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FIGHT PARES THE MONROE JOURNAL. FIRIUV, DECEMBER 30, mi PACE THREB Bickett Entered College the Day of Charleston Earthquake Mr. E. H. Ausl n. H:s Room ite, ays That They no::.T'it So-ie Boys Were Rocking the iTouse; Ilia Booyho-d Companion Knew Him lo Be a Man of Principle and Honor Outside the immediate family, no- r.aj:.r. Walter had much knowledge one waa more grieved to ham of the oa the subject under discussion. He death of Thomaa Walter Bickett shot Ferris' argument full of boles, than Mr. E. H. Austin, bis boyhood 'and ouud up by saying: companion and roommate at college. j 'The Ignorance of Mr. Ferris on "I loved Waller Bickett like a broth- ;tU subject reminds me of a story, er," Mr. Austin said Wednesday, "it Once there was a man. who, tired of is bard for me to realize that be has life, decided to commit suicide. Going passed away. He was the very picture into the barn loft, he tied a blind of health when be thumped me on the back when he was here 'Foch night." and said in his friendly bap. py way: 'Old friend. I'll never for get you. " Mr. Austin and Governor Bickett. who are about the same age. were In the same class at the old Monroe briddle aroui.d his neck. A rope that was sis;etided to the bridle was tied around a raft.r, and the man Juuijd from tas loft. IMore the rope was tight, howevir, h.s wife, who had ap pealed on the wri.e, cut it with a knife, and the hu.-bacd Ml to the floor uninjured. 'Woman,' he mourn- High school. The late I'ror. hcroggs, ed as he took the situation at a Prof. Anderson and Miss Jane Wade glance, 'If you hadn't cut that rope were their teachers. "Walter Bick- I d bo walking the pearly streets of ett, he said, "was one of the bright. Jerusalem.' With a look of contempt. est boys In school and his eompan- the wife replied: And wouldn't you Ions predicted that be would make cut a pretty figure walking the his mark In life. He was studious, streets of Jerusalem with a blind reserved and very ambitious. 'I am bridle on!' going to make something out of my "Birkett's speeches In college al life,' he told me on one occasion, ways showed thorough preparation and knowing of his ambition and de- When he was selected to debate a termination to leave the Imprint of question ho would get an armful of his character upon this wotld. I have books bearing on the subject from never been surprised at the progress ihe library and would peruse them he made in niountiug tae ladder of until In the lata hours of the night, success. He was UMially on the winning side. His only recreation was swii.nuing too. and shooting marbles, carein noth. "it is not generally known, but lng for baseball or the rough (-ports Bickett paid a part if not all of Ms of that day. Many are t"0 times that way through college. I know that he we went to the creek together, swim- gave notes for bis tuition the day nilng for hours at the time In true he, Walter Sikes and myself niatrl boyisa fashion. ciliated." "Walter Sikes, Bickett and myself Since this Interview, Mr. Austin left on the same train iu the year has written the following about his 1886 to enter Wake Forest College, roommate: We arrived at Wake Forest on the, -wll th thig roornimi day of the Charleston earthquake. flshe(1 over th(f M and were In bed when the earth, be- Govwnor Bicktt had died . vaii of gan to tremble like a leaf. The House sorrow wgg ad ovar North Car0. where we were boarding was violent. lina from the mountaini to the sea. ly shaken. 'Its nothing but those de-i fet i had Mt one ot the best vllish boys,' I said when all three frieml8 i had ever known ,nd the of us, badly frightened, sat upright 8tate ii most inustrious statesman. In our beds. "They've got a galvanic . Valt Bk-keit was the embodiment battery under the house,' I added. '(lf human kindness, generous without Yes,' said Walter Bickett. 'that's the fauit( and WOuld go out of his way trouble.' About this time a Latin pro- t0 do a friend a good deed. He feasor, who was rooming next door, ' would stick to a friend like a brother, raised his window and shouted, Wil8 a Kreat privilege to be num "Three cheers for the earthquake.' bored cne of Walt's friends. He nev The next morning we learned of the ' cr stooped to anything low or de devastation wrought at Charleston by grading and so far as his character the unusual occurrence. lis concerned, I consider it as near "Bickett earned a reputation as a i perfection as it can be possible for speaker while attending the Monroe j humans to be. He was a very clo.se high school, but he didn't make much student. He, Walter Sikes, and my of an Impression the first time he self left Monroe in the year 1H88 to SDOke in the Euzelian society. Km. barrassed, he stood on the floor with his hands in his pocket, like a greeit country lad, and mumbled a few commonplace, Incoherent words. Ho was pitted against a man by the name of Ferris, then one of the most pow erful and polixhed debaters in the College. Ferris, when he got up to reply, made light of Walter's effort, causing the members to rollick with laughter, much to the chagrin of Bickett, myself and Walter Sikes. Af ter the meeting adjourned, Bickett said to me: 'Before I leave this col. lege I am going to rhame Ferris for holding me up to ridicule.' "As the months went by, Dk-kett Improved In debnte, soon earning the reputation of being Ferris' equal If Knot his superior in some respects. He bldod his time until one night when Ferris ridiculed another opponent In debate. Although he was not on the program, Bickett took the floor and hurled Invective after Invective In the direction of the astonished Fer ris whose face turned white with en'er Wake Forest College. Mostev erv honor within the gift of that in stitution was captured by him. Close application and concentration of thought ma'e him a great man. He was a very forceful debator nnd in the Euzelian literary society of his Alma Mater old Wake Forest, he made a reputation second to none as a profound thinker and orator. Aggressive in debate, his points were usually carried out. Always open to conviction nnd if shown wherein he was wrong, he would bow to the inevitable and admit he was wronjr. "He was of the most lovable dis position. He was a loyal friend to the widow and orphans, and I have known him when he practiced law at Danburry in Stokes county to ab solutely refuse to take a case against a wiikw. "1 was not surprised when ha was made attorney general for I knew it was confidence well placed; neither vv.is I surprised when he was elected to '.he hi;,hest office within the gi't of the reoplo of the grandest state t Happy A New Year To each and everyone of our many friends we wish "A Happy New Year." Our ap preciation of their patronage knows no bounds; and in the future, as in the past, we will serve them with the best food in that happy, courteous way that makes eating at our place a joy, a pleasure that is only equalled by sitting at mother's ta ble. Come often in the new year. A warm welcome awaits you. DeLuxe Cafe. Worth G. Nash, Prop. IT TAKES SKILL AND GOOD SIGHT lo do a first-class job of welding with the oxy-p.cetylcns torch. We handle any kind of a weld ing job. Any machinery which needs our services is assured of the very best treatment and results. A fly wheel, shaft, gear, etc., welded by us stands up under hardest usage. J. H. HcCLELLAN At Secrest Motor Company in the union. I knew the mantle had fallen on broad shoulders and cora pe'ency tfyond mention. I have taid of t:i that Walt Bickett would make his n-.aik in the world and he has fought a geoj fight, kept the f.iith, and tempered justice w:th mercy. ? ;s ir.any a poor fellow in Nartj ,'iiriil.na who will remember him un til time shall be no more. I can imagine that great big man with tear in his eye when he said Go thy way anj sin no more.' It must have been a most precious thought to him to have the power to say go nome ta your wile and little ones. for they need you. "During his campaign for Gov ernor 1 was with him and did some r.ork for him, and 1 found he was a ck-i-ncut politk-an, a man who was open nnd above board. There was no Luile in him. liickctt was always in sympathy with the under dog. A: a boy he would take the part of the boy who was be.ng dulldozed by larger boys. He was one of the biggest hearted, noble minded men it has ever been my pleasure to meet. If he liked you he could not do too much for you. He professed religion at Wake Forest and after joining the church, he made an exemplary mem ber. He could not tolerate deceit in any one and had a real high sense of honor. As a boy he had high aspirations and often told me he was going to make some;hing of him self. He was a self-made man, gave his note for his education, which was repaid when he made it. 1 fully be lieve had he lived he would have filled the senatorial halls of the United States as senator from North Carolina. "There are some things we can not understand. One is why such a man as Bickett should die so young.. But God in his all wise providence knows what is best. He doeth all things well. Therefore, we humbly bow our heads and calmly submit, to the in evitable. We can say scripturally. 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joys of thy Lord.' Henceforth there is laid up for you a crown of Righteousness, Whether Hero or Lover or else mat ters not, other times other men shall devine him. Let him rest in his grave by the world never forgot. We have hearts large enough to enshrine him. 1'eace to his ashes." Caused 'Em to Hestitate "Well, Mose, how'd the races come out yesterday?" "Putty good, suh, putty good: on y some fool drapped a bag o' oats on de track an' all de horsses hesitated." Richmond Times-Dispatch. NOTICE OF RE-SALE OF VALUA BLE FARM LANDS. Under and by virtue of an order of the Clerk of tho Superior Court of Union county. North Carolina, made in a certain special proceeding enti tled Sarah Long, widow of T. C. Long, deceased, rt al vs. David Long et al, I Gillam Craig, commissioner of the court, will, on Wednesday, the 19th Day of January, 1921. at twelve o'clock noon, at the court house door of Union county, In Monroe, N. C, sell at public auc tion to the highest bidder, the fol lowing valuable lands, lying and be ing In the county of Union, Rtrte of North Carolina, In Lanes Creek township, adjoining the lands of T. C. nnd J. H. Lee, Mrs. Kmiline Horn. Mrs. Lou Hamilton and others, and more particularly described as fol lows: Tract number one Beginning at a .:ring and runs thence N. 71 degrees W. 12.G2 chs. to center Camden road; thenca with said road N. 6 degrees E. 1.15 chs.j thence N. 3-4 degrees E. 0.t'2 chs. to iron fctake; thence N. 87 decrees E. 17.55 chs. to an iron stake in center of a road; thence S. 1(1 de grees W. 2.40 chs. to a maple; thence S. 27 degrees E. 16.00 chs. to a stone; thence S. 70 degrees E. 11.50 chs. to a take on Lanes creek, thence with the 'arinjs courses of said Lanes creek 20.20 chs. to a stake on E. side creek, Tom Lee's orner; thence with Lee's line N. 47 W. 20.80 chs. to the be ginning and containing 71.10 acres. BiiMing cn this tract will start at $5225.00 Tract number two Beginning at an iron stake where all four lots corner and runs Camden road N. 10 degrees W. 2.30 chs.; 2nd N. 33 3-4 degrees W. 9.3G; 3rd N. 23 1-2 degrees W. 76 links; 4th N. 1 degree E. 4.58 chs. to center bridge on Waxhaw branch; thence with the vnrious courses of branch 41.00 chs. to tho ford; thence S. 12 degrees W. 9.75 chs. to a stake; thence S. 44 degrees W. 1.80 chs to a W. O.; thence S. 16 degrees W. 9.60 chs. to an iron stake in center road; thence with a new line S. 87 decrees V. 17.55 chs. to the beginning, and containing 48.20 acres. Bidding on this tract will start at ?2021.25. Tract number three Beginning at on iron stako in Camden road where lot No. 1 joins and runs thence N. 74 degrees W. 43.38 chs. to a P. O., now stake; thence N. 15 degrees E. 13.48 chs. to a stone on side, of a road; thence S. 76 degrees E. 41.73 chs. to center Camden road, iron stake where all four lots join; thence with said road S. 3-4 degrees W. 9.62 chs; 2nd S. 6 decrees W. 6.10 chs. to tho te gimi'ng and containing 03.78 acres. Bidding on this tract will start at ?r.75.00 Tract number four Beginning at an iron stuke in center Camen road, corner of other threa lots and runs thence M. 76 degrees W. 41.37 rh. to a stone on side road; thence N. 35 3-4 decrees R. 24.00 chs. to a stone; thence N. 673 -I degrees E. 15.00 chs. to center Waxhaw branch by a gum; thence down said branch S. 2'J degrees E. 7.2!) j 2nd S. 10 degrees V. I.'JG; Ird S. 78 degrees W. 1.80; 4th S. 8 degrees W. 1.15 chs.; 5th A. 35 !e grte E. !'.20 chs. center bridge on Cniden rad; thence with the road S. 1 degree W. 4.5S; 2nd S. 23 1-2 de Rrees E. 70 links; 3rd S. 38 3-1 de grees E. 9.36 chs.; 4th S. 19 degrees E. 2.30 chs. to the beginning, end containing 71.98 acres. Bidding on this tract will start at flf.85.00. Terms of sale: one third cash, one third in six months from duy the sale is confirmed, one third in twelve months from date of confirmation with option to the purchaser to j ay all cash. This the 29th day of Dec. 1921. OILLAM CKA1U, Commissioner. SUck, Parker ft Craig, Attys. vtwmwtv?t etoO'eet90oeegfro3 ? 9 For Your Generous Patronage WE THANK YOU tt In the year 1922 we trust fortune will he as kind to you as you have heen to us in the years that have passed. Our hest wishes to all of our people SMITH-LEE CO. A MISSIONARY DIES IN BRAZIL (From the Lancaster News.) Tresbytcrians m this community will learn with regret that a cable message has been received announc ing the death of Mrs. Carolina Porter Smith, a Presbyterian missionary and widow of the late Dr. J. Rockwell Smith, at Campinas, Brazil, on No vember 7. Her parents moved to Brazil in her childhood. On October 18, 1881, she married het Rev. J. Rockwell Smith, then a missionary of the church at Pernambuco, and im mediately thereafter received her own missionary appointment. At the time of her death she had just rounded out her 40 years of service on the field. In these 40 years she visited the United States only four times on furlough. LAND SALE By virtue of a power contained in a certain deed of trust to me executed on the 21st lay of April, 1920. and recorded in Book A X of deeds on page 736, I will on Saturday, January 28, 1922, at twelve o'clock at the court house door in Monroe, N. C, sell to the highest bidder for cash all of that lot of land lying and being in the western portion of the City of Mon roe, and fully described by metes and bounds in a certain deed made and executed by A. M. Crowell and wife to C. C. Sikes on the 7th day of Feb., 1908, and duly registered in the office of Register of Deeds for Union County in Book 41 page 491, to which reference is hereby craved for a more particular description. Except from the above description, however, one lot of land heretofore conveyed by C. C. Sikes and wife to Chas. N. Toney from the above described lot. Said lot having been conveyed to Will Gaither by C. C. Sikes and default having been made in the payment of the note secured by said deed of trust, and demand havin-- been made on me to proceed to advertise and sell said lot. JOHN C. SIKES, Trustee This 28th day of December, 1921. Fords oiv TRACTOR DR. P.M. ABERNETHY VETERINARIAN Office FOWLER t LEE STABLE MONROE, N. C. Phone SOS. Residence Phone 159-J. W. W. IIARGETT, Dealer in PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES AND REPAIRS. Very Reasonable Prices Charged. All Work Guaranteed. 'hone372-R. Monroe, N.C. Do More in a Bay Do It Better One man w ith a FOR DSON TRACTOR can do more work easier and with less expense than two men can do with horses. This means that you with a FORDSON TRACTOR can actually raise more crops, with less work and less expense. And this means that your profits will be greater with fewer hours cf work. Cesidea the FORDSON will Uk car of avcry power job on the farm. It is light, alert, flexible In control and operation, ytt it has powt and endurance to sparo. You should see th FORDSON at work to appreciate Its wonder ful capabilities, W vill gladly give you th proofs If you will ask for them, either by a personal call, phone or poat carJ. HENDERSON MOTOR CO. a m. 62S22 F. O. B. DatroU
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