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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT -THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVs YBODY READS IT r The Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.24. No. 35. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY JUNE 4. 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. PLENTY OF FLOWERS ALWAYS O.N THE GRAVES OF OVR BOYS That Is Promise of French War Moth er to Mother of America Mado on Day When Graves Were Covered. (C. C. Lyon in Charlotte Observer.) With the American Array in France Only a few days I got a let ter from America enclosing a money order for $1. It was signed by a mother -whose 20-year old boy was among the first to die in battle on the American front in France. "I am very poor and this is all I can send but I do want some flowers on the grave of my boy this coming Memorial day," the letter ran."Would it be asking too much of you, Mr. Lyon, to take this small amount and buy a bouquet and place it on his grave?" "I pray that after this terrible war is over that the body of my boy, as well as that of every other mother's boy who has given his life for his country, will be brought back to America. I think that is the least our government can do in return for the sacrifices they have made." She gave me the name of a regi mental chaplain. "He knows where my Robert is buried and he will, I am sure, take you to the spot." The chaplain and I rode out to the little cemetery where rest the body not only of Robert, but of scores of other American boys who have done their "bit." Our machine was full of flowers flowers for the most part picked by French peasants in the fields and on the hillsides only two or three miles back from the trenches. Rural France is one great flower garden Just now and the French peas ants, having been told of the signifi cance of Memorial day for American soldiers, for days in advance could be seen everywhere throughout the! countryside with their big baskets gathering the wild flowers that grow in such abundance. "I want the finest and largest bunch I can get for this poor boy whose mother has written me," I told the chaplain. "I don't care what it costs; I'll make up the difference out of mv own Docket." The chaplain told the story of the American mother and the money or der for II to the French officer at tached to the regiment as an tnter- tireter. The morning we started for the little remeterv the latter came to us, accompanied by a-French "woman bent " wth infirmities of age. but the pos sessor of one of the most angelic raves I have ever seen. "This old woman wants to furnish the flowers for the grave of the boy you told me about," said the French officer. "She knows the story." "My heart bleeds for the- dear mothers of America, whose boys have died in our common cause and whose bodies lie tinder our sod, so many thousands of miles from their homes. "I can sympathize fith your Amer ican mothers because I too nave sui fered. Three of my four sons and one of my two daughters have given their lives in this war and a fourth son is now in a sector where the fight in? is the heaviest. My daughter was a French Red Cross nurse, and she was killed when the Germans one day bombed the hospital where she was working. "My children, too are all buried far from home. That is one of the crudest things about war. One of my boys lies in Flanders, another along the Somme and the third in Serbia! my daughter h northern France. I, too, hope and pray that the day will come when they'll rest here near the little church in their native village. The old women was crying like a .hiiH when she finished this brief i offered to Day her for the flow ers for Robert's grave and she ap peared hurt that I snouia nave sus Doutoit Kinh a thine. 'QnA it hark to his mother in AmAt-im." she said, "and tell her and all other American mothers that as long as flowers grow in our Deauu ful fields there will always be many wl.Ung hands to pluck them for the vm nf their bovs. "France can never repay America for the help she is giving us m w war. If flowers from French fields can In any way make America under stand the deptn or our appretmuuu there will always be plenty of them for American graves'." . t . tv After the chaplain and I had thank ed her and had driven on he said to me: "You've got to get out among the peasant folks of France to find out the real esteem in which we Ameri cans are held in this country. The city folks like us, to be sure, but they don't show their feelings like these simple country folks out here in the war zone. I predict that the day will come when France will observe an Amer ican Memorial day for the American dead, the same as we do back home. Of all the nations fighting on this side against the Huns, the French love us Americans best. French peo ple who are absolutely ignorant or history nevertheless have a deep af fection for America and every thing that comes out of America." so I say that American mothers need never fear that the graves of their boys will ever be forgotten in Ftance. t "So you're saving up to buy an airship? You're quite an ambitious little boy." . , ' . "Yes, sir; I want to fly over Jim rnie Mark's yard and drop bricks on him.' Selected. , .. . RETAIL PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS Ut-t of Prices Permitted By Food Ad ministration Corrected Weekly. The Food Administration has set scale of prices to be charged to con sinners by retail grocers, and anyone overcharging should be reported to Mr. Lee Griffin, county food admin istrator. The list Is corrected weekly Today s quotations follow: Wheat flour (bulk) per lb 6 Corn meal, 5 lbs. and over 30 Corn meal, less than 5 lbs 0 Wheat bread per loaf 10 Oat meal or rolled oats per pkg. .1 Rice, unbroken 1214 Hominy or grits per lb 6H Potatoes, white or Irish, new. pk. 6o Beans, white or navy, per lb.... Onions per lb .06 Canned tomatoes, standard, cm. Canned corn, stanlvd .20 .0 Canned peas, stan Ic.r I 20 Canned 'Salmon, tall pink 20 Evaporated milk, 6 ox can can, 3, 25 Butter, country Oleomarirerine 40 Butter, creamery o Eces. fresh 35 Cheese per lb 35 Lard, compound, per lb 28 Raron. smoked, sliced SO Po' k ehons Ham. smoked, sliced 0 Steak, round 30 ith, fresh, good quality, per lb 1 Sucar. aranuiateu. per id s; Coffee, bulk, per lb 15 to 3 Tea, bulk 100 COMMENDS JOURNAL FUND But Deplores Some Methods of Ral ing Canteen Funds. To the Editor of The Journal: I commend your drive for local can teen work. I am inclosing my check to help it along. The Red Cros: work is great. I would not place it second to the church. I prefer place it along side. It is not an or ganization temporary. Long after the last gun Is fired on the battle front and autocracy Is crushed, this organization will have a great work to do. And it must do it. It is founded on the example set by the Master when he "went about doing cood." But what I most fear is this great temple may be converted Into an house of merchandise." I seriously doubt the wisdom of some of the re sorts to raise money for canteen work. The ethics. of the organiza tion are in danger. The standard may be lowered if this Is not guard ed. I do not intend by this to criti else. I want the organization kept on a high plane. I want it to en dure. I know everyone feels Ihe same way. Our zeal for temporary relief sometimes makes us lose sight of the method. My idea is that every Red Cros drive and every canteen drive to raise money and every method ie sorted to to raise money for this or ganizatlon should be submitted to a committee thoroughly acquainted with Red Cross rules and by this means insure its continued useful ne9s. I hoDe I have wounded no one. It is not in this spirit that I write this letter. Think about it Red Cross committees and see If this isn't best. With much respect for the Red Cross CITIZEN. Beautiful Girl With X-Ray Mind to lie in Monroe. The greatest attraction ever seen here will come to the Strand theatre when Madam Mabelle will give her first performance on the stage Thurs day night. This wonderful young lady created a sensation at the World's Fair In San Francisco. Since then she has been touring the theatres throughout the country and nearly everywhere theatres have been too small to hold the large crowds who came to see this mental wonder. Maybelle Is said to have such re markable mental gifts that she Is able to read the minds of others and prognosticate upon the future cor rectly. You think of a question and she not only repeats the question but answers. Big crowds are expected Thursday night at the Strand and a big picture program has also been provided by the management. DR. FliOW'S CROP REPORT In Letter to Commercial Appeal, Say Conditions 72. Monroe, N. C. June 3, 191$. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Dear Sirs: The acreage devoted to cotton for the 1918 crop has been estimated at from 10 to 15 less than the average of the preceding crop. This doubtless means the practical equivalent In crease of food and forage crops. Prep aration of the soil and consequent physical condition (prime preliminary requisites) are many points above that of last year. Application of commercial fertilizers, both as to grade and volume, are about similar to that bestowed upon the preceding crop. Planting was concluded at the usual, and, therefore, normal, dates for this latitude. The stands obtain ed were from fair to excellent. There was some replanting, but so Inconse qucntal as to be almost a negliblc quantity. Reduction to stands is in progress and will be completed In a week or ten days if not hindered by weather conditions. Some complaint as to labor, but unusually fine weath er and longer hours are partial of sets. No damage from Insects Is re ported. Condition to date, 72. Very truly yours, - GEO. E. FLOW. , MIL STACK'S JAP MARRIED; CANT COME TO AMERICA Z. OkinlshI Wanted to Come to Trin ity College to Study For the Mink try. But His Bishop and Mrs. Oki. nishl. Newly Acquired, Would Not Consent. Journal readers will remember the account of the time Mr. and .Mrs. A. M. Stack were lost in Japan looking for Mr. Ogburn. a Union county boy; and how they were extricated from their dilemma by a young Jap named Z. Okinishi, who later wrote thein asking that they loan him money to come to AnKiica to enter Trinity college to study for the ministry. Mr. and Mrs. Stack sent him the money but a letter from the young Jap, re ceived last week, states that his bishop objected to him coming this year, and that as he has recently married, he will defer the trip to the L'nited States until next year. The following is his letter: Tokuyama, Japan, May 2, 1918 Dear Mr. A. M. Stack: I have re ceived your kind letter concerning my coing America. I can not express my joy in my poor pen for your kind heart that you allow me my request, I exnected to start on the May and stay California until at the time of school begin, but I am very sorry to sav that our Methodist Conference which held in Osaka at March did not allow me to go to America this year on account of the lack of my preaen ers, by this reason I have been oblig ed to stay Tokuyama one year more, if I must stay here another year, should married, so I Insisted to go to America very strongly, but our bish od did not allow me to go away therefore I married with a daughter whom I engaged since five years ago, But I have not Eiven ud to go to America. I am expecting to go next year anyhow. I will ask your help again next year. Please understand this condition. Tell my best regard to Mrs. Stack. God bless you and your family. Truly yours, Z. Okint shi. POV'S TRIBUTE TO THE NEGRO Congi-esMna.il Hasn't Read Suggest ion of Disloyalty Among Them "The other day I read announce ment that an organization of negroes in the South had subscribed for SlOO 000 worth of Liberty Bonds and that announcement reminded me or tne splendid course or the negro race in America in the very beginning of the war In Europe even before America entered the war." declared Congress man E. W. Pou in the lower house of Congress Friday. Continuing he said: I thank God that at least Ameri ca is united In purposes. We are re solved to win the war at all costs but there were suggestions here and there of disloyalty, among a very few people it Is true, In the early days of Americ j participation. I rise now to pay this tribute to the ne gro race. So far as I have heard, so far as 1 know, so far as I have read, in not one negro home in America v. there even a suggestion of disloyalty (Annlause.) It Is nlesant Indeed to pay this tribute to this race of people berause thev deserve It. They are doinn their utmost to support their country in this great world crisis Thev are subscribing to Liberty Bonds. They are giving to the Red Cross and their young men are cheer fullv resDonding to the draft' can This attitude of the negro race is not surprising to the people of the bouth who nrobably know the negro cnar arter better than any people In the world. "The Southern people saw him rled In the memorable days of the war between the states. They saw him tested as few people have ever been tested in the history of the world. His very soul was wrung in a struggle between love of freedom and love of friends and the love for those who had been kind to him won the victory. The helpless women and children of the South during those four memorable years were left to the mercy of the negro race. Be Is said to their everlasting credit that n not one Instance did they prove treacherous. Some dav I hone to see a monu ment of Dure white marble erected n this citv so h gh that its summit Dierces the clouds: so enduring it will outlive the age. That monument should be built and some day will be built by the Southern people as tribute to the fidelity of the negro rnce in protecting and caring for the helpless Southern people during the war between the states. Ana no, Mr. Chairman. In this great world crisis the negro Is being tested again. think I know how he feels. He is ready to risk all. He will go wher ever he is sent cheerfully and with out question. In the early diys of he war I read that German aseuii had been sent among the negroes of he South to stir up sedition, in common with other Southern men I felt no concern for the result of the ork of these agents. I knew per fectly well that if these German ?ents ever went among the negroes they would be taken care of in a ery proper and effective manner ithout any assistance whatever from he Department of Justlc or any oth er government officials." Bobble's mother had Just taken out er winter garments. Ma," said Bobbie, "what did the moths live on before Adam and Eve ore clothes T" Awgwan. HERMAN SUBMARINES HAVE APPEARED IN U. S. WATERS A Fleet of Destroyer Sink Number American Vessels Off New Jersey Coast Lending Ports Have Been Closed Attack Aimed at Transport Ships But Only One Man Killed The Purpose of the IUid. German submarines have attacked in force America's naval Uansporta Hon in home waters. Rendered in effective in European waters by the presence of scores of the finest type of destroyers, both American and British, the U-boats Sunday night made a comprehensive attack upon American shipping off the New Jer aey coast, sinking a number of vessels of many descriptions. The attack upon American shipping almost at the very entrance of New York har bor is taken to mean that Germany has at last inaugurated a submarine campaign to break up transport of troops to France. It is rumored that a supposedly large number of subma rines have been captured t.nd are be ing taken into New Yoik. New York, June 3 Scores of Unit ed Stales warships were ranging the waters off the north Atlantic coast tonight in search of the German sub marines which made their long ex pected attack on An.erican shipping in ! )ue waters late yes-terday after .nion. Out of the flood of reports which swept through the Maritime d'strict after the Associated Press first flash ed the news that two cruiser subma rines were operating 75 miles south east of the Highlands of New Jersey, these facts stood out: The steamship Carolina of the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co. had been sunk. Nothing is known of the fate of the 220 passengers and crew of 130 who took to the boats when the underwater craft began shelling the liner. The. schooner Edward H. Cole of Boston has been sunk by bombs and Capt. H. J. Newcomb of Boston with his crew of ten have been landed here after being rescued from the boat in which they were given an opportuni ty to escape. The sc hooners Jacob M. Hartsell of Boston, Isabel B. Wiley of Bath, Me., Hattie Dunn of Thomaston, Me., and Samuel V. Hathaway have been sunk. The crew of the Haskell is re ported to have been saved, but noth ing is known of the fate of the oth er three crews. The Savananh line steamship City of Columbus is reported to have been sunk, but not definite news of her fate has been received. Fifteen survivors of U-boat attacks were brought to an Atlantic port to night on a steamship which picked them up from small boats. Purpose of Raid Washington, June 3. Germany at last has brought her submarine warfare to the shores of the United States apparently in a forlorn hope of striking telling blows on this side of the Atlantic and of drawing home some of the American naval forces from the war zones where the U- boat is being slowly but surely strangled to death. In the attacks upon coasting ves sels almost in sight of the New Jer sey shore reported today, navy of ficials see a frantic admission from Berlin that the submarine has fail ed. American armed power Is roll ing over sea In ever increasing force, despite the utmost exertions of the undersea pirates off the coast of Eu rope. Now the raiders have crossed the seas and lurked for days near America'! greatest ports. They no doubt were sent to sink transports, but here they again fail ed. Blocked off the troop ships by convoy craft, they have turned In fury against defenceless coasters. In all the record of destruction they have written, the raiding party struck at no vessel bound overseas and therefore armed for a fight. Only ships that could not hit b: ck hae been alt?. iked. The only one of half a score of ve.-sels protr.bly sent to the bottom that had any renl military value in ship or cargo was n oil tanker. Up to a late hour tonight, the de struction of five sailing craft, and the tanker Herbert L. Pratt was the record of losses officially reported to the Navy department. The fate of the coastwise lines Carolina which re ported by wireless yesterday she was being shelled, was still unknown. The crews of some of the craft de stroyed have been brought hm with a story of eleven dayi Imprison-( ment aboard an enemy submarine. During that period scores of troops and supply ships have passed In and out on the business of crush ing the German army in France. The I. -boat found no weak link in the chain of armed craft that guarded them. Secretary Daniels went to the capi tol during the day to tell members of the house naval committee that the raid was designed to frighten the American people into demanding th return of war vessels from the other side. He gave assurances that Con gress need have no apprehension a to protection of the American co- and that there will be no recall of forces from the war zone. Today's War Summary Although it cannot be said that the Germans in their new offensive have been definitely stopped, there is. however, a marked diminution of th speed which they started out and the gains since Saturday have been very small compared to those of previous days. And according to the accounts of unofficial observers, where they have been able since the stiffening of the allied lines to obtain low positions an exhorbitant price has been exact ed from them. So great have been the casualties suffered that the Prus sian guards division, the "pride of the German crown prince," Is said to have been withdrawn from th' battle. Particularly hard fighting again again has been In progress between Solssons and Chateau Thierry, where the Germans are endeavoring to push forward toward Paris, but not alone have the French troops almost everywhere successfully withstood the onslaught, but on several ppc- tors themselves have taken the Initi ative and gained ground. As a whole the situation along this line is vir tually unchanged. The German war office at Inst ad mitted that the allied line on t" west has been reinforced by fresh units. A Word To Coal Consumers To the Editor of The Journal: In order to stimulate the early order ing of coal by domestic and indus trial consumers, which ordering will stimulate as it has already In creased production, the United States Fuel Administration proposes to set aside the week of June 3rd to 8th as "Early Ordering Week," when a special country-wide drive will be made. The campaign, through securing a large volume of orders in the hands of the dealers early in the year, is expected to accomplish the following results: It will demonstrate to every agen cy concercd in the distribution of coal the great volume and urgency of the coal demand and will thus give rise to a steady and increasing pressure for rapid and equitable distribution. This is particularly true as to the ilroads and other transportation agencies, tvery unfilled oruer ror coal will at once become an active and pressing argument for Increased distribution efficiency. The accumlation of coal orders will undoubedly have the effect of keeping production at the highest possible point during ther open summe months. With the bulk of the year's sup ply of coal ordered in advance, the various distribution agencies of the government will be in a position equtably and properly to adjust the demands as between different com munities. It will be possible accu rately to gauge the Increased demand and properly to divide the available supply. V. S. Blakeney, Federal Fuel Administrator for Union Co. Primary Vote Light. Only 600 votes were cast In the primary held here Saturday for the selection of State candidates. There was no contest for any offices except the judgeship, Judge Adams, the pres ent incumbent, getting 449 votes to Bennett's 179. The result of the election could not be learned, as the votes from other counties in the dis trict have not been received. The following Is the vote by pre cincts, the first figures given being for Judge Adams and the last for Mr. Bennett: Indian Trail 15 10 00 01 24 52 08 00 02 16 09 11 03 06 10 01 02 00 179 Irbys 14 Lanes Creek 14 Marshvllle 47 N. Monroe . . . . 60 N. Goose Creek 01 Olive Branch 15 E. Sandy Ridge 12 Euto 03 S. Monroe 82 Marvin 19 S. Goose Creek 11 Unlonville . . 08 Wlngate 18 Wilsons Old Store . . . . . . 37 Waxhaw 27 Armfields , . .00 Total 449 The work an .unknown man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. Carlyle. CANTEEN FUND HOVERING AROUND SIXTY DOLLAR Fifty-Nine Dollars Collected to Date Major Sites Heads Ust Thia Week With Check For $10 Eight New Contributors. The Journal canteen fund today amounts to (59 and is still growing. Mayor John C. Sikes was the largest contributor this week, having sent ia a vheck for 10. Dr. G. B. Nance and Mr. C. N. Bruner are tied tor sec ond place, each having given $5. There are nine contributions, five more than last week. If this propor tional increase is kept up for several weeks the fund will reach a higher amount than ever dreamed of. The Journal canteen fund employs no solicitors. Every man is allowed to give any amount he can afford to, but no pressure will be brought to gear upon his pocket book. All sub scriptions will be acknowledged, no matter how small. The following is the report of con tributions received up to the time of going to press: J. C. Sikes 110. 00 Dr. G. B. Nance 5.00 C. N. Bruaer 5.00 Mrs. R. W. Elliott 1.00 Mrs. J. J. Moody 1.00 Mary Myers Faulkner 1.00 Sarah Faulkner 1.0 M. B. Yandle 1.00 Total $26.00 Previously reported 33.00 Grand total $59.00 Death of Mr. Gordon. Following a long illness. Mr. John- athan F. Gordon died at his home in. west Monroe township Sunday after noon at 6 o'clock. Death came as a result of cancer of the stomach. He had been confined to his bed for some time. The deceased was born August 5, 1847 and was therefore nearly 71 years old. He is the last son of the late Esq. John Gordon. In April,. 1867, he was married to Miss Julia Howell of Cabarus county. She and seven children survive, five sous and two daughters. The daughters are Mesdames J. C. Winchester of Mon roe township, and Mrs. J. C. Helms of Lexington. The sons are Messrs C. B. Gordon, O. H. Gordon and J. 2L Gordon, of Monroe township; L. Z. Gordon of Atlanta and T. V. Gordon of Raleigh. When the war Between the States broke out Mr. Gordon was too young to go, but in the last months of the war, although but a boy, he saw serv ice in the Confederate army as a member of the Junior Reserves, North Carolina troops. He was In the en gagement of Bellfleld and at Kln ston and in other battles in the east ern part of the state. For years he was Adjutant of the Camp Walkup Confederate veterans. In the death of this Confederate veteran Union county loses a good and valued citizen. It can be said of him that he obeyed the poet's in junction: So live that when thy summons conies to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where eaoh shall take his chamber In the silent halls of death. Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night: Scourged to his dungeon, but sooth ed and sustained By an unfaltering truit approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him And lies down to pleasant dreams, at Oak Grove Baptist church4Harr Funeral services were conducted at Oak Grove church, the church of the deceased's choice, yesterday aft ernoon at 5 o'clock by Rev. R. M. Haigler. Interment was in the Oak Grove cemetery. Fishermen Had Good Lurk. Correspondence of The Journal. Indian Trail, R. F. D. No. 1, May 3. Mr. James Hill has resigned his position in Charlotte, and is farming with his father, Mr. Joseph Hill. Mr. Charles Smith, accompanied by Dr. E. C. Boyte and nephew, Mr. W. L. Dixon of Charlotte, spent Thurs day fishing and seining. They caught a peck of 'em. -Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Helms and daughter, Miss Katie Helms, were Sunday visitors In Con cord. Saturday and Sunday broke the record for hot days this time of the year. The mercury tried itself out by climbing to 101 degrees. As 98 degrees is blood heat, our cotton choppers had to strike out for the shade every now and then. Mr. Oscar Sikes and Mr. Lewis Furr of Charlotte spent Sunday with Esq. and Mrs. H. M. Furr. We have three different kinds of water with in a space of a hundred yards on our plac e. The grades are hard water, lime water, and Iron water. With one kind one cannot wash clothes, with another one cannot clean dishes, and with the other It Is impossible-1 to rinse a dish rag. Mr. Edward ' Kirk of Charlotte Is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirk Rer. R. M. Haig ler will conduct services at Ebenexer Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Morris of Charlotte vis ited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hill, Saturday snrt Sunday. Fairness.
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