100 Million Dollars
Worth ol Shoes'
These are stupendous figures, yet this is the yearly
amount that the South spends for shoes. As a curiosity
these figures may attract you for a miaute, but the most
euriousthin about thorn is th.it three quarters of this
ir.onev is regularly sent aiy from the South and the
South is that much poorer for it.
You trade at a Sou.hern shoe store. You give the
dealer your money. You probably buy a western or
northern made shoe. When the dealer pays his bill, this
money, less a small per cent to the dealer, goes north or
west and the South is that much poorer.
Keep your money at home. Let it work for better
times, better wages, more factories, more work for
Southern people.
Ask your dealer for The Craddock Shoe. Made in
the South, by white labor, for Southern gentlemen. The
best shoe value offered by any maker in the land for
$3.30 and $4.00. Money spent for Craddock Shoes stays
in the South, and pays Southern labor, Southern grocers,
oakers and butchers.
It builds Southern factories, homes and schools.
We can support more and better industries. Let's
each do his part
CRADDOCK-TERRY CO.
Lynchburg, Va.
Buy a House with
Rent Money
: five-room dwellings on Winchester avenue,
lots 04x200 each, city water. Price each ?1250.
We will sell these homes on monthly installment
and easy terms.
1 five-room dwelling on Vann Heights for the
same money and on same terms as those above.
Also 1 four-room dwelling on Vann Heights for
$700.
An Al eight-room house and lot close in. Trice
made on inquiry.
Bank q Union
Building
Monroe Insurance and
Investment Company
G. B. CALDWELL. Manager
Fire
in Union county! The first
question evey one asks is,
"Was there any Insurance?"
And if there wasn't, you say,
"How foolish?" But, if YOU
were to have a fire tonight,
what would the people say?
Don't take chances on being
in the foolish class. Take a
policy on your property with
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mtATTiT. Wniv frown tmd) n4 itfr cMtig pliait thta. other penoMii SanrtfMm
( xiwfclw4. WH Hr.UMonr pint nmt U of erv, roar Dinner tn k. Orl' f niw;
It m iimf u n-, uw!w plant ta jroar teouos to ev6 tiUa mi If aUfbNr, tkmj tru um bmi
mat sen rrcti mon mutvr.
rmw mil HHPnt
tbrrry Plant,
iNtitt of th lHt TiriXii.
rtifititiiiinr rain hi- tn'ormntlnn ntvtt ffiil nd rouble rmtmf. lrif am tsl'twur Flint
In tot of lot at 1 1.8: lu to fa tl .At pr UkibmihI: unu u t.uao i.tt i tttnttMnti: ! ad ve
jLM ptJtT MOBiud. IaIi Tudc8 UUm 9m ipilliHnriUfUmfwn l nf iw.
Wi tow lhr tons of Cabbaga Seed par taason
FtbiI trt mI ornjnfnti. Writ for (nnnAtalo of ff-t-nrf Utit of tb
Win. C Geraty CtK, Box 431 Yongea Island, S. C
The Princlpls of Conmljsiori Oov-crnmcnt.
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WE
Xorth Carolina is all agog with!
the idea cf a comtsuapn form
government for cities and towns,
several titirf, notably Galveston,
Tex., tavin proven it an unbound
e l ?uoces. Sarh Uivns as Wilming
Un. Charlotte an J Rreenslxvo, n uere
i .1 i i . '
an egregious failure, are uow talking
of securing autboritj tVom the legis
lature to try the new plan. Thoi:s:Ii
. . v. . i a ,1...
fact, this is a err of the people for tauie ' ,h. ",a " ,v",r'-.T
democracy. It is not, as has been e r-; Th un.i t imri nmy uirj.iv h ive in
errcnivusly supjwed.a demand that : F.jah ,nn.,Unr.a io tt. km imi no r.in
business men as such take charge of i Xo 'M- i. i unui h-.
MllllUilll. It W '111. ... in
any vciit have th iuraiui th. t III
ntlre prrlcnl f druth . r and a
kalf jrrr.- like 4-5: Jnn
Whrn th llt: en futrnt Uml !!iwtil
Elijah 1 prrront hiniM-lf to km Al.ab.
braiiM tli lliim liail com a Urn Jm1
wllllnx to p'li.-v th -
droufhhfn a auf
IT.
DIBLE STDDIES-
THE PRAYER -ANSWERING COO
I Kins 18:1-4D-Ftbruary 12
Ttuiw ( M.t Jd k n.'4 '."
io.
CI1K rj of tta Lor.l cir.ie t i:lijah
In th ihlnl fr Inoi rtilnK hun
tu muuf ?t htiii.H-lf tn Kir.i; A!. ah.
Ith a ! tb t nniiui;ii:i i f th
Jmuth. Th;a may n tlio thirj
our municipal governments. It is a
demand that the people take charge
without the negitivinglntluenccs of
numberless aldermen and political
bosses who too often represent only
what they can get out cf it. The
commission pkn contemplates that
the ciy government shall be put , at nm of thnn
naj trn raiioi to
their soiiwk. ivmlml-
Bclency of punlh I S
mer.t hart conia uion l vK
the Israelite! t..r their lW
Inlqultli'i-when at '4-'-
ffi
el of their Covenant -aQi
lth tlia 1-nrd and Kay,
hit enKflKcment to 3L
, !vw
lug to tli'tr u!aU1-
1 J
MS
ence. On arrivln at
the imlac- Klljuh call- " r ,''' '
ed for the lioyal Su- I ""1"'' I'""'
into the hands of a few selected men,
who shall have all power, all respon
sibility, but be wholly amenable ta
the people, holding their jobs only
by doing their work well, cleanly,
and satisfactory to the people. If
tlie people want a thing done thCV ' p.-rinteml.nt. or Prime M!ni.-t.-r. Ot-a.llah.
I t. j i ;f ai a a xlly mini and. of eonrae, uis-
cau command that it be done, and if trwwfl, MMiltr,m; f ,i
the commissioners fail, thev can be ' K'n amI l!,u t,"",n- ,f 1,0 tt:' u'"
, nciently couraK-i)w8 to protest ii"iily. he
turned OUt of Ctiice. If they fail the 1 a, nevertheless. cmraKeoim, fur. In a
i i . ,i i - I time when tha gei-vanta tt Jeliovuh wera
people knOW Whom tO blame. I U- Mug ,rseeute.l to nVath Ly ymt-n Je.
der the present system aldermen ! u1 t:!b'"1'''1' of th.-m and
' i aui'i'llt il them with the mvn5:ti-a of l:fo
represent ward?, and any iwni :s
likely to contain enough jarrirg in
teres'.s to prevent anything king
done. The people have no redress
except to elect another board with
the same results. The commission
form contemplates tho election by
all the people of two or three men
to do the administrative work in a
business like and economical way,
and by use of the initiative and refer
endum let the people themselves
pa!s on all questions of public palicy.
The same principle is emphati
cally coming to bear upon State gov
ernments. In Xorth Carolina the
Governor has no real power. Ilo has
no veto power, he appoints no ad
ministrative officers. His advice to
the legislature is not binding. Pow
er and responsibility is sd diffused
that nobody but a political part
can be held to account. This is why
parties have come to exercise so
much power. If the Governor had
the power that he should have, thr
people could hold him responsible
for the administration of the affairs
of the State. They would then know
whom to praise and whom to blame.
The framern of our constitution
thought that by withholding ' the
veto power and electing the heads
of deportments, they were conserv
ing democracy, but that has becD
outgrown. It was alright before the
complexities of modern development
had been brought about. The fath
ers thought, likewise, that by the
election cf a grn.it many aldermen
to represent small sections cf the
town, they would keep power in the
hands of the people. But this is no
longer tho ellect. The tirao has come
when the solution of democracy de
pends upon more democracy ways
for the people to act in mass, direct
ly and quickly, and in so concentrat
ed a way that their demands mu&t
be obeyed.
"I liml hen Innihlid iih crnjtipation
fr two tenimnd tried all of the last hvM
risn in l.ritol, Temi,.nl tl.ey ttiiilil'dii
iiolhinx fir n.r." wridn Thix. K." Williiinie,
MiilillelNim, Ky. ''Tan parkum of I linn
bi !aiu' Slninarli and Liver TahltH i-iired
tue.'' For sale hy all dealers.
WOOD'S SUPERIOR
Seed Oats
We offer all the best and
nioct productive varieties
clean seed and first ch.ss qual
ities. Ptt New Washington
Burt or 90-Day
Swedish Select
Black Tartarian
Red Rust Proof, etc.
Wood'i Crop gives prices
Special and our De
scriptive Catalog fjives full in
formation about Oats and all
other Farm and Garden seeds.
Wood's Seed Catalog and Crop
Special mailed free on request.
T.W.W00D&S0NS,
Seedsmen, Richmond, Va.
vl.lently ut the risk of his all. When
OVa.liah in-1 Kli ah ami w is tuld to tell
the KiiK tiiat Klljuh wan tliere to pee
him, tihidluh feared to do fo. I! de
clared that himself and oil. era had
earchid tho entire country over most
carefully to find Klljah ami f.iund him
not. He re 1 1 lied Hat the I.or.l hnd hid
den him. 11a protested that If now he
would declare that Klljah waa ready to
ea the Klmf, the prohabllitlei were that,
by thn time ti n Kln would u t th' re.
the spirit or power of the !rd would
somehow rarry Klljah away. Then lha
Kln. Infuriated, would cause ohadlxh'a
death; but Plljah reasnund him.
When the King met Klljah hla fleet word
was. "Art thou he thut troubleth Israel ?
Thia Is the worldly custom. The fearless
minister who tells the Truth and relates
the Divine prophecy rxaiieetimr the re
wards of evil-doing Is held aecomituhle,
aa though he had caused tha trouble. Hut
Klljah wsi not Intimidated. Hj promptly
answered, I ha not trouhlfd Israel, hut
thou and thy parents' house. In that ye
have forsaken tha comrumiJmeati of the
Lord and followed Iual. Three years h--foro
the Klnif would have prohtWy or
dered tlie eiecutlon of Klljah; but tha ful
fillment of hla word and tha nn of
hunK'r had humhled him. He wus anx
ious that the blifiht should he removed
and responded to the demands of Kl'.Jah
that the eiKht hundreil and lift prophets
of Idolatrous Baalism should meet at Mt.
Carmel and that thither all tha people
of Israel, represented by their chief men
should also atsembln. The design, evi
dently, was a contest between Klljah, the
representative of God, ami these murder
ous priests of U.ial. proteges of Jeisebel.
"Chooaa Ys This Diy"
This fmtherlmc of thj priests and of the
prophet.) required time, hut was finally
accomplished. When the mettntr con
vened Klljah declared that It was time to
have a lifting and showing as to who
really was ('.ml, Jehovah or Haal. The
test was to tie that two altars were to bo
built ar l two bullocks were to tie sacri
ficed. Tho r.;.,illtes were to provi lu the
bullocks themselves and to make choice
of the one fur their own altar. Whichever
God would answer by flro and accept tho
offerlnn, would be acknowledged us tho
only true God.
To them came tho tlrst opiortunlty.
They had tho noontime opportunity, when
tho fierce heat of the sun seemed almost
warm enough to set Itro to the fat of the
bullock. They prayed; they shrieked; they
cut themselves with knives, entreatln
that Haal would answer by tire nrd prove
himself the mighty god. ilour nfter hour
this proceeded until evening, when they
were forced to give over nnd admit their
Inability.
Then came Klljah's turn. He command
ed that water bo brought and that the
altar which lie was to use should he thor
esiRhly flooded with water. No one must
room to say that there wsa a secret
mouMer of Are beneath. And, since the
sun had ftona down, no one con I a claim a
spontaneous combustion. Then Klljah
prayed calmly, earnestly, rererently and
the DlTlne answer came a fire from heav
en coneumlnc tha sacrifice and lieklns; up
the water In the trough of the altar.
Then the people rwonlsel the differ
ence. They fell on their fscee and said,
Jehovah Is The God! A treat lesson had
been learned.
A lesson for us la that the musses of
Christendom are deceived today, aa wee
the masses of iBrael then. And when, by
and by, God shsll open their eyes of un
derstanding through the eaency of Mes
siah's Kingdom, every knee shall bow
end every tongue confess. The knowl
edge of the Lord will nil the whole earth.
Complying with tha Turd's direction
throuch Elijah, the Isrselltea slew all the
prophets of ltnal. We are not tn under
stand this to represent the Divine com
mand to us today Io
put false teachers
to death. Ws uri te
remember, as before
SUKXested, thlt Israel
was a special natlna
with which God dealt
In a special niannee.
Vte NIHI 1 1!" I H I 1 17 (H
-S their doing. srvVsr
Dlrlne dlrecUor, were
rr J typical ot higher
- things te be imi
14 PIUhedlnOod-sKIm-
a .1. I'lllnu.tAl . A.
or full epportuakf,
every faase teeaber
and seeiy wilfel ata
ner will be dnetserad.
"All tha wtclssd wlU God destref." The
eWh of those prisma ot Baal ttrnhst
owed Ike deatructkm In the I1111I DeaU
ef an wna work InlitaUy; bet tbsae
prteets themeelves did dot sWser tke ase.
ewd Death. Like all the reBMOadar of
Adam's raes. their reaarreatloa froca tbe
sad waa provided for at Calvary, aad
they, aa well aa all others, anaet be
brought to a knowledge ef tbe Truth aad
to an opportunity at raeoocUtattaa to
Bod.
Fottowtin the Lord's aaroonatsagsoa aama
the lona-dealred tain, not only physasaltf
refreshtna. but also showing a ret are of
Dveine favor. It fell 00 the evil and on
the tood. to make both better.
Women s Secrets
Tbrrc i" one maa in the I'natrd States who Im fcrhipa heardj
1 lore eo-ueo'i secrets than say otfcir man or r-e-? .n tn he
c.'-iitr?. tnese tc-ets rs not ice Jta a: j-..it cr ' . sr., 1 ut f e
t.-rj secriU of a:1e.-nj, anj thff t-ie hct.i cont Jed to !r. 'Li
't. . fierce in b.re aad eifKf.iim iJ adice uri Kel-. f
Tu.. t 1 .1 - . 1 1 1 . . fA
rcctatifs is pwvcd by tlw fact t!u:t ti!i.cty-ei;!it yt rtrr.t. il
ell w.iTtcn treated by Dr. IVrce ho h?e.i at didciy and
t!t( : .tt c ireJ. S-ch a record would) bo rcnsarLuhU.- ii tha
111 Iri-utd vtero cumbered by hundreds only, itet wnen
ll '.t r.-crj arr: to ttc trer'menf more than hiif-s- mil-ti.-.it
wo. icn, i.i provticc ff over iD lean, it it nhcr.omraal.
rr.i! cn't:et l.-. t'ierr to tl:s 'rat-rude aceorded him by women, as lite first ol
irct U!;..c ia tho troi.'mer t ot" women's diwjsct.
Lxcry "ci. -.mja cu-y c- -..It IV. Pierce by letter, absolutely without
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ary p.-iclini or 3.Srrtiinj! whatever, upon them. Write without fear as with
ut f-e, to Vr!d's Ui.;-.a.-y Medical Association, Ur. R. V. FLrcc, Pret.,
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you must have comfortable,
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We hiwe a stock from which
we can fit and suit all in latest
styles, black and tan, solid leath
er, too every pair guaranteed.
It is to your advantage to come
nd see them.
It is our pleasure to show them
to you.
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-The Store of Quality
Tnon ft Tenet PM-i
rs feuuu V I1U1I VlUga
Phone 45.
Mnnrno W f!
1'ivui vvy tn w g
Like Most Towns, Wadesboro Did
Not (Jet Alt it Expected.
Ws.'.e-luro Mei-eii(:er ami liilelliBcneer.
Wadesboro, like most cf the other
towns in tho country, is net as big,
according to the census returns, as
its citizens thought it was. A tele
gram received yesterday from Direc
tor of tho Census K. Hana Durand,
gives our population as only 2,370,
while the general opinion has been
that there were at least 3,000 people
living in the corporate limits of the
town when the census was taken.
Like other towns, however, a goodly
proportion of our citizenship live in
the immediate suburbs of the town
and counting these will make our
population approximately 3,000.
Our population in 1900 was 1,516,
tho gain being G5 per cent.
Ever 7 family lias need ef a good, reliable
liniment. For sprains, tiruises, soreness of
the muscles and rheumatic pirns there it
none Utter than ClumUerlaiu'i. fSold ly
til deiters.
1 bm susrttie.
Mortgage Sale.
By virtue of two mortgage deeds to
me executed by M. A. Koss and her
husband, T. S. Ross, one on the 27th
day of October, 19o8, and the other on
the Zlith day or Ir abruary, A. I).
duly recorded in the office of Uejristcr
of Deeds for Union county, North Car
olina, in book A. M. on pajre 87, and on
pe(?e 238, respectively, f will on
Saturday, February 11th, 1911,
sell to the highest bidder, for cash, at
the court house door in Monroe, N. C,
that certain tract or parcel of land ly
intr and being: in the said county of
Union and State of North Carolina, on
fhe waters of Beaver Dam creek, ad
joining the lands of T. A. Pressley,
llollis Nash and others and bounded
and described as follows, to-wit: Be
ginning at a sweet gum, the division
line, and runs N 2 E 28 chs to a stake
by a pine anil two p o'sin Moore's line;
thence S 88 E 2ti chs to a stake; thence
S 2 VV 20 chs to a stnke; thence with
I'Brker'a line S 80 W 27,i" chs. to the
beginning, containing (u,!) sixty-three
acres, more or less, excepting, however,
a lot of twenty-one :md one-fourth (211)
acres from above described tract, this
day conveyed by deed toH. M. Sanders,
leaving a balance of forty-one and three
fourths (411) acres, mure or less, in
tended to be conveyed by this deed.
Said land sold to satisfy the provi
sions of said mortgage deeds and rold
for the purpose of paying the notes se
cured thereby.
This the 9th day of January, 1911.
Ii. M. Sandkks, Mortgagee.
Redwine & Sikes, Attys.
mm m aa ansa alel
King of tKiernais
Stands supremo under
every test. Feel se
cure, keep Gowuns in
the home. Go .vans al
ways conquers Croup
and Pneumonia and
your doctor assents.
(Voir. is 1'ivfi.iration nvijrfiwv on
my fhilil whm it wn ili:-irr;itrly
1.7 iri7( I'w.niHtiia. Im:w!':ntrly
n!Ur tlit fvinul v!'!lniiliiii mv
l liYnu i.in fa.7ci unit Diiilmi; w
ztt I an Kcio eMiciif (inlin-il lis
roiitimirtlici'. Tin' fli, hi woven
ruiilh: U.J.IH.CKI. .', Ih uwi I ,
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taiTMhtt', l asrr ritu'lit by r 'assist
DOCTOR H.D.STEWART,
PHYSICIAN, MONROE, N. C.
If vna deal re my services, esll me throngh
Residence 'phone 141 ; Offlee 'phone Ml.
Office hours II to Ii. a. m.,and from l:M to I
fi. m offlceover t'nlon Urug Company's. Kes
deuot on Lancaster aveaae.
NIY McNEKLY.
VANCI McNIELT.
MiNccly k MGNeelo,
AIIORNtyS-flT-lAW.
Practice in the State and Federal courts.
(ajrOffice up-stairs over PostorTice,
J. C. M. VANN,
Attorney -at-Law,
Office in PoetofficG Building.
W. B. HOUSTON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Office op stairs, Fitxgerald Buildinc,
Northwest of Coorthonse,
Monroe, N. C.