North Carolina Newspapers

"THE UNION COUNTY PAFEH EVEHYEODY HEADS IT.M "THE UNION COUNTY PAP. EVE3VT0DY NEEDS IT." 1 1 ' ' ' 1 a. bCJ PUBLISHED TWICE EACH V rL22.' TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Thirteenth Year. No. 15. Monroe, N. C, Friday, March, 29, 1S23. $2.00 Per Year Cash j, . , v .! BP f Ay i WjL c. ) easter brings up hies of quaint old days The Old Country Church of Girl hood Comes Up With All x Its Surroundings LOOK AT THE FLOWERS, EVEN IN HOGAN'S ALLEY By Mrs.. Knox-Wolfe-Hargett It is gad at this, time, when the world is so glad and beautiful to chronicle the death of two of our most beloved members of Central Methodist church. Just as decora tions for . the churches everywhere were being planned in the way of sweet lilies, pretty ferns and hya cinths from hot houses brought out. and everybody's heart full of joy and gladness in commemorating the bless ed Easter tide, these two inveterate workers in God's vineyard left us, for Jesus came and took them to spend Easter in Paradise. Both of. these, Messrs. W. H. Phifer, and Clarence Laney, were known to be music lov ers, and just think what a joy it would be. tor their souls to join in the thunderous roar of God's mighty orchestra in heaven on Sunday. Oth ers have gone from our choir and church here in the past, and we feel that these will be rejoicing there among them all In praising God for his salvation. "I heard the voice of harriers harnincr - with their harna: and they sung as it were a new song before the throne." They may De per mitted' to look back on us, we do not know." Longfellow said: . "Through the open doors, 1 The 'harmless phantoms on their er rands glide With feet that make no sound upon . the floors. ' We meet them at the doorway, on the stair, Along the passages they come and A sense of something moving to and fro." , Easter Has Come Again . Yes Easter has Come again. The . same spirit and feeling is pentrating us that we had Christmas. Christ mas without an Easter?, .why. it would be like the Old Testament with out the New. .Easteffr.preparations commence under the soili . The crocns peeps out, then the daffodils and vid lets begin to push, up, and decide td open, their beautifuicolors to. the. sun.' v Jh, the nower--evrywnerei un ine altars, the window,, the pulpit, and on milady's bonnet. Christ loved the lilies; at least he spoke more about this flower than any otnev, ana now ers are as much part of the Easter program"" as the ' musics and Luke's beautiful story of this event. Later on our town will fairly glow witn beautiful flowers. Our new pas tor said last year1 that he had never seen so many fins roses anywhere. On Houston street, north, the roses just seem to vie in giving their of ferings to spring. Then go up South Main, on around to Hayne and down Washington,' -and out- Lancaster and , Wadesboro avenues, oyer to Windsor, Franklin and Jefferson streets, where purple wisteria, Dorothy ; Perkins ' and crimson ramblers are in a tan gle all over trellises,, fences, and porches. We find too the Paul Neron, a regal rose, above its fellows irf"size and color. . Red japonicas. cape jes samines, and the dear old Washing ton rose tha never knows when to .give up blooming, but lets Jack Frost catch him every time; tenacious, like its name-sake who Jived to old age. - If you want to, you can, come on to Hogan's Alley; we have peach blos aoms, lovely to behold, with showers of petals at every wind's, breath, blowing riotously here and yonder, reminding one of fair sweet - girls when robed in, pink and. shimmering .crepe. All the rife and stir of bloom and song bespeak the bursting forth of new life, and the resurrection. The symbol of Bunny for Easterrtis ex tensively carriedvout. , , : The children, jump ; in glee, as they " pass J. in view before this long - eared, and independent look ing little animal, , standing erect sometimes, sometimes in a listening attitude, and at all times he seems to be posing for childhood's delight. A basket of roses in his mouth, candy inside" his back, pushing a cart of Dr. McGregor's. . greens in another, and Bunny takes the palm from the fuzzy little chicks every Easter, and is ungracious to them, for he steps all over them to push his way to the front. All these little early objects ' are to impress the children as to the - bursting forth of, Christ from the tomb, and bringing to the world new life, and new hope We heard Fisks quartet (colored) on the .Victrola not long since, in an Easter song. It , was characteristic, and while simple, it . was impressive,! in, '.these- touching words: v. . -..,,, "Lord help me to be more faithful in . this world, In" that great ntten up morning, Well face -another sun, Lord hel pme to be, more faithful .in this world."--v.: W Ci:;.-7--" Away Back, at the Old Church Easter was not observed" in the country churches, as I was being brought up. But we had good Sun day schools, good enough for little folks, I don't know what about the larger ones. Sweet spring and sum ,mer Sabbaths we go rambliifg in memory back to the white wooden church among the big oaks. I can see that grove, yes even to the small . (vjjiV.imied on page. 3) FORD SALES IN FEBRUARY . SMASHED ALL RECORDS Detroit, Mich, Mch. 29. With 116,-1 080 Ford cars sold at retail in Feb ruary, a new record for the shortest month in the year has been establish ed. February sales exceed those of January by more than 15,000 and marked the eleventh month in which Ford sales nave topped the 100,000 line. - r .' .;-:' This sales record bears out pre dictions made, at the opening of the year that an acute shortage in Ford, cars is certain and this shortage is expected to be felt within the next two months witn the increased vol ume of car buying which is always attendant upon the spring months. Even the high production, schedule set at - the Ford Motor Company's factory here, which will reach 6,000 cars and trucks a day abcmt April 1,1 will be unable to meet the apparent demand for Ford products. Anticipating a great increase in the demand for Ford cars during the pres ent year the factory here laid plans for increasing production to the 6,000 car a day schedule and since January first had been constantly speeding up -manufacture to reach this figure. De mand so far has been of such great proportions as to absord nearly all production, and stocks in hands of dealers are at present the lowest they have been in months. February sales of 116,000 cars were made in the face." of unfavorable weather; conditions in many sections of the country which tied up freight traffic and prevented many deliveries. This .was particularly , true through out the Northwest, : the northern tier of states are in New England. In California, too cold weather during a part of the month had its effects upon car sales. Yet with 4ven these v unfavorable conditions, the February kales topped those of January by 15 per cent and set a new high record for mid-winter selling. - - With February the eleventh month in which Ford car sales have gone over the 100,000, the total for this period is close to 1,250,000 cars. . Peak car sales usually are reached durinc the summer months with drops in the fall and winter. This feature of automobile absorption by the buying public has been completely changed durinsr the last few months through the activities of the Ford dealer or ganization which . has. raised the "'peak" line to include every month in the year. - . . Cedar Grove News ,,::''. ' Monroe. Rfc 3. Mch. 28.K-Miss Mat" tie Bivens of Charlotte has been vis itfnsr Tier mother, Mrs. Mollfe Bivens. Mrs. Pearl Collins is visiting her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J, H. Braswell. Mrs. Queen Medlirt, and Mr. and Mrs. George Medlin of Marshville'vis ited their uncle, Mr. J. W. Chatey on Monday afternoon. Also Mr. aa Mrs. Hurley Griffin were recent visitors at Mr. Chaney's. . Mr. Amos McManus of Brief spent Friday night -in the, home of his daughter, Mrs., Ruf us Bivens. Mrs. Frank Chaney and children were week-end visitors in the home of her mother,": Mrs., , Faulkner,' of Monroe. -c ;;. v';.-i; ' -- We are sorry to report, the illness of Mrs. Emeline, Baucom. We hope she n:ay soon recover, y V'e are glad to know that Mr. J. W. Chaney is recovering from a fall which he sustained sometime ago. Mr. Eus' ace Taylor of Stanfield j viaited his brother, Mr. W. H. Taylor on last liiesday. ! ; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. MoCollum made a short visit to Marshville last week. Mrs. Alex Tomberlin' spent several days with her father, Mr. McRorie, near tJniqnville. y . . . ELEVEN SAFETY RULES : TO , PASTE ON WIND SHIELDS 1. Respect the. rights of pedes trians. . . . ' .,' 2. Cheerfully obey - the traffic officer. He protects you as well as pedestrians. - ;r . - , Keep to the V rigH.'f . .the road, ;x :'-:i' 4. When turning begin bearing in toward turn at least a block away . 5. Go slowly around corners. ' 6. Give pedestrians plenty , of room. ' If in doubt, stop, 7. Mutual forbearance and cour tesy make friends.. ' ' . ; . 8. Read the motor 'vehicle law and traffic regulations'. , 9. On slippery roads drive with extreme caution. 10. A child on the highway is a danger signal . Slow u and if in doubt, stop. ' J " 11. Reckless drivers are tte en emies' of aU careful motorists. To the Voters of Ward Five Elsewhere in this paper will be found my announcement for alder man from Ward Five. I have agreed to run for this p6sition "because a number of may friends have , asked me to do so. I am no politician and have never run for office, but if a suf ficient number vote for me I will do the best l ean to fill the position credr itably. Vann Funderburk. ; - There is a story, of a dusky lady, narrated by Mac in the Rock Island "Argus," who went into a drug store and, asked for a cent's worth pi iaT sect powder. ' ... . "But that Isn't enough to. wrap up," objected the drug clerk. 1 "Man," exclaimed the dark lady, "I ain't asked you to wrap it up. Jes' blow it down my back." BAPTIST WOMEN MEET . . NEXT IN GOLDSBORO Durham; March 29. The State Bap tist. Woman's Missionary Union con vention, which has been in session in the First Baptist church of this city since Tuesday night, closed this even ing one of the very best sessions in its history, the registration ran up close to 800. " This does not include scores of visitors who did not regis ter. Clear skies all the "way through: contributed to the large attendance.; .- Mrs. Wesley N. Jones, Raleigh, heads the organization again for the incoming year. The next session will be held in Goldsboro the first week in April, 1924. The other officers select ed are: Vibe president, Greensboro division, Mrs. W. M. Buck Burling tdn; Elizabeth City division, Mrs. F. G. Battle, New Bern; Wilmington di vision, Miss Mary Cox, Magnolia; Charlotte division, Mrs. T. B. Henry, Wadesboro.... Asheville division, Mrs. C. A. Kluttz. Asheville: correspond ing secretary and mission study sup erintendent, Miss Mary warren, bat leigh: recording secretary, Mrs J. D. BouBhell. Raleigh: secretary young woman's auxiliaries; junior superinti tendent, Miss Elizabeth N. Briggs, Ra leigh. ' The hospitality of the. Durham la dies Tias been unstinted and most cor dial. The visitors were given a trip to Chapel Hill Thursday afternoon! Many other courtesies nave Deen ex-, tended. ' .. . . Beautiful tributes were paid to two honored former officers of the conven tion. Dr. Blanche Josephine Barrus, for five years the corresponding sec-j retary, who died m iMovemoer, and Mrs. Mary Applewhite Killian, for 16 years a member of the executive committee, who died at her home in Newton January 12, 1923. A beauti ful wreath of flowers was presented by the Charlotte division, .of which she was a member, andwas sent to her husband, J. X. Killian, oi new ton, to be placed on her grave. , . . - The pageant, ".The Spirit of Christ, given by alumnae of the Louisville Training School, as the closing scene of the convention, was written by Miss Martha itfzemore. Goldsboro. who took the leading part in the play, represent ing "The Spirit oi unnst. in other leading characters were Miss Mary Warren, Raleigh, representing America, and Mrs. Carter, Winston-, Salem, representing the spirit Of the missionaries. . : . - . Ono f th features of the evening session- was the presentation of four returneU missionaries, Mrs. Jbhn Anderson, China;1 Miss Cora Cjiudle, Africa: Mrs; D. W. Herrinir, China, who conducted the pending, services Thursday 'morning, giving a very in spiring talk1 on "Prayer," nd Mrs. Milton L. Braun, CHna. who sang very effectively "The Old Rugged The "Distant Husband and the Bear" The following missive was received by the forest ranger of the Pasadena district and read recently at the an nual dinner of the Sierra Club in Los Angeles, California: ' . . "Kind and Respected Cir: 'I see in the paper that a man A was attacted and et uo by a bare whose cubs he was try- ing to gel wnen uie bub vam a. onri tnnt him hv eatin him up m the mountain near your town. What , I want to no is did it kill him or was ne oniy part et up and is he from this place and all Jibout the bare. I don't konw K,,t whst. hp is a distant husband of mine. My first husband was of that name and I supposed he was wled m the war but the name of the man the bare et being the same i thought it might be him alter ai ana i warn to no if he wasn't killed ither in the war or by the bare for l have been married twice since and their ought to be a divorce papers got out by him or me if the bare did not eat him all ,,r. if t i him vou will know it by him having six toes ftn the left foot. Jle akso sings base and has a spread eagle tatoed on his front chest and a ankor on his right arm which you will no if the bare did not eat these parts of him. If alive don't tell him I am married to J W for Ae . new 1 liked J . Me.bbe you had beter let oil as if i am died but find out all you can about him without mm wiow mg anything what it is for. That is If the bare did not eat him al up. If it did i don't see you can do anything and you needn't take any trouble. My respects to your family and please ancer back. ' . , - . , "P. S. Was the bare killed. Also Tvnit he married aeam and dfa ne leave any property worth me laying claim to? Plywood panels. fi 'Didn't Need Music , ," He was a . canvasser inthe cheap musical instrument line and was not easily discouraged. As he knocked at a door he remembered that he had called before and had received a point, blank "No." "Oh," remarked the Jady of the house, "it's you again, is it? Come in." - x Hopefully he accepted the invita tion. Suddenly a door opened on his right and he was ushered into a room full of howling children, who redoub led their efforts at the sisrht of a strangen The canvasser . turned "lo find the door locked behind him. The woman went on with her washing and an hour later returned to the room. "Now," she remarked sweetly, , "if you still feel convinced that I re quire more music in the house you might call again." ': , The man has not been seen on that street since. ' v ,' " Shipments , of North Carolina peaches have increased almost 1900 percent in the last four yeir?. In numbers, the shipments run r-Mi 77 cars in 1919 to 1452 cars in 1922. - MUST STOP BEFORE CROSSING It. R. TRACK ' -'Raleigh, March 29.--Wholesale' er ection, of new railway crossing signs will be, Squired of, the railroads prior to July 1, the date on which the new "Stop, Look and Listen" law, enacted by the late general assembly, becomes effective. The law directs every mo tor, vehicle to stop before proceeding over a grade crossing, and it directs tne railroads to erect signs "40 by 50 inches," painted red and calling at tention to the "North Carolina Stop law''these to be placed 100 feet from each crossing. - ; , r -. Meanwhile the state highway com mission is working at top speed to eliminate as many grade crossings as -practicable. Hundreds of crossings al ready have been done away with and many more will go as road beds are shifted from one side of a main line to another of a crossing is shifted to a cut (where a bridge may be con structed W to a fill where an under pass may be provided. A , .The "Stop, Look and Listen ' law was the result of several bills - in troduced in the general assembly aim ed at the elimination of the many pos sibilities of fstal accidents at r.iil rvtd crossings. One bill was introduc ed, by Senator Rivers Johnson after he had witnessed a fatal accident near Goldsboro while coming to Raleigh to attend the sessions after a wtox end visit to his home in Duplin coun ty. Mis bill faikd to pass but his championship of the "Stop, Look and Listen" measure proved extraordinar ily effective. Hia relation- of the Golds boro accident made the senate "sit up and' take notice," as it wera, ' ., Jth new law places obligations up on both the public and the railroads. The roadB are forced to erect the new f regulation signs which will be so plac ed as to catch the eye of a passing motorist This requirement will call for I the expenditure of thousands of dollars by the -railways.-Th9 motor ist. required to stop at a distance 1 x i .n - - i M .. not (xceeaing ov leei. iroin i.v tom est rail at a grade crossing. Failure to do so constitutes misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $10 or im- prrebnihent of 10 days, or ootn. :. -Ttia law snerifies that its brovisions shall hot justify the allegation of con tributory negligence in .actions for damages against the railroads as the results of accidents at -crossings. Meetings With Poultry Expert ' Mr. Allen G. Oliver, poultry special ist, will be in the county next week to give demonstrations in culling and Lto .crive information as to the care of pouJtryMeetings will beheld 'ai J follows C X " ' : " .-.J ! Tuesday, April 3rd, at Prospect, 3!Sn n. m.:. Wadnesdav. Aoril 4. at the farm of T. lL Helms, Lanes Creek township, and at the farm of L. M. Boone, near Smyrna church, at 3:30 p. in.; Thursday, April 6th, at the farni of M. Holmes. Marshville township, at 10 a. m.; at the farm of J. M. Lowery. Wineate, at 1 p. m and at the farm of E. N. Bivens, Faulks school house, at 3:30 p. m Friday. Aoril 6th. at the farm of J. B. Williams, New Salem township, at 10 a. m., and at the tarm oi &. u, Outen. near Unionville. at 3:30 p. m. ; Methods of marketing poultry and Doultry products will .be discussed with a view to improving the market ing facilities. Every one is invited. T. J. W. BROOM. Personal Items of Mill Grove Section Mr. S. C. Foard who has been on the sick list for the last week is able to be up again. Mr. and Mrs. Louise Helms of Un ion 'Grove -went to Concord Sunday to see Mr. Helm's brotker who is ( rich sick. " ! Mrs. Lee Yandle and daughter, Miss Annie Lee, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Ormand Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Helms of Un ionville were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Byron Monday. ' Mr. G. H. Helms of Charlotte is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lester Helms Mr.. L. W, Wentz of Charlotte is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Wentz of Mill Grove, , V - Mn and Mrs. Jay Helms were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. ,L. C. Helms Tuesday night. ' V Mrs. W. B. Simpson and Miss Fannie Mae Simpson visited Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Funderburk Tuesday. Miss Lona Ormand was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ormand Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Rowell spent Tuesday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rowell. . .. Miss Fannie Mae Simpson was the guest of Misses Bettie and Ruby Funderburk Tuesday. - - - 1 Mr. Roy Helms of Clear Creek spent Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. Jay Helms of Union Grove. It was William's wedding morn, but, alasl he overslept himself. When at last he awoke he dressed hurriedly, and hastened to the station to find that his train had gone. There .was not another for an hour, . Frantically he hurried to the tele graph office and wired to the bride: "Detained. Don't marry till I come." ' A little boy wrote in his diary: "Got up at. seven, ' Went to bed at eight" His teacher suggested that "Rose, at seven" would sound better, would, in fact, "be quite elegant." So thechild erased the entry and brifly chronicled: 1 "Rose at seven. Set at c;sht."l x Eight' pounds of good red clover seed sown with a grain drill will give a better stand than' 15 pounde sown by hand, a . !;...- . - .v , . t . REPORT TH ATNMIDL AND WILL HAVE COTTON MILL Brief, March 29. It now seems as if Brief will become important be cause of ita close proximity to Mid land, which is about to succeed in landing a bi& cotton mill from the North, the capital of which will be eight million dollars. Though it sounds at first like a fairy story, we are hoping it will become in reality a success. liteeii tnousand dollars tid 200 acres of land have been placed upon the altar as an inducement. Mr. Mood Dorton suffered a severe attack of ptomaine poison last week. It was caused by eating canned to matoes. . Prof, and Mrs. T. B. HunneycutV spent -the week-end with friends and relatives m Albemarle. . Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Morgan of Stanfield visited Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Clontz last week. Mr. J. E. Morgan, who moved his family from here to Stanfield in the fall of ,1921, is moving back to his old home. - Mr.. J. T. Hartsell and son, John visited relatives in Concord recently. Mr. Paul Barrier of Mt. Pleasant spent Sunday with friends here; Dr. Hugh McManus Of Matthews spent Sunday afternoon with his fath er, A. W. McManus. j ' Gobse Creek is now being served by a cooperative milk truck which makes daily rounds . gathering the farmers' milk for the Charlotte, mar ket. Although it is private property, it is operated cooperatively and is giving thorough satisfaction to its patrons. It is owned and operated by Mr. R. B. Polk. Since Mr. Polk placed his truck on . the route, any number of farmers through here have begun increasing their milk herd. The milk is merely strained into the can, then placed on the market Hence the separator and churn are no long er a necessity, besides that extra la bor which goes in to boot.t - I want to suggest that every ef fort possible be used to prevent that little "purp" or ."dorg" (whichever it is) 0. Henry of Stouts from ever being lost again. t ' 1 ' Plyier Mill News Mineral Springs, Rt. 1. Mch 29. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Starnes spent Sunday with Mrs. J. V. Doster. Mr. and "Mrs. Jesse Threatt were also, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Doster Sunday afternoon. - ", Mr. and Mrs. B. tM. Montgomery visited Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Melton of Lancaster last Sunday. "'' Hi.G. W . Belk and Mr. C. fl. Fin son wentto Lancaster last Monday on business. ' ... . Mr. G. W. Montgomery and Mr. J. R. Montgomery went to Charlotte last Friday on business and were caught in the hail near Providence church, Mr. J. L. Montgomery is recovering from a severe attack of throat trou ble.;; - -;.- , Mr. Barney Montgomery and Mr. H. " C. Montgomery visited Mr. and Mrs. Q. L. Canthen of New Hope community. All members of Mt. Zion church are requested to meet Saturday, 31st at twelve o clock to clean ort the church grounds. . Plyier Mill community is one of the best in the state but has some of the best liars of the world. Whippoorwills have begun to hal ler and the Plyier Mill farmers have begun to plow. f MONROE MOURNS LANDMARK v" (Charlotte Observer.) The town- of Monroe has lost what is regarded by home folks and outsiders acquainted . with Monroe history, as its best- per , scnal asset, in the passing of Mr. W. H. Phifer.' He was for years V fondly referred to as "Uncle Bil- ly," and he would regard the use of that chaqacterization in this connection no disrespect He was .'a member of what is popularly ' spoken of as "the boys' brigade," at (he outbreak of the war be tween the States, fend though he lived to be 80 years of age, he remained. a member of the boys' brigade, so far as youthf ulness of spirits went He was a layman, but in his later years he was as activ"e in church work as the ' most active preacher in the com-' munity. He was especially a pro moter of Sunday school interests: and was of earnest application as a Bible leader. On the occasion of his 79th birthday, The Monroe ' Journal, at the close of an appre ciative editorial, gave him this message on behalf of the com munity : "You have been a bless ing to us; we love you." And it was in knowledge of community appreciation of this sort, that Uncle Billy passed, on to his , reward. , . ... ' - Notice Regarding Seed We have placed orders for over thirteen hundred bushels of, Mexican Big Boll cotton seed. Two hundred and twenty-five of these seed have been delivered. Five hundred bush els are now ready for delivery. These need are at Fowler See s stables and we will be there Saturday and Monday for the purpose of making deliveries to all farmers who call for their seed as long as they last We are expecting new arrivals of seed every day. If you are in town Satur day or Monday, and have placed an order for seed, you can perhaps get FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself a candi date for alderman from Ward Five, subject to the Democratic primary; . VANN FUNDERBURK. JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHERS HAVE BEENSELECTED Mrs. Harrell Calls on Mr. Beach, ' Who Though Not Busy Tells Much WINGATE COLLEGE BIG THING FOR THIS SECTION By Mrs. Lina Covington Harrell Marshville, March 29. The estab lishment of a junior college at Win gate in connection with the present high school there, is a matter of im portance, educationally and otherwise, to Union county. The enthusiasm which the Wingate people naturally feel over the prospect : is gradually ' spreading to the adjoining towns as more definite plans are made and cir culated, so one day this week I drove to vvmgate to get some nrst-hand in formation from Mr. C. M. Beach, who has the work in charge,, and will.be the first president of the Wineate Junior College. I found Mr. Beach in the midst of some half-dozen things all requiring immediate attention. i "Are you misyi" caned tne one who was with me, as Mr. Beach ex tracted himself from his duties and came toward our car. - . - t"Oh, no; never was!" he replied good-naturedly. There was a Sunday school con vention in thechurch next door, which Mr. Beach was supposed to open just at the. hour we arrived; Mrs. Beach was leaving in a few minutes for the Durham convention and must be got ten to her train on time; a man stood . on the porch waiting for a word about . something, and there I was wanting toask questions about the junior col lege. I leave it to you as to whether 1 Mr. Beach is ever busy I Begins to Tell It But in a very short time be had cleared the deck, and was ready to give me his attention. , "This is a splendid thing you have under way up here.' When did it be gin to take shape?" I asked. "Well it was evident years ago that, it should.be done,'", sard Mr, Beach,. "But for-the past two years I have been putting" concentrated effort on the matter. I saw it was necessary if the Wingate school would live. In can vassing for students. realized that we .Aaefclo b,ave .more .tccifler'them; than,a-Jiigh school courses their own schools could offer that.; Then there was no reason why , the Wingate school should not become the junior college for the Baptist denomination in this section. Mars . Hill is our stronghold in western Carolina, and there is a possibility of a junior col lege being established , at New Bern to represent us in the eastern sec tion. Therefore Wingate is the logi cal point for the Piedmont college. We are thinking of naming our mag azine "The Piedmont." - , - -All Teachers But One Selected "Have you secured your faculty for next year?" I asked. "All but one, and that one will likely be signed up this week." From the look of satisfaction that accom panied this statement 1 knew that a very difficult task had been accom- fished in a highly pleasing manner, waited to be told about it. ' "Miss Claudia Stephenson will have charge of our music department. She taught at Chowan - several years ago, and from what I hear of her she must be a very remarkable woman .Those who know her have assured me that we have been excedingly fortunate in getting her. All the teachers who have taught with her give her the very highest praise both as a teacher and as a woman. In fact I have never heard a teacher spoken of more high ly than Miss Stephenson. She is a cousin of Judge Gilbert Stephenson.'',' "What new courses are to be add ed?" I further inquired. , ' "For one we are to give a special three years course in- education and teacher training. This "will be under the direction of Prof. W. O. Kelly of Clayton. He has an M. A. Degree from Wake Forest, and the faculty of that college told me that he was the best available Wake Forest man we could get for theplace. Mr. Kelly will also teach math. - To Stress Athletics "Then of course we expect to stress athletics more than we have been do ing. We have a man from Georgia Carl E. Lancaster of Mount Airy, Ga., who 13 a graduate of Mercer Univer sity, and was captain of the football team there last year to' talce charge of our athletics, and also to teach high school English. The president of Mer cer, wrote me that if, -we could get Carl Lancaster we would have a man whose fine Christian' character and ability to teach ar.y high school sub- -iect, as well as his ability as an ath letic coach would be a combination invaluable to our school. t We expect, to enlarge 'our science department and have a well equipped , laboratory. Prof. R. E. Poplin will continue to have charge 'of that "Memoers of tht present faculty to be retained are Prof. C C. Burrus, Latin; Miss Rosa FutrelL history ana' librarian; Prof. Poplin, science; Mrs. Beach will teach algebra, and I shall teach high school and college Bible.' We have yet to secure a teacher for college French and English. In talk ing it over the board decided that though it would cost a lot of money, they thought it best to get a faculty that would be able to meet any re- (Continued on page four.) ( V