The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-08-23


pisces within short car-fides u Nse-
folk
Here is q city that has doubled in
population in the past sixteen years.
The Old town bumped along for
hundred and sixty-four years. during
which time it climbed up to 1890
population. Now it is nearly . hum
dred thousand. and growing rapidly.
1t has eight railroads, twenty-eight
steamship lines, and b the worlds
greatest port for vegetable shipments.
1t is also Americas greatest coal port,
the worlds fourth cotton port; the big
peanut center of the South, and it con-
tributes one-temth Of the fish and oy-
ster business of the country. r..
Frequently I have walked past the
great monument in the center of the
city, in which appears the inscript-
ion: Erected to the memory Of our
Confederate dead. For Virginia
WAS a red-hot rebel state" Now, in
q new war of the youth of the state
has proudly donned the uniforms of
the Army and Navy, and the lines of
the North and South no longer seper-
ate race of people. A day or two
ago ! was in the outskirts of the city
and a tall, dignified gentleman. dress
ed in spOtless white, joined me at the
corner, and we rode into town in q jit-
ney. At the end of dozen blocks we
got out of the vehicle, and my COM
panion insisted on paying both fares.
1T is pleasuh, l want you to know"
my newmade friend told me. 1T on
ly cost me a nickle to be courteous" :"
he remarked, and then with laugh,
he added, it would have been my
pleasuh to treat you to mint julep-
that would have cost me half dol
lar. for the two of US, so you see how
much ] am ahead by the introduction
of the jitney- habit in Norfolk, and the
chasing out of the saloons"
l asked my new friend what he
thought of the war. In the course of
our friendship ! had learned that he
was Confederate veteran. 81 went
up to Washington, and tried to get in
to the service as Navy officer" he
said. but l could not pass the ply
sical test; SO the only thing left for
me to do was to call on Secretary
Daniels. He said he was sorry l
failed. and l told him | was too, and
l added that the 'Navy had lost
ID fine man." l wish might CO."
he added somewhat regretfully. The
incident is typical of the frame of
mind of the men who fought against
the Union half century ago.
But how is it with the younger, who
VIII serve to illustrate their position.
We went out to Cape Henery, and
watched Uncle Sam at work patrol
ing his coast line against the enemy,
who might "sneak" between Cane
Henery and Cape Charles, as they lid
the Deutschland last year. At this
point the big ten inch guns are ali
ready to blow daylights out of any un-
welcome visitors. and the reservation
is filled with soldiers. A few weeks
ago good many of them were taken
to France, and likely before this
reaches its readers young fellows
with whom we talked will also be en-
route for Flanders. What do YOU
men think about it," | asked. "Crazv
to- CO. was the reply, and the spirit
OF adventure lightened their faces.
never saw happier lot of fellows
than the boys who went out of here
month ago. one of them added
these boys have been in service six
months to year. and | was imnress-
cd with the fact that they were awful
ly lonesome. The expressed the hope
tnat the war would soon be over, but
tn'er was unanimous; "We'er in it
we must hit hard"
Out there at Cape Henerv that dav
we ate roasted oysters from Lynn
haven Bay, which lay directly be-
meath our window. Shoreward were
tne great sand dunes, and here and
there the trunks of dead trees that
mad lost in their struggle against the
sands that had drifted over so deem
that they FINALLY buried the pine for
est. Torpedo boat destroyers and
1relghters were numerous every
where across the great expanse.
There were guns aplenty of the big
and little kind on shore. The white
sand went down as though to well
come the ocean with its pure and
manhood wound in and out with the
civilian population; and confess that
became morose enough to wonder
whether they would not be swept over
IN the dunes and damation of war as
were the trees which once were strong
and powerful in the forest
One sees the nation on the wav to
war at Norfolk. The thousand of men
IN the Army and Navy are mostly ex-
perlenced in the game, and have been
IN the service for many months. As
you look them over you are agreed
tnat these are the flower of the ma
ton; and that are hundred of thou
sands more of the American youth are
committed to policy that is strange