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'a The Monroe Journaj PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. VOL.21. No. 97. MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1916. ONE DOLLAR A YEA 0 I MISS DORA 1X)VE DEAD Second Death Added to Toll of Hor rible Automobile Collision of Thre Weeks Aso-Wm Sister of MIsm Bessie lnve. Who Also Mel Her IH-alh In Same Accident. The second victim was added to the toll of the horrible auto collision at the Icemorlee crossing on the night of Dec. 17. when Miss Dora Love died at her home in Icemorlee Sunday morning at 2 o'clock. She had been lingering between life and death for several days and her death was not unexpected. It was thought at first that she would ultimately re cover, but some time ago a reaction ret In and it was then realized that her condition was serious. Miss Love was the daughter of Mr. Jonah Love and was eighteen years of age. She bore an excellent reputation and held the esteem of all her people. The death of Miss Love, following the death of her sister. Miss Bessie Love, who was likewise a victim of the same auto collision, is very tragic. They, In company with Misses Mittie Davis, Let ha Davis, Jane Fun derburk and Messrs. Green Paxton and John Daucom, were returning borne in a Jitney, owned by Messrs. Furr Bros., and driven by Mr. Brown Helms, when the car ran headlong Into a freight train standing on the Icemorlee crossing. The car was demolished and Miss Bessie Love was killed, and Misses Dora Love and Letha Davis and Mr. Green Paxton were injured. Miss Dora Love was sitting in the front seat, next to the driver, in the ill-fated car. Miss Jane Funderburk was sitting in her lap, the force of the collision throwing her against Miss Love, inflicting internal in Juries. According to the Monroe corres pondent of The Charlotte Observer, Mr. Jonah Love, father of the two girls, received $4,700 from the Sea board for damages. The other in jured also received settlement for damages. The funeral was held Sunday after noon at the home of Mr. Love, Rev E. C. Snider conducting the funeral and interment was at the local seme- tery. Mt. lrocct News. Correspondence of The Journal. Mt. Prospect, Jan. 6. Mr. J. A. Plyler and little son, Joe Jr., of Gas- tonla spent last week with Mrs. M A. Plyler Mr. Plyler moved from this county to Gaston la eleven years ago. He owns a nice home near Gastonia and is doing well. The -Basket supper given by the Betterment Club last Monday night was quite a success. The neat ajnount of $43.85 was raised. A large crowd was present and the behavior was almost perfect. Mr. V. F. Starnes after spending days with his people here, returned Tuesday to Durham to' resume his work a Trinity College. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Spencer und children and Miss Ethel Spencer of Gastonia visited Mrs. H. L. Yar borough last week. Miss Nancy Lathan, who has a position In the millinery department at Belk Bros, is spending some time with her people here. Miss Myrtle Yarborough is visiting Miss Annie Lee Plyler of Marshville this week. The Betterment Club will meet Friday afternoon, Jan. 14. Every member Is requested to be present. We will be glad to have those who have not yet Joined the club come and Join. Let us endeavor to make this the best year In the history of our community. What are -we going to do with all the golden opportuni ties to make our community and county a better place to live in, and life more worth living! This matter has been placed in our hands. What are we going to do about it? The people of the community art very much grieved because of the death of consul Robert Ney Me- Neeley. Our heart felt sympathy goes out to the home circle which is saddened by the death of this bright young man. SPRIGGS. WROTE TO HIS MOTHER COXCERXIXti SAFETY letter of Consul McXeeley Stating Persia Was Conveyed by Men-ol- War Made Public. Wilmington Dispatch, Jan. 10. The British liner Persia, sunk in the Mediteranean, left London con voyed by cruisers and destroyers and the escort was to be maintained "all the way" according to a letter writ ten by Consul Robert Ney McNeeley. who wtfs lost when the liner went down. The letter was addressed to hlB mother, Mrs. W. R. McNeeley, at Waxhaw, N. C, and mailed at Essex, England, December IS, the date the Persia left London for Alexandria, Egypt, and was made public here to day by Mr. Pratt McNeeley, brother of the late Consul. "We are starting out from London on the Persia, a very good steamer, convoyed by cruisers and destroyers all the way, so it Is said passage on this steamer Is entirely safe," wrote Consul McNeeley. He added that another-letter would be mailed from Gibraltar the ensuing Friday and that Christmas day would be spent r.t Marseilles. Smoothed It Over Jones observed an old lady sit ting across the room. "For heaven's sake," he remarked to Robinson, "who Is that extraordi narily ugly woman there?" "That," answered Robinson coldly, "U my wife." Jones was taken back, buck quick ly recovered himself. Well." he said persuasively, "you Just ought to see mine." Brief Locals and Personals from Wingate Correspondence of The Journal. Wingate. Jan. 10. Friday was a dark and rainy day. Just an ideal day for the spit and argy clubs to 'her at the stores, sit around the l....'.;ra, smoke, chew, spit, eat pea nuts and lunch on "hump sticks' and hard tack. Yes. all weather is good for some things and for some body. Esq. H. K. Helms has recently purchased of Mr. John Brown of Hamlet, the house and lot opposite the small red house occupied by Mr. Charley Evans, west of the railroad station. Mrs. Wiley Hefner, and stepdaugh ter. Miss Nell, spent Saturday in Monroe visiting and shopping. Miss Maggie Jerome has been em ployed to assist her sister. Miss Miri am, in her school at Bell Field. Too many kids for one teacher to give the proper care and instruction as is too often the case. Misses Rosa Mclntyre and Gladys Hefner spent the greater part of last week among relatives In Peachland Miss Bettle Fields of Greensboro and hr sister. Miss Delia from Car thage are visiting Mrs. T. M. Fields at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Womble. Mr. T. M. Fields, who has been spending a few days in Wingate, re turned Monday morning to Itonsal where he has a position as telegraph operator. Mr. Floyd Braswell of Hamlet, came up Sunday on a visit among his friends in his old home town. Mr. and Mrs. Bayard May have set up house keeping in the old J J. Perry house orf east Center street. Mrs. J. Bunyan Griffin of Char lotte, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. N. W. Bivens, who has been right sick for some time, re turned Sunday morning to his home in the city. Several corrections In my last correspondence I stated that Pastor Black conducted funeral services over the remains of Esq. J. V Thomas at Cedar Grove on Wednes day, when it should have been writ ten Thursday. I said also that Prof, and Mrs. Carroll Jiad gone to congratulate Professor s two sisters, who had Just been married, when it should have been that Prof, and Mrs. Carroll had gone to attend the double marriage of the two sinters. In commenitng on the death of Capt. Little of Wndesboro, I said that he and I had the same birthday and were exactly of the same age, but neglected to give the date of our births. It was Sept. 11, 1844. wanted to know if any of my friends living were born on the same date. I hate to bungle and botch so. I'll try and do better. O. P. TIMIST, .Mt. Pleusnnl Xews. Correspondence of The Journal. Mt. Pleasant. Jan. 7. Mr. T. N' Rogers of Maron. Ga.. Is visiting Ims mother, Mrs. R. W. A. Rogers. Mrs. W. C. Deese and Miss Babel Plyler of Lancaster visited parents and grandparents and friends during the holidays. Mr. James S. Rogers of City Point, Va., spent ythe holidays with his mother, Mrs. R. W. A. Rogers. Miss Rosa Lee Rogers and brother, Mr. James S. Rogers, spent last Sat urday and Sunday in Pageland among relatives and friends. Mrs. R. W. A. Rogers gave a big dinner Christmas day in which a large number of her relatives and friends were present. The waiters were Misses Rosa Lee Rogers and Allle Funderburk and Mesdames Ma mie Funderburk and Sallle Davis. The dining room and parlor was beautifully decorated with holly, tin gling and cedar, and the dinner was greatly enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Rogers of West Monroe mo tored down about dinner time, ac companied by Miss Roberta Penegar of Monroe. DIES AT ADVANCED AGE Indian Chief Who Fought With Kit ting Hull at ('lister Massacre, Re cently Attempted Suicide. Chicago Dispatch, Jun. 9. Chief Ogallala Fire, who fought with Sitting Bull in the Custer Mas sacre, died at a hospital today, aged 90 years. A week ago, apparently tired of life, he cut his throat and has been unconscious much of the time. Chief Ogallala Fire was one of the Sioux Indian chiefs who with 'Sitting Bull, fought against the encroach ments of the white settlers and who repeatedly gave battle to United States regulars. He was severely wounded In the battle In which General Custer and his troops were slaughtered and bore the tears of that encounter to his death. . Two bullet wounds and a sabre slash left him wounded on the Held and It was months before he was able to take part In other fights. He was known as one of the brav est of the Indian chiefs who fillow- cd Sitting Bull and the annals of western Indian warfaro have many tales of raids planned and executed by Chief Ogallala Fire. hen peace came to the Sioux and Sitting Bull was a piisoner Ogallala adopted less warlike pursuits and he- ginning with the Chicago Worlds fair days was one of the wild vst show Indians. Just hike right o.T to the big city. youngster. There's a world of sport and excitement In a hand to mouth existence. Don't be eternally asking the ad vice of your friends. To do so Is to admit that you have few brains of your own. ISItlTOXS ARE GLOOMY AH Force Have left the Dardanelles ami a Big Warship Was Blown ip. London Dispatch, Jan. 10. The remaining positions held by the Allies of the Gallipoli Peninsula have now been abandoned with the wounding of only one man among the British and French, according to a British official statement issued to night. This news has been expected for several days by the keener observers of the Near Eastern campaign for the retirement of the troops from Anzac and Suvla Bay three weeks ago left no strategic advantage to the retention of the tip of the peninsula, Nevertheless, the news will be re ceived with a pang of regret by the people of the British Isles, as well as the colonies. Renewed activity of various kinds noted by the Turkish officials com munications in the past few days, has presumably been in the nature of preparations for the final act of the Dardanelles tragedy. Tonight's Turk Ish official statement, covering the period from Thursday to Saturday. records increasing effectiveness of the reinforced Turkish batteries, which have been drawing in and con centrating on the Allies remaining positions. Another pang to the British public will be caused by the announcement tonight or the loss of the battleship King Edward VII which has been blown up by a mine. The brief of ficial statement on this subject does not reveal the scene of the action and merely says that the disaster oc curred in a heavy sea, despite which the entire crew was saved before the ship went down. The King Edward VII represented an Investment of nearly 1.600.000 pounds and was one of the finest of the last -class of pre-dreadnaughts. corresponding In general to the American ships of the New Jersey and Nebraska type, and was only sngnuy oiuer tnan me Natal, which was sunk by an internal explosion about a week ago. On the west and east fronts there have been no developments of large Importance over the week-end. The German communication announces that the Germans have completed the recapture of positions on Hartmans Wellerkopf taken by the French a few days before Christmas. Greek correspondents continue to assert that the Bulgarians and Ger mans are hastenlg plans for an at tack on Salonlkl but the Austrians are fighting hard against the Rus siuns and Montenegrins and the Bui gars are largely occupied in a reso lute attempt to reach the Adriatic from which they are only 40 miles distant, at Elbassnn, Albania. England's Internal affairs are quiet, pending the reassembling of Parliament. There will be a full dress debate on the compulsion bill Tuesday, with David Lloyd-George, Minister of Munitions, and Arthur Henderson, Labor member, who has Just resigned from the Cabinet, as the probable star speakers. Sir Henry Darnel, who has been one of the most consistent critics of the Govern ment also will give his reasons whv he supports the Government on this matter. The Labor party will meet early In the week to consider its position. Un less, however, opposition to the bill develops, a strength of which there Is no indication now. there seems small liklihood that the Government will feel any need to appeal to the country. Peculiar Resolution of a Business' Man "I am not making but one reso lution this new year." said an ener getic business man recently, "and that Is to take better care of my health and take time to live right that Is to give my body the treat ment it deserves. "I'm Just ebeginnlng to realize," said he, "that it Is more than a per sonal matter as to whether we have good health or not. It Is such a fool ish idea, that old notion that we get sick because we can't help it. Pro bably we con Id nt help it years ago when wc didn't know anything about the causes of diseases nor the ways of preventing them. Then, In our Ignorance, we Just simply took every disease that came along and said God sent them. "Today It's different. Science ha tuaght us bettr. Health is as much an intellectual matter as Is character. In the light of presnt day knowl edge, to live a healthful life is a moral obligation. The trouble Is few are willing to pay the price. It takes time and effort. Most people run their lives in such a slip-shod fashion that they haven't the time to eat properly, to think properly, nor to rest properly. They have no time for exercise, no time for mental rec reation, no time for taking care of themselves. The only thing they do find time for Is to die before their time because they couldn't And time to live right. "As for me," said the speaker, "I intend ot use the same amount of In telligence In keeping up my health this year that I shall use in keeping up my businees. One is as much my duty as the other." Colored Teachers. The Colored Teachers' Association of Union county, will convene in the colored graded school, on Saturday, January 22nd, at 10:30 a. m. The superintendent expects every teacher that possibly can come, to be there. Important business is to be trans acted and a true record kept. (REV.) H. O. FREDERICK. Pres. Teachers Association. COXVEXTIOV IX CHARIITTE Xorth Carolina Conference for Social Sen dee to be Held January 2.I-2H, 1913. The fourth annual convention of the North Carolina Conference for Social Service will be held in Char lotte. January 23 to 26. 1916. This la going to be largely attended and a very profitable convention. Anions the subjects to be discussed will be the church and social service; the teachings of Jesus as they bear upon the solution of madern social prob lems; Christianity and social pro gress; the school and the social wel fare, with numerous sub-divisions of this subject; current examples of so cial progress in North Carolina with severel such examples to be discussed in detail by different speakers; the state, the county and the municipali ty and the social welfare, with vari ous sub-divisions of this subject; or ganizing society and state for the welfare or the child, with speakers on this subject from the various standpoints or the church. Sunday school. Woman's clubs, fraternal or ders, chambers of commerce, young peoples' societies. Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.; organized .womanhood and the social welfare, with several items for definite discussion under this beading; needed reforms and miscellaneous subjects of the social welfare, such as public amusements. public health, constructive charity. etc.. Among the speakers will he I)r William L. Poteat, president of Wake Forest College, Dr. Walter L. Lingle. of the Union Theological Seminary. Dr. J. Y. Joyner. Supt. of Public In srtuetlon. Dr. Clarence Poe, Dr. E. K. Graham, president of the Univer sity of North Carolina, Gov. Locke Craig, Bishop Thomas C. Darst, Mr W. H. Swift of Greensboro, Miss Julia .Lathrop, director of the Child ren's Bureau of the Department of Labor or the United States. Wash ington. D. C, Mrs. Thomas W. Lin gle. president of North Carolina Fed eration of Woman's Clubs, Miss Ella P. Crandall, executive secretary of the Naltonal Organization for Public Health Nursing, New York, Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary of the State Hoard of Health, Dr. J. I. Foust. president of the State Normal and Industrial College, Greensboro. N. C, Dr. L. B. McHrayer Supt. of the Mate itanatorium. Dr. Charles V. Byrd, Greensboro, Hon. Heriot Clark- son, Charlotte, N. C, Mr. A. W. Mc- Allsfer. president of the conference, Or Mellon Plurlr nt flraannhnrn V C. a number of other spenk era of ability and reputation. The central Idea of this conven tion is going to be the welfare of the child, and the purpose of the conven tion will be to set forth certain pro paganda and a definite program on this subject and to provide means whereby such propaganda can go out to all institutions and organiza tions throughout the State that can contribute anything to the welfare of childhood and to secure adoption by them of such a program. This con vention will mark an epoch in t lie progress of the welfare of childhood in North Carolina. The value of this convention Is going to depend largely upon whether or not the rep resentative earnest thinking people of the state attend its sessions. It will be an education In community ser vice. Charlotte is making elaborate preparations for the convention. It promises to be the largest and best convention that the conference has ever held. All who are Interested In community progress are Invited. BUILD AX ARMY THAT CAX WORK AS WELL AS FIGHT Invincible Amreicn; a Plan of Con. Ntriictive Defense How United Stales Can Have a Large Army of Trained Men Without Waste of .Men and .Money. The question of preparedness is occtipling the uppermost thoughts of the sixty-fourth Congress, now In session. Various plans have been suggested as substitutes for Presi dent Wilson's original scheme, but that given notoriety by Senator Works is Interesting. It was sug gested by Harry G. Traver, un edi torial writer, and follows: There are two sides to the army question. Peace advocates ask why we should maintain a hundred thou sand men in practicul Idleness, waste their time on useless effort, waste the money spent on their equipment ami maintenance, and develop a large class of men who have few Ideals ex cept to kill the enemies of their country. The advocates ot a large army ask : How can we be prepared to defend our great country with Its thousands of miles of coast line, our cities, and our homes without keeping up a large army and a proper reserve who are trained to fight? How ran wo, they ask. ignore the fact that greut nations call treaties "only scraps of paper?" How can we defend the Monroe doctrine? How can we maintain our national dignity when such great disputes arise? How can we defend ourselves from a foreign foe who may land on our shores with a great army when we have barely 60,000 men today .who could take the field? That number Is scarcely larger than a single army corps of the nations now engaged In the death struggle In Europe. -As ror the pro tection offered us by the Atlantic ocean, distances today are so short on water that two of the chief naval battles of the present war were fought twice as far away from Eu rope as the distance across the At lantic. All attempts to solve this problem have failed. Thousands of earnest and patriotic men in the State militia and In the regular army have labor ed faithfully against serious difficul ties to build up dependable organiza tions, and In many cases they have succeded. In the Civil War and in the Spanish-American War there were unites which performed won derful services. But there has been a ti'cmndous chance in the conditions or warfare since that time. To send a small army of militia who are un accustomed to the hardships of war against the seasoned and well-trained troops of other great nations be nothing less than criminal slaugh ter. To send the regular army Is i.H out of the question, as it rontains at present only 86.000 men in all. most or whom are necessary to defend the insular possessions and to man the fortifications and army posts. Now the regular army already costs $100,000,000 per year, or $1, 160 per year per man. which is from two to Tour times the cost per man or the army or any other nation. The militia, too, is very expensive, though it is not completely trained nor equip ped for active service. To increase the regular army and militia to what is ronsiderd adequate size, and to place each In a proper condition for service, will cost this country at least $400.noo,000 per year, or more than any other country on earth. To rem edy the existing defects and to meet the needs or the United States for an adequate army without wasting a dol lar or a ntan is the object of the new system here offered. The new system consists simply In developing on a large scale the meth od found so successful In building the great Panama canal, namely, place the great reclamation projects, the great road-building schemes, the great Mississippie river improvement, and other great and much-needed public works under the control of the United States Army Engineers. Give these engineers an army or young men who can handle a pick and shovel, live In the open, drive mules, load wagons, operate motor trucks, and do such work and live such a lite as that required or a sol dier. That the Army Engineers built and completed successmully and eco nomically the greatest engineering feat or inouern times at Panama, aft er other agencies had fallen. Is suf ficient proof that they are equal to this new task. At Panama it was necessary to hire foreign labor on account of the climate, but in this country the common soldier can do all of the work. Soldiers will be enlisted with this end In view from the very start. They will constitute a vast industrial army under the control of the War Depart ment; there will be important work for every man from the officer down to the rawest recruit; and all the men being profitably employed, it will be possible to maintain an army of riMi.ooo or more with a mere frac tion or the loss and waste that Is common under our present system. These men will be enlisted for n period of several years. The pay and other conditions will be made at tractive enough to get sufficient good men and no more. The work will be conducted under the regular discip line of the army. The men will live in portable houses or camps at the various places where the work Is be ing done throughout the country. The oudoor work and life will tend to harden the men to the life of a soldier. Every day an hour or more will be devoted to drill and other mil itary training. On Saturdays exten sive maneuvers will be practiced. Here. then, in a nutshell is the scheme which will train a million men in u few years at very little more expense that the cost of the great engineering works on which the men are employed. " Killed Because He Drove By Another Gibson Dispatch, Jan. 7. Emerson Wright, or this place, died yesterday following a wound received Monday night when he was fired on while returning home from Dennittsville. Officers are searching lor Laud Quick, who, It is charged, did the shooting. Mr. Wright went to Hennettsvllle Monday and was returning home Monday night. About eight, o'clock two miles west of Gibson, he drove up near a buggy and told the parties that he was in a hurry to get home and would drive by them. Some one in the other buggy told him that he would kill the first one who attempt ed to drive by Iilni. Mr. Wright, of course thought he was only joking with him and kept on driving. Just as he got in front of the buggy some one fired four times, the last ball hitting Mr. Wright In the back of tahe neck. lie was hurried to the Hamlet Hospital, ut which plare Jie died yes terday morning at 12:30 o'clock. Ilia remains were brought to Gi!- son on yesterday morning's train and were burled this morning at the' Wright cemetery near his home. Mr. Wright was from one of the best families in this section and his beraved ones have many friends who sympathize with them in their sor row. "Doo" Denies the Allegation Chesterfield Advertiser. The group of Chesterfield hunters, who spent a week near Georgetown, returned the first part of this week. They give a glowing account of their experiences, but say they bagged only small game, save one deer.which goes to the credit of Mr. Jee Culber son. It Is claimed by some members or the party that two of the timid treatureB were seen playing leap frog over the prostrate form ol "Doc" I.aney who was "nslep at the switch." This is emphatically da nied by Mr. Laney and we take hi? vrcrd for It. THE LATEST WAR XEWS Fighting of Russian and Austrian As Bloody A Any in the V h.de War Fear of Genran Move In the Balkans, London Dispatch, 10th. While the Russian front has be-;n quiet during the past 24 hours has been severe fighting in the O-.er war theaters. On the Montenegrin front th trians have been generally sue ess ful. They have advanced their " -i-tions at several important poir.t de spite the handicap of snow w.ivt deep, and are showing themselves just as adept as the Montenegrins in mountain fighting which here; fore has been regarded as the particular specialty of the Montenegrin soldiers. In Champagne the French have re pulsed four German attacks. The Germans, however, have retained a foothold at two places in the French trenches. In Persia, British reinforcemnts on their way to the relief of Kut-el-Amara have met Turkish forces which were compelled to retire after Borne heavy fighting. The Petrograd official communica tion says that the calm on the Czt nowitz front is due to the huge losses and resulting demoralization of the Austro-Hungarian Army. That there is some basis for this statement Is evident from the estimate of the Hungarian newspaper Pester Lied that the losses on both aides of the Bessarabian battles so far exceded 175,000 or more than the total Brit ish losses in the whole Dardanelles campaign. Another Hungarian newspaper states on the authority ot a staff re port that the fighting on this front has been the bitterest and bloodiest in the history of the war, both sides sacrificing men In a manner without parallel. Aeroplane Skirmishes The Saloniki front is chiefly no table In the day's dispatches as the scene of almost continued aeroplane skirmishes, one of which continued for two hours. The Germans have thus far lost six aeroplanes la this region. The rumor that the consuls of th Teutonic allies arrested at Saloniki had been released appears to have been without f"-i"n as it now is announced that they have been trans ferred to a French auxilary c i on which they have been interned. Extensive Turkish reprisals are al ready announced of the Central Pow ers. Filled With Wounded Czernowitz Is ctill in the possession of the Austrians and Is filled with wounded. Rut the Russians apparent ly are directing their uiain attack against Sedagora. In the Balkans reports persist that the Germans are concentrating at Monastir preparatory to an attack on Saloniki, but the Interest in the Ma cedonian campaign has become sec ondary to the operations of the Aus trians In Monetnegro. A determined attack is being made on Mount Lov ven, a Montenegrin stronghold over looking Cattaro Bay, by the guns of the Austrian fortress at Cattaro and Austrian warships lying in the Adri atic. The formidable Austrian fortes Invading Montenegro extend over a wide front, from the River Tara in the -West to the Ipek District in the East. It cannot be disguised that the In vasion is causing great uneasiness among the Entente Powers and es pecially Italy, which sees In its suc cess an end to Italy's dream of domi nating the Albanian littoral of the Adriatic. The Italian newspapers in expressing the opinion that an Aus trian success against Monetnegro would give the invader an Incalcu lable political maritime, commercial and strategic advantage, admit the fear that Italy's Intervention in the Balkan campaign has come too late. Burlington Child Kills Itself. The eighteen-month-old child of Ray Morton, an employe of the Lake side mill at Burlington, was instant ly killed Monday morning when a gun it was playing with discharged its load Into the left eye, scattering; the pieces of Its head and brains over the room. It Is not known just how it happened, as no one was pres ent, but it is supposed that the child got hold of the gun which was left Bitting by the bed and was dragging it around the room, as the gun was too heavy for the child to lift, and that the hammer caught in a crevice , of the floor. The mother was out milking at the time and ran to the house on hearing the explosion, find ing the child gasping its last breath. Another Raby Abandoned. Well dressed and securely tucked away In a basket, a baby boy a'uju'. tour weeks old was found on the door steps of Mr. H. G. Lippaid, n well known citizen of Woodleaf. Rowan county, Sunday night. There is no clue to the luei.nty or the parents or the child which has ap parently been abandoned. The child is well and strong, bears marks or having come rrom a good family and was" discovered before Mr. Lippard and family had retired for the night. They are caring for the waif. A strange woman was seen near the de pot about midnight and it is believed the babe whs taken from a passing train, though the affair is still a mystery. Cupid, Too, Was U-to-I)fttc. "Engaged to four girls at once?" exclaimed the horrified uncle. "How do you explain such shameless con duct?" "I don't know." naid tho graceless nephew. "I guess Cupid must have rhot me itb a machine gun."