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MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1916.
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VOL 22. NO. 12.
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VILLA BAXT1TS CROSS)
HOKlKU AND KILL
SEVERAL AMERICANS
latent Mexican Outrage Cause
Sensation tn Washington Col.
blocum. With Comity ' Ameri
can Soldiers Is in Hot luruU n
11m I rossetf the Mexican Holder
Curiam Will Not Object.
Columbus (N. M.) Dispatch. 9th.
Francisco Villa, outlawed Mexican
bandit, raided United States territory
today. With 500 men be attacked
Columbus, killed at least 16 Ameri
cans and tired mauy buildings before
be was driven back across the iuter
uational border.
Not less than 250 troopers of the
Thirteenth United States Cavalry fol
lowed the ilia band into Mexico.
Reports to Col. 11. J. Slocura, com
manding United States troops at this
point, late today staled that Villa
bad made a staud IS miles south of
the border where spirited lighting en
sued. In this engagement an uu
, natned private was killed and Capt.
George Williams, Adjutant of the
Thirteenth Cavalry was wounded.
The small detachment of troopers
under MaJ. Frank Tompkius and El
mer Linsloy, lighting dismounted,
made a determined stand against the
renewed Villa attack and at last re
ports were holding their ground.
Tho raid on American territory
proved costly to the bandit chieftain.
The bodies of IS bandits, including
l'ablo Lopez, secoud In command,
had been gathered and burned be
fore noon and troopers reported an
undetermined number of dead still
lying in the brush.
Led to the attack under the slogan,
"Death to the Americans," Villa's
followers fought with desperation.
Just before dawn they crept along
ditches skirting the United States
cavalry camp and rushed the sleeping
town, bring heavily.
The first volley brought American
troopers Into almost instant action.
While a portion of the raiders en
gaged the cavalry, others began ap
plying the torch and shooting Ameri
can civilians who ventured from the
buildings. Lights lu homes and pub
lie buildings immediately became
targets for snipers posted at Villa t
direction. Other bandits creeping
close to American homes, enticed a
number of civilians into tho open
with English spoken invitations.
number of fatalities are attributed to
this ruce.
Stores were looted, oil wai poured
" upou frame structures, and tne match
applied by still other bandits. The
bosiofiice was raided, furnituie
smashed, but the looters secured only
one small registered package.
The casualties of the Thirteenth
Cavalry in the lighting nt Calumbus
were seveu killed and six wounded;
Villa's total losses In the day's fight
were estimated in excess of .) killed
and twice as many wounded. Tho
American pursuit Into Mexico, which
ended about 2 o'clock, was reported
to have accounted for more than 7i
Mexicans killed and wounded.
Tho American losses on the Moxl
can side vas one corporal slain when
Villa threw out a heavy guard to en
gage the pursuing American troop
ers.
Of the eight American civilians!
slain here. Charles Dewitt Miller ol
Albuquerque and Ur. II. J. Hart of
F.l Paso were burned to ieatn in me
fire that destroyed the Commercial
Hotel.
The body of Walton Walker, a
Sunday school convention delegate
from Playan. N. M., who was shot to
death with W. T. Ritchie, proprietor
of tho hotel, also was incinerated.
The Mexicans set the hotel on fire,
together with a numbrr of other
building nnd posted snipers to pick
off Americans as they lied.
Mrs. M. James was shot and killed
P. tho doorway of another hotel from
which she was running with her sis
ter. Mrs. Jamc5 fell dying over the
body of C. C. Miller, who had been
driven from his drug store across tho
street. Her sister, a child not yet In
her teens escaped the fusillade with
out a scratch. Mrs. James' husband
was wounded.
Mrs. S. T. Rya-v, wife of the cap-
tain of Troop E. and Capt Rudolph
Sniyser of Troop II. with Mrs. Sniyser
and her little children had narrow
escapes from the bandits. The Ryan
house fronts regimental headquarters
and the ditch up along which Villa
troops came. It was riddled with
bullets.
Mrs. Ryan was in bod in line with
a front window facing the ditch In
which Villa opened tho attack. Bul
lets shattered the glass and struck
through her clothing arranged on a
chair near the bed.
Fred Griffin, private of K troop
was on sentry duty and opened fire
ou a party of Mexicans attacking the
quarters of Lieut. John P. Lucas,
commanding the machine gun troop
of the Thirteenth Cavalry. Griffin
fell mortally wounded under a vol
ley of bullet3, but killed two Mexi
cans and then crawled to the side
of the Ryan home. Mrs. Ryan, aris
ing, ran around the side of tho house
under fire of the Mexicans to an
abode garage. A party of bandits
was standing about Griffin. She
opened tho garage when a Mexican
grasped her arm and demanded
where she was going. She answered
calmly that she was going Into the
building to get a motor-car. The
Mexican let her go and during the
fight In the camp she remained In
the automobile unhurt.
Every piece of furniture in the
Ryan home was riddled.
The Smyser home, north of the
track, was surrounded on front and
both sldea by bandits before a shot
was fired. Captain Smyser heard
nome one tell the bandits that an
American army officer and his fam
ily lived there. Gathering his wife
and children he emerged from the
back door and reached the barn Just
as the bandits broke in the fiont
door.
The bandits looted the house and
were preparing to set fire to the barn
vhtn tho American forces "opened
lire. Leaving Mrs. Smyser nothing
but the nightgown In which she es
caped. Captain Sniyser managed to
join his troops iu time to participate
in the battle in which the Mexicans
finally were driven from the town.
Capt. F. G. Turner and his wife
were in an abode bouse Just north of
the railroad trecks. Mexicans point
ed out his dwelling as a house occu
pied by an American army officer.
They remained inside until the trops
in camp got into action and scattered
the bandits.
Villa dropped his personal papors
as he went with his fleeing men back
into Mexico. A note found among
these, evidently a transcript of an
order issued just before the attack
read "kill all the gringoes."
Villa's presence Is accepted here as
discrediting his recent assertions that
he was not responsible for tho os
sassinatiuns of 14 Americans west of
the city of Chihuahua a few weeks
ago.
That outrage wan laid at the door
of Pablo Lopez, Villa's second in
command. If so the Americans have
apparently been avenged, for a body
among the Invaders slain by the
troopers was Identified as that of
Lopez.
The day's events were accepetd as
continuation of recent reports, that
Villa, disgruntled at Washington's at
titude in favor of his rival, General
Cr.rranta, had determined to bring
about Intervention if possible, and
that this vather than robbery, was
the motive behind the massacre.
On Tuesday last Villa hanged three
Americans. Yesterday, to a fugitive
Mexican who said that to publish his
name would mean his death, asserted
that Villa addressed his men to the
effect that the killing of Americans
were justifiable because the United
Siales was responsible for the wreloh
od conditions of tho Mexican people.
The Ignorant peons received his
words with cheers and cries of "vivo
Villa."
"The United Stute intends to swal
low Mexico," Villa was quoted as say
ing. "Lei us do what we can to
make It stick In their throats."
Three troops of cavalry wore post
ed on the boundary tonight. A bat
tfillon of Infantry Jind a-sitaa(Un of
the Eight Cavalry from Fort Bliss
left IA Poso late today to reir force
the troops here. With these forces
Colonel Sloucnn mid ho could handle
;my further ntta"k Villa In despera
iition ml;:ht decide to make.
Many citizens barricaded them
selves in Ihoir homes nnd fired lit the
Mexicans as they darted through the
streets. The fluht'ing In the town
ended almost as suddenly as it began.
Less than two hours after the first
shot wan fired Villa's buglers sound
ed the retreat and the raiders began
a disordered flight." closely followed
ly tho American troops.
Wnshlngton Dispatch, March 9.
Washington stands squarely behind
Colonel Slocum in sending cavalry in
to Mexico In pursuit of Franrico Vil
la and his band of outlaws who raid
ed Columbus. N. M., today murdering
American soldiers and citizens and
fiii"r t'ie tnwn,
Secretary Lansing tonight Inform
ed the de facto government of Mexi
co through Kllseo Arredondo, Its Am
bassador designated here, that he
trusted no objection would be made
to tho action of the American troops
they having followed -what is known
in military circles (is a "hot trail."
No orders have been Issued for the
return of the soldiers and it is not
probably that any will be issued for
the present.
Shocked indignation occasioned by
news of Villa's utriige was gun'k'y
succeeded by undisguised satisfaction
in offical and congressional circles
over the knowledge that after three
years of patient forbearance United
States troops actually were on Mexi
can soil to avenge tho death of their
comrades and bring to Justice t!i
outlaws whoso depredations havo ter
rorized Americans on both sides of
the border.
Repot ts that tho American t. 'cop
ers were in action tonight against a
much larger force of bandits, were
heard with anxious Interest In offi
cial circles.
While no formal word of the poli
cy of the Admlnlsrtation was given
out it was reliably stated that the
army would be given free rein to
catch the bandits If possible. It was
not considered In Administration cir
cles that Colonel Slocum's act In any
sense constituted nn Invasion of Mex
ico, a nolicy which the Admlnlstrn-
tlon has opposed In the past and will
continue to oppose.
Formally thero Is no authority for
tho presence of the American troops
In Mexico. In fact the patrols along
the border have from the beginning
of the disorders there been under or
ders not to cross under any consid
eration.' If the provocation had not
been so great the officers responsi
ble for the action of today would face
court martial. Suggestions that Col
onel Slocum lu command at Colum
bus, might bo court marthiled. how
ever, were scouted by some officials,
while at the War Department itself
tho subject was not discussed.
Newton D. Raker, who became Sec
retary of War today, conferred with
President Wilson tonight. Three
hours later Mr. Daker said no orders
had been sent for the recall of the
American soldiers.
Major General Scott. Chief of Staff,
telegraphed General Funston at Fort
Sam Houston In command of the bor
der forces, for all details available.
He said the policy of the government
would not be outlined until General
Funston's reply had been received.
What had been done toward
strengthening the forces near Colum
bus or reinforcing the little command
that had ridden against the bandits
apparently was not known at the War
Department tonight. General Funs
ton has full authority on the border
and is making such troop movements
as ha thinks necessary. Even he,
however. Is not fully Informed as to
what Colonel Slocum has done.
A brief, report reached the Depart
ment during the day telling or the
raid, but afterward General Funstou
relayed a dispatch from Brig. Gen.
Pershing, telling of a telephone re
port from Colonel Slocum aud an
nouncing that five troops had been
sent across the border with Instruc
tions not to go more than two miles.
Tonight General Funston sent thi.:
telegram to General Scott:
"The only Information that I have
of our troops having crossed the
border Is newspaper reports. Report
from Colonel Slocum most meager la
spite of telegram to him this morn
ing for full particulars. I wired him
this afternoon for full report. V.V
forward further details ns noon ns I
can get them.
"Latest report from Colonel Slo
cum says 46 Mexican soldiers killed.
Seven seriously wounded, now in
camp. We had seven men killed,
two officers and five men wounded.
They will recover."
WANTS MUSIC XOW
Miiohville is Putting on Airs Sure
Enough (Jetting a Light Plant
and Sow Wants Music.
Marshville Home, March 9.
We regret to know that Mr. Frank
Moore, of Olive Branch does not Im
prove much. Mr. Moore has been
confined to his room since last Sep
tember. We certainly hope that he
may soon recover his former good
health.
Mrs. S. F. Snyder returned to her
home on Wlngate route 1 last Satur
day from Charlotte where she under
went a very successful operation for
appendicitis. Her many friendii will
be i lud to kiv-w that she Is Improving
rapidly and will roon be entirely well.
Al:ng with all the others thing:-,
we hope to do, we should organize
a bund in Ma'shvllle. Wo have near
ly ell tin parts neiesaary and it would
be a compa.'i'Uvcly small matter ti
fxt such an organization going. Th-.'
llftm?, itick; slock, aud barrel 13 In
for it and v.t've got a uniform
ready.
Everything in connection with our
electric litrht plant Is coming on nice
ly. It will be of Interest to know
that at least a part of the equipment
Is olrendy here, and It will only be
a question of time till the r: tirc
plant will be here ready for lnstalla
tion. This Is indeed .n progressive
step nnd we will nil feel better when
the lights are turned on
An encouraging sign of the times
around Marshville Is given in the fact
that for the months of January and
February Just nnnsiil. Post mast e
Htigglns sold more postage than he
ever has for the same length of time
and January nnd February are gen
erally conceeded to be off months,
The farmers In this section nre fa.jt
coining to rvslize the value of the
Parcel Post System to them and n'.o
making tiro of It in ever Increasing
i) umbers.
News of Mt. Proiocl
Correspondence of The Journal.
Mt. Prospect, March 9. Rev. J. S.
Moser returned to his home at Boll-
wood, alter spending some time with
relatives here.
Miss Myrtle Holms, who Is teach
ing at Altan, visited at Mrs. I. A
Helms Saturday nnd Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. David Starnes have
taken their littel girl, Estellc, to
Charlotte for treatment. It is feared
she has tuberculosis.
There will ho a public debate at
the school building here Saturday
night, March 11. The question Is:
"Rf solved, That the laws of North
Carolina should be so changed that
It would require certain educational
qualifications for Jury service." The
affirmative will be represented by
Messm. Horace Lathan, Bryan Nes-
blt and Worley Belk, and the nega
tive will b represented by Messrs,
Clyde Lathan, Flnlcy Hodges, War
ren Lathan. .The public Is Invited.
Miss Olive Abernethy, of Monroe,
has been elected to take Mrs. Glenn
Wolfe's place In the school here.
Miss Abernethy Is doing fine work
and Is well liked by her pupils.
Rev. M. A. Osborne will begin a
revival meeting nt Trinity Sunday
cvoning. We wish him much suc
cess. Mr. Or borne Is a good man
and is doing a great work on the
Prospect circuit.
Our devoted Sunday school super
intendent, Mr. H. L. Yarborough, Is
right sick with grippe. Here's hop
ing hi in a speedy recovery.
SFRIGGS.
Struck lly Lightning.
Lancaster News.
During the thunderstorm about
2:30 this afternoon, Miss Inet Hough
was truck by lightning In her home
on Dunlap street and as we go to
press she Is still unconscious from
the stroke. The young lady had just
finished dinner, had gone from the
dining room Into the sitting room and
was rtnndlng near tho fireplace when
knocked down by the bolt. Several
teeth were knocked out and her hair
was burned. The loft sleeve was
torn into shreds. Several doctors are
in attendance and her condition is
very critical.,
Miss Hough's mother, Mrs. Ada
Hough, was in the room with her at
the time, but was unhurt.
DETAILS OK MR. MANCIMS
DEATH
Fell Dead at a Party .Negro Shoot
ing Stole Hams From Their Fath
er. Pageland Journal 8.
Policemtn Melton was out Thurs
day night looking for Con McManus.
a young' negro charged with steal
ing a couple of hams from his fath
er. Ranee McManus, when someone
tn the road ahead fired several thots
in his direction and the bullets came
so close they could be heard in the
air.. Melton came back a little later
with Can and Willie McManus and
locked them up for the night. Next
morning Esq. Rodger gave Can 6U
days on the gang for ham stealing,
and fined Willie 35 for shooting on
tho public highway.
Mr. Sam Mangum, youngest sen
of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mangum.
died suddenly about 8:30 o'clock
Saturday night at the home of Mr.
George C. Smith, two miles north of
town. This young man had about
recovered from a recent attack of
grippe and had been at work at the
Mangum Drug company's store on
Saturday. Ho had felt a pain about
his heart for three or four days but
little thought was given it. He
was at a social gathering of young
people at Mr. Smith's when the sum
mons came. He was apparently well,
and was chatting with his companions
when be fell backward without a
word and was dead. The news was
a great shock to the entire communi
ty. It was hard to realize that one
who had been seen so recently in
health had passed away.
Mr. Mangum was a member of the
Pageland Baptist church, and was an
upright young man, sober and honest.
He is spoken of in high terms by all
He was 21 years old the 30th day of
last July.
His death was all the more sad be
cause he was engaged and was to
have been married on Wednesday-
March 15th. His wedding suit had
been bought, and in this his body was
buried.- In the morning of his life
when hopes and ambitions were high
ihe Reaper camo and called him with
out warning to his reward, thus
bringing great sorrow to his loved
ones.
Mr. D, M. Barrentine, one of Ches
terfield's most prominent citizens,
died last Thursday night about 11
o'clock, after a short illness. The fu
neral was conducted at the Methodist
church 1 Chesterfield Saturday, and
nio uot. laid to rest lu toe cemetery
near the depot about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. Mr. Iiarrentine was a
member of the Methodist church, and
was known as a gentleman and a
christian. He had been active In
church work for a number of years.
He waa owner of tho Chesterfield Ad
vertiscr for a great many years, bav
in? disposed of it to its present owner
less than a year ago.
Sylvester Slack, a negro about 21
yf-ara old, was killed Saturday night
about 8 o'clock at the forks of the
road above tho Robinson place about
a niila over In Lancaster county by a
shot from a shot gun which took ef
fect in the iij;ht hip and penetrated
the nbdomen. The shot was fired r.t
clo?e range, and an ugly wound was
made. Tho negro diod about twelve
o'clock Saturday night. Stack was on
his way tn a negro band playing at
Howard Funderburk's, a negro who
lives across the creek In this county.
He was accompanied by three or
four other negroes. It is claimed
that the man who fired the shot was
hiding behind a tree. An Inquest was
hel-d Sunday, and two negroes, Wal
ter and W rision White, were arrested
and Jailed, charged with the crime.
Walter White's gun was found to
havH been lately discharged, and the
rhot In some of his shells were ex
actly the size of the ehot found In the
dead negro's body. White claimed
to have shot n squirrel with the gun.
but when carried to the xaot spot he
had Indicated no signs could he
found that he had been there. Stack
lived with Mr. George McManus,
llou Votes With tho lYcsldonl.
Washington Dispatch, March 7.
By a vote of 276 to 143 the House
tonight went on record ns opposing
all Interference with the President's
conduct of foreign affairs, particular
ly with reference to the armed ship
controversy with Germany.
Tho magnitude of tho majority in
favor of tabling the McLomore reso
lution, achieved with the aid of many
Republican votes, is Interpreted as n
decisive compliance with the request
of tho President.
The vote, which brought to a close
a day of tumultous debate, Is re
garded ns disposing of the contro
versy between the White House and
Congress, leaving the President with
hands free to resume the negotiations
concerning the activity of submarines
in the European wnr.
Northern Families Move Into Siaie.
Raleigh Dispatch, March 7.
In a letter received from the South
ern Settlement and Development
Organization, the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension Service has
been asked to give aid to a number
of families from Patton, Penn., who
are coming to North Carolina to make
their home. Those families will lo
cate on tho farm of Mr. Coleman
Rogers, which Is midway between
Fosburg and Vaughn in Warren
county.
Bulletins on farming, chickens and
hog raising, trucking, cattle raising,
soli fertility and crop rotations are
wanted by these people. Several bun
dles of valuable bulletins have been
mailed them so as to be at Vaughn
on their arrival. Their household and
farm Implements were shipped on
February 29 and the people them
selves left Patton yesterday.
Death of Mr. Hartis Other Xew.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Indian Trail, March 8. Mrs.
Lester Crowell of Charlotte was a
guest in the home or Mr. and Mrs.
D. T. Morris of the village Sunday.
We are clad to have men in our
community who seem to have a desire
to see their neighborhood rise. Mr.
J. W. Railings made an address to
the student body here Monday morn
ing on the subject of "Better Appli
cation." What a timely theme it was.
There are few, if any. in our fair
state who would not have been great
ly benefited by his timely, appropriate
speech.
We hope to see many more citizens
get a desire to do more for the bet
terment and uplift of their communi
ty aad go to work zealously for its
welfare. Then we believe they will
be tilling their mission in the world.
"Application, thorough application
Is what we need. Life is to short and
time to precious to run over a thing
in a thoughtless manner failing to
comprehend what we observe," said
Mr. J. W. Ralilngs.
Mr. W. P Hartis. who has been ill
so long passed over the river the
29th of February, 1916 Mr. Hartis
was born Dec. 10. 1840, in Sandy
Ridge township. He served through
out the Civil war. Mr. Hartis was
taken sick August 29, 1915. He
spent two months in the hospital of
Charlotte after which he was brought
to him houie at Indian Trail where
he died.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary Ann Hartis, the Messrs. J. H.
Hartis, W. V. Hartis and D. D.
Hartis, all of Aquilla, Texas, Mrs. Joe
Phifer and Mrs. F. 1). King of Char
lotte, and Mrs. Lonney Forhis of
Monroe. He also has two sons, Mes-
sers. T. Z. Hartis nnd D. P. Hartis
of Indian Trail
Mr. Samuel Lemmond and Perry
Gannon of this vicinity attended the
lecture by Dr J. E. Abernethy in the
Central Methodist church at Monroe,
Sunday night.
Mrs. Tom Boyd, who lives west of
the village, Is very unwell at this
writing. SIR JOHN.
.rDramutic l'assnae in the House
Debate
.Representative Hellin, Democrat,
of Alabama, dramatically called the
roll of Southern States to ask them
where they stood. His answer came
back from the Southern delegations
that the South was with the Preti-
iter.t. .Thftua.JJr. Ucllia.i)td. mts
whether Congress would tstpiid with
"Lansing nnd tho President, or von
Bernstorff and the Kaiser."
Representative Decker, Democrat
of Missouri, replied:
"In Germany," he said, "the Issue
will we stand by the Kaiser
In England the issue was, will we
stand by the King?
"In Russia, the issue was will vri
stand by the Czar, little vicar of
God? If war comes we will all stand
by the President of the United
States. But this, thank God, is a
representative Government. And I
wish to say to the insinuating gentle
man from Alabama the question nnv
Is, will you stand by the American
people?
"I have stood by the President i
tho United States. I have stood b;
li i in In his efforts to carry out the
mandate of the American people. He
has said that If an American citizen
on board armed merchant ship, Is
drowned bv a German submarine
without warning, he will hold Ger
many to strict accountability. Strip
ped of lis diplomatic language, i'
means that If an American life Is
lost as the result of the sinking of un
armed merchant ship without warning
It means wnr.
"I nni willing to go to war for nn
American right, but not for a'doubt-
ful legal right' as Mr. Lansing hays.
I am willing to go to war 'or an
American right, but It must oe a vi
tal right. In tho name of God, why
am 1 n traitor and a coward when I
stand In the halls where Henry C!a
stood and say "you shall not hurl the
miners and the farmers of my dis
trict Into thin lull of war, you shall
not take the sons from the mothers
of my district nnd sacrifice them at
Verdun or In Mie trenches of Enron,
in order to maintain a doubtful
right."
Handled tiirU Clmse Mao; Faint
When it Is Over.
Paterson (N. J.) Dispatch.
A mere man burglar, who tried to
titer the St. Frances Homo for Work
ing Girls, nt 20 Jackson street.
managed to escape with his life utter
awnkenin;; the hundred girls there.
Ho got nothing, and mi'.y bo running
yet.
Using the bark porch, the burglar
had one foot Inside the window of a
girl's room when tho discovered him.
She slipped out Into the corridor and
awakened the whole floor. Leading
tho amazons was Miss Mary Carroll
whoso preparedness plans included a
brick used to hold her door. The
brick broke a window pane just above
tha thief's head. He fell backward
and beat It.
With the burglar gone, a dozen
gilrs promptly fainted. The Inmates
Include mill girls, shop girls, tele
phone operators and school tencbers.
Dean McNulty founded Ihe home.
How They Voted
Following Is a summary of the
final vote on the motion to tabic thr
MrLemore resolution.
Ayes Democrats. 182: Republi
cans 93; Progressives 1. Total. 276.
Nays Democrats, 33; Republi
cans, 102; Progressives, 5; Inde
pendent, 1; Socialist, 1. Total. 142.
Paired and not voting. 17.
All the North Carolina delegation,
including Mr. Page, voted to table the
resolution.
Some .vi and an KMy
Correspondence of The Journal.
Unionville. March 9. Miss Ona
Lee Price of Gastonia is spending
some time with friends and relatives
here.
"Wild Rose," and brother, Mr.
Roy P. Helms, spent Sunday with
friends and relatives in North Mon
roe township.
Mr. Joel Braswell spent Sunday
with friends here.
Miss Oma Price spent the week
end wish her cousin. Miss Lela Lit
tle, Unionville. Route 1.
Miss Blake Price is visiting friends
in Gastonia.
Misses Lola Price aud Maude Simp
son spent the week-eud with friends
and relatives in Monroe.
Now as there is no more news, let's
have a line of tdvice aboi:t rel.'ish-
ness. There is nothing in the world
so malignant and destructive iu its
nature as selfishness. It has done
uil the mischief of the past and is
destined to do all tho michief of the
unseen future. It Is the source of
all the sins of omission and commis
sion which are found in the v.- rid.
We do not see a wrong tak--; r!.ice
but that the actor Is moved by his
own private personal and selfish na
ture. Selfishness is a vice solely to tho
expense of the happiness of him v ho
harbors It, for a selfish man suuers
more from his selfishness than ihe
one from whom that Bclt!,sh)i",ss
withholds some important be i lit.
The one that sympathizes In a'l the
happiness of others, perhaps h i .s-df
enjoys the safest happiness, rnd he
who is warned by others' fol' has
perhaps gained the soundest wi 'd nn.
The selfish person lives as If the
whole world was made solely for his
benefit, and not be for the world; to
take In everything and give nothing.
As frost to the bud and blossom, even
such is selfishness to friendship for
confidence cannot dwell where sel
fishness Is porter at the gate. Let
the thought of self dwell within and
the beauty of a groat action Is gone,
like the beauty from a crushed flow
er. Selfishness can:iot enter into any
life, individual, family, or socir' life
without crushing it. Few sins in tho
world are punished more certainly or
more severely than selfishness. It
take.1; away from man that kindly
sympathy for others' good, which la
one of the most plea.dng traits of
mr.nhood, and sets up in ks stead,
self, tho one whoso food la to be
chleriy sought. K ;'ll our thouf.'ht3,
plans and piTrpotcs tend only 1-3 tho'
advance nicnt of self, v,c may be sure
they will become nb insignificant as
their (,hject, and instead of endear
ing ourselves to a h'.rgc circle of
friends, we only tend to draw our
selves away from this object, which
is so dear to everyone's luart.
Selfishness may find a man delight
ing to do good and relieving tho
wants of others, and will leave him
tisiiig all his power and energy for
the advancement of self alone. Self
is the grand center io which nil his
thoughts and e'fortn trend. His mind
is never expandc-l beyond the cir
cumference of the almighty dollar.
He thinks not of hi:; immortal soul,
nor of his final diiiiuy. Ho passes
to the grave without tasting the
sweets of friendship or tho comforts
of life, while he, who strives for
wealth for the advancement of self,
destroys nil the moan a of enjoyment.
The closing of a life of selfishness
must be clouded with many painful
thoughts, chances for doing good
passed unimproved. The heart which
was meant to beat with kindly com
passion for others has become bound
to a narrow circle, and life, that
priceless gift of God. instead of
drawing to its end sweetly has been
stinted and dwarfed and passes over
to the other world only half prepar
ed for the great beyond.
WILD ROSE.
BoiiKl.t (.'jpsy ;it for Sim
San Francisco Chronicle.
Asserting that pretty little 15-year-old
Mariana Nereno. a gypsy
girl, was sold to him for $2, Dot) by
her father In Denver, Mark Adams,
also a gypsy, stoutly maintain
the police that ho owned tho girl
when she was found in his mother's
homo by a detective, ending a sorroh
begun by her father one and a half
years ngo.
Megill Nareno, fr.lher of Iho girl.
asserts that he merely "loaned" her
to Adams In Denver In August, 1914,
for two months to do housvwoik.
Tho girl in the btrnnxc- drama x.ld
the police she did not wish to re'. urn
o her lather and that she Intended
to marry Adams' sou Goorge, 17
years old. when both were old
enough.
How the girl was caught In life's
strange eddies when sho was cnlv
and whisked through amazing experi
ences reads like the romance of a
best seller or thrilling movie tale.
Adams, she raid, took her from
Denver to St. Louis and there engag
ed her to marry his son. After six
months In St. Louis , shes aid she
was taken to Chicago. From Chicago
they went to St. .Iweph, Mo., and
from there to Denver. For six weeks
they have been living In San Fran
cisco. "I want to marry George," the lit
tle gypsy girl told the police. "He
is good to me. He gives me nice
presents and I don't want to go back
to my father."
Itnlelgh.
Raleigh Dispatch. March 8.
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee, In session tonight In the hall
of the House of Representatives, se
lected Raleigh as the meeting plac
of the next State convention and aet
Thursday, April 27, as the date for
the convention. Prvclnct meetings
will bo held on Saturday, April IS,
and county conventions on the Satur
day following. April 22.
r.