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The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08
WOMEN INTERRUPT PRESIDENT
Drop Flag Down Upon Congress-
men While Mr.. Wilson is Making
speech.

President Wilson's address to Con-
gress Tuesday was marked w a wo-
man suffrage coup in the ,ries-
the first real crowd of organized mill
fancy in the capital-and by a great
demonstration of congratulation TO
the President upon his reelection. in
which many Republicans Joined.
After acknowledging the prolonged
cheers and applause which greeted
his entry to the hall of the House.
the President had launched into his
address. reviewing recommendations
for railroad legislation. corrupt
practice act. and had passed to his
recommendations for a broader gov
eminent for Porto Rico. He was just
about TO begin sentence: The pres
ent laws governing the island and
regulating the rights and privileges
OF its people are not just" when over
the rail OF the gallery, where sat a
party of woman suffrage leaders.
there iluttered down above the heads
OF an amazed assemblage of Senators
and Representatives silken banner
of suffrage yellow, bearing in great
black letters the inscription:
President Wilson, what will you
do for woman suffrage?"
The suffragists said, afterward, ID
was their protest against the Presi-
dents plea with Congre. for broader
suffrage for the men 81 Porto Rico
while he did not mention their own
cause in his address.
Wilson Smiles Over Incident
As the banner rippled down. the
sufIragists sat smiling and upper
turbed. A page, raised on the arms
OF men directly under the gallery,
grasped the edge of the banner and
snatched ii down. President Wilson,
attracted by the stir. looked up from
his reading. and apparently taking in
the situation at glance. smiled
broadly and without hesitation or in
terruption turned his eyes back tc
his manuscript and continued his adj
dress to its end without further dem
onstration.
Policemen and gallery guards sour
ried TO where the women were seated.
but contented themselves with watch
ing the party, as if to prevent fur
Their outbreak
When the joint session was over
the suffragists filed out unmolested |
by the police, who said they had no |
orders other than to prevent any fur
Their infringement of the rules Of the
House. The banner remained with |
the sergeant-at-arms.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08
Happenings in Pageland and Vicinity
Pageland Journal.


Rev. A. ]. Crane has resigned hi
work as pastor of the Presbyterian
churches at Marshville. Beulah
salem and Pageland. and has ae
leepted a position as superintendent
loi home missions and evangelist ii
the Albemarle Presbytery.. which
compromises about one-iifth OF the
State of North Carolina. lying in the
northeastern part OF the State. Mr.
Crane will hold the same position in
that Presbytery as Mr.. Gill holds In
the Mecklenburg Preshytery. His
home will be at Tarboro. He will
be paid salary from the general
nome mission treasury OF the Pres
oyterian church in that State and
will likely be furnished an automo-
bile. He has done splendid work
during his long stay on this field.
and many are the regrets at seeing
him go. He will have one more SER
vice here. His successor has not
been selected.
Mr.. Eugene Webb and Miss Nora
Smith were married at the home OF
the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
Lee smith. in Lanes Greek township
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Webb is
an enterprising young farmer. Mrs.
Smith is young lady Of fine eharac-
ter. She has taught in the schools
OF Union county. and is well liked
as teacher and as lady.
Mr.. Albert T.. Robinson. a brother
of Mr.. A. c. Robinson of Pageland.
died at the home of his sister. Mrs. V.
a. Coan at Mineral Springs last Tues
day night. He was about S5 years
old and had been in bad health fer
several months. Pellagra was the
cause OF his death. He was buried
Wednesday at Waxhaw cemetery.
funeral services being conducted BY
his pastor, Rev. J. w. Sanford. Three
small children survive. His wife.
who was Miss Matte Carter of Wax
haw. died last year.
Mr.. C. Columbus Clark and Mrs.
Virginia Addie Pigg were married
last Wednesday night at the home
of Rev. Il. w. Cato. the officiating
minister, mile west of town in the
presence of only few relatives and
friends. After the ceremony they
went to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
a. Mangrum. where a bounteous sup
per was served. Mr.. Clark is a well
known and highly respected farmer
whose home is just north of Page
land. Mrs. Clark is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Mangum. She is
a lady of excellent character. we'll
liked and respected by her wide circle
of friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark have
the best wishes of a great number
of friends and relatives.
The agreement not to kill any
more birds before 1918 is being sign
ed by farmers who voluntarily come
in and affix their names to il. The
list is still in this office and any
others who desire to sign ii, may do
so. We should like to see the name
of every farmer in this whole section
on this list. The birds are the farm
er's friends, and signing this agree
ment is an evidence that your are
willing to protect the friends. No
matter whether you own land or not
you should agree to kill no more
birds for a season. You are tax
payer, aren't you Well, then you
should sign il. The list Is waiting
for you.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08
Corinth News.
Correspondence OF The Journal.

Monroe. Route o. Dec. 6. - Miss
Alma Price Of Monroe has been
spending some time in this communi-
ty.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Kern Price,
a daughter.
Lot of the people from here are
attending the meeting at Oak Grove
this week.
II seems like two OF our cores
pondents are having some trouble
over the President. Spriggs, of
course am bound to take up for you
because l am for Wilson. Frisky
went on to say that we were going
to hang ourselves and that they
thought they would just let us go It,.
| have had people to do things that
| didn't want them to do but / just
couldn't help 1t.
Miss Emma Richardson spent Sun
day with Miss Fallie Whitaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brady Price spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Price.
No news much this week or else
Farm Boy didn't hear about IT.
Farm Boy.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08
Government Says Crop Is Harvested

washington Dlspatcn, Dec. D.
Crop conditions in the south dur
ing November were reviewed today
in the National Weather and Crop
Bulletin as follows:
Except in South Carolina, cotton
seems to be practically all harvested.
In the Carolinas general killing frost
came on the 15-16th in the main cot
ton Arrears; late cotrton had matured
very satisfactorily and top bolls
caught by the freeze are in such con-
dition that many will open. Over
the bulk of the cotton belt scarcely
any cotton remained subject to injury
when the severe cold weather came.
Freezing weather severely injured
truck in practically all southern
states, but most truck escaped in the
warmer portion.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08
Family I'm Distress.

AT 304 Lane street there is a sick
boy who needs a quart of sweet milk
and quart of buttermilk day. He
also needs to be kept warm. Twenty
hve cents day would do much good
In this case. He is a good boy and
Graves to live.
II you wish TO do some real good \.
hnding and administering to Just
such cases as this will be your OPP
portunity. Very truly,-H.D. Stewart.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08
Found Snake i'm Apple
Pee Dee Advocate.

On Monday last a lady in west
Bennettsville ordered some apples
from store up town and when they
arrived she bit one and there in the
open space in the apple lay an eight
inch snake. the size o. a straw and
the color of the inside of the apple.
She was very much frightened and
called two neighbor friends and
phoned for DR.. Strauss. fearing a case
of poisoning. The doctor examined
the snake and the apple and told the
lady to calm her fears, there was no
poison in the snake or apple. The
snake died in short while after
exposure to the air and was thrown
in the yard. The lady says she will
bite no more apples.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08
tnson-tnion.
Vadesboro Ansonian.

adeSDofO AnSonlan.
Mr.. Lester Griffin, son of Mr.. A.
C. Griffin of Union county and Miss
Meta Dawkins, daughter OF Mr..
James Dawkins of White Store town
ship, were married Sunday by ESQ.
j w Jones at his residence in White
Store township. These are popular
young people and have the best wish
es Of a host of friends in this and
Union county.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08
NERVOUS WOMEN

When the nervousness is caused by
constipation, as is often the case. YOU
will get quick relief by taking Cham
berlain's Tablets. These tablets al
so improve the digestion.
0btainable everywhere.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08

Papa" said the daughter, Jack
is coming tonight to ask your consent
to our marriage. BE kind to him,
won't your"
Certainly, my child" said the
stern parent; "Ill do him the kind
est act | can. I'll tell him he can't
have you. Grit.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08

Are you going to the musical at
the Robinsons' tonight?"
II don't know. Are they going to
have music or is Josephine going to
sing Pittsburg Post.
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-08

A small tumbler is responsible for
many Of the slips attributed to the
cup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15

bench: has open denunciation Of
Hughes in at least two addresses; AMI
his palpable reluctance to place an O.,
K. upon the prospective action of the
republican convention when ii was
evident that Hughes was the one
available" candidate-all will speak
more truthfully and with more con-
viction than any post-convention state
ment the colonel may offer. The antip-
athy of Roosevelt for Hughes is con-
stftutional; any pretended endorse
fment of the republicans nominee from
Oyster Bay will be intended for po-
litical consumption only.
SO far as the rank and file Of sim
cere progressives are concerned. how
ever, it is difficult to believe that even
Roosevelt's active espousal of Hughes
could move them. On the contrary
their confidence in their former lead
er will have been so sadly shaken by
his desertion that they will rather re-
sent any attempt at delivery of the
party vote. If the moosers are actu-
ated by genuine devotion to principles
they have two courses: They will
either go ahead and name a progress
sive candidate in lieu of Roosevelt, or
they will combine with the democrats
openly to defeat the reactionary old
party and continue in office the most
progressive president since Lincoln.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15
MEXICAN SITUATION

Carranza stresses a debating point
when he cites the authority of our
own officers to show that Villas bands
have been dispersed, and therefore
argues that our mission in Mexico is
ended. He chooses to overlook the
very important consideration of what
would happen if Villa should emerge
from hiding and enter upon a new
career of mischief. There need not be
any more raids over the border. Anv
demonstration Of consequence bv
Villa, if directed against the de facto
government. would create a state of
feeling in this country that might
work infinite harm to Carranza. Villa
must be held fast to his hiding place.
and the Nillistas must remain dis
persed. This may be attained BY the
concentration Of enough Mexican
forces in the north Carranza has
such forces at his disposal. He faces
no serious opposition elsewhere in
Mexico, He faces no military prob
lem in the north, but only a police
problem. When he has given complete
assurances Of his ability to deal with
that task il viii be time 10 speak of
retirement of the American troops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15

Indicated; and the study of the whole
problem of the distribution of lumber,
with a view at once to a reorganiza,
ton Of selling agencies which should
be agreeable to the law and profitable
to the producers.
In 1898, on the outbreak Of the
Spanish-American war, our navy was
without auxiliary ships necessary to
put it on a war footing. President
McKinley's secretary of the treasury
bought them where he could He
bought junk and paid high prices for
it; the inquirer is referred to the
prices which the ships so purchased
sold for at the end of the war. Today
it would take 100000 tons of shipping
more than the deep-sea fleet of the
American merchant marine could fur
nish to supply our feet with trans
ports, hospital and supply ships, re-
pair ships, dispatch boats, etc. The
/ Wilson administration has a bill now
in congress for ship-purchase which
would meet this need and make our
navy potentially efficient.
Our banking machinery for the gen.
eral community was as bad as pos
sible when the democracy took the
government tiller in 1918, but the f.
nancial machinery necessary to our
greatest industry-agr iculture-sim-
ply did not exist. There is in congress
today rural credits bill which will do
for the farmer what the general bank
ing system does for the merchant and
manufacturer. Measures for the crea-
ton OF a permissive warehouse svs-
TEN and for the establishments OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15
OTHER PEOPLES CHILDREN.

Whenever it is necessary, for the
welfare Of the children, to insist that
one or more families be guaranteed"
says the July Woman's Home Com
panion, st is astonishing how fire.
quently this is taken as a personal in
suit by the parents. 1t seems to be
considered as an infringement upon
the family rights and not for one mo-
ment to be tolerated.
This editorial has to do with a
widespread evil. 1t says further:
"a striking instance came to notice
recently in suburban town. For
some weeks sporadic cases Of diph-
liberia had been appearing. Every care
was taken to find out the source of
the trouble-but all to no avail. There
we're carriers at large, and no one
knew who was responsible. So it was
decided to make a systematic exami-
nation of the throats of the school
children, and to send cultures Of all
uspicious-lOoking cases to the lab
/ OratOry. 1t was found that % per
cent of these cultures gave positive
reaction. so, of course, these children
were promptly banished, and quaran-
! tine ordered by the board of health
/ The nature of the work and the nee
essity for these precautions were ex-
planned to the parents in every in
| stance; nevertheless, some of these
same parents were very angry, and
tried various devices to break the
quarantine. One of the mothers threat.
ened a law suit unless her child was
promptly taken back to school and
the sign put on her house by order
of the board of health Immediately
removed,
Another mother entirely ignored
the notice sent to her, and fatty re
fused to keep her child in the house
though she knew he was not vel
when she sent him to schol. 1t wa:
several hours after this child had beer
sent home before the mother could b.
brought TO terms Meanwhile. to spite
the authorities who had perpetratei
this outrage upon her family by bar
ring her boy out of school, she sen
him over to one of her neighbors Il
play with the children. Two of thes
children promptly contracted diph
liberia, and the younger one, search
more than baby. developed a malig
nant type and died in two days. |
; would certainly be using a harsh ex
preston OF say that the child wa
murdered, and yet if he had been neat
ly shot he would have suffered ia
less"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15
PARTY OF BUSINESS EFF
CIENCY,

St. Louis, the metropolis of the
Mississippi valley, welcomes with en-
thusiasm. the leaders and representa-
tives Of the party of business effic-
ienCy, says the St Louis Republic.
| When Woodrow Wilson was elected
the thing the country needed moro
than anything else was a business adj
ministration. The democracy asks for
judgment on the record.
For so years, up till 1918, our na-
tional banking system had been dis
Cussed and disputed about. The crit
les agreed upon just two things: that
its provisions as to reserves and com
mercial paper were the worst ever de-
vised by the wit of man and that our
foreign trade had developed as far as
it had in spite of our idiotic banking
system. Then the democracy came to
power and developed and set in opera
ton a system which banker, merchant
manufacturer. investor and wagework-
er unite in praising.
For a quarter of a century the Uni
ted States had been trying to secure
an income tax law. The democrats
passed one in 1913. 1t is we'll known
that new taxes are usually greeted
with hard words and hatred Where
are the critics of the income tax?
The American people demanded
downward revision of the tariff on i'm
ports in 1908 They did not get it. In
1912 they turned to the opposition par
ty with the same demand. The tariff
has been revised. No man has yet
arisen to deny that it was revised hon
estly, and the prophecies of CONNER
cial ruin made by republican critics
read, in the light of facts, like uncon-
sciouS humOr.
The republicans passed the Sherman
antitrust law in 1890, as a curtain
raiser to the Mckinley tariff act, which
disorganized the revenues of the coun-
try and defeated the party in 1892
They conveniently forgot all about the
other statute, and when public opinion
goaded them into an attempt to en-
force it, its yagueness operated as a
damper upon business enterprise; it
encouraged scallawags and puzzled
honest business men. For years there
has been a cry for legislation making
clearer the area of the operation of the
law. The moral courage and legisla-
tive ability of the republicans were
unequal to the task: but the democ-
racy has put on the books law sup
Elementary to the Sherman act which
makes much clearer the straight path.
There has been no demand for that
laws modification or repeal.
1t has often been pointed out that
the government, under the republi-
cans, harmed business both by legis-
lation in the interest of specially priv
LEGGED classes and by vague prohibit
tons like those Of the Sherman law,
but seemed incapable of constructive
action. The democracy has passed the
trade commission act The first two
tasks essayed by the commission were
the marketing of a crop of an industry
threatened with disorganizatiOn by
pending litigation-the sisal fiber in
dustry-so that business might go on
while questions of law were being ad-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15

Having repeatedly taken wallop at
that venerable heirloom from Egyptian
medicine, castor oil, and having re-
ceived some very indignant protests
from some very wide-awake "old wom-
en"-the kind we delight to know-it
seems only fair that we should ex-
plain just how castor oil may be evad-
ed under all circumstances. This
ought to win for the much abused con-
ductor of this ohua of obloquy the I'M
dying gratitude and love of all persons
under the age of reason. After the
age of reason, somehow, castor oil is
seldom necessary.
The objections to castor oil, to re-
peat, are several: /. It's nauseous
favor and the impossibility OF wholly
Disgusting or removing this flavor. 2,
It's marked binding effect next day. 3.
the fact that it is an irritant cathartic
4. The fact that it causes red blood
corpuscles to be passed in the bowel
movements. Castor oil is no more
soothing or healing than other laxa-
tivcs. and serves no practical purpose
which cannot be as well or better
served by more agreeable remedies.
We will mention few of such rene
dies.
Aromatic syrup of rhubarb is a
standard formula of the United States
pharmacopoeia. Given in the same
doses, and for the same purposes, as
castor oil, it will produce all the good
effects you could expect from the lat
ter and at the same time make the
little patient your loyal friend, for it
is the candy medicine" 1t is some
times called "spiced" syrup of rhu>
barb
For babies and children a teaspoon
full of milk of magnesia, which is a
standard remedy of the National Form
ulary may be given every few hours
until effect. 1t is almost tasteless, is
tasteless when given in milk 1t is al
kaline, and tends TO neutralize acid
stomach and stop vomiting from that
cause. 1t is rendered more active as
a laxative if some lemon juice, orange
juice or other fruit Juice is given a
few minutes after each dose.
AS mere lubricant of the intestinal
canal, any of the various mineral Oil
preparations-puritied liquid petrola-
tum-may be given to child in tea
spoonful doses. TO an adult in table
spoonful doses, two to four times a
day as needed
The aromatic fluid extract of cas-
cara sagrada is a pleasant, mild laxa-
tive for babies and children. in doses of
from five drops to half tablespoonful
two or three times day
For older children and adults, a
fresh bottle of liquid magnesium cit
rate tcltrate of magnesial may be ad-
ministered a wineglassful every hour
until effect, as a mild, efficient Taxa
tive for occasional illnesses. II should
be given quite cold.
For habitual use-if diet cannot be
made to regulate the bowel one
grain tablet of phenolphthalein, ia
yored with chocolate, cocoa, vanilla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15

John Brentwood Of New York when
the pan-European war broke out was
studying aviation and determined tc
go to the war in the flying corps. He
went to England, where he was COM
missioned an aviator and was sent to
Belgium.
Brentwood became very expert with
his machine and made many a vaiua-
bic reconnaissance for British generals,
but the most valuable work he did for
his side was in another line entirely,
though without his aeroplane and, for
that matter, without an accident to 1t
he would not have been in position
to accomplish the feat.
John was soaring one day while the
enemy was making strenuous efforts
to capture a British position Of great
value. The Germans had rained a
hailstorm of explosives at the position
for thirty six hours, then charged it
They took it, and it was retaken and
taken again several times. John was
up in the air directing the British gun
ners where to fire when he saw long
ammunition train beneath him moving
toward that part Of the German line
which was engaged Signaling the
fact and its location, 1t was lombard
ed, with the result that a number OF
the men operating it were killed.
While he was looking at the train
something gave way in the machinery
Of his aeroplane, and he began to drop
He succeeded in starting up again just
before landing, and this saved his life.
He fell in a thicket Of low growth
bordering a creek, and before the Ger
mans came up to seize his machine he
succeeded in getting away from 1t and
hiding under some rocks.
1t was not long. however, before he
heard voices nearing him and conclud-
ed that he had better move on, for he
was doubtless being hunted. Hearing
the kissing of a locomotive, he knew
he was near the ammunition train he
had seen. He climbed up the bank,
and, sure enough, there within a hun
bred feet of him was the engine stand
ing on the track without any one visi-
bic in the cab.
John made up his mind to bold
dash. Running to the locomotives, he
mounted to the cab, and there lay the
engineer mutilated. He had been kill
ed by a shell fragment The missiles
were still coming SO thick that John
did not expect to live very long him
self. He determined to take that train
away from where its freight was es-
peciallv needed. He knew very little
about a locomotive; but, always having
been fond of machinery, knew enough
to back up. This he did, slowly at
first; but, gathering impetus, and then
| reaching a decline in the grade, he
moved quite rapidly. He saw an Off
Ger galloping toward him, frantically
waving his sword, doubtless as sig
! nal for him to stop, but by this time