'HE MONROE
Journal
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.22. No. 5.
JIONROE, N. G, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1916.
ONE DOLLAR A YE.,.
Mil. HWMilXS' OPINION
Thinks That the People IKi Want
;mhI Itoads and That I he Election
Phi tilKXl.
Correspondent of The Journal.
The defeat of the propose ' road
law on February 5th Is no r . that
the people of the county are b.psed
to good roads, and we still entertain
the idea that they want them bad
enough to pay the bill if a propo
sition ran be drafted that looks
just to their notion, one that can
not remind them of a "German sub
marine." Therefore the overwhelm
ing defeat of the system Just recent
ly before the voters should not dis
courage any real, earnest advocate of
...uua "- .)in tiie Mansti ates in this mars
ment is just as prevalent and just ,0,t!.iR ami vive us their views upon
as earnest in this county as is the ,ho fiu,,s,i;;, of the improvement of
prohibition movement and it Is n 1 4jUr ru tdss
less sure to result In a nation-wide, Col,;e ' am au ar.d let us talk
system of good roads than the prohi-, , lllJtlu,r ovor in a roali maPS meet
bitiou movement Is sure to drive the j Thp mll,,r pa,,ors of the county
liquor u iiom u.e 1.1...1. ,v
patience and preservers m-e is all (hut I
is necessary to eventually win in this
progressive fight.
No one who really believes in dem
ocratic government has any grounds
upon which to complain because of
the defeat of the proposed road law.
Tl'.e writer believes thoroughly in
majority rule. As we have said be
fore, the people of Union county have
accumulated, their property "in the
sweat of the face" and they "are there
fore extremely conservative in the ex
penditure of their money for public
Improvements. Itut one admirable
characteristic of Union county folks
is that when they do clearly see a
propositlon they act accordingly and
stick to their convictions like a leech,
r.in. ho !.,, a tn. i, i i, i
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the matter and we will have good
Toads.
It Is gratifying to see The Monroe;
Journal to take he Bane stand that
it would not be the part of wisdom
for some fellow to go down to Raleigh
as a legislator and put a bond issue
on the county. Resides being con
trary to democratic government such
an act would be unwise because of the !
fact that the good roads work could
not be successfully carried on with
two thirds of the people arrayed
against the plau and "cui i in' " the
legislator who "put it over" them.
Public sentiment must be created be
fore any reform mei siirc can suc
cessfully be put into operation. If
the legislature hud enacted a prohi
bition law for North Carolina before
the time was ripe, wiihout submitting
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the matter to a vote of the people. It
would have been a failure. And so
it is with regard to other reform and
progressive measures. In pursuing a
policy of patient, heroic teaching and
and moulding public sentiment for
good roads The Journal is rendering
real service to the people ami its,
position will eventually be vindicated
by the citizens of Union county.
The campaign for good roads has
not been a failure by any means.
While the measure did not carry the
fruits of the agitation are already to
be seen. The people have been awak
ened to the fact that a better system
of ror.d-worklng Is badly needed, and
furthermore that il is impossible to
have improved roads under the pres
ent system.. The writer is not in
clined to criticise those who have the!
supervision of the road work in hand.
They have perhaps done the best they
could with the Information and mon
. ey at their command. In Lanes Creek
township we are told that a system
atic method of dragging has been in
augurated and that as a result their
roads are in rplendid condition. The
drags In use are made in a simple i old man and It was a month or so bp
manner and are attached to the front i fore he left for California without the
hounds of a wagon which makes it ! formality of saying good-bye. In n
possible for two mules to draw the
drag with comparatively good ease.
When road officials over the various
townships have seen the drags that
Lanes Creek is using and have learn
ed how simple and inexpensive they
are and how easily they are operated
we will perhaps see this most suc
cessful of nil methods of maintain
ing roads put into operation in all
the townships or the county.
While this demonstration dragging
is going on an election for providing
more special tax, making the town
ship unit, would In all probability
carry. An act providing for such an
election may be found in the public
lawa of North Carolina for 1907.
This would eliminate the rhaingang
proposition, the principal thing that
defeated the proposed bill on Febru
ary 5th. The so-called "free labor"
system would also be consigned to
the graveyard or put on cold storage
as a relic of barbarism, as it so rich
ly deserves to be done. It's a mighty
good time to get busy, while the coun
ty is shaken from center to circum
ference on the good roads question,
and brinng to pass something tangi
ble. L. E. HUG GINS.
To the Magistrates of Union County.
As Union county is one of the best
counties in North Carolina, and her
citizenship the best and are progres
sive along agricultural lines and oth
er lines which go to make up a pro
gressive people and this being elec
tion year in which members of the
General Assembly are to be elected
I ask all the Magistrates of the coun
ty to meet In the courthouse In Mon
roe, on Monday, the 6th day of March
1916, at 10 o'clock a. m., to dlscusa
ways and means and ascertain. If we
can. the best way and at the least ex
pense to the taxpayers of improving
and bettering the condition or our
roads in order that our legislators,
who ever they may be, will have some
Idea as to what our taxpayers want
done and would have them do for us
in the way of legislation as to Im
proving and giving us better roads
without Increasing our tax burdens
much greater.
There has been some talk floating
around that If the people did not
watch out that it might be that this
county would have a 'snap" judg
ment entered against us by the legis
lature like Davidson county has. I
do not approve of any such legisla
tion and do belive that any man nom
inated and elected by the good people
of this county would not be guilty of
passing such a measure over them in
the race of the majority vote In the
late election.
I have what I believe to be t'.ie best
plan that can be put In operation to
put our roads in good condition prac
tically' twelve months in the year and
at a cost that will not be a burden to
the taxpayers.
Let all who are interested in the
Ii.ini-nverirnt r.f nnr rmi' come and
will please publissh this ci.ll.
!. L. FLOW.
MAKIlYIMi AMt !U.v!AM) KILL
ING record
In Haywood County Cou't a Woman
Is Convicted of Kilti'.i:; Sixth Hus
band and She Is Still V .ling.
Waynesville Dispatch. Ib. 13.
in Haywood Superior court yester
day Mrs. Frona McMahan entered a
plea of guilty of manslaughter In bav
ins killed her husband at Sunhurst,
this county, last August. Juds;e 1).
F. Lonjt sentenced her to three years
in the State penitentiary. Mrs. Mc-
;Mahan was tried at this term or
court for murder In the first degree
niiil after snendiner 5.1 hours in delib-
- .
eration the Jury was unable to reach
an agreement, standing eight to four
for conviction
Mrs. McMahan Is 3 4 years of age
and has had six husbands, three of
whom have died under Mispicious cir
cumstances and three of whom de
serted her. Small in suture and a de
cided brunette, she was the center of
Interest to one of the largest crowds
ever attending a session of court here,
Her story on the witness stand was
most remarkable, and throughout the
trial she maintained a perfectly calm
appearance, never evlnciirj any emo
tion oven under the gruelling cross
examination to which she was sub
jected by attorneys prosecuting the
Case.
A native of this county, she tcsti
(led that she was married In Graham
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county, this State, when slightly un
ier 16 years of age to a man named
Thomas Meadows. This was on April
4. On the twelfth day of the June
following Meadows killed himself In
the presence of his girl wife and her
two small sisters, shooting himsell
through the side. S!ie was tried De
fore a magistrate for having murder
ed him, but probable cause was not
found and the matter was dropped.
Two years lat.-r in Tennessee she
was married to William Metcalfe,
with wlmni she lived for about live or
six years, when he ran away with an
other woman. Without bothering
abon a divorce a little less than a
year after she married William Greg
ory, also In Tennessee. Shortly there
after he obtained a position at l'roc-
tor, this state, and one day when he
was Journeying across the mountains
to his home he was taken suddenly
ill when about a mile away and died
before aid could reach lilm.
Less than six weeks the widow
mourned for the departed, for within
that time David Shields had won her
heart and hand. He was rather an
very short time the deserted wife was
consoled by n younger man, again
without the Visual divorce, this time
to Lulher Shields her troth being
pledged. in the course of a rew
months, however, the domestic har
mony was shattered, a lady from Lit
tle Rock. Ark., persuading the hus
band away.
Then came the sixth husband. Dove
McMahan. The couple had been liv
ing as man and wife for uearlv two
years and were getting along fine ut
the big plant of the Champion Lum
ber company at Sunburst until one
August morning last year the man
was found dead In bed. a bullet holo
through his heart.
The case against the women was
entirely circumstantial. She testified
that he had gotten up and made a
fire in the early morning and then
came back to bed. she getting up then
to prepare breakfast. A few minutes
later the pistol shot rang out. while
she was in the kitchen, according to
her testimony, and he was discovered
dead. There were several people in
the house at the time, but no eye
witnesses. From the wound and the
position the pistol was found the
State argued that he could not have
killed himself, and that his wife was
bound to be the guilty party. Rn
pleaded Ipnocence, and the Jury
could not agree.
American Rmvcry in British Army.
A dispatch from London says El
mer C. Goldsworthy of Monterey,
Cal., we'.l known as a track athlete
and tennis player, who received a
medal for dislngulshed conduct in
carrying dispatches under fire at
Ypres. has been wounded so badly
that he probably will be invalided
from the army.
Goldsworthy. who was working In
Canada at the outbreak or the war,
enlisted with the Trlnccss Patricia
regiment and won a medal by carry
ing orders to the Canadians, who
were nearly wiped out at Ypres. Re
cently, while leading party of nine
bomb-throwers, he received eighty
wounds from a German grenade
which killed all the other members of
his squad.
KNOWS WHAT IT WILL
COST THE COl'XTKY.
kitchen Shown that lrenaxlncK
Will Take 70 Per Cent r All Our
Tatt .More Than Any Other .Na
tion. Washington Dispatch, Feb. 11.
Did you know 62 cents out of every
dollar you pay in revenue or tax to
the goer?meut is spent for military
purposes? x
Claude Kitchin, congressman from
Viirfll (riliii:. and llitfir in lli
, . n . r .1
house, says so. He says. too. if the
national ueieuse program J1"08 ' .innotiaded from below bv the anti
thiough congress the ratio will be .(j ft
iw .vi.ia u.i nil, uuiiiir.
Congressman Kiuhin has prop;; i ,
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statnHK-s on tne cost of war. cost o.
detense and ether military expenses
lie has an interesting exhibit
at..ii.i:.t national defense. It is a dia-j
grain showing what proportion of i:s;
revenues each of the world rov;n i
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devotes to imhury expenses In.
v V V mu;.oiuoh . i.i'Tt.rnv un(, alon the river Ajsne ,ue,
niled bates s the greatest of all, Cu;ans varied an Infantry attack.1
though the totals do not agree be- ..... t- i. ..... .-. oi. I
i-Rure the annus of European Pc
aiiJ J.a?a are larger than tlis I inted
,.T , . v . ., ... .. ' (lermans endeavored to surround on; -I
Ki.thin lake; the position tlK; , .,, ,it.1.,1i ,i.,,.
i the position tlKi
paying r.u txeessive;
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nited Mates Is paying r.n txcesMve
proportion of its annual Income for!
war "past and to come." !
"Roth telativtly and absolutely iV
proposed increases in our navy and
army budgets ura enormous." rays
Kitchin.
"At the expiration of the five-year
period for the program this count:;
will then be expending on its navy
and army more than any nation In the
world in times of peace ever expend
ed "At the beginning of the European
war Germany was expending for past
wars und preparations for wars 55
per cent of Its total revenue; Japan
45 per cent; Great Britain 37 per
cent; the United States more than
CO per cent.
"With the proposed military and
naval program enacted into law the
United States will be expending more
than 70 per cent."
Carolina Haby Will Soon Die of Tn
IwmilnsiN l ilies gulckly liesclieil.
Word has Just come from an east
ern North Carolina town of a mother
hopelessly sick from tuberculosis and
her three year old baby who lias con
tracted the disease from her. The
mother It seems contracted the dis
ease from poverty and the child from
her. The physician writes: ' If the
child could be given a bolter oppor
tunity,' he rould got well, but the
mother's condition, I think, hi hope
less." In these two sentences are text for
sermons. The hard cold fact con
fronting this mother and baby irc
first, if their poverty brought then, to
this condition, they have not fund"
enough to go to a sanatorium to be
cured. Even the minimum cost ut
the State Sanatorium Is n dollar a
day. Second, the State Sanatorium
is filled to overflowing, and hundred.--of
consumptive! are on the wnitin;'
list already. Futherinore, the nio'hrr
! " "V"1" "" lo io a ;ana-
torium, but should go to a tiiborru-
losis hospital.
The state has no
such hospital
The baby should be rescued but then -
are no provisions for babies or elul
dren at the state sanatorium, not
even an open air school.
Hands went up In horror when tliei
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Bollinger baby was permitted o il.r wsrn F.nools , tlie S()Uth was one
and it was sightless and dumb and ()f ?2 no() for the Mannssa9, Va., In
unhearing. This, not a "deiei tiVi-; ,,,,.,, ,.i,,wi, Vnr i,1.n,i,,.u-
but a conscious child who is hungry,
or sleepy, or cold, or alone; a whole,
sweet, confident baby, a baby wit'i
eyes and cars, who clings like a little
soldier to the scanty hope of the
years. And where are they who de
clared that a baby should be given
a chance to live? And thev who
called the deed done to the Chicago
baby a crime:
Student Charged With Death of till I
Chicago Dispatch, Feb. 13
Solemn denial was made today by
Will H. Orpet. student nt the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, that he saw Marion
Lambert take the poison which end
ed her life in the woods near, her
home in Lake Forest, where her half
frozen body was found Tliursda
morning.
"If I had only looked back, do you
think I would have let her lie there?
he said pointing to the dark woods
where the hndv was found He reach.
cd Lake Forest today In custodv of
detectives and State s Attorney R. J.
Dady of Lake county.
Part of the mystery which sur
rounded the death of Miss Lambert,
an 18-year-old pupil of the DeerfleUi
township high school.was solved when
It was discovered that she died of poi
son and that she was a pure girl.
Orpet, after long questioning admit
ted he had met the girl In the lonely
woods on a secret tryst, and that be
had told her that he Intended to mar
ry another.
He Is to be subjected to further
questioning and will be taken to the
woods, where the body was found and
will be questioned again as to what
was said and done there.
X eg, rite Warned Off.
Wautauga Democrat.
We are Informed that a notice was
posted on the line of the new rail
road, near the Linville Gap. giving
notice that no negro laborers should
cross the county line, and that fol
lowing this some negroes working on
the road were frightened away. The
sheriff of Avery county notified the
contractor that he would protect the
labor in his county, and he may be
assured that our sheriff will protect
them In Watauga.
F1GHTIXU FIERCE IX r HAXCE
In Some Set lions Hie taernians Arc
Attacking Vigorously British
frulser Sunk Russians After
Turks.
The whole western fighting front
Is the scene of heavy engagements.
At some points the big guns have
been roaring incessautly for days;
the infantry have been engaged in
hand-to-hand sruigles, grenade light
ing and mining operations have
played a prominent part in the bat-
! ties, while airmen luve (ought each
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tles, while airmen luve (ought each
Tho ,:.irill.,n- f(1llu0,l Ih.ir ro.
.uv odLVi.-o III v iiiuiiir.;.r u ..t-i
, f addiUonnI ,iair.,uile of
Fl,,H.h trent.hrs around Tr.hure. in!
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that district and their artillery bom- j
hardiucnts in the neighborhood of!
.V;;.--igne- and Xuvirin have di.mj an-!
;i.itnu iu Ainu ut iiic rir;
To the north of Solssons
swered iu kind by the French. i
around
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Tll , lt. M.u,:i of ,ho smme u!
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In upper Alsace the Germans
turn-d loose their guns on trenches
tiie French had re-captured from
tlit-in. but the French during the
ni'ht had evacuated them and the
shelling did no other damage than to
shatter the emplacements.
Seventeen lights In the air is the
record of Sunday reported officially
by the British along their lines in
Flanders. In addition there has been
irreat activity south of La Rassee
Canal where the Germans exploded
seven mines. Heavy bombardments
and an infantry attack in that sec
tion also is reported, the Germans
succeeding in entering a British
trench. They were driven out almost
immediately.
In Albania the Arsen river which
runs westward across Central Al
bania and empties into the Bay of
Diirazzo, has been reached by the
Auftro-Hungarian vanguards accord
ing to Vienna.
There have been no important
events on the eastern front, but the
Russians in the Caucasus have occu
pied one of the Erzertim forts and
have taken large numbers of Turkish
pri: oner.--. fVveral Turkish batteries
on the roast of the Black Sea have
been silenced by the Russian war
ships. ifing Ferdinand .of Uularia..- Vi
enna reports, has arrived there to
visit Emperor Francis Joseph. This
would seem to set nt naught recent
unofficial reports that Bulgaria had
asked the Entente Allies for a sep
arate peace.
Another British cruiser has met
disaster. The Arethusa, noted for her
fighting qualities, struck a mine and
is believed to have been totally
wrecked. Ten men lost their lives.
More Rockefeller Donations,
Tl'.e General Education Board of
the Rockefeller Foundation an-
mnlm,og appropriations of $335.2M)
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j United States. These appropriations
bring the total amount distributed by
i 111,. l.,...wl On npn.nf.i..liAii 11
t n ,0 'n2.322.46O.
. A ,he , rwiieibered in
.,, ,,..,,,. u,,. m -vain ri.
lge, Maryvllle, Tenn.. $75,000.
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clubs for negroes In the South $16,-
..it) was distributed, $3,&00 coimi'.g
to North Carolina.
A Fierce Fight Ret ween Two Doctors
St. Louis Dispatch, Feb. 12.
Why Dr. Charles W. Kennerly or
W:in Antonin Tpviir. nnit l)r A F. ,
'Johnson of St. Louis, college class-1
mutes and former business partners.
fought with knives, revolvers and
dental instruments in a locked room!
j in a leading hotel here last night was I
j disclosed today by a rumpled piece of!
'paper found in Dr. Kentverly's pocket. I
I The paper was an affidavit, copies I
'of which had been Bent to Masonic
joflicers here, in which Dr. Kennerly
I accused his former associate of fail-!
lire to pay a $2,500 debt and of with-1
! holding other funds which Dr. Ken-1
jiierly claimed were due him. The af-j
jlidnvil asked that Dr. Johnson be ex-,
P;"'d from the order because of the
" ' iv.ei.iiri i
Dr. Johnson is nt the city hos
pital today hovering between life and
death, his face and body terrlblv
slashed ami a wound through both
hips and the groin made by a bullet
from a revolver. Dr. Kennerly, also
cut about the face and on both arms.
Is a prisoner at the hospital. Two i
other participants In the fight also are j
prisoners, Walter Diefenbaugh of.
Granite City, III., at the hospital with
his throat badly slashed, and Charles
Lody, at police headquarters. j
Conflicting stories were told by
Kennerly, Lody and Diefenbaugh.
Kennerly said he "Just happened to
be In Deifenbaugh's room" when Lody
and Dr. Johnson entered, the latter
with a revolver In one hand and a
knife in the ether. Kennerly said he
came to St. Louis to collect the money
but denied that he used a revolver or
that he fought except In self-defense.
Ranks (who has Invited his
friend home): Well, what do you
think of my coxy little apartment?
Danks Apartment, old chap? I
should call It a compartment.
"John." said the old groundkeep
cr. "Yesslr." "Go tell that spoony
couple in the box that the game has
been over for an hour."
Unionville New.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Unionville. Feb. 14. Mr. Loyd
Edward of Marshville spent a few
days with the family of his uncle, Mr.
It. F. Price, last week.
.Mr. Roy Helms of Monroe, spent
Friday night win bis sister. Mis. Bax
ter McKorie, near here.
Mr. F. H. Price and Rev. J. T. Stov-i
er attended the laymen's meeting at ;
Gin nsboro last wet k. t
The Old 0;;keu Bucket, a drama iu i
four acts will be given i i the I". II. S. j
auditorium here Saturday nijjit. Feb. :
19. Admission 15 and 25 ecu s. !
On Thursday afternoon while pi.'.v-,
ing b4!-ket ball. Master Roy Fuisei i
had tie"1 misfortune to fall and break ;
his left arm. Dr. Whitley set it for!
him and at ieent he ii getting on:
all right, ami att'.-nd'tig his clasios.
Oil! Padtrsky. why ('id yen flatter .
me so? You need nui be ur.easy!
about me being kidnap'.d by Tiie.
Student. I don't suppose he could
do very much with me if he w; - ' -1
might balk. Thank you for jour
wilcume. j
Mrs. C. A. Loilin has returned to
her heme at Savannah after spending j
some l:me with her parents. Mr. and !
Mrs. A. A. Secrest.
Mr. IL II. James returned to City'
Point Saturday where be resume.-! hi:;
position as machinist with the Du
pont Power Co.
Mrs. W. R. Pusser has returned
from a visit to her parents, Mr. ar.d
Mrs. T. L. Love of Monroe.
Mr E. G. Faulkner spent Sunday
with home-folks.
The Lndies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church met with Mrs. Jen
nie James Saturday afternoon. This
is a new society but much work is
being done.
The Unionville Band is progressing
nicely under the management of Mr.
Holloway from Monroe.
Prof. Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs.
Garrison are expected to move here
at an early date. Mr. Hamilton and
family will receive a hearty welcome
back to their old home.
Work on the l'resbycrian church
and manse is going on rapidly.
Mrs. Stover returned last week
from Greensboro where she attended
the .Missionary Conference. She re
ports a siicccfslul meeting.
Mrs. L. S. Griffin who has been
on the sick list, is convalescent again.
Miss Alice Rice spent the week end
with Miss Mabel Williford.
WILD ROSE.
Knew Who .Made iiim
. "Who nittile you?" asked Judge
McRne of a seven-year old negro in
the Recorder's court yesterday.
"God." responded the little fe'.low,
who with Watt Reid, aged in. was
charged with efecting nn entrance in
the Monroe Cash market and stealing
a lot of meat and canned goods. The
little fellow is an adopted son of Watt
Itcid's wife and the other is a son of
Watfs.
The pair plead guilty of the charge.
It was proven that the older boy had
taken (part In several robberies be
fore, but ilils was the first lime the
little one had ever been up. Judge
McRae let the little on off on pay
ment of the costs, but the case of the
elder cue was not so easily disposed
or.
His lather testified that Watt was
a bad boy and that he could not do
anything with him and requested
that he be sent to the roads. Judge
Mcllae evidently didn't want to solid
him to the roads, but what could be
do? The father would not be respon
sible for his conduct and us there is
no negro reformatory, there wits
nothing left tor him but the roads.
But Judge McRae must be a firm
believer in t he old saying "Patience
and perseverance will accomplish
most anything," lor he put off his
decision until three o'clock.
In the meantime, the story of the
rase had spread until it readied the
sympathetic ear of Mr. Nick Lem
moiicls of Goose Creek township, and
he was on hand at three o'clock to
see what disposition of the case would
be made. He requested the Judge
to let him hire the negro out and take
him to his I'urm, which request was
readily granted.
Doctor Ellis Says War Will Re De
rided in Bible Lands
Grensboro Dispatch, Feb. Lt.
"Whatever be the outcome of the
war in Europe, however It may be
decidedone thing Is certain, and that
Is that Turkey will be wiped out."
was one of the many masterful ex
pressions of William T. Kills in the
address which was masterful through
out. Hint he delivered this afternoon
before the North Carolina Convention
of the Laymen's Missionary Move
ment. His subject was. "How War.
the Schoolmaster, Is Leading the
World back to the Place of Begin
nings," and from his first utterance
to the last this man who Is recogniz
ed the world over ns a Christian
statesman in the highest sense held
the undivided attention of the hun
dreds that crowded the convention
church.
Mr. Ellis gave it ns his opinion
that (he war Is gohir I i be decided In
Bible lands and not in western Eu
rope. Already he said the names of
Bible lands are becoming familiar on
the front page of the daily papers.
He then spoke Interestingly and In
structively ot the prominence of Eden
and Salonikl (Thessalonica I and Mt.
Sinai and Mount Ararat as Important
centers In the present war. It Is Im
possible be said, to think of Ararat
and not to think of Armenia; and
then spoke of the persecution of Ar
menian Christians of the present
time. He spoke graphically of the
persecution and characterized It as
far worse than that of Nero.
Start swattln 'em now.
DF.FF.XIW OI K CITIZENS
People Simply objected to Some 1'rtx
visions of .Measure and Ait? Xot
Mosslxick Nor Mud Turtles Win
pile Xrw.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wingate. Feb. 14. When I find
people that are not directly interest
ed in the mutter some of them not
even citizens of our rouvy men
who ought to know belter 4.:.d should
do better, "thiowing nil" on the ma
jority of our gi-od people. I.ix-ausc the
proposed ncr: road lav; f; iic.l to car
ry; intimating that t!i v .ut non pro
gressive inossl'-at ks; v..i;ti ; ia pub
lic spirit and roi unity ;.i :dt; per
fectly content with eel:-!.!. . .; ;is tiicjr
exist etc. it kind o ge:., -, -. ' to me."
If those friend i .'i ; .. manifest
such n fi ll id hm ict :
see fit to rritiiize our n.
matter there is a ! '; .
at it than by u.-iiig term.!
vituperation .i.,d !lui;
harsh unwurrt i;ti-J niti
tute a gravt cliai.-v ;
character of an overwl:
r ufl .Urs
. 't in the
. ... ;o get
vi r?Uig on
. i . These
lii 5 consti
; i ll. t i ho
i . '. soli-
jority of our voters and i
ously upon t'le iuteili-e::
lnent of a community, w!i ,
gressiveness mid h if. Lt r
compare favorably with. ,u
; nd judg
i tor pro
i'eals will
least, the
eonniKin-
average seiTions of onr
wealth, lt is not because tiie people
of Union roumy are "inns :, -backs",
"mud-turtles" or ignorance that caus
ed the measure to fail t.i carry; it
was certain features and provisions
of the proposition that caused its de
feat. Features, that in their judg
ment, (whether sound or otherwise)
did not appeal to the rural citizen as
calculated to dispense justice and
equality to all concerned. But, I
am not offering excuses for the ac
tions of the citizens of Union coun
ty In the matter, either pro or con.
Perhaps they made a mistake In their
judgment; that is their business. Per
haps these people know their busli
ness, their conditions and circum
stances fully us well it those out
side, who hae little or no interest
in the matter c-.e.d are having fits and
employing invective and ;.bU3e be
cause the verdict didn't pl-.-v.se them.
I reckon the citiii ns of U...on county
are much like those of oilier counties.
They would (ike t: have food roads
and the wriltr has faith Mid confi
dence enough in our peopoi u believe
that wherever a measure for building
and maint;:iiiirt goed ii; 's which
'thty ronsiou Mtitabl-.' L ta. ir needs
and eirciui,ii:i,'ics is proposed they
will come Id i .; hui;m:i; freely and
without the r'.-er.-iiy of employing
spy "blind hi ;;" method.; v force a
law upon them ugiinst their will. I
have sa !i those thini.s sol.'ly in vin
dication of the rights and in defense
of the fair iiiii.ie of my fellow cltl
zel.s. Thai's all.
Monday. Feb. 14. -Valentine Day,
Wonder if O. P. T. will gel one?
Born, Sunday, Hie llSth. t Mr. and
Mrs. .1. Unwell, a son.
His friends will be glad to learn
that. Mr. David Trull, who has been
right sick, is getting along nicely and
will soon ri ci . r his norm:' I health.
Mr. F. W. Riggers of Unionvillo
spent a part et the pas wek with
friends and it !a fives in Winvate.
Mr. and Mr, Royce Helm of Mon
roe spent Sa:rrda nigl-.l with the
family of Mr. ;;j ,- Mrs. !. I.. Womble,
Mrs. Helms' parents.
Mr. Jesse Williams of Waxhaw
siient Sunday v.llli relatives in town.
Mr. and Mri. Marshal Nasii and lit
tle son. Parks, and Mr. and Mrs. Cal
vin Nash were pleasant callers at the
home of Mr. mid Mrs. 0. P. T.
Several of ur Wingate f.iiks went
to Monroe S. t'irday. Oiij -ct: Busi
ness and pleasure.
Messrs. Will and Hazel Ji ines spent
Saturday with Miss Annie Ja 'lies, our
very efficient telephone operator.
Mr. and Mr-. Le Jordan and Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Collins spent Sunday
with relatives ;i,ul friends i:l town.
Mr. W. A. Caddy of I'olkt.m visited'
relatives near Wingate last week.
Mr. Marshal Nash is building a
beautiful resilience for Mr. Hampton
Presson on the left of the n ad lead
ing from Wingale to Monroe, between
the residence of Mr. Knos Hinson and
Mr. Archie MeLarty. Mr. Presson
has one of the viost beautiful sites for
a home betwitn the Anson county
line and Monroe.
The church i t Faulks h.n just let a
contract to build an extension to their
already hnndvoi.ie little houe of wor
ship. This is a wise und commenda
ble step on the part or those people,
as the church und congregation have
outgrown the necessary accommoda
tions. Guess those who have been feeling
the garden lever creeping on them
have had their temperature consider
ably lowered within the last 24 hours.
What a change! Even the vegetable
kingdom seems disappointed, as the
violets had begun to bloom profusely
and the bridal wreath, I lie golden
bell, the star jessamine, etc., had don
ned their beautiful spring nttire. It
always did seem cruel to the writer
to see their seemingly bright antlcl-
patrons thus blasted. But it is all
right, or it wouldn't be so.
O. P. TIM 1ST.
H Mure Is.
Thomasville Enterprise.
In Romeo, according to the Colum
bia State, the women do the work and
get mad if the men try to help them.
Isn't It a pity that tickets are so ex
pensive to that desirable locality?
Carrie Itt't the bear's skid to
keep him warm In winter? Mamma
Yes. dear. Carrie Then what
does he have to keep him cool la
summer?
How can the foal amble when tht
horse and mare trot?