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I , m lp f v ,-. - PUELISHED TWICE EACH TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Thirtieth Year. No. 34. Monroe, N. C, Tu:. Jay, June 5, 1923. $2.00 Per V- Cash7 ROAD COMMISSION TPW OTNI RANT.? Will Cut Out Immense Cost of . ; ; Bridge Repair and An--- '; J nual Upkeep. LETTER FROM STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIAL - We take this method of correcting false reports that are being circulat ed by those opposed tq the proposed bond Issue. K . - i : V ' They claim that road taxes cannot be lower if the bond issue passes 'be cause it will still be necessary to make a levy of 30 cents on the hun dred for maintenance purposes, as against a former -levy of 12 cents, re gardless of whether or not the bonds carry for ihe reason thai bond money cannot be used for maintenance pur poses and it will be necessary to make a 30 cents levy to take care, of exist ing roads. They contend that a bond . issue will cost nine and a half cents, Otn AAll III) 4-ki. -AHnA a tkn proposed levy of 30 cents for mainte nance will cause a levy of thirty nine and one half cents, which will be, an increase of nine and one half cents over the present and absolutely nec essary taxes for roads. This argu ment is answered ty the fact that the county commissioners, including Sher iff Griffith, agreed to make a tax levy of 30 cents in case the bonds did not pass but. they expressly -stated that II (tie bonds did pass there would be no increase in the levy for mainte nance purposes, that is, it would re main at lis cents. v. ', , v Last year the" roads of Union coun ty were maintained on a levy of 12 cents and they can be kept up again . 4. L i . : J J ai. . i . j . uu we same levy, proviueu me uonas N pass, for the reason that it is one of the main purposes of -the road com mission J to replace practically all small wooden, bridges with culverts --J . ... A 1 .. TTi At.- una concrete pipe.- nereiuiure uie biggest item in maintenance has been the buying of lumber for the' replace tnent and repair of theBe -- small bridges. Bond money can certainly ' be used for this purpose for such worn is permanent . construction, Lumber' only last year for - mainte nance purposes -coat " the county ap- . to ine cost Ol utuor lur Dnujte ruiir, wh ch was approximately A5.uOO.oo, .makes a total of $15,000.00. This cost can be eliminated entirely by the construction of -culverts and the re , placement of small wooden bridges ' with concrete nine. It has always been the idea of the county engineer to eliminate the maintenance costs by this method. The bond issue should anneal to all tax savers for this rea : son if for no other. It Will naturally reduce the cost of maintenance in the years to come, as well Is this and next year. In addition, it costs con siderably less to maintain roads that have been- built than those that have not been. ;-. . Opponents of , the bond issue are also advancing the argument, wher ever they deem it good politics, that practically all money will be apent in maintenance and no roads partially built will be extended. This argu ment is false on its face for the very simple reason that bond money must . be used principally in road construe- tioiu and it is the avowed purpose of the road commission to complete tnese roads that have already been started. . The third argument, recently ad vanced, principally by those Interest ed in the hard surfacing of the one mile stretch of the Jackson Highway, is that the statement by the road com mission that the state expects to pay only $3,000.00 to the county's $8750- nn - iy will llll- Th,a affom la nlwav. ed by the letter from the State High way ; Commission appended . hereto, According to the county engineer's figures it will take at least 4,000 cu bic yards of stone that' the county is required o furnish,-this valued 'at $3 per cubic yard makes the cost to the county oi iz,vuu.uu as. against tn utate's S3.000.00. A"tiir own fio , ares of 2500 cubic yards the cost to the county -will be- $8760.00 to the state's $3,000.00. . i. ; " J. D. McRAE, Chairman . VT. G. .COLLINS, Secretary . . , J. t . THOMrSOW. 4 w Third Member tetter From State Highwar Com mission. ; . ' Mr. J. D. McRae, Chairman, Union County Road Commission, Monroe, N. C. -,'. .Dear Sir: I wish to advise that have" today received authority from .Mr. Page allowing me to expend an amount not to exceed $3,000.00 in the construction of one mile of road west of Monroe on Route No. 25, which has' recently been under discussion, (tTherefore, under this -condition; you may proceed s with the crushing and placing of stone on this road jn ac cordance with- our discussion and ; your recent letter. . I am assuming that the town of Monroe will furnish us water for binding the waterbound macadam. A large amount of water will be needed and our water wagon can be used, however, on nccount of the small amount of work, we cculd not lay a water line for this purpose as it would not be economical. We will be in position" to start this work. sometime during .the coming . week and shill expect to complete it within a i:c:iod of approximately 30 MISS STALLINGS HEADS THE CAMP FIREj GLRLS ' By Martha E. Crowell ' ' Indian Trail, June 4. The Camp Fire Girls club held a meeting at the home of Miss Kate Crowell last Tues day afternoon; This meetingNrasn't so pleasant as our meetings usually are, for we only had a business meet ing. Miss Crowell gave us enough work 'to do to keep us busy for two months. No wonder we did not enjoy this meeting it is hot enough these June days without racing about do ing so many unnecessary (?) things. We. hiked -to b tailings last Thursday fternoon to organize a club for the girls 'there. Eight of the girls join ed the club Thursday and many more are intending to join in a few days. Miss -Myrtle Stallings was, appointed guardian of this new organization. Messrs." Senard and Bovce Bailes and Edward Griffith of Pineville were visitors here -last yVednesday after noon, '-'. . - ,!'. ',".' Miss Sarah-Crowell was the week-, end guest of Misses Vivian and Vera V arker Of Charlotte. a Miss Kathryn Morriss visited her sister, Mrs. John W. Moore of Char lotte last week. H The Reverend M. F. Daniels -' of Charlotte preached an unusually good sermon at the Presbyterian church here last Sunday, His text was taken from John 10-28 and 29. Mr. Daniels stated that if he should take a sub ject it would be "The Good Shepherd." llis Bermon was very accurately and very forcibly presented in the follow ing heads, through which Mr. Daniels showed the three-fold care of the Good Shepherd for his sheen: "They shall never perish; neither shall any man pluck then! out of my hand: and no man is able to pluck them out of my f ather hand. The audience was not so large as it should have been, and I wish to urge that not only the members of that church be present on the third Sunday morning, but that all the people of this place go anfi fill the church to overflowing. Although there is no pastor for that cnurcn at oresent. Mr. Daniels fias been kind enough to nil this vacancy every first and third Sunda- until a pastor has been, called. So please re member this and be at church ever" Sunday.? If Mr. Daniels is, unable to he nere at any time ne win see to sending another man. There will be services on the regular Sundays and at the usual hours. The Keverand Mr, warren oi Monroe made an interest ing as well as helpful talk at this same church on last SundaV afternoon perance and Good Citizenship. Miss Allea . crowell visited friends in the Griffith community last week Miss Katherine Farmer gave quite an instructive talk at the school building las Wednesday afternoon Miss Farmer will be with us1 every Wednesday afternoon , for a short while, -and she wishes that all the girls' from ten to fourteen years of age be at the school building every Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. The young girls -and the ladies are requested to be present at three o clock. 1 v' ' ; Many of the Indian Trail eople attended the Stallings children's ex ercises last Sunday evening. These children, are to be congratulated for giving such an interesting program, lt.waj obvious that the children had been well trained, and I think that the Instructors, wrs. P. S. Garmon, Miss Lillian 'Noles, and Miss Ethel Furr, should be congratulated also. r Oakboro Has .Two Mayors ; Stanly county can always be de pended niton not to drag behind any section of the world, says the Stanly News-Herald. China may have it on us a little in bandit gangs but Mex ico and Russia. have nothing on the town of Oakboro, in this county ,' when it comes to having two separate and distinct governments. ; Yes, it is a fact that Oakboro actually, has two mayors. That is,Oakboro has two if we believe what both of the mayors say. . Mr. C P Hartsell is one of these mayors. He .has . served, for the -past two years and claims that he was re elected by plurality vote at the last election, lie has, therefore, again taken the oath of office and is ex ercising ,he prerogatives of Chief executive of Oakboro. On. the other hand, Mr; Solomon- Huneycutt says he is mayor of Oakboro, and we un derstand that he has taken the oath of office and that the only reason that he has tiot tried some one is be cause no one has dared to Violate the law of his town since he was sworn in. " What the situation will terminate in. remains to be seep, but each mayor swears that he is gointr to put the other one in jail if he violates the law. ; The board of alder men, is mixed, too, so we suppose that they- will shortly have a separate police force, Unless the, matter is amicably, settled shortly, ,'v. "D5dI hear that your mule was struck by lightning, Eph?'' . , "Ya-as, euh; da was . a powerful bolt hit de mule right ' behind his eahs." V : - :: . "Did.it kill him?" - "No, sah, but it done broke upfhe StoW'-i- -:r:--:- days, provided we can get stone with in that time. , ... " .;;-,). . . I shall either" visit you myself or send a representative- from thia office to see you in the course f a few days in regard to hauling, and. placirtg this stone-. . " - .-." : . r..'.. - JYour3 Very truly, ; ' J. B. PRIDGEN Dist Engineer. Called for r eopie, muxer uurns w ma Summoned to a -man-to-man . ac-f count for his numerous conversations villifying Monroe officials and people, Ku Kluxer who has been making himself offensive around town,, yes terday left hurriedly and unceremo niously by .the back door route, leav ing no address. In the famous Words of Chief Justice Flow describing such a going away, the Kluxer "burnt the wind." The bird's name is Felder and Monroe has probably seen the last of him. He was supposed to be an agent for a fertilizer concern, and has 'been around for some weeks, but his prin cipal business seems to have been pa rading as a representative of the Ku Klux or a special spokesman lor them." .- When he left town vesterdav morn ing' he went by way of the back doorl- of Mrs. Griffin's boarding house, and! Mrs. Griffin Was glad to see him go away, for shei had been trying to get j i i ' t : 1 1 'UJ i l: a I riu oi nun unu nuu uruereu miii iu leave before his final departure took place. : ; .-H Felder had been telling : Around town that the police department of the town was dirty and crooked, that the Sheriff was the same way, .that the Masons were no account, that the Shriners were a bunch of polka play ers and- drunkards and instead of wearing Shrine pins they ought, toi: be wearing dog -collars. He also inti mated that he proposed to see that the Ku Kluxers cleared up this town. One of Felder's intimates let it out that Felder didnt intend f or the ofc ficial or the others to hear what lie nad oeen saying, out tney neara it. -Coster Wriirht. a Seaboard ' flae- man. heard him talking and told Chief Spoon what he said, j 1 "Now. I ain't got nothing to do with the Ku Klux, and have not been taking any part for or against them, but when any . man comes here and talks that way about the ponce de partment he has got to face some body," said the Chief, "will you face him?" - , 'v...-:-'":v- - . "Find him, and I'll show you " said the flagman. But they could not find him and Wright had to take his run out before they did, and the matter was supposed to wait . till Wright. came back. i . ( But Spoott told Sheriff Fowler how he had been oomolimented also and the sheriff thought they ought taaskHime to iblow' his whistle. tne Kiuxr-wnat ne meant oy oM- jfovaw, .xn wino.- marks and give mm a, chance to ex plain or deny. "But you must talk to him," said the sheriff, "for I "might get mad." - ' ; They found Felder and he pnomptly RURAL CARRIERS HAD vVERY GOOD MEETING ' The boys who go day by day,,, hot and cold, rain or shine, and carry the mail over.ttie couatj had tneii- an nual meeting the othor day, and ihty had a go6i time. A. C. Pcnegar, one of. the' oldest In years ir.(i Venice, and ono i e tl;e y.;uu stin sjunt, preside!.. One feature very much enjoyed was the reading of a letter from Mr. O. E. Cunningham, retired carrier at Waxhawxstill with his old comrades in spirit. , s The carriers discussed many sub jects pertaining to the, improvement of the service and .methods of . bring ing the carrier and patron to a fuller realization of their duty to one an other. ' . The Association then listened with great pleasure to splendid addresses by E. C. Winchester, P. M., Monroe; ! W. J. Hardage, P. M.,'Waxhaw; ff. V.-j Howell, Carrier, Peachland, and Dr. Burrell, ' pastor of the First Baptist church, -Monroe. '. . The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: A. C. Penegar, President, Monroe;-C. M. Griffin, Vice President, ' Marshvllle; J. H. Mills, Secretary, Monroe; Chaplain,- A. B. Helms, Monroe. v . ( , ' 4 Delegates were then elected as fol lows: C. M. Griffin, Marshvllle :'-W. B. Presson, Unlouville;V; H.; C. Nlsbet, Waxhaw: J; H. Mills and W. L. Belle , Mohroewith all other members of the Association as alternates to attend- the 'State Convention which meets at' Wrightsville each,- N. C, July 3rd and 4th. , i The President then appointed a res olution committee composed of P. B. McNeely, C, M. Griffin and J. H. Mills, tor draft a set of resolutions and pre sent them to the association N at it? next meeting. .? The Convention then retired to the serving ropm of the post office where Mrs. E. C. Winchester had prepared a: sumnuoua luncheon, which, was greatly enjoyed by all.. Local resolutions were then adopt ed thanking the entertainment com mittee for their splendid efforts; also thanking Brother Cunningham for his letter of fatherly i advice; also the speakers for their words of encour agement and sympathy. . , IThe convention then adjourned to meet with the-Sendee Council June 14th, 2:30 p. m., at the post office, Monroe, N. C. ' ' ' . Every 6ne felt that they had been benefited and that It was the beat meeting in the' history of the' associa tion. ; , Boss: "Sir, what does this mean? Some- one1 just calledup and -:"a:d that you were sick and could.., not come to work "todaV." ' '. ' Clerk: "Ha, ha! The po' hirn.'ld He wasn't sunDosed to call Vi r until T1 tomorrow." Showme-.- v . denied the whole matter. "Alright," said Spoon, "the man who told me is out of toyn now, but when he comes back I'm going to see who lied about Sit and J don't believe he did." it- mat was Wednesday and r elder went away for a season. One Spivey, his friend, told Mrs. Griffin he was coming hack Saturday night and Mrs. Griffin warned him not to- bring the man bade to her house as she had al ready been mit to trouble and damace by him and had no use for him and -did tiot want him about. ' Felder turn- J " . . . 1 m u up ai ine uoarauig nouse lor Breakfast Sunday morning. Mrs Griffin did not know he was there and believes that he spent Saturday and Sunday nights in the room with another man. He d:d not register. Yesterday morning Chief Spoon got Flagman Wright and went to the boarding house 'where r elder was sitting on the porch. The chief asked lot a private conversation, saying that the Aitleman with him was the one who nad given him the informa- uon aDour tne conversation ana ne wished to straighten it up. "Come to my room," said Felder, "and I'll talk about it, but I will not talk here." He thereupon darted into the house and when they looked into the front door they saw him scooting out through the back wav. Thev have iiot seen him since. .o They did not follow him, or attempt to follow him to a room, and did not know then that he had no room, for $k number of men hafl gathered .around and Mr. Spoon said that he did hot wish to have the appearance of 'having a crowd after the man. They wanted him to come out and talk .private." "What would have happened, Chief, if he had come out and talked?" the reporter asked Ir. Spoon. j "Well, we . had not talked about that, but I sorter believe that if he had denied saying it Wright would have knocked him 'down, and I know that if he had admitted it that would." ' ; Among the things that Felder had been spilling around . the boarding house was the statement that he had a thousand man tq his back, and inti mated that if he bhould blow a whistle he could sumrnoiHthem all to his aid- But in the wind up he did net take tie just Old man Gibson, the Ku Klux or ganizer who staid here so long, went away some time ago. It is not known whether Felder had any official con nection with the Klanor not. ' A FINE CHANCE TO OWN A FLIVVER By Bruce Long . Bflef, June 4. The farmers thru this section have quit talking boir weevil and have commenced on good roads and ' General Greene. ' But pthink the latter "is what they talk Of mostly. ; i-v. : Who said Goose Creek would not vote for road bonds in the coming election? With good schools at such a. critical stage of development just a good start no one will be so selfish as to squeeze the old eagle to death and check the program of better roads construction. I note with dis gust that certain ones are continually bombarding at bond .Issue, using all kinds of stale bunk. It wouldi sim ply be criminal retrogression, the re tarding of common community inter ests civllzation and its advancement in our great county. Come on-Goose Creek, 'let's put this bond issue through! Wanted a women betwixt' the age of 16 and 75 for a Gander of this section, whose age is betwixt 20 and death. His wife died not many -moons ago, and he has been a rarin' to marry ever, since. : He has plenty of money tb buy all the "dippings" you need. He owns, a nice farm, but no "flivver." But I think he would, buy one if he could get a nice woman to drive it. , If there's, a Goosey in Goose Creek whose mind is matrimonially Inclined, won't you please come for ward and be Introduced? The first green beans grown, in thl7 section were reported by Mrs. G. A Long -dinner Sunday. Come on Indian Trail, can you beat It? Rev. R;. H. James, veteran Baptist minister of the county, is the wel come visitor in Brief. He is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Sherman Plgg. Mlss Mannie McCachren of Cabar rus was the guest of Mf. and Mrs. T, B. Huneycutt Wednesday night. Mrs, F. K. Blggers . and family spent Sunday In Wingate with rela tives. . ' Mr, Roy M. Long of Concord' was z Brief visitor Sunday. - -Mr. -H. V. kluttz and. family of Matthews, Mr. D. F. widenhouse and family of Midland, and Mr. Bob Newell and family of Matthews spent Sunday afternoon In the home of Mr. and Mrs, G. A. Long. , , . -'ife: ."Is my hat on straight, dear?"- - - :. Husband (in a hurry): "Oh, yes, quite straight." ' , "Are you sure?" ' -"Oh, yes do come along." ' -"Oh, dear, I must go1 back! 'You see, it is not fashionable to wear this kind ofhat straight." --:y r " k wnman f.pvs f:hat SnTnmnn'ln wiq- dom was die to the fact that he hacf 00 wives,, whom he consulted on all occasions. ,; . . ... ' ,. ' ,, , AULKS CELEBRATES ' BUILDING COMPLETION The congregation of the Faults Baptist church in Marshville town ship celebrated the completion of vneir cnurcn ouiiQing sunaay Dy noia ing the first service in it The build ing is perhaps the largest churdi au ditorium in the county, situated in the country. It isf, the third building that the congregation has used since its organization long before the Civil ; War. The new building has three large rooms Which, put together, constitute tine auditorium. The build ing is an excellent , wood structure and will hold something like a thou sand people. It was full on Sunday and the service-was an inspiring one. A new piano has been purchased and the choir, under the direction of the leader, Mr. Rommie Pierce, rendered with finespirit and effe'- many of the old time hymns thp - moved the congregations t -ages. The pastor: Rev. JL jr. and the congregation have wtn..J with a zeal and vim . which characterizes them, in the construction of the build ing, which is situated on spacious, shade cooled grounds. They have pent about three thousand dollars on he addition to the building, in car peting and furnishing it. Faulks has been a Baptist stronghold for many years. It was the home community of the late Rev. D. A. Snider, who served the church as pastor for forty years in all. though not continuously. Others of the old Baptist preachers, C. Davis, Reuben James. J. A. Bivens and J. L. Bennett, all served as pastors. Mr. Snider preached his first and last sermon there and lies buried in the churchyard. His three sons who are - ministers made their first, efforts there. The community 1s one of ; the most progressive in the county. The Haneys, Rosses, Col linses, Bivenses, Griffins, Pierces, Braswells,' Smiths, Parkers. Deeses. Nashes, Outens. and others, make up the neighborhood and thev have with in the last few years made a wonder fully prosperous and happy communi ty. One of the best public "School buildings is in the neighborhood.. The farmers diversify their crops, 'live at home, own their lands, and are citi zens of the best class. Sunday was a peculiarly happy day with this homogeneous congregation. The pastor was at his best under the : ; . . . a 1 1 inspiration oi xne occasion ana preached from the theme, "Right Thinking.-' Action follows thought, he said, and hence, as a man thinks, so is he. Every "undertaking -should bo 1 preceded "trjrr the r.jnost ; -careful thought of the process and outcome, and there are two great lines of thought that should engage the at tention of every man. - One is upward and the other is outward. One to seek to know the will df God and the other to know the good of, one's fel lowman. He plead with the congre gation toi devote their thoughts to these objects and to keep self in the background. Ha pointed to the con- structive things of life and caution-H neiieve a numoer oi counns ww ed against falling into the habit of I take advantage of this the first year, looking for the selfish and base and and if the pupils can secure the books ignoring the nobler things of life.! at the wholesale pricesand the coun Sympathy and regard and help fors will distribute the same and be- ' the less fortunate in life, good will come responsible for all settlements, and helpfulness and friendliness are this will, in my judgment, be of the expressions towards our fellowJ great " advantage to be schools, men that show how we seek to fol-lK'eat financial saving to the Patrona low the will of God. Mr. Snyder has and at the-same time the publishers 1. j. m .1 a will ha nrntwtAH " 1 . ' ueen uasior lur more man ten years," and ms sermon oi Sunday found a ready responses in the hearts of the congregation. . : V Bridge to Be Opened Tomorrow Norwood, June 2.-r-At 10 o'clock, Wednesday, June 6th, the bridge over Rocky Rover near Lowderts mill bn the direct Albemarle-Wadesboro road will be formally opened to the public. " Among the sneakers who will be present are Hon. Frank Page, Hon. W. C. Wilkinson, and Engineer Pridg eon, of the State . Highway. Commis sione, Messrs. R. L. Smith, J. M. Boyette, W. A. Smith, Cr. T. A. Hath cock and others, , , . The Norwood - Cotton Mill band will furnish music -for this ' occasion. The opening of the bridge will rank of almost equal importance to the county as the Yadkin Bridge at Swift Island, on the Charlotte . Raleigh Highway, since this will do' fbr the North and South line of travel, just what the Swift Island bridge lias done for the East and West line. . The public is cordially invited to be present and see for themselves just what a splendid piece of work has been done by the State at- this point. Death of Mrs. Colon Price Mrs. Colon Price, wife of the late Patterson Price, died May 28th of pa- ti raiysis. one iiau ueen in very ieeoie Thealth for several years but had not been" entirely confined to her bed and past walking untjl about two weeks before her death. She lived to the ripe old age of eighty-seven years. There are two children, Messrs. Jas. Thomas Price of Charlotte and John Allen Price of near Unionville, with whom she made her home;, -eight grand -children; , one brother, Josiah Price of Arkansas, with a host of rel atives and friends o mourn her death. Her husband was "killed in the Civil war when just a young man. It was remarkable how "Aunt Colon," as she was familiarly known, strov to give her children every advantage and the sacrifice that she made for them. She was a good woman, and a mem ber of Mill Creek Baptist church. Fu ,r services were conducted at the residence '' by her pastor, Rev." A. Marsh, and the body laid to rest in the Presson cemetery. -A Friend. Theprofessional shoplifter isnt necessarily a strong person. V - COUNTY B IDS TO HANDLE THEIR OWN TEXT BOOKS Supt. Brooks Advises Them That They May Save Twenty ; Per Cent to Patrons FOURTH OF COUNTIES PLAN TO SO OPERATE More than a fourth of the counties in the State have laid plans to take advantage of the recently enacted free text book laws passed by the General Assembly, and will deal directly with the publishers of text books to be used in the schools dur ing the coming year, according to the statement given out by the State De partment or public Instruction at Raleigh yesterday. , In accordance with the request ot the counties .State Superintendent E. . C. Brooks yesterday wrote the pub lishers having-rccj'-RCts with the. State to authorize, tiiein tp negotiate ; with the counties as the depository, and to allow the county authorities the 20 per' cent discount authorized to dealers in school books. Counties notjwishlng to deal directly will Btul use"the depository system. Half dozen bills offered at the last session of the Genfral Assembly pro vided for free text books by the State, but all of them were defeated. -The most novel of them was by Rep resentative Deaton, providing for a tax on soft drinks - lo provide text books. The re-coded school law pro-. Tided that any county might include , free text books in its annual budget v if it so desired, and It is under that ,- law. that Dr. Brooks writes the puo- lishers as follows: . "Since the price of school books has increased materially within,' the past few years, the State Board of Education deems It necessary to make such arrangements as may be possi ble to supply text books to the pupils at the lowest obtainable1 cost. As a result' certain county boards of edu cation have expressed the desire of handling the text books themielves and supplying pupils at wholesale cost, thus making a saving of, about 20 per cent to the pupils. - "In order that the county boards' of education may be encourage! to secure the books direct from the pub-lishers-and obtain- the publishers' (tiE- t count, the State Board of Education Will designate -any such county a de-. pository, and under the terms of sec- : tion 1 of the contract such a deposi tory should have all the rights and , privileges of the central depository., "We are asking you, therefore, to co-operate with us in this enterprise and whatever board- of education is designated will be held responsible.; Of course, tor the boons purchased.- " ---'-. - Indian 'Trail Route' News " Mr. Oris - Helms of Charldtte has returned home from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Furr. J ; .Mr. Dewey Broom is now devoting his Sundays to some one at Badin. Oh, well : . . : Mr,, Zeb Vance Rowell will conduct prayer service at Union Grove next Sunday night at eight o'clock. i Miss Rena.Furr is taking music lessons under Miss Evelyn Price -of-Monroe route six, going two days in each week. ,. " The sound of the reapers can be . heard and it is a busy time with the farmers! " " - "'' ' V ' S 1'. J,..: Condition of Cotton Crop' ' , Washington, June 1. Condition of the cotton crop on May 25 was 71.0 per Cent of a normal compared with 69.6 a year ago, 66.0 in 1921 and 73.6, the average May 26 condition for the last ten years, the department of ag-: riculture announced today in its first cotton report of the season. ' Condition May 25 by states follows:; ' Virginia, 79; North Carolina, 77; South Carolina, 64; Georgia, 65 "'Flor ida, 87; Alabama, 70; Mississippi, 70; . Louisiana, 68; Texas, 77; Arkansas, 66; Tennessee, 70; Missouri) 54; Okla-1 homa, 63; California, 93; Arizona, 92; all other states. 90.. . : 5 The . first estimate of the acreage ' planted,' usually made in connection ': with the May 25 canvass, will pot be made until ai!er the June 25 canvass Was nnnounci on Julv 2 The change abandonment of acreage after May 25 was found frequently to occur.' i f A revision of the 1922 acreage, bag-1 ed on the census bureau's' March re' port, places the area in cultivation at the end of June last "ear at 34, 016,000 acres and the area picked last year to be 33,036 acres, with an acre yield of 14?.3 pounds. , , j. i , - Willie: : "Ma, did Adam have a mother?" " ' o i Mother: "No, dear." ' k ' - Willie: ' "Well, who washed h:s neck and ears when he was little?" i Wilts it an antecedent of Dr; Cone who prompted Napoleon to remark in the middle of his Russian campaign, "Every day, In every way, I'm pet ting Warsaw and Warsaw." Lif j. Y' V