Harrisburg clerk stands her ground, says no to robber

http://www.dailyregister.com/article/20170620/news/170629976/

HARRISBURG, IL –  I am going to take a different approach to this link.  Harrisburg has been experiencing a lot of crime.  Since the close proximity to the east side of the county, I have been sharing things.

Sloan Street Market, Harrisburg. (From the store’s Facebook page.)

The link above is to a story from Travis DeNeal of the Harrisburg Register.  Yesterday afternoon, there was an attempted robbery at the Sloan Street Market in Harrisburg.

A brave store clerk by the name of Mildred told the attempted thief no when he told her to open the cash register.  She told someone in the store to call 911 and he left.

Kudos to Mildred for standing her ground.   This reminded me of some Franklin County folklore I would like to share.

This is about Edgar Johnston, who used to own Edgar and Amy’s north of Benton on Route 37.  This happened in the late 70’s.

I got to know him when my dad pastored Rescue Church when I was a kid.  On his 8oth birthday he challenged every kid in the church to a foot race doing around a fifty yard dash.  He would give anyone $20 that beat him.  A few challenged him and he did not have to pay up.

He had a young kid that attempted to rob him one time.  He tried swiping a straw hat, sunglasses, a Carhart jacket and some goodies.

Edgar met him at the door.  He said son are you going to pay for them.  The robber said what are you going to do about it.  Edgar hauled off and punched him and  knocked him cold.

The next move was he called the police.  State Trooper Don “Frog” Eubanks heard it on his radio.  He was on the scene in two minutes.

When the kid came to, he wanted to press charges on Edgar.  Don said OK, but you will have to admit getting whipped by an 80 year old man.  He did not press charges, and went on his way with a shiner.

Like Edgar, Mildred stood her ground.  I believe the Lord was looking after her yesterday.