The Monroe journal., 1922-10-31
INTERESTING COLUMN OF
NEWS and INTERVIEWS
Mr.. Crawford Coble. 0akboro Mer-
chant, Is Profiting Handsomely BY
the Good Roads of This Section
TWO BALE MAN USED TO BE
CONSIDERED SMART FARMER
II Didn't Take the New York Times
to Tell Sheriff Griffith of the Great
ness of North Carolina; Boil Weevil
Driving Hundreds Of Negroes Out
of South Carolina; Seaboard Had
One of Its Best Months.


One of Its Best Months.
Mr.. Crawford Coble of Oakboro i.
proiting handsomely by the gooC
road from his town to Monroe. HI
buys cotton in his section, then hauls
it to Monroe to resell, making the diff.
ference in Stanly county and Monroe
quotations, which sonnet mes exceeds
a cent a pound. The good roads en-
able him to haul SO bales of cotton a
day with one truck, the truck making
two trips day with load of l9
bales. Ten years ago." said Mr..
Coble, who was in Monroe Saturday,
"it would have taken eight teams
with eight drivers two days to haul
the cotton that | now bring to Mon
roe on one truck, with ore driver,
in days time"
Two-Bale Man a Smart Farmer"
II didn't take that long article in
Sundays New York Times to impress
Sheriff Griffith with the greatness of
North Carolina. "Ive known it all
the time the Sheriff said Saturday.
When first came to Monroe, right
after the war" he continued, mo-
body raised ANYTHING but little
wheat, corn and oats. The man who
produced two bales of cotton Was
considered right smart farmer
Why for years afterwards Monroe
wasn't noted for but one thing. Out
OF twenty-eight business concerns,
fourteen of them were saloons"
Co-Ops Organize Exchange
Union county members of the CO.
operative marketing association were
interested yesterday in the report of
the formation of the American Cot
ton Exchange, an organization pat
termed after the New York cotton ex-
change, which is to be the selling
agency of the organized farmers. The
farmers plan to develop their organi-
cation to the point where mills will
look to their exchange instead of
New York for cotton quotations. Of
ticers of the exchange are promi-
nently identified with the co-opera-
tive marketing association.
Will Sell French Box Car at Auc.
tion
Members of the Federated Shop
Craft, who are building replica of |
the French box car, "49 Cheavuax
and 8 Hommes," for the American
Legion parade Armistice Day, Satur-
day, Nov. IL, state they will offer
Their entry at auction to the highest
bidder after the parade, the proceeds
to go to the Union County Children's
Home. The car, they say, will make
dandy play house for children.
Dying Veteran Host to Army Buddies
The spectacle of the two Nc
CURT boys of the Waxhaw community
lying in the same room in govern
ment hospital, suffering from NAL
ady contracted during their service
in the late war, watching each other
de, is almost equaled in pathos by the
story of farewell dinner given by
a dying New Jersey soldier to twen-
ty-hve army buddies. The soldier is
Percy Evans one of the first New
Jersey men to enlist in the world war
ard one of the last to return. The
feast was held Friday night. Be-
lieving that not many more days on
earth remained for him, Evans, suf-
fering with tuberculosis, after having {
been gassed, rose from his sick bed, /
TAXED to the Washington Society 4
club house, and propped up on pill t
lows, presided over the affair. "Sing )
all you want, boys; make all the noise /
you want, fight if you want, but a
please do not wreck the place. he 5
told them. IL won't be with you 5
~ I A
little dinner to show my regard for a
you, my boyhood companions and \
my friends of later life. Fellows, I
have only fe wthoughts to give D
eou. One is the feeling of fellow
IN his back when friend visits him. |,
have been that way. Il is surely n
thing. know that the n
,hulch bell down the street will soon 4
oil for me. have always cherish (
d the association Of MY friends and Z
wanted in this way TO attest my r,
'egards for them.' Evans voice o.
,roka at this roint and his friends Ii
at silently by while he recovered his 81
and called on trio to a,
ing m
Was Looking For the Saddle u
'There used to be an old saying" a.
N old-timer said yesterday. "to the u
fleet that a man who traded much in l,
orses would soon come to bride !
nd a saddle. Years and years ago y
shen lived in Lanes Creek town So
hip, | had for a neighbor one Joe ca
)avis, man pleasantly remembered p
y some of the older folks. One day - -
C walked up to the house with bri- h'
lie in his hands. Have you seen any oc
hing of saddle?' he asked. i have W
cen swapping horses he explained, ,,
ind those pesky traders at Monroe -
ave gotten everything but my bride VI
nd saddle, and now I've lost the sad an
le.' This story recalled a horse trad Ii
Y yarn in which Messrs. Rufe Little en-
nd Clontz Griffin, two Marshville
itzens, were involved. Mr.. Little
ad a pony which Mr.. Griffin coveted, Nj
nd xuhich after rnneh d;cLar;po ha -,