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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
1
A British steamer rammed the American freighter Julia Luckenbach in Chesapeake Bay, slicing the ship and sending 20 of 28 aboard to their deaths. Survivors clung to rigging for hours as a Danish steamer and the Pennsylvania aided in rescue.
Christmas brought four fights in the district. Jim Swearinger, colored, wounded his brother Major, Dr Whitley stitched seventeen wounds. Mr J A Polk ill with Brights disease at 72 after four years in the war. John Sikes buried at Evanuel church after dying in Charlotte. G A Long sale proves a cotton market boon. five hundred bales sold. Rail line to river expected by March. North Carolinians in Texas praised. W A Garfind building seven rooms. Local lawmakers John C Bikes and H L Price travel to Raleigh. constitutional convention, state primary, Australian ballot pushed. school books need reform. Electric Bitters praised by C B Kader for stomach trouble and rheumatism. sold 50c at English Drug Co.
Conny Beard of Education reports the county board could not meet yesterday. The chairman JLB Broon arrived but one member Lb J Helms was ill and secretary RN Nesbit was sick at home in Waxhaw. A called meeting will be held next Monday.
Ninety convicts were pardoned by Governor Mease, with seventy nine freed, and a group of twelve marched to the Columbia office to thank him. The governor, in greeting, urged them to seek steady farm work and good citizenship as they return to society. Only one speaker offered thanks as the rest left. Separate item: J C Watkins of Greensboro spent a night lost near New Bern while hunting and was sheltered by a farmer after rain and animal sounds distressed him.
The Concord Times reports TH. L. Lord a Black man who died in Bluefield West Virginia recently valued at $100000 was a motive in Cabarrus only. He left the county thirteen years ago for Bluefield and borrowed money to pay his railroad fare. His mother resided in Cabarrus on a farm his son had purchased for her years earlier.
Wesley Edwards, convicted in the Hilleville shooting, serves 27 years in a Virginia prison. He preferred prison to marriage to Maud Froler, his supposed accomplice, whose alleged role in the detectives’ pursuit is questioned. Marsh’s marriage to Kenneth Marsh at White Plains, North Carolina, left Edwards unsure of Maud’s guilt or influence.
A fierce stretch of wind from Thursday midnight to Sunday night swept the Atlantic coast from south to north. Gusts neared fifty miles per hour, with higher speeds inland. The gale began in the Gulf and followed the coast, disrupting shipping but causing little severe damage. Five U S battleships sought shelter at Hampton Roads to ride out the storm.
Bishop Kilgo preached in Durham praising civic duty while accusing the water supplier of crimes by selling bad water. He also attacked lay missionary efforts, alleging misuse of funds by self styled secretaries living off hotel meals and others’ money.
The first woman jury in Idaho convicts Mrs Edward Butts for drawing a weapon after a tense trial. The forewoman asks to adjourn for family meals, but the judge denies leaving custody. The jurors later reassemble and declare a guilty verdict with a mercy recommendation to the court.
Dr Clyde McManus shot J P Wallace during a town fireworks duel near McBee. Wallace died from head wounds after a struggle over a pistol. McManus, a drug clerk, was wounded and later bonded after a coroner's inquest.
In 1913 Postmaster General Hitchcock inaugurated the parcel post by delivering the first package at Washington to BM Morgan of New York. The two pound box carried a silver loving cup and marked the nationwide opening of parcel post service. The stamp total was 27 cents, with 17 cents postage and 10 cents ins urance or registration.
Mr PF A Knieht an employee in the paint department of the Southern at Spencer went to a Salisbury sanatorium for treatment. He weighed 127 pounds before a 20 pound leg of flesh was removed and after about 10 days was discharged weighing 138 pounds, a substantial net gain despite losing a limb.
Several changes in Chesterfield business offices due to the new year. Harvey Brow and J Hy Bite tie consolidate with Clore terfield Mercantile Co. to form a new building now under construction for occupancy soon. J M Redfearn and Dr Redfearn form ZT Redfearn & Sons and will occupy the Hursey Brothers building. Davis moves into that premises. J C Baker & Co occupy J J Bittle block. Thursey Brothers relocate to a warehouse near the depot. J W Busser and Fulton Willthburn become partners and continue at the Ree Hive.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson was presented with unexpected gifts including a riding whip and bit from an admirer in Winston Salem North Carolina. He found the gift mildly amusing and pondered if it meant he should bite the bit in his teeth. The collection also featured three live turkeys and a cow offered, which the governor declined, along with a ham from Missouri.
Mr. Harry M. Heath, 29, son of Mr. BD Heath of this city, died in a Baltimore hospital yesterday afternoon after long illness. Born December 1, 1883 in Monroe, he studied at Mebane and Trinity, and was highly regarded. Remains arrive tonight and funeral is set for 11 o'clock tomorrow at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Montgomery, with Rev. Dr. Mehiarty and Rev. Dr. Marr officiating. Interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Opening work of the rock worm campaign draws strong interest in Union county with nearly thirteen hundred applicants for examinations on opening day. Health rallies are planned, urging timely prevention, with advice on intestinal parasites and signs of malnutrition.
Andrew Williams colored man found not guilty on worship violations. Ebor Helms accused of assault with a deadly weapon. Dolph. Gay and Carl Broom bound over for entering and breaking with sureties totaling $250. Kuma Stare tried for whiskey selling at $50. Harvey Weathers charged. Jansry hot guilty. Wil Stack fined for disturbing a congregation. Ing shotgun incident noted. Albert Helms charged with violating ordinance 80.
The Greenville Daily Messenger notes New York resolutions hitting saloonkeepers hard as drinkers abstain for about three weeks. Bar staff report trade drag while cigar dealers claim only a partial impact as patrons justify abstinence with old proverbs.
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