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ft 4 THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-ll EVERYBODY READS IT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS TT E MONROE JOU RMAL PUBUSHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.24. No. 30. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. TH n 1 i fi, I V MR. MORROW WENT WITHOUT WHEAT BREAD FOR A WEEK After' Seeing the War Spirit Manifest ed In the West, Monroe Business Man Deplores the War Spl: !: in the South. "I was away from Monroe one week and daring that time not a sin gle piece of wheat bread was served to me in the hotel where I was stay inc." said Mr. R. A. Morrow, who has returned from the Southern Whole sale Grocers Convention in session last week at Louisville. Ky.. to a Journal reporter yesterday. Nothing but corn bread or rye bread was serv ed. The war spirit here is tame to the spirit displayed out there, he said. v Flags fly from the buildings all along the streets. The banking houses have employed special clerks, usually women, to devote their entire time to selling Thrift and War Saving stamps to the customers who come in. N hen a man comes in the clerg grabs him by the lapel of the coat, figuratively speaking, and asks him to buy stamps and usually he buys. On many of the cash registers in the stores you will see signs reading, "Take part of your change in Thrift Stamps." Every day at noon and at 6 o clock the hotel orchestras play the Star Spangled Banner and every man. woman and child In the lobby, sometimes four or five hundred, rise to their feet and remain standing until the national anthem has been played. If a man is pacing up and down the room he stops and removes his hat while the music lasts. The newspapers give front page place to the names of the men soon to be sent to camp, says Mr. Morrow. While he was in Cincinnati, 300 men were Inducted into the United States army. Between eight and ten thou sand people lined up along the street to cheer them as they started to the denot to entrain for the camp. A brass band escorted them to the train. It took around 25 police to keep the crowds from stampeding the boys in an effort to shake their hands as they made ready to start. The next day 250 more were inducted into the ser vice and it was the same story again. Since seeing the war spirit manifest ed in the West Mr Morrow somewhat deplores the spirit of the South. A member of the Federal Food Ad ministration was present at the con vention to place the food proposition before it. Unanimously the associa tion voted to do all in their power toward winning the war. MANY FAILED TO REPORT Delinquent List of Local Board Car. ries Twenty-Seven Names. Twenty-seven Union county men have failed to report for examination according to a statament issued by the local exemption board. The names have been given over to the police with orders for heir appre hension. In case those reported for delinquency do not voluntarily pre sent themselves before the local board within five days, their cases will be reported to the Adjutant General. The following is the list of delin quents: Ediuund Hildreth, Marshvllle, N. C; L. F. Austin, Marshville, N. C; Reuben Autrey, col., Mineral Springs, N C; William L.Garmon, col., Scran ton, S. C; Duncan V. Keziah, Monroe, VN. C; Frank A. Watson, col., 897 Grant Avenue, New York, N. Y.i Henry J. Taylor, col., Rt. 4, Marsh ville, N. C ; Henry J. Morgan Rt. 1, Unlonvllle, N. C; Grover P. Staten, Wingate, N. C; Horace McManus, Rt. 8. Monroe, N. C; Oscar Matthewson, Wingate. N. C: T. A. Orlffln. Rt. 5. Marshvllle, N. C; Adam Howard, Rt 2, Unionville, N. C; Jess Crawford, col., Rt. 2, Pageland, S. C; Thomas N. Gordon, Rt. 5, Monroe, N. C; Jo seph A. Broom, Monroe, N. C: Jas. syianibers, col , Marshville, N. C; Keid Sparkman, Elfere, Fla.; Jonah Ivey, col., Rt. 26, Matthews, N. C. Walter Redfern, col., E. 7th St 704, WSnston-Salem, N. C; Mm. L. Med lin, col., Rt. 26, Matthews, N. C: Jas Nicholson, col., Rt. 1, Wingate, N. C; Ernest Cuthbertson, col., Rt. 2, Mon roe, N. C; Thos. J. Welsh, Monroe, N. C; Clyde Smith, Rt 3. Marshvllle, N. C; Walter Knight, Tradesville, S. C; Jas. J. Hinson, Monroe, N. C. STATE ORGANIZER COMMENDED Zeb Green Is Also "Severely" Repri manded by His Own Local. Correspondence of The Journal. Marshvllle. May 16. Gllboa Local Union, of which the ex-State organizer-lecturer, Is a member, met on Wednesday and passed the following resolutions: Resolved that we, the members of Gllboa Local Union, commend the ac tion of organizer-lecturer J. Z. Green relative to his resignation and that we express our confidence in his honesty, sincerity and Integrity of purpose, his loyalty to the organized farmers and his loyalty to our country. That we condemn the State presi dent of the Farmers Union for his disloyal utterances and also condemn the State council for misappropriat ing the Union's money In the publica tion of the "Co-operator" for the avowed purpose of defending the State president against the criticisms of loyal citlsens of our country. Resolved further, that we severely reprimand J. Z. Green for accepting the position of State organiser-lecturer at the last meeting of the State Union at Winston-Salem, knowing the conditions as they existed. (Signed) F. A. MARSH, Sec'y. Don't sUnt a Sammy, your wheat. He needs The Great War Picture I Coming. "The Birth of a Nation." bringing forward David W. Griffith's new art of musical spectacle, with evening's performance opens an engagement of two days at the Strand May 20 and 21. The first half of the great pic ture exhibits the salient events of the Civil War, which came to a close at Appomattox just fifty years ago. Lin coin's call for troops, Sherman's march, the battle of Petersburg, Lee s surrenaer to Grant and the aw ful tragedy at Ford's theatre live be fore the spectator of the Griffith dra ma. In the second half the South's "second uprising," this time against the carpet-bag regime. Is shown in a thrilling story of Reconstruction 4ays. The romance of the "little Confeder ate Colonel," Ben Cameron, with the Northerner, Elise Stoneman, and that or the Unionist Captain, Phil Stoneman, with Margaret Cameron. the South Carolina lassie, maintain two threads of continuous love-interest throughout the stdry. The fun and frolic of plantation days, as well as the heartache and pathos of the stricken South are shown. The great out-of-doors is Mr. Griffith's special field. Great battle scenes and the rides of the clan are staged with thousands of participants. There are 5,000 scenes in the spectacle, an (It is estimated) no less than 200.000 in teresting historical details. On the musical side Mr uritntn attempted something previously unheard of in connection with motion pictures. This was the synchronising of a complete score with the appearance of the im portant characters and the enactment of the practical scenes. Somehow the old war-time tunes, thus themat- Ically treated, make the "counterfeit presentments" of long ago seem lr resistaly real. Among the leading players In what was probably the largest theatric cast ever assembled may be mentioned Joseph Henabery as President Lincoln; Donald Crisp and Howard Gaye as General Grant and Lee; Mae Marsh as Flora Cam eron; Henry Walthal, Lillian Gish, Elmer Clifton, Miriam Cooper as the quartet of lovers; Ralph Lewis as Congressman Stoneman; Spottswood Aiken and Josephine Crowell as the elder Camerons, and Walter Selgman as Lynch. lied Cross Quilt Still Growing. Five hundred and twenty-five Mon roe people have bought' squares on the Red Cross quilt, which Mrs. R. A. Morrow is making. At 25 cents a name, these 525 persons have donated a total of $131.25; all of which goes to the Red Cross. Before the close of the campaign, Mrs. Morrow ex pects to have not les a than 1,000 names on the quilt, which will be au ctioned off to the highest bidder when completed. Since the last report, the follow ing names have gone on the quilt: Robert H. Lawrence, Rachael Armfield. Philip Sewell, Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Gordon. Mrs. Bob Belk. Ware Belk, Miss Hettie Funderburk, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Mattox, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Laney, Lois May Laney, Albert Braxton Laney, Archie Beatty Virginia Lee, Lieut. Archie Lee, Ma rion Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Redfearn. Lieut. Frank Redfearn, Cyrus Redfearn, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Kochtitzky, Caroline Kochtitzky, o. W. Kochtitzky. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McMcManus, Mis. S. B. Hart, Viola Hart, Mrs. Preston Smith. Miss Mabel E. Ellis, Hugh Smith, Myrtle Lea Penn. F. C. Hard, Lieut. R. L. Payne, Robert Payne, Jlmmie Payne. Judge and Mrs. W. F. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Hall Wilson, Ethel Wlggs, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crowell, Abram Hill Crowell, Guy Newby Crowell, Walter Crowell, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Ash- craft, Mrs. Henry Melton. Heln the Red Cross by having your name put on the quilt for twenty-five cents. Union County Teachers Institutes. A Cnuntv Teachers Institute tor white teachers will be held at Mon roe herinnlnr Mondav. September 20. and continuing two weeks. The law requires the continuous attendance of all public school teachers of tne state, rural or urban. Including all public school teachers, principals, su pervisors and superintendents, uniess providentially mnaerea or uniess such teachers attend an accredited summer school in lieu of an Institute. A certificate of attendance will be Is sued to all who comply with the law. All teachers will need "Lelper's Laneuaee Work In The Elementary Schools;" a box of crayola, drawing paper and a pair of scissors. Primary teachers should bring an the hnnka used In the first three grades. Intermediate teachers should have Reading - Literature, rourtn Rpnrtpr! Dodres' Oeoeranhv. Book 2: Our Republic; Milne's Arithmetic, Book 3; Agriculture for Beginners; Practical English, Book l. High school teachert will need Hlllister's High School and Class Management." The Institute not being held until after the time a number of our high schools usually open, I would suggest to all teachers comtemplating teach ing in the high schools of our county, that they meet ir posioie tne condi tions of the law In the matter of at tendance by attending some accred ited ummer school or Institute be fore the date of the opening of the opening of the Institute In Union county. There will be an Institute for the colored teachers of the county begin ning July 22nd. This institute win e conducted by Sadie c. coner, ir no 'change Is affected. The conductor! of the institute for whlf tah.r r Prof. J. Henrv Hlghsmith and Viss Susan Fulghum. K. N. fliisut r. co. supt. LOOKS AS IK WIXGATE WILL J LOSE WILMINGTON HIGHWAY The Folks Around Meadow Branch OuKht to Be on the Lookout for 0 portunities Irish Potatoes on the Seventh Just Had to Write. Correspondence of The Journal. Wingate. May 16.c-For some time we have been so closely engaged that we just have not had time to write any for The Journal. Several have called us up to know what the trouble has been, and to cap the whole mat ter, the editor sent us a telegram ask ing us to write for this issue. So since it looks like they want us to write anyway, busy or not, we have decided to send a short letter tor this issue. We are just home from a meetng at Kannapolis, so please don't expect very nruch this time. Besides this we have been trying to get in good shape before we wrote any more Our garden needed work, the library had to be looked after just a HUle, some business matters arranged, and many more things came our way, all making it hard to write this week. We are glad to say that Glenalpine had Irish potatoes the 7th of this month. We also have a large sweet potato patch set out. It will not be long before we will have snap beans and several ether luxuries from our garden. Rev. R. M. Haigler and family are visiting in Hamlet this week. They are visiting Mrs. Haigler's sister, Mrs. Will Strickland. Rev. H. G. Bryant Is visiting in Wingate today. He has been aiding Rev. A. Marsh in a meeting of days at North Monroe Baptist church. He will return to Creedmore the last of this week. Bryant Is one of our Union county boys we are proud of. Uncle Joe Bivens supplied for us at Meadow Branch last Saturday af ternoon, Rev. S. F. Conrad or Char lotte Sunday morning, and Rev. J. C. Meiggs Sunday night. It is reported that they all did exceedingly well. The work on the new Stewart Home for Girls is progressing very nicely now. It is beginning to look like a house. Mrs. Tom Evans Is Improving very well now. She has had a very severe time of it but is about able to get out once more. . J. C. Mclntvre hat one of the finest colts In thla section. It Is three years old and weighs about a thousand pounds. It is a beauty. John Bivens has the nicest lot of Poland China pigs we have ever seen. There are eleven in the drove, but 11 is no use to try to get one of them. They are all sold. John takes his M. A. degree at Wake Forest this year, but he likes to raise hogs just the same. Rev. E. C. Snyder has about com pleted the repairs on his house. He has all the conveniences of a city right at his door; electric lights, wa ter, etc., and it has not cost him out of reason. It seems that Wingate is going to lose the Charlotte-Wilmington high way. Well, if Wingate will not get busy and land it, let it go the other way. Big Lick in Stanly county thought itself of so much Importance a few years ago th.it it would not work for the Norfolk-Southern R. R. to come that way. It just thought it could not afford to miss as important a place as that, but it did miss it, and it lies In ruins today because of it. If Wingate does not see the oppor tunity and seize it, there will be deep regret some day. Citizens of Wingate, you had better get busy right now. This highway means more than you can imagine. It is only a few years 'till all the travel will be done on au tomobiles. A quiet wedding was solemnized at Glenalpine Tuesday evening. It was that of Charlie Hooks and Miss Lola Griffin of the Faulks communi ty. The writer performed the cere mony that made them man and wife. This fine couple has our best wishes. Mr. J. C. Thomas of Stanly county spent last week with his son, C. C. Thomas, and friends around Wingate. There will be a special service for the soldiers at Meadow Branch the fourth Sunday morning. We desire a member of every family In this com munity that has a boy In the army to be present. A special prayer will be offered for the boys. We hope that all of the fathers and mothers can be present. Further announce ment will be made later. Well, we will not write any more this time. This Is about all we have heard that will do to print. Many things happen that ?e are ashamed of, so they are the best unnoticed. Glenalpine. Keep Up the Gkh1 Work. To the Editor of The Journal: The city sanitary department has been doing good work lately The town has been cleaned up as It never has been before. But why let the work drop nowT People are complaining that they cannot hire teams to haul their trash off, and the city Is now operating only one wagon, which cannot start to hauling off all the rub bish that accumulates daily in Mon roe. If Capt. Howie is willing, why not put on another team regularly? We folks who stand for a clean town will certainly appreciate such action on the part of the city fathers. In terested One. Presbyterian Church Note. All are cordially invited to attend the following services: 11 a. m., Worship and sermon; 10 a. m. Sun day school; no night service. Plans are being made to observe the day of humiliation and prayer on May 30'.h in accordance with the President'! proclamation. Reporter. FIRST AIR MAIL ROUTE IS DELIVERING LETTERS Plane Made Washington From New York In Three Hour and Twenty Minute Six Days Each Week. Air mail service In the United States became an accomplished fact on Wednesday when aeroplanes, pro pelled by army aviators, carried con signments of mail from New York and Philadelphia to Washington and from Philadelphia to New York. A plane which started from the nation al capitol for Philadelphia in the presence of President Wilson and other high government officials, was forced to land at Waldorf. Md., 30 miles away, because of a broken pro peller. With the exception of Sunday, daily trips from each end of the New York Washington air mall route are plan ned by the postofflce department. Each machine will fly one-half the lap of the journey, the mail being transferred to different places at Philadelphia. Three hours and 20 minutes after the machine piloted by Lieut. Torrey H. Wbb, left the Belmont flying field near New York, Wednesday the infill it carried was landed in Wash ington, and within 33 minutes Boy Scouts had completed delivery of 735 parcels consigned to Washing ton, Including 19 pieces for the White House, one for Vice-President Mar shall and a number to Postmaster General Burleson. A letter from Governor Whitman, of New York, addressed to President Wilson and pledging that New York will do its part In the American Red Cross drive for a $100,000,000 war fund, which begins next Monday, was Included In the mail. Besides the President and Mrs. Wilson, Postmaster General Burleson, Secretary Daniels, Assistant Secre tary of the Navy Roosevelt, Assis tant Postmaster Generals Praeger and Dockery, and Postmaster General Ka mara, of Japan, witnessed the depar ture of the mail plane from Washing ton. The President cancelled and au tographed the aerial mail stamps on a letter from Postmaster General Burleson to Postmaster Patten, of New York, and the stamp will be auctioned off In New York for the benefit of the Red Cross. Arm aviators nilotlns the planes fare assfgned td the work lor experi ence in cross-country flying. Post offlce officials said today that as the fliers became familiar with the air route that the service will be speeded up. Airplane mail Is accepted at New York and Philadelphia for points west and south, being transferred to trains here and at Philadelphia, while at Washington mail is accepted for points In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and New England. The plane which brought mail from New York and Philadelphia to day carried letters of congratulations to Postmaster General Burleson from Allen R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America, John Wanna niaker, of Philadelphia, and Post masters Patten, of New York, Bur ton, of Brooklyn, and Thornton, of Philadelphia. GEN. TERSHIXG MA YCOMMAXD FRENCH AND BRITISH TROOPS There Is at Present a Preponderance of .Vuerlcans In Some Units, ami He May Command the Others in These Units. General Pershing probably soon will be commanding French and British troops as the process of bri gading American units with their al lies on the western front goes for ward. As If exemplyfying the unity of command and action into which the United States and its co-belligerents have entered, it has become known that whenever American troops pre dominate In the brigaded divisions as the process goes on, these divi sions, under present plans, will be turned over to General Pershing's command. This plan would accomplish sever al things which the military authori ties consulting upon it regard as very desirable. It would rapidly Increase the size of the American fighting corn man on the battle line; it would con tribute tremendously to the spirit of unity and concerted effort, and at the same time Instead of holding large numbers of American troops behind the line while training, would sur round them with seasoned veterans and under actual battle conditions school them to be re-brigaded later with fresh American troops coming to France. In this way, the efficiency of the British and French forces is expected to be increased and the work of building up a great, fully trained and completely equipped fighting force In France hastened. Briefs From Cedar Grove. Correspondence of The Journal. Cedar Grove,-May 14. Rev. A. Marsh and Rev. J. S. Simpson filled their appointments here Sunday, preaching to large congregations. Mr. W. J. Tomberlln, who has been sick for the past few days, is Im proving. Misses Alma and Effle Tomberlln of Charlotte spent a few days here last week with relatives. They were accompanied home by lit tle Miss Bessie Braswell, who has been spending sometime with her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Braswell. Mrs. Smith Medlln of Marshvllle Is pass ing a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McClellan. Patsy. Wheat or defeat? Which? Increment Leaves for Camp Jack-son May 23. Ninety-seven men have been order ed to appear here May 25 at 2 p. m. to be Inducted into the army by the local exemption board. They will leave that afternoon at 6 o'clock for Camp Jackson. Those in the call are the following: John A. Davis, Charlie N. Porter, Ernest C. Traywick, Jack W Harrell. James L. Bivens, Preston S. Baucom, Henry W. Griffin. David H. Coving ton, Luther F. Hartsell, Jacob Simp son, Dexter Orr, Tilero Helms, Lee Helms, John Solon Baucom, George S. Lee, Jr., James H. Mullis, Jackson Fincher, James M. Simpson, Thomas Horn. Washington Trull, Henry A. Helms, Daniel C. Plyler, L. Lester Starnes, John W Smith, Charles W. Reader, Lester J. Pressley, Jeff Deese, Lexton B. Griffin. Cleveland B. Mills, W. D. Clark. Ernest A. Godfrey, John L. Williams, Marshall W. Perry. A. L. Crisco, Fulton C. Helms, William M. Howie, Oscar L. Privett, Will Mc Guirt, John N Orniand, George J. Gordon, Ezekiel W. Griffin, Barney E. Knight, William M. Squires. Wil liam D. Traywick, James F. Thread gill, Lorenzo B. Braswell, Olin F. Plyler. John V. Medlln, Andrew C. Fowler, Oscar L. Smith, Grover S. Lemmond, Samuel E. Davis, Grady B. Hooks. Benjamin C Hill, William J. Richardson. Benton C. Tarleton, Thomas W. Broom, Clyde N. McMa nus, Howell V. Braswell, Ed Hunter, Richard Leonard, John Carter. Oscar Wolfe, George W. Starnes, William Kldd, James W. Harkey, James C. Medlin, Willie A. McCain, Ervin B. Caskey, Joseph Stevenson, Alexander Tomberlln, Joseph M. Birmingham, Russ Morris, H. White McWThorter, Allen W Estridge, Jesse B. Griffin. Carl F. Eubanks, Henry C. Helms, Frank C. Mullis, Cornelius M. Moser, Joseph S. Hargett, George W. New some. Arthur C. McWhorter, C. V. Mullis, Richard H. Martin. Z. B. Smith, Marmon F. Thomas, J P. Baucom, Step Grubb, Lonnie B. Dos ter, Henry G. Burglss, Henry F. Grif fin, Estus Helms, Clark Holmes, W. M. Stewart, Marcus C. Philmon, Ma rion L. Braswell. Substitutes William J. Summer ford. Fred L. McRorle, Ben T. Plgg, Joseph Fowler, Titus Long, Reece Mc. Phifer, James F Broom, Fed Threatt, Otis S. Braswell, Appleton B. Hill,. ACTION AGAIN FLAMES UP ON THE ITALIAN FRONTS Italians Have Taken the. Aggressive, Forcing the Germans to Fight , American Gunners are Active Heavy Artillery Fire. . Among the rugged peaks of the Asiago plateau, east of the Brenta river, the Italian front has again flamed into violent action. The ag gressive has been taken by the Ital ians, however, and the Austro-Ger-nian forces instead of launching their long expected assault on the Italian lines, have been compelled to fight hard to maintain the positions where they have stood last November. The fighting seems to have center ed on the comparatively short section of the battle line between Monte Aso lone and Monte Pertlca. These two heights, about three miles apart, rise to an altitude of. about 5,000 feet, while between them there Is a sort of "saddle" on which the Teutonic forces have taken up strong positions. Both the Vienna and Rome official statements telling of bitter fighting on this particular front, the latter stating that the Italian soldiers have entered Austrian trenches on Monte Asolone in two places. The fact that the Italian armies have taken the initiative In the fight ing would seem to Indicate that they have sought to carry the fight to the enemy in such a way as to Tbreak up any arrangements for the launching of a strong Teutonic assault, inis has many precedents In the present war. a strong offensive at a tnreat ened point being considered the best defense under certain circumstances. While the fighting has been very fierce east of the Brenta, the whole Italian line from Lake Garda to the Piave and thence to the sea has been marked by patrol engagements.whlch appear to be isolated actions, but which may be component parts of a plan of campaign in that theatre of the war Nowhere have the Italian lines been reached by attacking par ties of Austrians. In Flanders and Picardy only heavy artillery fire has marked the fighting during the last day. Amerl?an gun ners have been at work in the general bombardment that has been going on and have again set buildings In Montdlddier in flames. Here and there there have been patrol engage ments, but these fights have not ap proached the magnitude of a batt'e at any point. A daring raid on the Austrian na val base at Pola has been made by Italian units, and an Austrian battle ship of the 20.000-ton type has been destroyed. The Italian naval forces were aided In their operations by the co-operation of an aerial squadron. It has been announced from Wash ington that an official order has been Issued by the soviet government of Russia, calling for the formation of an army that will fight for the secur ity of the Russian republic, which has been menaced by the aggression of the Germans. Fpvther." said little Mickey, "wasn't it Patrick Henry that said 'Let us have peace? Niver," said old Mickey. "NODooy Dy we name of Patrick Iver said anything like thot." WIIJJAM ARCHER, A VETERAN EXPRESS MAX, DEAD AT SHELBY One Time Made HU Home in Monroe, And Was a Leading Baptist Ha Many Friends Here. (From the Cleveland Star.) Mr. William Archer for 35 years with the Southern Express Company as train messenger and agent at Mon roe and Shelby, died Sunday morning at the Shelby Hotel following an Ill ness of five years. Five years ago his health failed and he was forced to give up the express agency at this place. Paralysis came on and for the last few months he was confined to his bed, this condition growing worse about a week ago when he refused to take nourishment. He passed away quietly Sunday morning. Mrs. Archer his devoted wife who has heroically" X and tenderly administered to him during his affliction, being at bis bed side. Mr. Archer was born March 10th, 1851 in Chesterfield county, Virginia, on the Palestine estate, owned by his father, William Archer, a pioneer settler of the Old Dominion. His mother and father both died when he was ten years of ace just at the outbreak of the Civil War. As a mat ter of protection, Mr. Archer, then, a mere lad, became a camp follower of General Mahone, a treacherous ne gro slave having burned his father's handsome home. Later Mr. Archer was a tobacco planter in Kentucky and went into the express business 35 years ago. He was married to Miss Mary Josephine Gray of Columbus, Ga., who survives with the following soils: James of Stanley Georgia, who Is located at Camp Funston, Kansas, Archie, who Is with the 108th mobile veterinary corps and is en route to France, and Hazel, who is already in France with the aviation department. The three younger sons being in ser vice, they could not reach here to be at their father's bedside. Mr. James Archer, the oldest son, arrived from Stanley with his wife and children. Mr. Archer was a man of high Ideals and lived a consecrated Chris tian life, devoted to his church, to his family and to his friends. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. The funeral was conducted yesterday" afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist church of which he was a member, Rev. Lee McB. White con ducting the services. The interment was in Sunset cemetery and the at tendance and floral tribute were both a fitting testimony of the esteem in which he was held. (The news of the death of Mr. Archer was a shock to hundreds of his old Monroe friends. Though he has lived in Shelby for more than ten years, he has not been forgotten. While here he was a great church worker, being a member of the First Baptist church. Only last week one of his sons, Mr. Archer Archer, pass ed through Monroe on his way to France. The Journal.) CHERRIES AT THE TRAIL! And the Telephone Service Has Be come Bad, Bad Other Matters. Correspondence of The Journal. Indian Trail, May 15. The tele phone service at this place has be come neutral for the past few weeks on account of poor equipment. It would be better to use some kerosene and a match on the switchboard than to undertake to put up with the poor service It gives. It is hoped that we will be able to have a new equipment placed here in the community soon, for we are shut off from the outer world without telephones. Miss Augusta Freeman, an attrac tive young lady of Matthews, was here Sunday. Mr. Carl Crowell, al fo of Matthews, was In the village Sunday. He Is employed at Hamlet on the express line from that place to Jacksonville. He expects to re turn to his work shortly, since he was not accepted for the aviation corps when he applied last week. The address delivered here Sunday was enjoyed by all who had the pleasure of hearing It. Prof. Bau com of Unionville, who was the speaker, came to the community Fri day, and visited his old friends dur ing his short stay. He was accom panied here by Miss Lola Price of Unionville, who passed the time with Miss Lillie Gannon. Rev. B. B. Shankel Is ill at the present. He was unable to fill his appointments at Unionville and Beth lehem Sunday. However, he Is Im proving. Oh! those nice, red cherries which are now giving forth their beauty from the trees In this community. We are always glad to see-the time when spring and summer fruits be gin to ripen, although we sometimes eat too much of the Juicy "stuff." Some writer sprung a new one on "Ignatius" In last week's Issue of The Journal by giving his or her ad dress as Indian Trail, R. F. D. No. 2. Miss Nannie Boyd is spending sometime in Matthews this week. Ignatius. James Layton, a negro soldier who was drafted from RIon, S. C, in train ing ct Camp Upton, New York, was locked up In the New York City Jail Wednesday night charged with the murder of Private Michael Maloney and Mrs. J. Hariity or Brooklyn at the cantonment on May 6. The po lice say Layton has confessed that he killed Maloney when he came to the rescue of Mrs. Harrity, whom the negro had attacked, and then shot the woman to seal her lips. Surrender your wheat or your na tion's cause.
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