"ee Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL 22. No. 3.
MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1916.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
r
Reminiscences
By J. Z. Green.
mortgage on the few farms that lndl
vlduals still hold should be thought
to furnish relief. Fact of the bust
ness is they don't think so. They
think the poor devils who are suffer
i dm. .. tv. Tn,n.i ... ..... ing me consequences or corrupt Po-
able to get any Immediate report of "Ucal rft n ha?' mtle enouh
It
the meeting of Price and Green at In
dian Trail, but It presumed that it
wm a debate from away back yond
er." It would have Justified the ex
penditure of enough money to fetch
Ked Buck Bryant down from Wash
Ington to get a pen picture of that
debate not my part of It. but Jim
part. As the road law had appeared
several times In the county papers
and had been circulated In phamplet
form. I opened the discussion with
a talk on the economic value of good
roads, the different methods of con'
Structing and maintaining public
roaus. and tne plans or raising nion
ey, etc., referring only incidentally
to the road law under consideration,
I knew Jim was loaded for bear and
had provided for enough "applause1
to fetch it out of him good and warm
and as Charley Barrett would say,
was anxious to hear him "rare."
had been something over twenty
years since I had heard the kind of
stump speech which I knew Jim was
going to make. The only unfair
means I tued was in the beginning
of my talk when I referred to the
wonderful transformation that had
come about within the last twenty
years, recalling the fact that when
Jim and myself were campaigning
twenty years ago, both PopuliBts and
Democrats were trained to think
with their feet when a speaker was
talking, whereas they now think with
their heads. Inasmuch as Jim had
provided for some old-fashion "foot
applause, I admit that this was
rather sorry trick to try to play on
Him. .
t t t t
Now Jim's pieces in the papers do
not give even a faint conception of
the extreme limits of his strained con
structlon of the proposed law in that
speech and bis scathing denunciation
of everybody who had anything to
do with it, in which I came In for a
liberal share of law blasting and
browbeating with such vigor that it
would make the pioneer stump speak
er of fifty years ago look like fifteen
cents In comparison. Jim argued In
a circle, in which he placed Monroe
and the lawyers, and Page, and Iowa,
and Henry Wallace and nearly every
body else who had ever had anything
to say about the law favorably or
had mentioned In connection with it,
and proceeded to give them one
knock-out blow after another. And
the "foot" applause helped him won
derfully, as it did in the days of old.
In fact, there was so much about It
that brought back vivid recollections
of the days of Populism that I could
not hardly realize for the time be
ing that it wasn't happening over
again with even more intensity. I
was so well entertained and amused
with Jim's performance that I could
not refrain from writing him the fol
lowing note of appreciation:
"Dear Jim: It's been a long time
since I heard you make an old-fashion
regulation stump speech, the kind
that are getting to be so scarce now
since we htve rural mall delivery.
That effort you made at Indian Trail
Thursday night outstripped anything
I ever heard you do back in the days
of Populism. You must have had it
in you all those quiet years, gather
ing force from within, nnd that was
the first opportunity to let It out.
You had me lost in a dream of the
early nineties and for some time aft
er the meeting adjourned I could
hardly realize that I wasn t livins
again twenty years back. But, Jim,
did we really go to the ridiculous ex
tremes that you reached the other
night and at the same time look In
earnest and truthful-like about It?
If we did we've probably got for
giveness for it before now."
That occasion was a rare diversion
for me. As Bill Arp would say, it
put me to ruminating and mediating.
Confidentially, Jim, lots of folks in
the outlying townships who voted
against the new road law are tired
of paying taxes under your township
road law, and the; will knock it
higher than a kite if they get a
chance at It by referendum vote.
Some of them are saying things about
It that sounds like cussln'.
t t t t
Lots' of reasons were given for
' voting Rgulnst the proposed law, and
it would be interesting if we had a
collection of all of them, but the man
in Vance township who ppys tax on
about 25 worth of property and has
two boys who have to work the road,
perhaps deserves the prize, if any is
given. He said ho had "served his
time" on the roads and his boys has
no more right to escape than he did.
He spoke it like It was a sentence to
the roads and that Is really about
what it amounts to, but why should
he want his boys to serve the sen
tence because he did?
is to believe that they are trying
.j help them because they have at
tached the term "rural" to the Ine
quitious document. Why should it
be necessary to establish a new
chain of, say twelve regional banks.
in order to serve the agricultural in
terests?
Wouldn't all this additional ex
pense be heaped upon the Interest
that it was claimed to serve? How
could it keep the farmers who are al
ready loaded down with unbearable
burdens to increase those burdens to
the extent of the rental charge on
twelve banking sites. The interest
on the investment for twelve bank
buildings, also dividends on fixtures.
etc.. to say nothing of the salaries of
twelve sets of bank officials who do
not see fit to work execpt for a high
wage?
Suppose this rural banking ar
rangement, In the Interest of agri
cultural enterprise Is established-
How will it work and what advantage
will It give over the present banking
arrangement? Who can get help at
tnese agricultural banks?
The answer Is about like this: The
man who has a good farm In a high
state of cultivation and owns his own
fixtures so that his note would be
Pounded to Death by a Vote of Three
to Une (km h1 t ote I nl.
For new road law. 621: against it
1815. That's the story of the vote
last Saturday on the adoption of the
proposed change in the road law of
the county. The vote by precincts
was as follows:
For.-Against
Irby's 21 175
Armfield'a 16. . . .131
North Goose Creek .... 12 .... $6
South Goose Creek ... . 19 ... .170
Wilson's Old Store .... 11 .... 90
Waxhaw 30. ... 73
West Sandy Ridge .... 12 .... 78
East Sandy Ridge .... 13.... 93
Olive Branch 00. . . .144
Euto 2. . . .136
Lanes Creek 32. . . .112
Marshville 69.... 202
South Monroe 178.... 45
North Monroe 134.... 143
Wingrte 41 32
Total 621.. 1815
I.YCKIM XOTF.S.
"i MM K X( "KM K X T API- KKYKXTIl! men of handiwork by the girls of the
scnoois. j'rizes will be awarded for
That Day Set for County Kvent At
torney General Ilk kett Fxected.
The Union County Teachers Asso
ciation met In regular session at half
past ten o'clock Saturday morning,
Jan. 29th, in the auditorium of Lan
caster street school building. The
weather was very unfavorable, but
through a heavy down pour of rain
nearly 100 of the faithful learners.
who seek every means of improve
ment, came and entered heartily luto
the discussions of the various num
bers on the program. This urogram
had been prepared a few weeks prior
ana published in the county papers
The devotional exercises were con
ducted by Prof. R. N. Nisbet and the
the best exhibit
The street parade will be as here
tofore, the parade to begin strictly
ai ji o ciocE, April 7th.
We are expecting to secure for the
orator of the day Attoiney General
T. W. Bickctt. the next Governor of
North Larohua.
1 beg the earnest cooperation of
teachers, pupils and patrons, that we
may nave the be?t commencement
Union county has ever had.
R. N. NISBET. Co. Supt
I .oral Xotes From the Win&ate Cor-
reMnH'nt.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wingate. Feb. 7. Mr. Frank Truil
tins moved tn rharl.itj nf,.,.
. I ' . V . " . IV. I V V. MHVI
uiurauoQ was onerea oy rroiessor spending some months in the, mer
Hodges. . cantile business. Mr. Trull wi'l
ine nrsl topic discussed was hv tinue in his hnc..n ........ i.... .,
Professor Mendeuhall. who contend- citv. Whether
ed that for the child's best interest business grew to be too large for the
there should be a closer relation and tOWn Or the town nrnVPfi Inn fzmnll
a more luuruuBii ana intelligent co- ror bis business, we are unable to say.
operation Del ween the parents and Mr. J. L. Austin went on a business
learners: lor BU1U ne H HCn tne tr n ll n to With nxlnn nllr n
...!, nun is until riy m-uie in nisiiasi ween.
inU"uuu, uiM-mcis iiif ia(( OI CO- nr. Kav Uriftln of Mnmnlnn U
v.er.iuon Between i nose wno nave vihiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
The American Quartet, reputed to
h nnp nf tho Itnut nttrrirtlfin. nn I ha
Lyceum stage, will appear here at the 111 ""ciing ot nis. actions in charge. Billy Griffin
opera house Feb. 16. These boys ,0M? confidence and respect for one Mr. H. A. Redfearn went to Wades
certainly can sing, according to press ur uvl"- BD0 , lum comes an ir- boro Thursday on business. Henry
reports, and the evening will be pleas- reIarable loss.' gas it seems like home to meet so
antly spent by all who attend. ,Mr- Batcom ' the Indian Trail many of his old friends and ac-
f t f t school gave some very helpful sug- quaintances; many of whom are still
tihiiu i a.1 rMit.nx a k . a i isvPiiiiuB aiui iiio uiiiTiii t hi iiitiiiififi in r i a vara
fiU?Re ,nyw.nere' ran ! ,oan can Quartet was giving one of his J ,be.two.l'n Pents and teachers. Super- Mr. Luther Nash, "news butcher1
do better than that now?
n tt .. ..... ... - , u . . . . , van Vfuni iri Bfla hiving UHC VI lllb . . , .... ... . . ' ' ""v -..-u, ucv9 uuicuer
fhinu h.rrnnl.v t, r? reading! in a small town In Wiscon- teBdt Allen of the Monroe schools on the S. A. L. spent Friday night
h. 1 . lv rth,..ual 8in 'ast 'our or five babies in wai ca1l1uP0.n 'or a further discus- with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
he do that now? Really, can't he arnl. Biar.p(1 rnmnp,mnn Thir .,. "Ion of this topic. Mr. Allen em- Nash.
w? Whoever wcicome rlot act reached a climax Paslzed the necessity of Intelligent The Wingate troupe rendered the
ho owned real when a younggter , the front row cooperation. He contended that the play "Down in Dixie 'ln theMarshvilie
ongress to en- who unti, that (me had been fgr, teacher, like the family physician, academy Wednesday night. About
ns : him to give decent Bnot off a toy plBtol should know something of the family $30 was collected as gate receipts,
id? And who Rather exasperated. Mr. Gilbert ,?or7,Jthe fn"0""" the child 80 per cent of which went to Wingate
.... !"'"" . .VU VUlllllllllUU. X llClft U 11 I ..... - 1-
L?or,ii,arlM youngster In the front row. fa"aU?,L Se. ?"t?.nded. ?l . the P1. "Down in Dixie 'ln theMarshvilie
act a spoclal law enabli
a mortgage on his land
ever heard toll of a land-owning clti
zen being out of a Job and having
his children suffering for the neces
sarles of life?
How would It relieve the present
unemployment situation to get the
rest of the home owners to take a
gamblers chance on losing their
homes?
What this country needs Is not a
political scheme to complete the
present robber program and finish the
stopped and remarked: nneruea, ana most especially some- and the balance to the Marshville
"Between the Infantry and the ar- , r. aZ "l,,1? orner Mno0'-
tillery it's hard o tell who's really t0, ?er b.l wUh..,.ha.t chl d: For Mr- Calvin Nash has taken the con-
giving this entertainment." !,a'a ne- " cn'la ,na8 jnnented tract to build a handsome residence
Wherepon the wisest of the moth- " . . . .' "i,s IOW r,la":J or Ior Mr- Vernon Trull in the southern
ers persuaded her infant to withdraw "r,"1,mf 11 ,8. unJusl ,or Portion of the Faulks community.
uvuci cjiini iuo name wui k oi ine wingate correspondent feels
him as he would of a child who was that he ownes his little friend. Muster
not so unfortunate." Neither the Chris Lamb, son of Mr. and Mrs. C
parents nor tho teachers should ex- C. Lamb, an apology for Tailing to
pect so much of such a child. Dut note bis birthdav party as per his an
no 1'it-au lur m euiisiut-ittuuu oi earn nouncement. However, will trv a's
n favor of the speaker.
t t t t
Down in Tennessee last winter the
boys of the American Quartet were
scheduled to leave on a 3 o'clock
train the mon:lng following their
land monopolist grab-everything-ln V'V" "r ' "e!r child's conditions, mentality, phvsi- he7. . "h'''.
sight scheme, but the very opposite. C0U(lui.ve t0 earl hours 5ut the Mly, and his environments. If these oversight. Saturday, January 29, llt
JnL'nZnti1"" L'' lr company was at the station several "Ih.iat ..'l" C.a"nwt.1? H"6 Cbris was ve ear8 W "
"h VV1 ?n 'h m 0f lh?HHns'bcVo,e train tl
highest class of work, then said he, honor of the occasion he Invited
who own the land of this country WUn exception the'y were the "II .is c?.'. t0,ry ?, fo!:ce hlm t0 "umber of his liule f,lenJa )n" hia
may have an onoortuntv to become Li 'iL.A'i I "-render it." He to Id of a certain h....,- r hi... ..
hX7T::iA to Pun- mon;ous"evr''Vo;'Vwo hoZ
m.CT, " V ....' " ' "B mm his hand, stood an old towns T." 7 ""iT! " 0UI s.Kfirs rouM an P)'"
kA . .L.I " " "w v . .... tiiuvu 'mvi I .n ru
ImnlAtnn. nnr rnffrlnl ,n.l. ". ""u i cunoBiiy
. . ' """ 1 ana was Plart hn nno nf th K.,v
take ui for.
I noticed In a recent Issue of The
1 broke the half-frozen silence.
"Are you leaving on this train, or
Progressive Farmer a brief synopsis hurt ieetinr n?. oni" YnZZ
LB? .f I.he ,EllrT.an Clavton Conrad , cartoonist with the
"Oh, n'ether one," answered the
stranger. "Jis' thought I'd come
down an' mebbe see somebuddy I
knowed."
t t t t
One of the features of the Ameri
can Quartet program is a series of
because ff a failure to prepare his
work satisfactorily. The boy's teach
er bad brought aim to the office for
another whipping which was laid on
with the promise that If the work was
not prepared by the following morn
ing tnat another punishment more
severe than the former would be trlv-
en to him.
Chance took the superintendent by
i. iiiiiif mi niifin nv 1 I'lvrnn i finrun iki.
to proviae :. .-..v.... ..... , , Vyva oy BirauunK mem 10 reaa hurv ncr finnnl
The risk for "e .rop.entB lne B.Rlu,e of two when It was so dark. The boy re- Mr WA rh,nm. ,. . vii.1.1... 41.-
as one nun- ?'8B'IP' "ver steamboats, the squeak- plied. "Yes sir, but we have no lights ffl,iiv nf i, ir. 1 ' AC "I
rchaso. now ')5 or a counto" saw nun, the parting n our house at night and you will Sundav v....v.
ut by tho side VWV . 8 ul lu p- a r01" B've me another beating If I do not Mr and Mrs Blair Trull "r H A
nrnnnuiti..n i M'aion between an automobile and a have this wort ri,.iP ti,i ..nar. n 'V .' " . V A.
was surprised to note that even the
Russian system was far ahead of any
thing yet proposed by our law mak
er for relief of our people who are
living In the land of the free and the
home of the brave.
The Russian plan, we are told, has
since its establishment enabled 20,
000,000 home seekers
themselves with homes.
this purpose going as far
dred per cent on the pu
oes that look when p
of the I'nlted Ktnto'n
let the man who already has h home uor. . . I Intendent saw that to require the
have a loan of one half Its value in Al -PIa. unio, wnen air. i.onrad same work of that boy who had no
order to assist hlm In getting shed of gav.e ,he. automobile Imitation, a dog lights at all by which to prepare his
It? Yet . we have been told that the ""-.. hhhujiiib oarn iook up work, as he would of a boy surround-
each
Ins
we
ropean
th
could
without lying much and If they have
lied any, I'm of tho opinion that the
story wouldn't bear fruiting
at will. After which refreshments
were served and they departed for
ineir respective homes. It was
great day for these little loiks and
will be long remembered bv each
niay Lnns live to see nmnv more
such occasions,
Mr. R. C. Williams anil little son
visited Mrs. Tinie Mullis Sunday
Mr Tuff Mill nf n,nrl,.ll ..I..
..- 1 ..... . . .1. " '""""" "-
uie iionm oi me ooy just as ine insr Itinir the rmilv nf Mr on.i Vf w
iB.vgoi iiKiu were taaing away. 1 nis a. Chancy the latter part of last
uuj n(i9 orcu w 11,11 inn uuuiv ill) HfU nU 1 WPPk
as 10 catch these fading rays or light. Wrg. Lee Hinson died Sundav in
1 , 1 'iiieuueiii BKneu nun it ne charlotte. The remains of the de-
did not know that he would hurt cpokp.! iii v huri 04 11.. m.....
........ l 1 .I . 1 - - - vuiivu i 1 1 1 v 111 iini;ii
CAXADIAX PARMAMKXT
UllIJMXU DKSTKUYKIt
M IUV(i SESSION
OffleUls lU-lieve Germans PIium
Time llonib in Houwe Two Wo
men Victims Three Men Also liv
an Hituiic I'ile l I lazed by
Flames.
all pleasant visitors In the home of
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. T. Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Tlnle Mullis. her friends will
.. j . . . . . .iinn 11 rt 11 1 si uiinitnainMif in in inti 1 j 1 .. 1 1 1 .
iiuMtiaiis eie iu most oeiiigiiiea i," .iT. rU ay juauij uu who couiQ be sorry to lenin. thnt she is suffer-
people on earth. Dog n.y buttons if bro,ho1r of, ,hf ca,'ine ral11,. an 'or sit beneath the glare of an electric hD. ROme trouble with one of her
I don't believe that nations lie on several minutes it was Impossible to light which would nut to shame the
other for the purpose of mnk- Proceed w th the enter alnment. sun's most brilliant rays, to prepare go,,,., .in.e ;,V M.J Vi ,V 1 , ' n
their own dupes be still while L At London, Kv.. the CUatauqua his work would be very nnjust. to Charlotte soon to'crmnit
"skin." Wonder wh;.t thor.e Eu- lv"), waB ',ear a ,"on wrln la" There are many such cases In nur specialist. It i. to be hoi.ert ihVt
statesmen have been telling ,V " . 'J. as u lox. 1 .eV 1 "e '.am- schools today, and It Is the duty of nothine ser'oim will iern
eir people about us? Really, they "y". ",ln lne e.xce' !lon or lne n'otner, the teacher to look them up. Mr Ann vPi i. i,., f n
tell a pretty bad "tale" on us. n.aa Fone '? ie Uauuqua. allowing The question of securing attend- p, t . nrt Mr. rt. h Ham. orV.,i "
tip ilnir in rnllnu' Aa tho mnthoi st..t,.n. . i i l .. t... i l
ant guests in our home th!s Monday
morning.
ell, the election on the road prop
osition has passed. "Against Road
Law" proved victorious. The writer
like the boy the "calf run over,"
the dog to follow. As the mother rat nnee was led by Professor Carroll of
in wie iruni porrn ana neara Air. uon- wingate and followed by Mr. Ilav
rad's imitation a hundred yards away wood of Waxhaw. some Interpsiine
Then we are given a glimpse of Hhe pave l,p tne d0K M an automobile phases of this subject were brought
h r.irman r.iun ii. nrviHn f,.nicuiii anu wnen tne family returned oucht.
fl Inan nn a 3 1.9 nor n ini,t delighted with the entertainment the The tilans fur the Cnlinlv Pnni-
basls with a payment on the Drin- "rst luestion asked through her tears mencement were discussed by super- Las nnthine tn
clpal of 1 1-2 to 2 1-2 per cent each wa8 n.?w Lcou!'1 be K0 fhetrfulMntendent Nlsbet. The following Let the people
year. This plan would allow tho "n"lu'"n pians were presented: our wiser men will be able to offer
uorruw er ioriy years ai tne Z 1-2 .. .. r.Miiinmuun ui uie puimis w no are another and a better nrnnnHlll..n
per cent on principle to liquidate the Al 'e" 1 "' lM - a "og climbed finishing the work of the seventh Let's not quit.
debt. On this basis a man would "'"" ",0 ulaK vonraua ap- grade win be neid by the teachers Thc heaIth of 0, eomiminltv ,s
pay on each $1000 of the loan. 42.50 faraii'-e, but when became to the not later than the fifteenth of March, superb at his writing. mumy ,s
i , from any cause any or tne scnoois Mrs, Enoch Griffin is eettln l..np
, , . rj
Ottawa (Ont..) Dispatch, Feb. i.
Fire believed to hae been s t bv
a Cerman agent destroyed the his
toric Canadian parliament buildinr
early today, causing the loss of live
lives and entailing a momentary loss
estimated at $7,000, OuO.
The known dead are:
Mine. Hray of Montreal, u eu- of
Mme. Sevigny, wife of the freaker of
commons.
Mme. Morin of Deauce. also mic-si
of Mme. Sevigny.
Aipnonse Des Janlinea, a plunsbor.
Alphonse Des Jardine, a police
man, nephew of the preceding victim.
several persons still were renortel
missing late today. Among them
were W. W. Winslow. an engineer.
and J. B. R. Laplant, clerk to the
house of commons.
Detectives are scouring this citv
and Montreal for a suspect believo!
to have planted an incendiary bomb
in the reading room near commons
chamber, where the blaze originated
shortly before 9 o'clock last night.
Lllwary Volume) Saved.
"After commons chamber and the
senate had been burned the firemen
concentrated their efforts on saving:
the parliamentary library and this
was the only section of the building
which escaped destruction. The fire
men had a terrific fieht and at four
o'clock It looked as though the li
brary was doomed, but the fire fight
ers were finally victorious.
However, most of the books and
valuable documents had already been
carried from the library by members
of the Seventy-seventh regiment as
a precautionary measure before the
fire reached them.
Help was called from Montreal, but
the combined efforts of the Ottawa
nd Montreal firemen could not stav
the flames.
Mme. Morin and Mme. Bray were
guests of the wife of Speaker Sevigny.
se veral men were reported to have
been killed when one of the stone
walls of the building collapsed.
vv llllam S. Loggie, member of par
ament from New Brunswick, was
said to be missing.
Many Were lijn.-el.
Many persons were injured and
were rushed to various hnspiials.
lhere were many narrow escapes
as the fire spread o rapidly persona
were trapped jn the building ana had
to fight their way through blinding
smoke.
Minister of Agriculture Burrell was
overcome as he was making his way
through the thickest of the smoke
and fell unconscious but was dragged
to safety.
The duke of Connaught. governor
general of Canada, ruebed to the
scene in an automobile and Insisted
on helping the firemen.
Premier Borden announced that
parliament would continue in ser.slon
despite the loss of the building. Tho
mem hers were notified to be ready to
assemble nt 3 o'clock this afternoon
either in Russell the .tie or in the
government offices cf the board of
railway commissioners.
Much Hysterin in the Preparxliieir
Program,
Everything.
The world has certainly tone ninrl.
at least our part of the niobe, on this
military preparedness. For one hun
dred years we got along in a very
good way. n.ver had a navy just a
few old floating tubs until C.rover
Cleveland was president. Cleveland
started off the American navv and
gave it some respectability. But be
fore that we got along. And when
the Behring Sea cor.troversv nmp
although we had no such thing as
preparedness. Cleveland went sailinir
In his friend. Benedict's yacht, and
say either pro or con. ' handed a note to England that thrill-
people rule. Maybe some of fi tne world. Every American was
rignt there. Jonny on the Spot,
YOl" FKil'IlK SOMK
Xovus Homo Shown What He Thinks
of lturnl Credits.
Correspondence of The Journal.
It seems like President Barrett of
the National Farmers Union is not
fery well pleased with the present
form of our rural credits proposition.
He is one of the few high-ups in the
movement for betterment of the pro
ducing class who can see the "nig
ger In the woodpile" when he has
both feet sticking out and he seems
not to be afraid to report his find
ings. In View of the fact that It Is the
man out of work who needs help, it
doea seem passing strange that a
body of statesmen should ropceive
the idea that a measure called "rural
credits" designed purposely to get a
each year for 40 vears at th en,l nf "intauon the dog took to the tall
which time hla home would be clenr. niDers. mgnienci into the liveliest
If he wished to Increase the payment 8a,t of nls carecr
on the principal to 5 per cent in
stead of 2 1-2. he would pay $67.60 f'liionville Xcws,
each year for twenty years and his pn...Knnn,in.(, Th tr.nmai
.....11 f. I... I .1.1. I-"' -
iiuiiic ivuuiu ue vieai. uirytuv 11119
with our present Interest rate and
you will see that Germany Is not
as mean ai you had heard she was.
If you borrow $1000 from a mon
ey lender In this county you will pay
8 per cent Interest on $80 a year for
a thousand years If you could live
that long and still owe the $1000 you
borrowed yet.
How does that look for a land of
free and brave patriotic Americans?
Looks to me like It takes bravery to
stand it.
Let's see you figure some now, and
tell us what you get.
NOVUS HOMO.
m.uum v.uae lume. , u,, uuie, nicely, is the last news Of her. u(.r
i ne rxuiiiiiiauoii niu ur uem ui uie Ir ptK nil mini . ltl, i".
dose of such schools. Questions for Mag."
0. P. T.'s condition remains much
the same ns for smne time, if cny of
his friends are Interested to know-
about It. O. P. TIM 1ST.
Ten Per Out. of Heaths Hi-Milled
From PiH'iimiiiiiit.
Washington Dispatch, Feb. 6.
Ten per cent of the deaths in the
Hunt Rabbits For KanHA 4'lty Poor.
Kansas City Post.
Farmers in several counties In
western Kansas yesterday began
hunting rabbits for. the poor of
Kansas City. The hunt Is under way
on advice of George M. Pfelffer, see
the examination will he sent to each
teacher In ample time.
On Friday even toe. Anril 17th nt
Unlonvllle, Feb. 7. Misses Leah eleht o'clock, there will be a nubile
Love and Willie lleik spent the week- debate held In thc auditorium of the
end with friends and relatives here. Graded School building of Monroe
Miss Ramie Purser who Is teaching hv plcht debaters two frnm phpIi
at Spruce Pine spent the week end publich High school, I. e. Marshville,
wun nonie ioiks. -I Wesley Chanel and l"n onv e. and
Miss Annie Braswell. one of our two from the cltv Hith School.
boarding students, is Just recovering On the same evening there will be Cnlted States result from pneumonia
from a very severe attack of acute a deelaimers' contest bv four nova It is PHtlniate.1 hv Dip PnMin iini,h
bronchitis. Her many Mends wish from the public schools. For the Service that during the past 30 davs
for her a speedy recovery. Miss May purpose of selecting the debaters and this rate has been doubled in some
nargeue nas aiso oeen very sick dec a mers there wi be a Pre m nnrv
with the same disease. contest on Friday evenins. March 9th
Messrs. H. H. James and Joel at eleht o'clock in the Graded School
Braswell have returned from City auditorium on the Question. Resolv-
Point where they have been employed ed: That Mr. Wilson's Preparedness
by the Dupont Powder Company. Policy is Necessary.
I missed last weeks news on ac- . On Saturday. Commencement day.
at 11:30 a. m. there will be a recit
er's contest by four school girls of
the county. We have set Saturday
March 3rd for hearing these in a
preliminary contest.
Gold medals will be awarded In
count of the bad weather.
Oh! Stop! Look! and Listen. What
has become of Scapegoat of Waxhaw?
I miss his news very much. Maybe
he got afraid The Student or Pader-
sky was going to shoot him. Come
bark Scapegoat, they're not going to each contest mentioned.
Also we are exceedingly anxious
retary of the Kansas City, Kas., As-1 bother yon on account of your red
soclated charities. head. If they do I'll take your part.
Early yesterday morning Pfiffer re- 'cause I'm "sorrel-topped" too.
reived a telegram from the secretary O. P. T. I enjoy your writing lm
of a farmers' association offering to mensely, and yours also Sir John and
make the hunt ir the rabbits could all the rest of the news writers. Only
be used. Pfelffer Immediately tele-1 wish I could da as well.
graphed charitable Institutions could I Miss Pesr Braswell spent the week-
use all the rabbits the farmers would end with Miss Eslelle MrRorie near trial and merlin nirn I work hv th hnv.
kill. lhere. WILD ROSE. I of the county rchonlc and tome snprl-
that every school In the county have
an exhibition on Commencement day,
some specimens of It's work. And we
wish as far as possible that each
grade be represented in this exhibit.
We desire also that there be plac
ed on exhibition specimen of Indus
sections,
Tuberculosis and heart disease,
each causing one-ninth of fatalities,
are the only disease which outrank
pneumonia among the legion aries of
death, but In certain cities t unnn
In is steadily Increasing and even has
surpassed the mortality from tuber
culosis. Seventy per rent of all cases
are between December and May, It Is
distinctly a cold weather infection,
seemingly brought by winter blasts,
but especially prevalent during the
winter season only because its vic
tims are rendered more susceptible
at that time by exposure, debilitating
Influences and the preserne of pre
disposing Infections.
Men laugh at feminine folly, but It
fools them just the same.
Love levels all things with
possible exception ot the head.
the
the
morning Cleveland s message was
given out, nnd we got about what we
wanted, and didn't have to fight for
it.
But now we are nutty on the sub
ject. Some nre sueMing a Conti
nental army let every farmer drilf
an hour a day; let every man take
time to go Into camp a few months,
and we see that Piesident Tart Is
advocating military drills in all col
leges.
And it Is all rot. Pure and Bimi.Ie
hysteria. A wave of army grip. The
germ is In the air and has soaked
into the systems of many. We talk
and act like Just beyond the edge of
neutral waters was an Invading army
ready to shell our cities and plunder
our lands. ' We act as though all or
a sudden we were In great peril
and behold .every flfchting country
has been decimated and the treas
uries depleted. All the old world,
save Japan Is on crutches today and
we are acting like the legions of
Europe were ready to commence
action. If it were not so serious if.
would be funny. Serious to think
that a nation could so easily lose its
bead and go fad-mad in a minute.
An Kngllsh Joke.
Editor "This Joke Isn't bad. Bnt
what has the picture got to do with
it? It seems to be merely a study of
sea and sky."
Marine Painter (who has turned tr
humorous are) "Well, if you read
it again you will see that It's a con
versation between two members of
submarine crew." Puck.
The belle In the choir may bring;
more yonng men to church than ih
(bell In the steeple.