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Zeb and His Folks J. Z. Green ia Marshville Home. THE OBSERVER LEARNS TOT I COTTOX IS HIGHER HERE '"How did it occur that merchants did not know that it was a violation Of food control regulations to sell ov- j ways excited comment. The Mecklenburg Fanner PUnU Any Kind of Seed, While the Vnion County tirade of Seed Is Better. The difference in the Charlotte and Monroe cotton quotations hare al but up until cr two barrels of Dour to a family since September?" asked an Interest- 1 ed citlsen. It was perhaps due to the fact that active services of local ad ministrate officers were not secured as soon as the law became effective. Merchants of this county, and of ev ery county, for that matter, are. with rare exceptions, reliable and law abiding men and if extensive j publicity of orderes for food reg ulations could have been made sooner there would have been few violations. The same may be said of farmers who were following their established custom of buying and carrying out their supplies ior use during crop - growing period to avoid necessity of losing time of men and teams to make unnecessary trips to town when labor is needed so much in the fields. In 1912 the farmers of one neighborhood in Lanes Creek lOMnhUip canieu oui ieni-ue oar-; fact that holds true todav. some rels of sugar and a dozen or more Mecklenburg farmers have "manifest loads of flour in one day. Notwith- eil a disposition to secure Improved Standing" this had been the custom seejs for piantinp. tut as a rule the Very few farmers would have carried raners of this countv go about plant- out more man is auoweu mis sea-uu in .he same var etv of ordinary seeds recently the cause could not be dis covered. The Charlotte Obsever says it is because Union county far mers plant a better grade of seed than their Mecklendurg county neighbors. Editor Wade Harris made this remark after reading about Zeb Green's cot ton seed, and his editorial follows in full: For thirty-odd years just as sure as the Fall season would come along the old agitation about local cotton mar kets would bob up and there would be an explosion over the charge that the Charlotte market was not paying as high prices as were being paid by neighboring markets particularly by Monroe. On one occasion not long ago The Obsever put a quietus upon the row by the contention that the main reason why Mecklenburg cotton did not bring better prices was that the staple was inferior. And this is a TOO MAST WIXGATE BOYS ON STREETS AFTER DARK if they had been informed in detail as to the reQuirments. And I have not heard a single protest against car rying excess purchses back for re distribution in accordance with food regulations, in conformity with any year afteer year The average grade of Mecklenburg cotton uow is about what it was ten years ago. How many farmers know about the modern seed grader, or, knowing of him, take pain? to secure his services? The demand that may be made by the : f,,iA?i A ,m Afflti i in blow out ..,. w. "" -- v ouniy r utm AumiuiMraiur. i.ee urn- , th, ylg immature seeds f CU113, nn. wno is penornimg nis oinciai au- j These cuij,, re ai,isht to feed or sell, ties efficiently and patriotically. Our 5ut thev are not poo t0 piant. xhe people are loyal and patriotic and are . farmers in the neighboring countv of uing 10 pui up who aimosi any in- j i-ion appear t0 be leading the State convenience to give Germany the ; in the niattr 0f seed selection. and we good sound thrashing that will put an are coin t0 Klve one stance of how end to this war and make other wars less probable. How is this for conservation? the thev are doing it. Zeb Green, editor of The Marshvile Home, a Farmers' Union man and official known all over North Carolina, had been consid- Concord Tribune tells about a man , ering buving a car load of an improv who came and said. "Stop my paper!" eij big cottonseed which has been He liked the paper fine and didn't propagated in South Carolina and see how he could do without it.but he j from which excellent results are had a neighbor who borrowed it every know n to have been secured. He had j been talking the matter over with ; a neighboring farmer, but was dispos ede to back-water on account of the amount of money required to buy a whole carload and it was only in that way that a reduced price could be obtained. The farmer argued to Green that it would be worth thou- sands of dollars to the farmers of I Union if he could get a carload of this I Improved cottonseed. "The yield," i he said, "could be increased twenty five per cent by using selected, well- bred seeds for planting, but if the yield is increased only ten per cent, , that carload of seed will be worth ap proximately $20,000 to the farmers who plant them." The upshot was that Green got M.000 together and ordered a carload of seed, taking thirty-five bushels for his own farm. His experience in handling pedigreed rye seed from the Coker Farm had I given him favorable inclination to i ward a follow-up with a high grade j cottonseed. And this Is one reason i why we may expeect the quotations on the Monroe cotton market to be , still higher next fall. The farmers are waking to the fact that they are living in the age of I standardisation in all things. As an instance of how it is working. Editor Green says that farmers have stan dardized the dairy cow In the Marsh- ville vicinity and It will, as the years come, be worth hundreds of thou sands of dollars to the community. Likewise, if the farmers will now take another step by standardising cotton production it will be another notable achievement the value of which would be hard to calculate. There can be no doubt about one thing Union county ia preparing to plant a grade of cotton that will count more acre for acre, than any other variety of cotton in this part of the cotton belt. week and he frequently sent over to get It before he had read it himself. He thought by stopping it awhile that neighbor would decide to subscribe for it and then he could come and re new and get his paper without being annoyed by the borrowing neighbor. It costs from 125 to $50 to get to press with one issue of a weekly pa per. Its cost to the subscriber is not over two cents less than the cost of mailing one letter. A man who is so stingy that he will walk a mile or two to a neighbor's house to borrow a pa per that he can buy for two cents is in a class with the fellow who climbed over the lot fence to keep from wear ing out the gate hinges and got up on coldnlghts to turn over to keep from wearing out the bed clothes. "The weather man missed It again today," said a Marshville citizen Sat urday. He had promised fair weather and It was raining as usual. The weather man has certainly had his nerve with him this winter to stake his reputation on a promise of fair weather. If he can't improve on the service it would be better for him to make weather reports the day after instead of the day before at least until we get nearer to the spring months. If towns like Monroe decide to let the four-legegd variety of hogs come ! back Into the limits the next thing i will be getting the hogs to feed. Near-1 ly all young pigs that were farrowed in December and January froze to death. There will not be anything like half enough pigs In the country this spring to supply the demand and the price for six-weeks-old pigs that are large enough to make a good healthy grunt will bring from ten to fifteen dollars each. With these ab normally high prices city folks can probably make it more profitable to feed tbelr scraps from the table to chickens. Brother Black in his Wingate news items to the Monroe Journal, com plains about not being invited to the FarmersTnion oyster super at Win gate. After asking if the soup was spiked with anything he makes spe cial request that "you had better let know about the next one." Since he didn't make It clear as to whether j Union County Boy Successful Aviator Applicant. (From the Wadeaboro Ansonlan.) Mr. Will A. Redfearn, son of Mr. H. A. Redfearn of Wingate, but for merly of White Store, Is now at Fort Taylor, Louisville. Ky. He Is one or two successful contestants for posi tions in the aviation department. The selection was made by examination. Mr. Redfearn was a senior at Chapel Hill when he volunteered. " . 7 . .. "i""'"" -"-": he wanted to snow bdoui me soup or jng tne remainder of tne -war, Mr. the "spike" that was supposed to be in it, I think I'll go by "Genalpine" next time andcarry our good brother along, If the roads that way are in passable condition. "I have never found this egg bread at but one other place except here," aid a traveling salesman as we were at the dining table at tht Seaboard Hotel at Hamlet several years ago, when "egg bread" was a part of the Vftnr Jones of Gulledce township re marked Monday that he didn't mind doing that, that he couldn't be starv ed to death that way. Mr. Jones Is an enthusiastic American and wants to see Germany whipped to a finish. He has one son. Dr. R. B. Jones, in the service and Is willing to do his part in any way the government asks him to do it. . Mayor U. B. Blalock and Mr. L. C. Phlfer arrested a young white man bill of fare every day. Probably a , nere Wednesday afternoon who gave more appropriate name for It would 1 n, name &s Oscar Edward Anderson be corn meal pudding, for it iooki ana his home as somewhere in Mary more like pudding than bread. It was ianai He had registered twice at the very popular with patrons, and If the National hotel, one time as Smith recipe for making it has appeared , ani atan ai Hough. The arrest was anywhere sicept In a little advertls-; made WDen n -was believed that he lng booklet issued by the manfactur-' na(j stolen a pistol, a razor and some ers of Arm 4b Hammer soda I haven't articles of clothing from the hotel observed it. Here is the recipe: room of Mr. W. H. Fortson, superln EGG BREAD Two egs well beat-; tefldent of the Southern Cotton Oil en, two cups sour buttermilk, on Company's plant here. When the ar smooth teaspoonful soda, one small tides were missed Anderson under handful of corn meal; lard size of t00k to get out of town and avoid ar mall egg melted and added to bat- J re9t but the mayor and his officers ter; a little salt. Bake in hot oven. were too quick for him. Officer Mor When you are ruminating and ton got on the trail of the man when This Habit Breeds Some of the Most Terrible Crimea Marriage of Mr. Morgan and MUa Williams. Correspondence of The JournaL Wingate. Feb. 7. Cold weather, but is it not good to see the sun one more time? Maybe spring will come sometime. We had better look for it anyway, and more, we had better get things ready to have the best garden in our lives. We must raise our vegetables, or we might have to do without any Our people are taking the food law pretty well. All of them seem to be good natured about it. We have not heard of but one fellow swearing any about it. I expect he would have sworn anyway. Some people do not think anything of their tongues. They had just as soon tell a lie as the truth, and they swear to show that they do not fear an Almighty God. There will be an important W. O. W. meeting here next Saturday even ing at 7 o'clock. All W. O. Ws. are requested to be present. J. Milton Todd, Deputy of this district, will ad dress the assembly. Don't forget to come. Mrs. B. L. Hallnian of Charlotte was a pleasant visitor at Mr. J. F. Green's last week. Miss Bertha Green of Richmond also visited at Mr. Green's last week. Miss Ellie Bivins went to Charlotte for a slight operation a few days since. She is back home, and is re ported doing well. We are sorry that Ellie did not get to go back to Coker ilter Christmas because of this trouble. Mrs. Ada Gathings has moved to Mr. Baxter William's. She is in a precarious condition at this time. Her friends do not think she can live many weeks longer. We are saying this because so many have asked us about her real condition, and we feel that they ought to know. This is i verv sad affair. She has two children a bov and a girl. The boy is making his home with his grandfather, Mr. S. A. Williams, the little girl Is with her mother. Will not all of her pray ing friends remember here daily? Mr. W. P. Griffin is improving at this time. A beautiful home wedding was solemnized here last Tuesday. The contracting parties were Mr. A. J. Morgan, son of Mr. Fulton Morgan of the Mt Olive community, and Miss Etta Williams, daughter of our townsman. Mr. E. H. Williams. On ly a few intimate friends were pres ent. The writer performed the cere mony. These young people are going to make their home in the Mt Olive community. May peace and prosper ity attend their way. Mr. Frank Haney s baby died or pneumonia and measles last Monday and was burled Tuesday afternoon at Faulks. The little creature struggled for life for several days, but the dis ease was too great for Its tender years. It was a fine baby, a little more than a year old. The funeral was conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. C. Snider. The family has our warm est sympathy. May the God of com fort be very near this Bad home at this dark hour. Rev. D. M. Austin and wife visited friends here last week. Mrs. E. C. Griffin of Marshville was with them. We were pleased to see them here. Rev. R. M. Halgler has been un well for several days, but is about well once more. We have not been well, but we have so much to do we do not have time to think much about a bad cold. We have been on the go nearly all of this bad weather. Mrs. Oscar Tucker visited at Glen alplne Tuesday. Mr. Marlon Griffin of Marshville visited his brother, W. P. Griffin, Tuesday. The drill is being placed In post-'. tion to put down the deep well ror the dormitories at the school build ing. Work will begin today, or we suppose so from appearances. There has been some powerrui trading done In these parts for the last few days. Mr. Joe Snyder bought out Rev. E. C. Snyder, and the preacher went up a little farther and bought out Mr. Marshall Bennette. There may be more trades, but we have not learned of them as yet Mr. O. M. Stewart bought his adopted daughter, Miss Mary Perry, a nice Baby Grand piano the other day. It is a beauty sure. We notice too many young boys on our streets alter aara. mis is a terrible nuisance indeed, part of parents, bat that doea not keep it from being a perfect nuisance. Pardon these plain words. Mr. Oscar Austin la moving to Hamlet He has accepted a position on the S. A. L. There will be a revival meeting here in the early spring. Rev. John A. Wray may help us. We trust that wa may have one of the best meetings ever held here. Let us get ready for it The Junior class is going to enter tain the Seniors next Saturday even ing. This is a social affair entirely. Mrs. Sid Moore of Marshville is visiting her daughter here this week. Dr. Mark Griffin or Morganton visited home folks one day this week. He did not spend but a few hours here. He came to see his father. whose illness we reported last week. Mr. Vann Strawn has gone to Al bemarle to work until plow time. Bruce Helms has bought the Fletcher Moore house and moved in to it. Mr. Jonah Hartsell and Mr. Wil liam Liles remain very feeble. The measles are clearing up. We have no new cases that we have heard of. and Mrs. Meigs and little daugh ter. Dorothy, are on foot once more. Don't forget that there will be ser vices at Meadow Branch next Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The W. M. U. will meet Immediately after the service. Private Milton Austin has been discharged from the army and Is back home. Glenalpine. A Real Hair Grower In Found at I-t Shows Results Few Days or Money Refunded. Here's good news for men and wo men whose hair Is falling out, who are growing bald, whose scalps are covered with dandruff, and whose heads Itch like mad. The English Drug Co. will eupply you with the genuine Parisian sage and guarantee that It will quickly stop loss of hair, promote a new growth, entirely banish every trace of dandruff and iiching scalp, or the cost, small as it is. will be refunded. Thousands can testify to the execellent results from Its use: some who feared baldness now have abundant hair, while oth ers who suffered for years with dand ruff and Itching head got a clean, cool scalp after just a few days' use of this splendid treatment. No matter whether bothered with falling hair, gray hair, dandruff or itching soalp, try Parisian sage to night. There is nothing so good for any form of hair trouble. It's easy to use, delicately perfumed, and will not color or streak the hair. The genuine Parisian sage (liquid form) is sold and guaranteed by all good druggists. Just one application makes the hair and scalp look and feel 101 better. WITH WAR CONDITIONS before us we must make the efforts of our lives to do our bit. We must raise more and better crops, give at tentlon to raising live stock. We may expect big prices for all we raise. I have just added one of the very best crush mills that grinds corn on the cob, velvet beans in the hull, oats, cotton seed. etc. By having your feed crushed you will save one-fourth My corn mill will run every Saturday. We are prepared to make corn flour and the very best of meal. We keep a general line of general merchandise. We want to buy your chickens, eggs, corn, peas, fodder, hay or anything you have to sell. Will pay the high est market price, cash or trade. Respectfully, W. P. PLYLEil, Mt Prospect, The Leader in Low Prices. A FAMILY MEDICINE Ia Her lAef Hone, San Tail Getrpi lm, Rayardmf Eac Dracfk. ReEef From Hetl Ringgold, Oa, Mrs. Chat, Gastxa, of this plaea. writes: I am a mar of Thaiford'i Black-Draught; tn fact, it waa ana of our family madklasa Also la my mother! horns, whta I waa a ahild. Whm any of tn child- one that'' rn MannlalniiA nf hjdacha. nsnallv will breed some of the most terrible ' causa by constipation, aha ava as crimes. Will the parents not look , a doa of Black-Draught whim woan after this matter a little more close-1 rectify tba trouble. Often ta the ly? It will bring richer results than ' 8prtae; wa would have malaria and any other thing you may do for the . chills, or trouble of this una, we boy. Keep him in at night Do not would tat Black-Draught pretty rat- allow him to stay at the depot until the late train comes in. He does not need to see that train, and the train does not need him. This is becom ing very noticeable to the railroad employees. Let us cut It out at once. It Is only thoughtlessness on tat meditating over a bill of fare for wheatless days you might find some thing to your liking by trying out this recipe. It will not be very popular, however, until the hens get a little better on the job of delivering the usual spring supply of eggs. Improve your Improve you. work and It will Don't be a spender. Be a saver! Buy War Savings Stamps! NOTICE I have returned from the West where I bought a car load or good mules and brood mares. They are dandies, and you should be aura to see them at Fowler A Lao's tables. J. W. Towler. he was going out of town by way of the Lllesvllle road and across fields and the mayor and Mr. Phlfer found him near the Seaboard station. He was found to be a dope fiend, using a needle and eye dropper to Insert the morphine In his arm. The case against him was not very strong and after falling to get him into the army, at his own request, the officials made arrangements for him to go to Greensboro for treatment for the drug habit. He was registered for military duty in West Virginia but recruiting officers In Charlotte would not receive him after his arrest. Chief Martin and Mr. Fortson went to Mor ven and Officer Rone Lowe and Mr. Fred Mills were looking for him at Lllesvllle. Wood's Seeds For 1018 Tha patriotic duty of fanners and gardeners everywhere Is to increase crop and food production. Inten sive farming and gardening, and the liberal use of fertilizers, together with proper rotation of crops, so as to Increase and Improve the fer tlllty and productiveness of the land, are all vital and necessary considerations at the present time. 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Aids to The competent physician, when treating the sick, relies fer a cure on two freat agencies Nature and Medicine, ' , Nature, unaided, will sometimes work a cure. But Natare fra quently Is unequal to the task and must have assistance. Then arise the Imperative need for Pure Drugs. These yon will find at this store to meet every need. Bring your prescription to ns and have them filled correctly and with ma terials of 100 purity and strength. ENGLISH DRUG CO. Tha Stora That Alwayi Haa If Thone 39 Monroe, N. a Feed Cows You Should Your Horses, and Hog's well dur ing the winter. We are well stocked with Timothy Hay. Alfalfa. Corn- Oats. Sweet Feed, Rice MeaL Mill Feed. Peanut Meal Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls. Our prices are right Phone us your orders. BENTON'S CASH STORE Phone 178. The Store That Appreciates Your Trade. Wanted at Once: White Corn in any quatity from one bushel to 5000 bushels. Will Pay Highest Market Price. Can use ear or shelled tiki Mflerson Roller Hills Monroe N.C.
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