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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPEREVERYBODY READS IT -TIT" UNION COUNT PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT The Monroe Journ PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Vpk I., v VOLUME 26. No. 42. MONROE, N. C FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1920. $2.00 PER YEAR CASH PF.I.I. Al PARKER AGAIN F.NCIIAM.K COMPLIMENTS Tin Raleigh Judge Refer to a Col lege Statement of Mre Mail, and Paiker Siiy Trjiiqz ArotiM' Prejudice Against Him. In Thursday' Observer. Judge Pell, i.f Kal-ich. replied, as follow, to Mr. J. J. Parker's coiiiiiiunicaiion. which was published in a recent issue of The Journal: "In Sunday edition of your aier ihe republican candidate for gov ernor, Mr. l'arker. attempts to show that my attack upon lit in denouncing him as being woefully ignorant or a common liar was improper and un warranted. He says it was unbecom iug a gentleman aud attributable to my infirmity. No one has ever inti mated that my infirmity lies in my head or heart. "Mr. Parker's defense Is the usual republican defense. He says he didn't say it. First, he seeks to throw the public mind off the real issue by stating that what 1 criti cised him for was for saying that the railroads would pay less tax. That is not true. What I criticised him for was tor trying to deceive the public by stating that the value of railroad properties has not been raised under the revaluation act. Mr. Parker has persisted in making this statement almost daily and I had stood it as long as I could. Knowing that he knew better, I could not re frain from speaking plainly. If my words are attributable to my infirm ity, to what can we attribute Mr. Parker's constant efforts to decive the people? "He seems to deny using the words the newspapers say lie used. Did he use them. If lie did not, then I am horry that I used Hie language I did. If he tiid not use them, then Mr. Gilliam Grissoiu. the republican cam paign manager, is u falsifier, for he raid Parker r.sed them. The editors or the newspapers which printed the words tell use that the account of Mr. Parker's speech, in which of the words were used, came direct from i the oitioes of Mr. Gilliam Grissom in Greensboro with request to print. ! Mr. Pa' Iter, did Mr. Grissom lie on )0u? Surely not. 1 "As to ihe valuation of railroad properties for taxation, it Is not proper for me to give out these val j nations until the tax commission j makes its report to the governor. I but 1 will ;;ay this much, that when ihe pubiie. Jwarus. of the. iucreanea mads in these valuations. It will be satisfied with them. And I will I further say that nobody will pay less taxes unless during the past his or I her property has been heretofore ov ervalued as compared with the prop erty of the average taxpayer. I "iMr. Parker, when you were a democrat at the state university, you .were known as a truthful young man, i but since you told your friends upon J your graduation that there was no '(opportunity for a ouug man in the .'democratic party In the South that $ It didn't pay to be a democrat and '! you Joined the republican party, I somehow or other you have caught J on to the republican habit of falsl 1 fying the facts." ? In reply, Mr. Parker has sent the f following statement to The Observer, f "Your paper of July 1st carries an f article signed by Judge Pell of the I State Tax Commission, in which he i mnki certain false statements With resiiect to nie personally, but in which he absolutely falls to answer the questions w hich I propounded to him. "In my article of the 25th appear ing in Sunday's paper, I asked him tf it were not tine that because or the revaluation act the railroads would pay less tax. He does not an swer tills question but attempts lo dodge It iiy saying txonoiiy win v I less taxes unless during the past his or her property has been overvalued as ram pa red with Hie property of the average tax payer.' I submit to the public that this was not an answer t to mv question. My argument at f Carthage was to the effect that the tax on farm lands and other real es tate would be higher because the rail roads and the holders of solvent cred its would pay less tax. As a mere Incident of this argument I made the statement which caused Judge Pell ''such disturbance, viz: that the as sessment of the railroads mileage had not been raised. In my article I anktd Judge Pell to answer If the point of my argument was not true, viz. that the railroads would pay less tax beraiire of the revaluation act. By his failure to answer this ques tion he adnibits the point of my ar gument. "Judge Pell displayed such fury because of the statement made that the valuation of the railroad proper ties had not been raised that I chal lenged him to give the public the as sessment of the mileage of the South ern, Seaboard. Coast Line and Nor f,1lr t, Southern railroads for 1919. and their corresponding assessments for 1920. His answer is mat u not proper for him to give out this information until he makes his re port to the Governor.. Why? He does not tell tis. This much we know, however, the assessment of the roads is a matter of public record which can be given to any one; and. If . Judge Pell has no assessment for 1920, which he can give to the pub lic, this Is equivalent to admitting that his commission has not yet raised the assessment of the rail roads. Judge Pell's article is an ad mission, therefore, of the truth of the charge that the assessment of railroad mileage has not been raised. "I called on Judge Pell to 'put up' or 'shut t'ti,' He failed to 'put up.' "He is evidently afraid for the peo ple to know the facta; and yet in his interview he blamed me for not 'knowing what he now says it would be lmproier for him to tell. "Judge Pell talks about deceiving jtlu people. He is the man who is trying to deceive the people. In his first article he said that some rail road property had been raised to ten times its former value. If there was any truth in his statement, he had reference to luts owned by railroad companies which had been assessed by local boards. He tried to create the impression that the railroad mile age, which every one means when he speaks of railroad properties, had been raised iu this great proportion. Now he Is afraid to tell whether the mileage has been raised at all. "In his last article he attempts to deceive the people about my attitude. He says I am denying the correctness of the report of my speech. I am doing nothing of the sort. He criti cized a subsidiary statement in one of my arguments. I gave the full statement and challenged him to re ply to the argument. This he Is un able to do. "Failing to answer my argument. Judge Pell hits upon the old device of trying to arouse prejudice against me and the party which has nomi nated me. And in this he continues his efforts to deceive. I never told my friends on graduation at the Uni versity that there was no opportunity for a young man in the Democratic party in the South, or that It did not pay to be a Democrat. But what that has lo do with the Revaluation act or the assessment of the railroads, I am unable to see. Judge Pell so far forgets Judicial propriety, if he ever had any conception of what that is, that In a public article he slanders the great Republican party of this State, and yet, under the law, lie and his associates on the tax com mission are the court of the last re sort on tax valuation and constitutes the corporation court of the Stale. iW'ho of the more thun 1 20.000 Re publican voters in the State could li ne any confidence in the fairness or Justice of his decisions after his grat uitous insults and unnecessary pa rade of partizniishlp? "Now, Mr. Kditor, I am through with Judge Pell. I shall answer no more of his articles and shall notice no more of his interviews. I an swered him at first becasue of his position. He has demonstrated that he is absolutely lacking in the in tellectual honesty which usually ac companies that position, and I feel sure that the public will pay no at tention to him whatever he may say. Furthermore, if anyone wishes to dis cuss the revaluation act with me, he must observe the rules of politeness and decency1 In the discussion." Presbyterian Church Notes "As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till He come." A cordial invitation is given to given to the following services: 10 A. M. Sunday school. W. A. Henderson, Superintendent. 11 A. M. The sacrament of the Lord's Suppe: 8 P. M. Praise service, and se tuon to ouns men. (Fourth in th series.) Those who have ben received Into the niei ibeif V'p will be given The Right H ud of Fellowship at the time of the inornlii : service. The S-ssion will meet at 10:30 to receive those desiring to unite with the church, either on Confession of Faith, or by letter. Have you paid onr Church and Manse Erection plelge? Reporter. St. Luke's Lutheran Cliunii. Corner Jefferson und Church st. Paul L. Miller, supply pastor. Sunday school Sunday morning at ten o'clock, .Morning services at eleven a. in. At t'.i? morning service Ihe Lord's Sup per will be administered. F.venlng service at eight p. in. Both sermons will be preached by Rev. Lester D. Miller, pastor Luth eran church in Lenoir, N. C. "I was gald when they said unto me. Let us go unto the House of the Lord." St. Paul's Kpi.Hcouil Church. Sunday, July 4th Sunday school at ten o'clock, C. H. Hasty, super intendent. Celebration of the Holy Com in un ion at eleven o'clock. .Men's Bible class at half-past three o'clock, J. J. Parker leader. F.venlng prayer and sermon at eight o'clock. Every Wednesday night at eight o'clock. Litany service and short address. Ritllciitine Ten-ell. Mr. B. F. Ballentlne and Miss Min nie Grace Terrell were married last Tuesday night by Rev. J. W. Moore at the Central Methodist parsonage. The bride Is a daughter of Mr. and I Mrs. W. H. Terrell, of Monroe, and Is a young lady or very Drignt nuna and fine character. Mr. Ballentlne Is a gentleman of good character and has made a number of friends here. He Is In the employ of Ihe S. A. L. Railway Company. Death of Little F.niest Nash. Ernest, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Nash, died last Tuesday night at eight o'clock at the home of his parents on West Franklin street. He was twenty-two months old. The baby made a strong fight for life, but Its affliction was such that death came as a relief. Funeral was held yesterday afternoon. Rev. J. W. Moore, pastor of Central Methodist church, conducting services. MONROE HOYS HKTIHN FROM solTH AMERICA William Mark anil Heath Helm- K cotiiiteretl Nome Stirring F.eri riio Were in Brazil Some Time Back from a long sej-vovaKe to South American points. William Stack, sou of Mr. and Mrs. A. SI. Slack, and Heath Helms, son of Mr. Coleman Helms, are relating txperi euces with lire and the sea that al most makes the blood of the land lubber turn cold. For teu days their boat, a five-mast achoouer, wrestled with Ihe wind aud waves olT the coast or Cape Hatteras. and for a lime, Ihe young fellows say, ii ap peared that the vessel would go down. And on the return trip, fire broke out twice on the ship. In Ihe struggle off Cape Hatteras, one man was struck in the back by heavy rigging, from the effects of which he lost his mind. A passing steamer, however, took him on board and gave him medical treatment. The two Monroe lads were mess boys to the officers and crew. They received good treatment, though many or the crew did not fare so well. The mate was a tough guy," and took pleasure in knocking down any of the crew who gave him trouble. One negro sailor, the boys say, was laid up for four days by a blow from the giant-mate. Their ship, the "Ml. Rainey," car ried a cargo of coal to Pernianbuco, Brazil. Forty-seven days were re quired to make the trip to the South American towns and twenty-one days were spent on the Brazilian harbor. In speaking of his trip, young Mr. Slack said: "We left Monroe on the night of February 24th. arriving in Norfolk. Virginia, the following day. W'o signed up with the "Mt. Rainey," as mess-hoys. The boat sailed on March 1st. Three days later, we got into a heavy gale, so fierce that only om sail could be raised. The entire crew, Including officers and engineer, were on duty for sixty hours with out any relief. We landed In Per iminhiiro on April 17. Longshore men who were nniployed to unload the ship, curried ihe coal on their heads in wooden boxes. Kach man carried a dagger, prepared for trou ble on a moment's notice. While in the harbor, Heath and myself would Journey Into the town at night to see American movie films, and min gle with the natives, lstening to their Jargon, and watching their amusing antics. After the boat was unloaded, we started on the return trip, touch ing Key West, Florida. In a few weeks. From there we went to Mo bile, Alabama, where we stayed four days. Gulport. Mississippi, was our final destination: where, after reeeiv ng our pay. we left for home. 1 thor oughly enjoyed the trip despite the danger, and may take other such voy. ages In the future." 1K. NEAI.'S KINSMAN' HAS A I.AIM.E APPLE ORCHARD O. Henry After Ten Years. (From New York Evening Post.) It was ten years ago yesterday, we believe, since Dr. Charles R. Hancock was called to the caleronla, on Twenty-. th Street, to attend O. Henry In the illness that caused his death two days later; and in that ten years a great deal has been said about O. Henry's stories, most of it consider ably off the point so far as literary art Is concerned. The day arter O. Henry's death The Evening Post said In an editorial something that seems to us equally and substantially valid today. We print a few lines: O. Henry wrote very many impos sible stories. But they were impossi ble stories about possible people, whereas the ordinary product of the magazines today Is impossible stories about Impossible people. He took the tramp, the waitress, the shop-girl, Ihe clerk, and put them Into a setting of tragedy or farce, but always in a ro mance setting. He put plot into their drab lives, keeping the psychological realities largely true. He lacked Maupassant's perfection of form, which consisted In a seeming uncon scious or rorm He was always aware that he was telling a story. The art or It wa. quite visible. But beneath Ihe art the sense of some thing poignantly human, was seldom lacking. It is probably by his earlier stories, his dramatic pen sketches of New York, that he will be best re membered. With prosperity rame a certain coarsening, or at least an over-emphasis, of his manner. He made concessions to the public's ravening demand for slang; his fancy often be came fantastic, his humor grew boist erous. But the instinct for dramatic surprise, which is the making of a real short story, he retained. .And v.ith It that sense of human reality which, united to fanciful form, makes romance. It is Interesting in looking over (hose ten-year-old obituaries In the papers, how little was known then of Sydney Porter's own life. His own tragedy, partly responsible for the "something poignantly human" In his tales, was not guessed. A very able critic has said, not long ago, that O. Henry failed In the supreme test of the creator's art he created no mem orable characters. And yet was not New York herself Bagdad-on-t he Subway his greatest character? The New York he knew has vanished In outward lineament, but he had the secrets of her heart. In the ten years to come he may be referred to less often as "the American .Maupassant, the Y. M. C. A. Boccaccio"; his fame will endure some necessary setttlng, but his shrewd, essential, watchful humor will prove a good anti-septic against the germs of time. It was reported here to-day that a bank and several stores were rob bed In Lancaster last night. He KxpeeN ti H.irvrM tit leut 10, .MHI Barrel ThU Kail Hem) Re lates More of i Fxpeik-ure. Gt"' a.-Wo. June 2S. Well, I canghi .:,. Danville Westvin train alnsl't .Hid if I had not. it would have Imtii an easy matter lo have overtaken p. tor three hours were rqulred to make the ihirty-two mile Journey from Martinsville to Stuart, Va. The route, however, led through the Blue Ridge mountains and I was glad thai the train made slow prog ress for it gave opportunity or a good view of the country. The scenery was beautiful. Now the train creaked its way through a gorge almost tunnel like iu extent; again it clambered up a winding grade, while to the left, in the midst of a few level acres, a farmer's cottage presented a pretty picture; at another time it followed the little mountain valley and on the right k tall peak lifted in head sky ward, restful iu its grandeur. A spring shower had fallen earlier in the atteriioon, but the clouds still hung heavily about the head of the peak No Business mountain. It is called, as I learned later and the sun shining against them on the other side left an edge or polished silver. Nearing Stuart, on the right or the railway track the largest apple orchard which I have ever seen was pointed out to me. Later, In Ihe town, I met Mr. J. R. Neal, secretary of Hie company which owns the orchard. Mr. Neal informed me that there were 63.000 of the finest Wine Sap and York trees in the collection. At present the boufhs of the trees are bending wlih fruit and Mr. Neal expects to begin the latter part of September lo harvest a crop estimat ed at M. nun barrels of A grade fruit and 'in addition a huge quantity of Inferior grades. The company main tains its own box factory and pack ing plain and the factory at present Is a husv place in ihe rush lo prepare containers for :he coming crop. Mr. Neal, by the way, is a cousin of Dr. J. W. Neal. As a boy he at tended i he high school at Matthews and while a student there often visit ed in .Monroe. During this time he made many friends in the capital of Union, about whom he enquired with Interest, From the depot where I alighted after passing the orchard, the road winds sinuously around the mount to Ihefntr stores which comprise the business section of the town and to the summit where is located the hotel and there I spent the night at an election of about 1400 feet. Around the mount on which the hotel Is locat ed higher peaks, almost In a circle, reach skyward, presenting a grand view. During the day a bluish haze enveloped their heighths and It Is from this, I suppose, comes the name or the ridge to which they belong, the Blue Ridge. It must have been while inspired in contemplation of a scene such as is visible from the hotel that the Psalmist wrote, "The heavens delcare the glory of God and the firmament shnweth his handi work." Stuart and vicinity Is much frequented by vacationists during the summer months and Is increasing steadily in favor. Lover's Leap, about twelve miles out. is a favorite ex cursion with them. In a ravine of one of the peaks vis ible from the hotel is found a quarry of lhat strangest stone formation known to science and now called by the name Lucky Stone or Crystallized A a gel Tears. The Inexplaimble thing about this quarry Is that the stones fo'ind there, ranging In siz from on. eighth of nn Inch lo an Inch, all represent in their state some form of a cross. Formerly they were so numerous, I was Informed, as to be shoveled up by Ihe wagon loud. b" the demand for (hem as souvenirs is slowly depleting the supply. The native folk of Ihe place firmly believe that one of the stones worn as a charm will guard the wear er against harm or evil. These native folk also explain the origin of these peculiarly rhaped stones by a very heiiutiful legend. The storv Is best told in the words of Mr. J. S. Taylor, deputy clerk of Patrick county, where the curiosities are found: 'The legend runs to the effect that hundreds of years before King Powhatan's dynasty came into power, long before the woods breathed the ze.nle spirit of the lovely Pocahontas, the fairies were dancing around a spring of limpid water, playing with tlie Naiads and Woodnv mphs. when an Elfin messenger arrived from a strange city far. far away In the land of the dawn, bringing the sad tidings of t'hristss death, and when they h-Mid the terrible rtorv of the cruci fixion, they wept. And as their tears fell upon the earth thev were crys tallized Into little pebbles, on each of which was formed a beautiful cross. When the fairies had disap peared from this enchanted spot the spring and adjacent valley were strewn with these unique mementos of that melancholy event. "Not even In the old world, with Its quaint and curious lore. Is a more beautiful legend to be found, and Just how It originated, no one knows, but for more than a century some of the people of that country have held these little crosses of stone in more or less superstitious awe. being firm in the belief that thev will protect the wearer against witchcraft, le--ness. accidents, and disasters of all kind. "These llttt "n" nmong the 'n'ertlnT and tin- r-f n-''ral formations known to srience. Thev are famous the world over and so far our leading scientists have failed to throw any satisfactory light on their real origin, but you would not think it a strange hue for Titana's subjects were ou to visit that wonderful section where every tree, shrub, and rock is invested wim the glamour of romance." But Lucky Stones are not the only thing found In the ratiuej and secret places of Ihe encircling peaks, for it was coiiunouly reported that consid erable iiiootishiuiiig goes on. A native of the vicinity informed me that at a certain place about eighteen miles from Stuart the real corn whis key could be obtained at ti per gal lon and in any quantity. How true this statement is, 1 do not know. He held, furthermore, that it was a good grade of moonshine and rree from the demoralizing effect of Red Devil lye or Brown Mule tobacco. He de clared, however, that the stuff was extremely hard to obtain by a strang ed, due to the fear of revenue of ficers. Twelve buildings, he said, had been burned in the county, sit posedly by Incenderaries angered be cause of information given concern ing illicit distillng, and all within the past tew months. If his Information concerning blockading is true, an ex cuse may be found in the fact that about the only possible way to get the corn raised in the mountains down to the lowlands is to bring it down In Jugs. Henry Belk. HAKDIXi WAS OPIMSKIl TO TH1IIV" ROOSKYF.LT IX 1I2 coi;i;iiiimh:t piukyts INTt:i:F.sTIW CAI'.M FACTS New York World Mini I'nroveis Files of Nominee's Pnier During the 101:1 Cuiiiuiigii. The New York World sent a spec ial correspondent to Marion. Ohio, home of Warren O. Harding, Republi can president iu 1 nominee, and follow ing is part of the story he found: To Warren G. H-irding's paper, the Marion Daily Star, Theodore Roose velt iu 1912 was "ulerly without con science ami regard for truth and the greatest faker of Ihe time." He was compared lo Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr. Hirmaii Johnson of California in 1912 was "built a faker and black guard." Numerous other men to whom Harding is now looking for support were merely despised Bull Moosers. All this appears from a reading of the newspaper, which is on file In the County Clerk's office of this small city, and local politicians are wonder ing whut effect it will have in the coming campaign on the friends of Roosevelt. When Senator Harding was mak speeches in Ihe West last spring, somebody got together some of his pet diatribes against the Progres sives aud sent them ahead. They were used as the basis for questions when the Senator spoke. The then primary candidate told his audiences that the dead past was dead and should not be raked up. An interesting fact is that the copy of the files of the Star containing the most vicious attacks on Roosevelt has disapeared from the office of the Star's political business rival, the Tribune. The owner of the Tribune has been trying vainly to learn what has become of It. The reference to Roosevelt and Benedict Arnold was on Sept. 13. 1912, under the title "Geling Ihe Measure of Hiram." The Star sys editorially that Johnson had placed Taft below Benedict Arnold, "who Is more like Roonevelt, for he won his country's plaudits and turned traitor when he might have Joined a victor." The Star then goes on to say of Johnson : "He appears at close view to be both a faker and blackguard. When the people have finished thinking the litter collapse of the Bull .Moose pre-leii.-e may he practically charged lo :oo much Johnson." The Star'. articles show- clearly that in 1912. Wilson, viewed by Harding, was prel.'rahle lo Roosevelt as President. The attack:, on Roose velt began in a mild way to the Re publican Convetnlon In .'nine 1912. as soon as there was tullt of a third party. During the cnnventioi; the Star had little to say. and nuch "knocks" a were published concerning Roosevelt were not particularly hard. About a wei'k alter the convention It began lo talk of Roosevelt's belief "that he can continue to fool a majority of the people all the time. It charged that, "declaring for the purification of politics, he financed a deliberate attempt lo steal the con vention." and added that Roosevelt's candidacy had but one cause, "his own lust for power and conspiracy," and ihat he had "clos'-d his mind to all considerations of pledged faith, or personal friendship, or established precedents, customs and traditions of party fealty and loyalty." Proclaiming himself Ihe foe of "special Interests." Ihe article gn"s on, "he accepted the help and guid ance of the very apostles of privilege, and the money of Wall Street was poured out in millions to subvert the primaries he urged as the means of political salvation. Preaching Ihe square deal, he resorted to libel, mis representation and slander." It charged that Perkins "and the money bags of his trust brothers" had no hope of electing Roosevelt, but "merely sought to defeat Taft, the President, who cannot he coaxed or bought or frightened from his at titude of determined enforcement of the law." So many are Just on the line pretty near successes and pretty near failures. Once you're In you wonder why you hesitated so long before taking the plunge. Taking .Mr. IVIly rr Hit lliii4ralim, ovus Homo sIkiuk Why llo) Are l.enviug (he Farm. Waxhaw. K. F. D. No. 5, June 2s. Messrs. E. G. Yarbrough aud sou have treated themselves to a new Ford. Mr. G. O. Cowick has done likewise, aud it's a tact ihat Fords are more common than buggies were a short time age. The I'niou county branch of the Farmers' Kiiueational aud co-operative union will hold its next session with the Rebolteth local on Satur day, July the 3rd. session to open for business at ten oclock. a. m. A full delegation is expected and desired since the June meeting was postponed until July, because of the rush of farm work during the past two months. From the way chicken peddlers are raking iu the biddies, city folks must be hungry for chicken. Also they must think country folks don't like chicken. It Is a fact though that most of us undervalue what we have, and think that the other thing is better. Mr. J. D. Petty says in last week's Enterprise that it doesn't pay farm ers lo use 8-2-2 fertilizers. Says he is using from nine to twelve hundred pounds per acre on thirty acres of a farm and making only fifteen bales or cotton, a:i.l is paying six bales of rent out of thai. I believe he said two hundred pounds per acre of the amount was soda. Let's figure some on Ihat state ment and pee if there Isn't an ex posure of l lie reason for farm boys leaving the f;:rm. In the first place we will notice that six from fifteen leaves nine and that from nine to twelve hundred pounds of fertilizer per acre, easily gives an average of one thousand pounds, maybe more. One thousand pounds of fertizer eight hundred pounds. S-2-2 and two hundred pounds of soda rost last year about twenty-five dollar per acre, and for thirty acres this is seven hun dred and fifty dollars. Mr. Petty' nine bales of rol'on and the seed out of the whole fifteen hales brought him about two thousand dollars. It required two good mules to cultivate' this farm and we will put their hire at fifty dollars each. Two plow hands at forty dollars per month each for five months four hundred dollars. Board twenty dollars per month, two hundred dollars. Feed for two mules twelve months, four hundred dollars. Hoeing crop three times at one dollar per acre ninety dollars. Tools for preparation and cultivation plow points cost two dollars fifty dollars. Harvesting fifteen bales at fifteen per bale, two hundred and twenty-five dollars. Ginning fifteen bales at five dollars per bale, seventy-five dollars. Hauling to gin fifteen bales at two dollars per bale, thirty dollars. Total, two thousand, three hundred and twenty dollars. This seems to put a balance of three hundred and twenty dollars on the wrong side of the ledger, and yet city people and falks who wouldn't believe what soil tillers are up against are wondering why farm boys don't stay on the farm and work for monopolist and market Jugglers In order ihat the two of them may have a good fme and enjoy the fruits of production, without the annoyance of sweating any. I will submit the following solu tion to Excelsior's Sheep, Hog and Cow problem: Let X equal sum expended for sheep. The square of 2X equals 4X or bii ii expended for hogs and the square of . equals lfiX or the sum expended for cows. We then have X plus 4X plus 16X equals 21X. Twentv-one Is our divisor, and $"349 divided hy 21 equals $169. One hun dred and sixty-nine dollars Is the sum expended for sheep aud Ihe squaro root of 169 Is the number of sheep. This root is U. Hence 13 sheep, at tU each is $169. 26 hogs (twice Ihe number of sheep l at $26 each Is $676. f2 cows (twice the number of hogs) at $52 each is $2,704. Total. t?f, in. Novus Homo. Correct Ion. To the Editor of The Journal: In Ihe last tssue of The Monroe En quirer and The Waxhaw Enterprise there appeared an advertisement stat ing that the Robeson county fanners' union had endorsed Mr. Gardner for the Democratic nomination for Gov ernor. This advertisement is mis leading. n- the following from Mr. E. C. Faires. the state secretary of the orgair'.aiion. will show: "Mr U. D. Sims. "W.n-chaw. N. C. "De:ir Sir: A to the Robeson rnentv farmer's nn'on, I will say ti.rf tho ii'iinn ( i that county has von dead for fv 1 years, mere wa one local i' goo-' standing up to last year, hut I; has not paid dues for this year; it""-efore. It Is not in good standing a! this lime." R. P. SIMS Waxhaw. N. C. I, lies- alke Mr. Brooks Llles and Miss Sallle Quaries Walke were married June 23rd at the home of the bride In Ridgewav, New Jersey. The groom Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B Llles, of east Monroe township, and Is a young msn of fine character and ability. For some time he has been with the Aluminum Company of America at Badin. Mrs. Llles has been teaching at Badin for several years and is a lady of refinement, culture and fine charcater. Mr. Royal Liles, brother of the groom, was best man at the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Liles are spending sometime in the western part of the 8tate.
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