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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1914
Page
4
The Monroe Journal traces back to 1894 with publishers G. M. and E. P. Beasley. Issued every Tuesday and Friday from The Journal Building at Jefferson and Beasley Streets, telephone number 9. Preday, July a, tm.
The piece critiques Western influence on reform, contrasts West and East ideas, and cites Emerson on centripetal and centrifugal forces. It highlights Wilmington hospitality discourse, praises Janes Ho Cowan and Rome G. Brown, and reports Bubonic plague cases in New Orleans with Navy alert and historical Black Death context.
Democratic senators declare they will press the anti-trust and related measures approved by the House before adjournment. The wager is that passing these laws now honors the party’s platform, even at risk of defeat later, benefiting the country by swift action.
Roosevelt, in a long appraisal, is praised as a world traveler and multifaceted public official whose vast experience spans every U.S. region. The piece laments party dysfunction that prevents Roosevelt and Wilson from openly discussing major policy questions, notes his critical stance toward the administration, and mentions forthcoming meetings with Henry Ford and a Chicago business delegation to discuss economic revival.
Evans Indiana Dispatch reports the 38th anniversary of Custers Massacre with elderly veteran George H. Welsh recounting the battle. He recalls Custer’s rearward order, ambush by Sioux forces led by Sitting Bull, and the aftermath at the Little Bighorn with severities and reverence among the Lakota. Curley the Crow, a Crow scout, is noted as the sole survivor among Custer’s party.
Mr. R F Beasley of The Monroe Journal presented the idea of progressivism in his oration on The Tyranny of the Status Quo and Nor man Hapgood, editor of Harper s Weekly, framed the theme. The convention featured papers and addresses on a higher plane for North Carolina editors and urged readers to submit an essay answering Why I read the Special No-Column of The Journal with a prize of one dollar for 10 to 100 words. Replies due July 15, winner announced July 17.
Ambassador Da Gama announced a formal statement on mediation between the United States and Mexico. He said essential points of the international side are virtually settled and war has been averted though mediation continues. Wilson had urged contending Mexican factions to reach a Mexican solution without foreign interference.
The Waxhaw area saw Rev J W Little preach against “Round Men” and a carnival planned to occupy a depot area. Mrs K A Helms of McCain’s Mill dies at 63 after brief illness, funeral led by Rev J C Postell with Baptist and Methodist and Carmel ties. Waxhaw anticipates a carnival and Little threatens action to keep it out.
A large Overland touring car owned by Mr. Duvall of Cheraw caught fire on a public road near Mr. Croghan last Thursday. Duvall left the negro chauffeur to fix the motor and walked to Croghan. the car burned, valued at about 1260 and insured for 900. A dog belonging to Mr. Robi Newbite Mrs. S. H. Laney bit a neighbor, prompting Pasteur treatment for rabies after reports the animal may have had rabies. The same dog previously bit F. Quick, a Salem church pastor, and he also began treatment. Mrs. Edith Gulledge widow of Seaburn Gulledge died June 24 at 73, buried at Cross Roads with Rev. J. D. Parvis officiating. A North Carolina native, she lived in Cross Road area over 50 years and is survived by five children.
A Monroe citizen recounts the Take It Back Day proclaimed by Mayor J E Trever in Curwen Oklahoma. Residents returned borrowed items including a lawn mower and a silver knife, aided by parcel post, amid neighborly goodwill and old grudges unwinding. The writer muses on being a Crawford Street alderman and improving the road for local schoolchildren.
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