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,1 '4 4 '4 i .1 '.J 4 i 4 : :; V! j - Seasonable Offerings AT- Crow Brothers Cash Store. Ladies' Dress Goods. In Dress Goods and Waistings we have choice patterns in Brocade Crcpe-de-Chine, Plain and Fla kola Crepe, Linens in all shades, and large assort ment of patterns in Red Seal Ginghams. Oxford Shoes. We have received large lots of Oxfords for Men and Women, all ready for the mild weather that is at hand. Spring' Suits. A fine line of new Spring Suits in blues, browns, tans, and grays, all shades and new stlyes. Come to the Big General Store for all your needs. crow Bros. 6asn store. I have opened an office at 24 South Tryon Street, in Charlotte, N. C, over the Jas. P. Stowe & Co. Drug store, where I am prepared to detect and correct errors of sight remediable by glasses. Being a graduate of the Philadelphia Optical College, and having passed the North Carolina State Board Ex amination, I am prepared to give you service equal to that obtained in any Optical Parlor where a graduate Optometrist is in charge. All my work is done by prescription, which is the only intelligent way to fit glasses, and absolute eyeglass satis faction is guaranteed in every case. I extend you a special invitation to call and have me expli' my method of examination. 13 n. f Let's Get Acquainted. If I knew you and you knew me, Then let no doubting thought abide Tls seldom we would disagree; Of firm good faith on either side; But never having yet clasped hands, Confidence to each other give. Doth often fail to understand Living ourselves, let others live; That each Intends to do what's right, Call any time you come this way, And treat each other "honest Ttat 'ou w111 como we hPe n bright." aDd rra': Then face to face we each shall see, How little to complain there'd be ,, . ,,, And 1 11 know you and you 11 If I knew you and you knew me. know me. EXAMINATIONS FREE. F. C. ROBERTS OPTOMETRIST, 24 South Tryon Street, Up Stairs, Charlotte, N. C. Beef and Milk A-plenty uattie are Kept tor two purposes; tor Deet pro duction and (or milk production. To do either ritfht they must be healthy. There is nothing better to keep them in continued good health, or to make them well quickly when sick, than a few doses of Ree flee ST0CK JDCCJJCC MEDICINE Stirs up the liver Drives disease poisons away. Any time any ol my cat tle get anything wrong with them I give them lew dosea ol B e ( D c STOCK MEDICINE. Tber aoon get wtO. JohD S. Carroll. Moorhead. Mix. 23c Me and 11. per eta. At roar deakfa. r, n. z AND OTHE Peacock Alley Gets Its Annual Spring Cleaning 1JEW YORK. When George W. Peldt of the Wcldorf-Astoria decided several 11 years ago that he would put an enJ to the business of numerous individu als who were flotclng bis puror.g out of several millions a st-ason, he did things thoroughly. He hired Jo Smith of Scotland Yard, and told him tt was worth fSa.MO a year to have the famous hostelry cleaned of vermin. Joe Smith organized a s.juad of ten men end women, known to Mr. Poldt and himself about the Waldorf, where they circulate in Fifth avenue clothes. Mr. Smith and his g-iuad have Just finished their annual spring clean-up Kitty Quick, " Lord Harry" Havens, and a third suave gentleman were at the head of the procession of ejected. They were sorely nettled at beins prevented from consummating a plot to sell stcck in an imaginary geld mine for $10,000. a kets previous one of the Smith women agents, passing herself as a shopper who took tea In the Waldorf frequently, observed Kitty, "Lord Harry and three outers, two women and a man, very active In entertaining wealthy patron. They had the plot so far along that the victim 83 about to consult a lawyer. She satisfied herself that the lawyer the wealthy patron would consult (of his own volition, as he thought) would be a confederate of "Lord Harry." he of the mauve spats and English walking suit and the elegantly gowned Kitty. Joe went Into his office and studied the Waldorf collection of 5.000 pho tographs. These show facea of confidence persons, hotel thieves and interna' tional crooks, and Joe haa been 20 yearn In assembling them. He also looked over the imposing finger-print art gallery of the hotel secret service, consist Ing largely of Interesting duplicates from the police headquarters of the metropolises. Kitty was there, and so was Harry. A few hours later a captain of d Store Store Open Till 9 O'clock Every Night till Saturday Night, when wc will he on the job till 11 o'clock. The Pure Foo This is exactly the kind of store we propose to keep only the purest and best grades that can be secured. We invite your inspection and ap proval. We expect to hold your trade by living up to our promises. We will appreciate a call. Respectfully, THE PURE FOOD STORE Shepherd Grocery Co. The Bank of Union Capital - -. $30,000.00. Surplus - - - $60,000.00. The FACTS and FIGURES show that we n still waiters removed from the table at which the confederates were dining a set climbing and even the Casual observer Pin SPP thir we of glassea of which they had Just time to take one sip. He used gloves. vn A .2" ,1 cu&Udl OUbU er Can See tnat W e w v kiviib.i no nc uitu cam new yeai. ve are not bragging, be it understood, but merely calling atten tion of prospective depositors to our strong position in the banking field. SAFETY IS THE PRIME CONSIDERATION in depositing hard earned dollars, or any other good money, ink jjaink uwiUiN offers this induce- Tbe glasses were soon In Joe Smith's studio. They were dusted with a prepared powder and photographed. Joe smiled. That afternoon Joe, who la a polished gentleman in appearance aa well as In reality, strolled up Peacock alley and met Kitty of the $150 Paris hat "Madam," said the Scotland Yard man, quietly, "the management would like to know your precise business In this Jiotel?" "What have you got on me?" she replied, descending to the vernacular. "A photograph and two fine sets of finger prints.' Peacock alley had had Its annual spring cleaning. $11,000 Found in "Hump" on a Beggar's Back ment now and ail the time. This is a guaranty not 5,3 to be overlooked by any depositor. Aloncr with this is pan fuancisco. cal. wiiiiatu Kahier. an old hunchback beggar, who haa to be found SERVICE, and every reasonable ACCOM- w loaaiea inese twenty years or more along the streets or San rranclBco junnATION Ppnnlp lenmv friia htr PYPPPTP"MPP with the aid of a cane aa old and battered as himself, stepped the other night j frt u" " " i -V- J , vij from hia lowly estate of a mendicant and to them e appeal f or verification. In short, wend your way to the bank in sympathy with your needs ana aDie 10 satisiy every reasonable demand. By this reckoning you become a customer and a friend of into the class of capitalists. For more than twenty years Kahier had kept pretty mnch out of every body's way, gathering a nickel here and a dime there from the good people who took compassion on a feeble old cripple with a grizzled, ragged beard, dresned in tatters. T1k police never troubled Kahier unless It waa to throw him a coin. Then Kahier was arrested by a mistake. Tho man w ho arrested him did not know Kahier. Desk Sergeant Dunne at the central pollco station was about to chide Policeman Oliver Cox, who mado the arrest, and then Dunne thought Kahier would be Just aa well off In a cell as sleeping under somo sidewalk or in pome tumble-down barn. Heing a methodical person, Dunne, from force of hi-bit, started to search Kahier perfunctorily. The desk sergeant's hands struck something hard under Kahler's ragged vest. Dunne papsod his hand over the beggar's back. It was hard. He rapped It Tho hump sounded like a tin pall. Kahier waa divested of the rag thut once was a cout and of the aged vest shiny with dirt, and wrinkled and mis shapen to fit the deformity of Its owner's back. When the vest came off there was disclosed a neatly made artificial hump of tin, strapped to Kahler's body over his shoulders and under his arms. It opened with an ingenious clasp at the top. Dunne opened it, end when he and Cox looked, they nearly fainted. .of all denominations, from $3 The Bank of Union COME TO HEADQUARTERS FOR GpOD HORSES, MULES AND BROOD MARES. Owing to the recent bad weather we still havp a rmnd stock of Horses, Mules and Brood Mares on hand from our last load. They are going cheap, don't fail to come and see them. A LANDSIDE IN BUGGIES. We have about 40 new Bueries on hand that wp nvp going to sell cheap. If you intend to buy or swop, look us up. they are cointr chcan. and we will allow vou a n-nntl dis count for your old buggy. AN AVALANCHE IN HARNESS. We have sold our Harness Shon and are p-ninp tn rlnsp - out the remainder of our stock at once. Leather is up in Wife TellHow Her Husband Made Spurious Cash Pe. but our stock was bought before the advance, and r will hp snlrl pnrrpcnnniiinrrlv lnvtr NOTICE! If vou need a Stalk Cutter, come to our barn and hnv one at cost. We have no room for our stock, and we are going to sell. Within were layers on layers of groaikaf to ISC'). The uafcaemen started to count. J ThewAonH do.! fll.Outi, and discovered tliaf l" l?fhler was as straight as an arrow. Jend work ST. LOUS, MO. Mrs. Lulu Push of 366 Carrie avenue told Police Captain O'Rrlen the other day of watching her husband make counterfeit money almost nightly for five months In their home. The husband, W tlliam C. Hush. V" was arrested after a policeman had found a mold for making counterfeit half dollars, two spurious half dollars and one spurious nickel in the Push home. flush's home was searched by Police man Pribble after an informant bad told him there waa a counterfeiting plant at the Carrie avenue address. The mold, made of wood and consist ing of two pieces, was found In a bu reau drawer. The counterfeit coins were under a carpet near the bureau. Push denied knowledge of Uie mold or bad colna. Pribble took Mrs. Push to Captain O'Rrlen. Sho gave a detailed atory of her knowledge of the counter felting. She said that she did washing to support herself and the two children, a sixteen-year-old boy tnd a baby girl, and that her husband had not worked for six months. "I warned him against making the money," sho said, "but ho told me to mind my own business. He said It was an easy way to get money." Fowler & Lee. m Story of How Ticklish Angler Lost Big Pickerel pHICAGO. A serpcant of police at one of the stations Is reputed to ba the I most ticklish polici n.iiii In the Chicago depurlment No one can touch him In the ribs without having him almost turn a somersault. He Id pestered to death by the other members of the force at the station, vlio tit-Tight In seeing nw contortions. Ki"entiy mis policeman went on a fisliinK trip with n friend. The two paired a couple of v. otks Ht Pelican lake, Wisconsin. It was the last day of their sojourn that they had the experience of their trip. They were In a boat and the ser geant cast a line to which wiia hooked a frog as bait, when a large pickerel seized tho frog and jumped about three feet out of the water. The angler became excited, stood ud In the boat and rhouted for help. Ills partner, who had lust completed a perfect caat, reeled In hia line with all speed and In turning to put hia rod down In the boat accidc ntally poked hia friend In the ribs with It It waa too much for the police aergeant Ha started to laugh and before bla Mend knew what was happening, the policeman, who welgha close to 200 pounds, performed the prettiest "Brodle" that had been seen In those parta and disappeared after the eacaotnx fish. He came to the aurface and heard hia comrade ihoutlr.j. Disgusted, be awam to ahore. The fish got away. FORD THE UNIVERSAL CAR. The best car for its price and none better at any price. Thai's what we claim for the Ford. And more than five hundred and fifty thousand Fords in world-wide service bear out our con tention. Buy yours today. Five hundred dollars is the price of the Ford runabout; the touring car is five fifty; the town car seven fif ty f. o. b. Detroit, complete with equipment. Get catalog and par ticulars from THE HENDERSON GARAGE AND MACHINE COMPANY, Agents, Monroe, N. C.
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