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i Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEES' TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOL.26. No. 69.
MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY OCTOBER 5, 1920.
$2.00 PER YB.tR CASH
INTEREST IN JOHN PARKER'S
,Yotera will not have heard, of the
condition which the democrat (ell
tiai In .ft ar tha. fiialftfi a.1 ... Iniaf r-
CAMPAIGN IS FAST DYING OUT."-.
i m auaaitva vi a ai v( a l u ato m av u
HIS "THUNDER" AGAINST .
REVALUATION' LOSES NOISE
Sew Plan Ha Proved 1U Worth,
and Tax Attacks Are Dropping on
IUMkjr Ground.
Raleigh. October J. The republi
can campaign In the state, which
started out in such a lusty maimer.
thi score of yean to get a new
start after that one experience of
repubiran administration of state af
fairs. It takes a long time to build
up a good school system, but few
states have, made more progress in
this work than has North Carolina
during the last few years. It is true
that the Russel Sage toundation re
port, quoted by some republican
speakers In showing where North
Carolina stands in educational work
does not rank the state very high
is petering out. partly due to geu-. But the republican orators fall to tell
1 lack of Interest by lepubiicans. their audiences that the situations
eral
but largely because the public has
become convinced that tne campaign
thunder emanating from John Par
ker Is wholr harmless, though the
noise may be Irritating to sensitive
democrats in some sections wnicu
have not been reaehed by democratic
SDeakera.
The republicans started out their
campaign with attacks on tne reval
uation act. The majority of repub
lican members. In the extra session
of the legislature, voted against the
completion of the task they bad
helped start In order to make the
attack of their candidate consistent.
But the revaluation act, as a means
of equalising the taxes In North Car
olina, ia panning out so well that
this attack is falling largely on rocky
ground. The ony persons to whom
an attack on the revaluation act
would appsal being to that class. In
the past, that has not paid its pro
portionate share of taxes. Those who
have paid taxes on their properties
in proportion to the taxes paid by
neighbors will not have to pay more
taxes under the revaluation act. The
fellow who has been getting out of
taxea In the past Is the one the tax
reform will hit. And it Is to thla
class of tax-dodgers that the republi
can attack on the measure Is mak
ing its strongest appeal.
Little Difference, In Taxes.
Besides, with the completed stat
utes of tlio revaluation act on the
books ant! the tax values n the
process of making, there is growing
evidence that there is going to be
mighty little difference In the taxes
this year and lust year. , This was
just about what the tax commission
and the legislature, together with the
Blckett administration, had prom
ised. It was difficult to get soma to
believe this, but now th commis
sioners in every county are comput
ing the taxes and the facts are be
fore the people in such a way that
It is impossible to fool them any
longer.
In addition to this, the special
session of the legislature made some
concessions to those who did not like
all phases of the revaluation act.
Some of these concessions did not
appeal to those experts and students
of taxntiaji who had examined the
North Carolina law. But the changes
are not essential to the law or ma
terial, to they were madj. One of
the cliangis v.as that suggested by
the farmers' union, which wanted the
listlns date changed back to the old
time in May rather than In January.
While this allows certain personal
property to escape taxation, the
change won made in order to ke.'p
the farmer from having to pay taxes
on food and feed which would be con
sumed I iv the May listing time.
Provides for "Inflated" Values
The suggestion that some of the
property was listed at inflated values
also was taken care of, so that it
will be possible for the man who be
lieves the value of his property has
decreased to go before the county
commissioners and, by showing them
that the property has decreased in
value, pet that vali'e lowered
rrom which these relative figures
were compiled wera gathered before
North Carolina, under Dr. E. C.
Brooks, added lta millions to the
school fund of the state.
Bond Sytni Going Ahead,
Road building Is slow business,
but North Carolina is now making
progress as rapidly as possible, eon
sldering the scarcity of material and
labor. Another four year of demo
cratic administration will show tre
mendous strides In the toad work
and will enable the highway com
mission to connect up the more im
portant links with the general stats
system
The serious spilt in the ranks of
the republicans io the east will be
felt ia the general election, for
there is likely to come nothing to
bring Colonel "Ike" Meekins and
Clarence R. Pough together during
the next thirty daya. Colonel Meekins
has gone back to the east, where he
will look after the charges made
against him by the Morehead lieu
tenant in his testimony before the
senate Investigation committee
Nor will suffrage bring sufficient
additional votes to enable the re
publicans to make a showing this
year, for the majority of the re pub
lican women live In the country and
they are the most indifferent of all
about going to the polls. In the
urban lections, there are many more
democratic women than republicans
and It Is from these sections that the
democratic women's majority will be
piled up.
ONLY ELEVEN' MAHSHVILLE
WOMEN HAVE REGISTERED
Hor Fellow-Tow iiHWKiiien Are Going
to Help the Democratic Ticket,
However.
Marshvllle, Oct 4. We have reg
istered!
We found it very simple really, but
exciting never the less.
ihe registrar (is that- what we
should call him?) was established,
with his impressive look, in an office
which had formerly been occupied b.
a de'niist'. . Having spent several pain
tul hours in that office on previous
occasion we bad a reiniiueccntly
week-kneed feeling as we approach
the door, -till we l.eard reasburlng
voiceis teiun..ne voices- and laugh
ter, coming i:om within.
Evidently it wasn't feo bad after all
We boldly entered the door. Wen
we not Loom to become a citizen?
There was nothing more terrible
to give! us tliHii a k.nd looking gen
tleiimn til aiu.-IApli:. u-hn waa aAAferl
behind a tablo whereon reposed the
dook, aung wit a sevjrai oiner ming )
Three ladles wero already in tht
process of registering, one a- mothei
whose sans have' bci voting lor sev
eral years, and as .he retilsU'red by
lici side stood ti v two attractive
giaudclilldren.
Presently it was our turn. "Place
your hand upon the Bible, ' said the
But i kind gentleman. We did so
there is increasing evidence that the "Do you swear to So
eventy-flve per cent of tho property help you God?" he Inquired, looking
owners of the state who listed their
own property at the values the tax
commission in the counties accepted
knew what they wero doing. The
sales made since the revaluation act
went into effect have been checked
up in many counties and show that
tho property brought about the same
price as It was put down for taxation.
So there is little of the attack on
the revaluation act to stand on. And
ct us over tho spectacles?
We solemnly affirmed that we did
wondering the while if we had sworn
to vault the realty building or learn
the Sanskrit alphabet bntkwatds,
This Is no reflection dn the way the
kiud gentleman admlnisieied the
oath. He did It beautiful!. It was
only that we were so Imprssed by the
Importance of what we were doing
that we were a bit dated, so to speak
on top of all this, comes the fact that In fact it reminded us strongly of go
a large number of other stales are lug through the marriage service In
sending commissions to North Caro- thal you couldn't prove by us what
Una to study the new tax laws, with 'we promised the preacher on that
m till vl muuuiiiia in. .ahi.ii
along the lines mapped out In North
Carolina. The national tax associa
tion has looked Into the new law
and has declated It almost a perfect
system, provided the income tax
amendment Is adopted and thai
tiourre of revenue for stale purposes
developed, ' ,
Consequently, the republicans have
been forced to fall back on theold
cry that the state democratic admin
istration has been extravagant, con
veniently overlooking the fact, of
course, that the per capita cost of
government In North Carolina Is less
than that of any other state In the
union save one South Carolina.
They just as conveniently forgat, too,
that, durlng'the four years of the
Blckett administration, the tax on
real property for state purposes has
been reduced from twenty-two cnjs
to exactly nothing on the hundred
rinllar nf v. tuition.
"We are one of the richest states'
In the union. We pay millions and
millions of dollars of Income taxea
to the United State treasury every
year." republican spell-binders 'are
telling the folks every day.- Then
they dramajlcally ask: "Why Is It
we don't haVe the best roads and the
best schools of any state In the
onion?" t fisting that the older folk
will have forgotten, and the younger
crcaBlon, but we had faith enough In
htm to believe It was all right, what
ever It was, so we had no hesltenry
in giving him our word on it.
So we knew this was all right,
whatever It was, and we knew we
were strong for it, so we readily
agreed to it and thus we became a
citizen.
Upon Inquiry it developed that on
ly eleven women had registered at
Marshvllle up to I o'clock Saturday
afternoon. A bad beginning makes
a good ending though, and we are
optimistic enough to believe that by
next Saturday night the majority, If
not all. of Marshvllle women will
have registered. Saturday Is a busy
day for housekeepers, and this thing
belnf so new they doubtless forgot
It. But they will do their duty. And
It Is a duty. We are Into It now.
widely or not. and It Is up to us. If
the democratic party wTns In this
election the southern wotuen, the
Union county women must rote. So
come In, the water's line!
Mrs., J ones and Mrs. Crook and
the latter1 small son James Crooks
of Concord are visiting Mrs., John
Long.
Mesdame Frank Williams and
James Harrell and Mrs. H. C. Ash
craft were the guest Thursday of
Mrs. B. C. Asbcraft In Monroe. Mrs.
J.-S. Harrell.
MOBILE COTTON BUYER AND
CAPTAIN ATE CANNED SNAKE
CHAIUXJTTE MAX RELATES
MANY TALES OF THE TIUBE
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How a Mountaineer Fleeced $50 Out
Pf a Mecklenburg Citiien; and Dis
cussion of Snake Habits.
"M" of Charlotte. N. C. contribut
ed the following article on snakes to
a recent Issue of the Cahrlotte Ob
server
A lady and gentleman who occu
pied a cottage thla summer at May-
view, Blowing Rock, related a slna-u
lar experience. They took (frequent
tramps tnrougn the mountains and
on one of such walks, they ran across
a large mother rattle snake, accom
panied by a number of small young
ones. At the approach of danger
the mother made a noise and, open
ing her mouth, every little one dis
appeared Into the open mouth and
down the body. Now, the pertinent
question is, where do such reptile
carry and how transport their help
less young? How do they feed and
sustain them, and waa the old snake,
in thia Instance, adoptlg the ordinary
caution for such occasion, thereby
safeguaridng her family according to
nature instinct and law?
Ia this connection. I will relate a
somewhat similar event that took
place with a surveying party a few
seasons ago on Little Reese mountain
in Iron township. Lincoln coutr
They killed a large rattler, with 22
youg ones, but. In this case, there
was no opportunity to draw a paral
lel, for the young ones were both too
large and numerous to have taken
refuge In the body of their mother
How do snakes propagate their
young? By giving birth, as animals,
or through the laying and hatching
of eggs?
When a boy, I found in a swamp a
soft white egg, and, on breaking the
bklu or covering, found It full of tiny
barely formed snakes. In my surprise
and fear, I threw the find away ana
never counted the young in that one
egg. I suppose there were a dozen
When snakes lay eggs, do they
hatch them, as hens do, or do they
rely upon the sun to do that func
lion? The average snake is too long
and sjim for nesting and covering
like a duck or chicken. They were
never built by nature for brood moth
era. Will some naturalist enlighten
us on that subject. I have never
the temerity or curiosity to make a
detailed and personal Investigation
being much of the same disposition
as the old farmer, when shown a
rattler in captivity at a side show.
He took up a rock and smashed tne
thing's head, ana wnea ine norrinea
owner exclaimed that the snake cost
him $50. the calm reply was, "I Ren
orally kills them wherever 1 nntis
them." An Irishman said a snake
"was aa tall when It laid down as
when it stood up. It had neither
hind fore legs nor fore hind legs,
and when he saw one he ran like
lightning."' That Is- the basic reason
why so little Is known of Its habits
and mode of lire.
A few weeks agos some croppers
on the old Brevard homestead in Lin
coin county killed two 10-year old
rattlers while mating. Their ages are
dole: mined by the number of rat
lies. Is there any appointed season
of the year when rattlers begin to
mate and prepare for the propaga
lion of their young? They generally
go in nalrs. but these were mating.
It is a generally accepted Deuei
that snakes are in a state of stupor
and suspended animation, when in
hibernation and concealment for tne
winter, but these developments
would seem to Indicate tho bodies of
such hibernates grow steadily as did
the young within them. Do natural
ists know the period or gestation ror
tnakes?
While pursuing this theme, I might
as well give you the benefit of obser
vations and exhaust my limited
knowledge, so as to draw the Are
from doubters and unbelievers.
The late H. B. Short once related
having witnessed, in the swamps of
Lake Waccamaw a fierce fight and
death grapple between a king snake
and an enormous rattler. The battle
lasted fully an hour. In the course
of the fight the rattler struck the
king two vicious blows, and each
time, when stricken, the snake
becoming frantic, glided swiftly into
the marshes and .returning chewine
and swallowing some green herb, and
antidote to poison, renewed the at
tack, and after evading and tiring the
rattler, It quickly wrapped Itself
ightly around Its body and crushed
he life out of lis venomous, antag
onist.
During the last fair at the grounds
near Dllworth, the owner of a rattler
was bitten on both wrist as he held
the snake. He threw the rattler from
him and Jumping Into a street car,
was driven to a bar room and, after
drinking a bottle of whisky, he wss
taken to the old Presbyterian hospi
tal and doctors summoned. He was
aick and swollen for three or four
day, and then went away on his
fake Journey. The whisky waa no
doubt Instrumental In saving him,
but the fact that the snake was hel
and had no chance to strike and
throw the full circus kept him from
becoming a dead man. -
Tears ago, and the older citizens of
Charlotte well remember It, an illite
rate man from Mitchell voun'y
brought to the city one of the largest
waa known aa the horned rattle!
snake. Its owner declared it was
the anly genuine horned rattler In
th world, and he wated 1500 for
in rare specimen. It was in the
day of Barnuin, th great naturalist
and showman of New York. Barnum
refused to consider any proposition
for its purchase, declaring It was a
fake, aa Imposture, a fraud and a
lie, or no horned rattle snake ever
existed In the world. But two horns
protruded from the creature's head
and could be seen by all men. The
mountaineer promoter, getting into
financial trouble, borrowed $50 from
th late John T. Butler, a Jeweler, on
Tryon street, and departed. Th?
Smithsonian institute at Washington
sent an agent to investigate, and he
made the discovery that the horns
had been deftly pared from a cow'
horn and cunningly grafted and
rooted under the akin by the shifty,
unlng and rascally mountaineer.
A fight between the snake and a
Urge rat waa staged in the show
window facing Tryon street. At first
the rodent seemed almost paralyzed,
a4 so great waa Its terror that it
left a trail of cold sweat In It move-
meats. The rattler made a vicious
atrsk. when the rat narrowly dodged
ua wow ana, seizing th monster
snake oy th back of the neck with
It sharp teeth, cut the anlnal cord
and finished the snake.
In the summer of 1173, when a
very yeung man, I sailed on the
Braunswelg from Baltimore to Bre
men. Captain Undutch was the com
mander, and I sat on the left of his
table with a Mr. Buutner, a German
cotton buyer of Mobile, on the right.
bou the captain and Buutner were
large men. gross and heavv eaters.
ana almost gouranda rn their appe
tites ana tastes. At the first dinner
they ordered a can of rattlesnake
and smacked their chops with great
gusto over the contents of the can.
and asked me to share it. I had
never seen or heard of such rank
revolting food, but as soon as I saw
spots on the skin of the decanitated
dead serpant. encased in olive oil.
I left the table, followed by the
laugmer or me otneers and servants,
ana this action was repeated every
on of the 13 days we were at sea.
It was the invariable custom of Buut
ner and the captain to partake of the
snake and evil smelling Llmberirer
cneeBe at the finish of earn dinner
andcalled me a "tenderfoot," prob
ably meaning a "tenderfoot," because
I did not have the stomach to remain.
'Many year later, and shortly be
fore the world war. I was relatinit
mis experience to a group of pas
sengers on a German ship under Cap
tain scnmidt. They jeered me. call
ing me a maunchausen. and Inventor
or unbelievable tales, I called the cap
tain, anu, explaining my adventure
years before on the vessel of his line,
asked him to vouch for my veracity.
res, ne said, "there is such a com
mercial article as canned rattle
snake. I have seen It frequently, but
imve never enien u. i was born In
south America of German Darenta
and when a boy of 13, saw a rattler
in a tree, and made for him with a
niachette, but fortunately he ran
liattlesnake canning Is unit an in
dustry in certain parts of South
America." When the can'aln had
made such a deliverance. I turned to
tne scoffers of my recital and invited
then, to openly dispute the words of
the captain. He was their size and
I was an unknown and lonely passen
ger, his word was the aw. and
whether they believed him or not.
ney aid not have the courage to de
ny It, and my Impugned varactly was
vindicated In their abashed presence.
mis Bubject has for me a sort of
fascinating repellancy. If the late
Cyrus, B. Watson of Winston-Saleui
were alive.he would doubtless answer
satisfactorily all these strange ques
tions, for I have never known anyone
fonder of nature and who lived l.ioro
closely In touch with folk and animal
lore. I believe H. E. C. Brvant Is
well equipped in this particular, or
is acquainted with someone who is
Forty-Odd Union County Men
Being Tried in Federal Court
"Faith Healers'
Fame Spreads
To Statesville
IKEDELL COUNTY FOLKS
ARE CLAIMING "CURES"
Landmark Saya One I .ad Receivers
Partial Sight, And Lame Child Is
Helped by Treatment.
Eess Explains HI Case. ,
Fess Cuthbertson, colored, niana
ger of the Peoples Drug Company,
who was Indicted last week on a
narcotic charge, requests The Jour
nal to state that his offense is of
purely a technical nature, and that
there was no moral violation of the
law. His offense, he says, was ihe
tilling of a prescription containing
narcotics not signed In ink by the
physician, Dr. H. H. Creft. Fess also
wants the public to understand that
he does not sell patent medicine
preparations containing alcohol for
any other medicinal preparations If
he Is aware of it.
Montgomery Denies .Hie Charge.
To the Editor of The Journal:
Please allow me space In your paper
lo say a few words in ward to a
piece in your paper of last week to
he effect that 1 had stolen or at
tempted to ateal an automoble from
Mr. B. C. Hinson. I wish to say that
the charge Is absolutely untrue. I
hav a car of my own already and do
not need another, and if I did I could
get It In a better way. If anyone
should think the statement true, let
them ask Mr. B. C. HInson himself.
Respectfully, 6. A. Montgomery.
Elisabeth Remained Single.'
Little Elisabeth Tilton. say Har
per's Magazine, had attended school
only a few daya when she fell III.
When she returned she brought a
note from her mother signed, "Mr.
Banes." The teacher asked for an
explanation.
Statesville people are testifying to
the wonderful powers of the "doctor"
near Bethune, S. C. who ia arousing
much interest by his alleged curing
of illnesses and afflictions, saya the
Statesville Landmark.
Ray EJdson, the K-year-old aon of
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Eldson, who live
on Eighth street, suffered an Illness
when he was 10 years of age, and
since that time had been unable to
see or to hear. His parenta took
him to the South Carolina man. who
gave him treatments with eaator oil.
rubbing; the oil three times on hi
chest and pouring It in his ears and
prescribing that It be taken Internal
ly. Ray stated that the man appear
ed to divine his afflictions before he
could explain them himself, and that
the "doctor explained the healing
powers were not with him, but with
a Higher Power. Ray is now able
to see, not with a clear sight, but
partially. His sight Is coming bark.
He can also hear slightly. iMrs.
Eldson stated that she and her hus
band were skeptical of the man's
power before having their son treat
ed, but now feel confident that he
has marvelous powers. He does not
claim to have medical skill, but
Una marvel, the castor oil treatment
was revealed to him in a dream.
Elsie McNabb, seven years of age,
daughter of Mr. S. B. McNabb, who
lives on Mill street, had been unable
to walk after an illness which she
had when she was two years of age.
Her father took her to South Caro
linamarvel, the castor oil treatment
was applied, and now the child is
able walk In and out or the house.
Evidently large crowds are visiting
the "doctor." 'Mr. Eldson stated
that 50 automobiles were waiting
about the man's house when her son
was taken to him. The man takes'
any voluntary contributions offered,
it is said, unless he thinks the con
tributions excessive, whereupon he
returns part of it.
Making Whiskey a Moral
Offense Against Nation
Charges Judge Webb
Almost an entire train load of de
fendants and witnesses in the 40-odd
liquor cases from this county went to
Charlotte yesterday morning to be
present at the opening of Federal
court. None of the Union county cases
however, were heard Monday.
On the grand Jury from this county
are Messrs. P. H. Johnson, foreman;
J. N. Price. Hemy McWhorter. and
T. C. Collins. In his address to th
grand Jury, Judge Webb, who ia pre
siding, said?
You are about to assume duties 01
a high calling. The fact that you
have been chosen to perform these
duties I a splendid tribute to your
patriotism and high type of citizen
ship. I have no fear about the en
forcement of the prohibition and oth
er laws with such men aa you on th
grand Jury. I believe when the man
hood of North Carolina placea It
hand upon the book and take th
oath you have taken, the law of th
land are aft and will be enforced.
"You are citizens of two sovereign
jurisdictions, the state and the Uni
ted States government."
Judge Webb then went on to out
line briefly some of the crime that
come under federal Jurisdiction, In
cluding that cf cheating the govern
ment out of the taxes due it, viola
tion of interstate commerce law,
such as stealing freight from box
cars, violation of the Mann white
slave law, coiinterfeiting-money, rob
bing postofflces and making whiskey.
Commenting on the prohibition
law, the Judge said:
"There was a time when it was
not against the federal law to make
liquor. It was against the law only
to cheat the government out of taxes
due as revenue. Today, making
whiskey is a moral offense against
the laws of the nation. Men cannot
legally make, export. Import or even
possess liquor for beverage purposes.
That looks like a pretty strong law,
but the people suffered long enough
from tha effects. of whiskey. Jails,
orphanges, broken up homes, insane
hospitals and the like were all trib
utes to its devastating effects and
the people of nearly every state in
the union ratified, through their leg
islatures, the law which we are now
duty bound to defend and enforce.
It became evident that when the gov
ernment gavea it sanction to the
making of liquor and the sale of 11-
la. IJI.. l 1
COUNTY SCHOOLS TO OPEX BY ituor u was hihiiik in an unnoiy
vnvvwnirR THP I.1I.TI.-VVTU cause, neiice. ine law against me
M) KMHLll TH. HfrThfcXTH ,aje ,na manufacture of It. North
Carolina "was one of the first state
Late Start Decided Upon So as to to ratiry the prohibition amendment."
Let Children Assist in Gathering!
Crop. "MOOXSHI.MNG" THRIVES
The county board of education, in IX STATE, AVOWS BAILEY
session here yesterday, set NoTTinber j
l&tn as the opening day ot the county i. ... ,, ...
schools. All schools must be In ses-l'" """" "' "T i-l"
sion by that date, but schools that j Stills, ami Arrested
are in a position to do so can KIT Men.
start work before then. This is
rather late, but the board decided
it was best to defer the opening so
as to permit the children to assist in
the gathering of the cotton crop.
Although a delegation headed by
Startling figures that show the
growth of illicit distilling in North
Carolina and pointing out the way
by which the state may realize a
splendid revenue throui;h the sup-
. ...... ,. I. 1.. I,. l 1 1 M
Mr. Wiley Stlnson plead for a recon-! ' ' .
Moeratlcn of the Ebenezer - Center TLJ :.. 1' . "."
itaiihii. viutu omiiB uiii'i uai reve
nue collector.
In summarizing a six months' cam-
Grove consolidation, the board de
cided to stand firm on its original
action. Mr. Vunderliurk was in-
structed to proceed with the cmo-!"'"" ' ' . " s,"1 ""8. '
Mo of the modern rural high school j w; ,?."fenL;,lhithl,r:
b-ilding which will have six or eitht ! up to JllIy lst' hls forty P""!01
rooms with a larie audhoHun, Tha hav !a',tured. "?.""?"
site will be selected In a few days. a A"':?,
and actual construction will doubt- .;Lr.1,r . . "" ' , , J
, . , , . . . seized and destroyed property valued
icon m uiiuri w ay in m id nrriw, , n-o. .-.i n.i 111 - I ..An
Messrs. L. L. Little, C. A. Carrlker. l ""lVfl no ,Z, f oto
and J It Hintnn were annnlnted er,y wortn $40,290, Including 3.070
'1.k- fH?AOIVefL.PPS ! Pounds of sugar. 64 automobiles and
committee, and a petition for a local " h."r,8e 7?n Jafi! r hif
tax election in Mill Grove district wa i?d ""J "on"
aluo granted.
Hitting Hark.
Presiding over the class in advanc
ed mathematics, the Harvard profes
sor called upon the fat student to j for monIh. demonstiates three
rise ana elucidate ine ul'""'imul ' factn, as follows:
4.450 gallons of molasses and 686
bushelsof corn meal, and raised
taxes and penalties amounting to
$600,518.
In commenting on these figures,
Collector Bailey said that the record
"It's this wav." aaid Elizabeth.
and most Ticloua rattlers e-er sen. lcanln toward the teacher with quite
It had two apparently well formed la confidential air: "my mother got
horn fJn.the top ot th head and married again, but I didn't."
theorem. The fat one stood up and
complacently remarked that the
problem was too deep for him, and
begging to be excused for his delin
quency, he sat down.
You seem to be better fed than
taught, said the professor , sarcastically.
"Yes, sir," replied the fat student.
You teach me but I feed myself !"
Wise Old Man.
Beachtown's most successful mis
er, Bill Ailhold. placed some difficult
lega work In the hands of the good
hearted town lawyer. As the time
approached, Ailhold hemmed and
hawed over having to pay a Just debt.
The attorncy'a cheerful good na
ture again asserted Itself.
I won't charge you a penny for
my services," he said.
"Wwell." raltered the' old fellow.
I'd like to "have a receipt anyhow."
Ixmt, Strayed or Stolen.
'What has become of the old-fash
ioned nickel that used to be worth
five cents? Twin Fall Time.
Wanted To Move.
Mr. Peck Would you ming com
pelling me to move on, officer? I've
been waiting on this corner three
hours for my wife. Puck.
"First The prohibition agents
have been doing their duty. They
could not have been active In poll
tics and, at the same time, have
made this record.
"Second The extent of liquor
making In North Carolina is alarm
ing. If forty men could find and de
stroy 1.285 distilleries and arrest
837 men in six I months, what might
a hundred men have done? Illicit
distilling Is increasing in North Car
olina. "Third The operations of the fed
eral government, in this work ill
North Carolina, are not a tax on the
government. On the other hand, th
six months operations have yielded
the government a large sum of
monty net. The atate can devise a
plan whereby it can do the work nec
essary to destroy the Illicit liquor
traffic without cost to the tax payers.
AH that I necessary Is heavy lines,
penalties and penitentiary or road
sentence."
Monroe Market.
Cotton 24 to 24 K
Seed 67
Ei-gs 40
Hens .... v 70
Young chickens ... . 40 to 46
Sweet potatoes .... ......... $1.50