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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT -THE UNION COUNTY PAPEREVERYBODY NEEDS IT The Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 34. Monroe, N. C, Friday, June 2, 1922. $2.00 Per Year Cash Election Eve Finds the Interest in Outcome Primary at Fever Heat One of the Most Interesting Cam paigns in History of County, Con ducted on High Plane IS BELIEVED THE VOTE WILL BE HEAVIEST EVEK KNOWN i t- u. x. (v v.o nf what Jnf beh7ve waft. 'he iL'K runt and greatest primary in the cast a wiMiui rjc iu v - ana nappy iunu nc m.-n sions do or do not lie The campaign has warmcei up 10 where it is really interesting, altnough it is Denis coneiucicee on !" Some have charged that certain of the candidates are breaking tne spe-eu . limit, but Chief Spoon declares that all speed laws for candidates nae been lifted and the county and judi cial districts turned over to them. Will Hon. A. M. Stack, Union coun ty's candidate for judge, beat the : 1 i. -V Itrm.lr pi eSeiU IllCUIllUt'IlU, " auci mmn That's the question around which the frxatest interest of this county cm ters. Mr. Stack's friends believe that Union will pile up a vote sufficiently large to give him the necessary ma jority. But perhaps the hardest campaign ing at a:l is Demg done Dy tne camn dates for solicitor of this judicial dis trict. Union seems to be the battle Lround with them, and Gilbert H. ! Russell of Laurinburg is seining me mime. rivers. F. Donald Philips of Rocking- ham is fishing with a long pole, A .A. j A False Aiarm for the Woman Voter Tarlton of Wadesboro is us.ng a new j Snows in July kind of bait, while M. W. Nash of I To the Editor of The Journal Hamlet is pulling a drag net in an j Certain advocates of the candidacy effort to retain the job. ; of Squire C. J. liraswell for the leg- W. T. Lee and A. -4". Avery will I islature have been talking and pub niake the race for a place on the cor- lishing contentions which inferential poratioti commission, but they don't y hold that unless Squire liraswell is seem to be muddying the waters. Per-i nominated for the legislature the haps very few Union county citizens women will be subject to poll tax and ore personally acquainted with either jury service. of these gentlemen, but a prominent; Persons making this contention are citizen of the county who knows Mr. either woefully ignorant of the law or Lee states that we cannot go wrong else, knowing the law, are seeking to in supporting him. mislead the voters (especially the wo- What about William C. Heath and men) on the subject. The tactics seem William P. Kendall for the state sen- to consist in either event in setting ate? One of these gentlemen w.ll up straw men to knock them down represent this district in the next gen- and entice the vote for the hero who eral assembly at Raleigh, and not only : kills the dummies. Union but Anson and Stanly are keep- j The constitution of North Carolina ing watch with a vigilant eye. j Article V Section 1 provides for poll- Will Jesse F. Milliken, C. J. Bras- tax and says the legislature may levy well or C. Vance McNeely be the rep- a capitation tax on all male inhabi resentative from this county in the tants of the State between the ages next legislature? All three of these of twenty-one and fifty years." It gentlemen are popping the question : would take an amendment to the Con that Mr., Mrs. and Miss Voter must ' stitution of North Carolina by a ma answer tomorrow. The job is not a jority of the popular vote to make lucretive one and nobody will be ex- women liable for poll tax. No legis pected to vote for a friend on finan- lature in North Carolina, in the ab cial grounds. It is at least one office sence of such an amendment could that should be filled by the most com- subject women to payment of poll tax, petent man in the race, regardless of and there will never be a legislature any other consideration. elected which would do it if it could. And then, there's the sheriff's of- Provisions for jury service are fice to be filled! Will the present in- .contained in the Consolidated cumbent, Clifford Fowler, be allowed 1 Statutes Sees. 2312 et seq., qualif ice to hold the office a second term, qrjtions being stated in Section 2312. will he be succeeded by Joel II. This sect on was amended in the year Myers? Here again fitness for the 1 1 8 and under it the women stand work should be the first consideration. ,as much show of being made to serve Your answer will be F. or M. "For ion juries as they did in the good year Fowler" or "Myers." 1 1KW. Oh, yes, we are to select a coroner, Of eourse Squire Hraswell is oppos too, that officer who alone is imbued ied to women voting and Berving on with the authority to arrest the sher- juries. He is absolutely safe in his op iff. The present incumbent, Mr. Dav. position, and his friends are making is, is a mighty good man, but he has sale promises for him on the subject allowed the office to run down to , where there is nothing in it, having had r.o work to do for four years, and he refuses to stand for re-elec- tion. But there are four other per- wouldn't stultify myself by running fectly good gentlemen in the county for the legislature on a ticket in who are willing to take over the inner-: which my friends stated, "Do you itance and make an effort to rehabili-'want snow in July? If you don't, tate the work. They are Dr. Paschal i you better vote for Bill, he's opposed Abernathy, John T. Griffin, W. V. B.jto them." BILL. Gulledire and J. S. Plyler Although the county commissioners are always freely discussed and then just "cussed," there are at least eight men willing to take it. Two of the present incumbents, W. D. Bivens and A. A. Secrest, stand for re-election, while Charles L. Bowman, T. C. Eu banks, John Griffith, H. G. Nash, Dr. W. R. McCain and H. F. Parker are the others who are open for business. Three are to be elected, so the defeat ed candidates will be in the majority anyway. J. D. JleKae, tne present roao eiec tor at large, will be opposed by T. L. A. Helms only. S. E. Belk's name is on tne ticke, but he refuses to be call- ed a candidate and states that he wish- es to be let alone in peace. The county board of education ; that august body that gits in judg- ment on things educational! The terms of two of the present members, John . n l T " . . 1 I Beasley and mo ai. Lime, nave ex- pired and Mr. Beasley is not a can-, didate for re-election, while Mr. Lit-1 tic asks for another term. J. Z. Green j and W.D.Hawfteld are candidates that will fiil the places of Mr. Beasley1 and Mr. Little unless the latter out-, runs one of them. Mrs. Walter Crow- j ell's name is on the ticket, but she has decided not to make the race. . There is some speculation as to whether she will serve if elected against her request. I And then there are the township offices to fill road electors, consta - Lies and cotton weighers. In some in- i stance there are as many as four candidates for township road electors, a great deal of interest centering around this office, and it is believed that this interest will be instrumental in getting out a heavy vote. Not ia years has such keen inter- est been V.-a.vfestcd and it is pre- dieted by those in close touch with the PLEASED WITH WORK OF THE LOCAL COMMITTEE Publicity Given Through The Journal Attracted Considerable Attention at National Conference Mr. C. W. Orton, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, has received supervisor of .ndustnal rchab.h- t. .- bounty Rehabilitation Com niittee, I wish to advise that wj are ,...,.,,.(;., u i l- ii.,-r,..- a... ;. f..l( Ljmb CompanVt of Washington, u c t0 have one of their rt.pn!it.n. tatives call on this man to invest - ate the case and to take his nieas- Ulvnu,nt if it BppeBrs feasible ,)jm wih an anjtlciai ilmh- to fit L'nder seperato cover we are mail ing ou some application forms and soma forms for use in furnishing us ricummcndations of your committee. At the National Conference on Re habilitation recently held at St. Louis, Missouri, 1 displayed the advertise ment on rehabilitation work in Un ion county, which was placed in the paper by your Chamber of Commerce. It attracted considerable attention and received much favorable comment. It will soon appear in the Rehabilitation News Notes published by the Federal Board of Vocational Education. I want to say that we are greatly pleased with the work of your com 1 am opposed to snows and sleets in the month of July, which are more probable than the menace the Bras wellites see for the women, but I Found, An Awful Booger!!! And 'Marshville Voter" has discov ered that unless Squire Braswell is elected to the Legislature the ladies will have to pay poll-tax and ait on juries!!! If he will look at the Constitution of the State he will find that poll tax can be imposed only on males and if he will use his noggin he will see that before the ladies can serve on juries the Legislature will have to pass an act authorizing and requiring them. There couldn't be a change made with- out the Squire discovering it, there- fore vote for him. When platforms consist of platitudes and propaganda of ghost stories and scares, somebody is trying to hypnotize the electorate. Do you want your wife to cuss and chaw and your daughter to spit and swear? If you don't, you'd better vote for Braswell for the Legislature, he ' a. ,U iLi is opposeu io uie.w wmig.i.. GOOSE CREEK RAMBLER. "How We Cleared Our Summer Home of Hats," by Mrs. Perry, "When we opened our seaside home last May, it was alive with rats, They'd gnawed all the upholstering, We cleaned them cut in a week with RAT-SNAP. I prefer this rat killer because it comes in cake form, no mixing. Saves dirtying hands and plates." Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Smith-Lee Co., Monroe Hardware Co., English Drug Co., Union Drug Co. situation that at least six thousand votes will be polk'd in Union county tomorrow. The woman vote, that new factor in politics, is to be reckoned with, and politicians are guessing as to how many, how much ar.d juU how the women will vote. V' A. M. Union County's Candidate the Thirteenth WHY NOT ASK FOH EXPERT WEATHER PROFIT ALSO And He Should Then Furnish a Kab- bit Foot to Every Man, Woman and Child in the County Editor Monroa Journal: In a re cent issue of one of the city papers I find the following suggestion from Dr. II. D. Stewart: "The commissioners should pay enough to get one of the best expert soil chemists and experts on Markets, soil bacteria, farm pests, drainage, etc., to be found in the United Slates. Our county needs a man who can market beef cattle for th m at a profit; who can readily direct the farmer to the most profitable market for any farm product; who can antici pate future prices; who can analyze the soil and tell what it needs; who can help us do away with fertilizer bills and time bills." Bully for Dr. Stewart! He has struck a hot trail now and is giving the animal the chase of his life. And yet it seems that he has greatly under-estimated the extensive duties of an expert farm demonstrator.' Said agent should not only be able to ac curately "anticipate future markets," but should personally market every bale of cotton, all the beef cattle, all the milk and butter, pork and mutton, hams, middlings, sausage, backbones and spare ribs, cotton seed, oats, rye, wheat, molasses, rabbits, second-hand farm implements, etc., etc. We've al ready lost lots of money in Union county because we have stupidly re fused to employ a man, who can do all these things, and then some. If an "expert" can do the things suggested by Dr. Stewart his abilities will be so unlimited that even after performing these tasks his mind will be idle a good portion of the time. Therefore and morever, he should be a good veterinarian and treat all the sick cattle, hogs, mules, horses, chickens, cats and dogs that may need his services. Since there is no need to let the master mind of an "expert" be idle and rust out, the farm demonstrator wanted by Dr. Stewart should be well posted in edical science not just a common ordinary doctor but an "expert" in his line. There are thous ands of poor families in Union coun ty that are not able to "anticipate" a low market in which to buy medi cal service and they are not financial ly able to pay the arbitrary prices fixed by the medical trust. Hence a farm demonstrator could become a real benefactor in this line of ser vice. He should also be an "expert" surgeon, ready at all times to per form difficult operations for Door farmers who are not able to stand the unionized-trust prices that are de manded at commercial hospitals. In conclusion let me say that there never was a time in the history of the country when an "expert" demonstra tor such as exists in the practical mind of- Dr. Stewart, was more im peratively needed in I'nion county than just at this time. The boll wee vil is now threatening us and an ex pert in "farm nests" could not only destroy all the boll weevils that have already crossed over into the county, but he could keep any more of these pests from crossing over the Lancas ter and Chesterfield county lines. If the county commissioners, after se rious and elaborate consideration, should finally decide to employ a farm demonstrator of this type spe cial provision should be made in the contract demanding his prompt ex pulsion from official position if he should permit any more boll weevils to cross the southern boundary line into Union county. J. Z. GREEN. Mr. C. N. Medlin of Unionville, a student of Columbia Seminary, will serve the Pageland, Beu'.ah and Salem Presbyterian churches during the summer months, returning to the Seminary in the fall. Mr. Medlin is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Medlin and is a splendid young man. He has at tended Westminster hih school, the Presbyterian college of South r linn, and had one year of .y trnVnir. He will preach a: .'uelcnd ::ex; Sabbath at 11 a. m. STACK for Superior Court Judge for Judicial District BRIEF HUNTING SOLUTION TO HER SCHOOL PROBLEM Lane Number of Students Ready for High School and No Provisions Vet Made is Situation Brief, May 29. The patrons of Brief school met with Prof. Funder bui k Saturday night to discuss better school facilities. The obju-t in view was increased advantages, provision for tho.u pupils who are now ready for high school. It is estimated that at least 15 stuelents from Brief need ihe advantages of high school instruc tion at present whiie 10 or 12 at Je rome school stand in the same need; therefore the necessity for actiein on the part of the people o these schools is very urgent. While it is evident that some few may be able to send their children off to a good high school and pay the great expense incurred, it is plain enough that too great a number cannot. The question then arises as to what and who. What is it that will debar those who so greutly need a chance of a higher education, and who will lend themselves to such a movement? That will prove so detri mental to the life of our community as will the failure to aid in getting a way for these children to go on with their education? When you are told that it is the green-eye-d monster, selfishness, sure you will not want to be one of those who stand in the way. In Prof. Funderburk's truck plan is found one of the greatest oppor tunities ever offered to the people of this section. It is simply this: The expenditure of $050.00 for a truck to carry the high school boys and girls of these schools to Unionville high school which will require only 15 of the HO cents special tax. However, this seems to be the most practical ,and economical solution of the prob ilem yet offered. To send all the pu pils of this class to a good high school ; and pay expenses like one of our pa ! trons paid last year would mean an outlay of $6750.00; to get another Iteaiher at Brief would necessitate an ! expenditure of around $1,800.00. As III.. . l- .. :j . U l...... A 1 roi. k uuuvi uui it suiu, me uujfa aiiu girls of this section deserve just as good educational advantages as those 'of any other community or even any jtown or city. Then why not begin to I think more earnestly and deeply over I the matter? O. L. Biggers, Milton A. jCloiitz, G. A. Long, Van Crowell, J. I W. Pope, O. J. Clontz A. P. Hunney- cutt. Women at University Celebrate 25th Year Chapel Hille, June 1. Women students of the University, past and present, are preparing for a big celebation of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of co-education here. They will take part in the general alumni program on Tueselay of Commencement week, June 13, and that evening will have a banque't of their own. Miss Mary McRae was registered in 181)7 as the first woman stuelent. Now Mrs. Robert L. Gray of Durham, she will be the chief guest of honor at the forthcoming reunion. The University is laying plays for the greatest Commencement of its history. The Pharmacy School, as well as the women students, will celebrate a 25th anniversary, having been found ed in 1807. There will be reunions of the classes of 18(52, 1882, 1002, 11-07, 1912, 1917, and 1921. There will be an alumni association meet ing and a Board of Trustees meeting. United States Senator Carter Glass will, deliver the Commencement ad dress on Wednesday, June 14. Automobile's Must Slop The General Assembly of Virftln ia has passed a law under which drivers of automobiles and other ve hicles must come to a full stop before ciossliiu a railway track at prade. The law provides that drivers ot all vehicles on npproachine sir v ruii crossing of a main line railway track outside an inroi pirated town must f-ioi at a p'.iul not l"?s than 10 feet : it more than 100 fen from the nrin'st rail? penal')- for violation, t?n dollars. REVIEW OF ROAD AND BRIDGE WORK DONE IN UNION COUNTY M .nv I I'rojects Have Been Completed, e Others Are Under Con- While Others struct ion EQUIPMENT ON HAND FOR THE PROPER MAINTENANCE It Is Believed That Work Is Now in Such Shape That All Roads May Be kept in God Condition. The road-building program in Un ion county is attracting more atten tion than any tther enaeavor, because of the fact that good roads are one of the most important of all develop ments, hud that it takes a great deal t money to construct them. The fol lowing review of the work of the r'j.d commission wdl preive intensely interest :ng and will also serve to clear the- is of the public as to just whs; has been done and as to what projecis are new under construction: (ioose Creek Township Finished the construction of the Concord Road; built five ste-el and con crete bridges; constructed read from Concord Road to Unionville; con structing Mengan Mill Road through Goose Creek; contract let on road from Unionville to Morgan Mill road; built Hopewell church read from Mrs. M. E. Morgan's to Cabbarrus line. New Salem Township Finishing construction of Morgan Mill road; contract let for Monroe Olive Branch road; completing the Marshville-Euto road from Mullis bridge to Euto; contract let for Mul lis brieve across Richarelson Creek on Marshville-Euto road, (this bridge be ing a 200-foot steel and concrete bridge); constructing road from Marshville to Olive Branch and from Marshville-Olive Branch road to An son county line near Fountain Hill; contemplate extending Marshville Olive Branch reiad to Rocky River, and Marshville-Euto road to Rocky River, also to Morgan Mill bridge. Marshville Township Constructed the Marshville-Mt. Olive road from Marshville to Five Forks; constructing Marshviile- Olive Branch road; bridge construct ed across Lanes Creek at White Mill on Marshville-Mt. Olive road; contract let to complete road freim J. C. Au tin's, near Marshville, to Carelock place. Lanes Creek Township Contract let to finish Pageland road from Monroe to South Carolina" line; contract let to complete Marshville Pageland road from Carelock place to Marshville; contemplate building the Hornsboro road from Hollis Smith's to Landsford road; construct ed steel and concrete bridge at Belk's mill, constructing bridge across Lane's Creek at Carelock place; contract let for construction of bridge across Car olina Branch near Martin Buker's. Buford Township Contract let for the completion of Stack road from D. W. Flow's to Seluth Carolina line; constructing Wolf Pond road from Monroe to South Carolina line; construction of Rocky River road from Rough Edge to South Carolina line. Jackson Township Constructing Providence road from Waxhaw south to Walkup's store; constructing Monroe-Lancaster roael via Wilson's old store to South Caro lina line; constructing Waxhaw-In-dian Trail road; contemplating con structing Waxhaw- Marvin road from Waxhaw to Marvin. Sandy Ridge Township Constructing Providence road from Waxhaw to Mecklenburg line; con structed Weddington-Matthews road; contract let for road from Providence road to Marvin; reconstructing New Town road from W. R. Mc''orkle's to Marvin; constructing Waxhaw-Indian Trail road. Vance Township Considerable work done on Secrest Short Cut road; fill put in at Armond Bridge across Crooked Creek; con template building road from Hem by Bridge via Indian Trail to Matthews Wedelington read Antioeh camp ground; several other short roads in this township under consideration. Monroe Township Constructed road from Lei''s Mill to Center Church; constructed Wolf Pond road; contract let to complete construction of Stack road; construct ed about one mile on Davis Gold Mine road; completed construction of Con cord rernd; contract let to complete Monroe-Olive Branch road; contract let for steel bridge 200 feet long at Lee's Lower Mill; reconstructed New Town road from McCorkle's to town ship line; contract let to finish Mon roe-Lancaster roael. Total for County In other words approximately 135 miles of top soiled re)ad hive b.'en built throughout the county by the present road administration. The fol lowing brielges have also been com pleted: brielge at Twelve Mile Creek on Providence road; three bridges over branches of Twelve Mile Creek on Monroe-Weddington road; bridge at Twelve Mile Creek on Antioch- Wesley Chapel road; Croeiked Creek brielge on road east from Indian Trail; bridge at Marion Sutton's on Monroe- eeidington road: bridge on Potter road at Howie's; Croked Creek bridge on Secrest Short Cut; Long Branch bridge on Concord road; Crooked Creek bridge on Concord road; Duck Creek bridge on Concord road; clear Creek bridge on Concord road; Demp- U- lge cr, Ln:einville road; Ash- .. Mill bridge on Gilboa road; tielk's Mill bridge on Lanes Creek; Gum Log bridge near Smyrna; bridge across La'han's Branch on Roeky River lor.d; Wiilouhcy road briugc Continued on Page Eight COLUMN NEWS GATHERED FROM DAILY DISPATCHES Many Stories of Interest Condensed For the Convenience of Busy Readers of The Journal BIG STORIES OF IMPORTANCE HANDED OUT IN A NUT SHELL Tragic, Pathetic and Heart Rending ihinits of Interest Are Here briefly Recorded The house soldiers' bonus bill, amended in several important parti culars, but with the nuirh ilisi-usspii jbank loan provision retained, was ap proved I the senate finance commit tee by a vote of It to 4. Chairman Mc-Cumbe-r proposes to report the meas ure to the senate within a few days ami saiei he hoped to j,ret ae tien on "it before the passage of the tariff bill. Frost v.i.s reported from several points mar Kinston Tuesday, the latest known in the section for many years. The temperature, almost of the overcoat kind, may have estab lished a record for the last week of May. Farmers reported no material damage from the frost, which failed to penetrate to sheltered spots, but said the cotton and tobacco crops would be "set back" by the chill winds. The crew iif the Coast Guard sta tion at Cape Lookout Tuesday picked up and towed into Beaufort a sub chaser of about 72 tons which had broken down vast of Cape Lookout Shoals. The boat had no name and carried none of the usual ship's pa pers, according to members of the rescuing crew, but the Captain claim ed to be from New York bound for Palm Beach. The sub-Chaser's cargo consisted of 217 gallons of gasoline. "I expect to live to see a woman Governor of North Carolina and there are many of them who would do a better job of it than some men have," declared Mr. Josephus Daniels in his address at Maxton recently at the Carolina College commencement. "Whatever man is nut as a candi date for any political office, by what ever party, if his private life is un clean, I want the time to come whe'n he will be immediately blackballed at the pedis by the women voters of the country," he continued. William A. Sydnor of Wilkesboro, N.C., who was graduated Wednesday morning from the Langley field pho tographic school, was killed late the same day while flying over his uncle's farm four miles from Richmond, his single-seat army plane going into a nosj dive and bursting into flames when it clashed. Identification was made by the uncle through a ring on Sydnor's finger. His face was charred beyond recognition. Early reports from the commandant at Langley field declared that young Sydnor had been reported missing by other plains that had made an afteroon flight and returned. Washington, May 31. Maximum fair prices for spot coal in five dis tricts were announced Wednesday by Secretary Hoover after reaching agreements with committees repre senting these fields, under the plan adopted at the gene-ral conference of operators from producing fields for preventing the runaway prices on coal at the mines during the strike. It was determined that in the Ala bama district the fair price should be 25 cents below the final "Garfield scale," or a maximum of $2.20 a ton to S2.fi0 a ton. On the Harland and Hazard field of Kentucky, the south ern Appalachian fields of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the Pocahontas, New River, Tug River, and Winding Gulf field (smokeless coal districts of West Virginia) the maximum price was fixed at $3.50 a ton. Declaring the United States is dis graced the world over "on account of the mob law prevailing in many states," Representative Dyer, Repub lican, Missouri, in a letter today to Chairman Nelson of the Senate Judic iary conwnittee, protested against further e'.clay on the part of that committee in acting on the anti lynching bill passed by the House. The House judiciary committee, the House itself and the Attorney Gen eral have all gone on record as of the opinion that the pending bill is constitutional, Mr. Dyer saiel, but he suggested that if the Senate com mittee held otherwise, it proceed to pass a bill which would miet the situ ation. "1; is beyond dispute," the letter said, "that states are unable to protect citizens of the United States resident in tho respective states where lynchings are going on." Will Vote Fir Mrs. Crowell We, the nienber.i of the Van Dyke book club," de.-ire to go on record as endorsing Mrs. Walter Crowel! as a member of the county school board. We know Mrs. Crowell to be an ex perienced teacher it the city schools, highly efficient, capable, intensely interested in all educational matters, and an earnest student of educational problems. We believe that she would make a splendid member of the board, standing for betterment of scheol conditions. We believe that she would be conscientious and faithful, and would do all in her power to see that every child in the county had a ihance to secure an education. To trove our faith in her ability aid fitness for the place, and regard). ss (1 her withdrawal from the race, we will go to the polls en 'June 3rd and c.-.st oi?r vote for Mrs. Walter Clifford Crowell. Men.bers.
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