THE UNION COUNTY PAPEIU-EVERYEODY NEDS IT."
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Thirtieth Year. No. 14.
Monroe, N. Tuesday,
Isrch27,1923.
NATIONAL GUARD
OWTEDMKRO
IS NOW ASSURED
Emsley Arrofield Commissioned!
' Captain arid Members Are "
I Signing Up.
PROSPECTS ARE FOR
, STRENGTH OF NINETY
The success of the National Guard
unit to be known as Batter- F. 117th
Field Artillery for Union county is
assured. Mr. Emslev Armfield has
been commissioned , Captain and he
with other parties interested in the
success of the organization have been
presenting the matter of enlistment
to eligible prospects.
The following men have signed an
agreement to enlist and organize: R.
. Redwine, Jr., Gillam Craif R. R.
Hawfteld, Paul Griffith, Clifford Fow
ler, V. H. Wood, J. C. M. Vann, Sam
H. Lee, Craven Gordon, F. R. Rose,
Roy C. Smith, J. Allen Lee, H. W,
Coble, Dewey L. English, J. P. Gam
ble, Geo. S. Lee, Jr., J. R. English, G.
B. .Caldwell, A. W. McCall, F. H. Fair
ley, R. Sr Howie, J. R. Hudson, C. H.
Hasty, A. A. Heath, D. J. Boger, T.
N. Lee, P. M. Abernethy, Keith Davis,
John Coble, E. R. Coble, B. B. Craig.
D. S. Cornelius, Homer Fowler, J. M.
Beaty. C. L. Efird, E. B. Haney, Ems-
ley Armfield, Herbert Warlick, Joe
Privett, A. B. Fair ley, Jim Helms,
Carl Davis. . .
The business men of the town are
co-operating heartily in the move
ment, as they realize the benefit to
the community to be derived from
such an organization. The govern
ment furnishes equipment worth $50,.
0,00.00, consisting of four ' 155mm
, euns. with caissons, trucks, trailers.
machine guns, motors, etc., and all
uniforms and equipment for men. In
addition, members of the organiza
tion are paid $1.50 a drill forsixv
drills a year, and full pay and trans
portation and supplies for a tvf o"
weeks encampment during the sum
mer. Several of the business men
have urged their '- employees to join
the organization, promising! to con.
tinus their wages during absence on
encampment
The minimum enlistment "strength
in 65 and the trrosneets are that the
- minimum requiroemerft , win' b4 greatly
exceeded and the maximum strength,
of 90 men. fully enlisted when ; the
proposition is understood and oppor
tunity given the younger men. to en
list It is reported that considerable
interest is being manifested at Wax
haw, Wingate and Marshvilleand in
the country near Monroe where good
roads will enable meiVto attend drills
without much loss of time. Drills are
of an hour and a half duration and
will be held mostly" at night. The out
ings and physical training offered en
listed' men are attractive inducements
to enlistment, ias well as association
with a congenial crowd of home lolks.
It is expected that the full strength
of the organization will be completed
this week and enlistment and organ
ization perfected. In order to allow
for rejections on , physical1 examina
tion, the parties interested In organi
zation think it wise to have at least
seventy-five or eighty men sign the
agreement before the actual work of
enlistment starts. Any white male
resident of the county between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five years
is eligible for enlistment. Persons in
terested in the organization are re
ferred to Capt Armfield for .. further
information. .', ' V
. Death ofMr. George W. Simpson
Mr. George W. Simpson died at his
home at Olive Branch yesterday about
ten o'clock of pneumonia. He had been
sick several days and his death was.
not unexpected.-. ' ,, 1 .
: The funeral was held this after
noon by Rev. E.. C. Snyder, pastor
of Olive Branch Baptist church, of
which Mr. Simpson was a useful and
influential member.
Mr. Simpson was one of the very
best men of the county. He always
engaged in farming and was a good
one. He was a man of striking ap
pearance and a personality that at
tracted attention and respect from
strangers, as his life and character
won the love and respect of his neigh
bors. He always stepped forward and
took his part in church and school af
fairs and for the betterment of his
community.. He was born and reared
in the same neighborhood in which
he passed his life. ;
Mr. Simpson was twice married.
The first time to Miss Dry, the sec
ond time to Miss Lizzie Thomas,
daughter of Mr.- E. W. Thomas, now
of Weddington who survives him. He
ii survived by his wife, five sons and
five daughters. The sons are Zeb,
', Bunion, Clyde, Hoyle and Onis Simp
son. The daughters are Mrs. S. W.
Bennett of Concord, Mrs. J. M. Burns
of Marshville, Mrs. William Thomas
of Olive Branch, and Misses Mary and
Mittia Simpson. Mrs. M. H. Hamilton
of Marshville, is a sister of the de
" ceased and Dr. G. B. Nance, of Mon
roe, is a brother-in-law, and Mr.-J.
W. Hamilton, of Monroe is a nephew.
, " FOR ALDERMAN
We suereeat the name of Vann Fun-
derburk as a suitable candidate for
alderman from Ward Five. He is a
successful business mart1 and knows
the value of a dollar. At the same
time he is a progressive man, and
would make US a food alderm"'!. C
ov. vo'ct.i of Ward livo. .p-1 f',ct
Jilr. Fundcjurk. VOl'Ei'.i.
MR. J. E. BROOM'S LEG
BROKEN IN FIVE PLACES
Mr. J. E. Broom, supervisor of the
section, of the Charlotte-Wilmington
highway between-Monroe and Char
lotte,' was hit by an automobile on
the road at Pleasant Plains church
Friday afternoon, and his left leg was
broken: in five or six places. The
breaks were one above the knee and
the others between the knee and the'
ankle. The knee joint was not injur
ed and there- were no bruises or
scratches elsewhere on the body. Mr.
Broom is in a hospital in Charlotte
and perhaps will be there Several
weeks. Both bones of the leg were
broken. The bone protruded from the
flesh, and in dressing the wounds it
was necessary to split the flesh.
Mr. Broom does not know much
about the accident. He was hit by a
car belonging to Mr. H. H.. McLen-
don of Wadesboro. Mrs. Mci,endon
was in the car returning from Char
lottc and a young man was driving
it. Mr." Broom was coming toward
home on his tractor and Mr. Redmond
was driving up to meet him to talk
a matter of business. They both
halted on the end of the asphalt road
where it ioins the Union county road.
Tho McLendon car was coming down
from Charlotte. The. driver said that
there did not' armefcr to. be room
enough between the tractor and the
Redmond car lor him to pass ana ne
turned to the right-to pass on the
outside. Just then Mr. Broom got
down from the seat and was hit. He L
did not see the car and the presump
tion is that the driver did not see him
at all until too near to stop. He was
knocked some fifteen feet Strange
to say that while the leg was fearfully
smashed up, he was hurt nowhere
else. ':.' .;..- -; '
Seeing that Mr. Broom was hurt,
Mr. Redmond jumped in his car and
ran to Matthews for a doctor. He
could not find one and it was some
time before Dr. Reid arrived. Jt was
decided to take Mr. Broom tq the hos
pital in Charlotte and he arrived
there about nine thirty. The acci
dent took place some time around
six o'clock just after the' storm which
passed over thati section, The Wades
Doro'car was stopped and assistance
offered. It will be next to a miracle
if Mr. Broom does not lose his leg.
COTTON PRODUCTION IN H
THIS STATE IN 1921-1922
"The ' government figures for the
cotton crop ill this state for 1921 and
1923 are sriven below, which make in
tersimg reading in view, of the
LWBevu. invasion. -r More -cotton : was
made in this state lit 1922 , than in
1921. " In 1921 the amount was 803,'
620. In 1922, 878,997. :
County ,1921
Alamance ' 957
Anson 21692
Beaufort 13455
Bertie .'. ,. 16309
Bladen 5692
Cabarrus 11522
Camden' e. 2998
Carteret .. .' 610
Catawba ! 9334
Chatham . 9270
Chowan 6148
Cleveland 36540
Columbus - 536
Craven 4079
Cumb2rland 20055
Davidson v..... 1642
Davie.... ' 2813
Duplin 7364
Durham 609
Edgecombe 36184
.1922
439
23232
10706
13710
9464
9109
2217
1097
6502
6163
4877
27233
. 4586
5077
15991
766
1012
10116
248
29291
Franklin .......... 14676
11379
Gaston
Gates
9362 8882
4251 4022
Granville 792
Greene 8548
633
14367
31186
Halifax 41269
Harnett 83268
Hertford 4991
Hoke . 17186
24890
8926
15870
Hyde ;. 827
871
Iredell 14469
Johnston .,...:......... 60447
Jones ................................ 8849
Lee ....... ' 8428
Lenoir 10214
9583
48591
5086
6083
15219
6043
Lincoln ............................ 9962
Martin .; ....- 10607
Mecklenburg 21544
Montgomery ................... 5050
Moore .......................ir. 3696
Nash .-S36735
Northhampton 23260
Onslow :...............i.....-. 3262
Orange : 1655
Pamlico 4298
Pasquotank ............,....4 5263
Pender 1584
Perquimans X B271
Pitt ' 23269
Randolph . 1,133
Richmond ....................... 15623
Robeson 45128
Rowan ... 9923
Rutherford ..-.........' 13291
9211
23042
4181
2042
28912
16372
4757
1003
4176
2805
2732
4863
26485
605
13501
62546
5701
9013
29162
29497
6336
1133
27303
3797
21451
7547
S362
34033
26230
Sampoen
28160
26164
7789
1535
Scotland
Stanly
Tyrrell
union..
Vance .
Wake ..
Warren
-...ui' A-a i ww
A..... 5820
........V 31698
.....11158
Washington .
4582
Wayne
i
.-26972
Wilson ..
All other
23101
3300 V3449
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FOR' MAYOR
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of mayor of the
city of Monroe, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
, ,-,'.'.0..-: C. E. HOUSTON.
' FCa ALDERMAN V '
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for alderman from Ward Four,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary. A. A, EDGEVVORTH.
1 . ' " " -..I, . , t
"Ha wh driven to his grave."
".i'e I 5 was. r i you expect him
to walk?" Lord Jt;.l'. ,
Crowned wth Ofears nd;Hoiidr
W. H. Phifer Died
Mr. W. H Phlfer died at two-twen-S
ty o'clock this morning. He had been
sick for three' months and, for; most
of that time it was known to be mere.
ly a question, of days until he end.!
He had .- lived nracticallv Without
ft.
nourishment lor many daysr tie was
CO years old on the 13th of February
and weakness and Complications , in-,
cident to old age caused his death;
He had been a man of remarkable
healthiness, though not , particularly
robust. He had pneumonia in both
lungs while a prisoner during the Civ
il War, but from that time till, his
fatal illness he was - scarcely sick
enough at any time to require a phy
sician. ' '... ' 3 V ''
The luneraljs being held at the
residence this afternoon' by Dr. Wea
ver and possibly Dr. Craven, presid
ing elder. The pall bearers are: W.
C. Heath, W. J. Hudson, Lv.N. Pres
son, John Griffith, Wriston Lee. and
J. F. Benton. t ;
Mr. Phifer is survived by his wife
and the following children: Mrs. ' E.
D. Worley. Mrs. W. H. Norwood, Mrs.
T. T. Capehart, Mrs. Frank Fairley,
Mr. Braxton Phifer, of Pine Bluff,
Ark., Mr. Roscoe Phifer and Mr. Sam
Phifer. All the family were at the
bedside during his illness.
Words are not adequate tc describe
the place that Mr. Phifer held in this
community for two score years. So
long ago as the present generation
can remember, the name "Uncle Billy
Phifer" was a synonym for religion
and good works. He stood irreproach
able and unassailed before men.
He was born and reared in the Wes
ley Chapel community and from there
went as a- young soldier to tne vjon
federaft armv. serving four years eX'
cept fpr the time, he was in a ederal
Drison. He belonged to the Confeder
ate calvary, which under such leaders
as Wade .Hampton and 4eb btewart
had never oeen excelled in tte world.
H was at one time a courier on the
staff of Hampton. Coming back from
the war, he married Miss Elizabeth
Jane Stevens, who survives him. Of
his immediate family, only his young
er sister, Mrs. E. A. Armfield, sur
vives. After spending some years on
the farm. Mr. Phifer moved to Mon
roe and engaged in the mercantile
busfoess with his brother-in-law, the
late. Sheriff A. F. Stevens. s The old
firm of Stevens & Phifer located on
the corner. where the. bank of, Union
i i i i i. : . A
was Known iar ana wiae iot ks dubi-
- - ' : l . ji r 3
ness probity, anentr. btevens lived
for the most- of this period in the
country and looked after a mercantile
business and jar. rnuer conauctea tne
Monroe store, Sheriff Stevens being
the principal buyer for the business.
Atout the time Mr. Phifer retired
from business he bought the old Os
borne homestead across the creek, fix
ed it up, and spent the remainder of
his years quietly snere. for a wnue,
t the snecial reauest of the directors
of the People's Bank, the-only insti
tution of the kind in the county, he
served as cashier.
In the issue of February 7, 1922,
The Journal said editorial!"
Honors Itself in Honoring Mr. Phifer
In the old Methodist church build
ing which was moved away years ago
Kiwanis International Convention to
, 1 Be Held in Atlanta
Mr. Joe Hudson, secretary of the
local Kiwanis club, received the fol
lowing letter last week in regard to
the International Convention which
is to be held in Atlanta, May- 28th,
to 31st, at which Messrs. J. A. Doug
las, V. H. Wbod, and Joe Hudson will
represent the Monroe Kiwanians:
Probably the greatest . "Canadian
invasion" which ever has penetrated
the United States and certainly the
South, will be the delegation of Ki
wanians which will visit Atlanta May
28 to 31, inclusive, when the Kiwanis
International Convention is held.
Several special trains ase being
planned for the trip, which will in
clude nearly 500 Kiwanians from the
fifty clubs m Canada. The convention
was held last year in Toronto, when
George Ross, Commissioner of Fi
nance, of that city, was elected. in
ternational president, and the Cana
dians will return" the Americans' vis
it this summer by, sending a record
delegation on the long trip. - y
One of the features of the Cana
dian invasion will be the famous
brass band of the Forty-eighth High
landers' Regiment which fought over
seas throughout the war. The High
landers will give concerts in many
cities along the route, dressed in their
uniform of Scotch kilts.
Indications are that the Atlanta
convention -will be tne largest ever
held by Kiwanians. The International
Program Committee met recently t in
Atlanta, made a tour of the city, and
comrileted a program of business and
entertainment which will occupy al
most every moment of the time. One
nf the entertainment features is to
be an old fashion Southern barbecue,
cooked by noted ante-bellum negroes
over open" pit fires, at which 5,000
persons will be served, while a glimpse
of the "Old South" wiH be seen in
"Plantation Days," it musical revue
which will depict the customs of oth
erdays. ....
Atlanta, In true Southern manner,
has issued special invitation to the
wives and daughters of Kiwanians,
and a big committee of ladies will
look after their entertainment while
the men are engaged in business ses
sioirs. 'He "Is that tire flat?" : v
, he "A l;'.t!e bit et il; j.iarj,
but U.e rest is all risht." ,
Jln3 looming
:1
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Mr. W. H. Phifer arose one Sunday
and unrolled the architect's plans of
a proposed new building which he said
it was believed could be put up for
ten thousand dollars. That was the
original plan for the beeinnine of the
handsome structure that is now the
Ventral Methodist church, upon which
several times ten thousand dollars
have been spent and which has all the
appointments and conveniences of the
modern church in towns much larger
tnanwionroe; '
' Lat Sunday morning, " the . Men's
BibleyClass of this church did the
appropriate ad graceful thing in
electing Mr. rimer honorary presi
dent of the class and a member for
life. For forty-sevrn years Mr. Phif-'
fer has been a worker in this church
ana lor tnirty-tnree years he 1 was
superintendent of its Sunday school.
Only the older members of the con
gregation know how much of the
church s burdens were carried on his
willing and capable shoulders, . nor
how many of the plans for expansion
and growth he unrolled as he did the
plans for the new brick church, or
how hard he worked to make them
come true. '.''?";'':'.','' ;v ,
And now at seventy-nine next Mon
daV.rblessed beyond expression in
thei-btessing he has 'been, to hissom
raumiy, mr, rniier, in serene ana
happy old age, with his gentle and
sweet life pomoanion, a .few years
younger." by his- side, may well sur
vey the past' with , satisfaction and
happiness and contemplate the future
with glorious anticrnanon. Since 1875
when they came to Monroe, this
couple have woven their lives in the
warp and woof of the community, and
today none are more honored, none
more loved, and none more deserved
to be. Through the years, as their
prayers went up to God, their hands
were busy in serivce to those about
them, and now this paper can do noth
ing which gives it more pleasure than
to modestly assume to speak for the
community and say to them:-
"You have been a blessing to us;
we love you."
A . , , ,. .. , ..
News From Lower Jackson
Waxhaw Route 1, March 26. It has
been raining a great deal down in
this community "and no farming has
begun yet, but it looks as if it will
clear up now and the farmers will go
to work as quick as the ground gets
dry enough. ' a ' --"L -'.
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Helms of the
WaxhaW Baptist church community
were Saturday night and Sunday, vis
itors at the home of the latter's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Young of Osceola.
" Mr. and Mrs. J. T. . Coan spent
Wednesday night of the past week at
the home of Mrand Mrs. L. W. Dun
lap. .
Mrs. R, S. Gamble of the Rehobeth
comn.uni y spent a lew ;4ciays oi tne
past weex at tne nome. pi ner ,
iu... M.AuBuu vj, ffuiKwh .su.iW)l. thovYe absolutely vicious.
was accompanied home by Mr. Gam
ble and children who spent Wednes
day afternoon with them. Mrs. Gam
ble's mother, Mrs. McNutt, who spent
a great part of the winter with her
daughters, left for her home in Texas.
We, have learned that Mrs. E. E.
Rogers is on the sick list this week,
and hope for her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Dunk Eller was taken to the
Fort Mill hospital Friday, as she has
been sick .for several days..
Messrs. W. J. Sims and sons, Mes
srs. John Henry and Jac)t, spent last
Wednesday in Lancaster on, a shop
ping tour. - .' '
A great number of tourists who
spent the winter in Florida are re
turning to their homes in many dif
ferent . states, , driving through this
section. - -
Miss Odessa Dunlap spent from
Saturday until Sundav afternoon
with her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Riner of the Waxhaw Baptist
church community. . ,
' Misses Arline and Maggie Cren
shaw spent Sunday afternoon with
their little friend,-Miss Mary Byrum
Marze. ", -.
The protracted meeting is in prog
ress at the -Heah Memorial church
this week., We extend to all a cor
dial invitation to attend. ' ,v
Little Miss Dorcis Richardson,
daughter of Mrs. M. L. Richardson of
the Belair community, spent the) pMv'
week with her aunt Miss i.n:K.e -i:cn-
ardson.
"Dcn't buy thermometers in the
summer they are lower in winter."
The Journal of I.Iedical Ass'n.
GREAT ACTRESS, 80 YEARS
OLD, IS DYING IN PARIS
Paris. March 25. (Bv Associated
Press.) Bernhardt'! life a nnpar tn
be fast ebbing. Physically prostrate,
alert in mind and at times clearly
conscious of the momentous struggle
which she is waging against death,
France's great actress fouirht
throughout the nlsrht aarainst- the
darkness which is fast closing in
about her; What her friends call a
heroic play extending over four score'
years is approaching the denouement.
1 he attending physicians, , cele
brated for their skill in medical
science, as well as Mme. Bernhardt'
friends, all agree that her condition
is well night desperate, but the "Di
vine Sarah" alone apparently consid
ers this only another of numerous
false exits and farewell appearances
in real life, to which she is so well
accustomed on the stage.
Ihe warm spring sunshine today
permitted the windows of the sick
room to be kept open. Suddenly a
lunerai procession turned the corner
of a nearby street and passed the
little mansion on the Boulevard Per
eire, the plodding horses in slow
rhythmic cadence ; drawing a black
hearse and coaches bearing a few
mourners filed by. Pale and drawn
by her two niEhts' viaril. Mme. Nor
mand, the secretary, rushed to the
windows and closed them that the
great artist might not hear the
mournful sounds. ,
di Ti . i a it -
- is- not my iunerai yet." Bern
hardt said ''not yet I will live
many years. '
l he present illness df Mme. Bern
hardt is described by the specialists
as "failure of the kidneys to func
tion," causing a uraemic condition in
most pronounced form.
"It is a humiliating admission fo
medicine, which claimed to have
rea.ch.ed such heights, when it ' must
acknowledge that it is unable to as
sist one of the most ordinary tunc
tions of the organic body," one of the
renowned specialists in attendance
remarked to the ' Associated Press
after a consultation of the physicians
today..-. ;v-" vw:,
But there is still some hope that
"the miracle;' woman" may pull
through and once more, as she her
self has many times expressed the
wish, "have the opportunity to die in
harness." H
"Moliere, the greatest actor the
French stage has ever known, died
inaction." Mme. Bernhadt once said.
and many of her friends believe that
ber .stubbomess in disobeying the
doctors', orders during her, .previous
attacKs is; prompted oy ner aesire to
ill HV. VIUlll r I I.
Belmont News
Indian Trail Route 1, March 26.
Nothing of importance has happened
since my last news, and I am there
fore at a loss to know what to write
The health -of the neighborhood is
good, our. people are busy at work
planning for the coming crop,' hap
piness and contentment are seen on
every side and most of our people
seem to be enjoying life to the full
est extent. ' '
Miss Grace Plowman, who has had
pneumonia, is able to be back at
school again
' . r t i: 1 - n.
1U1S3 ijyuiu rressuii, uie yiunuiy
teacher of Belmont, spent last Mon.
dav nisht with Miss Ruby Belk.
Miss Ossie Rowell, who has had
measles, has started back to school,
Mr. John ' Beattie. who has been
sick with measles, is able to be out
again. - ' ' -
Miss " Ona Helms of Unionville
spent last week end with her cousin.
Miss Louise Helms. r y .
The other day in school there was
a little boy chewing gum and his
teacher told the boy to give it to her.
The little boy up and says please let
me keep this and I will bring you
some tomorrow that ain't cnewea.
The enthusiastic angler was tell
msr some friends about a proposed
fishing trip to a lake in Colorado
which he had in contemplation. "Are
there Ay trout out there?" asked a
friend. . "Thousands of 'em,n replied
. th1 wffl they bite easily
Mked ,nother friend. "Will they?
man has to hide behind a tree to bait
a hook." - v
The other day the teacher said it's
time now to plant your potatoes, the
moon is right, and William says my
daddy doesn't plant in, the moon, he
alwavs plants them in the ground.
Three things to fight for: honor,
country and home. Three things to
think about: life, death and eternity.
Three things to govern, temper,
tongue and conduct Three things to
love: couraee. ' srentleness and kind
nes. Three thinars to hate: cruelty,
arroeance and Ingratitude. Three
things to delight in: frankness, free
dom and beauty. Three things
to
avoid: idleness, loquacity end flip
pant jesting. Three things to wish
for: health. friends and a cheerful
spirit: Three things-to admire: in
tellectual power, dignity and grace
fulness. .
Mr. amd Mrs. David A. Simpson and
children spent last Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. J, n, umneii.
Monroe High School Wins From M
P. C. L by Small Score.
Last Friday afternoon at Robert'
Park the Monroe High . School base
ball team formally opened its season
by defeating the team from Mt Pleas
ant Collegiate Institute, in a 7-inning
affair by the socre Of 2-1.- Although
five errors were chalked up against
each team, an exceptionally good ball
game Was witnessed, and it was not
until the last of the seventh inning
when a downpour interrupted t
game, that the lmai outcome was
known, y
MARSIMLLE BOYS
MOTCOIIL'OnOnS
IN, SaiOLARSIIiFS
is of the Settlers Who Have
Reflected Honor Upon Ihe
K Home Town
X BRILLIANT JURAY
OF YOUTHFUL SUCCESS
Br Mrs. Lina Covington Barrel!
Marshville, March 26. Carlvle ban s
said "History is the essence of in
numerable biographies." It might also
oe.aia mat tne merits ot a town may .
be found tucked away in the bioerranh.
ies of the men which that town pro
duces. In view of this fact the older
men who have built Marshville, 'and
whom we might 'say are still build
ing it, may take a pardonable pride
in the achievements of their sons, as 1
these boys, armed with the initiative 1
and persevearance , of their fathers
have gone out into the world and -
found success. The splendid reports
mat come irom this younger 'genera
tion which has flown the old nest to
brave fortune's tractless way, are a
limitless source of satisfaction to
Marshville people. , We like to recall
them, and to tell other people about .
them. .
At the University of North Caro
line, through whose doors many of our
young men have passed, diplomas in ,
hand, on their way to success, there
are records of students' prowess
which are priceless to our town in
that they represent the mental and
moral ability and strength which
these boys have inherited from their
forebears-'-the builders of Marshville.
Less than ten years ago there was
a smashing of records at U. N. C. '
and a Marshville boy, Ray Newsom,
son of R. C-Newsom, came home
triumphantly with a diploma, the
highest record made at the university
since tne uvu. war, and the honor
of having been president of the Phi
Beta Kappa fraternity, which is won
on scholarship. . Ray entered the
teaching profession in which he has
gone steadily forward nd for, the.
past two years he has been on the
faculty of the University W JJllchi-
., About two years later Grier Marsh, ;
son 0f J. C. Marsh, came home with
his diploma and a membership in tho. "
Phr B?ta TKappaTBut this was -not ;
enough for Grier. . He went back to v
the university the next yeai'-iand tool"
a post-graduate ( course in chemistry,
then went to Pittsburg in government
work. Une day we read in the papers
that Grier, had made a wonderful .
chemical discovery which in case of
another war would be of great value
to the United States. Grier has recent
ly been transferred to Bartlesville,
Oklahoma. ;
Then along came Earl Marsh,
brother of Grier, who had ' to show
for his four years at Chapel Hill a .
diploma, the highest record of his
class and the presidency of the Phi
Beta Kappa. Karl tells it on himself -that
during his freshman year he '
found it necessary to stand up to stu-
dy at night to keep from going to'
sleep.-This evidently proved an ef
fective method of concentration, for '
ESrl went back for a post-graduate
course, specializing in geology, and is
now in Eldorado, Kansas making goou
in the oil business.
Not to confine theirV exploits at
the university to scholarship alone
the Marshville boys had as their rep- -resentative
in athletics Beemer Har
rell, who played on the football team
one memorable Thanksgiving when
U. N. C. conquered the invincible
Virginians. After he got his diploma
Beemer went back for a post-graduate
course and was, elected captain
of the football team. v and has since
kicked his way into Y. M. C. A. sec
retary and athletic director at New
Benf. He is the son of S. M. Harrell. ,
Along with these boys was Myron
Green, son of Editor J. Z. Green. Af
ter Myron got his diploma and look
ed around a bit he decided that his '
father had set him about as good an
example as he could follow, so he went
back to the Hill again and absorbed
all they knew about journalism, then '
went to Hartsville, S. C, and bought
a paper. So successful has he been in
newspaper work that he has recent
ly had offers-, from two large dailies; s
one in North Carolina, the other in
Virginia. But he thinks he had rath- .
er be his own boss awhile longer so. .
is staying on at Hartsville for the
present. ":'"':"
To diversify their occupations still
further Clayton Brewer, son of Mr.
Gejirge Brewer, went to the university
and got a good start then went on
to Tulane and came home last sum- .
mer with an M. D .degree. In June he
went to Panama to practice in a gov
ernment hospi.al, and got back a few
weeks ago with loads of valuable ex-
perience and a. mustache, and is now
practicing in Asheville. Some of the
foremost doctors in North Carolina
have praised Clayton's work and ab- '
ility. . . ; . :
Naturally after a doctor there must ;
be a lawyer,-, so along with the boys -went
Brice Little, son of the late G.
M. Little. He got alh the Hill knew .
about the Law then went to Wilson,
hung out a shingle and proceeded to
make good.
A year or two ago Gwyn GriiTin,
son of B. H.' GrifTin, .roundnd up his
university course with a d., luia. er.i
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