he Monroe journals
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
VOL.21. No. 95.
BiONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1916.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
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PRESIDENT WILSOX HURRIED
BACK TO WASHINGTON.
SrriotutntM of the International Sit
uation U Oppressive Will !.
Undone No Effort to M Full Facts
or the Persia fane Austrian Mtn.
iKter Aks That Judgment Be With,
held.
Washington Dispatch, Jan. S.
President Wilson started to Wash
ington from Hot Springs. Va., tonight
to take personal charge of the Na
tion's foreign affairs in the new crisis
brought about by the sinking of the
British steamship Persia with a loss
of at least one American life. The
situation is regarded In official cir
cles as being the most serious to
confront this Government since the
submarine operations of the Central
Powers began.
The President will probobljr lay
the facts thus far established before
his Cabinet tomorrow. The destruc
tion of the Persia, following closely
upon Hje crisis precipitated by the
Ancona disaster may .result in the
United States determining to settle
immediately all the questions involv
ed In the submarine warfare. The
subject is expected to find its way
to the floor of the House and Sen
ate tomorrow when Congress recon
venes after the holidays.
President Wilson decided to cut
short his honeymoon and return to
the Capital at once after telephone
conferences with Secretary Lansing
and Mr. Tumulty, his private secre
tary. The United States is represented
tonight as being prepared and deter
mined to take any action that the
facts concerning the Persia, yet to be
established, may warrant. Officials
still are trying to view the situation
with an open mind, but it is apparent
- that they are disturbed by the re
ports received from Consular agents
at Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt.
Every effort will be made to estab
lish the truth of the report that the
Persia was torpedoed without warn
ing. Secretary Lansing contemplates
taking no step until the complete de
tails are known.
Officials find one source of grati
fication in assurances given by Baron
Enrich Swledlnek. Charge of the Aus-tro-Hungarian
Embassy, to Secretary
Lansing, during a conference today
at the State Department. Baron
Swledlnek Is said to have suggested
that Judgment be withheld until the
facts are known, and to have ex
pressed the belief that the final ex
planation of the latest incident would
be satisfactory. H Is said to hove
assured the Secretary of his belief
that If an Austrian submarine com
mander violated the principles of in
ternational law and the rules of hu
manity , his Government would be
quick to take action which would
fully satisfy the 1'nlted States. Ba
ron Swledlnek also sought Informa
tion for the benefit of his govern
ment. Secretary Lansing today Instructed
Ambassad.sor Pentleld at Vienna to
make Informal Inquiries which might
lead to the establishment of the
identity of the submarine which sank
the Persia or the receipt of Informa
tion concerning the circumstances of
the attack.
The report that the liner was car
rying a 4.7 gun served to revive con
sideration of the position taken by
the United States In regard to armed
merchantmen. In the early days of
the war it was announced that mer
chant ships belonging to belligerents
might be allowed to enter and leave
American waters with guns of six
inch' caliber or less, mounted upon
their sterns. At that time cruisers
of the Central Towers had not been
. swept from the seas. Later Great
'Britain and France at the suggestion
of the United States, agreed that
their ships coming into American wa
ters should not be armed, thus elim
inating the possibility of a contro
versy over that point so far as ves
sels plying out of ports of the United
States were concerned.
, Since then all war crafts of the
Teutonic Allies, with the exception of
submarines, have disappeared from
the high seas. Consequently, It Is
considered in some quarters that
merchantmen mounting guns even of
small caliber and astern, might be
considered prepared for resisting a
hostile submarine.
Secretary Lansing and other offi
cials have considered this view with
great carefulness. The Secretary said
today he was not prepared to an
nounce the attitude of the United
States on this point in the future. It
Is understood that he was awaiting
an opportunity to discuss the matter
and Its various ramifications with
Presldeut Wilson
During a later discussion of the
subject Secretary Lansing revealed
that Germany had abandoned Its
contention that the Lusltanla was an
armed merchantman. This claim was
originally made in Justification of the
sinking of that ship and affidavits
were presented to substantiate it.
The affidavits were proved to be
false, however, and Mr. Lansing In
dicated that Germany had dropped
the contention some time ago.
The Japanese Ambassador, Vis
count Chtnda, also railed on the Sec
1 retary. His purpose was to obtain
any details which might have been
received regarding the sinking of the
Japanese liner Yasaka Maru. The
Secretary had no new reports of tin-'
portance. He Indicated later that no
! action would be taken by the United
States In that case, at least at this
time. But one person aboard the
Yasaka Maru was supposed to be an
American citizen. He was W. J.
Leigh. A dispatch received today
from Consul Garrels at Alexander
Informed the State Department that
Leigh, who was born In China of
American parents, never had elected
to claim Americas cltltenshlp. His
status may be the subject of further
report, however, as It is pointed out
that the United States maintains ex
tra territorial Jurisdiction In China
and If Leigh was born of American
rnrents within the Jurisdiction of any
lerican Consul In China he could
Ld considered an American cititen
unless he elected to become a sub
ject to some other Nation.
Anxiety in official circles increased
tonight when it was learned that
press dispatches reported the sinking
of another British liner, the Peninsu
lar Oriental steamer Geelong. No
word of the latest disaster had reach
ed the State Department. Official
reports will await tomorrow with
grave interest.
APPROPRIATE TO NEW YEA It
Wingate l'orreondent Make Some
Observations Many Items of IVr
Nonal Interest.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Wingate, Jan. 3. This is Monday
morning, Jan. 3. 19 16 beautiful
spring-like morning. The blue birds
In the orchard are calling to each
other and seem to be planning and
conversing about building for the
summer's brood. The bell over at
the academy is calling "to books,"
the air resounds with the happy
childish voices as they skip along In
answer to its familiar rail. Even-
thing seems lovely and lively as weflertalned to the very last that Mr.
start out on the New tear. May
such conditions continue to the end.
Mr. Jesse Williams of Waxhaw,
rpent Saturday night and Sunday
with relatives in Wingate.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Brewer and
Mrs. Jonah Hartsell were most pleas
ant guests In the home of O. P. T.
and the Madam Sunday eafternoon.
All the public school teachers
whose homes are In Wingate, have
returned to their posts to resume
their work for the remainder of the
school seasons. How much these'
young teachers need the sumpathy
and co-operation of their patrons!
Mr. and Mrs. Cutchins, an account
of whose wedding appeared recently
in The Monroe Journal, have gone to
Baden In Stanly county, where Mr.
Cutchins will work as civil engineer
for the American Allumlnuin Com
pany. Mr. Jesse Lowery of the White
Store community, spent several days
last week with relatlves'ln Wingate.
Lawyer 1). M. Johnson, formerly
Prof. Johnson, was among the dis
tinguished out-of-town guests Satur
day night and Sunday.
Sick list report: Master Seerest
Hefner, Improving; Mrs. N. W. Blv
ens, still right sick; Mrs. E. W. Grif
fin, improving slowly; Dr. Jerome,
about recovered; O. I'. T., feeling
right good only short on air most of
the time.
Mesdanies E. H. Williams. John
Watson, Lem Watson. Miss Hope
Watson and little Miss .Mildred Perry
were welcome visitors in our home
Friday afternoon.
Mr. Cull Griffin has moved his
family back to their former home in
Wingate. Their many friends extend
to these good people a most cordial
welcome to their old home.
Mr. Rufe Hunnicutt has moved his
family from Mr. Cull Griffin's house
Into the residence of Mrs. Addie Jop
lln, whose home is at Red Springs.
Messrs. Hubert Sullivan and Hor
ace Williams mude a head-on colli
sion in a game of basket ball here
Thursday evening, resulting In a bad
ly bruised and broken nose for Mr.
Sullivan and a pretty considerable
Jolt for Mr. Williams. Dr. Jerome
gave the necessary treatment to the
olfactory member and the patient is
doing nicely.
Miss Dorothy Lowney, after spend
ing several days In Wingate, return
ed Thursday to Rock Hill to resume
her studies in the Winthrop College.
Miss Lowney was accompanied on her
return by hf.r mother, whose home Is
In New York, I believe. Mrs. Lowney
will probably spend the winter in our
warm and genial Southland.
A happy and prosperous New Y'ear
to all. Let us endeavor to make this.
A. D. 1916, the banner year In our
history. With new and better oppor
tunities and superior advantages that
come within our reach, we cannot af
ford to fall short In our duties and
obligations and thus prove our un
worthlness for the rich blessings that
we enjoy.
Yes, the New Y'ear has arrived
with all its duties, opportunities, ad
vantages. Its new discoveries and in
ventions to help fallen humanity to
hlgeher levels, to greater love, to
more light, better conceptions of the
great Ruler of all things, nobler and
loftier ideals.
What shall we do about it? What
am I going to do? What are you?
What shall we all do with these glori
ous opportunities to make the world
a better place to live In and life the
more worth living? It is up to us
to answer. God has placed the mat
ter Into our hands.
The same signal that announced
the birth of the new year, proclaimed
the death of the old. Fare well old
year! You are dead and He beside
your predecessors in time's grave
yard. In the folds of your shroud is
written the history of a world a mo
mentous history, whose saddest
pages have been written in the blood
of the best of humanity and in the
yore of innocent men, women snd
children. What an indictment! Let
us hide our faces In shame and cease
our boasting, repent of our mistakes
and misdoings and pray and hope
that little things may be written of
the new year at Its demise.
O. P. TIM 1ST.
In all polite circles It Is asrumed
that a prise husband sews on his
own buttons. What is your status?
NEY McNEELEY DROWNED
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
WENT IK)WN WHEN SHIP WAS
TORPEDOED LAST THURSDAY
Young American Consul on Way to
Take His Position at Aden Wat
the Only American lost and Hfs
Death Renews the tirave Situation
Between this Country and Austria
Submarine Attacked English
Ship Without Warning and She
Sank in Five Minutes An Inter- October for Washington, where he
national Sensation. '"t for a month's special study in
the State Department preparatory to
Mr. Ney McNeeley of Monroe was taking up his duties at Aden, where
drowned in the Mediterranean Sea he had previously been appointed
last Thursday afternoon. He was on consul. His appointment was the re
board an English ship, the Persia, suit of a very difficult competitive
which was struck at 1:11) and sank examination which he took last spring
in five minutes. The, ship had sailed and which placed him on the waiting
from London for Bombay and had list for active service. He sailed
touched at various ports, taking on ' from New York to London on No
and putting off passengers. It wssvember 27th, and spent considerable
figured that there were 161 passen- time In London before embarking
gers aboard when she went down, : for his post. At the time he sailed
beside the crew. The press din- there was an unusual activity of
patches telling of the event began to ' submarines in the Mediterranean sea.
come to this country Saturday morn : and the American consul at London
Ing. and the news reached Monroe advised him to take another route.
about eleven oc'clock. Hope was en-,
McNeeley might have been among the !
saved, but there seems now to be no 1 tested sea, and whenever his friends
reason whatever for any hope. The , spoke of the matter he always Jested
last dispatches say that Mr. McNeeley about It.
was seen struggling In the water Various dispatches In this paper
about the time the ship went down, tell all that is known so far about
As four boats got away from the the matter. The fact that Mr. Mc
ship and two were carried down with j Neeley is the second American consul
her, it must be that Mr. McNeeley' to lose his life in this way has given
had been taken aboard one of the' the case an unusual sensation. His
latter two, and seeing that they were : name has appeared in the last few
J being taken down, Jumpd 1'ito lha.days In probably every large daily
Bea.
Mr. McXeeley's mother, Mrs. W.
R. McNeeley of Jacksou t iwnslJp,
has not been Informed of his loss.
She has been sick for a long time and
Saturday's Dispatch. ; opinion and determining upon any
Washington Dispatch. Jan. 2. j "officials expressed themselves as
Advices to the State Department not being convinced that a submarine
today from American Consul Garrels ; sank the Persia. They were Impress
at Alexandria. Egypt, indicate that ed by the statement in the dispatch
ltohert N. McNeeley, American Con- J from Alexandria that the wake of
sul at Aden, Arabia, who was on the, the torpedo had been seen, though
steamer Persia when she was sunk no submarine was visible. Navy of
In the Mediterranean, was lost. He 'fleers who were consulted said they
was last seen In the water after the' won! ' consider It out of the ordinary
Persia sank. Consul Garrels reports ' although not Impossible that a tor
that Charles H. Grant of BoBton. pedo. fired by a submarine, should
another American aboard the Persia, leave a visible wake.
was saved. No submarine was seen -
by survivors, according to Garrels' Persia Was Torpedoed Without
report but an officer of the Persia Wa-iihig
saw the wake of the torpedo which London Dispatch, Jan. 2.
struck the ship. She sank In five I nofficial dispatches from Cairo,
minutes.
Anxiety over the news of the sink-
ing of the Persia Increased In of fl-;
cial circles when a consular dispatch
brought the information that the ship
bad been torpedoed without warning,
At the same time officials were much
gratified at the indication, emanating
from Baron Erich Swledinek, charge
of the Austro-Hungarian Embassy
here, that the Vienna government i H. Grant, of Boston, w as saved,
would be quick to "satisfactorily ad- i Details of the sinking of the Per
Just" the matter should it develop sla came In slowly today, but such
lhat an Austrian submarine com-' Information as was received made It
mander had disobeyed instructions In
regard to torpedoing passenger car-
rying ships without warning.
"Judgment should be withheld
pending the receipt of the real facts
surrounding the sinking of the
steamer Persia." said Baron Zwiedl-
nek. "It mav have happened in many
ways. In the first place, it is not yet
proved that a submarine sank the
Persia. If It was an Austrian subma-
rlne, It must bo determined whether
the circumstances were such as to
warrant the action taken.
"I am confident, nt least hone,
that the final explanation will be
quite satisfactory. If the cammand-1
cr of the submarine disobeyed instrqc-
lions I feel sure my government will Kcuters correspondent at lalro. sue
not hesitate to satisfactorily adjust had disappeared completely by 1.15.
the matter. "Survivors say It was little short
"From the answer made to the last . of a miracle that anyone was saved,
note on the Arconn alone, It Is quite There was no panic. Four boats
evident that the Austro-Hungarian . were launched w ith utmost prompt!
government will not countenance any; tilde.
act which is wrong." j "The captain was drowned. When
Complete confidence prevails in hist seen ho was swimming, after the
Teutonic diplomatic circles that If an liner bad plunged beneath the sur
Austrlan submarine sank the Persia ! face."
without warning, the act would be I Both the Peninsular and Oriental
disavowed, prompt reparation made company and Reuter's Cairo corres
for Americans lost and the subma- 1 pondent say that Mr. Grant has been
rlne commander severely punished. ', landed at Alexandria. The steam
It Is understood that Baton Swled- ship company this afternoon had re
Inek will call upon Secretary Lansing celved nc news of Mr. McNeeley's
tomorrow for the purpose of Inform- i fate.
ally conveying his views on the sub-1 Edward Rose, of Denver, left the
Jert and endeavoring to gain an un- j Persia at Gilbraltar. as was reported
derstanding of the views of the . yesterday.
United States for the information of
his government. ( Eleven More Survivor I.aiilc0.
Only one dispatch concerning the - London Dispatch, Jan. 3.
sinking of the Persia was received I The Peninsular i Oriental Steam
today by the State Department, it ! ship Company has recdved a dispatch
came from Consul Garrels at Alexan- i from Malta saying that 11 more sur-
drla. Egypt, and Indicated that Con-
sul McNeeley. on his wav to his post,
had been lost. He was last seen in
the water before the steamship went'
down. Consul Garrels reported also
that Charles H. Grant, of Boston,
another American who was aboard
the Persia, was among the survivors.
No submarine was seen by the sur
vivors, according to the consul's re
port but an officer of the ship said
he saw the wake of the torpedo. The
Persia went down In five minutes.
The dispatch was f or wa reded to Pres-
ident Wilson st Hot Springs. .
While Secretary Lansing tonight
declined to comment upon the situs-
tlon confronting the United States, It
became known that he and other ad-
ministration officials were awaiting
recently grew so ninth v.ors- that
most of the member ol h-r fan.ilv
had come in home to t-ee he.. It
was thought wise to u I1I1.1M the
aho klng news from h.i
jr. iowa .vic.-seeiey. lortner enor
of the Waxhaw Enterprise, was re
ported to have sailed with his broth
er as private secretary, ami for
awhile the papers said that he too
had been lost. This was a mistake.
Mr. Dowd McNeeley is in Florida.
Mr. McNeeley left Monroe in
but he had already engaged passage
ion the Persia
Mr. McNeeley had
no fear of the dangers of the war in
paper in me worm, i ne .-Norm taro-
llna newspapers, to whom he was
; known, have been very warm and
' generous and sympathetic In theli
'comments.
stale that the British steamship Per-
sla, sunk In the Mediterranean on
Thursday, was torpedoed without
warning and sank In five minutes.
Hetween 10 and 160 survivors have
been landed nt Alexandria. Egypt.
lleuter's Cairo corespondent makes
the unreserved statement lhat Robert
N. .McNeeley, American consul at
Ayden, Arabia, lost his lite. Charles
appear that the number of persons
. who escaped in the lour boats which
were put off was larger than was
hoped when the first news was re-
celved yesterday. The Peninsular
and Orlential company, which owned
the Persian announced this morning
thai 158 survivors had arrived at
Alexandria. A Lloyd's dispatch gives
.the numher as ibi, matte up or b!i
pasengers of w hom 17 are women.
and 4 members of the crew incltid-
ing a!) Lascars.
The survivors Include 10 military
officers and eight persons who are
. not British subject.
"The ship was struck amidships
on the port side at 1.10 p. m., says
vlvors of the steamship Persia have
been landed Including Lord Mon-
tague.
Hohert N. McNeely. the American
Consul at Aden, was not among the
survivors landed at Malta.
The Peninsula & Oriental Co. says
the survivors consist of three Eng
llsh. one Italian and seven Lascars.
ft. G. Ferguson, a young white
man, Is In jair in Charlotte charged
with forgery and false pretenses. He
has been hanging around Charlotte
pool rooms for some time and It Is
presumed that he lost his money and
tesorted to forgery as a means of
! rehabilitating his finances. The for
gery was practiced on the Selwyi
, hotel, at which Ferguson was stop-
A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
Pet pie of Carinel Started Off With
Example A MimIcI for Neighitor-
IkmwI t o-otcrut ion.
As previously announced, the peo
ple of Cannti community met at the
sc!i.ol house on New Year's Dav and
organized a 'Community League
wiili the following com mil lees:
I. Committee on Education, Mr. R.
I.. Helms and Misses Mamye Helms
and Louise Blakency. Objects:
1. Increasing efficiency of school:
teaching, studies, attendance, etc.
2. Improving school grounds, build
ings, equipment and library.
3. Extension work: corn, pig, and
canning clubs; travelling libraries;
increasing book and newspaper read
ing among the people; teaching adult
illiterates to read; making school
community center, etc.
II. Committee on Farm Progress,
Messrs. P. B. Blakeney, A. B. Shaw
and C. J. Helms. Objects:
1. Better farm methods, aiming es
pecially at rich lands and crop diver
sification so as to make a self-feeding
community with "money crops" as
surplus crops.
2. Increasing Interest in livestock.
dairying, poultry raising, canning
and home Industries.
3. Getting better tools and ma
chinery and better breeding sires,
with co-operation to effect , this re
sult. III. Committee on Co-operative
Marketing, Messrs. S. W. Helms, R.
K. Helms and J. W. Helms. Objects:
1. To secure standardization of
sales products, scientific grading,
warehousing and pooling.
2. To promote economical buying
on cash basis and encourage thrift,
credit unions, land and loan associa
tions, etc., as aids to this end.
3. To encourage good roads as
aids to economical marketing.
IV . Committee on Health, Mes
danies S. S. Richardson, R. L. Helms
and T. J. W. Broom. Objects:
1. To study local conditions and
promote community and home sani
tation. 2. To teach individuals, adults and
children methods of disease preven
tion. 3. To combat agencies of fraud and
superstition In treatment of disease.
V. Committee on Organization and
Social Life: Mesdanies P. II. Blake
ney, C. J. Helms and Miss Elmina
Helms. Objects:
1. To promote and assist the local
farmers' organizations, farm women's.
i iun, lit ii n ill t u v nulla, yuuiiK ini 1 1- n
debating clubs and community fair.
2; To encourage lectures, debates,
musicals, entertainments, local plays,
picnics, celebrations, etc.
3. To promote wholesome sports,
and recreation, outdoor and Indoor
games, and a community playground.
The next meeting will be held with
the school on the afternoon of Fri
day. Jan. 14, when reports and sug
gestions of committees will be beard.
Meeting with the school once or twice
a month will be a feature until the
end of the term.
Nine Killed In Georgia Race War.
Blakeley, (Ga.. Dispatch, Dec. 31.
Two more negroes were killed and
four negro lodge buildings burned
today, In the western section of Early
county in a renewal of clashes be
tween whites and negroes, according
to reports reaching here tonight. Re
ports that negroes were threatening
the lives of white farmers caused
numbers of armed men to leave here
for the scene and reports from the
Alabama side of the Chattahoochee
river, the dividing line between Ala
bama and Georgia, said many white
men had crossed I he river from Ala
bama. Seven negroes were reported killed
yesterday by white posses which
sought Grandison Goolsby and his
sons, Mike and Ulyssee, charged with
killing Henry J. Vllliplgue, a white
overseer. Today mobs scoured the
river country on hearing a report
that Goolsby 's sons had not been
burned to death in a negro cabin as
reported but had escaped.
Iteports that members of these
mobs found on the person of a negro
killed yesterday, a lodge book show
ing that a negro organization had
delegated Goolsby and his sons to
kill Vllliplgue because he thrashed
one of the younger Goolshys, were
said to have caused the burning of
the negro lodges. The elder Goolsby
was known as one of the leading
spirits in negro Mason and negro
Odd Fellows' lodges in this section
of the country and also to be a mem
ber of other negro lodges.
Tonight a negro lodge building
near the Alabama line was reported
destroyed by fire. Early today a
negro Masonic lodge building and a
negro Odd Fellows' lodge building
had been burned, and later in (he day
a lodge building known as the Ne
gro Supreme Circle lodge building
was burned.
Ed Law. a negro accused of aiding
the younger Gooldsbys to escape, was
said to have been killed later today
with his son, known as "Precious"
Law. The Goolshys, It was claimed
were aided by these negroes reach
a train to Montgomery, Ala.
In retaliation negroes were said to
have surrounded Ihe home of H. H.
Grlmsley. a white farmer, threaten
ing to kill him and his wife and chil
dren. The negro mob dispersed,
however, before Sheriff Howell, of
Early county and a number of depu
ties reached there.
Jeff McCarn, former United States
District Attorney for the Hiwaian
territory, arrived In San Francisco
yesterday with the announcement of
his resignation, declaring that he
gave up the position "because he
could not be both honest and happy"
In it.
fat
If . fir I
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ROBERT NEY McNEELEY
Born in Jackson township. Union
county. November 12. 1S83. Drowned
in the Mediterranean Sea at 1:15 p.
m.. December 30, 1915, while on his
way to Aden, to become American
Consul at that place. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. McNeeley, who, with sev
eral brothers and one sister, survive
him. One of the most popu.tr young
men ever known in thin section. Self
made. Began in the county schools,
taught school, became a rural mail
carrier, entered Stale University and
took degree of LLB. Won Shepard
Bryan prize for best thesis In law.
Began prartlce in Monroe in 1907.
Served in House of Representatives
1909; State Senate 1915. Appointed
Consul to Aden 1915. Member of
Monroe Presbyterian church.
Xo Hoe Now,
Washington Dispatch, Jan. 3.
Every bit of information so far re
ceived by the state department points
to confirm the first reports received
that Robert Ney McNeeley, of Mon
roe, American consul at Aden, Arab
la, lost his life when the British liner
went to the bottom of the sea some
time Thursday afternoon after be
ing torpedoed by a submarine, pre
sumably of Austrian or German na
tionality. Senator Overman was an early cal
ler at the state department today.
He conferred at length with Secre
tary of State Lansing and other of
ficials, but was unab'e to get any
assurances that young McNeeley bad
been paved. On the other had the
information so far received Indicates
strongly that the young Union county
lawyer had lost his life.
Cables from Consul General Skin
ner, at London, and the consul agent
at Alexandria, Egypt, stated that
while they had no affidavits from pas
sengers, they had statements from
several of those saved who said they
saw McNeeley st rustling In the wa
ter soon after (he Peivia went down.
Unless Austria hastens to disavow
the uct of the submarine commander
and make reparation, there is nn
doubting the fact that Congress will
lake drastic action to end the sub
marine warfare, even to the extent
of placing an embargo on arms to
the allies and breaking off diplomatic
relations with Germany and Austria.
Murder and Suicide.
In Wilson county last week Fay
ette Lnngley, a farmer, was shot
from ambush and killed when he
wont to his barn In the early morning
to feed his stock. Bill Gay, who bad
been employed by .Lnngley and dis
charged, had threatened Langley amd
his wife and had previously attempt
ed to shoot Langley. When Mrs.
Langley heard the hnt she suspect
ed that her husband had been firei
on and she left tho house In search
of help. It developed that Gay wtfT
the assassin and after shooting Lang
ley he went to the house and made
search for Mr. Langley. He offered
no harm lo th? children, who had
been left alone wli'lo their mother
went for help.
Search was mado for Gny for sev
eral days and he was finally traced
lo the Langley house, the Langley
family being away. A posse sur
rounded the house and Gay shot him
sel. dead, blowing off the (op of hi
head with the load from a shot gun.
It is believed his second visit to the
Langley home was to search for Mrs.
langley and lo kill hr if he found
her. The man was a desperate char
acter and believed (o be mentally un
sound. Itenton-Sitstare.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Matthews. Dec. 30. At the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Sustare near
Matthers. a beautiful marriage wan
solemnized on Wednesday, Dec. 29th.
when their daughter, Minnie, became
the bride of Mr. Oscar Benton.
The house was prettily decorated
with potted plants. The only at
tendants were Miss Jessie Hooks and
Mr. Lulher Williams, the marriage
being a very quiet acalr witnessed
only by the Intlmediate families or
the contracting parties.
Rev. E. C. Snider performed tho
ceremony in his usual Impresslver
manner. Immediately after the
reremony Mr. and Mrs. Benton left
for the home of the groom's parents,
and from there on a trip In the east
ern part of the State.
The bride, who was lovely In n
suit of blue broadcloth with acces
sories to match. Is a young lady of
charming personality, and number
her friends by the score. Mr. Benton
is a prosperous young farmer, and
man of sterling worth. He haa any
number of friends who will congratu
late him on his good fortune.
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