"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER"
"EVERYBODY READS IT"
the Monroe Jourm
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL 22. NO 16.
MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAJSt
HAD A ItOl'GlI OLD TIME
ftraprgoat Telia About Ilia Feelings
tt hen a annlnt tiot I p Hut Troiu-
er.
Correspondence of The JourrM.
Waxhaw, March 24. S. .:.! of
the boys who have been wiuierinc; in
Florida have returned home.
Miss Emma Richardson is spending
this week with relatives at llelhle-
hem.
Miss Ruth England of Charlotte,
spent the first of the week with Miss
Edna Helms. Miss Helms accompa
nied her home.
Mr. Ward Eason of Charlotie. has
been visiting his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Eason this week.
These warm nights have been s irty
tempting us to hike olf towards the
creek to try our luck with the cat
1UU and skeeters.
Aiu't there nuy one iu the Jour-
nay's family that we can pick up a
scrap with? There's "Wild Rose" of
I'uionville, but she hasa't bloomeU
f i a good while.
Yestuday was some windy even for
March. Many people, in fact all, we
had an opportunity to observe iu this
immediate neighborhood, had to
cease farm work in the afternoon.
Dense clouds of dust and sand swept
across the landscape, half-blinding
those who were so luckless as to keep
out In the open. And reminding one
of the deadly sandstorms which we
read of us occurring on the western
plains.
Old fashioned quiltings and socia
ble meetings have been pretty much
in vogue -tuong the ladies of the
country the past winter. No. rlr. we
ain't got no blooming "rook" or
"whist" clubs with high sounding
Latin names screwed onto them for
a handle, and to obtain prominence
in the pages of the Sunday papers.
. But they've had some real meetings
where iliey could do each other some
practical help aud at the same time
gossip to their heart's content.
We don't know anything about it.
but we feel safe in saying that at
least two hundred families iu the ter
ritory w ..i'U we rarest i:t ns u cor
rospoi K in, have In.-, t roMiecMons
with the Waxhaw telephone ex
change. Something interesting hap
pens in most of these homes every
day, or at least every week. The?
Journal goes into oviry other home.
If you want Iho whole coun;y l.j
know f the Interesting' events In
your homos or neighborhood, kindly
phone us by noon on Monday's or
Thursday's and it will nppe.tr Iu the
next day's Issue of The Journal. Or,
If you prefer, you can can write
"Scapegoat," route 1, and mail your
communications so it will come out
from Waxhaw on before the days
mentioned.
It is r.t range and In nime instance.,
vastly amusing to note how some peo
ple who are considered "bright as a
tack" can yet easily be stumped with
ordinary, every day Engli.-.lt winds.
A case in point: Some or the hoys
of this neighborhood were recently
"roughing it," that is to say, they
were camping out. In uiscusslng
their culinary operations, the sell
constituted assistant to the cook en
quired of that pcrsonure, "recon our
bucket of water will be 'iiffloioiit." At
the utterance of the word su'iiciejit
another one of the fellows, who was
standing with hi.- hack to the scene
of operations, whirled iiiound i:i his
seat with a look of surprise and
alarm, r.s if ho expected to find tlin
first two busy with preparations for
cutting hit throat. Reminds us of
another. Some years ago a ooe.pl:
of well-known men, living above
Wnxhuw. were having a social dm
and one -aid to the oilier, "Dick, if
you were going along the road and
should meet a man whom you didn't
know but he should recognize you.
what would you do?" Tom replied,
slowly and distinctly, "Dick, 1
thought you had more sense than to
ask me such a fool question as that,
you ought to know without my tell
ing ynu that I would kill and d
scoundrel who tried to recognize ni,
Thai's what 1 would do."
We have been cutting a drain ditch
(.'trough a small swamp thi3 week.
Now there ia nothing out of the or
dinary In that and we would pass it
over as insignificant, but for the fact
that it remind.HB us of an incident
which occurred In our rather checker
ed existence several years ago. We
wire then doing some r.imllar work
in a much larger place which fairly
abounded with lamplre eels, an ugly,
black, rlimy and loahsome looking
reptile, which appeared to bo a cross
between a snake and an cel. We kill
ed about forty of the reptiles, many
of which measured thteo or four feet
In length and two inches thick. On
the day In which tho event that I
am about to relate occurred, we had
just killed one and I wns standing
In water about a foot deep In the
bottom of the ditch. In place of
boots I had on a pair of ordinary
low-cut shoes as It was then late in
the Rprlng, Hnd the water was quite
warm.
Fo a couple of months afterwards
I was Mill too badly frlghtpned to
remember Just how it started. Then
I ecollectcd gcttin gout, of that ditch
wlh the momentum nf greased light
ning, and that if a ti';er hud stepped
out of the Jungles of Africa into the
field before ufc I wouldn't have paid
the least attention to Mm.
Something cold nnd greasy had got
up the Inside of my trouser leg. and
he was whirling around and around
at break-neck speed, at the same time
mounting higher and higher. I was
fully satisfied In mind that It was
one of those cursed eels on an explor
ing expedition In search of a new
country, nnd I straightway became
busy trying to circumvent him. When
a few minutes before I had been per
forming my work in the most per
functory manner. I now suddenly be
came galvanized into rapid action.
A windmill never flew around fast
er in a March gale than did yours
truly as he sought to close the
switch and side-track that "reptile."
but just as I would think I had him
secure. I would awake to the terrible
realization that he wasn't there, but
was blowing his whistle to start on
trom the next station "up the line."
My brother, meanwhile, had been
trying to cut my "gallusus." without
either Injuring me or placing him
self in close proximity to the danger.
"He'd be lowed if he knew what it
was." Finally. I located my enemy
and rloseu on him with a death grap
ple through my trousers. It was not
too soon for a few seconds more of
such nerve racking disquietude, and
1 assuiedly would have died from
fright. I sat down on the ground,
firmly resolved that all I had I would
hold, and my brother, after a great
deal of urgent urging, cautiously ap
proached near enough to make eo"
ncctions between the lower extreir
eties of my trousers and a long pole
to which was attached a briar hook.
He then, with motives of h utmost
kindness for himself, assisted In re
moving the odious pr.rment. which I
would not have had the slightest de
sire to retain on my person even
though my best girl had been pres
ent ns a spectator. Relieved of the
garment, with the crushed form or
whatever it was reposing safely in
Its folds, we sat down at a little dis
tance and an atmosphere of sweet
peace and satisfaction stole over us,
from which, prompted by curiosity,
we at length roused ourselves to as
certain the cause of our late fright.
Taking hold of one leg or the trous
ers, wo swung it around to dislodge
the reptile and out rolled a fat bull
frog. My, but he was fat! If I had
taken him to Charlotte most any guy
w-ould bave given me a quarter for it.
SCAPEGOAT.
Local Items ami Comment From the
Vin,';:ite 'oiTcsMnclent.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Witignte, March 20. Springtime is
here. Tho days and nights lire of
equal lenrrth. All nature seepis to
ho working out of her long sleep.
Vegetal !o:i is responding to the r.iil
to get busy. The bird.! arc matin?:
and t Incing their love song:) a they
Hit from tree to tree In r.oarch for n
uithle rite on which lo build a
snug and cozy home for tho summer
brood. The hens ere not only cack
ling but are supplying us with their
wholesome products i'or the table.
Last but not least, by any means. Is
the eld peacock out there yelling like
a Confederate soldier In a charge, as
ir trying to urge tho plowman out
there on the hill to greater effort ami
inspire him with zeal enthusiasm,
fn.it li and hope for the rich rewards
of summer's toll. How delightful!
Let us r.ll rejoice and be glad and
thankful for the return of spring.
laden wil!i its rich bounties from the
All Father.
The above may savor of spring
poetry to some reader but I feel that
I shall be excused, under the circum
stances ati'ly way. It Is only the
snirit try ins to exnress the feelings
of this old Fcribc.
Rev. Seymore Taylor met his regu
lar appointment at the Methodist
church at Winrato .Sunday afternoon.
He preached nn excellent sermon
which was greatly enjoyed. Tho.e
good Methodist arc highly pleased
with their new pastor.
Mr. nnd Mrs. lloyce Griffin have
gone to keeping bouse for themselves
iu the former residence of the family
of the lute Chris. E. Drown.
Farmers lire bediming to break
dirt for another crop. Tills Is the
proper thing to do and the more of
it the better. The writer is of Tie
opinion that more tillage, a finer
seed bed, a careful selection of S'cd.
with a more thorough and Intelligent
cultivation will largely supply the
poor, high priced fertilizer on the
market for tho coming crop, dribbled
out on poor hills, void of humus, with
these essentials neglected. "Tillage
Is manure, said Trull, years ago. Test
It. Use the money that you would
pay Tor fertilizer In the better pre i
riuinn of the hnd by repeated bre:. Ic
ing, harrowing, dragging, etc., so
imu ino piani iooo already in u;e
land is made available for the use
of the crops. Instead of remaining
locked up In clods beyond tho reach
of the rootlets or the growing plants.
You wi.ll be surprised with the profi
table results.
Dr. Gale of the Wlngate Drug Co.,
Is at home in Polkton nursing a sore
leg. His friends wish for him a
speedy recovery and n early return
to his nccustomod place.
Mr. Bunyan Griffin has moved his
family out to the heme of his step
father, Mr. N. W. Livens, of Rock
Rest, so that Mrs. Griffin might as
sist Mrs. rtivens, who Is getting very
rccDie in health, with her household
duties and otherwise rerve where nnd
when necessary.
( apt. I). T. Jones has recently pur
chased for himself a brand new Fwrd
to replace the onp wh'ch he sold n
few days ago to Mr. Fred Williams.
His friends ir pleased to see
"Cnclc Hob" Caddy able to be out
ngain after a protract ml siego or
grippe. Mr. Caddy In stl weak,
however, and will hr.vo to lake special
care of himself for nwhlle vet.
Protracted meeting begins at
Meadow Branch next Sunday 4t!i
Sunday.. O. P. TIMLST.
Spending a dollar before It Is earn
ed Is like eating an egg that is to be
la'd tomorrow.
It Isn't always the clock with the
loudest tick that keeps the best time.
rOSTMASTEIt HAS HEIll
Sure Wan Happy Over the Event If
this Is Correct Other Xcwh from
Vance.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Stuots, March 23. Great prepara
tions have been made for farming
around our village for the last few
days. A car load of guano has been
side-tracked here that smells as
strong as if there wan't any war.
nen soing to school tnese mornings
it Is almost irresistable to refrain
from keeping sten with tho musical
clanking of the "smithy's" anvil.
School will not be out for about throe
weeks, so we will have the mocking;
bird to cheer us on our examinations.
Miss Amelia Ilawtield. our attrac
tive teacher, left Tuesday for Hot
Springs, N. C.. where she will attend
the commencemeut exercises of the
School nt th:it nhlpo u-lipru ln.r hrnth.
er. Mr. Glenn Haw field, is principal.
ne wilt return Sunday evening. Her
brother. Mr. Clayton llmHi-M nt
Wesley Chapel, is teaching in her
piace tors us.
Miss Marv Howard snent the week-
end with her home-folks iu Waxhaw.
Mrs. John Cornier spent a few days
of last week in Charlotte visiting her
parentn, Mr. r.nd Mrs. D. R. Yandle
and other relatives. Her brother.
Master Hazel Yandle, returned with
her to spend a few days.
Since my last writing, Mr. Earnest
Hayes has returned to his position in
New Haven. Conn., after spending
two months with Barents. rol.it ivn
and friends near the village.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Turner and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Privptt unpnt
Sunday with the Mesdames' parents.
mr. ana airs. j. w. AUDerry.
Cantain Ballentlne Is oiirforlni
with something like an abcess on his
leg.
Mr. Dcwev Yandle of Center Hrnva
spent Saturday night with his friend
.ir. Marry concier or tnls burg.
Mr. and Mrs. John CnrW nf In.
dian Trail were visitors in the viilnpn
Sunday.
Messrs. R. M. Ponder. .1 P l!l..ti
and R. M. Condor, Jr., are in Char
lotte on business at this writing.
Horn to Mr and Mrs. T. L. Con
ner, n i '! pound heir to the port
mastership of Stouts. Your scribe
threw .some beans nt "I.nn'a" fn
nnd they all went in his mouth, so
gigantic was his frrin nt the grocery
store this morning.
Mr. hniiili lioone is real sick at
his homo near the school building,
this week.
Quite a number of our villagers
nucnaeti preacning at Sard to Sunday
nl;rht, which was held by Mr. A. li.
Haywood. We are glad to announce
that he will preach here on next Sun
day night.
Scapegoat, 1 can hardly express
tny appreciation of your remitting
"The Journal Family." It's like the
return of a Prodigal brother. I will
wait unlil school Is out to relate niv
scrapes nnd love affairs, ns I am so
busy now, pm thing for a play that
we are going to give soon. You must
come up and witness some of "Pad's"
unexcelled acting.
By the way, "Senple." let mo Intro
duce Wild Rose, the queen of the cor
respondents. Oh, no, don't whisper
about her benuly so loud, ns she is
very modest nnd might blush. Now
you must not attempt to chew the
cord of love into t'uit exists between
her and me.
Your scribe and a number of oth
ers nave received the soil survey ma"
of Union County, and nie highlv
pleased with it.
Mr. Joe Haywood returned to Civ
Point a few days ago, where he will
be a member of the Haywood Con
struction and Really Co. of Hopewell.
Mr. Marshall Helms has returned
from the Powder City nnd will spend
the summer nt his home near Center
tirove.
Tho Haywood Hand, composed of
Messrs. Carl, Jennings nnd "Little
Joe" Haywood of this place, and Mr.
Rudolph Haywood or Monroe, parti
cipated in the Fiddler's convention nt
Carmel last week, und were success
rul in winning some or the prizes.
These litte artists aro hard to beat.
Misses Emma and Sarah llunney
cutt and Mr. George Ilunneycut of
Center Grove, spent Sunday visiting
the young rolks In the R. M. Condor
home.
PADERSKY
From Ilelk Neighborhood.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Monroe March 21. Mrs. T. H.
Davis1 many friends are glad to know
that she is Improving. Mrs. Davis
has been troubled with rheumatism
In her side for some time.
Mr. Seaborn Dees has been real
sick with pneumonia for tho past
week but li's many friends are glad
to know that ho Is improving. We
certainly hope that ho will soon be up
again.
Miss Reula Dees of North Monroe,
visited her father, Mr. M. 0. Decs.
Saturday nnd Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Davis of Page
land, visited her father. Mr. II. 0.
D.ivi'i. Sunday.
Mr. D. C. Dees of Faulks communi
ty, visited at his father's, Mr. M. C.
Dees, last week.
Mr. II. M. Mangum is farming right
along. He will soon be ready to
plant some corn. Mr. Mangum Is one
of our best farmer.
Mr. R. li. Hargett, overseer of the
short cut road that leads by Squire
T. n. Davis'. Is now working It up
in pood condition. SAMBO.
Tho man with but a single Idea nl
wavs has an exalted opinion of him
self. Don't u?e your best friend for a
crutch. Go It alone.
A TOWX OF HOMK-OWXEIW.
SlntcMille is That, as a Result of
Building and Ixtan Associations.
Statesville Landmark.
The building and loan associations
were the first successful co-operative
enterprises. They have bera in ex
istence so lone that we hardU- amire.
date their great benetiis to the com
munities in wbieu they exist, and
that to them is due the general awak
ening to the practical bonelits of co
operation iu other ai;d similar lints.
At a meeting of the State RuiUtiug
and Loan League Mr. W. E. Webb ol
Statesville, discussed "The Building
and Loan as a Home Builder," re
marked that "the greatest advantage
of the building and loan us a home
builder is brought about by tin prac
tical results of co-operation which is
a system or joint stock co-partnership,
on commercial principles, but
with limited liability to members.
Tho Idea," he said, "of assisting our
fellow man to take ndvHi'tair. of n
system, worked out on sound business
principles and to secure for himself
and those dependent on him, that
Place he lliav call '! nine1 for hiM lov
ed ones, is an inspiration that should
cause us to press forward with a bet
ter iaea ot tne nign calling in which
we are engaged.
"The ownership of this home is an
Instinct that is tuimal. The hnildini-
and loan association is making it pos
sible for the humblest worker to have
a nome or bis own on conditions that
have never been worked out by anv
other system. Statistics tell us that
75 Per cent of those nersona h tun-.
chase homes on the three aud five
year plan, making a straight loan,
either lose their homes or have much
trouble in arranging the burden of
Interest, whilo statistics also tell us
that not over 2 ner cert nf thnsa wlin
purchase or build homes on the build
ing ana loan plan lose their homes
through Inability to keep up tho pay
ments. Not Olllv does ft five nini-a
time iii which to pay oft the loan,
but It does away with the broker's
Commission. The small niivmnnla
come like house rent, n thing which
musi De paiu; in fact is much easier
than houso rent, and gives the reason
for our great axiom. T.hv n lu.m.
with rent money.' The home owner
is continually working his brain and
musvlo to provide those comforts tli.it
bring bolter health arMl to eliminate
conditions which bring on disease to
lis ov.u liiinlly aud that of his neigh
bors. "I t,ptak not only ot the man who
njds help to carry out the principles
oi home ownership, but also of the
man of means, educated In the linnn
clal world, who cannot afford to take
the money out of his business to build
a home. He finds the building and
loan association a great benefactor.
But ho has to come in on a common
level villi the wage-earner. In other
words the system, when properly ex
ecuted, regards no innn for his world
ly wealth or honors. It is therefore
the idea of putting every man on a
level wllh tho hope of stimulating
In him the hnme-bullding Instriinis.
which have been planted in God's
humblest creatures.
"There Is a great field for the
building and loan association in the.
rural districts. The question of rural
credits Is a proposition which is con
fronting our great financiers of t.v
day, and it rectus that ours is the
principle on which this question will
ho worked out. In fact It seems to
be the only pirn by which farmers are
to get the relief they so Justly deserve
from the money shark. The" liiiHiUm
nnd loan association in the rural dis
tricts will encourage and assist th
young man on the farm to buy a
homo and study agriculture, the liaYl;-
bone on which our country depends.
it win nolil out to him the assurance
that there is a li.lit nlitml for u.-.nn-
chil aid In pursuing God's calling - ;
that of tilling tho soil. This lirhi i
shall shine forth on these peaceful
hollies of the new i'inirnfioii wnn
beautiful surrounding.!, which takv
many of us back to our boyhood days.
In fact some of us would never have
left the farm had w: iho opportuni
ties which wo hope to extend to the
ooy who wisiies to follow agriculture
for a livelihood.
Wherever we find the building
:ir.d loan principles nut into eu'ect. we
find thrlvinir coi imiinli'ii wllh ;kiS
schools to educate thr rhildien nt
these thrifty home builders and to in
still In them the character and mor
als which go to make men and women
of the highest types. We find these
communities leap into villages and
towns, which are a wonder to its own
citizens, and after making luqulzy us
to the occusion of It nil, we learn that
the plan cf Fyjtematlc co-operation
has caused a beautiful city to spring
forth with all tho advantages of a
metropolis.
"In this connection it is not out of
place to say that since thebuildlng
and loan association was rounded in
Statesville, my home town, 25 years
ago, not less than 75 per cent of the
homes which have been built since
that time have had the assistance or
the building and loan association,
we are proud or this record. Wh do
not think there is a town in the State
or North Carolina that can boast or
a larger number of home-owners in
proportion to Us population than
Statesville.
"And, as a result of this hirke per
centago of home-owners, we have a
citizenship that Is. far above tho av
erage. They are proud of the respon
sibility that rests upon them to keep
the morals of the community up to
the standard. They are proud of the
fart that Statesville has paved street',
cement sidewalks, a graded school
system that Is excelled nowhere. Th"
church buildings are a nride of iw
citizens, and the mamifacturlr-!? Ij
uuEirics rurnirn work to thouiacds of
those who have taken advantage of
the building and loan association and
are putting into practice tbe princi
ples on which the system was found
ed that of building homes."
A Jolly Time For I lie Students at
Indian Trail.
Coi respondc nee of The Journal.
Indian Tiail. March !5 Mill..
I Miss Catharine Rice of Monroe, spent
fcaiuruuy nigut wither her grand
father, Mr. J. W. Siarues, of tiiis
place.
Mr. Willie Crovveil of Cliaihtte.
spent Thursday nii;ht ami Friday
with his cousin, Mr. Lurd'tl Crowill,
of the village.
Many of my readers know how cn
jojablo it is to meet at the old school
house with thiir n-aehus and play
males and talk over the happy hours
spciil iu their passed school days.
Saturday of last week was set apart
for this purpose at Indian Trail b.
Prof. Baucom, and the students of
his ftiMin rl mmit W'n ;..
. ........ v. ,, v. Mill III lilf
school-room at 8 o'clock Saturday
morning with our teacher and talked
and laughed over the past until near
ly noon. When it was suggested thr.t
we go out for a walk. Nearly every
one was anxious to go, so a party
made up of Messrs. Samuel L 111
inond. Burdett Crowell, Perry Har
mon and Sir John, with .uisses Kate
and Annie Crowell, Ruth Morris,
Odessa Lenimond, Willie Ruth Kin
dall, Kate Simpson and Lillie Gar
mon. decided to go. It being almost
noon, we were getting very hungry.
We did not feel like fasting while
trying to take a stroll, bo we called
on Prof. Baucom, our teacher, to
show his love for us by buying some
thing for us to eat as we passed
through the village. When we reached
the village he bought for us some
bananas nnd while we were eating
the bananas one of the students said,
"This is my birth-day Mr. Baucom.
you ought to buy me something be
sides bananas." The Prof. Baucom
asked the question, "Do you want :
red stick of candy?" "Certainly."
came back the reply, so Tror. Baucom
passed the candy around. Aft-r w
had eaten the candy and bananas we
felt somewhat renewed so w;: i se.l
on our way.
We, no t-J this time, bad tvu de
cided just where v.e wisli.d I.) go.
but we were ivi loiig uocldis-'. We
deemed to walk io vh'it is l. i'v.n rs
Hie fmart :.ll.u a rillo and a l.ulf
easl ol the dl,v.:o.
We had rot r.enc but a II. way
when Prof. Baucom thmiL'ht nf Hi -
Tomainder of the box of candy back
at tlie village. How much those red
sticks ol cady would add to the
pleasure of this trip, thought he.
One of the students was sent hurried
ly back inter the curdy while the wi
waited. The candy was soon en liar,.!
and vc went merrily en our way.
This was one occasion on which we
all met on an equality one with the
oilier, neither heir-;; above the other.
We all ate candy from the saiuo box.
and drank water from the seme cup:
walked and talked merrily with eae'i
other as we v.tnt on our way.
We returiu d io the village at 1
o clock in the altenieon very ti'eii
finding Hint a whole hex of candy hnd
been d'.-viiured since (ho be:;i:iiii'ng (i
the journey.
Miss Xula Gannon of Ilr.k'. rs neigh
borhood, spent Thursday night nnd
Erid.iy In the heme of Mr. a::d Mr;.
J. P. Boyd of tbe village.
Prof. H. M. Baucom tpent Satur
day night with your humble scribe.
When a man walks uii to von al
ter you have i!e;i' some good deed
ml si'ys: I r.pprcciiite your work; 1
PVl.'.naliilre with von: very often vim
do net believe he means what he say?.
liiii vhon a man couio.i i;n to yen and
rays: 1 r, ninatli-e with vnu iJ.ou
worth r.nd planks down iho money,
then you believe every v:nl he says.
I DPI Chill to S.1V lll lt Ul- IviV" r,m In
our community who sympathize in
this way. Rev. A. B. Haywood being
one among the number, lie e;y..
Mr. 11. M. Baucom two .i.mi
a present. I will add right l "io th.it
we are very sorry that Rev. Haywoo:!
is going to leave our neighborhood,
as he is a man thit makes a cee,
inuiiity better by Lis living l;i b.
The winners of the two r;iil":ls
were, Mr. Jess-o Hart I.? in the lie;,!'
contest, am! Miss ()!:; .--a Lt i:ii;:e'.-'
iu the contest by the litis.
The students (,f Pro!'. !l:Mleo;n'.
department, in gratitude h.r him.
surprised him very tench by haviiu
erdered a medal recretly anil having
it presented to him on Friday wiicr,
Ihe other medals were pre: eiitcd to
the winners in the contents.
SIR JOHN.
Liiok to Elaine.
Captain L. P. pinkston or 111- 1.
S. Marine Corps has compiled a table
showing that of all applicants for en
listment in this country last year only
It. SI per rent met the physical re
quirements for military service an
average of one niau In each eleven ex
amined. Alcoholic liquors, with the
vices engendered by their uso-by
even their iiioderr - use are, ray
the authorities In and out of the
army, chief cause of this Incapacity
on the part of America's young nihil
hood. It Is evident that if the na
tion Is to survive we must guard its
people from Ihe foe now permitted
to prey upon our citizenship a foe
which In tho name of government it
self Is undermining our chief de
fense. The hour has struck for nn-tion-wide
prohibition or the liquor
trarflc. There is no neutrality here.
Every man and woman of America
Is either for or against the war now
on for the defense of home and na
tional life.
Charity gives Bself rich and covet
ousncss hoards lt3clf poor.
The War News
The war news ia no news right
now. In Mexico the Uuit'd States
troops are still after Vill i but have
not found him. I'ucoufii ni d reports
say that one of Carramtu's generals
has desterted him and j i.e.d Villa
with his army.
In Europe the situr.t;-. i. -ins to
.appear more favorable t. jdlie..
I The Germans have ih.i 1 ; i ;:!iie to
I do anythiug to the Frn i if ;. ;:eii
jOUS nature. The Hi;;. .: . .re f.et
jting active against the (.' along
a seventy riilo fror.:, u. also
pushing their suire-s .1st the
(Turks in Asia Mino..
The liible I phot, Ik ;;.!;, llighu-ous-nc.
Correspondeiae of The Journal.
I am of the opinion, as the lawyers
say. that the Student lias made a
woefully bad upplicati jj : his scrip
ture proving usury, if t has not,
then this scripture is run . i'v cm of
harmony with till otiurs i the sub
ject and the theory t' Las done
more to wreck faith in . ui.ic ;bau
anything else is the hi ..- ,.u teach,
ers have of making on ;).:. -o con
tradict another. Sc-i ':). has
"wrested" (twlsidi s for tho
purpose of holding v. . . d beliefs
until the masses ar ! : . -i tangled,
conglomerated fog e: i-4.,.i- isni and
have almost decid- i I.- ;- '; the Bible
teaches a different M t ; .- cat h of
its pages that then ; n.. reliability
in any or it. Thin ,e ij. . c (rcSeut
stage of the world .!.. ': a particu
larly ticklish one a.-.; : -.. l.-utc3 that
we are verging on a ; .!-. (,: anarchy.
This condition has mn i.. .-a reached
by too much Uible i l.ug, but by
too little, or In ot' er ,crd3, by hav
ing things attributed to Bible sanc
tion that bad no such sanction.
A great many men still have In
them an inherent conception of jus
tice. These men are beginning to
recognize thai justice is i uc sale ba
sis on which tit place oi.i claims to
righteousness, and t . t the term
righteousners menus to 1 ) RIGHT
and to do right is n i; : -stive but
positive. So we are bc"l.i ing to re
alize that it is not : 'what a
man DON'T DO ;.s r.iai i UOTCS DO
that nibstuntii-ies his ;.! 1 Clirl: ti
auity. In the li'.ii! Uiis iv v thought
men wh ) 1. e Ik i n v. r.:: ..Iv taught
nr.d v. ho mill ! i-v, tl. 'i tho I'i'elo
sustains this, th. t they now cni.ceive
to bo error, ere looking v. irli distrust
on the Buck of ail Biw.l s and are
rapidly drifting iiwav from it. beenuse
THEY THINK th-,t it upholds uniust
measures. Fret is, It do a't uphold
any sech lhini:s, it has in u-r upheld
such things and never will. The trou
ble is not with the Book b u with the
ridiculously erroneous co.i.ruetions
t!i;-.t have been placed u;m i it by do-sij.-'iii:g
men who wished to appear
JllSliiied in the eyes of the p"opb in
the luu!ir ol !:,i..iness In which they
were ( ::r;"" n.
Men loe to live thin-,-s r.o smooth
ami in order ; do so they rwk some
sub; isM'.-i M-i.iMd for tiu:r justifica
tion. T!i.' li':.'.-.' being the most sub
stantial cf :!!. i' t i:;;i ap;ie;ir (o
b" in line with i! ; ( .-in li i ,, . no ques
tion of cei'diKt Is nniii-i'i.-i.'d. tint
ili Una! recl-oni.u: Mrs .,.ii-u catly
hove In sight and now v. e .;n; preten
tiously holding up holy l,-,,,.; r.tul de
claring that 1'ivplo are di-v-ting the
truth. This is not true. The people
are really des ilini, error i- ser'ich of
tho truth and Jits', so s. :i as they
get clear of the false in. , vpretatlons
( i" Jbdy Writ they will l,e in much
better condition to end)". , o the real
truths of the N.-iz:'.rc:io.
The gnat tumble , U come
t!irou-h tho.;e who -i'l r. to do
sufr.eicrt thinking to cnald.- them to
get (heir true bearliiL-s. 'j hoy will
eon; hide (as ihoy ihi'iu hn Bible
has misled them nice. t!i j ;iu.y
will have nothing fmiher io do uliii
lt.
Fcr there rcusf.n.- and i.-.-r.y others
Tho Siudent as he r,e!s idiier' w ill bo
more rap-inl ab 'ut ci.lii.. - u; scrip.
Jural (inflations to J-irl if;- i.nprrsslon.
To be sure, custom makes law ind
law makes miijit ;ie.d i,,i-i't makes
rl?;';l. But v. MarU-d a, iii.-? wron?
end of it. IieM-rsc it c ul see bow
much better it vci;!d 1k,1..
The Chlm are not the only peo
ple who do things bai 1-ward.
"Think en these thine ." nnd don't
call up the Bible any nio-v to Justify
a wrong. Lets light' it k u; on politi
cal lines, only calling en the script
ures to sustain 11 1 o IT. That's all
the score on which we may expect
Bible lulp.
Whatsoever things are just can
find support in this volume, others
get knocked out -.:, (i... lV!ii ,ounj
unless there Is iv w.-u , prienced
wrester (twister! m the b: ard of de
baters. I think better r The S r.dont than
to put him on (be side of ralsehood,
therefore I think be won t do it any
more.
As to your query on lit" natural
substance furnishing a bids for all
our invention, 1 will h;iv to think
some. In the mean time, come to the
front who can enlighten us and save
me theri-k of exposing mv Ignorance
on the subject. NOV! S HOMO.
If one man tells n woman she Is
beautiful all the reft (f the world
can't convince her that she u homely.
No, Ferdinand, we wouldn't advise
any man with an impend!i"ent In hin
speech to go to a speak eas, for treatment.
When a girl refuses to flirt It's a
flgn that she Is really and truly la
love willi ine uuu.