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li One cent a word acts a local In the Special Column of The Journal. And they pay lOOO per cent profit. HE Monroe Journal VOL.20. No. 38. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 19J4. ONE DOLLAR A Ml. SEXT MAC HIXK 11Y EXPRESS. J. Fellow Who (iot Slart.il on Motor cycle Couldn't Stop Till the Juice (iave Out Cientlenian Ix-ft Town. Waxhaw Enerprise. 8th. Misses Pearl and Lola Rodman and Mr. J. L. Rodman, Jr., and Mrs. E. J. Heath of Matthews left Monday lor Montreal, where they will spend sevearl weeks. Mr. T. E. D. Starnes of the Col lege Hill community, who has been undergoing treatment at the Fennel hospital in Rock Hill, returned home Sunday. Mr. A. M. Tarborough lost a fine cow last Saturday. The family went to Monroe to take in the Fourth and the cow got in the cane patch. She was dead when they returned. Miss Mary Lee of Sandy Ridge township is visiting her brother, Rev. W. B. Lee, at Burlington. Rev. Mr. Lee has Just returned from Brazil, where he has been a missionary for the past twenty years. Little Helen the year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Crow, died Saturday afternoon after a protracted Illness of the whooping cough, bron chitis and other complications. it was buried at the Waxhaw cemetery Sunday, Rev. K. V. Hogan conduct ing the services. Mr. Lonnie Holms had the misfor tune to loose the little finger of his right .hand Wednesday while feeding the thresher. There was a piece of hay wire in a bundle of oats and it became wrapped around Mr. Helms' little finger and both ends started in the thresher with the oats. Before Mr. Helms hardly knew it his little finger was snatched off,. Miss Minnie Ratchford of York county, who has been visiting her grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Ratchford, at Tirzah during the past month, and who has been in declin ing health for some time, left last week for John Hopkins Hospital where she will take a course of treat ment. She was accompanied by her brother, Mr. Will Ratchford. Mr. John J. McCain of the Walk ersville community celebrated the 4th with a family reunion picnic. In ad dition to the relatives a number of Invited friends were present to enjoy the feast. One of the attendents said tha two big tubs were kept full of lemonade all the time and besides the regular dinner there was a big pot of most delicious soup. Those who attended do not regret that they did not 0 to Monroe for the cele bration. A number of Waxhaw people went to Lancaster last Wednesday One Claud Chapman wanted to go too. He saw Mr. W. D. Wilson of Davidson, who is here boring a well for Doc tor W. R. McCain, and borrowed his motor cycle to ride out in the coun try a few miles. When Claud start ed out with the motor cycle it mov ed so nicely that he could not check up till he landed in Lancaster. Well, when the other people returned in the afternoon they spoke of seeing Claude there. After waiting some time some one phoned the police in Lancaster to take the cycle away from the boy. Chapman was arrested and consigned to the Jug. Next morning the Lancaster force was notified to let him out and start him this way with the cycle. Then Cland started off up the National highway and instead of pulling in at Waxhaw he went right on to Charlotte. The owner of the cycle was very excited over the mat ter and had the policemen in- a num ber of towns notified to be on the lookout. When Claud reached Cbar lote his gasoline was out and there fore the motor was of no further use to him. So he carried it to the ex press office and had it shipped to Waxhaw C. O. D. Mr. 0. L. Murrah, insurance agent and thought by some to be an unde sirable detective, has vamoosed, ab sconded, evacdated and absquatulat ed, or in other words he has left Wax haw. When here he acted a little "quare" and several fellows decided that he was one of Uncle Sam's secret service men, looking after the old man's hnsiness affairs in Waxhaw. The stranger did not seem to care miirh nhnut writing insurance, but took a considerable interest in the hi tent meetine. When he was out talking to the boys he did not appear to be religiously inclined, out at me tent he always took a front seat and at intervals would sav "a-mon." This made him solid with the preachers in the community. He said that he used to have a Job with the government that paid five bones a day, but he lost It by filling out one pad report. He borrowed some money while in town. Why, Blvens, Your Man In Not a Clr- cuntNtance to Ours. Albemarle Enterprise. We trust that there will be a full delegation of Democratic voters ai ih Conotnrlnl Convention, which meets here next Tuesday. Two State Senators are to be nominated ior me .mintioa nf sianiv. Anson. Union, and Davidson. This year a Union man and a Stanly man will be named. If t'ninit Mnntf nn rood a man to put up as John S. Eflrd, the Stanly nominee, we neea nave no ier ir the district s welfare in tne next uen eral Assembly. Senatorial Convention. Tha Sanatoria! Convention for the 23rd Senatorial District composed of Union, Anson, Stanly and Davidson will meet In the Court House at Al bemarle on Tuesday, the 14 th day of 1011 at 2 o'clock. D. m. All delegates are requested to be pres ent. . R. .L SMITH, Chairman. WI1EX THE YANKEES CAME Tt) MOXKOE. OKI Faner FuMlshvd in 1K63 Men- tlons the Event in Connection With Sherman's March Through S.Mitlt Carolina. Western Democrat. March 7, 1S65. We had a conversation on last Thursday with Dr. Clover of Orange burg, S. C who was raptured by Sherman troops between Orange burg C. H. and Columbia, and held as a prisoner until the yankee army passed Lancaster C. H. Dr. Glover was with the enemy In their march through Columbia and Wlnnsboro and gives an interesting account of their conduct in these places and on the line of march. There was no regular battle at Co lumbia; only slight skirmishing on the part of our calvary. The enemy commenced marching into the city on Friday the 17th, and very soon afterwards the city was In flames. The conflagation extended from the Capitol on both sides of the street to "Cotton Town," consuming about eighty squares of buildings. The old Capitol, the Catholic Convent, the Court House and Jail and the Print ing office, were burned along with hundreds of other buildings. The new Capitol, our informant thinks, was partly destroyed though others say it was not Injured because it would require a large amount of powder to blow it up. The C. C. Col lege building and Lunatic Asylum es caped. It is said that the firing was done before Gen. Sherman himself reached the city, and that he after ward expressed regret at it; but of course all that will pass for hypocri sy. After Sherman reached the city he posted guards with orders to shoot any soldiers caught setting fire to a house, and our informant says three yankee soldiers were shot. Child's Factory near the city was burnt. Gen. Sherman occupied Gen. Hampton's house as his headquart ers. When the enemy went Into Colum bia a number of white and Union flags were found flying, but the yan kee soldiers did not seem to respect them much, and told those who sought protection in that way that they were found "in d n bad com pany." But when the enemy left the city a number of citizens (supposed to be northerners and foreigners) went off with them, the enemy furn ishing transportation for women and baggage At Wlnnsboro, about twenty build ings In the business portion of the town were burnt, and all residences and stores were robbed of provisions, clothing, spoons, knives and forks, etc. We learn that the citizens of Co lumbia and Wlnnsboro are now suf fering very much for food every thing of the kind having been taken from them. Thousands of the citi zens of Columbia are houseless. The Charlotte and S. C. Railroad was destroyed from Columbia to Blackstocks (a a-liion between Ches ter and Winnsiorv distance of about 50 miles. "Uie cross-ties were burnt and the rails twisted. Our informant says that so far as he could see r learn no personal In Jury was inflicted on persons found in their houses instances of violence may have occurred, but he saw noth ing of the kind. Every man they met on the road was captured and held as a prisoner, unless he could produce evidence that he was not lia ble to military service. In regard to the destruction of property through the country along the enemy's line of march, we were told that all cotton, gin houses and mills were burnt, also dwellings un occupied. Where the owner of a house had left and put some one In possession to take care of it the en emy would remove the occupant and burn it. Horses, mules and provis ions of all kinds were seized wherev er found. But few negroes were forc ed off some went voluntarily. It Is said the yankee generally treated the negroes very badly, compelling them to carry heavy burdens on the march, and when they broke down beat or shoot them. A gentleman who re mained In iunsboro while the ene my was there, says that they treated the negroes a great deal worse than the white people. The army, In marching through the country, did not keep the roads unless they ran straight in the direc tlon the enemy wished to go. For whole days the march was through the woods. Companies of foragers were sent out In all directions to se cure supplies. The army consisted of four corps the 15th, the 17th, and 24th. besides Kilpatrlck s cavalry The rations of the soldiers appeared to be short, and those who were held as prisoners suffered for food our Informant going 4 or 6 days without anything to eat. Our informant, Dr. Glover, was held a prisoner until the yankee army reached Lynch'i Creek (between Camden and Cheraw) in or near Chesterfield District, when he was released by Gen. Blair, commander of the 17th corps. From the direc tion the army was then marching, he thinks they were making for George town. The talk among the soldiers was that they were going to George town, but there was no certainty as to their destination. The yankee cavalry remained a few days in Lancaster District, fora ging and plundering, and were met two or three times by our cavalry and scattered. On Sunday morning, the 26th, Gen. Wheeler met a small body of the enemy's cavalry three miles this aide of Lancaster C. H. and whipped them, killing 5 and captur ing 7. The yankee infantry passed THE RAREST KIND OF PATRIOTISM. "It is a great mistake to suppose that patriotism must have something to do with war alone, but it is true that every patriot must be willing to overthrow whatever threatens his country. Our enemies to-day, however, do not wear uniforms, and do not use gunpowder. We have real enemies within our borders. One of them is disease. We have conquered yellow fever, we are still fighting tuberculosis and many diseases that can be prevented. Very many more people die every year from bad air, bad water, and bad milk than were ever killed in any one year of war. Doctors, nurses, and health boards, who are fighting disease, are doing the highest kind of patriotic work. Colonel Waring, who cleaned New York's dirty streets as they were never cleaned before, saved 15,000 lives, and de served a monument as much as any general. Our two greatest enemies are ignorance and crime. Everywhere they are attacking us and keeping people poor and wretched. Whoever is fighting intemperance, or gambling, or bribery, or waste, or dirt, or ugliness, whoever is working hard to make his country honest and clean and beautiful, is doing patriotic work. Jne rarest kind of patriotism is the every-day kind that makes no fuss and marches right on without any drum, or music, or hurrahs. There are heroes and traitors and deserters in time of peace as well as in war. The man who is too lazy to vote, or to take the trouble to find out how he ought to vote, is a deserter from his post of duty. Y hen his city summons him to go to the polls and to put the best men in office, if he sits caring nothing about it, or if he, worst of all, is so foolish as to sell his vote, he does not deserve the great privilege of being an American citizen. Patriotism means service to ouf city as much as to our country. If we do not serve the little part of the country that we have seen, how can we serve the whole which we have not seen? Patriotism must begin at home. The first duty of every patriot is to see that he is friendly to his neighbors, and that his own back yard and street and ward are just as clean and orderly as they call be." Newark, N. J., School Leaflet. about six miles below Lancaster C. H. none came nearer than that to the village. VISIT OF YANKEE CAVALRY TO MONROE, N. C. On Wednesday last, about three o'clock, a squad of thirty-five yankee cavalry dashed into the village of Monroe, Union county, remained about an hour and left, carrying off all the horses and mules they could gather up. A train of wagons ten in number, belonging to a party of refugees from Chester District, had reached the village and were standing in the street when the Yankees ap peared. , Of course this train was seized, and horses, mules and wagons with their contents, and 19 negro men, were carried off. 13 of the ne groes escaped from the enemy and re turned to Monroe the same night. The loss is a heavy one to the un fortunate refugees for we suppose the wagons contained all the valua bles they possessed. The women and children that accompanied the wagons were left standing on the streets of Monroe. No buildings were burnt in the vil lage not even the Court House and Jail were injured but the enemy seized whatever they wanted and carried it off. Two couriers (sent out from his place) stationed at Mon roe, were captured Charley Brem and Marshell Jones. Obi Pension Warrants. There are pension warrants in my hands for last year, not delivered, be longing to G.W.Little, Elijah Knight, Mrs. Lydia Privett, Mrs. Mary Mills, Mrs. Sarah Rape and Mrs. Emmellne Vlckory. The warrants have never been called for. I will have to return them the first Monday in August if they are not called for. I cannot lo cate the parties or their relatives. If any of the parties have died since the 15th of last September their relatives are entitled to the pension warrant. If however any of them are now de ceased and died before the 15th of last September the warrants will have to be returned to the State Aud itor. R. W. LEMMOND, C. S. C. "Miss XolNNly From Nowhere," a tremendously entertaining drama at The Rex Theatre tonight, also "How Green Saved His Mother-in-law," one of those side-splitting Joker comedies produced by Grace Cunard. For Representative. Having been solicited by so many friends to allow my name to go be fore the people of Union county for Representative In the Next General Assembly, I now submit, and if elect ed, will serve to the best of my abil ity.. W. O. LONO. CATTLE KILLED BY HAIL, Severe Storm Near Rock Hill Did Much Damage and Literally Hull ed Animals in Ice. Rock Hill, S. C. July 7. The severe hail storm of last night, which visited this section between 9 and 10 o'clock, was at its worst In a section of Yorke County near here crops on an area several miles wide being beaten level with the ground, while at least 16 head of cattle were killed and little could be told of the storm's effects last night, but today its ravages appear ed awful. Chickens and birds were killed in large numbers, and in drifts the hailstones reached an almost un believable depth. A half acre flat on the Brown McFadden farm at 11 o'clock this morning, 13 hours after the storm, was covered to a depth of four feet, while hundreds of people who went to see the sight report gullies in the same neighbor hood to have been filled to a depth of from 8 to 14 foet. on the farm of R. S. Fewell six of his cattle were killed and their bodies literally burled under the ice. Ten or twelve of John T. Roddey's cattle were killed. Fruit was all knocked from the trees in the devastated area, gar d"ns were ruined and what was left of the cotton and corn stalks could scarcely be recognized as such. Be ginning Just south of the city the storm continued at its height to G. L. Suggs' farm near Nannie's Mountain. lioikefellcr Spends His Seventy-Fifth Birthday on Links. New York, July 8. Although John D. Rockefeller Is 75 years old to. lay no celebration is being held at hi. - i'oncantico Hills estate, where he is spending the summer. Mr. Rockefeller planed to follow his dally practice of playing 18 holes of golf. Weather rarely Interferes with that exercise. Later in the day lie may take an automobile ride. There will be no birthday gathering. Mrs. Rockefeller and her sister are in feeble health and his son, J. D Jr., is at Seal Harbor, Maine. Many congratulatory messages have been received which pleased Mr. Rockefeller, although he said he wished the day might pass without publicity. We suggest the name of Greene Dees of Sandy Ridge township as a good man for county commissioner. VOTERS. Luclle Love, the Girl of Mystery, at The Rex Theatre. Look at the label on your paper. If it is not in advance, vou are exDected to renew at once. A paper like The Journal cannot be sent twice a week for one dollar a year unless that dollar is paid promptly. Do not neglect this important matter. BOTH ENDS AND THE MIDDLE. That is Where the Dim Mission, of the Winuale I.oafer's league Ijuid Ik-nth .of .Mr. .Stegall Oilier Things. Correspondence of The Journal. ingate, July 9. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Stewart have gone on an extended visit among relatives and friends in East Tennessee. Their friends wish for them a pleasant and safe Journey. Mrs. H. G. Bryant of Wake Forest, enroute to the home of her parents in Stanly county, remained over for a day or two to see her friends and former neighbors here. Mrs. Bryant is always a welcome guest in Win-gate. Miss Bessie Boggan spent Friday and Saturday with friends in Monroe. The friends of Mr. John D. John Pike Stegall of Marshville township will be sorry at the news of his death on last Friday. Mr. Stegall spent tils boyhood days in this neighborhood and is well remembered by its older citizens. He was a war veteran and served most of his time as a soldier in Co. I 53rd N. C. Regt. He was a brave soldier and saw much hard service. His body bore the marks of having been in some trying conflicts with the yankees. His remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at High Ridge Primitive Baptist church, right near his home. His wife and several children survive him. Miss Mary Marsh of Marshville Is a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Williams this week. Mrs. Bunyan Gaddy, accompanied by her father. Mr. W. M. Perry, and her brother, Dr. Billy Perry, went to a sanitarium at Asheville Monday. Mrs. Gaddy has been in feeble health for some time. She has gone there for examination and advice, also treatment, if necessary. Her friends deeply sympathize with her and the family and hope for her an early re turn to health and to her home. Her friends will be pleased to learn that Mrs. Daisy Brewer has so far re covered her health as to be up and about again. Mr. and Mrs. Y. H. Allen visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Perry, Mrs. Allen's parents, Saturday and Sunday. Miss Nellie Hefner Is visiting Miss Lou Braswell of Charlotte for a few days. Mr. W. C. Terry has recently mov ed into the vacant residence of Mrs. Dora Rushing. Mr. Lex Phifer of Wradesboro is having his cottage, .in. Win gate beau tifully and tastefully painted. .Mr. Calvin Nash and family now occupy the residence. Mr. T. A. Preslar left this morning for a short visit among relatives in Charlotte. in Justice to all concerned, I want to straighten out and correct my re port of the burial of Mrs. David Trull as published in the last issue of The Journal. If the article was written just as it was printed, this correspon dent ought not to be allowed to go at large. If it was printed just as it was written the printer ought to have thrown it out. Here is what I tried to say: The remains of Mrs. David- Trull of Matthews were burled in the Williams cemetery1 on Sunday, the 5th. Funeral services were held at the home of the deceased Sunday morning, while the interment was in the afternoon. The Wingate Loafers League Is In almost continuous session these wet days. This is a grand(?) Institution. Its chief function Is to talk. It dis cusses and discourses on all subjects, either political, social, agricultural, religious or physical. Its chief good is found in the fact that it furnishes amusement and pastime to those who "can't dig" and serves as a safety valve for those who are inclined to worry and over do. The difficulty In getting a correct report of its pro ceedings is that it discusses the sub ject at both ends at the same time, ending the argument In the middle, so it's hard to tell "Who s Who," or "What's What." O. P. TIMIST. Blooded Horse Died of Pneumonia. Marshville Home, July 7th. The big Percheon stallion, owned by a stock company of this town, died last week of pneumonic The animal was a fine one and he cost a nice pile of money. The company carried no insurance on the horse and the loss is heavy. Messrs, J. C. and E. C. Traywick, who have been In Florida since last November gathering oranges, return ed last week. They report the pros pect for an orange crop good. Mr. H. T. Gaddy of Olive Branch was bitten by a spider one day last week, while hauling oats from the field. Mr. Graddy suffered considera ble pain for a day or two, but at last reports he was getting along nicely. Rev. R. H. James, who has bHm afflicted for some time, requests us to stale that he Is very much improv ed and will take up his regular work again, beginning next Saturday, as he doesn't care to wait until protracted meeting season for those spring chickens. .We are requested to announce that Rev. D. M. Austin will preach at Faulks church the third Saturday in July at 4 o clock p. m. We are requested to state that Rev Mr Haigler of Wingate will preach at Maple Springs school house next Saturday at 4 o'clock p. m. For Representative. I hereby announce my candidacy for the Democratic nomination as one of Union county's representatives in the next Legislature, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. J. C. M. VANN. YOUXU LADY DROWN Her Farther" Automobile Kan oft t IYi i ltat and She was Ci.uhi Under the Top. Elizabeth City, July 7. fretty 18-year-old Ruth Guard, dauch'i-r of J. T. Guard, a prosperous fanner of Currituck County, left home this morning with her father in his auto mobile to come to Elizabeth City to take some of her girl school friends home with her for a house party, hut the automobile ran off the barge at Lambs Ferry, two miles from town, plunged into the Pasquotank River in 30-foot water and she was drown ed at 10 o'clock. Mr. Guard was driving the ma chine, which contained his daughter and also two friends, A. B. Midgett and V. B. Griggs. When the car was driven upon the barge the emergency brakes failed to work, the barge tilt ed and the macine kept on snd plunged over the opposite end of the boat. The four occupants were car ried over board and went to the bot tom of the river before they escaped from the automobile. The three men managed to clear themselves of the car, rose to the r-ur face and were rescued by the n.n ferryman. Miss Guard was caujtlii In the top of the machine anil drown ed. More than a hundred people I:;. v searched the river for her bodv day long, but it has not yet lit-eii r covered. She was a student in tli - Elizabeth City High School lan . 'al and was very popular with the tin dent body and the younger ste. :i: ik;ii:s ihm vkss tali.nt. President Wilson Says It Is Wise To Call in Service of Business M. n m Critical Time. Washington Dispatch, July 8th. Declaring it would be unfair to re gard the Democratic party as the en emy of big or little business Presi dent Wilson today gave out a state ment in support of Paul Warburg of New York and Thomas D. Jones of Chicago, his nominees for the Fede ral Reserve Board. President Wil son's statement follows: "It would be particularly unfair to the Democratic party and to the Senate itself to regard it as the enemy of business, big or little. I am sure that it does not regard a man as an object of suspicion merely because he has been connected with great business enterprises. It knows that the- business ot the xuuntry ha been chiefly promoted in recent years by enterprises organized on a great scale and that the vast majori ty of the men connected with vh.it we have come to call big business are honest, incorruptable and patri otic. The country may be certain that it Is clear to members of the Senate as it is clear to nil thought ful men that those who have tried to make big business what it ouht to be, are the men to be em-ourtiged and honored whenever they respond without reserve to the call of public service. "I predict with the greatest con fidence that nothing done by the Democratic majority of the Senate of the United States will be of a sort to throw suspicion upon such men Mr. Jones and Mr. Wat burg in man ifesting their willingness to make personal sacrifices and put their ex perience and ability at the service of the Government, without thought of personal advantage in the organiza tion of a great reform which prom ises to be so servicable to the Nation. are setting an example of patriotism and of public spirit which the whole county admirers. It is the obvious business of statesmanship at this turning point in our development to recognize character and ability, when ever it has been displayed and unite every force for the upbuilding of legitimate business along the new lines which are now clearly indicated for the future." The President said today he ear nestly hoped Mr. Warburg would re consider his decision not to accept the nomination and that he wa lin ing him to do so. He expressed con (Idence that Mr. Jones would be confirmed. U. S. Colonel, Walking in Sleep Kails to His Death. Washington, July 8. Colonel Frank L. Denny, retired, of the marine corps, was almost instantly killed early this morning when he fell over a balustrade in his home to the floor below. The report to Hu police said he was walking in ln.s sleep. Colonel Denny's family believe lie was seized with an attack of vertigo to which he was subject and fell while moving about the house. He struck his head upon a marble top table on the lower floor of his house crushing the skull. The colonel's daughter, awakened by the crash, found him dying. The coroner gave a certificate of accidental death. Colonel Denny was one of the cen tral figures in a controversy in the marine corps three years ago in which It was charged that a number of staff officers in Washington were controll ing the corps. Former Secretary Meyer of the navy department, after an investigation, ordered all the offi cers concerned to distant posts, ser.d -' ing Colonel Denny to San Francisco. Early in his administration President Wilson returned all to Washington. Colonel Denny was prominent in the social and club life of the capital. I think our neighbor Peter W. Ply ler, of Buford township would make a good county commissioner. NHIGHBOR.
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