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T he Monroe Journai - ,vtJ VOL. 19. lo. 48. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1912. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. FORTUNE OK COLORED YOUTH Student f Colored A. M. College l Willtd More Than a Hundred Thousand Dollars ltut His Head In Net Turned. The editor of The Journal was recently talking with President J 0. Dudley, the able colored man who la president of the A. M College for colored youths, located at Greensboro, and was then told the remarkable story of good fort une that had just befallen a young colored man (full blooded negro) connected with the school. The story has since gotten into the newspapers as follows: One of the most studious of the young students who Is working his way through the courses of the Ag ricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race of North Car olina, located in Greensboro, is young man who need not work if his choice was not to do so. He has a bank account of SU'1,000 to which he recently became the heir, Although this property is avalla ble to his order, he continues his work and his studies and does not concern his mind about his wealth Not long ago, President James B, Dudley, of the A. & M. College of Greensboro, was approached by young negro in another State who wanted to come to college and work lils way through. He was clear eyed, quiet, evidently Intelligent and was already educated beyond the average of his race. ' President Dudley was favorably impressed by the worthy ambition of the young man and arranged for his admission to the college under the terms he asked for. When ho sought President Dud ley the young man was practically resourceless except ns in willing hands and his unafraid heart he had resources in his efforts to up- lift himself to a position where he might be of service to himself and his fellows in life. Now he is rich comparatively, but his ways in life, he declares, Bhnll remain unchanged Before entering school he was go lng to school and serving at odd hours an old white gentleman who although born in France, had lived most of his life in tne united Mates. This man became ill and had to be moved to a hospital and it was then that his servant sought admission to the A. ft M. College The Frenchman died and hla will recently probated, showed a bequest of 1101.000. the deceaseds bank account, left to his former servant, Or. Dudley,, whan he -heard of the fortune which his student had fall en heir to. stated that he supposed he would have to get some one else to fill the place of the young man In the college. "Not unless you are going to dis- clmrge me." the man answered. In this answer and in the attl tude of the student since, was the judgment of his benefactor justl- fled. The old Frenchmin, without relatives so far ns he knew, evi dently saw in his servant the qual ities he is now showing and realtz ed that he would not spoil hin by leaving him his fortune. The A. & M. student asked that hio name be not used in writing anything about I1I3 good fortune. Death cf a WYixlmun. Vtlrh Hill fa 111 d No. 2 a 7. Wood men of the World, has lost by Ceath its first member since the ranio was organized nearly four loan n?n Mr V. F. Brinkley, who died at Mt. Holly on the 17th, vaa the first of the 76 to aie. Mr. Bringley formerly lived here but had moved to Mt. Holly. The camp passed the following resolution, signed by tne comnuuee, .m'si. R. W. Lemmond, H. E. Copple and J T Helms: "First. That we extend to his be reaved family our most hearty sym pathy aud that they may reel mai the members of High Hill Camp No. 297 stands ready to assist them tn th extent cf their oDiigauons "Second. That a copy of these ronlntlrvna tin Bent the family Of the deceased and that a copy be sent Tho Monroe Journal for puDii- c.ttlon and also tprcad cn tne nun utes of the Camp.'' Mr. Taft T.x k t!io Treatment. Wadesboro Ansonian. If you were examined and found (t'nt vmi hnil tne lOOKWorm uib- case, or If you are too timid to take the examination, why rest easy. A few months oso President Taft was examined and found - that he had "em. He took tho treatment r.rV Korthefl . and waa Erontly bene fited by it. Tho President thinks he contracted tho disease wnne liv ing In the Phlltppino Islands before k. hominia President of the United 1 States. The Ansonlan Is Indebted to Dr. Piatt Covington for this in teresting bit of Information. Dr. la emnloved bv the Hook worm Commission and attended the meeting cf that body at Little kock, Arkansas, last week. Fell Dead With Hand cn IK or Knob. Mrs. Jackson Helms of Lanes Creek township dropped dead Sat urday morning. She appeared to be In her usual health and expect- , ed to do some washing that day. 6he had gone to the home of her brother, Mr. Frank Keztah, near by, to borrow some household article, when the unexpected summons came. Ac she put her hand on the door knob to enter, she fell dead. Heart disease or appoplexy was the cause. Mrs. Helms was about forty years eld and Is survived by her husband and three children, and by several brothers. Messrs. John, Frank, Hugh fand James Keilah. Death t)f Mrs. Adams Mother. Charlotte Chronicle. Mrs. Lydla Josephine Dowd, mid ow of the late Hod. Clement Dowd a lawyer of Charlotte and once a member of Congress, died Friday '. 'orning at 1:15 o'clock after an 111' . . s of 10 days with pneumonia, Hid she lived a few days longer she would have reached her Slst birthday. She was born In Moore County In 1831. She wag of Scotch descent and belonged to a family of Bruces, which had been conspicuous in the annals of Scotland and in the Rev olutionary history and America. Her father was Dr. Samuel Child Bruce, a physician of Moore County, and the grandson of Charles Bruce, who waa a noted figure In Revolution ary history of North Carolina, hav icg been a member of the const It u tional convention of North Carolina, Tho home of Charles Bruce was at Bruce's Cross Roads In Guilford County, the earliest place of meet- ing of friends of liberty and the scenes of many stirring events of the revolution. Mrs. Dowd's mother was Martha Kennedy, a daughter of David Kennedy, also a prom inent actor In the war of the Revo lution. After the Revolution was over he built a gunshop In Deep River, Moorp County, usiug slave la bar. Lydia Josephine Bruce was mar ried In 1847 to Muidock B. Person of Carthage, who died three years later, and from this union one child was born, Fannie, now the wife of Mr. H. B. Adams, a lawyer of Mon- roe. In 1853 Mrs. Person was married to Clement Dowd, a young lawyer of Carthage and a veteran of the Civil War. The children of this union were Misses Ella and Mattie Dowd and Mr. Willis B. Dowd. Dr, Jerome Dowd, Mrs. E. K. Bryan of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. W. F. Hard ing and Mr. Herman Dowd. All of Mrs. Dowd's children survive her, Mrs. Dowd, was a woman of the old school and was not influenced by the modern tendency of women towards Interest and participation In affairs out side of the home. Her life was centered In her home, her neighbors and her church. The Old Order ('liangcth. Mr. S. D. Lathan and Miss Lois Slst are. both of Lancaster county, were married Sunday night at the residence of Mr. H. F. McDonald in Monroe, by Esq. P. H. Johnson The young lady is a cousin of Mrs. McDonald, and the couple are pop ular young people In their section. This Is a reversal of the old way of couples bent on matrimony who cross the State line. In the old days before South Carolina requir ed a marriage license, couples in North Carolina who wished to es cape paternal authority, went to South Carolina. Now the South Carolina folks come up to North Carolina. Little Boy Slut. Bcrtlco Price, the little eight-year old grandson of Mr. T. J. Price, wns shot accidentally last Thursday with ,t 22-short rifle ball. Bertlee nnd some other boys Mere shooting at a target. One of them was ptepar Ing to shoot and his finger slipped oft the hammer, the gun fired, and the ball went into the back of Bcrtice, who was some distance away. It was thought that the ball went Into one of the lungs, but it has not been found. The little boy Is, however, doing nicely and it is expected that he will recover all right. Dying, She Urges That Incurables Be Put to Death. Philadelphia. Dec. 23. Mrs. Wil liam L. Squlrer, wife of an aged minister, residing at Atco, near Camden, N. J., who has been bed ridden for many months suffering from a tumor and has become so weak that death may come any mln ute, gave a remarkable Interview today. "Our laws are wrong," she said. ' We have too many of them. We pile them up like children of Israel did, and then we have to have them Interpreted to us. There is one law of the New Testament that should be the basis of all our code; Do to others as you would be done by.' "I am sure If this were carried out I would not be suffering now. Nobody could want the thing to hap pen to them that has happened to me. I am sure I would love to ;ve If I could get through. But I can't: I can only stay and stay nnd wouldn't It be much better if I could Just go to sleep? Wouldn't be kind and merciful If the law would let the doctor put me to sleep? "Science knows. a way out of our trouble: it Is kind. It has the key to the land of everlasting sleep. But the law won't let It use it. Every doctor will tell you of patienU whom he would like to help out or their misery whom he knows can't live except for a short time, or perhaps for a long time In agony. "Aren t we evolved enough, haven't we faith enough in the here after and in the goodness of God to drop our old superstitions and 0 be scientifically kind?" Mrs. Squlrer applied to theCooper Hospital In Camden Imploring the surgeons to operate on her, but fearing she would die under the peration. they declined. Last week Mrs. squirer appealed to the chief aurgeon of a Philadel phia hospital, praying that be take the one chance and operate, but as yet has not received an answer. Mr Stewart Killed - a .Man. Mr. W. A. Stewart, formerly of Monroe, who now lives In Hamlet shot a negro man la Camden one day week before last. Mr. Stewart waa up here last week visiting bis wires mother, Mrs. Atha Stevens, and told about the occurrence. The man died since Mr. Stewart was here. Mr. Stewart, who Is a con ductor on the railroad, with his flagman, was walking along the street going to take nis train out, They came upon three negroes who seemed to be quarreling with each other and drinking. One had Knife out. As they were passing the men seemed to turn their at tentlon to them and In the dark ness began to curse them. Mr. Stew art asked them what they meant and the one with the knife, saying "I'll show you, I'll cut your heart out," started cn Mr. Stewart, who drew his pistol and fired. The man fell and Mr. Stewart gave himself up to the authorities and gave bail Three days afterward the negro died. hen ne got sober and found out the truth he said that he did not know who It was he was attacking, and would not have hurt Mr. Stewart for anything. He had worked fjr .Mr. Stewart. The lat ter did not know who the man wa when he shot him. Those who are tvqu aimed with Mr. Stewart know that he is not the man who would ever needlessly bring cn a difficulty vlth any one. Baby Mc'I.can's iji 10,(1(10 Party Was (ii.rg(ous. Washington, Dee. 2C. Baby Vin cent Walsh McLeans S10.UU0 birth day party given today at the Walsh home, broke all records for gorgeous and ingenious Juvenile entertain ments. Gifts came In hundred lots, and in hundred lots they still are com ing. The greater number are yet to be opened for the Inspection of the three-year-old recipient, and two secretaries will be required to get the notes of thanks oft In proper time. The one best gift of the whole collection is the snow burro which came as a gift from Mrs. McLean to her only son. The burro has a long pedigree, a shaggy coat and a peaceful disposition. He arrived several days ago, Dec. 18, that be ing the birthday of Baby Vincent A giant bull moose, white as snow, chares the place of honor with the burro In the affections of the child This also was a gift from Mrs. Mc Lean, and it appeared for the first time today, creating a great sensa tion. The birthday cake.whlch had the place of honor on the table special iy constructed ror the comfort of the tiny guests was a real wonder, with Its tier after tier of frosted "terraces" and plnacle crowned with a trio of birthday candles. Boxes of cake, with the liionaRram of the celebrant, together with won derful mechanical toys, were given 0 the guests as they set off for home at the close of the afternoon tor entertainment there was a cir cus with a real clown, Punch nnd Judy show and a vaudeville enter tainment. Expanatory Note: Baby McLean is heir to between ninety nnd one hundred million dollars. The II01 kwoim Campaign. The hookworm is a fact, not Juke. It will surpirse you to learn how many people are Infected. It affects the general health and pre disposes to tuberculosis, typhoid fe ver, pellagra and other deadly dis eases. The campaign soon to be conduct ed in Union county is intended to diagnose or discover, to eradicate or cure. It is proposed to teach prevention or prophylactic medicine. The largest field of the medical man now-a-days is to teach fami lies how to prevent disease and conserve their health. It Is only a question of time when the family physician will be employed by the year to tell families how to live how to keep from becoming sick. He will bo expected to keep the fami ly well instead of curing them af ter they become sick. He will be expected to prevent bad marriages leading to the breed ing. of criminals, (pilot Us, mental defectives, Insane, deformed nr.d bad specimens of the race. He will bo expected to protect the girls of the family against mar riage to criminals, rogues, syplil- itics, gonorrhoelcs, and against other ill-mated unions. For all these things the doctor will have to receive a wage worthy of his hire. It is worth infinitely more td a family to keep well than it is to be cured after becoming sick. Every man, woman and child should be examined twice a year to discover or to prevent insidious, sneaking diseases. This will require a thoroughly educated and well qualified medi cal profession the very thing that is needed. It is expected that the State Board of Health will provide a se ries of public lectures on health and preventive medicine, to be deliver ed at the court house In Monroe, at Marshvllle, Waxhaw, Unionville and Altan. It is hoped that many people will attend. Very truly. H. D. STEWART. The Indiana Live Stock Company will sell another car load of horses and mares at Sikea' stable cn Thurs day of this week. XIX B KILLED AT HAMLET. Terrific Boiler Kvpl.-sion Make Wreck, Itain and Death Three White Men and Six Colored. At 7 o'clock Saturday morning a boiler In the Seaboard round house at Hamlet blew up and killed nine men, three whites and six colored all employees of the road. THE DEAD. C B. Utter, general round house foreman, white. William Utter, his brother, assist ant foreman, white. H. G. Reynolds, electrician, white. Charity Lcdbetter, Jim Powers, Will Ballentine, John Thompson, Ed Gilchrist, and one unidentified all colored. The Utters had reached the round house a few minutes before 7. had not been reported to C. B. Ut ter that the Injector on one of the boilers was not working properly He. with William Utter, was Insnect lng the boiler when the explosion occurred.' Both the Utters were dl rectly in front of the boiler and their bodies were so badly mangled that It waa necessary to use shov els in taking up their remains. Mr. Reynolds was In the dyana mo room, adjoining and was killed by the force of the explosion and falling walls. All of i. the negroes were in the wash room adjoining the boiler room anej were washing up after stopping (work, when every person In the binding at the time of the explosion was killed. So great was the explosion that most of the machine shop was de molished. One part of the boiler was hurled through an 18-inch wall and was carried a distance of over 500 feet. The body of Charlie Ledbetter was found over 200 feet from the building. - All the killed, with the exception of Mr. Reynolds, were so mangled that their bodies were only identl fied by their clothing and articles in their Vockets. Several locomotives In the adjoin ing building were slightly damaged and the other property damage will be large. The electric dynamo and much other machinery was de stroyed. ' C. B. Utter had for several years been In t barge of the round house at Hamlet, and leaves a wife and two children. His father died only a short lime ago and his widowed mother. 1 -cently moved to Hamlet Br thlt aeeident she loses two sons, William Utter was only recently married to Miss Irene McDonald of Hamlet, leaving a bride of only a few weeks. H. G. Reynolds had been electri cian for the Seaboard for several years, going to Hamlet from Ports mouth. He leaves a wife and two children. One child has been crit ically ill for several weeks. Ijxdy Fell - by Huudside ami Soon Died. Mrs. Mary Donahue, wife of Mr, J. S. Donahue of Lanes Creek town ship, died Inst Wednesday evening suddenly and her death was attend ed by an unusual circumstance. She was returning from the home of a neighbor, Mr. lrvln Thomas, where she had gone for milk, when she fell by the roadside and was there found in an unconscious condition She had secured the milk and left the home of Mr. Thomae In appa rcntly perfect health. She was found and taken home and lived hut a short time. Appoplexy is sup poced to have been the cause of death. The deceased was a daugh tcr of Mr. Gilbert Threatt and Is survived by her husband and five children. Governor elect Craig has announ ced that he will appoint as his pri vato secretary Mr. J. P. Kerr of Asheville, and Mr. Garland Thom- aeson, also of Asheville, confiden tlal clerk. KIiik. In Memory cf Mr. J. II Written for The Journal. Mr. J. II. King died at the home of his mother five milts west of Monroe, Dec. 29, of pneumonia. He hrd not been well for six weeks, but able to go about till three weeks before his death. His home was in Charlotte but he had come down to spend a while with his mother, and wns taken sick. The funeral was conducted Monday afternoon by Rev E. C. Snyder at Oak Grove Baptist liurch and a number ol friends fol lowed the remains to their last resting place in the cemetary there. .Mr. King's wife, who was Miss Ida Imrkey before her marriage, and all of his six children were nt his bed side when the end came, except one son, who was at Birmingham, Ala. Mr. King loaves two brothers and two sisters. They are .Mr. B. F. Cing of Georgia, Mr. J. M. King, Mrs. W. R. McCorkle. Mrs. R. Spittle of Union county. He was fifty years old the 23rd of last .March. He was converted and join ed the Baptist church at tho age or u years, nnd has been a great church and Sunday school worker. He always held family prayer. He wab a kind neighbor and gained friends wherever he went, a short while before he died he expressed his belief that he was near the end pf life, but he was not afraid to die, and would sing "Nearer my God to Thee." While a young man he established for himself a reputation for the strictest honesty and highest Integ rity, These qualities won for him he highest respect from ha mary friends and neighbors. Local and Personal. Mr. an J Mrs. H. C. Smith of Nor folk, Va., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Laney. Elder Samuel McMillan of Ten nessee will preach in the First Bap tist church in Monroe tomorrow night. The public is cordially in vited. Miss Annabelle Dowd of Char lotte has it-turned from n visit to Miss Gladys Laney. Mr. Howard L. ("affney of Union, S. C, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Laney. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Hamilton of Winston are spending a few days with their parents, Prof, and Mrs. O. C. Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Secrest. There will be "open house" at the Presbyterian Manse this even ing from 8 o'clock till next year. All members of the congregation ere very cordially invited to this "get-together-social." Capt. S. H. Green, who is a high official in the Masonic order, went to Hamlet Sunday to participate in the funeral services of the order over the remains of the Utter broth ers, who were killed in the boilsr explosion there Saturday morning. Rev. Edward Fu!le:iwider and fin l!y of Newberry, who spont the hoi ways with the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Fullenwidcr, re turned home yesterday. Rev. Mr. Fullenwidcr preached an able ser mon in tho Lutheran church on Sundty morning. Rev. S. N. Watson of Concord, the new pastor of the Baptist churches at Wingate and Marshvllle, will preach his first sermon at Marsh vllle next Sunday and will preach at Wingate on the following Sun day. He will soon move his family to Ingate. Prof, and Mrs. B. Y. Tyner, who spent last week with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bivens of Wingate, have gone to Robeson county to spend this week with Mr Tyner's parents. Thence they will return to Fredericksburg, Va., where Mr .Tyner Is a teacher in the State Normal. Fred Bivens, son of Mr. E. O. Blv ens, received a wound the day after Christmas which nearly cost him his right eye. The base of the shell of a .22 cartridge blew out of the brltch of the rifle and Imbedded It Belt in his eye ball. The doctor got It out and thinks that the eye win be saved. Mr. C. D. McNeeley, publisher of the Waxhaw Enterprise and the Mt. Gilead Southerner, wns In town yesterday. He has lately sold an Interest in the Enterprise to Mr, Gilmer Lynn Nlsbet, who will be with the paper, and Mr. McNeeley will soon go to Mt. Gllend to give all hla time to the Southerner. Last Thursday Constable Fowlpr arrested Carl Broom nnd Dorrltt Gay, young white men, charged with having entered the store of Mr. R W. Elliott some nights previously I'art of the stolen goods were re covered. There will be a hearing before the Recorder on the 8th The boys gave bond. Sheriff Griffith left yesterday for Kalelgh with Sam Thompson, the man who is condemned to die in the electric chair on January 17th Mr. J. C. Sikes left on the same train with petitions In behalf of Thompson, which nsk the Governor to commute the sentence to life im prisonment. Thompson was con vieted of the killing of Gus Also- brooks, another colored man, who was shot In his own house. Mrs. Adeline Williams, widow of the late Mr. Leander Williams, died Monday night of last week after a long illness at her home in Marsh vi'iie township. She was about 60 years old. Four sons and four daughters survive. She was a mem ber of the Primitive Bnptist church and was a good woman. Funeral was held at Pleasant Grove church last Tuesday, Elder J. F. Mills conduct ing the services. EBtelle, the four-year old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Trull of Monroe, died on the 21st of men ingitis. ip til the time she was taken i!l with this disease she had l-ren a perfectly healthy and bright child. However, when the illness came she lay for three weeks in an almost unconscious condition from suffering. Only a few months be fore the death of little Estelle, Mr. nnd Mrs. Trull had lest their twin babies. A rare mustcil treat was given at Central Methodist church Sun day morning and evening. It being Sunday following Christmas the vo cal selections were beautlfullv ap propriate for the occasion. Great- y to the delight and enjoyment of all were the two selections at each of the services rendered by Prof. Strauss, of Germany, a youne vio linist of rare Rklll, charmingly ac companied by Mrs. J. Frank Laney at the organ. Mr. D. B. Snider represented Mon roe at Staunton, Va., last Saturday, when president-elect Woodrow Wil son visited that place and slept one night in the house In which he was born 56 years ago last Siturdny night. The people of Staunton made a great occasion of It, and though Mr. Wilson was half sick t the time, and very busy with his duties as Governor of New Jersey, ha accepted the Invitation and rave his old neighbors a good time. Mr. Snider had business In Virginia and made It convenient to attend tbv celebratlo Wholesale Coniiiiiiini nt to Prison. The Federal court of Indianapolis yesterday sentenced thirty-three la bor union leaders to the Federal prison at Ft. Leavenworth for terms ranging from one to seven years. They were officers of the Iron Workers International Union, and after a trial lasting three months, ere convicted on a charge of con spiracv In the dynamiting plots which culminated in the destruction of The Tim s newspaper office and the- death of twenty-one persons at Los Angeles two years ago. This is the crime for which the AicXamara brothers were tried end confessed to have committed. It seems that the men had deliberately planned to destroy with dynamite tho prop erty of those contractors of steel buildings and bridges that refused to recognize the Union. Their op erations extended from Boston to California. Anson C.unty Xews. Wadesboro Messenger, Dec. 20th. In the last few days Mr. L. L. Lit tle or Ansonvllle has lost three valuable horses. The horses appear ed to die of blind staggers. Dr. Watt Ashcraft of Monroe went to Ansonville this morning to look in to the situation and take measures to control the trouble, whatever It may be. Thursday, Norman Smith, a 14-year-old colored boy who lives near Ansonville, shot three persons, a wo man, a girl and a boy, all colored. The boy was going along fhe road with a gun when the persons who were shot passed In a wagon. The boy asked them to let him ride and upon their refusal to do so raised his gtiu and shot into the bunch. The woman is badly though not seriously wounded. The boy and r.irl are not hurt much. The boy has not been arrested. Mr. Henry D. Kendall died Friday, the 20th Inst., at his home in Albe marle, aged 59 years. Mr. Kendall was a native of Anson and lived nearly all his life in Morven town ship. He moved to Albemarle about a year ago. Mr. Kendall came In to great prominence during the trial of the alleged lynchers or J.. V. Johnson, who was taken from the Jail here about six years ago and hanged to a tree about one mile from town on the Morven road. Mr. L. W. Medlin of Union coun ;y and Miss Minnie Stegall were , married on the 24th inst., Elder J. V. Mills officiating. The marriage took place at the home. In Lanes boro township, or the father or the bride, Mr. M. L. Stegall. Mr. J. M. Helms or Union county and Miss Effie Baucom, daughter or Esq. H. M. Baucom or Lanesboro township, were married last Thurs day. Tho ceremony wns performed by Rev. T. P. Little at the home of the bride. Mr. W. T. Hr-rl, who will be gen eral manager of the department store to be opened here early in the year by Hart Bros., will live in Mr. M. H. McLean's cottage on South Green street. Mr. Hart, who la already here, will move his fam ily to Wadesboro In a few days. Mrs. T. J. Ingram was taken to the State Hospital nt Morgnnton yesterday by her nephew, Mr. E. C. Ingram. Mrs. Ingram lost her mind several years ago, before which time she was probably the b?st known woman In the county. For many years she presided at the boarding house kept here by her husband, the late T. J. Ingram, and was very popular with the large number t-f county people who regularly pat ronized that holstery. Mr. Richard Tarlton Is to be greatly commended for providing a place for the burial of his neigh bors who are not able to buy a lot in the town cemetery. Mr. Tarlton has given an acre of ground, beau tifully located, on his place one mile from town for this puropse and o.utte a number or families are al ready using it as a burying ground. Mr. Tarlton's parents are buried here and it is his puropse, we un derstand, to provide for Its perma nent use ns a grave yard. Late Christmas af.ernoon a num ber of boys exploded a stick cf dy namite In Hi" back lot in rear of 'he store of II. W. Little k Co., that ('id some damage end might have done a great deal more. A Ion? fuse wns attached to the dymmite-, which vas concealed under a Larrel, nnd vhen the exnlcston took r.!"c" ua.- ry a boy was In slslit. The shock or tho explosion broke 14 window glass In the Little building, a number in the Smith building and one In the postofflce building. Pieces rf the barrel were hurled entirely over the Little building into Green street. R ccrdi r'n (Yurt. R. L. Mills, violating ordinance 80 J 2 and costs. Lewis Ingram, colored, larceny: 5 months. Wes Hill, colored, lacenv: 4 months. John Nelson, colored, violating or dinance 80; costs. A. L. Parker, practicing optome try unlawfully; costs. Oscar Helms, abandonment; costs. John A. Austin, forgery, preiimi- nray hearing; discharged. Son Williams, colored, violating ordinance 80; costs. Henry Morrow, colored, selling whiskey; $50 and costs. Rev. M. T. Steele will preach next Sunday at Oak Grove at 11 o'clock and at Unionville at 3 o'clock. Somebody will pick uo the bar gains In good hors and mules at Slkes' stable Thursday. 1
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