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HEALTH AND HAPPINESS DAY 1
A Big Feature of Chautauqua Week
Ttvo Great Lectures by
DR. CHARLES E. BARKER
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Who was physical adviser to President Taft
during his administration in Washington.
THIRD DAY OF THE CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM
I Morning Lecture on "Happiness." i
Afternoon Lecture on "Health," with demonstrations g
of health giving physical exercises.
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fditorials by
Other People.
.l. Half III.- 1'i'oi'lf Wouldn't II'-
HoilH'lt'O.
Tli S:at Journal.
Wlieth-r purposely or not, Tin'
I'roprfssivc Kannfr mak.'.- .1 -r
Mrons aiKiiini'iit tor tht t ;;.' t ion 01
la ;n! allies in the f )l:nviiiK e.Sturial .
"He wonlil 1101 le r's;,iri!i'il as a
Aie business man who kept half his
.apital idle, nor is the manufacturine
plHiit likely to lie prosperous which
runs or operates oni up 10 halt its
rapacity; anil et half the laiiils of
In1 South are produt ini; no cn of
va'.'ie. Those lands which are brini:
:im in no rcM-iaie are coti'iiusint; the
fruits of our labor from the cultivat
ed acres. Ii takes too larae a part of
1he crops of our cultivated acres to
pay the ini. r. -t and t;s. - e;i '!.
idle acres."
Its advice is to put the v,'st, land
into pastures, but it requires capital
to make a i;ood pasture, so this can
not always be done to any creal ex
tent b the present owner. If the im
proved and unimprov ei land -imilar-ly
situated and of the same natural
value, were taxed the same and taxed
at their true value, the present owner
would sell some of hi unimproved
'.and to others, who would put it to
work. The productive acres would
'hen have to bear their own taxation,
v hile they now have to bear ihe tax
ation of the idle 'and also. I. and has
1.0 value except in so far as it is used,
and lh man who insists on holdinir
inused land for purely speculative
purposes should not object to payinc
;.s much tax as the man who is usinc
'. is land. If a man vets a corner on
:e products of the soil, and by hobl
. :c them off the market advances the
Mice, we raise a treat howl; but it
ies not seem to surprise us for men
1 corner meat bodies of land, which
nun produce these crops, and ad
vance the price above a reasonable
1 larket. If every man had to pay tax
en his land according to the price he
1 olds it at, there would be more taxes
; nd more real estate transfers, too
Only a I'ait of I nenincd Inclement.
In a recent article in The Journal
' Nov us Homo" suit! that "unearned
increment" accounted for the fact
''aat producers ko only about one
'hird of the price which consumers
paid for articles. In another publi
cation we find these sentences on the
same subject ;
Kxpensive commissions junket
over the coumry and ""in vn-t its t v,"
hear the testimony of millionaires,
"captains of industry." but with the
result only that all admit ' 'something
id wronK." We set little Hunt on ex
actly what is wrntiK.
Business men are demanding that
"lie Koverninental "experts" at Wash
ington "let business alone." Cener
i lly it is admitted that President
"Alison's administration is in trave
danger of being discredited before
the next session otVontress
To stave off this menace to further
Ieniocratie success, the politicians
are now pooh-poohinc the "calamity
howlers" and are declarini; that the
business depression has been only
"psychological." Like the ostrich
with its head in the sand they will
not see the w reck.
That purely psyrholoiMf condition,
business depression, lias disappeared,
announces President Wilson. Pass
im; strange, then, that the Hotel
Knickerbocker, in New York, hands
out hot frankfurters at its back door
to hundreds daily and two thousand
I've hundred men and women form in
the New York Sun's bread line, and
that every city has public committees
1 ryins "make a job" for hundreds of
thousands of unemployed men.
All that is the niat'er with business
and by business we mean the whole
social lile of the nation- is that it is
stai-t-'riiii; along under the over-increasing
load of site-v allies.
This load must be lightened and
soon or it will crush the whole so
cial tabric
In New York City tile slte-Vallles
amount to .T."oo,"00,oiui n the
"loop district" of Chicago alone they
amount to $7011,1100, ono. In Cleve
land 'hey amount to st'on,i ,111111.
AH the other cities in proportion,
what is the sum of the load oil the
whole country '.' Its magnitude is ap
palling. Appalling when we think that bus
ness, the whole people, must pay in
reins and high prices for manufactur
ed artic les, foodstuffs, interest on and
eventually principal of this terrible
total, ll takes its roll in every sep
arate pmces.s of pt od net inn and ex
change. No Longer l.augb at W. -I.
The Public.
But two short vears and the ini
pnssible has come to pass! ."secretary
of State William ,1. lirv an. w ho humil
iated his country men by sen inir grape
juice to foreign representatives al 11
slale dinner, has scarcely completed
half his term 01 office before leading
the public Hiiiioinri'veiv. of King"
lieorge V of Kn;:l;:ml:
"By the King's command no wine or
spirits will be consumed m ; tiy of
His Majesty's houses after today."
Let the compassionate lover of hi:
kind drop a tear at the plight of
those who have been wont to Immi
so long and loud at Ihe idea of ev
ing grape juice to ladies and gentle
men from foreign parts.
Anliix li News.
Correspondence 0f The Journal
Miss Cus Helms of Charlotte spent
lasl Saturday night and Sunday with
her mother. Mrs. Ida Helms.
Mrs. I S Cannon of Charlotte vis
iied his parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. M.
Cannon lasl Saturday.
Mrs. Ida 11 dins is spending .1 tew
days with her daughter, Mrs. p. K.
drier of Providence.
Miss Bleeka Porter, the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Pur
ler, entertained a number of her
friends last Monday jiight at her
home near Aniioih. Many games
were played Those present were
Misses Kiinice Shannon. P.leeka
Matthews. Winifred Helms. Nannie
Poller. Alice Simpson, Sarah and
Kate Matthews, l.ydia Norwood, l.ila
Mai thews, and Mesrs. Buss Morris.
Chtiurd Condor. Kichard Biggets of
Siallings. Lee and lrvin Simpson. Olin
James, (Min and Odist Norwood, Cal
vin and Tom Matthews, John t'rovvell,
San lord and Broun Korbis of Indian
Trail. Mah om Ply ler, Will Simpson.
Philip and Murray Simpson. Stacy
Dir. of Indian Trail, Me. Matthews
and Mack Matthews and Mr. and
Mrs. M. N Porter, Mr. and Mrs. A.
T. Morris.
Miss L'ula Bloom entertained quite
a number of her friends ut a pound
parly last Saturday night at (lie home
of her patents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Broom.
Many games were played and 'a
hour, 1 iful supper served
"A Man Can Make a Start To an!
llHler farming Without Money.
f. K. Clinton in The Progressive
Farmer.
Five years ago I thought 1 eoulj
not make a livinx without raising
cotton, but every year found me with
the si me old complaint nothing to
begin my next crop on. If 1 mad '
money one year 1 lost it Ihe next. My
wife suggested that we make
change she was always quoting
The Progressive Farmer to me. 1
tobi her that folks with money could
farm that way but a poor man had
to make all the cotton.
But finally I decided 1 could do no
worse by changing my plans. We
had one milk cow and a bull. We
lost the cow, then traded the bull for
two heiters and bought another cow,
and in a few weeks she died. We
bought another cow on credit and
began sow ing clover and cow peas
and small grain. In the meantime
we ordered six pure - bred White Leg
horn hens and a cock. We sold
enough butter, chickens and eegs to
buy a Jersey bill calf, and I sold the
only hog we had and bought a pair
of Ihiroc-Jersoy pigs. Kesult: We
are living at homo, have six milk
cows, ten yearlings, a fine flock of
chickens, a pretty fair start of hogs,
plenty of vegetables and fruit, and I
consider my land almost doubled in
value.
My five years' experience trying to
farm according to The Progressive
Farmer proves that a man can make
a start toward better farming with
out money to begin with.
Thief Stole by Wholesale While Serv
inu on Chain tiang,
"Happy John" Aibea, of color, who
served a term on the Buncombe coun
ty chain gang, thought he was very
happy when his term expired a few
days ago. While in camp he had
been made a trusty ami taking ad
vantage of his opportunities, he had
taken from the stores at nir.p and
stored with a fiiend 20 pounds of ba
con, to cans of vegetable, " bius of
coffee, five sr.ks of Hour. ."0 pound''
of sugar and blankets and eioihint:.
That much was discovered. How
much more he had taken is not
known. "Happy John" had well pro
vided against the day of his dis
charge and expected to live in com
fort for a season. But alas! Th"
goods were missed anil loci.ted and
the day "Happy John's" term of in
voluntary servitude ended In was
seized and thrown into nil. 10
I await judgment for his last otfence.
But one wonders where all the con
ivict guards were while the wholesale
i thieving: was going on.
! Coffee Kills Sleeping Man.
i Patterson. N. J.. Dispatch.
I Thomas lloefeliinger. i'. a silk
i weaver of 114 North Kiglifh street,
'and his wife went to the movies lasl
j night. When they gol home Hoefel
: linger decided to make a cup of coffee,
, but his wife retired, lloefeliinger lit
I the gas and put the coffee pot on
the stove. Then he fell asleep, it is
j supposed. His wife found the kitchen
i filled w ith gas and her husband dead
I on a chair.
j Investigation indicates that while
lloefeliinger slept the coffee pot boil
i ed over, extinguishing the tlam"s and
i 1 he tas escaped.
Small
Farms,
Vo l c to Try and cii' Out Your
Cold. It Will Weill' u Out In
stead. Thousands keep on suffering from
coughs ami colds through neglect and
delay. Why make yourself an easy
prey to serious ailments and epidem
ics as the result of a neglec ted cold?
Colds and coughs sap your strength
and vitality unless checked in the ear
ly stages. 1M'. King's New Discovery
is what you need the first dose helps
--your head clears up, you breathe
freely and you feel so much better
Buy a bottle today and Mart taking
at once. 1
We have cut the 838 acre tract
at Baker's into small farms, rang
ing from 15 to 50 acres. Also
into building lots close to the
Station and schools. Any one
can own one of these small
farms, as the price and terms
are RIGHT.
Monroe insurance & investment
Office In Bank of
t'nlon Building
company
U. B. CAIJWELL,
Manager.
True Economy
COXMSTS IX 111 VIVti TOI1.KT ;oOS FUOM A oCAI-
ITY IXSTKAIt OK A MUCK ST.MltIXT.
Bead a little plain talk. We are building a business in Toilet Goods
that grows larger and better every day. We are able to forge ahead
constant)- because we make it worth w hile for the men and women of
this place to buy Toilet Hoods at our Store. We stand for highest
quality in toilet goods and have made it an article of our business
faith to sell nothing that we cannot stand back of and recommend to
our customers. The Inferior or indifferent goods that find their way
into some stores because of a pretty package or tempting price, can
not get into our store. Our customers know this and more and uior
people are finding it every day and becoming customers because of it.
We don't ask you to pay more for high grade Toilet Goods, very often
you pay less, but what you buy here is better than other stores sell
for the same money; or more. Make up your mind that you ought to
buy Toilet Goods at a Store that Safeguards your interests In every
possible way. We know that it pays u to keep the best grade of Tot
let Goods and we feel that it will pay you to buy only the best.
ENGLISH DRUG CO.
The Old Reliable Drug Store, Monroe, N. C.
Here s Wm
Coining JjgL;
Comfort
For those who furnish their homes with such Furniture
as ours. There's physical comfort in its use, mental com
fort in its restful elegance and undoubted good taste.
There's another comfort, too, in the thought that it has
not cost extravagantly in spite of its all around superiori
ty. See it and judge. We have the goods to suit anybody,
married or single. We keep the goods at the right price.
We open store about 6::50 in the morning and close at 6::X)
p. m., but if you want anything in our line at any time use
the telephone and we will meet you at the store. We carry
in stock the Boye needles, shuttles and bobbins for all
kinds of sewing machines. Yours truly,
T. P. DILLON, The Furniture Man.
usf Received !
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Our M'cond shipment of millet iti
the last three weeks lias Just ni riv
ed. AH well broken, good lilochy,
and just the kind for farmers.
Also some com! brood mures.
The trade lias !mmii much belter
than we expected, therefore It will
1'AY YOI TO COMK AT O.NCK AM)
liKT CHOICK.
Also a nice line of l!l (it.lKS AM)
HAKMKSS roll SALK OK l.
CIIAM.K. ,
A number of good SKCOMMIAM
TWO-HOI'SK WAtiONS.
l imes have ( hanged. . Business is
getting; belief. Let's begin to stir
things.
Fowler & Lee,
SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLES, MONROE, N. C.
GORDON Brff CO.
Fire, Life, Accident and Health
INSURANCE.
State Agents Philadelphia Life Ins. Co.
Office Second Floor,
Farmers and Merchants' Bank Bldg.,
Monroe, N. C.
74Big 'Days
Coming Redpath jCh autauqua
Including a Recital by ALICE NIELSEN, World's Famous Soprano
Francesco Palladia and His Band William Owen Company In the Modern Drama
Health Lectures Joy Night Program OrcHestral Music
Marimbaphone Selections Russian Players "The Servant In the House"
Humor' Instruction Inspiration Literary Lectures Playground Worker
A Recital of ALICE NIELSEN, Prima Donna of the Metropolitan and Boston Ope a Companies
You Can't Afford to Miss This Event
The season tickets purchased by the local committee and now on jale may be had while they last at $2.50. All season tickets thereafter
will be $3.00. Season tickets are Jood for seven week day performances
THERE WILL BE NO'CH AUT AUQUA ON SUNDAY
Special ' otic The Season ticket purchased by tbc local committee mmI bow
on Mle may b bd while they lt at AU ikkvU lUvrIwr will be f.
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