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PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.22. No. 87.
MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1916.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
TEX YEAR OLD CHILD KILLED
Horrible Thanksgiving Accident Oc
curred at the Home of Mr. Neut
AyctM-k When (Jim in Little Hoy's
Hiuuls klodcd.
. M.i Jamime Aycock, aged 10, """
Instantly killed; her mother,
Newt Aycock, was shot in the hand;
and a few months old baby was
struck about the neck yesterday
morning when a single barrel shot
gun exploded in the hands of an 8
year old son of Mrs. Aycock. The
accident occurred at the home 6f Mr.
Newt Aycock, who lives four milej
Southeast of here on the Medlin road.
Three shots took effect in Mrs.
Aycock's right hand, but beyond be
ing painful at the time being, nothing
serious will result. Eleven shots
struck the baby around the neck, face
and back. None of them broke
through the skin, but just simply
blistered the flesh. Most of the con
tents of the gun struck the little girl
in the right Jaw, literally tearing it
off, scattering the flesh over the room
and on a nearby bed. Several shots
struck her below the right ear, which
probably caused her Instant death.
The accident occurred about seven
('clock Thanksgiving morning. The
Timily had had breakfast, and Mr.
Aycock had left the house to go to
the barn to attend to some chores.
Mrs. Aycock had gone into the back
room to make-up a bed, and tl.e lit
tle girl, with the baby in her n'.ms,
had followed her there. She was
swinging the baby in her arms when
she was killed.
Not thinking the gun was loaded,
the little boy had taken it off the
nick in the hall, and had started to
wards the room. On the way be was
fingering the hammers on the gun,
and when he reached the door that
led Into the room in which his moth
er and sister were In, the hammer
slipped.
On the night before, Ellis Aycock,
an older son, aged 15, had heard
some dogs prowling around the
house. Going to investigate, he
loaded the gun and took It with him.
Finding that the dogs had left the
place, young Aycock returned, put
the gun back in the hall, but failed
to unload it. This accounts for the
fact that the gun was loaded.
Had the gun been fired at longer
range, it is probable that the casu
alty would have been greater. The
baby had a miraculous escape. It
seems that none of the shots took
full effect on he baby, but were
glanced off on it from the little girl's
face. -'
Messrs. L. J. Yow and Fred Beav
er were in the yard with Mr. Aycock
when the gun fired. They rushed Into
the house, but were of course unable
to do anything. Doth of these gen
tlemen agree that the affair was one
of those unavoidable kind that will
always happen when there is a gun
In the house. Medical assistance was
secured immediately, but beyond giv
ing Mrs. Aycock and the baby a little
attention, the doctor could do noth
ing. Funeral services over the little
girl's body was held this morning by
Itev. M. D. L. Preslar. Interment
was at Mecodonla. Jamime was a
good little girl, and her untimely
death is a matter of much concern
to all who knew her.
Honor Roll for Graded Schools,
Florence Redwlne, Martha Adams,
Fanny Person Rudge, Mildred Lee,
Mary Shelley, Blanche Armfield, An
na Frances Kedfern, Ada Levy, Blen
tell Curlee, Whiteford Blakeney,
Henry Ellis Copple, George Beasley,
Clarence Houston, Louise Anderson,
Mary Browning, Alda Broom, Ed
Hoe Houston, Cecil Knight, Lillian
'iiirlick, Katherlne Kyle Redfearn,
Targaret Dixon Slkes, Mary Wylie
Stewart, Viola Clontz, Henry Boger,
Eva Shute. Pink Coan. Helen Cook,
Claudia Brown, Virginia Blakeney,
Annie Louise " Caldwell, Katherlne
English, Mary Elizabeth Evans, Mary
Elizabeth Faust, Horace Fowler, Wil
lie Mae Haynes, Katie Gravley, Mary
Lee, Katherlne Holmes, Walter Lock
hart, Byron Long, Virginia Neal,
Irene Presson, Eleanor Stevens, Era
Saleeby, Louie Sikes, Joseph Stewart,
Louise Watta, James Morgan, Mary
F. Clark, Anna Redfern, Chattle
Stack, Allle Hawn, Frank Armfield,
Vaon Sills, Plckette Williams. Henry
JWnor, Robert Neal, Lula Bell Mc
GOI, Mae Sell, Thomas Griffin, Will
Lane Gardner, John Stewart, John
B. Stewart, Robert Clark, Harry Lee,
Raymond Wilson. ' Hazel Clonti,
Wrennle Griggs, Margaret Redwlne,
Louise Tedder, Emsley Laney, Hoyte
Maness, Emmett Griffin, Bivens
Helms, Loyd Tucker. Jessie Harper
Brown. Marguerite McDonald, Alice
Gibbon, Mary Dean Laney, Grace
Johnson, Nellie Austin, Jessamine
Austin, Max Griffin, Woodson Ben
ton, Marjr Frances Lemmond, David
Capehart. Henry Tedder. Albert
Laney. Abram Hill Crowell, Emsley
Horton, Sam Lemmond, Lorena
Helms, Imogene Merritt, Alice Sholar,
Margaret Helms, Mary Watklns, Nel
lie West Basinger, Eleanor Armfield,
Clara Lee Austin, Rowland Beasley,
Berta Allen Houston, Louis Laney,
George Tucker, Henry Adams. Gladys
Lathan, Albert Lee. Rosa Penegar.
Gladys Polatty, Flnley Rogers, Nan
Schachner, Henry Belk, Viola Hart,
Murillo Hinde. Velma Lathan, Eliza
beth Williams, Mamie Lemmond,
Mable Pointer. Leland Stewart, Joe
McEwen, Arthur Griffin, Esther Grif
fin, Ella May Helms. Frances Hal
torn, Ruby Lemmond, Jack Coan.
Clayton Moore. Delia Moore, Maud
Bowers, Lula Griffin, Lydia Helms.
Henry Broom, John Broom, Charley
Helms, Anale Helms, Fannie Griffin,
Lots of men marry young because
they are.
Seventh District Medical Society
Meeting.
All those ladies who have asked
for guests will piease writ 3 them, if
they have Dot already done so.
The ladies are requested to meet
or send to trains No. 2 ) and No. 16
on Monday for guests, it' thi ia con
venient. About .seventy doctors have
been provided enisrtaimueut." There
vill probably b? e.bKt 120 ?a t:t
Undanee Tli Mk-win-; is th? ;"oram:
Monday Evening. Deo. i. 8 o'clock
Invocation, Ktv. H. E. uurney. D.
D., Monroe.
Address of Welcome la Behalf of
Monroe and Union county. Rev. Lee
M. White, Monroe.
Response to Address of Welcome,
Dr. H. W. McKay, Charlotte.
1. The Chronic Degenerative Dis
eases (illustrated). Dr. J. P. Munroe,
Charlotte.
2. Urinary Calculi (lantern slide il
lustration). Drs. A. J. Crowell and
J. W. Squires. Charlotte.
3. Restoration of the Female Pe
rineum, Dr. L. N. Glenn, Uastonla.
4. Infections uf Maxillary Antrum,
Dr. J. P. Matheson, Charlotte.
5. Acidosis and Carbon Dioxide
Tension of Avelar Air, Dr. Robt. H.
Lafferty. Charlotte.
6. Eclampsia, Dr. J. C. Twttty,
Rutherfordtcn.
Tuesday uiornlnp:. Dec. 3. 9 o'clock
7. Case Report Illustrating the Ne
cessity cf Re-exar.i.na'iua of Hook
Worm Patients, Dr. J. Rush Shull.
Cliffside.
8. Our Consumption Problem and
How Shall It be Solved. Dr. ii. Arm
field, Marshville.
9. Blood Transfusion With Special
Reference to the Citrate Method, Dr.
Wni. M. Scruggs, Rutherfordton.
10. Leukaemia, Dr. Otbo 15. Ross,
Charlotte.
11. Suggestions in Administering
Anaesthetics, Dr. J. C. Montgomery,
Charlotte.
12. The Relation of the Medical
Profession to the People Dr. H. D.
Stewart. Monroe.
13. Manifestations of Alimentary
Toxaemia, Dr. R. F. Leinbach, Char
lotte. 14. Fracture of Femur, Dr. S. A
Wilklns. Dallas.
15. Histerectomy, Dr. Oren Moore,
Charlotte.
16. Diphtheria, Dr. C. D. Thomp
son, Ltncolton.
17. A Plea for Modern Orthopaedic
Surgery, Dr. R. A. Moore, Charlotte.
18. Pyelitis in Children, Dr. Yates
V. Faison, Charlotte.
19. Puerperal Sepsis, Dr. C. J. Mc
Combs, Gastonia.
20. Morphinism: A Variety of Com
ments, Dr. S. M. Crowe'.l, Charlotte.
Those having papers not on pro
gram will please come prepared to
read them, and ujion arrival give the
title to the Sesretary. H. D. Stewart.
JESSE PRICE PARDONED
Governor Craig Took Action Monday
Irlce Had Nerved Four and Half
Years for Murder of Lester Rush
ing In 1910.
Wadesboro M. & I.
Governor Craig on Monday signed
a pardon for Jesse A. Price, who, at
the September, 1911, term of court
was found guilty of the murder of
Lester Rushing and sentenced to sev
en years on the chaingang. Price
had served lour years six months and
ten days of his term when he was re
leased Tuesday. His brother, Robert
E. Price, who was also convicted of
murder and sentenced to three years,
was pardoned on account of his
health after serving a short time.
The killing of Rushing occurred In
a fight which Jesse and Robert Price
had with Lester Rushing and his
brother Tom. Tom Rushing was also
wounded, but not seriously. The
killing occurred on October 17th,
1910, and the Prices were convicted
at the September, 1911, term of
court. They appealed, but their sen
tences were affirmed by the supreme
court.
Jesse Price baa made a model pris
oner, and all those who were thor
oughly conversant with the circum
stances of the killing are satisfied
that he has been adequately punished.
Two Items In High Cost of Living.
New York -World.
In its search yesterday for reasons
for the high price of milk and the
skyrocketing advance In eggs, the
Wicks Legislative Committee brought
out two facts.
First The New York Central is
paying $25,000 a year to the estate
of Robert E. Westcott, the express
man, for "supervising" milk ship
ments to New York from districts In
the norther part of this State, where
Mr. Westcott developed a milk trade
for the railroad years ago.
Second A car load of Indiana
eggs, sold by the Decatur Produce
Company last June to a New York
City wholesaler at 24 cents a doz
en, was resold nine or ten times
without leaving the - cold storage
warehouse, until the St. Regis Hotel
paid 43 cents a dozen for part of the
lot on Nov. 18.
There was also evidence that large
quantities of coal tar dyes are used
in this city to color Ice cream.
Passed 100,000,000 Mark.
Population of continental United
States on January 1, 1917,' will be
102,826 309 and with Its outlying
possessions 113 309,285, the census
bureau estimates upon the increase
as shown by the Federal censuses of
1900 and 1910.
Treasury Department statisticians,
using a different method of calcula
tion, estimateed the population of
contlnential United States as 103,
002,000 on November 1.
FORMER CLERK SEXTEXCED TO
BE HANGED
Found Guilty of Murdering Loral
Judge But Declares That He killed
in Self Defense.
Huntsville (Ala.) Dispatch, Nov. 28.
After being out 17 hours, a Jury
in the circuit court here today found
David D. Overton, former clerk of
the county court, guilty of murder of
Probate Ju l(,a William T. Lav.Ier,
last June, i.uJ recommended the
death ptnalty.
Jude Miller immediately rentenc
ed the defendant to be hanged on
January 12, but suspended the sen
tence when a motion was made for
a new trial. Ti'e date for arguing
the motion has not been fixed.
Overton received the verdict with
apparent calm, and when asked it he
had anything to say replied with de
liberation: "Nothing, judge, except
that I am not guilty."
The verdict was brought in half an
hour before noon and as soon as the
court procedure had concluded Over
ton was returned to the county Jail.
The conviction of Overton today
was the climax of one of the most
sensational murder rases In the south
in recent years. Overton and Judge
Lawler were political opponents and
at his trial Overton said he had kill
ed Lawler in seiMefense' after they
had quarreled eve a matter growing
out of local rt'ii?'??.
Judge Lawler vi kn'T.v t have
gone to the courthouse here the night
of June 14, last, and was not seen
alive after that by anyone except
Overton. His body was found June
17, under 15 feet of water in a Tenn
essee river slough 10 miles from
here, weighted down with a piece of
railroad iron and bearing a bullet
wound that was believed to have
caused his death.
Within a week Shelby Pleasants,
a Huntsville attorney, and Sheriff
Robert Philips had shot and killed
themselves, their adlon adding to
the niystery and excitement that was
stirring the town. The state militia
was encamped here several days to
prevent any outbreak.
In the meantime Overton had dis
appeared and a wide search was
made for him, extending to the
Canadian border. He was arrested
In Smlthvllle, Tenn., several weeks
ago and was held in jail at Mont
gomery until his trial.
Overton said on the witness stand
that he killed Judge Lawler after
the latter had attacked him with a
knife. .The attack, he said, followed
his (Overton's) refusal to join Law
ler In a plan to delay the report of
a special grand jury which was un
derstood to be investigating alleged
irregularities In the election last
spring In which Lawler defeated
Overton. for the probate Judgeship.
He denied he had anything to do
with the disposition of Lawler's body.
He stated he and the Jurist had driv
en In his buggy from the county
courthouse in Huntsville to the
Whiteburg bridge to discuss political
differences which they hoped to set
tle. These alleged differences were
not explained.
Death of William Pitts.
Chesterfield Advertiser.
Mr. William Pitts, spoken of as
the oldest man in Chesterfield coun
ty, died at his home in the Shiloh
community last Sunday night at 8
o'clock.
His body was laid to rest In the
Pitts graveyard Monday afternoon
at '4 o'clock In the presence of a
large concourse of friends. The Rev.
J. L. Tyler conducted the funeral
service. 1
Mr. Pitts died in his 97th year and
Is survived by his wife and nephew,
Charley.
This man has lived a remarkable
life. Long before his fatal illness
this writer had often heard "Billy"
Pitts spoken of not only as a very
old and very active man but this one
expression has been often repeated
in speaking of him: "In his dealings
he was as straight as a die." He
always walked with head erect and
shoulders thrown back in a manner
that would shame many a young man
and this erect physical posture was
often likened to his moral character.
It Is said that he died within one
half mile of the place of his birth.
He was a typical Chesterfield county
farmer and loved his county and its
people. He worked, even plowed his
own farm up to a few years ago. Up
to the last his mind was clear except
during severe attacks of the malady
that carried him off. All of Chester
field county knew him and his death
Is mourned by all who knew him.
Loss By Improper Grading.
Cotton growers in the United
States lost something like $7,500,000
In 1913-1914 because grades were
not properly taken into account in
the primary sales, according to the
announcement by the national De
partment of Agriculture. Losses due
to inaccurate grading are still great
in spite of the tendency toward Im
proved conditions since the promul
gation of the official cotton standards
of the United States, the announce
ment added. The department's esti
mate was based on a field survey of
cotton marketing in representative
cities in the nine principal cotton
growing states.
The department calls attention to
the fact that cotton producers can
have a large share in Improving these
conditions and It urges growers to
familiarize themselves with grades
and to insist that the proper classi
fication be given their bales by buy
ers. Emphasis also Is placed on the
economic Importance of Recurim
proper ginning, adequate baling and
covering and proper storage.
TRIED TO EXI "DIRTY MESS"
The Wife Started the Shooting Rut
the Other Woman Got the Better
of It.
Scran t on ( Pa.) Dispatch. Nov. 25.
Two women, each claiming Ceorge
W. Snyder, a local wholesale fruit
dealer, as "her man." met fact to
face in Snyder's house on the moun
tain side at Moscow, a peaceful farm
ing village ten milr . u . v here,
last night. Onewc......i ,. . -..yder's
wife and the ottur M; ;.. Grace
Crosbie of Malon? :'. V.
"What do you uit n tl.ir I.ause?"
demanded Mrs. S.',:tr or Vt. Cros
bie. who had entered vith;u knock
ing. "I want him," r v ered .V i Cros
bie, crying and loiuting i Snyder
sitting at the dinner ,ab!e. "He is the
father of my baby r.bcut to be born
and he must ackn,v,!c;r it to the
world."
"What about my be;- ' ; hive a
boy, and he too needs pi i'm, and
his father must remain .i.:i me!"
Mrs. Snyder, em: ; . !, b1k u'.I at her
caller.
"Whom do ycu Lve?" Mis Cros
bie asked Snyder.
"I love you, but this wems n is my
wife," he answere.'., trying u pacify
the women.
Mrs. Snyder walked intT an ad
Joining room. Returning within a
few minutes, she raid:
"It might be better for us three
to die and settle this dirty mess!"
Then she drew a revolver from be
hind her and fired at Snyder and Miss
Crosbie, who were standing close to
each other. The bullet lodged In the
wall. Mies Crosbie stepped away
from Snyder, drew a revolver from a
muff and started toward Mrs. Sny
der. Mrs. Snyder backed away and
fired a second shot, but the bullet
again went wide. Miss Crosbie pull
ed the trigger of her weapon, but it
only snapped. She pulled It again
and a bullet entered Mrs. Snyder's
left breast just above the heart.
She backed out of the house, stag
gered Into the home of a neighbor
and fell on the floor. Snyder follow
ed, told the neighbors to summon a
doctor and then he and Miss CroBbie
got Into his automobile and started
for this city.
The village authorities were noti
fied and started out for Snyder. His
car broke down and he was arrested
with Miss Crosbie and brought to
Jail here ancj held. Mrs. Snyder is
in a dying MudiUon.
Miss Crosbie admitted shooting
Mrs. Snyder. She also confessed she
has been living with Snyder as his
wife occasionally for many years.
She met him in Malone when she was
a telephone operator. Snyder, she
said, rented an apartment for her in
New York City. Six years ago when
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder moved here
Miss Crosbie also came and Snyder
fitted up an apartment for her.
A few days ago Mrs. Snyder learn
ed of "the other woman." Mrs. Sny
der tried to have Miss Crosbie go
away, but she refused. Snyder failed
to visit Miss Crosbie yesterday and
then she went to his home in Moscow.
Snyder is about forty-three, his
wife is forty and Miss Crosbie Is
thirty. The Snyders have been mar
ried eighteen years.
CHAMP CLARK SOLVES
HIGH COST OF LIVING
Buy Some laying Hens and lint
More Corn Products mid Rice, Says
the Speaker.
Washington Diapatch, Nov. 27.
If the high cost of living bothers
you don't wait for governmental
remedies, but buy some laying hens
and eat more rice and corn products,
says Speaker Clark. Not that he
does not think the government can
help bringing down the price of food
stuffs by legislative or other action,
but he pins greater faith in more di
rect methods.
Thus the speaker expressed him
self today on the high cost of living
problem which he regards as one of
the greatest facing the nation. Re
ferring to Representative Fitzgerald's
embargo bill he said:
"There may or may not be a chance
for Mr. Fitzgerald's proposed bill. It
might do some good; I don't know."
The speaker declared that he will
urge passage this year of a federal
law prohibiting the killing of veal
calves. Such a measure failed at
the last session. He also expressed
the view that egg speculators violate
the law holding eggs for a rise in
price.
Democrat May Control.
Washington Dispatch to Greensboro
News.
It Is generally conceded here by
Republican leaders that the Demo
crats will have control in the next
House by a narrow margin, and that
they will be able to organize with the
assistance of the Progressives and
Prohibition and Socialist members.
Many of the Republicans from the
Western States which went for Wil
son this fall will refuse to support
Jim Mann of Illinois for Speaker, or
any other Republican who will not
agree to change the rules from the
old Cannon regime, when the Speak
er of the House had more power,
some people say, than the President
of the United States.
lne Republicans it Is said, know
they cannot coerce these Western
statesmen into voting for n.ann, and
rather than make a fight and lose, or
to win and adopt Democratic rules,
they had rather wait at least another
four years, before they attempt to
take over control of the lower branch
of Congress, . . .
Borrowing Is but one step above
stealing.
ROUTED CARRAXZA
TKOOI-S AT JUAREZ
Piles of Dead in Chihuahua Streets
Covered With Oil and Burned Af
ter Villa Enter t'ily Bandits,
Sinking and Shouting, (turned
Santa Rosa Hill in Face of Heavy
Anillery Fire I mooters Shot by
Chief.
Juarez (Mexico) Dispatch, Nov. 30.
- The remnants of a Carranza army
that tied from Chihuahua City after
a battle with Villa troops are in camp
tonight on the plains south of Juarez.
They brought with them the story of
the evacuation of the city after four
days and nights of fighting. The dead
were piled high in the streets when
they left and had been covered with
oil and burned, they said.
Soon after 1 p. m. today the first
troop train brought the ragged sur
vivors of the de facto force which
had escaped to the north. Acconi
companying this train was a Banitary
section carrying more than 100
wounded Carranza soldiers. The
hospitals here are filled with wound
ed. The troop trains that brough this
surviving force to the border left
Chihuhua City at 1:30 Monday
morning.
The troops brought back many of
their field pieces. Women camp fol
lowers hared in the retreat. Some
of them had children said to have
been born on the battletield.
Refugees said that between the
cemetery and Santa Rosa hill the
dead covered the streets. Along the
streets near the railroad station and
surraunding the station, one of the
refugees said he saw many cavalry
horses with carbines and sabers at
tached to the saddles. The Carranza
cavalrymen abandoned them in order
to leave the city on the troop train.
Along Zarco avenue the fighting had
been fiercest and many civilians had
been killed there and in other parts
of the city by shell fire and rifle balls.
Many houses were damaged.
iKfetidels Routed Fifth Day.
All of the refugess agreed that
Carranza troops were winning' during
the first four days of the fighting,
but either because of a shortage of
ammunition or lack of morale, they
abandoned the city early on the fifth
morning of the battle, fleeing in all
directlbns.. The taking of Santa Rosa
hill, which always has been known
as the "key to Chihuahua," was said
by one foreign refugee to have start
ed the retirement of the Carranza
forces which, he said, resembled a
rout before the last train left.
One civilian refugee claimed that
General Gonzales Cuellar was respon
sible for the taking of Santa Rosa
hill, where he was in command as he
allowed Uio infantry line to be weak
ened. It Is believed by the refugees and
Carranza officers that Gen. Trevino
left first for Tabaloapa, south of the
city and from there moved to Alda
ma, about 20 miles from Chihuahua
City.
One Mexican civilian refugee de
clared today he had Been Villa in the
city Monday morning. He said Villa
was walking without crutches, as if
to Inspire his men with his fortitude.
To obtain medicines for his wound
ed, Villa is said by this refugee to
have broken into two drug stores in
the city. Thinking this action meant
the beginning of looting, Villa ban
dits broke into stores and private
homes. Villa Is said to have shot
two of his followers and succeeded In
stopping the pillaging.
Xo Foreigner's Killed.
Nothing was known of the Ameri
cans by these refugees. In Chihuahua
City one foreign refugee said George
Brittingham, an American,, was seen
at the station, but he did not get
away on the last train. All of the
refugees agreed that there had been
no killing of foreigners up to the
time they left, although there were
rumors that several Chinese had been
killed.
Joseph Ynez Salazar's command
was reported to have been sent south
to stop the advance of General May
cotte's cavalry column and took no
part In the capture of the city. One
refugee said the Villa commanders
who were each given a section of the
city to attack, were:
Julio Acosta, who was reported to
have been killed; Martin Lopez, Bau
dello Nribe, Juan Murga, Silvestre
Quevado, Mariano Tamez and Rodri
go Quevedo.
Villa followers are said to have
captured five field pieces on Santa
Rosa hill shouting "Viva Villa" and
singing as they charged.
General Ozuna, injured but not dis
abled by four bullet flesh wounds,
routed out the fleeing Carranza o'fi-
cers from the refugee train at Sauz
and made them return to his com
mand, according to a man who says
he was an eye-witness of the event.
The general then announced that he
was going back to Chihuahua City
and that neither Villa nor any one
el.se. could stop him.
Caught Train and Ieath.
Robert Sigmon. aged 17 years, was
killed by a Southern raihv;.y freight
train, east bound, in Hickory Sunday
when he attempted to swing the
train to "beat" a ride. Death re
sulted In 30 riinuie,.
badly mangled.
"Watch me catch that train," were
his last words, according to a com
panion who described the accident.
Sigmon fell beneath the wheels and
was ground Into pieces.
Teacher Tommy, can you spell
"fur"?
Thomas Yes, sir: f-u-r.
Teacher That's right. Now can
you tell me what fur Is?
Thomas Yes, sir. Fur is an aw
ful long way. Farming Business.
TRAGEDY AT 1JLESYILLE
lxyel Morton Aerielentallr Shoot
Himself While Hunting lHaili
Followed.
Wadesboro Anson ian.
Loyd. the 15-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Morton, acciden
tally shot himself Friday afternoon
while hunting near Lilesville, the
home of his parents, lie was in the
act of setting down by a log when the
hammer struck some object causing
it to fire one or both barrels. The
fatal wound was just back of the
right ear and he died without speak
ing to his companion. The particu
lars of the sad affair, which has cast
a gloom over the entire town, reach
ed here soon after It happened. It
seems that Loyd Morton and Hardy
Sellers were hunting and came to Mr.
W. J. McCaskill's sawmill, neur the
town. They stopped at the mill
where Mr. McCaskill and others were
at work, doing some repairing. Loyd
was standing near the carriage track
of the ii: ill and started to set his gun
down. It is thought that the hammer
struck some part of the carriage and
this caused it to fire. It is not
known whether one or both barrels
fired, as he had shot a squirrel a few
minutes before the accident and his
companion does net know whether he
had reloaded the empty barrel or not
and both barrels were empty when
the gun was examined. An ugly
wound was made, almost the entire
back of his head being torn away.
Loyd was a popular boy In the com
munity and gave promise of a useful
life. His family is one of the most
prominent of the community and have
the sympathy of a host of friends.
He was a student of the Lilesville
high school and had been out of the
school for a few days on account of
the scarlet fever scare in the town.
The funeral at the Baptist church
was attended by a large number of
relatives and .friends and the burial
was In the cemetery of at the church.
The service was conducted by the
pastor, Rev. T. B. Justice.
Mt. l'leusant News.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Monroe, Route 1, Nov. 29. Mr,
and Mrs. O. S. Query of Charlotte
spent last Saturday night and Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Godwin.
Rev. E. C. Snider cf Wingate spent
last Saturday night with Mr. H. M.
Keziah.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M Keziah visited
at Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Gorlou's of
west Monroe.
Mr. G. W. Fundeihurk and lister
attended the fair and viitesd relatives
in Lancaster last Satuiduy and Sun
dry. Mr. Cecil Bravedl spent lnsi
Thursday night with Mr. W. C.
Green.
Mr. F. A. Aldridg-i visited in Ca
barrus county last week.
Mr. T. B. Davis attended the fair
in Lancaster last Wednesday nnd
was accompanied by Messra. Gilbert
Threat, Charles Eubanlts, Kennedy
Jarmon and Melvin Deese.
Mr. Charles Winchester went to
Badin by way of automobile last
Tuesday and was aeon pan led by Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Eubanks, Mit-s Nancy
Eubanks, Mrs. G. W. Fuclerburk
and daughter, little Miss Odessa.
The Mt, Pleasant church has been
sold and preparations are bel.i? made
to build another in the near future.
The Mt. Pleasant Bettenjient Club
has the honor of payln;: .'or the la
bor done in painting their school
building.
Mr. Andrew Allen of Past-land"
spent last Saturday night and Sun
day with Mr. O. R. Home.
Misses Rosa Rogers and Floda
Keziah are expecting to take an auto
mobile trip to the mountains in a
few flays.
Mrs. Robert Deese of Angelus la
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Home, this week.
Messrs. C. W. Eubanks, Boyd Fun
derburk, Walter Davis, Ernest Man
gum and G. W. Funderburk made
up an automobile party on a trip to
Badin last Tuesday.
Mrs. R. W. A. Rogers is spending
some time with her son, Mr. R. W.
Rogers, of west Monroe,' who is
suffering with rheumatism. Laugh
ing Rose.
A Poet's Prayer.
Edwin Hunt, the Kansas Poet.
Some day I know the evening
sun will sink adown its golden
lane Into the west, but I'll have
read the Greatest Poem of All
and sought the solace of eternal
rest. The little "children still
will play about, their laughter
yet will rise upon the air, but
I, who love them so will never
see, and nevermore for earthly
things will care. Teach me, O
Lord, before thaat time shall
come, to know Thy love holds
sway o'er everything, that Thou
art watching all the paths we
trod, from humblest laborer un-
to the greatest king. O Lord,
the way Is sometimes hard, the
thing I think a gift is oft a curse,
but though I stumble, still I rise
again, and keep on going. If for,
good or worse. Help me to learn
the beauties of Thy world, the
good that lies within my fellow-
men, and that as Thou has will-
ed so shall it be, help' me to
play the game, O Lord. Araen.
When a man tells a. widow that he ,
Is not worthy of her love she mildly
denies It but does not argue the
point.