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The Monroe Journ a
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOL.23. No. 102.
MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE eiwixk regained
Latest Happenings In and e h Fighting chance fi i.ir. u
Around Monroe.
Born to Mr. aud Mrs. A. L. Helder
niau. a daughter.
Prof. Ray Funderburk was called
to Raleigh yesterday to confer with
the Department of Education.
Rev. J. W. Melton will preach at
Midway next Sunday at three o'clock.
The public Is cordially Invited.
Rev. R. M. Haigler will not nil hit
appointment at Macedonia church
Saturday and Sunday ou account of
sickness.
There will be another meeting at
the Chamber of Commerce rooms
Tuesday niKht at 7:30 in the Interest
of a base ball association for Monroe.
Mr. E. Z. Sell .who has been with
the Texas Oil Co. for a long time, has
accepted a position with the Monroe
Co-ca-Cola Company.
For several days past spot cotton
has been steady at 40 to 42 cents.
Bayers say the staple is still moving
' to (Monroe at the rate of fifty bales
a day.
Fire was discovered In the Bear
skin mill early yesterday afternoon,
but employees extinguished the flame
before the firemen arrived on the
scene.
Mr. Randolph Redfearn received a
bad cut on the head yesterday when
he was struck by a piece of timber at
the lot on McCauley Heights, where
he is having a new house erected. The
Injury did not prove serious.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Caldwell, who
, have been living at Kannapolis. have
' bought a tobacco farm in Moore coun
ty and have moved there. Mrs. Cald
well is a daughter of Mr. L. L. Flnch
er of Uuford township.
The box supper announced to be
held at the l'arker school house last
Tuesday night was postponed until
next Tuesday night. February 3. The
public Is cordially Invited. Proceeds
po to school Improvement fund.
The quarterly meeting of the Rap-
list Woman's Missionary Society,
scheduled to be held at Shiloh Baptist
church ou Wednesday, Feb. 14, has
been postponed on account of influ
enza in Marshville and Wlngate.whefe
many of the members live.
Carl Fisher, ex-service mm. may
be able to go back to li !-t parent iu
Ohio if he complies with the terms of
Judne W. O. Lemmond'.i decision In
the Recorder's court today. He mv.r
sentenced to eighteen moni')3 on the
road, but this verdict may be str'tken
out within ten days on the payment of
costs and all expenses Incidental to
the case bv the defendant. Nothing
was said In the Judgment about him
remaining with his wife, whom he
married while he was a soldier at
Camp Greene.
Mrs. X. J. Lee, a former resident of
Monroe. ded Thursday ariernoon at
her home in Charlotte at the ace of
62 years. She h id been In declining
health for a number of years. She Is
survived by five sons, Messrs. Andrew
I,ee of Monroe; Cad, Sam and Robert
Lee of Charlotte; and Walker Lee of
Atlanta. Funeral services were held
this morning, and the body will be In
terred In the Rock Hill cemetery be
side her husband. Mrs. Lee was a fine
woman. While in Monroe she lived
on West Crowell street. Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Lee attended the funeral.
Major W. C. Heath received the fol
lowing telegram today at noon from
Mr. R. B. Redwlne, Sr.. who Is at the
bedside of his son, Robert Redwlne.
who attempted to commit suicide
Tuesday night In Baltimore: "Kob
ert apparently In good shape. Ten
days danger, which Indicate that
he Is holding his own." Major
Heath has been In communica
tion with hospital authorities since he
learned of the tragedy. He learned
yesterday over long distance tele
phone that young Redwlne had re
gained consciousness.
Members of the defunct Mill Grove
camp, pending the result of a similar
case in the Missouri court, will hold
in abeyance their application for an
order from Union county superior
court to restrain the Woodmen of the
World council from Increasing Insur
ance premiums. Judge W. O. Lem
mond represents about seventy-five of
the members of this camp, which was
dissolved when it became known that
an Increase In rates hod been made.
Woodmen all over the country are
aroused over the action of the council,
and litigation has been started in
nearb- all of the courts In this coun
trv. The Mill Grove camp has sold its
hall and furnishings.
Lester Home, eighteen-year-old
Jitney driver, Is being given a prelim
inary hearing In the Recorder's court
this afternoon on the charge of hav
ing criminally assaulted a thirteen or
fourteen-year-old girl of Benton
Hetghts. The alleged sssault occur
red Wednesday afternoon 71. filrl,
it Is said, was approached by Home
at, he was crossing the trM-40 ever
Bear Skin creek on her wav home
f'em up town, where she did some
shopping for her mother. She tried
to eVade him, it ia said, but the boy
CAUght her by the shoulders Her
creams attrac.el the at'.e.).'loi of a
passer-by, who rescued hjr from the
clutches of the boy.
It Believed. Though Condition Is
Serious,
Mr. Robert B. Redwine. Jr., who at
tempted suicide in a Baltimore hotel
Tuesday night by taking bichloride of
mercury tablets, has regained consci
ousness; and, it is believed, ha now
has at least a fighting chance for life.
His condition, however, is acute.
News of the tragedy was conveyed
in the following Baltimore dispatch
to the Raleigh News Observer:
After writing a lengthy letter to
friend in which he declared a girl had
brought about his downfall. Robert B.
Redwine, Jr., 20 years old, of Monroe,
swallowed six bichloride of mercury
tablets in his room at the hotel Joyce
early today. He was taken to Unt
versity hospital, where physicians say
his condition is critical.
Redwine would give no information
about himself or the motive for his
act either to the physicians or police.
The only explanation was found in the
letter which apparently had been
written after he took the poison. It
was directed to Major W. C. Heath, at
Monroe. After declaring that the Ma
jor had always been a good friend to
his men and all who knew him. Red
wlne expressed sorrow at the thought
of the grief and pain he would bring
to his parents by ending his life, but
declared that there was nothing else
for him to do.
"She has ruined me." he said then.
"I tried to get away, but I couldn't. I
can't stand It any longer." Redwlne
then asks Major Heath to notify a
girl in Clarksburg. W. Va., whom he
was to have married iu a few months,
of his death, and also to notify his pa
rents. When Redwine was found he
was in great pain and was sent at once
to the hospital. It is feared there
that the poison has obtained a firm
grip on his system.
Nothing has so stirred Hip people
of Monroe in years as this rnlortun
ate occurrence. Friends of the young
man. who are numbered by the hun
dreds, deplore the tragedy, and ex
pressions of regret are hearl on ali
sides. Robert Redwlne is a manly,
active young man. and no one suppos
ed for a moment that he had cam,o to
be despondent. His father. Mr. U. B.
Redwine, Sr.. Is at his bedside In (be
Baltimore hospital.
MRS. M. I. MYERS IIF.I THIS
AFTERNOON AT OXE-TH1HTY
lail llecn In Falling Henlth For Some
Time Wit 70 Years of Age Fu
neral Will lie Conducted Tomorrow
at One-Thirty.
Mrs. Elizabeth Myers died this af
ternoon at one-thirty ul lie;' Hoi'.t'
on Hayne street. Her .loath was
not unexpected us she had been in
failing health for some time, a,i I
since the death of her daughter, Mrs.
J. C. Smith, had gradually grown
weaker. She was 79 years of a;;e.
She wa.i tl.j daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. King Ti mons and was born In
1841 near Pajclanu. s. C. She con
tinued to rest-. in soutn Carolina u.
til several ye is after her nianla.t
to Mr. M. D. I.. vers, when they moveu
o Mouioe. Jr. Myers died in 1908
Mrs. My "is Is survived by two chil
dren. .ns. Lydia Myers and Mr.
Brooks Myers.
Mrs. Myers wrs a life long member
of the Lnptist church, attending ser
vices regularly as long as her health
would permit. Sh was a woman of
splendid strength t,f character and
singular purity of t.:lnd. and held the
respect and love of a great number or
friends.
Rev. John A. Wray will conduct
the funeral services ftom the home
tomorrow afternoon at 1:30, and the
body will be Interred in the cemetery
here.
MAXY MARoHYILI.E PK.OPI.K
AUK IU. WITH INFLUENZA
The Dreiufol Disease Again Apt tear.
Though In .Mild Firm Even Ev
crt HouKrwIve Couldn't Ousllfy,
Marshville. Jan. 28. The flu has
decended upon the city in full force.
At the present rate of progress Marsh
ville will be through with the epidem
Ic In a few weeks, as every one will
likuly have it by the end of the week
and can then begin to get better, and
in another week or two will probably
have forgotten all about It. It seems
to be in very mild form, Mr. Gus
Smith having about the worst case.
Mr. J. T. Garland and his entire fanv
Ily and his sister. Miss Helen Garland
are all confined to their beds with
something like flu. A number of
school children have developed It in
the last day or so. It has not been
announced yet whether the school will
be suspended or not. Among the
latest caes reported besides the ones
mentioned are Mrs. Braswell. two
children of Mr. John Hallman. Mr. E
C. Griffin and one child and Tom Bat
ley. Mrs. B. A. Hallman has a case
of old-fashioned grippe.
Mr. James P. Marsh returned from
Raleifeh Monday night after spending
several days with his cister, Mrs,
C. Little.
Mr. C. L. Bowman will be associat
ed this year with the Marsh-Bowman
Co. here. Mr. Bowman was formerly
with the Heath-Morrow Co
Mr. Kemp Armfleld. traveling sales
man from Norfolk, Is visiting his pa
rents. Dr. and Mrs. R. Arnifield
Announcement has been received
here of the marriage of Dr. M. Guy
Edwards of Asheboro and Miss Grace
Parlln of Wilkesboro. Dr. Edwards
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ed
wards of 'Marshville township. He ts
a veterinarian receiving his education
In Kansas City, and has been ver.
successful in his practice.
Miss Marv McBride has returne
from Concord where she has bcoi in
the employ of Kflrd Bros, as saleslady
nnd is with her mother, jire.w.u
McBride.
Miss Edna Burns will shortly go to
Charlotte to resume stenograpluc
wnric for Uttle-LotiK Company.
Mrs. W. G. Hearon entertained the
rtnok Club Wednesdav afternoon at
the reeular meeting. Sit'ce the guests
nresent were all housekeepers tneir
knowledge of the art of cooking was
tested bv a display of ten time uoxes
containing cooking Ingredients In U3e
every day. Wilho .1 wing aiiuwc
44e MJUrt-vma!L.-Jbin. tfhe
UNION COUNTY ASKED TO
ADOPT ARMENIAN ORPHANS
Mis. I4ney Heads Cautialgii to Se
cure Food and Succor for Thirty
Three Homeless Children.
In response to the appeal for food
and clothing and a chance to live, the
people of Union county have been ask
ed to adopt 33 homeless Armenian or-
ohans who are today facing death in
a land where hopeless natives know
nothing but sorrow. Beginning Sun
day, February 1, a campaign of relief
will be waged in the county under tne
direction of Mrs. J. F. Laney as chair
man of the drive. The campaign will
run three weeks. .
It is not a war fund that the people
of this county are being asked to
raise. It is only an act for humani
ty's sake. Nearly 300,000 naked and
starving boys and girls are weeping
and willing for a chance to live. They
are homeless and parent less. They
are suffering because their parents
were murdered and their comforts of
home destroyed yes. all because the
Armenians would not discard their
Christian faith for thnt of the cruel
and barbarous Turks.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Sunday. February 1. Septuagesima
service of the Holy Communion, with
sermon at 1 1 o'clock.
Sunday school at 2:30; C. Herndon
Hasty, superintendent.
Men's Bib'e class at 3:.0; J. J.
Parker, barter.
Evening prayer and sermon at 7
o'clock.
A college student who had been
working on his uncle's farm during
the summer returned to his studies.
"Where's Hennery this morning?"
asked Bill, the hired man.
"Gone back to school," said Henry's
uncle.
"Didn't he go to school when he
was a boy?" inquired Bill with aston
ishment. The farmer then gave a detailed
account of the student's progress
beginning with grade school and end
ing with the university.
Bill stood open-mouthed. "Gawd!"
he exclaimed. "What reader's he In?"
Enests were asued to name them cor
rectlv. It seems even the most ex-
nert cooks present checked up fx
ceedlngly short. After this the guests
were Invited Into a darKenea roo.n
snd asked to identify by touch alone
icn articles. A kid glove which nan
been sonked in Ire water and stuffed.
verv nearly caused hysterics among
the truest until the light was reached
Mrs. M. P. Blair won the prize a pair
of knitting needles. A salad course
-as served.
'.UK Kit ROOM FOR GOV
ERNOR GROWING RAPIDLY
His Ft lends Are Very Active Over the
State, iiikI Ills Chance of Copping
Cie Nomination l,ook Good.
The "Jaw n" Parker boom for Gov
ernor on the Republican ticket is
growing, tnd reports from over the
state indicato a decided trend of Re
publican sentiment towards the Mon
roe man. Only the other day a writ
er. In the Greensboro News, after
making mention of the opening of Re
publican campaign headquarters In
Greensboro, had this to say of Union
county's promising young lawyer:
"tint this Rtorv had to do urlnclDal
ly with Republican affairs, and In this
connection it is interesting to observe
that friends of J. J. Parker, of Mon
roe, are becoming very active in be
half of the latter as a probable candi
date for the governorship. For ex
ample, one of the letters being sent
broadcast over the state contains this
statement as to Mr. Parker.
. ..We were j,oys together at the un
Iversity and I feel that I know him as
well as I have ever known any other
man and there is no doubt In my mind
that he Is the logical man for the
Republican party to nominate at this
time fqr governor. As a business man
and lawyer he commands the conn-
dencc of all who know him." Other
highly complimentary references .o
Mr. Parker follow. "I am writing you
as one of the leaders of the party in
the state." continues the letter, "to
ask that you take up this mattet with
your committee, and If you think well
to do so. have them indorse Mr. Park
er in your county convention and take
such other action as will mean nis
nomination when the convention
meets March 3." '
To Federal Income Tax Payers.
Individaul Income tax forms have
been received.
I will be at my office In civil service
room at postoffice building in Mon
roe to assist any Individual taxpayer
to make his return on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays be
tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 4
m.
Will be in Marshville on Mondays,
and Waxhaw on Tuesdays, to assist
taxpayers with their returns.
The Federal Government requires
a single man to make this return If
his Income is over $1000.00 per year.
Also requires a married man to make
the return if his Income ts over $2,
000 per year, even though his exemp
tions are greater than his Income, he
Is required to make the return.
The taxpayers have until March 15
to get the returns inr -Geo. D. Mar
tin, Deputy Collector.
NATIVE OF UNION" COUNTY"
NOW HEAD OF THE TREASURY
DaiM Fmiildiii Houston Is Transfer
rail From Agriculture IHwt In the
Cabinet.
A I nion county man. David
r rankliu Houston, who was born in
the old Gloucester hotel, is now at
tne head of the largest financial con
cern In the world the United States
Treasury department, his nomination
to that Important post having already-
been confirmed by the Senate. He
is succeeded as secretary of agricul
ture oy f.dward T. Meredith, a news
paper editor.
David Lawrence, writing of Mr.
Houston's elevation in the Greensboro
News, says:
"Mr. Houston, while exceedingly ca
pable and spoken of by Mr. Wilson as
tne nest equipped man in the cabinet
to become president of the United
Mates, has not been particularly 1m
pressive with the farmers. He h
had none of the personal contact or
magnetism of "tama" Jim Wilson
secretary of agriculture for nearly
fourteen years under Republican ad
ministrations. And far from being
fond of the agriculture post, Mr.
Houston has really had a hankering
after matters nlnanclal. Indeed, he
is a Versatile person, a sort of general
utility man. When Mr. Bryan re
signed, the President considered ap
pointing him secretary of state. He
has also had him under consideration
for secretary of the interior in the
event that Mr. Lane was elected for
some other position In the cabinet.
"But Secretary Houston isn't
vote-getter. His abilities are of much
more use to the administration in the
treasury than the agricultural depart
ment for he has found views on econ
omics and can steer an even keel.
will be remembered that the tariff
policy of the present administration
at least that part of it which was crlt
icised as a reversal of Democratic doc
trine because the principle of protec
tion for dyest tiffs and other Infant in
dustries was admitted, came from the
pen of Secretary Houston. He stood
like a rock in the cabinet, immovable
against the pacifist ic views of William
Jennings Bryan in the Lusitania con
troversy and has always been consid
ered by newspaper correspondents
hereabouts as one of the "men of ac
tion" In the cabinet."
UNION COUNTY'S COTTON
DROUGHT ABOUT $7,000,000
The Yenr tDltt Was Especially Favor
able For Us In Many Ways Bank
Resources Over I.(MMI,(MM.
By G. L. NISBET
Secretary Chamber of Commerce
Union county business men both in
the towns and one the farms have
started out this year with the deter
initiation to make nineteen hundred
aud twenty a belter year for business
than 191 6 was. A brief su miliary of
the success of last year will serve to
snow mat tney nave a Dig contract
ahead to make good ou this deternii
nal ion.
The government gi liners report
shows that up to January 1 there were
ginned of the 1919 cotton crop In this
county 28.82S bales of cotton, putting
I nion county in fifth place in the
Stale in cotton production. Anson
county is less than a thousand bales
ahead of Union and local cotton men
believe that there Is enough cotton in
this county not ginned to put Union
in fourth place by the time for the
next report. This cotton brought the
farmers of the comity In round figures
$7,000,000, about a million and three
quarters In excess of the 1918 crop.
The corn crop fell short of the previ
ous year on account of adverse weath
er conditions, but the value of the
corn and forage crops was as great
because of increased prices.
During the year there were Import
ed Into the county about fifty bead of
registered cattle, bringing the total
up to more than a hundred. There are
at present fifty odd breeders of pure
bred cattle In the county. Five years
ago thre were not more than half a
dozen. Fifteen flock of sheep were
started during the past year. County
Agent Broom has in hand orders for
$1500 worth of Lespedeza seed, and
farmers are buying fencing and pre
paring to Increase the pasturage. This
means additional pure bred cattle and
also Improved soil conditions.
Dates have already been arranged
for organizing two pure-bred cattle
associations In the county, a Guernsey
association being planned for the east
ern part of the county nnd a Jersey as
sociation for the western part.
There were bought by farmers in
his county during the past year sixty-
five or seventy tractors, which are be-
ug used to meet the labor shortage.
Thene tractors have enabled the farm
ers also to take'eontracts for scraping
and building roads In their neighbor
hoods and have been of great value in
this respect. Other Improved farm
machinery has been liberally bought
lso.
The county last spring adopted a
new road law authorizing the Issue of
half a million dollars In bonds for
roads and bridges in the county, and
this was done without any contest be-
ng made on It. A good part of these
bonds have been Issued and contracts
let for many miles of Improved road
ways. Three years ago the rarmer
with an automobile was the except
ion: now the fellow without ono Is
he exception, and almost every farm
house with a bunch of outbuildlt'h)
round It has a garage amow? them.
Perhaps, though, the most reliable
lnH"- to th prosperity and Increased
ealth of the county Is found In the
remarkable Increase In bank dppoell.1
nd resources of the seven ba"ks In
THREE Ml RDKK DEFENDANTS
SUBMIT TO MANSLAUGHTER
Mr. Wler Was Given One Year Mar
shall One Year, aud WillLun Four
Year All Hired Out.
A precedent in Union county court
circles was set this week when three
murder cases were disposed of in Su
perior court without trial by Jury. The
defendants. W. A. Weir of Waxhaw
Ralph illiams. colored, of Marsh
ville township; and Joe Marshall, col
ored, of Goose Creek township: all
suomitted to manslaughter.
Mr. Weir was sentenced to Jail for
one year, but the county commission
ers were given authority to hire him
out to someone for the length of his
sentence. He was also ordered to Dav
tne widow of Martin Crawford, color
ed. the man whom he killed. $1750
and all of the court costs. Ralph Wil
Hams, who killed a small boy by-
breaking his neck with a blow from a
shot gun. was given four years in the
penitentiary, but he was later hired
out to Deputy Sheriff Clifford Fowler
to perform the duties of janitor for
the court house and jail for the dura
tion of his sentence.
Joe Marshall, old-time slave dar
key, received a sentence of one year
in jail, and was ordered to pay the
widow of John Caddy, whom he Bhot
$1200. The county commissi )nei
can hire him out.
CA1T. HARUIS HEADS OIL CO.
Former Monroe M.m Relieves There
Is Oil in North Carolina.
Capl. H. W. Hargis, well-known
Seaboard conductor, who made his
home in Monroe for a number o
years, is president of the North State
Oil, Gas and Mineral Company.
organization tormed to make a geo
logical survey of certain parts o
North Carolina In the hope of discov
ering oil. Home offices of the com
pany are in Charlotte. In speuklng
or the venture, Capt. Hargis says:
Dating ten years aco I was in
Oklahoma when oil was found. Hav
ing relatives there who made for
tunes In oil, I naturally became In
terested, and have made periodical
visits there ever since. Something
more than a year ago I covered i
certain part of the State that show
ed indications of oil accumulation. To
better strengthen such evidence, I
spent the month of June in the oil
fields iu Oklahoma. Making trips
over the fields, not I tie carefully the
sfrala."and gerterarTornfa'tfon where
oil is found, and saw the geologists
making oil surveys. On my return
I covered the territory I had previ
ously been over In this State, and was
satisfied that my find pointed strong
to great possibilities.
"Therefore, the lda originated
with mo to organize a company on
such a plan that If our efforts were
not successful, the loss to each stock
holder would practically be Insignl
flcant, and If this enterprise develops
nto what we hope for. It will be the
greatest boom we ever knew. The
services of Dr. Frederick G. Clanp
have been secured. He Is said to be
one of the best geologists In the Unit
ed States. His fee Is one hundred per
day and his expenses. It will not be
necessary to use him more than thirty-
days to complete the survey. When
survey Is completed we will not hnve
spent more than one-fourth of our
capital stock, it may be less."
s Presbyterian Cliui-cli,
A cordial Invitation is given to at
tend the services at this church.
'Ye that stand in the house of the
Lord, in the courts of the house of
our God. Praise the Lord, for the
Lord is good: Sing praises unto His
name.
11a. m.. Worship, and address by-
Rev. O. S. Buschgen.
3:30 p. m., Sunday school.
4:30, p. m., Evening service.
The above services will be under
the control of Dr. Buschgen, In the
Interest of sohoola and colleges with
in our Synod, and will be of great in
terest. If we can attend we will, If we
are Interested. If we are not Inter
ested, the reason for attending Is
greater. Come! Reporter.
the county. The compart. Ia Mate-
ment here presented will give a fairly
accurate idea of the Inrreaw of vealih
in the county during the ;. tar. 1,- must
be remembered, however, t'-at the In
crease In money held in ilie no-vets of
its owners ts as great at th.it of the
bank depositors. Whilis most of Un
ion county's farmers depos1! ir banl;u
a large number do not.
Taking the itateineiil prepare4, by
he banks under date of December 21.
1918, we find that the resource.! of
he seven banks totaled $2.7y4.iiP!i.-
3, while the money -m i;oslt
amounted to $1,968. 3 5''. 01 The
statements of December .'I, 1!1P,
how resources of $4.5!J..',.n,23 and
deposits of $3,658,053.02. an incrt.ift;
of approximately two million dollars.
n addition to this there Is more co-
ton In the county to be marketed than
there was a year ago, and It Is t. safe
prediction that it will bring a higher
price.
As an evidence that this larger
wealth Is bringing also a larger Vin
ton of responsibility, the county has
Ighty-flve special tax school dl.uricu
with elections scheduled in seven 1 of
the remaining fifteen districts. There
r soveral handsome country church
buildings In course of erection in the
county. The crowning evidence Is the
hole time health officer and nurse
service recently adopted by the coun
ty, and the clinic to be held next
month at which the school children of
the county will have needed surgical
work done on tonsils, adenoids, etc.
LATEST HAPPENINGS
News Events of the Day ia
the State and Nation.
With electric wires down and every
telephone line out of commission, An
derson, S. C. was for three days com
pletely isolated. It was also without
local newspapers, trolley service and
uioior H)wer lor driving practically
every industry, enforced by the heavi
est foriuatiou of ice in the history of
that section.
Riley E. Herrington of Macon. Ga..
is Iu jail charged with the killing of
his wile aud Charles Howze. whom ht '
found at his home. Four shots enter
ed the body of Mrs. Herrington, who.
it is said, was married at the age of
thirteen.
The Wyoming legislature In extra
session has ratified the woman's suf
frage amendment. The house cf rep
levin lives of the Virginia assembly
has voted to submit the amendment to
a referendum. In case the senate ap
proves the action the people of Vir
ginia will have an opportunity to vot
on the question. The North Carolina
Equal Suffrage League is in session at
the O. Henry hotel in Greensboro with
300 delegates.
The trustees of the University of
Nonh Carolina voted Tuesday- after
noon to increase ihe pay of full pro
fessors $350 per year and assistant
professors .'230 per year, and instruc
tors 10 per cont. A chair of sociology
for Instruct inn In public welfare work
was eslabl!'-Vil.
The di.sa'.rl U. S. transport Pow
hatan reach.nl the Halifax port Tues
day inoniin ; ending a ten-day battle
w-ith Incessant storms under extreme
conditions of hardship.
Under the revaluation act. two
hundred thousand acres of land In
North Carolina enough to form two
large counties have been placed on
tax books that were never there be
fore and have been (axed. The State
will get the taxes on this land which
is valued at a fair market price.
Peter B. Stefans. a Brooklyn. N.
V. bootblack, makes two hundred and
twenty-five dollars a week shining
shoes, according to his wife, Mrs.
Stefans, who entered suit for a sep
aration on the grounds of cruel and
inhuman treatment. She was grant
ed fifty dollars a week alimony.
Internal revenue collector of Chi
cago states that former saloon-keepers
and bar-tenders of Chicago are
departing for Cuba ut ihn rate nf
three hundreH a day, - . -
Six people were burneu to death
Sunday when flames riesfrcved the
home of T. H. Duggar near Lawrence-
vtlle, a. Bones of Tom Din'el. his
wife and four children were found
Monday and buried together. Onlv
the aged grandmother and one thirt
een-year-old girl escaped. Thn origin
of the fire Is a mystery.
The Lumberton graded schools
have been closed on account of the
appearance of two cases of spinal
meningitis among pupils of the sec
ond grade.
Gatewood Small, who lives near
Lumberton, spent several months In
the army and returned home to !?
shot by his brother. The shooting
was accidental and did not prove
serious. The gun was accidentally
fired while the Small brothers were
bird hunting and the load struck Mr.
Small in the legs, more than thirty
shots taking effect.
Jeff Davis, acknowledged "king of
hoboes" Wednesday lent his services
to the New York City Health Com
missioner in an effort to help stamp
out the epidemic of Influenza. Ac
companied hy a health department
inspector, he made a tour Of the.
cheap lodging houses along the low
er East Side and the Bowery and ad
monished the guests to obey the anti-
spitting ordinances and other precau
tions set up by the health depart
ment as a preventative of the disease.
"Use lots of soap and water and you
won't get the flu," the assembled
lodgers were told by the "king."
The bill prohibiting smoking In pub
lic eating places In South Carolina,
which passed the Senate last week,
was killed In the House Wednesday
without a single voice raised in de
fense of the measure.
Dr. G. W. Locklear, Indian, of Pem
broke. Robeson county, must leave
the State In order to live with the
white woman whom he married In
Atlanta. His wife is the daughter of
a prominent Atlanta lawyer who at
tended the trial In Lumberton ana
plead In LockleBr's behalf. The laws
of North Carolina do not permit the
nterniarriage of races.
Th Illinois Women's Fair Price
Commission, which distributed twenty-five
thon?and blank complaint
cards, received only ten replies from
women who believed they were vie-
litis of profile -.a. Twenty cards
bearing vague information and
charges were re; timed to the United
States District Attorney's office. One
card carrl long complaint about
he price cf Ivmrning birds and an
other protect "d against the profiteer
ing in skunks.
Invest ieatlon bv the United States
Department of Justice has disclosed
that thousands of tons of potatoes
are held at Yakima. Wash., and at
oolnts near Seattle by growers who
are waiting for higher prices.
Notice to Teachers.
If there is any teacher who an vet
has not received a copy of the pro
gram for Memorial Day exercises to
be held In the schools In Union coun
ty February 6. a copy mar be secured
at the Office of the County Superin
tendent. Lome or droD a card to the
Superintendent and a copv will bs
sent at once. RAY FUNDERBURK.
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