'THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT
UNION COUNTY RU'EK-EVERYBODY NEEDS IF
The Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 37.
Monroe, N. C. Tuesday, June 13, 1922.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
Seventeen-Months-Old Baby is
Victim of Automobile Accident
Little C.irl Dashes Out into Street in;
Front of Automobile, is Hit and
Dies Few Hour Later
DRIVER OF CAR DID ALL
POSSIBLE TO AVERT IT
A great pall of sadness hovered
over Monroe Saturday afternoon when
Dorothy House, seventeen-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace D.
House, was struck by an automobile
in front of Mr. House's residence on
East Windsor street and so badly in
jured that she died Saturday night
about 1 :t!0 o'clock.
Mr. Henry Adams, n'neteen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. It. Adams,
was driving hi father's Oakland and
was lining down a grade whtn the
little girl ran out into the strott in
front f him. Nora House, thirteen
vears of age and a niece of Mr.
House, was in the yard at the time
and ran after the child catching ber
in her arms just bt fore the automo
bile struck them. Mr. Adams steered
t' the side of the street in an effort
to prevent the accident and struck
the curbing at the edge of the side
walk, but the fender of his car hit
both the child and the little irl.
Knocking them into the nir. Dr. G.
C. Pruett and Dr. G. M. Smith came
along about the time of the accident
and carried the children to the Ellen
Fitzgerald hospital for medical treat
ment. It was at once ascertained that
the use of an x-ray machine was ne
cessary, Hnd Mr. Henry Adams, whose
car had struck them, carried them to
the Charlotte Sanatorium where x-ray
pictures were made. It was learn -.'d
that the child's right hip was frac
tured, ri,;ht leg broken and its skull
fractured. It died about 1:"0 Sat
urday night, as stated above. Nora,
the little girl that tried to rescue the
child, sustained bruises on the leg
and arm, hut was not seriously hurt.
The young man whose car struck
the children is a good boy anil he
seems to be about as deeply touched
by the sad accident as the bereaved
parents of the child. It is stated that
he did everything possible to avoid
the accident and thut he also give
all the care and consideration possi
ble to the children who had been hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. House are excellent
people and they have a large num
ber of friends here who deeply sym
pathize with them in their bereave
ment over the death of their only
child. Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. House
by Rev. Caleb HoydeV A large crowd
of people gathered to pay their last
respects to the unfortunate child and
to extend their sympathies to the be
leaved parents, iki the floral offer
ings were profusei The remains were
interred in the cemetery here.
Mr. House stated to The Journal
this morning, that- considers the
accident unavoidable and that he en
tertain no hard feelings whatever to
ward Mr. Adsms.. ,-
Baby Girl's Body Is Found in
River
Chester, S. C.. June 12. A tiny
Infant irlrl. probably only a few days
old, with skull badly crushed, was
found In Sandy river about two miles
from Chester late this afternoon. The
criminal, apparently, after he had
mad- certain that she was dend,
Mv.r.s fo have wrapped the corpse In
a common old cement tack, tlclng
isp Hie nec; of the sack securely with
a roue, which wis tied around a l.u:;e
rock r n d anchored down In the bo'
tom of the river.
The dis-overy of the tragedy,
which ha created a sensation in
Cli"st-r tonkl.i, was mad this after
noon by t'.vo hoys while seining for
fi-h In the :-tieani. Coroner J. Henry
O'adden was (jukl ly summoned und
he lunavht Dr. lt-nry 1!. Malone.
Vho Iliad" an mt'opsy. Dr. Malone
mad a very cuvuil mid thoroimh
examination 'of Hi- infant, which he
thought had probably been In the
river for fully two weeks, since the
body was badly' decomposed. The
Fldiil was so reverely crushed that
Dr. Malone' thinks that It was un
questionably done by- a heavy blunt
Instrument.
The demon that committed the
crime seenu to have known som
thing of Cue Ideation of the stream,
as many. think (bat if the Infant had
been brought ftom a distance so
snug a plnceon, the stream could
hardly have been found, as unques
tionably the murder occurred at
night. Despite the fact that decom
position had set .in.. It could be seen
that the child . w.ai a pretty one.
Sheriff Anderson has given mnch
study to the situation, which is the
most mysterious" "his office has en
countered In some- time, but at a
late hour tonight, he has not been
able to get a single cue upon which
to work. The whole affair li veiled
In deep mystery.
Death of Mrs. Tsdlock
Mrs. Dicey Tadlock died at her
home in Lane Creek township last
Thursday morning, aged about aixty
years. She was a good old lady and
is survived -by one son, Mr. William
Tadlock; and two daughters. Funeral
services were conducted Friday after
noon at three o'clock by Rev. E. C.
Snyder and' the remains were in
terred in the cemetery nt Philadelphia.
Rev. Y.
house n n J
Matheson.
Shebnne has sold hi.
. in Wingate to Mrs.
WHAT A TOWN REALLY
HAS TO CONTEND WITH
Bank, Postoffice, Store, Manufactur
ing Plants, Etc, Only a Small
Part Of It.
You may have lived all your lif? in
one place and think that you are fairly
familiar with the town. But if you
think that town means the bank and
the postoffiee, the sunny streets and
wide lawns, the railroad station and
the patk, it might be a good idea tto
ask the Red Cross nurse to take you
with her some morning when she
starts her round. She goes very early
because sickness is no respector of
time and convention. The first call,
it may be, is to a new baby in the
nvll district. The baby already hr.s
six brothers and sisters, and it may be
tuest:o"."d if any one really wanted
him very much. But here Ik is. ar.d
here is his mother, feverish and i'.i
from trying to get out of bed cok
breakfast for the others, and here ar
two older children down with co!d
and a household full of crying a:d
confusion. The nursf turns to th.?
mother first, puts her back to b-d
and calls the doctor. Then she clean
?he untidy room, bathes the baby an!
dresses him in a layette that the Rl
Cross has provided, sends the oldest
child to the grocer's for sme eggs
at"! cooks the breakfast for the oth
ers; doses the two colds with eistor
oil and calls in a neighbor to look af
ter the mother.
Then off again across the hill to a
young man who is propped up in bed
and has cheeks the color of a gerani
um. It Is gO'id nourishing fool ard
plenty of it nnd an alcohol rub for
tlie young man. and a 1 ng talk with
his mot he? trying to pers'iad her
that the high ilush of tuberculosis
is not that of health and that tho
v oting man is not la7.y but very ill.
The room is straightened, an egging
prepared ahead of time, some pam
phlets on tuberculosis left, the ruf
fltd bed smoothed and an arrange
ment mad with a doctor to take the
young man to a sana'orium at the
expense partly of the Red Cross und
partly uf the county.
Miil;e S. is sick with eating some
thing wrong, they tell you at the next
house, and Millie is found, a slim pu
thetic child lying on the bed. One
look from the nurse is enough to
make her fear that something more
serious than over-eating is to be coped
with and the doctor's diagnosis of
typhoid confirms her suspicion that
bad well water is the cause. Millie is
undressed, bathed and put to bed, and
the nurse prepares to retun in the af
ternoon. Next door is Mrs. F. who
has been ill for a year with cancer
and who can hardly wait each morn
ing till the nurse comes to relieve
the pain and do something that hu
man power can do. It is nearly 12
o'clock now and time for the baby
clin'c where more than twenty bubies
are waiting for the daily supply of
milk; and th?n a nutrition class at
school where more children than you
like to think of as under-nourished
but orly a Bmall fraction of the 15,
f0,00 in the United States, are giv
en light lunches and rest to keep them
from jvn'ng the great army of dis
;s"d and i:ndcr-r.ourished.
On'y half nn hour she takes for a
hurried lunch, an.l then she hurrie
way 1 a dnss in Home Hygiene and
are of the FVk, vhere twenty worn
most of them mothers, are being
(! u'bf to ca e for thoir own families
hen they arc sick so that some time
ii th future the burden on the nurse
v. 11 be lessened, und when an epidem
ic co!ii"s she w.ll hate support on
vvh'cli she knows she can count.
And so it go's. Death, sickness,
iialnitrition, ignorance, n.o on'y a
Vv of the foej the Red Cress nurs?
niets in her daily work, and she
w.vAs them with the same spirit that
eiurk'd her to France.
Death of Mr. Willlmil Stephenson
Mr. William Stephenson died at
'hit home In Vance township .Monday
morning about five o'clock. For
(Seven years Mr. Stephenson has been
a pp.ralytlc, but baa been confined to
his bed for only six months. Deceas
jed was 62 years of ait" and was an
'excellent citizen. He bad for a niim
. ber of years been a faithful member
jof the Presbyterian church and con
sistent In the life he lived. H- is sur
vived by hla wife, two sons, J. .
and P. W. Stephenson, and two
daughters, Mrs. C. H. Funderburk of
Charlotte, Miss Ava Stephenson, who
lived with her father at the time of
his death. Two brothers, Lon Ste
phenson of Mineral Springs and Bud
Stephenson of Hot Springs. Ark., and
one sister, Mrs. Julia Westmoreland
of Hickory Grove, S. C, also survive.
Funeral services were conducted on
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock by
Rev. Mr. Underwood and Rev. R. J.
Mcllwalne and the remains were In
terred In the cemetery at Pleasant
Grove.
Turning Out Teachers
Un'on county has sixteen teachers
in the Appalachian Training School
at Boone, Mecklenburg has seven,
Iredell thirty-six, and Gaston fifteen.
There are over four hundred teach
ers in the school at Boone. ' These
have been drawn from five stales and
from Cnnada. In addition to those
at Boons Union county has large
numbers nt Greensboro and Chaoel
Hill and it is safe to predict that the
iiualifications of Union county teach
ers will be greatly raised aaln this
year.
SCHOOL BUILDING TO BE
ITSHED TO COMPLETION
Work on New Baptist Parsonage Pro-
grntsini iccl Many rersonai
Item of Interest .
Marshville. June 12 Mrs. A. W
Newkirk of Wilmington has returned
from Monroe and is the guest of Mrs.
B. A. Hallmsn. ?
Mr. J. S. Harrell has returned from
Wir.ston-Salem where he attended a
meeting of Ford dealers.
Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Williams of
Due West. S. C are visiting the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. Lillie A. Price. Mr.
Williams is professor of mathematics
in Erskine college.
Mrs. Wilkes and children of Ham
't are visiting the former's sister,
Mrs. E. H. Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude GrirTin haw
movsd into their residence in the
soithern part of tAvn.
The laying of brick is well under
wty on the new Baptist parsonag;
wh'ch is located on the church l t.
M.ss Ariene Fitzeald of Hoffman
.:;;.? 1 friends here last week.
The erection of the new school
buil-iing is being rapidly pushed for
vvari. in order that it may b com
pleted before the fall term opens.
M"dames B. A. Hallman and J.
A. F.jsei: spurt Thursday in Chnr-
l.'t'.e.
Mr. Clayton Penegar spent edne
dav in Thariotte. ..f -
Mls.-e I'auline Ste,'all and Kate
Morgan have returned home to spend
the summer vacation, after attending
the North Carolina College for Wo
men In Greensboro.
A "hief entered the store of Mr. L.
Med', n Wednesday night and carried
aw. y several articles of merchandise.
M-s. Mary Bivens went to Char
lotte a fow days ago to visit her sin.
Dr. In B. Bivens. She will be wih
Mrs. B'veis wivle Dr. Bi.ens attends
;he Iier.'al Association at Wrights
viiie D .aeh.
Mr. ii id Mr. A. L. Marsh have re
f.!'iied from their bridal trip to West
er". .Vo'-'.h Carolina. .Mrs. Mar.-h was
re: :-, .ly M.ss Ada Faicloth of Sted
. at u:!i taught here the past two
vars.
Ms-es Mit tie Green and Margie
Mar.-h rave gone to Asheville to at
:et'd summer school.
Miss Gladys Staton goes to Hen
dersonville this week as a delegate to
.he I'hi'athea convention. Mr. B. C.
Parker also goes us a delegate to the
Baruea convention.
Mr. C. D. Davidson spent the week
end at his home in Forest City.
Mr. Lcgrand Bennett has ben elect
ed a delegate to the B. Y. P. C. con
vention, which meets in New Bern
this week.
Mrs. Fannie Bennett and son, Mr.
W. L. Bennett, attended the home
coming celebration at Wingate Sun
day. Cant, and Mrs. S. H. Green of
Monroe visited relatives here Sun
lav. Miss Maggie Blakeney, of the North
Carolina College for Women, is spend
'i the summer with her sister, Mrs.
I. C. Parker.
Mr. Trevis Edwards of Hamlet
spent Sunday with his father, Rev. J.
J. Edwards.
Mr. S. R. Spivey of Lumberton
spent a short while here Sunday, en
route from Charlotte, where he vis
ited his wif, who is ill in a hospital
'hero.
We are a'ai to report that Ber
vard, tw-ye.ir-old son of ltf-. and
Mrs. C. E V-'hi'-. is sightly impio,--ing
from nr. attack of c!itls.
Rev. C. IS. Williams preached at the
morning servleo in the l'teshyUrian
church Sur.'iuy.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. V. Morris oj Ch.-.r.
lotto were visitors i.er: Friday. .Mrs.
Morris w;is formerly Mi w Lola Hood,
who has lve:i a teacher In the school
he'e for the pa' two y?iir.i.
Dr. S. H. Strwn le!t Sund.a; for
Wrightsville H?aih wlu-r;' Ik- will at
tend ijic North Carolina Dental A-
:OCUlli(!l.
Mj dames II. C. and L. C. Achcraft
enteriuincd nt Rook SaUir;!;;;' after
noon in honor of the two bride if
the Reason, Mesdames H. P. and A.
L. Marsh. Mrs. J. S. Harrtll won the
prize. Lovely guests of honor przes
were also given. A delicious sa'ai1
course was served.
Mrs. R. F. Price and children of
l.'nionville visited the former's mo'h
er, Mrs. Ellen Burrino, last week
Miss Fannie Bruton of Mt. Gilea.l
is the guest of Miss Kate Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. P. Marsh spent
Monday in Charlotte.
Miss Mary Helms Entertains
Monroe, Rt. 2, June 12. Miss Mary
Helms entertained a number of
friends at her home Saturday night.
Thosa enjoying Miss Helms' hospital
ity were Misses Faye Pusser, Mattio
Simpson, Hilda Price, Lottie Simpson,
Ally Pussley, Maude Mullis, Mary
Braswell, Ona Helms, Irene Braswell,
aud Messrs.Wade Austin, Buren Price,
Dowd Benton, Howard Pussley, Eu-
?;ene Benton, Hall Kexiah, Claude
(elms, Sam Brooks. Misses Ona and
Mary Helms and Faye Pusser render
ed music selections. Cake and fudge
were served by Misses Ona Helms and
Ally Presley.
Misses Mary and Irene Braswell
left for Raleigh Sunday morning to
visit their brother, Mr. Bruner Bras
will. From there they will go to
Greenville to attend summer school.
Miss Mary Helms is attending sum
mer school at Greenville.
Card of Thanks .
We wish to express our sinc?ret
thanks t our many friends for their
kindness
death of our
richest bless
of you.
MX. and
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GREAT MEETING HELD
IN MONROE LAST FRIDAY
United Daughter of the Confederacy
Came Here for District Meet-
ing Noted V wit or
Th? district mo-ting of th- U. D.
C. was iield Friday, June 9th. at the
high school auditorium. The st
wan decorated profusely In red and
white flowers. thse bins the U. D.
C- color. Mrs. R. B. Kedwine, th
prtident of the local chapter, pre
sided and gave the address of wel
come, Mrs. Brown of Albemarle re
sponding. Th mating opened with
the singing of America by the entire
assemblage, and an appropriats
prayer by Mrs. W. A. Lane followed.
K.peelallv teautitul music was ren
dered. "Kipliiu's Recessional' be
in? sung by Medames J. T. Griffith.
G. M. Smith and Kay Funderburk,
"The Battle Eve" by' Mrs. Funder
b'.irk and Mrs. H. R. Laney, and a
solo, 'Tlie Sword of Lee," by Mrs.
Jeff Sewell.
An interesting feature of the morn
ing version was an address by Gen.
W. A. Smith of Ansonville, com man
lier of the X. C. Confederate Veter
ans. The district was fortunate in bav
ia; present Mrs. I. W. Faison of
Charlotte and Mrs. Eugene Little of
Wadeshero, both px-state presidents.
Mrs. Faison spoke on the special
monuments erected by the Daugh
ters, nnd Mrs. Little told of the Cun
ningham memorial which will take
the form of a scholarship at Peabody
teachers' college.
The stale president. Mrs. T. W.
Wilson of Gatonia. made a splendid
address and urged that we encour
e the hih school children to en
ter th Peace essay contest. The
prize is a foer-year scholarship In
any colleue. It is worth striving for,
and lat year was won by a North
Carolina girl.
Another charming visitor was
Mrs. Cabill Smith, division president
of the Virginia C. D. C. who made
an at.'rartiie talk, and Invited all to
the reunion In Richmond.
This iieing Jefferson Davis month,
Mrs. Waller Crowell made a short
talk on Jefferson Davis's place In
history. She also gave the report for
the local chapter, saying that, due to
the untiring efforts of the efficient
president. Mrs. R. B. Redwlne, much
had been accomplished and thre
had been an Increase in membership
and atemlance.
The noon hour was spent at the
Brotherhood Hut of the Baptist
church, where an elaborate luncheon
was served at prettily decorated
tables.
The afternoon session was given
over to reports from the chapters of
the- district, each showing that much
ts being accomplished in the various
activities.
The entire district was delighted
that Mtixzey's History had been taken
out of the schools, and a rising vote
of thanks was given Mrs. Walter
Crowell for the splendid work she
had done in exposing the Inaccuracies
and misrepresentations contained
therein. Mrs. I. W. Faison paid a
splendid tribute to this wide-awake
member of the Monroe chapter, Mrs.
Faison being especially anxious that
correct histories be taught in our
schools.
Mrs. R. B. Redwlne was elected
director of the district and Mrs. En
twlstle of Rockingham, secretary.
The next meeting will be held at
Koekv River Springs.
Oriental Ring of Queer Design I'sed
in Ethel Clayton's Picture
What is an Ouled-Nail?
Paul Towell. director of Ethel Clay
ton's t'.ew Paramount picture, "Fir
iH'i'ense," which will ba -lvwn
at the Strand Theatre Wedn. iay.
km and put n;s ktiow.i ile
i e.'i
vv. liirl vise in j.-eparlng a p
i- 'i,' that 1 bys important P'-t1 1
in
t'.e picture . Tnls ring ;s won
y ticr-
tram Griissby. who npr
(,!. iitai physician an. I
,': vi.Han of the pleee.
S -art hlii.!; for a l i''
be nb.-oiuU iy distinctive
lied the Ouled Nail
ars as an
hj mho' is L
that would
Mr. lV.vell
and decided
that one of these should form the ring
No, it isn't u nail. And it isn't pro
i.oimced that way, but like the river
Nile. Two little dots over thy "i" do
the trick. ,
The Ouled-Nail are darning girls
who come up to Alexandria und
other cities from the African littoral
to earn their livelihood. When they
have acquired enough golden se
gueens to make a casque rei.ching to
their wastes, they go back to Ziban
and marry a Shiek.
Mr. Powell figured this would be
a good idea for the ring and had
it made to order for the picture. So
when you see a close-up of the ring
on the hand of the villian in "For
the Defense," you'll know what an
Ouled-Nail looks like.
The picture is an adaption by Bcu
lah Marie Dix of a play by Elmer Rice.
Steele is leading man.
Monroe Party Visits Myrtle Beach
Messrs. John C. Sikes, J. Walter
Laney and A. M. Secrest. in com
psny with Mr. J. L. Scott of Char
(otte, J. O. Sprinkle of Charlotte, T.
L. Caudle of Wadwtboro, J. Locke
Everett of Bennettsville, P. S. Cross
land of Bennettsville, Pete Mclntyre
,.f Marion and P. W. Wilson of At
lanta went to Myrtle Beach Friday j
ard returned Sunday night, lnejin" nemnoor?.
party made the trip in automobiles I
..,-d renort most excellent time ? .' " tornr.or Browi,
nr. Mvrtle is th fiae't beuch
;. l - : . -i. .j i .Lt ko.l stn,l uiii Actut- T7(v R H Ki.inklo I thn i'tninir nnnW
Ancient Quart in Cornerstone of
Courthouse Suddenly Disappears
JIDGE WALTER BROCK
CONTINUES TO SMILE
And He Will Be Heard From Again.'
For His Personality Cannot B
11
(From the GoU,br News.)
Judge Walter Brock of the thir-
teenth judicial district was defeated
in the late primary for nomination
by Mr. A. M. Stack, by votes out
of a huge total. When ihe count was
over he wrote the following letter:
Charlotte, N. C. June th.
Hon, A. M. Stack. Monroe, N. C.
Dear S r: Permit me. if you
plea.-e. to extend to you my conrat-
ulatiors and best wishes. I am sat-
is,! il-ut you will n-.tke a very tine
jua-. You will have my most hearty
sup.,.: t. Sincerely.
WALTER E. EROCK.
Tiii. is not the la:
of Brock. A
ft i! ivv who can keep
on smiting is'
lot i:ig to stop. This young man
".as already Sad an unusual earver.
He smiled so constantly and was so
cheeiful that for a long time his
friends did not take him teyhn-sh-.
Brock was born into politics. His
first i ssay in public life was when he
was a iad teaching a country school.
Folks were talking about oett.'r
schools an 1 local taxes as a m-ans
of securing them. Brock pitched in
to carry his district for the new idea.
Thev snowed him under and he smiled
about it. When he had saved up
tome money he went on to studv
aw. but his monev did not last lomr.
But he kept smiling along and di-; of the cornerstone. It is thought that
rectly had license to practice. Pretty! the dastardly deed was perpetrated
oon he and some other young fel-1 Friday night for close watchers fail
lows had the politics of Anson county , ed to observe anything wrong with
at their linger tips and the old fel-1 "he looks of the stone on Friday and
lows who had been in the habit of ; its condition was first noticed yester
passing the word around as to what day morning.
Vnson would do got troubled. They; While there is some chance that
vere dazed at the presumption. They! the person responsible for the re
were more confusej than Murat Hal- nova! of the whiskey was impelled by
stead was when he came to the . a desire to keep the old wlrskey from
Greensboro Home Coning celebration 'he lips of some thirsty person, ht
in 1103 and sat opposite Maj. Joe ! general opinion is that the man who
Mop head at the ban paet. Id.d the work was impelled by an al-
Before any one knew it Brock was 'together different motive a desire ta
secretary of the state executive com -
mittee, and in the campaign of 1910
he bedeviled the life out of Chuirman
A. H. Eller by everlasting smiling
and jok'ng in the most solemn con
claves of the serious campaigners of
that ytr, and carelessly mixing up
the dates for their big speakings.
Before any one knew now fast he
was rising ne had succeeded A. M.
Stack as solicitor. Then he was ap
pointed judge, all the time smiling.
e smiled on the bench and said
many a friendly word to the culprits
before him. And now Mr. Stack suc
ceeds him as judge, and he writes
the above letter. Brock may-, be
beaten but no one can keep him from
smiling. And the beauty about that
smile is that it is natural and sin
cere. It comes from a big heart and
a kindly nature and can't come off.
It is a perfect introduction to any
one he meets and carries him any
where without additional passport.
News From Brief
Brief, June 12. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Clontz of Charlotte visited friends
and relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Austin and chil
dren of .Monroe Rt. L and Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Springer of Albemarle
spent Sunday wkh Mrs. Austin and
Mrs. Spi'iif.;'er's oarents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Cioutz.
Ke. .1. H. Hardin of Charlotte
pu-v U-d a' the school house at Brief
' inUiiy iitte: noon.
Mr, W. A. Tarlton of Conc-rJ sp nt
week-end with his family here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mills of Hiiris
hurg visited friends and rel it"' '.:v
iiur last wvek.
Mr. Jess Philemon of Charlotte
visited lack lionic Saturday.
A large number of the pairm. v.il
barn with rcat pleasure thut Prof.
T. i!. Hun'.'ycutt lias decided to ae-
oi .M the pr nclpalship of our sc.idi.i i he fact that this state leads
at Brief for another year. Prof.UvUh commercial lertil'zers on 95
Huneyeutt is an efficient teacher and of her cotton acreage, snd mora
the people of our school are fortunate pounds per aere than any other stata,
in getting him for a second term, largely explains her lead in yield. Wo
It is hoped that the committee will' are still largely free of boll weevil
b able to pet nil thtee of the old damages which others are burdened
teachers hack again. 'wi:h. Brunswick county is planting
i'.ev. iloyle Love and Rev. Franklin i almost no cotton due to last year'
Helms will preach at the school hou.-e devastations.
nere n xt Sunday afternoon instead
of the second Sunday as announced i
in last week's paper. I
Laid Egg Every Day in .Mr. I.athan's
Shoe
IMessrs. Sam and Howard Medlln.
who live three miles from Monroe on
the Morgan Mill road, report that a
hen has been laying eggs In a fruit Jar
mat was setting m ine nay unaer ine tssembled. Hoor baskets ol sweat
nest. This brings to mind an Incident peas, poppies and potted plants war
that occurred some time ago when artistically arranged to fom an iaa
Mr. Oeorge Lathan of Buford town-1 provised stage. Exceptional talott
ship was In bed with "flu." Of course Und ability were displayed and too
anybody who ever had "fin", knows pupils are to be congratnlaiod tm tk
that raw eggs are about the only fine tone work and tho beautiful
things that a "flu" patient needs, rendition of each number oa tha yr
and one of Mr. Lathan's hens seemed ,'gram, proving the wonderful abutty
to realise the fset, for every day'0f Miss Day in imparting instruction,
while he was confined to bed that The members of the olaas follow
faithful old hen vovnt In the room
and laid a nice fresh egg In Mr.
Lai ban's shoe. No fiah story, but an
actual fact as told by one of Mr.
Synod'cal
, evangel. st of the
North
Carolina
Mch-Dicui ami Highly Covets!
Priie Supposed to Havo Be
Removed by Tlinrty Cftap
nFTY YEARS OLD TJMXP1T
WENT AWAY VERY SUDDENLY
A, the risk of makin, huodxtit of
thirs'y mouths in Union county watar
and husky throats grow worse W
,1U0:e the following horrlVle lUrf
from the Greensboro News ef last
Surday:
Tis a sad story the Daily News is
farced ti tell those who have ben,
fr the past several dayv watching
the old courthouse has been re-
dueed t nothingness. For the quart
, if vhl.-kv which was placed m tha
cornerstone nigh on to fifty years gn
hus vanish.'!, it has gone, it, has dis-
appeared; ti. -le is no chance fur any
of the th;rty to obtain so much as
a single drop.
vtr.ere ti nas gone is ve question
that has stirred many te,p;e. Early
ves'.e-.tay morning it was reporter
that there was something queei look
i:: about the cornerstone. An in
votigatioR showod thut it had been
. br'ik -n ir.t
eie i stone
. The space 11 the
w;.s emoty, absolute! so.
;iaee v. as plenty larg
have held a quart of
, And the
, enough t
whiskey,
Some on.'
I or (-!. sonii
destroyed i:
.vh i was awfully thirsty
:i who wanted the fluid
or ler that none ef tot
ur.regem-rate might wet their lips,
hud taken a pick or an axe or soma
such instrument and caved in the S'da
'get it for himself.
And if this be so it is safe to say
that the man who wielded the instru
ment is the most envied man in tha
city today.
Crop Conditions
Raleigh, N. C, June 10. Tie stata
and national wheat crop has the stmt
average condition of 82 of a full
crop prospect. While this stata kat
n n ............. n t A 1 i ,
Unjte(1 su aVeragei mora tkw
I0,, rdu(.tinn. Thes omaoect aro
much better than a year ago. Th
Co-operation Crop Reporting Serviea
has observed that the vital period it
the crop is the first week in June.
With the heavy rainfall and preval
ence of rust, this state's condition
may have changed for the worse sine
the last reports were received. Too
fine appearance of the crop has tnado
a very favorable impression, but aa
examination of the heads must tell
the real story. The northern pied
mont counties have unusually good
prospects for a fine wheat yield. Gas
well, Person, Granville, Guilford
Orange, and others have around a full
or normal crop prospect.
The North Carolina oat crop is in
fine condition as noted from the stato
average of iK)" of a full prospect
on the t-iinie acreage us grown last
year. The national average of 85H
hows the same us last years condi-
I tion (it this date
The main piedmont
counties show unusually high condi
tions of oats they average 96 with
the acreage about the same.
Of the important cotton statei
North Carolina has dicldcd'y the lead
n p. iwctive yield per acre, includ
ing California and Arizona. The con
ditior. of Si", compares with 6& last
year, '.o' in M. and 8a "i in 1919.
The cotton belt averages better than
tl: ' la.-t two years nt i!i).6i of nor-
A Delightful Musical Evening
One of the most enjoyable occasion
of the season took place Friday ato
ning at the home or Mrs. KoscM
Phifer, on Franklin Avenue, when th
vojc HUDju 0f Mis Harriet Dsr ravo
? their recital. The library, hall and
, ivimr room were thrown torettar.
comfortably anting tha large crowd
Miss Rachel Howie, Juanita Mesres,
Dorothy Lee, Juanita Alexander,
Mary Douglas, Lola Collins, Myrtla
Winchester. Mary Hazel Long, Jecalia
Medlin, Wilma Green and Moadama
P. H. Johnson, Ray Funderburk, G
M smith U R I niv V W. Mrfeelia
I ell. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Saanklo. JuH
Urs.
Day wiU
bar
COfi