I
THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT."
"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT.-
he Monroe Journal.
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
twenty Ninth Year. No. 93.
Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, December 26, 1922.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
JACKSOMAN GAVEL
GIVEN nil LA. MAN
Mr. J. W. McCain of Waxhaw Made
Gavel From Wood Near Jackson t
Birthplace McCain's Speech
Citizens of Philadelphia now know
that Andrew Jackson was born in
Union county, and if they want to
they can ste; into the luxurious 01
nf Andrew Jackson Malonev
vice president of the Philadelphia
T if fnnrnr rnimianv. and Rt't a
ravel made of wood taken from near
the birthplace of the lamous presi
tn Th ravel is the eift of J. W
McCain of Watxhaw, agent for the
Gordon Insurance & investment com
pany, state agents for the Philadel
phia concern.
TVio United States Rpview. a week
ly insurance publication, thought
enough of Mr. McOains presenta
tion speech to print it in full, with
the picture or the travel as a leader
. rtA frunklv. th Waxhaw man show
ed a fluent command of English in
his speech.
Here is the story as told by the
national insurance publication:
Andrew Jackson Malonev, vice
president of the Philadelphia Life In
surance Company, was recently pre
sented with a gavel made of wood
frnm trees that crew at the birth
place of the great man in whose
memory ana nonor ne was namea,
Andrew Jackson, "'Old Hickory," the
"Hero of New Orleans," whose fame
Prn.ilunt. nf the Itnitprl States is
immortal. Mr. Maloney was greatly
pleased with tne gut, as ne nas oeen
a deep student of the life of Presi
dent. Jarltsnn and has shown ?reat in
terest in anything pertaining to the
"Defender oi tne constitution, inis
interest is, perhaps, partly inherited,
hia fatnur. who founded the Phil
adelphia Life, was also named Andrew
Jackson, and he was a typical jacK
sonian. The gavel was made by J. V.
McCain of Waxhaw, N. C, who orig
inally presented it to Halsey B. Leav
itt, president of the North Carolina
Plico Club, who in turn passed it
over to Vice President Maloney. In
presenting the gavel Mr. Leavitt
read the speech that was made by
Mr. McCain when the latter gave
him the gavel. This speech is ex
ceptionally well worded, abounding
in historical references and rhetor
ical illusions, as follows:.
Mr. McCain's Speech
"Near Waxhaw, my home town,
on the National Highway just over
in North Carolina stands a monu
ment erected by the Daughters of
the American Revolution. 'In hon
or of the birthplace of . Andrew
Jackson,' seventh President of the
United States, and this gavel which
I now have the honor and pleasure
of presenting to you is supremely
entitled to be called a 'Jacksonian'
gavel. First, because the wood from
which the gavel was made grew near
the spot where Andrew Jackson was
born. Second, because persimmon,
hickory and cedar form its constitu
ent parts, and these trees are typical
of President Jackson's career.
"The persimmon tree which forms
the head of this little instrument of
authority reminds us, that a persim
mon in its green stage is sure to ren
der uncomfortable any one who tri
fles with it, so Andrew Jackson in the
green stage of his life always brought
discomfort to any one who dared to
trifle with him, and like the persim
mon in its ripe stage, Andrew Jack
son in the ripeness of his latter years
acquired a pleasantness and suavity
'very 'delightful to those who had so
cial relations with him. Then, too,
the persimmon is the most democratic
of all the trees that wave in the for
est, offering its fruits freely to the
rich and the poor, high and low alike,
and herein we have another most
striking likeness to the most demo
cratic of all the Presidents.
"It is hardly necessary for me to
call the attention of this intelligent
audience to the similarity which ex
ists between the qualities of the
nixlrArv the handle nf this travel, and
the character of Andrew Jackson, fori
history has forever put ner seai on
that, and until time shall be no more,
'Old Hickory,' emblem of strength,
courage and firmness will ever be a
household word throughout this fair
Southland of ours and will echo and
re-echo aloud down through the cor
ridor of time in answer to every ut
terance of the name of Andrew Jack-
son.
Cedar Like Jackson's Character
"The third and last wood mentioned
in the formation of this gavel is ce
dar. Cedar has been celebrated from
the most ancient times for its beau
ty, magnificence and longevity, as
well as for the excellence and dura
bility of its timber. It is often men
tioned in the Scriptures. It supplied
the woodwork of Solomon's Temple
and in the poetry of the Old Testa
ment, it is a frequent emblem of pros
perity, strength and stability, and as
this cedar penetrates the handle of
this gavel, so did the love of country,
for liberty and freedom Penetrate the
great heart of 'Old Hickory,' which
caused him to stand as immovable as
the rocks of Gibraltar on the princi
ples that he conceived to be right.
"But aside from the woods which
so appropriately compose this gavel,
the very instrument itself, in its re
semblance to the mallet or hammer,
should immediately call to your mind
the hammering that Jackson admin
istered to the British at New Orleans,
or the smashing of the United States
bank which he believed to be a dan
gerous institution to a republic such
an ours. His hammering down of the
'Nullification Doctrine' of our South
Carolina neighbors of 1832 is anoth
er case in point, but is likely to be
better remembered by them than by
us, and I simply mention it in pass
ing. All th'ojh his public carper
Andrew Ja ...i never fail"d to brinj
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETING POSTPONED
Unable to Get Good Attendance Dur
ing Holidays, Annual Election
to be Held in January
Owinir to the epidemic of influen
zh and the difficulty usually encoun
tered in securing a satisfactory atten
i.neo during the holiday season, the
i rectors of the Chamber of com
nerce have decided to postpone the
annual meeting and election of offi
rers until after the first of the year
Plans for a big smoker and "get to
ge.her" meeting for the entire mem-
oership of the Chamber, for which
a number of interesting speakers
tave bene booked, are being worked
out, and arrangements are being
made to handle a record attendance.
There is considerable speculation
-egarding the officers and directors
o be elected, and it is expected that
he election w.U be closely contested.
Interest in the work of the Chamber
of Commerce has increased greatly
during the past year, and the annual
enrollment of members will undoubt
edly add many new names to the list.
It is planned to renovate the as
sembly hall; equip a kitchen and in
stall other equipment necessary for
properly handling luncheons, d.nners,
and banquets. This would provide
suitable quarters for the Rotary and
Xiwanis Club meetings, and would
liable the Chamber of Commerce to
hold a membership luncheon each
.nonth, and when occasion required,
erve the public by providing a well
equipped banquet hall for all sorts of
.ublic gatherings.
Announcement of the date and
it her details regarding the annual
meeting will be made within a few
..ys. -
C. I). JONES OF LANCASTER
BRINGS SUIT FOR $1,000,000.00
Against Leroy Springs, John T.' Ste
vens, William J. Schecter
and H. It. Rice
(From the Lancaster News.)
An action has been filed, in the
court of common pleas for Lancaster
county by Chas. D. Jones against
Leroy Springs. John 1. Stevens. Wil
liam J. Schecter and H. R. Rice for
:ne million dollars damages, the pa
pers being placed in Sheriff Hunter's
hands for service today. Service will
be immediately made on Springs, Ste
vens and Rice, and on Schecter when
he can be found within the state. The
complaint in the action is probably
.he longest ever served in the county.
and charges that the defendants en-
ered into a conspiracy against Jones
to wreck and ruin him financially, so-
tally and professionally. illiam J.
Schecter is a national bank examiner
and the complaint charges that he
entered into an agreement with
prings, Stevens and Rice to give
hem confidential information secur
d by him in his examinations of The
? rst National Bank, of which Jones
ivas president, and that he fabricate!
al.se reports of said bank and Jones,
tursuant to his agreement with his
:o-conspirators, and testified falsely
against Jones in the criminal court
ie last March in the tnul of a case
vhich was afterwards dismissed by
he judjre and solicitor.
The attorneys representing Mr.
ii"s r -e Hairy Hines, C. N. Sapp,
I. M. Hemphill, Thomas F. McDow,
ohn T. Green and R. B. Allison.
Voice Startles Mail Carrier
Abbeil'e, Dec. 20. Yesterday on
x run from Atlanta to Abbeville ove.
he Seaboard Air Line railway, Mail
JlerK Hulms, who has served Uncle
jam for over 20 years, emptied a
mail sack of Christmas packages and
! he did so was struck dumb with
, 'prehension when he seemed to hear
t human voice wail out "mama" from
.to bottom of the package.
Instantly he saw himself discover
. all kinds of dire things and, with
embling hands and shaking knees,
eran to search through the packages
t.l ha unearthed one of the new
Mamma Dolls," and all fear was
urned to a good laugh. Clerk Hulme
icclares it produces a queer sensa
ion to hear even a doll crying "Ma
d" out of the depths of a mail sack.
.NOVEL METHOD 18 ED
I.N ItOmilXU A HANK
Los Angeles, Doc. 24. The South
western State bank was robbed of
11,000 today by a young man with
his hand wrapped in a bandadge who
walked Into the bank. He presented
a check for $1,000 and a letter to
B. R. Brundage .the cashier.
"You are looking Into the barrel
of a revolver In this bandage,"
said the letter. "I want you to O.
K. this check and go to the paying
teller with me and get the money."
Mr. Brundage stepped with the
paying teller and directed hlra to
cash the check, which he did. "I
want you to go with me," the bandit
thenjinJd Mr. Brundage, and he walk
ed tWe latter a block down the street,
passing three policemen who stood
chatting on the corner. "You may go
now, said the bandit, "and thank you,
you're been awfully kind." With
that he disappeared around the cor
ner. his gavel down hard on every princi
ple he conceived to be wrong.
"And now, Mr. President, as 'Old
Hickory' was successful in command
,ng his armies, and guiding ssfely the
O d Ship of State' into the harbors
of safety, I therefore pray that you
nay be successful in wielding this
.lacksomal gavel, over this Carolina
Club's sessions and do your part to
nkke it one of the strongest organi-i
-.uiions of its kind in the insurance
vorld." , I
' V
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
SHOULD ALWAYS BE HEARD
To the Editor of The Journal: I
see there is considerable stir and
some agitation about two petitions
that are being circulated and spon
sored by Sheriff Griffith, who is a
member of the board of county com
m'ssiohers and is chairman of same.
About the same time that these peti-
tions were put in circulation and pub
lished in the papers I saw an article
signed by the three members of the
eld board of county commissioners,1
two of them now being members of
the new board of county commission- j
crs and who constitute a majority of
same, stating in part that they "de-
.sire it to be known through the press ;
that they are neither parties to, nor I
n sympathy with the petition that is
being circulated asking that the road
commission be abolished and the put-j
.ing of road business into the hands i
-f the county commissioners," etc. If
I remember correctly, less than two
ears ago this very same question
was submitted to a vote of the peo-
1? in the entire county and the peo
ple by a substantial majority voted to
iet the road commission remain as it
now is separate, distinct and anart
from the office of county commission-1
r. Now this was what the people i
said; not the voice of one man, but !
the voice of the people. The people!
have spoken and they spoke through
ir.d with that mighty weapon the i
ballot. The voice of the people is su-1
preme and will prevail. j
Of course that election cost the'
xunty some money, but it was well j
.pent, for we have found out just
what the will of the people is.
Now, Mr. Editor, if the people are
ii? satisfied with what they did then
and feel that they have made a mis
take, then in that case let them peti-!
tion for another election on the mat- j
ter and then go out to the polls and !
vote their sentiments and then, and!
inly till then will you know what the I
-cople want. This petition business I
won't work unless it is a purely local ,
matter when every one if familiar
with all the facts. I can start out
o-day with a petition and get signers
o intneach the Governor of North
Carolina. No trouble to get signers'
to a petition if you will get up some
kind of a pretext or bugaboo such as ;
"taxes are too hign, tney are Just
throwing away your money, it sail
going for jobs, salaries, etc." I know
'axes are high, it seems. Can Sheriff
Gr ffith put us on a plan to get them
reduced? Are you going to cut down
the amount for schools? Are you
going to cut down the amount for the
roads? Are you going to cut down
;he amount for the poor? Are you
iroing to cut out the courts? If not,
what are you going to do? You don't
nean to tell the people that you are
,'oing to reduce taxes and save the
'opfe a lot of money by transferring
'"Roe's job over to you and Collins'
job over to Mr. Bivens, and Thomp
son's job over to Mr. Secrest? That
would not save the tax payers anyi
money.
Mr. Editor, this thing is a puzzle to
re any way. When did this thing!
start? Have the people in mass-i
meeting spoken? If so, it must have;
oeen a secret meeting. Did a group'
if citizens meet somewhere and ap-j
ooint the Sheriff to take these peti-;
tions fir them and get signers? ,
Let's look into this matter just a
idle and !-ee just what we can dig;
jp; lei's analyze just a little. Last;
summer during his campaign was(
here anythinr said about this mat-;
tr. If Sheriff Griffiith was hanker-i
r.g after McRae's job, why did he not I
run for road commissioner instead of
county commissioner? If the Sheriff
was real earnest as to his present in-1
.entlon then why did he not publish!
.o the world 'during the campaign that
in case he was nominated and elected
s one of the county commissioners
that he would take this course? Then
we would have known what to expect
t him in case he was elected. Why
iteep it a secret? Why keen this
vd thing up your sleeve all that
t me? If he had it in mind then, he
4s afraid to let the public know.
When did this thing first dawn
on the Sheriff's mind? I am
tigging and trying to analyze to see
f we can just locate the time and
place. Sheriff, won't you please take
up your pencil and paper and just put
down the alpha and omega no not
the omega, for the omega is not yet.
And then while you are at it please
also tell us just how and show which
of the dear people's money you pro
pose or rather will save? Sheriff,
ws elected you as one of the three
county commissioners, to that office,
and to perform the duties of that of
.tee ana nothing more. We elected
vir. J. D. McRae as the member at
large to the road electorate and the
electorate in turn elected him as one
member of those as the road com
missioner, to that office and nothing
else. We did not elect Mr. McRae to
the road commission's office with the
intention of him and his board to take
over the duties of the county commis
sioners' office. Nor did we elect the
Sheriff to take over the road com
missions' office. We elected Mike
Long ,ss our Register of Deeds. Mike
is not asking that the Clerk of the
Court's office be turned over to him.
What is the use of having the
Board of Education's office? Can't
Sheriff Fowler take over that office
and thereby dispense with the pay of
nve meni That would be just as
reasonable or a little more so that
the one the county commissioner is
asking for.
if taking over and consolidating is
the order of the day, and is the rem
dy for high taxes, let me ask the
Sheriff to withdraw his petition and
let start all over again i . i-ts,
turn over to the county com.... .jrsi
'he sheriff's office, the clerk's office,
the register of deeds office, the board
of education, the recorder's court. Let
Sheriff Griffith be the recorder, in
fact, all the county officers except the
coroner and standard keeper, as I
know he would not want to fool with
as little office as the coroner's or the
standard keeper's.
Now, Sheriff, if you will join me in
this I believe we can save lots of the
Jeat people's money. When we start
out with this new petition I want you
:o first take it into the clerk's office
.'or Mr. Lemmond to sign, then to Mr.
.one, then to Judge Lemmond, then
o tnerur howler, then to the county
,oard of education. I know they will
!l sign. They will not do as Mr. Mc
Rae did, refuse to sign. And then we
should ask that the office of superin
tendent of education be turned over
to the county commissioners. They
could manage this as well or better
han Prof. Funderburk and attend to
all these other offices too. So let's go
theAvhole hog or none. Dog-gone this
half way or piece-meal business. Ev
srybody would join us in this.
The Sheriff has bolted the majority
and is going to if possible force the
majority rule on the people. Secrest
and Bivens, two experienced commis
sioners, two commissioners who have
made .most excellent records, say it
will not do. Yet we have one commis
sioner who has had no experience,
who has not even yet learned the du
ties and workings of the office much
less the duties and workings of the
road commission's office, saying it
will do and is determined to force the
people to his way. Men and breth
ren, don't it beat all. Just stop and
think for just one minute. Just sup
nose that instead of Griffith doing as
he has, that on the 4th of December
that McRae, Collins and Thompson,
the road commission in session, had
discussed the idea of getting up a pe
tition asking that the office of the
county commissioners be abolished
and that their duties be turned over to
the road commission. That it turned
out that McRae favored such a
scheme, but that Collins and Thomp
son did not. That McRae then be
came bull-headed and declared that
he would do it anyhow whether Col
lins and Thompson favored it or not.
That McRae would have then put out
his petition, and would have walked
into the county commissioners' office
and hate asked Sheriff Griffith, A. A.
Surest and W. D. Bivens to head the
petition, to sign to abolish their of
fice. Do you believe for one moment
that they would have signed? No,
they would not, and no other man
would have done it.
Now, where is the saving going to
come in? Surely the Sheriff has it
all figured out. So let the public hear
in detail how much you are going to
save. If McRae's job and salary is
abolished, there would be no saving
there, for the Sheriff would get that.
If Collins' is thrown out and his job
abolished, there would be no saving
there, for Secrest or Bivens would
get his salary, and if Thompson is
put out there would be no saving
there, for either Secrest or Bivens
would get his salary. I cannot see
whore the county would come in and
iot any saving, unless the Sheriff and
ne other two commissioners propose
to do the work free. So we have
iained nothing yet. You would still
have to retain your book-keeper, un-
e.s the Sheriff and the other two
commissioners will do it free. You
.v. 11 have to have a superintendent of
'lain gang or abolish the gang, un
less the Sheriff will do it free.
Say; but did you ever know a
county officer to work free when he
could get pay. Sheriff, did you work
free when you were sheriff?
It might be that the Sheriff thinks
he can manage the office more business-like,
he might think that McRae
it- not competent; if so he should say
so and not use the other as a subter
fuge. I am free to say from experi
ence with and by observation that I
do not believe there is a batter qual
ified man in the coun'v for road
chairman than J. D. McRae. He is
strictly honest and has at all limes
the interest of the tax payers at
heart, and I can say the same for Mr.
Collins and Mr. Thompson. The com
mission now is well distributed one
from Monroe, one from the western
ind one from the eastern psrt of the
county. Jf the Sheriff's plans work,
Monroe will have the whole push.
Do you Monroe people think this is
r'ht? Do the country people think
'his would be right? I think the
Sheriff means right He is a fine old
gentleman, a man I like and admire,
man of fine character; but in this
matter I think he is woefully in error.
This is a matter that affects every
voter and taxpayer and they should
ie free to speak out. The Sheriff
'as brought on this fight and it is up
to the people to see a square deal and
hat their interests do not suffer.
I do not approve of either of the
Sheriff's petitions. I think that it will
be the worse for the county I know
it will I see nothing for roads, nor
I) I believe that we will get books any
cheaper. The cost of establishing
snd running a book store, I firmly be
lieve, will be more than ten per cent.
This will be an experiment and I am
lfraid a costly one. I know that the
present road commission can and will
manage the road business as chesply
ind as economically as any three men
ou can get in the county. Whenever
they see they csn curtail any expense
hey will do it. So why all this stir?
'f you eliminate the price you elimi
nate all. We must nave roads. We
an't maV.nin nor build roads with
v' money. We can't get the money
"ithout taxes. We are bound to have
some one to look after the roads, and
Mr. Iceman Sells Mill Interst
Mr. Chas. Iceman, one 'if the
men chiefly responsible for mill
development in Monroe, ha Mild
his interests in the Iremorlc
ton M.lls, Incorporated, i Si. h rep
resent the old Icemorlo? Cotlon
Mills, the Everett Mill, and the
let iran knitting Mills, to Mr. A.
J. Draper of Charlotte, and has
resigned as., vice., president., and
general manager of (he company.
Mr. Iceman tendered his resigna
tion to the directors of the com
pany at a meeting held last Wed
nesday. As jet a vice president jnd
general manager has not been
named to succeed him, but it is
thought that -Mr. Draper will fill
this place.
"As jet I have no plans," Mr.
Iceman told The Journal this
morning when approached for an
interview.
KIDDIES AT CHILDREN'S
HOME ARE MADE HAPPY
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder Extend Thanks
For Generous Christmas
Remembrances
Rev. and Mrs. Snyder wish to .hank
the people of Monroe and the county
.vho made it possible for the little
.oiks at the Children's Home to be
lappy at Christmas; and also those
a ho have given the Home their gen
erous support during the year. Con
ributions and gifts received there
last week valued at more than a hun
dred dollars. If there is an omission
n the following list it is entirely un
intentional, it being almost impossi
ie to keep an accurate account dur
ng the Christmas rush: Miss Eva
belle Covington, $5.00 cash; Frank
Fiubanks, $3.00 cash; J. E. Stack,
5.0.0 cash; J. E. Efird, 12 pairs of
hoes; W. J. Rudge, a number of in
:oor games; McCollum Bros., fruit,
Andy, and peanuts; G. B. Caldwell,
eas and peanuts; Judge and Mrs.
V. M. Stack, $10.00 cash; T. C. Hort
on, $1.00 cash; R. A. Morrow, candy,
tuts, and raisins; J. A. Stewart, two
iox oranges, one barrel apples; Mr.
Anderson, toys; Isaac Newsom, $1.00
;ash; Southern Cotton Oil Co., load
ulls and 5 sacks of meal; Texas Oil
Jo., 100 gallons gas, 50 gallons kero
ne; John McCollum, $5.00 cash; T.
C. Lee, box of apples and cocoanuts;
W. M. Gordon, basket of apples.
ve are bound to pay them for doing
i. We elected McRae to do this and
v the eternal, let's keep him. for
.his term.
I think it is time for the people to
pet busy witn counter petitions and
i'or the voice of the people to be
heeded. We have already voted
on the question as to which
shsll control the roads, the county
commisioners or the road commission.
1'he question is then shall the people
rule or are we to be ruled by the am
bition of one man? I cannot believe
he pe3ple have changed their minds
very materially either way since they
voted on this question. ,
I can't believe Senator Heath or
"icpresentative Milliken will override
their expressed will without first sub
..titiing the question back to the peo
li to be settled by another election.
In case that were done it should not
be submitted before the next primary
which would give the people ample
time to discuss the matter and inform
themselves so as to vote intelligently.
The fivrht is on, the Sheriff has
inurked off the line of bat'le. He is
waving the red flag. McRae's job
must be transferred to him.
Now, Sheriff, I ask that you halt
long enough to give us the facts and
figures ns to jui-t what you are going
tc do. Tell us where in the d 1 are
jou headed and when you get there
what are you going to find? You
i ou are going to save the people
a lot of money. Please tell us in
ulain figures; put it down in black
and white how much and how. Tell
us how much lower will our taxes be
for this next year compared with the
lust year. How much bwer will the
rate of taxation be? You are one of
the county commissioners, the chair
nan, and you fix and make the levy
for taxes. Big job before you, as
much as you can attend to without
fooling with McRae's job. You are in
t responsible place and we are going
to hold you to strict account. Now
ive us the light; give us facts and
aires and show what you can do.
Don't monkey with the people. We
ire like the Missourians, we must be
shown. This old cry of saying I will
do so and so won't work any longer.
o give us the facts and figures. Se
crest and Bivens say your scheme
won't work. So it's up to you to
prove it. You talk about friction be
'ween the two boards. Why Sheriff,
you had not been in office two weeks
till you had your own board all divid
ed up and rent asunder. It seems that
you have raised more h 1 in two
week; than has been raised in a long
time. The people are now thinking.
Come with your facts and figures.
You must show us. Better listen to
Secrest and Bivens. One man power
is a thing of the past. The Kaiser
will tell you that. Respectfully.
J. N. PRICE.
Blrtl Sanctuary
On his Scottish estate of Falloden
Lord Grave has for 30 years main
tained a sanctuary for wild fowl; in
alt those years not a gun has been
discharged on the estate. The 10
British and IS foreign species feed
from tha hand of their master, who
many stories of their habits and
behavior. One is that of a faithful
drake; after 10 years with one mate,
the mate died. The drake searched
disconsolately for her for several
days, and was last soen winging far
out over the North Sea.
! RESIDENT SURGEON EN-
(I AG EI) FOR HOSPITAL
Dr. .Mahonev Will Take Charge Ellen
Fitzgerald Hospital in Januarv
Will Bring Able Assistants
Dr. A. F. -Mahoney, graduate sur
trion, has been engaged by the direc
tors of the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital
a res:k-:it surgeon for the hospital
and will arrive about the middle of
Jtnuary to take active charge. Dr.
Mahoney will bring with him Dr.
Pierson, a graduate surgeon, as as
;siant. a manager, and three train
ed nurses. Action of the directors of
the hospital in securing Dr. Mahoney
ranie after long and careful consider
ation of plans for the best interest
if the institution.
The directors will continue to have
ontrol of the hospital, while Dr. Ma
honev Will Art AS rosiiliint unrirn
The hospital will continue to be op
crated as an open hospital and the
cnooi ior nurses will be continued.
Patients will be free to employ any
urgeon f iheir choice for opera
ions at the hospital. If the patient
'esires, he may bring a surgeon from
harlotte or employ one of the local
.urgeon physicians. Thus the hospi-
il will continue to be a civie insti.
tution.
The hospital has been in operation
for about fli'tPf.n mnnthc nnu. n.l tko
end of every month has brought a de-
iici:, cespre the excellent manage-
ntnt of Mis r.u-noliu Fllir.) .n.
intendent of nurses. The directors at
their nieetini in 'nvpmKor tn..l A,-
rect note of these conditions and de-
'oea that the employment of a resi
dent surgeon would offer a solution
.. tne ainicui ies. .
Dr. A. F. Mahonev hn Kupn ot
'y recommended and a committee was
ippotniea to investigate his record
nd to apprdach him with a proposi
ion. The committee appointed found
hat leading surgeons of the south
ive Dr. Mahoney the best of recom
'endations and that: ho hoU in
the highest regard at Clio, South Car
olina, where he has hopn mririinn.lii.
charge of the hospital there for the
pasi mree years, jsoutn Carolina citi-
ns, learning mat ne was consider
ing takin? char?? nf tha hnanitol
Monroe, started a movement to keep
aim in tneir midst, but Dr. Mahoney
aa Deen so impressed with the pos-
'bilities of the F.llpn Fit irprnlH kna.
pital that the effort came to naught.
uv. .uauuiiey was eaucaieo at tne
Universitv nf I.niiisvillp mnA u-
surgeon in the United States Army
uuiuiB iuiiu war, winning a nign
rtpute. For the past three years he
ras been in rhnrtrp nf thu hnanital .t
Clio, S. C. He is 35 years old and
marr ed, a member of the Baptist
church, a Shriner, and a member of
.ne county and State Medical Asso-
".Htions. Thp Southern AfpHinal A
ciation, the American Medical Asso
ciation, and the Association of Mili
tary Surgeons of the United States.
ine newiy elected resident-surgeon
was in Monroe last Friday afternoon
o complete arrangements for taking
''arge of the hospital about the mid
lie of January. He is enthusiastic
hoilt the nrnsnpptv. fnr tha knanltnl
, ' j 1 " "1 npuai
f nd assures the citizens that if coop
eration means anything Monroe shall
have one of the best hosnitals in tho
state.
"I want to sav in the beginning,
f hard work and co-operation stand
.'or anvthinir. up will hnva tha Koor
hospital in the state in less than a
ar. I am looking forward with a
great deal of pleasure in moving to
nroa and your people have already
won a place in my heart.
GRANDPA KILLS SELF ON
GRANDDAUGHTER'S GRAVE
Had Accidentally Killed His Little
Granddaughter While She Was
Playing at Her Home
New York, Dec. 23. Two men hur
ried along the quiet paths in Green
lawn cemetery today, bent for the
grave" of a little girl. One was a
detective, the other a relative of the
little girl. They turned in the path
and saw the grave. On it was sprnwl
?d the body of an old man, a bullet
through his temple. A pistol, one
cartridge gone, lay beside him.
Neither of the men spoke, but the
detective, unconsciously professional,
licked up the pistol, his companion
tared at the body quietly, not see
ng. Instead, a picture of his home,
one night months ago came to him.
Six year old Emma Fuchs had
dressed as a gypsy, to give "grandpa
some fun when he came home."
Grandpa knocked at the door, and
Emma, Romany regalia and all,
scurried beneath the table. Grandpa
jame in, smiling conterfeited fear at
he little stranger who popped from
beneath the table. To add to the act
ng, he playfully pointed a pistol he
had picked from a dresser, at the
Htle gypsy.
There was a shot. The little girl
fell. When the police came, Grandpa
was hold.n Einiiia, the "little gypsy,"'
in his arms, ohe was dead. The man
s anding by the grave saw the drama
again, and he saw Grandpa as he had
since that day, lonely, brooding,
.ioughtful. Even a day or two ago
' andpa no longer a grandpa, but
"Ernest Fuchs," had glanced in the
windows of toy shops, more than
ordinarily rich with Christmas gifts.
Then the man by the gravj saw
Grandpa, leaving the house yester
day for a "visit to Greenlawn ceme
tery," and Charles Fuchs, with the
detective beside him, stopped staring
it the grave, leaned over and softly
touched his father's cold hand. The
detec ive prenered to report a 4,sui
c d? in Greenlawn cemetery."
"Same g.rls faces ain't worth the
lU'n they are painted on."