- THE UNION COUNTY PAPER- EVERYBODY READS IT."
THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVERYODY NEEDS IT."
e Monroe Journ
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.23. No. 91.
MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1917.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
..ntjuv.u ovr what HE for both. Sure enough, there was
1'.1ID xm BIT FELT CHKATED nd beginlnng to think that
there was something In Hon. J. N.
Xo Ihkt Want to Lox Its OU J Trice's collard story, which appeared
Friends ami SubscruVM Whw ln tne ,ast ,ssue of Tn Journal
Don't J. ... i h!,e not exactly objecting to the
... . collard story getting out. R. F. told
Correspondence of The Jou.;i us in rebuttal that Jim Price could
Waxbaw. Dec. 24. A fetiow just not eat collards. he had chewed to
can't stay away from home at Christ- bacco so long he had worn out his
maa time and I am no exception to teeth and had to eat mush and milk,
the rule. Last week I and th other Scaneeoat.
loafers In the shop at Whitevllle got
thu I.b.. v'8 :. ZZ r ;!,KOloui peace talk begins
"""" "VV .UCAU VI IUI1C 1DU
just as soon as I could lock ud I
SITUATION QUITE DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT IT WAS YEAR ACJO
Allies Have SLide ain on Western
Front But Germans Have Gained
Elsewhere Kaiser William lioants
That God Is Still on His Skie.
Christmas tide of 1917 finds the
armies on all the major battle fronU
virtually Inactive, exeent vh th
Teutonic , allies are endeavoring toit,on of lD German army accomplish
overwhelm the Italians and force aieu the heavy task, covering its com
passage tarough the hill country of
j manifest that It Is useless to waste
words on it
"With a centralized direction the
oerman army works in a centralized
manner. In order that we should be
awe to deliver ihese offensive blow
one portion cf the army had to re
main on the defensive, hard as this
is ror the German soldier. Such a de
fensive, however, as has been fought
in 1317 Is without paiallel. A frae-
northern Italy out UDon the r,lain f
Venetia.
As Viewed from the war mum tho
battle lines today are niarir'oriu
changed from those of the yester
year. The Russian front from th
name to the Black sea. is virtually
caught a car for Clarkton and the German and Russian Delegates Meet
seaboard Air Line. The train, when But Russia Seems to Be Uneasy.
It came, was packed with soldiers
and there was not hardly standing Feace negotiations between the
room. I stood un until wo nr ?uwnic aines ana me uussians nave
Lumberton anit then renin an Moo "'gun at Brest-Lltovsk. And appar
that the crowd would grow when we enl,y the enemy has played a trump non-existent; the Italians under the
got there. I looked about with the card at the outset- for on the pro- intensive drive of the Teutonic allies
determination of finding a seat by ol 1 nnce -opc.m oi uavaria. iauuog nines irom wnere
hook or crook. Elbowing along I tne German comman.'cr-in-chief on they were a year ago along the Isonxo
came across a seat occupied by two the Russ!an front. Dr. von Keuhl- front; from Belgium to the region
boys about tewelve years of am mann, the German foreign secretary around Verdun great salients have
Here Is my chance thinks I and I and an astute politician, has been peen driven into the German lines by
dug out a quarter and offered it to cnoscn unanimously as official chair- bth the British and French armies,
one of the boys If he would sit on
the other fellow's lap and give me his
seat. He accepted with celerity and
just as toon as I had appropriated the
seat he had vacated for me the train
stopped at Lumberton and he got up
ana got off or the train. He left me
a good seat, but took my quarter and
somehow I felt cheated.
The fellow who does not have to
travel around Just now Is mighty
man.
A noteworthy fact ln the composi
tion of the delegations fiom the va
rious countries allied with the Austro
Germans is that they include men
who have Btood high in the councils
and m Asiatic Turkey the British
have made notable gains both in
.Mesopotamia and Palestine.
Northward through the latter re
gion General Alienor's forces have
maae great progress against the O:-
of their respective countries, while tomans, and Christmas of 1917 findi
the men who are to handle Russia's the Christians once more in control
or uethienem, the birthplace of
Christ, and of Jerusalem and the huly
sepulchre.
NO, PEACE IN PROSPECT
Although the sound of "neace" is
in tne air, seemingly there Is no pros
Interests for the most part are un
known in world politics.
Still another outstanding fact in
lucky. At Monroe I had to wait four the 'eeer details of the formation
hours for mv train nn.i t rn,.,aH of the conference that thus far have
hnm nt fiv nvwi, BiinHa come through is that Rumania 13 not
Monday morning I had to go to Mon- felted with having sent delegates pect of endi t , v
roe and went to Hancock. S. C. to 0 DrfestUT? The, p?slbi"t?llta,' titanic Birle that is in progress
board the northbound -train. It Is therefore, that Rumania has decided The Teutonic alIies and tho Rugslan3
aue there at 5:30 a. m., and the." "U1""g ,,.v . . are endeavoring to effect a cessation
southbound No. 11 passes at about f e peace. notw thstanJing the fact of hostmtles on the eastern front.
. .... .. - .. (that (ranrronh faliv ana will ha rnm. I . ... ... " 'wul'
" P- m- wnue x was waiting for ' V . i "7 , J, ' m , . ana Pronabiy will reach some kind
the former, the latter came in more ?n!teiL l i3 ?,h u of an agreement that for the moment
than seven hours late and packed to the negotiations result in Russia at ieast wi render the counter.revo.
the doors with passengers. Quli fiJe u . i lutionary forces In Russia Inactive
u seems from all accounts that we "-" t .. and tnrow a greater burden upon
have been having more cold weath- se,sion of ,the f011 executive com- the 8houiders of their former allies,
er down Here than has prevailed in m'tteef of 41l"oWif7 "d workmen The enemy for weeks unofncla,ly
my end of the country. We had deieSates. the Petrograd delegates has been proclaiming his desire for
ahmit nn eighth f n ik i and tne peasant congress, called to ,,, i,. i ...
Thursday, two weeks h.,t the consider the peace negotiations, show vanced bv hlm whirh wnniH innate For Hallroed, Mine.
snow passed us by and ice had dis- L:? Trotzky. the BOlshevikl foreign winlngnegs to brin t . Shipyard Workers
appeared from even the exposed m "'J A:.P,kV, end along lines that would make the Fighting Men.
was pretty cold up there anyway and f tnere wer "attempt by he cen- contrary the Cerman mr froSoLe Loiv L-nl
wood piles ran low and there wasn't tral 6a t0 foj;ce objectionable latet8 utterance, made before the sec- war time nrohTbit'on S v
anv ronl. vv niBn. .n peace terms upon Russia. nni armv ina s,t,Hnv k.VL . wu,,""ie P'oniWtion not only for
thre was plenty of wood for all who I. Jl"!?-!!, ta the cesses" of thrTeutonlc allied 'inSJ'
wanted to go and cut it. We wonder "?? r ' ,.Ttiky sa id o durlng the , t year and exultantly J. .liXJL'
peace wit'h "nations anl not" vTh 0 C 9 W "5?, "! .ght by Dr. Ctarew. t. WU-
raaes ln the east uaonditiunally and
11 nau tne enure Ansio-r raich army
erainsi useii.
"In long preparation the enem
has collected unheard of technical
means and masses of ammunition
ana arms ln order to make his entry
11110 urusseis over your front a
proudly announced. The enemy has
ainievea noming.
"The most gigantic feat ever ar
complished by an army and one with
out parallel In history was accom
pnsneu by the German army. I don't
noast, it is a fact and nothinir els
The admiration you have earned shall
be your reward and at the same time
your pride. Nothing can ia anyway
place in the shade or surpass what
you have accomplished, however
great and overvhelmlng It may be.
"The year 1917 with Its great bat
ties has proved that the German peo
pie r.ave In the Lord of Creation
above an unconditional and avowed
ally on whom it can absolutely rely.
Without Him all would have been in
vain.
tvery one of you had to exert
every nerve to the utmost. I know
that every oe of you in the unDar
aiieled drumfires did superhuman
deeds. The feeling may have been
frequently with you: 'If we onlv had
something behind us; if we only had
some relief.' It came as the result
of the blow in the east where it is
seen that the storms of war there are
at present silenced. God grant that
It may be forever."
COL. ROOSEVEJT FAVORS
WAR-TIME PROHIBITION
Factory and
as Well as
why Waxhaw did not ask Jesse Wil
liams and some of the other boys to
go out and cut a load of wood dur
ing the bad weather Instead of tele
graphing to State Fuel Administra
tor iMcAHster for Monroe to send
tnem a car load of coal. Mr. Will
peaco wun nations ana not wnn uer- rfintrnl nnwer hot honn mif.( ,H". J culc iluo -
man militarism. If our delegation rhT.A" f.n' he National Temperance
-.in . " -"vuo 11 mn. nviua un 1 uuaro. Answer nit n Kirnr rrnm rrnn.
of the. Cerman emperor without the JSes Sed 8trategcal van- tor W ilson. Colonel Roosevelt wrote
people, then peace is Impossible. If UiS; vo- h.e faYored Prohibiting the u.e
. "..:r" " ui iuuu niaius at tne ouioreaK or the
HOMING INSTINCT IS
STRONG IN MARSHV1LLK
rtenH cllonn fihmilil rnntlnne in Kll- ""V V" ""'" cu.u
Ai i. it 111- 1 . . . ..i.'Muviftuivhj mc uviux niauu in 11 r rnr arm nri (ai
li .i . ' rnna ir fha liArninn Pinnornr Rhniiin Irt ... . rtl . ... . . . . ... !" uuucu
iiHinn whh nn mo irn n rha MhAv vi'vi - in rni Maioa ta trar an ni nn h a
nleht ;k.n; n ' X be enubled to offer offensive terms of 7he ' m Z n" Ae,iner ine lH?n & the army nor
ed whenTwX, here' last sun mer tha V. would fight against it. id VrnTe anTteir llsln flna 0 'h armvfe coSaViuh U
he hadn't any girl and wanted me to ' J not kn,ow whether wo could brlngn BUCce99 t0 th , thJ r tne ar my In connect I01 th rail-
tell Henry Gore so when I cot h,u-k because of economic conditions. German emperor has made a final Zt "iin!.ad..8pZ"d.9J
to Whitevllle. I did and Henry said y?Bf Bat W in his ,atest address to his d heUh indr nk nt th tin 'e "t e
that Jesse was a liar. slate or tne army, mil 1 ininK we troopg to f r)ghten peoples unafraid, nn.n t, aL n V. .!
we wouia release an u.i. the fnii.inr hi,h. :r " w .r... 11
So many people are Koine here and !!ul1.1 fl.t
mere now that it Is no use for me
to attempt to tell the visitors this
week, besides tho regular corresnnn-
dents.all around will likely have good
newsy, letters this time and there is
no 1IKA fnt nm tn trv an A u'lt. in
filler". I hope that there won't be et' P,ndd
... m. .... I 'Mr T nfl'
KAISER WOULD FRIGHTEN US
elderly soldiers and call the youth of
the country to fight to the last drop
or their oiood. l ne auies must un- the enemy does not want
aersiana we am not overinrow czr- then we must hrin nin. th.
ism iu uruu uui uch uciuid WD world hv hfltteiMnff In nr th the Irnn
kaiser. They know our game Is not flMt nnrl th. RhininB. Bu.nrrl tha
of those who wHl not have peace."
Meanwhile his armies and those of
If they should offer unacceptable
terms direct against the basis of our
life, against other people, then we
shall submit the question to the con
stituent assembly. But our party
takes Its position for a holy war
against militarism ln all countries.
to prohibit the sale of liquors to pol-
dieis in unilonn, or within a given
number of miles from a military
camp, and ,to stop Its use on a battle
ship, apply to extending similar pro
tection ror an citizens engaged in the
work of railroad3, factories, mines
and shipyards.
"I may mention that my sons who
many of The Journal's old friends to
be dropped from the mailing list the
first of the year, but a good many
of them will naturally go. Among
two or three thousnnd people it Is
hard not to find a few who will for-
sret to nav nn until their niM fnil.
to come. A long time ago riewspa- ..". .2: IT. A81ag0 D.lat.eau-. Hre. Bla Rains stating that thev believe in Vh.n ite
11 li 1 1 1 I I 1 111 11 11 U DiaUKUlVli Tl 111 11.11 U 1 ' 111 T I 11 hl.t thn If.l ... ..EW 1 I ' - -
tiera were cent nn anl nn urhni n..
tho unhacHhei. ,n.M t axa kept the terms of the German em
not cost much to print a paper in Pe'or we would accept them only In
those days and the loss was stood order to r se together with the Gcr
withnnt nninh vioMno. ,.- man people against German mill-
changed now and many papers all tarlsm as we did against czarlam."
over this state are losing ten dollars
or more each week by sending pa- Close of the Wlngnte School Fall
pers to people who do not pay for Term
mem. it is nau tor a newsnaDer man
that the'V aftefn'T t't are "ow In tl anny F?anc Vri
that the,r attempts to break the Ital- me most strnniriv no n.n
VHve rLrl , iWtCDi7?ta Bnd Pershing has expressed his public
Plave rivers ln northern Italy were nnini t .u. i
without result, have shifted the .-Then"-"?'
untnes. -,.niinrt ,lf iha,v of,nu , u v a""J' "
hv this a i y " ye nutting the sa e or I nuor to them,
oy ima Asiaeo Dlateau. Hera sma ra ns ' , .
were m.i le. ht the it.ii9n. .t WV nill"ev ieve in aoso uie
thQi, i Vnu k. . . "roniouion ior tne army in war time
ner nrreB! nnH "T and 0110 0f them a'idInK that, his
ther progress and at last accounts experience has made a permanent
were delivering successful counter- prohibitionist of hlm.
attacks against him. On the lower . t .it,,, ,. u.a
Plave r.ver, the enemy troops who ln lt3 eft0lt to gtop a waste'of fom.
luiieu a crossing or the river last ,,, tnhnr an Kroln nnunr ,t,,lnoi
The Strayx Return In (ireat NumlierH
JliUTktK UmmI Wun For
One And All.
Correspondence of The Journal
.Marsnviiie. Dec. 24. Miss Carrie
ueue auguan of the faculty of La
vj.uufcc onfge. ia urange, ua., and
Miss Jennie aughan of Morvpn crad.
ed school, have arrived to spend the
nuiuays witn their mother. Mrs. R.
n. auEhan.
Mrs. J. T. Garland and Masters
Dallas and Franklin left Thursday to
spend the holidays with the roriuet's
parents at Ware Shoals. S. C.
All our University bovs. viz: Mesr
Grier and Earl Marsh. Myron Green
Cwynne Crirfin and Clayton Brewer,
have arrived at their respective
homes for the holidays, each Dieukr-
ed to enjoy himself to the limit.
Misses Otis Marsh and Odessa Cnr-
lee of La Grange College arrived
Thursday night for the Christmas
holidays.
Miss Kate Bailey of Greenrboro
Female College arrived home Thurs
day night and Miss Pauline Tavlor
of Davenport Female College, Lenoir,
arrived Friday nitht to soend the
holiday season.
Mr. Brady Little of Raleigh Is
spending several days with his moth
er, Mrs. Clementine Marsh.
Mr. Beemer Harrill was the euest
or his classmate and friend. Prof.
Veasy, at Peachlaud Friday night, re
turning Saturday.
Mrs. J. N. McDonald spent Satur
day shopping in Monroe.
Mrs. Coniey Stegull and little
daughters . Ruth, Frances and Muriel
of Clarkton. arrived Thursday to
spend the holidays with Mr. Stegall's
mother, Mrs. Melissa Stegall. Mr.
Stegall will arrive Monday night to
loin ins ramily
Miss Delia Evans of Wingate Is
tne guest of her brother, Mr. B. A.
trans.
Professor and Mrs. A. R. Newsome
of Wilmington came in Friday night
to spend the holidays with the latter's
mother, Mrs. R. M. Vaughan.
Prof. Roy Marsh of Belmont Is at
home for the Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed H. Moore spent
Thursday shopping in Charlotte.
Mr. J. E. Bailey spent Thursday
and Friday with relatives ln Char
lotte. ...
Miss Ada' Curlee. who Is teachine
in Chesteifleld county, came home
Friday for the holidays.
Little Miss Florence Bailey of
Charlotte is the guest of her uncle,
Mr. J. E. Thomas.
Our Fchool closed Friday for the
Christmas holidays and the teacher's
have all gone to their respective
homes, expecting, providence permit
ting, to be on hand to resume work
Monday, Dec. 31st, as Prof. Funder-
burk announced Friday afteinoon
.Messrs. Tom McDride and Clay
Newsome of Philadelphia. Pa., arriv-
ea fcunaay to spend Christmas with
relatives and friends.
Hardly a train etons but some one
alights to spend the festival season
with his or her loved ones at hom,
and Etrange to say the place where
one spends one's youth Is often, af
ter years referred to as home, be
cause of the amount or enjoyment
youth can survive at such times, and
as New Year Is the milepost ln ma
turity with youth it Is Christmas. The
homing instinct, we are glad to snv,
Is especially strong in all Marsh
villites and we are glad In these
troublous times to welcome each one
"home again" and only wish eafh
and every circle could be complete.
A few patches of the recent enow
lingers with us, but these last two
or three days comnarativelv ha-e
pie have our best wishes for their
future welfare.
Mr. John Hitchcock and son. Ben
jamin, of Oakboro spt at Friday and
Saturday with their friend. Mr. W.
J. Kennedy.
Mis. Ellt-n P-rrino Ij visiting her
daughter. Mis. Kobt. Trice, at Ucion
ville. Misses Lois and Lucile Tarlton of
Wad-boio are visiting their aunt.
Mr?. J. W. Little.
Mrs. J. Mod Manes visited In Win
gate SaturJay and Sunday.
There will be a Chri St 111 ! n snn? re
cital at the Methodist church Christ
mas nUM and the public is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Parrinn nnrl
children left to lay to spe-.d the holi
days with Mrs. Rarri-io's mother,
Mrs. Tucker, at Midland.
To The Journal force, both girls and
boys.
The very best cf the "aer-son's" jovs;
The readers of this, no matter where.
We wish freedom from war and every
care.
JOHNSON DENIES TH T
HE KILLED HIS BRIDE
Body f 19 Year Old Wife May lk
Exhumed; She DJI From Poison.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 24. "I want
ed to be an honor to you. but a great
trouble has overtaken me, and I am
not able to bear it. God onlv knows
my trouble ;,nd just how it cam a
about.'
This was the farewell message of
Dr. Lemuel J. Johnson, the 23-year-old
dentist of Middlesex. N. C, now
held in the Richmond city jail on the
charge of killing his bride of three
months, which he wrote to his mother
before he attempted to end his own
life last Thursday night in Wilson.
N. C.
Declaring his innocence of the
charge against him. Dr. Johnson was
reported as resting comfortable ln
the hospital department of the Jail
today. The dentist was not required
to go to court to answer in-person
when his case was called. Detective
Sergeant John Wiley, who brought
the young dentist back from North
Carolina, appeared, in court and ask
ed that Dr. Johnson's preliminary
examination be fixed for January 3.
This action was taken.
That the body of Mrs. Alice Knieht
Johnson, the J 9-year-old wile of tho
dentist, may have to be exhumed If
a coroner's inquest is conducted, was
one of the question that arose today.
Mrs. Johnson died us the result of
taking poison. The police believe .she
was totally unaware that the capsule
she took contained poison.
How Mrs. Johnson came into
possession of the poison-filled capsule
Is something the police expect to clear
up within the next few days.
That Dr. Johnson married Miss
iThlght while he was in love with an
other girl Is the motive on which the
police are relying In building up Vlielr
case agaim;t the dentist.
On his way back to Middlesex, af
ter attending his wife's funeral. Dr.
Johnson wrote several letters' befo.e
taking poison himself, which he pur
chased from a Wilson drug store,
where, It Is alleged he tried to buy
a deadly drug in November.
One of the letters, which was made
public in this c:1y today by the police,
was addressed to Mis? OHie White, of
Zebulon, N. C.
"I have always loved you and all
my intentions have been good," read
this letter. "You are the (the next
word was not plainly written, but ap
peared to have been "girl") of mv
heart and always have been. Trouble
and misfortune have overtaken me."
Referring to Miss White as "dear"
and "dearest", the writer continued:
"I want you to have all the
this day when the nation needs every
energy of every man at his best."
to cut off anyone from his list, he Correspondence of The Journal.
tn o i. tin.. . J : . . .1 il. I Ti:. 1 ... . .
u,j iia.c uccu cniuiug mem me pa-1 iunie, uec. zf. xne fall term
per for years and years and he has of the Wingate school closed last
written nis oest thoughts to them In rnureday. The work has been good
nis pages, borne or them fell be- in every department. With an en-
inna in maKing payments through ronment of over 200 the school year
nam nines, oiners mrougn a nesire nas oeen iuu or interest. The debat
to get something .for nothing. These lng societies have done excellent
cannot be separated through any work. The business department, un-
other way than by charging cash to
an. I haven't anything to do with
The Journal, am not even a corres
pondent, but I have worked for the
old paper and I love It and know
those who have built It up and love
It too. and dread and regret the ne
cessity of losing old friends from the
list. . You may have never met them,
but week after week, month after
month and year after year, they have
been making your pnper and send
ing It to you and they naturally look
on you as friends. Unless they
' pay tip by the first of the year I am
going back to Whitevllle this week
and do some work that hurts. I will
have to lift Jfrom our mailing list of
the News Reporter about three hun
dred names. I think that I will have
about eighteen hundred left and am
proud of them. The paper used to
be very much run down and was not
worth reading, but they stood by it
and now when It Is becoming a good
paper they are paying ahead and ask
ing friends to rally to It. Some peo
ple never can appreciate the worth
cf a newspaper, Just because It Is not
measured ln dollars and cents. Those
are mostly the ones that The Journal
end I will lose.
While I was In Monroo today I
missed the train home,- but Lcnnle
Helms and some other fellows rarae
along about that time and volunteer
ed to take me back with them. In
.the meantime, r.hile waiting till thev
got ready to start, L went home with
R. F. for dinner, he having attnired
me that there w:s plsnty of eollr.rdi
der the direction of Miss Lea, Is
moving along nicely. Miss Llles,
with her music class of twenty-eight,
had planned to giva a recital before
the holidays, but owing to the rough
weather It was postponed until after
Christmas. The friends of the school
will be glad to know that we have
averaged from 15 to 20 more board
ing students than. In former years.
we are in great need of our dormi
tories, but are still able to secure suit
able boarding places at very reason
able prices. A number of new stu
dents are coming In after Christmas.
and suitable boarding places will be
arranged for them. The spring term
will begin January 1st, 1918.
Cold weather stays with us as we'd
an we have ever seen It. It cut our
congregation considerably yesterday,
but the services were pretty good any
way. Many or our collcce boys and
girls were out. We were very glad
to have them In our services, once
more.
The following are home for the
holidays: Misses Mary Redfearn.
Bessie Mclntyre and Ruth Black, Ox
ford; Miss Ethel Snyder. Chowan.
Miss Elite Blvens, Coker; M!eb Pau
line Boggan. State Normal: Misses
Ellen and Mary Gaddy. Thema Hum-
RliM'kudlng Going nn in State on a
Lnrge Scale
Blockading and retailing, snvs Tom
Bost in the Greensboro News, on a
week now have been compelled under
violent attacks by the Italians to seek
safety through a retreat to the east
ern bank of the stream.
Another heartening phase of the
situation Is the small number of Brit
ish casualties during the past week.
Dn the enHfe frniit hnU lit, U . T..U
li. w.v iuuu ni'ui HC1U UJ lilt? AJlll- i. . i . i . ..... '
lEh, only 13,919 casualties were re- 8Cale "at must shock all the temper
ported, these embracing men killed. a?c. peopje of.te state are announe-
wounded or missing. The previous ,, V LUUWlor J' w-
week had shown an aggregate of 17,- P'r.''v ot on,y ref,0l'ds
976, and the week before that 23.- . he cannot now make public,
S56. Pul ,a gathering racts that make un-
Ttn astettt. nriTTiAit fx.-r.o ce,'ta!n whether saloons ever did a
.AiM more demoralizing business.
,7.f. . . The collector has been aided by a
Emperor William visited the front few sheriffs hut h iinhedtntini
i ' U1 "'"uu rnuay, accoru- ciares nis belief that many state and
lng to a Berlin dispatch, and in -an citv ofdrera Irrmur that (Imsa flntrrnnt
address to the troops thanked them violations are going on. "If the tem-
.,..., iur uieir euons. -nut ior perance people knew how much liq
the calm and heroic warrios ou the Uor Is being sold In the state thev
westen font, he said, "the enormotu would not allow themselves to feel
deployment of German forces in the good over the situation." he said to
east and in Italy never would have day. "Shipments by the thousand
been possible. The fighter in the west have been coining into tho state all
has exposed herorcairy hi body so the year," he continued, "and these
nun ins uiumeFS un uie urina ana I violation urn sn fl-iirt-.nt (hot th
the Isonzo might storm from victory fleers are obliged to know this Illegal
iv mviuij1. ii-iuiui uiiiues on I trarnc goes on.
me moo, y nnis around veraun were For weeks the collector's office has
iui iii Muii, mey created new iounna- been working on one town in the
uuua ior in cocnuci or tne war." tate. a little place of not more than
in a spescn to tne second army sat- 3,000 people counted by one of the
uiuujr r..upi.iur uiiam nam: natr Ots. As the. snrvrv of thl nm.
"It has been a year full cf eventa nicipality Is yet incomplete and the
undetermined
one
been beautiful overhead and we are i Jewelry I have ever given you. You
truly thankful for the Improvement ,nav be ashamed to wear It." Later
for tho
man
he i German army and tY Cer- method of procedure undeterm!
fatherland. Powerful blows have the name Is yet wltheld. But
delivered anJ your comrades In carrier in this town has deliv
ast have been able to bring wrthin 12 month fi Knn nuM?.
been
the east have been able
about great decisions,
"There has been no man, no officer
and no general on the whole eastern
front, wherever I have spoken to
them, who has not frankly admitted
ered
phrey, Ictoria Mclntyre. Florence that they could not have accomnlinh
budy and Mary Bennett, Meredith. ed wha they have If their comrades
.ur. una airs, ira muuis are vuitmg in the west had not stood to a man
home folks this week.
All of the boarding Btu!oif3 have
gone homo to spend the holidays.
Uncle William Llles continues' very
sick. Glenalpine. .
"The tactical and strategical con
nection between the battles on the
Alsne. In, the Champagne, Artols and
Flanders and at Cambrel and tha
events In the ca&t and In Italy is so
bring within 12 months 6.500 packages of
whiskey. There Is no way to tell In
what shape, but the chances favor the
quart size. If half have been pints
there would be more than 9,000 pints
of booze sold in this little place. That
would be more lhan 1,000 gallons. It
Is an Incredftable amount for the
town. And no local officer turned up
any of this.
Fortunes await the Inventor of a
lifeboat that will float on a sea of
trouble.
underfoot. Last week
Did envy the Polar bear
As a calm and cheerful soul,
Needing no heavy underwear,
Ndr kicking about the price of coal.
Mrs. J E. Mosely and children, who
have resided In east Marshvilie for
the past year, left Sunday for Sa
vannah, Ga., to reside.
Messrs. Shelton Harrill and Homer
Leonard of Charlotte sDent SnnHnv
with their home foil
Mr. Howard Marsh and Ml ss ftpnn
Moore were quietly married at the
residence of Mr. Lemuel Marsh in
Gilboa neighborhood. Sunday morn
ing, Dec. 23rd. at 10:30 o'clock. Mr.
Oscar Bowman, J. P., officiating. Mr.
and Mrs. Marsh are both residents
of Gilboa neighborhood, the bride be
ing a (laughter of Mr. Charlie E.
Moore and a- bright. Industrious
youn? lady. The groom 13 the eldest
son of Mr. Lemuel Marsh and in n
wide-awake, energetic vounz man.
The young couple left last night for
Charlotte, where Mr. Marsh ia em
ployed at present.
Mr. Arthur Strawn, who is now
employed by Uncle Ham in custom
house service at Wln?ton-Salem,
came in Saturday night to spend
Christmas with his parents.
Miss Eva Marsh of Oreenshorn
Normal' came in Safu. iay to spend
the holidays with hef Darents. Itev.
and Mrs. A. Marsh.
Mr. Carl Bailev of Charlotte- i
shaking hands with friends In his old
home town today.
Mrs. James Marsh Is vlsltlnsr fr
J. C. Little in Raleigh.
Mr. B. F, Dees and Miss .lennlp
Holmes, daughter of Mr. George
Holmes, near Marshville. were anict-
ly married at the residence of ltev.
C. J. Black nt Win?ate Sunday, Rev.
.Mr. mack ofnclatlnr. Mr. Dres Is
the capable rnd efficient teacher of
on In the letter Dr. Johnson wrote
that he was "caupht in a trap and
God only knows what my trouble
have been. I want you to come to
my burial. I have always loved you
and you shall be the Inst to come ta
my mind before I die."
Amrrirnn Abroad Not to Eat Turkey
Dinner.
With the American Army In
France. Dec. 20. The great bulk of
the American expeditionary force will
not get lt3 expected Christmas dinner.
A submarine attack forced the ship .
which was carrying cranberries to
turn back, and through ?ome un
known circumstances two ships which
were catrying the supplies of turkev
left the United States so late that It
was Impossible for tl em to arrive In
time. The turkeys already in the
army zone were le't over from
Thanksgivirg. as was the mincemeat
on hand. This supply, however, will
go an extremely short way.
The quarteruuster corps is, now
trying to secure a substitute for the
anticipated Christines provender on
this side of the Atlantic, but the army
Is disappointed, for turkey at Christ
mas had been looked forward to by ,
virtually every member of the com
mand. The miiuiermaster had made
careful preparations, but his calcula
tions went wrong, as today's an
nouncement fIiows.
When the news became known
among the forces, Ciere were loud
cries of distress from many quarters,
and envious eyes were erst at the
roaming French poultry. From the
general outlook now. It appears that
the princlpnl dish of the day will be
"money turkey," which appears on
the commissary lists as ordinary can
ned beef. ,
Over one cook rhack in the zone
t1 h ' ? uWofTgoicnnderU;;, whl is.
Mrs Dpi. U t JlZ? Tt'Ti0"" Wr,tten "take Iok! This Is
t-w, -1 1 p".. v an(1 Mtt" the on,v l,,r ,n France, and I got
tr!ou3 yoi:r.s lady r.ad tho young cou- m , "