North Carolina Newspapers

"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT" THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT "Wr-n- ie Monroe journai PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Vol. 27. No. 100. Monroe, N. C, Friday, January 20, 1922 $2.00 Per Year Cash WHATTTNOWB Its Wonderful Growth Since De scription Was Written in the Year 1896 MARSHVILLE NOW ON MAP No Longer Dependent Upon Cotton to Buy Things to Eat and Feed Fertility of Soil Extended The Journal has come into posses sion of a description of Union county that was published in 18 and it is intensely interesting and rather amusing in some of its aspects. Here is the way it reads: "Union county borders on South Carolina and lies between Anson and Mecklenburg, from parts of both of which it was formed. "The southern portion of the coun ty is penetrated to a distance of sev eral miles by belts of long-leaf pine (sandy lands) on the level-backed di vides between the streams. This portion of the county is drained southward into the Pee Dee through South Carolina. "The soils of a large part of the county are a slaty origin, and are gray gravelly and sandy for the most part, with occasional areas of red clays. The forests are mixed with pine and oak, hickory, etc. The soils of a narrow belt along the west side are gigantic. The cotton product be longs mainly to the southern half, the northern portion being devoted to small grains of which it produces large crops. The chief crop is cot ton. Corn and small grains consti tute the remainder of the agricultur al products. Freaucnt creeks, with rich alluvial bottoms, traverse the county and provide a large extent of fertile arable land. "The Seaboard Air Line railroad passes through the county, opening up markets 01 uinungton, tnar lotte and Atlunta. Ga. "Monroe is the county seat and contains a population of 4,084. It is town of great business activity with cotton factories, banks, public insti tutions, etc. Waxhaw is an enter prising little town with a population of 750." The first part of the above descrip tion is fairly correct, with the excep tion of omission of the fact that it is bounded on the north by Stanly and Cabarrus counties. That part of the "legend" that refers to the agricult ural industries might have been cor rect in 18PG, but it sounds funny to day. The cotton product is grown to a great extent in all sections of the county and the northern part raises more orn perhaps than small grain. The southern half of the county is no longer dependent upon cotton with which to buy food and feed products, and peas, soy beans, clover, vetch, hay and other soil-building crops are to day grown extensively all over the county. It should also be written that Un ion is rapidly becoming noted for its hogs, cuttle, chickens and eggs and dairy products, which were not very noteworthy in the nineties when the old description was written. Lum bering lias also become a profitable industry in the county. That reference to a small belt along the west portion having a gigantic soil might now be applied to practi cally the whole county. It is true that twenty-five or thirty years ago there was a lot of poor soil in Union, but it today compares favorably with any county in the state. The man who wrote that descrip tion in lS'.'O wouldn't now recognize Monroe, with its growth in industries, its beautiful hotel and business houses and its paved streets, hospital and modern schools and churches. Waxhaw has also grown and devel oped considerably and, if the gentle man who gave that sketch of the county were called up to perform the same task again, he would doubtless say something about the progressive town of Marshville, which now has a population oi bdoui iuuu ana aoes Dy far more business than the average town of its size. Wingate and other towns of the county would also come in for consideration. It would also be stated that the Wilmington-Char lotte highway runs through the coun ty and that miles of graded road are being built in various sections, ana that Union boasts of more rural tel ephones than any county in North Carolina. Reference would also be made to the wonderful advancement in the public and high schools of the coun ty. It would be stated that the old one-teacher school houses are rapidly disappearing and that they are be ing replaced with modern buildings with splendid equipment and well qualified teachers. Indeed the man who would undertake to give Union county justice in a pen picture now has something to engage his atten tions for a spell. Contest Between the Advocate and the Recorder Last spring the North Carolina Christian Advocate, official organ of the Methodist church of the State, and the Biblical Recorder, the Baptist State organ, waged a contest for new and renewing subscribers. The Ad vocate won in that friendly fight. These two mighty religious publica tions have decided to try it over again this spring. The contest will extend through the months of February and March. A great deal of interest is being created in all parts of the State over this friendly rivalry and both pa pers and the people of these great re ligious organizations will be benefit ted by the contest DEMAND FOR POULTRY PRODUCTS WILL INCREASE Poultry Show Together With Mr. Ol iver and Mr. Broom's Work Will Bring It About Mr. C. W. Orton is very enthusias tic over the proposition of an up-to-date poultry supply business in Mon roe. He believes that sufficient in terest has been aroused through the poultry show to insure a good pat ronage of a concern of this kind. Mr. Orton also explains that the work of Mr. Oliver and Mr. Broom this spring in organizing poultry clubs over the county will add great ly to the poultry interests and that as the poultry business increases and the people learn that supplies are necessary for the successful raising of poultry the demand for these sup plies will also increase. Feeding and care, Mr. Orton says, are very necessary in dealing suc cessfully in poultry and their prod ucts, lie believes that the demand for feed hoppers, mash feeders, drink ing fountains, egg boxes, baby chick feeders, grits and oyster shells, char coal, poultry remedies, etc, will in crease until some live merchant who is willing to spend a little money let ting the people know where these supplies may be had can make it a profitable business. ROBINSON AND ALLISON NOMINATED DIRECTOR North Carolina Co-Operative Cotton Growers Get Busy Peter Plyler Was Secretary The Charlotte Observer of yester day tells about an interesting meet ing held there the 18th: Thirty-one delegates from twelve counties were present at the conven tion of cotton growers held in the city yesterday morning at 11 o clock at the chamber oi commerce. The delegates were sent here by their respective counties lor the pur pose of nominating two men from this district for membership on the state board of directors of the North Carolina co-operative cotton growers association. Lee Robinson, former congressman and well known lawyer of Anson county, and J. P. Allison, cotton grower of Cabarrus county, were the two men nominated at the conven tion yesterday. On January 31 the nominees will be voted on and ballots are to be sent to J. C. Reid, route one. Char lotte, who is chairman of the state organization committee and who pre sided at the convention. At Mr, Reid's request, J. C. Redfearn, of Anson, and R. D. Goodman, of Ca barrus, were elected assistant poll holders. Delegates will receive ballots from the oflice of the state secretary.A. W Swain, at Raleigh, and will mail their vote to Mr. Keid before ten o clock on the morning of January 21. The ballots will tiicn be counted in the oflice of Charles S Jones, Mecklen burg farm agent, in the courthouse and willroM.k in either the election cl one or trie otner oi tne two can didatcs nomimted yesterday. Both nominees sa'd in brief ad dresses that tliey ci nsidered the co operative cotton maiketing organiza tion now being formed the most pronv ising stop ever taken in the direction of helping the cottrn growers of the Sou'.h to dispose cf their cotton at in r.dvantage over former methods and that they deemed the state or ganisation a most efficient body in bringing together the cotton growers of the state into an association that would, by its co-operation policy, work for the benefit of all concerned. The delegates on hand for the con vention all of whom have signed the associations pledge relative to the proposed marketing program, and the counties they represented were: Anson: E. C. Griggs, J. V. Sulli van, J. C. Redfern, H. C. Gaddy, J. T. Webb, B. R. Wall. O. C. Bowman, W. B. Blalock, L. R. Robinson. Lincoln county J. G. Morrison. Stanly county Ellis Burris. Rowan county John F. McKnight. Kutherrord county M. M. loung, Gaston county H. C. Froneberger. Union county C. F. Braswell, H. C. Boyce, J. Z. Green, E. J. Ezcll. Montgomery county J. G. Tomlin son and F. L. Andrews. Iredell county J. A. Craven and W. B. Crawford. Cabarrus county Wm. L. Morris, and J. P. Allison. Mecklenburg county Dr. A. M. Redfern. Cleveland county M. S. Beam, J H. Quinn, George Gold, Dr. W. T Griggs, Franklin Harrell, R. E. Lawrence. P. P. W. Plyler of Union was sec retary of the meeting. Meetings similar to the one held yesterday will be held in other parts of the state. State Chairman Reid cMled atten tion to the fact that while the state has exceeded the maximum quota of bales expected to be ple.lged for mar keting through the organication, there is yet considerable work to be done to insure the highest efficiency of the organization. The minimum number of bales for North Carolina to pledge was 200,000, but already over 360,000 bales have been pledged. Anson lead in the counties of this district with Cleveland next, Meck lenburg county is reported as hav ing signed so far less than a thou sand bales. Prosperity is doing its best to come to life, but there is always some influence waiting to choke it into in sensibility again. W00DR0W WILSONjSAW SOLDIER SHOT WILL BE HONORED BY A FIRING SQUAD Committees Appointed in Vari ojs Sections of County to Raise Award Funds R.B. REDWINE IS CHAIRMAN Noted Men in All Parts of the Coun , try of Every Political Faith Recognize His Worth The Campaign will open in Union county tomorrow to raise funds for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. It might be well to explain that the pur pose of the movement is to create an award fund in recognition of the ser vices of Woodrow Wilson, and to ev ery donor a certificate will be issued bearing these 'words: "The National Committee of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation herebv certifies that is a founder of the Woodrow Wilson Award created by public subscription in the vear 1922 in recognition of the Natoinal and the Inter-National .services of Woodrow Wilson, twice president of the United States." The certificate will also bear a picture of the great man. Mr. R. B. Redwine has been ap pointed county chairman, with Mrs. Walter A. Lane in charge of the woman's work in the campaign. Large contributions will not be asked for, but Mr. Redwine explains that a small amount will be sought from every body. The following committees have been appointed from various sections of the county and will have charge of the work in their respective com munities: Monroe Jatnes Morrow, G. S. Lee, Jr., Victor Hamilton, R. S. Howie, G. C. Benton and Sam Lee. Marshville Rommie GrifYin, W. O. Harrell and Smith Medlin. Wingate Hemp Helms and S. W. Hinson. In dian Trail-H. M. Orr, J. W. H. Riser and D. H. Howie. Mineral Springs Murray Winchester, John B. Gor don and F. W. Howie. Waxhaw Carl Wolfe, D. S. Davis, Edwin Niven and H. B. Adams. Weddington W. L. Hemby, Richardson Hudson and Victor Hunter. Marvin G. W. Sut ton, Earl Ezzell and Stitt Howie. Union Waxhaw Route 4 R. B. Cuthberson, J. Mack Clark and Tay lor Shannon. We3ley Chapel H. L. Price, Brooks Trice and Sam Rod wine. Jackson Waxhaw Route 5 R. D. Sims, . N. Davis, and J. E. Bighnm. Monroe, Route 4 P. P. Ross, Clove Starnes and P. W. Ply ler. Monroe, Route.... Jerre Laney, T. C. Eubanks and W. H. Cribble. Lanes Creek B. F. Parker, M. L. Baker and P. H. Lee. Northern Marshville Zeb Little. Olive Branch R. Lee Smith. G. W. Smith, Sr., and A. C. Davis. Sincerity J. A. Austin and Thomas James. Union ille Dr. A. 1). N. Whitley, Dick R.nton and Carl Griffin. North Goose Creek Wade H. Campbell and W. B. Lon. Indian Trail, Route 1 Sam Crowe!!, E. J. Byrum and Wilder Stinson. In this connection we quote nn ar ticle from the Raleigh News and Ob server thr.t clearly sets forth what this great man sought to establish: "Fa:r-m:nded Republicans and Ke K... . ri!"rw " ; w - ' n. Congressman Simeon D. Fess, chair man of the Republican Congressional Committee, in a speech at Columbus, Ohio, recently, discussed the arma ment conference. After words of praise for President Harding and Sec retary Hughes he said: "As a Re publican and chairman of the Na tional Republican Congressional Com mittee, I wish here nnd now also to give credit to President Wilson for his part in molding the sentiment of this country and the world in favor of such a consummation." The remark by Congressman Fess was the occasion of one of the finest pditorial tributes to former President Wilson that have appeared. And it was in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a staunch Republican sheet. In the course ot a lengtny arucie me oi. Louis paper says: "In his personal participation in the war, which preceded national par ticipation, the oersistent purpose of Wilson was the establishment of a now order of political relations in the world, founded upon American prin ciples and ideals. He claimed no more than to interpret and to voice the spirit of America, as it has revealed it.-elf, clean and pure, in every time of stress. When he addressed the senate in January, 1917, on condi tions of peace, three months before the declaration of war, he said: "Perhaps I am the onlv person in high authority amongst all the peo ples of the world who is at liberty to speak and hold nothing back. I am sneakimr as an individual, and yet I am speaking also, of course, as the responsible head of a great govern ment, and I feel confident that I have said what the people of the United States would wish me to say." In that address he laid down the prin ciples of peace and of future conduct between nations, which a year later were embodied in part in the "four teen points" which became the foun dation of the terms of the armistice, and these same principles, after an other year had passed, he took to Paris, ready to sacrifice everything else, but adamant as to their adop tion. 'History, we think, will mark that speech of January, 1917 as the be ginning of new epoch in huisn relations. It was true, as he said then, that he was the only person Continued oa Page Eight Alabama School Teacher Tes tified Before the Watson Senate Committee TELLS EVENTS IN FRANCE Yarborough of Alabama Didn't Know the Name of Soldier But Was Near When He Was Shot Washington. Jan. 19. George Washington Yarborough, a high school teacher of Roanoke, Ala., and rated as the welter-weight champion on the American expeditionary forces, told a senate investigating commit tee today that he had witnessed the shooting of an American soldier by a firing squad near the Chateau- Thierry region in July, 1918. Regarded by the committee as probably the most clear-headed of concerning the alleged hanging of soldiers without trial, Yarborough himself a reluctant witness, declared the sight of the man being led to his death, with hands tied behind his back, make him forget for the mo ment the screeching of enemy shells flying overhead. The witness said he was close enough when the of. fleer commanding the squad gave the order to fire to hear the soldier, barely twenty years old, plead to be permitted to die with his eyes un. bound. Members of the committee and Colonel Walter A. Bethel, assistant judge advocate general of the army, listened closely to the recital, for evidence from war department sources heretofore presented failed to show where men had met death In that way. Yarborough was pressed by Colonel Bethel, who declared the witness was extremely intelligent, that he was not attempting to break down his story, but seeking to ob tain some data which might enable him to check up on the shooting. The witness explained that he could give the names of none of the men with him at the time because they were not attached to his outfit. "For Neglect of Duty." There had been camp reports, the witness said, that the soldier was shot for neglect of duty in battle, Aiiked ly Chairman Brandegee If the siiootiiig led him to believe there had been a bum of power, Yarborough re. plied "nothing whatever," as ho as. sinned that the officer handling the squad was carying out orders. But ne thought then and now, he added, that If the army hud detailed a squad to shoot a comrade it might have detailed another squad to pick up the body and bury It. Much testimony relating to alleged abuse of enlisted men cropped out again today, along with further ref erences to the conduct of "Hard boiled" Smith. Two former service men testified they had seen three ofeliaorodaacemshtos emf cmf cm public executions at Is-Sur.Tille, at which station war department record shows only two men were hanged. The hearing was adjourned until next Wednesday. Colonel Bethel told Yarborough lie was an extremely intelligent witness and n wanted him to help give any additional facts which niinlit enable the war department to look into the shooting. "I wish I could help," said Yar. borough, "but I have told all I know I was close to the squad, all mem. hers of which fired at the command. The soldier fell and the officer walk ed over, felt his pulse for a moment, and turned away. Then he ordered the squad to move on." "Was there anything about the execution to make you believe it was an abuse of power? " Chairman Bramlege asked. "Nothing whatever, but I felt that if thrv had detailed a squad to kill 'a man they could have detailed an ' nlhio- cnnnrl in hnrv Mm Saw Three F.executlons T. A. Sinclair, of Westville, Okla.. testified thnt he saw three public executions at Is.Sur-Tllle, or one more than shown there by war de partment records. Sinclair, who said his name had been sent to Senator Waton by the commander of an American Legion post at Westville, knew of no illegal execution. "If ten or twelve men had been hnn!,-d at IR-Sur-Tiile, as other wit nesses have charged, would yon have known it?" Senator Shields, Demo, erv, Tennessee, asked. "If that bad happened I certainly would have heard It." His Oversight " Twas new clrthcs your hushind wore to work this dny, were they not, Mrs. O'Mara?" the section fore man inquired as he stopped by the O'Mara door. "They was indeed, but the poor fool would wear them, instead of keening them for Sunday," Mrs. O'Mara responded with an ominous frown. "What of it?" "I am afraid they are ruined en tirely," the foreman said retrretfully. "Run over by a switch engine, they were." "And how did Pst come to hae off nis clothes?" Mrs. O'Mara de manded in open-mouthed astonish ment. "He did not," the foreman re sponded briefly. One Kind Each flee firmly believes that he Jives on the most wonderful dog in the world. That's patriotism. EVERYTHING IS READY NOW FOR THE BIG DRIVE Effort to Double Membership of Mon roe Chamber of Commerce Will Be Launched With a Vim Large plans are being made for the t hamber of I ommerce s campaign ior a new membership in the ratio of two to one or in other words twice as many as it now has. The membership committees are getting everything in readiness and will be off for the dash early Tues day morning. A noon luncheon has been arranged at the Joffre Hotel for the committees next Wednesday. Mr. C. W. Orton, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, is thoroughly alive to the possibilities of the organ ization. He believes that it would be extremely difficult to over-estimate the benefits that might be derived from an active, wide-awake chamber of commerce. Mr. Orton is of the opinion that the decision of the bus iness men of Monroe who are behind the movement to double the member ship will result in a great forward step. He thinks the effectiveness of the organization must be measured by the results obtained, and while the past record has been excellent the members are desirous of injecting new life into the organization and this is what the membership cam paign is designed to accomplish. Mr. Orton holds that no man is so busy that he cannot afford to give a little of his time to the work of building up the city in which he lives. He furthermore thinks that no citizen who takes any pride in his town can afford to miss an opportunity to help in making that town a better place in which to live and that no business man who values his standing will fail to live up with the men who are boosting his city. MRS. LANE ANNOUNCES WILSON FUND COMMITTEE Women to Be at Banks and Drug Stores to Receive Contributions; Women of County Also to Serve By Mrs. W. A. Lane I want every man, woman and child in Monroe to know that Saturday, Jan. 21st, is to be "Woodrow Wilson Day in Monroe, and that committees will be at the banks, dru' stores, court house and postoffice to receive contributions whether large or small, as we want every person to have a part in establishing this memorial to perpetuate the name of one whose service has been to God and humun- ity. Let's show him while he yet lives that we believe in Woodrow Wilson, that we believe in his League of Nations and that we believe our Keople will yet attain unto those eights which he has striven so no bly to lend us up to. Don't forget the time, Saturday January 21st. and if you cannot come yourself send your contribution with your name to the committee so thnt you may get a receipt with coupon attached entitling you to certificates nn which is printed a portrait of oodrow ilson. The following have been appointed members of the town and county com mittees: First National Bank Mrs. Jeff Sewell and Miss Jean Ashcraft; Farme-s & Merchanls Bank Mrs. Ous Henderson nnd Mrs. Roscoe I'hifer; Bank of I'nion Mrs. Frank Laney and Mrs. George Lee; Monroe Hank & Trust Co. Mrs. R. B. Red wine and Mrs. Ed Crow; Enclish Drug Co. Mrs. J. A. Stewart and Mrs. D. B. Sindcr; Union Drug Co. Mrs. A. M. Secrest, and Mrs. N. M. Redfearn; court house Mrs. D.L.Middleton and tirs. A. L. Monroe; post office Miss Lillian Stack and Miss Evelyn Smith. Marshville Mrs. Fred Ashcraft and Brs. B. C. Pinker. Wingate Mrs. Beach. Indian Trail Mr. Chas Bundy. Mineral Springs Mrs. John Gordon. Waxhaw Mrs. Carl Wolfe and Mrs. Chas Massey. Weddington Miss Virginia Helms. Marvin Mr. C. E. Pt.tterson. I'nion Mrs. R. B. Cu.hbcrtson. Prices Chapel Mrs. Sam Redwine. College Hill Mrs. Lizzie Covington. Jackson Waxhaw 51 Miss Jennie Davis. Monroe Rt. 4 Miss Tlyler. Alton Miss Effie Laney. Lanes Creek Monroe Rt. 11 Miss Sarah Parker. Rock Rest M sr. Wilton Williams. Olive Branch I Marshville Mr. R. D. Redfearn. Unionville Mrs. Ethel Garrison. Pleasant Hill Mr. Vundcr Simpson. Send contributions as quickly as possible to Mr. Horace Clarke, treas urer, or Mr. R. B. Redw'ne, county chairman of Woodrow Wilson Foun dation Fund. Free Gits Next Wednesday The Monroe Auto Service Station will fill the tanks of a'l Monroe au tomobiles with benzol ine, the new motor fuel, free of charge next Wednesday, Jan. 2"th, between the hours of 2 and I p. m. An advertise ment in this issue declares that the : new fuel will give more miles to the! gallon, more pep, more efficiency and will eliminate engine knocks and car bon. Adv. Handle With Care Little Oscar had eaten of the hol n" dinner not wisely but too well and had ended a day of feasting by curling up in a corner preparatory to sleep. Someone discovered him and picked him up to carry him off to bed. Oscar opened one sleepy eye and muttered: Put me to bed. but please, don't bend ma." Imaidens thrown INTO THE RIVER Harry Shaw, Claiming That We Are Ruled by Superstition. Relates Old Story SONG OF A FALLEN WOMAN Charges That the Ministry Never Lends a Hani to Pull Unfortu nates Out of the Stream By Harry Shaw Badin, Jan. 18. I will try and not bother you any more Mr. Iluggins, unless you get on my toes too much. But in my feeble and simple way I will try and help you. In all ages of man and history, traditions point to Egypt as the cradle of civilization. In the lapse of cen turies and the change of civilizaton in its vi.rovs moods, it has failed to erase the footprint of those who once trod the soil of the civilized and mythological Egypt. Grecian mytho logy originates in and around the valley of the Nile. Superstition and human sacrifice begins there. Egypt has always been a rainless country and yet the most fruitful country in the world. The ancient Egyptians knew noth ing of the "Mountains of the Moon" where the rivers of the continent be gin their course. These mountains are far to the south, beyond the wilderness, which was as much mys tery to the Egyptian as the Atlantic was to Europe six hundred years ago. It is here tnat the two great rivers of the continent originate, the Nile and Congo. In these mountains the tropical rains pour down about the first of June and continue for weeks. It is then that the Nile will begin to rise and overflow. The Nile when at its highest covers the valley in width from twelve to sixty miles wide and in length from a thousand to fifteen hundred miles, thus mak ing the valley of the Nile in Egypt the most fertile spot in the world, it was known in all ancient times as the grainery of the world. To the superstitious Egyptian the month of June was looked to as a began to rise and water the coun try. Thus it was that they learned to worship the Nile and look to the rise of the water as something su pernatural. The rise of the water marked the festivities of a religious rite. The Nile was their source of life from which all blessings came to Egypt. Hence in those days it was the custom to offer up human sacrifices to please the Gods of the Nile that their blessings may con tinue. When the waters of the Nile would reach their maximum heights a great number of beautiful maidens would be chosen because of their personal charms, were to be given to the Nile. A priest would direct all the details in which the maidens cheerfully en terei into. In the presence of a mul titude, and robed for the occasion the maidens took their place on a platform overhanging the angry wa ters, and at a given signal they leaped into the lading torrents and forever passed from human sight. "Man has ever peopled the unknown with imps, monsters and hob geblir.s." Then why do we hold up our hands in dismay and horror at the superstitious Egyptians? While we have outlived this type of sacrifices, we yet have a broad and deep river in which young womanhood is being sacrificed every day at an accelerated rate of speed. the church is lacking in efficiency, and ub,)Ve all is our social and moral laws. In our best social circles to day there is a surface stream more deadly to the young men and women than the human sacrifices of a pagan world. The social stream of endless pleasuie that the big city affords and offers to the young girls today are filling the big daily papers every day of illicit love tragedies. It is said and very well that "Few ever return who once enter here." So, it was with the maidens of the Nile, they never returned. We see every week in the news papers where immoral love affairs are brought to light and generally the sacrifice was a young woman with a man living a duel life. Was the man sacrificed? No never! It is always "The woman thou gaveth me." Why do the maidens never come back? Because the ministery of our Continued on Page Eight Wingate Favors Uooft Hoads Wingate, Jan. 1!). One of the woft Interesting ba.-ket ball games of the season wrs played Thursday sf!ornoon on the .-faded school court when the Wingat fast team defeated Pagelnnd by a score of 24 to 38. Th? game v.as cleau and interesting throughout. Mr. J. K. B'vcns has sold his res. Idenee In ili.- northern part of town to Mrs. Ella Stewart. Mr. Hivens has not decided whete he will move but we hope he will continue to live l:i Wingat". Another real estate derl was made this week by Mr. H. K. HMiiis, who purchased 170 acres c land two miles east of Wingate fron Mr. James P. Marsh of Marshville. Mr. Thomas Evans has opened u- a corn mill in the building just acrosi the highway from J. J. Perry's stort. Mr. E. B. Wright is running the ma chinery. Representatives were in town thlt week getting signers to a petition fc an election against the road bond:. We are not able to give the number ot signers. Most ot the people la. Wingate are In favor ot food roads.