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r THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVryBODY NEEDS IT. he Monroe JourMa TT PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL.23. No. 88. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. M WAR IS WORSE THAN THE HELL OK EVAXUKUSISTIC PKEACHKRS America Can Never Realize What the Great Conflict Means Cntil They See the Streets of laris Blackened With Mourning "All the hosts of the evangelistic preachers have not been able to de scribe such a scene their hell fire is not in it." That is the manner in which Lieut Sain Parker, with the American expeditionary force France, describes a night attack agalast the famous von Hindenburg line in a letter to his brother, Mr. J J. Parker. Extracts from the letter follow: "I can now fully appreciate the po sition of the people in London when there is an air raid on. One night while standing on a fire step in the trench I heard one of our (the British) aeroplanes coming. It sail .. ed straight over my head, circled and v shot directly for a strong point in the German line. It swerved then and darted back toward our linei In moment the bombs went off. The aeioplane had bombed fhe lioches strong point. I saw and heard the whole affair. The explosion seemed strong enough to tear off one whole side of the world. Several enemy ma chine guns spotted our aeroplane and opened up fire on it, but the plane got away safely. At another time saw an air fight. I was immediately under our machines part of the time and German shrapnel was bursting all above me, and, too, our planes were being fired upon by the Bosehe. This was the first time that I had ev er been exposed to shrapnel fire, and as the English say, 'I tends to put the wind up.' 'Patroling Is a very important du ty on the front going out into No Man's land and securing Information of the enemy, and fighting any enemy patrols that you come across. A good prisoner sometimes gives valuable in formation, so it is the duty of patrols to take prisoners If possible. During my stay in the trenches I took par ticular note of this very important duty. One night while I was out ob serving the working of a patrol, Fritz turned a machine gun on us. It tended to make a person feel a little uneasy to hear a machine gun bark ing directly in front and to see the sparks fly from the wire not ten yards away, caused by the bullets striking it. Of course we all threw ourselves on the ground. I didn't know I could Hit the ground so quick nor lay bo flat and still. I got it back on old Fritz the next morning looked over the parapet and saw three Germans unloading a cart at a place which they thought was con cealed. I turned a machine gun oa them. They dropped out of sight. I don't know whether I cot them or not, but the cart stayed in the same plare all day and was not unloaded. "One of the greatest scenes I have ever witnessed In my life was an at tack made by the British. On nf tor noon I was informed that a company which ) occupied a sector in the line very rear to where I was stationed would make an attack tha: n'ght at a certain time the very minute nam ed. Of course, several minute be fore time for the attack, I secured a very good place for observation. At the very second appointor the bar rage came down. All th hosts of evangelistic preachers have not been able to describe such a .vno their hell fire Is not In it. The barrage was a solid wall of bursting shrapnel, petrol shells, high exploslvo and smoke. I don't sec how any thing could come through such a bar rage alive. It is wonderful it is hell in the true sense of the word. "You people in America little real ize what the war means. The three thousand miles of water between us serves as a barrier in spite of the literary geniuses. Print Is not like the bare facts. You talk of thousands and not millions in regard to cost, in both lives and dollars; but your minds do not realize what it means. The cost Is too large for a t person to realize until he has had actual experience. Until the people of America see the streets of Fans blackened with mourning, until they see the grief of the mother as she tells her son good-bye as he Is leav ing for the front, until tey see the eager faces searching each passerby at the stations waiting for the loved one to return from the front, until they have crossed miles and miles of battlefield where a little white cross is planted every few feet signifying the death of an ally soldier; until the casualty roll In the United States begins to climb, and mourning on the streets of New York City Is as evident as on the streets of Paris then, and not until then, will our people realize the horror of the war. "The allies have Buffered terribly, and my only regret Is that we did not come to their rescue long ago. This is not only a war for Democracy, it. is a war for Humanity, and the on ly way to end it Is to put as many lioscbes out of commission as possi ble. So I hope our country will send over troops as fast at It can and ('.raw it to a close." THE TIME IS SHOUT On Jan. 1 the name of every Journal siibscrilier, who hn not paid abend of that date, will be riropiK-ri from the lint. The pa- per iMWitively goes on a cndi-ln- ndvance system the first of the year, and there will be no ex- tension of time Fvcrytody who wishes The Journal visits ! renewal at once. MEX WERE EPOSED FOU ABOUT SEVENTEEN HOI US Account of the Sinking of America Destroyer Belated by One of the Sun Ivors Lieut. Richards. Washington, Dec. 12. T!o first survivor's story of the sinkiri, of the American destroyer, Jacob Jones told by Lieut. J. K. Richards, was made public today by the navy de partment. U shows that only tw s nail boats and three life raits float ed near of the wreck. The r.tru on these were picked up after 17 hours of exposure. An official summary of the lieuteu ant's account follows: "Lieut. Richards said the destroy er was proceeding towards port, after holding target practice, when 4.20 p. nt. a torpedo was sighted by the lookout. The commanding of ficer. stationed on the bridge, order ed the rudder hard right and engines full steam ahead. The torpedo btruc.t the shin on the starboard side abreast of torpedo tube No. 3. Thi3 tube, with torpedoes, was blown two hundred feet in air. The radio wa wrecked and the mainmast brought down. "Guns were manned Immediately but no submarine was sighted, and the vessel began to settle by the stern The captain gave the order to aban don shin. Whalebonts which were cot out cans zed. The motor sane could not be got out. A wherry and motor dory managed to escape safe ly. Three life rafts floated clear, "Th vessel sank at 4:29 p. m. Denth charge aboard exploded, ap parently blowing off the stern of the ship. . lt "No survivors except tnose in me hnnu and on the life rafts were found after a thorough search, Lieut Richards said. After 17 hours in tne water the men on the rafts were pick ed un bv a British ship. "The submarine, which was seen after the Jacob Jones sank, appeared po he about 150 feet In length, with three-inch guns forward ana two periscopes." NEW FOUCE TO BK KXOWX AS UNITED STATES (JUARD Auxiliary Force Will Number 2.V OOO. And Will Supplant Other Forces Now Doing (iuiird Duty. Washington. Dec. 13. The United States guard will be the name of the 25.000 auxiliary force of troops, au thorized by the war department, to supplement state and other forces now guarding war supplies, war in dustries and doing police duty essen tial to the conduct of the war, In eluding patrol of water fronts. President Wilson has signed the order for organization of the force and further orders were going out from the war department today. Forty battalions will be organized to relieve regular troops, national guard or other purely military units of this guard duty. The orden prescribes that the force be raised by voluntary enlistment or draft. It is the purpose of the gov ernment to make it up of men not available for war service at the lront. Volunteers will be accepted only be- ween the ages of 31 and 45. If re sort to the draft Is necessary men nlaced in the special classes under the new draft system a3 being lit tor limited military service only, will be uted to fill up the ranks. In Memory of Mrs. Lear Deese. To the Editor of The Journal: Mrs. Lear Deese, who died Dec. 6, was stricken with paralysis Dec. She had been in bad health for the past year. She is survived by two sons and eleven grandchildren, and three sisters and one brother. Her sons are Messrs. Burke Deese of ..anes Creek township and Preston Deese of Stouts. Her only surviving rother is Mr. Mack-Neal Deese ol Buford: her sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth arker. Mrs. Ledla Boon and Miss lonuir Deese; all of the Zoar com munity. Mrs. Deese was a good eiuisuan woman. &no proiesseu Douei in Christ in her youth. The deceased was 76 years old. She only regretted that she did not Join any church. She was loved by all who knew her. Her husband died when her children were young, and she had a hard time, although she never complained. She visited us two weeks bei'or.? her death, and spoke of being ready for the Master's call. She never failed to go to church when abl.J. Her re mains were laid to rest in oar ceme tery. ' Rev. E. C. Snyder conducted the services. A Friend. Congressman Fires First Shot Against Austrian. Italian Army Headquarters in Noithern Italy, Dec. 11. (By As sociated Press.) The first American shot aealnst Austria was fired by Representative Tinkham, of Boston, on the lower Tlave, when Mr. Tink ham pulled a string firing a large 149 milimeter gun sending a sneu hurtling across the Plave to the Aus trian position at Confo. A huge cloud of black smoke mark ed the place where the shell burst. The Italian batterymen gatnereu around the gun and rained a cheer as the American congressman nrca. Representative Tinkham fired the shot by Invitation of the colonel In command near Dona I)i Piave. The shell was sent on its Journey during a heavy artillery fire along the Piavo and the northern front. The bom bardment was especially concentrat ed back of Mount Grappa between Piave and Brcnta rivers. Th's may be an Indication of another drive on the Italian lines from that direction. SUBMARINE MENACE HELD BIT NOT YET .MASTERED That Was Statement of I,ondon Ad miralty Lord Allies Are Holding Firmly Against Teutonic Lines. The British, French and Italian lines are still holdjng firmly against onslaughts of the Teutonic al.'ies, de livered with heavy reinforcements that have been drawn from the Rus- sian front since the cessation of hos tilities there under the armistice. The latest attack of the Germans made In the Cambrai region between Bullecourt and Queant, was a com plete failure when 'the Teuton Josses in men killed and made prisoner are put in the balance with their email gain of ground against the British Another attack by the German eow prince in the Caurieres wood on the Verdun sector, which was delivered with large effectives, has met with the customary repulse, while in the highlands of the Italian front the enemy armies are still being held In check by the Italians. A most expensive operation was the German attack Wednesday be tween Pullecourt and Queant. The Berlin war office admits that only few British shelters and 90 prisoners were taken while Field Marshal Haig reports that heavy casualties were Inflicted on the enemy all along the front of the offensive, numerous of his dead being left before tlio entan glements when the impossible task of piercing the British lines became ap- parent and a hurried retreat was or dered. Finding that the efforts of the Aus trlans to break through the Italian front and debouch upon the plain of Venetla were futile, the German troops under Gen. von Bulow have reinforced their allies and with them have delivered another powerful as sault between the Brenta and Piave rivers. At only one point, however, were the combined Teutonic forces able to dent the line of the defend ers. on Monte Splnoncla, where they secured a tenmorary foothold after havine sustained severe casualties Here the Italian are striving valiant lv to retake the lost position. Snow and mist are hampering the opera' tlons In this region. Reports as to the progres of the onerat ons between tne uoisneviw and Kaledines forces in Kussia are becoulded by reason of variant state ment of results. Botn sides are crea Ited with victories In different unoffl cial versions of the operations. One renort says Kaledines Is besieging Rostov-On-Don and tnat ngnung is in nroirress In the vicinity of that city where men and guns from the Black ion flpot are aldine the BolsheviKa Another dispatch asserts that General Knrnlloff has routed tne uoisneviKi np.ir nieleorod. while still another says that Korniloff has been wounded and Is in danger of capture and that nttmnnta hv Kaledines' folowers to cut off food supplies to tne uoisne viwi in Moscow and Petrograd and f vnni Siberia have failed. Tho Herman submarine menace is i,otnir lipid, hut has not yet been mas tered, according to the first lord of ho rtHtlsh admiralty, in n state- mnt the first lord says tne nown ward trend of mercantile manne moa the construction or mereiiani ships and the number or enemy sui ..,n,.inn that nro hoine destroyed all are satisfactory. Another high naval o,.o,,.itv e.iva the Germans have been attempting a submarine often civo r,r the greatest possible inagni iiiHp hut that they have signally f.,iiQ,i miH hnvp had to nay a heavy prl Ice In vescls lost at tne nanus oi the Amoricnn and entente navai fnrcps. Aerial bombs dropped by me v.ei- m.ins nn a town ueinuu i.im.. fwn imvp resulted in the death of a .,,Kpr nt American railway engi neers. In another town German nvla ottpnmtPft to hoinb a marching American column, but all the men es nmipii unscathed, although the mis sile exploded dangerously near them linnnclal Report. Mrs. D. B. Snyder, superintendent. oports the following amounts cm in io v. M. U. of the Union isap- iuf Aaunpiannn lor me uuaiin i-u ng November 30, 1917: Corinth W. Si. v., roreinn "'- clrma 8 4 R ! COf Mil SUnneiTIllB, State missions. $2.55; MeadowBranrli M. V.. State niisions. 5Ji.no. Marshville W. M. U.. State mission. sn fio: Marshville W. M. V., cnurcii building and loan, $3.50: Marshville Siinhp.nns. Home and roreign mis ions. $2.41: Monroe W. M. m:"? Missions. S70.00: Monroe sunneams, church building and loan. $5.00; Mt Springs W. M. t. Foreign missions, 2.00: Homnvell . M. I ., lioine mis ions, 0..U; liopewen SMU1IH.-.IIH-. . .n . T 1 C .. I. 11 1 C oreicn missions, $1.25: Sni'.oii w. V.. State Missions, i&.uu: mh- loh church huildins and loan, $5.00; Shilohh Sunbeams. State missions. inn- shilnh Sunbeams, cnuron building and loan, fl.ll); toiai $196.12. Unzlnoorx Killed ly Hun Bombs. With American Army in France. Dec. 13. (By the Associate! Fre s.t A number of American railway en gineers have been killed by German bomb fell In a street in a town through which American troops were passing. Pieces of the bomb shat tered the windows of a house in which there were officers, showering them with glass, but hurting no one Two American soldiers have died In hospital from gunshot wounds. You know what Sancho, in Don Quixote says, "Every man Is as heav en made him, and sometimes a der.l worse." WOMAN BARES TRAGIC STORY OF LIFE OX WITNESS STAND Miss Varaey Wm Unable to Kscupe Influence of HiisImukI of Murdered Woman, Who Degraded Her. Dedham, Mass, Dec. Counsel for Harriet A. Varney. on trial for the murder of Mrs. Pauline A. Keyes. opened tne defense today with an at tack on Mrs. Keyes husband. George H. Keyes, the chief witness for the tate. Daniel P. Callahan. Junior counsel for the defendant, recited in Ms opening address the alleged be trayal, deception and illtreatmtnt of Miss varney by Keyes. Later a hand writing expert testified that in his opinion Keyes was the writer of an anonymous note to himsel'. In which It was declared: "She did commit the crime and I hope she will be pun ished." , Attorney Callahan, in bis opening statement, said Miss Varney would go On the witness stand and tell her story of her relations with Keyes. He declared she would tell how Keyes Ul-treated her aud the "whole mis erable story." Time and again, the attorney said, she sought to break the banerul influ ence that degraded her, but plead ings of the man, accompanied at times with threats to bhoot her, had held her in his power. Finally Miss Var ney determined to go to the wife and make a clean bredfet of her relations, with the husband. For this purpose she had gone to the home of the Keyes in Brookline, but Mrs. Keyes was not at home. The attorney sketched the early life of the prisoner as a hard one. She was Just 20 years old when she was Introduced to Keyes In a restau rant at Providence. Later she ac companied him to another restaurant where he Invited her to drink. She refused to take anything but lemon ade. A period of unconsciousness followed and she awoke to find her self In a room at a hotel with Keyes. She accused him of compromising her. i Keyes replied: "Don't worry1, little girl; don't worry. I'll take care of you." Subsequently Keyes took her to New York under promise of marriage anil gave her a diamond engagement ring and a wedding ring. Later sne learned he had a wife. Confronting him with this knowledge, she was cqrvoled by his explanation that he Intended to get a divorce and marry her. 'Miss Varney," Callahan continu- ed. "will tell you how she tried to escane from the influence of Keyes how he followed her and threatened to shoot her. He beat her several times and she was virtually Keyes slave." On the day that Mrs. Keyes was killed, the attorney said, Miss Varney left North Grafton at 9:16 a. in., ana arrived In Boston at 10-: 11. She wen: to the Back Bay station and remain ed there until 11:30 and later lunch ed with Keves. The body of Mrs Keyes was found soon after 1 o clod; that afternoon and the state has brought out that she had been dead about two hours. Pcllinm Stcgull nnd His (irny Mule Came to Maisbville's Rescue. Correspondence of The Journal. Marshville. Dec. 13. The beauti ful snow was very much in evidence Wednesday morning. So far as beau ty is concerned, snow takes the pre mium, but to be comfortable is some- tiling else. Pedestrians were not ong Inconvenienced as Mr. Pelhain Stegall. nn old gray mule, a goods box. and Wade James thrown in for weight, is a combination hard to beat when it comes to scraping snow off the streets. The only ones that we have heard of working overtime i the cooks, for snow sure does wake up the appetites. Mrs. Irene Marsh left last week to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Little, at Raleigh. Mr. Wm. J. Griffin, carrier on route No. 4 from Marshville, left yesierday for Norfolk to take a position ai- cleric In the depot engineers office, which he secured under civil service examination. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Snipes of Winder Ga., arrived this morning to spend a week with Mr. Snipes' sister, Mr J. C. Baker, here and relatives in Lanes Creek township. Mr. and Mrs. Lane Hasty of Peters burg. Va. came In Wednesday morn ing to visit the former s parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hasty. Mr. Hasty was married recently in reiersnurg. Mr. Barrv B. Allen of the depot force has been moved to Monroe and left Tuesday night to enter upon his new duties. Mr. and Mrs. James Marsh spent Tuosdav In Charlotte. Miss Bernice Phlfer visited in Mon roe Tuesday. 'oir.piilsoi-y School Law For Children Between the Ages of H nnd 14. It is likely that a majority of the people know that we have this law but possibly some do not, and even those who do know need to have their attention called to this matter at this me. The age as prescribed in the original act was from 8 to 12. but tho General Assembly of 1917 charnr- thls and made it from 8 to 14 ears of age. It was decided by the Board or education that this law should be come operative on November the 9th in all the school of the county. both rural and city. Po far there are uite a number In the county and ty who have not complied with the provisions of this law. Such will please take notice and avoid a visit ro:n the attendance officer. R. N. NISBET. Co. Supt. R. W. ALLEN, City Supt. MEAN'S CASE WILL ;KT TO JURY I'ERIIAI-S BY SATURDAY Two Seecie for State and Three for Defense Thursday, But Five Ijiw. yers Yet to be Heard. Concord. Dec. 13. It is conceded tonight that the trial of Gaston B. Means, accused or the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, which began here November 26, will round out It3 third week. The case cannot go to the jury before Saturday, under the present schedule. For nearly nine hours to day the Jury listened to argument of counsel, and when court adjourned at 7 o'clock for the night, the fifth address of the day had just been concluded. Five more speches are to be heard, and nobody expects that the last one will be concluded before tomorrow night. In concluding his argument for the defense tonight. J. Lee Crowell of Concord, declared it his opinion that back of the prosecution-in this case, furnishing the animus that has brought numerous witnesses here from Chicago ar.d elsewhere to tes tify, without being compelled hv law to do so. Is a desire to get Gaston Means "out of the wav" in ordpr to stop his activities in connection with efforts to probate the alleged second win or the late James C. Kin?. Chi cago millionaire and former husband of .Mrs. King. The financial interests of the Northern Trust company of Chicago, he believed, had an active part in it. Mr. Crowell had already declared the prosecution of the de fendant had been characterized bv cruel methods, in that he. on trial for his life, had been put on the stand and asked to explain from memory numerous business and financial transactions covering a long period while the records of these transac tions were withheld from him. His entire address was devoted mainly to an effort to convince the purv that there was some unseen Influence back of the prosecution, some powe tnat had not shown Its head In the open. ANALYZES TESTIMONY J. F. Newell of Charlotte, for tho state, had taken the Jury over the whole line of testimony of the de fendant himself and pointed out and analyzed many portions of it that he argued were incredible or contradic tory. P. c. McDuffie of Atlanta, of counsel for the state, opened - sd closed the first address of the day with the declaration that Mrs. King's life was the price of G. B. Means' lust for money. He reviewed the evi dence and pointed out numerous cir cumstances to prove his assertion. T. D. Maness and M. H. Calwell of Concord, sneaking for the defense, argued that Mrs. King benefitted by the defendant's service as her busi ness manager and that he had every reason to desire her continued life rather than her death as a matter of personal interest. They sought to convince the jury that not only Mrs. King's death was purely accidental, the fatal wound having been self-inflicted, but that the state had failed utterly to establish any motive for the alleged crime. John T. Dooling of New York, and L. C. Cplwell of Statesvllle. are yet to speak for the shite, the letter clos ing the argument; L. T. Hartsell nnd Frank Armfleld of Concord, and E. T. Cansler of Charlotte, for the de fense, the latter having the final speech for the defendant. JUnOHS ARE WEARY The jury late today, through a message to Judge Cline, Indicated It3 desire for a speeding up of the argu ment. The mes-sarx was verbal. It was just after 6 o'clock. J. Lee Crowell paused in the midst of his argument to say that he was willing to stop for adjournment to allow the Jury to rest and get supper. The senior ju-or asked to be allowed to speak to the officer of fie jury to whom he whim pered briefly. Then the officer slep ped to Judge Clinc's des! nnd whis pored to him. .lii''ge Cline then nn nounced that tho Jury had indicated its tle.Mre tlii't no time bo Inst un necessarily, that the argument pro- coed ns inpldly ns pprnr-ticabie. That, in siiivtanco," Judge Cline explained, "v.is the substance of the jury's request." Two Austrian Ships Sunk. New York. Doe. 1". The torpedo ing of two Austrian b.iles!iip In the harbor of Trieste by Italian torpedo craft on the night of December 0 is reported In a menage recleved hero today by Coinir.ander C. Pfistor o the Italian navy. The Information was contained In a telegram relieved by Commander Pfistor from Captain L. Vannutelll. naval attach? of the Italian embassy nt Washington. "After successfully crossing sever.il obstructions and mine fields," the dis patch said, the Italian torpedo craft "entered tho harbor of Trieste where they fired four torpedoes against two Austrian men-of-war of the monarch type. All the torpedoes reached their target and exploded. "Though the most Hionso artil lery fire wa? concentrated against the rttacking torpedo-boats and though even torpedoes were tired agalnn them, all of our units returned safe ly and unhurt to their home bases.' Mistook It For Loaf. Toole, the Enilish actor, used to get off a good thing occasionally. At dinner, at a country hotel he wa' sittin-t r.ext to a gentleman who had helced himself to an extravagantly large piece of bread. Too'e took It up and began to cut a slice from it. 'Sir." said the Indignant gentleman. that Is my bread." "I bog a thou sand pardons, sir," renllel the actor. I m! ;:co'.: it for tho lor.f." EVERY CROSS-ROADS OXCE HAD ITS LITTLE GROt; SHOP Representative Webb Tells Methodist iH logntes of Former Tragic Condi tions in Xorth Carolina. Representative Webb, one of the best friends of prohibition in con gress, was the principal speaker at a large gathering of Anti-Saloon dele gates at the Southern Methodist church Wednesday night, says the Washington correspondent of the Greensboro News. His subject was North Carolina and Prohibition." He said in part: proSuio07.f X?h Carolina ad pronioition is enough to inspire and encourage prohibitionists everywhere -U matters not how diw!i About" """" was apparently a confirmed liyuor viuk,ld faie- h'u Practically ever? village had its bar room and ever!' cross ro.nU its yrog shoo. can to , ia;l two typi-al coun- tie: tile land lying like a pearf in 'the Blue Kidge mountains, was as wet a county as could be found. Drinking assaults and murders were of com uion occurrence throughout the coun- oV til e'M-,hat wher a Judge of the superior court would arrive at the county seat to hold court, a precision of diunken men would file around the judge's hotel, firing off their guns and pistols in contempt of ..ht.., a uuauuiui area of ler- " morais. it is also said. ,tVe with trutn' that 'ery rock and there are many, in Burnsville has bruised tome man's head in a drunken row. "In the second county, Gaston, 25 years ago. one could stand on her court Louse and see the smoke is suing from 45 government distil leries. To redeem counties like these seemed a herculean task lor the pro hibitionists. But they never falter ed. Their efforts have been reward ed. They aroused the people to the perils and evils of liquor; and so in our great state-wide prohibition elec tion. Yancey won the temperance banner by casting onlv 13 votes against prohibition and the people have made it a felony, punishable by Imprisonment in the penitentiary to either make or sell liquor in the coun ty, and now the county Is Inhabited by as brave, as loyal and sober a peo ple as can oe louna anywhere; and In Gaston you can stand on the same court house and look and look in vain for the smoke of a single distillery, but instead of the 45 as formerly, you can count the smokestacks of 70 active, prosperous cotton factories, employing thousands of happy, so ber and contented people, and the splendid citizenship have made it a crime to import oven a drop of whis key into that good county. "Stop by step the good people or North Carolina drove out the liquor traffic just ns we have been driving it out of tho United States. We drove it from the country districts first, then from the small towns nnd finally In 1008, by a state-wide referendum, the grand old commonwealth wn3 made dry by a mnjorhy or 4 4,000 and ever since we have had. In my opinion, the dryest state in the union, with the best executed prohibition laws. "You fee what a mightv change has taken place In the Old North state; and no state in tho same time has made more material and moral progress during eight years of prohi bition. During the period our bunks have increased in number from 3 5 2 to 52:',, or f.O per cent. Our deposits increased from Jta.OOi.OOO to 1137, 000,000, or 130 per cent. Building and loan assets increased from $5, 000,000 with $2,000,000 loaned foi the purpose of building homes, to $18,000,000 and $15,000,000 loaned for the purpose of building homes, or an Increase of 220 per cent In ns-els and 650 per cent in home building. "Our school teachers have boon in creased from 10,500 to 14.50(1, or 38 per cent. The average daily school attendance has boon increased from 307.000 to 410,000, or 41 per cent. Yearly expenditures for schools In creased from $2,500,000 to $5,000. 00O, or 100 per cent. Tho value of school pioptrty increase,! from $5 000.000 to $1 i. OoO.liOO, or 130 per cent. "And nnv r.ftor ritl-t yearn trial of prohibition, with iis vosnierful de rrease of 1 riiio and phenomenal educational, lolieinus nn-1 material growth. I do not believe that one per cent of our voiing population would advocate a return to the saloon." Lawyer I'.rli.ikeil For Fni;i'riotic Si.-itcnicnts. Washington. Dec. 11. A southing rebuke administered by Chief Justice White to one of the lawyers attack ing the law enlivened argument be fore tho sucre me court today in cases testing the constitutionality of the army draft act. J. Cordon Jones, representing .Al bert Jones, convicted in Georgia or failing to reeisfer, declared the law unconstitutional because It re quired men to take part In a war which had never received the peo- p.c s approval. His remarks were cut short. "I don't think your statement has anything to do with the b gal argu ments." said the chief Juntlce sharn- ly. "and should not have been said to this court. It Is a very unpatriotic statement." The at'orney epologized and con tinued his argument. Beginning Saturday, the came laws !n this county will be suspended ..i .cu. la.
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