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"THE UNION COul? f PAPER-EVER YBODY READS IT' "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT" MONROE JOl&NAL PUBUSHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1918. VOL 24. No. 21. $L50 PER YEAR CASH. THE THREE MEN PAID $220 FOR 8 GALLONS DOOZE Ten IV r Gallon Was the Initial Charge, But the Court Imposed Fines to the Amount of ?.-'' on Hub Derrick, Hub Helms and Hb Hobbs Eight gallons or Union county made booze was coutiscated by the police Saturday and Hub Derrick. Herbert Helms and Rob Hobbs, in whose pos session it was round, were given heavy fines by Sub-Recorder Lime rick. Derrick was fined $75 and costs; and Helms and Hobbs $25 each and the costs. The little esca pade, which started about 11:30 Fri day night, and ended at 3 o'clock Sat urday morning, when Officers Win chester and Robinson seized the men. cost the three at total of $220. The hu.iTP snnkpd them for $10 a gallon, while court fines and cost went to make up the balance or me toiai. The nolle testified in the Record .. nnrt tndav that they were over in Xorth Monroe late Friday night when they saw a car gnae out irom a garage. Suspicioning at once that booze was the mission or me cars occupants, they whiled away time in that section until 3 o'clock Saturday morning, when the car was seen com ing hark Artpr the men. Derrick, Helms, and Hobbs, had gotten out or the rar the officers walked up and seized the eight gallons of new-made corn. The three were released a iew minutes later when they put up cash bonds with the oincers. Helms clerks in Mr. N. C. English's ctnrs nn the mill hill. Having a key in tho enrage, where the delivery car is kept. Helms and his two pardners took the car for the mianignr. oooie search without the permission ot air F.nellsh. Court officials were unable to maintain their usual composure In rnnri thia umrnlntr when the eight gallons ot booze were brought into the room. A flve-ganon Kerosene can onntainprf the largest share of the seizure, while by its side stood a big five-gallon deml-John holding three gallons. The three defendants submitted to having in their posession more whis key than the law allowed. Prosecut ing Atfnmpv Stevens, however, tried to convict Derrick with keeping It for sale, No direct evidence u-uppor thia contention was presented, but Officer Clifford Fowler, after telling the court that Hub Derrick was hon est, paid his debts, worked, and was truthful, admitted that the gentleman In question did have the reputation of being a dealer in whiskey. Mr. N. r v.nrhnh. rnilpd to the stand by the state for the same purpose, said that Hub's general cnaracier was koou, though he had heard it said that he sold whiskey. As for knowing the truth nf these assertions. Mr. English couldn't say. However, Mr. Stevens nipart nne of the 1915 statutes, which declares that the possession of more than a quart or wnisicey is prima lacie evidence of having it ior saie. s.ih.nppnrdpr Limerick did not find Hub guilty of the second count, but in view of the reports ana rumou connecting his name with booze, gave his a tripple higher fine than he gave his two companions. The court did not try to conceal its sympathy for the three, as tney appeared 10 oe nou c hnrri-wnrkine vounz men. How ever, the court announced Its Inten tion of enforcing the liquor laws here after, and started by taxing the North Monroe men. J. Parker, who appear pH fnr the defendants, plead hard for a light punishment for his clients. As he gazed at the eight gallons of booze he auoted Scrip ture: "Hope deferreth maketh a heart gad." He pictured to xne cuun w glowing words of the dally toll of the three defendants, me worry, iuu ui f life and thplr decision to buy the whiskey In which to drown their troubles. Then he didn't think it was uch an awful crime to drink. Didn't St. Paul say "A little wine for the tnmirh'i autre " Prosecuting attorney Stevens met Uf Parker's sneecn ny remirim i ... .aid th devil even auot ed Scripture. He wanted Derrick sent to the roads for four months, and his speech was one or ine oesi nearu In the Recorder's court in some time. JAKIE SCHWARTZ 13 AN ALMOST INCORRIGIBLE BOY For Months He Han Been Pestering The Life Out of His Step-Father, The Police and Neighbors. The question that is giving Judge W. 0. Lemmond tne mosi concern i- day li what shall be done witn jaaiei ui. .ton-f.ther Mr. B. Gordon, ad mits that the youngster is beyond his control, and be would wclcoue any aid from His Honor towards waning a Man tut nf Ta V I A. Young Jakle Schwartz, aged 12, was before Judge Lemmona cnargeu with stealing chickens rrom nr. u. u. lu.fkim ainnff with him anoeared Aunt Laura Dennis, colored, known far and wide among me wnue iotas, ..harfPd with buvinz one ot the stolen chickens from Jakle. She showed to the satisfaction of the coun mat sne did not buy the chicken Knowing, or ....niMnnin that it waa stolen, and was accordingly discharged with the reprimand to be more careiui. me solution of Jakle'i problem bad not been made. For months Jakle hat been pulling off mischievous stunU that have about distracted the officers. They have plead with tne youngster, con ferred with his parents, but he could nnt bit controlled. At the roDe'a end. they put the lad in jail Saturday when it became Known mat ne nau oeen disturbing Mr. Meachem's chicken roost Upon the shoulders of Officer Clifford Fowler fell the responsibili ty of lodging Jakie in jail. Jakie went uncomplainingly, remaraing to the officer a their entered the iail that he had been In them places be fore. The Jackson Training school is be lieved to be the place for Jakie. but a long-distance call to me superin tendent Sunday annrised the officers of the fact that there was no room. SupL Boger declared that his lnsmu tinn vmi hnilt to care for only 90 boys, but at present he has 115. Little Jakie has a nrigni, open iace, and Is an intelligent, ffappy-go-lucky youngster with a winning smile. His step-father, who loves the boy as if, he were his own. Is willing to go to any expense to get the right training Tor Jakie. He oeciareo mai a whipping might do him good, but said he was too tender-hearted to Inflict it upon him. lakie wants to co to the army. Ot course he is too young, but his step father will certainty oe giau m iuc days conies he will be permitted to enlist. He is firmly of the opinion that an army training Is Just what lakie needs: that, however, is out of the question Just now. Santa Clause orougni. jame ple of rifles Christmas. For several weeks he had a grand time shooting at anything that struck his fancy. But finally his shooting became too wild, and the police commandeered his guns. They were placed in a cor ner of the police room, where Jakie .QUIA eVATV afternoon to handle fond ly his rifle, and implore the officers to let him shoot them. The youngster is a problem; no one denies that. Court room spec tators, however, hope that the right training ran he had for Jakie. as he seems to possess the making of a man. Like the boys of old, jaKie nas the habit of slipping out of his moth er's home after ten o'clock at night, and some place not so easy to get out of seems to be the place for him. GRIFFIN SAYS EAT IRISH IHVTATOES INSTEAD BREAD Potatoes Cannot Be Sold As a Substl tute For Flour, But Are Recom mended to' BeVl -Instead of Bread. "Eat Irish potatoes instead of bread." This is the immediate and most ur eent remipst of the Food Adminlstra tinn insofar an the observation of foodstuffs Is concerned, according to Mr. Lee Griffin, County Food Admin istrator for Union county. Mr. Griffin states that It Is vitally Important that there should be a rreatlv increased consumption of Ir ish potatoes not only to make the wheat flour go runner anu iasi iou ger, but for the economic and psy ohniotrieal effect on notato growers. According to an estimate by the Department of Agriculture, 30,000, 000 bushels of potatoes will be wast ed unless the potato crop now held by farmers in moved Immediately. A I'mta nf an nnrtlon of this CrOD Will not only mean a decreased acreage in the enminp season hut Will a ISO nave a bad psychological effect upon the country as a whole. This waste will begin with the warm weatner, wnen nntatnefl ntnrt tO RnrOUt. If this 30.- 000,000 bushels of potatoes can be consumed berore tne nm or June, u will mean a direct saving of wheat and other foods which we desire to ova for eTnnrt. The eating of pota toes, because of their food value ont r.t tho fact that thev are very sat lafvinir to the aDDetlte. makes less likely the eating of bread. The notato rrnn last vear was large hut the movement since the fall has ! restricted hv transnor- ireru C ' " " ' - tatlon difficulties, it is estimated mm on March 15 there were in tne coun. r o nnn mr of nnt a toes to move These potatoes are principally In the cellars of the farmers in the states of Maine. New York, Wisconsin, Mlchi ean and Minnesota, with smaller stocks In other states. The rate of distribution of the date mentioned was approximately 500 cars per day. In nrder to Afwnre the consumption Of the surplus product before the first of June, tne crop snouiu move hv uc rata nf ijko cars a day. It is now hnnori and ernected that the necessa- ry Increased transportation facilities will be made avaiiaoie. Potatoes can not be sold as a sub stitute for flour, but are recommend ed to be used instead ot bread. BIG GUN TRIES NIGHT FIRE But Its Effect on Paris Is Negligible After 150 Shots. Paris. April 14 The bombardment of the Paris district by the German lnnir ranee run continued today. One woman was killed. Paris last night was subjected to Its first night bombardment since the long range shelling began, the boniDaroraeni De ino resumed late in the night. Yes terday's bombardment did not cause anv cnauait e. Todav nomDarumeDi was opened shortly after three o'clock thin afternoon. The beginning of nocturnal bom bardments Is due to the fact that the Germans now know that the French have located exactly the long range gun, so that there Is no longer any necessity of refraining from night fir ing lest the Dare or tne explosion should betray the gun's position. Don't wait. Do It now! Buy War Savings Stamps! ZEU GREE.V SMILES OVER ACTION MOORE CO. UNION. The Endorsement of Alexander and the Condemnation of HU Action De-n't Worry Him in Hie Least. The Moore county Farmers Union, in session recently, endorsed the state president. Dr Alexander, and "deplored" the action of Mr. J. Z. Green In relinquishing his post as state organizer and lecturer. When Mr. Green was seen this morning by a Jaurnal reporter and asked about the endorsement of Alexander by this union, he confessed he didn't know anything about the "how come" of the resolutions, but he supposed that the socialist whose name appears un der the resolutions Is supposed to be the "leader" who converted State Secretary Faires' to Socialism, and Secretary Faires office is headquar ters of the Doctor's "machine," or at least that Is what Zeb intimates, and he seems to know lots more than he's ready to tell. But The Journal man aged to pump this statement out of the ex-organlzer: "In the Winston meeting the "lit erature" which was read In the con vention hv the managing editor of what is now Dr. Alexander's 'Bulle tin' was prepared by the Socialist leader whose name appears under the resolutions sent up Saturday from the county in which the headquarters of the autocratic 'machine' are located, and was followed by suggestions that Farmers' Union men should now throw their hats Into the political ring, when he was called down by a delegate and finally ruled out of or der by the presiding officer. There is. therefore, nothing at all notable about a hearty endorsemnt from headquarters, but it would have been remarkable If It had not been rortn comlne from that source." Zeb always sees the ridiculously humorous things that happen. To him one of the biggest Jokes ever un consciously pulled off in a newspaper controversy was In Dr. Alexander's reply to Food Commissioner Page when he referred Marse Henry to E. C. Faires fountain of information at Aberdeen on the "money question." right in Marse Henry's own town! All he had to do to get more Informa tion, outside of the Doctor's article was get the balance of It. It was all there in Page s own town and all ne had to do was to drop hl3 money In the slot machine and press the button! In his twenty-five years' experience Zeb considers that one of the hugest Jokes ever perpetrated on anybody and he smilingly remarks that he doubts that Marse Henry will be able to outlive it. DID MRS. GOVERNOR BICKETT MAKE THE BEST SPEEHI? Anyway, the Monroe Ladies. Were Charmed by Her Talk on the War And the Various War Activities In Which Women Are Interested. Mrs. Bickett's address in the Cen tral Methodist church was as master ly in woman's Bphere as was the gov ernors in the man's sphere. A good sized congregation of women from all parts of the county were present to hear her. A graphic word picture of the tragic condition of the women in the districts of Belgium and France, where the Hun has laid waste the country, was painted by Mrs. BIckett. There all women above 16 years ot age have been carried away into captivity. It means more to the wo men of the world than the Hun may be conquered than to the men. Mrs. BIckett made It plain that food conservation rested much in the hands of the women of the nation. When we fail to obey the food regu lation then it means just that much food less ror our allies and that much help for the Kaiser. The women of North Carolina and Union county are famed for the sacrifices they have made for their men folk while they were away at the battle front and these traditions are not going to be changed toy the women of today. As to the frivolous, careless, thoughtless woman who is clothed "In purple and fine linen" while the mothers and sisters of those at the front shiver for want of food or clothes her scorn was clearly defined. She called to the women for more volunteers, and more zeal in Red Cross work, to do their part in the Third Liberty Loan, War Saving and Thrift stamp campaign, for, said she, "Even if you cannot buy a baby bond no one is too poor to purchase a thrift stamp. A 25-cent stamp may help save some boy that wades in the trenches. Another way in which the women could help wonderfully she pointed out was seeing that there Is a little garden in your own back yard. One of the most touching Incidents related was ot the little French girl Marie. Early one morning some friend found (Marie with dirty face and with ragged dress rar from home. She said, "Why Marie, what are you doing here?" The little French girl answered. "I have heard God's army is coming and I must see It." Isn't Marie rlghtT Are our boys not God's army to rescue such strays as she from the beast of Prussia? AS Defined Washington Evening Star. "Are you a mule driver?" "I dunno's I'm 'xactly a driver. Dat mule needs somebody to tend an' I Jes natchelly gotter keep up wlf 'in or lose my Job." NAVAL COLLI EU AND 3IM) MEN ARE LONG OVERDUE Naval Officers Fear Harm Hits IU fallen the Ship, anil American Ships Ordered to be on the Lookout. The big American naval collier Cy clops, carrying 57 passengers. 15 of ficers and 221 men in her crew has been overdue at an Atlantic oit siace March 13. The navy department an nounced that she was last reported at a West Indes Island March 4 and that extreme anxiety Is eatertained as to her safety. The vessel was bunglns a cargo of Manganese from Brazil. Orders ror greater efforts to find the missing naval coilier Cyclops, ov erdue from South American waters, for more than a month, went out to day to American ships. In addition, allied naval craft on patrol duty iu the south are aiding in the search. , So far not one word has come to clear up the mystery of the collier's disappearance. Secretary Daniel.- said today, however, that he still clung to the hope that the vessel would report, as many other navy ships have done after they had been given up for lost. Naval officials were no nearer to day to a solution of the disappearance than they were three weeks ago, when anxiety over the safety of the ship first developed. There is absolutely nothing on which to found an ex planation. The big collier has simp ly vanished from the sea. No possible theory was rejected by officials in seeking an explanation. Suggestions heard most fiequently were that German agents had board ed the ship In port and captured her from her people at sea; that she had broken in two and gone down In a sudden squall; that she had been ov ertaken by a submarine and sunk without trace, and that an internal explosion had sent her down. WAVES OF HUNS RECOILING BEFORE BRITISH DEFENSE Bitter Fighting During Past Few Days, and Germans Captured Town Little Gains in Seven Days. Seven days after the Germans launched their gigantic asault against tie British lines between Lens and Teutonic forces are recoiling berore the rock of the British defense. v bile the Germans have made gains of ground and have driven a wedge Into the allied lines to a considerable depth, they seem to have railed In their attempt to brtak through or take important railroad junctions. During the last dry there nave been bitterly rough t engagements at rour pla:es, all on the northern side of the salient to the south of Ypres. Seven assaults against the British trenches at Mervllle near the apex of the triangular dent in the British line have been hurled back by the British. Neuveegllse on the extreme south western spur of Messines Ridge, has been taken by the Germans after a struggle which will go Into history as one of the greatest of the past week. The British, however, have not re tired far and It is probable that they will at once organize a counter-attack to force the Germans out of the town, which, if held, might be a "kicking- off" point tor an attack which might outflank and make untenable wes- sines Iildge, the key to the British po sitions about Ypres. Baillul and Wul verghem. between Neuveeglise and Mervllle, also have been the scenes of hard fighting, but except tor Neu veegllse, the northern side or the sal- lent has Btood firm, on tne soutnern side of the salient, according to Ber lin, fierce struggles have been fought. It has been the German plan of canmaien eince March 21. when the areat offensive started, to strike hard at some particular sector. If that blow was parried, to turn powerfully against some new point. This pro cedure probably will be followed In the next few days by a new assault aom ewhere south of Arras. An at tack north of Ypres Is hardly possible for the low lands of Belgium are as yet too waterlogged to permit active operations. An attack on arras would entail the hurling of troops against Vlmy Ridge, the Labyrinth and other for midable military works protecting the city. It may be that the savage fighting reported at Hanguard-En-Seneterre, south of Albert and on the centre of the line racing Amiens, may mark the beginning or .a new attempt to sweep westward toward Amiens. So rar the flehtlne has brought the Germans only losses of men and grounds. Fur ther aonth. near Montdidier. there has been Intense artillery firing, but the Germans have not attempted mraniry nnerattona In this important sector. German troops have entered Hel- slngrors. the French capital, h was reported last week that the Russian war ships which have been there had made their escape and had reached Kronatadt, the great Russian naval base. American forces near Toul are standing firm here berore heavy at tacks by the Germans and have held their lines In tact in spite ot all the weight ot men and metal the enemy has loosed against them. The Ger mans have lost heavily. The constant German attacks In this sector may have some bearing on the development of the German of fensive campaign, and much Interest in the situation throughout the re gion held by General Pershing's men is evidenced by the allied leaders. Coincident with the report of the acceptance of the resignation of Count Czernin. the Austro-Hungarian Pre mier, conies a report of a serious out break of the Czechs at Prague, which for many months has been reported to be seething with anti-pan-German-ism. Bohemians, or at least the Czech minority in that country, ob ject to the creation of a German gov ernment there, but the incident may be more significant than has so far appeared. The Slavic races or Bohe mia have long been standing out against the Uermanization of their country and the outbreak at Prague may be only another indication of the deep-seated opposition to the war aspirations of the Central Powers. Nothing out of the ordinary has been reported from the Italian, Mac edonian, Palestine or Mesopotamian theatres of the war. FRIDAY'S FIGHTING. German's. Again Push Buck BritUh, Gaining Seven Miles. London, April 12. The retirement of the Allies' armies before the tre mendous German onslaught appar ently is ended. Field Marshal Haig to-day issued an order to his troops that every point hereafter must be defended to the last, that they must hold ground regardless of cost. He added that "The French army Is mov ing rapidly and in great force to our support." This is taken here to mean that Gen. Foch has decided that the mo ment has come for the Allies to strike with all their force. It was well un derstood that the continual retirement of the French and afterwards of the British was part of the prearranged plan, but it is believed that this phase of the battle, which has developed Into the greatest contest of the histo ry of the world, has been completed and that it is now the turn of the Allies. So far as the actual developments of the day are concerned the British are still retiring westward. They were under powerful German pres sure all day to the west of, Steen werck. and finally were forced back to Balleul, a distance of three miles. Ploegstreet was evacuated last night, the British withdrawing to Neuve Eglise. Mervllle also was given up. This village, four miles west of Estai res, which marked the line yesterday, is the maximum penetration of the German drive. Fighting of the hardest kind Is In progress to-night on the whole front from La Basse canal to Hollebeke, a front of about 20 miles. The British made some gains In the neighborhood of Festubert, near La Basse, but they were or minor character. Messines Ridge, over which a tremendous struggle has raged for several days, Is now In divided possession, the Brit ish holding half of it and the Ger mans the other. Marshville Happenings. Correspondence of The Journal. Marshville, April 15. First I wish to correct the error in the report of Mr. A. E. Rushing's death last week. Mr. Rushing was born In 1851. not 1857, and had been a member of Mt. Olive Baptist church 48 years Instead or 4. It 19 impossible to avoid these errors at times and we gladly correct Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bras well Tuesday, April the 9th, a son, M. L. Jr. Lieutenant E. S. Hamilton or Camp Sevier spent part or a five days fur lough with relatives here last week. Mrs. R. B. Quinn of Rutherfordton arrived last week to spend a couple of weeks with her daughter, Mrs. F. L. Harrell. Mrs. Harre!l is improv ing, we are glad to state. Miss Minnie Doar of Queen's Col lege, Charlotte, was the pleasant week-end guest of her fr'.end, Miss Mary Marsh. Mrs. Marshal Nash of Monroe and Miss Allie Meiggs cf Wlngate were guests at Mr. Thomas MelgL Satur day night and Sunday. Mr. Sam McBride of the Southern railway force at Macon. Ga., arrived Sunday for a short visit to the home folks. Rev. J. W. Little, who recently moved to Charlotte, spent several days with friends here last week. Mrs. Eunice Marsh of Greensboro paid a flying visit, Saturday and Sun day, to her home to the delight of her many friends. Mr. John McBride left this morn ing for Montrose to enter the Sana torium at that place. Mrs. W. G. Mc Bride, his mother, accompanied him and will return tonight. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore spent Sunday with relatives In Hamlet. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Marsh and son, Master Carroll, spent Friday in Char lotte. Master J. E. Bailey. Jr., Is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. J. C. Bailey in Charlotte. Messrs. C. W. Stegall and L. D. Phirer spent Sunday with relatives in Charlotte. Mr. Ebb W. Griffin of Gastonla was the guest of relatives here Sunday night and Monday. Governor BIckett spoke at the aud itorium here yesterday at 4 o'clock p. m. Comments are unnnecesary; will only say that the people were there. Mrs. W. C. Hartsell left Saturday for Stanfleld to accompany her sister-in-law to Charlotte to the hospital. Mrs. J. E. Bailey. Help! The tender-hearted Dolly Dream, Said: "Have a heart, I beg! Oh, Mother, please don't whip that cream, And please don't beat that egg!" SENATOR WILLIAM J. STONE IS DEAD AT THE CAPITAL End Came Sunday Folloning Stroke nf Paiiil)! Close of No table Catvtr. Washington, April 14. Senator William J. Stone ot Missouri, chair man of the senate toieign relation committee and lor many jcais prom inent ai.ioug tivmocraik leaders, died here today after a stroke of paraly sis suffered lant Wednesday. Senator Stone suffered the stroke while on a street car on his way to the senate office building. A slight cerebral hemorrhage affected his left side, tendering him helpless, but he did not lose consciousness and a few hours later rallied and began to talk about getting up. His family ' and friends were very hopeful until yes terday, when there was a decided turn for the worse. Senator William J. Stone was in public life 45 years and during that long period probably engaged in as many political contests as any man of his tune, tanging all the way from controversies over county offices to the broadest national Issues. At the entry of the United States Into the war. Senator Stone perform ed the trying feat of antagonizing his own party administration and then realigning himself with it in a gen erally mi! 'Factory manner. It was in connection with the bill proposing the arming of American merchant ships that he took sharp Issue with President Wilson. He stood with the dozen senators whose opposition caused the failure of that measure at the close of the 64th congress, and brought down the denunciation of the president upon "the wilful twelve." While Senator Stone made no apolo gies for ti is course on that occasion he always contended it was in strict line with his duty ns a senator be cause In accord with his convictions, and as he believed. In protection of America's Interests. His opposition to the declaration of war on Germany was also pronounced and he declined to take charge of the war resolution as would have been expected of him as chairman of the committee on foreign relations. He did not seek however to place obsta cles In the way of a consideration and transferred the leadership to Senator Hitchcock, next ranking democratic member of the committee. His atti tude on these two questions was sym bolical of his position toward the world war. He believed that Ameri can participation shorld be avoided if possible. But when the die was cast for war, he changed over night. He took his place with the supporters ot war measures and consistently main tained that attitude. He held it In cumbent upon him to stand with his country regardless of his own views. Although he had served in the house of representatives and had been governor of his state, Senator Stone first attracted national attention In connection with Mr. Bryan's first campaign for the presidency In 1896. He became the Missouri member of the national democratic committee and soon took front rank among the Bryan managers, Justifying a reputa tion for shrewdness and foresighted ness he already had gained in Missou ri. In national as well as in state poll tics he worked quietly, seeking for effects. To this quality he owed the sobriquet of "Gumshoe Bill," and his rrlends say that he never sought to avoid the use of that name for him self. Mr. Stone's position as a member of the national committee led to his selection as vice-chairman for Mr. Bryan's second campaign. As a con sequence of their association the two men became close friends, and the In timacy continued until the democratic convention In 1912, when Stone led the fight for the nomination of Speak er Clark. The events of that time caused a cooling of the friendship, although Senator Stone, as chairman of the committee on foreign relations put through most of the Bryan meas ure while Mr. Bryan was secretary of state. He was largely responsible for prompt ratification of the long list of Bryan peace treaties of 1914. Since coming to the senate in 1903 Mr. Stone had been to the front on all Important questions. He also has been active In what may be termed the politics of the senate. He assist ed In electing Senator Clark of Ar kansas to the office of president pro tempore In succession to Senator Ba con of Georgia but shortly afterward when Mr. Clark lined up with a few other democrats In opposition to the shipping bill he found no more severe critic than his former supporter and friend. Indeed Senator Stone seldom hesitated to attack any senator, demo crat or republican, who opposed what he believed to be deserving adminis tration measures. Notwithstanding his pacifist atti tude Mr. Stone was made chairman of the committee on resolutions at the St. Louis convention in 1916 and to him fell the difficult work of shaping the platform on which President Wil son was re-elected. He worked on that almost constantly for 48 hours, and never lost his composure. U. S. Stamp Purchasers. Following are the names of pur chasers of War Savings stamps last week: Miss Kate Shepherd, Ashe B. Sikes, Mrs. Walter Sanders, Monroe; T. L. Hinson. Thos. E. Williams, Viva L. Williams. T. A. Williams, Route 1; Fred A. Chaney, Effie Chaney. Route 3; Miss Jane Funderburk, Henry W. Grtbble. Route 8: W. W. Lanev. Mln- eral Springs, T. J. William. Wlngate
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