DGHT PAGsS THH MOSltOst TOtlHlf. fTESDAT. ArCCST 10. 1M0. OGBT PAGES CHOOSE CAREFULLY. The selection of a bank should be a matter for careful consideration. ' Look into its personnel, its directorship, its finan cial strength, its methods and its principles. THE Farmers& Meronants Bank The Bank That Backs the Farmer. M. K. Lee, Pres. C. B. Adams, Vice-Pres. H. E. Lee, Cashier. i COUNTRY a i PRODUCE We Want All the Country Produce We Can Get: Chickens, Butter, Eggs, Hams, Bacon, Corn, Vegetables, and in fact anything from Farm or Garden. The Top Notch Price Will Be Paid At All Times. DO NOT SELL UNTIL YOU SEE US. T. C. Lee and Son GENERAL MERCHANDISE w COUNTRY PRODUCE FERTILIZERS PHONE 336. ' T.iere are many ways in which a good strong bank l.iay be of value to you. Our unalterable policy is to be of the greatest possible value to the largest possi ble number of people, regardless of whether or not they are customers of ours. Our welfare is dependent on the welfare of th's community, so we have a vital interest in each individual who composes it. Do not hesitate to call on us whenever we may be of service r OIAl 1 m I (JESS3 flW .il'llJI ! 1 I JUL 4 1 JWONROEJCi NATIONAL- FOIMIKD IX 118 CHAUTIlltEl) IX 18V) TRINITY College DurlianvNortli Carolina Trinity College offers the general student the choice of a wide varlty of courses leading to the bachelor s degree. For mature students it provides also special groups of studies In Business Administration, Religious Training. Englnnering, Fre-medlcal and General Science Work. Teaching. Craduate Instruction In all Departments. School of Lrw Fall Torm begins Sept. 15, 1920. For catalogue and Illustrated Booklet address li. L. I'LOWEIW, Secretary to (lie Corporation. SEABOARD Air Line Railroad Trains No. 14 No. 12 No. 31 No. 5 No. 19 No. IS No. 29 No. 31 Arrive from Chf.rlotte .... 5.50 a. in. from Atlar.'a 6:30 ft. m from RuGmm ford tin 10. 15 a. tu Leave 5.5 t a. from Richmond from Wilmington from .Monroe from Monroe from Raleigh and Wilmington from Charlotte from Atlanta from Rutherfordton from Atlanta ...... from Wilmington in. for Wilmington. C:3S a. m. for Richmond 11.00' a. m. for Raleigh and Wilmington . 7.55 a.m. 8.00 a. m. for Atlanta. 11:20 a. m. 11.30 a. m. for Charlotte. g.10 a. m. for Rutherfordton. , 11:30 a. m. for Atlanta No. 20 No. 30 No. IS No. No. 13 No. 11 from Portsmouth . . 11:05 p 2:40 P. 6.50 p. 5.50 p. 9.10 p. . 9 35 p. 10.35 p. C. T. HARRILL. Tkket Agent m. 2.45 p. m. for Rutherfordton m. (.00 p. m. for Wilmington. m Monroe. m Monroe. m. 9.45 fur Richmond. in. 10.45 p. m. for Charlotte. m. 11.10 p. m. for Atlanta. JOHN T. WEST, Dirkkm Paaaenger Agent. NO BETTER PARMER THAJI SHUFORD, SAYS TOM BROOM County Agent Has VUitod Hickory Man' Farm Tim and Tim Agala SLarUsl WiU SO Acre. "There is none better," said Tom Broom, county agent, yesterday when told that Robert L. Shuford. of Hick ory, was the best farmer In North Carolina, according to a representa tive of the Country Gentleman, an agricultural publication, after making a thorough search of the records. "I have been to hit home many times." said Mr. Broom. "He haa a modern farm." the county agent continued, "with all sorts of modern conven iences, such as lights and running GOV. HANLY, BOR.1 A CABIN, CARVED OWN WAT Worked Fur His Kdoeatio. Practised Law, Went I'rmard Rapidly U Pull. tics to Governorship. Former Governor J. Frank Hanly, or Indiana, who was killed In an auto mobile accident near Oennison. Ohio, Sunday was born April 4. 18S3. In a log cabin in Champaign county, Illi nois. He secured hia' education by working his way through the eastern Illinois normal achoolat Danville. Ill He taught school for several years following hia graduation from the Illinois normal school and studied law during his spare time. In 1889. he was admitted to the water: and labor saving Implements, warreut county (Ind.) bar and began like tractors and gasoline engines. He the practice of law at Wtlliamsport. is a diversified farmer, too. raising al-, ma. A year later he waa nominated falfa and other forage crops in addi-and elected to the Indians-state sen tion to cotton and corn. His special- ate, where he at once took a front tv. however, is dairy cattle. He has rank as a debater and forceful legls- forty Jersey, and eighty or ninety of lator. In 1894. he waa nominated by the other breeds. A creamery on nis me tiepuoucans or me nun a Indiana place manufactures the milk Into ice district for Congress and was elected cream, and butter, giving him a by a majority of more than 500. In double-rake off on w hat he prod ;:c.s"; the fall of 1S96. he moved to, Lafay Mr. William Harper Dean, the ette. Ind.. where he formed a partner Coumry Gentleman's represen-a'ive.'shlp in the practice of law with State who decided that Mr. Shuford was! Senator Will R. Wood. A year later. 1 North Carolina's best fanner, first he was a candidate for I'nited States went to Ralieh, searched the records jsenator on the Republican ticket there, and tcld those in charge that .against Senator Albert BeveriUge. but he wanted to find a farmer who bad .lost the nomination In the Republican made a success from the bottom. Tliey caucus by a few votes, had shown him a number of cases.) In August, 1903. Mr. Hanly decided hut none of them suited him. Fin.il-(to become a candidate for the Repub lv Mr. Dean was shown the record of.licau nomination of governor. When R. L. Shuford and he made a trip to (ihe convention met, he was nominated Hickory and the Catawba county ilai-J unanimously on the soconct ballot. He ry farm. was elected in 1904. by almost 84,000 ; The author describes the Shrfurd plurality, the largest ever given a gub. place; its 500 acres. It large dairy jernatorial candidate by either party I barn, its head of 120 Jerseys' blin Indiana. I silos, creamery, ice plant and hand-J When his term as governor expired some home for the owner. The own- in 1909. he became an active worker er was photographed In a clover field ,ln the prohibition cause and for the which was hip high and which yield-, following five years toured the conn ed two tons to the acre. Mr. Shu-1 try at the head of a body of prohibl ford was making about "5 bushels of jtion lecturers known as the "flying corn to the acre and 33 bales of cot-( squadron." In June. 1915. the "fly ton from 30 acres and this on land . ing squadron foundation" was tneorp that a few years ago everybody orated with Mr. Hanly at its head, 'thought was not worth tilling. 'and through It he has since directed How Mr. Shuford, starting with f ' ;tlie prohibition fight, acres, bought other land and slowly In 1916. he was the unsuccessful added to his Interests Is (graphically .candidate of the prohibition party for 'old. Mr. Shuford started poor. His , President. He was active In the pro hnd vr.s mostly gullies. All t!se( hlbitlon fight In Ohio and In various have been eliminated and great fields, parts of the country where attempts of clover, corn, cotton and other fn Id jwere made to have the present prohl ' crops ihrive on it. The serret Is lime bition law declared unconstitutional, am! stable manure. He was the publisher of two papers "Mr. Shuford told the author 'if the jn Indhnapolls. the National Enquir ar(!c!o that a fainter who wni inn er, a weekly paper, wlilrti he founded :he daivv li:s':iess could not cxm-'c' to , In 1915, and the Indianapolis Com s'loe.vu iitil--s lie rated the Muff for . mere ;at, a daily paper, his cifl'V Th dairymen who ru''--! Ho represented the drys before the el to tlw city trade m'ght do It. l'it t'tiited States Supreme court In ihe the aver.ize diiry farmer could no;. Ohio rases. In which the conptitutirm The rows pay in manure th' y fvm1 -. alily of the national prohibition to the soil. ' amendment was sustained as well as Mr. De.m v isited the Shuf;-d the validity of, the Volstead net for Its cieamn y and iv e cream plant and enforcement. iercril'd linw this farniT had lns"ll-, - electric lights, mi Ice plant and "tVrj A OKDIXAXl'K essentials. The Country Gentleman representative was ready to bark his .ImlioHziiiR $ IO.immumi KoikIh for the Judgment that Mr. Shuford Is the bst t lnii-Hiie of I oust rutting mi Electric $130,000 Isio coemtv. North Caro lina Road and Bridge Funds. Sealed blda will bo received by the Board ot Coanty Commissioners of Union County at the County Court House, ilonroe. X. C. until Monday, September. C. 1920, when they will be publicly opened, for the purchase. at not less than par and accrued in terest. of 1150.000 face amount of Road and Bridge Bonda of Union County, constating of one hundred and fifty bonds of the denomination of 11.000 each, to be dated September 1. 1920, to mature serially In thirty equal annual Installments of $5,000 each, beginning September 1. 1921 and ending September 1. 1950, and to bear interest at the rate or six per centum per annum, payable sem -an nually. Principal and interest will be payable at The National Park Bank in New York City. Bids may be addressed to the un dersigned Clerk ot the Board of Coun ty Commissioners and must be accom panied by a certified check upon an Incorporated bank or trust company, or a sum ot money, for or In an amounting equal to two per cent ( 2r ) of the face amount of bonds bid for. to secure the County against any loss resulting from the failure of the bidder to comply with the terms of his bid. The successful bidder will be fur nished with the opinion of Messrs. Reed. Dougherty A Hoyt of New York City that the bonds are valid obliga tions of Union County. The bonds will be printed under the supervision of the United States Mortgage Trust Company of New York City, which will certify as to the genuine ness of the signature and seal on the bonds. The bonds are to be Issued under a special act which authorises an unlimited tax to pay the bonds.. The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids. By order of the Board of Commis sioners of Union County. Dated August 2. 1920. M. C. LONG. Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, Mon roe, N. C. John C. Sikes. County Atty. farmer in North Carolina. INtiKMITY IN M(M)NSI!IXM(J. Light System In Hie Town of Win- gale, North ('iirollna. Be It ordained by Ihe Board of .Commissioners of the town of Wln- Tlie Muvor of Clienyvlllo Rreak Up No,'lh, Carolina, as follows: t, , . ... .. ... .. I Section 1. Pennant to the Munlcl- Still l.mnte.1 In Noel n). pay rUwxce Ac, (Cl,apter 13 of the (From the Charlotte Observer.) public Laws or 1917. of North Caro If there was a "scat torment" of Una. as amended bonds of the Town officers throughout the State like of Wingale, North Carolina, are here Mayor John J. George, of Cherryvllle, by authorized to be Issued In an in Gaston county, the nioonshlnnliig aggregate principal amount not ex industry would shortly be brought to ceding $10,000.00 for Ihe purpose an end In North Carolina. Mayor of constructing an electric light sys Cicnrve recently broke up the en- lem and of acquirlg the necessary tei prise of an operator named Charley buildings, lands, original furnishings, MoU'nn's, who had fitted up an tin- equipment, machinery and apparatus dergrotind establishment that waa therefor, at the expense of the Town elaborate and ingenious and from at large, which he had been turning out corn Section 2. A tax sufficient to pay liquor for more than a year. The the principal and Interest of said mayor contributes an interesting bonds shall be annually levied and story to The Gastonla Cazette of his collected. b.bors in locating the place, of Us Section 3. The following matter final destruction and the later capture are hereby determined and declared of the operator, the whole thing sug- pursuant to the requirements of Sec gtstlng the rounds i Ion for a dime tlon 17 of the Municipal Finance Act. novel. The section of the farm under' tat A statement of the debt of the which the establishment v., is con- Town nr Wingale has been made and s! ructed was camouflaged to i -present filed with he Tovn Clerk, pursuant a bit of new ground, villi in Inno- to the Municipal Finance Act, end Is criit brush hesps, beneath it being c;ien to public Inspection, n pit 4S feet long, 16 feet wide and! Ibi The average assessed valua seven feet d?ep. "In the center," tlon of property subject to taxation relates Mayor George, "there were by the Town of Wlngate for the three 27 sleepers that met and rested on fiscal years in which taxes wore luit wooden posts. At the entrance for, levied, as shown by said statement, four sleepers there were no upright Is $194,170.33. posis, but large steps to do down Into ) tc The amount of the net debt or the main tunnel. At the north side the Town or Wingale outstanding, an was a strong ladder fixed asainst the(thorUeU or to be authorized, as shown wall tnd led up to a trap door where; by said htatemont. Is $10,000.00 escape was possible. At the east end id) All expenses to be defrayed by was another long trap door. The means of the bonds hereby authorized front or main entrance had a.trap(ure necessary expeuses of the Town door and -when It wis close) brush of Wlngate, within the meaning of from the outside was piled against Section 7 of Article n or the ton- thf door, and then the distillery was hidden from view. All over the top was strong plank laid on the sleepers and dirt about one to two feet deep stitution of North Carolina. Section 4. This ordinance shall be published once in each of four suc cessive weeks as required by the Mun- on these strong boards. The brush ilclpal Finance Act. was piled all along on lop or me whole outfit. Besides, some other small brushheaps were also near to gtye the place the appearance of se icuVltv anj a small clearing." i Water was brought to the operat ing room by a line of pipe connect ing with th well near the residence and on the whole McC.innls was com ifortaV.y fixed up for the prosecution ;cf his crooked profession. The cp tr.re of this particular still and the break line up of a business that was i demoralizing the Cherryvllle com i miinity was whM Mayor George prop 'erly regards as an atiibitlotip piece of iwork. and he suggests that "It is now i for the courts to dcr.l finally with ith case." And by the same token ;the people will be wachlng to see how the courts deal with "the noted Charley." Not So Wide of the Mark. "And now, children, we come to that Important country called Cernia nw. that Is governed by a man called a kaiser. said the teacher. "Can any one tell me what a kaiser is? Yes. Willie! - "Please, ma'am, a kaiser Is a stream of hot waiter springln' up in tht air and dlsturbln the earth." Life. Don't laugh at the girl with freckled face. She probably has a clear conscience-- rare article these days. Sect kin 5. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days arter Its first publi cation unless In the meantime, a peti tion for its submission to the voters is filed under the Municipal Finance Act. In which event It shall take ef fect -when approved by the voters of the Town of Wlngate at an election as provided In said Act. , The foregoing ordinance was pass ed on the 6th day of August, 1920, and was first published on the 10th day of August, 1910. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity or said ordinance must be commenced within thirty days after its first publication. J. I AUSTIN, Clerk H. K. HELMS. Mayor. John C. Sikes, Attorney. DR. S. A. ALEXANDER VETERINARIAN The late Dr. Watt Ash craft office. Office rhonc 113. Res. 55-J NOTICE OP SALE CERTIFICATE OF DLSSOLCTIO CITATION'. In North Carolina. Union County the Superior Court. Ia the matter of the will of Miss Macgie Ross, deceased. To Amos Rosa, William Ross. El lison Ross. Martha Ross, James Rosa. Margaret Rosa, Frances Ross, Klssler Ross, liunyan Griffin, Margaret Jack- sun Crane, the non-re? ident heirs at aw and net of kin of Rebecca Helms. of Kllen Parker, of Hugh Ross, of Ann Ross Elckett, of Jonathan Bur- lost n, deci'.sed, and to all other'non- M-sident persons who may be Inter ested In the estate of Maggie Ross, d ceiis.d. a'ld to all persotiB interest ed Iti sr.H estate, consisting of real and personal pronerty, and who have not been otherwise specifically noti fied, and whose names and residences are unknown: You and each of you, as persons Interested In the estate of the late Ma3le itoss, are ehreby notified that John W. Deesc and others, having entered a caveat to the probate of the paper-writing, purporting to be the will of the said Maggie Ross, de ceased, and having filed the bond re quired by law, and the case having been transferred to the Superior Court for trial at term, you will ap pear at the August Civil Term, 1920, of Union County Superior Court, which said term convenes on the 23rd day of August, 1920, at the court house In Monroe, N. C. and make yourselves proper parties to the said proceeding, if you choose. This the 2nd day or July. 1920. R. W. LEMMOND. Clerk of the Superior Court of Union county. WALTER CLARK. JR., and STACK. PARKEJl fc CRAIG, Attys. for Caveators. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having this day qualified before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Union county as administrator of the ei-tate of Will Hary, colored, deceased, this Is to notify all persona holding claim ag-Unst id estate to present then to the undersigned ndntinliitrn'or on oi before the 25th day of July, lf)21, or this notice will be plead in far or their right of recovery. . All persons Indebted to said estate. will pleise Mil and make prompt settlement. This the lfh c July. 1920. R. F. PRICK. Administrator cf Will Henry, deceased. JOHN C. SIKES. Attorney. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Havlna- Qualified as administrator of the estate of W. II. Long, de cayed, late of Union county, North Carolina, this is to notiry all per nn havinf claims sealnst the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to tn unaersignen, or nis auorney, or before the 28th day of July, 1921, nr thu notice will be nleaded In bar of their recovery. All persons indebt ed to said estate will please mane Immedlae payment. This the 27th of July. 1920. J. M. LONG, Administrator of U H. I-nne. deceased. W. O. Lemmond, Attorney. JUNK Wanted We are always In the market foi Iron, metal of all kinds, bones, paper, tte. Open every day. Monroe Iron & Metal Co. Near Freight fDot. DR. P. M. ABERNETHY VETERINARIAN Office FOWLER LEE STABLE MONROE. N. C. Phone 308. Residence Phone 159-J. To All to Whom These Presents May Come Greeting: - Whereas, It appears to my satisfac tion, by duly record of the proceed ings for the voluntary dissolution thereof bv the na.mlnon. all the stockholders, deposited la my omce. mat us Honroe Electric Ser vice Corporation ot this State. In the tows, ot It on roe. Count nr ITnlnn ' State ot North Carolina. (A. U. Secrest, owns me aiem men n and in charge, .1 a . . 1 mervui, upon wnom process may be: serveai. nas comoued vim tha re quirements of Chapter 21. Reviaal of isua, eniuiea "corporations." pre liminary to the isaulnr of thia rnin. oats of Dissolution: Now. Therefore. I. J. BRYAN GRIMES. Secretary of h si.it nf North Carolina, do hereby certify that the said corporation did, on the It day ot June 1920. file in my oSlce executed and attested consent In writ ing to the dissolution of said corpor tlon. executed bv all stockholders. thereof, winch said consent and th record of the proceedings aforeeald are now on file in my said office as provided by law. In Testimony Whereof. I have here. to set my hand and affixed my official seal at Raleigh, thia IS day ot June, .. U. iSZO. J. BRYAN GRIMES - Secretary of State ItE-SAI,E OK LAND By virtue of an order of R. W. Lemmond. Esq.. Clerk of the Sunerior Court of Union county the ucersigned commissioner will on Wednesday, August 18th. 19-JO at 12 o'clock noon, expose to public sale to the highest bidder, at tha court house door in Monroe, N. C, the following described tract of land, to-wit: Lying and being In Union county,' state or North Carolina, on the wat ers of South Crooked Creek, adjoin ing the lands of J. W. Haywood. B. J. Funderburk, James Hargett and others, and bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at maple by a maple P. ana two gums at a branch, B. A. Harkey, formerly C. W. Harkey's corner, and runs three of her lines as follows: 1st N. 81 E. 17.06 chs. to a dead gum by a maple, sassafras, gum and dogwood; 2 S. 50 3-4 B. 16 chs. to a small white oak by a maple, w. o., hickory and dogwood on the wesgjbank or said Crek; 3rd S. 59 B. 10.80 chs. to a dead maple by an ash tree and sweet gum at the month of the Haywood Spring atBranch. said B. A. Harkey and Heece Haywoods corner; thence with hU line N. 1 1-2 R. 10. S8 chs. to a white oak. formerly an nsh tree, by a p. o. and three vr. o's.; thence3.77 R. 90 links to a pine by a red nak. p. o. and pine; tlieao N. 3 3-4 R. 21.65 chs. to a stake by a p. o. and two black Jacks; thence N. 87 1-2 W. 9.75 chs, to a small hickory by a pine, p. o. and two blacks, th-nce N. 3 1-4 R. 13.75 chs. to a stake by a pine and p. o.; thence 89 3-4 W. 13.25 chs. to a p. o. by r. o. and r. o. and two whites, a corner of James W. Hay wood, H. J. Funderburk, deceased. and George Huneycutt; thence with three of Funderburk s lines as fol lows: 1st S. 1 1-2 R. 7.45 chs. to a dogwood, formerly a pine by a gum and hickory tree; 2nd 3.89 R. 5.40 chs. to a p. o. by two small gums at a branch: 3rd S.63 R. 32.90 chs. to a small hickory tree by r. o. and r. o. and hickory, said Funderburk and James Hargett's corner; thence S. 48 R. 20.90 chs. to the beginning, containing 144 1-2 acres, more or less. This is a fine farm, well watered, and suitable for a stork farm, as well as for corn, cotton, etc. It lies In a good neighborhood about a nitlo from a railroad station, and one and one hclf miles rrom the Wilmlngton-Chnr- lotte Highway, and has a good .public road running right by If. Terr-is of sale one-third cash, one- third January 1, 1921. and the bal ance or the first of July. 1921. Bidding will shart at 331.60 per acre. This Ihe 27th day of July, 1920. A. M. Stark. Commissioner. Slack, Parker and Craig. Attys. NOTICE. Nor'h Carolina. Union County lit the "Superior Court. 0. M. Tucker, plainliff, vs. Morse Limited, alias Morse-Greens, Ltd., and the Bank of Nova Scotia, Vancou ver, B. C. The defendants, Morse Limited, ali as Morse-Greens. Ltd., and the Bank of Nova Scotia, Vancouver, B. C, will take notice th?t an action entitled as above has been commenced In the Su perior Court or Union county, N. C, the plaintiff alleging that the defend ants are Indebted to him in the sum or $1050.97, damages and overcharge on a car load of lumber purchased by plaintiff from the defendants, and which the plaintiff contends does not come up to contract, and defendants will furthermore take notice that a warrant of attachment was Issued by said court on the 31st day or July, 1920, against the property of said de fendant, which warrant is returnable on the 6th day ot Sept., 1920, and thef said defendants will further take no-f tlce that they are required to appeaJ at the orflce of R. W. Lemniondl Clerk of the Superior Court of Unloil county, at the court house In Monroe N. C. on the 6th day of Septanwri 1910. and answer or demur to salJj complaint or the relief demanded 1 said complaint will be granted. This 31st day of July. 1920. R. W. LEMMOND. C. S. OJ! John C. Sikes, Monroe. N. C, Attorney for Plaintiff. NOTICE OF ADMINISTIUTIO.1 Having this day duly Qualified A executor of the I.ast Will and Tost ment of Robert Fowiur. doceased, J persons bl uing Cialii,a against sa astate are hpveby .r.o'lfi! to presc( Uie same he ur.di-sirn iec"t on or before the lOtk -lay of June. 4 D. if 51, or i Jti notic will w ptead In bar oi their right of recovery. All person tud-'l'l-sd to laid 3'-i ie notlfl.d to rcak' rrompt M'niPl without furt -r ipr.lce. This June 8. 1920. J, B. FOWLE.1. Execut of the Last Will and Testament Robert Fowler, deceased. R. B. Redwlne, Attorney.