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ANARCHY Returned Charlestoi ditions in Distrei News and Courier. . * . Turbulence of. conditions Is steadily ruining foreign enterprise in Mexico, according to Julian L. Wells, of No. 2 Water street, Charleston, who has returned home after five years spent <n the land to the south. Mr. Wells left Mexico on account ot tne impracticability of continuing his work there, and he will not return until things hate become quiet. This, in the opinion of the foreigner* in Mexico, he said, will never occur until some nation interferes in the affair* of the Republic. Mr. Wells will spend the summer, at least, in Charleston. Mr. Wells, who is a son of Mr. and Mra Edwin L, Wells, and who has a great many friends in this city who have greeted him warmly, has been in Mexico twice. The first time he stayed three years and on the last trip five years. He is a mining and construction engineer and in the past few years , has been doing more especially contract work for big corporations. These corporations are all foreign, controlled by citizens of the United States or ESngland or Germany, and they have done some big work in Mexico. Many of them, however, have been forced to suspend operations because of the lowioaa i>nnHttinn? which surrounded them and on the same boat on which Mr. Wells left Vera Cruz for the states, there were fifty other homewardbound men who had been working on the same project as he. They had waited until finishing a certain piece of construction and then they had taken passage for home as soon as they 'i could. \ Many Foreigners Depart. During the years Mr. Wells has | spent in Mexico he has worked all l over the northern and south-centaa! < portions of the country, and, In fact, 1 in nearly every part of the republic. > except the extreme south. And Mexl- i co is a large place. Most people in the i United States know that Mexico is * some place where the bandits in the i dime novels always run away to, where tamales come from and where the na " -? K. billing aonh lives tuwuys nppcai iu we aiuiiig , other; but few of them know, as Mr. , Wells pointed out, that the boundary { between Mexico and the United States , is 1,800 miles long and that it is about ( a thousand miles from the border to , Mexico City, the capital, and that one ( can draw a line two thousand miles j long across the country without hav- ( ing the ends of it get wet In the ocean. , But with all its 797,000 nquare miles < of territory it has only about as many i people as New York and Ohio togeth- , er, something near fourteen millions. , "Everybody who can get out is do- , ing so," said Mr. Wells. He said there , were some foreigners who felt, that they could not give up their business in Mexico and that these were in a , quandary. Their lives are really in , danger, he said, and the requests by cltlsen8 of the United States for in- ( terference from this country have been j founded on good causes, am ox u?j women, however, have been sent back , home, although Mr. Wells said that In the larger cities, there were still quite , a number of European and "American" women to be seen. (In Mexico one speaks only of citizens of the ( United States as Americans.) ( United States Blamed. i On the subject of interference Mr. < Wells had some interesting views i which he stated. He said that many < of the Europeans felt a tort of grievance toward this country for not do- i lng anything to stop the riotous con- : dltions in Mexico. Europeans appeal to meir own uuunirieB iu uu guiucuuua < and the reply is that the United States won't allow them to. From the standpoint of the foreigner In this country, the position of the United States appears to be that she will not let any other nation interfere In Mexico and she won't interfere herself. Asked whether he thought the United States was holding off from doing anything in Mexico in order that its forces might not be dissipated in the event of trouble from the far east, Mr. Wells said than an invasion of Mexico would be the very best thing for the country from this standpoint. He said that if this country would send an army of a hundred thousand men through a campaign of invasion, in Mexico, it would form an army of veterans which would be a bulwark for the nation for the next twenty-five years. There would be a hundred thousand men who had seen actual campaigning and campaigning of the roughest sort and these men would fiiralth a mlirhtv niioleuf; for a volun teer army In the case of a more important struggle. Mexicans are Unreliable. Mr. Wells said that foreigners In Mexico never work for Mexicans if they can help it. This Is not from any principle of prejudice, but for business reasons, as the Mexicans are far less reliable in their business dealings than are the American and German and English and other foreign corporations that have taken hold of much of the most Important work in the country. As to the business opportunities for a man in Mexico in normal times, he said that it was a bad country for the small man, but that there were big opportunities for the small man who workdd in connection with a big corporation. The reason for this is the great system of graft. The rake off must be paid for franchises and things of the sort is too steep for a man with small capital. He will be continually pestered by petty local of nciais, wnert* ue uamca uu n.o num. But the big: corporations pay their fees, have friends at court to look af*?r their interests and when he or ome one else, doing a Job for such a corporation or contract, is bothered by any local officials, the corporation notifies the big men at the capital that the work is being done for it, and the bother ceases as if by magic. In Mr. Well's opinion, the Diaz government was far to be preferred to the present state of affairs. He said that if Gen. Porflrio Diaz had had one true and loyal man among all those around him, even with the old man's great age, he could never have been run out when he was. But every one of those he had raised to places of power were unloyal to him. This disloyalty, he said, followed Madero, who had led the plot against Diaz, for the present president had been Madero's right-hand IN MEXICO i Mao Tells of Conssed "Republic." man. Mr. Wells said that Felix Diaz, who Is a candidate for the presidency of the republic, appears to be a man of some strength and firmness, and that his election might be a good thing for the country. Absolute Lawlessness. But even then, he said, It would be an almost Impossible task for any president in the near future to j>ut down the conditions of absolute lawlessness which exist in the republic. This condition is not a matter of any one section of the country, but the as many as six or seven "revolutions" going on at once. Prebably the most interesting of Mr. Well's descriptions of affairs in Mexico was that of the revolutions and bandit exploits. He said the first thing Americans should get fixed in their mind is the size of a Mexican rebel "army." These armies contain anything from fifty to five hundred men. Seldom more than five hundred are collected and the average revolutionary expedition contains about tHree hundred men, including the large number of officers. The prlnclpAl aim and object of every revolution (by this term is not meant the general movement, but the uprisings that one hears of as occurring in the various states and provinces all the time) is money. And the revolution is a very well managed affair. It starts with a conference of from two to ten generals and four to twen ty colonels who have gathered In some mountain fastness. They may be called "professional" revolutionists. They hold these councils of war and then Beleot some undefended town as the place for operations. They next collect a band of "amateurs," as they may be called for the occasion, getting them from the laboring class. When two or three hundred have been gathered and armed, generally with weapons secured from the United States border, they are made into an "army," and the advance is made. 8oldiers Prompt to Loot. A town Is entered and, If no resistance Is made, the soldiers disperse and set about their task of looting. Sometimes a few citizens grow Indignant and put up a defence. When they are overpowered they are butchered, their women desecrated and their children dashed to the ground and Killed, 'roe held marshals, generals, colonels and other officers of the arm} have gathered In the public square and have invited the wealthy citizens to gather with them, the invitations being by force. The men supposed to have money are seated on coses of dynamite If these are to be had, fuses are attached and they are Informed that they have been assessed such and such an amount for the sacred cause of liberty. If the money Is not forthcoming they are to be blown to places where they will not have need for liberty. Meanwhile the soldiers are looting the village and taking whatever they like. As soon as the work is over the army departs, the laborers return to their work and the generals and colonels hie them to the mountains to plan another business trip. At times the man In charge of a gang of laborers will miss a number of men from the gang for several days and when they return each will have a different excuse for his absence. The probability Is that they have been fighting for liberty and loot. The bandits work In the same manner as the leaders of these small up UOH15D. When asked why the Federal soldiers do not pursue the ringleaders into their hiding places and capture them, tie said there were two reasons. One Is that their hiding places are rather hard to find, and the other that the Federal officers in many cases do not lare especially about finding them. It Is all right to meet up with a gang of bandits and have a skirmish which is reported in the papers in the United States as a "battle," but then if they capture and kill the chief bandits there will be no more money to be made out of the profession of being a Federal soldier. Graft in Federal Army. It appears that graft runs riot in the Federal army. Mr. Wells told of a conversation that a friend of his had with a Federal cavalry' captain who was somewhat in his cups at the time and was giving away confidences. This officer said he greatly preferred detached duty to duty with a regiment, as he made more money when L ?- ~ ? niB company was on mc ueiatircu duty. When with the regiment, he Bald, part of the supply money had to go through the hands of the general and another part through the hands of the colonel and when It got to him there was not much to take. But when he was on detached duty he got all that was to be got out of the money assigned to his company. He proceeded to details. In the first place, he said, he carried a number of dummies on his roster and received the pay supposed to be for them. He got 50 cents a day for feeding each horse In his command. In the company, including the mounts and the pack animals there were a large number of horses. He pocketed this money and plundered the country he passed through for his horses' feed. He was given a certain amount each day for food for the men. He kept as V. - * iUl- ? u ~ 1,J .1 uu inucii ui inib <in nt? tuuiu uiiu ifu hid men on the country. So that being: an officer in the Federal army can be made into a really profitable business, especially if one Is fortunate enough to get "detached" duty, which generally means to be sent out after a small band of rebels. So why should the officers be especially anxious to kill off the bandit leaders, who are Aesopian geese for them? Mr. Wells said that this account of the revolutions did not refer to the general movement against the de facto government, both to the numerous depredating expeditions that were constantly being made up In the name of revolution. Immense Loss Entailed. Returning to the subject of present day business conditions in Mexico, Mr. Wells said that practically all the large foreign corporations had interrupted their work. A few of the mines are still being run. but only where there is danger of water getting in and ruining them If a force is not kept at work- The general upheaval has meant the lose of many millions of dollars of American and European capital. These large corporations had improved labor conditions in the country marvellously. Where laborers formerly worked on a promise of 26 or 50 cents a day and generally were unable to collect all of it, they are now paid from one to three dollars a day by the Americans and Europeans, and they collect every cent of It. If they are doing construction work or mining, the laborers are forced by the companies to live in more sanitary ways than formerly. And with all i this these laborers hate the foreigners and especially the Americans. "But how about the Mexicans of the higher class, the educated men of the city, the people in the higher circles of society?" Mr. Wells was asked. He said that in Mexico society and social rating was based on one thing and one only, money. There is only one virtue, wealth, and only one crime, poverty. Mexicans do not say in commendation of a man, said Mr. Wells, that the man comes from a good stock, or that he or his people are honest, refined or anything of the sort; but always "muy ricas," meaning "very rich." Usually Qay and Lovely. Mexico City, he said, is. a gay and lovely place in normal times, and is full of amusements. There is also quite a large foreign colony there and plenty of social life. But now, Mr. Wells said, to one accustomed to the capital in its normal condition, Mexico City appears a very dead place. Its physical appearance has been spoiled by the severe bombardment It received recently. And this, said Mr. wens, was one of the things that testified to the extremely poor ability of the Mexican artillery. They hit everything except what they aimed at. In this connection he mentioned that Gen. Mondragon, whom President Huerta recently displaced from his cabinet, was probably the best artilleryman in Mexico and could have done much work in this branch if left in his position as minister of war. Mr. Wells said he wished very much that he was able to tell just when thihgs would settle down in the republic, so that he might lay his plans for returning there. He wants to get baok to work there, but he will not go until there is a more dependable protection for foreigners than at present. v v r f. WHEN GEORGE WA8 YOUNG. Rebuke of Prince of Wales ftecallq His Father's Escapades. There Is some amusement in British naval circles here over the fact of King George cabling a rebuke to Prince Albert for taking advantage of his shore leave from the training cruiser Cumberland at Halifax, to play a game of tennis Instead of paying an official call. It Is said that the kfhg himself, when Prince George, took advantage here of his shore leave from a naval cruiser to behave in a manner that called for the greatest diplomacy on the part of the police. It was when George and his brother were known as the ''sailor princes," and were cruising the world in H. M. S. Bacchante as midshipmen and "ordinary" members of the ship's company. The governor of Jamaica gave a ball in honor of< the visiting princes. The two midshipmen had a glorious time of it, and the impression of their extreme democracy still lingers with fragrance In Jamaican memory. The Duke of Clarence dlstlguished himself by dancing with everything In petticoat's, regardless of precedent, while It is recorded that tne present king so flabbergasted a poor official's daughter by asking for the honor of the next dance that she gasped In reply: "Th-thank you, Mr.?Mr. Wales." After the ball the two princes, with a number of other midshipmen, went on a sightseeing tour. They waxed Jovial toward morning, and it is stated as a fact in Kingston that George got rid of his surplus animal spirits by pitching the furniture through a hotel window into North Street The ancient dame who ran the hotel was appealed to, and was informed that if something was not done at once the two young princes would wreck the house. "How dare you!" cried the ancient lady, indignantly. "Isn't one of them going to be a king some day? Can't a king do as he likes?" The astute lady rendered a bill, however, which was promptly settled by the authorities without question as to its amount The difference between this incident and that of Prince Albert playing tennis instead of making ft nflll In thnt tho If in cr wont tn tho ball first and threw the furniture out of the window afterward.?Kingston Jamaica Letter. Army Signals.?The heliograph, which Is used so largely by armies In the field for signaling purposes, is nothing more than a mirror by which the sun's rays are caught and reflect* ed. The flashes can be thrown In any desired direction, the ordinary Morse code being usually employed. The distance to which these flashes can be thrown and read is almost incredible. During one of England's little Indian wars, when an expedition was sent to punish the Waziri, outposts communicated with the main force when seventy miles away. Apart from signaling, the distance at which objects can be discerned by the eye depends on two things?their height, and the clearness of the air. The most conspicuous object in the British Isles is Mount Snowdon, in Wales, which on a clear day can be distinctly seen from Bray Head, county Wlcklow, a distance of no less than eighty-five miles. Snowdon can also be seen from Waterloo, Liverpool, a distance of fifty-two miles.. In the Fens, where the ground Is perfectly fiat for miles, any lofty object can be seen a long way off. Boston "Stump," the tower of the fine old church at Boston, Lincolnshire, Is visible from the Leicestershire Hills, quite forty miles away. From the top of the famous Blackpool tower you can, on a clear day, catch a glimpse of the /nountaln of Snaefell. 'n the Isle of Man. The distance Is a good sixty miles. In Mexico the air Is said to be clear. _ a.% er man aiiywucrc rise in me nuuu. At any rate, it is the only country where a view extending to 200 miles can be obtained. By climbing to the top of the Sierra mountains the lonely peak of Mount Sparta can be seen. It would take four hours by express train to reach It.?Philadelphia Ledger. Xir Some men get the upper hand by dealing from the bottom. MANN 18 8EVERE. Republican Leader Critieiaea MoNab Caee. In a vigorous speech in the house last Thursday, Representative Mann, of Illinois, Republican leader, attacked Attorney General McReynolds for poet ponlng the white slave cases In San Francisco; criticised Commissioner General Caminettl, of the immigration bureau, father of one of the defendants, and declared that District Attorney McNab had "made the president and attorney general not only to beg the question but to eat their words." "Frightened rabbits," Mr. Mann said, "never go away quicker than the president and the attorney general when the matter was brought up." L,.. Mann declared that the president and the attorney general "had permitted themselves to be used to pre[ vent the enforcement of a great moral reform law" and insisted that the administration's, excuse for the postponement, "ofTered to cast ignominy upon one official in the department of justice who has bravery, courage and knowledge of how to do things,"* was worse that the "offence." Caminettis Attacked. "The younger Caminettl is a youthful boy of 27 years, with, I believe, several children," continued the speaker, "and it was. desirable to have his father at the trial to protect him in Vila piiIIHam Innnpsnpc hnvine nnlv several lawyers to do so. His father had been appointed commissioner general of Immigration, one of the duties of which offlce is to enforce both the Mann and Bennett white slave laws in reference to the deportation of aliens brought here for prostitution?a fine man to place in that position whose principal object Is to leave his offlce In order to go to the side of his 27year-old son under trial for white slave offence. "The action now taken is pure hypocrisy. Manliness, such as I would have expected from the Christian, moral gentleman occupying the White House, would have required him to ask the district attorney to withdraw his resignation and try the cases, he being more familiar with them. They have accepted the resignation of the district attorney and dismissed the officer who working up these cases. Action 8uits Defendants. "I suspect the elder Camlnettl, and possibly the Junior Camlnettl may be quite willing to have the case speedily tried, when the few men who were 1 familiar with the case, and who have worked it up, are fired out of the ser- , vice before any one else has time to learn all the circumstances of the case." { ?. | Mr. Mann charged that the new cab inet officers seemed to have an exaggerated Importance in their own eyes and an exaggerated idea of the influence of each. "A former member of this house, , (Secretary Wilson,) he said, telephones to the attorney general'* office, and the attorney genera! says that 'without stopping to go through the files and so refresh my recollection ( concerning any particular circumstances of the cases, I sent the follow- . ing telegram to the district attorney, ordering him to postpone the case.' "What sort of a department of Jus- , tice is it? What kind of an attorney i genera] is it?" he asked. "No doufefc , the attorney general is a great lawyer and a great man. But if the Democratic administration intends to prooeed upon the theory that when a cabinet officer telephones the attorney general, or when some wealthy defendant, as happened in the Western Fuel case, walks into the office of the attorney general and asks to have a case postponed, it is done, there will not be many Democratic administrations in the next hundred years." CURRENCY REFORM. What Metropolitan Papers Are Saying of the New Bill. } (New York Times.) Apprehension may well be aroused , because in some respects this banking and currency bill seems to be the fruit | of a resolve of the Democratic party, now fully In power, to recall the results of the election of 1898. It makes Mr. Roosevelt's recall of judicial decisions dwindle into Insignificance. It is a perilous venture for the Democratic party to insist upon enacting now, theories which, in principle, are the counterpart of those the country rejected in 1896 and again in 1900. For it would be so easy, approach- ( ing the problem in a fair temper to secure the enactment of a bill which, while reserving to the Federal government ample powers far greater than it has exercised over the national banking system, would prove a ..??l4AklA r\f t?nfnrm Q POOnt. VCI lUtUIC llicaouic VI > V4V? M* v-^wwjrv able to financiers, to bankers and to business, and beneficial to the country. 1 (Hartford Courant) The real scheme is one of Inflation for political uses. This is the pur- ( pose of the Federal reserve board; j and the exclusion of all banking representatives from this board is explained by that purpose. The design Is to make the banks, as President , Wilson said, "the instruments" of this political dispotlsm over the financial resources of the country; and in order to be dead sure on this vital point of the scheme, the three rep resentatives of the banks, allowed In this board originally have been cut out, and the whole thing is to be the strongest, the most perfect and the most absolute political machine that this country has ever seen. (New York Herald.) Mr. Wilson ignores all this, and, coming forward "as the head of the government," etc., says to the business men of the country. "We" know what business needs and "we" know how to supply it. It ts safe to say that the commercial organizations of the country will be heard from in due time. (New York Tribune.) Mr. Bryan insists that the emergency notes shall be issued by the government. Apparently in the Democratic view the only Institution unfitted to issue a note Is a bank. John Jones may issue his note and It may be accepted by everyone who knows ktnnoo a nH William Smith mav Issue his. But a bank should not issue its notes because, forsooth, of the Democratic doctrine that only the government must Issue the money! (Springfield Republican). It is a queston of getting out of the Democratic administration and congress the best attainable law or of abandoning all hope of changes for an indefinite period. If the financiers, bankers and business men of the country who are reasonable In their views and concllatory in their Intention*. will endeavor to co-operate with President Wilson in perfecting the administration measure, they may help in a most important achievment?one which would serve as a solid foundation for more scientific legislation in future years. (New York World.) Hen of every political faith have 4k? ? A long icil mc uovu ui a ucuci uauiuua system and a currency more responsive to sound credit and legitimate enterprise. On many points the Investigation and discussion that have been going on for 20 years have brought about substantial agreement The differences that now present themselves are few and should be overcome quickly by those who approach the question with proper motives. (New York Sun.) The administration project for 1913 for a government managed system of banking continues the history of financial heresy and confirms the record of political treatment of banking and currency problems, it is not too roach to soy that if the administration's banking bill is enacted Into law without modification of Its political features, the presidential campaign of 1916 will be fought for control of the national banking system. If a contest is to be made to avert such & canvass, the time to make it Is now, before political control Is fastened on the country's banking power. PROTECTION OF THE BIRD8. Faderal Government Now Ha* Matter In Hand. Regulations of the United States department of agriculture, bureau of biological survey, fixing the seasons in which the shooting of migratory birds is allowed, authorized under the recently enacted Weeks-McLean migratory bird law, have been promulgated. Generally speaking, the country is divided into two sones, northern and southern, the dividing line running wholly or in part north of the 1 attitude 40 degrees and the Ohio river. The 25 states included in the w>rthern zone comprise Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,. Idaho. Oregon and Washington. The 23 states Included in the southem zone are Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. The. scooting season fixed for these j two zones varies according to the four classifications of migratory birds that hatta been made, as will be seen later. The zones thus established take the place of 60 similar districts now existing under the statutes of the several states. By way Of summarisation the following statements may be made: Exceptions have been made In both cones for numerous reasons, but in most cases the closed Beasons take the average of the existing laws of the states in the particular zones in which they are located. There has been more cutting down on the closing than pn the opening dates of the shooting seasons as they now exist. In most cases three months of open shooting are allowed for water fowl and in some cases as much as three and one-half months. Spring shooting is absolutely prohibited. Shooting of migratory birds between sunrise and sunset is likewise prohibited. In no case will there be less than SO days when birds may be shot during the period of their greatest abundance. Birds that may be shot are divided by the new regulation into four classes. These, and the open seasons allowed on them, follow: i 1. Water fowl: northern zone, September 1, December 15; southern zone, October 1, January 1. 2. Rail: Northern zone, September 1-December 1; southern zone, September 1, December 1. 3. Woodcock: Northern zone, October 1, December 1; southern zone, November 1, January 1. 4. Shore birds: Northern zone, September 1, December 15; southern zone, September 1, December 15. No shooting whatever is allowed of Dieeons. etc. A closed season until September 1, 1918, Is established for brand-tailed pigeons, little brown, sandhill and whooping cranes; swans, curlew, all shore birds except black breasted and golden pover, Wilson or Jack snipe, wood duck, greater and lesser yellow legs. Wood duck In addition are given a closed season to September 1, 1918, In the following states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Tork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Insectivorous birds, Including robins, larks, etc., are protected at all times in all states and similar protection is given the smaller shore birds and other species which have been greatly reduced in number. A novel and Important feature is the prohibition of hunting on the great rivers of the country except during November and December. Prohibited territory as designated by the regulations in this instance is as follows: Mississippi river, from New Orleans to Minneapolis; Ohio river, THE MIDI SOME characters in books ai love to scrap?inhabitants of El ] map. Their loves, their victoriei sion on your mind; they're fleetl and leave no trace behind. Bi that sinks right in and grips the and hoary, Its memory will not < big and bully, an eptic of the Mid wild and wooly), a story of its v men contending, and of the vlctoi pmllnir And of an eDOch just be? are verging upon their doom, It i young men iusurglng against trad see the stern old-timers, like bn tlent of ambitious climbers, who tom's hat. We almost hear the Is so true; It Is a picture of the through and through. And all t folks, of flesh and bone; and all are such as you and I have know this great country we infest, an< counterparts throughout the Wesi from Its mouth to Pittsburgh; Missouri river, between its mouth and Bismarck, N. D. Under the provisions of the WeeksMcLean law, three months are given from the time these regulations are made public until they are presented to the 'president for approval and are Anally adopted. It is also provided that public hearings may be made if deemed proper and it Is assumed that these very probably will be held. The regulations outlined above, con stltute the most sweeping action ever taken in the country's history towards the protection of its wild life. They, of course, take absolute precedence of all existing statutes in the several states with which they come in conflict Twenty-flve million or more of the country's population are directly or indirectly concerned with the subject to which they pertain. It is claimed that on the whole, the underlying principles are sound and well adapted to an urgent need. Wise discrimination for the most part seems to have been made in dealing with species that are relatively abundant and those that are not holding their own under existing regulations, and there is evident intent of giving a square deal to all sections of the country. A special committee of three from the bureau of biological survey drafted the regulations outlined above. Its members are: T. S. Palmer, A. K. Fisher and W. W. Coke. The department of agriculture has issued two DamDhlets on the subject one containing the regulations themselves and the second an explanation of them. These are numbered 92 and 93, respectively. FIR8T SHIP, OCTOBER 16. Dat* Set by Goethete for Boat to Pass Through. Col. George W. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal, arrived in New York recently from Colon on the United Fruit steamship Pastores and went directly to Washington to. confer with the president in regard to the organization of an operating force for the canal and the future policy of the Panama railroad, which is owned "by the government Incidentally he will tell the president when the first ship will be sent through and may let him know how 1 I* ...111 k. n kaelaahln IUUS it win uc uciuic a. uaincoui^ can be sent by way of the big ditch to tli? Pacific. The secretary of' war, who summoned Colonel Ooethals to Washington, probably will question him about the fortifications of the canal. Colonel Goethala made light of the recent landslides. He said there were only three and that the one at Zucarache was .the worst "The canal will be open without fall on January 1, 1915," he said. "If water is allowed in earlier than that and" ?here the colonel smiled knowingly? "I understand it will be, we may put a vessel through on October 15 this year." He was asked to be more specific. 1 mean to put a vessel through," he said, "even though it is only a flat bottomed boat, on that-date. If the experiment is a failure"?and the colonel smiled again "why, I will simply be testing the locks." A rlnnflnc a morn serious tone. the colonel declared that one of the boats, and not a flat bottomed one, of the canal commission would be sent through; it would be a plain matter of business. The owners of the polar ship Fram had asked permission to have the honor of going through first, but the government vessel would take precedence. If water were started into the canal on July 1 there would be enough in the basin by July 31 to float a battleship; that is, there would be 36 feet. "In case of emergency, could you get a battleship through before October?" he was asked. "That depends how grave the emergency is," he slowly answered. M08AIC LAWS 8ANITARY Distinctions of Permitted and Forbidden Foods Vindicated by Science. There have been gathered a collec tion or racts to prove tn&t me ntunuu; laws of Moses were not only on a line with the modern rules of hygiene, but in some cases in advance of them. The Jew thousands of years before Christ, settling in a semi-tropical country, was forbidden to eat pork or shell fish, and milk was designated as a source of contagion. In the Talmud a method of slaughtering animals was prescribed, which Is acknowledged today in our markets as the most sanl uti y. Five thousand years before Koch gave to the world the results of his researches In bacteriology, the Mosaic law pointed out the danger to man from tuberculosis in cattle, but did not forbid infected poultry as food. It was only a few years ago that German specialists discovered that fowl tuberculosis was harmless to man. The Mosaic law also enforced the Isolation of patients with contagious diseases and the burial of the dead outside all cities. These hints the Gentile world did not fully accept until a century or two ago. The wise law-giver prescribed not only fasting at certain periods of the year, but the removal of whole families In summer out to camps, where for a time they could live close to nature. Many of the laws of Moses were prescriptions intended for the health of both mind and body.?Harper's Weekly. it?" The most successful matrimonial agencies are those conducted by handsome young widows. 1 LANDERS re shadows, and they like shadows Dorados that never were upon the 3, their troubles make no impresng as the Idle bubbles that break it now and then we strike a story heart, and, till we're ancient men depart, THE MIDLANDERS Is die West (but not the west that's /orst and best A story of strong rles they won; a story of an epoch ran. Old customs and old things seems, at last, and here we have lltlons of the past. And here we ive Horatlus, standing pat, Impathrow their bricks through cuswelkin rattle, this tale of conflict battle that's jarred this nation he people in Its pages are living their struggles, hopes and rages, n. It Is a story of the minute, of 3 every character that's In it has L Walt Mason. THE TRAVELING PUBLICWill find our DEPOT HACK SERVICE convenient, prompt and efficient Our Carriages MEET ALL INCOMING TRAINS, ready to carry passengers to any part of the town. If you are going away PHONE US and we will send a carriage ror you 10 take you and baggage to the trains. SPECIAL CARRIAGES? On orders we will furnish SPECIAL CARRIAGES for your private use. Tour patronage is solicited for this service. JAMES BROTHERS, LIVERY ? SALE ? FEED STABLES YORKVILLE - . 8.C. Gut Glass and Sterling Silver Of course you know that I always , have a very complete line of the neatest designs in CUT GLASS and STERLING SILVER, and just now I am showing some recent additions to my stock and it will be a pleasure to have you coll and let me show these new goods to you. The designs are all new, up-to-date and in qualities that are unsurpassed. Come and let me show you my lines of CUT GLASS and STERLING SILVER. These goods : are always most acceptable as souvenirs for June brides. ALARM CLOCKS? If you have difficulty about awaking from your pleasant dreams in the early morning, the thing you need is a "BIG BEN," a "BABY BEN" or an o r\ a wr at a tit* m A/nr ai.A O'UAI V/UWA< 4.UVV (M O the best alarms made, but I have "Rest Disturbers* at less prices. T. W. SPECK, The Jeweler ifflE CLEHSIN Ml | ENROLLMENT OVER 800?VAL ? MILLION AND A THIRD?OVER | Degree Courses: ? Engineering; Textile Industry; Ar Short Courses* one-Tear c< onuri tiuuisea. course in Te ?ter Course in Cotton (fending; Foui era. rVifit* Cost per session of nine ? light water, board, laun $133.45. Tuition, If able to pay, 1 sion for the one year Agricultural ? Course, all expenses, $18.00. | ? SCHOLARSHIP AND END ?The College maintains 167 four-yes arshlps, and Si one-year Agricultur arahlps $100.00 per session and Fi ? attended Clemson College, or any not eligible for the Scholarships un pllcants). ? Scholarships and Entrance E: County Superintendent of Educatlc NEXT SESSION OPENS | Write at once to W. A ? Clemson College, 8. C., for Catalog, I REBUILT <j * Before You, Mr. Business Mi J for a New Typewriter at $1(X f tell you what we can offer in J the Make and Model that yon j| a machine Rebuilt in a thorc } thoroughly trained mechanics ? All Worn Parts, and turn out ( detail, in short, "AS GOOD i I will do as good work and as 5 chine, and you save from $4 x saving of this amount means J fore you buy a Typewriter. ? Remington, Nos. 10 and 11 v Oliver, No. 3 ? Oliver, No. 5 J Smith Premier, No. 2 I Smith Premier, wo. xu Monarch, No. 3 L. G. Smith, No. 1 Underwood, Nos. 4 and 5 If you expect to buy a ' Machine and keep the differei We also sell Typewriter 1 Carbon Copy Paper, Carbon) I L. M. GRIS i YORKVILLE i Spend You | Western Nor ? THE LAND OF THE SKY ? THE BEA1 | EASILY ACCESS | EVERY DIRECT $ Southern ^ ????? PREMiKK CARRIE] | Through Sleeping Cars 1 ?FR0 ? MOBILE, MONTGOMERY, ATL | JACKSONVILLE, 91A q COLUMBL ? MAGNIFICENT HOTELS?I ? HOUSES?Q * MAKE YOUR OUTING CX f WRITE FOR F <g? "Community Life In Western Nort ^ Slcy," "Summer I ? Call on Local Ticket Agents for ot J dress? ?L. D. ROBINSON, City Passenger and Ticket Agent a Columbia, S. C. | W.KMc Assistant General I ? Columbia, INTEREST fc.H'W .tfiy-f O-T ?!VA A' V- -*i4 There are more kinds of Interest than the kind you pay for money when yon borrow from a bank. There la a PERSONAL. INTEREST, the kind that the officers of THIS BANK feel In Its customers ?an Interest which prompts as to do whatever we possibly sen to encourage and to aid those who give us their patronage. o?l .r u:.l r puiik vf incnury urvvc Hickory Grove, S. C. The Road to Wealth There is one door that always opens to the road of prosperity and wealth. Tou will find that door at the front of our Bank. Why not open It TODAY. You will And a warm welcome. A Checking Account at our Bank will simplify your business deals, your cancelled checks will be a receipt and record of every aeai. it mixes errors Impossible. Better Start Right Today. The Bank of Clover, CLOVER, a & THE MIDLANDER8. OJLTUiUL HUIEBeI iUE OP PROPERTY OVER A f 90 TEACHERS AND OFFICERS ? (seven courses), Chemistry; He- ? I Electrical Engineering; Civil 4 chltectur&l Engineering. ^ >nrse In Agriculture; Two-Year 4 xtile Industry; Four-Weeks Win- ? -Weeks Winter Course for Farm- a months; Including all fees, heat, * dry, and two complete uniforms, ? 140.00 extra. Total cost per ses- T 1 Courses, $117.56; Four-Weeks ? FIANCE EXAMINATIONS ? f ir Agricultural and Textile Scholal Scholarships. Value of Schol- X ee Tuition. (Students who have ? other College or University, are * less there are no other elible ap- A laminations will be held by the $ in on July 11th, at 9 a. m. SEPTEMBER 10, 191S. ? A. RIGGS, President | , Scholarship Blanks, etc. If you A 9 crowded oat S GOOD AS EVER TYPEWRITERS t in, pay out your good coin 3.00 each, come and let us a REBUILT MACHINE of i i nrefer. We can sell you Highly equipped factory by i, who Replace and Renew t machines perfect in every AS EVER"?Machines that j much of it as a New mall to $60 on the deal. If a anything to you see us beA few prices: $48.00 to $55.00 28.00 to 33.00 42.00 to 48.00 28.00 to 32.00 40.00 to 48.00 42.00 to 50.00 J. An ia AA 41.UU CO W.VU 42.00 to 55.00 Typewriter, buy a Rebuilt lice in your pocket. See us. J libbons, Typewriter Paper, i. Let us supply you. T'S SONS, - - S. G. CutMfM/lV 1 .1 1/UffffftCf i M Carolina | DTIPCIi SAPPHIRE COUNTRY 1 IBLE FROM | ION BY ffi Railway r R OF THE SOUTH ??? 1 to Principal Resorts | ? 1 ANT A, CON, SAVANNAH, | A, CHARLESTON, AUGUSTA. ? 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