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BGHT rACtt TKZ MOSS01 JOCTWAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. lt EIGHT riGia Some Passing Comment On Making Errors in the Papers; Bear Raid Remains Unchecked; Old Slave's Letter to Tom Watson; Honest Calvin Coolidge; Other Matters The Journal often makes mistake. A newvpaper editor is bat human, aad all et the papers from the Sat urday Evening Poet down to the ha molest little sheet err once in a while, both as to facta and grammar. Mot everbody notices them, but The Journal has on reader. Mr. W. C Wolfe, once a newsp&per man him self, who never falls to And and error In the paper if the editor Is so unfor tunate aa to make n slip. Aul he never hesitates to tell us about them. No one regrets an error more than the newspaperman. He loses sleep over them, he feels bitter pangs of re morse over them, and ie Is often driven to despair when he makes a frievous mistake. Some of the larger paper make a practice of watching the small papers for grammatical errors, and when their search is rewarded, gleefully print their find on their editorial pages. A collection of thera has fallen into the hands of Mr. W. Z. Faulkner.- and he passes them on to The journal readers, iney ioiiow: "Bill Jones was sent up from Squire Erekine's court for burning the barn and contents of his mother-in-law." "Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson wish to thank their friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted at the burning of their residence last night." "We regret to And that our an nouncement of the death of Mr. Wil liam Jackson in our last Issue was an error." "The many friends of our popular townsman, Mr. J. C. King, will be grieved to learn that he was brutally assaulted but not killed last night." "Some malicious person started a report on the streets that there was something the matter with Mayor Snipe's head. We are glad to an nounce that it Is as sound as it ever was and that there Is nothing in it." "A handsome woman undertook to interrupt the speaker bat sat down upon her being asked." "He kissed her passionately upon her reappearance.' "Several mad dogs have been shot in the west end." . "She seated herself upon his re turn." "The crowned heads of Europe are now trembling in their shoes." Since we are on the subject of newspaper errors, we might as well correct one thst our Goose Creek cor respondent made last week In report ing the happenings of his commu nity. He stated that Rev. E. C. Sny der had collected one hundred dollars for the purpose of sending a crippled negro boy to the hospital to have his foot straightened. Rev. Mr. Snyder ssvs that he haa collected only a few dollars, but will be glad to receive contributions for this worthy cause, which he characterises as "practical hri.ttanitv Mr Snvder Is stand ing responsible for the hospital bill. ' irnri hv thai nerro boy. and It Is only justice to mm iui ment of our correspondent be corrected. It may be of passing Interest to our readers to know that the political views of those Union county women printed in recent issues of The Jour nal have inspired other papers over the state to procure similar expres sions from tesding women. For a time politicians over the state were puxiled over the woman factor, but since reading of their enthusiastic advocacy of the League of Nations pact, their alarm has subsided. The bear raid on cotton remains unchecked, and declines of from one half to one cent in the price of the staple are almost dally occurences. f aoooooo00000QOCItCTll lit "' This Bank is for PEOPLE WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR FINANCIAL CONDITION. Will You Let Us Serve You? A checking account is most convenient in the payment of bills. A savings account is the sure road to an eventual competency. The Savings. Loan and Trust Co. R. B. Redwine, President H. B. Clark, Cashier Cotton Pickers Account Book This valuable book, which contains n rcaly -fckoner of account ing, will be given free to parties who wL'l cull In person for them. Also Income Tax and Farmers B'igln"sa IWord. A copy of this will also be given to those who call i:i person or lo those who write for same enclosing postage. This Income Tax Record contains copy of the law and Information as to how to keep your accounts and other vanlable information. The country Is now being readjusted, and It behooves tis nil to get on a business basis, so ceme early and get jour free records before they are all gone. Gordon Insurance & Investment Co. YK WRITE ALL FORMS OK LIKE AXI FIRE lXSl'RAXCE. Farmer & Men hauls lUink RuUtling. W. M. GORDON ARTM'R EIM.EAVORTII YV. U. 11ROWN. KOI1KRT LKK MARRY COBLE !& 1 7", i,ti - l If.iftw utifMitlrtm fj sfnMl'M'VM w17 iiiU ul lh en irtord- fd jj ft .h'tj) ija hf tattd1rctlon,rcMiir A. Zl I Si? -(v l nat "tuft in vrr w V ywt i'11vf v-i. your fi-wwr will jJ ru.'uAd ih moMf yon A j mt r.m Ty'irT iej for.U V loaliskdiom buliftyour cup and sip it-good old Luzi anne.Steamin'hot and mellow, the kind to cheer a fellow-good old Luzianne.TWnkyou ought to buy it?Nows the time to try it-good old coffee "Goes Twi ce as Far wa a sriLT a co. be sew orlsaxs Good cotton is quoted at about twenty-oigbt eoata oa the Monroe market The barer are us in the air, and are seemingly an able to teil which way the wind la going to turn. One bayer, whea asked what he kaew about cotton, said he was very much like little Eve. The minister was asking her what ahe knew waa la the Bible, and aha said she knew every thing that was in it The minister smiled and said. "Well, tell me some thing that to In the Bible." She said: "I can tell you everything that la in the Bible." The minister, grinning good nataredly. requested the girl to proceed. She began aa follows: "Sis ter's beau photograph la in it. Ma's recipe for vanishing cream la in It, a lock of my hair, cut off when I was a baby Is In It, and a ticket for Pa's watch is in it!" This uncertainty in regard to the future course of the market also reminds this buyer of the following story: A man was rid ing a bicycle with no lamp on it. He came to a cross roads, and not know ing which way to turn, he felt In his pocket for a match. Climbing to the top of the sign pole, which stood at the crossing, he lit the match care fully and in the ensuing glimmer read: 'Wet Paint.'" No matter what one's personal view of Tom Watson msy be, one csnnot help but experience a feeling skin to respect for his old slave, Jim Scott, who wrote him such a touch ing congratulatory letter on the oc casion of his election to the United Ststes senste. Watson tells, as fol lows, about the "Old Negro Who Was Stop, Look and Listen! New clothea have advanced and doubled to price, but we make the old ones look new by cleaning and pressing them at the same old price. We have with us Major Houston from a large Philadelphia Dry Cleaning Plant, We clean anything cleanable and guarantee all work. GIVE ME A TRIAL LADIES' WORK A SPECIALITY. Monroe Steam Pressing Club Gloucester Hotel Bnilding. C. 8. SIMPSON, Prop. Phono 838 Phone 888 Good to Me When I Was a Boy": "Our father waa la the Confeder ate army; our mother aad we ehiJ drea were left alone oa the farm, protected by aegro aUvea. "There were two of these 'West Scott aad Jim Scott who took turns at alght as defenders of the house. "At bedtime the on or the other would spread his quilt on the plana, in front of the door of the room where our mother aad we children slept The only weapoa the slave-sentry had waa his ax. and he hugged it in hia arms, his hand oa the helve. "These were the old days when the katydids were on the trees, and there was never a sorrow that did aot lose itself in aleep. "West Scott moved to Atlanta, where he died some years sgo. "Jim Scott lives at Warrenton; and among those who wrote or tele graphed such beautiful words' of con gratulation was old Jim Scott. "Warrenton. Ga., Sept. I. 1920. " My Dear Boss: I am certainly happy over your great victory you won in yesterday's election. " 'Every night since you got In the race for the senate, when I got down on my knees, I asked the Good Lord to see that the people give you a fair deal In this election, and on the night before the primary I arose, feeling thst It would sure be done, and I am sure glad that my prayers have been answered, and that the dear little boy that I loved so much, nursed and helped to raise, has at last come Into his own. May the Good Lord con tinue to bless and keep you, is the prayer of your old sevant and nurse. " 'JIM SCOTT.' "This simple, pathetic, soulful let ter will make you shed tears even aa It made me cry like a child." On President Wilson's return from France. Gov. Calvin Coolidge. of Mas sachusetts, republican nominee for vice-president, referred to him in these words: "We welcome him with a reception more marked than even that which was accorded to General George Washington, more united than could have been given Abraham Lincoln. We welcome him as the representa tive or a great people, an a great statesman, as one to whom we have intrusted our destiny and one whom we assure we will support In the fu ture In the working out of thst des tiny as Massachusetts has supported, him In the past.' Gov. Coolldije, having sprung from rugged, conscientious New England stock, seemingly falls to get the con sent of his mind to repudiate the lofty sentiments contained in the above paragrnph, so he devotes his speeches to discussions of the high cost of living, and the more trivial issues of the compalRii, while Sena tor Harding, who voted for the league pact with reservation on one occasion, revokes his original stand on this niomentuotia question, and waddles like a duck. Oni Cay he favors a league on the Hague plan; again he would !soUlt America from the rest of the world, and now he frankly admits he doesn't know what to do about It. If the republicans are to win this election, it is a iUv that Governor Coolidge teat heedUg the ticket, in stead of playing the rol of a coa plcuous second BddU. D. D. Stewart, U. D. Office Balk-Bandy Building near Dr. Greece's Dental Parlors. Office engagement any hour by Appointment Call Pbowe 141 or 110. MIMUHMMItlMMMItM Cut Flowers t t iorai designs, weaaing coquets, and flowers of all kinds. Prices reasonable. We make shipments to Wazhaw. I Marahville, Wingate and other T nearby towns. ' CODE MORGAN I At rnion Drag Co. Phono 821. o0a inonnnnononno ft Indigestion g N Man fereona, otherwise D U vigorous and healthy, are Q Q bothered occasionally with Q Q Indigestion, The effects of a mm mm disordered atasxaca on the Zz system art dangerous, and M prompt treatment of Indigos- U J Uon la Important. "The only medicine I have needed haa s a been something to aid dlgee- IJ tioa aad clean the liver." Q U writes air. rrea Asnny, a McKlnney. Texas, tamer. U "My medicine la ineaionrs DLACK-PRAUGIIT pi far Indigestion and stomach Fj J trouble of any kind. I have ZZ II osver found anything thst U M touches the spot, like Black- Q t Draught I take it la broken U doses after meals. Tor a long U Q time I tried pills, which grip. Q mm ed and didn't give the good U results. 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