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r 'he Monroe Journal VOL. 19. No. 33. MONROE, N. 0., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1913. ONE DOLLAR 'V YEAR. HURST KILLED WOMAN. New York Murder Mystery Cleared l by Confew.'m if Young Cath- lie Priest that He was the 'uil ty Party. New York. Sept. 14. With i'- arrest early today of the Rev. Hn.s Schmidt, assistant rector of St. Joseph' Roman Catholic church, charged with the murder of Anna Aumuller, a domestic, the mystery surrounding the finding of parta of the dismembered body of a girl in the Hudson river was solved. Schmidt, according to the police re ports, confessed, and at the time of his arrest attempted to commit sui cide by cutting hia throat with a safety raior blade. According to the police and at taches of the district attorney's of fice, Schmidt's confession was full and absolute. In It he is quoted as saying that he killed his compan ion with a butcher's knife and cut up the body with a knife and saw. The deed was committed, .the police say, shortly after midnight on Sep tember 2. in an apartment In Brad hurst avenue. PUTS BODY IX RIVER. Five bundles, wrapped in bod clothes and papers, were made of the six parts. Five times Schmidt left the apartment houve with a bundle to cross the Hudson river to the Jersey shore. Five times he k.'ncd over the stern of the ferry boat and gave the river his burden. Theu ho returned to his church. In the apartment the police found a marriage license issued in New York last February and bearing the nanus of the priest and the mur dered woman. According to the cohiejslou cf Schmidt, he went through a marriage ceremony with the girl, in this eerenony Schmidt was bo;h priest and bridegroom; there were no witnesses. TU.U'KD PILLOWSLIP. A pillowslip led to Schmidt's ap prehension. This pillowslip, stain ed with blood and soiled with the filth of the river, was wrapped, over a portion of the torso. The detec tives traced the pillowslip to its manufacturer; the manufacturer traced It to the dealer; the dealer traced it to Schmidt. The police tracing Schmidt and the girl, knew all about both of them hours be fore they nrres'ed him. The priest was dressed In full clerical garb when Inspector Faurot entered his rooms in the parish house cf the church. The inspector produced a photograph of .Miss Auniuller nnd asked, Schmidt if he knew the girl. The priest, after n moment of hesitation, inquired whether his vis itors were police officers. He then asked permission to change his clothes, and it was when he left the room, Inspector Faurot declared, that he uttcmpted to cut his throat. According to the police, Schmidt signed a detailed confession, in which, nmong other statements, Is this: I'M GUILTY, HK SAYS. "I am guilty; that I can say. I must suffer th penalty. There is nothing else for me to do. Hut 1 lnve-el Ann Auniuller. She wanted me to many her and I procured, a marriage, license. She trusted inc. "I am a priest and ordained to perform the marriage ceremony, so when she insisted upon a ceremony 1 married myself to her. There was ' no need of any other priest doing it. It was just as absolute as If I hud called In another person with au thority to perform a marriage cere mony. She was my wife. "1 met Anna Aumuller two years ago at the parish house of St. Boni face church. She was employed as a servant there. I became infatu ated with her. I lovrd her." '"I killed her because 1 loved her so much. She was sobeautiful, so good, 1 could not let her live with out me. "1 had made up my mind that she and 1 could not lvle together. I wasa pripst rnd must remain with my church. I could not let her go away from me. "I cut her body into six pieces, I made trips to the Fort Lee ferry each time with a part of her pre cious body In a bunble. When the ferry boat reached the nilddlce of the stream I would throw a piece into the water and when the boat reached the other side of the river I would return and go back to the flat. CONFESSED TO SUPERIOR. Early today Schmidt hud said, to the Iter. Father Huntmaji, rector of St. Josphlne's church, that he would hear no more confessions and when asked for his reason, be said: "1 have something of importance to tell you." With his superior, Schmidt then retired to the study where the latter told all that had transpired in the Broad hurst avenue flat, where according to his alleged confession, he murdered, the girl. Father Httntman conferred with his other assistants and It was agreed that the authorities should be noti fied. The police, however, were even then on Schmidt's trail, and his arrest followed shortly. Schmidt was taken to the Tombs. A Four Months' Old Itahy Alone on Train. A Monroe man who got on the train at Salisbury a few days ago, noticed a tiny baby lying on a seat alone. When the train got to Con cord there was a hubub among the train crew, for no one claimed, the tiny traveller. The story Is told by the Concord Tribune: A four months old baby traveled alone and unaccompanied on train No. 7 Friday afternoon from Salis bury to Concord. The Infant, who Its mother, boarded the train at Hichmond. At Salisbury the mother got off the train and did not return before leaving time, No. 7 pulling out and continuing its journey with the baby occupying the seat alone. It Is said that the mother got off at the station with the intention of again boarding the train before It departed but failed to reach it in time. When the train arrived here Con ductor Lynch went to Chief of Po lice Roger, who was at the station, and told him of his young passen ger, asking the chief to keep the Infant until a message was received from Salisbury. The chief told the conductor to take the little passen ger on to Charlotte and communicate with the officials at Salisbury from I that point. While they were dis cussing the matter n telegram from ; Salisbury arrived Instructing the j conductor to send, the child back ou iilMl .M'. HI, WHICH WUS 0110 IlIIUUI 25 minutes after No. 7. On receipt cf the telegram the baby was given to Chief Boger to keep until the northbound train arrived. The chkf took the little charge Into the waging room and there awaited the arrival eif the train. The chief handled his charge care fully and tenderly, even though a little awkwardly. Accustomed to dealing with big, burly, obstreper ous offenders the sudden change to acting as euatcitkin of a dainty, dimpled little prisoner was such a new and novel experience that the chief was not altogether prepared for It. The baby appeared to like the treatment for a time, however. The llule fellow gazed around and finally caught sight of the chief's big, brass buttons. The little fin gers touched and toyed with them and seemed highly amused. The ehb'f responded, to the touch and he and baby were getting along fine. The buttons soon lest their charm and the baby begnn to whine. The chief was helpless. He possessed a night stick, piste! and handcuffs, weapons that had brought many a grown and fighting offender to bow In humble submission, but which he found utterly useless In stopping a faint whimper from hla little charge. The chief mude faces, whistled, jumped, baby up ami down, but all in vain. He did not konw the art. Just ns he had exhausted all known methods In the nrt of quieting fret ting babies, a ldy in the station kindly came to h's assistance. She took the little infant and told the chief that she was going off in tMln No. 16 nnd would care for the child. Tlio baby liked his new custodian and, in a few minutes was speeding on towad Salisbury In her care, asleep and satisfied. As the messages tent about the child were signed by railroad em ployees no names of the woman or child were given uml the officii!, here did not learn of their identity. The child was returned to the moth er In Salisbury nnd from n passen ger on train No. 35 last night It was learned that they passed through here on that trr.In going south. AX OLD MOXIMKXT. New Monuments at Old Cemetery Too Frightened to llcNiit YmiI- tiun f Speed Ijiw. Rehoboth Correspondence Waxhaw Enterprise. A massive and Imposing monu ment has lately been erected In the cemetery at Six Mile church to the members of the Heath families who are buried there. The Woodmen cf the World have also placed a handsome monument over the grave of Sov. J. J. Perry, wno died last spring. Among the older monuments at that place is one erected to a Con necticut man who died nearly a century ago and about whom we have been unable to gather any In formation further than the lnscrip- uon on tne stone, which we append la full below: In Memory of Anson Selzer, son of Lot and Mehitable Sizer of Middletown, Conn., who died September 5, 1828, AE 32. Stop traveler, as you pass by; As you are now so once was'l, As 1 am now so you must be: Prepare for death and follow me. To stand alone in the silent beau tiful City of the Icad and read this he-gets a train of thought and you turn away repeating, "As lie is now so I must be." We don't know the exact speed limit prescribed fcr autoniobilisis over t.ie public ronds of South Car lina, but some of them are hourly breaking the laws of saftty. We rode several miles the other day with an accommodating chap who had blown out a tire and wag too drunk to fix it. He was piking to ward Charlotte on three legs, so to r.peak. At points where there were signboards warnings to slow down. ne wiiiricu along at .a miles per hour, and on stretches where there was nothing but lumber wagons in his way, his speedometer crawled up to 4 2. I suppose 1 ought to be grateful for the free rldet to say nothing of some proffered liquid, re freshments, but blame me If 1 had not been so scared when I got off I'd have chalked down his number and been delighted to see him plank over a few plunks for the benefit of Lancaster county's good roads fund. President Wilson tentatively agreed Wednesday to the first pub lic unofficial engagement since his Inauguration. It Is to attead the inauguration of Professor A. T. Or mond as president of Crove City College, Pa. Dr. Ormond was a pro fessor at Prlnceten 27 years and was olosely associated with the President there. Xegiti Wi man Threw Duly Ib foi e Tinin. Greensboro, N. C, Sept, 8 Stand ing with her hands before her face as the train from Winston-Salem, No. 238, pulled Into the local yards last night, a negro woman whose name Is given as Carrie licit, threw herself under the wheels of the en gine ami was gournd to death. The woman came up the track just u fow seconds before the engine reach ed her and stood ready for the leap. Engineer M. C. Teague said he was running about 15 miles an hour. having Just passed the coal chute. Ho saw the woman first when he was In about 25 feet of her, and' she stcod there with her hand before her face. As the engine reached her she gave a leap and fell straight across the track. 1 he train was brought to a stop Immediately, and her horribly mangled body was found still under the cars. After the train unloaded Its passengers It ran back and picked up the re midns, which were taken to an undertaker. May (ilve Out Jin Figures. Th. census department has made a ruling which allows cotton s:atis-ticl-ins in each county to give to the local pnpers the number of bales of cotton ginned In each month In their districts. I'p till this season this was not allowed- Now, however, the statistician must not of course give out the number ginned by any particular gin, nor must he give out any report whatever till it has been verified in Washington. The depart ment., under the new management, fevls that the heme people are ln tersted an entitled, to know these figures as quickly as possible, honce the ruling. Mr. K. K. Helms, the Ktallstlclan for this county, reports that he finds that only three bales were ginned In this county up to Siptemhcr first, ns against' one last year. The crop in North Carolina is later thLs year than in any venr since 1910, while in the whole 'belt It Is ahe:id, owing to the early open ing in the dry districts of the west. This year In North Carolina only 188 bales had been ginned to Sep tember first. Trainman Killed Kvcry Seven Honrs. Now York, Sept. 12 "A member of the Brotherhood of Trainmen Is killed every seven hoars and 15 mlu- utes nnd every nine minutes a man Is maimed." This was the testimony today Of William Lee, representing the Order of Hallway Trainmen at the meeting of the arbitration commission in the controversy between 42 Eastern rail roads and their conductors and trainmen over the employes' de mands for more pay and shorter hours. When this statement was challenged by Elisha Lee, counsel for the railroads, William Lee cited statistics from the Interstate Com merce Commissioner 'a raport. This report on June 30 gave 3,635 rail road employers killed In the t'nlted States during the year. Hon. W. C. Dowd. ex-Spcaker of the Legislature, was electee" Tues day to the House from Mecklenburg wit host opposition to fill a vacancy. Mint Since tin- War. State Journal. For the first time since the war we have a tariff that was not made by the beneficiaries thereof. "Give the Democrats time," said Senator Uifolletto in explaining his vote in favor of the bill, "and they will make a tariff on a free trade basis." He also said that this was a protec tion bill. Whether It Is or not, the tremendous point that hug been gained Is the fact that the benefi ciaries of the tariff were not able to dictate the bill as they have been doing for fifty years. Since the in terests have been temporarily un horsed, the bill ought to mark the beginning of the abolition of every restrictive measure possible until we shall have approached as perfect freedom in trade as our system of raising revenue will permit until such time as a revolution In that system will permit the obolutlnn of all custom duties. If this bill Is sufficient of a reform measure to serve to open the eyes of the peo ple to the true principles of trade, there can be no doubt that natural causes, unhampered by restrictive legislation, will assert themselves to make the United Slates a natural (free) trade country. Hut that U a far cry Into the future. For the present tariff reformers ought to be mighty well pleased with what hH been done. AT THE KKX THKATKK. Every Three Charming I'mlum Night ThU Week. Tuesday "Death's Short Cut" is a sensational feature in which you will see "Rodman Law," the noto rious dare-devil, in his sensational plunge over Stillwater Falls in ai cpen boat la order that be might head off a wedding. "The Mutual Weekly." In this great feature you w'll see beautiful scenes from cUf ferent parts of the world. "Her Two Jewels" is a beautiful love story. Wednesday "Dick's Turning Pclnt" Is a beautiful love drama. "Tale of Death Valley." In this feature a forged marriage certifi cate separates the sweethearts un til the sun-baked desert gives un the secret of its dead. A dramatic. powerful story. "The Ranker's hen Is another one of those charm ing love stories. Thursday "King Rene's Daugh ter" is a poetic drama frcni the Danish e;f llenrich llerl" in three reels. Friday "His Crooked Carer" is one of those joyous Keystone com edies. "San Francisco, ths Daunt less City." is an educational sub ject of great merit. A Rural Ko- manee. 1 h Is picture is almost bordering on tragedy. It is a preity love drama and Is delightfully new In coiiciptlou and forceful in treatment. Saturday "Heart Throbs" is a war drama in two reels. The girl refuses to wed droves, who wr-s her mother's choice. She falls in love with John, who beccmes a rebel. The mother will not forgive the girl and sinds her from the home. War scenes Intervene and both John and Groves are shown amid the raging battle. John Is shot and. d;es with his n wly born base In his arms. It la years after the war that the mother relents nnd takes the girl back to her. "One of the Finest" U a one reel masterpiece. Stole First Itecausc of Hungir and Tin n Itecause He Loved It. Washington Dispatch, 8th. "I was forced to steal to keep from starving," a young man giving his name as Claude Tate, and his home as Forest City, Rutherford county, North Carolina, told the de tectives who arrested him here Sun day on a charge of committing a number of thefts and forgeries. Whe first arrested he said he c;'ine fron ) Mchmond, then Atlanta and several other Southern cUios, but flnal'y admitted his heme was For est City. He is alleged to have taken a check book from Harrison ltake' from whom he rented a room, tuid admits forging Baker's name to several checks. Later he registered at the Raleigh hotel ns Harrison Hakrr to ninke the check book look good. He ordered n suit of clothes sent to the hotel and while the por ter waited for the money he disap peared. Next day ke ordered an other suit delivered at the Darker home. I!y that time the polio had heard of the former transaction nnd detectives acted as deliverynien and arrested Tate. He is also charged with burglary from thee office of ;i dentist when he went to have sc. mo work done. Death of Mr. Joseph 1're.tuii. Mr. Joseph Rroom, an old Confed erate soldier, died Thursday after an illness of five weeks, during which time he was carefully nursed by his grandson, Mr. Lee Broom. He was born two miles south of Monroe 78 years ago last March, and lived in this locality all bis lu'e. He served the full four years of the war as a member of Co. A. 48th Regiment, and though in all the hard service that his regiment went through, he was not wounded. However, after the war be was nearly helpless for four years from rheumatism. He w.8 keeper of the county home several years in the 8U's and afterwards worked at the carpetitrs trade. The remains were buried In the .won roe cfmtlery, services bc.ng held by Elder Henry Tayolr, Mr. Hrooni belug of the Primitive faith. He U survived by two sisters, Mrs. Hiram Helms and Mrs. Hampton Griffin, and, cue brother, .Air. M. A. Broom, and one daughter. His grand sons, Messrs. II. V. and C. I!. Lem- mond of Richmond, attended the funeral. Financial It: port. The varlju.i mis. i.mary societies of the Union Association have con- tilbitteil the following tiniounts to missions during the quarter ending August 31, 1UI3: W. M. S. Marshvllle. $3.05; Win- gate, $25.50; Slilioh. ?5.0I; Hope well. $u.l0; Mill Creek. $5.2l; .Mon roe. 1st chuich, 2t.tin. Sunbeams M.irshvilie, $1.30; Wlngate 12.20. Y. W. A. Wln,".n:e. 15. no. Royal Ambassadors Livingston Chapter, MarshvT.b, $2.75; IKight Moore Chapter, Monroe, 1st church. $6.45; Laura Moore Chapter, North Monroe, $5. on. Total $102.55. The annual meeting f the W. M. C. of the I'nion Association will be held with the church at Mill Creek Thursday. S'pt. 25, llJI3, the annlversay session beginning at 10:- 30. AH the societies are requested to be represented. Sincerely, .Mils. F. H. ASHCRAFT. Mr. How's Crop I(eKrt. Monroe, N. C, Sept. 11, 1J13. Tjie Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tenn. Dear Sirs: Abnormal weather conditions, productive of retrogres sion of an acute character, have marked the passage of the week. The plant on low lands Is si HI do ing fairly well, but these lands con stitute a very small per cent of the acreage of the county. The bolls, la rust stricken and Insect infested areas, are opening rather freely, and some cotton lg being marketed, most farmers seem disposed to sell at and around 13 vents. Condition to date, 77 per ceat. Very truly yours, GEO. E. FLOW. I'liivatcns to Item! from the Pulpit Names tif Those Receiving; Liquor. In a sermon last Sunday night. Rev. Geo. D. Herman, pastor of the Methodist church cf Wndesboro. talked nbout the evil of liquor drink ing and especially drinking In secret, and In the course of his remarks Mr. Herman, according to the Wadesboro Messenger, made the fol lowing statement: "If so much of this drinking Is not stopped 1 am going to the express office nnd get a Hat of those who are receiving w lib-key and read their names out from the pulpit and the amount received by them. If they are not ashamed to have whiskey come to their address I Bin not ashamed to read their names to the public. Secret drink ing Is ten times worse than that of uuinc urinsing, lor n muses uo:ni a coward und a sneak of the limn who Is ashamed for his shortcom-' Ings to become known." Death of Aged Lady In Lam n Creek Towl:l. Pageland Journal. Mrs. Laura ltorle, wii'ow of the late William ltorle, died at her home In Lane Creek township lat Thursday mornlrg, and was burled at Philadelphia church Friday. Mr. llorle's maiden name was Home, a grand-daughter of Ephrlam Horn, who moved from Virginia and B"t He'd a tract of land, which was granted him, nenr llorneslpro. She was born in 1822. and was therefore HI years old. She was mnriled to Mr. Rorle about 1S43 and they mov ed to Arkat'sas, where Mr. Rorle dl'd after a few years, and then the widow and her four children moved back and settled In Lanes Creek township befure the Civil War, and. she lived there until her death last week. All of the children are dead snve one son, Mr. W. T. Rorle of the IVuliih section, who is now nbout 7o years old. A great num ber of grandchildren and gre:il grandchildren sumve. Mrs. Rorle had been b!l:id several years, and hud been In an almost helpl.-cs condition for soin time. Her mind was unusually strong un til two or three years iuto it bigan to fall lur. In her death, probably the oldest person in the township passed away. Dixie Theatre to ()h ii Mciidny vvilli Polite VniiiU-vilh. The Dixie Theatre will open Mon tltiy. Sept. 22, with high class vaud eville and moving pictures, introduc ing Harry DuVnll Company, c:m pos d of five members who carry their own scenery and lobby dis plays, Thee people offer a series of tabloid farce comedlrs Infc'rinin gled with high rlai-g vaudeville spe cialties which will be clean and mor al in every respect. Comple-to change of program every night. Ground Itch. Heuluh, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Groomea, has a very painful cass of ground itch, and a badly swollen root. This dls etute Is now designated "hookworm." I believe, by the medical fraternity. It has prevailed on the plantations ever since I can remember, and I learned from my parents a home remedy which I never knew to fail, and have cured many rases with It. This Is the red. swaaip alder, and red oak bark, boiled to a strong solution, in which bathe the affect ed parts, as hot as can be borne, and in aggravated cases I have used a rorn meal poultice made of the so lution. This Is a splendid remedy for the sores and bolls which often afflict the limbs and feet of chil dren this season of the year. Aunt Becky, la Scottish Chief. I'nioiivillc Items. Correspondence of The Journal. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lol'liii of Sa vannah, (In., are vis!,; Ing Mrs. of lln's parents, Mr. rnd .Mrs. A. A. Se crest. Missels Clara and Flonnle Purser and Amy Helms left Tuesday for Llnwood College, Gastonia. X. ( ., where they will enter school. Mrs. Jennie James retruned Mon day from Liiurinburg, where she was the. guest of Mrs. G. 11. Russell for a week. M!.s Lizzie Drewer left Wednes day for State-svillc, where she goc to enter Statcsvllle female college. Ml Ella I'resson Is visiting her brother, Mr. W, II. Presson. Mrs. Pressou leaves shortly for .Montana, where she will receive medical treat ment. Messrs. Steele and Sikts clcsed a very suucedsful meeting here n few days ago. Much Interest was taken and great good accomplished. Mr. W. A. Lnve. who has been In the Charlotte Sii'iltorluin for I'ne past three weeks, is much improved and Is expected home at an early date. The Farmer's I'nlon rally, which was held hnrn on the tith, was quite a success. The address given by Dr. Alexander was a good one. Mtss Inez Ilenten. who Is teachlna In the Wlngate grndd school, upent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. Hargett Is having her house near the Methodist church remod eled and will move to our village the first of October. maKi: ix; aiso imoki: oit. Visiter in Country Stiire Satunlay Xiglit ll-ai)H a Ia Mn- Anx ious to ; t Out. Tlwn He was to Vt In And Mr. IVIk !VpM-rr4 Him. At one o'clock Sunday morning, Mr. J. s. Polk, who lives" right near Polk & Sons store at Laker's Cross ing, was awakened by a noise at the store w hich made hi in hold his head to the window and listen a bit. He decided that some oue was try ing to open the front door of tii store and he called down to the central office to see if it were any of the home people. Receiving no answer, he got up. partly d.vssed. got his shot gun, und went towards the store. He found that his f I it er's family had, already been arouse;! by the noise und the young vvomeu who keep the phone e-Hiitrel were very much frightened. .Mr. M. A. Polk was up and when he found th.it a man had gone into the s ore be undertook to catch him. Mr. Polk expected him to tiy to get eait t!m back door, and lie did, but finding that Mr. Polk vvi's ouiside. the man ran back to the front door and crawled out of the hole that ho had Kone In through. Just i.t that, time Mr. J. S. Polk was coming up with his gun, but was afraid to shoot lest he Mt his f::'her. As th. man got out he ran across the rna-I towards where the women folks were, and Mr. Polk was again afn'l l to shoot. Hut as the man got out in a fair place towards the railroad, Mr. Polk took a couple of shots at him. At the first shot the man stumbled, but got up and continued to run. As the (-bells used were bailed with number 8 shot he could not be hurt much ev n if he had been hit. Mr. Polk says that It was light enough for him to see the man well and that hi? and nil the others were satisfied that he was black. The man had gotten In by taking an old axs Troiii the yard and prizing off t.h" Heavy wire Uu.t was aercss the doer. A t'nrd (if Tlmiiks. In the recent Illness and death cf our grandfather we wish to ex tend our heart-felt thanks to our frlt-nds and neighbors for their kind ness to us. The helping hand that was held out to uh in our dark hour ef sorrow will ever live green In our memory. The Lord was our Shepherd, we did net want; and we pray Ood may lead you to others who may need the helping hand and encour agement that you bestowed upon us. MR. AND X1RS. LEE BROOM. Hacked Down Embankment. Mrs. Frank Helms and children passed through a highly dangerous and unpleasant experience Sunday afternoon, which was nothing less than being thrown into a gully with a heavy stirry and a mule on top of them. Mrs. Helms, who lives near I'll I'm vi lie. was returning wi-li the children from a visit to her pa rents, Mr. nnd .Mrs. Anion Fundi r btirk of Buford township. The ac cident occurred just on the smith side of Ul'liari'son creek on (lis Wolf Pond road. As they were ap prc.ichlng the bridge from the other side, nn automobile approrched from this side, but stopped bffore get ting to the bridge. Whether the mule got scared ;:t this or some thing else is not i-.rmwn. But he stopped short in the ro::J. turn il half around nnd. baclstd off the hii:h embankment. Just as the bark wheels went ovi r the fall was so steep that Mrs. Holms and the fl'.e children all fell out the buck s.f 'lie surry Into the i-nlly. The vehicle relied c:i dr.wn over t'lpm nnd the mule was pulled ibv.!i wiih it. O ily the fact that there vers a deep n1'. ly Into which 'hy Ml saved them from probably L-ing trampled by the hoof of the nutb, for wli-n fly wheels ef the vehicle struck the sides of the Milly it held the mule off of them. Mr. Gulledge of Sou h Carolina, who was driving the auto mobile, and. Squire M. L. Flow, win happened to be pas-ing, with soil! colored men. helped to get the mule and vehicle back tip the road, a-id it was found that llicngh Mrs. Helms and the chlldr.n were badly shoe'ked and bruised some they were not extremely hurt. Hut it was a narrow escape. The mule did n it. appear to be frlgtile ed at automo biles, for cn coming en up to Air. wesiey Helms, they nut two ma chines. Presbyleiliin ( l.unli :.es. On Friday evening r.f last week a goodly number of Uaracas gath'rvl at the manse to celebrate the birth day of the pastor. The scheme was well laid, and the secret well kept, (only a few told their wives) con quently the surpirse was very com plete, and could only have' uei n greater hud the seinie people ap peared at one lime at Sunday schrol. During the evening, which was pl?:is antly spent In social intercourse. Senator Lemmond. being spokesman for the party, in very kind, cordial and appreciative words, presented Dr. C.urney with a gift that Is con ceded to be "mightier than the sword." After the serving of re freshments by Mrs. Gurney and M!s Eleanor an exceedingly pleasant evening was brought to a close. The Presbyterian Caracas have elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, H. L. Crowell; vice - president, Frank Marshall; secretary and treasurer, W. J. Rudge. Now that the vaca tion season Is over all members are urged to be In thedr places In the class, to which all men. young or old, not attending elsewhere are most cordially Invited. Dr. J. M. Belk Is the representa tive of the church at the meeting of presbytery which Is beln? held with Hanks church this week, M. L. Crowell is hU alternate. On account of the absence of the pastor at presbytery there will be no midweek service this week. Until further notice all evening meetings will be at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. O. R. Thomas has returned aKS from a visit to friends In lUteUfh.
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