"TIIE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVEUYEODY NEEDS IT.'
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PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEK TUESDAY, AND FRIDAY
' Thirtieth Year. No. 27.
Monroe, N. C, Friday, May 11, 1923.
er Year Cash
'"THS UNION COUNTY VAIZZ EYESITODY K"Ar3 IT."
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CAMP FIRE GIRLS
fflKE TO WINGATE
FROM THE TRAIL
One Skeptical Man Followed
Afar Off to See That They
Did Not Fudge
MR. DANIELS TELLS
HQW TO GET RICH
By Miss Martha E. Crowell
Indian Trail, May 10. Mr. Stacy
B. Orr, who has a pdsition with the
Charlotte postoffice, visited friends
and relatives here this week.
Mrs. D. T. Morris and Mrs: J. F.
Hargette spent the day with the lat
ter's brother, Mr. T. J. Orr of Mat
thews, last Tuesday, v .
, Mr. Henry Hargett returned from
Camden, S. C, a few days ago to visit
his mother, Mrs. Anna Hargette, for
a short while. .
Mr. and ' Mrs. IrVin Simpson and
small daughter Margarette of the An
tioch community, visited Mrs. Simp
ton's brother, Mr. R. L. Tomberlin,
. this week. -. '
Miss Anna B Crowell spent sever
al days, with friends in Wingate this
week. V. : "
Miss Charlotte Watts of Bethune,
S. C, was the geust ox Miss Kate
Crowell last Sunday night.
Mr. Raymond Underwood of Gas-
tonia and Mr. Clarence Nelson of
Charlotte visited friends and relatives
here last Sunday. . ,
Messrs. Leonard and Walter Bales
of Pineville and Miss Sarah Hood of
Matthews visited Miss. Kathryn Mor-
nit lnntlimHow
Rev. W. CI Underwood and family
moved to Charlotte last Tuesday. The
community was very sorry to see them
leave, but we are .glad to. have Mr.
Underwood continue his good preach
ing at the Presbyterian church. He
will hold service' there, at the regular
hour eleven o clock on the third Sun
day of this month. ; i v -
The junior members of the Epworth
League will present a cantata,
"Hearts of Gold," at the Methodist
church next Sunday evening at eight
o clock. The cantata is especially
good, and everybody is cordially in
. vited. x'f . ; ''
Rev. Mr. Daniels from Charlotte
preached an unusually good' sermon
at the Presbyterian church here last
Sunday morning. His coming was
quite a surprise,, both to -the pastor
and to the community r therefore 'his
audietic was" Yather,. small. lr. Dan
. lets held a. verf successful meeting in
this church .several months ago,-and
thus he has won the proloundest re
spect and admiration of the Indian
Trail people. Had we known that Mr.
Daniels was coming Sunday, . the
church, I am sure, would have been
' packed. Those who were abBent cer
tainly; missed a good sermon. He
told us how we might become rich
though hot in the sense one may in
terpret this. He mentioned, howev
er, how one might become wealthy-
he must follow these five rules: Get
up early, shave yourself, take exer
cise, run no accounts, (and now for
the most important rule), you must
have a rich uncle to die and leave you
his property-r-but Mr. Daniels did not
.dwell on. that long. He told us how
we ma"y become rich in another sense
rich in the grace of Christ. His
sermon was an unusually interesting
and beneficial one. We shall be glad
to have Mr. Daniels come back at any
time. ' : -:-
- ' The members of the Parent-Teach-:
ers' Association are glad to announce
that they will have Miss Katherine
Farmer with then! at their next meet-
ing, on Monday afternoon. May 14,
at 3:30 o'clock.' ' The meeting, of
course, will be held at the school
building. Miss Farmer hopes to or
ganize ' a Home Nursing Class. All
the ladies, especially, are requested to
be at the school building strictly at
$:30 next Monday afternoon. I am
sure they all will, be interested in this
Class, , ' ',
Miss Vivian Kendall celebrated her
twelfth birthday by inviting her small
' friends .to the home of her parents,
Mn and Mrs. J. V. Kendall, on Wed
nesday afternoon, May 19. Twenty-
five children-were present and Miss
Kendall received many beautiful gifts.
take and cream were served.
Ten of the members of the Wollohe
Camp Fire Girls' Club of Indian Trail
hiked to Wingate last Monday; May 7,
I, being one of the members, can
vouch for the club that we had a
wonderful time. We have been plan
ning and looking forward to this trip
for the past three weeks, and had we
listened to the sneers and sarcastic
remarks of our friends and neighbors,
we would have been sitting at home
yet. Everyone with the exception of
five who seemed to be in sympathy
with - us laughed at us for Jiaving
such a foolish idea as they called it.
Their remarks, however, only made
us the more determined to go to Win
gate. We were told by one gen
tleman that some of us would not be
able to go even as far as Stout, oth
ers of us would be unable to go as far
as Bakers, and that no one of the
bunch would get to Monroe. This
did not discourage the ."head-strong"
bunch of girls, as we ' were called.
Early Monday morning the girls all
met at the appointed time and place
'and set out for Wingate. The whole
town was laughing at us for attempt
ing such a walk. .We were all still
nervy and enjoying their sarcasm, for
we were determined to show the old
fogies that we were not so delkate as
fje may 1"' We may look small and
' Cor..nucJ on page eight.) .
, JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
Who speaks at Chautauqua tomorrow
night on present day problems
THE OLD HEN CAME
THRU SAFE AND SOUND
Mineral Springs Route 1, May 9
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hinson visited
Mr, Hinson's parents of Unity section
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Starnes vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Doster last
Sunday. - ' ,
- Mr. and Mrs. Minor Melton of Mid
way visited his mother last Sunday.
She has been very feeble for the, past
while. v- ' , . . . : ...
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Melton were the
guest of Mr. and Mrs., G. W. Mont
gomery last Sunday. '
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Eubanks were
the guests of Mrs.Emaline Melton last
Sunday. ,
While Mr. R. B. Starnes was cut
ting with his tractor he had a little
unusual experience. He cut over a
hen, setting on eleven eggs. Went
over the hen with both discs and nev
er broke an egg or hurt" the hen.
- Mrs. Lizzie Sistare and son, Mr.
Vann Sistare of Dixie, S, C, visited
her , mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Snipes,
last Sunday." Mrs. Snipes .has been
very sick fo rthe past few days. Her
mends are glad to know that she is
better. x 5 -'i-V'-V.-.
Qn last Friday night a mad dog was
in ..! this Section. Mr.' Fred Doster
grabbed a gun-and killed the- dai
me some fof. Mr. Jesse Montgomery.
The latter was gone at the time. WMen
he came home he spied the dog, got
ms gun and shot the dog lour times.
The dog had been dead about four
hours. It was then eleven o'clock at
night. ,'. His neighbors asked, what Was
he shooting that time of night He
answered in reply that hi was shoot
ing that dead dog to let him know
there is a hereafter. ,
FORMER MONROE PASTOR
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Galtonia, May 10. Rev. R. H. Ken
nington. wife and two small sons, of
Liowell, had, a narrow escape from
dea:li . today near the Modena mill,
on thp Gastonia-Lowetl road," when
rt;fi car ho was duvuw jyas rug mtc
by a car driven by Neil Craig, an em
ploye of the county road department,
who was arrested a moment later on
a charge, of driying a caif while .un
der the influence of intoxicants. -
At the time the accident accurred
Policemen Charles Hord and Carl
Elliott were pursuing Craig, having
been called to that section of the
city by a phone report that some one
was recklessly driving a car and en
dangering the lives of pedestrians.
They immediately arrested him and
placed him in the city jail.
Dr. J. A. Anderson was summoned
and found Mrs. Kenningtbn, who had
been thrown from her car underneath
Craig's car, suffering from shock and
bruises, but it ft thought that she
is not seriously injured. ' Mr. Ken-
nington and two sons were uninjured
except for the shock they sustained.
Mr. Kennington's car was badly dam
aged. , - 'v , ..' . ..i . -At
police headquarters a charge of
driving a car while intoxicated was
lodged against Craig, who will proba-
Diy have a hearing iriday morning,
- Statement byMrTruU '
Before everybody forgets the pri
mary and the .election which we'have
passed through I wish to publicly
thank the people of my ward for the
way they have stood by me through
it all. jno man, ever had better or
more faithful friends and it would be
a sorry man who did not appreciate
such friends. You who stood by me in
the primary and in the regular elec
tion certainly have .nVy heartfelt
thanks. I am sorry that some ene
mies came and sowed tares by induc
ing a good neighbor to run independ
ent after the primary had settled the
matter,; but the good people of the
ward showed that they know how to
stand by their own nominee, for
which I am appreciative and will serve
them as best I can," Respectfully,'
A:-,r; ; -. W, J.. TRULL.
All 'persons, interested in the estab
lishment of a milk route from the
Oakland community by way of Marsh
ville aiid Wingate to Charlotte ' are
requested to meet at Marsh ville, Sat
urday 12th, at 3:30 p, m., for the pur
pose of perfecting arrangement for
transporting milk. It is important
thr.t f.H pntrorrs of th roufe attend
VAs i:w'.i:c. ' T. J. W. 2R003I.
Hon. J. N. Price
Should Make
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I had about made up my mind not
to take any part in the election on
the road bond qustion, in fact, I did
eay less than a year ago that I never
would again sign a petition or vote'to
put any further tax upon the people,
which includes myself, as my taxes
were ttlready too high and apparently
burdensome and hard to pajr. But
since the road bond question is up and
will soon have to be decided, and af
ter' giving 4the matter fair and just
consideration, I can see but one way
out of the matter; a way that will be
just and fair to all alike--and that is
to vote for the bonds. " i
I am enjoyinsr the blessinsr3 of. a
good road, living on the Monroe and
VVeddington highway j and could well
afford from a pecuniary, selfish and
sungy standpoint, to oppose and vote
against bonds. But when I think and
know that my neighbor and a lot of
eopie all over the county who have
elped pay for this road that f live
on haven't any road, it is more than
i can stand lor and I am going-. fo
vote for bonds, and help as far as I
can to put my neighbor and the oth
er people upon the same plane that: I
am. . l: . - ,; ,
There is no need to argue for good
roads. We all want good roads.
There is no one in the county against
good roads. All agree that good, roads
is the thing. Then to get them we
will have to pay for them. W are
not able to pay .cash, so we must bor
row the money to build them hence
bonds. ' - ...j:.
When I see an article I want, such
as an automobile, tractor, or a piece
of land, and have not got the money,
i go ana Dorrow the money and pur
chase what. I want. i.. Nearlv everv-
thing I have now was purchased. with
borrowed money. ;, If I had waited
till I had had the ready cash I fear
I would not now be enjoying a .home
and a great many other necessities
and comforts of life.
Sood roads are a necessity. We
find we have not got the cash, so lef s
borrow it and get our road system
complete for the benefit of all-not
The , Thin Gray Line Grows
et Xhinneripn Memorial Day
Once' .gain' the Dauehtera jf
the
Confederacy have placed flowers
in
honor of the dead and given the living
old soldiers a dinner But yesterday
only 19 soldiers attended! A year ago
there were twenty-seven. How many
wui mere oe next yean...
The exercises 'f of , Memorial Day
were begun yesterday' morning by the
school children of Mrs. W, C. Crow
ell's grade, who marched up from the
school with flowers, went to the hall
and sang, and thence to the Confed
erate monument on . the square and
decorated it with their beautiful flow
ers: Later on in the day some of the
little tots were seen walking about the
streets holding the hands of the sold
iers. -. '",; 'V.'': -v.,-;.;,
The Daughters and the members of
Camp Walkup' assembled in the Legi
on Hall, where Miss Mary Blair, reg
ent, presided. Mr. W. B. Love made
a splendid speech for the occasion.
Then Commander Belk made a
very becoming speech and 'presented
a token from the Camp to Maj. W, .
Heath in recognition of his continued
friendship and helpfulness and especi
ally for his management of the recent
trip to New Orleans. The grft was
a gold pen and a gold pencil. Major
Heath made a very touching speech
in accepting the gift and pledged 'his
continued friendship and helpfulness
to. tne veterans. , r
Montoe Caii't Be Biggest Town;
Can Be Best, Says Plattenburg
Monroe may not hope to be the
biggest town in the State, but it can
be made the best town to live , in,'
declared Mr. Charles H. Plattenburg,
a. Chautauqua lecturer, Wednesday
night, in a speech that charmed his
audience and drove home many wall
known truths. - ,- ' - i
It was . a speech based upon sound
experience in community building ani
community support, intersperced with
wit and many striking epigrams. The
keynote was the fact that evtery man,
merchant, doctor, lawyer, farmer, day
laborer or what not, owes a debt to
his community as the place in which
he lives and makes his support. '
' Hundreds of small towns and conr.
try communities . in America, . are
dwindling away today, .he said, from
lack of support by home people. Mon
roe women want to go to Charlotte.
Charlotte women want to go to Wash
Charlotte women want to go to
Washington. Washington . women
want to go to New York. .And
New. York women want to go to
Paris, and everybody, knows where
the Paris women go, - - : k
, Every farmer owes a community
debt because of being near a, good
town, and every merchant owes a
community debt because if the farm
ers and the town people, did n6t buy
his goods he would have to close up.
He made an, earnest plea for a
tronization of home industries and
stores and showed how , ir.a .aiail
order houses were ruining busicaas in
coa:-.;u:i;ej cr.d hcvr'ihiy have
Says1 That We
It Unanimous
. Price.
just a few. We fellows who have the
good roads Should not be . selfish but
should open up and be as liberal as
the fellow who has no roads but is
helping pay for our roads. I for one
arnv willing to go the whole hog, and
will go the limit to see that my neigh-
oor is treated as well as. I am. I feel
that I am morally obliged to do so.
The people of Union county are a
progressive people- and have made
wonderful progress in the past few
years. We must , not go backward.
We must not even halt for the mo
ment, for every minute we halt and
attempt to stand still, -we begin to go
backward.
1 I hear some one say that we had
better ' stop and take our bearings.
My God, men, we have already got
o(ur bearings. Our bearings read that
we are about one half of completion
of 'good roads. The bearings read
that about one half of our citizens
have good roads and the other half
have no roads and the bearings fur
ther read that we should see that this
latter half should have good roads as
well as the' first half. And I find that
the bearings have been taken right
and that the reading is right. There
is just one logical, sensible and just
tning to do and that Is to follow the
bearing and reading of some and press
on to the conclusion.
' We are not fcankrnnt vet. -Old TT-
ion is all right. On an average thee
is $254 worth of. property for every
man, woman and child, both black and
white, in Union. There are only 18
other counties in the state that are
worth more per capita than Union,
thert are 81 counties in the state
that are worth less per capita than
Union. Mecklenburg, which boasts of
its wealth, is only worth $2 per cap
ita more than good old Union.
So then what's the matter? Is it
; possible that there is a man or woman
in Union county who will oppose , this
progressive measure ? . 1 hope not.
Somehow I feel that. at ,this time
there will le no i opposition. Let's
make i unanimous. Let's all for one
' time pull together and put old Union
at the top.
Then came the bountiful dinner
served by the Daughters As Usual
there was an abundance of food and
to spate; Maj. Heath, Dr. Weaver,
Mr. W. B: Love and Mr. R. F.'Be'asley
were invited to eat with the veterans
and though they all did their, worst
with the dinner there was an abund
ance untouched. -' .; ! ;
After the dinner the Camp assem
bled for the annual elections of offi
cers. All the old officers were re
elected by acclamation. In. addition
to this committees were appointed in
each township to ascertain exactly
hdw many old soldiers yet survive in
each township. ; .-. '
'.' .The Veterans who wer"e present yes
terday were, S. E. Belk, Commander,
Henry B. Shute, J. W. Byrum, James
Griffin, William McWhorter, J. C.
Huggins, J. R. Lathan, Thos. E. Wil
liams, B. H. Broom, P. P. Plyler,
Thos. F. Willef ord, B. H. Benton,
Philip Whitley, J, P. Broom, McCombs
Winchester, John H. Winchester, A.
W, McManus, W. G." Long, J. M.
Douglas. , . i - , ' " .
Veteran J. W. Byrum valiantly told
the ladies' that in the entertainment
of veterans Monroe beat New Orleaps
forty to one. (-
After the meeting the Veterans
went in a body as guests of the Chau
tauqua. . -
actually destroyed some towns prac
tically entirely. "
' He urges the merchants to be sat
isfied with a fair margin of profit and
to give quality in return, pointed out
"how the buyer could not after con
sidering quality and adding freight
or express charges, save any money
by buying from mail order house. The
only way to make a good town is to
spend your money in it.
The reason so, many young people
leave the smaller towns and cities
is because we are not making them
attractive enough for them, advises
young people to stay in the smaller
towns, for if they have brains thev
can sifcceed right here in Monroe, if
they haven't they need not rush off
to : the ' big city inasmuch as - they
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uavis enuugn Drauuess people mere
now. , ..:,';v;
The great middle class composed
of the people on the farms and in the
smaller . communities is the great
conservative body of the nation be
cause they -own property and have
the interests of" the state and nation
at heart. Every young (couple as soon
as their get married should start to
buy a honte. , '
rie thniks the new slogan of the
Carolines is mighty good, "The cow,
the hog, 'the hen, and a little cot-.o.i
now and then. ' . . :
' By making your churches so attrac
tive, your schools so good, your city
6 j clean, you can make every coy and
girl feel that, right hore is the Lest
place to live on earth. , .
ORGANIZATION OF NEW
- CITY ADMINISTRATION
The new city administration, con
sisting of Mr. C. E. Houston, mayor,
and aldermen W. J. Trull. P. H. John
son, J. T. Shute. V. C. Austin and G. i
Br Caldwell, met at noon Wednesday
in the mayor's office. The oath .of of-
nce was administered by R. W. Lem
mond, clerk of the couri.
Organization was effected bv the
appointment of committees by the
mayor as follows, the first named be
ing chairman of each:
Street G. B. Caldwell. W. J. Trull.
J. T. Shute. ,. ...
Sanitation W. J. Trull. P. H.
Johnson, G. B. Caldwell.
Police and Fire V. C. Austin, G.
B. Caldwell, W. J. Trull. i
Water and Lia-ht P. H. .Tnlinsnn
J. T. Shute, V. C. Austin.
Finance J. T. Shute, P. H, John
son, (J. B. Caldwell.
Purchasing agent for all deDart-
ments J. T. Shute, '
Mayor pro tern P. H. Johnson. ;
After this organization the board
adjourned till 2:30, at which time the
following officers were elected:
City clerk and treasurerJohn H.
Boyte. ' .- ' .
City tax collector Jas. McNeely.
Street foreman Jasper Mattox. -
Chief of Fire Department G. B.
Caldwell.
Fire truck driver H. G. Doster. -
Chief of Police J. W. Sooon.
Policemen Jesse Helms, E. Barrett
and H. W. King. ,
. City Attorney Gillam Craig.
Sunt, water and lights C. W. Lee.
Following a discussion of the wa
ter situation the Water and Light
committee was instructed to make an
investigation at once and make rec
ommendations as to securing water
supply. ' -. ., ,
The next meeting will be held at
the call of the mayor. . ,
LEADING FEATURES OF
' MONROE CHAUTAUQUA
Col. John Temple Graves, editor-
in-chief of all the Hearst newspapers,
will be the headline attraction at the
Redpath chautauqua on Saturday
night. Colonel Graves is known ev
erywhere because of his prominent
participation in world affairs through
his editorials.
He is a native of South Carolina,
haying been born jn Abbeville coun
ty. On many historical occasions he
has been the chief orator' of the day
and is known throughout the length
and breadth of, the land as a champi-
.;l.t. Jj'-..il. -'Ti: ...v:-i
on of rieht ind truth."' His subieet.
4wiojiAv- : . ti -iT-t. u-ucic,- we went to oea auring xne wee
.wCin'Af t flnd the-mall"Jrroverblal hours and
n9,JK.SCUS n pre9en.,y ,Bocwl voted it the end of a perfect day. '
ru, .Vi'' o "Ja '.i, 1 nave noticed a remarkable lot of
hI ZriJtf C:'broken Pomiser lately. A promise.
2m S?. -nfkS th luSol!1 tblK 18 a and should be treat
will be a concert by the world famous ed as Buh stm , continue to
Russian Choir, a group of native Rus-'break Dr0misJ ti bomTthliin
sian singers who were chosen by the ! Jgt thev nlver nay back V
late Czar Nicholas himself, to become I S,flde h you thSt a oroW
they were' featured bv Morris Gest
in the spectacular production of Tol
stoy's 'Redemption" and brought
forth such praise from the press and
critics alike, that they have been
sought by every agency and manager
in the country. This will be one of
the high-light treats of the season,
On Monday night the play, "The
Meanest Man in. the J World " will be,
presented by a notable' New York
cast. , . , .
This play was originally produced
by George Cohan and he himself
starred in it for over one year in
New York, comparing it with such
successes as "Nothing buthe truth"
and "Friendly enemies" which the
Redpath Bureau has brought in the
pas: years, it nas c-een pronounced
by the most discriminating as far tne country girt are classed by these
ahead of any of these. Come early to yearly soulless people as rude, awk
;j'm.?'J seat, admission, adults, . ward. and greeni , Perhaps they are
.children 50 cents. , ' ; , I associated more or less ; with live
Tonight, Miss Elsie Baker, world st-ock. The country young people are, '
famous contralto and Victor artists jt is true very-much alive, and some
will be the leading attraction; Miss 0f tnem are descendants of -blue-Baker
has made more records for the blooded stock.
Victor producing company than any The country boy is often awkward,
other woman singer and is everywhere The reason for his awkward, ungain
known through her concert appear-,, iy appearance is a result of neglected
nnces and operatic engagements. HerLtudy of his posture and appearance
assistants will be Mr. John Mundy,in public; The country boy thinks
celebrated English cellist and Grover
Tilden Davis, concert pianist.
Stewart Mill News
Miss Bessie Stegall of Mill Grove
was the guest of Miss Ruth Horton . it his own appearance. He is at homo
last Sunday, afternoon. lout, in a place of solitude garbed in-
Mr. Clingman Haftis of Mt Har-his comfortable clothing. He is a jew
mony was the euest of Miss Audrey el .in !? right sectin r A reat oou-
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ouiweii last tsaiuruay nigni ana Sun
day.
Mrs. rJenn. T, Stegall and little
daughter Evelyn vtere the guests of seen in town. He is not accustonud to
Mrs. T. L. Blackmon at Mill Grove being dressed up. The result id that
last Monday. ,J . jhe is out of place and looks it. ..
Mr. Nick Lemmond and Mr. San-1 The city boy also looks out of place
ford Furr of Union Grove were tho in the country. Sometimes he appears
guests of Miss Estelle and Verla Row- : rather effeminate. He was reared to
ell last Sunday afternoon. . appear before people at all times. He
Miss Ruth Horton was the guest of can make, himself more debonair and
Miss Mary Foard lagt Saturday night. 'charming in manner than his con
Bennie, the little son of Mr, B. C " strained aad embarrassed country
Horton is righ t sick at this writing. 1 friend. The city boy seems to know
Mr. Sutt Squires of Hemby was the Jwhat to do and when to do it. The
guest of Miss Martha Sossoman last boy then is discriminated by the nat
Sunday afternoon. " ' 'ural way he wears his clothes and by
Mr. Ruff Kellough of Hemby corn- his art of free adaptibllity by which
munity lost a fine mule last week. I lie Can adjust himself to any circum-
ivir. ljewis uem oi ceimoni was ine.siance ana easuy sun every occasion,
guest of Miss Rena Furr last Sunday
afternoon.' -
Mrs. D. L. Furr has been right s'cl'
for the jlast few days but is better atj colors in the ocean of life. Perhaps
th' -s-riting. . , . . (the city girl does not exactly sail;
phore will be a memorial service, under false colors, but she does a lot
held at the Emanuel cemetery Suit- of unnecessary sailing around with
day, May 20, at II o'clock. Rev. J. VV. ' Color in her cheeks-which is come-
tStrider will conduct the services, also
nev. ii. iu. xiaigier oj wingate will
preach -at Union Grove Methodist
(church in the afternoon at 3 o'clock.1
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BUYS ID GIRLS OF
rlCITYkl) COUNTRY
HAVE GOOD POINTS
Writer Compares Them and
'lens Characteristics Each
Appear to Have
SOME STILL TAKE WRONG
MEW OF THE COUNTRY
By Miss Deane Rltch
Stouts, May 10. The only event
of Interest as well as excitement
which occurred' last week-end was
the home-coming of these boys who
have positions- In Charlotte: Messrs.
John and Guv Cbnder. Mr. Mumhv
Hargette, Mr. Clyde Long and Mr.
jimmie Kitch. Tly visited in their
respective homes as well as else
where..'.'' ..):;:
Talk about beingl verbose, my
Iriend, the Indian Trail correspond
ent, ain't nothing else but. Her
lengthy dissertation about the vil
lage was interesting, and I for one
enjoyed it.. Moreover, I think I know .
to whom she was referring in regard
to the big floppy straw hat. Some
one she knows has a new one: fact Is.
she knows him very muchly. I think (
she likes it much better than the lit- !
tie cap which he has been accustomed
to wearing. Good luck, my friend.
I hope that you will get that won
derful hat raised to you many more
times before it becomes dilapidated.
. If people would only mind their
own business a lot of estrangement
would be avoided.
One gets nowhere without loving
something. Some folks are too
meddlesome to be loving.
t see that my brilliant contempor
ary from Indian Trail who blesses
the newspaper with her grand liter
ary productions has also become af
flicted with verbosity. I see that she
took a special shot at me last week.
Am biding my time, and still waters
run deep. She would be inwardly
quaking If she realized what I have
In store for her. I sincerely hope
that both the afore-mentioned repor
ters have adopted as I have, this
for their motto, "Quality rather than '
quantity." There i no harm la hop
ing. : 4
I was-; one of the ten camp, firfl
girls whd hiked the sixteen miles to
Wingate last Monday,1 , We were am
ply rewarded ith the wonderful play.
After returninK home In a crowded
truck, we went to bed during the wee
neither a gossip nor a knocker. But
haven't you heard these jelly fish kind
of people whose back-bones need vul
canizing, promise wonderful things"
which they never intend to carry out?
They are extremely detestable!
The Country Boy and Girl Compared
With the City Boy and Girl
Some city people have a halluci
nation which seems hard for them to
drop. They cannot realize that the
conditions In the country have Im
proved. It is their minds which have
not improved since - the nineteenth
century. If some people had to feed
upon their' own 'minds, they would
starve. . There still reiuains in ex
istence a few narrow-mfnded city
dwellers who look upon farming as
I a disgrace and upon the participants
hava-w nia nwntrr ymv nrt
little of outward show. He isnot con
tinually in the spotlight of human
gazers and public opinion. While liv
ing close' to nature, he has enough to
occupy his mind without referring to
'ratt would be formed if a diamond
were set -in brass. So is a contrast
formed when a country bred boy is
The country girls - are generally
their natural self without' any pre
tension. They do not sail under false
times false. City girls kill very much
nuie. hum? isnuui ub KiNea Wlinout
injuring eternity. City girls are said
. (Continued from page five) .