The Monroe journal., 1920-03-26
NEWS & INTERVIEWS
Sidelights on Monroe and
Union County Life.

The Marshville Home has created
stir in Monroe by reviving the old
agitation for the formation OF a new
county out Of Marshville. New Salem.
Lanes Greek townships. and a part OF
Anson county. The idea met with in
slant opposition. and though the
News a Interviews man was unable
10 secure expressions from citizens OF
the three townships slated for the
new county. other persons. who are
familiar with conditions in them.
emphatic in their disapproyal of the
scheme. Mr.. John 4. Austin. OF
Goose Greek township. who lives near
the New SALEM line. declared he was
unaware 0f any sentiment for the
new county in his section. and be
lieveS the people would reject al the
polls the formation Of new county.
The article which created such furor
follows 1t looks ike The dream OF
the late ]. W Marsh 10 form a new
county, consisting ut E2w Saleu,
NJ .shY'le and Lanes Cree. and pos
IsiblS west L3ncs5oro township MAY hc
realized. With q new eovnty organ
iZed on q business commission basis,
with three principal business mana
gers-a sheriff who would also act as
clerk of court and register of deeds
with his deputies, county commits
sioner of agriculture and public
road Supervisor. the large hometown
ing citizenship Of this section could
soon transform Il into one of the
richest and most notable counties in
the State. The spirit for new eoun-
~ is growing in this section"
Nessrs. Lee Griffin and Raymond
Griffin have already given Mr.. J. c.
NJ. vann, our next CONGRESSMAN. or
ders for turnip seeds. Mr.. Vann. not
to be outdone, has assured them of
twenty packages of seed for every
vote they un his way and the two
are redoubling their efforts to secure
his election. This is one way Con-
gressmen have of remembering their
constituents in 4 tangible way. and
they all make ii point TO distribute
their entire allotment of government
seed. Besides seed. the Congressman
has only one other free gift TO send
his supporters. That is the Congress
sional Record, publication not much
in demand except in newspaper Of
| fees.
Here's something | want every
farmer in Union county 70 read" said
Mr.. J. f. Stack yesterday. as he hand
ed us the following clipping from
Cotton Facts:
"The average North Carolina far
mer wakes up every morning at the
alarm of Connecticut clock. lie pulls
pair OF Chicago suspenders over
pair of Detroit oyeralls. He puts on
a pair OF COW hide shoes made in
Ohio, washes his face in Pittsburg
tin basin and dries on cotton towel
woven ia Massachusetts. He sits
down TO a Grand Rapids table. eats
hot biscuits made Of Minneapolis flour
and Indiana grits, Kansas bacon,
cooked in Omaha lard and baked in
st. Louis stove. He orders his po-
tatoes from Maryland, his canned
goods are put UP in California, sea-
sonud with Rhode lslend spices. he
Jumps up from the table, elaps on his
old felt hat, made in Philadelphia,
throws a New York harness over the
back of Missouri mule, and plows
small farm covered with Massachu-
setts mortgage. He comes home AT
night tired to death, crawls under
New Jersey blanket and is kept awake
all night long by the howl OF North
Carolina dog. the only home raised
product OH the place. And he wonders
why he is still poor!"
Let each crop pay for itself
seems to be the motto OF most OF the
farmers this year, according to Mr.. j.
NJ. Niyen. of Waxhaw, who was in
Monroe Thursday. Though Union
counts farmers made more money last
year than ever before" said Mr., NV
On, very few are paying cash ior
their fertilizer and supplies. Many
o1 them have money in the bank, but
prefer to buy on time. Others are
not so fortunate. having put Their
earnings in automobiles and other
Injuries" Mr.. Niven also said the
demand for fertilizer in WaXhaw was
unprecedented. He thinks farmers
are resorting to heavy fertilization TO
combat the labor shortage.
s.
George Washington owned tne
first mule" remarked man, who has
followed one of the slow plodding an
imals for many years, to the News
Interviews man the other day. TO
substantiate his claim. he showed us
the following. taken from q Kansas
City paper: at was not Missouri
whose breezes first reverberated III
America that long, weird sound so
famllarly known as the bray OF mule
as has been popularity supposed
Rather those peculiar notes first broke
the peaceful! echoes around Noun,
Vernon. and the beast hailed Genera
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