THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Established 1899
m PROOUGERS
AND CONSUMERS
System Through Which Retail
ers Bay From Farmers,
ELIMINATES THE MIDDLEMAN.
Secretary Wilson Has Advocated Som©
Such Plan —Recent Report Shows
How Prices Are Doubled—What Des
Moines Has Done.
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.
THAT the consumers of the cities
have been compelled to pay
from two to five limes as much
for food products as those
products cost on the farms is a fact
that has slowly been sinking home in.
the American mind. That this is the
great cause of high prices has also be
come a geueral conviction. How to
meet tbe situation has been the ques
tion. The common sense answer is
that the farmer and consumer muse
get together. This cannot be done in
dividually. or at least it is not done. ]
Therefore the only way is for it to 1
be done collectively. Luckily the co- :
operative movement iu other parts of j
the world furnishes an object lesson ]
as to the way it may be accomplished. I
A co-operative movement that would ]
bring about direct contact between the 1
producer and the consumer or be- !
tween the producer and the retailer j
would eliminate most of the profits i
that have been going to a number of i
middlemen. This is the high prices |
question in a nutshell. Until the- '
American people are ready to protect
themselves by following common sense I
and buying their produce direct from ;
the farms, or as nearly so as can be j
contrived, they will continue to be im- ;
posed upon. The present system '
gouges iu two directions, forcing down. ,
the prices the farmer receives and I
forcing up the prices the consumer 5
pays. Yet the producers and consum- j
ers constitute the vast bulk of the !
population. Their salvation is in their i
own hands. All they need is to come |
together for their mutual benefit and !
provide machinery for direct commerce ]
between them.
This, machinery is already, being:!
fashioned by the grange that has had..
a long term of preliminary training iu
the grange stores. In the city of New-
York the grangers and business meu
working with them have formed the
United Stores association for the ex
press purpose of bringing together pro
ducer and retailer. The plan has been
set forth in the prospectus of the com
pany. from which liberal extracts are
made. This prospectus was written
by Roland Onnfroy, founder and exe
cutive chairman of the United Stores
association.
Co-operation Only Way.
The continuous nse in the prices of
the necessaries of life, with the con
sequent pressure upon the consumers,]
due largely to unnecessary intermedi- j
ums and costly methods of distribu-j
tion. suggests that the time is oppor
tune for the introduction in the United
States of an improved system for the'
sale and distribution of all commod
ities to the consumers.
Distributive co-operation is now the
only possible and efficiently tested rem
edy against the evils of the high cost,
of living.
To Great Britain belongs the honor
of having placed the co-operative
movement on a sound, modern, com
mercial basis and of having made if
the "greatest industrial force in Jhe
world." The English method consists 1
in the organization of "societies" (cor
porations) whose primary and gener- 1
ally sole object is the purchase and
distribution of all necessaries and com
modities of life—equality and full
measure being essential—for the ex
clusive benefit of their members, who
are at the same time the stockholders,
returning to them "the largest portion
of the profit unon cost" included in the
retail selling price.
This "profit upon cost," known as
the "divideud," Is paid in cash to ef.ch
member of the co-operative society
pro rata to the amount of his pur
chases in the store of his society.
Settlements are made quarterly.
Besides his "dividend." the member
receives interest on his stock at a rate
varying from 5 to 8 per cent per an
num.
In the payment of this cash dividend
quarterly to the member, an idea
which must be credited to Robert
Owen, lie probably the strength aud
the greatest cause of the popularity
and stupendous growth of the co-op
erative movement in the British Isles.
The gigantic movement, started in
1844 with the humblest beginning, was
of very slow growth, having had to
carry on for over forty years the hard
est conceivable fight against the com
bined forces of the manufacturing,
wholesale and retail selling, banking
and legislative representatives of the
nation.
Rut it was a fight of the wage earn
ers. the people against abuses and ex
tortion on the part of the distributers
retailers of the necessaries of life.
T!>-:r cause was just. They were en
titled in exchange for their hard earn
ed money to receive full value for their
purchases of all necessaries of life.
Tbr-y won because their cause was
jn?t.
*n the last twenty years the might
'if r.-ht has becorrw the might of num
er nud has placed co-operation la
where tlie farmers and hucksters
might sell directly to consumers. So
successful has been the plan that a
second market was recently opened.
The history of this Des Moines ef
fort to reduce prices may prove of
benefit to other communities. The cost
of living became so high in the lowa
city that a commission was appointed
to investigate. This commission found
that prices were higher in Des Moines
than in Chicago and considerably high
er than in smaller cities of the mid
dle Avest. For example, prices in Du
buque were 25 to 3T» per cent less.
Now. Dubuque is only about 200 miles
from Des Moines, and natural condi
tions are practically the same in the
two cities. The one great difference
was discovered to be that Dubuque
had maintained from time immemo
rial a market where farmers and huck
sters might sell to consumers direct.
The result of this investigation was
the JRes Moines market. It was not
established without bitter opposition
from the commission men and whole
sale dealers in produce. But it did
bring down prices. The measure of its
success may be judged from the estab
lishing of the second market. The
plan is simplicity itself. It simply pro
vides a public place—a public square,
open space, park or building with
booths, as the case may be —from
which the farmers and hucksters may
retail their goods. This is under the
direction of a city market master.
The awakening to the need of co-op
erative selling and buying in America
is indicated by the program of this
year's meeting of the national couser
vation congress at Kansas City
Among the subjects assigned were
"Co-operation Amoug Farmers." by
W. A. Beard, a member of Roosevelt's
country life commission, and "Cuttim:
Out the Middleman." by Charles S
Barrett, president of the Farmers* Ed
ucational and Co-operative Union of
America. This organization has mil
lions of members in . the south. If it
enlists in the movement of reducing
prices, as (he grange is doing in the
north, there will be results.
When the American people are face
to face with a problem they usually
work it out. They are now face to
face with high prices. Obviously the
key to t*>e solution of this problem is
co-operation.
# §
GOING TO BE A STRIKEOUT ?
—New York Evening Mail.
England on an indestructible and per
manent basis.
The example- set by England is being
eagerly followed among ail civilized
nations of the old world.
From the most recent data gathered
from authoritative sources, such as
Hans Muller. for instance, we learn
that the present results of co-opera
tion in continental Europe, though for
ty years younger, now exceed Eng
land's stupendous figures.
America Next.
The United Stales needs co-opera
tion now, but it is a new nation, and
its legislation, agriculture, industry,
commerce and finance differ in many
ways from those of European coun
tries. Any importation of the CO-OD
erative plan must l>e accompanied by
improvements and modifications which
will adapt it to the character. i»»th
ods. habits and requirements of the
American people, and this under pen
alty of failure.
The failure to recognize and comply
with these cardinal conditions is re
sponsible for the lack of success of
the previous attempts to establish co
operation in this country.
But there exists an American plan,
now readj' to be put in operation. It
is the result of twenty years of close
study of the conditions required to
meet the instant favor of all without
attacking or interfering with any o!
the industrial, commercial, producing
and financial interests at present ex
isting in this country.
The aims of the United Stores asso
ciation through the permanent organ
ization of its improved system of
"distributive co-operation" are:
To bring close together the three so
cial but divided elements —consumer,
distributer and producer causing
them to reciprocate in a mutual and
constant effort to help each other.
There are two classes of members—
the associate purchasers and the asso
ciate dealers.
The main objects of the association
regarding the consumer, its associate
purchaser, are:
First.—To enable him to procure all
"necessaries of good quality, of just
measure and weight and at fair prices.
Second.—To pay over to him from
time to tone, subject,only to the sim
ple regulations* of the association, a
cash refund or "dividend" in propor
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1911.
tion to the amount of his a d his Cam
ily's trade with the stoivs or lirui
duly licensed by the association.
This dividend may !>e conservatively
estimated at r> per cent of th£ total
cash purchases made by the member
at current retail prices.
As to the associate dealers, any repu
table retailer now in business is eiigi
ble to membership. He gets his prod
uce direct from the farmers through
a central distributing agency.
THe Field Is Open.
The United Stores association plau
is only given as a sample of what may
be done. At present its field of oper
ations is in New York city. Eventual
ly it plans to extend to other cities. In
the meantime there Is nothing to pre
vent other associations or even groups
of private individuals from doing the
same thing. On this point Hon. James
Wilson, secretary of agriculture, says
in a report just out:
"Farmers' co-operative selling asso
Nations are numerous in this coun
try," said the secretary, "but co-op
erative buying associations among the
people of cities and towns are few
Why do not consumers buy directly
from the farmers'/
"Aside from buying associations
maintained by farmers, hardly any eo
operation exists in this country. It is
apparent that the consumer has much
to do to work out his own salvation
with regard to the prices he pays.
"Potatoes were selling iu the spring
of 100!) In some places where there
had been overproduction for 20 cent*
a bushel and in some places for even
9 cents a bushel at the farm, while at
the same time city consumers were
paying T.O to cents a bushel, al
though there was nothing to prevent
them from combining to buy a car
load or more of potatoes directly from
the grower and for delivery directly to
themselves."
Enormous Profits.
The department of agriculture last
year made a rather thorough investi
gation into the increase in cost of
farm products in their transfer from
producer to consumer. This investi
gation established certain facts which
the secretary of agriculture has sum
marked as follows:
The milk consumers of seventy-eigW
cities paid for mlik an increase of
100.8 per cent above the price receired
by dairymen. In other words, the
farmer's price wrs fully doubled. The
lowest increase anion* the geographic
divisions was 75.5 per cent in the south
Atlantic states, and the highest was
lll.y per cent in the western states.
Officials in the department of agri
culture point out that this wide dis
crepancy between the prices received
by farmers and the prices paid by con
sumers is not of recent origin. Twelve
years ago the industrial commission
went into this subject somewhat ex
tensively. It developed some large per
centages of increase of prices to con
sumers—l3s.3 per cent for cabbage
bought by the head. 100 per cent for
melons bought by the pound, for but
termilk sold by the quart and for or
anges sold by the crate; 2GO per cent
for onions bought by the peck. 400.4
per cent for oranges bought by the
dozen, 111.1 per cent for strawberries
bought by the quart and 200 per cent
for watermelons sold singly,
i The investigation of a year ago by
the department of agriculture showed
that poultry almost doubles in price
between the farmer and the consumer.
For the seventy-eight cities the farmer
received 55.1 per cent of the consum
er's price. Of the price per dozen paid
by the consumer the producer received
G9 per cent in the case of eggs. 75 per
cent in the case of dried beans when
bought by the bushel. 48.1 per cent in
! the case of cabbage when bought by
the head. 75 per cent in the case of
cauliflower when bought by the dozen
and in the case of celery 60 per cent
when bought by the bunch.
Farmers Not to Blame.
Secretary Wilson declares that * the
investigation the department made
proves conclusively that the consumer
has no well grounded complaint
against the farmer for the prices that
|be pays. It is plain, the secretary
' says, that the farmer is not getting
exorbitant prices for his products and
that the cost of distribution from the
time of delivery at destination by the
railroad to delivery to the consumer
Is the feature of the problem of high
prices which presents itself to the con
sumer for treatment.
Some time ago the city of Des
Moines established a city market
Qtuntvig's Work
for Denmark
Count von Moiike Pays Him A
'High Tribute,
The following: is the address on
Co-operation in Farming in Den
mark continued from the Demo
crat of last week. It is by count
von Moltke:
The first high school had no
technical progress whatever but
>nly imparted general knowledge.
They were established principal
ly in the rural districts. The
young men went to them during
the winter months when farm
work made less demand on them;
the young women attended them
in summer, when they were less
occupied. They were not at all
the' 'strike-for-a- better-position"
as they led to nothing definite
but held out to the youth the jo>
of life and enthusiasm inspired
by the glory of the historic past,
the power of language, beauty
in nature and in human life.
The aims of these schools, the
first of which was founded about
the year 1850 was highly ideal
istic and anti-materialistic.
How many nowadays would
shrug their sholders at such a 
program for the uplifting of a
people! Well, there were peo
pie enough in those days who did
shrug their shoulders at Grunt
vig. If you ask me now: "But
do you wish us to believe that
having these young peasants of
yours study literature, history,
some little mathematics and poe
try meant any real step towards
making good, practical farmers,"
my answer would be: "Yes, it
end, because it helped them to
think and to write clearly, to
grasp new ideas and to believe in
themselves." I do not claim
that an education along lines
of natural hero worship, filled
with poetry and other elements
ot' patriotic delight, must neces
sarily result in good butter
making or cattle raising. But it
vas the means of making these
schools attractive to the peas
ants; in other words, of making
the taking in of knowledge pala
table to them. It is here that
Grundtvig's psychological gauge
of these rural classes, naturally
suspicious and somewhat self— j
cor.spicious from isolation and i
previous serfdom, has proved so .
accurate. His scheme would
have*failed, no doubt, had it not
found unselfish, high-minded
men to carry it into effect. I
speak of high school teachers.
Thanks to their successful ini
tial efforts, the high-school
movement spread rapidly. Be
fore the war of 1364 there were
only 20 high schools in Denmark;
but in the few years. 1865-70,
f>o new high schools entered into
life. Since then the movement
has gone on at a slower rate but
it answers in its present inten
tion to the requirements of this
country.
There are now 90 high schools |
in Denmark, subsidized by the
Government to the amount of
$135,000 per annum. The schools
received in 1910, 3500 male and
3200 female students.
In the later years —as new and
divergent ideas spread amongst
the leaders—the high schools
have gradually aaopted varying
programs and have become more j
definite in their purpose. About
30 of the high schools can be
considered agricultural colleges;
others have adopted courses for
technical training along differ
ent lines of skilled labor. The
newest course is one that has
been established for fishermen.
It is estimated that 20 percent of
the lowest rural classes in Den
mark at the present day, under
and about the middle age, have
graduated from the popular high
schools.
That these institutions alone
have brought about the actual
progressive conditions in Den
mark would, however, be a bold
assertion. There were many
other causes that helped us there
o'ore and foremost among these
was the general change in the
world's markets about the year
1870 made by the powerful com
petition of grain imports from
the western hemisphere. Den
mark had, up to that time, been
a grain exporting country; but
the drop of prices of grain, caus
ed by the invasion of the market
with American grain, brought
our farmers to a very precarious
condition; and this condition thev
proved able to meet through the
enlightment of high school edu
cation.
With great rapidity and firm-
For pains in the side or chest damp
en a piece cf flannel with Chamber
lain's Liniment and bind it on over the
seat of pain. There is nothing better.
For sale by all dealers.
ness of purpose, the only thing
that could save.the farmer was
done. He began using his grain
for food and became a product of
butter, bacon, meats, live cattle
and eggs. In other words, the
production was changed from
that taken from the soil to that
taken from the animal feed from
the soil. Spurred by the read
iness of the British market to
take large quantities of these
articles, our herds of all kinds
increased; to feed them Denmark
gradually extended its area plan
ted with roots from 46,000 acres
to 600,000 acres, but this was far
from enough, and side u y side
with this development the coun
try became a heavy importer of
all foodstuffs, and here it is that
you so successfully come into our
market with your produce, as I
shall describe later.
* About the year 1878 the sepa
rator was introduced; but the
ground for dairy work had been
scientifically prepared years be
fore by such able experts as
Segelcke and Fjord.
The Danish farmer, as we have
seen, was pushed by necessity in
to the new lines ofproduction; but
he would not have been able to
go through the complete revolu
tion which took place in our agri
culture, to take advantage to the
full extent of the British and
other markets, and to profit by
the inventions and technical per
fections of the time, had he not
been going for years previously
through a continuous process of
intellectual improvement.
The various circumstances ren
dered cooperation in agriculture
along all lines imperative, and
now I shall trv to describe how it
was brought about.
Let us go back to our census
statistics for a moment. The
country has a population of 2,-
700,000. Of these about one mil
lion are employed in agriculture,
and of these again only 100,000
are owners; 2,000 owners of large
estate, 'about 75,000 owners of
middle sized farms and 200,000
owners of small holdings. At
the present moment there are
about 150,000 members of cooper
ative creameries and 104,500
members of cooperative bacon
plants, which proves that the
great majority are owners of
small holdings; in other words
what we would call in a general
way people without capital,
comparately poor people. Mow.
how did these people get capital;
to start with? Did the richer
farmers advance money? No!
This would have been against
the whole spirit of the enterprise,
which is solidarity amongst the
cooperating members is regarded
to financial responsibility and
equality of vote. They borrowed
the money from banks, and not
only nave they paid it back, but
they own a capital and an ade
quate reserve fund. All these
cooperative enterprises have thus
been raised on bare ground, as
we say. and almost every director
of them now is a graduate of
some high school. When these
people successively attained great
political power, assuming respon
sibilities before the electorate,
and even as members of Cabi
nets, it can truthfully be stated
that, with few exceptions, they
have made good in these positions
of popular trust, and although
they have not yet produced any
statesman of mark, I do not hesi
tate to acknowledge that they
i have, especially in dealings with
economical questions, often given
evidence of more constructive
mind than many a politician with
higher traditions and broader
education.
Former Hickory Minister's
Success.
Dr. J. H. Weaver, pastor of !
Central Methodist church, is I
finishing his first year's work as
pastor of that church and his re
port will show that he has done
good and faithful service. Dur
ing his pastorate 125 members
have heen added to the church,
50 upon profession of faith and
75 by letter. He has made about
1,000 pastoral visits and has at
tended practically every service
held in this church during the
year. The finances of the church
are in fine condition and all
obligations of a financial nature
will be met. Dr. Weaver has
endeared himself to all the peo
ple of Monroe. He has wrouth
well and as pastor and as a man
has done the community great
good.—Monroe Enquire.
Mr. Wade Run Down
Dovn at Hasty, N. C., lives a well
known planter, Mr. J. D. Wade. Says
he: "I was run down almost to the
point of giving up. I took two bottles
of King's Irno Tonic Bitters and now
am as good as ever. I took other
i tonics but found nothing to compare
, with Ring's Sold and guaranteed by
all medicine dealers.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
Halloween at Claremont.
A select crowd of boys frnn
Lenoir College and the city
were very highly entertained
Monday night at a Hallowe'en
pary given by the Claremont
College girls.
The program for the evening
was unique in every respect.
The guests were received at tbf
door by a ghostlike figure hold
ing a basket of peanuts on one
arm and very cordially extend
ing a gloved hand to welcome
the boys as they approached
tremblingly, A mere touch of
that hand was enough; for it
was incased in a rubber glove
which, when touched, imparted a
sensation which would cause the
most courageous to shiver. Af
ter having recovered from the
shock given by shaking hand of
Death, the boys were present
ed with a bag of peanuts from
the basket held by the phantom
and warned to save them; for
they would need them later.
His nerve being already shat
tered, his case was a hopeless
one when on entertaining the,
reception hall, each poor boy;
was completely surrounded by a
ghostly swarm of figure s ! each
peering at him with eyes which
had no expression, and uttering
not a sound; but only extending
a hand irom the shroud.
Then came the crowning fea
ture and the mystery of the pea
nuts was revealed. The com
pany was asked into the auditor
ium. The boys being sent to the
seats, the "bants'' remained oil
the stage. An expectant calm
came over the house, then an
apparition was led forward by a
teacher, and this question asked,
"How many peanuts am I bid
for this girl?" Up to this time,
not a word had been spoken by
a girl. Each boy purchased a
mashed figure with the peanuts
given him on entering. When
the "auction" was over, the
girls "unshroudfd." The couples
then returned to the reception
hall to find seats and enjoy the
the evening talking, playing at
games fitted for the occasion,
having their fortunes told, and
refreshing their shattered nerves
at the punch bowl.
Hickory League Entertains.
One of the most entertaining
social gatherings of the season
was the name social given under
the auspices of the Epworth
League of the First Methodist
church Thursday night. Invi
cations were sent out with the
request for those who would at
tend to bring a penny for every
letter in his or her name. A
neat sum was realized in this
way.
The church was tastefully dec
orated with evergreens, and
beautiful colored leaves from the
forest.
An interesting program was
rendered consisting of songs,
solos, and recitations after the
program delicous refreshments
were served by the young ladies
of the League.
Special credit is due those
young ladies who so faithfully la
bored in preparing the refresh
ments, decorating, serving, etc.
The League is growing under
the leadership of the efficient
president, Mr. A. M. West.
The Bible in a Sack of Flour.
William Tyndale urged the priests to
read the Bible in Greek. They said
the Pope only allowed it read in Latin.
Tyndale said: ' 'lf God spares me, I will
one day make the boy who drives the
plow in England know more of the
Bible than the Pope does." Tyndale
saw men led to prison and to death in
| England for reading Luther's Bible, so
|he went to Worms, from which city,
j hidden in bales of cloth and sacks of
' flour, printed copies of the English
j Bible soon crossed land and sea and
| found readers in his native land. Tyn
| dale was brought from exile and burn
!ed at the stake. He died praying: "0
Lord, open the King of England's
eyes." After many years, at the order
of an English King, the translation we
now use was made and is scattered all
over, not only England, but the earth.
Many old Bibles bear the words,
"Kine James' version" (or translation.)
So Tyndale's prayer was answered.—L.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Stine have
returned from the fair at Char
lotte, where their Mr. Stine saw
the Smith- Campbell cotton pick
er at work. He says it is a suc
cess.
I
Balked at Cold Street.
"I wouldn't let a doctor cut my
foot off,'' said H. D. Ely, Bantom,
Ohio, "although a horrible ulcer had
been the plague of mv life for four
years. Instead I used Bucklen's Ar
nica Salve, and my foot was soon com
pletely cured." Heals Burns, Boils,
Sores, Bruises, Eczema, Pimples,
■ Corns. Surest Pile cure 25c at C. M.
Shuford's, Moser & Lutz and Grimes
Drug Co.
Cleveland's Sand
Ciay $250 a Mile.
Mr. Robinson Sill Build Hick
ary-Brookford Road Same Way.
Mr. John' W. Robinson, road
superviser for Hickory township,
has just returned from an in
spection tour of the sand clay
roads in Cleveland leading out
from Shelby. He is delighted
with them. He saw one 18
months old in a torrent of rain
poured down on Sunday, and it
did not show even the print of a
horse hoof.
Contracter Eddlemen, who is
working a chain-gang force of
about 40 men, builds his roads
this way. He grades the road
for 25 feet wide and uses a crown
16 feet wide. He does not mix
the sand and clay but puts on a
top soil on the level grade about
12 ft. sloping slightly to either
side. This top soil he gets out
of the adjacent fields. Mr. Rob
inson brought some of it with
him. It is a gritty, yellowish
soil with a good deal of sand in
it.
Mr. Eddleman does not pack
this down with steam rollers but
uses a wheel scrape, and smooths
it out.. If it should go into hole,
he would fill in and scrape it over
again.
This road does not cost over
$250 per mile after the grading
is done. The farmers give the
soil, and none of it has to be
hauled over half a mile. Mr.
Robinson thinks this is the thing
for the Hickory and JBrookford
road. Mr. Eddleman will be
over this week to see if he can
locate this top soil near enough
for use, and if be can do so,
work will begin at once. He
does not use an expensive stock
ade for his convicts but simply a
a shack 18 by 50. man is
chained to a long iron rod at
night. He feeds and clothes
his men well, and then sworks
them for all there is in them.
The chain gang, he says, need
not be made an expensive insti
tution. Gaston county people
say their road work would have
to stop if it were not for the Re
corder in Hickory.
Resolution of Synod.
Whereas Potomac Synod in its
39th annual session held in Hick
ory, N. C., has "been so delight
fully entertained by the good
people of this beautiful city and
has enjoyed so bountifully that
splendid hospitality for which
the southland is justly noted.
Resolved that this Synod ex
tends its sincerest thanks Ito the
pastor and people of Corinth Re
formed church and to the mem
bers of other denominations, all
of whom opened thir homes to
us and bestowed upon us so
many evidences of kindness and
consideration.
Resolved that Synod recognize
the faithful and efficient services
of Miss Margaret Bost as post
mistress and express its grati
tude and appreciation for all that
she has done for our comfort and
convenience by the adoption of
this item.
Resolved that the treasurer of
Synod be authorized to pay to
the treasurer of this church the
sum of $25,00 for the use of the
church in its present session.
Resolved that the pastor of
this congregation be requested
to read these resolutions to his
people at their next regular ser
vice and that they be published
in the local papers.
Resolved that this Synod
places itself on record as highly
appreciating the gracious invi
tation to visit Catawba college
and participate in the inaugura
tions of President elect Prof.
J. F. Buchheit and that we ap
preciate the courtesies afforded
us on this auspicious occasion.
Rev. W. O. Rudisell Dead,
Rev, W. O. Rudisell a promi
nent young minister of the Wes
tern North Carolina cnoference
died at the home of his father
near Lincolnton Sunday night.
He was a young man of
promise and his death is distinct
loss to the Methodist church.
His last work as a pastor was
in Shelby.
The funeral services were con
ducted by Dr. J, H. Weaver and
Rev. J. F. Armstrong. He
leaves a wife to mourn his loss.
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