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yi 'fro, v -ri tii The Monroe Journal rv l'r: VOL. 20. No. 1. MONROE, N. CM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1914. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. MAW IX)ST IX WKKCK. Two Strainer Ci.!lii!i ami Forty-tuie IVrtoiiH art I'ninitctl Thrilling Stt.ricH fn.m .Norfolk. The story of how forty-one souls went down to death In the chill wa ters if thi Atlantic when the liiner Nantucket rammed and sank the steamer Monroe Friday, wag brought to Norfolk Saturday by 5)9 survivors cf the sunken ship's pase'ngers. re-cued and brought to shore by the Nantucket. It was a stcry of awful and suelden death, sweeping out of the (V-irk and fcg and taking una ware the doomtil half hundred wl:h the heaviness of sleep still upon them. It told how the stricken Mon ro?, with her side irid deep by t!w knife-like s'.eol prow of the Nan tucket, filled rapidly, rolled over on her side and in a few minutes turn ed, completely over and plunged to the bo tciu, carrying with her the lll-f.iteel passengers nr.d members of the cr:w who had failed to get clear of the wreck. Th revU'd lis: prepared ly Cap tain Johnson, who survived the sutik m v-ssol, showed: Lost passengers, crew, "2; to tal. 41. Saved. passengers, 39; crew, tiO; t inl. !. Under th- thick bank cf f-g that lilel tlie heavily-running sea both big tiips were in a kin.? their way slowly and with difficulty In the early morning. The Monroe, with Cap tain Johnson on the bridge, and a eli-uhio k okout peering into the fog ahead, whs edging under half speed to the northward, having left Nor folk for New York Thursday even ing with a nerve-racking fogbound vytisa tn prospect. The Nantuck et, heavily laden with freight and with but two passengers abroad. was nosirg her way southward, bound from "Boston to Norfolk. Urged through the dripping fog, the two vessels slowly were drawing toward each other. CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. The craiih came about 1:40 o'clock without warning. Out of the gray block fag that shut out even the waves from view, the gleam of t lie Nantucket's search light scarcely touched the dripping; side of the Monroe before the steel prow cf the southbound vessel cut hat o her side wl'h a ripping ami crashing of plates that threw the strlckui ship far back. The Nantucket, with her b;w crushed in, backed out of slight tti.tr. tim tea I'tiittnln John sin. , wing . mat his vesjol wfta. fatally s'rloken, shcutcd an order ftr the life boat 8. When the crash came those aboard the Monroe were In bed and asleep, fleilv rantaln Johnson and the watch nil lwlt nuTii lin mill nllOllt. ttllt the shivering of tho stricken vessel, as the water poured, througn tne gnsii In her side, nwalteneu me passeu gers and sent th m clambering to uar,l the, ileck Warned liv the of ficers, they hurriedly adjusted life preservers and made for tho tilled deck. Hut the time was all too brief. Those rescued agreed thi fiv-m tim time the Monroe was struck, until she sect tied beneath th? wave, not more than a short Ian iii'ntitc.i ulime-'cd. Biggage. clothing and valuables were all forgotten in the flight, i -Jamas, night gowns, bath robes and blankets were the common appine-i cf these who reached the deck. And most of them wora that garb when th y left the limping Nantucket. EXCITED THRONG ON DECK As the half-clad, excited throng of p.isjengers reaches! the elcoK tne imi-Hr.il trwnnl the life boats by the officers I'nd crew. Three of the 1 fe boats were gonen away fr.-m ih Ui. frelchted with fright enerl hunianitv. mostly women. By the time these were away the Mon mi unu miUner over en ht t s'ele and It was Impossible to launch the oth- With a sudilen lurch the liner rolled over on her side. Nltn a chorus of shriek the unfortit.tia.tes left on the sinking, vessel turned, and crawling like rats, made their way over the siipers'ruc'ure, through port holes, windows and companlon wavs, until they rested. Just out of reach cf the waves on me uppc. Ma t tho half-CBDslzed vessel. Kvcn this slippery security waan t long available, nmii a rumuunf, .,,, i ii,. -Mr. inni?eil be ilea Hi the OUIIIIM lie oinp .....r.... - waves, letvlng her human freight aflo:ut In the I .-y ocean. Meantime the Nantucket, herself badly damaged, had stocd by. and Cap'n'n Berry had arosd his slerepimg crew. As the rails of the searchlight failed to pierce the blanket of fog, C.iptiln Berry order ed out his life boa's, and one by one they flipped away Into the fog to -arch for the Monroe. They found only the struggling survivors afoat In theIcy water, crying frantically for help. . Many of these picked up were ut terly exhausted ard unable to help the.mselves. Tliom-s R. Harrington kept his wife afloat by swimming with her hair In hi.s teeth, only to have her die a few minutes after she was hauled aboard the Xan'uck- Lieutenant U. I'lirus, i . u-n. rernrd. but died after Mil. J. It, MAW. et A. reaching the Nantucket. Great manufacturing corporations hiv,ng so-called Industrial railroads coonecttrg their plants with trunk lines may no longer receive demur rage cr per dtom charges and va rious other "allowances." according to a decision rf the In.'er-State Crm merce CommMon. It was held that such practices arf unlawful rebatea which aocure to the benefit of the lndus'J-les. ToucliinK Tribute is Tuid His Life and Influence by His Home News Micr. Troy Montgomerlan. For more than twenty-five years eph Keero Blair has inadi Troy hs heme. He came here when but a young man and east his lot among us. Skice that day he has b on a central fi;ure la Montgonu ry coun ty In almot every walk of life. His fame and usefulness hae sprecd out over the State until he was not only one of Montgomery's first, but one of the State's f jrrries: men of affairs. IBs career is too well known throughout the State for us to endeavor to elaborate up on It. On every hand are heard the sad wcrds: "Mr. Blair will be missed 'a Troy and, Montgomery county," and It is true Indeed that he will b In ev.rv enierpr'se, in nil prog ress and public spirited work Mr, Blair was found in the forefront; he was a born lender of men nnd a marvel in th art of organization an l aconiiilishment. IU had in him a big heart, vasfly larger than h's adversaries might think. In a battle for a cli n at th bir. In nolltics. or in business he stoed like a stove wall maimed with Hi? bravpit of the Spartans for his cause. When the battle was over with a sniiii and big hearted hand- hake he greet d hU antagon ist a s the brother he was to all mankind. He numbered bis friends true and tried, by the thousands He locd them only hi iiia.gnan' ninns snlrlt could, and they la turn loved him too. In the blocm of hl.s life paralysis carried him away took him whii'e engaged In a busy week of legal service. His en-rgy was unbounded; his brain was a veritablj storehcune of krcwlulge. Few nipn possessed larger amount of information upon matters In general than h3. Purt'g these veais he has accumulated enough property and means to make bin last, divs those cf rrse end com fort, and today h'.s estate is valuer at $ loo.oot) mid Includes about 800" acres nf land and valuable town prt p rly. The pity of bin untimely death Is that Just as he was begin ninir to take l.fe easier nnd was r ndy to remodel his palielnl heme converting it Into a brick- veneer mansion cf the most modern type, he was called away. . .Mrs. Blair in her bereavement has the sympathy of a host of friends who held her noble husband in high ete em. On every side we hear expresslms of rcsret that his body was carried to his old home in Monroe for bur ial Instead of bdmg DUt away here bis adopted heme where his life has been spent, but it was his do sire that, he bo bnr!?d there. Mr Blair is dead. A man of strong mind, large Intellect and b',r heart has cone from among us, and, ho will b3 missed sadly miss ed. Pence to his ashes and rcn for hi.s suol nre our words to an honored and frlnid. (.KTTlNtJ OUT THE tiol.ll. Yield Ounii- eternal parting worthy Waxliaw News. Waxiiaw Knterpri&e. An imsp ctor cf the pest cfflee de partment spent a part f li st week looking over the territory in the neighborlu td of Unity and Bethel with a view of i stabllshirg a new rural route firm Lar.ensttr to serve that neighborhood. It Is not known at this time whether the route will be established and it is Impossible to cot any diflnlte Information as to Just how It will run if it Is cstab 1 islied. Tho latest word, from Mr. J. C. Steele, who Is l:i John llopkl.r.s Hos pital at Baltimore for treatment, is that he lun't Improving very rapidly. The doctors thcre-sare treating him for a spinal trouble, and using a new treatment which consists prin cipally of Injections. The medicine us'd Is very powerful and the big- gU-t difficulty is that few people are strong enough to stand much of it. if Mr. Steele proves able to stand the whole course the doctors say that there la no question about a permanent cure being effected. It will renulre several more weeks to complete the course of treatment Meantime Mr. Steel's friends are wishing It all success. The Methodist church here has taken a departure from the estab lished custom by buying space In The Kntemrlse to advertise the church. For several years this pa per hag carried the appointments and announcement of services and win continue to do so for all the churches. This method of buying adverlttting space In the newspiprs has been used effectviely by many c'ty churches, but this is the tirsi. country church which has taken It up. Watch for the advertisement each week. Mr. W. D. S. Clark has moved frrm his farm Into his new home in Waxhaw. He has a nit;? new house, well and attractively fiirn'sbed. Mr. Clark now wants fonuborly to take charge of this lions? for him. He Is a nnn wh; iv.-cds no Intr-ccMioticn to the dames nil damsels of thU community. He Is perhaps b"ttcr known to them than the humble au thor of thta ankle. Ard he is cer tainly more highly favored. He Is handsome, pleasant and congenial, generous and accommodating. He has a heart full of love to lavisn upon someone. And all ho asks In return is a little bit of love and a housekeeper. Hie Old Hi wle Mine At MM iniC Taj ins Dirt in !-rge titles. Waxhaw Ea'erprbse. A few days ago we went over to the Howl i mine. That Is the place where they are doing things. Horns of the ore that Is now coming from the deep holes Is worth more h;ui a dollar a pound. This i too rich to waste In the mill, so the ore is being locked !n the vault at night Eld will be shipped ia the rough. The machinery is running cn full tlnu and every day the m ichinery is b. ing improved and added to. The process now in use Is the very latest aild most improved knwn. We went t:cugli the whole thing and will try to give tfenie l.l.-a of how it U did. Accompanied by Messrs Blackburn, I'lark and Leonard, who besides beeing excel lout miners are mighty geed men we went down In the holes where k all starts at. There the miners with their little oil torches are busy with drill ainl pick ami tram- car. From the end of the drift tiie ore li hauled to th? eleva'cr cage car an I in run on this and haul ed to the top, where the leaded ear is run down a little rati road to the ore bin, and cn empty ear sent down for a:r;t!srr lead. From the first ore bin the r.'ck 1 bulled and dumpd into another bin, from which the mill Is supplied. From this last bin a car operated from the mill by a cable gets the ore and brings k up to the top story of 41io mill house where it Is dump into the powerful crusher. This big crusher mashes it up with the apparent taso of crumbling sudi crackers. Frcm the big crusher the rock which Is now about tho size of guinea eggs, is taken Into a s-rl?s ef smaller grinders and made Into fine gravel. From !hse grinders It is carried to the tube m'.li whers It is pulveriz-d :'s fine as flour. It s mixed with watei here and is wasmd alcng troughs, or convey- Ais. to the big cyanide tanks out side. Ot-9 of thse tanks is called the "agitator." It looks Just like t,he watir In it w;:s boiik g ell the time. From the first It is passed two or three cm hers till of have a different cvnnlde srlu Finally In the tank In the of which is the gold. It Is as crystal. And that Is one MTE NEWS U.KIKU.V TXI.I. on to which lion, w ;iter "tar of the funny thirgs. All the gold Is In th cler water and that -which has sediment In It la n. g. Out of the last tank the precious water is drawn Into the bins filled with znlc shavings. The zinc holds all the gold and the water passes, on and returns to the mill to bring an other load of the rich metal. The geld and zinn sinks to tho bottom of the tank nnd the gold eats up the zinc. And then it Is ready to take off. In the form of slimy black mud I' looks like it was worth about 30 cents a car lot'd. In real ty It Is oftinsworth a hundred dol lars a eallon. This r. Id mud is burned and melted into bullion which is ready for the gold markets. And that's all we know about gtild mining. Wolf Pond News. CVrrci? pon der.ee cf Tho Journal, Mr. Front as Hilt got his foot cut off last Thursday. Dr. Duncan of I'aceland dr.'ssed the wound and I' is now healing nicely. Barn to Mr. and, Mrs. Jesse Baker a fine boy. The Wolf Pond people have s'lowt that they possess some pride by painting their church. Secretary Bryan told the Ccm- mon Counsel club in Washington that adcptlon of the presidential primary plan would mark th? com pletion ef the movement by which the people nre coming In'o absolute control of the naming of their Pres ident. N?ver again, he declared would Wall Street have anything to sy in the election of a President Mr. Bryan also denounced, the rule which permits, unlimited debate in the Senate. He holds that the majorl'y of a legislative body should be privaleged to do what it wants to do without obstructive tactics. Four persons were killed and 12 hurt, seme perhaps fatally, in a head-on collision Sunday night be tween a paenger and a freight train on the Saginaw division cf the Mirhagan Central railroad, near Jackson, Mich. ficn. Francisco Villa, military commander of the Mexican rebel forces, has dliclolmeod any a in bi llon to become Pres'dent of Mexi co In the event the revolution is successful. He said that he did not wish to overshadow Gen. Car- ranza, whom ho recognized as the leader of the revolution. Clad only In his night clothes, a man who In flashes of memory, says his name Is (iiina and lnmt.ne cams from North tarcima. recently was found wandering In Mason county, W. Vb., and has b-en plac et In the asyluum for the Insane at lliwtiostcn, W. Vn. A sweeping Investigation of strike eidltlons In the coal flehls rf Col orado and the copper district of Michigan has been ordered by the House of Congress. Hearings will be coruc.ted In the strike regions by sub-committee of subsubcomnihttee which will start West as soon as arrangements can be made for the trip. . A consignment of animal speci mens from South American Jun-jl -s has b ecn re-eeived in New York from Mr. Roosevelt, who is on a trip In South America something after the manner tf the one he took through Africa. The Am-rlcan people drci.k 70- 000.11(10 c.;ll:::s of whiskey, smoked 4,i!)il,300 uoo cigars and puffed S. 711.000,000 clgarefts t'urifs" t'ns'x months end-d Dec. mbcr 31. accord-1 IK to f'.ftri's announced, by Conmil - l-nt-r O lern of the intern;;! rev enue bureau. The r-voluti nie-ts ef Mexico are preparing to begin ee.!ii!::g silver in frev quantities to supply thein- sflvrs wkh nietina of war. They have declared, that the present mon ey Issued by tha government will be cinsidcred counterfeit In their terri'cry. They have plenty of sil ver million lo be coined. Samuel Ciuitu, a Mexican mer c!i! r. v.iis kUlnapptd from Texas l y Mexican Federals and order d to be shot. Ht.wever, he was ord'Tei' relcistd by Pres'd i.t W'iis- n. and crosred b;vk Into T.xas en Sunday, lie was g ;.ful enough to sml ni.'sagis f-f thanks to President Wilsen and Secretary Bryan. And now they have got. up a fly ing race right. It is to be pulled orf durin.i the Panama Kxpod'lcn in San Francisco next year, and three hundred thousand dollars in prizes are to be offered. It will be a race of flying machines around the world and. the trip Is exp'c'ed to take ninety days flying. Shortage cf meat animals in the United Sates was strikingly demon strated by comparative figures mad" public by the department of agri culture. The report 1 showed that there are nine less beef cattle, sev ?a loss sheep nnd three less hogs now for each 100 persons in the Jsuntry than there were in l!)10. The tintely ringing cf the tele phone bell saved Ml-s Booth of Baton Rouge, La., Sunday. Her r: s !dene is within a stone's throw of the State capital and she was alone. A negro entered, while e'i was drevslng ard attacked her, but was frightened away when the telephone bell in Ilia adjoining roe in began to ring. News reports say that the snator ttil fight In Alabama between Mr. Underwcod ard Capt. llobsnn has Decome more fierce than the one In North Carolina last year. Hob- son Is the prohibition candidate nnd charges that Underwood Is the car. didate cf 'he liquor men, but Underwood denies thi't he is candidate of uny one. It is that the chances between the seem to be about equal. South bound ( oast Line Iceal pas senger train number U, while s'nnd Ing on the crossing at Pembroke. R.bescn county, was run Into by Seaboard local number lit from Wll- mlngtcti at seven o'clock Friday morning. Two coaches were over turned nnd four passengers injured. two seriously. The Coast Mae train was standing ut the station but a dom e fog made it Imp ssil !e for the S aboard engineer to scp It In 1 1 111 r to Stop. Japan has just, expressed her de termination to participate In the Paiiani i-Paclflc Kxpi s'tlen In San Franc;tco next yttr. This Ls taken to mean that the friction which oxisYd on account of the treatment of Japanese In California has blown over. It is said that Japan ree- igniz's that that iuddent Is closed as the United States government will not undertake to cause a State to change its Internal laws relat ing to land, which the Japs wanted to have done. President Wilsen Is slid to be anxious to hurry through with his program of legislation in order that congress may adjeurn as soon as pos-ible and permit the members to go home and pr pare for the election next fall. Extension of arbitration I rent l a and a gen-ril oleiiri'tig up of the nation's foreign relations and nntl-tru.st legislation and rural credit enhaiicmci t through the establishment of ln"d mortgage banks for farmers; legis lation authorizing the government to build cr purclns:1 a railroad in Alaska, and revision of the Immi gration laws, appear as the main guide posts for administration l ad ers in the course of the pr.'sen'J s.s- ion. Mr the said two Four men were killed nnd many Injured by an explesirn cn the Gunard liner Mnuretanla, nt Liver pool Monday. whll' the vrs-el was In deck undergoing repairs. A bot tle of condensed gas, explodes! In the engine room, killing four and injur ing others. It Is reported from Washington that as a result cf disregard t f a recent edict forlldding enipliys to drink Intoxicants, whether on du ty or not, 126 men employed by the Pittsburg ard 1ike Erie railroad have b-en discharged and It Is situ that .100 o'hers are lo bj discharged for the same reason. Curd! rial Ameite, Cathol'c arch bishop of Par;, has been cited to appear before a civil tribur al in a suit for $20 ooo damsg s broii;;ht by J. M. StlUsmi. a teacher cf l inc- Im. Stillson claims that the admo nition fcsurd by Cardinal Amette forblddina- the tango as a sin and condemning the d.mo as Indeecent, not only caused StUson financial loss by driving away bis pupils, but was an, aspersion, on his moral character. MAKKIKII BUT A lV. Mr. 15. Frank, HuuUr, Pn iniiient t it in of Titxaliau, and a Stranger Wire Mjiniid in Mnuro? Friday :n Short .euiiinianee and the WiMiiun iK'scMid Hint Sunilay. Met on Thursday, married on Fri- tl't.v. went home on Saturduv. desert ed on Sunday. Such 's the brief nut s.ij experience of Mr. B. Frank Hunter of Taabaw. well known in M nroe, and a man cf high stand- int' and rifliiMice in his commiinitv Air. Hunter is a widower, and he spends part if his time in Hie ro;,d s lliag a ntereairiie product. II stopped at Mrs. Howie's buirding house last Thursday nnd there intt a young woman who had just come in. She represeti;ed herself as a widow, and had a child along with her. and, s;ld that she had con e to A! .in roe for the purp- se of s eking a location fir a baanling house. At 8iipr she and Mr. IlunVr b cinie acquainted. They divided o g.t married after talking the mat ter over. Mr. Hunter need d house keeper ard sle re pros tited hersiif i s a poor but very h-xie.M widnv niediiig a home, nnd exo.-'.s-ed the idea that Mr. Hunter seem ed a very Godsend to her. License was procured and on Friday after noen they were married by Esq. M. L. Flow. On Saturdi'.y they went lo Mr. Hunter's home nt Taxahaw. tak ing the child with them. On Moti lity Mr. Hunter was back In .Monroe and stated that the woman had re fused to go with him to church on Sunday morning end while he was gon three ineii r;'ine in a hack ar..l the woman left wl'h them. It Is believed that she Is back in Mon roe, though cf c mrsn she Is not at Mrs. Howie's. Th'se men are be lieved to b" working in .Monrce. and the theory is that the woman had just had a falling out with her friends when tdie nut Mr. llun.'er, and mirr ed him for 'he purpose of sp t ug them, a: d if irward r. pent id Mr. Hunter Is nat looking for his wife and does not expect to hav anytliipp; more to do with her. She his ,d'i:ty ef file clothes, which are yet ut i!k home of .Mr. Hunter, It Is tuigges ed that slnc the m:-'l who brought the w; man back from S. uth C arolina eiri ied Ik r ai ras a Sta'e line, tney would be tniiena- bit to the act known as the white dave law, which puts a heavy pn- iiy on t;i? transprrtation f we- nien from one h le to another for Inuticrt'l purposes. The marriage license grve the woman's nanis as Mrs. Ruth Lnusbcrry of Sumter, S. C. Mil BATTLE IMI LMd V(.. Si utlilMiilIuI t'liliilile'ter Sllimts 111 link en Negro. Wadpsboro, Feb. 1. As a r-su!t of Inibibitig too freely of a certain tiriind of cheap cirn liquor, nnd of smiling an rxc-sslve ainoiirt if feif- annihilating dope, commonly called cocaine. IKnry Diinlap, a negro of .n.s:nvllle. is spending a sleepless night In the county jail with four bullet holes in his right arm and shculd r, whi.di were put there by a pistol in the hand of Conductor Ryan if the Wlnstoii-S.ileiu South bound Railroad. News reached Wad sboro earlv I . ! 1 ..... . List nignt tnat i lie conductor on the Southbound train, which reach es here nt S:.1."i, bid had senile trou ble wl'h u nigro. n Ml the request was mule that the sheriff and a !')!or meet the train. It seems I hat the trouble began before the train raeh"d Albi'marl '. The nc-'-ro w;'s going to Norwood, but refused to pay his fare, and Mr. Ryan put him off of the train at Albemarle. But whib the train was pulling out of thv! yard at Albemarle he succeeded In gcttirg back on the train. He ng tin ri filled to pay his far? and, with his liquor and co caine as stimuli, began to crea'e fi eneral d'sturhancp. While th; cnndiie'cr was cut o:i the platform of the coach, the ne gro, who in a former employe rf the railroad and had in his pis slon certain railway keys, locked the door to the coach and r'fused to allow the conductor to re-onVr the car. Th conductor stopped the train, howeter. and siiceceedi d, In getting Inti the car. The negro then nt'empted lo assault him, and it was t Ik n that Conductor Ryan ui'id his pls'ol, firing two shuts. the bullets passing through the. He ro's arm and shoulder. Dunlcp was brought to Wad 's- horo w here his wounds w.-re dr: -si d. These who were on the train at- 'a.di no blame whatever to Mr. Ry an lor th'? shevoilt'g. Hon. Shelby M. Culloni. for tinny .vn rs a Uni'ed Stat s Sena'or frrtin Illinois, died Wednesday at his h- ill" In Washington at an advanced age. He recently reli ed from the Sen- at. It Ii sa'd that Senator Cul loni "passed throiinh the ordeal cf hold!,"g public orfic for 50 years without ever having been accused rf f nrl dilng himself In public if and died comparatively poor." Nominating if Henry M. Pindell of Poerlti, HI., to be ambassador to Rihsla. piu Winfiul T. Deiiison of Portland, Maine, to be member of the Phlllpp'n cotnin ssle n and n-c- rtary of the Interi r of the Philip- plus, were rcnflruied by the S n- ite Tu-sday. Ijiriic Aiuiy f IMmK Murcliina' Un der Villa lo T:;ke li ireiu. Jimlnez, Maiio, Feb. 2. Ten thousand rebel soldiers were niob-ii-z-d here and at points on thtf lailway to the mutfi le day await ing the on'er of Gi s:e r; l Villa to hurl th las. lves aguii.t the Feder al strougliold at Ten run. Other Constituiioi-aliM forces wre driw- ii ?i in on Torreon fr;m other direc : 'tis and the r. bel generals s.eid fry wo.ild attack t!i - city with a 'ol :! sTeligth of IC.IHhi m, ii. Hie rebel arm Is dividul Litu tiie commands cf f v. b"ig:alier generals, wi;h G.ue.'.i! Villa e-m-man IPik the division ;.i d while ibeir uiatn boa'y Is s i!l nu;r. than a huiie'.red mil s nor h of Torreon i'l 'ir advance gtianls e :;t( . e! to w'tli i:: a f 'W miles i:f the c'ty. About to 'i !J pieces and great quantities ef uninniiiilioii have b a-n gaippe-d in readiness for he attack. PREPARE FUR ATTACK. Against the r bets t!i Federal s irrtsjii under G 'tieral P. I'ugiu Ve l .se'i wiil .ut f ir'ti .is formidable, i d ! tise ns tlie'r me;uis el!l per mit. The Fiebrt'l streitg'h is esti mi'ed by the ri'bels i ; from r..ono sabliers upward. It Is e v: e ' d t tin r tin- r die's will outnumber the eicrals at leas' two to eiiie. (iea eral Vedasco's si Idlers however, ha.e the advan'age of positions and are said to be supplied with super ior artillery. Torrent, with I'.l.ouO pop ii In' Ion, is an important railroad enter and the Indus'rial seat of the Laguna cotton district. It is fb't'ked en the wet' by a series of bills and canyons. On these? hills, whieli have a sweeping command of the city over a river to the north and over the flat Laguna district eastward the Federals have planted their cannon. One hill in particu lar, known as La Cruz, has been converted Into a ve riial le fort, brist ling wl h long range uns. FOR POSSESSION OF HILLS. It will b? for piss svlon of these hills Ilia! the preliminary ha' tin will be fought, for In tho op'.ui-n of the rtbeds neither side without th.' bills could hold the town. In ct'sa of def'ii 'he F'dera's or dinary would follow the railroad southward to, Ziceqeens. or eastward lo Saltilla but the rebels operating In thoie dis rie-'s hive betn oreleml to cut off railroad c milium leal I ;:i In be.th direetie ns end completely bottle Torrecn bttcr? the attack b3 gius, Becausa cf thebe Prelimina ries it is likely that th attack on tlie city will b? deferre d f r some liine. General Villa, Herrerra nnd Orte1 4.t have had previous experience in a' tacks on Torreon. The city has oiianged hands sveral times. In the M ulero revolution attenti n was ictrac'ed to Terreon liecatisi' of the massacre there of se(r;:l hundred t Mih'-i-e. Ten Inborrrs. two whites and light negroef, met death by suffo- icn when fire trr ke out Weelnef- diy in the tunnel which the Caroli na, Cilnchfleld and Ohio railroad is cons' ructinjt: on Its line between Dante, Vs.. and Elkhewn City, Ky. Their bodies were r?covered. (ibniili is In Ar.si r. ( i imty. Wadcihofo MvSMi.j.er, h'l b. -'. Glanders, perluips the most dreaded diseit.se' to which hois s and mi;! ., tire subject, h.:s appeared in the e't.iiii y. Two hos-.s belonging to Mr. R. L. Boyiin, which have inen sick for some lime, were last Fri day declared by Dr. !!. ii. Jon.'s to have this disc as-.; and Saturday they wei e killed and hurii d. State Veterinarian i(. I!. Flow was lure Saturday and directed the disposal of the horses. Owners of horses having glar.ders are coin polled, by law to kill and bury or burn them, under piaal'y of flue or imprisonment fcr not doing so, Oii of Mr. Boylin's horses having the dhwiso was a wild one b.mghi at aui'tion at the G. II. Russell sale last fall, and It is practically cer tain the horse was su-k when It was brought to the county, it. is not thought that glanders has ever been In this county before but It is very prevalent in many parts ef tlie west. Some western s'ales reim burse the owner cf a horse which has to be killed on account of the disease. The symptoms of glaiidi rs rre a running at the nos.', very similar to distemper, nnd usually sores en some part of tlie body, chiefly en the head or legs. Horses very otien r. cover if not killeet, but usually are able to give the disease to o lo-r atitmals even after recovery. Nearly all do mestic animals, except oat tie, and even men, are subji'ct to it. In hu man beings it Is said to be invaria bly fatal. Mules are much more susceptible than horses. All hough no other cases of tne disease have as yet belli fe und. It la probable that a numler of horses have it. and Dr. R. B. Jones Is be ing kept busy testing them. l'hise are chiefly animals bought at tho same Russell sale. It appears that there Is great dan- grr in buying western norses irom irresponsible dealers, and Intending purchasers shculd invistigate care fully before again purchasing 'hem. A great number have lieen soiel in tiie county this season by Russell ;niel other dealers. Keceirde r's Court. Fred Stafford, colored, false pre tense; hound over to Superior court. Doe-k Vow, assault ii ml battery; casts. E. F. Sadler, colored, assault; costs. Clayton Marsh, ccdorcd, dUp sing of mortgaged property; costs. Z.d Kindley, violating oreUnance 80; costs. M'esva Lola an I Ethel Helms spent Saturday and Sunday at the foraier's home at weddlngton. C e t $ - r . 1 V r I. r i-, D U1 h v r.' i n i -
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Feb. 3, 1914, edition 1
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