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The Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS -
VOL. 22. No. 53. MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1916. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
FEARFUL WORK OF WATER
HIU I ANDSI.IDE THAT DEVAS
TATED AX ENTIRE VALLEY
William E. l.inney of Wilkesboro n.
vcstlgates Jack Branch Cat .
lhe and Wi Mo of Wlint He Saw
tireat I'm lure of lH lnu iKiei.
Charlotte Observer.
Oue of the freaks of the recent
landslides In the mountains of west
ern North Carolina was kuown as
the Jack Urauch catastrophe in
W ilkes county.
William E. Finley of W'ilkesboro
recent ly made a personal invistiga
tion ot this land.- title and has writ
ten The Obseivcr as follows:
"Yesterday I rode a horse to the
ton of the Brushy .Mountains in
Wilkes county west of Russell's Cap,
tied the horse to a tree, and walked
down the southern slope of Little
Onion Knob to the head of a long,
narrow ravine, down which Hows u
small stream, locally knowns as "The
Jack Branch. The purpose of such
a journey was to see for myself, that
which has bceu the subject of con
versation among all the people for
miles around since the 15th of the
month, the big land-slide.
No one pretends to know just (he
source of a volume of water large
enough and with sufficient pressure
to literally tear out the side of a
granite cliff and hurl It with terrific
force far down into the level plain
below. Every one is asking, Whence
came this ocean of water? Was it
belched up out of the earth, or did
it pour down from the clouds?' Hut
no one seems to know. If the Ca
tawba River were turned into the
Jack Branch, and the Yadkin Kiver
were added for good measure, the
combined strength of the two rivers
would not move the hugh boulders
which are now lying one-half-mile
down the valley below where they
have lain since somewhere in the
prehistoric past. No one knows from
whence the water came, but they all
know it came, and that with sucii
terriflc force that it broke loose the
solid rock from the mountain side,
leaving the ragged crust of the dill
to fall in an till up the great gap
swept out by the st renin of water,
as if the hummer of Thor. hurled
from his iron-gloved hand, had
buried itself in the cliff. No sooner
were these roc It a broken loose than
they were carried whirling down the
mountain as if Neptune had pierced
the cloud with a three-pronged tit
dent and all the waters had been
emptied out in the small space of
300 feet.
'Beginning here, as abruptly as if
blown up by a mine, a shapeless
mass of debris, 20 feet liiKh. swept
down the long ravine, groaning,
grinding, seething, surging to the
lowlands, plowing up trees and earth
and rocks as it went, and adding
them to the great mass. Not only
was the earth torn up to the rock
beneath, but the solid rock, kept
firm by the deep layer of earth cov
ering it, whs chiseled out like a
trough to a depth of five feet and
for a distance of hundreds of yards.
"One would naturally suppose that
the heavy rocks would drop out of
the muss and lodge at the foot or
the steep incline; but there are
boulders, dozens of them, weighing
at least 10 tons, lying one-half mile
below where they first broke loose,
which, btrange as It may seem, trav
eled over hulf the distance down a
grade of not more than live per cent.
"One who had never seen this val
ley before can only vaguely Imagine
the havoc wrought by this land
slide. ,As one looks over the desert
like waste of rocks and logs and
sand, one would never dream that a
week ago it had been a preen valley,
darkened by the shade of trees
whose branches were bending under
their heavy load of ripening fruit.
"Hocks, rocks, rocks! For a dis
tance of more than a half mile along
the valley, varying in width to con
form to the lay of the land, there
are rocks, ranging from the size of
coarse sand to half the size or a
Pullman sleeper. They are piled and
packed and Jammed together 4n ugly
confusion over all the valley to a
depth of from three to ten feet. If
one should venture to say that a
train of 30 cars, loaded by 1000
men, could not haul the rock from
this valley and pile them up a mile
away In 12 months; or If one should
ray that a carload of dynamite, all
exploded at once, could not break
loose so many rocks, he would doubt
less be thought to use hyperboles.
But one will be convinced that elt he
statement would be conservative
when one stands on the ground -or
rocks, and sees for one's self.
Remarkable Feature.
"A remarkable thing about the
behavior of the land-slide in its
course isjhe fact that it did not
always seek the lowest ground. For
instance, there lies a mulberry tree,
stripped of Its bark and limbs, on
the side of the hill in the path of
the slide. It has been torn out by
the roots and mashed to the ground.
Just across the stream from it, and
standing on ground 10 feet below
its level Is a lumber hack which
was left untouched.
"There is no sign left to msrK
the place of the Russell home which
was knocked Into splinters and swept
down the stream. A few pieces of
furniture, or rather bits of furni
ture, may be seen strewn along the
edge of landslide's path. Beyond
this there Is no Indication that there
ever was a house there. A large
poplar tree marks the place where
Mr. Russell and his wife, each carry
ing a child, blinded by the mud and
water, beaten almost senseless by
the surging rocks and timber, fought
their way to safety aome hundred
yards below where the house ftood.
"Five centuries from now the
aged mountaineer living in that re
gion will be telling the children a
story, as tradition will have it. that
once upon a time the waters gath
ered in the mountains above and.
without warning burst out in the
valley and carried death and de
struction in its wake. The old man
will become more grave, and the
eager listening child will bend his
ear to hear the story of the three
children who went down with the
waes and of the one who was never
found."
FEARFUL EXPLOSION
NEAR NEW YOKK
Immense Store of Ammunition In
tended for Cm-ope Exploded and
Shook the it) Like an Earth
ii;ike, Also All the Count i) Hound
About.
An untold quantity of high ex
plosives stored at Black Tom's Island
iuar New York, waiting shipment ;.
Europe, exploded .Saturday ni"ht and
gave -New York city and ini round
ing towns a Jolt that seemed for the
time to mean their total do miction.
The loss, both of life ami propeity, is
yet unknown. It is not known wheth
er the explosion was of accidental
t.riyin or whether it was the result
of a plan similar to the ones carried
on last year by German agents.
Thliteen warehoused were burned.
The detonations. whi"h were felt
in five states, bet;nn with a continu
ous rapid-fire of small s.ielM, then
the blowing up f preat quantities
ot djnanilte. trinitoHunlne ami other
high explosives, followed by the
bursting of thousands of shrapnel
shells which literally showered the
surrounding country and waters for
many miles around.
It was verily a night of teiror in
the vicinity, and this vicinity is the
most populous center In the world.
New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City
and surrounding towns felt the force
of the shock and the people turned
out of bed in the early hours of the
morning to Join in a pandemonium
on the streets such as has never heen
witnessed. The police, themselves in
Ignorance of wh;;t had happened siii'!
what was happening, were blowing
their alarm w histles, the pavement -were
strewn with the glass from
thousands of shattered window-., and
there were wil l n ports of till sort:
of imaginable disasters, The people
had no means of knowing 'hat in
stead of houses around theia being
blown up the seat of the trouble was
one of the islands down the har
bor, where vast Hores of powder and
war munitions were being expl idod.
It was a night alarm of the mosl
terrifying character and when (he de
tails afe available it tuny be shown
that it was the most far reaching des
truction of property by explosion I"
the history of the country. Black
Tom Island had been utilized as n
base for the collection of war muni
tions by train from the factories and
there had been accumulated many
carloads of explosives. These trains
had been standing at the piers wait
ing to be unloaded on barges and
thence transferred to the ships. T'1
explosion of the powder in these cars
spread disaster to the warehouses
and to the loaded barges themselves,
some of which floated off down
stream ablaze with their dangerous
cargoes, thus giving spread to the
terror. Two of these blazing, powder-laden
barges drifted against the
docks at populous Kills Island, but
it is to the credit of the directing
management that first thought wan
given to the patients in the hospital
and these were removed to safety.
Tobacco luinds.
Charlotte Observer.
The Monroe Journal reports the
visit to Union county of Mr. Sam
Bivcns, farm demonstrator for Vance
county, accompanied by two tobacco
farmers from the latter county. The
demonstrator showed them over th
lands of Union and they found that
much of It Is adapted to tobacco cul
ture, They expressed the belief, as
reported to The Journal, that tooac
co growing would add a valuable
crop to the agricultural resources of
Union county. The Journal tells of
a former experiment In tobacco grow
ing by Mr. R. A. Totten, who found
that Union county soil would produce
as fine a grade of tobacco as can be
grown In Caswell, where Mr. Totten
had had experience In tobacco culti
vation, but he did not prosecute the
Industry because there was no mar
ket facility. Stanly and Anson coun
ties are known to be producers of
fine tobacco and it Is a probable fact
that the tobacco belt of North Caro
lina Is as yet only imperfectly de
veloped. nonius of children
HALF EATEX BY DOtiS
Little Tot. Brother and Sister, Swept
Away When YatersKiit Destroyed
Their Home.
Charlotte Observer.
One of the saddest stories brought
In to The Observer since the flood Is
that of the finding of two little bod
ies, a girl and a boy. their corpses
partially devoured by dogs or wild
animals. In northern Alexander coun
ty, two miles down Jack's branch, a
small stream on the lands of Lee St.
Clair. They were drowned and wash
ed away when the home of Lonas
Russell was destroyed by a water
spout July 15th. A third child Is still
missing. There were five children in
the family, but the father saved the
two youngest when the home was de
stroyed. HUMMER WOODS MUST tiO. RIG
FIGHT DAY HALF NOW GOING OX
AT THE RED HOT RACKET.
SPOTTSYLVAXIA WAS
ONLY A XOSK BLEED
That N the Way It 'otn:tre With
Fighting Between British and tier-
nianv If It KeeM Up Both Hides
W ill he Exterminated.
Berlin Special to New York World.
There is no sign of weakness in
the German wall of iron and blood,
cemented as it is by a spirit of cour
age and determination to hold or die.
There is no crack in the German an
vil upon which are falling the most
terrific blows which ever fell upon
an army. And there is steam ana
punch enough behind that wall to
swing Herculean sledge hammer
blows in return with frightful effect.
After twenty centuries of so-called
civilization, a human epic to which
only a Homer could do justice, is be
ing acted between the Somme and
the Ancre. From 1,230.000 to 1,
SuO.OOv men, between 7.000 to 10.
000 cannon, rantring from 3-luch
fiebl pieces up to the giant 38-centi-nieiers.
wage the mortal combat from
north of the Ancre to south of the
Sonime.
Greatest Buttle in History.
It is not only the greatest battle
of the world war; it is the greatest
in the history of the world. For
numbers, for Spartan heroism, for
bravery and endurance, for desperate
charges and counter-charges in the
face of certain death, for fierceness
in hand-to-hand righting, there Is
nothing comparable in the annals of
history. The battle of Somme is of
super-Napoleonic proportions. It is
Thermopylae, Marathon, the Tueto
burger Forest, Hastings, Joan d'Arc
at Orleans, Saratoga, Waterloo,
Gettysburg, Sedan and Mukden roll
ed onto one. From the steady roll
and rumble, the thunder, the vivid
Hashes and smoke clouds, one might
think the gods of the ancient world
were battling.
If the German estimate of the al
lies' losses about 250,000 is some
where near right, then the losses on
all sides must he well over 300,000.
Waterloo with G2.000 and Gettys
burg with S3, 0U) seem almost like
skirmishes in comparison. And still
the battle rages unabated, such fight
ing as never was before. The "Bloody
Ani;le" at Spottsjlvanla was but a
nosebleed in comparison. There Is
a Shiloh "hornets' nest" in many
nooks and corners of the zigzag
trenches, and the peach orchard ai
Gettysburg, a hundred times worse,
Is being restaged here daily in a
score of places.
Every Nort -f Fighting.
Between the Ancre and the Somme
there Is very sort of fighting, with
every variety of weapon, from Stone
Age clubs and picks and shovels,
axis, catapults like those of mediaval
times but throwing terrible mines in
stead of rocks, to the steel of the prc-gun-powder
era and to the machine
guns and high explosives of this mod
ern day.
With these weapons is all the el
mental savagery that goes with them.
There are ferocious hand-to-hand en
counters with no quarter given or
taken. Semi-civilized Senegal ne
groes are considered "animals" ami
seldom get quarter, but once captur
ed, they are safe and well trained. I
have seen them as prisoners again
on this trip. The Hindus from India,
the Senegal negroes, the Turcos. Al
gerians, South Africans, Austrailians,
New Zealanders and Canadians, to
gether with the English, Irish, Scotch
and French, are here battling with
the German army.
There has been a "last charge"
for many a battalion and regiment on
both sides. The historic last charge
of Napoleon's Old Guard to certain
death at Waterloo has lived again
and again In the charges of Gen.
Foch's Frenchmen at Kstrees. Belloy,
Barleaux, La Maisonette and Biaches.
The spirit and the courage of anni
hilation of the Wars of the Roses
animated the British. There Is noth
ing in British history to compare
with the fierce valor of the British
assaults against the German lines.
No Greek phalanx ever stood
ground more firmly, with more
death defying endurance and fear
lessness, than the Germans are do
ing between the Arce and the Sr.m
me. The courage and the blows
which the ancient Germans under
Arminlus showed against the over
whelming Roman legions, but for
which, the historian Arnold wrote,
there would be no English nation to
day, were no greater than the Ger
man counter-blows against the allies'
assaults today.
Many ''Last Stands."
It Is Impossible to give an ade
quate picture of the great battle and
the Indescribably desperate character,
the fierceness, ferociousness and at
times the savagery of its fighting.
Thermopylae has been repeated again
by the Germans. The number of
"last stands" on both sides would
fill columns of heroic verse.
With unprecedented slaughter the
battle rages on. If long continued.
England, France and Germany may
well come to the desparlng cry of
Augustus Caesar, "Give me back my
legions."
My friend Capt. X. writes: "we
are of the fullest confidence, as al
ways, and our incomparable boys are
fighting with bravery and heroism
that cannot be expressed in words.
They have withstood a fortnight of
the heaviest calibre of gunfire and
of gas and every other sort of attack.
There are no trenches left, but only
craters, and then the colonial blacks
and yellows, the French and British
yes, that is more than even an
American may imagine. No one can
conceive It who haa not been in it.
This sort of bitter fighting cannot
possibly ito on much longer. It means
extermination on both eldes."
BANDITS ROUTED WHEN
THEY CROSSED THE I.IXE
Small Detachment of Carranza Sol
dier Aid in Trapping Hand Two
Americana Killed and One Wound
ed in Battle.
El Paso (Tex.) Dispatch, July 31.
American soldiers reinforced by a
small detachment of Carranza troops
engaged Mexican bandits who hud
crossed the Rio Grande into the
United States about five mi's bi low
Fort Hancock, Texas. 55 miles east
of here, early today. Two Americans
were killed and one wounded. On
ly two of the outlaws escaped aero.-'
the river into Mexico where they are
being pursued by Mexican troops end
Carranza custom guards.
Upon receiving reports from Rob
ert Wood, a United States custom in
spector, that the bandits who had
committed numerous depredations on
the Mexican side of the fiontier re
cently, had crossed the border, six
men of troop F. Eighth United ;;tat .
Cavalry and a hospital corps o-derly
under Sergeant Lewis Thompson w itii
Wood and Customs Inspector lieane.
rode to an adobe hut where the band
its were said to be in hiding. The
bandits opened fire from the building
killing Wood and Private John
Towney and wounding Sergeant
Thompson in the shoulder. Beune.
fearing that the Mexicans would es
cape the small detachment called up
on the Carranza commander on th
other side of the river. He respond
ed with a score of soldiers, crossed
Into the United States to cut off the
outlaws' retreat, the Incident mark
ing the first time Carranza soldiers
have co-operated in pursuit of band
its on American soil.
Private Shean of Baltimore, of the
hospital corps, w ho brought Sergeant
Thompson to the Fort Bliss hospital,
reported to General Bell that the
Mexican troopers, 10 In number, act
ed In a friendly manner towards the
Americans, took up a position along
side them and helped keep a hot lire
against the hut. When the bandits
failed to return the fire the hut was
entered and three dead Mexicans
were found, Shan said. The Car
ranza troops took up a blood trail
and followed it but the American de
tachment stayed on this side of the
river.
Towney, Shean said, bled to death
from a wound in the lung and Wood
was shot twice, one bullet entering
above the heart, the other in th.
breast.
J AIJJES EXPECT GOOD W EEK
Prospects in Their Favor Better Than
at Any Time Diiilnij the War.
London Dispatch, July 30.
The opening of the present week
finds the prospects of the Entente
Allies perhaps brighter than in any
previous period of the war. accord
ing to the views held here and the
position of the Central Powers more
discouraging.
General Brussiloff's striking victo
ries present the German general utaff
with the Imperative problem of how
to reinforce the Eastern front, sincr
General von Linsingen, who was sent
by the Germans to aid the shattered
Austrlans, now has been completely
thrust back from the Lutsk salient.
But the same problem is presented
on the Western front, where, says an
unofficial correspondent, the ceaseless
battle seems steadily to gain In
tensity. "Doubtless the constant arrival or
fresh German troops and guns," he
said, "has everything to do with this
result. The enemy shows an increas
ing tendency to counter-attack."
These counter-attacks have failed
to stem the steady Entente Allied ad
vance and although at the present
moment the fighting on the Sonime
Ih mainly devoted to securing mas
tery of small strategic positions
which will be the keys to further pro
gress, there Is yet no sign of the Ger
mans making any effective counter
offensive. The Russians' remarkable victorie
reveal a most Interesting situation.
The army of the German general.
Count von Bothner, holding th:
Strlpa near the Leniberg-Tarnopol
Railroad, was a few weeks ago out
flanked on the south by General
Letchitsky's successful advance,
when the Dneister floods prevented
Letchitsky's further advance. Thl:
enabled von Bothmer to hold on to
the threatened positions. Genera:
Sakharoff then devoted himself to
enveloping von Bothmer's force on
the north with what success Is seen
In his double victory west of Lutsk
and at Brody.
Thus outflanked north and south.
It Is considered impossible that
Count von Bothmer can longer de
lay extricating himself from his pre
carious position, even if he now can
do so wathout serious losses. The
Russians at Brody are at present
nearer Lemberg than von Bothmer's
forces, which are entrusted with
Lemberg's defense, and although the
country between Brody and Lemberg
is very difficult it becomes a question
whether the evacuation of both Kovel
and Lemberg will not soon become
necessary.
Not Ice.
The meeting of the Farmers' Mu
tual Fire Insurance Company on Sat
urday, the 29th. was adjourned to
meet again on Saturday, August 12,
at 10 o'clock, at which time all mem
bers are urged to be present. No
business was transacted Saturday but
left over till August 12th.
W. H. FHIFER, President.
All members of Faulk church are
requested to be present next Satur
day, August 5. The church roll will
be called and revised.
E. C. SNIDE it, Pastor.
New and View FToni YYingate.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wingate, July 31. I reckon this
July. 1916. will go on record as the
most eventful in the history of our
nation. The month has been espe
cially marked by great and terrible
disasters. Men's skill, discovery and
invention have Ix-en tested by the
elements of nature, and in many in
stances have proven man's impotency
to cope with these elements. How
ever, these disastrous failures doubt
less will serve as a lesson to human
ity, though a costly one. It mint1
build deeper, on a surer foundation
and with greater skill if its works
shall be able to stand the test. Per
haps, in following out the Injunction
given to Noah utter the flood which
destroyed the anciei.t world, man
may be able to "subdue" the earth
and the elements pertaining thereto.
When we look about us we find un
mistakable evidence that he has, so
far as we know, made considerable
progress in the accomplishment of
li is allotted task: "multiply and re
plenish ( 1:11 again) the earth and sub
due (conquer) it." And for wh:.t
purpose should this earth the home
of man be thus tilled again with hu
manity and brought eventually under
its complete dominion? Is it possi
ble that the Great Creator intends, or
designs, at some time to completely
burn up or annihilate this world after
man has done so much to make It
compatible w Ith his wants and condi
tions? Here I go again: a great long
essay on and off my sunject when I
positively didn't Intend it. Well, I
hope it may not hurt if it does not
help the reader.
Mrs. T. J. Perry, who has been at
the bedside of her daughter. Mrs. J.
H. Allen of Peachland. has returned
to her home with the good news that
the patient Is better and that com
plete recovery seems near.
News from the bedside of Mrs. T.
M. Fields, whose case has been men
tioned heretofore, is t hut she is rap
idly recovering and the surgeons ex
press the encouraging hope that she
will be able to leave the hospital In
another week. Mrs. R. L. Womblo.
the mother of the patient, went to
Hamlet Sunday to see her daughter
and to cprry the baby to gratify the
motherly love for her offspring.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Sikes of Fail Iks community is suffer
ing an attack of typhoid fever.
Mrs Free and Mrs. .1. J. Perry.
both of whom have heen ill for som
davs. are lecover'ing nicely to the
delir.ht of their friends.
Miss Mary Medlin of Monroe wa
visiting the family of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Griflin Sunday.
Miss Lillian Culp of Charlotte i
the guest of Misses Gladys and Nell
Hefner. ,
O. P. T. is always delighted to
have reports of the young people's
visits among their friends in oihor
communities. He can enter heartily
into their joys and pleasures. Some
of the sweetest memories of our lives
cluster around these visits of our
youthful days. However, our facili
ties for trawl were quite meagre
compared with the present.
Mr. R. L. Womble deposited about
two hundred black bass fish about
one Inch long in his pond. At the
end of two months and four days
Mr. Womble, in dragging his pond
for the enemies of his pets, caught
several of them and on measuring
them found that they had grown (o
full sixteen inches in length in a lit
tle over sixty days. Thai's raising
meat In a hurry. Beats chickens out
of sight, especially when we remem
ber that they have not been one cent
of expense since they were turned
into the lake.
Mr. Will Nash left Monday morn
ing for Albemarle, where ho has st
cured a Job of some kind, presuma
bly carpentering.
Many, many a heart was made sad
and deeply grieved at the news of the
death of Mrs. Joe F. Stephenson of
Rockingham, which occurred tit an
early hour Saturday morning, the2!.
The writer can only say here that th
remains of the deceased were laid to
rest in the cemetery at Meadow
Branch in the presence of a large
course of sympathizing friends and
relative which gave unmistakable
evidence of the love and esteem in
which Mrs. Stephenson was held. All
hearts go out In profound sympathy
for the husband and young daughter
bv whom the deceased is survived.
O. P. TImlst.
HEAT W AVE BROKEN
Canadian High Come IKmn and
Route liurnmdii Gentleman Sea
Imnril Has Yet Had No Summer
YVeather.
Washington Dispatch. July 31.
A Canadian high pressure area,
bringing down cool, dry air from the
Canadian northwest, swept along the
whole northern United States today
and afforded some relief from the
heat wave, which has been the worst
in 15 years. Roughly, the new high
pressure area brought a drop In tem
perature everywhere north of a line
drawn due west from New York. Be
low this line its effects were felt In
some districts with a change of a
few degrees.
The "Bermuda high" which for
the past 10 days has been sweeping
up currents of hot. water-laden air
from the tropics over the whole of
continental United States, showed
signs today of having pretty well
spent Itself. Likewise the high pres
sure area which brought relief to
the Atlantic seaboard from Hudson
Bay over the week-end has been dis
sipated. Weather Bureau officials said to
day that while the Great Central
sections of the country had had the
hottest period slnve 1901. the At
lantic seaboard hardly had been
touched by real summer.
CLOSE OF THE I'NIOX .MEET1NU
Ijist Sermon Sunday Night Ample)
Funds to Pay F.M-nc. The Idea
Thai a Permanent plan For Each
Summer be Adopted.
The Union meeting in Monroe in
which Dr. Ainsworth of Macon, Ga.,
preached the most able series of ser
mons ever heard here, came to a
close Sunday night. The great ef
fect of this meeting w.ll be felt for
a long time. It was not conducted
on the style of the usual evangelist
but was rather educational ami inspi
rational in its effects. Tere were
no hot air methods and there was
no presscie exerted to si cure con
verts nor iih tubers. The b.)U!y or
the christian life was pn;.lud and
nun and women were nt-ed io adopt
it as their lite piinciple. Hr. Ains
worth is u model man and preacher.
His language is plain, but chas'e .ina
forceful, and his thoughts are clear
cut and so will digeted that they
are easily grasped by every hearer.
The meeting is bound to result in
higher thinking and better living in
this section, for thise are the limits
which were stressed. The mei, high
pressure methods so often in vogue
in protracted meetings pa. off in
thin vapor after the meeting closes
ortimes because there is nothing be
hind them, but not so with a meeting
like this.
On Sunday morning before Dr.
Ainsworth arrived at the tent a col
lection was taken for making up the
expense fund. Subscriptions were
all the way from twenty-five cents to
fifty dollars. Two men gave fifty
each, many gave twenty-five, more
gave ten and scores gave five each.
The total amount raised was a little
over eleven hundred dollars. Dr.
Ainsworth was presented with a
purse of four hundred dollars and
his expense's paid. After the other
expenses are paid there will be some
left. It has ben proposed that this
amount be deposited for the purpose
of starting a similar meeting for next
year, the idea being to have a yearly
religious chautauqua of a high'order
which will attract people for mik.
around.
One of the most notable mccting-i
of the series was the afternoon rer
vice on Sunday for men and boys,
though women were not bared. It
was largely attended and hundreds of
men went up at the close to shi:l;o the
.hand of Dr. Ainsworth and state that
they proposed to live better and cli an
tr lives. The appeal nil through the
meeting was to people to create them
selves a better utmosphere :md put
their lives upon a higher plane, to
live more fully, and not merely to
exist. Many of our citizens, includ
ing the pastors, deserve great credit
for their untiring efforts to make
the meeting a surctss. It was a great
success as it was but the bad weath
er Interferred very much. The com
mittees who had the actual work in
charge, were as follows:
Executive Committee John .Sikes,
Chairman; W. B. Love. Secretary;
F. B. Ashcraft. T. C. Lee, Dr. J. M.
Belk. R. A. Morrow, R. W. Lem
mond. W. S. Blakeney, T. J. Gordon.
Finance Committee R. A. Mor
row, I). A. Houston, D. B. Snvder,
Dr. J. M. Belk, J. H. Lie. W. S.
Blakeney, and II. A. Shute.
Tent and Grounds Committee T.
J. Gordon, Chairman, J. W. Laney,
J. H. Myres, W. J. Rudge and T. C.
Lee. Mr. Lee cut and trimmed the
two Immense center poles for the
tent himself.
Publicity Committee G. S. Lee,
Jr., G. B. Caldwell and W. C. Sanders.
Ushers W. J. Rudge, G. B. Cald
well, W. B. Love. J. W. Laney, G. H.
Chintz, Archie Levy, Allen Lee. Fred
Maness, 1). B. Snyder, Stanley Helms.
W. C. Sanders and K. C. Laney.
Price's Mill News.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Monroe R. F. D. 5, July 31 R. S.
Winchester and family of Texas are
visiting relatives in Price's Mill sec
tion. Mrs. W. L. Craig spent the latter
part of lust week in Charlotte visiting:
relatives.
Mrs. J B. Price and son, Joe,
were the guests of Mrs. L. T. Win
chester of Monroe Friday night and
Saturday.
Miss Annie Bell Murphy and sister
were the guests of Miss Eunice Craig
Sunday.
Mr. W. A. Laney and family of
Belair were the gmsts of Mr. and
Mrs. K. C. Craig Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Price rpent one day last
week with her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Deal, of Weddington.
Misses Blake and Ethel Ueid spent
Saturday night In Monroe with their
uncle, Mr. A. C. Penegar and family.
Mr. Frank Williams of Bakers was
the guest of Mr. J. N. Price Friday
afternoon.
Rev. B. B. Shankle of Indian Trail
was the guest of Mr. J. N. Price
Thursday.
Mrs. A. J. Price and Miss Lola
Price visited relatives In Price's Mill
community Friday.
Mr. W. C. Davis and family were
the guests of Mr. M. E. Plyler and
family Sunday.
Mrs. J. L. Burns of Charlotte was
the guests of her mother, Mrs. W. H.
Price, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Funderburk
vlslted relatives in the Flint Ridge
community Sunday.
Price s Mill W. O. W. Camp wilt
have a picnic Saturday, Aug 6th at
the old picnic ground in Sandy Ridge
township, with races and amusement
and speaking. Everybody come with
well filled baskets.
If Mr. Hughes could manage In
some way to get out from behind
those whiskers, he might ret into the
Presidential campaign In earnest.
Henderson Dispatch.