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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS FT r Tee Monroe Journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK -TUESDAY AND FRIDAY 9 ; VOL.23. No. 40. MONROE, N.C., TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1919. IU-PER YEAR CASH. SOMlKHS PARADE Wil l. NOT BK HKI.il FOURTH Soldiers of HIM Division Will No! Have Arrived By Fourth ami It Would Im Unfair to Parade Willi out Them Nov. 11th Will be Sol diei's ll:i)'. At a meeting of the Fourth of July committee in the Chamber of Com nierce rooms Saturday afternoon it was decided that on account of the fact that Union county men who serv ed with the 81st Wild Cat division will not arrive in time for the Fourth that the military feature for that oc casion should be abandoned and Soldiers Day celebration held later. The committee, issued the follow lug statement: The committee In chirge of the Fourth of July Celebration has been very much disappointed to find that the men of the 81st Division, which contains virtually one-fifth of the sol diers who left Union county, will be unable to be present on this occasion it has been, therefore, decided that it would be unfair to them to have the parade of returned soldiers without theni. In view of that fact, the com uiittee has reluctantly decided that the military feature of the celebra tion should be omitted. The com mittee hopes, however, that every soldier will be present during the day wearing his uniform. It is proposed, when all the sol diers have returned, to arrange special "Soldier's Day". It has been suggested that Nov. 11th be set apart for that day and that it be known hereafter as Soldier's Day. However, with the abandonment of the military feature of the day it is still hoped to make it the most rousing celebrtaion which Monroe lias ever staged. At the meeting Saturday the pri7.es to be offered for the best floats and other features were again re vised and several features added Following is the official prize list as decided upon. FLOATS. Fraternal. First, $:'"; Second. $!" Manufacturing, First. $20; Second $ltt. City of .Monroe, First. $lu Chamber o! Commerce, First. $10 C.oid Roads. First, $2". Patriotic Firs!. !.", Second. ?1'. School. First $1."., Second. $ltt. Sunday School First. $lu; Second, 15. Poultry, Fir: $10; Second, Farm, First. $1 Second. One a of Top Dressing value. $10, donated by the South i n Cotton Oil Co. Live Stock. One hag of Top Dressing, value $10, donated hy C. M. Kedfern. representing Navassa Guano Co. BEST DECORATED: Truck. First. $10; Second. loni.'ile. First, $10; Second, Carn.i'ie. First. $Di, Second. tht; An Pony Buggy, First. $5. Second Bicycle, Firsi, Second. :. More front, including shu.v windows, First $15; Second. $10. i:.s:: Clown, First $10; Second $:. D.vil. Fi: -t $5. Pair of mules in parade, one luu of Top Dressing, value $10, donated by the Southern Cot'on Oil Co. IUst pair horses in narade. One bag of Top Dressim value $10. donated by C. M. Red fern, representing the Navassa C.tiano Co. Mules colt, under . years oiu In narade. First $3; Second, $2."o llest horse colt, under two years old, in parade, First, $5; Second. $2.50 Best looking mounted police or con stable in the county, First. $5; Sec ond, $2.50. HACKS "Centipede". First. $5; Second s? 50. Wheelbarrow, First, 2.00; Sec ond. $1.00. Potato, First. $2.50. Foot, First, $3.00; Second. $2.00 Shoe Shuffle. First, $2.00. Mr. A. W. McCall, jeweler, will give n 1 1 s solid cold cameo brooch to the i, refloat woman, under 25 years of i" 1 i in the narade. W. O. Lemmond will stage an Old Fiddlers' Convention on the court house square. The following Information con cerning the celebration is also of in terest : MARSHALS G. B. Caldwell, Chief; H. H. Wil son, Assistant. Buford Township T. P. Siarnes. Clyde Lathan, Thos. E. Williams, B. W. Laney. Clyde Griffin. Goose Creek W. H. Pressley, Fer nando D. Helms, Oscar Clontz. T. L. Blac!?man. Jeff A. Sell. Jackson Township J. L. Rodman, A. A. Halgler. Olin Nlven, J. A. Starnes, John Billue. Lane's Creek Howard Morgan, F. M. Smith. T. L. Baker. Marshvitle Township W. 0. Har rell W. G. Hearon. B. O. Hallman, M. 6. Bowman. T. C. Collins. Monroe Township R. B. Redwine Jr J. C. Mavnor. Joel Griffin, Earl Griffith, Paul Griffith. New Salem Township Hoyle W. Simpson, R. L. Smith, P. P. Purser, C. W. Simpson, H. W. Staton. Sandy Ridge Township Price Howev, Irwin Simpson, Richard Hud eon. Sam Redtlne, M. C. Retd. Vance Township James Smith. J. L. Yonts. Jr.. Z. A. Pressley. T. W. Stinson, J. Q. Squires. OFFICERS R. A. Morrow, Chairman. R. B. Redwine. Vice-Chairman. T. L. Rid dle, Secretary; O. B. Caldwell. Treas. MANAGERS T. P. Dillon. General Manager. Floats J. M. Morrow, Jr., F. H. Dillon. Decoration of store fronts and win dowsMrs. W. C. Crowell. Decoration of Automobiles and Trucks M. s. John C. Sikes. Decoration of Vehicles Miss Han nah Blair. Regalias Miss Beatrice Fairley. Judges J. W. Laney. Band Major Hugh Hinde. Fireworks J. H. Beckley. Livestock It. C. Griffin. Soft Drinks W. J. Trull. Fiddler's Convention W. O. Lem mond. Races and Games J. O. Fulen wider. Airplanes C. B. Adams. R. G. Laney. T. L. Crowell. Information J. G. Rogers. Committee: R. A. Morrow, R. B. Redwine. T. L. Riddle. G. B. Cald well, T. P. Dillon. W. B. Love. W. O. Lemmond. J. C. Sikes. T. C. Eubanks, C. J. Braswell. Carl Wolfe. M. L. Baker. L. E. Huggins. R. L. MeWhlr ter. A. H. McLarty. T. J. W. Broom. Geo. W. Smith. Sr., J. N. Price, D. W. Austin. german ki.kkt sink Carried Out Roast of Ex-Kaiser Wil- lielm That No Ship Should go to The Allien Believed Sinking Was CoiiMiiiunutel hy Signals Fnim Ad inlral Reuter. London Dispatch, June 22. The German warships which were not surrendered to the allies and which have been anchored off Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and other points, have been sunk by German sailors manning them, according to a report received here from a reliable authori ty. According to the reports, there were twelve German war vessels, be sides destroyers, which were in Ger man waters, not having been turned over to the entente under the armis tice provisions. Although reports have stated that six Uernians were Kineu ana ten wounded when the boats of the Ger man fleet at Scapa Flow were fired upon subsequent to the scuttling of the German fleet, the Daily Mail says that others may have been drowned ind some may possibly have reached the Orkney Islands and have not as yet been reported. The main force of the Hritisli fleet was absent exercising at sea when the German ships were sunk, only some Irifters. small warships, and patrol- in;,' aim alt being on guard oer the interned enemy squadron. Admiral von Keuter. commander of the surrendered German fleet, says he issued an order to sink the ships, the Daily Mail adds, ami did so be cause at tlie beginning ot itie war me German emperor directed that no Herman warship should fall into the enemy a hands, tie says mat ne ne- lieved. from newspaper reports, that the armistice had been ended. Admiral von Renter visited Ger many some weous ago, it oeiug un derstood at the time that the reason for his trip there was Unit he was il'. hut he soon returned, and It is be- ieved that at that lime he circulated the order '.o sink the German ships by evading th censorship or making sr-rnats to tie vnrio. s vessels, an un which the close proximity of the Ger man shirs mr.de quite easy. Tli Mail quo es the admiralty as denyin .: that the Genu n crews were periodi cally el.niged and saying that the original ; rews remained on hoard the vessels. There were from 150 to 200 men on the big ship and from 10 to 20 on board the desi rovers. Therefore nearly 5 000 men were in the water or Hi the snips oows wncii me iieei was sunk. Fourteen ww lauded by the British on Sunday at Nigg. Rua- shire, on the northern shore of Crom arty Firth. They were placed In hut ments and are being held under mili tary guard. From the behavior of the ships, ac cording to the Mail, It was evident the sea valves had been opened and in a surprisingly short time the ves sels, big and small, began to settle down. Every effort was made by the British naval craft to beach the sink ing ships, and in the case of destroy ers considerable success was achiev ed. By 1 o'clock In the afternoon, however, what an hour before had been a stately fleet riding calmly at anchor, was an array of reeng, rock ing battleships, the doom of which was written in their movements. 1-onilon Pays Tribute to Flyers London paid tribute Tuesday to Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. A. W. Brown during a formal procession in honor of the two aviators who com pleted the first non-stop transatlantic aerial flight. The aviators were carri ed on soldier's shoulders from the Euston railway station to automo biles. Miss Marguerite Kennedy, Lieut. Brown's fiancee, and her fath er met him on his way from Dublin and accomplished him there. The parade aud demonstration, as arranged, was the same as was giv en for Harry G. Hawker and Lieut Comdr. McKenzie Grieve, but excite ment over Tuesday's event was less apparent. The parade proceeded from the station through great crowds lin ing Portland street and Regent street, two of the widest of London's thor oughfares. Flags were thrown front buildings along the line of march and were wared by women and children. A band led the way playing "See the Conquering Hero Comes" and Rule "Britannia," Officers of the royal air force rode in flag-draped automobiles . A feature of the cele bration was an aerial escort which accompanied into London the train bearing the two aviators. At the station a large group of generals and others officers, in uniform and wear ing their decorations, and numerous persons of prominence, were waiting to greet the two men. GERMANY VOTKS TO SIGN TRKATV UNCONDITIONALLY I'leit For Another Time Extension Is Refusal by Great Council Hons PmiIoI Against Certain Clausen Im Ignore!. Although the actual signing of the peace treaty may not take place be fore Thursday or possibly Fridav. to day's Associated Press says that Ger many is to sign unconditionally the peace treaty of theallied aud associat ed powers. Although the Germans had pledged that the treaty provisions arknow ledging Germany s responsiblity for war and calling for the trial of the former Lmperor William for " su preme offense against morality and the sancity of treaties." be stricken out. the will of the allies that these remain in the document is to prevail Likewise a request for an extension of the time allowed for acknowledg ment by the Germans of their will ingness to meet the allies' terms were peremptorily refused. After having promised to meet the allied demands, the spirit of recalctt rancy apparently prevailed for a time in the new government of Herr Bauer; but this seemingly later was overcome and now everything points to the signing of the treaty at Versail les during the present week. An indication that the peace con' gress will not defer much later than Thursday a meeting with the German plenipotentaries for final action is obtained from a report from Paris that the steamer George Washington on which President Wilson has trav eled to and from France has been ordered put in readiness to sail Thursday. The report, however, does not assert that the steamer will sail on that date. In their pleas the Germans eontin ued to the last to declare that "the conditions were Impossible of fulfill ment ' and to make reservations de clining responsibility should Germany he unable to meet the requirements of the allies. It is asserted in Paris that, not withstanding the fall of the Italian cabinet headed by Premier Orlando the Italian peace delegates now in the French capital have been author ized to situ the peace treaty. lu declaring his intention to accept ami sign the peace terms, th eoveniinent of the German lepublic has sent the following note to M i li'tuence.in, president ot the peace conference, through Or. Maniel von Haitnbauscli: "The minister of foreign affairs ban instructed me to communicate to your excellency the following: " 'It appears to the government of the German republic, in ronsterna tion at the last communication of the allied and associated powers, that these government have decided to wrest from Germany by force accept ance nf the pence conditions, even those which, without presenting any i interial significance, aim at divest in T the German people of their hon or. " 'No act of violence can touch the honor of the German people. The German people, after frightful suf fering in these last years, have no '..leans of defending themselves by ex tenia! ac'ion. "'Yielding to superior force, and without renouncing in the meantime its run view of the unheard justice of the peace conditions, the govern ment of the German republic declares that it is ready to accept and sign the peace conditions imposed.' House accept, Mr. President, as surance of my high consideration. "(Signed I Von Haniel" SIMMONS CONDEMNS EFFORT TO LOW ER PRICK OK COTTON Senior North Carolina Senator Says Practice of ItureaiiN Usurping Leg' islatlve Functions Must he Stopped The Ussurpatlon of legislative functions by the executive depart meuts and bureaus of the govern ment were denounced on the floor of the Senate Monday afternoon by Sen ator F. M. Simmons. He served no lice upon the departments that the practice must cease says a Washing Ion correspondent of The News & Observer. The indignation of the Senior North Carolina Senator was aggravated in particular by a report emanating from responsible authorities that one of the executive departments was to day considering seriously the promul gation of orders regarding the expor tation of cotton from the United States. The report embraced, among other things, a statement that Ger many at this time Is anxious to pur chase Immediately upon signing the peace treaty a large quantity of cot ton, perhaps, 1.500,000 bales. According to the report, which came to Senator, Simmons, in his of fice, at the capitol, one of the exe cutive department contemplated issu ing certain orders that would restrict Germany's purchase of cotton In small quantities, sold at period ical dates. Senator Simmons in terpreted the contemplated executive order as one tending to lower the price of cotton and restrict the free dom of trade in the Southern staple. He gave warning on the floor of the Senate that such unauthorized pre rogative usurped by a government bureau would be subjected to close scrutiny and any attempt to place restrictions on the cotton mar ket would be called to account promptly. None but leisure well. wise man cr.'i employ GERMANS SEEK CERTAIN RESERVATIONS IN TREATY Tills 1'nqNwuil of Changes Ls Definite, ly Rejected hy Council of IVwr and Hun National Asscnddy Vole to Sign Kim Ii'k Finn Complete. Sunday's Associated Press says that German request for certain reserva tions in the Peace Treaty were reject ed by the Council of Four and tha' Foch'a army is ready to march into the Rhine country. The dispatch is as follows: Germany will sign the peace treaty of the allied aud associated powers. The national assembly this afternoon hy a vote of 237 to 138 decided to sign. The assembly also voted con fidence in the new government of Herr Bauer 236 to 89. Sixty eight members abstained from voting. On the question of signing the treaty five members of the assembly abstained from voting. Before the vote of confidence was taken. Herr Bauer, the new premier, declared that the government would sign the treaty, but without acknowl edging the responsibility of the Ger man people for the war and without accepting the obligations contained in articles 227 and 230 in the treaty re lating to the trial of the former em peror or the extradition of other Cer man personages. The council of four has definitely rejected the German suggestion that further alterations be made In the peace treaty. The council received four notes from the Germans, which are sup posed to have been prepared in ad- Vance and were held to await advices from Weimar on the result of the meeting of the assembly. When Presi dent Wilson went at once to the resi dence of Premier Lloyd George. where the council of four took up consideration of the notes. One of these, from the new German government, declared that Germany was ready to sign the peace treaty if the clauses making Germany respons ible for the war and railing for the trial of the former emperor were eliminated. More than half a million allied sol diers in occupied areas stood ready Saturday nighi for a further invasion of Germany. The troop concentration ordered by Marshal Foch lias been completed up and down tli' Rhine. ind evei v deti.il has been worked out for an advance, in the event that Ger many does not accept the terms. Even orders to the civilian oopula- tions'printed in French. English and German, as trained by Marshal roe!i. are ready for distribution in the dis tricts and villages taken over by the illies. One order in the military reg ulations says that any house Iroin which civilians may fire upon the marching troops shall be burned Im mediately. Another order provides for the requisitioning of the railways, telegraphs, telephones and other uti lities ns well as those employed in these services. About 10ft. mill Ameri cans will move forward If the final order comes. The concentration just completed is America's greatest dis play of strength since the armistice. GERMANS READY TO SIGN THE PEACE TREATY TODAY Plans are Being: Made in Versailles but Experts Think Actual Signing Will not Take Place Before Thins day. 1 Arraiigenents already have begun to take shape at Versailles for the signing of the peace treaty says the asssociated press. Orders have been given to have everything In readiness today, although the ceremony, ac cording to the Havas agency, is not likely to occur before Thursday at the earliest. The famous Gallery of Mirorrs has received Its final furnishings. The car pets have been laid and the ornamen tal table with its 18th century gilt and bronze decorations has been plac ed in position on the adis where the plenipotentiaries will be seated. There will be room for four hun dred invited persons at the historic session. They will be given places in the left wing of hall of mirrors, while the right wing will he occupied by about the same number of press rep resentatives. Sixty seats have been allotted to the French press. The program of arrangements, as far as they have been settled, were submitted to Premier Clemenceau to day. The court of honor has been leared of captured guns. Three regi ments of Infantry and five of cavalry will be on duty at the time of the signing of the treaty. Republican guards In gala uniform will render the grand staircase by which the plen ipotentaries enter the hall. According to the Havas agency, di plomatic relations, with Germany will not be resumed immediately on the Igning of the treaty, but only after Its ratification. This also applies to the admission of German subjects in to France. Fronting M. Clemenceau's presi dential chair will be placed a small table on which the diplomatic instru ments will be laid. It will be to this table that each representative Is call ed in alphabetical order to sign his name to the treaty and affix to it his government seal. As there are 100 delegates, the ceremony Is expected to take at least 90 minutes. It is as yet uncertain whether M. Clemenceau will make a speech. It Is considered as not likely that the Germans will raise a last protest at he moment of signing. n industrious life is the best se curity for food In old age. Will Im Nothing lrt for Liquor TraiisHrter. Washington. June 23. Under pro visions of the enforcement act as ten tatively modified today in committee, transportation of intoxicating liquors in automobiles, aircraft or other ve hicles would prove expensive under taking if the owner is caught. As the bill originally stood, it stipulated that the vehicle should be sold at public auction and the difference be tween the selling price and the amount of the fines and the costs should be refunded to the owner. The committee changed the provision to day to provide that any surplus which might remain after the tines and costs were paid should be given to the State. The committee tentatively agreed to eliminate minimum penalties at tached to violations of the law, for first offense, to permit the judge to use his own discretion in sentencing the offender. I.AKOR FEDERATION MEETS. Plcilgeil Itself to Obtain General U Hour Week for all Crafts and l Determined to Prevent 1'neniplo.V' ment. The American Federation of Labor at the closing session of its annual convention, in Atlantic city Monday pledged itself to obtain a general 44 hour week for workers in all crafts throughout the United States and for employees in government service. The demand was based on a determination to prevent unemployment, which the delegates declared is one of the two primary causes of industrial unrest. The other cause is the decreased pur chasing power of the dollar. Manufacturers and employees were urged to "bridge the gap" and in crease wages "without controversy Samuel Gompers, president of the federation, was greeted with a roar of cheers late in the day when he an nounced from the platform that three of the four great railroad brother hoods the engineers, conductors and trainmen had applied for charters in the federation. The fourth brother hood the liremau - w asineeting in Denver, he said to consider a similar application. If the lirenien follow the example of the other brotherhoods, the ranks of the f "deration will be in creased iiv .,1111,11101 i: it ii . In addition to taking action on the diorter work days, the convention to lay pledged its support to the strik ing commercial telegraph operators ;iml appointed a commit see to confer v. i'h Postmaster General Burleson ill the hope of obtaining lor the tele graphers the same concessions which have been ::ii"Hed !" electrical and telephone workers. A resolution was adopted requesting Congress to inves tigate the alleged suppression of free speech and other American institu tions in western Pennsylvania, while another resolution severely criticised municipal officials iu Toledo for em ploying discharged soldiers in uni form to perform civil police dutv In a strike. AUTO LICENSE MUST RE PURCHASED BY .JULY 1ST Chief Giiftln Has Something to Say Regarding Matter Separate Li cense Required For Trucks. More trouble ahead for the owners of automobiles, according to Chief C. H. Griffin of the police department, for after July 1 owners of cars must have honest-to-goodness numbers if they expect to operate their cars on Monroe's beautiful bitulithic streets. "The state law will be enforced in this regard, beginning on July 1.' said Chief Grlflin. "It is unfair to make one man pay a license for driv ing a car and allow another to run without it costing him anything. We will enforce the law without any re spect to persons." The old system of getting a nice card board and putting on it in more or less readable letters. "License Ap plied For, is illegal, according to the chief and is a camouflage which has allowed many to escape. The cards bearing the words "In Transit," "Dealer," etc., must all go by the board and owners of cars must eitl er have a nice yellow license or they must explain to Recorder Lemmond. The state authorities also broke up the practice of getting a pleasure car license and then tacking it on to s truck. A truck license costs the most and hence the transfer. All truck It censes are now marked with a nice letter "T" and any truck without a license so marked will cost the own er some trouble and perhaps a fine, according to the chief. The time is fast approaching when everyone must have a license. July 1 Is 6 days away and then the old color scheme will have passed away and the new one will be in style. Auto owners are given under the state law ten days in which to procure a license after purchasing a car, but they will not be permitted to operate here with a "License Applied For" tag, according to the chief, but must run the risk for the ten days of being pinched every time they come up street. He believes that this constant reminder will hasten the procuring of numbers. The city can only charge $1 for a number this year, the price being fixed hy legislature. Cards to be sent to the secretary of stnte may be procured at the office of the chief of police In the city hall or at the sheriff's office and the city officials are urging that all citizens get' them at once, as they have at readv issued instructions to Chief Griffin. CONGRESS FACES WEEK OF IMPORTANCE AND ACTIVITY Senate Will Work Chiefly on Appro priation Rills and Night Sessions Are Itt-ing Held in Iti.tli House. Congress is facing this week work of great importance says a dispatch from Washington. Chief activity is expected to b manifested in the senate with a view to passing appropriation bills needed to continue government operation af ter the end of the present fiscal year on June 30. The da n of senate leaders to hold nkht sessions, inaugurated last week, will be carried out. The $888.0oo,otio army appropria tion bill is to come up in the senate and will be followed by the naval ap propriation bill. The sundry civil ap propriation measure will be transmit ted to the senate and probably will come up tor action immediately after the military measures. Senate leaders believe, with night sessions, that all appropriation meas ures can be passed by June 30, but with President Wilson not expected to return before the first week of July, a hiatus of a few days in federal funds is deemed certain to result, as it is planned to hold the bills until ha arrives at the white house. The lack; of funds, democratic leaders declare, will be technical and not actually embarrassing to government activi ies. Final enictinent this week of the bills to repeal the daylight saving law and to end covernment control of telegraph, telephone and other wire less is considered assured. The for mer is planntHl through adoption by both houses of the conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill with the daylight repeal rider. Sen ate and house conferees on the wire control repeal legislation will meet and prompt agreement is predicted, but with belief that the final out come will be postponed of return of the wires until July 31 . The house th's week is scheduled to devote itself largely to disposing of conference reports on the approp riation hills and prohibition enforce meat legislation. The Judiciary com mittee tomorrow proposes to report a nil tor thu latter and urge immediate eomuderaiion. Passage ol the prohibi tion mciini!':' hy the house this vvpf-k is anticipated, h it with appropriation hills having the right of way in the senate. Lc;'drs doubt whether the prohibition bill can be enacted by July 1 when war-time prohibition, il made effective. Prohibition advocates. however, declare the penalties of the vvar-'itiie prohibition measure a rtt suf ficient for its enforcement by th.' dt--partmeut of justice. YANKS I. E WING FRANCE Fr h YHl.-mcx Si-h with Relief at De;i,ivt!iie m' Notsv Young Ameri can Who Cleaved their Streets of HuhliNh and Animals Only to ruh Down them iti Automobiles ( Speak Fondly nl Americans Foreign Gorrespo.oi nt of the Chicago Daily News. One may now ride miles throush the centra! part of Trance v here re cently were great numbers of Ameri cans engaged in supplying the fight ing forces at the trout without setting a single khaki uniform. A few weeks ago Americans were livjng in every village, drilling in the fields, crowd ing the trains and stirring the roads Into constant clouds of dust with their automobiles and trucks, h.k" the Arabs in the poem they have si lently folded their tents and disap peared overnight. The frame bar racks are dilapidated, the doors are gaping, there are holes in the paper windows and the benches in front of the village cafes are empty. The countryside has resumed the quiet as pect which existed before war days. The day the Americans left each little French village (,ave a sigh of relief at the departure of the noisy young men who kicked their pigs, moved their manure piles from the front yards to distant fields, played with the children, scattered cigarettes and candy profligately among the old er ones in the daytime and crowded the cafes and theatres in the even ings. Again chickens are able to lay eggs in their own village streets with out running the risk of being hashed by a speeding American automobile. But after a few days these people begin to miss the American clatter and noise. The outside world came to them Just as farmer boys go to the outside world. The little village will never be the same again. Now when the American car rolls through the villages the children shout "Vive rAnierique!" ( Long live America!) The older folks run to the windows and doors and w ve their hands in greeting Just as they did two years ago when an American was a novelty In France. One hardly enters a mod est home or a village hotel where the old folks do not speak fondly of some Americans they knew who lived there and who Is now either at home across the seas or in the great beyond. They Both Had Experience. A large Motor car driven by a wo man, says the Motor News, had JuSt run down a man on a street crossing. "You know," aaid the driver to the Injured man. "you must have heen walking very careless. I am a rery careful drWer. I have been driving a car for seven years." "Lady, you've got nothing on me," replied the man. "I've been walking for fifty-four years." The more a man knows the more he is inclined to be modest.
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