EIGHT PACFS
THE MOXUOE JOrUSAi, FKIIUY. JIM ART 2S. i92l.
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THE BANK OF
UNION
Monroe, N. C.
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus $100,000.00
No Profit in Raising Cotton at
Fifteen Cents a Pound.Says Coker
At This Price, Says Hartsville Man, Landlord Loses
$5.50 an Acre, and Tenant Gets But $1.07
Per Day on Which to Exist
By D.
Announcement f
The work of KMiiocYHng the offices and interior J
of the Dank buiKlin;? has been completed and an en-
tirely row outfit of fixtures have K en added and the j
st it net ft and safety of the vault provided for the vaT-
uablos of the bank and its customers are not excvucil
'a th.io twtion of the country.
dollar bill before, had no traiiiinc
in thrift and spent their money with
out thoucht of the morrow. Many
are noon r citizen to-day than they
this i'Pt'io.1 of pro-perity for. hav
had a i-iir.ipse of tin: nt-ial heuii
and being aL-ain piunced into th.
hell r.f .Thi'ff poverty, they are nut
ur.'.Hv bitter and discouraged.
C. COKEU. of Hartsville. in
Commerce and Finance.
We believe that few outside of the
South and by no means all in the
South, realize the i'.i-trcssing features
of t ie present situation or are able
to diagnose their effort upon the civ
iiuation of the Sovtli and the future
if the cotton imlustty. A brief con--IcVtatior.
if t..l-. lowever. will
promptly coinimo everyone In
i. i.i. I in t'i. in. i.e. try uh.'t'ier in
.)... v.oth .i- ih.. mih thai t'tere i 8ire-(J
ss no future for it at present price
an;' I' at ; r..U:ti'u:i'U of pMsentl
,l-.,i i t :,. ..-!. n i),.. ...v ih. : owner or t-r.
aim I'vtT'ier io a
limed a rc.i.;t of ctto.i
Yet no
how i'o this if better piice
GAl'K. Al.l-SOI" IS TO TF.AOI 'said the dietitian of the tour nillion
JiANJO 1'LAYIM. CY MAIL, men who made up our army during
the war. "It Is caused by but oue
Needing Some MiM-y, Popular H.r-, ihinp, the consumption of more food
ille Man H't I j" i t'iirrfKnn- than the system needs.
rm-e School 1'l.ui. j The whole stupendous, tnisunder-
lltigTille, Jan. 27. Dan Hocks. 'stood, misrepresented subject, the
H'pviile biacksi.alU. reed with a fact, cause, and cure of corpulence.
;;ood deal of Litere,t an account iu j can be written in twenty-seven
Anglo-Saxon words of one syllable.
each of which even the lethargic
mind of the obese ought to be able
to understand. Here they are:
"Fat comes from food. If you
have too much fat you eat too tf-h
food.
You can pit rid of the f: T
the newspapeis of a blacksmith in
Kentucky who ha brought suit
against the owner of e mule for live
thou.-und dollars, because the mule
tucked while ne v. as trying to shoe
him. Dan sa if be had that much
KMiner for every time l:e had been
1 1 k ..... if h-.i k,.! ! Kicseu oy a mine ne omu or "- you lai less io.hi.
uuiu u.i.e i. - um "i " .i.i. t. ,i.. . : t..: i. .....
lli'lia.te, oii iiuniv iiiai i imr iieiin;ie iiienu faj 11 v
better take down his sip'il as a horse- ently and inctea-e the cotifiisi. n.
'shoerand blacksmith. ' ll.-re is the way one of them pu!f cue
! At the la.t meetins of the Ios:-!part or the fact: "Adipose lis -no.
;ville Dnproveiuent Society, compost d ! subi-utaiitMiusly imposed.'' hi- s.iiu. '
' ..rf I l:.... u n. ...... ..f ll.will.i n r.tt. . I. .A I .a In
Tne cnlv lem.tlv for the pre, nt ' " , , . . V u,' n i . .. ",UU,:J':"",!
..hilt, .11 t. h-ilution a adopted by which Da? jested.
cotton -i-ti"in i.new no mono crop
t'cuie to keep b'd
All our f iem'.s and customers are invited to
call and inspect our new quarters. Now is the time
for these not doinjr business with us to get in line
and open a deposit account.
IIAIKir.OVK BOWI.KS, Awt. Canhler '
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Z;'.tiou of the South
....,.....,.,. . t . i i i .. -a- tti:it il. ' ill. oil a
I .',f iiV,. -.;.. in , pr. -.'lit pi ice is donl.l
tl .. ;,,,nl l.. iii ,....i in .t-ihiiil :i!iti i lii'i. t soi .'
. ...;,. ,., rcre hut in or- are to i hoped for.
ti. r fo show ho-v i::;p .-s:';'e tne p: 1
i:t situation is we are tf iliu- to ti" st I
.i'ci;.- proilm I Ion li r.iie.-: under the
tf.-ai conditions of a ba!e per acre
production ut flft'-en cent a price'
ihovo the pre?. lit tuaiket.
The lc!k of t ie !! cf the South
is i n ti'H-ed on a s'ii:e crop system.
tiie ino-t popiil.ir haie contract in
tills section oiit ciu.er which the Uidi r. Thirtv cents wil not pay the
landowner furnir-hc the land, build-; landi wner or tenant ou the very re-
shave and ciian up. U ihia is n :
done by the aniv.il of the first fprin
days, some foiciide actUiii will be'
. . i . . t .. i... t ....
iffitl' r. (t then in me iinim-i.
. if tie U m A" ''l' ha! at ,:iSt !,aJ t'S1
way wan nu ue. uo-euuy "neu.p.c
the uood wimian waj dyim; she re- (
It i a weil-established fact of
phy.-ics that you can't make so iu
thim; out of nothing. You can't
build a 'Mountain of flesh out of uir
or Wi-ter. It is built out if food.
TV food i;oe. into the body l':r usll
mouth. There is no other vay
I to set in. It is absolutely sure
What the South -.ils
AVV.at t!ie S.mth m-eds is a MeaJy
price for cdton wiiiih i!l allow :
l.iir teiiir'i to the landowner ii'it.
dtcei.t ihsi's to the tenant. At the
present . t j of tlie coi'imotiitu fi!icy
ntitt huv for cr-vi ma:t::ic purpo.-e.-.
t is. ve believe, the lowe-t
price vr.ich the industry should con-
mus, plantim: seed, am! fertilizer and stricteil ncreage that must be planted !fio..i the teacher. Gape All-op. Gape
quested that she not be buried in : ;'ud inc. ik ible that the 11. . h can lie
white j;nl that some place other than j re.iucei! to :-ny decree desired by
the Hear I'ord burj inc s round be s i,-diiciac th food . - W. Arthct tou Du
found to biirry her. I.iim had her j v i Kehruarv Hearst :',
burled in white 'in Ilear Ford arave- iiB9!I!IHnilaH33B30ZI
yard. He has had his way with her g g
once, but from what the women are g
sauiK aiMiut it he win nave to go
a ions way from Houviile to jvt an-!
other wife.
The Wild Hose school closed last ; q
week and tne pupil.i were tlelil'.teo i a
bv a nice treat of wild persimmons jj
KESOl'KCES OVKR ONE AM) A
QUARTER .MILLION DOLLARS. ::
W. S. I'tl.AKllMlY. President.
J. H. SIIVTI1. "l -President W. II. t Ol K. Asst. ( ashler
K. O. lASl'-W Cashier
The Oxy-
Acetylene
Does It
but the peculiar combination of :,i.vs
is not all. It take? skill and experi
ence as wU to turn out a finished
Job ot welding as we tiifli it out.
c.ie us your ordi r and leave the rest
to us. You will see tho results.
J. H. HEcCLELLAN
At Secrest Motor Company.
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ihe ten. ml fniui-li.-s the livestock,
tools, and labor. ii.inim; anii bal-i!if:e-
arc dividt,!. Lant'.lord
rt'id tenant divide t'.ie cotton equally,
but tin1 lamHietl ;- m-'vcs all of the
-..,1. I'mtei- thi ;'!.mi let us see
what would be the returns to land
l.i d .uiV tenant tvi a twenty-acre
it-op of cotton producing: flne bale
per acre.
Costs the I.Hiidhitil $.il an Acre
The farm will contain about thirty
acres inclmliui; a liM'.e woodland and
; a few acres for corn and other minor
crop.. If the land is .irood eunuch
to produce a bale per acre a fair val
uation for the farm ircludinc build
j inns will be between six and ten
i thousand dolars. A minimum charce
I tor rent, on tne cotton land, there
j fore, to cover interest, repair? and
taxe.i would be not less than tweuty
; five d illars per acre. The landlord
VxpoetinK a bale of citton per acre
I would buy not less than twenty dol
j lavs worth of fertilizer per acre for
the cctton and. as he must exercise
supervision over iiis rroppeis, a
'cliai ire of five d'dlar.t per ncie for
supervision should be made. The
tnlal of these expenses Is fifty dol
lars per acre. His returns will be
one-half bale of cotton at fifteen
'cent. :i".5o; seed, $10 : to'al.
least ten j doeii
$17.50, less one-half
nit income, $44. ."it per acre.
Ulnnine. $3; j Uon
These 1
this year. It will pive the tenant
l:.! iier (trot'iicius a bale to the acre
o:i o aciev c.ily a little over Jl.'.o
per day fi l the support of his family
or abottt half of this U he i.iake1
n nrrtiial yield if one-half -hale per
acre.
I have evidence to
miner.- are nveivins at
fillies as 'uucli as cotton laborers,
who are :il:o paid far less than lab
orers in the western wheat farms or
in the mills of any .section of the
country.
Country should Aid Movement
Kvety interest in the cotton trade
should recxiptilze the terrible unfair
ness of this situation and should re
fuse to consent to its riuitinuar.ee.
Kv.ry Southern interest is beniiinu
its energies to restore and maintain
a price for our money crop wliic;;
will allow something besides a dreary
and miserable existence that will
allow us to build and maintain
schols. churches, ronis and othet
facilities necessary- to the mainte
nance of a decent civilization. Rank
ers, merchants, and profession men
are cn-operatiiis; heartily with tf c
fanners to protect the basic indus
try of the South. This is not enou;;h,
however. The whole country is nl-
iecteil bv the condition of every see-
always l.as a way cf makiri: people
happy l-y some economical plan.
' A stranger came into lloville .
r. w da:s apo and advertised himst If
to sneak at the town hall on "What
i Pasteurized :
MILK !
the
mi-
Town Needs.'
lie was till -'a
u.u. ly branded as a fiike and no-
io-v that coal I hody went to hear him, as the town
not need anj thing and count id
ot uct it if it did.
The Postmaster has always been ail
figures show a net loss to the land
owner of $5.50 per ticre. Some may
'object to the ('harping ft rent and
, supervision to crop
i this we answer that
If the South if. Ft t icket!
poverty, lt laborers will flock to th
cities of the North and West and in
tensify their race and labor problems-.
If tlie Southern farm cannot
expenses. T,0jmert expenses for a lonp period, the
these are noc-' result fnc financial chaos will affect
i
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Greensboro
Daily
News
jessnry prelimnary expcnsis for cronall the money and trade centers of
Iptoiluction without which capital the country. If we do not receive
'cannot be secured. sufficient money returns to support
I TenanCs Hai-nhi". K1.07 n Day ,ft d,r,-nt civilization, th. civilization
ot an sections win do nnecteu. a
very plaiu spoken man; has always! 8
called a spade a spade; he says aB
tact is a fact. As a result he has; U
very few friends alive. He has been .Q
postmaster here a long time. Th. B
mivernmeut, he says, has always B
been very- frank with him, and hejB
has always been equally frank with
the povernnient, and it is feared he.B
is soon poinp to be out or a Job.
Dap Smith says there is somethinp
about him that people may think aijj
little stranpe of but nevertheless, lt
is a fact that he thinks more of the'"
people he does not know than he'"
does of the ones he knows. "
Gape Allsop has for some time
been trying to fipure out some plan i
by which he can make some extra "
money and he has at last Tell on theij
plan of a correspondence school. He
will try teaching banjo by man.
Miss Petunia Helchcr has boupht
t .. ....t. ..r Mn i.iti uiitti vnrn
u-iil, hit a I'll" in - -.
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SIOl'KlIlIsS HIIU in'? lit'"." t....s "
bit of interest amonp the people at
church Sunday, but the Widow of
the Rear Ford community only puck
ered up her nose. However, she has
since bought her a pair and with
them on walked by Gape Allsop yesterday.
Our milk, after beinp pnstiu
lized, is free from deadly ty
phoid and tubercular Romis. No
milk Inspector needed to verify
this statement. Come yourself,
and see the milk go through
the pasleuiiz:itlon process.
Frotect your child b y using
Hawn's milk. It cot(3 no more
than the other kind.
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To make this crop the tenant
furnishes a imilo and feed, costinp
per jear $125. depreciation on im
plements, taxes, etc., $25; hire for
pick hip 10 bales of cotton, $150;
one-half plnninp, $60: total. $360,
besides the labor of himself, wife and
three children.
Receipts from 10 bales of cot
ton at 15c per pound .. $750
Expenses besides labor of
family 360
Halane $36o
Divide thi.i amount by o5 and
you pet the mapniflreiit sum of $1.07
per day witi) which the tenant must
purchase clothinp. shoes, and house
hold equipment ami must supply a
larpe part of the food lor the fam-
Larpe classes in the South hafi
except for brief periods, struppled
along ever since the Civil War it
a poverty so abject that decent food
and clothes could not be obtained
Durlnir the periods when cotton sold
for 4 li rents to 8 cents many fam
ilies had to live on 23 cents per day
or less and ripht now the prospect
for many la no bettor than then.
The understanding sympathy
the nation cannot prevent terrific
losses to tho South mr remove the
necessity for aerenpe reduction nnil
other measures necessary to eUallize
Ihe supply of the staple with tlie de
mand. A nation-wide and under
stand sympathy, however, can am!
will make It easier for us to pet the
financial support neresarv to tlctt
lly mid besides must pay the doctor over the present emergency and will
is recognized as the state's best newspaper.
It gives a news service unexcelled and its
editorial page is always clean, broad and
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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS,
GRFEN'HUmO. X. C.
anil the preacher if they are pnid.
It Is tri;o that the tenant raises
, -Oiiie corn, a few vegetables, and
somtMiies has a pi: or a few chick
ens. The pitiful poverty under which
1'iost of them live, however, keeps
them ii.ovinp from r-lace to place,
tlie iive'-.ipe term of fa 1 111 tenancy
; being about two year", and it is the
! exception rather than the rule for
the tenant to have any liver-t ck be
: i.'.es his mule or poultry.
That Is His Maximum Caiulnps
I Please note that with cotton at;
!15 cuts per pound, $1.07 Is the,
maximum amount tha' a tenant ran!
.receive for the labor of himself, his I
wa'e, and three children In produc-'
, tnp the ideal yield of one bale per
iacve on 2o acres and this a larper
:ier".".),e than the avernce one horse
crop i;i thU sc. tion and must be
further curtailed this year. The item j
protect us from the re-erection of
hairier lo foreicn trade without
which the cotton farm can never
thrive.
I i
Knock
iistii.lla Some Nat I vet
111 Ides Sensele.-d
'From the Type Metal Magazine.)
In cveiy community there are cer
tain usage,, enjoins, habits or folk
ways to which everyone confoims.
For instance, la a tertaln native
Australian tribe, it is tho tustoiu for
t lie prospective brideprooin to knock
his bride senseless, and drag her to
his home. Amonp tiiit particular
people a woman would be ashamed
to be wooed mid won in any other
way.
Knowledte of the habit, customs,
or ways of a forelpn country iii es
sential before a successful scllin:
campaign can be inaugurated.
The reason the Knpllah have been
r ..!.t,i.. . t..i.... i.. .1.
n.i- ,.-Mi i .. in s . . MMuie., flUCoessfu, C0onUrB Is bocauae
'ii'"' my lor in" it'iiiiiii anil rai.!
i ly cannot pat her more than half t!i-'-
.they have not disturbed the customs
rtf tfwi tiQllvos A lift he llin tiilnn
crop in time t.. prevent -riou, de- j t()k th,g , he why the
I English have been able to build up
Mich a larpe forelpn trade.
They have piven the people what
ri iration of the prude.
J'b-ane remember that the average
production in the South is less than
four-t -nths bales per arte, rue pro-. ;,,, nnt u,,. nnhi
dut'tioii In this state, however, for tQ jjav(,
tie rest year has sl'phtly exceeded , ,t" ,, wlth n.lssiona. 13 who
one-h.-ilf bale per ace Based on t ,Q fore, ,and, ass(,mp
one-half bale production the tenan (hat ..our .. are r, ht ad
.inner . expenses would be reduced nativps. w
by the Hem of picking $150 and, , mISHlonafy school8 the children
half of the pinning. $30 n.axing hl . freotlPntIv ,aupht t0 thf
expenses $ 80 instead of 1360. He ; of tMf rare.ThiH alwaV3
would receive for h s half share of . makM trout), arcording t0 goclo.
k V uniro, fdiu, n'tt nib f lovi, vi u ot fllfl
In
cents p r day for the sustenance of ; man who out to K1,
; nis lam.iy. nui. Bl iesi nair me forp country nd(.r tne deIuRlon
toiiait farmers make lew than one- th f , th(, on, H h,
.half bale per acre In Sou h Carolina , , , , nave hlf, nFad bum d
or le,s than one-third bale per acre , t s(one wM
In the rst of the cotton belt except,
in North Carolina. How can these . , -.,,.i
pen-de keep body and soul together, nQt add t0 (he gupp,y of ,al)or
mr ietn iiiniiiitiiii n utrt-.u .-luiet-i
ard cf citizenship. If cotton does not j
advance materially? j
1 lliisperity Mule Many Pimr
Puring the years 1917. 1918. and 1
1919, we had a period of compara-1
the. prosperity In the Sout 1 during
which both the landowner and ten-j
ant classes made more money than 1
they ever dreamed of. Many, how- ,
ever, never having seen a hundred
In Kemcmbranre.
The death angel entered our
midst Thursday. January 20th, and
claimed Selma Hraswell Simpson for
a purpose unknown to us. We know
that from us a friend, wife and sis
ter han been taken, then, apaiu. it
seems a dream, an Imposidbility. No,
we will not believe that she is pone
forever. Her sirit has enter u a new
form. We are only parting with Its
old place cf abode. She has entered
a new home and we are hoping, pray
ing, to meeting her on that bright
celestial shore.
Go' has promised an everlasting
home to those who love and follow
him. She was a loving. Christian
girl, one who loved God. her people
and her fellowinen. God knoweth
stid doeth till tiling well, s-i why
should we grieve and pine? She has
n bitter home ut.d we believe will be
in he::ven to greet those who follow
later.
"My soul, there Is a country,
Afar beyond the Mars,
When stands a winged sentry.
All skillful In the wars.
There, above noise and dnnper,
Sweet peace sits crowned- with
smll. s,
Ann one born In a nip.iiger
Commands the beauteous files,
He is- thv j;rarlous friend.
And (Oh my soul, awake!)
Did In pure love de-trend,
To die here for thy sake.
If thou canst Ret hut thither,
There grows the flower of peace
The roo that cannot wither,
Thv fortres, and thy ease.
Leave then thy foolish ranges;
For none can thee secure,
Dut one who never changes,
Thv God, thy life, thy cure."
A Friend.
Corpulence Is Suicide.
Personally. I am already convinced
thnt corpulence is the greatest curse
of the age. It threatens the well
being of the race. It Is unpleasant
to the eye. It offends the artistic
sensibilities. The po;-sessors of most
of it hate It worst. It smothers love,
ambition, life Itself. It Is the mod
ern plague.
Tnere havo always been more peo
ple who suffer from an overindul
gence In food, a thoughtful surgeon
of the United Stales Public Health
Sendee told me, than from the ex
cessive use of alcohol ten times as
many.
"The man who allows himself t"
get fat cuts ten years off his life,
maybe twentr years." said the staitfc
tichn of a pfeat life-insurance com
pany. "It is hard to And a gre-iter
advertisements do risk than a fat man. A fat man of
three-score years and ten Is almost
as rare as a white blackbird. The
accumulation of flesh is suicide."
"We will not employ a fat person."
I was told by an agency which
I worked two thousand clerks. "A
'clerk who is fifty pounds overweight
! Is not flftv per rent, efficient. That
iclirk requires extra space In which
I to function and slows up the team
In any co-operative undertaking,
Mrs. Crandall (Iowa) TIL How Sh
Stopped Chicken Losaea
"ImX prin. rain kilW ill our bby ctiicl. WU
I'd kiiown twut Rt-Snp before. With jml ont
Uxttf pckiirewekill)iarmsnf rati. Thnr won't
ftt Urn )W httchc. I'll hrt." Rat-SaiK i
wtcoi will 'or ,s. 65ct ' 2
biU i"t fuarantced by
Monroe liuriiware
r lirllsh lniir Co..
Co.; Co-Operntive Mercantile Co. "Corpultde ia never a necessity,
! Quart
5 Pint
17c:
9c:
DHI.1VHUII1S PAII.Y.
HAWN
Ice Cream Co.
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HaBBBBBaRBBBHBBIIBDBI
XOTR'K )!' TIU'ST llll'S SAI.K
Under and by virtue of a power
contained In a certain d'eed of trust
executed by Duke E. Weutx to A. A.
Kdgeworth to secure a certain note
therein mentioned, a default having
been made In payment of s.ild note,
and demand having been made by
the holder of said note, I will, on
Monthly, the :Mst day of January,
1921, at 12 o'clock M., at tho court
house door in Monroe, N. C, offer
for sale a two-eighths undivided in
terest in a'.id to the following des
cribed tract of land, which llc in
Union county, Vance township, r.nd
adjoins the lands of Mrs. Nancy f!y
tuni, A. I. W'eutz, T. A. liftch, nnd
others, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake, formerly a
P. 0., Nancy M. Byrum's and A. I.
Wentz'a coiner, and runs thence with
said Wcntz line S 7 E 20 chs., cross
ing a branch to a stone by a P. O.. H.
O., and two hickories; thence with
division lln'e S 44 3-4 K. &9 poles to
a slake by two hickories nnd two P.
O.'s, Lemmnnd's and l'enncper's ror
lcr in said James M. Wenti old line;
hence with Lemtnond's line N fiO 3-4
E 57 1-2 poles, crossing Dry K1111
ltranch, to a P. O. slump and pil'o of
stones by three sweet gums and two
large dogwoods, T. A. Kitrh's comer;
thence with his line N. 13 1-2 E 2d .
chs to a P. O.; thence N. 36 1-2 W
8.72 chs, crossing said Rry Run
to a pine stump; thence N S4 1-2 V
1.90 chs to a pin'e knot by a pine and
three P. O.'s, tho division comer;
thence with the divlsiou line, N S3
3-8 W 91 1-4 poles to a stake and
pile of stones, Nancy M. Dyrum's cor
ner, by a D. J. and 3 P. O.'s; thence
with said Byruni llne S 77 W 24
polca to the beginning, containing
ainety-two acres (92) more or ler-s.
The bid of prior sale held Jan 10,
1921, having been raised to $367. SO,
it Is necessary that bidding start at .
that amount.
Terms of sale Cash.
This January 12. 1921.
T. F. LIMERICK. Trustee.
HXIK TTOK'S . NOTICE.
Having this day qualified as execu
tor of the last will and testament of
V. T. Chears. late of the county of
Union, and State of North Carolina,
notice Is hereby given, as by law pro
vided, to all persons hnhllng claims
against said estate to present them to
the undirslpticd, duly authenticated,
on or before the 11th day of January,
A. D., 1922. or this notice will be
plead in bar of their right of re
covery. All persons Indebted to said estate
will please call and make prompt set
tlement. This Jannnry 7, 1921.
JOHN C. SIKES, Executor
of V. T. Chears. deceased.
John C. Sikes, Attorney, 3