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"he Monroe Journal VOL. 19. No. 4 MONROE, N. CM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1012. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Let's Tdlho- Over. A Diru.hiB Thai Hit the Hull's Just one month henr and the people of Union county will be call- ed upon to decide for themselves one of the mast momentous Issues that has ever presented Itself to them. I'nion county has always done her duty when she saw It a ad she will not fail to act conscientiously this time. It is not my purpose to say what her duty Is. nor is It my Intention to advise her how to vote. The peo ple of I'nion county are an intelli gent folk and like to know the issue, and when they know it, it is not hard for them to decide the course they will pursue. It Is evident to all that better roads are neded to some this is more evident than to others. This evidence weighs in proportion to our standards of the term "good roads." This standard of the man, who has seen no roads better than those to be found in a poor, back woods community must of necessity be very low, while he who has been accustomed to the roads that have been economically located and prop ly constructed, with low grades, good drainage and well built brid ges and culverts, has a very high standard with which to Judge a road. It Is not to either of these classes that I address this article, but to the plain, honest farmer, who has not had the time to think seriously or long upon the subject of the rond improvement that now con fronts Dim, and who is asking what It will all cost and how It will ben efit the man on the farm or lighten his taxes. To him, a one per cent grade or a ten per cent grade on a road may mean nothing, because he has never been told Its meaning. A one per cent grade Is one where the grade rises or falls one foot in a hundred and likewise a ten per cent grade Is one where the grade rises or falls ten feet In a hundred. One of the prerequisites for a good road is a low grade and this low grade can no more be made without a level than can a terrace or hill-side ditch be run around a hill without a level. Just here I am reminded that one of the writ ers In The Journal of last week said that for a long time Union county would not need nn engineer. I am glad that he said this. There are hundreds of other good men In the county thinking the same thing and this one I'em of the law may at first sight appear to be unwise. In travelling over the C. C. & C. Ry. from Altapass on the crest of tha Blue Ridge to the valley of the tawba, not more than five jMei away nt the nearest point, t lift fall Is 1,300 feet 260 foot fall per mile and yet a Bklllful engineer was able to reduce this to 64 feet per mile. Again the distance from Murshville to Monroe Is ten milts and the dlfferenece In elevation is 22 feet, which means that It would be potstble to locate a road from one point to the other on a grade of ono foot per mile, without one particle of grading. This of course would not bo a who locatlou, since tho distance would be too great. The distance and the grades must bo weighed together, and cuts must be made to reduce the distance. To lay out a road properly and con struct It economically, it must have been surveyed and the cost of the different route computed or the re sult Is almost sure to be disastrous to the road or to the road fund or to both. Furthermore, the engin eer must be a man who is not only versed in the art of constructing roads and in the economy of their location, but he muBt be able to clearly demonstrate to others that he knows his work and get men to co-operate with him as the client listens to his lawyer. The most permanet part of the road is the location and when this is changed all the work that has ever been done on It Is lost. Roads have been constructed In many places In Union county.whcre they were located from one valley across a hill only to descend to the same valley on the other side of the hill. When these roads are to be Improved, they must be relocated and then all the work of grading that has been done, will often times be entirely lost. A road when once located, should remain there forev er and the only way to make this possible is to locate It properly and the laymen can no more locate a road economically than can a butch er take the place of a skillful sur geon. To show the actual cost of grades and different road surfaces In terms of horse power, I copy the follow ing from "Baker's Roads and Pave ments," which is a recognized au thority on road building: On a level broken stona road, a horse draws six times his weight. On a level best earth road, horse draws three times his weight. On a level muddy earth road, a horse draws one time his weight. On a 3 per cent broken stone road, a horse draws 1.49 times his weight. On a three per cent best earth road, a horse draws 1.11 times his weight. On a 3 per cent muddy earth road a horse draws 0.54 times his weight. On a 6 per cent best earth road, a horse draws 0.43 times bis weight. On a 6 per cent muddy earth road a horse draws 0.25 times his weight. . The foregoing figures do not rep resent the ultimate strength of a horse to be sure, but the loads that he will safely draw every day In week. Therefore if you have a 6 per rent, grade instead of a 3 per cent grade over which to carry the load you will be compelled to dou Me cr even quadruple your team The cost of all roads aud bridges to carry the load of one horse, in I'nion county for year ending 1911. was fl7.2S4.53. Every man in the county knows what his taxes were In order to raise this amount. He also knows that he docs not have the best roads over which to travel. Will a bond Issue give you good roads sooner? .Did a bond Issue give you a modern court bouse sooner! Will 1200,000 cash give vou good roads and bridges sooner than $17,284.53 per year will give them? The cost of a (200.000 bond Issue per year will be $3010.00 for the sinking fund and $10,000 per year to pay the Interest on bonds, mak ing a total of $13,010 per year or $0.36 on the poll and $0.12 per hun dred dollars, which means that tho road tax for Union county will be $4274.53 less than at present. It means a greater saving than this. The cost of spending $200,000 on the roads of Union county In three or four years will not be bo great as that of spending a like sum at the rate It Is now being spent. Mr. Tax I'ayer, does this reduced tax rate sound good to you? Talk the matter over by your firesides, discuss the issue when you meet your neighbor; let the boys debate the subject In the district school and when the day of election Is nt hand your opinion will have been formed and your duty plain. You now have the best rural tel ephone system In the South, your schools are second to none in the State, your homes and barns are far above the average and 1 trust that you will not let Mecklenburg. Forsyth, Buncombe and other of the more progressive counties leave Union in the rear In the matter of good roads. IRA B. MULL1S. Lumberton, N. C, Feb. 24, 1912. Instead of building Imaginary roads and caviling about which side of the house they shall run on, wait, and work for the bond Issue. That is first, then the survey, then the work, and the caviling will fol low. If the roads damage you In one Instance they will help you In many others. Huford. Messrs. R. S. Gamble, W. S. Gamble, J. L. Helms and Will Sims of Jackson township came to Mon roe last Saturday together with a good team. It took them four hour to make the sixteen miles. It Is Heedless to say that they are In fa vor of good roads for their section even If it does not run by the house of each. a How to I so the Drag. Mr. I). Ward King, of Missouri, the Inventor of the split log drag, has lately written the following let ter: Much trouble has been caused by parsons who advise others to drag the earth road while it is muddy The King Drag does not give per feet satisfaction, as a rule, when 80 used. In fact, I have known of so many instances where a trial of that plan has so disgusted a man that he has thrown up the whole Job and declared It n fake. The proper time to drag the earth road Is when the sou Is "moist but not sticky." Moist enough to pack but not wet enough to fasten Itself to the slabs of the drag. The Idea of using the King Drag when the mud Is like mortar Is a seriously mistaken one. I trust you will assist me in correcting It. In Union county can be found many citizens who own neither a wagon nor a buggy, but who give six days free labor to the county roads every year Just the same as the man who own a dozen horses, a warehouse of vehicles and a thous and acres of land. The bond issue, If voted, will repeal the free labor law and place the burden of taxa tion on those who reap the most benefit from the roads. There is a rather strong sentiment In this county against the six days free la bor and those who oppose It should Iut It on a High Plane. I note that you give space for opinions on the road bond question. I think that every one who can ought avail themselves of this op portunity to express their views and give reasons for the same. I am in favor of good roads, permanent, sub stantial roads. Conditions have so changed within the last half cent ury as to make the necessity ten fold greater than ever before. We make ten timet more use of the roads now than then. Again, our roads are altogether out of harmony with our progress along other lines. Our homes and farms are more mod ern and up-to-date in every respect. We have built better schools, our church buildings and cemeteries are better kept and more attractive. We have better court houses and other public buildings. Towns and villages are springing up all about us. A net work of R. F. D. lines traverse the county from side to side and from end to end, etc., etc. All these give undisputed proof of our thrift and progress! veness along those lines. But our public highways reflect sadly upon our intelligence and wis dom. We have the same old gul lies the same mud holes, the same quagmlrea and loblollies of 40 years ago to spoil the beauty and har mony of it all. We ought not to be content with such conditions. So let us all put our heads together and our hearts in the cause and have better roads. What we need more than anything else is enthusiasm In the matter. If we want the roads bad enough why there Is no ques tion but we shall have them. If we hunt for objections, we can surely find them. If there Is a better plan than that of floating enough bonds to do the work, let's find It and adopt it. If no better plan ran be found, let a "go for" the bonds. 1 believe if we give the matter care ful and impartial thought, we shall find that the proposed plan would prove less expensive than our pres ent. You Bee we are paying a big tax on the roads. Every able bod led man from 18 to 45 years old is taxed at least $6 Per year and If wages continue to Increase (which Is quite probable) It will soou be come more than this amount So this tax which we are now paying (a good part of it practically lost) would go far towards paying the ex pense of bonds. We have been wrestling with the road problem for a life time, and where are we at? Right near the place from which we started. One other point for our consideration and 1 am through: By far the greatest tax that we pay is the tax levied by bad roads mud. The loss of time, the wear of vehi cles, horses and mules and harness would be greatly diminished, so that the saving on this line, I believe, would eventually build detdrable Highways. Let us all think impar tially, unselfishly, then act our con victions, and we shall have better roads, Is the opinion or your UNCLE O. SEE. (Continued to page 3.) Meeting of Teachers' Association. The Teachers' Association met at the Graded School house Feb. 24. Devotional exercises were conduct ed by Mr. H. M. Baucotu of Olive Branch. Supt. R. N. Nisbet made some In terestlng remarks In which he urg' ed the teachers to Invite the patrons to come out the last day of school and to have on exhibition some of tho students' work. Mr. T. Frank Parker of Raleigh was then introduced and made an Interesting talk on the work of the Boys' Corn Club. He urged the teachers to endeavor to Interest the boys In the work and let them reap the benefits and honor connected therewith. The program was then taken up and an Interesting talk was made by Prof. J. E. Crutchfleld of MarBh ville on Discipline In the School. Prof. J. T. Yeargen of Wesley Chapel made a good talk on the Alms of the School. Prof. Stewart of Unlonvllle also made some ap proprlate remarks on the same sub' Ject. An excellent talk was then made by Prof. G. A. Randolph of the Mon roe Graded Schools on the Import ance of Grading In the Rural Schools. Everyone present seemed to en- Joy the meeting and It was n ao- cided success, notwithstanding the Inclement weather, there being pres ent about 50 teachers. T. J. HUGGIXS, Sec. Fine Address of Prof. Brewer. Prof. Charles E. Brewer of Wake Forest College made a splendid ad dress last Thursday night In the court house to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, a pop ular fraternal order. His speech on Washington's birthday, appropri ately dealt with the subject of pw trlotlsm, one of the principles of the Junior Order, and was a most wholesome and Inspiring address Good talks were also made by Mr. J. J. Parker and Rev. M. T. Steele The Juniors have about sixty mem bers here and many more in the county. Roosevelt Announces Himself. The papers yesterday carried the formal announcement of Ex-Presi dent Roosevelt that be would ac cept the Republican nomination If tendered him by the convention. "I will accept the nomination for pres Ident If It is tendered me, and 1 will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed Its pref erence," is his reply to the letter of seven Republican governors asking him to stand for nomination. The announcement is said to have hurt President Taft very much who Is now scrambling for delegates, and who' didn't believe Roosevelt would "go and do it." Succeeding III Father. "When 1 first decided to allow the people of Tupelo to use my name as a candidate for Congress I went out to a neighboring parish to speak," said Private John Allen to some friends at the old Metro politan Hotel in Washington recent ly. "An old darkey came up to greet me after the meeting. 'Mars Allen,' he said, 'Use powerful glad to see you. Use known oh you sense you wax a babby. Knew yoh pappy long befo' vou-all wux bohn, too. He used ter hoi de snmo office you got now. I 'members how he held dat same office for years and years.' " 'What office do you mean, un cle?' I asked, as I never knew pop held any office. " 'Why, de office ob candidate, Marge John, yoh pappy was candi date for many years.' " National Monthly. Mrs. Charles F. Helms of west Monroe townEhlp has made this rec ord on eggs: Since Christmas day she has sold $17.45 worth of eggs, besides what she used and set two hem with. GlTHKKIVG OK WOMKX Wll.l. I IK tntKAT. Tlie Coming Mm-tinx f the Midon- ry I' noa Will IV an Kvcnt In Monroe TIh (irt-at Work, of the OrgtuiiutUui. The following artcle is furnished The Journal by one of the roninitt tee of ladles who are making prepa ration for entertaining the Baptist women of the State in Monroe: Four weeks from today the North Carolina Baptist Woman's Mission ary Union meets in Monroe; are you getting ready? The committee on entertainment report homes secured for 334. We need 66 more homes. The town in the main has responded to our call cheerfully, beautifully and generous ly. Call up the committee and tell them how many delegates you will take. On account of the unusual weather we have not been able to canvass the town thorughly yet. but no one will be slighted. Some one has asked what Is this great gathering of women for? Wha does it mean? The W. M. U. of X. C. celebrates Its 25th anniversary In Monroein 1912. Until seven years ago it met at the same time and place with the Baptist State Convention. The bodies became so large that no city in North Carolina could accom modate them and separation was necessary. The women have met in separate session at the following places In their order: Durham, Uoldsboro, Gastonla, High Point, Ox ford, Wilmington, and then Monroe. All these places have entertained us handsomely and shown us many spe clnl favors. It will be the largest organized gathering that has ever graced our town and the biggest advertise ment. The question was asked when Monroe extended the invitation at Wilmington last year with very doubtful accent. Can Monroe enter tain this convention? Our answer was. Come and see. The W. M. S. stands for the spread of the gospel: first, In our own loved State; second, in our fair Southland, and then to the utter most parts of the earth. Our work is exclusively along lines of mission ary endeavor. From our financial report I find we have contributed since our organization about $300,- 000. In addition to our regular work, the W. M. U. supports the "Margaret Home" located at Green ville, S. C. This Is a home for the children of foreign missionaries who on account of lack of educational facilities, bad climate, etc., are plac pd In. this Borne by their parents to be trained and educated for their life work. Also missionaries when homo on furlough find this a con genial place of rest at small cost, Under our care and control we have a trnlning school for young women at Louisville, Ky. The women take a course in Bible study at the The ologicai Seminary (located at the siinio place) with our preachers. They aUo tako courses In cooking. housekeeping, "trained nursing, and enough music to be able to play hymns and load singing. In other words they are equipped to do the very best service as missionaries on the home and foreign field. The sessions of the Union usually convene at 9:30 a. m. and 2:30 p. in. Tho day sessions nre attended by women only, women doing all the speaking nnd transacting all business. At 7:30 p. m. the pub lic is cordially invited. The speech es nre by tho brethren. Two of the speakers for the meeting are Rev. Dr. Walker of the First Baptist church of Ashevllle and Dr. R. J. Wllltngham, the Corresponding Sec retary of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has held this office, which is the highest gift of the Southern Bap tists, for years. Little more than a year ago he took a trip around the world in tho interest of mis sions. Dr. Wlllingham has a son on the foreign field who married a daughter of our own beloved Dr. Livingstone Johnson, Corresponding Secretary of our State Mission Board. For these reasons Dr. Wll lingham is well prepared to Bpeak on the great subject of sending the gospel to the lost world. The Ministers Must 1cnd In the Matter. Salisbury Post. The Charlotte Ministerial Associ ation at its moeting yesterday de cided to preach a series of sermons on "Temperance and law enforce ment" and to devote several Sun days, possibly a month to the sub ject. The series of sermons Is to begin between March 1st and 15th, the exact date to be determined later. The recent visit of Rev. R. L. Davis, Superintendent of the anti-Saloon League to Charlotte, and the startling fact that eight bottles of whiskey had been purchased from so many drug stores and clubs In that city three of the former and five of the latter has no doubt led the ministers to action. The Post has all along Insisted that the ministers must lead in this matter. They are the exponents of truth nnd righteousness and must proclaim against all forms of evils at all times, and aided by the pa rents, teaching their children the danger of tho cup. It ought not to be hard to handle the drink ques tion. The Charlotte ministers have adopted the rlpht method to accom plish their purpose. Governor Fobs, of Massachusetts, has broken all records for pardon ing, having restored eighty-one prisoner to liberty during his one year in office. Those pardoned In cluded eleven murderers. Ik-alh of Mr. V. (i. Tlionms. Mr. X. U. Thomas died yesterday in a Charlotte hospital, where he went some time ago for treatment. He had been sick a long time. The remains wero carried to the borne at Peachlaad, and funeral held to day. Mr. Thomas lived In Monroe sev eral years and did a mercantile bus iness. He was wvii known in tins and Anson counties. He was a rot her of Mrs. J. B. Nash of this place, and is survived by his wife aud beveral children. Sunday School Convention. The next session of the Sunday school convention of the Union Bap tist Assoclatloln will be held with the Meadow Branch church March 30-31, 1912. All churches are re quested to send delegates from their schools and churches. All of our pastors are earnestly requested to attend. PROGRAM. Saturday, March 30. 10 a. m. Prayer and praise conducted by Kev. H. O. Bryant. 10:30 a. m. The Sunday School a a Training Place for Workers. Discussion opened by Rev. M. D. L Preslar. J 1:30. The Sunday School as an Evangelizing Agency; discussion to be opened by Kev. D. M. Austin. 2 p. m. The Sunday School and Mission; discussion to be opened by Rev. Braxton Craig. 3 p. m. The Sunday School and our Orphanage; discussion opened by Rev. R. H. James. Sunday. March 31, 10 a. m. Sunday School Mass Meeting con ducted by B. C. Ashcraft. 10:15 a. m. How to Teach a Class, by J. W. Bivens. 10:30 a. m. The Best Way to Hold Our Young People, by Rev. E. C. Snyder and Lee Ashcraft. 11a. m. The Pastor and His Re lation to the Sunday School, by J. E Sustar, A. C. Davis and B. C. Ash craft. I 12 m. Sermon by Rev. G. S. Merrill. 7:30. Sermon by Rev. A. C. Davis. BRAXTOX CRAIG, Cterk Union Baptist Association. I'nionville News, Correspondency The rain stil continues and the roads are getting almost Impassable. Mr. Alvls Baucom was In the vil lage Saturday. Miss Velva Brewer, who Is teach ing at Euto. and Mr. Clonnle Moore spent Sunday at the home of the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brewer. Mrs. Jennie James visited In Con cord last wek. Mrs. Vernon Mullls has been right sick for several days. Mr. Stokes Hamilton recently re turned home from Wadesboro.whcre he has been teaching. Mls3 Blanche Jerome spent Satur day nnd Sunday at her home here. Mr. Web Blggers has his new house here almost completed and expects to move In a few days. Mr. Cleveland Brooks spent Sat urduy and Sunday at tho home of Mr. Clegg Austin. Mr. Harold Hartls saetit a few days here last week. Mr. Lane Hasty of Marshvllle spent Sunday here. ' Unlonvllle has seemed lonely this winter with so many of our girls away teaching, but now most of the schools are drawing to a close and we wil be glad to welcome them home again. "Y. D. K." Protection vs. Tariff for Revenue. Workmen In Germnny are "pro tected" by a tariff wall approximate ly as high as the Payne-Aldrich tar iff wall. In England the workers are not so "protected." Result: Bricklayers In free-trade England receive $9.72 per week of 62 hours, while the protected brick layers of high protection Germany receive $7.60 per week of 69 hours. And the cost of living In Germany Is much higher than In England. While the New York-St. Louis ex press, westbound on the Baltimore &Ohlo railroad, was ascending the seventeen mile grade between pied mont and Altamount, W. Va., In the Allegheny mountains, shortly before 100 o'clock Monday night, a masked man armed with two pis tols. Jumped on one of the Bleeping cars and robbed the passengers of money and valuables. He dropped off and escaped Just before the train reached Altamont. ' Hoy Scouts Strong in Dallas Tex. Business men of Dallas, Texas, have become convinced of the value of the Boy Scout movement. They have guaranteed a fund of between two and three thousand dollars a year to pay the expenses of an ex ecutive secretary or somebody to take charge of the work In Dallas. From their study of the activities they feel sure that greater good will be accomplished by hiring men to supervise the play of the boys. ' Recorder's Court. Rob Garrls. colored, carryng con cealed weapon; $10 and costs. Henry Jones, colored, larceny; 4 mouths on roads. M. R. Plyler, violating ordinance 76; costs. Ada Hubbard, colored, assiult an battery; 30 days In Jail. , George Eagler, violating ordinanc 76; costs. Aleck Presley, violating ordinance 7G; costs. Lawrence Little, violating ordi nance 76; costs. Doss Haywood, violating ordinanc 78: $2 and costs. WORK Wil l. ItlXriN IN M'lUX.U PrrMhul of Su!is!ui-Mnr' I tnil- nuitl lien .nli r Alu.ul Terminal- Kwrlii.tn Realty I Be gin Soon. Work on the S.!'.'s!mrv and Mon roe Railroad wil! ! started Just as boon as the hr conditions permit It. That is the s'n'ement made to The Joumtl yesterday by Mr. X. B. MeCanSss. urctdJent of the road, wha with .lr. it'and. an other of the officials, was lure to meet Superintendent Gore of the Seaboard to cmi'ir about terminal facilities. Mr. .McCaniess says that his financial arrang' v.icias have all been perfected nnd he is retidy to begin actual work as soon as the weather per in lib. While the gen eral route which hus been surveyed will be followed in the main, some changes will be made. The engin eers will go ever the route and set the stakes for the construction as early as weather permits. It Is the desire of the company to locate lis terminals here to tho greatest benefit and convenience of the public taid to make u union with the Seaboard. While the lat ter road has no connection whatever with the new one. It is believed that it will be hospitable to this Idea and that there will be no trouble in carrying it out. The same thing Is true as regards the Southern at Salisbury. Superier Court, The work of Superior court Is go ing along rapidly and will continue through the week. The following cases have been tried since last week: Bank of Mattehws vs. I. D. Boyd, suit on note that defendant had given travelling ascnt. who sold It to the bank. Mr. Boyd claimed that the note had been fraudulently ob tained. Decided In favor of tho plaintiff. Monroe Insurance & Investment Co., vs. Stack & Hudson, judgment for $145, insurance account. W. C. Heath, asslngee of J. I. Orr, against T. B. Hoover, suit on account, won by defendant. A. C. Funderburk, landlord, vs. J. E. Morris, tenant, suit over ac count. The Jury decided that Fun derburk owed Morris $47. B. W. Mangum vs. J. B. Xash, suit regarding number of acres in tract of land sold bv defendant to plain tiff. Plaintiff recavera $181.24. R. B. Ktdwlne vs. T. J. Honey cut, suit on account, recovers $276. 09. M. L. Privet t vs. Addie Privctt. Divorce grunted. II. J. Condors and B. C. Xorket, suit for possession. Jury decides that defendant Is due from plaintiff $115 for Improvements, as tigalnst rent due by him of $70. C. A. Scott vs. Willie B::ss. set tlement of accounts, claim nnd de livery Judgment for about $90 In favor of defendant. Real llstnt? Transfers. J. F. McMnnu to Monroe Insur ance and Investment Co., lot on Bovette street, $1 .Miles Horn to B. D. Austin. 200 acres on Xrgrohead creek, $3050. Stephen C. Chambers to J. E. Thomas, 1-2 Interest In 67 acres on Lanes Creek, $400. Mr. nnd Mrs. J. W. Hasty to J. E. Thomas, 1-2 Interest in lot In Marshvllle, $250.. John P. l'oore to Jas. F. Thomp son. 213 acres big survey land ad Joining J. N. Shannon and others, $4000. Harriet Starnes to Jas. F. Thomp son, 66 acres on Crooked creek, $1, 000. R. F. Frice to J. W. Hill, lot on Stafford street, one lot on Beard street and Brown avenue, ono on south side of city, $3,500. J. W. Hill to R. F. Price. 43 acres on Crooked creek, also 2 2-5 acres, also house and lot in Monroe ad joining J. E. Henderson near oil mill. $4,400. Jaruslca Helms to O. S. 1-eo and J. W. Fowler, undivided interest In 70 acres on Bear Skin creek, $225. George McWhorter to H. White McWhorter, 26 acres on Waxhaw creek, $900. Remarkable Deed by a Small Ne gro Hoy. Lancaster News. Mr. B. D. Starnes. who recently came back from Wills Point, Tex., where he removed from Lancaster several years ago, has shown us a copy of the Wills Point Chronicle containing photographs of Calvin Stepp. three year old white boy, who was rescued from the bottom of a 60 foot bored well, 13 Inches In diame ter, Into which the child had fallen, by a small negro boy, who was let down head foremost by a rope and brought the child safely to the top. The Chronicle says that the uegro boy's act of heroism has received statewide applause. (losing Exercises of Piney Grove School. A public debate will be given on Thursday evening March 7th, be ginning at 7:30 p. m. The duery for discussion Is. Resolved that a Protective Tariff is Preferable to a Tariff for Revenue Only. The af firmative will be represented by C. M. Medlln nnd J. A. Mu!l!s and the negative by C. C. Benton and C. C. Williams. The teachers and students are preparing an Inter esting program for Saturday March 9th, which will begin at 9:30 a. m. Prof. R. X. XiBbet, county superin tendent will deliver the address. The Mullls string band will furnish music for the occasion. The award ing of prizes and medals will be of much Interest to the children.
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