The Monroe journal., 1922-11-14
Monroe Was Mecca to Many
Thousands OH Armistice Day

he head Of II. d. c." This was
another attractive one representing
tea time at one of the old Southern
homes. Tea was being served by
Mitchell, well-known colored man Of
the town, to two charming Southern
Games represented by Misses Sara
Hudson and Florence Redwine, and
Confederate veteran, Mr.. Thomas
E. Williams.
The Kaiser in His Glory.
In quick succession followed the
Merrimas, famous Confederate war
ship b. the Henderson Motor Com
pany, and the marching of the Con-
federate veterans, the lcemorlee
band with young ladies accompany
ing dressed in flags, on up to the
opening days of our World War. the
Kaiser in All His Glory, this part ta-
ken by Roy Hawfeld with Allen
Gravely and Homer Fowler as his
aides. The War Lord was resplen-
dent in his grey uniform, with his
helmet glitterlng in the sun and care
fully guarded BY his two officers.
IRON then on the tragic days of
II to 'ls were brought before the
eyes of the spectators showing our
allies before we entered the war, in
No Mans Land, DR.. Burrell as Eng
land, Neal Cadieu as France and Rob
Williams as Italy; the drawing of
The first draft with Jesse Milliken
blindfolded, representing Secretary
of War Baker sitting with bowl
in front of him from which he was
taking names; the exemption board,
composed of DR.. S. A. Stevens, r.
b. Redwine and a vacant chair drap-
ed in memory of the third member,
the late B. c. Ashcraft.
The stirring days Of service was
featured by Mrs. A. L. Monroe and
her canteen co-workers, Mesdames
Jas. I. Griffith, Ransom and Middle
ton handing out bottles of Coco Cola
10 our Union county ex-soldiers in
uniform following after the huge CO.
ca-Cola truck.
One of the largest and most spec-
tacular floats was the transpor which
carried our men across, made by the
Monroe Ices e. Fuel Co. On this were
men from Union county who were in
the navy during the war, j. n. Helms,
Jimmie Helms and W. o. Seymour.
"Forty Hommes and s Chevaux,"
French box car by the Federated Shop
Craft was about the most realistic
and elected at once the sympathy of
the crowd for our boys mode Of trav-
ell" while in France. Behind this
came the Y. NJ. c. A float with Misses
Annie Lee and Lura Heath in their
service uniforms. serving hot choco-
late to Fred Smith, Clinton Williams,
and Jo Hudson, ex-soldiers, this be-
ing followed by the "Rose Of No
Mans Land" represented by Miss Le-
onora Bowie on the float of the Gen.
;ral Filling Station.
As the truck of the Monroe Hard
ware Co. passed, on which were
mounds of newly made graves, with
poppies waving above them in Flan-
ders Field, the hush of the immense
crowd was breathless and it was the
utter simplicity Of this re-endorse-
ment that "war is tragedy, and war is
SIN that brought the wordless greet
ing from the crowd who a few no
ments before had greeted each float
with eathus astic acclamations.
1he iold Star Mothers, Mesdames
II. T, Pate ard A. L. Garland, riding
with hiss Katherine Shute in white
drsne ear occupied the place of hon
or in he tearts of the people and
brought h0r.e the aching memories of
the war that are fast becoming q
little vague to those of US not di-
rectly affected.
The Kaiser at ne wood-pile, taken
by John Stewart, followed by Lest
we Forget" the attractive float deco
rated by Efrd's Department Store in
behalf of the men who returned to us
with possibly one leg, or only one
arm, or who lost their eyesight, or
who are coughing their life away be-
cause of corrosive gas was fitting
climax to one of the most brilliant
parades ever staged in Monroe.