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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPEIt-EVERYBODY READS IT -THE UNION COUNTY PAPER - EVERYBODY READS IT m Monroe Journal fli h Mt t PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL 22. No. 45. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1916. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. BRITISH MARK liKKATKST AT TACK OF THE WHOLE WAK Fired Sixteen shells a Second Over Line of Ninety Mile- Taking iJirge NumWrs of Geiinun Soldiers Who Say They re Hun.. y. British Headquarters in Fi. ..-. 1st. A tremendous British olfensive was luuuihtd at 7:30 ibis morning over a front extending twtnty miles north of the Somme. The assault was preceded by a terriflic bombard ment that lasted an hour and a halt'. The lighting is developing in intensi ty. The British casualties have so far been comparatively light, accord ing to official report. The artillery bombardment of the last few days was concentrated this morning, with a degree of fury and a number of guns which were un precedented, in the region oi Albeit and the Somme. with the French co operating to the south. Mill Advancing. At T:jO o'clock, through clouds of smoke and dust, which hung over the whole Held as far as the eye could see, the mfautry sprang from the trenches for an assault over a front of twenty miles. Already it has gain ed possession of the first line trench es and the advance is couuuuing. The New British trench mortars which fire thirty-live shots a minute Played a great part, cutting wire en tanglemi'nts and destroying trenches. Many riisoneix Taken. Large numbers of prisoners have been taken. Some of the prisoners say the British curtain of tire pre vented them from getting food for the last five days. A British staff officer who witness ed the advance at the Junction of the French and British lines said the at tack was launched as though the men were on parade. Simultaneously with the launching of the British offensive, trench in fontry advanced to the. attack. Thi movement of French troops was in auEurated over a section of the French line adjoining the junction ' tioint with the British front. Under a pall of shell smoke, with the unbroken roar of artillery, the struggle over the longest line of any offensive jet undertaken on the west tern front is continuing at this hour, From a hill the coriespondent watched the beginning ol the battle For weeks he had witessed prepara tion for the first considerable effort of the new British army. Nolwith standing that troops were moved to the front in immense numbers for the attack there are still remaining bil lets in the rear which apparently are unnecessary in working out the pies cnt plans. How They Want to Battle. With the deliberate and mi thodleal precision the gathering of human and mechanical material proceeded. I ne whole line was included in the pre- liminaiv luminal dment, for the pur pose of deceiving the Germans as to the point of attack. Overwhelming as was the power of the guns, the grim ar.d significant spectacle was the sight or detach ments of infantry in field fighting equipment - moving forward until finally the dugouts were hives of khaki about to swarm forth for bat tie. Each of the officers had maps and directions in detail of the part his unit was to play in the whole comtilicated scheme of attack. The men had sewn in their uniforms In signia designed to designate the dif ferent units amid the dust inid sino'; of action. As the battalions inni'dird th'..- sang the tune:' they used to sing on the diill grounds at home, after liny responded to Kitchener's cell. Tli-rc were quiet and undemonstrative l.ng lish, sici.l.ing with Yorkshire ot Cornwall accent, er tirtybe bn. Uh::. out in gibes in I he ilu.ig of I hi- Lot! don roikney. There weir bra .v.:: Sci.r. With ki!ts ami steel iiui il l' helmets, ucgestir.;; miiaval men c arms. An lrl.'h hnttcl;n was tling the Marseillaise. The men real i.rd the fearful work ahead. Their Turn to Make Good. "But, it is in the contract," said a votins Englishman. "It Is what we expected. It is out turn to make good." As the days of the bombardment passed, the air of expectancy was noticeable everywhere through the army. East night the word was pas:i(d that the Infantry was to make the assault this morning. At dawn the correspondent ascended a hill l:i the region of Albert. The sun rose brilliantly, promising another fine dav. This was even more wel come than yesterday to artillery observers, who must move the guns and carry forward the Are to pro tect the Infantry advance. On the average clear day, from this point of view in front of the valley of the Ancre River, both the German and the French trenches are visible. Ridges and hills, rich farming lands and numerous villages roll away to the eastward. To the north one sees almost to Dommecourt and south to Bray, near the banks of the Somme. . This and the other bank of the Somme.w here the French are co-operating with the British, are the thea tre of the most extensive action of any yet begun on the western front, and which the allies hope may prove the first stage in the turning of the tide against the Germans. A Worthier tilft. "Every time Dubson opens his mouth heglves himself away." "Even at that he's no philanthro pist." London has 73.500 miles of ovcr . head telegraph and telephone wire' and 921,000 miles underground. The Wingate News Letter. Correspondence of The Journal. Wingate. July 3. A glorious 4th to everybody, especially to our dear ?eadow branch Baptist church. The old war comrades. May they have ' !fe nd tnar' of this noble chrls the most glorious time of their lives, i " wnian is too well known as to O. P. T. can't be there. His spirU ; nj further comment here. The will be with you all and he can jolly-, dwasl 9 b children fy and glorify same under the shad-1 K ?nd daughter, . r",her and ow of the oak. May everybody and h. four brothers; Drs. Kay of his family have the-"lime of thWr ' Morganton. Mark, who 1 yrt attend lives .. ' ing a medical institution, and Me.-j.rs. Mrs. Mary Frances Brown and sou Ya.nn ' Tnn" an.,! U"vf.p of V,.B- John of Hamlet .ml Mr ... Mr Ben Monroe, granddaughter and hus band of Mrs. Brown, of Sanford. Fla.. IL-hila tin rnilfa In f Itu rl.,t a at ...,.-.. " v. v v . J V. lint I ' I l PlVLri.lU over at Wineate Wednesdnv Jnd spent the afternoon with their friends L- J' Iilack- '' number and fornur neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. , f friends were present, whose decp E. YV .Griffin and family. Mr. and ; S,'l,ipa,by S'S 0,,t f"r ",e l,,",'"V" Mrs. Monroe were on their way home i x,ra" ., . at Sanrord where Mr. Monroe is en-i N'1 8 A",c a,nd In ,;vn" gaged In trucking. They travel in JW I UttW 'lC their st.lendi.1 murine car ( urday aftei noon at the Lone Oak Well, the biggest surprise that we have met in a long time was th:M caused Thursday afternoon when si:; automobiles came dashing up to the Lone Oak home loaded with gentle men M prtscnting the most prominent business Interests of Monroe. The party was touring the county for the pleasure of seeing what they could see and partly to boost the big 4th. Just ahead. How inspiring, what a delightful satisfaction to learn that these representative people would turn aside from their direct way to their home town to compliment na with their presence even long enough for friendly greetings. This old in valid never dreampt of having such a host of excellent friends. He re grets very much that he was only able to stammer a few words of ap preciation, which he hopes, however, met with as hearty a response as a more formal and elaborate address of welcome. Gentleman, a warm wel come awaits you at all times at the Lone Oak. Mrs. Mary F. Brown and son Mr. John Brown of Hamlet, on their re turn trip from Charlotte, stopped o.t at Wingate and spent the afternoon among friends and relatives. Mrs. L. C. Troutman of Winston Salem and her two children, little Miss Ethel and Master Jack, who have been spending some time with relatives in Marshvilie, while on their homeward trip, stepped off at Win pale long enough to spend a couple of hours with the family of her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Meigs. Mrs. M. B. lvy and children ol Cory. N. C, are visiting her parents. Mr. ami Mrs. W. M .Perry and other rtliiuven In and nbntit Wingate Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Nash. Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Jerome, Esq. and Mrs. H. .. Kedfearn. Mrs. K. L. Womble and Misses Julia Jerome and Jennie Womble were delightful guefts at the Lone Oak Home Sunday afternoon. Deep gloom and sadness were cast over our entire community at the news of the death of Mrs. Jennie Tucker which oceuiiTd Thursday night, the 2th Inst. It will be re membered t lift Mrs. Tucker was a victim of tuberculous arid spent cj i f t . awhile at the Sanitarium at Aberdeen in the vain hope rf being cured ol the dreadful malady. Returning tc the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. . P. Griffin, Boino days ago, Mrs. Tucker had been gradually sinking until the end came as above staled notwithstanding the fact that she had all that medical skill and kindhand? and hearts could do to prolong hei Yaarab Temple Shrine B&nd Which f n M MTV $ ii I'M ;.- . . .. Si -"vS 3S'-' i? One of the features of the visit of Yaarab Tempie to Monroe nev Saturday, at which time the citizen of Mcnroe and members of Oasis Temple will pay special honor to Colonel W-Her P. Andrews, Illustrious Potentate of Yaamb Temple, and a former f sldent of Monroe, will be a concert by he famous Yaarab Temple Band. This organization Is composed - of members of Yaarab Temple, most of them business men who are pro ficient in playing band instruments. It lr. without doubt one of the beet bands in the country, and its 45 members, clad In their new uniforms will be a alght Ions to be remember: d In Monroe. ' days. Mrs. Tucker's husband died some years ago. She was 31 years old. a consistent member of the I""". "U e sisicrs .VI isses WlI Same and Lee. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery ot Meadow Rranch Saturday morn:r... I , . , ... ! 1 uncra' services were conducted ty UVUIVt In the primary here Satuiday. Wingate failed to elect a cotton weigher so it will be necessary to "try it again." Messrs. J. Vv Smith and fumilv, Mr. and Mrs. Judson Perry and Mr. and Mis. 1). Perry all of Uaden. were visiting in. and about Wingate Sun day. Tluy came in .Mr. Arlie SmllhV car.. His friends will be sorry to learn that Mr. Philip Griffin of Marshville is in a critical condition from the ef fect of cancer of the neck and other adjacent parts. Miss Juanita Newton of Bennetl ville, S. C, is visiting Miss Xaoniiu Hinson this week. Her many friends will be d light ed to know that Mrs. Emma Barrett, mother of Mrs. H. A. Redfeurn of our town, is now enjoying an unusual measure of health with gnod pros pects of a complete recovery from her feeble condition. Mrs. Barrett U a resident of White Store community of Anson county and is highly esteemed by all who know her Pastor Black's subject for the 11 o'clock service at Meadow Branch on the second Sunday in July will be "The State and Condition of out Dead." The subject for the after noon rrrvice will be "The Ressurec- tlon of ;i" Dead I.',., (.el. ...! . u ..i i Every body should i hear the.-.e rare r the.-.? rare and i-pecial sermons without (ioubt. taev will be pro- in..,,..,...:., , ... '. .. as foundly interertiiu i:nd instructive. A vertiable treat is in store for all who can attend. Looking cbout from any seat on the front porch I can see eight or ten v.uinrr l-i,!i..., ,,! p .,.. .1 of the best f-milies In our hoiin wi.ddL UKlr l h l"lf..?0.",.l,on.V,l.,ou.n?. corn and cotton "to beat E.e band." What a pleasing, hopeful and com mendable sight. There is nothing more beautiful, more inspiring and praiseworthy than a scene like this. How does the picture compare with that of strolling and tramping up and down the streets and highways seeking pleasure, pastime and amuse ment at the expense of others? How much nr-:-' irue womanhood is displayed by these girls w ith the hoe? Also, these are the girls that keep the world moving. From these the wise younR men. later on. will choose their partners for life. On such the destiny of our nation r.nd its insti tutions depend. Theirs will be th; invisible power behind the throne. These ruddy, rosy-cheeked lassen of today will be the women of tomor row that will indirectly direct and control the affairs of state and ItETl'lt.X OF .VFGIto TKOOI'EHS church, of social, domestic and civic j ,if'- jTm-ji Talk About Their Kmi Ico. e What a pity we haven't more such , in Mexico One TrooiM Mim He noble, worthy, dependable girls that! Killed Five Mexican Were siriii. are not too lazy or proud to be seen j intl of their I nifornm. at honest work. O. P. Timist. Waxliitu ew. Correspondence or The Journal. Waxhaw. July 3. - - M essrs. J. S. and Fred Plyler spent Friday in Charlotte on busiii' 'SS. 1 Miss Jimmie Smith, who has been spending the spring and summer hei with Mrs. M. M. Tillman, retunx.t to her home at Bishopville, S. ".. Saturday. Messrs. Olin Massey. Perry at .1 Ardrey Plyler spent Saturday at Kock Hill. Messrs. William Massey. W. P. Wingate. Clarance and Jai k W'iimai. spent Saturday ufternoen hi Char lotte. Mr. Turner McGuirt of Great Fall -. S. C. spent the week-end here. Dr. W. R. McCain is in Ch.sier taking treatment in the Pryor Saiii torluui. Messrs. Carl Wolfe and Essie Gar rison spent the week-end in Char lotte. Prof. T. C. Haywood of Oakboro spent Sunday heie. Messrs. C. S. and William Massev and Fred Plyler spent Mondav in Charlotie. Miss Lola Rodman is visiting Mrs. L. E. Brown of Chester, for several days. Mls Eva Kirkpatrick of Charlotte Is visiting Miss Dollie Billue this week. Mrs. William Johnson of Newberry1 is visiting at Mr. J. W. McCain's. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Davis and ' Mr. Robert Crenshaw of Charlotte! of the American woundd left on the visited at Mr. V. C. Davis" Sunday. field of battle at Carrizal Bubsequent Mr. Fred Plyler visited in Char- ly were killed bv the Mexicans. They lotte Sunday. added that forty-two Mexicans were '"" ot u j ,a I1.""!" h,"P'!le her- Air. uon Howard of Great Falls Dr. T. U. Nlsbet spent Mondav in Monroe on nusiness. Miss Annie Lynn McGuirt enter tained the smaller crowd at her home Friday night. The old McDonald store, built in fnnn 1 k k il I ....T.I ... 11'...'.. . nun i.-rii Mini in en i n,i, .... ..... , . ., " ,, 1 ' " " ' , lr 1", ,:, Kar?:, "V"' nrf' biiiltlit(g ever built In Waxhaw and was used as a store, postoftic iir.d residence by Mr. McDonald. It is understood that a brick building will replace It on (lie corner. ,M" """ a (iuii was in m.eii -Tl.. 11.. ...... ' ft.. I l"S' trMuv ',fu'r,l00 In the Wood- ,,al1- ThP oriir,'ri: ,,,p: Mis" Ethel Rodman. President: Mrs. II. C. Houston. Yiee President: Mrs. H. M. Nisbet, Secretary; and Miss Mag- gie Davis. Treasurer. Th object ol the club is civic improvement. AT. or the ministers and Mr. G. N. Nisbet made talks. Messrs. Fred Boyd and Lester Fur geson of Harmony. S. ('.. visited at Mr. J. D. Davis' Saturday. Messrs. Cy Tillman. John and llenry Niven. and Miss Lizzie Prict spent .Monday in Monroe. - News llov A man seldom realizes the worth lessness of his earthly possessions un til he tries to pawn them. Every time a lazy man looks at thr clock the day becomes lonnei. Youth Is going o do things tomor row that old ige didn't do yesterday. Will Visit Monroe Next Saturday. El Paso Dispatch, June 29. Attired in tattered garments uimI showing physical eflfets of their im-1 prisonnient in Chiuauhua, tweniy-thn-e negro troopers or the Tenth Krgimtnt. I niteil States army, and a Mormon scout, taken prisoners dur ing the fight at Carrizal. were re turned to the United States this af ternoon by the Mexican authorities. A shout of laughter rose from the tnousands of Mexicans who h:ul I gathered to witness tho arrival as the negroes tiled from the second train. The prisoners were dressed in the sri-niiest and most nonde.-cript gain. Some had on only trouseis. One wore a shirt while a towel encircled lns waist. Othersheads were ered with bandannas. "Sure Mad In tiet Hack." All the troopers were worn ami drawn from their experience, and all were serious except one, w ho wore a broad smile. This one negro mad himself the impromptu spokesman lor ins rellows. "We sure are glad to get back." he said. The twenty-three troopers and Lem Spillsbury. the scout, were brought to the international bridge at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon. Gen. Bell was waiting, with a written receipt for their delivery. The actual transfer was at 3:1G, w hen Gen. Bell's receipt passed into Mexican hands. Say They Killed 42. Three of the necro trooners de clared they were certain that several killed and thirty-nine wounded. There were 250 Mexicans in the battle of Carrizal. naitlv rnvrn.H . Irrigation ditches, while the Ameri can troops, far inferior in numbers, fought from the open, the negro troopers said. "We came mighty close cleanine up the whole bunch at that." said one. "and would have done It if it hadn't been for the ditches and the machine guns. Once we charged clear to the machine gun, but l;:rk"(! strength to take it." Alexander told the first story ot the battle about as it has been givui oeiore. "I dropped five of them before thev K "'." he concluded. Snillsbm v declared that !,.. i,. remonstiak d with Captain Honl against advancing at Carrizal. he was told it was his business to obey or- ders, not to give them. Some reeling against Spillsbury was evident in El ;,So. but the Mormon declared lie would return to Mexico and again ol- fer his services to Gen. Pershing. The prisoners reached Juarez nhV:' noon, coming by train from Chili un- hua City, where' thev had been fiken to prison niter the Carrizal fight. None of them, wlwn they arrived in Juarez had had anything to c.t I twenty-four hours. Mexican officials had prepared to stage a scene appealing to the civilian population, and it did. In contrast to thi? ragged, dirty, worn looking ne groes, whom the populace hooted -i-xl jeered ns they left their car, the Mexican soldier guards were spick and span in new yellow uniforms. The picture was intended to con vey this: "Having given you a thorough drubbing, we will now drop you over the river into your own country." Gen. Gonzales had the negr--- - Spillsbury taken to the Comandacfa. where they were fed and awaited their transfer to the I nited States. Early in the day Gen. Bell had sent a motorcycle company to draw a e ir don about the vicinity of the San'a Fe Bridge, or the crowds of specta tors who gathered before ! o'clock, none was allowed within two block;. In the hours that followed, tho croI mcieaseu. waiting patiently in the i SUn the ,,on''" "f fc" Tenth Cav- ary prisoners. J-eritii Crowd l.!l.u. At 3 o'clock the pnsoiiers ap proached the bridge, gu.uded by Mex- j jean soldiers and tollowul by a jeer ing crowd, composed mostlv of wo men and children. Gen. Gonzales and Consul Gracia advanced to the center or the bridge, followed by th. prisoners. They were no t at the middle or the bridge by C n. Bell and his staff. The Mexican official saluted and stepped aside. Then came a dramatic little touch. The negroes had been shambling along dejectedly. They glanced up and saw before tnem the line of American officers, the first they had seen since Carrizal. when their own were shot before their eyes. Instantly the shambling nodescripts were again boldiers. Their appearr.nce was sufficiently ridiculous, notwithstand ing the parts of uniforms hich tho Mexicans had provided for ihem in Juarez. But they stiffened to atten tion, their eyes glowed, ana every dirty right hand shot to a bandanna bound forehead in salute; and Gen. Bell and his officers saluted in re turn, twenty-three enlisted men of a hard fighting cavalry regiment who had acquitted themselves bravely in desperate fight. Willie Harris said of his experi ences : "There were only seventv-six of no in the battle. We lelt the main col umn with eighty-six, but ten wer sent back with the wagon train. I don't know who fired hist. The Mex icans were formed like u.horK..slw. almost enveloping us when the firing . started. They had two machine runs, both concealed from us. one on each flank. we were fairly enfiladed. L'apt. Boyd fnade us lie prone, and told us to make every iioi count. 1 sure did.' we tougnt and fought and fought, until 1 though we would never stop. Between shots we scraped the ground with our rille butts to trv to scoop out a little shelter .but that didu't help. "Finally, when every other man around me had been shot, I got mine a spent bullet that knocked me Hat. I jumped up and ran aa hard as I could. Then a lot of Mexicans Jumped on their horses and ran in.- down. 1 threw up my hands and surrendered. "'You blankcty, blankety blank, what are you lighting us fur?' they yelled at me in Spanish. - by, man 1 jest natchclly uin't light i',g vou at all,' 1 answered. They all laughed at me, and then tied me up. I saw wounded nun bayoneted on the ground. It was sure. sickening. See these cuts on my arms." There's where the Mexicans bound me so tight the ropes cut 1 rough the skin. Look the boys ovt ml you'll see some more." Thomas IS. Marshall a Heal Democrat Atlanta Georgian. The Democratic convention did the right thing when it renominated Yice-President Marshall lv acclama tion. The Yice-President has si modestly avoided the spotlight of publicity that most Americans do ret lueiw what a really able man he is. Put not even his ability, great as O ut is, makes us admire the man as l.iin ii rs dnea his sterling. 1.1 -i.t . Ii i . t. . t H .n,,.rc:itiV A met icani-in. To,;i M.itshall r, it ( Mp ( r the oM I iehtt i H:'!i. e ,;is tj, simplicity of l!i!iir:ln and habit which s, i-reat- l. Ix. iiiii' s en Ami-rii a-, whii h is mi iU'ly ch;;r.n U-risiic of 111 ' tt;u Aill . i -it'. The Yli -l'li sidi nt t vi.'i. utilizes with the coi.iicoi: ncnnlo lui'iinsn h. n.p!.ait -ally oae ,!' ti.e common ie.le. 'Mine- is, in tum t'u- homely illipiicty of Abiiiha:;' !.il.n,l;l ulmm lie lecinbh s far more tlnn do some mui in hich pines vl-i iv fond of what might bo determined the Lin- Ciln pose. The poweiful and frequently vicious interests which exploit the masses through the connivance nnd sub. i niancy of corrupt politicians would Mot even attempt lo coprouch Thomas li. Marshall. A good American, tia wemom', and able and high-principled public servant, a speaker of no mem powers ami a thinker of clear thoughts, the Yice-President seems to us to be pretty much everything that an American public man should he. And we are sure that the Democratic con vention honored Itself when it again named Thomas B. Marshall as the second of its standard bearers. V!int Keep Some of Them at Home. Raleigh Times. Many a man who hasn't thought of his wife in two months will In thesa days of enlistment remember sudden ly that he's always wanted to soldier, but unfortunately got married to the best woman in the world, who, with four beautiful invalid children, fx wholly dependent upon horn except for what she manages to pick up at washing and what her folks send In. When the day breaks some men are too lazy to make use of the pieces.