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The Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.23. No. 61.
MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1917.
$1.50 PER YEAR SU.
THKSK BE THE FIRST TO GO
The Fifteen Men of This County, lie.
inn First Call, Will Leave Sunday
Morning.
The following men constltue the
five per cent of this county's quota
and the first to go to the ; :'.nlng
camp. They are ordered to uport at
the local office in Monroe at 2 o'clock
Saturday and will take the train at
fix o'clock Sunday morning for Camp
Jackson at Columbia:
2 Joseph Hampton Price, Koute
5, Monroe
3 Charley Maness, Koute 18,
Matthews
21 W. B. Cole, Monroe
74 Ernest Harry Broom, Route 4,
Monroe
98 Murphy Dudley Honeycutt.
Monroe
1S6 John M. Nlven, Wazhaw
190 Dan Smith McCollum, Route 3,
Monroe
351 Vade Helms, Mineral Springs
377 Lee Calvin Broom,. Waxhaw
426 Anthony Wayne Brooks Route
3. Monroe
455 Joel Solomon Collins, Monroe
347 Henry Morgan, Route 2, Union-
Tille
53 Clarence A. Wingate, Waxhaw
690 Filas C. Efird, Rt, 2, Unlon
vllle 975 Stephen Lee Welsh, Monroe
Alternates.
100 Sanford Louis Forbis, Mat
thews 196 R. M. James, Route 2. Union
vllle All the above named with two or
three exceptions volunteered to go In
the first Increment. With one excep
tion they are single men.
Xon-Commlssioned Officers Appointed
The Messenger and Intelligencer
says that Col. A. L. Cox has appoint
ed the following non-commissioned
officers of Battery D, First N. C. Field
Artillery:
First Sergeant H. W. Shepherd.
Mess Sergeant A. B. Fairley.
Supply Sergeant J. W.Helms.
Stable Sergeant F. B. Huntley.
Sergeants S. P. Griffith, C. W.
Yancey, Lloyd Price, J. A. Robinson,
Jr., B. C. Blalock, N. T. Bobbitt, E.
F Liles
' Corporals M. E. Austin, F. P.
Billlngsley, J. G. Boylln J. H. Cov-
ington, A. B. Crowell, J. Q. Derrick,
B. F. Eubanks. Wilbur Gaddy, C. N.
Hart, R. L. Hayes, Carl Hendrlx, J.
H. Hutchinson, M. D. McLendon. T.
L. Niven, J. H. Thompson, N. W. Wil
liams, W. H. Williams.
Chief Mechanic J. J. Hlnson.
Horse Shoers O. B. Garrts, R. R.
..
Mechanic June. S.. Maner. ,
." Saddler R. A. Rivers.
Cooks J. W. McCorkle, C. B. Por
ter. L. L. Threadglll.
Buglers L. L. Hargrave, J. P.
Matheson.
Recent Enlistments.
The following have enlisted recent
ly: E. F. Llles, son of Mr. E. P.
Llles; Carl Robinson, son of Hon. L.
D. Robinson; Lindon Southerland,
Magnolia; Adolphus Cole, Haw Riv
er; Charles T. Phlpps. Raleigh; Roy
P. Mullls, Unlonville; Samuel W.
Dixon. Bolivia; Joseph E. Peele,
Clarksvllle.
There are now 145 men in the Bat
tery. Drafted Man Shot From Ambush.
Elizabeth City, Sept. 6. What ap
pears to have been a deliberately
planned murder occurred this after
noon about 4 o'clock, when Daniel
I. Jones, night fireman at the plant
of the Elizabeth City Power company,
was fatally shot from ambush. No
motive for the crime has been as
signed nor is there any clue to the
identity of the assassin.
The load was fired from a shotgun
at short range and, entering the un
fortunate victim's side, tore a great
hole In the lower part of his body.
He was rushed to the hospital but It
was evident that no medical or surgi
cal skill would save his life. He died
three hours later.
Jones was among the number from
this county drafted Into military ser
vice. Asked if he knew who shot
him, he replied in the negative. Those
who picked him up and rushed him
to. a physician after he was shot say
that he carried a gun. No motive
for the crime has been suggested.
Man and Wife Found in Bed, Shot to
Death.
Greenville, S. C, Sept. 6. H.
Milam Hellams, a prominent farmer
of Laurens county, residing about 30
miles below this city and his wire
were found dead in their home this
morning according to a report reach
ing here tonight. Death in each case
was the result of a bullet wound in
the head, thought to have becn In
flicted with a pistol. Mystery sur
rounds the tragedy since officers
could discover no cause for the
crimes, nor clue to the perpetrators.
The discovery of an empty pistol in
the house lent color to the theory of
suicide but the coroner's Jury put lit
tle faith In this by finding a verdict
In which tho crime was charged to
unknown parties.
Hellams was a Confederate veteran
and was 68 years old.
gay Little Children Worked at Still.
Morganton. Sept. 6. Joe Smith
and Lige Rector,- alleged moon
shiners, were brought here yesterday
by Officers Boyer and Milholland,
who reported that they caught the
men operating a liquor still. Two lit
tle children, aged four and six years,'1
were at the still getting up wood ana
assisting their father, the officers say.
The little fellows, who had never
been to town, had never seen an au
tomobile, a train or a negro, cried to
- 4V thai, fdthfir rA thA
come iopb " -"- - ,
officers allowed thera to come along.
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Ford Has Big War Orders.
Ford Motor Company, according to
a statement made by Henry Ford, is
manufacturing 200.000 airplane cyl
inders of steel for the United States
government to be delivered at the
rate of 1,000 per day at cost price.
The company has Just recently de
veloped a method for making the
cylinders cheaply and the government
is securing th benefit of this new
method. Mr. Ford has left the mat
ter of prices to be settled by the gov
ernment after the cylinders are made,
the government and Mr. Ford to fig
ure the cost and the government to
pay for them without profit to the
Ford Company. The price. It Is said,
will be very low. Mr. Ford states
that it costs very little more to pro
duce steel now than it "did before the
war and this plus his new manufact
uring methods will cause the low
price.
With regard to exemptions, Mr.
Ford said, "We -will not ask exemp
tions for any of our men. We will
save the places for those who arc
drafted. If we are in business when
the war is over, they will be."
E. DeCartier. envoy extraordinary,
and minister plenipotentiary of the
King of Belgium to this country, has
requested Henry Ford to send tract
ors to Belgium. The request has
been granted and a number of tract
ors will be soon forwarded to por:
tions of Belgium outside of the lines
where the people will be educated to
use them to replace the farm animals
of which there is now a great short
age. Henry Ford and Son Is also
manufacturing 6.000 tractors for
England on direct orders from the
British government.
Serbian (J iris Deported.
Ten thousand Serbian girls from
ten to fourteen years vold have been
kidnapped and deported from Serbia
to the harems of Constantinople, to
Bulgaria and Asia Minor, says advices
received by M. Pasitch, the Serbian
premier, who is now in London.
"These deportations," said M. Pas
Itch, ".have been going on since Feb
ruary, 1916, but the number was very
limited until a few weeks ago. Now
It has been systematized under Bul
garian controllers, and it is impos
sible to predict how far it will go.
"Eight thousand girls have been
sent to Constantinople, and two thou
sand more to Bulgaria and Asia Mi
nor. Prisoners whom we have taken
on the Salonikl front tell us that the
traffic In our girlhood has grown to
be a byword in Bulgaria and Turkey.
"The girls are kidnapped and tak
en away secretly, particular foni
the smaller villages, until at preside
dozens of small towns have been quite
deduced of the young female popula
tion. "I do not think that the Turks are
the actual instigators of this gross vi
olation of the rules of civilized war
fare. All our Information indicates
the the Bulgarians are the prime
movers of the traffic.
"These girls are too young to be of
any use for laboring purposes, be
sides, neither Turkey nor Bulgaria is
seriously handicapped for labor, and
in Turkey the use of young women
for outdoor work is practically un
known. "It is very difficult for us to do
anything to help these unfortunate
victims. Our affairs in Constantinople
and Sofia are now In the hands of
the Dutch government and we have
made the most earnest possible pro
tests through that government. But
you know how difficult it Is to get any
action from Turkey. We have sug
gested, for instance, that some scheme
of reparation be put into effect Imme
diately, that the girls should be sen:
back to some place beyond the war
zone. But I fear it is too late to Bave
them, and that we can only wait in
patience until peace comes."
Arrested a Ixt of Grand "Jukes."
A lot of grand dukes and their
women fellow conspirators have been
arrested in Russia charged with
hatching a plot to restore the ruling
family.
The chief conspirators were Mile.
Margaret Hltrovo of Tobolsk and
Mme. Llubov Hltrovo of Yelaburg,
members of a well known bureau
cratic family, both of whom were ar
rested. In the home of Grand Duke Paul
when he was arrested was found a
mistress of the court, Mme. E. A.
Narychaine, confidante of the former
Dowager Empress Alexander Feodo
rovna. Mme. Narychaine was not ar
rested, but an immediate domiciliary
search of her home In Petrograd was
made and her correspondence seized.
According to the Birzkevlya, a num
ber of officers have been arrested and
other grand dukes have been taken
into custody. The state's attorney re
fuses to divulge their names. It Is
assumed that one of the Grand Dukes
arrested was the candidate of the con
spirators for the throne.
Senior Class Organized.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wingate. Sept. 8. The Senior
Class of the Wingate High School
was organized this afternoon. Twen
ty enthusiastic members were pres
ent and Miss Rosa Blakeney, the as
sistant principal, acted as chairman
until a president could be elected.
The following were elected as offi
cers: R. H. Trull, president: Miss
Mary Trull, vice president; H. Hobart
Morton, secretary; Claude Gaddy,
treasurer; Will E. Thompson, orator;
Miss Ona Biggers, historian. Miss
Thelma Carroll, prophet; Jay Blv
ens; poet.
The class of '18 is In every way
promising and the Indications are
that the year will be one of the
greatest
THOUSANDS OF STAMPS WERE
SOLI) TO THE SOLDIER BOYS
Monroe Iooked Like an Armed Camp
lesteruay .Morning INwt Card
Distributed Free Among the 'Sum
ink." Young Ijiily t.ot Kissed.
There may be roughnecks In the
army, some regiments possess bad
reputations, but the New Jersey lads
who passed through here yesterday
on their way to AnnUton, Ala., were
well behaved, jolly good fellows.
Monroe opened wide its arms to these
fellows, who will soon be in France,
and treated them royally during their
short stay.
Hundreds of post cards, donated by
different people, were distributed
among the .boys as they marched up
town. As they stood on Hayne street
facing the Loan & Trust Building,
they presented a picturesque sight
as they wrote messages on the cards,
using each other's back for a desk.
Soon after the distribution of the
cards, Herndon Hasty and John Ful
enwider, who were on duty at the
postofflce, began to realize that thrs
country is at war. Never in the his
tory of the Monroe postofflce has
there been such a demand for one
cent Etamps. The boys appeared at
the window In droves some only
spending one cent, while others
bought 15 worth of the green stamps.
In an hour. Mr. Hasly estimates, he
disposed of 6000 stamps. During the
whole day, It is believed, the total
one cent stamp Bales amounted to
12,000, which Is a record for a town
the size of Monroe. The supply was
not depleted, contrary to rumor. The
postofflce had a big bunch on hand,
and there are plenty more left.
The New Jersey troops had been
recently paid off, as they were circu
lating crisp ten dollar bills among
the tradesmen. In quantities that
made them gasp. Even the postof
flce, which usually keeps more money
on hand than any other place with the
exception of the banks, came near
running short of change. One of the
clerks stated that he had never before
seen so many ten dollar bills in one
day.
It was a big job handling the
thousands of pieces of mail that went
through the postofflce yesterday. One
clerk was kept busy dispatching
cards all day, and others assisted
him occasionally. A single mall
pouch of cards was sent to New Jer
sey, while hundreds of single cards
went to points in New Jersey, Con
necticutt, and other States adjacent
to New Jersey.
The troops commenced to arrive
early yesterday morning. Having
missed Breakfast "In Hamlet, thirty
five officers of the regiment rushed
to the hotel, where (Mr. Russell more
than made up to them for their loss
at Hamlet. Matters were pushed
around the Gloucester, as feeding 35
men In addition to the regular guests
Is no small item.
The private? made a rush to the
New York Cafe, and John Tsonls and
his helpers had their hands full dish
ing out food and drink. Hundreds of
bottles of soft drink were sold, while
a neat sum was left with John for
sandwiches. Merchants up town also
received a share of the soldiers' pat
ronage. It is estimated that they
spent $500 here during their short
stay. ' '
Fifteen or twenty troop trains have
passed through Monroe within the
past ten days. Part of the California,
New York, and New Jersey troops
have gone to camp by way of Monroe,
and there are more to come. It is
figured that each train will average
500 soldiers, which brings the num
ber to about 7000 that have spent
awhile on Union county soil.
There has been no disposition on
the part of any one to charge the sol
diers exhorbltant prices. Few have
any mercenary thoughts when the
soldiers arrive, but It Is interesting to
note Just how much a train load of
men can spend in a few minutes for
trivial things like soft drinks. John
Tsonls stated to The Journal that he
sold 1,560 soft drinks Wednesday,
which at 5 cents a bottle amounts to
$78. Thursday was not such a big
day with the little Greek as compared
with the preceding day, as the sol
diers spent only $60 In all with him.
Nearly all the troop trains passing
over the Seaboard will make long
stops here. This Is the only watering
place between Atlanta and Richmond,
and It takes thirty minutes, or lon
ger, to refill the tanks. The troop
movement Is now at Its height, but
there will probably be a lull for a few
days until the troops entrain for
Camp Greene.
Many young ladles meet the train,
shaking hands with the soldiers, and
distributing post cards. The soldiers
from their behavior, appreciate the
attention of the young ladles, who
are really doing a patriotic act by en
deavoring to make their stay In this
country, before leaving for France,
pleasant.
As one of the troop trains was pull
ing out. It is said, an impetuous,
handsome youth Jumped from the car
step, ran to where a Monroe girl was
standing, and planted a 'kiss square
upon her lips. Without looking to
see how his action was taken, he
jumped back on the moving train,
and was soon out of sight.
Manv of the lads leave the names
and addresses with the Monroe young
ladles with the request that they
write. Some of the ladles have so
many requests to write that they
would have to employ a secretary to
keep up their correspondence If they
attempted to exchange letters with all
of the boys.
Mrs. Lillian McKlssIck and chil
dren of Hartsville are visiting Mrs.
McKlssIck s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
J. Griffin, at Unlonville.
TRAVEL NOTES
Whole State, A Well A Eastern
Nation Full of Money The Hand
some OKUer Who l"osrd Before
The (iii Is.
(From the Wilmington Star.)
A trip through the State developes
two big, outstanding facts ex ery
body has monv-y, there Is taore money
flowing hither and yon than ever be
fore in the history of the slate; aud
the other is, there is a tremendous
movement Vf people. Every train is
jammed. Seats? You are lucky to
get standing room. Of course, many
trains have been discontinued, and
that accounts for part of the traffic,
but there Is Just naturally a huge
passenger traffic.
The Irish potato crop in Eastern
Carolina, and now the tobacco crop
here and in other sections, and the
record-breaking wheat crop in the
piedmont have brought hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the state. The
camps have sent another stream of
money into circulation, and it reaches
far beyond the vicinity of the camps.
Men by the thousands have flocked
Into the camps from everywhere, and
incidentally men who haven't been
known to strike a lick of work in
years. The high wages have inspired
them to labor again. At Charlotte
hundreds of farmers and others from
towns and counties all through that
section are at work. They go home
Saturday nights and spend the week
end. The sorriest ones are getting
$5.50 a day of 10 hours, and Monday
being Labor Day, those who worked
got double time, or $11 for the day's
work. These hundreds of men going
home each week-end, carry with them
sizeable wads of cash which goes in
to circulation in towns miles away
from Charlotte.
The western counties, after be
moaning the almost total loss of their
wheat crop because of last winter's
freeze-out, made the biggest and best
crop they ever have made it was
really on the ground after all, and
the grain itself Is of extraordinary
quality. And the price prevailing is
about $2.50 a bushel 30 cents more
than the government price.
A banker in a piedmont town whose
entire deposits total about $400,000,
told the writer that during August
$384,000 passed through his window;
last Saturday $24,000 was handled,
and Monday $35,000. He couldn't
account for the flood, which Is break
ing all records at his bank.. The Au
gust volume was' 200 per cent more
Lthan that in August, 1914, and over
100 per cent more than the record
for August, 1916.
City prices for food extend practi
cally to eyery town, however small.
The old conditions have been chang
ed. It costs now as much to eat in
a village as It does In a city almost.
Eastern Carolina corn and cotton
crops are fine to see. Farmers on
the trains are In fine humor. They
made fortunes on Irish potatoes, and
they expect additional fortunes from
cotton and other crops. One man
casually described the operation of
selling $200 worth of potatoes per
acre from a crop planted between the
cotton rows, and figures that count
ing Just an average cotton yield, he
will clear this year $300 an acre on
his place. A man on the train who
was dresesd like a ditcher told how
he raised 900 barrels of potatoes and
averaged $10 a barrel. Tobacco men
spoke of 25 cents for "sand lugs" and
50 cents for the quality leaves of the
weed. In some tobacco sections the
demand for Ford automobiles is so
keen and the supply so limited that
they say farmers bid $500 a car for
the few to be had.
From one end of the state to the
other prosperity is in full swing.
Even in the devastated flood district
of the west, where a year ago farm
ers lost all of their crops and much
of their real estate, they have quit
talking about the losses of 1916.
There Is work for everybody, and
everybody has money. Money Is the
cheapest thing there is.
Everybody traveling talks about
the war. It springs up in every smok
ing compartment and is threshed out
over and over and over. The man
who doesn't believe that the govern
ment bus a right to send meu to
foreign fields gets little show In a
crowd. He is overwhelmed promptly.
An anti-draft demonstration in Ca
tawba and another in Lincoln coun
ties, looked ugly from a dlstace, but
at close quarters nobody considered
the affair as worth talking , about.
Governor Blckett spent the week-end
In that section "preaching" at Lenoir
and Hickory, Newton and Lincoln
ton. He knows where to place a
to do the most good. At two of his
appointments he actually "filled the
pulpit," and took the parable of the
Good Samaritan for his text. His ar
raignment of the "thieves" among
whom civilization' has fallen Is
terrirflc, and he declares that the Am
erican conscience would have been
seared for all time if this country
hadn't Joined the allies to save civi
lization and freedom the world
around.
At Selma the other day, a Southern
train waited ever so long on the A.
C. L. connection, ar.d while passen
gers Bought something to Interest
them, a squad of soldiers appeared.
Two pretty young ladles Immediately
raised the window end began look
ing. The soldiers saw this and be
gan preening themselves. The pri
vates were rather awkward, but the
handsome young officer took all the
compliment to himself and If he bad
been a peacock, the air would have
been full cf gorgeous feathers. An
elderly man with his back to tire car
was speaking with him, but It was
plain that he heard not a word. He
adjusted bis wrist watch, and read
justed It, in plain view. He manipu
lated his chanting swaggerstick. He
smiled vacantly at what the man was
savin? and peeped under his hat brim
at the girls. He wouldn't let on that
he knew they were in the world.
Finally he removed his hat, delicate
ly to wipe perspiration from his fore
head but really to display hts magni
ficent head. He had as fine a head
as ever you saw on a man; hl3 hair
was the least bit curly and of a glo
rious color. Every hair was in place.
He knew It was a splendid possession
and he stood in the boiling sun bare
headed so long I feared he would
have a sunstroke. And the girls
"they ate him alive" with thetr
eyes, and when the train pulled out.
they twisted their heads until I fear
ed me they would dislocate their
charming necks. "None but the
brave"
Artie explorers keep on spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
an effort to discover something far
away from home. They leave behinc
them the unsolved mystery veiling
the common sense of a North Caro
lina 'possum. How is it that sly
American marsupial has sufficient
horse sense to let persimmons hang
on the tree till they are ripe and fit
to eat, while man hardly waits for
anything to come to maturity? This
Is one difference between a man and
a 'possum. Of course, it no one can
discover why the 'possum waits till
fruit gets ripe, he or she might dis
cover why man Is bent on eating his
fruit before the tree gets done with
it.
John Barleycorn Dies Tomorrow.
At 12 nVlnpV Saturday nlcht xall
tho riiatllWlpa and breweries in the
United States will go out of business.
says the Charlotte Observer, until
the war Is over at least, not a drop
nf liminr ran he distilled lawfully In
this country. Food Administrator
Hoover has notified all distillers tnat
they must close their doors by the
time specified. The law stopping the
manufacture of whiskey is of the
strictest sort. It leaves no chance for
the Rlinninir in of anv kind Of food-
Stuff. There Is absoluely no loop
hole for he utilization or any budsii-
tute material for the distillation or
strnnr drink. All cereals, all pota
toes, fruits, molasses, grapes, apples
or by-products, all fruit parings, all
cannery refuse, Deet sugar moiasses,
sour wine or other foods, feed, "food
materials or the by-products there
of," are barred. If there is anything
else that liquor could be made out
of, Mr. Hoover evidently failed to
remember it. Many of the distillers
have been anticipating going Into ef
fprt of this law and have arranged
to equip their plants for the produc
tion of other commodities, mainiy
condensed milk and temperance
drinks, and out of the latter enter
prise we are going to have quite an
addition to the varieties of colas now
common all over the country. In
some Btates where there had been dis
tilleries and in which these Institu
tions were closed by the advent of
prohibition, they were Invariably con
verted Into purposes of the kind In-dicated-f-and
with profit to the own
ers.
Retail Price of Coal Being Fixed.
Early fixing of retail coal prices
has been promised by Dr. H. A. Gar
field, the coal administrator, in a
statement outlining the government's
coal control policy. Prices will be
established for communities with the
aid of local committees Into whose
hands will be put responsibility for
their enforcement.
Maximum production of coal at
prices fair both to tne producer ana
consumer will be the aim of the gov
ernment. Dr. Garfield declares. Pro
ducers prices already fixed will be
revised where they force efficiently
operated mines to produce at a loss.
Operators seeking revision of the
scale are asked to send in cost of
production statistics covering a period
years.
A plan of apportionment of coal
will be worked out. Dr. Garfield an
nounces, by which domestic consum
ers wil obtain everywhere a fair Bhar
of the supply at prices which will
reflect those fixed for operators and
wholesalers by the President.
resident After the Disloyal.
Hearty approval of the conference
of the American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy to be held at Minne
apolis today, and the task It will un
dertake of suppressing disloyalty has
been given by President Wilson in a
letter to Samuel G-ompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor
and chairman of the alliance.
The letter denounces those who
seek to Ignore America's grleveance
against Germany and Insist "that a
nation whose citizens have been foul
ly murdered under tlir;r own flag,
whose neighbors have been Invited
to Join In making conquest of Its
territory, and whose patience in
pressing the claims of justice and
humanity has been met with the
most shameful policy of truculence
and treachery, does not know Its own
mind and has no comprehensible rea
son for defending Itself."
"While our soldiers and sailors
are doing their manful work to hold
back reaction in Its most brutal and
aggressive form," the President
wrote, "we must oppose at home the
organized and Individual efforts of
those dangerous elements who bide
disloyalty behind a screen of spe
cious and evasive phraser."
SOMEBODY MUST LOSE TRAINS
Seaboard Will Do Its Hot But Rail
roads Are Pledged to the Govern
ment to Flit Their Equipment at
Service of War Demand.
Raleigh. Sept. 6. Big delegations
from Sanford. Hamlet, Cary, Raleigh
and Oxford were here this afternoon
for the hearing before the corpora
tion commission In the matter of the
request of the Seaboard Air Line that
it be allowed to take off the Raleigh
Charlotte shoo-fly service .and change
materially the Henderson-Oxrord ser
vice. The hearing began at 3 o'clock
and W. L. Stanley, representing the
Seaboard Air Line, presented the rea
sons for the request, explaining that
the necessity of contributing the com
pany's part to the government de
mands for troop movement and spe
cial freight service, really necessi
tates the curtailment of the train ser
vice asked.
Mr. Stanley believes that the pa
triotism of the people of North Caro
lina would constrain them in the face
of necessity to go back to the ser
vice of mixed trains and box cars'
if the requirements of the country In
the winning of the war necessitated
such a thing. He believed that we
are just on the threshold of the war
demands and that train curtailment
is really in its inception. The saving:
of not a penny or a paltry dollar was
Involved in the curtailments asked,
he said, but simply necessities of the
hour In serving the country in iU
hour of need for waging the war.
There must be 30,000 men of the na-'
tional guard moved at once by the
Seaboard, requiring 6,000 cars, and
this Is only the beginning of the
movement.
The railroads of the country are
pledged to the government to put
their entire equipment at its disposal
and operate as one great continental
system with Interchangeable service
of equipment as necessity requires
and with all present equipment of
ficially pledged to the government to
the end that the government may ir
necessity arises draft this or any part
or it for any war service, even t
taking it to France, Russia or other
war zones to assure needed facilities
for waging the war. The hearing
continued two hours.
The Oxford delegation agreed tt
the proposed changes In the Oxford-Henderson-Durham
service and the
commission indicated that a probable
solution of the Raleigh-Charlotte ser
vice would be that the Raleigh-Charlotte
shoo-fly will be taken off and
the Ralelgh-Norlina shoo-fly run ex
tended to Hamlet and that this wltn
a double daily service betweejuClur-.
lotte and Hamlet will meet the trans
portation necessities and give the
Seaboard an additional engine and
car for troop movement. The com
mission wants it understood that
there is no intention of disturbing;
the present Chatiotte-Rutherfordton-s,hoo-fly
service.
Red Cross Notes.
Red Cross chapters In many cities
have completed their preparations to'
serve light refreshments and emer
gency rations to the troops of the Na-
tional Army who will be traveling to
the cantonments.
The Red Cross will co-operate In
every way possible with the War De
partment, both In caring for the com
fort of troops at mobilization points
and at stations where the troop trams
are scheduled to stop, and In supple
menting the service of the railroads
by having reserves of food ready for '
use In case of any accident or delay
which disarranges tho plans for feed-
Ing the men en route. Mrs. A. L.
Monroe has been made chairman ot
this department and with her co
workers, if any sen-Ice Is necess?ry
they will be ready and able to fur
nish it.
All members who have paid their
dues and have not received buttons
please notify Mrs. V. D. Sikes, our
new assistant secretary. Money has
been handed in at as many different
times and places that we fear some
one has not been credited with his
amount and this will help to get mat
ters straight.
The West End Unit have added $12
to their Red Cross fund for supplies,
making it $34.50. Hurrah for the
West End Unit.
Another enthusiastic Red Cross
worker has finished her one dozra?
shirts and has started on the second
dozen.
Through the earnest efforts or
Misses Mabel Belk and Louise Mor
row and Mrs. F. B. Ashcraft, all the
comfort bags are ready for our sol
dier boys and we are sure their hoaie
town Is not going to disappoint thent
but be ready with a hearty welcome
and a vigorous and enthusiastic send
off. We hope the Chamber of Com
merce and all our citizens will have
a cart In this pleasure.
Place a one cent stamp on yoar
latest magazine, put it in the pose
office without being wrapped or any
address, if you would like to have
one of our soldier boys to read It
too. It will be sent to some canip
for the soldiers.
Don't forget the home talent en
tertainment to be given next Monday
night at the Bru-Nel Theatre for tlw
benefit of Red Cross. Everybody
and help the Red Cross.
The gift of $500,000 from the Ford
Motor Company of Detroit, Mich., to
the American Red Cross was an-
uuuuiru oryiruiuer jsi. lue gill is
in the form of a credit on the ForiT
factories for half a million dollars
worth of automobiles, ambulance,
parts, etc. as the Red Cross may des
ignate. Mrs. W. A. Lane, Chm. Red"
Cross Supplies. '
f Miss Bright McCorkle has return
ed from a visit to relatives near-
Marsh vllle.
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