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THE MONROE JOURNAL Tuesday. July 27. 10. C M BEASLEY4 BRO.,PvLim. R. F. BEASLEY, Eoiroa. Tbtt Disagreement of the Doctors. "Full Buuiy nan. buta rout and uU. Hu font to hia Tatvopnaicua By pouring watrr icm ruki lMn aophjus!" A well known physician, ho bat given over the all-medicine (T'lt for a ciHulitnatixO of medicine and meulstl healing, says that many a i k man has come to him from half a dut-n uther regulable physicians. every one of whom had given a dif ferent diagnosis of his rase, and tliat he himself was ronielled to give still a dirtt-rent one. Kvery observant man has known of like cases. This well know n disagreement of the ds tors gives ground tor dozens of health formula fads, which are as leutiful as religious fads. There are the all eaters, and the no-eaters; the vege table eaters and the meat eaters, the all-inediciue and the uo-uiediciue ad vocates: the homeoatlis. the osto path, the no-clothes and the all clothes wearers. theoien air and the iudoor practitioners; the all-bathers and the u-batliers. You read of a certain c.isj of cure where all else had failed, and its advocate will tell you that he has found a cure-all The next doctor will have another scheme directly opposite. But there can be no doubt that impro-r diet is resjioiisible for three-fourths of the ills of the body. Animals, given lib erty to select their own food, are never sick. Man is only an animal in his physical make up. and most of his troubles come from the abuses that are a result of a departure from the simple requirements of the ani mal nature. Modern f md is all pre pared w ith the single view of palat- ableness, not htalthfuluess. Hence the thousands of ills that formerly did not exist. The wonderful ad vancement that science has made in sanitation and treatment of disease seems to be about otTsct by the im prudent living and eating in modern life. Smallpox, yellow fever and oth er great scourges of olden times have been conquered, but their place is being taken by apjiendicitis. dia betes and tuberculosis, and it is now even claimed, cancer. Fleti'herism, which is now so much written of, is the sanest of all the modern fads that have come along. This is noth ing more than t lie proper chew ing of the food, and takes its name from one Fletcher, its chief advocate. Every where, from the King of Kuglaud down, eople are trying it virtues. Mr. I' leti her claims that if you will only eat iu moderation and chew every bit of it to a pulp or liquid, you will never be sick. Food should lie taken in smaller moulhfuls than ordinary, and every mouthful should lie chewed till it "swallows itself," so to speak. If this is done not only will less food be required, hunger will be more quickly apjieased, but you will live longer and always be well. The Ureat Trust of All the Trusts. Will Mr. Taft, admitting that he wants to, be able with the aid of the few "Progressive Republicans" and Itemocrats, to secure any really val uable concessions from Mr. Aldrich? Nobody thinks so. The trust of all the trusts is too powerful. The sit uation is thus depicted by the New York World: "The protective system is the great est trust on earth, because it com prehends all of the trusts, fighting for a common purpose and defend ing kindred iniquities. No one is ineligible to membership who can deliver a Senator or a Congressman or a contribution to the campaign fund. An honest ('resident, pledged to curtail the privileges enjoyed by this colossal trust and unquestion ably speaking for three-fourths of the people, of all political parties, is de tied by a combination of all the inter ests. They care little for each other, but they are a unit in the presence of a common danger. It is no rope of sand which embraces them. They are bound by all the tight considerations of greed and plunder." It is apparent now why the protec tion idea is being so industriously instilled into the South it is be cause, as in the vote on timber, every Southern interest clamoring for fan cied help (as od lumber, which is no help to the South), has the chance of delivering a vote in behalf of the general plunder. The World thinki Mr. Taft ii in earnest, but how can the effort of any man who standi for the system at all, be worth anything? lie can only act as a seesaw, letting some go up in order to get some down. The World continues: "Finding that he is in earnest, the greatest of trusts now sounds a gen eral alarm . summons erery subsidiary trust to the fighting line and in scribes on iu banners, 'We stand or fall together.' Wool, cotton, ateel, iron, glass, crockery, oil, salt, lum ber, copper, sugar and all the rest, disregarding minor consideration, are expected to mote forward solidly in defense of privilege and plutoc racy. The wrong that be attack is hoary with tradition. It is buttressed on all (idea br craft falsehood and ignorance. It ha placed industry and trade in an odious thraldom. To check the growth of this trust, the ' most powerful of all the trusts, to' deprive it of some of it spoils; to. weaken it in a vital spot, to render ill less capable of mischief, and to en-J courage honest men to continue their i warfare upon it what nobler aspira tion could an American President haver Not much can be eected of Mr, Tafl , , Indebtedness of Monro and Other Towns. . The tax rale in Monroe for all pur poses is 150; the total bond indebt edness, including the issue peuding. is till .ttOO. The taxable property is in round numbers $ l,."J.U".l. The population is estimated at 5,.V.. The Albemarle F.nterprise, advocat ing a bond issue for public improve ments, has collected similar figures for North Carolina towns, and they are quite interesting. They run thus: Albemarle has iu round numbers about f KM.UiOof taxable proerty. The tax is Jt cents. (iaslonia: population lO.tlUI. bond ed indebtedness. $ls,tH; tax rate, $ I U on 2,00(1 OHO worth of prop erty. thomasville: population. 3,j00, bonded indebtedness, $ 10O.0OO. tax rate, SO cents on $;M 3,5ti!l worth of properly. Lexiugton: population, 5,000, bon ded indebtedness. WS.OOO; tax rate. $ l .TOon $1,755,101 worth of pnerty. Iliokory: population, G.000; bond ed indebtedness, $111,000; tax rate, $1 50 on $ 1,400,000 worth of prop erty. Shelby: population, 4.000. bonded indebtedness, $1.'iO,00O; tax rate. $1 55 on $1,300,000 worth of prop erty. Newton: population, 3,000; bond ed indebtedness, '.H,000; tax rate, $ 1 20 on .00,000 worth of prop Towns around this section are adopting catch phrases as mottoes intended to express their sentiments of progress. It is becoming a fad. Charlotte started oil with "Watch Charlotte (! row." Rockingham claims "The Best Town at All." Wades boro calls attention to her rennais sanoe in "Watch Wadesboro Win," and uow Hamlet comes out with the "Hamlet Boosters." (!o it, boys, you all deserve to win and keep up w ith Monroe, which has no motto. Bits of News Around Wingate. Curn-tmt-iM' of Thr Journal. Miss Lillian Krimminger of Char lotte was the guest of Slics Sue Mae Parker last week. Misses Mary McBride and Marga ret Pounds of Concord are visiting Miss t.llie Mullis. Mr. Y. M. Boggan returned Sun day night from a two weeks' visit to relatives in Montgomery county. Miss Annie Sanders i attending a house party in W axhaw. Mrs. J. W. Outen and children, Mamie and Dan, spent last week with her brother, Mr. J. Thos. Little, in Lanes Creek township. Miss Augusta Watson returned Saturday from a visit to friends in north Monroe township. Mrs. K. II. Moore and children are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, at Moncure. Mr. II. 0. llendrix and daughter, Mies Hattie, spent several days with Mr. and Mr. P. A. Parker last week. Dr. K. W. Sikes of Wake Forest is expected tomorrow night to visit his sister, Mrs. Dora Sanders. Mr. Walter C. Sanders has a posi tion with the Sixes Company at Mon roe. Miss Ethel Taylor, daughter of Dr. Chas. K. Taylor of Wake rorest, visited Mis Annie Sanders last week. Mr. Harrison daddy and daugh ter, Mis Maud, of Ceorgia are visit ing relative in this section. Miss Ada Gardner of Hamlet is visiting Mrs. J. Kufus Intlin. Mr. Walter E. Brock of Wadesboro was in town last Thursday. Mr. Carl Meiggs has accepted a position with the Sike Company in Monroe. Rev. Fairley D. King of Jonesboro spent last Friday here. Profs. Tyner and Carroll have been out working in the interest or the school for the past two weeks. A good opening is anticipated and special provision has been made for boarding student. 1 he lady teach er will have charge c)f the "( iirls' Home, and the "Boys Club will be under the supervision of the prin cipals. Sunday Tragedy In Rowan. Salisbury Sinrfal to Chrlitt l Hmorimr. A terrible tragedy, whether suici dal or accidental i not positively known, occurred at Organ church, this county, about 12 mile southeast of Salisbury, just before noon today. The particular a learned here late thi afternoon are t follows: Mr. Henry Kluttz and family had gone to Lutheran Organ church to wor ship, leaving a young son, Clarence, aged about 20 years, at home, he having been complaining of feeling unwell When the family returned from the services to their home they were horrified to find the young man lying across the bed in his room dead with a rifle ball through his heart and the weapon, a small rule, lying by his side. Ocnerml Car's Wheat Crop. Da Hum Btrmld. General 3. 8. Carr is spending the week at Ocooneechee farra looking after the threshing of wheat Last week from 23 acres he got 980 bush els, or nearly 43J bushels to the acre. He has also 170 acres yet to go through the threshing machine and with such a ratio may expect some thing like 5,000 bushels. This is an unusual yield for North Carolina farms and in barrel of "Pearl" floor, means about f 10,000. This is just one instance of Occoneechee farming; . For ImdarlM Dr. Mllta' Aatl-PaJa Pllla COTTON. Local market today. IS 55. Mart Jordaa Says 5hort Crop and Highest Price, Mr. lUrvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, has issued a statement about the cotton crop which will interest many I moo farmer. It follows: "The present outlook tor anything like a normal production of cotton for the season of lJOiMitlO is worse than any year since PAtt. lieporu w Dioh have come to us from all parts of the cotton belt from reliable source, and the result of personal observation during the past 30 day, indicate a very serious condition of the crop, especially in the territory of the southwestern Slates. The long, and as yet uubroken, period of drought in Texas, accompanied by unprecedented hot weather, ccvering the largest producing counties in that State, make it impossible for the crop there to recover normal condi tions, even under the most favorable weather, hereafter. The same con ditions have largely prevailed in Mississippi and Louisiana. In every State, except Texas, there has been a voluntary decrease in the cotton acreage by the farmer thi year. "In all the States east of the Mis sissippi the cotton fields are gener ally grassy, and many thousands of acres have been abandoned, and the field planted to corn and peas. Crab grass has sapd the vitality of the cotton plant and absorbed to a great extent the commercial fertilizers Black root and boll worm in the east ern States an J boll weevil in the southwest are contributing to make the situation even more critical. There is not a sufficient supply of old cotton in the South today, to last Southern mills until October 1. I anticipate that the forthcoming Aug ust condition reHrt by the bureau of cotton statistics, to be issued on August 2, will retlcct the deteriora tion of the crop in duly, by several point under the very low June con dition report. "In most sections of the belt the cotton plant is low and grassy, and in other sections too full of sap and weedy. These conditions forecast a small yield compared with that of one year ago. "The failure of the peach crop al ways forecasts a shortness in the pro duction of the cotton crop; such is the case this year. With consuni tion assuming enormous proportions, and the production of the cotton crop indicating an unusual shortness, it is imKissible, at this time, to pre dict with any degree of accuracy where the maximum price of spot cotton will reach. That we are not eutering upon an era of very high prices for the coming season, there is scarcely any question of doubt, and the slower spot cotton is mar keted at the opening of the season, the easier it w ill be to maintain high prices." A Vision That Turned Out Correct. Sxnkingof dreams and visions, the Greensboro Record says: But sometimes very astonish ing things are revealed in another way. The following incident is absolutely true and can be proven by the best of evidence, long ago as it occurred. One of the best known women in Greensboro had a brother to go to Missouri before the war, perhaps in 1558 or '5i. He was a handsome fellow and would not brook an insult, fighting at the drop of a hat though he was a gentlemen and and not quarrelsome. One day this lady was sitting in her room sewing; it was about 11 o'clock in the forenoon; suddenly she burst into a flood of tears, crying as if her heart would break. Her husband was finally sent for and it was a long time before he could get her to tell him the cause of her grief. She said he would laugh at her, and he did, but it did not shake her in the least. She said while sitting at her work she sawjher brother and another man clinch in a fight: others interfered and separated them; as her brother turned to walk off, the other man sudden ly drew a pistol and shot him in the back, killing him instanly. All efforts to convince her that it was a freak of imagination prov ed futile. There was no tele graph in those days, but in due time a letter came and it told the the story just as the women saw it and related it, even to the hour of the day. What was it, how was it this formation was conveyed to this woman? Solve it you can but the story is absolutley true. Gulf Coast Devastated. HoUKt.in.Tri., IU!tch,ttnd. The West Indian hurricane, which swept from one end of the Texas Gulf coast to the other yesterday, claimed a toll of 12 human lives, fa tally injuring four others and seri ously wounding 1C, according to the details of the storm, which began to arrive here late today and tonight Whole towns were devastated and the wreck and ruin to property will amount to hundred of thousand of dollars. Flo Field of Cora Near W axhaw. Mr. & X. Howie report that he ha already sold f ." worth of toma toes from one row 35 yard in length, lie figures it out that at this rate over 1 700 worth of tomatoes can be grown on one acre of ground. The faculty of the Waxhaw graded school for the coming sebn.l year is a follows: IVof. E. O. Randolph, ' superintendent: Rer. W. F. Estrulge 1 and Misses liertrude Rae and Alma Cunningham, assistants, aud Mis Pearl Cobb, music teacher. Mr. Sam Marze, of the New. Hope neighborhood, reports a wonder in the way of a chicken hen. He says she was hatched out last March and ha been laying for the past weeks The shortage in the accounts of City Treasurer May of li.u k Hill is now slated at f 11.1)71. Mr. J. R. FUson, who lives about two miles west of town, has the tiuest field of corn we ever taw in this sec tion. He has five acres tint if the season is favorable ill come mighty near producing an avenge of 75 bushels to the acre. It will pay any one in the community, who is inter ested in intensive farming, to make a trip down there to see that field of corn. It serve to show what can be done in thi section in the way of growing corn at a very small cost. Dr. E. W. Sike of Wake Forest College will deliver the annual ad dress at the Tirzah Bible Society on the last Saturday in this month. Our Marvin reporter says that Mr. Henry Godfrey, who lives in that neighborhood, sowed four burhels of wheat from wheh he reaped sixty bushels this year. Through the efforts of Muj. II. A. Iiondon of PitUboro, the railroads have all granted a cent-a-mile rate to the Confederate reunion at Charlotte August 25th and 2t'ith. Miss Emma Hunter of Wedding ton has been elected assistant prin cipal of the high school at Duke, and will take charge of that work some time in Septemlier. The rapid growth of a watermelon vine down in Lee county, according to a letter of very recent date from a man down there to a citizen of Wax haw, makes the story of .lona's gourd vine look like .10 cents with a hole in it. Among other things he says: "We had to stake our watermelon vines this year. The land is rather strong and the season favorable, and the vines were growing so fast that the little melons were pulled off or worn out by being drug along. But by tying the vine to stakes about every .VI yards, I think we will yet have a few melons in August." Col. Wade Harris on Crops in Meck lenburg, In ion and Anson. chiflottf rhroiiit-i. At this season of the year it is al ways pretty safe to ju Jge as to how the cotton and corn crop in the cot ton belt of the State will pan out by the condition of the crops in Meck lenburg, I'nion and Anson counties These crops are going to be about the average. They have had a late start but have reached the stage when only seasonable rains am nued ed to bring them to a bountiful ma turity. Yesterday these crops showed the need of rain. The cotton plants were drooping and the corn was wilt ed. In the afternoon the thunder heads that had been lloating across the skies, got together and banked up black and the rain descended. A pretty good shower fell all over An son county. During the night the long, slanting dashes of rain on the car windows indicated that the crops between Wadesboro and Charlotte were getting about what they want ed. A good season of rain just now will practically save the corn and cot ton crops. In the Anson county cot ton fields the plants average two feet higher than in the Mecklenburg and I'nion cotton fields. Cotton in An son has a beautiful "stand." The fields are clean, the stalks full of boll and it looks like Anson is going to make good this year on the first bale, as usual. Valuable Farms For Sale. One tract, known a the Bibb place, 4 miles south of Monroe on Camden road, containing 340 acres. About 73 acres open land, balance in timber; on public road, tele phone line, and rural route. Well watered, springs and creek. About 40 acres meadow bottoms; 3 tenant bonsea and outbuildings. Second tract, known as the Gold Mine tract, about 9 miles south of Monroe, near Altan, containing 67 acres. About 10 acres open land, balance in timber. Any of above land will be divid ed Into tracts to suit purchaser. For further particulars sea O. S. Lee, ' G B. La net, R E. Evass, PUEULES for thi lldaijt aavs trial so boa Fall Term oient Monday, Aug. P, l'.rny. Union Institute. Faculty full of competent ex perienced teachers, all college trained. No mistake or cause for regret in patronizing this school. The work done here in preparing students for college, is appreciat ed by the University and the best colleges of the State. Many of the students of this school have successfully entered the learned professions and responsible lucra tive business vocations without ever going to college. No cheap er school of the grade and quali ty in the State. For catalogue and other infor mation, address O.C. HAMILTON orP . . . G. M. GARRISON, Principals, VNIONVILLE, N. C. You Push the Button; We Do the Rest if it's anything; in tha way of electrical work or supplies, Wt'U put in a mm pis call bell or Win Your House tor Electricity. Supply faa with any of the hundred of eomforta and eomrenwnret th wirinf will make pooaibl. How about an electric fan this wmBier? M. C. HOWIE. EE MG ALE again forcibly showed that buyers know that this store makes good at all times both at big sales and every day in the year. "The Cheapest Store on Earth" gives you the most value for your money at all times. .: .: .: .: W. H. MXK & EE. America to Itecome a Negroid Nation. Mr. William Archer, the cele brated I'.nglish critic, in an out s;oken discussion of the negro question in the South, in the July McClure's, vigorously attacks the biological argument for restrict ed intermarriage In'tween the black and white. He declares: There is no middle course be tween a resolute maintenance of the legal barrier U'tween the nces and a complete acceptance of the principle of amalgamation. If the legal barrier were ever re moved, it would moan such a re laxation of public sentiment as would insure the very rapid in crease of the hybrid race. Three or four generations would .e the South a brown man's land, vith, no doubt, a rapidly narrowing white aristocracy. In another three or four generations the pre vailing complexion of the North would Ik' sensibly alTected; and, finally, the whole American na tion would 1m typically negroid, the pure white man being the more or less rare exception. For my part. 1 cannot but sympa thize with the sentiment that vio lently repudiates such a contin gency. 1 do not understand how any white man w ho has ever vis ited the South can fail to lie dis mayed at the thought of absorb ing into the veins of his race the blood of the African myriads who swarm on every hand." The Ml oi Union and K Reciprocity This Hank, at the beginning of its career, adopted the policy of doing the utmost good to its cus tomers within the limits of safe ty. It has never forgotten to maintain this position and it will strictly adhere to it in the future. Safety and Progress is Our Slogan. We would not be swift at the expense of safety, but we want it understood that we are for progress along all lines. Talk about safety! The Bank of Union is conducted discreetly and on sound business principles. It is as safe a bank aa any man needs, whether State or National. Deposit your money here and there will be no occasion for you ever to regret it. Our apprecia tion is strong and abiding, Respectfully, W. S. ULAKENEY, President. JID if ever occur to you why all good business men keep a checking account with a bank? Well tell you. It enables them to keep their funds in a more secure place than the office safe. It gives them a better standing in the business UKtrld. It enables them to pay their bills by check, the re turned check is an undisputable receipt. INDIVIDUALS find a checking account very convenient and a source of saving. Money in one's pocket is often spent on the spur of the moment, while one is dis posed to think twice before drawing on his balance in the bank. Get the Saving Habit. Lay up for a rainy day. Remember Five Dollars will start a checking account at this bank, and the use of such an account may be the beginning of a successful business career. Start a Dank Account Now with "The Old Reliable." The First National Bank OF MONROE. Regulated and Controlled by the United States Government. R. A. MORROW President J. R. ENGLISH Vice-President ROSCOE PHIFER Cashier W. C. CROWELL. Assistant Cashier W. H. PHIFER Teller J ttrifs Out of the Wood of the atraighU-at and soundest tree cornea the furniture we handle. Even our lowest priced articles are included in thil statement. Out of the Factory which makes It only the moat perfectly mailt furniture is allowed to go. So when you need a aet or an odd piece come here where materiala and work manship are both of the beat Your Credit Is Oood. W. II. KERlt, Jr., Monroe, N. C. THE NORTH CAROLINA State industr No a ma GO and lege . Maintained by the State for the Women of North Carolina. Four regular courses ! leading to degrees. Special courses for teachers. Kail sewion beeina SeDtenv ber 15, 1909. Those desiring; to enter should apply as early aa possible. For catalogue and other Information addreaa J. I. FOUST. Pres., Creensbera, N. C. ANNUAL CHEAP' EXCURSION ATLANTA VIA SEABOARD AIR LINE, Very Low Rates. Monday, August 9th, 1909. Special train and rates as follows: Leave MONROE MINK HAL BPKINGS WAX II AW HANCOCK VAN WYCK CATAWBA HARMONY EIK1EMOOK RODMAN CHK3TER Arrive ATLANTA .fi:.'10 A. M 1.1.00 i:4 1 ' .1.00 :. " 3.00 .7:00 " . 3.00 .7:0S 3.00 .7:16 " 3.00 .7:21 ' 3.00 .7:2! " 3.00 .7:.17 " 3.00 .7:.'.7 " 2.75 .3:28 P. M. Returning tickets will tie Rood on all regular trains, which leave Atlanta as follows: 7:00 A. M., 1 1 :25 A. M. and iMO P. M. ( Atlanta Central time), up to aud Including traiu No. :t(i, leaviug Atlauta 9:40 P. M. Wedotday, August 11th, l!H)!t. No eitra stops will be made by through trains to let oft" pamengers on return trip. Tickets will be sold by conductors from Don agency statious. J. A. DOUGLASS, Agent, Monroe, N. C. BINGHAM SCHOOL 1TS3 1910 rm 1 1. HIM tr ton Wa to vouHt mi Uffc, 4 hM mm HM.I to m mvt m T M t a I NOMA IS SCHOOL. lwikM.tiMilll, iMmm IVklautbiMlhMMMIllwmM. Hsslna kf .to. mmm uta. I. I IS bm wmmiMi I Hum nn S SIMusta. mm . S , mm n, .SStnUS. S gllllltlllHIIIimiHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISMISIMniHWS MtMfimtmiiiinmimimiiimmmiHiiiMHiiHirimn iHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiniiiiiniiMHmiiimHiiiniiiiiiitiiwwiiiiuuuMiiimmiMM Hittintimitt nmmn fUnlv..ViJ niiiiM in 1 n PICKED HORSES Are used in our Livery Service. Every animal in our stable hay its particular good points which makes it especially suited for a certain line of work. Single Drivers, Quick Steppers, Matched Team and Ladies' Horses are kept to their own work, and this is one reason why our Livery Service Is so Popular. Landeaus, Basket Surries, Basket Buggies. Brettes and anything in the Livery Line, just PHONE 95.. 11 THE SIKES OOMPANY, ititttwwww Iff MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA.