Special Notices.
It ro just vne cret a word
to tril the pevjd 't the whole
county what )u bae to 'M
or want to buy. Count the
words and wntl Ue tah with
the urJT.
Pastime Theatre Come where the
licensed moving picture are uuwn.
The best Him made. They wul c?r
tainly pleas? you.
If you need glasses, see Dr. H.
Smith. eye ight specialist, who fan
be fount! at hi office In Monroe, N.
C. regularly from this date.
Our gins are doing the best work
they have ever done. We do not
have a new system, but we have new
saws and brushes that are doing
work that cannot be excelled for
We iav Zi cent for seed.
I whether we gin ynur cotton or cot.
Let u show you. Monroe on Aim.
For Kent -Four room hou.-e on
Wimheur avenue; newly painted;
city water Fowler k Lee.
Fresh mince neat at Vaan Fun-derburk's.
fiin Our new cinnerv at the
R. W. A. Rogers plate is now Joins!
fine work. Will also buy seed at tne
Monroe price. K. V. Koers Bra.
Wanted Green and dry hide.
Top of market paid. Monroe Cash
Market.
For Sale Two set of single and
one double wagon harness, and de
liTery wagon. C. N. Simpson. Jr.
Vou can Ret that fine old home
made kraut at S. R. Doster's store.
Taint! Taint! When you get ready
to paint your dwelling, let us figure
with you. We handle the old reli
able Woolsey's, made of pure lead
and oil only, and sold under a guar
antee. Co-operative Mercantile Co.
Globes for your electric lights,
complete stock, all sizes, at Heath
Hardware Company.
Notice of Examination I will hold
an examination for white teachers on
Thursday, October 8. and for coiorea i
teachers' on Friday the 9th. The ex
aminations will be both for common
(tchool and high school teachers. K.
N. Nlsbet, County Supt.
For Kent Five room cottage on
Morris street. C. F. Cadieu.
Diamond automobilo tires stand
ard of the world. Tharp Hardware
and Manufacturing Company.
Lost A ten dollar bill in Monroe
on Saturday. Leave at Journol of
fice and be rewarded. J. S. Broom.
Go to Crow Bros, store and leave
your orders for lime. It can be se
cured chM?ly in car load lots and de
livered direct from the car.
For Sale Cheap One 12 h. p. In
ternational portable gasoline engine,
good as new. Heath Hardware Co,
Xotiee Have you any quilts that
you want quilted? If so call on me.
Price from 80 cents to $1.00. Jo
Benhine Blount. 303 E. Church St.
Wanted an tne seconu oanu coi
For Kent Four room house, witli ton seed meal sacks that we can get
bath room, on Washington street. Highest market price paid. Monroe
Mrs. J. J. Moody.
New Cash Store We have opened
a grocery store on Franklin street,
opposite the postofilee. We will sell
you first-class groceries cheap for
CASH. Will pay best cash price for
country produce. Give us a trial
Hill's Cash Store.
Oil Mill.
Repairing, timing and adjusting
high grade watches, Jewelry repair-
j lng' engraving and diamond mount
ing a specially. j. rresiar.
German and Brili-h Make a Draw
on ea.
London Dispatch. JOth, 11:10 p. m.
There has not been a gun fired in
the North Sea for days. so far as the
British Admiralty knows but the Ad
miralty tonight Issued bulletins of
important encounters in far-off ma
ters. Successes and misfortunes were
chronicled impartially. The German
protected cruiser Koenigsberg caught
the British light cruiser Pegasus
overhauling her machinery In V.-ir.i-bar
harbor this morning and attack
ed and disabled her.
The German cruiser Emden rrpt
n red six British merchant steamer
in the Bay of Bencal in six days ar.d
sank five of them. The Emden re
appeared at Uancoom. possibly hav
ing taken part in other exploits, as
yet not known.
On the British side of the score
was the sinking of a German mer
chant cruiser, supposed to hate been
the Cap Trafalgar or the Berlin, by
the former Cunard liner Garmania.
familiar to trans-Atlantic travellers
In waters which the Admiralty de
scribes as "off the Fast coast of
South America." The British loss
was small, nine killed and 26 wound
ed. The German losses is unknown.
QUITE A HARMLESS "GHOST1
Good old home-made kraut Dos
ter's favorite S. R. Doster.
We have now plenty new cotton
seed meal and hulU Monroe Oil
Mill.
Auction Sale -On Saturday, the
26th. 1 will sell at putilic auction a
fine lot of household and kitchen fur
niture on the public square, sale to
be at eleven o'clock. This furniture'
Is all in good condition, nice and
clean. It is not a mortgage sale but
is property of a family who is moving
away and are selling to avoid pack
ing ami moving. You will li.ie t!,e
chance to buy some nice bargains.-
J. G. Koger..-, auctioneer.
For Sale or Kent In the town of
Unlonville, one new ten r i;n dwell
ing, large r,f.v store, barn and other
buildings, with fourteen acres of land
in a fine state of cultivation, (known
We can jar you with good results,
Mason fruit Jars for sale by the Co
operative Mercantile Co.
Fresh farm Eggs Stamped and
sold under a strict guarantee. Co
operative Mercantile Co.
Those double-spooler, self-thread-in?
spwine machines at H. E. Cod-
ple's are wonderful in mechanism, and
price.
We are still In the well business.
We bore in quicksand as well as hard
rock. This is the cheapest, quickest
and best way you can get a well.
Hart sell Well Boring Company, Mon
roe, N. C.
For Sale I"
Tharp Hwde
F. M. 30 touring
L Mfg. Co.
car.
For first-class plumbing see Aus
tin & Corre.ll.
ps the Dr. Smith estate)
Whitley.
A. 1). X.
For Kent Four
close in W. T. Key.
room cottage
For Sale Appier seed oats. Best
grade A. E. Little, I'nionville, K.
F. D. 1.
Notice We are prepared to change
your last fall's suit to styles for the
reason; also to give you low prices
on new made-to-order suits, and all
Kinds of cleaning and pressing, etc.
Clve us a trial Carolina Pressing
Club, Polk Bros., Proprietors.
Stag Paint will save 23 per cent of
your paint bill. Let us tell you why
Tharp Hardware Co.
We have a complete stock of all
sizes of electric globes of the latest
type. Heath Hardware Company.
The Moon and Timber.
It may be asked in all seriousness
how much longer the superstition will
live which ascribes to the moon an
Influence over timber? This unscl
entitle and unprovable claim has long
held a place In the backwoods, where
people were prone to accept the teach
ings of tradition without much con
cern about cause and effect; but it
la rather late in the day now for edu
cated people to attribute to the dead,
inert moon an influene on vegetation
If there Is anything certain it is
that the moon has no observable effect
on the flow of a tree's sap or on the
characters and qualities of the wood.
It can be urgued scientifically that
it cannot have, and it has been dem
onstrated in practice that It does not
have such effect. Apparently there is
some mistake in tJ statement that
the felling is done by moonlight, or
with regard to any phase of the moon.
Accounts of modern mahogany-logging
operations in America and Africa do
not mention that custom. In some of
the tropical regions hauling logs from
the woods is done at night because the
lieat by day cannot bo endured by the
men and teams. Hardwood Record.
Inoffensive Little Fragment Created
Something Like Consternation in
Section of Omaha.
Even If aa official statement baa
been given out that a mouse was re
sponsible for ringing the bell In the
s:eple of North Presbyterian church,
the policemen of the district, as well
as most of the resldeut In the neigh
borhood, cannot quite figure how it
was dune. The bell was disconnected
at the request of Kev. Joha R. Mackey.
pastor of the church, last January, and
since then has not been ringing the
hours as marked by the clock In the
steeple.
Even the lieutenant In the police
station suffered from the "creeps" and
visions of a phantom bellrlnger and
a ghost In the belfry. When tele
phone calls began to come Into the
station he dispatched four reserves
to the church.
When they arrived they found that
John Effener, the sexton, had made
an Investigation and could find noth
ing In the tower to explain the sudden
clanging of the bell. Four "shaky"
policemen and the sexton climbed the
narrow ladder leading to the belfry
and with police lanterns began an in
vestigation. While they were looking
the bell clanged again.
Expecting every minute to see an
apparition, the police kept at their
examination and discovered that a
cog In the clock bad been shifted by
a small bit of hide, making it possi
ble for the bell to ring. An examina
tion showed that the hide was part of
a mouse which evidently had been en
tangled in the delicate clock mechan
ism which controls the bell. The po
licemen still are wondering, however.
how the mouse did the hickory-dick-ory-dock
feat, for the works of the
clock are several feet off the floor and
are held up by supports.
The clock was stopped last January
at the request of Rev. Milo Bates, rec
tor of the Church of the Intercession.
The parish house of that church la
across the street, and when Mrs. Gates
was ill last winter the ringing of the
bell annoyed her. and It waB stopped.
The bell was not attached to the clock
again because residents of the neigh'
borhood said It was a nuisance.
Omuha Bee.
See F. B. Ashcraft for lime, sand,
brick, cement, wall plaster.laths and
shingles.
The leading varieties of turnip
seed at the Co-Operative Mercantile
Company.
Just Received A big lot of cotton
picker's sheets take the place of
baskets Heath Hardware Co.
Porch swings and rockers at H. E.
Copple's.
Chickens, eggs and hams wanted
I have several orders to fill for both
fowls and young chickens. See me
before selling. W. R. Outen.
Dr. H. Smith, eye sight specialist, Ve want to buy country hams at
will be in his office, Monroe, N. C, best market prices. S. R. Doster.
regularly from this date and will be
pleased to have you call if you have
eye troubles and need glasses.
Wanted To
good condition.
Larty.
sell fine
See Mrs.
organ, In
G. C. Mc-
Please call at any time for hack
ork. Phone 268. Henry Lilly.
See S. R. Doster when you come to
town to sell chickens, eggs, and all
country produce.
REPORT OF THH CONDITION 01'
THE
Farmers and Merchants'
Bank,
AT MONKOK, N. C,
at the close of business Sept. 12th, 1114
RKSOl'ttCKS.
Loans and discounts $227. 08
Overdrafts unsecured l.t'-if 3
Furniture & fixtures S.WUll
All other real estate owned-. 1,134.11
Due from banks anil bankers. 13,310.65
Cash items. 1.128.05
Silver coin, including all minor
coin currency 425.18
Nationul bank notes and other
U. S. notes 1.S74.00
Total
liabilities:
Capital stock $),
Surplus fund 20,
Undivided profits, less current
expenses and taxes paid
Bills Payable 50,
Deposits subject to check 00,
Demand certificates of dep.. 59,
Due to banks and bankers.. 1,
Cashier's checks outstanding.
.$252,345.61
000.00
000.00
825.87
000.00
208.41
802.06
250.08
259.19
Notice My gins are in good re- Dry cleaning, dry cleaning, fault
pair and I will gin for my customers less dry cleaning. McCall's, Phone
for the fortieth, also will give each J28, Reliable Pressing Club, 201
man his seed without mixing, and Beasley street.
will give you a neat hale. S. E. Belk. ;
.! Let us figure on you Job of plumb
See Tharp Hardware Company for lng. If the price Is not right, we will
anything in rootling or building ma- not expect to do the work. Austin &
terial. Correll.
Total $232,345.61
North Carolina. Union County - ss.
I, C. B. Adams, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
C. B. Adams, Cashier.
Correct Attest:
F. G. Henderson,
W. S. Lee,
W. M. Gordon,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 22nd day of Sept., 1914.
P. 11. Johnson. N. P.
When you want to make a trip or Wat Ashcraft, Veterinarian Day
take a pleasure ride, call Joe Griffin's calls, 113, night calls 113. Hospital
automobile transfer. Careful driv- on Hayne street, northeast of court
lng, day or night. Phone No. 263-11. house, Monroe, N. C.
Leave your orders for lime and we
will notify you when to come and
load from the cars. Crow Bros.
Bananas all this week at
ten cents a dozen. Jump for
these bargains. S. U. Dos
ter.
Since the fire I have moved my
market to the Myers building on
Main street, formerly occupied by J.
D. Parker, and am ready to go right
on serving you with good fresh meats
and fine fresh fish. Same old phone
number, (199). W. J. Walters.
Call on F. B. Ashcraft fer alfalfa,
crimson clover, red clover, seed oats,
Head's grass, pasture mixture, or any
other field seeds you want.
Galvanized piping for sale Co
operative Mercantile Co.
Wanted Some nice pork and veal
Walters' Market.
Anything In sheet iron or tin made
to order at Tharp's tin shop.
F. B. Ashcraft can save you money
on your crimson clover seed.
If you are going to build or repair
see us for shingles, rubber rootling,
galvanized roofing, lime and cement.
Heath Hardware Co.
See the Co-Operative Mercantile
Co. for clover seed.
THE LOCAL MARKETS.
Electric globes of all sizes may now
be bad at all times from the Heath
Hardware Company.
Lime is the cheapest and quickest
aid to legumes and grain. All our
oils need it. The price has now got
within reach. Farmers should call
at Crow Bros, and leave their orders.
For Sale McCormlck, Johnson,
Deering, Wood Mowing machines and
rakes Heath Hardware Co.
T 4 I A .... lnot ,.
famous George E. Nlssen wagons. 1
Jleath Hardware Co. I
COTTON.
Best short staple 9. 00
Seed 24
PRODUCE.
The figuree given here are price
paid by merchants today. They may
be different tomorrow or next day.
Readers are advised to 'phone some
responsible merchant on the day
they expect to come to market and
Bet flzurea for that dav.
Hens 30 to 40
Young chickens 20 to 30 (
Roosters . . 25!
Guinea ,. . 20 to 25 ;
Eggs 25 to 28
Butter ........... UH to 20
Hams 18 to 20
Beeawaz . . . . IS to 20 1
Pork 12
Beef cattle 4 to 5
Mutton 4 to 6
Pastime Theatre
To-Night
"The Dance of Death"
In two reels.
"End of the Umbrella"
WLDXF.SDAY:
"A Darktown Wooing"
In two reels.
"Adventures of Kathlyn"
No. 7,
In two reels,
"PERILS OF PAULINE"
An episode shown every two
weeks. Next episode Oct. 1st.
Licensed films shown. The best
pictures made. They will certain
ly please you.
Woman's Lena Doa SIM Trla.
The cold and frozen Arctic had no
particular terrors for Mrs. J. I. Bond,
wire of Captain Bond, who has re
turned to San Francisco with her hus
band and the Thirtieth regiment ol
Infantry from a two ears' slay in
Al;;t-ka nt Fort Gibbon.
Mrs. Bond entered enthusiastically
Into the sports of the region of the
midnight run, snow, and perpetual
ice, becoming an expert skier and
somethinj cf a ir.usher. The longest
and most perilous trip which the took
was made with her own dog team In
company with Mrs. It. H. Pearson and
two expert guides from Fort Gibbon
to Fairbanks, then to Chena Hot
Spring and back to Fort Gibbon, a dis
tance of 650 miles. The thermometer
stood between 40 and 50 below zero
during the whole of the trip. Mrs
Bond says she enjoyed every mile ol
the trip and refused to admit that
there was anything hazardous in it.
They were well provided with food
and covers.
Flies Disliked In Denmark.
On the billboards of Copenhagen,
appears the sign. "The most danger
ous of all animals Is not the Hon, the
tiger or the reptile, but the fly." This
Is the means Herr Falck uses in
waging a campaign against files.
Herr Falck Is the bitterest enemy
the fly has In Scandinavia, and his one
ambition is to see a flyless Denmark.
To preach his new crusado he has or
ganlzcd In Copenhagen the first com
plete fly exhibition In the world. It
contains every kind of weapon yet In
vented for trapping, poisoning or
smashing files. Most of these con
trivances come from the United
States.
An old superstition that Herr Falck
hopes to rid the people of Is that a
Christmas fly brings good luck. A
Christmas fly, according to Herr
Falck, Is the potential mother of 193,
312,500,000 descendants In the course
of the summer season.
.D
a nini
UJLO
We will give ten cents a
pound for good white cot
ton until Saturday night,
October 3rd, when same is
placed on your note. Bring
it along.
Raymond;c.Grif fin 6 Bro.
September 21, 1914. MONROE. N. C.
fin . .
ft ' fi
Corpses Poison Water.
Parisians were warned today that
because of the battles on the banks
of the Marne, which Is the largest
tributary to the Seine, the water of
the river must not be used for drink
ing purposes without being boiled.
Philip Kader, an American volun
teer aviator, who has just returned
from tho valley of the Meuse, says
that corpses lie heaped upon the
banks of the river.
Filipinos Play Baseball.
Paseball Is now played In every part
of the Philippine archipelago, and the
number of persons actually engaged
In it Is remarkably high. Practically
every school in the Islands has a
team and some more than one. Thir
ty or more provinces have their pro
vincial leagues among the schools,
and these are supplemented by inter
provincial leagues. In Manila, where
the chief offices of the government
are located, there Is an lnterurban
league running scheduled games
throughout the season; aa Industrial
league composed of teams from tb
employes of the various large Indus
trial companies of the city, and the
Manila Paseball league, a professional
organization.
Mica Nothing.
I Redd The Sarnla (Ontario) Cana
dian aays that "Thomas Collins ol the
first concession of Blddulph township,
who is ninety-nine and one-half yean
old, has Just commenced taking muslo
lessons.
' Greene I hope some one will call
Thomas' attention to the tango.
8oaked.
Freshman Why dont they wear
watches with full dress?
Dormite No one could get them
both at once.
"Oh, Come, Come!" She Cried Wildly.
and vital on his fingers. A fine spirit
of resolve set her countenance aglow.
"You may count on me for action on
my own part, If I find circumstances
warrant it. I promised not to marry
Alan because of the feud between our
fathers but not to stand by and see
hlra sacrificed. Tell me how I may
communicate secretly with you and
let me go as soon as possible!"
(Continued In next Issue.)
Look. Look!
;ooi MI SIC. HKTTCK Ml sir,
XKYY MI MC, HY TIIK
Monroe Orchestra
FRIDAY X It; I IT
nt the
Rex Theatre.
I'llder the Direction of
PROF. V. S. S( II Altl'KXHF.lMJ
of (Khkosll, Wis.
Prof. Scharpenbug conies to Mon
roe highly recommended. He was for
several years violin soloist with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and
the Thomas Orchestra of New York;
also concert vlollst with the Lyceum
people. Mr. Scharpenberg Is a grad
uate of the Steine Conservatory of
Music, Berlin. Don't forget to come
out and hear some good music Fri
day. DOXT MISS TIIOSK WOXDKKI'l I.
MOVING I XIVKKSAI, PICT
I IIKS AT Tin:
Rex Theatre
THIS WKFK.
ltcKrt of the Condition of Tho
Savings, Loan & Trust Company
At Monroe, X. C,
at the close of business Sept. 12, 1914.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $135,797.27
Overdrafts 1,498.37
Insurance Investment 1,(HK).IK)
Furniture and fixtures 1,830.00
All other real estate owned 1,750.00
Due from banks and bankers 5,94o,16
Cash items 6i4.00
Gold coin 15.00
Silver coin and minor cur cy 112.17
Nat'l bank and U. S. notes. 1,341.00
A Tremendously F.ntei-talnlnu Show
Kadi XlKht.
Total. $149,862.97
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 25,000.00
Surplus fund .ow.w
Undivided profits, less cur
rent expenses and taxes.. 1,982.78
Bills payable 35,000.00
Time certificates of deposit 31.301.88
Deposits subject to check... 22,253.65
Savings deposits 15,249.25
Cashier's checks outstanding 62.82
Trust funds 11,512.69
Total $149,862.97
State of North Carolina, Union co.
I, H. II. Clark, cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement Is
true to the beat of my knowledge
and belief. II. B. CLARK,
Cashier.
Correct Attest:
D. A. Houston,
S. O. Blair,
W. C. Heath.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me. this 22nd day of Sept.. 1914.
James B. Copple, N. P.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Barj
Tow Teftt wtll rrnod sooner
OINTMENT Ml to cor nr cae ot Jtchkie
BIM.Bkwdtnrov Pratmdhn PflM6to layt.
rttt ant applioatiea flics Ku sad KtiU Soc
TONIGHT.
J. Warren Kerrigan in "A Twenti
eth Century Pirate," a wonderful
drama that is sure to please.
"The Lost Arrow," an Indian le
gend; a stirring one-reel number.
"Lost by a Hair," a screaming
comedy.
WEDNESDAY.
"The House of Discordant," feat
uring Bob Leonard and Hazel Buck
ham In a thrilling romance of love
and adventure in two parts.
"The Crash." Siss! Bang! Boom!
Bow! Wow! It's Ford Sterling In
the most spectacular comedy ever
produced. Don't miss it.
THURSDAY.
"The Ragged Knight," a charming
heart-Interest drama in two parts,
witu Florence Lawrence, that won
derful movie actress. In the lead.
"Universal Animated Weekly,
that highly entertaining current
event picture. See It every week,
something new and different every
time.
FRIDAY.
Look! Extra! Look! Good mu
sic by the Monroe Orchestra under
the leadership of Prof. F. S. Schar
fenberg, violinist.
Also good pictures: "Snow Drift,"
a heart-interest drama of the north
west featuring the beautiful and
charming movie actress, Babara Ten
nant. "Tick, Tick, Tick," a comedy up
roar. Don't forget the music.
SATURDAY.
Extra 5 reels, S.
"The Lady of the Island," featur
ing. Alexander Gaden and Dorothy
Phillips In a heart-gripping melodra
ma of today.
"Capt. Kldd's Priceless Treasure,"
a huge comedy spectacle with May
Asher. Also two other splendid
reels.
Visit The Rex Theatre, Monroe's
meat popular amuse house. A high
elass performance Is always assured.
They show those famous Moving Uni
versal Pictures. They Please.