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VOL.24. No. 83.
MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 19, 1918.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
THE
FIRST OF TROOPS FROM
FRONT HOME BY FEB. 1.
No More to Sail, Gen. March Announ
ce 200,000 Men on Till Mde to
lie Mastered Out Wilt u Two
Weeks Donning Great Welcome
Fur Returning Heroes.
General March, Chief of Staff, an
nounced Saturday that movement of
the American troops to Europe has
Rtnnned entirely and demobilization of
. troops in cantonments and camps is
under way. At the same- lime secre
tary Baker called attention to the
fact that an armistice did not mean
the -war was formally ended and made
it clear that a relatively large army
must be maintained for come time.
Gen. March, outlining the War De
partment's plans, said orders already
issued would send 200.000 men back
to civil life within two weeks, and
that when the programme was in
full swing about 30.000 would quit
the army daily.
Fiphtine divisions of General Per
shing's army in France will be de
mobilized as tar as possioie in meir
home communities. The Chief of
Starr would make no prediction as to
when the first division would start
home. It appeared probable, howev
er, that the flow of returning troops
can be In full tide before Feb. 1.
Some regard U probable that cer
tain divisions may be recalled in ad
vinrn nf the. roneral return. The 42
(Rainbow) Division being composed
of troops from twenty-six states, ana
because of its fighting record in
France is designated for special treat
ment. Others in the same class are
the 26 (New England national guard)
and tha ii (Sunset) Divisions.
The first American troops to depart
homeward as a result or tne signing or
tho armistice will be 18.000 men sta
tioned in England. Tho American ar
my expects to start the first ship load
of these soldiers homeward within a
week and to have all the men on their
way back to the United States 10 days
later.
RECENT HAPPENINGS
Latest Foreign, National and State
News in Condensed Form.
Immediate dropping of food prices
- a result nf ih. "nnnlnatnn ff An
. - AHaistice cannot M expected, Fooa
Administrator Hoover uociarea at
Washington Monday in a statement
which added that while the prices of
some foodstuffs will decrease others
will Increase. "With the war effectual
ly over," said dr. Hoover, "we enter
a new economic era and its Immediate
effect on prices is difficult to antici
pate. The prices of some lood com
modities tnav Increase, but others will
decrease with liberated shipping ac
cumulated stocks in the southern
hemisphere and the far East avail
able." Relsinm has heen compelled to Day
a total of $500,000,000 to Germany
in the form of a monthly "war con
tribution" in tne rour years since tne
war began, it was shown by an of
ficial compilation received by the Bel
gian legation at Washington Thursday
from Havre. The amount was said to
be exclusive of the large sums that
havo heen extorted from Belelan cor
porations, cities, towns and civilians
under the guise of "fines" and as
sessments." The average price of a farm horse
in the United States, all ages included,
declined from $145 In 1910 to $131
in 1916. In 1917 the average price
-went u n to 1132. but in 1918 the fall
was resumed and the average price
became $128. In 1910 the price of
a rami horse averaged aDout Z4V per
cent higher than the price of a cow;
now a horse averages only 60 per cent
- higher.
The recent epidemic of Influenza in
the United States caused more deaths
than occurred among the American
expeditionary forceg from all causes
from the time the first unit landed
In France until hostilities ceased. This
announcement, today by tho census
hurean was based on unofficial esti
mates of the total casualties among
- the overseas forces and reports rrora
46 cities having a combined popula
tion of 23,000,000, which showed
82,306 deaths from influenza and
pneumonia from September 9 to No
vember 9.
A German submarine, after torpe
doing a Greek sailing ship, fired on
the crew when they tried to escape
from the sinking vessel, according to
an official telegram received at
Athens from Crete. The lifeboat has
been examined and found to be shat
tered by projectiles from the subma
rine's guns. This incident Is Inter
esting in view of German denials of
such actions, says the Athens dis
patch. Says the Springfield Republican:
"The allies In the Versailles war coun
cil found only two of Mr. Wilson's 14
points that needed further clarifica
tion and only one on which a present
agreement was Impossible. Mr. Taft
and Mr. Roosevelt condemned all of
. them as 'vague,' before the election."
Two hundred thousand prisoners
were taken by the British on the west
ern front from January 1 to Novem
ber 6, inclusive, according to an of
ficial announcement made In the
House of Commons Thursday night.
In the same period the French cap
tured 140.000, the Americans 60,000
and the Belgians 16.000.
Anthony Lewis, motorman on the
Brighton Beach line train of the
Brooklyn rapid transit company which
was wrecked Not. 8th with a loss
of S3 lives, had had only 1 hours'
tutelage under aa Instructor before
tit was sent out on his tragic run.
Joseph B. McCann, instructor for the
Brooklyn rapid transit testified at
Mayor Hylan's inquiry into the wreck.
RpfnrA thA AhnrfnrA nf mpn no-
curred, McCann said, the company
nrt tirniinectiva mnlnrmpn 11 dava
of Instruction, but recently he de
clared, ne naa neon toia oy a division
superintendent mat ne nugm snonen
thA iwtrlfiit In rftnM nf men whn were
dispatchers. Lewis was a dispatcher
and was sent out to take the place
of one of the 300 motornieu who had
gone on strike.
The forestry service of Asheviue
nnnniincea th.it at an earlv date tae
Government will sell 29,000,000 feet
of Umber on the Old Fort forest pre
serve, ine uovernmeni win super
vise the cutting In order to conserve
ihe vnimz timber and to be fum that
only trees that have attained the
right growth are cut.
To aid in ratherlncr the Louisiana
cane and rice crops, the United States
government will send ZUUU men rroiu
Camp Pike. Ark., on voluntary-furloughs
to Louisiana. Gov. Pleasant
has been notified of the government's
decision by G. B. Clarkson of the field
division of the council of national de
fense. Complete plans have been found
In Trieste for the occupation by the
Austro-Hungarian forces of Venice,
which was frustrated last June. Plans
were also found of every waiehouse,
factory and storehouse In Italy. It
wna tin Epcrpt thnt tha invaders ex
pected to take Italian territory as far
south as Milan as soon as tne order
for another offensive was received.
King Albert has presented to the
American Red Cross his beautiful
home adjoining the Pavilion Henry
IV at St. Germain near Paris, for con
valescent Americans officers, says a
dispatch from Bruges, Belgium. H.
P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross
war council, accepted the gift In the
name nf the American Red Cross.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
tho president or tne tnitea states,
wna welcomed to France last week by
Premier Clemenceau. He asked her
if she would not sing for the French
soldiers, and she replied with cnthusl.
itm thnt it was her dearest wish. She
took lunch at the Elysee palace with
President and Mme romcare Tnurs
day. To reassure familiea of soldiers and
sailors overseas, after the signing of
an armistice, that their relatives in
iha ssrvlre are aafe,. tho Kniehts Of
Columbus will distribute to the 2,
000,000 men in European territory
postcards jnaUed kw,-Toa
cards will have spaces tor tne writer s
name and regiment, witn tne lniorma-
llnn "I'm anfa and sound." TheV will
be distributed after hostilities have
ceased.
Thousands of spectators at Jersey
City. N. J., Monday watcnea KODen
Simpson, soldier in tne army Bignai
riimh a five storv building and
in thA tnn of a flatrnole on the roof.
125 feet from the ground, lose his
hold, plunge to the street, and escape
death. He landed on the cloth top
of a moving automobile. The driver
sped with him to a hospital, where
It was found he was Injured, but not
too seriously to jump rrom nis ueu
and salute an officer who came to as
.rtoii hii condition. SImDson climb
ed the building as a Liberty day
"stunt."
Although Miss Rankin in Mon
tons And vim Martin in Nevada fall
ed to be elected to the United States
Senate, Mrs. Ida B. Sammis or uoia
Spring Harbor has arrived in the As
sembly of the state or rxew xora.
it ia .ortnin that President Wilson
at present Is a most popular figure
i AiiDfrla.Ttnnirnrv All continue tO
look to him for help in solving their
political problems saneiy ana jusuy,
n that there shall be no more war.
After America's entry into the war
documents containing President Wil
son's utterances were circulated se
cretly and were hidden under hearth
stones by the readers. Italian, Swiss
and English newspapers coniamui
his writings and speeches were passea
from hand to hand, reaching thou
sands.
SECOND AMERICAN DIVISION
ARRIVES AT MONTMEDY
Find City Little Scarred as Result of
War Crowds of Citizens Greet the
Americans Enthusiastically.
An Associated dispatch saya that a
city square, which had been renamed
American Division on its arrival at
Montmedy. Sunday morning. They
found the town only slightly scarred
as a recult of the war and all citizens
were wide awake and putting up flags
some few American Stars and
Stripes that the French women had
made in anticipation of the coming of
the Americans. During tho afternoon
the marine band gave a concert in the
city square, whlc hhad been renamed
by the Germans "Berliner Platz." The
civilians crowded around and embrac
ed the bandsmen when they finished
the conceit with a rendition of "The
Marseillaise."
Late Sunday the advance columns
of the Second division started for
ward from Montmedy to moke room
for additional units coming from the
west.
Meeting of Carrier.
There will be a regular meeting of
the rural carriers of Anson, Rich
mond, Scotland and Union counties at
Monroe, N. C, Thursday, November
28,1918. New officers are to be elec
ted for the coming year, and there
are some very Important matters to
be attended to. Every carrier In the
district should plan to be present at
this meeting, and give his hearty sup
port to this organization which has
meant so much to our service.
T. L. LOVE, Chairman.
8. H. ROGERS, Secretary.
TROOPS CALLED TO SUPPREKS
RIOT AT WIXSTON-8AUEJI
Sheriff Flylnt and J. E, ChlMre-a
Wounded bj Negro Charged t'lth
Assault on Latter's Wife Ttoofts
Sent From Camps Greene ' and
Polk to Quell Madnem Two KWed
ami Numbers Injured.
Winston-Salem, Nov. 17. A niob is
assembled in front of the Cityihall
here tonight intent upon lynching the
negro who shot J. E. CWtdresj, at
tacked his wife and shot Sheriff C. F.
Flynt. f
The rlty tonight la In the hands of
a mob. at least three citizens jhve
been shot and excitment runt high.
About 6 o'clock a mob of several
thousand people stormed the JalJ, and
are said to have shot to death the ne
gro charged with having committed
an assault last night on a white1 wo
man
rt .
After some difficulty the police euc.
ceeded in clearing the crowd oat of
the building and then the lnayorjeall
ed out the Home Guards. Quiet reign
ed for a time, but later the report
went around that the negro sholj was
not the man that had been sought
By nightfall, the mob re-en forced and
started marching to the Jail which
was surrounded by Home Guard?. I
BROKE INTO HARDWARE STORES
Hardware stores were broker Into
and revolvers, shot guns and ather
weapons and ammunition taken j As
the mob marched, it increased lit size
and when Its objective was reached
It numbered several thousand. 3 The
mayor sought to address the crowd,
but could not be beard. In the n)ean
tlme fire companies bed arrived: and
when the mob broke for the Jail, the
firemen turned water on theju. . :il
MOB OVERPOWERED GUARDS. '
Firing Immediately followed 4 and
Young was shot dead. A bullet hit
Miss Levi, who was watching near by.
The Home Guards answered thevoi-
lev but the mob auicklv overpowered
thorn and went into the Jail. l.Two
members of the Guard were badly
hurt by being thrown bodily down a
stairwav which they were Kuardlaff. :-
Apparently the mob did tiotlfind
the negro it sought, for no morf :of
the prisoners were fired upon. Jlfter
an hour or more the mob left tha Jail
and started marching throuj&'tbe
-bualness aectlon of the town: vfauu
ally it broke Into groups and for a
time it was feared that there would
be a race riot, as some of the groups
headed for the negro quarter. Late
tonight, however, there had been no
clash between the whites and blacks,
GUARD TROOPS AT SCENE
The Greensboro Home Guards were
called upon tonight to help suppress
tho disorder in Winston-Salem and at
10 o'clock the Guards left its armory
for the station to go by special train
to the scene of the trouble.
In response to request by telephone
from the mayor of Winston-Salem,
through tho Charlotte police depart
ment, 150 troopers from Camp Greene
were ordered by the camp authorities
tonight to depart on a special tram
about midnight for Winston-Salem to
aid In auelling the disturbance there.
Two hundred and fifty tank soldiers
left Raleigh on a special train that
carried Governor Blckett to Winston-
Salem to take charge of the situation
there. Shortly after the first news of
the rioting had been received over
press wires, an appeal reached the
Governor from Winston authorities
and a few mtnutej afterward he had
arranged wRh the camp authorities
for a company of men to go to the
scene of the trouble.
RIOTING CEASES WITH ARRIVAL
OF TROOPS.
According to Monday's Associated
dispatch the rioting ceased with the
arrival of 175 troops from Camp
Greene and 250 from Camp Polk.
"Monkey Bottom," the negro settle
ment, was searched without any trou
ble and every man, white or black, on
the streets was halted and searched.
More than 100, the majority being
negroes, were found with firearms or
gin in their possession and were sent
to jail. Today the Jail Is heavily
guarded, all crowds dispersed and
Winston-Salem Is under strict martial
lnw. The soldiers are policing the
city and the trouble Is believed to be
over.
FOUR DEAD.
The death list includes three white
people and one colored man. The
whites are: C. J. White, construction
foreman for the Southern Public Util
ities company, who was held up and
robed in East Winston about 10
o'clock last night while returning
with a helper In nn automobile from
repairing an electric wire.
Robert Young, naval reserve volun
teer, awaiting orders to report for
duty, and was handling one of the
hose when the fire department turned
water on the mob with the purpose of
dispersing it. when he was shot by
someone in the street, death resulting
In a few minutes.
Miss Rachael Levy, aged 13, who
was-kllled in her home on Main street
by a stray bullet.
George Johnson was tho colored
man who lost his life by being hit
with a pistol ball.
There are eight persons, two color
ed, who are being treated at the city
hospital. The condition or these I?
not serious. No further trouble is
apprehended by the officers.
Mr. Frank Porter, a member of the
S. A. T. C. at the University of Vir
ginia at Charlotteville, spent Sunday
at home on a furlough.
Mrs. Thomas Richardson of Balti
more Is visiting Mrs. G. B. Caldwell.
PRESIDENT WILSON WILL AT
TEND PUCE CONFERENCE.
To Sail Soon After Owning of Regu-
lar Session of Congress and lie
Prettent For Opening Session of the
Peace Conference Breaks Two
Precedent Who Will He Presi
dent During His Absence?
Official announcement was made in
Washington Monday night that the
President will attend the opening ses
sions of the Peace Conference afte
Congress convenes for its regular ses
sion December 2nd.
This oilicial statement wa3 Issued
at the White House:
"The President expects to sail for
France immediately after the opening
of the regular session of Congress, for
the purpose of taking part In the dis
cussion rnd settlement of the main
features of the treaty of pescft. It la
not likely that It will be possible for
him to remain throughout the sessions
of the formal puice conference, but
his presence at the outset h necessary
In order to obviate the manifest dis
advantages of discussion by cable in
determining the greater outlines of
the final treaty about whi-h he must
necessarily be consulted. He will, of
course, bo accompanied by delegates
who will sit P. s the representatives of
the United States throughout the
conference.
"The names of the delegate will be
presently announced."
MAY BE GONE A MONTH.
The peace conference will probably
not assemble until late in December,
so it seems certain .that the President
will reach Paris several weeks ahead
of time. But he will meet in the pre
liminary sessions of the Allied War
Council to determine the general pro
gram that will govern tho pence con
ference. The President's plans have
not been revealed, but he will proba
bly be accompanied by Mrs. Wilson,
will visit Paris, Londou, Brussels and
Rome and will sail on an American
battleship.
Mr. Witlson Is expected to receive
abroad a reception siKh as hr.s been
Recorded but few men in public life.
He will be welcomed not only as the
President of the United States and the
commander-in-chief of its army and
navy, but also as tho champion or
world democracy.
la viadting. Europe.. thft Jj-esUCint
will establish two precedents. Ho will
bo the first chief executive of the
United States to participate In a peace
conference for the settling of issues
growing out of the war in which this
country participated and likewise he
will be the first President to leave
North American soil during his tenure
of office.
In reaching his decision to attend
the peace conference. President Wil
son is understood to have been largely
influenced by representations from
Premiers Lloyd-George of Great Brit
ain and Cleineneoau of France, and
other statesmen of the entente coun
tries. The principles and terms of set
tlement enunciated by the President
have been accepted by both the asso
ciated nations and the central powers
as the basis upon which peace Is to be
re-established and It is understood
that It Is for the working out of the
application of these principles that hi
presence Is so earnestly desired by the
allied statesmen.
WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT?
There has been much discussion as
to whether, while absent from the
country, Mr. Wilson could continue to
act a President. The constitution is
ellont rpirnrdins- thl and the reneral
opinion is that the President himself
must decide.
The prevailing opinion is that
Mr. Wilson already has made up his
mind on this subject. He does not
go to the peace conreronce as a del
egate and, consequently, it is held
that should he relinquish his author
ity and functions of office, he would
be without power to act for the Uni
ted States in the discussions.
THE RADIO STATION.
Representatives of Northern Finn
VUit Site Before M"klnjr Bids Mr.
Sikes Back From Washington The
Government Want Telephone Line.
Preparation for actual construction
work on the biggest radio station In
the world at Bakers goes on apace.
Sealed bids for the erection of 20 tow
ers each of which will be 500 feet
high and require about 400 car loads
of material are now being received by
the government. These bids will be
opened on next Monday and the suc
cessful contractor announced later.
During the past few days represen
tatives of the Alphouse Chimney Con
struction Company of New York, The
Rust Engineering Company of Pitts
burg, McArthur Brothers Construction
Company of New York. F. W. Allen
Company of New York, Hennlbeque
Construction Company of New York
and. the E. H. Clement Company of
Charlotte have visited the site at
Bakers before placing their bid for the
work.
- Mayor J. C. Sikes has returned
from Washington whore he went on
last Tuesday In connection with bus
iness regarding the station. He re
ports that everything Is favorable and
gave It as his opinion yesterday that
actual construction work would begin
on the station by the first of the year.
The Monroe bar will begin soon to
prepare abstracts of the land titles in
order that the 1300 acre site may be
deeded to the government. County
Surveyor R. W. Elliott is now engag
ed In making a re-survey of the site.
Yesterday a letter was received at
the office of the Chamber of Com
merce from officials In Washington,1
who will direct the work, enquiring
about the telephone line to Bakers.
No doubt with the beginning of work
this line will be made modern in ev
ery respect and probably direct com
munication by telephone with Wash
ington will be established.
As is shown by a copy of the speci
fications submitted to the contractors
defirlng to submit bids, a railway sid
ing eight miles long is to be built by
the succesful contractor convenient to
the site. The towers will be of a spe
cial kind of brick made in Michigan.
Small holes are left In these brick so
that when they are placed together
and the cemont applied to them it
unites them almost as a solid mass.
With the beginning of construction
work business in Monroe will take a
boom. It will require about 2000 men
eighteen months to complete the job.
Already the Chamber of Commerce Is
receiving enquiries by mail and person
from all parts of the country about
work and positions that will be open.
Union county men will be employed
first, it Is stated.
NOVEL INCIDENTS IN HI I.I.IK
BURKE'S NEWEST PICTURE
Unique Love Cline iind Han Plot
Make "In Pursuit of Polly" N.ta
We Photoplay.
When Polly Marsden, daughter of a
millionaire cotton broker of New York
was compelled by her father to make
a choice of one of two men who loved
her. one a poet, the other a prosaic
stock broker, she decided that given
an hour's start, she would leave town
in her automobile and that she would
bestow her hand upon the first of her
suitors who caught her.
This is the beginning of "In Pur
suit of Polly," the splendid Paramount
photoplay starring Billie Burke, which
will be displayed at th Strand theatre
today. What complications this uni
que method of deciding upon a hus
band gave rise to It would be unfair to
reveal, but It Is necessary to say that
they combine to make a story of un
usual dramatic interest.
Polly meots with nil sorts of adven
tures and incidentally she Is mistaken
for the confederate of a German spy
by a Secret Service oporativo. This
leads to her arrost after a scries of
thrilling events and when her suitors
catch up with her finally they learn to
their dliguthctJier hand And heart
belong to her captor who turns out to
be a millionaire and a charming chap
at that. Of course, the disappointed
poet and broker are disgruntled, but
when a woman makes up her mind,
what's the use to protest?
Miss Burke is said to have one of
the most delightful roles of her screen
career in this picture. She is admira
bly supported, her leading man being
Thomas Melghan. Others In her sup
port are Frank Losee, Alfred Hick
man and William Davidson.
DRIVE FOR $170,500,000
For War Work, Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C.
A., Etc. Help the Boys, and Minis.
ter to the KuHVrtng and the Neily.
Dear Teachers: I am earnestly
urged by the War Work Campaign
Chairman to ask the teachers of our
schools now in session to present this
cause to their respective schools.
Please present this matter to the
children promptly and have every one
to contribute something if possible for
this worthy cause.
Please send all contributions to Dr.
H. E. Gurney, County Chairman, Un
ion County War Work Campaign.
Yours very truly, R. N. Nisbet, County
Superintendent.
The State's Biggest Advertisement.
(Charlotte Observer.)
Government wireless telegraphy Is
a commercial proposition and that act
only makes more certain the comple
tion of the radio station at Baker's
near Monroe. There need be no un
easiness about the development of this
plant, and Monroe need feel no dis
turbance ovor newspaper stories
which are likely to develop. The
Journal last week gave information
of the presence on the ground of con
trading agencies who are pro-paring
bids that will be opened next Monday.
There are to be five towers and each
tower will require 400 carloads of ma
terial, which fact alone will give some
idea of the size of the plant. When
it is completed Monroe will claim the
distinction of being the base of the
largest wireless outfit in the world.
The Government will make full utili
zation of its facilities and there Is an
intimation that its sei vices may be
taken advantago of by the Associated
Press, which will establish a regular
ly appointed news agency there. The
radio station is looming up as North
Carolina's biggest advertisement of
the future.
Note by The Journal: For the ben
efit of our contemporary we will state
that the Btation is a bigger advertise
ment for the State by four times than
they gave It credit for being, as twenty
towers instead of five will be erected
at once, as is shown by plans In the
hands of T. L. Riddle, secretary of the
Monroe Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Atha Stevens is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. W. A. Stewart, in
Hamlet.
iocal Market.
Good white cotton 27.50
Cotton seed 1.0 V
Eggs 60
Country hams 35-40
Butter 35-'n
Sweet potatoes 1.25
Irish potatoes 1.50
Hens 75 to 85
Rabbits ....17H
Turkeys 27
CAIT. J. T. MANGIM DKMYFRS
ADDRESS IN COI KTHOISK
In Inter?! wf United War Work Can.
liaign The Y. M. V. A. Has a
Greater Work to do Now Than Durw
-ing Hostilities, He Says.
The Y. M. C. A. and allied 01 eaniz i.
tions in Fiance have a greater work
to do now than they did before
tho signing of the armistice, declared
Capt. J. T. Manguni. in charge of the
Y. M. C. A. -work at Camp Green,
speaking in the courthouse iu the in
terest or tne united War Work Cam
paign last night. He explained that
wilh the cessation of hostilities th
boys in t ranee would h;ve much leis
ure time aad Would therefore ho
thrown in the way of greater tempta
tions man oeiore and that it was the
work of the Y. M. C. A. and allied or
ganizations to counteract this.
He gave it as his opinion that the
work of the various organizations in
France had made it possible to devel
op the American boys just from the
nonie and lgncrant of even the rudi
ments of military life Into such suDerb,
soldiers in such a short time. This was
accomplished oy tho keeping up of the
morale, he declared. And he said
that as thoy veie developed into the
supreme killers they wero reminded
by the Y. M. C. A. and other organi
zations that they were doine so in or
der that their mothers and sweethear3
back home might not be subjected to
the treatment accorded the women
and children of Belgium and northern
Franco at the hands of tho German
soldiers, thus keeping him from be
coming a mere brute.
Graphically he pictured the Ameri
can soldier returning from the front
line trench with the look of the "kill
er" on his face to be mot bv the-
cheer and homelike influences of the
"Y" and kindred organizations which
quickly banished the memory of the
sights and sounds of the trench from
his mind and made it possible for him
to return buoyant a few days later to
again take up the work of killing. He
declared that the sight of the women
workers in the Y. M. C. A. huts In
France by recalling memories of home
and mother had saved the reason of
many a soldier.
He expressed the opinion that all
the American soldiers would not be
returned within two years. He
pointed out that it had required a lit- ' ,
t'nore.ahat -l Strwatha to take thA '
boys to France with the help of the
British navy and that they certainly
could not be brought home In less
time. During all this time the work
of bringing a little touch of home into
the soldiers' life must not be stopped
and after they have sailed for home
the work of rccoustnu-tion In France
and Belgium must be undertaken by
the different organizations.
All of which takes money. Union
county's part in the War Work Cam
paign is $7500. The drive, the tiraft
being extended, closes tommorow.
Sometime before that time the can
vassers will visit you for a subscrip
tion. Decide now what amount you
kwlll give. Capt. Mangum pointed out
that one half of the interest for ono
year of the Liberty Bonds purchased
in tho county during the fourth Loan
would more than oversubscribe Union
county's part.
REV. WILLIAM H. W.W.I. DIES
SUDDENLY OF HEART FA I LURK
At 4:i0 Friday Afternoon Intended
to IiCave For Florida Following
Morning Wa.s Native of England
Funeral Saturday.
Rev. William H. Ball, well known
and a friend to many of the people of
Monroe, dlou suddenly at tho home of
Mrs. Jennie Tjoyte, where he had been
making his home, on Lancaster ave
nue Friday afternoon about 4:30. Hw
had Just finished packing preparatory
to leaving for Florida the fpllowlng
niornlng.where he habitually spent the
winter, and had seated himself in a
rocking chair when the end came sud
denly. He had been afflicted with
heart trouble for a number of years.
Rev. Mr. Ball was a native of Lon
don, England. Surviving him in Eng
land are a brother and sister and:
three daughters. M.tJor Francis Ball
of Charlotte, formerly of the Princess
Pat, famous Canadian regiment, ia
son. Another son, Lt. Georgo Ball,
was killed In France in June. Tho
deceased was a graduate of two of tho
principle colleges of England. When
quite young he entered the nilnistry
of the Episcopal church and for 20
years labored as a missionary in South
Africa. He continued his work there
durlng the Boer war, p.nd talked In
terestingly about his experiences la
that country.
About twelve years ago he came to
this country and for two yean was
rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church
here, later becoming rector of the
Concord church. Heart trouble made
It Impossible for him to reside !n Eng
land on account of the dampness. He
was 61 years old when the end came.
Funeral service wa3 conducted at
St. Paul's Episcopal church by Rev.
S. L. Rotter, rector, Saturday after
noon at four o'clock. The pall bear--er3
were Mwr.rs. J. J. Parker, J. C. M.
Vann. J. M. Falrley, Herndon Hasty.
Albert Redfern and F. H. Falrley. In
trment was In the Monroe cemetery.
The deceased was a man loved and'
respected by all. He was a broad
minded man, and being a minister dint
not place him upon a plane unap
proachable by his fellow man. Hia
sudden and unexpected. death came as
a shock to many.
Mr. W. M. Gr-dn Is on a business
trip to Philadelphia.
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