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-THE UMON COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS XT i ' . -' ! e Monroe -THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVERYBOEl.VfEEDS IT T PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK;- TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.25. No.94: MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920. 77 f TTT T TTn T T A Vr ii fi nil i it Ay i i o $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE Latest Happenings In and Around Monroe. Ther will be a meeting of I he I. .intern Sur chapter, Monday night. seven o'clock. Mr. C. C. Sikes is hi the western ! arkeis buying aiock for the Sikes C mipany. The directors of ihe Dank of Union II holil I heir semi-annual meeting the Bank, January 13th. Tom Lee Crowell, Jr.. the four year vi son of Mr. and Mr. T. L. Crowell, slowly Improving from a severe case of bronclal pneumonia. Rev. A. Marsh will preach at New Hope church In New Salem township 01 Sunday January 5th. 1913. at two o'clock. Mr. Fred B. Taylor and Miss Glad- Cook of Mecklenburg county were arried here December 26th by Esq. i. H. Hargett. Mr. M. L. Flow, head of the reval uation work In this county, requests The Journal to remind the people 'bat his headquarters are in the court hjuse the one formerly occupied by e sheriff. On Saturday night. January 10th, ere will be speakers from Cliar ' it t at Indian Trail to speak in Ihe interest o! the W. O. W. Oder. Kv- -yone is invited to attend. The new -,tes will be fully explains! and ev- Woodman should hear ihe talks. Mr. I. I. W. Plyler hns resigned as .. live vice-president of the Hank of t nion to devote his time to the or i.iiiizatlou and erection of cotton ' a rehouses In this county. This Is . Md news to I'liion county tanners. "VUh Mr. Plyler heading the ware- use niovenieiit, success is assured. Services for North Monroe Charge, .'inuary 4th, 192'. North Monroe, reaching 11 a. in., Sunday school, i:3d. p. ill.; 15 race Chapel, .Sunday hool 2 p. in., preaching " p. m.; " einorlei. Sunday school 2;?0 p. in., .reaching 7 p. in. J. II. Warren, . .tutor. A ten per cent senii-aumial divl 'nid i declared Wednesday by the Monroe Hardware Co. It Is estimated ,'Val this company's earnings for the j.-xar wilj tola twanty-two' per ceut. 1'hk following A) 1I1 pose the board- of TT Cafpenier, J. 1" Sines. It. A. Mor- w. and Dr. J. M. Iielk. Mr. J. llanip Price resigned as dep y clerk of the Superior Court the ' st of the year to accept a position - ilh the Hank of I'liion. He is a son ! Mr. and Mrs. II. I.. Price, and is a . aduate of Trinity College; is an ex- nice man, and a younir man of (food : isiness ability. Mr. Price Is also u ember of the executive committee the Melvin Deese Post of Ihe ' ni'Tican Legion. The First National It.iuk declared :. semi-annual dividend of ." per cent 'ediicsda;. . and set aside u neat sum 1 the surplus fund. The board of :. ;reciors is made up if I lie following: 'Messrs. J. II I.ee, president; ir. J. K. .'.shcrafl. vire-prcsiilcrt ; T. C. I.ee. .. A. Morrow. Mr. .1 M Hell;, S. O. ' lair. W. C. H-nih. C. K. Houston, Yank Howie, C. ('. and .1. C. Sikes. ''.r. J. W. I.aney is cashier, and Mr. V. C. Biiuroni. assistaui cashier. Directors of ihe Bearskin Coitoti ill, In session Wednesday afiernoou. -clarcd a semi-annual dividend of ii -r cent. The mill has been in oper ;:'ion only four mouths, and local mill en consider this a tine showing. Mr. ". C. Carpenter, the secretary, is back !rom the hospital, where he under went an operation for appendicitis, in in proved health, and he is very opti v istic. over the future of the mill. Mr. tW. K. I.ee is president, and Mr. John C Sikes, vice-president. Monroe has a live wire booster In v'e person of Mr. B. Cordon, propri etor of the Monroe Iron and Metal Company. Mr. Gordon Is now inanti fiiCturiiiK a high grade babbitt metal :u his place of business near the ! eight depot. One brand of this ietal is called "Monroe Special." Two salesmen are on Ihe road with tais metal, and their sales of Ihe 'Monroe Special" in all parts of the South will mean good advertising for ;.ie city. It was for this purpose that Vr. Cordon decided upon this name. A Ford touring car was stolen the ther night from the garage or the wner, Mr. I.ex Griftm. at Lee's Mill, ''here is no clue to the thief. An el 'ort. it Is believed, was made to steal v. Buick touring car. In the same z -age. Mr. Grlltln drove in about pm. Ight from Monroe on Ihe day tie :ar was stolen. He left the car in the iaraKP. and It Is supposed the thief. :r thieves, who had ben Irvine to tet awav with the Buick car. derided ' . . r.t. . 0 take tne rnru on accouni 01 im 1 nglne being hot. The row of buildings facing the court house and occupied by II. K. r'opple, J. K. Stack and Company, V. 0. Bedwine, and S. A. Warlirk. wilt be condemned February 1st. stales Mr. J. Frank Hill, city building in spector. They must be removed or torn down by March lsl, according to him. Mr. Hill says he cotitmp lated condemning these buildings last tall, but decided not to disturb the Inmates until the fall business came to a close. A nuinher of other build ings are slated for the same route. The daily papers recently carried Btories of people, who unable to se cure their usual Christoiias liquor, took some kind of a concoction In stead, and were forthwith subjects for Ihe undertaker. Doctors say that Monroe almost had one auch Instance. the st(.ry poes. a -young man vi orth Monroe paid ten uonars lor quantity of nun dignified by the name "whiskey." It is said thai Ihe man ho Mld Ihe liquor told Ihe pur chaser that il contained lye. Shortly after Ihe man of North Monroe as similated the stuff, that part of his anatomy referred to as his stomach began 10 feel as if if was Ihe seal of recently kindle! fires of Hades. The young fellow became laving mad. II k said, and the help of neighbors was necessary to restrain him from doing harm to himself and family. Doctors, who were summoned, say thai had he not revived attention when he did that he would have cer tainly died. Mr. Samuel B. Stephenson, a native of the Pleasant Grove community. this con nly. died at Globe, Caldwell county, last Monday and was buried yesterday at Pleasant Grove. He was about seventy-live years old. was a Confederate veteran and was a mem ber of Company A, 4!lth N. C. regi ment. He was a brave and faithful soldier, a good citizen 'and an hum ble Christian gentleman. Mr. Step henson was a photographer and for several years traveled through Ihe southwest. His wife diq0 many years ago. He was a member of the Meth odist church and was a Mason and was burled with Masonic honors. MAJOK IIICH IIIVDF. WR1TKS , AllOl T YHIkKY SI llsriTl'TLS MIL T. I.. CIMm F.I.L TO Kl FOR AI.MI IIMW IX XF.XT F.LF.CTIOX He Miule TIiIn Announcement 11 1 l iie inen's It.tiKiiict l ire Fighter Had Men) Occasion. "At the next city election I shall be a candidate for Alderman, and if elected will work to secure a heller recognition of the importance and services of l lie Fire Company," was the statement made by Mr. T. L. Crowell, Chief ol llu; Fire Depart ment, addressing those in attendance at a banquet men by the members ol (lierompuuv ia their hall on North Iluyues street last nighl. These words were received with much applause. The members of the company slate I hat fh banquet given last night was the most successful affatr ever staged by the department. In the words of Foreman 15. W. McCorkle. in other years the company had given ban quets of one soft or another at which only the men were present. 'But to night." said Mr. McCorkle. a fireman of thliiy-one years experience, "our wives,' our daughters, and our chil dren ar jriit, giving the affair a more " rell iled air, for which' we are glad." The supper served nl I lie banquet was prepared by the wives ol Ihe members of Ihe company, and con sisted In four courses, elaborate in its completeness. The committee in charge of Ihe arrangements were Messrs. T. 1.. Crowell. Brown McCor kle. .1. Frank Hill, and W. It. Walsh. They were aided by I he following ladies: Mesdaines J. Funk 11 til. Gene Helms. S I!. Hosier, and Gordon S. gall. The hall had been la lel'utb decorated, ami Ini'-ic Was furnished bv a Vicirola. Kev . John Y iral Miihodi 1 ai I he bo 11 t ei.un !;s pi a of I lie n:lt :; " Willi---..-- '' t-im II." vividly les eil bv a ;tl ei:!ii , ed an ali.rm. !' in the i- unse was not I'lea" : she as .'.Ion I'm '. Mm re. pastor of Ceit chn ''Ii. was a gpesi . and tii offering a f -w 1! liig'ilv the efllrien. v as he bait occasion 1 h s coming to Monro", rbi-d tlte dancers dai i car!' 1 ine he altswer "V. Mr. Moore declared 1 'I his remarks I hat it o hi. 1 why its progres- w:m ;hal the lirenie'i did not recei'e more than an occas tonal trip and Hi exemption from city tax's for their services. Assistant t htef '. Frank Hill ex pressed ihe appreciation felt at the way the efforts of ihe nrrangei'ie'il committee had been received. "We did our best." he said, "and from the words tillered tonight, we reel that all have enjoyed the occasion." Fire Chief Crowell praised highly the spirit of his men, and sa il that he would not be afraid to follow any where. He declared that there was not a more daring company of firemen in Ihe Stale. Dr. G. M. Smith, physician for Hie company, mae a hit with those pres ent when he declared that he came to see. and stayed to eat. Dr. Smith touched upon the sterling worth and character of the members of the com pany, and expressed the appreciation which the citizens of the town feel for the flue fire protection afford- d by the company. Do Figure Lie? I From The Shipbuilder. An Irishman working for a Dutch man asked for an increase of pay. The Dutchman replied: "11 ou are worth it, I will be pleased to give il to yon. Now let us see what you do 111 a year. Pat. We have :'.tl days in a ve.ir: wm sleep eight boms eveiy day, which makes 122 days yon sleep. taken from "f days, leaves J 1 .. .m von have eight hours' red eat, 011 every tin . which makes 122 days, taken Inim 243 days, leaves 121 days. We have .".2 Sundays In a year which you have off. leaving yon ;' davs. You have 14 davs vacation: lake this oft and you have a.", days left. You don't work Satin day afternoons; this makes 28 days in a year. Take this oft and yon have ; da; a left. Now Pat, vou allow one and one-half hours for 'meals, which total in a year 2! days. Take this off and you have one day left. I always give you St. Pat rick's day off. so I ask you. Pat. if yon are entitled to a raise? Pat then answered. "Well, what the divil have I been doing, then?" At Rochincham. N. C. an eighteen-year-old negro is said to have killed the set e 11 -v ear-old son of Mr. M. F. Kennedy, white. to have been accidental Siiys Hani l I iilcrt.tal the F.xeiit to Which Some Men ill go For it Drink Willi m "Kick." To ihe F.ditor of The Journal; It is diltieui! tor sane npoiilt in mi jdesstaud to what extent persons w ho turn uevu victims of the drink habit will go to obtain substitute for the liquor that they have been used to drink. Concentrated lye, fussel oil. wood alcohol and other just as cer tain poisons, are being resorted to with the direct results. It is a dif ficult mailer for a man who is not lorn by Internal craving for the "kick" that alcohol gives, to in any way clearly understand the condition that a drunkard ia placed hi when he la suddenly totally deprived by the law of his daily quota of spiritu ous liquors. He ia terlaanly in a pitiable condition. Surely an easy victim to the wiles of ihe brute who will gladly take his laiit penny for some poisonous substitute- for his ac customed drink; and who has abso lutely no regard for the result of the poison that he hands his willing victim. Kvery druggist in the State can tell you the terrible extent to which persons will go to get anything in which there is any "kick" at all. Thousands of "substitutes" have sprung into being. Thousands of formulas are boing sold "guaranteed equal in every way to the liquor It selfcannot be told from it;" so the advei 1 isemenls read. Surely some law can be devl.-ed which will bring efficient Federal aid in rooting out these poisons whit-hare actually for the time at least killing more people than th" liquor trade has ever done in its palmiest day's. New York, where ihe deaths have been almost at wholesale from the use of Ihe liquor substitutes, is startini a "scientific tight aeainst them and the Commissioner of Health will analyse the home-made drink. The Greensboro News in an excel lent editorial, talking of these poisons says: "In the days of our grandfathers, here In North Carolina, corn whiskey was distilled by slow process, wlih much care, often of selected grain and under conditions of scrupulous cleanliness, as cleanliness wag under stood. The product was .potable e.iotieh, but II had a Mjrtt content of fusel oil and high alcohols. It was commonly- actually aged in wood, ihe most generally sal isfaciory eli minanl of these extreme poisons. Still, thousands of people drank fresh spirits, and the fusel oil and other things I hey contained. Then came ihe day of government distilling, graft, dishonesty, short cuts, ndtil- leiaiions. reel meal tons wnicn mane .my sort of spirits smoother and mote potable- and still people drank 11 lot of raw spirits. All over the coun try ndiilleraiion. cheapening of the induct, increased, and finally came l ie lime when the barrooms in the iiiv iis generally dispensed spirits of vve.-ern or northern manufacture. Tin. 1 came tin' decade of variety, when the town loan went iulo any sot 1 1 f bar. and called for almost -nv I i 'l of whiskey, brandy, wine, liquor or cordial known to civ ilization and got 11. Ii was declared al thai lime thai piaciirally all Hie spirits sold in tb - middle stales lo drink ers all over the country whether rye w hiske;. , Scotch, bourbon, blend, "ogmic or various wines, Were flav ored cologne spirits made from clear rum distilled from the sweepings of the Wesl Indian sugar houses, and with not a auiall content of rats and actual snakes. There liiny have been a certain amount of truth in I lie le gend. The art of making synthetic liquor, of simulating, for Instance. Ihe distinctive product or the Scotch stlllers with materials that were never in Scotland, and were never touched by a Scot, certainly has been highly cultivated by the Yankee rec tifier. Recently there were pub lished the confessions of a barkeeper, who said he finally quit the business when a drummer brought in a line of samples of various brands of spir its, all meeting every requirement of smell and taste, that were made out of wood alcohol nt a few cents 0 gal lonsand the boss gave the drum-j mer an order tor a large Int. There mav be something In that story, too. Il has been conjectured that a steady consumer of grain or cane alcohols might gel by with 11 certain dosage of wood alcohol." Now. again, we are in the days of Ihe proiiieer. The brule who fattens on the sure and pertain poisons that he "distils" aye. fattens on the tears of the widows and Ihe orphans distilled in the devil's dose that, he gives the only too w illing victim. It is high time that some sweep ing laws were passed both by the j Slate and Federal Coverumeiils mak ing il a felony to even give away un der any clicumslances such poisons as are being freely distributed and openly distributed all over Ihe coun try. A special force ought to be em ployed to run down every case of the distribution of this poison with as much zeal as the Government gives to the running down of a gang or coiners or makers r counterfeit luonev. One hears it said "Thai's the pure stuff, I know the man who made it. Pure sluff ! The Ingredients may not he poisonous, but the distillation, without even the process of ageing in the wood. Is a present unison 01 high alcohol IKiison of the S COKRKM'OMiF.XT MIX I vF.s I'ltnltl.FMS OF Mi;llII.I.K visiting that Is os deadlv as the j ner to km a vio n..nt ttiii h 1 t:m.I earn dirx-iinn p-. Asheville, N. C., union e-rpMnt.-rs The shooting is said 1 have raised their scale to si vci.ty-flvo I cents an hour. Mu ll mm I mi k ! House Itoiioi.Xttil of Health tl lb er ami 1 liniiiialiiMi of Ibnigemiis nissii,g jii u ( Crrs.Mi.il, iin, Sn lals. .nisniiie. jau. i. . n. war oetore us. Heres to it: May its end be as lis beginning bright with tifii.A ...... .. , . ..... ,-.,r nun prosperity, ana 1111- aiiumed by regrets because of good deeds not done. The younger set have iiint round of gaities since the opening of uie fionuay season, each ureas...!. iug infotmal which lent all lb, more cnarm ami pleasure to the affairs. Misses Kate Bailey, Oils Marsh and BenUece Phifer were hostesses last week at their respective homes Mu sic, dancing, and amusing sanies fur nished delightful entertainment and delicious refreshments were served Otht- festivities are planned to take piac betore the rollegefolks return to tbelr work. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Griffin nri daughter Frances spent the holidavs in Matthews. They were with Mrs Griffin's parents Mr. and Mrs. Stevens and attended the marriage of their cousin Miss Willie Barrett. Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Bivens of Char iot t spent this week her relatives. Misses Mary Marsh and Berniece Ph-ifer and Messrs. Henrv and drier Marsh motored to Charlotte Tuesdav. Miss Otis Marsh is visiting lelalives in Wadeshoro. Miss Gwendolyn Fullerlon of Port Williams. Nova Scotia, is Ihe guesl of Mis Charlie Morgan. Miss Ftil lerton was al one lime a teacher in Ihe school here. On Tuesday after noon Mrs. Morgan entertained infor mally for her guest, invilin,' those who taught here with Miss Fullter tou which included Mrs. 11. L. Griffin. Mr. W. M. Davis. Mrs. W. B. Marsh of iMai'shvllle. and Miss Pauline Piukstou of Wadesbnro. The reun ion in thoroughly enjoyed. Ue fieshmeiils were served. Missis. Karl Marsh. Beemer liar tcrt, Gvvyii Grit tin and Myron Green attended the banquet in Monroe Mmi- Way. evening given b the I'nion eoun- tv-,rlnb of the I'liiversity of North palSilina. IJev. A. K. Dallas of Ml. Vernon. ndiaiia and Mr. C. K. McLean of t'eit'l'his, Tennessee, were the holl d.fy .bests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gar land. Mr. W. G. McBride has returned from an extended visit lo relatives In Georgia and Florida. Mr. . D. Marsh or Pneeland. S. C. is spending the holidavs with his par ents. Rev. and Mrs. A. Marsh. Mr. Spencer Han-ell who has been working at Kllrd's in Charlotte for sometime has returned home to en ter school for the spring term. The census enumerators of Marsh ville township are Messrs. .lob. Lit tle and L. K. Hnggins. The wink will begin on Friday the second of January. Mr. Arthur Slrawn of Washington spent sometime lasl week with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Stiawn. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Moore of New York were the guests of relatives here lasl week. Mr. M. K. Applewhite who was car ried lo ihe Presbyterian hospital in Chailolle a Week or so ago was found to be suffering from a severe case of typhoid fever. Maishville has had several rases of fever during the fall, but those who were victims of the disease, il is said, had not taken the vaccination. This fact leads us 10 believe that had not the majority of citizens taken the vaccinal ion Ihe pusi slimmer the town would have sintered an epidemic. The cases so far have been very severe most of tin in resiilliug in death. There is evidently a local cause for the dis ease which It Is nothing short o. a crime to harbor. An Investigation by the town authorities assisted by the advice of the physicians of the town would possibly be the means of sav ing some valuable lives in the future. If it could be thoroughly cleaned up and kept so, Marshville would be one of the healthiest towns in the Slate. We hope the health officer will hasten his coming. The lack of house rmim here Is amouiiling to a serious thing since the fruit basket has turned over and a number of families are grumbling fiantlcallv for a house. One citizen was heard lo remark yesterday. "Well I have to move lo-morrow and 1 have nowhere to go." The tragedy which occurred at Polktnn several days iig 1 when the train collided Willi a car killing and injuring th- occupants of the latter brings the horror of sm-h happenings close home. Why should such dan gerous road crossings be allowed, and w hy are people mi careless 111 crossing them? Maishville lia- experienced several near tragedies of ibis kind be cause of the two dangerous crossings in the heart of the town, and we pre dict that it is only a manor of lime until a repetition of the I 'oik 1011 af fair will occur here unless Ihe box cars on the sidetracks rae placed so as not to obstruct ihe view of ap proaching motorist: the train will give extra signals; and the mortnrist will carefully look In each direction before attempting to cross. The way the buildings are placed near both crossings make extra precaution nec essary to insure safely. On lady driver here savs she has adopted the plan of crossing the tracks Hi low! K'-ar. the slow speed thus eniMing of the -k 1 in l- 11 minimizing f of a thoked eiit'ine in a. 1 1..1 n-eucy. Mrs. Ronimie Griffin was hostess at a delightful party Wednesday af 'el 111 enti-Mjiiiii.j. the Book Club and several oilier gue.t (-oi.ipliuii-ni-ary in her si.-ter. Miss H.iiilc Stt-veus of Matthews, who is her guesi Tables were arranged lor progressive games When ihe score was couliled Mes daines W. M. Davis. Ftank Haire'l and J. S. Hariell tied for Ihe prize. Mrs Davis made ihe lucky cut and was presented with a box of rorresrtnd ence cards. A sweet course was serv ed. Besides club members there were present. Mesdamts B L. Bigger. Wade Biveus. Arthur Russell. Loyd Green, Charlie Morgan. Jim Leonaid K. C. Gnftin and Whiiener. I Mr. James Morgan who has been critically ill with pneumonia for over a week was carried to a hospital in ( harlolte Wednesday afternoon for an operation 011 bis lungs. Mrs. Lillie Price went to Charlotte Wednesday to have her tonsils re moved. She stood the operation very well. LATEST HAPPEN IXGS Recent ILipeiiliigs. Daly gets another loan from the I' in 1 i Stales of $16. nun, making a total of $ l.K21.:;:'.x.iiilii for lialv and :i.64T.gS4.i)'li. to all the allies. .secretary Daniels has announced thai he will mil be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of 1 lit I'niled Slates. The rami or S. A. Snead. near Max ton. one hundred ami lorty-inne acres sold the oilier day for $iiS273. or a little more than an acre. Ninety prohibition institutes will lie held in Ibis stale during January in order t ha 1 every person will under stand the movement for world pro hibit ion. Mrs. J. O. Webb, ol F.llend. N. C, was severely burned while irjing to extinguish l:ie llames thai were binn ing the dress ol her linle daughter Myra which igiu'ed from a grate. The increase in the resources ol he State banks for the l!ilt-l period was nearly 11111 million dollars. or virlualh e.ii.il to ihe entire re roil rces ol Mate banks in llilti. Asheville police are looking for a wood alcohol place nl sale. In several Northern and Wciein cities main deaths hale oi-rurreil from drinking wood alcohol. John W. Gabriel, a well known cilieii of Catawba county, N. C., was shot to death by Kohler Holsclaw, a former service luan. No cause given. For several years Ihe deceased was a Deputy Sheriff. Following the lynching of Powell Green, a negro, in Franklintou last Saturday, an investigation was s. tilt ed by coroner and solicitor. The identity 0! the lynchers has not as yet been revealed. C. C. Wright, colored, Is in jail al Wilmington cliar-ed with running over anil kill. tig Kilna Kerr, a nine-year-old white girl, near her home on Ihe Castle ll.i.v'i" road four miles 1 10111 Wilmington. The Senate tails to conlirin Norman Hapgood's llppoin' lueiil by President Wilson and he lias been recalled as minister to Denmark. It is charged thai llapgoo'l wa 1 too sympathetic toward sov lei am hot il ies. Governor Bn'ket' pardoned eight prisoners during il.e holidavs in inl dilioil lo reducing tne sentence of all life termers lo tinny years. Among prisoners receiviiu pardons and pa roles were three convicted of mur der, two of manslaughter ami one of burglary. Their sentences ranged from two years to life. In Ihe case of Vernier Spurlin, of Ashe county, convicted of infanticide in llilH in lillfi and sentenced to ten years, a petition six feet long brought release. Building Permits For tiiartcr Total Building permits,, covering the erection and Improvements of build ing in Monroe for the lasl quarter, totaled 4:.". according 10 Build ing Inspector J. Frank Hill. The per mits issued were as follows: Blair and Knelisli, moving and re modeling house on Jc'fersoii street $170(1. S. A. Warlirk. remodeling resi dence 011 Talleyrand Avenue, $5tio. Blair and F.ngllsh, moving and re modeling dwelling on Windsor Ave nue, HSim. K. C. Carpeni!1. addition to garage. Knglish atiil T!lair. addition to dwelling on Tailev rand Avenue, $."i."'i .1. R. Shine, changes in building on Wesl Windsor Aviviue. $4" 1. ( row ell's Varfe'y Store, i.i.ipove 1. Kills on window display facilities. .lames C,iif';th, improvement-! on ("-'deuce on Cr.i"fnrd si reel. SI To. Stanly Polk, erecting barn, f'i. I! S. Hous'on. erecting storerooms on Main and .lelierson Hivois, -- - mill. James McN'ee'.v . addition to n- i denre 011 Wadeslvro Awiim-, Van 11 Futide" biirk. en-cling garage at residence o.t South Church street. $r.on. J. W. Fowler, erecting garage nn Church street. $ IT.. Mrs. F.lla Houston, changes in res idence on Church street, $165. H. A. Sliute. altering garage on Church street. $;oi". Crow-ell's Variety Store, additional fixtures, $3f. Central Methodist Church ""v. John W. Moore. Pastor. Sundav school 10:, To a. 111.; morn- ini worship at 11:30. with sermon on "A Growing Church." Kvcning dis course at 7 p. m.. on '"Why Should F.TT'-nnn be a Christian?" Let all member attend these New Year's ser vioR. and all visitors are most cordi ally p'ronie. News Events of the Day in the State and Nation. Major St ed 111a 11 announce that he will be a candidate for re-election fT Congress from the fifth district. Twenty arrests have been made iu Chicopec. Mass.. in connection with the Christmas liquor poisoning es capade. Fourteen thousand people were killed by Ihe Russian bolsheviki dur ing the first three months of ihe year 1:1 1 a. William Krwin. a merchant of Eto wah. North Carolina, near Heiider sonville, wa-s called from his homo the other night by unidentified per sons and shot lo death. Mrs. Bertie Sol linger, a former res ident of New Bern, committed sutcid the other day in a New York hotel. Grier over her departed husband U assigned as the cause for Ihe act. A nation-wide campaign to human ize the prisons of the I'nited States has been undertaken by the Gray Brotherhood, an organization ot re formed ex-couvicls, says a dispatcn from New York. The Supreme Conn affirms the de rision of the lower court of Aaron Wiseman and Governor Bickelt will either hav-- to lix a dale for his elec trocution oi- lonuiiute his sentence to life. He killed Dr. Hennessee at Glen Alpine, N C. A citizen ,1 Charlotte, proposes to give a sub.-i: 11 iul present lo the first seven babies iiern in that city in 1920. lis object is to furnish the iillle ones a nest egg to which it is hoped they will add as the years go by. A novel but commendable act. Iu Buncombe county, N. C, Miss Helen Jones, of l!nsiee, is in a criti cal condition from a gunshot wound just below the heart. A gun in the hands of her seven-year-old brother accidentally discharged. He was fool ing with the weapon In an adjoining room. News comes from Lumbertoii of the killing al Rowland of two negroes by another negro, who used a pistol on his victims. He then wounded a white man who attempted to stop him. The murderer was recently par doned by Governor Bickell while serving a two year road sentence. Senator Hoke Smith has been spending his holidays In Georgia re aftiiuing his stand against Ihe League of Nations. In his addresses he raps the sending of troops to Russia. He says: "We have twelve thousand men there now; for what we don't know. They are not at war. Congress has declared no war." F.d LaiU Is dead, his wile Is In jured and the sixieen-yeiir-old son is held for the murder of the lather. The tragedy occurred in the moun tain section of liurke county. Laill was drinking and brutally assaulted bis wife to unconsciousness. The son caire to the rescue of his mother and shot his fulher. The closing ji-ar witnessed a fab ulous growth of American foreign coiuiiieive. tbe trade balance being nppinxiuiaielv lour billions of dollars. A great ib-ei of merchant shies, new industries, new sources of supply and increased knowledge of our own re sources are some of our assets gained from the war. Franklin K. Lane, probably the best-liked mail in ihe Wilson admin istration in lull Ii llepubliran and Democratic environs, is lo leave the cabinet because he can no longer con tinue in public life al a personal sac rifice. I'pon reconsideration he may remain until the health of the Pres ident improves sufficient to take Ihe head seat at the cabinet table. Henry A. Pratt, a prominent re tired business man of Hornwell, N. J., called his ,iece to his bedside early Tuesday morning, and dictated a notice of his death for the local news paper, giving 8:45 o'clock as the hour of death. Promptly at the minute he passed awav. He had previously picked out his coffin and arranged with the undertaker to conduct the sen ires. Berry Taylot. a young while mail, and a negro, were burned lo death In Wavn.' rour.iy a few days ago. Their automobile ran into a ditch and they finally succeeded In getting out the machine their clothing, however, being saturated with gasoline. Tay lor lighted a cigarette and his cloth ing ignited. The negro went to his rescue mid Iiis rlo'hes also caught lire 11 id hoih were finally burned. I.csi'-i Hi.-k:;. of aged etub ceniber s.'ioi'.s a nil later a' Si posed 1 ha. Dr. Wi! cum. tii'-.i in tixtorn, l.iigiantl, ie reinber L'Tili His age was seventy years. He believed men should re tire from active service at sixty years. He denied the statement attributed to him that men of sixty and upwards should be put out of the way. Mrs. Lillian R. Lynch was shot and killed, and private Karl linger prob ably fatally wounded during a quar rel between a negro and soldiers that started Monday night on a street car near Camp Taylor at Louisville, Ky. After he had been reprimanded by soldiers on the car for cursing in the presence of woman passengers, the negro drew a revolver and shotHager. A fwht between him and other sol diers ensued, and when the negro started to fire on another white man. Mrs. Lynch rushed in between the two, aud received the fatal shot. r.aniseiir. N. C. -1 year.', was found De li, in Greensboro, uncoil ei ion Iv injured. lb- died I. en's lospitiil. It Is sup he v. 1. injured by a train, am tisler. a noted physi- 1
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Jan. 2, 1920, edition 1
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