The Monroe journal. [volume], November 26, 1920, Image 6

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TilK MOXROK JOlTU KRIIMT. XOYEJTOER 20, 192a
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$3 Wheat
-and
20c Cotton
The Western Wheat Growers Association 3rede- i
manding three dollars per bushel for their wheat. J
The Southern farmer is selling his cotton for twenty
cents and less. If we must have cheap cotton let us
have cheap wheat also. If every farmer in Union
county will sow enough wheat for his own needs he
will not only swat the Wheat Speculator but the Cot
ton Speculator and Doll Weevil as well. Probably
it has not been profitable for some of our farmers
to raise wheat but we believe that where wheat is X
put on good, well prepared soil a few acres would be
profitable to any farmer.
In order to encourage the farmer of Union county to
sow wheat, valuable prizes are being offered for the
best three acre field of wheat. OUR OFFER of $50
first prize and $25 second prize for the best 3-acre
field of wheat all in one field is open to every farmer
of the county with no restrictions as to kind of
wheat, kind of soil nor when or how sown.
We have secured some very fine seed wheat which f
we will distribute among the merchants of Monroe
and urge you to take advantage of this opportunity
to win one or more of the prizes offered and at the
same time make for yourself and family bread for
next year.
Whether this is the period of re-adjustment or not,
it is certainly the time for everyone to proceed with
Caution. The general feeling of lower prices may be
realized and again supply and demand may have to
be reconed with.
HENDERSON ROLLER MILLS CO
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SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
"OWnrr" Sajs IU Artif HW Khoukl
lie Continuous InMrad of
Few Houm Work.
M 1ST ABANDON OLD IDEAS
By OBSERVER.
I ani glad that Mr. Rotter In the
main endorses my remark based
upon the prevalence of drinking in
Monroe on Armistice Day. I think
he and 1 aeree in all essentials. If
there Is a difference it ts not in pur
ple or principle but in method. His
idea Is that while we need all man
ner of means for play and wholesome
recrvaiion 1 went loo far In Intlmat
iug that the rhnirchra should assume
responsibility to furnish the means
I did not wish to make this Impres
sion. I agree with him that the great
function of the church is spiritual
leadership and that its first duty is
to afford means and help for the cul
tivation of spirituality, not only in its
own members directly, but In every
way possible to all. It is method
and detail which cause most of the
controversies in life and we are all
prone to Ignore the ends sought after
by too much stress upon the means.
I think thru is th principal difficulty
with the churches to-day. We hold
on to methods that have ceased to be
ef;leaeious for the end tu view. We
think more of means than ends.
is the spirituality ot the boys iho
go there instead of to the pool rooms.
and of the girls who go there In
stead of to the stuffy Indoor dances.
to be injured? Out. tne answer
mishi be made, what of the spiritual
uiifsion of the church. Is that not
going to be injured? The reply to
that is that the spiritual mission of
the church is to make itself func
tlou In the life of .the people and it
can't do that when the people are
somewhere else .and the church la
closed.
It Is a matter of common knowledge
that people do not attend church
sen ices as they should. Serious stu
dents of the subject predict that the
time Is not far distant when church
attendance will be negligible unless
there are some changes soma where.
If the peopl will not come to the
cnurrb It U the very essence of mis
sions that the church shall go to
them. I mean that if the old forms
of worship do not attract. It is the
part of wisdom to search for new
means to bring the spiritual leader
ship of the gospel into the life ot the
largest number of people possible.
This does not mean that the church
should abandon its spiritual mission
but that it should search for means
; to make It more effective.
The difficulty arises from otir
1 failure to comprehend the idea of the
I wholeness of the Individual as taught
j x''y Jesus. The human being Is com
iiAl Jtdr. X i posed of body and soul and mind.
A AiiftMno I.n.la tit m.,lf
velop, and aid in the petrection or
either is good Christianity. All men
cannot be approached by either one
of the three avenues and it Is in no
way lessening the importance of the
spiritual when we seek to round out
the whole. This is a modern conrep
tlon. though as stated above. It was
amply emphasized by Jesus. The
church is not the only one ot our
agencies that is slow to learn and act
upon the principle, but it is about to
be the slowest. Law, Industry, med
icine, psychology and education are
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! deurv is away from technicalities to-
I ward equity in civil procedure, and
i in criminal procedure the tendency is
away from the old idea of a npeciflc
j punishment for a specific dellmiucn
!cy, toward an examination of the ln-
dividual to see why he committed the
j offense and to aid If possible in re
i Morion him to normal modes or con
j duct. In industries studenis arc
wo. king on the question of fatigue
j as Ii relates to production and on
i the menial and moral attitude of the
i worker towards his work. In medi
cine we are (hiding that mental and
I spiritual disturbances cause the
! brtukuowii of physical function, and
the doctors are more and more ud
1 dressing theimelvcs to the whole in
dividual and not merely to his phy
sical ailments. Physical ailments may
be only symptoms. .Modem pycho
i logy has left the old HH'tapIn sic.il
basis and Is striving for results upon
'a siuily of behavior as symptomatic
In education we are driving towards
moral and physical healthfulm ss as
the indispensable basis for iniellec
1 tual achievement.
The value of credit with a food bank may not
appeal to you until you need it.
Good Credit has been the secret behind many a
large and small fortune.
Without Credit no business or individual can be
permanently successful.
Open an Account at this Dank Now.
Establish your Credit. It will serve
you in time of need.
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In the face or this undoubted
tendency In modern knowledge and
practice Is it the part of wisdom for
the church to shut Its eyes to the
truth and in dread of changing some
of Its older forms and practices
! stubbornly refuse to approach t!.e in
dividual except from one aiiKloT Is
not spirituality in fact a result of the
wholesome functioning of the whole
Individual rather than vice versa?
Jesus first healed the bodily troubles
and then told the people to go and
sin no more. If we find that from
lack of recreation and wholesome
social contact people drink whiskey
and otherwise debase themselves why
Isn't It the business of the church,
which must not forget thai It Is It
self a means and not an end, to do
what It can to remove the things
that stand in the way of the growth
ot spirituality and religion?
SEABOARD
Air Line Railroad
SCHEIULE KFFKCTIVK NOVK
Train, Arrive
No. 14 from Charlotte .... 6.50 a.m.
No. It from Atlanta 1:30 a, m.
No. 34 from nuthcrfordton 10.50 a. m.
No. 6 from Richmond .... 7.65 a. ra.
No. 19 from Wilmington . . 11:20 a. m.
No. 15 from Monroe
No. 29 from Monroe '.
No. SI from Raletgb
and Wilmington 2:40 p.m.
No. 20 from Charlotte 5.50 p.m.
No. 30 from Atlanta 5.60 p. m.
No. 16 from Rutherfordton 9.10 m.
No. 6 from Atlanta 9 35 p. m.
No. 13 from WPmington . . 10.35 p. m.
No. 11 from Portsmouth . . 11:35 p. m.
C. T. HA ft H IT.!
MliER iMith at 12.01 A. M.
Leave
6.55 a. ra. for Wilmington.
6:35 a. m. for Richmond
10:f.o a. m. for Raleigh
and Wilmington
8.00 a. m. for Atlanta.
11.30 a. m. for Charlotte.
8.10 a. m. for Rutherfordton.
11:30 a. m. for Atlanta
2.45 p.
6.00 p.
m. for Rutherfordton
m. for Wilmington.
Monroe.
Monroe.
9.45 for Richmond.
10.45 p. m. for Charlotte.
11: 10 p. m. for Atlanta.
E. W. IXINfl.
I'hlslon Passenger Agent.
Clmrllt, X. C.
While the church Is slow to learn
Its lesson It Is learning It. All of
us lit this section can remember the
time when most of the really good
church members did not believe 'n
having musical Instruments In the
church houses. The fiddle had been
an Instrument of tho detfil, therefore
the violin could not be made to serve
God. Church suppers and parties,
which owe their success not to the
fact that money Is needed for the
church, but to the fact that people
are rtarvlng for social contact, are
still frowned upon by many good
people. And ninny of the objectors
are silenced only by consoling them
selves that they make money which
ran be put to a good enure. In
Greensboro a Presbyterian congrega
tion is building a churcn to cover
four acres of ground. Itut the four
acres are not to be covered by a mas
sive church house to remain closed
six days In the week and about all
day Sunday and nearly empty on all
.Sundays except for ' big occasions.
No, the church building Itself Is go
ing to be of no great pretensions
Out there is to be a swimming pool
on the yard, a ball ground, tennis
courts, a wading pool for the chil
dren aud runny inviting scats and
pleasant places for people to gainer
Now, if the church people would
do as Mr. Rotter suggests, exercise
their influence in providing means in
the community elsewhere, the same
end would be achieved. My point la
tint where these thing are needed
and are not had every church Is duty
bound to do as much as it can to
supply the deficiency. The church
can t let lta light shine by cutting off
tne current all the time except for
one hour Sunday night; even then it
shines largely to empty benches.
hy do people not go to church?
Common sense must tell ua that they
don t go because they do not feel that
they gain anything thereby. AH men
seek self interest. Since the visible
church Is composed of people, and
the people are not Interested. It Is
no solution of the difficulty to aay
mat present cnurch methods are
wholly right and the mass of the
people wholly wrong. We must study
this thing and see where the diffi
culty lies. No man with a grain or
sense or experience will deny that It
Is easier for men to do right in a
good atmosphere than in a bad one.
Some people are spiritually minded
and enjoy the church as It Is. Sunrely
these could not be hurt If the church
should undertake to Influence the
lesa abstractly spiritually minded by
approaching them through the ave
nues of wholesome bodily recreation
and stimulating but Innocent social
undertakings. We must get away
from the old Idea that whatever Is
pleasant must be sinful.
NOTICE OK ADMI.M.STKATIO.V
Having qualified as administrator.
with the will annexed of tho ett
of J. E. Rowell. deceased, late of
Union COlintv. North Carolina thl
is to notify all persons having claims
against tne estate or said deceased
tO exhibit them to tha llllilsralirnori
or to his attorney, at Monroe. N. C,
on or before 24th day or November.
or tnis notice will be pleaded
In bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make Immediate payment.
This 24th day of November. 1920.
A. A. SECREST. Administrator
With the U'lll anneveit
W. O. LBMMOND, Attorney.
NOTICE!
We have leased our Repair Shop to John McClellan.
He will continue to give you the same good service you
have been getting on your automobile. We ask that you
give him your work as he has five good mechanics. He is
thoroughly reliable and will give you honest labor.
Secrest Motor Co.
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R.H.Carren, M.D.
Practice Limited to Treatment of
I) Incased of
EVK, EAR, NOSE AXD THROAT
Office Ore
THE UNION DRCQ COMPANY.
PHONE 298.
GORDON INSURANCE
and
INVESTMENT CO.
INSURANCE EXPERTS
t Phone 209.
Fanner & Mei-clinnta Bank
itnlldfng.
H. D. Stewart, M. D.
Office lielk-Dundy Building near
Dr. Greene's Dental Parlors.
Office engagement any hour by
Appointment.
Tall Phone 141 or 210.
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SHIPMENT
OF
HORSES
AND
MTXES
ALSO SOME FINE BROOD
MARES.
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FOWLER & LEE.
DR. S. A. ALEXANDER
VETERINARIAN
Office Phone 113. Res.55-J
Dr. Kemp Funderburk
DENTIST
Office over Waller's Old Store.
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UNK
Wanted
Wt are always In the market fot
Iron, metal of all kinds, boucs, paper
etc Open every day.
Monroe Iron & Metal Co.
Near Freight Depot.
65 cents per
pound for
Butterfat
During the month of November we will pay 65
cents per pound for butterfat delivered at our plant
near the old cotton platform.
Hawn Ice Cream Co.
Monroe, N. C.
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