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Be Prepared for the BIG
PUT YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK AND BE
HEADY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CASH BUYING.
When the merchants of Monroe put the Dollar Day Sale
on they are just giving you a sample of what you can do
for cash. Bear that in mind while you are purchasing.
See what the cash dollar will do.
Cash purchases by all will lower the cost of living.
Always keep your money in this Bank and be ready to
pick up cash bargains every time.
R. A. MORROW, President. XT
D. A. HOUSTON, Cashier.
DR. J. E. ASHCRAFT, Vice-President.
First National Bank,
Our stock came in last night. ...All of them are in good con
dition. ... They are nice ones. ...Several pairs of Red Sor
rells, Blacks, Blues and Deep Btys. : If you want to buy
or swap, come early and get your choice.
$fZ v ;v-. ;o a 4 CVs "a
-BUGGIES AND HARNESS
Don't forget to see us before you trade for a new buggy
or surry. ...We handle the best that are made in the South.
-WAGONS
We have just received a large shipment of the celebrated
Hackney and J. C. Spach Wagons and can sell them "worth
the money."
TheSikesCo.
Tuesday, Jan. 25, I916
MONROE. N. C.
STATIONAHY KXCilXK KAX AWAY
Sliwl After Sh Exhausted Horelf
Mmh Sk-km-M in Mr. IaiM-N
Kaniilj Still round About 'imr.
Pageland Journal. Jan. 26.
Little Georgia Doster. the 4-year-old
daughter or Mr. and Mrs. J. Y
Poster, was painfully burned last
Wednesday when herrlothinn cauuht
from fonie burning Krass which her
brother, Joe. had fired. The burns
were painful, but not seriou.
A 35-gallon still was found In the
Zoar serlion a few days ano. and
Policeman Melton was notified. He
went and found a house about half
a mile south or the state line in which
a furnace had been built to hold the
still and there were barrels of the
malt and slops, but the man and the
Mill were pone, presumably to North
Carolina.
The nivernors on the enpine at the
plant of the Pox Lumber Co. r.iil-d
to work lat Thursday morninp. i.nd
th- enrii'e quickly attained a si cod
.ntiH'Iy im) fast for the wel!-beinc
v.t the" machinery and the sale'.v of
those in the vicinity. The line shaft
ing wi.- torn down and crooked aN.u'
and the puJieya wore slune here and
there. The engine rocked and jump
ed anil the driving wheels rubbing
the hi it k foundation threw tire Jike
skyrockets. The steam feed pipe was
shaken and strained so much that
steam gushed out at every Joint. The
slide in the engine finally gave way
and shut off the steam. No one was
hurt and the damage was estimated
at about $75.
Mr. K. F. Smith has resigned as
policeman and moved to the country,
but he says he still has a Job here.
He brings his children to school in
the mornings, and as it is a couple
of miles back home he just spends
the day and carries them home in the
afternoon. He says further that he
lias contracted with Mr. Wm. Home
and It. I.. Smith to deliver to them by
March 1. lf16. a car load of rabbits
from his farm.
Messrs. Kd and William Terry, the
sons or Mr. J. V. Tterry, who round
themselves in Jacksonville, Fla. sev
eral days ago without sufficient funds
to buy tickets home and about whom
some uneasiness was felt, came In on
the 14th unnanounced. Nothing had
been heard from them since the tele
gram Tor money was received several
days before. They came in safe and
sound and none the worse because
or the journey, though they are a
little more experienced. They rode
trains, autos, and buggies and hoofed
it a spell occasionally.
Wayne, the small son of Mr. and
Mrs. b. H. Parker of Lanes Creek
township, is now able to be out after
a sickness with typhoid fever last
ing rrom the 20th day of September
until the loth day or January, Just
rour months rrom the time he was
taken until he was able to leave the
house. He can walk very little yet.
but can t ide about over the neighbor
hood. This is the first week there
hasn't been someone sick at this
home since some time last June. In
July the baby died and a little later
Clara nee took fever. There were sev
eral weeks that Wayne hovered be
tween life and death, and a trained
nurse was necessary. Expenses have
been very heavy, and those who have
been blessed with health could not do
better than remember these good peo
ple in this misfortune by a friendly
turn of linnd or pocket honk.
JuM How the Tiling Will Happen
Waxhaw Enterprise.
Next Wednesday. February 2. Is nn
international holiday, the same being
the day upon !i! h his lmeprlal Ma
jesty, the (.'.round Hog, Universal
Dictator and littler Absolute of
weather conditions for forty days,
will make his annual appearance. If
on that day at the particular time
when his majesty essays forth from
his abiding place one riy of sun
shin" falls upon him and casts a
shadow on the mould he will become
frightened at it and scurry back into
his hole Tor another forty days. If,
however, the sun is veiled all day be
hind shielding clouds so that no shad
ow of any object falls upon the
ground, his majesty, the Ground Hog,
will remain on top. In rase he re
turns to his hole there will be forty
days more of winter. If h stays out,
winter is done and spring will contin
ue until in the regular course of time
It merges Into summer.
Sniveling From Mule llile of Twelve
Years Ago
Wadesboro Ansnnlan.
Mr. Jasper Collins or White Store
township is confined here on account
of a partial derangement or his mind
thought In be due to Ills having been
bitten twelve years ago by a mule
suffering with hydrophla. He is a
popular young man and a good citi
zen. A lew days ago he became al
most wild and attacked a number of
people. It is recalled that a mad dog
bit a mule on his father's place and
the mule, apparently surfertng rrom
the disease, bit the boy. He showed
no effects or the poison in his system
and at times now appears rational.
It Is a very sad case and friends of
the family sympathize with them.
No
Damages, Hole Tun- Women
Jurors.
Kansas City Post.
It took Wayndotte county's two
women jurors. Mrs. A. A. Young and
Mm. Louise Pryor, assisted by ten
men Just thirty minutes to decide,
this morning, that A. J. Walters was
not entitled to $2,500 damage from
the Lonsdale Grain company.
Walters, who sued, alleging that he
had been hurt and incapacitated ror.
work while in the employ of the grain
concern, went to work on the day of
his injury, according to witnesses,
and the next day was discharged af
ter a tiff with the superintendent.
The arguments of attorneys were
concluded at 9: SO this mornlrvg and
the jury retired to deliberate. At just
10 o'clock a verdict for the defendant
! rn'ua rfitrnpd.
"Both Mrs. Young and I like Jury
duty." said Mrs. Pryor as she took up
again her work on the "bungalow
doily" which she makes during the
Idle moments in ner Jury service
"W had nn difficulty reaching a ver
! diet. We were agreed from the first."
three Good Reasons
For Our Water-Ground
MEAL
1. It is ground in the old way.
2. It is made of fresh country corn.
3. It is always fresh.
Those who have tried it will take
no substitute. Try it and it will con
vince you, too. Phone us for a peck.
Phone 255
T. C. Lee & Co.
Prosperity never spoils a man that
adversity cannot crush.
Notice to the Tax Payers
of Union County.
By an act of the Legislature of 1915, a collector's fee
of 50 cents must be added to all taxes not paid before the
First Day of February of each year. This fee of 50 cents
will not be collected unless the taxes be placed in the hands
of outside collectors. I hope all who have not paid their
taxes for 1915 will call in the Sheriff's office and pay, or
write me for a statement and send it in by mail before
February 1st.
I will be forced to place the taxes in the hands of col
lectors in the month of February in order to meet my final
settlement. Very respectfully,
J. V. GRIFFITH, Sheriff of Union County.
A Really, Truly Prosperous and
Happy 1916 Is Our Wish for You
WHY NOT MAKE IT A REAL
ESTATE YEAR FOR YOURSELF?
GET SOME MOTHER EARTH IN
YOUR OWN NAME. IT'S THE
FIRST STEP JO GENERAL PROSPERITY.
See Us About ReaJ Estate
and Insurance.
Monroe insurance k investment
Office In Hank of
I'nion Building.
company
O. B. CALDWELL,
Manager.
:iiatiit:'imm:ijmii3 ara'BrmanirBnaTi'ira
MADE RIGHT HERE IN MONROE.
Coca-Cola
"THE FAMOUS UNIVERSAL DRINK."
Delivered in case lots to dealers in Monroe
and surrounding localities.
MONROE COCA-COLA COMPANY.
F. N. 8XYDEU, Manager.
'Phone 340. Monroe, N. C.
GORDON LtSSS CO.
Fire, Life, Accident and Health
INSURANCE.
State Agents Philadelphia Life Ins.'Co.
Office Second Floor,
Farmers and Merchants' Bank BIdg.,
Monroe, N, C.