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No Use To Be Without The Npws Whon Vmi r-n rrt th t.. rr..,, uuuiuui vhj: ci vvtLK I'OP M.UU a MONROE r- -r 9 jo U JUN AL PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. VOL. 20. No. 53. MONROE, X. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1914. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. AS A VISITOR SEES UNION. XOTI.II XFAYSIWPKU OIUU.S lOMFXT W1UTFS OF VI;. IT Hl.UF.. Mr. IHon II. Butler, Who It SI inly in;; All Sections of North Cui-ollim Find Monroe ami I'nion County Wght I'p in the Front Elements of IYositss That Cuni.ot He Bioa H. Dutler in News and Observer. Monroe. Sept. 12. I have been locking over Monroe with a curious interest, for it has many things to at tract the attention of a visitor. Perhaps the first thing ou think of is that AVaxhavr. in the county, was the birthplace of Andrew Jack son, one of the most remarkable characters in the story of the coun try, and that at W'axhaw the soldiers of tho revolutianary war had some words. Those things always get the attention of tho visitor. Another thins that Is Impressed on him iuicl;ly Is that I'nion is one of the foremost cotton counties of the State, occupying fourth place last year with nearly 32.0u hales. Two other distinctive features that the people of .Monroe see that you discover lire the poo l roads and the pood schools. ; One more to dap the climax and hind all those things together is that I'nion county has be?n paying for the needed improvements as they are made instead of providing con veniences for the present Feneration to use and the next Ken-ration to pay for. NEARLY EIGHTY SPECIAL TAX . DISTRICTS. Monroe is not exactly Union conn ty. ana I nion county is not exactly .Monroe. .Nevertheless one is the country and the other is the town each the complement of the other, inion county has a population of about 35,000. The county makes not quite a Dale of cotton for each in habitant. It has one rural library ror every thousand inhabitants Nearly eighty districts In the county have voted a special school tax for me Detterment of the public schools and two of the special tax districts are colored. Union was one of the first eoiintl. of the State to take kindly to the special tax school district. It has been one of the earnest advocates of good roads. It Is one of the progres five counties in the adoption of im proved rami methods. .Monroe Is a tlulfty town. It has grown rapidly, and established varied industries on a bis scale. Two large lactones manufacture vehicles of vn rious kinds. Two others make sash and building supplies. Union has aiso several good cotton mills. The county is well equipped, well estab usiied and progressive. NO BONDED DEBT. inion nas no bonded debt. The people in Monroe say the county is euucauon crazy, Not only are the country districts voting special M-nooi Taxes. out here in the countv where the farm demonstration hurt its beginning, as well as the special school tax. Union claiming to have u:e nrst district to vote special tax under the law. In addition to hav ing long term schools for all the chll men practically every innn In the county is going to school in the larmers institutes and in the study oi new and improved methods of pro duction. Union claims to have no benighted sections where education and civili- iv, i civii. i ne uatiKS say mm me cnattei mortgage Is not iound a tnird as plentiful now as it was n few years ago. The farms are email, and the small ones cultivated by their owners. The colored popu lation ouisiue or tne towns Is not very large, and lis quality is good. Over mree-rourths of all the farms are less man a nundred acres each. Fullv nair or them are not above fifty ncres. In this little county the value of me larm property Is. almost nine minion dollars, and it has heen emir. ing In the last twelve of fifteen veurs Land was worth six dollars an acre In 1900. It has gone up to twenty uuw, And there Is a story. me man wno visits Monroe Is imeiy to rail In with It. F. Beasley At tne journal office, In a well-appointed printing establishment, this nve wire is round, and he does not go far until he tells you something. "My orflce," he said, "is not on the best location that I could have found vacant In our town." That is a fact. It might have been on one of the unoccupied sites fac ing the court house or the more pub lic business squares of the town. It was not necessary to ask why. But Mr. Beasley answered without asking. "I had to take a lot that was within my price. Our town has grown rapidly, and with it the prices have grown. Those of us who wsnt to put up buildings or to find loca tions for our business ventures must pay the price that competitive desire for good locations creates. When it is possible to make locations fewer by holding some of the best of thvn out of the market the result Is that tho man who wants a location must pay more for an Inferior place." That Is a note I heard several times here, nnd it Is one of more im portance than a good many of our people are ready to realize yet, but It came out from several sources In Monroe and it will have to be faced here and In the rest of the State pretty soon. I nion is a good cotton county. It is also good for a wide variety of other crops. The county makes annu ally a quarter of a million dollars' " rth of dairy and poultry products. '. . grain and hay and meat product will exceed a million in value. Corn yields of fifty to a hundred bushels an acre are not rare. Cattie raising is making such headway that the farmers are encouraged to embark in raising mules for the market. FIXE STOCK CHANCES. The in tile seems adapted to Union county farming methods. Here is good grazing, and cheap winter food to bring the stock through. Grazing and water, and short winters are Ideal for stock. Union county farm ers are sanguine of reaching out Into that direction extensively, and wiih reasonable grounds. Already some progressive farmers have gathered up herds of cattle with gratifying results. The press ins beef question has inclined these folks to put a value on a bunch of steers, and the siht of gracing herds is becoming common. "Union county has a bis future ahead of it." I ventured the remark to t;. U. Caldwell, who is in touch with nearly every business and farm project that is set on foot. A WEAK SPOT. "Jit one weak spot in our line cf d.'Vtlupmenl," Mr. Caldwell re plied. 'I can't it," 1 protested. '1 wnl s!iuw ou,'' ami ho brought out that thing Mr. Beat ley im-nUon-ed. "There is a tendency for 'ands to ret too high to attract settlers." Mr. Caldwell continued. "We lia.o bet n enjoying quite a growth here, and Union lias come along at a llntterir.g ga.t. u e have increased m popula tion, have been building good roads, good schools, good business .houses in town, and all the conveniences that come with increasing population. But what happens? Land goes up as prosperity comes. Then what? The people who by coming into this county to help stimulate things turn to one side. For a time they were settling down Into Moore and Lee and that section. But they meet that same rising land value, and do you know what they are doing now? Well, sir, they are heading lor Flor ida. You will be surprised to know how many people have looked over union county, then taken a look at the sand hill country and then set out for Florida." "Is the country pretty well filled tin?" I asked. "Filled nothing! It is not filling up the county that is making high prices, but the prospect that settlers will buy the unused land where the county is not tilled up. That Is the trouble. If we had a county full of people it would make no difference what prices were put on land, for it would be cultivated nnd made to rro (luce. What hurts Is tlf.it the prices are put up nnd the prospective buyers are irigntened away, and we are held back to no good purpose." A PREVALENT OPINION. This seemed to be a rather pwal ent opinion. A few years ago Union commenced to catch the favorable at tentlon of people in other sections and considerable of an immigration movement started. The home people put in some good licks for progress and it whs thought that the munifl rent resources of the county were to see speedy development. A gratifying movement of newcomers was Inaug urated, and there nre plenty of inqui ries now lor farms and homes, but the advancing prices of land rather tend to encourage Peonle to look eisewnere. A THING THAT THREATENS. Incidentally I might mention that this same thing Is at work In other sections of the State, and It is one thing that threatens to make mere or less trouble for the ambition of settling the State nnd developing its resources. For five or six years I have been hearing that warning note people nre putting their lands too high, and they will keen settlers out. Two prominent cases come to mind mat show Inion county is not alone No county Is making more ranld nro gress than Hoke. The traveler on the Aberdeen and Itockflsh road coming over to Aberdeen from Fayettevllle nonces an along the line to Raeford and from Raeford to within eight miles of Aberdeen the continual suc cessions of new clearings and building rarms. But lust after he nasses the Montrose Sanatorium he conies into a tract of forest, and the road runs tnrough a block of five thousand acres with not an acre of clearing in signt in the four miles. That is a tract of land bought a few years ago ror atiout ten thousand dollars. It is held for a raise, but the owner re fuses to allow anything to be done with It. Efforts have been made to get it open for settlement, but the last price heard from was about sev enty-five thousand dollars. The own ers live In New York. In the few years he has owned the land the de velopment of the country by the working farmers has brought the price of the land up many thousand dollars, and the men who brought It up profit nothing. The man who profits has done absolutely nothing to the land. It is a blockade In the wh- of the prosperity and growth of the county. Down at Wilmington a few weeks ",o I was out with lltich Mckne loo'.iri! over the colonies he is build- TO ASK CONGRESS FOIl All). Ilalcigh Mevtins in Behalf of I 'arm ers Adopted Plan nnd Apiointcd A Committor t Ask Congress to I'nmPli Money. Raleigh, Sept. 11. Governor Craig. Attorney General Bickett and President Alexander of the Farmers I'nion were this afternoon appointed by the Mate farmers' Union Con vention as members of a committee to go to Washington at once to insist that Congress pass an act authoriz Ing the National Government to lend to uny State money to take care of cotton at 10 cents a pound, that State to purrhase the cotton and to issue bonds to recure the money advanced by the federal Government. The co operation of the other Cotton States is to be secured and the Legislature to be called at the proper time to au thorize the State bonds, if it Is found that Congress will act favorably. The convention also passed resold tion calling for a tax of one cent a pcuun on an I'.'ia cotton In excels or i a per cent of this year's acreage. Another resolution culled fur a basis, or fair exchange of cotton seed for cottonseed meal. Governor Craig outlined a plan for a big .North Carolina Corporation for warehousing cotton and loaning .-ev en cents tn it, with a division of profits over lit cents a pound when cl,i. I his was endorsed by the con ventiotj. OVER 2 hi IX ATTENDANCE. i iie run' , ntioii oi and i .ore 'l'Mo:! giovers and others, mostlv i.ie: i-' :s of the Nor'h Carolina Fanner-.' Union, called to meet here by President 11. Q. Alexander, spent (Continued on page eight.) iteming and afternoon sessions tlis ctt ving the cotton situation r.nJ firm ly iidoptod resolutions that had, in a preliminary conference cf the officers of the Union, been adopted as the policy of the Union lor the Suite and at large. These resolutions set out endorse ment of the Henry bill now pending in Congress for having the general Government come -to the relief of the Southern cotton farmer with a bond ed Government warehousing scheme that contemplates setting a standard price of 12 cents the pound on cotton with advances to the farmers in co operation with the general financial plan of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, this warehousing system to be evolved by October 1 In order to assure the conservation of the "dis tress cotton of the crop now being gathered. POLICY OF THE STATE. As to the policy in this State the resolutions presented and adopted set out the following: Whereas, we have had many plans published and many resolutions odopted to save the cotton crop, but nothing has been done to work these Ulans; no organized agencies with ample funds have been put to work to operate them, therefore be it Resolved by tha Slate Council of North Carolina Farmers' Union that we hereby appropriate $l,0ti0 nnd urgently request the North Carolina State Department of Agriculture tc appropriate $9,000 to establish a $10,000 fund to be administered by a marketing committee to carry on a State-wide campaign to save North Curolina's cotton crop in this great emergency. We urge first that a thorough can vass be made of all our cotton ter ritory to secure petitions to Con gress for needed legislation and to secure signatures from every farmer who will agree to hold any specific number of bales until it brings either M cents or 12 cents as they may di rect. Second, we urge that marketing institute parties, like franiers, instl- tute parties be sent to every cotton county with competent men to ad vise about the construction of ware houses, operation, insurance, rules, olaiiK forms and other matters Third, that under the same direc tion, co-operating with local commit tees, a thorough canvass of local banks shall be made to ascertain what funds are available for lending on cotton and on what terms. Fourth, that in the same manner a thorough canvass shall be made of all merchants and lists published of all merchant who will agree to pav 10 cents a pound on store accounts rmu, mai in me same wnv a canvass shall be made of all business and professional men to enlist them In the "Buy-a-Bale-of-Cotton" move ment. ' FERTILIZER DEALS. Sixth, that In the same way guano manufacturers shall be approached and the best possible terms made for extension of credit, acceptance of warehouse certificates, etc. Seventh, and in the same manner a campaign shall be instituted in each county to Increase to the maximum the State's acreage of all grain and legume crops, the surest way to re duce acreage and to avoid buying high-priced foods and feed next Spring. Resolved, that we send urgent re quests to all Southern Coventors nnd Commissioners of Agriculture to hold conference and. In the Meantime. to line up every Southern State with similar impropriations in behalf of similar campaigns in order that this whole movement may be made South- wide, t The above resolutions were first adopted In the council this morning tiefore the convention opened and then were subp.itted to the conven tion through President Alexander. The council that formulated the res olutions consists of Dr. H. Q. Alex- ;OV. CRAIG'S COTTON PLAN. Makins 1 (Torts to Organ!.' 4 Million IMIar Corporation to lluy St.ipli ami Hold It Oft" the Market. Ral 'lch News an 1 Observer, Kill. There is being shown much inter est in the plan proposed by Governor Locke Iran; for taking care cf dis tressed cotton In North Carolina, by means of a trust company financed by the people of the State, who will do this because of the need of patri otism. At the conference of farmers and other business men held in Ral eigh on Friday the plan of Governor Craig was given hearty endorsement, and he was made the chairman or a committee to put the plan into oper ation. Governor Craig stated yesterday that he had not yet appointed the committee which he was cuthori.ted to name, but that all who wished to subscribe to stock in the company could communicate with Col. J. Bry an Grimes of Raleiph, stating tlie amount they would subscribe. He stated that 110 one would be solicited for a substription, that it must be voluntary, that if a suMclent number of men in the State are willing to co operate by lending their 1 inr.ey for taking care of the cotton crop, thN can be done. The :-,;on"v of ;:!! sub scribers, he states, would he rn'-'ivt'y sr. f. and would draw six per c-nt in terest. The ststpment whidt Governor CraU made to a conference of a lev; of the leading business men in his office, nnd in i-ub. !.mce t,,.... mini; 10 i:ie mr-cunir 10 tne tanner.; on Friday, was as follows: "I make the follow inn mii e-Mlons for your consideration rs a 1 ns by which the cotton crop m.iv '. i tected, at loat to some extent: "1. Organize a trust companc w ith an authrolzed capital of ?1. V'"o, to begin business when stock has been subscribed and paid for to the amount of $2 j0,t0ti. "2. The eo!e purpose of this cor poration shall be to loan money on cotton to the amount of seven cents a pound. 3. Each person proposing to bor row money shall subscribe and pav Into the capital stock of the companv one-tenth of the amount that he pro poses to oorrow. 4. AYhen the cotton shall be sold. if It shall bring exceeding ten cents a pound, one-half of all above that amount shall belong to the company, ana one-hjir to the original owner. 5. If at any time any holder of the stock desire that his stork shall be retired, he can exchange this stock for cotton at its market value, provided he allow in such exchange at least ten cents a pound for the cotton. Arrangements can be made by which the company holding cot'on in trust can aim v it to the retire ment of such stock. ";..The noiea secured bv the cot ton, and held by the company to run six mouths, bearing six per cent in terest. "I believe that in the State there is sufficient money In the linn,1.-; of public spirited men to protect the cotton crop, provided these men and this money can be made effective Im proper oiganization. We can sub scribe for stock according, to our ability. Much might be subscribed in small shares by thousands who would help in this eii'orgpncv. "The plan rb3ve se ; jested rn be effected only bv men who are w iilh.g to co- pcrate for their ovn eood. nnd for the general welfare, and to do omething substantial not for per sonal gain, but to re! lev.? this cii.-ls and save us from distress. Patriot- m would be the liupe'Iiiig motive. Hie great staple of the South is threatened with sacridce. Disaster is imminent. It is lime Cant, we should act, not In a spirk of se'fl.' li nes, but for the public good. "This plan will Interred with no other plan that has oeen si.'.'-iested. It can be put Into opo-nUm in ten days or less lime. The market would be toned up, and the price begin to rise at once. When the people real ize that the substantial business men of the state nre behind cotton with their money, confidence In cotton will be restored. At the end the conference of bus! nes men unanimously endorsed the suggestion of the Governor as a good one. Mr. W. A. Erwin said that ne would subscribe $5,000 of the stoclc; Gen. Julian S. Carr said that he would subscribe $5,000; Governor fraig said that he would subscribe $1,000. FRENCH AND ENGLISH CONTINUE TO DRIYE BACK THE GERMANS. P.UTBF.AT I I D Wt.Ki: OF COMING A KOIT. ISK. i'rom li Tetiitoiy May Soon Be t !e:u-. ed of German -liiisimis Continue to Ileal Au-lriaiis Urnn.-e is Juli ilaiit and There Are I1oh-s that the War May Xot Last S-i Lonj as Wax l'H-rted The ( l uian Cam paign Has Been a Failure, o!ith. standins the Marvelous KiMi They .'lade Touaid P.uis. The Germain are trying to gej out of Fr;,nce as fa: t as they got in. but this is impossible. Th"ir asi-ault has been frustrated and ail 1 it me of he 't i, an jinnies i.re in full re treat witn the French and Knuiisb blowing and fiercely r.Mr.cking He n nd hind Ting their m uch as M uch po-t-dble. While I p.. Fletteh :i ral p.op s to tern ti e ,!, ,;'? 'tro a "it. tbi ha. not b- :i :'.;. . i'-'ie.'. I'liilv "he rmans are xh:i'!;-:ed and 0 doubt d'-pir'ed, th'-y are conte--;- ing every inch oi the croi-.nd are! the Allies ere contviuallv iakin.' pri: o- 5 and supplic--. At ore i:i ;; ;..r- man gem-nil r.r.d. his (umpire .;; " ere captured. ! It was reported that two sous i!e German Emperor had died hospi'als, one of them the heir the tnr:i tint this n.i nut invn confirmed and is probably an f rror. Prominent German citizen t of the United States have gott-ui up an ef fort to secure peace, and have gotten Mr. Wilson to send an informal mes sage to Emperor William asking him if he is ready to consider terms. No reply has been received. The British War Office issued a long statement yesterday from Field Marshal Sir John French, covering more completely than previous sum maries the seven days fighting from September A to September 10, inclu sive. According to this report the German swerve to the Southeast of Paris Is accounted for by General von Kluck's decision that the British who had so heavily engaged in the retreat from the Belgian frontier, could be Ignored and that he could proceed wiih his plan of enveloping the main French army. The new army which came out from Paris, however, upset this calculation and, with his flank threatened, the Ger man general had to withdraw a movement which has been continued up to the present. RETREATXG ALL ALONG THE LINE. lost I ; i -loriti 01 ii.. ire try - of t ) the army, v ! i ! t . . ,j.r,-.e., Leiiiberg i;n l wnirU. ;.Itt,oin;;, s heavily in kiHeJ .d votin V.'. oners anl gun, c-. -mired 10 r to M!iie ex'rtit an l undt rlai.e ;i. Tensive. CEP.MANS IX DEFEAT The Ctrtuans who rein for, ! Austiians, according to l.r-t r - shared In the defeat. They a ing to reach the f irires of I'rr- mvst and the r,.ar euar, j Pn,j, ;n .r;,, to keep OiT Ihe Ru-i;n cavalry . !:ich is pursuing them. Austria had in Pi land nnd : lieia an army e.timate.i at l,i"i. 1 men with 2.3'MI guns. t Lei .hu,-, , is Iria hot mcny thousands cf i e -n in killed, wounded ;,ni prison.!.-. It js now stated although not of.i. ai!,, that the tcial nnv.ber of i t: .. .. is amounts to iMiufe) and ihr. field guns were taken. I.e-: . t guns in the capture I fens and metise amount of war mat. -rial. PURSUIT WAS VIGOROUS Paris Pisprtch, Se;it. 1 , Purii; of :! r armies by the i i- : the 1. . 1 r. ...i.-i, it n- t'l. : t r. : 1 1 11 e .-ii. l n Little Girl Followed Hmther Off and nun Drowned. The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Shearin, who live four miles from Loulsburg. was found about ten o'clock Saturday morning drowned on a raft In Cedar creek, a mile and a half below Four Bridges. The nearest point to the creek from the Shearin home is three-quarters of a mile. The little pirl strayed away from home about three o'clock, following her little brother, who is deaf and dumb, and who was not conscious that she was following him, nnd she was soon lost In the woods. Search ing parties in the neighborhood hunt ed for her all night. nnder. Matthews; Dr. J. M. Temple ton. Gary; K. C. Uaires. Aberdeen; J. Z. Green, Marseille; V. B. Gibson, Siatesville; Clarence Poe, Raleigh; W. II. Moore, Bruce; C. C. Wright, Hunting Creek; S. H. Hobbs, Clinton. Mrs. A. B. Helms returned Sunday after spending a week with relatives in Anjcn and Stanly counties. Except for the army which has been attacking Verdun, the German forces in Frame have fallen back all along the line, according to the French official report issued yester day afternoon. From Nancy to the Vosges they have withdrawn from French terri tory while on the extreme right Gen eral von Kluck and General von line low continue to retreat to the north east before the French and British, even giving up their defensive posi tion on the river Aisiie between Com pieirne and Soi. sons. Further west the German detach ments that held Amiens have moved northeastward to try to rejoin ihe German army of the right at St. Quentin. It Is possible n!l the Ger mans In Northwest Franca have come in danger of being cut oil in Hi" center. Another defensive position, behind Rheims, has been given up and in the Argonr.e region a general retreat is taking place toward the forest of Belnoue and Triancourt. The Allies nre pushing their ad vantage and doing their utmost to turn the retreat Into a disaster by a stern pursuit on perhaps the broadest scale yet known in war. On the right. they nre in good position to continue the offensive, If the men and horses are not too tired for fur ther effort. They nre based on a strong line running from the Marne to the fortresses through the hilly country south of Agronne. BELGIAN'S ATTACK. fereei tontit aci-iiriiTi m De ;e:e I; German wiM irrri'-l o if -,vi lev, ; . i, 'o !.. .5. e ' -r ., ),'! t!:e 1; fnitl.. ii l..e i nre. Sor far a l;-w veder; w ho, f ; merch.es into i-': . M--1-1 ;iM. ' -ipt. I ) lines el ihe .jlj lrtv- ali. 'nion d :,. . n . th;:n 1 noni of various celile-r :m.; chire inins ; 1 j 1 . t- ( v; l.! were unable ;ci i.,r. fast enouah to heen up i f iot-veary inf-ntry. Kr amounts of lli:r-;,:;.ition ;:: U- '. r. 'i 1 E v i- in .. 1'.., d. if. iiide tlil'. ! tli tl-e iOU ! 11 ii r sioies aiso were leit on the route of the Germans which is through a dif ficult marshy country, rendered al most Impassable In some places by heavy rains which threaten to con tinue. The Allies, it is asserted, display no signs of fatigue. They nre rep resented as stirred by unexpectedly great victories to such a state of ela tion that they are able to keep close on the heels of the retiring etiomv, harassing them day nnd nltht. cut ting off detachments and attempting to interpose between them and the frontier. It Is generally believed here that the next phase of the gigantic war will take place in German territory. The Allies, according to the military experts, doubtless will endenvor to prevent the German armies, should they succeed in eluding capture, from taking strong defensive positions near the frontier. Large bodies of fresh troi;- are understood to have been seV t for ward to assist in the pnrei; and many more are ready to share the chase, It Is said. Some portions of the Allied armies, who thrcu.h 11c hot and sunny days interspersed with deluges of rain bore the brunt cf tli fighting, are taking a brief test iu preparation for future mo emeu's which may call for equally f.iv;it efforts. The Belgians, who have received new big guns and reinforcements from somewhere, by a sortie from Antwerp, have prevented the Ger mens from sending more of their troops out of Belgium to the South. It is reported that the Germans had another army corps ready to dispatch to the assistance of their right wing, north of Paris, but quick ly stopped its departure when the Belgians showed their strength and ability to cut communication between lirus-c-ls nnd Louvaln. Although tho Belgians had to retire to the protec tion of the Antwerp forts when the Germans discovered them, they easi ly proved themselves capable of at least annoying the army of occupa tion. All the news ruining in seems to confirm the Russian reports that the Russians have Inflicted ancther ter rible defeat on ihe Auc.triana who. on the right, were supported by some German divisions. By the rapture cf Tomaszow, the Kir dans drove a verlee between the Austrian aivmv. ullietl haft fm.-fiilr,l Pn,nH a f.,v n lOpole, Kransnotav and Zomoso, and Ed'ect of Win- 011 Uxport, .f Cotton. Washington, Sept. 14. The t ftwt of the European war on the Ameri can cotteii industry was disclo.ed to day in the Census Bureau's .'a, gust cotton consumption repoit, s!;r,i;IU that during Aiipu.-t only 21.:d.i half were exported while during August last year2.';, 172 bales wen: a'! -..id i.reat itritain took on'v bales this Aiicust while last ; took 77.488 bale-.-- Genua 11 v i l.v 52 bales against 7.. 'tis a v. France took only five bales D .',!.,,! a year a to; against .'!,, "18$ a vear ciro other countries took 13, 2o a year ag). The supply of cot'on d ,:.!:..' lb-. year 1!)14, which ended August :;i was more than li-,0;io,m.O bai.-s. Th exports for the year amounted 10 v.. !)14,54S bales, the domesi'c co,--sumption 5,577,804 bales Mel th quantity on hand Au-.-ust ci was about 1,524,265 bales. U-Di f.r -.1; en r ;' , Jain t 1,M d i,ll rams' To Tho- Interest.. in tlv niton Market. There will be a meeting at righ' o'clock next Friday night, the isth, at the court house in the city cf Mon roe for the purpose of coiis'drring the advisability of asking every cit izen of the county who has 110 cotton on hand or who grows none, to buv a bale to assist In raising the price of cotton. Signed, R. n. Redwlne. W. S.Blake ney, M. K. Lee, J. H. Lee. D. A. Hous ton, Crow Bros., W. H. Belk, F. B. Ashcraft. North ntollim Hoy Writes Hook. Mr. C. B. Riddle. Elon 'Collete. N. C, has just brought from the press in New York a very unique volume of 300 paces bearing the tiMc "Col lege Men Without Money." 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