The Monroe journal., 1922-10-20
INTERESTING COLUMN OF
NEWS And INTERVIEWS

Dt1lANu I WAANb A-NAaAAAANN
Ninety per cent Of the people are
.bearish" when it comes 10 Estimating
the cotton yield, thinks Mr. P. II.
johnson, of the cotton firm Of johnson
& Howie. Il have always observed" "
he went on, that the ginning report
shows a bigger crop than expected.
Take astute observers like Marvin
Richardson and Grady Nash. Early
last fall they We're predicting but H.
600 and $4,000 bales. The final GIN
ming report in March showed around
$4,000 bales had been produced in the
county.
"Sheritf John Griffith j. another
good observer who is usually bearish
on the cotton yield. He and my ia
ther were the best Of friends. and
every late summer or early fall when
the Sheriff would make his annual
cotton prediction my father would
write il down on the wal sheriff
Griffith says SO many bales Of cotton
will be raised this year When the
final ginning report had been made,
he would write the total yield under
the Sheriff's estimate. | always no
tieed that the actual figures usually
exceeded the prediction Of the Sheriff
BY two or three thousand bales. If
the walls have MT been washed | eX-
pect that some OF these crop notations
by my father can sill. be seen
Old School Teacher Here
Among The conference visitors Is
Mr.. ]. ID. Hodges Of MockSvlle, y,
c.. who taught school here m the old
Temperance Hail. abou; forty-iive
years ago. He is nearly eighty years
Of age, of fine appearance despite his
years, and a gentleman Of the old
school. Some of his former students,
who have pleasant recollection Of
him undimmed by time, are Messrs.
$. o. Blair. Or. J. VI. Blar. K. /. Ste
vens and W. f. Stevens. of Charlotte.
No one was more delighted 10 see
Mr.. Hodges than Mr., ;. o. Blair, his
former student. IN never forget the
time Mr. Hodges thrashed John Blair,
Bob and Will Stevens and myself" he
said in speaking of old times at Tenn
peranee Hall 1T was the first day
of school, and we four left the grounds
at twelve o'clock, the lunch hour. %
see the famous Indian circus that
came to Monroe shortly after the rail
road had been completed. We got
back at four o'clock, jGS. in time 70
stay in after school.
John Blair always prided himself
on his ability 10 take whipping
without crying. That day he met his
Waterloo
Prof. Hodges informed US thai
whi7ring would be our punishment.
win stevens spoke up. Prof, he
pleaded, ] don't think you ought t1
whip Bob and myself. This is our
first day in school and we didn't
knowp the rules. Young man, quick
ly retorted Prof. Hodges. / have but
one rule. That is do right
Then the ordeal commenced. K
took only few licks to bring tears
from the eyes of VIII Stevens and me.
Bob Stevens got his next. He held
out a little longer but he, too, sobbed.
Then all eyes were turned upon John
Blair. We wanted to see if he lived
up to his reputation of being able TO
take a beating w.thou, crying. John
steeled himself to the blows, gritting
his teeth and clinching his hands. The
blows came fast and hard. Still no
tears. Faster and faster they came
Unable to control himself any longer,
John began to sob and whimper. He
lost his reputation
That little concise rule, DO K 'ght,
Mr.. Blair feels, has been wor,h i
hundred times more than the pain te
suffered on that occasion forty years
ago. 1t has been sort Of rule Of
conduct with him all Of these years.
Yes he mused, Prof Hodges
was great teacher. | am certainly /
delighted to see him."
Lathan's Estimate is $4,000 Bales
nee he and his partner, Mr.. s +.
Haig er are getting the crop predic-
tions Of their friends and customers,
the writer thought he would find out
Mr.. j. W. Lathan's estimate. "Twen- I
ty-thrce thousand, one hundred and
seven,y-siX has been my figure all
along" he said "and | am still stick +
ing to it, Mr.. Latham has quite
reputation as a successful crop fore
caster, too. Last year he missed
guessing the Y ED by only 500 bales