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TAC3 TWO xna gjlstoxxa gazette. rami, juxe le, 1918.. fi , -r : . il r 1 SHOULD THE UNITED STATES INTERVENE IN MEXICO? Veteran Missionary Thinks Sot Mexicans Able to Solve Own Problems Pureuit ol Villa The Land Question The Mexican Indian and His Religion Interesting Interview Cov- ere Many Timely Topics. Broadway (By Southern Missionary Bureau, i 'It will be a great mistake if ttie United States ever intervenes in Mexico," says Rev. J. V. Butler. D. D., for 42 years a missionary in Mex ico and closely acquainted with the country's conditions during the rule of five different presidents. "What do you think of the pur snlt of Villa?" Dr. Butler was ask ed in a recent interview. ' "Tie followers of Villa are great ly displeased over the recognition of Carranza. They may not approe All Villa's methods, but they will protect him from Americans or otn- er foreign invaders. The natives will J of Americans?" "But why do you say the United States would make a mistake to in tervene?" "Because the people would at once be cemented against the United States. They argue that the territo rv loss of the former Mexican war will be duplicated, if they do not ut terly lose their independence. None but the Mexicans themselves can solve the disordering problems a mong them. The people are strong enough to solve them ultimately, it would require 100,000 soldiers and at least five years to subjugate them at all." "How can we stop the destruction -t batch all kinds of ruses to aid bis escape, declaring that he is wounded, dead, or ha disappeared from sight "when they know him to be in their snidst in health. It will be almost ; an Impossibility to capture Villa un less the local population help. Tne ' vast majority of the Mexicans want peace, but they are afraid the Amer - leans will not allow them to retain ' their independence. There can nev er be peace In Mexico until the land . question is settled." "What do you mean by the 'land question'?" "The native Mexican traces his entrance into the country back Jo 1,000 years B. C. He believes that vJod then gave him the land to en joy, but Spanish conquerors cut it . op Into great estates, many of which are still ruled by agents who send the .profits to descendants of the original owners now living in Eu rope. One of the greatest estates in Mexico is so owned. Wherever a ' leader arises and declares that he will restore the land the people foi- low him. Carranza. Zapata and Vll : la all agreed to do that." "What is the condition of the na tive?" T- "He fs very poor, but not broken In spirit. The better class of young men seem to have tasted a new spir it, and these are demanding liberty. But the vast majority have no edu " cation. Spain never interested her- aelf in the education of her con quered peoples. They do not know the difference . between a secular book and the Bible. During 4 00 years, until recently there was only one edition of the Bible published In Mexico, and that was sold at $150 per copy. Where the people rematn in rural districts they are relatively moral They live near to nature and the men are loyal to one wife. But when they make their homes in cit ies moral restrictions are largely thrown off." "Axe the Indiana like those orig inally found in America?" "Seventy languages and dialects , are found in the country, though the official speech is Spanish. The po lite speech was once French, but - English has now come to be popular. Among the 37 families or tribes of , Indians, only three the Yaquis. Tutos and the Mayas of Yucatan are prone to go on the warpath. The others are peace-loving and rise only when led by religious or political ra natlcs who convince them that their liberty is In danger. They also are Tendered unaccountable by native drinks. Pulque is the Juice of the maguey plant, similar to our century plant, and it intoxicates. Tequila, a local form of alcohol, is genuine "flre-water. " "What is the character of their religion?" "Some Roman Catholics declare that they are baptized pagans, in rural regions they are almost purely Idolatrous. While nominally Chris tian, tney nave degraded their re ligious forms until they are heathen ish, Carranza insists, as do his as sociates, that they are not anti Christian, but only anti-clerical that is they object to church officials having any hand in politics. In old en days the Protestants were perse cuted, but now they are free and re ceive recognition. Carranza has sr lected some of them as office-holder in his reform government." Has mission work prospered dur ing the war period?" "The people are oppressed by tiie constant disorders and feel their hu man helplessness keenly. Men al ways turn to God in time of trouble. Hence our work was never so pros perous. The people welcome Amer ican Christians, believing that this type of religion will bring them lib erty. In all the months of unsettled conditions, only two of our churches were damaged, and these were as sailed by fanatically led mobs. We have nearly 100 native preachers and 150 congregations, and upwards of 5,000 children in our schools in the central and southern part of the country. The Congregationallsts, Presbyterians, Baptists and South ern Methodists work in the Xortn. We have a strong following among the young leaders, many of whom have been trained in our day ana Sunday schools. We always plant a day school beside a church. Our presence there has had a quieting ef fect which is not measured by our cumbers." "This is a grave question, and methods to be employed now must be different from those which mijiht have been employed earlier, tifl demands, backing the present gov ernment, seem to be the surest wav to secure future protection." The Gastonia Gazette. FHIDAY, Jl'XE 10, 1916. VMKItH VUKti TOUX TOWX. Score of (iasttmirt Business Men Look tin In Silence Xo Kffort Was Made to Stop the Act. At 4::?0 o'clock Wednesday after noon an American flag was seen flut tering in a summer breeze from a conspicuous place in the center of the city. Five minutes later this emblem before which every red blooded American bows had been torn from its place, dashed to tne ground and trampled upon. Doc tors, lawyers, bankers, druggists and scores of business men looked on in silence while the deed was being done and not a single opposing hand was raised. The manipulator of the trip-hammer on the new bank build ing dropped his compressed air ma chine and hurried down through the network of steel, followed by the other workmen. Hundreds of af ternoon shoppers rushed into the stores, automobiles and other vehi cles stopped running and within a few minutes the streets were for saken. Had some Villista bandit invaded the capital city of Gaston and sent terror into the hearts of her dtl zens? Xo. Neither had a German follower appeared on the streets with a Krupp gun, but a stiff soutn wester had blown in upon the city bringing with it a copious down pour of rain, and in this gale the slender staff that held the flag was snapped off and Old Glory was hurl ed to the ground. The flag in question had been plac ed on the topmost part of the steel work of the new bank building by a member of the construction force. Today Friday NEWEST Thing in Moving Cartoons. See the First. You'll want to see the rest. L-KO KOMEDY and other Good Reels. GRAFT - GRAFT - GRAFT The 13th. Episode of Graft will be shown at the Broadway Theatre on every Monday commenc ing Monday 19th. with The Power Trait j and the WAR i DOLLAR DAY 15 Tickets For One Dollar 1 At The Broadway Theatre jg 5? w (MK)I) HEALTH AX1) JOOI ROADS A PLEA FOH HIMAXITV, Cstsrrh Cannot Be Cured vrita LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot remch ta .eat f the disease Caiarrb la sv local dlaaae, greatly in. flueee4 toy constitutional condition, and la erder to cure It you mast take a.a intern! remedy- Hall's Ca tarrh Cure 1 taken internally and cts tarn the blood on the mucous snr faces o( the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years. It is composed of some of the best tonic known, combined with some of the beet blood purifier. The perfect com bination of tbe Ingredient, in Hall's Catarrh Car is what produces sack wonderf 1 remits In catarrhal eondi- JT. J. CHEN ETT CO Prop. Toledo, O. 1 Dvurrists. 7Sc rall'a Family Pills for onstlnatlaa MeroleT of 8. 1. '. A. Urge Owners and Drivers to lie Merciful to Draft Animal Overloading Is Very CYuel. (Written for The Gazette.) lust a word to call attention to the Society for Prevention of Cruel ty to Animals. Possibly there are some strangers in town who do noi know of this humane society and to them as well as to all we would give a word of warning. Special attention Is (ailed to over-loading and the consequent beating necessary to make tho mules pull such loads. The other day we heard a colored man himself protesting against put ting on such heavy loads. The weather is getting warm and such loads are harder to pull. Then don't require mules to pull heavy loads into piles of sand or rocK without the use of the extra "hooK team." Quite a number of drivers have been personally warned In tne last few days and we hope owners and overseers will heed this warn ing. There are some loads entirely too heavy even for the best cared for mules and where is the economy in overloading? The life of the an imal would be much longer and tne suffering much less if the wagons were not so heavily loaded. Then too. remember to water the mules and horses more often during the hot summer months. We make a plea for the overloaded mules, es pecially. Instruct drivers to spare the whip and not overload. In oth er words, be kind to animals." We earnestly request all who see or know of instances of cruelty to please report the same promtly. President of Xational Highway As sociation Shows Relation of Good IUnuI to Health. State Board of Health Bulletin. That good roads are conducive to good health is one of the best argu ments advanced by Mr. C. H. Davis, C E., president of the Xational Highway Association in favor of good roads. He says: 'Given the same density of popu lation, the town with better roads has the smallest percentage both of disease and deaths. When statis tics show this is almost invariably the case, there must be some connec tion between good roads and health. "It is true that a town with good roads is a progressive town with a health board that is correspondingly well informed and alert, but it is al so true that good roads have direct ly contributed to the progressive spirit. In short, money has rolled in over their well-kept surfaces. Through them the town has become wealthier and wiser, and better health protection is a natural re sult." Again he says: "A community to be wholly healthy must not be a "queer" community. It must take a sane interest in its business, and the relation of its business to the outside world. It must mix with other people besides its own imme diate neighbors. In other words, It must come out of itself and to do this it must look to its roads. "Where the roads are heavy, nar row, muddy and impassable, the community becomes segregated; a quiet backwater, quaint, but useless In our national progress, and some times queer and dangerous. It be comes the breeding place of insan ity and perversion, a cancerous and vexed sVot of mental ills and moral contagion that spreads as rapidly and leaves as sanguinary effects as any of the epidemics known to medicine." (IlKAT AMOUNT OK AJVEKTIHIXG OAHHIK1). Acirding to Advertising Men Fifty five Million IHrilars Spent In Thifl Way. Atlanta, Ga., June 5. According to statistics just received by local ad vertising men. the total volume or national advertising carried by the newspapers last year amounted to over f 55,M)O000. The report show ed further that there was a material gain over the year 1914, and that with the exception of nine weekly publications of national circulation, the magazines lost heavily. Perhaps the most interesting situ ation of all. concerns the fact that during the first three months of the present year, national advertising in creased In the newspapers 35 per cent over the similar months of 1915. This Increase ranges from a mint mum of three per cent to a maximum of 150 per cent. Some of the pub lishers report that tbeir national ad vertising Increased to the extent of 4t per cent over the three months period of former years. Hard Hitting. Washington Post. Alas, the honeymoon was indeed over. That morning they had come to words over breakfast and he de parted for the city in a rage. As the day passed, he began to think that, perhaps, after all, he had been rather hasty. So as he wended his way homeward, he car ried a small but interesting-looking parcel. To his amazement, his little wife refused to take the slighest no tice of it and him. "Don't you want to see what's in my parcel, darling?" he pleaded wist fully. "I expect I can manage to survive not knowing," she retorted coldly. "Well." he said playfully, "it's something for somebody I love more than all the world." The lady's face brightened up. "Really," she said. "Then I sup pose it's the cigarette case you've been wanting so long." For Sale More Lots In CHESTERPLACE Buy Now Prices Right and Terms Easy Gastonia Insurance and Realty Company Real Estate Dept. m Phone 89. Gastonia, N. C b ... , .: w. i. ka.nwn, rres.-ireas. if; R. G. Rankin, S Andrew E. Moore, Vice-Prests. E. B. Brittian, Secretary s 1 SUMMER FIRES are not Infrequent -and of ten spread with disastrous effects so allow us to re mind you that NOW is a good time to prepare for them by having your proper ty insured in our strong, re liable companies. We offer expert insurance service and tried and tested companies of absolute relia bility when you Insure through us you buy REAL, insurance. Inquiries Invited J. WHITE WARE INSURANCE Represented by V. E. Long Phone 201. Cit. Nat Bank Bid SEVERE PUNISHMENT Of Mrs. CnappeD, of Fire Tears' Standing, Relieved by Cardui. Mt. Airy, N. C Mrs. Sarah M. Chao- Eell of this town, says: "1 suffered for ve years with womanly troubles, also stomach troubles, and my punishment was more than any one could tell. I tried most every kind of medicine, but none did me any good. I read one day about Cardui, the wo man's tonic, and I decided to try it I had not taken but about six bottles until I was almost cured. It did me more rood than all the other medicines 1 had tried, put together. My friends began asking me why I looked so well, and 1 told them about Cardui. Several are now taking it" Do you, lady reader, suffer from any of the ailments due to womanly trouble, such as headache, backache, sideache. sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired leel&g? v If so. let us urge you to give Cardui a trial. We feel confident it will help you, lust as it has a million other women in the past half century. Begin taking Cardui to-day. You won't regret it All druggists. ' WrHtf: Chattanoora Madldn. Co- Ladi" Adriaory Drpt- Chattanooga, TnL, lor jxrxM TraatiMot lor Waman." in plain wtawar. JLC. 114 Dr. Peterson Woman's best Doctor The irregularities, Aches and Pains, Nervous debilities and various ailments of women can be speedily relieved by Dr. Peterson and his Chemistry. Thousands of homes ,are today cheerless and childless on account of troubles easily removed. Medicines furnished at Office over I.ebo's, Gastonia. PROFESSIONAL OABDS Frank L. Costner REGISTERED PHARMACIST (14TB YEAR) li, H. Jordan A Co Charlotte, N. C. Telephone and mall order receive prompt attention. Nurses' Register, W. B. MORRIS REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST Eyea examined and glamet properly fitted at Torrence-Morrl Co' a. Dr. J. M. Caldwell is now located in Gastonia for the practice of medicine. Residence, 311 S. York St, Phone 104. Gastonia retail merchant nave large and varied stock and always J ell at the very lowest prices. New Series Opens On July 1st the Gastonia Mutual Building & Loan Association opens its 24th and matures its 11th series. SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN NOW A souvenir for the first subscriptions of 10 or more shares. We are now making loans on appli cations less than 1 year old. $6,000 to $7,000 disbursed every month. Cost to mature stock amounts to $83. 50. E. G. McLURD, Secretary & Treasurer Of fice'at Gaston Loan & Trust Co. AX EASY PROBLEM. It requires no brains to solve it. but it requires will power to make the start. Take our advice and come in our bank today with whatever money you have on your person. Get one of our books, start 6avlc5 and you're on the way to success. Gaston Loan and Trust Company Gastonia, N. C J. H. COFFEY C. W. FULLER BUILDERS OF COMMERCIAL BODIES FOR AUTOMOBILES manufacturers" of SPRING WAGONS GASTONIA WAGON & AUTO -COMPANY REBUILDING TOPS, PAINT ING AUTOS AND RUBBER TIREING A SPECIALTY We handle second hand Automobiles at the right price. Special prices on rubber tires for buggies and car riages. It will pay you to see us before you have your tires put on. GASTONIA WAGON & AUTO CO. GASTONIA, N. C. Big Dollar Day June 22 At Sherman Bros. A Few Of Our Specials On This Day Will Be $2. Mens Straw Hats $1. 3 pieces 50c underwear 1. $2. Mens Umbrellas $1. 2. mens shirts value 1.50 1. $1. Mens shirt and tie $1. 5 pair mens Socks 1. 3 50c Ties 1. 1.50 Pants 1. This is first class goods and you are buying them at the lowest possible price come and see for yourself. We will appreciate your aiming to see our goods whether you buy or not. Sherman Bros. 135 W. Main St In Front of New P. O. Subscribe for The Gazette $1.50 Year Goes all Oyer Gaston Junes a Year
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