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He Monroe Journal VOL. 20. No. 3. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1014. ONE DOLLAR A YL. . SKXSATIOXAI. CASK IX I.KMtll((i. MKCK- lr. AYootc-n of David n killed Tuesday Xijjht ly DruKi-t ntl Friml, Monroe Jetton Wife Testifies (lint ll.e Dieter Vn At t emitting to Ault lltr. The most sensational affair that has happened ia Mecklenburg coun ty hi a long time was the killing, last Tucvday night, of Dr. V. II. Woolen of Davidson, by Mr. Mon ro Jetton, a young druggist who hid been m;:rriid a few months. The shooting tec k place in the bed room of Mrs. Jetton. In hi dying statement Ir. Wooten saUl that Mrs. Jetton was showing him her new dress, that ho was shot with out a chance .to make an explana tlon, and that he could have ex plained all if he had been given a chance. The two men had been warm friends and were related. Dr. Vo:::n had left the drug more and wer,i to the heme of Jetton. The latter soon followed and wort to the bed rem of his wife and shot Dr. Vocn, saying merely, "lie had ruined my home." The t .si mony of Mrs. Jetton at the prelimi nary trial was very sensational, end if believed, makes a very bad chs against t he dead man. The prt lim itary was held, last Saturday. Mrs. Jetton's arrival la the court room was the occasion of a renewal of interest on the pnft of the spec tator1. The ccurt room was crowd ed and a bis per centage of the as semblage were residents of David se.i. Mrs. Jetton was brought In by her brother-in-law. .Mr. John Jet ton. She wore a blue- coat suit with hat to match and a blue veil ever her face. She gave manifest Indications cf supiircs-si d excite inert but she bore up well under the erder.l. After being sworn she ascended the stand and entered up on her testimony, the most vital as affecting the cos? cf any Introduced. Mrs. Jet-ton testified that she was a nittve of MU-dsdrpi. had visit ed in Davidson cn four occasions previous to ht r marriage to Mr. Jet ton in (Mober of last year and had known Dr. Wooten for quite a long time. She testified that after arriv ing l-i Davidson rs a brldo she and Mr. Jetton lived with his parents and had been housekeeping about a month. Asked If Dr. Wooten had vlsttcd hrr t any previous time she s'ntcd that he had mude three visits prior to the night of tho ht.-mk.idp. The first of these was on the evening of January 22 when the was sick in bed. it was shortly after 7 o'clock and hor bus band answered the knock on the doer. Hector Wooten stated that he had called In case he could ren der any assistance. He had not been summoned professionally. Aft er remaining a few momenta he left The second vi.sk was Saturday night, January 31; was not called profes sional)'; did not hear him knock; asked, how I was feeling; told hi.-n that. I had a dreadful cold, asked what I was taking for it, 1 told him; he said he would write a pre scription, made advances and kissed me but no Improper proposal!-; did leive the prescription at drug store whore husband, worked. On hus band's return he nslicd If Dr. Wort en had called; told him "y s;" did nit tell him anything about fact that Dostor Wnalni had kisstd me for tlu reason that families were related and dkl, not care to bring abeut trouble. Ano-hcr visic. was the following Saturday night, Feb ruary 7, found me in sitting room, I'skrd me how I was and I told him that I was not feeling well. II) said that neither was he. I told him to leave nr.d (his he did. I said noth ing to my husband about the via't. The next visit was on the night cf th homicide. Tuesday, February 10. NIGHT OF TDK TRAGEDY. Mrs. Jetton testified that sh? ' hoard the knock on the frcrt 1 Kr and answered l!. It was a very few minutes after 7 o'clock. Dr. Woot on, entered and she demanded to know what he wanted. She testi fied that ho replied that she knew what he wanted. Mrs. Jetion then testified that she went to the kitch en and ho followed her, standing In the door while she fini. hni with the dishes. When she finished she threw out the water, she testified that he grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her through the dinning room, into tho hnll and on into the lied room. Asked why she did not make any outcry, she testified that Doctor Wooten had ordered her not to snv anv thins, was a lirree and strcne man. and besides had his hand over her mouth. She testi fied that s'.in asked himi to leave hr alone and. that he refused. Mrs. Jetton described the arrange nuit of the room. . She said tha,t Doctor Wcr-'ra turned down the light and pushed hor over on the beiL She teelfle-d that sh protested, Fsylng that he wos "pushing her on her n?w dress" which w?s lying on tne bed. About this time, she said she heard someone step on the perch, push a key In the lock an t opon tho door. She told Doctor Wooten that on one was coming nrd he Jumped up. She testified thnt her husband csme In the front si'ting room end opened the door into the bed room where they were and she heard him elcelrre "God d you. you have ruined, my home." Doctor Wet' to. , Bhe testifl-d, struck Mr. Jetton and she ran cut and as she did heard the ptstel shot. She said aha was In the yard when she heard the pistol fire. MR. JETTON ON STAND. Mr. Monroe Jetton, the accused after the dinner hour. lie has good, face, is simple and direct In his manner and appeared to be con taining himself with a vast effort. His answers to the questions were deliberate and clear, lie testified first to the close and intimate re- ' Mom which he had had with Dr. ...otcn for a long period of years, mentioning that he was a kinsman by niarrlige and also Interested In business together, in reply to cou:i sed he testified as to the first visit of Doctor Wooten to his home, the visit mentioned by Mrs.Jetton In her testlmery. Ctnitag on down to the night of the homicide. Mr. Jett:n testified that Doctor Woolen's ac tions about the drug store on his re turn from supper that eve-nine were suspicious, that he o!s rved . him watching him and this canst d him t3 step to the door and look wher? he was going when he left the store a few minutes later. He observed that he ha.l not crossed the street where he usually did to get to his own home but continued on down on the side as If he was goir.g to his. Jetton's house. This was on the u !i paved side whereas Uis oth'r side, the s-de en which hH own heme stood, was paved. Stepping back Into the office, he placed his pls'ollo his packet and walked down to his hume to investigate. Ire was wc-arin? his overcoat and slipped the nistel in his right hand, out side overcoat pecket. Arriving at th h ius3, ho stepped to the side window and heard voices within and recognized them as those of his wif- and Doc-tor Wooten. He testified that his wife was plead ing with Doctor Wooten to leave, Stepping closer to the window he turned tho shutters and saw the shadow of the two on the shade they being between the bright flro and the the window and he saw Doctor Wooten pushing hi? wife over on the bed. As.iln hcar ini her cries, ho rushed around. soucht to nut the key in the fron doer but f.iund It open and hurri ed In. walking through the sitting room and pushed, op-n the door Into the bed room. He testified that h? found Doctor Woo'on at the foot of the bed and Mrs. Jetton whs in the act cf turning up the lamp. A3 he cam,, hi he testified that he charged Do-tor Wooten with ruining his home and with this Doctor Wooten plunged, at him. Hi saUl that he struck him and knocked him half down against the wnshstcs-d and then threw his arm over his neck as If to inflict serious bod'ly harm. Then he testified that ho ran h's hand in his pocket and fired enco. Doctor Wooton, he said, fell bark against the foot cf the bed awl he rushed out to summon aid. Asked why he shot, he declared that he was In fear of serious bodily harm that he was almost down and that Doctor Wooten wag a larger and more muscular man than himself. PRAYER FOR RKl.i:.SK. After Sheriff Wallace had ad journed court and the crowd, that had packed the court chamber dur ing the entire hearing had filed out, a pathetic little drama was en Hvted in the judge's office in the rear of the court chamber. A Dav idson minister was present, during tho hearing, and the defendant ; -.fid his wife, uceotiipanlid by Deputy Sheriff Vlck Fcspermaii and the mln Isttr, wont quietly Into tho small room and, knceiin.g dean, the mi.i lter prayed for the- delivery of the young husband. Mrs, Jetton, who had borne up bravfly through tho mornlrg ses sion, and the fierce crjss-f Xiimina tion of both her.e!f and husband, almost c.allapsed at the conclusion of the speeches delivered by the at torneys; those for the state. Alesns. Wilson, Stewart and Mcllae, deliv ering a broadside of sarcasm and doubt at the strr!?s of he killing as put up by the ei'fenunnt ana ins wife, and Messrs. t'ajisier ana us- barnn h3 attorneys for the defenie, ameliorating the offense by laying the burden of the blame on the dead physician. It wi'9 n aore trial for any 0113 nnd Mrs. Jetton broke down and wept during tha greater part of the hour that the attorneys were addrersing the court. JKTTON CROSS EXAMINED. On cross examination, Monroe Jetton, who took the sttwd in his "Mr. Styles canto to me and told him that I had shot Doctor Wooten, 'he has ruined my home, I said, to him." replied Mr. Jetton. "1 asked you if that was true? said Mr. Stewart. "I asked you if It were true that he had ruined your home." "I thought then that he had ruin ed my home." replied Mr. Jetton. Mr. Jetton was said to have used the expressien: "1 shot him . b? caine he had ruinee. my home.' Saturday, however, he denied hav ins used the word "because1." He shot Doctor Woe:ten he sold, be cause Doctor Wooten had knocked him down and he did not know wha Doctor Woote n might do to him. He admitted that when he took the pis tol and left the drug store, that he believed Doctor Wooten was going to hi home1. He seated that h did not distrust his wife but he did diet rust Doc-tor Wooton. W'axliuw Xe-tts. Waxhaw Enterprise, Mr. S. J. Blvthe and wife and little son, S. J., of Fort Smith. Ark. arrived in Waxhaw last week and are isi;!jig Mr. Wythe's parka's Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Blvthe. Mr, Myths left Waxhaw some ten years ago. Mrs. Robert Clark and daughter Mi.-s Constance, K ft last Frid y for Lafayette, Ind., where they will spend the remainder cf the winter, Their frier.ds lure will be gli:I to know that they are to return to Waxhaw In the spring. Mr. W. II. Godfrey of Rock Hill ypent Thursday night with Mr. Eu gene Soerei. Mr. Godfrey lived In Waxhaw till 1907 when he went ou on his own hook as a carpenter. He has met'wlth success and Is now n prominent contractor at Ucck Hill. Mr. L. a. King, who has been con nected with The Enterprise sine October kr.t, lias disposed of his in forest lure and 1 ft .Monday for Ab beville where hi! Ir.u accepted a re' sponsill: po.i i;vii w Mh the Abbe vi'ie Mtdiiiin. Mr. King Us u good pr'attr ar.J !s a ycung man of fine character. The way cotton has born coming to town for the bst two weeks makes lit seem like the fall of tlr? year. Quite a I'ttle of this cotton U of tlu first picking and is nice and white and. of course, brlnw a fancy prl.-e. The amount of cotton In the country at this season of til? ywir is rather surprising in view of the fact that tha Btaple command ed a fair price ever since the Belling smsou opened. The Indications are that ninny of tho farmers didn't have to sell and Just took their time. A special dispatch from Pu.ge'.and to the Enterprise was received yesterday which says, Mr. Thomas F Gordon of Mineral Springs and Miss NJllo Melton were married Sunday at the home of the bride's piranta at Mt, Croghan. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. A. MoGraw of I'aiieinnd, Several friends brsMe the family of the bride were th?re as invited guests to witness the c n mony And rat the wedding din nor which was enjoyed by all pres ent. Otiilii.ny Mis. Fistic l Helms, Mrs. T;rsn Helms, wife of Mr. C. Fisher Holms, died Feb. 7. 19H, at the ngo of 81 years, !) months. an:', 21 days. Sh? was the last of a large family of children born to 0!ie;l nnd I.eaii Doater, nee W inches. tor, nnd was also the last, grand daughter of James Dostrr, the foun dor cf the Doster family In Tnion county. James Doster was born in August, 173u, and Settled en Rich ardson creek on the plnc-9 now own ed as a residence by Mr. I'reston II, Hlakeney. two nnd a half miles sout of Monro He settled therj prior to the Revolutionary war. The deceased wis first married to C. W. L. Bolk. son of Blue Dnrl in Belk, nrd to this union were born four sons. C. 0. C. Belk, John R. Belk. D. F. Belk, and C. M. BeJk She wits a good mother ar.d n k'nd neighbor. She bore her suf- faring with fortitude and patience and died In the full hope of a res urrection to a better life. On, behalf of the family w de weiamid by Blum f're ,0 express our gratitude a,d mer Stewart who nut the defendant throimh one cf the most gruellin examinations of the day; but throughout the whole time the de fendant kept his nerve well and ans wered without hesitation any ques tions that were propounded to him. Hi admitted that he saw a. picture of the struggle betw'een his wife nnd Doctor Wooten. as It was i honetted against tha shade which had been drawn. "How long did you stand at the wlrdow and watch that struggle:" naked Mr. Stewart "Two or three minutes." was the reply. . "Do you mean to tell the court that you watched at he window for two minutes and at tli3 same time bel'eved that your wife was being assaulted srd never wer.t to her rescue?" - "I thought fo," replied ?dr. Jet tan. "Why didn't you shoot hiin when you entered the rom?" asked Mr. Stewart.. "I didn't want to kill him." re plied Jetton. He wns a died what occurred im mediately after he entered the rocm. He stated that his wife turned, up the light and when asked If this did not scorn strange to h!in. he replied that It did not. Mr. Stew art asked him what statements he was placed on the stand shortly j made immediately after the shooting thanks to the many friends nnd neighbors for many kindnesses and sympathy and favors. D. F. BELK. To Telephone SubsorilicrK. Some time ago we notified our subscribers that we could rot srnd out collectors to run them down. and that every subscriber would he expected to send check by mall promptly cn the day It Is diir. A number have promptly responded, but others have failed to keep up with their ' payments. All bills are payable by tho month and I P.m in structed that payments must not bo allowed to lap. W. II. NORWOOD. SupK President Wt'srn will be nsked to s'art en Investigation cf the offi cial conduct of Circuit Judg- A's ton G. Dayton rf the northern dl3 trVt of Wert Virginia. This move wp.a decided on nt a mass mc-tin-; of union workers In West Virginia. Tho movement was begun by United Mine Workers of America, who al-lo-ed that Judee Dayton Rhrwrd fa vorlt'sm In his conduct of ciss rrowinar cut cf the strike at Col liers, W. Va., which has been In progress since early lost fall. YOrXG LAIV H:o.KX TO DEATH Mis Flora llartis .f Vniicr T n (d!i'. While 111, S!iii:l fit.in II 10 House in the ISittrr i Id f the Night mid Her Ihidy Wa Found Miff Next Mon-ii:. Miss Flora Hart's, d.iuahtcr of Mr. Thcmas llartis of ne town ship, fr-zo to death in the bitter cold of Sunday night, lying in o yprir.j? branch near her father's home. V inter stress Cf bad health for several ninths the ycung lady's mind had become deraiiCed and to this ce-ciitian Is due her uii:ini:iy death. The f lniiy were with hr till a late hour Sunday night, and as there lind been no apparent d;mg r of h?r tloiug anything cut of the way. she had not been par.ieul irly watched. Yesterday she w:s mass ed and a rrarch was begun. AbMit eight o'clock the body w:-s found In the spring branch n nr the hous , stiff and cnld. EvW'Ttly tl-. ycung woman had gotten up during the night, jnrtly dressed, and waa.l red down to the spring. S'ie became overcome by the cold and froze 10 doat.h. she had partly dressed hr self. and had on but one tOice. Miss llartis was 23 years cf age. She had b-en In bail health for some; time and had litely bv;n li a hospital. Some time n;:o the doe tor had noted thnt lit r mind -:n belpfr effected but tin re wr.s no though! of her doing anything rash. He dlltimis of KesKCt. Whereas the Great Architect of the Universe has seen fit. in H!s in finite wisdom, to remove fre;;ii aniorg us our friand and brother. Rev. J. l. Ben::c!t, and whereas our he iris are deeply grieved over his untime ly death, be It resolved First, That Meadow Branch Lodge No. 578 A. F. & A. M. has sustain ed tho lo-a cf her eldest and one of hrr most loyal members. Second, That Wlngate has lest n loyal ami worthy citizen who was always willing to old and asdtst In every crv.ard and upward c mse. Third, Thnt we extend to the be reaved family and loved ones our d??pe'st sympathy. Fourth, That a copy of these res olution' be spread lip the minutes of the lx.dge, a copy bs sent to tha county papers and also a copy be SAnt to the family. R. I.. MoWHIRTER, J. G. CARROLL, G. C. BUCK, Resolution Conmlttee. Montgomery Mine Yields Mm h tiold Sixteen pounds of geld, in four 4-pound bars, valued at $4,0u0, was exhibit: d In Greensboro a few days ago by George F. Gant. of the Cog gin mlnfs In Montgomery county. This repr vsentrd a four-days' run of a teii-tinnip mill. The property Is owned by North Carolina people and has a 9-foot vein, averaging $202 a ton. Two feU cf that vein ruin $67li per ton. It is believed by those who have vlsi'ed it to bp the 1111 st promising mine that lias ever bfoji developed In North Carolina. The shaf. Is 272 fee! tl ep and the rich pay stre ak w..s tl. vt U pi d at a depth of 250 fet. Wont "YabbU Hontii'g." Coy Bell. 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James l.ee Bail el' Weaver vllle. Buncombe county, wandered away from home ai d a eeorc of men combed the country for miles around Weavervlll? nil nkht Monday nigh and met 11 man bringing the boy In about daylight next liioruiir;. The Iw tie boy reached the man s. house about midnight and when asked who he was could, only prattl.j about. "yablilit hunting. Hp was so tired tluM he f'-'ll asleep almost at one and next morning h's frigid starttd out with him to find hU hom . MK. HELMS IX FLORIDA. An Epiteiuc nf Xoi'tli ( 'u 1! ina's Slu wing. An attractive card presenllrg an epitome of North Carolina corps for 1913 is bring isiutd by the State Department of Agriculture. It shows that the money value of t ho crrps in this State for tho pi-Ht year wis $241.i33,670. thit not including l ie hogs, cattl? anil other live stcck that wers' developed 011 the f irms during the year. It Is bileved that th"e ca'tle and meat values would run up the aggregate ful'y $2,000,000 mere. This State Is shown to bo the 13th State of the Union in agricul tural products, having advanced from the 22nd State In 19011. "For Another's Crime." a splen did love drama at the Rex theatre tonight with the Strauss orches'ra. I "I SWEAR 6CN0MU.TT WAS AIMR FIGHT Monroe Opera House, Wednesday nliht, February 18. Tt lls The Jtuttnul Family How He ; t Tl:t le-wiid II. n He likes X-w (Vuntry. Correspcr.di nee cf The Journal. On January 1 4th. together with the assistance of good neighbors we proceeded to load our belong ings, carsistirg of house hold and oilier gaotls. one pair mules, wagon, buggy, farming tools, etc., on cars at Minnal Springs. Having aceom pil.shed this task, after the lt-al pulled out our car. we spent the night mith our brother-in-l-'w, Mr. M. M. Winchester. We Loard'd the early train Thursday morning for Mi-nroe, where we proceeded to the freight depot to prepay fr-i.ht charges on our car. The railrjad people heli', i:s up for $150. 110, which we paid with reluctance, af ter which wa spent the remainder of the day In winding up business affairs, taking leave of our friends, etc. At 6 o'clock In the afirrnoo-i, in company with our kinsman, Mr. S. .S. Richardson, who was on his way to John Hopk'ivs hospitn!, we bcardtd tho train for Hamlet, where w, caught the train for Jackson ville. Our run to Jack.wtiville w:s niad during the night and was nad both without ml' h p or tleep. We arrived nt J vkLcrvilie at S;ti0 and had only about 5 minutes to catch the Tallahassee iii-.d Uiv.r Junction train. So. without takins tLmc to quench our tliirst with Jacksonville's thirst reliever we proceeded on our journey, which was made during the day. At 5:55 in th- afternoon, tired and vorn we landed at our destination, Chip'ey. Fl... We found Mr. Tom Lan y await ing our arrival and spent several das in ill delightful and hospita ble heme, while awaiting the arri val of our belongings, after which wo proceeded, to move out and shape up tor the nception of our helpmeet and children who were to follow in .1 f .v diys. Having accomplished this la:-.U, we wrote our folks to come cn as wo were tired cf ke"p Ing house alone. On Friday i!it,ht. Jan. "Hh. our "folks," iicecoinpaniiel by Mr. M. M. Winchester, rolled in. So mu'ii for our journey. We have proeei de-d, after a henr ty welcine, to settle down to busi ness. We have seen quite a lot of Florida, Her hospitable people whom we have met have already won cur friendship. In pisir.g will say that our sec tion Is unsurpassed for hospitality anywhere. At some future elate we will tell Tho Journal readnrs something of the climate, soils, plney-wocd cows, razor back hogs, Florida syrup, nrd things In general. At present wc are engaged in turning t lie soil pre paratory to farming, Very truly. Chlpley, Fla. A. L. HELMS. E11tl-.11 iiism Fop the Twice 11 Week .lutnnal. The announcement that lifter April the first The Journal would bo prill tt el twice a week Inslctid of once has b;'cn received by our frlsnds with a gir;;t dial ef com mendation. The idea lies l on sc enthosias Ici.l'y endorsed as to shew that the twice a we-k Jour nal is the very thill!: that we need ed. Subscribers who had l"t their lubels run to the bad are ooi-iing In or smiling and having t'aelr sulisr-rlp-thn renewed In order to gt the advantage of tho premium before the semirwe -kly bejios. ilils Is wry gratifying, and we expect every sub scriber who is behind to do this. We are going to give the same fcize pa per twice a week nt the same old Drice. but we must have tho nrl'-e from every one. So every onp who Is behind Is requrs'cd to h ok alter his suh.-criptii n right away. Tell your friends about the new paper, if you f?el Ilk? doirg so, nod help us ge t n w names in the place of thes? who drop out, because ev eryone who does not pay is going to drep out. Remember the terms, n'l who pay before Apl. first ge's choice of pre-, niiims Just as before, but uf.er that! d;Me 110 premiums will be given. Vr. H uds. 11 ,n loli i( (Yui.ty ft in- nii. itiiit r. Mr H. A. Hudson of Sandy UMge township has been appointed c tinty pTinmli-sioncr by tho CI rk of the Court, to succeed Squ!rn A. J. Brooks, d1"":! ed. Mr. Hu ts-a took the oa"i of off!-o ystirdny. The new member will mak-' good In th's capi'cli'y, fer ho Is a man of g od judgni'iit, 11 lnr.-ee f 'rioer ar.d mini of affairs, and has the eour'jro of h's eonvlctloim. Mr. Hudson hns never brfore held public cff'e but hns nlwpys taken a keen Interest In public affairs. In poli'les h- Is 1111 enthusiastic W'!s?n imhI Brynn Dem ocrat. A tout n dozen other ir.en. all g?ed ones, were suggested by th'vr frem's for th- plaer. but Mr. Lcn morula th-ugh that the upp -r w-sfern section ef the county had the best clolm. INmcIi e.f Mr. V.'. (.Icon. The paper is thic vu-ek c;il!e.l upon to etironiele tlu almost sudden death cf another goed ii'lh of the county, that of Mr. William 11. Glenn cf Ituford township. ho died last Wednesdry. On the Saturday b; fore he was iu Moiirot-, and w hilti cn the streets, had a severe chill. He weat heme and :i hud a e ise of pnouiii.ir.Li, from wiiMi he died on the day nun -d. Tha rein tins were buried at Bethlehem on Thurs day, the service being held by Rev. J. C. Puddle. Mr. Glenn was one of the best of men. Ha pjsssses that dis tinguishing iui:rk of n gentl -mau wherever it is fjund "oasider.tuou for the filings and thoughts of others. II went ai.e ut his affiirs as quie'tly and evenly as a summer's day and he w?s never Ii.arJ say ing cr thinking harsh things about others, lie v."s a christian through and through. II,. wjo an old Confederate solt'lir and wus about sixty-five years of age. lie was twice married, the lirst lime to Miss Nancy Belk .i::d 11 -xt to her sister, Mr.-,. Hannah Helms. Tli ? latter survives him, Wvttr whti his step-children, who iu.d f uni In h'm the qualities of a tra U'her. if y,i The Life and C!i;;i;. U c J. II. lU ut v.. Tho tLa'h of Mrs. Jin.. H. Bcn'on. hkh occurred oil the ni-ut cf the 9th, was briefly mentioned in the Journal of hist week. Mrs. Benton w is 50 years old and was born l.n Caim'-m, S. C, and c.ime to Monroe with her sis r, Mrs. W'.F. Benton, i.i 1S79, with the fam ily of the 1U Rev.A.T.Lotta. They were orphans and were partly reared by Mr. Latta, who continued to love them as his own d&iihters all his lire. In ISal he v..:s married to Mr. J. II. B nton and he with two sons at'd three du'shteis survives her. s'ao was taken ill on January first nnd never regai.ied c n.ipiote lonsc'ousners. In the death of Mrs. Benton this c 'tiimunity has lost one of ;;s best waioeii. Even tempered, gentle and s nsiblo, the beauty cf t.er irner life became depicted upon lu-r coun tenance as siitj passed from the bloom of youth to the ni'turity of middle ivge and her fare became iii mirror of the lovableiiess and sweetnsea of tiie spirit t hi. t r-'l;ned within. Nor was her goodness of that type which siiieel i i.jtlf with mro ncyuficn, but was tf tiie posi tive sort that translates Itself Into 10' Ions prompted by a vann heart anil dlrc-ted, ty u well balnuce-d mind. She wns the itcther type of the fines; grade, which supplement. tlio brooding Instinct with tha fos ter principle. Not onlv us the moth er of tluo home but as a force In Ik r church and coinnme'ty the exert ed an iiifiu iire for good. Her judg ment and her heart worked togeth er, nnd her hand, foil, wed where they lend. To siy that she will he niVril is n -.-d'u-ss. Want woman of this character is not missel? Ti world Is bitter for lur life, an.l in her memory he- husb;".id and her children lir.ve a pi'.celc s lieri-t"g". Simlli r t t!i- Mtxienn Situation. Charlotte News. Cond it !r ps sin-il. r to tir-se la Mcx'oo lit the present time nr;1 d i.lt widi In I!. S. Sheldon's great n?v. historical play "Cnpt; in Al varez" which Paul (VI more and As sociate players will lung to the Academy ( f Mu io v.- xt Thursday matinoo ond night. The struggles of an oppres 't d ptoplo agalrst tlr. tyrannlcnl dictatorship, nrd the part 1111 ndveiiiurous young Ameri can played ii that struggle Is the theme upon which .Mr. Sheldon has based 0110 of the season's most, en tertain lag offerings. Though the action took place mire than ,i0 vcirs ago during the ndnilnU'n: tirn ef President Rosas In thf Ar gentine Republic, thp siniilnrlly be tween present conditions in Mtxtoi and tlitse brought out In lite play are apparent. The hl--torlcal facts are cleverly Interwoven with the truly delightful love-He ry of the young American, a part created es pecially for Mr. Gilmi:re and in which he Is truly nt bis best. Paul Giimere nt th- Monrcp Op era House Wednesday night, Feb ruray 18th. Pries .M'c. to $1.5(1. Avl'ers pre taikivg rbotit a trip nc-ess thp Atlantic o eon, but ()r viil.. Wrirht. one ef the plon-er biil'drrg of "h"avier-t hnn-nir" nm- hin s, siys th.-'t n tr.a-is-Ail'in'le trip nt this tl:u Is Imp-aotic ib'e. "Under no clrcums'nnecs ill the engine hold rut under the continu ous retrain cf such a Journey," con tinued Mr. Wright. He bdleves. however, that the trip coii'd, be mde with case if two resting places could b? provided." Strauss orchesrta at the Rex theatre tonight, with good pictures. Mis. limn PI a. yii I in (tin .-It it it But :.llilli't .i t l.c:.!g!llg. Chariot io Chronicle. "No room In the I in," was the sign hung net at one or two of the hotels Saturday when Airs. Harry Kendall Thaw nppenml In quest of a pl.-.c? to lay her wti'ry head after tho busy day was over. It Is understood Hint application was made nt only two plec-s and at each was to'.d "Xo H'cnnt riK.ni," r-d prolmbly aeting o-i the theory that it was uschss to seek else where no olher hotel was vLslted. so far as can he learned. So th noted weiman w.i obliuei to pentl the n'ght sir -1 through Surday In he;- private car Th story leaked out nnd was talked fr ely on the streets Saturday n'ght end some of th hostolries were vh-lttcl nnd ask ed for the facts nnd while ssnie sold simply "She Is not here." two ;n.ide Ihr statement that she couuld not get in ns the rooms were all taken. Whother the story ' mere gootl prss dope for the octren or no. It caused a great dnl cf alk on the streets. Dr. J. V. Neal accompanied Mli DrucUla Broom, who has been sVik for a lon time, to Richmond. Va., fnr hospl'al treatment, Sunday.
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Feb. 17, 1914, edition 1
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