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MO UNI AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH 5, 1914.
NO. 3d
BENTON WAS SHOT
Iin villa's orncE.
Washington Officials Receive
Ocnchi osive Informaticn That
Britisher, After Waiting Two
Hours for an Interview, Died
from Bullet Wounds in Stom
ach. .Washington, Feb. 28. William
fr?. Beuiton, the British subject
slain at Juarez, "w as unarmed ami
was shot, to death in Villa's of
fice, pistol bullets through the
stomach ended his life, accord
ing! to conclusive information
which has reached Washingtnn
officials. While no statement to
this cifti't wjw fort.honing to
day, slackening of official inter
cut in thu proposed post mortem
of Benton's- bedy was evident,
the belief being that the exami
nation wouhl be useful only in
that it might serve to supplement
the evidenc of timid witnesses
who possibly otherwise; would
.withdraw thedr oral statements.
Benton carritd no arms when
he approached Villa's office in
Juarez, according to information;
he spent two hours waiting for
the interview that ended in' his
death, walking back and fortfli in
front of the office building; lie
was shot through the stomach
afteir lie entered the offioe and
received other wounds after
ward' .although the first was
mortal.
General instructions 411s to the
method of invesitigatioit to be
pursued were issued today by tflie
State and War Departments to
their representatives at Kl Paso.
It is realized that local conditions
must determine the details and
only broad lines were drawn in
the directions.
It was nojpjinown exactly to
day when t j coiiunissioii would
tart for tr.if juiua.
day. authorized General Scout
command of the post at Kl Paso,
to select two Army surgeons to
make a medical examination of
the body.
The exiwiiiination of Benton's
lnody will be conducted by tilie
United States authorities, the
Britit-h view being that the re
fponsilility reds on the State
Department.
The British Ambassador has
taken frequent opportunity to
show the satisfaction his Govern
inenit feels at the attitude of the
State Department, nddiing anoth
er tribute tcday to the activity
which has marked the prosecution
of the inquiry.
It ia believid that when the
facts connected wiith the killing
of Benton are developed fully,
unhw the United States Govern
menit fees called unon to ile-
irnarul reparation, the British
iGoverwncnt s'jinply will docket
the ea.se ami place it on file to
be Tvre.sented to the future Gov
eminent 01 Mexico tor settlement
when the day of reekonraig comics'.
No answer has leen returned
to the latest query from Governor
Colouut of Texas as to whom he
-onld address a requisition for
tho surrender of the Federals who
killed Vcrgara, the Texas ranch
man.
Verdict
for $10,000
Smithfield.
Against
Hi nith field, March 1. In the
BujN'rior court here last week,
Judge H. B. Peebles presiding,
one case which caused much in
terest was the suit of Mrs. Con
DoVnoii against, die town of
Smithfield ftr $15,000 on account
of the death of her husband, the
jury returning a verdict for $10,
IKX) in. favor of the plaintiff.
On Tfliank.sigiivirg day, 1912, a
dead nuin was found in the I 4?
ditch in front, of the T. S. Ila?s
dale tobacco factory. An investi
gation was made and it was
found that the deceased was John
R. DoWm, of Tcacheys, a well
to do farmer. He was on a land
deal witm a .parry in Kenly, and
was ip here that day to investi
gate the deed. After having
fifVished hi business he took the
left-hand sidewalk to go to the
b'pt, when upon reaching the
NJKt where lie was found, h fell
ir the big ditch, his death sup
""OlwtUy being caused by the fall.
Mrs. Dolison fulministcred on
the estate aril brought suit
ftgainst the town for $1.1,000.
BOLE JACK'S FAMILY
HISTORY IS GIVEN,
Was Husband by First Marriage
of a Daughter cf One of the
Siamese Twins.
CStarlotte OWever, 2nd.
During this week1 the petition
with many signers will go from
Qiarlotte ot Ilaleig-h ot be pre
sented to Governor Craig asking
for mercy for James Nathaniel
Bolejark, who w-,us convicted in
Mecklenburg Superior Court for
the murder of his wife and sen
tenced ot die April 21. Should
thu-i petition and the representa
tion of the attitude of the con
victing jury toward clemency
move Governor Craig to commute
the sentence to life imprison
ment, it is probable that the ap
ipeal takim "by the counsel for
Bolejaefe will not be carried to
the Supreme Court.
While the man now sentenced
to die could not be termed a man
of mystery exactly, it is never
theless true that there was com
paratively little of his p;ust or of
his beginnings adduced m his
trial. He created comment more
on account of tin? peculiar ap
pearance of gentleness and almost
of gentility as he stood in the
dock, for trial and sentence to
death than even by the atrocity
of the crime he was charged with.
Litckinig the culture of education
in books as he did. Bole jack1 fac
ed hisfaite with stoicism and made
a pretty fair impression of a cer
tain kliiul of manhood.
Bole jack was bom in Stokes
County. His father owned about.
ucreM of land in that count y
and he received his dearth wciiuid
as the result of an accidental fall
from a imule's bsuk. while riding
homeward from a Methodist Sun
day school. The mi an who has
ikvn sent to Haleigh and for
1 t'-M, 1 m 1 r-Iiimi t
mmm0mmJ. unitta; qnu-fc meas
ures lor mercy are iaier mm
snccesijfully, took as his first wife
a daughter of one of the famous
Siaimcse twins. She divorced him
Some interestiiiir facts a!out
the Bolejack.s are included in the.
following information ftirniluu
by Dr. L. II. Hill, of (ieriuanton.
who was well acquaint! d with
the family :
James Xatlum'ul Bolejack, in
jail in Cjiarlotte for killing his
wife, was born in Stokes County,
abo'ut one mile frmn Germanton
at the old Bolejack mill on Town
Fork' Creek. His first wife was
Victoria, a daughter of one e.f the
Siamese Twins, who came from
Mount Airy. She got a divorce
from hum and left him. A ft r
this he left home and was gone
for 10 years or more. He again
returned for a short while and
then went to Carlohtt.e.
"He is the son of William A.
Bolejack, who married Susanna
Banner. The sons were Jost-ph,
Dphraim, Kdigar, B. J., John and
James N. The daughters mere
Minerva, who tuarrhd H1 Sm'jth.
and Sarah, who died insane in the
hosipitjil at Morganton.
"William A. Bolejacki was for
yeflrs a member of the M. K.
Church' in ( Jei inauiton. In Sep
tember 18711 he went to Palmyra
IM. K. Church about six (miles
north of Germanton to hold a
li md a v school one Sunday. On
his return about a milo from the
Church it ap,pcarcd that the mule
ll ik Ai'ii.i Miil'iitrw fi.ll ti'ttti liitii lilt
. 1 1 . ..1. ..11 i......
was in row 11 01 1 iirju 11 is skiiii i
1 11 red by impact against a
He died three davs later
.k
from 1
this wound,
unteercd in
H- . 1. ;.., ,.,1
JIis son hpriam voi-
01 v '
ll, l, I -!,
Regiment and died in
Vi tiri 11 nl
in lMfi! following the first baltb
of Manassas."
Hcncr Roll.
Honor Koll of Deron S"h.ool
for the fourth month.
1st GGrade Bay (ihandler.
Clayton Denny, lluby Denny,
Sadie Slawter.
2nd Grad.- Charlie Denny,
Nora (Hiarufler.
:?rd Grad.' Myrtle Denny.
4th Grade Oil rl (Vex. 'Alton
Denny, Oscar Denny, Alex and
Joel Klinrhnm.
oth Grade Kena Flinch um,
Walter Flineiuim.
ah Grabv Ida Cox, Lula
Dennv, Mecie Deiinv, Ib'ttie Den
ny. Ethel Fulk.
7th f r. Hft- Tida Deiuiy.
Marjorie L. Jackson, Teacher.
BOLD BURGLARY IN WILKES.
Wilkes Lady Driven from Home
by a Burglar, Who Then Rob
bed the House.
Wilkesboroj Patriot.
One of the boldest burglaries
that has ever occurred in this
county wan coaiunitted by some
unknown -person at Mr. J. M.
Lowe's home, about 3 1-2 miles
southVest of town, Tuesday night,
about 9 o'clock. Mrs. Jwe was
alone in the house and had re
tired tor the night. Hearing a
step on the porch she at lirst
thought i twas her htnUand. who
usually stays in North Wilkes
lMn during the week, but when
she heard some one begin to
iprie the door open, she suspect
ed something wrong and got up
and Went into another roum. The
intruder lost. no time getting in
s: c of the house aiul, after get
ting in.-kle, fire I four shots in
to the walls and ceiling with a
pistol, which was no doubt done
to frighten any one who mifht
1m in the house. Mrs. Lowe right
ly concluded thait discretion was
the better part of valor and made
her exit 011 tof the house, through
a door in another part of the
house froon that in which the
burglar was, taking her pistol
and a garment that she thought
was tier apron, m the poe.Kct 01
which she had some money, but
in her hurry failed to get the
apron and took the wrong gar
ment, (.lad only in her night
clothes and without any shoes on
her feet, she made her way to the
home f her father. Mr. C. A.
Canter, about a quarter of a
mile a-wlay.
Mrs. Lowe's daughter, Mrs.
Kfner Duncan, also lives nearby
and it was from her that the tel
ephone message telling of the
burglary was received by Sher
iff Brown shortly after' Mrs.
Lowe had reached her .fathers
everything in the house in his
seirchi for money. Kverythiing
was turned topsy-turvy and
trunks were ransacked. The
apron, in the pocket of which Mrs
Lvwe had lu r money, was not
loverlookvd by the burglar and
the money was taken.
The Civil Se:-dce.
V
Thanks to the interposition of
hhe President and the I'ostinash r
Geiieral, and to the goxl S'lise
and. jxilitU'id integrity of many
sturdy" Democrats, a eontMiiplatel
assault upon the principh' and
practice of ciJil service refonn
has Ifceeu nbandoiMd. The piwi-
tion to be eaptund was not, cue
of great iiiriirnitude., It involved
only, the officis of seine twenty
five huudnsl assistant postmas
ters; hut siiives in one attack of
the sort makes it eiLsier to suc-c-td
in other campaigns.
No doubt there arc jiolit'c'uns 1
wlw would velcomc a return! to
the chaos tint m irked the days
betwd'H the alminitrat'n.n f
3'rtsident .lacks'.in and that f
President Hayes. Jisejih Sti ry,
the author of the "C innient 1 r i s
on the Convtitutioii," ,uul bcinig a
justie' of the Suprnue Court,
said that all the removals Fi in
office during the forty yeaiN be
fore Jack--)n b'CHime President
Were less than one-third as manv
I as Jack sen. made in tin' first yiar
i of his term. In.e !). mal - a
clean sWei'M, of Oemo'Ta's; . 1 1 Till
i sou turin d
ml. , 1 . .1 I'l t' t ll I ft
' 1 1 u ! 1 1 1 1 1 1
wilt III .1 I I . II II I ' ll
Keipnblie in postma-tcis,
Ill
mx 1I.O..U.S; him 1 ine pn e s-
't i ciei.s ivemiriieu iri'lil'
.i v 1 .1 ii
I 'he .New 1 ork ciisteniiHiuse. meli
0 -.
I 1
of political hacks aoooin.ttd to
(Iieir T
ices, were never I'insir
thin when Grant was President
and Arthur wn.s collector.
Neither uirty is hlamees in
tlie matter. But recent events
.shew that a large majority in
ever yarty now favors the merit
system, and will oppo.se all ef
forts to break it down. . The
chance that Congre-s will refuse
to make an iqvpropriatioon for tlu1
Civil Service ( -ommissioii is gone
forever.
The siotils swtem is evil, and
tlw
HvsTcm mat nits r'iia't4i u
1 nit nnfucrMM- )iir iiihsithl jiimi
nt itrovernm..Mt. ( pponeiits ; Van(i(. hjil i( t,))ir nrU
of it still repeat the old untruth throi-rli affection of simvliciiy
tnat ahsiir, qn,t,n,w from tlwvand vnMv.
staple of the cxaminjitkjns; huts
a sufficient answer i the mt- Mlnda Broadening'.
Honnel of the civil w-n'u'e, never j "Tlie miihjs of people here and
liefore so gool as it is to-day. els where are being broadened
STATES MUST
TERVENE.
IN
Time Is Coming" When This
pountry Must Step in, Says J.
H. Crowley. o
(liarlotttx Observer.
"Kvery Mexican mother tejach
es her son how to pray and ev
ery Mexican father teaches him
to fight," siiatj Mr. J. H. Crow
ley, a casmoMlitan who enjoys
hw residence in Charlotte. Mr.
Crowley IiuhI a fine opportunitv
to study the Mexican character .10
years ago, when MaxiuuIIvm was
reaching the zenith or his career
as conqueror f the. country,
During tluit period Mr. Crowley
!' 1 t t A
spent live atxi a nail vears m
Mexico, mostly at Chihuahua.
' The I'uited States will have
to take part in the troubles of
that country soon," is his opinion
1 1.. .i l-. .1 . .,
iwni ne h.iso oeiieves inai me
emigration of settlers to Mexico
from this country was largely re
sponsible for the revolutions,
which have disturbed the tran
quility of that RopuUio for sev
eral decades. -
"The man froJm this country
tells the Mexican that he is not
gettimg his just dues, when the
power of the upper cla-s is ex
ercised in rclibery of the mass of
people and in this maimer have
aided in keeping the jeople stir
red up.
Mr. C row-fey is a scholarly man
of many travels and even yet
dreams of fairer fields. Although
he lwis sptut liiis years, a rich
number, in all parts of the I'nit
"d States while it was in its
most interesting Hriol of de
velopmcnt, he has the true wan
derlust the vjirit of the Knight
of the Holy Grail.
He dreams now of the pretty,
gentle hills of Maryland ail he
may some day build his home
then'. Mr. Crowley and his
woolen mills in CltlTriwiltita. when
they had to carry snpjplies by ox
cart l,o(il1 miles to reach that
place. His mind is rich with ex
perience and broad and of the
geaierallv mistrusted Mexican he
says he is situ pie-hearted and s
fair when trended with f iirness.
Bad' Government and" mis'reat
meni tof the lower order of the
jx'ople he blames for the Mexican
trouble.
Ohangfea All Around-
While Mr. Crowley bus not
ix'nu in .MeX'co lor a tcriq 01
many years, he retains his Mor
es! in the people of that con. .try.
He H-iys his brother, who was with
hhm in his long-ago experience
there, lived in the country trntil
he di velt pd such no affection
for Mexican life that he ha.s nev
er rocovend from the desire to
return there to live. Until very
n een tyears, eiiicnrdirir to Mr.
Crowley, the further sorth the
wandeiN-r would move the easier
makinig a living became.
The Mexican raw materials
were available years ago at pric
es so low that there were chamccs
for wonderful profits for the
American biiMiie.vs man there. He
and his brother paid six cents a
5oiind for wool which they sold
when made into cloth at 4.f0 a
yard.
Of course time has ch.inpi4i the
country there wonderfully, ad
midid Mr. Crowley, ami he stat
eil tin. tin 'J" years he has wit
nt vd marvejiius traiis.fermatit.11
I . . . . .
jtl ilillus ,11111 inouyiu oncii 1 1 1
V , I ! "I. I II I
..vi...., 1 ,.ti. iv, .,,
,,hij.wl,j ; J ljv,,a j,, ,.tlun,
H II! 11 I I II M 1 Ulin W(lllltl'i
1. s.
:; the
C." sa'd h. '
North looked
My friends
upon the
ii'siiuth. is a I'lice of danger to
I the la'W-a''idii ig nrd would al
j.ntf hdw I managed to get. along
aiiioru? on - iiei'.dboi-s. J t''M
them I m Hinged it simply by at
tendin,ir to my own busimss."
! "Ihvent v-five years ai?o," sa:d
Mr. ('rowley in difcussiii'g the
chamjes time effe't.s, "an edu
cated man couldn't do any good
preach inur in wctern North Car
olina. He couldn't make the
right impression because the pein
ple demanded that their preach-
; i .wi n.
i 1 1
UNITED
wonderfully with the passing of
time," is the opinion expressed by
this man of Charlotte whose eyes
have lookvd many plices and as
a superb analyst has gleaned
iiiiany correct impnws'ions.
There is no pessiminsion in his
heart. iSeeing much, he Is not
blase and to the end of the roda
he will b csettnig his ft in new
pathways and feasting his mind
in the romance of creation.
Ollic Jmts' First Client
The first client Ollie James.
now a Senator from Kentucky,
ever had was an old fanner who
had gone up against a shell g;t;ne
in a circus, says The Popular
Mag:izine. Tw 4i man had sold
his farm for l,"."), and had come
into town to put his money in
the bank. He had it sowed up
in the inside jMx-ket of hw vest.
But, just as he entered the
town, he overtook the circus
parade. That was too much for
him. Tlie huUbiib of tlie auimals
in their cages, the women lare
back riders on the hors, tihe
clowns on the elephants, and the
hands, and the calliope got into
his blood. He follows! thcan
back to the grounds, ami one of
the fimt things he saw was a
smooth - looking, well - dressed
yountf man, who was saying:
"It's pretty easy. All you
lukvc to do, gentlemen, is to
.watch the little ball. J bet you
$5, even money, that you can't
tell me inkier which shell the lit
tle ball r.ts."
"That's a lie!" shouted the
old farmer. "I know where that
durn little hall is. Take up that
thar aniddle shell."
Tlie youiiig man took iijk tUie
middle shell, aihl sure enough,
there was the little Uill.
"But I'll b,t von all the same,"
he said, evidently irritated by
haviita his game solvcl lvv, .),
Xh .$." lets.-'' cried Une fart
er. "J want to let real money.
I'll hft you .$"00 I can tell what
shell that thar little tMng is
urcler."
Tlie smootJi young man waved
around his shells, (manipulated
the ball, and tW farmer kmrw it
was under the middle shell. He
saiw it go uikIct the middle .shell.
Jt hal to be there.
"Don't mow a finger!" hf
slhouted. "Leiave it w.har it is
I'll bet von $1,0)0 it's under the
middle shell."
He was breathinsr hard now
and waivirng his wallet in the air.
"Whv lon't vou bet more?"
asked the smooth ojerator, who'fHHVKK) per annum
wjks really astounded that the
old man had so jnneh money.
"By crack. I will!" shreked
the farmer. "I'll N-t you $1,7."0
cash, young man, that the ball's
under the middle shell."
Tlie bet. was taken, the money
was parsed over, and the middle
."hell was liftfd. Tlie little hall
was not there.
That was how Ollie J;unes got
his first ease. He took it on
shares, the understanding being
that he was to eet a percentage
of the $1,7r0 if be won.
He won.
Wife Tco Fend cf Ftfgs,
Ccm-
plains Husband.
Los Angih, Feb. 2S. Judge
Monroe lookl askance 1' when
Mr. Dana Niedhnn, seeking a
diverce on the ground of cruel
ty, rem ark od that one oiuv of
the difference .with her husband
w s her fondness firlgirs.
"Why, your honor, cue morn
inn,', when I was feelinl' unusual
ly hun.gry. I ate six opsrs for
Jmakfast, and he raWed a rei?u
lir riiiiipus." sa"l the i!aintif.f.
"Vouwhat?" domaniisi the
court in astonishnient.
"Oh, that was 11 years ago,
wb.-n t-i:n were only 1H cents a
doen." exclaimesl Mrs. Necdham.
"They were our own hens' egsrs,
and he said I outrht to have sold
tlom."
"That's diffen nt," sa;l the
coiut. iinlicating he thought the
eggs had Im-cii iliMjxisrd f by the
plaintiff at the impular price to-
j day.
' "Things have char-giil sin-e
j those days," was the court's fur
ther nmnnnt.
j Other tedimony showed Need
!j.im was inelind to skimp n
other itents of f o h 1 . Jud Mon
roe d oied the decree, bi.t orvler
U Neclham ot permit his wife
to do the family buying.
DESTROYING OPIUM
INDUSTRY.
Stringent Law in Recent Years
Have Greatly Checked the Evil.
from The Outlook.
It might be well to revie-w
rajidly a few pertinent events
which ha already demonstrated
the practical nature of this move
ment. First of all, following on the
heels of the Shanghai commission,
the pium farms in Macao were
declared haukrirpt. Two-thirds o
the revenue of Macao was deriv
ed from the smoking opium
which -he prvpaml and exported
into the United States. With, the
passage of the anti- piunn bill lr
Congress in 1!W)! the trade re'eiv
ed its deathblow.
Next the opium dens of Hong
kong were closed by order of the
home Government in England. '
In ?iina itself vast areas un
der ioipy cultivation have been
condemned and replreed by crops
less dangerous to the common
weal. More pertinent still have
been the edicst issued by the
Gweriwnent warning officials
knmvn to be Victims of tho Inb
Vt that a certain period wmihl be
allotted them in which to over
come their weakness-. failings
which the ji"i!alty wnuld be their
heads; ami th is. drastic object
lesson lias been rtkpeatediy en
forctxl. As for the United States, th'x.
movement was responsible for the
discovery of conditions which, if
not chmckied. would have losl to
National disaster. Tlie' unearthim
of thus situation was followed by
the immidiate passage of a
prohibitive opium bill. -Sinep thei
still more exact legislatim has
been devised in the shape of teh
anti-narcotic bill at pre.s-r.t wait
ing action by the Senate a bill
'o'awn ii!p for the purpose d"dW
urt..i.egu!atinig - itiw imre
st rioted sffrs the-Vum and its
Ikindrcd drugs.
Jn Eurejx these investigations
have bnl to a general alarm and
the enactment of more stringent
lawts to prevent the spread of this
evil.
Most pertinent of all was the
formal announeemeirt made in the
British Parliament in May, lill 3.
that the Indo-China opium traffic
had come to an end, and that
India, Bad already put into ojer-ationfu-w
1i1ea.su res for tlvo pro
eurini of her revenue. It is not
'to he overlooked that by this act
India has sacrificed a sum of $20,
The main point is that the de
plorable trade of 150 years h'ls
been, brought to a clos If can
not he expected that normal con
ditions will instantly obtain, or
that a trade and vice so deeply
rooted can .with tlie stroke cf a
pen, be eradicated. That there
will be baciksliding' is inevitable,
and doubtless a periixl of con
fusion, liefore the new order of
things is accepted and the pro
per adjustment achieved.
Birt. the fact remains thnt the
United States hits accomplished
the tadi that she undertook, and
incidentally, as concerns herself,
much more than she intended.
She has brought about the solu
tion of the opium question, and
she has once more demonstrated
to China her sympathy and gixxl
will. China owes many dcihts to
the United States, but in the
final analysis the one to ltxan
largest will be the aeticn of the
United States to investigate and
finally rid her of the curse that
for well nigh two centuries has
byen working for her ilestnwtion.
Also it is not to be forgotten
that, as civilization advances, so
intimately and intricately do the
interests of one affect the inter
ests of all that ills can bet no
longer isolated. As in the hu
man body, so in the lody K)litic.
disease in one part must affect
the whole. So with opium and
the gnat problem of China's fu
ture. As she is permitted and
encouraged to advance and direct
her energies along the lines of
health and progress, just fo much
will she add to the welfare of
the whole.
Coble's Croup and Pneumonia
Remedy ia the new liquid ex
ternal remedy for colds, croup,
pneumonia and ajl inflammation,
and relieves instantly. 25c, fjOe
and $1.00 size. Sold on a gnar
antee. All druggist have it.