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Monroe Jourmm
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ,
2 , VOL. 26. No. 63.
MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920.
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To the Editor of The Journal: Iu
watching the movements of market
manipulators at the present time, we
are forced to shudder at the pros
pective results of our high financial
operations. In the early months or
the present year, and for several
years previous, the raiser ot cotton
were assured ao far as words were
concerned that the world was on the
verge of a cotton famine, and that
farmers were taking no risk in buy
ing high-priced fertilisers, high-priced
mules, and high-priced land tor the
i purpose or raising tne neecy staple
that furnishes clothes for the civilis
ed (T( portion of the world.
With the greatest difficulties In the
;way of unfavorable natural conditions
and with the most enormous expense
ever recorded the soil tillers have la
bored early and late to combat the
'difficulties and have shown by the
efforts put forth that they fully ap-
Jnreciated the situation and were not
j only willing but anxious to relieve It.
ana oriug uchjui muie viiuirauuic wm
ititiniix. After having done so. how
ever, the spirit of the entire business
I world seems to have undergone a
! change and the prospects now are
' that the attitude ot the speculators In
commodities is such as to produce a
universal state of anarchy among us,
and we are confronted with the prob
lem of maintaining order among oui
fellow citizens.
iKiiornuce r Crop Reoiters.
In regard to the over-production
theory, which has been wonderfully
stimulated by false reports of ignor
unt crop reporter" who mistake the
size of the w eed for cotton, not know
ing that wet years produce weed at
the expense ol fruit, we might charge
a major portion of the tendency to de
pression, hut if we would only cease
to think superficially, we would have
no trouble in realizing that the claim
Is unfounded, since we know that a
labor shortage necessitated the aban
doumeui of thousands ot farms, and
the lying idle of millions of acres of
the productive lands of the cotton
belt. For these reasons we are forced
lo the conviction that the whole pro
gram of price reduction Is a deliber
ate effort on the part of hearties
grafters, known as speculators, to
1. ...ltll...u mi nf t h 11 alVfrt.1t
JUIUKe IOUIU IUIIIIVUO Vlll "
and toil of the women and children of
the southern cotton fields, and if our
i own business men of the south can-
1 not protect ub against such outlandish
I thievery as is tints perpetrated upon
us by the gamblers or wall street, we
are ruined beyond repair.
tiiMMl Food I'or "Soap Iloes."
It is a fact well known that the
Miliii of anarrhy is abundantly evi
dent among us. und that the practices
unmolested cf the clement now
ciurcH. ;n' us is the very best kind or
food f:ir the soap boxers who have
.been Insisting for years that govern
ment is organized, not for the pro
tection of the weak, against the
strong, but rather for the projection
or the strong in their program cr rob
bery of (lie weak. No belter material
could he furnished these agitator for
their pernicious activities than is now
beitu nunlshcii, and since there Is no
place in civilized government lor thih
clas ot drones It seems 10 this writ
er that the only solution to the pn t
ent problem Is for the government to
Interfere strenuously In behalf of Its
wor:l:.v citizens and debar the. class
now b-tiu'ing on the trouble from fur
ther ptrt'cipation in business trans
actions cf any kind, the jails and
(Continued on pag eight.)
Hmh ienel Office In the Chamber of
Commerce Bui Mine, and U Iteiuly
for liiifcineNi.
L. M. Johnson, of Charlotte, fed
eral cotton grader, assigned to Union
county arrived here Saturday morn
ing to open his ottice, says the Monroe
correspondent to the Charlotte Ob
server. He will have quarters tem
iwarily In the chamber of commerce
building until permanent orilce room
can be secured. Monroe, like most
other prosperous towns, is very short
on of fice rooms as well as store and
dwelling houses. This market has
never before had an official grader,
but with the coining of the warehouse
movement a grader was essential to
best results and one was secured.
Union county will be prepared to
retire from a third to half the cotton
crop thlb fall. A warehouse company
was organized last spring and is
building a large warehouse here. One
compartment with capacity of 1.20U
bales will be completed In a couple or
weeks and three to six other com
partments will be constructed, three
of them being under way now. Cot
ton growers In the western part of
the county have rented two store
rooms at Waxhaw and will store six
to eight hundred bales there, while
Marehville will take care ot nearly a
thousand bales. This will give bond
ed warehouse capacity ot approxi
mately 8.000 bales and private ware
houses will house several thousand
bales. Local bankers are putting
forth every effort to make financial
arrangements to allow the farmers to
borrow money on the Btored cotton
and It Is believed that fully a fourth
ot the crop can be financed In tin;
way.
Work of remodelling and enlarging
the Uank of Union building Is under
way. The bank has temporary quar
ters in a store room next door. It Ik
amusing to wutch the expressions of
dismay and relief on the faces of
onie depositots when they first see
that their bank is "gone" and are
told that It is not gone far. They try
to show indifference but most of them
fall dismally until they assure them
selves by personal visit to the new
I quarters that the bank is still going
good.
COTTON SHOULD BE .
HELD FOR 45 tENTS
To Sell for loa Tlmn Forty Cents
Would IU) Suicidal, Says
Corn Criicker.
FUNDERBURK HAZING
INCIDENT IS SETTLED
Oak 'p.i.luc I'm iilty. Fnther says, I
SI. imling by TrmlevHle
Hoy In Trouble.
Court proceedings against Byce
Funderburk. 16-year old Tradesville,
S. C boy, who threw sulphuric acul
on a soph more at Oak: Ridge Institute,
have been stopped, according to Mr.
Hud Funderburk, father of the young
man, who was in Monroe Saturday.
He had Just returned from Greensbo
ro where he went on learning that his
son was In trouble."
Mr. Funderburk Is quoted as say
ing that the faculty of the Institute
was defending his son; and that the
father of the boy who received the
sulphuric acid contend ot the mug on
his face was inclined to hush matters
up.
It seems that several young men,
all sophmores, went to young Funder
burk's room to haze him. Having
been warned that freshmen at Oak
nidge were frequently hazed, young
Funderburk was prepared. After re
peated knocks. Funderburk quickly
opened the door and dashed the acid
upon his would-be assailants.
The Tradesville boy is considered
an excellent young man by the citi
lent of his home community, and they
re unable to explain the Incident ex
cept by the fact that he was deter
mined not to be hazed. Had he used
a baseball bat upon the sophmores
tieads, frlcnls of the family In Monroe
say, he would be deserving 01 praise
To the Editor of The Journal:
While neither a succesfsul farmer
nor a far-sighted statesman, I realize
that the prices of cotton and tobacco,
two Btaple crops or the soutn, wm
u-nrk n hnnlshln to the brend-wiu-
ners and the bread-producers ot this
favorable section. As all kno. tne
farmer Is the man that feedeth all;
and on account of pernicious class
legislation, an 1 by reason of his I o
laied environment, he has few friem's
at court ami poor opportunities t
control or ova suggest remedial
legislulic.i. TiiiB Is not intended as
an attac': on .'ofcsslous or the cap
tains of Indus, ry; Hit lo give my
viewpoint ns to vvh.it "he cotton
farmer n u.il do to secure relief. That
the worll neci.s all the cotton to be
produced mid then ;otii, is evident
lo every man Info.r.ie.! :u to coudi
tiot's. Rut it clod not need it all
r.l on- lime, W t' law of supply
an,! demand me In xorabb. Thirty
years u'o, mine patriot!- and far
sightcd statesman suggested a
sub - treasury anil a w.ire-hou.-.ing
s'stoni. Every venal time-serving
politician ridiculed the scheme and
every writer who didn't know a cotton
plant from a imilehi weed was a
frantic "me too' uvangel of proper
husbandry. When anybody suggested
hotter iirices for col Ion. he first ac
cused him of being. a shiftless, lazy
mortal, and th-n accused him of over
production. One argument work"d
overtime, was, that a man could not
wear two shirts at once, I remem
ber telling an evangel of "sound
money" who had but one semi-annual
shirt a:uL a very aromatic pall
or quarterly socks, that possibly more
mnncv. even debased silver fifty cent
dollars; would fix it so a man would
not have to go to bed und have his
shirt washed.
The Trial of the Fanner
We should have warehouses, urn!
place a certain amount of cotton on
market at "once, holding remainder
In reserve until the price Justified the
sale. Cotton has been styled the
autocrat that makes the treaties of
the world and binds the nailons over
lo keep the peace. Perhaps this If
hyperbole; but It enters largely into
food and clothing production. He
sides contributing to our ward fob.
It furnishes roping, paper, thread and
twine; and Its oil is a healthy sub
etltute for lard. Its meal Is an Ideal
Vockfeed and fertilizer; while the
hulls are excellent roughage. The
farmer produces all the material
wealth, and Is about seventv-flve per
cent of Southern population. Let
him prosper, and all the arteries of
commerce are stimulated to vigorous
activity. When cotton aavancea co
forty cents, we saw elegant homes
built and equipped, pianos and organs
r. I uxor! In lusty and decant homes;
the sons and daughters of the farmer
placed in high scnooi ana couege;
and tho country placed on the tidal
wave nf nrosoerlty. The gifted
commoner. W. J. Bryan, uttered un-
. ... V. th.t If fh
aer ine seai vi mFm-j ui.v
farmer nrosnered the cities would
I (Continued on poxe eight.)
CASES ARE MANY, AND THE
LAWYERS ARE GETTING RICH
Judge W. O. Lemmond Held
An All Dav Session
On Mondav
FIGHTOVER HOUNDDOG
The farmers are resting, and the
Monroe busines men are patientl
waiting for the fall trade season to
begin, but the courts and the law
yers are working overtime. The
number ot small cases heard here
during the past few weeks have never
been excelled in an qual length of
time, according to court house In
mates, who are groaning under tne
strain.
Yesterday was no exception. Judge
W. O. Leminoud's court was iu ses
sion most of the day, and the lawyers
talked, argued and sweated for their
clients, most of whom were charged
with trivial offenses. Probably the
biggest case, in point of interest, was
one from Goose Creek township iu
which John Uowell was charged with
an assault on his cousin, Horace Uow
ell, with a knife. He was let off
with the costs and a small fine; and
so was Bryant Howell, who took the
part ot his brother. Horace Uowell.
The knife wounds were not of a se
rious nature, a few stitches being all
that was necessary to sew them up.
The assault took place on August 28.
near the home of Henry Uowell, and
was an outgrowth of a quarrell over
the alleged killing of a hound dog.
Horace accused John of killing his
dog, while John retaliated with a
similar charge, so it was said. In the
heat of the dispute over the death
of beloved friends, the knife thrust
was made. Almost the entire bar ap
peared in this caje on one side or the
other.
Ilai-vey liaises the Judge's lit.
Judge Lemmond, as many have
learned by this lime, is a shrewd
Judge ot human nature, and he is
quick to detect the truth or falsity
of a statement. So, when Harvey
Nelson, colored, who faced him on a
charge of being drunk, wore that his
intoxication was due to the imbibing
of soured apple peallngs, or some
similar concoction, the Judge was
dubious. "Sixty days." he announced,
after giving the prisoner a close
scrutiny.
"But. your Honor," said the de
fendant lawyer. Mr. J. C. Sikei, ns
he arose to his reel, "are you not
exceeding your authority? This man
Is only charged with a simple drunk."
The Judge hesitated only for a
moment. "Make It thirty days," he
ordered. "The law gives me that
much power," he continued. "He,"
pointing to Harvey, "told me he got
trunk on apple peaiings." The entry
Ltood at thirty days.
Monroe Officer Busy.
That the Monroe officers are sin
cere In their determination to en
force the automobile laws was evi
denced by the appearance in court
yesterday or l.esier wyruiu. cn.imt-u
v ith ope rating a car without license.
The young man made the plea of hav
ing lost his number, so he was di;
niis.ed ou ihe payments of the cost
in tlio case.
Jake Simpson, of North Monroe,
who in years gone by has been u
pretty regular attendant upon th
Uecorder's court session, was chnrned
with induluence in tho ancient game
of cards. The exact form of the game
was not told The Journal, but it r
understood thr.t Jake's preference is
I'or poker, the famous Ameriiviii ie
door game. He was given $! and
the costs.
Otllcei Cornileil a IIoIkh
For the first time In many weeks,
a gentleman of the leisure class, who
travel by the "side-door" Pullman
route, and who used to be frequent
visitors in this section, faced JinUe
Lemmond. His name was given us
T. S. Jones, and he claiiiM to hiiM
rroin Atlanta, the metropolis of the
South. Officer Robinson's capture is
hailed as an Indication that high
v.ages are breaking. When times are
prosperous, and work can be had for
the asking, it Is seldom that mem
bers of this breed are caught. It is
understood that the officers have two
more hoboes In Jail awaiting trial.
White was assigned to the chain gang
rquad for a period of thirty days.
Mecllin mill kemlall Bound Over t
Siieiior Court.
Messrs. Carl Medlln and Joe Ken
dall. who exchanged several pistol
shots on a Seaboard train while it
stood In Ihe yards here three or four
months ago, were fined fifty dollars
and rosts each for carrying concealed
weapons, and bound over to Superior
court under live hundred dollar bomb
each on the charge of assault with
deadly weapon.
Sl FFFHIXd FROM THROAT,
COX MAY CURTAIL CAMPAKiN
MAX GARDNER TO INYADE
JOHN PARKER'S BAILIWICK
Big; Reception is Planned for
the Cleveland County
Leader
TO PLEA FOR MORRISON
Democracy's battle to capture the
State by the largest majority ever
known begins in earnest next Satur
day when Lieutenant - Governor O.
Gardner, one ot the party's biggest
guns, opens up on Mr. J. J. Parker,
the Republican nominee. In his own
bailiwick. The speaking begins at
eleven o'clock in the court house.
Mr. Gardner, who was Union coun
ty's political idol in the recent pri
mary, will be accorded a warm recep
tion, and it is freely predicted that
standing room will be at a premium
next Saturday.
Accompanying Mr. Gardner will be
Messrs. W. T. Bost. of the Greens
boro News, and R. E. Powell, of the
Raleigh News and Observer, two of
the best political reporters in the
State.
Mr. Parker invaded Cleveland
county, the home of Mr. Gardner,
several weeks ago, and Mr. Gardner
Is repaying his visit. In Cleveland.
Mr. Parker is said to have sought
to stir up discontent among the Gard
ner forces, but Gardner and Hoey,
ihe Democratic chieftens ot that part
of the country, soon let the world
know that Cleveland was still loyal
to democracy. Next Saturday Mr.
Gardner will advocate the election of
his opponent in that memorable cam
paign in the county that was one of
his staunches) supporters.
In speaking of Gardner's coming to
this county, the Greensboro News
says;
"John Parker. Republican nominee
for governor, opened a gubernatorial
campaign, for fair. In O. Max Gard
ner's county and told the Clevtiund
ers they should vote for Parker ti
punish the persecutors of Gardner;
and Saturday next O. Max Gardner
will reciprocate by asking every
Union county man to vole against
Paiker.
"Parker will understand this rule
of the game which Gardner learned
o toe football field and cannot for
get. It is one of the anomalies ol
politics. Parker in Cleveland was an
Impressive argument for smashing
ihe machine. Gardner smashed by
It is an imposing spectacle in good
sport.
"For lhat reason he is sent next
week Into the Republican candidate'!
capital to work for the victor In
lute lamented primary. Mr. Morri
son would hardly deny that he needs
all the Union county men he did not
get in the recent run-off with Gard
ner. Mr. Morrison would take nil
the women, Invited and uninvited,
that the county of Andy Jackson.
Dave Houston and T. V. Uickelt can
furnish. The Cleveland man made a
wonderful drive in Union. He car
ried every precinct In that unit ad
Joining the Morrison domicile and in
the home of the Scotchman polled a
great vote. It is the grace of good
losing lhat It can go where it is need
ed and speak the word In season.
"Mr. Morrison has called on
Charles U. Harris, of the Jones camp
in Wake, and supporter of Gardner,
and asked the ?on of war-horse Logan
Harris of elder das, to shake the
imshP for Mr. Morrison. Mr. Harris
tn.l offered his brains, his
voice; and his automobile for servic
In whatsoever place Mr. Morrison
'needs him. There Is much of trch
lii-lii minimi.
"How badly, Chairman Tom V.;--ren
Is not in position to conlvs
op'eniy. ' 'Taint practical.' Mr. War
ren could easily say. Mr. Morrison
hits accumulated in his speeches act
writings of past years quite a fi '.v
people who do not spring at his 1 lek
wieklan gesture. Liars, dons, hounds,
vearlings. gang, end whatnots do not
rest lightly on them. In the very in
nermost sanctuary, around the very
honors of the Defocratic altar, it ft
told here in Raleigh lhat Llndsaj
Warren of Beaufort has called on
Tom Warren of the executive commit
tee and asked him not to send Cam
Morrison to Beaufort. F. "W. !
well will cuss Morrison it he comes
Into Glldewell's county, and O. Max
Gardner must pacify Morrisons
neighbors in Union. Verily, there
tie embarrassments ahead.
"O. Max Gaidner returns the I ar
ker call with the explanation that O.
Max does not wish the Morrison dotn-'.nnn.-v
Imperiled and it Is a flee ami
delicious study in political ethics. '
Mississippi! m:;k i
i.ynchf.d by small mob
At.FI COl TI.F. ARK IIORRF.D
OF FlYK HlMiRIB IM).KR
Mr. I jtney Had Money Hid on FLice
Army Worm are F.rn Fating
Red lYi-r.
Mineral Springs. R. F. D. 1. Sept.
13. Mrs. J. W. Fvans of Lancaster
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. U. U.
Conrtney, last week.
Mr. lirady Green was painfully in
jured the oilier day when be fell from
a barn loft.
Those pesky army worms had us
gathering our green Toraze last week,
but before the job was completed they
left for parts unknown. Although
cotton has not been damaged much
in this section by the worms, grass
and almost everything else of a green
color have suffered. The next bat
talion of the worms, slated to appear
about the first of October, will prob
ably clean up everything else thai is
left. The worms have a varied ap
petite. A truthful woman, who stoji
ped in your correspondent's home for
a few minutes the other day, had to
hurry home to save her red pepper.
She said that the worms actually ate
a developed pod of pepper.
Mr. Lige Lan?y had $580 stolen
from him a few days ago. While a
firm a believer in the safety ot bauk3.
Mr. Laney had this money secreted at
his home for use in making trades,
and some one who knew of its hiding
place proceeded to appropriate the
money while Mr. and Mrs. Laney
were away from home. There is no
clue as to who was the culprit, and
it seems like this good old couple are
out ot their hard-earned money.
Quarterly conference was held at
Dethel Saturday. All of the church
business was disposed of. and Ihe
good ladles gave a picnic dinner.
It is announced that Mrs. Malissa
Starnes will hold her annual reunion
neu Saturday. The public is cord
ially invited.
IMr. Wes Plyler ot Van Wyck is
spending some time In this se.-tlon
visiting old friensd and relatives.
The protracted meeting at Betha
ny closed Wedensday. Rev. Mr.
Brown of Lexington, Ky., did the
preaching.
iMr. James Black died last Wednes
day and was buried at Prospect
Thursday. Deceused was about 55
vears of age and was a loyal member
of the Methodist church. For several
years prior to his death he was an In
valid. He Is survived by his wife.
Mr. Jack Greeu of Coolainee is
spending a few days with his uncle,
Mr. T. D. Green.
We are glad to report that Mr. C.
C. Starnes is belter after an Illness of
some time.
MARSEILLE HEN WANTED
OWN BROTHER CONYICTED
Thev Were Ready and Will
ing to Helo Convict J.
Bithel Staton
WILL BARR IN TROUBLE
BIG COTTON MEETING
HERE NEXT MONDAY
Farmers, Hankers and Profewdoiinl
Men to Fight For Folly
Cent Cotton.
AdvUecl hy Physician to do
Sinking, Hut Declnren He Will
Continue Trip.
Governor Cox. whose throat has
been giving him trouble during the
past few days of his campaign tour
of the west, was examined Sunday by
a Portland, Orcgan, specialist who de
clared the governor's throat was in
bad condition and advised him to can
cel some ot his speaking engage
ments. This Governor Cox declared
emphatically he would not do. The
trouble was diagnosed as speaUcrs
laryngitis.
Hail Ileen Sentenced to lie Hniigect
Hut Was Grunted n Stay of F.xecu
Hon by Governor.
Merldan, Miss.. Sept. 12. Will
Echols, negro, who was convicted at
a recent ttrtn of the circuit court
here and sentenced to die on the
gallows September 10th for the mur
der of Henry W. Davis, an aged
night watchman at a loral lumber
plant, but whose execution was
stayed at the last moment by an ap
peal to the supreme court, was taken
from the Jail at Quitman at three
o'clock this niprnlna-Jiv a small party
'of en. carried two miles from Qult
m?;i ar.d shot to death In the public
roiul, his body being riddled with
(bullets.
Farmers, merchants, bankers, bus
iness men, professional men, and
women of the South have been called
to assembly at their county seats
Monday, September 20ih, for the pur
pose of formally entering Into the
fight lor forty cents cotton. The day
has been set aside as "cot I on day"
and will be observed as such in e very
stale In Ihe cotton bell.
The Union county meeting, vihich
has been called by Mr. T. J. W.
Broom, president of the local branch
of the American Cotton Association,
will be held iu the court house at
two-thirty o'clock. Methods of fi
nancing distressed runners will be
discussed, and other features of the
program will be:
First: Plans ror holding the col
!t,n or the county until fair and Just
juices can b obtained, together with
i.Ihiiu for ro-oiieralive marketing.
Second: Plans for fully utilizing
warehouses and warehouse facilities
of the county and for erecting ad
ditional warehouses, with special em
phasis in this connection on practical
plans for llnancng the cop.
Third: Plans for Immediately in
creasing Ihe acreage In fall sown
small grains, also cover crops as the
one wue and certain plan of effecting
a reduction in cotton acreage,
pledges to this effect to be taken.
Several speakers, whose names will
be announced Inter, will address the
Union county farmers, and every man
who does not wish to stand Idly aside
while this year'3 crop Is sacrificed at
a loss is expected to be present.
Col. Rryaii SetM 'Km Up, Hut It Was
(ii:t' Juice v ith n lear In It.
"William Jennings Bryan 'set Yin
up' today," says a Washington new
paper correspondent. "He led a 1:'
dozen or so newspaper correspondents
up to a moisture counter and snid:
" 'What '11 you have? This is cut
me,' and a faraway, reminiscent look
came into the eyes of the scribes.
"Frankly. I'd like a gingerale high."
said one of the correspondents, 'but I
suppose I'll take a grape Juice.'
"And the ordfrs went on down the
line lemonade, nut sundae, inillt
shake, grape juice and all that sort
of thing.
"This was at a downtown soda
fountain, you see, and the sad part
about It all from the 'wet' view
point was that the noted 'dry' nd
vocate stood above a. site that once
n fon a time was occupied by a sa
loon. It brought home the truth of
those tearful lines: 'Hush little bar
room, don't you cry; You'll be a drug
store by and by'."
Will Barr. alleged "bad man" of
Ihe inoonshiiiL'ing tribe, is in Jsil la
dcfutii of a $lutMi bond on a liquor
making charge, having been hound
over to the Federal court under that
sum by Esq. M. L. Flow. United
States commissioner. His bond was
placed at this amount on the request
of the officers, who stated that Barr
threatened that he would have to be
taken dead. According to evidence
introduced at the hearing, the offi
cers found v here a stil had presuma
bly been operuted In a smokehouse on
Barr's place. Live coals were found
on the ground, and arter following
wagon tracks for a short distance,
they testified to having found a worm
and still at the home of Matthew
Rushing, "king-bee" of Union county
moonshiners, and father-in-law of
Barr. Rushing has already dons
"time" in the Atanta federal prison,
and he is at liberty now under A
bond for his appearance at the next
term of federal court.
Brothers Waittcct to Testify Against
. i;iJliel StJiton.
J. Bithel Staton. ot Marshville, Is
another one of the forty-five or more
defendants slated to appear in federal
court on a blockading charge. At his
preliminary hearing, which was held
before Esq. Flow, he waived exami
nation, and was relased under a $500
bond. Officers and neighbors testi
fied to seeing Staton drive to a farm
adjoining his own with a load of
"puintiiy." Two brothers, according
to Esp. Flow, were at the preliminary
hearing ready and willing to testify
against the defendant.
Kni.'h Court Is Popular.
In popularity. Esq. Flow's court
threatens to rival the Recorder's
court. All of the federal whiskey
cases come before him, and of recent
weeks he is getting a large share of
the state cases. Among them was
the case of Joe Baker, of Buford
township, charged with shooting Doc
Helms, of the same township, with a
shotgun. He is held for the Superior
court under a $200 bond. The evi
dence introduced against Baker tend
ed to show that on a Sunday a few
weeks ago Doc passed by his home
several times. Getting suspicious, so
it was teslfled, Baker asked Doc in
stronger language than we use, "what
he was up to." Doc, in equally em
phatic words, replied that "it was
none of his business; the roads be
long to the public, and were free."
He then role off. The next time he
passed, Baker tired his gun, the shots
taking effect in the neck of Baker
and the side of his horse. The horse,
frightened at his treatment, ran away,
refusing to stop until the buggy be
came entangled In a mass of wire.
Doc was thrown out. and he sustain
ed '.i number or bruises. His wounds,
however, were not of a serious na
ture. Puiti'itlge Hound Over.
W. C. Partridge, of BuTon! town
ship, was given a hearing before Esq.
M. L. Flow Saturday on the rharge
of' assaulting Miss Tsietha Stegall. a
lfi-year-old Kill. The prosecuting
witness claimed lhat the defendant
used her roughly when he met her on
th second dr.y of September as she
fas walking from her home to Mac--ciofla
church. Nothing more than
a simple assault was charged. The
defendant, however, in an effort to
prove that he had hud relations wilh
the youns woman In the past, exhib
ited several letters which he claimed
to have received from Miss Steirall.
She deni.'d writing them. Partridge
was boned over to Superior court un
der a $200 bond.
MONROE DOCTORS TO
STAGE A BALL GAME
Local Medico's Accept n Challeng
From the Mecklenburg County
Physicians
Monroe doctors have accepted &
challenge for a game or baseball from
Ihe Charlotte doctors, and the medi
cal classic w ill b staged at Robert's
Field In the near future. Batteries
Tor the teams have not been announc
ed, but Dr. R. H. Carren, w ho is look
InK niter the Mc roe medical team,
sas both towns !. t'ord good material.
Dr. G. B. Nance, on account of his
towering luixht. Is tentatively slated
for first ban-, while Dr. Stewart is
j pretty certain to perform behind the
bat. A pit ?ner has not Deen Beiecieti,
but it Is pointed out that one of the
younger doctors, either Dr. Payne,
Dr. Smith,- or Dr. Pruett. ought to
possess a good throwing arm. Where
Dr. Ashcraft will play is a mystery.
Dr. Stevens, in his day, used to be
considered a good player, and he will
probably hold down one of the warm
bases. Dr. Neal, so they say. ought
to play a good game out in the field.
Proceeds go to the Ellen Fitzgerald
hospital, and a big crowd is anticipa
ted. The date of the came will be
announced later.
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