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PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK, r- TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Thirteith Year. No. 16.
Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, April, 3, 1923.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
M0NME
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COMMENCEMENT
WHOLE COUNTY
NEXTSATURDAY
Winners in Preliminary ..Con
tests Will Do Battle For
Larger Honors
BOTH LITERARY AND
ATHLETIC EVENTS
County commencement and the final
contests in all the county schools will
be held in Monroe Saturday, April 7.
Contests have been held in all schools
of the county in order to select the
best in each school. The winners in
each school have held contests in the
group-center school to select the win
ners in the . various sections of the
county. The county was divided into
six groups. The contestants here
Saturday are already twice winners.
The winners here Saturday will be
thrice winners.
The following is a list of the va
rious contests and the names of the
students who will enter:
High School Declamation
Henry Gamble, Waxhaw school.
Neal Clark, Monroe school.
Jesse Hartis, Indian Trail school.
Lathan Plyler, Prospect school.
Grammar Grade Declamation
Horace Belk, Alton school. 1
Thomas Patrick, Wesley Chapel.
Marcus Simpson, Unionville.
James Fowler, Monroe.
Bruce Staton, Marshville.
James Crowell, Weddington.
High School Recitation
Zell Marks, Waxhaw.
Virginia Griffin, Marshville.
Claudia Brown, Monroe.
J R Har Brett. Unionville.
Mary Frances 1 Redwine, Wesley
Chapel. ;"
Grammar School Recitation
Janie B. Secrest, Shiloh.
Nannie Starnes, Prospect.
Faye Hunnicutt, Unionville;
Christine Walters, Monroe.
Blanche Newsome, Marshville.
Frances Matthews, Weddington.
SDellinir
Katie 4 Lemmond, , Union school
(Sandy Ridge V., ' '
Clay Bass, Marshville.",
Lillian Warren, Monroe.'-' '
. L Ett .ItoUUbr Albans., i ' - t5
Jewell Laney, Trinity.
Mattie B. Gordon, Wesley-Chapel,
High gchool Short Story -DaVie
Ci' Morris, Indian Trail, .
Bruce Long, Unionville.
Katie Gravely, Monroe.
John Ashvraft, Marshville.
Jessie Simp, Waxhaw.
r.rnmmar Grade Short Story
Azalee Crump, Union School (San
dy Ridge). ; , .,,
Helena Whitener, Marshville.
Mary Lou Porter, Monroe.
Jessie Smith, Unionville.
Emma Parker, Wesle" Chapel,
High School Essay
Deance Ritch, Indian Trail. ;
Williams. Monroe.
Louise Parker, Union school (Lanes
Creek). , ,
Alice May Craig, Waxhaw.
Grammar Grade Essay
Lela Ellen Belk, Waxhaw.
Alma Brooks, Marshville.
Paul Sikes, Monroe.
Vivian Kendall, Indian Trail.
Oral Reproduction of Story
Ruth Secrest, Shiloh school.
Elizabeth Griffin, Monroe.
Pat Simpson, Unionville.
MilnVed Williams. Marshville.
Emily Fincher, Union school (San-
Debatei Query: Resolved, That
Congress should Provide for the En
forcement 01 Decisions n m
.niil T oVior Roard.
Tha offlrmative will be upheld by
Olivia Presson, Unionville, Walter
TA(.vhrh Monroe, and James tiuey
of Waxhaw. The negative will be de
fended by Harry Lemmond of Indian
Trail and Brice Parker of Union,
T ona rroelr tnwnshiD.
Four Glee Clubs will sing." These
clubs are irom inaian iran, miou
ville, Monroe and Waxhaw.
wh. fnnfMti Will B Held
The athletic contests will be -held
at Roberta Field at t:30 p. m. on the
same day. The same elimination pro
cess has been employed in order to
select the best in each section of the
county. , ; . - ...
wmnon nf first rilace in each lit'
' erary contest will score 15 points for
his school. The second place scores
10 points and the third place will
count 5 points. The athletic events
-,;n .n,,nt. s. 2. and 1. respectively,
-. The . grammar school scoring the
greatest number of points, both lit
erary and athletic will win the Ney
; McNeely Memorial Cup for being the
fcot. orammar school in the county.
The high school scoring the greatest
number oi points wm u B.vc
' Tii.Vptt Memorial Cup for the' pest
v;U .hnnl in the coiintV.
All the literary contests will begin
.mnfl at tan o'clock ' Saturday
morning. All contests will be held
t the same time with the exception
of the glee club, which will be held
Hiatalv at the close of all the
U.I1HVW"
' High school declamation and gram
mar grade declamation contests will
be held in Central Methodist church.
High school declamation and gTom
rrade recitation "will be. held to
TO rat Rantlst church. '
Debate will be held at grammar
Spelling and oral reproduction of
story will be held at the High school
auditorium. . . ... , . '..
The four glee clubs will sing in the
t.! .v,r auditorium at twelve
V Ik" 11 Oliw-J. v.
-ii, i v.oiifltplv at the close oi
V tlUV n. i..'-
the ether cr'.:s'.3.
MONROE CREAMERY TO
' CONTINUE OPERATIONS
The Monroe Creamery was sold at
auction yesterday by W. E. Funder
burk, receiver! It was bid off by Mr.
J. W. Hines for four thousand dollars.
The bid has since been raised, and
there will probably be another sale.
A group of local people are interested
in it and Mr. Funderburk said this
morning that there was not a bit of
doubt about the creamery beine op
erated in the future, and by local men.
There is a general understanding that
it cannot be allowed to go out of ex
istence or be moved away. It is too
important to the farming interests of
the county at this time when the cot
ton crop is threatened and so many
people are milking cows. Union coun-
tv is ud near the head of the coun
ties in the State in point of milk
cows owned, and a creamery is an es-
sential institution to the farmers of
the countv.
The creamery has been going the
wav of other pioneer enterprises, It
was a new thing and a place had to
be made. It began with insufficient
capital and encountered ditttculty af
ter dif acuity. Hut now tne way is
open and the time is ripe for it to be
a success. , The men who took stock
in it will not regret their action, even
though they have lost their invest
ment, if the creamery is carried on
and becomes a contributing force in
further development of the dairying
business in the county. Great quanti
ties of cream are being shipped out of
the county, and sooner or later all
this, and more, will be coming to the
Monroe creamery.
HOSPITAL NOW HAS
COMPLETE EQUIPMENT
Pride that the people of Union
county have had in the fcllen ritz
gerald hospital has been amply justi
fied since ur. a. r . manoney nas
taken charge of the hospital. The pa
tronage of the hospital has been in
creased bv manv : South Carolinians
who have come here to be under the
r nf Dr. Mahoney. Before taking
charge of the hospital here, Dr. Ma-
hony enjoyed an extensive practice
in South Carolina. Under the increas
ed facilities at the hospital, local pa
trnnsire i a also increasinfiT ,
A modem X-rav machine .was in
stalled last week, the machine is the
heat that can. be procured ana tne
"hospital has complete-' equipment
There are lour OI inese mmuinra n
Johns Honkins. three in Charlotte,and
three at the University oi rennsyi
vania -Hospital. The machine was iin
stalled last Friday by experts and
about a dozen pictures have been made
since then.
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The transformer, with -two or tnree
miles of fine copper wire, immersed
in oil, starts with 220 volts and steps
up to 80,000. Tne current can jump
through the Sir about ten inches. The
machine can be used in the treatment
of skin disease and also cancer. Sur
geons say that the X-ray is the only
safe cure lor cancer, iz is a diooqibss,
painless operation, and has been
known to cure cancer where the knife
used on similar cases failed.
The ' pictures range in price from
$5 upward. This is very cheap, since
the cheapest picture cannot be made
in Charlotte for less than $10,
The hospital is modern and up-to-
date in every respect. There are 23
beds in the hospital and more can
be accommodated if necessary. The
hospital is in charge of Drs. Manoney
and Pearson,, and four nurses are in
training. Nine patients are oemg
treated in the hospital now for vari
ous afflictions. ;
The Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital u
now second to none of its size any
where. All equipment is of the best,
everv facility offered anywhere is of
fered here, and above all, the manage
ment is first class and the surgeon,
Dr.Mahoney, stands at the head of his
profession. Union county people, as
well as Monroe people, have always
been proud of the hospital and today
their pride and confidence is greater
than ever. The" hospital represents an
ideal and a practical achievement wor
thy of the people who have attained
it.- .
SHE SOUGHT AN EGG
BUT FOUND WHISKEY
Danville, Va.i March 31. School
field children who were taken yes
terday on the premises of the Dan
ville Country Club for an Easter egg
hunt found more than they bargained
for when one excited vounir eirl found
six gallons of liquor neatly cased
under a pile of brush. , A score or
more children had scattered over the
property where eggs had ben secret
u and all of then were seeking them
when the little mrl uncovered six
e-allon iutrs. The Schoolfield author!
ties were notified and they poured
the liquor out v - ,
Notice to Confederate Veterans
This is to notify you that Mayor W.
C. Heath appeared before the County
Commissioners in our behalf and they
have very kindly and generously
agreed to pay our railroad fare to
New Orleans and return and I hope
that as many as possible will attend
our annual reunion. -
We will have a special coach and
leave Monroe on Monday morning the
9th at 9:16 o'clock, and will leave At.
lanta at 6:30 that afternoon over the
Atlanta and West Point, via Mont-
S ornery, Alabama, arriving at New
rleans the following morning at
9:30.
Sons of veterans and members of
their families accompanying them can
secure tickets for $15.85 for the round
trip. Those desiring to go should get
in touch with myself or Major Heath
at or.ee. S. E. T "c, Commander. ;
No New Assessment For Real
Estate To Be
There will be no reassessment of
real estate in this county this year, al
though it is the regular four year
period for such assessment. The com
missioners were instructed by State
Revenue Commissioner, R. A. Dough
ton, that, if in their judgment the
present assessment was correct and
suff icientrno new assessment , was
necessary under the. law. The .com
missioners took this view of the mat
ter, and while there will be a great
saving in expense by not having a
new assessment, any one who thinks
his Dronertv is not properly assessed,
will have the opportunity to haveMlj
reviewed. The list takers will be in
structed to brine before the commis
sioners any piece of individual prop:
erty which appears to be valued either
too high or too low, and it will be
Dassed uoon bv them.
. The present assessment was made
in 1920, when all the property of the
State was reassessed under tne act
known as "Revaluation." But the
present assessment is not the figures
then made, the Union county commis-
How "Scripture
Tables on Goose Greek Boys
About thirtv-five or forty years ago
there lived three boys on Richardson
Creek in southeast Goose Creek
township, in the old Sincerity neigh
borhood near where Mr. John A. Aus
tin now lives. The names of these
boys were George Stegall, Joe Trull
and Lee Tomberlin. And back in the
eighties boys were boys just about
like they are now; At that time there
were no automobiles to take pleasure
rides in and go spinning around over
the country with your best girl.
There were no basket ball or base
ball games'to go to. School terms
were much shorter than our present
school terms. People were hot living
as fast then as they are now and per
haps boys . had more . . leisure
hours, and saw more real enjoyment
than boys do in this age of "progress
and prosperity." - "
Beinar near neighbors . and good
a great' seal oiTneir-ieisure nours w
gether. They went in swimming in
the "Yankee Mill Pond'" in Richard
son creek, they hunted rabbits and
squirrels and 'possums together. On
cold dark nights during winter they
would go bird blindinsr and run Taces
to see who could kill the most Diras.
In short, they were three jovial, good
hearted youngsters, always ready for
fun and a big time.- j .
While they were together on one
occasion George suggested that they
"hook" some chickens and have a reg
ular chicken stew. At first Lee pro
tested but finally consented to become
party to the scheme, suggesting at
the same time that "Scripture Sam"
Cuthbertson, a colored man who lived
not far away, had some mighty fine
"Dominickers" which would be suita
ble for the occasion. The details
were quickly agreed upon. Each boy
was to bring hot biscuits "and coffee
and some cooking utensils to be used
in cooking the chickens. An old out
house was selected as the place and
the next Saturday night as the time
for the big event. In the meantime
Lee had put "Scripture Sam" wise as
to their plans. "Scripture Sam" was
to load his big double-barreled muz
zle loading shot gun with powder to
its full capacity. It was art anged for
Lee to notify Sam on the eventful
night by scratching on the door of
the house. Saturday night came and
the boys met at the old house, each
bringing with him the necessary par
aphernalia for carrying out their
plans. On arriving near Sam's house
if vh nWiHed for Lee to slip to the
hours to see if the negroes were all
asleep; He did so and while there
notified Sam to be in readiness:
Rptiimino- Lee told the other boys
that everything was alright and that
the chickens were roosting in some
cedars - near the barn. Lee climbed
tha opfinr. to patch the chickens while
the others stood guard. Just as he
ELEVEN SAFETY RULES TO
PASTE ON WIND SHIELDS
I. Respect the rights of pedes
trians. ..
' 2. Cheerfully obey the traffic
officer. He protects you as well
as pedestrians. -.
3. .. Keep to the right of the
road. ! " , : "''' r
4. When turning begin bearing
in toward turn at least a block
away. :
6. 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. f
II. Reckless drivers are the en
emies of all careful motorists.
He that overcometh shall inherit
all things; and I will be his God,
and he shalL.be my son, Rev. 21:7.
,1 will not wander left or-rlh; The
straightest road is ehorte-,; too.
Christina G. RossettL
Made This Year
sioners having two years ago cut
this assessment 25 per cent on all
property. In some of the counies the
assessment was cut as it was here,
and In some it stands as in 1920.
, .This is the fairest assessment ever
made in North Carolina. While it was
taken in the time of high prices, the
values as between individual pieces
of Woperty were more nearly correct
than ever before. And it cost a grat
deal of money. The fact that it was
too hiarh trenerallv has been corrected
by? the subsequent horizontal reduc
tion, but the basic fairness as between
individual pieces of property remains.
lesterdav the county commission
ers'appointed Mr. R. C. Griffin county
supervisor of tax listing and he in
turn appointed the following list tak
ers for the several townships:
Lanes Creek.W. L. Thomas; Marsh
ville, Smith Medlin; New Salem, A. A.
Gaddy; Goose Creek, C. J. Braswell;
Vance, Joseph Rogers; Sandy Ridge,
J. N. Clark; Jackson, W. T. Steele,
Buford, T. L. Hinson; Monroe, F, H.
Wolfe.
Sam" Turned
caught the first big fat hen it gave a
mighty squall and out came bam
with his gun, shooting in the direction
of Lee who was still up the tree. The
discharge of the gun sounded like an
explosion of dynamite and Lee fell to
tnie ground mortauy wounaea yeuing
at the ton of his voice. "O Lordy, I'm
shfct! O Lordy, I'm killed!" Fright
ened almost to death Joe and George
went down through the old field at
breakneck speed with Sam in hot pur
suit, discharging the other barrel of
his gun as he ran, but this time he
failed to bring down any game.
Running till they were completely
exhausted . they finally stopped for
consultation. What should they do?
One of their number had been shot
don while they were stealing a ne
gro's chickens. If they remained in
thk .county, they would be prosecuted,
disgraced and ruined. ,!
.ijyiter. remaining fal hiding, Satur
day night "and Sunday they 'finally
decided to leave for parts unknown
Joe was to go to his father's, the late
Mr. Bill Trull, inform nis people oi
what had happened and of their in
tention to run away, and secure cloth
ing for the trip. George was to go
to the late Mr. Hosea Tomberlin's and
inform him of the death of his son.
As George approached the Tomber
lin home, Lee, who had told his folks
all .about the little escapade, hid in an
out room to await results. "Where's
Lee?" asked George of the old man
Tomberlin. "I don't know," was his
reply. "I thought he was off with
you boys Saturday night." "Well,"
I'm mighty sorry to tell you, but he's
lvinar over yonder in the old field at
'Scripture Sam's' dead. We went to
get some chickens and Sam shot and
killed him. He shot at me and Joe,
but he missed us and we got away.
Me and Joe are going to leave this
country today. I thought I would
come and tell you; so good bye."
Just at this time out came Lee al
most tickled to death at George's pre
dicament. "Hello there, Lee Tomber
lin! Where have you been all this
time? Doggone your skin; I'm going
to whip you for playing this joke on
us. I'll get even with you if it takes
me twelve months,
C iuwii.ua-
But George was real glad that Lee
still alive and his plans for run
ning away were quickly changed. The
boys soon made up and were a3 good
friends as ever. . .
Joe Trull passed over the river sev
eral, years ago. George Stegall is
now a prosperous farmer of central
Goose Creek township, while Lee
Tomberlin is farming with Mr. John
A.' McCollum of Monroe township.
The writer vis ready at all times to
vouch, for the eood : character and
veracity of these boys, but it if very
doubtful if George has ever fully for
given Lee for the part ne piayeo in
stealing "Scripture Sam's" chickens.
JOHN D., JR., GETS
HIS WEEKLY BITS
New York, March 30. Each week
$229,746, accrues to John D, Rocke
feller Jr., in dividends from stock
owned bv him in nine Standard Oil
companies, it is revealed by a calcu -
lation made bv Dow Jones and com
pany! from testimony given in the
senate's investigation of the oil in
dustry. ...,
The younger Rockefeller's annual
dividends from his stock in the con
cerns approximately one sixth of all
shares total close to $12,000,000, it
was shown. At current prices his
holdings in these nine companies are
woi-th approximately $410,600,000.
Just as Noisy
Mrs. Johnsing "Ah thought , you
all said you was gwine to name your
new baby 'Victrola,' but Ah hears
you-all done make a changs.V
' Mrs. Moses "Yes, Ah expected it
would be a-girl an Ah decided , to
name her 'Victrola,' but -she turned
out to be a boy, so Ah done name, him
'Radio.' " . . ,
' .- His Reason "'"'
"Your hands smell of fish, John-
ny, and you say you just cawe ,ho..ie
from Sunday school."
"That's . so, ma," quoted ; Johnny.
"I carried home the Sunday- school
magazine and the cover has a picture
of Jonah and the whale."
SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS
CLOSE TOMORROW NIGHT
. The simultaneous meetings held in
the several churches of the city will
come to a close tomorrow night, ex
cept the Episcopal, which was clos
ed Sunday night.
The meetings have been a great suc
cess from every standpoint. New
members have been added, old mem
bers revived and heartened, and the
whole community deeply impressed.
There has been no cyclone methods.
Sound gospel sermons of a serious
and helpful nature have been preach
ed. The music has been excellent and
the whole effect good and enjoyable.
Up untill last night thirty, nine new
members had been added to the Pres
byterian church, forty-four to Central
Methodist, and fifty to the First Bap
tist" ;
ADAM MUST HAVE HAD
A BOIL ON HIS NOSE
Washington, March , 31. If Wil
liam Jennings Bryan's denial of the
theory of evolution be correct. Adam
must have survived 930 years all the
eerm diseases which afflict man
today; Eve must have been created
by vivisection; the Garden of Eden
must have been in China, and a lot
of other startling things must have
followed in consequence. In addi
tion to all that. Noah must have been
not only a capable ship captain, but
the world's first successful public
health officer because he must have
taken all the germs into the Ark and
taken them out again without losing
a sinele elephant.
So declared Dr. Charles W. Stiles,
of Wilmington, N. C, noted zoologist
and scientific research worker, be
fore the Washington Biological
sociefv here tonight. Describing
himself as "Mr. Bryan's self appoint
ed attorney on germs," Dr. Stiles
argued to his fellow scientists that
if one doesn't wish to believe all
these things one cannot agree with
Mr. Bryan.
"According to Mr. Bryan's prem
ises," said Dr. Stiles, "all germs
which cause disease must have been
created in the beginning as they exist
today. If it is to be conceded that
germs were originally created in
some form other than as disease
perms, the theory of evolution stands
admitted. Obviously, since Adam was
the last animal created, and . since
the animals wre not -created until
after the plants, it is .unthinkable
that any of the numerous germs
which cause disease were created
after Adam. Since disease germs are
dependent for their existence upon
animals and plants in which they
cause disease it is clear that these
germs could not have been created or
existed prior to the creation of their
victims.' A challenge of this deduc
tion would be an admission that the
germs were not created as they are
today but that they later evolved in
to disease germs, but this would be
an admission of evolution.
"TWefore " said Dr. Stiles, "if Mr.
Bryan's challenge is to be accepted,
we must conclude that Adam har-
hrtraA everv cerm disease which is
characteristic of man or dependent on
mon fnr ita life cvcle."
According to that, said Dr. Stiles,
Adam must have had among other
troubles various species of cooties,
tvnVma fever, hookworm, pneumonia,
tape worm, Jacksonian epilepsy, three
kinds of malaria, sleeping sickhcss,
tnhownlosis. tvDhoid fever, Asiatic
rVinlern. mumDs. whooping cough, yel
low fever, scarlet fever, measles, men
ingitis, infantile paralysis ana smau
pox
Vmm that deduction and admitting
. v. - -
that Adam survived all of these, ur.
Stiles said that it must be further de
duced that the Garden of bden was
in China because that is the only
plate where man is known to survive
some of the afflictions. v ,
Moreover, Adam, like as not had a
boil on his nose, Dr. Stiles further
reasoned, and an abnormal appetite.
"No wonder he ate the apple, con
cluded the biologist. "The wonder is
he did not eat the snake. also."
MOUNTAIN WATER IS
TURNED INTO MAINS
(Morganton News-Herald)
Tuesday was an outstanding day in
the history of Mdrganton. It marked
the date when the new gravity water
system began service and water fam
ines no longer threaten the town.
Shortly before three o'clock Town
Manager Trogdon opened the valve
which turned the mountain stream in-
to the town standpipe and thence in
to the mains. There is water, and to
spare a great rushing stream comes
from the standpipe and pours through
the big overflow pipe off down the hill
to the river. No worry now from lack
of pressure; the standpipe will stay
full. The supply is estimated at 1200
gallons per minute. Estimating 100
ballons per day per inhabitant which
is the usual estimate in figuring wat
er supplies, there will be a safe sup
ply for around 20,000 inhabitants.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that the contract tor this new
water system was let by the town last
July, the successful bidders being
Boyd. Hiemns. and Goforth. of Char
lotte, whose bid was $195,000. This
with the extra equipment not included
and the estimated cost of the water
shed will make the system cost around
$250,000. The water shed embraces
2960 acres of mountain land. The dam
on the head waters of Upper South
Fork river is 12 feet high and the pipe
line, which is a little over 12 miles
long, is of 12 inch diameter,
A Cleveland man ,whd stole an
automobile for a Joke was found in a
ditch with the joke on nim
STRANGER BITTEN,
HE BROUGHT SNAKE
ALONG TO PROVE IT
And Made a Demand For a Lit
tle of the Remedy Which
He Didn't Get
NO NEED TO DETOUR
WHEN GOING AFOOT
Last Wednesday. Mr. W. R. Reaves
of Charlotte, drove up to Squire Ellis
msser's house on Kocky River in a
great hurry. His trousers leg was up
and a bandage was around the leg.
"WJiere is Pusser?" he shouted to '
Mrs. Pusser. "Get him quick. I'm
snake bit. It's bad right here on my
leg, and here s the snake that bit me,
too," and he pulled out of the car a
long black snake which he had killed.
"I've got to have some liquor quick.
Pusser told me that he would tell me
where I could get some if I ever got
snake bit."
Mr. Pusser was not at home and
after waiting awhile the man "vent
sorrowfully away.
"Did you tU a man you could get
him ; some whiskey if he ever got
snake bit?" asked Mrs. Pusser, when
the Squire came home.
"Nobody but that man who was
here four years ago when they were
building roads. I told him where to
get a little then because he said his
daughter wa3 sick and needed it. And
I told him he need not ever come back
unless he had been snake bit and
brought the snake with him."
. "Well, he's been here," said Mrs.
Pusser, "and he had the snake along
with him."
Up on the courthouse square there
is a big road sign directing travelers
going to Charlotte to detour by way
of Weddington as the road is closed
where they are putting down cement
between here and Charlotte. The oth
er day Sheriff Griffith was coming in
the road about Icemorlee and met
three strangers on foot who looked
as if they might be on a general foot
tour of the country.
"Mister," they asked, "can you show
us the road to weddingtoni"
"Yes." replied the Sheriff, I can
show you the way ..to Weddingtoiu
Are you Kumg lucre ; - :
"No, we are going to Charlotte,' but
we saw the detour sign iUpJa town." "
"My God, you don't have q detour
on foot," exclaimed the Sheriff, and ,
then he put them back on the straight
road to Charlotte.
The other day Judge Harding, who
held court here last week, went up to
Charlotte on the jitney bus, and he
told the passengers a story on himself.
He said that last summer he was
driving way back in the mountains
and got stuck in the mud. He had to
loqk up a team to get pulled out. He
succeeded in finding an old mountain
eer with a team who undertook to do
the job. The job was done and settled
for with few words. Then the moun
taineer's curiosity began to , rise,
"Stranger, what mought be your
name?"
"My name is Harding," said the
Judge.
"Air you any kin to President Hard
ing
"I am the president," quietly re
marked the Judge in a matter of fact
way. ,,,.. ,
"Godermighty!" exclaimed the old
man, throwing up his hands in amaze
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TALKS FWeei -
Mr. Georee Smith, one of the large
tax payers of New Salem township,
yesterday expressed the view held by
a great many other citizens of the
county similarly situated. Mr. Smith
lives on the Euto road, which is a good
one. "I've got a good road," said Mr.
Smith. "I am already fixed. I got
mine along with the first who got
good roads. But I have neighbors liv
ing away from the main roads that
have not yet got any benefit from
the road money. I want them to have
good roads too. Good roads pay me
and I know they would pay them. It
is not fair for me to have a good road
to my house while others who need
a road as much as I do must go with
out, l am in favor oi going on witn
road work and giving the other fel
low his due."
"When I was a boy," said Squire
Gib Collins yesterday, "we hauled a
few cross ties to Marshville. My fa
ther and others said that in three
years all the cross tie timber would
be gone. Bat I am here to tell you
that the money paid out at Marsh
ville last year for cross ties,' lumber
end cord wood, was more than the
amount paid out for cotton. Good
roads have opened up new territory
and stuff is now being brought to
Marshville from sections that never
would have sold a stick without the
good roads that have been built. The
productive territory has been more
.than doubled. -
"Some time ago I bought some tim
ber from Gaston Meares and had it
sawed. I gave the slabs from the mill
to a friend in order to get them out
of the way at the mill. He hauled
them to Wingate and seld them and
bought Wheat and had it ground, and
had enough flour to last him a year. I
Claim that this was equal to planting
and harvesting a wheat crop, and it
work was slack. .
"Lumber which was cut twenty-six
miles away from Marshville was sold
on the yard at fourteen dollars a thou
sand and before we had good roads
- Continued on f ' ' ' )