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.STI1E UNION COUNTY IMPEIS EVERYBODY READS IT W-rr -THfi UNION COUNTY rAPEP EVERYBODY NEEf i IT" i r JL-J E Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY 1 VOL 27. No. 13. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1921. $2.00 PER YEAR CASH BROOM ENLISTS AID OF SECRETARY H.C. WALLACE Ui I riii Harding t'nhiiiet Metu- her' Statement U S!i How I'nriiK-r In belting Haw IVal. Ml1IOX MIST UK IMPUOVK.l Tit nilstnti.ite his of t - reoeatcd , lar.it inn Dial neotde do not Un- Lt. liiiil the elYeft t)f degression Oil Che runner, and that the decline in l::ee of farm - products Is out ol pro motion to other things. Mr. T. J. W. 01 ooia, county demonstrator, quotes hr .m u recent Htatcmeut made by M nry C. Wallace, secretary of ag- trkulture, as follows: I ilnulii whether the ueoule of khe east realize Just what has hap- 'iH"U to the farmers ot tne producing tactions. Take the grain and live t.rk mmlm-inr rounirv of the Cen tal West, for example, and I speak tl this because It is tne region wun tich 1 am most lamiliar, and also bausc it is the region whien gives pa our great surplus crops. We have he finest rural civilization, taken a i whole, the world has ever seen; fur farmers average very high in in telligence; they prod ii cp more per pian than almost any other fanners u the world; they have adopted ioe ubst advanced system of extensive 'arming yet devoloped. Notwitn Unding all this, they are now in a nost trying period and are Buttering l-avere financial losses. rarineis kroughout the Nation, especially hose in the South and West, are xperieucing exactly the same trou- 1. The cotton tanners ui me Aiiih the rice farmers, the cattle .a ihwn erowers of the Far West: fit fruit growers all are passing through this same valley of discour- iemcnt and financial stress. Peonle who are not familiar with iTieulture And it hard to under bid the situation. They refuse to jlieve that the depression is as sen na a ii i'phIIv Is. They noliit to kie high value of our laud, to the Igh prices at which, farm products :e selling prior to this heavy drop, a hu lurtro niiinhiT of automobiles kiifii i.v farmers, to the apparent Ltalth and comfort on every side, nd they refuse to take senousiy tat the farmers say concerning ;ir troubles. "There are two causes for this iespreud agricultural depression. :e is the high cost ot production ,st year. If we Include all the fac irt uhirh nronerlv enter into the bit of production we find, for exam- 9, that the cost of producing a ilhel of corn in Iowa, tne greatest n state, was more than ninety Mi 1 his includes the land cost. ik labor cost, and everything else Tilth ought to bo included. jviany people say, "You are Ag io; the land at an inflated price. should not do that. The Tanner J int pay that pike for the land. wants dividends on water.' "It I true that the land charge Is iuddcivd on the basis ot its.xalue yenr ago, hut It is also Hue that . uUain e in land prices was not arly as gnat as many people sup e. They bear of the occasional eg at HOC or $ f-tto an acre aiui oUine that this represents the fngo. Nothing of the sort. The crage advance In the alue of our ;-ht corn-bell land was only about iljr per cent above prewar values, must be remembered also that In r principal corn states over half ' land is farmed by tenants, anu e tenants mostly had to pay rent the basis of the advanced land lues. It is true, further, that if it the land charge altogether L price which the fanner can get t- n batthel of corn is still con- Wrably below what it cost him to bduce it. The largest Item or cost coin production la not land, nut bor. 8ome Have Prospered. The man who has been farming own land and wno nas saved mnnpv hop nrnsOered. The five prior to 1920 were profitable fcrs, especially to the grain farmer 3 waa so fortunate as to nave good ps. If he exercised ordinary in- llgence, he made more money n he ever before made at tarm- Thnse vears were not so Droflt- j to the live-stock farmer. The n vhn crew his own live stock b own grain and fed his grain to live stock, on the wnoie, made iney. although not as much as If had sold the grain instead 01 ding It. The man who bought the stock and bought tne grain and the grain to the live stock, on average, lost money. When hogs -e selling at' $20 per hundred- ht everybody seemed to think Fi.tl' feeder was trowing rich, but it of the time when hogs were imv thnop hieh figures the men o had to buy the grain to feed hogs lost money. Price Drop Disproportionate. The second cause of the farmer's uble It this: Prices of farm ,lucts have dropped out of an pro tion to the prices of other things. well as out of all proportion to cost or production. For example, the price of corn oats today on the Iowa farm Is ,.i twentv ner cent below the aial price of these crops before war. The present price or tat le and of hogs Is from twenty wenty-ftve per cent above the pre - normal. If we take Chicago 6, ut on the farm theprlces of SOMK TllortiHTS OS TIIK AltT OP Pl'llMC" SPK.KI(i ShnHi llbtir, Jaiitea Morgan. I;munie pierce mid Harry lliveiii, Win I'lme mi ProgrHin. Marshville. March 21. .Mr. Joseph Taylor of -Morven was a viaitor in tovi n over the week-end. Mr. Edwiu Grilflu went to Wake Forest on Thursday to enter the de claimer's contest. Miss Hester Uricker speut the v. eek-end in Polk ton. Mr. Tevis Kd wards of Hamlet spent Sunday here with his patents, Kev. and Mrs. J. J. tdwaids. The preliminary declaimer's con test was held on Monday evening at the school auditorium for the pur pose of selecting four declaimers for commencement. Ten young men of the high school entered the contest and the following four won a place on the commencement program: Messrs. St bron Llair, James Morgan, Koinmie Pierce, and Harry Hivens. Quite a large crowd attended, and all were enthusiastic in their praise of the speakers. Peaple generally are now begiiiulg to realize nitre than ever the necessity of encourag ing nod training the young high school students in the art of public speaking. Many an orator has been ruined for lack of training in youth, and for. that reason his light has more or less been hid under a bushel all through life. What good will his thoughts and ideas be to his fellow men if he can t tell them in au in teresting, clear and forceful way! Imagine the effect of Patrick Henry's famous speech if it had been deliv ered by two-thirds ot the public speakers we hear today! Well, we shall Just thank Patrick Henry that he was equal to his task on that oc casion and consequently got what he went after, borne wise person has said "Poets are born, but orators are made." We believe this firmly. We also believe that oratory is the great est art of the world today, and that the need of good speakers is one of the greatest needs of the day. Suf ficient attention has not been given to this branch of education and the world is suffering from it. We are tempted some times to feel that it should be against the law for a preacher or lawyer to be given licence who has not been trained for a pub lic speaker from the viewpoint of de livery. Many a sinner or Jury might be more easily convinced as a result. Well! We hadn't planned all this when we mentioned the local de claimer's contest, but, having struck a chord which echoes strongly in our heart, wo found difficulty In stilling the reverberations. Hence the above. The Junior missionary society of the Methodist church will hold Its regular meeting next Saturday after noon at three o'clock with Master Steve Marsh. Messrs. It. C. Newsoin, B. C. Par ker, and C. 13. Covington spent Fri day in Rockingham. Mr. Clayton Pennegar has opened up a first class cafe nt the stand for merly occupied by l'hlfer's market. I A new market by the name of t!i. (Cash .M:nk't. Mr. Joe Hasty manager. opened for buiness last wet'k in the lilair building en main street. This I building 'VM lornierly occupied by Mr. l.i e i:ail:-y'ii grocery store, hich has jiift been moved into its new builiiini: ext l'ennegur's cafe. Lina C. Harrcll. UNION COUNTY MAY GET ' BA TTERY OF A RTILLERY Adjutant General Metts Writes Secretary of Monroe Chamber of Commerce That Such an Outfit Can Be Had With an Enlistment of Fifty Men. I'nion county can get a battery of artillery, according to Adjutant-General Van Metts, who writes Mr. G. L. Nisbet. secretary of the Monroe chamber of commerce, as follows: "I beg to advise for the present fiscal year the war department has authorized the state to organize the following units: one infantry regi ment, two engineer companies, one ambulance company, one hospital company, one truck company, one di visional signal company, one artil lery battalion (150 mm howitzer!, one anti-aircraft machine gun com pany, four troops of cavalry, and two companies of coast artillery. "1 he infantry regiment has beeu organized in various towns of the state, and there are several additional towns desiring Infantry companies, which we are unable to supply at the present time on account of the war department allowing only one regi ment for the present fiscal year. The divisional signal company is in pro cess of organization, as is the anti aircraft machine company. The only units that we have available now for towns desiring to organize national guard units are an engineer compa ny, au aa.hulance company, a hos pital com ,i my. one battery of the 153 howitzei battalion, and one company of coaft artillery. The cavalry troops have all been recognized by the war departme.it. I believe that the most suitable unit available of the present war department allotment is a bat tery of heavy artillery, which can be given to Monroe. In view of the ' fact thai Monroe furnished a battery 'of field artillery during the world war. It is thought that this will be a Idesirablo unit for your town on ac count of having some men in your Id eality who are familiar with the ar l lillery bianch. ! ' I would like for you to discuss the matter with some of the men in Mon roe. and vicinity and see what they think of organizing a battery ot ar tillery there, whieh'can be accepted .with a strength of fifty men. "Assuring you of our appreciation of your interest in the national i nuard. and that we will do every , thing possible to secure a desirable unit for Union county, I am, I "J. VAN'S. B. METTS. "The Adjutant General." "Long TimeBetweenDrinks?" Nix, It's "Dorit Plant So Much Cotto n That's What the Governor of North Carolina Is Say ing to the Governor of South Carolina, Accord ing to Cutts Latest Cotton Letter "SV'iticiil Pot" Interesting; To the Kditor of The Journal: The political pot Is l ever more Inter esting than when It Is boiling, siz zlinMy. The following citizens have been thought of for piloting the old town during the next two years of in dustrial disjress and financial depres sion following a period of wasteful ness and graft: For Mayor: John Vann, C. E. Houston, It. A. Morrow, J. H. Lee. T. P. Dillon, O. S. Lee. Jr., Charles Ice man and W. S. Blakeney. For alderman from ward one: W. F. Lemmond. W. J. Trull. C. W. Wal ton. Mr. Sanford and John Rollins. For alderman from ward two: J. D. Calder, Mrs. Madge Benson, T. P. Smith and Hayne Johnson.' For alderman from ward three: Mrs. D. A. Houston, Mrs. A. M. Se crest. S. O. Blair, J. T. Shute, J. B. Simpson, John Yates and T. C. Col lins. For alderman from ward four: iMrs. V. C. Austin, J. A. Stewart. L. N. Presson, W. M. Cordon, John W. Richardson, W. E. Funderburk, J. D. Bundy, E. G. Faust, and Walter Lane. For alderman from ward five: Mrs. J. W. Sewell, Mrs. D. B. Snyder. L. R. Morris. Zeb Faulkner. G. B. Caldwell, J. W. Fowler, Hargrove Bowles, and Walter Norwood. All of the women should register promptly as so much ot the general community welfare depends upon the honest efficient government which they so much desire. There will be no secret govern ment if the women take a hand. There should be two women on the board of aldermen and three on the school board. We should all vote for two things: Honesty and efficiency. An honest fool Is always to be trusted rather than a brilliant rascal. However, It Is quite possible to Hnil i .Amklntllnn tt hnn.itv mil ntu-a. ivuiuiii.uwh v. uvinai . , hralna ! We shall probably need more than one alderman for the next few rears. SUBSCRIBER. According to Cutt's latest col'.on letter to Messrs. J. E. Stack Co., the Governor of North Carolina t? saying to the Governor of South Car olina: "Don't plant so much cotton." Continuing, the Savanah man givej his view ot cotton conditions in the following humorous vein: "On Friday of last week, the cot-1 ton market for future delivery closed at 11.10 March, 11.60 May. 12.07 j July and today the market closed , 11.10 March. 11.61 May, 12.12 July; j hence only four to five points gain j for the week. The fluctuations were . ngaiu quite narrow. May did get upj to 12.08 yesterday, but could not hold the advance even though it was j but a poor little Vic. "The low point for the week was 11.31 on Monday. The old saying: j 'A short horse, quick curried' Is truly illustrated, and needs really no fur-1 ther comment, except the contlnua-l tlon of the dull, lifeless market of; last week. Neither the 'bulla' nor the , 'bears' Were aggressive. ' The prospective curtailment of acreage wa' the main-stay ot the market, wh.le the shutting down of mills was the weak feature this ran ihe gamut of the entire week. j "The phenomenally open winter with no freeze in .Southern sections has no doubt enabled the boll weevil to grow, prosper and propagate and , this large army will be ready to an nihilate the young bolls as they ap pear. ' ' ".Manchester and Liverpool came In with depressing news early In the : week. The mill consumption figures for February: 395,563 vs 615.697, 1 was more favorable. Wednesday was still a more favorable one. The signing of the trade pact between j England and Russia caused better! feeling, foreign and Liverpool was! stronger. A better trade demand from South America, and India was reported as beginning buying cloths; again. j "Thursday, Liverpool was higher) due to better trade reports front' Manchester, also easier money and ! possibility of reserver bank discount j rate reduction. ' ! "Today (Friday) the small mill' takings were not encouraging, 176,- 000 vs 220,000 last year, caused; some selling total mill takings were ' 6.652,000 vs 9.345.000; also Indica- j tlon of (Monday's census gingntng's report will be heavy. "The big Bibb manufacturing com- j pany only running three days per week now- they have been running full time. All caused further de-, dine, and heavy realizing added Its weight against cotton. j "The prominent cotton factors, in New Orleans were reported as j sending out an address to farmers, and merchants to hold cotton and not I sell at present prices. Sawmill men were reported as Investing large amounts in cotton. "The position of cotton is very un certain, but it Is due to go up. Re minds me: 'Officer,' asked a nevrous lady on her first trip over, 'do you think the ship's going down?' 'Prob ably not, ma'am, probably not,' re sponded the salty mate encourag ingly, stroking his chin. 'Y'see, the boilers ain't none too good. She's liable to "go up." "President Harding would pursue a different policy from President Wil son, and the war financial board is at work with a view of extending fa cilities for exporting cotton and other agricultural products. "Wire houses continue to speak and wire hopefully. Reminds me of the celebrated Irish bull: "The doctor snyg if 'e lasts till morning 'e'll 'ave some 'ope, but if 'e don't, the doctor says, 'e give "1m up.' "The f. o, b. market was a little more active and we found a ready demand for cotton, but the seller is almost as firm ns adamant, and even the Improved 4nisls did not dislodge any very big lines, but a fair amount of cotton was sold during the week. "The cotton marketing associations are forming and strengthening, and have many plans to help the fanner by teaching liim to help himself, j They are also endeavoring to educate the Chinese to the advisability of wearing another shirt. "If they would educate the South ern people alone, men, women, and children, to wear more cotton and less silks and linens, the light for higher prices would be won. If they would put in a little more grit and backbone and a great deal of brass. Reminds me: " 'Full many a rose fades In the desert air . Full many a genius lives and dies unknown. Fully many a man keeps daily get ting there', Altho equipped with brass alone.' " "Will the gainings never cease on this crop; even now they are dreaded and affects the market and its time to close them all down or they will be like Tennyson's Brook and they will go on forever, forever,. Reminds me: " 'Cotton still has got Its gin. The sea coast has Its bar. And each of us will have a bier, No matter who we are.' "The bear will be wlsked Into the air by the bulls some fine day. Re minds me: " 'A horse-fly lit on an old bull's skin, Hung his tools and spudded In. He bowed his back and figured his pole And all the time he was making a hole. The bull browsed on In Inn usual way Till the hoss-fly's bit dropped Into "pay," Then he swung his tail wltu a vicious dlff. And deftly skidded the ho.'fiy t rig.' ' has iisro i:kki HOW to ki:i:p tiUAss m t of roTTox There will be a home-conilnc of aH the members of Lbenezer Baptist church next Saturday Jt 2 o'clock. Everybody is cordially lnvl;?d but all the members are ureed to be there 19 Continued on page four help revise the roll. One of the strongest feature pict ures booked by Manager Spencer for the Strand Theatre next Thursday la "The Passionate Pilgrim," a Cosmo politan production bearing the Para mount trade mark. It is a dramatic story In which such popular screen favorites as Matt Moore, Rubye de Remer, Julia Swayne Oordon, Frank ie 'Mann and Claire Whitney play the principal roles. The hero Is novel ist and the heroine an Invalid heiress whose estate Is saved from a eot'Tt" of rascals by the hero. The si; tlons are thrilling and there 1 a J'.iio leaven of comedy in the dcve!T.:'.eol of the story. Kmelled MooiuJiine Still. Magistrate J. L. Poole, ot Chanipo bello, South Carolina, has an acute sense of smell. For a week or more he has been noticing the odor of fer mentation when the wind was from the south. Sunday Morning the odor was so pronounced that he ordered two of his constables to make n search and In a short while th-v h,: located a moonshine rliil in full op rrtitiin rr T per river three miles u.vay. The still was destroyed r,nd the jo men who were operating It were arrested. Simple: Pm t I mier the Corn Predict the Kurt-em of l.imet i k's i;.l Hill. Marshville Route t. March 21.- I lini wondering what will be the result r the election on on the 23rd of April, and what effect will result, re ally, to the roads of the county. I take it as settled that the road woik will continue, let the result of the election be as it may. The people, or rathnr all who are disposed to interest themselves, will pass upon the iiietiou whether we will have two commissions, one to raise the money for roads, and an other to spend it, or will one com uti.ssion raise the money and spend it? It tcems to have been difficult for the comity commissioners to raise the money as fast as the road commission spent M. I ;:.ii guessing that with the setting of the Min April 23. 1921. the road commie-ion of I'nion county will be his-tory. Two hundred and fifty thou sand dollars each year for two years, the road tax for 1!19 ;nd IOCii and u county road debt of eighty thou sand dollars! Some history, is it not? On. good thing about it that is comforting, it does not take loan to read it. Why have two commissions, anyiway? . The department of agriculture of the state of Rhode Island has discov ered a fertilizer for lawns that will make grass grow, but so stunts the weeds that the grass soon chokes the weeds out. Now all farmers know that fer tilizer applied to land to stimulate the growth ot cotton, also stimulates the growth of gras3. which gives the fanner a good amount ot trouble. I do not know of a fertilizer that will prevent grass from growing In the cotton fields, but listen, there Is a way to apply fertilizer that will not make gnss grow in or among cotton, and at this time when cotton Is sell ing, in some instances for less than the cost of the fertilizer to grow it, it would be a good time to applv it that way. Here it is: PUT IT UN DER CORN. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. L. Bivens of Marshville township have moved to Whitmiie, S. C. Mr. Bivens has two years' saw-milling in the neighbor hood of that place. Mr. Bivens is an Industrious man ot splendid charac ter and we wish them prosperity and their new home. Miss Leland Little, who is teach ing at Dixie school in Jacksoii town ship, visited her parents, Esq. and Mrs. Zeli M. Little of Marshville township Saturday and Sunday. Mesrrs. Diinius Little and Silaa Honcyrutt of Goose Creek township have just completed a deep well for Pleasant Grove church in Marshville township. The well Is onlv 50 feet deep and affords approximately ISn gallons of water per hour. Co-Hieiiilie Selling I lueil. Declaring that fanners had learn ed to produce, but not to sell, Dr. B. W. KiU-ore of Rnleljjh, for lift) years with the extension bureau of the State department of agriculture, formally launched the campaign here Saturday to induce I'nion county farmers to Join the North Carolina cotton growers co-operative market ing association, the organization aim ed to minimize speculation and waste, and to stabilize cotton markets in the Interest of the grower and the public. . The venerable agricultural leader, before explaining the association's marketing agreement, which hun dreds of local farmers are expected to sign, spoke briefly on the increase in crop yields that has taken place In the past few years. "In ten years," he said, "the corn yield has been nearly doubled. In 1910 the yield per acre was 12 bushels; now It Is 22 bushels. During the same period the acre yield of cotton has been Increas ed 40 per rent, and in this respect North Carolina leads the South." Land Is better prepared, fertilizer Is more carefully selected, and cultiva tion methods have been improved, he i said, but the same primitive market-lug-system, which prevailed genera tions ago. Is still in vogue. The far mer who goes to market his crop still has t-V match wits with the cotton buyer, who studies nothing hut cot ton. He lakes what the market will give. He cannot set a fair price on his products, like the morrhant does his wares, and get it. "This slate of affairs," continued Dr. Kilgore, "makes co-operative marketing the necessary, logical thing to do." The purposes of the association, the speaker continued. Is to dispose of cotton by group selling. Every far mer who joins must sign an Iron-clad agreement to turn over all of his cotton to the association. It is then graded and warehoused, each bale losing Its Identity. The association officials, after the cotton Is pooled, proceed to dispose of It at the most advantageous prices. The marketing, however, will cover a period of months Instead of a few days, as is now the rase. As the sales are made, the receipts are pro-rated among the members in proportion to the amount of cotton each has contributed to the pool. The "middle man' eliminated, and n proportion of the crop thus con trolled by the association. Dr. Kilgore believe the farmers can. to a great extent, dominate the prices of their commodities. i Texas is asked to sign tip for a million bales, North Carolina 200 000, and the other cotton Mnte3 at the same ratio. 'LATEST HAPPENINGS IN AND AROUND THECOONTY SEAT Dr. II. Aihotales AlxilKliinetit -t t'pitiil PmiMinieut aitl IVIeiwU Duiuiii m:vs i:knts oi ixthukst Sha-b-s of cl- nartetl brethren must jhave shook their heads in horror Sun day eeuiii when Dr. Oscar Hay wood, a "tree-lance" evangelist, speaking from the pulpit of the First H:lUrtjt lhlll-fH n .1 L .VS. .1 wl knl j : . nmwui'u iiir UUV1 omul in ui i atin.il luiiiisnuieiii anj made an eloquent defence of Daria, whose theory or evoli'tlon has been denounced .., ;, . t.'.tnt by Monroo ministers. Taking his text from 13th Corinthians, the noted divine caused his audience to pai audibly when he tersely anMiuiic.d that his life was deti'1-ate.i to securing the abol ishment of capita! punishment; and :v.' years he preached of NVw York city lakiiis of human life by In the next breath he lh.it lor t on the sf against the the state. ijiiickly t!inn-il to statecraft, show ing his ardent patriotism by scoring the Huns for disturbing the'peaee of the woild back in 1HH; and he eulogized President Wilson for his ef forts to put into practice the teach ings of Christ, expressing at the same time his n .r. t over the failure ot this country to ratify the peace pact. Dr. Haywood declared that ho sub scribed to t i- Darwin theory insofar as It was applicable to nature, but thought that man was created in the image of God. like Christ. At the conclusion of liis sermon, he paid a trihntn In ih ,,,r., ,-.. .1 .j ..j . .. mi muij ui inn uepaneu j friend, the late Reece Blair, w ho was a native of this section, and rendered .beautiful thanks to the congregation I for the flowers that were banked around the pulpit. His sermon wa one of the most elequent ones ever heard here. There are approximately six miles of asphalt paving in Monroe, it is ej tliuated. The date of. the minstrel show, to be staged by young Monroe men, has been postponed to Friday, April 1. Rev. Mr. McMillan Is conducting 1 revival meeting in the Wingate high school auditorium, preaching twice daily, at 3 and 7 p. ui. A meeting of the Ladies Aid Soci ety of the Firxt Baptist church will be held Wednesday afteruoon at four o'clock. On account of the services heins held in tn the Methodist church thl week, there will be no prayer t rvici at the First Baptist church Wednes day afternoon. Down around Camden, s. C, says Dr. John Blair, the woods are green, and the farmers ure plowing dally. Tl... i i.. .. l . i mil r-ec unit, up nus. is a uou i inree weeks ahead of us in ill pl:ii:tig of crops. A Sunday ehoul iuisi.in:ii rally will be held Stimia.v, begitimii at 10 o'clock, at the Mill Creel; eliutvh. Mr. B. C. Ashcraft will deliver an ad dress at 11 o'clock, and l!ev. A. C, Sherwo id ii!l preach lit 2 o'clock. When Rev. r.tid Mrs. John A. Wray arrive at their new home in Owens boro, Ky., they will find a liig, juicy I'nion county ham. It was sent to them by Messrs. C. C. and V. D. Sikes, members of the First Haptist church, Rev. Mr. W ray's old charge. "Make too much cotton this year and you ruin the prices of three crops. You ruin the price for thU year's crop, next year's crop, and all of last year's crop that Is still being held." is the way the Progressive Farmer suing it up. Monroe high school baseball squad has been down at work In earnest for several days past and exhibit a deter mination to maintain the record set by the football ".quad last fall. The season opens at Chester Friday, fol lowed by a game at Salisbury Monday and one on the home grounds Tues day. Coach Kroner has not selected his lineup for these first games and he has good material to choose from. The Infield is especially strong, ac cording to tioiue of the old fans who have watched the boys at work, and the fellows all hit well. Some posi tions practically settled upon include Horton in the box. Snyder or Lem mond behind the bat, Williams oii first and Wray ou second. The other places will be determined after the practice games tomorrow and iee day. Rubye i!e Kciner Held Most Perfect ly ArtN. Rubye de Renter, who has the lead ing feminine role in "The Passionate Pilgrim." the superb Cosmopolitan picture released I.,- Paramount, and which will be rel. used at the Strand Theatre next Wedensday and Thurs day has been proclaimed the quen of American beauties by Paul Helleti, the celebrated French artist. Mr. Helleu states that Miss de Renter "is perfection In beauty of feature, coloring and grace." The ar tist Is an authority In this regard and his judgment is regarded as the final word so that when he asserts Miss de Remer to be the most perfect type of American femininity, there Is none to dispute the dictum. IMIss de Remer has the role of an Invalid helres In "The Passionate Pilgrim" and during most of the ac tion of the story, she Is seated in a wheel chair. But love finally cures her and she fin.ls happiness in the love of a man he has befriended She role port.iyM by Matt Moore, I The cal Is laic ami exceptionally brilliant.