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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT.' THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVERYBODY NEEDS IT." r ROE JQURN. PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 86. Monroe, N. G, Friday, December 1, 1922. $2.00 Per Year Cash MON II 111 UsLi GERMAN MADE LARGE SUM OFF A BIG TIMBER DEAL When Folk Chided Him For Price He Taid for Walnut, He Named Some Eye-Opener Figures MR. J. M. YODER WRITES OF THE CATAWBA SECTION Score and scores of people from this section have visited the Cataw ba county section in search of dairy cattle, but it has remained for Mr. J. M. Yoder of Van Wyck, S. C to relate some of the folk-lore that abounds in that part of the state. Particularly interesting is his de scription of the huge cane-break some distance from Hickory which he grave the Lancaster News. "High spots' in his communication include the story of a. big; lumber deal in which a German figured and the fame of the Ashing; poles that flour ished like weeds in the break. "After traveling; about four miles," he writes, "you come to another -mall stream known as Jacobs fork. These two streams form South Fork of the Catawba. When this country was first settled by the whites the pioneer was Henry Weidner, who entered a large tract of land in the valley in cluding; the conjunction of the streams. Mr. Weidner had two sons, Henry and Jacob. Henry settled on the west stream and this was known as Henry's . fork. Jacob settled on the east prong and this then was call ed Jacobs fork. About five miles from where the streams run togeth er,' west is Baker's mountain, which is just between the two streams and from the top of it the silvery lines of water can be seen sparkling in the sunlight. There is a fine plateau from two to five miles wide running down from Baker's mountain to the forks of the two streams. There are a number of fine . farms located on this plateau. In the forks of the two rivers there is a fine farm known as the Rockhouse farm which has been in the family of the Willfong's for many years. "Fifty years ago there were about six acres in the forks, covered with a heavy growth of cane, and known far and wide as "The Cane Breaks," in which many wild, animals made their homes. Black bears, foxes, raccoons and many other animals were found. Hunters found much sport in capturing them. Cattle had made (rails leading in many direc tions through the canes. By taking a stand in these you had a fine place to get a shot at moving game after the dogs had stirred it from its lair. This cane break was visited from far and near by fishermen to get large canes for fishing rods. In this cane break was a quantity of fine walnut timber. Mr. Willfong offered to sell the cane break, six acres for twelve hundred dollars, but did not find a purchaser. About thirty years ago, a German who was hunting walnut timber to ship to Germany, was di rected to Mr. Willfong to see the walnut on the cane break. After inspecting it he offered Mr. Willfong twelve hundred dollars for all the walnut from six inches and up, and would give him. twelve hundred dol lars to haul it to Hickory ready for shipping after it was cut. There was one especially tine tree, over three feet in diameter, and over fifty feet to the first limb. This German did not only cut the timber but dug up the stumps and roots, five inches in diameter anil over. A citizen of Hickory, learning the price paid for the timber, said to the German, he thought he had been badly picked up jn his. trade. He answered that he had made a tine bargain, that the stump of the big tree would bring him twenty-hve hundred dollars in Germany lor veneering purposes SPEED AND ACTION IN "THE FAST .MAIL" First of Lincoln J. Carter's Far;ui Thrillers to Be Presented on Ihe Screen "SpeeH Counts" is the password a', the strand Theatre this week .fo.' they are showing that ol.l time iV.elor drama, "The Fast .hiil," wriaen !. Lincoln J. Carier. It u a Wilinm Fox preitntatioii, mid has tieea tlive.;ci with u keen eye for thrills by Ber nard J. During.- In the cast r.ie Chailes Jones, Eiken Percy and Adolph Menjou. So fast docs the action move that one has a hard time keeping up .with the thrills. When the play was first produced cn the stage the big scene came when "The Fast Mail" thunder ed across the ctage in the title role. But the camera, handling the theme with a much broader scope, has man aged to include, instead of the one thrill, one dare devil stunt after an other, un;il the audience gaps. Charles Jones, who plays the n le of the hero, Walter West, claims ihat he has do nerves, and this picture will surely uphold that statement. It is a melodrama pure and simple, but remarkably, well done. Of course We t is in 'love with Mary, and shs with him. The rejected suitor dors all in his power to mar their happi ness. Action first comes with a thrill steeplechase, where West, on whom all the mqnry is placid to win, is fouled. Mrfke plans now to grow a few hogs next season. The neighbors can help you make uj a car lot for sale cn-nrwrativelv. Ihis affords a sur income when prisingi) ' money it 500 Rooters Should Go To Salisbury, HE EXPECT MOXKOE TO WIX OVEK ASHEVII.LE Monroe Physician Isn't Worrying ( About the Greek He Kays Mark and Wk-k Are Wrestlers, Too DISTANCE BIT FIFTY-FIVE t MILES BY WAY bv COXCOIU j Not less than flvt hundred support-: ers of the local football team should ; make the trip to Salisbury tomorrow to root for Mack, Yates, Jada. O. C., WlKKs and all. Dr. H. D. Stewart! writes. "You will see a great fight," ! he adds, "as good as any college) game." It is only 70 miles by j Albemarle or by Charlotte and 55 by Concord, he finds. ! Dr. Stewart is the champion pep-1 artist when It cones to boosting the high team. He has kept the local' papers full of cheer for the home boys in their scrap for the champion-1 ship.' His last communication, which ) Is -given below. Is the very essence of confidence and optimism over the outcome. ' Fall on those fumbles. ; "Block those kirks and passes. "Stop that Greek. Keep up with ! the ball anil get your nun. The defense seems to depend up- i on four thinits: 1. Blocking or inter cepting forward passes before they; are completed; 2. Holding the line against plunges or penetrations; 3. stnnninir i'uihp haeka from er.it rims or. line penetrations; 4. Blocking kicks. The offensive seems to depend on flv thin- i RMninir an nm. pletlng passes quickly and accurate - ly; 2. Going through the enemy's; line for ealns: 3. Running around ! the ends This reoulrei uneert and Interference; 4. Fine puntiug and ffnn I.L lelr lmr R rtau'llHurtnir itllvl Bewildering and trick Dlavs ' r- - - o - o r --T.- "Don't wait for the other man to'tne. fjotbnll team, I am handing you get him get him yourself, everyone le"'r J (rom George of you , Blanton of Shelby that is self-expla- "Keep the enemy out of yonr L jUSt Wanted ,yoU kT terrltorv tnat Shelby is anxious for Monroe to "They sy (hat boy Wlggs Is as . ' ,'...i j n n i- strong in the arms and shoulder that he nearly hurts the ground, when h. throw, a player. They say the Greek Is a wrestler. So are Mack and Wick. "If you want to see the best foot ball game you have ever seen, go to Salisbury Saturday. The Monroe boys are In fine shape, and will fight all the way through without weaken ing." Y. M. C. A. Drive Kiwanians and Jiotarians, following a meeting held in the chamber of com merce rooms Tuesday afternoon, agreed -to put on the drive for the community Y. M. C. A. on Dec. 6th instead of the 8th, as previously de cided. Dr. Weaver, the Rotary president, appoln ed M: F. G. Henderson chair man of one division, and the Kiwan inr.s named Mr. R. W. Lemmonl chairman of the other. The following iKptai.M wer selected: For Mr. Henderson: Bruce Red iv.o i. Dr. G. M. Smith, R. II. Cunning ham and C. W. Walton. To- Mr. L"?mmond: Lee Griffin. W. A. Il3.-.iiers..:i, G. B. Caldwell, J. E. Stewart. George McClelland and J. V. Fowler. Dr. Weaver appointed Dr. W. R. rcrrell to serve with him as General . Chairman These cantatas will meet at Dr. Weaver's office .on Friday night, De cember 1st. fur the nurnnsp of splerlu j irg their team workers, and deviding icr ain other detailed items. I 1 ?,a:it;b,,4t.h'i held to check up ami see thaf teams 1 nre complete. . ! A d.nner for all workers will be ' u-.vc! Tuesday n;tht, December 5th j a::d il'e ranvusj w !1 lbs made Wcdncs- r.;;y (he iitli. j A it ue cloik will bt erected on: ;!o : ;unro ( v at some cntral point' .( note the coross of the campaign. 1 Pat Was On the Job An Iriihman was iv.wiy employed at n lumber office. The proprietors :' the company were youn men and t!?c :ei! to rave some tun with tne r.r.v hand, riiinck was Mt in ; Z into the lur business. He has al charge of the ofri.-e, wkh instructions ; ready ordered traps to catch the to take all oiders which nii-,'ht comt ' elu.s ve, fur-bearing animals of this ('I'fir.g their ab.-encL-. . j section. Goir.T to n nearby drug stDiv they' rcaihirtf at Union Grove Methodist prone. led to call up the lumber com-j church Sjnday night by P.i-v. Mr. pnnyV office, and the following con-1 Mridcr. . ' vera'..'on ensued: Your correspondent saw smoke "Hello! Is this the East Fide I.um- coming from the parlor chimney of btr Company?" thp home of Misses Uena and Hazel "Yes, sir. Ar.J what would you i 1 ui r Sunday evening. He has not bo hnvin'?" j yet asceitained whether their guests "Take an order, will ou?" wire girl fne'nils or thoir Sunday "Sure, that's what I'm J.er? f ir.", 'night beaux. , . "i'itasj icnd.no :. .h ua::d knot Mr. J. , M. Pusser spent several holes." j day s last week at Ellerbe, in P.ich- "One thousand knot ho'c-.'' tunrn 1 county. "Well, now, oln't taut a bbomin'i thac? , I'm Hr;y, bj; ars just ' ovt." "How's :hat?" ' "Jut sold them all to the nw bar rel factory." "To the barrel factory? What do they want with .Rem" f "They use tbr.i for bung holes in barrels." Selected. Sneakinir of Christmas present wouldn't the home town paper Drove I a most acceptable gift to one who! Mistress": "Yes, Mary, but the arm has moved awav from the cammuni-' of the law is long." ty but stdl retains his intere.it in j Cook: "It is indade, man -.' - what happens there? jbody knows it better nor I Uj." Says Dr. Stewart HK.H S LEAVE TONIGHT OK TOMORROW FOR GAME Monroe high's fast eleven leaves either tonight or early in the morning for Salisbury for the en counter Saturday afternnon be tween Ashevllle that will decide the western football champion ship. The winner of this game goes to Chapel Hill to battle the champions for the championship of the state. The probable line-up is: Lem mond. left end; Curlee, left tackle; Beasley. left guard; F. Williams, center; Baskerville, right guard; Wiggs. right tackle; W. Falrley, right end; Coble, quarterback; Laney. left half; M. Falrley. right half; and R. Williams, fullback, i , SHELBY BACKING LOCAL BOYS TO LICK ASHEYILLE George Blanton, Banker of That Town. Writes J. C. Sikes That He Thinks Monroe Can Do It NO REASON WHY LINE CANT HOLD FAMOUS CHACKLES Shelby is with Monroe and expects the local boys to win over Asheville. according to a letter received by 'Mr, Jonn C. Sikes from his friend, Mr-, ' George Blanton, a Shelby banker. He , thinks that since bhclby held the fa mous (.hackles last year that Mon : roe. D.lay-ng an offensive game, n lr'm t"e Asheville boys by a com fortabIe score. ' ne ieer was turned over to V. e fea8,e?'- ", -cPlain ? lne Monroe team, by Mr. Sikes with the . n ; ... . . . ' knowing comment: "as captain oi wm amt s?turdy- . MPe tnaj you have got straightened out and 'h.a .?v he lrule "h e,ft tffffS "" P P. ' 7 game to ... VII wu. Mr. Blanton's letter reads: "Dear John: I thought I would write you a few lines in regard to our athletic contest in football. "From comparative scores it seems that Asheville would have the ad vantage of Monroe. In reality, I be lieve Monroe can win if she will fight and hold her morale. I wojild riot nvnimize the danger from Chack les. He is a wonderful player. Few teams can hold him, however, Shel by held him last year most of the time, though he made a great many gains on our team but we have a much better team this year than we had last year. There is no reason in my mind why Monroe's line should not hold Chackles at all times if they will stay in the game. I believe that if Motiroa will play an offensive srame using the delayed passes, forward passes and end runs that she will win. Go in the game for Asheville to make points but let Monroe make more points. "I do not mean this as any criti cism on your management, as I feel sure that they d,i not need it. I am just giving you my opinion as I saw the Asheville team last year and your team this year. Shelby, is with you and expects to see you win. "With very best wishes. "Yours very trul" George Blanton." NEt-S OF GOOSE CREEK IS BRIEFLY RELATED Youn? Man Branches Out Into the -Fur Bu!tine'-s Saw Snow Fall . Early .Monday Marnin? . Indian Trail, Nov. HO. Messrs. I oi'.nle Bvyuni apd G. W. Rowell have hiie-iuy killed porkers, Your correspondent had a fine rab bit stow for dinner Sunday. Mr. Alonzo Dixon .reports having c-n snow falling about 2 o'clock r.I. n-dny morning. Mr. hir.ee russer is nrcparmg to Mr. H?nry Rowell dug a well last week, going to a depin of ore hundred feet before ji?rikino water Mr. Reece Simpson spent ast week in Midland. Mr. R. P. Rowell celebrated his birthday Thanksgiving day. Many attended with well-filled baskets. Made for Any Waist Cook: "Twas a cruel blow., mum. that burglar niakin' off with all yer silver. ESQUIRE SECREST FINDS CHAMPION FISHERMAN He Is a Florida Man Who Catches and Ships Not Less Than a Car Load of Fish Every Day HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS - FOURTEEN LONG YEAR'S The champion fisherman of Ameri ca has been discovered by Esq. T. W aecrest, Cmon county surveyor, who is touring Florida, accompanied by several friends of the Waxhaw com munity, in an automobile. He is a man by the name of McCreary, who cuunu w nave oeen in tne nsh busi ness for fourteen years, in which time he has never failed to catch and ship less than a car load of fish a day. Of him and other things of inter est, the Esq. writes in the Waxhaw Enterprise, aa follows: "Permit me to say a few remarks about Torpor Springs, especially its beauty and industries. The shade trees along the streets are Palmetto. The bayou at the western end of the town is laid broad with cement Walks. The driveway is elevate! .bout 15 feet and about forty feet back be tween these are all kind of beauti ful shrubbery and flowers with oc casionally a mineral spring of diff erent kinds of water. Among the shrubbery not far from the bayou edge back of the driveway is the beautiful yards and residence. The bayou empties into Aclote river and the river empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The bayou is about 300 yards across. In it is a sDrimr that has been fathomed 250 feet and no bot tom round. This SDr.nir is railed Torpor Spring from which it took its name from a rare but very fine fish tnat is occasionally caught in it. Brook s creek empties into Butler lake. ' The diameter of this lake i 5 by 9 miles. It never rises or gets higher in time of freshet. .It is I 1-2 mties irom lorpor feonngs and the water is supposscd to nass . under ground from the lake to the deep spring. One man. Mr. McCrearv. told me today that he had already shipped this week 59 thousand pounds of fish. daw ne nau oeen in the business 14 yeara and had never stopped his business a single week dav and had never shipped less than one car load each day. Nothing atranee to see a shfcraan with hook and line null out from 5 to 25 pounds of great big nne looKing ieuows in one and two hours time. The population of this town is 3.. 500. Of that number about 1500 are Greeks. The chief business is the sponge industry run by the Greeks. One captain and his crew caught about $30,000 worth last vear. A lo cal company purchased about $74, 000 worth last year, and already this year they have turned loose $124,103 lor sponges, in fact, the snonee bu siness of Torpor has expanded until today it brings the city one million dollars per annum and is said to be the biggest sponge exchange in the world. It shins its eDonees to everv civilized nation in the world. They have a fleet of 250 sponge boats. The sponge is not a weed nor any form of vegetation, but grows from a seed in the uulf of Mexico and is said to be the lowest form of animal life. The livers go out for the sponge from 50, PD t 130 miles, dive as deen as l.0 feet and stay under the water 10 to :10 minutes at each dive accord ing to depth, I saw a boat start out today to hunt sponge. They told me it Wiis prepared with food and gas to i-tay out on the hunt five or six months. These neople are perfect I v harmless and many of them have 1j conie American citizens and are sa d to be extremely smart mentally speaking. They have a Greek Catho lic church here. Their children go to the white school and speak both the G.vck and English languages." E.MSLEY ARMFIELI) IS TO RETURN TO MONROE Horace Ncal, However, Kema'ns ith; l.ocMngham ( tinecrn as Scales Manager Name Changed r.erkingham, Nov. .10. Mr. Kins li y Armfield has sold his 'interest In :1k- I.Hmbetb-Armfield Co., and has rttu::.c.i to Monroe. The inorporn tfi i! f the company is now amended nr.(i :i;e name changed to "Lambeth. Inc." Since locating here summi" an 1 establishing a Pudge nus ami ervi.e station, Mr. J. A. Lambeth: has built up a hnndsume Itisiness. The f.rm received this week tv.: solid! ciii'-loads of new Dodge cars, and n carload comes in about ivcry week now. 1 The personnel of the Lamhc.h, Inc.. ccr,si.-ts of A. La nibo.h, ecneral 1 iran;it,er; WiTter Scales,-cashier and bookkeeper, Mls3 S:lerst.in, steno-i grapher; Ilonu e Noal, sales manng-: er; Robert Steele, Jr., salesman, and' M I- H.-mnwk. foremnn in rhnrvf !' the niechanical department. ifr"' V" ri,l',n ' .Edmund (.old- . .inv, v. ho also wrolp ili.j nrtnai ins of ' "What makes Tinker cany such a ' "JVa'-ock Alley" and hiseination. big wad of bills everv time he govs J"e phniosraphy is by Oliver T. out in his car at night?" i Marsh and the ait s-ttintrs by Charles "The stick-up men told him if he Cadwalder. didn't have r entv of monev next' Supporting Miss Murray Is a cast lime they held him up, they'd shoot him." Nothing is calculated to jar a v i man like masculine atten'ic:'. b. ;.... ed upon another w.)ina:i vi.li an in ferior wa-d vbo. A.lanta Journal. A family Jar is never ued in pre serving peace. LEE HALLMAN ARREST OF HAPPENINGS OF THE ! CORINTH COMMUNITY! Death of Walter A. Whitaker a Great Loss to the Baptist Church And People of That Section Monroe. R. F. D. 5. Nov. 30. 1 the E,r,y Future Your correspondent regrets to chron-' icle the death of his friend and neigh-' MANY NOW THINK 13-YEAR bor. Mr. Walter A. Whitaker, which SENTENCE WAS TOO H4Rif occurred recently at his home in this! HARall section. Deceased was an excellent . . , ' " citizen and was liked by all who Raleigh, Nov. 30. Lee Hall knew him. He was a member of the man of Marshville. servinir a Baptist church, having professed fifteen-vear spnrpnrc Christianity under the ministry of qVo;; JJ se"te"c lr the Rev. R. M. Haigter about ten years! &tate Prlsn and stationed as a ago. Ever since he was a faithful trusty at Mount Hollv, yester worker, being superintendent of the day notified George Ross Pou Sunday school at the time of his SuDerintenrlpnt nf cm. death. Interment was at Corinth, ""nntenoent Of the State sen-ices having been conducted by rrison. tnat he had identified Rev. Messrs. Zeb Caudle and R. M. and effected the arrest of Thom k'i5 .He k'avea L' wife and eight as Johnson, a negro life-termer children to mourn his pass ng. ...u-. 'j t "if Vu iciiuer The writer received a telephone o e!,c,aPed from the prison On message from Rock Hill Thursday September 10. morning announcing the death of his According to the details brother, Lemuel Helms. He was 79 that Were received hv Snnprin years of age Five children and sev- tendent Pan 11 n eral grand-children survive. He was fenaent ou, Hallman, who a member of the Methodist church. 'knew the Johnson negro, saw The remains were taken to Lancaster , him at Mount Holly and secured and laid to rest by the side of his his arrest wife, who preceded him to the grave f- p' , ' ,,v , , , several years ago. Mr- ou expressed keen pleas- Mr. and Mrs. Boadus Usher of Mon-1 at the conduct of young roe were the guest of Mrs. W. E. 1 Hallman, who though he has W?ffijleTfn,S immunity i ?J?'ed nI' S"tbs of his has moved to Belmont. mmunil j fifteen year sentence, has been All the members of the family of made a trusty. Hallman saw Mr. Joseph Richardson are very ill service with the American Ex- with th "nti " 1 . A Messrs. Carl Helms and Blair Price 'UOmry torces in r ranee, have gone to Charlotte to work at1 Jonn30n was sentenced to the carpenter's trade. j serve a life term for burglary Remembers of the family of Mr. 'committed in Rowan COUntv. and Mrs. W ill Fowler are right sick 'Kff,, Young Hallman'. identification of J. E. Crook's place this year, has rent- ed a farm near Matthews and will move to it in the near future. Mr. James Leonard Helms, of Mon roe, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Helms of Helmsville, and Miss Lucy Diggs of Peaehland, were married Monday evening in Peaehland. They are pop ular young people and the writer wishes for them much happiness and prosperity through life. Mr. W. A. Griffin has been elected suner ntendent of the Corinth Sunday school to fill the unexpired term of the late W. A. Whitaker. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Bigham, a son. The- first snow of the season here fell Monday and Tuesday nights. Mrs. Henry M. Eubanks of Laurin burg came in Sunday night to spend a while with her mothr, Mrs. J. F. Doster and other relatives. Rev. R. M. Haigler will preach at Corinth next Sunday evening, Dec. 3, at 3 o'clock. Sunday school at 2 o'clock. 1 New Mae Muiiity picture (inigeoii In "Broadway Rose.'' Mae Mur-;Mt. ray s latest production, to be uresent-1 ed by Hobert Z. Lfonard at the had p.ot been in servitude but a few Strand Theatre on Friday, the fani- j months. ous Metro star has another of those Judge Walter K. Brock, who pros roles which have come to be as.ociat- ccutrd him while solicitor of this dis- ed with her name and which provide iiiiin ninnies ior iiiau-iiiiic nt set-1 tinus, Roriteous costuin?s and the da'ice episodes without which no Mae ; Mprray picture is complete. 1 It Is the slorv of a cnnntiv s-lrl who lias became a hro.idway favorite , 111 won ranie rs a dancer. Admired y nu'.ti v wn, surrounded bv the I'ait.ry and luxurv which co:nes to iiioso wno are sueoes-uiil in cntchinu the adulation of the Cay White Way. Rosalie Lawrence finds lur hope lor happiness in the love of Hmth Thompson, whose parents nr-1 weal thy and of the socially elect. Rosalie discovers however, that the passuue from Broadway id Fifth Avenue Is not easily accomplished. The Thompson.! have other plans for th'lr son M.irriace with a ISnudway dancer is not included in their social code. They have already picked nut the wif: for their :--n! ' in Ilarliara Royce. a dobiit,ir(,- of -heir own set. And so Itnialle rn;is"ts () a ;ciet i.iarriase in ider 'liit tlwe may be no break fcith bis ...n. nts. Th. r. ults 01 tii is involv Ilosalio ui a s.-r!.--. or j irrin-r inci dents which tint at Mi :ti t . I ; li dis aster but rhe evert mlly finds liaoplness. The scenes of "Broadway Ko-" are elaborate nnd lavish, represent Ine the playgrounds f ih idle rirb ;i!t1 the gilded haunts of New York's night life. The costumes are stiik !!.: in th-ir oru!:i.i!ity r.n 1 beauty .'nil ile orici:i 1! d.ices co:n ived hy Viss Murray aid to the i-,teiM of Ih" picture. ( "P.ro'i.lway Rme." a linni.v !r-. diiction, dncct'-d bv ii Deri '"''tlon, (incct-d lv K'.Den Z: I-OOtl- of "nusiial excellence containing such n'ii Known prayers ks .Monte nine Ward Crnne, Ray Ploomcr, Alma T " : ' d Mis. JenninTS. . " ' led your home-trwn editor you 1 ke his paper, or hv y m don't. He is iiomg a 11 h which, left undone. would make your community not ' much of a community. EFFECTS LIFE TERMER POU EXPRESSES KEEN PLEASURE AT CONDUCT Action of Marshrille Man Starts Talk of a Pardon For Him in . neKr. Ilfe-termer and hls Dart in effecting the arrest was hailed with satisfaction here yesterday by his attorneys and friends, many of whom entertain hopes of securing for him a pardon in the early future. His action, they say, together with the growing sentiment in the county that the 15-year sentence imposed upon was., too harsh in view of cer tain developments during and after his trial, considerably enhance his chance of being freed with a year or two. A few months ago it was reported that Hallman, while at work near Mt. Holly, had his foot so badly injured by falling rock that amputation was necessary. The Sunday following the circulation of this report, Sheriff Clifford Fowler, together with a num ber of people from Marshville, went to Mt. Holly to visit Hallman. The report, they ascertained, was untrue, Hallman having become confused with Rnmn nfhf nridnn.tr Vvnn tk.n . it was reported around the camp at Holly that the Marshville man was to be made a trnstv th..ntrh ha trict, upon hearing the report of Hall- man s aliened injury, was quoted as savirnr that if it nroved to he trim he intended recommending his nar- don to Governor Morrison on the urounds of beimr "sufficientlv nnnish. od." Jiearwniie Hallman is said to be Vt'cll-satistVd with the treatment ac- corded him by prison officials, Pos- fo.-scu 01 a r-rignt, alert mind, ne !3 to have gained quick favor Mt. Holly camp attendants. Another Version Writing to the Charlotte Observer, Frock Barklcy. Raleigh correspon ii't, j.ives this version of the inci di r.': "Ha'.Ima::. 'Honor Man' of the state t 1 is n: fj-vcin, a former army I eu tenai'.: serving Id years on a crimi nal .-.ssaii'.t charge, capture.! a r.e ;,ro life-ti i msv who had escaped, it v as m:. ul thi. ti'l'iie!.: Tl'.i tv settt 1:; nu 'ie I. last .c; ion i .' the I I .s v.v. 11 in telegrams roiv.v l i'On by l'ii.)ii Su.'orin- i'.t .e ,0 l.CSs 1 nil. i'!o:i, hefty s'In'-To iter, on a murder charge, :r.o I rem .h" pris.in he. 9 r 1J. Lee I'.all-im-i. i':; hite man. a nu inner of co nt work on ihe South I. ern rower company s .Mountain J? h.r.d develo)inient, espied Johnson nt Mt. IM!y this afternoon, ,ml after a short scuffle made him a prisoner. "Hallman l : d worked with John son at the ir son farm for several months ;!. i ...vv hmi by sight. Wh. I:: :. n-'trro walkir.g ihe stivct rt" .' .; '. Holly th's ai'ter noon he kv.i o ..te.hing was wrun. A ft or he had t.naie the capture, he Mj'.t a teicirram to Superintendent IVu and then turned the negro ovci t: thi liuatiis at Mountain Island. "Hallman was sent up a little ov-r a ,ve.ir ao. Superintendent Pol made hii.i an ' honor man sever 1! month; aii. a recognition as rewa.ni far a good record. "Hallman l.nd gone to M.vjnt Holly on bus.r.ess for the Mountain L-! ;t:d camp. "Superintendent Pou was trraMfi d over his honor man's good niece of wok. nr.d pointed to it as evident of 0 high su.-.iaid of manhond. -Hulimnn ,' f,.. ii., tall r.nU'.kt Bkn.i i.m 'uu (Cor.'i.-i.e.l on pa?e foar.j
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