The Monroe journal., 1919-08-05

MIR. Frank Nassiff left last night
for New York where he will buy
goods for mis- store.
Rev. r. NJ. Haigler. the pastor.
viii begin a protracted meeting next
Sunday al Ebenezer church. Services
at 11:00 a. M. and ?, p. III.
There will be a reunion al Mrs.
:. q. Rowie's. August 8, and sth.
Thursday will be observed as picnic
day and all relatives are invited 10 be
present
The Journal is informed that the
wholesale price of fertilizer has drop
ped SIS per ton. The price was
along $50 per ton in the srrins, and
is now $35.
Mr.. j. {. Pardue returned TO his
ho.ne In Lee county Saturday after
spending week with old friends and
relatives of this county. having moved
10 Lee county about thirteen years
ago.
Mr.. c. VI. Maness and Miss Eva
Ashley were married Sunday at the
home of the brides father, Mr.. ] ".
Ashley. near Marvin by Esquire
G. W. Sutton. They are popular
young people.
The Journal will probably be in
a position in few days TO announce
the erection within the next few
months of two or more handsome
brick buildings around the court
house square.
MIR. j. T. Broom of Monroe Route
5. says the wind that accompanied
the storm last Friday afternoon did
considerable damage in his section
In some places the corn was beaten
down and broken off by the force OF
the storm.
j. f. Stack l. Company have be-
gun the erection of a $500 bale ca
pacity warehouse on their property
near the freight depot. This ware
house will be open for use by the
public al a rate of 40 cents per bale
per month this TO include insurance
Up few points and down a few
linore. has been the program OF the
cotton market for the past few days
Generally its tendency has beer
downward. On the market here to-
day good white cotton is quoted a.
81 cents and rowden at 3S. This is
decrease Of several cents since the
last issue Of The Journal.
The Monroe Fire Company No.
at it's first regular meeting after July
| 4th passed resolutions by unanimous
lyote authorizing the foreman, Mr.. G
| W. McColkle TO appoint committee
| of three TO extend the sincere thanks
of the members, through The Journal
to all the ladies who participated il
the decoration of the hose wagons fol
the 4th of July parade. The commit
tee appointed consists of Chief I. l.
Crowell Assistant Chief, ]. +. Hill
and Secretary w. X. Walsh
Don't blame the producer TO
the high-price of cotton goods, saiC
Mr.. c. j. Helms of Carmel to Th'
Journal this morning. Somebody II
my section" he continued, Dough
seven yards of gingham for over So
An argument was started as TO how
much raw cotton was in the sever
yards, and we settled it by placin.
the cloth on the scales. II weighed
exactly one pound. The farmer toll
and tolls from sun-up to sun down
yet his part of the finished good
only amounts to small fraction o
the cost.H
| - For a pistol bullet to strike on'
in the chest and come out over tn,
but that was what happened TO Mr.
w. j. Rayfeld, who lives at Noun
Croghan, Wednesday He and Mr
Bill Hough were travelling in an auto
mobile short distance out of Horns
boro, across the line, near the poin
where the Chesterfield. Anson ant
Union county lines meet, when tn
engine choked. Mr. Hough got on
of the car, and was preparing Il
crank it when lad. carrying a rifle
came up, requesting that he be allow
ed to do it. Mr. Hough reached TO
the gun to hold II for him while h,
cranked. The gun no more thar
Preached his hands when 1t discharg
ed, the bullet striking Mr.. Rayfield
who was bending over the steerin,
wheel, The wound did not prove Sc
rious. though Mr.. Rayfied had to e,
to a Charlotte hospital for treatment
Hough and Rayfield are good friends
While in The Journal office Sat
urday. Mr.. Brady Helms of Monro
Route 2, remarked to the writer: 1"
am afraid cotton is going TO bring to-
high of price next fall" That state
'ment. coming from laboring man IL
town. would have caused no surprise
but il was astonishing to hear farm
er, who is interested. like eyeryon
else, in getting all he can for tn
products of his labor, say il. Il Sc
you are surprised" continued Nj
Helms. "but | mean what | say. |
seems like everything else increase
in price along with cotton. and |, 70
one don't like 10 see the laboring maj
in the grasp of the high cost of'liv
ing. Fifty cents for cotton is to-
much; thirty-five cents a pound
really more than cotton is worth. AM
don't think we are entitled to an.
more for the staple" Mr.. Helm
says the farmer is getting two am
three times more for his product
than he did four and five years age