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Home-imiaidle Krsnuit and HornKe-inniai(dlo IMollSLSses sitt Vaon IFiiiocdepIbiLipIk:9. Local and Personal. j Pr. Roy Long leave tomorrow to ' School Not!-. 1 jer.u-r Jefferson College at l'hiladel-j Every organization mut haverec-j I'hta. 'ulutious if it ai-ooiniili; he tmvihinsl Vl-Ws oj nm roTT l(HTI; MKKTIXti. Miss Clara Jordan of Ber.nettsville' Mr James Balfour will to-'? . - fcvery 11001 all1 .Monnie Is tha Euest of Mrs. J. J. Llndsav. - v... v.i. I M,!OUI mwi nave r.suiation. I r ,rK Viy io emeri No prhool ev di . c . . Mrs. Bennett Caddy of Charlotte . a hiKh decree of efficiency without visiting Mrs. V. D. Sikes. irs. Watt Ashrrart will leave to- ,he suM,ort. "'"ral and otherwise, of morrow old home Mrs. Jessie Latta of Alabama Is ' visiting Mrs. J. F. Benton. I Mr. Wriston Scales of Lllesville nrinJ1," h f ?he, Ct;r,,,Iin spent Sunday with his parents here. 1 f,y heat ' I to go down, uow it is going up again. Kena have to spend some time at her tht.,"0,'le of ,h co,,imuil-v-i in Baltimore. I . Th.e Parent-Teacher Ass Mr. Olin McManus left Saturday to enter Oak nidge Institute. Miss Mary English and Mr. Dewey Knglish have entered school at Guil ford College. Mrs. T. A. Mills of Chester arrived last night to visit her daughter, Mrs. N. S. Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Parker leave to night for Florida where they will spend the winter. Miss Mary Elizabeth Monroe spent the week-end with Mrs. H. V. Har gis at Carey. Mrs. Arthur Henderson has return ed from Raleigh where she visited her parents. Mr. Kemp Neal leaves tomorrow for Boston where he will resume his studies at Harvard Cillege. Miss Nell McAlister of Castonia is visiting her grand-mother, Mrs. Liz zie McLelland. Misses Annie Welsh and Elizabeth Sikes left last Wednesday for Raleigh to resume studies at St. Mary's. The first bale of cotton ever sold at Oakboro was bought yesterday by Stephenson Brothers. The price was eight and three quarters. Miss Elizabeth Sloan, who spent the summer with her grand mother, Mrs. E. M. Griffin, has returned to her home in Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. R. T. West and her son, Mr. Henry West, who spent the summer with relatives in New York State, re turned to their home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Merritt and children of Wilmington spent Satur day and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Fulenwider. Pr. J. E. Ashcraft and daughter, Miss Jean Ashcraft, left Friday rilht to spend a few days in New York City. Miss Ashcraft will remain us a student of Columbia College. Mrs. N. II. Wharton, who s ince the death of her husband some time B'-'o, had been at his old homo in Virginia, has arrived and is now with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Preslar. Miss Octavia Houston left Friday for Roanoke, Va., where she will en ter Roanoke College. She war. ac companied by her mother, Mrs. R. V. Houston, who will visit a number of northern cities before returning. The European war will not prevent the holding of the I'nlon county fair In Monroe in November. Mr. T. P. Dillon says that arrangements will be made In time and folks should be thinking of their exhibitions now. Mr. M. V. Williams who has been with Belk Bros, for two years, lel( yesterday for Asheville, where he has accepted a position In a shoe store. Mr. Williams is a most clever and popular young man. There will be a reunion of the Wenti family on September 30th at the residence of Mr. R. J. Wenti. There will be addresses bv Rev. M. T. Steele, J. D. McCall, J. J. Parker, and others. Everybody Is invited to be present with well filled baskets. Prof. F. S. Scharfenburg of Osh kosh, Wisconsin, formerly a violin so loist with the Chicago Symphony Or chestra and the Thomas Orchestra of New York City, arrived last night to Join the Monroe Orchestra. In addi tion to his work with the orchestra, he will give violin lessons. Mr. Hern don Hasty Is making ar rangements to secure a lyceum course for this fall and winter. It will con sist of four high-class entertainments, three of which have already been se lected. These are The Military Girls, The Weatherwax Brothers Quartet, and the Maurer Sisters Orchestra. Mr. T. A. Wooding, Jr., of Repub lican Grove, Va., and Miss Perny Sapp of Lancaster county were mar ried on the evening of the 18th at the home of Rev. R. II. Kennington, in North Monroe, who performed the ceremony In the presence of a few friends. The young couple left that night for Virginia, where they will make their heme. The road commissioners of Vance township have contracted with the chain gang to work the Charlotte road through Vance township from the Monroe township line to the Mecklenburg line. The gang ' has worked up a fine road through Mon roe township and this link through Vance will make a good road from Monroe to Charlotte. Mr. W. C. Stack, cashier of the Bank of Union, and Mr. G. S. Lee guaranteed to raise the sum of $200 by private subscrip tion to supplement the funds of Vance. ! . V. - 1 ' 1U pttIUg IV I IUD KUI1, Mr. C. D. Purser and Miss Palmer of Thomasville, Ca.. been visiting Mrs. Charles Sell. Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Cox of Sa vannah are spending some time with the former's father. Mr. J. B. Cox of ' T a naa sriilr Mr. DeWitt Alexander was painful ly hurt Sunday night while switching on the railroad yard here. He un dertook to step from one car to an other and fell, striking on his shoul der, which was much bruised. Chief Laney received a telegram this morning from Richmond saying I month social ion lias oeen organized. Let everyone interested in the betterment of the schools aid the work of this associa non. lou are cordially invited to help. Reports on the progress of pupils will be issued quarterly instead of monthly. The purpose of the change is to give the teachers more time for other and more important work in the schools, including some special Investigations and reports. Tuition is due at the end of each school month. The Board of Educa tion voted the following tuition rates for this year: Orades one to three, $1.50 month. Grades four to five, $2.00 month. Grades six to seven. $2. SO per per per that Mr. A. Blacker had been arrest ed there. This is a result of a war rant sworn out by Mr. F. M. Morgan who bought Mr. Blacker's stock of goods in Monroe, charging him with false pretense. He will be brought to Monroe. Mr. Frank Simpson, son of Mr. Alvis Simpson of north Goose Creek township, died last Saturday of con sumption. He was a young man about about twenty-five years of age, of good habits and was liked by all who knew him. The remains were interred at Crooked Creek cemetery Sunday, Rev. Henry Tayor conduct ing the funeral services. Mr. H. A. Shute has bought the Mc Rae Metcantilu Co. store property on the corner of Hayne and Jefferson street, running back to The Journal building on Jefferson. This includes the frame building occupied by Mr. H. E. Copple as a furniture store, and the two new brick stores occupied by the Co-Operative Mercantile Compa ny. All these will continue to be oc cupied by the same parties. The price paid was nine thousand dollars. The Henderson Oarage and Ma chine Company have received a let ter from the Hudson .Motor Car Company of Detroit, saying that they wished to buy a bale of cotton in Monroe from a farmer at ten cents for the purpose of helping in the holding movement. They say they wish this ordi r could be larger here hut this is impossible because they are making the same effort nil over the cotton belt. They have issued orders to their distributors all over the South to buy five bales for them and to each sub-dealer in the belt to buy one bale on their account. Putmn-TcuclHTs Association. The Patron-Teachers Association met last Friday at the High School to complete the organization. The day being rather disagreeable, there were not very many present. There wer reports from tin various com mittees and the following officers were elected: Mrs. J. Frank Laney, president: Mrs. G. M. Beasley, 1st vice-president; Mrs. D. A. Houston, 2nd vie-presldent; Miss L. Kibbler, 3rd vice-president; Mrs. Roscoe Phl fer, secretary-trasurer; Miss Anna Blair, corresponding secretary. It was decided to hold the meetings on the third Friday of each month at 2:30 o'clock at the High School. The Ilooklovcrg Club. The Booklovers' Club was reor ganised yesterday with the following membership: Mesdanies VV. S. Bas kervllle, L. B. Brinkley, Henry Fair ley, Joe Heath, F. O. Henderson, T. W. Huey, W. B. Love. A. L. Monroe, R. L. Payne, J. J. Parker, Charles Simpson, Erwin Stack, A. F. Stevens and Estelle Stewart. The next meet ing will be held with Mrs. Basker ville on October first. Mrs. L. B. Brinkley was appointed reporter for The Journal and Mrs. Baskerrille and Mrs. Falrley for the Charlotte Observer. Grades eight to eleven. $3.00 Der month. A tiood Invention or a Joke. Quite an improvement has recently been made In the speedometer used on automobiles that bids fair to re duce the death rate now attributed to high speed and reckless drivlr.e This new speedometer is connected to a phonograph that sings all kinds of joy songs while the car is movine at a moderate speed and is being driven carefully, but the minute the driver starts up at a reckless speed the song cnanges from those of joy to "Nearer My tiod. To-day." (The above item was written on tne typewriter in The Journal orfice while the editor was out, so we do not know w hether it is the announce ment of a genuine scientific Improve ment, or only a good joke. If it is a joKe it is on the unknown visitor who wrote It, for he betrays his lack of knowledge of things sacred bv the name he gives the old familiar h'vmn. "Nearer My God to-day," indeed". In the words of all intelligent corres pondents, Come again, Mr. Visitor. The Journal.) Service by DiMliiKiiislirri Primitive Minister. The Primitve Baptist Association will be held this fall with the church at High Ridge in Lanes Creek tov. n ship. on the lirst Saturday in Octo ber and on Sunday and Monday fol lowing. Elder C. S. Ca:vy, editor of the denominational paper of Tennes see, will he present, ulso Elder Me Millaln of High Point. These gentle men will preach at High 11 ill on Tues day following the association at elev en o'clock, and at Wingate on Tues day night. Report on Public Schools. County Superintendent Nisbet has Issued a report on the public school work of the county for the last school year, which closed the first of July. The report contains some Interesting facts and suggestions. It la noted that since the enrollment was much better than the preceding year, the compulsory attendance act has done some good. Notwithstanding the law requiring a six months term, this has not been reached. The av erage length was one hundred days or five school months. The average in local tax districts was 130 days. There are 62 local tax districts. There were 135 rural white teachers, of whom. 118 were first grades. There were 39 colored teachers at work. There were 24 white teachers having college diplomas. Mr. Nisbet mentions three things that have been of additional help Women's Betterment Associations, Boys Corn Clubs, and the county commencement. Except for the depression caused by the war the prospects for the coming year are good. ' Helping the liiiy-nllalc Movement. At the request of Southern mer chants a great many of the large bus iness houses of the country have been buving cotton in the "Huy-a-Bale" movement. One large house ordered as much as a thousand bales. Messrs. Heath-Morrow Co. have re ceived the following letter from the Quaker Oats Co., one of the largest concerns of the country, with head quarters in Chicago: "Knowing as we do the tremen dous difficulties under which the South is laboring on account of the effect of the war in the marketing of cotton, we have gladly availed our selves of the opportunity of helping the situation by Joining the "Buy-a-Bale-of-Cotton" movement. Instruc tions were Issued yesterday to the Managers of all of our southern sales offices, also to all of our traveling salesmen, brokers and other sales representatives to buy each one bale of cotton for our account at 10 cents per pound. "Furthermore, we are endeavoring to assist In increasing the domestic demand for cotton. You will appre ciate the fact that for years we have been large users of cotton sacks in the shipment of grits, meal, flour, and cereals. A considerable proportion of these goods have also heretofore been shipped In Jute and we are now sub stituting cotton. We have gone still further by placing a large contract last week for cotton feed bags, 1, 000,000 of which are for Immediate delivery, to be substituted in place of jute. "We want you to know that we are apreciative of the large business with which we are favored by the southern trade, and we are very glad to do what we can In these directions toward the relief of the unfortunate situation, which we trust is only temporary." Dissolution of Partnership. The partnership heretofore exist ing between T. C. Lee, E. B. Bivens and G. M. Tucker, under the firm name of T. C. Lee & Co., has been dissolved by the withdrawal of O. M. Tucker, who sold all his interest in the goods, wares and merchandise and assets of the firm to T. C. Lee and E. B. Bivens, who will continue the business at the Bame place under the firm name of T. C. Lee ft Co. The debts of the firm will be paid by the new firm and all debts due the old firm will be paid to the new firm. Dated 12th day of Sept., 1914. T. C. LEE. E. B. BIVENS. ' O. M. TUCKER. Cituins Have Set Dar and nvile farmers of tin I'ounir tu Partii imte ll.wn O'clock Xet Friday the Time Thre ('lars of rit-dm-a to Ik Taken. The presidents of all four banks in Monroe, together with many other leading citizens of the town, met last Friday nicht in the courthouse and planned for a big mass meeting to be held net Friday in behalf of cotton. Mr. K. 11. Redwine presided over j me meeting and arter general dis cussion it was decided to call the mass meeting for Friday next, at eleven o'clock, to be held ia the courthouse. All merchants, farmers. and others who are interested In see ing cotton go to a reasonable basis are requested to be present. The farmers of the county are especially requested to be on hand for council and co-operation, since the meeting Is primarily in their behalf. Chairman Redwine was requested to appoint three speakers for the Friday meeting and have them on hand to lead the discussion. It was decided that three things were necessary to aid In keeping cot ton off the market until the price should go to ten cents or more. First, that the "Buy-a-Bale' move ment be pushed till everv one who possibly could do so should have bought some cotton, as much as pos sible, at ten cents a pound, with the promise not to sell it for less than ten cents. Second, that all merch-j ants who can and will do so, should agree to take cotton on account : from farmers who owe them at ten ; cents a pound. Third, that every , farmer who is able to hold his cotton 1 will do so. All agreements are to be made in writing, and a committee was ap-' pointed to draw up forms for each of the above purposes. This com mittee consists of W. C. Heath, W. S. Blakeney and C. H. Richardson. Another committee was appoint-; and to see how many bales would be j taken at ten cents a pound. This i committee consists of T. 1'. Dillon,! C. B. Adams. F. B. Ashcraft, T. C. ' Collins, and R. A. Morrow. ! The Pliizn (.ill. Youths Companion. "There have been six girls in the office this morning," the dean re marked, glancing keenly at the grey eyed girl before him, "who have said that they were willing to do anything to earn a little money." The grey-eyed girl did not flinch. "But I ain ready to do anything," she answered, with a smile that empha sized the significant word. The dean turned to his desk, and rummaged in one of the pigeon holes. 'There are several ladies on tho campus who are in need of someone to sweep their walks every day ami wash the piazzas once or twice a week. Are you willing to do that? Of course it will not bring you much, but it Is all I have to offer at pres ent." "I shall be glad to do it," the girl replied. "May I have their addresses? Thank you, very much." The dean, leaning back in his chair, watched his visitor as she crossed the campus. Six other girls had refused the work that morning. "But It remains to be seen whether she does it, after all," he said to him self. She did do It. Every morning for nine days he passed her on his be-fore-breakfast constitutional. She al ways spoke politely, without appar ent consciousness of broom or mop. "Means what she says, give hoa est work, no false pride," the dean thought, with satisfaction. Then, suddenly the piazza had a relapse. When two weeks later, he met her, he asked about it. "Oh," she explained. "I'm doing type-writing for Professor Summers. He asked me if I could do it as well as I could sweep walks, and I told him I could. It is fascinating work-copying the notes of his experiments." "I've no doubt." the dean declared, "that you are going to perform ex periments of your own some day." "I'm going to try," she laughed. When he reached that point in his favorite story, the old professor always stopped. "And did she? somebody was sure to ask. "No," he fumed, "she went and married a young upstart of an in structor. She swept his piazza for a white, till he made a reputation, and she copied his notes, and I've no doubt she did half his work he al ways said bo." "It seems a pity," the sympathetic listener, lured on so far, would prob ably begin, only to be vehemently in terrupted. "Pity? Where's the pity? What's a pity? Sho helped a man do his work in the world and brought up three sons, any one of whom would have washed piazza floors cheerfully to get an education. One Is building btidges out west, one is helping build In the east, the third Is in college. I'd like to know how a woman could put her education to better use." Then he would smile and look out across the campus, with its group of girls. "I used to doubt the wisdom of higher education for girls. The girl who washed piazzas converted me," he would finish. Lee & Lee Co. The Leading: Dry Goods, Millinery, Notion, Clothing Hat and Shoe Store in Monroe, North Carolina. Beginning Thursday the 24 we will have a Festival of Fall and Win ter Hats for Ladies, Misses and Chil dren on display throughout the season. Simplicity and uniqueness of outline are the characteristics of hats today. Our Hats embody the newest ideas in vogue: STYLISH MODELS, EXCELLENT MATERIALS, STRIKING VALUES, and SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP. A VISIT WILL INTEREST YOU. Lee & Lee Co. The Leading Dry Goods, Millinery, Notion, Clothing, Hat and Shoe Store in Monroe, North Carolina. Boston's Noted Beauty Specialist MISS LURA A. DICKENS will spend the week of Sept. 21st, at The REXALL SEORE Free Facial Massages Free Personal Beauty Advice Free Samples of Harmony Toilet Aids It's your opportunity to obtain valuable advice on the care of the skin, free of all charges. Appointments made in your home by telephone. Don't fail to take advantage of this much talked of beauty specialist's FREE BEAUTY LECTURES Remember the dates: Sept. 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th. THE UNION DRUG COMPANY Phone 221 Monroe, N. C. HimmiiiinHiTtiiiiTTiniiinminiimtTTtTtT ft The First National Bank OF MOJfROH. fOne of my best banks. MY EXAMINERS ALWAYS SPEAK IN THE HIGHEST TERMS OF THE ASSETS AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS BANK." iininHimiiiminmttintiiiiiiiinT GIVE US YOUR ORDERS FOR GROCERIES fone GRIFFIN fit BIVENS. 1
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