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VI' -THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS ir THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVE VlODY NEEDS IT t- - , He Monroe Jo NIL PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL. 23. No. 88. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY', DECEMBER 12, 1919. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. UR LOCAL INTELLIGENCE Latest Happenings In and Around Monroe. There will be a box supper at Dry H II school house next Wednesday v. tXil, December lTih. Mr. Joseph Waikins hits moved r oni Marshville Route 1 to Indian T.ail Route 1, on the Dr. Austin old p'.u-e in Goose Creek. There will be a box supper at the Caddy school house Saturday night lor the benefit of the school. Every body invited. A Monroe cotton buyer estimates tvat $6,000,000 has already been 1 lid out for cotton and cotton seed tiis year. Ten years ago a $1,000.- 000 for the entire crop of the county was thought a good showing. The "Monroe Wants You" edition of The Journal, gotten up by the Clamber of Commerce, failed to ar rive in time to be distributed today, b.it a message from the printers stat ed it would be ready to mail out next Tuesday. Mr. F. H. Austin of Benton Heights claims to have beat the record on rals-i- g P'Ps this year. He killed one the Cher day that weighed 400 pounds. a:d whs only 240 days old. The pic ; .it on over a pound and a half each i-..y during its life. Mrs. Will Guess of Raleigh has in s ailed a machine with which to do ?-iiisl itching und pieoting on the sec ond floor at Enid's department store. Miss Wake Howie will be in charge 're. Mrs. Guess operates and owns a similar machine in Raleigh und has ;-en very successful with her work. Eleven hundred and seventy-live v .liars clear has been made off of one ,w in four years by Mr. J. Fran it r ill, assistant tire chief. He bought e row for $ 2 r, . and sold her calves, utter and milk to the tune ol JIOUO ! the four ears, and sold her yeister- ay for $200. All this was in addt- on to butter and milk consumed by t:r. Hill's family. The Seaboard is inj!;ki prepam- ins to lav a spur track to the site -i' the Iceman Knitting Mill, nl V.ere is likely to be a busy scene In at section in a few days, for Mr. 1 -email is also get I inn ready o as-c-iuble material for the building. A . eeting of the stockholders of the ill is taking place this afternoon ;-j til.' law offices 0,f Mayor. J. C. : kes. Directors and officers of the ill will be chosen at this naming. Preparations are being made to t bmlt cairns for a Carnelgle medal ! r Mr. M. Wilson, the young man io risked his life to ;ive Mr. Paul egall from electrocution Monday. .'. number of Monroe men ate Inter-! -ted in securing lor .Mr. Wilson inis ..served honor, and it Is thought - eir efforts will be successful. Mr. ! egall, who is now nble to resume ! is work, slates he would not h.iv : -en alive to-day had il not been for C;f. Wilsen's heroic conduct. While in Monro? sterday Cnpt. r" I!. Sale lect'ivi (! a message lionij J'!rs. Sale announcing the death of, I .apt. J. A. Priii belt ol Aiianta. ('apt. ; V 'in hell was a Mi'.son of high degree J will be remembered in Monroe as - .vim been a member of the Knight Templar escort that accompanied the '.mains of the lamented Capt. A. J. j arnes from Atlanta Id Monroe. On J- arning of the death of Capt. Pritch v t. Mr. R. W. Lunw.iond. Eminent Commander of Monroe Commandery, wired a message of sympathy to the reaved family. About three-thirty Wednesday i f-j fernonn Mr. T. L. Crowell opened I bo luck door of his store on South Main street and saw a small child of iva't ...inrari toniii from t:.( porch I of her home completely enveloped in j tlamies. Mr. Crowell rustiea to ine ; child, held Its head close to hiiu with hia left hand and with his Huh beat rvit the flames. Although badly birnt the child's life was saved through Mr. Crowell's presence of t ind and heroic action. Mr. Crow il's right hand is painfully although not seriously burnt. The child had been left at home with only a small brother and It Is not known exactly iniw the flames originated. The generous and benevolent peo ple of North Carolina have been ask t1 to help respond to the cry of the tuffering Armenians nnd Syrians for aid and Union county has been allot ;cd 33 orphans to adopt In a big cam aiirii m he waged Feb. 1 to 22, in- c'usive North Carolina's quota for adoption Is 33.334 orphans of the ear East. Although the Near Last Kellef committee Is already caring for etween 70,000 and 80.000 Armenian and Svrian children in Its orphanages, mere 'a re still 230.000 homeless ba Mes to be housed, clothed, fed and ed ucated Manv of these little children a-e sleeping in the streets They ould gladly be at home In a friendly " Messrs. J. H. Lee, R. A. Morrow and J. M. Belk were chosen to com pose a committee to take charg- of the work of completing the hoipitdl at a recent meeting of the board or directors of the Ellen Fiugerald l os nital. They will have full ch i.g- "f It, and proceed with the knowledge of the endorsement of their fellow directors In any .matter they might decide upon. Messrs. D. B. nnyder and T. L. Riddle compose a finance committee, their duty being to colled hospital pledges, and place the money to the credit of the building commit tee. Messrs. Lee, Morrow and Btlk are three of the best business men la Monroe, which Is sufficient assur ranee to the people that the long looked for hospital will be soon real-ixed. i. TI.OFKssioXAI. MAX" WAXTS It. A. MORROW FOR COXMtESS Sh) I lie Tinier Call For a Business Man. Not One W bu Indulge In t luminous Legal Phraseology. To the Ediior of The Journal: "Boss. ou sho has done spoke a par able!" This was the invariable reply of old Hob Blair, a before the war Monroe darkey, when he was partic ularly pleased by any statement that he approved of. The reply of old Bob expresses my sentiments in regard to the article relative to the Congression al nominee being a 1'nioii county man which appeared in The Journal of the 9th. Union has always been a strong, loyal Democratic county; more loyal than other counties by reason of the fact that she had no Incentive other than the good of the cause, and read ily gave way to other counties in or der to preserve the peace and harmo ny necessary to win. It is but fair and right that Union now assert her self in one particular thing and that is that she demand recognition of her past sacrifices and put a Union man in the Congressional ranks. Shrewd politicians of other counties have played shuttlecock with Union since her formation; played the game with Union as a political pawn. In the old Shoestring district 'Union never had a look in, and be it said for her honor, never Jumped the convention because a favorite son didn't receive the rec ognition to which he fell entitled. However, even patience and humanity cease to be virtues when carried be vond certain points, and It is up to Union to demand the recognition to which time and service entitle her. Let us see that one of Union's men be In the running. We have the material in better and greater quantity than some of our sister counties, who so iirdently picture the powers of their "war horses." A scrutinv of the Con srressional Record for the past fifty years will show how strong they were In the congressional halls. Nor does she have to turn to the professions for her material. The material for a rep resentative In Ihese perilous times of the country's historv lies not in the realm of law, or professional politici anlHiu, but In the hard, clear cut de cisive business world. The man of affairs and action is needed to assist the country to steer clear of the rock of economic disaster. The idealist and Utopian theorist has been a great factor In the cause of the present po licial and social unrest. Never be fore in the historv of our nation has the crying need for strong business men been more urgent. Give us men men of husiness ability, not intel lectual highbrows with personal am bit ion to gratify. The present crisis demands no dreamers of idle dreams, no silver tongues, no Aeolian lyres, no instruments of brass and wind. We need action, prompt, automatic, double-jointed, business man aelii'i. The nsyd'oloev of the a vera "P Coii gressioni'l politician differs wi'h that of a btisin.-ss man as does the com plexion of a 1'erovde chorus cirl to the ehonv of Znla The profession al politi'i' 'i I'.ns no Mine for fh si:i"U 'ucii!"'1' as running a urrt lupine r" oi'ilion like I'M'' Sam's. tie is mi luisv with his faci'" Huiir'ie : nil !ei. his free garden serd. el ceio i, mo iiy et cetera, to Hair formulr ' 'lt"-ihetf'lo income tax lavs F'lont of voluminous legal nhrnieo'opy, haffliiiT not only himself but to ''ip e'-'entiv department. A clei r-cn. clean - delned Issue must first go through a "'ot air renovator, then su'nthed in yu'ih of red tape, clothed in legal vc-bln. and punr Hired hv esnl awls to allow material for legal lawsuits and escape of male factors of great wealth. The present-day professional poll- Helm primarily, secondarily and ad Infinitum. They are gas reservoir stations, hiih m mr uiu i ways ready to dispense gas nnd pump oil. Awav with them. Give us men business men, first last and always. Uncle Sam has today the biggest busi ness Job ever known to mankind, and it is Tiling to take husiness brains to handle the iob. Therefore, our pre vious remarks. See that Union county gets her po litical rights and see that a business man goes from this district. In our county we have a man who seeks no nolitical plums, has no poltical am bition, but he has business brains with a business training, and business Inothict, one who would personally reflect honor on his constituents; one, who has given to Democracy his time, his means and unswerving lov- nltv. an uncompromising:, invetrate enemy to I. v. W. mil, communism, radicalism, syndicalism nnd all other damnabe Isms that are now attenmt lne to shatter the fundamental prin ciples of our government. The man I have In mind Ins no ilesire for political laurels. I do not know thit he would consider the nomination. But I do know we need and must hive men of his tvpe and rian a loyal Democrat, a clear headed, successful bi"',n's man. a Chris!ian eep'etn,'P "i of Union countv. That man I" R. A. Morrow. A PROFFONT, MAN. Monroe. December 12, Preshvtevliiti Clnirrli. A cordial Invitation to the follow ing services is given to all: 11 a. m. Worshlu and sermon' 3:30 p. m. Snn dav school: 4:30. Evening worship Be sure and pav your Church and Manse Erection pledge on Sunday morning. "O come, let us worship, let us bow do"-n. let tis kneel before the Lord our Maker." Reporter. Hi.-'h Hill Canm Woodmen will meet Wednesday night, the 17th. All members urged to attend. Very Im portant business, degree work, etc. NO MM. II SCHOOL Ill II. DIM; FOII PRESEXT HOARD DECIDES Mayor Sike Thought It Would lie 1 ii wise i Seiil Another $l(Mi.(MM At Ibis Time Without l-entslative Authority. Fifty thousand dollars being inade quate to construct a modern school building at this time, and believing it would be uuwi.se to proceed with the work without an act of the legisla ture authorizing them to do so, the school board has decided to forego their plans for the new high school iudebiiitely. On learning that $50,000 was woe fully insufficient to pay the cost of the new building, the school board tenta tively decided to secure the endorse ment of a majority of the voters for an additional $100,000 bond issue with the provision that they would vote for the bonds after a legislative act was secured next May allowing the election. However, after fuller inves tigation, they deemed this step un wise. The advice of Mayor Sikes was asked In the matter, and he sent the following letter to Mr, W. B. Love. chairman of the board: "In lew of the fact that it Is pro posed to proceed now with the erec tion of a school building that is go ing to cost approximately 12a,000. upon the assumption that the legisla ture w hen it meets will pass a law au thorizing an additional bond issue for this school is now before jour board, and the quest ion is, Shall the school hoard let a contract now for more than the amount of money they have in their hands for that purpose? "The constitution of North Caroli na in Article 7, Section 7 provides! that no municipal corporation shall contract any debt or levy a tax except for necessarv expenses wilhoul a vote of the people and you are well aware or the fact, and It Is well settled by the decisions of the Supreme Court or North Carolina, that the erection of a school building is not a necessary ex pense within the meaning of this pro vision of the Const it ii t ion, and if we are to let a contract now for more than $3u,000, in my opinion, we would violate the prohibit ion against contracting a debt without a vote of the people, because the letting of a contract Tor the building is, of course, the contracting of a debt within the meaning or the Constitution. "Now, then, what I most fear is that the Supreme Court might hold that this debt liavlng been contracted In violation of the Constitution, the Legislature could not therefore pro vide for an election and that a bond issue next summer might be held up on that ground, as the Supreme court of North Carolina has not yet passed on a proposition similar to this one. "I think we have done the right thing l;i taking the people Into our confidence and letting them know the exact sttilus, and while a majority will undoubtedly sign a paper that Miev would vole in favor of an addi tional bond issue, at the same time. I :uu constrained to believe that it is lc it for us not to proceed until we 'a'.-" further funds, and then again. I ii i : ii u her of citizens who are in Hive- of M hools feel that it is an in oppoi" uue time to erect a school luiililiiir. I suggest, therefore, that Mini- bo.ird authorize you as chairman t r a committee to have drafted and passed at the next Legislature, au thority to issue additional bonds not exceeding $loo.n0i, anil that you do not let the contract until after the bonds have been voted. "I do not want to be misunderstood in my views, and there are other rea sons that loom up before me for writ ing this letter, but the foregoing, to my mind. Is sufficient for us to hold up the letting of the contract for the present, much to my regret. "The $50,000 which you now have in vour hands from the sale of bonds was obtained "For the purpose or erecting, enlarging, altering and equipping school building and acquir ing land ror school buildings of the Monroe Graded School District, or for anv one or more of said purposes," and I believe that under the Act, you have authority to use the funds in your hands for the purpose of pur chasing additional property, and the county commissioners have offered to sell you about eight acres of land for $5,000, and I suggest and the board feels we should purchase this proper ty. I am In favor of this move and would suggest that you use $5000 of the bond money that you have in your hands for this purpose, and that you act on this matter at once. "Another question is what will you do with the $50,000 until yon get ready to use It. There is no law that I know of that authorizes .you to loan it, but at the same time. If you can do so. it becomes your duty, as I see II, to keep this money loaned out at the highest rate of interest that you can obtain, to patties absolutely solvent and safe so that It may be ob tained on demand. ' "I would like also for your board to take into consideration the ques tion of turning the entire manage ment or the schools ot the Monroe Graded School over to the board or trustees and the authority to levy tax and to collect the tax go through the hands of the county commissioners and that the aldermen of the city of Monroe have nothing to do with the matter, and that at the next Legisla ture we pass a bill in keeping with this. This would reduce our city tax and put the management of the schools where it ought to be. I would furthermore favor compensation to the board of trustees and that the number be reduced to three or fiv. I would be glad for you !i lav t hi. proposition before your board and get their fceings about It." 1'l.AXS MADE Mlt FK.STIl ITF.S OX THE XHiHT OF CHRISTMAS SjuiIh l l.ius Limerick ami His t on, m it lee Holil Enthusiastic .Meeting What 1 to Take i'lme Other C'oiiuiiiitees. me (.oiiiuiunity Christmas Tree tor Monroe, including North Monroe, Beiuoii Heights, and loeniorlee. is an assured fact as the result of a Ion? and emhiisastic meeting of the steer ing committee in the office of its chairman, Santa Claus Limerick, who is taxing peculiar delight in his new rote. The meeting was fully attended ana chairmen of the different sub committees to handle all the various details of the project were selected. It was the opinion of the commit tee .as to the trifling matter of the money needed, that several hundred dollars more than the amount now in the hands of the chairman would be uecessary to carry through the idea in a manner befitting the dignity of the city or .Monroe, to say nothing of the reelings and other things of the children. Consequently Mr. Limerick has despotically drafted the four min isters of his committee to accompany him on a personally conducted tour of the city and collect the remaining tunas needed. Ia addition to the members of the committee already published, it was decided to ask Mayor J. C. Sikes. Secretary T. L. Riddle of the Cham ber of Commerce, and Supt. R. W. Allen of the city schools to co-operate with the chairman. Since it is a draft proposition so far as the children are concerned, il was the unanimous vole of the meet ing that an age limit would be nec essary, and ten years was fixed upon as the boundary between the kiddies and those or maturer years. A wireless to the North Pole reach ed the real Santa whom Mr. Limer ick represents, and before the com mittee adjourned assurances were re ceived by the underground route that his engagements for the night of Christmas Day would not prevent him from spending a short time in the center of the court house of Union county. All pastors have agreed to make complete announcement of the great community affair in their churches Sunday and at the same time call for information as to any who may be needy or destitute enough to make it impossible for them to warm the cainKiey sufficiently for Old Kris to have easy access. Chairman Limer ick is determined that if there should be such urgent cases ,ll:ey shall not be over-looked. A leading feature of the joyous oc casion will he the music, and Mrs. Henry Laney was elected to have en tire charge of the grown folks' chorus of singers who will sing Christmas carols around the base of the big tree. All the singers of Monroe will be called to meet at an eary dale am' prepare for their part in the success of the undertaking. Mrs. Laney was added to Ihe steering committee. It was decided to have a children's choir also. Miss Lura Heath being designated to take the direction of the voting singers. They will be duly notified when and where to present themselves and their voices. Mrs. G. H. Caldwell was appointed chairman of a committee to assist Santa Claus locally In providing the cheer for the inner boy and girl that is so essential a part of a real Christ mas tree. Mrs. Caldwell was also named a committee of one to invite the Icemorlee Band to add its har mony to the feslal night. Miss Mabel Belk was added to the committee and made chairman of an other sub-committee to ascertain the number and names so far as possible of any who may be exceptions to the general rule of present prosperity. To assist Miss Belk ate appointed Missj Antoinette Beasley and Miss Mary Crow. Rev. John A. Wray of the commit tee agreed to secure the tree, put It in place on the courthouse square, and arrange ror Its electrical illumi nation with varicolored incandescent lights. Contributions to the fund keep coming In, and they will be acknowl edged in this paper next week. If you want to help, leave your contribution at The Journal office. w, J. Ilryan Stalled Charles May on Strenuous Career. William Jennings Bryan helped a lot to start Charles Kay on his stren uous screen career. Some eighteen years aso the town of Jacksonville, III., held a celebra tion in honor of Mr. Bryan, a gradu ate of the Illliuois College, located there, A nine-year old boy took part in the festivities. He hustled packing-boxes for the bonfire, stopped a runaway horse by bulling himself at the flying bridle, walked a light rope, and made himself generally useful. It was Charles Ray, and the swift-mov-ing panorama made a deep appeal to him. Eight years later Charlie attended the college ot which Bryan is a dis tinguished aluiulnus. Another cele bration was held. Young Ray tall, ungainly, strong as a young heif er, took the whole celebration on his shoulders. He led the band and gave a one-man gymnastic exhibition: act ed as banker for the circus and did most of the stunts himself; and when William J. appeared, he shinnied up a telegraph pole, l.iitu flowers on the head of our greatest also-ran. Who can say that the he?!ii.i'n?s of the athletic f.;r!e Tl.t.: of "Crooked St-.i'',!-,;." l.ii new picture, showing at the Strand theatre Monday were not made on those two memorable days? MR. RIDDLE KEMtiXS TO .o TO DtXX AT X( REASKD PAV He leaves Mtuniw First of Year After Tuenty.Tno Mouths of Act ive ami I'liHliictlve Work. Mr. T. L. Riddle, secretary of t lie Monroe Chamber or Commerce for twenty-two months, has tendered his resignation to the board of directors, and leaves ihe first of the year to ac cept a similar position at Dunn. His salary at that place will be $3,000 a year. In resigning. Mr. Riddle savs he was actuated wholly by financial circumstances, and that he regrets very much leaving Monroe. At Dunn he will have an assistant, and he will later be made secreiary or the fair that place, giving his salary another boost or $600. His salary here has been $2000 a year. The Dunn Cham ber of Commerce has an annual in come of $8,000, nearly four times more than the Monroe organization. Coming here on February 1, 1918, Mr. Riddle immediately won the warm support of the people, and his relations with all classes have been very pleasant. Owing to the war, lit tle constructive woik has been done by his organization. He was also hampered in his work by feeling the necessity of devoting the time of himself and his organization to war work, and it is in this light he will always be remembered by Monroe people. He was publicity director of ihe War Savings Stamp campaign. and looked after many of the delails of this work. He was also very active in Liberty Loan. Red Cross, and Y. M. C. A. campaigns. He has made dozens of patriotic speeches over the county, ami he probably did mote work than any other one man in earning the county's reputation for good war work. Mr. Riddle worked strenuously to secure the radio station for Bakers: he inaugiiaraled the rest room for women in the court house; he secured the adoption of the State board of health's plan for a whole-time health officer; and has brought about doiMis of other progressive improvements and measures. At Dunn Mr. Mild!" will have an assistant secretary, ana nboii' f 4.4 4 4 lo spend in getting new fa.-'ories, and other needed rntei prises for the town. Allso he has been hampered in his work here by the lack of sufficient finances, and could the receipts of the Monroe organization be nised to 5,- 000 It U doivfl'l jf h would leave. A successor tor Mr. K.iiille will t)e chosen at an early meeting f Ihe board of directors. Results of Red Cross Egg Shower. Each of the fifty-seven schools thai donated to the "Egg Shower" is now a Junior Red Cross Auxiliary. 1 have sent in name of principal of school as chairman. He or she will receive the Junior Red Cross News monthly. In it we learn what the Juniors are do ing everywhere, and almost see and know the many unhappy children in foreign lainls and til home, whom you are helping by reason of the enroll ment of your school in ihe J. i;. ('. All Junior money is devoted to real service for M;me!mdy. perhaps ;-oi:i" one in your community. The Jenkins school, Miss Mamie Little principal, won the first prize by making the largest average donation to the egg-showei'. llelk's school, Mis:; Mary Thompson principal, second prize. Little Miss R. A. Dry received the prize for largest donation by an Individual, which was forty-two eggs. Other generous gilts were 27 from J. T. Liltle, Jr., and 30 from John Deese. The sale of one hundred and sixty dozen eggs at seventy-live cents ami donations of money amounts lo two hundred and fifty-five dollars. In ad dition to this we have twenty dollars and twentv-five cents especially for children in Europe. Lizzie Medlin. teacher of Redding Springs nchool i colored) handed us three dollars, proceeds from a box supper lo be be sent to Santa Claus for war orphans. Monroe High School and Grammar School membership fees amounted to ninety-nine dollars and seventy-five cents. We are not surprised that in Ice bound Archangel the Russian boys and girls point with grimy fingers to a distant land on the great map hanging on the bare school room anx iously Inquiring Is this country way across the mighty ocean, America. Col. Robt. E. Olds, the American Red Cross commis.iioner to Europe, lolls about the sad condition in th vari ous countries across the Atlantic; says that thousands would die. most ly 'children, were the A.R.C. lo wilh ilraw lioiu Europe, even though more than a year has passed since the armistice was signed and the world war stopped. Sum" families !r I'v- iug in trenches and dugouts left byile.-s than that ll.'ire. the Germans: dirty, damp places In- deed, and little babies are born there. Children will spend their Christmas in slush v snow and filth, amid the ruins of Poland despite all the A. R. C. and other relief organiza tions can do. Austin Cunningham tells us what a youngster In Jerusalem said fo a Red Cross worker: "A forlorn little boy was given a dose of castor oil. With a look of confidence he swal lowed the stuff and sputtered a bit: but even in the act of swallowing murmured 'Thank you. sir.' Can von tn such astonishing grati tude? When the hospital Is completed 'i.'i furnished we exepct to appoint a day for all J. R. C. members to meet and see "our room." As noon as I rweite more buttons, will be clad to furnish to nil members who did not get buttons. Mrs. R. Red f earn. LATEST HAPPENINGS News Events of the Day in the State and Nation. Secret kry Daniels addressed a lares audience in Hickory Wednesday The farmer's union in session yes terday in Greensboro denounced the revaluation act. Senator Overman will niobablv a .- tend the State meeting of the Amer ican lotion Association to be held la Raleigh next Wednesday. A peace time regular amir of 200.- Ooo men and 18,000 officers wag agreed upon Monday bv the Hoiis Military Committee. The secret of the failure of some of the pilots in the recent trans-conti nental air race "can be attributed to too much booze." states Lt. B. W. Maynard. the "Flying Parson." Lt. B. W. Maynard made the flieht from Winston-Saleni to Savannah safely. Immediately on his arrival he delivered an address to men on prohl- oition. Last Saturday the 7.000 acre state farm at Tillery was sold for $520,000. The highest price per acre was $150. save two Kentuckians, all the buyers were North Carolinians. The extraordinary grand jurv be gan in New York Wednesday an in vestigation iiito the prosecution of Gaston B. Means, who was acquitted of the murder of Mrs. Maude Kiuz ia Concord two icars ago. In reply i , Senator Fall's request that the Pi-sideut sever diplomatic relations with .Mexico. Mr. Wilson re plied that he v.ouldd be "gravely con cerned to see any such resolution pass ine congress. Lt. B. W. Maynard has been order ed lo report Monday to Major General -Menoler, director of military aero nautics, to explain his statement wlfn reference to Hie use or alcoholic liq uor by the army air service. Prior to Dec. 1. 1918, 9.571,414 bales of cotton were ginned In this country. This year, according to thu census bureau, S.S33.711 bales have been ginned. The report for North Carolina for this year is 6911,856. The trial of Trueinan H. Newberry, U. S. senator from Michigan, and 17 of his campaign leaders was begun Tuesday in Grand Rapids. The legal battle Is expected to last at least tw-o moiiisM. - - .. ' Will and Charlie Driver will spent the next two years in the At lanta prison for trying to manufac ture a little blockade for Christmas "good cheer." They are Franklin county men and were found guilty Wednesday in Federal court. Floods in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi have caused properly dam age estimated at hundreds of thous ands of dollars and have resulted in Ihe loss of several lives. Miles of railroads hi t lie three states are under water a.iii several smaller cities are i oinpleu'ly i- olaled. Tiie R"p:il.liciin lull ional ciMiiniil tee in session in Washington seleuej Chi cago ii tut June Mil iiii the time and place for the national convention at which the laity's l!)2t' candidate for presiiieni will In' nominated. John M. Morehead of North Carolina was appointed on the policies and plat form committees. At the barbecue In his honor at Fayetteville last Saturday General Pershing ptalsed the corn bread very highly and said he would like to meet the person who made It. "Aunt" Hannah Carnegie, old colored cook, was brought forward and Introduced "Howdy do, General," she exclaimed. "You sholy is lookin' well lo-day." The great soldier replied that he wished he could take "Aunt" Hannah home with him. Charles S. White, next door neigh bor of the Dansey family in Hamilton ton, N. J., has been arrested for the murder of 3-year-old Billy Dansey and Edith Jones, his housekeeper, was implicated. The body of th small boy was found by hunters In a swamp after a nation wide search had been conducted for three weeks. No Information was given out as to the grounds on which warrants were se cured against White and Miss Jones. SUtiAll SLI.I.IXt; FOK 20 CFXTS WiuVslxiiii Jobber, It is Said, Some up at That Price. Sugar is selling for twenty cents a pound at some Monroe stores. The merchants w ho are handling il at t.hia price are not profiteering, as o-ii would 'ppnseat fif.-t thought. They bought t'te sugar from a 'Wad.Vooro jobber, it is said, and his price val so near twenty cents that th' local dealers could not afford to sell ii for . Washington dispach ys suppr at twenty rents a pound next year not more is predicted by the best In formed expert upon the food situa tion in the United Slat's. If lha average price to the consumer next year is only twenty cents ther. the public will pay seven hundred million dollars more for its sugar In 192V than It need to have paid if proper steps had beenk taken in Mnitf to pro tect its Interests. It is tn- late to take such steps. The sugar slnp.tlon Is out of the hands of the adminis tration. All the effotM of the at torney general to stop twenty or twenty-five cent gugar ate like ef forts to gweep back the tea with a broom. A local wholesale house received a small shipment f S'.roi the ether day. and the lot was dii'.-iauted to retailers at prices that allowed them to sell It from twelve and ohe-halt to fifteen cents a !ou id.
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