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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVEP'TJODY READS IV HE MONROE V FRNAL PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.24. NO.lojT MONROE, N. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1919. $1.50 PER 1AR CASH. HOUSTON UKTS TEX YEARS IX THE STATU PENITENTIARY HA IMO STATIOX CAUSES OUT- IMPORTANT EDUCATION B1LI-S PKKMIK.lt CLEMENCEAU OF WILSON DELIVERS ADDRESS TO FRENCH WOHklr;VOMEN MANY EUROPEAN OUNTRIEH ARE (.RADIALLY STARVING BREAK FROM HOUSE LEAD Kit XOW IN THE LEGISLATURE FRANCE AS A FKiHTER THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT JOi Other Disposed of inuil Jury Found Bill Again! Value Road Suienisors Honor J V. Griffith V. J. Pratt Court Adjourns. Pound guilty by the jury in Crimi ral couri yesterday afternoon on a marge of breaking and entering the fore of Mr. H. L. McManus. about a h.ile west of town, Dob Houston, col ored, was sentenced to ten years in te penitentiary. In passing sentence J.idge Shaw remarked that he had i:ven the limit and regretted that the Uw did not allow more. It had been agreed upon the be ginning of the case that two other charges against Houston would be heard and the remaining three con tinued. But when the Jury found the defendant guilty of breaking and en tering the store he decided, when u-ged by his lawyers after sentence had been passed, to submit to the o:her charges against him, with the exception of the two capital charges. Upon this judgment in the other cases was suspended. Houston, as told In a previous is f je of The Journal, had been found s.iilty of larceny In five cases before Recorder Leininond and sentenced to a year on the chain gang. After pass i: g sentence on the breaking and en ring case In Criminal court Judge ;?iiaw requested that the sentence for ine latter case requested that this sentence he given preference. This was done and Houston will he carried n Raleigh in a few days to begin his ten year sentence. OTHER CASES DISPOSED OF Prior to taking up of the case luahiBt Houston the Jury had found Bab Forrest, an account of the begin ning of which trial appeared In the ldjjt Issue of The Journal, guilty of larceny of seed cotton from Mr. A. H. McLarty. He was taxed with the costs in the case, sentenced to pay t'r.e sum of $100 to the owner of the c itton and to give bond to the amount of $200 for his re-appearance at the fissions of Criminal court for the r.ext two years and to show that he had been of good behaviour Roy Stegall. charged with rape s bmltted to a charge of assault on a f emale, and was sentenced to two vears on the chain gang or to pay a lie of $750 and six months in Jail. The case waa appealed and bond gtv e.n. The grand Jury found a true bill tealnst Ernest Brown, the negro who t.xk a quantity of whiskey from Mon day Medlin. and he was touna guiuy a:id given eighteen months on the roads. The grand jury completed Its work Wednesday. They report the county i-.stltutlons as In good condition, but ietter provisions should be made for jishts and water at the county home. A true hill was found against the -iad supervisors of Vance township f -- failure to have the roads worked. HONOR DECEASED. At the motion of Mr. J. J. Tarker, s-vonded by Mr. J. C. Sikes, after the n.isluess or the day was disposed of Wednesday, it was ordered that the CDurt adjourn in honor of the late Sheriff J. V. Griffith and Mr. w. J T.att. It was further ordered that a page of the court records be set aside tor each of the deceased upon which fall he recorded such resolutions us aha be submitted by a committee ap lointed for that purpose The com mittee appointed to draft resolutions :;iresslngg the sentiments or inc court, bar and people of the county r s a tribute to the memory of Messrs Griffith and Pratt is composed of the following: Messrs. . B. Love, A. M. Stack and J. C. Slkes. The coin r.iittee was directed to report the res ohitions at the next term of court. COURT ADJOURNS. The Houston case was disposed of a'-ont seven o'clock last night, and the docket being cleared wlih the ex ertion of a few old cases, It was de f :.'od that the court would not meet Mlav or tomorrow but would ad- jo jm. Kill to Secure (ieiinan Cannon For Monroe. It now appears that before many liays after the return of the anna i ,nt rant u red from the Germans by .lira n soldiers to the United States that a cannon or field piece iioni the lot will be mounted upon te Union county court nouse square. A bill providing that a cannon or field p'.ee be given to Monroe nas oeen in i 1 educed in Congress by Hon. L. D, r.oblnson. Journal readers will remember that some time ago a story appeared to the effect that Mayor Slkes had written Mr. Robinson regarding this natter at the suggestion of The Jour nal. Mr. Robinson must have acted at once upon receiving this letter. He has also introduced bills to secure captured armament for other towns in his district. All the armament captured from the Germans by the American sol diers will be sent to the states ana HnnntpH to towns that want the rel ie. They must be secured by act of riMinwi No doubt wonderful sto ries of how the various pieces were captured will be told. Ask the Majestic range salesman ,; win h at Monroe Hardware Co.'s store Feb. 3 to 8, to show you the n.othnd of unseen riveting on me now .month finish Majestic ranges it'a marvelous, and Introduces the created Improvement ever accom plished In r-nge bulldlnr. Daniels-Mann Battle Is Now Raging in Kenan! to (ioveriiiiieiit Seizure of Radio riant and Monroe Station is Cause or il All. "Before the navy department took over the high-power wireless stations the matter was thoroughly Investi gated from every angle by legal and other experts of the department. We concluded that the only thing to do under existing conditions was to take over the radio plants. We thought the step would be a good one for the nation, the allies, and the navy. We still think so." H. E. C. Bryant. Charlotte Obeser- ver's Washington correspondent, says the above statement was made by Secretary of the Navy Daniels when his attention was called to the decla ration of Republicn Leader Mann, in the House, that the Secretary of the Navy should be impeached for hav ing seized commercial wireless sta tions. Mr. Bryant reports the Danl- els-Mann battle as follows: This statement was made by Sec retary of the Navy Daniels when his attention was called to the declara tion of Republican Leader Mann, in the House, that the secretary of the navy should be impeached for hav ing seized commercial wireless sta tions. Mr. Daniels made no criticism of Mr. Mann. "The experts of the navy investi gated the matter fully." he said. "It was investigated by the heads of several bureaus, and by the solid tor. We have no doubt whatever as to our legal authority to taite over the radio plants, or as to the neces sity for so doing. "The step was not taken hastily, but after painstaking investigation and study. We sweat blood over it for several weeks and the decision to take over the plants was the unani mous judgment of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, Admiral Griffin, head of the bureau of steam engineering, and other officials." Mr. Mann referred to the wireless station to be established at Monroe. He read from the testimony of Ad miral Griffin as follows: "Congress did not authorize the Monroe station. The President an thorlzed It. - "Seeking to lay. the blame on the President," declared Mr. Mann. "I am willing to acquit him. The Presi dent approved the location of a radio station at Monroe, but the President did not undertake to say there was any appropriation for It. He was lied to by somebody. He did not examine the appropriation bill to And that there was no such authority there In the law. On the contrary there was authority to spend $10,000 and only that. They seek to hide under the cover of the President. He did not authorize it. He approved the loca tion. "Now the committee on anpro ria lions cut out the $3,000,000 for the Monroe station properly, and I think the lion? ought to cut out the lial once of if." It is believed here that Mr Mann Is tryinff to make the country for get the lvrse and steak that the pack ers save hi in. MONROE BUSINESS MEX PROTEST FEDERAL TAX At Meeting in (iiiinibcr of Commerce Room Tue'iuy Night Letter Ad dressed to Si'imtors mill Represent atives Regarding Matter. At a meeting of the leading busi ness men of the county and city in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night It was decided to pro tost against the Federal tax bill now pending in Congress. Business men throughout the country have held meetings to protest against this bill, which provides for an income of $6, 000,000.000, and recommended that It be revised to provide for an income for the Federal government of $4, 000.000,000. Short talks on the subject were made by several men present at the meeting. It was decided at the meet' lug to mall letters, reading as follows to Senators Simmons and Overman and Congressman Robinson: At a meeting last night of the lend ing business men of Monroe and Un ion county. North Carolina, In the rooms of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, to consider the business situation and particularly the Federal tax question, which is pending, It was decided that If the pending rev enue bill becomes a law not only will all business extension and improve ments be stopped, but in order to make provision for payment of tax, goods cannot be stored and carried by manufacturing plants, and these plants will be forced to shut down and thus throw labor out of employ ment. We appeal to you. our representa tive, if not unjust to ouKgovernment, not to permit the enacting of a rev enue bill which will cripple business and prevent the continued employ ment of labor. Assuring you of our appreciation of what you have-done for us and thank lng you In advance for your prompt attention to this very Important mat ter, we are. very truly yours, Monroe Chamber of Commerce. Oosli! Some men are more nervous than others. But what we started to say was that Henry Will Jump lives In Wilton, Ky. Free Text Hook Rill Introduced, More Pay For Judges, Child Iabor Rill, Teachers' Salaries nnd School Maintenance Ijiws. As reported by W. J. Martin to the Charlotte Observer, the following im portant bills were introduced in the Legislature yesterday: In the senate Senator Cooper of New Hanover introduced a bill to provide free textbooks for all public school children in the state through the levy of a tax of ten cents on the 100 property valuation. The house received, through Rep resentative Bryant of Durham the regular department of education bills to provide for six months' school term under the constitutional amendment and for establishing the budget sys tem for the schools of the state; fix minimum salaries for teachers, and create maintenance funds for the schools. These bills provide for the raising of the $3,231,000 necessary for the state's. half of the six months' school term fund, with a showing on estimate that the proposed 32-cent tax will raise $3,264,000. This may be reduced by the special excise tax recommended by the governor. The senate received the Shipman child labor bill, through introduction by Connor, the same as the Saunders bill in the house. Commissioner Ship man received today Indorsement by Dr. G. M. Cooper, of the state board of health, as a perfectly fair and ad mirably constructed bill. The senate passed a committee sub stitute bill to increase the salaries of judges so that superior court judges shall have $4,000 and actual expenses to the limit of $1,500 in any year, and that the supreme court Jus tices receive $1,000 additional sala ry and a clerk for each. The bill to increase the salary of the assistant attorney general to $2,250 passed; also a bill for a similar Increase for the supreme court reporter. The Stacy bill passed, authorizing the governor's council and a legisla tive commission to fix the salaries and wages for all state departments and report to the legislature. ' The house passed the resolution providing for the installation of 'an elevator In the capitol building. A bill by Matthews of Bertie would divide theta(e into Are Judfclal dis tricts. Senator Burns of Carthage intro duced a bill to prevent death sentence where the convict Is under 21 years old. DeLaney of Mecklenburg Introduc ed a bill to create a board of public accountancy. Numbers of petitions from drug gists and tobacco dealers in Winning' ton, Charlotte and elsewhere were presented involving proposed revenue Increases. "The Man Who Didn't (Jo." (Literary Digest.) Everybody but "the man who did n't go" is enjoying himself in these days of returning heroes and expand ing democracy. That poor chap glad ly joins in the paeans of welcome and t'ioes his best to help the "bos" real ize the grand part they played in the conflict abroad. But he is beset with dread that his staying behind will "put him In the bad" with the fel lows who don't understand why he was not on the firing line. There were hundreds of reasons, many of them compulsory, for "being back home," and Treat 'Em Rough, the magazine published in the Interest of the Tank Corps, and edited by Arthur Guy Empey. makes a fine plea tor proper consideration of the unfortu nate stay-at-homes. We quote: "In this hour of world rejoicing when the individual must needs lose his identity in the welfare of man kind, we want to stand at attention a moment and pledge a toast to that army of men who steadily did tlni work, stayed at their posts, so that others might go across while they re niained. "It is natural to be thrilled at the sight of the man with the service stripe or wound stripes or medal, to talk of his hardships and sufferings and the dangers he has gone through, and hard to realize, perhaps that the greatest suffering of all is that which is not physical, but men tal the sinking of all that a man holds most dear In complete and ab solute self-sacrifice. "Thousands and thousands of men often the first to answer of teir own free will their country s call, pa tiently, day after day, sought to make themselves and others fit for hthe supreme test which never came to them. Some did not care to go or couldn't go, but the man who was physically, mentally, and moraly fit, who pledged himself to his country, heart, soul, and body, but who through the exigencies of the situ ation never had a chance to really answer the call of his soul, we pledge a toast to that man. He truly of fered everything and In cases made tremendous sacrifices for which he will never be recompensed in this world, and yet the greatest honor of all did not come his way. "When the return troops inarch proudly up Fifth Avenue, and it seems that our hearts will burst with pride and thanksgiving, don't forget the man who didn't go. If you see him standing, watching with tight ened jaw and perhaps a suspicion of moisture In his eye, give him a cheer, even tho It be mental, for he Is the silent hero, and a band and flags to him are a sign of unfulfilled sacrifice." Forty-Eight Year Ago He Refused to Sign Ikx'iintents Ceding AKne l.orraiiie to (icruiaiiy He is Now Setenty-Seven Years of Age. Rev. Newell Dwight llillis, pastor of Plymouth church. Brooklyn, in a sermon reported by the Brooklyn Ea gle, thus characterizes the French em ier: "Now seventy-seven years of age. Clemenceau has had a stormy and tu multuous career. All his long life he has lived in the thunder of political battle. He has been a tribune of the people. In every political campaign he has been a fighter, and has given blows and received them. For years he was one of the best hated men of his time. Often he was ahead of the people, and lost his leadership; per haps once or twice he followed after the people, and so of necessity had no following. From the beginning he has had the courage of his own convic tions. Forty-eight years ago at Metz, where he was serving as one of the French delegates, Clemenceau refus ed to sign the document ceding Al sace and Lorraine to Germany. On that occasion he declared for the right of self-determination on the part of theAlsatians. "Men cannot be bought as slaves in Africa nor sold as serfs in Russia, nor delivered like cat tle into the hands of Bismarck." In that hour Clemenceau raged like a lion and roared like a tiger. He ran every form of personal risk. For a time he lost all prestipe. but never once did he flinch from his position. When forty-eight years had come and gone everything his associates had ceded to Germany Clemenceau saw returned to France. Few men ever fought a battle and forty-eight years later entered Into the fruits of the victory. From the very beginning or this war, therefore, Clemenceau led the attack. As Prime Minister he joined, as it were, the war cabinet. He went into the front trenches and worked with the poilu. He spent two or three days each week with Joffre at headquarters, and later with Foch. He rode the line from Vpres to Ver dun, without regard to snow of win ter, the rain and fog of summer. When the people of Paris thought ev erything was lost Clemenceau climb ed Into his automobile and went wherever there was a crowd and har angued the multitude. He rebuked them for their fears, laughed at their discouragement, proclaimed his opti mism, shouted out his certainty of coming victory. Like Miltiades he flung his helmet into the thick of the enemy and called on his men to fol low him and recover the helmet again." The Bridged Atlantic. (The Saturday Evening Post.) Wood row Wilson in Europe means the United States in Europe. When he shakes hands with premiers, pres idents and "kings on French soil It means Uncle Sam has stepped one foot across the Atlantic. He, and we, got there through circumstances be yond our control. As to quoting WiwhiiiiMmi'K wnrninc n?:iiiist entan gling alliances you might as well quote his idea that a stage coach was the best means of conveyance. The fact is accomplished and will never be undone. The United States will never again stand In relation to Eu rope where it stood five years ago. That Is our vital stake in the peace conference. We have moved next door, and whether the conditions i Europe make for peace or war is a vital concern to us. for in the long run it is going to mean our peace or our war. Tlun'p is a notion that ln!il;ind France and Italy will fix up the peace substantially to suit themselves ana politely invite us to subscribe to it. That is a wrong notion, which the 1'nitiwt Sl:iti' fthmiM HiKPnunteiuinrp. We Attempted to stand apart before, after the lighting had begun, and fnmwl 1 1 vi I we rniild not. We should be still less able to stand apart if righting began again, we want no standing apart now. This peace con ference is our affair as much as it Ir thp nlT:tir nf niiv nntinn Tn insiut by every means that it shall be so ordered as to give the greatest pos sible nssur.inre of endurlnc neare is not only our business but by far the nior.t Important business we have on hand. And the United Slates is very far from helnless. With the ri cht de termination it can cut a very large or even a decisive figure in the pro ceed inns, heraiise its main ohierts correspond exactly with the aspira tions of trie great oody or the plain, uut voting people or t-urope. Light! (Pageland Journal.) Speaking of lights reminds us that the town of Pageland is attempting to do without such minor things, so far as the streets are concerned. But my! are not some of our corners dark when Sister Luna fails to show her mellow face. A fellow just has to feel his way around the corners and blow his signal for fear of a head-end collision. If it was Monroe instead Lof Pageland one would expect to be held up at the point of two pistols. The city fathers should enact a law compelling persons going out In this Egyptian darkness to wear head lights and bark lights too and keep his fog horn blowing all the while. Foolish. I think that she was on the ark. She's old. is Mrs. Bright; But she Is keeping her age dark, By keeping her hair light. Women IUqtiested that Suffrage lie Settled by Conference Mini Presi dent Expressed His Adiniiation for the Wur Work of Women of All Nations, A delegatiou repivsenting the working women of France railed on President Wilson Saturday and urged that the Peace Conference include wo man suffrage among the points to be settled by the conference. President Wilson expressed his sympathy with the cause and his appreciation of their confidence in him, but at the same time stated that "suffrage was necessarily a domestic question for the several nations." We quote as follows the latter part of the Presi dent's address: "But what I have at heart today is to avail myself of this opportunity lo express my admiration for the wo men of France and my admiration for the women of all the nations that have been engaged In the war. By the fortunes of this war the chief burden has fallen upon the women of France and they have borne it with a spirit and a devotion which has command ed the admiration of the world. "I do not think that the people of France fully realize perhaps the in tensity of the sympathy that other nations have felt for them. They think of us in America, for example, us a long way off. and we are in space, bt't not in thought. You must remember that the United Stales is made up of the nations of Europe; that French sympathies run straight across the seas, not merely by histor ic association but by blood connec tion and that these nerves of sympa thy are quick to transmit the im pulses of one nation to the other, "We have followed your sufferings ! with a feeling that we were witnesses to one of the most heroic and may I add at the same time satisfactory thing in the world satisfactory be cause It showed the strength of the human spirit, the Indomitable power of women and men alike to sustain any burden if the cause was great enough. 'In an ordinary war there might have been some shrinking, some sink ing of effort, but this was not an or dinary war. This was a war not only to redeem France from an enemy, but to redeem the world from an en- my. And France, therefore, and the women of France strained their parts to sustain the world. I hope that the strain has not been in vain. I know that it has not been in vain. "This war has been popular and un like other wars in that it seemed as if the chief strain was behind the lines and not at the lines. It took so many men to conduct the war that the older men and the women at home had to carry the nation. Not only so. but the industries of the na tion were almost as much a part or the fighting as the things that took place at the front. "So it is for that reason that I have said to those with whom I am at present associated that this must be a people's peace because this was a people's war. The people won this war, not the governments, and the people must reap the benefit of the war. At every turn we must see to it that it is not an adjustment be tween governments merely but an agreement for the peace and security of men and women everywhere. "The little obscure sufferings and the daily unknown privations, the un spoken sufferings of the heart and the tragical things of this war. They have been borne at home and the center of the home is a woman. My heart goes out to you, therefore, la dles, in a very Unusual degree, and I welcome this opporunity to bring you this message not from myself merely but from the great people whom I represent." About the Closing of Schools, While the matter of closing schools on account of influenza was left largely in the hands of the local com mittee, yet we find that it is very necessary for us lo know about those casts In which it has been decided to clone the school, especially where it has been decided to close for the re mainder of the term. We feel that as a Board charged with the disburse ment of school funds, we should know about those final closings at least Also that the County Superintendent should be consulted before the final decision is made by the teachers and the committee to close the school. There are cases we believe in which our first decision in regard to this matter would be all right but there are other cases not so pronouncedly that way, at any rate we think It nec essary to adopt the latter plan In or der to keep In a little closer touch with the schools, especially In this time of unusual disturbance and dis organization. Very truly yours. R. N. NISDET, Co. Supt. MvHee-Monroc Railroad. (Pageland Jburnal.) Pageland needs another railroad We believe If the citizens of the town and surrounding country would go af ter It hard enough it would come There certainly is, as the writer sees the matter, a fine opening for a road from, say McBee through this town to Monroe and also for the extension of the line now running to this place on to Lancaster. Why should we sit idly by and say, no use, we cannot get It. Greater and harder things have been done, can be done again. What is needed Is a united and determined pull and keep It up until she "do move." FmmI Administrator Hoover Cables of Food .situation Found in Many Countries Crop. Are Below Nor mal uud surplus s Rapidly Heing Exhausted. Herbert Hoover, United States food administrator and director general of European relief, has sent to the food administration in Washington a cable message giving details of the food conditions in the countries so far in vestigated by the American staff un der the direction of Dr. Alouzo Tay lor, in connection with allied com misfsions. These surveys disclose that meats, fats and milk are so short la many regions that the health of tha people is very much impaired, mortal ity among children is appalling, and there is a constant menace through the threatened spread of bolshevlk ism. especially in the cities. Crops were far below normal and the surplus is rapidly being exhaust ed, so that In many districts if star vation is not already at hand, it ia only a short time ahead. The investigations, so far carried through, indicate that the total amount of food needed by the coun tries under consideration will amount, to about 1,400,1100 tons to take theta through until the next harvest, cost ing in the neighborhood of $350,000, 000 delivered. In his cable Mr. Hoover says: "The general situation in the areas covered by recent surveys is that their animals uie largely reduced; their crops were far below normal on ac count of in u ii and animal shortage, ravages of war and climatic condi tions. The surplus harvest above ab solute needs is now rapidly approach ing exhaustion, and consequently tha towns and cities are in a dangerous situation. "Our reports show, specifically, as follows: Finland The food is practically exhausted in the cities. While many of the peasants have some bread, other sections are mixing large amounts of straw. They are exhaust ed of fats, meats and sugar, and need help to prevent renewed rise of bol shevikism. "Baltic states The food may last one or two mouths on a much reduc ed scale. They sent a deputation to our minister at Stockholm imploring food. "Serbia The town bread ration is down to three ounces daily in the north, not accessible from Salonlca. In the south, where accessible, the British are furnishing food to the civil population. We are trying to get food in from the Adriatic. "Jugo-Slavia The bread ration ia many towns is three or four ounces. All classes are short of fats, milk and meat. Vienna Except for supplies fur nished by the Italians and Swiss, their bread ration of six ounces per diem would disappear. There Is much illness from the shortage of fats, the ration being one and one-half ounces a week. There are no coffee, sugar or eggs and practically no meat. "Tyrol The people are being fed by Swiss charity. "Poland The peasants probably have enough to get through. The mortality in cities, particularly among children, is appalling for lack of fats, milk, meat and bread. The situation in bread will be worse in two months. "Rumania The bread supply for the entire people is estimated to last, another 30 days. They are short of fats and milk. The last harvest was 60 per cent a failure. "Bulgaria The harvest was also a a failure here. There are supplies available for probably two or three mouths. "Armenia is already starving. i "Czecho-SIovakia There is large suffering on account of lack of fats and milk. They have tread for two or three months and sugar for six months. "We have each country under in vestigation as to the total amounts required to barely sustain life and their resources to pay. The prelim inary investigation by Taylor and hia staff in connection with allied staffs shows the total of the above areas will require about 1,400,000 tons of imported food to get through until next hanest, costing, say, $350,000, Oou delivered." Whiskey Amendment Formally Rati fied. Ratification of the prohibition r.niendment to the federal constitu tion was proclaimed formally Wed nesday by Frank L. Polk, acting sec retary of state. The proclamation Is dated January 29, but legal authori ties of the department say ratifica tion was accomplished when the thirty-sixth sta! acted favorably on Jan uary 16 and that under the terms of the amendment itself prohibition be comes effective one year from that date. The proclamation was signed by Mr. Polk exactly at 11.20 a. m. In the presence of Senator Sheppard of Tex as, author of the resolution, former Secretary Bryan, Representative C. 11. Randall of California, prohibition ist member of the house and officials of the Anti-Saloon League of Ameri ca, the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union and other anti-saloon or ganizations. Mr. Polk, used several pens In af fixing his signature and presented them to Senator Sheppard. Mr. Bry an, Representative Randall and oth ers. How do the dryi "celebrate"? Brooklyn Eagle.