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ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
MONROE, N. C FRIDAY', JULY 7, 1916.
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MKAT AND MI1.K INSPECTION
State Veterinarian Make Address to
1 .ad lea on Inspection Subject
The next thing on the program of
the Woman's Club Is to fcure a
meat and milk inspector. '. .y will
go before the Aldermen at some fu-
ture date and plead for the establish
bent of this office. Wednesday aft-
ernoon the ladies were addressed on
hi, .,hwt hv nr i t. Roberts of
Haleigh. About twenty were present.
He said: ;
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are
certainly fortunate in having a good
representative in our work here in
lr. Watt Ashtratt. and I assure you
that it gives me a great deal of pleas
ure indeed to come before you to pre
sent one or two phases of our work.
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not here and I regret that more of
your doctors are not nere; not. mat i
can give them any information, but
to show them that it Is not any pre-
sumption on my par. to talk cf any-
thing in regard to public health that
belongs to the medical profession. I
am especially interested in their or-
ganization. as it is made up of those
who have in mind that which Is nec-
essHry lor insuring sanitary
condi-I
tions,
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"ims OI1IV Ullr iiiiumt ui paiiiiai j i
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rw,4U"!A"-r "VrT:r 7 ;-
houses and market places we find.
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noxious side-that is. that side which
D ays on our sense ui iruiiiirin nuu
. nr Ren of renulsion.
a d third and last is .he aesthetic side
wnerein we Know unurr
buying butterfat In the market or
W1IIHI u
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Thprp art twn feature or meat in-
sPecTionraebbWaUoir slaTghter-
use inspection and market inspec-
. abattoir conslsti the
ia ..f...ii,p n lncated that the in-
convenience of he slaughterho is
repuls ve than the slaughterhouse it-
self. The equipment of the taught-
erhouse should be suriicien. to war-
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mm HUH d V vt i u iitiun. nit immv in i
f vur MnuBhterhouse should be
lica'lthv. lie must be free from tuber
miosis and tvuhold fever. Again. 1
sav that this is one of the most im
nortant features in our inspection.
Wncsn nut im sometimes with mean-
.,...,( tr !,. 1. in. in. i u Mill i.e I
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fxirrnu-iy .
meat. In handling the carcasses in
Kbme ca.i s to clear t iem of blood, an
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manv Inn nd that knows no water
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except nt ii it man, u.u. ... . i . -.u.
1 ,.i,,...i,i k .ti ji,...,! r in I makes no diherem-e.
such a manner that there may be no
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. t m. i..ai,f..i.
MHIIIIHIK i.UJ ... .....f .
house. Thev should rot he d.ngKt ci
I l..r. r... K.,.,r.U o.,H flu. j
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to feed upon and then itisir.nute uit
filth.
"Bear in mind please, that the ani
mal should be examirnti rigidly be
fore ;r.d alter ilailitet ing for
dIim.i.ii.mI nr Hiseiiseil conditions.
thereby ascertaining whether or not
it Is tit for food.
"Civ viinra a trn ihoro wrc some-1
ax., '. '.:.. ...iiii...,u nt nnimntvl
slaughtered In the fniled States, and
f thu Hi million there were nrnet-
ii.. ...nii, .n ,.nr,..iupa nr TKirtn nr I
The carcass shouiil be kept cool
ami the abattoir should be thus pro-
vided to keep it cool, or some other
olace oilier than the nhattoir cm
furnish such a cooler and not be kept
in a place uncovered exposed to the
(lies and dirt until taken to tne mar
ket. "Then we have market Inspection,
ihlch Is a most important factor in
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free from all fevers that could possl-
b y be trnnsmittea 10 me meat, tun
shniild he taken In deliverey of the
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...o Th.. ln.ni.rlnr shnli ( see that
it is sufficiently wrapped so that
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tnere wruia ue no iiiiubit oi n.mnm.-
nation fn.ni the market to the home,
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lion as a whole, it Is divided into two
features also-dairy inspection and
in.n.ii.in nf th. milk ltneir
inspection of the m lk i sei
me oairy snuuiu uc rU...t....v
able the dairyman to produce sani-
tary milk. The animals should be
kepyt in clean, healthy stalls and kept
free from tuberculosis ana an oiner
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diseases. Most authorities at mis
., . n ronf l.iul
time are await: mm uw -...--o- . nihlo hn an
of tuberculosis J? transmitted to the y and see f MJ
! r : 1' c0T milk
lTden with tubercular germs It is pes-
sible to contract the disease In the
cattL tvpe and possibly result In tu-
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DerCUIOSIS. 11 IS milium llliyunniu.- .
obtain milk from a cow that is free
from all bacteria. We had an Instance
recently In which one of our dairy-
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B"'B,ir.
ZJnt there was not a single one.
Thi. was a necullar case and we could
not account for It. Then we noticed
that the milk had a very peculiar
that me niiis i u v
"1 'v.' r.nV : hv
which he could Purify his milk. By
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closer invrsiiKmiuii. "un . . " m '
?ound that he was perfectly innocent,
He knew practically nothing of sai-
tary laws and yet he had used a very
suong sntlseptlc in cleaning his milk
vesseb, and this so acted on his milk
7bTthe count was kept down to ero.
As I said a moment ago. It Is almost
Imposslble to keep the milk rree rrom
.'..- i Hiring if ! fintitaminfli -
UHCU'lia. IO lliu."f. "
j... I l.m th. horn anil from
:Va rt tnm the cow', body
"Sonie times we are .aaafluD o
caused by ber constant switching.
"Sometimes we are negligent in taa
iDg the milk from the back porch as
noon as it is delivered and in this
case the dairyman is not responsible
for our sour milk as it snouia oe
taken in directly and put on Ice.
Therefore, there should oe a
thorough examination of all meats
nit milk meats before and after
slaughtering, the' dairy inspected
thoroughly and tben me miia lism.
"A last word for inspection work:
Wrf wish to offer our sen Ic es In the
futherance of meat and milk inspec
tion for your city, but let us not put
the cart belore the Horse.
Thank Front Mr. Dillon.
Mr. T. P. Dillon, the manager 01
the Fourth of July celebration, re
quested The Journal to publicly ex-
nress his appreciation to those Ia-
dies h I
" ln Mr
success I e is ver gra eful to Mr
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Maggie York H'on. to n Smith
Mary Morrow ";a'h1nd.n;richeaf.
ln for the beaut.ful tlt.at the had in
the parade
Mr. C. F. Yand e and his dog
"Tart." also come lu nr a ur .
oi Mr. u i"ou ,1,t ' "
thanks. Mr. Yantlie penormeu e
rni stunts with his dog. and did it
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free of charge. The committee also
tPiid It. thanka to the Messrs.
" ey uouuiru .v.
Toe marsnnus uiso uiu i.u
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Mrs. Jane Davenport, daughter of
Mr, Austin of Monroe
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Simpson, died at her home In Au
eusta. ua.. lasi ououuv. iwio. unnu
i jn..nKt.K Mra H J flinsnn.
ir uttu,uc,i - -
and Mr. David Hinson hurried to her
born in r,
three children, her mother, one sister
and two XSUO.
K. Simpaon of Duke T he remains
were buried at A.'8"?,
fr ends who knew Mrs D enpc g
when is he uvea in mouiu
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l-uined to learn of her death
Ol IJ SAMTARY 01 FIt'KR.
There are some in our city w ho are
bitterly opposed io
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? worn or our
Those who do
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lnot wish to install sewerage connec
laiiv buiiiii ii""
r,.. u ho do nol
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wisn m ne..ii un - .
n-hn wish to be undisturbed In their
violation of law are H oppoaed to tho
Work of the sati tary oiflcer. But thw
inent Is more than jwenty-nv. pe:
rpnt favorinu the work ot Mrs. Lane.
Th lawvers are back of her and the
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aociors win suii.un nn.
law to COIIIDt'l int'SO Wliu UCin.nv ...
,i. .h.t wui in.
inainiuiuuiB wu'
lure ine iiBfiYt-B a ir"
as others
And she is not afraid. Many good re
milts deoend upon her work.
The accumulations or tnirty earc
nf nlth have been removed, in anuc
ipation of her coming, wagons were
used lor several ucj a i "
rubbish and debris.
u'p ii ndprst a nd there Is an off ort on
foot to get rid of her by reducing her
salary. Allow us to say mat mi
iijirim more money than any othe
three Individuals In the service of thi
city. She Id on the Job, backed up b
her co-workers. Compare her won
with other servants of the city am
see for yourselves.
Tilt. WUMAAS lLU.
A Reply.
To the Editor of The Journal:
Allow me the privilege through tin
'I . - M1I.I.P in fill
i .rii.i.iinn ... vinir im I ri lu imj iw
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n ror w lu ric cuv.c dv i v v...
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dered by en.ploees of the , uty ; or
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i nr iiiM'tf hi nil- i i. mil n"
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vice of the uty and w 11 be here w hen
i i leave me wei nr. i
open at all t ei lo o ne and 0
ea. of Monroe , or any ;lh;le(h''h
information regarding our Liiy. i"
Aldermen havt
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i ue siu.f ' .
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qulrer I nee ely hope that th.
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IllllBe OIV DBrt Of thC WOTK imp(
haVe T done in the same length of
time. I am ffX
year service as Tax Collector ror tne
City of Monroe. 1 have beer l appolnt-
..h m this office hv four different sets
, V . i . . l.lf
of Aldermen which
as to whether I have ea ncd my sa a
ry or not. iu, "'VVn.iin n
rv has been raised twice. I would ap
'A.i. onvbodv enquiring Into
whether 1 have been on the Job or
not. also If I am not oacKea up w ...
enough manhood to no my auiy .m
out calling on an organization to as
BUtl , gn1 n fym
Dathv with the efforts of the Woman
Club In cleaning and beautifying our
,rnn.t ritv. hut I do not feel that they
w , , , .i.t-
should become so nterwted I In their
work as to lose alKht of others thn
have certain specified duties o do
that takes their ent ire time to do
them. Rfcbt here I wish to state that
I am under a seven thound do ar
bond as a guarantee that I will fait j-
ruiiy periur... ...y
1 Repnectfully submitted
I ' m T fDAWFl t.
I Llj.lyKUVVE.UlJ.
City Tax Collector
PREMIER COTTON MARKET.
CIIARliOTTE OBSERVER GIVES
MOMIOE I IIX CREDIT
Say That This Is Xt Only the Rent
Market In the State But Tells the
Reason Why We .Make the Best
Staple.
A staff correspondent of the Char
lotte Observer who was in Monroe on
Tuesday, gives the following generous
article about the Monroe cotton mar
ket: To ascertain Just why Monroe, the
seat of Union county, is tne oesi
cotton market in North Carolina.
was the object of my mission here
yesterday, if you read the papers
vou mav have seen, by comparison
with the ouotations from various
narts of this State, that in Monroe;
as a general rule, they are quoting
hicher prices for cotton tnan any
other market in the entire State.
We cannot understand how Mon
roe cotton buyers are able to do
this." has been remarked many
times by cotton buyers and others
not fam 1 ar with conditions in
Union and Lancaster counties.
Cotton went up 20 points yester
day, in New York. But in Monroe
they quoted 13 cenis a pound ior
P.mH Ktiinle nf an inch and an eighth
and 13 1-4 for extra line staple oi
an Inch and an eighth. A few days
aco one man sold 16 bales ol extra
good staple in tne Monroe maraem.
fnr 13 1-2 cents. His plantation
makes a specialty of extra good
staple. And that is the secret of Mon
roe as a banner cotton maraei.
Monroe cotton buyers are nol or
fprine 13 cents for cotton grown
here, there and everywhere, but for
special grades of cotton grown in
Union and Lancaster counties, bo
the quotations in the Monroe mar
kets on cotton are not based on the
same grades of cotton that you see
quoted all over North Carolina at u
n mi a fraction cents a pound.
it is safe to sav that nownere eise
in all Uie Carolinas, except possibly
Hartsville. S. C. (and we are not re-
fprrine especially to long staple cot
ton) is the soil so well adapted for
the raising of extra hue men ana an
eiehth staple cotton as in various sec
tloiiB ot Union and Lancaster coun
H..B Inch and an eluht staple cotton
Is by no means long staple, as most
of our readers know, out quamy aim
grades taken into full consideration
It is the next best bet.
The Monroe market would noi oi
fer 13 cents and over for cotton ship
nn.i in there from northern or east
ern parts of the State. The single
rlement that has been a factor ia the
establishing of such a remarkable
rnnntation for the Monroe marnei
with the outside world, is the quality
nf ..ntian crow n in Union and Lan
M.i..r rminties. And it is true that of
ten times Monroe offers a traction oi
cent more a pound for cotton grow n
In Lancaster county than the county
seat or that county is able to or uoei
nftur which r'vs to show that Mon
roe has something on evero(i
uh..n it riuii.w to nicking out and
grading cotton and paying the highest
market valuation ior n. ami m."
frank admission will not mean anoth
er dollar's worth of value.to Monroe,
in adding to its patronage from out
side districts, for in ordinary grades
of cotton, it is not likely that Mon
roe pays more than oiner couon tt i.-tt'is-
, .
The cotton market in .Monroe iasi
.. . i n.i i. in i... i...
season liandieu anoui .u.wuu ....
of the highest grades of cotton, some
ot these being long staple, ami mis
i-pcord is not likely to be exceeded
this year, if advance Information is to
be relied upon. J. K. Stack, who has
been there 40 years and is the larg
est cotton buyer In the two counties,
stated yesterday that he did not think
the cotton crop this year would he
equal to expectations, especially in
volume. . ,
His reasons for this are oaseu up
on lateness of the season, excessive
rains and a growing tendency to di
versify, but primarily to the lad that
guano and other fertilizers have been
so scarce and so high this year that
planters Have been economizing very
p.i.r,h:iilcallv on such expenditures.
with a result that, in addition to
more or less economy of the same
sort last year, much of this acreage
is being called upon to produce troin
its own natural productivity, and the
results this fall will afford a ver) m
fPi-PHllnir answer to what can be ac
complished with but little fertilizer,
if thn trnr rnmcs to a close I
Innk fm- much better prices for cot
. .lotni-orl Mr. Stack yesterday.
"From present Indications we win
not. at the time the new crop is ready
for mraket this year.- have carried
over much if any of last year's crop.
Thi la a frank and significant ad-
miuuinn for a man of Mr. Stack's
ooiihpr nnt it is encouraging to say
the least, to every cotton grower in
the Carolinas.
City Want- Aid From County Board
til r.iuii ....
Mi- I P. Sikes and Prof. It. "
Allen. Supt. of the Monroe Graded
schools, appeared before the Coun'y
nrH nf Kducation Monday afte
noon in an effort to secure aid from
them to help make some contemplat
ed improvements on the city school
nrnnprl V. The cltv board feels that
they are Justified In soliciting this
gld, as they have not received sn ap
propriation from the County Board
In thirty years. It has been the policy
of the County Board to pay half the
cost for the erection of school build
ings, but In the case of the Monroe
..hnnii thi haii not been done. As
oKnnt tn ner cent of the school chil
dren In the county are attending the
Monroe schools, the City board feels
certain that the County Board will
accede to their request.
MR. SIKES ELECTED AI.DKRMAX.
Fills rUte Made Vacant by Promo
tion of Mr. Kowler Strret Work
,ml llivpital Matter Taken I p.
Mr. John C. Sikes was unanimously
chosen to till the unexpired term of
Alderman at l.aige J. W. Fowler at a
meeting of ihe Aldermen Monday
night. He was immediately informed
of his election, and he hurried to the
City Hall, and took part in the de
liberations of Ihe Aldermen. Mr.
Sikes was at once appointed chairman
of the Street Improvement Commit
tee. Mr. Sikes has been a member of the
school bnard for some time, but his
election as alderman will necessitate
his resigning from that body. This
he will do at the next meeting. Ills
fellow-members on ihe school board
express regret at his resignation, but
yet they are pleased that the Alder
men selected such a worthy successor
to Mr. Fowler. Mr. Sikes is also the
first representative of the local bar
to be on the Board of Aldermen for a
number of years.
After the new member had taken
his seat. ;t, delegation composed of
Messrs. J. J. Barker. A. M. Stack. W
S. Blakeney and W. C. Stack appear
ed belore the Aldermen in the inter
est of the contemplated improvement
on Windsor and Houston streets. Mr.
Parker carried the petition for Hous
ton street, and Mr. Stack the Windsor
street petition. It was their intention
to present both petitions Monday
night, but as they were not sure that
they had both a majority of the lineal
feet owners and property owners.they
decided to withhold them until next
Monday night, when a special session
of the board will be held.
Mr. Parker pleaded for some defl
nite program in regard to the street
work. He said that Houston street
was willing to pay for all of their
paving, but that he did not think it
Justice for them to pay all and then
have the city to pay one-third on
some other street at a later date.
This brought on a prolonged discus
slon. which finally culminated iu the
motion of Mr. Sikes that the city pay
one-liith of the eutire cost of th
work. His motion was seconded h
Alderman Simpson, and it was passc;
Lunanimously.
The exact interpretation of the on.
fifth rule could not be determined au-
thori!aiiely. although several law
ers pave their opinions on the ttiet
yesterday. It had been underMood
all along iliat the city would furnisl
the rock, labor and the civil engineer.
This, according lo estimates of en
gineers, would represent anywhere
from one-lhird to one-half or the to
tal cost. If this is the case, the cit
Will not be required to Invest any
cash, but will actually receive a sur
plus Tor its rock and labor. The poin.
at issue Is whether the cjty is going
to furnish the rock, labor and then
one-tit'th of the total cost.
Mr. J. K. Henderson. Chairman of
Ihe township Road Commissioners,
was also present at the meeting. He
staled, on the direct question of May
or Fowler, that the chain gang had
been waiting for a month lo go ahead
with the Monroe street work, am!
that Monroe's allotted time would b '
ui) hv the first of September. On be
ing asked if he thought the city would
be safe in promising the convict labor
to the property owners who desire
paving, Mr. Henderson replied in tin'
negative. He also slated that in
force is dwindling daily, and that it
will be onlv a matter of time before
thev will not have a sufficient work
ing force.
Mr. Henderson was also queried
concerning the rock quarry and tin
supplv. He stated that the city could
furnish the work at practically no
cost, and that if desired, he could put
the chain gang force to crushing roc.
and storing it on some vacant lot ii
the city so that the town could ge
the benefit of their now idle labot.
Nothing definite was done in regard
to Mr. Henderson's recommendations.
Meanwhile the town is daily losnu
the labor of Ihe convicts.
Two Civil Kngineets. Mr. Harry W
Loving, reprerenting the J.' W. Mc-
Crav Co. of Atlanta, and i.uneri
White of Durham, desire' to do the
citv's engineering work. Mr. Loving
stated that his company would fi
nance the street project willingly
and Mr. White suited that though he
was not connected with any financing
company, it would be an easy iiiattev
to finance as much street worn as tm
cltv cured lo nut down. The Alder
men decided to put off the matter of
seeming an engineer until rrida
Jnlv 14. Thev Invited both Mr.
Loving and Mr. White to he present
then, and also instructed me cicik
Mr. George S. Lee, Jr., to advertise
the fart that the city of Monroe would
consider proposals from engineers or.
that same day in the aianuiaciurers
Record.
Alderman Sikes stated that he fa
vored the laying off of a certain dis
trict to be naved first, r or instance
he thought Main street or the court
house square should first be payed ln
nrof i one to pither Houston or
Windsor street. Mr. Simpson then
sprang to the floor and stated that
none of the business streets nua je.
nrcspnted petitions, and that tne ai
dermen could do nothing without first
rpcplvlne the petitions. Then Mr,
Sikes again took the floor and re
quested The Journal's representative
to advertise the fact mat tne Aiuer
men would be glad to receive pen
tinn from the hnsiness districts first
with the assurance that that work
would be, done first.
Hospital DtHcuswd.
Mr. Sikes brought up the matter of
th mnniriiial hospital, which can be
made possible by the recent gift or
the late Mrs. Fitzgerald. He stated
that Dr. J. M. Belk would donate a
thousand dollars, and that several
other citizens had also signified their
intention of donating a like amount.
He recommended that a meeting wita
the Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce be held as early as possible in
order to start the work. The clerk
was also instructed to see that the
building was properly insured.
It. F. Pressley. white, and Henry
Wall, colored, were excused from pay
ing their poll tax for this year.
The Fourth of July Was a Big IMy.
Various estimate place the Mze .f
the crowd that was here en the
I-mirth anywhere from tep !o fifteen
thousand people. There was no pos
sible way of estimating the size of
tne crowd -tnything like accurately,
tmt it was a big on-. Some .-ay that
it was the latv't crowd in the Ui.--i'ry
,.f the many i lehn'm.ns held in M-in-toe.
but a few of the old-timers Fill
hold tight to the celebration of thr
year before the last b ing the h'.ggest.
Anyway, t.iere was whopp.ng tiu
crowd here, and everybody heeiuingly
enjoyed the day except tr? policemen.
Constable Karnhardt Jind a few oilu r
patriotic marshals.
Very little trouble tended to mar
the pleasure of the thy. A few little
fist fights, an arrest or two, a few
runaways thiit did not result rerious
Iv except the one thi.t piloted a man
in Tharp's window, were the only dis
greeable features. But considering
the magnitude of the crowd, these lit
tlt incidents were Hiding.
The day started oft with the pa
rade. The floats were varied, rang
ing from the beautiful city of Monroe
f.oat to the Sandy Ridge township
.cad tractor and the f;,rm floats. The
lcemorlee band ren leded the music
for the occasion, and did it well.
The ostrich created a great deal of
amusement, and so did "Taft," the
little dog that rolled a hoop down
the street. The ball game between
Monroe and Wadesbi.o resulted In
the defeat of the locjii boys by the
score of 14 to 12. At night a huge
share of the visitors vere entertained
by a fireworks exhibition at the
school grounds.
The prize for Ihe best business ft out
was awarded to the Henderson ia
rnge. the Monroe Hardware was sec
ond. The Chero Cola Company won
the prize for the best manufacMirinir
float. Miss L'lizabcth Mcl.nrty won
the prize for the b st decorated pri
vate automobile and Miss .V!e!-ne
Crow second. The MNse Hiude won
a prize for having the piettiert bug
gv. The Monroe Graded School hud
the best school float for whiili tiny
wan a prize and Pleasant Walk Farm,
owned hv rM. J .C. Austin .lad .IK
best farm float while Green Pond
Farm won second prize.
The lodges on floats were . S
Blakenev. N. O. Russtll, Mrs. Albert
Redfearn, Mr. S. A. Stevens, Mir. I.
W. Broom, Miss Pearl Nnn.'e end
H. L. Price.
W J. Rudee won first prize for the
best decorated show window and I.ee
& Lee second. The judges w.re Mrs.
C. B. Caldwell. Mrs. R. F. Beasley
Mrs. J. C. M. Vann. Mrs. B H tlrluin,
Mrs A L. Monroe. Mrs. W. . Love,
Mrs B C. Hinson. Mrs. . C. Ausnu
and .1. L. Kverelt.
The clowns made an IntcroMing
part of the parade. They went at
their work with a vim that was enter
taining. The first prize was won by
the wagon drawn by a mule and con
taining men dressed in funny clotlus
and their faces blacked. They were
DeWitt Rape, Frank Giiflin and lan
Thomas. The second prize was won
by Ocar W. Thomas of Monro- .1. r .
1). !. The third was won by t mines
L. Ivey. of Rout- K, and the fourth
hv Glenn McDonald, who i'l-o won
th contest for the heft decorated
bicycle.
The judges were Misses ll;;l'ie M.ie
IMk. Beatrice Fairley. Louise Mot
row, and Robert Howie.
The horse race near the oil mill
was well attended. Th" first prii-e
was won hv Lawrence Long r-nd sec
ond hv J. B. McRorie. Th" judges
were it. N. Payne and Ben Griffith.
Rudolph Haywood won first prize
in the Old Time Fiddlers Convention;
Mr. Thompson . second; David Weutz,
best guitarist, and Joe Haywood the
best hanjnist.
Dr. G. B. Nance was the talitst
man. Henrv Thomas the t iii;ie: t avd
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Crowe!! the old
est married couple.
There was plenty of ice water. I'tnl
the committee wishes to thank Heath
& English for furnishing all the ice
free of charge.
Presbyterian Contention lit Walk-ci-Mille.
A convention will be held at Walk
ersvtlle church on July 13th and 14th
In connection with the adjourned
meeting of Mecklenburg Presbytery
at that place. The public is comiai
ly Invited. The following is the pro
gram of the convention:
Thursday, July 111.
11 a. ni. Sermon. Rev. A. J.
Crane.
1 n. m. Dinner.
2 n m. -r- Presbvtery. Ordination
and Installation of Rev. E. S. Watson
II n. m. Younr people's work.
Rev. W. H. Adams.
8:40 p. m. History of Mecklenburg
Presbytery. Rev. w. K. Mcnwatne.
Friday. July 14.
10 a. m. Sunday schools. Rev. R.
H. Houch.
10:40 a. in. Home missions In
Union county. Rev. R. J. Mcllwaine,
H:30 Presbyterial home mis
sions. Rev. Leonard Gill.
12 m. Church and manse erection
Rev. H. E. C.urney.
1 p. m. Dinner.
2 p. m. Woman's work. Rev. J
W. Orr. Miss Kate Hope Robinson.
2:40 p. m. Church music. Prof. R.
C. Freeman.
3:30 p. m. Church finance. Rev.
11. L. Walkup.
WOI XDF.D IN FRANCE
Son of Former Monroe F.pixciial Milt
iter Struck by Shrapnel Shell oD)
the British Front 1 Now Recu
pc rating.
Say today's CLtrlotte Observer:
"Word has recently been received
here from Capt. Francis H. Ball, who
was formerly a member of the Hor
ner Military M-iiool faculty, that b
is ir a British ; t lospiw.t retevtr
;; tn-iii a s!ira;-ue! wound. Captain.
;l.lii left here M'.'tht' close of the .""l
s- 't r. and w -v.; i. Canada, where he
j. !: regi.:;. it j-.id failed ro Erg
land. Here hi- uas i lade a drill
master in "Kitchener"? r.ew army" oa
account or his k:ll in i i: it-try tactics.
His icgiment went I.- ;'. front and.
according to report--, v. ,n almost
wiped out. Later It- i s appointed
a iieutenant i.i c i.iti.aiat and f'.-ai l!
the front. While in action he was
struck in the back with a piece of
shrapnd. He was taken to England
and when he wrote to his friends
here he said he was on the rapid road
to recovery."
i Capt. Ball is a son o; Rev. . It.
Ball, who was rector of the Monroe
Episcopal church three years ago.
Another son of Rev. Mr. Ball's,
George Ball, is now with the Stato
troops at Morehead City. Rev. Mr,
Ball is now here visiting frierds
The Journal.)
Institutes at Marhville and W.'vhaw.
Farmers' Instittutes, together with.
institutes for the women, will bs held
at Marsbville July 27, and VYuxhawr
July 28. In writing lo The Journal
about the institutes, the director, Mr.
T. B. Parker, says:
"Please lay special emphasis on
the women's institutes and urge the
women of the communities In which
they are to be held to attend them.
I regard these of even more import
tance than the institutes for men.
because at the women's institutes
they discuss subjects that are of ,
much more importance ttan crops of
corn, wheat, or other farm products.
They discuss the health ol the family,
the preparation of food, spnitation,
the education of children, improved
home surroundings, etc. In making
this statement I do not undervalue
the importance of the Institutes for
men, but place a higher value ort
those for women. The discussions
on better fanning, soil int'iroven Jit.
more and better live stt.ck are very
Important, but the paraphrasing;
Paul's beautiful reference to cUr.ri
ly, or love, in Corrinthians, in which
he says: 'Faith, Hope, Charity, .these
three, but the greatest of these is
Charity,' so I say: better farming.
Improved live stock, happier homes,
these three, but the greatest of these
Is the home, Ott the homes 11 right
and the other things will follow."
Teachers' Examination.
The regular county examination
for public school teachers of the
county will be held at this office on
Thursday and Friday, July 13th and
14th. Thursday for white teachers
and Friday for colored. Also, the
State examination for high school
and five year State certificates will be
given to those teachers making tne
proper application, and the entrance
examination of the A. & M. College
w ill also be given.
All applicants must provide them
selves with pen and ink and eitl:er
legal rap or fool's cap paper.
R. N. NISBET. County Supt.
Ioes AdvertiMng Pay.
Says the Lumbertin Robesonian:
Does advertising Pay? That is a
question many have asked. There Is
one merchant in Lumbcrton who for
a long time said no. At last, how
ever, he was fortunate enough to de
cide to test it In The Robesonian.
What wa.t the result? Fer the first
five months he ran the ad his busi
ness amounted to u rotted ?2P00 more
than it did the same five months of
the preceding year, lie had more
competition too, than he had nt the
time he did not advertise. To that
little ad, which costs the merchant,
only $5 the month, ho gives credit
in it great measure for ll;e increase
in his business. Don't say advertising
dosen't pay until you have tried it out.
You may lose money by failing to
advertise. If you advertise and ad
vertise right there Is nothing that
will pay you so great a dividend.
Some say the nun who advertises
extensively nas to charge more for
his goods in order to pay the ad
vertising bills. This is not true. The
man who advertises can sell his
goods for less. He can afford to make
a smaller profit as his sales amount
to so many more than the man who
does not advertise that he makes
more in the long run. To advertise
means to reach the people. You
tan have a talk with them twice each
week through this paper. Will you
take advantage of the opportunity?
Revolver Shots Mnke Man Run Faster
Than the Wind.
It takes a member of an alien race
sometimes to make an original defini
tion. Here Is a new superlative de
scription for speech told at Marble
head the other day while the fog held
the racing yochts at anchor.
A near race riot happened In a
Southern town. The negroes gathered
In one crowd and the whites In an
other. The whites fired their re
volvers into the air. and the negroes
took to their heels. Next day a plan
tation owner said to one of his men:
"Sam. were you In that crowd
that gathered last night?"
"Yasslr."
"Did you run like the wind. Sam?"
"No, sir. I didn't run like the
wind, 'deed I didn't. But I passed
two others that was running like the
wind."