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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
4
The Monroe Journal issue notes quotes from Cicero Kingsley Chapman Bailey and Seneca and comments that newspaper men have joined the army. It mentions a thirty dollar monthly pay cited by the Charlotte News as insufficient to keep reporters out of service.
The Charlotte News uses Tom Paine’s line to describe World War I as a struggle where Germany endures a grim death agony while Allied forces, aided by U S loans and supplies, hold the line. It warns America bears obligations to finish the task and support the war effort at home and abroad.
R F Beasley writes farewell as active editor of The Journal after twenty three years at the helm. He endorses John as new editor, promising sincerity goodwill and intelligence, and invites readers to judge the paper’s future under the younger man. Beasley notes the paper as an institution, pledging to sign future writings.
Frank Nassiff a Syrian merchant and Union county boy leaves Wednesday for Camp Jackson to answer the draft. Though not yet a citizen he pledges defense of the United States. Before boarding his train he bids his aging Syrian mother farewell and she blesses him, praising American principles.
American troops in France are to be supplied with trained forces to counter German gas and squid fire, a chend of gas warfare that devastated Verdun earlier. A Chautauqua lecturer blamed German ingenuity for deadly fumes while noting gas masks reduced the danger. The piece expresses a belief that Germany will suffer retaliation from American troops.
Roland F. Beasley editor of The Monroe Journal was appointed Commissioner of Public Welfare for North Carolina. The new post pays $3000 yearly. Beasley has served in the state legislature, led educational work, and pushed the penal institutions investigation that spurred a prison inquiry.
The Biblical Recorder reports the North Carolina legislature elected Roland F. Beasley of Monroe to head the Board of Charities and Public Welfare. A Wake Forest graduate and former editor of the Monroe Journal, Beasley chaired the prison conditions investigation and is described as conservative and progressive. He plans measured reform without revolution, and his appointment is welcomed by the Board and the State.
The piece criticizes Gov. Catts as a preacher turned politician, alleging he appointed his son colonel of a regiment despite questions about fitness, and quips that he is a “Basbag” in politics. It reflects restless editorials from the Sanford Express.
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