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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
4
The Journal criticizes inaction on courthouse repairs after a Grand Jury recommendation and comments on road conditions across Union Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties. It discusses wartime conscription issues, Roosevelt volunteer armies, and a Monroe Republican's views on presidential prospects and administrative motives.
A crowded gathering witnessed Sargeant S. Prentiss collapse during a speech by Henry Watterson. Governor James C. Jones urged him, declaring death unlikely, while commentators note county agriculture efforts and a stalled board. The county shows promise if the board resumes work by fall.
Editors weigh Roosevelt proposed volunteer force amid divergent commentary from The Journal and New York World. David Lawrence notes a duty to unify the war effort, stressing democracy over favoritism while Congress reshapes the army bill to accommodate such units. The principal objection centers on the Roosevelt project.
A reflective column urges readers to resist despair during hard times from cold weather to war. It argues the mind controls mood, that choosing courage over quitting strengthens life, and that facing blues early turns them into drivers of resilience rather than conquerors.
Washington May 17 complete plans for housing 22 000 men at each of 22 divisional cantonment camps to be trained have been worked out by War Department officials construction will start after depart ment commanders designate sites. Twelve camps go to the Southeastern Department under Major General Leonard Wood creating 264 000 troops in that department. Six camps will be in the Central Department, six in the Southern, three in the Western, four in the Eastern and one in the Northeastern Department.
John Beasley sketches recount a long clock winding tale of J Watt Hamilton and a drinking festival as Col Payne quits politics and Col Vic Redwine builds a reformist machine in Union County. A deaf dumb negro woman and Luke Horn jail anecdote pepper the piece with local humor and social commentary.
The chronic imbuber of medicine JC Counts specializes in cil tonic. When overheated he uses chil tonic and for headaches he takes chill tonic. Yesterday he worried over his health, his hands trembled, and he diagnosed pellagra without a doctor, insisting only a dose of chill tonic is needed.
The piece notes Governor Bickett promotes farming by urging hoe use and praises Jack Green for plowing his garden on Tuesday afternoon with enthusiasm for the "plant food stuff" idea. M. Waller relayed the tale, asserting Jack deserves a medal for his efforts.
John Smith, now a business man in Pageland, writes from home on a typewriter and receives a puzzling job offer from a Columbia sender posing as a stenographer. He suspects Bob Turner behind the letter, offering a trial with heavy farm work and partial typing time, which the man declines.
A Senate remark on dishonest business methods is recalled with a Southern school story about George Washington's birthday. The tale frames diligence as the path to success, noting the boy’s quip about Washington’s great difficulty. The piece ends with a bitter line about people paying compliments to settle debts.
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