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PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 20.
Monroe, N. C, Friday, April 14, 1922.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
May Send Delegation to Land New
England Cotton Mills For Monroe
Chamber Plans to Send Dr. Hoik
to Argue Advantages of
This Section
MR. LEE BELIEVES IT TO
BE GREAT OPPORTUNITY
delegation of Memo-" business
men. headed by Dr. J. M. llk. will
Make an effort to Induce several of
the New England mills. mv -iOed
lv a strike of tlvir employees, to
niove their plants to this section ir
plr.its Inaugurated by "li ciiiuiiV'.' of
miiMiicrce go through.
The plan to take d-:sil'n ! I ,e
bit firike now on t) nrcue the claims
ct Monro" as a te'li muiiufncturhig
center, first rowi-ited by Dr. W". l.
Simpson, was dh'eussel at the last
meeting of the chamber or commerce.
The directors professed themselves
to be thoroughly enamored with the
idea, and the activities of the organ
Ization will be directed towards car
rying it out.
"Armed with the statement sot.
tins forth the ideal labor situation
here, the availability of power, the
climate and the proximity of the cot
ton fields," said Mr. O. S. Lee. pres
ident of the chamber, yesterday, "a
delegation headed by Dr. Belk ought
to put up an argument to the New
England manufacturers that would
prove Irrcslstable.
' Down here the manufacturers
would find no labor troubles. They
would find taxes, comparitlvely
speaking, very low; and the greatest
inducement of all would bo the fact
that they would be in the heart of
the cotton producing section where
they could procure the best grades
of the staple without having to pay
the freight to New Egnland.
Mr. Lee thinks this a great oppor
tunity for Monroe to acquire much
needed industries and he is very ea
ger tor the delegation to get started
on its mission. His organization,
he said, would apptal to Dr. Belk to
head the delegation.
Nfv England manufacturers, It
was st.it'd at the meeting, have long
considered the advisibility of moving
their plants to the South in order to
enjoy the manifold advantages pos-nessi-d
by competing Southern mills.
In fact, many of them are said to be
seriously considering moving down
her. since their plants were closed a
few weeks ago by a strike of their
employees.
COUNTY SCHOOLS GETTING
READY FOR THE LAST DASH
Monroe and Marshville are Running
Neck and Neck Union, I.anei
Crick. Also Racing
Interest in t'.te county commence
ment is running in high gear, Mo;i
roe and Marshville having it neck
ami neck in the race for the high
school memorial cup, and Monroe,
Marshville, and I'nion (Lanes Creek
township) being tied at pi es-nt stand
ing in the grammar school cintcst.
The score as it stands at this stage of
the game is as follows: High sch.wls
Monroe, 25; Marshville, 25; Wes
ley Chapel, 15: I'nion, Lanes Creek,
10: Unionvillc, 5; Waxhaw, 10. Gram
mar schools Monroe, 15; Marshville,,
15; Faulks. 10; Indian Trail, 10; Win-i
gate, 10; Union, 15; Rock Rust, 10;!
Waxhaw, 5. i
In the junior recitation contest at j
I'nio:nille Wednesday night, Jane i
Lie of Union won first place, Rowena
Caddy of Rock Rost second and F.llie ,
Godfrey of Waxhaw third place. Prof, i
R. L. Patrick, Miss Mary McKenziei
and Mrs. Ethel Garrison were tho
judges. 1
In the senior declamation contest
at the same time the first place was
won by Walter Lockhart of Monroe,
second place by James Morgan of
Marshville and third place by Liddell
Norwood of Waxhaw. The judges in
th's contest were Messrs. John C.
Sikes, Curtis Bivens and J. F. Milli
ken. Junior declamation and senior re
citation contests will be held in Mon
roe tonight, which will be the last
of the literary contests. The athletic
contests, however, will be held on
Roberts Field in Monroe Saturday
morning at 10:30 o'clock. A great
deal of interest and enthusiasm is
likely to center around the athletic
contests from the fact that it now
appears as likely that some of the
schools will tie in the literary con
tests and in such an event the final
winners will be determined on the
athletic field, at which time and place
the Bickett memorial cup will be pre
sented to the winning high school by
Mr. John J. Parker and the Ney Mc
Neely cup will be delivered the gram
mar grade school winnnig most points
by Mr. Walter B. Love.
'Aldrldge and Hlnson Bound Over
In the recorder's court this morn
ing DeWltt Aldrldge and Buck Hln
son were bound over to Superior
court oa a charge of being implicated
in the robbery of Mr. Lee Griffin's
store last Sunday night. It was charg
ed. It appears that Aldrldge entered
Into the agreement with the othet
boys to "pull off a dirty shirt" but
that his heart failed him and he de
sisted from the act. Hlnson, the
stat? sought to show, agree to watch
for the other boys and to knock on
the window of -he saw anybody ap
proaching. Judge Lemmond bound
the boys over io Superior court
under a $200 bond each.
MR. J. YV. Ill YENS ABLE TO
US OUT OF ROOM AGAIN i
Excellent Citien nf Winjate lmprov-
ine Aftir Having Meon Confined
for Some Time Other News
Yin;,a:e. April 13. About twen.y-l
five young people of the town enjoy
ed a rishirg party and a picnic up
1KT at L-e's lower mill Wednesday
nigh
Friends of Mr. T. J. Terry will he
glad to iearn thut his con Jit ion is
fomewhat improved. Mr. Perry was
carried to the Ellen Fitzgeraid hos
pital some time ago. where he under
went a serious operation.
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Griffin are
visiting relatives here this week.
Mr. J. V. Bivens, who for some
time has been confined to his bed, is
able to be out again.
Mr. W. G. Cathey has moved into
the house formerly occupied by Mrs.
Minnie Bivens.
In a game of baseball here Thurs
day evening the high school defeated
Wadesboro to a score of fifteen and
sixteen.
I'rayer meeting Wednesday night at
the Baptist church was conducted by
Prof. C. C. Burris.
Messrs. James Williams and Curtis
Bivens of Wake Forest College are
spending a few days with their pa
rents here.
MAJOR HEATH VVANTS TO
KNOW WHO SENT PICTURE
Expects to Blow His Coffee, and Can
Eat as Much as Anybody, But
Must Have the Proper Tools
Major W. C. Heath wanis to know
what good-looking lady sent him
that picture of two youngsters at
the table, one blowing his coffee,
which hud been pound into the sau
cer, and the other calling to his
mother that "Willie is blowin' his
coffee agin."
The Major explains that he has
never gotten over old-fashioned ways
ami that when he gets ready to drink
coffee he drinks it, and that he does
n't propose to burn his tongue off
trying to drink hot coffee out of a cup
so long as a saucer is nearby, but
that he simply pours it into the sau
cer, gives it a few strong fluffs and
gets busy. He thinks it is in reproof
of this manner of getting rid of hot
coffee thut the picture was sent.
Major Heath also tells some ex
ceedingly interesting experiences he
has had at fashionable "blow-outs,"
as he calls them. At one of these
"blow-outs" some time ago the major
iays they had about six or eight
forks and spoons on one side of his
plate and the first course served con
sisted of grape fruit. He says they
had a spoon lying there that looked
to h!m like a ii'.xiusin's head and he
didn't know what it was for, so ho
:vcked up the coffee spoon and got
busy. But he had a sneeking idea
that I.e. vusn'i Join' the thing right
an 1 cut h s lyes out at his wife and
the v a:. .1 nking faces and frownin'
;t him. but he Knew if he laid it down
he vv eii 1 pick up the wrong thin
a.iain. aivl he decided to use what he
.-tared n with. The fu thcr he went
the wo-..v he gjt unt'l finally a salad
cou iv.' eoroe a!oii.r r...d he saw some-thir.-r
Iving bv h.s 1 late he called a
devil's "f-.rk and thojght surely it
must be for the salad Hiid he pro
waJii 1 to dive in with that fork. The
a'ad slipped letween the "prongs"
unl it was lik' eating soup with a
knitting needle. He saw that would
n't do, but ho was afraid to make a
el'iinge.
Mr. Heath fays he is satisfied ho
can eat r.s much as anybody if they
will give him the porper tools to do
it with, but for the life of him he
can't see why they want to have five
or six of "them durned things that
nobody knows when to use.
Ex-Sheriff John Griffith was pres
?nt at the meeting and he heartily
concurred in Major Heath's rebellion
against modern societv and up-to-date
tnhlj etiouette. and expressed him
self as being wholeheartedly in fa
vor of going with the major back to
the good old days when the only dish
served at the supper meal was milk
and mush and the only tools used to
eat with were a tin spoon and yellow
bowl with a pink ring around it.
COTTON QUEEN WANTS
A SEAT IN CONGRESS
Mrs. Lelia Scton Edmundson, an
Alabama woman, wants to throw her
strength with the farm bloc in Con
gress. She has announced herself a
candidate from her district, her ob
ject, she says, being to interest the
government in our farms and farm
ers. Mrs. Edmundson is known as
the "Cotton Queen of the South." She
owns and personally manages a 1,600
acre plantation near Decatur, Ala.
Union Agency Corporation Perma
nently Organised
The Union Agency Corporation
was formally organized .Wednesday
afternoon by the election of the fol
lowing officers: Dr. J. E. Ashcraft,
president; W. M. Gordon and J. W.
Hines, Jr., vice presidents; J. M.
Crocker, secretary; F. G. Henderson,
treasurer and F. B. Curry, general
manager. This corporation will do a
general casualty insurance business
and will operate in several states with
headquarters in Monroe, as previously
announced.
SURROUNDINGS COXDITIVE
TO A GOOD SCHOOL sriKU
t ,- leration Between Teachers and
Pupi's Will Bring I he Desired
i-i!lts in the ScHjmiI
j This article was
written and fur-
i.'J,, t The Journal bv RoV G. Cadieu.
; s uiieut of the .Monroe High School,
ar.l it reflects the feeling the high
rh.M.I r.'inils have in regard to the
pcrressive ideas Monroe people have
shown in providing adequate quarters
for the hih school work:
The students of the M. II. S. ought
to c.evol ;i a good wholesome school
-pirit. for they have always been
biking in it. "Now that we are in
our new high school building, one of
the bist in the State, we should show
our appreciation to the people of the
ei.y. The reasons for this poor school
spirit in the past have been: First,
tne school was so small that they
could not put out good athletic and
debating teams. These are the life
of the school that is to the student
body for they get tired of books all
the time. Second, the building was
so bad that we could not get any
enthusiasm in our work. Further
more we could not get any stud
ents from outside of the city to come.
Third, we did not feel ourselves a sep
arate unit from the other school.
Now, we have 235 in the high school
department, an enrollment as large,
if not larger, than some of our smaller
colleges. The building is one of the
best in the State, beautiful from an
architectural standpoint, as well as
comfortable, and we will have a good
athletic soon.
I think that one of the best ways
to show our appreciation would be
jy better co-operation between our
teachers and ourselves. They cannot
accomplish anything by boosting by
themselves, but if we work with them
;hey can increase our knowledge and
bring our school on a higher plane.
The lessons may seem too long but
they have been tried in that length
and not found to be too much. If
we understood better what they are
irying to do for us, we would be
w.lling to put more effort in our
studies.
In order to accomplish this, it will
be necessary to know and under
paid each other. To do this we
night get together in some way out
s de the school room. One way would
be through more sociables like the
one held in honor of our debaters.
There has been much comment on it
by both teachers and students and a
desire for more, of them. We can
also have picnics as soon as the wa
ter in the creeks is warm, as spring
is already here and the weather is
beautiful. In this way the students
will come to know each other better,
besides knowing the teachers better,
i'hey talk "shop" during school hours
and there is no way of knowing thcin
in the outside.
School spirit is one of the biggest
-sets any school can have. When
tins spirit is lucking there is no hope
'or inspiration to do better things.
Boys will play on the athletic field
letter when there is a large number
of fellow-students watching them for
'hey dislike tp be called quitters,
i'hey love honor and glory as every
.idy els; does and will work harder
when the people are back of them
thi.n when alone. Students will also
stui'.y harder v!ien they know and un-
.iers.aiid tho work they are doing.
Therffoie it 's desirable to think of
ssons as an asset or a pleasure in
stead of a task, and the teachers as
ns:ructors instead of task masters.
Let's all get together in a whole
some manner and know each other,
-tome one has said that he hated a
.ertain man until he became to know
nim and then he loved him. This
saying applies to some of the pupils
.'rom the way they dislike some of
the teachers. Let's back and talk our
vhool, teachers, and students.
A bulletin board would also help
ti increase the school spirit. A lot
of tho pupils don't even read a news-
aper and the only news they hear
is what is told on the campus or in
the class room. Ask them what prog
ress the school is making or about
some outside event and they know
nthin!? about it. With a bulletin
board, articles could be posted that
vould bring outside information to
them.
Will Put on System of I toad Main
tenance The Unicn County Road Commis
sion Is preparing to put on a system
of road maintenance for the county.
They are making thorough Investiga
tions as to the proper kind of ma
chinery to buy and the correct
method o t maintaining the roads.
The plan now Is to place equipment
and men at three places In the coun
ty. Monroe, Marshville and Waxhaw,
and have each squad maintain the
roads in their respective sections.
Mr. J. D. McRae, chairman of the
commission, believes that It will be
necessary to have about three men
in charge of each set of qulpment.
He wants a foreman but no overseer
and every employe will be expected
to work. Only mn of good Judg
ment and industry will be employed
for this important task. It Is thought
two squads will be required to take
care of the roads In the county seat
section, while It is believed tbat on
squad at Marshville and one at Wax
haw can handle the situation. These
men will be provided with drags,
scraps ahd either a truck or tractor
or both, as requirements may de
mand, and the squads will be kept
cn the Job all the time.
A pair of $2.00 Silk. fuR.fn-r.ii.r.'f!
Ladies' Hose at Ab Joseph's to mor
row, one day only, for 1 1.00.
CRUMP THREATENS WIFE, I
HIS OWN SON TESTIFIES I
Lei Crump, Solder at (amp
l'.rag. Gives Startling Testi
mony at Hearing
BIT GENERALLY THEY GOT
ALONG ALRIGHT. HE SAYS
In. Reid Testifies That When He
R;';vhi'd Scene Defendant Was Ly
ing Down in Stupor
In the preliminary hw.i-ri'' this
afternoon of Sam Crump, who k'!lei
r.is wile I.at Sunday night, his son.
Lewis Crump, swore that he had
heard his father threaten his mother's
life more than once. He stated that
it has been a year or more since he
heard he threat, but that his father
had been known by him to get mad
and say to his mother, "God d n
you, I will kill you." Young Crump
has been in the United States Army
stationed at Camp Bragg since last
January. He came home Tuesday
to attend his mother's funeral, but
did not go to the jail to see his father
until this morning, according to his
testimony on the witness stand to
day. On cross examination, Lewis
Crump admitted that as a general
thing his father and mother got along
very well and that they seemed to be
friendly and to love each other, al
though the admission was reluctant.
Dr. T. X. Reid, who attended Mrs.
Crump after she died, and made the
examination, testified that he reach
ed the Crump home about eleven
o'clock Sunday night and that his
judgment is that Mrs. Crump had
been dead about a half to an hour
when he arrived. He stated that the
wound was caused by a shotgun and
chat the load entered, between the
right hin and the shoulder blade.
p-anging slightly downward and to
the center of the body. It was suf
ficient, he said, to cause almost in
stant death and he doubts if she
spoke at all after being shot. Dr.
Keid stated that when he reached the
scene of the traged Mr. Crump was
'ying on a pallet near his dead wife
and that he seemed to be in a sort
of stupor, speaking very slowly when
asked question s in regard to the
shooting. He said Mr. Crump told
him that he killed his wife thinking
she was a burglar.
Messrs. Stack, Parker & Craig are
appearing for Mr. Crumo. while Mr.
John C. Sikes is assisting Prosecut
ing Attorney J. C. Brooks.
A large number of witnesses have
i em summoned by the State. They
are Sheriff Fowler, Robt Hnrton, F.
Alexander, Floyd Orr, 11. K. Orr, Dex
ter Orr. Dr. T. N. Reid, S. R. Alex
.inder, Mrs. H. K. Orr, Mrs. Bright
Houston, Luke Crump, I. D. Thomp
son. Frank Keziah and W. D. Lem
mond. While the trial is in progress, Mr.
Crump sits with his head down, sel
lom looking up and constantly fum
)!e m his hair or handkerchief.
The trial has been in progress only
a short while as The Journal goes
to press and the evidence of other
witnesses cannot be secured r.t this
t iv, o.
SOME LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Mr. O. H. Russell of Lain inburg
is spending a few days in Union
eoMity in th" interest of his candi
dacy for solicitor.
"The Dawning," a pageant of the
Resurrection, will be presented at
Pleasant Grove, near Mineral Springs,
Sunday evening at 7:15 o'clock.
Mr. J. W. Fowler returned a few
h;s ago from the western markets,
wiier lj.- bought stock for the snlo
stable of Fowler & Lee.
Rev. R. J. Mcllwaine will preach
at Beulah Presbyterian church ne
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at
Salem at 3 p. m.
Rev. C. N. Medlin of Columbia
Seminary will preach in the Unionville
Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
There will be an Easter egg hunt
at Mt. Pleasant school house in Bu
ford township Saturday afternoon at
threa o'clock. The public is invited.
Mr. Rufus H. McClellan reports
that he had strawberries ten days
ago from his garden in Benton
Heights.
The Indian opera, "Powhatan,"
will be repeated Tuesday night at
the high school auditorium. Prices
2.' and 50 cent3. Benefit of the
school.
The Fowler school will close to
morrow with a declamation and rec
itation contest beginning at 1 p. m.
A play, "An Old Fashioned Mother,"
will be given at 8 o'clock in the even
ing. Dr. Hubert Poteat, who is to be
here Saturday night with the Wake
Foreat Glee Club, will lecture to Mr.
J. C. Sikes' Bible class in the Bap
tist Sunday school here Sunday
morning at ten o'clock.
The Monroe High School baseball
team will meet the famous Bingham
school nine in three games here on
May 18, 19 and 20th. In the line-up
for Bingham will be Frank Snyder,
a Monroe boy. He will perform be
hind the bat for the visiting team.
The play, "Powhatan." that was
given In the high school auditorium
last night by local talent, under the
auspices of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, was a great success. A full
house greeted the characters and the
response was very gratifying. Every-
?.;(' had a good time and went home
feeling that they had gotten more
than their money's worth.
TWO SCHOOL TRUCKS ARE
OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY
alker and Turner Districts Highly
Pleased With Their Experience
in School Consolidation
As the '.;blic schools of the coun
ty oon.e to a close. inoe interested
:n t-.li'cmionul mutters naturally
,i ? ubo'.it io a.-certatn just what
poLinss ha-s been made during the
i.isl school year.
About. the only radical chan-e
tl.i.t ha been made in any disaiet
u ilie institution cf the tiuekir.g sys
t ui i !i.jiloed io carry Hie children
irom i tie old Walker school io Wav-b:i-,v
and from Turner to Prospect.
The Walker school is in Jackson,
and Siiiiei intend. 'lit Ray Funder.
burk .-ays that last year the average
attendance in the Walker district
wrs les.; than twenty, while this year
uu average attendance of between
thirty-tive and forty have been truck
ed .n o the Waxhaw school with
most r-aiisfaclory results. Prof. J. F.
Craig, assistant principal, has had
charse of the truck and the children
hace been under his care.
The peoole in the Turner district
where the children have been carried
in truck to the Prospect school. In
I! n ford township, are very highly
gratified with the results. These two
districts are being used as a demon
stration of the consolidated trucking
system and the patrons of the schools
were promised a return to the old
system if the new one should prove
unsatisf actor1. The experiment has
proven so successful that instead of
asking for their old schools to be
given back, patrons in adjoining dis
tricts, it is said, are wanting more
trucks provided and the service ex
tended. SMALL GRAIN CROP'S LOOK
EXCEEDINGLY PROMISING
Much Better Values Per Acre Than
Laxt Year is the Prediction;
Labor Demands Less
The Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service of tile State Department of
Agriculture furnishes, under date of
April 13th. the following report on
the present condition oj' crops:
If conditions continue to favor I he
small grain crops, North Carolina will
inak" good yields per acre result inn
In much better values per acre than
last year. Even though the supply ot
hired labor exceeds the demands, yet
these factors are much more nearly
balanced here than in most other
states.
The wheat crop shows up very
well, the condition for North Caro
lina be I n a 9fi ner cent of a normal
or "full crop" prospect. This is not
conclusive of a good yield, lor later
conditions of weather, insects, and
disease may completely alter these
prospects. The Federal winter wheat
crop shows a "S per cent condition
or 13 per cent less than a year ago.
while the North Carolina condition
is a little better tl an last year. The
state price is $1.52 as against $1.NS
for the U. S. April 1st, 1!22.
A great many people misunder
iand the meaning of foroi'iist.s" and
"estimates.' The coiion crop was es
timated at a very low condition last
Auutist. yet inade a very uood yield
per acre. The summer prospects were
very poor but the later conditions
favored high yields, which were hue
in evidence.
The rye crop at 03 per cent condi
tion, is also two points better than
a year ago while the national crop
at VI per cent is about the same lot
both years. R,.e prices average !'3
cent for both the state an. I the na
' imi.
j national demand for such la-
r.eir is more than ten per cent below
ti.v previous year, wnne ior .vnm
Carolina, it is'lfi per cent below.
The number of breeding sows are
practically the same as last year
when the trend showed 5 per cent
decline from April 1.020. The United
States fMinuites show eleven per
cent more in number of breeders
than for 1921.
Farm work is greatly belated in
most parts of the state. The plant
ing of crops Is late on account of
the wet soil. The demand for fer
tilizers seems to be decreased.
St. Luke Lutheran
Bible school Sunday morning at
10 o'clock, Mr. Jennings Boger su
perintendent. Services at 11 a. m.,
Easter festival sermon, text Mark
16:6: "He is risen." Luther League
at 7 p. m. Vespers with sermon at
7:30. Text Phil. 3:10. "That I may
know Him and the power of His res
urrection." The attendance at the
Men's Bible class was very gratify
ing but there are a few more men of
the congregation who should attend.
Mr. John Boyte was elected teacher
and Mr. Jennings Boeer assistant at
the last meeting. It will he a treat
to any one to attend this Bible class.
The Holy Communion will be ad
ministered at the morning service.
Preparatory service Friday evening
at 7:30. We trust every member
will make arrangement to be pres
ent at the preparatory service this
evening. The public is invited to
the Easter services.
Mr. O. W. Funderburk of Buford
i township while sharpening plows
Wednesday got a small piece of met
f' in his eye. He did not pay much
trtention to it st first but last night
the eye pained him so much that he
had to come to Monroe this morning
and have Dr. Garren remove the of
fending metal which was found to
ibe imbedded in the eye ball.
BLIND YOOIH IS HOEING
HIS OWN ROW AT TRINITY
I'. I., hiker, n iglitlev. Youth, Is
I cmlin Hi- I.imk: - lrl Two
Week He llonle-l
II M' X-I' l I HUM YOUTH.
H IS t'AI.L TO I'll EACH
"I Celt Ttiat I Jnsi II io 1'ivach."
ail kiker, "So I cnnie Here to
t.et I duration."
Mr. Her.ry lielk. a Union county
prodmt. v ito :ui 1m first newspaper
ovnerienr.. ei tho vlwtf nf The Jour
nal, is in charge of the news bureau
at Trinity College, where he is pur
suing academic studies. Anion-? the
interesting s'oiies that he has sent
out by the colleue and its students
was the following about a 'Diino
yooth:
Durham. April 12 The blind
-hnll rnl t i". I tho MinH elsp ther
will fall !ti 'ii1 ditch, but the story
of F. L. Ki r of the treshmen class
at Trinity college, should pull any
one out of the ditch of depression.
Kiker caa barely see the noonday
sun. yet he is making good at Trin
ity college and asking no odds from
any one.
"fn.it ImMiiBii a fallnu' laelfa
shouldn't kep him out of college."
says MKer. wnai ne neeas is vision,
a purpose, an ambition, or a convic
tion that he has been called to enter
the ministry. For live years now mis
Aiinvlilinn h ic Koon tliA trn ftnl ! fl A In
his motor car of being that has kept
aim taxing every nui on nign in au
effort to gain an education.
I just felt that I had to preach,
and I knew that I ought to have an
education so I came over here," said
Kiker as he let his sensatlve fingers
trace th? brailled words on a note
book page. "I didn't know how I was
going to gt along, but my father
said he would help me. I haven t
known one month how things were
going to be the next, but school is
almost out now, and I am still here
and expect to be back next year."
Kil er snys that the f'rst two weeks
at Trinity were the hardest.
' Peopl- Jidn't know that I could
not see. ui;d every oft ice I went in
they just gave me a little old card
and told me to fill It out," he re
marked. Now it is different, he says.
Expressions of doubt as to his
ability to keep up with his work
were freu'iently heard when it first
became know that a blind man was
among the members of the freshman
class. Now he keeps every member
of the clas.i on a hump to keep up
with his accniplishmeiits in t:ie
clars room.
On Latin and Bible classes Kiker
loailj in the fall tprtn he secured
an average of 9b on his Latin and
92 on Bible. The texts that he uses
in these courses are printed in the
blind language. A person going Into
Klkers room and finding the texts
without knowing what they were
that the Standard
Oil company had stored its ledgers
there, such a volume ot space go
they oeciip: .
Geometry al-o comes easy to Ki
ker. Of conr-e he cannot see the lines,
unde.i, e:t'.. but he can carry them In
his lr.ii:i. 'n the oml examination
civen iii,:i c.i this subject he outstrip
P"d inii-.v members of the class whe
have perfectly uood eyes.
None of the blonde stenographers,
or brunotts. "iihcr for that matter,
have anythini; on the blind student
when it on e to opernting a tyiV
writer. H.s work in English is all
typed and In its neatness and per
fec.tne.is eo::;.!s that of the be:t ste
nographer. C'.a.-s room work does not occupy
all of his time. He is a member of
the Coini.ibia Literary society ana
has ta!;en an active part in the work
of the society jf which .senator over
man and Simmons were both mem
bers.
Kiker was born near Polkton
itt-ntv.B u'ti-i veura nnn. A trouble
which defies specialists affected hla
eyes from birth and nas graauauy
ernuii u-nise with aire. At the age
of twenty-two he decided upon the
ministry as a caning, ana went io
Raleigh to enter the State school for
the blind, where he was graduated
last year, coming to Trluiiy last
September.
Peace Contest to Be Held at
Burlington
Burlington, April 13. Upon deci
sion of the committee in charge of
arraner'.2nts, Burlington is to be the
scene of th eighth annual North Car
olina State Inter Collegiate Peace
Contes, which will be held on April
21st. Extensive preiarations are being
made for greeting those who partici
pate in this cont-st. It is expected
that each of the seven colleges of
the state w 11 inter contestants, ani
that the Municipal Theater here will
resound with the youthful arguments
for perpetual peace.
Dr. F. S. Blair, who is state man
ager, will accept applications for en
trance from colleges of the state up
until the 20th, it has been announced.
All applications should be addressed
to Dr. Blair at Guilford College, N.
C, before that date.
Messrs. T. J. W. Broom, E. J. Ei
icll, J. S. Howey, R. L. Montgomery,
J. D. Simpson. It. L. Stevens. R. C.
Griffin. A. M. Craig and others are
i attending a meeting of the North
Carolina Jersey Breeders Association
In Rockingham today. An auction
sale of Jets-y entile is being held at
the Di-'i tarin near Rockingham.