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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVERYBODY READS IT" -THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVERYBODY NEEDS IT He Monroe jouri PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.23. No. 99. MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1920. 11.50 PER YEAR CASIL LOCAL INTELLIGENCE Latest Happenings In and Around Monroe. There will b box suppers Saturday night at Stalling school house and at Plneview in Vance township. The public is cordially invited. The Wingate farmers' business un ion will meet nevt Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Oysters will be served. and every member is invited to be present. Messrs. J. C. Huneycutt and H. C. Ooylin have opeued a "Wayside Gar age" on. the Monroe and Pageland road near Griffin's .Mill. In addition to doing repair work they will keep a stock of automobile parts. In naming the newly elected direc tors of the Savings, Loan A Trust co.. The Journal erred in mentioning Mr. A. M. Stack Instead of Mr. A. M. Se crest. Mr. R. A. (Morrow should have been included in the list of old di rectors. Mr. Frank Ashcraft was elected su perintendent of the Sunday school of the First Baptist church last Sunday morning, to succeed Mr. J. C. Sikes, who resigned. The late F. B. Ash craft held this position for many years, being active superintendent un til a few weeks before his death. Mr. J. Frank Williams was elected assist ant superintendent. Mr. S. K. Brlgman of Buford town ship suffered a broken leg Wednesday as a result or a rail he received when his mule became frightened near Roughedge. He was in the act of stepping up on the wagon when one nf i lie mules gave a lurch, causing him to I owe his balance. The bone was shattered in several places Juki above the ankle. Amputation may be necessary. Mr. J. Alonzo Dixon, The Journal' correspondent on Indian Trail, route one, writes: 'Miss Lillie Hill Is suffer ing from a painful Injury to one of her eyes, canned the other day by the explosion or a dinatntte cap in an open fire-place. Thnt morning a quan tity or boxes and trash were placed in the fire-place in her home to be burn ed. The cap was in one or these boxes and when It became hot, exploded. The force of the explosion shattered the chimney, and a missle or Borne sort struck Miss Hill In the eye. She is in Charlotte under the care of a specialist." Many Monroe people will be Inter ested to learn that Thomas Brooks Fletcher, who has lectured here on several occasions, is prominently men tioned as a candidate for Governor of Ohio. A dispatch says: "Although spending a great deal of time on the lyceum and Chautauqua platforms, Mr. Fletcher has continued to write the editorial for the Tribune of Marlon, O., or which he Is part owner. Mr. Fletcher has never taken an active Interest in politics, hut his friends are pushing him as the most available candidate." "I'nion couit'y farmers are receiv ing inquiries from oer the state for loiin staple cotton seed," says the Monroe correspondent of the Char ' lolte Observer. "The story published last fall about a local farmer buying a Imi,' of cotton seed ut an old boss express sale, and the seed de eloped an unusually high grade of cotton, some of which sold lor 88 cents a "pound the past sea-non has attracted a -good deal of attention and orders lov this variety of seed are coming In. The quarantine on southern states on account of the boll weevil has cut off the supply and other sections are looking to Union county for seed." Quite a lot of speculation in Bear skin and Iceman Knitting mills stock has been going on In Monroe during the past few days. Holders of Bear skin stock, it is said, have been offer ed a premium of $5 or more par share while Iiceman Knitting Is quoted at $1.02, and not a brick laid on the mill building. The good condition of the Bear skin's property and machinery is the cause of the demand for its stock. In the case of the Iceman mill, the reputation of Mr. Iceman accounts for the Increased value of ita stock. The Icemorlee mill, which was organized by Mr. Iceman, Is said to be the only mill in the South not to have ever failed to pay a dividend. Mr. Iceman is assembling material for his new mill, and construction work will be under way In a very short time. "In a personal letter last week a friend in Union county who has spent much of his life In Texas, where the boll weevil first played havoc, told something of the destructive habits of the Insects," says the Whiteville News-Re porter. "He says that on the lowlands where the cotton grew the rankest the weevils got in their worst work.' On higher lands where the talk never reached more than two or three feet the weevils did little or ho damage and It was the opinion of the writer that farmers In this state who planted cotton on the poorer and dryer lands would not be bothered with the weevil. The Insects were described as about the size of a very mall pea with his head so shaped that He resembled an elephant. He has a little snout with which he punc tures the forming squares and they will fall from the parent plant In about 24 hours thereafter. Eggs are laid in the puncture and squares that have been gathered up and put In glass Jars would hatch the weevils In ten or twelve days thereafter. They increase faster than bees In a hive and do moat of their destructive worR on moonlight nights. They are Idle during the early morning and late evening hours while It Is cool, and during th warm hours of the day they stay in the blossoms to bt ready lor action action at night.? Mrs. Mary J. Byruni died last Wed nesday at her home in North Monroe after a long illness. Funeral exer cises were conducted Thursday at the North Monroe Methodist church by Rev. J. R. aWrren and E. C. Snyder Mrs. Byruni was born in 1&2 and was married first 'to Mr. William Privet t. He died In 1912 and 1915 she became the wife of Mr. S. J. By- rum. Five children survive. Mrs. Uy rum wa sa good woman, loved by many and was a lire long' member of the Methodist church. Mr. W. A. Benton, who has been with Messrs. W. H. Belk k Bro. for many years in charge of their shoe department, has bought au Interest in the Benton store at Hamlet, and will take charge of the shoe business. Mr. Benton has endeared himself to the public by his uniform care, at tention and civility, and Hamlet will gain, as we loose, (The or our best cit izens. It is understood that Mr. Ben ton's family will move from their home on Benton Heights to Hamlef as soon as a house can be secured, but they are very sarce in that town. Mr. James H Griffin, a resident of North Monroe, shot and instantly kill ed himself Sunday morning. For a long time Mr. Griffin had been in ill health and for more than a week had threatened to shoot himself, or if his pistol was taken from him, to jump from the overhead bridge. He became worse early Sunday morning, and while his wife went to a neighbor's to secure help, shot himself. Mr. Grif fin operated a small grocery stoic in North Monroe and was respected by all who knew him. He was about 35 years of ape -and loaves a wife and several smnll children. "JOE" AM "DAISY" ARE TWO VERY INTELLIGENT HORSES Union's Candidate For Congress When The)" Henr the Fire Wliisile (Slottst They Know 'lis Cull to Out) ami No l'ieMire to Pull the Wagon. Monroe's two dapple-grey tire horsed, "joe" and "iai..,' accoruiug to their driver,' Mr. jasper Mat tux, have mot e sense tliuu some human be ing. Though meek, plodding horse wtien ut worn on the streets, the lire alarm turns them into a volcano of anion, and when they are on their way to the bcene of the tire Mr.iat tox says it is all he can do to hold them back. He never dreams of us ing a whip ou them. - So Intelligent are "Joe" and "Dai sy" that they do not even have to be led to the tire-wagon shafts. When the tire whistle begins to blow, both commence stamping Impatiently in their si a I Is, and when Mr. Mattox re leases the chain Plat holds them in, each one promptly walks to Its place under the harness. In a flash Mr. Mat tox releases the harness, which lulls on their backs, automatically fastening securely around their stomachs a..u chests. "Joe" and "Daisy ' hav been in the service four years. The) were bought in St. Louis, Mo., by lo cal stock riea! -re. a id are about half Pert-heron, heir real value is prob ably ai.UOU. Both horse; appear to enjoy a ; swciliig tire ul.'.rms. When the whi. I he blows i he reyes glisten, and the be;; I n to t;Uiver nervously. Afte. (hey are haii. -ssed. they commence caperliv; on the cet.icnt floor, eager to mart on the run. Once outside the nr.-!ioue, ihtir rpeed becomes ter iltic, an J Mr. .Mattox admits it Is r. hard to hold then back when dashing around cor lers. Mr. Mattox Is a good horseman. He keen the feet of "Joo' 'mid "Daisy" weli-.ihod at all times, and takes par ticular pains to keep sharp eofks on their shoes .to prevent them from slipping. If either one sustained a broken leg Mr. Mattox would proba bly grieve more than the animal. Some years ago a Texas cowman advised Mr. Mattox ' to never hit a Horse. "It only makes him worse," he said. He adyocated gentle meth ods when a horse became unruly, claiming a gentle carets on the shoul der would quite him -much sooner than a severe whipping. Mr. Mattox saw the truth In his remarks, and ev er since has abstained from striking a horse, no matter what the provoca tion might he. The readiness of "Joe" and "Dai sy to respond to nre alarms reminu one of the story about an old fire horse sent out from Charlotte some years ago. This norse, tne story goes, after five or six years or service In the lire department, was sold to a drayman. Apparently he had for- gotten his old occupation until one day he heard a fire alarm, and like in the days of old, he raced at a terrific speed in search of the flames. A Hope That Failed. The great ocean liner rolled and pitched. "Henry," faltered the young bride, "do you at ill love me?" MMore than ever, darling," was Henry's fervent answer. Then there was an eloquent silence. "Henry," she gasped, turning her pale, ghastly face away. "I thought that would make me feel better, but It doesn't!" The -Queenslander. (Brisbane, Australia). Booby, Just home from his first visit to the country, was telling the folks of its wonders. "And say, ma," he said, "out on the farm they get milk from cows, and it's Just as good as any." Boston Transcrlp.t It was on maneuvers. "This bridge Is-destroyed." was the sign. The company marched on. "Hey," said the umpire, "this company Is drown ed; this bridge does not exist." 'We're swimming," answered the captain curtly. Mr. 1. V. M. Vaim who Man wle teil by IeiiMirrnls In conven tion, to land the Con gressional nomination for l'u Ion county. His friends believe lie is a reitaln winner. Mr. Ynnn In nevt lo the youngest member or the Monroe bar.. He lias reperfctiiel this county In the liCgMu ture one term. He Is the son of the late J. J. Yann. "A S-ienitt in the Night" What Is resi.ii'.ed as one of the greater. I of present l;y photodiaiud.s comes to the til rand Theatre on Thursday, when Select Pictures lire sent "A Sereum in the Night," by Charles A. Logue. The story is bused on Darwin's the ory tliHt niiin Is eoSv?d f.-oi:i mon key. In his preamble lo the action of (he play, the autor writes: "The grrai gulf iii-.u divides science and re ligion is the origin of man. Instead of the Garden of Eden to the first or the race, science would have us be lieve that some millions of years hko, from such a thing as the ape, there came by the Darwinian theory a creature of reasoning power. Humil ity of intellect stands on one side and pride of intellect on the other, the one bowing to a master of creation, the other scoriing at the divine law." In the latter category stands Pro fessor Silvio, cold mounter of science. Always an apostle of the Darwin the ory, Silvio decides to make himself immortal by proving Darwin right. Under. his Instructions a girl culled Darwa is brought up In the Jungles as his experiment. Time pusses and Darwa is taken lo eiviUatlon, where society nceeVts her as a woman. She becomoR eniriiireil to n -niinv nr(:ln- erat, Robert Hunier, who is receiving tne congratulations or nts mends when S.lvio steps In and announces thai he Is to be congratulated, since his aaubltlou i.t realized. Darwa is u a woman, he declares, bin the re st tt of hHi crossing the species, and therefore, only hall' human. Lotec, mi Indian. Darwa's guarlun In the Ju ii I . affirms Silvio's statements. Then follows n series of coimielllnE dramatic situations culminating in ..llvo'a mimical design to make Dar ya n vl.lini tif Ii i nplnnl ifle thpurv Thrown iti'o a en go, with only bars of wood sepa. iting her from a giant ape, tlmwa hint hul one alieinnl ive I i es cape a thin : worse thnn death. Items From Mmliville Route I. Misses Ruby and Wilma Morgan. who are In school at Wingate, spent the week-end at home. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Griffin of Hamlet have moved Into our- commu nity. We welcome these good people, Mr. Floyd Little and family of the Fountain Hill community, In Anson county, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Meigs. Dr. Bobbitt and Miss "Williams vis ited the Gilboa school one day last week, and pulled teeth for several ant) found a few cases or bad tonsils aud adenoids. Mrs. R. B. Waikins and little daughter, Evelyn, spent last week with Rev. J. C. Meigs or Wake Forest. Mr. G. H. Tadlock has recently re modeled his residence and la prepar ing to put in a modern water system. Mrs. R. J. Godfrey and little son, James, of Charlotte, arrived Sunday to spend some time with Mrs. God frey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Meigs. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Morgan are vis iting their daughters, Mesdames Da vis and Bradford of Badin. Pepsi mist. , . THE NEWS OK MARSH VILLE "I'M IX THE RUE WITH aYKS OFF." SAYS VANX Meeting of Farmers. To the Editor of The Journal: Meetings will be held next week as follows: Marshville. Tuesday; January 27th, at 11 o'clock. In Woodman hall. Monroe, Wednesday, Jan. 28lh. at 11 o'clock, in Chamber of Commerce. Mr. J. A. Arey, Chief of Dairy Ex tension Division, wll be present and address the. meetings. The meeting at 'Marshville will be In the interest of the breeders or Guernsey cattle. The meeting at Mon roe in the Interest or the Jersey breeders. We want to organise breeders' as sociations at each point, and every one Interested In Guernseys should at tend the Marshville meeting. Every one Interested in Jerseys should at tend the meeting at Monroe. It la Important that farmers take steps to Immediately Improve the quality of dairy cattle In the countv. A good dairy cow Is a monv m"er. and will help to All .the gap that the boll weevil la sure to make In a tea years. , - A Stag SupjK'r, ami Several Parties Made it m Social Week. Marshville, Jan. 19. Rev. E. C uue was host at a stag dinner Thursday evening the guests being iiieuioers oi ins church, the Presby terian. and included Messrs. E. E. .viaisn, J. p. .Marsh. B. F. Black. J K. Thomas, Whttener, J. C. Marsh, itnujiiii .uursii aud John Belk. Mis. U. A. Eubunks and baby of Ruiheilordtoii are the guests of the lormcr s parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. Queen .u eu i in. Mr. Yann Marsh Is spending several days here with his parents Rev. and Mrs. A. Marsh. Jiegdames E. H. Moore and J 8. Harrell spent Thursday in Charlotte shopping. Mm. C. R. Haywood has been quite sfck Tor several days with grippe." Messrs. ten and Loyd Green, Mrs. Lo.vd Green and Mrs. W. G. Hearon attended the funeral of Mr. Ed Marsh in Wadesboro Wednesday. Mr. Marsh was their klmiman. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McBrlde of Concord spent the week-end here wuh the formers mother Mrs. W. G. McBrlde. Prior to her marriuge last week Mrs. McBrlde was Miss Llttiker of Concord. Miss Lil Kirk Huggius entertained a number or her friends on Friday afternoon In celebration or her fifth birthday. In spite of tho inclement weather a number of wee tots gath red at the Appointed hour aud made merry with a number of games. The birthday cake of pink and white with live pink candles adorning It was cut and the fate or the small guests was told hy a number or symbols contain ed therein. Delightful refreshments were served which added to the pleas ure of the. occasion, and a number or gilts presented to the hostess with all goodwishes Tor many returns or tne day. Mr. R. C. Newsome is In New York billing goods lor the United Cash Store. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers or Charlotte have moved here to make their home. Mr. Rogers will work with the Marsh ville Motor Company as mechanic. Mr. B. C. Parker has purchased the home or Mr. J. E. Bailey. Mi, and Mrs. Parker will not occupy the house until April. Mr. J. E. Bailey and Mr. John Belk owners or the Belk-Bailey manufac turing plant have sold the plant to i he Ashcraft Brothers who will con tinue the business. Miss Lottie Harrell, of Polkton, spent the week-end with her parents. 'Miss Gladys Long has been confined to bed for several days with grippe. January 16, 1920 will long be re membered by the world in general as the date upon which America made a second declaration of independence this time rrom the reign of alcohol. Again America has the eyes of the world focused upon her watching eagerly the outcome of this great movement, and already from various places afar conies the cry from an awakened people, "Come and help us to do likewise!" So the work of pro hibition has only Just begun. Need less to say the anti-prohibitionist will not soon cease their efforts, but under the present laws, the odor of whis key on a man's breath, or his dealing with In any way will stamp him as of the same moral caliber as those who hid in the woods to dodge the army draft, and he should be, and doubtless will be treated as the traitor Is. Eventually world prohibition will come ' "For right Is right, as God Is God And right the day must win To doubt would be disloyalty, Td falter would be sin." Meeting of White Teachers. There wilt be a meeting of white teachers at the following places Sat urday, January 24. 1920: Monroe Graded School, Marshville Hich School. Waxhaw ?th School and Unlonvl" Huh School. The r""nj will begin at eleven o'clock. The lesson for discussion is the sec ond and seventh chapters of Davis, The Work of (he Teacher. I'iihui County's t'lMigi-evsional ('antli. elate Is Out to imt Hht Ctmnty On the Political Muit. Democrats, hi convention here Sat urday unanimously chose Mr. J. C. M. ann as Union county's candidate lor Cougre. in the coming priuiarv. This action was taken following the retirement of Mr. tt. W. Lemmoud. who has beeu a tentative candidate for several weeks, rrom the race. Ill health in his family forced Mr. Lem mond to give up. as he stated, "a cherished ambition." Mr. J. C. Sikes was chairman of the meeting. Mr. Vann was nominated by Major W. C. Heath, aud his Candida-' cy was endorsed by Mr. R. L. Stevens in nttiug words. In a statement to The Journal. Mr. Vann declares his inieiiiion or waging a cai.ipalgn "with gloves otr." He is not tu:y out to put Union county on the i.u:iiical map, but he is running lo ";et Union county a Congress man. ' His statement, in full, rollows: ' Every voter In Union county who has any loyally for his home ronntv Justly reels that in the matter of chos- ing nominees for anything but countv otiice his county claims have never re ceived the recognition they deserved. tnion county's democratic vote In conventions and primaries has been the eleclsive factor in the nomination of favored sous of other counties. Our time, energy, money and Influ ence have been given without stint in lauding honors and preferment for our sister counties. After we have thus given vital assistance in nomina tions we have consistently elected the nominees by substantial majorities. In some Instances we have done these things with the implied promise, and always with the reasonable expecta tion that in due season the recipients oi our favor would gladly unite with us In nominating some worthy Union county man to state, district or judi cial office. To date, the only general stale-wide political distinction which has been conferred on us is the well- earned possession of a silk banner presented lo Union county for casting the largest percentage of her demo cratic vole or any county or the hun dred in North Carolina. "The saying to the effect that vir tue is its own reward was not coined by a man who had watched politics. That Baying Is poor consolation to a county whose political ambitions hitve been continually postponed. Our neighbor do not proceed on such al truistic theories. They would profit by our labors aud pay us w ith henrty commendations tor faithful perform ance of duty. Union county's posse? sionoflhe banner is an honorable dec oration for services well performed, but it Is none the less a recognition of a debt of honor by the democracy of this- Slate and district. "The Inherent justice of our clni.ns, however, does not mean that they will be recognized without effort on our part. Oilier counties and other can didates are busy moulding public sen timent In their own favor. They have an art In which we have In the past been detlciept. They unite on a can didate, and. burying all personal dif ferences, unite in a common determin ed effort to put him over not for'the sake or the candidate but Tor tho pres tige of the county. We have never done thai. Until we do that, the gar den seed our congressman sends us will not bear a Union county name. "If Union county,' solidly and loy ally, with a determination to win, keeps the fact that Union V county wants a congressman before her, she will not be disappointed. And unless Union county's nominee receives the practical, active, aggressive co-operation of the Individual democrats, the verdict after the primary will be: "Well, that Union county man ran a lot better than I thought he would." "I'm in it with gloves off. I am doing and will continue to do my lev el best. IT I am not nominated, but with the help of a part of Union county's democracy make a commend able showing for my county and thus put my county on the political map cs a solid unit capable of enforcing the recognition to which her qualities en title her. I will not count the effort In vain. But I'm running for more than that. I'm running to get Union coun ty a congressman, with the solid back ing of the biggest democratic county in the district to start on. "It Is hardly necessary to say that I appreciate the endorsement given me. I accepted the honor with grati tude, but the personal satisfaction was and Is to a large extent dominated by a sense of the responsibility to my county which has been placed on me. I .am rising to the responsibility with eoiy ounce of energy and determina tion I've got, and I'll promise you that I'll do my best to merit your confidence and support." Mr. Vann is a son of the late J. J. Vann, who. In his day. was one of the leading lights or the Monroe bar. Fol lowing In the steps or his illustrious rather, Mr. Vann studied law at the University, and received his license to practice in 1910. He Is now a mem ber of the law firm of Maness, Arm field A Vann. Mr. Vann has repre sented Union county in the General Assembly, and for years served as chairman of the Democratic Execu tive Committee. Ever 'Inc" the adjournment of the convention Mr. Vann has been work Ing nlaht and day, and the Initiative b li displaying has convinced some of the most skeptical that Union county Democrats, by lining up solid for him, can land the nomination. A Christian Is God Almighty's gen tleman. Hare. LATEST HAPPENINGS News Events of the Day in the State and Nation. Mrs. Ada Lee Stanley of Guilford county has accepted the pastorate of the Friends church in Winston-Salem. Eiuht cases of small noi have ban located In Rocky Mount and several persons ufrtiemi are In the last stair a of the disease. In a fit Of desoondenrv induced hr a defective mind, Mrs. Lloyd Hall, of Kaleigh. tired a Pistol bullet thrnuah her breast and died shortly afterward. The executive committee of the North Carolina Good Roads Associa tion has decided to hold the next an nual convention in Asheville in Jane. Judge Charles iM. Cook, former Secretary of State, speaker or the House or Konresentai ives nf V firth Carolina and for lateen years judge of the State Superior Court died Fri day at his home in Louisburg. The lYar Department Saturday asked Congress to authorize expendi ture oi Ild.6Sn.625 for the purchase or airplanes and motors. Work un der the expenditures would be so allocated as to roster and promote tie aviation -Industry. Premier Clemenceail or France, haa withdrawn as a candidate for Presi dent of the French Republic in favor of President Poincalre. This will probably mean the "Titers" with. drawal rrom public life entirely. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Delbane and their two sou.t or New York City are dead as the result or eating spoiled olives. Their daughter is in a hos pital suffering from the same poison. Work has started on the erection of a twenty-four room annex to the Charlotte Sanitarium, making the ca pacity or tne hospital seventy-five beds. A young woman. Miss Helpn Wise of Virginia, dressed in an army uni form. Is registering in hotels over the South and leaving post haste without settling her board bills. In Charlotte she escaped arrest by telling she was a French avlatress. The Birmingham, Ala., school teachers are organized under the name of the Federation of Teachers and have affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. They demand 11,500 a year as a minimum salary and $1,750 as a maximum. The U. S. Army transport Powha tan, with 500 passengers on board was reported yesterday to be in peril 700 miles east of New Y'ork. Two steamers were near her and it was thought the transport would make port all right. Maude Powell, unquestionably the foremost woman violinist of her time, died last Tuesday at her home In New York City at the age of fifty two. She had been playing in public for forty years and studied with the vorld's most fatuous violinists. Flva Socialists In the lower branch of the New York Stale Legislature were denied their neat last week by a resolution of that body. The action was based on their questioned loyalty to the government and the best In terest of the United States and the State of New York. Churchill! Godley, Johnston county white man, was electrocuted Friday in Raleigh for the criminal assault on a nine-year-old girl eight months ago. More persons were present than ever before at an electrocution. God ley denied his guilt to the end and the case has been a most spectacular one. The British freighter, Yarmouth, which left New York Friday for Ha vana with a cargo of liquor reported yesterday In radio messages that she was sinking. The cargo Is valued tt $2,0(Mi.000 and left New Y'ork with a heavy list owing to the haste with which she was loaded In an effort to leave before prohibition became ef fective. The tailor shop of President An drew Johnson of Greenville, Tenn., one of the historic structures of Tennessee, Is to be moved to the courthouse grounds there, and the lof on which It has stood for the past three generations is to be used for building purposes. While working as a tailor In Greenville, Johnson's young wife taught him to read. His old home at Greenville, now occu pied by his grandson, Andrew John son Patterson, Is also advertised for sale. Iloneviy, In His t'm, Received No Reward, Says RutOitl Man. Mr. Jim Hlchai-dson, a young man of Ti loril townh',i, is convinced hon esty, fo far ns o nward apeparances count, doer, not always pay. Several months av'i vhon there was sickness in the familv of a neighbor, Mr. Tom Cugle, and an operation was thought nee. sary, )-. curried a petition around, and collected nearly $50 to defray the hospital expenses. A trip to Charloue revealed that an opera tion was not necessary, and .Mr. Ca gle, not needing the money for the purpose for which It was given, turn ed it back to Mr. Richardson. He Im mediately began refunding It to those who had responded to his appeal. Now same of the people are accusing him or dishonesty, and he requested The Journal to make the above facts public. He has some money given by Monroe people, who signed "Cash" to the petition, which he wants to re turn. Those who contributed In this manner will confer a favor to Mr. Richardson by communicating to hint their names and addresses.