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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT "THE UNION COUNT i KapeP EVERYBODY NEEDS IT JOURNm PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOLUME 26. No. 41 ' MONROE, N.O, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1920. $2.00 PER YEAR CASH The Monroe" LOCAL INTELLIGENCE Latest Happenings In and Around Monroe. There will be communion service at Hot moil church next Sunday at 11 o'clock. There will be meet inn of Steward at the Methodist church Wednesday aight following the prayer service. Mr. Flank Reader, who got his leg broken some time ago at the S. A. L. yards here, has returned from a Char lotte hospital. Dr. E. A. Thompsou of Kershaw. S. C, will preach at Meadow branch next Sunday, July 4th, at 11 o'clock, nd at 8:30 lit the evening. The ladies are preparing to send a box to the soldiers at Oteen hospital top the Fourth of July. Any contri bution should be sent to Mrs. Chas. Iceiuau. At the regular meeting Friday night. July 2. of the Masonic lodge the Master Mason's degree will be conferred by picked team. All members and visiting Masons are In vited to attend. Among those who plan to attend the bar association, which meets In Asheville this week, are Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sikes, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Par ker, Mr. R. B. Red wine, aud Mr. and Mrs. .V B. Love. Messrs. Fowler k Lee plan the erection of a two story brick build ing. 100x180 feet, on the old Hous ton lot. facing their stables. Excava tion work has already started. The building will be used for a ware house. Messrs. W. J. Heath. J. A. Stewart, Allen Heath, and Gilbert Heath, leave Thursday for ait automobile trip which will take them through Massachusetts. New York, and parts of Canada. They will probubbly be gone several week. Among those who took a rule in the aeroplane Saturday were the follow ing: Miss Annie Lee I'lyler. Dr. P. M. AbVrnethy. Messrs. J. W. Fowler. John vYrav. Pete Russell. Fred finks ton. U. St. Lee. Jr., Holmes Morris, Henrv Adams. Charles Helms, dro ver Brooks. Carl lliile, Lee Trull, and John Henderson. The landing tteld was near Mr. R. B. Red wine's home, west of Monroe. Mr. A. D. Battcom. son of Mr. J. Cull Baiicom. and Miss Ethel Taylor, daughter of Mr. George Taylor, all of Monroe township, were married by Esq. S. A. Helms at his residence on Benton Heights. Sunday. June 27th. Mr. Bauconi Is an energetic and suc cessful young farmer, and was a sol dier In the world war. serving several months In France. He has taught In the public schools of the comity sev eral years. His bride Is a popular young lady. James Lewis, the six-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brooks of the Ebeneezer community In Goose Creek township, died Wednesday morning June 23rd. above Ave o'clock after an Illness of only a few days. Funeral services were conducted at the home on the following morning at nine thirty by Rev. J. S. Simpson, and Interment took place at the Yan dle cemetery Immediately afterwards. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have the sym pathy of the entire community In their sad hour of bereavement. Mrs. Addle Eelk Flowe, wife of J. Lee Flowe, died at her home in Char lotte, after an Illness of several years duration. For about three years she bad been an Invalid, a good deal of the time being spent In hospitals. Mrs. Flowe was fifty-eight years old. She was a daughter of the late John W. Belk, and a sister of Rev. Dr. Dr. S. R. Belk. of Atlanta and Rev. George W. Belk, of Montreat. and Mrs. Alice Broom, formerly of Wlx hut nniv nf KnlelEh. A brother. Rev. Darling Belk. died some year ago. and a sister. Mrs. W. R. Me Neely died In 1918. Mrs. Flowe U also survived by her husband and one daughter. Mrs. F. M. Redd, of Charlotte. She was a member of the Presbyterian church r.t.d lived a con sistent Christian life. Superintendent Allen has had dif ficulty in securing teachers for the next term of the city schools, and there are yet several vacancies. The following teachers Jiave been elected and have accepted the positions as Indicated: North Monroe. Mrs. F. H. Wolfe, second grade; Miss Eliza beth Stevens, third grade; first grade vacant. Lancaster Street: First jtrade, Miss Mclntyre aud Miss Mun dy; fccond grade. Miss Redwine and Miss Secrest; third grade, Mrs. Aus tin and Mrs. Crowell; fourth grade, Mis Alexander and Miss Benton; fifth grade. Miss Beasley and Miss ' Tyson; sixth grade. Miss Harding, (one vacancy) seventh grade. Miss Emma Hunter, (one vacancy!. High School: Prof. Hawfield. principal; Miss Alice McNInch. (three vacan cies!. All the teachers for the color ed school have been re-elected. A shooting affray, which ended In the death of two negroes and the wounding of an officer, occurred on Capt. Ed Neal's train while It stood in the yards at Elberton, Georgia, at one thirty this morning. Will Pelo, of Monroe and Cede Harris, of Abbe ville, are the dead. The name of the officer could not be .learned. Ac cording to accounts of the train crew, the officer boarded No. 12 when It stopped at Elberton. When he walk ed Into the negro coach, Pelo, evi dently thinking the officer was look ing for him. drew hie gun and fired at him. the bullet lodging in his boulder. The officer drew his gun. nd In the shooting that followed, Harris was accidentally killed. Pelo also fell li.orlally wounded. It Is said the officer had no Intention of mo esting either Pelo or Harris, but mas simply engaged in making a quiet inspection of the trail. Pelo was on his way to Raleigh, where he lias run on the North Carolina division of the Seaboard. He was Capt. W. A. Lane's aud Capt. T. T. Capehart's porter at times in the past. Monroe defeated Cheraw at the latter's home, ground yesterday in a fast game of ball, the score ending 3 to 0. The home aggregation se cured nine hits, while Cheraw got but three off Paul Heath, the Monroe twirler. One error was made by each team. The line-up for Monroe was as follows: Thompson, ss; Hasty, lb: Myers, c; Heath, p; Benton, 3b; Wil liams, lb; Simpson, cf; Hinson. rf; English, If. Monroe Is playing Che raw at Robert's Field this afternoon. On July 5th the local boys will cele brate the fourth by playing their old rival. Wadesboro. The Holloway brothers of Monroe are visiting their brother, Mr. Boyd Holloway, who is playing with an opera troupe In Concord this week. Boyd went to France In 1918. and on his return last year he Joined the "Mickey Company." of Boston, with whom his wife, who Is an actress, I? playing. This company played the leading theaters In Canada, British Columbia, and the extreme north eastern part of North America, com ing back to the United States a few weeks ago. Concord la the nearest point to home Mr. Holloway has been in over two years. Coinrtdentally. he was playing at Concord In 1917 wher he enlisted In the 115th Field Ar tillery band of the 30th division. Ahout half the proposed stock of $2500 for a I'nlon county fair this fall has been pledged, and new sub scriptions are being added almost ev ery day. The tentative plan on which stock is being solicited is to use Rob erts Field ball park which Is already enclosed, and to rent canvas to house the exhibits. A premium list Is being prepared carrying about $1,00" in cash premiums; something like $t0 will be used for publicity and a like amount for fixing up the grounds. The promoters oT the fair believe that Wlih three days or good weather dur ing the fair the income will more than equal the expenditures, and If so the stock will show a net profit. It Is not being presented as a money making enterprise, however, but as a real public need for Union county. The time la growing short and It is honed to get the full stock subscribed and organization perfected within the next week. Mr. J. D. King, of Columbia, S. C. an expert laundryman was here last Saturday with a view to organizing a stock company for a laundry at Monroe. Mr. 'King was well pleased with Monroe a a laundry proposition and expressed a willingness to put every cent he can raise Into it. !f the neonle of Monroe will ba"k him To equip a laundry complete with modern machinery capable of doing the complete family washing from sox to fine Airshed shirts, collars and ladles' fine wear will require capital of around th'.rty thousand dollar. Such a nlan'., according to Mr. Kin will have a npaclty of fifteen nun dred. to sixteen hundred dollars per wee!:, nil if kept busy would, show a handsome p oflt to the stockholders. Negotiations ore be'.ng made by the secrefar' of the Chamber of Com merce v ith Hie Ice plant, with a view to locat'ng the laundry there and get tin advantage of :he surplus water and Rte.m there. WAS . DEVOTFO MoTI1F.lt AM) Fi:iF..MI.Y MM.IIHOH i:CL.TI I S OF MISS KOS.-4 ARK TO CONTEST HF.lt WILL Mulling Farm .i-unes Happier There wtre 775 faim home3 In North Carolina made happier last year through the Installation of home water supply systems as a direct re sult of the efforts of the Agricul tural Extension Service, according to the annual report of Director Kilgore. Recent surveys In 33 northern and viesrern states have shown that sixty per cent of Ike farm women must carry water from spring or pump for household use. No figures for North Carolina are available, but It is thought that the percentage is no lower in this State. The Agricultural Extension Service has a trained farm engineer who co operates with farm and home agents in making the North Carolina farm home more convenient. lit comment Ins on other Improvements made in North Carolina homes last year, the annual report says: While there is probably no ac curate measuring rod to gauge the vqlue of the work of home demons tration agents to the State, the fig ures cn the number of home con veniences installed through the work of the agents suggest the tremendous possibilities of the work In the way of adding to the comfort, happiness aud health of rural families. "How many steps have been saved to the housewives In the 4.475 homes where kitchen cabinets were Installed last year, and how different are llv Inc conditions In more than one thousand homes where electric light ing systems have replaced coal oil lamps! In these eme homes women have been saved much labor through the operation of washing machines and electric irons and as a result have more opportunity for reading and recreation, and hiore time to de vote to their children." None Dead, As Yet; "I hear, James, your master Is a perfect lady-killer, especially since he got his new auto." ."Taln't ao. sir. He has run over some, but none of 'em' dead yet." I Baltimore American. Planning farm work well in ad vance is one way of saving labor. An I. (valid for Many Years the Ijtfe Mi. V. f. Iledttlne Hor Her Suf fering with Fortitude niiil Faithful nesM, Mrs. V. C. Kedwine, who died Thursday after a lingering illness. was a good christian friend and neigh bor to all who knew her. Being an invalid for a number of years, it was not her privilege to leave home much of the time. For the last four years of her life she was a sufferer from Rright's disease, and had several rtrokes of paralysis. Her recovery from the first two attacks was per haps due to the untiring devotion of her eldest daughter, who la trained nurse of state reputation. In all of her suffering, Mrs. Redwine never complained, but exhibited a fortitude and faithfulness that only could come from fellowship with Him. who can strengthen and support His followers, and make them adequate to meet ev ery demand He might lay upon them.' The number of friends and relatives who gathered to pay their last trib ute, and the many beautiful floral of ferings bore testimony to the high es teem in which she was held. Deceas ed had been a member of the Meth odist church since girlhood. Mrs. Red wine was the daughter of the late Mr. J. McCollutn Price and was born at the Price homestead in Sandy Ridge township. November 5th. 1858. and was therefore over sixty-one years old. She married Mr. Redwine October 21st. 1875 and soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Redwine moved td Texas where they lived for four years and then moved back to Sandy Ridge township. They moved to Monroe in 1881 and have been residents of ihis town since that time. Surviving Mrs. Redwine are her husband, one son. Mr. T. P. Redwine, a merchant of Monroe; four daugh ters. Miss Edith M. Redwine. Slate Inspector for Nurses Training Schools and who makes her home in Ashe ville; Misses Ruth. Mary and Annie Redwine. of Monroe; two brothers, liev. J. M. Price, of Lenoir and Esq. Henrv L. Price, of Sandy Ridge town ship, and three Bisters. Mrs. Fannie Clark, Mrs. John Gordon and Mrs. Frank W. Howey, all of Sandy Ridge townshlu. Funeral was held at the residence at five o'clock Thursday afternoon. Uev. J. W. Moore, pastor of the Cen tral Methodist church, conducted ser vices and Interment was in the Mon roe cemetery by the side of Mrs. Red wide's son. Mr. John Robert Red wine. The following friends of the family acted as pall-bearers: Messrs. J. D. Futch. N. C. r.ngnsn, a. u Blair, D. B. Snyder, W. J. Hudson and W. C. Heath. SUFFERS FROM PISTOL WOUND Injury, Inflicted Forty Yeara Ago, la Ktlll Troublesome. Monroe. R. F. D. No. 5. June 28 News of Interest is very scarce, but I wish to say that the farmers of this section have certainly put in one wee'.: of hard work since last Mon day. Most of their crops are now in fine s'.iaDe. Mrs. W. E. Helms returned home Saturday from Peachland. where she h.id been vis ting relatives. Mr. and Mr. C. V. Bradley of Bal timore. Maryland, are spending a few davg lwth the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McCorkle. Mrs. Brady Price was taken by sur prise the other day when she received The Journal s check for ten aouars the award for making the nearest es timate of Monroe's population. We regret to say that we have Rome Sundav law breakers In this community. Several shots were fired bv rowdies last Sunday. " Mr. W. E. Helms has been suffer Ing for several days from an old wound which he accidently Inflicted upon himself with a pistol forty years axn. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Irvln Spit tle, a son, Death of l ittle Virginia Griffith Monroe people were grieved to learn of the death of Virginia Griffith, the nlneteen-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Griffith, which occurred Friday night. The little child had been sick for two weeks, and her death was not unexpected This Is the first death to occur In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, and they have the sympathy of their hundreds of friends In their bereave ment. Funeral services were con ducted Saturday morning by Dr. H. E. Gurney. Virginia was a beautiful child, and her loss will be severely fell. Among the out of town friends and relatives who attended the funer al were Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Griffith, of Thotuasvllle; Mr. Zed Griffith, of Thomasville. Mr, and Mrs. J. L. Arm field nd Mr. Eugene Armfleld. of Greensboro; Mr. H. E. Allen and Mr. O. M. Stanback. of V adesboro. KXCEIiSIOK'S EXAMPLE EASY Mr. Broom Finds That the . Man Bought 1.1 Sheets 2fl Hogs and 32 Uowa. To the Editor of The Journal: I see that "Excelsior" had hard one for the mathematically Inclined In your paper of the 25th Inst. I have never seen the problem before, but I think It is a very easy one. Here is the answer: Thirteen sheep. 24 hogs and 52 cows. Come again. J. F Ttroom. Monroe, R. F. D. No. I. The number of cows don't agree. LATEST HAPPENINGS Thirly-tfcl.l Catt-tor Charge That she Wait lii'oniieiit When She Sbitieai the Wilt, lining (er a Hundred i TIiouniihI IMIitra to Two Xrgnie. Thiny-odd relatives will contest the will of the late Mrs. Maggie Mtoss. alio left nearly two hundred thousand dollars worth of laud and personal property to two negroes. Robert B. Ross, and his daughter. Mittie llelle Houston. The caveat hlch alleges that Mrs. Ross was mentally incompetent to make her will, has already been prepared, and will be filed in a few days. Messrs. Stack, Parker & Craig will represent the Union county parties, while Wal ter Clark. Jr., will apear for several Mecklenburg county people in the proceedings. Evidence of a sensational nature is predicted, and attorneys say they anticipate little difficulty In breaking the will. Undue influ ence on the part of Rosa and his daughter will be charged. Mittie Belle Houston. It is said, was educa ted by the Misses Ross, and attor neys for the cavetors wilt claim that she and her father acted wiih shrewd ness and design to procure possession of the thousand or more acres of fine farming land In the Marvin sec tion which the Misses Rosses owned. Many of the witnesses who will ap pear in the case were neighbors of the Misses Rosa, and it is said that they are ready to cite many Incidents showing mental incompetency, and undue influence on the part of the two negroes. Among the caveators are Mrs. W. W. Horn, of Monroe: Mrs. M. C. Broom, of Florida; aud twenty-five or more Union county people. Gov ernor T. W. Bickett. although re lated to the Misses' Ross, Is not con testing the will. A copy of the complaint, reads: "John W. Deese, and others, here inafter named heirs at law of Mag gie Xii, nVceased. respectfully show unto the court the following facts: "1. That on the day of May. 192ii, Maggie Ross died in the county of Union and State of No-ih Caro lina. "I. That thetvatier. lo-wlt: on the 26th day of May. 1920. IS. A. Hudson and R. B. Redwine presented to the court a paper writing pur porting to be the last will and tes tament of the said Maggie Ross, and being In words and figures as set out In the paper writing hereto at tached, marked Exhibit A. and made a part hereof; and as the caveatois are informed and believe that the said R. A. Hudson and R. B. Red wine alleged, and allege, that the same was and is the last will and testament of the said Maggie Ross, and procured the same to be admit ted to probate in common form as the last will and testament of the said Maggie Ross. 3. ' That on the 26th day of May, 1920, the said R. A. Hudson and R. B. Redwine obtained from thlj court letters testamentary upon the estate of the said Maggie Ross. 4. That the caveators are related to the said Maggie Ross as herein after set out In paragraph Ave of this Caveat. "5. That the devisees and lega tees under said alleged will are mined In the copy of said alleged will which Is hereto attached and marked Exhibit A, and to which ref erence Is made without repeating their names In this paragraph. The following heirs at law of the said M.'ugle Ross, deceased, file a caveat to vaid alleged will, to-wlt: "John W. Deese. Manifred Deese, S it ah E. Parker. Alex Phlfer. Etta S Hargett. Julia Nelson, Raymond S. IWse, Julia Killough. Carrie Kil lough, Lucy Ross, N. A. Ross, G. W. Rn-s. Mrs. P. L. Jones, Mrs. M. E. Kikr. Joe C. Ross, John T. Parker. V. P. Ross. J. H. Helms. W. K. Helms; V P. Helms, J. H. Tomherliu. MelDa Kiker, Mrs. Edna Stikeleather, Mrs. I.'llie Helms, Melissa Crook. C. G. Talker, Henry Davis, Mack Davis. Mrs. T. 8. Ezzell, Margaret Ross. Martha Ann Jones, Mrs. Mildred Parker, Llllie Irby, Mrs. Bertha Law rence, Mrs. M. C. Broom, Mrs. Ben Reader, Mrs. Ida Ann Reader. Mrs. W. W. Horn. Mrs. Alice Helms, Wal ter Bass,, Bertha Bass Griffin, Mat tie I! ass Slithers. Elizabeth Cribble, Sh- Gribble Edwards. Lillie Grihble Bradley, Julia Alexander Morrison. Your caveators would further h"w unto the court ihal the said Maggie Ross died without ever hav ing married, and without leaving any lineal descendants, or any brothers or sisters, or the dereudani of such, anv uncles or aunts, fir first cousins, and your caveators, who are second cousins, some of thetti third cousins, and some of thorn fourth cousins, tire the nearest of kin of the said Maggie Ross, their exact relationship to her Will be shown at (he proper lime. '6. That the paper writing or which said Exhibit A is a copy, was not and la not the last will and tes tament or the skid Maggie Ross, de ceased, for the reason that the sig nature of the said Maggie Ross there to was obtained by undue and Im proper Influence upon the said Mag gie Ross by Robert B. Ross and Mit tie Belle Houston, and others whose names are not at this time known to caveators. "7. That the said paper writing or which the" said Exhibit A Is a copy. was not and Is not th Inst will and testament of the a!d Maggie Rosa, - ---i-el. for the reason that at the time of the execution thereof and News Events of the Day in the State and Nation. have sufficient nieutal rapacity to make aud execute a will, for that he was not ut sound aud disposing memory at aud during said lime. "8. That the said paer-w riling, of which Exhibit A U a copy, was not and is not the last will aud tes- atmeui of the said Maggie Ross, de- There were 5.5 farm homes made ceased, for the reason that the same , happier last year by home water sup- was not executed in the manner re- ply system Installed with the heap quired by law. aud is not such a of the Agricultural Exteiitiou Service. Mill as is authorized under the Slat-I ule of Wills. WHEREFORE. the The democratic party in its plat- form to be udouted at the San Fra n- eaeators Csro convention must take an "open. pray thai ihe Clerk of Ihis Court noms) Uld grea, ,8sues collfront. ...... ""- " " '"" ing the country, and above all. avoid perior Court for trial, at term, of the issues of devisavil vel lion, aud for a decree selling aside and annulling 'pussy footing.' " Albert S. Burleson, postmaster general, declared at San Antonia, Texas last Tuesday. He was and Ihal a citation issue to all of the d , , from TexaJ M Burleson A ai'luiuu Ueutiuta t4 AthoP naet as1 . ... . . """'7 -'- auo said he was iu favor of modifying in Interest within the state and thatthe ..drtsc aad al)sul.d pro,i8ions" publication be made for six weeks Lf , Volstead prohibition enforce in some newspaper printed in lnlonlni, ... nntMutA , .,,. County for any non-resident persons 'ownership excepting telegraph and ..nr., ... e- telephone lines and that he was pear at the term of court to which alnfl, ,ne measures denying labor inr irucetrui.iK la ..ai.sir. rr-u bhu make themselves proper parties to the said proceeding, if they choose; and the caveators warn and request the court to suspend all further pro ceedings under said paper writing until a decision of the Issue is had." IVImIIUi lean as Harem Favorite. One day Sari was a ragged beggar girl romping on the streets of Stam boul, Constantinople's vilest suburb. The next day found her arrayed In ihe finest clothes money could buy In the marvelous bazaars of the the Turkish capital. She was to be married to the wealtiest sheik in all the Sultan's domain. She was lo become the prime favorite in the most famed harem of the Moslem world the world of her upbringing. Why did she object to Ihis fate an honor coveted by Turkish maidens of every rank? How did she escape from the powerful heik, her Intend ed husband. The answers to these questions form a series of the most dramatic Incidents ever written upon the page of romance. They were chronicled by H. H. Van Loan, a noted novelist, in "The Virgin of Siamboul." From this story. Tod Browning, a director for the Universal film company, has construed a spectacular photoplay. Hundreds of people, and countless sets of scenery were used to give the Dlctare a true Eastern atmosphere. with camels and caravans, Arabian cavalrv. desert activities and the lunutled life of Constantinople. The title role Is taken by Prlscllla Dean, well known for her fanciful portray als In "The Wildcat of Paris," "Pretty Smooth" and "The Exquisite Thief." "The Virgin of Stamboul" will be shown at the Strand Theatre on Wednesday. POSTAL MAY COME HERE A Coinpetltlng Telegraph Company I' Desired By Monroe Husinesa Men. Mr. W. B. Stuart, manager of the Charlotte office of the Postal Tele graph company, spent lust Friday In Monroe Investigating the prospects for his company here. At a confer ence with the local cotton buyers and others Interested at the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Stuart gave assur ance that he would make a favorable report on the project, and he believed that his company would put a line here within a few weeks. The Postal rates both on telegraph and long dis tance telephone messages are much less than Western Union and Bell rates and those present at the con ference were enthusiastic over the prospect of competitive service for Monroe. ' At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Chamber of Commerce i Friday night a resolution was un animously adopted Inviting the Pos tal to Monroe and assuring tnem ot a share of the telegraph and tele phone business. This resolution to gether with Mr. Stuart's report has been forwarded to the head offices at New York and final action is expect ed In a few days. the right to strike. As a means to check the rising tide of unrest and the increese In the cost of living.-the Loyal Order of Moose, in convention at Moose- Heart at Aurora Illinois last Tues day, adopted a resolution ur:;iu all the six thousand members ot Its lodges to invest as much of their funds as possible In Liberty loan bonds and Victory notes. Cule L. Blease, former governor of South Carolina, as chairman ot the resolu tions committee, urged adoption ot the resolution. Another resolution adopted by the convention endorsed illM).0iO,uu0 endowment for the Moose vocational school and farm at Moose-Heart for children of deceased Moose. A hail storm over a part of Lenoir county, N. C. Wednesday afternoon did damage running Into hundreds of thousands of dollars. On some plan tations practically every stalk of to bacco was striped or broken by stones some of which were as large as guinea eggs. On a single planta tion In the Falling Creek section, the damage was $100,000. One estimate for the county at not less a million. Persons caught In the storm In auto mobiles said It was the most terrific they ever witnessed. Over a stretch of country miles wide and long there is utterly ruin In the field. Stonei exhibited at Kinston at 9 o'clock Wed nesday night were hours old by till as large as walnuts In spite ot the high temperature. According to an official tabulation by the North Carolina Slate Depart ment of Insurance, the domestic Fire Insurance Companies increased their business of gross risks written in 1915 over that of 1918 by 60 per cent, since the gross 1919 totals was $150,886,313.60 against ) 91.780. 782.95 In 1918, and 877.591,986.00 for 1917. The United States per capita fire loss in 1918 Is given at J2.68. Of this. 62 cents of the loss was strictly preventable and $1.23 was partly preventable, leaving only 83 cents of the $2.68 loss of an un known nature. Commlsisoner Young says that this a tremendous toll this country Is paying fo carelessness, not to speak of the deaths and Injuries to men, women and children. Verv the diet with more ve;eta- ;bles. milk and fruit and bo health-1 continuously thereafter, until her ler. death, the said Maggie koss am not Unappreciated laureates. The poets laureate of England have not always been such as a committee of critics, or even of representative readers, would have selected for the laurel crown. The late Alfred Aus tin, author of some very pretty verses, was by no means the weakest poet lo hold the honor, but was generally believed to exceed his merits. In the recent Life and Letters of Lady Do rothy Nevill an anecdote Is related of the meeting of the poet and a distin guished lawyer a man endowed with more wil than kindness. " May I ask, Mr. Austin." said the lawyer soon after they were intro duced, "do you find that poetry pays?" "Thank you." replied Austin, good naturedly overlooking the imperti nence of the question. "I do pretty well; I always manage to keep the wolf from the door." "And prav do you read your poetry to the wolf?" The, uncalled for cruelty of such a thrust far Exceeds Its wit, witty though It undoubtedly was. Much more comfortably enjoyable Is the oft quoted comment of a British peer who i had some appreciation or letters on I the ennolntment to the laureateshlp I HSU oi inr irruie hiiu iiuiiuiuub versifier, Henry Pye. t "U nit " anlH frlenit to th nohle lord. "So His Majesty has bestowed the laurel on Pye." "Pye!" exnloded His Lordship wrathfully. "Pye! Drat the creature, I would rather he were baked than ti mi uusuvu. I ' H'Ntville News. Hogville. June 25. The popping noise in the old shed at the edge ot town where Siie Sims has his old auto, has ceased and it is believed it has given up, or Sile Is dead from exertion trying to get It to run. No body has been to see ubaut it as no one cares. It is believed there Is a moonshine still being operated somewhere in the hills near Bear Ford, as Bill Hell- waneer is seen going and coming from that section very often lately, hnl is not a very strong character and Is easily led astray. A new thing has happened In Hog ville and the Postmaster Is consider ably upset over It. A woman post office Inspector has called on the nostofftce here and the Postmaster became so excited he sad down on her hat which she had laid on a chair while looking after her work. He claims the hat had six1 hatpins in It and all took effect. Da? Smith believes It rw.ft be an awful thing to be n dead man when one doesn't want to be dead. Zero Peck found an old paper In Ihe bottom of a trunk at his home yesterday and In looking over It he noticed sugar advertised 20 pounds for a dollar, eggs 15 cents per dozen, GOOD RYE WHISKEY at one dollar a quart and here's where he fainted and is just now coming from under the sell, and the first thins he called lor was ih" pa " r to see for eure thai there was i. ; ml.-tuke about the date of it. Gape Allsop says next thing you hear of will be some fellow trying to swim the Atlantic ocean. Zero Teck says the reason the Bear Ford Preacher always speaks of the beautiful sunsets In his sermons and never refers to the sunrise is that he never gels up in time to see It. Alexander Moseley says he might never have known he was a fool If his wife had not told him so. Gape Allsop. a few days ago made some remarks about Bill Hellwanger. When Bill heard ot It he seemed to regard the remarks as a reflection on his character. As soon as Gape heard hew he felt about the matter and fearing Ihe outcome, went to Bill and apologized. Bill accepted his apolgy but punched him In the face one time good and hard just to give him a sample of what he would have gotten had he not apologized.
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