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VOL.20. No. 69.
MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1914.
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Below is the standing of the con
testants this week:
MONROE.
Mrs. W. D. McManus 40,000
Miss Annie Lee Hlnkle 5,000
Miss Eugenia Williams 5,000
Miss Gladys Diggers 5,000
Miss Ruth McCorkle 5,000
Miss Lida Basinger 5,000
Miss Lula Chaney 5,000
Miss Ollie Alexander 5,000
Miss Myrtle Trice 5,550
Miss Ethel Helms 5,000
NORTH MONROE.
Miss Daisy Thomas 23,000
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
Miss Helen Williams 5,000
Mrs. S. E. Trice 5,000
Miss IJelle Medlin 5,075
Miss Amy House 5,000
Miss Lona Polk 30,000
Miss Iiertha Hinson 5,000
Miss Bright Richardson 5,000
Miss Mamie Helms 5,000
Miss Mildred Broom 5,000
Miss Edna Helms 5,000
Miss Jennie Richardson 36,000
Miss Ethel Mangum 5,000
Miss Clara Ashcraft 5,000
Miss Johnnie Parker 5,000
Miss Bright Secrest 5,000
Miss Vcnie Cook 5,000
WINGATE.
Miss Mattie Jones 35,000
Miss Bessie Gaddy 5.000
Miss Ella Whitmlre 5,000
WEST MONROE.
Miss Delia Iceman 10,000
Miss Nellie Earnhart 5,000
Miss Glennie Helms 5,000
SANDY RIDGE TOWNSHIP,
MIfs Annie Gordon 5,000
Miss Odessa Secrest 5,000
Miss Llllie Boatright 5,000
Miss Emma Morris 5,000
Miss May Garnion 5,000
Miss Flossie Moor 5,000
Miss May Belk 5,000
Miss Pauline Crane 5,000
Miss Carrie Godfrey 15,000
Niss Clyde Belk 28,000
MINERAL SPRINGS.,
Miss Ora Lee Porter 34,000
Miss Edna Wiachester 6,000
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
Miss Myrtle Blythe 34,350
Miss Blannle Hinson 6,000
Miss Olive Krauss 5,000
Miss Maggie Simms 27,750
Miss Lessie Helms 6,000
Miss Addie Tyson 6,000
Miss Bessie Wler 19,1000
Miss Myrtle Helms 5,000
Miss Carrie Simpson 22,176
WAXHAW.
Miss Zaila McCain 39.000
Miss Georgia Broom 5,000
Miss Mamie Gamble 5,000
Miss Ellse Davis 5,000
LANES CHKEI& TOWNSHIP.
Miss Sarah Baker 5,000
Mrs. John L. Helms 5,000
Miss Eula Phifer 6,000
Miss Kate Morgan 5,000
Mlss Sarah Parker 10,000
Miss Alice Lee 6,000
Miss Rosa Rogers 6,000
Miss Mary Lee 5.000
Miss Alma Dari 5,000
Miss Lizzie Simpson 5,000
Miss Ollie Belk 5.000
Miss Annie Smith 5,000
Miss Rosa Leonard 5,000
MARSHVILLK TOWNSHIP.
. .:.s Mayme Griffin 5,000
Miss Jessie Strawn 5,000
Miss Blake Braswell ....... .5,000
Miss Maybelle Jones 5,000
Miss Ada Curlee 5,000
Miss Odessa Hamilton 5.000
Miss Myrtle Sinclair 5,000
Miss Blake Ashcraft 5,000
Miss Pearl Edwards 5,000
Miss Foy Pierce 5,000
Miss Ethel Webb 5,000
Miss Annie Perry 5,000
Miss Bessie Mclntyre 5,000
MARSHYILLE.
Miss Mary McBride 5,000
Miss Bessie Mae Hallman ....5,000
Miss Lizzie Armfield 5,000
Miss May Burns 5,000
Miss Euna Bailey 5,000
GOOSE CHEEK TOWNSHIP.
Miss May Austin 20,000
Miss Odessa James 5.000
Miss Addie Baucom 5,000
Miss Lillie Hinson 5,000
Miss Lela Little 5,000
Miss Ola Medlin 35.750
iMiss Maud Griffin 5.000
Miss Letha Austin 5.000
Miss Beatrice Watson 5,000
Miss Nannie Deese 5,000
Miss Carrie Clonti 5,000
Miss Minnie Hinson 5,000
Miss Delia Helms 31,250
Miss Addie Biggers 5,000
Miss Winnie Braswell 5.000
Miss Annie James 5,000
Miss Ola Baucom 15,525
Miss Mattie Hargett 5,000
Miss Wilma Duncan 5,000
Miss Lela Helms 5,000
UNIONVILLE.
Miss Miranda Price 5,000
Miss Wilma Hargett 39,425
Miss Lola Price 5,000
BITORD TOWNSHIP.
Miss Era Belk 5,000
Miss Gaither Coan 23,400
Miss Lillian Mical 5,000
Miss Arlie Fincher 5,000
Miss Mary Starnes 5,000
Miss Wilma Plyler 5,000
Miss Ma Broom 5,000
. 20.275
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. .5,000
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5,000
Miss Vara Belk
Miss Thelnia Little . .
Miss Kate Funderburk
Miss Maggie Sistare . .
Miss Arlie Rollins . . .
Miss Lessie Plyler
Miss Nancy Lntluin . .
Miss Ruth Rogers 5,000
Miss Mayme Belk 32,000
Miss Cornelia Laney 5,000
Miss Annie Eubanks 5,000
Miss Annie Lee Lowery 5.000
Miss Eula Cox 5.000
Miss Pearl Pate 5,000
Miss Edith Plyler 5,000
Miss Gladys Laney 10,000
Miss Olga Williams 5.000
Miss May Hinson 5,000
YANCK TOWNSHIP.
Miss Tommie Hoover 5,000
Miss Myrtle Stalling 5.000
Miss Mabel Lewis 5,000
Miss Velma Porter 5,000
Mrs. Killa Crowell 5,000
Miss Florence Helms 5,000
Miss Bessie Lemmond 5,000
Mrs. Clarence Helms 5,000
Miss Clara Stlnson 5,000
Miss Pearl Stilwell 5.000
Miss Dora L. King 35.000
INDIAN TRAIL.
Miss Ruth Morris 5.000
Miss Annie Crowell 5,000
Miss Mary Boyd 31.000
Mrs. J. Y, Fitzgerald a. 000
STOUTS.
Miss Maggie Haywood 5,000
NEW SALEM TOWNSHIP,
Miss Pearl Braswell 5.000
Miss Nola Smith 5,000
Miss Eunice Simpson 5,000
Miss Sallie Staten 5,000
Miss Odell Brooks 5,000
Miss Rosalind Caddy 5,000
Miss Dora Thomas 5,000
Miss Alma Hargett 5,000
Miss Mitie Simpson 5,000
Miss Ola Staten 5,000
Miss Ada Austin 5,000
Miss Dora Paiker 5,000
Miss Ella Smith 27.125
Miss Clennie Moore 5,000
Miss Ollie Davis 5,000
Miss Effle Edwards 5,000
Miss Ettie Sinpson 5,000
LANCASTER COUNTY.
Miss Ellse McCain 5,000
Miss Same Neal 5,000
Miss Beulah Thompson 5,000
Miss Bessie Flynn 6,000
Miss Odessa Plyler 6,000
Miss Myrtle Thompson 5,000
Miss Annie Sapp 5,000
Miss Ella Rowell 5,000
Miss Carrie Funderburk 5,008
Miss Estelle Gordon ...5,000
Miss Marguerite Sapp 5,000
Miss Maud Funderburk 5,000
Miss Ethel Taylor 15,000
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
Miss Hessle Arant .....5,000
Miss Blanche Pressley 5,000
Miss Maud Sanders 5.000
Miss Dora Terry 6,000
Miss Ollie Stegall 5,000
Miss Gertrude Jenkins 5,000
Miss Geneva Funderburk ....5,000
Miss Myrtle Wallace 5,090
Miss Maud Funderburk 5,000
Miss Hensle McRae 5,000
PA C ELAND
Miss Nell Cato 5,000
Miss Marie Brewer 5,00
Miss Ruth Chavls 5,000
Miss Maggie Smith 5,000
Ilss Jessie Quick 5,000
CHESTERFIELD.
Miss Bertha West 5,000
RUBY.
Miss Ethel Oliver 5,000
MT. CROC HAN.
Mrs. Lucy Huntley 5,000
JEFFERSON
Miss Maggie Miller 5.000
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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
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a. Any contestant may have as
many friends as she may wish to as
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nished upon request.
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mediately after the close of the con
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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, nlso Lan
caster and Chesterfield counties In
noum carouna, snail 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
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lion or a renewal at the same time
and In the same letter that you send
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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.
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SCALE OF VOTES FOR NEW
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4-year subscription 30.000 votes.
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FOR RENEWALS.
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A 3-year renewal .... 12,000 votes
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A 5-year renewal .... 25,000 votes
THE GERMAN SIDE.
Reports Sent Out From German Capi
tal Regarding the Situation Pris
oners Held by Germans Number
Thousands.
Berlin Dispatch. Oct. 25.
The end of the twelfth week of the
war. according to German official ac
counts, taw the final stemming of the
enveloping campaign which the Allies
for a month have been directing
against the German right. The Ger
mans have begun slowly but definite
ly to push southward, it is declared
Events in the eastern area of war
are described as still indecisive. Dis
patches from Austrian headquarters
report that a battle continues before
Przemysl, where the front has assu
ed the shape of a cresent with the
Austrians vigorously attacking the
north and south portions. On Octob
er 24, 5,300 Russian prisoners passed
the Austrian headquarters, while 15
000 additional prisoners from Prze
mysl and Jaroslau are reported en
route.
The use of the anti-cholera seru
In the Austrian army has proved ef
fective. It is stated that the per
centage of cases has been greatly low
ered. Army surgeons regard the dan
ger of an epidemic as having disan
pea red.
ine number or prisoners of war
confined in camps in Germany
October 21 was announced to be 5
401 officers and 291.468 men. includ
ing six French. 13 Russian and three
Belgian generals. More prisoners
are said to be on the way to the front.
A report that Cossacks captured
Zeppelin near Warsaw is officially de
nied. It is stated that no Zeppelin
has been in that vicinity and that no
eppeliiu have been captured any
where. '
Acording to a report from German
official sources, the French minister
of Justice has ordered the seizure
of all the private property of Ger
mans in ranee. rroni the same
source it Is stated that advices from
Lisbon say tha royalist movement i
Portugal is increasing and there ha
been lighting between the rebels an
the government at many places. The
nsurgents are said to be well arm?d
BELGIAN'S HALT TWO ARMIES
Recorder's Court.
The following cases have been tried
to date:
Hiram Cox, ordinance 80; costs.
Joe Sturdivant, assault and bat
tery; costs.
Jacob Simpson, assault and bat
tery; costs.
Hoyle Helms, assault and battery;
not guilty.
Fred Polk, assault and batterv:
jib and costs.
raams Heims, removal of crop
witnout nve days' notice; costs.
Ed Rogers, ordinance 19. speed
limit; costs.
Walter McCorkle, assault and bat
tery, costs.
W. C. Quick, violating ordinance
80, costs..
Wllse Scott, violating ordinance 80,
costs.
Mary Howie, selling whiskey. $25
and costs.
Ben Waddell, larceny, costs.
Louie Elliott, keeping liquor for
sale, 60 days and work out the cost
'repnring to Drop Bombs on london.
"The German campaign with aero
plane bombs against Warsaw has
been rather effective," says tho War
saw correspondent of Reuter's. On
one day 44 people were killed or
wounded, and of these only nine were
soldiers. On another day there were
62 casualties. Many children, drawn
into the streets by curiosity were
struck.
"According to information gleaned
from prisoners, areoplane raids on
London are impending."
i' own were .Mtw to Leave Antwerp
Heroes Wiped (:it Gallant
Hand Was Sent Out t Frustrate
Elaborate Pluns of Germans.
London. Oct. 23. "All the allies
must tiiXe their hats off to the Bel
gian army, which for several day
has been holding In check two entire
German army corps near Dixmude
frustrating the German designs on
the strip of territory between Dun
kirk and Calais," says a dispatch to
The Times.
"It now is permitted to explain
how the Belgian army was able to
make a successful retreat from Ant
werp in face of the elaborate plans
of the Germans. It escaped what
might have meant annihilation by
magnificent feat of arms. It sent a
force of a few thousand men to the
neighborhood of Mullem tin Eas
Flanders, 12 miles south west of
Ghent I to hold back the pursuing
enemy at all cost until the retreat
of the main army had been effected
The battle of Mullem resulted in vir
ual annihilation of the gallant little
body of Belgians, but it meant the
salvation of the Belgian army uud
heir allies.
"The situation of the Belgians and
French at Dixmude has changed for
lie better in the past few days. This
does not menn, however, that, the
Germans are on the run. Much vat
er will run through the Yser before
he Germans will definitely abandon
heir design upon the coast.
"Reports of a German retreat to
wards Bruges are anticipatory and
exugerated. The retreat up to the
present is a matter of a mile or two,
made In order to get further away
from the guns of the warships. The
Germans are now entrenched a mile
or more inland.
"The casualties In the Belgian
nrmy about Dixmude have been tre
mendously heavy."
Getting Better, Say Mr. Wilson.
President Wilson said yesterday
that in his opinion the cotton situs
tion resulting from the war was be
Ing rapidly cleared up. He told his
callers that, while in his opinion, the
end of the war only could restore
normal conditions, rapid progress
was being made.
The President based his optimism
concerning the cotton situation on the
plans for furnishing money to the
cotton planters and on the opening
of foreign markets. He said there
Is every reason why all ports
should be open to cotton and predict
ed that they would be.
GinnciV Report Indicates a Dumper
Crop.
The depression in the cotton trade
has no effect upon the ginning of this
year's bumper crop which Is indicat
ed as the country's second In point
of production. In fart, ginning was
more active during the period from
September 25 to October 18 this
year than ever before, 4,216,929
bales having been ginned ngainst 4.
982.027 bales ginned in that period
In the record crop year of 1911.
Up to October 18 there had been
ginned 7, 610,83 bales, the census
bureau annuonced yesterday.' This
compares with 6.973,518 bales last
year and 7,758.621 bales in 1911.
Help some young lady win a hand
some prize.
SUNDAY IN THE WAR ZONE.
The Day Wan Pasted in Fierce Fight
ing as Isual, With Both Sides
Hopeful.
London Dispatch, Oct. 25.
Each day Is but a repetition cf the
previous day In the battles being
roug'Jt out in West Flanders. North
ern France and Poland between the
Germans and the Allies. One side
gains a little at one point, only to
lose at another.
It appears from the official Germa
and French reports that the Germans,
finding it impossible to advance along
the coast toward Dunkirk owing to
the nre from British and French
warships, took a route a little more
inland and have succeeded in cross
ing the Yser Canal, which the Bel
gians have been defending stubborn
ly for a week to the west of Dixmude.
The Germans have also made pro
gress to the northeast of Roulers,
which they still are in possession of
and towards which the Allies were
advancing last week. The German
claim to have taken 500 British
troops in the fighting in this neigh
borhood. Of the gains claimed by
t lie uermans, the French report
makes no mention, dismissing the
battle with the sentence: "There is
no change to report between the sea
and the region around Arras."
To add to the trials of the troops
engaged in the desperate fighting,
short spell of fine weather has given
place to another downpour of rai
which will convert the lowlands of
Flanders into great lakes.
REPORTS PARTIAL.
Of the battle on the center and left
wing the German report does not
speak. The French declare they are
maintaining their positions in the Ar
gonne and along the Meuse.
From unofficial sources it is learn
ed the French have made some aJi
vaiii-e in me mountains along tne Al
sace border.
In Poland a very heavy battle is in
progress between the fortresses of
Ivangorod and Random, where th
Germans and Austrians. defeated i
their first attempt to cross the Vis
tula, have made a stand.
Both sides have, according to t hoi
own reports, made prisoners and
captured guns but the battle, extend
Ing over a front of twenty-six miles
has not yet been decided.
The Austrians st ill are making
bold effort to cross the River San and
are carrying on a splendid fight south
of Przemysl in the hope of reaching
and recapturing Lemberg.
The Montenegrins today admit
they have had to withdraw to thei
previous positions along the Bosni
an frontier, after an attack by a su
perior force of Austrians. The latter
seem to have made a wonderful re
covery.
Turkey again has assured Grea
Britian, France and Russia that she
Intends to remain neutral. She con
tinues her military activities, howev
er, and is collecting transport ani
mala, which it is said, are destined
for the Egyptian frontier. It is con
sidered that the presence of a strong
Russian force on the Turkish border
has influenced her not to take any
action against the allies.
SHIP COTTON ANYWHERE.
British Government Snvs It Is Not
Contialmnd of War and Will Not
Ho Interfered With.
Great Britain in two notes present
ed at Washington yesterday to the
tate Department by the British Am
bassador, Sir (Veil Spring-Rice, de
fined hr altitude toward commerce
between neutral countries as one of
rigid endeavor to give every security
possible in the interest of free and
undisturbed trade. The documents
ontributod a general pronouncement
of British policy on the subtest of
contraband.
The essential points in the British
attitude are:
American shippers should take pre-
aution to show the exact destination
of their goods, mentioning either a
pecinc consignee or a neutral gov-
rnment In bills of lading. Great
:rillan will be guided by the Ameri
can doctrine of continuous voyages or
ultimate destination ' in respect to
commerce between neutral nations In
rticles generally known as condi
lonal contraband. Absolute contra
band, embracing munitions of war,
always is subject to seizure and ex
minatlon when carried in neutral
hips.
oiion, speemcaiiy mentioned as
neither absolute nor conditional con
traband, can be shipped In neutral
vessels not only to neutral countries
but to all belligerents without moles
tation.
NO TROUBLE WITH ENGLAND.
Releases Oil Steamers and No Trou
ble Whatever Exjiccted.
The British have released the oil
tank steamers which were detained
for an examination of the destination
f their cargoes.
Great Britain's decision not to
rslse the question of change of reg-
stry in either the case of the Brin-
illa or the Platuria Mrengthened
he belief of Administration officials
that there would be no difficulty in
its connection where the ownership
of vessels which changed their flag
as continuously American.
The attitude of the British Govern
ment in these matters was regarded
by the Administration as eminently
satisfactory, assurances that cotton
cargoes would not be molested even
hen bound for belligerent countries
being particularly welcome.
REEKING WITH BLOOD.
HARDEST FIGHTING YET SEEN
ON THE COAST.
Airships, lUttlefleets and I -ami Fore,
es Engaged at Once Germans
Are Said to Consider I'slng Heavy
Artillery at CoaM to Destroy Brl
tish Wabiw Fleet Withdraws
Temporarily From the Fight Re
port Says Germans Advance in Poland.
London Dispatch, Oct. 26.
The battle for the Straits of Dov
er, one of the most sanguinary of the
war. is continuing with unahaterf fu
ry, but this far without either side
gaming decided advantage.
The Germans, who at a tarriMo
cost in life, last Saturday, crossed the
Yser Canal between Nieuport and
Dixmude, have not been able to make
further progress as the Allies, ac
cording to a report of German Gener
al Headquarters issued this morning,
are obstinately defending their posi
tions. It is the same further smith
around Armentieres, Lille, Labasse
and Arras. The opposing armies are
delivering fierce attacks, gaining or
losing a few miles or less of ground
with sacrifices in life that are appall
ing. The whole countryside is fair
ly reeking with the blood of the
thousands of killed and wounded.
in the towns and villaees. with
which the country is dotted pnd most
of which have been laid in ruins hv
the artillery, most desperate fighting
nas occurred when the cavalry and
Infrantry came into contact. Both
sides speak of heavy losses thev hav
imposed on their adversaries, but say
nothing of their own dead or wound
ed, whose places are being filled with
reinrorcements.
The British fleet which did such
execution in bombarding the German
name, seems to have withdrawn yes
terday afternoon. The Germans aav
this was because their artillery was
beginning to reach the ships. The
belief is expressed here, however.
hat the fleet will be able to render
untenable Germ,: n occupation ef any
part of the Belgian or French roast.
The opinion is aleo euc-red hero
that the operations of the Allied ves
sels olT the Belgian coast and in the
vicinity of the Straits cf Dot er mnv
cause the German fleet to come out
and give battle.
In naval circles here it Is con
sidered that the German submarines
although they h.ive proved deadly
to ships steaming slowlv. v. ill not he
so effective against the shl:s steam
ing and maneuvering at full speed
and in shallow water, as the British
monitors and auxiliaries have been
doing.
There Is some talk of the Germans
bringing their big 42-rentimeter guns
to the coast to use against the Allies'
warships but the British sailors nrn
credited with saving that their ves-
sells can prevent these guns being
put in position. They claim that ev
en If they should be mounted they
will not be so deadly against a fast
moving target as aginst the station
ary forts they destroyed so easily.
While this life and death struggle
is going on in the West the French
have become more active along the
Alsatian border and are f-aid to he
making preparations and securing
advanced position" in view of pos
sible attacks by the Germans with
their big Howitzers on the Belfcrt
fortress. It now seems to be realiz
ed that no fortro'Sii has any chance of
holding out when once tl.e.-e big Ger
man guns are brought into action
against it.
The German official report tonight
again speaks ef the German offensive
on Augustowo, Runrir.n Poland,
which it declnr.r ir. programing. It
reiterates that the battle near Ivnn-
gorod although favorable to the Ger
mans, remains undecided.
North of this section the R
claim they are still nursuinir the
Germans who attempted an advance
on Warsaw, and southward to hava
crossed the Vistula and driven the
Austrians back.
In GiUicia and in the Curnathian
the Russians also claim to have
broken down the Austrian offensives.
As the days come and rn and th
promised visits of the Zenticllna tn
England do not materialize the pub
lic seemingly is beginning to believe
these monster aircrafts are being
held in reserve for the dav that tha
German Navy comes out and that
tney win be used in force to assist
the warships in an endeavor to crip
ple the British fleet.
Mass Meeting of Colored Citizen.
A massmeeting of colored citizens
of Union county will be held in the
ion a. m. K. church on Saturday.
October 31st at 2 p. m., to arrange
plans for the Emancipation procla
mation celebration on Jaa. 1, 1915.
All the colored citizens ere cordially
Invited to the metine on the ahnva
date. We want to make this thp host
celebration ecr held is the county.
W. H. STEVENSON. Pros
II. H. CREPT. Secretary.
Rather Serious.
An Oklahoma editor a
Interested In a scientific nnt0 ha on.
countered In an eastern paper to th
eneci tnat ir the earth were fl.itt-ned,
the sea would be two miles deep nil
over the world.
The editor renrinted ih.. not ith
the following comment;
"If any man is caueht fiattnin m
earth, shoot hlm on the spot. There's
a whole lot of us In this State that
can't ewlm."