The Laurinburg exchange. (Laurinburg, N.C.) 1913-1992, February 10, 1916, Image 7
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Ammtoaw Oai^
B P«»o Bernardo and Padarioa
Dona, tha Marloaa cattla tiriecea,
condemned to dla by tha Oanaaaa as
thoiitiea tor toe Wiling of Bart Alton
at San, Lornteo, a few atitoa below
tha international boundary, wars u
e cotod at daylight ia tha eamatery at
Joan* lea. it Tha Dmran brothen
died curving Americana. Bernardo
appealed tor mercy on behalf ef hie
brother, Fadartee.
“It la nnjnet to kill two of ue for
one American,” ha (aid. “It ia gto
ing two eyea tor oaa tooth. 1 am wil
ling te die, beeaoee I killed the (Ma
ge, but my brother ought to ba al
lowed te lire."
TM MIMi of tho firing squad kill
ad Federico, hot Bernardo was still
eoaaetotu after ha fall, and tha af.
fleam command fee tha fixing amiad
*»*• him tha “mercy shot" through
tha head.
Tha bodlaa bf both Mexicans warn
baxiad immediately, but that of Bar
narda, who eoafaaaad to haring fired
th* abets that killed Akars, waa ex
humad, to satisfy a doobt concerning
tha Identity of th. ,layer.
Douglas Downs, an American who
wa* with Akars seeking stolen eowa,
and who escaped tha bullets of Mexi
cana, daclarad last night after seeing
Bernardo Duran, that th* prisoner waa
not th* man who ahat Akars. Downs
was at tha Joares cemetery whan tha
face of tha executed man waa expos
ed lata today, and admitted ttmt he
had been mistaken last night.
cerun canon oy American offi
ckla who ware with Downs, that the
■Uyw had been daly executed. served
tonight to calm a feeling at Ysleta,
where AJcere aad Downs live. - Au
thoriOee bed feared that the footing
' of resentment in Yeleta might result
in trouble.
Three Mexicans previously arreet
•d in connection with cattle steelinc
at Ysleta were removed to Jail in SI
Paso for protection.
The execution was attended by BO
Americana, of wboai a number wen
itsaiae The first automobile enrry
lnc spectators reached the cemetery
■hortly after 1 A. M. It was created
by a lone sentry, who crawled that
the “prisoners had been shot aad
be Tied."
The machine raced beck to mili
tary headquarters, where a drowsy
corporal, roused fisp slumber oa the
floor, declared the Durans were to he
Ariat S o'clock by the pi nq gag gw«L
were eeuadlnc reveOle aad
dawn was juat breaking when the
priaoaera, carefully bound, appaafud
to taka dm pUc, before thTadobe
wall where hundreds here fallen since
oiril war began fa Mexico nearly six
years ago.
As the prisoners faced the rlflee of
tbs firing squad, with eyes unfaead
eced. Bernardo .hooted:
■petals aad see how Mexicans die.
If I had e rifle," he added, “some of
) yofl would CO with us."
There were no Mexicans present
•mept the soldiers and officers to
charge.
««rnarao, toe «M«r of the Mrri
M ^ ul Federico
**■ A* fetter cm* a tintype picture
ct himself to a soldigr to be sat* to
his parents at Santa Rita, N. M. Bar*
t»»do |sr* his hot aa a present to a
PoHeamnn, who ■» braced both pris
oners aa they Uft the jail for the ex
•eatioa ground. Just iaaldc the_,
bwy^*nW, the party halted for a roo
*^W# want to bony rp and have it
«»■%-said Bernardo, in n growl, «.
the qoeetion of an Arnsri
tth "Thom Is nothing to any except
that I killed
wiu,n* *• dfe- We thought the
A merica as were trying to mb na, and
that they worn armed. The peaee of
*sw with them had no warrant to
march anr pfeoa. But hurry up, and
ntft over.
Captain Alfredo Ortis, eamJi.
*h« firing squad, offend Bernardo a
batodagn for his eyes. Ho refused.
“I want to see,” he said.
T want to die as my brother diee,»
•aid Fadsrieo, who braced himself
against his brother, and said;
"Wo am had mm; wo killed the
American; we aboald die.”
Capta|a Ortis shook bands with tha
prisoners and embraced thorn.
Than ha stopped bask and .gave tha
ordere to aim aad fire.
Tha captain stepped to the bodies
and ftmd one shot through Bernardo’s
band. A shot afeo was find lata tha
bend of Fadorieo.
Goorgo At ho toll. MNfir «f too
Whrtoo Motor Oor eoonpany hi r«»
ooo Cltp. Mo, Mr ho ofted fair earn
toonpt of eoart for loading SAM poa
■loo to no ofl ooa to Mo wtfo to Bo
toOto oo hor Brit omuUi'o -TfTVuj
Mro. 'Aitortli woomopolM to pop
aod^LTlTwato mvMtMm
MmoooM lliphi Mfaintthotoato.
Corn Crocfcar in Cfaratnnd Star.
Fnopl# afa apond tor mneb money
far whlakay, nro not. gmirally, Tory
otTCM Ttaidaro far ohm of edora
tion. Expenditure far whlakay cnlla
for lmraatuant in cheap platala that
boro to ba fired ot nil night gather
big* ihew “prepared area” cm part
d young America.
Of oouroa a wan that la a man could
taka a hollow eerw-eab with a lightn
ing bug in it and chaaa meat of theea
paaedo buUfao into the Golf of Maxi
oe; but boraoa and Uttia children do
not know that; and banco the embry
onic awaabneklar foata that ba ia bud
ding terror. The law ogam at carry
ing con crated daadly weapon* should
ba rigidly enforced. Vary little pfa
tel firing along the read* now pro
rail* in thia portion at the county;
but in paTtfene of thia State any kind
<n a PUMK ptunni u dihicm by
firing pistols aloog tha highway* and
•Aool entertainments. Magistrate*
connive at aoch barbarian, and
ehureh dignitaries who frequently
thank tha Land for "gospel land and
Bibta privilege." once tried to inter
dict all school entertainments "bacaso
you cant hava order." I manage to
hava mch nrrsslinm. and also to hava
ordar—ons af Mark Twain's charac
ters, Back Panshaw, kept tha peace
by knocking down every man who be
came turbulent. I am not a lighter,
nor y«t a diplomat; bat I condone no
rowdyism bocaima tha perpetrators
are “cousin” somebody, nor bocaime
thoy have daddies who own forty so
res and a male.
Taro years ago, hi Missouri. I was
within thirty toils* of wham Jrneo
and Prank James had their birth
plaoa. Thoy, arith the Younger Bro
thosa, were daring bandits and eat
laws. These dnpwdsn kflled cash
Ur R. A. Martin erf the Columbia
Kentucky Bank 44 years ago; because
he would not open the safa This
was a rny strong bank for a small
inland towns the capital stock being
tttt.400. Thay robbed banks and
train» ovar the Want, until they triad
see hi Minnesota. They war* expert
pistol shots, and began to shoot up
and terrify tha town.
mn a cool, MmM man was tOO
yard* distant, who carried no pistol
but was a sharpshooter in tha CMI
War. At throe hundred yards, ha put
three (hots and emptied three aad
dha.
Missouri now has a law on the stat
ute book making it a penalty of two
years in the penitentiary for carry
daadlg —— ™* nt t
stop to tha practice, at least la Car
roll county. Of coarse sheriffs and
policeman should be allowed to carry
pistols; but hot-headed boys have no
business with them.
It is many miles to whore I taught
in Missouri, and I mads tha rohnd
trip; after staying there tan months
sad staying three weeks in benighted
Kentucky, where biscuits, “kivered"
wagons, good water and tka “gospel"
ara regarded as figments of tbs ima
gination; and never carried a pistol.
My only mishap was getting a cinder
le my eye beyond Knoxville, Tion, bat
the surgeon at DoaviBe, Kentucky,
who removed it never need a pistol la
dm operation, nor in collecting his
fee. He thought, from my distin
guished bearing, that 1 waa an arraat
capitalist and charged 19a $100. Bat
after my making aflUavit that I waa
a timid school maim, on my way to
Missouri, sad had taught thirty
years in North Carolina—he shed
tranquillsing tears on my shoulder
and assessed me one deilar. He said
I was needed In Missouri, and if I
wars able to get that far from home
with the meager salaries paid in the
Old North State, that X waa cither a
politician or a thief.
Ha further ass art ad that this waa
a distinction and not a difference.
Tee Big far War.
, Pittsburgh, Pm., Jan. II.—Michael
TahoUid, a mtaai mill paddlmr from
Cleveland, O., aged tt ymarm, waa to
day rejected at the United SUtaa Ma
ria* Corpa recruiting station In this
eity. a* “too big and beaky” for the
Marine Corpo.
TMholaki man—rad six feet and five
inch** in him teaching fate and weigh
ed 267 pounds 'without clothing. The
medical examiner pronounced him a
porfaat phytoaal apaaimaa, 1ml tha
maximum height for Mariam ia 72
inch** and no giants ar pygmies ace
wanted in the Mari— Corps, accord
ing to Sergeant Michael Da Boo. who
ia in charge. Of the local recruiting
station far mom soldi arm. . *>
The giant recruit, who sag* ha to
so white hope and tot — desire to
—at Jess Willard ar Frank Moran,
wfll rwami puddling to tha mill*, ha
laid Da Baa whan tha totem rajaatad
GBISKAL NKWW ITAtt.
John Cbm*, a UotbUak. «* found
dand in hi* room in Nm York dtp
with $3,600 on hi* eMw. Hi* death
waa 4a* to InauAcimt aonrtahmwrt.
Th* Army Loggia* company, wttfc
plant located it Sand Sprig*. Oklya.,
has r*c«W*d a oimtract from th*
Fromeh goremraaot for U),MO/X>0
pair* *f Iggini. Six huadrad Uathar
worker* will b* amployad on th* con
tract.
Three negro children, Rudolph
Young, aged tva; Mildred, three, and
Blanch*, ana, war* burned to dadth
in their home in raderalsburg. Md.,
erfail* their mother waa man palled by
the tames to remain outside and hear
tb* terrible screams of tha children
as they perished. '
The Austrian government. In order
to replace territorials sent to tb*
front, has issued a decree fixing the
age limit for tb* course of the war
at K6 yean. Those who are between
the ages of fiO and fit year* will do
earvic* only far six weeks rnnttnnirm
ly and than only in districts outside
of tha war lone.
David Stewart, a wealthy lawyer
and society man of Baltimore, waa
•antenoad to three months in Jail in
Urn United States District court far
sending improper matter through tha
mails. Stewart pleaded guilty to
sandbag a latter containing objection
able writings and drawings to a young
woman several months ago.
Tkrrs were SI ,9864*0 mikh cows
in th* United States oo Ju. 1, 111*,
according to tho report of th* Depart
aart at Agriculture. Thin is an in
eraaaa at 14 par «ot mat last year.
There wan »,4W>00 ether cattle fa
the country, an Inrreaes of 6.4 per
cent. Thera wahe 4*402XXX) sheep,
decrees* of L6 par cent and 66£4V
000 swine, an iacraaaa of M par cent.
Saaaai Maitland, a steal worker at
New Castle, Pa, eelsbratad what b*
termed his thirteenth “spiritual birth
day" by procuring Ihs aas ef the
I'int Methodist church sad Inviting
ministers, choir siegers and church
workers to fain in th* nm leie Sev
eral hundred people attended. Mkit
land la an active church worker, and
I* ■nmethtig cl a working mb's evan
gaUat. Hi* “spiritual birthdays” data
from Ms conversion.
The reward of a dozen years of
model ceoduct has came to Ira Noble,
recently released from the state pant
tanMary^et Dei Meiam, lode. Ooin
trial agent for the state priaeu earn*
the announcement that ha bad mar
ried Min Byrd* Broekhegen, private
secretary of the warden, and a young
woman of unusual charm. Nobis had
been sentenced to life imprisonment
for mnidar but hie splendid behavior
won him a commutation at ti-tium
That Lawrence L. Page, tt yean
old, murdered his aged grandfather,
Prank M. Bpragua, at Grand Rapids,
Mich., and than robbed Um of'|1,400,
was the confeeeioo mada to the police
by Vine# Jagge, cotnpanioa of Page,
who declared that Page told Um all a
few hours after the merder was com
mitted. Page is alleged to have tak
en the old man’■ wallet to Ua mother,
who, on finding H contained negntie
Me paper* that coaid not bo cashed
without suspicion, returned H to the
Sprague home. Page refueee to com
fees to the police.
Hie Belgian army is ateftrteg item
a lack of tobacco and the- Belgian
government Is too poor to provide M*
eoldten with smoking material, ac
cording to refugees who have landad
la Now York. Ttiey say that whlla
the Brftteh and Pi mail are amply aup
pUad with pipes, tabacus and cigar
ettes by volantary —rairlistinaa
farmed for that piupena la Pranas and
England, the home friends of the Bel
gian soldiers are elflisr Impoverished,
In exile or under German InrnhmHm
and unable to supply the solace ed
ntectine.
That ammunition and atom worth
botwooa $2,000,000 and $2,800,00$
wore abandoned whan tho AUtos quit
Gallipoli to admitted, by Unddr War
Secretary Tennant, of Bngtewd Bo
arplainad that the primary object of
tho evacuation waa to brine tho troop*
away aaf* and sound. Be arid that
no doubt more of tha atom corid
have bean aaved hy the unrtflna of
Ufa, bat that he believed tha Brittah
pnbHc would endorse the action of
tho** responsible when thatr first
thought was tbo safety of the troops.
Vfco Chancellor Stevens, of 4arsay
City. N. 4., has decided that Jam* W.‘
DmmaUy, a Pennsylvania railroad an
ginaar, to «atitled to mi half of Tha
money which hto wife ha* antod out
of thad pnrt of hto wngao which hd at
wnyo has givoa her far hr™ ah nVI aoc
ponooa. Tha amonnt tovelvad is $11^
#M/the court ruling that haanwn
Mrs. Donnelly saved fa* rTTy fa, the
hanaflt of both, tha hnalmnl wna an.
Utlad to n share. Tha ftnnadtol dtf
farnaa af Mr . and Mrs. DcndeBy
U*£ and thcj|arc^Jvtog^happfly £
, • 9
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« » anaowt K pt in accurate
"*** la, but the State Laboratory
h«n net don tally, alxoet arery day,
oT aa* la, horaaa and hog* which haro
hara 1 ml The total annua] loea la
doUsn and caata would ha etartHrg.
“Aj to getting rid of the dieaaec
and j creating the waste," eays Dr:
"** »ny ha conAdoaUy etatad
that ia the only dlaoaee at praaant
whl«h ooul4 ho readily abolished by
lock! Etra onaatnont. Coodaement
id * **•
ntag i t large, weald la a few years
*oha the diaaaaa unknown. An*
in hat UDwland’IS'oddy!-*****
j Observer Otar.
Tha OufaMt Observer la efferisg
■ bunk rata to new and nfdu
for the next thirty day*.
Thdr'advotisament wfeieh appears to
*** PMt today (annosocoa that sub.
*• oceaptad la The
IW«ad today Ofaaanrar at a rata
« d* dollars par ysar; or tbs Daily
oaly at fivs dollars. The regular
5W*»— eight dollar*
The Observer has mads remarkable
•(ride* forward in the past few
of thk bargain aabaetiptioo*th^to
■*•*0 that several new fee terns will
be added. Hirst, aad the meat tan.
VorUat, la tha I seamy of * apodal
wba to Washington, which will be aa
additoal awvioa thick puts them to
Sir rsr*11 *
Hmhart Kaufn»*c, one of the most
■»«I-Oowb writers in America today;
jJoo • fnU-pag* article on "Europe's
Bottto-fwmt Lessons for America,"
by Frederick FaUnar, tha austtoMoa
T^lf—^oadcnt in tha world, »_
Milk For The Children
Oar fto+hm tell aa that there
am no true whflhdp for para
whole milk la deeabpiaf enaad boat
ia the fro winy body «f the chBd.
Bat note he say* “good pure adlk,”
and renumber thla b the only kind
we handle. Good for the irompe
too. ;
THE OAKLAND DAIRY
THE HOME OF CllJ MILK.**
FLOWERS
.. —____ * • _
«rt Ssmk, Palma, tow.
FlormI anufiowM for any oeemiao.
Prompt atuaticm to <Mt*t-town ordan.
SCHOLTZ, The Florist, Inc.
PkoMUOl 806M.Tm.gt, CtaSttoTt
_BLOTS DRUG STORE, Ay—*.
— WHO K1 PS _
BRICK AND LATHES
FOR SALE?
• W. P. EVANS
The Coal and Wood Dealer.
Phone 54 or 125
DON’T CRIPPLE
iw Earning Capacity by taring your eyea when they need
attention.
LISTEN, when your eyea ache end burn, when reed*
tn« matter More and raaa together, you have r—lama la
the head, then paiae la your node and thouMem, and you
think you am aiek. But If you wfli call In and have a pair of
gtaaaes made to fit your eyea, many times all tMa trouble
will paae oft.
CaH la and let me prove it It*a cheaper than to las
thaee ailments around.
R. G. STONE
■ Filtered Optnmatriet
NOTICE OF BXBCUTKXX.
Rovbt* quolifiod aa mcntrlx at tfcd
Ust Wffl sad Twtiwil. of Kuk
jfejsr&ja-iS
s&r&.ssro!snuits:
RM to oxhftit tkn to th« uiutar
o*R»od duly nriM oa or Iwfon th*
^EgRmsL
Walter 11. N«J. Attorney
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