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JOHN BfcAsLt.1. bailor. j ax 4gaj,isl either the ginner as a ;
. i business or the producer of the cot-i'",r T,,at
Founded la 185 Dy tne present , Jon and hf ,ppreheni.s ,hat anv
owners and publishers, G. -V. nd i .Illoimi f tax ran be imoosed at will
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LAW SAYS CHIEF GRIFFIN"
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FRIDAY. MAY SM, 1919.
The liitf Iy.
i Chief Justice Clark writes the opin
ion for the court and takes the posi
tion that the entire act is constitu
tional with that liberal construction
that is always riven to leeislaiv- acts
as representing he will of the people. ja
He holds that it is within th- province
of the legislature to tax the business
of cotton faming or any other ki.d
of fanning, especially in cas where
the purpose is to benefit tb grower
and with no benefit to the Stat? at
all being Involved. He takos a hut
at the State Tax Commission refusing
to administer the tax sectio'i. and at
the attorney general for rendering a.i
opinion, holding that it has not here-
F.very Violator Will Have to An
ier to lieconler Letter From j
Chairman Page and Mayor Sites
Regarding Matter.
The violations of the automobile
laws of the State and city must stop
Chief of Police C. H. Griffin in
a statement issued yesterday, n
says:
"I have noticed that many drivers
of automobiles have become so ap
parently regardless of the rights of
others as to present a real source of
danger to the people of the commun
ity. 1 want all automobile owners to
comply strictly with the law. Wheu
violations occur hereafter the driver
may expect to maae ns expiana'.ion
Indications are that next Thursday
will be about the biggst day Monroe
ever had. li will bo a day that means
business. There will be huge crowds
from all the counties along the line
from Charlotte to Wilmington and it
will bo a crowd that means business.
Ta.ie lor roaa taiK nas passcu. me
inhro hix.n MiicnAeA thai nnv Riih. to the Recorder."
ordinate branch of the executive gov-1 Chief Griffin calls special attention
eminent could exercise this "most ' to h enforcement or the law r
i.,.non H..iprn nf quiring the displaying of automobile
passing on the constitutional;: v of an ie tax numbers. Lieut Frank
act of the legislature. O x lh same j pge. chairman ot the State Highway
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has directed a letter to
Griffin in which he states that
plications uiisht arise.
Justice Allen. In his
pa
inspectors will be sent in the future
time for road work has come. From j currenee. insists that there i rn'h
this meeting the dirt ought
to fly.
The tieniiati Will Slsrn
im nut nf the u-nv in ihp nrthvi nf 111
to begin ' (p Tas conisjon or lne procure-
al con-'10 l"al luv ,""""t'! oi Jionn'AA
n.iv fiontx ir (Mr iimv 1:1 Ream- I
every automobile is properly tagged.
Mr. Griffin intends that when the in-; AX
spector arrives that he shall find ev-, .
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general and that the Supn-me ro.irt krytlung in good e.iape along
Ehnnl.l m.-n-olv lcllf nil lt M'.aHW llllv.
and not a peremptory mandann.s,
In the following le tor Mayor
Jikes '
The Germans have been iiven an-; as direction of Chief Justice I ca"8 "l' 'he officers of the town to
other week in which to take up their 'Clark directs. Justice Walker filcp a
uinds whether thev will sign the concurring opinion in which he
terms of peace or not. The Gorman frees wi,h ,he Fral findi.urs of
' . . . . J the court as expressed in the major y
CRl-lnet ba formally declared that npinion,
the lerms will not be sisiied. But . ., . .
that cuts no figure. They have Qlj.;M.k 4;k" IVrhlng Is "Shot" In
v? learned through all their bitter
experience that they can't fool any
body. They will sign. They are mere
ly taking a little more time to whine.
Why (ieriiiany Quit
The only time that Germany show
ed any sense of bringing on or con
ducting the war was when she de
cided to quit so quickly. When she
begged for terms she was in a better
condition relative to her enemies on
the field than the South was to the
North when the war began. Vet the
Confederate States foufln for four
years.
Germany quit because she got a
glimpse of what America had begun
to do. for we had only begun. She
saw tiiat by the summer of 1919, to
which time everybody expected the
war to last, the United States would
be putting out more of all the neces
sities of war than all the other Allies
combined had been able to do, and
that eventually American production
would be greater than that of all th jtonib of Lafayette, the famous French
Fiance by Movie Cameraman.
General John J. Pershing he
was a captain in Cuba only a few
years ago, and later commander of
the American forces in Mexico is
known from one end of the battle
line in France to the other as "Black
Jack." He earned that sobriquet years
ago among men who knew the dyna
mic energy that generated behind the
smiling face of a "man's man."
In "Crashing Through to Berlin,"
which conies to the Strand theatre on
May 28th, the noted American's per
sonality is depicted as dominating
yet democratic to such a degree that
he was welcomed heartily by every
one with whom the American fighting
men came in contact. He took
his rugged rarre and later to
Paris In the matter of fact way which
characterizes men of real ability. He
didn't ask for bands and flowers and
ovations all he wanted was a place
to quarter his men.
There were, of course receptions
and parades and such things, but
through them all "Black Jack" only
smiled with the quiet confidence of a
man who hos a task to do and desires
only its accomplishment.
One dav thev took him to the
other nations combined on both sides.
Germany went into the war when she
thought she had a sure thing, and
fhe got out just as soon as she
found that she had terribly miscal
culated the whole thing. Her armies
were at the beginning of a great de-
patriot, who threw his all Into the
great struggle which the Americans
made for independece In 1776. Gen
eral John J. Pershing accepted the
word of the great Frenchman, and In
his acceptance summed up America's
ambition in the great war in a crisp
sentence which thrilled the world.
That statement of Pershing's that
feat all right, but they could have j glorious promise to America's allies
fnurht mi n lniiir tim if thpv hnii h:nl i lias been the slogan of the now
the nerve to fight when they knew
that tney no longer nau a sure tiling. , bovs shl.it.ked it when they
enlorce the automobile laws
Mr C. H. Griffin. Chief of Tolice
Dear Sir: The Alderman of the j YY
town of Monroe have unanimously re- XX
quested me to call upon you and your i y$
assistants to enforce the automobile YV
regulations required by the laws of
the State of North Carolina, and the!
Ordinances of the Cjty of Monroe. In
this connection. 1 suggest that you
acquaint yourself with Chapter 140,
Public Laws 1917, and the ordinances
regulating the parking and use of
automobiles passed by the Board:
I especially call your attention to
the following requirements:
1. Every automobile must be reg
istered and the registered number
conspicuously displayed on the front
and rear of the automobile and ficti
tious numbers displayed are a viola
tion of the act.
2. No person under the age of 16
and no person intoxicated can operate
an automobile.
3. Adequate brakes in good work
ing order and sufficient to control
said automobile and a suitable bell or
horn, with two lighted lamps on the
front and a red light visible from the
rear shall be upon each automobile,
and a failure in any of these partic
ulars, is a violation of the law.
4. Every automobile driver must
slow down his ear and give a timely
signal when approaching a crossing
or intersection, or sharp curve and
the speed of his car must not exceed
ten miles an hour.
5. Keep to the right.
6. Speed limit 18 miles per hour
in the residence section and 10 miles
per hour in the business section, and
any person exceeding this limit, is
guilty of a violation of the statute.
7. It is a violation of the law for
any person to operate an automobile
or motorcycle with muffler cut-out
open.
8. It is unlawful to place or de
posit glass or other sharp or cutting
substances, tacks and the like, on the
streets.
9. No automobile can be left on
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The big thought in clothes is this:
"Nationally known brands are best'
We sell them because we know they de
serve our personal guarantee; they're the
right kind in which you are bound to get
the greatest satisfaction.
These are the names
Styleplus Clothes
$25-$30-$35-$40
They pledge you fine style, real quality,
tailoring of character, and unsurpassed val
ues, and hold that pledge inviolate. We are
proud indeed to be able to say that we alone
sell them here.
And you'll be just as proud to get into
one of these suits for Spring!
Unrestricted choice; great values.
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Big Department
Stores ix One
Reason Why We
Sell it for Lets.
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Bros.
Carolinas' Largest Distributors of
RELIABLE MERCHANDISE.
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Big Department
Stores is One
Reason Why We
Kelt it for Lem.
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Not Settled At All
Those who jubilantly declare that
there will never be any government
owership of railroads in this country
because the slight experiment in
war time did not correct all
the mistakes of years of pri
vate management, have another guess
coming. There may be some way
of settling the question except by
governiueiit ownership but the fact
that the roads hip to be tinned back
to private management means noth
ing and proves nothing, except that
the country is not yet ready to set
tle this question. Mr. Wilson has
taken his stand no doubt simply from
a knowledge that the time Is not yet
ripe for this question and that fur
ther discusfJon and experiments at
this time could do no good. Govern
erninent ownership may not be a good
thing but It has not been proven.
Government ownership has been tried
about like the Indian tried the use
of feather beds slept on a handful
of feathers one night on the floor and
said that beds were no good, too
hard. When tlie time conies a real
trial will be given if something else
is not provided in the mean time.
more than a million men fishting un-
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ciasneu . , . tl
back the Hun Iron. Chateau Th.er.j , ,
,to the Nes le recent 1 y. I was he bat- ' ffln
tie cry of the Uevll Dogs the Ma- h au,omoblIe ln
Hues in the charges that have made LsHy
American pluck ami endurance by- ea y ' , ,
woris among me i.mng m ".,-,tlon must keep tQ the rifiUi of the
And In addition to all the plan
ning, all the fighting, all the cheer
ing, there was the frankness of a
child in his comradeship with his
men. mere is one inciuent out see
with outstretched hand the direction
In which the turn Is to be made.
The foregoing are extracts from
the laws of the State of North Caroli
na. In addition thereto, the City of
it in nusmng i"K" '. Monroe has passed certain ordinan
ce gripping review of the world war, and l wl now cal, these to the
which comes to the btrand theatre vou Rttentlon and ask you to see that
on Wednesday Mi:y 28th. (hey nre enforced:
I !. All cars shall be parked at an
News From Stout. angle of forty-five degrees, headed in
Correspondence of The Journal. o the right-hand curb on all streets
6U il. or more in wiuui mm inc iifci"
WAKF.IIOISK LAW I THKI.D
Supi-eme Court HeM hm Constitution
al the Recent l-cgislntion for K
tahlishlng System of Cotton Wit re
houses. News and Observer, May 21.
The Supreme court held as consti
tutional, the act of the recent legis
lature for establishing the system of
cotton warehouses, especially the
ection imposing the 25 cents per
bale tax on all cotton ginned to create
a fund for the guarantee of the cotton
elorage certificate, the section especi
ally Involved in the test case rushed
to the court from Wake, so that the
State Tax Commission might proceed
with full authority to administer the
machinery for the collection of the
bale tax through the cotton glnners
of the State.
The full court agrees to the Issu
ance of the mandamus for the State
Tax Collection to proceed with the
collection of the tax, but Justice Allen
does not agree at this time to pass
on the constitutionality of the tax
clause, by merely that the proceed
ing la Improperly before the court,
lnce no complaint hi of the class that
Stouts, May 21st. Say, Student, I
guess you think there has been "nuff
sed" about working on the Sabbath
day, so 1 will not say anything about
it. 1 got a hunch that you are like
the man who when asked why he
broke the Sabbath day said, "Well,
one of us was bound to be broke so I
thought it better to break the Sab
bath day than to be broke myself."
Mr. Wiley Yandle spent Saturday
night with his cousin, Mr. James
Hitch.
Miss Ethel Ford visited friends In
the village last week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Yandle spent a
few da) s last week with relatives at
Plneville.
Mr. G. W. Robinson is in Charlotte
where he will undergo another oper
ation for- gall stones. He has Just
been able to be at home a few days.
Mrs. Sallie Keziah and children
spent Sunday In the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Hilton.
Mrs. M. E. Yandle and daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Warren Yandle of Mon
roe vjsited relatives in the communi
ty the first of the week.
Mr. Le Helms has arrived home
from France. Lee was about the last
one of our boys to get home and we
extend to him a hearty welcome.
Misses Cora Lee Robinson and Ella
Conder of Charlotte visited the for
mer's parents Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Robinson, Saturday night and Sun
day. Miss Lizzie Boyd visited Miss Grey
Delllnger of Indian Trail Sunday.
Mr. W, T. Hays and son. Willie,
visited in Mt. Prospect some few days
ago.
Rain! Rain! Most every day. The
farmers are becoming pessimistic
about their farms. Old General Green
has already taken a stand. Violet.
Stand And Deliver.
A New York restaurant advertises
that It will open at the historic home
of the famous Captain Kidd. Business
carried on at the old stand. Colum
bla State.
front wheel shall touch the curbing,
and on all other streets and alleys,
cars shall be parked along the right
side of the curb facing the right.
2. No parking shall be done In 15
feet of a public watering trough.
3. No person shall wash automo
biles or other vehicles on the side
walks or streets of the city of Monroe.
4 No nerson shall tie a horse or
other animal to any vehicle left stand
ing on any of the asphalt streets or
the city of Monroe.
The foregoing will therefore ac
quaint you with the majority of the
things required of automobile drivers
and I suggest that you make publica
tion of your intent to carry out tnts
renuest of the Board of Aldermen so
that the people may understand that
you are simply carrying out Instruc
tions. JOHN C. SIKES,
Mayor City of Monroe.
Kitchen liOgic
"Plonse mum, there ain't no coal
left in the cellar."
"Why on earth didn't you tell me
before?"
"Because there was some then."
The Passing Show.
The threatened canine generally
subsists on the choicest brands of dog
biscuit.
Local Market.
Good white cotton 30
Rowden 30.75
Eggs, hen
Fpen. srulnea 28
Butter 30 to 40
Country hams 28 to 32
Beeswax z8
Corn 1-9,
Pork 19 to 20
Rf rattle 7 to 9
White neas ; . 2-50
Yminc chickens 35 to 60
Hens 75 to 85
Guineas 50 to 60
Wool 35
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If you can't sleep at night
Ride a Bicycle
In the Day Time
But ride a Gendron.
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This is the way to save today
Without More Pay
Ride a Bicycle
A Gendron Bike on Every Hike.
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Ride a Gendron Bicycle
Nearly a Hundred Gendron Bicycles are at our store awaiting your inspec
tion. There are large Bicycles, small Bicycles, at almost any price you want
to pay. Come tomorrow' and take a look. It will make you want to go back
to the Bicycles. Probably you've already heard "the bicycle is coming back."
But the truth is "you are going back to the bicycle." There is nothing so good
for the inside of a man as to be on the outside on a bicycle.
Monroe Hardware Co.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT.
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ECONOMIZE!
RIDE A BICYCLE;
of course it will
be a Gendron.
If the High Cost of Drugs
Worries You
Ride a Bicycle
Gendron King of the Road.
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