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TO be effective one's money must be doing
some sort of service.
It can be deposited or invested for its income return.
It can be used for the erection of a credit structure!
against possible future need.
In any event, we shall be glad to co-operate with you
for the proper and profitable employment of your funds.
NATIONAL7?
tAlONROjNZj
TTTK MOKKflK JOTHXAI. riil.'iAV. MAY 2fi, 1022.
Federal Agents Probe Monstrous
Automobile "Bargain Proposition
Circular Offering Ford Cars for One Hundred Dollars
Each Gets Postoffice Inspectors in Action
Rural Mail Carriers Intended Victims
PAGK SEVKJf
We are Proud of j
vjur r armer r rienas
WE ARE SPECIALLY PROUD THAT WE HAVE SO
LT FARMER CUSTOMERS. AGRICULTURE IS
PARTICULARLY DiTE RESTING TO US. AS INDEED IT
SHOULD HE TO EVERYONE, AND WE LIKE TO IUVE
THE FARMERS DROP L AM) TALK THEIR PROB
LEMS OYER FTTH US.
WHEN WE CAN GIVE ADVICE OR RCXRER SERV.
ICE OF ANY KIND, WE ARE AIRWAYS GLAD TO DO
SO.
WE KNOW THAT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOP
MENT OF TIU9 COMMUNITY DEPEND TO A LARGE
EXTENT UPON ITS FARMING INTERESTS, AND WE
AIM TO DO OUR PART TOWARD HELPING THE
FARMERS SUCCEED.
WE INVITE FARMERS TO RANK WITH IS.
THE BANK OF UNION
Monroe, N. C
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus $100,000.00
W. 8. BLAKENEY, PreddeoC
t. R. 8HUTE, YicA-Pretkfoat W. B. COLE, Asst. CaahWr
'R, O. LANEY, Cashier HARGROVE BOWLES, AMt Ommtxlt
ftaaiia
L. A. Johnson, rostoffice inspector
'in charge of the Atlanta district, on
i Tuesday started investigation of an
offer made by one Janus D. Bailey,
jwho aijrns himself as a member of
congress, to sell rural mail carriers
I several thousand Kovernment Ford
cars at $100 each. Inspector Johnson
wishes to determine if the offir is a
bona-fide government proposition, or
isimply a wholesale swindle directed
at the rural mail carriers of the
'country.
! Mr. Johnson's attention was first
'called to the offtr Tuesday morning
oy c V. Lindsay, a carrier on Koute
; 1, Tucker, Ga., who had received a
letter from one James A. Bailey,
written on official house of represent-
'atives stationery, offerintr to sell him
' a government Ford car for $100.
Ihe letter requested that the pro
posal be kept in the strictest confi
dence, and that the recipient simply
remit 550 with his application for
one of the cars and pay the balance
in monthly installments of about $5
each.
Inspector Johnson declared Tues
day morning that the name of James
D. Bailey d:d not appear on the of
ficial roster of the house of repre
sentatives of April 27, 11)22. Further
investigation revealed that Mr. Bail
ey's name did not appear on the roster
of the congressional committee on i
postofhees and post roads, of which
he also claimed to be a member.
Inspector Johnson advised Mr. Lind
say to hold the matter in abeyance
until the postoffice department could
investigate. He immediately took the
matter up with Washington officials.
Secrecy Requested.
Mr. Johnson is basinir his investi
gation on the fact that the name of
James I). Bailey does not appear on
the official records and also on the
urgent request for secrecy carried
in the letter.
It is believed that similar letters
have been sent to rural mail car
riers in all sections of the country.
Inasmuch as postoffice inspectors
here have received no intimation
from official sources that such an
offer is being made by the war de
partment and since as the letter
requests that all funds be sent to
a private address, Mr. Johnson ad
vises mail carriers in Georgia to
delay acceptance of the offer until
its validity can be officially estab
lished. Following is an exact duplicate of
the letter received by Rural Carrier
Lindsay. It is written on official
stationery, but asks that all funds
be addressed to James I). Bailey, 121
Maryland avenue, N. E., Washing
ton, D. C.
"Dear sir: The government has
left over from its armv storp sev.
eral thousand Ford cars and trucks,
Chamber of Commerce here, shows
that a Mrs. Marie Dycrr lived at 121
Maryland avenue, N. E., at the time
the (hrectory was compiled and does
rot include the name of James D.
Hailey at any address.
To the Democratic Voters of
the 13th Judicial District
Every since my appointment as my office ar.d gave my time to the
Solicitor last fall, I have had three service of the go -ripicrt, ;i?s:stinir
candidates against me, who have been ,rV'ry ' 1 could to irrj i n the
busy canvassing in the district. On narv tm W
account of the duties of the office These are only " few of the r.any
it has been impossible for me to per- charges which have been mad.- uga nst
sonally visit the voters. It sc. -m. nie, and wrWh. are of 1 iir,-
to be the custom that when a man is use) for tuinpaigr juirjio.-.-. They
in office, it is the proper thing to r H unfair and nnd- w:ti the in
lander and misrepresent him, and in tent W (itceive t'.e .n' !; . Mil to
my case, the custom has been fully hurt me in my canj.!:g:i for n -no:ni-carried
out. In one part of the dis- ration.
trict, where there is an agitation Sine my annoifm.nt of S..i:-itrr
about taxes, they tell that when a I hav pmseculed ;vA cla.-vs t, tho
member of the State Senate, in l'.'Jl. ''f--t of my ability. ai:.l with soi it sue
that I was a high tax man. They do -KS ;hat my oppoi :rs do in.; irargo
not go further and tell that I a'dvo- tr;,t I am not ca,.b!e ii ::u? the
cated and helped pass the bill to take office as it should be. Kv, ry class
state taxes off of the land, and that "f cases which ha." n.nse before me
I advocated and helped pass the bill nas been pnecu'e i, but tb-rv is one
giving $3U!) personal property exemp- chiss which is tak.'.' iii.hv t;me. and
iion, 10 an tax payers, these did , wnu-n is larger in i:urn-er than any
more to reduce the taxes of the nonr-, other class and that is ih- in i-.eeu-
cr.argid to his team mutes. Monroe it class than anything else that has t'"n of the viola n of the Itquor
Monroe Wallops Wadesboro
Monroe opened the baseball season
on Tuesday by trimming the widely
advertised Wadesboro team 11 to 2
in a well played game at Wadesboro.
"Hull" Hasty used his war club to
'od advantage, connecting safely six
t'mes and leading the attack on the
W a!cboro pitcher which gave Monroe
1' hits and 11 runs. Huntley, who
d.d the twirling for Wadesboro. re
ceived poor support, five errors being more to reduce the taxes of the poor- . "'her class and that is th
snowed great
truce Snyder
defensive strength.
making two sensa-
t; mal catches in right field that aided
materially in cutting off runs.
The Monroe team under the man
agement of H. L. Lone trives uromise
of developing into an outfit that will
be a credit to the town and should
nceive the enthusiastic sunnort of
the local rooters.
The box score:
Monroe
AB R
Hasty. IB. SS 6 2
rairley, W. SS 5 0
Snyder, RF 5
Long. SB 5
Lnney, 2B 5
Wuodard. C 5
Fairley, M. CF 5
Williams, LF 3
Hough, P 3
Bailie, IB 2
Horton. LF 2
Crowd, P 2
H
6
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
3
1
1
1
I . 43 11 IS 1
Wadesboro
AB RUE
Rogers, RF 5 0 0 0
Lowe, C 5 12 0
Gray, 3B 4 110
Redftrn, LF 4 0 10
Ashcraft, 2B 4 0 11
Caudle, CF 4 0 0 0
Huntley, P 4 0 11
Watson, IB; CF 4 0 10
Cox, SS 4 0 11
Eenton, SS 2 0 0 2
Willingham, IB 2 0 0 0
43 2 8 5
News of Indian Trail Route One
Indian Trail Route 1, May 24.
Sunrlay school at 10:30 a. m. next
Sunday at Union Grove Methodist
church.
We had new apple Dies last Sundav
and Irish potatoes, too.
Messrs. Lewis Belk, Ernest, J. E.,
and Charlie Hill, Mrs. J. C. Hill, Miss
been done in any legislature in the laws.
history of the State. . For the twenty-two years, whVh I
In another section I was criticised 'have been practicii,,' Ir.v, 1 have ncv
by one of the candidates for settling tr appeared in a case for the defend
a case, which saved the county sev- "t w'ho was chnrg.-d with the vio
eral hundred dollars, in cost, it was lation of the liquor laws, having al
stated that I had sold out in order .ways given my services freely to the
to get the support of some lawyers prosecution of such &;eS, but always
appearing in the case on the other .declining to accept a li e from a de
side. They were not fair enough to fendant in any such ca.-e.
state that the same party making the i I, therefore, confidently akthe
charges appeared with the State for, voters of the d strict '0 pv no a'
the private prosecution and that when tention to the false, slan.ieroas and
the matter of settlement was being misleading reports which have been,
considered, this same candidate wrote 'circulated about mo, as thev are ab
to me and recommended the settle- jsoluttly untrue a-id that b- giving
ment and stated that the same should : me their vote that 1 may be re
be made, nominated for a full term, arid assure
Another candidate charges that! them that the office of solicitor will
during the entire time of the war, be conducted fairly and impartially,
that I was at home living easy and land as it should be
making money, when, as a matter of I M. W. NASH
fact, for nearly two years. I closed I Hamlet, K C.
I't.nrl Hill all llnintiirilla kA
0.1 .. ,7 " ...... M. .i vmuiMiiic, ncis 1,11c
..-; s.ma me an new naving Deen 'guests of friends here Sunday,
kept in storage at various points I Miss Ottie Pressley of Charlotte
since their purchase. Believing that scent the week-end with friends here.
Mr. Sanford Furr was a Wingate
visitor Mituraay ana Sunday.
the use of these cars on rural mail
routes would greatly increase the
efficiency of the service, nnd at the
same time add considerable to the
volume of business done on the
routes, the secretary of war has di-
Mr. W. Sams of Charlotte visited !
the home of Ksq. and Mrs. H. M. Furr
Tuesday.
.Miss Audrey Stillwell conducts
Sun-
ii.iv at 8 p. m.
Mr. F. D. Helms recently visited 1 4
friends in Charlotte.
-Misses Bessie and Fronnie Byrum
of Mint Hill spent last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Byrum.
Mr. and Mrs. Etizah ilice of Rock
Rest was the guest of Mr. and Mn.
Lerry V illiams last Saturday.
Mr. Zeb Pressley is again in the
Charlotte hospital. Dixon.
THE UNIVERSAL CAB
NEW PRICES
E
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 16, 1922
TOURING, Self-Starter $486.54
TOURING, Self-Starter, Demountable Rima $512.57
RUNABOUT, Self-Starter $456.35
RUNABOUT, Self-Starter, Demountable Rim3 $482.38
COUPELET, Self-Starter, Demountable Rims $655.23
SEDAN, Self-Starter, 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.
MASONICMEETINGS
Monroe Lodge 244 A. F. & A. M.
First and Third Thursday
Monroe Chapter No. 61 R. A. M.
Second and Fourth Tuesday
Malta Commandery No. 19 K. T,
First and Third Tuesday
Visitinj members welcome.
4
tui nowers
Floral deslgna, wadding boquaU,
and flowers of til kinds.
X Price reaaonablo.
We make ahlDtnenta to Waxhaw.
MarshTllle, Wingate and other
nearby tewna.
CODE MORnA
. ...
a ai inKMi urns i. nmur ui.
rected the committ(-e on postoffices 1 prayer service at Mill Grove
arm post roaus 01 me nouse 01 rep
resentatives to oiTer these cars free
to rural carriers upon payment of
storage and transportation. This
amount will not exceed $100 on any
one car.
"Unfortunately there is not a suf
ficient number of cars to supply all
carriers so it will be necessary to
limit their distribution to selected
carriers in localities where it is
thought they will prove of greatest
service. For this reason you will
readily understand the necessity for
keeping the matter confidential so
as not to engender anv ill feelintr
ana 1 trust mat you will respect the
wishes of the department in this mat
ter and not make the otfer known
to any one.
Fifty Dollars Deposit
"If you desire one of the cars sign
and return the offer at bottom of
this sheet immediately, together with
a deposit of $50, and the car will be
shipped to you at the earliest date
possible. The balance, which will
average about $35, will be deducted
from your pay checks in seven equal
amounts. These are the only terms
of distribution and in order to obtain
one of these cars you must act
promptly as the supply is limited and
will be exhausted within the next
few days. Should your order be re
ceived too late, your deposit will be
returned. Remittances may be mad
in cash or postoffice money orders.
Liberty bonds will be received nt face
value. (Should you have a bond of
larger denomination than $50 vou
may send it with your order and the
$50 deposit will be deducted from it
and check or additional bonds for the
remainder forwarded to you immediately."
"Respectfully yours "
(Signed) JAMES D. BAILEY. Mem.
Der congress on F. O. & P. R.
As a foot-note to the letter the fol
lowing blank appears to bo filled out
and sent to James D. Bniley, at 121
Maryland Avenue, N. E., Washing- j
ion, u.
"James D. Bailey,
121 Maryland Ave., N. E.,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
where you can walk right into us; and where
your friends and our customers come to buy;
so even if we wanted to, we could not afford
to sell you anything but honest goods. This
fact should surely be sufficient to insure us
your patronage in anything you may need
in the jewelry line.
W. J. Rudge Co.
( J. Braswell for RepresentatiTe
Seven-eights of the Union county
voters live in the country. It has
been the custom to send one man
to the General Assembly from town
and one from the county. The seven
eights are certainly entitled to be
r.- resented. For many years certain
well-known politicians in Monroe have
been in the habit of sending out let
ter over the county telling farmers
and laborers how to vote. This is one
time the farmers are going to do
their own thinking and their own
voting. They are going to vote for
one of their own kind a man who
has always lived in Union, paid taxes
in Union, made his living by hard
work and toil.
iuire Braswell is a well-road, well
informed man and a good speaker,
tie is one our Kinu. nas the same
troubles we have and has been hard
hit just like the rest of us. He is
the man we need.
Let's roll up our sleeves and eo to
tno pons ana put him in.
A lifelong neighbor,
J. W. PRKSLEY.
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Cooter in a Box
The Lancaster News of last Tues
day says: In yesterday's mail The
isews receivea a small wooden box
securely bound with a twine string
and no wrapper, leaving the inference
that it contained something very
much alive and it did. Three mem
bers of the force each in turn were in
vueu 10 open me oox, hut each in
turn bucked. Finally the editor open
ed a letter that had come in the same
mail, and it read: "I am sending you
a tortoise with different letters of the
I lease have forwarded to my ad- j farm. See if you can solve what it
dress one government Ford tour- is. G. W. Perry, Stoneboro, S. C,
,ng car Ford roadster- Ford j Route 1." With this relief, the box
truck (place Xin the front of one de-iWas opened and the tortoise given
sired), for which I am to pay the act- j more privilege not too much, but
ual cost of storage and transportation : enough for all who cared, to give it
to my station, total amount not to ex- j the "once over." Down each side was
ceed $100. I am enclosing the re- 'to be distinctly seen the letters "G F.
quired deposit of $50 and you are , E G" and in the center of its back
authorized to deduct the balance in: was to be plainly seen an emblem
seven equal amounts from my pavjthat resembled an anchor. The News
ch-cki. Should I leave the seivice be will .ic.i.it that it is uwKv to solve
fore final payment has been made 0111 the message rnrrioH bv this "v.-atnr
car I will notify you and arrange for
settlement.
'Name P. 0
Shipping point-
1 arrier ino.-
Stnte-
Investigation in the Washington.
D. C, city directory fur VJ21, at the
varmint," but will turn the uroblem
over to the "Shifters" whn are prob
ably better v.-rsed in nis'.iry. Any
solution r.niy b left at tii ' oSTc-e and
will be gladly nub'ishe:l The tortoise
has been ai'.iied to our mti3eu!ii or
curio depailuifenU
FROM POVERTY TO COMFORT
IS BUT A FEW STEPS
IF YOU USE YOUR BRAINS.
Let your first brainy act be to open a savinps account at
this bank. Then add to that account a portion of your earn
ings every week.
In time you will have a comfortable sum, and that money
may then be invested in such a manner as to injure you that
comfort which is the desire of every person. Your savings
will draw interest while they are in our keeping.
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