The Monroe journal. [volume], October 26, 1920, Image 6

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Faith Healer Receives Another
Check For Ten Thousand Dollars
A Wealthy Lady From the East. It Is Reported, Was
the Attempted Donor: Hundreds Co To Beth
une From Clover, S. C and Vicinity
u subject thirty years or x
CO, having settled la hU left heel,
He bu spent hundred ol dollars
seeking relief. It U said, but all to
no avail.
Ho visited tbe -faith doctor" re
cently, according to Messrs. Forbes
and Ford. Tbo "faith doctor as
sured him that ho could cure his
trouble and told him to go homo.
with instructions to rub the left lea
and heel at a certain time and to
nm jfoynon totmnAU tttsdat. October m, iso.
Following the publication of a
story about him and his works la the
Yorkvllle Enquirer several weeks
go, name and fame of the wondrous
"Faith Doctor" of Kershaw has
spread throughout this section and
very day one or more automobile
filled with people suffering from
rheumatism, epilepsy, sores or what
Bot, are making the sLxty-milo trip to
Kershaw county to see the humble!
farmer living uear Bethune, whom
they claim is doing wonders for his take castor oil at certain times.
lellownian, says the Clover eorres- f Mr. Thomas, according to Mr.
pondent of the Yorkville, S. C-, En-! Forbes, for years had found It nec
uirer. lessary to get up at night in order
People of Clover and the Clover! to rub his heel with certain medicines
community who have been to see him but since he weut to see the "faith
bring back most interesting stories of idoctor" he has been feelinc much
the 'Heater of Kershaw." tales that j better and believes he Is on the road
are to some incredible of belief, while to recovery.
io otaers tncy are quite piausit.ie. - ii,j.,kjin May Quit.
uiiny aii me 1 imr.
Those who have gone to see him
tell or neeing from ten to hftocn au-
tTGHT PAGES
The Partis e IatHa.
India atDi pays its annual tribute
ol ammaa life to tbe Jungle. The
number of deaths from aaakeblta or
me attacks of wild an
steadily Increased, during the last
year, a fact attributed to the great
floods. The rising waters have driven
the serpents out of the lowlands BP
Into the villages, and have dimin
ished through drowning the natural
food supply of the larger wild beasts.
According to the figures lust is
sued. Bfty-flve persons wore killed by
eiepnant. twenty-five by hyena, a
hundred and nine by bears, ihi
hundred and fifty-one by leoDarda.
inree nunarea and ninteen br wolves.
eight Hundred and fifty-three by tig
ers, ana six nunarea and oighiy-elgh
by other animals. Including wild pigs.
No less than twenty-two thousand,
four hundred and seventy-eight died
from the bite of poisonous snakes.
The grand total of mortality ia twen
ty tnousand. eight hundred and sev-
enty-eight.
Troubles of Wheat Farmers
Out In Ness county. Kansas, a
mountain of wheat, seventy-five hun
dred bushels, has been piled on the
ground for weeks, with no Dromi.se
r " - li unu.'v
Thev tell a tnr in rinror f Of cars In the Bear future. The wheat
lady who has long been subject to ,s ,ne Property of Josph Murray and
enilentin fits ho rriuir n in George Patterson. Oregon. Mo., men
tomobiles standing parked before his see tbe -Healer of Kershaw. Her 18 lrom ne,a " tnoir ranch
................Tim 'fl'iiM.IIIIMlSliiilllii!
A Ctaice to, limt
In One of the Largest Stock
Companies in Monroe. -
rude cottage door at a time of an .condition is said by her Clover physt
Incessant stream of sufferers that clan to whom this correspondent
come from everywhere crying to the talked Wednesday afternoon, to be
"Healer of Kershaw" for relief. Ouly j really pitiable and It is only through
yesterday a Clover man who has 'been the use of bromides that the fits can
to see the wonder man. was telling, lie kept off. She went to see the
of a rich lady from the east, who j Kershaw healer recently, however,
came to see the wonder man in the land it is Mid that she has not bad
hope of getting relief from rheuma-ja fit since that time and believes that
tism with which she had long been .she will be permanently cured. Her
sufferer.
Returned 910,000 Check.
He cured her and she was so
grateful to him that upon her return
borne she sent him a check for ten
thousand dollars, which according to
report, he promptly sent bark, say
ing that he could take no stich large
sums for his service. They do say
in fact, that he makes no charge at
ail, but that he used to take five dol
lars if a patient wanted to give him
anything, although now that fee if
fee it might be called, has been cut
to a dollar. Jack fnihew nf r?lnvi
who recently went to see him was "lev n,ucn ln ,ne miracle man. His
unable to pay him anything for the''ttle lrl ls sufferer, too, and she
reason that so many were ciowded ,uoe oe'leve. She went to see him
Clover doctor, who has no faith in
the Kershaw healer, swears that ff
the lady afflicted with epilepsy gets
well, that he will never again prac
tice medicine, because the miracle
will convince him that there ls no
virtue ln his pills.
Father Semis Daughter.
Certain It is that the "Healer of
Kershaw" has people throughout this
whole section talking and wondering,
with scores going to see him. A
Clover man who has long been a suf
ferer from rheumatism, does not be-
near Arnold. In hope of getting the
grain moved. Mr. Patterson char
tered a car and shipped some apples
to the ranch from .Missouri. When
the car arrived it was found to be
unfit for grain hauling.
A'OTICK OF SPECIAL ELECTION
It Pays 6 per cent and nontaxable. It is
safe and sound if you want
to invest.
around him he could not get oppor
tunity. An Ordinary Farmer.
He is Just an ordinary farmer or
about sixty-five years of ago. His
name is Seaborn. He weighs shout
a hundred and fifty ponmls. ts' of
medium build and does not appear or
talk at all like
Ami of Xew I leg Ut ration of Voters of
me Monroe lira (led School di.
trict. .
Notice Is hereby elven that a sne-
cial election will be held on
Tuesday, the 14th day of December,
iiu, in me city of Monroe, tor the
purpose of ascertaining tbe sense of
the qualified voters of the Monroe
Graded School District (which Is co
terminus with the City of Monroe)
upon the question of issuins not ex
ceeding 1200.000 of serial bonds of
or the Monroe Graded School Dis
trict and levying a sufficient annual
tax to pay the same, uuder authority
of an act of the General Assembly of
.ioiiu Carolina, enuuea "An Act to
authorise the Board of Trustees of
this week and the father may eo af- luie Mol" Graded School District to
Some B. & L.
Figures
Established, 1008.
1SOO shares subscribed, totaling
150,000.00.
Did yon know we were that big?
Shares pay 0 per cent Interest.
No taxes to pay.
Yon can borrow money mi vmr
savings.
A Place to Pot Your
Savings
You will never have anything un
til yon save It.
Save 25c a week tnr It U tmm
yon will hare 9100.00.
Save $2JU a week for fit years
and you will hare $ 1,000.00,
Bnv 10 aharm am
years yon will haw matured stock
worth 1,000.00 that will send that
boy or girl through college.
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wonderful Dowers. He never h.,.i th..,u' ""f" " "v recently neen
opportunity of an education and I
therefore can hardly more than read I
and write. They say down Kershaw
way that the old man clainu that 1
ter the daughter comes home.
Afflicted among the colored people
or tnm section are going, It is said
I to "dat magic
I the healer.
I The healer is no diagnostician. One
must tell him the trouble. He Is
not able to locate it himself. Some
to
see him tell of a crowd of a dozen
or so who were around him.
They were human beings bent In
all kinds of shapes and sutterina
Issue bonds for school purposes, and
to provide for the levying of taxes
and the management of schools In
man," as they termMIU h". ratified August 25th,
The polls will be open on the day
of the election from sunrise until
sunset on the same day, and no lon
ger. For said election, there will be
one election precinct, comprising the
entire City of Monroe. The polling
place will be atthe court house in
the City of Monroe.
J. G. Rogers has been BDDOlnted bv
me uoara ot county Commissioners
hickii-u iu nun : ...j . ,. .1
nignts in succession ... ... . . " . m owtinn .j n n .
and told him of the noww th.t w,,n rneumatism, oum legs and , r V "- "" "
auu iuiu iiiiu urine power mat Ui.pm. j I. H. Blair have heon innnniiJ h
took their cases up one at a time tlle Board of County Commissioners
;Vli,allv ha .om. i. as JUdKes Of Election for aalit etoo.
. (-- v . iv who mail iiooui-. -
llttS tv q 1 n n rr ... I iiti 1 U0I1.
At said election, the voters who are
in favor of the Issuance of said bonds
" J uiu mail Vlililius LIIMI 1 ... ji ,. "
....il'roni uiveis aiseasea. There were
,l: ," . , ' ."' u some with cancer and .on,, with .win uoara of Coi
i-r.- ..." """'dUeases. ,.d some with bolls nd Ml county as Registrar for
... uihii. mire in Bimt'ssion . u w. t . . a ri r wl Inn anil
Don't W&Jt until you want the money to
start saving. Strt now, the 24th series of
The Peoples B. 6 1, Association
OPENS NOV. 1st.
Office in the Savings,
Loan Ct Trust Co.
S. E. HAIGLER
Secretary
his the power of curing ailftig hu
manity.
rCi.t ntn Is Ih Un Ua - I - 1
'UIU in hliuf and T bXi M&JL"" k"?.2
LS imDressefi Avnrv nntint vhA Mmu : -" ""' juu. no ia
to him with the statement P" to hve said to him. "you
you must have faith i Tme and the ans " ,aly t0 str,,ch u '
Prescription I give you 0r It will S iL0 JL ?!
worg." The hea er tells his patienu l, , ""
that castor oil which he prescribes1 Vha thert. are l"n' ,n ,hMe
Xor every ailment .1 are 'cllned Relieve
not count for much in the twain.ent !lhe heaW ,nd hlB P061' the of
iecause water would do 17- wril' ftu,0,mobllM crry"' hu-
VeJr,Vu ForddofJaov:rWaend ' "i""
nan rnrho nhn 01 0,1 ,ne increase.
on the ciovir-n .7 . I.::. I T19 Prescription that most of them
ry's Knob, were telling ! this cor-es- ! rrm ,h nealxPr- lt ' '.
pondent the oTher in ernSn .Ut iDX ",RUb th6
h B,naru. i At. nu. " ' ;Pa with your hand as soon as you
a U knoV-Tk Vo;,; u X Tol obaC,khehrht VtV" ,f
v. ti. i .... ' . tor oil tne nieht you cet home, take
another the fourth night and another
the ninth night. And believe with
all your might that the treatment
la good and will cure. If you ain't
got no faith it wont do you any
good."
near Clover
makes his home with Mr. Forbes, and
who recently went to see the "faith
doctor."
Condition Improved.
For thirty years Mr. Thomas haa
teen a cripple, typhoid fever to which
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is for
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THEIR FINANCIAL' CONDITION.
Will You Let Us Serve You?
A checking account is most convenient in the
payment of billi A savings account is the
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Notice is also hereby given that a
new registration of the qualified vo
ters of the Monroe Graded School
District for said election has been or
dered by the Board of County Com
missioners. The Registrar for said
election will, at Ihe court house in
the City of Monroe, between the
hours of nine o'clock a. ra.. and sun
set on each day (Sunday excepted)
for twenty-four days preceding the
day for closing the registration book
or boqks, as hereinafter provided.,
keep open a registration book or
books for the registration of any
electors residing within tho Monroe
Graded School District and entitled
to register. The said books will be
closed for reKistratlon at sunset on
December 4, 1920, the second Satur
day before said election. On each
Saturday during the period of regis
'ratlon, the Registrar will attend with
his registration book at the polling
place in the court house In the City
of Monroe for the registration of vo- j
ters. On Decembtr 11th. 1920. the
Saturday preceding the election, from
the hour of nine o'clock a. tu.. to the
hour of three o'clock p. m., the reg
istrar will attend said polling place,
when and where the said book will
be open for challenges, as provided
by law.
Dated October 4, 1920.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners of Union . Cously.
M. C. LONG. Clerk to
Board of County Commissioners.
John C. Sikes, County Attorney.
Public Hauling
I operate three trucks, one of them
the largest in the county. Will haul
anything anywhere. Can be found
at freight depot. Phone 34.
M. F. BLAKEXKY.
Residence Fhone 314-J. Monroe, N.C.
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A
FRESH
SHIPMENT
OF -
J10R8ES
AND
MULES
ALSO SOME FINE BROOD
MARES.
A
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Croveli's
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mVtH MAIS STREET,"
-. .
Monroe, !f. C. i
Wanted
Ws are always In the market fo
Iron, metal of all kinds, bones, paper
sM. Open every day.
Bfonroe Iron & Metal CoV
Nsar Freight Depot.
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