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VOL.24. No. 4.
MONROE, N.O, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918.
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BATTLE-SCA R RED AUSTRALIAN
WILL SPEAK IX COURT HOUSE
Capt. Fallon, of the Oxford and Buck
Colonial Light Infantry, Will Tell
His Trench Eierlence tn Union
County Cllisen.
A man who has seen actual service
la the trencher Captain David Fal
lon of the English-Australian army
will make an address In the court
house here tomorrow night at eight
o'clock. This is the first opportunity
Union county people have had to
hear about the war front a man who
has actually participated in the fight.
In fact, his right arm was badly shat
tered in one of the engagements.
Capt. Fallon comes to Monroe un
der the auspices of the State War
Savings committee. Every citizen
who possibly can Is urged to attend
for his own good. The young Aus
tralian Is a forceful and dramatic
speaker, and press dispatches speak
m very highly of his speech.
The Saturday night affair will be
an occasion long to be remembered in
Monroe. The Icemorlee band will
render music, and in order to give
everybody an opportunity to hear the
gifted young speaker, the galleries
will be open to the colored people
Captain Fallon Is an Australian
and saw his first service with the An-
zacs in the ill-fated campaign at Gal
lipoll. His honest admiration for the
soldierly qualities of the Turk con
trasted oddly with his bitter denunci
ation of the Huns later, but this war
is teaching us to revise many of our
former cherished beliefs. After the
withdrawal of the Allies from Gal
lipoll he was transfered to the west
ern front, where he took an active
part in the long-drawn-out battle, of
the trenches, being finally disabled by
wounds received while acting as In
telllgence Officer in the No Man's
Land between the oproslng lines. For
three days and nights he lay helpless
In a shell-hole, subsisting on four
biscuits, but finally managed to drag
himself to the British lines, and as
he expressed It, was taken "from hell
to heaven In a Red Cross Hospital.
PRESS COMMENT
Speaking of Capt. Fallon's address,
the Wayne, Pa., Suburban, says:
"The speaker of the evening was
Introduced, and there stepped for
ward a slight-built young soldier in
khaki, .whose pale and scarred face
bore signal evidence mat, n os&mu
doing 'his bit' for king and country.
As he modestly acknowledged the
quickly appreciative applause by a
military salute, many noticed that he
used his left hand. This was readily
understood later when in a dramatic
climax to his thrilling story of his
three days In a shell-hole, he showed
the maimed stump of the right hand
he had given to his country. From
the first word, Captain Fallon held
the breathless attention of his au
dience, swaying it from tears to
laughter, from deep anger to the
highest thrills of patriotic enthusi
asm, by the magic of his unstudied
eloquence. To be sure, little that he
said was entirely new to a reading
public of the Wayne type, but some
how the tales of German atrocities,
of the brave struggles of our Allies,
of the hell of modern war, and of the
heaven of Red Cross hospitals, took
a deeper and more vivid life when
heard from the lips of a soldier who
had been In the thick of It.
Another paper, the Norrlstown, N.
J., Register, gave the following ac
count of Capt. Fallon's speech:
"If there are people from foreign
countries now living In the United
States, enjoying the liberty nd full
prosperity of this great country, but,
however, are In sympathy with the
Central Powers and the diabolical
military fiend, and refuse to give to
ward any campaign for funds In sup
port of this nation's welfare, then tell
them to go back to the hell from
whence they came, for we don't want
them In this Heaven." With these
stirring words as a fitting climax to
his wonderful address, Captain David
Fallon, the great war hero, was ac-
corded tumultuous applause."
"When he arose to deliver his ad
dress and after he had concluded his
great message, Captain Fallon was
greeted with tremendous applause,
and while the plaudits were being ac
corded, he stood at attention and sa
luted, which he also did as 'America'
was being sung. He minced no words
and told many heart-rending facts In
a clear and concise manner, relating
one occurrence after another, which
he saw with his own eyes, and which
substantiate the many horrifying
stories we hear and read of the
treacherous destruction of life by the
Boches.
" 'Repeating the words of Patrick
Henry," shouted the hero, 'Give me
liberty or give me death!' I would
rather be dead than to live under the
rule of the Boches, as I only believe
In the true God and not the man
made God, therefore we must not
leave anything to chance but must
train our boys to win, as the dastard
ly Huns and Turks realizing that they
will -eventually lose out, will run
'amuck and destroy and devastate
, every bit of land that they possibly
can. And, mark you, I would not be
surprised to see an attack made on
America next spring, much as I would
dislike to see It.
" "If every school In the world was
guided by the principle which holds
true In the Y. M. C. A., this colossal
war would never have occurred. The
huts of the Y. M. C. A. In the camps
and near the trenches mean every
thing to a clean living young man,
nd we need this kind of man If we
expect to win the war. They not on-J
Captain Fallon, an Australian who has been "Over the
Top." will tell about actual trench warfare in the court
house Saturday night at 8 o'clock. The Icemorlee hand
will furnish music, and everybody is invited to come out
and hear his inspiring address. Read press comment in
another part
If provide a place to write a letter,
possibly the last word that a soldier
will ever send to loved ones, but al
so provide numerous home-like com
forts, and as a matter of fact, with
out the great work that this organi
zation is doing, our men would be
hopeless, as the buildings being plac
ed in every nook and corner of the
camps, afford some place of respecta
bility for the soldier to go during the
hours when he is off duty and is seek
ing relaxation, and if It were not for
these buildings he might easily wan
der into the paths of the Devil.
" 'The Y. M. C. A., thank God. has
undertaken a great work, and ts pro
viding the last touch of civilization.
so to speak, to the soldier before he
goes 'over the top' at dawn. The work
really is of priceless value to the sol
diers, and the stay-at-homes should
feel duty bound to see that the noble
work continues by giving liberally to
ward the fund."
Mr. T. L. Crowell has received
from Ferdinand Seeger, M. D. No.
400 East 93rd street. New York City,
Geneaologlcal Searcher and Ex-Reg
ent College of Heraldry, an emblem of
the Crowel or Crowell family Coat of
Arms, and family historical data. It
Is an item of a collection of Coats of
Arms of Historic Families. It con
sists of the shield, quarterlngs, man
tling, helmet, etc., and the name
Crowel above, and Is mounted In the
Chippendale style size In all 14x11
Inches. The Crowell (ancient spell
ing Crowel) family Is of ancient Teu
tonic origin. A branch settled In
England at Crowel or Crowell manor.
From this came the early American
Crowells. The Crowds of Crowells
never had but one grant of arms
this German or faternal armorial, By
f aternal la meant that It Is the coat
of arms whic all of this name have
the right to use as an emblem. In
this country there are two early lines
of Crowells the New England and
Southern states.
The weather man has lost his pop
ularity, while the ground hog has
thoroughly vindicated Its authenticity
as a weather prophet. "If on the
second day of February. I come out
and see my shadow, then forty more
days of bad weather; but on the oth
er hand If I fall to see It then good
weather starts at once," so says the
ground hog. He failed to see his
shadow on Feb. 2, and almost every
day since has been good weather.
Now people, who formerly scoffed at
His Majesty, and praised the weather
man, are ridiculing the weather man's
prophecy If It contradicts with the
ground hog. Sure enough, the
ground hog Is making friends.
Strange, but true.
If your heart prompts you to do a
good deed, do it Immediately before
you have heart failure.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S NEW SECRETARY
Mr. T. I Riddle, who Waa Given Oo
" tlon at Social Affair Tueadajr I
of this paper.
THE ALLIES ABE WAITING
FOB THE "BIG OFFENSIVE"
But N'o Outward Sign of Near Ap
proach of the Much Heralded Ger
man Attack.
Behind the entente allies' lines In
France and Belgium the military
leaders, with their armies ready, are
expecting the Germans to launch
their much talked of offensive, but
there still is no outward sign of Its
near approach. Artillery duels and
raiding operations and intensive
aerial actlvltly continue to feature
the fighting all along the front.
Three successful raids against the
Germans have been carried out by
the British in Flanders and near Lens
and Arras in northern France. In
Flanders the raid, which was carried
out south of the Houtholst wood, re
sulted in the British penetrating Ger
man positions on a wide front, the
inflicting of numerous casualties and
the taking of prisoners.
Sixteen German airplanes were ac
counted for Sunday In aerial fighting
by British army airmen, and in ad
dition German towns and military
positions behind the battle front were
heavily bombed. British naval air
men also paid a visit to the German
naval and aerial bases at Zeebrugge,
which were effectively bombed, and
drove down three German machines
that attempted to give battle.
The tense political situation In
Great Britain, arising from the se
crecy surrounding the recent supreme
war council at Versailles and the re.
tlrement of General Robertson as
chief of the British imperial staff, has
been bridged. - . .
Premier Lloyd-George announced
to the house of commons that It had
been decided to set up a central au
thority to co-ordinate the strategy of
the allies, and that the plan submit
ted by the Americans, "which put the
case for the present proposal," was
one of the ablest documents ever sub
mitted to a military conference. The
plan was adopted with minor
changes.
Pi-esbyterlan Church Notes.
All are Invited to the following ser
vices Sunday.
11 a. m., Worship and sermon.
3 p. m., Sunday school.
7:30 p. m., Union service In Cen
tral Methodist church.
Wednesdays 7:30 p. m., Prayer
and praise service. Since the settled
weather the Wednesday night ser
vices are being well attended. Let
each of us decide to make it better.
Reporter.
The law provides more ways of es
caping punishment than of Inflicting
It.
rdlal Welcome by Booster Orjran!&
Igut In the Jackson Club Rooms
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Everybody should hear him
FOUR HUNDRED CIASS A MEN
WERE EXAMINED LAST WEEK
N'o List of Those Selected Yet Secur
ed One Hundred Being Examined
Today and Thirty-six Tomorrow.
About four hundred men in class
one were examined as to their physi
cal fitness for army service last week.
As yet no list of those who were ac
cepted can be secured. Ninety more
men in class one are being examined
today and thlrty-slx tomorrow. Those
called for examination today are:
William O. Helms, Henry H. Ke
zlah, James A. Hough, Bunyan Win
chester. J. R. Harrison, Charley H.
Haigler, Edward Doster, Henry W.
Gladden, John H. Barrino, Henry P.
Braswell, Franklin Davis, Lonnle
Braswell, Fulton Moore, Ganson Rob
inson, Bun el C. Hinson. Marion A.
Godwin, John C. Godfrey, Henry R.
Kezlah, Daniel T. Deese. John E.
Jones, William G. Smith. Dallas Cau-
dle, Robert L. Pressley, William E.
Broom, Conder W. Prlce Winfred R.
Byrum, Thomas A. Holt, Jesse Press
ley, Frank T. Richardson, Henry J.
Taylor, Willie B. Funderburk. Llnd
sey C. Horton, Earnest C. Robinson,
Brady Burch, Green, Morris, Henry J.
Morgan, Lawtence Williams, John L.
Price, Grover S. Staten, S. C. Helms,
Jesse G. Carnes, Alfred J. Mullis,
George L. Murphy, Berry M. McCain,
John F. Wilson, John William Grif
fin, B. DeWltt Braswell, Harrison
Massey, Ernest A. Godfrey, John L.
Williams, Oscar Matheson, Charley
M. Carnes, Fulton C. Helms, Brady
J Williams, William M. Howie, John
ii Ormand, eGorge J. oGmon, Oscar
Hasty'; Barney E. ""Knight," Charley
Stllwell, Rochel Jordon, Carl Barrett,
Bert Pressley, Claude Staten, Loren
zo B. Braswell, Andrew C. Fowler, J.
D. Griffin, J. Ray Llngle, Oscar L.
Hemby, Alllgo Blair. Walter Boul-
ware, Thomas J. Jordon, C. B.
Brooks, Irvln A. Gladden, John F.
Medlin, H. W. Griffin, Claud Wolfe,
Robert Williams, Jesse Black, Wil
liam C. Carleton, Frank A. Watson.
Lefler Gannon, Charley L. Helms,
Robert M. Hinson, Bascom Nash, Gro
ver Eudy.
CALLED FOR TOMORROW
The following are called for exami
nation Saturday, Feb. 23:
Edmond Hlldreth, Joe Chambers,
John Dunn, Leander W. Howard,
Walter L. Walters, Charley A. Foard,
B. F. Rogers, Edward C. Broom, John
N, Reld, Harley Parker, Hurley T.
Smith, Henry E. Gannon, John E. C.
Trull, Pern Orr, James C. Smith,
George Montgomery, F. C. Smith, Os
car L. Prlvett, Ben Simpson, Will
McGulrt, Raymond Helms, James O.
Leramond, Ezeklel Griffin, William
C. Gamble, W. M. Cuthbertson, David
W. Philemon, Howeall V. Braswell.
Alexander Tomberlln, Wm. Mc. Al
drldge, J. P. Baucom, Lonnle B. Dos
ter, Will Hood. Jackson Flncher, and
Cleveland Mills.
Evil Spirit of Hog Got Into Dowd's
Horse.
Rural letter carrier Dowd Hamil
ton came In contact with a thrilling
experience yesterday when his horse
became frightened at a hog while Mr.
Mr. Hamilton was serving Mr. V. A.
Ashcraft's box. Dowd says the evil
spirit left the hog and got Into his
horse which caused the animal to give
a surge and kick, striking the mail
box with his foot and knocking It
about 60 feet. The frightened horse
then "burnt the wind" down the road
with the result that the buggy shafts
were broken. No serious , damage
was done.
While chopping wood Wednesday
Mr. Zeb Mullis, who lives one mile
south of town, accidentally struck his
foot with the axe and inflicted a se
vere wound. An artery was cut and
Mr. Mullis came very near bleeding
to death before the flow ot blood
to death before the flow could be
checked. Several stitches were neces
sary to sew up the gash.
(From the Marshville Home.)
The box supper advertised to
take place at South Monroe school
Feb. 15th. was pulled off In great
shape. There were twenty-flve or
thirty boxes sold, besides a very live
ly contest for the most popular young
lady, a beautiful eighteen-story cake
being the prize. Miss Lula Helms
was proclaimed winner by a slight
margin. Every one present gave ev
idence of an evening of unmixed
pleasure. . ,
A baseball nine Is called a team,
but It Is quite improper to tell what
the umpire Is called,
Most photgraphers would have to
shut the shop If people could see
themselces as others see them.
A man never knows what he can do
until he tries, and then he's sorroy
he found out
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Goose Creek Personals.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Unionville, Feb. 20. Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Helms, who have been living
in Hopewell, Va.t for the past few
months, stopped recently with the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mis. J. C.
Purser, on their return to Charlotte.
Mr. W. H. Pressley is wearing a
smile and receiving congratulations
it's a boy.
Miss Amy Helms, who is teaching
at Cannel, spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. A.
Helms,
Mr. Sylvester Price went to Char
lotte Tuesday to take his final exami
nations as to whether he will serve
Uncle Sam or not.
Miss Ercel Lee Love of Stanly
county entered school here last week.
Mr. Roy Helms, who has been In
the army at Rhode Island, visited
here Sunday.
There was a party given by
Miss Ida May Price last week for the
young people. Prize3 were awarded
to those dressed the tackiest, who
were Miss Naomi Braswell and Mr.
Bruce Boger.
Quite a number of our people at
tended the funeral of Mr. Bunyan
Helms Tuesday, who died in Hope
well, Va. Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Lloyd Sutton of Monroe .Is
visiting her father. Prof. O. C. Hamil
ton.
Our school Is doing good work un
der the management of Prof. W. G.
Anderson.
Mr. Bruce Hartsell snent the weeV.
lend with his parents. School Chums.
CAPTAIN HOBSON' WILL SPEAK ,
Famous Prohibition Lecturer Comes
to Monroe Under Auspices of the
Anti-Suloon League.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hob
son, hero of the Merrlmac, and ex
Congressman from Alabama, will
speak on "War Time Prohibition" In
the First Baptist church Tuesday
Feb. 26, at 8 p. m.
With the exception of Mr.. Bryan
Capt. Hobson Is the greatest national
figure to speak before a Monroe au
dience in years. As an orator he
ranks among the highest, and he
comes to speak for the cause dear to
Union county hearts.
When Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson, In the harbor of Santiago,
performed the heroic feat that made
him famous, he did what, after all,
was not the most important deed he
has wrought for humanity. He led
his valorous comrades in that deed
of heroism and with them faced the
volleys of lead pouring alike from
Spanish fortress and fleet. He was
brave, he was persistent, he was very
much in earnest. Then he came home
Capt. Hobson.
and with the same bravery, persist
ence and earnestness he served his
country as Congressman from Ala
bama, his native state.
Captain Hobson had done his best
to fight Spanish cruelty and oppres
sion in Cuba; Congressman Hobson
did his best to fight the cruel and op
pressive liquor traffic !n the United
States. From the first day he enter
ed the halls of Congress, he ' has
bravely and persistently pressed the
question of prohibition upon the at
tention of Congress and also the en
tire country. Hobson Is an orator of
extraordinary ability and has fre-j
quently addressed Congress upon the'
urgent Importance of prohibiting the!
liquor traffic nation-wide. Upon the!
same theme he has spoken from al
most every noted Chautauqua plat-'
form In America, and his published
temperance addresses have been scat-1
tered over the nation by the ton.
Love Is never satisfied until It gets
both arms full. '.
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MONROE W1IX SOON" OBSERVE
BUTTON" DAY FOlt llKUWl.HS
Mrs. I. U. Snyder ami Miss Mabel
llelk Have This Commendable
Charity In Charge, and A Liberal
KesMinse is Kxpwted.
Union county people will soon have
an opportunity to contribute towards
the relief of homeless and destitute
Belgium babies throrgh Mrs. D. B
Snyder, Union county chairman of
the association for the mothering of
Belgium babies, and Miss Mabel Belk,
the vie-chairman. It is the inten
tion of the officers to hold tally days
to secure funds, and on these days
souvenir buttons will be sold. The
money thus obtained w ill be ustd to
keep the spark of life in some Bel
gium babe burning. The.se days will
be started as soon as the buttons ar
rive. There are In Belgium over 3,000,
000 tubercular children who are des
titute of actual necessities. They are
in need of milk, food and clothes,
and the lisiep.ee is increasing to a
frightful degree. A de.-perate appeal
is made to the American people t
send aid to these suffering children.
The aim of the society, states Mrs.
Snyder, is to raise money in order
to send these little Belgians in groups
or nve or six hundred for a period of
six to ten weeks into the country in
Holland, where they may regain their
health. To facilitate the collection
of funds, it is the Intention of the organization-
to have committees of
charity workers to sell little souvenir
buttons for ten cents or more in dif
ferent cities. All funds thus secured
will be sent to the Belgian legation
at Washington, where they will be
forwarded direct to the home of the
society in Havre, France.
It is urgent that the people of the
United States help this unfortunate
nation to sr.ve their future genera
tion. There is only one country that
can now Bend this aid: It Is Ameri
ca. Those who assist in this cause
will give their services to one of the
greatest and most appealing works
ever undertaken.
Armless, But Ryan Earn Llvliliood
A concrete example of what perse
verance can accomplish is today
working on the streets of Monroe.
The example referred to is J. C. Ry
an, a man with no hands but who-
nevertheless writes a most beautiful
Spencerlan hand and throws in aqr
extra Tfirt8UBt of turves gTitls" ""'lis
makes an Independent living by trav
eling over the country and writing
cards for the public six for ten
cents. The right hand Is off just be
low the wrist, while the left one Is
off Just below the elbow.
When asked by a Journal repor
ter what his name was he deftly pick
ed a card off a pile at one end of his
table In front of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank, grasped a pen be
tween the two handless arms and
wrote, in characters that would make
a two-handed man ashamed of him
self. "J. C. Ryan."
Twenty yars ago while at Armillo,
Texas, he Buffered the misfortune to
have his hands fozen and they had to
be amputated. Five years later he
began to practice penmanship and af
ter many years succeeded in a man
ner far, well, you can find out In
what manner by passing along and
letting him write you a half dozen
cards.
Sandy llidge Happening ' t .
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wesley Chapel, Feb. 21. Mr. Ir
win Price and Miss Louise Crofton
spent Sunday in Matthews visiting
Miss Eula Broom.
Mr. Vernon Pittnvan and sisterr
Miss Etta Pittman, of Charlotte were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C
Gurley Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Winchester
visited the latter's mother in Pine
vllle last week-end.
Miss Raymelle Purser, who Is
teaching at Tirzah, visited her sister.
Mrs. L. A. Price. Sunday.
The Wesley Chapel "Giants", as
our boys are styled by some, showed
that they were still in It In playing
basket ball Friday, when they beat
the Boy Scout Team of Waxhaw to
the tune of ten to eight. We have
an excellent team and hope to have
many more match games.
Our school is doing good work. We
are now prepared to teach typewrit
ing and short hand. Scapegoat II.
Program Baptist Meeting.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wlngate, Feb. 21. The following
Is the program of the union meeting
of the Baptist Association to be held
with the Bethel church March 29-iir
Friday, 11 a. m. Introductory
sermon by Rev. R. Mi Haigler or
Wlngate; 12 m., dinner; 1 p. m., or
ganization and re:,orts from the
churches; 1:30, "The Final Perse
verence of the Saints," Rev. M. D. L.
Preslar; , 2:15, "Brotherly Love,"'
Rev. E. C. Snyder.
Saturday. 9:30 a. m. Devotional
exercises. Rev. A. Marsh; 10 a. ru.
"The New Birth." Rev. John A.
Wrr.y; 10:30, "Baptist Churches of
Today and Their Conformity to the
New Testament Model," Rev. C. J.,
Black; 11:15, "The Relation Be
tween Chrisianlty and Education,"
Profs. Ray Funderburk and J. G. Car
roll; 12 m.. Dinner; 1 p. m., Miscel
laneous Business; 1:30, "What Bap
tist Churches were when I began my
Ministry and Now," led by Elder J.
A. Bivens, A. C. Davis. A. Marsh, J.
W. Little, T. P. Little and J. G. Gul
ledpe. Sunday 10 a. ra., "The Sunday
School and its Relation to the King
dom,' Rev. J. a: Simpson; 11:00 a.-tn.
Sermon, Rev. C. J. Black; adjoifrn
uient CoiHuiiV.eci