9 a ft i it ')..' V vy7 A.-. j 11 v.: PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Thirtieth Year. No. 44. Monroe, N. C, Tuesday, July 10, 1923. $2.00 Per Yeai Cash Li SAYS GOD DIDNT SENDWEEVILS Why Differentiate in Asking Removal of Pest, Is Ques tion Asked r v. (W. L. Willett, in News Courier) Last Sunday was weevil fasting and prayer day, in South Carolina, the seemine idea of this being that the weevil was sent as "punisnment for sin" and that the people were "to pray for her removal , from our fields." '. - While everyone must have pro found sympathy for suffering and .losses yet wrong' interpretations and the use of wrong means can't help in these matters. In former days fasting and prayer days were quite common. In those days, too, men quite universally thought that droughts and floods and plagues of locust, earthquakes and ' epidemics were divine interventions sent as punishment for sin and men looked to Heaven for miraculous deliverance but in these latter days the attitude of humanity in these matters has largely changed. There was practi cal! v no Dublic sympathy for the ne gro several years ago who refused to kill thev weevil because she was not only a divine missioner but that when'her mission was ended Heaven would take her away and the negro's nhilosoohv was rierht. .provided the negro's concept of the weevil was right. . -. Why Differentiate? Rut we find several troubles here. The weevil is one of hundreds of thousands of plant parasites. Why do we differentiate the weevil from San Jose Scale, potato bug, Gipsy moth or from mosquitoes, flies rat tle snakes, tarantulas or fleas or mites? Is it not true that every plant on earth and every animal have their own individual types of parasites, and their own diseases? . Certainly the human has, too, his share of them. These troubles are found all over the world as is the cotton boll weevil. Were they all sent on a di vine mission as a punishment of sin ? ' Have any of th$m ever been remov ed by a miracle? Do we pray to God to take away from earth ticks or hog cholera. The truth is, we know nothing of creation. We know nothing of what the mandate may be of this or yon Aer thine. We are not Gods- Mentor - and we are not to question Him as to his creation. We are told -that God is a God of love. If this be true oniild it be possible lor Hint to ere ate an evil, even though it be done as a matter of punishment and after all is it my sin itself that punishes me or is it , God? Perhaps the day was not largely observed in South Carolina and perhaps it was because the proclamation did not 'carry, the larger thougnt or uoai , t , Handicaps Eerth is full of handicaps. Earth seemingly was not made to ' set men on easy street. The pilgrim at Ply mouth did not question God as to whv he had created a land of rocks and sand and cold. These very han dicaps largely made m latter days the New tnglander to dominatj tnis country in education and manutae turing discoveries. The truth is you and I do not know what is victory and what -is defeat. We do not even know what to pray for. About all we do know is that our standpoint is 'material and temporal while the - standpoint of God is spiritual and eternal. . The effect of this Carolina proc lnmation which places weevil re snonsibility on God will be to palsy human hands that were trying for : the weevils eradication. . If the dip theric patient refuses to ' use the means .at hand diothuretic nnti toxine and only prays to God for tts removal is this less than mocK inflr God? God in fact, did not send the boll weevil as we fare crediting Him with, We ourselves brought, him across the Mexican border in cotton seed cars consigned to Texas oil mills. We then refused to create a non-weevil cotton zone in this in fected territory and thuswise we" invited the insect to spread through out the South. The Superimposed. . In the human world we have super personality. In the non-human world Buperpersonauty . oecomes . , sunersiv ti'on that which is superimposed up on an object The South's greatest superstition is the boll weevil. We dp not class ner , along Dut wnoiiy apart from our other agricultural parasites. Some think that God may and will take her miraculously and en masse from our fields. When - the citrus cancer . promised to sweep the citrus industry from Florida the scientists came together " " and developed a complete method of control., and they, futhermore, guar anteed against further importation into Florida of all citrus plants that .might carry new liuecuon.- - ' Probably the most important meet ing ver held by the Fisheries Com mission Board will be its next meet ing St Morehead Gity, July 10th, to probably the 14th. The first two days of the meeting will be given entirely to public hearings. " Indica tions are that a good many delega tions representing fishermen - from the coastal sections and inland rtreams of the State will appear be fore -the board to offer suggestions and urged the passage of such rules and regulations as they think will best suit ;.:ir people and sections. MRS. EDITH VANDERBILT ,TO BE HERE TOMORROW The attraction tomorrow at the 1 meeting . of the farm demonstration! agents who are assembled here will be a speech at eleven o'clock by Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, president of the North Carolina State Fai Mrs. Vanderbilt comes for the specific purpose- of speaking to the agents on the subject of the great state fair which she is trying to build up. She was first put on the program for Thursday, but Mr. 0. Ff MtRary, superintendent of the Central district this morning made the announcement that her plans had been changed and she would speak in the courthous et eleven o'clock tomorrow. She will come in her car and it is not known how long she wyl remain in Monroe. The public is invited. . Some forty or mty county agents covering the Piedmont and Central districts of the .state assembled this morning. Messrs McRary and Mul saps, superintendents of the two dis- tr.cts were on hand, as well as Mr, R. Hudson, head of the state work. '1 he features of the morning session were the address of welcome by Mr. C. Sikes and the response by Mr. W. H. Barton, county agent in K:ch mond. Dr. Burrell lead in, prayer and Mr. W. K. Scott of Alamance was called to the chair for the morning session and Mr. W. G. Yeager ior the afternoon. - Mr. J .W. Cameron of Anson was elected secretary The program today has been "County Agents Day.' The first subject .was, "The relation of the county agent to business- transaction and how far shall he go?" It was discussed by J. W. Hendrix of Catawba, lollowed. by Mr. J. A. tv ans of Washington City. "Are we dome anything towards laying the foundation for permanent agricultural business or are we de voting our time to the details of a superstructure?" was discussed by R. W. Graeber of Iredell and C F. Mc Rary, district agent. "How may we best promote soil building and conservation?" was next discussed by J. C. Anthony of Vance and T. J. W. Broom of Union. R..W. Graber then discussed "Why does wheat die back or ripen pre maturely and why does red clover die after first cutting in second year?" :'..'..'- Mr. J. L. Dove of urauvule dis cussed how best to keep up 1 he, cooperative- marketing spirit and to get new members. W. G. Yeager talked - on "How shall we draw the, line when call lor personal -service'" go beyond -abHty of county agents to comply Fol lowed by C. K. Hudsonj state agent. "The 'importance of advertising work by display cards" was discuss ed by W. K. cott of Alamance. The value and importance of chang ing visits with adjoining county , ag ents was discussed by H. A. Edge ei Harnett and others. ; When shall a farmer name h's farm and post same, was discussed by R.' u. Goodman of Cabarrus. R. E. Lawrence of Cleveland, J. C. Anderson of Wake and others talked on methods of securing co-operation among farmers. J. W. Camaron of Anson talked on the development of the 'swine indus At six th;rty this afternoon the "fonts will be given a barbecue at Heimj pond by the members of the TJotarV and Kiwanis clubs, and to morrow they will be taken for a r'de about the country to visit a number of farms. : CLIPPING RED CLOVER' Raleigh, N. C, July 6. When red clover is sown on small grain in the spring, it usually makes but little growth before the grain is harvest ed. The grain of course has a better developed root system than the voung clover, putting the clover to a' disadvantage in getting -sufficient moisture. The shade further retards the clover's growth. "But when the grain harvest removes this , shade" says E. C Blair extension Agrono mist for the State College and De-J partment of Agriculture, "the soil moisture is left to the clover and to the weeds. The weeds are likely to become stronger competitors than was the' grain if some precautions are not taken.",, Mr. Blair suggests that to prevent this, run the mower-over the field, as often as necessary but do not wait until the last of August. By; this time the weeds are waist high and have gone "to seed. ..-v; . ; "Watch the weeds, and whenever they begin to overtop the : clover, or to bloom, cut them," is Mf, Blair's suggestion. This ' will keep many clover plants from dying, and many weed seeds from sprouting next year.' A cleaner crop of hav will be assur and the grain stubble. This will make fJJAY:1' taller stems would Inter be winter kihed if left alone. .; , ,r nn,"chJ?d .r landAhat haS heen well limed the clover often grows eo v gorously as to keao tho weeds in. , . , . "" V'c V.'r "" naiy conditions tests have - .hown that; the cbpping is time and labor wm. spent. --: . j; Qu MarfL Tjit rs. Sarah Martha Tyndell, aged 69,' died at Rocky Mount -as the result of complications which follow- M"Vu E,l Jm? " So many people are getting shot in St. Louis the Chicago v.sitors teel right at home.. - ASBYRUMKNEW ELI RICHARDSON First of. Twenty-Six Union County Methodist Preach-' . '. ers to Lay Down Arjnor :By Rev. H. C. Bvrum ' I am thinking back over the inter vening years to those innocent, go lucky days of my early, boyhood.- It was in the early nineties when 1 first learned to kr-ow the subject of this article. My first recollection is of a boy abnormal in size, jolly in disposition and happy in nature. . e were attending a writing school taught by Mr. Thomas Secrest in the then new town of Waxhaw. Eli was one of the boys who contri buted to the life of the school. He was in every sense a good sport and jol ly leUow. How precious these little things cling to my memory. we were not thrown together of ten after the class of the writine school, occasionally meeting at pso- cracteo meetings. . The years roiled on and time made its demands on us. We v were ; coming through ' the struggles ot those panic years. Mon ey was some .object. There was a longing in our young hearts to - do something in life. Eli went away io school, first 'to the state school, called at that day A. &M. This was about '95. In the spring of '97 I entered school at Marshville under Plummer Stewart. That fall Eli came there as. a Greek and Latin student. We . were there together one school year. There was not a blemish on his record while there. He was as true as steel. What ever he told you Was right, and -you could- believe it. : In '99 he went to Wofford College I went to Weaver Colleore. In 1900 I think he staid at home. When I came home In 1901 I found him around his lather's mill pond. This was a great gathering place in those blessed old go-lucky days. He talked with me of joining the conference. I advised him to fin Rrt. The Distrjct Conference met in Wax- naw that year. He wept before the committee and passed his examina tion. And was recommended for ad mission into the annual conference that fall. . .. a . I was with him quite a good deal that summer and fall. He was as con genial and 'pleasant as a gentle wo man. He had an unselfish spirit, He showed ;jigns .tall ; , times " .f tninKmg of others rather than him self. His love for his fellow man was superb. His devotion to his church cannot be expressed in words. Un fortunate for me, we were' never thrown together in our ministerial work. We never served in the same district. He is the first of our twenty-six preachers from Union county to lay down the armor and cross the great divided. We know where he is. And shall labor on until the summons comes and go forth to meet him again. He had selected Salisbury . as his burial place, and there on June 14 in the presence of many friends and a profusion of flowers his body was una to rest. Yes She Is Coming Mrs. (J. L. Stiedley will be at rleasant' Grove Camp Meeting. Mrs, Stiedley was in Monroe with Dr Weaver back in the sprine. Those who had the pleasure of hearing her Know ner wortn as. a religious work er. She h;fr.fctraveled' over a larei part of th JJnited States and has nad quite l large experience in re - . m a vival work. ' , When Union county has Dr. S. I Belk of Atlanta and Mrs. Stiedly of East St., Louis in its bands for 8 or 10 days it is time for the people to 1 happy. There is no doubt but that there is a rare . treat in store for those who attend the camp meeting thfs year. , :"-. , Once more! Listen! You had bet ter build, or have built, a tent right now. Dont wait until time to move out then get. in your car and drive out there, look at that cool spreading grove and say to your wife "If we can rent a tent we will take in the meeting.': frothing doing. All aavil able space taken. Too late. Can't rent mine. So don't be left out. Have the tent built Vhile it can be done. It is worth the, price to chew straws, and listen to that talented woman sing, that great saintly man talk of the ' high way 1 of Holy News for eight days. Get ready and we will have a good .time. . PLYLER MILL NEWS ; : Mineral .Springs, Rt. 1, July 7. , Messrs. Earnest and Lec Snipes of of thl9. sectlon .J night with Mr and MrS. J. w -Thmtt ot Monroe. , ,. , M j R Montgomery found his flrat cotton blossom the fourth in his nejd , , - M n.. JL. "2in. . j." 'W wuc uaj inai tt cciv n line ijij , xj, Montomefy went to his. spring arter water he discovered something ,n Bome vlne8 near tne .pring which he thought wag a g00se" pe went to see If It was fastened and behold it was a large turtle. He caned for his i,i,,,i, anA mV, u , u, ,,t , ana caught the monster he carried him to the house. -Mr. .Montgomery been caught in 180.0 for it was en- graved on hhn some men are continual' - to the dogs. No Wonder they howl. 1 - ' . 'ROWELL VISITS TRAIL ON WING Citizens Hoped For Rides But ' Got None and Want Him To Come Back By Martha E. Crowell. Indian. Trl, July 9. The- ice a cream supper which was given Sat-j urday evenimr under the auspices of the Parent Teacher Association, wasiw those of the towns for k neriod quite a success. The writer wishes !0f to aaa tnat. mere win oe an ica cream supper given each batur- aay evening during the month of July. These suppers will.be given additional Una on hioney raised by. lo- iue none oi!.iurs. v. i. aionuss, ana-col the proceeds will go toward further equipping" the auditorium of the new school building. We extend everyone a hearty invitation to these suppers. 1 he iipworth Leaguers were un- tible to fill their appointment at Si- ler last Sunday evening. It will be remembered, though, that there are sometimes reasonable excuses. On account of the downpour of rain we were afraid to trust ourselves on the slippery roads, so decided we had bet ter not explore those roads- at such time.; The members of the Suer Christian Endeavor have been kind enough to give us a second invita tion; in accepting this invitation the Lpworth League will present its pro gram at Siler Sunday evening, July 15. . . ;v; -v..., : . Mrs. D. T. : Morriss visited ' her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Moore of Char lotte, last week. Mrs. and Mrs. J. Reid Abernathy spent the week-end with the latter's sisters, the Misses Crowell. Miss Willie Ruth - Kendall spent bunday with her parents, Mr, and JVlrs. W. r. Kendall. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hemby and children of McBee, South Carolina, are visiting relatives in and around Indian Trai. - ,. ' Miss Kathryn Morriss leaves to day for an, extended trip to Western orth Carolina. She will be accom panied v by her sister, Mrs. J. W. Moore o Charlotte. V g The Womans Missionary Society met with the Misses Crowell Wed nesday evening, July 4th. After the program was Carried out, a member ship committee was appointed and it is hoped that this membership com mittee will have a successful campaign.-. . The Epworth League had its reg ular meeting Sunday . evening, the principal feature being the presenta tion of the pageant, The Spirit of the Epworth ' League. Miss Deane Ritch represented the average girl of to day, Miss Annie Lou Condor showed how -Temptation was ever present; Miss Davie Morriss, as Spirit of the Epworth League, demonstrated the importance of the League's work, while the Helpers told how every life could be made a life of service. The Reverand R. E. Hinshaw preached a most . interesting and shall I add 2a much needed?'? sermon at the Methodist church Sunday. His topic was Stewardship, Mrs. J. K. Southerland is ill' at this writing. She is at present in the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital. Others on the sick' list this week are Mrs. W..-P. Hartis and Mrs. Mil ton Gurley. Mr. Frank Tomberlin of Salisbury visited home folks in Indian Trail this week. - , Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Orr of Ma't thews and Dr. and Mrs. Will Orr of Atlanta, Georgia, visited Mr. and Mrs. J.-P. Harcett July 4th. Miss Willie Roger? from Wesley Chapel is visiting in the home .of Mrs. J. r. Boyd. Miss Nannie Boyd has returned from Matthews where she spent sev eral 'days with relatives. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rog ers, a daughter, July 4th.. -Indian Trail citizens were delight ed last Saturday afternoon to have Pilot John Crowell visit the village in his aeroplane. Mr, Crowell found a spacious - landing field in a mea dow belonging to Mr. W. P. Kendall. A larire number of people were pres ent to witness the "stunts" and to take a look at the village from the air.. Now please da not think that because a large number of our citi zens appeared upon the scene, that we had never before seen an aero plane. Oh, we have seen a great num ber, but many df these people were present expecting to take a ride, but as a result only one passenger was taken. Mr. Crowell preferred not tak ing more passengers on acicunt of the condition of the atmosphere. We trust that Mr. Crpwell will return soon, since he has a good landing place. Some more of our people want to try the new 'experience not only the boys, hut the girls aa well. EX-PRESIDENT WK.SOX'S " DAUGHTEU LN . BUSINESS New .York, July 6, Miss ' Marga ret Woodfow Wilson, ' daughtef of former President Wilson, today en tered upon a business career. She associated herself , with 1 . the ---Blow company, a national advertising ag ency, sotd a large contract during the day. Mis Wilson, who prepared her self for the advertising business1 by 12 months1 of study, will be- engaged in a selling, and consulting capacity. ,. During the world war Miss Wilson sanr for the Red Cross in the'mid- dle west and south." Afterward she sang in training camps in 4 the south - and Ior the A. a. i'. ana all.ea ar mies in' France and Belgium. She later 4 devoted much of her energies tc propaganda work in behalf of the community centers throughout Icountry. , - - ' - s V the BOARD OF EDUCATION" -ti DDrOrVTQ DO 1)1 TfTll" :UMU',"T41 "1 State' The Board of Education of liieV- county yesterday presented the school I budget for the cnmlnr veap tn the' county Commissioners, setting forth .the amount of money that It will be .necessary to raise by tax on property to run the entire school system of the fmintv fnr . tha rnni In p- anhnnl vpnp Th tntnl a m mi n t in ha en votaarl fnr iv months onhnni ta i itfzn i This is for the purpose of ooeratine Un th.nhr.ni. nr iho nnto ininri a ix months which the State con- stitution requires. All schools which run longer than the siv months re- nnireH hv th ronstitnHon nm thod. tavntion. The total amount re quired .this year is a bout ten thou sand (lollars In excess of that of last year. , : ' Tho total salary fund for all the schools in the county for six mouth3 will be $173,595.64. But of this sum ' the State will contribute from the equalizing fund directly out of the I State treasury. $42,903.02. leaving a net sum for the county to raise for salaries for six months, of $130,692.- 62. Tho tntnt onpratlnsr and eniiinment , fund for the whole county .will be he and Polus were soon lighting, al $27,886. But from other sources j though they were separated before than on property, Including in such; any special damage was done. Magls sources the noil tax. there will be Urate Gamble and Officer Sedberry $12,52150, 1 eaving to be raised by taxation on property, $15,364.50. ' ' Total amount renulred for the re placement of loans is $9,424.21, tmt subtractina; amount to be raised for, this purpose from district tax, leaves $2,487.04 to be included in total tax this y ear.- -- ' . The above figures resolve them selves Into the total net fund to be raised by the county tax on property matter to Mayor Parsons court, and for schools- for s ix months, which is the mayor closed the matter by plac $148,544.16. ling a fine and the costs on Lambeth. This is the budget required by law j The total was $12.75, and the re- to be made up by the county board or ; education and presented to the coun ty commissioners for action in levy ing the taxes for the year. ,; . THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH FOR SOUS " ' Raleiirh. N. C. Jul . "Ponce de Leon wasted a part of his life in riotous living and 1 part m seeking the 'Fountain of Youth.' His dreams rr,,e Tho fnrmnM nf this state have been doing Uhe same' berry to turn the' warrant and the thing in their farming operations, in .bond over to him so his court could hunting for some magic substance or,short cut to keep up and increase Ha nroducinir capacity ot their sous, Otaloaga-hasn't done., rt, good seed prolongs the agony, deep plowing is not a panacea, crop rotations extend Hie end. plant food, in the form of fertilizers delays the inevitable. Ail of these prescriptions are good, even necessary, provided there is con- stantly added to the soil a new sup ply of decaying organic matter and this is the -fountain 01 loutn ior our soils. Without it the race is lost, ind with it the limits of crop oroduc aim wivit h nv 11,1111.0 wi. i-iwi tion are unbounded," says Agrone- mist W. F. Pate of the North Caro lina Experiment Station. i . "Blessed with plenty of sunshine and even distribution of rainfall, a long growing season, a great variety of crops and soils ; it is possibly for our farmers to constantly sow frops and then turn them back into the soil for larger crop yields in the fu ture. "On account of their natu'e to make use of the nitrogenVin the air it is best to .sow legume crops. By their use more nitrogen will be added to our soils end of course, out, fer tilizer bill will be lowered," he con tinues. Mr. Pate states that it is now too 'ate in the season to have much suc- -.rtoa .tfifh luimtnoa huf thnf rownensr. I Ivet henns and soybeans mnv still be planted for soil improvement. Es pecially should all small grain bu -11 1 I. iL... l,.vi.r AVViavi lOUUWCU ll.li urat .cgumco. "yn, working the land will improve in fer- j. With the sledgehammer they ham tility. If the hay is needed for cat- nrfd on the center of the safe door . . ' ... , , l,ir.il it waa BnrnniT KOITie then theT tie. the manure will : again np n greatly on the farm. "BOOTLEG BOLL WEEVIL POISON I? REINO SOLD r, .i,l lb,, WameH hv J Clifton Rivers ' state Carolina ior cuiuuianiLs uciuk ic- ceh-ed at his office, that material bought as boll weevil poison had fail - "f. the rotton nests although toh r Wn ofrecoCTized integrity as a measure of protwtion - of protection ' Sarnies of the unsatisfactory cium arsenate that Tiave,been sent to verT&& Mr. Rivers. He pointed out that it is Vi0lattfRh,liZnwfth or concern to sell arsenate within the state that does not come up to legal specifications. . ; : .... The alallrZHi S?n ' tfe, the calcium arsenaft aold , in Jhis state bea on containers a statement as to the mpedients of the poison. lt upon analyse the material does, not come up to, this sUtehient h Vid, the purchaser can sue the aJ- er,. ana tne lauer is amenaaoie ao the state authorities for Violationf, tne 'aw.-.. . . , - - . . . . . T in I T, tJnonn01TTeVSt"e Gastoni8S ?Z $100,000 Masonic Temple was. laid : ut.'y' afternoon with several, .... 4. TVTK t- ll ., V, State taking part in the impressive ceremonies. Mr. P. E Ransom of Jackson visiting In the city 1 " "nrvixr.c OF rR - JW N . ni1kJv-t -CUll X X . Charlotte Automobile Dealer Engages in Fistcuff With a -Greek ; (From the Wadesboro M. & I.), ' A minor court proceeding of con-. siderable Interest took place last xuuisuay aiieiuouu woen jr. u. w. Sedberry, deputy sheriff and night Policeman, had a hearing before Jus- uce 01 tne-feace u. uam,Die, wno found him guilty of contempt of court and fined him $2Q. Mr. Sedberry, who was represented by Mr. H. H. McLendon, appealed. It appears that early In June Mr. Charles E. Lambeth, the automobile dealer of Charlotte, and a party of friends, were going through WTades- boro on a fishing trip to. the river. They stopped at the American Cafe ana wnne in mere some one siarieu to take a drink. Kyios FoJus, one oi .the Greeks who stays In the care, prevented the drinking, and he and Lambeth had some words. The next, or a few days later, Lambeth came back through, went in the cafe, and both saw the fight. Mr. Sedberry says that he arrested Lambeth, and had the Charlotte man put up $15 cash bond for his appearance. After he had arrested Lambeth, Magistrate Gamble gave him a warrant for Lam beth and Polus both, but as he had already made the arrest in his ca pacity of town officer he did not con sider the warrrant valid. He tooK tne maiuins .io was eui, w me lottejnan. This was the end of it as far as Sedberry was concerned. Gamble says that the Charlotte man was about to get away when he told Sedberry to detain him while ne tuamDiej was wnuwg a irauj, that he wrote the warrant and gave it to 6edberry and directed the officer to get a $10 cash bond1 He supposed the officer followed his instructions. Some time later Gamble asked Sed- 1 umyuae ui iu ui.hc., 1 berry refused to do o. Thereupon h? consiereu iv omr nuus court uh ..contempt, andproceeded as above reported. There seems to be some doubt as to whether a magistrate has the right to fine any one more than $50, At pres- lent it looks like, the case will go to v'" "wi. apparently, started over a disagree ment as to authority. Mr. W. H. Boyce. railroad agent at Ansonville, suffered severely last Frl- 1 . . . day night, when a burglar or burg lars broke Into the depot safe and stole $2,500 in government certifi cates of indebtedness from, him. At the same time numerous other papers belonging to Mr. Boyce and $35 in money were stolen from the safe, al though -Mr. Boyce's papers were later scattered around. - - : On the same night Mr. Y. H. Al len's store was entered, his safe was woken into, ana taiteu Mr. J. 1. C U 111 111 t V 0 D LU I C waa CULCicu, the thieves were unable to get into his safe. Mr. W. C. Curjee's store was entered and a shot gun taken from it. Apparently the' shot gun was used for guarding, and it' later Was discovered about a quarter of a mile up the track. Apparently the thieves did not want anything except I cash or negotiable papers ih or negotiable papers. . All the safes were broken into the same war. The thieves - first broKe into a tool house near the depot and . . j - i.,nwhar wm.11 v .. wt-. n - inserted the crowbar and pried the 1 door onen. All the safes were small. Is the belief ot officers .that the Jobberies were performd by old hands at the business, although many An- ' sonville people believe local . parties his belief that professionals did the n -n work fwt :hery was perpetrated at High Point Saturday night. Also, last ... year a be; 'PS took P,ace-nor how many wer involved. Nothing waa known of them m gaturd mornIngi wnen Mr. J. gftYcS hoSse" broken open fend aome of M Boyce's papers scattered w ;he iarm and all b- ,rwell was notified, and, fmmedlately went t0 An9oavilU I d conducted an investigation, but there i .were no clues to the guilty cfl f - ,n th,8 t h been notlfied and 1 the guilty parties will be ¬ " "Vi , 6 v ,oss is a veS heavy one to Mr.. Bovce. as the certificates were made fe fl b y and k ,9 hard : - ,. property of this nature. jIoweve!.( the Bank of Wadesboro had l the numbers of the certificates on ml. Thev become payable, next ;re; . " i Bv0 ho 'iM. """. ""I .1." ? - " 'tlu.SJ "The North f Carolina National i Guard, with a strength of more than' is twenty - five hundred officers and (men. is Retting ready tor tne regu ''lar summer instruction camps. a 7