THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT."
THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT."
; Monroe Jourm
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PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Monroe, N. G, Tuesday, October 31, 1922
Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 77.
S2.00 Per Year Cash
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INTERESTING COLUMN OF FLOW THROWS RED TAPE TO K4E" s:l
NEWS AND INTERVIEWS WINDS AMD RELEASES BOT , Zr ' T
Parthll Covered by Insurance
t arrival Great Success
Mr. 'Crawford Coble, Oakboro Mer- Georre HnrUr R.i Pi.. v. nu
chant. Is Profiting Handsomely By Will Not Have to Face Federal
Court on Liquor Charges
the Good Roads of This Section
TWO RALE MAN USED TO BE
CONSIDERED "SMART FARMER"
VETERAN COMMISSIONER
ness of North Carolina; Boll Weevil
Driving Hundreds of Negroes Out
of South Carolina; Seaboard Had
One of IU Best Months;
Marshville. Oct 30. The irin" be
longing to Mr. Lee Ashcraft, just op-
fvsiitf me i niUKl i isn Nfnr . w
VENTS WRATH ON FATHER destroyed by fire Saturday night. A
1 TlA't Tata Ik. v V-l, Ti ttk t-L-j ..Tr-. - . . i. ,.-.""" nu ior
. . . i . urn nsitra 10 nnur rwinri ai mi. ur. ernon t ru n n vnnn ha timm
to TeU Sheriff Griffith of the Great- ley Curley. Parent f th. I ,H k. were discovered ahnut 7 nVlwlr
f -1. 1. f I i : c n I u . I
-uBiicr omju ioii tie uugnt n"""5 soun gamerea at tne scene,
io dc nenina me Hars For Taking Pu' were powerless to check the rag
Own Child on Such a Mission I ,n" flames. In addition to the eir
" house and machinery a large quantity
ThrOWiniT red tano n thn nrini. I Ot' COtton wH Waa AamtrntrA Tk.
Mr. Crawford Coble of Oakboro is violating a judicial custom nf 1 if. loss, which was verv hpiw wa
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iiruiu r.K nanugomeiy dv me EOoa unie. esq. M. U. flow. United State I U coverea DV insurance.
road from his town to Monroe. He commissioner, usurped the functions The Hallowe'en carnival, held at
uujs ruuon in nis section, men nauis reaerai judge F riday and dis-lne senooi building Friday evening
it to Monroe to resell, making the dif- charged an eleven-year-old boy. W8 K'eat success, the "side shows"
ierence in Manly county and Monroe ueorge Ourley. indicted on liquor I?3' hermg in quite a number of nick-
quuiauons, wnicn somet mes exceeds cnarges, aitnougn the evidence e,s a mes. Light refreshments
a cent a pound. The good roads en- against him was of a very incrimina- wer served. The features of the
able him to haul 38 bales of cotton a ting nature. His father, Emsley Gur- evening included an umbrella hobble
day with one truck, the truck making Icy. indicted on the same charge, was Pean.'t ad hair races. The lanre'
iwu j wun a B'iao "i i ""uau bw io me next term of red- V'uwiI lna' aiienued tnoroughly en-
"'ci. ic jrdu alu iir. c, iujii uiiuit a Donu oi nve hun- Ju.'' : occasion.
Coble, who was in Monroe Saturday, dred dollars. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hujrgins and
"it would have taken e;ght teams "I just couldn't bear the idea of daughter of Monroe spent the week-
with eight drivers two days to haul sending a boy of such tender years end her?- Mr. Huggins is now lo-
me cction mai i now nring to Jion- up io tne reacrai court," Esq. Flow eaten in Wilson, where with Messrs.
roe on one truck, with one driver, 'd Saturday in explaining his de- K- nd John Beasley he is engaged
in a day's time." cision. "And," he added, "I believe in launching a new morning paper
Two-Bale Man a "Smart Farmer" Judse Webb will commend my action .'The Wilson Mirror." While miss
It didn't take that Ion artu-U n ,n !ak,n? th blt. in my "outh and " Mr. Huggins in our midst, his
Sunday's New York Times to ininrPSrr,n? ln.? rrom Possible life warsnvme friends wish for him and
Sheriff Griffith with the PTPatno.. 01 Sr,n,e: . tne paper much success.
North Carolina. "I've known it all u?ht ,he T! Red-Handed
nir nine, ine onerui saia saiurdav. I u f n t . .
.u i, t . .... .". I cre csu. r low nas ever ripaei a
nc i in si came io monroe, r im j..j., i. v , . . , , .
ibidcu aui,iiiiiK uui a iiniei.: " j . . ----- i .
u'kt rn f ti.. ...u: sioner, and the only instance where lote.
produced two baler Mr. Berge Green of Hartsville
considered a 'right smart farmer.' B - 5 lne,. was n? 1uestion in his SP sun;iay here with his parents.
vears afterwards Afnrne "e "as 'wv made It
Mrs. John F. Hallman and daue-h.
ters. Misses Jean and Mabel Hall
man, spent Saturday in Charlotte.
Mrs. J. E. Thomas and Miss Annie
Newsom spent the. wek-end in Char-
U'k- ... r. j. . I m nu. lie nas a wava made it a wr. ar.a Mrs. James Mnrah were
wasn't note'd ! for buJoe thing Oul tffi&'&f riman, ItxVf f EtM Gar
r ..;.L. .....-. . lation of the federal laws to the FeH. rison ut Ln.onville.
fourteen of them loon. ' eval cou.rt' Prefc"in. Jo Jet the h'gh- Mrs. .Edgar Moore and her sisters,
Co-On. o,i,. p.,1. ":u" upon nis innocence or 5 " 0 Hamlet, spent Satur
. r iKuiii, even mougn tne faquire thinks ua " 1 nniioite.
Lnion county members of the co- there is a grave question of his guilt. .The Hallowe'en party at Mrs. An
uperaiive marKeung association were loung uuriey and his father were
interested yesterday in the report of apprehended by Sheriff Fowler and
the format.on of the American Cot- Deputy-Sheriff Griffi.h as they were
ton Exchange, an organization pat- walking down the Morgan Mill road,
terned after the New York cotton ex- about two miles from the Rocky
change, which is to be the selling River bridge, near which their auto
agency of the organized farmers. The mobile engine had' gone dead, pre
famers plan to develop their organi- umably :n search of a car to bring
Zation to the nnint uhfre milU will their car?! nn , Munrno Tim
look to their exchange instead of were taken back to their abandoned (leatn c her uncle, Mr. Squires, who
was
THINKS L. J. SMITH WILL
CET A BIG WHEAT YIELD
Winsate Man Has Fine. Firm Seed
"rv. somng Home-brown Wheat,
and Getting Done at Right Time
EVERYBODY SHOLI I) Pi ant
IN NOVEMBER. SAYS BKOO.M r... nk.i. .i..T7: . .
I --y ana k. ti. Krdwine,
Wheat Sown the Fir,t f v... u .l L w.m" ATiaiors. I o Handle
ACK FROM NEW YORK, iMR.
CROW BULLISH ON COTTON
-
NEW Mnmn rnxinivv t
BEGIN BUSINESS MAHAL 1 lb HfiAUtL) fOR
He Declares, W ill Yield Mark Ret.
ter Than When Sown Later; Pays
to Ise Acid Phosphate For Wheat;
w nume-urown wneat If You
vaa uet it.
By T. J. W. BROOM
Now is the time to sow wheat
W heat sown the first of November
will yield much better than when it i.
own later. Our average vielrf nf
wheat are entirely too low in thi
county six to eight bushels per acre.
.vik;..:.'".?;" era IS. aue m!n'y biine in New orie;, :j v. :v
Dodge and Studebakers
Monroe Motor Company" is . new
business concern organized by Ca-:
tain Philo Alcott and Mr. R. B
Redwine, Jr which soon begins busi
ness at the Gordon garage niiiljing
otpos'te thc post office
This Company is to be the sole
o-ealer in this county for the weil-i
known Dodge and Studebaker cars.
Captain Alcott is a native of Vir
ginia. At the time that this country
entered the World war he was in
30 CENT MARK, HE SAYS
"ItVi One of the Most Bullish I Have
Ever Seen." Declares Weil-Known
Monroe Business Man
ONE MAN STANDS TO MAKE
FOLK MILLION ON FUTURES,
It Is No Piker Market Either.
Purchase Being in Ten. Fifteen,
Twenty, and Twenty-fire Thousand
Bale Lots. Crop, However, Is Now
Out of the H mds of the Farmers;
(iins Closing Down.
improper Z th.e.! of the stale guard Back from New York, where he has
the quality and variety of seed and 01 1'0UISlanna- He entered a training Bn ?n ou.!:..m, Air. J. J. Crow is
l-. ' iicijf ui neea anairamn Bn,l nnt i ... .u? radiutmir h- k;. .
r . . v v.vi-i.caa aiiu IU L 111? - . vuhuii ill ills lull-
front as a captain in the field artillery yersation, i:.s walk and his general
where grown, and poor land
Wheat sown November 1st, will
make three to- five bushels tnnre nei
acre than when sown December 1st,
taking a ten year average. In pre
paring the seed bed the best imple
ment to use is the disc harrow. On
corn, cotton or pea land a couple of
diskings will usually be sufficient, fol
lowed with section harrow to smooth
Iha l.,n.4 J -It m.
n.c mini wiure arming, me main
point in makinir the seed heH i. t
get it fine and firm. We were on the
farm of Mr. L. J. Smith, in the Win.
gate seit.on, last week and he was
preparing cotton land for wheat. He
was going over the rows with disk
and served in this capacity during demeanor. "It's one of the most bull-
the war. After the Armistice he sn markets i have ever seen," he
remained in the army as a regular, sa:d ."a it's headed for thirty
retaining his position as captain from eents."
which service he will he retired, and Certainty of a bhort crop, a yield
he is now on leave of absence until wunit'h is believed will be far under
he is finally released from further tne government estimate, has con
service. For the past year he has elr al; cf Xew York nt cotton
been an instructor in a department bi"ls' sa:.d '-r- Crow. Everywhere
of Harvard university. 'tney are bay otton, playing the
Capt. Alcott comes to Monroe with ' market to v.- n. t Lrokers tell of a
the reputation of being a gentleman yeritabie awiLniche of buying orders
of highest integrity and a man of ,.m fne North, everywhere,
splend d business qualifications. v 18 no,t 'p.Uer market either,"
Mr. R. B. Redwine, Jr.. is also rec- i cont."iued Mr. (. row. "They are buy-
i n if ..... tw ... i L . i i br in Len. I ;: . n turantu nn.1
narrow, littinir the ata L with nauoimi service, iw;. ",,u '""'W
running harrow across rows to evel hav,nsr taken trainin? n the govern- Vf i ': u ba e lo!?: 1 know
and then going over aeain with disk ment air service and is lieutenant f.one man'" m immediate section
harrow. Hi. fed Ln.Vn. .Ia in the reserve. h,?. ls to sUnd to .make four
I . 1 million aouars when the mrUt
n e fcit.ty s fcaturday evening
sreativ enjoyed by all those who at
tenJi-,1.
Mrs J. Z. Green returned Saturday
iroiit Hartsville from a visit to her
sons.
Miss C!er. teacher in the Marh
ville High School, was called to Char
lo:te yesterday on account of thM
New Y'ork for cotton quotations. Of-
ncers or the exchange are promi
nently identified with the co-operative
marketing association. i
Will Sell French Box Car at Auction
Members of the Federated Shop
ear where a search revealed that their died in the Charlotte Sanatorium,
eleven-gallon cargo of liquor had
been hid in some nearbv bushes.
The Esq. lectures the Father
Evidence introduced before Esq.
Flow tended to show that the boy
was not an innocent party in the
blind-tiger traffic. It was shown that
AN OPEN SWITCH CAUSES
TRAIN WRECK AT WING ATE
r , 1 i. i-
tFrhe. SEaS VJJ the
and 8 Hommes," for the American
Legion parade Armistice Day, Satur
day, Nov. 11, state they will offer
the.r entry at auction to the highest
bidder after the parade, the proceeds
to go to the Lnion County Children s
Home. The car, they say, will make
a dandy play hou. for children.
Thriving Little Town Boasts of
Parent - Teacher Organization
With Mrs. J. E. Hoyle Pres.
Uingate, Oct. 30. A number of
women of the community met at the
contraband to the automobile and
assisted him in hiding the stuff when
the car engine went dead.
Attorneys for Gurley, Sr.. plead for graded school building Friday after-
a two hundred dollar reduction in noon and organized a Parent-Teach-
the bond. Not a cent less, genllj- er Association. The following offi-
men, retorted the 'Squire, "uurley cers were elected: Mrs. J. E. Hoyle.
OUirnt to be behind the hars Instead n.Mmi. M.. iir:u: ..!.
. , i : -. i..mi,.i, io. nuiia it imams, vice
OI OUt under hnnd fur tuL-inir hia hnv I . M.. c m' ii:
iivi. v....- . a . d..jj:. ... ...u " !'' ii , i.iia. o. . ninson, secre
....r ,-.r.. i uuu. oil nuvii a neinnom errana. His vio- tiry and treasurer: Mixe Soim.
The spectacle of tjie two Mc- nation of the moral law that demands Char.sy and Annie Jones, nroeram
viuni uujs vi me ii muuw cuiiimunuy i -"-"i, ..uiauic viaiiuii ior cnu- committee; fliiss fliary Uaddy chair-
lying in tne same room in a govern- urea is a more aggravated onen e, man of the membership committee-
n my opinion, than his transgression Miss Sallie Griffin, chairman of the
of t.ie r.atuw law of the land." publicity committee; Mrs. G. B.
rinoiies, iliainnan of social
ment hospital, suffering from a mal
ady contracted during their service
in the late war, watching each other
d;e, is almost equaled in pathos by the
story of a farewell dinner given by
a dying New Jersey sold.er to twenty-five
army buddies. The soldier is
Percy Evans," one of the first New
Jersey men to enlist in the world war
and one of the last to return. The
ftast was held Friday night. Be
lieving that not many more days on
earth remained for him, Evans, suf
fering with tuberculosis, after having
been gassed, rose from his sick bed,
taxied to the Washington Society
club house, and propped up on pil
lows, presided over the affair. "Sing
all you want, boys; make all the noise
you want, lignt if you want, but
please do not wreck the place," he
told them
$2,500 APPROPRIATED FOR
A irCH SCH30L LIBRARY
Hal' of Th'j Sum Available Imme
diately for Purchase of Books;
'.he Balance in Five Years
commit
tee.
the permits will be held at the
grad.'d s.h iul the last Friday in each
m..nlli J. . L T
iiiuiimi ui. iinve-tiiii iy. every woman
in the community is urged to join
this organization and help make the
graded school one of the best in this
section. Not only the women of the
community are urged to join but the
men also.
The organization has planned an
o!d-ti:ne sing and spelling bee to be
At bst Monroe is to hove a li
brary! At a meeting held last Fri
dy evening the sthol board set aside
the svm of $2,500 for this nurnnse.
Twelve hundred and fifty dollars of I held in the graded school Friday,
this amount will be available this Nov. 10 at 7 p. m. Admiss:on only
t and ten cents. The old "Blue
ek" will be used, so let the fth.
a uer.od of five vears. It is safe to ers an 1 mothers of the community
SAV thnt the wise PYnnnrliture r,t' thin I ilS Well as the vnun-r tiennla an A ,.V,;l
"I won't be with you I sum wiil place ours among the very dren come and join in and let's spend
t;est nign scnooi libraries in thu state In l'eu "g oi real tun and pleasure.
much longer. I have arranged this
little dinner to show my regurd for
you, my bojhood companions -and
my friends of later life. Fellows, I
have only a fe vtliou;:hts to give
you. One is the feei ng of a fellow
on his back when a friend visits him.
I have been that way. It is sjrely a
wonderful thini?. I know that the
vhiueh bell Uow.1 the street will g-jor.
toil for mo. I have nl'vays cherish
ed tl.e association of my frirods and
I wanted in this way to r.th'st my
regards for them."' Evaris' voice
brol .? at this roint and his frer.ds
S When the
touches the 30-cent level."
ncing Ball
the mnrlfut tn a
President Gravely Is To Submit A i bounein ball. Reactions, he said, are
Platform Embodving Principles d"e t0 profit-taking on the part of
of the Organization 1 J"08.6 who bought on the twenty-cent
j level. Many of these are buying in-
Mr. J. F. Folwers. a Charlotte at- i 9' easei contracts with their realiz-
orney, will address a meeting of the;,n's accora ng to Wall Street brok-
firm. Hi U'AS BnUrirtlF hnlna.niiiAH.. 1
and getting it done in"time6.' The land ?Kft5? JgsAf?!g Wrv iKTS
had been improved by a system of COINT NOVPAKTI.N LEAGLE M ' "... ?'aJB'.u
rrnn rrtfnn .h:..h !.. j i I . i . w i.ntueu ine
..,,,,, iiiLiuueu legumes,,
and we predict that Mr. Smith will
average fifteen to twenty bushels of
wheat per acre.
Home-grown seed will yield 20 to
-o per cent more than northern grown
. . -Ainri uncut HUllOIlltT . . . er
iL:. t. . . ""Illnmn pimntv nnn.iirtiiin Inncrno in SIS.
iiiiuo uis iu De true, a r.umner of c:i :. If "- "
vi ns ' n r rna nnttAn u . . . i
Lnion rnuntv frm..r. ho... a oe m-m in tne ;iasonic L,oage rooms, ' iw'ik passea
to be true. Sow home-grown Teed if Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Fol-1 eir hands, few farmers will
you can get it Purule St nH lowinR his addres9' Mr- W- G- Gravely) Profit. bX the anticipated rise. Gins
Jted May whea wiU yfeld more S Preaident of the leaue' wiU Mt Ima" dT, B over. the South.
lanU not capable of nrodon, ,ra ioT the approval of the members a fu ar "P'diy becoming bare of
-alaD1.e Producing more nfi,fnpm ihvim, the r,..in,.ini.. f the fleecy staple. The 1922 rrnn it
man i . 1 1 fir iwa va niifh.i. ...... f""--.'. ' ....wu..... ...v ... ..i-..'...j v.
nilshefa net. afiA
These varieties, beinsr eailv. are nnt
so injured Dy rust as the later varieties.
Land that is capable of producing
uaie vi coiion. or tfirtv t fift
bushels of corn, is canahle nf mitln.
eighteen to twenty-five bushels of
wneat, and will do it if sown in time.
u.i a wen prepared seed bed, with
good seed.
It pays to use acid nhnanhate tnr
a. - l . . -r"
ine wneai. ana on most of the .
of the county it will pay to use pot
ash. We suggest a fertilizer carrying
ten per cent phosphoric acid and four
per cent potash on the Alamam.e n
yelbw clay soils, and not less than
two per cont potash for the red clay
the league.
1. Clean politics in national, state,
county and city government.
2. We advocate the Australian bal
lot and recommend a prison sentence
for anyone buying or selling, or in
any wry innuV'ncing a voter.
3. We favor the primary system of
selecting candidates for all offices for
the national, state, . county or city
and favor holding the primaries when
and at such a time when the lareest
number of voters -can attend not ear-i
her than August and the candidates
be selected from the best classes of
citizens for all offices. We oppose
machine politics to the last and favor
men or women for office who are de
pendable and upright christians and
It is the acid nhnsnhate that M.v .' maK? every ettort through
the grain, potash gives healthiness to prper leKlslat;on. t0 Pu. h pronteer
the straw and plumpness to the grain ln, manipulations ot markets and
nitrogen develops the ,i, E anything tending to br.ng hardships
stoonnir and fives enu-th t fho uaaA V"-
Where wheat follows corn and soy
beans, or corn and cotton that wa.
pieceuca by clover, or corn and cow
peas or any legume crop, there will
usually bij enough nitrogen for the
wheat. But on clean cultivated lnnrl.
where legumes have not been grown
in the rotation, it will be necessary to
ue .nunc nitrogen, it is best to ap
ply this in the form of nitrate nf .nA
cany in aiarcn, however, when ni
trate of soda is to be applied in the
spring it should be reinforced with
acid pnosphate and potash applied in
me iHu at seeding time,
and there will be no doubt but that
Monroe w 11 re placed on the accred
ited list of the southern association
of high tchools nad college
Tn'c are at present approximate
ly ('50 volumes in the library. This
nui'.il-cr includes the 10!) volur.its d
nat:l by th; students and the splen
:l.d reference set. "The Book of
Knowledge ' end the "InternsUional j
Er cyclopedic" presented by ihe Pa
lent-Teneher Association. Members
of the faculty are at work preparing
li-.t ; nf lmil: tn rnvnr th.i vnft.i.ia
sat silently by while he recovered his Lub it tcs tauirht in the hh school
.nmw.;ilWk i..l ..ll...l 4 .. I n A . .1 ' .1. .. I I .. I . 1. .. J 1 ... . i ..
venvu uii a inu.bu ana in co;rg in s tney are Keeping in ' lIl'uallu people visaed tne scene
mind the tunctions ot a hiith school oi tne wrtcK feumlay.
I.urary. Ihe hope is that each
i'.vo livight trains were wrecked
Sunday morning about one o'clock
v. hen they ran together on the side
t: u k here. An open switch seemed
to !e the cause o: the wreck ..,me
time d-.'rirg the night the switch had
:ii i-:i i,eii causing tne two trains
to (o'.l!e when they met here carlv
n t n Morning. Seven box cars vTre
p.uii wiecked, and foods were scat.
tered over the adioin.nir fields. The
.vrccitir.g crews from ?Innrne nnd
Ilniiet were called out and worked
ft!T tiny Sunday and a short while
aicntay Clearing the track. Sever-
Was Look'nj For the Saddle
"There used to be an old saying,"
en old-timer said yesterday, "to the
effect that a man who traded much in
horses would soon come to a bridle
nnd a saddle, tears and years ago
when I lived in. Lanes Creek town
ship, I had for a neighbor one Joe
I)av:s, a man pleasantly remembered
by some of the older folks. One day
he walked up to the house with a bri
dle in his hands. 'Have you seen any
thing of a saddle?' he asked. 'I have
been swapping horses,' he explainad,
and tnose pesky traders at iMonroe
have gotten everything but rrty bridle
and caddie, and now 1 ve lost the sad
dle.' This story recalled a horse-trading
yarn in which Messrs. Rufe Little
and Clontz Griffin, two Marshville
cit zens, were involved. Mr. Little
i . i L.1..1. 1 r .
Hnau a pony wiuin mr. vjruiin covetea,
and which, after much dickering, he
Uacquired. Later Mr. Griffin, was in-
tormed by tne man to-'Whom he sold
the animal that the pony was blind.
Rule, he asked one dayfc"why didn t
lyou tell r- that pony was blind?"
(Con.jiJea on page five.) '
stu
dent will cultivate a taste for good
litera'ure in addition to u.-iug th
library for Informational purpoies.
ine next best tnmg to know ng a
fact is knowing where to find it. Ai
sn as the books have oeen properly
catalogued a librarian will be em
ployed and will keep the library open
from one to three o'clx-k each after
noon. The use oi tl.s reference
books and tha inspirational volumes
will be sfressed in each c!as. Mr.
Scnrnes will mae a special trip to
Chapel Hill Satur 'i y to confer with
Mr. Wilson, the Lmversity I.brarian
and chairman at the North Carolina
Library Association, as to the pur
chase and selection of books.
Mr, R. W. Doster and daughter,
Mrs. J. W. Richardson,, visited rela
tives and friends at Fort Mill, S. C,
last week. They also attended Home
coming Day at Pleasant Valley Bap
tist church last Sunday.
Born to Mri. Walter Harris, a son
on Oct. 23th. - ' , ,
Thejju'.pit of the Baptist church
.is ntimi ouuuay morning oy Kev.
Mr. Powell, pastor of the Marshville
n:irti.-t church. Mr. Koyle, pastor of
the Baptist church here, filled Mr.
Powells pulpit at Marshville. Sunday
n'ght Kev. Zeb Caudle preached at
the Bapt:st church here.
The Oxford Orphanage singing
class will give a concert at the high
school hu.lding Tuesday night. The
pumic is invited to attend.
Th? second number of the lyceura
coarse will be given in the high school
aud'torium Thursdoy night. Public in
vited. Miss Lola Griffin of Hamlet spent
the week-end with relatives here.
Prof, and Mrs. C. C. Burris spent
the wsek-er.d in Raeford visiting rel
atives. Congressman W. C. Hammer was
a Wingate visitor .Friday .
ssues Call to Confederate Veterans
V,. 3 TI..I1. ,
...i. in. r. ueiK, commanuer Lamp
a.nju vonieaerate eterans, has is
sued the following call:
"To members of Camp Walkup and
an oiners who wore the Confederate
Lni.orm dur ng the ar Eetw.-en the
States:
"You are lierebv instructed, pursu
ant to the invitation of the armistice
day celi'brat'ou committee of the Mel
vin leese post of the American I.e
gin:i. to meet in Monroe in the Re
oonlerV court mom in the court hous
on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 9:::0 a. m
for the purpose f marching in tl.e
parade and participating in the other
festivities of the occasion. It is man
datory that you come in the uniform
that we love so well.
"Dinner will bo furnished by the
gno.1 women of the community, and
ihey. along with the soldier bovs of
the late war, join nie in this urgent
inv.tation ior you to be present.
"Your comrade,
"S. E. BELK, Commander Camp
''Walkup Confederate Veterans."
4. e condemn the conduct of
spending millions for roads in cer
tain favored sections and to suit cer
tain politicians to the injury of oth
er parts ot the state as unfair and
not in keeping with the principles of
justice and honesty. ihe roads
should be constructed in plates and
ways to Serve the mo?t people and
tax-payers.
5. It is our opinion and sincere de
.'rchat women of intelligence serve
n our city and county school boards
Vi'.l in our city government and no
one is suitable or entitled to hold an
office just because he has been a loyal
democrat or republican. Political
debt paying is worth nothing to the
people for service.
0. We advocate free text b.viks for
use in pdi'.ic school.''. Flection of
all judges by the pep!e. Curtulmtnt
.1... J .V J- . ... .
oi ine power oi iu i t iar . esneji-
aliy as applied to the issueing of in
junctions. And a 1'eform in our sys
tem of taxation.
Aiming the prominent men of Mon
ro-.; who have affiliated with the
lenjfue, said Mr. Graveley, is Dr. II.
U. Stewart.
Paul Aycoth, the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Aycoth of Monroe
Roue 4, died this morning from the
effects of terrible burns t
tt . 1 1 .1 a " - "
nennesuay wn.ie playing .;j
rent's yard.
Those Foolitdi Questions ,
A big powerful motor slowed up as
the occupants perceived a car of very
modest proportions standing by the
roadside in a rather battered condi
tion. The owner of the car was on
his knees, endeaving to straighten
out some of the parts.
"Have any accident?" queried the
man in the big car.
"No, thank you," grimly returned
the other, "just had one." Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Dr. McCain Goes to High Point
Dr. V. . R. McCain, for many vears
a leading physician at Waxhaw, and
cnunty-commissioner-elect. will leave
tomorrow for High Point where he
will n.'sume the practice of his de-
ce is"d brother, Dr. Hugh W. McCain.
II i leaving is a matter of genuine
regret to the people of this county
who have known' him as a gentleman
of mcr.t. excellent o.m'i' es as well as
a ti: rhysic'an. Hih Point, how
ever, oilers h.m a larger field. He
ing up his p'actice where
wiil Ufc the office of his brother. His
in the hands of the speculators, who
nave tne.r saies set, it is apparent to
observers ef the ticker, for a really
big kill n. 'i tiidn'tsee a bale of cot
ton in the fields all the way from
Sanford to Monroe," said Mr. Crow,
"and I understand that the gins at
Lilesville and Polkton have been
closed."
Summary of Conditions
An excellent summary of the con
ditions of which Mr. Crow speaks
was contained in the cotton opinion
of Gwathmey & Co., which appeared
in Sunday's Greensboro News. It
reads:
"The world is undoubtedly becom
ing alarmed over the increasing scar
city of raw cotton as indicated by
the statistical outlook which at the
present time is, roughly, as follows:
The carry-over at the end of this
year was approximately five million
oaies, wnicn probably includes a small
percentages of unspinnable cotton.
The growth this year is probably
from ten to ten and a half million
bales, giving a total supply of ap
proximately fifteen to fifteen and one
half mill on bales. With estimated
tfkings this year of twelve and one
half million bales, the supply next
August 1st would be only around,
say, two ai-.d one-half to three mil
lion bales to carry over until ap
proaching the following October,
when the new crop begins to more
freely. At this time, according to
these figures, there will be practically
no raw cotton of desirable quality
left, nr. '.cm jcotton prices meanwhile
go O a point to check consumption.
The sLies cf the world are in a de
pleted conditio", and most people fael
he demand w.il become more urgent.
ihe u.ive r.rganized holding move
ment th'oju'c.ojt the ninth under
these cov.ii.tii.n?' will he a very im
porta'it i;;. :; r, par'iiu nrly as the
new crop season approache-i. and the
menace cf the 1ml! weev l must be
fnceJ atra.r. The world is beginning
to realize ti'.at a new and higiirr level
of cotton pries will undoubtedly pre
vail until means ha.s been found
of combatting this pest, which is un
doubtedly oi.e of the greatest mena
ces in the history of world's agricul
ture. Estimating this year's crop at
ten tnill-v-r biles and aiding the four
prec-'dirv ,ve;.r., the average produc
tion per ennur.i is more than two
million bales l:ss than the average
production of the five preceding years.
This has bnn la-gely the work of the
boll weevil, ' ch within the past
five years I us I -.'n progressive in the
extent of its rn .-ages.
"With t .c c .a.-tois in mind the
family, for the present., will remain Z Eh Z:, X "k
Notice of RemjvaL
The barbers who were at my shop
in the Houston building, next door
to J. C. Kikea' ' nf Ac k-
?a- found at my shop in the Masonic
i oauuing. -Kespect.ully, J. B. Miller.
at axnaw.- ur. Met. aw w u come
back to the ciunty in December to
qualify as a member of the biard of
county commissioners, this being le
gal since his residence will be main
tained in the county.
Mr. W. C. Sanders Chairman Tuber
culosis Drive.
The N'orth Carolina Tuberculosis
Awociatior. will place on sale this
year tn miljjon Tuberculoris Christ
t ? :-:i's, which will sell for one
. ...'..ach, the receipts to be used in
providing funds for the care and pre
vention of tuberculosis. The seals
will be on sale from Thanksgiving
da until Christmas. Mrs. Walter C.
Sanders of Monroe has been appoint
ed director for the local sale.
will depmd L.-fctiy on the extent to
which tha demand from spinners is
ma ntained, and the extent of the
holding movement in the South.
Bull sh speculation will probably also
be a faHor. We advise conservative
purchases on all good recessions." ....
A Guilty Conscience
Tommy had been playing truant
from schools and had spent a long,
beautiful day fishing. On his way
back he met one of his young cronies,
who accosted him with the usual ques
tion, "Catch anything?"
At this, Tommy, in all the consci
ousness of guilt, quickly responded:
Ant been home yet." Western
Christian Advocate.