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THE MONROE JOURNAL
Published Each Tuesday and FrUay.
JOHX BEASLET. Editor.
92.UO a Year, Ca-4i I" Advance.
NEWS & INTERVIEWS i
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Sidelights on Monroe, and
Union County Life.
Common labor has advanced from ,
r .. i e j .. ... .... hu A .
A notice to discontinue The Journal ; . . or emulover..!
to unnecessary, as we "nderetana tnat . BrickUyrn .hich g nirwl for 5
jOU QO hoc waul lur p-i J
4o not renew your subscription.
tw wili t . mnd rot " h ao 0 MM M t 0 8 0 00 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 fr
tinued. "Gardner ha few adherents. I 0M"M
sentiment tor .omson is increasing '
daily, and 1 wouldn't be surprised, to
see Morrison get two vote to Pate's
one."
TUESDAY'. MAV 4. Ittttl.
a day twelve months a to." said tfci
man. "are now pelting $12 a day lor
tea hours work. There is strong com
petition for labor between va-iou
contractors, and the mate seal" t.iav
advance again in short while.'' On
contractor, who has contracts fir ev
en large jobs, has but one brio ma
son in his employ. Another con
tractor, who made estimate o:t work
- oik M'Htxtij ii;;iJ.
Union county is laeu ns behind in
education. Anson county, our neigh
bor, has forsed ahead of us in many I wht1, maJ jj.jo, and mason. IS
respects. unless there Is a revl-'am fio, stands to lose a consido'i'ile
val of interest in our second most es- Jum. it is said. H'Kh acM paid o
sen,, ias.Hut.on. our cottaty will .B?X?I
drop tonatds the bottom of the J.st Mtfimie, ,,iaUM ,re be in is fore. .1 t -C.f
pauper educational counties. Al-. make drastic reductions in lho!
roady fifiy-fivo counties iu the state 'are because they feel it would i.-,
PCy their teacher, more than we d, j -J M , .... j
The fault Ik's with the people, not the jIrj(.(j m, also r'.wciag i.i ii'i d:.'- s
system, nor the administrative head, j acuity in gating an adoiiua'-' mi plv '
Dr V C Brook, v.ho spoke here of labor ut fhir-prices. 0:ie lat-e
ftiiarUav. d.-clared Mr. IMy Funder-1 J"nrrfc, ' ' l""
' , , $50 a month ntid board all the ear-
burk. who l. at t!v.' h.-a.l of . 111 1 1 around. Others are otT-nn.1 fro.,i
county schools. o::e of the best;j5,( ,0 a n,niiih for 'i:i durinF
uperinteiuleuts In the state. With , the plowing and il;mt in-; sejM!. ;
the moral and financial backing of the j
county, he raid. Trof. JuiulerburV Mf statea. who 'lives on
could brinu our schools up to a Ir ; Varshville K. V. I. N- 2. has a
with the best in the state ithiti five ! grievr::oe of Ions standinc against i
iThe J.n'tnal force. A number of
' I. ' . 'vears a-o. when he first subscribed1
No county can be greater than i'.frtr he ,h(1 ,,rin,er. j,, .t.K j
schools. The training for citizenship j hjg nanle n for ihe subscription list. I
starts in the schoolroom, and unless it i omitted one of the t in his surname.
our future dti- making it read "M. .at. .
,imen are tanner av.ny irom .r..- mm ;
I than Mr. Staten. Me is one oi tne
is of the proper sort.
zens will not be endowed with the
primary requirement of success. We
need larger and better schools, and
l.:ore efficient teachers. There is only
one way to pet them, and that is to
accord more financial support to tae
board of education.
leadini: citizens in his community, a
ecr.l fi-rmer. and one wh lakes a
great interest in his school and co:i
uitmity welfare.
To lllrstrate the n-.t,.evr.rs f;-.ns
Dr. Brooks is courts :il thai I'rof. .and fancies vvliu n t.ie vu mi pus
, . , i . ,. ' ooi.t-nd with in li.ls .iv and nine.
Fumlerburk can rev-lntiomze out , . c. Brook.. :..?! a tnas
schools if he is given adequate sup-; t(1. fll, H(i,ilve cll ,j.icitin in the
port. This puptr belUves he can do Oo,tri house here .;-l,'ulay tiioming,
it as f.rmlv as does Dr. Broo'is; and ' re;:te; this moiv:
"A... ..." ....f , i -Two mea. v.ho -vetv wan.Itrinp
once they realize the iiu.'nr"ance of
better school.; will y.o tlie limit on
education.
I!OHVi:K M McAhOO.
It is becoming more app.iivnt every
day tliat Herbert Hoover will bo ;lie
Reptiblic.ui nominee lor presideui.
and William G. McAdoo. the Demo
cratic. The former will win the nom
ination as a compromise candidate; ,
while Mr. McAdoo wili be the logical
choice of his party.
A bitter light is being waged in ihe
Republican party b Joluwon. Wood ,
and Lowdeu. Neither of tlie thrne, j
observers belli ve, can r-'ore harmo
ny iu the discordant ranV.s, mid some
one acceptable to the partisans of all
the present candidates will have to be
chosen If the Republican party hopes
to gain control of the administration.
This is why Hoover has such an ex
cellent opportunity to win the nomi
nation. He is a member of tfo fac
tion, he is not radical in his views,
nor unalterably opposed to the
League of Nations pact, like Johnson.
A nation-wide straw ballot, con
ducted by the Literary Digest, shows
Mr. McAdoo is the choice of the Dem
ocrats. None of the presidential pos
sibilities in his party, except Governor
Edwards, are making appreciable
showings, and the New Jersey gov
ernor hasn't a chance because he
Itands for nothing except 3 4 per cent
Jferi or a liberalizatio.i of the Vol-
stead act.
Mr. McAdoo would r.ake a very ac
ceptable candidate to the South. He
is a Georgian by birth; he Is familiar
with Southern conditions; and he Is a
friend to the South, as demonstrated
In the early days of the Wilson ad
ministration when he thwarted the
plans of "Wall Street to cause a panic
by refusing to furnish the necessary
money for the movement of the cot
' ton crop.
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Best in the world
cft
We sell them
and Fisk sundries, too
COBLE'S CASH GARAGE
mis . r.e i. were
: ; o a. i to c a drove !iot iiun
lii? pill tnei: lovi a path Sudden
ly, mi'ch to the iislonishmeui of the
me-', the hogs stopped running.
' 'Wh ifs the matt r with those
hogs 7' th men asked each other'ul-mo.-t
simultaneously.
Aimi'i time t!ie he is began
ins'.ing through the woodn r.itin.
Alter covering a short distance, they
halfd In their tracks. A few sec
onds Liter they began running again.
"Mnch puzzled, the men conlmuen
their Journey. In the next stretch of
woods they came across an old man.
who stood dejectedly agniust a tree.
v.i:h a downcast face. -My friend.'
one of the- men said, as he approach
ed him. "can you tell us what is the
manor vith those hogs who rnn so
fast through the woods?'
"The old limn slowlv raised his
head, and In a low-, gutturl whisper,
replied:
" 'I was once considered the best
hog raiser in the county. Mv lioz.
plways weighed the most, and my
drove suffered less from life inroads
of disease than anv other drove in
this section. I had Ihetn so well
trained that tiny would obey tny com
mands, even though thev were hun
dreds of yards away. To call them
in. I had only to planit.
" Unfortunately, last year I lost
my voice. At a loss as to how to
control my hogs. 1 finally conceived
the pnn of calling them to tne by
heatlnz a tree with a stick. That was
In the fail of the vrar. and the idea
worked ttccessfu!lv until fining
cptue. Now every time the rind rus
tics In the leaves, the hogs think I nni
cal'lug them, and rush head over
heels to get to the sound.
" 'Friends, my hogs are simply run-
nlnj themselves lo death!' "
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Horses and Fire. '
Mane peopl Klieve a iiee, when
the barn Is on fire, will not leave the
sti'hle unless It Is blind - folded
and lead out. In most raes this
holds ?ood. but when Mr. T. 0. Lee's
ham caught Xre last we-?k. the
horses rushed oil when M. Pani Lee,
son of Mr. T. C. Lee. nuened the
door. Ver.rs ago, -'nen Mi. Henry
Shutr's ham was burned. C was not
necessary to blindfold the horses.
They, like Mr. Lee. rushed to safety
when the doors were opened.
Mr. J. L. Moore's sorrel horse
however, refused to walk our of its
stable Saturday mornln.T when its
barn caught fire. Mr. Modio, who
saved his valuable milk cows first,
was unable to blind-fold and lend his
horee to safety because of the intense
heat. He managed to open the door,
ihlnklng the hore would walk ouf.
hut It stood In Its track tit; it It fell
to the groum' from the cfi'ocis of the
heat and smoke.
Some say a horse will not leave the
barn because It considers thu stable
a place of safety. When the flames
break out all around the horse, the
helpless animal, evidently thinking
everything Is burning, chooses to stay
in the stable.
Keeping History Straight.
"Esq. Henry McWhtrter was mis
taken in stating 1888 was a bad crop
year." remarked Esq. T. C. Eubanks
of Buford township to the News A
Interviews man yes'erdny. "It was
I In 18S9 when the crops were a fail
ure. I remember this so well because
I was married In 1888." h continued.
("That year I stayed with my father,
ind we made a fairly good crop. The
next year, in 1889, I started farming
for myielf. Not only was Ihe whole
Icounty Icte In getting the cotton plan
1 ted. but on the night of Sept. 26 a
heavy frost fell. Less than a month
Hater, on Oct. 8. the country experi
enced a regular freeze, and the crop
was almost ruined." ,
Morrison landing ut Wlngate.
"You were wrong In stating that
Wlngate was for Page." said Esq.
Kemn Hefois, who hails from that
vlclnltv. to th writer th other dar.
"Morrison will carry Wlnfate, Jut
Tlie Kvperieiice ! a Manduille Un
in Catholic Church.
Mr. Frank Hasty, of MarsArille.
who was in Monroe Monday, had sev
eral of his friends laughing at an ex
perience he had in a North Carolina
city some time ago when, he wan
dered into a Catholic church. "I had
no reason for entering the church."
he said, "but followed another man
in just for curiosity. 1 got along all
right until I came to the altar, where
the man in front of me had 'dipped
his finder in holy water. 1 tried to
do the same thing, but waa stopped
by two of the priests, who stood near
me. 'Are ou a member of this
church?" one of them asked. No.' I
replied. Suroiised that a non-member
should enter the sacred ortals.
the pr'ests ordered the church door
closed. 1 stoenl there almost paralyzed
wi'h f-ar. Beads of perspiration ap
peared on my face, though saaw was
on the groond. Turnia to me, a
prirs. said: 'You have polluted the
v.?'er. I remained quiet. nat aid
voj i..ean bv dipping ynor finger liiftV
. .T 1. .. 1. J I V
tne noty waier. I cl hwii.iaa
W.-ll sir ' I renlied I haw alwivslii
heen told to do in Rome ns Roman:
do.' This i".adi t'u fatness smile.
"You aie pardoned.' said one. as he
opened the door for me to snak my
exit. Needless to state. I was thank
ful to gain my freedom."
.News Krui Corinth.
Monroe Kt. 5 Mr. Edward Spit
tle who has made hii home In Wash
ington. I). C. for a number of years
has decided to return to I'uion coun
ty to live. During ihe winter he vis
ited his brothels, Messrs. R. S. and
J. S. Spittle and other relalirea.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Swaringen and
little daughters. Yvonne and Vlrfrtnia
Lee. of Charlotte came down Sunday
to visit the Utters parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. V. Tucker. Mrs. Maggie
Franklin of Matthews spent the week
end with friends and relatives in this
community.
Rev. K. M. liaigler tells his con
gregation that he will not fill his ap
polntimnt at Corinth the third Sun
day In this month as he will attend
the Southern Baptist Convention
which meets in Washington, D. C
May the twelfth. We are having a
fine Sunday school at Corinth these
days and tlie attendance grows larger
with each fair Sunday.
Since the land has gotten dry
enough to work our farmers ari put
ttlng in the'r cotton seed in a hurry.
Crop prospects are somewhat brigh
ter "H."
New Arrivals
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Ready - to -Wear Deparment
SPORT COATS
AND
COAT SUITS
Have your lyes Tested mid Glasses
Filled by
Mi. Il VAi:i I1TII
who Mill In- in his olllee li llelk
Itiinity HiilMing on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday mid Saturday, May Kl, 11.
12 Mini 15 only.
IOTTFI I'LANTS OF ALL
KINDS. OV SALE THW
WFKK.
CODE MORGAN
At t "nloii Diuit Co. IMione 221.
RF-SAI.E OF LAND IV GOOSE
CHKKK TOWNSHIP.
Under and by virtue of an order of
R. W. Lemmond, Clerk of the Supe
rior Court of Union county, made in
an ex parte special proceeding by J.
C. Brooks, next friend of Espie Bau
com, Clavton Baucom and Mamie
Baucom, heirs of Win. S. Baucom, de
ceased, to which special proceeding
reference is hereby craved for a more
particular description, we, the under
signed commissioners, will on
Saturday, the 22ml day of May,
A. D., 1920, at twelve o'clock at the
court house door In Monroe, N. C,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder the following describ
ed real estate, to-wit:
1st Tract: Beginning on a spruce
pine on the bank of Crooked Creek
and runs N. 85 E. 27 chs. to a W. 0.
bv 2 pines In J. M. York's line;
thence S. 1-2 W. 23.60 chs. to a white
oak and pine. J. M. Love's corner;
thence S. 6 W. 29 chs. to R. O. and
P. O.; thence N. 10 W. 10 chs. to a
stake In the Long branch by 2 ash;
thence N 11 E. 1.40 chs. to Crooked
Creek: thence down the various
courses of said creek to the begin
nlning containing 6.7 acres, more or
less, and being the same tract of land
conveyed by J. C. Sikes. administra
tor of C. M. Furr to W. S. Baucom by
deed dated Jan. 2, 1889, registered
In Book 36 page 82.
2nd Tract: Beginning at a stake by
a sourwood on the cliffs of Richard
son Creek, H. R. Prltchard's corner,
and rum with his line N. 45 E. 10
chs to his other corner stake; thence
S. 86 W. 12 chs. to a stake by a pine
and cedar In a large branch; thence
down and with said branch 20 chs.
to a haw bush by a W. O. and P. O.
and Ash; thence S. 33 E. 34 chs. to
a small sycamore by ash and birch
pointers on bank of Richardson
Creek; thence down and with said
creek to the beginning containing
sixty-two and one-half acres, more or
less. See Book 56 page 446. The
Interest to be sold In the second
tract Is a 1-T undivided Interest.
Terms of sale qne third cash and
balance In six month from date of
sale, title to be retained nnti all of
the purchase money Is pai In f wilt
deferred payments to bear interest at
tbe rate of sis per cent, or purchaser
may pay all cash and obtain title.
Bidding will begin on first tract at
$1,334; on second tract at 88S.
This 4th day of May. 1920.
J. C. BROOKS, and . .
JOHN C. SIKES, Commissioners.
g.Ouf buyers have been very successful in
fl buying real values in Suits and Sport
it Coats and we are putting them on sale
at from 1-3 to 1-2 less than first of season
$25 Sport Coats
l Just arrived in Velour, good QC H QT
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New Suits
Will pay to buy a Suit and
save for later at these
prices. $55 Serge Suit at
$35
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Bin Department
Stores Is One
Reason Why We
Sell it for lAa,
Belk Bros.
Carolinas' Larjrest Distributors of
RELIABLE MERCHANDISE.
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Stores Is One
Benson Why We
Big Department
Sell It for Leas.
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