The Monroe journal., 1919-09-26
SCHOOL PATRONS
PLEASED WITH PROF. BEACH


fhcy fAIeei Enrollmeui To Double in
FeM Wears Ur.!cr His charge
i Boa'.ilg HQu>r, are Filled To a.
pae;iy-Gther Miugaie News Mat
ter.
i MiHeate. sept. st.-Very little
business IS being doge jus' II gr,S S-nf
lbH the local merchants. The farmers
are leo busy picking Gotten 10 do
much trading, hUt eyerybOds is pre-
4 pairing for a good trade in a few
weeks when cotton begins to move
right. The Perry Milling Co. how
ever. Is operating in tuil blast. and
i the ham Of their saw can be heard
daily from early in the morning until
late IN the night This company is
4 manufacturing and selling much lUm-
her these Gavs.
] The enrolment AZ the school con-
+ tlnues TO Increase. and the people are
/ wondering where any more new stu
dents can find lodging and board. The
dormitories are full. about a hundred
aud ii.ly students having rooms in
F them The dormitories are run on
the cooperative plan. each student
paving his pro rata share of the ex-
peases The average monthly cost
nov is only about $50 per month.
though the cost will increase about
dollar and a half during the winter
months. All Of the boarding houses
are fun. The citizens OF the town.
though. are determined that no stu
dent shall be turned away. Many
homes are preparing 10 take boarders
just To help the school.
Prof, Beach continues to enjoy the
support and confidence of the school
patrons and trustees. He has done
wonderfully well in the short time he
has been connected with the school
and some are predicting that he will
double the present enrolment if the
trustees insist on his retaining charge
OF the institution for few years .
prof Clyde Jones has accepted pO-
sition with the school. and has al
read begun teaching Mr, Jones re-
turned from France only short time
ago. Patrons ere pleased With his
connection with lhe'schoo as he is
fine young fellow. and possessed ot
much ability.
Mr.. II. +. Williams. who calls him
sch plough boy" likes nigh prices,
and high wages. hut he is opposed 10
strikes. Nj Williams says he has
lived during periods when prices were
low and when they We're high. and
finds tha: the people, generally, are
better oil when the latter conditions
prevail. He remembers that right af-
ter the Civil war prices We're h3gh.
and tnouIh few had the stock TO
make large crops. there was not halt .
the distress that appeared during the
years when wages were low, and cot
ION sold for a few cents a pound.
Now. he says. living is much easier
with prevailing high prices than he
has ever remembered before.
The cotton association is gain!ng
friends in NiNgate fast, and when an
sctiye campaign is started for mem
hers. a large nuaber from this vicin- I
.ty will enroll Mr. 7. l., Brewer, a
prominent merchant, heartily entors- ,
rs the movement. He especially wants
o see cotton grader secured for Tn
ion county. because he thinks he
would save the farmers thousands OF
dollars every year. To Illustrate the
need of cotton grader he said: Il
have known of variations Of from 3
10 cents in the prices offered by
buyers for certain staples One buyer
would offer 50 cents for cotton, while
mother would raise his bid as high
Is four and FIVE cents. know a man
who went 20 one buyer in Monroe
with a sample from bale of good
cotton. This buyer offered only Is
'ents Another buyer, not knowing
he cotton had been bid for offered
IS cents, difference of cents per
pound some farmers, not knowing
my better. would have let the first
)uyer had this cotton for Is cents
, grader would have told the man at
he start what his cotton was worth.
md there would have been no danger
20 hin, haipp cheated "