson county.
When her husband i'i -d she return
ed to the home of her mother. While
still a young woman she fill in bad
health tuul on one occasion the
neighbors nnd family thought her
to be dead. The body was prepared
for burial nnd the coffin made.
However, some one noticed that the
body remained warm, and this caus
ed delay. After several hours she
sat up and told her friends that
she had been dead, that she had
been to heaven nnd seen her grand
father and others. But the wonder
lul part, as the story got s, was the
tact that sho said thai she would
live just two years more and then
really die. She did die two years
to n day from that time. Squire
Simpson says that the story was
told him years nj,o by a survivor of
the family, nnd that the events of
the story must have happened ubout
1835.
Small Hitch in S v I- Work.
Last week the contractor for the
sewerage system began excavations
for a Coptic tank en the south side
of the G. N. & N. road near where
the Concord road runs under the
railroad west of the pasen;.-er sta
tion. This Is to be the main' tank.
As tho location Is cn the rlsht of
way of the railroad the road gave
notice to hold up the work until
they could secure papers guarantee
ing that If at any time In the fu
ture they might need the place for
a side track It would' be given up.
As the ground and location Is such
that this need Is not likely to ever
arise, It Is presumed that the town
will willingly give the assurance
and that the work will go on In a
few days. This tank will be built
of cement walls twelve Inches thick,
will be twenty feet deep, thirty feet
wlo9 and forty feet long. This will
receive the sewage where It Is de
stroyed by chemicals, and the water
discharged by a covered drain Into
Bear Skin creek. In North Monroe
the sewage will be discharged into
the creek.
One battleship, to cost $7,425,000
without armor or armament and not
to exceed $15,000,000 when comple
ted; eight submarines costing $4,
480,00, and a fleet of torpedo
boats, colliers and machine ships
constitute, the building program for
the navy approved by the Senate
and agreed to by the House.
The Monro Public Schools wiil
o a on Monday, Si p. 2, a nine
o 'clock. The f rst te.icHerj' ti:e
ins. prcparii g to the opening of
i he schools, a til be held at the iai
cas'cr Avenue sir.oul liltiuliMg on
SaturtL'.y moriiiiig, Aug. ;.t Hi
o clock.
There will be a number of new
teachers i'l the t. -u hiiif f.uve f-ir
next year. Ti.e s-1i.miI board .:nd
the superintendent have gii-n very
cur- nil attention t the sete, ikia ol
tet-ehers, atld they hae evc- r
sen to believe that all t-ie teacher
for next year will prove theinselve
lo he aliogt-Mier competent and i-
tieient. It is the wish of the school
officials that all the petrous of the
schools meet the n-w teachv rs at
otieo ar..l ivMNune as im imati-iv c-
(,tia luted with them nnd the work
cl the seheol as possible. The'.-
win be I wo more teachers this jvar
thf.n wo have had. There is to b-
.til additional second grade c'asstnid
also a n-nv class mads itp of one
fifth grade section ind one sixtli
grade section.
The work on the High School
bniidiiiE is very nearly complete'!.
The grounds have been carefully
cleaned off and put into first class
cet.dit ion. Tho building has one of
the be-ii and most beautiful loca
tions possible for a school, i.n-l tho
building: itself will be very it' trac
tive iumI adaiir.biy suited to the
tteeds and work of the High Sc'ioal.
Il the v. oik that has been done
upon the building and the grounds
brs been done under the c-.reful Pti-1
(otts'ant supervision of a buiidlti,
committee, from the board of aldev
men.
The new desks for this buildir.g
are of home manufacture. Thy were
made by and purchased from the
Southern Disk Co. of Hickory. N. C.
Part of the desks we already had
on hands.
A nice drive-way has been made
around the building for the con
silience of parents in conveyltis
their children to and from school.
In this connection, the superintend
ent wishes to thank the public and
particularly the patrons for their
kindness in complying with the re
quest that he made last year not to
drive vehicles over the school
grounds. Of course it adds a great
deal to the pleasure and comfort of
the children and teachers to keep
the school premises as free from
mud and tracks as possible.
Parents and the general public
are cordially Invited to visit the
sihools often.
Parents sometimes say that they
fear that their coming Into the
school room will disturb the chil
dren. Never mind that. Your coming
will not be a hindrance, but It will
he u help to the children. Come,
tome often. If you will only come.
your coming will do the teacher
good. It will do the children good,
it will do you good. Your children
are. i-.wtiy Irem your oversight and
care during the greater part of
each school day. Come and see
i:ore they are, what they are do
ing, and how they arc being cared
for and. trained. The schools r.ee 1
your presence and your ctmful co
operation. Th-w children ere :.!-
siliiwly depend) 1. 1 upon you not on
ly for ttipplylng and curing fr
t Item in a material way, but also
far the training that Is to sliape
their lives and very largely their
stlny.
It Is the purpose of the school
board nnd the superintendent to
make all the work done in the
schools just as practical and Just
us thorough as we can pas.iibly
make It. Our aim is to make the
work of the schools as far as possi
ble tho best training that we can
:;lve the child to fit him for his
life's work. Of course we expect
to keep the tandard of the scaool
up to a very high lev I. We of
course expect our graduates to bo
well prepared for college when they
have finished orr eorrse of train
ing: but it Is not our aim to train
children for college, but to train
thrill for life. We are trying to
give them such mental ami moral
training as will fit them for the
most officii in citizenship and ihe
greatest usefulness in life.
It is the purpose of the school
board to expand the work of the
High School by adding some lies
deptin menta Just as soon r-s p iijsiblo.
The board has already committed
itself to the policy of providing a
thorough business course In the
Tenth and Kleventh Grndts by
the first of September, 1.H3. if I:
Is at nil possible. The board also
expects to establish course in do
mestic scU'tice and Industrial train
ing Jusi us soon as It has the nec
essary funds to provide this work.
Elementary chemistry will probably
be taught this year In the Eleventh
Grade.
An outline course of study Is now
being prept.rcd for the use of the
teachers this year. The superin
tendent has given very careful
thought nnd a great deal of hard
work to Its preparation. He hopes
by Its use to make the work of
the schools more systematic and
efficient.
The superintendent has felt tint
the best Interest of the children
makes It advisable to change some
of the text books. Two aims have
been kept constantly in view In
making these changes: first to se
cure the best and most helpful
books; second, to reduce the num
ber and the cost of the books
wherever this could be done and
the best Interest of the child serv
ed at the same time. Wherever 4t
has been possible, exchange prices
have been arranged, to enable the
pujill to dispose of old books and'
thus save pari of est price of
the new I look, li-'radu-'ory prices
have ben secured on sunn- of the
new books, liius i :.tt:iii tin- pu
p.! to buy ihe j v wok at a iiitlc
b-s than the r-.u:
Tiice prices will '
plained to the eliii i
i!i y of school, !:.
lb- ir I oi k lists.
Arii!.i.elr.enis v. i
year to make the
available for the
dn n. The- t- aci.-. is
pessible, cXereise
.r It-it price,
i- e . f u i j e x
i : on the first
,i tiny receive
be n.au.- this
i-.lmel l.brary
cT tie- chil
v, iii, as f r i s
( i. .'ill Mttl .-r-
vistoa i.'.tr i'.ic r, . .;!!, do ie by
l heir pupils. "in buuits v. ill be
it sued to the e'.. i ir. i: it'i.i.-r very
carefully prepaid d rubs ami r gu
l.itior.s, and the pi-ii-! n-- -iMiig u
l-.iok will be hei.l rictiy r.: eo:isi
Ue for the lock until lie returns
it at the required tini". Parents
are urged to give vary caret til at
tention to the lvading done by their
children.
Now, let's r!l v. .irk ios-ethir lo
make this the best year possible in
our schools.. A. G. RAXDOU'll.
No Mure Mn.ilay Mail.
There will be no t.ion- gathering'
at the postofi'iee i;a Sunday of tin
several deiioniiiir.ti ns of the city
right after Sunday im, ruing services.
The pot office ii ji utmeiit li -s is
Hi"d a.! ofib , ihet ao mail v -il be
hi reafter delict red en Sunday, ex
cept special de'iut'.i letters." and
that the mail will not even be put
i.i tiie lock Lcxcs i ; Sunday. The
poKt office nppi-apr'.i'tor.s bill, which
passed congress on Saturday, says
thai he rep ft er no mail thall b, de
livered on Sundi.y in first and s-e-oti-l
elas! post offlcis. The Monroe
office belongs to the 1;U'. r class and
Postmaster Love has ao discretion
in the matter. He lias received or
ders not to deliver nny mail on Sun
day and must follow these orders.
Not only will Monroe subscribers
to Sunday papers not get them, but
they will not even get the Satur
day night mail on Sunday morning.
There is little doubt thai this order
will be so unpopular throughout the
country that it will be soon modi
fied.
Mr. Taylor anil Miss Pliifcr Hurt.
Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Carl
K Taylor of Mt. Croghttn and Miss
Janie Phifer, while driving on Lan
caster avenue, were thrown from
their buggy and badly hurt. Miss
Phifer was not seriously hurt, but
Mr. Taylor was rendered unconsci
ous and dangerously wounded. One
long gash is on the head, several
on the face, and tho tihoiildor Is al
so hurt. They met and passed an
automobile driven by Mr. Carl
Krauss and tho horse shied, throw
ing Miss Phifer out on one side nnd
Mr. Taylor out over the dashboard
and under the horse's feet. The
lines been me wrapped nroiind his
neck tightly, nnd only the fact that
the horse fell and could not get up
prevented his being killed. .Mr. L.
It. Helms and his son, Mr. Stanley
Holms, saw the trouble and iitiicklv
lan to the rescue. Miss Phifer was
sending when they ar:il. anil
they quickly picked up Mr. Tayior
itiil carried him ta ti.eir house
near by. In nbotil a iictir he lu-
t-atite conscious aiel v.-.is later tet.eii
to the homo of his m.rl", Mr. S. S.
Richardson. Internal h.Mtrie.-. were
at first feared but the nil i'"t r now
seems to be got ting on well.
Death ef Mis. J.liiiumi Stiu.'l.
Mrs. Johanna Small, v.'idon nf Mr.
James Stun II, who did sncr.l y.-ars
ago, died Sunday afienuion, at the
home of In r ilattvlitir, Mrs. .1. J.
Moody, on Bet-.tcti Hill. Sin- ;s
S7 years o'd and lied been in ex
treme feebleness for n bii", time.
Funrrr.l was held at tiie e.-me.'erv
here yestirday af i moon iv Rev.
Mr. Craig.
Mrs. small had tiie remark able
record of having been a member of
t lie Baptist church for seventy-five
years, and she wt's oae of the most
beloved christian v.oeieti v.-ha over
lived here. Her maiden nam:- v, aa
Ilinson, and she wan a iitilho of
.t. iieaster county, having ni-iud to
Monroe with her l itsheni! jiM t f-
er the war. She Is ninhni bv
her da us: liter, Mrs. atoody, and one
-ister, Airs. Ilinry I. eng. 1-Y.r many
years the venerable lietnre of her
self and hut-hand us the.- lived i it i
etly at their hotn1 iiar'ii c-i town
and made their regular i-'iit .ley trips
to town to attend s.r.ie s. was a
familiar one.
Beeonl, r' Ceurt.
Ola Sta'en, color el, iissai:l! and
battery; costs.
Jueen Medlin, ccltircd, assault
and battery; costs.
Joe Ray, violating ordinance SO;
costs.
Lex Nash, fornication nnd rdul
tcry; $90 fine and costs, n;id ti
months on roads, capias to issue
upon the expiration of tiO days if
defendant is found in Marshville
township.
Vanus Alsobrooks, colored, forci
ble trespass; 30 days In Jaii, to be
hired out by county commissioners.
Quentin Alsobrooks, colored, for
cible trespass; 30 days in jail, to
be hired out by county commission
ers.
Ed Caudle, colored, violating or
dinance 80; $2 and costs.
Ernest Cuthbertson, colored, car
rying concealed weapon; $40 nnd
costs or two months on ronds.
George Rushing, colored, assault
and battery; $10 and costs or 30
days.
Trossle Bennett, colored, assault
and battery; not guilty.
Walter Broom, selling whiakey.
three cases; 6 months in all; one
case, prayer for judgment continued.