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THE MOMROE eJOUlRiJAIL ruujsurn Ti :snYs axi naiavs Tl l-SDAV, Jl'XK 2. 9I7. riUCE $1.50 IEU TEAR CAn. j. P3 Mis KFSTIVO. UFTK1 ACCORDIONIST, AT THE P.UU-XKL THIS AXK.KK. War Time Necessity! Help Your Country and Our Allies by Raising Bigger Crops. Corn is 100 per cent higher than it was last year. Cotton 95 per cent higher. Top Dressers are only 60 per cent higher, due to the high cost of ma terials. Labor is scarce. Increase your crop yields to the maximum possi bilitythe labor will cost no more. Our country needs an increased production in all crops, and with cotton and corn at present prices, you should do all you can to bring it about. The way to do it is to use the Southern Cotton Oil Company's Top Dressers. You owe it to your country and it will pay you handsomely. The Southern Cotton Oil Company MONROE MILL. New Aati I'l'Mi vni For MUme. The Carolina Auto Sales Company . the nai':e if a new company tha: a HI iperate with h dqturtei S her?. The louip.inv is ciMi.iost d of Messrs. ll. r.!it' Nt-sl. i:i.iI.v Fletcher and P. U. Cri-tie. .They u lit handle "Inter--tc.te" au;oiiH-b:i-. S:!erooi:i ami jftiees ill be Mvdrel in the buiiJ- ncs r.w isi the rr.ces of cintrue- Aon on Main t!r- t. The "liiur.tatt- Is a car or es- :r.bli.-he.l reputation, but it Is com u.ir.uivi !v unknown i:i this sect lot hecause it has not bien pushed. The icw c!!ii;i!.v v. ill I i t: ? it In N'onh ana ."South Carolina. They expect to receive a car load about the Litter I'art of the week. Maiiiaui Announced nt .Marshvilb- Correspondence of The uic.il. MarshviKe. Juno 5.-yaiio a pood Jeal of comment has l. i u 1: aid on our streets over the secret marriage fad. The friends of Violet Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S l. Moore, and Mr. John linen, have announced their marriage th.s pas week. The ceremony was performed hv Mr. Shaw in Monroe Thursday af- lernoon. January 11, and they kepi it secret. Mrs. Green has served the public for some time us telephone operator at this place, and her ef tieiencv and courtesy r.re umiuestion- able. Mr. Green is a son of Mr. Tom Green of Fairfield, end is in the cafe and liveiv business at this place. Their many friends wUh them a hap py, useful life. Mr. Win. McRride, who holds position in Southern Railroad shops at Macon, Ga.. is visiting his home folks for a few days. Miss Mamie Lemmond of Monroe is visiting her aunt. Mrs. J. T. Wil liams. Mr. Wm. Crepes of Rockingham u visiting his grandparents. Mr. ana frs. M. P. Phifer. Miss Wiltna Stevens of Matthews is visiting Mrs. H. C. McBrid" Mr. Lonnie Phifer ana laniny ana Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Phifer Forded to Albemarle yesterday and spent the da lr. Lee Hallman of Charlotte snent the week-rnd with home folks. Mrs. Sevmour T?yior ana easier Williard leave this morning to visit relatives in Alleghaney county. The farmers have had no criticism to make on the weather for the past few days. It surely is cotton grow ing weather, but extra warm for the nne with the hoe. so Wo thank Our Father for sunshine or rain. For lie supplies our needs again and again; Ho knoveth best our every need Thank Him for strength to fight the weeds. Administration Food Bill Paved By House. Washington, June 23.- The ad ministration food control bill, giving the President broad authority to con trol the distribution of food, feed and fuel for war purposes and appropriat ing $ 152,500.000 for its enforce ment and adminisl ration, was passed bv the house late tonight after far reaching prohibition provisions had been written into it. The vote was 365 to five. Represen tatives McLemore, Slayden and Voung. of Texas. Democrats, and Meeker, Missouri, and Ward, New York, republicans, voting in the nega tive. The prohibition provisions adopt ed would prohibit the use of food stuffs for the manufacture of alco holic beverages, and would give the President authority to take over for war purposes all liquor now on hand. They were put into the measure dur ing the evening in committee of the whole and when the bill came up in the house proper the anti-prohibition faction did not demand that they be voted' ou again. The bill now goes to the senate, where it probably will be substituted early next week for a similar meas ure already under consideration. Leaders hope to get the measure Ui conference by July 1. Few important (flanges were made by the hou:-e outside the prohibition section. The control powers of tin; President were limited to articles specifically mentioned in the bill, in stead of giving him blanket authoii ty; voluntary aids in control work were mad- subject to the penal pro vision; all persons in tho food ad ministration except those seril;,' without compensation were placid under civil service, and the President was required to make an annual re port on the operation of the bill. Dissolution of Council of Empire IH' elsittMl For. Pelrograd. June 23. Dissolution of the council of the empire is de clared for in a resolution passed to day by the pan-HusHian-congress of council.) of deputies of soldiers anil workmen, after profound debate. The elimination of the duina also is asked. The Monroe Steam Laundry is doing' FIRST CLASS WORK and solicits your patronage and family washing, rough dry, flat work, shirts and collars. We call for and deliver work. Work left at Collins's barber shop will receive prompt attention. All Itorords Itioken by May Imports. Wa. lungtoa. June 23. Atueiimn imports in May of $281,n00.000 reached the highest total of any month in the history of American commerce. Fxports of $551,000,000 showed a gain of $21.000. OOo over April. Both Imports and exports for the twelve months ending with May set new yearly records, imports being valued at $2.fi00.000,000 and export'? at $6,183,000,000. root i t'!uni!icr tt Commerce eux U'y Secietary Scott. Ti.'" S vrttary of the Chamber has bet a ..;p 'iniod County Secretary for Cnii ti county by the Hureau of Crop Csn ...itis tf the I'nited States 1K--parti - at of Agriculture. This mate o: crops in the county is sent to W. .Vington at various limes and is el treat value to the government in i: - woik. and the Secretary sin cere? hope? that the various gentle men i i the county who are called up on '' hU information will till in the blanks that are sent them and rete.:!? thriu promptly. A self ad-dro.-ej envelope is in each letter and no po.-t.ige is required, only a few inii l' s ef your time. The Chamber of Commerce's ret in the court nouse is neyone. :' iTvt popular spot in Mon- i Satuu'av. There were over j;., ! "tutlred v:':ors last Saturday in i lie loom. Tht room is fitted up ait 'y for the laeiics and their chil dicti Hem the county and they will ah.is receive a hearty welcome. There is a matron in charge and they can leave their children while they go shopping in charge of the matron. The Chamber had an interesting visitor Saturday. Mr. Ira U. Mullis. an old I'nion county citizen, who 1$ now roud engineer of the State High wav Commission, called and request ed the writer to file application with the commission for some of the money appropriated by the Federal government for good roads. Mr. Mullis uxplained In detail how money can be securen irom rue overnmeui for work on the Wilmington-Charlotte highway and the Chamber will immediately take steps to secure the money. Union county is way behind in good roads and if we can secure the help of the Road Commissioners of Monroe and Vance townships there should be no reason why the money cannot be gotten and a fine road built from Wingate to the Mecklenburg line. A committee to be appointed by the Chamber will confer with the road commissioners this week and explain the matter to them and ask for their support. Tor if Monroe and Vance townships wants good roads now is the appointed time for the aid offered by the Federal government is most liberal. Pi-ogi-nru of 1'nioii Meeting. The I'nion Meeting of the Cnion Uapti-st Asociation will be held at Oak Grove on Friday and Saturday, Ju!v 27 and 28. The following Is the program: Saturday 11:00 a. m.. Introduc tory sermon by Rev. K. . Hogan. Waxhaw. N. C. Dinner. l:0t p. nr., Organization and re pot n from the churches. 2:00 p. in., Are e Ready for Our Revivals? Rev. A. Marsh and Rev. R. M. Haigler. ":0Q p. in.. Have We Enough Doc trinal Preaching Today? Rev. E. C. Snyder, Rev. A. C. Davis and Rev. J. A. Bivens. Saturday !: 30 a. in., Devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. J. S. Simpson. 10:00 n. in., Ought We to be Con cerned About the Great War? Rev. John A. Wray and Hon. R. F. Deas- ley. 11:00 a. in., Is the Missionary Spir it Growing in Our Churches? Rev. M. D. L. Preslar, Rev. K. W. Hogan and Rev. R. M. Haigler. 1:00 p. m., Miscellaneous business. 1:30 p. m., Do We Need a Reviv al of Religion In the Union Associa tion? Rev. E. C. Snyder and Rev. A. Marsh. 2:00 p. m.. Should the PastorV, Salary Go Unpaid Till Fall? Are We Paying Our Pastors Sufficient Salary to Enable Them to Meet the High Cost of Living Messrs. B. C. Ash- craft. J. G. Carroll, B. H. Griffin, C. J. Braswell, and Baxter Gordon. Let every church in the association appoint delegates and see to it that they attend. C. J. Black, for Committee. Committee of the Red Ci-oss. A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Monroe Chapter of the led Cross was held Saturday even ing. June 23rd. A total membership of 115 was reported, seven of whom are life members. Mrs. W. A. Lane was appointed chairman of the committee on sup plies, to appoint two others to serve with her. Hits committee is to take full charge of the making of supplies to send to headquarters for distribu tion at the front. There are many things such as sheets, pillowcases, hos;ltal garments, doctors' and nurses' aprons, etc. which can be made without special Instruction by a Red Cross nurse. This instruction is required before surgical dressings aro accepted front a local chapter. For this reason it is deemed best for our organization to specialize on the supplies mentioned above, which are urgently needed and which we can begin work on immediately. If you are willing to help with any of this, work do not wait to be asked, but, notify the committee at once. I Mrs. F. II. Ashcraft and Mrs. D. B. Snyder were appointed as a materials j committee. Anyone desiring to fur nish any materials or money for pur chasing them will please see Mrs. Ashcraft of Mrs. Snyder. Mrs. A. M. Secrert was elected as sociate serretary. to take full charge or the secretarial work of the organi zation for the summer. Secretary. Banker lilakenry SmtcJi. (From the Charlotte Observer.) In another part of today's paper we are printing the address of re tiring president W. S. Iilakeney of the liank of Union at the recent nueting of the North Carolina Bank ers' Assoelatiou at Wrightsviile. It is a fact, a? Mr. Blakency sets forth that the banking institutions have been called upon to make heavy sae- ririivs iu the interest of a country at war. and it is encouraging to know that in the face of reduced profits necessitated by these sacrifices they are showing decided gains in re sources over any period in their his tory. Ile'gave an excellent report of resource.-, of the state banks, and in doiiis so brought out the surprising fact that the resources of the North Carolina State banks "now exceed the great State of Virginia by over three million." Mr. Blakeney has decided views on the State banks and the Federal Reserve system, advocat ing the bringing of all banks "into one system, satisfied, solidified, uni fied and utilized to the very utmost." Such a system, he believes, would "bring confidence to depositors, briug out the miser's gold from hiding, ana the Federal reserve banks, by reason of their expansive powers, would be come the admiration of the world." Mr. Blakenev's deliverence on the question of the par clearance feature of the Federal Reserve act, in which there lurks punishment of many bankers for the sins of the few, is decided, yet conservative. There is no reason why banks should not be allowed compensation for making re mittances. Just as express companies and the government, itself, are privi leged. The inconsistency In a policy which would require the banks to go to the time, trouble and expense of transferring funds from one part of the country to another without com pensation, when the government and the express companies are given that privilege, is apparent. Manifestly, Mr. Blakeney's view that the pro vision proposed by congress is "too radical," is correct. Country Much in Xeed of Aviators, Washington. June 24. The gov ernment wants aviators and nee- them badly, the committee on pub lic information announced today in a summary of what already has been accomplished in preparation for the great air service program now being mapped out. Eight hundred men are now en rolled in preliminary instruction school, and the influx continues at tha rate of 200 a week. After Au gust 23. the government expects to graduate 200 students weekly Into the advanced flying fields. It is Vx pcrhd that 1,408 men will be actual ly flying by September 8. We want all the burlap cotton seed meal bags we can get. and will buy good sound cotton bags. Prices from three to five cents. -r-Monroe Oil Mill. It is too late now to talk about in creasing food production. The task before us is to make what we have and what we are now raising go just as far as possible. I Yesh) Icrian Church. 10:00 a. m., Sunday school (Bari um day). 11:00 a. ni The Lord's Supper. The Session will meet immediately after Sunday school to receive any Burlap Is high and scarce, there fore we are buying all the good sec ond hand bags we can get for next into the menibershio of the church season. It will pay you to save thein 'ho may desire to come, either by and see us. Monroe Oil Mill. (letter or upon confession. Reporter. LAM) SALE By virtue of a power in the last Will and Testament of Jacob Thomas, deceased, the undersigned will, on Saturday, the !4th day of July, 1017, at 12 o'clock M., in Union county, Monroe. N. C expose to public sale to the highest bidder the follow ing described real estate: Lying in New Salem township, ad joining the lands of Thomas Brewer, Charles Turner and other, and bound ed as follows: First Tract A certain tract or par ed of land in the county of Union lying on the little water branch, be ginning at a red oak, post oak and pine pointers and runs N. 29 E. 32 chs. and 50 links to a red oak. Jacob C.urlev's line, thence N. 70 E .31 chs. to a post oak; thence S. 32 chs. and 50 links to a pine with two hickories and black oak pointers; thence S. TO W. 31 chs. to the beginning, con taining one hundred acres, more or less. Second Tract A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Union and state of N. C beginning at a stake by three post oak pointers near a small drean in David Gurley's corner and runs N. 38 E. 10 chains and 75.1 to a red oak; three red oak pointers in John R. Thomas' coiner; thence S. 19 E. 30 chs. to a re doak and two red oak Pinters; thence N. 71 E. 26 chs. to a small pine and red oak pointers in a line of a three hundred acre survey granted to John Beesley, A. D. 1812: thence S. 1 1-2 E. 10 chains and 25 links to a stake, white oak. red oak. post oak pointers; thence 89 1-2 W. 29 chains and 90 links to a stake in the edge of a Held; thence S. 31 W. 3 chains and 80 links to David Gur ley's coiner by one red oak pointer; thence S. 39 W. 8 chains and 25 links to'a white oak, pine and Spanish oak InGurley's corner; thence N. 3 W. 32 chains and 40 links to the be ginning, containing eighty-six acres or land, and the two tracts containing 186 acres, more or less, excepting a few acres previously sold off to Thos. Brewer and Oliver Sinclair. This is a re-sale on account of a raised bid of 5 per cent having been placed on said properly. Bidding will begin at $2,273.25. This U the last sale. Terms of Sale: 1-3 cash, balance 1st of January, 1918. deferred pay ments to be secured by endorsed note and retention of title. This 25th day of June, 1917. V. HOSEA THOMAS. Executor of Jacob Thomas, deceased. Stack & Parker, Attys. SKETCHES Ey JOHN BEASLEY. Dr. Stewart and the late Mr. C!l Curlee mere among the pioneer pro hibitionists in this county. They worked hard for the cause, and they saw their efforts rewarded ia lSuS by the State Koing dry. T::e oilier prohibitionists may have fergoiti the part these two played in th game, but not the boozers. Vtr years after prohibition went into ef fect, so it is said. Monroe imbiders. on going to . Chester to get a dram from the dispensary, would either sign their names on the record as "H. D. Stewart." or "Cull Curie." It was but a short time, it is said, before the names cf these two gen tler ieu occurred on s-veral hundred pages of the dirpmsary record. Neither, of course, had ever receive;! a drop! A Monroe vouth was tellin? nhnnt the time he received the worst rcare or his life. He had been hibernating around over by the round house, when he received his scare. "Wky man," he said. "I was so frightened that I ran across Shute's pond with out sinking ankle deep!" Those who saw the petition to abolish the quart law that was cir culated In this county several months ago were surprised to notice th name of a well-known whiskey drink er on it. I noticed it, and meeting the man on the street one day, t inquired if he had stopped arinkiug. "No," he replied, "why?" "Well." I explained, "1 saw your nama on th petition urging the abolishment of the quart, law." "Oh," he said, wit) a fia.-h of his eyes, "I'm lighting booze both ways!" Zeb Green was telllnz nm the nthpr day about an interesting cotton bet oeiween a :sew Orleans speculator and a New York eamhler. Alone- about the first part of the year, b saia, tne ,ew Orleans man bet th New York man $10,000 that cotton would bring 25 cents before Jn!r 1 and another $10,000 that it would Dnngsiu cents by Jan. 1, 1918. Th New Orleans man has already won the $10,000 bet, and his rrospects for winning the other $10,000 art bright. I think every Pian in Union county, unless it is some of thos who have sold their next crop for delivery at 24 cents, are with me in Wishing that the New Orlonnn n.aa wins the other $10,000. Unusual. but sometimes trn guesses are often made about cotton Take the case of W. P. Houseal, tha Columbia "Dutch Weather Prophet." in 1906, ten years ago, he prophecied that on account of a world crisis in 1916-1917. there would h a rrul demand for cotton held by tin Unit- eu Hiates, anu mat this commodity would fetch at this time ?S ronti & pound. His friends laughed at to idea, which seemed preposterous, considering the then existing pric of cotton. Last November Hmisnnl bought 37 bales of cotton at Newber ry, paying for it on a basis of 18 cents a pound. Soon afterwards tho prle went up to zi cents, still be held on to his purchase. Then It dropped to 15 cents, but he did not beconi discouraged. Last Saturday he sold his cotton for 25.8 a pound, which yielded him a profit of nearly a The average man when reachlnr forty, Is about ready to retire. Thin habit, and it seems to be almost uni versal, robs the world of many good deeds. Rev. L. M. White, when pas tor of the First Baptist church here, used to preach an occasional sermon along this line. He couldn't under stand why more men do not devol their evenings to study in an effort to acquire knowledge that would h of so much benefit to them in their daily battles. He seemed to think that a man reached the prime of life only in the forties. How different is the average man's life than that or Cecil Rhodes! No Roman Emperor ever won more ter ritory than Rhodes brought under his native British flag, yet at the age of 49, with this record of empire build ing behind him, his last words as li lay dying were these: "So little done, so much to do!" Put Up the Fruit Now Half Pint Jelly Glasses at 30 cents per dozen. E. Z. Seal Round Fruit Jars, Quart Sizes, $1.00 per dozen. i . E. Z. Seal Square Glass Fruit Jar, Quart Sizes, $1.25 per dozen. Jar caps at 25 and 30 cents sr dozen. Rubbers at 5 and 10 cents per doifs. AUSTIN & CLONTZ Five and Ten Cents Stort Where Kvery LittU lilt Counts. The Value of Groceries depends on how good they are. If you buy a poor grade that yon are unable to use, there is not much comfort in the fact that you bought them cheap. ffi - JX"Smitt-tt.--tllffl
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