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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT TIIE UNION COUNTY PAPER EY, RYBODY NEEDS IT" The Monroe JourM PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL. 23. No. 80. iMONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. Ik V i ImXT DEVOTE ALL OK YOl It ACREAGE TO LONG STAPLE Mr. linmui Say el Year May Not lie So Favorable to its Production Ami He I rges Caul inn. 'Plant an acre or two in long sta ble ci. Mon. but don't devote all of vo ir cotton acreage to iu produc tion." is the injunction ot Mr. T. J. W. Croom, County demonstrator, to the fanners of I'nion County. Mr Brown is aware of the fine yields of lo::g staple made by a number of far mers, and knows the temptation is great to many to abandon their old short staple varieties for it. A num ber of farmers have asked him for his advice about planting this variety, and In every instance he has urged them to use caution in making a radi cal change from one kind of staple to another. In a statement to The Journal, he said further: "The season has been very favor able to the production of long staple oouon. We have had very few rains, aid long periods of hot weather, which is essential to the successful cultivation of this variety. The prices, owing to a shortage In the production of sea island cotton, and on account of the excessive rains in the south east, have been good; iu some In stances, the difference in prices be ing thirty-five cents or more. "In 1911, you will remember, this County produced an unusually large amount of long staple cotton, for which they received ten anil twelve cents a pound more than for slvort Ha pie cotton. These high prices ca.ised increased acreage in long sta ple the ensuing year, hut for some reason or other the prices were not bo good iu 1912. being only two cents j. ;ound more than that paid for snort staple. In fact, at times there wus no market for it in Monroe. I n: i afraid that, next year the prices to long staple cotton will not be m uood, and every farmer knows the eoft of producing it is much more iTian the cost of raising short Blaples. Mr. David II. Uoker, originator of ;! Coker long staple strains, even iidvises nglnst a farnwr devoting his tirire acreage to long staples. He our seasons are so uncertain, tt'il the long staple plants so tender, !'i;;t it is risky business for, a farmer devoting more than a few acres to lis production. Mr. Preston Blakeney experi mented with Coker staple and Waii namaker's big boll cotton this year, planting the two varieties in alter nate rows. The results convince him il at one must receive twenty-five ctrits a pouid more for the long sta ple than for Wannaniaker's big boll on account of the Increased cost of p. eking the former variety." Don't think I am opposed to Planting any long staple," concludes M". Broom. "It la all right for one to plant a limited amount of It, but d i:.'t devote all of your cotton aere- to it." SUMMMl FIRE AT OAKRORO Co' ton iin, Liuuiier nml Cotton tines up in Flumes in Stanly. The worst lire known so far In the l.istorv of Oakboro occurred last Sat imiay night wheu Furr and Barbee's Binning plant, lumber plant and some otber property was entirely wiped .!. says the Oakboro correspondent or The Stanly County Herald. The Are was first discovered iu the cot ton gin about ten o'clock. It epiead rapidly and but for the heroic efforts of the citizens of the town and adjoining neighborhood the entire section from second street to me ue pot would have been burned. A lot of lumber belonging to different part ies was destroyed but happily the loss of 'his was not so heavy on any sijigle Individual. Thousands of feet of dry. fine lumber belonging to C. P. Hart sell and S. A. Underwood, was piled nearby on the yard, but by timely help, was saved from serious damage. Four cars loaded with finished lumber were on the side track, but this was saved by enough help being at hand to roll it out of reach or the fire. The seed warehouse, containing about two carloads of seed was destroyed. This belonged to the Southern Cotton Oil Company. The cotton platform near by contained more than one hundred bules of cotton, all of which was saved by heroic effort. Nothing was insur ed, leaving a total loss. The cause r ihe Are Is unknown. The loss is t-hkiiiated ot twelve thousand dollars. Purr and Barbee being the heavy lobers. MK. MVRsH ON HOI. I. WEEVIL. Union Comity Man. Wlw Lived in Texas Say Pest It Hardy. (From the Marsh.llle Home.) It is difficult Tor ua to realize that Union county will probably be infest ed with boll-weevil next year. It Is true that there is little probability ot extensive damage to our cotton by this pest the coming year, but the one bifc- question Is: How fast are we getting ready to re-or:,anize our ag ricultural methods so as to avoid em barrassment when Cns destructive pest arrives In sufficient quantities to bring the disaster that it has brought to many other sections that refused to heed the warning by a greater di versification of cropa until forced to do so. after suffering heavy losses? Mr. S. S. Marsh of this township, who lived in Texas for seventeen years, does not share in the opinion that Union county lies north of an imag inary line, beyond which ihe territo ry is immune "from the ravages of the boll w-evil. Mr. Boll Weevil seems t pay but little attention to lines drawn by i.t.vrt scientists. It has al ready orrlvad ia an adjoining county. Women el Methodist (IiiiitIi to Olc serve Harvest Iay. The Woman's Missionary Society 01 Central Methodist church will observe Harvest day, Monday afternoon,' Dec 1st. at 2:3o o'clock. This Is the last meeting for the year and all mem hers are ingid to pay their dins ami please In f'lll at this meeting s. that reports can be sent oft at once. Leaders of circles are asked to see all women in their circles before this meeting ard plan to raise the full pledge of the:r circle and report same at this matting. Mrs. L. X. Preston. President. The ItaptiM 7.yKHl,IHMI Drive. Fellow Baptist: Only a few more hours now. We are in the trenches. All is silent just before the battle In a few more hours we go over in the final dash of the great Seventy- five Million Campaign, with nearly three million other Baptists. This word is the last before the charge! the battle yell of triumphant Spiritual Democracy. Every Baptist his best. Ask every Baptist you meet to do his best, too. , From your knees to victory next Sunday morning at sunrise! Once iu our lives, now all for Jesus's sake. Your brother, Walt. X. Johnson. Raleigh, X. C. Xov. 28, 1919. Mr, mid Mm, (, It. Winchester Cele brate Fiftieth Anniversary. Pleasant Grove, Xov 28. A mos' beautiful "Golden wedding ceremony was performed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. It. Winchester near Pleas-ant Grove on Thanksgiving Day, it fceing the fiftieth anniversary of of their marriage. The entire family of children and grandchildren were present save the children of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Helms who lives in Florida, only Mr. and Mrs. Helms being in attendance. While the aged couple were anti cipating a gathering of nt least some of the children, they were not ap prised of the elaborate program that had been secretly planned for the oc casion until the very hour had come to commemorate the fiftieth anniver sary of their marriage. The day was delightfully spent by tliu Htnuller children in romping and playing in the spacious grove while the older set dellghtfed themselves and others In rendering several se lected musical programs consisting of solos and duets accompanied by Misses Vivian Winchester and Ethel Davis presiding at the , organ and piano. About one o'clock a large table was hastily eree'ed in the grove and elghl well-tilled baskets, representing the eight children of the Immediate fam ily unloaded basket after basket ami box after box until the long boards of the table swayed and the two by foui's seei.iei to groan beneath its burden of delicacies consisting of eatables "fit for a king," the abund ance there-of fully and complete'-, satisfying the large crowd present The center of the table was adorned with a most beautiful and valuable silver and col 1 service set that t very- body kirw 'vii.it it was for, save the bride ind '"l an when the tune was cleared f every thing but i'r tet 111 ' itrid ind groom were see i sitting toceih'T some few feet from the table, and while the crowd looked on. T. C. H.iigW of Monroe, without cerenion or warnin : stepped to the table and takl.ig the service set turn ed to tl'.'-' couple and made the pre sentaiio i spet ch. ' AMKliH AX SOLID Kit DEAD TO RK.MAfX IX HtAM'E TWO YEARS Itodic of Our Ito.v Mnt iU- I ft Un til I iimhIi (Jet Kc:'ly id .xlnimc Their De.i.l. The American de?d n France must be left in the arai th?v hoa- occupy until the French ar reudy to exhume their own dead, w hich it ic hoped "U1 be before January 1. 192? The for eign office has irvii.te to ronslde. the latent request nf the American government tar the return of its fail en soldiers, but liter the folb -.ing of ficial iMinouncem n: wis made; "I' ha N'en dcrt utelj dcerJed that the allies who ""ell toether 'or th- same cause should tvmti'i iopeiher In death 'ititil cirjuiuftantes permit of tin returning of ho bodies to the families for whom lliey e.uTineed themselves." Th propoed h forbid-jlng the exhu.natlMi of the soldiers dead for three years did not m.ss : t the las; session of the Om of puties, but the fnre':-u 'ffin ixpeeti. that 1' will be ad ipiod soon Tli s .iiii h;eci ftos a delay of axlui' ip.ion ' ihiw years irom the promulga'ioir of the law. but it U expected this period will be shortened. 1 Darkey Stole I'm kettiook. George Crowder, colored, will far? Judge W. O. Leniinond in the Re corder's court to-morrow morning on the charge of having stolen a pocket book containing $13.50 from L. H. Ferguson, a railtnad man. Ferguson lost his purse, it Is said, while sit ting in a jitney. A few minutes after he got out of the car, George hired the driver to take him home. When he reached his domicile, and was leaving tho car, the driver called his attention, so the police say, to a purse laying in the seat of the car. George pocketed the purse, and wended his way. Later Mr. Ferguson reported his loss to the Jitney driver, who then recalled having given h purse to Crowder, being under the Impression that It belonged to hint. Crowder denies the allegation, claiming the pocket-book belonged to him. He Flowed a pocket-bonk to the officer which the jitney driver says was not the one he handed hint. The occur rence took place yesterday. Milt Kl EXIU P.ti WORKING ITS EXU OF WILMIXGTOX HIGHWAY oust ruction Company is Making (hhmI I'l-ogif-s Says Chairman Mr lo:i;tM in Interview. .Satisfactory progress Is being made on the const rue! ion of the hard-sur face cover that is being placed on the Monroe road by Simmons, Whit ton and Company, who recently received the contract for building a stretch of six miles, according to Chairman A M. McDonald of the board of county commissioners, says The Charlotte Xews: "It is naturally slow work making a new roadbed and placing the hard- surface covering that requires carefut attention," said Mr. McDonald, "but the forces are making good time ow ing to the ideal weather conditions that have prevailed this fall." Traffic over the Monroe road for some distance out of the city is now blocked and automobile tourists are detouring to the Providence or Law yer's road for Monroe and other points east. Of the ten-mile stretch of hard- surface road that is being constructed by county forces between Charlotte and the Sloan's Ferry bridge two- thirds is now complete, according to Mr. McDonald. "The two federal engineers who examined the Sloan's Ferry road say It is the finest stretch of road in the South," said Mr. McDonald. "U has been carefully built and will last a long time. When it is completed, it will be an unbroken stretch of hard- surface highway from the Castou county line to the city and from the city to the Monroe county line." Aisenc Lupin Hero ot "Teelh of the Titter." .New Film. Arsene Lupin, the Flench crook character made famous by Maurices Le lilanc, is the hero of a new i'ara-iiiount-Ancraft picture, "Teeth of t lie Tiger," whicli is coming to the Strand theatre next Wednesday. The role of Lupin is portrayed by David Powell who has appeared recently in support of a number of prominent feminine slurs. Headers of the Le Blanc sto ries will recall that Ihe last advent lire of Ihe celebrated criminal left him apparently dead. According to the story of the picture, which was adapted by Roy Suiinnerville, Lupin escaped and is a country gentleman living respectably in America. He Is summoned by Henry lorhes, an aged invalid, who has been threatened by anonymous letters with death. The old man is killed, and it becomes (ho task of Lupin to trace the murderer. Several persons are suspected, and the close acquaintance of Lupin with the methods of criminals enables him to track the guilty person. A well developed love story is worked Into the plot, which is said to be very exciting and abounding In mystery and thrills. In addition to David Powell, others iu the cast include Marguerite Cour ol, Templar Saxe, Myrtle Stedman u.d Riley Hatch. The picture was iti.ected by Chester Withey. Vivl.ui Martin Has Xov el Role in 'His Official Fiancee" A novel situation rich in fun-niak-ing possibilities is set forth in Vivian .Vaiiin's new Paramount -Artcralt photoplay, "His Ofilcial Fiancee," which istvi'ilng to the STRAXD The ater MONDAY. Miss Martin has the role of a stenographer employed in the London office of William Waters, a stern, cold-blooded business man. He summons her and tells her it Is necessarv for business reasons for him to pose during the next few weeks as a man engaged to be mar ried. He offers her the post of 'of ficial fiancee lor a money considera tion. Pressed for funds, she con sents. Many complications ensue, including the coming ou the scene of a former lover, Water's embarrassing gay dog uncle, and the arrival of a charming French girl between whom and Waters an understanding evi dently exists. The two officially ei.gaged person? fall In love, and it all comes out happily. Forrest Stanley Is the lead ing man, and the cast Includes Mol lie McConnell, Vera Sisson, Hugn Huntley and Bobby Bolder. Robert 0. Vignola. who also directed Miss Martin iu "The Third Kiss." her previous release, was In charge. MARVIX RITt'H OX THE FAUMF.lt Charlotte I.uInii- louder Kay Me is Most Selfish Person In the South A letter in the Sunday News, of Charleston, says that Marvin L. 11 itch, a lawyer and labor organizer of Char lotte, speaking to an audience of mill workers In York, "denounced the farmers, who. he said, w-ere Inimical to the best interests of the textile workers and in league with the mills' oh ners to fight the union organiza tion among mill workers, and charged that they had been "petted" too much and were as a whole the most selfish, grouchiest. dissatisfied class of peo ple in the South." Jane: "Why did the army turn Charlie down?" Elsie: "On account of his eyes. Jane: "Why, I think he has lovely eyes. Don't you?" An Irish soldier wis lying in the trenches and had not had any access to any soap and water for a long time. Ftieg swarmed over his hands and face. Again and again he brushed them off, until he got weary and let them stay. Finally a bee alighted on his hand and stung him painfully. Brushing his hands and f?". franti cally he cried. "Just fer that ye all git off." IIOI I. WEEVIL IS A FARM DEMONSTRATOR SAYS EDITOR liiere l lroerity in Wee il-Ciddt-n Alaluiina ami .Mi.ssi.sipid ltcruiie They t.iim Things to Eat. The towns that have grown the most in the cotton growing region are those which manufacture cotton thus getting the benefit of both the cotton growing industry and the rot- ton manufacturing industry, says Coi. Ciawson of The Wilmington Star. Evu the cotton growing and manu facturing industries combined have- n t built any Southern Chicago. Cot ton manufacturing has done more for Xew England than cotton growing has heretofore done for the Souin when it was content to grow cotton and nothing else. However, the South does not have to grow cotton in order to be able to buy automo biles. The South does not have to grow cotton In order to be prosper ous. Xelther will the boll weevil keep the farmers from being prosper ous, for down in boll weevil Georgia there is prosperity In spite of the weevil. South Georgia has been infested by the cotton pest for several years, but in spite of it, the farmers down there are prosperous. They are even on Easy Street," if this is their con dition as described by The Commerce tGa.) Xews: It is almost unbelieveable. But it's a real fact. A fact that spells pros perity. Old debts have been liqui dated. Mortgages have been lifted. Homes have been bought and paid for. The farmer for once is in Ihe saddle. He" is monarch of all he sur veys. He is free from debt. He is educating his children. He has re-! miMieU'd his home. He owns more hogs and cuttle. He wears better clothes. His wife has more of the conveniences and luxuries of life. He fides in his own automobile. He sits by his fireside at night, and while he smokes his pipe, his children are happy and contented at his side. He sleeps soundly at night, free from the nightmare of debt. For the farm er. God be praised, is out of debt and on Easy Street. Things down in South Georgia are not looking as gloomy as the Sou in Carolina Automobile Association Is seeing them in lower South Carolina. There is prosperity in weevil-ridden Alabama and Mississippi, too,-for they haw found out there are more things to frrOw than the fleecy staple. The fact is, the boll weevil round'.' has been coinveting with the west In feeding those who have "cotton It is. In Wilmington we are eating pork and beef produced down In the boll weevil country. Xol only have their packing houses been sending their products here, but Alabama and Mississippi hog raisers have been shipping their hogs to Wilmington s packing house market. If you eat much "Alaga" on your buckwheat cakes, at the price you have fo pay for not producing cane syrup your self, you may know that it comes from Alabama and Georgia. We are beginning to believe that the boll weevil is a farm demonstra tor. It might have been sent to eat up our cotton as a warning to us that unless we grow something to eat for ourselves we might some day have the disagreeable experience of famine conditions. The West can no longer feed the Nation. The price we have to pav the West for what we eat is proof enough that we cannot afford to depend on the West in the future. It would be exceedingly foolish Tor us to Insist on feeding "Billy Boll Weevil" instead of feeding ourselves. Grow cotton, but grow other things that the weevil won't eat. WHISKEY AXI) REEK IS XOAV IIF.IXG SOLD IX XEAV ORLEANS An Hour After Federal Judge He- Clares War-Time Prohibition In constitutional, liar Uooiiih Were Ready for Business. WTiiskey, four per cent beers, wines, cordials, in short, complete bar-room assortments of liquor, were purchased in Xew Orleans Wednes day night following the granting or an Injunction Tuesday by Federal Judge Foster which In effect held Ihe war-time prohibition act uncon stitutional. Less than an hour after Judge Foster had enjoined federal authori ties from interfering with the sale of bonded whiskies, In compliance with the petition of the Herman Leiser Liquor companv bar-rooms were serv ing liquor in steadily varied assort ments. Mixed drinks were unobtain able during the day because of the rush for "straight liquor." Later, however. It was possible to obtain practically all of the widely known mixed drinks for many years pecu liar to Xew Orleans. French restau rants served claret with dinners.. District Attorney Mooney, upon learning of reports that aloon keep ers had agreed to make n flat charge of fifty cents per drink for whiskey, announced that should they combine to charge high prices for drinks they would be prosecuted for profiteering. Whiskey sold in most places at twenty-five cents for a drink about half the size formerly sold. Higher grade whiskies served in old atyte glasses sold from thirty-five to fifty cent. Bottle whiskies, bonded, were to be had at an average of six dol- tars a quart, some places, noever.iipn,,,,,,., c;n.js,tian. having Joined being without other than the cheaper l ie Metllodi t chinch in her youth, graaes. w tnes were prorursoie hi sn average of about twenty 'five pir rent over former prices. At all of V.'n C"" r.r.wn saloon "'-'ii r H.iulued until closing time. Tnxicab companies reported an old time rush of customers to the roaa- bouses and cafes at the lake resorts, An Appeal to the Meinlx-isbip l liiM Itaptisi cliiiuh. Sundav will he ihe -!, , iIm Baptists ever saw in city and town. : v"lage and hamlet, in valley ami mi hill side, through sunshine, ram. sleet or snow, steal ii.ultiliHie- tf t'le miclity army, thre million strong, will be gathered in their respective plact-s of worship. Will jou be found in your place iMiiong the mini tier at the Sunday school and the ll:u(l o'clock service Sunday morning. You will be glad In your old age to look oacK on mat day ana say i was there." Come and get the program, plan and great objection clearly set before you, so as to act intelligently, conscientiously and faithfully, and to give concrete expression to your faith. conviction and loyalty. It is a great task to which God is calling us in these tremendous times and we fight not as those who stand alone. The unredeemed multitudes of a lost world are looking to us. The great brotherhood of our fair Southland and some beyond the seas touch us shoulder. to shoulder. Above us. from the very battlements of heaven, a white-robed throng ot re deemed spirits, who dreamed and built for our great day, and beyond and above that glorious company, the King of Glory on his throne watches with them to see us win the victory. Our church, our association, our State and Southern Convention are looking to you. The needy world is calling on, ami God is counting on you. You will not disappoint, will you 7 Come and let us tro from the trench ot prayer over the top to victory iu Ihe greatest campaign of Baptist his tory. I make this appeal in the name of the One who gave Himself for you. There will also be a sunrise prayer meeting at the church Sunday morn ing. The bell will be rung at C:;n and the building will be warn. It you find it Impossible to be tliere, rouvenaut to pray with us at that hour. May Ood be with us. give us a great victory and take to Himself the Glory. John A. Wray. REFORMERS WILL NEXT TRY TO HAXISH THE TOBACCO W EED Anil the "National Tolmrco league of America," Is Formed to Oppose Their I'lugrain, After having slugged John Barley corn to the ropes, it now appears that the reformers are on the trail of Old Man Nicotine, and the next crusade, allegedly In bMialf of perfect morals, is against tobacco, a worth-while product of North Carolina and vari ous other Slates, according to the Washington correspondent of The Greensboro Xews. Announcement is made to-day thai already there has been formed what shall be known as the "National To bacco League of America, incorpo rated," composed of gentlemen who like their smokes, whether It be a dollar cigar or a eent-apiece cigarette. In substantiation of the need of such an organization certain remarks ut teivd by Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wil son, secretary of the temperance board of the Methodist Episcopal church, ure quoted. The signifiance of this is that Rev. Dr. Wilson is one of the leading apos tles of Ihe Anti-Saloon league of America. Wheu the distillers, brew ers, bartenders and habitual imbibers and periodical booze-hounds were predicting a few years ago that na tional prohibition was nonsense and a nightmare, Dr. Wilson and a few of his cohorts were doing business at the same old stand and promising a dry nation. Those who came to laugh iu the good old days are now left to mourn, whereupon It behooves the user of tobacco to give heed in the first signal or the Rev. Dr. Wilson and his tribe. If tobacco is to go like liquor after an era of derision and non-belief, it is at least Incumbent upon tobacco users, whether they smoke the cheapest cigarette or the most expensive cigar, to sit up and take notice of the open ng campaign announcement of Rev. Dr. Wilson ami his followers. They all may be advi.io 1 of the next aim of the crusaders, which may eventually embrace tea, coffee, coffee substitutes, patent medicines contain ing more limn one half of one per cent, alcohol and uilferinentcd cider, which niav become fermented after a few hours iu the noonday sun, the following announcement of the defen ders of the tobacco users of America is hereby given publicly in one of Hie greatest tobacco-producing States. DEATH OF MR. WAI. I ON LEI Woil-Kiioun Woiita'i of Wesley Chap el Coiiiuitiuio Passes Away. Following an illness of about six mouths. Mrs. William Fov.ler di.M Thursday night at 8 o'clock at her home near Wesley Chapel She was nearly 63 years old. Funeral service is beinn conducted this afternoon at the home, and interment w'll be in the Wesley Chapel cemetery. Deceased Is survived by her hus band, and the following children: Mrs. F. W. Huey of Charlotte, Mrs. W. D. Howie of Wesley Chapel, and Messrs. VV. E. Fowler. F. L. Fowler, alt of this county. She Is also sur vived by one sister, Mrs. J. W. Hous ton. Mrs. Fowler was a daughter of the Into Ktilan Standi She wan a run fiud was a woman who stood high in uuvm of her neighbors. The water situation In Kaleigh Is very distressing. The reservoir has not been filled for two months and they now have only about twenty Der icent of tho normal supply. LATEST HAPPENINGS News Events of the Day in the State and Nation. I). W. Giies is in jail at Rock Hill charged with having shot and killed his wife wtio mas formerly tu Hooks of Salisbury. Carolinians are hatmv over th Thanksgiving ball game, when th I Diversity defeated Virginia 6 toO. About nine thousand voople witnessed the game In Chapel Hill. County commissioners of Cumber land county have voted to Issue bonds to th extent of $100,000 lor th9 erection of a memorial huiling to ths Cumbeilaud soldiers who died in thu great war. General Pershing will visit Camp Bragg December the fifth. The XortU Carolina Military Post will be h:a third stop on a three months inspec tion of military facilities of the nation. E. J. Wrtjli . army corporal la charge of the grocery department at Fort Monroe, admits that he has re ceived from $3,001) to $4,000 in the form of a 3 per cent commission on meats sold to the Fort by Thomas Keane of Washington, D. C. An Indian who could not speak a word of English was tried in Ashe ville Wedii'V.ay on the charge o distilling, .ii.' case was held over until an iin kee Indian pieter from the Chero-'- tvation could be lo I.idian was found not cated. Tin uilt. Miss Eli.ij' 'i Johnston, a gradu ate of the i:: -ii.iM.id School of Social Work, a specialist in Juvenile work, has accepted the appointment as county and city probation officer or rorsyibe county and V.'insion-Saletn. She is a sister of Miss Mary Johnston, the li ginia author of wide repute. T. P. Cauble. a jeweler of High Point, was fined fifty dollars and tii-J costs tor tampering wilh an electric meter. By boring a hole iu the meter and placing a piece of a hack-saw blade against the small disk he re tarded the meter and reduced hU bill six dollars monthly. The I'. S. S. Patrol was launched Tuesday afternoon at Cramps. Phila delphia. The vessel is a destroyer of tho latest type and bears the name ot George Parrott of Kinston, X. C. He commanded the destroyer Shaw and gave hH life when his ship was sunt off the English coast. His sister. MlS9 Julia Parrott, acted as sponsor. A wh'te man who has almost been identified as Xathan Unchurch, who killed Robert Belk near Lando, S. C, in 18P5, has been arrested In Ches ter. He stoutly declares tha' he ia W. R. Upchurch, a brother of the murderei. One strong indication that the man under arrest is the man wanted is the fact that he is cross eyed, as Xathan Upchurch was. Tho regional real committee re quested that all industries that could do so without los'i close down yester day evening and v.'inain closed until Monday, that all stores, business houses and offices close ut 4 p. m., and householders use as little coal as possible. Coal shortage was declared to be "I'ar more critical than the gen eral public realized." One while boy, James Foy, eleven- years old, and four negro comrades were arrested in Raleigh yesterday morning charged with wrecking Sea board train number two, which re sulted in a smash-up with no lives lost. According to stories told, the boys were operating as a band with the white boy as "lieutenant" and are charged w ith other offenses. None of them were attending school. Why He Lived. A certain customer upon receiving a request to send a check to cover his bill, sent the following letter. "For the following reasons I am unable to send you the check asked for. "I have been held up, held down, sandbagged, walked on, sat on, flat tened out and squeezed. First by the United Slates Government for Federal War Tax, Excess Profits Tax, Liberty Loan Bonds. Thrift Stamps, Capital Stock Tax, Merchant's License and Automobile Tax, and by every society and orguuuu'io.i that the inventive mind of man can invent to ekU'act what I may or may not possess. I have been solicited by the Society of John the Baptist, the G. A. K., the Women's Relief, the Navy League, the Red Cross, the Black Cross, the Purple Onus, the Double Cross, the Childivn'.-j Home, the Dorcas Society, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the Boy Scouts, the Jewish Relief, the Belgian Relit f, and every hospital in town. Then r t top of it all came the Associated C larities and Salva tion Army. "The Government, has so governed my busiiuv.- liat I don't know who owns it. I inspected, siiFpected, examined an l reexamined, inform ed, required and commanded, so I don't know who I am. where I am, or why I am here. All I know is I am supposed to be an Inexhaustible supple of money for every known need, desire or hope of the human race. And because I will not sell all I have and go out and beg, borrow or steal money to give aw-ay, I have been cussed, discussed, boycotted, talked to. talked about, lied to, lied about, held up, hung up, robbed and hearly ruined, and 'the only reason I am clinging to life is to see what in the hell is coming next." A Esh should swim three times: In water, in sauce and in wine.' German Proverb.
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