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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT." e Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL.23. No. 90. MONROE, N.O, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917. $1.50 PER YE.R CASH. Tl GERMAN PLOT TO ALIGN 8. A. NA TIONS AGAINST T. S. REVEALED DLst Insure Regarded as Certain to Lend to a Declaration of War From Latin American Country. Washington, Dec. 20. Tl. o;:gh a long series of telegrams exchanged between the notorious Count Lux burg, former German in charge in Argentina, and the Berlin foreign of fice, the state department tonight dis closed further facta about German diplomatic trickery and at the same time shed light upon some hitherto unexplained activities of certain Latin-American statesmen. Luxburg in one of his messages, dated August 1 last, reported that President Irigoyen, of Argentina, at last had made up his mind to con clude a secret agreement with Chile and Bolivia for protection against North America "before the confer ence idea Is taken up again." The "conference idea" is assumed to have been the plan for a Latin-American neutrality conference, strongly sup ported by President Carranza of Mex ico, and much discussed in some of the South American countries, while the proposed secret agreement may explain reports that came from Buenos Aires recently of President Irigoyen's proposals for a league of South American nations. In the Latin-American diplomatic quarters here it Is regarded as cer tain that the disclosures will result very quickly in an Argentine declara tion of war against Germany. Con gress and a majority of the people favored this step when the American government made public the "Spurlos versenkt" (sink without a trace) message of Ldxburg, and it Is believ ed that the President's opposition now will be swept away if it Is not withdrawn. Teutons Renew Their Effort to Pierce The Italian Battle Front. The Austro- Germans have renew ed in great strength their effort to pierce the Italian line and debouch upon the plains of Venetla In the region of Bassano. In fierce fighting around Monte Asolone, In which the enemy again suffered severe losses and several times was repulsed, re inforcements la large numbers were brought up and the Italians were compelled to give ground. The fight ing lasted throughout Tuesday and, according to the German war office, more than 2,000 Italians were made prisoner. Likewise, along the southern reaches of the Plave river, the invad ers and the Italians are-engaged in heavy fighting. A crossing of the Old Plave on pontoon bridge was suc cessfully carried out by one enemy detachment, but later the Italians drove back the Teutons to the water's edge. The fighting on the other fronts still remains below normal, although the artillery duels on various sectors continue Intense. The artillery ac tivity between the French and Ger mans In Champagne and in the moun tainous regions near the Swiss bor der Is Increasing In volume, prob ably forecasting infantry attacks at an early date. Again the losses of British ship ping through mines or submarines shows a decrease. According to tho weekly statement of the British ad miralty 17 nierchantment were sent to the bottom last week as compared with 21 the previous week. French shipping suffered only the loss of one vessel during the week and this a small one of less than 1,600 tons. Killed Sister, Then Ended Own Life. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 19. News reached Norfolk this morning that last night George W. Dailye, resid ing at Fentress, Norfolk county, shot and instantly killed' his sister, Mrs. William Dudley, and turning the re volver on himself, sent a bullet crash ing through his own brain. Dalley lived but a few hours. Examining physicians declared the woman had been shot three times in the region of the heart, two bullets entering the breast and one the ,back. There was no eyewitness. Mrs. Dudley was a bride of four weeks and her brother is said to have bitterly opposed her marriage. A let ter addressed to his brother was found In his pocket, in which he de clared his intention of killing his sis ter. Christians nt Jerusalem Mistreated lly the Turks. Washington, Dec. 19 An official rliqnntrh received here today from France says that the Turks beforeJ . . i . l. - n t , L 1 surrenaering Jerusalem 10 xue uru.ou brutally mistreated Christian priests, carried off the famous treasures of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, valued at millions of dollars, and sent to Berlin the church's celebrated ostensory of brilliants. Monselgnor Camessel, the patri arch of Jerusalem, Is said to have been depoied from his office, and Father Piccardo, and Italian priest, to have died from the effects of Tur kish brutalities. v The church of the Holy Sepulchre had remained unmolested heretofore during all the centuries of Moslem occupation of Jerusalem. The same dispatch told of Indigna tion among the Musselmen of Asia Minor over the action of a German general in establishing staff head quarters In the great Mosque of the City of Alep. near the Syrian border. Rev. S. R. McCorkle, the negro preacher In Greensboro charged with stealing merchandise, was convicted In three case ana sentencea xo mi months on street. He appealed to the superior court COLLARDS FOR BREAKFAST, FOR DESERT, DINNER" AND SUPPER It Is Refuted That One of Union County's Representatives Has Quite a Fondness For This Iwly Dish. Correspondence of The Journal. Monroe. R. F. D. No. 5. Dec. 20. We, In this part of the vineyard, have gotten thawed up. The recent cold spell has been severe on the people; been housed up for about a week. Most everybody was caught without wood, as they had not prepared for such an event. So we were in about as bad fix as you town people. People did make some uncalled-for express ions. The expression, "This is the coldest weather I ever saw", could be heard daily. Another was, "This Is the biggest snow that ever fell this early in December." People should keep a diary of every day in the year so they could recall these events. The late John D. Davis used to keep one and he could almost invari ably tell you what occured this day many years ago. and so on through theyear. But everyone is glad the snow is gone and are getting ready for Christmas. Plenty of cracked cot ton, and with such prices as we are getting everyone will have plenty for a good Christmas. Of course sugar is a little scarce, but there will be plenty to go round. Everybody seems to be happy. This is a good year for the farmer. I know farmers who have not been out of debt for 15 years who this fall paid all indebtedness and have money to spare. Several of the boys from Camp Sevier are expected to be here for Christmas. One of the most solemn deaths that has occured in this part of the county was the death of Pri vate Charles McGuirt at Camp Sevier, who went from near the Howie Mine section to the army, volunteering 1n the Blckett Battery. Everyone is ex pressing sorrow. There seems to be a peculiar sadness connected with his death. This is the first death of any of our boys and we can more fully feel the effects of war. Later on we will hear of others and they will come more often, not only from our camps at home, but from the trenches in France. God bless our boys. I am pround of Union county's boys, and when the critical time comes they will be heard from. One of the big events here for the holidays will be a box supper given bv the Woodman Circle In the W. 0. W. hall at Price's mill on Friday night, the 28th. Immediately after the supper there will be a roclable In the hall for the pleasure of the young people (and the old too) of the entire community. Mr. Joel Myers of Monroe was here a few days ago on business. Mr. Wm. McGuirt of Fort Mill Is spending some time in this section. Mr. Robert Fowler, who is in his eighties, spent some time at Price's Mill yesterday on business. Mr. Fow ler Is very suple for a man of his age. He and Esq. J. H. Winchester are two of the oldest men In the county and can get about remark ably well for men of their age. May they both live to celebrate their 100th birthday. Many farmers failed to get their wheat sown on account of the snow. Some say they will yet sow If there is good weather before Jan. 1st. The people enjoy reading both the sketches from your Messrs. John and Roland Beasley. This promises to be the leading feature In The Journal. I want Mr. R. F. to tell us how the collard supply is in Raleigh, If he gets enough and the quality. It Is reported that R. F. can eat more collards than any man In the state takes them raw or cooked and for breakfast dinner and supper. Going Into a cafe In Raleigh, so the import goes, the waiter asked him what he would have for dinner, replied "col lards", asked what he would have to drink, replied "collards"; and askod what he would have for desert said, "Pollards. I want nothing but col lards." U-No. LLOYD GEORGE SETS FORTH THE WAR AIMS OF ENGLAND Allies Will Insist' Upon Restoration Of Territory, ami Adequate Com IHMisation for Havoc. In the midst of the peace pourpar ars that are in progress between the representatives of the Teutonic allies and the Bolshevikl government in Russia, the war aims of Great Brit ain and doubtless of all her allies have been concretely set forth In the house of commons by David Lloyd George, the British prime minister. The complete restoration of terri tory now In the hands of the enemy and compensation for the havoc they have wrought is the price that will be demanded for the laying down of arms and the bringing of about of peace. Great Britain did not seek territo rial aggrandizement for herself or for any of her allies when she entered the war, Mr. Lloyd George said, but entered Into the hostilities merely for the sake of her honor. As to Ger many's colonies, all of which are now In the hands of the entente, Mr. Lloyd George said, their disposition must be determined at the peace congress. Jerusalem, however, the premier de clared would never be restored to the Turks. The statement of the prime minis ter came almost simultaneously with a report that the Teutonic allies In tended to make peace proposals to the entente and that Russia hud been requested to take similar steps and was endeavoring to sound her former allies in arms as to their require ments for a cessation of hostilities. NORTH CAROLINA WILL RATIFY THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT ov. Ilickett Wires the w York World to That Effect Eleven .Men Have Keen' Pardoned. Before the national prohibition amendment, which was passed re cently by Congress, becomes opera live it must be ratified by two-thirds or the Stales. Seven years are al lowed the States to vote on the amendment. North Carolina will ap prove the amendment, according to a statement made by Gov. Bickett to Tom Bost, Raleigh correspondent of the Greensboro News, which follows Raleigh, Dec. 19. Governor Bick ett, speaking to the New York World for North Carolina, tells that paper that North Carolina s legislature will ratify the prohibition amendment, now the most discussed national is sue. The governor's certainty of his state has been quite a little In the popular mouth today. Coming so near the last general assembly, which did not distinguish itself as fulfilling such prohecy, other observers are In- rllned to doubt that body. The last general assembly would not cut down the allowance under the Grler act, showed very clearly, almost ostenta tiously, that it had reduced the thing to the danger point. It is true, there were Insurgents in the two houses who actually desired to run immediately dry, but most of these were, men who voted against prohibition all the time. There were many others who ordinarily would be counted among the arid, who, never theless. were so opposed to Brother R. L. Davis, sometimes denominated "Rye Whiskey" Davis, that .they would not follow where Brother Da vis leads (more correctly drives), and Harry Grier was against the scheme. The World took today a poll of all the governor on the prohibition amendment, and Governor Bickett goes into the symposium without symposing at any length. He Just says laconically and off the reel that North Carolina will sanction the act of Congress. And the governor un derstands perfectly what the legisla ture of 1917 did. BICEKETT PARDONS ELEVEN. Governor Bickett Issues 11 pardons for a total of 125 years today, and tomorrow a second Installment of the Christmas batch will probably be made. J. Adam Hartsell of Stanly coun ty, after serving more than four years of his ten for murder in the second degree, gets a conditional par don after the solicitor who prosecuted and 500 petitioners asked it. H. C. Williams of Mecklenburg county, In eight years for mansluagh- ter, gets off after three years. "It Is a typical case of too much liquor," Governor Bickett says, after telling how the defendant and the de ceased fought, then vowed they would never do so any more. He Is 47 years old, has had a perfect record, is in class A and has 1,386 citizens asking his release, besides the appeal of 11 of the jurors and a strong letter from ex-Governor Glenn. Tommle Carr, aged 15 when he was convicted In Wake county seven years ago, gets a full pardon with mighty little apology from the Gov ernor. The boy had a perfect prison record. "There Is no reason why he should be kept In prison any longer," the governor says. Henry (Bud) Pope, Franklin coun ty, In prison 12 years for manslaugh ter, has 699 days of good behavior and has been there eight years. His good behavior would run It to 10. Tho homicide was the result of an ordinary fight over a crap game. Charley Logan, Buncombe county, serving five years for housebreaking and larceny, arter winning the pe tition of the solicitor who prosecuted him. the county physician and the county commissioners, win3 a condi tional pardon. He has served three years. Ben Mazel, serving 30 years for murder in the second degree, Is a ne gro of 70 years. "The very best citi zens In the community say he was literally goaded Into the commission of the offense," Governor Bickett says. He had served six and a half ye'ars. Enoch and Erskine Pope, Sampson county, serving 10 and 12 years re spectively for manslaughter, have served seven years and their pal was pardoned by Governor Craig. They have good prison records. Leonidas Mooring, Robeson coun ty, manslaughter, served six and a half of his 12 years, but Judge Whed bee nnd the solicitor trying the case think this wag too murh. The killing was done under great provocation. Governor Bickett says. Bob Alexander, Cabarrus county, on the roads six years for manslaugh ter, gots Judge Long to break an al most unbreakable record, and with the solicitor presents the recommen dation for a pardon. The prisoner had served four of his six years and has a fine prison record. John Thomas. Durham county, as sault with Intent to commit rune, sentenced to 15 years, gets off after 10 ycprs There was doubt In Dur ham of thp prisoner's guilt. He has been a model. Find Whiskey Shinned With a Num ber of Tombstone. Wichita Falls. Tex.. Dec. 19. Significant fumes Issuing from smonc a number of tombstones which had been Jostled about while being ship ped to this city attracted the atten tion of revenue officers and resulted In the discovery of a quantity of whis key packed In a box among the stor.es. Two negroes have been arrested. WALTER J. IIOYLIV. OLD MONROE NEWSPAPER MAN, PASSES AWAY Founded the Enquirer, and on Part Of His Equipment the First Issue Of The Journal Was Printed. Mr. Walter J. Boylin. well-known Monroe newspaper .man In his day, died Tuesday night at his home in Nashville, Tenn. He was 64 years old, and is survived by his wife and several sons. The deceased was a native of Wadesboio. Coming to Monroe when a young man, he and Mr. W. C. Wolfe es tablished the Monroe Enquirer May 17, 1873. Five years later, however, Mr. Boylin sold his interest to his partner, and moved to Concord where he established the Concord Register. After running the Register for a short time, he sold out, and moved to Albemarle. Returning to Monroe in the fall of 1876. he established the L'nion Express, which was later con solidated with the Enquirer, Mr. Boylin having bought Mr. Wolfe's Interest In the latter publication. M. A. Underwood and E. W. Point er, who were publishing the Monroe Register at the time, bought out the Enquirer in 1890. Mr. Boylin again left Monroe, going to Chester this time. He lived there only a short while, coming back to Monroe after again securing control of the Enquir er, which he edited until 1893. At this time part of the equipment was sold to Mr. G. M. Beasley, and the paper to Messrs. B. C. and Eugene Ashcraft, the present publishers. From Monroe Mr. Boylin went to Mt. Airy; thence to Greensboro, finally locating In Nashville, where he built up a large printing plant In the course of a few years. Mt. Prosect Was Never Rough Edge. To the Editor of The Journal: I noticed in last week's Journal that Mr. J. W. Richardson had much to say in regard to the great change that had so quickly come over the Mt. Prospect community. Mr. Richard son said, that years ago when bar rooms flourished, that Prospect com munity was known as "Rough Edge" and that the name suited the com munity exactly. If Mr. Richardson will think a little, he will soon see his mistake. "Rough Edge" Is three and one-half miles north of Prospect and within 300 yards of his old home, where he was born and raised. There Is where the bar-room was and there he heard drunken men driving their horses at a break-neck speed at all hours of the night and not at Pros oct. Mt. Prospect naB oeen a religious center since 1840. In that year Valentine Starnes donated thirteen acres of land to the Methodist church on which to build a church and arbor. These were built and were soon sur- ounded by two or three hundred tents. Camp meetings or great in terest were held until the out-break of the Civil War. The meetings were suspended during the war but were revived In 1868 and continued until about the year 1890, when the peo ple saw fit to stop them. Then oui present church was built In a few years. There never has been a bar room nearer than one mile of Pros pect and the good people of the com munity soon nut it out or Dusiness. After the war Rev. J. E. Irby, who served as Clerk of Court during the war, bought the plantation surround ing the church property. Mr. iroy, J. F. Starnes, J. R. Lathan and many others zealously guarded the moral and spiritual Interest of the com munity. Mr. Lathan Is the only one of the older people left, and every Sunday you may see him coming to Sunday school with his Bible under his arm. I admit our community Is far from what it should be. but I am glad to say our people are still Interested in the church and as .Mr. uicnaruson said, we now have a good school that we are all proud of. We were glad to have naa mt. nii'hardson with us a few Sunday's ago and to know he was so favorably Imnressed with the quiei, niannen.v conduct of the people. But we want him to study a bit and see tr ne isn i niiRtnken ahout Mt. Prospect ever be ing a place where bar-rooms flourish ed and went by the name of "Rough Edge." Spriggs. Death of Mrs. Martha Jane Helms. Mrs. Martha Jane Helms, widow f lomoa Thomas Helms, died late Sunday nlcht at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jonah Williams. Fun eral services were neia .viomiaj u. Rev. Billv Williams, and Interment was In the Chaney graveyard three miles north of town. The deceased was 74 years oiu Dec. 3rd, having been born near Unionvllle In 1843. She was n uaugn ter of the late Thomas I). Helms and 1 1... rr..n.ii Surviving her are five rholdren, Mrs. Marshall Price. Mrs. Franklin Irby. Ms. Jonah Williams, nd M. Hamp Helms. Her surviving ...hr nip Messrs. B. and Clark iT..i.o nn,i mh fifnrire Tlaucom Is a Ill-nun, oi'.. ... . . sister. Mrs. Helms was a good Chris tian woman who was always ready to nd a kind hand oi assistance to any iffprlnir neichbor. She was a mem ber of the Baptist church. THE TIME IS SHORT On 4an. 1 the name of every Journal subscrilwr, who tin not ald abend of that date, will lie dropped from the list. The a er postively goes on a cxh-ln-ml vance system the first of the year, and there will be no ex tension of time. Everybody who wishes The Journal visits to continue in urged to send Ids renewal at once. UNION COUNTY SOIJUER DIES SUDDENLY AT CAMP SEXIER Charlie McGuirt Gave His IJfe to The Cause the Same as If He Had lU-va killed in the Trendies. The first Union county soldier to give his life for the cause of Demo cracy was Mr. Charlie McGuirt, who died early Tuesday morning at Camp Sevier, where he was in training pre paratory to going to France. Word of the young nun's death, according to the Waxhaw Enterprise, was received Tuesday morning by his father, Mr. J. W. McGuirt. He wired the camp authorities Imme diately to send the remains of his son home, and the body arrived Wed nesday afternoon. Funeral services were held the next day. Charlie McGuirt was just 24 years old, says the Enterprise. He was a splendid specimen of healthy man hood, six feet or more in height and stronger than the average man. When the call came for volunteers in the Bickett Battery last Tall he and h!3 brother. Baxter, were among the firtt to enlist. This battery was later changed to Raleigh Battery. Supply Company. 113th Field Artillery. Last week Mr. McGuirt received a telegram stating that both boys were ill and he went to visit them. When he left they were apparently much improved, and he hoped they would get along all right. The immediate cause of Charlie's death Is not known. It is believed, however, that he had probably recovered from pneumonia and that meningitis, of which there are a number of cases in camp, at tacked him. Speaking of young McGuirt's death, the Enterprise stated editorial ly: "There is a sadness felt when the first soldier boy from home dies and is brought home to be buried with his loved ones that Is not experienced In later Instances. Somehow, the grim reality grips the heart to a greater degree than before. Charley Mc Guirt comes home for his last time today, his brave heart forever stilled. True, he never saw the battlefield and his ears never heard the sound of battle guns. Death has many ways to work his will and disease is just as potent as sword or shrapnel shell. We know now, as we have not known before, what the boys who are in cainp endure. "McGuirt was as brave and as worthy of honor as any soldier who faces the enemy ramparts; he was no braver than the thousands of oth er fellows who have gone, for every one of them will face death without flinching. In honoring him we honor them, too. Mingled with our sadness at his death Is a great pride In the manhood of which he was an excel lent type. With loving hands let us receive him to his own and tenderly lay him to unbroken sleep." Fifty-Three Union County Men to l,euve Soon for Camp Jackson. The names of fifty-three Union county men, drawn for war service, have been certified by the district exemption board, and they have re ceived orders to report to the local exemption board at 2 o'clock, Dec. 31. They will leave the next day for Camp Jackson. The contingent will be compossed of the following: J. C. Riser, Joe Brewer. Willie Flake. Robert M. Hinson, David C. Griffin, Frank Richardson, Pearl Cor vick. Albert C. Ross. William L. Starnes. Charlie McK Haigler, Dun can V. Keziah, Brooks Jerome, Fred Beaver, Fred O. Smith, Claudius P. Griffin, Theron H. Simpson, Conley C. Braswell, Fred L. Staten, Ernest L. Ro?s. Sam J. Wentz, Jesse L. Griffin, Bascom J. Helms. Andy C. Hargett, Oscar L. Hill. Brlnkley I. Simpson, Henderson E. Davis, William L. Hall man, Henry G. Love. Henry F. Rras- well, Herbert W. Mathewson, Ester Snipes. Burrell C. Hinson, Marion A. Godwin. Arthur S. Helms, Thomas B. Hart, Fred R. Long, Daniel T. Deese, Win. C. Helms, J. L. Brooks, Vade F. Rogers. Clayton V. Penegar, Watson L. Locke, Jesse Pressley, Frank T. Richardson, Willie B. Funderburk. Robert II. Tyson, Lindsay C. Horton. Bovre H. Griffin, Victor C. Curlee, Willie B. Stevens. Henry W. Little. Albert R. Little, O. B. Doster. Plenty of Sugar First of Yenr, Is Prediction. Washington, Dec. 20. A plentiful supply of sugar for the American peo ple during the coming year was pre dicted today by Earl D. Babst, presi dent of the American Sugar Kenning company, testifying before the sen ate investigating committee. He op posed placing a limit on domestic consumption, contending that any such plan would result in a larger surplus than could be shipped abroad. Half the world's sugar crop out side of the central powers, Mr. Babst said. Is produced In the United State, its territories and Cuba, and IT prop erly distributed, this production Is move than enough to meet the do mestic demands and runply all that can be shipped to t!i .-.Hies. Of this yenr s shortage Mr. Babst said It had its Inception In unwar ranted famine stories which resulted in hoarding, aggravated by a series of unavoidable conditions ever since. When people began to hoard the re- finsrs held large stocks, but soon these were materially reduced be cause of strikes formented by the In dustrial Workers of the World. Then an unpreceaenten ncmann. ne sam. . . i l j k.iDiiea rf th. fnnrl nit min it rn t ion's .,' .n.nniirti Tha ninrh rnme .... - when England took 200.000 tons of the Cuban crop which normally comes . to this country, and when the late l- n n ... . mm tli. 1 1 A a vara ' UrFl IIUIF VrciHT? I'll in-- inn " " uruLlc to trr.zspcrt it cast. ZEH DIDN'T FAIL TO LET IT RE KNOWN HE WAS FROM UNION And He Informed Secretary .Houston That He learned the Art of Fish ing From Dr. Hart Hust:n. We were holding a conference with Secretary Houston in the Agricultural building at Washington last week, said Zeb Green in Tuesday's issue of the Marshville Home. "Didn't you tell the Secretary that you are from Union county?" asked Representa tive Robinson, who came in after tho delegation had assembled. I assur ed him that 1 conveyed that informa tion promptly on being introduced to the Secretary of Agriculture. "I get all my information about fishing from from the Secretary's brother, Dr. Houston, at Monroe." was an addi tional remark I made, hoping thereby to get on a little more friendly terms with the Union county member of President Wilson's cabinet. Calve Carelock, a colored citizen who hns bn identified with Marsh ville vicirity for the past quarter of a century and who is the father of twenty-three children, more or less, still has enough vitality to ask for somebody to play the fid lie to break the monotony of the snow. Calve was evidently ruminating and meditating over the history or Marshvllle twenty five years ago when he suggested to me that the proper thing to do during a snow is to pull down the fiddle and the bow and proceed to let the old familiar strains of "Arkansaw Trav eller," "Leather Britiches," "Jimmy Sutton," etc. break the monotony while the earth is wrapped in a snow blanket. When the writer and Francis Broadway and Vernon Howell had a reputation for fiddling back in the nineties Calve got a lasting impres sion of the fiddle music which they rendered at school closings and other occasions, and having reached the age when an old man beg'ns to live his life over again (in his mind) Calve wa3 bold enough to ask me last week to get a fiddle and Invite the public to the Home office and entertain them. Of course I couldn't do any thing of the kind unless I could get Vernon Howell, now the popular mail carrier on Route 1 from Peachland. to play lead fiddle while Francis Broadaway pulls oft "second fiddle." And Francis would hardly be able to nrake it sound like old times unless we should strike up "My Dog Snider" in the regulation style. Francis used to put "second fiddle" to "My Dog Snider" In great style. The train was speeding along be tween Petersburg and Richmond," three hours late, In early morning. I went forward to the day coach and found Dr. Templeton of Cary, vice president of the State Farmers Union. After talking with him a few minutes I told him that I wanted to see Henry Green before we arrived at Richmond. "I thought I recogniz ed that conductor," said the doctor. "I was about to put him off the train back there," he continued. Then he told about how Henry had Just ap proached him and asked for his ticket. "I gave you my ticket two hundred miles back down the road at Raleigh." was the doctor's re sponse. But it was the bat check Henry was looking for Instead of the ticket. He finally discovered the hat check in the rear. "I ran't read hat checks through your head." said the conductor. "It's right where you put It, sir," responded Dr. Templeton with emphasis. And this is what led the doctor to say that he came very near mnking up his mind to put the conductor off the train. Evidently he had been sleeping a little along the wav and had reveised the position of his hat, placing the hat check in rear. "I don't like the way the rail roads do business anyhow." was the wav the doctor dtomiapod the incident. .IS KILLED IN KENTUCKY PASSENGER TRAIN WRECK Heavy L. & N. Flyer Plows Into Lighter Train nt Sliepherdsvllle Dcittoli.sliiuf PasM-ngor Conches. Sheplierdsville, Ky., Dec. 20. Thirty-eight known dead and 40 or 50 persons Injured, some of them se riously, was the toll taken when Louisville & Nashville passenger ' train No. 7, from Cincinnati to New Orleans, early tonight crashed into the rear of a ISar.b.iown. Louisville & Springfield accommodation train 500 yards south of the Ht?tion here. The accommodation train had Just left the station alter making a stop, when the faster train which makes no stop here came in sight moving at a high rate of speed. Efforts to bring it to a hrlt wers futile and the heavy locomotive with the heavy weight of a steel train behind it crashed Into the rear of the accom modation with a terrific Impact. The two wooden passenger coaches and baggage car making up the smaller , train were splintered. Virtually every person aboard the accommodation train, both crew and passengeis. was either killed or badly Injured. None of the passenger aboard the fast train was killed, though a number were Injured. The locomotive was demolished and tho heavy steel coaches making up the train were thrown from the track. A relief train was made up at Louisville and rushed here with phy sicians and nurses. By the time it arrived most of the Injured and the bodies of the dead had been removed from the wreckage by volunteers. I Within a short time this work was completed and the train was started , . t ... I I l"ui;""l 'J"' 10 horpitals. If matrimony doesn't make a wo- nun rks itr:: '.z-.'i :or.
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