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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IV he Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL. 24-NO. 51. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1918. $1.50 PER YEA CASH. Dll. JEROME AM) IX i HKI.MS HAH A VERY SLICK" ACCIDENT a Tlx- lirakes Wouldn't Work, and th Little John Henry Went R'tJit On No Harm, Just a LiU't . 4'ro Are Fine. Cones.pondenu of The Journal. Wingate. July 29. Will, tf have lint had a letter in The Journal for a few day. W have had too murh to do to try to report the news around Wingate. Realiy, we do not have the time anyway. It teems that someone. who does not have go much to do ought to take enough interest in this section to report to the newspapers Most pe-ople ciin tit around the store, churches, and any public plare and tell you a great deal more than you know. We despise gossip so much that we cannot learn all that is go ing. We have many young people here. Nt-arly all of them can write well. They might i lease the people better than we can as we are going to say Just what we think whether it plwises or Dot. We do not care. The Meadow Branch congregation Is going to meet Tuesday morning be fore the second Sunday in August to cltan off the grounds and repair the roads leading to the church. Every one ig expected to attend. He su,e to bring a tool so that you will be sure to do something. We wi.nt thing? :lianed up this time. Meadow Branch at itself can do anything it warts to. We desire to tee one of the finest nmtings here the church has ever tv-pnienced. We have one of the best incur hers in all the land to aid us this year, and if we get things ready, we are- going to have a meeting that will count. Let us make the mateiial pi t par at ion, and think as, we do this at out the spiritual preparation, and we think the meeting will do what we desire it to reach. Mark Austin, Dallas Morgan, Ed Best and his son George of Concord Ucut 7, visited Glenalpine a few min utes Saturday. We were delighttd to nee them as they are members Howell s Baptist church where we pu.ached twenty years ago. They art among our very best friends any va and we are always glad to see out friends. We are more than glad im our former parishioners. Some preacher give the church down the cojntiy just as soon as they are don wlih it. but we cannot see that way We. hate left many good friends at all the places we have- served, and since this is true, we cannot afford to give the church a bad name. It certainly Ik a very bad mark of a preacher to always speak lightly of the las charge he had. There, is something wrong somewhere. I'sually it is tl preacher. Sometimes it is not. More of the wrong? in our churches are due to the pieachers poor management than you would think. We have nev er come tip to our standard as preacher, but one tlnng is true, w love every church we have ever serv (!, and would be so glad to visit them once more hi fore we pass over to the other side-. l)r. Jerome and Esq. Kemp Helm had a very slick accident the other day. They had been off to make tall and were coming down the hill just the other side of the branch be b w our house. The doctor's Ford began to slide, the doctor put on brakes but to no avail. The mlserabb1 little Ford went right on as if it liar no biakes at nil. It went ovr the embankment down Into the Bottom turned turtle, and had It not been for the 'sou ire's long legs, we do not knew what would have happened. He was on the top when the smash-up vas over and to the doctor's advant age be just stuck his legs out through the top and braced the thing until the doctor crawled out. The Ford looked like it hRd gone through a cy clone, but it had not. 'Squire Helms bad just gone through it. That was all there was to it. No harm was done to the occupants Just a little mud Miss Bess Mclntyre returned from the summer school at the university last Wednesday night. She finished the normal course at Oxfotd college hist spring and Is going to teach at Morven this fall. We are giaa ror our girls to teach. It Is a ery fine profession indeed. Crops are looking very fine in this section since the rains set in. We have never seen them grow any fast er. Corn is as fine as we have ever seen to the age of it, and If it keeps on for a few more days, there is go ing to be one of the best crops we have made in this section ror a time. Cotton Is doing pretty well too. Mrs. Fan Llngle, who has been very sick for the past few weeks, is Improving slowly. We nope thai sne may be out again before very long The protracted meeting at Mace donia is in progress this week. 1 nere will be two services each day. One at ten o'clock (new time) and anoth er at eleven thirty. We are not go Inn in c.'iiiv dinner, but wait until we eo home to eat our corn bread nnd beans. Kev. Charlie Caldwell of Morganton Is going to do the preach ing. Come out to hear him even if he is from the place where we htive our 1 j nation. The meeting will begin nt Austin's Grove next Sunday. There will be two services. Possibly dinner will be served on the grounds. We are not sure about that yet, but we are sure there will be two services unless the weuthet forbids. Kev. C. A. Cald well will be with us here- also. The public school begins here this Morning. Prof. Henry Rau-om of Uiiion county is the principal. Misse Catherine Johnson. May pressley Bos tic, and Blanche Morgan. The school Is going to be target in the t chool about the 101b of September. Tbe announcement will be made a little later. If any are thinking of attend ing. just wait a little. Splendid er langements are going to be made an announcement of which will be made within a very few days. Mrs. Blark has been sick for the past few days. She is a little tetter mis morning. Things get wrong when the cook gets sick these days. Cooking is a hair splitting business trese days, and it takes an expert need bad to do the job justice. Mrs. l. G. Austin has been quite sick for the past few days. We have not beard from her this morning. .Mrs. J. I). Biggers has been sick for the past week. Dr. Nance is at tending her. We are sorry to note the illness of these women. We do not have much sickness in Wingate It is one of the most healthful place we know of, but we have a few cases now. nothing serious. Mr. C. C. Lamb, our efficient opera tor at the S. A. L. depot, underwent a very serious operation in Charlotte the other day. He is reported doing splendidly. We hear that he is com ir.g home this week. Candidates are very plentiful a'ound here this summer. You can look out and see one almost any time. Well, we are proud of all we know We have some we are sure can i:tr.ke good. They have made good with il.eir own business and when a r.inn do.'f tiiat we think he can make good whli the county's affairs. i rank l.nihu is home for a it w days. Tommie Perry of Pageland visited his mother last week. Glenalpine. i:riM.iK Driven From the Forests of I 'ere ami Itis by American. With the American Army on tht Aisne-Mame Front, July 28. (Ly tie Associated Press.) The "battle of the woods" has ended and the Ger ms have been swept from the for ests of Fere and Kis. Towards the last of this four-day struggle the Franco-American advance became so rapid that the retreat of the Germans was greatly disorganized. The edge of the German salient to the south and southeast of Fere-En-Tardenois was ground down by the whirl of the Allied troops and dulled to an extent that German weakness was indicated at many points. The first indication of this was seen Sat urday when the enemy retreated so rapidly that the Franco-American troops entirely lost contact with him. In the battle of the woods, howev er, the stiffest resistance the Ameri cans ever experienced jn this kird of war fare was encountered.. Here the Franco-American troops were com pelled to content consistently with a rear guard action consisting princi pally of machine gunners, most of whom dressed in green clothing, had nests in trees. Day after day during the fighting the Allied troops bucked the German machine gun nests, using artillery and machine guns and some gas against them. In the rear guard fighting which was carried on to permit the with drawal of the heavier German gun. the enemy resorted to numerous tricks, such as carrying machine guns in stretchers when endeavoring to reach some points under the Allied tire. When they realized that their stretcher trick had been discovered the Germans resorted to other means to deceive. The Franco-American infantrymen and machine gunners were notified by their commanding officers to be on the alert for Germans wearing American or French uniforms, several instances bavins been reported where the Get' mans did this. On one occasion the soldit.rs were notified by field orders thfit Germans had appeared in the tunics of French and American sol diers. Rushing across an open place in the forest when the German rests had been discovered, one German acting as a leader and speaking per feet English, yelled to the American machine gunners. "Don't shoot; there are Americans in that thicket. The Americans were at the edge of the forest, peppering a wood opposite They ceased when the detachment ap peared. The detachment entered i forest to the right of the Americans and In a few minutes a hail of ina chine gun bullets came from that di rection. The Americans quickly realized that they had been duped and turned their machine guns upon the impost ors wiping them out In short order. Intelligence officers In tne Amen can army say numerous cases have been reported by soldiers of being en ountered bv Individual Germans wearing American uniforms and of some cases of Germans wearing mere ly an American or French tunic pre sumably having obtained them on some other front. The Allies have lost few prisoners in the battle of the woods and the Germans were unable to obtain uniforms from the dead, ow ing to their retreat . Itiirnioc Xeur PHgohinil. (Fiom the Pageland Journal.) A house on Gaston Bennett's place near Evans' mill, occupied by George Tate, rolored. was destroyed by fire one night lad week. Tate was dry ing some beef by the fireplace and ent to bod and left a fire burning. few hours later he waked up Just time to escape from the burning house. He snatched a few articles a be went out and nothing more could building. The hifch school will bcg'.n be saved. There was no liuurjincc. KOI n I ATllFl L YEARS ENDED MAHAY; MOT I ATEH L OF ALL Hod Cross Meeting There will be a mass meeting of the Monroe Chapter American Red Cross at the courthouse Thursday vening at eight-thirty. Everybody is urged to be present whether they are members or not. Mrs. C. M. Red fern, Sec. Subday Four Year u Austria-Hun gary Uecn the WetrldV War By Fighting herb Review of the Tremendous Struggle. i-vents big with fate of nations have maiked the fourth year of the war which new comes to a close. It has been a twelve months of alter nate hope and concern for the pow ers of the Entente alliance. It was on July 28, 1914. that Aus tiia declared war on Serbia, begin ning the great struggle. During the past twelve months there have been occurrences that in some aspects have been of even greater import in their influence upon the world than those in the preceding period. Russia's collapse, the Italian defeat last aut umn, the stupendous drives of the Germans agaiust the Allied armies nnd the wonderful defensive opera tions that have again and again checked the enemy wben sui'cess for him seemed near at hand have held the world breathless. But, transcen ding the significance any event in the actual theaters of the war, America's lull participation in the conflict, in volving the tiansportation overseas of :-.;crc than million men to engage in it must remain for all time the great outstanding feature of the fourth y;.t ot tiie struggle. It Is upon America that the Entente is re- ylng for the men and resources to Urn the tide. A year ago the numbei of Ameri can troops going to Europe had not begun to assume large proportions. few regulars and some national guardsmen had been sent to France, hut most of the big military training amps were still being built and the lien selected as the first contingent to be called to the colors were still in citizen's clothes. Until the first day of August of 1917 the total noni- er of American soldiers taken over seas was 2 6 , ! 6 7 . Soon after that date the movement of troops was accelerated. Thou sands were dispatched across the At lantic, dining the winter months, but it was not until the treat German olfensive was started late. 'in March f 1!18 that the movement began to assume really noteworthy proportions The figures lor the months from Au gust 1, 1917 to July 1, 1918, fol lows: August, 18.323; September, 3J, 25; October, 38,259; November, 23,- 015; December, 48.840: January, 46,776; February. 48.027; March, 83.811; April. 117,212; May, 224. 346; June 276.382. On July 1, 1918, there were 14. 64 4, American marines in France, bringing the total number of Amer ican troops in that country and Italy up to 1.019,115. During the recent fighting in France the work of the American soldiers has compared favorably with that of other fighting men in the world. They have held sex-tors here and there along the front. They are in Alsace and northward in the Lor taine sector. The famous St. Mihiel sector is held by Americans, who art nosted also on the line along tin heights of the Meuse. East of Rheims they took a part in the the tightin during the last phrase of the German offensive, while in the Chateau-Thier ry sector they held their line tn a u- tal region against the utmost fury of the Teutonic onslaught. North of Chateau-Thierry, Americans helpeti to stop the drive of the Germans i:i the early days of June; and in the Soiimie sector, at Cantigny and Gnt esnes they have given proof of Co-it soldierly qualities. The Allies have been called upon to face two great offensives during the past year. Tbe first of these came last October In Italy and the d. in France, began on March 21. The German drives in Franc" while separated by periods of from a few days to several wi-eM have been considered as different phases of the same offensive. The abort r Austrian attack against Italy in June also in looked upon as merely anoth er attack asainst the western tiom and not as a distinct military opera tion. Rut these offensives perhaps nevei it hnvo been begun had it not r.een for the collanse of Russia dur in the nast winter. German .md A-.otrinn trnnns. released from the . . . . . , --, ..- Russian front, were taaen 10 V ranee and Italy to swell the tuasr.e of men hurled against the Allies In the wes tern theater of operations. As long as Russia remained In iiie light she held great numbers of Teutonic troops in the last, and her withdrawal from the war exercised a fundamental in fluence on the course of Its deveio,. ment. SITUATION A YEAR AGO. A-MF.IUCAXS FLAY PltOMI.MAT I'AUT IN AI.IJKO AlHAVCF Germans tillered hitter IU-i-UiH SupilenieitiiiK Their I lent W it It Heay Aitillery Mr. With the Aoietican Army on ihe Aisne-Marne Front, July 2K. tl! the Assi-ciated Press.) 7 p. tu.t Trie German line is arain nor.h of ir.e t-'lireq river, and Fere En TaiueLois, wriioti has been entered by French troops, it at the n ercy of the All.es. i ue tightening of the flanks holds promise that the it treat will be con tinued. The line alone tte greater Dart of the bottom of tht Soissons Rheiuis sala-nt has been pushed forward in some places as much as Eve miles The Germans are brinrme info i.luv men- artillery in forct to check the plunges of the Franco-American troops. The American have played a brilliant part in the advance, which included the occupation of Sergy on the uorth bank of the river, and a number of small villages. 1 he line tonij ht follows the Odrcq river to t.ergy ..nd to Goussancourt. the latter place !;-ing abcut six miles north of the Mrne, The Germans o?fered bitter resis tance, but not to compare with that which be).an late today for the re tention of the higher ground further north of the river. There they sup plemented their defenses with artill ery tire reaching over the American front lines to the supports, the vo lume of fire at times attaining enor mous proportions. Unwavering the Americans held their ground and even advanced slightly, while the French on their Motoi to the right and left resisted as steadily against the vicious efforts of the Germans From behind tbe advancing line- the allied heavy guns kept up a con tinutius bombardment throughout the day. shelliug the Get man positions wherever tbe airmen reported tioop concentrations. Heavy artillery has been used by the Germans in their real guard ac tions, but to no such extent as to day, and this gives some basis for ht- lief that Von Boehm. the German commander, is preparing to make a tand It is pointed e ut. however, thai until Die Ardre tivet is reached all e advantages of ground are with tiif Allies. So it is generally believ ed that the dropping of his heavy guns in merely an indication that armies- are being withdrawn with all speed from a position which is Intolerable and which unless relieved might re sult in the disoiganization of what so far has been an admirably con ducted retreat. Tht- Austrian began their ad vance on Sergy early in the morning. Tliev had been driven back a short distance Saturday night but when they moved this morning under rov er of the artillery a few pieces go- nnrr Mutual Fire Insurant Co. The members of the Union county Farmers Mutual Ti-e Insurance Co. met in annual session at 2 o'clock p. -!.. Saturday. July 27th. After read icg oi tne minutes and secretary g report the following officers were let ted for one yeai : President. W. K. Phifer; viee-pref ident. A. A. Se ct e-st; secretary and treasurer, Jas. VcNeely; general agent. J. W. Lath- ac; board of directors. J. W. Chaney. J. C. Laney. A. A. See rest. G. W. Smith. J V. Gritfin. H. W. McCain ai.d M. L. Baker; Supervisors: Lanes Cieek. W. L. Thomas; Buford, T. C. Eubanks; Jatkson. W. S. Walkup; Sandy Ridge. G. W. Sutton; Vance. J. F. Thompson; Goose Creek. D. .A. Prite; New Salem. G. W. Smith; Marsbville, M. A. Griffin; Monroe, W. E. L. Williams. The secretary's report showed that for the six months ending June 3Uth but oue assessment had been levied. Number of members assessed, 684; paid up insurance in force June 30th, J741.583.00 new insurance written to June "0th. 163.920. PROF. O. V. HAMIl.Tli.,. NOTKIl KM t ATOR, KlF.n THIS MoiCMMi AM PKIlSHINi," "CARI.K WIL- S": IS RF.PI Y OF PKIS4IVFKS (eriiLitn Officer t uriou With AiiM-r- itans When The-) ('only Re-fuse to Divulge An? rat Alton! Allied A rinies. "Ask Pershing;" -Cable Wilson." These are some of the answers given by American prisoners to Gorman of ficers who question them en naval military matters. The German of fir is are furious at the American prisoners for their re fusal to divulge any information whatever, and tbe coldly sarcastic manner in which the men almost in variably reply to those seeking information. l-oeable 4). St hooliiutster, tuui One of the KoreiiMtst Citizen., of the Count, raseAMa) After Linger, ing I linens Was 7 y,.ars ow -mJ Hundred of IVtiminent ( itizeu Today Proudly lioast or the Fart That Tbry Went to School tti prof. Hamilton Funreul to lie Held t I nionville Tomorrow Afternoon at Five O'clock. Indian Trail Route One Items. Correspondence of The Journal: Indian Trail. Rt. 1. July 29. The meeting at Emanuel cenioterv, for the purpose of cleaning off the grounds, has been postponed from the Cid to the sixth day of August as it conflicted with the reunion at Mr. Ellas Helms'. August 3rd is also e-lectiou day. Mr. and Mrs. Reete Griffin and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dixon and children of Charlotte spent Saturday and Sunday with friends and relatives here. Rev. J. W. Bennett starts his sing ing class at Union Grove Methodist church today. Mr. Frank Price of Unionville will conduct prayer services in the home of Mr. E. W. Benton next Saturday night. The public is cordially Invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Lorinie Fowler of North Monroe spent Sunday with the latter's piire-nts. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hill. Mr. Os.ar Sikes of Charlotte visit ed friends here Sunday. Misses l.t-la. Floin. l.ubi and Marv ing forward with the advanced line p,T(,slev of Unionville are visiting they proceeded almost unchecked friems aml r'lnt iv-f here this week. The year opened with th. fortum-s of war apparently favoring the Kn- ten'e. The uritisn nau lorceii in-- ( ermans to t lie famou.-. Hindoo!. ur,: line. The Fie:ich had established themselves firmly nlong the Che mm ties Danie-8, north of .the Aisne. The echoes of Verdun were still ringing the knell of German hopes in that sector of the battle area. The Italians were holding their lines along the lsonzn. The rejuvenated Russian regiment of July First" had carried the war far Into the Austrian defens es in Bukowina and Galacia. Through August and September. 1917, there came rumors that Rus sia was exhausted by the war, and quiet settled down along the lines from the gates of the Carpathians to the Baltic. Stories were heard of fraternization of German and Russian troops but assurances came from Tet ( Continued op page seven ) i to the river, crossed the bridge and oc. uiiied the town about midforcnoon The Germans used gas but the at tacking party long ago had had its baptism of gas fumes and knew how to utilize the masks and to avoid the ravines through which the fumes fil terr-d. When the town was occupied there was some street fighting but not much the Germans retreating to higher ground. Until today the wounds received In- the American soldiers have not been serious as a rule on avcount of the failure of the Germans to use ar tillery. A great majority of the wounds were clean flesh wounds, made bv bullets from machine guns and rifles. Considerable material has been captured, including a few locomotives which the Germans put out of com mission. There were relatively few nrisnners. Many stories are told among the old lines of the deprivation in the German morale. Great significance is attached to a letter taken from an officer written by bis brother in C.er many, giving it as his opinion that a mvnit was imminent unless tne wai was stopped. Death of Mr. Ilt.yel Fiibanks. Mr. Boyd Eubanks of Pageland. son of the late Mr. John C. Eubanks, died at the home of Mr. C. L. Good- son in Llncolnton where he was visit in,r jnnHaf nii-M lieuth came al most instantly from acute indigestion, be spread on the minutes of He was taken violently 111 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and died at 11 that nieht. The deceased is well known anu has many relatives in this county. He had been engaged in the jewelry nus- iness in Pageland for some time. He was 26 vears old. He married Miss Mollie Manguni of Pageland, who sur vives him. At present she is under going treatment in a Charlotte hos pital. Five sisteis and three brothers also survive. The brothers are: Mr. R. Mubauk-i. Fred Eubanks. S. B. Eubanks, and the sisters are: Mrs. Lex Moore. Mrs. Henry Moore, M r T it. Lanev. Mrs. Beii Laney, ana Mrs. Delia Helms. Mr. Eubanks was a man ol strong character. He was a member of the Baptist church. The body was car ried to Pageland yesterday afternoon and funeral service were conducted there this morning. Messrs. L. C. and Fred Simpson have returned from a visit to Char lotte Miss Espie Braswell of Unionville spent Sunday with friends here. A message- was received here last week statini; that Mr. Arthur Helms. at Camp Jackson, whs iinte sick A number ol boys and girls with their parents ;ts.omhlfd at the home of Mr.D.M. Simpson for a candy j.ull Mr. ! M. Simpson for a candy pull ing last Thursday night. Four course: were sorted and a delightful tim was enjoyed by the young people. Tribute to Mr. I.. R. Helms. Whereas, the Farmers Mutual Fire Ins. Company of Union county has learned with sorrow of the death of its General Agent, L. R. Helms, and whereas during his life time he was faithful to the trust reposed in him antl was one of this company s most loyal supporters and took consider able interest in Its affairs and had for a number of years, now therefore, be it resolved: 1. That this company has lost a valuable asset In the death of its Gen eral Agent, L. R. Helms. 2. That this company through him gained the confidence and esteem of the citizenship of Union county. 3. That as a citizen, he was with out guile. 4. That the sympathy of this com pany be extended to his children. That a copy of these resolutions this meeting, a copy sent to the children of the de-ceased and a copy publish ed in the local newspapers. Respectfully submitted, J. C. LANEY, J. W. CHANEY. JAS. McNEELY. Committee. Three Sent to the RtmtK Caot. Fletcher's road force was aug mented bv three as a result of pro ceedings in Judge Leinmond's court. Will Jones was given four months in: the larceny of a suit ol clothes. Jones gave as his c.v ;: e for taking the clothes that there v. .s a certain woman in town who intended to do him bodilv harmand to discuise him self so that she would not know him he stole the clothes. Robert Skelton and James Wright. young white men about twenty years old, were each sentenced to the roads for thirty days for vagrancy. The po lice arrested these men on the rail road near Mr. John Yow's house west of town about nine o'clock Sunday One of the noticable things Prof. O. C. Hamilton, a pioneer in education and beloved by hundreds of the citizens of this and other counties as the man in the school room who pointed them to higher things, died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. G. AL tiarrlson at Unionville at 9 o'clock this morning. Prof. Hamilton suf fered a stroke of paralysis about six months ago and in his advanced age was not able to throw off its effects. Oliver C. Hamilton was born in Randolph county in 1840. dtine at the advanced age of 78 years. Two years after Union Institute was founded at Unionville he was called to take charge ef it. For ttventv years he was the guidina spirit of tv oiil institution that has nroi ureil so many prominent citizens. After re signing as head of this institution he taught at Mint Hill in Mecklenburg county for several years. Later he returned to Unionville where be again assumed the prineipalship of tiie Un ionville High School. About four years ago be quit the school room as active teacher. The deceased was twice married, the second time to Miss Kirk of Palm erville. He is survived by six sons and seven daughters. The sons are: Mr. W. U. Hamilton of Cluulotte. Mr. J. .1. Hamilton and Mr. C. E. Hamil ton of Winston-Sali-m. Prof. O. A. Hamilton, principal of the Greensbo ro High School, Dr. E. S. Hamilton, with the American Army in France, and Sgt. O. S. Hamilton, .also in France'. The daughters are: Mrs. W. B. Love and Mrs. L. E. Sutton of Mon roe, Mrs. J. P. Marsh and Mrs. L. E. Huggins of Marshville, Mrs. C. J. Mc Combs of Gastonia. Mrs. Walter Gor don of Lawrencetille, Va., and Mrs. G. M. Garrison of Unionvilje, with whom lie made his home. Funeral services will be condurted at the Methodist church at Unionville) tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Dr. H. E. Gurney will conduct the servi ces. Prof. Hamilton a - Mason and interment will be at the cemetery here at 6 o'clock with Masonic honors. Prof. Hamilton was a man who feared God nnd loved his fellow man. "Character is caught, not tausht." anil many a hoy and girl has been strengthened in character by coming in contact with "God's nobleman" in the school room. In the school room love rather than the rod won for him tile obedience of all his pupils. "He could control his pupils better than anyone I hate ever known," said a man on the streets of Monioo this morning. AMERICAN FIGHTERS ARE NOW ON ITALIAN FIRING LINES Hog. in Ai l it ing Saturday ami Are Itil liteil With Italian Troops Hath Anil Then Baseball. American figtiling troop.-- are now on the Dalian Iron:. They Imsim ar riving Satunlat morning, and are be ing billeted witli tilt' Italians. Heretofore the only combatant American troops were atiatois, and the appearance of this laige body of fighting men from the United States at the present moment has occasioned the greatest satisfaction. Major Gen eral Ebon Swift, of the American mili tary mission to Italy, was t he first to greet the newly arrived Americans. He had already made an atlgements for their comfort. The Italians greet ed them with enthusiasm and rejoic ed at the splendid physical condition which the American soldiers showed. The Italians appeared greatly as tonished when the overseas men im mediately sought out bathing places and then started several games of baseball. Crti-tl of Thanks. We desire to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our friends night. and neighbors for their many acts or about the tramps who have neen te kindness during the sickness and fore Judge Lemmond In the past death of our son. Leonard. May the month Is that tney are an young richest blessings of Cod rest on f very white men be-tweea the ages of 18 one. J. S. Proem and family. land C. Illnvm-. Mollis. A marriage of much local interest occurred at the beautiful home of Esq. C. J. Braswell. the officiating; magistrate, on last Sunday afternoon, when Miss Reecie Mullis became the bride of Mr. William R. Hinson. The ceremony was witnessed by a large number of relatives and friends of the contracting parties, among whom were Miss Ruth Carriker and Mr. Wil lie Carriker of Charlotte. The bride Is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maisball Mullis of east Goose Creek and is an accomplished and popular young woman. The groom Is the son of the late Capt. W. B. Hinson and until recently was in the U. S. arm v. This popular young couple- have the best wishes of many frineds as they start out on life's rugged pathway to gether. For the present thev wilt make their home with Mr. .1. S. lis, grand-father of the- briile.-Prcs.pt. Mul- -One Mr. W. R. MrCorkle of the Tin dle community passed thru Monroe Monday with a monster watermelon, weighing seventy-eight pounds. How ever, it was not Union county gi own as Mr. MrCorkle picked it up down In South Carolina. There will be a children's day exercise at the Pinevlew school house Sunday, beginning at ten o'clock. The jrublio is cordially Invited.