THE MONROE JOURNAL mivr, imbued, with foi-'
notions of German kultur. is sek-
Founded In 1894 by
avners and publishers,
R. F. Beasley.
the present in? world domination. What dots
G. M. and j,u 0f these high sounding phrases
SKETCHES
EY JOHN BEASLEY
imillllllll LI If TTTITT!lItITtllll III trryi
TeK'pbne No. 19.
R. F. BEASLET. EdiUw
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mean to this lad. who has been rear
ed in the quietness of his country
home; hi dream of possessing some
day
turned by the carnage and
that is ravishing Europe?
You and I. who know that the
l( l Cruel World.
It is In i J for one to leave one's
home tor the short time of two
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a little rami of ms own unuis- ivnic un.n i uuu uuet
slaughter 'epuiaiion. uum uy jmh oi eieaay
plodding, is in jeopardy. That is the
experience 1 have recently undergone.
As some of our readers are aware.
foundation of democracy i being The Journal prints
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FKIDAY. AltilST 10, 1UI7.
Xo Time lo Talk lVace.
There are a good many people in
this country who do not understand
what America is fighting for. Among
this class is the paee advocate, who
Juggles with figures, and decries an
intending bankruptcy. They are,
for the most part, practical men ;
without the least bit of vision. J
Teace. if Mr. Wilson sticks to his!
policy, will not be had until the
backbone of Prussian militarism is .
broken. This is not a war to sett! ;
questions of recent appearance, but
a war to insure peace to the world
for all times to come.
another sheet
'threatened; that the allies are wag-M0 w.n,e'ilJf'. 'c .pa.ra,d,e
OIinr a war to perpetuate the treat
principle bf rule by the people; might ,.,1 down there about three weeks ago
gladlv die for the flag, but this young the boys in the shop were swau ped
man may go to his death believing l.l.h ,.rk. nd c?" VL.?h.?
in the oflice, 1 was sent down there
tor the long space of two weeks.
On my return. I learned that Capt.
that his life was sacrificed for naught.
For, you see, he doesn't understand.
Liberia, the negro republic, has de- Heath was circulating a good on on
dared war upon Germany. Japan me about my deatn.vs in his charac-
threatens to follow suit. If the teristie good humor. As it uidn'r
' , . . , , really happen, and as they say noth-
scramble to get on the side of the ,ng bu tne tnah hmU , dont niinJ
allies doesn't slack up. fom Crowell tflling it even if 1 am the victim,
will have to build an addition to his j I was being examined by a rt-
cruiting otlicer in Charlotte, accord
ing to the Captain. The officer plac
ed a watch lo my ear, and asked nie
if I liuunl it li. Winy "Vis " hd rr..
ly does he catch it in times of peace. . pIo(L Ht 1m,u it a ,iltle further
but it looks like some of them, es-off. Stiil I heard it. But as I had
pecially the ones who have no chil-, previously shown myself to be a lit
tle dear in asking nun to repeat ques
tions, the onicer became suspicious.
flag pole.
Thu ru im ' ii,.,iriil man Vnt nn- u
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dren, are going tsomell a little pow
der, and dodge a few bullets.
A patched-up peace at this I'utfj Xw yuj(ler
would only postpoue the struggl-1 fori j am sending a piece of poetry I
a few years. Autocracy and democ-tread some time ago in the Burke
... . ... ' Pmintr Www I think it ij tin.'
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which policy shall dominate the
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world. If Germany win, the an
swer will be autociacy. America has
thrown her untold resources ol ii:or.
and money into the conflict to makv
the world sale for democracy.
To destroy the Prussian system.
Kaiser William, and the rest of the
house of Hohenzollern must be rele
gated to the scrap heap of fallen
princes, ana divine ngnts ol KinfeS.
To do this thousands of liennan
must be killed to break the now fa-j
nious von Hindeuburg line, which j
French and English officers have ad- i
mitted is impregnable unless rein
forcements are received from Ameii-
ra.
Without
You will see his banners Hying
As today you see them (lung.
'Till ho fetches home the bacon
And the last dog has been hung.
a doubt Germany would I ThouS he'8 slow to indignation.
..... . , .s our neig iDors long nave re t,
agree to peace. Sne nught relinquish j He can whfp a convotion
Alsace-Lorraine and Belgium, but when he tightens up his belt,
she would, insist on keeping her old
traditions. For fifty years, or per-:h: he'11 scraP and kpen on scrappin'.
.en i inula iu run me scrap.
a ill the foe is shot to pieres
haps a hundred, the world would en
joy peace. But during this tiuie, if
we read the Prussian mind right,
Gerniauj would be preparing on a
much larger scale thaa heretofore
to wage the inevitable conflict. And,
too, her diplomacy might succeed 'n
Influencing strong allies to her stan
dard, and when the next conflict
conies about, the countries w heie the
spirit of democracy is deep-rooted,
might find all the advantage on the
side of autocracy.
Mr. Wilson, we believe, will not
sue lor peace until the German royal
family agrees to step down and out,
nnd other far-reaching agreements as
to the niaintainance of an army and
nav are allowed. Two things will
accomplish this; either the overthrow
of the llohenzolleins through an in
ternal revolution, or through the suc
cess of t'i allied anus,
f Ab Internal revolution in Germany
would be welcomed by many. It
would demonstrate to the world that
the people are tired of autocratic
rule, and that they have a leaning
towards a democratic form of gov
ernment. President Wilson for one,
Seizing a dooi knob while I wasn't
looking (accouiin. to the Capt.l, he
placed it dose to my ear. Dc you
hear th;l?" lie wanted to know.
"Suie." 1 replied, thiuking he still M
neiu i.ie w.iun iu ins iianu. inen,
, (still accoiding to the Capt.l the office'-
said: "You go home bom.. You
j hear too d n well!"
' Ju-t as I was getting over r.iy
tPecv isdiiiess, Zeb Grctn cume around,
i Hello!" he gleet ed me, as he shook
my hand. "I knew you were back
when 1 lead that coin stalk in The
: Journal!" Vainly I protested that I
'was not the author of that yarn, but
i he couldn't be convinced. 1 grew
madder still; but this morning, when
. 1 had about recovered my usual
j equinaLiity, 1 read the following in
Tucker's I'ageland Journal:
"For a few issues past John Beas
ley's "Sketches' in the Monroe Jour
nal had been missing. We were at a
loss to know w here he had gone, but
in Friday's issue appeared the prob
able explanation. He had been at
tending a bins school, and did not
return until he had taken a post
graduate course. As evidence that
he now holds the championship in
this county we submit the following
taken from Friday's Issue cf this
Monioe paper:
"The corn crop in this section bids
fair lo be the best ever. Much of
the coin is about made, and a few
more rains will make good corn In
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I'nele aiu is not a quitter;
. He is slow to .-bed his coat
Slow to draw his lethal weapons.
! And demand another's goat;
II nt when once the fuss is started.
Though the scrap be fierce and rough.
'i'nele Sam will go the limit.
And will never say "enough." I
When the warlike captain blunders,'
Anil the brazen bugles blare,
i I'nele Sam will join the scrimmage i
t With his coat tail in the air, '
! He will swing his deadly brand j
j Till the llohens cease their zoller.
And the Kaiser has been canned.
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and Boys' Summer
Underwear.
And goes tumbling off the map.
He'll conduct his red hot riot
On the sea and on the land
Winstora-Salem
lady Praises
Ironized Paw-Paw
Could Xot Fat or Sleep With Any
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IN
Mrs. Claude S. Levier. residing at
1514 Cenreville St., Winston-Salem,
says :
"Why, I didn't know what a good
night's sleep was for the past year or
two until I began using Ironized Paw
Paw. I believe I had the worst case
of indigestion and sleeplessness on
record, along with nervous head
aches. I had no ambition to do any
thing. I began taking Ironized Paw
Paw and within two weeks, to my
we believe, would hall such a demon-j preat surprise, I arose one morning
istration with joy. I. would be au as-jto realize that I had slept the entire
Burance to him that he was pursuing n'ht h'0ugh without awaken once.
iUK . , . . . ..... .I have gained 10 V pounds In three
the right course when he stated that ' ks ad can eatanPd gleep a3lwe
this country was not warring the Ger- as I ever did.
man people, but the German rystem, I "My nervous headaches and dizzy
The peace advocates stnuld eadi- sPe,l!' are, no Pas- My stomach
i. . .. .1,1. . , ,. i, 1 retains all solids without any discom-
ly see that this Is no tuna to talkjfort WBMever. ! am convinced that
peace. America stayed out of the , ironized Paw-Paw Is the peer of all
war for months hoping that shei other tonics and I am delightful to be
could perform this sacred office fori'1D'e t0 8a'r so-"
the rest of the world until she rcaliz- LnA, !,i?i V?0'
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ed that her interests weie at stake, j lant. Alcohol lifts but lets you fall.
And the allies will not m-iKe peace , !nnlzed Paw-Paw lifts and holds vou.
until Kaiser William, his family, and Your druggists probably keeps It, but
Nearly all of
it has remained grten from the
ground up. and a big long ear Is on
almost every stalk, and on many
there are two. Pageland Journal.
" ';Such a report as this shows tha'
Editor Tucker is I apt asleep on the
corn crop. Either he is jealous of
real corn growing such as we have up
here in Union, or else he has't heard j
of it. for if he had he certainly would
not have -thought it worth while to
say anything at all about his old crop.
Why down in Buford township, not"
far above Tucker's town, but In Un
ion county of course, corn is growing
right. Down there the other day a
boy climbed a corn stalk to see how:
the corn was getting along and now;
the stalk is growing up faster than!
the boy can climb down. The boy is i
plumb out of sight. Three men have
undertaken to cut down the stalk I
with axes and save the boy from star-!
vation. It grows so fast that they,
can't hack twice In the same place.'
The poor boy is living on nothing but
raw coin and has already thrown
down four bushels of cobs. !
" 'Wake up Tucker'."
The Journal editor, in a recent is-:
sue of the paper, took exception to my
statement that most newspaper men!
ore pessimists. Now I leave it up to
Journal readers if 1 haven't all the
cause in the world to be a rank pes-j
simists. One couldn't' posibly be an
optimist with the guns of Capt.
Heath, Zeb Green, and Tucker all
leveled on him.
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Member Chamber Commmerce.
his adherents are robbed of their m
fignias of office, and are banished to
another St. Helena.
He Doesn't 1'nderMund.
A group of young men, "called to
the colors," were standing around
the court house the other day await
ing their turn to be examined. Among
them was a lad who was visibly agi
tated. He stood apart from the rest,
and to appearances It cost him an ef
fort to control himself. .Turnlnz
around to a gentleman, who was
standing nearby, he said, with quiv
ering lips:
"I would rather die than go. I
don't want to fight. I haven't got
anything against them!"
Some would call that young ftllow,
taken from the sheltering wings of
a Christian home, unpatriotic, but it
was because he couldn't understand
why he was being summoned with
the view of sending him, If found
fit, to kill his fellow-men In far off
France. He doesn't know, likft you
nnd I, that the veritable existence of
democracy is threatened; that on In
sidious power, more designing than
the hosts of Satan, Is attempting to
manacle the liberties of man for
fenerations and fenerations to come;
neither does he know that a vain and
If people don't hush talking about
such tine corn; such delicious water
melons, and such juicy fruit, some
Mohammedan Is coming along and
mistake this country for his long
j promised heaven of milk and honey.
Listen at Tucker's ravings:
"When we feast on watermelons,
cantaloupes, seuppernongs, huckle
berries, etc., we sometimes wonder
why people still try to exist in a bar
ren country like Union county. We
might invite John Beasley, Zeb
Green and Luther Hugglns down
here for a few days, but If they
should come they could never stay up
there satisfied any more, and It's
probably better to let them along and
let them think they are in a fait ly
good place. In this ense ignorance is
bliss."
Thank heavens there is one garden
spot In that South Carolina Sahara
desert of sand!
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.NOTICE
1. G. S. Lee. Jr., Clerk of the
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Monroe, do hereby certify that the
following resolution was adopted by
the said Board of Aldermen at Its
meeting on the 25th day of July,
1917:
"Resolved, that Houston Street
from Lancaster avenue to Charles
street; Charles street to Houston St.
to waacsDoro Ave; Hayne M. from i Overshadows our happiness here
Houston St. to Hudson alley; Church Oftlmes the All-seeing God
t. from Houston St. to a point 150 j Takes away one to us so dear
fet south of Grc -n st. be Improved
tinder Chapter 56, Public Laws of The HeavenK Father, in his lovr
lOlj. and in accordance with the pe- Has taken this friend away '
..ii. -ii uri'i iih me vieiK in me away rrom the sorrows of life
i.oaru or Aldermen or the City of
Monroe, by laying sheet asphalt on a
concrete base according to specifica
tions of J. B. McCrary Company, as
filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Board of Aldermen, and that the
City pay 1-5 of the cost In front of
private property and all the cost of i Although we shall miss him here
intersections, and that the abutting! And his place win vacant be- '
property owners pay 4-5 according to We know he did not fenr
tne number or lineal fett or frontage
they hare on said street and in ac
cordance with said petition, and that
said improvement be made as early
as possible."
This the 25th day of July. 1917.
J. C. SIKES, Mayor.
Attest: O. S. LEE, JR., City Clerk.
A Tribute to Mr. J. W. Railings.
Sometimes a cloud of sadness
To the realm of endless day.
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Everyone mourns his loss.
For he was a friend of all.
(Looking back over bis life,
I Many deeds of mercy we Avail.
Wben called to cross life's sea.
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