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'he Monroe Jour HAL Volume XVII. No. 34. Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, September 20, 1910. One Dollar a Year. GREAT INTEREST IN ROADS. Time is Ripe for Movement and Everybody Is Ready What the Association Will Do. Some time ago the Chicago Jour Dai said: "The good roads movement continues to receive the endorsement of everybody and the active support of nobody."' That is the way it has been in Union county till no everyone saying "we ought to have good roads" and not a mother's son of us doing anything to get them. But it is not going to be so any longer. Leading men all over the county are promis ing to be at the good roads mass meeting in Monroe at 2 o'clock. Oc tober 3rd, for the purpose of form ing a good roads association. The object of a good roads associ ation is to find out how to get good roads and then get them. Of the work of good roads associations Dr. Fratt says: "It is not possible to state in spe cific terms just what can be accom plished by county good roads associ ations; but it is an undisputed fact that a great work can be done by them in arousing and stimulating interest in the question of improved roads. Our people are already be ginning to realize the great value of good roads to the county and State, but many of them have not yet be gun to realize the necessity of show ing their interest in this important work by individual action. By the formation of county good roads as sociations and through their co-operation with each other and with the State Good Roads Association, it is believed that a decided benefit will result to the cause of good road con struction and maintenance through out North Carolina. "In the first place, the best results in any movement can only be obtain ed through organized effort and this is especially true of the good roads movement. We hear too often, 'It is impossible to get good roads!' and yet if these same people would band themselves together, they could very readily obtain good roads in their community. "The State association, co-operat ing with other good road forces at work throughout the State, will be able to send literature to the mem bers of the county associations which will give valuable information re garding the good road movement to gether with suggestions for the im provement of the highways in their respective sections of the State. "The county association can exert a great influence upon good road leg islation and also in bringing about the passage of the road laws that will be for the best interests of the State and counties. The county as sociation can readily ascertain the sentiment of its county as to such legislation and can create, through publications and personal interviews, a strong sentiment for good road laws. "It will pay to organize a county association even if, at the start, there are not over six to ten members, al though the effectiveness of the as sociation will be increased with the increase of membership and this be comes one of the objects of the associ ation. A suggested constitution for a county good roads association is given below: "article i. The name of the association shall be 'The Union County Good Roads AfBxiation of the State of North Carolina.' article n. The purpose of the Association shall be the improvement of the roads of Union county, eni also to ef fectuate that purpose, the education of public sentiment regarding good roads, and the promotion of all other proper means having such result in view. article hi. The membership shall be divided into two classes: Active and Hon orary. Active members shall be such per sons as pay yearly dues of one dollar (f 1.00) each. Honorary members shall be such persons as shall subscribe ten dol lars (? 10.00) or more annually to the funds of the Association, and do not desire to be active members. article IV. The officers of the Association shall be a President, a Vice President, and a Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be members of the Board of Direc tors. The President shall be elected by a majority of members at the an nual meeting, and shall hold office for the term of one year. He shall be Chairman of the Board of Direc tors, The Vice President shall be elect ed in the same manner and for the same term as the President He shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors in the absence of the Pres dent The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected ia the same manner, and for the same term as the President and Vice President, and his duties shall be the collection of all money due, and the keeping of all records and accounts of the Association. article v. The Board of Directors shall con sist of the President, the Vice Presi dent, the Secretary and Treasurer, and two '2) other members of the Association to be elected at the an nual meeting. The term of office of the Board of Directors shall be one year." Let's give Dr. Pratt the best and largest mass meeting he has had in North Carolina. Come and hear the discussions, even if you may not wish to join the association after it is formed. A School that flonroe Ought to Have. The Albemarle Industrial and Col legiate Institute, of which Rev. Geo. II. Atkinson is president, desires to move the plant from Albemarle to some other point in this section ow ing to the inability to get a suitable location there for an enlarged plant. This school is under the direction and ownership of the Mecklenburg Presbytery and its design is to fur nish education for young women regardless of denomination, who have not the means to pay the high prices prevailing in most female schools. Not only are the charges kept very low, but opportunity is given to needy young women to work their way through. The supporters of the school, finding the greatest de mand for its services, and being con vinced that several hundred pupils are ready to enter it just as soon as the facilities can be increased, have determined to enlarge the school to accommodate large numbers. They expect to get some large contribu tions to be used in equipment and buildings. What they want now is to secure a suitable location. They naturally expect the town that wants such an institution to make a dona tion of location some fifty acres of land near town and some money besides. Rev. Mr. Atkinson laid the matter before a number of our busi ness people at the Jackson Club Thursday afternoon and stated that the trustees would like to have a location and fifteen thousand dollars. The matter was left open to see what could be done. It would be a great thing for Monroe to have this school. Death of Mrs. Geneva Moore. Mrs. Geneva Moore, widow of 'Squire II. C. Moore, who died four years ago, died at her home at Rock Rest last Thursday afternoon after a sickness of a month. She was nearly sixty-three years of age and had been at times in her life in bad health and a great sufferer. But she was a woman of great will power and sim ply overcame things that would have overpowered one of less resolution. She was a lifelong member of Mead ow Branch church and a woman held in highest esteem. The remains were buried in the Williams burying ground and funeral was conducted by Rev. D. M. Austin. She is survived by the following children: Messrs. Frank, James, Lex, Henry, Jesse and Oscar Moore, and Miss Pattie Moore; and by the follow ing brothers and sisters: Messrs. Thos. E., Jas. II., John II., W. E. L. and E. C. Williams, and Mesdames M. W. Griffin.IIenryMcCollum.T.B. Liles, John Griffin and II. E. Copple. Low Rates to Jacksonville and Tampa. The Seaboard will give an aston Uhinclv low rate to Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla, Tuesday, September 27. Rate from Monroe and all points be tween Charlotte and Polkton. 88 to Jacksonville, $ 10 to Tampa. Tick ets will be sold lor following trains: Ruthcrfordton to Hamlet, Nos. 4G and 44: Wilmineton to Hamlet. No. 3'J. Connecting with special train from Hamlet to Jacksonville. 1 ick ets good returning on any regular train scheduled to leave Jacksonville on or before October 4, 1910. A rare opportunity to spend a few days in the troDical cities of Florida. Ap plication for Pullman space should be made any time in advance. For further information call on G. T. Suttery, Agent, Monroe, N. C. FORWARD STEP IN EDUCATION State Association of County Super intendents Take New Step Recommend Agricultural High Schools Increased Appropria tions. The State Association of County Superintendents, which convened at Chaptl Hill. N. C in Gerard Hall, 9:3U o'clock, on August 31st, was one of the most important this body has ever had. Eighty-seven counties out of the ninety-eight were repre sented. Superintendent Joyner, with his co workers of the State department, were present Besides the regular routine work, some important forward steps were taken, the most important of which, possibly, was that in regard to the establishment of farm -life schools. In this the Farmers' Union have put themselves on record as the leaders. Realizing the great need of the State as to agricultural development, and the wisdom of the farmers in their attitude toward this matter, in order to meet this demand for more thor ough instruction along this line, this association passed a resolution rec ommending to neit General Assem bly to make an appropriation of 50,000 to $100,000 for the estab lishment of farm-life schools in coun ties meeting the conditions requisite thereto. And as we believe the sen timent in Urbn county is sufficient ly strong to warrant our taking a decisive step toward the establish ment of one such school in our coun ty, we hope our people will lose no time in setting about this great work. The body being the instrument which the mind uses in the prosecu tion of its work, quite a good deal cf time was spent in the discussion of public health. Sanitation was em phasized quite a good deal, but not too much. Much was said concern ing the prevention of disease. While much has been done in the last de cade to eradicate preventable dis eases, yet conditions are not near so good as ihey might be. The average life has been increased greatly; from 30 to 35 years, a few years ago, it has gone up to 41. If this rate of increase continues, we'll soon live as long as the ancients. Hookworm disease was discussed at considerable length. Let teach ers recognize their responsibility as promoters of public sentiment along all lines pertaining to all matters in any way effecting the welfare of the people. They should avail them selves of all opportunities to gain in formation concerning these vital subjects. They should secure the Primer of Sanitation adopted by the State, and impress strongly upon their pupils the lesson of cleanliness. But we should not only be very scrupulous as to the cleanliness of the outward man, but we should also see that that which is taken into our bodies is as free from germs and dirt as possible. We hope the teachers, committee men and patrons of every school will see that their respective school houses are put in good sanitary condition before the teachers and children take up their abode for the winter. We hope, also, that they will see that the immediate environment is looked af ter closely, and that the privies be put in a sanitary condition and kept so. But we have digressed we start ed to tell about the Superintendents' meeting. A resolution was passed recom mending to the next General Assem bly to increase the State appropria tion from $125,000 (first appropria tion) to $200,000. A resolution was offered recom mending that all first grade certifi cates be issued by a central board at Raleigh. This resolution was tabled, as all such resolutions should be. But it would be impossible to put within small compass the details of this meeting, and perhaps very few would be interested were we to un dertake this. By way of summary, however, we would say the State is making marvelous progress in the education of her people. We might note, too, as a parallel fact the great increase of wealth. Prof. Schaub tells us that the yield of corn will be increased this year in North Caro lina 3,000,000 bushels. Let us go forward in our great work of development, everyone do ing his work faithfully and looking for the reward which is sure to come. Yours very truly, R. N. Nisbet, County Superintendent. Miss Lura Heath has returned to school at Converse. A fluch Big Stealing Darky. John Crawford, the negro who was arrested at Piceville last week on suspicion of having stolen a horse and buggy in his possession, and was afterwards liberated, was arrest ed here and tried before the Record er's court Thursday for stealing two sets of harness and a saddle from Mr. M. K. Lee of Monroe township. After leaving Pineville, Crawford came down along the line and stole two sets of harness and a turkey gobbler from Mr. Cv Wolfe of Meck- ! lenburg county. Mr. Harlan Wolfe came here and laentified his father s harness, which was found in the ne gro's possession, and the turkey was found in the country on the road Crawford had traveled. Mr. Wolfe returned home with his property and Crawford will be tried on that charge in Mecklenburg when he finishes his term on the Union coun ty roads. When the negro was taken to jail, Lester Ashcraft, a darky pris oner, found that Crawford was wear ing some clothes of Ashcraft's that the latter had sent out to be washed. Crawford got 12 months for stealing Mr. Lee's harness and saddle, and 4 months for steal ing Ashcraft's clothes. The police have the horse and bug gy that were taken from Crawford, and it is believed that the property was stolen. The horse is a bay mare about 5 years old and weighs be tween 750 and 00 pounds; the right hind foot is white to the ankle. The buggy is all black. Other cases tried by the Recorder were: Alice Clyburn, assault and battery; 30 days in jail. Delia Phifer, assault and battery; costs. H. C. Derrick, violating ordinance No. 7C; costs. Cleve Teach, violating ordinance No. 7(5; $2 and costs. Jesse Edwards Sentenced to Seven Years. Wmlcfboro M rj-'er and lim m-tr. By agreement of counsel, Jesse Edwards, who killed his brother, Cyrus Edwards, stveia; weeks ago in Burnsville toweship, plead guilty of manslaughter. The story of the tragedy was told Judge Allen by Mr. John T. Edwards, father of the de fendant, who was an eye witness of the shooting. Mr. Edward's state ment was substantially the same as the account in the Messenger and Intelligencer, (and in The Journal,) immediately after the killing. He said that Jesse had complained of feeling bad the day of the killing, which was Sunday; that Cyrus went to preaching and returned in the af ternoon. When Cyrus returned, Jesse, who was sitting on the front porch, went into the house and stay ed a short time. Upon returning to the porch he asked Cyrus if he thought he was crazy. This ques tion he asked twice, Cyrus' reply be ing that he did not know. The shooting followed immediately, Cy rus being instantly killed. Dr. E. S. Ashe testified that Jesse Edwards was a sufferer from recur rent insanity, and stated that in his opinion he was insane at the time of the killing, though perfectly same at present. The doctor also told of Jesse having been confined, in 1907, in the State Hospital at Morganton. He escaped from the hospital after having been there a short time, and the authorities made no effort to re capture him, as he appeared to be getting along all right. In passing sentence on Edwards Judge Allen stated that he thought the case had been allowed to take the best possible course for both the State and the defendant, as he did not think that Edwards would have been convicted by a jury. Fd wards was sentenced to a term of seven years in the penisentiary, the under standing being that the authorities there were to be informed of his con dition. Well Known Editor Dies of Pellagra John M. Julian, editor of the Sal isbury Evening Post, whose illness with pellagra has attracted wide at tention, died Friday afternoon at 0 o'clock. Mr. Julian, who was stricken two weeks ago, had been unconscious since Sunday and despite skilled at tention he grew gradually worse. He was a member of the North Caro lina legislature and was secretary and treasurer of the Bill Nye Memo rial association in this State. He was 3G. years old and is survived by a widow and three children. Maj. B. F. Dixon, State auditor, was stricken with heart disease in his office yesterday, and almost died. He is now at the hospital and physi cians hope that he will recover. COTTON. Local market today, 13.25. Cctton seed, 50. Says Price Will Go to 20 Cents. Senator E. D. Smith of South Caro lina, who was for some years identi fied with the late Southern Cotton Association, has come out vigorously in behalf of a movement to hold cot ton for 20 cents a pound and in his arguments supporting this idea, he has this to say: 'Reports from every cotton State of importance indicate that the pres ent crop will not very greatly exceed last year's crop. "In view of the fact that last year was an unprecedented short crop, the demand for the staple increases year by year, the outlook for an ade quate supply to meet the demands of the world is poor indeed. "The farmers of the South, and the business men whose prosperity depends upon the farmers, have the situation fully in hand. Everything depends upon whether they will mar ket the crop judiciously. The South is not a section in which the doc trine of protection finds many hon est adherents. We do not ask laws enacted to protect us from competi tion, we simply ask an open field and a free fight and that there shall not be national legislation which will discriminate against us. We are con tent to let the law of supply and de mand honestly enforced deter mine the price of our commodity. "I wish the cotton growers of the South to remember that last year the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was enacted to give a profit to the manufacturer. This year, during the latter half of the session, the Attorney General of the United States, through informa tion given him by certain parties who seem to have been short on cot ton, indicted certain ones who were attempting to get an approximately legitimate price for cotton. "Now, to state the cese clearly: The whole machinery of t'ae govern ment was set in motion to pass such a law as would guarantee the manu facturer a profit and then to invoke the law to prohibit the producer of the raw material from getting the price that the simple law of nature the law of supply and demand en titled him to. "The so-called bull clique were to be haled into court to answer to the charge of an illegal combination in the restraint of trade, while the same body that passed the Sherman act were busy passing the Payne-Aldrich bill to legalize an artificial profit to the manufacturers of America. "I asked the question of a leading Republican protectionist, if he would not vote to exempt labor and indus trial organizations from the opera tion to investigate the bulls, I intro duced a resolution in the Senate which was unanimously passed, that he should, in common decency, in vestigate the bears also. "I shall do all in my power, whilst a member of the United States Sen ate, to see to it that those who pro duce the raw material shall got a sqmre deal. "It seems that the tide is turning our way; and if the people will only be faithful to their own interests and demand what is legitimately theirs, there is no power under heaven to prevent us from getting it "I shall from now on, as occasion demands and the press will permit, give such advice and such informa tion as seem to me the circumstances demand. "The decline in price at present, in my opinion, is but an attempt to take advantage of the necessity of the case and get as much cotton as possible during the time, when the unfortu nate ones have got to meet their gu ano bills, supply bills, and notes in bank." "I plead with every Southerner, regardless of his profession, vocation or avocation to stand by and lend all possible aid to that long suffering, mull abused, but glorious producer of all the South 's currency the cot ton farmer!" Crops Somew hat Spotted. Col. Mark Austin, the sago of Gourdvine, in New Salem, was in town Friday and when talking about the crops, as everybody dees these days, gave a little mixed report. "As to corn," says the Colonel, "one of my neighbors has ears of corn that are as big as a man's thigh, and look like they will shell half a peck. But as to peas, we can't brag any. Another neighbor of mine says his folks picked three messes of greet ones and used up his whole crop." District fleeting of Odd Fellows. Tomorrow afternoon at2:30o'clock, in the lodge room in the postoflice building, will convene the regular semi-annual convention of the twelfth district of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. This district com prises twelve lodges, each of which will send representatives to the meet ing. The officers and members of Monroe Lodge No. 210 have ben doing all in their power to prepare a warm welcome for the visiting broth ers, and they feel assured that the city at large will join them in ex tending this welcome. Only one of the sessions will be public. This will be held at the court house at the close of the or phans' court In order to avoid con flict and that those desiring to re main during the entire evening may not be required to stay longer than necessary, the concert will begin promptly at 8 o'clock and immedi ately at its close the Odd Fellows will go into their meeting with the following program: Address of Welcome R. W. Lem mond. V. G. Monroe Lodge No. 210. Welcome Address on behalf of city John C. Sikes. Response S. J. Durham, District Supervisor. The remaining sessions will be held in the lodge room and will be given to the routine work of the dis trict, interspersed with speeches, among which the following appear on the program: "Fraternalism in Odd Fellowship" James E. Huneycutt. "Our Home and the North Caro lina Odd Fellow; Why Odd Fellows Should Read Our Paper"-C. W. Russell. "A Better Educated Membership in the Work and Principles of the Order" L. P. Wilson. General Discussion in Regard to Degree Work, and the Benefits of having a Regular Organized Stall lead by W. M. Sigmon. The meeting will continue through Thursday night, the closing session. being given to degree work, at which time the first degree will be con ferred by a crack team from Char lotte Lodge No. 88. While the public cannot be invit ed to all the sessions, it is earnestly desired that as many as possible re main for the short meeting which will be held at the court house at the close of the orphans' concert on Wednesday night. An Editor's Innings. Allirniarlc Entrrpriw. Harvest time is over; cotton pick ing is now on; cribs are now filled with grain; pockets are full of re turns from a bounteous fruit year, a fine crop, and the season for laying by the winter's horde is here. We share with our subscribers in all the happiness, joy and good things that come to them, and we don't like to spoil it all by shop talk. But, at this time of the year, we must look to them for the little dollar that is due us, and we have a lot of receipt blanks which we are anxious to fill out. This gentle hint is the only refer ence we will make through the paper to this matter, and we feel sure our subscribers will respond lively. Spend a Week in Florida Sea board Excursion to Jacksonville and Tampa. Jacksonville and return, $7.00; Tampa and return, $9.00. Chil dren 5 years and under 12 half fare. Tickets on sale for train 44 leaving Monroe 0:00 p. m. Tuesday, Septem ber 27th, good returning from Tampa on regular trains up to and includ ing October 3rd, and from Jackson ville until October 4th, will be hon ored on Pullman sleeping cars in connection with Pullman tickets and baggage may bo checked on them. Don't forget the date and if you want Pullman reservation telephone me early. G. T. Suttery, T. A., Monroe, N. C. II. S. Leard, D. P. A., Raleigh, N. C. The Three Cotton Crops. Rx'kln;hm I'oft. There has been but little cottori on the market but our country sub scribers are coming in with the sil ver dollars and paying for the Post. The most of them say the paper is a good one. Some say they cannot get along without the county paper. Cot ton has three crops, bottom, middle and top. The bottom is used to pay store accounts and the county paper, the middle fertilizer bills and needs of the fauily, and the top crop, if any, to pay the doctors and preach ers. We have these crops in pretty good shap, and "there's a good time a coming." i
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