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VOL.24. No. 25.
MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, AP
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
TO SEND TO FRANCE LARGEST
ARMY POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN
That in the .Military Policy Mr. Wilson
And Secretary Baker Have Agreed
Upon 2,223,000 Men By Decem
ber. President Wilson and Secretary
Baker have determined that the mili
tary policy of the United States shall
be to send to France the largest army
that can be maintained there, aays
David Lawrence In the New York
Evening Post.
Heretofore, the allies have never
expressed their specific prefernce
men, food or supplies. Now the call
for man power is paramount, and the
American government means to meet
it by the maximum effort.
Figures and estimates already pub
lished are of only comparative value.
Bills galore have been introduced in
congress, calling for armies varying
from 3,000,000 to 7.000.000 men.
Secretary Balder will go before - the
house committee on military affairs
tomorrow and explain what the gov
ernment can ship to France in the
next few months.
As for the size of the army, the war
department considers that it has au
thority over nearly 10,000,000 men
today under the selective service act
of last May.
SOME MORE BLANKET AUTHORI
TY There is really no need for legisla
tion, but congress feels that it should
have something to say about the quo
tas called, and the upshot of the sec
retary's visit probably will be the in
troduction of measures giving the
President blanket authority to call
just as many men as he can possibly
send to France.
To create an army of 5.000,000 Is
lust as fanciful as 7.000,000. and to
stoD at 3.000.000 is. on the other.
hand, subject to the criticism oi
thinking in terms too small for the
Job in hand. The size of the Amen
can arniv does not depend on leglsla1
tive or executive nat. dui upon me
number that can be shipped eacn
month.
Estimates todav Indicate that more
than 100.000 men can be transported
monthly. By calling to tne colors
contlneents equal to or somewhat
larger than those sent aoroaa every
month, the now or man power can
be kept at a maximum every minute
of the time. An automatic scneme oi
thii kind has been mapped oat ana
whether or not Secretary Baker will
make it nubile or give it to the mm
tary affairs committee in confidence
is yet not known.
Rut MaJor General Crowder. pro
vost marshal general, has 1,800,000
mpn nhvsieallv fit in class one, ana
they can be sent to the camps within
a nincle month If eaulnment Is avail
able. Already about 160,000 men of
the second draft have been cauea
and the prospect Is that men win De
drafted hereafter at the rate, of about
100.000 a month, though the exact
figures will be given out tola day or
two.
MORE THAN 2,225.000 BY DECEM
BER
in all. the United States should
have under arms more than 2.225,000
mpn hv December 31. or mis year
id n eoodlv nroDortion oi mose
should be in France. Instead of
oprppine on the specific number to
which the army, snoum oe emargeu
the war department really wants au
hniitv to create as big an army as
tan, without limit of any kind or the
necessity for maKing repealed re-
nnpsta for leE siauon in me imuie
As big an army as it is possible to
train and transport xnis is me una
nimous desire of the general staff, the
secretary of war, the cabinet, and the
President.
Lord Reading, tne uriusn araoas-
ador. and head of the British war
mission, talked at lengtn wun aecre
ura RaUer today about man power
plans and there Is every evidence that
America nrenaratlons to go the
whole hog and send as many men to
France as the ships can carry are
gratifying to our auies.
secretary Baker has had very lit
tie to say of a specific nature since
l 's return from ranee, a ia u
Vila ran aed no end of disappointment
in Washington. He nas iauea mus
far to give official wasnmgton
meanlne congress, as wen as me
,.vin nersonnel the thrill they ex
pected from his description of the
eeds or tne suuauuu mum.
rnmim as he did from the tone of
u vital Rtmerle in the history
.f human freedom, it was expected
hat he would not lose tne opponum-
nt only to instill more enthusi
asm in the national capital, but to
ive the country at large me ueucm
f his Judgment of conditions on the
ther side of the Atlantic.
He was the first caDinei uiui-er i
n abroad. He Is the responsible
nf h war denartment to which
k entrusted by the American people
he business or mailing wr.
. . v . Waam iinilap.
taker s suence nu "i uuw
tood and has tenoea to give an -
resslon of undue complacency uu mo
Congress and ornciai nasaius"'"
.v h inmewhil lmDRiieni, dui mt;
ave hoped Mr. Baker would bring
ack a perspective on the war that
ould be inspiration 10 greater euun
ierywhere. He has another oppor
inlty to go before congress. Anoth
- such statement as he once made
Wore the senate military anairs
.mmlttee Derore no ieu iitiuw,
gut enrlcnea now wuu u vuvv
ith he things ne wra
ould go far toward checkmating the
itlcism and spirit of complaint
ard on Capitol Hill.
The demand for a larger army
the largest that can be trained and
transported In the shortest possible
time Is insistent.
Germany may not have counted on
the effects of her offensive on the
western front in countries other than
England and France, but she has done
more in one month to Intensify the
war spirit here than all our exhorta
tions in the preceding twelve months.
SIXTY-SIX PERSONS CO
DOWN WITH THEIR SHIP
City of Athens, New York to Savanah,
Was Ranuned J French Cruiser
Some Traped In Their Berth.
An Atlantic Port, May 1. Sixty
ttlx persons lost their lives when the
steamship City of Athens, bound from
New York to Savanah, was rammed
and sunk by a French cruiser oft the
Deleware coast at 1 o'clock this morn
ing. The missing include ten men and
two women passengers, seven out of
24 United States marines who were
on board; 14 out or 20 French sailors
and 33 members of the crew.
Both ships were carrying running
lights because of the heavy forg which
hung over the sea.
F. J. Doherty, the wireless opera
tor, was able to send out only one S.
O. S. call after the ship's bow plung
ed Into the City of Athens' side near
the bow. There was no response to
the appeal for aid and the vessel sank
so Quickly Doherty had no opportunl
ty to repeat the call. He Is believed
to have been drowned at his post
Many heroic deeds were recounted
tonight by the survivors. One of the
heroes of the sea tragedy was Harry
A. Kelley, of New York, an oiler who
swam to an overturned lifeboat and
dragged up on the bottom of It four
persons who were struggling in the
sea. He held them there until they
were taken off by a boat from the
French cruiser.
Captain Forward, who was one of
those saved, was painfully Injured
and grief stricken at the loss of his
ship. He said he was proceeding at
half speed about 20 miles off shore
sounding the usual fog signals wnen
the dim bulk of the cruiser loomed
up through the mist and the crash
followed. Fortunately the sea was
calm or many more lives might have
been lost.
Captain Forward refused to make
statement concernIntbe length, pf
Uiwfi-TesserrenftlliSr afloat after
the collision. Members of the crew
declared, however, that the City of
Alabama sank within four minutes.
A great hole was torn In her side be
low the water line near the bow and
she was carried down by her own
momentum as the water rushed in.
All passengers and many of the
crew were in their berths when the
bow of the warship plunged into the
side of the 2,300 ton coastwise ves
sel. Fire broke out almost Immediate
ly afterwards Inhold No. 1, but it
had no bearing on the fate of the
ship, for the flames were quickly ex
tinguished by the rush of water which
poured In.
Captain J. Forward, one of the vet
eran commanders In the service of
the Ocean Steamship Company, own
ers of the vessel, did his best to avert
a panic and man the lifeboats. So
quickly did the doomed vessel sink,
however, that there was no time to
get the boats away and many of those
who perished were trapped In their
berths.
Those of the passengers and crew
who were able to reach the deck, all
of them thinly clad and many without
life preservers, plunged into the sea.
The cruiser launched lifeboats im
mediately after the crash and turneJ
Its searchlights upon the waters In
which men and women were strug
gling for their lives. Sixty-eight per
sons were picked up and brought
back to this port by the warship which
was not seriously damaged. .
Some People Too Busy Collecting to
Earn Their Money.
(From the Marshvllle Home.)
No part of Mr. Bryan's address at
Monroe had a farther reaching slg
nlflcance than his discussion of the
possible earning capacity of one man.
He yielded to none in placing a high
limit to a man's earning capacity.
Starting In with a ten thousand dollar
limit he raised the figures step by
stey until he admitted that man
might render service that is worth
five hundred million dollars in a lire
time, and be would place the limit
higher if anybody wanted It higher.
But the climax of the argument was
reached when he declared that men
and women who had actually earned
the most had been too busy earning
It to stop to collect, while those who
possessed the greatest wealth had
been too busy collecting to earn It.
And I might say just here that ever
since Mr. Bryan began his puDiic
career the most of the knocking he
has received has been prompted by
the class of money grabbers who
have been too busy collecting from
society to return anything like fair
value In form of service. I don t
mean to say that all knockers of the
Bryan theory of service to the race
are rich people. Some of them have
but little except their wearing ap
parel. They merely echo opinions
absorbed from the "collectors" from
society.
According to an official dispatch
received In Washington Belgians un
der 16 years old and some over 60
have been taken from their homes
and made to work exposed to shell
fire from the battle lines by the Ger
mans. .
Better than honey Falrday syrup.
INTERNED GERMAN CHARGED
WITH KILLING MRS KING
Famous MeaiM-King Affair Takes a
New Turn When Warrant Is Issu
ed For Alien Upon Affidavit of
Caldwell.
Concord, May 1. A warrant for
the arrest of Otto Schumann, an In
terned enemy alien, charging him
with the murder of Mrs. Maude A.
King, was Issued here today. The
warrant alleges that Mrs. King was
killed by a bullet fired at Gaston B.
Means. The death or Mrs. King oc
curred at Blackwelder spring, near
here, last August. The local prose
cuting attorney, who caused the war
rant to be Issued, stated two persons
claim to have seen Schumann hurry
ing away from Blackwelder spring af
ter MrS. King was shot
The warrant was Issued by police
justice A. B. Palmer, upon affidavit
of M. H. Caldwell, attorney for Gas
ton B. Means in the notable trial last
fall. Mr. Caldwell, who is prosecut
ing attorney for the city of Concord,
issued a lengthy statement today set
ting forth what he "expects to prove.
He says that in July, 1917. following
Means' severance of his rela'tions with
German interests, he called upon the
representatives of these interests in
New York in connection with profits
Mrs. King and himself "had in the
custody of these interests, derived
from, the shipments of rubber and
copper to Germany" long prior to the
declaration of war by . the United
States. Means' profits in these trans
actions amounting to about 185,000
and Mrs. King's to about $145,000.
In this interview with the German
interests, Mr. Caldwell says Means
told them he was going to offer his
services to- his own government, and
that these interests knew that he had
full knowledge of how the German
government had een able to get Its
requirements of rubber and copper,
and that Otto Schuman, at the diree
tion of the German interests with
whom Means had his Interview," fol
lowed hliu out or -New York to North
Carolina and then followed him and
Mrs. King on a motorcycle on their
several automobile trips during the
two weeks just prior to Mrs. King !
death. '
On tne evening or August z, says
Mr. Caldwell's statement, Otto Schu
niann, on a motorcycle, followed
followed Means and Mrs. King and
others of the party to Blackwelder
spring, where Mrs. King was killed
and that an unnamed man and wo
man saw and recognized Schumann
leave his motorcycle in the woods and
walk to the underbrush on the hill
just above the spring; shortly there
after they heard a shot near the
spring and a few moments later saw
Schumann return and mount his mo
torcycle and speed away. Mr. Cald
well alleges that this was the motor
cycle which witnesses at the Means
trial testified they saw near the time
or the shooting, from their residnece
near the spring. He alleges that his
explains the "eye witness" which C
B. Ambrose was expetced to produce
at the trial, but who never appeared
Means was acquitted of the murder
of Mrs. King at the end of a notable
trial of three weeks here last Decern
ber.
U. S. SOLDIERS MARVELOUS
DECLARES FRENCH OFFICE!
Are "Soldiers by Nature," Have an
Enthusiastic Desire to Learn and
Have Remarkable Idealistic Ardor
Washington, May 1. A glowing
tribute has been aid the American
soldiers In France by a French off!
cer In a letter to a friend, which was
published today In the Paris Temps,
The letter as quoted by an official dis
patch from France which said:
"Infinitely interesting is our con
tact with the American troops. They
have occupied the sector Immediate
ly beside ours. We have seen the mat
work and could form an Idea and It
should be told and re-told that they
are marvelous. The Americans are
soldiers by nature, and .their ardor
very remarxaoie. mere is tne same
spirit among the privates. They ask
questions with a touching good will
setting aside all conceit or prejudice
Naturally they have faults of all new
troops. They show themselves too
much and expose themselves impru
dently, letting themselves be carried
away oy their ardor, not knowing
when to spare themselves or to seek
shelter or when to risk everything for
an end. This experience will quickly
be learned.
"As ror bravery, activity and dls
clpllne, they are marvelous. They ab
solutely astonished us one morning or
attack. The cannonade, suddenly be
coming furious, had just thrown me
out of my bunk. No doubt about it,
it was a Verdun attack. Taking time
to seize my revolver, put on my hel
met and gather up several documents,
I descended to the streets. When I
arrived there they were already filing
by with rapid, easy, decided steps,
marching in perfect order and silence
with admirable resolution and, above
all, with a striking discipline to their
fighting positions. It was fine. You
can have no idea how cheering It was
to my poilus.
"Their artillery will be and already
Is or the first order. The officers are
Intelligent and filled with zeal and the
greater part or the service functions
without a bitch. . Too much praise
can never be given their sapltary au
tomobiles, swift, strong, comfortable,
a veritable God-send to us."
DAVID A. HOUSTON IS NOW
PRESIDENT FARM LOANK
Monroe Man Succeeds F. J. H. Ton
Engelken, Who Resigned Office
Carries a Salary of SO.OOO per
Year.
Following the resignation of Mr. F.
J. H. von Engelken as President or
the Columbia Farm Loan Bank. Mr.
D. A. Houston, Treasurer of the bank
since its establishment, has been ap
pointed his successor. The appoint
ment pays a salary or $6,000 a year.
News or the appointment or the Mon
roe man, who served several terms as
Clerk or the Union county court, and
as Cashier or the First National Bank
for three or rour years, was conveyed
Iq the following dispatch:
Washington, April 30. F. J. H.
von Engelken, president or the Co
lumbia Farm Loan Bank since its or
ganization and formerly of East Pa-
' -.! , .:
latkf. Fla., has been officially relieved
Of his: duties and j w11L'lnuriIUtlv
take up work elsewhere.
Today it was announced at the of
fices of the federal rami loan board
here that D. A. Houston, who has
been treasurer of the Columbia bank
since It began business, had been pro
moted to the presidency in the place
of Mr. von Engelken.
"It Is the policy of the treasury de
partment." it was stated, "to promote
men whenever It can be done, rather
than put In new ones. In the pres
ent case It became apparent that Mr.
von Enkelken's connection with the
Columbia bank was no longer for the
oest interest of all parties concerned,
hence he will be succeeded Immedi
ately by Mr. Houston.
"Mr. Houston and Mr. von Engl-
ken were both here yesterday and the
matter was thoroughly discussed and
agreed upon and Mr. Houston will
without delay take up his new duties
as president of the Columbia bank,
having given entire satisfaction as
treasurer of that Institution."
AMEIHCA IS STHJPIMXG
FOR THE GREAT STRUGGLE
Blanket Authority to Increase Our
Army is Given President Wilson
Germans Must Attack Soon.
While America's plans for throw
ing her every resource Into the bat
tle against Prusslanlsm are maturing
tno lull which has broodel over the
western battle lines continues. The
expected German attackj on the
ipres and Amiens fronts have not
been launched. Here and there the
opposing artilleries have broken forth
Into wild Dombardments such as us
ually are preludes to massed attacks
on the allied lines, but they have died
out after a few hours. Here and
there Ileal operations have been car
rlcd out for the purpose or utrairht-
ening lines and raiding the- enemy's
positions but they have not develop
ed into anything unusual.
The Germans must attack soon or
acknowledge their defeat la their am
bltious attempt utterly to rush the al
lied armies.
The present phase of the battle Is
not unlike that before Ve't'.un, two
years ago, after the first German rush
had been stopped and even attempt
to carry local objectives had met with
defeat.
Germany has lost heavily, but the
Emperor still has reserves to throw
Into the fight The defeat Monday on
the Meteren-Vormeezele southwest of
Ypres has taught the Germans that
the allies are prepared to stand their
ground, and there seems little lncl;
nation at the present moment to re
new a conflict which threatens to be
disastrous. The report that Czech
soldiers, deserting from the Austrian
army, now are fighting with the Ital
ians, has been followed by a dispatch
saying that Rumanians who had been
captured by the Italians have asked
ermlssion to fight against the Austrl-
aos and that they now are on the fir
ing line.
Mrs. H. M. Furr of Goose Creek
township recently returned from a
visit to her daughteryMrs. Hoyt How
ie in West Virginia.
Mrs. Andrew Allen returned to her
home In Peachland yesterday after a
visit to relatives here.
Try a can of Falrday syrup. Ask
your, grocer. 50a and fl.00 cans.
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CITIZENS PROTEST ERECTION .
OF W1NGATE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Offer to Rent Part of Wlngate School
For School Puqioses Other Side
Wants Another School Because The
Wingate School Is Denominational
The County Board of Education in
a called session is today listening to
arguments for and against the erec
tion of a new public school building
at Wingate. A number or Wlngate
people interested in the case are at
tending the hearing.
The County Board or Education
has purchased a lot and advertised
that a contract would be let ror the
erection or a public school at Wln
gate on a certain date. This meeting
was called to listen to protests from
some of the Wingate citizens against
the erection of this building. They
employed lawyers Stack ft Parker
and Redwine ft Sikes to present their
side or the case.
They claim that the erection or the
new building is unnecessary and offer
to rent space in the present building
where the public school can be run.
They say that it would-hurt The Win
gate School and that a number If not
a majority of the citizens do not want
the new school. Their offer Is to rent
space in the present building where
the public school may hold session
under separate and distinct manage
ment from The WingatJ School.
The other side has employed law
yers Love and Vann to present their
side of the case. They contend that
the erection of a building for a pub
lic school should not be stoppel. Thev
say that as The Wingate School Is
solely a denominational school that
It and the public school should be sep
arate and distinct. As The Wingate
School is not controlled by the county
educational authorities they say
should not receive any or the f ounty
or state money to defray Its expenses.
The members or the Board or Edu
cation who are hearing the case are:
Messrs. Walter Laney, chairman; C
S. Massey, S. A. Lathan and Zeb Lit
tie. Mr. B. F. Parker could not be
present on account or the Illness of
Mrs. Parker. County Superintendent
R. N. Nisbet is also listening to the
case as he Is secretary to the Board of
Education. The case will probably be
disposed of this afternoon.
- All Pnwticett Ujfrotier Thrust. "
Correspondence of The Journal.
Grace Chapel, April 30 There will
be a public debate at the Secrest
school house on next Saturday night.
Question: Resolved that the com
pulsory attendance of public schools
should be extended to 6 months In
stead of 4 months. Debaters: Vann
Secrest, Hoyle Helms, Varney Crook
for the arfirmative; Hoyle Secrest,
Pet Crook and Mack Price for the
negative.
Mr. Milt Price, who lives near
Grace Chapel, is Improving after a
long spell of pneumonia.
Mr. Will Helms, who was bitten on
the arm by an insect, most likely a
spider, in Charlotte a week or two
ago and had to undergo an operation
on account of it, while dangerously
ill for awhile, Is better now and Is
slowly Improving. His daughter, Miss
Relia, who underwent an operation
in Charlotte for mastoiditis several
weeks ago, has almost completely re
covered.
Mr. John Hich made a trip to
Wadesboro on business Saturday of
last week. Mr. Oscar Thomas of
Wadesboro returned with him and
will make his home with Mr. High
during the summer.
Mr. H. C. Plyler has gone o'n a trip
to Camp Sevier to see his two boys
Isham and Appleton, who are In the
Bickett Battery, and will leave In a
short while for "Over There."
Mr. J. Ed Wager Is on a trip to At
lanta, Ga.
The following gentlemen, W. R
Neal, Frank , Alexander and Dan
Jenkins, motored down from their
home in Mecklenburg Bryan day and
spent the day in the home of Mr. J
Ed Wager, going on to Monroe for
Bryan's lecture in the afternoon.-
Cotton planting Is In full swing
just now and everybody in busy as
can be .
Most small grain Is looking very
promising.
Mr. Charles Long and Esq. Secrest
and Mr. Blair Secrest have some ex
ceptlonally pretty wheat.
Air Cuthbertson, who lives with
Mr. Baxter Wlilllams came home
drunk Friday night or last week and
carved up his wife very badly. It
took 15 stitches to sew up the
wounds. He is to go In the draft
real soon, and it is thought that he
was practicing the bayonet thrust as
the first place he hit her was In the
neck.
"Count that day lost whose low be
setting sun views from thy hand no
noble action done." Buying a Thrift
Stamp for Instance. Jewy.
Marshvllle Folks are Great on Eating
Fish.
(From the Marshvllle Home.)
Fresh fish has the right of way now
over all other fresh meats In Marsh
vllle vicinity. At ten cents a pound
the fish are now more attractive than
beef at thirty-five cents. Two fish
dealers, Henry Green and E. W.
Strawn. distributed 1000 pounds of
fresh fish In Marshvllle community
last week and It was only an ordina
ry week for fish at that.
Reaching the Climax in Missouri. .
(From the Norborne Leader.)
There was wfnd," there was rain.
there was thunder and lightning and
the dust fairly blinded. In fact, it
was a hell of a storm. '
Better than honey Falrday syrup.
UNION COUNTY HAS GONE
OVER THE TOP WITH JOS
Our Apportionment Has Been Raised
With $2,5O0 to Spare Chairman
Lee Has Won Us the Honor Flag.
Still Buying Bonds.
Union county has gone over the
top, thus winning the honor flag of
fered by Secretary McAdooN Figures
compiled this morning show that a
total of J 203,400 worth of bonds
have been sold. This amount is di
vided among the following banks:
Firt National aBnk $73,650
Bank or Union 43,150
Farmers and Merchants ... $31,550
Marshville Bank $26,300
Waxhaw Bank $14,500
Wingate Bank $ 1,200
203,400
Subscriptions are coming in rapidly
and it would be conservative to say
that the over-euscription, by the close
or the issue tomorrow night, will
amount to $10,000 or more. The
"match President Wilson" idea is
gaining Tavor, and all of the bank3
look for heavy $50 bond sales all day
tomorrow. Wingate has promised to
boost her figures a few thousand dol
lars, while Marshville and Waxhaw
are expected to Increase their sales
considerably.
The stigma of slacker has been
erased from the Union county names.
It is now realized that the first two
Issues failed in this county because
the people had not begun to realize
the significance of the war. Much,
credit must also be given to Chairman
J. H. Lee, and to the Woman's Lib
erty Loan committee, headed by Mrs.
J. E. Ashcrait. The merchants and
business men of Monroe have given
liberal advertising appropriations,
which was great assistance to the
committee.
Death or Aunt Mary Yandle.
Correspondence of The Journal. '
.MonreeR. p. D.- t.'Ttfay'T O'n'the'
morning or April 26th the soul of
Mrs. Mary Yandle winged Its Immor
tal flight. Aunt Mary, as she was
rondly called by both young and old,
was 80 years and 27 days old. She
had been in ill health ror some time,
but had not been confined to her bed
but about two weeks. She was pne
or the most patient sufferers we have
ever seen. Even when she was suf
fering the most Intense pain she
would think of the ones around her
and would often say, "now go get
some rest."
Aunt Mary lived a consecrated
christian lire. She Joined the M. E.
church when only 13 years or age,
and since that time has been an hum
ble rollower of Christ.
During the Civil war her husband
was In the service and she had many
a hard, lonely struggle to keep bread
and clothes for her boy (she had only
one child then) but her faith never
grew dim and others were strength
ened by her encouraging words.
Her seat in the amen corner of old
Bethel church Is vacant now, and she
will be missed, but we feel sure that
up yonder she is sweetly resting.
She made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Emma Ritch, and all
that loving hands could do was done
for her. The friends and neighbors
were very good to her. Some of
them were there almost all the time.
At the age of 18 she was united
In marriage to William Yandle. Four
children blessed this union. Only
two are living now, one son, F. M.
Yandle, and one daughter, Mrs. Ritch.
Nineteen grand-children and nine
great-grand-children also survive her.
Her remains were laid to rest In
Old Bethel cemetery. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. J. A.
J. Farrington. Her grave was a
beautiful mound of flowers. These
flowers were tokens of the love that
we bore ror her and were given as
tributes or our respect to her In mem
ory or the flowers and cheer that she
had cast In many a sad heart around
her.
Aunt Mary, we will miss you, yesr
far more than we can tell; but with
you now, we're sure all Is well; and
we feel that our loss Is your eternal
gain, and we bow to God's will, and
go on hoping to meet you again in
yonder's home on high.
How Texas Sells Thrift Stamps.
(From the War Saver.)
A menu in a Dallas, Tex., cafe
reads: "Thrift Stamps, 25 cents;
Thrift Stamps and eggs, 45 cents. Hot
corn cakes and Thrirt Stamps, 35
cents. Pie and Thrift Stamps, 30
cents," etc.
"I've been wantln to get some or
these stamps, but Just haven't had
time to go to the bank and get 'em."
said a busy business man as he hur
riedly ate his lunch and slurred his
words to save time. "Give nve an or
der or chicken, a head or lettuce,
French rrled potatoes, apple pie. and
all the Thrift Stamps that go with
em." Taking Thrift Stamps with
your meals is a new way to does up
on patriotism.
Strawberry raisers around Chad-
bourn on Monday donated $53E.S
worth of strawberries to the Rod
Cross.
North Carolina has raised tis
534.C00 of its quota in th third fJiw
erty Loan campaiga. ,