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THE MONROE JOURNAL
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOL. 26. No. 29
MONROE, X. C, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1920.
$2.00 PER YEAR CASH
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE iw- M-l -" Mert Vth w"vMlt- wk". now
mn In Jim. J()M( (l KM AmK;A(i
Latest Happenings in and m. u. wui be held with the First Hap-
Around Monroe.
T!. Iceman Knittiag Mill, it U be
lie ftl. will be In operation by July 1.
IUv. K. W. Hucan rt.'.l preach at
.Sard's rlui rch mxt cU-uday niicht tit
8 o'clock.
Mr. It. W. Lemmond s.ioke last
night at Osgood, in Lee roumy, in the
interest of Mr. J. C. M. Vanu's candi
dacy for Congress.
Mr. K. L. Starneg and Mrs. Ola
Huupyeutt. both of Marshville town
ship, were married recently by Esq.
H. H.'llargett.
Mrs. H. W. Funderburk of Buford
township gpent a few days iu Concord
and Salisbury last week with
sons and daughters.
Mr. V. M. Tadlock of Buford town
ship went to Charlotte today to bring
Mrs. Funderburk, who has been un
dergoing hospital treatment, home.
Mr. C. W. Lee has purchased the
home of Mr. T. P. Smith just east of
Monroe and Mr. Smith has bought the
G. D. Broom home on Jefferson st.
The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Laney of Buford township cied
May 13th and was buried Friday. The
funeral was conducted ui Trinity by
Rev. T. B. Johnson.
Rev. B. Sliankle will preach at Un
ionville next Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, at Bethtehem at three p. ni.,
and r.t Benton Heights school house
at 8 p. m.
Hon. Cameron Morrison, candidate
for nomination for governor in the
Democratic primary, will speak at the
court house next Saturday afternoon
af 2 o'clock.
Mei'sts. Thompson i Pre.sley have
purchased the stock of Messrs. C. L.
tisl clrirrh. Monroe, the first week in
June. This division embraces seven
teen associations, and is the largest in
the slate, there being four others,
namely: AslK-ville, Elizabeth City,
and Wilmington. These meetings
mean much to our work, as they take
AIiIioiikIi Hapeiiel Miietct-ti Years
Au" l lie Truth Ii.im at l.uM Come
Out Tlil.iUs C tins Uoeii P.in-
islM'll F.IIOUgll.
To the Kditor of The Journal:
I noticed iu your last issue under the
MAJOR HF.ATH CLAIMS HIS in school. The girls proved themselvee
yl'KSTKlNS I XA.N F.ltKH ' be equal to him in their studies.
ana as time passed they progressed
apiuty.
"In college Frank had many temp-
fheanhlir nf Vnms Sr I nl.tri iu-a ',Aa-
me llillllil ui tula uctrKai lUII iU UUI 1
g or this deleg
church and town.
The following ladies have becu ap
iHiinted as hosiiiiallty committee:
Mrs. II. E. Copple. Mrs. V. D. Sikes.
Mrs. W. W. Horn. Mrs. Fred Helms,
and Mrs. Joel Griffin.
The superintendent of the division
ner writes, "We will have with us three
of our missionaries. Tell your people
to prepare for a spiritual blessing and
uplift, and not be thinking so much of
of the law is eldom evaded, is illus
trated In ihe case of John Cox, a Gas
ton county man. who was recently
sent back to the Union county chain
gang, from which he escaped nearly
twenty-seven years ago.
Please let me correct the statement
as to number of years. It has been
nineteen years ago. I was Just a
young fellow then and was guarding
the gang at the time John Cox made
nis escape. It occurred about two
v. . . .1 : 1 . . .. . r
uur ouuiij tuimuii.. 'nVl.wfc i th. nl.ht t hA ,.J. .k.
ZZZ" ?L 1 liW-Jton toee llVme'n on the
ere safe. I went to the door
A nearly co-uprriiun in uriiau in nnril
the hospitality committee Is asked for ' i, '
a!.- ... 1 V. 1 .... 'cimni W
iruiu I1IV Vlllirv lunuuriBuiu, s ui-
ther notice concerning this meeting
will be given. -Mrs. D. B. S.
BICKETT RAPS OUR
TAXATION SYSTEM
Snys In office jkI Out of Office He 'gone.
at the front of the line and sat down
in a chair, my revolver made it un
comfortable for me sitting so I took it
out of my pocket and laid it on the
table by me and picked up a paper
and was reading and went to sleep.
When I awoke my revolver. Cspt.
Howie s dog and John Cox were all
ProjMiMeM lo Fight the Battles of devaluation.
Right after the occurence d ru
mor (not dame rumor) had it that
John Cox got the drop on me. then
took my gun and marched me to the
woods with my hands up until he had
reached a safe distance from being
Raleigh. May 17. Governor Bick
ett hug issued a statement pointing
out the Injustice and the "deep and
black damnation' or tne present tax captured before he let me go. An
ssteni. and serves notice that In of- other tale was that I let him off.
flee and out of office he Intends to j,ow jonn cox is no longer a fitg
"flght this tyranny and injustice until itlve from the law. He has told the
It Is wiped off the statute books or officers the truth about how he got
North Carolina forever and forever." &. iiriiur ii tuL. .i9iini..t.
U lilt? Slue ui .nrfinip. v. i ; . v . v . . .... up u . ....... ... m . . .
i.-,i.,n . nr. .i L.Hiun Tr ami 1 1 ue governor ueeiairs nioi tur iri- concern ne me.
will continue the business at the nation act Is the remedy for the in- Aow ,ne (0 Bay right here that it
same old stand 'Justice of the system which "outrages ma. ,ake veari for ,he ,rutn ,0 tomr
Mr n v rorilnn of the Wesley every of decency." His stale-. ou, lrom ,1(ter the pressui-e of
n,';. rnmnnfiv was hndlv Injured ,n,ent follows: 'ron. " br0,h,r " nie.
S,S "Ztoffi "! have 3uM recelved a WUr fr0,U 1 '" ,0 he "'oekade Sunday
hfs bnv S 0f th be8t c,l,,en" ,".N0,(h Cal'; tor the flrst ,0 ' John Cox
. . hii Siwi w.L broken olina who "VM 0,,e of our "'"J"1 ' him. I asked him If he
es. his collar bo. e as broken. progrw,ivt counties. In the letter he knew me he gald he dld n0Ii , ,0d
The democratic W'nibra of the . ,hlm whQ j wag
Monroe bar have endorsed Judge W. .. .j nave a nlice whose husband He gnd he had been questioned
J. Adr-nis for election to the Supreme Mt her gg ne thought, in comfortable !about how he got awav and was very
court bench. Judge Adams is circumstances. He left her a home Borry about ,he rumor that had been
brother of the late H. B. Adams. ,d MVeral thousand dollars In cash 'circulated against me. He told me
Rev. John A. "Wray,.who has been She pays four and a quarter per cent 'n, (he thought of being an evader
attending the Southern Baptist Con- She pays four an da quarter per cent fof ,he Uw had preyed on him until
ventlon in Washington, will return In regular town, county and state taxes. ,he coud not stand tt anv ionBeri he
time to conduct the prayer meeting please tell me how she Is to live and . wag g0ng ,0 gerve n8 time out on the
service Wednesday evening. Igreatly oblige." Igang like a man this time if he could
"From indication, Vann will carry "Will some one who Is In favor of :not Re( a pardon.
Lee county." declared Mr. R. V. Lem- perpetuating such Iniquity tell tne According to my way of thinking
mond, who made speech In that what to write this man about nis ohn Cox has had enough punishment
county at Osgood last night, to a widowed niece? Her case Is not ex- jne mercy Q0d to us has shown thai
Journal reporter this morning. "The ceptloual. but it Is typical of thou- mercy gnow to him. Truly, T. L.
meeting at which I spoke was largely lands In the state. Crowell.
attended, and several of the most Iu-1 "The state of North Carolina says ,
fiuentlal citizens of the county told to this widow whose husband by hard spechil Advertlslim Offer at Header's
me that Mr. Vann would lead the work and self-denial saved up several Studio,
ticket by far In their county," he said thousand dollars for her protection To call your attention to our studio
fUrther after he had passed away. the holder of our special discount cou-
in . .nri fteithw tame last lne B,B,e Ioro,UB J" ,,""kT pon wilt be entitled to tnree or our
Prri" 5 " P1,o, n thoPorlef Military "re lhu ix dollar,, on ,he hjndred. S-00 per do. LaFayette Seapia
YLTZX-XIl'on what your husband left you and rotoranhs folders, like samnles
lriZZZ r .,o ?. Tne W orph.n th.ldr.... You may not .'.own by our representatives, also our
... . ' , ...n make that much, tou may ihki a poiinon will entitle you to one of our
St w-he Pomade "iwo loan. b;;t If you keep your, T , M seapln Pljoto, reguUr
r,.. ihrnnh vlnnrnn's errors Mr '"oiu-y oui u uic - price o.uu. inis win oe me uppur-
the visitors,
that team
Wray, second
ro . the suui ort of souiuelf and children.'
Mr. J. L. Booth, of the B. ft U. Tho crpi tvraiiny. the brutal ln-
Aml He Iiivitnv-. with Mr. ,tven mi
SMiie of His lih-as on laihor, the
Hhi-ion In the IHiiHKnitk- PaHy.
Ktc.
To the Editor of The Journal: I
(have read Mr. J. Z. Green's so-ralleu
answer to my qtiestionnaire.which you
published recently. I think Ihe p'ub
lic will grant that not a sinde answer
jwas given to the fifteen questions ask
ed him and not a reference even made
to same. He has railed by uitempt
ing to divide the Democratic party
into two factious progressive and
.non progressive the same old dodge
jto stir up strife and to create preju
dice as wag the case just prior to bis
fusion with Butler and Russell.
I do not believe there is any consid
erable number of Democrats in North
( Carolina who do not want to give the
.taxpayers "one hundred cents on ev
ery dollar expended." nor do I believe
that Mr. Green at heart thinks so.
I understand him to state, speak
ing for Mr. Page, that the State,
through its law making body, should
regulate the price of labor. What la
bor does he mean? Would he place
labor done In manufacturing or rail
roading ou par with farm labor?
How would he regulate the scale to
meet or adjust prices for two years,
or until the meeting of the General
Assembly, which occurs every two
years?
Products and earnings of all rise
and fait with the Inexorable law of
supply and demand, and this being
true, might not disaster overtake us
between legislative sessions? Does
Mr. Green and Mr. Page want to fix
the price of labor and then divide the
profits or losses between labor and
capital? If this progressive idea is a
good one, as he claims it to be, should
It not apply to all labor and to all en
terprises? If not, why not?
Certainly, Mr. Green, although an
"Independent Democrat," which when
translated into Hebrew, or Latin, or
some other language, spells Republi
can, does not. If really a Democrat,
believe In class legislation. the very
thing the party has opposed from the
day of its Inception.
Is this progressive Idea of Page, the
business man candidate, though most
beautiful and Utopian, not one for the
Individual and not for the State? Is
noUr tep toward regulating what
one shall or shall not pay for any ar
ticle or anything socialism pure and
simple?
If Mr. Green and Mr. Page advocate
this socialistic Idea, please state on
what basis and price they will ad
Just all labor pertaining to the farm.
Is this what he rails progressive
ness? If so, I am aghlnst Green and
against Page. W. C. Heath.
HASKELL BIVKNS WINS MIL
MORROW'S $20 GOLD PIECE
lem nitched a flue game for,lne ""erei" prompuy. ' tunny or your tireiime to get strictly
i X .nd Immv m?rtn fSr 'y 8,x dol,an ,hat you Collect 0U hln Kre Portraits at a price that
r!!nT iirt.7 in! ""st u,in ove:' rour dollurs nd twen, v,-ill open your eyes and astonish you.
"'' , "KJ l8"' rmi r Von- O'-hve touts to the state, town and watch and wait for our representa
ond base, starred for .Mon- fc ,or , h gpe , h
specimens of the work to show you.
We want to -,el more of our best work
Motor Company of Charlotte, and jMr. iU8ticei ,ne dee; and black damnation ut among the people of Monroe, ad
H. I. Sherrlck of Detroit were in ion- guch B tax lyHtPm eo outrageg ev-, we are g0ng to do It by making the
roe yesterday exhibiting the nw . ia,i,.t of reason, every Dulse 'rrouipm .nrrifW in nrlce ever heard
Maxwell chaslg, concerning which an, bpat of humanity, every rule of rea- of in Monroe. No coupons sold at stu-
extenstve advertising campaign u g01, and common sense that even a d0. Only a limited number of cou
been carried on In The Journal for governor finds It hard to discuss thep0ns will be sold. Beware of cheap
QOVtrnl month The ChaslB IS the ...kl.w. 1- m... normltlari hv the Im.lln. LMnan.n who dn nnnr nrV
same one that was exhibited at the rulcg and regulations of the church. 'out of cheap materials that soon fade
away, and they are gone. Don't get
stung. I am going to put the best be
fore you. The best by test. Get Beas
ley's Photographs and feel safe.
Studio No. 4 S. Main Street, corner
Windsor, Monroe, N. C.
New York automobile show neia iu i gUCh a Uw gives the lies to every
January, and is a very beautiful de-prtenM ,hat we maintaln a chris
slgn. Short openings in the vital prta jtlan ciTiiigation and brands with ln
ot the motor were slightly cut. enab- !famy our Taunt(.d southern chivalry,
ling the spectator to witness the mo- ,or we are cruCfyng the widows and
tor in operation. The Maxwell car Is ...,,n,
nf th lanrt with a law that
sola in juonroe oy me niu mvivi
Company.
Messrs. L. A. Hlnson and P. t. Pit
man, empolyees of the Bearskin col
ton mill, have Instituted suit against
no set of men would submit to for
30 seconds. If the general assembly
should dare ti enact a law taking
from every mrfn in the state $4.45
out of every it that the law permits
the Seaboard through their attorney, him to make hell would break loose
Mr. J. C. Slkes. for $10 u0d for .al- In North Carolina. I want It dlatinct
leged damages they sustained when ly understood that In office and out of
an engine, said to be running without office. In sunny or in stormy weather
lights, struck the automobile In which I propose to fight this tyranny and ln
they were riding. ;U the Icemorlee justice until It Is wiped off the statute
Mill crossing on the night of Wednes-1 books of North Carolina forever and
day. April Z8. As a resun oi me cui- .rorevcr
lislon, their automobile Is said to have
been knocked Into splinters. The oc
cupants, so they claim, were thrown
a distance of thirty reet. anu siisiam
"Under the revaluation art In Ihe
very county from which this letter
comes the tax rate will be reduced
from four and a quarter to one per
Then out or every
oil hvuUna suit cuts about the face rent If not less.
aud bodv. that this widow collects she will
Mr J C. M. Vann. back from aW 1 to the state, town and county
lonr ove'r the district, says he has a and have $5 left for the support of
The I'nlou County Spirit.
Mr. W. Z. Wenti. who had the mis
fortune to break his leg recently, re
quests The Journal to thank his
neighbors for their kindness In help
ing him with his farm work. On
Wednesday the following named cit
izens gathered at his home and work
ed the entire day: Messrs. Mun Ste
phenson, Jack Cook, Luther Stephen
son, B. N. Gordon, Noah Williams,
Daniel Williams, John Helms, Walter
Helms, Will Stephens, Sam Cook, Sim.
eon Thompson, Cyrus Helms, J. W.
Haywood. Harvey Gordon, Dock Wat
kins, P. J. Gordon, Clayton Yandle,
Dan Paxton, Duke Wentx, Vance
Went i. Lewis Martin, David Stlkelea-
ther. Parks Nash. P. C. Stlnson, and
John Staten, col. Some of the workers
place,
ng for
strong organization In HOKe county. ..u " oft ,heir tools at Mr. Wentx'a
and expects to get a majority over his Is mw-,.ln'" and they can get them by call!
opponents there. Many of the lead- per cent wlthou allowing any ex.-r. p- (
iiig citizens of the county are support- it Ions Is cer.a nly enough to require i-
. " . . - ii. Kn,inn. anv rlnua nf rit IkpDH to IflV." I -
Mitt nun iui mc "i"v ....... i l f .wa f ii.
I ' MssHMBssssssiaHMaasva I n av
i m jf C I'nntl CI n
"r. nTInceedingry-VarVe . KUIWMI FXECTOUATE
rote through their efforts. The cam- i We nereoy announce ourselves can
nalgn managers of the Union county jdidates for the road electorate of l'n-
randidata are now claiming Scotland,
Moore and Hoke counties for Mr.
Vann. and they believe he will lead
hn ticket In Richmond county. With
Ion county subject to the action of the
Democratic primary. Monroe town
ship, J. C. Winchester; Jachson town
ship, W. N. Davis: Sandy Kldge town-
snnn votes from this county, together ship, Sam Redwlne: Vauce township,
. . , ,k.i k will Va. i W f r Atnmnn fliuut freak tnvfl.
witn a scaiienns i
celve In Anson and the other countlea
in the district. Mr. Vann's nomination
is predicted in the first primary.
Don't He Quitter.
It's the way a man sticks to a
thing that marks him as a success
or a failure. Many a fellow has won
out at the eleventh hour Just be
cause he rouldn't let go. Don't be a
quitter. Farrington.
W. E. Letnmond; Goose Creek town
ship, T. L. Price; New Salem town
ship, G. W. Smith; Marshvllle town
ship, J. C. Mclntyre; Lanes Creek
township, H. F. Parker; Buford town
ship. T. C. Eubanks; At Large, W. C.
Heath.
KOK THE l.Et; IS IATl" HE.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the Legislature, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
Earl Eixell.
PIH-nlngm.
Indian Trail. R. F. D. 1. May 17.
Mr. J. E. Rowell Is very sick.
Cotton and corn are coming up.
These cool mornings, however, are
detrimental to the cotton crop.
The Emanuel church building has
been torn down by Mr. John Cornell.
No building will be erected on the lot,
which will hereafter be used as a
cemetery.
Mr. C. E. Graham has contributed
$200 to the Presbyterian ministerial
endowment fund.
Mr. Herman Fnrr Is farming on (he
place of his father. Esq. H. M. Purr.
. Voters are discussing the Guberna
torial candidates. My choice is Mr.
Morrison.
Mr. Jack Funderburk I surfe-ln?
from an attack of appendicitis. Fairness.
unions. He was oiieu called "sissv
and oilier such names by the older
bay. as veil as by Paul Jones, who
wus at this time iu the same college,
not lo prepare himself lor life, but
for worldly pleasure. They often
made fun of the boy's clothes and of
how economical he was. Frank 81 ud
ied hard and soon graduated with
honors. He then chose as his life's
work the greatest calling on earth,
that of preaching the gospel.
"Paul Jones never graduated, for
he was expelled for misconduct. Later
he lost all he had by indulging in bad
habits. The last that was heard of
him he had committed a crime and
was sentenced to the penitentiary.
"After taking sufficient training for
the ministry Frank went out into the
world as a splendid Methodist preach
er. His mother and sisters rejoiced
at his success and with happy hearts
went to live in the comfortable home
he had prepared for them.
"Are there any tramps in our seventh
grade
Of which such noble men are made,
Who strive through life to make good
With a determined hope of man
hood ?
Who fears not while Cod's on their
side.
The side where success will always
abide.
"Are there and Pauls in our seventh
grade.
Who to their country bring dis
grace?
One bad habit to another will lead;
Only the help of God we need
To make our lives a pleasant one.
The cause for which God gave His
Son."
His Essay, "A Young Hero," I De
clared to lie Best of Thooe Submit
ted br Contestants.
Haskell Marsh Blvens, of Marsh
ville, 13-year-old son of the late Mr.
El Bivens, won the f 20 gold piece of
fered by Mr. R. A. Morrow for the
best essay written by a student in the
grammar schools of Union county.
His essay, which Is entitled "A Young
Hero," follows:
"Frank was a poor boy and had his
mother and two younger sisters to
support, aa his father had died two
years previous. His mother was a del
icate woman, having been forced to
work such as washing to meet the
grocery bills and house rent which
came due each month.
"As the school children would pass
in the mnrnlnpa Vranlr wnnlil Inrtlr
longingly after them, for he would ?f"f,d by Md,am,M, Harre. Smith
have liked to have Joined them; but """ f,arpr
DEATH MRS. VEKNO.N ASHCKAFT
Funeral Services Held Sunday After
noon ut Bethel Six Iui and Per-
Muunl Ileum from Marshvllle.
Marshvllle. May 17. Mr. and Mrs,
James P. Marsh have returned from a
visit to Raleigh.
airs, t rea w. Ashcraft went to
Charlotte Friday and had her tonsils
removed. ...
"Mrs. Seeftian 'and daughterr"Miss
nutn beeman, spent the week-end
here with the former's brother, Mr.
J. T. Garland. They left Monday for
their new home in Colorado after
spending several months in the South
visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harrell and daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Joe Harrell of At
lanta are expected to arrive Tuesday
for a visit to their sister and aunt,
Miss Sallle Harrell. The Mesdames
Harrell will come from New York
where they have been for several
weeks. Mr. Harrell Joining them here
from Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Parker have as
tneir guest Miss Mable Conner of
laylorsvllle and Mrs. Parker's sister,
Miss Maggie Blakeney of Monroe.
Mrs. Frank Harrell entertained the
Book Club Friday afternoon. Roses
and sweet peas were used as decora
tion in the three rooms thrown open
to receive the guests. Music on the
Pathe was enjoyed, and an Interesting
name contest proved an amusing di
version. Mrs. C. B. Covington was
amarded the prize after cutting with
Mrs. J. S. Harrell. The guests were
invited then into the dining room and
served chocolate cream soda, cake,
salted peanuts and mints. The din
ing table was covered by a battenburg
cloth and In the center was a large
basket of sweet peas, the handle tied
with pink mallne. The guests were
Frank knew that he could not afford
to go to school and that his duties
were at home to help his mother sup
port the family. Tears often came to
his eyes as he noticed how hard his
mother toiled to help support her
family while the other ladies of the
town enjoyed social visiting and pleas
ure riding.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ashcraft re-
urned Saturday from Washington.
The Young People's Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church met
with their leader, Mrs. L. E. Hugglns.
Friday evening. Punch was served
throughout the evening and games
were enjoyed after the business meet
ing. Miss Kate Bailev was elected
LATEST HAPPENINGS
News Events of ihe Day in
Ihe State and Nation.
A board of moving picture censors
has been appointed for Greensboro at
ihe request of a number of citixens.
Carranza. constitutional i.resMenf
of Mexico, is reported to be in hiding
.in the mountains somewhere between
.Mexico city and Vera Crux. He is
being pursued by the revolutionary
forces.
I. A. Cowan .aced 81, a Confederate
veteran of Spencer, went to Winston
Salem Wednesday to attend the birth
day celebration of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Charily Hicks, who was 102
years old May 12th.
Tom Johnson, young negro, was
identified by Mrs. Vera Sariin a voung,
white woman, when she saw him la
the Guilford county Jail as tha per
son who criminally assaulted her
Thursday afternoon at her horn
about two miles from Greensboro.
Appearing before a House commit-'
tee investigating the sugar situation
Mr. Herbert Hoover declared the
world shortage of the product vu
likely to continue two or three yean.
The present need was rationing,, he
said, with immediate government ac
tion to control through commercial
and not legislative methods.
Taking the position that prohibi
tion "i no longer a political question,
but a question of the "authority of
the whole peotile expressed in law"
the Southern Baptist convention in
Washington called upon both the
Democratic an I Republican parties to
declare openly for the enforcement of
the eighteenth amendment and to
nominate for the presidency no one
who Is not committed 1o this policy..
Saturday the senate adopted the
Republican resolution declaring the
state of war with Germany and Aus
tria at an end. It will probably be
passed on by the House next week
and soon after sent to the President
for his signature. That Mr. Wilson
will veto It is a foregone conclusion.
Three Democrats, Reed. Shields and
Walsh voted with the Republicans on
the measure.
Col. Ed ward W. Ryan. Red Crosl
commissioner for North Russia and
the Baltic states, Just back from Rus
sia, aaya "the Bolshivikl government
Is a social adventure become a ghast
ly failure." He also says that Russia
cannot hold out longer than six
months without aid from abroad. The
government was clearly hopeless and
the community life, schools, church
es and theatres, which he observed In
timately, were In a terrible state.
The national convention of the So
cialist party in New York nominated
Eugene V. Debbs, Federal convict No.
2,253 in the Atlanta, Ga., penitenlary.
Its candidate for the fifth time for
president of the United States. Sey
more Stedman of Chicago was nom
inated for vice-president. Twenty
six votes for the vice-presidency were
cast for Mrs. Kate O'Hare of Kansas
City who, like Debbs, is serving a
sentence for violation of the espion
age act.
Chief Deputy U. S. Marshal Garner
and County Jailer Williams of Bun
combe county were surrounded and
captured Friday by a band of moon
shlers while they were In search of
two illicit stills. Several hours later
the two men were rescued by Sheriff
E ,M. Mitchell and a posse of twenty
men at Barnardsvllle, thirty miles
from Ashevllle. Robert and Bede,
two of the brothers comprising the fa
mous Anderson gang, were arrested,
four hundred gallons of whiskey de
stroyed and one of the largest stills
ever found In Buncombe county wai
seized.
MOTHEK JONES
Thar wo. . ..uh .,,4 wiir president to succeed Miss Harris. Miss
boy. the only son of a rich merchant. ,-MarIe Marsh was elected a delegate
h.wa nan.. . d.i tnn.. n.i to attend the district conference In
often Invited Frank to Indulge In bad iMoiyenlJu" 3rd; , ,. .
habits and when he would refuse """J. "V1""0" ooneiyoi
(for Frank was a christian boy) Paul ,he Methodist church met Saturday
would laugh haughtily at him. ' . ternoon. r Ifteen members and two
a tin, ..i ih rt..!rn,inH visitors were present. A membership
w fnnnri .nH ... .hi., tn ir. campaign was begun, the first tactics
school at which he was delighted. Or,be n ."1 dl.vlde ,'he !'V.I11' m.!n,?T
course Frank did not have clothes like "h Pf ha'f- i,n, Miss Irginla
the other boys but he astonished his Oiffln cai.taln of one side and Master
classmates as well as his teacher at "a8kp' B'ven,I e?l" ,he ,her'
1.1s studies and soon made his way to J"" Bldf, ecurinf the least new mem
the head of his class. He would hur- b:rs w.m f 'icnlS on Mn' fo.r
ry home In the afternoons to work "le winning sine, vames ana mm
and help his mother with the house- i"" enioyea aunng me anernonn.
hold duties. During vacation the boy , V" "' ".
would work hard so that he could at- Charlotte last week,
tend school the next year. Gradually ' Mra- trnnk Ashcraft of Monroo w,
h. wnrboi fci. v .i,rh hih the week-end guest of Mrs. B. C. Par-
"By this time hU two sisters had
I Mrs. Vernon Ashcraft died at her
grown old enough to go to school. "me near Marshvllle Saturday morn
and the next question for the young .bout e,'ven flock af,er
cancer. Mrs.
the most beloved
women In her neighborhood, and vas
an earnest christian, being a Baptlt
by faith. She was Miss Hamilton be
fore marriage and Is survived by two
sisters and two brothers and eight
children. She was burled at Bethel
Sundnv afternoon. Rev. Messrs. Ben-
fellow to decide was. could he afford I1" ,0' mon,h wj'hv
nrit t,i. ... ,hct, -tio .t 'Ashcraft was one of tn
the same time let his sisters go to
school and leave his mother at home
to support them. But luck favored
him and while he was preparing for
college he found him a splendid Job.
It happened that a good-hearted man
I U, m U. XtAH.AWi .h klm inH
in his wholesale house at which he Me w and Marsh being In
made a good salary. This encouraged ,char ?' ,he 'Z? 5".?"
Frank and he told his mother that friends was present, and the
she would not always have to work fral tribute beautifuI.Mrs. J. S.
mn hard mnA thai iaia iln- thm- rn-nuM .llrrvil
he ahle to o.i a comfortable home.
Din lug this time Frank In various
ways saved money to support his
mother while he and his sisters were
Noted Agitor Not Against Equal Suf
frage and Prohibition.
Mother Jones, the famous labor
agitor of the Pennsylvania and West
Virginia coal fields, was in Washing
ton, one day last week and after in
forming a reporter that she had Just
celebrated her ninetieth birthday, de
clared that she was fit for forty more
years of battle against 'them Wall
Street sewer rats."
It was suggested that she might
live long enough to see a woman pres
ident of the United Slates.
"May God save us!" she said
She looked sharply at the reporter.
"Maybe you're one of them fools
who's worrying about the women not
getting the ballot," she said. "It
won't hurt the country any if they
don't. It'll help. Colorado elected
some good men until some women out
there got to voting.
The women of today give me a pain
whinnin'! for the ballot like sick cats.'
Do you find 'em ?' home rearing their
babies in fine Ideals? No, you find
'em at the club uplifting the nation,
smoking clirarttes or dancing the fol
derol, looking like naked huzzies. Ask
em why they put their night-gowns
on and thev Insulted. Say hell be
fore them like an honest woman and
they faint with shame. And where
d'ye find their babies? At the picture
show."
She lamented the passing of the era
"when the America of Patrick Henry
was still on the throne and people
were clean and fine and you got pure
whisky.
"That ws seventy-five years ago."
she stlid. "None of them prohibition
sissies running around taking nour
ishment out of the mouths of honest
working men."
Nothing Is worth more to a young
man than to be told exactly how to
get there. Bishop Fowler. I
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Go on and make errors and fall
and get tip again. Only go on.
Anna C. Brackett.