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VOL 25. No. 27.
MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
PEACH TREATY HANDED TO
GERMANS ON WEDNESDAY
Presented to Enemy IH-Iegate at Yer
s idle mill Provides for Reparation
M Nations Injured In War Wilson
si ml l.loyd George Pledge nitl to
France Against possible Hun As
sault, The treaty of peace, submitted to
the German delegates at Versailles
Wednesday by the representatives ol
the associated powers, reduces Ger
many to military impotence, depiives
her of her colonies, restores Alsace
and Lorraine to France and provides
for reparation to the natioiu injured
by her In the war.
This was made known in an official
summary of the treaty, cabled from
the American committee on public in
foi. nation in New York. At the the
same time offical onuciiiicemeut was
made that the Presides' had pledged
hiuself to propose to the senate an
agreement that the United States, in
conjunction with Great Britian, would
fto to the assistance of France in case
of unprovoked attack by Germany.
The announcement of this proposed
agreement wa made in a statement
supplementing the offical summary
of 'he peace treaty.
!:. is the longest treaty ever drawn.
It. totals about Sit.nou words, divided
into 15 main sections and represents
thr combined product of over a thou-
!a:;l experts working continually
th!ntr:h a series of commissions for
!! three and a half mouths since
Ja.miry IS. The treaty is printed in
p:r.ellcl pases of English and French,
which are recognized as having itial
validity. It does not deal with ques
tiois affecting Austria. Bulgaria and
Turkey except in so far as binding
Ge:'iuany to accept any. agreement
reached with those former allies.
t M.MARY OF PEACE TREATY
AN ice-Lorraine Restored to French
Nation Germany Reduced to Mil
itary lnintciiee Must Itecogul.e
league of Nations, Make Itcpnra
iron ami Surrender Colonies Kai-s-'r
to lie Tried.
Preamble. The preamble names
as parties of the one part the United
States, the British empire, France,
Italy and Japan, described as the five
allied and associated powers, and
Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, China, C'.ba,
Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, the
Hedjtu, Honduras, Liberia, Nlcatau
gua. Panama, Peru, Poland. Portugal,
Rumania, Serbia, Slam, Czecho Slo
vakia and Uruguay, who, with the
five above are described as the al
lied and associated powers, and on
the other part, Germany.
Following the preamble and dispo
sition of powers comes the covenant
of the league of nations as the first
section of the treaty. The frontiers
of Germany in F.urope defined In the
second section; European racial class
es in third; European political classes
in the four' h. Next are the. military,
naval and air terms as the fifth sec
tion, followed by a section on prison
ers of war and military graves, and
a seventh on responsibilities. Repa
rations, financial terms, and econom
ic terms are covered in sections eight
to :en. Then comes the aeronautic
section, ports, waterways, and rail
ways section, the labor covenant, the
section on garrisons, and the final
classes.
Germany, by the terms of the
treaty, restores Alsace-Lorraine to
France, accepts the internationaliza
tion of the Saar basin temporarily
and of Danzig permanently, agrees
to territorial changes toward Belgium
and Denmark and In East Prussia,
cedes most of upper Silesia to Po
land, and renounces all territoral and
political rights outside of Europe, as
to her own or her allies' territories,
and especially to Morocco. Egypt.
Sia:n. Liberia and Shantung. She also
recognizes the total Independence of
German-Austria, Czecho Slovakia and
Folfltid.
Her army Is reduced to 100.000
men, including officers; conscription
within her territories Is abolished; all
forts 50 kilometers east of the Rhine
razed: and all importation, exporta
tions and nearly all production of
war material stopped. Allied occupa
tion of parts of Germany will contin
ue till reparation is made, but win ue
reduced at the end of each of three
five-year periods if Germany is ful
filling her obligations. Any violation
by Germany of the conditions as to
the zone 50 kilometers east of the
Rhine will be regarded as an act of
war.
The Germany navy Is reduced to
alx battleships, six light cruisers and
12 torpedo boats, without subma
rines, and a personnel of not over
15,000. All ether vessels must be sur
rended or destroyed. Germany is for
bidden to build forts controlling the
Baltic, must demolish Helgoland,
open the Kiel Canal to all nations,
and surrender her 14 submarine ca
bles. She may have no military or
naval t'.T forces except 100 unarmed
seaplanes until October 1 to detect
mines, and may manufacture aviation
material for six months.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES.
Germany accepts full responslbil
lty for all damages caused to allied
and associated government nu
I tionals. agrees specifically to relm
! burse all clvlllian damages beginning
L with an Initial payment of 20,000,-
000,000 marks, suosequem yajiueiiuj
t to be secured by bonds to be issued
i at the discretion of the reparation
1 commission. Germany is to pay shlp
? tilnz damiu'o on a ton-for-ton basis
- by cession of a large part of her
merchant, coasting and river fleeis,
and by new construction; and to de
vote her economic resources to the
rebuilding of the devastated regions.
She agrees io return to the 1914
most-favorer-uation tariffs, without
discrimination of any sort: To allow
allied and associaed nationals free
dom and transit through her terri
lories, and to accept highly detailed
provisions as to pre-war debts, unfair
composition. iuternr.Monalizaiou of
roads and rivers, and other economic
and financial clauses.
She also agree to the trial of the
ex-kaiser by an international hifch
court for a supreme offense against
international morality, and of other
nationals for violation of the laws
and customs of war. Holland to be
asked to extradite the former, and
Germany being responsible for de
livery of the latter.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ACCEPTED
The league of nations is accepted,
by the allied and associated powers
as operative and by Germany in
principle, but without membership.
Similarly, an International labor body
is brought into being with a perma-
ent office and an annual convention.
A great number of international
bodies of different kinds and for dif
ferent purposes are created, some
under the league of nations, some to
execute the peace treaty, among the
former Is the commission to govern
the Saar basin till a plebiscite is held
15 years hence; the high coinmrssion-
er of DauzU. which is created into a
free city under the knijrue, and vari
ous commissions for plebiscites in
Maltnody. Schloswig and east Prussia.
Anion: these to carry out the peace
treaty are ihe reparations, military,
naval, air. financial and economic
commissions, the international high
court and military tribunals to fix
responsibilities, and a series of bodies
for the control of international rivers.
Certain problems are left for solu
tion between the allied and associated
powers, notably details of the his
position of the German fleet and
cables, the former German colonies
and the values paid in reparation.
Certain other problems such as the
laws of the air and the opium, arms
and liquor traffic area either agreed
to be in detail or set for early Inter
national action.
f. S. SEAPLANES BEGIN THEIR
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
Rocknuny Bench to Halifax Forms
First Half of Flight. Thence to
Portugal and on to Plymouth, Eng
land In all a Distance of rt.DM
Nautical Miles.
The first trans-Atlantic flight was
begun when three N. C. (navy-Cur-tiss)
hydroairplanes left the govern
ment's air station at Rockaway Beach
New York at 10 a. in. yesterday on
the first leg of the Journey Rocka
way to Halifax, a distance of 540
miles.
The N. C-3. with commander John
H. Towers, chief of the expedition
was the first plane to take the air.
Thence N. C-l, with Lieutenant P.
N. L. Bellinger, and N. C-4. with
T Imiteiuuit ("oiiiiiinnder A. C. Read
as the commanding officer, were ilose
behind the N. C-.i.
The plan.s were escorted to sea by
a squadron of navy scout planes.
Proceeding in v. general northeast
erly direction. Cie trio of giant air
and water birds should reach Hali
fax More night fall, barring mishap.
Theme the routes run 1,350 miles to
the Azores, another 8u0 miles to
Portugal and on to Plymouth Eng
land. The total distance between Rocka
way Beach and Plymouth Is 3,925
nautical miles.
The No. 3 cruised for a minute
northPi lv 'In Jamaica moving at half i
speed through the water ana men
turned west for the open sea. ine
throttles were thrown wide open and
with a roar of the 1.600 horsepower
motors, the plane took the air.
One minute later the N. C-l lifted
herself from the water, followed with
in 50 seconds by the N. C-4, and the
world's greatest trans-Atlantic nigiu
was actually In progress.
When the planes were fully a mile
away, the even-toned roar of their
huge motors assured officers that they
were working perfectly. The escort
ing scout planes turned back about
three miles from uocKaway auu me
trans-Atlantic fliers sped away on
their great adventure.
A Mistake Somewhere
"This is one on the doctor, or on
the editor or maybe on Mr. Finch. '
The Journal of the American Medical
Assoclaton suggests with regard to
the following item that la quoted
from a California paper:
Un.-a.-arA Pinch met with a serious
accident at the asphalt works Tues
day afternoon. He was helping un
load a car of rock when the big buc
ket swung over and caught his leg
against the side of the car, break
ir w k.iMii thA ankle and knee.
The limb was badly bruised In addi
tion to the broken bones.
Dr. T was called and aet tne
hnna ami rivn ihe voung man all
ihie Mr. Finch Is at the
home of his parents, H. D. Finch and
wife.
As we go to press we are Informed
that X-ray examination of Mr.
Finch's injury shows that the bone
Is not broken.
"Mrs. Flanagan." said the land
!ord. "I've decided to raise your
rent."
"Ah, now." beamed Mrs Flanagan,
it's the darllnt ve certainly are. I
wor wonrterln how I cud raise It me-
self, sur."
,-4M DELEGATES EXPECTED
AT GOOD ItOAIM MEET HERE
To be Held Thursday, May titt v.
enior Cooer of South Carolina,
Assistant Secretary Ousley of Ag
ricultural Dewii1uieuf. and Oilier
Men of National Prominent Ex
isted to Deliver Addresses.
Fifteen hundred delegates repre
senting every county along the route
of the Charlotte-Wilmington high
way, from New Hanover by the sea
to Huncomb in the mountains, are
expected in Monroe on Thursday.
May 29, to attend the second conven
tion of the Charlotte-Wilmington
Highway Association.
The decision to hold the conven
tion in Monroe was reached after an
invitation had been extended on be
half of Ihe Chamber of Commerce by
Secretary T. L. Riddle and President
F. G. Henderson. Several towns
along the route of the highway were
bidding tor the convention but Mon
roe won when the question was left
to a vote of the members of the ex
ecutive committee or the highway as
sociation. The convention will convene in the
court house at 10 o'clock w ith Mr. T.
L. Kirkpatrick of Charlotte, president
of the organization, presiding. A pro
gram has not been arranged as yet
but a night session will prohahiv be
held.
The court house will be decorated
in Hags and the Iceiuorlee band, and
probably others, will furnish inu.-nc
to gel a little "pep" into the m-eting.
In a letter received by Secretary Kid
dle from Mr. Kirkpatrick this morn
ing he says, "Please get busy and
helt make this the biggest road
meeting ever held in the Stale."
Some of the most prominent road
enthusiasts of the Nation are expect
ed to be present and deliver address
es; among Iheni Governor Cooper of
South Carolina, Assistant Secretary
Ousley of Ihe Department of Agri
culture, members of the State High
way Commission and others. Rich
ard H. Edmonds, editor of the Manu
facturer's Record of Baltimore, one
of the best editorial writers of the
country, spent last night in Charlotte
at the Selwyn Hoel and Mr. Kirkpat
rick extended a personal invitation to
him to attend the meeting and deliv
er an address.
People living along the route of the
proposed highway are invited to at
tend the meeting. Invitations to at
tend the meeting have also been Is
sued to members of the State assoct
at ion of county commissioners; pres
ident, the executive committee and
members of the North Carolina Good
Roads Association; the automotive
associations in the State; the officials
and members of the various chain
bers of commerce in the State; may
ors and governing bodies of the cit
les of the State: congressmen from
the sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth
districts; Senators Simmons and
Overman; Goernor Bickett; all
members of clearing house associa
tions of the section through which
the route of the proposed highway
will pass and all members of all
merchants associations.
The address of welcome to the del
egates will be delivered by Mayor J.
C. Mikes. The convention will be
opened with prayer by some tninistter
of Ihe city.
fhe delegates are expected to he-
i i ii to arrive in Monroe by train and
automobile Wednesday night. Prep
arations toward securing for them
the proper conveniences while here
have already been started. The del
egations will probably have arrived
In full force for the opening of the
morning session of the convention at
10 o'clock. As a night session is
planned a number will probably
spend Thursday night here.
The Charlotte Observer in giving
an account of the convention to be
held here In this morning's issue said
in part:
"Colonel Kirkpatrick declared last
night that an unusually large and en
thusiastic meeting is expected to be
held at Monroe on the 27th. Mayor
Sikes of Monroe, promised yesterday
that nothing would be overlooked on
the part of that town to Insure a suc
cessful occasion, and the officials of
the highway association will devote
all their efforts during the coming
days to preparing for the event which
is expected to prove of vast benefit
towards increasing the determination
of the people of the state to build
good roads. While the construction
of a highway from Ashevllle to Wil
mington via Charlotte will be put be
fore the delegates, the construction of
a system of permanent highways
throughout the state will be urged."
The Charlotte-Wilmington High
way Association was perfected at a
meeting held In Rockingham last
September. It has as Its object the
promotion of the building of a hard
surface highway from Wilmington to
Ashevllle. A number of Union coun
ty men attended the meeting when
the association was formed and Mr.
F. O. Henderson was elected as a
member of the executive committee.
The officers of the association are:
T. L. Kirkpatrick of Charlotte, presi
dent; G. Herbert Smith of Acme. 1st
vice-president; E. A. Lackey of Ham
let. 2nd vice-president; W. V. Wil
kinson of Charlotte, secretary and
treasurer; Marvin L. Rltch of Char
lotte, corresponding secretary.
Card of Thanks.
I want to thank the good people of
Mlnreal Springs for the many acts of
kindness during the illness and death
of my wife. May Thy rich blessings
rest upon each one of them. Re
spectfully, W T. Wolfe and Family.
HOAD COMMISSION DECIDES
I'POX PROGRAM OF WORK
Principle Roads lo Im Drugged After
Bains Contract to do This Work
Will be Given to People Along the
Koiids Cross Road to be Taken
Care of.
The checking of equipment receiv
ed from the road overseers under the
old system, the paying of bills made
under the township system and other
routine business occupied ihe lime of
the road commissioners, Messrs. F.
G. Henderson, G. W. Smith. Sr.. and
Edwin Niven, at their meeting held
Tuesday.
The commissioners have decided
that the roads which extend through
the county and connect with roads in
adjoining counties shall be crowned,
arranged so they will drain properly,
and dragged after hard rains so as
to keep them in good condition. The
work of dragging these roads was be
gun with the route of the Wilmington-Charlotte
highway through the
county.
It will be impossible for the chain
gang to cover the roads properly and
so the commissioners have decided to
award the contract to dreg certain
stretches of roads to the people liv
ing on it. In this manner the prin
ciple roads of the county can be put
in good shape a few boms after every
rain. A i ii-nt ion shall be paid to drag
ging the toads at the proper lime.
The commissioners have reached
an agreement whereby Mr. Hender
son Will devote special aiieution to
the roads in Monroe, Goose Creek and
liuford townships; Mr. Nicu lo
Vance, Sandy Ridge ami Jackson; Mr.
Smith to New Salem, Marshville and
Lanes Creek. Persons who would
like to have the contract to drag the
road near their home should see the
commissioner who has supervision of
their township.
"Don't get the idea," said Mr. Hen
derson, discussing the plans of the
commissioners, "that only the princi
ple roads, ones which extend through
the county and connect with, roads In
other counties, will be worked." Ho
proceded to explain that every road
of any importance would be worked
and according to the ratio of its im
portance.
This program of dragging ihe roads
will be continued until funds are
available which will make possible
permanent Improvements. The gen
tlemen are now casUn; about for a
room to be used as headquarters for
the'TOhrmisBlon.
NEW ALDERMEN" ORGANIZE
Mr. C. H. (iilffln Succeeds Mr. T. M
Chrlsteiibiiiy As Chief of Police
Messrs. W. L. Howie, .1. H. Boyte
and James McXeeley Ke-Elected to
Their Kestcetlve Positions,
Mayor J. C. Sikes and Messrs. W.
F. Lemmond, F. M. Helms, J. 11.
Simpson, J. D. Bundy, J. I). McRae
and W. Z Faulkner, declared nonii
nees from the varioils wards In t lie
Democratic primaries, were duly
elected at the election Tuesday and
met Wednesday night for the pur
pose of taking the oath and organiz
ing. Alter the oath was administered
each was assigned a department over
which he should have supervision as
follows: Mr. Lemmond, sanitation.
schools, health and cemetery; Mr.
Simpson, street improvements; Mr.
Helms, general utilities and hospital;
Mr. Bundy, fire and police; Mr. Mc
Rae. finance and purchasing agent;
Mr. Faulkner, water and lights.
Mr. J. H. Boyte was re-elected to
the position of clerk to the board and
city treasurer. ,
Mr. James McNeeley was re-elected
as city tax collector.
There were several applicants for
the position of chief of police and Mr.
C. H. Griffin was chosen. He suc
ceeds Mr. T. M. Christenbury who
came from Charlotte to accept the
place two years ago. Mr. Griffin has
had previous experience as chief and
is therefore already familiar with his
duties.
Mr. W. L. Howie was re-elected as
street and sanitary officer with the
power of policeman.
The selection of the two remaining
policemen was deferred until a later
meeting. At this meeting Chief Grif
fin will make recommendations.
Mr. A. M. Stack was re-elected as
cit v attorney. Messrs. W. B. Love
and E. C. Carpenter were re-elected
as members of the school board for a
term of two years.
INSPIRATION' IN BOOKS
They Inform, Entertain, Increase the
Circle ol Friends, And Inspire the
Reader to Richer Life and Activity
(Youth's Companion)
The praises of books have been
snug ever since the time when books
began to be made. The services they
perform are so immeasurably great
that, like nature and music and art.
they are some times completely over
looked. Roughly classified the gifts that a
book may bestow upon its reader are
four.
It may, first of all, inform. There
can be no doubt about the desirability
or that function. A book that tells or
coral formations in the southern Pac
ific, or of the lace-maklng Industry
of Europe, or how to camp out per
forms a useful service. It may do
nothing more tnan to convey know
ledge; btit that In Itself is so highly
praiseworthy that it is hard to Ima
gine our civilization without It
Secondly, a book may entertain.
Nor is that an insignificant part to
play. What Poe once termed "the
fever called living" is at best a serious
matter, as every mature person real
izes. Therefore, any volume does it
jbest to add to the wholesome pleasure
or existence is to be welcomed.
In the third place and this is a
point that is often emphasized a
mmk may increase your circle of
friends; not with new companions
wnom you can see and talk to. but
with comrades of ihe spirit who so
work upon your imagination that thev
set-in to step from the cold page to
your very side, to enliven or lo en
courage.
And finally, there is the greatest
blessing of all that a book can bestow
upon the human race. It is something
greater than the function of inform
ing, of the service of entertaining, or
the gift of providing imaginary
friends that seem real and vital. It
is nothing less than the power to
inspire the reader to richer life and
activity. Let critics of al time say
what they will of art for art's sake:
it is not to be compared with that
quality in a book which lifts the read
er to better thoughts and impels him
to nobler deeds.
A wise Englishman. In address On
Popular Culture, once said:
"You have often luard from oth
ers, or may have found it out. how
good it is to have on your shelves,
however scan'ily furnished Ihey may
be. three or four of those books to
which it is well to give ton minutes
every morning before going down in
to the battle and choking dust of the
day. Men will name these books for
l l.emselv s. One will choose ;he Bible,
mother Goethe, one he Duration of
Christnnothcr Wordsworth. Perhaps
it matters little what it be. so long
:is your writer has cheerful serious
ness, elevation, calm, and, above all,
a sense of size and strength which
shall open out the day before you and
bestow grifts of fortitude and mast
erly." These words of John Morley's sum
up the matter. There is unspeakable
gratification in the knowledge that a
sheaf of paper, stitched together and
covered with little black marks, has
power to go forth and inspire man
kind to heirhts of thinking and of
character that otherwise they might
not reach.
Maigueiile Clark As Bride and Star
Reigning Favorite.
Ninety days before Marguerite
Clark, the dainty Paramount star,
widelv known os the "sweetest girl in
motion pictures," became the bride of
Lieut. H. Palmerson Williams, she de
clared in an interview that she "never
was in love in her life and that she
believed love such an enormous waste
of time." Since her marriage, her
admirers refuse to accept her as a
"Mrs." and she is still, and ever shall
be, Marguerite Clark, best beloved of
screen stars.
Miss Clark will be seen at the
Strand theatre next Monday In her
latest photoplay, "Three .Men and a
Girl," a picturizatioii of Edward
Chllds Carpenter's play of "The
Three Beats," which scored a decis
ive hit In New York in October, 1917.
In this charming picture Miss Clark
appears as Sylvia Weston, a young
woman who rebels against her pro
posed wedding with a rich old man
whom she hated, and who later comes
in contact with three bear-like men
who hate womankind. She subse
quently brings them to her feet by
the magic of her personality and
charm.
The photoplay is one of exception
al interest and it affords Miss Clark
another delightful role. She has few
if any superiors in her presentation
of delightful girl characterizations,
and her admirers have another pleas
ing hour In prospect, which her char
acterization In "Three Men and a
Girl" insures them.
Richard Barthelmess Is her lead
ing man. The picture was directed
by Marshall Neilan and Eve Unsell
wrote the scenario.
A Contrast.
(New York Evening Sun.)
Soon after the Tall of the Confed
eracy there occured throughout the
South an attempt, marked by much
heated controversy, to fix the blame
for the loss of the battle of Gettys
burg. Many writers claimed that
this critical struggle, and with It the
war, would have been won had it not
been for the disobedience and tardi
ness of General Longstreet. In order
to settle the matter, repeated appeals
were made to General Lee for some
statement on the subject. For a long
while these efforts were In vain. Lee
would say nothing. Finally however,
he broke his ailence with Just one sen
tence; "I alone am to blame."
What a contrast between the chief
figure of the Lost Cause In America
and the fallen leader of the lost
Deutschtum! How much more digni
fied would Wilhelm appear before
the world were he, Instead of shifting
the responibility for the great war
upon his Ministers, his general, upon
Russia, upon every one save himself,
would repeat the words of the great
America: "I alone am to blame!
Some business men do not under
stand that all business men are ad
vertisers, whether they want to be
or not. Every body advertises for
better or worse. Smiles, rrowns.
speech, manner, cleanliness, neatner.s.
promptness, accuracy and system are
some rornis or advertising, that every
man In business rrom the president
to the youngest clerk Is constantly
employing, either consciously nr
erwlre. Nobody can avoid advertising,
because nobody can avoid winning
friends or making enemies.
'CONGRESS WILL MEET IX
EXTRA SESSION MAY 19.
Call Issued by President Wilson From
Part by Cable Eat tier Than Wa
Eiected New Assembly Faced by
a .Mass of Legislation.
President Wilson issued a call by
cable Wednesday for a special session
of Congress to meet Monday. May 19.
Secretary Tumulty, in making tha
announcement, said it would be im
possible, of course, for the President
to be here on the opening day. Tha
date fixed for the special session was
much earlier than democratic lead
ers had expected.
President Wilson's proclamation
calling the extra session follows:
"Whereas, public interests requi'fl
that the Congress of the United States
should be convened in extra session
at 12 o'clock noon, on the 19th day
of Ma, 1919, to receive such com
munications as may.be made by the
executive:
"Now. therefore, I, Wood row Wil
son. President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and de
clare that an extraordinary occasion
requires the Congress of the United
Stales to convene in extra session at
the capitol in the District of Colum
bia on t lie 19th day of May. 1919. at
12 o'clock noon, of which all persons
who shall at that time be entitled to
act as nie::iVrs thereof, are hereby
requested io take notice.
"Given male'- my baud and the seal
of the United Slates of America the
7th day ol May in the year of our
Lord one thousand uine hundred and
nineteen and .if the independence of
the United S'ates the one hundred
and .forty-third, i Signed I Woodrow
Wilson. By the President: Robert
Lansing. Secretary of State."
The new Congress will be faced
with a mass of legislation, immediate
action on which will be urged by sev
eral government departments. Be
sides the seven appropriaton bills, ag
gregating more than $4,000,000.
which failed of passage at the last
session, the list of unsurpassed meas
ures included all reconstruction leg
islation, and bills defining the ship
ping policy, general railroad legisla
tion and dealing with unemployment,
labor and illiteracy problems.
MR. WIIAY APPEALS IX HE-
HALF OF CHAUTAUOUA
The Benetlus of This Institution are
Self-evident and People are Called
toltack the Monroe Company Sea
son Tickets $2.7.1 and
At the request of the Monroe Chau
tauqua Company and through the
courtesy of the editor I am seeking to
send this personal word and appeal
to my fellow citizens in Monroe and
Union county.
The Redpath Chautauqua has won
for itself a place in the best life of
t his nation, and of our community. I
would not insult your intelligence by
advancing any argument that It is a
great and worthy institution, and a
recital of the many benefits derived
from it in the past by this commu
nity is tinneccessary. They are so self
evident that I am sure every far-seeing
and enthusiastic advocate of the
best things has recognized them.
This has led to the organization of
the Monroe Chautauqua Company, in
order .o make it possible to have the
Chautauqua return this year and
hereafter. The thing wo wish to es
pecially emphasize and have clearly
understood is that the Monroe men
composing this company have no
thought of making any money or de
claring any dividend. Every member
is advancing nis money and putting
his head and heart into it for the ben
efit of the community, recognizing it
as a community affair, and counting
on every citizen catching its vision
and giving it his hearty support. Any
surplus from the sale of tickets, above
meeting the contract with the Red
path Company, will go into a sinking
fund of the local organization and be
used as a guarantee for future Chau
tauquas. The Chautauqua is educational as
well as entertaining, presents high
class entertainment and instruction.
High ideals are emphasized, visions
are broadened, community life is
quickened and uplifted. What a sub
stitute for the street carnival and
cheap John shows.
It would be all but impossible to
estimate In money the benflts or the
Chautauqua, and yet the cost to the
individual is nominal indeed made
so by the wonderful circuit movement
of the Redpath Chautauqua Company.
No individual could finance the pro
gram to be presented here this year
at three times its cost to us.
Twenty-one attractions are to be
presented. The single admission for
all would amo int to $8.29 for adults
and $4.20 for children, while with the
season ticket at $2.75 and $1.38, In
cluding war tax would make the at
traction cost the adult a fraction over
13 cents each and the child a little
more than 6 cents.
The season's tickets will be put on
sale Monday. It Is only with the re
ceipts from the sale of season tickets
that the local organization can meet
the contract with the Redpath Com
pany, and the money must be In hand
the first day of the Chautauqua. Now
our appeal Is that you will recognize
the benefit and advantage, greet the
ticket seller with a welcome and buy
your tickets at once. Secure one for
every member of the family. A whole
some ideal and inspiration will be
worth more to the child than a suit
of clothes. John A. Wray, Chm.
Board of Directors of Monroe Chau
tauqua Company.
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