North Carolina Newspapers

THE LOCAL MARKETS. COTTON. Best grade today . . 10.50 Seed. 30 PKODUCE. The figure given here are prices paid by merchant today. They may be dif ferent tomorrow or next day. Reader are advised to 'phone aome responsible merchant on the day they expect to come to market and get figure lor that day. Hens 30 to 35 Young Chickens 20 to 25 Roosters 25 to Ducki 20 to 35 Geese 35 to 40 Turkeys 15 Eggs 15 to 19 Butter ,.15 to 20 Hams 14 to 15 Beeswax 20 to Corn 90 Special Notices. Advertisement are inserted in this column at the rate of one cent per word each insertion, ixnint the words in your adv. and send cash with copy. tjicn ngure and initial counts a word. Mo ad taken for less than ten cents. New barrel old time New Orleans molasses. II. 8. Estridge & Co. For Sale New four room cottage In Monroe, large lot and barn, easy terms; also hotel furnishings. Ks- tlle McCorcle, Central Hotel. For Sale Buff Orpington eggs full bred and first prize winners. l perselting of 15. W.E.Lockhart. I have bought the V. T. Laney milling plant In Buford township and will carry on the business just as it has been, and will do my best to serve the community. Will gin on Saturday afternoons at present Russell V. Rogers. For Rent. A good three-room house about one mile from town on Oil Mill road, in good condition. E. R. Timmmons, col. Just received a fresh shipment of Champion flour. 11. S. Estridge & Co. For Sale. A dark buy mare 8 years old. Cash or good paper. O. Baucom, at Polk &. Helms' store Monroe Cook Book on aula at T, P. lMllor.;s. price 60c. Try our Poultry Powders if you want something to make your hens lay. It is guaranteed or money re funded. H. S. Estridge & Co. Phono 311 or good quick plumb ing. W.W.Hargett. tor Kent. A 5-rooni bouse on Windsor street, near Presbyterian church. J. E. Stack. Please call at any time for hack work. Phone 268. Henry Lilly. We have rented the planing ma chine at Shute's gin and will be ready to both dry and dress lum ber on and after March first. Par ker & Bennett. Wanted Veal calves and dressed pork. Walter's Market, phone lti. Lost. Hunch of keys. Reward if returned to Wriston Lee. I have been sick and my expenses are heavy, therefore 1 need all that la owing me. I hope all who owe liie will pay the same at once. J. M. K'Lupp. Wanted. Several boarders. Mrs. CW. Griffin, over Exprehs office For Sale 24 1-2 acres of land at Stouts, S. A. L running through the center of the land. Possession given at once. Apply to B. M. Presson, Portsmouth, a. For Sale Barred and white Ply mouth Rock Eggs. Henry Myers. For Rent li-room house in south Monroe. J. Wesley Helms. Have Just opened a barrel of fresh dill pickles, uIko a barrel of aour pickles. H. 3. Estridge &Co. Farm for rent nonr Monroo. II. D. Stewart. want to buy green and dry iiiaca- best market price. Walter's Mar ket, phone 191. Good two-horse plow, side har row, etc., for sale. G. M. Bensley. WE ARE the boys who pay you the most for your chickens and eggs and we need a big quantity of them right now, so bring them nlong and get the top for them. W. R. Ou ten & Company. We still sell the best grade of New Orleans and Porto Rico molas ses. H. S. Estridge & Co. Phone No. 129 for first class beef. pork, sausage, fish, oysters, etc, at the lowest prices. m. a. Alexander. Book of 300 duplicate receipts, neat ly printed and bound, for sale at The Journal office for 50 cents. WATT ASHCRAFT, Veterinarian Day calls 113, night calls 382. Monroe, N. C. Hospital on Ilayne street, north east of court house. We are agents for famous Geiscr Threshing Machines, Gasoline Engines, farm implements, fctc. Henderson Roller Mills Co. Just received fancy lot Mayflower and Elberta peach trees will sell cheap for quick purchaser J. D. Futch. Just received lot of shade and or chard trees that will 1 sell cheap. Call K 'quick before sold. J. D. Futch. Automobile supplies and repair parts for sale at Repair Department of the Piedmont Buggy Company. We will buy your geese. ' Poster &Doster. Best equipped shop in the Southern States for the complete overhauling and repairing of Automobiles and Bug giesPiedmont Buggy Company, Re pair Department. Money to Loan on approved security In limited amounts. Gordon Insurance and Investment Co. Dr. E. S. Green's dental office is over Krsuss' jewelry store opposite Bclk Bros. Office phone 182. You can get sure enough home made kraut at Doster & Poster's. Cole combination cotton planter, oat drill, grain cradle and other farm tools for sale 0. M. Beasley. Heal Kfttat Traasft r. I J. M. Perry to J. A. Ferry, 35 acres on aleadow Hraiiih. one dol lar anl other consideration. Lizzie Btlk to Maggie and James I. Helms, 10 acres in lluford town ship, $;u. Z. P. Godwin to W. E. Smith. C4 1-2 acres on Negro Head 104. T. M. Green to MUses Blake and Kioy Green, one acre in town of Marshvllle. $1 500. . ' V i t, tT " Birf!.?"T!rel.M'1!.crrk' 58.0-... .'..xori ia rreq . casun, ia acres on i weive Aiue creek. I6J5. K. L. May and others to J. M. Lowery, 1 1-J acres near Wingate, 1111.50. John II. Godfrey to J. L. Rod J,5 CH ln Jack8on "h'P township 3 50 v iiMiiuuK ( a - ford. 3 acres on G. C. v. H.iiw,. $1 and other considerations. Henry M. Williams to R. L. Smith - small lot In Goose Creek townshln. $35. , J. C. Rorle and others to Carrie r . mm .a i n . .vj.era. t. acres oi jonn u. none ...u. .u ue vrees. i9u rr neoiearn ana omers to vnjmuuu orie, i acres in me uuie iraci, io. I Carrie Redfearn and others to Rul Dert W. Rorle. 37 acre na above. ll6. Carrie Redfearn and others to J. C. Rorie, 37 acres as above. $185. i carne iteatearn and others to ;eeiy none. i acres as aoove. I18U C. B. and J. (.. Benton to R. A. Redfearn, irrei. ou II 11111 , , . . ; . Memorial Service at tahaw. I Sunday night, In the Methodist1 church at Waxhaw. an excellent Wll lard memorial srevice was held bv and under the direction of the dies of the Waxhaw Woman's Chris- nan lemperance inion. A target congregation was present.the several ueiioimnauous unmng in tne servi- ces. The choirs of the several cnurcnes rennereu excellent music Mrs. J. L. Rodman, nresldent of thl Waxhaw Woman's Christian I'nlon. pneslded. At roll call, each of the memberts of the excellent organlza-!n tion responded with one of their choice says of Frances E. Wllliard. Miss Pearl Rodman read an excel lent biographical sketch of Miss Willard. Miss Laura McCain read a : paper, ''Frances E. Willard as 1 know liar " Kir. f V Pn n n In it I ivnew ner. nirs. u. e-. cunning- nam ioiu oi me oojeci ot ine com-i memoraiive meeting. Airs, joe oriir. ble read a paper, "The Map and the Flag." The principal address was deliv ered by Rev. C. F. Sherrlll, using the words, "Being Dead She Yet Speaketh" ln an organization that has 32,000 chapters, nearly half a million members, with 45 depart ments of work, in 50 nations and provinces. For nineteen years Miss Willard was president of the Nation al Woman's Christian Temperance I'nlon, and for 15 years president of the Worlds V omens Christian Teni Derance Inion. Slio Is the onlv wo-!"1" man who has a statue ln Statuary Hall at Washington. The collection went to forward the mission work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union In the United States. Recorder's Court. Zeb Secrest, selling whiskey; six months on roads. iU uj,..- rior Court. Grover Head, breaking and enter ing and larceny; bound over to Supe rior court. Nelson Barrino, colored, assault and battery; $2.30 and costs. C harity Barrino, colored, assault and battery; not guilty. Tom Davis, colored, violating: or dinance 70; nol. pros, with leave. A. Blacker, assault and battery; $5 and costs. T. P. Redwlnc, assault and bat tery; costs. A. C. Smith, giving worthless checks, two cases; nol. pros, and prosecutor taxed with edits. Guy Crowell, assault and battery costs. Clarence Pate, assault and bat tery; not guilty. Joe Mussey, colored, vlolatiiiK or dinance ib; costs Superior Court for Civil Cumcm. judge wnidbeo began a two weeks' term of court for the trial of civil causes yesterdav. Ud tlil the present the most important case tried was that of Mr. J. E. Morris against the Monroe Manufacturing to. This was a suit for damage to the extent of $30u0 for the lowi of two finger. by the plaintiff on a machine while working in the estab llshment in August 1908. Plaintiff secured verdict for $300. H. M. Brooks secured verdict against L. J. Simpson for $9.75 and Interest from March 31, 1911. W. C. VanUllder vs. W. H. Hul len, land suit, plaintiff recovered. C. M. Bryant against Southern Express Company, suit for $21 sal nry claimed, erdlct for plaintiff. Don't forget "Vanity Fair," the wonderful three-reel Vltlgraph feat ure at Dixie No. 2 Friday afternoon and night. Fine honey, put up ln racks, nat ural and sweet. 11. S. Estridge & Co. For Rent Small house near busi ness part of town. Miss Mary Stew art. Just received a fresh shipment of self-rising buckwheat. H. S. Es tridge & Co. For Sale -W. H. Two medium sized Phlfer. mules.- Lost Child's laprobe Phone In formation to Mrs. Klrby Helms, Chapel Hill Central. Good young mule for sale.- -G. M. Beasley, Journal office. For Sale Two medium priced mules. Collins & Diggers Co. Have bought 1400 dozen eggs this month, but we need t500 doz en more right away. "Bring them In." W. R. Outen Co. For rent to responsible person, a good piano. Mrs. J. C. Fletcher. It you dont want any article you now have sell It by telling abeut It la this column. Everybody reads It. Local and Personal. Mr. J. Ho j J Copple spent last -ek In Wake Komst and lUleign Mr. Rufus Arnifield is in Kansas City buying stork. 1 Mn C R PiMaoll U vUifinv liar parents at Columbia. S. C. W. R- Outen & Co. bought TOO dozen eggs last Saturday, besides hat other dealers bought. Mrs- Clyde Moore and MUs Henry Ml yesterday to vialt in Abbeville and Pickens. At Dixie No 3 tonight: "The Ad ventures of Hilly." aud "Utile Red Hiding Hood." Let the children see this picture. At Dixe No. 1 tonight: "The Bat- tie. BiograpVs greatest picture ."The Troubles of Butler." a also com- h1v worth KMMni? My ortn etlng- I The date for the Valentine party at ,n Presbyterian manse has been cnangeu to tnis. 1 uesday night silver offering wilt be taken for the nianse Improvement fund. Professors J. T. Yeargen, J. E. iCrutchfield and R. N. Nisbet attend- eJ ,ne meeting of Superintendents an(1 irinolpala at Salisbury last week Mr. C. W. Griffin and family have moved from Wingate to Mon- roe and Mrs. Griffin has opened boarding house in the rooms over luo express ohub ui mo uepui rip n T vnn win iiv th. '.irA.. a ii.. u in .t. r.n,,..ano.,.un tn Vear nml Knvrrnnr Avrnrk that at Wuxhaw. There Is some good speaking ahead at each place, Chapman Heath, who visited his nephew, Capt. W. C. Heath, and other relatives In this section for la-Men days, returned to his home at Richmond, Ky., Friday Monroe has been paying 10.50 for cotton 80rae tlra9( Dut the charlotte market neVer gets higher than ten cenUi u Is time to watch the Char- iotto market grow some. There will be a declamation con- test at Wesley Chapel High school Friday evening. Feb. 23rd. no ginning at 7:30 o'clock. The public Is cordially invited Mr. Plummer Helms of Icemorlee died Sunday of hemorage caused f rom typhoid fever twenty years old am . . He was about nnrt mnilA hla hnliiA wi,h hi nn-io Mr inhn au.,i. jt,lug Extra good picture at the Pastime tonight: "How Texus Got Left. western love Btory, full of interest, and "A Bear Hunt Romance," l'athe western drama, sure to please you. The regular monthly meeting of the Farmers Inion will be held next Saturday at 11 o'clock In the court house. If court is lu session the meeting will be held ln the op era house. Mrs. L. E. Marsh of Marshville ninde a fine record with poul fy. Since the first of December, 1 1911, she has sold $18.50 worth of Kgs, besides supplying the needs of the family. Mrs. R. V. Houston fell from chair on which she was standing to turn on a light last Thursday and ; broke the bones in her nnkle just ai.0Va . , , . i, ...... ti . vera and painful wound. .Mr, Henry Ashcraft, who lias been living la lnston lor many years and engaged in the drug business, has moved to a farm near .Marsh vtlle. He has been broken down in health and hopes to be beneiited by staying on the farm. Uncle Leonard Falson, a respect able colored man of good character, died hern Saturday. He was burled on Sunday and the funeral, being participated in by the various or dors of the colored people, was quite an event on Sunday. Mr. C. E. Lineberry, financial sec- rotary of the Baptist Slate Conven tion, spoke Sunday and Sunday nlglit in the First Baptist church In behalf of the endow meat fund of Meredith College. He has succeed ed in raising ubout $800 ln cash and pledges. Mr. Huey Pusser of New Salem left last night with his daughter, Mrs. Kemper Modlin, for the State hospital ui Morganton for treatment for the latter, who has been In bad mental condition for two ye:irs as a result of bad health. They were accompanied by Mr. W. II. Pussser. Mm. I. C. Clontz of Goose Creek township returned last week from Charlotte, where she underwent n successful operation in a honpitnl there. Mrs. Clontz has been a suf ferer for a long timo. Last summer she spent some tinio in a hospital and underwent a similar operation at the time. She Is uow very much Improved in health. Peppered With Shot. How would you like to be filled full of bird shot while you were go ing along home on the big road. abolhering of nobody. That is whnt Happened Snturday to Gua Also brooks, colored, when near his home three miles above town. Although the shot settled ln the back of the head and shoulders of Gus, he says he turned quick enough to see En-' nest Thompson, a young darky, run from a clump of trees with a gun ln hand, and the latter has been ar-' rested and charged with the deed, and will be tried next Friday. Gus says the boy was mad with him for having reported some of his misbe havior to his father. Stood Firm While IIU Foot Was Mushed Off. Claude Click of Ashevllle, a brake man on the eastbound freight train, with his foot accidentally locked In a switch frog and realizing escape Impossible, fell to the side nnd brac ed hi in nol f to prevent his body being drawn beneath the train, and calm ly watched the train D.13S over his! foot, crushing it to a pulp. Several ! people saw the accident, but could offer no assistance. He was taken to a hospital at once. Fortunately. a few days ago, he took out an ac cident policy for $1,000. inhale Ih-at (liarlnttf. The debate by boys from the Pied mom industrial Instil ute of Char lotte and the Win sate school last Friday night. In the handsome uew nuiiding at wingaie. resulted in a victory for the Wingate boys, who represented the affirmative of this question: "Resolved. That the Sher man Anti-Trust Law Should be Amended so as to Make the 'Reas onable Restraint' Construction Im possible." The young men showed careful study of the question and the debate was very Interesting. The Wingate representatives were B. L. Biggers and C. W. Baucom, the vis itors. J. E. Brown and W. R. Smith. The judges were Rev. D. M. Austin, J. W. ISivens and R. F. Beasley. Very Much Apprcriuted. Maxton Scottish-Chief. We greatly appreciate words of commendatiou of the Christmas Scot tish Chief received this week from a faithful subscriber, D. A. Vampell of Aberdeen, an old colored gentle man who always pays for his paper and never fails to speak a good word for it. He writes that he had been wanting to tell us how much he appreciated the Christmas Chief, but could not spare the mon ey to pay the subscription price for 1911 and I!M2 until now and he en closed a postal money order for $2.- &o which puts him to the good un til January 4, 1913. We have some esteemed white subscribers w hose pleasant words of commendation have not seemed as sincere as those ot this humble colored gentleman. Mo-tlng of Junior Order. Thursday night, February 22nd. there will be a public speaking in the court house, given by the Junior Order United American Mechanics. The public will attend this meeting and It is expected to be an interest ing one. Among those who will make short addresses are J. J. Par ker and Rev. M. T. Steele of Mon roe and Prof. C. E. Brewer of Wake Forest College. The meeting will be called to order at 7:30 o'clock. The Juniors have a large member ship in Union county and have done much good. Mr. Cannon Get Information. Uncle Joe Cannon. "High Protec tion Joe," wanted to know when the Democratic metal bill was be fore the House, why such articles as sewing machines had been plac ed on the free list. Chairman Un derwood, of the Democratic Ways and Means committee, courteously supplied the ex-speaker with the In formation. "We have placed these articles on the free list for the beeflt of the American people", said.Mr. Under wood. "The uncontested testimo ny shows that sewing machines are being sold to the rich and poor alike ln this country for from $23 to $45 a machine, and are yet being laid down, freight paid, in the Orient for $8.75. "we are not aslinmed to go to the American people, and say that when an article Is manufactured in this country so cheaply that it can compete in the markets of the world, we are willing to place it on the free list for the bneflt of our own people." The metal bill, which makes re ductions on nil metal goods averag ing 35 per cent, and places on the free list Iron ore, nails, Bewing ma- chinos, cirh resistors, and many other articles now being sold by American manufacturers cheaper to foreigners than home consumers passed the House by a voto of 210 to 109. Shavers, You Want This. The Journal bus secured n few of this rra k-u-juck safety razor to give away to lu sutiscrlliers who pny up buck dues, if tiny, and one year In advance. Send uloiig and get one. Hrsst come, first served, Three blades go with each outfit, anil they will shave as good as a high pi-lee safety. Supply limited. Postage paid If you order by mail. u)lVlUGlilrtA4C Ladies' Garments is Our Specialty. Send us that old coat suit, skirt or cloak. If you want It made to LOOK LIKE NEW. We can and we will give you a good job on them at a reasonable price. Air y p m n v fell Martin's Presslno Glut) Phone 263. LEE & LEE COMPANY, THE LEADING DUT GOODS, I0TI0SS, CLOTHUS, CE5TS WEH5EHGS, EAT i!D SHOE STOLE II K03HCE. Cleaning Up Prices on Shoes for for few &1.50 Ladies' Tan Itutton Russia Calf $3.K). $1.00 Indies' Velvet Button $3.50. $3.50 and $4.00 IjulieV Patent Button fS.OO. 93.50 and 94.00 Tan Itlucber Shoes 92.50 and $2.73. 92.30 and 9.1.00 Tan Itlucber Shoes 91.73 and $2.00. 93.30 Black Viol lUuclu-r Slim- 92.30 and 92.73. Misses 6 Children's Shoes One lot Misses' Patent Leather Shoes 91.23. Ono lot Children's Shoes, 0 to 8, at 23 to 33 1-3 per cent . Reduction. Dady Duke Shoes for Boys Tlio best wearing Shoe for the price, 92.0O and 92.50 Hlgti Grade 93.00 and 94.00 Patent 1 timber 93.00 and 93.23 Putent Itlucber Ladles' Wash and Wool Skirts. White IMue Skirts $2.00. Tan Linen Skirts 2.00. Tan and Gray Wool Suiting Skirts . . 92.50, 93.30 and $4.30. Lee & Lee Co. THE LEADING Dru Goois, Notions, Milllnem, Clothing and Shoe Store in MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA. Cut Flowers, Plants & Bulbs, Wedding Boquets, Funeral Designs, Fish Globes, Gold Fish and Food. Aquarium Plants, etc., on sale at C. N. Simpson's Drug Store and at Green House. Phone 73- x SBB Mai? IS m vmose Are you ready for emergencies? If one of your family should be acverely burned do you know whnt to do? Are you prepared for xprahis, bruises, cuta, and the thousand and one every day accident that aoein lo trivial and yet may not be in the Iodk run? We will be glad t help you select a few "emergency aids," tell you how to use them, and the cost Is so small compared to their lniNirtance, it's hardly worth mentioning. Sooner or later the time Is sure to come when you will be thankful you took our advice. THE Ur)ion Drug Co. Phone 221. A. Our SImm-s are deenIuble, not the Mums fiimi a lour grade manufacN urer. OuaJity built in not rubbed on. MIL, CONSUMER it is iMtter to buy a high class Shoe at a medium price, than to' In vct in Shoes uutdc-sM--UlIy to Meet the deiuauds of a cheap tdiuev WHV PAY MORE cheap shoes than we ask you gxl ones. Ik-low we quote a prices: Men's Shoes. Shoes Shoes 9i.(M) . . 92.00 and 92.50. J. H. BECKLEY. Yoim mutant WELL suppum M. Secrest, Manager. 1