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Thirtieth Year. No. 73.
Monroe, N. C, Friday, October 19, 1923.
$2.09 Per Year Cash
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THE WOES OF THE
RAILROAD BOYS
Rules and Laws Buzz About His
Head and Safety First Haunts
Him All the Time.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Rev. Clyde E.? Baucom will preach
at Antioch Baptist church Sunday
morning at eleven o'clock. :
Rev. M. DV L. Prealar will preach at
Sardis Baptist church Sunday at 11
o'clock. .
Division 264, O. R. C. A
A new brakeman Is given a permit
to learn the road. He rides freight
trains for about ten days,, becoming
thoroughly confused with the many
stations, grades, tracks", etc. on pos
sibly three to five hundred miles of
track. The men he comes In contact
with help him materially in his de
velopment by teaching him rule "0,"
or sending him for a left hand mon
key wrench or a "Jack" to "lack up"
the pop valve. All of which serveB
a purpose that Is, it develops him
Into a hard-boiled brakeman.
Usually it takes from one to three
years to learn the physical character
istics Of say three hundred miles of
railroad. Even an experienced train
man Is handicapped until he acquires
the knowledge of grade signals, ca
pacity of tracks, their names or
numbers, their use, etc. All this is
Just "A'Ato the old experienced men
who are only concerned about the
finer points of train movement, such
as the running time between stations
which varies with the capacity ,ot
your engine, or the weight and char
acter of the train you happen to De
. running, its condition, the weather,
etc. AH have to be considered as a
determining factor. Then its move
ment as compared with our schedule,
the schedule of auperlor trains, tneir
nrlfir both the standard and
hini-k rules, time-table rights: and
special orders, etc. ' .
Thorn ar times when your de
cision must be made in seconds. A
movement once begun must De com-
niPtcd within the time limit, or you
must protect your train with a flag
ahead, or possibly in both diceccions.
Any delay to either yourjown or the
opposing train will have to be ex
plained later to the "Super" and
' tin la nni irt the hn.hlt. of accepting
anv excuse for a delay, of even a
few minutes to the higher class
trains, and does not hesitate to apply
discipline or censure in cases where
you use baa juagmeiu.
Safety first is always the watch
word, eveen when safety measures
mean delay to high class trains and
adds to the censure. One safety mea-
a dure forgotten or negiecieu. aim yci
haps they hit then the papers tell
a part of the story, '
A Super defined it to me one day
' In a sentence. I was running a heavy
ttivmiuh-frslvht when a coupling
parted at the foot of a grade. Trouble
never comes singly. Before' we
recoupled the engineman Bent me
word that he had only enough water
to make the tank. Two passenger
trains were due in the opposite di-
. t.... It 1UQO tPI,
rection in a jew ,wiui. n
miles to a tank. We started for wa
ter, reaching the first telephone of
fice Just-two minutes before one of
the passenger trains, I had used tne
two minutes In persuading a crew on
another train -at the next station to
come and pull the'rear section of our
train back in siding a rather deli
cate movement owing to the rules.
We had the head section with us. In
a sweat from my recent exertion I
stepped out of tne oince aim mcv "
super who was riding the passenger
train. I explained the situation in de
" tail and told him. the arrangement
1 nau miue io "u
"That's all right if it works out
right." It worked out right.
No set of working men are better
discisplined, Vnd at the same time
possess the spirit that is essential in
creating lnlatlve or competltve seaU
Just a few words on law as it is
enforced by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, Let's Just v guess at the
number of rules or laws mat, you j
liable to bump up against, and say a
thousand In regard to stock ex
plosives, inflammables, safety ap
pliances and hours of service. These
are all Federal. Then t every village
has a special brand of local ordinan
ces in regard to speed or plowing a
whistle ringing a bell. etc. 5
' The old question of pay comes up.
The pooreest paid skilled laboret- in
our country Is the conductor on our
Tallroads. Now wait! A machinist,
r . . iuintM.lMrna nlS
DriCK moson ur wii""" :-
' tradl In from one to three years.
Theirrate of pay ranges from ninety
cents to two dollars an hour. An er
flcient freight conductor require
from five to ten years experience
and his pay Is seven t.v4w mts per
liour The average main line tram
s man eats six meals a week at home,
the other fifteen on the road
twenty-four .Hours a week at home,
one hundred and forty-four hours By
way' The mechanio has sixteen hours
: every day to serve his God, recreate
ll .Li . .ii- at home. That's one
...-AaA .ml twelve against the
trainman's twenty-four. '
. ii Miirvmercial travellers are al
lowed- an expense account and the r
hotel bills are paid whether they sell
anvtning or not. On the other hand
.reaeonable length of time away from
home at his own. expense. Time and
. voif for over-time has proven the
bet friend the American public ever
w Ta the last five years It has
" rushed more freight than our new
merchant marine. I t.
Here's proof. Prior to Uout five
years ago crews were tied Upon the
road after sixteen hours o! duty, as
required by the federal law to have
e'eht hours rest In the twenty-four.
Tb?u they rtinued the trip at pro
nv Thn policy of all trunk
line ronls was lis enclncs and lov-i
All public schools 6f the county,
both white and colored, will open
Monday, October 29th.
Unionville Hieh School will open
Monday, the 29th. All patrons of
the school are urged to nave their
children in on the hrst day.
Rev. T.J, Husrsrins asks The Journal
to announce that Rev. R. L. Patrick
will preach at Weddington next Sun
day morning at eleven 0 ciock. .
Mr. Ed Collins, one of the largest
land owners in Union county, bought
a nice Player Piao from Holloway's
Music House yesterday.-
The Woman's Auxiliary of Siler
church will give an ice cream supper
and cake walk at the church Satur
day night.
There will be a variety supper at
Beulah in Sandy Ridge Saturday
night of this week, for the benefit of
the church. All are invited.
Mr. E. A. Helms of Buford town-
ship will celebrate his seventy-sixth
birthday on Saturday, the 27th. The
public' is invited to attend and carry
baskets. v
Mr. John Fullenwider will hold
civil service examination at Monroe
Dostofflce on Nov. 10 for persons
wishing to qualify for the position of
clerk-carrier.
Rev. J. W. Quick, the pastor, will
preach at JNew Hope Methodist trot
tstant church Sunday anernoon at
3 :30. This wiil be his last appoint
ment for the conference year and ev
ery member is expected to be present
The hearing of the' case of M. H.
Moody, who took ten year subscrip
tions to the Progressive Farmer for
two dollars and a half, was set for
today, but was postponed till Novem
ber 2nd, when a representative from
the office of the Progressive Farmer
is expected to be here. ..... , ,
-Mr, Blair Bivens has bought out
the interest -of his brother, Mr. Cur
tis Bivens, in the grocery business of
Bivens Brothers, and will continue at
th soma stand. Mr. Curtis Bivens
began last spring wfth chickens on a J
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ramer amuuiuua scaie bum iiaa qune
a farm down in Buford township to
which he will give much of his at
tention. Bivens Brothers have been
in .business several years and havl
built up quite a nice trade .in their
stand on Main Street.
ThePresidencyMight Spoil
Henry Thinks Tom Edison
New York. Oct. 17.-(By . thei lem with a group of Nova Scotia
Associated Press.) -Ihomas A. hdi-
son, electrical wizard, in one of the
hrst interviews he has ever granted
newspaper men, spoke today of the
presidential possibilities of his friend
Henry Ford and declared thai .ilj
would "spoil a good man" if the
nation sent Ford to the white house.
Mr. Edison expressed the opinion
the automobile : manufacturer ; was
more valuable to the nation as a
private citizen and then turned 1 to
the prediction made recently by
Charles P. Steinmetz, inventor, con-
nected with the General Electric'
company, that electricity would
eventually reduce the working day
to four hours. With this opinion Mr.
Edison agreed. - :
Not Sure Four-Hour Day Good.
Mr. Edison, however; was not
sure that the four-hour day would be
a good thing for the nation. He ex
pressed fear that too large a leisure
class would be created and that this
would have a bad effect, particularly
on the young.
The interview, an impromptu af
fair, held after Mr. Edison had ap
peared as guest of honor at a lunch
eon given by othcials of the Edison
company of New York, was reminis
cent of the inventor's much discussed
quest onnanes submitted to his pros
pective employes. , He was surroun-:
ded by a group of newspaper men who
laid down a barrage of questions
which he answered smilingly.- Com
menting on the unpopularity of new
ideas, Mr. Edison declared that it
took from seven to 40 years from the
initial demonstration of a beneficial
device to its ultimate acceptance.
"I made the first dozen type
writers," he said, laughing, "and jt
took me seven years to convince the
public they wanted them and then
another three years to sell them."
1 tikes 4(1 Years for Idea.
Wkhin a very few years, he said,
coal could be transformed 3 into
electrical energy at the mines arid
distributed throughout the country
in high power transmission lines, do
ing more-quickly and efficiently the
work now perlornied by the tuel atier
long haulage and many handlings.
Transportation costs and the various 1 Sift"' be eliminated s from programs,
other' charges . now, i connected withf which will be ' confined . more ' to
getting fuel energy to the consumer speeches and market quotations. He
would thus be obviated, he said. ; characterized the entertainment pro-
CREDITORS SUE FOR
WEDDINGTON CLAIM
power men. He declared that secre
tary Hoover's proposed supper
power system was feasible. He ad
ded that "whatever Hoover says is
all right," characterized him as a level-headed
man. , ..
Mr. Edison was animated in his
discussion of the develoment of
electrical devices for the reduction
of the daily hours in which the
world's' worry is done. i
It can be done, and soon, although
don't know how soon, he said.
"But I am not so sure that it will be
a good thing. It will create much
leisure and it all depends on what
people will do with their idle hours.
Too Much Leisure Harmful.
"How will they use them? Will
not the young men and women be
harmed in the manner in which, they
dispose of their added leisure, rather
than benefitted? It will be a splen
did thing for the older people, of
course, for they will know how best
to employ the added leisure hours.
"We've got to have work to keep
going."
He told of experiments made by
Henry Ford in taking over an old
grist mill on the Ruge river in Michigan.
"He installed turbines," Mr. Edison
said, "and developed so much cheap
power that farmers served from the
plant cut their work down to six
hours.
; "Manufactnring plants in the dis
trict so increased in capacity so that
women left the tarms in the dull sea
sons and earned $6 a day in the fac
tories." v Electrical transmission, the coupl
ing of power stations, and the de
velopment of electric railways were
the most important developments in
the power field, Mr. Edison declared.
Asked if electric railways could be
extended so as . to largely replace
steam-operated roads, he announced:
' "That depends oh Wall Street." '
' The radio, he believed, has-been
the greatest modern factor incaus
ing young people to think. It has wid
ened the range of knowledge, he said
and will continue to doso. ' Musical
and other radio entertainment fea
tures in his opinion, sooner or later
"Why, I have been advocating this
for 40 years," he said. He added that
he recently had discussed the prob-
grams as fads which would not live,
largely because of difficulties of
perfect transmission.
On Sunday last the children and
grand-children of Mr. H. M. Purr of
Goose Creek assembled at hit home
and celebrated his sixtieth birthday.
A number of friends also- were pres
ent, and the day was spent pleasant
ly. Mr. .dwell Swain; a blind nu
siclah from Charlotte, and Mr. Wil
liam Muse, also of Charlotte, the lat
ter "a musician of the old time, and
both gave , some good muEic. Rev.
Mr. Etrlder made a very beautiful
talk. A number were present from
Monroe and Charlotte.
Rev W. B. Chedister of Montreat
will preach at Beulah Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; at Salem at 3 p'. m.; and at
Pageland at night . -
Rev. E. A. Wallace, new Presbyte
rian pastor at Indian Trail and Siler
churches, has arrived with his family
from Lancaster, Texas, and, has taken
up residence in the manse at Indian
Trail. . ' .
TEACHING PATRIOTISM
''Tea for Three," an American com
edy, will be presented by The Pied
mond . Lyceum Bureau on Tuesday
evening, October 23rd, at the high
school auditorium. The play is by
Roi Cooper Megive, author of "It
Pavs To Advertise." and is said to ri
val that hilarious success. , "Tea For
ThreeT was presented only the past
season at the Maxine Elliott Theatre
in New York City and had a most
successful, run. The high school stu
dents are putting on the play. Popu
lar prices will be made zoc ana cue.
The i fourteenth annual stockhold
ers' meetinur of the State Bank of
Wingate was held in their banking
room Tuesday. October 16, at three
0 clock, p. m. The officers 01 tne DanK
made a- most gratifying report of the
elected to serve for the next twelve
The following board of directors was
elected to serve for the nevt twelve
months: R. A. Morrow. W, M. Per-!
ry, J. W. Bivens, W. A.- Chaney, J.
C. Mclntyre, G. M. Stewart, S. W.
Hinson, J. L. Austin, John H. Wil
liams, R. L. McWhrrter. The direc
tors then elected the following otn-
cers to serve the ensuing year: R. A.
Morrow, president: W, M. Perry, vice
president; C. C. Lamb, cashier? Miss
Blanche Chaney, assistant cashier,
and John C. Sikes, attorney. -
Idea! Taking Man's Still, Him Not
At Home! -
Officers J. ; L. Griffin; Wayne
Fridges, , Gail -Hollifield and E L.
Houser made a raid in Polk county
Monday afternoon and captured a
a CJ-rsllon capacity still and destroy
ed about 330 gallons of beer. Fire
was under t plant, but no one could
be found. lather fordton Sun. -
trains, which meant slow movement
and long hours on duty.
At the present time only the coal
or mine roadSi-are using big engines.
The live commerce of the country is
being handed by small engines in
short trains which means rapid
movement. Now over time can be fig
ured in minutes and our main pay is
for miles, not hours, whereas prior
to five years ago the hours exceeded
the miles. .
A flat price of 22 cents per gallon
for all points in North Carolina
where buik stations are established
was announced by the Standard Oil
company officials at Charlotte Wednesday.
City Treasurer J. H. Boyte gives
notice that he is preparing bills for
paving assessments that are due and
must colect them, even by legal pro
cess if necessary. Bill for each zone
will be sent separately.
ANTIOCH NEWS ITEMS
Unionville Route 2. Oct. 16. Rev.
Jonah Simpson of Unionville preach
ed at Antioch Baptist church bun
day morning at 11 :00. He preached a
very interesting sermon, his subject
being "Self Justification."
Rev. Clyde E. Baucom of Wingate
will preach ; at Antioch Baptist
church . next (Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. Everybody invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tarleton and
son, Belk, of the New Hope commu
nity spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Tarlton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Green of Char
lotte spent Saturday night and Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. George Green.
Jfflrs. u, h.: i.ove returned to ner
home Saturday after spending the
week with relatives in Concord.
Mr. and Mrs. . J. M. York, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Luther Baucom visited Mr.
Baucom's mother, Mrs. ,M. S. Bau
com. Sunday anernoon. Mrs. .Bau
com has been on the sick list for the
last week. They found her much im
proved, we are glad to report. Jia-
riei.
Meeting of Colored Teachers
All of the colored teacheres of
Union County are requested to meet
In the colored -graded school building
In Monroe next Friday. October 26th
at ten o'clock. All colored teachers
should attend this meeting. If there
are some teachers who have not yet
secured schools, it would be well for
them lo meet also for school commit
teemen will be present to employ
teachers. Remember the date, in
day, October 26 th at ten o'clock in
the graded school building in Mon
roe. RAY FUNDERBURK
Part of the business of The Youth's
Companion is' cultivating a fine patri
otism the love of country; not
wrong, but right. The Youth's Com
panion started the movement for put
ting the flag on the schoolhouse, it
formulated the Pledge of Allegiance
to the Flag that is repeated today va.
practically every schoolhouse in the
United States. It has for a long time,
now, been running a series of patri
ttic covers picturing striking events
in the nation's history. Painted by
the best historical illustrators m the
country.they are reproduced in full
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coior at irequent miervais on ins
Companion s cover. It is worth
year's subscription to The Companion
to have these scenes in our building
of the nation pictured so graphically,
They help greatly in fixing the mem
ory of the events related in the school
rastories.
The 52 issues of 1924 will be crowd
ed with serial stories, short stories
editorials, poetry, facts and fun. Sub
scribe now and receiver s
1. The Youth's Companion 52 is
sues in 1924.
2. All the remaining issues of 1923.
3, The Companion Home Calendar
for 1924.
All for $2.50.
4. Or include McCalPs Magazine,
the monthly authority on fashions.
Both publications, only $3.00.
THE YOUTH'S CUMfANIUJN, -
Commonwealth Ave. and St. Paul St.,
Boston, Mass
J. H. Myers Lumber Company,
Monroe Hardware Company, W. L.
Hemby, J. E. and J. W. McCain of
this county, and a number of others
from different places, have brought
suit in the superior court of Union,
county against the Weddington In-;
dustrial Institute, the Board of Edu
cation -of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, the Western North
Carolina Conference, and R. G. Laney,
Trustee, and the Bank of Union, for
claims against Weddington Industrial
Institute, totaling some fifteen thou
sand dollars, with interest. The lar
gest claim is that of W. L. Hemby.
which is for $3,500, for cash advanced.
The next largest claim is that of J.
H. Myers Lumber Company for $2,300
for building supplies. Other claims
not included are expected to be added.
I he suit has been filed by Vann and
Milliken and J. C. Sikes as attorneys
tor the plaintiffs, and summons is
sued, returnable before the clerk on
October 29th. R. G. Laney and the
Bank of Union are included in that
the plaintiffs seek to set aside a deed
of trust given to the bank by the trus
tees of Weddington Institute for mon
ey borrowed and have this claim put
on the same footing with other claims.
In brief, the complaint alleges that
the board of education of the confer
ence and the trustees of Weddington
Industrial Institute were acting as
agents, of the conference or of the
whole church, or both, and that the
building was being done as a part of
the general educational program of
th! church, and so announced, nub-
lished statements being that about
seventy thousand dollars was to be
expended on buildings. But the work
was suddenly stopped in 1920 by the
refusal of the defendants to advance
money, and that all the debts have
been made in good faith and on the
strength' of the purposes stated.
Now the plaintms ask that wed
dington Institute be placed in the
hands of a receiver and its aftVirs
wound up. that the sale of the proper
ty be had and the proceeds used for
the liquidation of the debts, includ
ing that due the bank and others not
yet coming in, and that such as are
not paid by this means must be paid
by the Conference or the General
church which ever be found to be
responsible. , , . '
- Babe's Neck Broken in Bed
Hang'ng bv the ' neck ' with his
head caught between the cross bar
and the springs of the bed on which
he had been left. Dugald (Jraig, six
month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil
M.' Craig, was found dead by his
mother late Tuesday afternoon at
the home m Sharon township, live
miles from Charlotte. The child had
been left lving on the bed when
nis mother went to the garden lor
some ' vegetables, iteturning, sne
stated herself in another room to
prepare the vegetables, placing her
cha r so that she could glance tnrougn
a doorway occasionally to see the
babv.
Unon looking up trom her worK
after several minutes, Mrs Craig
perceived that the infant was not in
the position in the center ot tne Dea
in which he had been lett. Horn
fied. she saw after running to the
bedside that the child had : been
caught bv the neck at the foot of
the bed. H s neck was broken.
iVAXHAW PEOPLE
GO OUTTO TEACH
Number of Young People This
Year Join Educational Forces
Neighbor DeLaney. 1
Meeting of White Teachers
There will be a meeting of, all the
white public school teachers ot Union
County in the Monroe High School
Auditorium on Saturday, October
27th at ten o'clock. All teachers of
the county are urged to be present.
It will be necessary to secure courses
of study, census cards, report blanks
and other supplies. '
All the white schools of the coun
ty will open Monday, October 29 th.
Teachers will accomodate their com
munities If they would go to their
respective school on Friday, October
26th in order to give a list of books
needed in, each grade and to mako
definltee arrangements for teaching
on the first dav of school.
' Remember the day for teacheers'
meeting Saturday, October 27th at
ten o'clock In the Monroe uign
School Auditorium.
KAY FUNDERBURK.
Little Boy Falls From Barn Loft and
Breaks Ankle.
(Deane Ritch)
Stouts, Oct. 18. Our neighboring
town, Indian Trail, seems to be very
enticing; ' Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moser
f i 1 UK J Tiff rw-
ana iamuy, ana mr. ami iurs. viscar
Sutton moved there. We were sorry
tn see these good people leave.
: Mr. Clyde Ritch was seriously sick
at his home here last week, ae re
turned, to Charlotte on Monday some
what lmnroved.
Mr. Murnhy Conder has been visit
ing at his borne here He travels out
of Charlotte.
Little Samuel Locke Yandle, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Yapdle had a
verv serious accident recently when
he fell from the barn loft breaking
his ankles. He was given treatment
at the Ellen Fitzgerald, and he is able
to be home now.
I enjoyed the talk which was made
by Mr. W. B. Love at Indian Trail
last Sunday atternoon. tie nao a
very vivid personality as well as a
forceful delivery.
Mr. John Conder of Charlotte spent
the week-end at home. :'
Mrs. J. T. Hargette of Stouts and
Mrs. Dick Gurley of Shaleton spent
last Wednesday with Mrs. Cora Fun-
Herhurk of Indian .Trail.
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alt. ana mrs. uscar omc&weii uuu
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ritch and family
visited their uncle, Mr. J. P. Ritch
here last Sunday. They were all
from Charlotte.
' Yon Keep Her, Chief!
Notice: - hii,key found. Owner
can get same by describir, punntity
and place found and tr v'..i.r six
months on roads. Chief Police.
Roxboro Courier.
By O. E. Cunningham.
Waxhaw, Oct. 18. "If you have to
cough and sneeze, do it behind your
han'chief, please." Bulletin:
"The man who corrects 'me in an
error is my friend, and the man is
pretty close to a fool who objects to '
being set right." Bulletin.
Miss Hilda Morgan of Monroe visi
ted Miss Clifford Nesbit last Sun
day.
Misses Beatrice Crowell and Mar
tha Shotwell of Monroe were week
end visitors of Miss Willie Lou Crow
der. Miss Shotwell is teacher in the
ixie school.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Byrum and
little sons, Frank, Jr., and Woodrow
Wilson, motored to High Point to vis
it relatives over Saturday and Sun
day: . . .:. .
Mr. s. ti. Moser oi the Bethienem
section, father of Mr. H. T. Moser of
Waxhaw, has been here with Mr. and
Mrs. H. T. Moser, quite sick for some
time.'.
Mrs. R. N. Nesbit is convalescing.
Mr. J. Vv. ueLaney, formerly of
Waxhaw, now of the Providence sec
tion, was on our streets yesterday,
shaking hands with friends in the
old style, and talking cotton. The
writer and' his family had the pleas
ure of living as a close neighbor to
Mr. and Mrs. DeLaney a twelve
month, and found, them kind and ob
liging neighbors: When you move
again, come back' to Waxhawj .r..
DeLaney. The Adams Transfer Motor Co. of
Boone has been on our streets at dif .
ferent times this fall offering a very
fine quality of cabbage and good ap
ples for sale. Thanks to good roads
and the auto. Let's use it to trans
fer men and things and not make it
an instrument of slaughter.
Mr. Henry Collms, one of Wax-
law's most substantial citizens, and s
our stock dealer,j has just received a
car load of fine mules, all the way
from Nebraska,--bone dry and good
immigrants.;
The schools and colleges nave
drawn right heavily on the Waxhaw
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vonnor npnTHe-Trrrs'iaii. or wmcn iacu .
we are glad and proud, altnougn wo
miss them so much.
Mis3 Rena Tillman is at Hamlet,
teaching in the graded school there,
this being the seventh year at Ham
let. Miss Hilsie Davis is wren . tne
High Point graded school for the sec
ond year. Miss JMgiva Mcuain is at
Lexington graded school. Misses An- ,
hie Lynn 'and Clyde McGuirt will
teach the Beulah school, Lanes Creek
township. M:ss Ruth McCain is teach
ing at Uicama, in.u. at. Marys.
Miss Louise McCain at bims, S. C,
and Miss Mary Cunningham at Sar
atoga high school, Wilson, JN, U
The following are attending scnoor.
Miss Janie May ; Steele, and Misses
I.ucile and Annie May Walkup,
daughters of Mr. Daniel Walkup,
Waxhaw Route 1, are at JJue west, .
S. C. Misses Ellie Nesbit and Wal-
aska Blythe are at East Carolina,
Greenville, N. C, Miss mancne car
ter at Wingate junior College, Miss
Mary Ervirt McCain at Queens Col
lege, Charlotte. There are others of
whom we will write as we have information.
Little Heath Memorial church, pos- '
sibly the youngest and the weakest,
pastor Crowder's baby church of
Waxhaw circuit, has the honor of
coming forward first and presenting "...
the pastor with a clean sheet, sending
him on to Conference with a light
No man in the good county of Un
ion is more cordially received, and
universally so, in Waxhaw than Dr.
W. R. Burrell of Monroe. Yet, we
hear that a few nights ago, (and not
a K. JO he shooed in. and gath
ering a select number together, with
closed doors, they had a "Feast of
soul and flow of reason." Look out.
Dr.. Cvclone Mack is coming, and
with open doors and a free pass we'll
catch up. ,
Aunt Sudie Commends Two Young
Men.
I feel like I want to say something ?
good and encouraging about two
young men who roomed with me this
summer and who are now students in
the A. and M. College of Mississippi.
They were so energetic and so deter
mined to accomplish something that
I feel Ike commending them as an
example to many of the young men
of Union county who may be strugg
ling to make their way tnrougn
and prepare themselves for useful
ness in" life. They were T. V. Adams
and E. A. Currey. They were selling
bibles to make money enough to go
through college and they sold $4900
worth. They would get up Monday
morning before day and light out
to the country, iney were ponte
No Middlemen!
' North Dakota has a League for the
Elinination of the middleman. Re
cently a member fell ill and sent for
the-undertaker. '
That craftsman came at once; but
on entering the sick room and observ
ing the patiant, he said: "Why, man,
you don't want me. You need a doc
tor." "No, I don't," said the sick man
faintly, "No middlemen."
BELMONT NEWS .
Belmont, October 18.- The people
nicely with their work. 'Most ,ol " . 7"?T'.7f
them have their fodder pulled, and one. And on Sundaj ' nf ad offtW"t.
only a few white cotton patches, . I their time they would go to Sun-
V! Mr. Thomas Helms and family or. , l"7 j
Tnimivui, nent the dav Sunday with made me happy by their cheerfulness
and happy ambition. They seemed to
look up to me as a motner ana i mma
them. I am glad that they were afcle
to take a nice little sum back w.
them to pay their college expend a.
I am sure these good, hard worki,
boys will make useful men.
AUNT SUDI2.
Unionville spent the day Sunday with
the former's brother and family, Mr.
Noah Helms of Jerome community.
Mr. VV. G. Long and wife of Bel
mont and Mrs. James Long of Honea
-, v.W. S., and Mr. William Wiley
of Belmont' community spent last
Sunday afternoon with Mr. J. G.
Conneil and family. .
Mr. J. R. Price of Ellerbee was a
visitor here Thursday. '
Mr. T. M. Wiley Bpent the week
end with his folks at Wingate.
If we could see ourselves as oll.
see us we wouldn't believe q'-i' i i
we see. :