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***???*?? THE HEATHER * * Fair toniglil and Sun ? " * ( lay. .Xot much change * * in temperature. Dimin - 's * ishing A'. II . uinds. " * m * FEBRUARY 4. EIGHT PAGES. SO. 20 WOODROW WILSON DIED SUNDAY MORNING AT 11:15 HIS END WAS VERY PEACEFUL Sank into Unconsciousness and Heartbeats Gradually Grew Weaker Until Life Flickered Out While Nation Worshipped ... Tf"? AtMelaM Pr*u> Washington, February 3. ? Wood row Wilson died this morning at 11 ? | loo clock. The last bulletin prior to the form er President's death. Issued at 10 45 Sunday Morning, was as follows: After a quiet night Mr. Wilson is *er> low and the end may be expect-! -ed at any time." I The first Sunday morning bulletin was issued at 8:55. and was as fol [ lows: "Mr. Wilson Is unconscious and his pulse is very weak." The significance of the bulletin was! ^7 . l'!e 'act tl,at Dr- Grayson re- 1 raained at the Wilson home this mor ning. instead of going to his own fori breakfast as had been his custom. j Twenty-eighth President of the United States, and the first Dem-I ocrat since Jackson to serve two sue-; cesslve terms Woodrow Wilson occu pied the presidency during eight I years of such world unheaval andJ turmoil, that his proper place in his-' tory cannot be assigned to him luitil his contemporaries are likewise as signed to their nitches. Certainly, he ranks as one of the great war Presidents of the Amer ican republic; and he exercised such an influence in world affairs as never before attached to his office. K nip ires crumbled; thrones col lapsed, the map of the world was made over, and under his adminis tration the country abandoned its policy of Isolation and became an active participant in world affairs. In all of that he took a powerful hand. N'o biographer could at tempt to assess him accurately, and n full until the process which began in his day and with 1:1s participation have come to a conclusion. An obscure lawyer, by nature a man of letters he became an educa tor and won his first attention from the public as president of Princeton University. Then by the strange ways of political system he became Governor of New Jersey and later because tlio voters of tile Republican party were divided between Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft, he became President of the United States. Dining his eight years of power he traveled the gamut of human emotions; victory, defoat; courtship and marriage; responsibility ai leading a nation into war with the collateral responsibility ?f bringing it buck again to tho ways of peace; and finally a daily struggle with death. He had heard himself hailed by the millions of Kuropo as "the Clod of peace" and heard Ills name hissed by the same millions. Acclaimed at one time as a now Messiah, he heard himself excoriated and denc/tinced as an autocrat and worse nt home and abroad. No other President since Lincoln was so worshipped and hated; no other President since Rodsevelt had such friends and stlch enemies. Through It all he pre served an outward calm while the grim destroyer which hovered close about him duiln* the last months of Ills occupancy of the presidency, | followed him relentlessly to the, modest home where he lived the 11 ? retired . gciukimn ami knocked nt his door every day until It was last nnened. Worked Tor lasting Peace After having borno the burdens of' a War President, he undertook the task of making a peace which h - sincerely believed would he a lasting one; and, although he succeeded In retting Kuropo to accept it in u large measure, his own country rejected , It And In the fl:;ht he broke bis health, wore himself out. suffered ?i stroke of paralysis which led to hi death, and declared through It nil that he would liavn been happy to give his life for the success of his effnrts. ' I Woodrow Wilson was a precedent ^ snin.her from beginning l u end. He begnn by reviving the practice of Washington and Jefferson In deliver ing his messages to Congress In per ?on; he flntshcd by actually leaving American soli and going to Kurups. , His was the responsibility of decid ing when a country with a people V>rn by conflicting sympathies was ready to throw Itself Into the great World War; and, when the moment came, he took the responsibility of throwing In the men and millions which turned the whole seal.' to victory. Whatever an army of ftoswells may write, that will be the part In which he will he best remembered by coming generations. Born In Staunton. Va., December 28. 1856, of Scotch-Irish parentage,! he wijs christened Thomas Woodrow Wilson; and he was known In early! life as "Tommy". After ho was gra-' duatcd from Princeton In 1879, he was known only as Woodrow Wilson. Hla father was the Rev. I [ Joseph Rufgles Wilson. WOODROW WILSON teriaii clergyman, and his mother, was Jessie Woodrow. When he was two years old the (fortunes of his father took the family to Augusta. Georgia, and later to Columbia, S. C., where at the age of 17 Thomas Woodrow Wilson en tered Davidson college, but left there iHoron to go to Princeton. After gra '(iua)ion at Princeton he studied law at the University of Virginia and in j_ULS2 hung out his shingle in Atlanta. ; Ga. Meantime he courted Ellen lionise Axson. the daughter of a Savannah Presbyterian clergyman. ; They wore married in 1885 and had three daughters. Margaret, the eld est, who did not marry; Jessie, who became the wife of Francis Bowes : Savre, and Eleanor, who became the i , wife of William G. McAdcro, Secre-. tary of Treasury during her father's administration and later a presi dential aspirant. Mr. Wilson once said that as a: j young lawer he wore out the rug in his office walking around the desk I waiting for clients, so he abandoned a legal career and went to John j Hcrpkins University at Baltimore for , a poht graduate course in letters.* While there he published his first book "Congressional Government" a study in Amcrcan politics. It i evoked offers of professorships at i Bryn Mawr and Wesleyan and won | recognition at home and abroad. The young man who wrote the defects of - the American political system in 1883 found himself to deal with them later. Having written in a ; deprecatory tone of the tendency to , ward autocracy in American Presl I dents lie lived to Ken- himself called i the greatest autocrat of them all and | to see a resolution declaring his office vacant on those grounds intro duce^ and tabled in the Senate. His Ariuli'inir Career Successively, Mr. Wilson be I came professor of history and politi rnl economy at Bryan Mawr and at j Wesleyan University and later pro i fesFor of Jurisprudence and political economy at Princeton where, sub sequently he was made head of that Institution. Meanwhile, Professor Wilson had gained high reputation , as a writer. Some of his works, with the date of the preparation, were as j follows: "The State ? Elements of ; Historical and Practical Politics," ( 1889); "Division and Reunion," ( 1893); "Ger/rge Washington," (1896); "A History of the Amer ican People," (1902); "Constitu tional Government In the United I States," (1908); "Free Life." i(1913); "When a Man Comes to Himself," (1915); "On Being Hu man," (191ft) "An Old Master and Other Political Essays." and "Mere j Literature and Other Essays," were | among his earlier writings. His state papers, notes to belligerent gov- j ernments and addresses to Congress, would fill many volumes. The honorary degree of Doctor of Lafrs was bestowed upon him* by' Wake Forest College (1887); Tu lane University (1893); John Hop kins (1902); Brown University, ( 1903); Harvard University ( 1907); Williams College ( 1908); and Dart mouth College (1909"). Yale made him him a Doctor of Literature In 1901. Life was a pretty well settled affair for him while he was pres ident of Princeton. Its grent oak*, shaded lawns and historic halls, fur nished the settings in which Mr. Wilson did much of the literary work which later was t</ attract the world. He probably had llttlo thought "of being matched Into the maelstrom of politics and war. He drew some public attention In the fight for preservation of democratic .'deals at the University, hut he lived the life of a family man on small pay and as late as 1910 was contemplating re tiring on teacher's pension. That year the Inexorable force of events came Into evidence. The tide which "sweeps on to fortune" began to rise bout hlni. Nomina ted for grnrernor of New Jersey In a political situation about which many interesting things havo been said and denied wth equal fervor, he was elected on the Democratic ticket, and Immediately took on the state "bosses" for a round of com bat which attracted the attention of the country. In the Jersey legisla ture he found the young lawyer. Jos. 1*. Tumulty. Who became Ills , private secretary anil biographer. i Drove Ills lirnw"i? Thrmiuli Political opponents charced C.ov ornor Wilson with radicalism, but drove Ms program through. The out *taiMllttt-l<>gt*lntion-xm? the "?evrn sisters laws." a series of hills draft - ed under his direction which dealt with trusts. New Jersey up to that time, because of Its corporate laws, had been called u rendezvous for monopolies. Governor Wilson s nomination To. the presidency at the Democratic convention of 1912 in Baltimore was one of the dramatic spectacles of American political history. It was a battle royal which brought him victory after more than 40 ballots. Chlfnp Clark, the venerable and beloved speaker of the House of Representatives, led Wilson in the early voting ? in fact polled a major ity of the delegates. Kor the first time In history a Democratic Nation al Convention re'fused to give the necessarv two thirds to a candidate who had gotten a majority. William Jennings Bryan, himself the nominee of three previous conventions, led in fight against Clark In one of the bit terest contests ever conducted in American politics. It broke Clark a heart ? he never forgave Wilson or Brvan ? and he opposed Wilsons policies in Congress repeatedly. Clark knew he lost not only the nom ination. but the presidency, for th< contest between Taft and Roosevelt assured Mieh-a-rtft-tn the Republican vote that the election of a Democrat was all but inevitable. The convention realized this for the man who nominated Clark de clared: "We meet not only to choose a candidate but to choose a President." At any rate. Woodrow Wilson got the nomination and won the elec tion with 435 electoral voles. Roose velt got SS and Taft got 8. 11" came t,T the White House on March 4. 1918. signalizing the return of the Democracy to power after successive defeats of Ifi years. Immediately he galvanized the country, appearing before Congress in person, publicly denouncing 1 a vicious lobby" which he charged was attempting to Influence In Washing ton and launched a legislative pro gram which Included repeal of the tariff revision of the currency sys tem, new styles of control of tho trusts, the creation of many new Government agencies, and .such a multitude of Other legislative busi ness that Congress and the country had difficulty In keepln* ?i> with I'.. The Jealousy of Congress Congress thought Theodore Roose velt a "dictator" and an "autocrat, but It soon found Itself dancing to Woodrow Wilson's tune and at first it danced verv obediently and with very nttie grumbling. Mr. Wilson early confessed thnt lie had a one track mind" and he proved to Con gress early In his administration that be knew what he wanted and how to get It. He had a cabinet, it was true, but he consulted it nfler he had determined what he wanted tn do. When he wanted a hill Introduced in Congress he frequently drew It him self and if It hesitated on passage lie summoned the leaders? and it passed Boon thereafter. In dealing wlln the cabinet he did his own thinking and conducted much Im portant business of the various de partments direct from the White Hardly had Mr. Wilson gotten himself turned around when he had Ills first foreign situation to deal with. It was with Mexico and was a legacy from the preceding Repub lican administration. The Hepuhll can rhleftalnjEjaid they lelt It Mr. Wilson because they dldn t want to embarrass blm In dealing wllh H The Democrats declared the Re pun - linns had "passed the buck. It came to n crisis when Huerta. th dictator, seized the reins of govern nient, and President Madero an Vice President Suarez were mur'h l ed Mr. Wilson had very fixed ideas of Ills own fin succession to the pres idency by assassination, lie thought it pretty general In Central America and he told confidantes It was going to stop. He withheld recognition from Huerta arid the situation boile I until Huerta troops attacked som" \merlcan blue Jackets at Tampico and Mr Wilson ordered tlie oce pi ?.on of Vera Cruz by the American \rmv The official reason given the occupation wa" that the <f"rn j! shh> Ypiranxa whs about to land arms and ammunition for llm r ? and the oceujigtUlP *89 1? JtfnlJ-Ut 1t The rilTted Stales demand' d ?' salute to the ll* !. which, critics of the Wilson administration took ?1' - light In pointing out. never was eiv C,,Events In Mexico solved their own problem In a few montns when Carranza, another newly rl??n ,.r ,.j, cted Huerta who fled Ameri can troops were withdrawn Vera Crust. But Mr. Wilson had had on experience with Mexican nf- i fairs and he did not recognize Car ranza either. In fact no government In Mexico was recognl?-d for ten years - long after Mr. Wilson had gone out of office. The Me, can problem came hack to a Republican administration for settlement. "Watchful waiting" was not alone Mr. Wilson's. Ills Mexican Policy Mr. Wilson was much ?Hilelied, for "weakness" In handling the Mex ! lean sit iiat i?*ti. I>ut his fr??nds said , be saw a world-war rominu and had ; told them ho "did not propose to have th?? railed States cauulit withl one hand tied behind its hack." H 1 ; did hot propose to ho enpaued in a -war with Me\ieo nt sueh-a-Time. At j all ev.-nt*. the World War broko the] same year. Woodrow Wilson added | liis appeals to the futile effort to, stay it. sitting by the bedside of his J dying wife on a memorable August ( ; fi. 1014. Mrs. Wilson passed away I that day, and with a world taking j fire about him. be took her body to | her plrl hood home In Rome. Geor gia. for burial. The President was I almost prostrated wltli his prief. and ^ .returned alone to the White Hous-m i to face his burden. Mr. Wilson's j friends always said that from the , first Mr. Wilson saw It would be a; World War and that the United ' States eventually would be drawn in. I Hut he realized that the country ! drawing its population from the i states of Europe which were going to war would face a much divided sentiment and a very difficult situa tion. His first words to his cou ntcjj I men were a caution to strict neutral ! ity. Mr. Wilson's efforts were devoted ; to keeping his country neutral until i the submarine outrages began. H'? was at ftrst unable to believe that the atrocities had the sanction of the German government hut was con ; vlneed when they sunk the l.usl tanla. That Incident brought the first rift in Ills official family; Wib_ Hum jetililngs Hrvan. Secretary of State, an avowed pacifist, oppose 1 Mr. Wilson's course and left the cab' lnet. Mr. Wilson nevertheless went ahead and warned the derma n gov ernment atalust sacrificing the live* of American citizens. Thrnugli n di plomatic' corresponilence which con tinued for two years, the President l>>iilt u pa record which reached Us climax when he handled passports to Count .lohann Von Bernstorff. 'he German Ambassador, and asked Con gress to declare war which It did. With that the President led the na tlnn Into the tremendous effort lie f"rMeanwlille, with a World War nil about him. Mr. Wilson had Wind time for an affair of the heart. H" hud met Mrs. Edith Ilolllug Call, tie widow of a Washington merchant. Tin ir courtship was swift and they were married December IS. 1 J 1 ?. There were no children of this sec ond marriage. The HMO <'niii|>rtlgii A presidential election had Inter vened before the country went into the war and tills time Mr. Wilsons I Republican o|>ponent was Charles Evans Hughes, who left the Supreme Court bench to become a candidate. The Issues of that campaign were very much muddled. The democra tic slogan was "he kept us out of war " Mr. Wilson's election, how ever. was by a very narrow margin. Tlie result trembled in tin* balance ' three daytt and finally turned in his favor when California finally flopped to the Democratic column hv a few cotes. Mr. Wilson got 277 votes In the electoral college and Mr. Hughes cot 251. ? ; President Wilson actually assumed Ills place as commander In chief of the army and navy. lie took the leading part in planning America'! participation In the war. lie Insist ed from the first for n unified com mand on the western front; for vlg ! nrotts measures to curb the subma rine menace. He personally Initiated much of the war legislation such as the passage of the selective servlc law. the creation of the Shipping Ilonrd. the War Industries Hoard, the War l.abor Hoard and a multi tude of other arms of the Govern - frrr rnrrvlr. " on Ttf" strnrrl^ lie devoted Ills whole being to the war, seeing nobody and thinking or nothing else. Some of his dftys prob- , ablv were like Lincoln's. ILwas President Wilron who con ducted the correspondrnr?- with Chancellor Max of Germany when the request for an armbtlce earn \ and once the Germans laid down their arms be turned his fhnui'ht wholly from war to p< nr?>. tclline : hM friends tbnt while Germany must t?" made to pay to her full ability Kur ope must not have another Alsace Lorraine. If was quite a different Woodrow Wilson who sat In the President s ehalr when the war ended. W lib hair whitened and face lined he showed the effects. He had learne I something about men and human na ture. He had learned. V told n friend "that some men become great and other- swell np^ but-- M*- rcir chant for doing things himself nev er had lessened.. He wrote state pa pers and read them to the cabinet afterward; lie became Impatient wlt.i men who disagreed with hlni and frequently dismissed them. He Quar relled with friends who in turn re proached hlni with being ungrateful, but he always kept on his count'.1 having once decided upon it. Always a President Breaker Peace in sight, Mr. Wilson de cided 1" gi to Europe lilmselt and take a hand In making It. (.ongress, no longer the supplicant handmaiden It was during his first administra tion. roared Its dlsapprt/val. Mr. Wilson assured Congress that In the day of wireless and cablc it would know all he did. As a matter of fact he told Congress very little of Vrhat ho was doing, or anybody else ( for that matter, until It was done., coopeks indicted on CRIMINAL CHARGES f Hr Tti" A?wi.id J m?.' Wilmington. Feb. 2.- ? Lieut enint -Gtnt*mor Writ; Cooper. Thomas. Cooper.. his brother. Horace Cooper.' his son. and I'lydc Ln^itcr were to day indicted by the (."tilted St a I on grand jury hero on criminal charges growing out of I ho failure of the] Commercial Bank of Wilmington a; year ago. The Coopers were officials of the, hank and Last* iter was a customer.? They are expected to go on trial i Monday. SPECIAL MKKTIXCi TI KSDAY KlItKK.V M>IMiK M KM UK IIS A special program will bo given at Eureka Lodge Tuesday night at 7:30. and oni Monday night a meet-! ing of all past masters and officers' of the lodge will he held. to arrange1 and rehearse each part. G1VRS VIKWS ON KIHCATION | Berlin. February 2. ? President Elbert, in New Year's greetings to the students' economic relief committe of Iicrlin University, expressed the I hope that the organization will sue-1 Iceed in preventing tho "plutocratiza tlom" of education. He gave assur-i jance that h?? will do all in his power! to foster the work of extending ed- 1 ! ucation as widely as possible among students of limited means. THREE ARE KILLED in <;\s explosion Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 2. ? Three persons were killed and several in jured in a gas explosion which shook the downtown district today. ] ? COTTON MAHKKT New York. Feb. 2. ? Spot cotton, closed steady. Middling 34.35 an ad vance of 35 points. Futures, closing bid. March 34.03, May 34.33, July 33.00. Oct. 28.33, Dec. 27.80. Ne?v York, February 2 ? Cotton futures opened this mornng at Ihe i following levels: March 38:80; j May 3 1:14; July 32:85; October 28:20; December none. i That was not Mr. Wilson's way. The r ? ? < 1 1 1 1 w.i Mil at be committed tho United States to tho League of Na tions and was repudiated. President Wilson's participation in the memorable peace Congress hart Ween described by many pens, friendly and unfriendly, and bis part was so indelibly written in recent history tbaf it needs little attention in ;i brief mime of bis life works. The statesmen of Europe were charmed by bis oratory, his wit and bis personality, until they bumped into his indomitable will to do things i his way when he was convinced he was right. Then the sparks flew In I bo roc ret meetings he had with Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Or lando. lie was determined to have a League of Nations Covenant so In separably Interwoven with a treaty c/f peace that no nation could accept one without accepting the other. The opposing statesmen found that only by letting him have it could they get the provisions of peace they want ed. The result was a treaty in which ail got something and it was denounced by its opponents as a ??reeded </f wnra rather than n treaty of peace. It would require u large volume to tell all nle Interesting things that happened to Woodrc/w Wilson while he was participating In making the treaty of peace in Paris In that his toric winter of 1918-1919. It would require another volume to tell the engrossing story of diplomatic ma nneuvors, intrigues, and dramatic moments that attended It. Publi cation or either at this tlmo'proba bly would result In tho creation of Annan las clubs on both sides of the Atlantic and certainly would not add good feeling among peoples who are lookng forward tor an end of wars' and an era of peace. Won Noble Prize Woodrow Wilson himself would not wish it. When, in 1920, bo ac cepted the Nobel Peace Price for be In* "the person vylip _ bus jiruuuoU.iL most or best the fraternity of nations and the abolishment or diminution of standing armies, and the formation and increase of peace congresses" he said: "Tho cause of peace and the cause of truth are of one family. What ever has been accomplished In the past |h pretty compred t<? t he glory | of the promise of the future." Woodrow Wilson lived his last years and died In "the glory of the promise of the future" confident that right as he saw it would ultl-j mately prevail. He never lost faith In ih" League of Nations but he lost faith; in some of the humn beings who were Its Inevitable elements. He closed his eyes ccmfdent that as a man of lettrs and a President ho had done his best for humanity but that his best was not all that he might have wished. Time alone can write his epitaph. | WANTED REGAIN _ FORMER HOME Mrs. Ida Fcrohff of Camden County Objected Vi?>Ienlly t?? Occupancy by Those Now l iving There. An effort on the part of Mrs. Ida Ferroce, widow of the late T. C. Ferebee, who died at his home In the Sawyer's Creek section of Cam den County about three years ago. * to regain possession of her home, which was sold under a mortgage following Mr. Ferebee's death, by force ended In Mrs. Ferebee's being: put under a suspended judgment In the Camden County recorder's court Friday by the terms of Which Mrs. Ferebee will be dealt with by the courts in case she returns to Cam den County within the next ? 12 months. CT A* According to apparently authentic reports received here Mrs. Ferebeo got off the train at HelcrosB Thurs day morning and went at once to her former home, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Philip Burgess, armed with a revolver. Finding no one at home but Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. Ferebee Is re ported to have fired her revolver ln to the? air or the ground it humber of times and to have walked in, tell ing Mrs. Burgess that she had com*) to stay. Mrs. Burgess went for her husband, and they notified Alfred Sawyer, present owner of the resi dence, of Mrs. Ferebee's presence and actions. Oscar Hoflfler, son-in law of Mr. Sawyer, went over to tlie Burgess home to try to reason wltn Mrs. Ferebeo, hut she emphatically declared that she would remain l i the home, which was hers by right, 'and would resist by force and arms I any efforts to remove her from it. When Mr. HofTler left to get legal papers to servo on Mrs. Ferebee, sho went down to the swamp with her revolver for a bit of practice. Deputy Sheriff Kirk Tarkington of Camden with a posse. In Which were I Oscar Koffler and John Barnard, ar 'rived at the Burgess home at about ! li^O. Mrs. Fere lie e saw them com inir and ran up Into the attic where, with her gjin on Deputy Tarklngton. I she dared them to dislodge h?*r at j their peril. When Mr. HofTler made (some remark to the effect that by did not believe the gun was loaded. Mrs. Ferebee fired it Just to' show that she was in earnest, annarently, but with no Intention of hitting any body. She held the posse at bay for three hours until Mr. Barnard, entering the attic as a friend who wanted to talk to her. succeeded In taking her off her guard and dis arming her. Mrs. Salllo Evans of Belcross asked Mrs. Ferebee to go home with her and she was permuted to accept t he Invitation with a guard about the house. Following the hearing lu the re corder's court Friday, Mrs. Ferebee was taken to Norfolk by her half brother. JoJIn Whltehurrt of that city, who with Cooper Ferebee of Elizabeth City, a son, gave assurance that the provisions of the court's judgment would be compiled with. AUDIENCE ENJOYS LECTURE ON PARKS Klizulx'tli <"ily Prnplr D? lirdiloil With Dr. C. I). Wil liumi*ui>,M (!<>iiiprpliriiitiv<* ' Description* anil I'icturra. , Kill in k tho Court House to capa city, a thouroughly Interested aud ience was held enthralled by the en 'forl-iinlng lector*; Riven by IK. Chus. 1). Williamson, representative of th" National Park Henrico which Is a branch of the United States Depart ' mpnt of the interior, Friday night at M o'clock. Ab'ont a hundred colored slides w r- used, giving clear and beauti ful vI'-wk of the 13 National Parks In the United States. With each pic ture Dr. Williamson explained and de rrlbed thr\'*cen'S In a comprehen sive ami interest lug manner. The object <ri the lecture is fo icqualnt the public with the beau tiful free parks, that ore being main tained by the Government , and create a desire for personal visits. During tho evening a collection of twenty-five dollars was taken up for the Hoy Scouts. At the completion of the lecture, a number of prominent men and women of the elty tha.ikcd Dr. Wil liamson for an entertaining and In structive evening, and very favora ble comment was ,henrd from alt who attended. The park* repr<?<pnted bv the slides were Glacier Park In Montana, Mount Ranler Park In Washington. Yosemlle Valley and Sequoya Parks in California, Kocky Mountain and Mesa Verda Parks In Colorado, Grand Canyon In Arizona, Yellow stone Park In Wyoming, an <1 scenes | from the Petrified Ferest.