North Carolina Newspapers

r. "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS FT 1 S V5 I TIE Monroe THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVER YB(M NEEDS IT VOL 26. No. 93. WATER CISTERN REVEALS NO EVIDENCE' OF CRIME lscoterjr r lied tjn!l ly passing Xegm Woiknu.i) Msiiicxl (tie Police for Two I lays. PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MONROE, N. C TUESDAYJ)ECEMIJER 2S, 1920." 5 If fi J OURNiVI $2.00 PER YEAR CASH 'xVihtim'CHARLES ICEMAN ENTERS LAlio;:KltS .Y ISK KKMHtXSIBLF. ! W ;Id the removiU of the water from i he abandoned cistern in the pasture at Shute's pond and about a hundi.d yards jrom the depot ren-al the v; Um of a gruesome crime or infanticide? This was the question wnic.i was Deing asked on I tie streets here Saturday afternoon and Sunday as tin work of pumping the water from :,(? cistern under the direct un Of th police, following the discovery Of several partly burnt quilts in the old w.iter hole, went steadily ou. The mystery of how the iiuilts caiue to the place still remained unsolved at datii Sunday atornoon whin the water had beea lowered to a de;dh of two feet and lonsisteiit grappling by the officers with a lire boas tabid to lev. ,;1 anything iiuli.-ai ins? a cri.ne. On i inlay a nemo employed bv- Mr. J. 1. finite in ! -sing the cistern noticed a quilt ilo.au;;. on the stir- lurttrinu Xot Freely InimnI. X. t uuilily Fidci Miners Mutter How IVrfmiu. MARKET Of the doiens of different peoples ,Th' Well-known yinn of lissm. J. in Kumunia, none is more pietuseiiue t iit-l-y mid Sons to Act than the Gypsiei. Like their proto-1 "is Agent. . type in America, they rove the conn-! try In great caravans, earning strav i-Foi;f;K HEATH SAI.KS MAX'AGFlt pennies by begging, dancing, playing and truing fortunes. In the cities they :r- .tharle Iceman, president of foinet noes earn their "bread and on- leeman Knitting Mill and ue ions' ny shining shoes. neddUm? " leading mill men of the South. lemonade or acting as porters. has entered the cotton market of this CHIEF BARNES GRIFFIN CAPTURES ANOTHER STILL MAX P.FI.IVot Isius His j WIFF. Tt HKVt A. M. liotsfont si Divonr Was ill.- , miij Solution Mw lived l ncle i,rKe. the .M.rsl.ville School ; "'Hhi'r- Janitor, s KcimciiiIhiv,! tit , 1 tory f friendship of m- tin 1st iiuih t Mu.lcnts :.e'n v,';ira' Handing between .Ww . ! ork nun that remains unbroken, at. HMM.I.XH FAMILY IHWn; ,houKh one pave up his wife that she " " t,:Kht marry the other, w-aa iliol.urf today when it became known that a. m. iiotsioid. tin i. iiv h:.kv E$2. chears, one of the LEADING CITIZENS, DEAD JVieastsl l;.-,,res-iitetl His tenuity in U.v Legislature, nnd Was nu linjHirutiit Figure. Marshville, Dec. 2". of Marshvilie's sons Among those an.i daughters manager of I , , u V 11 1 , Fleisch who have "dispersed and wandered" !he Fa"'0Us I'laXTf-Lasky Corpora but who found ihi ,..u ... ...i,!,,l. had 8tei ne.l out of hi u.r.c. l . . . .. . . i . i . . . . ... .i . --..... un n u u i.i . . . . - - . - - ' ..t ui.ii iuoi vi lit lie ntlicil nS - . .. .ru-nuuwn II 1 ill ill drawn tight the strings of evervJ- M- Kairley tt Sons as his agents. purse, has brought double haidsliii-s ,aua Mr- George Heath, formerly con-1 Marsh of Riitherr.ir.ttn., i ' !J to these wandeivm. No matter how nw,fd "h the Heath Cotton Corn-laud Mrs. C. II. Williams of Due wi-st," ' "'a,e4 in Coll.-ge. Kleiseh- "r" " . r"y iiu-ir violins, no matter " mnnaKer. rtis agenu what good fortune thev sen in the w111 not 0"b' buy with renewed viiror stars Tor those about them, they iind ion ,ho ,,K-il1 market, but aro ready tollng at Middlesex, and Miss Mai'v Orif it hard to coax pennies from th Purchase big lots from merchants in fi who teaches at Oxford are 01 . " s-mi s- ma Mill's for Hie Christmas! . ' 'n?.e to Im-cohic Mrs. and Mrs. Ko.. A. I., . 1 ,e,si ',,,;'''- Hotsford a-id .tann were friends and class- empty pockets of the war-oppressed iauJ01"i" towns and cities. Kumanian people. Many of them I, 1 ne O'hced of J. M. Fairley A .iae htarvea to death. '" i" journal tiuiiding, are Among me t.ypsy women and Kirls litre J. was I- ; lieil ,i made : waiir i biouj !ii tliee Itii; !!. had : maiU wa'ei cloth' by m Fpl'lc . Mate r had !. hhort i. dicat' 1 bocii i thev .-. conclu. rtm held n set u contia rttrior of th,- tilll.' ; what i' bt inu ti'i'iipi :i to two the v ::'' lorted to ;!'. lire l.oi i.i search ii ' n til ' ( Id v. ' l'ot'ih l.'lll'C II. '..VI' .i.iiiarly burned : observation v ho car i".Mie and a he! ci itir flToits quills ami n.'iii'j'i'i,- suspicion that soi.ie ciime cli ci,mi.ii;'cd a-oj i:n e.:'or! ' hide it in the d p;li of th,' .;; the (liscuvcrv on the liinl f scbtrr.l daik si'ols. decliind ic who saw liiciii lo be of blood. The preserved the quilts showed that they. t been in the water In' a ,.:e. while their condition in itial they would not have .row u it. to uu' wcti i. ca rl too old for use. o'Tiiig liiesc tacts, t!ie ofi-ct i' -d that the water should t: 1 to ascertain if the ri. ni'Mcn ci in.e. riiinus wen 't:; .ii'irdr.y nfteraoou d rill day Suitdav . A 'norbiil I'lo'vii siinounil-ii me scene operations the most of tin d Voiced wild Slte.-.-es as I reinovii! of the v.-tu' wonl i Ilpht. rty dark Fuiul.iy the water b id been lowered feet. It waa then that !; ottUei - conclude .1 that If a crime vn hiildc in the o!J well that thfy Phoun: tie alile to locate it with the fire re. ok. A minute's pcinhiiii; of me iM.-iom in tins manner failud io reveal rnything to coiiiiini the former HISpe:o,s, i ne uosi roinnicniv acrcptod i plnniiio:n of how the b.'d riot ic cnnio i be in t!-, rlstem is that th qiiin? tie ii'ieu ny mooters em ptoyet: y tlie railroad and living in shairy ears at a little distance from the ,'. Thes" ouHK ofiiccrs now beli.', .. became ii'lict 'd with vermin nml f:i effort at burtiing them fa lug e the day as very (lamp, they were cs.-t :ito I'i old well. T. t . ( ! 1:1.1:1: m:ii at thk oi' m: i.ty-tw i:aus Kmi t . i.-e Onletly After U,. Had Snf i r..i , 10111 l anu.iMs ior tner 11 enr. J-oi! wing r.n illness of several r.ionilis with paralysis. ..Mr. T. C. Cur- lee die.' at his dome on east Franklin n're." Sunday morning about eleven orioe:;. ji.' was stricken with the olseise more than a year ngo and for me p i-' lour motiris nan neen enn- flneil :o Ins bed. Death came quietly 111 me presence of the fa miry and Iiie-ncK Hiii nil servics were conducted from ti.o heme yestrrday morning by ir. 1 . ' , weaver, pastor of the First Metho.'.ist church, of which the do iea.-t". as a memiMT. interment van in t! f .Monroe cot i r-ry. Born June H, i ts, ; M.ushville towns if), the doe. ai seventy two . us old. lie 1 1, -a;', d in fann ing om bis .uit.i'Ion ii, Marshville town. ::,!) for a n 11 n. :,!' of yc.us. The past twenty-sew-u years 'of his life were s; ent In Monroe. For a time lie f ided at Marshviilo and Albe- liiarle. Suiviving are his wife and neven chlldi.i; five daughters and two sons. The sons are Mr. Curlessie Curie. , of Wndesboro. and Mr. Abram Cut lee, of Monroe. The daughters are M: Ada Hinson of Win gate.' Mrs. Mart h i Ay?ock of Concord, Mrs. Helle Mull. 1 of Chertyville, und Miss Pearl and T.l' idelj Cttrlee of Monroe. Mi. v'tirlce was a man in whom thet. -vas no guile. To him every clntid l ad a silver lining. The op tlmis:.', and cheerful d:Kooitiim of the t. i ii In times past has dispersed despoe tency away from tlip cotintf- nanc' f many a ft lend. He w as n liieml-r of tlio Methodist chur-h. Mr. (1 lee w.is known far and wide, rnd !' d scores of friends. are to be round some striking tvpes of beauty. Dark or complexion "und hair, with shining, long-lashed-black eyes, they are a deliuhi to b olt upon. iney nave not yet acquired the art or using cosmetic as their sisters in lh United States do. . Superstitutioii phys a large part in tlie life of a t!ypy. One of the many ancient customs which will sur vive among the women is to !! themselves frigh'fiiily ir one of their (iiildnn dies. Tiiey In lieve thai I ho death has been caused by a vil. spirit Laving entered the Lodv er the rbild fts well ns of ii.o mot her, and that l! they clullse themselves tlie spirit will depart. One liumian :ypsy woman, wliom :n American relief worker Usl'ed was :!parenil about to die f:om pl-UMloni.l. The doet.ll- fomi.l .01.,,. evens brals. s all over her chest, ;nd the e ini seiioo.y awavated her eoi.,.(.nn. (i'i nt'estionlng her po " io'i iiruises were one to "eauag sin- rail l'.vi.i hoi - ir cnuse one f ner eight children ditd. being vepainted. the walls calsimined anil other improvements pre under a. uneu completed they will be modern in every respect. Mr. Heath, the sales manager, will have hU oftlee 111 ine room formerly occupied by the western union "lelegianh Company. i.uiu inn onico or J. M. Fai'.iey & .-o,:s iu 00 in tear room next to m business of lice of The Journal 1 no oiner ivoni room will be lined Hr ctad.nir purposes, with Mr. Horace W illiams, an expei ien,:ed cot ton imin, in charce. Hereat.er 111 s:e v.il be no 'cbved i.i.iik r in Monroe " paid tr lc loan ye-,ern:iy. in soeaking of hi Mi-w eii:u"e. "I pi 1 rieteniiiueO. i he .-i,!,i iloo d, ! ru taiu If it I " . ' ." inouey oin or a I l".:tur.a:t' cotton business. There uil! nome for Christmas -Mr. J. H. S uns of Mars Hill is the :uesi 01 nis daughter In F Ashcraft. Miss Eva Mar.-h at Coker College Hattsvill,.. s. C. is spending the holidays with her pi reuts Kev. and Mrs. A. .Marsh Mr. and Mrs. I,. K. H-itjins ifl.d as their guests on .Sunday all of Mrs liuggllis brothers and sUt...- .1.. In all. The fnmilv I,. I.. i', .'. ,'.,.','. .... union on Christmas day with 'their tiser .Mrs. r.tmi t;arnon at the chit id.'lillv liomcslead ii, I oi., 1,1.11., The fatllih of Mr nol M ... Dick M,ilsll lo Id a rentiii n PI m.is daj at the loelv new hum.. o- Mr. and Mis. I.ovd .ir'ein Mu i:.,, ..... beiui. one of t:. - ,i:,,i;,'lu, ... .11111 11,1) llllls ,)li t!. 1011, !... he was married six yei.rs a!;o The foni'cr Mis. Hitsfoi,! Ki!t .r o.uice in Keno. .ev., on September 11. She and Mr. Flcischmann were I married on November 15. Thev re- 111 I'M.... 1. -!.. .1....' I y ; ' " ..! I lie, I Hon. ' iiava lie a be-had TWO D1F. ON WI.HDIVt; Xlt.jii. t..i t ...-i iii.-s iiooi i iir-.tway Italy lo .niii) Moitilec-. mows tdift Out. A small, dark-eyed girl . .m nr-t'lvi-d nt Newark. N, J yesterday from Naples, Italy, and her soldier nero. Kocco Uruilli. vhoiie.'ae she became a few hours later, were fn.md dead from asphyxiation lodnvin theli Stll'g Aiadelliv avenue nanri'm. nt When liruillo. a wounded meoiher "f the 327ih Intrant ty. left Ilalv for i tie l niled state... his sweetheart whom he had met while on ice from the front, was nt the embarka tion camu to bid him rnnrt-hv Never miml. Carmaila," he said, 'lifter the war I'll send von nnti'H Vouil come to me In America nii.i we'll be married." A mouth ago, in Italy. Carmnlbi , tiM-eived money for Rleiunsliit. i:.,. After the sii-ude we:!d!nor at t-'llii Island yes'erd.iy.tcl;:'' .( s of Breillo feasted the vo.c: .v i.n.i his i.!,i.. When tlie com retire i it la hr.ii.,,-' v'- ---yd cf.i-fl'i.i le tleore !ii ii i-h 1 ' ll.'S. loci- -eiiool In ili.s W. ate. i- ri..y head. 'ng gate Mr. Chi'iles Iceinnn. Who Has Fn. teie.l (lie Mniiioo t'oltnn Market ( trmaili at. if.:., blew . W.Ul oai lb it:' g.lfi. d to oil I'r 'sb., : t in - ( htiic i. Ami toon shall obscru.- - irthe yi'.ir's ei: i. ' K" odus . Service) as followu on ; next. ::. i i. Woi-shia cue! the 11 a supper, p. moil. will ill feast 'day f : d's m. Praise service and ser- . Aiiss Ollie .Mexamler's i iass have charge or this service, and lend the praise ; ervice. 10 a. in. Siinduv school W. Henderson, Supeiiiitenilent. O.ir Sunday school classes nnil llielr offerings for the "Nenr lilicf" on last Sunday. The t.n.'.t oilerir.g iimouiited to 162.t)0. Mrs, Siittcniield 8 class of youm: ladies ne $40.00, which was the Ihi-fphi lass offering. There will bo a "Watch Nfchf meeting on Friday night at 11 o'clock to which all aie invited. Let us "Ob serve the feast at the year's end." Any desning to unite wiih nor church, on confession, or bv letter at asked to be present at the Wtach matting, if this is not possible thev can meet the Session on Sunday at half past ten. Our New Year text is Psa, 11-13. All who have united with last communion will bu given the right hand of fellowshln on Sundnv i morning. It Is hoped they can all be present. I. n.lsolutcly no speculation. The i" . ess of tile business, therefore, de peii,'.: e:i ," huge volume of business. .';,' that is what my asso ciate? and myself are determined in do. We will not only be in the mur i:e! for all of the local cotton pro tt' fable, but will extend our opera ti( ns io (id her rrcllor.s. I! ranch oIMcm In impoiicnl cotton centers may be established come time in th near flttU!"." Coi.sideiiti't Mr. Iceman's wide ne (luaintance wit n the mill men oi Nirth and South Carolina, nnd the p-rutlral knowledge of tho roltoi business possefisid hy Messrs. Frank" ratrley. John Faliiey, George Heath, and Horace Williams, local cotton men tire frank lo ndmit that the new firm has a brilliant future before it. ami mat Dciore long, ny reason or their operations. Monroe would soon become the lending cotton center in the two Carolines. Asked his teason for embarking upon sui-li a big venture at this time. with distress apparent in all lines of business endeavor. Mr. Iceman smilingly remarked that the Iceman Knitting Mills was the only project ne ever tostered during prosperous times. -.My other ventures," he said "had their start In periods when looked like about half the country was oroKe - lUKKK MFX l it KFI I'Olt t AIJINF.T, IT IS KKI'OltTFD S FA P.OAIID TKAIX SO. lt I ItASHr.S INTO liO.V ( Alt Switch I -! j Open, l-nsl .Mall l.e-nves Main line for SitkwTriu U, nnd Hits Freight. . PH. IS FAFF I IT ItliiD "IMK, Xom' A N'1 Tttck. plon rarish. which Into H miling Catno nml .Never I'lu-iies h fovev. "chez. Miss., dispatch says that Uihson, known as the rimm ig game hunter t-f Tensas La., asserts he owns a lite he uses In the capacity of a bird d g. and says the pig makes perfect stands and uever flushes covey of birds. Gibson said that soon after the birth of the pig. on the death of Its mother. It was adopted by a pointer dog with a litter of pups and that the pig continued to associate with ltt foter brothers and Bisters after it became well grown. A .witch turned the wrong way hunted train number 12. from Al- HuglioM for State Department, Dawes t laiita to Kicheioml, onto the tr.nis- ior uie lensiny. and Fall Ui,.:i r tipik line early yrstcrd.iv morn- Interior, ing raid the engine crashed into a A dispatch from Marion ntiin ., hnx car netir Ine freicht deoot. r the Chicago Tribune savs ue was injured. "President -elect Harding has dt-1 The switch rhoti'd have been turn elded on at least three Cabinet ap-i1''1 " thnl the train would have be -n I'uintments. Offers will be made ! f,,""""J . 0,1,0 t Wn line le.iv loon, accoiding to definite informa-1 i,u' ''lo passenger st ition. C.ililng lion obtained here today. These men i 1 '"' vnri1 "n"', vesietday. The Jour- are: rat was mroimed that no one kn nv "Charles Evan Hughes of New wl, !""''' I he switch in the w-.mg York for Secretary of Hfate. j direction. Engineer Scott was pre- "Chitrle? G. Dawes of Chicago for I V(,llt,(' f'"t" seeing that his enn. Sicrrtr.iy of tlie Treasury. j WRS taking the trinsf-T truck, use.i "Senator Albeit H. Fall of New'1" 'ml.Kidlng cars at the freight de- icxtco for Secretary of the Interior. ' ,H"- "' r:"l'ing sleom and the first knowieuee ne bad that anythin atony, l. mre le-li. - t,. ml. Cae hapiiv rr. -I'll-,, w ihi' Chnsimas was "i-i:. the eiilored .rather o i':. buildi ig. "li.clo i;,. imt l.-.lhfi.! v s, r",: th this humble caiia.-iiv i.l biitin figure with its n oueile.l slioubl.-rs -...nit she! i-i as ami lar to i In, - i ;;i.. jvlmol children as is the seh-'til'liiiia. Hlg Itself. Oil Wedlle.-.iav toot ai the chapel exerci.-es wl.'.-a ih.. ... . tin- school was m. r-ily pre.-,- aii.i, is-: til!H. linie (ieonie iv..-. no,., .,.,,.,.1 ... he liU'.htoriuiii ind amdist ilinnil,.r- ou applause from the students was presented with a nice, new t.alr if overalls', some gloves, a knife ami I.., of l-iiit and candy. The old darkey was to overcome he ennld rcon,.,. Mijw-Hhva broad brtt mlstv RIeil. and clasping bis Illinied oil down the n-il wiih n... .Hid goodwill finwinff In his lo.n.i On Christmas eve i -i,t ' v W. Ai.dicr.ift and a nntnliei- r ti,., fch.ool children galhered on the street and sanu- rtn luti.nw i ., .. the pleasure of the passersbv. The Christmas exercises nn.l tree ai ine .Methodist church. Thursday evening were thoroughly enjoyed bv a largo congreaailon of people". The urge, symetricitl tree which n loaded lo the last degree with lovelv gitts. was an Inspiration to the grown people, and to the children it was nothing short of intoxicating joy. Their little faces beamed and their eyes fairly danced with the happi ness, and glory and wonder of It all; and when they heard their tonne. called and received the presents from the ushers, the stats in the sky did dot shine more radiantly than did those eager, childish races. Any one who is not willing to sacrifice some thing and work hard to give the children a Christinas tree in their church, and I he blessed memory of it to store away in old aire drinnn of eyrnoon in ma a few days ago. when the nn- I '-'"' filiation of the '-eternal iti I angle" was revealed. They are living :al al Kast Ninetv-seeoiwl iti.i There were no theatricals about th- matter that so ultimately involv ed the three of us."?aid Mr.'Holslord '"day. "Mri,. Hotslord came me and told hie that she and Mr .-eU, i,. elan l.ten.l ...i. .. ... ... , . : ; - "o" "."er. aii was mo. "" ami ano i --hoard. I sa , th. Mamm v t,.o n Mr. Flcisehmuiin anil l;e",; from li.tppiae..,. Uivorce only solutjon, Mr,-.. -i"i-chm;.'i:i s, y : s ''PP.. aiilioug,, it the sol' iite, had "There Was e . t" said. ' r- .v that I Wife ilU tlni:: was the I.. her ' din i.'iil' a.- it v. a way ( -et," hat .-le WAS KK.HTV-I IVK VKAIW OLD i Esq. v. T. Chears. a former mem ber tvf the Legislature from this county, mai-y iin.es chairman of the ;Coun'y democratic executive eommit l"e, church moderator, and a leadiug eitiiten. died Friday evening at his home in Lanes Creek township after an illness of Several Weeks duration. He was eighty -five years of age. and was the last of his father's family. i he litneiul suvices were conduct ed Saturday at the Fb.ladelpiiia Kap ia church by Kev. Ii. M. Haigler. a.iu liilerment was in tin mere. A larg relatives and I" pay their last t'lU cuiz .. StirviM..!- K ,,. Shears is his faith lul wile, aad the following children: . l nuconi. Airs. li. l(. ual ' V. F. Fuiidetbtirk, Miss ars, and Mr. Tracy -..I ot this county, und Alt . 1 i- .i.i-. of Georgia; Mrs. A. ' '"' ' -'Clii Ito ,.; and Mr. W. Sal)fo!d. ;. tiie deceased had been i !e-d bu; a shori inw. i filing health for the ever, be in tiic cemetery - concourse eif friends, ueighbois were toeseoi respects to this fine Mis ! I .',! a Ci (.',: I. 1 . 1 I i AU.MI IIS ; ,t h i, ot l it HH.ii I i:khi,ii, .;i i:s lo- aud In, I-;.--' year. . 'ii. i in.: f" W eek.s I'O lit to 1,1 l' o( ie, Win oi l.'.e uiea i'Ui!i.: i tee . niaoe oeca- .'..Olll'l.e ilp until a iways makii'g ;t a i some oi i,,e .mier 'art I.i of Of! the State miize in Thev l-'i;-.lit la ii is i; I Oi I a! . I u 01 o t.i no J tool e, l.-i. 1 l-i Fuslesn I Will Meet ' oilil'l'llles. from F.H::.ibct!r City Independent , ' ' in a e.i iiel, eyeing that something ;v;.-u lie a'taima ! ro..cb;!ig a con. pii.'.-v u h.-i-- e',,. . ''euletl. ,:ue ar. Idoyed to keep Die pi-ice of o .'iiiuted towards the fertilizers up to something like ' '"'lul 1 hi j'tid came year's evceHe prices, the fan ,. Hirough tw o other wars imrihea.s:.,-ii North Ca.-oliim i -A"'0' u'au in urns and a movement li.-is sinci manu fac ) . v .iii hi ni -uts ful , i, nd Ulil- t). .a v.; u's lirst i,e v .ii- i lauds it'iy, l.ii.-i- to itl) Mexico. '' e of i ... the lien lie juiti- . b gan , and he had lived i he Spanish- u,i ,-;""" mi, ami uie world ur. movement has . t'tr s")ee he attained manhood. "ing ine mailUfiic-i "" "oeeas. u mis been an important -noiner appointment practically decided on Is that of Secretary to the President. This post will be of fered to Leroy Vernon. Washington correspondent of the Chicago Daily New." i was wrong came when the box car was hit. Just leaving the passenger sta lioji, the train had not attained much speed when , the crash came, w hich explains the fact that no one was hurt. The box car was badly dam aged. The locomotive was damaged to such an extent that another had Hnna-or la k. k.. ... " ' . " ,u . ' rain on- . um .aau,vB iUr w-nra. a delay of about urn resulted. A toy factory Is planned for Char lotte, according to The Observer. food. uiiidiiood, is missing a large portion of that Joy in the world and peace on earth which the Holy ltible came to bring, Mr. Price Little who has been lo cated at Wilson loi the practice of law since his graduation rrom the t'ulversi.ty of North Carolina Ins spring, spent a few days here wiih bis mother during the Chtlslmas holidays. (Mr. Myran Green arrived Christ mas eve from Chapel Hill to spend a few days wii his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Green. Misses Mary and Edna Burns of Charlotte were the guests of their patents here for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Utow-n nr t.in. eolnton came Christmas day to visit wis. urown s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Covington and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Han-ell snout Chisimas in Rockingham with relatives. Chief of Police Haines C.ninn ran- , A ....... , . 'uieu anoiini- si ni Mtmiay some where It, the general southwest di rection from town, but th,e chief r.ivs he does not know to whom the Mill ing outfit belongs. If he keeps up the record the chief will have gathered in a very choice collection or liipior lililkllg oultiN bv New Yeif-.t There was pl-niv of t ie "eim ihnt cheers" (loving in town among a certa'n element during Christ mas. ind a rew broken nancs or tin -t n..,.,. "Ho'ony to the eio-te.,.'v -ait. and imiiicious aims or a f-w who wee well soaked A few lii.-v!.-! tool; place .on Chrlsti im . i c, !n nothing seri- i.iuip in ii, ( eri.-i mas oay Wii.) observed Ii: a ve v orderly manner, Una Covington Han-ell. I'utv's I'leasaiit. in. was murdered three miles eist of lialeich when four negroes held up and robbed him nnd eiiil lasl VI s of aie up' uivu started to , noycou tlifir i ' ,' u,e ine in Lnion county i-oo.is. rhe movement is being dl-i,,0,le' 001 ' " relivious and politi reeted by the Carolina Potato Kx- cul wav He was several time.s lllode. change, with headquarters at l-;i;-a- r!lor tne Baptist association- and beth ( Ity nnd the .exchange Is call- 1,1 I'"'''"1, he not only ueti d us cUir ing a nieeiing of the farmers of nv I141"!' i'f I he democratic ev, m k- ,. counties for the purpose of giving ; "li,l,'e fof a number of vears but them the facts and enabling them to 'ved bis c-ounfy in the legislature "-F;'. i tisM. Cheais. in the opinmn of the ,..,'. tec o-,0t?t0 f.or,iliz''- ast yeai T!' V,M-V l'l"oaching tost ?t.0.9j. A reuuciion of on I ,- a tlH' type of a citizen. 11 man- dollnr a ton means WI.H5 nexi vea -. j "''-u Hfeal interest in all mo ihe farmers cotuend that the chemi- j "-'". was a loyal churchman and cals entering Into tlie mixture of this I was ever ready to serve his tellow- teii ii;:er nava fallc; $l'u a ton with-: cll'"'us in any capacitv. He was a in the past lew months and that r.n 1111111 ho veiyone re-spected both a on is enough to pay for such !er- fl1' hi tiative ability and honesty of llll?'r- convictions. He was sincere, square l.he Carolina Potato Excnang. ; w his fellovvtnrn, and in his death w hich has achieved wonderful results i lllis fection has lost a good citizen In the marketing of the produce of , ' its luembers, says that Ihe farmers 1 liamiHT of Coiiimeive leeiliia. run save this 15 a ton In- buviei. , ,e''u'ir .niniial icembership Jheir nitrate of soda and ot'ier cli m- Jl"'1 "' anizat ion meetim; of the icals in the open market and lea'-, chamber of Commerce will be hold ing the fertilizer companies v ; . i, i """wl,f ;tt li i i t . At this time their goods, in their warehouses The (',,n'il!'''e report of the v.or,; done Exchange says the farmers of ibis nurinu Ihe past year vvlli be renden-d to ex,erimeni i ' -v . olncers. Most iniportant. thev can be "u' rur' 13 eleoMon of dir iiiu oiticers to serve for section will .imt have in this direction, as Miiiieu ny tlie experience of tb oo -ociors :i ti ie n.,i, -o r polato growers of the state of Maine ,,."e "'rm of 11,1 eftiec is exi.-rlnc on who saved themselves in the same "-' her 31st. After the btiMiiess way last year. The farmers of Maine I v" of "e meeting is conclude I ul... .,. . .. I llU'll It 1 1 1 I, n '"'" Miiai uie tanners of . ' ""' "r mnoKer. tverv mem can do; the only have North Carolina iinna needed is an nrujii rulm, .1... chit'eK N Howard Smitii, manager ot Ihe Potiito Exchange. Vlie fertilizer mnnnfnci ll rp r u- i 1 1 of V-ourse, tell their side of lii.. store' i'u begin with they do not adii.it that , i-iees for 1921 h.,ve been tlx. d v.-t a. H. LeKroy. manairer ot th.- laiirle Feftilizi r Co., ol this city, says i hat his company has not vet an nounced its price. He would make no comment upon the proposed nieei ing at Elizabeth City other than to say that he regretted that he hadn't j got wind of it berore ins coiupanv loaded up with high prit j material's i' tor next spring's mixtures. -I The fertilizer men will sav tli.tl ihi'v- as well us the farmers, are up against it. In sections solely de pendent upon corn, cotton, peanuis and tobacco,' the fertilizer men aie having a hard time making inn- it of collections. They can t get a t.e, t lenient for fertilizers sold the !':: un ci s last spring so long as, the ers can t sell their rums far to pay the feit Miser l.ilN, er OI ine liiamber of Co, i. i expected to attend this meeting nni every business and professional' man ;in the community, whether a member ioi inn. ;s coriliallv invited I member in entitled 'to km.w ;i iiamner of Coima. , .. ...in- ii, naat ii should try to . ...... ,ii i ne inemiiersn -s tne place to exercise Every what his is doing ami up meeting mis privilege. i ii.i- etioiif a I'AHIS (.11 -T Is XOT WAXTFI) llicemiglis ! li.leini, In Xevv Yolk Kiotmtit ,,,, ai jM ( apiial. A 1: icci.i: ; he epiilemic. the result nf bis this t in' instead nf eonvlvlnl u.nos. a. n fas Xt,w York in its grip. .peid,,- contraction of the dia phragm an, i- a cold, characterized by C. H. Copelaiid, health commissioner, as a "nervous form of inlluenza" caused the hiccoughs, and the ailment Is believed to have been I.i ought over from Paris where it, has been preval ent, it was stated. The seizures are said sometimes to nisi tv, enty-!oii;- to Ii forty houis. IGAIil Tll s FOU IIAIUUVti ' I e ii j uansims liesciit Winniin's l Ai.a'ust (be I se of the Smoke A fiirtoon of ciii.irettes. i.it ' ,-; e by conli ibtuioiis of ten cent e.ie': , Iniiiel'-en Atchison, Kansas, mce ';.'' j bten .mailed to presidi '.it-.';,H-t if.ird-j I ing ve-'ei-ihi)-. In Hi,. Kiiine mail ;,,' Jsent a Icier written by Carl ilrov.-if, ! who led the movement, explai-t'ng : Ihe gilt as propied by . porm th t, Mls Lucy Page Gaston, of Chi.-aco I The colie i 'Neat- 1 . i ( li.asiiiit Hill Bniitist church, . has contributed $7.0 i0 t! e ast relief fund. .'.i i.i ' TO WKMl i -M;i i: i;.n liad written him a letter from urging him to discontinue th. cigarettes. "We do not necossitt ilv defend garett-s-." said the letter, "but want you to understand that we .ekn c- we ate rcwntfitir r,urn(iAd n...l..-i... u . t - two companibns. Silas Messer nd i : I. ' " "'"Z " . 1 ... .. Tl.. ..1. 1 n .. in. j eaiiiei, wane me mice were en route to Angler. Johnson county, from Raleigh In an automobile. part of a female who writes such an i' Insulting letter under a Kansas date;' line. Hare, and Ycrnon B. Valuable as n Curiosity, By all means let s preserve, the ..mil oi ntr im-n, us auoui ine uauev were uprionniv -...r,a u- uu.ui urn inuig leu mats rree. e.oium- prontDition officers in Ashcvllle Fri j bus Dispatch. day. Berry , stantly Charles F. Bailey were ' ; !.;.,, ,-r While I.isf ! ' y i u.uer t i Ti tU( tile .', t. , it.e V. To Mr, A. M. sheerest goes the diMinrthm of being the lirst to w-e.tr a suit of underwear made by fie Iceman Knitting Mills. Major W. C. Heath w.i3 presented with a suit at ihe same time, but Mr Sccre-rt was the first to get his on. The mill will not begin opera tions for some tim. hou .,-,. a Jest of the machinery was made i loot ITViiti . Hensley, was shot and In killed, his brother-in-law. last Friday, and it was thn h. the garments given the Monroe men were knltttd. The under wear is heavy, and nf . fln. silky texture. ; l r i x i ' s r . i l -: t- - I ': i I-