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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY RE-D5 TV HE MONROE JOURN Ai PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL.22. No. 76. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1916. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. A CLEAR CALL TO UNION COUNTY DEMOCRATS WHY THEY SHOll.II HAVE REA SON FOR ACTION THIS i EAR Native Son v. Bo tJovenmr anil We should Win the Silk Rainier Mu-t Save le Robinson The tiood ElIof'tH .f WilMin'H Adminis tration Seen On Every Hand stand lly the Man Who Stand IS) the 1VI". This is a year that every Demo crat in I'nioo county should show his faith by his deeds. There are many reasons why he should do so, but we will mention only a few. 1. The pood effects of Wilson's administration are obvious to every one. The creation of the Federal He serve Banks and putting therein mil lions of Idle money to be lent on er.sy terms has brought plenty of ready cash to our very doers and has given an unprecedented stimulus to business. Especially is It true that there is plenty of money "to make the crops." Our cotton buyers ex perience no difficulty In getting money to buy cotton. The high price of cotton is largely due to this one piece of Democratic legislation. The farmer who does not see this is as blind as a bat. Union county is one of our largest and best cotton coun ties. Every farmer In the country should show his appreciation and gratitude by voting for Mr. Wilson. He is the farmers friend why should the farmers not be his? Come out and vote on the 7th of .November. 2. Have you any county pride? If so. this is the year to show it. The Democratic party has nominated for the high ofiice of Governor one of our own boys. We gave him for the nomination the highest majority of any county in the State and should do the same thing on election day. But we must change our ways if we would do so. The Democrats of Union have been polling over 3,100 votes in county primaries and then fall back to 1.250 to 1.500 votes In the general election. If the Demo crats will vote this year we can give Bickett his biggest majority. If we will do so. we will not only honor a worthy son of our country but we will honor ourselves in so doing. Come out mid vote on the 7th or VivmilH'r. 3. The vote of Union will elect or defeat Lee Robinson for Congress. Without our vote he would be defeat ed. Those best posted say Mr. Bro-vn will lead Mr. Robinson by 2.000 in Wilkes county; more than i.OOO in Yadkin; 800 in Davie; from 300 to 600 in Davidson; Randolph and Montgomery will be close and neither side can rely on a majority in them; Moore and Lee will give small Democratic majorities; Hoke and Scotland are overwhelmingly Democratic but are very small ana have only a few votes. The tre mendous majorities of the upper counties must be overcome by the Democrats of Richmond, Anson and Union. Richmond and Anson can not possibly do so. Union must save Robinson. Come out and vote on the 7th of Nnvenilietf, 4. There is to be given a beau tiful silk banner to the county show ing the largest Democratic gain in its vote, to be presented by the Gov ernor of the State. Owing to the fact that so many of our Democrats have not been heretofore voting in the general election, no county in the State can so easily win this banner and the great honor it would bring as Union county. We can win it. Shall we do so? Come out and vote on the 7th of November. But, before voting, you must be registered. Is your name on the books? If not, attend to that matter NOW. Many will want to vote on election day but find that they for got, or neglected, to register. Re member that we now have legal pri mary and hereafter you can't vote even in the primary unless you are registered. Register NOW and VOTE on the 7th of November. Not only register yourself but see that your neighbor does not forget or neglect to do so. How many men In your school district are not regis tered? Don't let your neighbor, who Is getting 18 cents for his cotton, fail to show bis gratitude by neglect ing to vote for the greatest Presi dent since Washington. Wilsonite. News From Weddlngton. Correspondence of The Journal. Weddlngton, Oct. 19. Miss Mar garet Hudson spent part of last weeK at Lowell. Mr. Hugh Thomas of Charlotte spent Sunday and Sunday night with relatives in the village. Miss Lena DeLaney spent Monday In Charlotte. Rev. and Mrs. N. R. Richardson are spending this week at Winston Salem and Greensboro. Miss Lela Harkey, who has been spending some time with relatives at Mocksville, returned home last Thursday. .... Misses Willie Fair and Annie Lee Hemby spent the first of last week with relatives at Oakboro and Indian Trail. , .u Mr. Floyd Harkey la spending the week at Mocksville. Miss Jennie Price spent the week end at Monroe visiting her slBter, Mrs. F. H. Wolfe. Mr. Oliver Howard and parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Howard, are at tending the State fair in Raleigh this week. They made the trip In their new car. ...... Mr. David Hemby and sister, Miss Hallie Hemby. spent Saturday night with their aunt. Miss Armanda Mor ris, near Antioch. Mrs. S. D. Belk, who has been spending some time with Mrs. W. B. .Will near Selma. returned home Saturday. Mr. Jessie Kannup of Fort Mill has entered school here. Mr. Minor Short and grand daugh ters. Misses Louise and Willie May Short, visited relatives in Providence Sunday. Messrs. S. II. McManus, Hunter Matthews. W. A. Hemby and J. C. Hill motored to Charlotte Sunday and spent the day. Miss Martha Loftin, who spent her vacation in Red Springs, and Miss Littu Hamilton of Marshville re turned last week to take up their work as teachers in the school which opened again Monday. The Young People's Missionary Society will meet with Mrs. W. A. Short Friday evening. The Epwoith League of Wedding ton church will give a free enter tainment and an oyster supper af terwards at the Academy Saturday evening. October 21st. The proceeds for oysters will go for the benefit of the church. The public is invited. MR. DOSTER BURNED OUT Former Monroe Man Lost Home ut Piigelnnd - Turkeys, Cotton and "Sicli" Things. Pageland Journal. A good six-room house in the eastern part of town belonging to Mr. J. Y. Doster was destroyed by fire about 3:30 Sunday morning. The fire is supposed to have started from a defective chimney, which was struck by lightning five years ago when the late Mr. G. R. Sowed was killed by the same stroke. Mr. Dos ter and family barely escaped from the building in their night clothes, and but. a few pieces of bedding ana a small table were Baved. There was not a dollar of insurance and the building and contents is a total loss. Mr. Doster and family are thus de prived of their home, and they have the sympathy of a great many people. This fire was not very far from the cotton yard where there was $30,000 or $40,000 worth of cotton, and the breeze carried the sparks over the cotton. Several bales wore fired but were saved by prompt and thorough attention. Messrs. H. T. Halre and Bud Guin, of Marlboro county, were hurt In an automobile accident at the Marlboro end cf the Cheraw bridge Saturday morning. The car rolled down an embankment and was badly damaged. Mr. Halre's leg was broken in two places. Mr. Guin's shoulder was dis located. A boy who was in the car said he was thrown 20 feet in the air, landing uninjured in a sand bed. Mr. H. N. Asklns sold the record bale here Saturday. It was not up to Ruby's big one, but was large enough to bring $154.23 for cotton and $4 4 for the seed, a total of $1118.23. Mr. C. L. Gulledge sold his flock of turkeys which he raised at Guess this year to Mr. Watts last week for one hundred dollars. So there Is money In other things than cotton. Marriage of Rev. Mr. Haywood and Other .News. Correspondence of The Journal. Indian Trail, Route 1, Oct. 19. Rev. A. B. Haywood of Vance town ship and Miss Lula Rowell of this community were married yesterday at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rowell. Magis trate Harkey of Indian Trail per formed the marriuge. Quite a num ber of friends and relatives were present to witness the happy event. Kev. Mr. Haywood is a forcible speaker, a deep thinking christian and a consecrated man. The bride is handsome and accomplished. Lots of beautiful and nice present were given them. Rev. and Mrs. Haywood are very popular people and have a host of friends who extend most hearty congratulations. Miss Beulah Helms, who was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Furr here recently, has return ed to her home in Unionville. A light skim of ice was seen here on the 12th. A cold rain visited us yesterday (Wednesday). Miss Loma Ormand and brother, Mr. William Ormand, spent two weeks' In Charlotte visiting friends and relatives. Messrs. Curtis, Clinton and Carl Pressley of Charlotte were guests In the home of friends and relatives here Saturday, Sunday and Monday. It was Mr. Lester Ford instead of Mr. Leander Ford who has fever, which I reported some time ago. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dixon of Char- lottle visited friends and relatives here recently. Messrs. D. L. Furr and J. b. Rowell attended the association a few days ago In the VVaxhaw section. Mr. Billte Rowell has moved Into his nice cottage. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Halgler of Mon roe were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Halgler Sunday. Mr. J. A. Price of Unionville visit ed friends and relatives here last week. Prayer services at Ebenozer Sun day at 3 o'clock. Everybody invited to attend. It has changed from Saturday . night to Sunday evening hereaXter. Fairness. D:id Strenuous Objection. After courteously greeting Victor Roderick, a 19-year-old suitor for his daughter's hand, in his home at Can ton, O., W. G. Brlttson, formerly a well known baseballe pitcher, shot the youth and then committed suicide. Brlttson objected to Rode rick's attentions to his daughter but had seemingly submitted to the de cision of his wife and daughter. STORM AND EARTHQUAKE OVER THE SOUTH Hurricane Actiw.4 the Middle tinll Slate and Earth Tremor in Al'i Ikiiuii und (ieorgia. The South was swept by a storm and roeked by an eartbqual.e Wed nesday. A hurricane drove across the midU'e Gulf States, taking a toll of two lives and causing property und marine l.ss, while earth tre mors drove frightened th:uanJs from homes and offices in Alabama and Georgia, but did no n.aterial damage. I'ensarola anl Mobile were the chief tu.feror in the hu;ricano. Dne person was Kuled at eai-h place and buildings were unioofcd. telephone and toUg.apu damaged and ships :unk and beu.'h-jtf. At Pensacola the wind veloci.y reached a maxi mum of llr.iiles an hour with M0 miles at Mobile, but in nvt!ier city iiid the proper! loss approach that caused by the hurricane of last July. Mobile city suffered little real damage but in 'the harbor two email vessels were sunk and four beached. At Ponsacola one small steamer went down, another vessel is missing, three fishing boats went ashore and two larger vessels werj damaged when they came together during the blow. Telephone and telegraph wires were prostrated for many hours, the city was cut off entirely from the outside world lor several hours. Although its intensity lesson ed as the storm swept inland. South ern Alabama suffered materially. Torrential rains accompanied the blow, 1J.3S inches falling at Burr wood, I .a., and the fall being heavy throughout southern Mississippi, Ala bama and in parts of Geoigia, the State Cump at Macon beiux damaged ay wind and .'itiii. Th storm had passed far ir(lar.i by niit.VI. with very dec-iva in? intensii.-, but tli'j rr.'ns continued. While two dlr'inct earth shocks wire felt as ia.' north ps Kentucky a.'iu as far p. Augusta r- id. v vi re of great intensity t S'irning lam, Ala. tliMt elsewhere. There c.'nce buiKli'Kt and ho.ui we?' shoi K"d nnd thors o.lu rushed into the strop?. The material damage was limited to I'.illinir chimneys. Montgomery. Atlun'a, Augusta and other citices also felt sluht tremors. HE WALKED WITH UOD Mr. IMiifer Tells of Deed of Um U? Oliver Roger How Can the Ex ample of Enoch Re Followed? To the Editor of The Journal: Will you allow me to exhort a lit tle on your editoriol on walking with God. Undo Oliver nnd The Book? A short time after the close of the war I settled up the estate of my sister, Elizabeth Stewart, wid ow of William Stewart, who left Monroe and moved to south Georgia several years before the war. In the papers, belonging to said estate, I found a note on Uncle Oliver Rogers for four or five dollars and it may have boon out of date. I don't re member as to this. I called undo Oliver's attention to the note r.nd his reply was, "I am not able to pay ut present but if I am spared to iivo, I will pay as soon as I am able," quoting The Book which says, "owe no man anything." I think he was one and perhaps two yours paying this note in fifty cents and at no time over one dollar at any one time and yet he paid to the last cent with Interest, and never once mentioned that the war had left him with all the rest in this Southland poor and destitute. I believe that Uncle Oliver had the kind of religion that takes people to heaven. Is it possible with for one to walk God In this age of the world? I answer yes. The Book tells us that God changes not, the same yesterday, today and forever, and that he Is no respector of persons. We find re corded in The Book that by faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found be cause God had translated him for be fore his translation he had this testi mony that he pleased God. If God in some way made known to Enoch that he was well pleased with him, why not to you and me? And he will If we do as Enoch did, work with him day by day. In The Book of Genesis 5-22 we find that Enoch walked with God three hundred years. I am not surprised that God just took him right up to Heaven without causing him to go through the dark shadows of death. He had found one man and tbe only one that The Book gives any account of that walked in that straight and narrow way without ever turning to the right or left for so long a time. Then If I am to do as Enoch did, walk with God, have I not got to be very particular as to where I go and how I walk If I ex pect God to be always by my side to protect and shield me? The places are too numerous for me to enumer ate where I must not go and expect God to go with me. W. II. Phirer. P. S. I may ct some future time have something to say on more simple funerals. W. H. P. Ford For Crop of Potatoes. Sanford Express. A farmer over In Moore county put some five or six acres in Irish pota toes in the middle of the sujumer and Is now ready to gather a crop of po tatoes. A few days ago a gentleman who Is agent in Moore for the Ford Car Company, offered this farmer a new car for his potato crop. We un derstand the farmer has decided to accept his proposition. The potatoes will sell at about $2 per bushel. The agent Is taking chances, but if there Is a big yield of potatoes he may make a good proGt by the deal. HURRICANE SENT IT PRICE Wednesday Sun a Rise of Nearly Five Ikdlar IVr lUle Twenty and Even Twenty Five Cent lre dictcd. The hurricane which swept into Alabama lrotn the Gulf and threaten ed to strike the eastern end of the cotton region put the price of cotton Wednesday to th highest k-vel ever recorded for futures in the market, the distant months trading at above 1! cents a pound. It was cne of the most excited markets of the season and at the topmost levels the strong est months weie at a net gain of nearly $4.50 a bale. In the first few minutes of trading prices were sent 65 to 89 points above the level of yesterday's close. July sold up to 19.17. For a while a panic of buying reigned and it was a runaway market. The Charlotte Observer of Thurs day says: That the cotton situation with prices ranging in the vicinity of 20 cents, is at a most interesting stage at the present time, is the consensus of opinion among members of Char lotte's brokerage fraternity, who stated to a representative of the Ob server Wednesday that the market was in such position where no fore casts or predictions could be made about it. The local spot market Wednesday was 18 cents. The big shortage in the cotton crop with every bale placed on the mar ket being snapped up as soon as it gets settled, the exceedingly small movement of the staple and trop ical storm which Wednesday morn ing visited the southeastern section of the country, are all having their effects on the market. As stated by one broker, "it is bull ing itself," and doing so in such a way that it Is impossible to tell just what turn is going to be taken next. The crop in North and South Caro lina, Alabama and Mississippi accord ing to one broker is turning out even worse than was expected, which is causing a great deal of uneasiness among factors of those sections. This as one of the most centrally located cotton soiling points is being materi ally affected not only by the condi tions in the surrounding sections but by those which prevail in those neigh bdiing states. Go eminent weather reports show that the rainfall Wednesday was heavy all through Louisiana, Missis sippi and Alabama. A steady precipi tations was also recorded throughout this section most of the day with a lik distribution In South Carolina. Although no late reports were ob tainable it was feared that the rain fall and storm combined would de stroy some of the cotton and tend to make some of the other of a low grade wich will also be particularly detrimental at this stage of the cot ton situation, as it might be termed. Speculators predict that the rise will continue and that by Thanksgiv ing cotton will have reached 22 cents with a 25 cent price by Christmas. No matter what turn the situation t(kos, Charlotte brokers all hold that the situation is acute and that It is impossible to say Just what will hap pen next. Mt. Prospect News. Correspondence of The Journal. Monroe, It. 4., Od. 19. Mcw. Carl and Charlie Griffin cf Union ville spent Saturday nit;ht and Sun day with their sister, Mrs. M. A. O.-diorne. Mrs. II. L. Yarboi'jugh returned home Tuesday after spending some time with relatives In Charlotte, Gas tonla and Kannnpolis. Mr. M. R. Y Thorough, who has been In Oklahoma in the Indian ser vice for nearly two years, is expected home in about six weeks. Mr. Yar borough likes the west very much. Corn shucklngs are still one of the main features of the day. Mr. J. R. Lathan had his Tuesday arternoon. Jack Frost has not visited us yet and we are having ideal weather in which to gather our crops. The farmers are all very busy sow ing clover and oats. A larger crop than usual Is being sown. A lot of wheat will be sown also. The people are waking up to the fact that they can make a living at home. Scapegoat, what has become of you? I have been looking every week for your letter. We ere all anxious for you to write again. Hurrah for Woodrow Wilson! Sprlggs. Unionville News. Correspondence of The Journal. Unionville, Oct. 19. Messrs. L. S. Griffin. H. M. Baucom, Fred Medlln and Rev. L. T. Mann left Monday afternoon by automobile for Winston-Salem. Mrs. A. A. Secrest has returned heme after spending several days with her daughter. Mrs. Tip Helms, of Monroe. Mrs. J. C. Purser, who has been right sick for the last few days Is able to be about again. An Inter-denominational Sunday school rally will be held here next Sunday, beginning at 10 o'clock. (The writer has not been Informed at which church it will be held but as they are near ench other It does not matter so much. There will be dinner on the grounds. The public is cordially invited to attend and help make the day a success. Mr. Roy P. Helms left last Satur day for Charlotte where he will clerk In Eflrd's. Mr. Ed Diggers and family expect to move here in the near future. Mrs. J. C. W. Hargett and family, who recently moved to Ashevllle. where Mrs. Hargett was to conduct a large boarding house, have returned to their home here owing to the ill ness of her little daughter, Faye. who is troubled very much with asthma. The climate at this time u the vear ilid not apron ith h, r Tlw.v expect to return to Ashevllle next si'rins. Mr. and Mrs. Yearpin will leave soon for Indian Trail where thy wil: make their home. Mr. Yeariu hav ing been elected principal of Mu scimol at that place. Messrs. Williams and Kt-zhih art- building another room to their sture- aou.e wu.cn win oe used as a bar ber shop and storage house. The barber slion will hp nw.ilii. t. il hv Mr Charlie Helms. Wild Rose. SAND AT 3 CENTS A POUND A Clever Darkey Swindler Secured That II i o From .dr. J. II. Ik'iiton by a Unique Scheme. Mr. Joan II. Benton, who has charge of Shute'a gin on Main street. had the experience of paying three cents a pound for sand last Mdnday. It was Sandy Ridge sand, and it wa sold by a Sandy Riuge oarkey. w.'io went under the name of Arthur Med lin. although his real name is ji; to be starr.es. He is a ten ant on Mr. Henry Pi ice's land. Staines, according to his state ment, loit home with a wagon lor.d of seed. While en route he gatheied up about 400 pounds of sand ui.'! mixed it with the seed. A little I'li ther on he espied a sheet full of cut ton laying by the side of the road on Mr. Horace Clark's place. Some pickers had been storing it in the sheet, but when Starnos came along and picked it up, they were too far away from the scene to make ny re sistance.. They recognized Starnc from the distance and followed right behind him to recover the cotton. The darkey drove up to Shute's gin to sell the seed. Mr. Benton noticed the seed cotton on the wagon. He offered to buy it but the darkey said he wanted to take it back home with him. When the load was weigh ed, Mr. Benton was surprised at It being so heavy, but his suspicions were quieted by the negro, who claimed that he had the seed Iron: two bales. Mr. Benton then told him to unload his wagon. Bob Phifer, colored, who works at the gin, happened to pass by the seed, which had Just been unloaded by Starnos. and noticed the sand m it. He immediately notified Mr. Benton, but the negro had already secured his check, which amouutod to $47. and left. Mr. Benton sent Bob after him to recover the check. In the meantime the tenants on Mr. Clark's place had got to town. They ' reported the trouble to the police, so when Bob found his man, he was in the custody of the officers. Bob asked him: "Why did you put sand in that seed?" The darkey hesitated a little. Final ly, seeing that he was cornered, he made a clean breast of the affair. The officers carried him back to the gin where they found that ho had taken the seed cotton out of the sheet and placed it in some bags. The sheets and a pistol were found In the bottom of one of the bags. The case will be tried next week. Mr. Benton is chuckling over the fact that he paid such a big price for sand, but says he is out of the sand market till that commodity is wortn considerable more than it is now. Moll DisteiCN Women Anti-Wilson 'Supporters. President Wilscn made three speeches in Chicago yesterday, ex plaining his attitude on questions or National importance. While speak ing in the city auditorium, an at tempted "silent demonstration" by members of the Nation! Woman's rarty resulted in a near riot, in which the banners opposing Wilson were torn from the demonstrators and trampled, and the women were roughly handled. President Wilson was seated in an automobile a few hundred feet away when the demon stration started, but passed into the building and was not a witness to the scene that followed. Shouting "shame," "disgrace" ana "get the banners" a crowd of several hundred, sprinkled with women ami men, charged . the banner holders. Umbrellas and canes were used In the destruction of the placards. Many o. the women were knocked down ane nearly all were roughly handled, es pecially those who strove to retain their banners. The excitement con tinued until all the banners had been selxed. With disheveled hair and soiled and torn clothing, the women marched back to their headquarters under police guard. Charges that the police sympathiz ed with the rioters and failed to pro tect the demonstrators were made by Mrs. Josephine Pearce and Mrs. E. L. Mattire, officials of the local wo man's Republican clubs. "There were all kinds of police men standing about merely looking on, not moving a hand," said Mrs. Pearce. "Some of thorn did not seem to want to help us. I saw policemen deliberately stand nv.rby and laugh at us while we were being beaten and the banners torn from our hands. "We were merely standing quiet ly, holding our bnnners and not harm ing any one. Suddenly there was a regular riot. They grabbed our ban ners, trampled on them and knocked us down. It was terrible." Mrs. Sallies C. Noble of Salisbury, a wldown about 60 years old, was crushed to death by a train In Salis bury Saturday morning. She had been to the station to see about trans portation to New York, where her son lives, and was caught by a train at a street crossing. Her body was badly mutilated. A MOST IMPORTANT si iui:t T su;;kstei Why Can't Some ut the Organix lioiiK Take I p Hie Matter of Hel ler Manner in the Younx Sebool New From U ingale. (By O. P. Timist.) Wiiif-ate. Oct. 19 Today is the J3rd auaitersaiy of the laiiiou.i jiat tle of Cedar Creek, in which the Confedeiate aiiuy Mined ene of the most fli.rious vii ti'i us of the w.:r in the ii.utr.ing and oue of the most shameful and disurous deleais in the evening. All for wai t of skill on the port of Uen, Early who was in command. A detailed hi. toiy of this battle would furnish iaot interesting reading for those why are fond of war stories. Perhaps I will write more of it when 1 h:.ve pained more strength and vitality. Mrs. Marshal Newsom is visiting; ber son, Mr. Boyce Si.erriu, of Con cord. The fine rain laM night put the land in exctllent condition for put ting in oat a. There being no other farm work pressing it A iuld prove a wise step for every o:e to utilize the time in getting in a fuil crop. Remember how tough it seems to have to pay 75 to 80 cents per bushel for seed oats this season and try and profit by the experience. Mr. 11. A. Redtearn is Iiuving his handsome new dwelling treated to a co.it oi paint. Thi.i v it! add much t- tiie l.eau'.y and liutinj; fea tur 4 of this splendid re: Mcwe. News from the bedside i f Esq. W. A. familiarly known a& "::.-.q. Hill" Austin is that he Is i'ie.-.Uy ill at his home ia Marshville township. The latest however is th:u lii) con dition is some what more hopeful than a few days ago. It will be a comfort to her f.-iends to hear that Mrs. Bud Phifer's con dition is some what more encourag ing at this writing. The sweet potato crop is "turning out" better than was fxpieted. This will prove a great help in t ho cost of the family bill. Milk, butter and potatoes make a fine, wholesome eat ing, especially for children, to say nothing of the sweet, Juicy and cheap slice pies and custard puddings etc. All healthful when eaten in modera tion. Well, for the lack of Sf-inething-better to say, si t 'othirs; that needs saying worse, your scribe would sug gest that the Woman's Betterment Association or some other suitable agency take up the subject of good manners among our boys and girls, especially boys. You don't have to seek for evidence that the lack of polite training is In evidence. The writer would be glad to lend his aid for what it is wortn by way of suggestions to those who may feel Interested in the matter. Will say more later. On Saturday evening, October 28, the mid-term debate will be held in the Wingate school auditorium. Tho query for discussion is, Resolved: "That the power of Labor Unions Is being used to run our Industrial Wel fare." The affirmative Is represent ed by Messrs. A. R. Smith and Fred Helms, tho negative by Messrs. Roy Staton nnd J. P. Parker. The ques tion is new and interesting, and the debaters premise you something worth while. The reciters for this occasion are Misses Ruth Griffin, Lucile Chancy and Ona Big.ws. This marks the close of tho first quarter of Ibo K'hool term. The friends of the school will b, f;lad U hoar that thus far the session has been even better than last year. Thi? Business Dopartt.ient is having a good year, and tho !!iu;.ic class is do ing splendid work. Improvements have been made in tho society halls and debating has full sway every Friday night. The barket ball team has started with a good record, having played three games this season and winning: all of them. The team is composed of Messrs. Frank Griffin, Fred Sta ton, Bruce Snyder. Roy Siaton and Herbert Sullivan. Tuesday, Oct. 17. the Wingate team defeated the Marshville boys 18 to 11 on the Marshville giotinds. If any school wants a good clean game Just chal lenge the Wingate boys. Thank you. my friend, for the above Items of Interest. Keep it up- please, nnd lot others also come to my aid if I am expected to continue to write the "Wingate News." The Ijiw On Chickens. Southern Farming. Two farmers are living on adjoin ing farms. A lets his chickens rum over on B's land and damaged B's crop. B asked A to take care of his chickens. Would the law uphold u. ir ne should shoot anv of A's chickens and throw them over on the other side of the fence, or Is there any better way to get around the difficulty? J. E. H. Instead of going to law or getting; out your gun, pierce kernels of corn and tie a thread to same bearing a placard, "This is what I got for not staying at home and minding my own business." Scatter the corn on your side of the fence. The hens will pick it up and the size of the placard will prevent any damage to their health, as they are unable to swallow same? and the card dangles In plain sight for their owners to read and heed! Moral suasion and with such good humor may do wonders. Sranrinlizfd Water. Negro water salesman "Yes, sir. I know dis Is pure spring water, 'cause dey dun had It scandalized." Uncle, what did you find In It? "I forget lactly what It wua, but I believe it was one part oxygen and two parts hydrophobia."