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J ' ( -J PUBLISHED TWICE EAC VT2 TUESDAY AND FKLDAY ssf Tlurtisth Year. No. 32. . Monroe, N. C., Tcccday, May 29, 1923. ?r Year Cash SISTER SNAPS OUT LIFE OF BROTHER AT MOTHER'S HOME Vance Wentz Falls Victim Unloaded Pistol in Hands of Mrs. Kluttz , to SAME WEAPON WHICH -KHXED MR. CHAMBERS ' Flourishing a pistol which she be lieved to be unloaded, and waving it in the face of her brother who was cautioning her of the danger, Mrs. Clara Belle Kluttz, pulled the trigger and the brother, Vance Wentz, drop- Jed dead with, the bullet through his orehead. :.' . - ", :-' ; The -tragedy occurred at the home of the mother of the brother and ister, Mrs. Ida Wentz, in Vance township Friday night at about nine thirtv. Mrs Kluttz. Drostrate from the shock, is now under bond of $2000. awaiting a hearing , of 'the easo before the Recorder on June 8. The pistol with which the shooting was done belonged to" R B. Kluttz, and is believed to be the same one with which his brother, Doc-Kluttj, is charged with having shot and kill ed George Chambers, .Matthews mail carrier, some weeks ago, and for which Doc Kluttt is now in the Union rnnrftv iail awaiting trial for his life. While there is reason to believe that the same gun did the deadly work in hnth cases, it is not meant to imply that R. B. Kluttz had anything to do with the killing of Chambers. Mrs. Kluttz,- in whose hands this thirty-two caliber Smith and Wesson pistol did its second execution within a few weeks, ia. only eighteen yearn nlri and a bride of but tWO Weeka Two weeks "ago she was married to Mr. Kluttz. Qn the night of tho tragedy, she was at the home of her mother, where she had been spending some days. The pistol had been car ried there when she went and it was in rimwar in the room. In the room at the time were Mrs. Wentz, her daughter, Mrs. Kluttz the son, Vance Wentz, and Dewey Yandle and Mrs. Maggie Haywood Helms, , The company' had been in a, cheer fuf mood such as might obtain on nrK an occasion, and perhaps had boon dnnnino-. ; Mrs. Kluttl took the pistol from the drawer and took out the caraiflges, supposing . emptied the' chambers. She . began pointing it about the room and her mnther remonstrated With' her sav- inr that tt-jsra dangerous. She re- -plied that she had tik'en out the shells:' ' prother;;Vnce Wentz, 23 years old, walked toward ner and holding up his hands as if to take the pistol, said, "Don't, don't, that's - '.'Shut up," ; replied Mrs., Kluttz, at the same time, snapping the pistol in his face. To the horror of an, tne and Vance dropped with a bullet through his forehead. He died within an hour. . . ' Stunned as they were by tne bipoay r(rVHv. the parties auickly succeed ed in communicating with Monroe for medical help, Dr. Mahoney went to the home , and brought the young Woman 'to the hospital. Sheriff Fowler was summoned, and ent to the home and gathered the facts about the af fair hi they were given at thi time by the eyewitnesses. He put mrs. Ifliitt -under the custody of lr. Mahoney until yesterday, when she gave bond and left the hospital. The affair appears to have been one of those cases of the empty pis tol. : People at times have a mama for flourishing ana pointing , guns xuhirh thev believe to be unloaded. To mmtom has been so widespread that years ago the legislature passed. a law matting it a misaemeanor w toward anvone with an unload ed gun. Should any case be made against her it would probably be no more stringent : than - a charge of unintentional manslaughter coupled with criminal negligence, though the warrant, is for murder. ; Storv Bv Correspondent ' The Journal's, correspondent : at Stouts sends the following story pf the unhappy occurrence!- " ' I visited the home on the morning oftpr the fatal "occurrence. The scene was most pitiable. A! torn inconereni explanations I gathered the- follow ing story: Several young, people were visiting in the Wentz home last Friday' evening. Among those' who were in the parlor when the touching event took place were: ; Mrs. Mar garet Helmsv Mr. Dewey Yandle, Mrs. ' Wentz, Mrs. Kluttz, Miss Josephine Wentz anck Vance." In a spirit of fun the loaded pistol was taken from the drawer by Mrs. Kluttz. She removed 5 of the cartridges thinking that was all. She playfully snapped it twice. Young Vance remonstrated with her on her recklessness. She then point ed the pistol at him. He became ter rified and begged her to put it up. He was said to have cried, "Oh, please don't," just before she fired. The bullet took "effect in his temple. He iell back, and his expression remain- - ed unchanged. . The occupants of the room became exceedingly alarmed by th'e disaster and immediately ran in to the hall, Mrs. Margaret Helms is to be complimented on her nerve and forethought. ;-She alone remain ed with the wounded boy., Mr. Ray- mond Thompson was the first outsider" to reach tne nome. ne xogemer wua , Mrs. Helms placed Vance upon the bed. He-was in an unconscious con dition, and he never spoke during the two hour which he lived. -Mrs. Klu tta was prostrated. She FOUND THE CROW AND CAME NEAR BEING SHOT Brief, May 28. The regular cor respondent has asked me to write the news for this issue, so if the readers of The Journal will excuse my mistakes I will do bo. . The people through this section of the county are worrying over the ir regular stand of cotton, home are thinking of planting over, while oth ers are thinking of plowing up the worst and planting it in com. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Page on May 20, and left a nice boy. Cora Lavina. the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Burnette, is right sick at this writing. -,'.;; 1 Master John Henry mng, tne young "son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Long, spent the week-end .with rela tives at Concord. - '.-? -;-.. 7 Mr. and Mrs.. Clayton Austin and children of Monroe, Rt 2, spenfthe week-end with Mrs. Austin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Austin. A rnnd manv Brief neonle attend ed the "foot, washing' at Watson Sunday. N i-1'. . , ' ;': '. ' Brief lavs claim to several cham pionships, but the latest is that of the bee tree hunter. He is Mr. Will Almond: a tenant on Mr. B. J Clontz's farm. One. day recently he found three within a hundred yards of each other. Can anyone beat it 7 Boys.' 'lets pull together and put out a good ball team this summer, With, the material we- have . around here, together witn some ; practice, we could have a winning team. Come on. let s sro! . . " The rare occurrence of chicken i - thieving by crows happened the oth er day on the farm of Mrs. C. ,'F, Biggers. Mrs. Biggers had been missing some feathered-young a few days prior to the apprehension of the II . 1 l . TT - DiacK- cawing miscf earn nuwcvci, the story originates with Mr. A. L. Hartsell, Who as a lover of nature was sstrolling-.: jtbrough the woods when he came upon Mr. Hoyle Biggers, who was imitating the call of the bird, trying to attract him within shooting distance, it was the ' call of Mr. Burgers which had attracted Mr, Hartsell, neither know ing the other was abont. ' As the ' attracted spectator drew nearer, the cawing cry came sighing in more and more plaintive tones un til it had drawn Mr. Hartsell within twenty , feet of; Mr. Biggers. Mr. Hartsell was - looking for a nest of young crows, and, twisting a twig between thumb and index finger, he Dosed a natural woodsman-hunter, "ou a crow hunting,-too?" came from bemnd a large pine tree., . "Humph! I was about to shoot: came , the abrqptv reply.. fromM. Hartsen.. Be a booster like a rooster, Crow It loud and' loner: Make a nigh step with a- quick step, Pitt a liffla "wmnftr In VAiii oAno became almost violent and was rush ed tn the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital. Her condition remains deplorable. Vance was the second son of the late John Wentz and Mrs. Ida Wentz He was 24 years of age. Besides his mother the following grief-stric'.;en brothers and sisters survive: Mr, Duke Went of Indian Trail, Masters Paul, Wade and Ney, young boy3 Hv insr with their mother. The girls are Mrs. Will McRorie, Mrs. Clayton Yandle, and Mrs. Reese Kluttz, who live ir. the immediate vicinity. There is also one unmarried daughter, Miss Josephine Wentz. Vance has grown up m , this community and is well known. He is not only eulogized in the event of his death, but often in the past has it been remarked that he was unusually good to his mother. His love for her was made up of reverence, affection, and respect. He will be terribly missed: not only in the home but among a host of friends whom he always met with a smile. His disposition was jovial. He did his duty by the family witn un selfishness and, cheerfulness.; He was his mother's pride. ' She Tiad trained him up in tharight way and was reaping the reward in her son's noble character and ideal life. Her love was near' idolatry. To see her go from room to ' room on the morning after the tragedy, ' was heart-rend' ing. She said that there was not a snot where he was not missed. -. The family is one of the most prominent in the community. .Great compassion is felt throughout r the county and state for these h6rror stricken people. . The funeral and interment was held at the Bethel cemetery on Saturday afternoon..: An unusually large crowd was present. . Rev. - A. B. Haywood conducted the services, assisted by Rev, Raymond Thompson, Rev. Mr. Haywood was intimately acquainted with the boy, and his ; praise was nigniy commenaaoie. ne commented upon the virtues which were embodi ed in young Vance, laying due em phasis . on ' the noblest virtue which he possessed, bis pure lave for his mother. Brother Haywood said that the intense love of one's mother was the love of God. "Brother Vance lov. ed God and strived to keen His com mandments. Rev, Mr. Thompson Was a boyhood friend of Mr. Wentz. They have played together aince childhood He spoke of Vance in a wonderful manner, and -the love of friendship was strongly manifested in his speech. , , - , ; A laboratory weighing machine has been invented so small that it weigh only three grains itself, and sensitivi to a ten-millionth of a milligram. Once in a great while a man's telf- respect keeps him from enjoying life, Prof.. Allem Br : iher-in-Law of Mr; Jas. H. Leb to be Supt of Public Instruction; Dr. Brooks to Be President State College Some rapid changes in State officialdom have taken place in he last day or two. Following the appointment by Governor Morrison of Mr. Iienott Clark- son of Charlotte ta a place W State Supreme Court bench to fill the vacancy caused by the Heath rf JiiHo-p WAlkpr. Dr. W.ii C. Riddick, yfesterday offered h&j resignation as president oi me State College of Agriculture and. Engineering, and the ' request hat he be made dean ol vm de partment of engineering. A, dis patch from Raleigh this morn ing says that the trustees and Governor Morrison have agreed that Dr. E. C. Brooks,5' State Superintendent of Public .In struction will at once be-Ueted president of the college, and, will accent. Mr. Morrison will then immediately appoint . Mr. - A. T.. Allen, who has been an assist-H ant to Dr. Brooks, as a' Superintendent t of Public ilnJ SirUUUUll. , ' . '! It: This announcement is of pe culiar interest to Monroe-eo. pie. ir. isrooKS, wno was ap pointed Superintendent by sfjOV ernor Bickett to fill the unexpir ed term of Dr. Joyner, tegan his educational career as .super intendent of the i Mohroe City School.- He rose steadily in his profession - and has become re garded as the strongest man in public work that the Statr has had in many years. -V; l.M Mr. Allen is an Iredell countyd man and is a brother-in-law' of lf-U ' T.wiah .-XT T AA- ' fvf "Alfjwwrui He went from the superintend ency of the Salisbury , school's to the head of the department of teacher traminir under " vr Brookyjairrlisegitfded' as1' kt other of the strong men of the State in public educational work. To Make Campaign fair Temperance, jf LaW and Order ; ' Owing to the widespread "tendency of many of the people toward habits of intemperance and disregard of the laws of our county, and the laws of God, the Ministerial .Association of Union county in session in Monroe on May the 21, voted unanimously to ask every minister in the county to give one service each,, 'to each church in lis charge during the month of June to the presentation - of the claims of temperance-and good citi zenship. The ministers were also asked to give additional time outside the bounds . of , their charges that teams - of - sneakers ; might visit churches without pastors -and school house communities r desiring tueir service. Any such community wisn ing speakers for afternoon service will please report to any member of the undersigned commitee. In their endeavor to encourage, and recreate habits of sobriety among a spirit of reverence for law andorder a"hd re sponsibility to Almighty we earnestly crave the sympatheth; cc-operation and prayer of all God-fwing people.; R. J, Mcllwaine," J. J. - Edwards, C. C. Burris, Committee. ; r- Indian Trail Route News Indian Trail, Route One; May 28. A large bunch of boys and girls at tended the Primitive Baptist church at Watson -from this commun'ty. , , Miss1 Beulah Long who is taking a business course - in Charlotte spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dixon. 1 : ,j Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Furr and chil dren of Monroe were recent; visitors to relatives and friends here. . Mr. Ellis Sherrin of Matthews was a, guest of Mr. George Rowell last week. 'Mr. Oscar Rowell is getting along as" well as 'could be expected, his friends will be glad to know. Mrs. J. M. Pusser was a Sunday visitor at Mr. J. M. I)ixon's. Mr. - W. L. Dixon and family of Charlotte were visitors in the neigh borhood Sunday. Rev. J. W, Strider will preach at Union Grove the( first Sunday night in June, at eight o'clock. , , Mr. and Mrs. Ike Kezlah of Mon roe have been visiting the later par ents, Mr. and Mrs. -G. W. Rowell. , Not Talking to Him' They sat on, the parlor sofa. "What would you do if I turned you down?" she asked shyly. The " man looked stright ahead, but said nothing. Af ter a few moments of silence she nudged him with her elbow and said: "Didn't you hear my 'question?" He looked around much surprised. "I beg your pardon," replied, "I thought you were addressing the gas." s No man is. so tactful trn can sit down on a tack without ;'.'.:l:'.ni a few remarks. ' Social Club Organized at Min eral Springs Mineral Springs, May 28-The Social Workers Club, was-: organized at the home of Mrs. W.. L. Motes oji theJSth.. Miss Effie "Alexander was elected president, Mrs. H. A. Helms, vice president; and Mrs. H. A. Carter, secretary. The following members were present: Mrs. E. H. Broom, miss vine Alexander,- Mrs.H. A. Carter, Mrs. Vann Coan, Mrs. F. C. Doster,- Mrs. Tom Griffiru Mrs. J. P. Goron. Mrs. H. A. Helms. Mrs. P. A. &rauss, Mrs. W, W. lney, Mrs. J. Lee Polk, Mrs. B.. Savage, Mrs. George T. Winchester, Mrs. M. M. Winchester and Mrs. Bud Secrest. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Broom and Mrs. Carter. The next meeting will be held with Miss Alexander. ' Mrs. Irene Polk, who has been vis iting her sister, Mrs. Beatrice Crow- ell, for some time, has returned home, Mrs. Holly S. Polk of Chattanooga, accompanied ty her grandchildren. Masters Edmond and Hallam Krish boam, is visiting relatives and friends here and . will go, on to Wadesboro to see her mother."' ' Mr. and Mrs. Mims Belk were in town Sunday and Monday. There was a lively debate in the auditorium of the graded school build ing .Friday evening. The subject of discussion was whether or not the United States should join the league of nations. ' Messrs. E. H. Broom and1 W. L. Motes took the affirmative and Messrs. F...A. Krauss, Sr., and F. A. Krauss, Jr., took the negative. - Mr. and Mrs. W. In Motes have re ceived many invitations from'former pupils to attend commencement ex ercises at Albemarle, Richmond, and NewBerry, " S. C, all of , which they very much appreciate. . Mr. Burrell McManus was poisoned severely on the hands, and face while putting out guano supposed to have been due to acid in the fertilizer. The road crew has done some much needed work on the roads here last week., ,-AYV.v:'A.',.;1i'r',r' Vri; ''..-:.' -r YourDouble' h . Gastonla Gazette) . Somewhere, walking tne-iearth at this very, moment Is a person who is a person who is such an exact duplicate of you, that .brought together few could tell vou anart. f OecasionaTlv vour attention is call- Id to the Law of Duplicates, when newspaper discover and print ..pic tures of the doubles of famous poli ticians, movie stars and so ion. You of course, have had the exper ience of a stanger mistaking you for some one living: at a-distance, Swlw rt.t?. Tlnvi'v striking that the stranger th nks you are joshing when you inform him that he is mistaken. The real you that mysterious and indefinable inner something that in cludes thought and character and emotion is never duplicated exact ly, though occasionally each of us meets a person whose viewpoint is so strikingly similar, to ours that it be wilders us. An extraordinary case of mistaken identity was exposed the other day in England. Arthur Collins, arrested by Scotland yard detectives' on the charge of being an army deserter was found to be the double of the man -wanted. . t r - ; - He even had the same name, lived on the same street, followed the same trade in civilian life, and joined the army on the same day. - Their fingerprints differ.' ' . f . x . The "long arm of coincidence," in this case operated to an extent never equaled in fiction even in "The Pris oner of Zenda." We not only have living duplicates but we are duplicates of people who lived in the , past. Old settlers have often observed this how a boy or girl - is almost an exact double, of some ancester of a few generations since.''." ;.,- . , ''.- Photography is a comparatively re cent invention, so few of us can check back and find our double of long ago. In families where oil paintings have been preserved for several generations, the recurrence of looks; is almost, universally recog nized. : i vr--- .r:, It would be a great sport to turn the clock back a - few centuries and come-face to face with the man or woman whose features, build and mannerisms have cropped out in us. Even more fascinating would be to turn the clock the other way and see the persons of the distant future who will be doubles of us who are living today, .The Generous One . The war profiteer was enjoying a seat in a crowded street caf when the remnants of ' a doughboy hobbled 'in and took his stand in the aisle. Realizing that the occasion called for some display of curtesy, the seat ed frentleman reached out, buttonhol ed the other and whispered: "Stick around, old fellows I'll be getting oft in; seven more blocks."., 't i Many a nian would be unable to Daddle his own canoe if he couldn't borrow some other man's paddle. ' WAXHAW BOY WRITES HOME FROM JE;RUSALEM Mrs. A. L. Haigler of Waxhaw has received a letter from her brother, Mr. Archie King, telling her of a visit he has lately made to Jerusalem. Mr. King is a printer and has a position iri that capacity on the United States Steamship Pittsburg, these large ships carrying a complete printing outfit. - The letter is as follows: . "U. S. S. Pittsburg. "7:45 A. M., at sea, -ApriKU, 1923. My Dear Sister: " After spending a couple of weeks at; Alexander, Egypt, seeing Cairo, the -sphinx, pyramids and tombs of the kings of Egypt we sailed for Haifa, Palestine, a near point of Jerusalem. We stayed in Haifa five days making sight seeing trips to Jerusalem, through the country in automobiles, a distance of about 100 miles. On our way we stopped at Nazareth, the home of Jesus, as a boy, seeing the carpenter shop where Jesus worked with his father, Joseph. A large church stands over the place, the shop being located underneath the altar inside the church. Also saw other places pertaining to Joseph and Mary there. Drove from Naz areth to the sea of Galilee, then back to Nazareth on to Jerusalem. We arrived in Salem that afternoon, (Saturday before Easter). We went to the Holy -sepulchre, the place, Calvary, where Jesus was laid in the tomb. The church which is built over the Bpot is a place of worship for all nationalities. It was a beauti ful sight to see them all worshipping on taster morning. ' v "About 8:30 we drove Jo Bethle hem, arriving in time to see the peo ple worshipping in the large church that was built over the place where Jesus was born after securing small candles to light our way, which is the custom m the grotto beneath the large akar. ' We contributed, a coin to the priest near the entrance to the manger, and went down the steps into the grotto where the man ger was. Some Catholics were hold ing mass, so we did not interupt them, but when they were through we were shown themanger by the priest, it was made of marble. It was so beautiful down in the grotto I shall never forget it. "We were next, shown where Mary and Joseph made their home after the birth of Jesus, while they stayed in Bethlehem. -I bought a collection of 'views of those same places I am telling you about. - "Arrived back in Jerusalem and went to the Mount of Olives, where Christ ascended to Heaven, I took some interesting Pictures there. -W drove oaclr into Jerusalem after seeing the River Jordan. Left Jerusalem ; at 2 o'clock. A short ways out we -came te Rachel's tomb Got back to . Haifa at 8 o'clock in the evening. It was such a wonder ful trip, wish you could have seen it with me. . I am so glad I was given the opportunity to see the old WOrld. '- '- -:':-..,''! .-:--!. "We left Haifa, Palestine, for Beyrouth, Syria. 'While at Beyrouth there was sight-seeing trips to Damascus, the oldest city in the world.- Stayed there four days, left . vba w ;b for Mercenia, stayed, there one day left for Adelia, which is in Asia. Stayed there about a day. Now we are about to drop anchor at Khodes a small island, think we will stay here a day or so and be given liberty. . - ; v ' "We are soon to go and have tar get practice, then afterwards go back to Constantinople, lurkey. ' "It is said that we stay in Turkey a week or so, then to Italy. We wiU see Rome also. "Hoping all are well and happy as I myself am, I will close as am expecting mail todaw "With my love to alL '- "Lovingly your brother, "J, ARCHIE KING." This is the Way They Wash Their Clothes . Almost every nation has a different method of washing its clothes, The Korean washerwomen are per haps as hard" worked as any, because men of that country Wear extremely wide trousers and dresses! The worn en wash in cold water always, usual lv in a running stream. and they pound the clothes with paddles till they shine as though they nad been starched. i Egyptian men do the washing for their families. They stand at tne edre of a pool or a stream of run ning water and slap the wet clothes upon smooth round stones. This style of washing takes tha dirt out to be sure, but it also takes a portion ot the material as well, and holes ar the result s ' ' French . women wash iri prett: much the same fashion, but instead oV standing they kneel. They also use stones and wooden paddles some times to heln pound the dirt out. The Jananese rip up their soiled garments for every washing! Their washing is all done out of doors, and in a tub about the size of an ordinary dishpan.' Usually they just rub the clothes with the hand till they are clean;' but occasionally, if the gar ments are very dirty, a little extrem ly greasy soap is used, and they stamp on the clothes with their feet. Chinese women, that is, the lower castes whose feet are unbound, wash their clothes by stamping upon them v.i.h bare feet.'. They, like their Japanese sisters, use very tiny tubs. Iri some places in Scotland the wo men dse their feet as an aid to wash ing, too. . However, they have large tubs, and 'plenty of soap and warm water.. ', . . . ,: '' , YOU CAMUCE EXPENSES IF YOU JUST QUIT WORK hat Is the Way Mr. Hinson Says That All Road Tax Can Be Saved MANY OTHER CITIZENS - SEE VALUE OF ROADS V By L. E. Huggins The scer.o took placn in the room in Monroe of the Williams-Griffin Implement Co. A -large number of farmers had gathered yesterday and were discussing the road bond elec tion pro end con. Some .favored the issue while others were mildly oppos ed to it. Finally the conversation dragged and Frank Williams opened his mouth and spake in a parable as follows: , "Well, boys, I want to find out what the farmers of the county who live on bad roads want if they are willing to pay tax for others to have good roads but don't want them for their own use, then I don't want any more bonds, but if those who have no roads but are paying tax for the roads already built want good roads by their farms I aitf willing to vote for them to have them," A Hand Out ; Graham Hearon of Marshvilla is in favor of the proposed bond issue, but he says it looks like a hand-out to the townships that have no towns or corporations for Monroe, Marah- vuie, waxtiaw and tne otner towns and townships ' through which rail roads, telephone and telegraph and electric wires pass to vote a bond is- sue upon themselves to help build . roads m the other sections of tne county. However, he realizes ; that those sections are paying tax for the roads that have ; already been built . and he thinks they should alsp have roads. - J. H. Edwards, who works at the cotton platform in Monroe, lives a half mile from Altan and he would n't do without his good road for ser. eral times his tax. However, he has to travel over a half mile of bad road to get to his farm and he states that he dreads that half mile mom than the entire distance from Altan to Monroe. " He is willing to vote bonds for the other .fellow to have the same privilege he enjoys. . How To Reduce Expenses H. J. Hinson says we can reduce farming expenses by quitting the job and that the road tax expense can be ever he realizes ther(e would be about as much common sense and logic in one as the other1, because we must have roads and therefore we must pay some kind of road tax either the cash in the form of taxes or we must pay a greater '-amount in mud tax, which is the most expensive system of taxation on record. Emsley Moore of Sandy Ridge township says Union county has tak en on new life and that she cannot afford to lock the wheels of progress by quitting the road-building pro gram at this stage of the game. . v Wants a Place to Wlk at Least ' Henry Thomas, who lives in that section of New Salem township, where it is almost impossible for goat to get along with any degree of satisfaction and where an automobile dares not go, is 64 years of age and has been paying taxes a' long time, but he in favor of bonds and thinks the people in that section should have a road that theyi can at least walk over. ' - :'. - - Johnnie Griffin, who lives one mile this side of Coble's Mill, New Salem township, has no decent road nearer him than Tom Braswell s, a distance of five "miles, says that if Union County will connect the Morgan's Mill road with the road to Coble's Mill and purchase half interest in the bridge, as Stanly has already done, there will be a direct route from Oakboro ' to Monroe and Marshville. He argues that it is? a well-known fact that a large per cent of the come to Union county towns if the connection could be made. 'Mr. Grif fin is for bonds and he states that practically every citizen in his com munity is of the same opinion. Lonnie Bra swell of New Salem Stanly cotton in that section would thinks the people of the county who have good roads should be willing to vote bonds for the construction of some roads in his township. There is perhaps more marketable timber in New Salem than in any , other township of the county and is worth thousands of dollars, but roadj must be had pver which to et it to markot. Harvey -Gteen, who lives three miles this side of the river oh the Morgan Mill road, can tell something of the value of good roads in hauling lum ber. He states that before the road was built he hauled 800 feet of lum ber to Monroe at a load to find his mules almost ? exhausted.' Now he brings 1500 to 1600 at a load. At a difference of 25 cents per hundred the good road is worth $2.00 per day to Harvey Green. This, he argues, would in one. week's time pay his extra road tax for two years. What holds good in Harvey Green's case applies to manv citizens of the county and to practically every one in a limited way. ... ,. , No woman is as good as many a man thinks she is, and no man is as bad as many a1 woman thinks he is. Or sat it the other wav. r . . , L . Many a business man keeps his con science in cold storage.