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The Monroe Journal TWELVE PAGES FIRST SECTION. VOL. 19. No. 52. MONROE, N. CM TUESDAY, JANUARY 27. 1914 ONE DOLLAR A ' R. m:vm a mom; thk iuiu-iiks. Itev. Mr. tlmft-r nt I lip Pretdiyte risn tliiirvli lU-v. Mr. Craig Ke signed SuikUj Mivv-i n Confer t-noe sliiM'il On DWtsvtr. Rev. Le!8 W. Chafer of New Ycrk. a student cf the Set-field School of the ItiMe. Is spending the week la Monroe, giving a course of Bible studies in the Presbyterian church, holding services at 3:30 in the afternoon and at 7:30 in the ev ening. Mrs Chafer accompanies her husband and presides at the organ and has charge of tha musk servlc?, which Is made very attrac tive. Dr. Curney assUttd In the ordination of Mr. Chaftr at buffalo. X. V.. thirteen years ago. Mr. Cha fer, who !s pre-eniliur.tly a Bilil" scholar and teacher, in making a tcur of the Sauth, visiting many colleges and ci.les. On Sunday large congregations were present at both the morn ing and evening s-rvict s. In the morning Dr. Chaftr out lined the fours-a which ho Is to take up and Rave an address in which he set forth the great purpose and plan of Cicd In human redemption. Jn the evening he showtd in a most definite and complete, manner the "Cross Work" of Chris! as reveal ing the love of God, the sinfulness cf man, and the righteousmss of Hod. The closest attention was fiiven to the earnest ami cloquer.it utterances of the preacher. Mrs. Chafer presided at the pipe organ during the song service, and also sang a beautiful duet with Mr. Chafer. During these meetings the music will add much to their at tractiveness, and each evening Mrs. Chafer will give a fifteen minute organ rccl'al, beginning promptly at 7:30. TVs will be followed by a song service during which Mr. and Mrs. ChaTer will sing. Sunday morning Rev. Hraxtcn Cralf? offered his resign alien ns pas tor of the Baptist church, having ac cepted the portion of Field Secre tary of the Judson Centennial Fund, which Is being raised, to equip the foreign fields wli'h schools and churches, undr the direction cf the Southern B'iptl-st Convention. Ho will centime to live L.i Monroe, as his work will require him to travtl nenrly all the time and the family prefer this as a place cf res 'Idcnce. Mr. Craig has bought a farm nar Bakers and is thinking of building a res! d nee there. The church gave him tip with great re gret. He has done a work here of lasting permanence. He is a tire less worker, with a heart over flow ing fcr folks and their needs. While tiki congregation regret to give him up, -they are pleaded Hint he has been called to a position of more extensive Influence nnd. posibllltles and are glad that he and hi family will continue to make their home here. At eleven o'clock, February third. Itev. Drs. C. J. Thompson and Liv ingstone Johnston cf Raleigh will ccneluet a tnUsion conference for the I'nl n Ass-elation, In the First. Baptist church, with a missionary mans meeting at 7: SO. The public Is cordially invited. All Pastors, Kxeeutlve Committee, Laymen's Committee Sunday School Superintendent!1, and i:'itorts:ed Lay men of thc Association are urged to ba pres. nt. Pasters are requested to announce it well, and insist on th?s? others attending the Conference with them, to consider the vital interests of tl Kingdom mentioned in this SUGGESTED PROGRAM. 1. The Purp:s cf the Conference. 2. Alls'on S at'stlcs--Gifts to State. Home, and Foreign Missions by the Association, by each Church, and per member. 3. What Plan for RnWlng the Sug gested Amounts for .Missions In the Ar;oelatlcn, and In 'he Churches? 4. Advantages cf a Deflnte Plan Mission Cmmltt.e, Every-meniber-canvass, Weekly Offerings, and Du plex Envelopes. 5. Supreme Importance of Raising the Apportiorninet for Home and Foreign Mlsders before April 30- Putting on an Every-member-canvass for Allssicns. , 6. Laymen's Mltslcnary Team Work and Organization. (See Leaflet.) 7. How ran we make the mrst of tho "Mlsslcjiary Day" In the Sunday Schools cn April 12? In printing a fine cut of Dr. J. II. Weaver cn l'g first page last week, the North Carolina Christa!:i Advo cat e said : This week we are slipping up on the mot modest as well as the most popular member of our Conference, and giving our readers, a peep at his face. Dr. Weaver did not know that we had a get d cut of his in the cffiiee. Otherwise we think l likely we wou'd have had seme dif ficulty in getting him before our readers. But many a reader of 4 he Advocate will be glad to look again thus Into his face while he ronlli ties tc live and work. For a man to be elected tlx times In succession to the General Con ference Is an unusual record. So far as we knew Dr. Weaver has never tried to get himself elected. He enn enjoy this honor the more, therefore. He Is a native of Ashe county, this state. He began pub lic Ufa as a school teacher in his young manhood, how long go we forbear to ssy, joining the Holgton Conference at Knoxvllle In 1878. He soon found bis place of leadership and when, filling by tha transfer Into the new Western Xcrth Carolina Conference, he came as the presid ing e!dtr of the Asheville District. For this offioe he was peculiarly fi'ted, and, has spent the greater portion of his life in the work on j'-.trirts, though he is eminently .. ee ful hi his work as paster of our larger stations. Dr. Weaver apparently takes the world easy and keeps in good humor with everybody and, he is every body's friend. We want hint to live a Ions time an 1 wish be could be multiplied many times. We write this net to boost Dr. Weaver, but to hand him a blosscm while s'ill living. There will be no s:rviees at St. Paul's church Wednesday night. On account cf the services at the Presbyterian church, there will be n:i services a' the Baptist church Wednesday night. There will lie no prayer meeting at Central church this week on ac erinit of the services at the Pres byterian church. Will i.t tlie Sun Parlor. When it was found thr.t the su perv:tlrg archi'ect of the govern ment bui'dlttg in Monroe had been ccmptjled to alter t'.he jlans cf the building in crdi r to meet the sum appropriated, there was a good deal cf disappointment, since this curtailment would very materially affe-t lha beauty cf the building. The aldermen took up the matter and sort Alderman Blair to Wash ington to see what he could do In ge'tfag an additional appropriation sufficient t" bring the building up to the first plans. He went anil spent Friday and Saturday in Wash ington, and, was successful In Ills effort. The representatives ami both the senators undertook to get an emergency appropriation of about three thousand dollars in order to make the building what It should bo.. This desire cf the people of the town is pretty certain to go through all right. When the letters began to pour Into Washington from Monroe, the newspaper correspondents up there began to have seme run in wnat they were pleased to call the desire of Monroe to have a sun parlor. Kne went so far as to say that the sun parlor was for the benefit of Mr. R. A. Morrow, Mr. E. C. Wlll!;:nis and others. Shot an Inmate i f the County ll mo An old darky who is feeble .mind ed and lives at the county home, by the name of Alf Funderburk, was shot one .night last week by Mr. James Prosshy, who lives not a great distance from he home. No biiuiia has bwn attached .to Mr. Prtssloy because of the clrcumstnn- cis. The old man had. strayed away fr-.Mii the home, gona to Mr. Press- ley's house, and climbed Into -the loft of the ell. While he ws rum maging around, Mr. Pressley woke up, got hi gun, and demanded to knew who was tip there. Uttiting no response at nil, tut being satis fied that it was a burglar, he shot. The old man was lilt In the ur.n and the side and the tirm had to be amputated. Pastime, To-MJit. "A Perilous Ride." A Race to New York." drama, being the elev enth story cf "Wh.it Happened to Mary." Craig traces Mary io the light house only to find that she has sailed away on the supply boat. By launch, auto, and train, he makes a desperate attempt to sop tne girl before she reaches New York. lie finally overtakes her but Mary outwits him and esenp:s. "The Fugitive." Harold Hammond ses a young rIH Insulted by a masher and Immediately goes to .her de fense. The masher draws his gun but Hammond Is the quicker and the masher drops. Hammond fles and no trace cf him is found until years afterward when the girl, on a vis't. mee's Hammond livlmg with n tribe cf Indians. Hammond gets his long deferred reward. Hell Imitated. Biblical Recorder. In a late Issue of the Sword and Trowel, the editor, Dr. C. A. Dixon, tells of some experiences which a Text Carrier had while witnessing courageously for Christ during a mis slon in London last October, While he was preaching to a crowd, one ' the auditors shouted: "There la no hell; hell is here." "No, you're wrong," said the preacher; "shall I give you three reasons to prove it?" "Yes," shouted Ills opponent. "First," was the reply, "within a short distance Is the River Thames; In he'.l there Is not a drop of water. Secondly, ivtr the way Dr. Dixon prsaches th- pespel; there Is no gospel preached In iii-ji. Thirdly, I am here, a f'hrisi'.'in, and there are no Christians in !.ell." "You'd better no now, mate." said another 'n the crowd, "you've got enough to go on wl'ji." And the man went. Greenberg had taken out an In surance policy on his stock of goods, ml thron hi nr later a fire broke out which consumed building and contents. Th company could find no ground on wntcn to reiuse pay ment, but In sending the check the following was Included in the latter: "W'tk nnta that vour DOllcy was Is sued at noon on Thursday and the fire did not take place till three o'clock the same day. Why this delay?" ixtkkkstim; kki.ics. Dr. II. V. H.-rring, fl!-it'r .f Curli-tt, tiives !( it slim Ac count , Old llutllt lii. Concord Tribune. In the year 1865. as the Confed erate steamer Beaunguard was about to cross the bar ft the mouth cf Cape Fear river on her way up to WilmLngton to discharge her val uable cargo of supplies for the Con federate army she was signaled from shore that Ford Fisher had fallen and was in posesslcn if the "yan ke;s." Her course was at once changed and she was run ashore at Carolina Beach. Kvery one deserted her and her valuablee cargo. A few days later a storm caused her to settle In the sand so deep that ex perts declared, there was no possi bility of raking her. She remained undisturbed until the storm of 1898 when she was broken up nd whole boxes cf pork and tallow candles were wasiitd asliure. The pork was not damaged and the candles burn ed, with a bright light. Dr. H- rrin v hfs some of 111 can ill's, musket cartridges atw- taps used during the war. (The editor of the Journal lr:s ona cf these candles v!iieh was sent him at the time by a friettd.l Where Is I'reacltt r Junes? Pageland Journal. We can hardly resist the tempta tlsn to say, "Oh, yes, I told you so," for just as we predicted the great minister-doctor-teacher who wts fcr several months the guardian- angel of about nil the negroes and some of the whites In the neighborhood of the old Gulledge farm In Lines Creek towiudiip. has at last showed himself up In his raal character and some folks are beginning to see how foolish they hue been to follow after a strange negro who sneaked In without reference or r?opnimen d tit ion from any reliable authority and proclaimed himself both preach er and doctor, able to minister to the mental, physical and spiritual m etis of poor fallen humanity, with unbounded means to build big schools to teach the Ignorant on. while he proclaimed the grspel of pr.-ico and cured the ailments of nil who would come unto him. (And there were many who went.) For some time trouble has been brewlrg nnd more than once Jones lias b en before the courts, nnd at this writing one Frank Chambers, one cf the trustees, la making dill gent search for him In order that he (Chambers) may be released from a $200 bond, but so far has failed to locate Jones who skipped out cn cne of his frequent visits to Raleigh several days ago, leav ing Chambers the very pleasaut(?) task of finding him or pitying the bond which Chambers had signed for Jones' appearance at the bar of Justice. Many are the evil reports on Jones for his conduct, and It Is Impossible to tell how many nre true. All of hU belongings in the neighborhood have been seized by the officers and will be s-ld unless he returns. The negroes who have been fool ed Into ttiis scheme nra slow to give the details, but from the In foiniatleti at hand It iieems that Jhe trustees and supporters of the big school nre "in the hole" to an amount far above the thousand mark, with their homes mortgaged to pay for the farm. It will probably take a sharper negro to again turn the same trick in the same community while the present generation la above the sod. 0M hing i.f tilt Fire Sale. Charlotte Observer, Saturday. Crowding, pushing, pulling and tugging feminine humanity jammed theniselvt s. packed themselves squirmed themselves Into Relk Brothers' store yesteray to see who could get the most bargains, the mcst ueless bargains, the greatest number of bargains out of the wreck left by the fire-fiend. It was worth the price of admission. Ladies who would ordinarily not have looked upon some of those in the house, found themselves actual ly spreading tholr arms like an old. mother hen. over some elides bar gain, awaiting until the salesman or saleslady returned, struggling all this time with this self-same per son she would not have noticed. No man could have lived through it. Two policemen wer standing at the door, sucking for breath like the prisoners In the famous "Black Hole of Cnlcutta," or like minnows In a mud-hole muddled by some boy. If a policeman couldn't stand ii. no human being would be eJ.pVed to. Firemen might have survived the ordeal. There were plotny of bargains, It Is said, though the price paid In on? way or another was certainly worth the price. One woman stated that she would never get Into such a crush again. (She doubtless meant not until the next chance.) Ano'h er little frail girl with lovely b'g gray eyes, had to ga home nnd go t3 bed after spending half an-hour ! i there. While hundreds will nev er speak to that horrid Mrs. agiin because she "got Junt th piece of goods that 1 had, planned to buy for a spring dreea." Itecunler's ("tmrt. David Horn, colored, larceny; 7 months on roads. John I. Vaughan, disposing of mortgaged property; not guilty. Bert Overby, violating ordinance 80: costs. Sherman Doster, colored, violat ing ordinance 80; costs. DKATH OF MIL J. IL KLAIIL Patsed Away Lut Night as r,iul; f Streke f IV.rsljsis n Sat unlit) While in tli- Ciurt ll ue at Ttty Funeral Here Tt-M..i-r.uM.rie .Man Who rroniincut Throughout the State. Mr. J. Rreee Blair d'td at bis home In Trey last eight ss a re sult or a stroke cf paralysis r -ce-lved Saturday w hile trans icting budnes la the counthouss of Mont gomery county. The news of his affll?Mon came promptly to Monroe Saturday, and his stser. Mrs. H. c. Afhcraft, and his brother. Mr. It. K. Blair of Charlotte, went to h's bed side. Mr. S. O. Blair wkb I:i Wash inston at the time and did. no! hear the fact till he reached Ham let Sunday morning. The netvs cama ac a gr.at sadr-es to the hun dreds of friends Of Mr. Bla:r in th's county, where he was reird and wVh whleh he continued to b in f mate all his lif?. He v. as a gener ous, biff be irted man. who was nev er hi'.ppi.r than when I iyin him se.:f out In behalf cf a frUr I. Oe? cf his last and most e .truest ef fjr's was put forth a few years a.tio in long, p?rs!s'ent. and. hi val uable labor in est'ihPshlnr; the S ?e Sttn itorium for tubercolosls at Montrose. The funeral will b? held at the Methodist church to-morrcw morn ing. The following dispatch from Troy. h!s home, to The Charlotte Obs-rv-ot, tlls vividly how Mr. Blair stood In his adopted home, and through out the State: "Born In South Carolina D c nibrr 3, 1861. Mr. Blair as a biv moved with hU father. Dr. Isaac H. Blair, to Monroe. Here he received his early education and decided cn his professltn. About 1886 he locatee" In Troy, soon became a leader cf his party ano". was from the begin ning successful In the practice of law. "As a pirty leader he gainfd the distinction of being tlis firs' man to carry Montgomery county Demo cratic, and later represented her In bcth houses cf the Ctnertil Asem hly. "He wrs fcr years a niemVr of the Democratic S'ate Kwctttlve crnt mltte, and influential in State pol itics. "As a lawyer Mr. Blair enjoy-d a wide practice nnd th recogni tion of hia abill'y was Statewide. "Perhaps more men, however. knew,l!liu, tu,a social way. A cor dial h-)st, an entertaining talk?r nnd a thorough sportsman, up to the past decade no fox hunt was hardly ever thought of in this sec'ion with out first finding out If Reece Blair could go. Generous and frank in his frl?n.:lsliips, he was popular among men in every- walk of life "Mr. Blnlr was married to Miss Ada All-n, daughter cf Mr. C. F. Allen of Troy. January 4. It04. She survives. Three bro'hers. Dr. John M. Blair of Monroe, R. K. Blair of Charlotte and S. O. Blair of Monroe, and two s!4ers, Mrs. Jas. A. Stewart and Mrs. B. C. Asheraft of Monro?, also survive." Dt-utli f Young Wife. Mrs. Marvin Fowler of west Bu ford township died last F.iday even ins if Llool poisoning alter an illness cf only four days. She was eighteen years of age and a member cf Corinth Baptist church, at which church the remains were l.itsrred, on Saturday evening in the pre s roe cf a large nuinLcr f rel atives ar.d friends. Rev. Braxton Craig conducting the services. Her untimely death wi:s a great shock to the community In which she lived as well as friends and loved ones. Sha M survived by hr husbind nt!. one child, which was born tui Mon day night befor her deata. Stio was a daughter of Mr. uud .Vrs. W. F. Alexander and sisttr of Mr. T. II. Alexander sr.d . Masters Otis and Page Alexander and Airs. J. W. H.lms, all if wts' Monroe township. Mrs. Frank Irby of Ft. Mills, Mrs. P. (). Whitaktr ami Mrs. Stanley Spray of Mcarte e.nd Mrs. W. II. Fowlt r. Mr. and Mrs. Walter U.ibinson are in Charlotte for scvu-al moiitths. where Mr. Kcb!..stn Is In school. Slmrt Term t f Court. Superior Court began yesterday, but no Important casts to b;1 tried, and the court will probably adjourn tonight or tomorrow. Judge T. J. Shaw Is presiding. It is the first time he has been here since the time he presided at the famous trial of the Anson county lynchers. The grand Jury is as follows: A. B. Garner, J. W. Clontz, A. P. Phl fer, W. H. Presson, Tht s. W'f Perry, C. B. Griffin. W. D. Austin, Baxter L. Starnes, C. L. Simpson, Russell Laney. James B. Tolk, T. A. Wl' lbms, W. L. Hembv. Marvin Starnes C. C. Love, W. O. likens, R. H. Har gett, R. T. Nlven. Life of Officer Tint utened. "Wednesday evening between 6:30 and 7 o'clock the following letter was dropped Into the postofflee: "Monroe. N. C, Jan. 21. 1014. "to the purlU-e laney 1 hereby nctlfie ycu to leave monroe nt once for you are n gran I raskol I nm he that shot oute.n last week 1 shot the b:ek of his head off yours are n:xt then I will tell who I am this is up to you can stay or make f ist tracks. I p.m look cut for you. now I am looking out for you now I give you a few ei.iys to f et out cf mon roe if you don't I shall give, you to the birds ycu think you got the right man but I am he now get me If you nre sharp, yours truly laney finder ans soon." Thla letter has not caused Mr. Laney to lose any sleep. Similar ones have been sent him before. Nothing ever conies of such. (M..I..I th.y N!h.! Dta l By Aii. tlui. Cnlll Stewart, a colored boy nine years r.ld, was shtt and killed Fri day night nt the heme t f his father in Sandy Ridge township, by Colum bus Starns, antler !!).-io bey ab.titt twen'y yuus tld. There seems to have be. a no :.ile,nn,te cause- for the de-'d, which tot k place about nine o'clcck. The S'arnts boy had hetn to the store of Clark Bros, at I'nion and bought some candy. This he took to the home of the Stewart fatr.i'y to nii;ke a call cn one of the Sirls. Seme dispute nrrse end St arn s pin-ked up a pistol belong ing to t h boy's father and slid, "1 am going to shoot yen," and did so. The bey dn ppt d dead. Starnes wns arrested by the Sheriff and lodged in Jail. Hie Coroner, Air. J. S. Plyler, In Id an Inquest and order ed tlie prisoner lit Id for the Brand jury. Mr. (hit i n Improving. Air. W. R. Outen, who is still in the hospital la Charlotte suffering from t!ie il'fects of tho murderous assault ccniiiil'.tid upon him last n'glit two wetks i'go. I Improving. He has regained eons: loust'ess and hl.j cotidlticn in e.ery way is on the up grnde. Mr. K. D. Worlcy, who is a neighbor cf Mr. Oman's, spent tile whole cf Surdi-.y wi'h him and thltks that there Ls new little dnibt of his full recovery, lie says that the wound wag d.re&sed whi'e be was there and that the doctor said thct the danger of Inflaniation was p:i't. He does not know anything about the assault, apparcn'ly. He remembers everything he did that evening up till tli9 time he passed the elertrlc light tn the way home Just before he was assaulted. He Is now able to sit up some In lx-d, but it is not known wlitn he can '02 brought home. ' A VALIAIU.K IWKOVKMt O Mrimn Have (Vkipn mtd U .r Digging O-f.ru That Will Put I'nuxtd Well lut t iMinnisii.ii Widening tf Stmt. The city aldermen ha? Itegu-i a very valuable work loki u towards doubling the city water supply. The niesi valuable v.ei! on the lot where the power house U bunted was pu' out of com miss i n some years ago by Iteconiiiig stopped i.p ;.-bont six'y five feet from the top. This is the d"epest well and h; s the strong est flow. It is nerly eltvtn hun dred feet deep. The chain geag has been put to wt rk digging a p't around tl:!s well which is to go d .v. n far etu ugh to op n the ob struction. This hole will thru b cemented and prepared us a c's'erti tin t will hold a ni'li! n gallons of wa'er. It !s fi.jur-d "hat the w.cer frt.m the well will jitl the c'.s'tr.i wUiotit having to bi- pumped. M the same. iimr that this work is going on the dirt hMi Is being removed Is used for liillng li the extrusion of Krankiin streu to the junction of Windsor stre-t near the AieCauley residence, 'ibis s'.rei-t, which has heretofore been P'tlt more than a narrow alley, is b-ing widened to 46 feet, ami a good s'.l-walk wit I do Litii . it is beimr wi:!"iied on the north side, tlie houses em the property of .Messrs II. A. Sliute. H. li. Shuie and O. C. Curlee being moved back for that purpose. Thtse gentlemeen gave the land In ccnsideri'tit n of the houses being moved by tha town and set back on the lots In good condition. Both the s'reet improve ment nnd the rescue of the well are very important improvements. Haiti a Suit Case Full of I'yt glaswt s. Several days last week a strange young ntgro was ab-utt the s: rests in Monroe o.'fer'ng to sell eyeglasses, sun times as low- as five en's per pair gold framed on-s nt that. This cttus.d Chief Laney and Officer Fow ler to kip their eyes cn the darkey and wa't developmen s. The elevcl rtjiii't't came Sunday night when Mr, Laney requited ihe fellow to walk down to the Jail with him. where he h is since been lodged-. The negro gave his peine is Rcscr.e Ht'in llton, and it turned out tha.t lie, h'd come from Rv.therfordtcn by way of Chester, where he trtrrlrd awhile on the chain gttng. He was clothrd in s!x layers of good shirts and had a suit citse wl h more then n hun dred pairs of glasses, besides a gootl many ether nrt'cUs. He claim ed to hav;. picked them up on the rr.llrcaj when a box in a car burst. However, Air. Laney is waiting to hear from the m.m from whom they were s'olcn. Report on Work ef AMeiatttl Char Hti( s. At a in ?e tins of th AssccLittd Charaties la.-t week a sta'unrrft of the work accomplished, was mede to the contributors, the gist of the re port is as follows: The beneficia ries of our efforts have come from d'ff.Tent sources and In different vays. Sc.i:e have C"i;ie of their own accord, othrs have been recommend ed by ministers, physicians and ctti zns generally. Seme tf tlrm have come direct to us and koii.c hae tcleplioird canditi-Ts of families nenliaig help. Seme ar. o;d and tle crepit and soin. homeless and same si k. There have 'irt n ot'H.'s of wid ows with small chMdren, oth"r c:ses whrrc the heiid of the family was sick, or whera the moiutr was sick an:l the father, even though at work, w8 unable to make ends meet. Not infrequent we hav? the professional e.liarl-y seeker. In each case we have treated the ca-s as individual ones and did the be!, we could as the demands seemed to require and our film's would warrant. Among other things we helped send Indigent children to Raleigh to be treated for mad dog bite. At Christmas we fl'.kd forty-two empty stock Legs and In addition serv ele.en wl 11-fillod baskets to needv em s. both white and colored. We sine: i ly thanl; thes- who have help-d in the work, i'tid also The Mour-e Journal for Vs all from time to time and. for receiving funds. At Colored Sclioel. Every colored ptrson In the city of Alonroe who Is interested in the advancement cf the coloree". youth, is Invited to be present at "Lna Rivers," a play to be given In th" school chapel Monday. February 2. beginning at 8 o'clock p. m. Ad niiislon five and ten cents. Pro ceeds to be applied to chaptl or gan fund. W. C. KlLLINGSWORTII. Motii-i.c Bent Clinch Ho Again. Th- Monroe High School defeated tha Charlotte High Sched In .Mon roe Friday afternoon in one of the prettieM games of basket bail seen oa the local court this .seasrn. It w:m a hard-fought gime fr;m s'art to fi.li.-h. At the end of the first h'.lf. the locals were ahead, but In 'the s.cond half the score was tied. 16 to 16. Finally Alonroe won the game by throwing two foul gaals. Tlie ft at tut a if the g.ime for Chtfrlttte were the work of Robin son In I ca'lng the liaskit rnd the tffec'Ing guarding of Andrews. The features for Alonrne were the guard ing of Pointer, th weak of Price at ctnttr, and the foul-goal sheet ing of Hunter. Not very long nio the Charlotte basket ball t:.- in went to SmMi Carolina nnd plv d the Win'hreip Training School team, whl-h held the championship of S .u'h Carolina. Charlotte wen and became ch-ni-plons. Last Friday, the Alonroe High School beat Charlotte by the tcrre cf 16 to 18, so now we are the ch:fmplors cf South Carolina, resid ing in Nor'h Carolina. Sends PriNonem to IncattT lt-:ad-. Governor Blease on Friday com muted the sentence cf five convicts In the penitentiary, two of whom are serving sentences for murder, and the others for manslaughter, to the public works of Lancaster coun ty. Frank Peterson, serving & life term for murder, bas his sentence commuted to 20 years. County Statement. Th Journal this week begins the publication of the annual county statemtrt for 1913. The statement was made cut by Register cf Deeds M. C. Iiong, and gives the county expanses month by month. Mr. Long, who keeps rlnht up to date with the work of h!i office, had the state ment ready even before this, but its aubllcatlon could not be commenced till this week. It will be found real interesting reading matter. Pi-, pai-ina: f r Hie County Com nit nct iiii ut. We are new beginning 'c plan for our county commencement to be held near the close of t!ie public sercol term, and we have decided to give as one feat ore of our ex ercises a public debate by boys of tin rural achooln, not t0 Include pupils further advanced than the ninth grade . Wc expect, tn s-lect either four or six boys, the selection to bo nnd by jmlgrs who wt'l be appointed at the time of th- pr liminary e'.cba.te. which wo expect to have at the graded school building, .Monroe, on Friday evening, February 20th, be ginning pt 8 o'clcck. Boys expecting to take part will please rend in their nanus to me just us soon as possible, and pre piro t) discuss the question, Re salvrd; That the I'n.lt.d States Should Kxtend Her Boundaries. They will have the privilege of dlseuss lag either side tliey chco-e. At this mee ting a qu Vkn f r th? public d"b:t!e will be selected. tY sneakers chosen mil asd'iivd tiif'r places in the d bate. If we find it prnoMealde, we have e! -fid d to have rt -this tln.e a few !i ys to dec'n'm nnd a few girls to r-:-'t, looking tewtml cea ests at t li - tine of tl,r otiiity comnr'nee-m- nt. This will l-iciu:!- all pupils of Ihe publie schorls, through the n'rth grade. Those wl-h'i-g to tnke part will please send ill their names as soon as possible. In connection wl'h the county p-mmencenur.t l" is our aim, with the eanust co-opert't'en of teach ers rnd pupils, to hove a school ex hibit, showing (be work of the s'hrcls, In all subjects In which it Is convenient to niak" exhibits. Remember the tl.ate for the prellai lairy d. hate, 8 p. m., Frllav, Feb. 20th. On further cons'drratlon we have decided that if there Is a sufficient number wishing to take part la the publie rebate, we may arrange for two deba'es, ore f"r the high sehoel and on- for the eremmar school. R. N. XI SUET, Co. Supt. If r.. V A class In French at a co-ed col lege was orally translating a story about a cow from French to English. One girl persistently called the cow "he" a number of times, until the professor stopped her short and said,: "Jie is she, miss;, we milk her In the next sentence."
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Jan. 27, 1914, edition 1
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