USED
CIUIS FUR SALE
We offer for sale at i b&rgain
to quick purchasers the follow
ing makes, which can be seen at
our garage:
Two Ford Roadsters
One Ford Touring Car
One 5-Passenger Buick
One 5-Passenger Dodge
Brothers
One Oakland Six.
These cars have been thor
oughly overhauled, and are in
excellent mechanical condition.
See us quick if you want a
bargain.
OBJKCT TO XAME "KAISER BILL" out the way for a graded road and
1 'you'll begin to hear something "drap"
Marshville Lad Hail to Fight a Few around in places. And If the surrey
t Stip Us of liouthaome Title l finally accepted and silence again
i From the Marshville Home. "tos supreme, co far as the kickers
..... ... .'are concerned, don t get tne idea that
If you want a fight from a school fh , , Itta ,,.,,
boy jun call him "Kaiser Bill." That-t f d 4 h ' h appMtl0Ili
what Theron Kennedy, stu.'ent of thei-, . V..f ...
Marseille High oo W road-bed. When the road forces be
aboui. a the pa trlouc pUy !gio to take the top soil from a quarter
glven a few weeks ago Theron waa .to r , Mh f , acre of u d a ,
"5 '. remarkable if some knd holder
mm v-.r doeaa'at develop a severe case of men-
h,'i VZ f 1 n BtH f.hi rt Tr u hydrophobia and declare that his
elded that he wouldn t act the part ot m o Hm ,and u dawa(;ed
KaiTK,n.dnift hli.M lMV' dT P " He
to be called Kaiser Bill. jh i(ude ,n case8 f hU k, d
shington some I me ago "".pulses and wrought-up paosions than
conducted throusii the nail la which B.M M tAn
,the inaugural ball Is f ipe our democracy not only grants
,vai forn,ed tha' n'''" freedom but It grants license to at)
refused to allow the usual expensive Hl .. , . -,., ,h. ... i
1.7 - I,"; .:, I Progress. Men sometimes rlolently
i L1UU. 1 C K4UIU f. U U xrw aun jisofc . , . u-
right In the 'Sl'usion that they are contending for
THEY ENFORCE LOYALTY".
GOUGED THOR EYES OUT!
Vigilance Committee Comelled Returned Soldier Tell of Hrrible
Change of Heart Among Iro4ier (iernuin Treatment to Prisoners.. .
ma iin. i The New York World prints the
, , , . . . , following story relating to the atroc-
n- - hTf ,0J':y.h" betn p!acHl itie. being practiced by Germans u,
business baS1s in Macoupin. on AmerfcB Ml(iiert
?n ?,L n,.. n" 8K,err;KCOUa.t!e? Siories of German atrocities upon
11 the activl- Aluerican ,oldier8 were told to a
JZ,i ? TGern,an ProPsand!sts re- Wor,d b u ,n Ar
cently became so pronounced that lu, J j Columbia Oval, the
vigilance corunnttees in numerous BroJ , ,our , ,he lnstituon,
towns have forced hundred of sus- whjch de b ul perml
pected Persons to make public man- 8jon of Co, D F Du,, commanaio;
Ifestatlons of their allegiance to the nw,,,i m,.r
government In one town two alleg- oi..- iv." ,i
ed leaders of seditious movements dlwtt 'tack from the niuddy mferno
t . M . V " of France, are finding their way bacS
IOUIS Oispatcn. tA v..!.). Aniripan ntlPiL Thv
are the first of the Pershing expedl-
Branches of the American Defence
society operating through rigilance , ,krail,h ih. iri
committees in practically every town .....in" nf war
in the district have taken the lead In
How the Germans "did in'
SECREST MOTOR CO.
Garage on Franklin St. Phone 310.
mammoth hall and sans. ' Praise God
from Whom All Blessings How."
while his co:upaions looked on In
amazement.
Mr. Jess Ba.'s is a mighty good fel
low and will not misrepresent even
their "riphta.'
Last fall a group of Marshville clt
liens were assembled with the board
of countr commissioners asking for a
call for an election in the township
a do" in a de H ned a food Pt or reject a new road law.
o"u. "doa 'thai w I equaHy a S3 ' "Who is T nia 0Ver there '
for eating eggs. One of Jess's neigh-! the corner!" asked a M
H. Covinpton. cashier of the
ranted th,r -iosaum do3 and offered , nk of .Marshville. If a like enquiry
a
Jess'
lUlt U liiai unburn ti'.-. uitinu, . . . . , ,
silerdid price for the animal, but hd nf "
ss's honesty wouldn't let him take,0 answered that the quiet pentle-
the money without first divulging the U,.J"""'
fact that the dog liked eggs ju-t about i "Mule - Power Covington. His new
as well as 'posums. That's all. tiff'? Reserved compliment . He
right." said his neig ibor. 'Til keep "l W. 0. Harrell and T G. Collins
him tied until next fall." And it was." the road commissioners of
! traHl Marshville township. They are a lit-
a trade.
It is interesting to stand around a
fertilizer warehouse and note the dif
ference in the manner in which fann
ers buy their fertilizer now and a
few years ago. Under the old method
a rainier would arive up 10 a ware-
tie clow getting on their job in the
early part of the year but they are
active now. It was Mr. Covington
who presented to a proup of citizens
of South Marshville township the idea
of conserving our wasted mule-power
ihou.se. load his wason and sign a !" the public roads, and at a meeting
(mortgage on his crop with a promise! he called for donations of mule power
IIIU lilt! mi:n" iun w in luiuuuuiti'ft,
As a result about two miles of new
graded road south of Marshville is
THE
WONDER
OF THE
TWENTIETH
CENTURY
If
to ray for the stuff to make U grow
in the fall when his cotton was sold.
He now drives up to the warehouse.
1 loads his wagon, signs a check and
' drives away feeling that whatever he
harvests next fall will be his.
Mr. L. Medlin. who was In ill
health for several years, is about the
healthiest and hardiest man in Marsh
ville now. He cured himself largely
through exercise and dieting, and he
is a ti mi believer in walking as a
wholesome exercise. Mr. Medlin was
haullne a few days ago and decided
to "take it a-foot" w hile he trained
his mule to follow suit. The pedes
trian had meandered along some dis
tance in front of his wagon and mule
when a gentleman came along on an
automobile and asked Mr. Medlin to
ride with him. Mr. Medlin thanked
him that he preferred to walk and
was reeling good over it w hen an au
tomobile came along from the oppo
site direction and gave that pesky old
mule a scare which caused him to
"take to the woods." Mr. Medlin
then had to go back and catch the
unruly animal, which, he states, gave
li I in plenty of exercise Tor one day.
Slxk Ijiws, Itoiuls, and "Mule Pow
er" Covington.
(J. Z. GREEN' in Marshville Home.)
About forty years aeo Union coun
ty passed through the memorable
"stock law" campaign. Warm discus
sions were held in every section and
lit a!mo-t every school house. The
f tock wis then running at large and a
bic per rent of the citizens saw ruin
and desolation ahead of them If they
were ff.rced to build pastures and
keep tV.' stock up. As a lad of eight
or nine years I went with my father,
who was an advocate of the stock
law, to the school houses where dis
cussion. were held. My father on one
occasion had just finished his argu
nearly ready for travel. About the
same time Joe Webb and Kufus Wil
liams and others conserved some
more mule power and in four days
time they transformed two and a half
miles of bad road into as good road
as It Is possible to make on an unsur
veyed route.
It might be said In tills connection
that In using mule power ln the con
s.ruction of good roads we are giving
the mules a square deal that they
have long deserved. If the mules
could talk and should assemb'e in a
good-roads-mule convention nothing
but a fool mule would raise a dissent
ing voice against the use of mule
power on the pubMc roads over which
they are forced to haul heavy loads.
In conserving the mule power on the
public roads we are conserving the
mules also.
"Ml KXSKD PASTURK OF IX-
SF.CT AU1X WAR AX' WORK"
stamping out disloyalty. The first Anierlf,ns Ust October was told by
move to oust the propagandists was A,K. n .thi i . nuu.
made in Staunton where an alleged , sanitary Corps. He Is suffering
tSd L,he DiU2l 81 ej" f ''am Paralysis caused by an automc
the World and a Ch cago attorney bile a(.cldent ln lhe confusion of aa
were escorted to the city limits, roat- ,(r rald lle gid:
ed with tar and feathers, and started
walking in different directions. The
reason for this aggression was said
to be the activity or the men In caus
ing dissension among several thou
sand coal miners near Staunton. On
the same night more than one hun
dred persons were made to sign
pledges or loyalty.
News of the use of such stern
measures spread, and within a week
"Twelve Infantrymen went out on
a night patrol. They failed to re
turn. When their bodies were not
visible on No Man's Land next day
every one conclued that they had
been taken prisoner.
"They had been taken prisoner a'.l
right. And they came back to us th
next night. When dawn came, fol
lowing the night after their disap
pearance, they were lying out in front
NOW ON EXHIBITION-CASH OR INSTALLMENTS.
COMPLKTH LINK OF VICTOR RECORDS
THE W. J. RUDGE COMPANY.
Dependable
Furniture I
CHAIRS OF ALL KIXDS. We are showing a line Tarlety of attrac
tive styles from the popular priced to the better grades, correct ln
design, of durable construction. Imitation, Spanish and best Leather,
Golden Fumed Oak Finish, genuine and imitation Mahogany.
IX BEDROOM SUITS we have Mahogany, Old Ivory, Red Gum and
Walnut, and also the old standby, Golden Oak.
DINING ROOMS! We can plaise you here sure.
MATTRESSES AND SPRINGS. Here is where we look after your
comfort The Sealy .Mattress, the rery best that Is made, you will
Dnd here. Its standard of quality never varies. In fact we can sat
isfy you if it Is a mattress you want
TR1S STORE sets the satisfaction of the customer above the sale.
We want our customers to be our friends; we want them to have
Implicit confidence In us to eel they can trust us in every dealing.
To this end we sell only goods we can guarantee.
T. P DILLON.
At the same old stand.
"Is Resident Allen, Parents from Af
rica" Asks Exemption, Saying
Ills "Feet Won't Stand."
Those who have had to fill out the
complicated quesiion.iires can appre
ciate the humor in the letter received
from a darkey registrant by a Louis
iana exemption board. As reported
by the the New Orleans Item, it fol
lows: "Honorable Zempsion Board:
"Kind Surs and Friends: I take
my pen In han to write you about may
war papers, tie lawyer what made
dem out didn't suit me. I sr.c.-k he's
a good lawyer aud moug'.it git you
oter trouble but it looks lack he er
gwine to get me in the army. He
lent in favor of 'keeping the stock u; 'show Is a zempsion sitter, so I is ritin
ni "ti nine tffe fields out." Ho war, ou myself to let yiu know just how I
Mans, ine none rcj tic wr.r papers
thru an1 thru keerful and I am ed
ucated and can underpin an no
where I belongs at. .There ain't nary
rer.son Tor me io to be In de Fust
There
li'ov is f nt to mill he would lose con- "'ought be one reason to rut me In
itiol of his mule or ox which would the Th!"l Klr.?o. Uevnhun H. on ac
w.tlk rii-'at out Into tv.? "" Kt! ?trl cmat ff my mulher. She Is 1C years
I eat vo-'f neighbor's growing crops, old and lives in South Kilanny and
jand th n, with considerable emjiha- she show pends on me. I also be
sis. he fxclaimed, "You'll have a bw . longs In Klass Fore cause I has a
suit on vour hands!" Since I wis wire, kose she'a done quit nie and
the bo- who was chief engineer on ' runned off wid another nig.'er, but
lhe oxcart that went to mill from our he tim de concumptin and when he
farm It was natural for me to see dies I no she will rite back pending
trouble ahead, if his contention was on me. I finds (lat I belongs to evor
true i UlVlsnuu ill rviuoa rnc irjn ao ui-
! lows, ter-wit:
Some months ago I stopped off at i "A. Dls don't ketch me.
Teacher's, a flag station In Duplin ' "B. Ise a regular oraainea nnnis-
countv,' between Goldsboro and Wil- ter an pasters de Mount Zebe church.
I mlngtoa. The citizens of that county i "C. Student of preachln on May 18,
were In the midst of a seething hot 1917, rekognied Bkule, namely, Klm
i "stock-law" campaign, tiyln; to set- bal Lake Kullud Skule.
tie the same question that we settled "D. I belongs to de Salvashun
forty years ago. A group of citizens army.
were lounging on some "loafing" "E. I don't come under di3 head,
seats In front of a country store. No-! "F. Ise resident alien (not enemy)
body seemed to recognize me, even as my folks cum from Afrlka.
a stranger. They were too busy call- "O. Dls sexslon ketches me strong.
In each other hard names to lose any My healtn is mougnty poony. i jesi
followed by Jim Rich... ;! .on. v ho was
against the propositi"', nirhnrdson
loitered iuite a variety of argument.
jOne po'-it which he made Impressed
me bi- iiiis1v. It w.ts this: If the
stock bw should be adopted and a Mass nor in ne fwoaa iua:,s
l l a mm I ii . 1 1 i"
liamson. Hillsboro and several other ..Everv man haJ h!a eye9 Rouge.,
smaller towns made demonstrations. out Ther bodies wfre terribly inu
la some of these towns scores of per- tilated. In several cases the handi
sons were taken from their homes j ...or, POn
and requested to make public profes- About this time I was assigned t:
sion of their loyalty. Several men a d,essing station Just behind th
were taken from their beds and knee- line8 0ne Dight a chap simply rid
lmg on the sidewalk, were forced to die(1 wlln bomD fragments cam
hiss every star in me nag. some throueh our hands. He had beei
were made to sing the national an- bombed by a German officer In a i
them, while others were compelled to American uniform in his own trench,
play patriotic airs on musical instru- -xho Germans came over the toi
UientS. Protests against such Svtions at nlirht tierhana Intending to nilnele
were construed as evidences of dis- with the men. This soldier saw th?
loyalty. In several such Instances ar- imposter come over. When he ac
rests were made and Federal charges Costed him the German let fly with a
preferred against the men. bomb. I wish you could have seen
The most serious result of the dem- the American afterward you never
onstratlons was in Hillsbore. where would have h.dleved that he cot well
Clifford Donaldson. 21 years old, was jn pite of It.
shot when the vigilance committee 'a. for that German, he never got
called at his father's home In search back to his own lines. What the re.'t
of Industrial Workers of the World nf our men did to him was a shame.
members. Shots were exchanged. He was shortly one of the deadest
Donaldson was killed and E. D. Em- Germans that this war has produc
ory. city marshal, and Ernest Flath ed."
were wounded. . Later It was learned Private Svkes thought he could de
Donaldson had enlisted in the navy scribe trench life unlil he tried P.
only a rew days berore his death. Then he gave It up. declaring that "If
Members of the vigilance commit- i told you how bad it really is you'd
tees deny that they consul violence, think I was stringing you." But h"
They declare that their actions have admitted that the Americans didn't
the approval of civic officers. They geem to mind it all.
Insist that the district embraced by jany of the ships In which th!
Macoupin, Madison and Montgomery wounded were brought home were
counties for pome time has been the fired on by German submarines.
oDjeciive or an active campaign Dy
pro-German sympathizers.
As evidence of their success, they
point to a recent meeting of repre
sentatives of more than 1,600 mem
bers of a miners' union in Staunton.
In less than one week after two al
leged sedition leaders had been tar-
"Plant Victory Acres," Advice of
Col. Fries.
Winston-Salem. March 13. "If
North Carolina Is to do her part In
this great war, If she raises her hare
of the funds that are necessary to
win the war, her soil must be made
stag" frm the affectionate to the
man-killing, accordingly as he in
dulges." The sheriff's office here has
the formula from a source close to
the moonshlnlng Industry. Another
new wrinkle Is to boil the ingredients
of coin whisky In a pot on a stove,
having the pot covered with a thick
cloth which catches the steam. The
make-lt-r.t-hon:e moonshiner squeezes
the cloth Into a bucket every few
monents. It Is a slow process, but
a very good grade of juice results.
The scarcity of copper, it is said, is
causing moonshiners to resort to gal
vanized Iron stills. The action of the
materials distilled upon the Iron
causes It to give off a poison which
may have been responsible for two
or three deaths In this section. The
offices are supposed to have smashed
nearly all the old type copper stills
in this section. An outdoor toy still,
nn affair nf ahoilt IS eallonS CSDacltV.
time with strangers. They hurled ain't flsically nt, in ibck i naa ie.Wos destroyed a few miles from here
red and feathered, the union voted a to help do It," says Col. F. H. Frie:,
contribution of $810 per month for state director of war Bavings.
the Red Cross, purchased $1,000 "Plant nt least one extra acre" he
worth of Tflrift Stamps, re-Instated says, "and more If possibe, of wheat,
all members who had lost standing corn, cotton, tobacco, peas, potatoes
because of army or navy enlistment, 0r other farm products, and inve-t
arranged for payment of their dues the proceeds from these In war sav
during the period of the war, and ngs stamps. Call it your 'victory
ended a mass meeting in such a burst acre, and culivate it In the spirit an I
of atriotlc fervor that the singing or belief that it will be acres that will
the national anthem was drowned in w in the war. Arrange ror your child
cheers Tor President WJlson and the ren B)s0 to plant 'victory acres'. I
government. believe every boy on the Tartu should
Reports from other cities whnre have this means of raising money to
demonstrations were staged Indicate invest In war saving Btamp3, which
that the same leaven of patriotism wm n nve years come back to him
is at work and that prospects are Wjth four per cent interest compound
bright for a fulfillment of the wls;h of ed quarterly, at a time he will neel
"loyalty" leaders, that the district be his money most, perhaps, to go to
made "100 per cent American.' college or start In business for him-
self.
lilocknde Still Lore. "Giils on t'.ie farm should plant
u-iuin Mario, in -rw-hnif 'thrift gardens.' They should can the
gallon' of shelled corn, 'one quart of vegetables an dturn the proceeds in-.
vl,..,. on,l ihw. m.inrla nf snpnr. 0 innil ana war M-.V1HSS Biamy.
put
da
l
thenar and three pounds of sugar, "ri i ana war savings siamps.
ut Into a gallon Jug burrled for ten They will thus be serving twice, pro
lavs, will make corn whisky that will 'Wing food and earning money to
nnke the cmusumer drunk in my '"id to th? poverniven'.
hrnndsides of enlthets at each other roomatism orful bad and I suffers wid
until they were almost breathless, amlsery in de cJiest and Ise subject
Finally, during a temporary lull In to dizzy spells. I has de hart trubble.
the discussion, one fellow cast a lln- And den my feet ain't rite, dey Jest
gering look over In my direction and won't stan when any shootin gwlne
asked. "How does he stand on It?" on.
It was my time to speak then. I as- "H.. Ise not morally fit for de
sured him that I didn't stand or sit army. I has done been trlde In de
on the problem which they were tight- District Coat for steelln cows and got
ing over, and that I had stopped off sent to de pen for 2 years,
there in tolerably good health and "I. Ise de licensed pilot at the
wanted to leave in normal condition. Mount Zebe church as menshloned
and since the papers had reported herein befour.
that their stock-law campaign had "And den kind frlens I wat to call
reached the night rider stage I didn't your speeshal attenshun to de last
consider It wise for a stranger to el- seckshun of de skuses. Ise a mem
ther "stand" or "sit" on a question In ber of a reckernlsed Insect and show
which he had no personal Interest. ; is posed to war an work and I klaims
zempsion under dis hald and I thanks
When I was relating this little Incl- you to please put me In dls Klass.
dent the other day Wade Blvens dry-j . "Dls leaves me well and doing well
ly remarked, "Well, we are about as and I hopes It fines you ae same
good kickers as they are on some new
Ideas that ire presented." And Wade j
spoke a volume when he said It. We.
are usually against anything that we:
don't understand. Ignorance always
breeds suspicion and mistrust andi
'Your survent.
"JIM FITER.'
W. O. LEMMOND,
Attorney-at-Law.
then our prejudices ere easily played ! of flee In Law Building, old Llbrarj
upon. For Instance, you can veriry Room, Monroe, N. U.
the statement that many or our cltt- will practice In all the Stats an
zens are Just as Jealous of their rw1ral Courts. Will rlvt special at
(."rights" and "privileges" as are the tentlon to collection of alalms and
free-range men or certain eastern settlement or estates By aaministra
counties. Just let a surveyor mark tori sad executors. -
a day or two ago. A novel still or a
new kind hangs In a tree.
Births.
To Mr. and Mrs. Settle E. Halgler,
city of Monroe, a son, Harry Elling
ton, October 30.
To Mr. and Mrs. Everette H. Stur
glss, Monroe township, a son, Dec. 28.
To Mr. and Mrs. Wllll.'.m Klrby
Price, Monroe R. F. D. 2, a son, Jan
uary 6.
'To Mr. and Mrs. Byram Tucker,
Monroe township, a eon, Jan. 21.
To Mr. and Mrs. James McCollum,
Monroe R. F. D. 3, a son, Feb. 9.
To Mr. and Mrs, Thomas McGulrt,
city of Monroe, a son, Feb. 11.
T. L. CROWELL, Reelstrar.
One Cow Produce 018 Pounds Milk
In a Week.
Sacramento, Cal., March 13. A
world's record production of 918.6
pounds of milk was made ln the seven
days ended last night by Raphaella
Johnna Aaggle, 111, a registered Hol
steln, owned by the Napa State hos
pital, according to a statement today,
by Owen Duffy, business manager of
the hosnital. The best previous rec-;
ord was 902.1 nounds of milk In sev- HOf ROE. If. O.
en days made by Riverside Sadie de Office op-stalii, Tt. gerald Building,
Roll Burke, owned In Woodland. Cal. Nortkwtst of Court Honat,
Relow Is a list of agents, author
liecd by the Government, to sell
War Suvngs nnd Thrift Stamps:
The Ilnnk of Union
First National Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
The Savngs, Loan & Trust Co.
Austin & Clontz
W. H. Belk & Bro.
John Beasley
Benton's Cash Store
Collins & Hargett
Co-operative Mercantile Co.
T. L. Crowell
E. C. Carpenter
T. P. Dillon
Flow t Phlfer
Franklin Street Pharmacy.
R. C. Grirfln & Bro.
Lee Griffin
Lee ft Lee Co.
Nash & Harris
Plyler, Funderburk & Co.
T. P. Redwlne
The W. J. Rudge Co.
Snyder-Huntley Co.
C. N. Simpson, Jr.
N. D. Saleeby
Tharpe Hardware A Mfg. Co.
Union Drug Company
Heath-Morrow Company
' It. F. D. Carriers:
No. 1 A. C. Penegar
No. 2 T. L. Love
No. 3 J. H. Mills
No. 4 S. H. Rogers
No. 6 R. F. Secrest
No. 6 A. B. Helms
No. 7 J. T. Cox
No. 8 W. L. Belk
City Carriers:
J. A. Wlllams
C. O. Shaw
P. P. Cox
P. O. Clerks: x
J. O. Fulenwider
L. E. Sutton
S. E. Halgler
C. H. Hasty.
W. B. HOUSTON,
Surgeon Dentist