"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT."
THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT.-
Monroe journ au
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Twenty-Nint h Year. No. 60.
Monroe, N. C Friday, September 1, 1922.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
1HE
The First Association Cotton
Is Being
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Mr. Gilliam Writes Explanatory
Letter to Union County Mem
bers of the Organization
COMPLETE LIST CF
MEMBERS IN COUNTY
Members Are Reminded That They
Have Made Contract With Their
Neighbors and Are Urged to See
That All Live I'p to Its Provisions
Members of North Carolina Cotton
growers Cooperative Association of
Inion county: To day many ol you
ure to take your nrsi step in co-
merative marketing of cotton, lou
Ihave looked forward to this day with
longing, and I believe your fondest
lreams will be realized, ir.e eyes
f the whole state and country are
ifocused on you, and waiting for the
papers that will go out over the state
Saturday morning telling of what was
llone at the various points where cot-
on was delivered to warehouses to
lay. Everevthinir is ready to receive your
iotton and pay your advance of $50
m agreed upon.
I You are to be congratulated and cv
iry man in the state whether he is
a member or not will say that you
lave been wise in selecting the men
ivho are to pilot this mamouth organi-
:ation to success for the next twelve
nonths.
Every department has been working
light and day for months to have
vervthirur ready for your cotton this
fcnorning, and so far as I know, where
otton is ready for the market, U win
e received at the various points in
he state and the advance of $o0 per
Ipale be made.
Your oreanization has over 30.00U
nembers trom fifty-five counties, ana
.ve hope before Monday night to add
-, nnn mnm t thia number. You
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noum leei it yout amy 10 go oui ev-
ry hour you can spare from now until
hen to add others to you association.
Ks stated, this is a large corporation
rganized just like your bank or any,
ther corporation, and the association
s not dealing with just you and me
put with more than 30,0'Ji men in
ifty-five counties. It will be impos-
ble for them not to make some mis-
akes handling so many names and
.ecounts. and should they make one
kith your account, your name or ad-
Iress, take it up at once witn tnem
r write me and I will have it cor-
ected. Methods we start with may
ave to be discarded for newer and
mproved ones, but I can asure you I
our organization is as near per- j
ect as it is possible to get one to oe
erfect as large as this one, especial
i- when it is something new. There
ire notice of any mistakes that may
ccur or any suggestions you wish
mnku thjy will be glad.y received.
Within the next day or two you will
eceive jour membership enra wnicn
ill have votir name, county ana aa-
ress on it. If it is not correct, write
Raleigh at once and have them
lake the correction returning your
jrd for correction. This card will
ave your contract nunioer on u. iou Sunday night.
iust at all times present this to the! Mr. Tom Fundrhurk find family,
arehouse to deliver your cotton, as, Mr. B rt Ft nderbiirk and little son.
is your means of identification. ; Vinson. Mr. n. A. Sustar and two
our drafts will have to have this;,jniunie,.a Annie and Gussle Sustar,
umber on it. in fact every communi-un,,Ilt Wednesday with Mr. J. E. Sus-
ation you have with the association
as to have your contract numoer on
Unless your warehouse receipts,
rafts and checks have this number
ie banks will not honor them. I wish
Iso to urge each member to have
he gin that gins your cotton print
i legible figures the contract num
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each bale of cotton. If the i
ur on
ig is lost off your bala in transit,
kiis number would identify it as
urs.
Have your cotton ginned as usual,
j'tting the contract number on each
ale, get a load and take it to
our nearest warehouse, deliver to
uinager of the warehouse and he will
ive you a warehouse receipt or a
raft for your advance, take either
a your bank and get y.iur $uO ad-
ance as promisea. At tnis writing
it-re is only one point in your coun-
where you can deliver j'ou cotton
id get your advance and that is
lonroa. We are try.ng to get ware
iiuse arrangements at Waxhaw and
arshville, if we do not succeed, your
tton will be received at those points
y myself or some other man and the
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Ivances made of $d0 oneach ba e
f 450 lbs. good cotton. There will
certain days during each week !
t aside for receiving cotton at other
an warehouse points in the county.
hese will be announced in a day or
in your local papers.
The association needs your coop-
tation as much now to make it a
ccess as it did before you signed
e contract, and you should feci it
tmr duty to render evety assistance
u can to make it a success.
The contract you have signed, you
id wot make with Mr. Broom or my-
1L but with your neighbor, ana if
ta o not know it, it has teeth in it.
tcning that contract you signed
ta your neighbor that you would
tm ever to thia association every
hie ef cotton raised by you or raw
5 far vou. or that you acquire for
fe years of 1922 and 1926 inclusive,
means that if you take a bale of
tton off that you promisea to ae
ver to this association and tell to
me one you will be penalised 5
nts per pound and it can oe collect
.(Con.LTjcd oa pay eight.)
Received Todav
MONROE MAY HAVE A
COMPANY ENGINEERS
Prospects are favorable for the
organisation of a company of en
gineers in Monroe. No definite
movement has as yet been taken to
secure this organization, but a
number of Monroe citizens are
interested in it and a mem
bership drive will be started
at once. The following letter l.as
bc;n sent by Mayor Vann in reply
to a communication from General
Metts in regard to the organiza
tion of a local company of engi
neers: "In reply to your favor of Aug-1
ust 1 Hth concerning the organiza
tion of a company of engineers
here. I advise that I have given,
jours of, July 21st. in which you
so kindly outlined plan, to repres
entatives of the local post of the
American Legion here and to the
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce. I understand that they are work
ing on this propesithm and that
they will have no difficulty is se
curing the required number of en
listed men. They do not content-
Flate any selection of officers, as
understand it, until they have a',
least sixty-five men who have sign
ed an agreement to enlist.
"1 am sending copy of this letter
to Mr. Olin McManus. post adju
tant of the 'ocal chapter of the
American Legion, and Mr. C. W.
Orton, secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, with request that
they redouble their efforts and get
the matter of locating organiza
tion here favorably and definite
ly settled.
"Thanking you for your interest
and courtesy in this matter, I am
Yours truly, I
J. C. M. VANN." I
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A .MALI UUli I latIVS
ioj mnii ti i urria
miv. .m.mvoii.alu uuij
Made Hail, I'gly Wound Almtit Two
Inches .oim on Her lli Many
IVi-siMial Item or Interest
Matthews Route 28. Aug. 31. ,
'a mad dot; passed through this com-
niunity last Wednesday and attacked
Mrs. Marshall Hooks. The attack
was of -fro4oitr natnrnd ft -wrl
about two inches long was made on
Mrs. Hooks' hip.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Steele spent
Saturday niuht a id Sunday with Mr.
Ed Michael of Crowhurk.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sustar spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Mi s.
Sustar's father, Mr. E.l Michael of
Crowburk.
Mtes Urlnnle Sustar has retiyned
home nftr spending a week with hei
brother In Charlotte.
Miss Annie Thompson Is visiting
relatives In Marshvllle.
Mi ss Bessie Sustar is spending the
we-k v. ltli hrr aunt, Mrs. Jane Mullis
of Le.nca.r. S. C.
Mis.: Rumor Sustar spent th
Wfk-r-'id with Miss Brinnle Santar.
.Mr Vr tin Crook and Jim Hill
0r charlotte motored to Mt. Harmony
tar ami family.
State Is Coin After License Plate
Theives
Stealing license plates from the
back of auomobil?s has become an
industry of considerable proportions
l" wcilon. of the state
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and
the state automobile license depart
ment will endeavor to make a hor
rible example of Sidney Williams, al
legedly a flagrant violator of the law,
now lodged in Halifax jail.
Inspectors and county officers have
been after Williams for some weeks
past, and it was only last Friday
that his dwelling place was surround
ed and his arrest effected. The ar-'
rest was made by Inspector Nichols
and. Deputy Sheriff Ross. Heavy
penalties attached to the stealing of
license plates. . ,
Scarcely a day passes but from one
to a dozen thefts of license plates
are reported to the lecense depart
ment at Raleigh. The lists of stolen
license are sent out to the inspec
tors on the road, and they are al
ways me iwauui iwi uu-iii as uicir
' . , . . M . ftf th
ways on the lookout for them as they
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tomnhilp . or , r,d.
J. E. Sawyer, who directs the des
tinies of the license department, is
determined to break up the practice
of stealing plates and his Inspectors
are directed to give every co-operation
to local officers in running down
such thefts. The vast msWity have
brought their numbers and paid for
them, and the principal work is now
to keep relatively few from stealing.
. Bonus Bill PMsed
The senate yesterday passed the sol
dier bonus bill, carrying four billion
dollars. It had already been passed
by the house, but changed by the sen
at, it will now go to conference be
tween the two houses. It may or may
not be vetoed by President Harding. If
it becomes a law it will go into effect
the first of next January. (
If there Is surplus in the United
States Treasury, let's hope Congress
does not hear of it Financial America.
INTERESTING COLUMN OF
KEW5 AND INTERVIEWS
The Colored Parson Believes in Put
ting the Candidates for Baptism
Out of Sight and Holding 'Em
KEEPS 'EM INDEH TILL
HE SEES WATER BI BLE
Couldn't Think of Anything Else to
c.v ..4 II .. c.,i;.j rkri.in..
(.iftr Mr. Redfearn Feeling Pulse
of Farming Industries Believes
Large Amount of Small Grain Will
Be Sown This Fall Boll Weevils
Pour Diet for Chickens.
Major H. K.- Helms of Wingate
cjm?s in contact with all kinas or
people through virtue of his office
and he makes it a point to study
human nature and he is a close obser
ver. Hi tells some interesting things
in regard to the colored race that
have come under his observation.
Mayor Helms has arrived at the con
clusion that the .colored people are
great imitators and that they listen
to what white people tell them. In
this connection he relates an incident
that took place in his office when he
was listing property for taxation. A
big colored man came in wearing a
!ong "Jim swinger" coat, derby hat
and other clerical paraphernalia and
he talked away down in his bosom.
"1 take you to be preacher," re
marked Maj'or Helms. "Y'es, sah, I
surtanly is," replied the minister.
"And I believe you are a Bantist
preacher," continued the mayor. "Y'es,
sah," replied the colored man, "how
can you tell so much about a feller
you never saw before?" "Oh, well. I
can usually tell," replied Mayor
Helms. "And according to my way
of thinking you "belong to the right
denomination," continued the mayor,
"bat have jou noticed that the white
Bapt.sts don't baptise anymore like
they usel to? They now allow a can
didate to catch his nose or put a
handkerchief over his face and then
Ve prachsr barely gets him under
tin water. I b'.'lieve in baptizing them
n.per," the mayor continued. "Y'as,
?r.h. y:is sah, dat's right." said the
eo'ored mirson. "and 1 wants to tell
ji u dat when I baptises a nigger, he's
under at least two feet and I holds
'ein under till I sees the water bub
ble." And now Mayor Helms is afraid
that colored preacher will drown the
next one he baptises.
He Was Happy Anyway
Ths above story led Maj'or He'rn
on to tell anoter in regard to the man
in which-colored people imitats
not only white people but also mem
bers of their own race. A big bap
tising had been scheduled for a cer
tain date and all the colored peoph
for' miles around had gathered to
witness the ceremony. The first to
go under was a big, happy-go-lucky'
fellow who delighted to jhout. When'
h-. came out from under the water he
xc'aimed, "Hallelujah!" The next one
folk-wed with "Glory to Gawd!" But
th? third was of a more quiet nature
ind was therefore not prompted by
impure just what to say, but thought
he had to make some exclamation, so
he sang out, "Christmas gift!"
Punk Sees Good Signs
l!r. C. M. Redfearn, who travels
for the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Co., if making a close inquiry and
investigation as he moves around-over
' is territory in regard to the pros
i "tt for a small grain acreage ihis
fall. He ha? arrived nt the conclusion
that more small grain will be sown
this fall than ever before, owing to
boll weevil conditions. He believes
that cotton farmers are preparing to
swing to some extent from the cul
ture of cotton to feed nd f jm! cipj
and that small grni.i will constitute
a large per cent of th; change. How
ever, he doesn't believe tl'.ey are in
tending to use fertilizer under the
small grain to any great extent,
which may operate against the suc
cessful growth of it.
Weevil Not Good Diet
Will chickens eat fcell weevils? if
they do eat them, what effect will
the new diet have upon tho fowls?
These are questions that many peo
ple of the county are asking them
selves and others with whom they
come in contact; Mr. 0.' H. Moore
tells The Journal that boll weevils
are poor food for chickings, accord-
lii.g to Mr. John H. Moore of west
Marshville township. Mr. Moore says
his brother, Cyrus, had to pen his
chickens up a few weeks ago to keep
them from dying from the effects
of boll weevil diet. They ate .so many
they all got sick and they were penned
to prevent worse results.
Overall Factory' Coming?
The committe appointed for the in
vestigation of the Coast Brand Over
all Company's factory located at Hick
ory, went to the factory Wednesday
and make a satisfctory report. The
committee is composed of Messrs. G.
S. Lee. J. W. Fowler, Fits H. Dilloff,
Fred Pinkston, and J. W. Laney.
This committee is very much pleas
ed with the factory and are certain
of locating it here. The only difficul
ty now is to get subscriptions for
stock to the amount of 130,000. This
can probably be secured at an early
date. One man on the committee is
espectially elated over the fact that
the factory is coming here. He says
he saw an order on one of the fac
tory's files for J, 000 suits of overalls.
The factory will probably be located
on Fowler & Lee's lot in front of their
stable. They will erect a building
there for that purpose.
The contract for the bridge across
Richardson creek at Lee's mill has
been let to Hagedorn A Co. That
work has not been starte4 cn thia
bridge is due to the railroad strike.
H0 BLUFF WORK WITH MAN i
BEHIND JOHN HENRY PLANT
j
Ford Says He Will Shut Down His1.
Plant as a irotet Anaiist Coal
Prcfiteering and Pi?ht It Out
Wil l FIGHT FOR WHAT HE
BELIEVES GREAT PRINCIPLE
Denies There Is a Coal Shortage
Brokers Have Enormous Supply On
' Hand Could Obtain Enoueh To
Cover Ten Acre Lot If He Would
Submit To Being Victimized By
Prattecr. Which He Does Not
Propose To Do.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 23. Henry
Ford in announcing Saturday that his
plants would be closed September
16 because of conditions in the coal
industry, began a fight for what he
believed is a great principle.
Mr. Ford, it was stated, has start
ed what, he declared, is a fight
against alleged profiteering in coal
and that he believes he is in a bet
ter position, perhaps, to da so than
any one else. He feels, it was stat
ed, that by taking up the fight he
is doing every other manufacturer as
well as working men throughout the
countrjS a real service.
Mr. Ford denies there is a coal
shortage. The investigation of his
representatives has convinced him.
It was stated that coal brokers of
the country have an enormous sup
oly of coal on hand. The Ford Mo
tor company could obtain enough
coal to cover a tract ten acres square
if it would submit to being victimized
by profiteers, it was declared.
For several weeks, it was asserted,
the Ford offices at Dearborn have
besn flooded with offers of coal with
deliveries guaranteed. It was declar
ed that the prices asked ranged from
100 to 300 per csnt above the normal
costs. .
The Detroit manufacturer believes
that if he yields .to what he terms
"the hold-up" of the coal brokers
every other manufacturer wiTI follow
suit and that coal prices will reach
an unprecedented figure. One source
close to Mr. Ford said the manufac
turer had "at the back of his mind"
a picture of working men being un
able to buy enough coal to keep their
families warm because of the prices
that eventually would be asked un
less this profiteering was nipped in
its inception.
The Ford company recently has
received i lari'e number of offers on
the part of coal operators ts sell
mine-
None of these offers have' been
given consideration, because of the
present transportation conditions. It
was explained by persons close to
.Mr. Ford today that the offering of
mines meant but little as they can
be purchased now for almost nothing
because of the large stock of coal
held by brokers."
The manufacturer still believes
linking of the Louisville and Nashville
and the Detroit, Toledo and Ilonton
railroads, the latter his own property,
would solve not only the rord com
pany problems, but those of every oth
er coal user in the Lakes region. Coal
for shipment is available in Kentucky,
according to advices here, and only
await a means of bringing it out.
Unless the Ford motor company re
ceives ciinl from an unexpected source
it will close all its manufacturing
departments in the Detroit district
September 10th.
The statement was mnde at Mr.
Fcrd's office today in answer to a
rumor in circulation in Detroit and
elsiwciTe to the effect that a way
had i i en found out of the com-p:;nv'.-
i'uI problems.
Mr. lord, it was reiterated, is
firm in his conviction that for him
to pay increased prices for coal at
this time would have the effe:t of
keeping coal cost up and the ex
pense of other manufacturers and the
householders of the countrj'.
Ford t'osts only $1.50 More, Says
Hoover
Washington, Aug. 2'.). It would
CDs'. Henry Ford only $1.50 more ner
car to manufacture his automobiles,
at the present high prices of coal,
Secretin y of Commerce Hoover said
today in commenting on the Detroit
cr's announced intention of closing,
down his plants September 16th.
Mr. lord has said that he would
refuse to pay the present prices evn
if he could get all the coa! he
needtd.
The secretary pointed out that by
Sept. 16 congressional machinery
to curb ccal prices would be in op
eration. Pending such time as this machin
ery becomes effective Hjover-does
not anticipate that coal-will go much
over S'i per ton, at the mines, which
is approximately $1.50 higher than
the average fair price now in effect
to various coal mining states.
Sunday School Rally Day
The churches of the city are expect
ing a record-breaking attendance next
Sunday. The day has been designated
as Sunday school rally day and an
effort is being made to induce every
man, woman and child in the city
who can possibly attend to do so. The
Men's Bible class of Central Metho
dist church is planning to have a pic
ture of the class taken, copies of
which will be sect to the National
Christian Advocate and to the North
i Carolina Christian Advocate and it
is desired that every member of the
class be present for the sittiir.
Hard Questkn
Why do they call a roadster "chum
my" jvs' beoiuse you have to .crawl
thro igh the carburetor to get into, the
miliary - seat? .Atlanta fVnr!trL.
Ition.
Two Men Are Almost Buried
Beneath Mass
LEMMONI) CHAIRMAN I
FOR DAIVDSUN FUND!
Campaign to Raise S.SOO.Idlil for En
dowment and Enlargement of the
College
Charlotte. N. C, Aug. 31. R. W.
Lemmond of Monroe will act as chair
man of Union county in the campaign
for $000,000 for the endownitnt and
expansion of Davidson College, ac
cording to the announcement of R.
M. Miller, Jf., of this city, who is
directing the campaign in North Car-
olma.
.Many prominent business men and
civic leaders of Union county are
graduates of Davidson College and
are a;: live in the campaign to build
"Oivater Dvidsor. for a greater south
err. Presbyterian church.'' Davidson
College is not only one of the leading
educational institutions of Njrth Car
olira, but it is one of the leading
Presbyterian colleges in America, and
many prominent figures of the S.mth
ar.d the country, such as ex-presoknt
Woodrow Wilson, leceived part, if
not all of their education in its class
rooms. Approximately one-third of all
southern Presbyterian ministers are
graduates of Davidson and more of
its present students are preparing to
enter the ministry than students of
any other nontheologicai institution
of the South. The present campaign
is being conducted in order to increase
the value of Davidson to North Caro
lina and to the South generally.
Graduates of the institution, North
Carolina Presbyterians, and citizens
of the state generally, are active in
support of the campaign for a "Great
er Davidson," and graduates of the in
stitution alone, in North Carolina
form a large part of the leading citi
zens. Of the $000,000 raised by the
campaign $400,000 will be used for
the rebuilding of the historic Cham
bers Hal!, whose destruction by fire
last yea;1 has greatly handicapped the
work of the college. The additional
$200,000 will be added to the endow
n'.er.t fund in order to add more teach
ers to the faculty that are required by
the present enrollment at Davidson.
At the present time the enrollment
at Davidson is necessarily limited to
f:00. Religious and academic train
ing are alike given in the cohege, and
all the influences of the college life
tend toward building character las
as giving academic learning.
I). rectors of the Davidson campaign
;nc!ude eighty men who are leaders
in America and in the South. Among
them is ex-president Woodrod Wil
son, who plans to give the campaign
all the personal support that his pres
ent condition of ill health will allow,
several of the most prominent minis
ters of th South, and many business
men and civic leaders.
County Chairmen in North Carolina
.likewise include men prominent for
civic and religions leadership. Mr.
Lemmond, who will direct the cam
paign in Union cwunty, is Clerk of the
Superior court. During the campaign
he will have the co-operation, not only
of the state-wide organization, but of
the ministers and business men in the
county as well.
TROOPS AT SPENCER
ARE ORDERED HOME
(mci'Mor Issues Wuiniiiu Hint I .Mule-
As Will Bring the S.ddiei
Back to SjH iK'cr
P.jiekh, A "c. 30. Following a
c nt'i renre v. itn Governor .Morrison,
Adjutant General Metts tonight or
dered th eiuht companies of na
tional guaid.sinen stationed nt Spen
cer to retain to their home stations.
They will leave tomorrow morning
nnd all are expected 10 be demobil
ized by tomorrow niuht.
Conditions about tin1 Southern
Railway shops nnd in Spencer and
Salisbury wer- considered to be sat
isfactory by the governor and adju
tant general, justifying the removal
of the troops. Before Issuing the
order returning the soldiers to
their home stations. Governor Mor
Mson talked over the telephone with
Col. Don Scott, in command at
Spencer, who assured him that con
ditions there were peaceful with the
outlook encou-aglng for the pre
valence of order.
In calling the troops from Spen
cer, warning was Issued by the exec
utive that overt acts would send
them back again, No lawlessness
will be tolerated, it was explained,
and the removal of tho soldiers
merely leaves It up to the cool hwdft
fn (he strike sone to see that the
law Is repectd.
Governor Morrison's direction for
the removal of troops Is In line with
his order for the removal of compa
nies stationed for similar reasons In
Rocky Mount. Rockingham, Raleigh
and Aberden. Absolute quiet pre
vailed In the strike area and no fur
ther Rood, it Is stated, will be accom
plished by holding the force of 500
guardsmen at Salisbury. The re
moval will b accomplished by noon
Thursday, according to Adjutant
Genera! Metts.
H;r Strang Point .
'itt'e girl of five was entertain
! ... he callers while her mother was
getting ready. ; Oneof the ladies re
marked to the other with a significant
look, "Not very p-r-e-t-t-y, spelling
the last word.
, "No," said the child quickly, "but
aw!ul s-m-a-r-f Boston Transcript
of Falling Rock
Clarence Sleall. White Man,
Has Leg Hroken and Martin
McCain Is Hadly Injured
i mir tiuf nrni'iprn
TO EXCAVATE THE MEN
While Working on New Charlotte Av
enue in Monroe Big Cave-In Catch
I'nsLspecting Men Under Its Migh
ty Force and They Narrowly Es
cape With Their Lives.
Two men came very near being bur
ied alive Tuesday at the Seaboard un
derpass on the new Charlotte Avenue
which is urder construction when a
great mu.-s c :' rock broke loosa and
fell or Clarence StegaM, a white man
whositho:ne is in Lincolnton and who
was employed on the construction
furce, and Martin McCain, a colored
man working on the same job.
Stegali had his left leg broken be
tween the knee and ankle. He was car
ried to the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital
where the limb was set and the
next day was ca;r:td to his home in
Lincolnton. McCa ;i sustained pain
ful injuries on t.e legs and had a
foot badly rushed. Two other men
v,ho were p -;-:-eit when the cave-in
took place eicnred without injury.
Th? men v;:t at work excavating
for the undc-T&sS when a mass of
five tons of rock turned loose and
fell upon them. It is estimated that
one of the rocks alone would have
weighed at least one thousand pounds.
Four men couldn't raise the stone and
r took seme time to make the remov
al. In addition to Stegall's broken leg
and McCain's badly mashed foot and
legs minor injuries were sustained
by both. Men who witnessed the ter
rible accident say the wonder is that
y.crs serious injuries were not sus
tained. National Club to Exhibit Here
The National Partridge-Wj'andotte
Club of the Southeastern section will
mest with the Union County Poultry .
Association at their annual meeting
January 5, 6, 8 and 9. North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
Alabama are included in this club
and it is thought that the club mem
bers will have about 200 birds on
exhibit. The two organizations will
offer seven cups as trophies besides
cash prizes. The American Poultry
Association, pf which the Union coun
ty organization has recently become
a member, will offer some of the asso
ciations medals at this meeting. Judge
J. P. Kerr of Haw River, N. C, ens
of the oldest licensed judges in the
state, wili act as judge and will give
the prizes to the winners.
The show management has been
busy trying to secure educational ex
hibits from the state and have been
promised a largo entry by the North
Carolina Experiment Station of Ra
leigh. The association is plannig to build
more coops for the fowls and en iugh
will be built to house 1,000 birds.
The meeting of this club with the
county association will draw a high
quality of birds and also increase the
exhibits. The association has made
arrangements for representatives to
take subscriptions to all leading poul
try journals at the meeting.
Ttt lli-otlier Killeil by Kiiilroad
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York. S. C, Am;. 2S.A shock
iiiir trated in which two ynitiu men
of York county lost tiielr lives, came ,
to light this morning, when D. P. Lat
tiiiiore of Hickory Grove was noti
fied by Ions distance telephone that
two of his sons. Brateher Lattimore,
28, and Dan I.atimore. 26. were shot
ind kl!!"d last niubt in Camak, Ga.,
by a inilroad i;nani.
White details of the affair are mea
ger, it seems that the two young men
were going to the station to meet ft
third party and anang" a hunting
trip, when a railroad guard, who evi
dently mistook tlicin for Intruder,
shot them down, one in the back
and the other In the bead. The man
thouu'i? to have done th-' shooting
is tinder arrest.
Dati Lattimore had been In Camak,
Ga., for cvral yeas, b"lng In the
employ of a power company. His
brother, Bratclvr Lattimore, was vis
iting him. It Is raid. Both are veter
ans of tiio world war, and are well
known throughout western York. .
D. P. Lattimore, cf Hickory Grove,
father of the two young men, accom
panied by -two othr of his sons, left
for Camak thfi morning, making the
trip Jhrnugh t' J country via altorr.o
bile. Twj Anniversaries
Yesterday ws the 36th anniversary
of the great Charleston earthquake
which occurred in 1888. There are
many citizens here today who remem
b?F this convulsion of the earth.'
The earthquake began about 9
o'clock at night with a peculiar rum
bling noise in the northwest. The
windows rattled and the earth trem,
bled here in Monroe. In Charleston
many lives were lost and much prop
erty destroyed.
This month is also the anniversary
of the building of the courthouse
which was erected in the same year.
The courthouse hat been treated to
a new coat of paint to mark this occa
sion. -
Looks as if bobbed hair is goinj.
Bryan has had his cut off.
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