DOLLAR DAY IN MONROE MONDAY, 31. HE MONROE JOURNAL Dollar Day Edition Pages 1 to 8. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. Dollar Day Edition Pages 1 to 8. VOL. 21. NO. 101. MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1916. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. DOLLAR DAY IN MONROE, MONDAY, JAN. 31. DOLLAR DAY IN MONROE, MONDAY, JAN. 31. STUDENT KIKES A KOIND IX HKHAI.P OK BAXKEKS Ami Even Iefends the Ve of Tiv- bucro Keply to "Borrower" Who Thought It Wrong to Charge In terest. Correspondence of The Journal. Rockingham. Jan 24. Just to rile and make Person "borrower" mad about his article on the "popular sins" of the day. I will say a few things in behalf of my banking friends, and then they may take up a collection of about a million dollars for me to defray and compensate me j for my time and trouble. "Oh bankers, you are damned and doomed to lie down in hell and rest in the red hot flames of hades," if you don't quit loaning money out for interest, so Parson "Borrower" says, and from the way he talks, what he says in his own mind is "lie right from de can." I don't know anything about banking as I never had the chance to put any money in it. I Intended to start a bank account with the Urst dime I ever owned, but I got to go to the store first and right here I spent my all in riotous living, whereas, if I had gone to the bank, one of your "devil dens" and de ' posited my dime, today, I would have a "dime" sight more dimes than I have. Positively I think there is no other institutions that tend to pro mote the general welfare of all class es of people than the savings bank, the bank of deposit, a National bank, or a private bank. Just wait and keep your seat, don't Jump up and holler, Education. For every thing that is gained in this world, and in the world to come will partly be bought with money. Sure, you can't buy directly a reserve seat in heaven with money, but you can so use It with your fellow men that there will be written in the book a good deed for you. Religion costs money, though the preachers expostulate and cry and holler "salvation is free" but then if you don't give about all you make to the support of the mlnistery, why, then your are on a sure and di rect route to hell. The banks of Monroe, lets say, are the best in stitutions that Union county has. You . don't believe it though and probably others don't but thut will not alter the matter one lota. What can be more fair than the proposition that any of the banks in Monroe are offering to the public? If you have money at home ynu know It Is tn danger of thieves, fire and loss, and It is making you nothing while you are keeping it at home, but the banka of Monroe will take that money for you and guarantee you that It will be safe and they will pay you ','t on the dollar and com pound the Interest quarterly. When you make a deposit they will give you a deposit slip properly tilled out with the amount written down that you deposited, then again to make you safe they will give you a small book with the amount credited in it then furnish you with a book of blank checks. Then another safe guard is they have you write your name in their book of signatures so they can refer to it any time anil guard you against some one forging & check on you. Now If this is not a fair proposition I would like for some body to propose one. The Idea of a bank borrowing money and paying 4 per cent com pound interest and then loan it out on bad notes and not even charge in terest. Gee Whl! I ll sajr there is not a man in the state or United States that will do any such business as that would be. Aud Parson "Dor rower" you would not do any thing like that either would you? So, a man has to tell a lie when he goes to a bank to borrow money doea ne? Gee, a He Isn't any thing much, peo ple tell lots of them when they don't want any thing and they don't do any good, so I would not fret about mat Tills state lias a six per cent interest law and the banks will have to charge six per cent If It pays four per rent to the depositors. Sure some charge more than six. hut you know it be- for you get the money so there Is nothing unfair about that. I do not think you have to tell a He to get money from any bank, you say "if we get or bargin for a hun dred dollars we only get ninety, but have to pay for a hundred." That is true, but remember the bible does not give an Intercr.t table and it loes not tell whether or not to collect in terest first or hist. Simple interest. collected in advance, upon the sum due on a note at maturity is called Bank Discount. When the note bears interest the hunk discount is reckon ed on the umount of the note at inu turlty. And now my friend at the end of the maturity of the note, will you not have received full value for what you creed to pay lor? think you will. TliU slate Appoints bank examin era and these people come around and examine the banks and see what kind of business they have done, and If they are violating the law the bank is of course punished for the offense I Judge that you live in I'nion county and will do business In Mn roe with the Monroe hunks, and I might say I have never heard of the bank examiners finding any thing wrong with any of those hunks. Tlicy have never absconded, never did any wild cut hanking or I have luver heard of it. But you are clad you are not one of those banking devils aren't yon? Probably you pray some- thing like this. The Borrower stood and said. "God I thank thee that I am not like those bankers In Mon roe, who are extortioners, unjust and charge a fellow Interest." I For ref crence see St. Luke. 18:11) Mr. Borrower, don't think -1 am asainst fighting sin by taking up this question with you. for tin will have to be eradicated in its young state or with preventive first. The trouble Is. are you hitting at the popular sins as you gave for your topic statement? If banker that charge over six per cent Interest and smokers are all. and the most important violators of the popular sin derree. then we would have so much better soelety If you should have been a woman and set out to rind you a suitable man for a hus band, and it you could have man with no less Imperfection than a smoker or chewcr cf tobacco, or a banker, then God would have bless ed you with more than other mortal that sought companionship through matrimony. If bankers and tobacco users are the biggest sinners, then why not ask God to have mercy on he high life society, private lire sin ner. The private lire sinner to me is the worst but you see every body does not find him so easily. There are sins being committed in your neighborhood that are perhaps a thousand times more damning than another, simply because what you mentioned are not sins. Tobacco users have Just acquired the habit and habits are not sins every time. hough I think the cigarette habit or the tobacco habit In any form is a bad habit all right enough. As for the banker being the sinner that you pictured him simply from the stand point that he charged Interest and sometimes over six per cent, is not exactly fair to them Is It? I don't see how you can make a sin out of straight forward banking system and all understand it before you go o borrow money do you? Banks are the life of towns and food for making prosperous coun ty. They have brought many a man out from deepest depths or poverty and set him up straight in the world so he could live a clean and respecta ble social and christian life. How? by just loaning him money on one hand and encouraging him to start a bank account with the money, and many have and they have attained to heights almost sublime, and yet they are christians. Bankers have furn ished the capital for building educa tional Institutions, and have helped send the Gospel to the heathen lands and have helped the farmers every where, but yet they aro sinners are they? Well they may be sinners all right enough but not because they are bankers. Come again. Parson, I am not ask Ing you to apologize but get on your popular sins and blow them high enough bq 1 can see them. You see I am away down here in Richmond county and there are some sand hills between here and up there. THE STUDENT. W'ingate News, Correspondence of The Journal. Winvale. Jan. 24. Mr. and Mrs. Howard spent the night and Sunday with the family of Mrs. Howard's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Nash. Misses Genie Wonible. Sadie Belk and little Mildred Perry spent the week-end with relatives in Marsh ville. Miss Mollle Griffin and her brother, Mr. Pinkney Griffin of Charlotte, and Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Gaddy of Wlngate spent last Sunday with the family of their father, Esq. T. C. Griffin of Marshvllle. Miss Fronie Perry spent Saturday In Charlotte visiting among friends nd relatives. Dr. J. W. Gale spent Sunday with his family la Polkton, Mrs. Gale has been right sick for some days with some form of rheumatism. Glad to learn, however, that her condition Is much Improved. Dr. Jerome has but one case to re port this morning, that of Mrs. Ellen Williams near Eulo, who the doctor says Is getting along nicely. What a blessing It Is to possess fine, robust health! Thrice blest In he who has plenty to eat. a good healthy appetite and perfect digestion and assimilation. There is nothing on earth so desirable or that will bring such Joy and happiness. Why are we so careless of It? Excuse me please, I can't resist ihe temptation to remark about the weather. It always comes In so handy in the absence of any thing else to say. But don't it cut some queer capers of late? For instance: last Wednesday and Thursday the thermometer registered around 18 above aero, then on Friday and Sat urday following the riiercury stood at about Ofl, that Is 28 degress above freezing; then Monday mornlne about ." degress below freezing. Truly, we hae quite a variety of weather in this latitude. No wonder we are sub ject to so many colds and pulmonary diseases. The weather conditions chani;c so frequently that we can't keep up an even healthy temperature. But, we have lots of oilier good things to compensate us for this seeming vs, so let's not complain. Miss Marv Hamilton of Baiters was visiting liicnds of Wingaie Sun day. Of course my friends who enjoy church eoitig and good preaching will sympathyce with me when they h am that I have not had the pleasure of hearing our good paster preach but one sermon since he has had .chcrge of our church. This was the o'y one I have listened to In about s:teen months. "But." as Ihe old darkey said, "Thank the Lord I hain't lost my religion jet." O. I'. TIM 1ST. Anyone desiring the luxury of a horse steak may now secure same in Durham as the health officials of that city have declared its sale legit! male and have given permission to the markets to sell it. BIG DAY IN RALEIGH Last Saturday Was Dollar Day and the People Were De-lighted-That is the Kind of Day We Will Hame in Monroe. (Raleigh News & Observer.) The din of the dollar was heard in Raleigh yesterday and never before had it made so much noise for it was "Dollar Day" and the people were taking advantage of the many bargains that the various merchants of the town were offering in exchange for the coin of the realm, t The people were flush and dollars that had been drawn from the banks, bureau drawers and other places flashed over counters with startling rapidity for coveted merchandise. ) The murky weather and the rain at times did not faze the prudent shoppers who thronged the stores throughout the day. Clerks were worked hard, but they were happy and the proprietors were delighted. It was the biggest shopping day since the Christmas rush. The merchants were unanimous in pronouncing it the biggest business success ever pulled off in the city. Some of the merchants said that it brought numbers of customers in their store that they had never seen be fore. More than that, the customers went away in a hap py frame of mind. " , -:.u SiitS VALUABLE FEATURES Another valuable feature of the movement was the opportunity that it gave the merchants to show their stocks and to meet people who arcnot given to doing their own shopping. "I really think,", said a merchant, "that Dollar Day has been a great stimulus to business and that its effect will be felt for some time to come. The merchants have not only madeVmany new friends in Raleigh, but there were hundreds from a distance who were here who were not regular graders in Raleigh but who, after this visit, have seen the -handsome and complete line carried by the stores of Raleigh and the attractive urices thev have, at least many of them, have been won to Raleigh and will hereafter trading. In these business moves 1 am convinced that tne merchants must pull together for the trade of Raleigh. The publicity feature is also had to deliver the goods, but thetcUywBOuld not have been a success without the newspaper advertising. We got our stocks in shape, we advertised and the newspapers touched the spot. PREPARE 1J The success of the event edness. The business men entered fully into the spirit of the movement. In addition window displays were attractive and the interior arrange ments of their stores made ready for the occasion. Each establishment went scheme of prices and articles bargain figures. It was no eaten trap game, booas were sold at bargan prices unheard of in Raleigh before. In many cases many articles were practically given away. Extra bargains, many of which were displayed in the windows, started the early rush of buyers and Raleigh never before witnessed such a turnout of early shoppers and in a short time these attractive windows looked like a cyclone had struck them. CROWDS While there were good crowds were in the stores, where clerks were busy. The crowds hurrying on the street, on account of the inclement weather for the most part carried bundles 01 mercnandise. More people were seen on tne manv a dav. And thev all had happy laces because men dollars had had such increased purchasing value. Dollar Day has been the talk of the town lor days oast and the people were keyed up for the occasion. They had been reading the advertisments and were eager for the day. Friday night the streets were thronged witn people who were inspecting the display windows of the Stores. w;- :- WiNon Will Itecomcmnd Tariff Hoard Washington Dispatch. 24. Creation of n tariff commission. It : was learned from official sources to nlirht. has been determined upon by the Wilson Administration. A bill providing for ruch a commission wilt b introduced in Congress In the near , future ii nd President Wilson may dis- cuss the subject In a message to Con gress. The duties of the proposed com-; miwHinn or hoard under the plan un derstood to have been agreed upon lv Ad in uistrat on leaders would De to collect information regarding the tariff, and to co-ordinate similar pow ers now believed by President Wilson i to be held by existing government ! bodies. Trinity Community league. The people of the Trinity com munity met last Saturday and form ed a community league. Committees w-r-ppolnled s follows: Educational Miss Cortile Laney. J. C. Laney mid Mr. Carr Broom. Farm Progress R. L. Belk. B. W. Lnnoy. Co-operative W vln Laney. Health-Mm. T. A. Eubanks. Cal- C. Eubanks, Mrs. R. L. Belk. Social Progress Mrs. Kate Laney. Miss Bessie Reld Houston. come to Raleigh to do their a telling one. Of course, we FUK EVEINT unquestionably was prepar to their advertisements, the to work and worked out its and these were marked at IN STORES crowds on the streets the main sireeis wun ounuies man in ... i: - : l-'nlhcr Hears .Son Kin;; Over Tele phone. Z. T. Stewart, 69 years old, who b critically ill at his home in OlnHie Kans., recently listened over the long distance telephone as his son Charles, led a chorus of 500 voices in a revival pong In Emporia, Kans Nearly 5,000 persons assembled in Evangelist Charles Regin Scoville's union tabernacle were deeply moved when Seoville announced that the elder Stewart was on the wire, am' that the son, Scoville's choister would conduct the choir In singing "The City Where They Need No Sun. As the singers reached the refrain the audience joined, and the rude worship shed vibrated with the sound. The father listened from his cot, a hundred miles away. ADMINISTRATOR'S XOTH'K Havin this day qualified as Ihe administrator of the estate of J. L, King, deceased, notice is hereby giv en all persons having claims against the said estate to present them to me on or before the 24lh day of January 1917. or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. All perron owlnc the estate will make settle ment at once. H. B. KING. Administrator of J. I King. Stack k Parker. Attorneys. I'nionville Xewa Correspondence of The Journal. I'nionville. Jan. 24. Mrs. C. A. Loflin and children of Savannah. Ga.. are spending some time with ber pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Seerert. Miss Mae B. Shaw lips returned to ho- Lome in Laurinburg u t spend ing some time with her grandmother. Mrs. C. B. Russell. The many friends of Mrs. Dr. G. , Smith will be glad to learn that M he has about gained her accustomed health after brief illness. She sumeu iter worn as iruciier in lue seventh grade this morning. Mr. J. Boyd Griffin has been teaching in her place. The I nlonville basket ball learn went to play the Pleasant Hill team Friday afternoon, but due to some misunderstanding they did not play but eight minutes. Result 6-0 in favor of I'nionville. The presiding elder. Rev. Mr. Mann, preached in the Methodist church here Wednesday night. Ev eryone present enjoyed the sermon very much. Arrangements have been made for the erecting of a Presbyterian church here. Work on the manse has already begun. Misses Clara and Raymelle Purser, who are teaching the white school- house In New Salem township, spent Saturday and Sunday with home- folks here. Miss Annie Helms has returned home after spending a few days with her aunt. Mrs. H. C. Epps of North Monroe township. Mrs. Martha Aycock has been spending a few days with the family of Mr. I. N. Aycock of South Mon roe township. Our school is progressing nicely now. There are over two hundred students attenting and about eighty of them are high school students. Professor Yeargln expects to make this one of the most successful years iu the history of the school. And now, dear circle of writers, do not make fun of my debut into your miifst. I hope if you have anything to correct In my Bcribbllng that you will please notify me at once so that I may correct my mistakes and try to do better afterwards. Your new friend. WILD ROSE. Mt. Pleasant News Correspondence of The Journal. Mt. Pleasant. Jan. 23. Mrs. It. W A. Rogers and Mrs. G. W. Funder- burk and Miss Allie Funderburk spent the latter part of last week and the first of this week in Chesterfield among relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Godwin of this community spent a few days In Charlotte this week with Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Qucrry. Mrs. Mary Broom of Salisbury and Mrs. W. C. I) peso of Lancaster are by the bedside of their mother, Mrs. Alt Fundrburk, who Is very low with pneumonia. Mr. Harold Eubanks of Washing ton Is spending the week with Mr. Charles Eubanks. Master Raymond Moser fell out of a window at Mt. Pleasant school house Jan. 21 and sustained a broken arm. Good Training "My cross-examination didn't seem to worry you much," said the fa mous lawyer to the witness after the trial. "Have you had any previous experience?" "Just a little," replied the witnesf sarcastically. "I have six children." Notice. All overseers of the public roads of Monroe township nre requested to work their respective roads and make their reports to the Board of Super visors on Saturday, the 5th day of February, at the courthouse at ten o'clock. S. A. HELMS, Chin. M. II. RICHARDSON, Sec. NOTICE. The f-rin of Benton Crow & C . h is been dissolved by the purchase of Mr. Crow's interes-t by the remaining partners. The undersigned assume all obligations and will collect all ac counts. Parties owing the firm will make settlement immediately. BENTON & BENTON January 20. 1916. NOTICE. North Carolina, 1'nlon ( oiintv. In the Superior Court. Fannie Hallsey vs. Charlie llallsey. To Challie Halls.cy, the delendani above named: Take notice, that r.' the 12lh day of Februaiy. llilti. at o'clock p. in., and thereaft'-r. at tin residence of It. A. Keaster. at ( ool Branch church, in Townshl,i No. 1. Fairfield county, S. C. before W. J. Keller, commisi ioncr. the under: ed will take the depositions of W. T. BouUare, R. A. Fenster, D. J. lloul ware, George Mendor, George Cole man. Ida Davis. Jane Coleman. Ellitn Hallsey and others, to lie nvd as ev idence for the plaintiff in the above entitled action, v. hicli is now pending In the Superior Court of l'e' Ceun tv. State of North Carolina . i;;id you will lurlliir lake notice that If the taking of said depositions is not he gun and completed on the said det th same will be continued from day to day I Sunday excepted I until com pleted. Yo- are further notified th:it on the l.'.th day of February. 1916. nl the office of the Clerk of (lie Superi or Court of I'nion County, N. C, said depositions will be opened by the Clerk of reid Court, when and where you are required to be present and (He objections and ( xeeptions to said d-pnsilinrs, if you nre so advised. This th 2,th dav of Jan.. 1916. FANNIE HALLSEY. Plaintiff. Stack ic Parker, Attorneys. SOCIAL The Baraca class of the Prehby terian church gave a charming social Friday evening in the church parlors to the Christian Endwnvor Society. Beautiful ferns formed the d ora tions and after a Bible contest, -d- a-I..K. n.liU u.orn un. L, n' .,, h, ,.,. n-w;tm were 8(.rved. The Vict..da furnished music for the occasion end out of a membership of forty-won, there were forty-three preterit, yes dames G. U. Caldwell. W. P. P:; ! r- ville and Mr. W. J. Rudce con. rose the social committee and the ;!::lr was thoroughly enjoyed. With Mrs. J. C. Sikes as hc?;.;s. the Van Dyke Bonk Club held & de lightful meeting Saturday afternoon. Virginia and the Carollnas was tho subject and Mrs. E. W. Crow read a splendid paper on "Some ot Nature's Wonders Lnray Cave and the Nat ural Bridge." The entire club . en sang "Carolina, after which .Mrs. Ii. S. Green read a well-written purer on "Historic Citits." Mrs. V. 1). Sikes subject was "Old Historic Homes Mt. Vernon. Arlington nnd Montlcello. Misses Annie Saunders and Hallle Neal and Mrs. L. M. White rendered vocal and Instrument al selections and Mrs. N. M. Red fear n gave a reading. Visiters were Mes dames T. L. Crowell and W. J. Boger. Mesdames V. D. Sikes and E. S. Green assisted in serving a three-course luncheon. Mrs. M. A. Alexander and daugh ter, Miss Loina Alexander, returned home Saturday from Concord. Mis Alexander, who has been teaching school near Concord, Is onvaleseing from a severe attack of pneumonia. Miss Ethel Keever of Norwood i the guest of Miss Jeanie Russell. Miss Keever was guest-of-honor at a party given by Miss Ruth Houston Saturday afternoon. Mesdames S. H. Green. L. N. Vt9 son and Roscoe Phifor will leava Thursday for Greensboro to attend the annual missionary conference which convenes In West Ma'ket street church. Jan. 27-31. Ilea III of Mr. John A. Bigger. , Written for The Journal. . , Mr. Jhu A. Biggevs died at hist home in Sandy Ridge township last Saturday morning at five o'clock. H hnd been in feeble health for a year or so and for some weeks had In confined to his bed with the end ap proaching day by day. The immedi ate cause of his death was heart fail ure with catarrh of the stomach, but the real cause was old age, he being In his Ji"rd year, having been born on February 2nd. 1S.'!4. near Mint HU1. Mecklenburg county. Mr. Bigger.-! was one of t'niru'S substantia! citizens, having always been a man of sound business JmIj ment. and being a m.Tti of good health, unceasing Industry, and a quiet determination, he succeeded when many would hae failed. Although a very busy man nwt of his life he learned early In life to appreciate the company of the int- ligent and the good, and to this Jact he owed much of his large stock ot general information and the art cf growing old happily and soberly. Above every other institution ia the world Mr. Riggers loved the church of the living God, to which he felt he owed everything. He was a life-long member of the PresbytetUa church, having joined at Philadeli hi church at Mint Hill in early nianh(ol but at the time of bis dcjtth ma a member of Siler Presbyterian church, near his home. Mr. Biggers leaves the follow ,'pic children: Mrs. J. D. Adams of At lanta. Mrs. J. W. Stephenson f M'n- eral Springs. Mrs. Jano Reld of Sih r, Mrs. A. C. IVnejjar of Monroe. Mrs. Andrew Davis. Mrs. J. F. Thompson of Indian Trail. Messrs. W . A. h'p- gers. J. F. Hlggers, and Misses Nannie and .hula Diggers of the old hoti;e. The funeral was conducted at the home by Rev, It. .1. Mcllwaine ot Monroe and the burial was at P!-hs ant Grove cemetery by the side of Mb wife who preceded him only a fewf cars ago. M. How t Iteiiil the Bible ti Yene Through ia Written for .January The Journnl. Rend Genesis and Fxo- diis. February Ktad to the loth rfcan- !er of Duteronomy. March - Read to the end of S; nl Samiiel. April - Read to the end of Sm nd King.". May Read to the e:d of V-hi'-mU'tl. July - Rend to ihe end of Isi.ih. August- Read to the 10th (hajter of Ezekial. September Read to the h;,' of the Old Testament. October Read to the end of L , November Read to the end of Corinthians. December - Read to the end f-f the New Ttestament. Hour Ihe Real Mtilc We now have Ihe agency fo? the F.disnn Diamond Disc Phonoirraph records In Monroe. We have a fine) assortment of nil kinds of music nnd can supply any record made. Calt In and hear some of the music when you are In town. T. P. DILLON. Your wife as well as your sins will find you out. 11

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