The Monroe journal., 1920-01-06

proper fertilization.
There will be box supper al tn,
Euto school house. in New Salem
township. Saturday night. January 10
Proceeds will be used TO dig a wei
for the school.
/ stock farmers are preparing TO or
ganiZe a Guernsey breeders associa
tion at Marshville. and Jersey as
sociaiion al Monroe. The object o
the associations will he TO encourage
The production Of thoroughbred cat
tie, and The ultimate intention OF IN,
promoters is to hold annual Guernse,
land Jersey sales in this county. PeO-
lple from AL over the country. il is be.
lived. woulI attend these sales il
large numbers.
A report Of cotton ginned in this
state FOR the year 1918 up 10 Deem
hcr 18th. credits Union with 81
1874 bales. as compared with 20,99i
on TIE SANE date. 1918. This county
ranks seventh IN Number Of bales gin
med in the Stale. anson county
ginned more than Union by l.000
bales. while Eobeson county led the
list with ont $4,000 bales. Necklen-
burg county ginned a3.S41 bales.
Figuring the gross returns for one
bale at S200. including The seed.
Union county farmers received S5,-
i95,s00 for their crop this year.
Mrs. II. W. Gribble of Buford town
ship is very successful al raising poul-
try. Last year she sold $500 worth
of chickens and eggs, and when some
neighbor asked her how she managed
TO get her hens TO lay so well. she re-
piled: II read them the Progressive
Farmer" This paper. so well edited
by DR. Clarence Poe. should be a
weekly visitor in every home in I'm
ion county. II will not only make
the hens lay. bur increase the pro-
ductivity of the soil. No man who de-
sires TO farm intelligently can afford
10 be without H.
Directors of the Bank Of Wingate.
in session recently. declared a semi
annual dividend of 3 per cent. and ad-
ded neat sum 10 the surplus fund.
The deposits Of the bank al the close
OF business i'm 1919 were practically
twice as much rs the total deposits On
the same date the year previous. OF
icers and directors OF the bank are:
II. A. Morrow. president: ". NJ Per
~. vice president: W.AChmey. cash
ier: C, NJ Stewart x, \. Morrow. W.
M Perry S. W. Ilinson John II. VIII
liews, = =. Austin, !. W. Eivcns. J..
e Neln re, and J. ". Chaney, direc-
tors
Mrs. Eioasor Bass died Sunday, De
cemAer -Sth at the home Of her
dau-h Ms. j. +. Pierce in Marsh
Nill, she was tne widow OF Mr, }.
c. Bass who died thirty years before.
Funeral exercises were conducted the
Monday following her death and in
terment was in the Bass cemetery in
east Monroe township, Rev j \. Biy-
ems. Rev. \. Marsh aud Rev. A. c.
Sherwood conducting The service.
Mrs. Bass was the daughter of the
late Abram Secrest and was sister
OF Esq. j. ID. A. Secrest of Monroe
township. She was born in 1850.
her are five children. name
", Mr.. J. b. Bass of Wingate, Mrs. j.
$. Baucom of Bakers, Mrs. A. +.
Green OF Stanly county, Mrs. j. b.
Pierce and Mrs. w, b. Griffin OF
Marshville.
Union county would have pro-
duced As. .000 bales of cotton this sea-
son had the planters fertilized their
land judiciously," declares Mr.. T, j.
w. Broom, county demonstration. As
it Is, though, the county has equalled
If not outdistanced the production
record of former years, he believes.
Union county soil needs more nitrate
)f soda. with a top-dressng prepara-
ion." Mr.. Broom continued. "Anson
used over 1000 tons of soda
ast year. and as a result, raised near
" thousand bales more than we did. |
IN he past Union has produced more
,otton than Anson. Only 400 tons of |
soda were used in this county the
past season, and If we would use
about ten times this amount next
'ear we would nearly double the size |
If our crop"
Ten years ago the farmer who pro-
luced bale of cotton to the acre was |
an exception to the rule.
,ome people, back in those days, even
vent so far as TO state Union county |
and was incapable of raising bale
o the acre. The past season. when
eports came in of certain farmers
Producing two bales of cotton to the
ere, little comment resulted. This
goes to show how much
methods have improved In
his section in such comparatively
hort time. and il Is not out of rea-
on to expect the day soon TO ar
i've when a farmer who raises less
han a bale TO the acre will be con-
idered worthless and trifing. Tom
,room says this county could raise
0,000 bales of cotton next year II
he landowners would use nitrate of
oda and top-dressing generously.
The Wants You" edition of The
ournal is attracting attention in
,any parts of the State Judging by
he number of felicitous letters re-
eived by local business houses. The
,test is from NJ. b. Saunders or
reenwood. S. c.. manager of the c.
. c. Fire Hose and Rubber Company.
D Mr.. T. J.. Crowell, and extracts
'on his letter follow: "Many thanks
,r the copy of the splendid edition
{ The Journal. have looked II
yer with interest and lots of plras-
re. II is well gotten mn, and GER