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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY BEADS IT THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT iiffi; Monroe journ. PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 2. Monroe, N. C, Friday, February 10, 1922. $2.00 Per Year Cash STICK TO COTTON OR BE STUCK HARD Mr. Robertson Tell How to Grow Cotton Successfully Under Boll Weevil Conditions EIGHT POINTS CONSIDERED Careful Stndy of VwO'i Habits E able Farmers te Produce Cotton ia Spite of the Peaty Thing - Mr. A. D. Robertson, development Agent of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, furnishes the following inter esting Information, obtained from i cotton fanner in Georgia: Many cotton farmers in the pied mont section of North Georgia and the Carolinas would do well to adopt the sloiran. "stick or be stuck," for 1922. Most farmers in this section have heard much about the boll weevil as a limiting factor in cotton pro itnxtmn I dnuht if anv have heard. or have seen conditions worse than the weevil promisee to make if left unchecked the coming season. I hi hint returned from a trip through Alabama and Georgia, where I visited a number 01 larmers wno have been fighting tne weevil lor several years. The most practical ..ma I v.itwt waa Mr. EL S. Yin- IMSl . - son. of Milledgeville, Georgia, and it is Mr. Vinson's story i wouia umm wj m in vml - Mr. Vinson is a wealthy planter of Baldwin county, Georgia, ana is con sidered by the people 01 inai section man nf mwwt indirment. and his methods in growing cotton under boll weevil conditions nave proven mm Mr. Vinson says a cotton farmer In a cotton section must stick to cot- coton as a cash crop, or be stuck oy going in for something that he Vnr.ni. nnthinsr about In the same sentence he says a cotton grower RlUSt BUCK 0 ms juu wuuo ivui . t!li: -arill ai.lr him M COlvon crop, ur uim win ...... At least eight points must be con- 1. The best cotton land must be planted to cotton.' This doe not mean k. f.rtila lonrl nn the farm. Land may be rich and may produce food cotton under preoou weevil son itions, but if it is cold and slow to warm up in the spring, it should, not be planted to cotton. 2. Let the maximum be five acres to the plow. This figures each plow a Vva naffiinintr. 3. A good early maturing variety must be used. Mr. Vinson grows Wannamaker's Cleveland Big Boll, but says College No. 1 is as good. 4. The land should have a heavy application 01 barnyard manure broadcast over it, and not less than Rnn mntinrla nf a hi?h irrado fertilizer under the cotton when planted. This should be put down ana Deuaea on several days before planting, if pos miMa Thin fnnrth nnint ia one the average planter will find hard to stick on. At least a Dale per acre ana mat made quickly under boll weevil con ditions. - 5. Rows not less than four feet apart. Two stalks in the hill. Space between hills just wide enough so a hoe in chopping will not scar the stalks on either side. Plenty of seed must be put in the ground s6 the chance for a stand is good. Do not replajit. It will not pay. 6. Pick all weeils early, but do it with children. It is too expensive to pick them with man labor. Avoid dusting until there is enough foliage to lodge the greater part of the dust. If dusting is done when cotton is small, use a sack or perforated tin can. And at this early stage use the child labor, as the cultivation and the other crops require the attention of the man labor. When a good crop of forage is set, and the infestation is around ten per cent, use the Cal cium Arsenate dust. 7. A one hand duster which will cost $12 or $15 will care for five acres of cotton. If more than this is expected from the duster, the weevil will get a start Only what can be dusted in the late evening and early morning should bt figured on. Pro vide the poison and dust gun before hand, and not wait until the day of use. 8. Since fertility ia a big factor in the fight, the most suggestive source of fertility is livestock. Mr. Vinson, keeps a big herd of cattle, which means hogs in connection. He says If he can aeep uom rosing money on ( the cattle he has made their keeping i pay Any man in gaiawin county win say that Mr. Vinson has the richest land in the county, and the livestock gets the credit. - ' In 1919 Baldwin County made a fraction jover four bales of cotton to the plow. In 1921 it took a fraction over four plows to make a bale -of cotton. In 1921 Mr. Vinson made five bales to the plow. A farmer just across the fence made 800 pounds seed cotton on four acres. When I asked who taught you now to grow cotton under boll weevil con ditions, his reply was: "1 did as the fertiliser experts told me and used plenty, of fertiliser, which is from 800 to 1000 pounds of high grade on land which has been well manured. With a careful study of the habits of the weevil, good judgment and a well-organised farm, one can produce cotton under boll weevil conditions. The Strand Theatre yesterday pre. sented "TbeJ.ittle Minister." by Bar rie. and was host to the teachers-of the city. A student from each grade j of che-schools ef the city who made, highest overuse in studies was also! given a free ticket . - -- I McCORKLETS FORD IS HOME FROM DANVILLE, VIRGINIA Stolen en Night of Foch Celebration by C A. Frasier Who Carried It te Danville aad Sold It Sheriff Fowler, Mr. Lester Winches ter, and Mr. W. R. McCorkle went to Danville, Va, a few days ago and brought back Mr. McCorkle's Ford touring car, which was stolen in Monroe on the night of November 8th, when Marshal Foch waa here. Mr. John Venn's new Ford coupe was stolen on the same fight but it has not been recovered. Mr. McCorkle's car was a new one and officers have been' on the lookout since the night of the theft About a week ago they got information that it waa probably in Danville and at once made investigation which led to its recovery this week. Sheriff Fowler states that -the thief had taken every precaution that an expert automobile thief could possibly do to shield his act Wehn the car was recovered the original motor number had been changed from 5460741 to 5460720 that the last two figures had been cut off and new ones stamp ed on, which could be. ascertained by the use of a magnifying glass. When the car was recovered it was in the possession of Mr. J. N. Camp bell, a merchant, and he stated that he had recently purchased it from C. A. Frasier, who lives in Danville. Frazier denied having sold the car to Campbell, but Mr. Campbell pro duced a paid check for $225 which he had given Frasier for the car. Frasier then declared that he had a bill of sale from some one else from whom he had purchased the Ford, but failed tc produce it. Both Mr. McCorkle, from whom the car was stolen, and Mr. Winchester, who works at the Henderson Motor Company from whom the car was originally purchased, identified the car. This was easy to do because of plank that had been nailed under the front aeat to sustain the cushion and in which a V-shaped notch was cut to give room for entrance to the gasoline tank, and also by an old time clamp that had been fastened on the hose at the radiator. The case waa so plain that it was the stolen car of Mr. McCorkle's that Mr. Campbell turned it over to Sheriff Fowler. A warrant was then sworn out for Frasier, who was already un der bond -on a charge of blockading, and he was carried before a superior court judge and placed under a $2500 bond on the charge of automobile theft Sheriff Fowler and Messrs. McCor kle and Winchester then left Danville about seven o'clock at night in a five inch snow. In order to make their re turn before a personal property claim could be issued, and they drove to Greensboro that night When they reached Monroe the next day the Ford was" turned over to Mr. McCorkle. The officers are now in search of Mr.-Vann's coupe and also of cars that were stolon in Charlotte recently from Mr. John Fairley and Mr. Earl Griffith. Sheriff Fowler Is making arrange ment to get extradition papers ani will bring Frazier to Monroe for trial March first. . Malr.e Ilua Also Scores Success In roultry UiilMiieM They are dclng It up In Maine, too. D. 13. Grant makes his living from hens. Last year he made a net profit of $152? from 210 hens and pullets. "Two years ago I went Into the poultry business In earnest, baaing all plans and methods on the system recommended by the University of Maine. I have found It works out well and expect to stick to It for the present. . "I take my profits from eggs, ship ping to Boston, where I find a good market and -very fair treatment. I have picked the Rhode Island Reds for my standard breed and find them good layers and good table birds. I cull at the end of the first year, but retain the good layers among the hens." The record kept by Mr. Grant for 1921 shows receipts from eggs sold totaling $1049.18; from poultry sold, 1443.63. while he reckoned bis stock on hand as valued the first of this January at 75. These figures total $2167.81 and hi eraln has coat htm for the last year $640.66. This "leaves a net prof, it of $1627.16. not making any al lowance for labor. , ; Federal Income Tax On the 25th an official from the U. S. Collector's office will be in Monroe for the purpose of assist ing persons in making out their income tax returns. The follow ing is the law in a nutshell: Who? Single persons who had net income of $1,000 or more, or gross income of $5,000 or more. Married couples who had net In come of $2,000 or more, or gross income of $5,000 or more. When? March 15, 1922, is final date for filing returns and mak ing first payments Where t , Collector cf internal revenue for the, district in which the person lives, or has his prin cipal business; How? Full directions on Form 1040A and Form -1040; also the lnw and regulations. - What? Four per cent normal tax on taxable income up to $4,000 in excess of exemption. Fight per cent normal tax on balance of taxable Income. Surtax from one per cent to sixty-five per cent oh net incomes over $5,000 for the year 1921. - , FORD'SPLAN UNDER FIRE INCONGRESS Weeks Is Unfriendly to It But the Major-General of the Army Endorses SECRETARY SAYS 50 YEARS Mr. Ford Will Not Appear Personally Before the Committee But Will Have a Representative Washington, Feb. 9 The advisa bility of reducing the lime clause In Henry Ford's offer.Jor the lease of the Muscle Shoals, Ala., government owned lands, from 100 to 50 years was. questioned Indirectly today by Major General Lansing H. Beach, chief of army engineers. In testimony, before the bouse military committee. Referring to the general policy of the government not. to lease its proper ties for a period exceeding 50 years. General Beach in his testimony at the second day of the hearings of the committee on the Ford proposal said that "it is not always advisable to apply one general rule to things big and small." - Secretary Weeks, who was asked by the committee yesterday, declared repeatedly that in his opinion it would be unwise to permit the lease of public lands or properties to pri vate interests for so long a period as 100 years. General Beach, however, said today that It was "a question In as big and Importnt matter as this whether the 60 years rule would not work a hardship. - It was his belief, the general con tinued, that In disposition of the properties at Muscle Shoals, the par amount consideration should be the effect upon the nation's defense rath er than the manufacturer of fertili ser. The countiy, ne said, snouia not be "caught again" without an aa Minute nitrate suddIv. The disadvantages of Installing nnwitr nlanta In Alabama and estab lishing a market for their output were dwelt upon at length ny tne engineer chief. He said ltwwould be enmnaralivelv easv to install a Plant at Niagara Falls, wlth-a market close by, but It was quite anotner reai, from the stndpolnt of time, to do so In a aoarselv settled region like that about Muscle Shoals, with only four cities within reasonable distance. The engineer officer was proceeded on the witness stand ty major uen oral Williams, chief of ordinance aAooinna vnlnlnini valuations , of properties InvolvedHn the Ford I offer. He estimated mat tne warrior , power plant and transmission line could be salvaged for $3,000,000 or n ore and declared under examination bv committee memlbers that figure was tfiree-flfths of all that Mr. Ford had offered for the nitrate plants and other properties. These properties, it was estimated, had a scrap value in the rnvornment of 18.812.000 and v-ould be' worth $16,272,000 if made partially operative and, tne remain der salvaged. The policy of the war department, inrl Williams exolalned. however was opposed to ihe scrapping of the properties concerned. He added later, In response to questions, that It was Intended to complete the Wilson dam and maintain nitrate plant No. Z. in the event private development rauea. rhnirmnn Kahn received word to. riav rhn Mr. FTrrd would not appear personlly before tho committee .but would send properly accreauea reo resentatlves. MR. STACK ESTIMATES COTTON IN THE COUNTY Believes There is Enough to Furnish Every Family $80.00 Each Over Half Million Dollars Worth , Whenasked what the general cot tnn aituatinn ia Mr. J. E. Stack re- plied: "Bad." He then explained that no one knows wnat couon is going to do and that about the only thing that can be said to men who want to deal in cotton is to buy when it n down and sell when It is up. It is Mr. Stack's opinion that there are something like 700 bales of cotton in the county at present including what is in the warehouses. There are about 7000 families in Union which makes an average of about a bale of eotton to the family. Mr. Stack says it -will average around $80.00 to the bale at present prices. According to the above . figures there is enough cotton in the county to provide an average of $80.00 to the family, including those living in the towns and cities. If this conclusion be crect there is over half a mill ion dollars worth of cotton in Union county. . Considering the fact that practical ly every farmer has plenty of bread and meat chickens, eggs and other farm produce to support his family and feed his stock, together with the surplus money, Mr. Stack doesn't think Union is in anything Tike as bad condition as many other sections of the state. , . Union county farmers have been preparing for the boll weevil for the past several years, perhaps unconsci- ously, but- by growing into the habit of raising home supplies they have entrenched thmselves to the extent that they will be able to stem the tide of Mr. B. Weevil, and everybody is glad cf it MONEY AT HOME This is a Very Dangerous Prac tice That Endangers Prop erty and Often Life KEEP MONEY IN THE BANKS Talks on Old Time Sunday Schools Brings Out. Some Samples of the Aacient Literature By L. E. Huggins Mr. Belk's . article in regard to the Sunday school of long ago has set the older minds to reflecting upon their childhood days and quite a .bit of interest has been aroused among the good old bretheren who attended Sunday school in the nineteenth cent ury. Mr. J. A. Winchester furnishes an interesting book of Sunday school leaflets that were used in 1886 for the little folks and which have been bound and preserved to be handed down to future generations. The lit erature ,was published weekly by the Southern Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn., and contained four pages about five by seven inches in size. The contents of the literature is very similar to that in use in the Sunday schools of today. The front pare of each leaflet is illustrated with an interesting picture. On one of these appears a small boy and girl m raes and under the picture are these words: "Are you not sorry for these poor little children? See their ragged clothes and their bare feet. The I t tie girl has no bonnet. They have come to the mill to see if the kind miller will let them have some meal, There are many poor children who will suffer this winter if we do not help them. The Bible says that who soever stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry nimseii, but shall not be heard. ' That paragraph is micrhty strong argument for Union county folks to support liberally the Children's Home in Monroe. . There are also in these leaflets some funny paragraphs intended to amuse the children. We ouote two oi tnem to Bhow that human nature was the same then as now: "A little srirl waa once punished for doings, wrong, when she said: 'Oh, those commandments do break so easilvV , " 'Oh dear!' exclaimed Edith to her doll. .'I do -wish you would sit still; I never saw such an uneasy thing. Why don't you act like grown people, and be still and stupid lor awhile . Shouldn't Hide Monc" Out Perhaps there has never been a time when the newspapers were so filled with accounts of robberies, thefts and hold-ups as at present. It is dan gerous to keep money at home or car ry it on one's person any time, but when times are a little "tignt" there is all the more dancer. The business world long ago learned -the value of keening their money in strong bank ing institutions and practically every class of people now recognze both the convenience and salety in How ever, there are a few .people who pre fer to risk both their lives and their money by hidimr it away in some in secure but what they believe to be a secret place or carry it in their pockets rather than deposit it in a bank that has burglar-proof safe and that also carries burglar in surance. ' Under tho present banking Inws and the system of state in spec tion it is almost absolutely impose ble for banking institutions to go broke to the extent that depositors lose their money. Henry Ford and all oth er successful business men use the banks of the country because, they have confidence in them because the bank i3 the safest place in which mon ey can be kept. Union county ha seven or eignt banks, an oi wnicn are operated upon sound business princi ples under the direction of some of the coufity s most honest and trust worthy citizens, and the writer would be vervmuch grieved to learn of a citizen of this county being robbed or murdered because he had failed to avair himself of the opportunity of placing his hard-earned cash where thieves do not break through and steal The Importance of Maintenance There is quite a bit of dissatisfac tion in the county over the expend iture of money in road-building. The best and only way the road commis sioners can keep down opposition, to the expenditure of more money is by putting on a system of maintenance that will preserve the roads that have been built and also the ones that are to be constructed. A surface road will not last many years if left alone, no matter how Wtell it may have been located and built and the people of the county will not see their money wash ed away and worn out without strong protest ' The highway between the Anson line. and Monroe is maintained by the state and it is a good example of what maintenance means to roads, while some of the' other roads of the county that were just as rood when completed about twelve months ago ore pining in uau lumiuiuu uitausc they have had no attention since the work of constructing them was com pleted. Talking of Hotel in Marshville The Marshville hotel has been Bhan!m-d and the room will be used by the Marshville Furniture Company as a storage room. , Progressive cti- Continued ott Tage Eight A UNIFIED OPERATION OF THE RAILWAYS IS URGED W. G. McAdoo Says Costs Could Be Much 'Reduced and Efficiency Increased by Such System The cost of operation of the na tion's railroads could be much re duced and efficiency greatly encreas ed by a well directed and unified sys tem under private control, William G. McAdoo, war-time Director-Gen. eral of Railroads, declared in his testimony at the Interstate Com. merce Committee inquiry into the present railroad situation. He said the only possible compe tition at present was in service, lie added that while railroads gorge themselves with business which they have not the facilities to handle, the public woujd profit were it possible to have tho carriers make most eco nomical common use of terminal facalitles, and to have parallel tracks of competant carriers considered double tracks for the benefit of both. "The public has paid a high price for alleged competition," he declared. "Its alleged advantages to the public are largely mythical." . Great advantage would have been obtained, in hi sjudgment, had the railroads been retained under feder al control for a trial period of five years to enable the government to obtain accurate data as to the ac. tual needs of the railroads in the way of betterments, maintenance and operating costs. Defending the wage policy of the railroad administration under his di rectorship, he said railroad execu tives before the government took charge sought Increases In the wages of railroad employees more nearly to equalize their wages as compared with wages In other industries. "Railroad men showed their loy alty and patriotism to the govern, ment by serving throughout the per iod of the war for less wages than they could have received elsewhere," he said. He declared "false" the charge that the wages of railroad labor were unecessarily elevated throughout-the'eountry. He asserted that during federal control the railroads were more sue. cessfully operated. Turning to a comparison of gov ernment and private operating costs, Mr. McAdoo said: "Expressed In terms of work done or units of traffic handled, the cost per 1000 equated ton miles under government control was only $8.74, as compared with $11.54 under pri vate management. In other words, the cost of private operation since federal control has been 32 per cent higher -than under the railroad ad ministration. YOUNG MAN SAYS PEOPLE SO OFTEN WISH TO GIVE UP Omaha Man Persisted in Experiments, Despite Jeers, and Now Is Worth Nearly a .Million Dollars Christian K. Nelson wefrt to Chi. cago from Omaha fifteen months ago with 19 cents and an idea. 1 Today that 19 cents has grown to a steadily increasing fortune of six figures. It'll be well over a million before Nelson pays his income tax. What did it? The idea. Nelson's idea was to cover a square of cold ice cream with a layer of hot chocolate, thus making a confection with real ice cream inside. Ho got that Idea while he was man aging his father's ice cream plant out in Onawa. Ia. And he furthered It while he was studying cheniestry at college. When he was graduated he ped-' died the Idea to ice cream factories. Kvlrybody laughed at htm. "Cover cold ice cream with hot chocolate? Man, you're crazy!" they would say. ' But Russel Stover, manager of an Ice cream plant at Omaha, was dif ferent. He thought Nelson's Idea could be put over. And together Stover and Nelson did put it over. . That's why you see a big yellow sign advertising "Eskimo pie" in your confectionery store window. For Nelson Is the inventor ot Es kimo pie. t Nelson's not making It His com. uany. composed of himself, Stover nlhpra. la Kflllne license tO firms In other cities to manufacture the confection. Todav more than 1.000.000 .tski. mo pies are being eaten daily. And Nelson's company gets 6 ceius rojai- on every dozen pies. Anrl Nplunn la busv With an adding machine trying to figure up his in- come. Don't lose heart," Nelson advises others. 1 kept at my hunch and plugged. That's why 1 succeeded. .,.... Jam' .I., .in Tt .aam, 1 1 me that too many folks are only too anxious to tell the world they're licked." Made It Come Lower At a certain church It Is the cus tom of thes clergyman to kiss the bride after the ceremony; A young womanwho was about to be mar ried did aot relish the prospect, and instructed her prospective husband lo tell the rlcrcvman that she did not wish him to kiss her. The bride groom cbeyed. ' "Well, Harry," said the young womnn when he appeared, "did you tell the minister that I did not wish him to kiss me?'' "Yes." - . ""And vhat did he say?' "He said that in (hat case 'he woul charge only half the usual fee." AN OLD TIME HOME BEST PLANT MOWN Irving Bacheller, the Famous Author, Says It Was the Se cret American Greatness MR.HEATH RECALLSSPEECH The Author, Born ou a Rocky Home stead in Maine, Knows What He Is Talking About An unknown friend, who must have known that he bad a great fondness for Irving Bacheller, the author, whom he heard lecture and met in Spartanburg, S. C, some years ago, sent MaJ. W. C. Heath a clipping from the Memphis Com. nvercial Appeal, giving Mr. Bash eller's remarks on the American home of the old time and the part it played in upbuilding America. This article and the editor's com ment Is as follows: Irving Bacheller, an accomplished writer and observer, undertakes an answer to this rhetorical question In a rnoxt interesting and impressive es say In the current number of 4he Outlook. And we feel that we are rendering oiir readera a distinct ser vice in directing their attention to it. As a diagnosis of the Ills with which we as a people are at present afflicted, it is without comparison so far aa we have been able to dis cover. The American home has been call ed the prototype of the American na tion, and of it Mr. Bacheller has this to say: "There was a time, my friends, when the average American home was the wonder of the world be cause of product. It waa a humble home, and yet statesmen, poets, In. ventors, scholars, prophets, scien tists, came out of it "They had been made, too, at a small expense out of cheap material good health, Industry, humble en. vlronment. No patronage of wealth and Influence, no decorations and coronets, had been employed. They had no spur save an indefinite pur pose ot public usefulness after years of struggle. The equal of that lit tle plant the world had never seen. Its raw material was like the five loaves ot the desert which fed a mul titude. Wnat was the secret of the old-time American home? I would say, first, organization. It had laws and a lawgiver. But the greater part of Its secret lay In the Instruc tion it gaveto the young. It taught obedience, modesty, thrift, Industry, the love of honor and of God. "I do not need to remind you that the old plant is out of order. It has been running down. Its pro. duct Is inferior In quality and quant. Ity. Youth no longer submits to the wisdom of age. For a year or more certain schools and colleges have been reeking with scandal. The dance has been tending toward the orgy in which the recklessness of the boy and girl has been outdone by that of the chaperon." This change in the center of grav. ity, as we see it, is largely due to the public instruction which has been prevalent for a generation, and not to the war, lo which, it is the fashion to charge everything of an unpleasant nature with which we are confronted. Yoinh learns at school that what their parents taught them is falste; and respect for them treads upon the hels of regard for their opinions. The . censure for this stale of things is largely deserved by parents who have tamely surrendered their authority over their offnprlng; and before they are aware of It, unless a return to first principles takes place generally, the state will step in and take charge of the training of youth for its own protection What a calamity this would be for the result would be the condition re vealed to the world by the German nation. We appeal for a restoration of the old-fashioned American home In the Interest ot American Institu tions and the preparation of Amer ican Ideals, which there is so much talk of carrying to the balance of mankind. When Main- Heath heard Mr. Bacheller speak his subject was this verv American home. And he knew all about it, too, for he described one or the old time modest homes, which vas his own. Mr. Bacheller said something like this, as Major tieam now recaus u: "The hnnva In which I was born sat on eleven acres which my father owned In Maine. uty per cent or this eleven acres was rocks. The houso vas a cna room one with spaces partitioned off with curtains for the srpnrate bed rooms. My moiner naa eleven cnuaren. sne uia the family cooking on the fire placi in nnn otlil of the . honSA. he wouifl swing a poi on me nre, pass by the box cradle In which a bab;' I I - - I 1 AW. kick, thpn bv the snlnnlna wheel anrl give It njvhlrl, and on toward th door ancrgivo old Jowler dog r. push to make him get out, pu her hands to her mouth as a bugl and call her husband, 'John, com" to dinner,' and dinner was alwayi ready at twelve o'clock. And nov on that self tame spot stands th'- mansion of a millionaire, for a elf . has crown ud there. In that mil. rorrilre home in all its giandeur an :-. vpn's sd rot oi.e cMld."
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