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Monroe Journai
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PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Vol.27. No. 101.
Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, January 24, 1922
$2.00 Per Year Cash
AUXILIARY AIDED
NEEDY SOLDIEBS
Miss Lee Makes Report of Activ
ities of Woman's Organiza
tion For Last Year
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
PREVENTS BARROOMS
Field Secretary Saya But For It
Monro ould Have Old Time Con
ditions N. C. Worst in Union
CHEER FOR SOLDIER BOYS
While in Operation But Little More
Than Half Year a Great Amount
of Work Was Accomplished
While the Woman's Auxiliary of
the Melvin Deese Post of the Ameri
can Legion was not organized till last
May a great amount of work was
done in behalf of the disabled soldier
Doys. ine Auxiliary was organized
May 2, with but eleven members.
Later at a social meeting the mem
bership waa increased to 34. Ward
C-l, in hospital 45, at Biltmore,
composed of 50 men, was adopted
by the auxiliary. At the last meet
ing Miss Annie Lee, the secretary
during the past year, made her re
port of work done. It is as follows:
For Ward C-l, Biltmore Hospital
1. Purchase of Victrola.
2. Shipment of records, donated by
citizens of Monroe.
a. 25 records May.
b. 25 records July.
3. Regular shipment of magazines
once or twice a month.
4. Regular monthly shipment of home
made cakes and candies.
6. Shipment of flowers whenever
practical.
a. Various times in the summer.
b. Chrysanthemums for Armistice
Day.
6. Visits of members.
a. Mrs. 'A. L. Monroe, May 22,
b. Lura Heath, commander at which
time especially requested June.
c. Annie Lee, adjutant, at which
, time' especially requested records
were taken and twice fruit for
the ward supplimented the regu
lar menu. A u '-rust 3 and 6.
d. Lura Heath, commander; Mrs,
Randolph Kedfearn. vice com.
and others, at which time five
books beginning a ward library
were presented.
7. Cretonne bags for beds and table
covers sent to ward. August.
8. Various individual needs of men
supplied
a. Bed-room slippers, bill board for
writing, pajamas, etc.
b. Sweaters, trousers, shirts, col
lars and ties for one man. Nov.
9. Shipment of games, nuzzels. etc.
10. Birthday remembrances bv book,
to add to ward library, card, let
ter or small gift.
11. Remembrances for spec, occasions
a.. Hallowe'en favors and home
made candy.
b. Box of meats, celery and cakes.
Armistice Day.
C. Large cake donated by Mr. Jack
Hernig for Legion, dinner and
voted bv Legion to be sent to
ward Thanksgiving.
d. Conundrum rlnce-cards and pa
per doilies. Thanksgiving.
e. Bedside sectional-trap as Christ
mas gifts.
f. Two dozen glasses of jelly do
nated Dy ladies ol county Lhrist-
mas
g. Christmas enrds to all men in
word.
For Kenilworth Hosnitnl
Presentation of Picnic Park. Aug. 8.
Work Done Locally
1. Assistance to former service men.
a. Getting papers, affidavits, etc. of
f0 men for the clean-up squad.
Commander accompanied these
men to Charlotte to meet the
squad and spent three days help
ing them file claim. 1
b. Following up the work of clean
up squad as direct result of which
two boys went at once to hospital
and others had claim allowed.
c. I hnstmas boxes sent to men of
M . . 1 .
oi tne county ' wno are now in
hospitals.
d. Co-operation in sending a Christ
mas box to Oteen.
e. Visits with food and magazines
to ex-service men who are ill in
the county.
f. Assistance -to family of colored
ex-service man at time of his
death and burial.
2. Co-operation with Legion.
a. Ia presenting local talent play,
, Microbe of Love.
b. In sale of tickets for official war
! pictures. May.
: c. In providing singers and flowers
, for 7 military funerals, ""two of
s which were in Mecklenburg, and
edjoining county.
i d. In providing flowers for all sol
I dicrs' graves in the county on
, Decoration Day and participation
in Memorial service at grave in
t city. '
c. In picnic Legion's annual outing.
r i. in various social gatherings.
. g. In Armistice Day celebration bv
1. Soliciting and serving dinner for
VW ex-service men, parents of
or Uold-Star men and Con-
federate veterans.
2. Helping produce a carnival.
3. Running a refreshment stand.
4. Running a rolling kitchen.
5. Entering an auxiliary float in
parade. ,
6. Entering a Gold-Star float- in
parade.
7. Entering a rolling kitchen float
in parade.
h. In Foch celebration by
1. Keeping open house in Legion
rooms for visitors.
2. Preparing and serving dinner to
100 soldiers from Camp Bragg
and 50 Boy Scouts, composing
a band.
3. Entertaining the soldiers in
homes over-night.
The casualties among officers who
try to enforce the prohibition laws in
North Carolina are greater than
those of the American soldiers in the
trenches of France is the striking
statement made by Rev. Mr. Cotton,
field secretary of the State Anti-Saloon
League, in speeches made in
Monroe Sunday. He also said that
more than one-fourth of the blockade
stills destroyed in the entire country
were in iNorth Carolina. He deplored
the prevalence of blockading and
bootleeging in the state and attri
buted it to the indifference of nomin
ally good citizens, especially church
members, and the aid given by them
to violators of the law in signing
bonds and petitioning for pardons.
Rev. Mr. Cotton spoke at the First
Baptist church in the morning, in
North Monroe in the afternoon, and
to the Methodist and Presbyterian
congregations at the Presbyterian
church in the evening. He said that
the present is one of the most critical
times in the history of the prohibition
movement, declaring that there was
a widely and powerfully organized
movement to defeat and make use'
less the eighteenth amendment. His
special appeal was to church mem
bers to do their duty as citizens in
upholding the prohibition law just as
they would any other law, and his
appeal was based upon the 16th
chapter of the 94th Psalm: "Who
will rise up with me against the evil
doers, or who will stand up for me
against the workers of iniquity!"
In bootlegging and blockading, Mr.
Cotton said that North Carolina
stands first in hte Union, with Geor
gia second and Virginia third. In
the United States 'in 1920 the official
figures showed that 14,300 stills were
destroyed and more than one-fourth
of these, or 3,400 were in this state.
The reason for this he found in the
attitude of so many citizens who are
seeking to avoid responsibility. He
said that a banker in one community
told him that fully twenty per cent
of the population in his vicinity were
directly or indirectly engaged in the
wh:skey traffic. This a'bs in east
ern North Carolina and seemed to
be regarded by the banker as a mat
ter of course, who explained that
most of them were good citizens. He
told of many incidents where the
law was openly flouted and where
bootleggers resorted to murder and
burning when they were opposed.
He said that in many cases officers
were helping the violators of the
law directly or abetting them in some
way. However, he was of the opinion
that most of the officers would do
their duty if they are properly back
cd ud bv citizens. Hut this back
ing is not given, he said. Good citi
zens, will go on the bonds of block
cders and if they are convicteJ, will
sign petitions asking for their par
don.
"Why." said be. "the Anti-Saloon
League is the -only agency standing
between you and bar-rooms right in
Monroe.
After the lecture Dr. Gurney arose
and snid that Sheriff Fowler, who wa
present and :s a member of thi
church, .'s a dilligent and faithful of
ficer.
Mrs. J. B. Craven Is Hurt In
Accident on Charlotte Roa(
Car in Which Whole Family Were Riding Turned Over and Mrs,
Craven's Arm is Broken and She is Severely
Cut Across the Forehead
Mrs. J. B. Craven, wife of Pre- fearfully and there was no way of
siding Elder Craven, was severely : knowing how badly she was hurt. The
hurt in an automobile accident yes-! first thought was for a doctor and M
terday morning on the Charlotte road j Porter jumped into a car and rushed
while returning from Monroe to Char- back to Matthews. The doctor he
lotte with her husband and children summoned was' so slow in getting
Her arm is broken near the shoulder started that Mrs. Craven was put in
and a six-inch gash cut across the car which had driven up about the
loreneaa to tne Done. he is in a
Charlotte .hospital. Neither Mr.
Craven nor the two children were
hurt
The accident occurred at nine-thir
ty Monday morning about one mile
beyond Matthews. Mr. Craven was
driVing a Ford sedan. He reached
same time and rushed to the Char
lotte hospital.
As stated above, the cut is six
inches long and to the bone. Physi
cians said that had it been an inch
lower both eyes would have been
blinded. The arm was found to be
broken near the shoulder and in ad
out his hand to pull the laprobe up 1 dition n ar was injured. Howev-
on one of the children and the slight j er tne ent of this injury has not
diversion of his attention from the ' vet Deen ascertained as it cannot be
steering wheel allowed the car to slip I known whether the bearing is affect
over the embankment. Mrs. Crayen ! ed or nt- She will be in the hospital
was on the rear seat and when the t wee " the. wounds heal satisfac
car turned over she was thrown ' tonly. A phone message this morn
against the glass of the side. The in to Mrs. A. M. Secrest stated that
embankment was not steep and the ! Mrs- Craven was doing well,
car turned only half over. Tn family had been spending the
A moment after the accident Mes- with Mrs. Secrest, a sister of
irs. craven, air. craven was run
ning slowly, not over sixteen miles
srs. Brooks Myers and Frank Porter,
r-r. Za w ,,.n nt f h. n hour h thinks
Wtt''" J" fcV I A .. it i r.
overturned car and was getting the . Ai " '. 7" ,BWBt
children out. The wound on Mra. "J nat,v of onrot, having been
n..,. .,j ki 1 1 M,ss Kate Covington. The two chil
uicu iu luur miiu ten years oi age,
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE
WILSON FOUNDATION
Continued ob Pi Eight
Central MethoJiht Church Organize;
Mens ( lub
At a meeting of the Men's Bible
class of Central Methodist church
Friday evening, at which Dr. H. G
Hardin, pastor of Iryon street Meth
odi.st church. Charlotte, was the prin
cipal speaker, it was decided by the
members to form a mens club, the
object being to further the interests
of the church and for the purpose of
enlisting more personal work and
better church and Sunday school at
tendance. Dr. Hardin told of the
very excellent service such a club is
doing for Tryon Sreet church, mak
ing for fellowship, friendship and
brotherhood. One hundred and thir
ty-one men of his church belong to
he men s club.
He was accompanied bv Messrs. R,
Blair, Guy A. Myers and Lloyd
Kansom, the latter executive secre
tary ,pf the Charlotte men's club. All
the visitors made short addresses
which were greatly enjoyed.
Mr. Dowd Seofest was made presi
dent of the Monroe men's club; Mr.
W. B. Brown, vice-president: Mr. Ohn
McManus, secretary and Mr. John
English, trasurer.
The excsuUve committee consists
of Messrs. J. VV. Fowler, chairman;
J. D. McRae and W. Z. Faulkner,
Program committee, Messrs. Amos
Stack, chairman; John Bates, R. G.
Laney and Fred Huntley. Member
ship cemmitte, Mr. Ed Austin, chnir
man; others to be unpointed.
Resolution by Union County Ministe
rial Association
"Believing in the hearty co-operation
to all citizens in matters that
make for the development of the
moral, educational, and material ad
vancement of our county, and realiz
ing the great potency of the Monroe
Chamber of Commerce to accomplish
such results, as demonstrated through
its efforts in the past, and believing
that it can do much more in the fu
ture if it has a more complete co-operation
on the part of our citizen
ship, be it therefore resolved
"That the Union County Ministeria
Association hereby pledges its will
ing co-operation and hearty support
to the Monroe Chamber of Commerce
in its effort for the betterment and
prosperity of all our towns and of
the county as a whole.
"C. C. WEAVER, Pres. '
"PAUL L. MILLER, Sec."
Mrs. Lane Makes Urgent Call For
Subscription'of Some Amount by
All Citizens of the County
UNION WILL BE ASKED
TO AID SUFFERING EAST
Plans Are Being Formulated For a
Thorough Canvass of County
' W. E. Thomas Chairman
By Mrs. W. A. Lane, Chairman . ,
We are extending our campaign for
the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Fund through this week so that we
moy give every person in Union coun
ty on opportunity to be a antributor
to this worthy cause. What we want
most of all is a large number of sub
scribers. It doesn't matter whether
they give much or little but what we
want is to show that we, the Ameri
can people, recognize Mr. Wilson's
cervices to this nation and the world,
and that we want to encourage oth
ers to carry forward the principles
which are forever identified with the
name of Wilson.
Please don't let this week pass by
without your contribution. Anyone
of our committee, or Mr. Rcdwine, or
Mr. Horace Clark, will be glad to re
ceive your subscription. We want the
children to remember that Wednesday
s oodrow Vv ilson Day for them and
not forget their offering when they
leave for school Wednesday morning.
Contributions on Saturday were as
follows: 7. B. Love, $1: Dr. R. H.
Garron, $1; Gilmer Clontz, $1; Char
ley Helms, SI: T. 13. Laney, SI; A.
M. Secrest, $1; Dr. G. M. Smith, 51;
Dr II. E. Gurney, 51; W. Z. Faulk
ner, 51; Ab Joseph, 25cf R. W. Hor
ton, 50c; R. S. Howie, 51; Geo. Lee,
51; Frank Fairley, 51; Vann Secrest,
51; Gillam Craig, 51; W. M Davis,
51; Hugh Hoyle, 25c; Lacy Faust,
25c; S. r. Boyles, 51; VV. t. 1 nomas,
Si: Mrs. A. M. Secrest, SI; (J. IS
Adams, 51; George Hart. 51: Irene
J. Austin, SI: Mrs. G. S. Lee. SI: Mrs
F. Laney. 51 i G. S. Lee, SI: H. F.
raulk, ibc; Vernon Lockhart, 60c:
G. B. Caldwell, 50c; J. A. Helms, 25c;
K. S. Spencer, 50c; H. Smith, 25c; O.
Houston, 60c; Root. Alexander, 50c;
Mrs. Henry Green, 51; Miss Wilma
Green, 51; Rev. E. C. Snider, 51; R.
A. Morrow, Jr.. 52: L. G. Henderson.
51; Bill Cole, 51; David Futch, 51;
Dr. Pruett, 51; J. W. Hines, 51; R. H.
Cunningham, 51; Dr. Payne, 51; J. F.
Milliken, 51; H. C. Derrick, 20c; J. L.
Everett, 51; J. E. Hinson, 25c; W. C.
Correll, 51; John Rape, 10c; J. H.
Price, 75c; Mrs. J. W. Sewell, 51 1 J.
H. Lee, 51; J. W. Fowler, $1: Mrs.
Roxey Davis. 51: Mrs. Lura Evans.
$1; Mary Elizabeth Evans, 25c; Wil
lie Kuth Kendall, 25c; W. W. Hargett,
50c; J. T. Griffin, 50c; W. E. Pigg,
:oc; 1. J. VV. Broom, 51; J. S. Broom,
:5c; Roger Anderson, 51: G. M. Beas-
ley, Si; C. Harrill, 60c; J. E. Stack,
51; Amos Stack, 51; Mrs. J. E. Stack.
51; Mrs. Gilmer Joyce, 51; Mrs. T.
VV. Huey, si: Ervin Stack, 51: Fran
ces Stack, 51; Ervin, Jr and James
M. S'ack, 51; Miss Hannah Blair; 51;
Dr. Howard Smith, 51 i Mr. Thomas.
50c: Fred Smith, 51; Robert Lee, 60c;
. K. Spencer, 40c: Walter McCorkel.
25c; Fitzhenry Dillon, 52; Grier Rob
inson, 5tic; u. u. Stokes, l; Miss Mc
intosh. 25c: Craven Gordon. 55: Ems-
ley Armfield, 51; W. H. Norwood, 51;
Reece Helms, 25c; , 51: Miss
Fronie Morgan, 25c; Walter Helms,
25c; D. F. Howie, 50c; J. L. Woodson,
60c; Dr. J. M. Belk, 53; R. C. Wil
liams. 51: R. H Hargett. 51: T. C.
Collins, 51; J. E. Collins, 51; T. P.
Smith, 51; H. E. Copple. 51: Albert
Redfern, 52.60; S. B. Hart, 51; Mrs.
Roscoe Phifer. 51: Mrs. W. A. Lane.
52.
A til nrnil fh o nvo a tt Trn vrtn an A
V V Vliu VUU MO VI 1IIUUI BkUU
iTnlon county will be made for the
benefit of the near east sufferers
Mr. W. E. Thomas has been appoint
ed county chairman and Col. George
H. Bellamy is State cbalituan. Mr,
Thomas Is perfecting his plans and
will announce a definite program
after Jan. 28th. Rev. Paul L. Mil
ler, W. B. Love and Mrs. J. Frank
Laney are associated with Mr. Tho.
mas in this work. The canvass will
be made between February 12th and
26th, after town and township com
mittees have been appointed and the
county well organized.
North Carolina Is asked to raise
$200,000 this year to carry on this
child-saving work. Josephus Daniels
Is honorary state chairman. The Old
North State is feeding, clothing and
educating 3.3J4 of these helpless tots
in its fie orphanages at Trebizond.
Many or these children were
made orphans during the grea't war
in which 300.000 of the 400.000
troops (sent Into the war wero killed
in defense of the vast Baku Oil
fields," declares Col. Bellamy.
Experts agree that, Gerniany's
failure to get this oil shortened the
war by many montljs. If this had
occurred, there are many North Caro
lina boys who returned bonje In the
spring of 1919, who would now be
sleeping 'neath a wooden cross in
France. We cannot let the children
of these heroes starve or freeze to
death.
Other of these children were made
parentWMB during the depredations
of the Turks because their forbearers
would not denounce Christ and be.
come Mohammedans.
Union county Is asked to raise
51,980 for this great humanitarian
work. This will take care of 33 of
these Innocent victims of Turkish
barbarity and Oerman hatred for
civilization.
A two-reel educational film en.
titled "Alice in Hungerland" will be
shown in Monroe at the Strand Thea
tre Saturday, January 28. Tins is the
first picture to be taken in the Bible
lands since the war began.
At this time Mr. Thomas will make
a short talk in regard to the con.
dition of tho Near East sufferers and
will distribute literature explaining
these conditions.
POPE BENEDICT XV
DIED 6 A.M. SUNDAY
Head of the Catholic Church Was a
Great Worker for Peace, But
Waa Unable to Stop War
TYPE OF COTTON
FOR UNION COUNTY
Mr. Iroom Gives Result of Test
Made on Farms of E. II. Yar.
rope Benedict X. head of the hm-murk nA n n rnr,i
Roman Catholic church, died at six
&teir?d"hS KJ&AS FIVE VARIETIES ARE USED
death, and it comes to his own people
much in the shape of a personal loss.
He was the 25'Jth Pope, and began
his official life September 6th, l'JU,
wnen tne world was nluneed into
war. The Sacred College, which elects
North Carol na Extension Bureau
Names Varieties Suited to Boll
Weevil Conditions
T" A 1 . 1 . . 1
the Pom. is rnmnnH f TO momW. . 1 or lne Purpose oi aetermining uie
a majority of whom are in Italy! lLl l J?,?&1
iney win in due time elect the sue
cessor of Pope Benedict.
lne late Popes chicfest concern
during his official life was for peace,
but no hand could bring peace till
the furious fires of war had burned
two variety tests were held during
the past year in co-operation with
County Agent Broom, Division of
Agronomy of N. C. Extension service
and cotton growers of this section.
The tests were planted on the
t n t i m
-.-"Hw.XwndMr: R. iTSS
miles east of Monroe.
during the war he endeavored to
hrini? thp hplliirpronf nitinm n m
peace agreement and thus to main-L For tne lest Mr Broom collected
tain the title which had been alfec- flve Iocal varieties generally grown
tionately bestowed upon him by a over tne county and the division of
high dignitary of his communion as agronomy supplied improved seed of
a messenger Uod sent to bring i,,elln D1 D0" v-ieveiana Big boh
peace. j allu tuwuen.
lhe war between Italy and Aus- The seed were planted In rows side
tria, in both of which peonies of the bv side and riven the same treat.
Catholic religion predominate, was ment throughout the entire growing
Particularly a great sorrow to the season. Ai.er harvesting each vane
ope. Those near to him said he ty was carefully weighed and pinned
aeprecatea tne Oerman violation of to determine the lint turned out and
Belgium. When the Lusitania was the length of staple. On the liirhter
sunn ne telegraphed to the then Em- soils at Mr. larborough s the Mexi
peror William his abhorrence of a can Big Boll out yielded all other
deed which had shocked the world. varieties in yield of lint cotton per
ine successor oi 1'ius x was said acre, it is also oi interest to note
to have combined the statesmanshin in above table that the Mexican nro.
of Pope Leo XIII with the grace of duced the largest amount of seed
his immediate predecessor. He en- cotton the first picking which points
deavored, it is said, to carry out the out the fact that it is earlier thereby
ideals and policies of those two great making it better adapted for boll
enurenmen. cut ine World War, weevil conditions.
wnicn DroKe the heart of Pius X, sad- At Mr. Gordon's on a heavier type
dened the first four years of his of soil the Cleveland Big Boll showed
HuuwuiBia .nu yreyeniea me mini- us superior yielding qualities. This
ment Of some of his aspirations. is nlsn an esrlv varietv aHantoH
Wilson's Visit for weevil conditions, and has been
One of the incidents of his nnnti. successfully grown in many parts of
n - .. . . ' . 1.1 ...
ncai career was the visit wh ch "" coumy.
President Wilson nnid in dim i in both tests conducted the se-
Janunary 4, 1910. when the President 'ccted strains wnicn are being im-
went to Rome nrinr ta th nneninir proved in co-operation with the di
of the Peace Conference at Faris. vision of agronftmy out yielded all
Social and treaty onestinn nroro Hid. local varieties due to their being field
cussed, it is said, during the private selected eacn year ior tne past six
audience at the conclusion of which years- The local varieties were not
'ope Benedict presented to his guest nela 8elpcted, nave been badly muted
i handsome mosaic rpnrmlnr-ino-1 at giu and contained a large rier-
Guido Reni's famous picture of Saint centage oi unproductive plants. When
reter, valued at 540,000. iseea nave Deen grown ior more tnan
One of the smallest mpn. tibvulcnllv two years without selecting good
ever elected to the chair of St. Peter, 8eed n the field each year they
the former Cardinal della Chieso should not be used or sold for seed
never expected to be thus honored purposes. II growers of this county
by the Sacred College and is said to expect to keep up their high yield
have wept when apprised of his of cotton they should select seed
election. He would have nrpfurrorl from the most productive plants in
he said, to remain a simple priest tne fold encl' year or buy their seed
or at most Cardinal und Archhishnn every two years from growers who
.1 n I ' I -. . - .... , .. . ...
oi ooiogna. are KreniK wieir seeu up u) ine
On the day of his election he spoke standard,
of the burden of responsibility thru.st Judging from this test and similar
pon "one Iran brain " and expressed cs ncia over ine siaie ior tne past
is norror oi tne wor d connirt then ien years ine aivision oi agronomy
being waged and his hone tha it I recommends Cleveland and Mexican
would quickly end. One week after B'l? BH fr this county. Both are
ns coronation, when the Fisherman's oi medium boll type, early, high yield
ting was placed uoon his tinier, hp ers, and produce a good oualitv of
issued an encyclical to the episcopacy
of the world m which rulers wore hee your county agent or write
exhorted to put aside dissensions and the division of agronomy, State Col
to "enter into a council of peace with 'pKe Station, Raleigh, North Carolina,
II speed." lhe appeal fell on stony Mor tne best source ot these seed,
round, however, and later, on De- Varieties tor Boll Weevil Conditions
We are now aware that our cotton
in the future will be grown under
boll weevil conditions. At first it
was feared that only the earliest
small boll varieties, such as King,
cember 12, 191 1, the Vatican authori
ties announced the Popes plan for
Christmas truce was 'failing "be
cause of the opposition of a certain
power." Keports were that Russia
and Turkey had refused to acquiesce. Sugar Loaf and Simpkins could &
ttJS '""owing Christmas Day, More recently we have laarncd that
thousands of cannon thundered an I tn. tul
answer to Benedict's appeal to
down your arms.
ARMERS BACKING FORD
When the Gulf States were first
Infested with weevil, small-boll va
rieties were substituted for medium
varieties but it was found that the
extra early varieties had no advan
tage over the medium boll varieties
of cotton. One of the first steps to
tr.ke in growing cotton under boll
weevil conditions is to get a variety
A Cash and Carry Store To Be
Opened Here
The Carolina Stores Company has
secured a charter to do business in
Monroe and will open abnut Feb
ruary first in the Bohona Drug Com
pany building under the local name of
the "U-Save-It Store. Mr. Lee Griffin,
one of the incorporators, will have
charge of the tnanagement. The au
thorized stock is 5100,000 with a paid
in capital of 515,000. The local busi
ness will be one of a chain of 2200
stores under the direction of one buy
ing force and will be operated on
the cash and carry system with no
clerks other than cashier who will
be the only necessary employee. Mr.
Declare Their Belief 'n IPs Ability
to Make Cheap Fertilizers
Florence, Ala.. Jan. 22. Charge
that the Federal Government tad which will not only set fruit early but
lost practically a million and a half will continue t.i form
dollars in tne last six mouths by not throughout the entire growing season.
"accepting Henry Fords offer to Under boll weeyil conditions the
lease ioe aanis ano operate tne nu division of Agronomy rocsmmends
trate plants at Muscle Shoals, Ala.," Cleveland Big Boll, Mexican Big Boll
as made here today by the meet- and Edirecomhp Cook. Theao
ing of the Southern Group Members are medium boll varieties and have
of the American Farm Bureau Fed- been grown successfully undpr boll
weavil conditions. The above vari
eties are recommended because thev
have outvielded all other varieties unt
ner iifiu conditions ana arc Doing
nirine- .nnroved m our own state
by Held selection each year.
Importance of Community Action in
the Improvement of Cotton
Shoals, Mr. Silver asserted, adding present there is probably no
"but the Secretary has admitted that th?r farm Practue which will yield
none of then compared with Mr. utl'er 'eu ros i. me nine ano ex-
Fords as even can be considered se- ' re3u'r?i tnan tne proper se-
rther. Mr. Ford's offer '7n T"". ioo large a
has been publijhed to the world for i'""!. ' eouan crop is or poor
months and yei Secretary Weeks has IL"3'' ' Pw grade. This is due-
delayed sending the offer
recomendatlons to ConKreB3,
aelnK other bidders to revise their
eration by Gray Silver, their Wash-
Kton representative.
Mr. Ford's offer, "Mr. Silver said,
was made to Secretary Weeks on
July 8, last, "and will be transmitted
!n latest form, acording to the secre.
lary, Borne time noxt week." In addi.
tion to Mr. Ford's offer, several oth.
er offers have ben mado for Muscle
Griffin states that he expects to open '
.k. k. -i u - nave
me new vuninrss iifuui vue llisb Ul
bids.'
'In Mr. Ford's offer," Mr. Silver
continued, "the farmers see the first
real opportunity to secure these hlKh-
ftrade plant foods that the scientists
with hf in Fnrt t0 lhc growth of poor yield
encour. insc varietio and to the lack of seed
Since the efforts of individual Prow
ers are hindered by the mixing o
seca ai me public gins and cross
ings from neighboring fields th-1
work of cotton improvement become
His First and Last Lesson
"I conclude that's a fly." said tho
young trout, and he was presently
to learn how wrong it is to lump at
conclusions Boston Transcript
. Grab 'Em Quick! '
"Canaries, gvaranteed singers at
reduced prices, selling on account of
ill health." Columbus (O.) Despatch.
repeatedly told thera are dos- T..""".: ."J. co-
i.iui- . tun KruwniK communiry snou a be in.
l-i .. ...wh. v.'"u"'. lani iuu iuui on expert les-1 j : .u.
i cuiuaii uu wiiiiv w will iiaig , i . , . , . , iciicu ill mc ITUUUCllun Ol S OO '
charge of the business management VE.i 1 1 eotton of uorm "uality. This ma
he will continue to give his time r'11" th pre?ent C09t of fertIlu be done best by adopting one goo
to his present business. , ... ,., . variety for the community and se
UJ.U7Ve,mhaVh9 C,he?k h,'gh familiar t( ""on growers Goo 1
mreard.9 I?Xj'XFij Qualitfin any com-
ment at 100 per cent." Continued on Page Eight