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The Monroe Journai
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOL.27. No. 16.
MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY', APRIL 1, 1921.
$2.00 PER YEAR CASH
INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS j
ON THE ROSS WILL CASE'
la.i.Icr ArnillfM Appearing To
gether Fkt I'irM Time since
the Famous Mean Puse
APlliXFTHY HAH TO SKRVK
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lutches of Sheriff Fowler. He Dlead
with the Judge lust night to excuse
Biim. claiming that he had ten sick
atients on his hands, but His Honor
kas obdurate. Finally he relented to
lie extent of prolixin to give his
No civil cum" has ever attracted
uoie attention iu the Union county
iupcrior court than the suit now in
progress to break the will of the late
M.sses MuKeie and Sallie Ross. Prom
n ui citizens from all over the cotin- !
ty are In attendance, and exhibit a !
keen interest in the proceeding, even '
listening attentively to the "dry au
thorities read by attorneys In support
and opposition to certain motions. A
number of people are here from
Mecklenburg county. Rev. G. H. and
Mrs. Atkinson of Salisbury are also
interested spectators. Others present
this morning wer? Dr. Weaver and
Hev. Mr. Mcllwaine.
This is the first case Mr. E. T.
Pansier of Charlotte and .Mr. Frank
Armfleld of Concord have appeared
in since the Jamotis Means trial, which
was heard at Concord several years
ago, and which attracted nation-wide
attention. These two barristers ex
hibit a marked deference towards
each other, and are a good team. Mr.
Armfleld Is a specialist on authority,
while Mr. Cansler is hardly equaled
in this state as a trial lawyer.
Appeariug for the caveators is Mr.
Walter Clark of Charlotte, a son of
Chief Justice Clark of the North Car
olina Supreme court bench. Although
a comparatively young man, Mr.Clark
is one of the leaders of his profes
sion; is a prominent layman in the
Methodist church, and was a Captain
m the 113th Field Artillery, of which
the "Uickett Mattery" was a unit. He
represents several Mecklenburg par
ties.
Sheriff Clifford Fowler was an ex
hausted man when court adjourned
1-te last night. For nearly ten hours
yesterday he scoured the town for
;.uirors, and last night he invaded the
hurches, the theaters, and the drug
-tores in quest of talismen. "I even
topped men as they drove down the
streets in their cars." he said this
norning.
ARMY WoKMs ri!o'KT
SFPTIOX, IT IS KU1KTH
Mr. James I -il Iian Sas lliej
Are Alie.uly Winking on hi
Wheat niil Other (irain.
Mineral Springs. It. F. D. Xo.
1, March 31. The army worm
has made it re-appearance in
I'niou and Lancaster counties,
several citizens of the Prospect
community having reported
damages.
Mr. James Lathan says that the
worms are attacking his v. heat
nnd other grain, while several
South Carolinians report the
presence of the worms iu their
fields. They have no damage as
yet. however. The moths or
"inillers" are here by the mil
lions. A stroll through the
woods late in the afternoon will
verify this assertion.
If the worms are here tbis ear
ly and we have a long, hot sum
mer before us, green tender
crops will be literally destroyed.
In fact. It will be "good night"
for about all of our crops; and
if they come in droves, like they
did last summer,' cattle and
sheep will certainly Suffer for
lack of food.
Your correspondent hopes that
the gentlemen who reported the
presence of the worms are
wrong, but the evidence seems
to support their statements.
STREETS OF MARSEILLE GOOSE CREEK FIGURES IN ::
ARE BEING TOP-SOILED "DEESTRICT SKULE" SHOW1-
Anticipation of Jolile., Ritle OfW .rteifi. ti On (li.il fl.i.;,- oiit
ImoiiveiiietMfi ol .Mules
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.Marshville. March 31. Again the'
town is in the throes of street reo-
The fume of Coore Creek tow n-hip
continues to spread as evidenced bv 1
lui .... wt K : .. ... : I I . .
unuu. .mil uuuimiik iniuiiifiimj jKie loui.wia? composition read by a
"over an ocean wave etfect over our pupil in the "DeestrieU Skule." a play
!.stieets for more months than we like presented in Wadesburo by the D. A.
!to remember, "tis a pleading sight tollt.'s. ;
( see a dressing of top soil being put
, over the main part of town and the
I treacherous holes which have so often
. caused us.to bite our tongues and lose
, jour sweet tempers, rapidly being fill-
. ed up. Of course, with all the rain
"Olive liiamh. Oooe Creek towu
ship, Union county, N. t, I'. S. A.
.My.firstt name is Ezckicl. my
combined and complete name in its
totaliey is Kzckial Nicodeir.us Treg-
aitas Popcorn, and I hope this will
terrible mess just now, but the rosy
visions of jolt less rides through town
in (he future compensate the tempor
ary inconvenience of getting mixed
up with a bunch o mules and scoops
at every turn, to say nothing of a
, I broken spring or two from trying to
craw i over me roaus in ineir present
condition.
The Marshville women have not be
come fully aroused over the fact that
an election for mayor and aldermen
is pending, and that they may have
a voice in the affair. Probably some
of them have been discussing the
matter privately we won't say but
since we are now sharing the respon
sibility of selecting our town author
ities, we really should become more
interested in the matter and help the
men folks out. We could at least
I give them the opportunity of eom-
Whnt South Purolliiliin Saw nt Grave 1 'Jt'nK on how little women folks
of Henarte! Former Sweetheart. I know about such things, and they
(From the Pageland Journal.) S"t to be home minding their own
A certain man or Pageland was' busllll'8S' and 80 on- Come ,0 tnink
ctrniiina .i.n..t ur,i -n,.SK-. ibout it the Marshville men have
he came to the grave of a woman bM1 exr'-edlngly charitable in their
he had known In life. While In upon wie women iuiks mixing
and loose dirt and so on. we are in a 'find you enjoying the same quadruple
THE HAPPENINGS AT PAGELAND
Dr. Pascal Abernethy, son of Itev.
Li. E.. Abernethy. former postor of
entral Methodist church, was one of
liose unfortunates who fell Into the between tl" place of nansford Smith
reverie, the grave opened and a spirit
figure appeared. When the frighten
ed son of Adam found his voire he
gave utterance in a stammering
tongue to tne following: "Mrs. Blank
I didn't lose you and I'm not hunt
ing you." He then found his legs
were oiled and in good working or
der, and he immediately beat it at
about sixty miles per. Reader there
wa no pop-skull-extract patent-medicine
on board it was the solemn
truth as It was dreamed by a dreamer.
Sheriff Grant and Constable Hot
el's have made a haul. They ut au
old fellow somewhere on the road
and J. H. Price. The report says he
was down and the officers acted the
part or the Good Samartlan by tak
ing him home and putting him to
bed. He is not charged with trans
portation of whiskey. We suppose
M.
a
Stack
recent
be storing liquor rather than traits
porting It, as it is said the old fellow
ase consideration at the morning ir n rhir m hi mnHo i
fKuuii. . r. j. i. i.m. vhiiii nuercea
d for the youn? veterinarian on the
onvening of court at ten o'clock,
fating that the propounded would
onsent to his release. Judge Rav.
lowever. found thut the statutes pre-
ented his release, and refused, de
larlng that "lie ought to serve, as
ury service was one of three things
equired of a citizen." The other two
re the payment of taxes and the
.orking of roads.
up in the voting business. In fart we
hear that some of them are urging
the women to vote in this coming
election. Well probably by the time
of the election we will all have be
come properly "net" up on the sub
ject and will let them hear from us.
One angle of the triangular debate
will be held here on Friday evening
when Wesley Chapel comes here and
Marshville sends two representatives
to Wesley Chapel. The two young
men of the Marshville school who will
meet the visitors In the discussion
here are Messrs. Hebron Ulalr and
Hal Marsh. Going to Wesley Chapel
will be Messrs. Edwin Griffin and By
ron Williams. '
Au Interesting game of basket bill
was played here Friday afternoon be
tween the Marshville school and the
Rockingham school, the score giving
Marshville the victory by 13 to 21.
This Is the second game in which
Marshville has defeated Rockingham
this spring. The relations between
had about a pint In his stomach aud!,hf ,P:'m,s hv,e. bee" f the friendll-
and another pint in his pocket, doubt
less intended for the sane region.
If we were cHlled on to make out
the cuse we would charge the pris
oner v.'itH storing liquor and then
est and the visitors thanked the home
team for the exceedingly clean game
which was given them Friday. The
Rot!; Ingham boys made a splendid
impression upon Marshville by their
maw m.t . oin. ti. f-,,. ' good sportsmanship, and gentlemeiily
for transporting whiskey, and then ua ana ino town win oe giaa
iv nivuiur iiit-m iui itnuic auita.
cancel tlie charge by saying "for
asmuch." Delays at the Ice .lant are due to
engine tioubte and insufficient flow
of water. Parts of the engine had
to be se: t off to have some defects
remedied. It Is expected that by
Friday this work will be completed
nnd the engine prt up ready for
work. Tuesday morning a depth of
about 125 feet had been bored, about
75 of thi3 was In rock. It is thought
that something like 160 feet will
Mr. Cansler and Mr. A
vho exchanged words at
erra of Superior court, have forgot
en their differences, nnd they were
een together yesterday In a friendly.
:ut animated conversation. The
'harlotte attorney. In opposing a mo
ion made by Messrs. Clark, Stack,
'arker & Craig nnd Brooks, told the
ourt that he wished to avoid un-
leasantness. nnd changed the con- have to be drilled In order to get
AMF.KH'AXS WITXKSS THK
( Bi t 11 IXIOX OF TWO MKX
traction of a sentence so as not to
"fleet iipon the opposing counsel.
AWX MOW Kit A PAIM ItK
IX KOI.P.OFMXNPKliFl.l,
Honent to Goodness!
At the New Orleans supply base a
tker after a Job as clerk was re-
Jr rred to the customary sheaf of ap-
ication blanks. There were the
ual dotted lines for name, age, and
her vital statistics, ending with the .
.eorglu .Negro. I'nable to (Jet a King
Out of Implement, NemU It Hack
to Mall Order House,
An aged negro's story of how he
urchased a bell from a mail-order
ouse in Chicago and received a lawn
lower, "which had no ring in It," en-
ened proceedings in the Macon,
.a., federal court, where fifty-three
len are cn trial of conspiracy to steal
vpress shipments from the American
lailway Express Co. during the pe
iod of federal government control.
The negro w as G. C. Carter. "I or
ered a bell to ring at dinner time,"
ild he. "Instead they sent me this
liing," and he pointed to a lawn
lower in the court room.
"I thought it was a new kind of
oil, so I bung it up. I worked the
andle up and down. Then I took It
own and hung It up the other way
nd worked it every way that I could
ntil I was tired out, and I could not
et any ring out of it. It took it back
the station agent and told hlin to
lip it back, that it wouldn't work."
The government showed by the
itnesses that the lawn mower was
ut off at Oglethrope and was part of
lie loot alleged to have been recor
ded from the home of E. E. Duna-
ay, agent at mat point, wno is one
the indicted men.
through the rock and get an abund
ant supply of water,
1X41 K1F.H A ItK PATAIi TO
TltA.S-t 'OX Tl X KXTAL PI
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irunswlck He was born in Atlanta ls ullderBtoodt ln remote villages or
n November. 1893 His youth was ,n,9 AlthouRh 8,ippoM t0 D(S
Lieutenant Coney Dies prom Broken
Hack Sustained When Aeroplane
Pell.
Lieutenant William Pevoe Coney,
aged 27, who was Injured while at
tempting to make a transcontinental
flight from Jacksonville, Fla. to San
Diego, California, died Wednesday at
rvatchez. Miss, from a broken back,
sustained when his machine crashed
to the ground near Crowvllle, La.
Lieutenant Coney was a son of the
late Edgar F. Coney, a lumberman of
Brunswick
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spent In Brunswick.
At the outbreak of the Mexican
trouble In 191$ he enlisted with the
Brunswick rifles, an Infantry organi
zation, and saw service on the border.
Reurnlng to Brunswick In 1917 about
the time the United States entered
the European war, he entered the of
ficers training camp at Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga., where he was commis
sioned as a second lieutenant of in
fantry. Later he was transferred to
the air service, receiving his prelimi
nary training at the ground school at
Georgia Tech, Atlanta.
He was assigned as flying Instruc
tor during the war nnd had no op
portunity to see service at the front.
On the day he was Injured the an
nouncement was made at San Diego,
Calif., of bis promotion to a first lieutenancy.
Like Christ, llie Mexicans. Were Forc
ed to Curiy Their Own Cross to the
I 'luce of Ceiemoiiy.
Albuquerpue, N.M., March 29 Two
men were crucified St the Penltentes
village ot Abiquiu in northern New
Mexico on Good Friday in observance
or Holy Week in rites performed by
members or the Hermanns do Luz
Brothers or Light, a religious order,
according to B. J. Nordfeldt and Gus
tave Baumann, artists of Santa Fe,
X. M., who arrived here today.
Nordfeldt and , Gustave say they
were members of' a party of two doz
en tourists who witnessed the cruci
fixion and the flagellation ceremonies
contained with.
For more than half hour, the ar
tists say, the two human sacrifices
were tied to nuge wooden crosses, nt
the end of which time they were tak
en down, bleeding and exhausted. The
condition of the men Is said to be se
rious and their recovery in doubt.
The I'enitentes, as the Hermanos
de Luz are more commonly known,
are fndians with a Mexican admix
ture. The order has many followers
dying out, the order still attracts wide
attention because of Its mysterious
ceremonies, which Americans are sel
dom able to witness.
The principles and practices of the
order are said to have come from
Italy through Spain and Mexico.
Last Friday was one of the rare oc
casions, according to the two artists,
when Americans were permitted to
witness the most solemn ceremonies
performed by the Penltentes.
"The penltentes formed In a long
blessings.
"My old school teacher and whoop
ing nioster told me to fetch him Tor
the last day of school, a riginal com
position or my own baid and hand, on
the Old North State of America. I
lowed this come as a complement,
since I had more laming and knowed
more gography and history than eny
body efee in Goose Creek Township.
"So I seat myself and grab my pen.
and sling the ink the best 1 ken. And
when I'm through these lines of mine,
you'll kave to say they are very fine.
1 done this work wid Just one ban,
don't you think I am a writing man?
"Th Old North State ls whopping
big piece of territory. From East to
West It lies between the Atlantic
Ocean to the Mississippi River, and
according to the compass it runs
from north to south. Beween our
borders and the north pole the F. F.
V.'s romp on their native soil. Them
Virginians are more pridtful of their
past than they are interested in the
present, or hopeful of the future. In
the free schools of Old Va.. they are
teached"more about Genealogy and
pedagree than any other one subject
and tha humblest citizen can usually
trace back his ancestry to the May
flower, Ceo. Washington or Pocohun
"Down below us you will find old
South Carolina, a state of Bin and mis
ery, as the Catocism says. Them
palmetto sand loppers are a quare lot
of peoples. One year the whole state
flows la milk an d honey, and every 2
horse cropper has a pair of gasoline
wagons. The next year they have
killed and ett the cow, busted the bee
gum, and are riding the hog. The
folks are purty much the same as we
one evbfpt they never has had the
advantages or a Deestrlck Skule edy
catlon, and as the books say, henca,
dey like the intellectual intelligence.
Raleigh Is now called the state cap
ital, but McFarlan, Pee Dee, Polkton,
Olive Brance, Oakboro and lots of
other ambitious little Penny Bros,
towns want to be, but don't think
they can all make it till arter the
change or the moon.
"Old North Carolina is Just a net
work or railroads rambling in every
which way and you don't have a bit
of trouble to leave here if you ran
get you u pa pass, or skere up the
necessary three cent a mile.
"This old state was once the home
of ninny a red skin brave Indian, but
now we have with us only the Minor
cas down at the club, and the Croa
tans of Robinson Co., and they have
about quit the tomy hawk and bow
and arrow business. The rest of us
are blacks, whites, tans and associa
ted colors. 1 am white.
"Mining for gold, over shoes and
Ford Automobiels stuck In the mud
Is a money making game. Also uoo-
fng corn, selling sweet cider, hot torn
ales nnd other kinds or Joy water, is
a revenue producing business.
'This old state has also developed
a big manufacturing center. Wed
rorro in.i. oi i i:ati i:
Mt.KT.-i AX lvr.l I lF.ATH
Willi:. ill (it ralil is Met Urn tiled
When I'ijK. He Uh t'.irrjiuu
Toiii lied a "l.le tii"
Ii. slant d.-aia OM-riouk Mr.
William Gerald, a inec!i;Hiic at
the iceman Knitting Mill, hue
yesterday monaiu w hen un iroa
pipe be was carrying came in
contact with a "live wire." Ii is
doubtful if the decased was
a are of what struck liini, w
deadly was the current.
Remain j of the dcoejsid weie
shipped to Chatanooga. Tei.n.,
his former home where he lived
up until about three months ao
when he came to Momoe. He is
sunived by his wife i iul several
children.
Mr. Gerald started from the
Iceman Knitiug Mill with a long
piece of piping, his d.setination
being the machine shops of the
kciorlee Mill, an adjacent con
cern. Arriving at the shops, he
was in the act or laying the pipe
down when, as he elevated it.
it came in contact with the hlth
powered wire ,as above stated.
COURT IN SESSION LATE
I LAST NIGHT TO GET JURY
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Slit I iff Pott ler. in F.Hui t to t.et Tlu
iii.iii, xi ki led the Si i vet-, mid
Lniplttl Theatre.
. , ltKII. I.IAXT ARRAY OF U XslX
I KRTIUZKU IK( RKASPS
FIFTY I'F.lt CF.XT IX PRICK
General Reduction Kiure February
Has UetMi Made Through Agree
ments With Big Companies.
A general reduction of the fertili
zer prices in the south of from 45 to
5u per cent since February has been
made by the manufacturers through
agreements reached between the big
companies and the national board of
farm organizations, Dr. H. E. Stock
bridge, chairman of the special com
mittee to confer with the manufact
urers with a view to getting a drop
in the prices, announced at Columbia.
Following conferences of the spe
cial committee from the national
board or rami organizations with rep
resentatives of the manufacturers I41
iew 101K, wasningion ana Atlanta,
the decrease of from 45 to 50 per
cent was allowed. Dr. Stockbrldge an
nounced. On February 16. port pri
ces 011 16 per cent acid were $29.50
a ton and now the price is $12. An
other example Dr. Stockbridge gave
was the price of $47.25 a ton for
standard H-3-3 fertilizer In January
and early February and this will be
$26.68.
Beck of the Celtic Shown iu Picture
"The Price of Possession."
The promenade deck of the Cunard
liner Celtic furnished the location for
the final scenes or "The Price or Pos
session,'' Kthvl Clayton's latest Para
mount picture, which will be shown
at the Sirand theatre Monday. Hugh
Ford, the director, is delighted with
the results obtained.
Winifred Boggs' story of English
and Australian lire is the first Miss
Clayton has done for Paramount in
the East. The filming of the picture
marks the return of Hugh Ford to
directoral duties in America alter six
months In England where he pro
duced the first two pictures made at
the new London studio of Famous
Players-Lasky British Producers, Ltd.
Among the well known screen fa
vorites who appear with Miss Clay
ton in this picture are Rockliffe Fel
lowes, leading man; Reginald Den
ny, Maude Turner Gordon, Clarence
Heritage, George Backus, Mrs. -Isabel
West and Pearl Shepard.
It has become known within the
last few days that the bill providing
for a bridge across Rocky river did
not pass the legislature, says the
Wailesboro Messenger & Intelllgen
boro in n single year, made furniture, "''' It introduced into the
intone ity Kcpresciiiauve uennetl anu
passed that body, but was killed in
the senate at the Instance of Senator
Dunlap, Mr. Bennett was under the
Impression that it had passed the sen
ate when he returned home nTter the
legislature adjourned. Mr. Dunlap
Is opposed to the principle or a toll
bridge, and he also thinks it better
to wait and give the state an oppor
tunity to build the bridge under the
new road law. It has been intimated
also that Democratic leaders in Stan-
building the
pull out'a plum, and that i1 w,'re "loosed to
sing some. He wants to l'ldRe while Stanly h
axe handles, and butter paddles
enough to last for a generation. And
the hot air, Cocoacola. and Christl
rola bottling business Is like the lit
tle brook, it runs on for ever.
"Teacher told me to write stiben
about poly-ticks, and being I dislike
personalities an dnever haid the hon
or to rub elbows with the lady, I ast
my cousin about her. He said she was
a greatly nalglected oman right now,
and lie knew them all, but at next
election the G. 0. P. might put In Its
thumb, and
would be goi
get the office of tax lister In Goose
Creek Township. My old cousin Is a
mighty well known man. Why I dis
reniember the time that I didn't re
member the kindly countenance of
my old .cousin and lire long friend
Win. Dudley Teal, Duke or Goulds
Fork.
'And' Aid hlrtorlc Olive Branch, lo
crted oa the hnnks or Richardson's
Creek, is noted and renowned ror its
good schollars, (thats me), and her
hen eggs (that usually have two yel
lows or more), and also other coun
try produce.
"And as completely as the morning
due covers the earth and herbage, so
nrocession." said Air Nordfelt "nnd. Is the state covered bv the various hot
marching to slow, weird music, beat! air news agencies, of the insect type,
Pennnt In Wlmlpli Causes Death of them."
themselves with thorn whips soaked
iu brine water to wound themselves
and make their wounds smart One
man carried a large wooden cross un
der the weight of which he fell ex
hausted frequently. The procession
ended with the erection of two cross
es with members of the order tied to
Clilld.
I It is considered an honor among
ranging all the way from the Marsh-
vllel Home nnd the hornet, down to
the Klnston Bee, and yallow Jacket.
"This Is all 1 kin remember of
now, except I want to ast you to ex
cuse bad writln and poo spelling,
cause I got a tarlable baid cold In the
top of my haid.
has a Republican
board or county comissioners.
im;i:.( in n si ps i ok damages
The entire time of the court
hearing the ;u.sS tm case was
takeu up this morning with ar-
guineiits for and against a 1110-
lion made by attorneys for the
eaxeators to strike nut that sec-
lion in the answer of the pro-
pounders relating to certain alle-
gations made by Representative
Karl Ezzell aud others, claiming
that il si not competent evi-
deuce in the Superior court. At
the time of going to press Judge
Ray had not decided on this
point. While arguing against
this motion. Mr. E. T. Cansler.
of con. 1 -rl i'.ir the propounders,
took occasion to feive a brief syn-
opsis of the case lor the benefit
of the court.
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With an imposing array or counsel
ror both sides, the 100-odd caveators
began iheir suit this morning in Su
perior court to break the will or the
late Maugie and Sallie Koss, wealthy
spinsters ot .undy Ridge township,
who beque. i.ud property estimated
to amount to over $75,000.00 to two
negroes. Bob r;w3. and his daughter,
Mittie Bell liou-ton.
Apearing u.r the caveators are
Messrs Walter Clark of Cbarlote,
Stack. Parker Craig and Julian C.
Brooks; while the propounders are
represented by Messrs. R. B. Red
wine. E. T. Cansler or Charlotte, J.
C. Sikes. Vann & Milliken. W. O.
Lenimoiid. W. B. Love, aud Frank
Armtield or Concord.
Nearly seven hours were required
to select the jury. Beginning Thurs
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, scores
of juiors were examined. The Jury
list was exhausted in a short while,
and Sheriff Fowler began calling out
court spectators to come forward and
show reason why they should not
serve. On account of the wide pub
licity given the case, however, most
everybody had expressed an opinion
in favor of one side or the other, or
was related to one or more of the
100-odd caveators who were seeking
to break the will, aud escaped ser
vice. At 5 o'clock In the afternoon the
Jury was still uncompleted, and
Judge J. Bis Ray; who is presiding,
ordered a recess until 7:30 p. ni., ex
plaining that the law rea wired that a
Jury be empaneled on the fourth day
of the week or the court must take
an adjournment until the next term.
On the re-convening of court Sher-
iff Fowler was sent on the streets In
quest of Jurors. He sent man after
man up, catching them as they came
out of the movies, but all were re
fused except Mr. Holmes Morris and
Dr. P. M. Abernethy. The latter
pleaded with Judge Ray to excuse
him, declaring that he had about ten
patients under care, but His Honor
smilingly refused. When the clock
struck 11 one juror was still larking,
and Sheriff Fowler was unable to find
another citizen on the streets at that
hour. It began to appear that court
would have to adjourn when Officer
Fuller of the Monroe police force
walked into the court room. He was
quickly ordered to take a seat in the
Jury nox, and not having expressed
an opinion one way or the other, he
was accepted, and he can now prob
ably claim the distinction of being the
nr.t police officer in this section to
serve on a jury.
The jury Is composed of the fol
lowing: F. P. Deese, Monroe, S. S.
Presson, Monroe; A. E. Morgan, New
Salem; H. W. Pigg. Goose Creek;
Holmes Morris, Monroe; H. Marshal
Baucom, Goose Creek; J. J. Fuller,
Monroe; T. C. Eubanks. Buford; J.
O. B. Huey, Jackson; G. J. Grlffln.
Monroe; Dr. P. M. Abernethy, Mon
roe, and G. W. Davis, Monroe.
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TO SPF.AK II l:i; t; MOXDAY
Rev. II. II. Mitchell Cluhiis (entry
Alienated Affections or His Wife.
Rev. H. H. Mitchell, a member of
the western North Carolina M. E.
conference, but who did not take an
appointment at the last session of the
annual conference, has Instituted suit
In Forsyth Superior court against G.
C. Centry for fifty thousand dollars
for alienating the affections of the
plaintiff s wife, Dell Wood Mitchell.
In the complaint filed plaintiff al
leges that "the defendant caused the
wife of plaintiff to go to the city of
Reno, Nevada, and there institute a
fraudulent suit, for divorce against
her husband, and that the defendant
has aided and abetted her In this
purpose."
In his answer to the complaint, the
defendant. G. C. Gentry, alleges that
the plaintiff and Dell Wood Mitchell !
I are not now man and wife, but that
"My pen Is poor, my Ink Is Dale. Dell Wood Mitchell had obtained an
"My love tor you will never Tall. Isl.Jute divorce from this plaintiff
Greensboro, March 31. A peanut tj,e Penltentes to be selected for the Ezekial Nicodenius Tregallls Popcorn. ' bnfore this action was commenced;
i.iuKcn m me winapipe or u. w. liur-' ,.,,ini
1 . J . V. ,. ... ,t... u l . - . n . 1 ... 1.1 1.1.1I.II.FII.
iiuru ymunr, i ant-nr mm inc in- n lis, j r., llie 1 4-monin-oia son or .nr.
rmation written above Is true," and Mrs. C. W. Hufflns or this cltv
ith finally a line for the signature, caused the child's death at a local hos-
On H1I3 lart the appllttint left this uital Tuesday night, following au op-
oof of h:c earnestness;
For Ahlemnii Wunl Two.
"So help me Cod:'
For Aldctiiutii, Wnrd Five.
I hereby announce my enmli.!-
for alderman from ard Five. v,. (l -i,. f, r Alderman from Wsrd Two
eration for the purpose of removing Ject to the Democratic prl-vary. subject to the Democratic Primary,
therefore defendant demands that ac
tion of plaintiff be dismissed."
Mr. Gentry, the defendant, and
the peanut.
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F. EL BANKS j
i rv rri'iouiKi1 myseir a candl- Mrs. Mitchell have been associated In
an automobile business for two or
three years, conducting garages on
O. II. MOORK.
Southsidi?.
The Occnloii Is the Seventeenth An
nual MeetiiiK of Woman's Piesby
lery.
An addresi lifcjlev. John J. Doug
las of Wadesboro features the open
ing session of ,the seventeenth annual
meeting of the woman's auxiliary of
Mecklenburg Presbytery to be held
here In the Presbyterian church April
4, 5 and nth. 'Monroe women on the
program Include Mrs. H. E. Gnrney
and Mrs. R. H. Hargett. The pro
gram is as follows:
Monday evening Devotional. Dr.
H. E. Gurney; ad.'ress, Rev. John J.
Douglas.
Tuesday morning Devotional,
Mrs. J. H. Suttonfleld; welcome, Mrs.
R. H. Hargett; response, Mrs. C. M.
Cole"; report or officers; enrollment;
business; Bible study, Mrs. H. E. Gur
ney. Tuesday afternoon Bible study,
Mrs. H. E. Gurney.
Tuesday eveningDevotional, Dr.
H. E. Gurney; address, Rev. John W.
Moore.
Wednesday morning Devotional;
personal work, Mrs. E. F. Reld; Bi
ble study, Mrs. H. E. Gurney.
Wednesday afternoon Report of
committees; unfinished business; ad
journment. Mrs. Robert N. Page, wife of our
former Congressman, is president of
the womau's auxiliary. Mrs. V.". A.
Henderson of Monroe is one of the
vice-presidents. Monroe women are
cordially invited to attend the Pres
bytery meeting.
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