The Monroe Journal from Monroe, North Carolina • Page 1

JOURS ILlLlllJ Volume XVII. No. 52. Monroe, N. Tuesday, January 24, 1911.

One Dollar a Year. NEW RAILROAD IN SIOHT. Letter from Raleigh. To the Editor of The Journal Death of a Young Olrl. Miss Pearl Avers, daughter of Mr.

Local and Personal. Rev. R. H. Cline of Stanlev spent Big Meeting In Interest of Inter-urban.

A rousing big meeting was held in Charlotte Friday night in the interest of the proposed interurban electric railway which the Dukes propose to build. From the diagram published in this paper it will be seen what the prospective plans are. At the Charlotte meeting the people subscribed $222,000 of the $300,000 that they are asked to take in stock. Mr. Lee of the Southern Power Company told of the purchases at Anderson, Greenville and Charlotte for the purpose of facilitating the building of this project and then entered into an explanation of the management of the proposed interurban, saying that the Dukes would raise three-fourths of the entire amount necessary to build it if the towns and citizens interested would raise the other one-fourth.

The syndicate being organized will be managed by a board consisting of Messrs. B. N. and J. B.

Duke, Sam McRob-ertfl, Ellison A. Smyth, Lewis W. Parker and W. S. Lee, these men to give their services to the syndicate absolutely without charge.

When the road is built and dividends are assured from the shipping contracts the road will then be bonded and each shareholder will get bis pro rata share of the profits accruing. Mr. Lee said that he had made a careful study of an interurban for the past two years and that the ablest engineers in the country had been figuring on the plans which have so far been worked out to such an extent that the earnings of the road are absolutely assured. The Carolina Democrat. The Carolina Democrat, Monroe's new publication, issued by the proprietors.

of The Journal, made its appearance on the 20th. It is not in any sense a local paper, but will be devoted to the discussion of public questions generally. Sample copies can be had at The Journal office. Subscription $1 per year; clubbed with The Journal, $1.50 for both, if no premium is taken with The Journal. While the publication expects to circulate all over the State, the publishers would appreciate a liberal home patronage.

The Charlotte Observer of yesterday says: Union County Schools Are Doing Things. Interest and enthusiasm in any movement may be measured by that of the leader of the movement. Dead pastors do not have live churches nor do live pastors often have dead churches. The principle also applies to the school. The zeal with which the work of any school is carried on will never exceed that displayed by the teacher of that school, neither will it fall very far short of the standard.

In other words, "like teacher, like If this is a true index, and we believe that it is, we are justified in making the statement that Union county schools are doing things. Saturday morning at the graded school building was held the third regular meeting of the County Teachers' Association. There were present fifty-eight teachers from various parts of the county and interest was at high-water mark. Devotional exercises were conduct-' ed by Supt L. P.

Wilson of the city schools, after which the program was carried out as follows: "Agriculture in the Rural Schools," Prof. Hatchell of Waxhaw; "Some Thoughts Suggested by Jean Mitchell's School," Miss Laney of Mount Prospect; and "How to Study," Prof. Yeargin of Wesley Chapel. These subjects were well handled and the discussion which the leaders brought out was very helpf ul. The question of grading and other questions of like nature and importance were brought up and discussed, after which county Superintendent Nisbet called reports of the various schools represented.

These reports disclosed three interesting facts; First, that an exceedingly large percentage of the census has been enrolled in the schools in several districts the enrollment even exceeds the census report Second, a majority of the teachers report an unusually large average attendance. Third, harmony and progress were the watchwords of every report and every teacher seemed full of hope. These things cannot be without their significance they must and will tell in the educational life of the county. L. P.

W. Blood Hounds Cause Arrest for Incendiarism. Chesterfield Advertiser. The town and community received and Mrs. N.

B. Ayers, died Thursday afternoon, after several weeks of intense suffering from rheumatism and other troubles. She was but 13 years old, and her death is a sad blow to the parents. She was a bright student of the Monroe graded school until compelled to drop out. Funeral services were held at the residence on Griffith avenue by Dr.

Weaver, and the remains were interred here. Death of Mrs. Louisa Griffin. Mrs. Louisa Griffin, widow of Mr.

Joab Griffin, died January 21st, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. A. Polk. Mrs.

Griffin was 86 years old the 25th of last September. She was a member of Mill Creek Baptist church for forty years and was a true christian woman. Three sons, Messrs. E. W.

H. and J. C. Griffin, and four daughters, Mesdames T. C.

Presley, James Presley, M. A. Polk and J. C. Braswell, survive.

Just before she died Mrs. Griffin called all her family to her bedside and admonished them to live pure lives and bid them an affectionate farewell. The interment was at Mill Creek, the funeral being conducted by Rev. A. Marsh.

Death of Mr. J. C. Bailey. Mr.

J. C. Bailey of Marshville died this morning at 3 o'clock of paralysis. He had been in bad health for a good while but had only been con fined to his home for about two weeks. Mr.

Bailey was about CO years old and was a member of the Methodist church. Two sons, Messrs. J. E. and C.

E. Bailey of Marshville, and three daughters, Mesdames J. Toney of Columbia and G. A. Fincher of Charlotte and Miss Buna Bailey of Marshville, survive.

Messrs. C. T. and G. W.

Bailey of Marshville are brothers and Mrs. Mary Jones, Mrs. Maggie Deese of Charlotte and Mrs. Fannie Bailey of Winston are sisters of the deceased. Funeral was conducted by his pastor, Rev.

L. T. Cordell, in the Methodist church today. Dr. Young to Attend Wilson's Inauguration.

Thomas J. Pence, Washington cor respondent of the News and Obser ver, says: "North Carolina will be well rep resented at the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as governor of New Jersey on the 17th. Major Charles M. Stedman, who was a close per sonal friend of Mr. Wilson's father when the two lived in Wilmington, N.

0., and Dr. Robert Young of (Jon cord, who was a classmate of Wood-row Wilson at New Jersey, will join Representative Claude Kitchin here and make the trip to the Jersey Capitol. Mr. Kitchin is to be the guest of Congressman Hughes of New Jer sey on the occasion. Dr.

Young was not a classmate of Dr. but-a collegemate, as the former was a medical student and the latter a law student, but the two were very close friends and Dr. Young will go to New Jersey to at tend the inauguration. Two Wilkes Men "Scrap" at Bot torn of Sixty-Foot Well. Wilkes county is maintaining her reputation for originality.

This sto ry told by the Patriot is a clincher "Leave 'em alone and let'em scrap it out!" did not have to be said to a couple of combatants, who engaged themselves in a few rounds here Monday. The pugilists in question were John Minton and Nelson Fos ter and the fight took place in the bottom of a sixty-foot well. They were both down in a well at Hotel Smithy putting in a new wall, when they fell out not out of the well, but with each other. There were only two spectators, and neither of these felt inclined to go down and act as pacificator. One of the on lookers, however, whose veracity, please understand, is not to be ques tioned, says that the light ouly stop ped when he tied a pair cf pot hooks to the well rope and fi3hed Nelson out.

lie further avers that as Nel son was making the ascent John grabbed him by the heel, pulling off his shoe, which he hurled after his wriggling adversary. Nelson, in turn bid John adieu with a quid of well-chewed Browns Mule. TIia nniMrr nM is orntten rid of iiw 1m tli itjtnirfir from nneumoiiia and other serious diseases. Mr. B.

W. L. Hall, of Wayerly, "I firmly believe Chamberlain1! Cough Kemedy to be absolutely the Deal preparation on me uvin tur win Mvimmntuliul it ti mv frierula anil theT all aeree with me." For tale by all Definite Proposition to Connect Tlonroe and Salisbury Hoder-ate Bond Subscription Asked, to be Paid when Road is Completed. Unless present plans miscarry Monroe and Salisbury will be connected directly by rail in a few months. This is the biggest proposition that has come this way in a long time, and to say that the plan meets the greatest enthusiasm here is putting it mildly.

The people of Salisbury are determined to get a southward connection with the Seaboard or the Coast Line, or both, and they desire to get it by way of Monroe if possible. The Salisbury Railway Company have a guarantee of capital sufficient to put the road right through if the various townships along the line will subscribe small amounts of stock. Salisbury is directly north of Monroe, and the, intermediate country is a rich timber and farming section, but wholly without railroad facilities. With a railroad the property and" country would develop with a rush. The Slan is to come to Monroe by way of It Pleasant, and then to Jefferson or some other point in South Carolina.

This would make Monroe a great railroad center, giving her eventually connection with the three great trunk systems of the South. -A party of Salisbury citizens, headed by the president, Mr. W. H. Miller, came down and met Monroe citizens Thursday night, laying their plans before our people.

In the company were N. B. McCanless, W. H. Ragland, Mayor A.

L. Smoot, T. H. Vanderford, M. L.

Jackson, Geo. R. Collins, M. C. Quinn and T- J-Jerome.

They ask that Monroe township subscribe $60,000. in bonds for stock, bonds to run forty years, bear 5 per cent interest, and not to be delivered till the road is built and running trains to Monroe, when $40,000. are to delivered, the other $20,000. when the road is completed through the southern part of the township. They will also ask Goose Creek and others in Cabarrus and Rowan, along the line, to subscribe small amounts.

They ask nothing till the road is completed. The meeting was enthusiastic. Mr. J. M.

Fairley, always a leader in i whatever means the upbuilding of the county, was chairman of the meeting. The following committee was appointed to take up the matter of calling an election, making investigations, W. C. Lee, R. A.

Morrow, R. L. Stevens, R. F. Beasley, J.

M. Fairley and B. C. Ashcraft. The committee met yesterday in The Journal building, and went over the matter fully with Messrs.

Mc-Cannless and Ragland of Salisbury. It was decided to circulate petitions at once to be presented to the county commissioners the first Monday in March, asking for an election. In the call for an election the contract regarding the delivery of the bonds on the completion 1 of the road, will be set out in detail, so that the people will bft absolutely safe pay for their stoc I after they get the road. It is the est thing that Monroe has ha a ch cce at in many years, and ou: folkrVought to be quick to take up yt'opoaition. Un pn County llan Killed in Anson.

Wadkboro Messenger and Some time Monday afternoon Mr. Lindsay who lived in the Fountain Hill neighborhood, Burns-ville township, was the victim of a fata! accident. Mr. Mullis was cutting cross ties on the land of Mr. Atlas F.

Beachum. He was alone but Mr. Beachum was near enough to hear the stroke of his axe. Mr. Beachum, sometime during the after-soon, noticed that Mr.

Mullis had stopped cutting and, going to the place to investigate, was horrified to find him lying on the ground with a badly fractured skull. The unconscious man was removed to his home near by and Dr. L. Q. Smith cf Polk-ton summoned.

The doctor could do nothing for him and he died about 12 o'clock the same night. No one saw the accident but it is supposed that a tree the deceased was cutting lodged on another tree and that while he was dislodging it the tree fell, a limb striking him on the head with the result above stated. Mr. Mullis is survived by his wife and three or four small children, lie was a native of Union county. District Attorney A.

E. Holton has been reappointed by President Taft, this being his fourth term. He was a Butler-Morehead lieutenant The only local matters pertaining to the county of Union only that has been presented since the matters previously mentioned, is a bill introduced by Mr. Sikes to allow the mayor and aldermen of Monroe to sell certain lands belonging to the city at private sale. There have been other measures introduced both in the House and Senate by the county's representatives, but they are of general nature and art not local, therefore I do not mention them.

Something has been said about the new township proposition, and Mr. Sikes and I have talked of the matter since Mr. Houston has been at home, and we feel that the county commissioners know a great deal more about this matter than we know or can be informed now, and that they know fully, or will know, the contentions of both sides, if there be opposition to the new town ship, and will have both Bides fully discussed before them and that they will be in a better position to act Therefore, should the matter come before the legislature, we will be governed largely by the action of the county commissioners. The people have a much better opportunity to present their contentions and have them fully heard by the county commissioners than they have to present them to the representatives now. As we understand it, the commissioners have full power and authority to establish the new township, and the matter being now before them, and will be heard on first Monday in February, we desire that all who are interested in this matter should be informed as to how we feel about it that they may present fully their contentions to the board of commissioners, where they not only can but will have a full, fair and impartial hearing.

L. County Union at Waxhaw Next Saturday. The next nesting of Unioa county division of the Farmers' Union will meet with Jackson local union at Waxhaw next Saturday, January 28th, at 12 o'clock. State Business Agent J. R.

Rives of Sanford will attend this meeting. At a meeting of the State executive committee at Raleigh last week some good contracts were closed for fertilizers for this season and it is important, that each local union in the county send a good delegation to this Waxhaw meeting, and if possible the president of each local union should also meet Mr. Rives and get his prices on fertilizers, wire fencing, vehicles, farm implements, so that these things may be bought more intelli gently and more economically. Del egates who go by rail will arrive at Waxhaw at 12 o'clock and return about 5 p. m.

Z. Green, Pres. P.P. W. Plyler, Sec'y.

Miss Secrest and Mr. Rogers Har- ried. Mr. Russell W. Rogers and Miss Maud Secrest were married Thursday, January 12th, at the home of the bride in west Monroe township.

Rev. Dr. Weaver of Monroe performed the ceremony. The marriage was a quiet home affair and only a few of the relatives and friends of the parties were present. The attendants were Mr.

James Rogers and Miss Edith Gordon, Mr. Lewis Gordon and Miss Sallie Funderburk. The happy couple drove away to the home of the groom's father, where a merry crowd and a bounteous supper awaited them. Unknown Man Jumps to Death from Moving Train. A well dressed white man, apparently about 37 years old, boarded passenger train No.

12 Wednesday evening at Hickory with a ticket to Elmwood and jumped from the train before it came to a stopbt Elmwood. He was instantly killed, having a hole knocked in the top of his head. The body was taken to Salisbury on the same train at 8:30. Nothing was found on the body by which it could be identified. The man wore a pair of rubbers and a black suit, carried a silver watch with Waltham works and had $935 in money in his pocket.

No one on the train knew anything about him and none who has seen the body could identify it. Attention, Eagles! All members of Hugh Houston Aerie are urged to be present at next regular meeting, Wednesday evening, January 25th. Installment of officers and other important business. Sion H. Rogers, Sec.

last Saturday in Monroe. Mr. Rufus Armfield left for Kan sas City last night to buy stock for Armneld ttros. Rev. W.

J. Boeer, president of the Tennessee Synod, will preach at the Lutheran church Sunday. Miss Mattie Fowler of Denver. is visiting her uncle. Mr.

Clif ford Fowler. The ladies of the Episcopal church will conduct a rummage sale in the Stack building Friday and Saturday. Representative R. V. Houston spent Saturday, Sunday and Mon-' day at home.

Mr. J. J. Crow, who has been re-ieved of rheumatism by a sojourn at Hot Springs, will be home in a few days. Rev.

E. H. Mullis will preach at New Hope Methodist Protestant church on the fifth Sunday, 11 and at 7 p. m. Mrs.

Ellen Watts and children of Cantey, S. have returned to their home after spending two weeks with the former's father, Mr. S. M. Brad- ey.

Mrs. R. W. Lemmond will leave for Raleigh tomorrow to attend the reception given by Governor Kitchin to the members of the General Assembly. She will also visit Mrs.

J. A. Bivins. Mr. G.

M. Stewart, who lately re-- turned to his home in Wingate after iving four years at Sanford, has opened a stock sales stable at Win- gate. Their neighbors and many friends are glad that Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have come back home.

Kenneth, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Benton, who live two miles north of Monroe, was painfully burned last Friday morning.

His clothes were nearly burned off, having caught in some way from the rlre in the room where he with the other children were left alone. The storehouse of Messrs. Garland McManus, at Brief, in the north ern part of this county, was burned on the night of the 15th. The origin of the fire is unknown, lha loss, including building andcon tents, was about Sd.UUO, with 000 insurance. Miss Bingham Meredith, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. G. W. Meredith of Newborn, was married in Richmond on the 13th to Mr. A.

A. Armfield of Fayetteville, where they will live. The bride will be well remembered in Monroe where she lived several years when a girl Mr. R. W.

Doster, lately of Pleasant Valley, S. has bought Mr. R. E. Evans' interest in the Cash Grocery Store, and the firm name will be Doster Doster.

Mr. S. R. Doster is the other member and these gentlemen will carry on the business at the same stand. There will be a public debate at Pleasant Hill January 27th, "Resolved, That the educational test as a qualification for voting in North Carolina should be repealed." Affirmative: W.

B. Neal and Harry Baucom; negative: J. M. Clontz and Judge Austin. Supt.

R. N. Nisbet reports that the schools at Macedonia and Mt Pleasant, south of Monroe, are in the most flourishing condition. The people are aroused and the teachers are doing fine workMr. Boyce Biggers at Macedonia and Misses Kate Eu-banks and Annie Lee Lowery at Mt Pleasant At the latter place 100 have been enrolled, which is the full census figures for the district Rev.

J. J. McLendon returned from a visit to Anson county Saturday. He reports that Mr. L.

L. Lit-lte of Ansonville lost one of his gins Thursday night, including 8,000 bushels of cotton seed, come seed cotton, McLendon made the principal address at the annual meeting of the old soldiers of Anson on Thursday, General Lee's birthday. Mr. Thomas H. Cline of the Richmond Sales Company, New York City, will be in town Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week to show and demonstrate the much talked and advertised "Richmond" Suction Cleaner.

Mr. Cline will make his headquarters at T. P. Dillon's Furniture Store, and those who wish to see this machine demonstrated in their home, should leave their card. "In announcing its purpose as a publication The Carolina Democrat, which has been born at Monroe un der the editorship of Mr.

R. F. Beasley, uses this expression: 'The old spirit of party loyalty, represented in the expression, 'My party, right or is dead. The new idea is, must contribute my part toward keeping my party right. It will be 'a State Democratic devoted to the discussion of political questions.

This program should afford it a considerable measure of independence, and it will be con ducted with ability, beyond any doubt. Death of Mrs. R. N. Payne.

Mrs. Martha M. Payne, wife of Mr. R. N.

Payne, died Friday afternoon, She had suffered for twenty-five years with cancer, and for the past four or five years her sufferings had been intense. She was a woman of strong constitution originally and during all the years heroically bore suffering that would have killed many. She was 54 years old and had been a member of the Methodist church for thirty years. Mr. and Mrs.

Payne moved to Monroe two years ago, and on account of her illness the latter had not made many acquaintances. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Miss ayne of Monroe, and two sons, Mr. T. J. Payne and Mr.

R. L. Payne, who is at Tulane University. The body was taken to the old home in Forsyth county for burial. Recorder's Court.

Frank Brooks, assault and battery; So and costs. Frank Irby, violating ordinance No. 76; S3 and costs. Prince Adams, vagrancy; 30 days; larceny, 7 months. John Stewart, violating ordinance No.

7b; continued. Delegates coming to the union meeting at Bethel on train will be met at Marshville. If you expect to come please drop Mr. S. D.

Moore a card notifying him the time you expect to arrive. We hope to have a good attendance. F. A. Marsh, For the Committee.

Every family hai need of a good, reliable liniment. For iprains, braises, eoreneaf of the muaclea and rheumatic paint there is none better than Chamberlain's. Bold by aiiaeaiera. a severe shock Monday morning when it became known that Mr. J.

Streater, whose home is in the Friend ship community, about four miles north of town, had suffered a great loss by fire between 9 and 10 o'clock Sunday night Five mules, two horses, and three head of cattle per ished in the flames. One thousand bushels of corn, five thousand bundles of fodder, one hundred sacks of cotton seed meal, a large quantity of oats, a big lot of shucks, all his farming implements, reapers, three wagons and outbuildings went np in smoke. Evidence pointed so strongly to incendiarism that Mr. Streater telegraphed to the State penitentiary for blood hounds and they came in from the State farm, near Cameron, about 10 o'clock Monday night. The dogs were taken in charge by Sheriff Douglass and the guards from the camp and carried, to the scene of the burning and they took up the trail and followed it directly to the home of Mr.

Farquhar Stroud. Mr. Stroud was arrested and brought to jail and is charged with burning Mr. Streater property. It will be remembere4 that Stroud shot and killed George and Bunyan James at Craig's mill on December 23rd, and was out on bond: now he must, not only face the charge of murder but has an indictment for arson also against him.

Death of firs- Barton. Mrs. Nancy E. Barton, widow of Mr. J.

G. Barton, died in Monroe, at the home of Mr. R. S. Carraway, Saturday morning.

She was 80 years old the 7th of last January. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, and one of the best women who ever lived in Monroe. Mr. Barton died September a year ago. They had only one child, a daughter who died when eleven years old.

Mrs. Barton's maiden name was McAteer, and she was a native of Lancaster county, coming to Monroe thirty-five years ago. flules and Horses. Our Mr. O.

C. Sikes will return today with another car load of horses and mules. Be sure.to see them. Thb Sikes Company. aeaiera..