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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." -THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVERYI&W NEEDS IT. he Monroe journal PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL.23. No. 68. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAyToCTOBER 2, 1917. $1 50 PFR YFAT? pach 1 mmm lAXt'HKS SPOILFD BOYS APPKTITK FOIt ARMY FA UK a program or meetings designed tulTHl-' n viTinr- i icutc nwin iraiu eeiy wan, woman and cnilu in her reserve distiict. Prominent TO UK A SURE KNOK.Il TH1XC The Ilkkett Hoy Had a Hard Time Finding a Hare to Sleep the First Night In Camp Joe ltuv.e'1 Joins Compiiny. (By Archie C. Fairley.) Camp Sevier. Greenville. S. C.. sept. 26. The Blckett battery, or uauery u, as it is now called, ar rived at camp two-thirty Sunday af ternoon. Sept. 16. We remained in the cars for about thirty minutes, and then unloaded. Our quarters are two mile3 from the railroad, but the boys didn't mind the walk, as they were cramp ed from riding so lone on the cars, As soon as we reached camp we were put to work preparing a place to sleep. We were only able to secure about five tents, and after these were filled the other boys had to fix places in the kitchen, the mess hall, and under the mess hall. Some slept around a big brush heap which had been set fire. These men slep warm er than any of the others, as it was business men of St. Louis put on overalls and pasted up posters. San t rancisco began with a 4uncheon at tended by 500 men and women, and Dullas and Kansas City reported a similar spirit of enthusiasm. The spectacular features of the first day succeeded everywhere, re ports to the Treasury Department in dicate, in arousing widesptead en thusiasm. To keep alive this eatnu- 8iasm and Lwell its volume till tvery person who can buy a Liberty bond does buy one is the work to which the volunteer army is now devoting its attention. Officials here were not Inclined to minimize the tremendous task. A vast amount of hard work must be done during the next 23 more work ing days by every person in the ranks of the great organization. An average of 1125,000.01)0 a day in subscrip tions for the entire period would bring the total only up to the mini- lon-eM4iIeiit Didn't Know How Xear He t'anie to Hitting the .Vail On the lied lU-uutiful Ordination Service at Bethel. Correspondence of The Journal, Win gate, Oct. 2. The good rain niumj was welcome oy an or us li has refreshed things considerably The luion meeting of the Union uaptist Aaixlatson held with th Austin Grove Uaptist church last r riday and Saturday was quite a sac cess. A large delegation was present nuay. nut tne crowd was cut dow considerably on Saturday. The dis cussions were interesting from the very beginning. In fact, they were much better than we have ever heard in this Union. Many vital things were discussed. We hope much good was uone, ana mat the Union may grow from time to time as it may meet. The fellowship was the best we have known in this association .illiii h..t ftlni,, Id hnnA ft la tn ,..., ,iov . o,i,i ,lm wwi A spirit of jealousy seems to have ex ii nua i i a a- i ialcu uiiiuiitf iiif nrpafiiPrQ nut w very cold that night, and we did Bot . tl8nir r ras ' are clad to ee thVt i7 7,t L.V. have Rnffirlpnt rovor I n nour. i nis wouia oring me , " v nave suiucieni cover. I , .,.., ing awav. Perfret harmnnv nmva . loiai 10 wiuiin uauing instance oi I , ' . .. ----- - ..... the $5,000,000,000 which the coun try is expected to subscribe, With 10,000.000 subscribers as the goal, the average daily subscription list should show 400,000 names Again, computed on an eight-hour wording day basis, 50,000 men and women would have to subscribe every hour to bring the total up to expec tation. The lunches that were given to us Dy tne ioiks "dbck nome" were cer tainly enjoyed. They lasted us all day Sunday and Monday. It was a good thing we had them, as we were not able to get any provisions until Tuesday which would have caused us to had a ravenous appetite when the army rations did appear. The only thing bad about the lunches was that they spoiled most of the boys' appetite for army rations, and it took a few days before they once more became accustomed to the old fare. However, we are getting plenty to STRONGEST AIll HAID VKT AT- TEMITED OX KXGLISH COAST ed from beginning to end. Mr. Lllis Godwin, an old friend or ours, spout Saturday night Glenalpine. We are always glad to nave our frlcnda come to see us, makes r.o difference how late night, or when, just so they come It would make a hell on earth for us if we had no friends. A beautiful ordination service took place at Bethel Uaptist church four miles south of Marshville. last Sunday afternoon. At the call of this church Brethren A. Marsh. M. D. L, preslar, E. r Snvit.r r I Tloob -J -,. i.1 . ' f I J. M. Ull eai, ana mere Hie lew cumpiainis I r our wniuji in ui-ruiiiu units ins i an(j j)e pas(or Elder J A Bivens aDOUt tne IOOU. (lie 'oust. Some of Them Ueacll-I nipt anil nrirrinl-joil thomooKoo n . - ' - I o"" 1 fc.v iii.'tl VJ ,111V M ine oois weie pui 10 worn eany i . .i.. Drpshvtprv hv Pltlnir r a ni,. .Monuay nioiuing uigiug slumps unu . . ,t , I moderator. M 11 I. Irpol ir rlort j . mL i a i i.iinnnn. iim i. . . i np KironirpsE niri: - 1 lulling uown irees. i iipv wpre kpiil i ' - at this all week, and many received blistered hands. This week we are drilling half the day, and digging stumps the other half. Every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock the whole camp is turned loose until 9:45 at night. All soldiers that have enough money go to Greenville on these days. There are several Monroe boys near our Battery. Joe Russell, who was with a Tennessee company, has E. C. Snyder to conduct the examina' tion, M. D. L. Preslar to present the Bible, and C. J. Black to preach the sermon. The candidate was Kev. J Collie Meigs. He stood a creditable examination and the presbytery recommended that he be ordained The presbytery then proceed to or dain hiin as follows: Prayer by Rev. A. Marsh, then the laying on of hands, presentation of Bible, sermon or charge, and the right hand of fel lowshlp. The service was very lnv pressive from beginning to finish'. raid yet attempted on London and the coast towns by the Germans was carried out tonight by four groups of hostile airplanes, some of the machines got through to London and bombed the southwestern district. A terrific barrage was sent up from the defense guns and the roar of battle lasted intermittently for two and a half hours. COAST TOWNS BOMBED The Germans bombed coast towns been transfered to the battery. He a8 they nassed over and proceeded joined Thursday, and appears to be toward London. Two of the groups The candidate was very earnest about fcinv. iv, fti n.m ..iv..Uv . i bucceeueu iu geuiug a uuiuuoi oi um-1 nis can. ana nis reneious convictions. Battery D is receiving new men all chines through the sky barrage. Nu-1 He was reared In the RpthRl com. the time, but a few cf our men are nierous bombs were dropped on the munitv. and has hnen rniiPit tn iht transferlng to other companies. It southwestern district which Is thick- pastorate of that church. It was is thought our company will be filled iy populated with the homes of the very impressive to see the people of within the next week or so. . unner and middle classes. The lire that RPrtl nn nlinlro his hnnri onH viva The boys are glad to receive The rI0m tha defending guns was longer all the enpnnraspinpnt that mnrria journal, ana u is some signi 10 see and louder than ever before. A rain will express. We feel that he Is one mem grao mr mem wnen mey come. of shrapnel fell in all sections ot the of our most promising voune Dreach Will do my best to see that 1 he town and the streets were virtually ers. and that a great future lies out Journal gets all the news from the deserted, save for a few police. before him. He is in school nt win- WEATHER WAS PERFECT Kate at present. He Is planning to The weather was perfect for air compl , hJ? e?.uati??' thorouKhly operations, as there was a hrleht full M""K """sen ior me worn, aiay camp possible, and hope that it will always be interesting to The Journal readers. SIX'OND Kid MHKKTY LOAN DRIVE STARTED WITH KfSH Denionsti'iitloiiN in Many Towns ami Cities .Monday Flags Whistles, Hells and Speakers Played Pa it. moon with no clouds or wind. The people of London expected a raid and were waiting for signals. Soon after 7 o'clock motors of volunteer corps sped through the streets blowing tiielr sirens and displaying an illu minated notice: "Take cover." The telephone exchanges notified their subscribers and other measures were put into execution to inform the populace of the impending air raid. THEATRES CONTINUE PERFORM ANCES Many of the theatres are contlnu- Washington, Oct. 1. The great Liberty Loan drive started today throughout the country with a rush Telegraphic reports to the treasury from every section Indicate tremen dous enthusiasm on the part of tens of thousands of workers and fair first day volume of subscriptions to-ling their performances notwithstand ward the $4,000,000,000 minimum ing the raids. At the conclusion of which has been set as the goal of the I the performance in one of the lead four weeks' campaign. ing Loudon tinea ties tonight the Flags were down, whistles were manager came out on the stage and blown, acres of billboards blossomed Invited the audience and stage hands into red, white and blue posters, and to vote on the question of continuing thousands of workers started the I the night performances. All voted in campaign with enthusiasm from New England to California. Everywhere, from postofiice, bank and store win dows, railway stations, street cars and sco re j of other public favor of carrying them ou as usuul. he have the sympathy and encour agement needed to accomplish his aim. Pastor Black supplied for Rev John A. Wray last Sunday evening Rev. L. C. Snyder supplied for him at the morning hour. The First church is a live body sure. We are glad to hear them say nice thing?! about their pastor. e were Just a Iittlo off about Uncle Marsh Stewart's light system. It is somewhat of a community affair. Mr. W. M. Perry is to be furnished from the same plant. They are go ing to run a line to the stores and light them also. I did not know how near we were to such a thing when I wrote last week, but we are pleased to know our folks are so progressive. Mrs. Clarence Perry visited rela tives In Anson county last week. Mr. E. H. Williams, his son Cra ven, and Raymond Griffin went to Cheraw last Thursday. It is wondei- Mcvlrnns Illegally Drafted in Army. 1 ful what a Ford will do New iork, Oct. 1. More than 100 Mr. Vernon Griffin came back from places Mexicans have been illegally dratted the hospital last Thursday evening liberty posters w ith varied slogans for service in the national army by I lie Is in fine shape now. Just a few were pasted up and workers began boards in this city, and many sub- more days and he w ill be about once the task of finding buyers. Meets of Mexico are being secreted more. We are very glad indeed to Towns and cities from coast to here to prevent their arrest by mill- see him doing so well. His case was coast welcomed the beginning of the lary authorities according to Juan eo serious that it seemed almost hope campaign with distinctive demonstra- T. Burns, Mexican consular general, less at one time but he is spared to who tonight declared he ' would go us. to any extreme to protect the rights of Mexicans residing here." Knowing his olficial status, mem bers of the local draft board have cei titled for service Vice Consul Jesua tions. Here in the capital street cars were stopped for two minutes at noon and automobile horns and sirens let loose a bedlam of nose as the field force began its work. In hundreds of other communities the story was Misses Etta Williams and Gladys Hefner spent last Wednesday even lug In Monroe. The B. Y. P. U. completed its or ganization last Sunday evening by TRIALS AMI TKIUl'LATIOXS OF MKMBF.U OF FOURTH KSTATK. the same, varied only by methods fol- Martinez, the consul general stated, electing Claude Caddy, president; the service of the United States, but declared he felt obliged to protest against "this arbitrary action com mitted in a most absurd way.' Mr. Burns asserted that number of I Mexicans have been sent to their na- adminlstration of the draft law." lowed THE START IN BIO CITIES Boston reported a chorus of steam whistles greeting the opening of campaign. Mayor Mitchel of New York started It there with an address. Philadelphia let loose her factory whistles at 10 o'clock and two hours later gazed skyward at a squadron of ix airplanes that circled the tower of the city hall, dropping loan litera ture while 5,000 boy scouts started collecting the contributions. Secretary McAdoo opened his transcontinental ppeech-maklng tour In Cleveland, where Tris Speaker, star outfielder of the Cleveland base ball club, purchased the first bond. Llbeity Bell at St. John's church Richmond, where Patrick Henry ut tered his Immortal, "Give me liberty or give mo death," led the beils of the city in a five-minute proclamation that the drive was on. At Atlanta the president of the Georgia Federation of Women's clubs called up the chairman of the liberty loan executive committee before breakfast to get his subscription and got It. CHICAGO STORMED A flying squadron of nearly 1,000 solicitors stormed Chicago as the Lieut Leslie Futch has been grant- bells were ringing and whistles were led a two weeks' extension In h.s fur- blowing. Minneapolis started with lough. He said he did not know what dop- Paul Bennette, vice-president: Thel lcmatlc channels in reference to the I ma Carroll, secretary; Alma Smith impression of Mexican subjects Into and Rupert Trull, captains, and Les ter Smith, treasurer. Quite an Inter esting meeting was held. We are glad to see so much enthusiasm man Ifested by the young people of our community and the school. We want to see every young person In this sec- tlve country because of the "persecu-1 tion enlisted in this noble work. The tion of their country-men here in the I next meeting will be held the first Mr. Fairley Will Write About the liickctt Hoys. Mr. Archie D. Fairley, mem ber of the Bickett Battery, is now Journal correspondent with his company. His first story appears In this issue, and more will follow. Mr. Fairley promises to keep Journal readers inform ed about the Union county boys, and will sec that all the news fit to print Is sent in. St. Pu uI'k FpiM-ojwl I'huiTh. Services Wednesday evening :!S0 p. m., and Sunday at 11 a. m. Cordial welcome to all. Sunday evening. We will make deft ite announcement about It In the Friday's Issue of The Journal. Get ready to come. It Is going to be In teresting. There will be a baptizing from the Marshville church next Sunday morn ing in the creek Just below Mr. Zack Traywlck's. at nine thirty. Miss AUie Meigs visited Miss Rosa Mclntyre last Sunday afternoon. Mr. O. D. Mahone and family of Monroe spent a little while with Mrs. Frank Greene last Sunday afternoon. lenalpine. at An Iron flag pole will be erected over the city hall some time this week, replacing the old wooden one which was removed when the side walk In front of the building was be ing prepared for paving. On the new pole the following flags will be seen: American, Greek, English, French, Cuban Panama, Chinese and Italian. KnH'gnit Jot His Dates All Mivetl 1 1 mid Had to Dine Twice Some thing Alxiiit the Toharco Strtion or the State. Correspondence of The Journal vtnueviue. September 30. Ye Eods and little fishes! Among mm man yesterday was a letter from Joan, asking that I write The Jour uai every week, if I have time. If t naa tune, there lies tie rub. have had time to cuss out most pvpi-v thing during the past rew days and had some more to spare. I have had time to get out a weekly paper with pniy one man in the shop. I have nau tune to sleep six hours each night and last night I found time to eat two suppers without anyone but mjseii oemg any the wiser. The way this last and unusual oc currence among members of the fourth Estate came about was thus One night recently I was invited to eat supper at tlu home of ihe dpnntv tier or court, wnere three of the nigh school tetchers reside. I ex cused myself for that night on the ground that I v.as obllced to work and promised to avail myself of the Pleasure at the earliest possible mo ment. Through some misunderstand ing I was expected last nieht and in blissful ignorance of what was await ing ine I finished niv work and wend ed my way homeward, where I had nearty meal and was just finishing my desert when an embassy arrived to conduct me to the home where I was expected as a guest. Heavens and earth! This messenger convev- ea tne tidings that they had prepared a sumptuous layout with the exnee tations of my presence on that par ticular night, and there I was al most unable to rise from the tabie. To have excused myself again at that late moment would have been di3- asterous to my peace of mind and ruture well being and I set off with my guide, after having first exacted a sacred promise that he would not by word or look betray the fact that I had already had supper. The meal proved to be a four course affair to which I was obliged to do full Jus tice, through fear that the fact of my already having had supper would be detected. I had a most engaging young lady from South Carolina to go to supper with me. She Is from Chester and Is teaching domestic sclenee in the school here. There Is another one from Anderson, S. C, boarding at the same place. Both graduated from Wlnthrop College, Rock Hill, last spring. They learned to spell on their fingers directly af ter coming here, and one night this week I was sent to escort them over to where I board, and where there were several young people. As we started back one of the young ladies said that "darn" was the first word he had learned to spell. The other said that "damn" was the one she had learned. "Darn is right." said the first one. "Damn If it i3,"sald he other. "It. F." has been here for two or three days this week, preparatory to going to his new work in Raleigh. hated like the "dickens" to see his name taken from The Journal, not hrough any lack of confidence in John, or his abilities to make good, but through the fact that I had grown accustomed to seeing his name there. nd It seemed like the final passing of a friend. In reality it is the begin ning of bigger and broader things for both the past and present editor of The Journal. The former goes out n work that will be of untold good to the entire State, and the latter teps in on the old Job to fill his place and make his past work go on When coming up here the other day R. F. got off of the Seboard train t Clarkton and walked over here, It was only a matter of 12 miles and he has walked farther than that at mes when he has been here this summer. He and I had planned to alk all the way to Monroe awhile iK'fk, and we expected to make it in three days. So much work came in long with the tobacco season that could not get off and we had to give up. I am sure that he hated the enforced abandonment of our plans more than I did. We were both an ticipating a good time on the tramp I have been getting a real taste of the Joys that go with the fourth estate. Recently I lost the two be t men in my shop and their going left ine In a devil of a fix. A newspaper is a thing that has to come out and I quit smoking "2fers" in the office and climbed on a stool in the shop and have been there pretty much ail the time since then. There Is such a big field here that the business has managed pretty well lately without any great effort on my part to keep it up. A newspaper is looked on as doing pretty well If It runs an equal amount of advertising and news. We have been going above fifty-fifty all summer in favor of the ads. Last week we carried 32 columns of ad vertising against 18 of news matte and our rates vary from twenty to twenty-flve cents an inch, according to the class of the advertising. Everything has been doing reniarh nbly well here this summer. We have eight banks in the county and one of them has increased its depos'tr one hundred and eighty thousand dollars in the past few months. The others have all done proportionately weil. Irish potatoes are being sold here now and some days as many as twenty or thirty wagons pass the of fice in a day, all loaded with "spuds." They have been selling something from the farms every day since I came here. I was In Wilmington last Sunday and Editor Clawson of the Wilmington Star told me that this county was the only one he knew where a man could grow and hav something to sell from January to Juiy and rrom July to January. don't thiak there is anything want ing up here to make a fellow happy out u may be different from a girl view point. There are not any boy or young men left here now. exciud ing the high school kids, there are only three men who are heart-whol and fancy free in a mile of the court house. One is a clerk in a store, an otner is a bank cashier, and th third and last Is yours truly. It is generally conceeded that the ban cashier and myself are the two wor reprobates in town. R. F. said the other day that I was becoming "dude." I am not guilty but I am rather glad that John is now In such a position that he can't come up and place himself and my check book at the mercy of the girls, ice cream par tors ana soda fountains. . The girls are full of fun and thev line nothing better than to stump someone with a difficult Drob em Only about an hour ago one of the school teachers gave me the follow ing proDiem to unravel. I had to give it up. but in self defense I have the claim that she stumned Mr. Beaa ley with Jhe same thing when he was here the other night. I wish some of the wise heads in Union would send me the answer. Here is the oroa lem: "If it takes a fourteen-months old wood-pecker with a rubber bill nine months and thirteen days to peck through a log that is big enough to make ib shingles and one bunch of these shingles sells for 3 cents, how long will It take a grass-hoppei with a cork leg to kick the seed out of a dill pickle?" I wish some one would send me the answer to this thing. I don't like to be asked about it when I can t give the answer. Since I was at home sometime ago and wrote The Journal something about this county, several people in Union have written to Henry Gore of this place and made enquiries about this section as a farming country Some of the claims that I made may have sounded rather big. but I won't go back on a single one of them. This country is as healthy as any place that I have ever been at and I never saw its equal for farming. We need a lot of wide awake farmers in some of our sections. Mr. Beasley once told me that Union county farmers would grow rich here In a short time. There i3 nothing especially the mat ter with bur farmers, some of then'i are as wide awake and Industrfous as can be found anywhere, but this county has not been devoted to agri culture very long and folks here have been able to make a living with such coniounaea ease that they never roubled themselves to go to anv ex ertion and learn the science of farm Ing. Mr. Beasley said when he was here that a great many people had Deen asking him If I was telling the truth about this country and that he told them I was. I'd like to go a bit further and ask those fellows to come and see for themselves. They won't find many signs of the tobacco fields now, they are grown over with a tangle of peavines that were sown n the middles at the last working. However they will find Jungles of corn and fields of cotton that will make them take notice, and there are acres and acres in velvet and soy beans and other legums that are still showing to advantage. We are book ed for progress la this part of the world. If Horace Greely was in the piedmont part of the State now he would say, "Go to the coastal coun ties of eastern Carolina young man, and grow up with that country." I am so alfired proud of this section for its faiming possibilities that 1 appending an editorial from the V 11 mington Morning Star. The Star ' the oldest daily paper in North Carolina, and what Is more, the edi tor Is from piedmont Carolina and was born near Jackson's birth place, a scant few miles from where I have spent my lite. Here Is the article which the Star headed, "The Yellow Tobacco Belt": Eastern North Carolina, from one end of the Atlantic Coast line to the other, is the yellow tobacco belt of the South. Including, of course, a con siderable coast line territory in up per South Carolina. From the ware house sales of bright tobacco In belt this ser.son millions of dollars have gone in the pockets of the farm ers. However they have emptied their pockets in the banks, as the bank do posits all over this section show, it is only figuratively speaking that money goes Into the pockets of the farmers, for they are bank depositor:, and their deposits are the mainstay of practically every bank in the El dorado of the Nation's Garden Spot. The growing of bright tobacco has become a tremendous industry along the Coast Line, nnd three of the four largest tobacco markets In the State are In alluvial Carolina. The Wil mington territory, premier-general in everything. Is destined to be the pre mier lemon wrapper producing por tion of the yellow tobacco belt. Close to Wilmington the tobacco growing industry is making wonderful strides, and it vies with cn;;-n. peanut3. uck, small fruits and hogs as a means of year-round farm Income. Of course, It is all great, but the greatest thing about It Is that yel low leaf production Is making great strides around Wilmington, and what do you think? Whiteviile has become one of the four big tobacco markets in the State, according to the Whiteviile News Reporter. Here Is how it has come about while you wait, as the statement appears In an editorial In the Whiteviile paper this week: The figures for the tobacco sales during August have come in. White viile ranked fourth among the mar kets of North Carolina in the quantl- JAP MISSION PROCLAIMS MOXIUti: IMMTKIXK OF FAST Japan Will Xot Tolerate AjiijreMon Against ( hina's Territory ami lu-dq.eii.li-i,,,. X either Will SUe Exploit XVii-MMir. New York. .Sej.t. 2!. Proclaiming a .Monroe doctrine of the far east. Viscount Ishii. head of the Japanese; mission tn the United States warnet the nations of the world tonight that his country will not tolerate aggres sions against the territory or inde pendence or China. At the same time he pleaded Japan not to attempt similar aggressions on her part. Speaking at a formal dinner ia honor of the imperial envoy's visit to New York, the aniba --sudor of Em peror Yoshihito outlined publicly for the first time since he set foot oil American soil the policy of his eov- ernment as it relates to China. Circumstances for which we werp in no sense responsible gave us cer tain rights on Chinese territory," Viscount Ishii said, "but at no time in the past and at no time in the fu ture do we or will we seek to take territory from China or to desnoii China or her rights." Then with dramatic earnestness he expounded the "h;nds off" policy ot his government. "We wish to be and always to con tinue to be," he declared, "the sin cere friend and helper of our neigh- ooi. ior we are more interested than anyone else, except China, in good government there. Only we must at all times, for self-protection, prevent other nations from doing what we have no right to do. We not only will seek to assail the inteerltv of the sovereignty of China, but will eventually be prepared to defend and manitain the integrity and indepen dence of China against any aggressor. For we know that our own land marks would be threatened by any outside invasion or Interference ia China." While he boldly warned the world against any attempt to Invade the rights of the republic of the far east. Viscount Ishii promised, with equal earnestness, that the door to legiti mate trade in China never would be closed by Japan. This declaration was cheered by the 1,000 public men, bankers, merchants and captains of Industry who heard him. "The door is always open: it al ways has been, open, it always must- remain open " he said, "to represen tatives of these vast commercial in terests represented so well in this great gathering of kings of commerce. "Gentlemen, I assure you that a closed door in China has never been. and never will be the policy of my government. The door la open; the field is there." Viscount Ishii attributed to Ger man machinations "sinister rumors of oppression or the false suggestions of a policy directed against China," whenever Japan or America appear ed to make progress in that country. The envoy declared emphatically that the "gentlemen's agreement" en tered into between Elihu Root, when secretary of state, and Ambassador Takahira should be sufficient guaran tee ol continued friendly relation? between the two nations. "Gentlemen, Japan is satisfied with this," he exclaimed, "are you?" Referring to the alliance between America aud Japan in the war, he said. In closing. "It is not conceivable that you of America or we of Japan, because of false cry of unstable peace, can hange the course set by a star. It is not conceivable that for some pet ty gain secured by the sacrifice of rinciple at the price of honor lost. e can be brought to swerve from our purpose, let fall the standard" v ight or break the bonds of friend ship. It is not conceivable that Am erica and Japan, our Ideals one, our purpose fixed, can fail in this great omnion undertaking. "We must win, so that when peace- shall come the hosts of immortal dead may rest in honor and the hosts of living throughout all centuries to come may place the unbreakable seal of permanent approval upon the great alliance of today which forever set. a whole world free." y of tobacco sold, and this Is an es pecially good showing. It nieiwis that the little market, that was start ed three years ago, has grown by leaps and bounds until now It is in the front ranks and is competins with some of the older markets in the State for first place. Next year an even better showing will be made. A new tobacco warehouse is to be built and both the old one3 will be enlarged. Everything possible will be done to insure the successful handling of the crop, and a system atic system of advertising will be con ducted, which, combined with the ex cellent prices that always prevail here will draw the yellow weed from many of our noichboring counties. To become the fourth tobacco mar ket In this greatest tobacco State within the brief space of three years, is some stride for Whiteviile. This means that Columbus county Is one of the leading tobacco growing coun ties In North Carolina, for there are warehouse markets at Whiteviile, Chadbourn and Fair Bluff, and pos sibly at Clarendon and Tabor. Columbus Is one great county. It Is a great cotton growing county, and she will make a hot race for some other eastern county for corn grow ing nonors this year. She already holds first place In the commercial production of strawberries. Scape-f goat. FOR SALE Two nice Ally colts. . A. Lk Parker, Moiroe, Route t. : I
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