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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT" r V-rr Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Monroe, N. O, Tuesday, May 9, 1922. Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 27. $2.00 Per Year Cash II II - Mass Meeting in Was Scene of Dr. Stewart's Reading of Resolution Called Mr. V.nn t Hi. reet With Vigorous Remarks TOOK VIOLENT EXCEPTIONS TO THE CHARGES OF GFART About thirty or thirty-five Union j Taking his text from the words of county citizens met in the court house 1 jtU8l ye shall know the truth and in Monroe Saturday in response to j the truth shall make you free," Pas a call for a mass meeting to discuss ltor Burrell at the First Baptist church taxes, roads, schools, etc., and Mr. jon Sunday night spoke to a crowded P. B. Blakeney was made chairman house on the much mooted question of of the meeting. Mr. Robt. Helms -F.volution ami Religion " was ejected secretary and Dr. U. D. j fctewart outlined the purpose ot the meeting. He stated that it is the in- tion oi we meeting w arrange foT u!ar monthly gathering of this kind in which citizens of the county may get together and discuss public questions. ' He took a shot at politicians whom he says get together and call themselves the Democratic or Republican party. He called for a resolution against the June primary, stating that it should he held in a more leisure season and attacked se verely the methods of what he calls a bunch of politicians. A resolution committee, consisting of Dr. H. D. Stewart. 8. S. Richardson ;d S. E Belk, was appointed to draft resolu tions to be submitted to ihe meeting. Speeches were also made by Messrs. P. B. Blakeney, C. J. Braswoll, 1'. L. A. Helms. J. P. Kogers and others. Mr. Blakeney's speech was conser vative. He believes that taxs.s tre becoming burdensome and that some thing should be done to redice them if possible. Mr. Braswell is u can didate for the legislature and there fore didn't feel like taking advantage of the situation to express his views very freely in the absence of other candidates. Mr. Helms think the bonds that have been sold will never be paid and that there is dunger of northern capitalists wtio nave pur chased them foreclosing the c-ninty and taking our farms on which to establish New England cotton mi'ls. Mr. Rogers attacked the oond system in general and stated that he has al ways been opposed to it. After which Dr. Stewart read res olutions edvocating the removal from office any public official who served private interest in office, opposing an early primary, opposing the sub-let ting cf road or bridge contracts, op posing the letting of contracts to oth er than the lowest bidder, advocating a quarterly report by the road com mission of the costs of bridge cul verts, advocating the reduction of sal aries of the county superintendent of education and teachers, advocating an investigation of the expenditures of the various county departments. In the reading of these resolutions, of which we have not been supplied a copy, the word "graft" was used sev eral times. After the resolutions had been read, Attorney J. C. M. Vann arose and demanded that Dr. Stewart read again the parts of the resolu tions which used the word graft. In replv Dr. Stewart stated that it was used so often that he could find no particular or special mention. At this Mr. Vann said that he was in favor of the resolutions, as they were in ac cord with the existing law. Mr. Vann, however, took violent exception to the charge of graft. He stated that he did net believe any official of Union county was guilty of graft .in any sense. He said as a citizen of the county he resented the accusation of graft on the part of any official of the county. He took the various offi cials by name, including the chairman of the road commission, clerk of the court, sheriff, Superintendent of ed ucation, board of county commission ers, and stated that he knew them to be honest and efficient officers. He volunteered his services as an attor ney to prosecute any county official guilty of graft. He decried the idea of such accusations unless the party accused were given a hearing. He Etated that if any member of the mass meeting desired any information as to any department of county govern ment, they should inquire for it at the proper source and it would be supplied them; that it was the duty of any of ficial to give such information on re quest. He stated that it was unfair to gatner together ana accuse tneir duly elected officers of graft and cor ruption without sufficient evidence to back up their accusations; that it would have been fairer and better to have called the various officers into the meeting and asked them face to face about the matters in question. He then offered an amendment which stated in effect that it be re solved that nothing in the resolutions shorfd be construed to imply that any public official had been guilty of graft or corruption. At this juncture Dr. Stewart stated that he had read the resolutions over" again and was unable to find mention of the word graft. Mr. Vann inter rupted by saying flatly that such words were used, that whether such words were read or spoken he was unable to say but that he knew ab solutely such words had been em ployed and the inference drawn from them was that officials of the county had been guilty of graft and cor ruption in office. He stated he would tick by his amendment After this the meeting quieted down considerably. Dr. Stewart, who heard Vann's impassioned speech, which lasted fully twenty minutes, then sug gested to the chair that no one be al lowed to speax over ten minutes irom thence forward. Mr. J. Z. Green then spoke. He said that he understood the meeting Continued on page eight. Court House Rather Hot Shots ; JfD OK MONKEY MAKES j VERy LIXTLE DIFFERENCE J Dr. Burrell Says Not the Origin of I Man But His Purpose and Destiny j 0f Great Importance Prefacing his remarks with the statement that the truth and nothing but the truth is the great considera , ti0n, the 8peaker warned against hvrf.sy and short-sighted views result- 11. g from lack of information or in- duced by preconceived ideas and prejudices and stated that nothing demonstrated by modern science has yet been found to be in conflict with the Bible, rightly understood, and in terpreted in the light of the fact that the Bible is not a treatise on science or a book of history but a revelation of God's dealings with humanity, and deals with both science and history from that viewpoint alone. All true science points reverently and persistently toward a supreme in telligence and power. Back of all its variations and mutations lies the mind and will of God. And every scientist worthy of the name delights to bow reverently in the presence of the first great text of the Book, "In the be ginning, God." No ascertained fact of life can be explained apart from Him and the developing discoveries of science are forever strengthening the bulwarks of faith. Concerning the question of evolution as it relates to the origin of man, it only needs to be said that whether man was created immediately from literal dust -or mediately from some existing organ ism is of little or no moment, God the creator still remains, and it is well to remember that there is as wide a mar gin between the highest form of ani mal life and a man as can possibly be between a man and a lump of mud. It took Almighty God 40,000 years to make a modern horse as evidenced by its gradual evolution from the small quadruped found in fossil remains by the W hitney expedition to the mag nificent animal of today. It is well also to remember that man cannot be the loser .even if it be proven that God took some lower form of life even an ape which is the highest type of life below that of man rather than resorting to an or ganic of no value out of which to fashion this mightiest achievement, for it must always be remembered that the monkey is also the creation of God, and God said that it was good. It is also to be remembered that the Hebrew word rendered dust is the word used to designate the food of the serpent, namely, lower forms of Llife. No serpent ever lived on or ate literal ausi. ine act oi uoa in me creation of man that distinguishes it from all his other creation is when he took of the thing he had made whether a monkey or a lump of mud it matters not and breathed into its nostrils His own life and it became a living somI. Of this God said it was very good. As touching the question of time it is left to the Apostle Peter to ex plain that a day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day. The Hebrew word yom" translated day in Genesis i the same word used in the phrase, "The day of the Lord," etc., meaning indefinite period of time. Moreover it was not till the third "day" that the sun and moon were created, and each "day" scien tifically begins with darkness and ends with liirht. "our day." What in the conclusion of the whole I matter? Is it not the fact that God stands behind each life in its crea tion and preservation just as Jesus Christ stands before each life for its salvation. To quibble about questions that in their very nature must forever lie in the realms of doubt may be to miss the point that it is not the on ?in of man that is the trreat Question but his purpose and destiny. Forget ting the things that are behind, let us press forward, ever looking to Him, in whom alone can mankind nnd its rest and know the greatness of God's purpose in His creation. At the close of the service five per sons received the ordinance of bap tism. Excuse Farmers from Jury Duty Every time Judge James L. Webb comes to Union county he says or does something that endears him to the people of this section. Yesterday when court convened the judge, tak ing into consideration the fact that the rainy, cold weather has thrown farmers back with their crops, ex cused all farmers from jury duty during this term of court. One day's work on a farm at this season when operations have been belated might be worth $50 or $100 to a farmer and Judge Webb is big enough to see the advisability in excusing them. We need more judges like James L. Webb. 70,000 Persons Homeless A dispatch from New Orleans un der date of May 8th states that of ficial announcement was made today by relief organizations that approxi mately 70,000 persons had been ren dered homeless in Mississippi and Louisiana by the floods along the Mississippi River. so WtSnton w-ST- o.. v. or Another Death oi Sir. to wards Personal Mention Marshville. May 9. Do we realize what a busy season this is right now? It has been so cool and rainy but the farmers are not so crowded with farm work as to keep them from mixing it with trade, talk and divers things. Trade in stores and other businesses continues good for this time of the year, so all are fairly active in various lines. Then politics, roads, and schools must be discussed, and numerous candidates looked after and talked with and (with the married men) families boss- ed and cared for. The single men just as busy in that direction are preparing the home for the one to be the goddess of their hopes and ambitions, if not the "God- dess of Liberty." And the women, my, how busy they are! Spring cleaning, spring chick- ens, spring sewing, including home, club, reception, calling, and motoring garments, gardening, visiting with "nnfiHntial Thattin." servant nrob- lem to worry over, children to care for, scold, pet, dress up and added to all this they have politics on hand and must or will help the men out with that. Oh this a busy time! Mrs. J. C. Dean underwent a seri ous operation at the Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, last Tuesday. W'e are glad to know she is improving. 1 1 I 1 T T It. U 1 iur. aim mrs. iu. I. niniaii aim daughter, Edith, and Mrs. Irene Marsh spent last Thursday in Char lotte. Rev. C. E. White, also Mr. H. B. Marsh, were in Charlotte Thursday. Mr. Weaver hdwards, son of Rev. J. J. Edwards, pastor of Methodist i us see t0 rt tmu tneyao not lose, church this place, died last Friday 1 Harry Lombard and his wife, for night. The remains were taken toller entertainers, will be with the Troutman for interment. Mr. John ! chautauqua here this season and Mr. Gresn, Mrs. B. C. Griffin and Miss ! Lombard will have general superin- Lottie Harrell accompanied the fam-: tendency oi tne program, naving ,y j been connected with the work for Rev. Mr. Daniels of Charlotte will ! years lie thoroughly understands ev begin a meeting at the Presbyterian i y detai and Monroe and Union church here next Wednesday evening. ! county folks may rest assured that After that the hours of meeting will ha in a nH 7-J5 n m V.verv. all the services. Mr. Daniels is su- perintendent of home missions of Mecklenburg Presbytery Miss Emma Biggers, former mil liner here, but of late from Florida, visited friends here last week. Mr. R. B. Hildreth of Ansonville visited his brother here some days ago. His friends were glad to see his smiling countenance again. M. 1 IB Haproll ia in Aflanta'vidl itinghis brother, Capt Tom Harrell" has general charge of the ticket who jg jll I saies, has divided the auxiliary into Mrs. Peterson and Mrs Dickson of 1 five teams. The winning team is to Hamlet were in town shopping Sat-; be awarded a prize as well as hon urday lorable mention. As the report stood : Monday noon Miss Louis Morrow's .n,i;,i.t n, .ni;;nr h.u Saturday j Joyce second; and Mrs. G. M. Beas- Mr. L.L. Caudle of Charlotte was third. The other teams are close here Sunday 1,1 tnelr tot' alea- Miss Gladys Burns has gone to ' The big seven-day program will Charlotte to take hospital training for open-Thursday afternoon with a con- nurge etrt by the Collegian Male Quartet. Mr. George Hallman of Charlotte l,or? from the different towns on visited relatives here Sunday. 'hw circuit show that this quartet is Mr. Bryon Williams who has been Jnak.in1e?nI a lglf" hlt han the attending school at Brevard is home. National Male Quartet which wai It is suggested that Mr. Charlie . here last year. ..... 4. Bowman run for office of county com-1 After a prelude at night, by the missioner. If he does, and is elected, Collegians, Hon. Charles H. Brough, he will be the first this township has 'tormer governor of Arkansas will had since the late A. J. Brooks, who B've h's popular lecture on Amer served a number of years ago. Leadership of the World. (,ov- Mr. H. B. Marsh is visiting at Rox- abell. There have been many sur- inises as to tne nature oi mis visit. Huge Balls of Fire Cut Capers in the Elements Columbia, S. C. May 1. Many Columbians saw what happened to be a comet or a meteor Thursday night. It moved like a big sky-rocket, from south to north, and was seen for man) seconds passing for a great distance through the heavens. It was seen In many parts of the city and gave forth a bright light. Authorities Friday night stated that here Is no comet in the heavens at this time, and It is supposed that the appearance was meteoric. There have be?,i many reports of meteors In recent weeks. The unusual heavenly visitor was seen shortly after 9 o'clock Thurs- day night. Whether It was akin to the meteoric bodies that visited oth- er parts ot the country the same night Is not known. Easy-going men often stay. DID YOU KNOW THAT Under the provisions of an act of Congress known as "The Industrial Rehabilitation Act" North Carolina has available a fund for the assistance of crippled and disabled citizens of the State. This work is under the direction of the State Department of Public Instruction, Division of Vocational Education. Union county has a committee on Industrial Rehabilita tion, with offices in Monroe. Residents of Union county in need of such aid may make application to this committee by addressing either Rev. E. C. Snyder or Secretary C. W. Orton, care Chamber of Com merce. MONKOE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. CHADTAUQUA FURNISHES WHOLESOME AMUSEMENT Dr. Burrell Says Time Has Come 1 When We Cannot Deny Enter all tainnients to the People "COME WITH I S AND W E WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING BETTER" Prospects for the Largest Season Ticket Sales in the History of the Monroe Chautauqua , . , , , It is the duty and privilege of all those people who love the community and especially the church people to support the chautauqua tnthuiasti- cally," were the words of Dr. V. R. Burrell, pastor of the First Baptist church, in making his announcements Sunday morning, "The time has forever past when good people can say to others 'Thou Shalt Not' with reference to amuse- ments," he continued. "Nor can they hope to accomplish any lasting good ' with mere prohibitions. The time has come when, recognizing the value and necessity of recreation, it becomes the duty of all good citizens and those j interested in the welfare of the com munity to proviue ciean ana neijuui entertainment, to take the place of the objectionable. "So that instead of saying, 'You must not,' we can say, 'Come with us and we will give you something better. "The chautauqua is probably the best and most helpful institution i ---- - i : "7 along these lines aecessable to the average community. A group oi citizens having the welfare of the community at heart have underwrit ten these entertainments to the ex tent of over two thousand dollars. ne win pieuse mem. i Prospects for the largest season : ticket sale in the history of the Mon -oe Chautauqua were brought to light " a result oi oaturaay s Big ucaei campaign. "We are very well pleased witn tne ssults so far, was the comment of results Foley L. Roberts the Redpath rep resentative. "The Auxiliary is cer tainly a live organization and they I are pushing it to the limit," he said. I Mn W. C. Sanders, president of ! . i ti k : 1 ! tne Auxiliary oi tne American region, i team was in the lead; Mrs. burner enior crougn was a siuueru oi ....-.. row Wilson for over three years. He is a well known writer Bnd politician. At present he is being mentioned 3 the new head of "Georgia's Tech." The afternoon programs will start promptly at three-thirty. The even ing program at eight. The tent will be erected on the Although at present weather ,:,:. BrB mu. fhe iot ig beln.r corner oi Jenerson and tnurcn ditched for rai and the owner8 are pri,paring to C0Ver it with sawdust, llowing editorial from the Columbia SUte gives some idea of h wonderful opportunity the Red- h chautauqua offers: 1 The chautauqua, always eagerly 0.0it0(i BnA nlnnH fnr hv its rfvo- tces tnroughout the country, opens in Columbia today for one week with a program that ought to prove unusu- aiy interesting (Ve are too inclined to treat such nu)VemenU or causes as the chautau- ( ua i,ghtly. As a matter of easily ascertained fact, the chautauqua fur- mshes annaully a vast resource of en- Continued on Page Eight !.MR. McCALL will breed POINTERS AND SETTERS Has Invested Several Hundred Dollars in Fine Registered Bird Dogs of National Fame No lover of animals will dispute the statement that a good bird dog is tne most intelligent, loyal and in teresting of all the animals domesti cated by man. Their keen senses, iiuicls intelligence and unvarying fi delity, are but a few of the qualit es that endear them to those who know them will. Union county provides excellent cover for small game of all sorts and many fine bird doirs are owned by the sportsmen of this sec tion, but Mr. Albert McCall is the first to undertake the breeding of pujigrved pointers and setters in a uusiness-like manner. An enthusias tic hunter and a lover of good dogs. Mr. McCall has spared no expense in securing the very best blood obtain able for the foundation of his ken- nells, and has gone to the foremost breeders of pointers and setters for his stud dogs. One of his pointers carries the blood of Fishel's Frank, perhaps the most famous field trial dog in the country and two of his Llewellin set ters have pedigrees that read like the family tree of some roval house. All of Mr. McCall's bird dogs are registered and all of them pedicrecd. If blood linos and breeding count for anything, this kennell should produce some of the hnest specimens ever seen in Union county. The string at present numbers seven dogs, five set ters and two pointers, and Mr. Mc can proposes to build this into a complete breeding establishment, more for the pleasure derived from han dling and producing the best bird dogs in this part of the country than tor the profit there is in it. Mr. McCall's venture already rep. resents an investment of several hun dred dollars, and he deserves great credit for his effort to place Monroe and Union county at the top in this lire of endeavor. Fish Development in Union County Governor Morrison must have got ten his idea of developing the fish industry from Union county. It is a revelation to drive over the coun try and observe the number of fish ponds that have recently been made by plowing and scraping out low places and using the dirt for building a dam on the low side of the pond. These constructed ponds are being stocked with fish, thousands of them, that grow and increas rapidly and within two or three years they attain a length of twelve to fifteen inches. It would be interesting to know just how many of these ponds have beeo made and stocked with fish within the past few years, the greatest de velopment of which has taken place for the past twelve months. In the Gilboa neighborhood of Marshville township there are four of these ponds within a mile of each other. They belong to Messrs. J. M. Little, J. B. Medlin, C. E. Moore, and J. P. Marsh. Nicely painted bateaus have been placed on the water and in addition to furnishing plenty of fish for the family and more for market purposes, the bateaus provide exer cise, pleasure and recreation for the men and their wives and children. especially the children. Tousands of dollars' worth of fish are shipped into Union county annually, and if the industry can be sufficiently develop ed right here in our county the home citizens will receive a great deal of money that has heretofore been go ing out of the county and at the same time consumers may have fresh fish just out of the water instead of the ones that have been on cold stoiages sometimes for days. Income Tax Returns Commissioner of Revenue Watts said today that the law permits in come taxpayers who have not filed returns on or before May 15th to voluntarily do so by paying a penalty of five per cent, which penalty shall in no case be less than one dollar and cne per cent a month or fraction of a month from March 1 5th until pay ment is made. Ihe commissioner may grant an extension for a lawful reason if applied for before May 15th, which extension will obviate the pen alty and permit delinquents to pay the tax and simple interest from March 15th. All persons who have not made returns should do so on or tofore May 15th, send along with the tiix the amount of penalty and in terest, or submit their reasons for failure to file on or before March 15th, and ask for the extension. After Alay 15th, the law levies a penalty of the amount of the tax together i with interest at one per cent a month or fraction of a month from March ' 15th until payment is made. It is earnestly hoped that all who have not yet made returns and paid their taxes will do so on or before May 15th a.id avoid the heavy penalty prescrib '! by the law for further delinquency. Soon after May 15th, the field depu ty's will commence to make investi gations to locate delinquents. Mass Meeting In the court house May 27, Satur day afternoon 2 to 5. Discussion of taxes, taxation, schools and other things that concern your economic welfare, as well as your spiritual welfare. Remember the date and come H. D. Stewart. For Representative I hereby announce myself a candi date for Representative from Union county in the next General Assembly, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. C. VANCE McNEELY. COLUMN NEWS GATHERED FROM DAILY DISPATCHES Short Items of Interest Condensed For the Convenience of Busy Readers of The Journal U1G STORIES OF IMPORTANCE HANDED OUT IN A NUT SHELL Hiu liMate. Masked Highwaymen, Cotton .Mills Crime and Many Oilier Things. New York. May 7. Close friends of the late Henry P. Davison who died yesterday from an operation for hrain tumor estimated today that the" financier left an estate of about $10, OOh.ouo. He carried a larpe amount of life Insurance, but the figure has not been ascertained. Mr. Davidson's public benefactions were large. Winchester, Va., May 7. A wide spread search Is being conducted by the police for the band of masked highwaymen who early today held up and robbed Benjamin F. Liggett, a inerrliant of this City, on the Win-chester-Bluemont pike. Liggett was forced to halt his car about four miles from Winchester when a log was suddenly thrown across the road ahead of him. He said two men cov ered him with revolvers while a third rifle.' his pockets. Wilmington, May 7. What is Con sidered a concrete evidence of the in tention of sorthern cotton mill inter ests to seek foothold In the south came to light here today with the an nouncement that New England Inter ests are negotiating for the purchase of the Bell will and Delgado mills here. The Chamber of Commerce has reecntly asked to assist several northern manufacturers in finding sites In Wilmington. Hamlet, May 7. Deck Gilbert, at large since the last part of 1920, was arrested here last night about 10 o'clock at the carnival grounds by Sheriff McDonald and Policeman Miller, who held a warrant charging th Is twenty-onc-year old white man with committing a crime against a twenty-three-year-old girl with un sound mind, of Saluda. He was placed in the county jail at Rocking ham at midnight last night to await further instructions from the au thorities at Saluda. Gilbert was em ployed by the North Carolina high way commission making field surveys in this section and has been here for three or four months. It was learn ed that he was recogntzed by a traveling man who at once notified the officers. Atlanta, Ga., May 7. Four white men and a negro were shot and an. other injured late this afternoon in a riot at the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlanta railroad yards here. All five of the men were wounded seriously. The shooting resulted from a rock battle between several negro em ployees of the railroad and a number of white men, police who answered the riot call started. The white men wounded are all of Atlanta. A negro employed by the A. B. and A. was shot by officers when he resisted ar rest. Another negro employee was injured when he was thrown from a building during the fight. Waco, Tex., May 7. A telephone call from the city marshall at Worthan stated tonlfiht that citiiens of Kirvin reinforced by 150 armed men from Wortham were lying in wait expecting an attack from 300 reported en route to Corsicana with the expiessed intention of "wiping out Kirvin"' In reprisal for the burn ing of three negroes there Saturday. The burned nesroes were accused of the assault and murder of a 17-year- old white girl. Another assembly of about 200 ne groes from the county surrounding Kirvin dispersed this afternoon with out having any reason for gathering. The negroes were unarmed. The city Marshall at Wortham said the whole county was stirred by the report from Corsicanna. The three nenroes were burned following l man hunt In which 500 men took part. Vicksbtirg, Miss., May 7. The Mississippi flood relief committee, at a meeting here today, adopted a reso. lution to request President Harding to Issue an appeal for public con tributions to the fund for the relief of flood sufferers In the Yazoo basin, whori twenty thousand men, women and children marooned or driven from their homes by the Mississippi river flood were declared to be In abso lute need of help. Th call for adlltlonal aid was takn af'er It had been found by the committee that available funds were Inadequate to take care of the rapidly increasing number ot destitute flood victims. Reports submitted by a score of field Red Cross secretaries today showed that the number to be pro vided for this week would be 20,000 ' compared with 17,000 last week when. the Issuing of rations was started The board ot health, basing Its es timate for a balanced ration, recom mended a per capita ration of $1.05 a week, but members ot the commu te declared that funds on hand would permit the allowance of but seventy cents per week. The board of health's estimate, it was said, In. eluded medical supplies for prevent ing diseases, which would if ther developed crowded refuge camps, en tall a much greater expenditure of money as well aj increase fatalities.
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