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IF YOU CANT SHOOT A 13-INCH BUSINESS GUN DON'T THROW UP THE WHITE FLAG TRY A MUSKET-PUT AN AD IN THE SFECIAL COLUMN. The Monroe journa Jjlx PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AMD FRIDAYS. VOL. 20. No. 63. MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 6, 1194. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. JOURNAL WILL GIVE AWAY LARGE PRIZES ABSOLUTELY FREE. BIG SUBSCRIPTION' CONTEST STARTS OFF THIS WEEK. Several Hundred Dollars will be Dis tributed In Prises for Those Who Work Three General Priiea and Twelve District Prises Fifteen In All All Highly Useful and the Best Quality That Can be Bought Bead What is to be Done and Get in the Race Nobody Can Lose, "Start something." That is what we hear on every side. Well.The Jour nal has decided to start the biggest subscription contest ever seen in this section, and start it right now. We are going to spend several hundred dollars for high class articles to give to those who aid us in the contest. We had planned several months ago to carry on a subsription contest this fall, and while the slump in cot ton has hurt us like it has hurt ev erybody else, we are going to put on the contest anyway, confident that the unusual offer which wa make to contestants, coupled with the extra ordinary popularity of tnc twice a week Journal and its low price of one dollar a year, will make tin contest a success in spite of the hard times. There are many people In the coun ty who have not seen The Journal tinre it began to go twice a week, and we want these to ret acquainted with it, hence the contest. Irt tead of paying a man to ride around and see them, we are going to put the money into serviceable and desirable prizes and give them to tho,e young ladies who help us In their neighbor hood and among their acquaintances We pay those who work pay all who work and pay them handsomely How handsomely one Is paid depends upon how well the work is done That is the whole secret. The Rcgitming. The Journal's Big Annual Sub scription Contest will start Wednes day, October 14th, and will last eight weeks. This announcement necessa rily cairle3 with it a great deal of interest, for it means the distribu tion of hundreds of dollars worth of the most useful and valuable prizes that can be given In a contest of this kind. We have selected those things which will last a life time In point of quality and will never grow old in point of style and usefulness. The instant popularity of the Twice-a-Week Journal and the great service it Is doing the people in this section leads us to believe that its already large subscription list can be greatly increased, and should be increased, and we propose to pay those who help increase this service. We shall not be satisfied till every family In this and surrounding counties are regular readers of The Journal and know its value. The Proposition. The territory has been divided Into twelve districts, each one having a prize of its own, in addition to three general or grand prizes. For sub scriptions obtained by ladies who work in the contest votes will be is sued by the manager of the contest. The finest features of this contest is that every young lady who works receives pay for her work. None can lose. Each has a chance at the three general prizes, and then at the prize for the district In which she lives. Then, to Insure that every one who really works shall be paid, we make the further proposition that in case nnv one turns In so much as ten dol- 1pm ou subscription and does not win n prize, we will give her ten per cent en all money turned in. The Dhtilcts. The three general prizes will go to those receiving the first, second, and third largest number of votes re gardless of district or place of resi dence. Then there will be twelve districts as follows: Monroe City, Monroe township outside of city, Marshville township, Lanes Creek township, Buford township, Jackson township, Sandy Ridge township, Goose Creek township, Vance town ship, New Salem township, Chester field county and Lancaster county. Thus, a contestant from any dis trict may enter for all of the three general prizes and for the prize for the district in which she lives. Each one then has four chances at prizes. Should you miss the first prize, you may get the second. Should you miss the second you may get the third. Should you miss the third you still have a chance to lead in your dis trict. The Prizes. The first prize is a wonder. It Is a three-piece bedroom set, of solid quartered oak, sold at retail for not less than one hundred and twenty dollars, and the finest set of oak furniture to be found In Monroe. It may be seen at Dillon's furniture store, and Mr. Dillon will back up every word we have said about its quality. It would adorn any bed room, and will last a life time. It is a prize far more handsome and use ful than Is ordinarily offered. But we have determined to give only the best, and the best la not too good for those who help The Journal in its subscription campaign. You can see It, feel it, examine it, and ask Mr. Dillon all about it The second prize la carjely less valuable. It Is right at the top of Us class. It Is one of the handsomest parlor suits ever seen here and that Is seldom seen anywhere for that matter. It consists of fiv pieces a setee. two rockers and two straight chairs. It Is mahogany with genuine I " ther upholstering. In few parlors . : where will a finer set of furni ture be seen. Not only is it hand some, but it Is durable, solid and last ing. It can also be seen at Dillon's. The third prize is the newest model, rotary New Home Sewing Machine. This Is the latest machine turned out by this well known and reliable company, and in many places It is sold as high as sixty dollars. Mr. F. B. Ashcraft is the agent here for this machine and be will back up every thing good we say about It. You will see that all these prizes have been chosen for their usefulness as well as for their beauty and in trinsic value. The district prizes are also useful useful because no wo man Is considered fully attired unless she has a certain amount of jewelry carefully selected for its good taste and excellency of quality. So for the district prizes we have selected a handsome solid gold bracelet, each winner makes her own selection from a number, all guaranteed pure gold worth at any Jewelry store, fifteen dollars. No jewelry Is more popular now than a handsome gold bracelet. From the most ancient times to the present women have always used this article of adornment and probably always will. So in winning these the young woman will win a most precious and much desired article. And then think, too, that we give so many of them one for each of the twelve districts. No newspaper has ever In this section made so generous an offer to those who are willing to get out and do a little work for it. The bracelets may be seen at the store of the W. J. Rudge Co. Everything Straight and Fair. Right here we wish to say that this contest will be up to the standard In every way. Every rule will be car ried out a advertised, and every one will receive exactly the same treat ment. No favorites will he played. Money will not count. Only good honest work will win. The Journal could not afford to give anything but a perfectly square deal If it wanted to. When this contest is over we expect every one of the contestants to be perfectly satisfied. Those who win will have the most elagant prizes imaginable, and those who lose the larger prizes will know that they lost because others were willing to work a little harder. The manager of this contest is not a citizen of Chicago nor any other foreign place. He was raised right here at home and Is known personally to the people. He nor The Journal would stand for anything unfair between the contestants. Besides that, the con test will be open and above board, and after It is over the books will be open to every one. To Our Subscriber. We want your aid right now. We have been working dllligently and will continue to work to make The Journal the best twice a week paper in North Carolina. We want to be proud of the paper and want you to be. It is already by far the best paper for the price to be found any where. You can be of service with out cost to yourself. Help and en courage the workers by paying promptly. After the contest we ex pect to be on the paid in advance basis. We cannot send the paper un less It Is paid for in advance, and now will Ije the opportune time for paying up, thus helping the young ladles and the paper. Just cut out the nomination coupon, fill in the name of some young lady of your acquaintance, and send it In. We will appreciate this and so will she. But better than this, send In with the nomlna tion one dollar for a year's subserlp tion, which will give her the five thousand extra votes as a start. The list of the first nominations will be published next Tuesday. Send yours in at once. Start off in the first list. Contestants may noml nate themselves or havet heir friend: to do so. You wil have plenty of friends to help you work, so get in your nomination and start early. This is going to be the best, big gest, and most interesting contest ever. We want as many as possible in it. We are making a great out lay in cash for these prizes, and we take all the risk. No worker who really tries can lose. There are too many prizes and the commission too, for any worker not to get paid for her effortts. RULES. 1. To enter the contest, fill in the nomination coupon found in this is sue and mail to The Journal office. The nomination coupon will be worth 6,000 votes. 2. No one connected with The Journal will be allowed to participate In this 'contest In any way. 3. Subscriptions turned In by con testants will be accepted in exchange for voting certificates. These certifi cates may be cast at any time the holder sees fit, provided that no con testant will be allowed to. cast more than 10.000 more than the leader of the previous week. All certificates over and above this amount must be held in reserve. This rule will be suspended beginning with the last week of the contest and all certifi cates may be cast whenever the hold er sees fit. The standing of contest ants will be published in the Tuesday edition of The Journal and the fig ures in this published score shall represent the official count. If an error occurs the attention of the man ager must be called to it before the next Tuesday. 4. Votes are not transferable. 5. Any contestant may have as many friends as she may wish to as sist ber in securing subscriptions. Subscription books, etc., will be fur nished upon request. 6. Monday night at 8:30 marks the closing hour for the week. Your re port must be in the office by that time If you wish your standing to be changed in the issue of next day. 7. Vote coupons will be published In The Journal of each issue. Watch the paper and have your friends do the same and get as many of these coupons as you can. They may be exchanged for voting certificates any time you wish. 8. All books and records of the contest will he open to the public im mediately after the close of the con test. Every contestant gets a square deal and we want her to know it. MERIT not money WINS. 10. There will be three grand prizes and twelve district prizes. The grand prizes will go to the three young ladies having the highest score regardless of district. The nine townships in Union county, also Lan caster and Chesterfield counties in South Carolina, shall constitute a district each, except Monroe town ship shall constitute two districts the City of Monroe one and the bal ance of the township the other in which a grand prize for the highest vote in each district will be awarded. Provided that a winner of one of the grand prizes shall not be elligible for the district prize. 11. If you send in a new subscrip tion or a renewal at the same time and in the same letter that you send In your nomination you will receive 5,000 extra votes (over and above the regular vote allowed) for each subscription or renewal which will be credited to your account at the same time your nomination is published, which will make your standing the first week 15,000 votes as all con testants start evenly with 5,000 votes. See scale of votes for value of subscriptions and renewals. 12. Anyone who was receiving The Journal regularly when th9 contest opened will bo considered as an old subscriber. No subscription will be consldred as new when changed from one member of the family or house hold to another. 13. No subscriptions for less than a year wil be accepted. SCALE OK VOTES FOR NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS. A 1- year subscription 5,000 votes A 2-year subscription 12,000 votes. A 3-year subscription 20,000 votes. A 4-year subscription 30,000 votes. A 5 -year subscription 40,000 votes, FOR RENEWALS. A 1-year renewal .... 3,000 votes. A 2-yenr renewal .... 7,000 votes. A 3-year renewal .... 12,000 votes, A 4-year renewal .... 18,000 votes. A 6-year renewal .... 25,000 votes, A STORY OF THE FIGHTING. WOULD SHOOT 1!1H DUKE. licit-inn King's Reply to Threat to Hum Brussels. New York Sun. Letters from London received here last night clear up the identity of the mysterious prisoner mentioned in recent cables as held by the Belgians, to whom the other German prisoners pay extraordinary respect such as would be accorded by them only to royalty. One statement was that the prisoner was Prince Adalbert, the third son of the Kaiser. The dispatches from London Ident ify the mysterious prisoner as the Duke of Mecklenburg-Scherln. It is not known when the Duke was cant ured but the Kaiser has shown the keenest Interest In his Welfare. Accoruing to xne statement rrom London, two letters of surpassing in terest have recently passed between the Kaiser and King Albert of the Belgians. In the lirst letter the Kal ser, in his own handwriting, inform ed the King of the Belgians that If a hair of the head of the captured Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerln were hurt, he, the Kaiser, would deEtroy iirussels. , The reply to this ultimatum was laconic, but to the point. King Al bert, also In his own handwriting, as sured the Emperor that immediately the forces of the Kaiser commenced their work he, King Albert, would shoot the Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerln with his own hand. Nnnint's First Kliltinwnt. Wilmlngton Dispatch. The Italian steamer Dora Daltea, 2,777 tonage, Capt. D. Nicora, mas ter, arrived In port this morning from Savannah. Ga.. to take on a part of a cargo of cotton at the fpruni wnarves. The steamer is the first to arrive in Wilmington this sea son for cotton, and ahlnmonta n ha made on her will be the first official exports from this city for the year. Several thousand bales, however, have been sent to Eurnna frnm iho Sprunt and Cooper compresses by way or iew jorK. mis cotton, how ever, goes to swell the export records of the metropolis and not those of Wilmington. The Dora Dultpa pvnerta In rlanr tomorrow for Italv. Part nf the Sprunt cotton will be discharged at Barcelona and part at Genoa. The ship was partly laden with naval stores and cotton at Savannah. Costing France 97,000,000 a Day. The war ia cost In 17 Frmr, 17 Ann . 000 a day. Minister of Finance Alexandre kidoi announced Saturday that the outlay for the first sixty days of the conflict had been 1120 . 000,000. Irish Cnu Jokes and Sing Songs In the Face of Death German Lines Come on Like the Waves of the Sea. New York Dispatch. A tale of warfare from the British camp in France, vivid with descrip tion of the way the English forces faced death on the battlefield, of the joket they cracked and of the prayers they said with the bullets sweeping their ranks, was brought to New York by the Rer. James Molloy, a native of Trenton, N. J., who served as chaplain for several weeks with one of the British regiments In France. He said: "In a modern battle there is an overpowering sense of unreality. The business of seeing men kill each oth er seems mechanical because of the preponderence of the machine ele ment in the affair; the human ele ment simply bleeds and dies, but the the machines continue In their per fection of slaughter. "The conduct of the English and Irish soldiers in the trenches was surprising. There those men stood behind shoulder-high mounds of dirt, facing level spraks of death in front, yet cracking jokes and singing snatchs of music hall ballads be tween volleys. Stupendous bravery, I call it, or stupendous absence of nerves. "Iv'e heard men under the crushing fire of the terrible German guns and with comrades dropping all about them unite in roaring, "It's a Long Road to Tlpperary,' as If they were in barracks. Sometimes I'd hear a big Irishman call out to a neighbor In the trenches, 'Well, I winged that Dutch man all right.' The business of kill ing, with them, seemed personal and to partake somewhat of a fportlng event. "But how the Germans did pound that British line at Mons! They came on, and on, and on, never stopping, never faltering. It was like the waves of a blue-gray sea rolling up through the fog. One wave would break and die away, but another would be right behind it, pushing on Inexorably. The German commanders threw their men into the face of British fire with ab solute recklessness, counting on the sheer weight of numbers to over whelm us. "To see those Cernian lines move forward through glasses was like watching regiments of toy soldiers pushing across a table. You'd see a long row of palo blue blocks, topped with Hifkeil helmets, break from rov er and come rushing at you. Then a British gun at your elbow would speak, a shell would drop rljiht In the midst of a blue block, a great hulling up of smoke and soil and the block would be gone. Nothing left but a few little men running madly back through the haze of powder smoke. "But the German shells kept com ing and coming. They were terrible, those shells! I have seen one shell en ter a little bill and there explode, car rying away the whole top of the hill. I have seen a company of British wip ed out by the explosion of a tingle shell. "Perhaps the night fighting is the most weird and terrible to see. In this the forces of the Allies had the superiority through their preponder ant supply of aeroplanes. The allied fo; ms on the retreat from Mons to Seplis had 35 aeroplanes, which were busy day and night, but particularly at nicht. "You would hear a whirring of In visible propellors overhead and by straining your eyes could trace the direction of the night flyer over the Gorman positions. Gunners stand re;u!y behind their pieces, eyod up to a wire pitch of efficiency. "Suddenly a spark appears in the heavens; it falls. The airman has discovered the position of a German battery, and his falling torch makes the range and the position. Instantly the British guns roar and a shower of shells roars up to follow the line of that falling star." A THRILL ALONG THE LINE. English and French Feel That They Have Accomplished Their First Object Soldiers Burrow in the Ground. On the Battle Front, via Paris, Oct. 2. A thrill was in the air all along the extended allied lires today. The French and British troops, who for more than a fortnight have been in the closest contact with the Germans, felt tbey had accomplished their hard task of preventing the Germans from breaking through the human barrier erected between them and Paris, their main objective, and this meant eventual victory for the allies. The lines of trenches make the bat tle front appear like deeply scarred fields. The allies, who quickly learn ed the lesson of burrowing, face the Germans within a quarter of a mile at some places. Their field entrench ments offer admirable shelter from the German artillery, which conse quently reduces their casualties and permits the allies to await in com parative safety the German attacks, which must be made across the open and often at terrible' cost. The fury of the German onslaught was unabated today, and especially on the western wing, and their every effort typefies courage. The scene of the most violent at tacks changes day by day. The Ger mans finding it impossible to pene trate the allied lines In the vicinty of Rhelms and Solssons, quickly trans ported many of their divisions far their northwest and to-day hurled them against Roye. Again they fail ed, although tonight they had not ceased their efforts to batter down the resistance. The allies' great turning movement today and their western wing extend ed toward Arras. Reports from the other end of the line on the frontier show the progress of the allies to be slow but sure. Hundreds of German prisoners fell Into the hands of the allies at every point and it was re marked that the majority were Ba varians, who seem to have been prom inent in the front of the German at tack. Spies are so numerous along the front that orders have been issued stating that any Cernian in civilian dress encountered will be considered a spy and those furnishing him with clothes will be regarded as accom plices. Germans who do not surren der on the first summons will be exe cuted. The order says that any group of more than three armed Germans found behind the allies' lines will be considred as ghouls and shot, while every person found committing rob bery on the battlefields, whther civil ian or soldier, will be courtniartialed. WOULDN'T SURRENDER. German Lieutenant Was the Last Man In His Company to lie Killed. That an African battalllon checked attacks of the German Imperial Guard In recent fighting near Verdun is the Inference drawn from details received at Paris of the combat In that region. A survivor of the battle who arriv ed In Paris told the following story of the fight: Deceived by our silence the guard came on even to the barbed defenses and commenced cutting them before our trumpets sounded an order for volley firing. The first line of the en emy seemed just to melt away under our fire. The second line appeared to be shaken for an instant, but on they came. "We could see the officers In the lead waiving their swords and en couraging their men to the assault. Another volley and the second line thinned out; but a third line came on and the mass crossed the line of wire defenses. "When the charge was sounded we rushed forward to meet them. Then our boys commenced to fall, but our Impetus was too much for the aris tocratic guard, which was mowed down and disappeared. "Of one regiment only a single company remained. It was led by a tall lieutenant with a boy's face. This company stood to the last man and that last man was the lieutenant. He refused to surrender and stood his ground alone until the bayonets of the Zouaves brought him down." Soldier Played Football on the Firing Line. A dispatch from Paris on Sunday says: After the determined attacks and Counter attacks of the past few days there has been more or les3 calm along the western front since late yesterday except on the most ex treme wing near Arras, where the fighting has continued Incessantly. Both armies have kept up desulto ry firing at nearly all points, although the Infantry did not come into action. The French soldiers were greatly surpised today to see their British comrades after the long spell In the terenches retire to some distance In the rear and inflate several football and begin lively games. Some of the British battallions had lost a large proportion of their numbers in the severe battles of the last week, but the zest of the nu n tor the sport was unabated. Most of t;;e units not actually ad vanced on the firing line today at tended the oi"?n air religious serv Ices, conducted by the army chap la ins. THE RUSSIANS WIN FRENCH AND ENGLISH STAND STILL. Would Have CIiiMivn Si);n Pence Pe tition. A letter to the children of the Uni ted States asking them to sign a pe tition to the rulers of the warring na tions In Europe and Asia urging peace was Issued In New York by the children's peace petition committee with the approval of the board of managers of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Teachers every where In the country are asked to read the committee's letter to thtV pupils and have the children sign the petition and return it to New York The petition, addressed to the Em perors of Austria, Japan, Germany, and Russia, the Kings of Belgium, Great Britain and Montenegro and the President of France, pleads with the rulers to call an immediate arm istice and submit their differences to The Hague tribunal, and to promise to have all future difficulties adjust ed in the same manner. FOURTH WEEK OF FIGHTING IX FRANCE INDECISIVE. Our Army Seeks to Increase Aviation Corps. Sensational use of aircraft in the European war adds Interest to steps rrdered by the War Department to at once carry out the rrovlslon of the act last July to Increase efficiency of the aviation service of the army. A general order Invites unmarried lieu tenants of the line of the army under 30 years of age to apply for details of this extra hazardous service, which will entitle them to a 60 per cent in crease In salary. Whole Regiment Drowned. A Petrogad dispatch, by way of Rome to the Central News, says: "The Germans are evactuating Rus sian territory. Whole regiments have been drowned in the Niemen river and have lost their siege artillery. The Emperor, It Is declared, escaped with difficulty." The Allies Are Unable to Turn the German Wings HiiMUn Claim Defeat of the Germans on Their Side of the War Area The French Marched Many Miles a Day But German Birdmen Spy on Them. So far as the world knows, the fourth Week of tha hattla nf th Aisne (An) in northern France, shows no decisive results. The Germans seem to be able not onlv to hnirf thai own but to make vigorous counter at- tacKs. io one can say w hen the tide of battle will change. General von Kluck, reinforced with roons from the Ger man Pent ml rnn. tinues to make a .lptprivineft RtanH against the attempt of the Allies to uu nana nun. The defeat nf tha Cpi-mui, orm-v which Invaded Russia from East Prussia appears from Russian ac counts to have been even r.inrn Ha. cisive than previously stated. Accord ing to me Kussian Ambassador at Rome the Oermana warn rnntod ,nm. pletely with a loss of 70.000 men and 1 I a a. uave oeen iorcea to aoandon everything. The Russians now are mnvlnr for ward with the object of again invad ing East Prussia. This virtnrv if If is as complete as reported, is of the greatest importance to the Russians as it will prevent the Germans from undertaking, from land and sea, op erations which would have compelled Russia to turn at least a part of its attention in this direction. General Rennenkampff apparently drove a wedge between the two Ger man forces which were advancing up on DruskeniUl and Ossowetz and brought about the battle of Angusto v.o, which resulted In a Russian vic tory, if the Germnns have not tir ed from the Wt hank of the N'omen River at Pru.-k.niki, their defeat at Augustowo must compel them to do so. The moral effect or another inva sion of East Prussia will also by of importance. No news has been received today from the Silesi.in mid Gallrian battle fields and probably the nvin armies have not come together thc-re. A big battle cannot be delayed lnuc'.. longer however as on the Silesisn frontier both armies are moving forward and will meet In Russian Poland. On the battle front, via Paris, Oct. 5. The Allied Armies, after having permitted their adversaries, an they thoucht. to exhaust t homtalvpu lv continued attacks, today took a most vigorous onensive. The British and French encountered such a fit rinir resistance, however, that their most auvancea detachments on the West ern wing were compelled to fall back. Only at this part of the long battle line did the opposing troops actually come into close contact. Many picturesque villages around which hundreds of thousands of men Occupy Positions. h.ive Hiiffn severely in the recent fighting and probably will sufTer still more before the struggle is over. The country where the chief figlu ing is going on is lint livation. In niarv nl and there are scattered coal mine..'. The Allied armies are extending con tinually toward ihe imnli in.il l,,,,!- ing eastward toward the Behiua frontier, thus com.,.llin iha Ch ilians, in order to prevent the cium! ling up of their main army, to mo large forces from the center an. J t) keep pace with the Allies whe:,o po sition menaces Iho invaders along tin whole line. The Allie-i plan, it is thought, may compel Ihe Germans ti release the pressure on the Belgians. The rapidity with which the French change positions is remarkable. Two entire divisions t.f infantry inarched nearly SO miles Saturd.iy and 2i miles Sunday. The Germans, howev er, by means of their aviators, who arc flitting continually over ttirf lines despite ered the movements and brought up reinforcements to meet them. Ai the Germans occunv the .nutria nf ... circle, they are able to reach an ap pointed spot wun muTO shorter marches. It was this that enabled them to force the advanced guards of the Allies to cede a small amount of ground until further assistance came. At one point on the Allies' front a French rerlmenf after thmn i , - - .a.avv 111 the trenches on being ordered to the rear ior rest, sent a petition through their colonel to the eral asking permission to remnin un- ui me uerman rositlon facing them was taken. APPLY SLOAN'S FREELY FOR l.l.MHAt.O. Your attacks pf Lumbago are not nearly so hopeless as they seem. You can relieve them almost Instantly by a simple application of Sloan's Lini ment on the back and loins. Lumba go Is a form of rheumatism and yields perfectly to Sloan's. It penetrates quickly all in through the tore, ten der muscles, limbers up the back and makes it feel fine. Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment for 25 cents of any druggist and have it In the house against colds, sore and swoolen joints, rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and like aliments. 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