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VOL 26. No. 33.
MONROE, N.C., TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1920.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE i1?1"- Me1dlin- who 's n(n ,u H"!iiimti. !.. hkaks
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Latest Happenings In and;ry
Around Monroe.
There will be services at Hernion
baptist church Sunday, June blh. at
eleven o'clock.
Mr. U. T. Belk. one of the county's
lead inn farmers, fays he is three
weeks ahead with his crop aa compar
ed with last year.
Hon. O. Max Gardner, candidate
for Governor, will address the voters
of Union county in the court house
at Monroe Thursday night. June 3rd,
at eight o'clock.
Ntver in the histor yof the county,
aonie of the older citizens say, have
three commissioners stood for re-election
without opposition as is the case
with the present board.
Several good speakers will be at
Wingate school bouse Wednesday
night, June 2, to address the people
In the Interest of J. C. M. Vann's can
didacy for congress.
Mr. John Stewart, a member of the
fire company, was badly Injured about
the hand Friday while assisting in
quenching the flames that threatened
the destruction of the old Commercial
bote).
There will be public speaking at
the Indian Trail school house Wednes
day night in the Interest of J. C. M.
Vann's candidacy for congress. A
number of good speakers will be pres
ent. The school patrons of Faulks and
Snyder schools are requested to meet
at Faulks church Saturday afternoon
of this week at four o'clock. Prof.
Ray Funderbuik and others will dis
cuss the advisability of locating a
graded school in these communities.
Prof. Ray Fuuderburk will address
the patrons of High Ridge, Oakland
and Cool Springs schools, Wednesday!
evening of this week at 8 o'clock. The
subject to be discussed is belter
schools and better teachers. The meet
ing will be at the Cool Springs school
house.
Sheriff John Griffith has produced
a variety of corn which is said to be
the equal, if not better, than many
of the famous kinds in this section.
For several years he picked the choi
cest ears from his fields, which he
mixed each year, until now the vari
ety is uniform in appearance. The
ears are large and heavy fruited.
There will be public speaking t
Marshvllle In the school house tomor
row nlkht, June 2, in the interest of
of J. C. M. Vann's candidacy for con
gress. There, will be several good
Itprunrip fiDT-iii aim a (luuu inner in in
!'i atore. Let everybody come out and
4 hear the speeches and help boost
Vann for Congress.
Prof. Ray Funderburk wishes to
meet the school committeemen of
Midway, (Marshvllle township) Ham
ilton's Cross Roads, Stewarts, Holly
and the Little School at the Holly
School house Wednesday afternoon of
this week at two o'clock. It Is the
purpose to discuss the possibility of
securing better teachers and better
school facilities.
"Crop conditions are the poorest I
have ever known at this time of the
year," declared Mr. Van Sikes to The
Journal yesterday. "Dr. Flow," he
continued, "gave a fairly accurate re
port, and I agree with him in most
Instances. The continued cold weather
la making the crop very late. One of
ray tenant planted cotton a short
time ago with his overcoat on."
Frank Carelock. colored, la out un
der'a $300 bond to await the next
term of Federal court, which con
venes in Charlotte next October, on
the charge of transporting and keep
ing liquor. A half-gallon of liquor
was found in Carelock's buggy by
Chief of Police C. H. Griffin and Of
ficer Clyde Winchester Wednesday
night at his home here while Care
lock was preparing to hfcch up his
horse with the evident intention of
making a trip somewhere Had the
officers been a few minutes late in
arriving at Carelock's home, his horse
and buggy would have been liable for
confiscation under the Volstead act.
Governor T. W; Bickett was the
guest of honor at a luncheon at the
Joffre Hotel yesterday afternoon, at
i which the following were present:
Dr. J. M. Belk, W. a Blakeney, R. A.
Morrow, D. B. Snyder, F. O. Hender
son. J. H. Lee, Prof. R. W, Allen. G.
L. Nlsbet, John Beasley, M. K. tee, J.
C. Sikes. R. B. Redwlne, and Dr. J. E.
Ashcraft. Governor Bickett was wel
comed to Monroe, his native home, by
Messrs. R. B. Redwlne and Mayor
Sikes. In response he praised Mon
roe and Union county for Its civic and
economic development, and expressed
his delight to be back in the commu
nity where he spent his boyhood.
Mr. Robert Fowler died last Sat
urday morning at his home in Sandy
Ridge township and funeral services
were conducted at the home Sunday
morning by Rev. R. J. Mcllwaine. Mr.
Fowler was almost 91 years old and
Ihmat H t Tr..L..i- r Clin l .., .-..... inn Mini men
. . ... ..... v. iv, I m ii at-1. 1. I . . a . .
C. and another passenger, who were ' ' " "" inning
.Major yiKe ni.vs Monroe- Will
.Make Another F.ffiwt For a Xe
School Hull. Una Meikik Trest-iit-
e.1.
innocent bystanders, received slight
wounds. The shooting was the con
tinuation of trouble which started at
the home of Medliu's sister early
Sunday morning, it is said. The ver
sion of the story which most of the
witnesses seem to corroborate Is that
Kendall was here Sunday morning
and got into trouble with some other
members of Mediln'a family. He went
to the home of his father at Indian
Trail the same morning, and he with
his father were on train No. 20 Sun
day afternoon going to some point in
eastern Carolina. Medlin boarded the
train here and when he saw young
Kendall drew a pistol from his pock
et and fired five or six times directly
at him. As quickly as possible Ken
dall returned the firo and in the
shooting the other two passengers
were hit, no one seems able to say by
which gun. When Kendall's gun was
emptied he ran front the car and es
caped, but returned to Monroe Mon
day. Medlin walked from the train
and reloaded hia gun. Officers arriv
ed and took him in charge, bringing
him up town to a doctor's of floe,
where his wounds were dressed. The
whole affair occurred in a few seconds
while the train was standing on the
yard.
Wingate Note.
Wingate, May 31. It's still very
dry around Wingate and crops are
needing rain badly.
lugate Drug Company changes
hands again. This time from Messrs.
W. M. Perry and Vargen Perry to
Messrs. Zeb Jones and Brooks Je
rome.
Mr. Fred Bivens, who has been em
ployed at the Broom garage, has ac
cepted a position with the Wingate
garage.
Mr. C. C. Lamb is having his house
remodled and painted. v
Mr. W. L. Riggers and Mr. Jessie
Austin are having their' dwellings
painted.
Mr. R. IIiTiinicutt is laying the
foundation for his new residence.
Mrs. Blackman of Ruby, S. iC; Is
spending a few days with her grand
son, Mr. Frank Dees.
Miss Bessie Mclntyre, who has
been teaching at Monroe, has re
turned home.
Miss Jennie Womble has returned
home from Oxford College.
Miss Pauline Boggen haa returned
from Apex, where she has been teach
ing for several months.
Miss Jennie Stewart, who has been
teaching at Mineral Springs, is now
at home.'
Miss Daisy Llles, who has been
teaching near Goose Creek, has re
turned home.
Miss Mary Bennett has returned
home from Liucoltou, where she has
been teaching.
Mrs. Make Griffin Is spending a few
days at Baden.
Mrs. Lydla Perry has gone to Ba
den to if-il her son and daughter, Mr.
D. Perry nn I Mrs. Carl Black.
Mr. Jesse Mclntyre had a very dan
gerous car wreck between 'arshvll
and Wingate. No one seriously hurt.
Miss Blanche Helms Is spending u
few da. s wit'.', her sister and friends
in Charlotte.
Miss Mary Redf'arn it as home
from Greensboro Female College.
Mr. r nd Mrs. Bill James spent Ih
week end with the latter's father, Mr
Tom Bivens.
Mr. r.nd Mrs. F. W. Causey spent
Sunday with the liter s father, Mr,
Jones Caudle, who lives near Peach
land.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hefner spent Sun
day with Mr. Hefner's folks near Ba
kers.
Politics at Wingate is about to a
welding heat. But what amuses the
writer most is the fact, that all the
candidates are going to be elected on
first ballot. Now where I came from
half of them always got defeated.
fur He Year.
(.Correspondent of Baltimore Sun
Winchester. Va "The ft'imun in
l ne commencement exercises of lb Black. " Winchester' inmi.i ti,rini
Monroe High School closed lust evei. tune mystery, has made her ap
nig mun-a masterly aJdress by Gov- pearauce as usual alone with ihe
eruor I. . Bickett heard by a large dandelions and the tadpole. Siiuul
audience In the graded school audi- taneously night prowling bv the weak
lorium. The students had worked and defenseless male is becomlne
uiiigeiiuy in decorating tne hall, but vastly unpopular for reasons that are
witn an tneir efforts the deficiencies good and sufficient
ana inadequacies of the auditorium -The Woman in Black" is as good
nc iiiui-u ill t-tioence. Alier Kev. a name ,.. .!,,. k .i..i,
Ink. n-.. i i.j j:..:..- I "J . 's ""-uin me
twiiu a. on... iiuuKru uivuie oiegs- ammr t mi ha ... -,.,., , K.
ings. Mayor Sikes stated that His Ex-Ii. n .,.n . ".
cellenc). the Covernor. Inion's best Those who have hadjstrauge adven
known sou, needed no introduction to tures with the creature only know
.u,ue .uu.euce, ana loo me op- that the "in black" refers to draperies
porumii.v io speaa a rew words in re ordinarily affected by those of the
91 Pit f tliA n lav ink aAlhAl 1. - It.... I
b-.- . i.. ...m uk,u, .jui.uniB. reniinine sex. The form is tall and
The mayor feared that Gov. Bickett. slender, the fe,trh,.t h.
after seeing the spirit of progress Lr .,., i,. ti.
I If 8 predominating In Monroe. Woman in Black" wears a veil too
looked with surprise on the woefully heavy for human-eyes to penetrate
inadequate school facilities. Howcv 8t midnight. Such discouraging con-
er, a bill is now being prepared to dltions make Identification or even
IMrseill IU UIW legisraiure, IOr me 1U- Haolflrxlmn ln.nn.IKI
thnrlTollnll nf .rfi.ln.,.1 .h,.l I ..A, 1 i.v.oo.u.t,
as eight years ago, the "Woman in
Black" first began to make life
WOMAN IX Itl.At k" Tf KltOlt J he cent oi:t she dipped into the
K WIM Hr-STKK, V... MK. jVi'Siioule.
ho do you want?" he asked.
I got no answer but a grum." he
Snillly Takes to Heels, Mys Kesi
ile:il Ha Aiiiiruml In I lie Stii-im.
and before another year passes fi,t
least a start will have been made on
Monroe's new high school building.
In Mayor ' aiM o ihm 0M mt for ,he ch-
eroned male In this environ, lor
several weeks about this time or year
she is reported to be abroad and the
Winchester hubby begins to evince
lug" speech he had made this year.
but he had been nimble to forego the
To the People of Union Countv.
My name has been before you for
some time as a candidate for Sheriff,
and as the time nears when you shall
say who will be your sheriff, I wish
to say that I have gone along In my
usual quiet way, not being a politi
cian, trusting and believing that you
had Judgment and sense enough to do
the right thing when the time came,
I have spent my life in the county
and whatever good or evil 1 have
done, you have been benefited or In
jured thereby and I am asking for the
ornce because I would like to be sher
iff of my county and because having
had 7 or 8 years experience In the of
fice with the late J. V. Griffith and
with the present serlff. I believe
couia save the county more, money
than any man In the race. I aiu not
KnocKing tne otners. they have as
much right to run for the office as I
have, provided they are competent to
fill It. Go to Ihe polls and rote with
your oest judgment, which I am
! trusting vml will rln mil vmi will
w.a a rniifeiteratA veteran. He was i
. - - i near nn ifrowunir
born at the old Fowler home place in
North Monroe township. Mr. Fowler
was a good farmer, an Industrious and
energetic man interested In his work
until ill health forced him to abandon
it. For a long time lie had suffered
with dropsy but was confined to his
room for only one week. He is sur
vived by three sons, Messrs. William,
Clifford and Braxton Fowler. He was
a conscientious christian and a loyal
member of the Presbyterian church.
Joe Kendall, who shot Carl Medlin
In the Seaboard day coach of train No.
20 here Sunday, surrendered to the
officers yesterday, and Is out on a
$1000 bond for his appearance In the
Recorder's court at a date to be let
From
FRANK BENTON.
Tlie Man for Kcprexcnlntlve
On Saturday, June S, the day of
tne Democratic primary, do not for
get that Mr. Earle Ezzell haa lived
his life on the farm; he knows the
needs of the rfarmer and will look
after and safe-guard their Interests.
He, likewise, will' protect and look
after the Interests of all classes of
people. He favors a square deal and
equal opportunities for all. He Is loy
al, patriotic, steadfast, not variable,
dependable, reliable and straightfor
ward In all his dealings and transac
tions with his fellow men. Vote for
him. Voters. i
been three North Carolina governors
since the Civil War whose adiniii.stra
ions stand out as mountain peaks
Thai- am 7ohnlnt. II Vaiino Ph..laa
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Brantley Aycock and Thomas Walter """ "" ' '-"u iuue
Bickett.' The latter has done more . "
constructive and progressive work """"T . ne pussiomiy oi neing
than has been done in North Carolina KTT. "--? '
for a long time. ,aua """?' ,T . .
.i . . , .-a ,. . ma iik I tt ill iiaza iiki inp nnn
lies or nis oinre naa neen so nenvy i . , j u . .
that this was the onlv aehonl h,-enlt- Kobbi" al,d hls8 'n r8'C accents:
. - I Tho U nmull ill Tlluplf u-lll pul
you," to discourage any symptoms of
lileasure of addresslne the friemU of
his bovhood: and narticnlnrlv wan he 1 nus far she of the sombre raiment
he interested n ooklii'.' aini.iiri in noi succeeaeo in dragging on a
discover the two strangeix which the victim, but there are several respon
United States ceiihiis credit a Monroe citizens wno have had encoun
with. He reconciled himself :or the (e which left them with incipient
lack of increase in h n hum.! town's hert trouble. Incidentally, there
Douulatlon with the i.!d ndatfo. "Its M t least one occasion when the
quality and not Quantity that counts." "a 01 compelled to flee
and with ihe following illiisir-ulon. from the wrath of an intended victim
A rabbit was renroac uni. a lioness be- ve arnica ana lauaanum
cause she, the rabbit, had ten l.ables ibis was tne outcome of one of
whereas the lioness had only the one. tne more, recent episodes In which
But the lioness with j..lciidW dianllv hr Uncanny prowler figured. Frl-
replied: "But remei ibei mine's a "" nigni a weeg ago Howard scruggs
lion." The Governor 'hought that a"d r.dward Anderson, wno are em
Judging by that standard no comniu- Ployed, at a local garage, drove up
nity in the state hid ciailo more prog- o their place of business shortly after
ress than ours. He has frequently nuanigni. wnnm a square oi tneir
taken occasion to sate thit Union destination, they noticed a figure. In
i-onnlv la seilma-ihuiace in -.hotrtat- "'" clotning. leaning againBt tne
er developui'-'u ot t!oa.) till ?j vhuh window of a store. Remarking that
nuke for better c It zensh n. " tor a woman 10 oe auroau
These were introductorv remarks li ne car away ana scruggs
to the Governor s speech proper on 1,11 or name.
' eights and Measures, the Standard 'I live near the store where the
of Value." All important phases of woman was standing," he-said, "and
life have in them the element of sale, observed that she was slill there when
the Bible Itself Is a Book of alues. I reached my house. Partly to see
iiut when we think on the acknowl- what she looked like and partly be-
eu.-(ed fact that we in North Carolina cause I was hungry, I changed my
arc spending more money yearly for mind nbout turning in and started
automobiles than we spend for for a lunchroom.
churches and schools combined It "i had heard a lot about the
seems that we are losing our sense of -woman In Black." but thought It
values. One hundred thousand dot-Uas Just gossip. When I saw this
lais gois for automobiles each day creature, however, dressed all In
u:id according to Mr. Bickett "one out black al,d heavily veiled, I bean to
of every two represents an economic wonder if there wasn't something in
nii'OBSlblhty. it after all. I was mighty sure I was
ine meat pernicious evu oi io-nn f0r something when the woman
day." said Mr. Bickett, "Is the un- hi n behind me and followed down
willingness A men to do an honest nie afreet.
aays wont lor an nouesi nays pay. Tne id.a of havilie a ghadow like
And the overcapitalization of appear
ances has overcrowded the profess
ions and as a consequence the demand
for labor cannot be supplied. "Any
profession or work is just as honora
ble as the men in it make it," he said.
The Governor spoke for a few nio-
ihat at my heels beg-un (o make me
r-el creepy, I thought I would stop
and see what would happen.
What time is It? I asked.
Tfiere was no answer. The woman
'iipped and just looked at me
through that heavy veil. She m big,
menis on tne oojecuye meory " bigger than I was. which made me
which comprenenas tne wei are or an heeve u WMn.t gny womgn ,t all
ine ciuiuren oi men, uuiuijr linl I man
relates.
"Tell me who you want and mavbe
I tan help you find li;m." he said,
but vot only another grunt in reply.
"I bud a hunch then I was dealing
iih ih.? Woman in Black." he savs.
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i uuii i aiiuw wiieiner yon ere
a man or woman. I threatened, 'but
if you know whui's good for ;u Ket
a move on and get ii on richt now
She did. according to Fisher, who
joins Scruggs in admiring her speed
He. too undertook a search for
her. and enlisting several assistant
crawled all over a lumber yard where
he thought she had hidden. If she
was there she was hidden all righ
for the search was futile.
And so the stories go. Maynard
Clowser. who keeps even a jitney bus
in pertect subjection, tells of
growth-stunting adventure on
lonely road on the outskirts of the
city, where the snoonin? female
jumped out at him from behind
concrete wall. Adrian Mason and
James Kltter. two High School stu
dents, have their version. Even so
substantial and dependable a citizen
as J. hred Goss. manager of the Win
Chester Gas Company Is said to be
numbered among the near-victims.
1 he amazing revelation of all these
epics is the invariable development
or chilly pedal extremities by the
bold vlllalness at the crucial moment
Just as she had her quarry all but
trozen stitr with fright, he has to as
some only a loud, brave tone of
voice to send her away on high gear
with the gas wide open. As a Ladv
.Macbeth she would be a pale and
insipid failure. Unless she can do
her vamping with a somewhat sterner
resolution It is believed the now
skulking males will be out again after
ten-t tiirty p. m
There is one robust citizen who is
even now' unabashed, and even skepti
cal, tne Chief of Police. M. A. Doran
"All bosh, nonsense, says Doran
Haven't had any complaints of peo
ple being molested. About seven years
ago there was a poor, old, demented
woman here who prowled around all
hours of the night and this 'Woman
in Black' story has been bobbing up
ever since. Some people have loo
much Imagination."
uee nsner says ne doesn t ltnow
whether the chief ever received' any
complaints or not, but he does know
half of Doran's night force helped
him search that lumber yard. If he
remembers correctly,
every man his brother's keeper and
exemDllfies the law of kindness. His
advice to the twenty-one members of
the graduating class was to "Have
faith in God and in man made In His
Image, and. do not cease to dream."
At the conclusion of the Governor's
speech Dr. H. K. uurney was caueu Thftt dldnt gu at , was.,
upon to present tne w. J. Kuage es- b)( partlcular ,bout naTn)? my back
SayiSIS llieuai IU Mr. cumin uiimu ...i.-..,.. an t atnnneH nff.-illl and
and tne ur. J. m. ueix meaa 10 ms a,ked ner wna, he wantej. No
"Nearby was an alley that led up
to the back of the garage. Think
ins the back door of the place was
opened I started up that way, picking
up a piece of brick as I went.
"Along came the woman, or man
whatever it was, right behind me
Florence Redwlne for making the
apswer. Again I started up the al-
higheat degree or scnoiarsnip in tne . ,. ... fninwpj after
nign scnooi. Mr. Alien siaiea inai a Th.i ... -h
scnoiarsnip to Harvara university naa .. .0.. .... .. .,. y and .e, out
been won by Mr. John D. Stewart and Lnirk t nr.tered -or I'll let von have
one 10 ine LinverBuj ui iuiiu emir .1.:, hrlck '
Una by Mr. Dwlght Plyler.
Mr. W. B. Love, chairman of the
board of trustees, when called upon
to present the diplomas to the gradn
ating class, expressed his delight in
the fact that for the first time In the
school's history there was a majority
of boys fn the graduating class. After
he presentation of diplomas, the au
dience at Mayor Sikes' suggestion
arose and sang "All Hail the Power
of Jesus Name."
Fowler for hherltl
There are a number of good men
n the race for the office or Sheriff,
but we think that Clifford Fowler Is
he most competent one. He has
done more to suppress the evils that
are being perpetrated by violators
of the law than any man In the coun
ty. Vote for him and you vote to pre
serve law and order. Voters.
"Without saying a word Ihe woman
made a start for me. I let her have
it. the brick. I know I hit her, for
I heard the thud.' That stopped her.
-ihe turned and ran
'I ran. too. In the opposite direc
tion, found Anderson still nt the Ka
ra l-p and with him and Hie night
watchman, went out to look for the
woman. She had run through the
alley and was around In front of the
garage. We didn't get very close to
her, however, before she started to
run again. And she could run some,
too, I'll tell the world. She. If It was
a woman, had big feet and knew how
10 use them. We followed for about
a square and then she disappeared."
Even Main street has no terrors
for this apparition. It is reported
that she was seen one night parad
ing that thoroughfare In lonely iso
lation, swinging a revolver. Certain-
Ked Men Aot Dying Out,
(From Pittsburgh Dispatch.)
A few years back the scientists told
us that the Indians would be a for
gotten people within the coming gen
eration. But Uncle Sam's evnerts of
he department of the Interior have
been busy educating, socializing and
fraternizing our Indians for the past
wenty years, with the result that the
population of these original Ameri
cans now numbers more than 307.000
as against 230,000 in 18!0. These
people possess a combined wealth ai
proachlng one billion dollars, which
brings them In an interest of more
han 1 5 million dollars as investments
and untold millions from farms, lim
ner, mines, oil and what not that t!.e
ndians are engaged and Interested in
A more progressive, thrlftv and Ue
Irable citizen is not to be found in
his country today than these origi
nal Americans. Not only nre thev
eaer to a'lopt methods which will
make them self-sustaining, but they
re very jealous 01 1 lie oes' interests
of iheir country. This b demonstrat
ed by the fact that ten thousand of
heir boys entered our army during
tne war, besides more than two thou
sand In the navy.
Cato Sells is the man who acts as
nele Sam's guardian of our Indian
population as United States Indian
commissioner, of the department of
the Interior. "It is a great privilege
to be Instrumental in saving and re
storing a race," says Mr. Sells. "Un
der our control, or having some rela
tion to our work, there are now in the
country, exclusive of Alaska. 307.000
Indiana, as against 23 1, 000 In 1890.
"I estimate that altogether there
are fully three hundred and fifty
thousand Indians in the country.
Thousands have slipped awav from
all tribal and governmental rela
tions and are living among the white
population and making their way in
life Just as other people do. The nor
mal birth rate exceeds the death rate
by about six to the one thousand, and
the former tends to increase and the
latter decrease as the Indians attain
economic stability.'
The Indians of American hold more
than 25 million dollars in Liheny
loan bonds, or approximately $75 per
capita, which is far above the show
ing of the whites for many sine.
They also own more than 1 million
dollars in war savlims stnni'.s. Jack
son Harnett, a Creek Indian, owiii
J1.0!B,noo in Liberty bo.uls, Jcnit-t-
ta Richards, a Creek girl. $411,250,
while other Creeks invested as fol
lows: Susan Bacon. $3"i7.r00: Mollie
Davis, $330,000; Sandy Fox, $325.-
000, and the Maley Pier cstr.te.
$313,000.
LATEST HAPPENINGS
News Events of the Day in
the State and Nation.
The soldier relief bill was passed by
ihe bouse Saturday by a vote of 289
10 i'2 and sent 10 the senate where it
was consigned to committees.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels sailed May
19th for Switzerland where she is a
delegate to the eighth congress of the
International Suffrage Alliance.
Charles Stratford, aged 53. of Char
lotte was found asphyxiated Sunday
morning at the home of his son id
New York.
Louise Hinsley. nine years old, and
Mrs. S. O. Dudley of Raleigh were
killed Sunday afternoon when the mo
torcycle attachment in which they
were riding was struck bv a car driv
en by A. M. Branch of Clayton.
Political leaders are not complain
ing now of the lack of interest in
politics by the American people. The
people have become so interested that
tally leaders are sure thai thi wishes
of the average voters will be express
ed at both the national conventions.
Chairman A. A. Suraitue of the
Wood presidential organization testi
fying before a senate Investigating
committee, stated that a total of near
ly $1,200,000 has been raised for
campaign evpenses. About $5,000 of
this was sent to Zeb V. Walser. the
North Carolina manager.
The Nonh Carolina Farmers' and
Farm Womens' convention, which will
be held at A. & M. College in Ral
eigh, August 24. 25 and 26. bids fair
to be one of the most successful yet
held. Hon. Edwin T. Meredith. Sec
retary of Agriculture, will be present
and will address the meeting.
Despite the recent reductions In
prices, little relief from the general
reign of. high prices is seen by the
federal reserve board, in its anafysis
of May business conditions. There
has been no change fn the underlying
conditions responsible for the high
cost of living.
President Wilson has approved the
platform of the Virginia Democratic
party and has especially commended
the league of nations plank, which de
clared for the ratification of the trea
ty of Versailles without reservations
which would impair Us essential Integrity.
Announcement Is made by Miss-.
Gertrude Elliott of the State College
for Women of a School of Citizenship
for Women which will be conducted
at the college in Greensboro June 14
to 18. Mrs. Raymond Brown of New
York, considered the best woman
teacher in the country, will conduct
the classes.
The national association for the
advancement of the colored people,
meeting In the South for the first
line, made the following demandi. In
session in Atlanta: Guaranty of the
safety of life by the aiilishinent of
lynching; Demand fo- e'l'ii'l idnca
tional and Indus; rial opportmiliie?;
Demand for the ballot under the sail 0
qualifications as others; Abolition of
he "Jim Crow" cars.
America's war dead in Europe were
eulogized and their graves in all parts
of France decorated Sunday, the sec
ond .Memorial day since the close of
he war. American flags floated over
he resting places of more than 70,-
000 soldiers and allied organizations
oiued with the Americans in services
11 their memory, and throughout the
republic poilus acted as guards of
honor. Ambassador Wallace, closing
his address, said: "We must pre
serve the peace the heroes won." A
wreath was placed on the statue of
heroic size of the "American Dough
boy." It bore this Inscription: "From
the President of the United States to
the American soldiers fallen on the
field of honor."
of
vege-
Flrst Scout: I've lived on
tables only for two weeks.
Second Scout: That's nothing:
I've lived on earth for a number of
years.
Death of Miss Mamie IUchardsoii.
Miss Mamie Richardson, daughter
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Richardson,
died May 24th of typhoid fever. Fu
neral services were conducted by Rev.
S. Simpson and her body was laid
to rest in Zion cemetery Tuesday af-
ernoon.
.We extend to the father and moth
er and other relatives our sincere.
sympathy and point them to the great
11 r den Bearer who said "Come unto
me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden and I will give you rest." We
cannot understand why a life so
oung and promising should thus be
blotted out, but God's ways are not
our ways , nor his thoughts our
noughts. Some time In the great be-
ond we shall understand.
"Not now, but in the coming years;
it may be in the better land, we'll read
the mcan'lig of our tears and then
we'll understand. Lona Ormand.
There is an exception to every rule?
therefor?, there Is an exception to the
Some years -o a party of pros
pectors were lo. ;:ing for minerals in
the Ozark moumalns of Southeastern
MiFsotnl It was during the month
of February, .'.nd the prospectors en
countered a period of very had weath
er, varying from rain to snow and
sleet and hack again to rain. One
day, when discussing the weather In
the presence of Uncle Bill Hunter, a
native Ozarklan, one of the party In
quired if the weather, would not
change soon.
"Oh. yes. hit'll change, all right."
replied Uncle Bill. "All the gosh
d 111 ned weather In the United States
enmts here to change."
A four-year-old tot, riding up Fifth
Avenue on a bus, gazed with childish
Can! of Thanks. Mv 'he was there one night, for Lee
We wlah to exoresa our sincere rlsner. employed In a Mam sireei
thnnlra fni pverv tanrpHlnn nt kind-
clothing store, stands ready to vouch
ness and sympathy shown us during for , . rule ,h't ,hre n exception to seriousness at the Metropolitan Art
our recent misfortune and injury. al" " mysuc in.nr me.riore. me ruie mere Museum, then at the green stretches
Especially we wish to thank all who r 'n .t-'.lnls-ht. when she was, is an exception to every rule proves of Central Park beyond. "Mother."
so liberally contributed to the relief li'is-o-ered. Usher had worked late.imu mere is not an exception to every rhe said pensively. "I wish we had
fund of the storm stricken district. ana ,ouna ,ne POOKy temaie nang- nnr. m umer worns. 11 it s so, a large grassy back yard to play in,
Kespectfuuly, Sam Presson and Wife. I1"8 roun(l n tore ,ron(-
When that proves it ain't so:"
j like the people In that big house,"