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BCHAT PAGES THE MOXROR JOrR.X. TtTSDAT. ACCrST 4. tMH. bout PAom Faith Healer Keeps Pistol by His Side Correspondent Sends Out Interesting Story from Monroe About This Odd Character C. 4 faithhi treatment. Now 1 ut at nVttwlr anH nlnr all Av 1 31 ' Ttt alleged Bethune. S Hoctor," said to be a fak by many. Bni.' to posses woiulerfi'l curative towers by others. who has been visi-;it u bin the story of a farmer Cal led by scores of I'uion county people. vin Nash, of Wlnsate as he told it practically the tame stories were toIJ. and by people who bar themselves been to via;t the man. At Marshrille, the correspondent met M. L. Walters, whose farm the reputed miracle worker live on. and from Information secured from him and other who hare vutited the icene the following description la given: Fifteen miles from Kersaw, South Carolina, three mile from a pi.blic road, the wizard carries on his work in the barren sand hills. From the main highway to the home of the man the little side road is lonely trip. The blackjacks line the road to its very edge and it takes careful driving to keep the hubs of a car from striking the trees. In all it U rather a dismal drive. A church is ed the little, lonely road to hU home. He is so busy recetvinc these seekers after health that often he doe not have time to get dinner, people who claim to have been cured by him tell the correspondent. Kefuse Big Gift. In no case does the man make any charges. Patients may clve him money if they desire, but he makes no charges. Usually they give some- It! 11.000 to his credit. The mir acle man however, aa it la told drew the money from the bank and return ed It to the depositor, retaining only 110. Another thankful pac.ent. pre pared a deed (or a large farm to pre sent to his benefactor, but to no avail. He waa content to continue I in his dilapidated little home on a I rented farm. And the crowds grow larger, they say. and his name and Dr. Kemp Funderburk DENTIST Office over IVaJWs Old Btore. Modern Methods Employed in on effort to receive a cure for af tiiMOus. keeps a pistol by his hide, t ,vt ding to a i oi respondent, w ho rtis fio'.'t Monroe, as follows, in tie V iH-'Gii-S.'.lem Vnion Keptibll-; T' ' M. I receive their right, iheu- S'Tlie. medicine ad- JX?" . venisement. don't it ? But it is not.! T' .J. V ;. .. ,k . '.. I nru i lie Hi"'..!- ui hihiu iwin It is an old. delaplda:e.l style of years thing. It Is estimated that the aver-! fame spreads over a larger territory age amount is 11. but there are all i Now. the correspondent learns, the, kinds or stories afloat of large sums, number going to the place has he being offered to him out of gratitude come so numerous that parties from I for help which the patients think j Kershaw have gone to the plsre and! they have received. For Instance, it '. started a restaurant to supply the; is told that a certain patient waa so ' food needs cf the patients as they I rejoiced at the outcome of his trial iwait their turn for consultation with! of the man's rubbing method that the "miracle man." I'nion Republi-j he went to a narby bank and despos- the "miracle man." to the correspondent, afraid all time lest he exasperate. the imo view. tenant house of the aso. The hall extends entirely MONROE FIFTEEN YEARS AGO (From The Journal of this date IS years ago.) iO'rs fo close It. Keei lN!ol H.tmly lYeM iilieH o.l. l in out a t'iaht hand to show its steadiness. "Itefore I went to that tny h '.nJ thook l.ke a leaf when In a room to th? ri.sht of this !..".. i I held it out." ,is- the sanctum of the "wonder work er." Here, with a pistol on the taMe .he reeeves those who come for .v: s as a nan coin, ot.t nvu, Thomas O. Gr.fftn. a'so of Win- ou or two at a nine. Questions t i !een stiff ami altuoi bed-; eaie. sai.l: "1 had ! e-n havini asthma 'nbni:! their trouble and invari.il. ! Tits. ' lor jears are i.udi? ftV,t as for a long time, and so !.f itle 1 to try telis them to .o rub themselves !.. .ii',enuiosis leaves its victims ,. "Faith IHietor." He tuld me to always with castor o;I. Jn ! s,..jir this, in brief, is the story rub myself with castor c'l. N! to be. The pistol, so men who have t ik. r: if ij" miracle-working "Kaith Doc- afraid, but I was goitu to lu.e an- the wonder's treatment say. is ke;t lor ' Shehoin, who has spruits in'o other real bad spell before loi: and because threats have been made upon fas:: ;ictoss the state line in South 'think that I was going to die. Don't . his life. Jealousy on the part of Pa-oi.na near lit ih tine, S. C. some SO have a doctor, he, said, for you are some over his rapid rise to fame Utiles fiom Monroe, as told to the going to set along ail right and after . the cause, it is said. Anvway. correspondent by people who have that you w ill be well. Sure noi;gh old man is not taking any chances Bone to him seekins: health and claim l ,id have another ba l spell. I j;ot J "How does he look?" the cones to have been benefitted. iso bad that I called a doctor, almost imndent asked Mr. Walters. They have even quit talkiiu poli-' knowing 1 was done fer. so I ain't, "He Is just the ordinary farmer of Hi es dow n here. The antics of John i got no confidence In him." 'about 65 years of aj:e. Weighs ahout rarker. Cam Morrison. Governor Cox. "Hut." he amended his statement.' 150 pounds, is medium built, an 1 and Senator Harding no longer seems : "inj sister Mrs. Huff: it H irc.iret. had- doesn't appear or talk at all like a lnl .esting. Instead they talk about In't never cotton well of the flu. and oerson eiiie.t with wonderful nowers. the dneiors said she had cons-imp- he never had lh; chance of an ednc.i lion. She couldn't sleep at nights for. lion and. can hardly coughing. She went to the man. and read or write." ,low place and much overgrown with! 'wetds and briars. Yesterday after- j 'noon Mr. I'hlfer was silting on r.L! ! the v. i.ndei ful working "Faith I)oc tor " Mis lame has rpreud throiuhout the ferritory covt red by the Seaboard .Air 1 in' railway. From Forest Oil v. n i . . Charlotte, Mineral S;uing, Wing.ito. Marshvi'le. Wades-i- '1 other towns, lirtims of this i Miction have travelled to vis- i :. nclor. The majotiiv return rauier .' lis i .lis. and ilerlaii.i,- li.ar ".-oi::"l Inn. to it." while only ' 'ei'l.'.IO lh.it the old lii in :tll I K is only .1 take. Aluudy, it '. tile t.ll.e Of the ":!! i t .iclo iuis Si..:il 111 roil il'.oot So"; i.i .ind I In e.itens to I n.il t hat ! Fjq. McWhirter was in town Fri i day, having Just remi nd from Charleston. S. C.. whither he had went on an excursion. He says that he front porch musing on the vanities found no relief from baseball on the of existence, when a stranger came' trip, as every street car that he saw 'along the sidewalk by the briars. As I l.ad a bis card on It With "base ball" he tot to tile top of the hill he yelled :n big letters. When the Esq. travels lik? a Comache and neatly jumped lie keeps his ryes open and always. nn of bis clothes. His nex' yell was i sees something lo talk about. Two Mr. Thifer to come and help him. things he noticed on this trio besides The latter stuck a pin in his cogita tlie everlasting baseball. One wasttions and ran lo the aid of the dis Ihe size of the corn down that way! tressed traveler. He found that a .and the other was the unusually I hi;; snake about the size of a broom; is small statue of the free nisgers. His! handle had struck the man's leg.j ie father used to own a nesro that make j caught his trouser leg. and wasi i three or four of Hie small guinea swinging on for dear life .Mr. Fhifer ones that he saw In Charleston. As j killed the reptile and helped the , for the corn. Esq. McWhirter says he stranger quiet his nerves thinks he saw ten thousand acres not , more than "fork high." ! Best cotton today, 10-50. Esq. C. N. Simpson says thai he is Informed that lye soap is a sure cure for cattle! icks. The remedy Is more than certainly simple enough. i Mr. J. C. Hates writes a friend that ? rr "u?ri W. IIOWAKH WOI.FK. IUire4iit.-ttUe. Sold In Monroe by Monroe Un ion Mercantile Co.. I.ee Criffln, ntveiis Bros.. T. C. I.ee i Son. Crowell's Variety Store. S. B. Dos ter. Heath Grocery Co.. Five Points Grocer Co.. Parker k Moore. Sikns Sanders Co., J. W. Springfield, Benton t Benton. j OK MH'AI. IXTF.UF.ST Some People We Know, nnd We Will Profit by Hearing About Them. Jl !' t it ti ll, ti i, is Te. C:: 'f ft- "Where does lie say lie cots power or ability to cure." "Well I brae known him all ny and even n? a youngster he use! 'o say he was able lo take off wans or to cute oil sore. He says that before he sprang into reputation and demand, that tiie Lord appeared t hint in a dieam three nights in suc cession and tell hint of tht power New 0:1. .1 by .- I.i ' 1 i: ! in I've hermit, the A.-- ii:- p:'-i my hern 'l'l..''e weeks I ' ouidn't d i ' h l'e lo see y .j'U't ioi'.s. liose 'jt.d I now she is .is well ami stron.g as any woman. And I know that a cou sin o!' Ti.it . Mrs. John Jones, had a cancer which was eating her lace. She went to see hint am! now the is dry lag u --almost tone." ' Thus the stories nf the Faith Doc tor run. A negro at Wingate had a sunk" of paralysis about lo years ago. The s'roke !ef his iiioulli drawn cess around on the side of bis face. The i!ai was his the power to cure doctor has undertaken the task T ii.j hitmainy." cell in - ihn hole In the negro's face vcl; in the right place so that he ' won't have t.i feed himsi If crooked. Improvement is already t;o:od, it was ' .declared. h li was at W'iiuate that th" cones- 1 , ;.ilde0 lit,' .le.ild 'ill' stole Oi the . ' V ! i I h ! .flel .i;- nil t lien ke ilKiilll'!".- I!l the ook down ti-.. The only diseases which the i;.a dues not claim to cure, according : Informal io:: obtained, are disease- . inlinnil ies wl.ich were present a lime of birth. Hundreds of people are said i visit the man In the course of a v.. k lie hega.i to I'oiuing from all parts of the . 1 otlo-r io,ns On one d.tv. it Is declared. 200 cir- 'a'O.iri Every v i.e e btin gin, j :i!!T.ls Ij tl'e mart, tfa -''; i ii i in Pennsylvania AUTO TUBE F 1 TON TESTED" This is a purely local event. It took place in Monroe. Not in some faraway place. You tire asked to investigate It. Asked to believe a citizen's word; To confirm a citizen's statement. Any :...nle that is endorsed at home l.s more worthy of co rfdence. Than one you know nothing about. Endorsed bv unknown penule. Mrs. E. P. Garland. .r.i4 Alfalfa St She says: "The first symptom of kid ney trouble I not! ed w.- a dull, bearing-down pain through my hack. V; made me. feel tired out and run down. When I tried to beud over and slrrighten. a sharp pain would . hoot through tny hack. I sot diszy and everything would turn black be fro i.e. o-ten I got pewoiii and had : iic'l sovt.ve h!l.iche. J co'lld hnrdly s'an l tht in. My nnkb s tvvcll i d. too. Mornings I felt all tired out. see r.nl hit. i". My kld:iev didn't net proju rly. either. Po.ut's Kl lney Pills nro w hat ru-ed mo of this suf fering rr.d 1 only had t.v tt,e a few, too. I haven't ha 1 to take this rein ed v sine"." Price fiOe. nt all dealers. Don't slm plv ask for a kidney remedy iot yeiirs uko at a verv alvanced loan Money rnis ine same ui.n ti u nm-er tiie i.iilicv of the Mr. Garland had. Foster-Milbiirn rryiwi-T'm"Mm 'V'"i'' f "'Sg kVkeuui TO SECURE I to know ths g. to permit our and Summer need for tire buyers not yet using them a chance oodness of Pennsylvania tires and tubes, and regular customers to anticipate their Spring neeas at downri2:nt economy, ws will, tor a his be Is spending the summer with hla i family at Falmouth Heights, Ma s.; He says that Hie climate tiiere agrees ; with him rind that he Is settini: so ; UDeti belter he hopes lo be entirely, w i II before long. , Mr. Frank (itilTitlt. brother of M;. j John Griff :'h, Is here visiting t 1 la'ter. Mr. Griffith left this county ' about twenty yeats ago v hen a boy j for the west and this is Irs first ! trio back. He has done well in that sertioa and is now sheriff of Webster Pari-h. or county, I.n. 1 The roiitny cDinmission.eis are in their regularly monthly se-.-i.in. The isiial liiOiii,,.lv routine of claims iiiid .-mall mati.rs ate being handled. Mr. I.. N. Presson has been ap pointed keeper of the medical deposi tory lo succeed the late Esi. Killii ' uiinger. I ttul in the neighborhood of Ya ! 'uiw there are four wi ll known old j darkies who are brothers. But as a result of the was of slavery, you would never suspect Ironi Heir names that more ihnu two of I hem are akin, much less nroiners itiey arP pe;,.r Craig, I.un Norwood, Hugh Craig and Calvin Hood. They were the sons of Lun Everetle, who died a few-age county hoard of education lo appoint two men who are akin on the same board committee, yet for yeats l.itn and Hush have served In this capac ity in their dislrirt, nnd the several boards knew not that In reappointing them they were violating one of their rules. When lol l ef this Hugh chuck led very much but said that he guessed it was all right, though, as he was worn out and Lun had gone blind, no neither one could serve any longer. We thank Mr. Clyde U. Hoey of i Shelby for an invitation to attend thei "Homo Coming" exercises of the Cleveland county people, which will bo held a' Shelby August. 1H-1X. A very interesting program has been arranged and addresses will be de livered by Auditor IMxon, Senator liver. nan, Mr. John S. Cunningham. Hon. W. C. Heath and Governor ii. B. Glenn. Chnr'ty ."nd Children. Thai S'-tHe Capt. Heath's bah. Hencel'oi Hi l.e is sin "Hiinor.ible." You can't fool around Ihe legislel ur" verv tniicli Witluu.t paying the pen alty. Down below Mr. no.-roe Phif.r's house on west Franklin sit eel is a Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. V. Every cloud may have a silver lin ing, but you can't rip It off, even In an aeroplane. If you vv.int silver, vnu must come down to earth and dig. I Limited time- Cue away, absolutely free of cost, with each Vacuum Cup Tire bought at our store, one "Ton Tested" Tube cf corresponding size I Vacuum Cup Tires and "Ton Tested" Tubes are the finest grade and quality tires and tubes on the market. For ultimate maximum service capa city they are unequalcd an indis pensable combination for the motorist who demands absolutely highest quality. Buy now this offer will be withdravi-n shortly. Orders will be filled in the order of their receipt. 9. After you eat always take 'ATONIC f r6R YOUR AClD-STOMAClj) Instantly relieves Heartburn, Bloat, ed Gassy Feeling. Stops food souring, repeating, and all stomach miseries. Ai dintUoa A ap.K?P Kmch HKctuxUtroog. Incnm Vlulitf anu ft?. EATONICU the be rwnwty. Tn of thou. . , ...ii- t.fl.4 n-lveiu-.ent cr tvoa Ur to uMlt. PoiUely untol toDtwuior wcwill refund woocf, ixitana biawd-V. YaawUlSM. Koullsli Umit Co., Monroe. X. C. j her Money Was Gone! X We Huve SO Head Frcwh Mules from 90U to 1HOO pounds, well broke rejuly for work. A I. SO SOMK FINE BROOD MAIIKS. UIto us a look. FOWLEIt & I.EE. DR. S. A. ALEXANDER VETERINARIAN The late Dr. Watt Ash craft office. Office rhone!13. Res, 53-J is' 4 Fresh Corn Beans Squush Tomatoes Cucumbers Monroe Union Mercantile Company. An old woman who lived alonn l ad currency around hor house for years. kept nearly $2,000.00 She was afraid of bar.k. In Adjmtir.cnt busis - per warranty tig at tached for.cach casing : Vacuum Cup Fabric Tires . , 6,000 Miles Vacuum Cup Cord Tires . . . 9,000 MUe Last fall nhe liecanie seriously 1!1, and No. she didn't di. But when fhe went to look for the cash it wan pone! Fortunately some honest friends had found It while he van unconscious and had deposited it to her credit ia a bank. This woman has now decided that after all the bank Is the safest place, and, besid-.-s, her money Is not Idle any longer. It U now eirnhiK 4 per cent for its owner. Let us put your money lo work for you. Monroe Vulcanizing Co. THE BANK OF UNION Monroe, N. C. CAPITAL . SURPLUS $100,000.00 $100,000.00 W. 8. BLAKEXET, IVenldent. I. R. SUITE, Vice-President W. B. COI.E, Asst. Cashier R, G. LA NICY, Cashier IIAlWiKOVE ItOWI.KS, Asst. Cashier Molmes 5 Edwards Silverware I' Jamestown' A pure co lonial shape, finished in Lustre Gray and enriched by a pleas ing deco ration. Stop in and tee this new pattern for tale by rhe W. J. Rudge Company, Imagine! "They had Ihe Impertinence at the bank this morning to say I was over-drawn and must deposit three hundred dollars." "And what did you do then?" "I tuld them If thejr were goinit lo a dipt that kind of an attitude I should withdraw my account." 1!
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