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The Monroe Jou
Or
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOL.25. No. 76.
MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1919.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
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H. H. JORDAN MADE PRESIDING
KI.DEIt OF SHEI.UV DISTRICT.
Hid Pastorate of Central Methodist
Church Here to Be Filled By Rev.
J. W. Moore of Charlotte Other
Appointment.
Rev. H. H. Jordan, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church (or the past
year, was appointed presiding elder
of the Shelby district by the Western
North Carolina Conference during the
"Closing hours of the 30th annual ses
sion at Greensboro yesterday. He
will be succeeded by Rev.'J. W.
Moore, formerly pastor of Trinity
church. Charlotte.
Though local Methodists are con
gratulating Rev. Mr. Jordan on his
appointment as presiding elder, there
Is general regret that he will leave
Monroe. During the short time he
has been here he has won the love and
admiration of the entire citizenship of
the town, as well as of his own con
gregation. Among the other appointments of
interest to readers In this section
were: North Monroe, J. R. Warren;
Morven, S. Taylor; Pinevllle. T. J.
Houck; Polkton. L. H. Griffith; Pros-
fpect, T. B. Johnson; Thrlft-Moores. C.
, L. McCain; UnionviUe. T. J. Huggins;
Wadesboro. E. R. Welch; Waxhaw,
' E. Myers; Weddlngton, J. E. Mc
Swain; Missionary to Japan. S. A.
Stewart; Missionary to Japan, N. S.
Ogburn: Professor In Candler School
of Theology, P. T. Durham; Presi
dent Piedmont Industrial Institute,
J. A. "Baldwin: Hickory Grove, R. H.
Kennington; Lilesville. W. S. Cherry;
Marshville. J. J. Edwards; Matthews.
S. M. Xeedham.
DEATH OF MRS. GEO. STEVENS.
Occurred About Middle of Sepleinler
In China, llut New Only" Reached
Relatives This Morning Was a
Missionary.
Scores of friends of Rev. and Mrs.
George P. Stevens were shocked at
the sad news received here today of
the death of Mrs. Stevens which oc
curred about the middle of September
at Taianfu Sung. China. Twin baby
girls were buried with their mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, who was
Miss Mary Thomrsou of Atlanta, went
to China on the same ship several
years ago and entered upon their
chosen life work as missionaries. They
were married about six yurs ago, and
have two children. 'Jaule aged 4, and
-George aged 2. Mrs. Stevens Is also
survived by her mother, Mrs. Thomp
son of Atlanta, a sister In Atlanta, a
sister in China, who is also a mis
sionary, and several brothers. Mrs.
Thompson sailed for China to visit
her daughters a few days after Mrs.
Stevens died, being unaware of her
daughter's death when she left the
states. Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Stevens'
sister, and an American doctor were
w ith Mrs. Stevens when the end came.
Mr. Stevens was awny filling an ap
pointment, but arrived about two
hours later.
Kev. Mr. Stevens and Mrs. Stevens
visited relatives here several times,
during their year's leave In 1916-17,
and everyone who met Mrs. Stevens
was attracted to her. She was a most
beautiful christian character and lady
of such pleasing personality and at
tractive manner that she made hun
dreds of friends, who are shocked and
grieved at her untimely death. Their
numerous relatives here and In the
country have the heartfelt sympathy
of all in their great sorrow.
. UNION COUNTY BOY MAUKIES
i OKLAHOMA RED CROSS NURSE
Albert E. Little, After Thirty Months
Hervke In Army Is Wedded to Miss
June McGuire.
Correspondence of The Journal.
National Soldiers Home, Hampton.
Va., Oct. 27. Mr. Albert R. Little,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Little of
Union County, North Carolina, and
Miss June McGuire, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. W. S. McGuire of Oklahoma
City, Okla.. were married recently at
Hampton, Va. The bride is a Red
Cross nurse, and has been in the serv
ice for the past eighteen months. She
has been very successful In her work,
and has done her part In taking care
of those who were wounded in the
, World War. The groom has spent
about twenty months In the medical
corps, and has' been engaged In hos
pital work here for some time. .
Marble Caves.
Do you know we have marble cave3
In America? We have. Amid the
wilds of Southwestern Oregon, almost
unknown to the world at large. -Is
situated a series of underground
chambers and passages remarkable
for size and for the beauty and un
usual character of their decorations.
Within the last few years they have
been made & national monument, and
are now known as the Marble Caves
of Oregon. The caves consist of three
miles and a half of marble passages
and grottoes, ranging from one story
to four or five stories in height. In
places the connecting corridors are
so low that one must crawl on all
fours for a considerable distance.
Elsewhere the chamber are so large
that the opposite walls and ceilings
are scarcely visible In the dim can
dle light. The largest cavern meas
ures more than five hundred Teet
high. ' .
Something New.
Frozen milk in bricks Is used In
Siberia, as is also eoup frosen Into
balls. The-? arc taken on long sledge
Journeys.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. T. L. Crowell left yesterday
for Atlanta where she will buy goods
for Crowell's Variety Store.
Mr. Fred Maness has purchased
from Mr. W. M. Cordon the Beasley
home place on College street.
Rev. Mr. Shehanerof Wlngate
will preach at Roauoke next Sunday
at 3:30 p. ni. Sunday school at 2
o'clock.
. There will be a special meeting
of the Masonic lodge Friday at 7:'
for the purpose of conferring the
first degree.
Mrs. H. F. Parker of Lanes
Creek township underwent a success
ful operation in a Charlotet hospital
yesterday.
Cotton is bringing 68 cents per
pound In Hartsville. Don't get excit
ed, though. The staple, to receive
this price, must be an inch and a half
long.
Mrs..F..W. Pinkston is critically
ill as The Journal goes to press. Her
relatives from Winston-Salem and
Wadesboro have been called to her
bedside.
Prof. Ray Funderburk requests
The Journal to state that all white
schools in the county must be opened
by Nov. 1, and that colored schools
will have to begin their sessions by
Nov. 10.
About five hundred farmers and
other interested parties attended the
Fordson demonstration yesterday at
the farm of Mr. Vann Sikes. Light
refreshments were Berved anil, the
crowd spent a pleasant as well as a
profitable day.
On Saturday, Nov. 1, stock In the
twenty-third series of the People's
Building and Loan Association will
he sold at 25 cents per share per
week. Those who desire to build or
buy a home will And the B. and L.
plan the easiest way to do either. Mr.
Hargrove Bowles Is secretary of this
association, and Mr. E. C. Carpenter
Is the president.
The Monroe high school will
clash with Horner military school in
a game of foot-ball at Roberts' field.
Saturday afternoon. November 1, at
3:30 o'clock. This will probably be
the last game of the season to be
played on the local gridiron. The ca
dets have one of the best preparatory
teams In the state, but while the Mon
roe highs have demonstrated their
foot-ball ability In games already
played, they are still undergoing ar
dent practice with the expectation of
making this game a Monroe "Victory.
Go out and help them.
To Mr. J. E. Sustar of Matthews,
route 28, goes the honor of having
received the highest price for cotton
ever paid on the Monroe market. He
sold two bnles of long staple cotton,
which, at 60 cents a pound, brought
him a total of $587.40. Seed from
the two bales came to $69.60, mak
ing a grand total of $660.60. Mr. J.
E. Stack, who bought the cotton, says
the Monroe market was established
In about 1873. when the prevailing
price was 18 cents. Right after the
war. It is true, the -staple brought
more than CO cents a pound, but
there vps no market here In thos"
days.
M'-.:w H'sli Hold Balrd.
Monro Higi: and Baird played a
6-6 tie g.-.ne Friday. This was the
first time the two schools had met on
the Bi idiorn this year.
Monroe won the toss-up and chose
to receive the ball. The local boys
rushed the ball down tha field by line
rushes and end runs until English
was shoved over the line for a touch
down but on account of an error they
forfeited the trial to kick goal.
In the second quarter Balrd went
over the line for a touchdown but
forfeited the right to kick goal.
Iu the third quarter neither side
scored. It was mainly a series of
line plunges on both sides.
' In the last Quarter Balrd had the
ball on Monroe's three-yard line but
could not go over the line and lost
the ball on downs. Monroe prompt
ly punted and the danger was avert
ed. In a "tackie-over-iacme piay
Tucker, left tackle, took the ball and
raced down the field for a ga:n or
fifty yards. A few nuore plays and
the whistle blew.
A fast and clean game was played
hv hoth sides from the first, and It
was enjoyed by the large crowd which
witnessed It. The enter leauires oi
the gamo were the playing of English
and Tucker.
Camels Smoke Tolwco.
Tobacco. Desert driv
ers carry a triangular piece of wood,
pierced at one point nice a asar
holder. This is Inserted in the beast's
mouth, a cigarlike roll of tobacco be
ing then lit and pressed Into the
hole. The camel immediately closes
its eyes and puffs away through Its
mouth and nostrils till the tobacco
Is entirely consumed. The nicotine
appears to exercise a stimulating and
refreshing effect upon the animal, so
that though ready, to all appearance,
to drop from fatigue btfore its smoke.
It will plod on for many more miles
after It has had a "smoke."
Little Chance for Hiuulaty.
The burglar who has his eye on
any of the treasures In the British
unamm wnnirl stand little chance of
succeeding, for. after the building Is
closed to the public, every gallery ana
room Is carefully examined and then
locked up. An hour later every room
is again searched, thus providing a
double precaution against fire ana
burglary. It takes more than an hour
merely to examine and lock tip the
rooms every night. Every one of the
policemen who help to guard the
building is also a trained fireman.
ESQ. LANEY NAMES PROBABLE
CANDIDATES NEXT ELECTION
Veteran PolitUul ProcnoMicator
Think. an Amy of Candidate
Will Announce for Sheriff.
To the Editor of The Journal:
The voters of Union county are spec
ulating as to who will be the candi
dates for the various offices of the
county for the next two years. The
last legislature passed a law requir
ing the state and county primaries to
be held on the same day, which will
be about the first of next June. That
day Is not so very far off, and it is im
portant that the voters should know
who the various candidates are going
to be. Having prognosticated the
probable line-up for years, I am tak
ing the liberty to name those who may
be in the race.
Mr. M. C. Long, the present incum
bent, will stand for re-election as
Register of Deeds. There is no an
nounced opposition to his candidacy,
and he will very likely secure the
nomination without a contest.
The biggest fight will be centered
on the sheriff's office. Those men
tioned for this office are the follow
ing: Messrs. J. N. Price. C. C. Sikes,
G. M. Beasley. W. Frank Benton. R.
W. Rogers. Clifford Fowler and Ray
mond C. Griffin.
T. B. Davis will stand for re-election
as coroner, and R. W. Elliott for
surveyor. These two gentlemen may
have some opposition.
Messrs. R. B. Redwine and B. H.
Griffin will likely ask to be sent to the
Legislature again. As usual, a flock
of candidates may appear for these
two important offices. Henry Pres
son will run again for cotton weigher.
All of the men named may not run,
but they are spoken of as possible
candidates. W. O. Lemmond will run
Tor Recorder, and J. C. Brooks for
prosecuting attorney. J. C. Laney.
Welcome Home Celebration.
Monroe's official "Welcome Home"
celebration to the men who served In
the world war will be held Tuesday,
November 11th. All soldiers and sai
lors with their families and friends
are urged to be present on that day.
Entertainment will be furnished the
the ex-service men. a feature of which
will be a barbecue.
On this day memorial exercises will
be held for those Union county boys
who made the supreme sacrifice.
The executive committee of the
Union County Memorial Association
met last Saturday and made plans for
this service. It was decided that all
members of families of deceased sol
diers be given an urgent Invitation to
attend and that seats he reserved for
them. Messrs. G. B. Caldwell. R. B.
Redwine. F. H. Wolfe and Clifford
Fowler were appointed as a citizens
committee to confer with soldiers re
garding the exercises. Committees
were also appointed to give publicity
o the Peace Day celebration and to
nake plans for publicly welcoming
th'1 returned soldiers and sailors.
Death of Mr. Cull Prewdey.
Mr. Cull Pressley. a citizen ot
Goose Creek township, died very sud
denly last Saturday In the English
drug store. Mr. Pressley left home
i:i his usual health but on the way
complnliud of feeling badly. On
reaching the drug store about 10:oM.
called for a physician and very soon
asked for a place to lie down as he
thought he was dying. A few mo
ments later he died. Funeral ser
vices were held over his remains Sun
day at Emanuel church and Interment
was In the cemetery near by.
Surviving Mr. Pressley is his wife
and several children. He was about
65 years old and was known by his
friends and neighbors as an honest,
upright citizen.
Rev. Mr. Penlch at St. Paul's.
There will be an address at Saint
Paul's Episcopal church here Wednes
day night by Rev. Edwin A Penich,
Jr., on the Nationwide campaign of
the 'church's mission. Mr. Penich Is
rector of St. Peter's church. Char
lotte His address will follow the us
ual services on Wednesday nigni ai o
o'clock.
Lc Park Dairy Sold.
ti. farm lust east of Monroe,
known as the "Lee Park Dairy farm."
has been sold by Messrs. J. w. row
ler and G. S. Lee to Mr. A. R. Dees
of Indian Trail. The consideration
was $17,000. The farm Is one of the
most valuable of those surrounding
Monroe.
POINDEXTER OF WASHINGTON
SEEKS PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE
Republican Senator is the First to An
nounce Hit Candidacy for Highest
Office.
Senator Miles Toindexter of Wash
ington has announced his candidacy
for the republican nomination for
President, and presented a platform
of policies and principles which he
will advocate In his campaign.
The Washington senator in his
statement of policy denounces threats
of labor leaders to tie up the rail
roads as "government by terror, for a
special class," and declares that the
government must be made supreme to
both capital and labor, through in
sisting that the just claims of labor
should be recognized.
In making his statement of princi
ples. Senator Polndexter, who is the
first publicly announced candidate for
the republican nomination, assericG
that his annonncement of policy
makes It necessary for the republican
national convention In 1920 to stun
by his platform, should he bo chosen
as the party's standard-bearer.
JAChsoN WELL REPRESENTED
AT WANNAMAKER MEETING
And All Are Interested In the Cam
paign of the Cotton Association
County Union Next Saturday.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Waxhaw. Rt. 5. Oct. 27. The local
branch of the farmers educational and
co-operative union at Rehoboth. treat
ed Itself to an oyster supper Friday
night. There were about two-thirds
of the membership present, and $21.
55 was the amount of the bill when
all that would eat had finished.
The October session of the county
union met with the Union local In
Sandy Ridge on Saturday, the 25th.
Rob tine business, and the election of
delegates to the state convention to
be held in Greensboro Dec. 8 and 9.
also the election of Mr. R. S. Gamble
as county trade agent to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
G. L. Nesbit. was tranacted.
The spirit of co-operation Is grow
ing auiong us. and It seems that after
all the ups and downs the farmer has
had in the past, he is yet going to
learn the importance of team work
and profit by past failures.
Our section of the county was very
well represented at Monroe last Wed
nesday, and the Wannamaker speech
is still fresh among us. Farmers of
Jackson have not been more elated
over a campaign for betterment than
they are over the one now being push
ed b Wannamaker.
As was intimated by Mr. Blakeney
In his introductory remarks, "Mr.
Wannamaker struck a responsive
chord in the hearts of Union county
folks." We understand from partie
who talked with him on the street,
that his cotton mill stork is now
bringing him such enormous divi
dends Hint, he says, he Is ashamed to
take 'em. That being the case it
should be seen to by those in posi
tion to see to it t lint the present rise
in the price of cotton should not be
followed by a rise iu the price of
cotton goods. Will some one please
look nf'er that part of the program?
Cotton seed Is going up. Had you
thought about it? You see the mills
have bought the seed from farmers
for about two-thirds of their worth.
and now have both the seed and the
uital. It's easy to put 'em up now;
that gives an excuse for raising the
price of meal which was already 25
per cent above reason. Last year the
milrj paid us $67 per ton, wagon
price, for our seed, and sold us meal
at $53. This year they paid us $57
per ton, wagon price, for seed and
charged us $7o for meal. Now, since
they have both the seed and the meal
they put seed up to $S0 per ton,
knowing there is not much more seed
to be sold. So I guess the next thing
we will hear Is that meal has ad
vanced to $90 or maybe $100 pet
ton. That kind of tricking Is not
healing the wound of the daughter of
my people, and until It ceases to be
indulged In there Is, and will be, no
peace under such proceedings. No-
vus Homo.
BII.I.IE III RK IS CHARMING
IN THE MISLEADING WIDOt.
Pretty Star Coming iu Great New Pa
ramount - Ai'tcrul't Screen Produc
tion. One of the most delightful screen
romances ever produced will come to
the Strand theatre on Friday when
"The Misleading Widow," a new
Paramount-Artcraft picture, starring
Billie Burke, will be shown. Miss
Burke has the role of Betty Tara-
dine, who was married and later de
serted by her husband on account of
her extravagance, and lives In a big
house in a little New England village.
Colonel Preedy, a wounded army offi
cer, is convalescing at the Taradint
house. Betty is besieged by creditors,
and, short of funds, announces that
her husband has died iu South Afri
ca, so that she can collect his life In
surance. Complications occur when
Captain Ryntill, the Colonel's aide
and friend, arrives and proves to be
none other than the dead husband.
How matters are finally adjusted
forms the climax ot the story, which
is ideally suited to the whimsical art
of Miss Burke.
Prominent in the supporting cast
Is the well-known young actor. James
L. Crane. Others are Frank Mills.
Madeline Clare, Fred Hearn, Freder
ick Esmeltou, and Dorothy Waters.
Training School for Union County
Baptist Women.
To Editor of The Journal: The
women of the Baptist church are
conducting a training school every
Monday afternoon at four o'clock in
the church annex. Special Instruc
tion in the $75,000,000 campaign. All
the women of the church are cordi
ally Invited and urgently requested to
attend these meeting. We will gladly
welcome any woman of the union As
sociation who feels the need of In
formation in this work. Come and
we will do our best for you.
The following will conduct the pro
gram: Nov. 3 Fanny Taylor Circle.
' Nov. 16 Mesdames W. A. Benton
and Joel Griffin.
Nov, 17Mesdatiies E. M. Griffin
and J. D. Warren.
Nov. 24 Mesdames V.D.Sikes and
W. C. Sanders.
Mrs. D. B. Snyder, director cf fuei
women of the Union Association lit ,
tne I79.UUU.nou lampaiKii: .ir. .
I). Sikes, church r-mnizer; Mrs. W.
C. Scnl?r-. :sis(. captain of teams;
Mwii'.amos E. M. Griffin. W. A. llen
tou. Joel Griffin, J. D. Warren; Mrs.
F. B. Ashcraft, chin, of teams.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mt. rrospect public school will
open next Mouday. October 3rd. All
patrons and pupils are urged to be
present.
Rev. R. M. Hairier will preach at
Macedonia church Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. The public is cordially
invited.
There will be a Hallowe'en party
at Jerome school house Friday night.
An admission fee of 15 cents will be
charged and the proceeds will go to
the school.
The meeting of U'.e local U. D.
C. chapter which was called for
Thursday has been postponed until
next week. Definite notice of the time
and place of meeting will be given
later.
Mr. Luther Williams is back on
his job at Lee Griffin's after a vaca
tion of about seven weeks which he
did not enjoy, having been confined to
his bed during the time with rheuma
tism. Wilton Crawford, colored, was
fined $25 and costs by Judge W. O.
Lemmond yesterday morning for
slashing the throat of one Robt. Rob
inson, some days ago, near Esq. Hen
ry McWhirter's home in Jackson
township. Robinson was severely cut,
but the court believed the defendant
was exceedingly provoked and let
him off with a light fine.
Columbus Statues, colored, for
shooting at his wife, and hitting his
mother-in-law, must serve twelve
months on the county roads. And. if
he Is not out of this section within
two days after the completion of this
sentence, he must serve another six
months for carry Inf a concealed
weapon. The shooting: occurred near
Weddington on Sunday, Oct. 19.
Starnes became enraged at his wife,
and fired, but missed. The bullet hit
his moiher-in-law, who was standing
nearby. His hearing was before Re
corder Lemmond yesterday morning.
Mr. O. D. Hawn is coining back
to Monroe from Cuiawba county, and
will in a short time begin the opera
tion of a small ice cream factory in
the old creamery building, which is
located on Tallyrand avenue. He was
in Monroe yesterday making final ar
rangements to start his plant In op
eration, and this community will
probably soon see the start of a busi
ness that may in the future nmount
to large proportions. The manufact
uring of ice cream is increasing every
day iu Importance, and Mr. Hawn.
along with his associates, believes
that Monroe affords one of the best
locations for a plant of this kind in
the state. In addition to his ice cream
business, Mr. Hawn may revive his
old creamety trade.
Back in the spring, when Octo
ber cotton futures were quoted
around 20 cents. Mr. J. S. Wannama
ker, president of the American cotton
association, is said to have wired a
number of large Southern planters to
buy October futures and not to plant
an acre of cotton. His friends took
his advice, and under the stimulus of
this heavy buying, October futures
began to reach higher and higher lev
els. Very shortly Mr. Wannamaker
and his farmer friends found they
had realized a profit or $15 per bale.
They had planned to hold their con
tracts for months, but a change in
their form, ordered by the Federal
government, forced them to sell out
at this figure. It is said that by now.
if they had been permitted to keep
their contracts, they would have
broken the New York exchange mar
ket. If this story is true, and the
writer has no reason to doubt Its au
thenticity, it shows that Mr. Wanna
maker knows the game, and is in a
position to lead the movement to take
control of cotton out of the -hands of
gamblers.
Explanation About Red Cross Ser
vice Pin
To the Editor ot The Journal:
There seems to be a misunderstand
ing as to the amount of work re
quired to entitle one to a service pin
from the American Red Cross. There
is one pin given for four hundred
hours of active service within six
consecutive months of the war pe
riod and another pin given for eight
hundred hours of service within six
consecutive months. All work count
ed had to be done within the same
six months. For example: If a wo
man was very rrtlve at the work
rooms during the first six months of
the war and then active at the can
teen the last six months, she 1 ad to
choose between the two periods for
her record, because the sewing and
the canteening were nut performed
during the same six months. There
are only a few women who can re
ceive a pin from work done In any
one department. Not even a canteen
captain could receive one for canteen
work done, unless she served contin
uously on other teams. For even a
four hundred hour pin It would re
quire approximately two days eight
hours to the day each week (Sun
day included) for 26 weeks or 2 1-2
hours each day for 1S3 days. For the
eight hundred hour pin the worker
would be required to have given at
proximately four days each week or
eight hours to the day for 26 weeks
or 4 1-2 hours each day for 183 days.
A record of work and workers has
been kept In the different depart
ments and the chairman of the same
would be delighted lo have any one
It!: r.p tbe'r record of services ren
dered. No one locally has the au
thority lo give these pins and II Is
only recorded facts which entitle one
to a pin. It is hoped that members
of the auxll arles throughout the
county will look up Iheir records and
report to th chairmen fit once.
Mrs. Walter Crowell.
BOLL I I II. IS ACTUII.Y
BREEDING IN Tills STATE
Pest I- Found in Columbus, New
H.uioier and Riunsnuk, Though It
I Not Thought Will Spread to
SoutlieuAtern Count if.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Raleigh. Oct. 27. The cotton boll
weevil has to date beeu found at Ta
bor, Freeman and Bolton in Colum
bus county, and on the edge of Wil
mington in New Hanover county, re-
Dorts Mr. It. W. I.eihv assistant en
tomologist of the Agricultural Expe
riment Station. Since these two
counties are north of Brunswick coun
ty the weevil is assumed to be estab
lished here also.
Mr. Leiby. iu speaking of the spread
of the weevil, stated that search had
been made as far north as Burgaw
and Hampstead iu Pender county,
and as far west as Chadbourn in Co
lumbus county, but that it had been
located at tk-? points. During the
coming weeks continued search will
be made by members of the division
of entomology. Department of Agri
culture, in an effort to locate the
northern limits of spread of the
weevil.
In each case where located, the
weevil was found to be actively
breeding. At Wilmington, particu
larly, half grown grubs of the weevil
were fount: in the young green
squares, v hid. indicate that it haa
been present i: the State about two
weeks befc lug located. The dam
age, howev.:. this year's crop will
be negligibi- . :-iiue the squares in
which the wc-vil is now breeding
would not liu.tare cotton this season.
However, it appears that the weevil
may succeed in maturing a brood this
year within the State, and this will
cause greater destruction next ear.
It is predicted by Mr. Leiby that thfl
weevil will cause but little destruction
in (he southeastern corner of the
Slate next year, but that the year fol
lowing, its work will be very strong
ly in evidence and will cause great
losses to the farmer who depends on
ly upon cotton. Already reports have
been received of the deprecations Of
the value of cotton land in Columbus
county. This is declared to be un
timely by Mr. Leihy. since the best
way to beat the boll weevil is to grow
less cotton and more of other crops.
The boll weevil spends the winter
in the adult stage. It produces a
number of generations duriug th
year, requiring only twenty-one days
with favorable conditions to develop
from the egg to the adult stage. Win
ter weather, therefore, is an import
ant factor in the Increase or decrease
of the weevils. Out the pest has been
known to survive zero weather In
Louisiana, and it is believed that It.
will readily withstand North Carolina
winters.
STATEMENT FROM MR. Ml I. LIS.
County Engineer AU Fanners
to
Help Improve Road Drainaue.
To the Editor of The Journal:
The most serious condition confront
ing the Road Commission today is
due (o excessive drainage from adja
cent fields being delivered -on the
roadsides, which is Hooding our ditch
es beyond their capacity. Many of
our grades on unimproved roads are
such that it is impossible to prevent
excessive erosion even if no drainage
was to be taken rare of other than
that which would arise from the road
way itself. With this condition be
fore us, we are compelled (o seek re
lief from one of only two sources. The
first, and better method will be for
the, landowners of adjacent fields to
change their rows, terraces and ditch
es so as to take care of it themselves,
rather than dumping it ou (he road
sides where space for ditches is al
ready limited. The other way would
be to cut berm ditches at the top of
cuts several feet from the cut and
thus prevent (he water from entering
the roadway ditches proper. This last
method will take up an average of six
or seven feet of the roadways and will
cause a rather wide ditch to be wash
ed out between the field and (he cuts
of (he roadway and will be of some
Inconvenience (o the adjacent land
owners. It is our intention not to in
convenience the farmer more than
necessary anil the best way for us to
lake rare of the drainage of the roads
and adjacent fie!. Is is by co-operation
with tlr1 farmers. " wish to call
attention to this nrul ask that the
farmers and adjacent land owners co
operate with us by helping us to take
care of this drainage and distribute It
In other directions rather than con
centrating all of it on the roads and
requiring ':s to take care of the draln
ag" from other property as well as
otir own a condition which we arfl
not able to mee within the narrow
confines of our sent roadways. By
virtue of the dK.inage laws or mis
State, no land owner is permitted to
divert or concentrate more than the
natural amoi. 't of water on the lands
of property ot another and this same
law would pr 'tect the roads from
SUCn, OUl we preiri iu ru-iriair aim
(suggest rather than use force in this
matter, ami we propose to cut tne
berm ditches Just on the edges of our
roadwavs and thus prevent the drain
age from these adjacent farms from
entering the lateral ditches of our
roaOS. Ill" milfi wimira iu ousftraii
that all rarmers negin to niaKe inran
changes now at the time of sowing
and changing from one crop to an
other and we are willing to co-operate
as far as we possibly can but if no at
tention is paid to this suggestion,
thou we too will be forced to lake care
of ourselves under the rights given in
Section 22. Road Law of llilii. tra
D. Mollis, Engineer and Con. Supl.
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