"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT
"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVERT! ODY READS IT
The Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOL.25.. No. 13.
MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919.
$1.50 PER YhTxR CASH.
rICKETT BATTERY LANDED AT
NEWPORT NEWS WEDNESDAY
Sent lo Camp Stuart, Va., For Few
Days Rest Will Tikc Part in
Celebration at Raleigh Tu be De
iiioUdlzed at Camp Jackson.
Fathers, mothers, brothers, wives.
sisters and sweethearts over Union
county were made happy when tele-!
grams from members of the Bickett
Battery, Battery D 113th Field Ar
tillery, began to pour into the Wes
tern Union office here Wednesday
morning before nine o'clock, statin:;
that the senders had arrived safe and
sound at Newport Nes, Va. and
would be home In a few days.
The One Hundred and Thirteenth
Field Artillery of which the Bickett
Battery is a unit, arrived at Newport
News about 5:30 Tuesday afternoon
on board the four deck United States
transport Santa Teresa. Ihi ship was
13 days In crossing the big pond, hav
ing sailed from St. Nazalre. France,
on March Sth. During two days of
tire voyage very heavy seas were en
countered. The men spent the night aboard
the transport, debarking early the
following morning they were giveu a
rousing welcome by the titizeiiS of
Newport News. From the. ship they
were sent to Camp Stuart, Va., where
they will remain for a few days rest.
It was said that they would probably
remain at this camp about five days.
From Camp Stuart, they will go to
Camp Jackson, stopping off at
Raleigh to take part in a celebration
in their honor. The boys may there
fore receive their discharges within
the space of two weeks.
Dispatches from Raleigh stale that
the regiment is expected there Sun
day or Monday. A tremendous pa
rade will be staged. The governor
from a specially constructed stand on
Fayettevllle street will review the
troops. A great barbecue for the
troops at the state fair gromds will
be one of the features of the day. A
number of Union county people ate
j.l.inning to attend the celehrutiou.
The reople of Wadesboro have
j lans mapped out for a monster cele
bration In honor of the Battery D
boys. The date on which the cele
bration will be staged is not known.
Trtree airplanes have been promised
by the war departmeut for the oc
casion1. When the Santa Teresa hove to at
Nwoort News late Tuesday the fol
lowing statement was given out by
Col. Cox, commanding officer of tho
r giment:
Mothers, fathers, sweethearts, lov-t-0
ones and friends:
The 113th field artillery. Thirtieth
division, sends greetings to you upon
lu return to America from the battle
fields of France, where the victory
was won that assured liberty shall
rot perish from the earth. In that
victory this unit had a part.
The officers and men of this regl
r.:nt are possessed of a sense of pride
In the knowledge of duty well done
r.rd our arrival late today Is an oc
casion of overwhelming happiness to
vs and we feel a sense of deepest
gratitude In our good fortune. For
o n" comrades who made the supreme
sacrifice and whose bodies rest in hal
lowed graves overseas we mourn, but
ve are comforted in a small measure
by the knowledge that they gladly
and freely gave their all In their
great love for those left behind.
With us returning, our afToctlon
for America and North Carolina is
augmented by the wonderful spirit of
sacrifice and co-operation displayed
bv the great civilian army behind the
Hr.es which provided an unending
stream or supplies.
We of the 113th field artillery have
been through times that burned brave
men's souls w lt.h the horror of It all,
and the future of our lives will be
sweeter for a fuller understanding.
Personally. I would congratulate I
tho fathers and mothers of the men
nf this regiment that they have given
their home state and America such
veal men. (Signed) Albert Cox, Com
manding. Newport News, Va., Marcti
IS.
VXIOX COUNTY HOYS WERE
IN ST. QUEXTIN FIGHT
Private Sam E. Haigler Tells How
Tliey Chased the Boclie From the
Hlndenburg Line Lieut. Judge E.
Austin Was Awarded Crolne
Gurre Lieut. Sum I. Parker Gets
Distinguished Sen Ice Cross.
Little by little as the Union coun
tytboys return from service overseas
the glorious part which they played
In the world war for liberty comes to
lisrht.
The One Hundred and Nineteenth
iifantry attached to the famous Tin
tioth division, In which there were a
number of Union county boys played
an Important part in the breaking of
the Hlndenburg line at the battle of
St. Quentin, according to Pri' ats Sam
E. Haigler, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. W.
Haigler of Goose Creek ov iishlp,
uho was wounded and shell shocked
Jnnhls battle. Private Haigler was
discharged from a hospital and le
turned to his home sometime ngo.
It was on the morning of Oct. 9.
1918. Private Haigler. who was a
member of Co. F. 119th infantry, told
a Journal reporter. The regiment was
advancing against the enem?, and
carrying their machine guns along to
better positions. The Germans were
retreating slowly, firing their ma
chine guns as they went or losing
tieart, abandoning them and taking to
their heels. It was then that we
uowed them down, said Private Half-
ler. Finally the regiment In wbkh
were a number of Union county toys
encountered such a nest o( Gernan
machine guns and -in such a position
that their captain ordered then to
crouch upon the ground while the
company runner was sent to ask for
troops to be sent to flank the Ger
mans. As the runner starred off
Private Haigler said that it seemed
that every German machine tun was
turned upon him, but in some miracu-
Ions manner he escaped
When he had gone into buttle Pri
vate HaSsler had been assigned to
support a man operating a machine
gun. As the troops lay awaiting the
flunking movement a large shell burst
near Private Haigler, throii: Hun
several feet in the air. A frupmeut
of the shell struck the man lying n
front of him in the neck and almost
severed his head from his body. A
little later Private Haigler's le'i aim
was broken by a machine gun bullet
and he then made his way back to a
dressing station. As yet he bus not
gained complete use of tho ariu.
When the shell exploded near hii.i
the Union county boy did not realise
that he had been shell shocked. But
later Its effects were marked. His
sight and hearing was affected and
his nerves generally. He wai sent to
a base hospital in England whei he
remained for a number of months
and was then sent back to the States.
Aside from the record of her sol
diers In the field Union county is
proud of the fact that two of her
sous have been awarded military
crosses for feats of valor. The French
government through General Persh
ing conferred the croix de guerre up
on Lieut. Judge E. Austin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Austin of Goose Creek
township, a few days before he was
killed in action. This Is an honor
which comes only to a few and was
conferred for acts of bravery whicn
came under notice of Lieut. Austins'
superior officers. The sad part about
It Is that Lieut. Austin did not survive
the battles. The cross has been re
ceived by his father and later The
Journal will carry a complete story
regarding It.
Along with tho citation for bravery
of Lieut. Sam I. Parker, as told In
the last Issue of The Journal, he was
awarded the distinguished Bervice
cross, one of the highest military
honors which can be conferred. Lieut.
Parker has made a wonderful record
In France. He has been twice cited
for bravery. In the Instance previous
to the one reported In the last Issu
of The Journal "be" tame upon a mim
ber of French troops who were with
out a commanding officer, and locat
ed In a position open to the enemy.
Taking command he rallied these
troops and held the position against
attack.
MAY UEGIX WORK OX HIGH
WAY WITHIN SIXTY DAYS
Division Engineer and Kepirsenta
live of Federal Government Held
Conference Here Tuesday Federal
and State Aid Will Pay for 73 er
. .cent of Woik.
It may be possible to begin v oik on
that portion of the Wilmington
Charlotte Highway which runs
through Union county within sixty
dajs, according to R. P. Coble, divi
sion htg'away engineer, and Mr. Lew
Is. representing the Federal govern
mo.it, who held a conference with Mr.
T. L. Riddle here Tuesday regarding
the project.
Under the adoption of the recent
road laws 75 iter cent of the cost of
the work on the highway will be
lorne by the Federal and State gov
eminent; thus if the cost of building
the highway through the county
should be 8100.000 the county's part
of it would be 125.000. Before the
passage of the new road law the
county's part of Federal aid which
could be obtained was $18,700.
Engineers made a survey of the
route through the county last year,
and sent blue prints of their survey
to the proper authority of the Feder
al government. The project has been
approved by the Federal government
and thus Union county will bo one of
the first counties in the State to prof
It by the Federal aid.
The route through the county will
go by Marshvllle, Wlngate, through
Monroe and thence It will follow al
most the exact route of the Charlotte
road. It Is understood that it will
be a hard surface road and that no
grade will exceed 4 1-2 per cent.
If the county commissioners at
their next meeting adopt the road law
for the county, and it Is presumed
that they will, the question of build
ing the highway through the coun
ty is made less complicated than tin
der the previous system. (
The Pigeon In War.
(Christian Science Monitor.)
Besieged Paris, as somebody has
pointed out, taught Bismarck the val
ue of the homing pigeon in war, when
some 800 pigeons were sent in bal
loons to Tours and provided commu
nication between the two cities. After
the peace, Bismarck established pig
eon lofts in every fortress and in
many of the cities in Germany. Other
European nations, although less thor
oughly, followed the example, but It
was only about a year ago that the
United States naval air service Insti
tuted 14 lofts In different parts of the
country with a total of about 800 pig
eons In training for war service.
The distillers would do well to In
vest what they hare left In Govern
ment bonds Instead of In lawsuits.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
'SLEEP DEATH IS RAFFLING
TO ALL U. S. PHYSICIANS
It No Keertor of Persons Anil
Strikes Young or Old, Rl li or Poor
Stecliil Investigator Tells How
The Sleepily siikness AnVtts Its
Victims.
Mr. E. C. Rogers, detailed to in
vestigate the Lethargic Encephalitis,
or so-called "sleeping sickness" in
New York, has given out the follow
ing information:
Here in Cook county hospital five
persons lie suspended at the brink of
death. Some of them had been in a
stale of coma for days. Doctors and
nurses could do little but shake the
patients out of a trance-like stupor
and administer medicines and liquid
food, neither of which patients seem
ed to know they were taking.
They were victims of lethargic en
cephaltis, the new disease which has
appeared in widely scattered portions
of the United States first in Chicago,
where now hundreds of physicians
are watching every ill person for
signs of what has been called "sleep
death." Dr. John Dill Robertson. Chicago
health commissioner, has begun a
systematic campaign to find out what
causes the new disease and how best
it may be treated.
MOST PATIENTS RECOVERED
Two deaths, both children, have
been reported here. Other patients
have recovered, some after remaining
in stupor for days.
hncephalttis attacks both young
and aged, negro and white, rich and
poor; the well nourished and the un
derfed alike fall Into the sleep which
isn't sleep.
It is slightly contagions, some doc
tors insist, while others say there is
no danger of contagion.
Five persons were in that death
like stupor at the Cook county hospi
tal, and the physician permitted a
photographer to take a picture
of one woman patient, with her
relatives' consent, because, as he
said, it might help to find the solution
of the cure. He thought everybody
ought to learn about this new disease,
so they might not be unduly fright
ened if it should strike within their
own homes.
FACE OF AFFLICTED IS WAXLIKE
The encephalitis patient had been
m m-tnpor- several days. She lay
still as death, her breathing scarcely
perceptible. Her face was wax-like.
I have seen faces from which life had
fled, and I was re mined of them as
I watched the nurse waken the pa
tient from her stupor to give medi
cine.
For several minutes she shook the
sleeper, talking to her the while. She
did not answer.
Finally her eyes opened, but she
said not a word. A twitching muscle
was noticeable. That ended when
the nurse allowed the sick woman to
lay back her head upon the pillow
and resume her sleep.
Medicine given her, the doctor in
formed me, was bitter, but the patient
allowed It to trickle down her throat
as she would have so much tasteless
water. It was the same with food
the nurse explained: evidently the
mate nerves are silenced.
AFTER SOME INFLUENZA CASES
"She had Influenza last fall," the
doctor said. "This followed."
"What is this new disease, doc
tor?" I asked.
"Go and see Dr. Teter Bassoe," he
suggested. "Dr. Bassoe knows more
about It than any other American
physician. He has written a book on
nervous and mental diseases in which
this new disease is exactly defined."
Dr. Bassoe Is professor of nervous
and mental diseases at Rush Medical
college.
ACUTE NERVOUS DISEASE
'Encephalitis,' Dr. Bassoe told me,
"is an acute nervous disease. It af
fects both sexes, all ages and colors.
It is not contagious, and Is not al
ways fatal. More cases recover. The
illness may last a few days, and in
stances are known where patients
were In a stupor for two months."
"Don't mistake It for the so-called
'sleeping Bickness' of Africa. It Is not
caused by the bite of the tsetse fly.
There Is a world of difference.
"Encephalitis follows Influenza. It
is a winter and spring disease, and
will probably affect one in ten thou
sand persons who had influenza. It
may attack those who had light at
tacks of influenza as well as those
more severely ill. It followed Influ
enza here 18 years ago, but was diag
nosed as a form of meningitis. In
Europe then It was called 'mona,' and
there followed Influenza epidemics..
NAMED IN 1917 BY VON ECONOMO
"Under the name, 'encephalitis' the
disease has been known only since
early In 1917, when It appeared in
Vienna, and the celebrated Austrian
physician Von Economo, coined the
name 'encephalitis letharglca.' having
been impressed by the prominence of
legarthy in the cases. A similar epi
demic occurred In England and
France In the following year, starting
in midwinter and ending In late
spring. The death rate was highest
in England, 35 per cent; and lowest
In Austria, less than five per cent dy
ing'. 'There Is no reason for American
peopte to be frightened. I doubt If
the spread of the disease will be
wide."
Mrs. Proudman: "Our Willie got
'meritorious commendation' at school
last week."
Mrs. O'Bull: "Well, well! Ain't It
awful the number of stran?e diseases
that's attaektnf our school children!"
COLONEL fO.Y BRIEFLY HE-
tIKWS HISTORY OF I l.tTIt
Tlits Regiment in France Was As
signed to first, Seroml ami Third
I. S. Field Annies and Fought tin
Every Front Ert-.t I lie M;mw.
J. A. Daly, representing the Char
lotte Observer, interviewed Col. Al
bert Cox, commander of the 113th
Artillery, who gave the following
brief history of the regiment's work
in Frauce:
During the afternoon, while a cold
rain falling outside made the unheat
ed barracks a house of shivers. Col
onel Cox briefly and modestly told of
the wonderful accomplishments of his
regiment. To it was accorded the
unique distinction of being assigned
to the First. Second and Third Amer
ican field armies at different times
and finally to the army of occupa
tion. Arriving in France too late to com
plete Its training in time to enter the
struggle on the banks of the Marne,
the "Old Hickory" division, either its
infantry or artillery, but never both,
fought on every other Important sec
tor on the western front. The in
fantry fought in Flanders and Bel
gium and broke the Hindenburg line
at Bullecourt. The artillery from
September 11 to November 11 was
either in action or changing fronts.
In the St. Mihiel drive, the first
ail-American offensive, this regiment
assisted the Eighty-ninth (Northwes
tern national army) division infantry
in its sensational advance. Leaving
this sector September 17, after the
salient was flattened, the 113th by
forced marches for eight nights took
up positions in the Argonne for the
battle that opened September 26.
Fully three-fourths of the regi
ment's animals were lost In this for
est where, like at St. Mihiel, the guns
were hub to hub, the number being
so great. In the Argonne the 113th
supported the Thirty-seventh, Ohio,
division, and Thirty-second, Michigan-Wisconsin
division infantry, the
former being replaced by the north
erners under delicate circumstances.
When this became a defensive sec
tor, the 113th went into the Woevre
region where the drive against Metz
was started that was ended by the
signing of the armistice.
Being assigned soon after cessa
tion of hostilities to the army of oc
cupagim. the regiment continued with
the Thirty-third, Illinois, division,
which it last supported In the Woe
vre in a break-through advance. To
gether these units went Into Luxem
burg, leaving Colmarberg January 5,
after a 15-day stay, on the trip to St.
Nazaire and home.
Sunday In mid-ocean Colonel Cox
exchanged greetings with Secretary
and Mrs. Daniels, wiring from the
Santa Teresa to the Secretary on the
Leviathan: "One Hundred and Thir
teenth Field Artillery sends greetings
to you and love to Mrs. Daniels."
Secretary Daniels answered: "My
wife joins me In love and best wishes
and we wish we could be in Raleigh
when you arrive."
X. C. FARMERS TO GET 4:1,000
TONS OF NITRATE OF SODA
Shipments of 10OO Tons H Day Being
Made to Wilmington For Distribu
tion and Will Continue Until Fann
ers Have Been Supplied.
S. R. Winters, the Washington cor
respondent for the Raleigh News and
Observer, has sent Information to the
effect that North Carolina fanners
will receive 43,000 tons of nitrate of
soda. We quote as follows from his
article:
As the receiving port for North Car
olina the Department of Agriculture
is to ship 43,000 tons of niiraie of
soda to Wilmington according to an
Hiitliorltatives statement furnished a
News and Observer representative to
day by the bureau of markets. The
port of Wilmington will distribute
nearly one-third of the 150,000 tons
of nitrate of soda just released by the
War Department for agricultural
purposes. Shipment of 1,000 tons a
day are being made to the North Car
olina seaport town.and will continue
until North Carolina farmers have
been supplied with the fertilizer for
growing food and cotton.
Sr.vannah alone of all Southern
ports will distribute quantities of ni
trate of soda in excess of the "gate
way of North Carolina.'' The Geor
gia city will handle 50.000 tons of
nitrate of soda of the 150,000 re
leased by the War Department. South
Carolina will use more nitrate of so
da than North Carolina. The Pal
metto State has In applications with
the bureau of markets for 53,964
tons as the needs of the season. The
bureau of markets explained that
these figures are approximately cor
rect, with changing conditions likely
to subject them to revision.
"Heating swords into ploughshares"
is the trite but impressive statement
employed by the Department of Ag
riculture in describing the diverting
of 150,000 tons of nitrate of soda
from uses In manufacturing high ex
plosives to objects of growing food
and feedstuff's to appease the hunger
of nations. "Uncle Sam now will use
the raw stuff that was to blow Ger
many off the map for fertilizer," said
an official.
The bureau of markets hopes to
deliver 100,000 tons to Southern
farmers during the month of March.
Already 10,000 tons have been ship
ped to Wilmington, and dally ship
ments of 1,000 tons are going to Wil
mington and Savannah. Farmers
who formerly discouraged deliveries
in February and early March are now
(sending hurrying orders to the bu -
reau oi marKeis.
Orders have been issued from
Washington for he shipment of 75,
000 tons in small lots. The Bureau
jof Markets states. "Announcement
that all applications for nitrate will
be filled for the full amount was made
today, but it was pointed out that ap
plicants should appreciate the im pos
sibility of filling all orders simulta-
uiauv io nae me nitrate reacn an
applicants in time for use this sea
son." Liquor in Hearse
Marinette. Wis., March 17 State
Constabulary officers with headquart
ers in Menominee, Mich., are Inves
tigating a case in which it is said an
Escauaba liveryman ran the booze
blockade In a unique manner.
He was stopped In Menominee in
his automobile and warned not to
take liquor across the border. It is
alleged he hired a hearse In Marin
ette, loaded booze in it and then fol
lowed with several carriages, also
carrying booze.
This strange procession then wend
ed its way through Marinette, where
the Ecanaba man met it, transferred
the liquor and reached Ecanaba with
hundreds of dollars' worth of contra
band liquor.
MRS. t'AMPRELL CONVICTED
Hend of Orphan's Home In Marietta
Sentenced to Serve Two Years In
Geotciii State Farm For Cruelty to
Children lit the Undenominational
Home.
Mrs. Naomi V. Campbell was sen
tenced by Judge N. A. Morris, in Cobb
county superior court to serve two
years at the state farm at Milledge
ville, Ga., on conviction of charges of
cruelty to children at the "Undeno
minational Orphans' home," of which
she was head. The woman was con
victed yesterday on one indictment
alleging she had caused a four-year-old
child to be held against a hot
grate as punishment, and on another
Indictment charging cruelty to an
other child of the same age.
C. C. Campbell, husband of the ac
cused woman, was acquitted today ou
charges of assault and buttery upon
Mary Hozey. a 13-year-old Inmate of
the home. Five other indictments are
pending against Campbell and five
more against his wife. Their disposi
tion had not been announced tonight.
Counsel for Mrs. Campbell Intimated
an effort might be made to have her
examined to determine whether she
is sane.
Both husband and wife, who are 31
years old each, denied the charges of
cruelty at their trials. Campbell ex
plained the loss of a leg in a railroad
accident had Incapacitated him for
active work. Mrs. Campbell termed
all the charges against her "lies" and
said "I have never. been crazy and I
am truthful as the day Is long."
The specific charge against Mrs.
Campbell in her trial was that she
had cruelly whipped Saliie Cloyton.
one of the children in her care, and
on another accasion had scratched
the child's body with hairpins and
also that after whipping her had rub
bed salt and pepper on her.
Graded School Honor Roll.
Higher First Grade Adeline Fow
ler, Mabel Hinson, Charlotte Houston,
Elizabeth Griffin, Henrietta Redfern.
Mary B. Flowers, Teacher.
Lower Second Grade Sarah Faulk
ner, Myrtle Cllne Fulenwider, Billy
Parks Smith Annie Kedwine, Teach
er. Higher Second Grade Charles
Bland, Mary Lou Porter Pearl
Nance, Teacher.
Lower Third Grade Lydia Stew
art, Laura Stewart, Mary Terrell,
Kathleen Lashly. Anna M. Blair,
Teacher.
Lower Fourth Grade Anna M. Red
fearn, Lois Stegall, Chattie Stack,
Francis Houston, Edw in Lsshley. Rob
ert Neal. Maurice Red..ru- Ollie
Alexander, Teacher.
Highei Fourth C d. !,ai i i . 'c
Corkle, Rena Broom. tyti,;ie C.r.ir,
Lois Fowler, Helen Cason. Pat Ben
ton, Teacher.
Lower Fifth Grade Henry Austin,
Max Griffin, Annie Rotter. Mary G.
Tyson, Teache
Itiirhnr V'lPth Hrndo Vlrvlntn Pnlo
Blakeney, Annie Louise "Caldwell, i
Katherine English, iMary Elizabeth
Faust, Katherine Fulenwider, Ashe
Lane, Louie Crowell Sikes, Eleanor
Stevens, Louise Watts. Vera Crow
ell, Teacher.
Lower Sixth Grade Donald Tay
lor, Nellie Cadieu, Eva Shute. lary i
Hoover, Teacher.
Higher Sixth Grade Margaret Dix
on Sikes. William Bland, Mary Wylie
Stewart. George Laney, Billy Stewart,
Celeste Armfleld. E. Dorothy Rlggs,
Teacher.
Lower Seventh Grade Virginia
Carroll, Louise Cox, Ada Levy, Lore
na Hel!ii8, Minnie Mcacham, Everett
Terrell, Gladys
Sievers. Teacher.
Tucker. Beatrice
North Monroe. First Grade. How-
ard McGinnis, James Pressley, Gran
ville Starnes, Frank Helms, Clarence
Gadd. Susie J. Owens, Teacher.
North Monroe, Third Grade Ella
Mae Helms, Maude Broom. Betty
Sjevens, Teacher.
A detachment of American soldiers
Cot Into one of the well-known quiet
sectors and began to get some action.
They did some firing over at the
Germans.
"For God's sake," Implored the
soldiers who had been holding the
quiet sector, "don't do that! Don't
you know that it you fire at those
Germans they will shcot back 7"
'.MRS. ADAMS DIES AT HOME
OF DAUGHTER IX CONCORD.
Had llren in HI Health For Several
Years Was Native of Moore Coun
ty Funeral Sen lee at Home on
Washington St. Tomorrow Morn,
injt.
.Vrs. Fannie Person Adams, widow
of the late Hon. Henry B. Adams,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. C. Houston, in Concord at
1:15 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Ad
ams had been in failing health for
some time and since Sunday she had
been in a slate of coma. Her children
were at her bedside when the end
came.
Mrs. Adams was born in Carthage,
Moore county, December 31, 1850,
and was therefore in her 68th year.
Her maiden name was Miss Fannie
Person. Her girlhood days were spent
in Charlotte where she attended the
Presbyterian college. Before she
went to Charlotte she attended the
old Edge worth college In Greensboro.
On April 24, 1872. she was marri
ed to the late Hon. H. B. Adams, for
years one of the most prominent
members of the Monroe bar and one
of the city's public spirited citizens.
To this union six children survive.
They are airs. W. J. Rudge, Miss Pat
Adams, Mr. Hal B. Adams and Mr. C.
B. Adams of Monroe. Mrs. W. C.
Houston of Concord and Dr. Ray Ad
ams of Raleigh. The following half
brothers and sisters also survive:
Miss EUa Dowd, Miss Matt Dowd,
Mrs. W. F. Harding, and Herman
Dowd of Charlotte, Prof. Jerome
Dowd of the University of Oklahoma,
and Mrs. E. K. Bryan of Memphis,
Tenn. Willis Bruce Dowd. another
half-brother, died in New York city
last April.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the
Methodist church and for years was
president or the Womans Missionary
Society of Central Methodist church.
She was a woman of the highest type
of character and of a sweet, lovable
disposition. She was a lady of cul
ture and refinement and all whom she
met felt her Influence.
The body was brought to Monroe
from Concord through the country
this morning. Funeral services will
be conducted from the home on
Washington street at ten o'clock in
the morning. Rev. H. H. Jordan,
pastor of Central Methodist church,
assisted by other ministers, will con
duct the service. Interment will be
in the cemetery here.
DAMAGES INCURRED BY FAIL
URE OF RADIO TO BE PAID
Bon i-d to Arrive Thursday to Assesi
Damages Government's Decision
lo Pay Reached After Mutter Ha.l
Been Taken Up By Mayor Sikes;
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
appointed a board to come to Monroe
and assess damages incurred by the
failure of Congress to appropriate
funds to build the radio station at
Bakers. This board will arrive In
Monroe at nine o'clock Thursday
morning.
The appointment of this board wa9
made after Mayor J. C. Sikes had ta
ken the matter of damages Incurred
up with the proper authorities. The
Government shows a fair spirit in the
matter and In no case will exhorbl
tant or unreasonable claims be hon
ored. In another column of The
Journal will be found a statement
from Mayor Sikes regarding the mat
ter. Following is a copy of the letter to
Mayor Sikes announcing the appoint
ment of the board:
Dear Sir: A Board has been ap
pointed by the Secretary of the Navy
to assess the damages incurred by
your City and the citizens of Monroe,
due to the failure of Congress to ap
propriate the necessary funds for
building the proposed High Power
Radio Station at that place.
I The Board will arrive at Monroe, tit
9:00 o'clock on the morning of
inursoay, .March the 27th, to follow
out Instructions Issued by the Secre
tary. It Is requested that you make
the necessary arrangements to have
the City's representatives and all the
Interested parties meet the board at
Monroe and be prepared to present all
claims and give such information as
is pertinent to the subject. The Board
will be prepared to visit the proposed
site of the station in order to inspect
the actual damage that may have
been sustained.
A Native of Union County Dies In
Florida.
(From the Pageland Journal.)
Mr. M. L. Baker received a tele
gram Monday that his wife's brother.
Mr. Thoma.i Cox. died Monday at 10
o'clock. M . Coxe had lived In Or
lando. Fla., for several years, but wns
a native of Union county, where he
has many relatives. The
gave no particulars, and Mr. Baker
did not know that Mr. Coxe was even
sick.
214 Dors In Old Store Township.
(From the Pageland Journal.)
According to returns made by the
tax payers of the township to the
county auditor, there are two hun
dred and forty-four dogs In Old Store
township, divided by school districts
as follows: Plains. 58; Dudley, 56:
Five Forks, 48; Mangum's 20; Zlon,
12; Pageland. 49. In the opinion of
the writer, there are about three hun
dred dogs too many In the township.
"May God defend me from taf
friends; I can defend myself front
ray enemies. Voltaire.
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