REPLIES TO OR. 5TEWART.
Colored Man Thinks
mcoti About the
MU State-
Nerro Too
dule ia such, an J we as a race
should strive t conduct ourselves
in such a aj that our beloved
white brother will reach out his
Broad, but Draws a Lesson from
Them for the Race.
To th BJitur vt Th Journal -
I wish to reply through jour paper
to a statement made by the county
superintendent of health. Dr. II. D.
Stewart, in the Monroe Enquirer of
January zi th, regarding the small
pox and the negro race.
The doctor says promise uousness
seems to be a second nature to the
negro; he will visit or die. He fur
ther stated that at every Southern
negro home the latch string hangs
out to every passing or rambling
negro; he ran come easy, stay easy,
set up before the fire and burn the
landlords wood all night, eat all the
supplies, etc. He further stated that
liberty was his worst enemy; also
that he is irrestrictable, unrrstrain
able, ungovernable, with easy social
intercourse, easy virtue, unfaithful
ness to promise, disregard for truth,
dishonesty and idleness, which de
termine his social and economical
condition. And he further states
that as long as these traits linger in
him, they will limit his rise. The
doctor further states that ho has had
dealings with the negro for several
years and that he would be putting
it mildly to say that he is disgusted
with him.
Now in regard to the above state
ments, I want to say they are true in
part. The negro having been turn
ed loose entirely ignorant and with
only about forty-five years to im
prove his condition, it could not be
expected that all will act intelligent
ly. hile there are scores of us who
reallv do act very barbarous, yet I
j hand and bid us come on to the top
of the ladder where all intelligent
men and women are trying to get
la order to remedy this evil we as
leaders must teach our children
our homes to be honest and reliable,
and in so doing I think the day will
come when our friend. Dr. Stewart,
will see that he has overstepped the
bounds just a little in his statement
in referring to the above conditions
as a whole race. I am,
Yours for intelligence,
J. J. Suapo.
Hampton, Va.
risking a Good Impression.
Chatham KsM.
The new solicitor, Mr. A. M. Stack
has made a most excellent begin
ning and has proved himself a most
worthy successor to Solicitor Robin
son.
SCHOOL CHILDREN HUNGRY.
ft FLOUR.' j FLOUR Jj
Good Looking Flour.
What is good looking, but look
i ing good? Our Flour looks good
;and tastes better. It couldn't
InnL- nnv nthor iviv than ovwt
can say i taint me doctor was a lit-j The expert milling and bolting
uo unwi in uis ftuia-uieui uen ne through the fine silk cloth make
reiers 10 ine ignorant negro as a 1 our flour the
race, and when tie says that at the
home of every Southern negro the
latch string hangs out to every
passerby. Out of the few million
Peer o! all Flours.
It makes a little better bread.
nr in the South, we have some caYes a,nd pies is more t0001'
who are rot given to the above trails, : cai ana
and tbey should be given credit for
it, and the whole race should not
suflVr fur what some few of our ig
norant people do.
At the same time, the statement
which Dr. Stewart has made should
serve as a warning to those who in
Costs No More.
Henderson
. Roller Mill Company.
FINANCIAL BULLETIN.
On November 2nd. 1902, The Bank of Union opened its doors to
business. A wonderful change has been wrought in the Banking
business of Union county since that date. Instead of one Bank
there are six; and instead of assets of about $80,000, the Banks now
contain nearly $1,500,000.00. Money has come out from hiding
places and people now have banking facilities which they never had
before. The Banks are prosperous and they have added new life
all along the line in business and upon the farms. Did the Banks
bring prosperity to the people? They have had a large share in it.
THE BANK OF UNION tried hard to help things along from
the beginning of its career to the present, yet it don't claim to
have done it all by any means. We are willing for the people to
say how much. However, candor will cause most any one to con
fess that no Bank deserves deposits more than THE BANK OF
UNION. The man, woman or child who deposits in this Bank
shows good tante and good business judgment. This verdict comes
from the intelligent and unbiased and not from envious souls.
On all financial matters see
THE BANK OF UNION.
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OF THEM,
STRAIGHT AND FINE.
Our buyer ha3 come in from the West with a big lot of fine
Farm Mules and Horses, especially selected for the needs of
our farmers. It is a good lot of animals, and you can get just
what you want out of them.
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Come right along and see them. It will be our delight to
E lease you. We have been selling stock all our lives and we
now what our people want.
Armfield Eros.
Texas Representative 5o Declares
In Speech. Which is Denied. But
Proven by the Superintendent of
Chicago Schools.
Discussing the high price of food
and the high tarif. Representative
Henry declared ia Congress that 5,
000 school children in Chicago go to
school hungry, and that 10,000 oth
er children in that city are habitu
ally hungry. Representative Boutell
denied this, but the assistant super-1
intendent of the Chicago schools,!
j hen interviewed, said:
"I am certain the figures are not '
overdrawn," said Mr. Shoop.
know from personal observation that '
many children do not make progress
in school because they do not receive
good nourishing food." j
"Texas," declared Mr. Henry, re-1
plying to a recent speech in defense
of the new tariff law, delivered by
Representative Boutell of Illinois,
"is prosperous in spite of the Payne-
Udnca tariff bill. If that law Lad
anything to do with the prosperity
ol lexas, wny does it not bring pros
penty to Chicago and other great
cities of this country:
Again replying to Mr. Boutell s
speech. Mr. Henry said he did not
think the price of cotton was too
high, nor were any other farm prod
ucts too high, on the farm. Cotton,
being on the free list, was not affect
ed by the tariff, he declared, but its
price was fixed by the markets of
the world.
Yet," he added, "cotton ties and
cotton bagging are taxed for the
benefit of the steel trust"
Referring to high prices, Mr. Henry
was interrupted by Mr. Boutell, who
said that with prime heavy beef sell
ing on the hoof in Texas at $10 he
did not see how the people of Chi
cago could buy them at $G on the
hoof.
Does the gentleman from Texas
want to reduce the tariff on cattle?
inquired Mr. Boutell.
"I will repeal the duty on beef if
the gentleman from Illinois will help
put every member of the beef trust
the penitentiary, retorted Mr.
Icnry.
To whom does the gentleman re-
err as sea air. lioutell.
"To the beef trust."
"But to whom does the gentleman
refer?"
"Don't you know?" asked Mr. Hen
ry, "then the lo.UUU hungry chil
dren of Chicago should haunt the
gentleman from Illinois."
A Pioneer Demonstrator.
Uxinttton lMitcli.
The late John W. Finch, who pos
sessed to an unusual degree the ca
pacity to do those little nameless,
nremembered deeds that help oth
ers, conceived the idea about thirty
years ago of demonstrating to our
farmers what an acre, properly cul
tivated, would produce in wheat.
Accordingly, he set apart an acre
about where the dwelling of Mr. J.J.
Iledrick stands now, and proceeded
to demonstrate, lie was among the
first to discover the value of tho cow
pea as a fertilizer, and after putting
bis acre in peas, and otherwise im
proving it, how we do not know, he
sowed wheat and unless we arc in
error, raised something like sixty
bushels. Whatever the amount, the
yield was the talk of the town and
the county and attracted some atten
tion in the State. It was enough to
inspire many a Davidson farmer to
have his "brag patch" of wheat, and
Da.idson year after year produced
more and more wheat until the coun
ty now stands near the head of the
list of wheat-producing counties.
Mr. I'inch's acre had a lot to do with
this.
Took All His Money.
Often all a man earns goes to doctors
or for medicines, to cure a stomach,
liver or kidney trouble that Dr. Kings
New Life Bills would quickly cure at
slight cost. Best for dyspepsia, in
digestion, biliousness, constipation,
jaundice, malaria and debility. 25c.,
at English Drug Company's.
How He Acted the Fool.
I.nlnirtnn DWpatch.
There was a man here Monday
from Midway township who has had
smallpox and who was asking the
county for help. He had refused to
be vaccinated, or had neglected it,
and his own opinion of his perform
ance was that he "had acted like a
d d fool," and he said that notwith
standing his experience, there were
others in his section doing the same
sort of thing. He also said that peo
ple called it "mild" if a smallpox
patient got well, but he said he dis
covered nothing "mild" about it
that it almost put him over the great
divide. The testimony of others is
the same. Smallpox is loathsome.
The eyes swell shut and the lips get
to be an inch thick, and it is fierce.
A little vaccine point, a physician
and fifty cents will prevent a case.
The disagreeable tod painful trou
ble caused by piles cto be quickly re
lieved by a few applications of Man
Zan, tbe great pile remedy. ManZao
is put up ia a tube with noule attach
ment, so that it can be conveniently
applied to all affected parts. It is good
for any kind of piles, ManZan is sold
by all druggists.
EAT!
When you happen to be in i! on
to lone enough to get hungry.
You ran find no placo so rood to
satisfy your appetite as I
ARCH
CAFE.
Here you will find one of the
best short order lunch c Qua
rt you ever saw. l ou can get
ivinii
anyt
lunar vou want to eat and
be treated like a gentleman, too.
THE ARCH CAFE.
J. C. Fletcher, Proprietor.
"01 &U sad words o! tongue or pen,
rbe saddest are these, it might have been."
How often are these word on the lips of men who didn't
act at the proper time.
It is too late after the fire.
The only time w now.
And we are the ones to insure your property, because
1. We put you in only the best companies.
2. We never fail to keep your policy in force.
3. We extend you every accommodation.
Savings, Loan & Trust Company,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
English arid Richardson, Managers.
Better Bigger Stronger!
The steady growth of the old reliable First National Bank
of Monroe is conclusive evidence that the banking institu
tion that throws the greatest safeguards around its business
to protect its depositors, merits the confidence of the people.
WE ARE PREPARED TO SERVE YOU
HAVE YOU TRIED US
ALWAYS COURTEUOS
ALWAYS ACCOMMODATING
The First National Bank
Under United States Supervision.
Depository for funds for City of Monroe, County of Union and
State of North Carolina.
OFFICERS:
R. A. MORROW President I J. R. ENGLISH Vice-President
ROSCOE PHIFER Cashier W. C. CROWELL. Assistant Cashier
W. H. PHIFER. Teller
It
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Bad Weather
That Proved To Your Advantage.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody good. The late bad weather has proven
to the advantage of Union county people who want to buy Horses and Mules.
Our buyer struck the markets when few buyers were present and prices
were consequently low. He was therefore able to buy much cheaper than
we expected, and we will give our customers the benefit.
He brought in a car load of fine Horses and Mule3. These horses are broad
and heavy, and especially selected for Union county. The mules are trim,
fine, and well broken.
All of them were bought with the spot cash. You get the benefit.
Our warehouse full of Buggies and Wagons must be closed out to make
room for more coming in. Now is the time to buy one.
You know we have secured the services of the best Harness Maker in the
South. We can give you anything in Harness.
CASH or CREDIT!
Come to see us Today-
Trade or Hire.
1 Fowler E Lee.
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THE Up-to-Date Staple People.
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