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THE MONROE JOVRJIAL, TTT-SIUT. MARCH T. 122.
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INCREASED USE OF
NEW PRICES
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 16, 1922
TOURING, Self-Starter $486.54
TOURING. Self-Starter. Demountable Rims 5512.57
RUNABOUT, Self-Starter $456.35
RUNABOUT, Self-Starter, Demountable Rims $482.38
COUPELET, S"lf-Starter, Demountable Rims $655.23
SEDAN, Self-' ' rter, Demountable Rims $722.91
TRUCK. Pneumatic Tires $491.94
TRACTOR $435.00
THESE PRICES DELIVERED IN MONROE
' CASH OR EASY TERMS
THE HENDERSON MOTOR CO.
MONROE, N. C.
MEET THE BOLL WEEVIL
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Needed All the Time.
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CREAM.
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Feed Separator, the Best on
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MONROE HARDWARE COMPANY
South Learning Importance of
, Tractors and Other Inprov
ed Farm Implements
SATISFIED WITH RESULTS
North Carolina, Soalh Carolina. Gear
fie. Alabama and Tennessee are
Among the Heavy Buyers
SEABOARD
Air Line Railway
SCHEDULE EFFETIVE DECEMBER 11, 1921.
Trains Antra
No. 14 from Charlotte .... 6.20 a. m.
No. 12 from Atlanta ...... 5 65 a. m
No. 34 from Rutherfordton 10:45 a.m.
Leara
5.20 a. m. for Wilmington
6.00 a. m for Richmond.
10:65 a. ra. for Raleigh
and Wilmington
S.OO a. m. for Atlanta.
10:45 a m. for Charlotte.
1.10 a. iu. for Rutherfordton.
11.00 a. m. for Atlanta
No. 6 from Richmond .... 7.6S a.m.
No. 19 from Wilmington ..10.35 a. m.
No. 15 from Monroe
No. 29 from Monroe
No. 31 from Raleigh
and Wilmington 2:40 p.m.
No. 20 from Charlotte .... (.50 p.m.
No. 30 from Atlanta 5.50 p. m Monroe.
No. 1 from Ruthor.ordtra 9.10 . m Monroe.
No. 6 from Atlanta 9.35 p. m. 9.40 for Richmond
No 13 from Wilmington .. 10.40 p.m. 10:50 p. m. for Charlotte,
No. 11 from Portsmouth .. 11.00 p. m. 11.05 p. m. for Atlanta
2.45 p. tn. or Rutherfordton
6.00 p. m. for Wilmington.
C. T. HARRILL
Ticket Agent
E. W. LONG.
Division ransenger Agent
Chs-Mte. N. C.
Washington, March 3. The south,
according to the department of com
merce, is using improved machinery
for farming purposes." A statement
just issued says "A study of the re
ports show 684 tractor owners in Al
abama, Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee which has
just been completed by the division
of agricultural engineering, and that
in general these men are satisfied
with their machines and expect to con
tinue using them."
The reDorts were m.vle'in March.
1921, and at that time 86 per cent of
the number reported believed that
their machines would turn out to be
Drofiitable investments, and 90 per
cent stated that they intended to use
them dunnz the ensuing year.
It must be remembered, however,
that most of the owners of these
tractor were operating farms con
siderably larger than the average. Of
the 684 farms, the average size was
2D0 acres, while according to the rJ.:i
census of agriculture the average size
of all farms in these states was only
75 acres. Over 90 rcr cent of tr.
farms reporting are more than
acres in size. On the overage the por
tion of acreage devoted to cotton and
corn cn these farms is slightly less
than on other farms in the same
states, but there is no great difference
in the crops raised on the larms
where tractors are owned and on
those where tractors are not owned.
The 2-r bw tractor is evidently the
size best suited to the needs of most
of these farms. Seventy-six per cent
of the G84 machines are of this size,
and about 66 per cent of the men re
porting now believe that this size is
the best for their conditions. About
20 pre cent own 3-horse machines, and
30 per cent now prefer tms size, lnir
teen of the 684 men own l-piow ma
chines and 12 own the -plow size,
No other sizes were reported.
All of the men whose reports were
used in this study purchased their
tractors between March, 1U18, and
September. 1920. The average first
cost of the machines was $1,050, and
the average of the owners estimates
of their useful life was 7.6 years. On
this basis the annual depreciation
charire is $138 Per year.
Each owner was asked the number
of total days work done per year with
his tractor, and the average ot tne re
dies was 63 days. The 2-plow tract
ors were used an average of 52 days
per year, and the 3-plov tractors, 56
days.
About one-half of the men did some
custom work with their machines, but
over 90 per cent of the total work
done by these tractors was on the
home farm. They were used more
for plowing than for any other one
operation.
About 80 Per cent of these men
used disc plows with their tractors
The average acres covered per day
with the 2- and 3-bottom disc and
moldboard plows drawn by these
tractors is as follows:
2- plow disc 4- acres
3- plow disc 6.5 acres
2- plow moldboard 5.3 acres
3- plow moldboard 7.3 acres
Over 90 ptr cent ot these men stat
ed that the quality of the plowing
done With their tractors waa bett
than 'that which they formerly did
with horses or males. The tractors
drawing disc plows used on an aver
age about 3 1-2 gallons of fuel pi.r
acre for plowing, and these drawing
moldboard plows about 3 gallons per
acre. This difference be.ween' the
fuel required when using disc and
mold-board plows is dec largely to
the fact that the disc plows are nar
rower than the moldboard plows, and
the acreage covered per day is corres
pondingly less. The 2-horse tractors
used about 17 gallons of fuel per day
for plowing, and the S-plow tractors
about 21 gallons per day,
The average cost (including charg
es for depreciation, interest, repairs,
fuel and oil) per acre of using the 2
plow tractors for plowing in 1920 was
$2.07 when using gasoline and
when using kerosine. For the 3-plow
tractors it was $1.90 when using gas
oline and 61.69 when using kerosene.
These costs are based on 31 cent gas
oline, 20 cent kerosene, and 85 cent
lubricating oil, the average prices
when the farmers paid during 1920.
The repair costs were computed on
the basis of an annual repair charge
of 4 per cent of the first cost of the
machines, and interest was charged
at 8 per cent on the average invest
ment. On account of the smaller
acreage covered per day, and the
greater amount of fuel used per acre,
the cost of plowing with the disc
plows was somewhat greater than was
the cost when using moldboard plows.
Each farmer was asked how many
days of man labor his tractor saved
annually and the average of the re
plies was 66 days. The average of
the replies of the owners of the 2
plow tractors was 63 days, and of the
3-plow machines, 78 days.
Each farmer was also asked for the
number of days of ben work per year
now done with his tractor which was
formerly done with a hired engine.
The average of the replies to this
question was 13 days. Between 20
and 25 per cent, however, stated that
they did no belt work with their
tractors which was formerly done
with hired engines. .
.Nearly 60 per cent of the men re
porting have increased the size of
their farms since purchasing their
tractors by an average of about 50
acres from about 210 to 260 acres.
At the same time they have decreas
ed their work stock from an average
of 6.7 to 6.1 head. They kept an av
erage of one head of work stock for
escn 31 acres before they purchased
their tractors, and were keeping one'
head for every 60 acres at the time
they made their it ports.
The men who did cot increase the
s ze of the:r farms reduced their work
stock from an avere of 8.8 head to
7.4 head after the purchase of their
trnct'trs. Nearly half of the men,
however, who are still farming the
same rverae had made no reduction
tn their work stock.
A comparison of the reports of the
nun who were satisfied with their
tractors with those who were dissat-i-tied.
showed that in some cases the
ta.lu-e to take advantage cf the op
pnrunity offered by the tractors to in
crease tha acreage and reduce the
work stock was probably responsible
for the dissatisfaction; in ether cases
the poor s ervice rendered by the tract
or was reonsiulo, and experience has
shown nearly one-half of ths dissatis
fied owners that their present tractors
are not the proper size for their farms.
Over 50 per cent of the men who
believed their tractors would be prof
itable and less than ttn per cent of
those who did not believe th3ir trac
tors would be profitable had increased
their acreage. The satisfied owners
had decreased their work stock on an
average of 1.8 head and the dissatis
fied owners by an average of only
5-10 head. . I
Each cla:s had owned their ma-!
chines, about 1 1-2 yesrs. but the re
pair costs nf the satisfied nunpra hml
o per vein mi - , --
believed thatl been only wm,e those of the dis-
aiisnea owners naa oeen iou. ine
tractors which wers proving satisfac
tory had been out of commission when
needed an average of 2 days during
the year preceding the time of report
ing, while those which were proving
unsatisfactory had been out of com
mission 11 days.
THE "CillTLIN STRUT" IS
VERY POPULAR IN STANLY
Harry S!ta Says Colored Population
H is Some High Rollers That Are
Handy With the "Rawer"
By Harry P. Shaw
Badln, March 6. In the palingene
sis of this century new things are
coming to light, whether good or bad.
Hollywood can have her rum orgies
and New York her high night life and
Berlin her Mine. Celly de Rheidt. But
of all the renowned and popular fads
left to us to chronicle is'"The "Chit
lin' Strut." This orgie, like the above
mentioned, lasts a greater part of the
night but this is a favorite of the men
of color.
Back in the hills of Stanly there
lives a colored gentleman who bears
the name "Doc." The beautiful U
Wharries surround "Doc's" little Hol
lywood and it is here the best re
spectable and trusty colored gentle
men and women gather every Wednes
day night for the "Chittlin Strut
Ball." Fair browns with big rolling
eyes and a captivating smile, flash
ily dressed; then there are high
browns and chocolates with all their
charms gathered to make the occa
sion lull of life for the weary gentle
men that care to partake of "the life"
that the "Chittlin' Strut" affords.
Back some where, nobody knows
where, comes a whisper that for three
dollars you can get an ale bottle full
None but the trusty and high respect
able are included in the mysterious
invitation. The money must not be
to hunt either. After this is secretly
circulated to the men of means, the
big pot of chittlin's is nearing com
pletion for the hungry. After the
chittlin s are done they are served in
style by a waiter for so much per
and three bones extra for the "joy
water." After all the hungry and
th'rsty stomach's are filled the order
is to get ready for the "Chfttlin Strut
Ball." Dancing and hilarity contin
ues until the morning hours, provid
e l some gentleman cf the crowd
(liKsn't get jealous of his woman and
pi.il his trusty thirty-two-twenty of
the note,1 ru.ity blade. Many a little
fracas has "Doc Hollywood" seen, but
lit the law investigate and no one
never had a bit of trouble. Maybe
that tome rot to plr.ying rouh.
At last week'; stru; there was same
two special friends of Doc present,
-amis and Maggy (na Jitrsrs and
Maggie). James was accused of turn
ing up a still near by but Hatly denied
the charge. Un account of his ina
oility to prove himself innocent he
was dropped from the festivities. Then
on top of all this trouble Maggie
loaves James. James thought she
Wi.s too nonular with the u-pntlnmon
at the "Chitlin' Strut." James went
and tried to reason with Maggie, but
to no good purpose, for he hau sinned
and there was no redempton from
him from Maggie. "Ilonev ain't you
neber gwme back to live with me
enny mo 7" "No I isn t, nigger, what
you think?" "I se pwmter kill you
if VnU.-;p Hnn't ,r Knt ropiuvinir a f.uAt..
abie answer James pulled for his
ever-ready "razzer" and gave Mag
gie a slash under the chin, but not
deep enough to kill; then he hooked
his blade in her shoulder and nulled
ic tnrougn. kv this time James eot
scared and sold out, leaving Maggie
to die or get well, he did not care
which. But now James is in the toils
of the law.
Two others of the same order had
little misunderstanding before the
Xhittnn' 5trut' began. They are
known as "Connell and Sister" anions
the Mrutters society. Conne 1 had
got too familiar with the other sis
ters, and his woman, "Sister Jones,"
tried to put a stop to it by trying her
nnnn wun tne "blade. She succeed
ed in slashing Connell's legs ua very
mum. men police tergeant Mabry
went to investigate, but they denied
anything about fighting. They were
m.u riaymqr with the "razzer" and
had played that way before.
MASONIC MEETINGS
Monroe Lodge 244 A. F. & A. M.
First and Third Thursday
Monroe Chapter No. 64 R. A. M.
Second and Fourth Tuesday
Malta Commandery No. 19 K. T.
First and Third, Tuesday
Visiting members welcome.
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Ancestry and Characteristics of:
the Automobile
"The buzz buggy," "the gas wag-:
on." "the bus," "the little ol' boat,",
"the road louse." "the buckboard"
what a wealth of pet names men have '
bestowed upon the automobile in j
order to domesticate it, says William i
Allen White in Judge. A wild and
capricious creature it was when the!
dreamers first caught it out of the:
realms oi fancy and broufht it to
earth.
On its father's side the automo
bile was descended from the noisy
and asthmatic gas engine, with a
shady past indicating many decades
ago a morganatic alliance with the
steam engine; but from its maternal
line it gets from the bicycle its soft
pneumatic tires, its gentle bearings
and its guady wire wheels. From
Adam itself it gets its weakness and
perversity, while further back through
the monkey to the jackass, the auto
mobile gets its giant strength a
certain weird and mysterious tend
ency to stop in the midst of business
or pleasure and contemplate Nirvana!
And now after nearly a quarter
of a cen ury of affectionate care and
priceless sacrifice, we have almost
tamed the cantankerous thing.
Upon the automobile civilization
has bestowed more than a king's
ransom. Indeed, if we had put away
in the banks the money we have spent
for "the little ol' bus" we could pay
the national debt as it Was before the
war. Of course America makes and
buys more automobiles than the rest
of the world; and per capita the Mid
dle West buys more than the rest of
the country. The Kansas and Illinois
and Iowa farmers generally have
enough to give every person in their
states a seat in an automobile one
car for every five people.
The high percentage of saturation j
of the automobile in this country is
unbelievable by Europeans In Eu-i
rope the peasant knows the automo
bile by its dust. In America the
farmer will take no man's dust. The
horse and buggy are almost gone in
mid-western America, and have be-
Pacific coast Yet the point of sat
uration has not been reached. One
car to a family is not the limit. The
old people must have the touring car,
and the young people their sport cars.
The two-car family is becoming'more
and more common in America.
Not a Business Man
The success of Edgar Thomson
Works waB very largely owing to the
manager, a Mr. Jones, who made his
name famous wherever the manufac
ture of Beatenier steel was known
At the tinio when he entered Andrew
Carnegie's employ he was very young,
spare and active and bore traces of
his Welsh decent even In his stature,
for he was very short. He came to us,
Carnegie says In his recollections, as
a mechanic at two dollars a day. v'e
soon saw that he was a character.
Every moment showed It. In lu r
years he declined in interest In fie
firm that would have made hb a
millionaire. I told him one day that
seme of the young men to whom we
had given an Interest in the business
were now earning much more than
he was. and that we had voted to
make him a partner. That would Im
pose on him no tlnanclal responsibi
lity. "No" he said. "I don't want to
have my thoughts running on busi
ness. I have enough trouble looking
after these works. Just give me a
whole salary If you think I'm worth
It."
"All right captain the salary of the
President of the United States Is
yours."
"That's the talk," Raid the little
Welshman.
come practically extinct upon the
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It can be deposited or invested for its income return.
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In any event, we shall be glad to co-operate with you
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