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VOL. 19. No. 45.
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MONROE, N. 0., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1913.
ONE DOLLAR YEAR
THE TEXAS FLOODS.
Bruoa River Itccoim-s a Rushing
Torrent Three to Five Mile
Wide i Lues of Many Lives.
Tremendous floods on the Braios
and Colorado Rivera are causing
death, of many persons and the de
struction of untold amounts of prop
erty. Up till Sunday night the
death list had grown to 61, and was
continually Increasing. It ts not ex
pected that the floods sweeping
down the rivers will reach the gulf
till tomorrow.
Bryan, Texas, Dec. 5. A death
list of more than 60 with scores of
flood refugees spending tonight in
imminent danger, and possibly a
thousand others marooned and suf
fering from hunger and cold, was
indicated by tonight's reports from
the flooded Braios river bottom in
this section of South Central Tex
as. For over SO miles the Brazos
was three to five miles wide and
running with mill race Bpe"d.
The known dead in Texas floods
numbered 33 before reports from
the Inundated territory in this dis
trict bean coming in late today
brought by men on horseback.which
is about the only reliable means of
communication. The couriers re
ports indicated at least twenty more
lives lost. About two-thirds of the
drowned were negroes.
The riders' reports Indicated that
the property loss would total 1 4,
000,000 or $5,000,000 when the
damage along the Brazos Is added
to that la other portions of the
State.
Henry Martin, vice-president and
general manager of the Internation
al and Oreat Northern Railroad, was
drowned at Valley Junction near
here late today while attempting to
rescue marooned flood victims. Mr.
Martin went to Valley Junction to
personally direct the road's relief
forces and was attempting to navi
gate a boat alone when the frail
craft was upset. His body has not
been recovered. Six members of
the Galveston Life Saving crew and
a train load of motor boats from
Houston, which were to have come
to Bryan were stopped by high wa
ter at Navasota. The boats were
launched at that point shortly be
fore dark and tonight, started up
stream over the flooded bottoms to
rescue persons reported clinging to
trees and housetops.
Catting Off tlie Preacher's Baccy.
Rev. E. L. Bain of Winston-Salem
. farmer presiding elder of the States-
Til !e district, offered the following
resolution at the Charlotte session
of the Western Conference, which
wss adopted;
"Whereas, We believe the use of
tobacco in any form during the pe
riod of adolescence Is detrimental
to the person, and whereas, we be
lieve that the parents who patronize
our Institutions of learning would
prefer that their sons should have
thrown around them at this time
of life every wholesome restraint
therefore be it resolved, that we
recommend to the -faculties and
bsards of trustees of all the schools
in which we have property interests
that they take action in a way nec
essary to eliminate within two or
three years the use of tobacco from
the students and faculty."
A lively discussion resulted on
the report of a committee recom
mending that all candidates for the
ministry be required to promise to
abstain from the use of tobacco,
Strong opposition wrs offered by
O. T. Rowe, Plato Durham, W. R.
Ware and A. W. Plyler, and the
resolution was defended by J. F.
Kirk, C. H. Ireland, E. Myers and
others. The sentiment was over
whelming for the resolution and it
was adopted.
Trimble in Barnwell.
Columbia, S. C, Dec. 4. Scott
Madison, Mitchell Story and Gilbert
Miller, three Barnwell negroes, are
being rushed to the penitentiary for
safe keeping. They are charged
with the murder of E. P. Best, at
Barnwell lart night, which came
near to causing a lynching there
today.
The negroes were held by a coro
ner's Jury for trial In general see
sirns court. It is said that the Barn
well county grand Jury will meet in
special session and special term of
court held to try the negroes.
With the departure of the officers
with the negroes, Barnwell grew
quiet.
The calling out of the military
comDsnv at Barnwell, and the
prompt Instruction to preserve order
given to Sheriff Morris by uovern
or Blease, averted a threatened
lynching of negroes arrested on sua
ble ion cf being Implicated, in the
shooting.
At a late hour it was reported
that the crowd hnd disappeared and
that everything was quiet.
Over two score negro suspects are
under arrest charged with the shoot
ing, but there is an Impression that
the killing was accidental, probably
by a pistol fired In a crowd of ne
groes who were standing on the
street a few feet below where Mr.
Best was killed.
Sldna Allen, the noted Virginia
i murderer, was under bond to appear
" the present term of Federal court
in Greensboro to answer a charge
of blockading, but inasmuch as Sid
es is nerving a JO-year term in the
The Charity Awwriatioa.
In the early summer some of the
ladies of the town met in Central
Methodist church and organised
United Charities Association. A pres
ident, vice president and, secretary
;nnd treasurer were elected, and
r -nmlttees were appointed to can
the town aud secure members
for this organisation. The plan was
to s cure as many members as pos
sible, men and women, who would
be willing to pay one dollar each a
year. A hundred members would
have meant a hundred dollars In the
treasury. Five hundred members
would have nient five hundred dol
lars. Every case of need and des
titution In the town was to be re
ported to this organlsatlon.lnvesii-
gated and, provided for out of this
fund. A committee was appointed
to search out all such cases, and
the ministers, physicians and police
men were asked to report to the
chairman of this committee, Mrs.
G. M. Beasley, any case coming un
der their observation.
Monroe is large enough for an
organization of this kind but it has
not met with the help and encour
agement that it should. We earnest
ly request that every citizen of the
town help us lu this work. If you
have not become a member Just drop
in at the English Drug Store and,
Mr. S. O. Blair will be glad to take
your name and your dollar. If
you have given your name and have
not paid the dollar please hand it
to him at once or to Mrs. D. B
Snyder, who is treasurer.
Winter Is coming and we shall
need It to respond to the many calls
for help. Anyone knowing of cases
of need will please report them to
Mrs. G. M. Beasley.
The United Charities is trying to
raise an empty stocking fund a
fund for filling the stockings of the
children whose stocking would other
wise be eniDtv on Christmas eve,
No one is soliciting -for this. It
Is to a freewill offering, but if you
want to gladden the heart of some
child at Christmas send your con
tribution to the Monroe Journal as
soon as possible. The Journal has
kindly consented toireceive the funds
and a committee of ladles irom we
various churches of the town has
been appointed to Invest this money,
and it wUl be Judiciously expended
for fruit, confections and, such
things as usually fill the Christmas
stockings. The purchases will be
made at least a week before Christ
mas, so send In your offering
promptly. If anyone prefers giving
toys, fruit or confections instead of
money, they may send those things
to The Journal also.
THE UNITED CHARITIES.
Crip
Report of North Curulina's
For the Year.
North Carolina's harvest this year
in value will equal the assessment
for a taxation of all her farm lands,
estimates Commissioner Graham In
his report to the State Board of
Agriculture. In spirit of floods In
some sections, drought in others and
storms of unusual severity and our
ation, he says, there will be gather
ed, so far as the market price is
concerned, the most valuable crops
ever harvested in this State.
The assessed value of farm lands
Is 1230,597.000: the crops Major
Graham estimates to worth $232,
082.199 and this does not Include
by-produots. The chief crops and
their iwtlinated yields follow:
Corn, including forage, $65,000,-
000; what, including Btrnw, $10,
000.000: oats. Including straw, $4,-
000.000: hay. $6,000,000; tobacco,
$30,000,000; cotton and seed,(800.
000 bales). $62,000,000: Irish pota
tof, $1,600,000; sweet potatoes, $4,
000000: peanuts, $6,000,uuu; peas
and beans. $2,000,000: hots, pork
and stock. $17,000,000: horses and
mues. 11.500.000: cattle, ;s,uuu.-
000: rve. $500,000; apples, $600,000
dairy products, ii.ij,-'4a; pounry
and eggs, s8,US4,9ti4. Total.
082,199.
This does not! nclude borries, can
ned goods, vegetables, truck, buck
wheat, honey and molasses.
Thin remarkable exhibit, says the
commissioner, has been produced by
th adult farmer, and is the resuu
in a large measure of the teachings
of the Department of Agriculture
throueh Its Institutes and demon
stration work. Mr. Graham then
atates that the minds cf this class
of citizens are fully developed ano
rnimt ha annulled to through the
show me" methods, or oojeci
lessons.
After the customary tribute to the
Stat as a farming section wnicn
has few equals, Commissioner Gra
ham makes the statement max u
the farmers ever learn that buying
on credit is a bad custom and to
the sunDlies necessary to
run the farm, they should certainly
prosper. Rural cash l much more
to be desired than rural credit.
It is stated that woman suffrage
clubs have been, organised at five
points in the State Asheville, Mor
ganton, Chnrlotte, Winston-Salem
and Bakersvllle.
A. P. Bump, about 60 years old.
living near Wilmington, committed
suicide by shooting himself. He left
note in which be assigned fail
ing health as the cause.
Such of the whiskey seised In the
recent Asheville raids ss was tit for
medical use was sent to a charity
hospital. The remainder, stored In
the Jail, was empted into the sewer
VI re In U State orison for murder he through bath tub. As much of
eouldnt well appear and Judge Boyd i the whiskey was in pint bottles It
rolmci Lis bondsmen. 'was quite s Job to empty It.
TUE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
SI rt Hut Important Mas Mr. WU
on's Speech.
President W lion's address to Con
gress was short but it has taken
hold on the country. The two most
important features were his state
ments regarding Mexico, and his
recommendation for presidential pri
primaries. They were as follows:
MEXICO.
There can be no certain prospect
of peace In America until General
Huerta has surrendered his usurped
authority in Mexico; until It Is un
derstood on all hands, Indeed, that
such pretended governments will not
be countenanced or dealt with by
the government of the United States.
We are the friends of constitu
tional government in America; we
are more than its friends, we are
its champions; because In no other
way can our neighbors, to whom we
would wish in every way to make
proof of our friendship, work out
their own developments in peace
and liberty.
Mexico has no government. The
attempt to maintain one at the City
cf Mexico has broken down, and a
mere military despotism has been
sat up which has hardly more than
the semblance of national authority.
It originated In the usurpation of
Vlctoriano Huerta, ' who, after a
brief attempt to play the part of
Constitutional President, has it
last cast aside the pretense of
legal right and declared himself dic
tator. As a consequence, a condition of
affairs now exists in Mexico which
has made It doubtful whether even
the most elementary and fundamen
tal rights either of her own people
or of the citizens of other countries
resident within her territory can
long be successfully safe guarded,
and which threatens, it long con
tinued, to imperil the interests of
peace, order and tolerable life In
the lands immediately to the south
of us.
Even If the usurper had succeed
ed In his purposes, in despite of
the Constitution of the republic and
the rights cf its people, he would
have set up nothing but a precari
ous and hateful power, which could
have lasted but a little while, and
whose eventual downfall would have
left the country In a more deplora
ble condition than ever. But he
has not succeeded.
He has forfeited, the respect and
the moral support even of those
who were at one time willing to
see him succeed. Little by little he
has been completely Isolated. By
a little every day his power and
prestige are crumbling and the col
lapse Is not far away.
We shall not,, I believe, be oblig
ed to alter our policy of watchful
waiting. And then, when the end
comes, we shall hope to see the con
stitutional order restored in dis
tressed Mexico by the concert and
energy of such of her leaders as
prefer the liberty of their people
to their own ambitions.
DIRECT PRIMARIES.
I turn to a subject which I hope
can be handled promptly and with
out serious controversy of any kind.
I mean the method of selecting nom
tneea for the Presidency of the
United States. I feel confident that
I do not misinterpret the wishes or
the expectations of the country when
I urge the prompt enactment of leg
islation which will provide for pri
mary elections throughout the coun
try at which the voters of the sev
eral parties may choose their nom
inees for the Presidency without the
Intervention of nominating conven
tions.
I venture he suggestion that this
legislation should provide for the re
tention of party conventions, but on
ly for the purpose of declaring and
accepting the verdict of the prima
ries and formulating the platforms
of the parties, and I suggest that
these conventions should consist not
of delegates chosen for this single
purpose but of the nominees for
Congress, the nominees for the va
cant seats In the Senate of the
United States, the Senators whose
terms have not yet closed, the Na
tional committees and the candi
dates for the Presidency themselves
in order that platforms may be
framed by those responsible to the
people for carrying them Into ef
fect.
EXD OF THE ASHEVILLE CASES
Revenue Officer J. Frank Miller
and others made a raid In Mont
gomery county a few days ago and
found a man and a woman operat
ing an illicit distllery. The man
fled to the timber and the woman
was taken in charge. A little later
a muzzle of a gun appeared in view
r.f the officers end with a demand
to "turn that woman loose." De
mand was not enforced and the of
ficers say the fellow ran again, but
that they turned the woman loose
when they found out all they want
ed to know, which may have been
about the time the gun was pointed
at them.
Five miles from Winston Tuesday
evening Rufus McKlnnamon was
shot and killed by his son, John.
24 year old. The son said he went
home and found his father, who was
drinking, abusing his mother and
s!sier. He protested and his fatner
threatened to kill jhe family and
got hi gun. lie took the gun away
from his father and shr.t him twice.
reloading the gun to ft re a second
time. He claims self defence and
hU mother and sister corroborate
him. It Is not probable that he
will be pnv-eeut.od. .
Rig Blind Tigers Submit and Pay
Finos.
SStatesville Landmark.
The Investigation of the Illicit
liquor solos in Asheville nrlnclnal
ly at the Battery Park and Lamtren
hotels and drug stores which was
in progress for several weeks, with
Judge Carter of the Superior Court
sitting as a committing magistrate.
was ended Tuesday when the defend
ants submitted and paid heavy fines.
They agreed to donate the liquor
seized to the hospital for charity
cases, dismantle barroom fixtures in
their possession and refrain from
the sale cf whiskey for the next
three years. Under the terms of
the compromise a fine of $4,000 ts
imposed on John H. Lange and Gay
Green, the former paying $2,666.67
and the later being assessed with
$1,333.33; James L. Alexander pays
a fine of $2,000; J. Baylle Rector
pleads guilty and judgment Is sus
pended for three years: D. Mac Kay
forfeits his liquor license and agrees
never to apply for another, and a
similar entry Is made in the case
of F. H. McMullon. The costs of
the investigation, amounting to ap
proximately $1,500, are divided
equally among Mossrs. Alexander
Green and Lange. Each of the de
fendants pleads guilty to two
charges of violations of the prohibi
tion laws, judgment being entered
in one case and being suspended for
three years In the other.
The defendants on whom Judge
ment was suspended except McKay,
who is ill are described by Judge
Carter as the "small fry," who were
employes. Judge Carter announced
In disposing of the cases that he
had been asked on what terms he
would allow the defendants to plead
guilty and end it all. He dictated
the terms and they were excepted.
The Citizen says Asheville is real
ly dry for the time; that liquor
can't be bought on a physician's
prescription. That condition may
continue for a few days.
The Real Christian Spirit.
Presbyterian Standard.
The annual meeting of the West
ern North Carolina Conference has
been in session in our city for sev
eral days. Charlotte has been host
to many gatherings these past few
years, but she has never entertain
ed a more consecrated set of men
than she is now doing.
They have come from city, town
and back-woods, an earnest, self-
denying hand of workers, such as Is
rarely, if ever, equalled.
In the history of our counttry they
have beeh pioneers, enduring hard
ness as good sold lens of Jesus Christ,
and sinphaaJaiac 1b their preaching
tne importance of vital godliness.
In the early part of our ministry,
when we were filling the role of a
Presbyterian pioneer along the Mex
ican border, we worked often In con
nection with the Methodlct Church.
We divided time and occupied the
same church building, and often we
rode the plains with their itinerant
preachers, and were entertained by
their faithful members. Since then
we have had a warm place in our
heart for the Church, and a great
admiration for their self-denyins
ministry.
Cal"ln and, Armlnlus are both In
heavan and have long since recon
ciled thoir differences, and it is a
happy thought that their followers
on earth have ceased to emphasize
these differences, and are now lay
ing special stress upon their points
t agreement.
'Ye may smile upon our Metho
dist brother who has been, as he
once said in class meeting, "a chris
tian off and on for forty years," yet
we must confess that when he Is
"on," he Is a fine specimen of a
christian.
Cut OH Huerta's Oil.
Preferring to Incur the displeas
ure of the Huerta government to
a very practical manifestation of
the rebels wrath, the producing: oil
companies of Mexico have cancelled,
their contracts fr.r supplying the Na
tional Railway of Mexico with fuel
oil. This Is regarded as one of the
most serious blows dealt the gov
ernment because It is likely to
bring about early suspension of all
railway traffic, which would Inter
fere greatly with military operations
and commerce. The rebels naa
threatened to destroy the oil unless
sales to the government were dis
continued.
LATEST XEW8 IX BRIEF.
Financial Report.
The various missionary societies
of the Union Baptist Association
hare contrlbutde the following
amounts to missions during the
quarter ending November 30, 1913:
Monroe, W. M. S., $80.00. Y. W.
A., $30.00, Sunbeams, $10.00, R. A.,
$2.60; Marshville. W. M. S., $30.60;
Mill Creek, W. M. S., $7.00; Hope
well, W. M. S., $7.30; Shlloh. W.
M. 8., $10.00; Waxhaw, V. W. A.,
$15.00; total, $192.60.
MRS. FRANK ASHCRAFT.
Sir annrliil trains carrviiur 1.200
boys and girls from Ohio, members
of corn clubs and domestic science
clubs in that Stale, and their
friends, making a total of about
2,000 persons, arrived in Washing
ton last week and took in the city.
A lone masked bandit Wednesday
afternoon held np the Bank of Mon
treal branch at Plume Coulee, Manl
tnh tnu f 10.000 In currency, shot
and killed the bank manager and
escaped in a stoKvn automobile.
A new French cabinet was formed
yesterday but the newspapers pre
dict a short life tor K.
President Wilson expects the Seag
ate to pass the currency bill by the
20th, and that It will become a law
In time for the Christmas holiday.
According to a report from the
Currency Bureau, only six National
oanks failed In the United States
last year.
The death list of the Texas flood,
elsewhere described Li this paper,
has now reached 150, and the dan
ger is net yet over.
Virginia cities deny that they op
pose the reduction in freight rates
lately agreed upon between the
North Carolina legislature and the
railroads.
A special train over th3 Seaboard
yesterday went by from Raleigh,
loaded with Baptists on the way
to the State Convention which meets
in Shelby this week.
No news of importance comes
from Mexico, and everything, so far
as this country is concerned, seems
to be settled down to the President's
policy of "watchful waiting."
In opening court in Greensboro
yesterday Judge Shaw instructed
the grand Jury to investigate the
"men higher up," In the liquor sell
ing business.
Miss Nancy Lee of Archdale, this
State, who was a missionary In Mex
ico, has been forced to leave that
country with other missionaries and
the party arrived in Brownsville,
Texas, yesterday.
John T. Oliver, who was recom
mended for the post office at Relds-
vllle, but whom Senator Simmons
refused to allow confirmed by the
senate, yesterday withdrew from the
race.
Severn! candidates have quickly
bloomed out for the Newbern post
office since the post office depart
ment dismissed the Republican post
master, who had two years to serve,
Because he refused to reinstate
clerk whom be had dismissed.
President Wilson yesterday went
to the Capitol unobserved and took
a stroll about the rotunda before
any one knew that he was there,
and managed to get lost in the
building Just like some man from
Monroe would, have done.
The House yesterday passed a res
olution directing President Wilson
to co-operate with the plan cf Mr,
Churchill, head of the British navy,
In a plan for the nations to take
a holiday of one year in building
Mflnlv IttrtlnwAlf rt Rllvb nnnntv
who was said to have been promised
me appointment as marshal for the
Webb of Asheville was annolnted
is reported to be preparing, with
the aid of his friends, to make
mighty protest.
The family of Mr. P. A. Koontz
of DavdLson county were in the field
picking cotton yesterday. The old
est boy had his gun along. The dog
Jumped a rabbit and the boy seized
the gun to go for It, stumbled and
fell, and the gun was discharged.
The mother and little girl were shot
and may die.
The (hithcring of the' Old Slave
The gathering of the Old slaves
In Monroe Saturday was a meet en
joyable occasion with them. One
hundred and sixty wore badges of
blue ribbon on the coat, marked
Ex-Slave," but there was a good
many more. Besides the old ones
there were enough of the younger
colored people to fill the court
house when the speaking was going
on. Addresses were made by Messrs
W. H. Phlfer, Ney McNeely and
B. C. Ashcraft, who told of the de
votion of the slaves during the war,
and of the Intimate and friendly re
lations of master and slave before
the wnr, and, gave good advice as
to the present, all of which was
most heartily cheered and appre
ciated by the colored people. Rev.
Ellerbee of Raleigh, who is the lead
er in the jnovenient, made a good
speech. He gays that North Cnro
Hna was the first state to organize
the old slaves and that the move
ment is spreading all oxer the South,1
After the speaking a dinner was
served on the square to all who had
badges. The dinner was prepared by
Mr. II. J. Hlnson by direction or
Capt. W. C. Heath, Messrs W. L.
Howie and W. H. Phlfer, and one
hundred and sixty dinners were sat
upon the table. There was plnnty
for all and the old people who en
Joyed It were lond In their appre
ciation. After the dinner Capt.
Heath went through the crowd with
boxen of cigars and a good deal of
puffing was indulged In. Capt. Heath
was chaperoued by Uncle Nelson
Hough, who stated that "I raised
die here boy an' Is proud o' de Job."
A brass band composed of colored
men from Mineral Springs, gave
the crowd music. It is hard to tell
which were the happier, t . colored
folks or the white ones who stood
about and watched them.
SHOT HERSELF TO tITH.
Mrs. John Hill, Mother o tiirtetsi
Children, Wearied f lit Ac
count of SI. knew d1 y il H
all With a TMol Last T.Uy
Xltsht. j'
Suffering with pellagra, with her
mind weakened with the dUiee,
Mrs. John Hill of WeddinMon. blew
her brains out with p atol. The
deed took place at the home of Mr.
William Hill, a brother cf her hus
band. Mrs. Hill had been siek a
long time, and it was known that
her mind had become weakened,
and the family had been watching
her. On Tuesday she slipped away
and went to the home of her brother-in-law,
about two miles away, fol
lowed by her eldest daughter and
her two younger children. Just af
ter dark as the family were slttlcg
around the fire she got up and left
the room for the yard. In a mo
ment the piste 1 shot was heard and
all rushed out to find her shot
through the temple. Bhe died Im
mediately. It Is supposed she had
slipped the pistol of Mr. Hill from
its place In the house and concealed
It In her dress, as no one saw her
have R. No inquest was deemed
necessary and Coroner Plyler was
not summoned. Mrs. Hill's maiden
name was Haywood, and she was
the mother of nine children, all of
whom, with her husband, survive.
RED CROSS SEALS HERE.
The sixth report of the ginning of
the cotton for this season was issued
yesterday, showing number of bales
ginned up to December first. The
number Is 12,081,100. Last year
to the same time the figures were:
11.854,541. North Carolina has gin
ned, up to Deccmlier first 22,746.
Every One Shculd t.'et a Supply Thl
Christmas sr.d Help the ;nn1
Cause.
Red Cross Seals are now on sale
at every drug store In town. Mrs.
F. G. Hendrso. who to managing
the sale, will alno appoint other la
dies to aid in selling them. The
seals are sold at one cent each,
and the money goes to help fight
the battle against the great white
plague, tuberculosis. Every one
should buy at least a few of the
seals and use them on packages
and letters.
Two hundred cities and towns la
North Carolina are selling this sea
son the Christmas seal of the De4
Cross Society. With the exception
of Florida and Nevada, R'd Cross
Seals are on sale in one or more
cities of every State In the Union,
and also in Hawaii and the Canal
Zone. In most of the States the
sale has been organized in every
city, village and hamlet. Every
conceivable method of conveyance is
being employed in shipping the seals
from the various State headquarters
to local agents, from the ox-team In
pack-burro In Colorado, to the ex
press train and the automobile in
New York. These holiday seals are
even being sold in mountain ham
lets, where the snow - will prevent
the receipt of returns for months
after the first of the year.
Jurors for December Court.
Ths county commissioners have
drawn the following Jurors to serve
at a term of one week Superior
court, beginning Monday, December
loth, for the trial of civil cases:
Wilson N. Edwards, Henry .lyera,
J. D. lUggers, G. T. Winchester, G.
G. Benton, S. G. Griffin, G. B. Mc
Lelland, H. B. Marsh, Geo. S. Lee.
M. L. Davis, J. L. Howell, R. S.
Deeas, E. J. McMunus, J. T. Marks,
H. I). Walters, S. C. Thorn is, J. F.
Thompson.
Edison TnlhliiK Pictures the, Real
ThiiiK.
Like every remarkable Invention,
Edison's Talking Pictures have
aroused a host of skeptics who be
lieve the inventor Is usinir the an
tiquated methods which prosed a
failure long ago that of takina an
ordinary phonograph record and
then having the actor to net out the
Scenes to fit the rv:ord.
Such, however, is not the case.
Edison Talking Pictures are the
result of an invention which permt'a
the making of films and records at
one and the same time. The doubt
ing ones need not reflect a rr ment
in order to correct their erroneous
impressions. In the first place,
would so busy a man us th late .
Mayor Gaynor have mada a phono
graph record of his speech and then
rehearsed his speech ever ond over
again until he had learned ?o mnve
his Hps in time with the record?
Would he then stood up befora the
camera and gone through a mean
ingless pantomime? Of course not.
The Mayor and his Department
Heads simply repaired to the Edi
son Studio and delivered their
speeches and while the camera
photographed their movements, the
phonograph, placed above the came
ra, recorded every word.
Another proof of the gfnulness
of the Edison Talking Pictures lies
in the minstrel shews and comedy
sketches In which a large cast ap
pear. While It might be possible
for a single player or even two play
ers to fool tho public it is obviously
impossible for a large number of
people to perform with such abso
lute precision ns to make the illu
sion perfect. No ether method than
that of simultaneous photography
and recording could give the won
derful results which Edison obtains
in the Talking pictures.
They have been hailed as the
greatest vaudeville attraction of the
year and have proved their claim to
the title in all the big cities cf the
country. The people of Monroe
will have an opportunity to judge
of the genuiness of the Edison Talk
ing Pictures when they appear at
the Opera House on Saturday Dec,
the 20th.