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The Monroe journal., 1922-10-24

pie unless they are crowded upon,
but TIE moment one hears a fox or
Geer hound he sticks his head above
r. water. waits until the dog comes
a,rus and then catches and drags him
g. 'er the water and holds him there
rr he browns. Then a ce break
II Of deg is prepared for the next
morning. Dogs are sometimes used
as traps to catch the alligators. A
dog is tied on the bank OF a stream
and when the alligator comes out TO
get him he is shot.
Sensible Bruin
4 mos: interesting story was told
me about the black hog bears that
inhabit that section. According 10
this friend. the bear has more sense
than some folks. When he is closely
chased he climbs a tree. Ii matters
not how many men be in the party
OF hunters Bruin never pays any at
teation to any Of them except the
man with the gun, and he never takes
his eyes off him. II he raises il to
shoot. the poor. helpless animal turns
loose the tree with his front feet,
stands on the hind legs and screams
something like frightened woman.
1t is really pitiful, my informant de-
clarei. He told further of the man.
ner in which these animals are trap
ped. and of the shrewd methods that
must be used in order to catch them.
When the path is discovered a big
steel trap is set in it and covered
over with leaves, but it must not be
fastened so the bear can not get it
loose, for if it is he will gnaw his
foot off and make his escape. A long
chain is therefore fastened to the
trap. to the end of which a pole with
prongs is tied. The bear starts off
but doesn't go far until the pole
The Monroe journal., 1922-10-24
PREDICTS YIELD OF OVER
$4,000 BALES FOR COUNTY
Fourteen Thousand. Eight Hundred
and Forty Bales, Made By J. V.
Hill, Is the Lowest of the Week

Twenty eight thousand, four hun
dred and forty-five bales. the yield
predicted by Floyd Griffin, is the
most bullish estimate of the county
crop made since the last issue of The
Journal J. V. Hill makes the lowest
estimate, l4,SI0 bales. New estimates
follow;
L. d. Starnes, 1887; S. d. Helms,
1919; T. w. Stinson, 24,00l; Fred
Hartsell, 23,555; R. W. Elliott, 2l,-
0s0; g. Lloyd Griffin, 2S,455; Claude
A. Simpson, 2i,i6S; |. R. Presley, 49,
936; ". H. Scott, 23,7l2; Payne
Helms, $4,000; J. Will Richardson,
26,975. W. F. Laney, 25,1Ol; NJ. H.
Huntley, 24,S50; John Beasley, 25,-
000; W. F. Alexander, 1859; Frank
Starnes, 22,44l; G. C. Helms. 23,90l I;
w. n. Cousert, 27,0O0; G. H. Hart
sell 21,000; j, S. Gray, 26,000; J. O.
Barbee 23,541; NJ. X. Hill, 24,334; C.
NJ. Bost, 1S,005; P. NJ. Plyler, 20,9l0;
F. Canes, 2l,000; D. NJ. Walkup, 20,-
$50; Murry Starnes, 22,5s3; c. w.
Braswell, 26,111; H. v Braswell, 27,-
533; G, R. Thomas, 1916; J. 7. Ba-
ker, 1880; Will Presson, 15,500; R..
d. Duncan, 23,666; Curtis Hargett,
26,0l9; T. B. Birmingham, 24,519; G..
I, Burriss, 25,4ll; j. p. Rushing, 2l,-
l0l; B, NJ. Montgomery, 2l,S22; d.
d. Holt, 22565; David Gossett, 49,
50i; William Kerr, 22,500; Lem S.
Helms, 2S,I75; Jas Richardson, 49,
SOS; K. B. Presson, POOLS; j. S.
Presson, 23,00l; S. d. Haigler, 3d.
09S; W, H. Nance, 27005; c. c. Hill,
23,050; Grace Hill, $4,000; W. o. Will
liams, 2l.272; W. r. Campbell 2l,-
OF; J. V. Hill, 14,SI0; Buren, Hill,
1920; +. NJ. Hill, 16,04O; R. P. Hill,
1920; Robert Panther, 1S,460; B.
o. Byrum, l7,47O; NJ. H. McCollum,
22,52j; Mrs. Clyde Latham, PHIL.
The Monroe journal., 1922-10-24
Higgins Finds a Tree in East
Carolina That Is Giving Wafer

n Re course of years the caS grew
around the pine and nOg a steady
stream of water is pouring out of tEe
tree from the first of January TO the
thirty-first Of December.
was told that there are plenty Of
such springs in that section and that
some of the good sized towns get
their water supply from them. |
couldn't help but think of Monroe
and the wrangle her citizens are hav-
ing over the water proposition, and
| longed for these gushing springs to
be in Union county, where they eodld
settle for time and eternity Monroe's
water problem.
The Wild Animal Section
A friend told ME some intensely in
terest.ng things about the wild ami
mails in that section, where there are
plenty of deer, bears. alligators aud
wild ducks and geese. Last spring
while the rains descended and the
floods came, hiding places in the
swamps became entirely too much
like the ocean, or Lake Tonawanda,
to be at all comfortable and big
black bear created quite bit of COM
motion by appearing in the streets
of New Bern. However. he was kill
ed before any injury was inflicted on
the residents of the city. Alligators,
| was told, are to be found in great
numbers. measuring in length from
six to thirteen feet, and the amazing
thing about them is that dog is their
favorite dish. They never attack peo-
The Monroe journal., 1922-10-24
4 Few Lines to Clarence Walton of
Sunnyside Gardens
By Rev. II. o. Frederick

BY Rev. II. .. Frederick
4 bright little boy,
Whose age Is four,
Standing in his mothers door
Out he comes with his little drum.
Don't you hear that sweet music,
Boom! BOOM. Boom!.!
1t is he that sees to say,
What glorious fourth birthday!
Then back to the house, as he drew
near
He saw a beautiful tan rocking
chair.
Oh, Mother! Mother!! is it mine?
think that it is looking fine.
Yes, Son, it is yours, gift from ia
ther you may know.
Now you must obey him wherever
you go,
And never forget the Golden Rule
Whether at home or in school,
Always remember your fourth birth
day.
Try to study and learn to work as
well as to play.
To be good boy, mother, will strive,
My next birthday, | will then be
five.
Your sweet little boys toys are mixed
But | will play with them until |
am six.
Off to school then with books, but not
eleven,
Because my next birthday | will
only be seven.
But give me books to study; don't
want to wait,
My next birthday will surely be
eight.
Don't you think, mother, that | am
doing fine?
You know my next birthday | will
only be nine.
To higher class am advanced then,
And my next birthday will make
me ten.
Monroe, August IL, 1922.
The Monroe journal., 1922-10-24

catches 10 some object and he has TO
stop 10 get il loose and the process
Is repeated which retards 5 progress
10 sueh an extent that TIE owner
Of TIE trap soon Overtakes and kills
m. One bear which had been thus
trapped was seen carryln the pole
on shoulder like a man.
The Place for George Beasley and
Will Rudge
The glowing story told of wild duck
hunting suggested to me that down
on the Neuse river would be a most
excellent place for Messrs. George
Beasley, VIII Rudge and other mem
bers Of the Monroe Gun Club TO
spend a vacation some time when
they get tired of the routine work
in their daily lives. Ducks are so
thick that when they arise to fly the
scene reminds one of a black cloud
rolling right before his eyes. Ii is
stated that in 1918 when the boys
were in camp at Charlotte and the
ground stayed covered with snow for
months, the Neuse river froz1 over
so thick at point near the sound
where the river is six miles wide that
wagon could have driven the entire
distance across on ice. The ducks
left the river and went up in the
towns. The only thing necessary to
kill all the ducks anybody wanted
was to break place in the ice and
sit down and wait for them to gather
in great flocks.
Something for the Little Folks
A scene of small boys and girls
in Monroe and Union county wao are
so crazy about ponies passed before
my eyes while my friend was telling
of the island near Oriental where
thousands of little ponies are running
wild all the year. According to de-
scription these beautiful little ponies
are about three feet high, weigh frlm
three to four hundred pounds and are
of all colors. Once a year they are
driven into lots, lassoed and branded.
They roam around on the island
which has about seven hundred popu-
lation, less than that of Marshville,
and nobody knows where the thou
sands of them get fresh water to
drink. since the island is surrounded
by salt water. The natives them
selves are at loss to know where
the ponies drinking water comes
from, as they are too wild to come
up and drink from fountains at the
wells. Some one has suggested that
/ they get their water from grass ear
/ ly in the mornings while the dew is
on il.
The Monroe journal., 1922-10-24
TRUMPS The STORY ABOUT
ESQ. ]. C. LANEY'S. WELL
II Monroe Only Had Bunch Of Them,
He Says, the Water Situation
Would BE Solved
ALSO SEES ISLAND WHERE
PONIES ARE RUNNING WILD
Once a Year They Are Rounded Up
ard Branded-Literally Thousands
Of Ducks Around New Bern Wait
ing For Expert Monroe Hunters to
Bang Away at Them.
By L. E. HuGGINS

Wilson, Oct. 20. l922.-Since Tom
Dillon, the, daddy of the Fourth o
July celebration in Union county,
told me about Uncle Jerry Laney, the
governor of Buford township. having
a well that gave milk ! have been
hunting a story to trump il with.
A few days ago made trip through
the eastern part of the state, down
around New Bern, and found a tree
giving water, which is about the near
est approach to Uncle Jerrys well
that | have been able to find. The
tree has a strong spout direetl! under
it and years ago somebody stuck an
iron pipe down by the side of the big
water oak and bent il at the top.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
OFFERS
INTERESTING PARCELS

Three interesting offerings including
apartment houses and vacant plots in
The Bronx and Brooklyn, will be made
by Joseph p. Day. auctioneer, next
Tuesday in the Vesey Street Exchange.
The first comprises the two five story
flats, each 33xlO0, at 1322-1326 South
ern Boulevard, between Freeman and
Jennings streets. about one-half a block
north OF the Freeman street subway sta.
ton.
Other offerings include the three story
apartment house, 25x100, at 929 Whit
lock avenue. between Tiffany and Bar
retto streets, The Bronx. The property
is two blocks from the subway station
at Southern Boulevard and Hunts Point
avenue. The third parcel to bo offered
comprises the vacant lot 140x100, on
the south side Of Avenue Y, 40 feet east
Of East Seventh street, Flatbush This
plot. will be sold in three parcels or as
q whole. 1t is near the E. r. T. subway
station at Sheepshead Bay on the
Brighton line. The Coney Island sur
face cars operate half a block away.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
800 CAMP MCCLELLAN
BUILDINGS TO BE SOLD
Auctioneer to Offer Parcels
on March I.

The War Department has ordered
Charles S. Gerth, head of Gerth Re-
atty Experts of New Orleans and New
York, to sell at auction on March /, 2
and 3, 500 military buildings at Camp
Mcclellan. Admission, Ala. A few weeks
ago Mr.. Gerth was directed to sell SOB
houses owned by the United States Ship
ping Board Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton at Wilmington, Del.
In announcing details of the auction
at Camp Mcclellan, Mr.. Gerth said. that
the War Department is anxious to have
the general public-small bidders, in
other words-make their wants known
when the Government property is sold
under the auctioneers hammer. A spe-
cial invitation has been extended to
workers to invest in materials for homes
of their own and to farmers to obtain
lumber &C., for new farm buildings
and other purposes. The aim of the War
Department is to give everybody a
chance. Notices about the auction sale
have been sent to land developers, in
vestors. operators, home builders. house
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
URGE TAX EXEMPTION
: ONLY FOR CHEAP RENTS

Exemption of buildings from taxation
should apply only to houses in which
apartments are rented at SIC a room or
less, in the opinion of the Builders AS
ISOLATION of Manhattan. as expressed in
resolution passed at its last meeting.
Harry Goodstein, president of the as
sociation, and Anderson, Phillips &
Moss, its counsel. were instructed to
bring the resolution to the attention of
the Lockwood committee.
THE Builders Association of Manhat-
tan is. desirous of going on record as
favoring all measures that will truly re-
heve the emergency" the resolution
reads, but believes that exemption from
taxation under the present laws results
in relieving from taxation dwelling
houses so high priced and few in number
that the construction thereof does not
actually and materially relieve the emer-
gent housing conditions.
"The association favors the exemption
from taxation of all buildings. plans for
which are filed up to April !, 1928. said
exemption to apply only, however, upon
buildings. apartments in which shall
rent at an average of SIC per room or
less. IL this limitation should not prove
prac acticable the association is opposed
to the continued exemption from taxa
ton now granted to dwelling houses"
The Builders Association also passed
a resolution indorsing the changes in
the rules of the building trades unions
which have been suggested by Samuel
Untermyer.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
BROOKLYN BANK WILL 4
BUILD ON GATES AVE.

Involving many unique and difficult
construction features, the Roosevelt
Savings Bank on Gates avenue. Brook
lyn, is to be enlarged by the addition
of a building to be erected on the site
now occupied by the Brooklyn Eagle
branch building, which is to be razed
to make way for the new bank struc-
ture> The construction contract has
been awarded to the William l.. Crow
Construction Company of Manhattan
In describing the work to be done by
the savings bank. Ralph l.. Crow, presl-
dent of the William l.. Crow Construc-
tion Company, said:
1.-The bank is now occupying build-
ing 40 feet wide and 100 feet deep. The
scheme of the additional work will be
to duplicate this same building on prop
erty adjoining on which now stands
the Brooklyn Eagle Building. and an
adjoining frame building. The Brook
lyn Eagle Building will be torn down
and n duplicate of the bank erected on
this land When this new building has
been completed the roof over the old
bank building will be removed and some
fifteen feet of building added. Both
buildings will be then thrown into one
having a large dome and an entire new
front Of granite, marble and limestone.
making new facade of the entire
eighty feet.
at the time this work is being car
ried on the bank will continue doing
business in its present quarters undis-
turbed in any way. We know of no
similar piece of work ever having been
attempted which has raised as many
engineering and construction problems"
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
II 50 tn STREET NEAR DAHlLL ROAD.

mind you. To-day the tract presents
scene of bustling activity that proves
just how eager the builder was to dash
over the border line as soon as the bar
rier was leveed. The pictures shown
above will probably give as adequate
an idea of the building activity on the
Lehman tract as could be obtained in
any-other way than through personal
visit to the property.
Ow both sides of Thirty-ninth street
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth avenues
two family houses are being erected by
the Borough Park Operating Company.
SO far twelve of these brick houses are
under way. Each contains four and
six room apartment and has ga
rage The same company is likewise de-
veloping Fortieth street. Cn the east
side, with thirteen two family brick
dwellings with garages. Each one of
these houses contains five and a six
room apartment. Those interested i'm
the development of the section predict
that the same style Of housing will pre-
vail all along Sixteenth avenue from
Thirty-ninth to Forty first street in the
near future.
On Thirty-ninth street rear Fifteenth
avenue the Ramal Building Company is
putting up twenty-five two family brick
dwellings,, each containing n five and
six room apartment. On the west side
of Fortyfirst street between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth avenues u. Roccesano is
constructing eleven single family houses
of the cement block type, each contain
ing seven rooms and bath.
On Forty-second street. New Utrecht
road and elsewhere throughout the tract
the presence of the voracious steam
shovel bears witness to the eagerness of
builders to avail themselves of the op-
portunities afforded by the opening up
of the strip of land in section which
can be reached in twenty-five minutes
from Manhattan.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
y. H. SCHEIER RENTS
9TH AVENUE CORNER
Takes Over Parcel at 48th ST.;
9. VIII Erect Modern Six
80 Story Building.

nc John H. scheier, the architect who
Yew DAYS ago leased the new building
az. the southwest corner of Seventh
Avenue and Forty-ninth street, at an
aggregate rental Of s6OO,oo has added
~. his investment holdings in this rap
kily growing amusement district by
renting the old building at the southeast
cSrner OF Seventh avenue and Forty
eighth street from the Amron Realty
Company The lease carries an option
to purchase and it is for twenty-one
year term. calling for a reported ag-
gregate rental of 81 000,ooo. Henry Sha-
pro & co. were the brokers.
Mr. Scheier will demOlish the old
bltilding on the site and will erect
modern six story elevator structure,
which will contain a number Of base
n.ent, street level and first floor stores
With offices on each of the upper floors
There will be an illuminated sign on tho
-fcof The basement viii probably be-
connected with the B. r.. 7. subway
SIP ton.
I'm discussing yesterday his interest in
Seventh avenue investments MIR. Scheier
said:
;tMy principal motive is supplied by
the Broadway and Times square mer-
chants ana BUSINESS lltll, WHO, hSNeNuS'
they are finding it difficult TO pay the
abnorInally high rents demanded for
stores and offices in those districts are
seeking to locate near by ON seventh
and Eighth avenues and on the side
streets adjacent to Broadway where
they can obtain space at prices that
represent a verys substantial reduction
from the rents they are paying now.
Seventh avenue parallels Broadway
a. a very little distance from the Great
White Way and there is comparatively
aftLtle property to be had there M the
Short stretch between the upper end OF
Times square and the Sixth avenue II
fine which crosses from Sixth to Ninth
avenue at Fifty-third street.
THE large office buildings and the
Earl Carroll Theater erected recently
between Forty-seventh and Fiftieth
streets, and the demand for quarters in
this favcrably located neighborhood are
slraws that show which way the wind
blows. j am acquiring choice corners
on Seventh avenue at present. because
III a short time 1t will be just as diff
cult to get a location there as 1t is diff
flcult now to get store on Broadway.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

A man who stands high in the con-
struction field recently remarked that
the auctioneers hammer was one of
the most effective tools in the building
field. One need not go far afield for
proof of the wisdom jof this observation.
a trip to the old Bennett tract on
Washington Heights to the Thross
Neck section of The Bronx or to any
one of a dozen places in the city's out
lying boroughs where auction sales have
been held will provide the necessary evil
dence.
During the past two or three years
many tract that acted as barrier
to the progress of the home construc-
tion movement has been opened up to
the builder through the offices of some
auctioneer who, of course, merely acted
in a business capacity and never thought
of posing as a public benefactor. There
is perhaps no better example of the
unconscious beneficence of the auc-
tioneer than that to be had in the
story of the old Lehman tract in the
Kensington section of F'latbush.
For many years this bit of property
fronting on New Utrecht road. Sixteenth
avenue. Dahill road, Thirty-eighth,
Thirty ninth. Fortieth Forty-first and
Forty-seeond streets, stood like veri-
table Chinese wall against the develop
ment of the neighborhood. The adj
vance guard in the horde of invading
apartment houses moved up to the bor-
der line, but beyond that point it could
not go. Then the property was par
celed off into 204 fine building lots and
sold to the public by Joseph p. Day on
November 10, 1921.
That was only three months ago,
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
ARCHITECTS STAGE
OLD FASHIONED BAR
Relic of Wet Days Will Be
' Feature of BeauX-Arts Ball
on Thursday Night.

.s~The bali of the Fine Arts given by the
<zsciety of Beaux-Arts Architects for the
hcnefit of students in architecture paint
ling and sculpture of the Beaux-Arts In
k.tftute' of Design will take place next
fTtursday evening in the Hotel Astor.
4 Tinal arrangements have been COM
< 5ileted by the executive committee, "
ai-hich Kenneth M. Murchison is chair
( hlan, and which includes Dom Barber,
Il Wv Lawrence Bottomley, George 5.
i@happell. Howard Greenley, Frederic c.
Z Eirons. Raymond NJ Hood, Harry Allan
Jacobs and James Gamble Rogers.
I; Some of the attractions which have
been devised by the architects for the
Hvent are a Palace of Illusions" an
hold Fashioned American Bar" by the
: Ateier Laloux architects, Henry
davenport, chief bartender; a "Theater
I sTntime" in which Arthur Ware will pro-
duce a Partisan revue and which holds
\ no more than fifteen persons at any one
time; Paris by Gaslight," about which
4 Its creator, J. H Freedlander, refuses 20
4 divulge anything but the name. and two
ssaris cafes, the "raverne du Pantheon"
ind the Cafe des Deux Magots," which
have been designed and decorated by
Raymond Hood and G. B. Falls, particu-
-larly for nondancers. Something will be
going on IN these cafes all the time.
III JFAbout $500 guests are expected.
stNncy costume will be worn. and music
for the general dancing will be fur
nished by Paul Whiteman's Orches-
ira. Men and women prominent in So
eciety. literature. drama, painting
architecture and sculpture will be
present.
ae, Whitney Warren is chairman of the
ball. and some of the architects who
will be represented are:
,os Chester III. Aldrich. William T. Al
drich, Grosvenor Atterbury, III. M. Bar
Theodore L. Blake, Welles Bosworth,
cgtohn d. Boyd, Archibald NJ. Brown,
Charles Butler, Lawrence S. Butler
Walter B. Chambers. r. Burnham
Chapman Harvey Wiley Corbett. John
w. Cross, Henry Davenport. William
5Siams Delano, Bradley Delehanty, j.
IIe7si de Sibour. ]. ii. Freedlander,
T'axs Gilbert. Leon n. Gillette. Freder-
.=-EaT A. Cooley, Bertram Goodhue, Freder-
: L. SOC dwin. Thomas Hastings. j. Mon
roc Hewlett, +. Burial Hoffman, Jr.,
Henry Hornbostel. Joseph Rowland
Hunt. W. o'D. Iselin. ely Jacques
ISahn. Frederick r. King. c. w. Ladd
William +. Lamb, Charles i. Law
rarce. Julian C. Levi. George A. LIGHT
III t. Linderberg. Guy Lowell. Clinton
Mackenzie. II. Van Buren Magonigle,
IT. r. Manner. Auguste l.. Noel. James
W. O'Connor. Julian l.. Peabody, Ron
aid uoyt Pearce. Lawrence +. Peck
Stowe Phelps. James Otis Post. Maurice
J..Prevot. James G. Rogers, Philip Saw
scr. Harry RenwicS Sedgwick. w. r.
Shepherd. Jr. T. ~ phelps stokes, Will
l. Lain G.. Tachau. S. Breck. y. Trow-
shridge. Ernest r. Tyler. w. Sydney
wagner, a. Stewart Walker Arthur
-~-1yare. Lloyd Warren, u. s. Weeks,
Lawrence G. White. Heathcote NJ.
svoolsey and John Wynkoop.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
J. A. ROEBLlNG BUYS
NEW JERSEY ESTATE

Jones & Jones sold the property
known as Buck Hill." at Bernardsville.
N. j., for the estate of Henry r.. Kun
hardt to John A. Roebling. 1t contains
about 100 acres and was held at 5000
an acre.
Widely known as one of the most at
tractive show places in the White
Plains Scarsdale section of Westchester
county. the residential property belong
ing to Mrs. Leon Janinet on Morris lane
in the Murray Hill tract has been sold
by Chauncey B. Griffen to Angler Was
serman of this city, who has been the
lessee of the property. Mr.. Wasserman
will make it his permanent country
home.
The Janinet estate, which was held
at 100000. consists OF several acres of
land improved with stucco dwelling
of Italian design erected a few years
ago by Eugene j. Lang, architect. The
house consists of fifteen rooms and five
bathrooms and is handsomely appointed
throughout. The outbuildings include a
large garage, gardeners cottage and
hothouses.
In the Morristown section Eugene V.
Welsh leased for term of years the
Putnam A. Bates residence at Convent
to II. lie Roy Snecker of the New York
Stock Exchange; leased the Marcellus
Hartley Dodge residence on the Norris
town-Green Village road to Mrs. E. j..
Hall also sold for the estate of Edward
T. Condor the dwelling 20 Maple ave-
nue., Morristown, to Charles Rauch, and
for Mrs. Mary Adelaide Baldwin her
dwelling at 81 Maple avenue. Morris
town. to p. ]. Royce.