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Tfliursday, March 304h, Is "Dollar Day" in Monroe MONROE NAL PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TlfKShA V AM) FRIDAY Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 13. Monroe, N. O, Tuesday, March 21, 1922. $2.00 Per Year Cash The JO m m MARSEILLE "OLD FOLKS" FLOORED THE YOUNGSTERS Different Kinds of Beet, But Spelling Bee is Doing the Humming Around That Town Now ROY MARSH PASSES AWAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS While Goose Creek Still Flows, Beaver Dam is Bridged Over Many Vis itors in Marshville Sunday. Marshville, March 20. "Hail, Gen tle Spring!" This is the season when amaUurs bring- forth their sonnets and "pomes" and set the editors stamping and . Now it is that "Plums and peaches are in bloom, And bees ere getting all atune." Yes, and there are different kinds of bees, for Marshville had spelling bee last Friday night a contest be tween the high school and some of the citizens, and be it known that the old (?) folks won Messrs. B. C. Griffin and J. T. Garland being left on the floor, the young daughter of Mr. John Griffin being the last up on the opposite side. We are trying to keep in sight at least of our "older sister," and while her citizens are having good times in reminiscences and Goose Creek is still flowing, we will bear in mind that Beaver Dam creek is still bridged over. These things are interesting and keep the community interest alive, and may also prove the worth of former rearing. On last Thursday night the music department, under the training of Mrs. C. E. White, gave a recital which did credit to both scholars and teacher. Roy Marsh Passes Away Seldom has the pall of sadness and aympathy fallen over the town as on Saturday last when the news of the death of Mr. Roy Marsh spread through the community and country. The end came Friday night at ten o'clock at the home of his father after an illness of several months. He leaves a young wife and infant daughter nine months old. Funeral was conducted at the Baptist church at 11 o'colck Sunday by Rev. A. C. Sherwood, former pastor .assisted by Rev. A. C. Davis and Rev. Craig. The pall bearers were the brothers-in-law of tfce deeased, viz: Messrs . Wilton 'Williams, E. E. Marsh, J. M. Edward, T. L. McBride, S. B. Bivens, and B. A. Hallman. Besides his father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. A. Marsh, he leaves four brothers, Prof. R. D. Marsh of Page land, Messrs. Vann Marsh of Spray, K B. Marsh and Eugene Marsh of Marshville. Also five sisters, Mes ilames Wilton Williams, E. E. Marsh, J. M. Edwards, T. L. McBride of Marshville and S. B. Bivens of Char lotto. Mr. Marsh was married in August, 19l!l), to Miss Bessie Mae Hallman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hallman of this place. During the war he was in training in the avia tion corps, where he received injuries from which he never recovered. He spent a good deal of time at Johns Hopkins and everything possible was done for his recovery. Through it all he never murmured or complained and wanted everybody to be bright and happy. He had hosts of friends who have been interested in him. His work be fore his illness was teaching and he was principal of schools at Boiling Springs and Belmont and superin tendent of schools at Forest City and Rutherfordton. At the latter place be gave up his work only when health failed him. All with whom he work ed spoke in praise of him and super intendents of Gaston and Rutherford county schools, Messrs. Francis and Hill respectively, attended the funeral and testified at the service in loving words of his goodness of character and faithfulness in his work. The very large congregation Sunday at tested to the esteem and interest all felt. The floral offerings were beautiful and numerous. The casket was white, and the lovely shower bouquet laid on it remained there in burial. All was in keeping with the pure young life that has been transplanted to purer things. While his prospects had been bright and former health so good, while he loved life, yet he felt that all was well and we believe he has gone up higher to do a larger work that the Lord has for him. Miss Effie Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Moore, underwent an operation at Ellen Fitzgerald hospital recently and is reported as doing as nicely as could be expected. Mesdames J. S. Harrell, B. C. Grif fin and C. B. Covington spent Friday in Charlotte shopping. The following were visitors in Marshville Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. John Massages of Lilesville; Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Massagee of Lilesville, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hill of Rutherfordton, Mr. Francis of Belmont: Mr. J. J. Mc Bride of Cherryville; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McBride of Cherryville; Mr. A. S. Harrell of Charlotte: Mr. George Hallman of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. Vann Mungo of Pageland; Mr, and Mrs. L. E. Huggins and daughter Lil Kirk Huggins of Monroe; Mrs. Dr. Wyatt and son of Lilesville; Rev. A. C. Sherwood of Erwhi, Tenn.; Mr. James Sherwood of Wlngate; Mr. Fred Bivens of Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Williams of Wlngate. Several of the family of Mr. F. B. Marsh have been sick of grippe or flu, but we are .glad to report them as improving. I Miss Ha Tittman spent the week end with her parents at Lowell. IDR.GURNEY DELIGHTFULLY ENTERTAINED BY CHURCH Women of the Presbyterian Church Gave Trukey Dinner in Honor of Their Beloved Pastor Complimentary to Dr. Gurney the women of the Monroe Presbyterian church entertained all the men of the church last Friday evening, with an elegant turkey dinner. .The Sunday school rooms were beautifully decorated with early spring flowers and the three long ta bles were very tempting. A delightful musical program was given by Mesdames Jas. T. Griffith, Henry Laney, John Yates, and Miss Fannie Person Rudge. Mr. R. W. Lemmond acted as mas ter of ceremonies. He spoke of the deep regret the church feels in part ing with Dr. Gurney and his wife and of the wonderful way in which they have won the hearts of the people of Monroe. Dr. Gurney tried to be consoling by saying that he would still be a suburban resident as he was not going very far. Dr. Belk spoke of the growth of the church from fifteen members to its present size. Mr. F. G. Henderson and others made appropriate remarks. It is a real sorrow for the Presby terian church to give Dr. and Mrs. Gurney up. They have shared their joys and sorrows of nearly ten years and have become very dear to them. The best wishes and prayers of this congregation go with them in their new field. May they long be spared to preach the simple word of God to those people as they have to us. M. S. H. Wlngate News Wingate, March 20. A number of young people from the Baptist Young People's Union of the High School gave a' demonstration program Sun day morning at Hopewell Baptist church. The program consisted of talks and musical selections. Rev. A. C. Sherwood, former pas tor of the Baptist church here, now of Erwin, Tenn., spent a few days here this week with friends. Miss Roso Mclntyre of Charlotte spent Sunday with ncr parents, Mr. end Mrs. J. C. Mclntyre. The following is a joks told on one of Wingate's citizens: In a short time afterthe State Bank of Wingate was established the citizen who is a mem' ber of a Baptist church, is reported. so the story goes, to have taken his letter from the church oi which he was a member and put it on interest in the bank. Some way or other this particular citizen has been able to gather a good deal of money. Now what some of the Wingate citizens are wondering is this citizen's church letter still drawing interest or has he sold it to some one else for a good price. Airs. M. U. isewsome and little grandson Marshall B. Sherrin. Jr.. are visiting Mrs. George Kerch or Charlotte. Stacks of Liberty Bonds Are Mtssin.fi from Treasury Washiniton, March 19. Between $170,000 and ?200.000 in negotiable Liberty horn's are missng from the Liberty bond branch of the treasury, W. H. Morgan, chief of the secret gjrviee, said tonight. Secret service operatives have been nt to Richmond and Charlottesville, Va , where two employees ot the branch wanted in connection with the nvestigation of the bss were reported to be, he added. The loss of the bonds became known Saturday, it was said, but the total 'mount missing had not been ascer tained tonight. Charles A. Clevengcr, also an em ployee in the branch, was held for nuestioning, secret service officials announced, but no charges had been laced against him. PLAYERS OF ABILITY IN NEW CLAYTON PICTURE The Paramount Star is Supported by Picked Players in Her New Starring Vehicle Besides presenting one of the most beautiful and talented of Paramount's galaxy of stars, Ethel Clayton, "Her Own Money," which will be shown at the Strand theater next Thursday, of fers to the public a cast of unusual strength. , The list of supporting players is headed by Warner Baxter, who has the role of Lew Alden in this adapta tion of Mark Swan's play. Mr. Bax ter was recently won over to the silent drama after a notable record before the footlights. Charles French, famous character actor, and a veteran of stago and screen, plays one of the principal character roles. Clarence Burton, famous for his villian characterizations in Paramount nictures, does a light role which bor ders on comedy, thus proving himself versatile actor. Mae Busch, who was seen in "Fool ;sh Wives," plays the feminine heavy role. Others of importance are Jean Acker and Roscoe Kerns. Elmer Rice adapted the play to the screen and Joseph Henabery directed. The story concerns the marital problems of a young wife with an extravagant, self ih husband whose indiscretions have 'o be balanced by the wife's economy and self-sacrifice. Russian boots for women are sup. planting galoshes. At least, Russia I has done something to earn the cr at titude of mankind. St. Joseph News j Press. COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION MEETS HERE Open'ng Session to be Held in Metho dist Church Tomorrow Afternoon; A Large Crowd Expected AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SESSIONS THREE DAYS Prof. A. M. Locker of Chicago and D. W. Sims of Raleigh, Principal Speakers; the Program Opening session of the Union Coun ty Sunday School Convention will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 in the Central Methodist church of Mon roe. Afternoon and night sessions will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 22, 23, 24. Sunday school workers of all denominations are ursred to attend. Rev. J. J. Edwards will conduct the devotional services at the Wednesday afternoon session, and Rev. J. E. Hovle at the Wednesday night session. Prof. A. M. Locker of Chicago of the staff of the International Sunday school association, and Mr. D. w. Sims, Raleigh, general superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday school association will be the principal speak ers. Prof. Locker will address the con vention at each session on principles and methods in religious education. For the oast several years rrol, Locker has been connected with the International Sunday school associa tion, and in this capacity has spoken in practically every state in the union and many provinces of Canada. Prof. Locker not only knows the or ganized . interdenominational Sunday school work, but is well versed in the .nodern organization, equipment and curriculum of church school. He is an educator and presents clearly his messages to the religious workers. Parents and public school teachers are also urged to hear the instructive iddresses to be delivered by him. He "ill assist the state superintendent, 1. . hims, in several meetings in the larger cities of the state. Sunday school workers of Green V.te will have opportunity of hearing 'r. D. . Sims, general superintend nt of the North Carolina Sunday :chool association, at various sessions of the convention. When Mr. Sims t ok charge of the co-operative Sun day school Work in North Carolma ;n November, 1920, there were only ' no of the hundred counties in tlii state with a county Sunday school as me'ation. According to the report hich he submitted a few weeks ago to the state executive committee there e forty-nine county Sunday school ociations in the state, and plans e under way for the organization of other counties as speedily as prac "ible with the growth of the work. Mr. Sims is noted for his humorous, yet practical and instructive addresses, The program for the six sessions follows: Wednesday Afternoon. March 22 3:30 Devotion!. Rev. J. J. Edwards, pastor Methodist churchMarsh ville 3:40 The Teacher Before the Class, Mr. P. W. Sims 4:10 Teaching a Fourfold Process. A. M. Locker 4:50 Period of Business: Attendance Record Announcements ":00 Adjourn Wednesday Nieht. March 22 7:30 Devotional. Rev. J. E. Hoyle, Pastor Baptist Church Wingate 7:40 The Weak Link in the Sunday School. Mr. D. W. Sims 8:10 Period of Business: Attendance Record Announcements 8:20 Relationship of Punil and Sub ject Matter. Prof. A. M. Locker 9:00 Adjourn Thursday Afternoon, March 2.1 3:30 Devotional. Rev. W. C. Unde'- wood, Pastor of Presbyterian Church. Indian Trail 3:40 Principles of Child Study. Prof. A. M. Locker 4:25 Problem Solving Period. Con ducted by Mr. Sims and Prof. Locker 1:50 Period of Business: Attendance Record Announcements 00 Adjourn Thursday Night, March 2.1 7:30 Devotional. Rev. E. C. Snyder, Supt. Children's Home, Monroe. 7:40 Principles in Religious Educa tion. Prof. A. M. Locker 8:15 Period of Business: Attendance Record Announcements 8:25 Our Purpose and Task. Mr. D. W. Sims. 9:00 Offering for support of the North Carolina Sunday School Assn. 9:15 Adjourn Friday Afternoon, March 24 3:30 Devotional. Rev. J. R. Warren, Pastor Methodist Church North Monroe. 3:40 Relative Values in Teaching. Prof. A. M. Locker 4:25 Problem Solving Period. Con ducted by Mr. Sims and Prof. Locker 4.50 Period of Business: Attendance Record Announcements 1:00 Adjourn ' Friday Night. March 24 7:30 Devotional. Rev. Geo. B. Thorn o- son, Pastor Presbyterian church, Waxhaw 7:40 Trained Workers Why and How. Mr. D. W. Sims I 8:10 Period of Business: I Attendance Record Announcements 8:20 Evangelism Educat'on and Emotional. Prof. A. M. Locker I 9:00 Adjourn ' MOST HAYE ROADS, SOLOMON OR KQ S0L0M0N,SAYS HINSON The People of Lower Jackson and Bu ford Up in Arms Demanding That Something Be Done STORY OF TODD CHILDREN 19 HIGHLY APPRECIATED Typhoid Fever Treatment is Being Taken by Almost the Entire Popu lation Around Waxhaw. By F. V. Hinson Waxhaw, March 20. Miss Connie Pller, who is attending school in f.flnrata ia anpnHinir a few daVS with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. fiyier. Mr Marvin Rarrptt. who is workini? in Charlotte. sDent last week-end at home with his family. air. Paul Braay ana miss vera Belk were married in Lancaster Sat- nrHsir March 11. ThV VAVK their friend's a pleasant surprise, as there had been no announcement of the ap proaching marriage. Mr. craay is a ua nf Mr F.. Rrarfv of the Wilson Old Store community and is a pros- u II A.. !- . ptrous larmer. r. mauj daughter of Mr. W. L. Belk of the Prminarl rnmmnnitv and is verv DOD- ular among her friends. Their many friends wish them a goodly portion of the happiness of life. Mr. S. P. McBride received a mes sage last Friday from Spencer stat- ing tnat his cousin, mrs. wire vc, had been killed by a falling tree. It ia etutoit ihaf a colored man was cut ting cord wood near the highway and that a large, Ull pine tree was aooui to fall into or across the road. The colored man had propped the tree when, just as Mr. and Mrs. Owen were passing, a gust of wind came and caused the tree to fall squarely a pro a tha hupcv in which the couple were riding, killing Mrs. Owen in stantly and badly injuring mr. uwen. The colored man cut the tree off of ftiam nnifklv na h rnlllli. Hp WBS afterwards arrested for criminal neg ligence. While adjusting a saw at his saw mill una dnv last week. Mr. Shelton Hayes had the misfortune to get his thumb cut oit ana tne iore linger badly mangled. In some way the wreiiih Mr. Hays was using slipped, causing him to hit the saw wnne h M4i rnnnlnir A. nhvairinn WHS Call ed and dressed the wound and now it is healing, but very slowly. Mr K. r. Hinson and daughter. Miss Arnie, were made dangerously sick last Monday evening by pto maine poisoning. The poison came from using a rusty lid on a milk bucket. After the administration of an antidote they were relieved and are convalescing nicely. Mr Honrv I'lvler is Drenaring to add a corn mill to his farming equip ment. Mr. Plyler ts one oi our com ing young farmers and does not in tend to let Mr. B. Weevil scare him. He says he is going to raise all he needs at home and let Mr. Wteevil aise with them that don t. Tii,lrino kv thp wav our citizens are taking the treatment, typhoid fever will be as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth for the next three years. Thr vears a co there was much op position to the treatment but now it is agreed that it is tne one ana oniy in itsmn out the disease. This serves but to illustrate that you annot head off a movement ior prog ress. . . . Influenza has almost reached the stage o fa nepidemic in the Prospect and New Bethel communities Dut n e. ms to be less violent than in 1918. We have had no deaths as yet from it but have some very sick folks. The storv in Saturday's Journal about the Todd children was much appreciated by their friends in this and other communities in this section of the county. Thev are former citi zens of the New Bethel school commu nity and attended school there. They were noted for their aptness in their studies, and for their brilliant minds. Young Lee outstripped anything in his class while here and put many students older and larger than he to shame. And here is a safe wager that he is doing the same thing in the Monroe school. Th natrons of Stewarts school met and heard the consolidation of schools discussed last Wednesday by Prnf. Bert Price of Prospect and by a rising vote said they would be ready for consolidation when they could get some roads. It is stated that every patron to a man was against consol idation until they heard it discussed. Now they are waiting for Mr. McRae and the road commission to make their roads at least passable. The citizens of lower Jackson and lower Buford say they have paid their part of the road tax and intend to con tinue to do so but have waited pa tientlv as lonar as they can wait. They claim they have been isolated long enough. The nearest point to any highway built from the bonds previ ously issued is ten miles and this high way runs east and west leaving a ter ritory 32 miles long and 10 miles wide without an improved highway, It is stated. These selfsame people want Messrs. McRae and Dkus to get busy and give them some roads, Solomon or no Solomon. Unless they do they or somebody else will soon hear from them, judging from their temper. The world la like an orchestra. We are all playing our part In life's harmony. Some are leaders and some have to play second fiddle. The se cond violinist Is Just as necessary as the leader, and If he's a good one he may some day be a leader himself. DR.Bl'RRELL TALKS ON THE BIG IDOL OF FALSE VALUE Says We Are Inclined to Overlook the Things of Real Value and Cling to the Unimportant Speaking fioru the text: ''Little children keep yourselves from idols," at the First Baptist church Sunday nii;ht Pastor Burrell, In concluding the series of sermons on the sub ject of Idol Worship, drew attention to what he stated was the greatest idol now worshiped by our people The Idol of False Values. Apparant ly losing siRht of the real purpose in life or any purpose. In fact the natural consequence is that we are prone to attach undue importance to things of no relative value and to undarestintate thine of real value. The devil is the arch deceiver whose chief business is to camou flaxe life aad by presenting it as other than it is to lead us to wrong conclusions as to what is nest in life. He makes his appeal on what appears to be logical grounds to a race pre. pared for his deception. Thus we are presented with the spectacle ot a generation of people of widest information, broadest In telligence, and a high order of cul ture apparently abandoned to the maddest pursuit of pleasure, of men professing the Christian religion whose chief aim in life seems to be to make money, ot women forsaking the way of nwdeaty, and following in the steps of her sister of the un dei world of the abandonment of pa rental authority and responsibility, of an orgy of extravagance of Life and its deepest emotions which seems o say, "Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we may die." Jesus said. "Seek ve first the kingdom of God and his righteous-1 ness ana an mese tnings snail oe added unto you." The idol of the false standard of values denies this and insists that we reverse the order. Another idol that commands the homage of multitudes today is the! great god. Success. Nothing succeeds like success we say and let It go at that. W'n rarelv slnn tn nlr our selves what nUsht be involved ln nuji wr i u bui-i rra. nr lawjiri ap peal's to think that It is more import ant that he win his case than that rU'ht should prevail. (Here the speaker paused to pay a plowing tri. buie to the worth of th,e legal rro-1 fession.) The merchant appears to think that his business n:iist be a-J sured even If he must resort to false I measures and weights. The doctor will sometime sell his skill to the highest bidder and adopt unethical methods to make money. The pulpit will prostitute Its high calling to catch the popular ear and Justify it self by what It calls "results." The end of all this is a false and debased taste as seen and heard in the popular "Jazz" music, In the character- of the accepted amuse ments of the day, and In the mad , pandering to depraved appetites even to the risking of life itself in the drinking ot vile liquors and the use of deadly drugs, anything, just so we get the desired sensation. From the worship to these false Idols the Bible calls us with its last recorded utterance "Little Children keep yourselves from Idols" and , Christ offers to all who will worship and service that promise to meet every need of nven and to add no sorrow therewith. He set before us a philosophy of life that alone can meet the need of rational beings, that will bri-ig highest success, give deepest Joy and keenest sensation, and at Inst open the doors of eternal life. An Error That Calls to Mind Another One Rock Hill. S. C. March 16th. Please correct a mistake which ap peared in The Journal In regard to the name of my wife, report of mar riages of May 1st, 1853, where the name Charts appeared instead or Chcars, which was the maiden name of Mrs. John W. Huntley. This mistake reminds me of one that Dr. Seaborn Blair's friend made In Introducing Dr. Chears to another friend while in the Medical College of New .York. Dr. Blair's friend In troduced a man to Dr. Chear-t but had forgotten the name and said: "I introduce you to Dr. Stool, or some thing you sit on." I am also reminded or another ot Dr. Blair's witticisms. He and Dr. Chears had arrived in New York. late at night and it was Dr. Blair's, first visit to the great city. Wheni they arose late the next morning. Dr. Blair looked out upon the throngs I on Broadway and exclaimed: "Is this 1 Judgment Day?" John W. Huntley. Six Car lAals of Feathers Weigh 500,000 rountls (From Popular Mechanics) . Six freight car loads of feathers composed the unusual shipment ot a Missouri mercantile company recent ly. In the delivery of 500,000 pounds of the fluffy product. Placed In wool sacks, which are three feet in width and seven feet in length, the ship ment Is thought to be one of the larg est ot its kind on record. Ethel Clayton in New Picture Ethel Clayton will be seen at the Strand theater next Thursday in "Her Own Money," a delightful Paramount picture based on Mark Swan's suc cessful stage play. Warner Baxter is leading man. The story concerns the troubles of a young married cou ple and is said to have an extremely novel finish. LEE WILL DEMAND FOUR SEATS FOR THIS COUNTY t'halmuin Democratic Kxecul'e Coin. miUee Goes to Meeting to Ar range Senatorial S betlule DISTIIKT NOW COMPOSED OF t MOX, STANLY AM) AXSOX Since Anton Had Senator Lat Year, Ie llelieves. There Will lie Xo Trouble in Securing Agreement. Four seats in the state senate with, in the next (our years will be de- manaea ior i nion county by George S. Lee. Jr., chairman of the county democratic executive committee, when he meets the heads of the Stan ly and Anson committees at the dis trict conference to be held in a few days at Wadesboro. Until las yor. when it was fe districted. the 19th Judicial district was composed of Union. Stanly, An son and Davidson counties and had two senators in each general assem bly. Under a plan agreed upon ten years ao, each county had a sena tor every four years. In the redistric. ting process, Davidson was added to another district, leaving the 19th composed o" but three counties, An son, Stanly and Union. The number of seats to tho district remained at two, and fi purpose of the Wades, boro meetiir: is to reach an agree, nient as to tM distribution of the two 'senator."hl8 among the three counties over a period of ten years, the duration of the district sanc tioned by the state executive com mittee Mr T ee In view nf ih font th.) this Is the largest county in the dis trict and that Anson county had one of the senatorial seats In the last general assembly, will insist that the following allocation of the two seats "e made: 1922 Union and Stanlv: 1924 Union and Anson: 1926 Stanly and Anson; 1928 Union and Stan ly; and 1930 Union and Anson. nould this schedule be adopted. Union will eet fnnr wnti rinrlnir tha ten year period and Anson and Stan lv thre? each. Mr. Lee anticipates no difficulty in securing Its adoption. "Union deserves four of the ten seats." Mr .Lee said Saturday, "and In View Of the fact that Aiwnn will hflVa- the riniA nitmVtcr U'hon It la taken into consideration that she had one last year while Union did not, I feel certain that both Anson and Stan ly will yield to us in this instance." Water ;tO Cent a (iiillon (From the Los Angeles Times) Water Isn't quite up to the price of liquor, but It Is almost thera at Cow Camp, the driest point on the Silver Peak range, near Tonopah, New They are paying 30 cents a gal lon for it and residents agree that It is cheap at the irice. There Isn't uny competition. The water man has the monoply and no one envies his Job. The nearest watering place Is 11 miles away. For five miles the water is carried In a buckboard drawn by horses. Then the road nar rows to a trail and horses are un hitched, the water bags tied over the backs, and the remainder of the trip Is slow. It takes about a day to make the trip. In the old days when sa loons quenched the thirst there was not the demand for water that there is now. ELMORE THREATT. DARKY, STILL ACCUSED BY DEAD "Elmore, Elmore, You Pnioned M?," Yet Kings in the Ears of Elmore Thieatt And still that mysterious voice, "Elmore, Elmore, you poisoned me," rings in the ears of Elmore Threatt of North Monroe. As Elmore contin ues to hear the voico from the dead, the crowd continues to gather at this mysterious headquarters ot spirit land to listen for the same sound that Elmore hears. It is reported among the colored population that, while few people have been given this unusual oppor tunity of listening to a voice that has crossed over the mighty deep, curious sounds resembling the bust of a large honey bee or that Of a phonograph needle that Is running over a wornout record are clearly audible at times in the residence of Elmore Threatt. Elmore is persistent In his decla rations that the voice speaks to him not only at night, but ofen in the day time does it come to him along the road or in the stors around the city. "Elmore, Elmore, you poisoned me." And Elmore continues to reply: "No I didn't poison you, for I wuz 'possum huntln' when you got sick." He heard the voice a few days ago in Mr. Fun derburk's store and once more he de nied the charge. Just when Elmore ia going to cease hearing the voice that haunts him by day and by night Is a matter of spec ulation, but he "shore do hear nois es" that are giving him a lot of trou. ble. Taxes and Benefits (From the ML Airy News) We all can recall the days when there was not a bridge In the county, and when the roads were impassible for anything in the nature of an auto mobile. Ten years ago men who car ed to cross Surry county put ia a solid day of hard travel over tht rough hilly roads to do It Today they cross the country In an hour.
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