rrt;n r r.w.r
the moxhoe journal. Trrsnir. atoil . t2.
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We Offer
Our Customers
The Services of a MoJren anj Progressive Bank. Their ne,ds
are always considered thoroughly by our officers. We are-alwas
plad to extend accommodations on us liberal terms as the rules of
Modern banking wll penult.
W e solicit the checking accounts of Firms and Individuals.
litis liaiik Inn't trying to make immey OUT of its customer,
tint Iti make money WITH Ihem.
THE
FannersSMereiianis BonK
The Hank That Backs the Farmer.
M. K. Lee, Pies. C. B. Adams, Vice-Pres.
II. K. Lee, Cashier.
number of my friends look roe lo task from Hie fann to the mill: the cotton
ou my views and uol having auy data, i broker's romn. s.ioii adds lo ir.e mill's
SlOXUOK TESTIMONY
- at that time. I wish to submit the
followiug Iron: The Atlanta Journal:
"The duu-rrpaucy between the cost
of ran" materials and manufactured
proii.cis justines the com 1 1. on that
the producer receives relatively a
small share of the price that the ul
timate coiu-uuier paja for articles
made of cotton cloth. A recent in
tiniry by a Senate committee exploded
as fallacious the popular impression j
that the high mice of cotton acroauts,
(or the ever-iucreaMng cost of cotton -goods.
,
"The raw enttn entering into the1
tu.iiim"acti;re of a handkerchief selling
for lwenty-nw cents costs less than
one and a half cents acroidii.g lo the
facts oevel.iped i the Senate inquiry. ;
A i-ti'ce of ginuh&iu that retails for
four dollars and City cents contains,
cottoti :lu't sold to the mills for tweii-ly-five
c:i:s at the prtvailiiig market
cost, in some instances. Then there is
Ihi tii of :p,.iiun ihe cloth. it! a
reawnab!- profit to the mill.
"Aft. r ihe cotton goods l-aves ihe
mill it i-a-ies through several liatui
before it finally reaches Ihe consum
er, and. of course, every t ixn who
handle- ji makes a :of.t. which is
passed alung through the retailer la
t!:e puMie.
"Not ithsiandiug all these charges,
which add to the ultima!" cost, the
conclusion is inevitable that the dis
crepancy between ihe price of ihe raw
iuait"!i.u nnd the manufactured prod
uct is oct of all proportion." i i.d that
the faiuxr is not geitiir.: his ropor
lionate ::ii,ie of Ihe ulti u.i'e price.
"Win i ihe farmer receives only
liiiteie. ii ;,nd B .a:f rents as his pro-s
price f;r iiittiiii, v hich is n.aiiiifar
tured a.ul sold to the public for three
dollars i'nd forty-eight cents, it he
roines jii.pj'.r.'nt that somewhere
he line some oil" is marine nn
u profit, vhie'i ventnally
HIXsoX TKI.l.S W HY UK AhUW
CATKS COTTOX ASMXIATIOX
lh-lieves the Farmer l Not (idling
His rrir1liiHle Share of the I !
linmte Price He Aunt Willi Mrs.
Fumlerliui k.
Mineral Springs, IX. F. D.l. April 4.
Miss Carrie Fuuderbiirk of Trades
illo spent Tuesday with Mrs. M. C.
lljes.
The county is preparing to build
a cuierete bridge over Tabernacle
crek near Tabernacle, some of the
material has already been laid down.
Mr. George Car ties has resigned as
principal of Tabernacle school ou ac
count of bad health.
Mrs. Baucom Courtney spent last
week with her father. Mr. W. B. Ply
ler at Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Plyler and Mr.
and Mrs. Kufus and Leroy Courtney
motored to Charlotte on business last
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. It. Catties spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mis.
Cat nts' sisters. Mei-dames Jas. Raker
and Fred Wallers, at Casset!, S. C.
Master Gatison Flynn is right seri
ous sirl; with pneumonia.
The ladies are having a tiaie try
ins to P''t thi weather t.i Ml their
sty!e. Last Saturday bents a hot
day. 1 saw some wearing vole mid
teraw ha's, others Steal coats att!
furs.
The Journal called my recent tale
of Colonel Jack an ancient one. I
am going to tell a new oiie. While
sojourning in a well-known city to
the southeast of us in quest of a beau
tiful young lady, the lady asked the
Colonel why he limped end why the
peculiar shape of his feel. The Col
onel ivpld as (ii:ck as a Hash that
his feet took that shaoe front walk
ing on the l ish iiailheads tit the Jack
son Cotton Mill mid he sot that limp
when he fell Ihioush a cotton Hour
there.
Mrs. Funderhtirk does not seem
disposed to arsue her case, as I have
seen three direct answers to her short
article on 'learltlns." I urn of I he
,uiie opinion as her. and 1 will say
that I have hud Borne direct expert-i
enee at teaching in a more difficult
place than I'ttlon county. I will be
xin wit i ihe sabry, that seems to
be the terchers' Nemesis, or stumbl
ing bloc1;. The avetase school is in
attendance about five hours a day,
live days a week, there are four weeks
a mouth which makes a hundred
hours a month. The average teacher
gels seventy-live dollars per month or
seventy-live cents per hour which is
equivalent to seven and one-half dol-
lars tor ten hours, as applied to
the hours 1 work. Oh! but my work
does not stop when I leave the school
room. You say, nobody's does that
I know. Ask a business man if he
forgets his work the moment he
rinses his office door? Again I will
'say not live per cent of the teachers
depend on teaching for a livitts and
veu If your "Holy Highness" has
ito go out and earn something by ihe
sweat of your brow. I have to lurn
'carpenter, engineer, mechanic, and
spend regular periods in ihe lovely
position of woodrhopper. tl plead
guilty to farming. I You are no bet
ter to do so than me. Lastly, if you j
have lo st a begging to leach, why
unit it? Mr. K. N. Nishet onre told j
me he taught about twelve years be
fore he received fifty dollars per
month, itiid I have never heard of him !
bi'K ai.g. Now, 1 an going lo de.wid '
to so::ie plain facts ns I hm it. and
our county seperiniendem is not to
blame either, for he does the bi f t ,
can with what he has. One-half or
the teachers are pntut-Hni.'ured silly-;
headed girls, who use what little they j
know ns n pretext to gel bi!U stock- (
hiss, liish-het leil shoes and silk-'
dresses, who study more abopl that)
party over at Joneses and I'i.'.i swell
tluiie" who carried her out tincliiip
ei one.l for that moon light ride in u
flivver last night, than how to rule
that miscliiei ions hoy, or getting Hill
to work those fractions. One thins
mote and I am done. I asked a
young girl teacher who was from
Tennessee why she had come so far
to teach. She said she wanted to
gel experience away from home, and
marry a nice young man. I think
that holds good In I'nion county.
In my last letter to The Journal I
advocated the Cotton Association. A
price of forty cents a pound for col
ton; a piece of voile lhal sells forfaiting
three dollars aul fortv-eight cents execs-
was made of cotton that cost only 'come;. ot,t (. pocket of the con
niueteeu and a half cents, and two sinner."
pair of socks were knitted of cotton j I ihir.k that through Ihe Cotloii
yarn lhal cost four and a half cents, j Association that at least one direct
although ths socks retailed for sev- : s tep inn mil co-operative selling has
i nty-f.ve cents. I been accomplished. Iater. however.
The raw cotton is the finished; we ho; to see colion sold by a ex
product of Ihe farmer; that is lo say. port corporation direct to foreign
when the staple is sold in the market .nations,
at forty or forty-three cents per!
pound, the price represents the rtoss Another Problem,
returns ihe farmer receives for hts To the Kditor of The Journal:
article. Included in the market price 'I notice some of your readers enjoy
is the rost of the labor required to solving arithmetical problems. Here's
plant and cultivate the cotton, the one fur them: "If a goose weighs
rost of picking and sinning and haul- seven pounds and a half of its own
ing and baling it. The profit of the j weight, what is the weight of the
producer Is represented by Ihe mar- I goose?" A Header,
gin of difference between all these'
costs and the price he finally receives! Mr. Iimliii Answers Mr. Secrest's
for his product. Problem.
"The cotton passes through many, To Uw Kdi,or of The Journa,:
hands after it leaves the farmer and j gw. jM he columll8 of yollr ,,aer
before the manufactured product ,haI M. T yy Seort.s, h;vs forgotten
reaches Ihe consumer, r trst. there is Pl.oft,SM,r Tru,,., lne,hod of figuring
the matter of transportation charges ;,he M)ljJ ronttMs of a ,, nsh.
i Here's the answer, as Professor Trull
used to give it to his students, of
H-M-ie Proof lletf. There a:nl F.er
here.
Whoa you see iMiau's Ki Iney Pi';
rrroiiiu-eaoea 111 inu peper you niosi
always tind the reconime;- J-v , Mo -
roe resident. It's the same everywhere
- in 3 ) towns in the V. S. Fi.ty
thousand eople publicly thartt
Uoiiirs. Whiit other kidney retnt-dy
can rive th.s proof of merit, hon?';.
and truth? Home testit.iony ine-M be
true or il could not be published h.'ie.
Ask your nelh'jcr. Head this ic i
roe recoiniiiendat t a. Then iasis' on
having IkianV. You will k..o vha'
yon rre ?i!i..2 :
-M. L. F!v.. li t.;ry pti'ijic. "A".
Jei. r-on Av.., sa s: "Six years a-o
I S'.tfteivd a good iN-al with my brick
r. l Kid.K y-s. .:y invi nc !iel con: n-uou-ly
snd I cui.ld :.ardly so. Win n 1
t: io,l lo h-.Mid over if was hard for me
lo sfraKMi-n :nd fh.irp. knife-Lko
t:ns wt.iihl !.oot tiirongh i:v back
Vy k! !neys were cut of order and the
seere!iins contained sediment. I al
had d;jt;:y 1 litnj biacl: spek
came betotn :y eyes, too. Finv.lly
v.:is a lvlso I to try Iln.tn's K'dney
Pills, so I pot a snp;:y at fie KnsHsh
Itttg Co. I nr!y t:sel a few. when
my back f.-lt like new :.i:l In a short
time I was relieved entirely."
Price Stic, at oil dealers. Don
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Ioan s Kidney Pills the same that
; Mr. Flow had. Foster-Milburn Co,
: Mfgrs., Huffffalo, X. Y.
NOTICE.
Havis" qualiHr-dl as executor of the
late L"J. J. Unens. this is to notify all
pe.suiis liolditi cluiuis asainst said
iniesime lo pre.-nii ihem lo the un
Uersined on or before ihe Zhih day of
February. or luis uotice will be
pleaded in bar of U.e.r K-cotery. All
persons li. debt ed to my intestate will
mak prompt settlement aud sar
costs. This Feb. 27. 1920.
E. IiLAIK BIVEX3.
Evectaor of EJ. J. Rivens. d-.reased.
Slack. Parker A Craijf. Attis.
NOTICE OF AliMIMSTKATlOX
luionville Dots.
rnionville, April 3. Mr. Milas
Medlin, who has been conduct ins
. barber shop at Great Falls. S. C, has
! ret ii rued to his home near rnionville,
and will work a crop this year. Mr.
G rover Benton has moved to Mr,
! A. P; ice's place.
RHEUMATISM
ii
Yet, There h a Gentle, Better
Way
W hen th" bo'ly clogs don't try to
clean out tho accumulated iHiisons by
using strong" physics that rend their
way through the tender intestinal
tract t'.Ua so much dynamite.
I'.- ;-! inn's Relief Tablets. They're
penile as nature and yet do the work
ur.''iiii:'j:ly. liocy Kripo, and pains
v i-.i' h accompany the use of physics
of l!;e 'dynamite" class, are never
felt when Sloan's Relief Tablets are
used.
Resides, they cause no habit. In
fai t, thoy w ill r.'loaso any one now in
the toils 'of a habit forming physic.
Deman ), buy and use Sloan's Relief
Tablets alvvayi.
Distributed by The Sloan Products
Co., 18 Factory Street, Derby, Conn.
wliicti 1 was one:
"I'm enough water in a, square
tank, lar-e enough to pertuil the
:ihoin Imsh to lie nibmeiged therein.
'Note carefully lite rise of the water
in the nnil; caused by the submenus
I of tlo bush. Then multiply the
jlenstli and btiadtii of lt:e tank am!
'the use of the water tog. ilier ami
jlhis v. Ill give you the solo! ci.iileiits
! of the tiioin bush."
Anything is easy when you learn
iliow. Another one of Professor
Trull's ini.is of bygone days. l-.llis
Coilw in.
e
V :; !;
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Womesa
for
have them both vo can suppyou with bothon
your request and zizli one cf 'them will help the
Gthsr. The firjt is a ban1.: bcok every woman should
have her own, ibr the butter-and-cj; dollars grow
quickly into big sums when they're put away care
fully. And the second iz The Country Gentleman
the weekly book cf farniinj. It's a farm paper for the
women and the men, the girls and the boys full of
hew-to-make-money ideas for the whole family. This
bank wants the women as well as the men to read
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the copy
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more than 600,000 farmers who
regularly read The Country
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ers and their wive3 to build
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We are making it easy for our
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Country Gentleman because
we believe in it. We want you
to know it as we do. If you have
an account with us, we'll charge
it only $1.00, on your instruc
tion, for 52 big weekly issues.
And if not, we'd like you to get
both those books.
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Serlul attention given lo the
rlt'unlng of ladies' and misses'
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IMione 331.
loilliliM); PoiiiH :iimI SuoiU-ii Joint
Vmiisti hen nhetiniii is I mhI
or .M:i!f,v Ki f,iiiiU-l.
If tlntc are any rhenium ir Fttf-
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M'lws ol tliU Lf in roils olfer the
sinn:l(! ill) s i il. naee.
Ii i li''i!::a. t ! . iiit ;i u : (! pn
ffijit ii. i l. ii rh"iii..:; list. i in eny foitn
iiocs Hi' iii:i'; iiiid J' j In I re
lie! the en. ;. mi: I' as it i. will l
sUidly I'.-tiirne.l i'!i'u:t nny t!ibl!i:i
or ieil lane.
lihettt.'.at i i.i N v i!;ui:;i'i'iii. (!!
ease, a :i .1 :.n. v.'iio ha.- ti'.e slUht
est si'ii nf i' aliot. id drive it from
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This is vha! Klieiti.ia did for many
It slioiilil do as ti"eli for you.
I hae been laid tip fur one year
with rhi'onic arthritis," says uie stif
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spent four liioiitl'.s in a santtariiim
but had practically no relief. Then I
started laltini: Rheuntii. Now I ran
po without crutches or other nit!
which I could not do for the last nine
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would gladly answer any questions
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ace." Thomas H. Kddy, Srhuyler-
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K hen in a Is absolutely harmless and
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discovery that has forced rheumatism
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; pnny, Monroe. N. C., and good drug
gists everywhere.
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Instantly the soreness leaves. "At
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Bohona Drug Co., and all druggists
everywhere.
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VETERINARIAN
I AM . S ' The late Dr. Watt Ash
r7 ll W 1 I craf office.
jWi HJ ' Office Phone 113. Res. 53-J
If IJUNK
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We sell them
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COIILK'S CASH (;AI!A(.E
We are alway in the market lot
Iron, metal of all kinds, bom s, paper
etc. Open every day.
Monroe Iron & Metal Co.
Near Frflglit Depot.
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DENTIST
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the basis of th!s reputation.
Having this day miaMied before
the t'leii i.f i lie Superior Court as
;ili:ii;.:t.ra!.,r of t!,e -state of Sallie
uoidci. iii -ceased, late i f I tiion rotin-
i. . l.. i:i: is lo n.jiily all pTous
having ciait.is a,a::i-i the t-stale of
said deii-a-rd to exhiliit them to the
ii:ider;pti-d on or betore Hie latb
day of March. 1921. or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recov
ery. All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate set
tlement. This 12th day of March. 1920
U. J. GORDON". Administrator
of Saiiie Uordon, deceased.
.XOTICK.
i:.i 1113 this day qMalif.ed a admin
istrator of the late Eleanor Bass, this
is to notify all persons holding claims
isaiiist said iutestate to present them
lo the ttndersiuned on or before the
10th day of January. 1921 or this no
tice will be pleaded In bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to my
Intestate will make prompt settlement
and save costs.
This January' 9. 1920.
J. E. CHANEY.
Adiiir. of Eleanor Bass, deceased.
Stark. Tatker & Craig. Attvs.
NOTICE.
llnv!t!2 q;i:ilif!ed before the clerk Of
the Super.or Court in administratrix
of I!etti VA addell. deceased, this is to
no'ify f.M lie.-. -utis holding claims
a:iin t n:y intestrte :o present them
to Hi- t: r-:tt! 1 on or before the
17ih i i. ; litnary, 1921, or this
notice v. i ! I . i.ieaj tn liar of their re
covery. T. . ie.- indehitd to i aid es
tate will p' -:se piake prompt pay
ment.. T!iN Ve'i. 12. in20.
EMM A r.;. Mil. Administratrix.
Stnck, l'ark : Craig, Attys.
i:i.c
,
S NOTICE.
Having this day ijtiili!led as exe
cutor of t!i- last viil and testament
of Martha M. Medlin. deceased, late
the county of 1'niim and State of
North Carolina, notice is hereby given
to all persons holding claims against
said estate to exhi'.it them to the
undersigned at his home in Monroe
township, duly authenticated, on or
before the lfMh day of February, A.
I).. 1921, or this notice will be pled
in bar of their right of recovery. Per
sons indebted to said estate will
please see me at once and make set
tlement. This February 19, 1920.
L. V. MEDLIN", Executor
of Arthur M. Medlin, deceased.
Stack. Parker & Craig, Atty'a.
KXECI TOH'S NOTICE.
Having this day qualified as execu
tors of the last will and testament of
A. Lex Funderburk. deceased, late of
the county of Union, notice is hereby
given to all persons holding claims
against said estate to exhibit them to
the undersigned, duly authenticated,
on or before the 2nd day of March, A.
1921, or this notice will be plead la
bar of their right of recovery. Persons
Indebted to said estate will please see
us at onre and make settlement.
This March 2, 192n.
RAY Ft'NDERBl'RK.
VANX Fl'NDERBVRK,
Executors of A. L. Funderburk, deed.
NOTICE OK ADMINISTRATION.
Having this day qualified as Ad
ministratrix of the estate of H. A.
Shepherd, deceased, notice Is hereby
given to ail persons holding claims
against said estate to present them to
the undersigned, duly authenticated,
on or before the 14th day of February
D. 19."1, or this notice will be pled
in bar of their right of recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make prompt settlement.
This Februarv 10. 1920.
(MRS.) MAGGIE SHEPHERD, .
Administratrix H. A. Shepherd, deed.
John C. Slkes. Atty.
NOTICE OK ADMIXISTKATIOJf
Having this day duly qualified be
fore R. V. Lemmond, clerk of Ihe Su
perior court of I'nion county, North
Carolina, as administrator on the es
tate of Frank Yarborotigh, deceased,
all persons holding rlaims against
said estate are hereby notified to pre
sent same tb the undersigned admin
istrator on 6r before the 20th day of
March. A. D. 1921, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their right of re
covery.
This the lfith dav of Mafrh. 1920.
TOM YARBOROFGH.
Administrator on the estate of Frank
Yarborotigh.
P. U. Redwine. Attorney.
NOTICE.
Ibv!
h's day qualified as almln-
Islt.i'i v Raymond Bowman, deceas
ed, this !i to notify all persons hold-
clr.lms ncaiti'-t my Intestate to
present lliei.i In t'le tinitcrMgned, dtl-
v atithetitii al-d. i m or before Ihe 7th
iv 'if Mar'', KT ', or IM notice will
bo pleaded hi bar 'f their recovery.
Thi.i March S. 192.
F. A - "HANKY. Administrator.
stac;;, P:"-;:"i- Craig. Attys.
NOTICE TO CIU.IUTOI5S.
Having d:ily qualified as executors
of Ihe estate of S. A. Williams, de
ceased, late of the county of Union
and state of North Carolina, notice
is hereby given to all persons hold-
liu: claims against said estate to pre
sent them to one of the undersigned
executors, on or before Ihe 1st day
of April. 1921. or this notice will be
plead in bar of their right of recov
ery.
All persons Indebted to said estate
ill please make prompt settlement.
This the 27th day of March. 1920.
J. V. HIVENS. Wlngate. N. C.
J. A. Williams, Waxhaw, N. C.
Executors of S. A. Williams, dee'd.
John C. Sikes, Attorney.