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Llkln, H. C, Thursday, Au. M, 1G10
No. 20
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PACIFIC FLKPT PROPS
ANCHOR AT LOS ANGKl.KS
On Hoard the Flagship New
Mexico Olf Port of Ii.s Angeles,
Au. 1). The Pacific fleet came
today to make its how to Is An
geles. Six dreadnaughts of the
hcr.vy fighting line ami two of
the older class battleships of the
United States navy, dropped an
chor this morning at the San
Pedro breakwater while 23 de
stroyers with the niothcrship,
thp cruiser Pirmingliam, and the
tender I'rairie, came up into the
inner hai l ki for anchorage.
The flagship New Mexico with
the secretary of the navy's flag
four white stars and an an
chor of blue flying from the
main truck, took up her anchor
ftge outside the harlor.
On board the New Mexico,
with Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels and family, making the trip
JYom San Diego to San l'edro,
were Governor Stephenson of
California, Governor Itrrazolo
of New Mexico, and a welcoming
committee from I)s Angeles.
Six o'clock this morning found
Admiral Hodman with his flag
lieutenant, Lieutenant Comman
der Jonas Ingraham, on the
bridge of the New Mexico. Or
ders had been given to "shove
ofT" at that hour and four Mis
had scarcely ceased sounding
when the flagship got under way
with the other dreadnaughts
falling into single column for
mation. Soon after starting Ad
miral Rodman showed guests
how convoy work was accom
plished during the war. lie
gave an order throwing an anti
submarine screen around the ad
vancing column of dreadnaughts
and battleships, steaming ."0
yards apai t.
The scout cruiser Birmingham
with six destroyers in abreast
took an advanced iosition l.JiOO
years ahead of the dreadnaughts
while on lxth sides of the big
sea fighters, 500 years away
were two divisions of destroyers,
each in single column. In this
formation the armada steamed
away.
STKIS TAKEN AT MEETING
OF MEN AT CHARLOTTE
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 10.
All street car conductors and
motormen in Charlotte and
Winston-Salem, N. C, and
Greenville and Anderson, S.
C, w ill go on Mi Ike this moining
it was announced at the conclu
sion of a lengthy conference of
the carmen here at 2 a. m.
The announcement was made
by AlWit L Jones, of Chicago,
organizer of the General I'nion
of Street Railway Employes,
who participated in the confer
ence with the men. The pur
pose of the strike was declared
to be to enforce demands made
upon the operating company,
the Southern Public Utilities
Company, for increased wages.
' changes in working conditions
and recognition of the union.
No street cars will be operat
ed in Winston-Salem from this
morning until the differences be
tween the Southern Public Utili
ties Co., and the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Elec
tric Railway Workers of Ameri
ca are settled, the cessation of
work being effective from the
time the cars usually start this
morning.
A message was received from
the off,cials of the union in
Charlotte at an early hour this
morning by the local men, who
are 100 per cent. Members of
the local union came to the Jour
nal Office this morning to ask
that notice be given to prevent
many people from waiting indefi
nitely for the usual cars this
morning.
The same condition applies to
Charlotte and Grecenville, S. C
the local men reporting that the
strike does not apply to Ander
son, S. C, where the Southern
Public Utilities Co., operate the
street railway system, only a
few men there belong to the
union.
The approximately a men
who will go out on strike here
include three or four track men,
jfour or five barn and about 63
or 75 motormen and conductors.
S KILLED, SCOUE HURT
IN ELEVATOR EXPLOSION
Port Colborne, On'., Aug. 1).
Eight persons were killed and a
score were injured seven of them
seriously in an explosion which
wrecked the large government
grain elevator on the Welland
Canal here this afternoon. Four
of the bodies have been recover
ed, one has been located in the
debris of the elevator and three
others are in the wreck of the
barge Quebec which lies on the
beach outside the hartmr where
she was towed to prevent her
sinking. The financial loss is
estimate.rat $I,HOO,000. Spon
taneous combustion is Mievcd
to have caused the explosion.
The superintendent of the ele
vator D. S. Harvey, was among
the injured.
The explosion occurred short
ly after the elevator hands re
turned to work following their
dinner hour.
The concussion shook the
whole town and windows in
nearby buildings were smashed.
Flames spread through the
wreckage but because of fire
proof construction they soon
burned out and soon after the ex
plosion Tcscue parties were at
work.
The barge (ucUc, moored at
an elevator leg was smothered
under a pile of w reckage as she
heeled over and a huge rent wa
torn in her side by a block of
concrete. To prevent her sink
ing she whs towed outside the
breakwater and trenched.
The elevator was built eight
years ago at a cost of $2K)(),(M0.
It had a capacity of more than
two million bushels and the bins
were said to be one-third filled
with grain, mostly wheat.
SITKItl NT EN I) ENT KKOOKS
TALKS IN .SUKKY COUNTY
Poison Aug. 10. To a crowd
ed house, coniK)sed of teachers,
school boards and patrons L.". K.
C. Prooks. state superintendent
of public instruction, spoke for
little over an hour Friday in the
courthouse here. County Supt.
J. II. Aljen had written personal!
letters to all the district com-!
mitteemeu asking them to meet
with himself and the county
!oard of education and had se
cured the promise of Dr. Prooks
for the occasion. This was the
first visit of the present state
superintendent to this county,
and those who had been promis
ed a great speech realized fully
their expectations. j
The speaker chose for his sub
ject a matter that exactly fitted
into the 4'asion, "The opera
tions of the new school law and
the far-reaching possibilities its
wise enforcement means to the
children and society of Surry
county." lie cautioned against
impulsive and prejudicial deal
ings with the matter, and coun
seled patience and firmness on
the part of the teacher and
school authorities, lie told how
that the results of the school
now lay with the community.
That every community could
now have just sich school as
they desired. He advised re
taining teachers in the same
schbol from year to year and the
consolidation of small districts
into larger schools with greater
advantages. Dr. Prook's lecture
marked the closing of the sum
mer school for teachers that
has been in session here for four
weeks.
Miss Haltie Parrot, who is a
member of the state board of ex
aminers, and who organized this
school, stated to the teacher
that out of CO counties to hold
school this year, Surry county
led all in attendance the en
rollment here reaching 1155. Miss
Parrot associated with her in
the work here Prof. W. P., Owen
of Winston, who has' directed
the work ; Miss Carlotta Mew
iKirn, of Kinston, taught gram
mar grade methods; Miss Cora
Jeff coat taught primary plans;
Miss lima Carraway, of Wilson,
taught writing and drawing, and
Miss McGill, of Fayetteville,
music. There were 02 teachers
who took the state examination
and eight obtained life certificates
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inti:ki:st!N(; lktikk i kom
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Kvcn in tin- American Jixjwdilion
ary nrcvx Ihore arc komip .t iht (ilii
ami one that Maruln out with th
Kivati-ht luntx; for nif, m my rut
f allMTlC t VlNlt 1'i.IIH. 1 r'H fi .''l
thi Icavn Monday, A pt il 21, aft'-r
Mllinnllinif mv nainn and ifi;iicst
aliut on week ftan. t'.vvi)i wi-u-nt
vi'ty nuiih in my favor at lliii
tunc, financially fjiiakmK, hut I it-lowi-d
tho tiMtfii-v from a friend, and
in ordi-r to avail myse'lf of nil on.-.i-hlc
lour allmvcd nip I h ft juxt a fov
linurx ahi-ad of tunc, hut did not cam
any tun hy lining bo, fur 1 did not
K t on thi- tram that I rxM-rtnl to
mo on. 1 Imi'd up in tht h )t at 1
M um l:"0 that lutflit with a lon line
of ricmh Mildii5, Amci icant a"d
Fn-nth rmliani. and they wi-ie a'l
iu.t a aiixiou to fct a tn-Vit a I
;u. anil it lookid for ahiln that I
would not K' t mini' in time for tin
I'J.O.'i wl.irh a a fa.t rxpnui fiom
Hi ml to fail, union it an late, and
it wa late I 'a! not arrne till I:"t)
and thi-ie wi-n tir- an many folks
!hrip hy that time a rouM ift on
tlw tiam, and I km-' it mrant an
"Over th top" ru-h if I i'XHcti'd to
i nil- thin 1 1 ;iin for that i the way Ihry
(to at it over hfif, and I was luky
I'Mimirh to K'"t hut cotiliUmofKi-t a
Ural, and did riot func uit r.Hm
enough to island up. m I cot off and
learned from nn M. V. than anoiher
KlM-riul tiam a.t ln'in made up and
uould pull out at 2:00. It hum fa-t
hum. ami the tunc wan idiott to wait,
'i I look a rhanre and gl a mm
foitahli' - at. ridinc thiol !a of
(oiiim1. We at rived at Pari 7:00 a.
is), at MiinipaiTttHM itemt, making
only one ntup on the way Up. We
then di. rk- l out at the A. 1'. M. of
fne and had a tiloe little hn jkfa.t at
he ld I'io.k whirh in almoM in tli(
le', a id a lar;e Y. .M. t'. A. a'iny
tturk nan WdiliiiK to take u to rue
!. Ann. I only i.voifnirrd one ilaee
an wr went up. and that wan I'larc
it la CondoMile. uml an I nnle thtu
tin if and aiio-n Hi,' h'lin hrultre over
thrt S-ine nei tie thoimht fame to
me that I'n-K.ih'iit Wiixm h.iil noth
ing on me, for I wan rnjovinK the
irii-at il,ui.uie and cat aamiiation
an hr. and many nthei of nohle tank
had enjoyed tidlnif thiouli mirh a
ii!h' of h'iiuiahli i',..: .ii. ',,.iii only
they had gor.i thrmigh fi'-t. We m
rued at no nt. Ann a few minuten
later and airain i -becked in at the, A.
I'. M., and wan then iie for 72 hou
!rt n't' IV in. and rould (TO whrrr vv
phaM'd. I tatel walkinic iluvtn a
ntreet alone, and did not know wliric I
wan or whiih way I Sfoinif. hill I
I'K'kmK lr I M. t A. or UmI
t to... of hnh eillier la ii) l.utnf r-
on in I arm, and arter w alking for
hlmut one hour, I tan ni:ht into a Y.
Ahout (Ue ft i .-.I attiaiti.in.H that I had
to notice when I Matted walking iloun
(la- htiii-l wan nii-n and woiihii. Ih
and K"ln appioaehing me i-riv ten
ntepn and olTeiine r-xciy kind of mii
vennn nm h ax i5t nn! -, map, and
iewn of ITnin and they wnr ".ery
clever at the ti.oie, tmt. Pit'lty noon
after I got to the "Y" I learned that
one of the Y men wa. to r an tru'de
and take a p.ntv on a nihtweing tup.
which thev do at all the " M. f. A'."
and Ked 'n- ntationn fvny day, no
I immediately joined the party of
ahout .rU Ameiican xnldirra and nail
01 n ontv, anil we walked thri- hhwkn
to Si. Ienin Metro atation and went
down under the ffinund and I gut an
idea of the wonderful nuh-way nnteii
in I'm in, hut will not try to tell much
con ting it now. however it in the
beid uli-ay jvntem in the woild. Yi
went under the Seme river and l,ot
olT at St. Sulphico Nation, went out
and went through St. Suliihice cath
edral which m a wondeiful chuii"h of
Itoman di-stgn and an-hitrcturr and
affortln nmne wondeiful ritatuei un I
pngiavings. One in always imprrsa
el with a quite and me red mnfation
while K'n(? through any of thene
largo fathedraU in franco. One
thing that I rememher in pa'-tiriilar
almut thin rhuirh in that there in a
long hrasH rod extending clear armnn
the (lixir and half way up the wall of
the church, and in parallel with the
collator, and served the purpose ren
tuien ago of determining the time
of day or when it wan noon. There In
a nmall bole in the wall somewhere
and each day at noon the nun would
rcfle.-t itself. We Went from there to
the l.undy Ait musfum and naw nome
wonderful heauUful arts there of al
most every description. From there
we went to the Luxembourg (iardenn
and pal are, my vocahulary of
wordn in not sufficient to denciihe the
Iwauty of thin place ao I will pass on,
and next we came to "The Pantheon,"
a building dedicated to (Jenevie, and
is now her renting place. Thin in a
wonderful building. The dome of our
national capital building at Washing
ton, I). C. was designed and built an a
model of thin one, There are nome
beautiful picture and drawings, alno
nome tapestry centuries old in thin
hall. From there wo went to the old
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wtrkiut o tlmt umrk Ui rule of coruuuulMU lu liudniM-st, lUu tm-ltnl pt IJun-
I. at in Quarter,, and I don't remember
enough to say anything about it.
I'lom tin place we went through the
Parin University. Or So. limine
erected in I62U by C'aidinal Uitehlieu
and in the most famoun t niveimty in
Fiance oi Kuropc and in rnont famoun
for the noted men and degree of din
tmrtion awarded to in ntudentn. Pres
ident Wilful rereived the degiee of
J'hiloMiphy or fconi' thing bke it three
month la-fore I visited there, and I
sat in the Minn hall and beard the
guide tell un ahout It.
'Ihi I'nivernity accomodate lO.MKI
student and has a l.ihiary of lTo.(MM)
vol. Fiom thei-e we heat it back to
the Y hut and had a bite t eat, aud in
the afternoon we went on another tiip
a boat tup on the Seine riser. We
got on the boat at the lluti-l de Yille
and went up the Seine tucr and into
the Maine river foi a slioit diitance.
Thin nvi r in famou fur many ieas
onn, one in. that during the war,
thousand of wounded soblin, were
s'-nt down thin liver into I'ann hm-pi-ta!s
and to other nl.ice. Then we
turned ur.d went ba-k thtough Paris
and had a wonderful view of the
building and scenery on lth niden
of the river. There ttiv thlily four
biiilgen that span thin liver with the
wall of Paris. We nav many inter
ixling things that I will not nuntion
on tins trip down the iiei. We went
an far down an St. Cloud iwveial mile
below Paii-i and went up on a high
hill and ftont there we could get a
panoiamac view of Paiin. I got tiied
of the boat, for it wa crowdeil, their
being about five hundied on. so I de
rided to take the stiret car bmk. and
did so. I got hack and went out on
the Champ KIvmm- boluva'd about
nun down, and the scenciy i some
thing beautiful, really I can't ih-n-crilx-
it, thought I might nay it in a
busy place. 'I hen I went to the Ki d
t'losn fm- supper, and bad another
pleasant walk in the i-w-mng and pull
ed in about lit. (Ml bi-ii.g lx-e coo fa
tigue. Next morning I stalled aga.n
and visited a laige t)M-ia nm by the
Y free for the American ddern. and
th' in nome fine place, it in built in
the shape of a dome and will scat
thousands. I next went to the petit
Pa'.ace. or I.ittle Palace. Thi wa.'
hu.lt for the Kxpoition in l'.ilO and
i-onlam nomu of the finest aitn in the
world, and cost loin of money. From
there I studied down and arms Alex
.m liia hiidge. one air'mf the ftm !
nn the Seme liver; there a-e to huge
statue at each end of thin budge
mounted high up in the air, these four
aie bias and the n ilecliun of the sun
on them ran be neen for tjiii'e a ihn
tanee. There Bie manv otbei on this
budge and the hiauSiiul aichitxtuie
and peif.- t design in untaxing. From
then- I went to the famous vur paint
iiig PiHiUo-oii de la tluerie, or in '.n-gli.-h
Pantheon of the war. Thin in
the greatest picture that ban Iw-en
painted, and ir-ptex nt each allied na
I on in lifel.ke fun;i returning victor
ioun fiom the war, it a'so i.huw the
larnlst aie of the battle fii hN, the
hui mug of Phcim, Verdun and many
other place n, and in after vein will
he famoun all over the woihl. I!
Fn-nch artist of the best have been
woiking on it innce P'M and it n
only finished a shmt time ago, atol i
now leiiig xisitefl by iH-ople fiom ail
over the glube and of every distinc
tion and rlasn. After I b ft the war
picture I strolli-d ilown to Fa-ele Mil
itaite wheie there i a lied l'io can
teen ami had a bite to rat again. Thin
station in veiy conveniently located,
and furnishes 16(H) comfortable bed
for noldicm on leave in Parin, and the
puce for the night' stay i thf sum)!
sum of one franc, or about eighteen
II uts in Aiuetican money, and at
that rate the pressure on a noldiei
piHkct book ix much les that il would
lie if be had to go to French hoteln.
'Ihi station in a very nhoit distance
from Filfe! lower, and ahout ten min
ute walk from the Dig Wheel. After
1 had eaten nome snndwitrhcn .and
drank a cup of hot chocolate I went
for a trip on the wheel, and the sen
sation in great, and when I got to the
top I could nee nearbout all ovrr Parin.
I paid 1-2 franc extia for a guide who
pointed out nome of the place of
most interest. Thi fellow happened
to lie an Fng!i.hman, and the dialect
and tone that some F.nglishmen use
in talking make it almost a diifirult
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THE SLAIN MANS Fl'NKKAL
.Mooresvillc, Aujr. 7. The fu
neral services of Deputy' Sheriff
Robert Lloyd Cloninjrcr held Ht
St. Mark's Lutheran church,
Tuesday afternoon, was attend
ed by one of the largest congre
gations ever assembled in the
town for a funeral occasion. The
pastor, Ilev. L. A. Thomas, was
assisted in conducting the ser
vices by Kev. J. L. Morgan, of
BUDAPEST
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Mr. Cloninger and Kcv. It. A.
CiKidm.'ut of Mt. Pleasant, N. C,
The pall-hcarerH were Mc.-srs.
I'slt r Mayhew, Marvin Turner,
Wood Johnston, John Mc
N'ccly and Sheriff M. 1 Alexan
der and Kx-Sheriir J. M. Deaton
of Statesville.
The floral offerings in number
and 1 reality were .significant of
the high esteem in which Mr.
Cloningt r was held here and
elsewhere. Among many other
beautiful de.-i'rns were those re
presenting the liible cla-is, the
Sunday sclmol, and the Indies'
Aid SH-iety of St. Marks church.
Mr. Cloningcr is survived by
the following brothers and sis
ters: Messrs. OAar and PeYVitt
Cloniiiger, of Columbia. S. C. ;
Mesdantes Lynn Wagner, of
Tioutman. Walter Rogers, of
Jacksonville, Kla., Paeon Smith,
of Tioutman, Roy Suther of
Charlotte, and J. L. Arthurs of
Tioutman, All of these were
present for the funeral.
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TRAIL OF FOOD COICFRS
Washington. Aug. 0. Tangi
ble result1 from the investiga
tion of hoarding and profiteering
initiated by Attorney (leneral
mer are expected to develop in
the immediate future an the ie
suit of an order today directing
the entire secret service of the
bureau of iinctigation to nsi t
the forces now at woik trying to
uncover instances in which the
public has been ponged by the
illegal control of prices.
Officials of the d-'pal tioeiit of
justice said report h front many
sections of the country showed
the search for evidence of extor
tion in the neccsMties of life was
pi weeding vigorously and it was
indicated that many prosecu
tions might come very i.non.
Announcement also wa. made
today that Congress would pro
ceed promptly with legislative
measure recommended by Pres
ident W'iKon in his address yes.
terday a.s necessary to step the
"vicious practices" which have
lieen largely lespoiisilile for the
rising cost of living.
Republican leader Mondell
stated in the house that appro
priations would be made at once
to enable the government de
partments to attack the prob
lem, and Chairman 1 1 an gen an
nounced the agricultural com
mittee would l'gin heat ing Mon
day on legislation to control the
time foods couM be held in cold
storage.
The senate interstate com
merce committee discussed sug
gestions of the President that
interstate shipments of necessi
ties be controled by a licensing
system, and Chairman Cummins
announced that he would appoint
a sulr-committee Monday to re
commend such legislation as it
should decide was necessary.
There were indications at the
White House that President Wil
son might let the high cost of
living share with the league of
nations in the speaking tour
which he soon is to make. The
President has been devoting vir
tually all of his time recently to
the economic situation and ha.s
come to Mieve that the impor
tance of the question demands
discussion equally with the big
international problem, to explain
which was the prime purpose of
the tour.
ASKS MERCHANTS TAKE
ACTION A ROUT II. C. I
Statesville, Aug. !). -Sugges
tion that the local retail mer
chants association of the state
hold meetings for discussions of
the high-eoi-t-of-living crisis is
made in a bulletin issued today
by J. P. Leonard of Statesville,
tate secretary of the North
Carolina Merchants asM.'ial ion.
The bulletin rearh as follow.:
"And now, even the Pre- id'-n
of the United Stales (haievs t!ii
retail merchant.? of th" totinti
with being re pon. ibli- in pai t -'sometime.,
it) large ptiT'--fn:
I he hi) li pi i.-e;. Xfv,. paper-,
representatives in Congrev, tin
big five meat packers, governors
and other public official, fanm-iv
laborers and in fact about every-
Iro'ly has been making that
charge ever since the agitation
started. It is now apparent that
the crisis has been reached, and
that some investigation will be
done. Honest merchants will
welcome these investigations.
Who is responsible for the high
prices? That's the big question
of the hour.
"There are doubtless retailers
in the United States who arc
guilty of profiteering today, just
as they were during the war,
but unless your state secretary
is 'a badly fooled man' we do
not have such merchants in oui
organization. Just as the food
administration found during the
war, the number of profiteers
among the merchants of North
Carolina is comparatively small.
The records of the fod adminis
tration show that our associa
tion came through the war un
blemished. The slate secretary
made a brief investigation him
st If yesterday and found one
grocer in Statesville who was ac
tually selling at least two arti
cles which are less than the in
voice pi ices of shipments of the
same good-? not yet receive,!
Prices of fiiut ;, Vegetables, but
ter, eggs and other farm pro
ducts were found to Ire viitually
the same at the fanners' wagons
that they were in the stoic.
"Statesville retailers tell me
they would welcome an investi
gation here, and it is probable
that a committee of the lix'al as
sociation will ask the mayor to
start a local investigation. We
commend this to oti, and sug
gest similar action by your as
stxiation. Call your niemlrers
together for a discussion of this
inin)itatit question, and let's se
if the merchants can help solve
th greet problem of the nation
While it is against the rule of
the .Merchants association to dis
ctiis juices, because we are not
a piicefixing organization, this
is an exlra-oitlinai y tH.ca.siuu."
In the same bulletin Mr.
I,eoiiaid who U'piv.scr.tcd hi- as
sociation at the conference with
the state child welfare commis
sion last week, calls Attention to
the rulings of the commission,
published today, and urges the
merchant not to violate the law.
but to show their appreciation of
the concession made? by the
commission by complying with
every piovMon of the law with
out quibble.
STRIKINcTsl ioi'M KNAT
HALF.U.H PACK AT WORK
Raleigh, Aug. -RnleighV
do striking machinists and
helpers voted almost unanimous
ly tonight to return to their po
sitions, the night shift going on
tonight and all others tomorrow
morning.
The stiikcrs, acting indepen
dently of all other shops and
brotherhoods, declared their con
fidence in President Wilson's
ability to get justice for them
and to show the country that
they have n righteous cause.
They will work until September
2, when they and all co-ordinate
branches will again walk out if
the wages asked are not given.
It is known that the men
never sympathized with the ra
dical demands of Plumb, and
their action means that they are
uninterested in government con
trol. While acting independent
ly, as they did when they went
out a week ago, they arc morally
certain that they have other
towns with them.
1J I KI'ACII IIUIDLS
FIND IIOMKS I.N DIXIK
Atlanta, Aug. ). Nineteen
French brides married by south
ern soldiers during the war have
arrived in this county and if
they have not been introduced
to Dixie already, will shortly
take up their abode in the stales
of Ceorgia North Carolina South
Carolina, Tennessee and Florida.
The P.) are tall and short, fat
and thin, pretty and plain, ser
ious and friVoIous in short, ty
pical of almost any set of nine
teen girls you can assemble any
where. Put they have one uni
que characteristic in common
they are all unusually young.
The average age is 17.
These facts are gleaning from
the report of Miss N. F. Willison,
head of the reception committee
of the American Red Cross at
Newport News, Va., where 375
overseas brides have arrived
during the six weeks ending July
1".
Southern soldiers, it seems did
not dash eagerly into matrimony
abroad, despite the reputed gal
lantry of the southerner toward
the fair sex; for out of 375 by
far the grcaler number are mar
ried to soldiers from other parts
of the country. Perhaps that
wa.s because the southerners
were more faithful to "the girls
they left behind them."
The P. French brides of south
in lioys, in common with thu
others, found in the Red Cross,
according to Miss Willison's re
Krt, a rnuth needed friend.
Realizing the epochal change
which tlu journey to America
marked in the girls' lives, the
Red Cro.s, in co-operation with
the V. W. C. A., undertook to
make their chaperonage part of
it great humanitaarian work
from the time the girls left their
homes in France until they were
settled in the I'niled States.
At the port of embarkation in
Hi est. the Red Cross and the Y.
W. C. A. assist the army in fur
nishing fotrd. making their
quaitcrs attractive, teaching;
the girls Fnglish, geography
cooking and facts alout Ameri
ca.
Fn route on the transport these
cla.sscs arc continued, and there
tie Red Cross workers ready to
see to the comfoit of the brides
who travel first class, while their
husbands occupy the usual
tumps quaitcrs, being allowed
to see their better halves but it
few hours a dav.
At Newport News, Mis Willi-
on and the members of her re
ception committee bourd the
transport and help the bride?
through the customs regulations
The Red Cross motor corps has a
fleet of automobiles at the dock,
ready to take the strangers to
their quaitcrs at the old Camp
Moriis.Mi hosiptal five mile dis
tant. When their husband are
ready to take them home after
lieing demobilized or transfened
the Red Cross motors them to
the railroad station and sees
them off safely.
Nor does tin.1 welcoming hand
top there. P.efore their depar-
tuie. the din dor of the depart
ment of civilian relief of the Red
Cross in the division in which
they intend to live is notified of
their coming and he communi
cates with the home service sta
tion in their home town, where
they are again welcomed hy the
Red Cm s and told that a help
ing hand will be given whenever
it is Iitlili.d.
T1IK CLIMAX POST OFFICE
ItOnnKRS AUK CAITL'REI)
Morganton, Aug. 9. Guy
Field, John Field, and Kye Pre
vo alleged postoffice robbers who
yesterday made their escape
from train No. 22 at Pridgewat-
er, were captured thi morning
near Glen Alpine. The men, who
are charged with robbing the
postoffice of Climax, Guilford
county, were arrested a few days
go in St. Ixniis and in charge of
an ofneer were en route to
Grecnslioro to stand trial when
they effected their escape hy div
ing headlong through the open
window as the.train was leaving
'.ridgewatcr. Ploodhounds were
irought from Ashevillo on the
next train and during the night
trailed the alleged robbers to
heir resting place. The three
were taken to Greens! oro to
day.