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THE MOVROE JOmXAL. TOITUr. PECFfBFR 19. 1919.
THE MONROE JOURNAL fJ'"',? K?
rounded in 1S94 by the present lh r m- he aw his lirsl
ner, and publishers. G. M. and R. fniml rrwlfh'i
; ...... v ... VV
j flyer, was iviiiK a exhibition in the A.
owners
T Beasley
JOHX lKALKY, Kditor.
PuMihImsI Kacli TuMlay ami Friday.
with Lutbery. He
bad lost hi
mechanician a' SuUon. and all exhi-
. ; TT bitious iiiiisl vait until he could se-
f 1.50 a Year. Invariably la Advance. ;cut, atlo;her ,u tlair he had urg-
nr tea nauve aner uaiie in irnu :;un iu,
The Journal Building, corner
Jefferson and Beasley Streets.
but none would undertake so eriloiis
an occupation.
"One motning." he said, "a young
man detached himself from the circle
A notice to discontinue The Journal that surrounded me and came up
Telephone No. 19.
la unnecessary, as we understand that About my height, well put together, ;
you do not want the paper when you jeyes frank and loyal, with a perpetual X
oo not renew your subscription. 'smile on hi lips, he struck me at once aa
H in i
1 wu
it
n:nY. Kit :iitt:i: l, l1.
Another OpMirtuiiity l'a..l I .
"ias being honest.
I " "You want a
asked me.
! " Certainly,' 1 sa
mechanician?'
he
1. "Are you a
Tk . ! . ,. . , 'mechanician?'
Through procrastination 1 nion has. -x,
probably lost us best o;.ponunii .. kmiw ain lhiM!. a.
to eUvt a mau !o Con-. aero,,,. ,.! ?'
ress. Two i.uiinhs n-o il v.s known 1 .. .
in Monroe th.t iheie was a strong! ...',,, whv do von bother i.'C?
likelihood of Mr. Uobi.ison retiring! vm, M.V11K ,0 be fullll?.
from the Hoi. e. but it was then, 'JuI a moment. replied. 'The
thought there was no necessity for!firs, tj on ever saw a motor -
n.iMe m mingiug out a candidate. I .,,..., ..o.m.e.eni - v., ltur vo.i
Then, later, when it became general
Information that .Mr. I'obtiison was
seriously inclined to t; u ti public life,
the dislricl v(i to the fact that a
feat In Congress might be had to the
rian w til ins to , er a I is tie effort,
and two counties. Uando'ph and An
son, post haste put out candidates in
learned it. Why can t I d.i the same?
I an not afraid of wotk. You show
me a thing once, and I will remember
it always. You will never regret il if
you take me.'
"His reasoning was full of logic.
His method was original. I ;
land I will say that never have
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Your Xmas Buying Early!
Just a Few More Days to Do Your Christmas Shopping, and We
Advise Early Buying. Practical Gifts for Every Member
of the Family or Friend.
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the person of Mr Hammer from ihe;a WMrv lU.V(eJ. m,e intelli-
former, and Mr. llrocl; from the lat
ter. I'nioii comiiy. which probably
first possessed the knowledge of the
impending vacancy in th district,
now finds itself in the predicament of
demanding recognition without a can
didate offering for the place. Such a
condition does not speak well for the
political sagacity of the local Demo
cratic leaders.
No one can reasonably deny fnion
county's claim to recognition in the
ieventh district, but who can blame
Messrs. Hammer and Brock for enter
ing the race when they had no assur
ance that this county would even put
out a man for the office '' Had I'nioii
county presented a siroim candidate
for Consiress to the rest of the disllict
two weeks auo it mklit have been
possible that the other conn lies in the
ditstvict. yieldiiii: to the logic of our
claim, would have remained silent,
ii nd Riven our man 'lie riiilu of way
to Wasl'ineioii.
The damage is a'n.idy done, but
we hope it is not irreparable. I'ossi
bly, by actintr now. a I'iroi! eounn
c:incii!iile could enter 'he race Willi
-vin c,l.!:t on hi.- side: !nir ine noldeii
opporH.ni; of a lield clear ! himseif,
as often d two or three weeks iil'o.
may iie tr be ;ir - etii ed i e a 'ii e her lo
cal man aiMi a.-pira'ious in enter
Conn less.
sent and more useiui. .vioieover. -t
his boy has hum: his hat in every,
count ry in the world. He is not a
man; he is an ency lopaedia. He can
tell yon what the weather is in a niy-,
en season in Japan, in America, or in
j France. He observes everything: and,
'once he ha-s noticed it. it is engraved ;
ion his memory. His name is Kaoul ;
;i.utbery. and he spent his childhood '
in the vicinity of Bouixes. If I re-,
turn with him. von will see what a:
i sympathetic character chance has.
; tii row n in my way."
Kai-nil l.afbery: In the fear that
'Pourpe would not lake him as a me
ichaiiic if he thouuht hint a foreicner. .
i I.ulbeiy. w ho spoke French like a na
jtive. to'ld him his name was l.afbery. '
LADIES' SILK HOSIERY
Mol C(sni;ibte Line cf Silk Hosiery Ever Had.
(loiMon Silk Hosiery $1.50, $1.93. $'150, $2.95
MARTEX BATH TOWELS
In h'.rge range of patterns, fancy borders, etc.,
from 25c to $1.50
Other (uhhI Makes from
$1.00 to $4.95 Martex Bath Mats.
LADIES' KID GLOVES
Ir. Suitable Colors for Coat Suit $2.50 ami $2.95
THE HANDKERCHIEF DEPARTMENT IS
COMPLETE
Martex Bath Towels, set
$1.00, $1.50 and $2.00
$1.50 to $6.00
Ladies' Civne-de-Chine Handkerchiefs
2oc
up
l.iianltnn the
i I'niiii '1'lie Yoatii's t'ompaiiion.
1-ev. people luive any idea ol lite
eiioriiio.is auiouni ot Miiiinim- that
civilians '"ive cal I ed on s.iiiv the
Hiiiish army lias oec:,pi.-it the il'iino
!and, and el I he eM rao. diiiat meth
ods lo which the tieiniatis have re
soiled.
Ii v.a only b cli.-'.uce that ti.e i'oi
bidden 1 1 ;i tilt- was (iiseovered. ('no
day a Ueeii scum at one of ihe coii-
llll t lie I : -out ;i l lie, i en
1 'i (e el ! '.ou w a!
Tie- si'iii i y mi Ul
Ladies Silk Handkerchiefs, hundreds to select
from 25c to $1.50
FUR NECK PIECES
Are very nice for gifts. Large selection $25.00
to $S5.00
BATH ROBES FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE
FAMILY; ALSO SHOES TO MATCH,
PRICED FOR LESS.
MEN'S SILK HOSE
Phoenix Pure Silk Hose, lack, White, Navy,
Cordovan, priced
Better Grade Silk Hose
Men's Lisle and Cotton Hose
$1.00
$1.50
10c, 25c, :'.5c, 50c.
MEN'S AND BOYS NECKWEAR
In best colors, Taupe, Brown and Black.
Men's Mercerized Mufflers .
Men's Pure Silk Mufflers
Men's Silk Ties
50c. 75c, to $1.50
$2.00 to $0.00
50c, 75c, $1.00 up to $:5.00
Kc.iali M;iUes It Hot for M.M.e-boi-els.
Mr. V. 1!. Keziah. a I'nioii loni iy
man now sojiutrui y ins; in rnlumbiis
'oiiniy as editor of The V!ut v illc
New s-Kepoi i it. is making it hot for
blockaders in his mrU. of the woods.
3 ,i the last issue of his paper he had
the followiiia; to say of the liuht treat-!
nient accorded these law breakers in
the courts: )
A term of criminal court convenes1
this week.
At this writing there ate thirteen;
men out under bonds of live hundred j
dollars, each, or else in jail uvvaiiiniti
trial al this term of court for man-!
ufitcturina liquor. Many of them
were taken red handed, in every case
the evidence is said lo he abundant-'
ly sufficient lo insure conviction. ;
The law abiding people of Coliim-;
bus want to see the end of the Iraf-i
fie that is debasins: Ihe voiini; man-j
hood of our county. The sheriff, in'
arresting these men lias done hts;
t ! 1 1 1 posts
w oiiia u i i' abi:'
1 1 i s.- Ills 1
iml :i mi' I si a iid 'I . .itsd I
in- 'n i.l'uvv the w oei.i'i
.e did. -ci he .'oddeil
lintel ,i I'd dlsl o l ed
ol ! r ledy was due to
butler eoiicea'.ed Had
'i'iiai day war on
:e v. as II. I' Ul
to , a-' uu' i!
her w nh l.i-
ibat the s.e
ii a qnaiii ity of
r her cloihiiu.
t he stnusjsb rs
22
IV.K )l Mlltl
Sluivs i ttne
Kec-ui Why We
S. 11 it for l.e.
Belk Bros.
J&f Carolinas' Largest Distributors of
RELIABLE .MERCHANDISE.
22
Hiu Ocpaitniciit
stoiiH Is On
Honsoii Why We
Sell It for lies.
lieL.ui. fiveiniialh ih" tri't'fie wa.
so iiinly ortanied that it en qui"
beyond the control of the existing
svsteiu, and an inventive brain evolv
ed i lie idea of a 'flyins: column" of
iiien and
loihes and put it off any limner.
Alexander Mosely reports that he
l.i.heves ihe tl.-as have ubout all tone
women searchers to swoop j ji(o wj1(M. ua,iers, as his docs arc!
ilnwn iioevnecled v on railway sta
tious, to hold up trains bound fur the
neutral zone, ami m search svsieni
niicallv every man. woman and child,
as weli as ali parts of the train it-'lf.
In one form a-ht more than four
humlred thousand ciarettes and
nearly a ton of soap were recovered.
Women were discovered carry ing cof
fee in specially made corsets and pet
ticoats, which consisted of a sack
hanuini: down in front, and one at
either hip; fur coals, boas, and even
dutv and cone lar as the law allows, j ,1,1..,i.w .,n,i ,,i, inie frames were
The ending of the mailer rests with s,.,;-f,.d Wi,h cifiaretts. Tins made lo
the Judge who pronounces sentences M ,)(. veiitilalors in railwav carri-
next week; with the solicitor vvlui ...,, small boxes tacked to the hot
brinus out Ihe evidence anainsl the
attached
Mollis Ol Seats. It lit 'lUm.i
accused men and the jury w ho hears j tl) )le ax(1 llll(jer the train and hidden
the evidence and decides whether or ( . Ih .,,,..1 i1H ,.ni:ine were discov-
not it is sufllcieut to convict.
To find a man guilty of niaiiufac-
titrinii liquor and then to lax him
with only a umall fine is to approach
utartlinply close to bribery. The
profits from their business are such
fhat a little line is little more than
a lax and the next day after he pays
it he can make a run for about
fnoiich money to pay the fine and
to recompense him for the lime he
lost In attendance at court. The av
erape moonshiner does not cive a ran
for being arrested if lie knows he is
to eel off lisrht.
ered. Two ingenious meihods adopted
after dark were lo place parcels
wrapped in black paper on the top
of l rains and Iraiucars and lo liaitp
packages from the compartment
doors on ihe side a way from the plat
form, l-'.veu the false bottom of the
hag that a nurse carried contained
one thousand cigarettes.
A subaltern in charge of a search
ing partv that boarded an oulward-
novv resting belter.
A pretty snow scene was put on at
ihe sleigh'l-oMiand show al ihe Wilu
1'ose school house last night. Several
lame lakes of the snow fell into Zero
Peek's coal collar and went down his
back. He says it was not a bit cold
but ii caused several of the specta
tors to shiver.
Silt Sims has nailed up an old zinc
wash tub in his stable for a mule
i rough, lie says his mule eats one or
Ivvu wood troughs every wittier and
he will ity him on this liielal feed
pan this winter.
Miss Petunia Helcher is trying to
"make up" with Yam Harlow. Vain
claims to know what is the matter
and will let her try till alter I'hrist
mas and if she still seems to be in
the notion he w ill consider her over
lures. Yam says he has a little more
seiwe cverv vear along some lines.
Hub Smothers, the Hogville grocer,
savs the fuel administrator's order is
prettv hard on his business, as he
was Just barely getting by when they
would let him sell all day.
Sile Sims was seen looking al the
Christmas presents in a show win
dow at Piimpkinville a tew nays ag
$1.25 TO $4.00
$3.50 TO $6.00
bound Spa-llerlm express train one Widow of the Hear
Ol I . ... . . .... ,, i,i m
; r o I'll lieiglliioi noon nun r ' c;-i
nnw I
How l.ufbery I .earned to Kl v
At seventeen years of age Kaoul
Lofbery, who afterwards became one
of the most famous of American avia
tors, ran away from his father's home
in Wallingford, Connecticut, and set
off by himself to see the world. He
nent three years wandering among
the cities of France, the home of his
maternal ancestors, working at any
Job he could find to get his funds to
carry him to the next haven of his de
al re.
From Marseilles, says Mr. Laurence
La T. Driggs in Hemes of Aviation,
h sailed for Algiers. Thence he
went to Tunis, to Kgypt. through the
Balkan States to Germany, thence to
South America; and finally, afler
three years' absence from home, he
returned, in 1!I06. to Wallingford.
After a vear at home Lufbery again
net out. This time he enlisted in our
regular army. He served two years
in the Philippines, where he won all
the prizes for shooting. He was the
best marksman in his regiment.
Quitting the arm v. he ran through
Janan and China. Then he went to
India. Here he found employment
as ticket collector In the railway
station at Bombav.
One dav a tall native presented
himself before the ticket taker.
"Tin you want a ticket?" askei
Lufbery.
"Say 'sir' when you speak to me,"
replied the Indlen.
Lufbery, with ready decision,
cat'ght the native hv the small of the
tick and deposited hint outside the
tat ion. A few moments later he was
mmmoned before the authorities and
in the course of the brief interview
that followed learned that he had as
rsttlled the richest nd most power-f'-t
merchant of Bombay.
Leatring Bombay, Lufbery found
night happened to notice a pieci
soap protruding from uiiiiet neai 11 . m . i, is , thought
cushion. On pulling Hie ciisnion ne , V(1nlal.jlv buv one. I
The Postmaster notes the only.
reduced since the war is post
whole of it came away. nisciosniK i
sna and numberless coils of elastic.
basket balls
holler skates
volley balls
pi
art of the train the of-1 "linl
In another
licer sa w
cloihes whom lie at once recognized
as a man who had passed tiirougn
about three weeks before in Ihe garb
of a Ilussian officer. His suspicions
were aroused and the man was
searched : on him were found receipts
for the elastic, which had been pur
chased In Saaibriirken for eighty-five
thousand marks, and a letter from a
Ilerlin renuesting him to
He has always regarded
ii German dressed m civilian . , f ,imiry.
i THE IXNOCKNT BYSTANOKK. "
I Standing around on the slices isiB
'one of the most dangerous occupa-jB
! tinns a man can follow. It may not
i ,, un ai first elance but it Is true.
The police look upon the bystander
I with grave suspicion. If a brick falls
i f..i n hiBh building, the bystander
i. oiunv. there to prevent It from
FOOT BALLS
BICYCLES
BOXING GLOVES
$3.00 TO $13.50
inlo the eountrv.
the smuggler did
loitrney that day.
doing any damage to the sikewalk
ieisuio
innocent
t l,nll
smuggle nve itiousano pans .-, ".., Ihat so many persons
Nepdless to mv,'1""'"".. ., i...,..i
,m,r , ,:if..iw ihis occupation, yet
not continue n ''M(ffl a.p bpromln(f more mi
nieroiis each year.
A Bit of a Facer
A mail, says The
graph
comnlained of the conduct of
his son. He related to a friend all
the young man's escapades.
"You should speak to him with
firmness and recall him to his duty,"
said the friend.
Ttn.ie will he a box supper at Mid-
Weekly Tele-1 ,ay BChn0 in ufotd township Sat
urday night. Dec. SUtll. I ne ,noeeeu
will go to the school Improvement
fund.
i
There will be a box supper at Mt.
Piosnecl traded school house next
"1 have of course: but he pays not i Thursday evening. Dec. 25. The pro
die least attention to what 1 say. He j rPe,ig E0 l0 the benefit of the schot l.
listens only to the advice 01 ioois, i TnP ,,nr));r s cordially Invited.
wish you wot'.ui talK to nun.
Hogville Local News.
SPECIAL for SATURDAY
only, ALAGA Brand Syrup.
Ilogvine, Dec. lit. uape aiisom ... q i.tirL.f T1L.
says its amusing to him to hear what Hs Merit IS V hat ICllS, at
nice fellows they ate when they are , 1 g cen(g a Can, One Can to the
first, mentioned for certain offices and j
then watch developments and see , CilMUnU'l .
what lousy hounds their opponents
make of them Just before election
day.
Zero Peck viewed with alarm the
headlines in the newspapers that
"Clothing Will Be Higher Next
Sprin?." Zero has been putting off
buving for a long time and he does
not see how he can continue to wear
$5.50 TO $7.50
A
CINIMN
J
$5.50 TO $7.50
CROWELIS
VARIETY
STORE,
f
Monroe Hardware Co.
RETAIL DE PARTMEXT.
South Main Street.