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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT "he Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.23. No. 74. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1919 $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. I.T. MAYNARD COMPLETED HIS TRA NS-CONTI X ENTA L FLIGHT One of Greatest Texts in Aviation An iimU Flying lnrsoii Arrived in Minrola, X. Y. Saturday nt 1:50 nnii tlie Find to Greet Him Was His Wife iuhI Children. Steering by compass and flying at an average speed of nearly two miles a minute, 5.400 miles across the con tinent and return through snow, fog, clouds and rain. Lieutenant B. W. iMaynard landed on Roosevelt Field In Mineola. N. Y.. at 1:50 o'clock Saturday afteernon. the first aviator to finish in the army's great trans continental air race and reliability test. He carried as passenger Master Electrician William E. Klein, of Har risburg. Pa., whom he described as deserving the "greatest credit." and "Trlxie." a German police dog. Undaunted by the fact that ten lives have been lost directly and In directly as a result of the race. Lieu tenant Maynard announced that with in a few weeks he would attempt a one-stop flight from Minola to San Diego. Calif., with Wallas, Texas the only stopping point. Lieutenant Maynard flew the 142 miles of the last stage In his great flight from eeean to ecean and return a speed of nearly two miles a minute. Several minutes before he landed his plane war visible flushing across sky- in the brilliant sunshine of a perfect autumn day. The first persons to greet him as he stepped from his machine nt the con clusion of his historic flight were his wife and two little girls, who rushed across the field amid the frantic cheering of the hundred? of spertn tors who were marshalled nt n safe distance bv special details of soldiers The first words uttered bv T.letiten- snt Mavnard when he put his foot on Mother Earth araln were a en erous tribute to Serzeant X. E. Klein, his compnnlon on the flieht. "Serrrrnt Klein deserves the great est credit." said the lieutenant. "It is nil u n to the lieutenant promptly retorted the sergeant. "He is the rreatest pilot on earth." The oflclal ennerrati'tatlons of the P.rniv were elven to the victorious aviator hv Colonel Archie Miller, com mander of the Long Island Flvlne Field, who awaited svmnathetlcsliv I'ntil the lieutenant could greet his famllv. The "lost tovoi's member of the oartv at least ss fnr as demonstra tion went, was Trixle. the German no lire doe, who accompanied the flying rnrson p his mascot. Trlxle's de light n't flndlns the solid earth un der oice piore.knew no hounds and nhe dashed around and around the plane bnrklng. Latest Happenings. I!rv-1 Vn!verfv has enrolled 5.000 stndents thls fall. The Ozark and Avon mills of Oas tonia are Idle because of the strike of textile workers. Mrs. Mary Clary Webb, wife of the president of Randolph-Macon college committed suicide In Lynchburg Fri day by taking poison. The actual number of American troops in France now is less than 15,000 and is rapidly diminishing. Dr. Lansing Burrows, aged 77, who, for more than 30 years was secretary of the Southern Baptist convention, died in Amerlcus, Ga. last Friday. W. W. Ormond of Greene county left a farm valued at $75,000 to the methodist orphanage in Raleigh. Western N. C. Methodist confer ence meets Wednesday In West Mar ket street church In Greensboro, with Bishop Darlington of West Virginia . as presiding otneer. sec. uameis wiu be the chief speaker at this session. The helmet worn by Gen. Pershing and the starred flag which accom panied him throughout France, have been presented as war relics to Wellesley College by Pershing. Mrs. Pershing graduated from this insti tution in 1903. The boll weevil has made its ap pearance In North Carolina, it was announced Saturday by the Agricul tural Department, the pest having been traced to Columbus county. TMs is the fartherest North the weevil has been discovered. Lieut. B. W. Maynard, winner of "i the trans-continental air flight, has accepted an Invitation to visit Samp son county, his home. He will use his same plane and will arrive Nov. 1. His tame folks expect to give him a great ovation. An illicit distilling plant located in the heart of Wilmington was raided last week by police officers and two aged white women were arrested on the charge of operating the plant for the manufacture of monkey rum. They gave bond for their appearance, one having in her possession over $600. The names of the two women have been on Wilmington's charity list for a number of years. The Expense. Two old Scotchmen sat by the roadside talking and puffing away merrily at their pipes. "There's no muckle pleasure in smoking,' 'Sandy." said Donald. "Hoo dae ye mak that oot?" ques tioned Sandy. "Weel," said Donald, "ye see, if ye're smokln' yer aln 'bacca ye're thlnkin' o' the awfu' expense, an ir ye're smokln some Ither body's, yer pipe's ran.m't sae tight It wlnna draw." Soldiers Come! Every Union county man who saw service either in the army or navy, at home or in France, is urged to meet in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, over the Bank of Union, next Saturday ' afternoon at 2 o'clock for the purpose of organizing a post of the American Legion. This Is the official organization of the men who saw service in the war, and every soldier will receive much " benefit by joining now. The American Legion is non-political and its sole purpose is to fight for pure Americanism, to look v after the interests of its mem- bers, and to fight Bolshevic ten- dencles in this country. In the Legion a buck private in the rear rank In Just as important as a general, and there is no rank distinction. Every service man who reads this is requested ' to communicate the time and purpose of the meeting to his comrades in his vicinity. FIFTY-OXE MORE FARMERS JOIN COTTON ASSOCIATION Total Membership of Union County limnrli is Now Nearly One Hun dred and Fifty, With Two Thou sand Members the GomI. Since the last report, fifty-one cot ton farmers have enrolled in the Union county branch of the Ameri can cotton association, making a total of nearly one hundred and fifty mem bers. Two thousand members is the goal set by olficials of the associa tion, and during the week beginning Oct. 27 a campaign that will reach every school district will be waged to secure this number. Several hundred new members were expected last Saturday, when the cotton rally was held, but bad weather prevented a large atten dance. Most of the 'recent new mem bers jvere secured on that day. The names and address of the uew members follows: T. L. Crowell, Monroe; L. L. Green, Marshville, route 1; Sam H. Helms. Monroe, route 6, T. Jeff Little, t'nion- ville; J. R. Pressley, Monroe, route 5; George F. Home, Monroe, route 6; W. C. Cunningham, Waxhaw route 3; S. A. Crane, Waxhaw, route 3: W. H. Parks, Waxhaw, route 3; Stafford Belk, Moneral Springs, route 1; A. W. Davis. Waxhaw, route 4; B. D. Austin, Wingate: G. W. Scott, Indian Trail, route 1; J. C. Hill, Win- gate, route 1; J. L. Younts, Sr., Mat hews, route 18; M. L. Stallings. In dian Trail; P. P. W. Plyler, Monroe; Miss Mamie Helms. Monroe, route 4; Zeb M. Little, Marshville, route 3: U. K. Helms, Monroe, route 4; J. E. Funderburk, Indian Trail, route 1: T. Jeff Williams, Wingate. route 1: W. O. Wiliama, Monroe, roufi 7; T. C. Eubunks. Monroe, route S; R. E. Duncan, Indl: n Trail, route 1; T. B. L'.Ips. Wingate, route 1; J. D. MiUae, Monroe; I. R. Duncan, Indian Tnil, route 1; J R. Enbanks, Monro'1. route S; T. 13. Cook, Monroe, roir ' 4; X. S. Sini'son, Monroe, route 2: A. Csbc.ne, Monroe, route 7; G. C. Sierall. I nirnvllle, route 1; W. L. Thomas Marshville, route 3; T. L. Price, Unlonville, route 1; S. F. Broom, Monroe, route 5; S. D. Crowell, Matthews, route 28; J. M. Kezlah. Unlonville, route 1; J. H. Hancock, Monroe, route 5; J. O. Moore, Monroe rov.te 4; W. E. Lera- nionl. Indian Trail; C. J. Helms, Monroe, route 4 ; R. L. Belk, Monroe, route 8: V. D. 'Tyson, Mineral Springs; G. W. Davis, Monroe, route 2: J. Frank Hart. Monroe, route 5; T. L. A. Helms, Unlonville; W. V. Tucker, Monroe, route 5: E. H. Simp sou, Monroe, route 2; DA. Helms, Monroe, route 4; and Leroy Helms, Monroe, route 4. Superior Court Superior court, for the trial of civil cases, convened here Monday morning, with Judge H. P. Lane pre siding, and the following were select ed to form the Juries: J. N. Davis, C. J. Parker. E. C. Phifer, T. O. Boyce, R. W. Caddy, C. M. Bivens, H. M. Greene, E. E. Pope, O. C. Pressley, I. D. Crowell, B. L. Deese. W. L. Thomas, H. H. Wilson, O. F, Webb, W. B. Griffin and S. J. Mc Gulrt. The following cases have been dis posed of: Betsy Reeves vs. Marlon Reeves, ;uit for divorce; plaintiff non-suited. A. R. Deese vs. J. E. Stack, suit over some mortgaged cotton bought by defendant; plaintiff takes non suit. M. C. Holmes vs. J. W. Hasty, suit on account; plaintiff called and fail ed to appear, and case was non-suited. 'Henry Spears vs. Tallahassee pow er company, suit for damages; non suited. .George C. Aldrtdge vs. Olive' Al drldge. suit for divorce, which was granted. The court is now hearing the evi dence In the case of A. R. Deese vs. Mack Helms, in which the plaintiff maintains that Helms sold a mort gaged bale of cotton to J. E. Stack ft Co. Monroe Market Cotton 36 to 38 Cork $2.00 Sweet potatoes $1.25 Irish potatoes $1.50 Butter 35 to 45 Hens 65 to 85 Friers 40 to 65 Eggs 60 Beeswax 30 COTTOX IS SURELY GOING I P SAYS J. S. WANNAMAKER Bark From New Orleans, He Relieves the Staple Is Going to 5 Cents a Found, and Says Victory Is In Sight for the Farmer. Returning from New Orleans, where he attended the world cotton conference last week, J. S. Wanna maker, president of the American cotton association. Issued a state ment in which he declared that the consensus of opinion at the confer ence was that cotton was going much higher immediately. He is convinced, he says, that the staple win be bringing 50 cents wltn In the next few weeks and that it will be bringing 50 cents before the pres ent crop is disposed of. "I went to New Orleans." said Mr. Wannamaker, "believing that couon was going to advance to 40 cents soon. I came awav convinced that it would reach that figure very snoruy. i am rurther convinced that In the flrst months of 1920 we shall De setting cotton for 50 cents pound. "Even the manufacturers them selves admit that cotton Is going much higher than it is now. A New Orleans paper carried an interview with one of the officials of the Na tional Association of cotton manu factnrers in which he said the de mand for cotton would prove great' er than the supply and that the sta ple would go much higher than at the present time. "Prof. John A. Tood. a British au thority on economics in general and cotton production in particular, was in New Orleans for the conference and gave out an Interview to the .New Orleans papers In which he said, 'we are hopelessly short of cotton and America Is the only producer which can Increase production to any large extent.' He further declared that the American farmers need not be afraid of the price dropping. Profes sor Tood has Just completed a tour or our cotton belt. He spoke as an expert. Throughout the convention he stressed the necessity of the south Increasing Its production of cotton. He declared that the main need now Is to get enough cotton and cotton gooas to clothe the world. "I believe that as a result of the ronrerence at New Orleans the spin ners, both of this country and of Eu rope, have a better understanding of the situation In the south. I believe that they have had their eyes opened regarding the cost of production of cotton. The result Is obliged to be beneficial to us. We have seen the last cheap cotton. Prof. Todd admit ted that the possibility Is that cotton will never again sell as low as 20 cents a pound. "There may be many who will be loath to give us credit but I believe the organization of the American Cot (on Association Is due the credit for the fact (hat cotton Is bringing what it Is today. I believe firmly that if (he farmers had not under taken In the gloomy days of last siiiiug the perfection of an organiza tion that cotton would be at least 10 rents a pound lower than it is today. When we flrst began to form our or ganization rhe bears were In complete control of the market. We were told that there was a tremendous surplus of cotton on hand and that there was little prospect of prices being better ed. With our temporary organiza tion we began to fight for the rights of the farmer. We have fought hard and we have results to point to. I received reports from all over the belt while in New Orleans and they were to the effect that the or ganization of the association is pro ceeding splendidly everywhere. The fact that cotton Is now bringing around 35 cents has not chilled the enthusiasm of the farmer for the or ganization. He has learned better. He knows that if the association was now to disband, that the price of cot ton would begin to drop. "A better day Is dawning for the southern farmer. He is about to re ceive rights that have been denied him all of his days. I am happy over the outlook. I believe victory is in sight for us. With permanent or ganization effected, we are obliged to win." Waste in Handling Cotton. Owing to the slip-shod methods of handling cotton, it was brought out at the world cotton conference in New Orleans Wednesday the produc er and spinner of cotton suffer a loss of $11.50 a bale. No one benefits by this loss; it is all due to inefficient ginning and shipping, and the confer ence is seeking methods whereby the loss can be eliminated and given to the producer. Some changes in the baling of cotton will probably be-su In gested, but it will take a life-time to enforce them, with the hearty co operation of both producer and spin ner, however, it may soon be possible to prevent this enormous loss, and it will mean millions of dollars annual ly of additional wealth retained in the South. Elimination of the middle man is also sought by the conference. One big farmer thought the British and foreign spinners ought to come direct to the cotton fields to purchase staple for thlr mills, like the tobacco men do. By doing 'this they could split the middle-man's profit with the far mer and see that the cotton Is baled in the proper manner, thus dividing another neat sum with the producer. Not every boy spends h'.s time to the best advantage. ' WMiinniakes Tomorrow Mr. L. S. Tomlinson, who spoke here Saturday, told Mr. T. J. . Broom that if the Ameri- can cotton association failed it would break the heart of Mr. J. S. Wannamaker. president of ttie association, who speaks in the court house here at noon to- morrow." and it is up to. every Union county farmer to at least encourage him by being present. Mr. Wanamaker has Just return- ed from New Orleans, where he received the latest news of the ' cotton world, and he will thus be able to give the farmers of Union county some facts and figures that may mean dollars and cents for them. He is a gifted speaker, and is one of the largest cotton farmers in the South. The farmer who fails to be present at the meeting tomor- row not only misses a real ora- torical treat, but discourages " the cause for which Mr. Wana- makes is fighting for, thereby Injuring the interests of the en- tire South. A thousand far- mers are expected here tomor- row, so come early if you want a good seat. SOLDI Kits DELAY SENDING DATA TO MEMORIAL ASSO'X So Far Only About Fifty Ex-Service Men Have Rescinded to the Call Ot Chairman Caldwell, The Union county memorial asso ciation, entrusted with the task Of securing data for the compilation of a history of the part this county played in the war, is making sliaht headway, so Mr. G. B. Caldwell. cnatrman for this county, reports. Only about fifty men have applied for and tilled out the blanks distributed for the purpose of securing this in formation, and Mr. Caldwell is an xious for full returns to be made from Monroe township. Residents in other townships can secure blanks from their school district chairman. Mr. Caldwell has received the re quired data from the following sol diers as to the time and branch of service In which they served: hite William Bonaparte Cole. Monroe; Dewltt Craig. Waxhaw, route 4; Clyde H. Crane. Monroe. roi-te 3; William Rone Craig. Monroe reute 3; Clifford Elmore Craig, Mon roe, route 3; Julian F. Davis. Mon roe, route 2; Henry Cletls Deal, Wax haw; Hilliard Fltzhenry Dillon, Mon roe; William Logan Hoover, Mat thews; Benjamin C. Hill, Monroe; llenn F. Moore, Monroe, route 1: George Cleveland Mills, Marshville, route 3; Albert Baxter Mills. Marsh ville, route 3; Albert Baxter Mills, Marshville. route 3; Daniel B. Phil lips. Waxhaw; Irwin Price, Waxhaw, route 4; Henry L. Price, Waxhaw, route 4; Wilson Loyd Price, Monroe, route 5; Brooks Price. Monroe, route 5; Fairley Bert Price. Monroe, route 2; Thos. Butler Price, Monroe, route 2; Grady S. Simond, Waxhaw, route 3; Vander Sylvester 'Simpson, Wn- roe, route, 2; Jas. Floyd Staten, Marshville, route 4; Oscar S. Smith, Waxhaw, route 3; John Calvin Terry, Monroe, route 1; Kdmond Davis Wil liams. Rock Hill. S. C. Colored Joe Autry, Monroe, !Oiite 4; William Y. Boyd. Baltimore, Md.', John Burns. Marshville; Joe Cun ningham, Waxhaw, route 3; John Dunn, Osceola, S. C; Henry Funder burk, Monroe, route 8; Massey Har vey, Waxhaw; Pink Horn, Marsh ville; Raymond Jacob, Charlotte; Clyde McBrlde. Marshville. route 3; Robert McBrlde, Marshville; Brutus Redfearn, Marshville; George Robin son; Waxhaw, route 3; Massey Samuel, Waxhaw; Harrison Shaw Waxhaw; Luke W. Tanner, Marsh ville; Clayton Wall, Monroe; June Watkins, Monroe. DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTON IN MONROE FOR SHORT TIME Secretary of Agriculture Makes Fly ing Visit to Relatives Here In His Native Town. Before starting on a tour from Charlotte of highways In North Carolina, Hon. David Franklin Hous ton, secretary of agriculture, stopped in Monroe for a few hours yester day, and vlsted Mrs. Mollie Houston. widow of his brother, the late Dr. Bart Houston, and his uncle, Mr. J. W. Houston. He left about 3 o'clock In the afternoon for Charlotte. Mr. Houston Is a native of Monroe, having been born In the old Glouces ter hotel building. This time, how ever, he did not stop at the old hos telry, but registered at the Joffre hotel. Yesterday's Charlotte Observ er had the following to say about the secretary's visit to this state: "The exact reason for the visit of the secretary of agriculture, the chief engineer of the highway department and chairman Page to this city, other than for Inspection of roads, could not be learned. It Is expected, how ever, that the matter of establishing Interstate systems, methods of main tenance and problems of construc tion will be considered. "People In this community will be glad to know that Secretary Hous ton, a native of Union county. wl'I visit the section of his nativity, since he has many relatives an1 personal friends in thin pv:'o;i cf the state." Rctuliir exercise is one Of tha es sentials of good health. DESTROYER TO UK NAMED FOR UNION COUNTY GUNNER Frank Jerome Sunk German Sub marine in August, 1918, and .Navy Will Name New Craft For Him. The navy department will build a destroyer, and name it the "Jerome" after a Union county boy. Mr. Frank Jerome, who sent a German subma rine to the bottom during the raid of enemy undersea craft on the Atlantic seaboard August a year ago, so Mr Gun Clontz, a prominent young citi zen of Goose Creek township, inform ed The Journal yesterday. He receiv ed his information from an account of the exploits of the Union county- lad printed in a New York paper, and from Mr. Jerome himself. Young Jerome's exploit puts him close to the top on the list of Union county heroes, and his friends arc wondering why his bravery and marksmanship were not generally known before this time. Mr. Clontz said Mr. Jerome was a very reticent sort of fellow, which probably ac counts for the ignorance of his deed. The coast raid by the German un dersea boats took place on August 12, when the country was startled to learn that the "pirates of the sea" had the audacity to appear in the shadow of America's greatest port Mr. Jerome was on the destroyer Cal houn, doing coast patrol at the time, and when the submarines appeared, his boat joined in the chase. After cruising for several hours, so Mr. Clontz was told, a lookout on the Calhoun reported a submarine in sight. An officer took the range, and communicated it to Mr. Jerome, who was a gunner. His first shot fell short of the target, but on second trial he struck the craft a square blow in the center. The boat went down, and oil was seen to arise to the top of the water. The Calhoun has tened to the spot where the boat was hit, but found no trace of survivors. Wreckage, however, was floating on the water, which was the testimony to the skill of the Union county boy's marksmanship. The New York papers reported that Jerome had sunk two subma rines, but he is not certain of getting but one. He believes, however, that his aim was successful the second time he had the privilege of shooting at a submarine. Mr. Jerome is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Jerome of Unlonville, and Is about 26 years old. He has solved six years in the navy, having enlisted In April. 1913. His four year term expired in April, 1917, but four weeks later he re-enlisted. Mr. Clontz is not certain about his rank, but believes he Is a gunner's mate. While the war was on Mr. Jerome served eight mouths in what was known as the danger zone, on a cease less hunt for enemy undersea craft. Later he was also engaged in convoy work. To have a destroyer named after one is no small honor, and Union county people will be delighted to learn that Mr. Jerome has made such a wonderful record. Details of the sinking of the sub marine are meager, but The Journal hopes to secure a more thorough ac count of It later on. Rex Reach's "The Brand" Virile Dm ma of Alaska Newest of Rex Beach's photodra- mas produced for Goldwyn is "The Brand," based on the celebrated au thor's novel of the same name. It comes to the Strand Theatre, begin ning Wednesday, and audiences are promised all th virility, the thrill? and smashing climaxes found In a Rex Beach play. The story Is one of power and ap peal. Dan McCill. an old times In the Alaskan country, marries a girl from the East. She Is Alice An drews, a little vaudeville actress who has come there with her dancing partner, Bob Barclay. He (Bnrclav) deserts hr and when the older man consoles her. marriage is the logical outcome. But she is not hapny In spite of the devotion of her husband. He offers her little besides a roof over her head and the squalor of her sur roundings makes Alice easy prey for Barclay when he returns. McGill discovers this and furiously drives them out. Broken In spirit he penetrates deep into the mountain? and eventually finds a rich vein of cold. McGill returns to town and dis covers Alice, now a wreck o! her far mer self, parading nightly in the evil dance hall while Barclay spends his time gambling. From this interest ing situation develops a conflict wMch surge.! forth In a superb burst of fvr nd a climax is reached such as only Rex Beach could devise, Nine-tenths of all the accidents in this world are caused by some one' who does not mind his own business, 4.U KSON-SANDY RIDGE FAIR WA-s CERTAINLY UIG W INNER Life-Stock Exhibition SlioneU Great Improvement Has Ret-it Made In Thin Line Mr. lxive's Sxech Novum Homo Also Wants to Know Who GHs the 07 Cents. Correspondence of The Journal. Waxhaw. Oct. 20. The Jackson Sandy Ridge community fair held at Waxhaw on the seventeenth was very well patronized, and the promoters were much elated over the measure of success attained. The winners ot the prizes are not known in full to the writer, so we will not attempt to mention the ones known. Mr. Broom and Miss Carter will be able to give the names of the winners and the amount of the prizes so we will not Jumble it up by piece meal. Will say. however, that the exhibits were good and were well displayed aril were highly compli mented by tin Urge crowd inspecting them. The livestock on exhibition was somewhat of a surprise to some of us. We did not know that Jackson and Sandy Ridge had made the pro gress in livestock improvement that the exhibits showed, and the Indica tion is that a few more years of ef fort such r.s has been and is being put forth t-y tha fa -mers for better livestock vul make out ection one for the state to be proud of. The pou! ry exhibits were especial ly fine, both as to quality and varie ty, and the tnu'i:iiial bantering of tha various cockt:'.!s in the numerous coups kept i:;i such a racket that it made one feel like he was attending a sure-enough poultry show. After the jiuigrs had completed their rounds of inspection, and had noted the various prize winning ex hibits. Mr. W. B. Love of Monroe was introduced as the speaker of the aft ernoon, and mounting the platform, which was an empty wagon that had been placed in the lot for the pur pose, proceeded to make us under stand the importance of organiza tion. I shall not attempt to report the speech even In part, since I could not begin to do It Justice, but will state that it was what might have been expected a powerful appeal to the1 intelligence of the audience for more closer alignment, and a mora thorough pooling of the Interests of the producing element of our citi zenship. Mr. Love stated, at the outset, that he was out of his element; that he was not a farmer; not a politician, and was not a candidate for anything, and in attempting to speak on an oc casion of the kind at hand placed him in very much the position of a preacher making a speech at a horse race. We wondered, after he had finish ed, If he could do so well out of his element, what could he do in it? There were only two things wrong with that speech; one thing vas the ginning plant on one side, and the other was automobiles on th- oppo site side. The gin had to run. but we don't think the auto did. and If the fel lows who persist in driving cars around an outdoor speaker knew Just what the crowd listening, or try ing to listen, thought of them they would have quit it. We had a copious shower of rain Saturday, and you may be sure we welcomed it. The dust was getting oppressive, and the fields where clov er and other winter cover crops had been sowed were dry and It was be ginning to look like we had lost the seed sown. However, since the fog gy mornings and Saturday showers we see the little plants showing up, a little late probably, but not too much so, we hope. We notice the correspondents are making mention ot the great amount of cotton going from their various neighborhoods to Lancaster because of the higher price paid by Lancaster buyers for the staple this season. Same over here boys. Looks like Le roy Springs has decided to do the cotton grower good In and around his territory, and we are glad he has some of the papers trying to explain how he does it. We don't know whether editors understand how of not, but we heard a cotton grower5 say the other day that he didn't cars how he "done it" Just so he cot the price. That's about the size of it. I notice The Journal's leading edi torial of Oct. 17th Is headed "Who gets the 67 cents." The body of the article shows that Italy is complain ing tha she must pay one dollar the poun-J f'-r our 33 cent cotton. We want to repeat The Journal's ques tion. "Who gets tlio 67 cell's?" Is it possible that England is paying her war debt by robbing both us and Italy? Jack Williams, a local character, famous for Lis speech years ago In the opera ho ise aglnst hogs, is ap pearing In superior court this after noon as his own lawyer. The Jack son cotton mills brought proceedings before Esq. M. L. Flow several months to eject Jack from one of its houses on North Monroe, and won the case. Jack, however, appealed, and Judge Lane was forced to give him a hearing today. Mayor John C. Stkes apeared for the cotton piill, and after he had questioned his witnesses, Jack cross-examined them in fine style. The usually dignified court, Including even the Judge, was in smiles this afternoon. As The Journal goes to press the case is still being heard. The Government la always in need ot good men.
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