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W. 8. BLAKEXET. Pres.
J. R. SHUTE. Vlce-Pres.
W. C STACK. Cashier.
R. O. LANEY. Asst. Cashier.
THE BANK OP UNION,
MOMtOE. X. C.
Capital 150,000,00
Surplus $50,000.00
DBDOSltS $500,000.00
RuSOires $600,000.00
Board of Directors.
W. S. Itlakrni-y. ProiiKtit
W. K. Chmhi, S. A. L. It.
T. V. Collins, Merchant
K. W. Howe). I'lmitrr
(i. A. Marsh. i'upitulit
J. V. Neul, Physician
A. M. Slack, l-nwycr
J. 1U Sliutc, Capitalist
V. S. .ihs lresidcnt Cut ton Mill.
r". . S.iUoii. Planter
I. K. Ijl.T. Capitalist
J. K. Stuk, Cotton Merchant
Tims. K. Williams, I'lantcr
M. A. Walters, 1'lanlcr
It. C. Winchester, Wholesale timecr
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We received Hie latter part of last week the best loud of
Mules nml lilocky llroori Mans son iu Monroe in a Ion: time.
Kvcrj thing in the biincli. sound, fat and good workers. Yew know
our motto: SATISI AC IIO. TO OIK t ISUMII.HM.
Bargains in Harness.
We have a largo stock of !i;mie-iimde Diidles and Harness
parts in stock, and the price we put en Hum will make you sit
up and lake notice. Everything: made from the best leuther
obtainable. We only ask you to look for yourself.
FOWLER & LEE
i
Sale, Exchange and Feed Stables.
The Light to Study By
Children should never study under a poor
light it strains the eyes and the ill effects
may be permanent. ,
The best lamp for study is the Rayo its
light is soft, clear and steady you can
use it for hours at a time without hurting1
your eyes in the least.
The Rayo lamp is strong, attractive and
durable. Can bs lighted without remov
ing chimney or shade easy to rewick.
The Rayo costs little, but you
can't buy better at any price.
Your dealer keeps the Rayo
ask to see it.
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A YEAR'S WORK OF DEMOCRACY
The Big Things That Have Make The Year 1913 Nota
ble in the History of the American Government.
(Dy the Associated Profs.)
Nineteen thirteen wrought chang
es in the American government
political, economic and financial
probably more far-reaching than any
oth. r year of the last quarter
century. This was apparent today
in a backward glance over meme.r
alle events of the pist twelve
mom lis in all tranche of govern
mental activity.
A Democratic administration In
national affair came into power, a
KiiiovratU" Ci.rgns rt the back of
a Democratic President for the first
time sine (i rover Cleveland occupi
ed the While House.
The first e. institutional amer.d
innts since ls7t wore perfected,
prcvijini; two radical changes in th '
fundamentals of government an
income tax and tho dJrei't election
of I". S. Senators.
NATIONAL P.ANK AND CURRENCY
SYSTEM RECOGNIZED.
Tiie iKiilctiul bank and currency
system, which was iK'vlstd to float
the ilelt of the Civil War and h:ts
operand ever since, was recagnizi d
Into a Feilrr.U R crve -yst.'m in
whi.ii the ertnral bank plan, th
di'minatit system of Europe, was
rejectee! and a vest scheme of fi
nancial reorgaui.atit.:i perfected.
democratic tariff law
A Democratic tariff law became
tffective, the first since lS'.KI and
on of the most cottiprvhciieivc ta
riff measures ever enacted.
A panel post sjsiem v. ;;s brou;;hl
Into siicttst-l'ul operation. !
The lnerst:;le Commerce Comm's
s'on began a physical valuation of
railways a project . liicii will ccs:
millions and take years to c.miple-te
but wlii'h is expert id. to ultimately
provide a basis of rate-making.
.Meanwhile, the fifty-two groat east
ern railway systems renewed nppli
e it ion for a five per cent general
ineca.se in freight rates and tlu
einitnissien directed reductions in
express rates which a re expected
to save the public approximately
$:',iUoo,0(ii) a year.
Lat steps in building the Pana
ma (.'anal wire taken with tha prob
abiliyt that the greatest eiisltterr
iiiK feat of the a.w will be in oper
ation in th? New Y?ar.
CONTROL OK PHILIPPINES TO
NATIVES.
Practical control of the Philippine
Kovernineut was delivered to the ntt-
tivr.s of the island by I'clibnt Wil
son's appointment of a native nia-
j.;rl y on the Philippine Commission.
What promised ti new- era in rela
tions of the Koveiinient with great
corporations In the enforcement t
the Sherman Ann-1 rust law, was
bought about by the "bloodless" j
dissolution of the American Tele
phone anl Telegraph Company's re-,
lationB with the Western Union.
Preside nt Wilson's 'open declaration;
that tha administration desired tol
co-operate with "01 business, in
peaceful administration ef the riw.j
was received In business and finally
elal circles with evidence ef optini-
ism.
VALIDITY SHERMAN ACT AS
CRIMINAL LAW.
The Supreme Court laid d .wn val-
u.ibla decisions of of de'p-seuteil
Importance. It sustained the va
lidity of the Sherman law as a crim
inal measure fcr the first time Is
the "turpLnylne trust" case. In th
oo".tcn corner case it laid down the
pric.'tpie that a ' coriK r" in any cciu
mcdi y U a violalton cf the anti
trust lews, la the State rate cases
it decided that States through iheir
railroad coinnil -sictis have control
over the rates of U.ies within their
brrders, irrespvetive cf the lnter
s;ate Commerce Commission.
BRYAN'S INTERNATIONAL PEACE
PLAN.
In foreign relations, affairs f th-
year hardly werj less cventu;:l. Se?
rc ary Hoan's plan for iutcr.iatluii.il
p. ace was accent d In principle by
mire than t'air.y naticiis aral tr.-a-t'es
wi-h the l'n!:ecd States ne'tu
u!iy were siMiul by th.' Neth. rlan.'.s
atul Nl -ar.ixua.
-ONLY UOVEP.XMENTS FOCNDEO
ON LAW."
T!i most iiupr:ant prp'ninc.''-
ritirs i.f the aJiiiinistration's f.;re!;n
policy were made by i'lvsiebrt Wil
8.a when he withdrew the support
of ih" I' id ted Slates from the bank
ers n thes c.illtd s x p w-er Chin s
Run: in his Latin-American stat
metit in which hf proclaimed the i l
! :i!: n of the lined States to re-e"-;r.i!,:r
on til? western hemisphere
only i!iose govenimer.ts "founded em
lav" ;;ml cider; ami In his noted
M.,;iil speHcli, in whieh be p::.!ted
eut the nunac? of foreisn e)ti:-es-si:n!:
to the peace a r.d secur. y cf
Central and South America.
THE MEXICAN AFFAIR.
I UeVticns with Mexico, the Amor
':.n gov. rnr.ieir's r fu-;;l to rec
ni Huerta alii a sy'ri td exchange
i'i ;:.i'e.i o.i th; sabj.et were the di-p;e-
i a.ic ev(j:t of the year. Great
i'.r. :t"; s proi.st iig iitiiit the exemp
li;, i cf American shipping frr.m lolls
:i the Panama Ci.n:l and Japan's
;vet n iialns. th anti-alien land
legislation In California were the
two o'lur principal features. Both
still are in tha. cuurae of diplomatic
discuLicn.
EXTENSION OP A.MERIC.'N
TRADE ABROAD.
Plans for tha extension of Ameri
can trade abroad by the creation of
c:)ii'.ni( rdal agents cf the Department
cf Commerce were launched; Import
ant stum in the government's par-
ticlpatlen In relations bet wen capi
tal and labor were the creation ot
a new portfolio in the Cabinet fcr
Secretary cf Labor, to which Wil
liam II. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, a
pio.nhient I ibe r lead r. was appoint
ed; mid the cr.ation by Congress or
ii F.deral CeiiimUede u o ji Indtis
fiil Relv.ti Jtis whi"h has beu,un
a s tidy of the entire subject.
44 Lynching Total fur 1913.
Chicago. 111.. Dee. 29. Only forty-'
four lynching known to be such be
yond doubt, bare occurred In the
Vni.ti, States during the year 1913.
ThU Ui the lowest number on record
were than 50 being recort'.ed lt
year scd m many as Zio in scnie
prvvL us years.
The record for the year shows de
cided Improvement in oth?r rcap.c s
than In the mers number of vk.lms
So far as the newspaper accounts
show none of the vlct'-nis were burn
ed at the stake, an atrecl'y ihat hns
been Indulged in by Infuriated mobs
more than once In the pt'st. Nor wer?
any of the lynching casta this year
aeccnipanled by the so-called race
ru-s, which always edd.id to the
number cf victims ar.d served to In
tensify the antagonism of the whi'e
and black races.
The town of Harrlston, Miss., fur
nished the nearest approach to a
"rel.fli of terror"' whe-a two drug
crazed mulatto boys, on September
2$. ran a much and sturted a riot in
the course of whteh three white n:en
four negro men, and .ne old n gro
woman met death. The two boys
were killed by the cttiz-ns, but as
they nut el.ea.h while resistiag cap
ture, the case cannot s'rU'tly be
classed as out of lynching.
tn th forty-four lynching the
vietims of all but ona were negroes,
an. I till but two of the cas.'s oe-e-ur-red
in Southern States. No woman
was included among the year's victims.
I Einhty-Four Year OKI Man Kills His
Sua.
Paris. Dec. 30. An extraordinary
tragedy occurrred In Paris tonight
when a popular English vaudeville
One lllessii'it lit laist.
Casiy had b ell 111 moro I hail n
week, when his wife met Mrs. Mur
phy oa the stree't and the following
conversation ensued:
"Mrs. Casv. and how is your hus-b-iiul
gtttin' along?" asked Mrs. Mur
piiy.
"Ah, Indade. Pat is a very sick
man." said Mrs. Casey.
"Sure, and what is the matter
with him?" inquired Mrs. Murphy.
"Tiis the gingrrne, the doc'.cr
tells us, Mrs. Murphy."
"Ah, that's bad," said Mrs. Mur
phy. "But let's praise the l'-rd
for the color." Ladi s Heme Jour-
The Most Important
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a druggist dees is fill prescriptions. There is no drug
store where this feature has more scrupulous attention
than here. When there is sickness in the house
It Does Not Pay to Take
Chances.
Better bring your prescription here, where every
thing is certain to be right.
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llw-Yem-Old lieelell Bey Sliitils
l.it.Ie i;ii-r.
ftiUBvHle, Dec. 2i. K.itlo Lou
Cart', r, little daughter if Mr. c.tie'
Mrs. Lee Carter, vers killed in a lior
riblo manner tcdiy rt the heme ol
her pann In CjoI Spring t iwa.siip.
ahoui six miles norine:st cf St.it.s
vllle. 11 r h Mid was literally blown
off by a lead of shot from a gun 1p
the hands of her 5-y far-old broth; r.
The little girl, ag.d ab nil 3 years,
nnd her brother and two younger
children had been left in the house
to play while the parents went about
their work. The 5-year-old boy, the
oldest if the children, get hold of Irs
father's shotgun and, lending It from
a pile of shells lef. on a taLle dis
charged the weapon with the barrel
pc!,.iud nt the head of hU s'st;r.
Fired at close range, the shot took
the top of the child's head off.
The children wore badly frighten
ed and the little boy wht did, the
ehoeting at firs', denied firing the
gun, but later confessed his guilt
without giving any caiise for the
act. A bruise waa visible on the
boy's face where the gun had kicked
him.
nirfnrnier known on tha staee as
Harry Fragson. was shot and killed,
by his 84-year-old father. Victor
PoU.
On hU way to the theatre Frag-
o . M ...1 tliA finirlniant 1'h'l'h
J t UKU L .,u "1"
he oceupud with bia fc?ed father.
11 f nin.l tha riner ttcltrit and wad
kept waiting a long time before it
wag opened. High words ensued
and suddenly the father elrew a re
volver and shot the son through the
hrad.
The report of the revolver
brought to the scene the police and
those living In adjoining apir'ments.
The sen was hurried to a hospital
where he died; the father was taken
to the pr.lice station.
Th. f.l,l nlil man was greatly
shaken as In a rambling way he tol I
his story ti t'J9 poin-e cimmtssarv .
He had bought the rovolu-r, he said,
w! h the intention cf cjinmittuig
suielde. The son had brought a
woman to the house In s;dtc ef re
tue,i nmtrsit Toniulit. Dot t de
clared, his son was aceeniaanled by
the stime woman and reproactiea
him for keeping him waiting. He
mi ant to kill himself, in their pres
ence am drew the pistol What
pissed he did not understand but
l:i?te;d of putting a bullet into his
own temple he rirenl at n:s son.
Why, he could not explain.
The janitor cf the apartment and
neighbors Informed the p-llo? they
often had heard father (inil son
eiuarreling.
lias Been i;. d Year fi.r Nurtli Car
e.liuu I'e.i mi i s.
Washington, Dec. 2!'. In a f.irni
:n' bulletli Isued today. Secretary
Housion cf the Dep.irtir.e nt of Agri
culture makes a great show lug for
North Carolina. The only crop of
1913 that did net bring more money
than that of lit 12 is cotton. Tobac
ej is almost double In value.
The value of the tobacco crop in
the I'uitcd S.ntes for l'JI3 Is 28.1
per cent greater than that of l.i.d
year. Tho largest Increase was
n the bright e'.Utrie's of Virginia,
Xoith Cai-oiltin, end South Car
Un i. The price is higher than ever
realized before.
Aecardln.t to the bulletin. North
Oaroliiia farmers are rolling In
weal'h. The following figures give
rep values based on prlers Dec m
btr 1, 1193, to proiluc: rs: Coin.
$48,618,000, ag.Uns. $42.4 18.000 f i r
1912: wheat $7,703,000. again t 5.
907,'O00; cottJll $4.j.99U,OUO. ngil.ts
$50,373,000; tobacco, $3u,S8.
000. iigiinst $7,757,000.
Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture H. T. Calloway is speeding Ills
Chrrljtmns vuca'Icn in Ninth Caro
lina. He Is related to the North
Carolina Galloways.
One of HeiiittiT Smith's Jokes.
Atlanta, Dee. 29. S. ni'tor H -k"
Smith's reputation as a humorist is
not entirely ovi rcast by his reputa
tion its a stati sinan. The IR'orglr.n
is being quot-d this week nil over
th? country in con'rlbuti'ig the fal
lowing Jest to the railroad sLLuUion:
"One day," said, the senator, "i
was walling for a train at a plic?
near Athens, Oa. One hour, two
h;.urs, three hours passed, but no
train. Just cs I was about to make
arrangements for a vehicle to drive
mo to the next town, the sUitlon
agent said:
" 'I wouldn't go to that trouble
dr. That train will bo along soon
now.' "
"What makes you think so?"
" 'Well,' said he 'I'm pretty cer
tain It will. Hero oamca tli3 con
ductor's dog now." "
Memstir Aoroplnne With Sleeping
Knoins.
The remarkable success cf the
Russian airman, Siksrski, In build
ing an aeroplane weighing three
tons nnd a half I reporrted by
the St. Petersburg ccrrtspcr.de at of
the Times.
Seme time nge Siborrs'nl d a gned
a giant aeroplane which wis con
structed to carry eleven persons. He
has now successfully tested a new
flying machine half as large aa'n.
Acccrdlrg to the Bourse Gazs'-te,
the new aeroplane is propelled by
four motors cf 100 horse power each.
There are cabtes with sleeping ac
commodation fcr a number of pas
sengers. On th-vtrrhl tr'p the nnchlne
rose Into the air after a run of 100
yardi and circled the aerodrome
wi.hcut a hitch.
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Notice i f Sinnille lis.
North Carolina, Union County.
In the Superior Court.
It. 11. Redwlne vs. Thomas Harrett,
T. J. Honryeiitt and wife ....
Hcneyeutt, defendants.
To the defendants T. J. Honeyciitt
and wife .... Honeyeutt:
You and ench of you are hereby
notified, that the plaintiff II. U. Red
wine has Instituted a civil action
In this court for the purpose of
foreclosing the rights of the defend-,
ants above named, ns well as your
selves, of nil their lights In and t to
a certain bond for title made ' 'by
this said U. H. Redwlne and his
wife to the defendants P. L. Alex
ander, Thomas Barrett and T. J.
Honeyeutt on the 11th day of Sep
tember, A. D. 1909, nnd for the pur
pose of selling said land to pay the
purchase price agreed upon and for
such other further ordets as to the
court may seem Just tthd proper.
The said defendants are required to
appear at a term of Superior court
of this county to be held at the
court house 'In Monroe In the coun
ty of Union and State of North Car
olina, on the Gth Monday before
the 1st Monday In March, 1914, It
being the 26th day of January, A.
D. lit 14, to answer or demur to the
complaint filed In this cause. The
defendants will further take notice
that if they fall to answer or de
mur to said complaint, the relief
prayed for or such as may be deem
ed just, by the court will be render-'
ed against the defendants in the
cause.
Done at my office on this the 12th
day of December, 1913.
R. W. LEMMOND,
Clerk Superior Court of Union
County, N. C.
Notice of Administration.
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of W. G. Chapman, de
ceased, late of Union county, North
Carolina, this Is to notify all per
sons having claims against the es
tate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned ht his
office, on or b?fore the 12th day of
December, 1914, or this notice will
bo pleaded In bar of their recovery.
All persons Indebted to said estate
will please make Immediate pay
ment.
This the 8th day of Dec., 1913.
W. O. LEMMOND, Admr.
of W. G. Chapman, dee'd.
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apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR.
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