The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-04-29
WITNESSES PASSING OF
LAST CHANCE" SALOON
Monroe Man tut in Texa Considered
Georgian He Met His Back
Door" Neighbor.
WARNING OF "CARELEss MUTT.
by OBSERVER.
San Antnnia Tex Anil

No wonder people are always cry
Ing FOR something new. They inst
get ured OF the same old things. They
are like the old fellow in the Bible
VINO waxed fat and kicked. if they are
rich. II they are poor they don't
know what's the matter with them.
They used TO take to drink. Now
they take TO the movies. That l. one
reason why the pictures are so popu-
lar and why people want them TO
either be little naughty or appear so
at any rate. Movies are one of the
substitutes for drink. The automo-
bile is another. The yellow newspa-
per used TO be. but that has worn out
and while the most respectable Jour
nal OF today is as yellow as the vel
lowest OF ten years ago. no one pays
any attention. II has been overdone.
and the nerve thrill will no longer
work on Il. Now we have to depend
upon the cliff jumpers in the pictures
to produce the "thrillers'. Where
We Will turn next for the thrills is
hard TO say. But how could any one
expect 10 be thrilled nowadays after
the great war That was the thrill of
thousand years. But it too has be-
come familiar and doesn't count any
more. The whole point is, | think.
this: That we have so become de-
pendent upon others to do. our thrill
ing for us that each one OF us is
helpless so far as his own amusement
Is concerned We have no personal
resources, no reserve force, nothing
10 call up 10 amuSe us, to entertain
ourselves and to fill the hours when
not at work All of this inability to
be amused when all the stunts and
thrills have become old may make us
turn back upon ourselves in time.
don't know. People who know much
and some who know little, are in
clined to ridicule our Christian Sci
ence friends. but | am inclined to
think that they are going to teach a
very valuable lesson and make a real
contribution to the times. That con.
tribution i'll be this: They teach a
man that he has some latent posi-
bilities and tend to make him bring
out all his reserve forces. And he
has plenty OF reserve force, much of
which he has not dreamed OF.
Rs@.nion Of the Old settlers.
But. as usual, | am about to fly
the whole track which | started out
TO follow. | was going to tell some
thing more about the familiar things
| see and hear, and instead I have
4 70 mil Ia,
are apt to bore us. They may when
one is at home, but not when he is
away Why out here | am glad to
see a South Carolinian, and yesterday
in the park | met an old man who
came from Georgia twenty years ago,
and we concluded that North Caro-
lima and Georgia are near door
neighbors. Out here the "Old Set
tiers" are made much of. | can fore
see the time when their descendants
will be as stuck up as the descend
ants of the 'signers" of Mecklen-
burg. Many of the real old settlers
are still with us and few days ago
saw long picnic table full of
them, both men and women who came
into the country in wagons when In.
dams and Mexicans and rattlesnakes
We're plentiful and dangerous. II
was a celebration In honor of the bat
tie of San Jacinto, where Houston
and his eight hundred Texans wiped
out the army Of Santa Anna and
avenged the massacre of the Alamo
which had taken place two weeks be-
fore. The old settlers divided the
honors with old Confederate soldiers.
Floats In the parade depicted the
history OF Texas from the earliest
days and showed the characteristics
of the seven periods, or the seven
flags" under which Texas has lived
First were the Indians, then In turn.
the French. Spanish. Mexican. Inde-
pendent State, Confederate State, and
National. San Jacinto day was cele-
brated all over Texas and everywhere
the states rich historic background
was brought out. In San Antonio
a whole week was given to II and
the gorgeous parades were two hours
long. Ten brass bands gave music
and fuss on the ground floor and
overhead three squadrons OF FIVE huge
eroplanes rent their motors. And
after the gorgeous things were over
hey had a political speaking in front
Of the Alamo and horse doctor was
operated on with pistol by little
nan whom the doctor was beating up. /
The latter wasn't part of the pro-
gram. II was spontaneous and ex-
.emporaneous. So also was a shoot !
ng affair In a barber shop in which
two were killed and another one :,
where one bit the dust. during the .
'ame week. Yet Texas is a mighty =,
peaceful place. They do say that peo-
pie sometimes shoot with the old
line quickness, but II Is rare. In
hree weeks l have seen but one man
Who showed signs OF drink and he
was a soldier. probably from some
luiet nook back In the east.
Bar Signs Still In Evidence.
But you can imagine something OF
low things used 10 be when mean
liquor was the only thing they had to
ely upon TO break the monotony.
Everywhere the soft drink stands and
he eating shacks In the little towns