Zealots Torture Selves In U. S. A. — * (tnltentM In New Mexico Ileltcve Suffering Atones For Sins. Strange as It may seem there atm exists in modern America a group of zes.loua believers who practice various forms of self-torture. They belong to the Brotherhood of the Penftentes, and their homes are to found in the villages of San Mateo. Abique, Cordova. Trampns, Panasco Truchas. and Tros, New Mexico Trampas is the center of the clan and in the old church there are the death cart, rattles, scourages, crosses, death carrirges, and other objects of the strange ceremonials. Reek Pardon For Bins. During one week each year all members of the brotherhood seek pardon for their sins and endeavor to be among the favored few who attain heavenly favor They believe that sin can be atoned for, only by suffering and that forgiveness com es with self-torture and denial. POr this reason during this spe cial week the Penitentes whip them selves, walk on cactus and thorns, slash their flesh with glr ss, walk lor miles carrying wooden crosses on their bare backs—and even resort to actual crucifixion. Most of this self-torture Is one in public, although those of higher rank perform the ceremonies in the privacy of their own homes. The climax of the week comes the morning the members of the clan take up the “trril of blood” from their Church to a nearby hill top. Many wear wreaths of cactus on their heads: others hug sharp thorns to their bodies until the blood flows. Some carry heavy wood en crosses, while still others lush themselves with whips. On the hilltop the Penltente who hrs been selected from the final ceremcny is firmly bound to a wood en cross until the circulation of blood in his legs and arms almost ceases. He is allowed to hang on the cross an hour. Many Died On Crosses. In many cases the PenPente has died on the cross or hrs been so critically injured that he lived for only a few days afterward. Of late the Penitentes have prac ticed these strange ceremonies in secret and usually at night, for the lrw forbids self-torture. Strangers seldom see the rites for they always are held at differ ent times of the year, and the date Is fixed secretly by the high off'.c i~!s of the order. A tourist who did see the crucifixion ceremony wrote the following account of it. Tortured By Swords. •While they were lifting up the cross we caught sight of some thing on ssch side of the bound man glistening in the sunlight These were two long swords fas tened at the hilts to the victim! wrists in such a manner that theii point just touched his sides, pierc ing his flesh at, every movement ol the cross. “The men who were handling th« cross were walking about on hard rocky, ground In their bare feet whch were bleeding profusely. “Other men stood around, everj one with his face masked, stripped to the waist, barefooted, and clad ir light undergarments only. It was s sight to be remembered: no kind ol torture that they could devise wai missing—swords, a'ggers, chains barbed wire, cactus and even log: were utilized. One man was staggering alone under an enormous weight of cac tus bound in his back. Near httr another walked with hts hunch stretched above his head and tied to the ends of a slick Their side; are covered with wounds end blood “Many discipline themselves with whips of rope and wire, and one used even a heavy chain. There 1: one man vOo walks slowly. Hi) ankles are tied with thongs so Uni he must take very short steps, anc on the thongs are fastened dagger: with the points touching his legs li such a way that they are constant ly gashing the flesh. Cuts Hts Own Back. "Behind him walks a man whe has cut a long gash In his bad and who beats himself- with cactus Another man carries and drags i heavy log tied to his ankles, tun another, who is scouraging himsell wears a halter around his necl that constantly chokes him."—Will ard D. Morgen, In Pennsylvanii Orlt, Man Sentenced To 70 to 140 Year* In Prison. Philadelphia —William "Biackl?'’ Zuokosk, 22, was sentenced to be tween 70 and 140 years In the peni tentiary after he was convicted of three robberies in three trials and pleaded guilty to one charge: The charges were made in 63 indict ment*. It was estimated that if Zup koski had been convicted on all of the M indictments he could have received a sentence of 790 years. Zurveshl first wrs convicted for a $1,100 robbery, ne-t for a tjoog payroll br’d”P. and t^-n for another #8000 he?d>”i, The three Juries did net leave the Jury box tc convict him. Star Advertising Pay* II EH SECTION Mention Made Of V hi tor* In \nd Out Section Dunns The Holidays. (Special to The Star.) Everyone seems to be enjoying the. holidays regardless of the "id weather. Mr. and Mrs. W. S Smith and little son, Vernon, of Falnuont. were the guests ct Mr and M. 'Odell Sepaugn lust week. Mr. and Mrs. Chum Runyans had as their gucs's Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Runyan and fahvt'y, Mr. nnd Mrs. George Proctor >.nd family nnd Mr. and Mrs R 1* Nich ols and family. Their out -of-to'wn guests were Mr. and M . Ernest Ross of Concord. Mr. and M s. p R Camp spent Tuesday night with their son Mr. and Mrs. Mrrton Camp at Shelby., Mr. and Mrs. W. A V mirlek and .family cf Landrum. S C, were *.a!l ers in the village Friday. Mr. and M Odell Bepnugh and j mother, Mrs. E H Sepaugh were ♦he guests of Mr. and Mrs. R S House at She’by Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jones had a; their guests Monday nl>ht Mr. and Mrs. So’^n Davis end Mss G'isste ’ones of Ruffin nrd Mr. Dmhpiu Jcres cf High Point. Mrs. Arthur Mints arid ron James cf Charlotte visited Mrs Mintz’s father, Mr R. P. Francis Wednes day. Mr. nnd Mrs Maria? Crwp and children cf Shrlbjr Mr. nnd Mrs. Paul Crmp and little daughter, Louire, of Charlotte, were dhirter quests Wednesday of Mr. nnd Mrs P. R. Cnnipv Mr. J. P. Jones and son, Hazel -lent the holidays with relatives at Forest City. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Ellis of Shel by we«e cal’srs at the hon’” ef Mr. and Mrs. Odell Scpnugh Wednes day. Mrs. J. P Jones and sens, Jesse "S(i Charles. were d'nner guests Thursday of Mrs. P. R. Nichols. Mr. and Mrs Ernest Franc's and M-s, Fltr.hu'-h Wilkins of Ashevd’e visited their father, Mr. R. P. Fran cis Eundrv. Mr. T. B Bo"n and Miss Lounett Wray of K’njs Creek, S C. were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. |E. H. Sepauch Sunday. Mr. nnd Mrs. Hubert Hass and children, Mery and Jim, spent the holidays with Mr. Hass' parents at Union, 8. C. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hause and sen, Robert, of, Shelby, w'ere dinner guests Sunday of Mrs. J. P. Jones. Miss Edessa McSwain of Violet HU1, Asheville, who has been spend ing some time at her home nere left last week lor the state sam torium for treatment. MMMOBIIES STM ID SUITE Over l'HI Stolen Around Christmas. Owners Urged To l.ork Cars, RaleMi.—More than lfld au tomobiles were stolen in North Carol'iia during the ten days Immediately preceding and Im mediately folloWng Christmas, according to I,. S. Harris, chief of the Automobile Theft Bu reau. Of this number. 31 curs Were stolen Christmas day and the day aften.while more then 40 cars were reported stolen between December 18 to 21. These figures do not in clude some twelve or more cars re ported stolen and recovered within the last few days. The reports us yet are by no means complete and are still coming In for thefts that occurred before Christmas, One theft or a urana new seam was reported in Raleigh by the own er on Christinas day. He had had the car only a few days, and had left It at the cufb for only a few minutes while he went into a store. He thought he would be gone only a minute or two and so d d not lock the car. When lie emerged from the store, he saw « man get into the car and start the motor, lie run for the car, but before he could get to it, it was gone. No trree has been found of the car so far. “The orly thing to d > at any j time, and especially right now is to 'ock a car every time it is left, even for only a few minutes." Mr. Har ris says. “For there are entirely too many ‘floateers’ about seei ng ; ny ;way Urey can to get something tor nothing, and who will not hesitate to drive a ear away if they can find one unlocked. 80 car ownes s who want to be sure to keep fheis errs had better keep them locked ail the time.*' The new double Ik-me pl-te? are -o!n" to aid mat r sl y in s', p in’ ’ar thefts and in recove ng sto en ~ars. Mr. H~rris be'ieves. since it Is harder to alter or forge two pit Uis than it is one, and tlie two plates make i* easier for ofiicers to check up on carr 1 til] lie Men FISH 'HAM' BI3ATTOM '«jyDGE *JOHNSONJ "HI’ GRUNDY 'OVD JOB" BROCK CANDV KID JAHMCKE. 'COMMODORE CU1?T1S CHARtlfe* HOOVER. 'THE CHIEF STIMSON *STIMY" t/A FOI/l'ETTE ‘l/ITTtE BOB suMMTSAit/sirrmG buu^' copemnp 'pqc" COTTON UnCT-E JOE" BIEASE ’COVEY" KEAN ‘'HAW" ^Oli can judge a man by ni^ 1 nickname, not »o much by the sobriquet Itself as jy eligibility to be publicly qu. ti>j. For all niqk name? are not comp :mentary ani. many a famou man would be stir prisbc wre ne to liscover the label that ho staff or the publii have devised for h in Washington ts vhe honu of the sobriquet and the govei r.t is its fertile breeding prourio. Men who are will bl ed are nearly al ways referred to t>y their nick name and the umn tiated often has a bard time keeping track of >.h« various names that character ,ze the great ant) near g’eat. Presi dent Hoover is invariably referred to as “The Chief.” *ot because of the off ce ne holds but because it ia the name river him when he was Secretary of Comm rce. To Mrs- Hoover oe .s Bert. ’ the only When “Charlie” is mentioned in official circles the initiated know that Vibe-/res:dent Curtis is un der discussion. This nickname hat supplanted hie former nick. :«* “Big Chief,'’ which is descriptive of his Indian origin i The Secretary of State is known .is atimy at Vie aia.e ueparc menl, and the Assistant Secretary, Joseph P. Cotton, is affectionately known as “*Tncl<\ Joe.” The very ■rood looking and cordial Assistant Secretary of the Navy is known as Commodore, not because of nis naval affi’k .ons, but because that happens to bo the sobriquet given to him years ago in his home town. New Or! ans. Gerv'ral Summ^rall, Chief of Staff of the Army, is !;nown as “Sitting Bull,” to im mortalize the nan.,> of his tele nhone ex '—''.re in France during ltv World \far. Nicknam* are many in the ^ snixWi auu ttucn b'-1* erally stick. Thus Senator Hiram Johnson is known to his colleagues as “Hs,” and if another Hiram is elected to the Senate he will have , to find another nickname for t -re cannot he more than one “Hi” aa far as the Capitol is concerned “Coley” sounds like a school nick name, but it is the sobriiju-l be stowed on Cole Biease, of South Carol.na. “Doc” Copeland is. of course that very popular phy ian and politician. Senator Cop-land. T.a Follr’tp is “Little Bob. while Brock of Tennessee is the “Candy 1 Kid.” (Interaction*! (*«w».ont> Society T" Iron ? Arrest of Rival Mrs. Florence Quint rad Bonneli, society matron, of Syosset, L. I., wife of Major Geoffrey Bonneli, ; has sworn out a superseding war rant against Mrs. James Fargo. Mrs. Bonneli has long tried to get Mrs. Fargo and her husband be fore the law," but without avail. Mrs. Bonneli claims that Mr., Fargo is her rival, I uniat r.**lort&l o«n&r««S) I GIVEN 30 DAYS FOR THEFT OF TEN CENT l'O V'O Waynesville.—Charley Strickland was sentenced to 30 days on the public roads In police court here tor stealing a 10 cent yo-yo 'rom a store here Christmas Eve. Strick land is a young married man. He came here from Tennessee Will It Ever Grow Up? I , ' ' V. ! From The Lynchburg Independent Governor Roosevelt finds tnat | "the revolt” in the west is growing i That Western “revolt” has been | growing since the days of James K. i Polk and hasn't ‘ gotten anyw-iere et; they are still voting the He ■ publican tichet and still yetting att | j. ware’s because they never get i what everybody else knew was com j ing to them. Star Advertising Pays Tine Preble a o Baby's Food-- and Hea*th B> ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. linked Stales Senator from New York. Fa met Commissions oi Health Sew York City. 1'flCt habv i fortunate indeed, who can be fed b.v it? own mother tor the first mat or ten months. In J ipan and elsewhere breast feeding continue' for two or three or even four years It is well th ? is so necnu«e tne lack of high grade cows’ milk there would create ticc North America’s mothers are glad to make al' the sacrifices needed to eive their babies the advantage of breast-feeding. There is no doubt it is an advantage—a tremendous advantage— particularly during the Summer months. Then are always dangers of germ or bacte ria'1 growth in the milk we buy. Unless it is properly kept it will speedily spoil. Low tempera ture is essential to its saf ety. There is no worry in this matter if the mother is able to nurse her oaby. Her milk will be pure anu rich and sweet. Unfortunately, mother ? health may not per mit her to do wnat she is eager to do No matter how well she may look, too. there may be an in sufficient supply of niuk. OR COPE. LAND Dreasi-jecii'.njj- non, in ms book on miant-feecjinfc. gays this: "Sta tistics show that the mortality of bottle-led infants during the first yoai is fully three times as great a* those who are breast fed." Perhaps there are other 1 actors invoned in these statistics but vet I t in msi uv cuuL'eueu mai 11 is - marked disadvantage to the baby not to nave motner s milk But if it can t 'oc had. painstaking attention to the n « and preparation of the milk will do far toward averting danger .Sometimes th* baby can oe fed partly froni the breast and the Dal aiu'e made up for by the use of the bottle The point about this discus sion tr that I am anxious to point ou' the important ot giving ail the natural , msik post- e. \ The progress o- the child Is the best test of the effic.t ,:cy of its feed lnr;s If it increase* ip length and « gilt has clear skin ana might eyes, it is pretty certain that all la well. The scalt have an Important part to play in toe management of the infant. Thev how that the food t» nourishing the child, or that it is no’ Weighing immediately before and right after (ceding will show bow much breast milk is actually con sumed. in this way the fact that the supply is scanty will be quickly discovered. What makes a full meat depends on the age of the Infant from three ounces at four weeks old to silt ounces at five or six monthB. Answers to Health Queries_j BOBBIE. Q— What should a girl of 16. & ft. 3 In. t weigh? 3.—What do you advise for black heads'.' 3.—What wilt Increase the growth of the eyelashes? A.—She should -igh about 118 pounds If —Correct the diet and keep the system clear for further purlieu ■are send a self-addressed stamper, envelone a.id report vour question 3.—Try application of 1% yellow oxide of mercury ointment at nighi l before retiring. This should make thr lashes darker and should awe w crease ihelr giowth B B. Q— W hat a the et my face looking nlotchy a»« ewe -• Idea Of Propriety In Mr. Mull’s Breath Concord Tribune. Governor Gardner had no sooner announced that Odus M Mull was to be executive counsel to the Gov ernor before some skeptic came along with the hokum about "Mull getting his," Intimating that Mr. Gardner is giving a fat puim to his business, personal and poiiucat ally. Mr. Mull has fully demonstrated his determination to meet all pio prleties and has gone further, in fact, than most persons and all dy ed-tn-the-wool office seekers would have gone. Mr. Mull no doubt could have had any appointive job in the state he wanted at the outset of the Gard ner ..dministration, not because of his association with Mr. Gardner alone, but because of ability, but he turned them down. It was sug gested that he be named revenue commissioner, but lesiring to retain the chairmanship of his party In the state, he declined, explaining that he did not feel that a party head who collected and distributed funds for politicrl purnoses should at the same time have connection with the collection of state reve nues. His conception of the pro prieties in that ma t,e- is decidedly foreign to the usual political con ception and can be accepted as a demonstrating the manner of man he Is. Mr. Mull decided *o continue as a member of the board of directors of the State hospital at Morgan ton when through his position a.1-) legislator ho became a member olf the budget commission. He con struel the two positions ar two separate offices and the holding cl two offices being forbidden under the state law. he decvned ‘o re main on the lospital board. When can one find a finer demonstration of determination to abide by thf fine proprieties which should con trol one's actions? If the true conditions were fully explained we hi ve no idea but that Governor Gardner would tell th< world that Mr. Mull has agreed finally to accept a state job sole! because he believes he can be t Iservlv? there to a friend and to th; ! state. Goodness knows the job he ! has accepted is no bed of roses Were he the usual office-seekini type he would never have turned ■down easier posts for this, general j ly agreed to be the most difficult I in the state. Other men have \ tried it for a time but usually were delighted to get free from its wor ries and responsibilities. It pay better thrn any other job the state [can dfer but even at that it’s sal ary is not commensurate with the tasks It carries. Mr. Mull has fully demonstrated In the past a keen appreciation and understanding of the proprieties o decency, and the state can well ac cept with open arms men of thi type. 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