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C. unhmxi-s- noun m.u.ic FAILS WITH HtXCH BACK Announcements ktr Ahleniutn in VkI Tliic. I hereby announce mysolf a candi date for aldermaa in w ild three, mb-Jt-cl to the action ot the IVmocratlc primary. A. M. S ECU EST. Afflittml Man Was Flrl lla.tfl Hj SjmhI 1 hen Minjert ei l i oiiciicik.i. I That liurned Like Le. j Murh as h wanted to have a ! straight spine. John Pocano. a hunch bark, of Coatesville, Pa., was unable to pa's an entire night in a barrel I of magic liquid. l'h)ical torture. Tie testified in the suit of the New Jersey Board' of Medical Examiners against Mrs. 'Catherine Frame, a so-called "voo idoo" of Xlilmajr, X. J., made it lm jlosible for him to ro through with 'the entire course of treatment pre scribed. Pocano was willinK to spend his i savings of years, he said, if by so do ling he could be made to stand and walk erect like other men. He heard throush friends of 'cures'" imputed i to the. woman at Milmay, a small itowu, and he went to her. She prom- isetl. he saiil. to tnr.ke him straight for $2t'. He aid her $100 on ae 1 count, the testimony Pet forth, and she prescrihvd a course of treatment. TUe r.-muiiihis 1100 was to be paid when the man was "tall and straight." following was the course of trcat- ville man described it to the court : 1 Alderman Ward Two. , .. ,,.,. . I I hereby announce myself a candl a bag of sand which had been heated Alderman from Ward Two. jcratlc primary to a high temperature. For A Merman From Ward Ojw I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as alderman from j ward one. subject to the action or We i democratic primary. V. F. LEMMOXD.. For AMerman froia Ward Two. 1 hereby annouuee myself a can didate for Alderman from ward two subject to the action or the Democra tic primary. P. HAYXB JOHNSON For Alderman from Ward One. I hereby announce myself a can didate for Alderman from ward one subject to the action of the Democra tic primary. W. J. TRILL. For Alderman, Fifth Ward. 1 herebyannounce myself a candi date for alderman from the fifth ward, subject to the action ot the Democratic primary. J. W. FOWLER. For AMerman, Ward Tliree. t hereby announce niy candidacy for re-election as alderman from the third ward, subject to the actios ot the democratic primary. J. B. SIMPSON. For Mayor. I hereby announce myself a candi date for mayor, subject to the action ot the Democratic primary. T. FRANK LIMERICK. For Aide man Fourth Ward. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Aldtnaan iroin tbj fourth ward, si-bject to the Demortlc pri mary. W. E. FUNDERUURK. For Alderman Ward Three. . I hereby announce mysel fa candl late for Alderman from ward three, i the Democratic primary subject to the Democratic primary. For Alderman From Fourth Ward We, the voters of the fourth ward, hereby announce the -candidacy of Mr.J. W. Lathan as alderman from our ward, subject to the action of VOTERS. I J. T. SHUTE. 'subject to the The hot sand burned Pocano s bark, but he persisted until his skin had literally been roasted. Then he wai to Jump Into a barrel containing a li'iutd concocted by boiling-"magic" herbs in water, and re main submerged to his chin a day and a half. Almost In 1ears Foonno explained that he jumped out of the bath much more quickly than he entered It be-' cause his whole body was burned as if lye had been used. Pocano said the woman doctor re turned $25 of his $100 when he went to her. She failed to appear in court Democratic Primary. O. H. MOORE. For Alderman, Ward Five. I hereby announce my candidacy for alderman from Ward Five, sub ject to the Democratic primary. D. F. EUBANKS For AMennnn In Ward Two. For Alderman Ward Four. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman from ward four, subject to the action of the Derao- J. DUNHAM BUNDY. For Mayor. I hereby announce myself a candi date for mayor, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. J. D. McRAE. For Mayor. I hereby announce my candidacy I hereby announce uiy candidacy for the office of Mayor of the City of for alderman In ward two. subject to the action of the Democratic primary, AMOS STACK. For Alderman Fourth Want. I hereby anounce myself a candi- Judge Repetto granted a Judpmcnt I fr .A,d,orm" frn0,u ,he ,fol'rt,h r $200 to the medical examining j . t0 the nomocrat ic pri- for board. RUB - MY-TISM Is a powerful Antiseptic and Pain killer, cures infected 'cuts, old sores, tetter, etc. Relieves Sprains, Neuralgia, Rheumatism. mary. V. H. WOOD. Monroe, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. J. C. M. VANN. For Alderman From Ward One. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Alderman from Ward 1, subject to the action of the Democra tic primary. . LEE BROOM. For Alderman Ward Four I hereby announce myself a can didate for Alderman from ward four, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. E. G. FAUST. House Moving SEE Lee Trull. HE MOVES ANYTHING AT REA SONABLE PRICKS. PHONE 175-J. .MONROE, X. C. ROSS WILL TRIAL ON 2ND WEEK; ENDN0T IN SIGHT Monroe Correiiilciit of the Ob server tilve Resume of Union County's Most Interesting Case. 111111X1 A NT CLASHES BY COUNSEL When Superior court adjourned here Saturday the Ross will ense bad consumed nine duys. with r.o prospect of the end in . sight, writes the Monroe correspondent in the Charlotte Observer. The cavea tors still have a number of witnesses to put up and the propoundors In re buttal will olTer several dozen wit nesses. The Importance or the case may Justify a brief resume of the facts. Misses Sallie and Mat-pie Rasg. maiden white women living in the little village of Marvin in Sandy Ridge township, this county, on co caine known a number of second, j being the caveators and others of third and fourth cousins, there being like relationship. no first cousins or nearer relatives of The evidence has been sensational the women surviving, filed a caveat at times, tending to show deplorable I to the will in behalf of themselves conditions In the Ross home where I and 'others who might make them- the negroes were admitted to abso- . . . v. ...ilnn IVKan tnta ani-inl AnlinlitV ThA DmnOUnd- seives parlies iu iuc muuu. ..... .mh. ------ the case came to trial more than 100 era seeking to show that this was the caveators had joined the action as full consent of Maggie Ross who had parties plaintiffs, alleging that the a natural affection for the negroes will of Maggie Ross Is Invalid on the and for this reason allowed them the ground that she did not have mental privileges they took and bequeathed capacity to make a will, and if she the property to them, while the cav- did have mental capacity to make a eatora contend that it was against will this particular was obtained by Maggie's will but that she did not undue influence exerted upon her by have mental foree or will power suf- her WUr Sallie A. Ross, the negro ficient to combat the conditions. The bem-lii'lari'es, Robert Ross and Mitt'.e hypothetical question propounded to Belle Houston, and others. the expert witnesses embodies the The rase has appeared on the court. Principal contentions of the caveators cal da of Union county for several which they have in roauced ev dence Ve n, but was not reached. There" to prove but which are denied In was a term of superior1 court Tor the toto by the propounded. r al o c .nVnal cas,s scheduled for Added Interest attaches to the case Ma ch 28 and time being no pressing because of the array of letra I talent cases of this kind, a special act of the involved, the rropoum ers MM W" WlHlature authorized this term to resented by E. T. Casler of Charlotte, I. " ,-. .t.- .m R. B. Kedw ne. Joln U. Sines. . u Kiage lowiiMiiu. una lUHHijt , cjvll actons, anu me j;oss win " . - . o vember 20. 1907. signed mutual re- h , one ca,onaered for 1 y. o. Lemmond and Jann .inMM..t wiita. almost identica ln ,.t .,; ..,, ,i rnr . Milliken of the local bar, and Frank ciprocal wills, almost identical ln(he ,erm Colirt was pofl,ned for Mi"ikpn of the local bar and rranK terms, in wnicn tne estate oneu (hm days convening on Thursday, " " Z n lll. i them as tenants in common and con- h 0n acrolint o the wide are represented by Mack, Parker & VI Alp. Ul ill w II i ur, itaiui nt of Charlotte, and J. C. Brooks ot Afniirna Vfnnv nntntfl nT law hftVQ ' rK S BwhJo hVl not been threshed out in lengthy debate ' " .... Viv uniinaul anil ftllllrttlt M'prV Will CAie ; formed an opinion, it Deing necessa-. . - rv to empanel the Jury on Thursday 1 ever before the state supreme court try to empanel me jury on luumuaj r-tarroA tn B. omhniltv for them as tenants in common and con- Martn 3ist 0n account of the wide ar sistlng of about 1,400 acres of farm famiiy connections of caveators and Cri lands and (at that time) about $15,- (he extpngiVe publicity given the mat- of 000 in money, was left to the survlv-i(or ,t wag hard t0 fln, a jury of 12 Mc ing sister during her lifetime and at not connected and who had not be be riisnosed of BS follows: About $15,000 to Individuals, , empanel the Jury on Thursday ! ever before the state supreme court churches, hospitals, schools and mls-, d l0 0 over int0 tne following has been referred to as authority for Bion boards, and the balance of the:mpck wUh tne hf.arinKt a night ses-, the points advocated. Frequent corn estate to be divided between Robert , held and it became a race nt Is heard upon tne brilliance of n .ninrn,i o-hn hri hopti rear-1 ... .t .u.i n-ii : tlal and careful attitude of Judge Bis ed Ross, colored, who had been rear- the clocki ,ne Jllry belng finany , tlal and careful attiude of Judge Bis ,nd Mittie ueuo onlnnnnB,iert few minutes before wa). wno is presiumg u i..e cuu.i. In tbelr home. uniminn his it.nichtor. who had also been reared largely in the home of the Ross women. Miss Sallie Ross, the elder by about eight years, died in 1909. A few weeks later Maggie Ross made a codicil to the will cutting off the wife of Robert Ross, colored, who had been given a small amount under the original will, and bequeathing one thousand dollars to her business agent, R. A. Hudson, prominent clti ten of her community. The will of Sallie Ross was not offered for pro bate until after the death of Maggie Ross in May. 1920, when both wills were offered together and probated at the same time, with R. A. Hudson and R. B. Redwlne as executors. As soon as the provisions of the will be- Now that we are through cussing winter we may soon Indulge in our enuallv favorite pastime of tearing off a few at summer. 666 Piano Tuning BY KKLIABLi: TINFHS. WORK (il'AKANTTFD. HOI MWAY'S MUSIC HOUSF, Monroe, N. C Dr. Kemp Funderburk DENTIST Office oter Yf aller'a Old Store. empannelled a few midnight Thursday. I Over 100 witnesses had been sub-i nnenaed. includlns many who had J moved away from the Marvin com munity to other states. After prov ing execution of the will by the three witnesses who signed it at the time Miss Maggie Ross did. the pro nnnnHara aniit-ht In ahnv that the will was valid by putting up a numoer '!., , 1 wintesF.es who testified to the mental will break a Lola, Jrevcr ana capacity of both saiiie and asfe j GrjDDC nUicker than any- Ross. Several or these witnesses, in-1 grippe quiiitci wan anj eluding the pastor of the church to thing we know, preventing 1, MiititIa holnn cpH Hprlarpii that. ! she was not only mentally competent pneumonia to make a will, but was a snrewa uun- Iness woman. Others testified that , while most of her affairs were man- j aged by R. A. Hudson as agent she frequently transacted matters of bus- Iness In an Intelligent manner and sometimes discussed such questions as selling cotton, farm work, etc., with her neighbors. The caveators are seeking to show V... man,. llnsiai th.lt MiSS Maggie jU IIIM.fJ ..... - - - I Rosa was feeblf-mindod anJ physical ' 1v won k that uliB transacted no bus- I Iness. Miss Sallie Ross doing all of i this prior to her death and R. A. Hud- ; inon .since that time; that she was - moodv, suffering frequent spells of 1 melancholia and abstraction; that she 1 Hnminated hv her sister and in- timldated by the n'cro woman. Mittie fielle Houston; that at the time be will was signed she was crying loudly and never did serlfrally assent to it orM fhorefnre the will of Mag-, liri'a un. ihnnlH he set aside and the , ;estate which it seeks to devise should , revert to the heirs at-law, the same DR. S. A. ALEXANDER VETERINARIAN Office Phone 113. Res. 55-J R.H.Garren,M.D. Practice Limited' to Treatment of Diseases of F.YF, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Office Over THE rSION PRIG COMPANY. PnOXE HM. and IN CHARLOTTE most Everybody and His Girl will go to the AUTO SHOW cause it's going to be quite worth while. COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS. Make up a Party for the Auto Show April 11-16. M. Wff-M-uVVri 1 2m-x-ij rr rn ri waiv- . jwr m wi 1 ' 1 r. a v m spccial nvvcnoM PB fflA . t wrrMus pbvobs M. 1VB K. '; Vr FAMOUS BA NO WILL PLV - IS. ' CARMELAPONUU LV. iX4 APRIL 11-16. mi a i THE UNIVERSAL CAR The Ford Coupe The Ford Coupe is surely the Salesman car. Thous ands of them are bought every year by firms jemploying traveling salesmen. Many firms buy fifty or one hundred at a time, because they know, from experience, that the Ford Coupe increases the efficiency of the salesmen at a minimum of expense. , . Contractors, builders, collectors, physic'iMw all find the Ford Coupe the most convenient as well as the most eco nomical among mtor cars. Lowest in purchas price, lowest in operating costs, and backed by the Ford Service organization coupled with the durably of the car itself these furnish the reasons for the h ord popularity. Let us send you a copy of "Ford A Business Utility.'' " It tells what other concerns have learned about the Ford in business sen-ice. But, better still, let us have your order today. The demand keeps growing. Orders are filled in . the order as received and our allotment is limited a spec ified number each month. Henderson Biotor Company MONROE, N. C. Ford. Cars Ford Truck3 Fordson Tractors Ford Service. Genuine Ford Parts '
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