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One cent a word 0ets a local In the Special Column of The Journal. And they pay lOOO per cent profit Tee Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. VOL.20. No. 42. MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. HERE ARE THE MURDERERS. The Army of Flies Kill More in North Carolina Each Year Than All Vio lent Agencies Don't 1U a Fly Breeder. Lexington Dispatch. Warren H. Booker, civil engineer and assistant secretary of the State Board of Health, says: "Flies are the filthiest and most dangerous enemy of man. Every sum mer they kill more people in North Carolina than are killed during the entire year by murderers, lightning, storms, cyclones, mad dogs, poison ous reptiles, angry bulls and other vicious animals combined. How do they do It ? Dy carrying the germs of typhoid fever, dysentery, infantile diarrhoea, tuberculosis, smallpox and probably hookworm and many other diseases to our food. In fact, the only objection to calling the ordinary housellies typhoid flies is that it might leave the Impression that ty phoid Is the only disease they carry, while in reality they spread the bac teria of all intestinal diseases." Vet, people of ordinary sense and intelligence go on and make fun of people who are advocating cleanliness and a campaign for the extermination of flies and mosquitoes, and the only thing. In many instances, that causes our people to realize the Importance of cleanliness and sanitation Is the death of members of our own family or dear friends coused by preventa ble diseases. The Dispatch Is glad to see that so many people in the country districts are screening their doors and win dows to keep the house fly and mos quito out, and that they are making efforts to prevent the breeding of these disease-carrying insects. There should be a law in Lexington and ev ery other town in the state to compel men to keep their premises clean, and to compel them to clean out their stables, hog pens and privies at least once a week. If you would do these things you would destroy the breed ing place of the fly and mosquito, hence you would destroy the carrier of preventable diseases and save the lives of those most dear to you. The biggest question in North CaT- ollna today is the health Question. It has been conservatively estimated that more than sixteen thousand peo ple in the state die from preventable diseases annually, and this Is estima ted with the doctor bills as a loss of more than forty-five million dollars to the state on account of preventa ble diseases. Don't make fun of the man who wants to destroy the breeding places of the fly and mosquito. He is a friend to mankind. He Is trying to save your life and the lives of those most dear to you. Join in and help, clean up your own home and your own community, whether it be in the most fashionable section of the city or in the remotest part of the coun try districts. Do your duty in your own neighborhood and let us wipe out the loss of sixteen thousand people who die annually from preventable diseases. Colored Farmer Cures First Tobacco. Wilmington Star. The Fuquay (N. C.) Gold Leal notes that Frap Jones, a colored farmer who lives - near Fuquay Springs, has a farm of fine tobacco cut July 13. By way of compliment ing the colored tobacco grower, the paper said: "This Is said by many of our oldest farmers to be the earliest tobacco on record In Wake county. Jones Is said to be a very industrious farmer and the Gold Leaf is glad to make mention of the fact." So Is every paper In North Caroli na. It shows that a colored man who is industrious and Is making a good citizen gets credit for it. His white neighbors even yield htm the palm when he wins it, Just as the farmers around Fuquay Springs gave farmer Frap Jones the credit for breaking the record for an early curing of to bacco. When the colored farmer Is first on the market with a bale of cotton he gets as much as if he were John D. Rockefeller. When he makes a bale to two bales of cotton per acre he gets as much credit as anybody. When he is independent and prosper ous all his white neighbors are grati fied, and so it goes. With strong arms and the will to work, every man, white or colored, can prosper on the farm in North Carolina. Frap Jones will get cash In July and August for his tobacco crop, and in September and October he can rake in more cash for his cot ton. There are other farm products to be marketed, but cotton and to bacco are two money crops that are snatched up even during a panic. The opportunities for an industri ous man to do something in North Carolina and take In his own cash are plentiful. Even the colored farmer can become an expert tobacco and cotton grower and even get up to the head of the procession. Frap Jones knows it. There will be public missionary ex ercises at St. Luke's Lutheran church next Sunday night. Dr. It. C. Hol land, chairman of the Board of For eign Missions, will deliver an address. The public is cordially invited. Col. W. W. Phlfer of Charlotte died suddenly of heart failure on Wednesday night. He was well known In the upper part of this coun ty, having for many years run a brick making plant near Stout. He waa a native of Fort Mill, and had for many years been a leading cltl ten of Charlotte. MY THIRD DAY AT OETTYSBl IMi, (Continued from last week.) Having remained behind my tree for a short time and realizing that renditions demanded better protec i :-, I began to cast about for a safer ittreat. Just behind me about ten or fifteen paces I noticed a huge boul der some four or five feet high and perhaps twice as long. That rock looked so Inviting and the tempta tion grew until I could no longer re sist Carrying my gun at a trail" and bending low, I was soon safely ensconsed behind that friendly old barrier. At first I was so delighted with my new and safe position that I failed to notice the presence of the good company into which I had fall en. But on turning my head slightly I discovered to my supreme delight Col. Morehead and Adjutant Murray lying there behind the same shelter I was quick to realize my advantage and so grew calmer and bolder if no braver. Raising himself a little, the Colonel demanded to know why I came back there. I replied with that respect due from a subordinate to his superior that Gen. Daniel had order ed us to cease firing and that I did not think it prudent to stand and be shot to death while doing no good, or words to that effect. "Did the Gen eral order the firing to cease!" ques tioned the Colonel. "He did sir, and I supposed you heard the order," I replied. "O, well, O, well, that's all right; never mind." I do not mean to reflect upon the soldierly character of these my wor thy superiors, not In the least, for they were both as brave and gallant soldiers as ever drew sword, as they had fully proven on many previous occasions. In seeking safety they were actu ated by the same Impulse that moved the writer to do the same, and were only exhibiting the elements of the true soldier and not of the reckless bravado. I always loved and respect ed more highly these my superiors In rank after that little incident. About the time all had gotten quiet we were startled at the report of a rifle some twenty yards further down the slope. Flashing my eyes in that direction I saw a puff of smoke and heard the thud of something as it hit the ground. I immediately saw the cause of the commotion. While lying there on his back, behind some rocks, a "Johnnie" had spied a big old fat grey "possum" among the branches of a chestnut tree near by. Without even shifting his position, that "reb el" raised his gun,, took a "dead lev el" and tumbled that old marsupal to the ground. Even before It quit struggling that marksman had him In full possession and was back In his place. Now to one who is acquaint ed with the doings of a half starved "rebel" it is useless to tell what dis position was made of that "varmint. But perhaps there are others who are anxious to know its final destiny. To such It Is enough to say that the car cass was not wasted. In a Jiffy it was dressed and divided around to await an opportune time to be roast ed. We always took "them things In wherever we found "em." We were soon ordered to reform our line and be ready for any emer gency. . We were permitted to lie down and protect ourselves as best we could behind rocks, logs and trunks of trees that came handy. We remained here under a desultory fire until far Into the night. Fortunately for us, we were not In the thickest of the battle on this afternoon, but could distinctly hear the noise and roar of the terrible couflict on Cemetery Hill in the fa mous charges of Pickett, Ramseur and others. Some time during the night orders were whispered along the line to move off as silently as possible, not even the rattle of a canteen must be heard, and to carry our guns at a "trail arms" whenever the man at our right moved. Soon we were si lently stealing our way back toward town and to Seminary Ridge, west of Gettysburg, from which we had driv en the enemy the first day of battle. Here we were thrown Into line of bat tle and ordered to He on our guns and be ready to move at a moment's warning. About the last I remember of that night was that It was quite late and was raining. I had lost my blanket some time during the battle and had nothing In the world to lie on except my gun and the bare wet earth. How ever, I happened to occupy a place Just under a spreading dogwood with thick forage from which I broke off some branches and spread them out and threw myself down on these with my gun-breech for a pillow and the clouds above for my cover and had soon forgotten that there was any war. Thus ended my third day's experi ence at the great battle of Gettys burg. Our retreat and crossing of thePo tomac will be given latet H. P. MEIGS. Wlngate, N. C. Recorder-Judge Oscar Sikes. Judge Sikes of the county Record er's Court Is sustained in his Judg ments and decisions in many cases by the upper court when popular opinion v was against him. The "Judge" has his own way of think ing and arriving at conclusions, and a most emphatic way of voicing tnem. The Enterprise has otm observed that be has tw trio judicial temper: anient, and the fact that his decis ions are not often reversed bears out the statement. Mr. Sikes is gaining the very experience necessary for the higher call which may come later to him as a judge on the Superior Coutt bench. Albemarle Enterprise. mm Hon. Ney McXeeley of Monroe, nominee of Democratic party for the Senate from district composed of Un ion, Anson, Stanly and Davidson counties. The Economic Value of Sanitary Improvements. Manufacturers Record. Every public official who fails to do his utmost duty in order to bring water supply and an adequate sewer age system in towns and cities is facing a great responsibility. In many communities men will not en courage the spending of money for municipal betterments either be cause some taxpayers are too pen urious to encourage such work or because they are afraid that they will be charged with extravigance In ex pending money for such things. When men come fully to realize the economic loss in preventible dis eases and deaths, there will prob ably be on the part of many a quick er recognition of the Importance of things than when they were merely considering expenditures for water works and sewerage systems and street paving and a cleaning up of cities as desirable things, but not as an essential. These things are In deed essential. They are the most essential things in the life of a com munity. The State Board of Health of Ken tucky has just Issued a bulletin In which It claims that the economic loss In 1913 In the State of Kentucky from typhoid fever alone was over $5,300,000, which is within $1,700 000 of the total revenue of the State for the same year. Typhoid fever is, to a large extent, a preventable disease. Its exlstance is due largely to bad sanitary con ditions, to Impure water or milk, or other causes which are known and can be overcome. , The Kentucky bulletin states that tests made show that 40 per cent, of all the wells and springs In the State are contaminat ed, and that the water from them is unfit for use unless properly filtered or purified In some other way. Ken tucky has no superiority In these bad conditions. They apply largely to every section and to every State. If to the loss by typhoid fever could be added the losses from other preventa ble diseases, the total would be stag gering. Men are inclined to forget that, outside of the sorrow and suf fering that come from sickness and death, there Is an economic drain up on the community for every case of sickness and of death. This is pre eminently In the case of the death of young and the middle-aged, and these are the people who suffer more from typhoid. On the farm and In the villages and towns of all sections of this entirely too little attention is given to the Importance of the things which prevent sickness and make for health. Too little attention is given to the question of pure water or pure milk, or adequate sewerage methods, and to well-paved streets and alleys, and It Is only when streets and alleys are well paved that they can be properly cleaned. Too many officials seem to regard these things as things desirable, but not essential, and many property owners are always fighting against an Increase of taxation with which to provide these improve ments.. Many hotels, especially in small towns, and some In larger cities, are indescribably Insanitary. borne of these places disgrace civilization and make a man wonder their managers were reared, whether in a stable or In a hogpen. Hun dreds of hotels can be found whose sanitary conditions.make them unfit tor nogpens, much less for human beings. The facts presented by the Ken tucky Board of Health are not new, but in 4he way in which they have been stated as they relate to Ken tucky they should awaken a wide spread interest In every other State. The story of what Ashevllle did in the elimination from that city of typhoid fever, and of what Memphis did in changing a fever-Infested city to one of the healthiest cities in the country by adequate sewerage system and other improvements, should be studied by the officials and by the people of every other community in the country, North and West as well as South. Mr. D. W. Piirvlanea whn llvod In Monroe twenty-three years ago, and hasn't been here since leaving, spent the day In town yesterday with old friends. Ha Is now with tha Proahv- terian Standard of Charlotte. He says that Monroe looks better than it did twenty-three years ago. niBI.K SOCIETY TOMORROW. Has Met Every Year Except One Since lu Organization in 1857 Other News Out Waxhaw Way. Waxhaw Enterprise, 22nd. Mr. J. T. Weir has purchased the Gordon place south of town and he will move his family there next fall and will begin farming on the place. The Waxhaw Telephone Exchange had a Pv switchboard installed last week and the telephone service in Waxhaw is now greatly Improved. Recently the telephone wires have been substituted by a cable. Nlven, Trice & Company's store is completed and the bis stock of mer chandise Is now being moved from the old building to the ne'.v. The new store is a pretty building and has been arranged especially to r.ieet the needs of the company in the transaction of its business. Mr. Oscar Helms, who has been with the Southern Tower Company at Mt. Holly, has returned to his home in College Hill community for a few weeks. Mrs. W. A. Weir and son. Master Holland, of Marshville arrived in town Monday and will spend several weeks visiting relatives and friends in the community. Miss Lou Billue left yesterday for Charlotte, where she will undergo a course of treatment at the Presbyte rian hospital. She was accompanied by her brother, Mr. Edward Billue. Mr. S. H. Bracy of Chicago, presi dent of the Howie Mining Company, and a number of capitalists from Wheeling, W. Va., spent Monday and Tuesday Inspecting the mining properties. The gentlemen were Messrs. A. Tyler, Wm. Hilton, C. Dorsey, C. E. Wyatt, C. Gabriel, C. S. Sheets, T. A. Moore, G. S. Stand iford, H. B. Bierkraft and A. C. Cob ert. Mr. Charles Blackman and family, who have been at the Howie Mine since early In February, left last night for Chicago, where they will spend several weeks. The Charlotte District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, met at the Weddington church last Thursday morning. Dr. J. H. Weaver was elected president of the conference, Presiding Elder Durham being absent. The usual work of hearing pastors' reports, missionary talks, etc., was disposed of. The most Important act was the raising of $500 to pay on the printing house at Greensboro. Mr. W. A. Short of Weddington and Mr. W. H. Phifer of Monroe were elected to the annual conference. The district conference will meet at Polkton next year. A surplse marriage of much Inter est to Waxhaw people occurred at Monroe last Saturday evening when Miss Myrtle Crowder of this place became the bride of Mr. Theodore Maddox of Washington City. Miss Crowder left here on the train short ly after five o'clock Saturday even ing and Mr. Maddox was in Monroe waiting for her. Immediately after the marriage they left on the north bound train for Washington. Mr. Maddox la a telegraph operator in Washington. The bride, one of Wax haw's pretty and attractive young la dies, has for a number of years been telephone operator at this place and has many friends here to wish her much happiness. Saturday of this week, July 25, Is the day for the meeting of the Tirzah Bible society. This event is the cli max of the home coming week for Tirzah's children who begin about the first of July every year to make preparations to return home for the Bible Society. From all over the Carolinas, from Florida and from the far Western States the faces of the sons and daughters of old Tirzah are turning toward the home of their youth. They come together In hap py reunion and for hours before the time of opening on Saturday morning they may be seen strolling about the cemetery and among the ancient trees in the beautiful church yard re viving memories of other meetings and other times. So this year they will come, already they have come from Florida and Mississippi, to at tend the fifty-seventh annual meet ing of the Tirzah Bible Society. Headers of The Enterprise are fairly familiar with the history of this or ganization. Organized In the sum mer of 1857 it has lived for more than half a century and has failed but once to have Its members togeth er on the last Saturday In July of each year. The one exception was during the war when all the men and big boys were at the front and the women and little children had no means of getting to the church. Sur viving the hard times following and stronger because of them, the society has grown steadily In attendance and collection until It has long been rec ognized as one of the largest and strongest auxiliaries of the American Bible societies In the South. The ad dress will be delivered this year by Kev. John A. Smith, synodical evan gelist of South Carolina, who will also conduct a series of meetings during the following week. ;et culture .ems free. Mr. Rroom Will Supply Every Farm er in the County All lul Toð. er to Make I'nion Famous. To the Editor of The Journal: Flease allow me space in the col umns of your paper to say some things relative to demonstration work. The immediate work that we are now trying to do is to secure the co-operation of farmers in getting each county in the State to put in 5,0t0 acres to crimson clover,, crim son clover and oats or vetch and oats, to be cut for hay or turned into the toil for manure; and as it is Impossi ble for me to visit every farmer be tween now and time for sowing the seed, I take this method to make a request, and to offer a few suggestions. The request Is, that every farmer, business and professional man, land lord and tenant, white and colored, co-operate and ko to work with the great purpose of putting our county in the very front among the agricult ural counties In the State. Lets make Union famous for some things. We can do it. Of this we will have more to say later. Now we suggest community organ ization. Have a "Betterment Club" or something of that kind. Get the community spirit. Make your locali ty noted for something. Try to be the best farming section in the coun ty. Try to make your farm the best in your section. Get ready for clover. Club your orders for seed. If your soil is not Inocculated, come to my office tthe grand Jury room in the court house) on Saturdays, and get order blanks for free lnocculating cultures, or write me for same. Try liming an acre or two. Get the ground lime stone and put two tons per acre. Bet ter place orders for lime early. Now It Is desired to know the num ber of acres sown to crimson clover, crimson clover and oats, or vetch and oats, and that we may get this in formation, I will give to the school district sending In a census, showing the largest percentage of farms in the district growing either or all of the three crops mentioned above, threo valuable books, to-wlt: "Feeds and Feeding" by Frof. Henry, Dr. Vann Slyke's great book, "Fertilizer and Crops," and "Soils" by Dr. King. There are no better books of the kind written, and would be a valuable ad dition to any library. Observe the following regulations In competing for this prize: No farm er Is to grow less than an acre, and If oats are sown not less than m bushels per acre, if oats and vetch are sown not lews than M bushel of vetch and 1 4 bushels of oats. You can sow to be turned under or for hay. Take a census of your school district, taking the name and post office address of every farmer, and the number of acres of each crop mentioned, taking also the names and addresses of those who do not sow. A tenant who owns or furnish es his stock Is reckoned as a farmer, and should be listed as such. Thus, if three tenants should be living on the same plantation, furnishing their w6rk stock, they should be listed as so many separate farms. To the colored school districts ob serving the same regulations as above I will give the winner that valuable and comprehensive book on soils by S. W. Fletcher, and a valuable book on fertilizers by E. E. Miller. All reports to be in by November 1st, at which time they will be turned over to Trof. R. N. Nisbet, R. F. Beasley and B. C. Ashcraft to deter mine the winners. In conclusion, I want to express my appreciation of the many expressions of confidence and kindnesses that have been shown me, as well as the spirit of willingness to co-operate with us that is being made manifest by all. These things make the work a pleasure. I hope to meet every farmer In the county between now and next March. It is my purpose to get into every school" district between now and then and hold a meeting at the schools while in session. I will be in my office on Saturdays and will be glad to have you call when in town. Yours to serve, T. J. W. BROOM, Agent. There will be a reunion at my home on Mr. I. F. Flyler's place near town on the first Saturday in August, to which all are invited to come and bring baskets. There will be music by the Rock Hill band. On August the 7th and 8th there will be a church union at Oak Grove In North Monroe for the purpose of building a new church. Rev. J. H. Wlther spoon, pastor. Chero-Cola is going like wild fire. More than one hundred and fifty places In Union county sell it. Winuate 1-ocaK. Correspondence of The Journal. Wincate. July 23. The health conditions of Wingate is ex. ! ingly fine at present, so much so that uur doctor reports hiimelt as cur of a job just now. The Wingate Pupply Co. ha a rw representative for tiieir tewii-z nu- chine departn.nt in the j.t-i-,,n of Mr. W. O. Murrav of Colum!.; sr Judging from the number of ia- chines this company was tr.t interr ing irom tne depot to their n;r-hoise a few days ato, it must uoin? a lively business along this lire .Miss Isabel Haiget is viii,ii,- tier uncle. Mr. E. M. Phifer nt i.nM Creek this week. Rev. T. J. Hucgins preached two excellent sermons in the vt:-n;ii church here Sunday. Messrs. H. K. Helms and .? J P.r. ry went to Charlotte on buiii-si on i uesuay. Mrs. T. L. Brewer is in Monroe to- y having some dental work '.o!ip. Mrs. Lvdia Perrv nefitlani-ill" liwf a valuable colt Wednesday evening. Mr. W. M. Walden is visit ir.g rel atives and friends in Winj.a this week. Mr. B. Arthur Evans has sreured an artificial foot to supply the place me lost one and the "fesr lee" MIST BE REAL PEACE. United State Will Xot Countenance Any Fighting Iletween Rival Ia'mU eft in Mexico. Washington Dispatch, July 21st. The United States, through its con sular representatives today appealed to General Carranza and General Vil la in the Interest of patriotism and permanent peace in Mexico to bury their personal differences and work in harmony for the stablishment of a new government. Secretary Bryan telegraphed both George F. Carothers and John R. Sil liman, representatives of the State Department, with Gen. Villa and Gen. Carranza, respectively, urging that they present in a most friendly yet effective manner the Importance of cohesion in the Constitutionalist forces. While the recent conference at Torreon was declared to have result ed in healing the breach between Vil la and Carranza, reports have come to the effect that Villa was preparing to concentrate In Chihuahua and hold himself aloof from Carranza authori ty. Mr. Bryan's telegrams to the two Constitutional leaders Indicated that the American government would dis approve of counter revolutions. Join the crowd that is drinking Chero-Cola. The drink of the coun try and of the tow da j of that he has been using. He hopes by patience and persevearance to soon be able to use it comfortably. Born Wednesday, the 22nd. to Mr. and Mrs. Rufe F. Honeycutt twins girls. Mrs. Jane Secrest, relict of the late J. H. Secrest, died Wednesday at the home of Mr. W. D. Bivens, her son-in-law. Her remains will be buried at Shiloh Thursday. The Wlngate folks would appreci ate It highly if the candidates for the various offices of the county and State would arrange to meet our vo ters here some time during their can vass of the county. Wingate feels that It Is entitled to recognition along with other towns of the county. Let us hear from you in due time. O. P. TIM 1ST. J. M. Falrley for Representative. In a few weeks It will be up to the people of Union County to select men to represent our county in the next General Assembly. Mr. J. M. Fair ley Is a man who has lived a life above reproach, has always stood for any measure or movement that had for Its aim the betterment of Mon roe, Union county or humanity. As a Road Commissioner, his record is so well known that it needs r.o ex planation. It Is sufficient to gay that he has done more for good roads than any other ten men in the county, and without putting the county one cent in debt. He Is a man of mature judgment, and for him to offer his services should be looked on in the light of a God-send. A man of the type of Mr. Fairley would command attention and respect in the Capitol, and could be counted on to use discretion and cool Judgment. It is especially im portant that the personal of the legislature be of a high order, as the coming session promises to be one of great importance. The votors of the county should hold their spirit of humor in abeyance and vote for a man who would always be at the post of duty. Aside from Mr. Fairley's qualifications of character and abili ty, it Is nothing but right that his many services to the people should bn remembered In a substantial way; that is by sending him to the legis lature. CITIZENS. Woman Who fiave Hiith to 4i fhil. dren, London Cronlcle. "' v" The Palermo woman, Rosa Saleml, who presented her husband recently with five boys, all well formed, and "eating well and crying well." has not wrested the record from the peasant girl, Gravata of Tuscany. She was the twin daughter of a woman who was herself one of trip lets and married a man of her own class. She set the seal on the fam ily reputation, though she ledoft modestly with a baby girl. On th next occasion she made her husband a present of six little souls ar,d fol lowed that the next year with five more. Then came a couple of sets of triplets, which were followed by a quartet. Then ensued a Ions pro cession of ones and twos, hrim-in,' the number of her living children up to 62 and assuring to her endless fame In obstetrical annals as the "Gravata case." Wildington New. Coresprondence of The Journal. The District Conference which con vened here July 16-17, was report ted by some, who have attended a number of conferences, to be tLe best they ever attended. Miss Grace Bradley of Charlotte visited friends here, last week. Miss Mary Hudson has returned to her home in Monroe, after a weeks stay with her uncle, Mr. IX. A. Hud son. Mr. E. Delaney of Charlotte visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope Delaney last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Short cpent last Wednesday with Mr. Short's sis ter, Mrs. G. F. McManus, who is in a hospital at Charlotte. Mr. O. L. Hemby left Monday for Indian Trail where he has a position as manager of the J. D. Hemby Co. Messrs. Robert and Louis Gordon spent the latter part of last week In the village. Mr. R. L. Stevens of Monroe spent last Monday here on business. Chero-Cola is the best carbonated drink on the market
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