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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT" 'THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVEXBODY NEEDS TT "he Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.23. NO.S2. 3IONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1911). $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. Mt. IlLAIK. AFFLICTED WITH BLOOD lOlsO. IS HOSPITAL I.ilettioii lleMilKil I'lum I'm On Hand, liul It s Thought Aitiputa Hon Will Not lie Ncroai. Cot respondeuce of The Journal. Muisitv.lle. Xov. IT. Ir. M. P. lili.ir v. us taken to the Piesbyteriati hospital in Charlotte Friday sintering iielil bioud poison which resulted lrum a cut on his hauil. Dr. Gibbon '( Charlotte was called in Thursday juid thought best to remove Dr. lllair to the hospital for treatment. It is hived that his hand will not have to he amputated as at I'm si was lea red. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hetrell and Mrs. lllair accompanied the doctor to Charlotte. Latest reports from him are favorable. Mr. W. O. Harrell and Mrs. J. Hur ley Grifiiu went to Charlotte today to see their sister. Miss Sallie Har rell. who has been ill at the home of her sister. Mrs. Hummer Stewart, for two weeks. Miss Harrell has nut been doing so well for the last few days and will be removed to the Pieshyterian hospital for treatment ut once. Mrs. J. T. Ciarlaml and children, Jon and Franklin, left Thursday tor an extended visit to Mrs. da eland's pu cuts ut Donalds. S. C. Mr. i.nil Mrs. V. G. Heron and ch.ldivn spent the week-end with tt.itives in Bishtvv ille. S. C. Mrs. II. C. Ashrtatl spent several ;.:.'H last week with Mrs. 15. C. Asil u.fl in Monroe.. Mess's. Clayton Peiincg.tr ami VV. (!. :leai"U spent sevetal das in Char-ln-e lust week on business. Mis.- Lottie Harrell el Pn'klou and M.sses Lillian Stf.ens and Floy Myers of Willgiltc .-penl the Week-end w ; h Inline tolks lit re. Mr. H. A. Harrell spent Sunday in Charlotte with relatives. .Ir. Smith Meillin mml a business t: ; i In ( hai -lotte Thitrsday. Mr. C. M. Griffi.i has returned t,, in the Pltshytcn.lil hospital 11' Charlotte where he underwent an (i. -ration. His health is very nint h i:.; roved. There will be a Thanksgiving ser v.ie held mi (he Met hnilist church on Thanksgiving morning, lie'. J. J. Kuwaitis, pastor of the church, con ducting it. A special collection will he taken for the Children's home at Winston-Salem. Everyone is invited to come and bring an offering. Mrs. Alice Bivetis has accepted a pi -it ion at Mrs. A. I I'hifer's store. Mis. Martin Braswcll has been very i!! wii!i something like dyitherla. !iu is better now. The Mission Study Class of the Mvtltodist church met with Mrs. H C. Ashciaft Monday afternoon. Ar iel an interesting tliscnssiou of the lesson refreshments were served. Mrs. W. B. Mais!., who is teachinir at Gilbon, spent I he week-end at ho: le. Death of Mrs. W. I-'. P.cnlim. Jr. .-'fiends and relaii'.es were shocked ai.u grieved Sunday morning when a tii ssa t was received telling of the tlt.ith ol Mrs. W". 1". I ton. Jr. at an early hour at her home in Sumter. She, with an infant, was buried yes it day afternoon in Sumter. Before her marriage to Mr. Benton fn, r years ago in Abbeville, she was M ss Martha I'latt and was home dcMonstration uncut tor that county, an unusually capable and attractive yo t iiK woman. Her parents died a number of years ami. Surviving her besides her husband is a small daugh ter. Mrs. Hen ton was only tweuty oiiht j ears old and was a woman of tit ,ch charm and personality. She lu.s often visited Iter husband's peo ple in Monroe and has never failed to add to her scores of friends w hile here. A faithful member of the Bap tlft church she always remained true to Its teachings. The following friends and relatives from Monroe attended the funeral fe vlce: Mr. and Mrs. Murray Ben-to-i, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Cloutz. Miss Pat Benton, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H-lius, Mr. W. F. Benton, Sr. Mr. F'ed Benton and Master Woodson Efiton. ti Li'tiisAPii co. si i:i roii !ti.-,m l. v I'lintleibiiik I lalniH Teleglnin. nnouiuinu Pe.tlii of Her l iitlier. Not Oeliveiril. ruit for damages to the amount of h.e hundred dollars against the Western t'nion Telegraph Company for failure to deliver a telegram an jei incing the death of her father, the late Mr. Sam Arani. oi this county. ! us been instituted by Mrs. T. J r.inderburk. of China Grove, route on, in her com cotujdaliit Mrs. Fun b.r k savs she sintered mental anguish by not knowing of "he passing i f hct fa'her until be was buried; thus being iiiable to attend his funeral. According to the complaint. Mr. W . T Korie filed a telegram to Mrs. Fuiiderburk at the local office ol the Western I'tvion on June 21st. infonn injt her of the death of her father. Tve agent, so the complaint reads, t old Mr. Korie that In rase the mes sage, was not delivered he would be notified. Uter in the day Mr. Korie caied at the office to ascertain if the rressage had been received, and on h'ing told that the operator at China Grove had not then wired back his inability to deliver the message, went borne. Th message, however, did not reach her. saya Mrs. Funderburk. Mmim Wa'er .Mate sMi EM'iiiir lt the HiMiM-Miven. The waste of soap in Monroe, on account of the hard quality of our water, is something enormous, accor ding to Major F. K. Harrington, who recently completed a sanitary survey of the town. He urges that measures be taken to have the water sot ten et! by a chemical process, claiming that the sa vini; in soap alone would soon pay tor the installation of the necessary machinery to successfully apply the chenucals. City Engineer L V. Lee is interested in Major Har rington's recommendation, ami in tends to correspond with chemical houses with the view of securing ful ler information before commit tin;; himself to the step. He fears the chemicals might affect the taste of the water, but admits that it ought to be softened if possible to do so without greatly marring that excel lent twang to our artesian water which has brought it lame all over the state. m:;i;o hoy's m:cr broken ijy a blow from shottu'.v Tragedy Results -'ntn Incident That Oectiiictl In August When Raii tlolpli Allen U Allegetl to Hive St. -mil Mule. Randolph Allen. lifteen-year-oU: mimed bo. ol Marshvilie township, was almost instantly killetl late Sat urday ai'i ei uoor. when he was struck back of the neck with a shot gun by Kale Willi. miis, about thirty-two years ol age. 'I he killing took place near Mr. lei M.tish's place, a mile south of Marshv ille, where the little negro's parents livetl. Williams was arrested siui: ll.v alter the deed was cominil-t-ed. ami is in jail awaiting the re sult ol his pieliiuiuai hearing in the Itecord'T's court, which is being lield lo-tiav . The atl.iir is said to have resulted frotii an allegetl atteiiipt by Uautlolph to scare Williams' mule sometime in August. Williams is saitl to have re marked, after the incident, that he would kill Kaiidolpli the minute he caught him away fronn home. Sat urday afternoon he ran across Itan ditlph. with two other little darkies, in a lield a short distance from the lions on Mr. Marsh's place, and Is said to have remarked: "Oh. yes. da n you. I've got you now!" H" was then allegetl to have struck the blow that ended the hoy's Hie. Williams, however, claims that Uandolph advanced upon him with a drawn knife afi"f some words rela tive to the occurrence in August bail been echanged between them. Th two jottth who were with Kandolph are said to have denied this state ment. s oith I'.nige ( ti-(ternlive More Or- g.tlli.itl. Tli S.u.u-.- ;it!-e Supply Compiiiiv is the name n h ne . slock company in SanJv liiti-e school district. Un told :ov. nsliip Kanners of that se -t on are : uckliolders. Appli lion In-, '. II i.i.le for letters of in eoijx.ra: "ii i'lie pritl in rapi'ai stock i. "-." The lollowing iniu f.t ;! . : e,s; J. II. Ktlwillils. I't-'-si e: ; I!. It hattlsnn. secre tin -,. -i !: -!:: ,'iul g, neral tiniuager. Th" ttii - .tots ire .iai'lts W. ltichard son. .ioh i Kit 'irrilso.i. T. X. Gay, ti W. Mnt. r ami H 1! M. liou. One Ihillur i;u' r'miice to Marry Hn'itl'-oine l-'ilm St:ir. Gii Is ! Would you pay a dollar for :i cli.iuce to win handsome Wallace lleid. the taotion picture star, for a husband? Of course, he's happily married and has a little Wallace, Jr.. ami its only in his latest Parauiount Artcral't picture. "The Lottery Man," which Is coming to the Strand thea tre. Friday, that he offers this unusual opportunity to the ladies. And 3Ml, Omi of thetn jump at the chance. Mr. lleid has the role of breezy Jack Wright, who. being young, good looking. In debt, and jobless, started a lo'tery with himself the I prize offering to marry the woman who drew the lucky number. It was too late to stop these rash proceed ings w hen he fell in love w ith a pret ty girl. To cap the climax, a home ly old maid held the winnin, cou pon. The tiiatr.i -r in which the star fin ally extricates himself from the mess ,nd wiii happiness and a fortune finishes side - splitting entertain ment. The picture wa-t adapted from lilda Johns'vi Young's play of the same tuun". Wanda Hawley and Harrison Fftd are included in thn cast, and Jane Cruse was the direc tor. Thief Mule :J.(MMt PotiniN of Sugar, t From Charlotte Xews. ) Some unauthorized person could help alleviate the sugar . hnrtaee of Charlotte in sntu measuie if thirty lmi-poe"d sacks of sugar which he siole Sunday uisht out of a Southern Hallway freight car were banded ov er to the f lif price C'iii..:.itt-e. A freigh. car. with a consignment of sugar to the Charles Moody Com panv, w holesale grocers at 20!i South j College street, was entered ai'd rob bed of the quantity of the precious cargo some time Sunday nigln. The discovery of the theft was made at an early hour Monday morning w hen a shipping clerk of the firm went out to unload the car. The police department was noti fied, but no clue as to the guilty par- .ties had been found Monday after- jnoon. m:w loo-ia iii.i. capac ity Ml l.l. TO BK I KKCTKI sm IK iiilcctui Boiler Mill Company, Nun I H ittg Annual Ittisinev. of Nearly u .Million lollat, is to Triple Ca pacity It) hivt ling linger Plant on IllllgUII ltt. The Henderson Roller Mill Co. will begin the ereciion of a mam moth new mill on the old Milt lar gan site near the railroad, at the end of Church street, within a few months. This announcement was made this morning following a meet ing of the board of directors of lite company. The new null will have a capacity of three hundred bushels per day. tripling the present capacity. The charter of the company has also been amended allow in.' mi in. crease' in the capital stock from twen- i.v-nve tnousanu to one hundred and tifiy thoiisuiid dollars. Fifty thou sand dollars in preferred stock will be offered the public on December 1st. The stock is non-taxable, and will bear eight percent, payable semi annually. Nearly a million dollar business has been dune annually by the com pany for several years at its present mill, and with the tripling of the ca i'acity, this figure will be materially increased. The new mill will also en able local growers to have their wheat ground immeiliaiel v . thus eliniual iug ;he long wails f Ley have heen forced to undergo in recent years. The capacity of the feed mill will likewise h,. increased iroln twenty to forty Ions a day, ami one thousand M.shi'ls o! meal a day w ill be a mini mum piotluclioii at the new mill. Huge elevators, Willi a storage space in twenty thousand bushels ol wheat, will be installed; and. in fact, plans call lur the erection of one of Hie largest and most modern mills in il.is purl of the country. A St a boa rd railway service man will be ilotvu in a lew days to lay fill Hackage for the mill, and make i eoiiimt-ndatioiis us to locations of warehouses, and platform lacilities. Following his visit, the officials of the company hope to have plans drawn for mill imiibeiliately so work can be started by the contractor in the short tst time possible. The officers of the company are: J. K. Henderson, president; 0. B. Snyder, vice-president; W. A. Hen derson, serit tary and treasurer; Fred Huntley, sales manager; and F. 11. Henderson, chairman of the board of di recto is. Organized eighteen years ago, the Henderson Boiler mill made a suc cess from tlie beginning. .Not a year has it missed paying at least leu per cent dividens, and soml' years the returns to the stockholders has far exceetled 111 is figure. The present ex pansion is in keeping wilh the policy of the company I" meet the demands or their products regardless of the i i u i t'1 1 nulla. lor new machinery a , I bet l er equipe ut. C ,1011 meeting. This week a meet ing i tlie inteiest of the cotton as sih ;,:i'tn will be held at the follow ing places: Weddiiiglou and Maivin. "'ri.uty .;ight; ;'iid at Susiar school leiuse. i., vacee lowm-lup, Saturday m. in. I ', t ent I M h o Light Pin t li.ise; -.. Th' folk i:ig I'nion county n.-'i r't'enily add"d to the convenient es tn 1'ieir holm's by buying a Helen iigh' ing plant: J. V. Metllin. C. J. Bras well, F. X. Helm:;, and J A. iHiinelt Adv. THAT'S Till: I'.Mu.M COl'.VI'Y W AY The l olkt IJatheml lo Pick Cotton For iilovv of Mr. IVessley. Correspondence of The Journal. Indian Trail, R. F. I). No. 1. Xov. 17.- Friends and neighbors of the late Mr. Cull Pressley gathered at the home of his widow the other day and picked a bale of cotton for her free of charge. They also gathered her com and dug up her sweet po tatoes. There were in all twenty two workers, including your scribe. Another exhibition of that good oi l I'nion county spirit. It is gratifying to the people of this community to learn that Rev. T. J. Huggiiis is to be back with us for another year in charge of the Metho dist church. Ii-' is a good preacher, and ha v. on the hearts of his peo ple. W - don't know what's the matter with Esq. A. W. McManus. In 1 !. wli nt co:!ou w as sixteen cents a pound. In- refused to sell, ami now when it is forty cents he is holding again. We wish him the best of luck, only wish that more of us could do the same, thus keeping the price up to present standards. The farmers ate rapidly planting small grain at this writing. Miss Pearl Hill, daughter of Mr. anil Mrs. Joe Hill, Is receiving ctui gratuiati'v.s on a happy event that belongs to lur cousin. Xot long aco a cousin that JpBattistC an . .ne her cousin was married, ami as the initials of her father was given as the r.ame as Miss Pearl's father, a number of people thought she was the bride We all Know Mini. She had seven million dollars Placed in bonds and storks ano rents; He had Teven million dollars. So they merged their sen' lueii'r. Now they've raised a son who:;1? value Is exactly thirty cents. LOCAL IMFI.I l(.F( i: J.ltlfM HapM-niitgs In ami Around Ml III It H' A campaign lor the iuliodueiioii of pure bred hogs will be waged in tills .county, beginning Dec. 1, and continuing for two months. Rev. John A. Wray urges the membership, so tar us is possible, to be present at prayenneeting services tomorrow night. - Prizes for the "Egg Shower" are on display in the Monroe Hard ware Store. First and second prizes for schools making largest average donations are a large blackboard on a pedestal and a picture or President Wilson in a handsome frame. A small easel blackboard and desk combined w ill be presented the child making the largest individual donation. The I'nion Mercantile Company on Franklin street will open for bus iness tomorrow- morning. The store is entirely modern, goods attractively displayed and it compares favorably with grocery stores of the larger cit ies. Officers of the company are W. A. Lane president. V. H. Wood vice president and W. B. McManus secre tary and treasurer. Mr. J. F. Carter, the efficient manager, will have asso ciated with him Mr. Frank F.llise, a most accommodating and business like young man. Monroe anil I'nion county people are invited to inspect the company's line of goods which is complete in every respect. - -All boys and girls under IS years in the First Baptist church are urged to -meet in the church audito liuia tomorrow afternoon ut lour o'cloci; for i he purpose of organizing and planning wotk for the campaign now on. Men and women of the church are already greatly inter ested bill it has been remarked that the campaign will fail in its greatest purpose if the children are not eu listetl. Last year they were taught loyalty to their country Ihroiign w in k and giving of I heir small means. It is earnestly urged that all parents send their childivn tomorrow thai they may be taught these things in regard to their church. Each boy and girl is expected to help in .some way. - An aii'inan. temporarily so-joi-.in.'.ving in Cliarloiie, had planned to nmke exhibition Mights in Monroe yesterday, hut failed lo show up. Judge W, O. Leimnond had already agreed to make the first (light with the bird man. anil was anxiously scanning the sky during the day in the hope that his ambition to soar above the rlouds might he realized. It was announced that passengers would have been carried up for a price of 1 per minute, ami several Monroe men had declared their In tention of purchasing a live or ten minute ride. Lack of a suitable land ing field is believed to have caused the airmail to give up his contemplat ed Monroe trip. A high official of the Internation al Harvester Company recently wrote the Charlotte branch of the company the following relative to a recent ad vertisement inserted ju The Journal by R, C. Griffin fc Bro.: ' It would be impossible for us to oiler any ad verse criticism on the R. C. Griffin a Bro. advertisement which you mailed lo us recently, because from the standpoint oi display, illustration, while space, anil copy it seems lo us almost a hundred per cent advertise, nieiit. You may tell this firm for us ihal we heartily congratulate them upon the appearance and contents of this advertisement and that we wish every on" of our dealers were so well eiltiipped and so well represented." An effort w as made last week by a group of well-known farmers In order a car load of the famous Watl uamaker big boll cotton seed, but they were informed that the section where these seeds are raised is under ipiarani ine against the boll weevil, and that it would be iinpossiltl I t ship seed from there unless a permit was secured from the North Carolina department of agriculture. A well known authority in this county says that good seed will be scarce this year, and that he believes I'nion coun ty farmers, by holding their seed, can ship In car-load lots to the far South for prices ranging from $2 to $15 per bushel. In the spring Boll rot ruin ed huge quantities of seed in Alaba ma, Texas and Mississippi this sum mer, ami the farmers in those states are going lo be bar I put 'o get seed for spring plaui'ng. The county toad commission has bought ten acres of laud on the rail toad west of I.ee Pari; for a perma nent location for the road fines. A sidetrack will If p-tt i.i by the ra - road for the d-livery of sand ami oili er material. A modern prison camp w ill be constructed tor the chain gang ;tf'er the sanitary pla n fiirr'shfd by the State board of health which the law reputes to be adopted. Motl.'tn plans for the car- and v.')vl; of pris oners will be ado;iie,i ;, ,d a mo b camp maintained. Thi will dr.n prisoners from other counties ami thus enlarge and inr-a -e the effici ency of the force. On the location is a splendid n !; quarry ac. l a crush ing plant will !i- put i.; Mr. P A. Raralson. represent in ; the natinn.v committee n" prisons ami prison 1 1 bor. from New Y'crV. and Mr. R. F l'.easlev, state commissioner of pub lic welfare, spent Saturday with countv engineer Mollis, visiting the location and conferring about plans. Mr. Mollis and Captain Fletcher w.ll have one of the most up to-tla'e and efficient plants of this kind to he found anywhere. Don't Siv?e! Listen vo'i v ho t -r. -': you who I-,-,,,,, ,r. f,.Vr.r Sri- rtistt say that vve uf" tvver nearer death than wh'i we sneeze, the act causing a r.iomt-n-tary conrulsion of the brain. Rceent llapjieiiiiigv Four thousand tings were l.sted for tasatiou in Robeson county this year. The steamer John Owen, with a crew of 22. sank Nov. 15 in a ter rific gale on Lake Superior. No lives were saved. A baby boy was found on the steps id Mr. J. A. Albtight in liiiihaut last Saturday night and no clue as to its identity has been disclosed. No one was seen near the home. By a vote ot 112 to 12 the House on Friday refused lo incorporate in the Esch R. R. bill a provision which would compel the abolition of "Jim Crow" cars on Southern railroads. The week, Nov. 15-22 has been designated as "Farm to Table" week and the movement has become nation wide. Then inhabitants of the cities are expected to motor to the country and till their market baskets. I'niversity of North Carolina is now foot ball champion of (he State and much interest is being centered on the outcome of the annual Vir ginia-Carolina game. It will be play ed ut Chapel Hill on Thanksgiving Day. Sgt. John C. Hyruin of the Old Hickory division, who lost his left leg in the offensive that broke the Hindenburg line is in receipt of a telegram from the Prnce of Wales requesting him to be in New York City Nov. 22 to receive one of trie world's most coveted honors ttie English medal of Honor for heroism. Sgt. Byruni's home is in Edenlou. N. C. Missing for C" days from Hampton Roads ami classed as a deserter, H. J. Harley. enlisted in the navy as a third class fireman, was loand Fri day evening under a bungaloe at the naval base. He was in a semi-conscious condition and his weight was reduced Iroiu Itil to til pounds. Har ley was wounded and shell shocked in France -unl it is thought the lat ter trouble returned when he became apprehensive of punishment for an absence. Groans emanating from his hitliiig place caused his discovery. Esq. Lane) Linking For Sii,ei -Hen. The recent announce mem of the presid uit of the American poultry association to the effect that a super hen, capable of lay ing an egg three times the size of the present day egg every twenty-four hours has inter ested Esq. Jerry C. Laney, peer of the turkey raisers in this county, very much. He isn't inclined to doubt the statement of the poultry man; but, still he would just a little lath er see the super-sized egg first. Esq. Laney says he has had hens that would orasioually lav an egg twice the usual size with two yokes in it; ind that many of his neighbors have oflentiti-cs reported having hens that would do the same. He is ready to breed the super-hens when they are put on the market for that purpose. AMERICAN PROHIBITIONIST ! BEATEN I P IN I.ONHON Meilital Student Were Assailant- at a Meeting Arranged tor Bella I e ol (Question. London. Eng., November Ei.- Wil liam F. Johnson, an American in t- hibition worker and anti-saloon league organizer, lamiliarly known here and elsewhere as "pussv-fool." was dragged from a platform from which he was speaking tn-dav, se verely beaten and nataded through two miles of crowded west-end streets on a plank. His assailants for the most pari were medical students, and a.ains; them al times he put up a strenuous tight, receiving a badly d:itn:ig'd eye and other injuries, .so that finally nu ll- to n is w eakene i i oudiiiou. he was obliged to submit to the imiunity. Eventually Johnson was rescued by he police, who din ing the early pan oi the march dimply kept the crowd i -loving. I! was rushed to How Si reel station, where his injuries were thessed an 1 lit was able lo go iiome. The occasion of the uttaok was a ineting in Essex Hall, just off the Strand, at which a d"h; te had been arranged under the i,;i:;pices of the Overs ms Club and Pair, otic League b"twee.t iMi. Johnson and l. Mitchell Banks, a lawyer on "The How and the Why of American Prohibition.' MONROE TESTIMONY Hume Pcmf Here. Thetv anil Every vv hi" e. When you s.-e I'tin's Kidney Pi!: recommended in this paper von mosi always find the i eromt.ie; !.',- ,t Mon roe resident. It's the same everywhere - in ll.Soii low r.s i.i the 1'. S. Kv!v thousand people publicly thark poau's. Wha' oilier kidney teiu -.ly call give this proof ! meiii. hole-.;:;, and'tu'h? H !:; i-., imotn mrsi !i" 'r:e er ;i ,-tv.!d no' hi" pohl '-ii 'i1 h -. A.-k yo-:.' d .-. hh'ti . R-nd this M. 'i roc v -o..:i .enei.r (v;. Te m iiisj.--- on hiivii.; On in's. Y-f.i will !: iov. v ha' y 'ti an g-'-'iiig: M. L. Fiow. riol.ry public. ("; W. Ji fierson Ave., says; "Six yea is ago 1 suffered a gii.i deal wnh tay back and kidr. . My back :'.ci.ed contin uously cad I could hardly g.v. When l tried to I. end over 'f was liar I for f"1 to straighten and sh.np, knife-like pain would shoot through tny back. My kidney s were out of order and the secretions contained sediment. I also had dizzy spelts and black speck came before, my eyes. tnr. Finally I was advise.! t. try Do.in'.t Kidney '!!-. 1 gi ' a supply at the English ln:g Co. I only used a few. when mv b- !c felt like new and In a short i;iiie I was relieved entirely." Pi it e fife., at all eealers. Don't -.imt ly a -k fo" a kidney remedy get ivvp'tt K'dney Pills the r-,nue that Mr. Flow had. Fo .ter-Milbttvn Co., Mfgrs.. BufTffalo, N. Y. ONE Kil l l l. AM) ANOTHER HI RT IN AI TO A( UIEN'T Car Tin it-. Miiiiiiieiauli I at. illy In jury ing Tlieo.li. iv Hough, And .so. lioli-lj Hulling Henry p.dk. A tutul automobile accident occur red Saturday afternoon near ths home ot Mr. Frank Krauss. a short distance from Mineral Springs, whea the Ford car in which were riding Theodore Hough and Henry Polic overturned, ninnine them !iJ-ner!i. ss a result of injuries received in afct accident young Hough died 24 hours later, and Mr. Polk is in a Charlotte Hospital in a serious condition. the car was running smoothly down the road until one of the rear wheels dimmed down into u smili ditch. The terrific jult the car thus received caused ii t sault Iii the air. and when it fell, the two young occupants were tunned Under il. At.'. Hough's Kloim.eli u-nn crushed, which caused hemmorrages to develop. He was taken to the home of Mr. Lee Polk, where he wa given medical attention. The next day the doctors were preparing to iae mm to the Hospital at Chest-, but he expired about ten minutes be fore the train left the station at Miu- eral Sittings. Henry Pt.;;.; was crushed about the kidneys. In- ..ijury tnrciug blood into the bladder, a id he is in a precarious conditiim. I doctors, though, hold some hope , r his recovery. He li tinder the .e.thm of a skilled sur geon in Clu. i'le. and local physi cians believe . e v. ill survive if it is humanly pos.-i M.- under the circum stances. The deceased is a son of Mr. Amos Hough of Waxhaw . He had been liv ing wnh Mr. Lee Polk since the death oi his mother two years ago. and was a young mail oi line promise. He wai only sixteen years of age. His com panion hi the car. Mr. Henry l'oik, was about the same age. He is a son of Mr. Lee Polk. Funeral services over the remains of Mr. Hough were conducted Monday morning at the uuxhaw Uaplist church. Rev. Mr. Myers officiating-. Cot Ion Scarce ami the Roads Are Bail in Ocorgia To the Editor of The Journal: Please tell Bob Howie lo buy all tlu cotton he can in I'nioii county fr the crop Is almost a complete fail ure in South Carolina and Georgia. Also tell Brother Frank Williaans nor. lo follow me on my trip to Atlanta via Columbia and Augusta for the roads are in such a bad condition that he would have lo listen to many of Brother A. C. Ihivis' sermons lo gt't. him hack in good standing. Frank told me he was going lo make th trip in a few days, so stop him if yo j can. I he old Rocky River road is a credit to the roads of South Carolina and a part ot Georgia. We may go on lo Florida. J have wished many times I had left my Hudson home and brought my Ford. On my return I am ::oi'i r to go around South Carolina as much as possible. 1 may return by way of Louisville, Ky. One par'..- from Michigan joined me on my trip to Columbia and when we struck 'hose bad roads they yelled, "hurrah fof the good roads of North Carolina" Well, I hope to get to Atlanta tomor row, so tell Frank Williams if h wants to meet me to come will Bill Cason. VAXX SIRES, Madison, Georgia. Nov. lti. EIRE AND BRIMSTONE ( OMlNti SAYS JI IK.E V. OAS FRIEND. Sun Is hue to Throw Off Large Neb. ula S;miI on iN'ceinlM'r 17, anil For Several Ha We Are Going to Have a Time Of It, So tlie As'rou ouierM Claim. Judgment day. or the net thing O it. is slated to occur lit-c. 17, accord ing to the astronomers, writes a friend in Kansas Ciiy, Mo., to Judg W. O. Lei, . in. til, I. On that day th sun is going io ih:ovv off one ot i,s nebula s;m:s, which, will tiring a rain of tire and hr.i.nion.- ro the earth for several days. The Utter of tne Kati sas City man. containing this inter esting prophecy, follows: "W. O.. w ith ray liitle know led-; of astronomy, I have been making some observations lately and. wheth er you agree with t.'.e or not will not change any of th - plane: in l heir t o Use, 1 v ill c'-n'e friii l W, :-,;n,i:i ire:.: Cut., s ho i;;y mied ,s the gfe.iiesl i'-..o.-.;, ! of the ag'. Hi says in ;!.(. "th.: the sun spots we see st I-- r,- h .' iragtm'iits thrown o!t from the y s.ai" superior fore and ftci::,' , ;: nme point he-twe-;i us i ';. ,-nn ' Tilts, he says, 'is a se -thin. i.. is of heat, which at. stated times explode and throw tre mendous I'jnies of luat for millions of miles i i every- direct ion.' 'The one iicai, s the earth, and the largest one know n to astromomers.' he says. Is due to explode December 17. 1910. and lor several days, on or about this date, we will have a tremendous rain of F re !i ti Brimstone.' Look out for the due." She Won. First Debutante "They say Jack's quite nn expert in th- art of self-defense." Second debutante "Hardly. Marin made him tropose in Just one week." Life.
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