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VOL. 19. No. 22.
MONROE, N. 0., TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1813.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
MR. LAXKY HAPPV IX FLOlUDA.
i
I'nioa tVunty .Man Who Say He
Hu Krarhed the Land .f Near
IVrfecliun rim- Crops.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Chipley, Fla., June 27 You may
KICKED HIS TOK NAIL OFF.
Mr. It. V. HuuKton Dn-anied Thai
He Wat Pursued by a Mad IHjg
en tli Field of tiettykhurg anil
M Ilia Tim .Nail
Mr. R. V. Houston came near los-
tell your readers and my frleni. . lag his trip to Gettysburg by reason
that Florida is still on the ma, .,U thinking about it too much. Like
weet Florida particularly. We do
not claim to have all the good
things, but since we nave more
than our pro-rata and as perfection
is never attained In this world, w
are not complaining.
Since emerging from a cool
drlnly spring, climatic conditions
have been such as to produce a crop
condition bordering on perfection,
This soil, being a sandy loam with
red clay .porous sub-soil, responds
to sunshine and moisture perfectly
and this we have bad. Corn range
from laylng-by size to roasting ears,
and fields promising yields of
twenty to fifty bushels to the acre
are the rule. The exceptions are
several fields near here with
promise of seventy-five to one hun
dred bushels per acre. There are
no worms or insects bothering.
Prosperity is threatening us on ev
ery hand. Cotton has been bloom
ing two weeks. It's now fruiting
. rapidly. While the cool spell stop.
ped Its growth temporarily, I am
of the opinion it will result In no
harm to the plant as It la Inclined
to make too much stalk here any
way. More cotton has been plant
ed here than before, in fact more
of all farm crops as the farming
contingent Is rapidly growing, while
the timber, turpentine and Ue In
te rests are gradually being worked
out. We realize that this is as it
should be and that our farming in
terest will be the salvation ol west
Florida as the years roll by.
On every hand may be seen new
settlements, crops of corn, cotton,
ribbon cane, peanuts, water-melons,
cbufas and Irish potatoes, and the
sweet and Irish potatoes, and the
woods are ranged by cattle and
hogs which subsist on wire grass
and the tenderer grasses about the
hammocks,
Railroads are . building and
strengthening their lines and
bridges. Hard roads are being
built every- here both by bonding
and road-tax, and let me say here
that there is no finer road in the
world than the sand-clay roads of
the south. Here we have the per
feet mixture, except In spots, and
the roads are being built at a cost
of from three hundred fifty to one
thousand dollars per mile. Tbey
etay good winter and summer and
repairs are slight.
This county was divided by the
recent session of legislature. Wash
ington county retaining the north
and agricultural part, while the new
county of Bay extends to the Gulf
of Mexico, forty miles south.
Just to the south of this town
and extending over quite an area, Is
a deposit of corallne rock which
analyzes 96 per cent lime. This
deposit Is easily accessible, so soft
as to crumble between the fingers
the supply limitless, almost, and
with the raw-lime theory, now be
ing exploited by the agricultural in
terest, 1 would say that the day is
near at hand when capital will
manufacture this lime on a grand
scale
Cut over lands can be bought
reasonably but the, tendency Is for
an advance in prices,
Fishing and hunting are good at
all times of the year. To the south
of here several miles la a system cf
lakes which abound in fish, and is
the mecca to which numberless
fishermen go.
We have a good people who wel
come strangers. One half of the
residents, I should say, are from, or
are descendants of emlrants from
the Carolines.
Your humble servant is chroftl
cally busy, but will always take
time to welcome and show around
visitors from Union county.
Yours truly.
W. THOMAS LANEY,
Will It a Rattling (Join! Game.
The ball game to be pulled off on
the afternoon of the Fourth between
Monroe and Concord promises to be
a rattling good one. Both teams
will be composed almost wholly of
first class college players. The Con
cord boys will roll in from that
town in machines about ten o'clock
is time to see the rarlous events
of the day, and it is expected that
with the team and the rooters there
will be about forty. Monroe has se
cured some god men for this game,
The line up will be as follwos:
Lee Morrow, Davidson, and Earl
Morrow, Carolina, pitch.
Futrille, Guilford, catch.
Bdwards, Guilford, first base.
Herndon Hasty, second base.
Short, Guilford, third base.
Leake, Carolina, short stop.
Huey. Ersktne. left field.
Love, Weavervllle, centre field.
Jos Brewer, right tieldvs ,
Id Killed by Blocks of Ice.
Shelby, June 29. Frank Asbury,
the 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. McBrayer of this place died
last night as a result of an Injury
he received by a block of ice fall
ing on htm as he was riding on the
rear, of an ice wagon passing his
home. The litUe fellow climbed
on the wagon to get a piece of ice
as is customary with tots of little
boys.
The wagon made an abrupt turn
and started up a small slant In the
road, when several blocks of Ice
slid out One struck blm in the
head and ruptured a blood vessel,
which caused his death In the local
hospital about an hour later.
most of the veterans he hud this
trip on his mind many days. On go
ing to sleep last Thursday night as
usual, after having been planning
his trip, he fell to dreaming that he
was already on the old battlefield
and enjoying the situation. Suddtn
ly a mad dog came charging furl
ously upon him and he gave It a
kick of such tremendous force that
he expected to kick its head off, and
though an imaginary dog It was .a
real kick, and Mr. Houston's foot
landed against the wall so hard
that the big toe nail was knocked
off and he had to have the doctor
come and dress the wound. To be
able to prove the assertion he wrap
ped up the disjointed nail and car
ried it with him to Gettysburg.
would not be a bad guess to say
that Mr. Houston will relate that
Incident a good many times to the
buys before the week is over.
Clonti-Itcnton.
Pn the night of Tuesday, June 24
at 8:30 o'clock, Mr. Gilmer H
Clonts and Miss Jessie Benton were
married. The ceremony was per
formed by an uncle of the bride,
Rev. Bruce Benton, at the home of
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs,
U. F. Benton on College street
Just before the ceremony Mis Kath
leen Nelson sang "For Love's Sweet
Sake." Miss Pattle Benton, sister
of the bride, was maid of honor and
Mr. J. M. Austin of Shelby was best
man.
Mrs. Clonts has an exceptionally
fine christian character and is very
popular. Mr. Clonti la a fine bus
iness man, having a half interest in
the firm of Austin & Clonti of Mon
roe and of Shelby. Mr. and Mrs.
Clonts are keeping house at No. 9
South Hayne street.
Will Try for Sew County.
I'nion. Mecklenburg. Stanly and
Cabarrus counties are to have
new county fight on their hands
before the coming legislature. On
the new Norfolk and Southern rail
road, which will run in a stralgt
line from Norwood to Charlotte,
town has been located at a point
half way between these two towns,
and the station has been named
Midland. A lot sale will be held
on the 17th. This place Is In the
lower part of Cabarrus and about
equal distant from Albemarle, Mon
roe. Concord and Charlotte. At
ready the people of that section
hHvo decided to try to get a new
county formed out of these four
with .Midland as the county seat.
Faith on the Rock.
Faith is a builder, God Is the
rock.
I trust in God the rock. My
faith rests upon God the rock and
will stand.
If I trust in man, or anything
else my house is built on the sand
and will fall. Because my faith then
is in my house. No man's faith
can stand by itself. Faith must rest
on God alone. One God.
I am a member of the church, you
say, and my faith rests upon God
the rock. No it doesn't, you serve
other things with your faith the
world, man s forms. You serve at
man's altar, your faith Is in the
world. You are no member.
Faith serves one Father. If
serve the world it Is my church. If
I serve God he is my church and
house. Where my heart Is there
is my treasure also.
J. D. MEDLIN.
It is Intimated that beer was to
bo provided for the refreshments of
visitors to the Southern Furniture
Exposition at High Point, but the
preachers, the W. C. T. D. ladles
and others heard of It and made so
much noise that the beer wilt pro
bably not be In evidence.
Gov. Craig has pardoned Lyde
Morris, a 17-year old white boy
convicted in Haywood county in
1910 of horse stealing and sentenc
ed to five years on the roads. Judge
Ferguson, who tried the case, rec
ommended the pardon, saying he
would have given a lighter sen
tence if be could have done so un
der the law, five years being the
minimum.
The bureau of extension of the
State University has Issued "Ad
dresses on Education, for Use in
Declaiming," a bulletin of 120 pages
containing 49 selections on educa
tional and sociological subjects,
which will be used by the schools
as a source book for declamation,
theme writing and as a supplemen
tary reader.
Nothing short of actual book ac
counts of railroad receipts and ex
penditures in intra-State business
will be accepted by the Supreme
Court of the United States as a ba
sis of annulling State rates as con
fiscatory, according to the written
pinion of Justice Hughes in tne Ar
kansas rate cases. The railroads
method of separating Intra-State
and inter-State business is too gen
eral, says Justice Hughes.
When Thr nought Things Differ-
rally,
Mr. R. V. Lemmond. clerk of
the court, has an old account book
which was kept by Eli Stewart for
bis store at Stewart's Mill, in the
year 1821. There are sjiu odd ac
counts in that book If they be judg
ed Dy present day standards. On
the same day one man Is charged
with the following Items:
Half pint whiskey, 10 rents.
One dozen buttons. 20 rents.
One comb. 25 cents.
One dozen rings. 20 rents.
Half pint whiskey, 10 cents.
One bible. 11.00.
Whiskey seems to have been
cheaper than bibles In "them days."
Pretty nearly every account has
the pint, half pint, or gill, of whis
key on It. And some of the accounts
had nothing at all but several en
tries of whiskey. One man was
charged with a bed cord and a half
pint of whiskey. One man is charg
ed with postage on one letter 25 c.
One account was for 25 pounds of
coffee at forty cents a pound, sixty
pounds of sugar at fifteen cents a
pound, and a pint of whiskey for
15 cents. William Blair was charg
ed with three flints, six and a quar
ter cents. Ben, J. M. Wilson's
black man, was credited with seven
and a half dozen eggs at 10 cents
per dozen, and charged with four
bowls at fifteen cents each. One
man bought two half pints for 20
cents, one quart for 30 cents, snd
one half pint of ditto for 10 cents.
Julius, John Wilson's black man,
bought one fine hat for six and a
OX THE FIELD OF tiETTYSIU 1UJ.
Veteran Have fathered in l.irge
Number aal Sum Hate Died Al
ready Mr. Wiln July 4th.
Gettysburg, Pa., June 2!. Get
tysburg looked again today upon an
army of blue and an army of gray.
,hegre,et baie"of he "war 'J? X
tween the Sections, snd to show the
world that scars are not so' deep as
Mr. AlkhiM.ii M;iIf I literal Offer
to I uk n Count) tiiris.
Pev. (i. H. Atkinson, president of
the Allicmurle 'oni;ul iind Collcgl
i Institute writes u friend in
Monroe as folio t.
"I wish I could be with you all
on the Fourth, but I cannot. 1 love
I
I
WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OCT.
will give to each township in Lnlon
II
get
ill
av
erage on each student in the board
We have the fol
lowing courses: Literary, normal
classical, business, agricultural, sew
ing, weaving, art, music, and practi
cal house-keeping. We will have
lectures given by Mr. J. Van Lind
ley of Greensboro, the Burbank of
the South, on fruit and flower rais
ing, also grafting. Lectures also on
dairying, poultry and bee raking by
experts. The Institute in Albemarle
n- VLi . r, , . ,u up " unty scholarship of $36.00, a
Alt dTv JLAme,ric w brothfhood- the young lady has to do is to ge
hP.il L '"I " .1,?'!B- blJ'"e f8.oo, which we have to a
. r. i -mull na prne- nil Hrh
f.fir Ue.!l"!,JI"d? ,urnrngRdeparment
' ..ptiv.io nuuiUlllU U IUIIg ago.
More than 30 special trains came
Into the village during the day.
From the station of the two rail
roads that come into the villaee
it Is a good long mile to the camp
of 5,000 tents where the veterans
are housed. Thousands shoulder
ed their suitcases and walked. The
sun was scorchinng hot and many
auivuauuT-u UfTIUI U IUCj IUUUU 1 1 1 H 1 T I nnin , . - .
howtrer M " " coniPla,nin' I this country. I would suggest that
Every possible arrangement fori 1 h. Be lh IY
h! 2TJJ? the unlted armies, schools of each township should
get the scholarship.
"The training of these young la
mes will do more for Union countv
mat nas Deen baked as hard as I man anytning else,
brick and dried into dust bv the I
winds. The tents fall westward , The Pastime Ready for the Fourth.
With h. .Un. ,k I . . ...
w.vu .... .uc ui w gruunu iroui i manager snuie has provided a
the Emmettsburg road to the point . . .
on Smln, PiH .k. Im-lt'" nm cimsisung 01 o reels
mortal charge of Pickett started on ! f ? ..f The
rrr.-i.. " ""r v r ith thi h .- ht Tk iru
na., uoars ana a sse n or sugror, h;-r. ' w morning Ull twelve at night.
six ana a quarter cents. ine nail
and quarter cents were always car
ried out. One lady bought a straw
bonnet for four dollars and ten yds.
of calico for four and a half.
has been made.
ON HARD GROUND.
The camp Itself lies on ground
l' vivuiiu KU U LUQ JM . . V. , , , .
Chickens Help the Swatters.
Col. A. M. Crowell and Mr. R. V.
Houston are great swatters of the
fly. Each one sits out on his piaz
za with a swatter In hand and kilU!
every varmint that dares light on
him, at least when he Is awake.
And each one has a trained chick
en which stands by him and eats
the flies as fast as they fall. Mr.
Houston killed 242 for his chicken
one day and got tired counting.
while Mr. Crowell made a rough
guess that he killed about four
thousand one day and his chicken
ate every one of them. When the
chicken sees his master take his
seat with swatter In hand, up that
chicken marches ready tor business.
"Bloody Angle" or to the base
Cemetery ridge.
The formal exercises will be held
In a big tent near the Erunietsvllle
road, but they will last only two
hours each day. and the rest of the
time the veterans will spend as they
please.
In the village itself thousands of
sightseers are quartered and thou
sands more made the trip in every
conceivable style of conveyance. Ev
ery barn Is a garage. Every room
that is available was taken days
Items From North (mxikc Creek
Correspondence of The Journal
ago.
WILL WELCOME WILSON.
The news that President Wilson
Is coming to make a speech July
rlv.l. f k ' 1
Ol . fk 11B. nnlJ ..... . 1. -1
duraace to the test In reaching the
goal of their ambitions, fighting
tneir way through the overwhelm
ing snows and forest fires of the
Alaskan forests. To reach their
aim, they race for miles in their
canoes, through rapids and torrents.
While making their -way through
the burning trees, they struggle In
hand to hand conflict until exhaust
ed. Both are Injured and agree to
help each cither escape inevitable
death. Their great strength is
shown in their readiness to forgive
and forget and their willingness to
let the girl make her own choice,
the rejected one rejoicing in the
happiness of the other.
4 caused a stir today. J. M. Scoon
maker. cna!rmnn of the Gettysburg
commission, today telegraphed to, Young Man Electrocuted at Alhr-
nuuie,
Mr. Spencer Watkins, a well
known young man of Albemarle,
the president, informing him that
the commission would like him to
Mr. McDonald Wilson suffered the get to Gettysburg at 11 o'clock Julv
loss of his barn and one other out- 4. The president will stav about ... liii.j , ,hf i- V.. i.i'
house by fire last week. The barn two hours. city yesterday He was in the em
was set by lightning while a thun- The first accident of the celebra- pioy of the railroad and attempt
der storm was in progress and he'tion came today when two trolley Ld to climb an iron ladder to the
was not able to save any of his feed cars on the Gettysburg Rallwav'Q.mmk i ii ,
8lurr' company s line, which runs over the incoming train A freieht had null
Lightning struck the flue of the battlefield, collided. Six passen-' ed Tntth? station .nd 1 the sema
house of Mr Fernando Helms and gers were slightly Injured. phore refused to work. Mr. Wat
passed on into the kltehen by way, August D. Brown of Maine was, kins started to climb the ladder to
ol the stove pipe and burnt a little the first to die on the fie d. He rind k .k . m- ... k...
child of Mr. Clayton Helms who was aken suddenly ill today. The received a severe shock when he
nun vimiiiiB mere, uu uiu ear aim iiem proiuoiy nnsteneu nis aeam. i had taken hold of the runes
face. It also burnt a hole In thej Col. J. M. Schoonmaker. chair-i i,n,-,iioi-i ,,m . v,'i- .
dress she had on. The child Is al- man of the Pennsylvania StateUas gelzed by Capt. L S. WhitworthJ
most well now and does not seem commission, declared tonight that .ho wa8 standing near, and the!
Parents and Ki.ur Children Mur
der d and Their ISudics liui-nrtt
in H.um .
Little .Mountain. S. C. June 2$.
The discovery of six bodies in a
half burned farm house two miles
from Peak distloKia what seems to
have been wholesale murder com
mitted lute last niht or early this
morning. The family of John D.
Jacobs, a well known farmer, has
been wiped out. The husband, wife,
and four children lost their lives.
The dead are: John 1). Jacobs, 49;
Mrs. Jacobs, 40; Miss Ellen Jacobs.
22; Leslie Jacobs, 18; Hugh Jacobs,
15; Orin Jacobs, 12.
At 4:30 o'clock this morning
neighbors saw the Jacobs house in
the Dutch Fork section of Lexing
ton county in flames, and hurryin
to the scene found the home burn
ing but no evidence of the family.
When the fire had spent itself the
six charred bodies were found in
the ashes and debris.
Examination of the bodies dis
closed that the skulls of thra
were crushed and In moving the
bodies blood was found under and
upon the murdertd persons. Mr.
and Mrs. Jacobs and the youngest
son were found on the spring mat
tresses of their beds, indicating
that they were murdered as they
slept and that the house was sub
sequently fired. One of the boys
was found beside the mattress and
the other in the dining room which
adjoins the boys' room.
Four guns and an axe were found
in the house. One of the guns
had shells in both barrels. One
shell had been fired while the oth- -er
was loaded.
Magistrate Frick held an Inquest
at noon. A jury, of which W. M.
Wilson of Peak was foreman, could
reach no conclusion other than that:
"The deceased came to their death
at hands unknown to this jury."
Sheriff Miller of Lexington coun
ty was early on the scene and with
the assistance of bloodhounds
brought with him from the county
seat exerted exhausting but unavail
ing efforts to secure a clue to the
identity of the murderer. Sheriff
Blease came from Newberry to assist
in the Investigation. No tracks
were found and there Is nothing
thus far to guide the officers in
their search.
Mr. Jacobs was a highly respect
ed farmer who had succeeded in
his life's work. Mrs. Jacobs be
fore marriage was Miss KllzaHtHh
Counts. The eldest child. Miss El
len Jacobs, was graduated from
Winthrop college in the class of
1910 and for two years had been
assistant at the Little Mountain
hltrh school. Leslie Jacohs. the
18-year-old son, was a student in
the Little Mountain high school, as
were the two younger lads.
The home was situated in the
Dutch Fork section of Lexington
county, three miles from Peak and
seven miks from Little Mountain.
The funeral and Interment will
take place tomorrow afternoon at
4 o'clock at the family bury in 3
ground on the Jacobs plantation.
to be hurt internally as Is general
ly the case.
Corn and cotton of this section
seems to be considerably improved
and is getting along all right.
Assurance Is given that there wilt
be ample accommodations and plen
ty of rations for alt veterans who
go to Gettysburg for the battle an
niversary celebration, even though
the number exceeds by 10,000 the
original estimate of 40,000. No bat
tle flags will be allowed at the cel
ebration. Only the stars snd the
stripes will be in evidence.
cltse to 25, 000 veterans came Into conductor of the freight train. These
v.enjrBuurg luuaj ano were encump- two men reached him about the
ed tonight on the battlefields. Bame tlme and wnen tney ,Il1d nHI1(1g
John H. Reynolds of Port Ches- on him were, themselves, knocked
ier. i., a union veteran, aieu suos down by a shock The youna man
denly In camp tonight.
Best Laxative for the Aged.
Old men and women feel the need
of a laxative more than young folks,
but it must be safe and harmless
end one which will not cause pain.
Dr. King's New Life Pills are es-
was removed from the ladder and
carried into the station, where he
died within a few minutes. Captain
Whitworth was affected considerably
also.
Chas. Stelner, travelling salesman
for a New York jewelry firm, died
pecially good for the aged, for they ! suddenly Tuesday while attending
set promptly and easily. Price Z 5c. the meeting of the North Carolina
Kecommended by English Drug Co. Jewelers at Wrlghtsvtlle Beach.
HIGH COMPLIMENT FOR THE JOURNAL'S FOURTH OF JULY EDITION.
New York, 225 West 39th St.
Boston, 133 Oliver Street
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Philadelphia, 200 South 10th St.
Pittsburg. 1235 Liberty Avenue
Chicago, 318 South Canal St.
Columbus, 313-315 N. Front St.
Indianapolis, 45-45 8. Capitol St.
St. Paul, 114 East 3rd St.
Omaha, 1007 Farnam Street
Des Moines, 203 West 2nd St.
Cincinnati, 128-130 Opera Place
Detroit, 24 Woodridge St. East
Atlanta, 23 East Mitchell St.
Dallas, 1305 Elm Street
Portland. Ore., 18-20 Front St.
San Francisco, 32- Clay Street
The Journal,
Aittnirmt
fir? sb Aaaortatiott.
ATLANTA OFFICE
J. . WHITEMAH. Managtr.
June 25th, 1913.
i
Eight persons were killed and
more than 20 Injured Wednesday
In a wreck of the west-bound Win
nipeg express on the Canadian Pa
cific railway, three miles from
Ottawa, Ontario. The wreck was
the result of spreading rails.
Monroe, N. C.
Gentlemen:
We wish to compliment you on your special Fourth of
July edition which has Just reached our desic. You have hit
upon an excellent idea-, that of getting out your Fourth of July
Edition in advance, and inserting your program for the cele
bration in the same issue. We believe this adds Importance to
the edition, both from an advertising and editorial view point.
Yours very truly,
J. E. WHIT EM AN,
Survivors if Hie Jui'k.son (iuarrfs.
On July 1, 1863. when the roll of
Co. B., 26th North Carolina Hut
ment, was called seven tulles thU
side of Gettysburg 86 members of
the company responded. Now, of all
of those in that great battle, the
following only survive: Green Aus
tin, Waxhaw; David Huffstickier,
Mineral Springs; S. D. Itlchardson,
Greenwood, Ark.; Isaac MaU.0, Car
gyle, Ark.; W. II. McCorkle, I,an
coster, 8. C.; Loroy Secrest, Mon
roe; James H. Robinson, Waxhaw;
Jehu Laney, Route 8, Monore; Alex
ander Osborne, Route 8 Monpoc.
Marshall Mullis, Gooee Creek town
ship, Union county; John S. McCain,
Waxhaw. Mr. Benjamin Phillips of
Charlotte is also a surviving mem
ber of the Jackson Guards, but he
was not in the battle of Ue.Uysbur..
The Jackson Grays went out un
der the captaincy of Wm. Wilsan.
and upon his death in battle, Cape.
J. J. C. Steele succeeded htm.
The Jackson Guards went to the
front wUh Capt. J. J. C. Steel? in
command. Captain Steele after
wards resigned and joined the ar
tillery and Mr. William Wilson wns
elected Captain.
Meeting of Veterinarians.
At the State meeting of the vet
erinarians at Salisbury last week,
at which nearly alt the veterinari
ans of the State were present. Dr.
Watt Ashcraft was elected a mem
ber of the State board for the next
four years, end Dr. M. J. Kagland
of Salisbury, formerly of Monro.),
was elected president of the association.
The meeting was a very fine and
enthusiastic one of the men who do
so much to alleviate pain among
the dumb animals, and thereby snve
many dollars to their owners. Dr.
Ashcraft spoke on "Typical cases
that have rome under my observa
tion." All the speeches were well
thought out and ably delivered. The
most notable one was that by Dr.
A. T. Kinsley of Missouri. In thl
address It was brought out that it
was a penitentiary offence In Mis
souri to use the mad stone.
Four are known to be dead. 60
were injured, some fatally, and four
are unaccounted for, as the result
of an explosion Tuesday in the el
evator and grain storehouse of the
Husted Milling Company of Buffalo.
N. Y. Fire followed the explosion
and destroyed the wooden section ot
the elevator. The explosion was
caused by puffing dust accumula
tions In the feed house.