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Monroe JournaU
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
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VOL. 27. No. 3.
MONROE, N. C , TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1921.
$100 PER YEAR CASH t
MR. AUSTIN'S GAR STOLEN
WHILE HEJfAS AT CHURCH
I; Was a Ford IUmmImpt ami in ood
Condition Community Club
Meeting au Interesting Adair.
UORRlXti P.UiELAXD KOAD
Marshville. Feb. 14. The commu
nity club held its regular meeting
-vn Friday afternoon at the school
auditorium. The program was va
ried and interesting- Several num
bers appropriate to Lincoln's birth
day were rendered by students of
tbe school. Several officers who had
been elected at the first meeting
fruud it necessary to resign, so new
officers were elected to fill their
places. The personnel is now as fol
lows: President. Mrs. J. Z. Green;
vice-president. .Miss Eunice Watson;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs Loyd
Green; chairmen membership com
mittee, Mrs. 11. C. Parker; chairman
publicity, Mrs. J. S. Harrell. The
next meeting will be in the lUtnio of
a get-together meeting for the town
and will feature interesting talks,
music, and reading's. The date will
be announced in plenty of time for
everyone to prepare to come.
Ir. Stokes Hamilton and brother,
Mr. Spinks Hamilton, or Charlotte
spent the week-end here with their
Hitters, Mesdanies L. E. Huggins and
James P. Marsh.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Griffin o!' .Moil
ion spent the week-end here wit.i
Mr3. Griffith's parents, Mr. nnd Mrs.
' B. G. Hnu-on.
Miss Hester Bricker of Pulktnu ar
rived Sunday nnd a .11 spend t.ie n
tnaimlcr of the winter with her aunt,
Mr?. C. 11. Covington, and attend
school here.
Mrs. Ethel Wilkes and Mrs. Bundy
of Hamlet were In town Saturday.
Wiugate came down on Friday af
ternoon and broke the precedent by
defeating the Marshville basket-ball
team by a score of 22 to 14. U was
a hard foiiKht game, but the Wingate
team being generally larger in size
than the Marshville boys, they walk
ed away with the victory, but not
without having to work for it.
Miss Mabel Cooper of Monroe
rpeiit the week-end with Mrs. II. C.
Parker. On Saturday she conducted
a teachers' meeting for the tea.''ici3
in a certain part of the county.
Top-soil is now being placed upon
the last two miles of the highway
between here and Penchland. A few
days of good weather now and the
finishing touches will soon be on.
Quite a bit of enthusiastic com
mendation has been heard in regard
to the splendid sermon preached by
Rev. J. J. Edwards on Sunday eve
ning. The theme of the discourse
was "Find the place the Lord has
alloted you, and give service for oth
ers." In view of the supreme self
ishness of the present age, the truths
Rev. Edward brought out in the de
velopment of his subject Impressed
his hearers very forcibly and favora
bly A larse cogrccntlon was pres
ent to enjoy the service.
Thieves made way with the Ford
roadster belonging to Mr. T. L. Aus
tin on Sunday night while Mr. and
Mrs. Austin were nt church. The Cir
was in the garage at Mr. Austin s
home and was not locked Mr. Aus
tin stated Monday morning. This Is
tbe first automobile robbery to take
place in Marshville so far and. Is
rauslng quite a bit of excitement.
There is no clue to the thief. Mr.
Austin's many friends sympathise
with him in the loss. The car was
in splendid condition and gave the
appearance of a new one as Mr. Aus
tin had taken good care of it. Una
C Harrell.
Former County Road Engineer Ira
B. Mullis Says That Never in His
Life Has He'LaidDownon theJoV
lly 1U II. Ml HIS
i THIRSTY ONES WANTED TO
SAMPLE THE "CASE GOODS"
This Caution on Part of Monro? Men
Snel Them From a &HM -IM-lleil
in Bond" Whiskey Swindle.
NO0 Kennedy St. X. W
Washington, IK V.
My attention has been called to an
article by Mr. W. C. Heath which
appeared in The Journal under date
of February 4, wherein he charges
me with having lain down on the
Job as county road engineer of Union
county.
In reply to this I wish to say that
when I entered into contract with the
Union county road commission. I sug
gested to them that I be employed
for an Indefinite length of time so
that either party might terminate the
contract upon thirty days notice.
This was done tor the reason that I
did not wish to tie these commis
sioners nor be tied myself should
either party to the contract become
dissatisfied with conditions of work.
All of this was agreed to by the com
missioners. At the regular January or Febru
ary, 1920 meeting. I suggested to
this commission that since there was
some dissatisfaction in the county
with the work, that I wished to re
mind them of the stipulations of the
contract and that if they desired my
resignation I was then suggesting my
willingness to offer it. hut If they
were standing behind the work, I was
willing to stay and help them llulit
it out.
Wouldn't Consider His HeglMiitli'in.
I left this meeting and was not
present any more until the close of
the meeting that afternoon in order
that they might have full opportu
nity to discuss the matter freely
among themselves. Upon my return
to the oftlce that afternoon I was as
sured that the commission was of the
same mind that they weie when I
was employed.
Again, a little later, when ( had
received an offer of a position wlt't
a state highway department in an
other state. I related the fact to one
of the road commissioners and told
him that It would give me pleasure
to be relieved from further obliga-
"AIR FARMI.V HACKWARDS,"
HAYS "l.XCLE HEX II Y" 11EXTOX
Times HAe Changed Since the War,
According to This Ycenrable Old
Ex-Slave Darkey.
"Uncle" Henry Benton, an old ex
siave darkey, who 'now lives on his
own farm near the Mecklenburg
county line, is In his crude way a
scientific farmer and somewhat of a
philosopher. While in The Journal
office yesterday, he gave vent to his
views on present day farming, and In
substance they are:
"We air tannin back'ards.
"Before de emancipation old mars
t:s used to pay $1500 and $1600
for us darkles to wurk fer him. Mon
ey was plentiful. Why? Ca'se old
marster raised eberfing dat we ate
- on de place.
"Now. cause it am de style, folks
work dere stock nearly to deaf haul
in' $2 and $3 loads or wood to town
so dey can get a week's supply of ra
tions. In de old days de wagons
hauled flour and bacon to de town.
Now dey brings 'em back.
"Dis here guana am no 'count. Ma
nure am better. Use tried 'em bof.
And I knows what I am sayln'. It's
full ob dirt and rocks. De man dat
buys too much guana dis year had
Jeet better quit farmln,.
"Alter de war folks weren't 'shame
to plow old oxen. One ox was enuff
to raise three or four bales of cotton,
plenty ob corn and taters. Nowa
days ebberybody has $400 mules, and
dey can't raise hardly enough feed
to keep 'era going.
"Times air goln' to git bettah for
de man who works and uses his hald.
Dose who May off' de guana and
rais dere own rations and feed are
gwine tu make money ef cotton Is
below 10 cents next fajl."
Sime married men take an awful
lot of co:n.fort in their pipes. But
pipes, you know, can't talk.
tions to the Union county road com
mission, telling him that the position
offered me waj a better position than
I was holding, but since I had been
: with them less than a year, I hesi
I tated In offering my resignation, but
, If the commission would like a
jchaitge it would give me pleasure to
hand In my resignation. To this I
was told that he never liked to stand
; between a man and his best interests
but that he would regret to be forced
1 to "swap horses iu the middle of the
' stream."
I Quit When Mr. Heinlei-won Did.
I After this the offer was rejected
(and I remained until the chairman
;of the commission, Mr. Henderson.
Informed me that he was going to
'resign himself. Upon this informa
tion I informed him that if he were
going to resign, I too would resign
and wished to resign at once.
My resignation was dated April
3, 190 and would have been efiec
ti, at onc bad it not been for the
fact that I was obliuuted to give
thirty days notice. This was prior
to the meeting held in the court
house and not afterwards as stated
by Mr. Heath.
In this connection I would like to
say that th policies which I fol
lowed in Union county were not new
to me nor are they new in road
building circles In the United Slates
but are policies which have been fol
lowed and are still being followed by
the most efficient state highway de
partments in America. Whil I i.iade
some mistakes when I vat In Union
county, yet I am frank 10 say, that
: if I had lnv days to live over there
I would not get very fer from th
same policies which 1 attempted to
cany out there.
' Covered AO Miles of Road a Day.
' Thts is the first time vi my lif?
that I have been accusui of 'lying
dowa oh the Jok" W: t was i l
Union county true were m.i-y nights
THEY HAD TO DE SHOWX I'll 1ST
Only Forty-Seven Votes Were Cast
For the Chamber of Commerce Road
Plan. Says Heath in Reply to Price
Continued on Page Eight.
HE ADYISES MONROE GIRL
TO "NAB THE FIRST MAN"
Washington Bureau Head Say the
Day of tkn eminent Kinplojees
Are Xow Over. ,
uiu;es heu to kaise chickens
"Nab the first man you can get.
make him hitch up and take you out
to a farm where you can raise chick
ens and milk the cows," is the advice
given by the head of one ot the gov
ernmcnt bureaus to a young Monroe
woman who requested him to use his
inrtuence in securing for her the po
sition in Washington which sue re
lliuiuulied a few months ago a.ter
navius helped win the war. His let
ter, in full, reads:
"Your note of the 3rd Inst., ad
dieted to me at 19th B. Streets,
Munitions building, reached me to
day. As you have been gone lor
about a year and could not possibly
be av.are of the fact that my oliice
had wandered from the eighth wing
in the Munitions tfulldlug to the sec
ond wing, from there to the Lemon
Building, from, there to the Corcoran
Court building and finally down here
to Temporary Building No. 7, 18th
a- C. 1 am unable to say whether
or not your letter to me attempted
to trail me up at these various lo
cations but it did take a considerable
period to lind me where I now am.
"It seems to me that you must he
a long ways down In old North Caro
lina to not have heard that all the
government bureaus in this old town
have been doing for the last year
or so is to reduce personnel. The
famous bond branch, which when you
saw me last, was over 1100 strong
is now down to a mere skeletot, of
63; every other section, that I know
of has been reduced about propor
tionately; and worst of it all we are
not through and are going to make
another big drop by the end of Feb
ruary. While It Is hoped that there
may be a lull between that time and
the end of June, there Is no telling
what might happen any time be
tween; at the end of June It Is doubt
ful It anything at all be left of us.
If you were here with us, you would
have to be wearing rubber boots, and
bathing wings around your waist, to
keep from drowning in the salt tears
shed by those who after long, stren
iikiii on4 faithful uprvlce are being
dally fired. Not even congressional '
pull can keep tnose wnose services
are no longer required for the simple
reason that they cannot be kept on
account of lack ot appropriation. Un
der the circumstances I regret to sat
there is not a chance in a million for
any one to be taken on ana so i
must humbly admit that I can be of
no help to you in this matter. This
does not say that I would not gladly
do so were it within my power.
if vmi will nurtnlt an old and ex
perienced man to make a suggestion,
nab the first man you see iproviaea
he Is at all eligible) make him hitd
up and take you out to a farm where
you can raise chickens and milk the
cow. The days of the government
imnlnvoa r ffnne and the mud rush
of the reformers and watch dogs of
trio rrMi rv are anncKinir ine Dins
out from under every department'
within their reach." j
SEYERE CYCLONE STRIKES
OLD HOME OF MR. HINSON
He I Viui i1y Lived In Washington
County, (in., Where Twenty-Six
Were Killed Wednesday.
I Ml. BAILEY LOST HIS MEDICINE
Mineral Springs, R. F. D. No. 1,
Feb. 14. -Mr. James Moser, son of
Mr. George Moser, Is home from
Hampton Roads for a short visit. He
Is In the navy.
Mr. Carl Belk left rec mily for Fort
McPherson, where he will receive
hospital treatment for injuile be
sustained during the war.
Miss Edna Nesbit has decided to
be a trained nurse and haa gone to
Uichiiiond to go in liAining.
Old timers say tho lust term of
criminal court was tnj most unusual
one in their knowledge. Two defend
ants charged with tin? murder of
their own brothers, a l over a thou
sand citizens .n.lictd for failure to
list property! Th-M-i l ever nasbfin
such a court t ,ir In Id H'fore :u th'.t
state.
A terrific li.ae stincl a rre'.lon
of Washington coiuiy, j.i , in't Wed
nesday at n oo a, i-it'tins tim ileaih of
about thirty persons, !wiTy-tiy.bt of
them being neifM-'s. Al s. of ttwe
killed lived at Occult, a snr.ll ts
tion on the uwr bearing the cune
name. Many 'if tlw m-n who l tt
their lives wo e implnyees of a lariJe
saw Milling c .mi i pa iv. M.-ny freaks
were caused by the cyclone, one of
them was that of the suction pick
ing little children up and carrying
them a half a mile and leaving them
hanging In the limbs of large trees.
In a large iiild not far from the
little village the wounded and dead
were left in a circle. In the center
stood a large white goat which was
so terrified that he refused to move
for several hours. A piece of plank
was driven into the head of a negro
boy by the force of thewlnd. The doc
tors extracted it and the boy has a
chance to live. The writer of this
article lived in that section some
years ago and deeply sympathize with
these unfortunate people and with
me are many Union county folks who
felt the fury of the wind during fie
past year.
Mr. H. O. Plyler writes us from
the hospital at Ashevllle that he haa
successfully underwent two opera
tions and hopes to be at home soon.
We are sorry to say that whooping
cough and measles are about to
swamp us. It seems that the people
are not taking the proper precaution
and somebody Is to blame tor their
widespread prevalence.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Hlnson
Wednesday, Febuary 9th a daughter.
Our efficient carrier Mr. R. C. Nes
bit Is taking his vacaslon.
Dr. Warren Bailey and Mr. Robert
Hlnson had a narrow escape from
serious Injury, and possibly death,
when they crossed a bridge over a
swollen stream near Mr. Sam Lath
an'i place. Their horse became
frightened, and turned thv buggy
Into the water. They were badly
Shaken up, but experienced no seri
ous Injury. Dr. Bailey lost h'i grin
and a considerable amount of meJi-cine.
Charley Linen, of Rocky Mount. 23
years ot age and well dressed, but
apparently demented, was "deport
ed" Friday night by Chief J. W.
Spoon after he had made an unsuc
cessful effort to swindle a number of
Monroe men out of $560 for eight
cases of bottled In bond liquor that
he didn t possess.
Claiming to be from Atlanta, Lin
en told a number of local business
and professional men that he had
eight cases of "Old Taylor" rye in
his automobile, which he said was
stuck up in the mud about four miles
from here, to sell at $S0 per. He be
gan receiving orders right and left,
but they were not he kind he was
seeking. The thirsty ones refused to
pay out $80 for twelve quarts of
"bottled In bond" until they received
a generous sample to satisfy them
selves that the were buying the
genuine article.
On arriving at Monroe. Linen first
went to the Secrest Motor Company,
where he sought help to pull his
"(v.r" out Of the nutd. One of the
mi ilianics Has preparing to go after
his -ai" when the "Atlanta man"
decided that he wanted to buy a second-hand
automobile. Thinking that
he v.iis a man of means, he was
shown a car, but his later talk and
actions aroused so much suspicion
that he was given the cold shoulder.
He then left the garage.
Here the fun started. He ap
proached tome young men standing
on the JolTre hotel corner, and told
them his "case goods story. They
passed the word along, and in a short
while the. thirsty ones began looking
for Linen.
By 9 o'clock Friday evening the
stranger was the center of a small
mob. Orders for quarts and cases
began pouring upon him from right
and left, but none seemed ready to
trust mm with the cash. A few had
their automobiles ready to accompa
ny him to the spot where his alleged
car was stuck In the mud, but Linen
was reluctant to depart far the
scene of his cache.
Becoming tired of his evasions,
several pMioi, fully arm-id-to pre
vent highway robbery stunts, de
manded that Linen take them to his
car. They showed him the money,
a fair-sized roll, and promised to
take his full supply provided they
first be given a sample. Cornered
Linen requested that he be excused
for ten minutes to permit him to
transact a little business. He did
not return.
-An hour and a half later. Linen an
peared at a home In the western part
of town, battered and bruised, claim
ing to be the victim of an automo
bile accident. A doctor was called.
His Injuries proved to be slight, and
securing medical attention he re
turned to Monroe. Chief Spoon, by
this time, had got "wind" of the af
fair, and apprehended Linen. After
questioning him, however. Chief
spoon concluded that he was dement
ed, and permitted him to leave town
His railroad fare was paid by a local
man, who felt sorry for Linen after
learning his story. It turned out that
he had neither car or bondd whis
key.
INSTEAD OF THE JAIL, TWO
XEGKO HOIIOEH GOT A DOLLAR
Thin Watt Their Reward for Telling
the Truth and Acting Square To-
ward Officers of the Law.
Because they told the truth and
acted square with the officers two
darkles, fresh from tho niuh;are to
day enjoying freedom.
Sheriff Clifford Fowler, along with
several Monroe men, va seated in
the city police headquarters Sunday
night when two negroes entered.
They were dirty and half clad.
"Is the Chief In?" they asked
Chief Spoon happened not to be In,
but Sheriff Fowler, thinking they
might be wanting to report some
violation of the law, proceeded to
interrogate them.
"What is the trouble?" he asked
The negroes proceeded to tell him
a tale of woe. ."Boss," one of them
began, "we have been hoboing all
over the country looking for work.
We came here on the 'blind side of a
freight train,' and being without
friends, thought perhaps tbe Chief
might lock us up for the night. We
intend looking for work around here
tomorrow."
"Don't you let the Chief see you,"
laughingly remarked the Sheriff.
"He'll see that you get a road sen
tence." There was a pause. The Sheriff,
recalling that work was scarce, and
that thousands were homeless, began
to soften. "Here." he said, motion
ing to the nearest darkey, "here's a
dollar. You told the truth. Take it
and go down to Laura Dennis' board
ing house. She'll feed and house you
for the night"
Some people are always complain
ing about the poor purchasing power
of the American dollar. But even
that has Its advantages. It furnishes
a good eacuse for hanging on to
them.
HE TWITS SANDY RIDGE
MAN ON CHURCH AFFAIR
Road Commission Head Intimates
politic Actuates Senator's Stand
on This Important yueMion.
IS READY TO WEILD "BIG STICK"
Th- rooil h"o! tt'll l us to love our
jne'chhor.t as ourselves. But that, in
.certain cases, might be rough on the
I neighbor.
Tn th, Fiiilnp nf Tho Journal:
I am conscious of the fact that your
readers are bv this time bored at the
controversies that have been printed
in tne papers or me county ior me
past few weeks, nor would I. at this
time, add a further imposition, but
for an article from the flexible and
vitriolic pen of the Honorable J. N.
Price, the "Sage or Sandy Itiuge.
which appeared at length in your is
sue of the 11th instant.
Mv first iiiiDluse was to treat with
contempt this attempted reply of his.
to what I hud stated regarding mm
in my rather lengthy article whim
you published on February llu 4th,
iiut ihe undiuniiied and itinohle style
employed by him, on second thought
eel Impelled to resent some imputa
tions that were made with the avow
ed purpose of having affect with au
ignorant class of people, lie lias not
answered a single argument that 1
imve made, but to the contrary re
sorted to the accustomed tactics or a
well trained demagogue, and a dis
tinct class of trained and 'Hopping
unlit ieinns. who are always alert in
attempting to be on the winning si'!'"-
There is no use In my attempting
to reargue the case, so Jim Implies,
when in the very beginning of his ar
ticle he says the "people have already
acted In mass meeting." but he does
not slate that there were but ron
seven votes in this meeting, which.
as a matter of fact Is the truth, at
this very point, he then standing on
the bank or the stream and the wa
ter appearing cool and refreshing, de
cided to flop right In.
Iu the language or tne Daseoau lau
Price's actions and manner ot logic
is comparable to a pitched "spit" base
ball, which invariably manages to
dodge under, or over, or oeyond, ths
tip of- the baU . - .
"Oh! If you don't want a knock
out blow, you must stand in with the
Major or woe unto you that Is what
de Major am done" in other words
the Major raised merry hell anoth
er Billy Sunday, I suppose. Jim
Price knows that it was not de Major
that ousted Ira B. Mullis, but that it
was the demands of the people In
which I am proud to say I took a
part. Jim Price knows more about
this circumstance too than he has
rvvealed, and that is that he told me
on one occasion on the court house
square, about the time of Mullis' re
tirement that he was much pleased
at some changes in management as
there was great dissatisfaction.
That Itemized Statement. t
And too, the Senator is very much
concerned about an itemized state
ment not having been published in
accordance with an amendment that
he had passed at the special session
of the legislature last August, he
could have been reconciled on this
matter, had he conferred with . Mr.
R. B. Redwine, his colleague in
framing this law, and now attorney
for the road commission, and he
would have informed you, sir, dat de
Major, as chairman of the commis
sion, out of precaution,, conferred
with him concerningthis very mat
ter, and explained the practical im
possibility of doing this on account
of the cost and magnitude o fsame
and furthermore that It would take
up the entire space of any paper in
the county for several issues to com
ply with the law. By conferring al
so with each of the other nine mem
bers of the board, he will be inform
ed that a vote was taken ns to
whether an attempt should be taken
to comply and it was unanimously
decided to publish a condensed aud
ited statement and had you done this,
you might have forestalled the humil
iation that will occur when you, the
self appointed "guardian angel" of
the "deer peeples" rights, shall have
reported this terrible deflection of
the law to our genial solicitor, Mr.
Brock, and should his prosecution of
the case be successful, I will guaran
tee that you will have shackeled in
stripes ten fairly good road hands.
In this connection also, may I suggest
that I will gladly turn over to you
or anyone all of the books tor your
Inspection and if you will bear the
cost. I will furnish you an itemized
stntement for Sandv Ridge and you
can amuse yourself in fault finding.
His Township plan m Failure
"The reason. Major, that I flopped
over on this road question is that I
saw that tbe present system was
failure and would not do. etc., etc."
In answer to this, whr did you not.
as a wise, farsighted. safe and con
servative man, not nave seen tms.
when yod and Redwine and Griffin
drafted our Dresent eountv unit svs-
tem In January, 1919. after, you, es
pecially, naa prior to mis, a special
tnwnshln unit law nasaed for vour
jown township, and which proved a
isiuire, largely unner your own su
pervision. Ar.d did you not "step
from under" and throw the burden
on the shoulders of Sam Redwine
and others, when you knew it was a
failure? Yet. it appears that you
are now "looking at it from an un
biased standpoint and something that
will be of tbe most benefit for the
fewest number."
The Major's Vog "Jack"
1 did say in my former article, that
I thought you had conferred wiu
some "prouiinenu" of Monroe before
finally deciding on another one ot
your political manouvers and I re
tract, if you now deny. I was also
honestly ot the opinion that if you
had. that perhaps you had uncon
sciously fallen into the bands ot a
few members of the chamber ot com
merce, who are enemies of mine and
to whom 1 referred on oue occasion
wben I wrote au epitaph to my bull
dog as follows:
"In memory of my bull dot
JACK
"He was brave, honest, faith
ful and grateful, which is more
than I can accord some former
business associates, a few kius
lueii and friends of a sort."
While you now d. ny that on this
paiticular occasion u had no con
ferences with any of the "highups"
of .Mom ne, 1 do recall that in the
P.1.-.I win a oilier and political agita
tions i: on, you did so in that
coonj. M:1 ryi'.im ic way, very peculiar
to vim r.si and a few other agitators,
who wt:i v.vnt to wander and floun
der tiom o:: political fold tu another
and who a;i ;uied to take u llendish
deliuht iu bringing about circum
stances which not' ouly arrayed
brother against brother but race
against race and whose sole and self
ish object was office and politcal am
bition and the atendent "pie."
Are Working Harmoniously
The "Imperial Jim" charges that
my motto was to "rule or ruin." All
ot my many former and present bus
iness associates will deny this fact
and this can also be corroborated by
the present road board. They will
inform you that we have had com
plete harmony and cooperation.
This In quite a contrast to him who
has built up and tried to destroy
when not to his liking. I believe
that I am correct in the statement
that he was instrumental in estab
lishing one among the first rural
graded schools tn the state, which
was commendable, but as time went
by, he began plans for Its undoing.
Last but not least. It is said that
when he failed in controlling the
church of which he wa sa leading
member, the church of his parent
and foreparents for many years, at
the sacred altar of which, he no
doubt often communed In complete
harmony, love and fellowsihp wita
his neighbors, and in which re sang
and worshipped most fervently and
saw tho way leading toward the gold
en stairs and crystal palace, broke
away from this sacred mooring and
erected a church of his own design
and different denomination, whern
he could "diaconate" Instead of re
maining a meek and lowly steward.
Instead of replying to me In a high
toned and dignified manner, he re
sorts to a diablery method of criti
cism and Interspersed his article with
a lot ot Jabberel and negro dialect,
amusing, no doubt to him but disgust
ing to many.
Xo Xeed to Argue With Mr. Price
Read some of these interspersions:
"You hate to give up the Job, the sop
Is all gone, I love to see the Major
eating that pie, I do feel sorry for
the Major, how pleased he Is, wben
eating that pie, now, de Major is
wanting more of dat pie, no pie, not
even a crumb for my pup, the pick
ings are ail gone, nothing there for
me, you have "ate" all the pie, the
dishes are licked clean, not even
any crumbs left for the dogs," etc.,
etc. To be sure, we wil lall agree
that the above Is a wonderful and
profound argument on roads.
Jim said that I came at him with
a broad side and a big stick. I will
say that it it was his real purpoee to
create an Impression of wrong doing
on my part In the repeated use of the
word Pie Instead or twitting as he
may have intended, it would then b
time to talk about broad sides and
big sticks.
It may be that really at heart
friend Jim has never liked or admir
ed me since the time he asked me to
support him in his candidacy tor
sheriff and at which I candidly and
frankly told him I could not and ex
plained my reasons.
But why Impose this diatribe fur
ther upon a patient and long suffer
ing people.
There is no need of opposing or
arguing with Price, when we recall
that it was he, who right recently,
wrote such a humiliating article
about Novus Homo, who has been, to
say the least, a very entertaining cor
respondent for The Journal for yean,
When he dared oppose him on certain
views ot revaluation and taxation af
ter which Price even made reference
to Novus Homo's poverty and to his
owning no land, writing then, no
doubt, surrounded with the luxuries
of his own Hicianda.
W. C. HEATH.
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In some sections of the country
they say boose Is selling at a dollar a
drink. But it's a safe bet they don't
set out the bottle so a fellow catt
pour his own swig.
"All work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy," they say. And. we
might add. all play and no work
makes him a mollycoddle.