"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVEHYDODY READS IT."
"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT.'
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PUBLISHED TWICE EACH W: EK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Thirtieth Year. No. 57.
'Monroe, N. C, Friday, August 24, 1923.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
ni 4 T17 rp A 17170 TIT A IT I EIG BROTHER MOVEMENT
TLfillD 1UlEid lfliilL STARTED BY ROTARJANS
ACROSS CONTINENT
WITHIN 36 HOURS
Mr. Eeemer HaTrell arrived a few
days agp from New Bern where he
has had charge 01 i. m. u. a. worn,
to take up the same work in Mon
roe. Headauarters have been fitted
San Francisco Moved Nearly up in a rooir over the Union Drug
w una u j d owic nuu a aui tvj vv
town is being made.
Four Days' Travel Nearer
New York City
400 POUNDSDELIVERED
WHEN TRUCK BACKS UP
San Francisco, Aug. 22. San Fran-
WHEN HIGHWAYS i
DOUBLE-TRACKED
Predict That They Will Some
Time Be Lighted Up "
Other Developments , . ,
The first bie job is a "go to hish
school go to college" campaign. At
the regular weekly meeting of the
Rotary Club last Tuesday night,, a
"big brother' movement was launch
ed in which the Kotarians will coop
erate with the Y. M. C. A.? work in
. . . 4.-QWni eraie-wun me i. m. vj. wun m
Cisco moved nearly f03.. offering help and encouragement to
LTilTi-. boys to stay in school until after
W tPK of nih flyinrwestbou-nd: their edu
tiT 1 rti r v ui,,,.Vit mnm xne names 01 eniy-iw uuy m
Pilot Clair K. Vance . brought more h . furnished members of
than JJJ: the clJb and the two -Rotarians ap-
lJut fi.24 nlock 21 hours and Pohlted 83 Pal for their respective
mght at 6:24 o clock, 21 hours ana f p
23 minutes after the first batch oi ? nrnMon f t snlve
naa.ieii ?"? . financial problems. 'work problems
island yeswraay maw. .... at home. It is understood that the
tJJS Kiwanis Club is also considering
that within an bur off 'cml rnessages Rotarians and Y.
from Mayor Hylan of New Y oik, to i rA.. thp work. fln(1 c,. re.
tm,t rtirv son h rnnriHro. or ;
ELST? ti fh:f. Vhnse suits are' expected.
from eastern mail officials to those
in charge of the service's affairs in
the west, were being read.
The last rays of (lie setting sun,
sweeping up through the Golden Gate I
toward the Berkeley hills, across San
Francisco bav. ended :.: Vance s on-
A GREAT MASONIC
ICNIC SCHEDULED
Masons of Union,Ansori and Ad
joining Counties to Come To
gether at Blewitt Falls
old
a
I Bill Moser's German Police Dog
Quits This Mundane Sphere
By Deane Bitch
Stouts, August 23.--The writer is
hack at home after a stav of two
rushine plane as it came out of the weeks in Charlotte.
evening haze. Vance came on rapidly Mrs. Jtk J. Ritch of Charlotte vis
and settled down on the field, against ited in the home of her brother-in-the
wind, without circling. He made iaw, Mr. J. P. Ritch last week.
a quicK, graceful .lanaing, ms jiw Mrs. u. mywooa, ana attractive
touching the ground less tnan a min- httle son, Jack, are visitmrr Mrs. Hay
ute after the roar was heard. wood here. ,
Mail Unloaded Bill Moser had a dog to die. BUI
The propeller, of his plane naa not thought that he was no ordinary dog,
Ktnnned when a mall truck was back- and as a matter of fact, he wasn't.
ed up to his plane ana men tnrew wv He was black and intelligent, .-wig
nnnches of mail Irom tne COCKBit w km hm name. He had lived on this
the truck, which sped away to the mundane sphere just long enough to
post office. : , get grown 'which was a mammoth
Half a dozen special messengers size. Nig was a very distinguished
with motor cvcles DODPiwt, stood by niinsonatrfi. He alwavs had an eXDres-
f or special delivery letters and pves- 8i0n ' in his ' intelligent brown eyes
ently dashed away xo mase aenvcr-1 wnlcn bespoke that his surroundings
ins. - ! t - - ' Iwere'far beneath him.' For Niff was
Vance clambored out of the seat a German. Police dog. And moreover,
with a smile, lie is a veteran air njs father sold for five hundred dol
mail pilot and, except for an added iB,.3 and his mother for two hundred
effort to make speed on the field and an(r f0rtv. a
in flight, today s enpn was notniuK fjig-g fate was a sad one. He took
unusual for him. - tie servea as m- n convulsion and he died ot behealcU
struetor in France for;-, American ness, , ;5 '
aviators. '': Miss Feulah Ritch has returned
Vanca nftid there had been no UP- 1 frnm the, nhatlotta Kanntnrlllnil vchcr
' 'usual iMWfiOT ntuiection w some .time b is
flight. - - ' 1 not greatly improved in health.
A; C Nelson, supermienueni qi uv Mr. and Airs. s. a. Hushing, Mr,
western division of tne air .mau ser- j0hn Long, and Mr. Clyde hong re-
vice and Colonel m E. Gilmorc, ot cently motored to Sanatorium, N.
the air service- of the ninth corps c. where Mrs. Rushing visited her
area of the army, extended official niece, Mrs. John Louder. : f
irrootino'd to Vance. I A larva prowrt frnm hpr. attended
."I'm proua oi. our leiiows, i the etate. picnic last . f naay. inty
TCclsnn. 1 1'Todaiv'al accomplishment I rpnnrtprl a oreat time fla well as a
establishes Uat air ' mail service is scarcity of fater. N ' . ?
a success." , , . - , Mr. andirs. Alonzo neims are
TVio first naekaee to Come tl'Om I rar.v;n( rfHrrntiilntinns 'or. act-ount
' the plane today was that which ye- 0f a new Wfjr '
terday started irom iiew aurn. u ,Mr. and Kirs. Bebrpn Thompson are
it was a motion picture news reel 1 subject to the same thing and their's
showine the preliminaries oi tne is a bov too. i ,
start west. It was added to the Distinguished visitors In the Eitch
New York package ,at Hempsteaa home last Sunday evening were IIis3
field. ' ' Dave Morris s, Miss Martha Ciwll,
-Special attention was cauea oy Mr. . Black, of Charlottp, and Mr. c;a
air otticers to tne rapiuuy iw bt.rn j-;ta!lings
which mail was cnangea irom one
nlnne to another at. the western
By L. E. Huggins .
"I just got to Baker in the
Blue Back speller when 1 was
school boy," remarked a Union coun
ty citizen a few days ago. tie then
explained that after reaching' 2
years of age he worked for $5.00 pei
motith and, saved up money enough
to go to school for two years. "Al
though a grown man, ne continue
"I started in K beeinner's arithmeti
but, while I couldnt figure a bit, I
could solve any ordinary problem iiil
ray mind." That man has been mari
ried twice and has reared nine cnu- J
j j! ll 1 ia iJl
urea m:u i uuiti ai& ue taiiuu cuu-
ca'te them. ;
The story brings up recollectioiif
of conditions in the past and affords
good food for thought of times that
were, the present and what we mat
expect In the future, it is hard lor
boys and girls of today to realize
that their parents and grand parents
went to school only , two to tour
months in the year, rode to church
in carts and. wagons and that they
bought farm lands for five dollars
per acre and burnt enough good, saw
timber to make their children rich
if they had it now.
The Future
. And when we consider that tele-(
phones, talking machines, automo
biles and flying machines are compar
atlvelv modern inventions we are
made to wonder what the next half
century will bring forth. Already
dreamers and fools, as some are wont,
to call them, are predicting . that
within twenty-five years the ncN i,lunity was ' shocked and
pal ju&iiways .win ue uuuuic-watiicy
Perhaps the bitrzest Masonic cic-
nic ever held in this part of the State
will be pulled off at Blewitt Falls on
.Monday afternoon, September-. 3rd,
hen the Masons from Union and An
son and other surrounding counties
will gather for. fishing, social inter
course and other forms of amuse
ment. The Masons will be expected
to carry their wives, daughters,
sweethearts and friends, and District
Deputy Grand Master R. W. Lem-
mnnrt nf Mnnrnp etntps thflt. pvprvhndv
will be expected to catch as many fish
as they desire, of any size they wish
to eat, and that they may cook any
sized cake of corn bread they prefer,
but-that corn in no other shape will
be on the menu. He wants it under
stood that the bread is to consist of
nothing but the old-time corn pone.
; Alter the picnic at Blewitt t alls,
the crowd will repair to the fity of
Wadesboro where that noted water,
Hon. Hubert M. Poteat of Wake For
est College, and Dr. W. R. Bun-ell
of Monroe will address the Masons
and the public at large.
1 The occasion is expected to be
great day for the Masons and their
friends of the two Carolinas, and the
public is especially urged to hear
thees noted speakers at Wadesboro
at 8 o'clock on the evening of Mon
day, September 3rd.
A MAINTENANCE FORCE 10 ITVmTrriAT mil?
i v FOR EVERY TOWNSHIP 13 1 Ui V)l 1 llL
The lull in road work to. Union
county since the bond issue was ,de-, umj a ji aJxi LJKJ
OK COMl1 OKI DESIRE
fcated in June is to be broken within
a short time. While the road board
has been withejt fnds end had to
stop all roil wjik except what the
cnamgang could do, the members
have been busy working out a
scheme whereby the ' roads might be
maintained and at least some reuair
work done. : '
After fixing the maintenance rax
levy at 30 cents to provide funds for'
road work, the county commissioners
have agreed to borrow a limited
amount of money and begin work at
once m order to save the roads al
ready built. A tractor, scrape and
truck will be provided for each town
ship in the county and two men for
each of the townships will be kept
on the job. Work has already begun
in New Salem and some of the other
townships and all the forces will get
busy as early as arrangements can
be made. '
The boards of county and road
commissioners are to be commended
for taking this advanced step, as it
is futile to build roads and. ,then
leave them to wash and blow merrily
away. ,. " .
Believes Fame and Wealth Also
Has Something to Do With
Progress '
SELDOM GIVE THOUGHT TO
SOURCE OF CONVENIENCES
A bi'illiant social event of Septem
ber win be the reunion which is to be
DIES AFTER LONG FIGHT
WITH BIG DOPE MONSTER
" (From Wadesboro M & I, 23rd)
The whole, of Ansonville and corn-
deeply
fici.u tndnv. Thoucrh 15 minutes were ,,,,.,, Vrr Mr nH- Mra J. W. Rlnn.
allowed lor tms in tne oup Bt"c- chard. The event will take place on
dule, at no field was more than two Sund.v September 9. It celebrates
required and, on tne last cnange, Mr, and Mrs, Blanchard's birthdays,
that at Reno, the transfer was. made I jhe expect to have a band from
In ope minute. 1 -' ' I Gastonia to furnish music Everybody
is cordially invited.
ThA rroWell Reunion stouts 18 enlarging, li it keeps on
ine crow en neimum , . . ... , tt p
Th thirtv first annual reunion of metrntiolia aoon." Mr. Clark Harkev
the defendants of Michael and Jane js building a new home near the
Crowell was held pn -August 23rd, at the square, close in. -
the old uroweii nomesteau, now vwu- jvir. John VVatkins is riding around
ed 'and occuied Dy Henry u- 'n a Cadillac junior which he pur
fin ar-eount 01 the inclement weuiuej- .'n,wj rermt v.
less than two hundred of the more ,
than Picht hundred members of the ' Stall;
fomilv wprft nresenu labies naa Deeni t-n: a oo tit- j
----- r ,J1 I ObttllUlKOt AUKU&b .ut. iTli. aim
provided under tne wiae BP""'S Mrs Lee Stallings and son Jimtnie
boughs of the old oaks of the lawn and Lge and Migg Qrace McLeod all iof
"Z. , Vi a. x. a.1 I ituixuin.. v a. aic swcuuuik a mine
of good things to eat was thoroughly I kh Mr stallinKS. parents, Mr.-and
enjoyed by every one present. e Mrs M L Stallings. : v ;, v
hospitality oi tne gooa women w Mrs Noleg had RS her ts
fsmilv is widely known and the feast c..j -j W;ii i vuj
.. fit good things to eat on this oo- Lnd. daughter Billie of Huntersville.
Hon. was a splendid tribute to their ,T jeTVf o t?.i, ,i
- . i 11 1 . uiiu mia. a a- l aiin. A.xaii 10 nnu
0 hospitaDie spirit , ., children. Evelyn and Max, of Mon
After dinner ine lamuy assemoiea rQ ftnd Mrs j L Booth and
on tne awn iu Hammond and Harvev. of Charlotte
tees, . etc. ui. A. jonnzn n vi. Migsse Ruby ; and Lura Harkey
nrosiHptit of the organization, sat m . . ' i j d-
r. C j i m:ui r,ii nave reiurueu iu wcu uuhiw in ii-
ihe cha,r used by Mhd Crowell r-lorida 8fter spending several
weeksin Stagings., Mr, anl Mrs. J;
sat ni me tuau a j
oil I These chairs are more than one
hundred years old and are suit, in
usable condition, fcftort talks were
made by Dr. A. J. Crowell, McCoy
Moretz 01 tne, lamuy una several
short talks were made by visitors
Utticers lor tne ensuing yetir were
F. Biggers and son, Thad. returned
with them to spend a short time in
Florida,
Miss Faye Noleg spent last week
in Monroe with her sister, Mrs. B,
Frank Harris. '
Mrs. M. T. Stallings and children,
Sara and Raiford have returned home
. . i : l . n.:4-u
nrVsident: McCoy Moretz, vice m-esi- reS"v!lJ"'T sii,
dent; H. L. Crowell, secretary com- . chariotte spent fast Satur
lttee oi arrangemems: d. m. r.us- . . ,lt and ,.,- with Mr. and
sell. W. M. CroweU and T. L. Crow- "i- a WnrTi..
ell. The committe on the completion s . N . grendine this
of the lamuy tree ana nav.i.g a ,a week in Charlotte with her neice,
n pauipmei- wii" vu -jv-.vv-u j j. Booth . i,
and notified later by the president Mr3' u aoolD- : , v
ONti rKhibtiW I. .... I , ,..5n anmr'tn tioar that vnnr tins.
band has been drinking again, 'Mrs
"W ran write and talk as much as.Miggs. Of course, drunkedness Is i
tvp'nlease about business and the , dlBease. He ought to be treated by
of millions and the building , a physician."
rf oitw and all thines like that: but 'Bles ye, 'e wouldn't mind that,
when it comes to the ibusiness of sir! When my husband's 'ad a drop
findiitg contentment and comfort we 'e don't care 'oo treats 71m." ,
hark to the little thinjrs, 1 .
tho familiar thines. the thines' riant There are times when It Is safer to
at hand." Tom Dreier. be a fool than to fool with a bee.
with a row of poles between the:
tracks from which will be suspended,
electric lights to illuminate the roads'
at night and that the young folks
will then wonder how in the world
we ever got along at night-with one
narrow road, meeting , automobiles
every few yard3 in the dark. Others
believe that within a few years ev
erybody will possess a pair of wings
and a tail, to which will be attached
a small motor, and the outfit will be
called an individual flying machine,
or a soaY-easy suit. '. y .
.t , 'i Must Tell the -Truth.-
..The laving "of Old Man David, or
whoever declared' that "I said in" my
haste all men are liars," may become
a universal fact when the machine
to ascertain whether or not a man
is telling the truth is perfected, or
two or three lawyers to wring the
facts frbm a scared witness on the
stand. Just what effect such 'a ma
chine would; have upon the legal pro
fession is a matter of speculation.
About the only folks who could get
away with false statements under
such condition wqiild be newspaper1
men who write instead of talk, and
they-don't tell lies anyway.
Got the Boll Weevil
Another : interesting Conjecture as
to future developments is to the ef
fect that the , boll weevil will be
controlled by gas from airplanes,
something like the armies used in the
late! war. Some think that would.be
impracticable, while others believe it
would also rid the tields or grass
hoppers and other undesirable insects.
In fact, reports from some sections
of the county are to the effect that
the application oi calcium arsenate
Doison this year killed more grass
hoppers than boll weevils, which may
prove some consolation to Mayor n.
K. Helms of Wingate who hearsthat
the cotton that was not. "doctored"
is better than wheer the poison was
used. ' ; : '
Evolution in Insurance
The most interesting development
to me. because I have recently made
a close study of the ouestion, is the
evolution in the life, insurance busi
ness. The influence of the Insurance
Department of our government in re
quiring a company that operates in
North Carolina to furnish reserve or
bond sufficient to reinsure all its pol
ity-holders should it "go broke,
thereby protecting them against loss,
has had a wholesome effect. Only a
high class of men are permitted to
write insurance under the require
ments for securing license and under
the demands of reputable companies,
and the ' new endowed policies have
done away with the idea of having
to die to win. The disability and ac
cidental death clauses furnish com
plete protection and the men who now
tell an' agent that they don't care
what becomes of .their families after
they are gone are hard to find. Al
though I did have a fellow to say to
me some -.time ago that he didn't
propose to put his money where he
couldn't get hold of it that he ex
pected to have his hands on it when
he died, no matter what happened
to his wife and children. I couldn't
resist the temptation to tell him that
he couldn't take it with him, and
that if he could he might get it
burnt up. But; the average man is
growing with the times and wants
to provide for his ' family either
through life insurance or some other
good-investment. , - , -
CALF GETS A BATH ON BE
ING MISTOOK FOR TROUGH
By Ovella Plyler
Hemby, Aug. 23 The many friends
of Mrs. D, T. Stack will regret to
hear of her recent illness. She was
carried to the Ellen Fitzgerald hos
pital in Monroe Friday and under
went an operation Immediately. We
hope that she will soon be able to
return home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Plyler visited
relatives at Antioch last Thursday
night,
In conversation "what" Is heard
most often, except "our car" In the
first year of its ownership.
Here is a good one on a certain
man of this community he being late
grieved on Thursday afternoon the
itith of August, when ttie news
Quickly passed that Will R, Little
hrid !died at 4:30 oclock.
, At a number of times during the as usual feeding his pigs, last Sun
Tfest few years he has been critically , day night. It being dark and I sup-
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pose the pigs as the mean "things
will do had rooted the trough away
and in its plac elay a calf just' the
size of the trough. Mr. V (sh! I
14 and tne limited number wno Knew
of his last sickuess thought that he
.would again pull through.
r It is ouite eenerally known that he
had been a doper for years and Will was about to get personal) well any
Little would not want any other way he lifted his pail of "slop" which
rinse assia-ned for his oassinsr for de- i consisted of butter milk and dish
entirin was not on of his faults. He water and with main force emptied
tr.arfp rpnentAd efforts tn , overcome i the whole contents of the pale right
fthhabit M'hich-yvitiartyiin on the calf : which i auppoae was
Herniating circumstances attended. It I dreaming of aweet milk Instead. I
was tne unconqueraoie sin tnat De-,"Qi iou6u uici wi u
set him ' ' morning when his wife was' telling
Ha n b man nf nrilliant. mind. me. '
knew cause and effect and could rea-l "LJve and let live" is not enough;
mn with rare cleverness. He realize .We-must try to live and help live.
oH tliat hi hahit. was racinir him tal For years and years the serious
his end and only He who knows the ,drw back to farming next to the hard
n.rets nf all hearts can tell the hat- work and element of chance has been
fk. n. unH netitinns nfforeH in ' that It isolates a fellow and keeps
combat to this cruel .monster that "m out, i.ouch wlth a?lrs. of
gripped him.. Only a few-days before luo w"u-t " u,an ,luo ?-
his death he said to a faithful old;-6" &ad tp manage to get along for
,.nV. KThora ore three th noa fnr m ttuu uivuLuo ni n uiue niiuuui
whinh T shall espane inHcmenfc cruel. I neanng Il OUl tne 0Ulsue worm. 11
ty to dumb creatures, wilful cheat
ing, and refusal to respond to any
call for. help."
His heart was a veritable well
was hard for them to remember who
the president of the United . States
was. And they didn t Know whether
their friends and relatives were dead
X113 ileal t. nos a Ycumwic wen . , , . , .
stirino- nf kindness and eenerositv and or allve unlesa a Jetter or newspaper
spring ot Kinoness ana generosity ana . ih Tn.n pnmo thn tp,
all who were ever much about him
oil WI1U W CI C evci 111 ui.il auvu, "'HI , . , . - i , . . J
felt the . refreshing, streams 'that: Ttl
flowed therefrom. Normal Will Lit
tle was charming and lovable. Afflict
ed Will Little was pathos personified.
farmer was fairly able to keep in line
on his relatives, Europeoa affairs, and
the "price o' eggs
Then the automobile bobbed up and
His sufferings were intense and' . iu?r"
, .rJ T. hi. eniatim, 13 "6 tauiui luua... lu unuSiuS -'"
IT j "Y" - .""""".farmers' relatives to his very door,
iiieieu iiere. . Al;' and also in whizzing him and his
TLST1 "ir.t" .5 family to town for a band concert or
'uX '"t XiY".ft Mltall show. But driving to town every
v- j i j l "",Bif i .i. 7 night or having the home full
qisi auu joveu iub ui "' relatives soon gets to be a chestnut
cnurcn oi wnicn nis mouier was a , & b i(j ,t eventCall' runs Into
nhviotian n-iamhn otid tirhA hart norl
wuxouu... uurvx money
mm Dauuzea in miancy. . , -n- v i u.n
He was kind and indulgent toward rmchine and a pump ln the kltchen
ms lamuy ana toiling in uispus!- the best and so far the cheaDest
tion.
He was the eldest son of the late
Mr. L. L. Little and his first wife,
Mrs. Lula Smith Little of Edgefield, formance already has proclaimed the
o. v., aim is ouivicu u xiia iic,:0Tifl nf tn jt nn The farmer nn lnnff.
er has to drive to town or entertain
thing that happened for a farraf r,
in many a day is the, invention of the
radiophone. The Radiaphone s per
Mrs: Flossie Mauney Littie and four
children, John R,, ; Wm. E.,- Lula Lee
and Elizabeth, and one sister, Mrs. L.
L, Little, and a maternal aunt, Mi's.
W. B. McLendon all of Ansonville.
The funeral was held at the ceme
tery and was conducted by Rev. D. S.
a house fun of hungry relatives or
depend on a day old newspaper for
the news of the out side world
The farmer and his family may
now know when a car is being sto
len In front of the court house, or
Richardson, pastor of the Ansonvilla :wnen a BChool house Is burning up or
m, a. cnurcn ana itev. jonn joraan when a treaty Is signed as soon
Douglass of Wadesboro. Ihe , inter- the ther wave can deliver the news
mens was in tne wine piot in tne to their vocal cord or speech ampli
Ansonville cemetery where rest, .his feT -.
grand parents, brothers, aunts and After a hard day of toil the far-
uncles all of whom proceeded him, the mer without even changing his col
late non. kx. iiiwe owing mi f'
cently buried there.
Sincerity Xews Items
Mr. and, Mrs. E. D. Price of Char
lotte are spending the week with Mrs.
Price's parents, -Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Austin of Sincerity.
.Miss Christine Price- of EUerbe
Springs is visiting at the home of
Mr. E. E. Bra well, Little Misses Sa
die, Elizabeth and Pat Jackson Aus
tin, are visiting their cousins, Misses
Kathleen, Elizabeth, and Georgia
Austin of Wingate
Mr., and Mrs. M. A. Clontz and
Mr. Olin Biggers of Brief spent Wed
nesday at the home of Mr. J. C. Aus
tin,
Miss Mary Black of Marsh vllle is
visiting Miss Mary Braswell
Master Billy Joe Austin Is spend
ing the week with his grandparelts,
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Clontz of Brief.
Mr. Bruner Braswell of Raleigh
spending some time at th-hvr
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bras
well. ;'.. -: v; :-.,'.,':-,
A short girl gets around it by mak
ing the stripes on her- e!-;rt i v.n in Why doesn't a woman resemble a
the opposite direction.,. : : - plece of music when she is composed?
Bv Martha Crowell
Indian Trail. Aug. 23. Mrs. T. A.
Plyler and son, T. A. Jr., have return- ,
ed to their home at Woodleaf after
isiting relatives here. ' -
Mrs. J. P. Boyd visited relatives .
in Fort Mill, S. C, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Morris, Mrs.
. P. Plyler and small son, Joseph,'
of the Siler community were visitors
in Indian Tra;l Tuesday afternoon, .
Miss Alhe Mae Kendall, who has
position in Monroe, is spending her
vacation with her mother, Mrs. W. .
Kendall.
Miss Odessa Lemmond has return
ed from the Union community, where
she was the guest of Miss Lessie
Clark a few days of this week.
Mrs. D. F. Sheppard of Matthews
was the guest of Mrs. D. T. Morris
Sunday,
Mrs. V. r. Uai-tis, who has been
on the sick list for some time, is im
proving slowly. -
Mr. J. F. Targett has returned irom
the Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte.
It will be remembered that Mr. Har-
gett was seriously ill for quite a
while. At this writing, however, 'we
are glad to report that he is im
proving. The many friends of Mr.
Hargett wish for him a speedy re
covery. ,' ;. -
Mrs. Stowe of Mount tioiiy spent
the week end with her daughter, Mrs.
R. L. Tomberlin.
Miss Mattie Davis of the Siler com
munity, is visiting , her cousins. , the
Misses Crowell. 1
Miss Kathryn Morris delightfully
entertained a large number of her
friends at a Swimming Party at
Poer's Pond on last Wednesday even
ing. All those who wished to do so
enjoyed a refreshing swim. A little
later the whole party was called to
supper a real, honest-to-goodness
supper not a lunch. This was fol
lowed by a bountiful supply of deli
cioua, cake and ice cream; but that
was not all; there were watermelons -to
be shall I, say "devoured?" Not
exactly, for by this time the mem
bers of the party could not be accus
ed of devouring anything, not even
watermelon.
Mr. E. H. Morris from the Siler
Christian Endeavor will address tho
Indian Trail Epworth League Sun
day evening. Aucrust 2b, at about
7:45 o'clock., Everybody is cordially
invited. W are sure Mr. Morris has
something worth while to tell us.
It is a common thing to hear some
one remark that this is a progressive
age. Let us think for a few minutes
how inventions have helped to make
this a progressive age.
The Part Inventions Have Played In
matting ine liuriu lriiat it 19
Invention is the result of man's
ambition to lesson his work, to make
a thing i which would increase his
comfort and to give to the world
that which might possibly bring him
fame and wealth. An invention may
be ,an entirely new device, or it may
consist merely in an improvement in
one part of a machine or implement.
It has been said that Necessity is the
mother of invention. Men with inves
tigating minds, possessed of the be
lief that certain things were possible
and needed, have wrought for many
years to perfect an invention. Very
few, inventions are the result of
chance although their underlying
principles were disclosed by accident,
thonss Edison, one of the greatest
inventors in the history of the world
said that inventive genius is two per
cent inspiration and ninety-eight per
cent prespiration.
One hundred years ago the world
was in a very poor condition. At that
time there had been few inventions.
The people knew nothing of the con
veniences which we have today. The
wealthy class of people ef that day
owned stage-coaches, which was a
very poor and an unusually slow way
to travel. If the distance were very
great, it was rather inconvenient for
the traveler. The hores would tire,
this meant that1 the travelers would
and become hungry and thirsty, and
be delayed on their journey. The peo
ple in one section of the country sel
dom thought of going to another sec
tion; this was almost an lmpossibil-
lar or rolling down his sleeves can
tune In and take his pick out of- ev
erything in the air.
BUI mere is no luuger any excuse . OTr jr,,:,rQj f kQ u.,
for fo ks that are imprisoned on re-1 travel nFThrough theV own
mote .J.llitawtiy.irA enjoying the beautiful
affairs rf the world no.e. scenery. The mail carriers had to
to whittle the latest airsto know . V i A. .. ;i.i
wW the h-esMent misses chancft
Those interested are 'requested to
meet at old Zoar campground ceme
tery Saturday morning, Sept. 1,: for
the. , purpose . of cleaning off the
ground, etc. - Let us not forget the
dead. Baxter1 L. Mangum. ,
chance
to play eolf : to kepp track of th"
Bonus Bill and all the latest gossip
about prosperity.; - -
not even by '.lacing a special deliv
ery stamp on a letter. The people
were really handicapped, ; although
they were not aware of it af the time.
In 1876, however, the telephone was
invented by Bell The people could
scarcely realize that they could talk
to a friend e:ght or ten miles away.
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
J. Edgar Stockman, pastor.
Sunday school. 10 a. m.
h fh! ll Jrl-tL The farmers were very much handi
mon by the pastor; , subject, "The ran. -th tn imrfiement9 th.t
Good Samaritan."
were used in tilling the soil. Farm
V . iv. -V ..,h,w ri.!.x work could not be carried on in a
mon by the pastor; subject, Christ krge scale. So mnch needles9
U,T,er(i1fL,e '7 witi, . was exerted then which could
k JMA LVIT been dispensed with by the in-
Z J?? ventions of to'day. Large fields can
,4u ui, .,. , tC- ti...- be cultivated much easier and quick
er than heretofore. The saving of
time and labor are both vastly im
portant. The tractor makes fa 'niing
possible in very hard ground without
. (Continued on page four.)
the Lutheran church Tises the Letur-
gical Serviqe. , , .
- You are welcome to all of these
services, v - '
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