Some Information About With reference to Vera Cruz-El Paso, Texas, and Juarez Mexico, mi^ht be compared a'tth the situation o> Chicago in , rete.* lon to Charleston. Juarez, or to give it the full name, Ciudad Juarez, for merly known as El faso ael Norte, is in the very middle of the north'] ern boundary line ol' Mexico. und Vera Cruz is the principal port, and is located on the eastern coast, toward the,southernmost part of Mex ito. . .,v v. . ; , - .". Miis #ives some idea of the wide area covered by the American forces at this time. Secretary Daniels has had *a patrol arranged to sault rifbng thc Gulf of Mexico, and the 1,5oo miles of the northern border of Mexico is being patrolled by the United States army. . Wv.;. population-of El Paso, Texas, is given a< 39,3 79 uv if .Greenville.. ?!r. Mayiiehi wert there for his health directly after he finished his to;m cr ci?ke hs state superintendent of education. Fr >m the roof of lils V.mc he and his family have witnessel many battles amlikirrmVhev in Juarez, \ !?h ts just across the Rio Grand.? liver. Juarez, has been in the hands of half a dozen different facti.u.s in the last three yeas* rvU.di.yo. Zapata, Villa and, others hav; started their w?iv io Success in titi'? northern capital of-;i the i?vo.;!t''-nl?ti;. Juarez, is a wicked city, pV?? over to horse racing, and chicken light ing, and other half rivi luce J pursuits. It is t^OOO miles northwest ?if Me:?ico City, and Vie vico Cbv b 263 miles from Vera Cru?, and al most due west. Mexico City is almost equi-distant from Vera Cruz on the Atlantic and Acapulco on the Pacific The port at Acapulco is now blockaded by the b?ttleslvp California, which was built and is now commanded by Capt. N A. McCully of this city. One hundred miles due south of Juarez is the considerable city of Chihuahua, which is now the capital of the Constirotiohalrsts, under Gen. Carranza. Three hundred miles southeast of Chihuahua is Tor re?n, the strategical point where the bitter fighting was carried on a few, days ago between Villa on the one side and Velasco and Maas on the other. And five, hundred miles southeast of Torre?n is the capi tal city, 'the home of the Montezeumas," that proud and gentle aris a . ,: .. ' ' . --. i, v ? ? . ' ;. -r.ai City and State ot Vera as They Are T? Scene of First Bloodshed Following la. a description of Vera I accounts for the frightful ravagea of _ .???" ,"u~~. ?j- ?rtt yellow and other fevers: Yellow far ^""*"-^? 'ver IH ?."est prevalent from May till American blooa waa sp.iled In the November. Although It is th? chief pTos?nt conflict. port for all Mexico. Vera.Cruz han* nb Vera Crus, or Villa Ne?va de la Vera harbor, but ohly an open roadstead be Cruz (the new etty of the Reel Cress), tween the town and the castle. * . tha D"", nna.t nt The anchorage ls exceedingly bad, an important 6% on the east coast ot ^ ^neQ ih^nort or nortee! Mexico, about ?1 miles east ot the. (terrible hurricanes, bearing af?ng ?Mtv of Mexico, with a population In with'them clouds nf sand Trom the roi lection from many h?Mdna. The j?w?g Bhate A breakwater ls td ? tty is bu lt In a semi-circle facing the proCoeB of construction which will do be?, fin? ls regularly ?a.*?0?1: Te much towards Itaprdvlng the harbor, streets, which arc *!??rth?i ta us- a m y thls clljr a?d Met,Co agi in the tropical ^?^^"S?S 'vag begun in UKI. end completed in east and weit, troru the hbrhor. with lgw Tbere i8 also to be an Ihteroc others crossing them at rl?ht angles. ?ftWc ,me tQ AcaDlilt.0. Tho town ls **>VK 5.^t.5i?? *?? chief exports are the precious ^W^I? cochlnal, sugar, flour, mdlgo. work*; ba ?hW byjthe^f*-^ -* provisions, sarsaparilla, leather, va do Hitos, whjbh^ds^ur?ae an tilfend ?t?, . j togwopd and plmen of the Mame p?m?, a?one a :?g*g^ tc, ?nd the import*, cation, woolen, from the shore.; T'^^Sf*1 bJfc liben ind silk goods, brandy, iron Mogs are the ca??rat and other ^ ^ quicksilver, paper, hard. ^uu^ii ~?'V2?2ZZ ware abd cutlery, earthenware, etc court house ^l^j!on> w>l?:n *?*M- was the n'rjt Spanish aetflemeht on the oo one side ot the great square in ty rAk?t center et the city. | g?te of Tern tri*. { There art a few good hospitals, ^be -, \^ dratnaae of the city flows down open . Vera Cru?; a mirath?* ?t?te of channel; tn thc center of the streets Mexico, consisting hf a belt of terri wlilch aro almost on a- level with the tory ?bout 30 miles long by SO miles . 'asa. nus. combined with the wretch, broad, stretching along the southwest ?d water ?ratch the inhabitant* are coast of the Gulf of Matteo. SfJOl com ?el red to drink, the maraby and square miles. Population ld 13B5 Mfe. utter? hatte* hstare of the ahrronnd- m. chieTfjr Creoles ?nd Indians. The ?ni country, and the pestllcht?al. PA- coast .region, a^stxip shmit tur? of *be dtmate geOhrallV, easily Wld?. is lbw, revel end sandy, Ht v the Geography of Mexico ?" ."-.-;--""i: uz ?, r tocratic race of kings that was butchered by Cortez, who came in ?\?? name of Christianity, under the banner "in Hoc Signo Vinces," and drenched with blood the lovely Aztec city and looted the palaces and the tmeples, and gave to the simple ad confiding r?ce of people their first impressions of greed, treachery, rapine ?fid blood-thirstiness. Mexico has been a charnel house and a shambles ever since.* Brownsville is the Southernmost point on the coast of Texas, and just acioss the mouth of the Rio Grande river from Brownsville is Matanioras. Tampico, sprung into worldwide notoriety in the last few days, is 150 miles south of Brownsville arid midway between Vera Cruz and Brownsville. Galveston is atfout 200 miles north ol' Brownsville, and in the environs of. Galveston is Texas City where .10.-000-regulars have been hardening and training for a year.. Among the citizens of Anderson who have more than a passing ac quaintance with Mexico is C. J. DcCaihps, the \vell known real estate niau and engineer who some years ago was engaged in railroad con struction in that country. He declares that while the climate at Vera Cruz is wretched, being subject to malaria and yellow fever on ac count of the outlyiug lagoons, yet this territory, at sea level sobh gives way to font hills and then to towering mountains. Within twenty rr??res cf Vera Cruz is the railroad bridge which holds the key to the situation in approaching the capital city. Foi ty miles out from Vera Cruz one has passed the fever infected jungles and morasses and has begun tc ascend, in fact the altitude here is something like 4,ooo feet, Asheville, N. C., being only about l.voo. This whole backbone of Mexico, flanked on each side by narrow coastal strips, is of volcanic origin. The rail line ascends to a maximum of lo.ooo feet before it begins to approach the City of Mexico, which is one bf the most beau tiful in the world, and is on a plateau 7,5oo feet above the sea. The highest mountain east of the Rockies is Mount Mitchell in North Caro Imo, which is 6,711 feet and towers above the other spurs of the Blue Ridge The danger of Mexican bullets, therefore, is not (Jie only terror to be encountered in Mexico. While the climate of the plateau country is equable, more so than in any point in South Carolina, yet in Vera Cruz, Acapulco and Tampico there is to be encountered the dread yel low fever anet" the approaching season of the year is the period when yellow fever is most prevalent. characteristic feature bing Its la goons. In t?ie southeast corner of the state iv" the Isthmus of Tahuantepec (q. .v.). Its climate is hot and un healthy, yellow fever prevailing from May to November. The interior slopes toward th?. Volcanic mountain range of the Sierra Madre, by which lt ls traversed, culminating in the peak of Orizaba, 17,314 feet high, lt presents nil varieties Of C-i linnie fluni Ifuplr.-i? io arctic, ana a correspondre^ variety of vegetable producta both of the .tor rid and temperate fviues. The middle region 'n. lerviie ?n.i covered with a magnificent forest and plantations of BUgi.r, coffee, tobacco, corn, etc., and ir agreeable and: healthy. Among the ni i ?ra? products are gold, copper, lt-AJI OV.lt lAMlf Look te Your Piambie*. e know what happens In a hous? .. .Heh the plumbing is ra poor con ion--cyerybody in tho house is lis le to contract t/phojd fever or sows i*r fever. The .ilgestivq organs riorm the same fractions la th? bu ln body aa plumbing dees for the boase, and should be kept th first condition from time to tithe, if JU have md trouble with your di* Mitton take CharaberiahY* Tablets sd you ita certain to get quick ro llet'. For ?ale by Evana* Pharmacy. BA ?fib BOO KI1/LK1) . Making the Second for thin Week Unnfetakable Digas. Two rabid dogs have been killed in Anderson this week. At this time o? year this is unusual. One was killed On. Church street Tuesoay. and again .n.inT-Ha.. a rohlij Amy tva? ?ll;r>/w_ ?red on 'Franklin street, at the home of Judge Brezeale. Thia was a colli-?, and was scting queerly, fosmiug ac the mouth and having fits. It ran the cook into the house, but so far as is known made bo attack on, any animals In the yard or tn neighboring yards. Mr. E. B. brlske.ll wa> summoned and put the i dog ont oj the way with a shot gun. STra?g?t at lt. There ls no use "beating around the bush," We might as well out with it tl last, fte weat you tb try cHaittfr/. faUVs Cough ftemedy the bait time ydu hsve a cough or cold. There ls no resHori BO far as we can see that frou should riot do so. This prepara tion by its., remarkable cures has gained a world-wide reputation, and ?le everywhere speak of it in tho eut terms of praise. lt i*> *or by Evans* Pharmacy. a ('ara fer ?-.?.a. (orig* fcedleltte fer rtr?lir**. -i guttered w??, rheumatism for .-* two years and could .not get my .right Too much care cannot be nsedin se- band to my mouth for that time." l?ctl?g a cough medicine for children, writes Lee L. Chapmen, Mapleton. It should.bo pieanant TU te**, eont*m Iowa. "I sutfored terrible pain so I no harmful substance abd be rnore ef- contd not Sleep or. lie still nt night fectaal. Chamberlain s cough reme- Pira years ago I began using Cham - Hf meets these requirements and is a berlalne Uniment and lb two months favorite with mothers of young chit- I was well abd 1 hsvA ?ot suffered dren everywhere. For salem Evans* with rheumatism ?inen.**-For sale by HUNDREDS AMERICAN REFU GEES ON WAY HOME FROM MEXICO NOW ! MORE ARE DEAD [avy'o Advice? During Day ?From War Zone b That No Se rious Riots Occurred (By Associated Pross) Washington. April 24.-Secretary ryan announced tonight that ali tuertean consuls in Mexico, whether i federal or constitutionalist territory, ad been authorized by ?he State de artiucnt lu leave the country. The navy department tonight re ?ived reports that the Bteamer Caper uza has left Vera Ctf?i via Tampico >r Calveston, with refugees on board, he Jason atso will go to Galveston, lopping at Tux pain for refugees. Tho nnboat XaJhviDp waa' sent south .om Vera Cruz to pick up refugees t Puerto, Mexico, I mports from Mexico ld the navy dc. artinent also stated tnat refugee* ere boarding American war vessels t nearly all the ports where ships ave been stationed. The fuel ship Justin with 18 refugees) 'ft (?uavinas ano wiii go to ISRA i hirty seven American refugees ran risco, stopping at San Diego, ere reported on board the Qlacjer i To polo ha ni J.D. Admiral Mayo re torted that the collier Cyclops had een Bent north to Galveston from ampico, carrying 3.">0 refugees. Tho teamer Trinidad was charteren at ampico and loaded with 275 Amerl ins bound for Galveston.. One hun. red employes of tho Huasteca Coin any at Tampico also are on their ay to Calves :jn in a yacht. The ships at Tampico, Admiral Mayo .ported, still have about 1,100 refug ss on board and there are 200 or 300 a shore. They have agreed to divide the time >r the use of wireless telegraphy as illowa: Six hours for the American eet, 3*x for the British and the re minder for other nations. From Tampico it is reported that ie port ls crowded with refugees. ,?ar Admirals Badger and Mayo are laking every effort to send them orth.j The steamship Trinidad has een chartered for this purpose by ?ear Admiral Mayo and several Bun red have been sent to Galveston on oard the Cyclops. No overt action on the part of the lexicans has been reported from any f tho ports. The torpedo boat tender Dixie and ile destroyers now at Tampico will o used to send these refugees to Gal eaton. The destroyers Paterson and 'aulding wore detached today and ent from Tampico to Tuxpam to look ut for refugies. Admiral Badger reported the arrival f the French cruiser Conde and thc rltish cruiser Lancaster at Vera Cruz A dispatch from Admiral Badger, lade public nt the navy department oday, adds to the list of American ead at Vera Cruz the following: Louis Frank Boswell, chief gun ers mate, home address Cultervllle Ils., next of kin. father, William li. ib'j "ell. Ki.ndolth Sutnmerlin, private marine orps, home address Willacoochee, ext of kin father, Benjamin F. Sum lerlin. Orders to hold up all shipments of rms across the Mexican border were eat today by the treasury department 3 all collectors of customs. The or ers are in cooperation with the war epartment's eorts to hold all ammun ition. President Willson today told Chad ian Fitzgerald, of the house commit - se oh appropriations, who had come <3 the White House to learn if any rar funds were needed, that no aj> roprlation was required "for the prcs rit.." Kini itt A M.EX roi: (By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.) Sixty four years ago died Kdgar AI ?n Poe, the most interesting figure i American literature. If there was ever another man Just ile* Poe ft would he exceedingly diffi ult to ?lace him. We remember Shel. ?y, frail as the paper boats .he loved 3 sall; and John Keats, who was klll d by'a critique, and whose name waayj writfc In water," but of no finer fibre ? ven than Shelley or Keats was Poe. 'he mose delicate Eolian Harp he ras. upon whose soul the faintest ephyr of experience played like a L-i?ii>t-B\. A i!iOiinnii;i tiEwS sn??s san ative than the most delicate instru i'cr.t ever devi*ed by t .ie hand of man. .oe was treated by h's contemporaries s though he were.ian ordinary mah, tlirk-skinned, pugnacious add fcre fticd to stand any amount of rough sago from thc world. And because from* thc rough usage .oe sought relief in drink-a thing he u'ght not to have done, of course ley called him a common drunkard nd degraded sot, That Poe drank to excess at times annot be denied, hut excess vlth bim ran nothing with other mon! A tea (toon lui of brandy would make him rtrhk. so exquisitely fine was his men ti org?nlratlon. This wonderful man died at the agc P. G. Hmitb af Kew York Cwy^ XPERT PlAJiOVOfUE T?NBB AN? ... itt IaWa?Bejstif..,fa. wttnaatJW? f **. factory. rglC HOUSE, Bierkley M!o> Anderson, g. ?, I A TY I l\/-FKi* stir UP >'our ,ivcr a Uttle, just ? v ?-" enough io start the bile nicely. One of Ayer's Pills at bedtime is all you need. These pills act di r :ctly on the liver. Made for the treatment of constipation, bilious ness, dyspepsia, sick-headache. Ask your doctor if he knows a better pill for a sluggish liver. Then follow i?^-advice. ??5??A?*i,^a The FARMERS AND MERCHANTS ...BANK... and Thc Farmers Loan &TrustJCo. Will bc pleased lo discount from 1500 lo 2000 gilt*edjge notes running fruin ?550 to S t Ol) each, that vii be paid during the months of October and November, W?mt/Pfnr m/v 'w/?? BE WARE ( OFSfyQQTH STRANGERS W/TH N/CE * ^M^^EEMZ/VG &Q^jC/??Af?S ^^^^ J^J^B^^l mm If all of these schemes which ''Smooth" strangers com? around to peddle are such great "Money Makers" why don't they KEEP them themselves? When a man is toying hard to sell you a proposition there M something in it for HHV?-that's a surejthing. . Is it not better for us all to keep our money herc _aft Theme, invest ip arid build up OUR OWN Community? _ / The man who does this is prosperous. We pay 4 per cent, interest on Savings Make OUR Bat; k YOUR bank Anderson, 3- C. Five Dollars Rewai*?ii For the largest Water Melon grown fromour seed. We have.TOM WAT? gilli, KL?KLEY. S HF HT und MONTE CRISTO. We altt? have for introduc. tion, several hundred package? of three entirely new water melons which will be given free to any of our farmer friends who will call at oar ?tere. Kant's Boole ?Store IF IN -OF A VEHICLE OF ANY KIND let us show you our stock before you buy. We carry a complete stock of all kinds. Also ?iu!^ ness, Whips and Robes. % * We have some extra good values iri Mu?e? and Horses. Liberal terms and courteous treatment to all. ANDERSON, : SOUTH CAROLINA ot 40, worn out not by his dissipations I but by the wonderful friction for I which he was unprepared. But os { brief snd troubled as his life wa?. !" ' was not snuffed-out before bo ' pn us tho "Raven." ?*? ' ? ahd 'Annabel Lee". V i most re markable prodiirlions ot the human inlnd. The popularity ot the "Raven" ia world-wide, and Justly too. for not sven Shakespeare composed a sublim er piece. Tte poet loses his early I?ve. Levi.;* (innon!:ence> and ts vis ited hy the raven (remorse). In other words th* Raven ls the only story.of Hie tri ?Hedy of a soul seeking to ullay 1U Im.nOrtat thirst or truth and beau ty ar.d falling at last In Ute shadow >f reappointment and sorrow. Ifs Jos' Like When yon n?ed glaises you aatfif ally want the best and at a tiring price. Right here is where you get both, as well - as the services ot a graduate Optometrist with twenty two, yeera experience. Examination entirely free. ns. MCCREA BY ox-ran ' Kye-Stgit SpeemTSil Oter Evana raamaer Ko, i