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PACE THRX1 Jury Can Say As to Fee (From the SU'.esville Landmark.) Laymen wil! be interejted to know that our State Supreme ejur; holds tht in f A saTreen:en b?tw?en lawyer and clfit as to the aiz; of the fee the lawver my ehirce, k is; a matter lor its jury 10 ceciue ij the reasonableness of the charjr; and while the laymen aomctimes dissent frcm the opinions of the court they -will ell doubtless concur in this one. The average layman is shy of goinfc into court against a lawyer. In the first rce it is difficult ordinarily to get one lawyer to aprear against another, especially with any teal, and the layman feels that the cards are f tacked against him in a contest with t.n r.f th nrofession. In the case vnder consideration the lawyer named , a fee of J2.000, to which the client agreed, paying $1,000 in cash and giving a note for the balance. Then after the client was relieved of his troubles, through the work of the lawyer, it is supposed, he decided that the fee was excessive and refused to pay the remaining $1,000. The at i .mey brought suit and the presiding nidge told the jury that it was not for it to consider the" sixe of the fee but whether the client had contracted to pay t- H ne had W1 to P3 the amount and there was no fraud or misrepresentation, then the con trait was enforceable, ruled the court below. That sounds reasonable enough, it must be admitted. If the client was capable of making contracts It seemed reasonable to compel him to make good even if he had paid too dear for his whistle. But the higher court holds that the presiding judge had no right to 80 instruct the jury; that the rea sonableness of the fee is a matter for the jury to determine. It goes with out saying that the lawyer is more than likely to lose part of his claim the next go 'round. A "Devil Dog" Kills Dogs and Fright ens Negroes (Laurinburg Exchange) section that an animal or varmint of j ELLIS WILLIAMS COULD NOT BE FOUND AT ALL Rul e Lemmond Lo l.H in the Book Ca-ies, Books an I Pnwer. tad Benin the Tables Mr. R. W. Lemmond tells an inter esting storv in regard to a huge joke he pulled off on Mr. Stitt Matthews several years a?o when Lemmond and Williams held a law partnership. Mr. Matthews had formed the habit ot goinir to the law office of lemmond Williams and asking if Ellis Wil liams was in. although they occupied one small room in which was very little furniture and absolutely noth ing to obstruct the view from any place in the room. And besides Mr. Lemmond states that Ellis was en tirely too big to hide in any ordinary place. Rube answered the question in the negative every few days for some time, but finally became a little worried at answering such an unnec essary question so much. So the next time Mr. Matthews came in and ask ed, "Is Mr. Williams in!" Mr. Lem mond arose from his seat, went to the desk, looked carefully through all the drawers, went to the book cases and perused them and the pages in several books. He then straightened up and replied: "I have looked every where in the room and III declare 1 can't find Ellis Williams." This calls to mind the habit that a great many people have of asking un necessary questions in stores and oth er public places, and also of failing to make necessary explanations when they call for certain articles. A cus tomer goes into a store when clerks are real busy and calls for some thread. A conversation something like this then follows: Clerk What kind of thread, please! Customer Spool thread. Clerk How many spools! Customer Two spools. Clerk What color, please! Customer Black. Clerk What number! Customer Number 60. When the whole conversation would ome description is preying upon the ; w n"" p " lTsT I a1 Tf .k. mm.,W Th. mlnred if the customer would simply say, 1 ft'ople say it is a "devil dog." It . wt two spools of black thread No. dws its work at night and one or two dogs have been killed recently and another badly injured in a fight with GO. nlease.' But Deonle don't think. They fail to see things from the other fellow's Corinth News. the strange animal. As a protection viewpoint, frcm the "devil dog" the negroes arei 1 . L M I 1 : tl.i,L i,.t-, a i honing to capture the wild beast and Monroe Rt. 5, .March 23-Faimers prevent further depredations. of this section have done very little v farm work yet on account of the m- Anything is hard to do the first ! Vment weather. U the weather is time I favorable, there will be much work 'done in the next few days. r,, .1 rv irj. ' Worth, the little son of Mr. and 10 the DemOCratlC VOt- Mrs. Solon Price, died Monday moin , ., Al, T j. i ' ing, March 20th. The remains were erSOI the loth JUdlCial buried nt Corinth. Kev. E. C. Snider k, . ; conducted the funeral services. DlStriCt. i Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Griffin, . 'have been confined to their home lor I am a candidate to succeed myself lli)out two weeks with bronchitis and ax Solicitor for t!u- l:!th Judicial Uis- olhlT trout,!,,.,, we are Klad to say, trict in the primaries to be held on J;n, miu.j, j,0..eri June Srd. Having been appointed by, Mli uml MrSi jv,he Ear,Si j;r4, Mae the Governor last September, I have pr(,s8on Mrs. Maggie Franklin, Miss Ifivtn my entire time to the duties of ; j.lorem.e Tucker, Miss Kathrine Tuck thm oitice, and I refer you to nil the cr ull of .Matthews, spent Saturday Court Officers of your county a to nd Sunday with friends and relatives my qualifications and the manner in jn this community, which I have conducted the office. Messrs. Ellis McCorkle and Ingram There has been some discussion as to yadlock h:ive been on the sick list for the compensation of Solicitors. My : SpVprn days. opinion in this matter is that I think ' Mrs. Roxie Helms is very ill with ll Solicitors should be paid a salary j tk0 .,.; . by the State and that the tax payers ; Mr A fj shaW) who has bcen con. of the counties should not have to pay : fllu,d to his hol)le several days witn ry fes for this office. As a member r heumatism, was able to be at Cor of the last Legislature I endeavored intn church Sunday, to have this done, but the sentiment ; Mr. Charlie Hasty and son, John, of at that timi did not scpm to be favor-; rt,a(;hiHnd gpent Saturday and Sun aNe to it. I will see that the matter day witn Mr and Mr8 Vv E. H-lms. is brought before the next Legisla-1 Misses I5riKht and Ethel jIonis ture in an tndeavor to have my views .,. s.-t,..,!-.. mwi snHav u-ith Mr cerrir ; imu mw. I have prosecuteH all enses on the docket cf my District to the best of my ability, and will continue to do so as long as I am Solicitor. I earnestly ask that you give me a re-nominntion and I promise that the office will be conducted as it should be. M. W. NASH. Hamlet. N. C. R. L. PAYNE. M. D. Office Over Union Drug Co. Residence Phone 466 Office Phone 466 and Mrs. John II. Hannah. Rev. R. M. Haigler preached h's farewell aer.r.on at Corinth Sunda at 11 o'i'.ock to a very large and at '.eni'v njden e. Many hearts were n-.ud" s ! and many eyes were made .wf. wi.h lean to hear the parting word ra.d by their beloved pastor. ':?v. Ji". Hai jlcr has been faithful for ni;-.e yeni.i and a half. He has nimlf iiiany friends during his stay with us. Hj now foes to Greenville, C , to serve a fsw churches, and Iovb p.nd respect frun the people of Coi in' h v. ill go with him to his new field of labor. Dr. Kemp Funderburk DENTIST Office over Waller's Old Store. DR. S. A. ALEXANDER VETERINARIAN Office Phone 113. Res. 55-J The Noise in the Night (From the Youth's Companion) Even the soundest sleeper would have wakened with a start if h had OKK-n with Marley Wels'.er and his two comr.fciiions, Jackson and Williams, on a certain stormy c Vht in the fail of 13'jt'. The little party had deliv ered a herd of cattle at Dawson, Yu kon and was returning to Skagway in haste to catch the last steamer for Seattle. They had reached an extremely rug ged region just north of Atlin Lake where the Rocky Mountains appear as a succession of sinister jagged peaks when Williams suggested that they take a short cut by skirting the shoulder of a towering mass of rock that lay just ahead. The three turned and, facing the wind, began to climb steadily. When they reached the pass over the range they were able to see the valley which they hoped to reach that afternoon. The three of us, says Mr. Webster, were skirting the edge of a great slope so steep that little snow had lodged on it. Two thousand feet above us loomed the snow-covered peak of the mountain, and here and there we saw outcropping ledges from which occasional boulders that the storm had loosened thundered down close to us. We hoped to reach safety before the storm became worse, but within fif teen minutes we were in the midst of a pitiless artic blizzard. When the first flakes began to fall Jackson urged that we camp where we stood, but I protested and pointed out a refuge not more than a hundred yards ahead that looked like a slight crest in the mountain side. There, I told my comrades, we should run less risk from the intermittent showers of rock than if we remained where we were. Jackson and Williams reluctantly yielded to my proposal. Although the crest, which stood out like a razor back, was only a short distance away, the eddying blasts swirling the snow like sharp sand in our faces almost prevented us from walking toward it. For a quarter of an hour we groped our way, and at times we had to crawl within four or five feet at the edge of the gorge at our left. If we had plunged down, we would have fallen sheer a thousand feet and then rolled a half mile into the canon. The going was so hard that Jackson fi nally pleaded with us to stop and make the best of our situation; he said that he could not lift one foot ahead of the other. But I reasoned that the rocky point could not be more than a hundred feet from us now; so Williams and I dragged him, and at last we reached the crest. Then after repeated rests we pulled our weaken I ed conirad to the lee of several boulders and wrapped him snugly in a piece of our tenting. Then Williams and I bundled ourselves up and lay down close to him for warmth. I have no means of knowing how long we slept. I awoke as a demoniac noise like screaming shook the air; the earth was vibrating as if there j were an earthquake. 1 looked from my covert, but all was dark. The vi bration lasted not mora than ten sec onds; then I heard the Steccato rend ing of wood. Suddenly the din ceased, and I closed my eyes. At daybreak I struggled out of the covering and looked upward. There was the same white cap on the peak. Rut from a point perhaps a hundred yards from the summit and for a width of fully a quarter of a mile the mountain side was clear of snow and rock had slipped down the slope while we slept. The avalanche had split against the ridge that sheltered us and part of the snow and rock had plunged over the precipice on either side of us. Almost a half mile below I could see where the devastating slide had s topped after it hnd plowed thru a dense forest. Great trees were snap ped 01F and lay like mere straws ,it the loot of the mountain. I looked back alon.'j the way we had come. The avalanche had swept away every thing movable to within twenty feet of the spot where we had spent the night! When Jacksjn and Williams awoke and saw what had happened they turned white nnd gasped. After that there was no question as to why I should lead the party. We finally reached Skagway with a full day to spare. BASEBALL MEETING Friday, March 24th at 7:30 p. m. Chamber of Commerce EVERYBODY INVITED s s s s i ft 0 A 7 I Saving on your eatables is not more a matter of price than it is of quality, Our Prices Are Always Right, but the important thing is that we guarantee you First Class Quality in every thing we sell. You can practice Economy at this store and eat bctter.too. QUALITY - ECONOM Y r wrooHrSi SCRVtC ,lllinillri QUALITY GROCERS fANCV C. STAPLE CHOCtRIBS U4A ST. j FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MOMIOE, X. C. IIKXKY E. GlUXEl' Minister. W. A. HENDKKSON 1. M. 11KLK Sunday School Superintendents. MIS MABEL BKLK Suerlntendent Primary Department. MuS. n. H. MARGETT President Woman's Auxiliary. WESLEY COBLE President Young People's Society. Regular Services SUNDAY 10:00 A. M. Sunday School. 11:00 A. M. Worehip nnd Ser mon. WEDNESDAY 7:30 P. M. Seryiee for Medita tion nnd Prayer. A cordial Invitation Is tl'cn n all to attend the above iwi vlie, if not attendants elsewhere. 'v?2, Golden Sheaf Bread "Inferior to None. Superior to Most." When you buy Golden Sheaf Bread you surely get your money's worth. L SALT RISING BREAD jl POUND CAKE REDUCED Like mother used to Make. It's Fine. Tiy it. 'Our fine Pound Cake, best on the market, REDUCED TO cents "It cant be beat. a lb. FLAVO LOAF, in 6 different flavors, 9 ounzes net weight 10c ALL KINDS OF LAYER CAKE-only 25c lb Bread is Your Best Food Eat more of it MONROE BAKERY JACK HERNIG, Proprietor. u i iiim i; hi -SWriTI r M SEEDS SPRING finds our store with an un usually varied line of the best Seed the market affords; Seed that are de pendable, that seldom ever fail to "sprout'--and you will find our Seed Department in charge of men who are familiar with the local seasons, who know "when to plant," what seed are best adapted to Union county soil and everything else that the amateur gardener might want to know. i OS m i ' 1. i Mi: ; sis M9M i i fl lit H . i, i in "j,r't ii . i r i III Mh F DON'T take any chances. Come to 7$!illl& SIm' headquarters for seed. lmMm ENGLISH DRUG COMPANY feWy'feWl PRESCRIPTIONS k T0IsLES 1 fwZSaPrf9' ' i - - - - - - A VERY LITTLE COST WILL INSURE YOU AGAINST A VERY BIG LOSS Fire is no respecter of persons or property. ..It hits them all alike, and spares none where it is possible. Insurance is the only successful preventive of ruin. Every man's family his wife and children is entitled to this consideration and protection. We represent only reliable companies that pay premiums without quibbling and without de lay. The cost is small and the protection is great. We will be glad to go into details with you at any time. We also insure every living thing from a dog to a elephant. THE MONROE INSURANCE & INVESTMENT CO. Telephones 89-J& US. G. B. CALDWELL, Manager. Office in Bank of Union Bldg.