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PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
VOL.20. No. 47.
MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914.
OXfc'i:'7-', , A YEAR.
FUNERAL OK MRS. WILSOX.
Took Place in Washington Voter
day ami Body to He Burled t
Rome, Ga., Today A Sad Occa
sion. Washington Dispatch, 10th.
Woodrow Wilson, President of the
United States, tonight mas making
the saddest journey of his life. In a
special train bearing the body of Mrs.
Wilson to its final resting place be
side the graves of her father and
mother he was on the way to Rome,
Ga., with his daughters and a few
members of his own and his wife's
family.
The last simple ceremony of the
funeral will take place tomorrow af
ternoon in the quiet, wooded ceme
tery of the Georgia town. Then the
President will turn again to the bur
dens of his office and the lonliness
of the White House.
While flags drooped at half-mast
throughout the Capitol today and
thousands gathered in the wide ave
nue before the closed gates of the
White House grounds the first ser
vice was held over Mrs. Wilson's body
in the East room. The flags, the
crowds, the closing of the Govern
ment departments in the afternoon
and the masses of flowers which over
flowed the East Room were the na
tion's only way of expressing sor
row and its sympathy.
SERVICES SIMPLE.
In accordance with Mrs. Wilson's
wish, the service was of the simplest.
There was no music; only the read
ing of a few verses from the Bible,
a prayer by Rev. Sylvester Beach of
the Church which the Wilson family
attended during their years in
Princeton, New Jersey, and a bene
diction by the Rev. J. H. Taylor, at
whose church the President lias wor
shipped since he came to Washing
ton. Less than 200 were present. Be
sides the family there were a few in
timate friends, the members of the
Cabinet and their wives, the commit
tees from the Senate and the House
headed by the Vice President and
the speaker, and the employes of the
White House.
The casket was born from the
White House by six members of the
city police force who have guarded
the home of the President for years.
There were no honorary pall-bearers.
Few saw the funeral party pass on
its way to the union station, where
the train awaited it. The drive was
iilad e over less frequented streets and
only three closed automobiles bear
ing the President and a dozen men,
relatives or close friends of the fami
ly, followed the hearse.
As the party drew up before the
State entrance of the station a vio
lent thunderstorm began. Within
the station a crowd had gathered that
taxed the great structure to its lim
its. Outside thousands more braved
the drenching rain to stand in silent
sympathy. Passing through a lane
walled by humanity the casket was
carried to the waiting train. On it
rested a single wreath, the last gift
of the President aud his dajghters.
FAMILY GATHERED.
Close behind walked the President
with a secret service agent beside
him. Then followed his companions
walking three abreast. At the train
they halted as the casket was car
ried into the car, and stood in silence
afterward until the President's three
daughters and his sons-in-law arriV
ed. The members of the family then
entered the private car in which the
casket had been placed. Topight as
the train sped Southward they shar
ed the sad vigil. Other members of
the party rode in special cars and a
baggage car carried part of the floral
pieces.
Among the flowers at the White
House were many elaborate designs.
Washington florists were called upon
as never before. Orders came by
cable and telegraph from every part
of the world. Scarcely a Capital of
the world or a city of the United
States was unrepresented. A great
blanket of orchids sent by the Demo
cratic clubs of Baltimore was carried
by six men. Only a small part of the
flowers could be sent with the train
and the remained will go to the hos
pitals of the city, as Mrs. Wilson's
last gift to the sick and suffering.
Today Mrs. Wilson's body lay in
the room in which she died on the
second floor of the Executive Man
sion until an hour before the servi
ces and then it was taken down to
the East Room, where flowers from
many folks in all walks of life were
banked almost to the celling. A
quiet crowd gathered outside the
White House gates.
To My Friends of Union County:
On account of the serious condi
tion of my eye, I am forced to return
to the hospital. I regret exceedingly
that I cannot be with you and among
you. I cannot be on the firing line
myself, but I am rejoiced to know
that many of my faithful and reliable
friends will be there. My success will
have to depend on my friends.
Yours sincerely,
J. D. BUNDY.
We hope we'll get a Recorder this
time that will break up blind-tigers,
pistol-toting and gambling. Public
sentiment in this community Is for
law enforcement. A CITIZEN.
"I see where Doctor Osier says tu
berculosis Is not hurtful unless one
gets too much of it." "Neither is
corrosive sublimate or a young
bride's first batch of biscuits."
Houston Post.
RESULTS OF THE WAR.
Great Struggle Will Be TeniMrary
Set Rack For I'm Hut Will Relieve
KimM of Military Burden.
Henry Clews Market Letter.
I: may be some time before our
foreign trade, aggregating about
OOO.UOO.OOO a year, will resume its
accustomed sway. Meantime our
farmers and our railroads must be
prepared for a delayed export trade.
The products held back now, howev
er, will be in great demand later on
at unquestionably high prices. One
sorry result of the war will be the
world-wide advance in food products,
whicJj we in common with other na
tions ntust expect. On imports the
situation Is equally deranged. Our
purchases of European luxuries will
certainly be curtailed, not for lack of
transportation, but because the peo
ple of Europe have largely become
destroyers instead of producers.
European sugar and grain crops
will certainly suffer severely. British
cotton and woolen manufacturers will
Incur heavy losses. Even if they ul
timately secure their supplies of raw
materials, as they probably will .their
export trade will be seriously disturb
ed. This will greatly stimulate Amer
ican exports of cotton goods, and at
the same time check our imports of
woolens. The inevitable reduction of
imports at large, through impaired
buying power on both sides of the
water. Is sure to diminish our na
tional revenue, the total from duties
alone amounting to about $225,000.
000 a year, or not far from half our
total revenue. Already there is talk
of an increase in the income tax to
offset this expected loss.
OFFSETS AND HOPES.
In spite of all the horrors and the
chaos which this war will bring, there
are offsets and hopes upon which our
gaze should be steadfastly set. What
ever Nations succeeds, the end of ex
cessive militarism is at hand. Though
war and arms cannot yet be abolish
ed, Europe will be saved for years to
come the crushing armaments which
she has supported for so long and the
possession of which has been largely
instrumental in exciting this gigan
tic struggle. Some thrones are al
ready tottering, and republics will
take their place, all of which will
make for peace. This struggle will,
moreover, have a sobering influence
upon the whole world. In spite of
the bitterness of war, many differ
ences will be settled; some forms of
discontent will disappear, and men's
better Impulses are already begin
ning to rise and will be established
upon a higher plane when passion
finally cools.
Happily America is out of the
struggle. We may feel the conse
quences in temporary business con
fusion; and it must not be overlook
ed that there are grave questions
ahead which will call for wisdom and
caution in making commitments. But
ultimately the United States will ben
efit materially, and it is to be hoped,
morally by this unprecedented and
uncalled for cataclysm.
To the Democratic Voters of Union
County:
The objectlonal features tf the Re
corder's Court which I fought were:
No one but a licensed lawyer could
hold the office being class legisla
tion. The law does not require a
judge of the Superior Court to be a
licensed lawyer forcing farmers to
come from the outside townships to
Monroe to serve as jurors in the
court for 25 cents a day and taking
away the constitutional powers of
magistrates in criminal cases, all of
which, through my Influence, have
been eliminated by legislative enact
ment and a decision of the Supreme
Court.
I favor the court as it now stands
and believe it to be a saving to the
tax payers.
I appeal to you to go to your vot
ing places Saturday and If it meets
your approval, to cast your votes for
me for Recorder, which I assure you
will be appreciated by me.
I have rendered a great amount of
service freely to the people about
their business affairs, without a cent
of remuneration.
I promise you, If you will give me
the nomination, that I will be prompt
and attentive to the duties of the of
fice, as I have always done in my of
ficial duties in the past, and not have
to be hunted up to try cases, and not
be partial to any one class, but to
render my judgmenls according to
the evidence and the law and not
knowing whether defendants live In
the country or In town and will at all
times be courteous to defendants,
witnesses, lawyers and officers.
M. L. FLOW.
French Soldiers Pass Through At
lanta En-route to War.
Atlanta Journal.
Fifty citizens of France from New
Orleans, going home to fight for their
country, passed through Atlanta
hitched to the New Orleans to New
York train on Friday afternoon. One
woman was In the party, Madame
Pierre Muller, wife of the editor of
the French paper In New Orleans.
The party will reach Now York
Saturday, sailing as sopn as possible
on the steamer Rechambeau. All
wore the tri-color and sang the Mar
sallelse as they pulled out, after stop
ping long enough to eat regular
American apple pie and drink a cup
of coffee each at the Terminal res
taurant. The party was captained by Ser
geant Leon Lamarte, who was a
waiter In New Orleans. In the ranks
as a private soldier was Rene Le
crolx, a millionaire cotton broker.
GREAT COTTOX COXVEXTIOX.
Meeting Called at New Orleans on the
27th to Take Steps of Safety to
Cotton Growers From Dangers ot
War.
As a result of the present conflict
between European countries, the
South faces a condition in the mar
keting of the cotton crop for 1914
unprecedented since the days of the
Civil War.
If there was ever a time when the
united efforts of all the people was
imperatively demanded in a common
cause to safeguard the great staple
crop of the South from impending
disaster, that time now confronts us.
Telegrams and letters from farm
ers, bankers and merchants coming
into me from every cotton state dur
ing the pa.st week, advising a general
cotton conference is my authority for
issuing this call.
The convention is therefore called
to be held in the City of New Orleans,
La., on Thursday and Friday, the
27th and 28th or August.
Delegates made up of farmers,
merchants and bankers from every
cotton growing county in the South
should be quickly chosen and ar
rangements perfected to attend the
convention. All other allied inter
ests are also invited to be present.
The railways operating through
out the cotton states, east and west
of the Mississippi river, have been re
quested to grant the lowest possible
round trip fares for the occasion.
Prompt and effective action must
be taken to avert impending disaster.
Systematic plans must be devised
for financing the crop through the
aid of the Federal Government and
the cooperation of Southern banks.
Each county must arrange for un
ity of action in the issuance of ware
house receipts for all cotton stored
and held, so that the whole machin
ery of the system w 111 apply system
atically to the entire cotton belt.
If the present European war is
protracted the demand for American
cotton will be quite limited owing to
the paralysis of the operation of for
eign mills and inability to operate
ocean carrying vessels.
When peace is declared, a tremen
dous demand for American cotton at
good prices will ensue, but in the
meantime the crop must be held in
storage and financed upon a scale
sufficiently liberal to enable the
growers to meet their maturing obli
gations and the various business In
dustries of the South dependent upm
the cotton money, to go forward un
hampered and unrestricted.
The date for the convention has
been fixed at the nearest possible
time to enable the people to get to
gether in their respective communi
ties and select delegates to represent
them.
The farmers, merchants and local
bankers must cooperate effectively if
the market is to be saved and the
crop safeguarded from slaughter.
With an ever abiding faith in the
loyalty and patriotism of the South
em people, and full confidence in
their ability to solve this problem
which now so vitally menaces the
price of their great staple product, I
issue the call for this convention and
sincerely trust that it may be largely
and enthusisatlcally attended.
(Signed) HARVIE JORDAN,
Pres. Southern Cotton Association.
FIRST CONQUER THE AIR.
German and French Flying Machines
Must First Clash and One Side le.
stroy the Other,
The balance of power in this great
European struggle is likely to be the
air fleets of the different countries
contending, for the reason that no
land or marine maneuvers can be
accomplished successfully as long as
aeroplanes and airships are able to
hover above out of reach of an ene
my's guns and report back, either by
wireless or by fast scout machines,
Just what Is being done.
The radius of action of an aero
plane with full war equipment can
be approximately set down at 300
miles; that Is to say, the most mod
ern aeroplanes are capable of flying
300 miles over an enemv's rnn'ntrv
and back again without landing,
whereas the radius of action of the
latest Zeppelin airships, fitted up for
war. Is approximately 600 miles.
Therefore, with either the areoplanes
or the dirigibles of the enemy In
position to manipulate without re
striction, It can easily be understood
now precarious would be the move
ments of troops below.
ZEPPELIN AIRSIIirs.
The Zeppelin alshlps, for instance,
could actually make a negligible
quantity of the French army at the
front if they were permitted to fly
unrestricted over the troops and use
their explosives to put out of com
mission the French bases of supplies
and ammunition. By destroying un
fortified railroad bridges they could
retard the despatch of fresh troops,
provision and ammunition to the
front. The German Army, notified
by the Zeppelins of French maneuv
ers would be able to move unhamper-
ea.
All this could be accomplished and
the war terminated In short order hv
a German victory except for one rea
son, and that Is that the French will
combat the Germans in the air with
both aeroplanes and derlgibles. It
requires aircrart to light aircraft.
Consequently, the first and most Im
portant Orders Of both h Hoi-man
and French leaders will be to clear
the air or opposing aircraft. The
side which Is successful in thin will
have all advantage, which Is likely
to decide the war. Alfred W. Law
son in New York World.
Wingate Iam-aIs Incidents and Com
ments.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wlngate. Aug. 10. Mrs. Frank
McLendon of Columbia, S. C, is
spending several days among rela
tives in Wingate and Monroe. She
sptnt the first of the week with her
sister, Mrs. Calvin Nash, of our town.
Mrs. McLendon will return to Colum
bia about the 1 4th.
Master Willie Stack of Monroe is
visiting Master Daniel Hefner.
Capt. Wiley Hefner spent Satur
day and Sunday in Crouse.
Misses Nell and Gladys Hefner and
little brothers visited relatives in
Lincolnton and Crouse Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. Rufe Hunnicutt had a right
serious ptomane poisoning Tuesday
night. However, under the skillful
management of Dr. Jerome he is
again enjoying his wanted health.
Mrs. Sulivan visited her former
home at Rock Hill Wednesday, re
turning Thursday evening.
Master Willie Bivens, the little
step-son of Rev. R. M. Hagler. is
spending some weeks with his aunt,
Mrs. w. L. Stickland or Wadesboro.
Mr. Simon Rogers is suffering
with an attack of acute rheumatism.
He is under the treatment of Dr. Je
rome. The Wingate Supply Company has
added to its already extensive busi
ness a first class meat market which
will be quite a convenience to the
Wingate folks. They handle the very
best "stuff" under the very best man
agement. Mr. A. F. Green of the Wingate
Supply Company took a few days va
cation to attend the protracted meet
ing at Faulks. His appearance gives
eidence of having been greatly bene
fited. Miss Hope Watson is spending the
week among relatives in Mt. Crog
han, S. C.
Miss Laura Earnhardt left Satur
day evening for a week's vacation.
Miss Barnhardt will visit relatives in
Concord and Asheville. Her friends
wish for her a pleasant and helpful
receration.
Mrs. James Baucom of Goose
Creek died on Friday, the "th Inst.
Her remains were interred in the
Mill Creek cemetery Saturday. Fun
eral services were conducted by Rev.
E. C. Snyder.
Messrs. John Roberson and Ray
Funderburk returned Wednesday
evening from Sanford, where they
had been on a visit among relatives
and friends.
Born Tuesday night to Mr. and
Mrs. General Webb, a son.
Mr. H'ann Griffin of Erwln, Tenn.,
and nrother, Dr. Ray Griffin of Mor
ganton, after spending several days
with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. W
P. Griffin of our town, left for their
respective homes.
Miss Pearle Hill of Charlotte is
spending some time with her cousin,
Miss Naomi Hinson. "
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Crlffin are
spending the week-end with relatives
in Mint Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harrington and
daughter of Rockingham are on a
visit among relatives in the Wingate
community.
Mr. E. M. Hargett is remodeling
and enlarging and otherwise Improv
ing his old dwelling.
Mr. J. Carl Meigs of Palmerville
came over Sunday evening to spend
a few days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Meigs, and to "take In"
the big meeting at Meadow Branch.
Esq. H. A. Redfearh has just
completed the solid brick foundation
for his new residence on Fair View
Heights just west of his present lo
cation. Some theif entered the dwelling
house of Mr. Hamp Presson Satur
day and stole a couple of suits of
clothes, two buckets of eggs, a bank
book and perhaps some other arti
cles. The theif erased Mr. Presson's
name from the bank book and wrote
his own instead. A posse of men
found the burglar In hiding, recov
ered the stolen goods, then chased
him half a mile or more, but he final
ly made his escape, leaving his hat
as a token of his appreciation of the
situation. The gentleman'!?) Is
described as white about six feet tall
and well proportioned and remarka
bly athletic.
Horn Thursday night to Mr. and
Mrs. Justus Austin, a daughter.
Mrs. L. C. Phifer returned Friday
night from a hospital in Charlotte,
where she recently underwent an op
eration. Mrs. Phifer Is doing well
and Is rapidly recovering her usual
health.
The citizens of Wingate Join heart
ily the rest of the nation in extending
profound sympathy to President
Woodrow Wilson and his family In
this hour or sad bereavement. May
the God of all grace sustain and com
fort them in this trying ordeal.
Surely the wisdom, the courage,
the patience and the mental and
phyical power of President Wilson
have been subjected to the severest
test during his career as chief execu
tive of this great nation. But amidst
It all, our wise and noble leader has
proven himself equal to the emer
gencies and has guided wisely and
safely so far, for which he richly de
serves the sympathy, the encourage
ment and loyal support of the entire
nation. May he be able to meet the
present crisis with equal wisdom.
O. P. T1MIST.
ENGLAND APPEALS TO WORLD
AGAINST MINE WARFARE.
Tapa (concealing eomethln? In his
handi "Willie, can you tell me
what It is with heads on one side anil
tails on the other?" Willie (tri
umphantly) "Oh, I know! It's a
rooster on a fence!" Judge.
IK- lares Indiscriminate Scattering of
Mines Endangers .Neutral "esel
Makes Ik-niul of Any Great Na
val Rattles.
London Dispatch, Aug. 8th.
Winston Spencer Chun-hhill. 'first
lord of the British admiralty, in the
house of commons today called at
tention to the indiscriminate use of
mines by Germany. He said:
"The indiscriminate use of mines
not in connection with military har
bors or strategic points, and the in
discriminate scattering of contact
mines about the seas might, of
course, destroy not only warhips.
but peaceful merchant vessels under
a neutral flag and possibly carrying
supplies to a neutral country. The
use of mines is new In warfare, and
deserves the attentive consideration
not only of the powers who are tn
gaged in war, but nations of the civi
lized world.
"The admiralty is not et all alarm
ed or disconcerted by this Incident."
Lord Churchill further declared
there had not been any .fighting or
losses other than had been announc
ed officially. This statement ensued
on reports of a naval battle between
German and British skips received
from Feveral sources, but the admir
alty refused information. It was re
garded as significant that the lihing
fleets on the coast of England were
given permission to go out.
The first lord said:
"Apart from the loss of the small
British cruiser Amphion and the Ger
man mine layer Koeningin Luise,
there has been no other fighting as
far as we are aware.
"On Wednesday a flotilla of torpe
do boat destroyers, while patrolling
the upper reaches of the channel,
found the Koenigin Luise laying
mines. The destroyers pursued and
sank her.
Mr. Churchhill added that ar
rangements had been made to reduce
the possibility of accidents caused by
mines.
France Invades Alsuce.
Paris Dispatch, 9th.
The Invasion of lower Alsace by
a French army under Gen. Joseph
Joffre, the French commander in
chief has awakened great enthusi
asm throughout France.
French military authorities, while
recognizing the occupation of Alt-
klrch and Muelhausen by French
troops Is not of high strategical im
portance, hold that the sucessful ad
vance of the French army far across
the German frontier will have con
siderably moral effect,
It is reported unofficially that Kol
mar, farther to the north, has fallen
into the hands of the French. None
of these three places was strongly
fortified and all lie outside the line
of real German defense, being guard
ed as outposts of the strongly fortl
fled cities. Their German garrison
numerically were fairly strong, but
it was understood that In case of at
tack they merely would endeavor to
hinder the French advance.
STRASBURG STORONGLY
FORTIFIED.
Neu Brelaach, where they are said
to have retired, is east of Kolmar
and is strongly fortified, while Stras-
burg, some distance to the north, the
center of great aggregation of Ger
man troops, is strongly fortified and
supposed to be prepared for a long
siege.
Official reports of fighting between
the French and German troops state
that the French losses were "not ex
cessive," while those of the Germans
are declared by the French to have
been very serious.
The Alsatian inhabitants are said
to have been so overjoyed at the ap
pearance of the French army that
they tore up the frontier posts.
DR. DURHAM ELECTED DEAX,
Rev. Dr. Pinto Dm hum of Charlotte
Chosen Dean of Theological IV.
imttment in New Methodist Uni
versity. The following from Wednesday's
Charlotte News will be of Interset to
the many Monroe friends of Rev.
Dr. Tlato Durham, at present presid
ing elder of the Charlotte District.
M. E. Church, South:
Dr. Plato Durham, recently elect
ed a member of the faculty of the
new Methodist University to be lo
cated In Atlanta, has been made denn
of the Department of Theology. He
left for Atlanta last night in response
to a wire received by him from Bish
op Candler yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Durham is visiting friends In
Raleigh. She will Join Dr. Durham
during the present month:
Dr. and Mrs. Durham had planned
to keep house In the presiding elder's
residence on North Tryon, but the
doctor's appointment to the faculty,
and especially the deanship of the
Theological Department of the Uni
versity, has changed their plans.
He and Mrs. Durham expect to go
to Atlanta for their permanent resi
dence September 1st.
"Mother Took Vengeance.
Mobile, Ala., Dispatch, !)th.
When J. Leroy Brown, a widely
known young man of this city, con
cluded a proposition that he marry
Vivian McGowan, 15 years old, as
amend for a wrong, Mrs. Florence
McGowan, of Mobile, mother of the
girl, drew a pistol from her band bag
and in the presence of court officials
shot Brown to death.
"The shooting came at the end of
Brown's preliminary hearing and
threw the courtroom into wild ex
cltement."
a lull in mt.m.
.NO RIG RATTLES ET FOUGHT.
French are on German Tcrritoiv i"
Alsace Germans Have Town of
Lchie Rut not the Forts li-.n-e
British and German Fleets in id,
North Sea.
London Dispatch, Aug. 11th.
No great battle has yet be.-n fought
oh land or sea in the war of s-ven
Nations, unless the German assault
upon the fortresses at Leige tvei.Mal-
ly assume the propottiops of a tint -tie
in history. Both cosnhatants claim
victory, there, with the Belgian still
holding the fort and the Germ:) us
occupying the city.
The situation is unique. These is
no confirmation of the Daily Mail"
report that the French h a v e engaged
the Germans and cut off their p
treat, inflicting a loss of S.f")" wen.
The elilgians claim that they law
taken 8,000 prisoners on Bel. :an
soil, but military men regard till tin
estimates qf the belligerent as f.r -at
exaggerations.
Apart from Liege the fightim. of
the first week, when resolved to th
proper perspective eventually doubt
less will be considered insignificant.
One of the most important devel
opments in the eyes of experts i:; the
general testimony that the German
lnfrantry formation is obsolete nud
Ineffective against the weapons of to
day and means an enormous sk.ugh
ter if retained.
France and Austria finally are of
ficially at war, the Ambassadors have
left the respective Capitols. The
French Government broke off diplo
matic relations with Austria en th'
grounds that Austridan troops were
reinforcing the Germans.
Austria appears to have abamlon
ed the advance on Servia for a time
and apparently Is co-operating with
Germany in the supposed strati gy of
attempting to crush France before
Russie can mobilize.
Financial conditions in England
are retunring to normal. Although
there is a great disorder In many
trades the prices of foodstuffs hav-j
risen only slightly.
The French are advancing in Al
pare, but against what opposition is
not known.
Strong forces guaid all tit ap
proaches to Brussels.
The Austrians before Servia are
bombarding Belgrade, while part of
the Servian army Is taking the offen
sive in Bosnia.
The North Sea again is closed to
the fishing fleets which Is regarded
as significant in view of the fact that
there are large British and German
fleets In that water.
The German cruheh, Karlsruhe,
which arrived at San Juan, Porto
Rico, reported an engagement I-ri-day
night off the Bahamas with four
French and British cruisers.
The French government forbid.-
the publication of the French disuni
ties so that Germans may not know
the movement of the French troops
All Germans and Austrians iu Bel
gium must declare themselves with
in 24 hours, or they will be arrested
as spies. ,
The White House Sorrow.
Salisbury Post.
With the exception of Abraham
Lincoln no President bas bourn a
heavier burden than the present oc
cupant of the White House. Ho un
dertook the great duties of the office
with the keenest sense of the obli
gation resting upon him, and ap
proached every duty with serious de
termination to fulfill every promise
and do for his people what had boon
promised for him and his party. Un
accustomed to the play of politics he.
did not follow the paths of least re
sistance but chose rather the direct
route to the task, saving not himself.
In the accomplishment of the duties.
Here is what that munificent sioci
men of Southern womanhood sei'ved,
for at the side of the President al
ways stood the kind, gentle wife or
couraging and sustaining the luirdi "
ed man. Now just as he tirt:d Ins
legislative campaign throuch Cor
gress, with dozens of little wlitici .t s
biting at his heels, the protection o!
his land against a foregn war and
handling Mexico comes th treat per
sonal loss which saps the life (
any man. Truly this brave. g .)
man has bourn a burden many iM
magnified since coming to the
House, and though his associates v i!i
seek to relieve him as much as po
slble, Mr. Wilson's burden is great,
and the whole nation will mourn w ith
him and seek for him that comfort
which comes from above. The mr
row which overshadows the White
House touches every American heatt,
Tor It Is a national loss and a rational
sorrow.
The French Spirit.
Paris Dispatch to New York Post
The literary and artistic journal.
Cil Bias, which strongly defun;..i
Mme. Caillaux throughout the Cal
mette affair and the editor of which,
Pierre Mortier, testified on l.er be
half, publishes a veledictory edito
rial by M. Mortier headed: "A Bi
entot." He says:
"Gil Bias Is a paper of youth, pro
duced by young men. Hardly a
member of the staff or a printer re
mains. We have other duties now
on the frontier. This is our
last edition till the war is ended."
A flag vendor named Paul Maurice
Charnier has" deposited $1,000, hia
earnings for the past week, with The
Matin, as a reward for the first cap
ture of a German flag.