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e Monroe Jourm.
ntTTlT vnvmv W aaWteaatBaaa1
VOL.23. No. 33.
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
MONROE, N. G, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919.
ROAD MKKTIXU A S!'(riN I..-.-- .
-....II f w ri.iun , - - i.iau.. j i.r
O50 PER YEAR CASH.
.greatest thing confronting North" Car-
Mayor Sike, Ktenlei a ColM Wei- oT'ouS V
In...
""""" " "'osi uai importance to
he entire state taken tip bv th last
legislature was th question i.f pro
viding money for the construction .f
roads.
At this point Col. Kirkpatrick an
pointed Mr. K. W. Lrmmnnd iw
of Superior court, as the official aecre-
77 or ne convention. Col. Klrkpat
rick spoke of the mwii,,. .i.
ingham last September ..d hi..
that the purpose of the Monroe meet
ing was to DUt the nrnnnaitln.. r.
u L'u inRi niMni.ii' ...i . . .
. . . - ivi.o-uuiiiiKiDi ni?n
otjiiTCii cuuniies wav iun,.., . r . " "
, - - was v.gitiiizeu over.
cmie to "The City f Kit." mm!
Lt. titif. O. Max Gardner IU-jkmkI-l
Mecklenburg an, . Han
over Had Banner lK-legations
OIT THKXKWS IX RHVMK
Will rumlerburfc Hu Slimed HU l-
AM ERICA X RU.I-LAR TROOPS
i
tare areas in which t.iihi.;tto. ...
i.-wt.iuiTY Tl DEXTS , ae"- eir total area is about
, MKjuttaieni to that of .New Hamp
er Up Things Are Sort I...M i -W IWed t Mk. iwu .1 !j" iney Include the southeastern
. I . .IIHIU or ! ttt
Kn Standing Ann) Huge Inl-
verit ..n Sol.lier May Attend.
i.f .""u rr ,he Wilmingtou-Cha.-otte-Asheville
hard surface highway
tooi denniu shape at the good roada
convention held here yesterday
Authoritative or official word was
given by the deleeatea mnrun,..
thirteen of the aivie.. ...........
AW w . i u U ilea I m B V
w TJ'Jf Wrt -V "GooS
U- , , .. . . '
j 0.U uu me man mho gets In
ing them. ,0 build their oar 7he L"T " An r f to l0P Js ln to
Iu after years when
run over." He made a number of
... irecommendatioiis which were adooted
hard surface h ghwVj Unto th. S committee and ac
important cities T in .hi "pted by .the invention at the after-
M:?dbS,i .iwSS: theHAner.?n? E'ridSe- -resenting
the citi eorihe "SifZ lTV?L?J
ioto'Z beach f ",T h,e. eo.icern.ng- KedVral
r--be th.t the coen- 000.000 JT?J!! IV
J d in Mo, " 8e" r -?he Sere wf.l Je" NoTh'caroli Pern,a' hi '
'good word for Monroe ,h- , i.?! I?"01'" was mailable during
0j aU - " ncxi nve y
ears. To secure
g
this
The convention c.,, nu. I lne. ? U8t furnish
tations. in numbers aM.nHinVT; 7" I?" J","ou!u: whe'! the way came
achievments and in evm ' h a audience.
assured, was e'seleS ffi J':'?. " ,'"1
MecKlenbure and Vow
Hanover Hon bill nroviiTn;7i.:rrK"r:
The Meek- be distributed ., ... th- .."."!
n iiv in. lutia
Ik., v . . "
uaniier iipu.irurin.ta tk. ..-.. ... j. ..
j... " :,f ? "c ""w oistriDtited
and IJobe, r a1! he 8al- He showed that
1- act that road buildiiie hornphn.. k
tUelTnited States had increased in n. (rroa t
until about 2:30. comin on in -v ,. r, ,h.. , ""ru.f.T," ' ua.e,al A11
Special." charter, fnr r-.UTc """ "orugnout the
a- i . v r - itu oiaira iih.ii i nnrpasan tn n a
ir:-"""f? " being extent. Since the pas nV".''
mlrgton
tll I JU...I I v..
A representative of The Journal ai-
Ktu.ii.cu iiuii. . jt L.eiunmiif1 whn i . . .
nietea out Justice In th- ul,-. laur-'on force In the
Court, the other day fo7. . ..,." .m"' '"f .Al!wr'" army
He opened up his heart and handed us Statea ih. ,K, 1,1 ,he U,,iled
a whole batch of stuff JJJl " ,he-,,ear futur lf th P
and what u ..., i "" i government officials
Jd. Le,,m,oM. f ,"""8 " L",','!,"" ""j""! .rr HuK.
u L ""'nary iraintng but will
w Kn OtIDorllliiition In
academic and VOralinnnl lAamlnv
ki.i. t . :
i ....
It's awful quiet around Monroe
No general news for a month or so
ii euiueinmg doesn't happen
away
I he law
Or go non
Business
The mills
Tl ,
'""i a iiuiiiiiie nnnir . ih. u- . . .. ' ......,;
line. v "; e enierea the army he will be t0
Now. in this dearth of general new
IB ft 09
. j .. . "
mr"is ana uie star vallev.
"Pl'All KafnM .1... , "... .
Plebiscite would have found strong
anti-German support in each of these
Auer tne war. when the choice
is between tax - huninoH
. vcimaiii
u oine otner power, there would
seem to be little doubt the Saar re
gion will prefer France. Schelswig
"... .Tr.n, to uenmark and the East
Prussian area to Poland
"Of course, these comparisons do
i marK tne complete losses of Ger-
manv Tk... j.. ... ... . .
V L "ol laKe "'to ac-
mii me colonies she parts with.
Other nations, as nianri.iinH .in
AH.lllila. T- -
'rr ivauierun. iogoland, Ger-
... wiuinwcsi and German East Af-
coniDarlson mnm vu-ih
equipped to waee a rlrtnrin... Vt,i L": . 81 Post-war Germany will find
a I r . . . .. nier mare nn.ir h. e.. .i . .
The Journal should nt lllll." ' 8U" !e busi- to ,he terrirvonr e?.ual
choose: -roiessonal world. England StntV. ,V.r 'Sl"''
But let its correspondents .PH k ""1'D"!1" .r thls "la have Peimsvlva, fa ' " ' ana
S.0,"e.'- "V- mend to "friend, work dZ"81 dJ '".h "WiL h" war area. enua. to
- - i a rAiia in ii iia i ir r i
, i V til
?an. or Texas mi-
lderfnl
durilie thn nant fon
llvinntha Kt- . 1. A fj.. . n
sion ih tho AmoriA.n ": "r,u" " ine Kngland States x
i ...... . .v.ii uAurumu miry runt r1.. .1-...
r orce in France. Since the uni.. IV ..r""""V" l- .Viany support-
of the armistice somthinK like 450.- . L '-00 people, nearly
nnn tt ... . . v-t ...i us lilt nnnniai n np . .
,,,,. ui AIIICI1-
000 American soldiers have been ap- Ca
preciably 'benefitted by the army '.'it 1.
r schools which have been put within accurals
late after they arrived.
A " "ill
Ing them wa ih.iV n" .e'. has agreed
vi inetr nnta an nutAh u I...... .. ..
formert Dn -V::. """"""K " "". " directed special
was thPir nw k.. j "IT... ,",c'"' "s aKreea
8lee club. Cards wV n Z ' 7' 'J "tn construction of
I j .. IIIC
fomert nil 'fc.ri. """'" "p. ne aireciea spec a attention
ThTw,,01 where they wer from, to that portion of the Federal iw
?? Wi'n!,,n delegation numbered which orevldSl th. .! . rlL,a
ooui zuo. anions tho... . ...... v. . I 7. "-
laitioa M..iT - j. 7 - """lucr i lunmruciea It lllU8t be Kept UD
IfZ xR H lL L! I8""68! be bu.it .When a.
o- uviv(jnuui 19 UUtf I tun PU IQ
nuc nui i m villus. .Nnn inu uH
'Pointed. A number of the h- r.l nnn ,..,.:. , . ., r .""X "i"" wrr!
houses were decorated for ,h U.Y , ,'7';k...l.,."'s. ."' "aie ?
. . : v w.iMiivu unit n i fie was one vrhi-
ann were ndomoil with on. u T tt .ur vlIU
ate signs. The delegates were innrl nh I ! "' t ?.m. trl"
ed in royal fashion and w,ivBH , " V"..,' .":V prMen "
i . - o-' ao uuo Mvncu iu Kii 11 ii rM rial l ran tha . . i
ine women. Mr .i w t .w - : r. ",0 r'
. . . -" ..in "tuiiujojuu nn.
amberonVZ t read tele-
try rrom attending, but aV twM t Webb and vZll9 CoKreM
ia estimated that a thn.....,L!r" " .f..I..an.d . 5OD,n8on 'nd Senators
.S d a, Ltet'ilig Ve!
aion. One h..nrt;e ovf ,. "" .r r.", ::i " 1 "l u,e' cou,a not attend the
k. . " oro llttll I vll Veil 1011,
court room had been decora t en .iTh Li.V' ".1 "L'iruct ve ad
flarts and national minr. t " I 2!.' " . '"ning session was
nf .h. ..... k" "T.:.. "ereu oy miss h. M. Berry, secre.
... ..ou Mauii comrimited tarv nf ih. v...u -. .. .
flowers to comt.lete the riMf,tin. n. l" -'' uoou
The business mo., ,t . """" reaa regaru-
Sir .was.5 -s
a ma
ineps
occasion
propri
treat
a good impression of Mnnme
The nieetinc was called tn nnor hv
Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick of Charlotte,
president of the association, rtr if
E. Gurney opened the cnnventi .... U'lth
prayer, following which Mayor J. C.
Sikes in ait words welcomed the del
. egatea to Monroe.
I.i commenting upon the need for
good roads iu the course of his wel
ooine address Mayor Sikes declared
that It la the young man, or the man
young in spirit If not years, who is
going to see that roads are built, uf
course there are some who will op
pose every good road project, he said,
but let them oppose. Like the little
noy wno tilled the bath tub about half
full of water and took the old cat
with her several little kittens to bap
tize them. Little kitten number one
waa plunged in and as she went under
the water the boy said "James I bap
tize thee," and ao on until all the kit
tens were soused under the water.
Then the little boy picked up the old
mania cat and attempted to bantlze
finer. But the old cat obiected. She
bit and she scratched and she clawed
and raised all manner of cain gener
ally, wan every attempt to souse
her under the water her oblectinna
became more insistent. - Finally the
ittle boy gave it up and cast her nn
law. M - - - , . ...
; f-uo uuur saying as ne aia ao, "Well,
rmer arnmwi &
000.000 whll,. If the roads were ini
ooTooo'1 would co''' 0,lly a,l0Ut
Mr. F. G. Henderson next offerer! a
resolution that the name of the aaxn-
ciiition be changed to the Wllminj;-ton-Charlotte-Asheville
Highway As-
miiiauini, ana tn:u the counties of
uamon, Cleveland. Rutherford. Hen
uerson anu iiuncoiube be admitted
m.o ineinnership in the association
ine motion was passed unanimously
And Walter's dogs are still roaming
there.
Doc. Secrest is sfill at the Union Drug
biui e.
But is selling
score.
possible to arrive at a falHv
accurate estimate of her reduced pop
ulation. For Germany's citizens were
"c" uimriDinea over her former em
VOUIllieSS Blliall eillea .,
niiva
iuwub ana a aense rural population
tamer man numerous lar,.o
made her average density of popula-
Anticlpation that vou wilt
Allow me thus some space to fill
And that you will direct the reader'
earnest gaze
Upon the following local lays-
r . .
uuiij oi our noys are back from thei
Will Funderburk'hn, Bhav..i v.. !eac.or. every man and which have
per lip ' piuviueu acuities to study almost
And says he took hla beard off ITIZV'T".' trom f-
Because his face was not n vmVny.
The courthouse still ,i,n. ,kL, r?w 01 . he. arn,v educators in
" ,ut ' ranee roallzed at the nnisM h
ct'l iltt I C. I . ... v "
: ;.?.u,i i u "u7 u r:e w" n- on high.
IZ SZ'riT "''"eraKe density was about
proffered opportunities has astounded 7, . V qu8re mlle 1,1 ai,d
them. astounded the total number of square miles lost
With this object lesson before If . " "i'A"' V,8"0 ect' Plebiscites. p-
il . . i uui urn n niiti it iu am r.. .. r
Dr. Watt Ashcraft is reading" Henry P
The prophets." but he'll soon be done, derstood he TT' " '8 ""J ,0 ,he mbl,,ed populi lono New
'8..',.othl.?. tory grand tTlimXi ? A" M.WhuU, ubSlt Z
f HI I IIIIII1TB IS' III timn n.....LH I. v UIUPHI ail T Tl T I llllll III II I I.i .1 .. J : . . . .
w iu i ii nn nf n - n.. . .1 ' "ui'.vuu . i el in rr ina u aa nr xta
can. ' 'a' ""r- ana ,ne' ny "e a short York and nln "l 4,cw
tt . . . DPrinfl or rnmrmlunrtr traini.. tk. I . '
eLh.1 Jh.e "oti". youths of the try Z .I L . ous a 'a-v have been the
t on: "8 ,,e' WUn g'eat 'rao- -cheme Is not dependent upon ike ""r '.W. t0
Th hi. al. compulsory feature I.i. - .unome u bus lost
That. hJ.8..devotlon t0 hls Pty and vvnAer ,L T ...m . ...k.-.. th.e war- B"t to pay for her capital
lainiiy . - o..jio crimes aealnat olviii.oi. i.u u
i . - . . ou a n lanrnt frnm a d r" . I n .. . " v,,,"" nnii me
rXYrirJl: brandy. the n,,.: throueh DeThaV. the Va'le area ",U8t
JusVlVke evbodv ;xCnee ?' of university work. Voca- Rhode .".."31 Zl "
uonai train nr wnuld nntiiraiiv rr . ' VWWI iaieu
" - iviiu h n e ina i nhaai I f . .
a most important nhase nf the n, r' '" ,ral " Europe.
. . r: . I in in s nistor e nren nf
t.EKMAXVS ANSWER IX HAXDS
OF THE ( Ol .( . OF Font
Huim Will Ue f.ri.,H. :ithep
Sign or Reject Treaty u-,y Con.
sits of Counter I'miimmmIm-. Auntrl
n Tiruty X Vet Heiuly.
Today's Associated .
The representatives of the allied
and associated powers at las, have be
fore them the answer of Germany t
the terms of the peace treaty
Lnder the procedure adopted by
tne peace con
Germa (0 ,h. y
reat. consisting mainly of counter
Proposals seeking to lessen the sever-
It Of the allied tern., -ill i.- ' :
sidered by the nt,mZZ
c.l of four, who will digest the views
or he enemy and report back their
dec s.on as quickly as possible Th s
decision is to be final, and Germany
then will be compiled eitL: ,T?
or reject the treaty. w B'8U
In case of a
Brit sh. French and American troop.
H1,'Td t0 t:ke such, steps Is
Marshall Foch may deenuweessa"
C l '8 ,ne blockau,,. gainst
uenuauy is readv to he- i.k. a
again. A pian of the allies to have
Switzerland, in the event of a refusal
by Germany to sin. enfnree . ."I"
severe blockade against Germany if
necessary, is reported to have failed
Switzerland claim!,, this would In
fringe Swiss neutrality
i an oeen believed possible that
automobiles by the
like everybody exnected
And they the oath of nfflre hih ht.
And one ex-policeman did elevate
Slkeg says he will yet pull a trick
With his board Of Ttolahevlka
John Vann et at leave to-day
ror uaieign. why: I did not sav:
But this I do know, 'tis verv i. luln 1 1
Tn......, .k . ...., in
.un inry iu return again.
Chief Griffin says he never saw
So few Infractions of the law.
Winchester patrols the streets all
night:
All, all alone till broad daylight.
And now he very rarely Aggers
I" court, to prosecute a nigger.
itrnoKs calls the ro II each dav
In Hecorder's court he's cot full swav
sometimes there ia no one to prose-
ruie,
For
.. t .. . ... . ' i ... ...in iiiHLorir area nf nat....
..o,8 wno naa .naa no opport- bounty this earth .. V"
unity ror BChOO Una before enterlnir I. .,T r Bil'cs
.u. ..." I
the army would be started on their t! ne he .urf.crwaH.;",
way and would be permitted to rein. K,"i 8u.rrace as Perced to its
list at the expiration of their service ..,,-'LV,. . ..
in order to carrv on the. hIoo "cu ",ua: frownea with an
other. Who nerhana hd i .Uh-J . "i1..""" 8,10 Ca,tlP8- 'Ok dow.l
.. .....lv ,,31,,,, luwns.
high school, would be given a chance
to begin their collece course so that
there would be no waste of time In
case they were planning to go Into
prniessioiiB or business
There would be military trainliiff.
nr course, and the soldiers would ho
made .is nenrly physically perfect as hand
howoV 1,, ??: e day when Germain
ub.uiu. .1 v.. lunm.ir. 1 1 r i it . .... i ..
I "'... U I.CU Llll'II MIlI.l.f.lT
t. ... " n '
it was me eastern Ppiihh vonh. r
Germany with the Pittsburg left out.
cum in iicnen. metropolis or the area
has only about 30.000 population.
"Not only was the Saar Coal of Im
portance to Germany, but some of it
na atverted to Italy and Swltzpr-
. oui i ui lu.uer-irroiinri nin.,1
nn
. ..uu.. me lenns or peace to Aus
ria would be ready for submission by
he council of four to the representa
tives of tho small
however, has been found impractica
b e owing t0 , I)eceg8lty t0"ein
JirH6 ,he "ew osieement as re-
gards the Italian claim in the Adrl-
vnv. 7?Lon- NeV('hele8s. the en
o5s of the smaller nations will hear
the document read Friday, and it ia
possible that the early week will wit
ness the handing of the treaty to the
Austrlans at St. Germain
I'nofflclal advices
8t,'eme,It of the Adriatic issue are
boe nfeffeC ,,hat Fil,me- the ief
pone of contention between the Ital
ian and the other memhera nf 4k-
council of four, which Italy desired as
h" 'n bt ifh President Wilson
and Premiers Lloyd George and
Clenienceau declined to concede her.
ia to become Indenendent iti..
Port has It. is to obtain certain of the
Dalmatian iRlahri. h.,t ,k.k
la . .v ' " v "urluer an
la to get the seaports of Zara and Se
bencico. on the Dalmatian MOO
!fen.18 '?ube doubt- 0l,e report de
she wm not8he and a"ther that
l i j ... ...... ... - I tin ii nu iiiiii'i.
the reason that tl.ev their hnn I" U, M ' 10 improving tneir minds. "Dnnzi t,n, ..e.. . ...
forsook. . " "f. believes, any boy. no importance TlncVthe 'daV. u," 7
H-wftfto this I do no, know. fiS
For e sits , the shade at Hemby's Xd'elSfeJ" ZcVZ ItX"'
ore,
Mayor Sikes. advocate,
Spent several days outside the State
Last week. He's back, and says that
he
A predates more Monroe, N. C;
been forced to leave school at an early
age; tor example, a New York East
Henry G. Shirley, secretary of the ? K k";
He sees what f
I'd better stop
f-i . ... . f
Caused by the Construct. , t v, ul ",me ana rea80 " be gone.
Highway Industrial A.0nc.i. " " , . "" ne". ne ,ra vels an(1 ' om back
Washington. D. C. 'addressed' th. ,M 1: iack'
meeting: on "The i.Vnn..,u " ' '"""""k on
w "vvmu.iiiv i aaiu
Mourfu mrougn JJanzig. re recent
ly the city hag been a cel.. re for hii.
hl.lll.ini.nnJ . .. - . . 1
Side hoy who has left school to hell. u'ure or inn...
suppori the family and has no equip- ..Ever .lnpp ,h(i ,,,,,,.
ment to enable him to secure ucra- ko " "lI
tive work and so drifts about In un- n r " 'fi. 1rPa-
... vij t.u.ii iusiiik ner ricil
i-ermanent .Highways." Mr. Shirley
l" man wno nad charge of the
Hbtlt.wl l.ihh ir u .
IZZ11?' rmy.' Poen and Silesia tninlne district.
llr i"" i" woi-k in me scnooi. . irnn and ..i, ,k- i" T, j
housed and fed, and paid a regular t f hir at mtld. 5?..; d
wage which he can send home t hi, "...?r. vaun.ted industrial organism.
DKATH OK MRS. ROI.L1XS.
buildinr nf Marvla.wl'a n.n.,'j.r..i .
ten. of "state road: " p " n ' w '"1!' Urr"rwl at "'- Nr Jefferson
la ' . " "i.i i mu 1 1
rieifce he proved to his audience that
ii pas io ouiia permanent highways
e snowed that good roads meant
prosperity and related how a certain
county in Maryland before food roads
one
White
fou
Coroner Atkinson IVatl Mr,
Itolicrt Johnson Injured.
Pageland Journal.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rollins, wife nf t
AniOH Rnlll.ia AinA .t k. V '
were ennatrnctod i.. i .r j j .: i nci nuiiie near
. . u it iv naa irxiruen i jeneram. 7'hi...Hnv ... 1 .
" "i Pooreat eountr In the o'clock and w. T buriTd ' af w
ZZ' . . "V e Ba'a ou can 1 buy a Plains Thursday evenlne at f
piece or land in that county fnr leaa Invi
than 1200 Der acre ' Z j . ,B Burvlveo i ner hus
ThJcondhig-address of ,hJ2' ! "l.?"'
morning session was delivered hv whom .h- "r ul
Hon. Pamernn Un..nn k..r.. " " j . .. u IO IllOUrn
. ---. v . a v i sou 1 1 ui i.iihi nil ih. i liar nantn
rnnHMoift v V. " UM,ll,t meniDer
Barn you. be a Methodist then." Thia Carolln, r iff. . i"ri" ine. "Be"?n. BaPf"'t church. She
la the way to treat the objector, to as an Asse " Th. 1" Q h.er I" there
to achievement fnr "v n" "V " . !e COUld do for
, . w ui pci in a- uo waa aone ror her. She w
SLffi: X. !2S" if ood bumoreandS.h.ewaThad"
?taCtee "'8"n bet of the 1 to h KdV inZ tad i K
state. It would mean more Industrial bor. and .he .m k. .".,f fiB;
enterprises, better school, and more by her many friend. ' "
farm product.. It would mean a Coroner h T iiiin. di t .
areater lihertv n.i k- 7. V?roner.. T- Atkinson died last
- ' uiiu. i Aunair arrarnnnn iKah. . ...,.
k . . t.: . " ' - w v..
road projects, Mayor Sike. told those
present On behalf of the citiiens of
Monroe he told the delegate how
klad the city was to hare them a.
Ruest. and expressed the hope that
ney would like our city so well that
ney would come again. "Make your-
eives at Dome In the "City of Roses."
e concluded.
The name of Hon. W. N. Ererett
ad been placed on the program to
espona to the address of welcome
ut at the last minute a telegram was
lecelvwl stating that he was unavold-
Diy detained and could not attend
tie meeting. In hi. absence Lleuten-
nt Governor O. Max Gardner, and a
pndidate for governor, replied to the
pares, by Mayor Sike..
The Lieutenant Governor thanked
ayor Sike. and the citizen, of iMon-
pe for their hearty welcome. It wa.
Pleasure to be here, he said. In the
Jarse of hi. address he pledged the
legiance of the people of his county
td city Shelby to the project of
ildlng the highway. He declared
at since the beginning the things
ucn naa contributed most to clvlll
tion were tha means by which dis-
of heart trouble, and was hurled at
Center Grove Baptist church, of
wnicn ne was a member. He had suf-
iereo. a long time with rheumatism.
no wa. between 50 and 55 year, old
men." be ended. "Let', co down m
our pocaet. and build the Wilmlng
uiii-vuarioue-Asneviiie Highway."
LFUring tne moraine aeaalnn the
Icemorlee band of 15 olecea fnmUh.
ea excellent music. The ennventinn t.Z ' " Z7. 7"? u u,u-
adjourned at l;sft for It" ' " "ne cmittren. 4
. J? ".ft.er10On.,eM.,.on wa cal'ed o her for quite a while
UlUn B I . n Pinnv T1TI aMknl- M m m
attendant i ih-V-Vn .r ""'"L - ..flir' Kober John8"' Chester-
ly increased 5.t- neia was seriously injured while at
The first .peaker of the afternoon . rk: ' 7 . U0I1 "
was Col. A. C McPnmh ",..IZI '"i "aay aner-
good roads and good fellowshin He .iw. .,A" J 'lP.u.utH'1 J '
was Interrupted frequently by bursts was broken He wl. Va ieo to the
n PrP "8e: :JIC'r'5ar "osplta. at FlorenTe" f'freatm e
. - mrniunB I nere ne still ia and n.,..., k
i. 1 "nj Hi:
in uuuig Tery wen,
(Continued on page eight )
people. At the end of the year it is
expected that he will be proficient
enoii;ii in his trade so that he ca
secure a good job with good pros
pects. The gate to the broad highway
win te opened to him
It is believed by educators that
many poor youths will devote not only
one year to tne army but will remain
for several years, In order to acquire
at teast some higher education
This, in brief, is the plan which Is
being worked on In Paris now by
prominent men who have every hope
that it win be carried out.
ARKA LOST BY C.KRMAXV
IX THE GRF.AT WORLD WAR
Lone Tertons Equivalent to the Com-
blued Population of New York and
MussncliiiKetts A Region Greatly
Prlaed Because It Ww Hard to Ac
quire.
The National Geographic Socletv,
Washington, ha. issued the following
bulletin in regard to areas Germany
must rorreu under the peace treaty
"lo visualize more clearly what
Germany lost In territory, take a map
of the United States. From the area
of Texas deduct that of Mlchlean.
This may be done, roughly, by elimi
nating tne pan-handle and that west
ern rectangle beyond the Rio Grande,
with ei 1'a.o in the northwest cor
ner. The result will be an area ap
proximately the .lie of the continen
tal German empire before the armis
tice was signed.
From thi. area Germany loses
outright her Ill-gotten Alsace-Lor
raine; part of Silesia. Posen and
West Prussia, the Danzig area. Eunen
and Malmedy. This territory la
ahout equivalent to the area nf
Maine.
'That Is not all. In addition, there
dime from the area which German
is called upon to forfeit to Poland, so
long aeoarrea from this rightful in
heritance. Hard coal also came from
mis region in considerable quantity,
y granting a plebiscite to
acnieswig (which i. to be taken suc
cessively in three areas, as Indicated
on the map) Germany ia likely to lose
a province which has not the indus
trial importance of the Saar or Sile
sian districts but has a naval value
retted In the North and Baltic Seas
lierniany prized this region be
cause it was so hard to acquire. No
Balkan problem la more complex, nor
did the Alsac-Lorrafne Issue cause
more Irritation than the so-called
scnieswigtHolsteln question. One his
torian remarked that only three men
even understand the 'points at issue
and one was dead, another insane
ana a third had forgotten what it
was an about.
Sams Resigns Powlt Ion a Teacher
buperviaor
Raleigh. May 27. E. E. Sa ma re
sign, ni. position with the state de
partment of education to take up law
wun nut orotner in Winston-Salemn.
He came to the department chief
clerk In 1911 and then succeeded to
ne piace or supervisor of teaching
raining, ai me aeatn or J. A. nivlna
the first state .uperviaor. No ancceaa-
or Is yet named.
Presbyterian Church Note
Sunday school at 10:30.
Preaching at 11:30.
In the evening the conereratinn
will unite In attending the commence
ment sermon to be preached at the
Baptist church at 8:30.
Soft hearted singer. Doe hnv
Why does she close her eves when
she sings?"
Pay shent. "Because she can't
bear to see us suffer." Over Here.
WAX HAW NEWS.
Members of Tlraah r...,u ....!..-
Njient Snturday with Pastor Hatch,
foul. He Being S Ye.,fs 01.t.
Inn Weir DihwimmI Mi! McCain
(militate nt ( lilcorn.
Waxhaw Enterprise
A goodly nnnilier nf ......k.w. .
niaiih congregation gathered at the
manse Sattird IV til HlliaitH tfiA 4
with their venerably pustor. Hey VV.
W. Ratchford. Ow.i;; to the press of
work on tho raiins Hie crowd was uot
so large as usual, but Cs Mr. Ratch
ford himself said, "it was a mightv
good crowd, what there was of it."
ninner was spread on a table under
lne big oaks in the yard, nnd when
spread that table presented iiU;-h a
profusion of good things lo cat as
would have made a blind man hun
gry. After dinner in.- crowd si-eni un
hour or two together a.,d tl. jollilest
man on the vard
whose 88th birthday anniversary was
the occasion of the dinner.
Allan Weir, son nf t- o..,t nt
t-.. ... . ..... uiit. t.i I s,
ann Weir of Charlotte, was drown
ed Saturday afternoon while swim
ming in the old rock nnairv u-h.ch i,
near Mr. Weir's home. A telephone
message Saturday afternoon brought
the sad news to Messrs. R L W A
and J. T. Weir, uncles of the boy. Fu
neral and burial services were h. Id at
Gastonia Sunday. Messrs. J. jr. and
W. A. Weir and Holland Voii- ....i
Mrs. G. F. Steele attended the aervt.
ces. The littl l.id un. , ...iv.
fellow He was just learning .0 swim
hit. being the first time ha had ben
ii I lie (UUI.
Messrs. Fred ynd Pp rrv PhtliiM n.i.t
Clarence Winate returned home last
week from the army. All of thse
reiiow. saw strenuous service over.
seas.
Mrs. J. W McCain nnrt n., rk-
Walker. Jr., attended commenc'o...nt
exercises at Chlcora College at Colum
bia this week. Mie F.t.io..- .j
Elgiva McCain graduated. From Co
lumbia they will come by Newberry to
Visit Mrg. T. P. Johnson and -lt1 ...
rive home the last of the week.
Winding fp the War
Illustrating the problems nt the
construction of the fighting area MaJ.
Chas J. Riddle of Philadelphia. In a
recent lecture, after tellin hn.
a machine had tot Into th. k..kj
wire entanglements, told the story of
a colored trooper in the aviation service.
"It was 1he fashion fit Avai.kAfttf
to ask everybody else how long the
"V "'s to last, .o someone
asked a colored trnnnor m,k. v.
thought of it. He replied that he plac-
An f h A A 1 1 . m ......
uuianuil or nostllltiea at a
undred year, and air mnmh. ti.
Interrogator wondered hnw h.
possibly reason it out that way and
be so definite.
" "You see. It am rila a hn.
replied the black trooper. 'Ise kind 0'
nggered out dat we will lick d v.i.
ser In six months; and den It'll take
one hundred years to wind up all dl.
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