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THE UNIOX-rOUXTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT.- ROE JO PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 74. Monroe, N. C, Friday, October 20, 1922. $2.00 Per Year Cash MON H iHFF- 1L Jl 11 JLf URNAL MISS KNOX INTERVIEWS WIFE OF BISHOP DENNY She Finds That She Is a Rel Home, Woman, (living All of Her Time to Her Husband and Children MRS. IIARGETTE RECALLS CONFERENCES OF THE 80 S Her Father. W ho Lived to Be Past Eighty. Saw But One Bishop In His Life Time; Then a Visit From Them W as as Rare as a Visit From a King. By MRS. KNOX WOLFE-HARGETT The big conference is in full blast Everything is up to its highest ten sion. The large auditorium at Cen tral Methodist Episcopal church was packed to its utmost Thursday morn ing. The day being beautiful, the good Methodists from all the coun ties around are driving jrr; cars are parked in all the surrounding blocks, and it being court week and cotton selling time, altogether makes a Fourth of July crowd in town. The writer had the distinctive plea J re of meeting and interviewing Mrs. Collins Denny, wife of the Bish op. We seldom have such notables as the Bishop and his wife to come and bestow upon the town, by their presence, the good feeling that we have within our gates some of earth's illustrious folks. "Tell us please," we asked, "what do you think of wo man's work in the world today, and especially in the church." "Oh," she said, and threw out her hands, "I'm a real home woman, have always stayed at home and took no part in politics. I have never voted. I have six children and it took all my time to look after them. Now all are mar ried but one boy and be is in college. Of course I take pleasure in doing anything for the church, and am In terested in all missionary work, and do what I can, and I think woman's work in the church is progressing. She is doing a noble work." "Tell me more about yourself, any thing and everything," we pleaded. "You arc one of the notables and we want the community to know more of y.m." "Jit let me alone," she ex claimed, "an J let all the glory go to my husband; or.e public character in the fumily is enough." Anil she bow ed heisel'f sweetly and pleasantly off from the suhject. We take her to be a strong woman and a great help mate to her renowned husband, the kir.tl that builds up a man's home and rears children to build future homes. I remember the time when a bish op v as as rare as a king would have been to come in our midst. My fath er was eighty-four years old when he died, and he had only seen one bish op, and that was Bishop Wightman of Charleston, S. C. Churches were scare? then, ami meniDers 100. ao need for so many bishops. I remem bcr when I was seventeen I was visit ing a schoolmate in Concord when the district conference convened there. It was presided over by Bishop George Pierce, He and his father, Dr. Lovic Pierce, were gfeat pulpit orators in their day. So my father urged me to take advantage of the fine oppor tunity and go on Sun lay to hear this celebrated divine, whicn 1 u.it. I did not get to hear Bishop Den ny the morning of the conference op cuing. I was told that he made a profound talk that was greatly en loved bv all. I found it difficult to find standing room at 10 o'clock hour, therefore did not tarry long only long enough to hear Bishop Mc Murray, another Disn op in town. He was pressing it upon the minds of the vast congregation that the centenary fund must be paid. And in the meantime, he told an anec dote of how an old negro preacher was interrupted in his sermon by a loose mule putting its head in the church window and braying. Lan anybody tell me how to keep a mule from braying," he enquired. "Yes," someone answered, "just tie a rock to his tail. The astonished theologian raised both arms to the level of his face, and cried in solemn tones, "Let the first one without sin tic the rock." Well, we have, most of us, read of Victor Hugo's good bishop,- in Les M if. cables, and we all admire his great big heart in letting the thief and roaming scamp, Jean Valjean, iret away with his precious candle sticks without molesting him, all for the rake of hoping someday this act kv.vJd have a tendency to bring this riminal to recognize Gods great love o man. and man s love to man, which t did. Our bishops of today are just s noble, and have ten times the work a n. for this great United States is i great country and the population s Knowing in numbers ana sin. A minister told us once that a oisn n wss not ordained to his high of- ice because he was considered a fine rtacher, but because he was consid- re I a good financier, ihe worn must c trving to nerve and brain. W en- nved the good singing Wednesday Lfternoon. Only three preachers were vithin the pulpit bounds. Kev. K. u. Cuttle w to preach. - One of these reaches was a powerful singer. At he completion of nearly all of the iymns a young red-headed fellow tm with a swing into th seat oc- upied by the writer ana omen, ana ten loomng i win uuwcnui siugci - ..ked us: "A solo?" "No." we bid him, "it wa8 not intended for hat, but he was getting no neip. Th. number, Dlease." "Don't know k- number, but the words are, "When Convey vne " onuruua vi vo. nee he found it and the hymn was ni.kt. hut he joined in the next. ;.ii. More Than- Life To Me." ie gave1 a Frenchman's shrug and (Con.inuJ on Page Four.) IHUGGINS RUNS ACROSS I OLD FRIEND IN WILSON J!in Richardson, the Legless Pencil Seller, About the First Person He Mw in His New Hame WILSON PEOPLE ARE VERY PROID OF THEIR MARKET The W arehouses There Will Sell Be tween Fifty and Sixty Millions Pounds of Tobacco This Season; Wilson County Also Raises Much Cotton, Its Land Producing a Bale to the Acre. By I- E. Hugging Wilson, Oct. 18. About the first thing I saw after arriving in Wilson Tuesday was John Richardson, the old negro whose only platform is that which he uses in getting from one section of the city to another and also to sit on after he gets there. John was in Monroe a few weeks ago and spent considerable time onthe streets silling pencils for a living. He lost both legs twenty-seven years ago from frost bite and blood poison, but he never lost his determination to earn a living, which he is doing much more successfully than some people who have two legs and tw arms. John became somewhat of a nuisance around Monroe before he left, but his face "shore did look permiliar' to me in a land of strangers. That platform piounted upon small wheels that has carried John for twenty-seven years away from his home in Columbia. S. C, to almost every town ami city in the two Carolinas also looked famil iar, and John appeared glad to meet a gen'man from Monroe, vhere he says pickings were good. ' Tobacco Instead of Cotton I realize that Union county peple are not very deeply interested in to bacco until it is manufactured into cigars, cigarettes or chewin' or spit tin tobacco, but down herj practi cally all the talk is of the tobacco crop and the warehouse sales. Wilson has established quite a reputation as a tobacco market and ar'.uwl i mil lien dollars' worth of bright leaf to bacco has already been bought on the Wilson market thi.s season. It ii es timated that the sales hero this year w II amount to hf'y or si :ty mm on pounds, averaging around forty cents per r.onud. ..son is proud of her tolacco market and the cooperative a?sih.,:ul.on is having a hard timo making much headway here. Hie Boll Weevil Cumin? Wilson county also grows quite a bit of cotton, averaging a bale to the acre. But the boll weevil is this year making his advent and next year will probably hit this section about like he did Union county this year. It is expected that many farmers in this section will switch to tobacco almost altogether next year and thai there will therefore be the b;ggest tobacco crop in the history of the county. Just what the effect on the pri?e w.l be no one can foretell. However, it is reasonable to suppose thai with t'v reputation that Wilson has made if a tobacco market there will bs plentj of buyers htre from the bigmanufaet-u.-inj plan to take all that h pro duced at a t.rofitable price. Anyway, U.e I'eome Uwn here don t appear to be so badly frightened over the cvm in.; of the b ll weevil as they are in t n on eotin.y, where tobneco is ny gnvv:-. tut I have great faith in Un .0:1 e4 :uy farmers, and believe they wi.l tiiA n. :e way of either growing cu..:i ur.de" bo! weevil condition:1 or tiui :ig some other crop. Hammer to Explode South Car Una Myth Was Andrew Jtwkson born in Union or Lancaster county? Congressman Stevenson of South Carolina has maintained on the floor of the House of Representatives that Old Hickory, by his own admission, was a native of South Carolina. Local historians con tend that Jackson was born in this eounty and have documentary evidence to substantiate their claims. Now Congressman Hammer comes to the rescue of Union county and the Old North State. At Waxhaw next Mon day, in the school auditorium, he will offer indisputable evidence to show that Congressman Stevenson is erro neous in his contention. Before speaking in the , evening. Congressman Hammer, accompanied by Major W. C. Heath, Geo. S. Lee, Jr., chairman of the democrat s ex ecutive committee, Esq. Henry "Mc VVhortej and other prominent demo crats of Jackson township, will visit the Jackson monument and get what sp-akers term "local coloring." The occasion promises to be one of the most interesting political meets of the year and a large number of Mon roe people plan to hear Mr. Hammer explode the South Carolina myth. Waxhaw democrats are making ex tensive preparations for the coming of the seventh district congressman. Plyler and Sikes Re-Elect d Monroe friends of Rev. A. W. Plyler and Rev. Timothy A. Sikes, editor and bus ness manager, respectively, of the North Carolina Chr stian Ad vocate, will be delighted to learn that they have been re-elected to these positions by the North (Jarolina Methodist Board of Publications. Selection of these gentlemen to suc ceed themselves was considered by their friends practical recognition of the effective work which they havef performed during the past year in editing and managing the Advocate htre. Financial reports submitted at the meeting showed gratifying prog ress. The board ordered a, 6 per cent d vidend on the stock of the publica tion be paid. Lines of least resistance lead to no where. LEGION TO INTERFERE IN ! LOCAL POSTOFFICE SCRAP i Conirarder I.ockhart Wants to Know Why the Grades of Applicants Have Keen W ithheld W ANTS TO KNOW IF GRADES HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT Locally It Is Believed Department Is Mcking An Effort to Appoint Man More Acceptable to County and State G. O. P. Powers. Interference by the North Caro lina department of the American Leg ion in behalf of the ex-service men who are seeeking the Monroe post mastership is seen in a letter written to the Postmaster General by Jas. A. Lockhartt of Charlotte, commander of the veterans' organization. His letter very pointedly asks the reason for the withholding of the grades of the applicants who stood the exami nation two months ago. Usually, it was stated at the post office yesterday, the department make public the grades within two cr three weeks after the examination. Failure to do this jn the case of the Monroe postmas'.ership is believed to indicate juggling in the department in an effort to secure the nomination of a man acceptable to the local and state G. 0. P. committee. Commander Lockhart's letter reads: ''The American legion in this state is not in politics, but the American legion in this state insists that vet erans of the world war should re ceive every right to which the laws of rhe United States entitle them. "The statutes duly enacted by Con ures and approved by the President of the United States provide for pre ference in appointments to veterans of ihe world war. In your depart ment ::i North Carolina, this has not been accorded to them, instances misfit be multiplied where service men with higher rating have been pushed over in order that political ward he.'lers might be rewarded. "On July IS last, an examination was held at Monroe, N. C, for the position of postmaster in that town. lY.et were five veterans of the world war ami one veteran of the Spanish American war among the applicants. I have never inquired as to the polit ical affiliation of these men, but for J.;ine reason, no announcement has been made of grades and ratings up :o this time. "Repiesentat'ng the ex-service men of this state, I should like to know if it is true, as reported, that the examination is to be thrown out in order to avoid complying with the law end appointing a service man. "We do not ask more than we are entitled to receive under the laws or our nation, and we will not be satisfied with less. We insist that a cubinet officer bas no more right to violate the law than a private citizen. "Perhaps the matter has not come o your personal attention, and I hope that now that I call it to your atten t on, you will make an effort to see to it that the service men receive what he law of the land grands them." Court Proceedings Frank Williamson of Indian Trail was .his morning convicted of assault with intent to kill upon Tom Kendall of the same community. At noon Tudge Ling had not passed sentence. Other eases disposed of during the week foi.ow: F. A. Long, false prtsnse, four iv.onths on the roads. Charles Hudson, colored, false pre tense, judgment suspended on pay ment of cost. John A. Jones, abandonment; plead guilty. Judgment not pronounced. Will Smith, colored, who left horse on railroad crossing a few weeks ago. Four months on roads. State against George Furr and Will Price, young white men, who a few weeks ago stole a Ford car from Mr. Ervin McCain, coming on to Monroe where they exchanged the Ford for Mr. Charles Iceman's Buick roadster, carrying it to Charlotte where it was abandoned. Will Price was sentenced to eight months in the state peniten tiary. Furr's sentence was eight months on roads. Price's mother stated that her son had tuberculosis, hence he was sent to the state prison where he might receive treatment. Cutbw Mitchell, colored, two cases, carrying concealed weapon. Sentence r.ot passed. This man carried gun while on duty during strike of shop men, the colored man being a rail road employee. Henry W. Aycock, false pretense; pleads guilty. Prayer for judgment. Continued until January term. Alonzo Fuller, larceny of an auto mobile, the property of J. E. Little. Sentence of 14 months on roads. Frank Ingram, colored, charged with the murde- of Oscar Parker, col ored, about a month ago in south Monroe, the controversy being over a colored wman. Ingram plead guilty of manslaughter. Sentence to 12 months on roads. John Funderburk, colored, for kill ing his brother in Buford township a few weeks ago while tusseling over a gun when intoxicated. Not guilty. Howard Chambers, colored boy 11 years old, charged with killing his brother with pistol. State took not pros, it being shown age of defend ant made him irresponsible for the act. At Trull, convicted o secret as sault with intent to kill; sentenced to two years on the roads. Defend ant appeals to Supreme court and is released on $2,000 bond. A few weeks ago Trull seriously cut in the hack J. R. Kennington, who l ha hospital for ten days or two weeks. Payment Missionary Pledges Is Considered By Methodists MONEY WANTED FOR THAT PURPOSE BY DECEMBER Several Noted Ministers Discuss Cam paign For Missions at Second Da of the Conference. . KEPORT OF THE ADVOCATE SHOWS A SPLENDID YEAR . . ' . . . Trinity Banquet. Held in the Baptist Hut. Mas an Enjoyable Affair With Misnop Uenny rresid ng; I'residenV Few, of the College, Among Those I'resent. By T. A. SIKES A great deal of the time of the Western North Carolina confer ence in session at Central Methodist church, this city, yesterday was given over to the consideration "of the pay ment of the centenary pledges which were taken four years ago when the munificent sum of $50,000000 was sub scribed for the advancemtn of the missionary interests of the Methodist Ep scopal Church, South. Bishop W. R. McMurray, of Louisville, Ky., and Dr. E. II. Rawlings, of the general missionary secretaries of the south ern church, made addresses. The speakers stressed the idea that it is imperative that the collections that are due on the five year pay ment rlan must be made at once or the program outlined by the mission board would suffer defeat. Rev. R. M. Courtney, conference missionary secretary, made a report of his work during the year, and made an appeal that the preachers and centenary treasurers put forth special diligence in securing full payment by December 81st. Miss Womack Remembered A very touching incident occurred when the Sunday school board met last niiiht. Miss Ida Womack, who was the conference elementary Sun day school superintendent, died in a hospital in Danville, Va., a short whiie aito, the board had ordered a basket of beautiful chrysanthemums placed in the chancel of the church in tender and loving memory of Miss Womack. Mrs. Sue Womack, mother of the deceased, without knowing what the board had don?, expresses a lovely vase of flowers to the board to be placed at the altar. Both of these tokens of love were placed as directed, and Rev. W. A. Lambeth, chairmen of the board, called the attention of the conference to the incident of the two beautiful tributes to the memory of Miss Wo mack and called the great audience to prajer for tho.e whom she had loved. Bishop Denny called the confer ence to order at 9 o'clock and led the religious exercises. He addressed the conference on the importance of the sacrament of the Lord's supper and delineated its meaning and stated that those who partook of this sac rament did three great things at once, viz.: Commeroated his death, preached Christ to the world and par ticipated in his sufferings. He ad monished the ministers to inform all the peole as to the great meaning of this, the most sacred ordinance of the church. B shop W. F. McMurray, of Louis ville, who has charge of the Episco pal district composed of conferences in Missouri and Colorado, and Dr. E. H. Rawlings, missionary secretary of tl-.e southern church, was intro duced to the conference. G. L. Morelock, lay leader of the southern Methodist church, of Nash ville, Tenn., was presented to the conference by the bishop and ad dressed the body on the work of lay men in the church. He said fiat it was not only the business of the lay men to collect the finances but also to work in co-operation with the pastor in every department of churclt endeavor. Greensboro Man Admitted Harry William Howard, of Greens boro, was admitted on trial into the conference. The special hour for the considera tion of the centenary interests ar rived and Rev R. M. Courtney made the report for the year. He stated that during the past four years there had been raised in the bounds of the conference on the centenary pledge $650,000. Bishop McMurray deliver ed a strong address setting forth some f the things that had been ac complished during the last four years through centenary money. In one conference, over which he presided recently, he had sent three preach ers t "ew works where every cent of their salaries would be paid from this fund. One of them was a terri tory 150 miles long and 50 m i s wide where there was not a church of any denominatisti. Dr. Rawlings declared that as big as he had con ceived the centenary movement to be that he had never dreamed that it would accomplish in four years what had been done. Four years ago, the speaker said, the southern church was paying for foreign missionary work $800,000 and that today it had reach ed the sum of 3,40O,OOO. The Meth odist missionary board, he said, is the only one that he knew of that was not in debt. "The peril that now con fronts us,M he continued, "is that we fail to pay our obligations that are now due, that $1250,000,000 must be raised between now and December 31, or the board will be g.ea..y embar rassed. s. Dr. L. E. Rosser, of the .negro Methodist Episcopal church, and who has charge of one of the church's preparatory schools for the colored race at South Boston, Va., was intro- auce-l and addressed the conference in behalf of his school. A collection amounting to $13U was taken for him. Two Preachers Transferred Bishop Denny announced that Revs. E. K. Kreel and C. A. Johnston had been transferred to the North Caro- ina conference, and Rev. E. L. Kirk to the Southwest Missouri conference. The report of the Methodist board of publication, which publishes the North Carolina Christian Advocate. was presented to the conference and referred to the board of christian lit erature. This report ind cates that the church organ has had a very suc cessful year and recommends that Rev. A. W. Plyler be appointed editor to sveceed himself. A special event that is looked for ward to with a great deal of pleasure at each succeeding annual conference is the Trinity college alumni dinner, at which time members of the faculty, old students and friends of that Methodist institution get tog?ther, eat, sing old college songs, listen to speeches and have a general good time together. The dinner was held in the Baptist hut in the afternoon at 5:30, every available space in the hut being occu pied at the appointed hour. Bishop benny was master of ceremonies and after he had delivered a very pleas ng address introduced Prof. R. L. Flowers, of the faculty of Trinity, who delivered the principal address of the evening. Others who spoke were Dr. Few, president of the col lege, and Rev. H. E. Spence, head of the Biblical department of the insti tution, who was the fraternal repre sentative of the alumni association of the North Carolina Conference. The leading feature of the open ing session of the Western North Car olina conference here Wednesday was the fine sacramental service, the whole conference taking part. The reports of the eleven presiding elders revealed the fact that during the year there had been something like ten thousand who made profession of faith, within the bounds of the con ference and that there had been a net gain of more than five thousand in the membership of the churches. The reports of these leaders also in dicate that many new houses of wor ship have been erected and parson ages built during the year. There has been a large advance in the fi nances of the church. The Sunday School Board held its anniversary meet ng at night and a most excellent address was delivered by M. W. Brabham, of Nashville, Tenn. Leads in Sunday Schools. The report of the field secretary, O. V. Woosley, shows that the West ern North Carolina conference has more Sunday schools than any other in Southern Methodism, and it stands second in scholars enrolled. The con ference, aecord'ng to the report, had a large gain last year than any other in the connection. At 9 o'clock Wednesday morning Bishop Collins Denny called the con ference to order by entering immedi ately into the celebration of the sacr ament of the Lord's suppi-r, calling to his assistance, Revs. Frank Siler, J. A. Cook. J. W. Ingle, and T. J. Rodgers. It was the largest commun tion ever held in the Central Methodist Church, the seat of the conference. At the conclusion of the communion service the bishop announced as the open ng hymn, "Oh For a Heart To Piase My God." The ministers and lelegates entered heartily into the !nging of this old hymn of the church. Rev. W. L. Sherrill, who is one of the most efficient conference secre taries in Southern Methodism, and of whom the lat Bishop Kilgo once said that there was none better any where in the land, was elected for his thirt'eth consecutive year. He nominated as his assistants, Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, L. L. Abernethy, W. F. Shuford, E. O. Cole and E. P. Billups. From the very beginning it can be seen that the conference is to have royal entertainment in this, the small est city in the state to undertake to provide entertainment for such a large gathering as the Western North Car olina Conference. In the Central church provision has been made for the meeting of the various committees and boards, and not a single one of these will be forced to find a meeting place outside of the church. It would not be an easy matter to distimtuish between Baptists, Presby terians, Lutherans, Episcopalians and Methodists all have thrown their homes open and with one accord are en ertaining the conference. Recently the Baptists have completed a neat hut adjoining their church and in this the Baptist ladies will furn'sh meals to a large per cent of the city's visitors. Pleasing Incident f Conference A very pleasing incident at the morning session o f the conference was when Bishop Denny introduced Dr. W. R. Burrell, pastor of the First Baptist church, to the conference. The Bishop said there were some good things in the Baptist church, that he went into a good Baptist home and took out more than he took in. Dr. Burrtll retorted by saying that there m" ti be some srood people in the -Vthodist church, that he went into a Methodist home and come out much richer than when he went in. Dr. Dan Atkins one of the strong pillars of Methodism in the state, (Continued on Page Eight.) "40 HORSES AND 8 MEN" FEAIOREjIGION PARADE Famous French Box Car Is Being Built for the Occasion by the Monroe Federated Shop Craft HENRY CROW HAS PLANNED FINE HISTORIC PANORAMA "Rose of No Man's Land." Jackson at New Orleans and Other Historical Event to be Pictured in the Parade for Armjstice Day; Program Also Includes Free Dinner for Soldiers and a Fiddlers' Convention. A reproduction on wheels of the famous French box car, "-10 Hommes and $ Chevaux," or translated into English, "40 Horses and 8 Men," will be but one of the many unique floats in the American Legion's armistice day parade here Saturday Nov. 11 Air. Henry Crow, chairman of the ar mistice day parade committe, said yesteniay. The box car, similar in every dc.a'i i- those French cars that transported mi lions of American sol diers from the base ports to the bat tlefields, is being built by Monroe members of tlV Federated Shop Craft. It will be complete, even to the little cupelo on the outside, where tha braktman sits during rainy and cold weather, and straw on the floor. It will give home folks an idea of the crowned C'.r.di;iins of soldier travel, and brin unpl'.asant memories of long, hard ridtj o the soldiers. Ano'her float that will vividly por tray the v. ir will be "The Rose of No Man's Land," contributed by the Central Fi";::g Station. Named for the famous Red Cross song, it will show a batiL;-!ie!d, shell holes, barb wire and all, wtih a wounded soldier receiving the ministrations of a nurse. No expense will be spared, Mr. Frank Redfearn, proprietor of the Central Filling Station, tells the parade com mittee, in making it a vivid reproduc tion of a common, but stirring inci dent of the war. The history of America will be lit erally told in floats, said Mr. Crow. There wiil be Washington Crossing the Delaware, Grant and Lee at Ap pomattox and a dozen other -Stirring incidents. Of particular interest to Cnion county people, however, will be the float contributed by the Gor don Insurance & Investment Company picturing th Battle of New Orleans. Esq. Her.ry McWhorter, whose grand father was the playmate of Andrew Jackson, central figure in the battle of New Orleans, will be asked to take part in this scene. Mr. J. V. Hines, manager of the Monroe les & Fuel Company, is working on a miniature transport. It will be a reproduction of the ships used to carry the American soldiers across to France and will show sailors on the decks. To give it a touch of the realist.c, a sold.er in uniform will go through the paroxysm of seasick ness. This promises to be one of the biggest hits of the parade. Other high spots in the program for the day include a big free dinner to all soldiers of the countv, athletic events .n the afternoon and a fiddler's ornventon, staged by Judge W. O. Limnior.i, in the evening. RANKING Bl'CK PRIVATE OF A. E. I'. HAS OWN CONVENTION For the Enflt of His Audience He ''omposes a Little Ditty, "There'll Ri No Colonels There." New Orleans, Oct. l'.. A solemn, sun-browned youth in olive drab, an overseas cap, set at a care-free angle over ore ear, stood in the middle of Royal street last night while crowds of American Legion visitors, home ward bound from the French fete in Jackson square, walked, strolled or marched by as their fancy dictated. It was a care-free night. But the French fete meant noth ing to the comrade in the middle of Royal street. He was holding a convention all his own, and announc ing it to the passerby who cared to listen. He hau evidently had the mat ter on his mind for a long time, per haps from the first week in training camp, when he learned to regard his commissioned superiors with natural suspicion and sergeants and corporals as their active agents. "This is a 'buck private' conven tion," said the solemn one. "I oughta know; I was the ranking buck pri vate in the A. E. F. I'll tell the world. This convention I'm holding here is the 'buck privates' convention. No officers admitted. Throw 'em out." He paused to glare around bale fully for any one who looked like a major - general or a secand lieuten ant. None appeared, and he resum ed his aalnss of welcome-to himself, and bowed in acknowledgement of the welj chosen words. Nj knotty problems of soldier bo nus or rehabil tation, vexed the com rade. It was a large moment one he had be?n rromis ng himself for a long tint. -ne he had dreamed about in chill French cowsheds while the g)od looii ng nurse he'd liked was dtircur.g with colonels and captains. The time had come when he could safely tell all corporals, top sergeants, military police officials, regimental and corps commanders where to head in. And he did. None said him nay. "We will conclude," said the buck private, "with the singing of a little ditty, you may all join me, friends. It runs like this: "'There'll be no genera's there; There'll be no generals there: In heaven above, where all is love, There'll be no generals there.' "Second verse: " 'There'll be no colonels there.' ? With military exactitude he went down the line to corporals. Then he called it a day.
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