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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS T -THE UNION COUNTY PAPER-EVERYVDY NEEDS ir HE MONROE JOURNJ PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.23. No. 30 MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1919. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. TO SELL STOCK FOR t 'OTTOS .. WAREHOUSE AT 5rt A SHARK. If $10.M Thus Raised Union Will H ue the Warehouse Will Make Monroe "Real Cotton Town." Subscriptions to stock at $50 per tdiare ii a $40.P'0 warehouse corpo ration will be solicited by committees appointed at a meeting of a number of farmers and other interested par ties in the courthouse yesterday af ternoon. Should the committees be successful In their efforts to secure subscriptions, work on a warehouse to be built here and to be operated under the state system will begin at an early date. State Warehouse Com missioner O. J. McConnell expressed the idea that it should be built In time to take care of this year's cotton crop. Following are the men who were appointed to solicit subscriptions: T. J. W. Broom, county at large; T. L. Kiddle and J. C. Sikes. Monroe; W. A. Chaney. Wingate; C. B. Coving ton. Marshville; J. A. Williams. Wax haw; J. E. Broom. Indian Trail; M. T. Stallings. Stallingsville; M. M. Winchester. Mineral Springs. Mr. Broom has appointed the fol lowing front the various townships to aid in the work: J. D. Hemby, San dv Hidpe; W. J. Sims, Jackson; S. A. Lathan, Buford; H. F. Parker. Lanes Creek; L. L. Green, Marshville; E. Ii. Pusser, New Salem; C. J. Bras well Goose Creek; W. D. Hawfteld. Vance; V. D. Bivens, Monroe. Mr. R. A. Monow was elected to preside nt the meeting yesterday mid introduced State Warehouse Commission- r Mi Connell. Mr. McConnell ex-1-lam-d in detail the working of the Mat- warehouse system as created V the las' legislature and the advanta ges to the farmer to be derived from it. lie explained that a receipt would he issued tor every bale or cotton stor ed l:i a state warehouse anil thai this feci pt would le received as collat eral nnvwhere and nt any time. The operating cost of the warehouse un der the sstem, he said, would Ik cheaper because it enabled the secur ing of a much lower rate for insur necp one of the chief items of ex pense i-i running any warehouse. He explained that If local men subserib--d one half of the stock necessary to .runt :t warehouse nt Monroe for In ion" county that the other half could ho hnrrnu-ert from the State. Upon the erection of a warehouse, he told those atending the meeting, the State would station an experienc ed grader at it and his services would Iib free to the farmers of the county for grading cotton. The State would iinv his salsrv. Mr. McConnell stated that this would give the farmer the chance to learn the value of his staple in order to dispose of it intelligently. Mr. Paul H. Brown, or the ware housing division of the Federal gov eminent. Rtinke hLhlv of (lie advant ages of a state warehouse system and Mnni-iw (in n lneicnl point for the con struct ion of one. He bald that such a warehouse world cause cotton to be shipped here for s'oiage and would make Monroe a "sure enough cotton town." Hon. .1. X. Price, author of the law rrentini: the warehouse system, was present and gave specific examples of how the svsfem would benefit the fanner. County Agent T. J. W Broom endorsed it in a few well chos en words. ('ASK AGAINST MK WILL W KIR MAY UK CALLKD BY TOMORROW Grand Jury Recommends That Jail He Repaired, Steam Heat ami Klec trfc Fan He Placed In Courthouse Cases Heard. "We find the jail is in good shape, though three cells are In need of re pairs. We recommend to the county commissioners that they have the sewerage system changed and furnish bath tubs and closet cuspidors for the "better health of the prisoners " says the report of the grand Jury to Judge Henry P. Lane of Reldsville, presid ing over Superior court for the trial of criminal cases, which convened for a one week's term yesterday. The grand Jury also recommended that steam heat be placed in the court house and an electric fan itt the court room. The report of the jury was that they found things at the county home and chain gang in good shape. The following men composed the Jury with Mr. W. J. R'idge as foreman: Messrs. R. C. Tatlton, R. B. Cuth bertson. G. F. Sutton, ft. P. Walkup. James E. Neal. D. M. Walkup. J. F. Ross. D. A. Price. Jennings Secrest. Vv. B. Foard. T. L. A. Helms. S. B. Vmith. C. W. Thomns Lex Helms, W. Jeff Austin. A. F. Tyson, J. C. Pres lar. As yet the attention of the court has been taken up with cases of only minor importance. It Is said that the case against Mr. Will Weir, who kill ed Martin Crawford, colored, on July 12. may be called tomorrow. Wiley Funderburk, the young white man who was found guilty of blockade distilling and fined $300 and the costs by Sub-Recorder I. H. Blair, took an appeal to Superior court and when his case was called yesterday he entered a plea of guilty. The sentence of the court was that he should pay a fine of $150 and the costs and should give bond to the sum of $100 for his appearance be fore the January term of court to show good behavior. The appeal by the state in the case against Mr. E. B. Funderburk of Tradesvllle, S. C, charged with a vio lation of the law la bringing liquor from Baltimore, was dismissed by the court. When tried before Sub-Recorder Blair several weeks ago it was held that as he had the whiskey and was on his way to his home in South Carolina that he was not guilty of a violation of the state law. The state appealed the case but the former de cision was upheld. The case azainst Messrs. M. T. Stalliugs, P. C. Stinson. M. J. Har key and W. D. Hawfield for failure to have the roads in Vance township properly worked while in charge of them as road comtuisioners was dis missed. Charles Sealey entered a plea of guilty to a charee of larceny of a cow from Mr. R. L. Iceman and the Judg ment in the case was continued. no ad bonds bring premium Sold For 1.V Over Par Slight In crease Made in Tax Hate. Good road bonds to the amount of $50,000 the first batch of $500,000 worth to be issued, were sold yester day to Baker, Watts & Company of Baltimore, Md.. at a premium of $155. and the tax rate for the county was fixed at $1.01 on one hundred dollars worth of property, by the board of county commissioners in extra session yesterday. The road bonds are the first to be issued by the county and were there fore regarded as the best possible in vestment. Thirteen firms placed bids for the bonds. Among this number the bid of the Farmers and Merchants Bank was almost the highest. The bonds sold yesterday hear five per cent interest and will mature in twelve or thirteen years. This issue, along with those to be disposed of later, are classed as serial bonds. The tax rale of $1 .1)1 3 Is a slight increase over that of last year, made necessary by the expense of earn ing out Hie I'-vnluai ion net passed by the :M general assembly, and the mount ing cost of current expenses. The rate decided r.pon for the various items follow: State school fund 47 cents; sperial school fund 3 cents; poor fund f cents; general fund 15 cents; roads and bridges 30 cents. Under the new law It was left to the commissioners to decide upon a rate with 30 cents as minimum and 50 cents as maximum for a tax to supply money for the wor. They decided upon the minimum as It will be seen. Poll tax was fixed at $3.05. Late in the afternoon the commis sioners went on a tour of inspection of the county home. PACIFIC FLKKT HAS PASSED THROUGH THK PAX AM A CANAL Xo More Trouble Than I'm ting Through the Cnnnl a Fleet of Tuft Boats, Says Hoiliuan. Aboard the Flagship U. S. S. New Mexico, July 26. (By wireless to the Associated Press.! The Pacific Meet under command of Admiral Rod man tontglit is Moating in Pacific wa ters. Six dre;dnau';hts, led by the flagship New Mexico, today success fully negiotiated the Panama canal the largest shi' s that ever have pass ed th rough thin waterway. The aver age time of passage for each warship from Coli. n to Lalbnat was 10 hours, eliiiu,iatii:g anchorage time in Gatnn Lake. "This is the biggest event In the history or the canal." said Governor Chester Harding, of the canal zone. "These dreadnaughts are the largest ships and this is the largest fleet ever to pass through the canal." This afternoon Admiral Rodman visited President Porras of Panama, who congratulated the naval officer on his success in negotiating the canal. Approximately 3,600 sailors were given shore leave at Panama, and the city tonight is celebrating the arrival of the fleet, which departs to morrow for San Diego. ADMITS KILLING LITTLK GIRL One of Chicago's Most Stirring Police Cn.se Hiw Keen Solved. 1 Chicago, III. July 27. Thomas Fitzgerald night watchman of a resi dential hotel, today confessed to the police that he had murdered 6-year- bid Janet Wilkinson, a neighbor's child, and thus brought to a climax one of Chicago's most stirring police cases. Fitzgerald. 39 years old, made his confession after five sleepless days and nights of questioning and then led the police to his home where he had concealed the bod" last Tuesday. The child had been strangled. A crowd surrounded the home and when the body was removed there were threats against the confessed murderer. A guard was thrown about him and he was hurried to a cell. The crowd followed to the sation. where it was dispersed. When the child, daughter of a gro cer, disappeared, suspicion was direct ed toward Fitzgerald and he was ar rested. Two days ago, Fitzgerald's wife was called home from Michigan. At first she declared implicit faith In her husband but later said she be lieved he had knowledge of the child's disappearance. ' Seldom has the populace been aroused over a criminal case here. Various Independent organizations had begun Investigations and one Chicago newspaper today offered a re ward of $2,50 for information leading to a solution. The father of the child offered a reward of $500. The Hun is afraid the pence terms will mean perpetual unemployment. They won't if he hustles enough to meet the payments on that indemnity. Faterson Chronicle. wfddixgtox copper hm is i FIX. NOT -ItM KKT." BELIEF. Mr. Hemby Intends to Hate the Ore Assumed Soon, and tit I leg in Sink ing Tlirt-e-liuli Shal t. . . The indications of a high grade of copper ore on Mr. W.L.Hemby'g farm near Weddington are to be investigat ed thoroughly. Mr. Hemby so stated to The Journal while attending the meeting of the County Commissioners here yesterday. He said that the work of sinking a three-inch shaft would go forward next week in order to de termine the extent of the ore iudacat- eik As yet no assay of the specimens of the ore brought up by the drill has been made but Mr. Hemby declared yesterday that it was his intention to collect and send them to Charlotte for this purpose. Should the assay prove favorable and the investigations to be carried out next week bear out the facts pointed too, the property wilt at once be developed. It was about ten days ago that a Scotchman, an experienced miner, by the name of Donaldson, was sinking a deep well on Mr. Hemby's place when at a depth of 110 feet his drill lodged in bed rock. Upon being ex tricated it brought up specimens of a high grade of copper ore. Mr. Don aldson is confident that the ore dis closed by the drill is a part of a vein and not a "pocket" and that It will prove to be worth $50n,ftini or more to the owner. Indications of gold ore were also found. The farm on which the well was being drilled is about 5 miles from the famous Howie mine and the geological formation is about the same. BELIEVES "SOUKRKI." WHISKEY heixg made ox goose creek Suspicious Smoke C.ttrlie the Allen lion of Correspondent Is "l!ar- in' " tor That Spelling Bee Rig Woodmen Picnic is on the Social Calendar, anil so is Prof. Long, Correspondence of The Journal. Indian Trail. U. F. D. 1. July 28. Children's nay exercises were ob served yesterday at Mill Brove Meth odist church. The little folks did splendid. Everything was carried out in au orderly manner, much to the pleasure of those present. Mr Simon Wentz gave the address of welcome. Prayer wa's uttered by Mr. W. B. Ford. In the afternoon Messrs. J. J. Parker and W. B. Love of Monroe made impressive talks that held the audience spellbound. Junius, we are ready for that spell lug match. The old Blue Back, of course, must be taken for our au thority. All of the old devotees of the speller should get together at once and make arrangements for the bee. If there is no place decided up on for the match we wish to present the claims of Furr school house. The people in this section will do all in their power to make the match a suc cess. Let's pet to work on it right now, Junius, and stir up matters. We believe there is some more .-unl'Tel whiskey being manufactured up anil down the north and south prongs of Crooked Creek. Si range smoke from four different places can be seen most and time. Constable Pressley has been on the trail, but has been unsuccessful in his efforts so far. A community jester says the trouble might be that the constable has taken a swallow of the Jimmy- John stuff that made his hair curl around some of the cane-break weeds, and he can t get out. Since we think of It, we don't remember seeing him for several days. We wish the genial constable luck In catching the moonshiners. Mr. Roy Simpson bears an ugly scar on his left foot, caused by step ping on a nail the other day. The annual Woodman picnic will be held Saturday before the second Sunday In August. The Icetnorlee band is expected to furnish the music. It will be held at Mill Grove, near the Austin-Duncan mill and there will be plenty of good speakers on hand for the day. Miss Pearl Hill Is spending her va cation in Matthews with her sister. Mrs. Sanford Morris. Rev. J. T. Hugglns will again oecu py the pulpit at Union Grove church next Saturday night at early candle light. Miss Emma Plgg Is spending the summer with friends and relatives in Charlotte. After spending a nine-day vacation with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Byrd have returned to their home In Washington. Prof. Reece Longs singing class slarls August 25 at Mill Grove. Forty dollars have been raised to assure the school. Prof. Long makes good ev erywhere he goes, and we are await ing his coining with Impatience. Messrs. Benjamin Stegall and Var nle Crook leave Wednesday for Spar tanburg to enter school. Miss Einnta Pigg has a position in Charlotte. Mr. James T. Hill is taking a bar ber's course at a Greensboro college. Smoke Is pouring from the smoke stack of Mr. Elmore Funderburk's saw mill. He is hard at work. Next thing one knows he will be reported and accused of making liquor just be cause some one saw smoke issuing from his mill. Get's so now that neo pie suspicion a man if they see smoke anywhere around his place. The people here are prohibited from making cider. Instead, they are pressing apples for vinegar. One way is just as good as another. Fairness, DEATH OF sWF.AT UXFOI.DS H,.I.D IX IUMBI.K HOME Man Who Was I'it ked Off Train Here i In I iicoi.m ions Condition, ml Idiler Sent to Charlotte Is Demi. Walter Sweat the negro who was found by local authnrites in an un conscious condition In a railroad coach one day last week, and who was later sent back to Charlotte, though a very sick man. is dead. His death, according to the Charlotte News, un folded a tragedy in a humble home. The article in the Charlotte paper fol lows: "A double tragedy in humble life was unfolded to officials of the As sociated Charites two days ago when the organization took up the case of Walter Sweat, colored, who died at the home of his father and mother on the farm of Flynn Wolfe, four miles east of the city Friday. Sweat, as has been stated in the newspapers. was dying when he was found on an incoming Seaboard passenger train. "When representatives of the organization told Sweat's mother and father that their son had been found, the old people were overjoyed for a few moments till they learned that their boy was In a critical condition, with little chance of recovery. "As the Associated Charites' secre tary talked to the aged couple the old folks were so vividly Impressed in their humble way with the ability of the organization to do the Impossible, that they took the representative into their confidence and told another sail story of another son who has been missing for three years with no word from him In all that lime. The old man and his wife have labored on. making their small living, hut always tislng in ihe morning in the hope that their boy will come in before the dav is over. For more ihan three years this daily hope has been reborn and has died in the evening, only to be revived again in the morning hours. They have now appealed to Ihe Associated Charities, and their hopes have been raised that their younger son will now be found, be cause the organization has located the elder hoy, although he came home to die In the arms of his ai:ed and strick en mother. The old people now look to the return of their younger son, who has not been seen or heard from shiolM4h.aud are basing-fondest hope of their declining years on Ihe coming of their missing hoy. "Walter Sweat, who came home last week to die, had also been miss ing for a month, when he was taken in charge by the Associated Charities and turned over to his parents. "The case has aroused the Interest and sympathies of hundreds of people who have heard the story of the troubles of this aged old couple and many friends have volunteered their sympathies and aid to the old ante bellum father and his faithful wife in their humble home out in the country. .Mr. Redwine Wants Monument I'm Soldiers The perfecting of an association to promote the erection of a suitable monument to the Union county men who "went West" while in the ser vice during the worm war ann io provide funds for the compiling of a history of Union county's part in the war, is the object of a mass meeting called for Wednesday, August 6, by Hon. R. B. Redwine. In sneaking of the memorial to The Journal Mr. Redwine said that he did not wish to discredit the movement to erect a community building as a memorial but he thought that it was better to first erect a monument to the dead sol diers. Mr. Redwine declared that he favored the erection of such a monu ment by popular subscription, no sub scription to be taken for an amount in excess of $1. Mr. Redwine has mailed the fol lowing to the county papers: "There will be a meeting of the neonle of Union county at 11 o clock a. in., Wednesday, August 6, at the court house In Monroe for the pur pose of formulating plans to organize a memorial association, to aaopt plans to erect a suitable monument to the memory of Union county's dead soldiers of the world war. and for ihe purpose of providing plans to collect data and material in order to preserve the facts respecting the part Union county performed in the world conflict." RACK RIOTS IX CHICAGO Sewn Casualties Result FVoin Sunday Clash Between Negroes and W hiles Chicago. July 27 A series of riots in the negro district late today result ed in the drowning of one negro, the reported drowning of a while man, probable fatal Inury of another negro the wounding of a policeman and in jury to a score of whites and blacks bv bullets or missiles. Police tonight said they had the situation well In hand. The trouble started at the 29th street beach, where whites and blacks are segregated and soon spread to State street, the main thoroughfare in the heart of the negro district which extends about five miles. Shoot ing started near the beach. There was also some shooting in the vicinity of State street. Although 111 feeling between w hites and blacks on the south side had ex tended over a period of months, em phasized by bomb explosions, some shooting and numerous fights, today's riots seem to have had tholr start in petty quarrel '.r.g at the beach. The .e divUUnit ,iue lo l!lH whIte w.ciion of the beach, and that whites amused themselves by throw ing small stones at negro ba'hers appeared the most plausible cause. Soon after the fight ing started a negro tied, pursued by a number of whites. He took shelter behind a building and began shooting at a policeman who had joined the pursuit and who returned ihe fire. The negro finally surrendered. During the fight one negro was probably fatally wounded. Twenty-Ninth street was soon pack ed with whiles and blacks, the latter predominating. More fighting occur red and a few shots were fired as some of the negroes fled and patrol wagons loaded with blue coats raced to the scene. A fire broke out in a small building and fire apparatus was blocked by the throngs. Negroes are said to have tried to drag the firemen from their seats. During the fighting rocks, bricks. and "iher missiles were hurled both at the beach and at various points along 29th stret and along State street. White men were frequently beaten on State street the police said. Sacrifices Life For Child Goldshoro. July 26. Lt. David M. Prince. Jr. was drowned here today while attempting to save the life of a little bov. While hundreds of spectators were fathered and were continuously com ing and going in Ihe vicinity of the union station to view the whirling overflow of the river and surround ings into u veritable sea of fresh wa ter, the alarm came thar n Utile boy enluriiii: too far into the sweeping water had been carried beyond bis depth and was drowning. Iustjii'ly there was active movements on the part of the bslandeis to rescue th" child. Among ihe volunteers was Lieut. David M. Prince. Jr.. recen.lv bark from overseas service where ho not only won his rank lor heroic di.r ing in the fare of heath hut was brevet ted on the field by General Pershing himself for personal deeds of bravery. He was Ihe first to reach the drowning boy who as is usual in such cases so clutched Lieut. Prince that while the latter struggled to get the child to safety he himself was drowned. The hoy was caught by- other rescuers as Lieut. Prince went do-nrn bnenth The swirling waters. The body was not recovered for more than two hours afterwards, although continuous search hy boats and swim mers proceeded without ceasing. ( AX MAKE CIDER LAWFULLY That is Where There Is Xo Conflict Willi State Law, Says Observer. (From the Charlotte Observer.) A country merchant of Catawba County who prefers that his name not be publicly used writes that The Observer would confer a favor upon himself and perhaps many other peo ple in other parts of Ihe Stale by answering these questions: "Does the law prohibii a man from making wine for his own and family use from crapes? Does it prohibit hitu from making cider out of apples and pre serving it with sugar?" No doubt others will be interested in the answer, and we will endeavor to make it as clear as possible. The country is not yet under war-time prohibition and the general Federal law does not interfere with the law of North Caro lina by reason of the fact that the State prohibition law goes further than does the Federal law. When the law under which prohibition is operative in North Carolina was fram ed by the legislature it was desired to make it apply strictly to the sup pression of the liquor trade and the closing of the saloons. Wine and cider were omitted from the operation of the law for the State at large, the regulation of these being left to coun ty enactment. The Observer does not know the requirement of Catawba. but unless that county has enacted special laws prohibiting the making of that county may ninke all they want. We are not familiar with cider-making and consequently are not competent to pass on the "sugar- preserved" article. Unless the appli cation of sugar would Increase the alcoholic content above that limit set by the law we should say cider would be on the same basis as wine. Nearly all the eastern counties where the vineyard Is a considerable Industry permit the manufacture of wipe under the restrictions of sale as fixed bv State law. The Mecklen burg authorites prohibited the mak ing of wine but left cider outside the ban. Even when National prohibition goes into effect the State laws wih not interfrey yly llyHlllylylyl gniS P not he Interfered with in cases where they are more stringent than the Na tional laws. If the Federal law as enacted should exempt wine and cider, then as a matter of fact the making of these commodities will be free except in States and counties n i.oIS euoercldwgwhere prohieltdb where prohibited by local laws. Under State and Federal laws it is allowahle for both the wine and cider presses to be operated for home use always excepting in communities where the industry Is prohibited by local laws. $4).MH Ir Rights to "Daddy Long I,egs." In "Daddy Long Legs," In which Marr Tickford will be seen at the Strand. Miss Pickford presents the first picture made by the Mary Pick ford Company. Marshal Neilan di rected the picture, the screen rights for which Miss Pickford purchased I from Klaw and Erlanger for $40,000. Yll ARLOT1 F. VToRKS I I.OsK AT M O'CLOCK OX SATURDAYS Tliey Are iKiing Well, l or. As Mr. Li iller Said. No More Money Can He Senl Thau is Being Sjient. The Charlotte Observer, in It's Monday edition, endorsed the Satur day night closing plan, as advocated by Rev. Rotter in his Sunday before last sermon at the Episcopal church. In con. men i inn on the Monroe minis ter's sermon, the Observer said: All has been going well even mer rily In Charlotte trade circles since the 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon agreement went into effect. The mer chants are making as much money at ever and the people are happier by reason of the relaxation of the Satur day night business strain and the clerks are happier by reason of the rest that has come to them. In ft discussion in favor of the early clos ing at the time the movement was un der way. The Observer maintained that the stores were kept open Satur day night mainly by reason of the survival of a provincial custom and was maintained because of the habit people had to put off the week's trad ing until Saturday nights. But provin cialism no longer obtains in this country. Good roads, the automobile and the telephone has largely retur n ed the necessity for Saturday night trading in :'i country. In the town absolutely i o excuse remains for it other than t!,e survival habit. Last week's issr.- of The Journal carried a'l ubstiact - I' a s.rmn delivered in the Episcopt'l -"lurch nt that place bj Ihe rector. . L. Ro'ter. on the subject of V"!-'biy night's trading that must have 'eft a deep ii.ipression upon Ihe people of that town, and that deserves passing around by the newspapers. Mr. Under was drawing the lesson of dissipation of splendid energies by the business men and wo men in the I'st bs sacrifice of fruit- f i! powers in the Sat;ird:iv hustle 'i nd bustle. He snoke of Saturday i "Ihe buiness debauch." "At the close of the week's work." said Mr. Hotter, "with the physical and ner vous powers of the brain drawn upon by Ihe demands of the six days of ef fort and toil, they pinions: the strain far into the night of the sixth day at the expense of that reserve power stored by nature in normal health to prevent untimely disaster. And they spend their Saturdav nights amid the toil and moil and bad air and poor liuht and worry of their crowded stores, themselves exhausted and strained, their poor employes over taxed, nerve-racked, worn out bodily and mentally." This Saturday night's debauch re sults, as the Monroe preacher pointed nut, in families being kept up late Saturday nizhts. children late to bed, whole households disordered, and all because of the old. obsolescent habit of keepinc open Saturday nights. In it. also, is developed a good excuse for not attending church the follow ing Sundav. On that score there will be a g nera! accusation by Ihe guilty consience. Nor is anv monev made by the Saturday night traffic, Mr. Rotter making the sensible point that "no more monev can be spent than is be ing spent." and if all Hie merchants "would agree to do business during business hour only, the public would have to do its shopping while the stores were open," and would oon become accustomed to doing it. The Observer expects to see the day when the Saturdav night open store will be looked upon with as much curiosity as the people would regard an open saloon. Fiit Mary Pickford Film by Own Company Adaption of Greatest Human Story "Daddy Long Legs," in which Mary Pickford has the most appealing role of her career, and which will be presented at the Strand, is one of the most celebrated stories of the past decade. It first appealed in the Lad- . ies' Home Journal, where Is was hail ed as the most humanly interesting serial in the history of that publica tion. It soon followed In book form and was read In every city of th English speaking world. One million copies were sold, so that Jean Webster, a young woman not long out of college, made a fortune from this single work. Of course the stage claimed it, and under Klaw and Erlanger manage ment it "cleaned up." making hun dreds of thousands of dollars for the producers. The part of Judy Abbott, the or phan cirl. Is one exactly suited to Mary Picl:ford. For a long time Miss Pickford Ins been anticipating the part, for it was Inevitable that she should play it once the theatrical pro ducers were willinr to turn over film tights. These Mis- Pickford purchas ed recently for $4 -'.000. Now, on the screen, "Daddy Long Legs," will be seen by more people than ever. Ti.e millions who read the book, or saw the play will see it on screen, too. for none of them ever have forgotten this appealing story which comes like a ray of sunshine Into the. troubles of everyday life. Marshal Neilan. One of the new wonders of the motion picture world, who is known as "The Mark Twain of the Screen." not only directed the pic ture which fortells its numerous mer its, but arts a part in it. Two score of kiddies aid M.iss Pickford in tha scene at the Jo4in Grier Orphanage, which takes up the first half of the picture. German government has agreed to abide by the Treaty. Now all there Is to do Is to make them do lt.Brook Iyn Eagle.
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