f NO COiVlPROIUISE REACE
(Speech delivered by Jsaies H. Poa ! Prussian publicists and writers de
of Raleigh on Fjuniers' lay. Cared It to be. Let us call some o"
Trinity College. Trinitv Park. Uur- ". the great Prussians and let them
ki.ni. X. L' October U. 1917.1 i kwak. General Blucher In 181a
Peace is not near. Peace at this
time would not be a bluing. Peace
at thU time could not be a good
leace. Peace at this time would b?
Ieace only in nan.e. At best, it would
only be a lomproiuiM a truce, in
which to prepare tor a tecomiiience
meut of war. Peace not" would be
like thos-e of Hyswick. Ank-u-Cipelle
begin feverishly, ana
to the limit of
l:s i.ower. piepaung
lor the war
which all woul i know w.u iuit ahead.
Thete would be no t.iue to
h ordinations of nei-ce. nor lime
to rpair the ravages or assuage the
suuerings of this wr. We would
work under the fhaJow r war; and
in our sleep the night mure of war
would ever haunt us. If pea? were
a to-.npiomi.-e, all the blood .spilled
and all the treaure spjul will have
beeu in vain. But i: the Great Al
liance shall win a complete victory,
the war will be worth it will tiae
cost; lor this world will hae euded
its fupreme tragedy, and a bette.- day
nn.l a better world will at hand.
A comprome peso- v.ould be an
iii.ri. il conclus un to this war. Thu
var is not merely a (o.iMut between
nations ami people.-, ot a collossal
scale. It is tais and mure. It is an
irrepressible y!ruK?l iir world su-in-fiiacy
between two cu:i!ii ling and
irreconcilable ideas. Ii either of
ih.. s'.ir.ll (h-ciMelv win. this
SZr h"?5tWD .STRAIGHT BACK TO DARK
....... hiu.l i n ino . ........ m , .
Sjch a peaco would be a ralaiuity al-; ' nnhnnti' rvnusisV In obedience to these
most as g.eat as tl.e v at; lor ' test niIlitarv writer.' in his books Germany has made war in the
.... . . 1 .......... Thu.
n.nre .nr'i.llliliL' ral uat'. I
WEEP WITH" i
Th idea of eoverr.n.snt by force .
f.rnia its highest expression in the
Vv,tiiA is the one
Prussian systeii
.
war will De tae kisi sitv.i wn.. stead of being neipea. uiey nau ueM
world will hereafter, in such case. be ,pnl0Ted as useless cumberers of
live under the domir.io.t ot force, tli- earth, whose places should be
rectel front Berlin: or it will live un-' taken by the strong. He taught that
oVr the spirit of inte' -nation; I r rater-, a sttong nation must not be bound
nity regulated b gir.it world til-jhv treaty. A treaty might be made
bunal. as a temporary expedient; but the
If neither idea shall Tun complete ; nionipnt the treaty became an ob
victory. the wr.r vuist be fought stacie t0 the development of a strong
scain. with added horrors, and still nation that moment must the treaty
government that has not now, anu.iaumu u.a. .
wilt - has had. a friend. From the good; that men were made to be sol
Sat was founded, to this day. it diers; that soldiers should take what
as never had. and apparently has they would: that the function of wo
never sought, the friendship of any j men were to gratify the passions of
other nation. Its plan lor an alliance , soldiers and to raise children to be
is firsuo attack and defeat IU future soldiers. He tha norajU peo-
partner, ana, na .ng u -
nnr! havine :i IOWII US DOW-
vr, acce
'cent the ileleatea couniry as an
IK rw nnrtnpr
.3. ruth.
le-slv and without nweaslly. almost i
without excuse, overrun every other ,
Teutonic nation; Holland and Switz
erland (If they be called teutonic)
alone excepted. She made war and
robbed Denmark in 1864. In 1866
. i .. r.. ....
ne maae war oh aui unin
Saxony, and the smaller states, and -German.
crushed and annexed Hanover and The world heard and read these
Brunswick. She then formed the 'things, but did not grasp their ter
North German Confederation and ' r'.ble significance. Rather, the worH
took control of all Gcnaan states ex- regarded them as figures of speech,
cept Austria. Some years later she grossly out or harmony with the age:
accepted Austria as an ally. Not one in exceeding bad taste; but not serl
of these German states has any love-ouly intended; and certainly never
for Prussia. And PrusMa does not ' to be put in practice. We know now
expert love that these were true expressions of
The very name, I'tuia, carries Prussian spirit. We know now that
rurh bitter memories that it is sel- Prussia does not Joke. buff, exai,
lom used. Prussia rules Germany Berate, or utter idle threats. Ever;
and all her allies with rods of iron word was uttered or written In ab
und whips of scorpions. But he uses ; solute earnestness and In the deepest
the name Germany whenever possi-j sincerity. They have become the
ble; and the name Prussia only when creed of Prussia; and this war and Its
no other name can be used. The sub- i horrors are the fruition of this creed.
Jection of Germany to the will and Germany has scented a9 KsPeJ
power of Prussia was t'te most unvo- i these vile principles. This war ami
tunate development of the nineteenth jits conduct are the concret- expres
renturv. From that cause grew this sions of this belier. So fu.ly do the
war The conquest of Germany by German people seem to believe this
Prussia made this strnggl; fo- world creed that they are, or seem to be,
supremacy both Inevitable end nnnl. j surprised that civilization Is shocked
The world was alow to p-asp the by their conduct. They seem to be
..... ci.nir1Mnr nf th- Prussian licve that their attack on Belgium
nirit In fact, the world ivfj-.cd to !
believe that this spirit wa what j
A Word to the Farmers
of Union County.
We urge upon the farmers of Union county to sow wheat. Ev
ery farmer should sow enough for his own needs, if not more. K
you should have a surplus Un:le Sam offers you $2.00 a bushel
for it In a recent letter from the Food Administrator we were
asked to urge the farmres to put in all the wheat they can.
Plenty of Seed Wheat.
We have recently purchased a plentiful supply of the best seed
wheat that the Valley of Virginia could supply. Wo hare twt) cars
moving and more to follow.
Exchange Your Wheat for Fresh Seed.
We offer you fresh seed wheat in exchange for your milling
wheat for 30 cent per bushel difference, or will exchange for good
dry white corn.
TH6 tfoiNtereSon Roller f
Monroe, N. C.
Notice
Our Mr. Smith Wood will be at
Mrs. M. E. Griffin's boarding house,
phone 26, or at the square In Monroe
on Friday and Saturday, Nor. 2nd
and 3rd, and eaoh first and third
Saturday and Friday before In ,each
month to show you designs1 and take
orders for headstones and monu
ments. If you need a stone It will
be to your Interest to drop In and talk
with Mr. Wood about It
Mecklenburg Marble & '
Granite Company,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
vised LonJon as the honored gueit
of a gia'.etul nation. In viewing the rfence and neutrality of Belgium,
city he exclaimed: "What a city to England had never been at war with
lcot!" People thought it was a grim. pruS3ia: had often been her ally; and
rather coarse. Prussian joke; smiled, Bethman-Hc'.lweg could not under
and passed it by. stand how any country would feel
Three-quarters of a century later, compelled to go to war for a mere
Binank. writing of war, said that nromise. He said with wonder and
the ciril populations of conquered or
declared that peaceful occupations
were for common people, the lowly.
end for seif3;
iV.t ilia nn r hrtnnrahle
pursuit is war. That war was me
J,0:pst parsuU 0f man. and. rightly
ri 'i r ir : i w i . i i;mi nam vi
conducted, the most profitable.
THE GOSPEL OF THE
WILL TO;
POWEK
Piu.sia's favorite and official his-'
.nh'.n. Professor Treitschke. taugnt
Proi elisor 1 revenue, launi.
niersitiej. and advoated in
;s. the dosma that the "will,
in i'ne uni
' rtflilia.l fjllintl-l.ta whnill.l h KO treat- - A.. Af .
tn nnu-fr" 1 thehithest maaifesta-'chards;
t ion of human intellect. He had con-j
tenmt for the idea that any duty or -
obligation rested on the strong man.
or the .strong nation, to help tne
weak. On the contrary. It was the
ripvlt anj duty of the strong to
overcome tae weak. It me weaner
man or nation can be used by the
stronger, then use him or it. If of
no use. then destroy them from the
luce of the earth. He taught that to
help the weak and feeble was wrong.
H3 believed that the weak were
rhortions ct nature, an.i that, in-
. . . . . , . 1 V. .
hriichnit aside. He Said that it
T eyes TOiwpr the erossest sin for a nation to
allow a treaty to stand in the way of
manifest destiny
N'ietzrhe, son of a minister, re-
nounced religion, deified power, and
. . .l... ... .. tk oiin rain O
Pie in lUf lllttliwci
n K foolish
j'unc w uvu.
1 I'miiu, 'vi uuu www
Iii moo when the emperor
W US
bidding farewell to the expeditionary
force, leaving 'or China to put down
tne uoxer uprising, o -"t
diets to take no prisoners; to siay
men. women and children, and to ro
act that no Chinaman for a thousand
years would dare look askance at a
was no Fin. The believed it was to
their advantage.
According to Pro-
vir
T ' p W WL fl$fA)W-9" (
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"
feszor TrL'tschte, It was not only
right to violate the treaty, but it
would have beea a mortal sin not to
have done to. Hence Bethmaa-Hotl-weg's
Impatience with the British
mir.ixter on August 3. 1M4. whtn
the minister reminded Hollweg that
both England and Prussia had re
cognized and guaranteed the intiepcn-
impatience: "Will you go to war for
aperT"
AGES
teachings.
fashion
l c " "A:.,": J .r.
''"'
And Germany
y .
is surprised that the world Is horri-
fled. Germany has made scraps of
i naner of her treaties, and she has
cast to the winds all rules of civllii-
ed warfare, and all agreements re-
specttng the decencies and humanities
of war. Hence me aesirucuon oi an
oi war. iieuce ic ur-numvu
property; the devastation of peaceful
countrysides; the cutting down of or-
the po'.soning of welb; the
shooting of priests; the burying alive
or civu oincers suspecieu oi smn
!Tlg puullC money or rertiru.i
the kill
ing of wounded and of prisoners; the
wholesale outrage of womanhood:
fighting with burn ng oil and poison; a ,anguape of the birds (where
ous gas; scientific distribution o ?, ' hannpnlna over tn-
disease germs; bombing hospitals and ;
Red Cross establishments, ines
ross establishments. Thes
things reveal Germany as Trussla hr.s
made her in the last half century: A
curse to mankind, the negation o
all religion and of all civilization.
She is an outlaw nation, ruiea nr
criminals. Her generals are literally
highwaymen; her officers, confirmed
thieves stealing from private houses:
the soldiers brave, but constrained t
act as a brutish savage. This Is the
Germany of today. God help us to
clothe her and restore her to her right
mind. Germany, under Prussian rule,
is today the mot malign and dnr.
rerous power which has existed siuce
the wot Id began.
I propose that we take upon
ourselves five simple but solemn
pledges. I have personally taken
each and all. and. God being my
helper, I will keep all. Here they
are:
1. We pledge ourselves not to
say or do anything during this
war which will weaken the
hands ot our government, or
which could give aid, comfort, or
encouragement to the enemy.
2. We pledge ourselves dur
ing this war to do promptly and
cheerfully all which our govern
ment shall ask us to do, the
same being in our power.
3. We pledge ourselves not to
support any candidate for office
who does not whole-heartedly
support our country's cause in
this war.
4. We pledge ourselves not to
let the family of a soldier suffer
for want of anything we can sup
ply. 5. We pledge ourselves to
give preference in all things,
where practicable, to the soldier
who went and did his duty over
the man of military age and 1U-
ness who did not go. .
Defore Prussia subjected Germany
to her will Germany was as other na
tions. She took her full part in the
spiritual and moral life of the world.
In some lines she was a leader. But
in the last half century nothing that
is not material, grossly material, has
come out of Germany. Books by the
thousand have been written in Ger
many; but they are all of science,
trade, chemistry, socialism, atheism,
war, and the worship of power and
success. And like the books, the
men Scientists, Materialists, An
archists, Socialists, Atheists, Soldiers,
Svcophants, Spies, by the tens of
thousands; strong, efficient men and
captains of industry, but without
conscience or soul.
She has not produced In a genera
tion a man or a book with any help
ful message or any word of comfort
to mankind. No appeal to the spirit
can be found In German life or liter
ature since Prussia became Germany.
Note that. I have quoted from none
but Germans. I am letting Germans
give expression to their Ideals. Let
me call as witnesses two Germans of
a former generation, auuui a
tury ago Baron Fouqe, a Prussian
officer, wrote a little book an ane
pory which Is entitled to a place in
every library along wun uasseias,
Fior de Alisa, Paul and Virginia and
Picciola. He called the book un
dine It Is the story ot a wood sprite.'
n.r,ii.r m infnncv and adoDted and
reared as a human being. She de-,
veloped Into a beautiful and lntellec- ;
...i nut shft was incanable
of affection", gratitude, kindness or I
toi ,M
mockine and almost Vicious. The
rood people by whom she was reared i display when we used those lanes,
were distressed and sent for the vil- Germany knew this was war, be
t, nripst. He said that Undine was cause toon as the note of January
nt woman: that she was without ,
soul and without conscience.
Prussia is today the Undine of na
tions. MADE FEROCIOUS BY EDUCA
TION Goethe, the greatest ot German
poet3 (and one of the world's great,
poets), born In Prussia, and knowing
Prussians as they are. aescriDea mem
with the accuracy of a demonstration
In science. He said: "The Prussian
is a savage, and education make3 him
ferocious."
I will call another German wit
ness; not a Prussian, a Saxon Wag
ner He was a reformer, almost a re
publican, a revolutionist. After 1848
he became an exile and fled to Franco
for life and refuge. After years nu
was permitted to return to Germany.
If he would not go to Saxony, but
live In Bavaria. He accepted the
terms, and spent the remainder of
his Jife in Bavaria and became the
favorite poet and composer of his
race. His work will live as long as
German language or German music
will be heard by man.
! ii. v. iv.
t
wail" in 3xii" ae vuuccitvu iuo
idea, and partly wrote, his great
Tetralogy. He used the gods of
German Mythology as the personages
of his drama.
The gods desired a.new and great
er palace, and made a contract with
the gi&nts to build tue palace. As
rouipcLsatiou the gi-nU were to hare
the daughter of the gods for wives.
The palace was built, but the gods
refused to rermit their daughters to
marry -n- To satisfy the giants.
;he gods robbed the Rhine maidens
of their mystic, miraculous, magic
hoard of gold the gold which was a
blessing to Its rightful owners, but
which brought a curse to any one who
held it wrongfully. Soon as the giants
obtained the gold, their power be
came immense, but all happiness
vanished. As the stolen gold passed
from one to another both power and
evil Increased. Crime after crime,
each of deeper Til'.ainy, followed fast.
All who touched the gold or came
within Its Influence, became enmesh
ed in sin and crime. However much
oower increased, evil was always
neater. Cods, heroes, giants, val -
kyrs. voloung3. nioelungs. dwarrs, an
who came near were drawn Into the
whirlpool of sin. Every promise be
came perjury, every aci a iraua.
every marriage a tragedy, every feast
had Its poison cup. every hunting
. ,
"
?",,'",.
assassination. The tana was
1th crime and red with mur
der. Gods and men saw that it must
end. Here the magic gold, unbreak
able sword, the spear which knew no
brother and which no man could
snlinter: the invisible helmet; the
enchanted horse; and the knowledge
"'';'" . nt' The
""": ii.: "
SWOrd was DrOKOU. ine ir.ii wan
shivered The Invisible helmet lost
1.- lta k!rt ttnla
Th vorv -nPth
""."" The 8t0 en gold
was
is returned to the Rhine maidens
And the daughter or the god least
guiltv decrees the doom of all who
took 'part in the crime. She rides
the enchanted horse into the blazing
funeral nvre of her innrdetcd hus
band, but not until she Ins tak.n a
torch and set five to the palace of
the gods. The last scene shows the
palace in fiainei, nnd every god cloth
ed in royal robe sitting around the
council table, crown on head, scepter
in hand, sword beside, calmly, brave
ly awaiting his fate In the burning
palace, around which has been piled
the limbs and the wood riven from
the trunk of the world-spreadUig ash
tree. The funeral pyre consumes
the hero and his sprouso. The palace
burns with every heathen Kd. As
they burn, the curtain falls, and
Wagner pronounces this epilogue:
"At last the dreadful day of doom
has dawned,
The curse has worked its wrath, de
spair and death.
At last the twilight of ths ko-Is has
come,
And Wotan's loveless kingdom at
end.
At last the gatherng nisht has coh
ered air,
And the cruel reign of !ov:less law
Is done.
Now dawns the day of nobler men
and deeds,
And a new world under Love's great
law begins."
THE SPIRIT OF FORCE OR THE
SPIRIT OF FRATERNITY?
We thought forty years ago when
the tetralogy was rendered, that
Wagner had given ua a drama of
mythology. We know now it was
prophecy set to music. Instead of
portraying the remote past, he was
giving us what was then beginning,
nnd what would soon come to pa.ss.
He showed that evil could not be per
manent, and that power based on
fraud and crime, however strong,
must Inevitably fall. He described
the present German empire and he
cast its horoscope.
We are now at war with the Spirit
or Prussianlsm.
There can be no compromise. The
war must be fought to a fin,ish now
or hereafter. This Is a fight to the
death. The Spirit of Force or the
Spirit of Fraternity must v.-ln. The
earth Is too small to contain boh.
The government of Germany Is the
Incarnation of evil. It is Ant'christ
In the flesh. If it be not crurshed,
this world will not be fit for the habi
tation of man, and civilization as we
understand it murt perish.
We are at' war because Germany
made war on ua. She made war on
us long before we accepted the gage
or battle. She be.ran In February,
1915. She sank our ships; drowned
our people; covered our land with
spies; corrupted industry; subsidized
newspapers; attempted to debauch
public opinion; blew up our ships
with bombs secretly placed; destroy
ed factories: made her rllnlomatic
service in this country a syndicate
of crime; plotted with Mexico to
niake war upon us. and asked her to
arrange with Japan to do likewise;
parceled out American states as gifts
to her allies; and finally prescribed
certain narrow lanes across the ocean
and forbade us under penalty of,
death to travel elsewhere: and she
even prescribed the colors we must ,
31. 1917, was delivered. German of
; fleers and crews of interned Teasels
in our -harbors from Norfolk, Va.,
i half around the globe to Manila, P.
! I., obeying orders already In hand,
j destroyed, sank, or disabled their
! ships full two months before we
recognized that war existed.
We entered the war regretfully,
reluctantly. We wished to avoid it.
We did our best to stay out We
risked much for peace. We were
deaf to the call of safety; and now,
fearfully slow In answering the call
to duty. God called us In May. 1915:
we did not answer. Far better would
It have been if we had gone to war
when the Lusitanla was sunk. Our
task, accepted then, would have been
jar ughter than when It was forced
unon U3 w0 years later.
GERMAN
SYMPATHIZERS
AT
WORK
Tint the war can yet be won. The
military situation is this: Germany
cannot in this war, win complete vic
tory. She hopes for a compromise
Z"V: ' .,. win
Lnrdetelr In the next war, and be-
... a mi i
- mm vr t n a vnnn . inn ai
ruuic uiirjurM vi au 7
lies can win a complete victory In
this war, if they be willing to pay the
price. The weight of numbers and of
materials is still overwhelmingly with
the Allies. Despite their repeated
blunders, both in action and in di
plomacy, they still retain the pow
er to beat Germany. If the German
armies be beaten, a revolution at
home will overturn every throne in
the Central Alliance. The rulers of
Germany live on military success and
prestige. Defeated In the field, their
power at home vanishes. They are
fighting for their existence. They are
fighting with the coolness of desper
ate resolve. They are fighting after
long 'training and thorough prepara
tion. They are fighting with single
ness of purpose and under an unified
command. They possess certain great
advantages which they are using to
the uttermost. They no longer expect
victory, but they believe they can
bring about a compromise. In that
hope they are fighting bravely, and
they are carrying on behind the lines
in every enemy country carefully
l planned and well financed propagan-
da to create and vocalize sentiment
for peace by compromise. Herein
lies our danger. These German
emissaries, under varying disguises
and names, are at work among us.
They are accomplishing something.
Their efforts are covert They use
magazines and newspapers. They
have used the pulpit. They have
tried to corrupt labor, but they have
failed. I do not consider the I. W. '
W. a labor organization. It Is a.
band of fanatics, anarchists, and
criminals. Germans and their active
sympathizers have their hands in
politics, as evidenced by the late pri
maries in New York city. America
faces foes across the water open,
brave, strong. And she faces foes at
home covert, trecherous, disguised,
desperate and venomous. Those ot
home are the viler and more danger
ous. Let us hope the government at
Washington will deal with spies and
traitors at home this fall and winter,
as bravely and as efficently as our j
army and navy will deal next spring
with our open enemy across the sea. i
The danger is here. German spies!
have been and are in North Carolina. 1
We have their names end numbers.
We know that in North Carolina
germs of anthrax have been soaked
into bandages knit by the Red Cross
for our wounded. We know that
German sympathizers here in North
Carolina are doing all they dare do to
discourage patriotism and to obstruct t
the government. We need not lull
ourselves Into fancied security. The
danger, is great. It is Imminent. It
is at our door. I
Grievous and numerous have been
the blunders of our allies; and but
for these blunders the victory long
ago would have been theirs. Never
theless, the resources of negotiation
and diplomacy are not yet exhausted.
THE POSITION OF JAPAN
Power to win complete victory can!
still be thrown Into the battle line.
Japan Is ready; and her terms are'
reasonable; her terms are Just, bhe
wishes assurances that Eastern Asia
Khali no longer be exploited by white
man's selfishness. If Japan will agree i
not to claim any selfish advantage orl
exclusive iniviiefttj i u uma, lue aj
lies snouia consent 10 a Japanese
Monroe Doctrine in Eastern Asia. We
should ask Japan to promulgate such
a doctrine as England asked Presi
dent Monroe to announce in 1823.
The Allies should agree that here
after no nation shall violate the ter
ritory of China. They should agree
that violation of Chinese territory
shall be regarded as an act unfriend
ly alike to Japan and to the Great
Alliance. They should guarantee as-,
slstance. moral nnd financial, and
military if necessary, to Japan In
maintaining this new Monroe Doc-'
trine. With this promise, Japan will
enter the war with us next spring, ;
and the campaign or 1918 will bring
final and complete victory. Every
crowned head in the central empires '
will become an exile or a prisoner.
The Prussian devil will bo cast out
of Germany. The German people
will taste freedom. The greatest and
the last of wars will have ended. The
reign of perpetual peare, If not ai
hand, will at least be in sight.
DUTIES OF THOSE AT HOME
We who do not go to the front
have duties Just as plain nnd Just as
imperative as those our soldiers must
perforin. We must see that our gov
ernment lacks for nothing it can uso
in defeating the enemy. The gov
ernment needs money in almost
countless millions. It is building
huge military and naval machines.
The more effective these machines
become the fewer American lives will
be lost. Our government must be
mmnl'ied with money so freely that
I It can use machinery Instead of men
.With greater guns greater ana more
aeroplanes, better equip
ment, we can beat down the German
defenses with machines and metal
instead of with men. We must pay
taxes and buy bonds to the extent
of our ability, and beyond. We must
give and pay until we feel it. we
mnX not be content to use only our
surplus, or to consult only our con
Tlienco. We musi place ai me uia-
. . . jt.
po 'l of our government ourselves
and" all we have. It Is a duty and a
privilege to help in this war. I can
hardly understand a man who Is now
content to pile up money while the
world is passing through the valley
of death. '
I would be ashamed of money
hoarded now. We should say to the
government at Washington: "Take
all that you need. Take our money,
our boys; take us. If you don't want
us at the front, tell us what to do at
home. We will Instantly obey your
commands." All we ask In return Is
that the administration shall be
strong, resolute, and effective, and
that It will throw into battle the full
weight of American power In men.
money and diplomacy. We ask that
our nation strike with all Its power
and thus bring this terrible war to
an end with a complete Tlctory for
civilization.
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NOTICE TO TAX r A VERS.
AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE.
THE CITY OF MOMtOK HAS BEEN
PIT TO A GREAT EXPENSE IX
MAKIXU PERMANENT STREET
IMPROVEMENTS AND MAKING
ADDITIONS TO THE WATER AND
UtillT SYSTEM. IT WILL BE A
GREAT HELP IX COMPLETING
THIS WORK AND IX FINANCING
THE CITY IN GENERAL IK YOU
WILL PAY VOIR 1917 TAXES
EARLY. THIS IS THE TIME OK
YEAR WHEN MONEY IS EASIEST
AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
PAY NOW. FURTHERMORE, YOU
WIIJ. BE DOING YOUR DUTY AS
A liOYAL CITIZEN.
ALL DKIJXOUENT TAX PAYERS
WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
THAT UNDER THE NEW MUNICI
PAL FINANCE ACT, THE TIME AL
LOWED FOR EXTENSIONS IS OUT.
IT IS THE DUTY OK THE TAX COL
LECTOR UNDER THIS LAW TO
PROCEED TO COLLECT IX THE
BEST MANNER POSSIBLE, AND
THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT
DELAY.
T. L. CROWEIX,
CITY TAX COLLECTOR.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN.
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF NORTH
CAROLINA, SESSION 1915,
CIUPTER 538.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
NORTH CAROLXA DO EXACT:
THAT ANY AND ALL PERSONS,
FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS IX
THE CITY OF MONROE, UNION
COUNTY. WHO FAIL OR NEGLECT
TO PAY THEIR TAXES ON OP. BE
FORE THE FIRST DAY' OF FEB
ltUARY", OK ANY YEAR WILL BE
DELINQUENT TAX-PAYERS.
. T. L. CHOWELL, COLLECTOR.
MORTGAGE SALE OK LAND.
By virtue of the terms of a deed
of trust executed to me as trurtee
by Alex Murray on the fifteenth day
of March, 1917, to secure certain In
debtedness, and the terms of which
have not been complied with, I will
sell to the highest bidder for cash,
at the court house door in Monroe,
N. C. on
Saturday, Dec. 29th, 1917,
a certain tract or lot of land, lying
in Monroe township. North Carolina,
described as follows: Beginning at
a stake in the intersection of Fair
ley avenue and Boyte street, on the
east side of Boyte street and north
side of Falrley avenue and runs with
Fairley avenue N 86 E 145 feet to a
stake on An alley, thence with west
ern edge of said alley No. 3 degrees
and 45 sec. E 50 feet to the south
eastern corner of lot No. 23, thence
with a line of lot No. 23 N. 86 W
145 to a stake in the eastern edge of
Boyte street, thence with the eastern
edge of Boyte street S 3 degrees And
45 bcc. W CO to the beginning, being
lot 24 in block five of Vann Helglita.
Being the lot bargained by the Mon
roe Realty Co. to T. P. Redwtne, as
per contract of Dec. 27, 1906, and
sold by him to Vann Sikes before full
payment with direction that deed be
made to Vann Sikes. Sold to satisfy
provisions of said deed of trust.
This 26th day of November, 1917.
W. C. SANDERS, Trustee.
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of the power
in a mortgage deed, executed the
14th day of December, 1912, by L.
C. Simpson and M. L. Simpson, to Z.
A Presley, to secure certain notes,
and said notes being past due and
unpaid and the provisions of said
mortgage deed not complied with, I
will sell to the highest bidder for
cash at the court house door in Mon
roe, N. C, on
Thursday, December 27th, 1917,
the following described tract of land
situated In Union county, N. C:
On the waters of Goose Creek, ad
joining the lands of Mrs. B. M.
Smith. J. C. Simpson. E. W. Benton
and others, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at an iron Blake in J. C.
Simpson's line and runs N 13 E 2.25
chains to an iron stake; thence N 1
W 8.25 chains to an Iron stake in L.
C. Presley's line; thence S 71 E 4.70
chains to an iron stake in road, Pres
ley's corner; thence N 15 W 6.68
chains to an iron stake by R. O.;
thence N 70 W .10 chains (10-100)
to a forked pine; thence 44 E
4.52 chains to R. O. stump, Mrs. B.
M. Smith's corner; thence S 84 K
19.20 chains to a stake in Smith's
line by a Spanish oak; thence S 20
W 22.72 chains to a stone in a field,
J. C. Simpson's corner; thence N
80 W 8.54 chains to the beginning,
containing twenty-seven (27) acres
more or less.
Being the same land deeded to L.
C. Simpson and M. L. Simpson by Z.
A. Presley, by deed dated 12th day
of August, 1911, and recorded In
Book 46, at page 317 In the office ot
the Register of Deeds of Union coun
ty, N. C.
This Nov. 22nd. 1917.
Z. A. PRESLEY, Mortagee.
W. O. Lemmond, Atty.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having this day qualified before
the Clerk of the Superior court as
administrator on the estate of Miss
Bessie -Austlu, deceased, this Is to
notify all persons having jlalms
against eald estrte to present them
to the undersigned administrator on
or before the 1st day of December,
1918. or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their right of recovery.
All persons Indebted to said estate
will please call and make prompt set
tlement This 27th day of November, 1917.
W. E. CASON. Administrator
Rerfwlne ft Sikes. Attr-.
YOUR EYES.
Dr. II. Smith, Ey necialist,
Monroe, V C.
tj txuminea ana i:,nsss ntten. i
sa ate ion Mm this date.
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