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Yesterr'Ty morning Mr. TV'. L; Lovo
of Jew i m i townb'rp ldst'hig house
end rrKcueaKy. everything in by Are.
Mr. LUis Pusher 'was drilling wheat
rar t!.e houf-e, which was located on
t:e Morgan road.Vhen he saw flames
cominj from the room. He ran to the
Monroe Hieh beat Greensboro hero house, and jerked open the door and
Saturday and Mack Fairley was the "was pushed back by a gust of flame
hero of the hour on account of a which showed that. the fire was too
freat play which won the day. ' At tar advanced to be handled, lit grab-
ryi1.it.-.!..rr.-.ii:arr:
Tie l: 1 C..".e Cvcr
Crccr-clcra. .
the same time Charlotte beat'Ashe-
ville, and this put Monroe and Char
lotte into the last game for the cham
pionship, of the west. The game will
be Dlaved next Saturday, and .the
winner will .meet the Eastern cham-
bed a sewing machine near the door
and pulled it put, then one bed and
three quilts, and that was all that
was saved. ,; Mr. Love himself was on
another, part of the farm, and Mrs.
i-ove was away trom tne house, and
was a nsarly new six rbm bungalow.
built of the very best material. The
loss is about five thousand and only
about one thousand insurance. '
'; Mr. Love is practically blind from
the effects of a dynamite blast which
went off when he was' working in a
well several years ago. He can only
do a tiit of farm work. Mrs. Love
is a most energetic. Woman and a, good
manager and so theyi have been doing
well in spite of their handicap. "But
this blow is staggering to them. .How
ever, they , have" neighbors : of the
right sort who will help "them get
on their "feet again: Ellis Pusser.
their nearest' neighbor; at once offered
them a house on his place and the
other neighbors began to-bring in
household goods, and they propose to
keep this up. When their immediate
needs are looked after the neighbors
will take tip the matter of getting the
house back; ,, : ; '' '.
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pions at , Chapel Hill for the State the children were at school. The house
cnampionsmp. auey - uruoine, iuc
sport editor of the "Charlotte Obser
ver, was here to write up the play and
and his. account of it is as follows: j
Breaking away on an end tackte
play in the last four minutes of play,
. when his time was playing just 4
nm Ud Mvn trnat fountain
lew jaiuo n v v.... - . 1
Mack Fairley of the Monroe team
this afternoon reeled off the white
marks - until he was thr6wn on t the
opposition's IT yard Jine having.gone
some 52 yards and placing the ball
in striking distance of the goal.
On his next play ne. oasnea on it.
more yard-and then when the back
field had moved the ball on three
downs ' to tne : tnree-mcir .ui'c, , uv
crashed Over with the '.: . winning
touchdown, breaking up a 7-7 tie,
and winning for , his club by a- score
of 13 to 7, v-W',' - -'';,
Xb vyv "" r --
finishes ever seen on ahign school
. sridiron and it electrified the crowd
of some '2,000 which .lined the side
lines. It was a clever run, ior iiFt
'and time agnin Fairley was tackled
by the opposition: but t rnirr- and
twisting , and . stiff-arming H.is op
ponents out of his ' nath, he side-
1 1 I 1 J 1.1- ... n ... ,AiuawHa
stepped ana aoagea ms wj
the encny goal, finally being down-
tA of n.wrA mnrk. - ' -Pi.',
On lis next smash hev -dodged I
1 , .1.1 . ,4.nlflA f.f T V
tnrnugn. mo . omei iov.ic j.
ys Ja and planted the oval on ;the
5-ard line. ;Thre smashes by the
oiher members of the backfteld mov
ed the ball to within a vcouple of
incJiea of the goal and Fairley crash
ed. The . effort at goal was a
failure; but the game had been won
by Monroe. -. ' . V," . "
That trreat run of Fairley's was the
game; for neither team showed any
thing like the form it should I we
w . 'ti iv uucovweU- an 8kva.
made a touchdown. After that ft
was a punting game with Jsoth sides
doing good work, being successful in
kicking out of bounds for long gams
each time. ' .'' '.' ,
- Monroe 'scored first, Fairley going
through the line' 12 yards for the
fir t markeri i JNiSgi kicKea goai.
This was in the second period, t neither
be;-g able to register ' in - the first
cuurteri though Greensboro came near
doing so and but for fumbles proba.
... 1 1 1 .M..nl thA linO HOW-'
ever; Monroe - began to fctrengthen
and in the second quarter badly out
l ilny ed Greensboro. . "v.'.' ,
At tne ena oi iuo co' j"w"
Prospect, Sch . 1 Shows Apprie
' ciaticn '.tf'Ccanty Super- .
inter.-:nt and Hist Wife "
Llaclv StepS Qii-llic -."S:
Dn2lie3 Into G
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Slaiicn Eovoiid .
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tast nigKt Mack converted Pa's old
family carriage into a modern flying
machine, stepped : on the gas, and
dashed right into the. grand central
station of the skies, "delivering sever
al hundred happy negroes into the
blissful realms. Everybody had his
ticket paid for. and his , baggage
checked through. ' .'. V :.
His text was "One thing thou lack
est," but his subject was "Sail on"
and 'on and on, and then some. And
he sailed on far and high and threw
dust upon the milky way.
And alTthe end, after the mourn
ers had gathered and the altaf sing
erjj prayers and shouters had assem
bled round them, heaven was as real
to them at that moment as it will
ever Be after the pearly gates have
closed-behind them. They were so
happy that Mack could, not dismiss
the meeting and had to walk down
from the pulpit and leave it.
tiAni, that was a good sermon for
any one to hear, but for a colored'
congregation whose hearts lie very
near the surface, it was a master
piece. . -'.t ' .r.i' -
A man; he explained, may lack this
thing and that thing, but if he lacks
salvation he lacks, evrything." The
maiKwha has the new birth will know
it. ; "Here," he said, "L will read you
what the Bible says." And he. began
to- read the words, " And the 'Lord
shail guide" thee"-but just here in
sorted several incorrect words , for
the right one.v';A -s? ;' '4..
. "Ani the Lord ' shall guide ; thee
some time's." - s'.s - " ..
fNo, N thejr shouted, "not fight,
read again!" - V'':' ''',
.Finally he read it correctly," "And
the Lord shall guide thee continual
ly," and then the first deep rumbling
of fervor broke cut. ' V . ,
Three illustrations were used with
telliny effect and with a simplicity
that; reached the spot, One was
about the Prodigal Son, one was
Prospect Nov; 86th. From corn and
soy beans to soy beans and corn is
nredictpd to be one of the chances
in the Agncultiire of, Prosoect next tbout the three ,elasses of 'church
yea. This year the community plant- members, and the other was about
ed extensively,! corn and soy beans, the i basket . of f rtait .that. ; the apie
Corn wa3 planted as the crop, and the brought back from Canaan, ,; .
soy beans was planted with the corn One class of 'church members is
to imorove the land. There are some liVo Mack's prandna'a mimn nsid to
specuiaxion as w nneui uie wij , De over ixt Montgomery county. v it
bi ,P8 would injure the c"rn. but it dripd np in the aunyner and froie-up
" .jj' iar 1 Caf ii-e corn "'does iin the winter'. v .v
equally, as well "and probably better
when associfed with the bean. The
bean production, in the crop of 'soy
beans, is of much greater value than
the corn production, hence the idea of
making beans paramount in the tw in
'in the winters
The" second class is1 like the old
pitcher pumps used down, in South
Carolina. -You have to coax them,
and prime them, and pump' and pump
before you get water out of-then.
The trurd class is the. ever flo ng
-vpen halves' -the Greensboro boys ! few seasons of , cropping together
got some enthusiasm irom tntur twtu
and returned to the game like sure
crops, and turning the name around ' artesian well. It never runs dry: It
to matte it soy oeans ana coin. xwt
turn.around in the name must be- ac
companied, by a turn around in the
method of narvasting. Thus far "he
bean3 have been sacrificed to save tKe
com, end - this year thousands qf
bushels -of fine soy bean seed,, and
thousands cf tons of hay -pi the hijh
esi feeding, value, have been turned
itito the landi But this croo will erne
! back in next yearV farming, and a
never tires, and it .never has to be
coaxed. Thank God . for some arte
sian wells in every congregation,. trji
MdCK then described how he "was
born again one night seventeen years
ago and how he knew it. And herM the Lord.
again ne g t a iountain i
when he ti i . t the first ti,. J
found out 'i ;t he loved tin
brethren i 1 I , ivnity. A. ragge
little negit L y fattened his no
against the wiiulow of hia briehtf
illumined shop t end looked longing
in, scratchu g a little bare black 1
with one toe, ai l showing hunger
every glance. -i.Jack went out I
put his hatt.1 on the 'little black? J
and said, "V -re's your pa and m.
"JJey daid." - ' .
"Where do you eat?" ' : ' "
"I eats Whenever . somebody, f
me sumpin." .: "
, Where o you sleep?'"
; "I been 'sleenin' ' down" dere
box.',' - , '
And "Mat was one of Mack't
evidences that he loved the brt
and at least One man in the c
gation , thought this testirffcn
better than1 any that the preacj
given,' from Lis singing stars
to his own happy home. J
Then came. the illustration.
basket of frt'lt from Canaan,
was intended to drive home tf
of the practical fruits of chri:
Moses had to 1 the spies td
Canaan' and bring back eacl
ket full of -the fruits of tb
a nroof thtt 1 v had actu
in Canaan. I
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ikow, i vi. in you oei
naan, have' 1 iiie new -know
that h i "l ave salva
right. Get t:. r" lisket ott
it ud and sUi t down the sti
that, you; 4a? been in -f
brought ba
in some p
long auffe
goodness, ! 'f e - gentler
i flekness,;t.v i a lot of i
When yon, tor ,1-cohtHi
slap yourWp.. td in the
great J big 1 rou;,h ; ban1
give- people' ;piece 'of f
big that you on't have
pour your, ba; Vet plum
ning over jith lov
love sloshes t from '
when you w k down
some white lur'n says
ger has no. religion,'. Ji
ket.'" -" -Then
Rev, Nelsonr
"God wants noe but
God don't wanti ng
I'm going down to i
.- dan some-of tht
I'm goin' to cross i
v ferry some of th
I'm going to meet mj
these days." , !
And the songs em
service with Rev.-(
engaged wiightily in ;
ens of them shouti
what , you i"a
basket- t or.
some , joy,1, th
three minutes, by forward passes
-Swift to Sellers and Swift to Hsndor
eon. ' Cut latter, that Hhey ' were
6cotcl.f i in thefr excellent forward
pass a ack, when Monroe got on to
i' Pnd Iroke it. up, ,Greensboro was,
1 -over. 1 1, yinir most. of the game in
t .e ioni ue territory au ox mo
these plants will bring the garden
snot of ProsDect 'much -nearer to tns
winners.'-They took the brjland car-ideal -arde.i snot. -' - ' .
ried it over for -a" touchdawn within j , The student body of Prospect High
ocrtaoi iiumosis tnuunu. Hun
dred and each Monday morning
bring? hew ones. y. '
.Prof. W.. F. Starnes has donated to
the school libra-y thirty-five useful
volumes; .Let (Tar friends follqw his
example. - ' ,s ' ' "
'DO' you think they will get them
f and tiirpatening to score repeat-j to ring?' was the question several
v l it the Monroe boys iougm. times asuea ta-uay wnen vui eie.:i,i(-
i'm f i anil xne nno .neia -v-nt, b-uwi v "i
-t-t' 1 visitors were compelled to' srs. ' Bronco plyler and Edwin Roarers,
0..e attempt at a goal ' wa3 set ahout wiring the school building
" 1 to the third period. for an electric signal system. The
h l 's than four minutes to piay .question Jvas answeraa wneu cui
' j very much liter-a tie wis rent was turned on and a little bell in.
'C eacn room oi ine ouuuf i-uiieu -reef
c3, or a cl e of re - "'s. The
t. f' d ana ' vounar electricians not way naae me
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NEW DRY CLEANING
. PLANT TO BE MODEL
The new dry cleaning plant which
has just been installed in Monroe by
the Union Dry Cleaning Company,
will be used as a model' demonstra
tion' plant for this section , by the
manufacturers' of the. machinery. The
plant is just like those used in the
largest-cities, except as to. size.1 Mr.
Motte G. Shepherd, one of the 'stock
holders who will have oversight of
the plant, is sales agent for the .ter
ritory for Virginia and the Carolinas,!
and the plant will be used for remon
strating the machinery to parWs who
wish to overhaul their old plants or
put in hew ones. , ". ' ' ;
The local company has . put . in a
plant that cost between five and ten
thousand dollars, it being installed
by factory experts, and is now ready
for local- U3e. Claude " W. I'oore is
president and manager or, e com
SHOTS FROM C
' MACK'S
The most magni
the futility of fai '
Lord Clive. Britiai
nuity of 21,000 pou ;
estate and mighty.
turn from Indian, b
garret he pulled a
his brains...
It's more than pq;
more -than, a big''
popularity; it's Je
No man will de
without1 the power
produces the desin
, The heat is at
and any good thou
Holy Spirit
, The fact that yc
tonight proves thi
to win you. t -
If you have ad.
for God, yield- to.
uked t
In t'e i
( t " '
r f on. 1
r i e f 'e 1
a tuiii lidown
' t- t' " e '
more room
.y r
ara-i t
' n) "me by there i? s
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on
cn e-)ch (ft et'r
piny, id btarsc.d, a diy t. r of jou to-tne joy oi,
wide experience, will have c rye Riches are co-
gratify and give
a time but they 4
You will - be I '.,
only for. what yo ;
d a jof the d y clo)nir.?r di partmer.t. I.r.
!i but- Shepherd e
School I pie to fvlor
i.'ts to bnns mnny f0'
e to si tins r t -nd
-w . . 1 . . i I . 1 I . ' 1 I 1 1 . , L . k. X . . 1 1
; rooms, it is Si.M tuat tne rurre oiiit wui r e ht at w 10 i c
t' 'i -scheme is to prevont ti'-e 1 rofes- andef-npy . all t..e t- 'e.
f j f.-o-i s .... ; on ea i oin r's i patrons wul be -given a s' 1
on
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iisen
rf t
in v
A f d-iya s
wtie t 'i . i
n t C"""' V, F I
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;o the Prn-;
tlie public
l t 1 v s i
- vice. As so' i
.t boys good rnnnirT Oi
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f ..::. l cn f o 17 :
1 'at'
v 1
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men oi
1 tv-t
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f tlie
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dry wui be n -t
j iete Luis!;' i v
1 ST-
as everj .ci'-is in
r a v t. wiiMi l.iuii-
i f'l, an l i. ter a comi
k laundry.' , ;
Local I what you mijrht h 1
NOTIC" T 1 " r
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been right w ith C
, It takes a msjt
kneel before JcUi
ers 'ae loVjig,
There are men ;
said a prajr sift'
I lay me c!u'n tt
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