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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT. Monroe journas PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL.22. No. 90. MONROE, N. G, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1916. $1.50 PER YEAR CAS TUIF.IM TU)SIS SUNDAY Many Sermon Were Preached About the Dread Disease Mr. White ;Ues Figure and Conclusions Medical Inspection of Schools Xetnled. "Fresh air, damp air, nor cold air will hurt you; you people don't take enough exercise," was the admoni tion Rev. L. M. White gave his con - gregation at the First Baptist church Sunday evening when he delivered a sermon on tuberculosis. Sunday was "Tuberculosis Day" all over the country, and all pastors had been requested to ure as their , subject something dealing with the Greht White Plague. Dr. Gurney, although he did not preach a special tormon on this subject, made a few remarks about It at the Presbyterian church, and Kev. J. E. Abernethy will devote his next Sunday evening's sermon to the matter entirely. "You people," said Rev. Mr. White, "will probably leave here tonight thinking that my advice la for the other fellow and not for you. Yet, I'll venture to say, although I hope it will not come true, that anywhere from five to ten of you will meet death from tuberculosis uuless you take preventive measures." The speaker chose hi3 text from Luke 10, 30:36, which 1j the story of the traveler who, on beU:a vcLUvd and beaten, was loft on tho roadsido to die, but how he was saved by the kindness of the Good Samaritan, who took him to a hotel and had his wounds dressed. The inference drawn from this chapter by the speaker, was "Am I my Brother's Keeper?" Not only should we inform ourselves as to the nature and terror of tubercu losis in order to keep ourselves free from the disease, but that our family and friends might also be saved from the terrible death. Tultomilosis Statistics. Rev. Mr. White quoted the follow ing statistics, which were gathered by leaders in the medical world: 1. Tuberculosis kills 160,000 per sons in the United States every year. 2. It kills one-tenth to one-seventh of all our people. 3. It kills one-third of all our peo ple who die between the ages of 18 and 45. 4. It costs in dollars and cents over $500,000,000 in loss of labor and lire to the United States. 6. Not loss than 1,000.000 people In the United States, it is estimated, now suffer from the dreadful disease. 6. More men dio of tuberculosis than women. 7. Death rate of negroes is three times that of the whites. But the death rate is steadily de creasing due to the Interest the peo ple are manifesting in its eradication. In 1904 the tuberculosis death rate was 200 per 1000, but in 1914, ten years later, it had dwindled to 146. Consistent campaigns are waged con tinuously, stated the speaker, to combat the disease. One of the most noteworthy of these charitable en terprises Is that of the American Red Cross. Christmas seals, to provide revenue for the light that this in stitution is waging, are being sold In Monroe this year, and the speaker urged his audience to buy them liber ally. It is true that there are but few cases of tuberculosis in Monroe, but Rev. Mr. White pictured such horri ble circumstances surrounding a re rent rase, that none of his audience would care to have a repetition of it in their own neighborhood, much less in their own Immediate family. He said that he had ft call to go to see a young girl, who was Buffering from the malady. When he managed to find the house, the speaker said he was shocked to find such filth as sur rounded that house. When he went Into the house he found It much worse; so much that it stifled him to I Vnthe the air. He shook hands with the little sick girl, who was then near the point of death, and asked her If anyone else slept In the room with her. "Yes." she said, "three of my brothers and sisters sleep In that bed over there in the corner." Mr. White said he was shocked, especial ly at the untidiness and filth of every thing. The sick child was even forc ed to expectorate on the floor and ta ble. The cure of consumption depends entirely on the checking of it In Its first stages. Secondary symptoms, said the speaker, are colds, loss of appetite, loss of weight, night sweats, tired, rundown feeling, ris ing temperature in the afternoon, and the spitting of blood. If any of these symptoms are In evidence make haste to see a doctor, advised Mr. White. "Better still," he continued, "make It a practice of letting some member of the medical profession make ft thorough examination of your physi cal being at least once ft year." The best preventive treatment, not only of consumption, but for every other disease, is exercise, said the preacher. "Monroe men," he averr red, "do not take enough exercise to maintain their body In a 100 per cent shape. They go to their stores early in the morning and there they are confined until after dark. These are the men who succumb rapidly to the disease when it gets a start. The tu berculosis baccllll, one might say. constantly strives for a foothold from the day of birth on. Some manage to thwart the disease, but many fall. "Your schools are not properly ventillated," he said. "I went out there to teach a few hours not long J . . J V. . ago ana 1 iuuuu mum mm was nui i fit for your children to study In. I There were only two windows In the room, and neither one of these was! raised. I hope the day will come' when p nil! have medical Isrne- tion In the Monroe schools, and the schools everywhere else." The speaker conclcded his sermon with the urgent request that his au dience pay more attention to their physical state, and by impressing up on their minds once more the advan tages of breathing pure air. rah: KAIl! 'KAll! Viill WOMEX OF COLFAX (They F;it Tl.e lllotk Under Kvils of Th:.- Small Louisiana Town Shai.:cf:il Conduct of Men. Colfi x. I.a., population 1.049. has some vomen residents who are hum mers. A i ress dispatch tells what they hive dene: Through the courageous influence cf the v.i men of Colfax than whom there are no better in the universe this town can at last bold its head up among decent people and bravely de fy any criticism that might be ex cited by icsidents in other towns that have absolutely not as much reason to be proud of themselves irs Colfax has to be proud of itself. It is to the lasting glory of Colfax that its women residents, scandalized and made to worry by the actions of some of the men who live here when a carnival company came here re cently, ejected last night the passage vi a tit;. ordinance prohibiting the pci iorm;.i".' heie cf circust-3, street cr.rtiivals, :r;':'Ville acts and min strel entertainments whose appeal in even the slightest degree depends on the presence of women in the exhibi tions. The way some of the citizens of Colfax, particularly some of the mar ried men, acted when the last show came here was the lust straw. Men who had acquired the art of freedom from embarrassment by attending o'her shows where women perform ers came out on the stage and kicked up their legs, sat in the very first row at this last show, which had a lot of pretty girls in it, and laughed and nudged each other, and winked, when the theatrical women smiled at them and by other coy ways tried to make believe they thought the men of Col fax were "regular devils" like the men with high hats who hang around stage doors in the city. The men didn't know they were only duped of these women who do that in every town the show goes to. How would shows get along that didn't do that? It was Just plain temptation and nothing else. Some of the men spoke to these theatrical women afterward and they spent money like drunken sailors ashore after a long, long time at sea. The women of Colfax tried to close their eyes to these orgies and revels, but they couldn't do It. They re membered what happened to Pitts burgh when roine of Its millionarles got to flying around with stage women, and they decided It was time to step in and keep this happy and prosperous town, with its unblemish ed history and honorable traditions, from golne to wreck and ruin, and so 200 of them signed a petition de mending that the civic authorities take the measure they took to stamp out vice and corruption. This ordinance may take away some of the spirit and hlliarity of life In Colfax, but if that's the sort, of thing that would bring people to Col fax. Just looking for a "good time" and not helping to develop it, then we don't want that type. Monroe Defeats Waxhaw. The Monroe high school basket ball team played its first game of the season with the Waxhaw high school on last Friday, which resulted in a score of 32 to 14 in favor of the Mon roe boys. The game was played at Waxhaw and was a hard fought game from beginning to end. The playing of Captain Hinson for Monroe was the most spectacular of the entire game. He made 20 of the 32 points scored by the Monroe team. The playing of Goodwin and Crowell was also a feature of the game. For Waxhaw the playing of Ernest Vestol was an outstanding feature. This young player scored every point made by his team, and Is easily one of the fastest high school forwards in the State. The Monroe basket ball team Is rather light In weight this year and will have to depend upon speed and team work to win games, but the team as a whole Is composed of fast players and can be counted upon to win games. The county high schools have or ganized a High School Athletic As sociation for both boys and girls, and the Monroe boys and girls are anxious to make a good showing In athletics this year. The Monroe high school will meet the fast team of the Wlngate school oa the local grounds next Friday. The line up for Friday s game was as follows: Monroe Hinson, r. f.; Crowell, 1. f.; Goodwin, c; Ayers, I. g.; Austin and Stewart, r. g. Waxhaw A. Vestol, r. f.; E. ves tol. 1. f.; McCain, c; Sims, I. .; Helms, r. g. One day a seedy looking individual In a railway carriage got Into con versation with a feline traveler. He had good talc to toil. Ah. sir." he said, sadly. "I've seen changes. I was once a doctor with ft large practice, but owing to one little slip, my patienti begnn to leave me, and now I m just living from hand to mouth." "What was the slip?" was the natural question. "Well, sir," replied the nan, "In filling In n death certificate for a patient that had died, I absent-mind edly signed my name In the space headed, 'Cau'e of death!" Grit. "BALIX)TS FOR BOTH" THEIR SMXiAX. "Union County Suffrage lngue, Or gan i nil With Mrs. A. M. Serret as I hairnmn and With Nearly Fifty Members Enrolled. As a result of the woman suffrage lecture delivered here one night last week by Miss Gertrude Watkins. an enthusiastic body of men and wo men nu t in the Jackson cl'ib rooms Friday rternoon and org;uized the Union County Equal Suffuse League with the following officer at its head: Mrs. A. M. Secrest, Chairman: Mrs. Eugene Ashcraft, First Vice-Chair man; Mrs. E. M. Griffin. Second Vioe- Chairman; Mrs. Gus Henderson Chairman of Finance Department; Mrs. G. S. I.ee, Chairman of Litera lure Department; and Miss Rosa Blakeney, Chairman of Membership department.. The national slogan. "Ballots for Both," was adopted by the local or ganization. and the league has ul read emhnrlcert on i!s mkslnn in in. jtluence local opinion in behalf of the VttUW. The league starts off with fifty- iour memners enrolled, rney are Rev. L. M. White. Dr. H. E. Gurney, Messrs. A. M. Stack. J. C. Sikes. G. S. Lee, Frank Laney, Dr. R. L. Payne, J. L. Evo.ttte, R. A. Morrow, Dr. W. B. Hour. in. Dr. H. D ewart, A. M, Secrest. I.'u. n Atli'ivi, g. o. Blair and Mcduiaed F. G. hmderson, A F. Stevens. W. A. Lane, J. F. Laney, Jen: fcewell. Henry Laney, D. B. Sny der, A. M. Secrest, G. S. Lee, A. M. Stack, E. M. Griffin. Neal Redfearn, Fred Wood. J. E. Abernethy, S. O. Blair, Lara Evans, Virginia Davia, U. G. Shaw, R. L. Payne. R. V. Hous ton, and Misses Ida Caldwell. Olive Abernethy, Ruth Russell, Stella Mun- dy, Mamie Goodwin, Lena Green, Mabel Smith, Rosa Blakeney, Cora Montgomery, Annie Beam. Laurette Wilson, and Mesdames J. C. Sikes C. D. Meacham, W. J. Rudge, Eugene Ashcraft, J. E. Stewart, James Stew art and Madge Benson. Mrs. A. M. Secrest, the Chairman of the League, gave the following to ine journal: "As we have over fifty members on roll, wo consider that we have made an excellent start. We wish to em phasizo the fact that this is an equal surrrago league and that a large num ber of the members are men. and a number of them will serve on the va rious committees. It is a Union county league, and we urge all those in the county who are in sympathy witn tne movement to enro 1 at once. Those desiring to join can do so by handing In their names to Miss Rosa Blakeney, Chairman of the Member ship Committee." HIT HIM WITH AX AXE This Is More Merciful Treatment for Husband Than Nudging Him Ten Commandments for Husband and Wives. The Rev. Frank E. Rldeout, pas tor ot tne second Baptist church at Bridgeport, recently Issued ten matrl monlal commandments for husbands and ten for wives. If followed, he says, they will Insure perfect happl ncss. For Hiislinnds. 1 Thou shalt not think that thy self are "It". 2 Thou shalt not praise thy neighbor's wife; praise thine own. 3 Thou shalt not be stingy with my wire. 4 Thou shalt not share the love for thy wife with the booze shop. She oeservetn It all. 5 Thou shalt not keep any secrets from thine wife. Secrets breed sus picion and wreck confidence. 6 Thou shalt not refuse to talk with thy wife after the day's work Is done. 7 Thou shalt not fail to provide life Insurance for thy family. 8 Thou shall' not scold thy wife when the meat burns. Blow up a powder mill Instead. 9 Thou shalt not fall to kiss thy wife good-bye every morning. 10 Thou shalt not forget through all the years of thy life that thy wife whom God has given thee as thy companion, is thy superior. For Wives. 1 Thou shalt not be spendthrift. Do not squander thy husband's mon ey. 2 Thou shalt not talk shop when thy husband returns at night. 3 Thou shalt not fail to have his meals on time. 4 Thou shalt not quiz thy wedded husband. Be adroit and he will tell thee all. 6 Thou shalt not nag thy wedded husband. Hit him with an axe. It Is more kind. 6 Thou shalt not fall to dress up for thy husband as thou didst before marriage. 7 Thou shalt not try to fight thy husband. Crying will fetch him soon er. 8 Thou shalt not expect thy hus band to apologize even when he is wrong. Let It pass. 9 Thou shalt not hesitate to as sure thy husband that he Is the great est man alive, and that thou dost ad mire him more than Wilson, Roose velt or Hughes. , 10 Thou shalt not remind thy husband what a great sacrifice thou didstmake to marry him. THE LOCAL MARKETS Best long staple 17.50 Pest short staple . . 17.25 Seed 90 Eggs 37 Sweet potatoes , . 80 Irion potatoes 1.80 Turkeys 17 Pork 12 Corn 1.3 MIL SIKES RF.POKTS Tells Some of the Things He Saw on Trip to Big Overland riant. Mr. V. D. Sikes. who was one of the 5,000 salesmen of the United States who are visiting the Overland Willys plant at Toledo, tells some of the things he saw as follows: Nothing was ever so impressive as our tour of the rrc! !'!t that turns out Willys-Ov i . . Our pul'n.. it ; company y. i: . T! r enough, f i ihere i three-quartvr milea i the plant. ked in the was room e seven and track within Each niuT ct;t a picture of Will gras'hed !:;'. e o. him. Next :!.!'.ik I :d containing a i ::nd an auto v..!come from knew we were lined up oa :i new aumini.si photographed ps of the stunning l building getting Elevators shot .: t :'. company's own resturant oh tii. sixth floor. There we had a ci.ii.;n,i good break fast. At e . :i : late v. ;u a copy of the live new V. i lvs-Ov.'i i.ind house or gan "The i-i; i ter." 1' mapped out our day's 1 rogram. Then stmt h1 our tour of the plant. Our guides were carefully picked men. Thty knew the plant from end to end. and the parties were small so that each member of tin; party could have his questions answered. $25,000,000 ere tied up in land, buildings and machinery, not to say a word about the stock of parts and raw material. From the roof of the wonderful administration building, which stands out like a state capital, you get a great panorama of the plant. You can then readily believe that it occupies 103 acres, with 4,486,680 square feet of floor space in daily use and a pro duction capacity of 100 cars per day. You can appreciate the growth from 250 employes in 1908 to 17, 300 In 1916. 1,000 persons, more than the en tire manufacturing force of many a company, work in the administration building alone. This structure, 375 feet long, has every facility for rapid work, including dictaphones, its owl; telegraph and telephone system and a mail handling department that does about everything but write the let ters. Three hundred and eighty-eight, per sons can be fed In the resturant at one time. Butthlsisnothlng to what hits you when you cross into the shops. It Is a whirl of action, yet all is system. Parts by the untold thousands are here, with a value Into the million1; of dollars. There are lines of motors. I never saw so many crank shafts to gether. Our guide said 6,000 la have believed 60,000. There is stock in bins, stock In yards, stock along the walls, con necting rods, frames, fenders, mud guards, hoods, rims, springs, axles, torsion tubes, transmission gears shafts, brake parts, steering rods, pedals it is an unending procession. Every thirty days sees an average of 1,000 tons of steel come In. It Is handled by a magnetic crane that en ables two men to do a work that formerly required thirty. There are amazing machines. The toggle press, for example, held us nil. This monster, with Its pressure of 1,000 tons, shapes cold steel lik( cardboard. A piece of metal fed to It comes out as a side frame. It can make 2,000 of these in an eight hour day. Other mighty machines stamp out radiator shells, fenders, cowl dashes and doors. You take off your hat to the drop forelne marhines. Down comes the hammer and the fiery piece of iron ton nnd lhe selling was promoted by is beaten Into shape. The complete reports of advancing marine war drop forging of the front axle can bo,rlsk and he easie'" Liverpool cables, accomplished with one heat. Af,ef opening 12 to 19 points lower Every kind of part requiring strength was drop forged while we looked on, axles, crank shafts, brake assembly rods, brake and control rods, spring shackles, gear blanks and brake rod sectors. We saw the company's accurate system of die making It calls for a special workman on each detail. One works on the simper, another on the planer and a third on die sinking. The multiple spindle drill in one operation drills all the holes in the front axle. This Is a guarantee that each will be In right relation to the other. It was hard to drag us away from the automatic turret lathe that sur faces and finishes fly wheels. It works as though somewhere within Its metal vitals p brain was conceal ed. The workman has only to put on the rough fly wheel, adjust the first set of tools, push the lever, and let the machine do the rest. The cast Iron Is peeled off as readi ly as wax. Sometimes four or five operations are performed at once. When one set of cuttings is done. the machine stops automatically, and the next set of tools comes automati cally Into place. Twenty operations are performed In fourteen minute. Twenty-six pounds of metal are re moved from the wheel. One man can watch three of these machines. The vertical cutter of gears on fly wheels almost matches the turret lathe In Interest Moving up and down, the cutter at the same time slowly revolves, the whh closed Thanksgiving Day, ac fly wheel turning In tho opposite dl- cording to figures compiled by the rectlon. Bv the time a complete revo- As.wlatod Press. lutlon of the fly wheel has been ac- Last year there were 16 and in compllshed, all the gears are cut. 11913 there were 15. College officials We all fell for the aluminum fotin-j identified with the sport declare that dry and for the machines that finish .not a single death occurred In any the aluminum parts. muo In which the players were The multiple spindle drill bores 81 physically as well as mentally train holes In the crank case In one opera- ed for the severest test, and that tlon. This is a proof of the tuperiorl- onlv one college man was among the tv of machine orocc?sos, for the holes victims this year. must be in the right relation to each other. Another machine smooths the Fur faces of the crank cases, finishes seven in nine minutes. Diamonds, real diamonds, are con sumed with apparently reckless in difference in the wet grind room. Placed in small tools they are Ufed to true the emory wheeU on which are ground the bearing surfaces of the crank shafts. They are bought in 1 15.000 lot s. We looked on while whole forests of lumber were being turned into bodies in the wood work department. This lumber comes in by carloads. As 214 feet of wood i3 required oa a small touring car. we could readily see why so much was required. You make this round trip and you can understand this company's im mense consumption of material 18. 000. Ooo pounds of solder annually, 2.5ut,00 pounds of tin and lead for smoldering. 10.UOO.000 pounds or brass and copper, 12.0(10,000 feet of steel tubing and 125.000 tons or steel. t'OTTON TAKES A DROP (oveninieiit Heltons Sends Price Dotvn liower Than For Some Time FciiiiiK Day in Cotton Futures. Cotton dropped more than a cent a pound on t!ie local market yester day. Buyers who have aay on Lund felt "down in the mouth." The price is two cents a pound less than it was last Friday. The drop is attributed to the fact that the government esti mates that the crop will be a little larger this year than last. Today the market seems to be quiet with no one knowing what w ill happen next. Further reduction in the estimat ed size of this year's cotton was re corded yesterday In the Department of Agricultures final report, putting the production at 11,511.000 equiva lent 500-pound bales, exclusive of linters. That U 126.000 bales le:s than forecast after the last condition report in October. Indications at the beginning of the growing season were that a crop of approximately 14.266,000 bales wou'd be produced but storms and insects wrought havoc with the growing plants as the season progressed. Tne acreage planted was the fourth larg- ii ; t in I -.so n i'i t The average price per pound paid to producers of cotton on December 1, was 19.6 cents. At that price the season's crop is worth $1,079,351, 616, exclusive of the value of linter cotton and seeds. Last year 11.191.820 equivalent 50i'-pound bales were grown and d' - ing five years, 1H10 to 1914. the av erage was 14.259,2ol bales. The record crop was grown in 1914 when 1 6.134.930 bales were produced. The Effect In New York. One of the most sensational breaks in the history or the cotton market followed the publication of the Gov ernment's crop estimate yesterday. Inside cf five minutes there was a de cline of practically a cent a pounu and before the break was checked March had sold at 17.50 $8.10 per bale under the high point or the morning and more than $19 a bale under t'ae high lecords established just before Thanksgiving. A rally of ;flbout 60 points followed In the last half hour with Marcli closing at IS. 11 and with the general list closing steady at a net decline of 79 to 96 points. The market was extremely nervous and irregular before the report was published. Disposition to cover re cent sales in advance of the estimate cau d rallies from time to time, but overy milge seemed to meet long cot- Pnces rauieu quite snarpiy to aooui 6 to 10 points net higher. This ad vnnce carried January up to 18.88 March to 19.12 and May to 19.33. but before tho report was issued prices had worked some 25 to 30 points under last Saturday's close and following Its publication January broke to 17.40 and May to 17.80. For a time the telling which came from all directions appeared to be ab solutely overwhelming, but the worst of the liquidation subsided after the decline of 138 to 155 points from Saturday's closing figures, and trade interests were big buyers on the clos ing rally of about 55 to 65 points from the lowest. Lost Fight a Hale In Xew Orleans. In one of the most exciting sea sons and widest slumps ever noted on the exchange here, the price of cot ton yesterday was sent 132 to 161 points, or $8 a bale, on the weakest months, under Saturday's close, due to effects of the Government's fore cast of the size cf the 1916 cotton crop. The estimate of 11,511.000 bales as. the total production, was considerably above general expecta tions, and the January position sold down to 16.65, which was 384 points below the highest nrlces of the sea son made two we-' -, ago, or a loss of about $20 a bale compared to the high figures. Football Victims. Foothill claimed 16 lives, one In ithe south, during the 1916 season. (Klk.MAV ARMORED AUTO XKW TKKIiOK lOU FtK Utvut Havoc Wrought by TliHr ;un During Rumanian Campaign Annor Ir.iiK-rviou to lUl.V and Ma chine Fire. At General von FalkenLayn'8 headquarters in Rumania. Doc. 10. Via London. One of the most inter esting features of the Rumani-.n cam paicn rrom a German standpoint has; been the spectacular work of the new armored automobiles evolved soon after the advent of the British "tank" on the Somiae front, but which the developments in Rumania have shown to be a vast improvement in efficiency over the Lritisii ma chines. Even in the brier te.t? it haa had since the Germans crod the moun tains into the Rumanian I iaius, the new car has rhowu itself an c.'ncient auxiliary to the cavalry In ratrol w-ork. as it frequently can in.lict in finitely more damage than a whole .-quadi-on and is far moro difficult to destroy than the English invention. Its a hievi nun ts so far include an attack on Rumanian infantry in which 3i0 men were killed. The cars are 25 feet In length with wheels a foot wide and encased in solid rubber. They carry a crew of 10 men, including the machine gun operators, the chauffeur and one substitute and cne officer. Tho guns can be operated in almost any direc tion through narrow slits. At one end under the customary hood, is a 100-horsepower motor and at the other end under a similar hood, is the gasoline tank. Each man in the crew is ua expert mechanic and chauffeur, so if by any chance a stray bullet flies through the slit through which the operator looks in driving, there are others ready and competent to take the injured man's place. Impervious to Hill'. Fire. The automobile engin is b.-th air and water cooled. The car oholl 1 impervious to machine gun end rifle fire. When no oppom ut is in sight the top of the turret tan be opened so that a man can jet his shoulders out and make cbseivailons. When the turret Is closed, periscopes are placed In position, which peimlts a view of the surrounding landscape from all angles. There have been many r '.d experi ences with these nutomobilos in Ru mania. On one of the first trips., a car entered a village not yet cap tured, where the officer and his crew were taken for Rursians. Just as the crew was being enlhu.'i.i tlcatly greeted, three Rumanian locomotive drivers tried to get their engines away, but the automobile raced it head and received the engines with a withering fire which forced their surrender after they had been dis abled. On the return to tho village the crew was again greeted by the popu lation, but this time with white flags of surrender. On another occasion an automobile encountered a force of Rumanian in fantry and opened fire before the troops could see': rhelter. The Ru manians fled after 60 second.-, of fir ing from the car, leaving 200 dead and 50 wounded. Useful l.t Hiimuni'.i. The great usefulness of th? auto mobiles has lei-n most apparent in Rumania, where fha character of the warfare makes it postiblo ti) Mip be hind the opponents' lines. On a re rent exploit of this kind, the com mander woiked his vay to the rear of a body of Kur.ttinian infantry which was entrenched and almost before the Rumanians were aware cf the car's presence it had swept the trenches with machine gun tire and driven the defenders out In disorder. None of the German automobiles of this type used In Rumania has as yet been disabled or destroyed by op ponents. The bullets thus far en countered have hardly dented the shield of the machine. The chief advantage of the new automobile, in contrast with the British machine, is that It can run at an average speed of 23 miles an hour, as contrasted vith the snail like pace or the Entente cars. Its speed frequently enables it to scout even ahead of the cavalry and it can make its way over any road or even a field. Untonville Npus. Correspondence of The Journal. I nfonvtlle, Dec. 11. Miss Ray- melle Purser, who Is teaching at Jerome, spent Saturday and Sunday witn ner parents here. Mr. Newton Avcock and famllr. Mr. J. C. Aycock and son. Reuben. and Mr. Fred Wright, visited rela tives here recently. Mr. D. L. Furr visited rel.it Ivo here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wllw !cntt rr tha Union Grove communitv have moved to our village. They are occupying; Mr. H. H. James' house. Messrs. H. M. Williams and Carl McRorie have returned from a hos pital in Charlotte, where they both underwent verv serious onemtlnns. Their many friends will be glad to know they are Improving rapidly. The condition of Mrs. Martha Green, who has been sick for several months, Is no better. "Wild Ro-.e" leives this weolr rnr Charlotte to visit friends and rela tives and to undergo treatment for neuralgia. Rev. and Mrs. Fink are nnv e.. tied In the new narsnnnr V ira glad to welcome thee good people to our village. Mr. rink will preach his first sermon nott Fundi nirh at 7: JO. Even-body Invited. Wild Rose.
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