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Some Information About the Geography of Mexico ? Court cay of "Tho State" Columbia. , . . i With reference to Vera Cruz-El Paso, Texas, and Juarez Mexico, might be Compared *'ith the situation o' Chicago In' fela?-ot: to Charleston, Juarez,, or :to/give. it the full name, Ciudad Juarez, tor? merly known as El Paso uel Norie, is in the very middle of the north ern boundary line of Mexico, and Vera Cruz is the principal port, and 1 is located on the eastern coast, toward the southernmost part of Mex-J ico. . V . j This gives some idea of inc wide area covered ny,rihe American forces at this time. Secretary Daniels has had a patrol arranged to scout alon;? the Gulf of Mexico, and the 1,500 miles "of the northern border of Mexico is being patrolled by the United States army. The population of El Paso, Texas, is given at 39,279 ?n toto, rut there arc c t course niany moie residents thee, because th'.s c;?unt d*es not include the suburbs. Half of the residents are said to be Mexi cans. There are s greai many South Carolinians in El Par?, among whom misfit be mentioned W. D. Mayfield and family, formerlv}>f Greenville. Ki. -Mayfield wert there for his health directly arter he finished hi,<tevm cf cificc as state superintendent of education. 'Er lin' the roof ofvins <;-Miie ne and his family have witnesseT many battles: and skirmisher in Juarez,' vl?ch is just across the ftfo Grande :i- er. Juarez hy s been ;r. the Hands of half a dozen different f?chons in ihe hist three vcaj^g^ifeclcvo. Zapata, Villa and othes hiva storied their wa> io Mtec-jss in tni > notthern capital of ihe i-evO.uKiiiste Juarez, ls a [wicked eily, prey, over to horae-raclng, arid chicken light ing, and other huit civilized pursuits, it is t'.ooo miles northwest of Mexico City, -and Vte?eo C?*v i> 263 miles from' Vera Graz, and.al most, due west. Mexico City is almost equi-distaht from Vera Cruz on the Atlantic and Acapulco on the, Pacific- The port at Acapulco is now blockaded by the b'attlesh'p ckiifornia, which was built .md ts now commanded by Capt. N A. McCully of this city. One hundred miles due south pf Juarez is the considerable city of - Unhuahua, which is now the capital of the ConstU^l^paiists, under Gen. Carranza. Three hundred miles southeast of Chihuahua is Tor Tc6>i, thc Mfaie,- i^d on a few? days ago be tween Villa on the one side and Vel?sto and Maas on the other. And five hundred miles southeast of f t^fVeon is the capi tal city, 'the home of ihe Montezeumas," that proud and gentle aris I _1 ..lu ll.. II. .I. ~- I ll,. I ?"l"tlt ..I..I in , ,1 M I tocratic ra.ce of kings that was butchered by Cortez, who carrie in the name of Christ}?,nity, under the bander "!? Hoc Signo Vinces," and drenched with blood the lovely Aztec city and looted thf?tfaUiccs and the tmeples, and gave to the simple ad confiding race of people their first impressions of greed, treachery, rapine and blood-thirstiness, '.exico has been a char?ef house and a shambles ever since. Brownsville is the southernmost point on thc coast of Texas, ard just across the mouth of .the Rip Grande river from ftrqw?isvUr? is matimoris. Tampico? sprung into worldwide notoriety in the last few days,-is 150 miles south of Brownsville and midway between Vera Cruz and Brownsville. Galveston is abouti 200 miles north 01 Brownsville, and in the environs "of Galveston is Texas City where 10,000 regulars have been hardening and training for a year. Y Among the citizens of Anderson who have m?re than a passing ac quaintance .'with Mexico is C. J. DeCamps, the well known rea! estate man and "engineer-who'some years ago was engaged in railroad crop. struction hi that country. He declares that,, while the climate at Vera Cruz is wretched, being subject to malaria and yel'-'w fever on ac count of jthe outlying lagoons, yet tbii territory, at sea level spion rives io foot hills and then t?,towering mountains Within twenty miles of Vera Cruzas the rahVoaa bridge Which holds the key io the situati?n-ln approaching the capita! city. Forty ?rtHe?. ??t fro?* Yerr? Cruz one has passed the fever infested jungles and morasses and hSU begun io ascend, in fact thc attitude here is something like 4,000. feet, Asheville, N. C., being only about 1,900. .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 ? 0,000 feet before it begins to approach the City of Mexico, which is one of the most beau tiful in the world, and is on a plateau 7,500 feet above the sea. The highest mountain east of the Rockies is1 Mount Mitchell in Norih.Caro lino, which is 6,71! feet and towers above the other spurs of thc Blue Ridtfg. ' .... ./-;? '..'.'-. ~ ? '. ]::: > The danger of Mexican bullets, therefore, is not the only terror to aered in Mexico .Whiie the clirr.atc of the pfeUcau country is equable, more so than in any point rn South Carolina, yet in Vera Cruz, Acapulco and T?mplco-there Is to be encountered The dread yel low fever and the approaching season of the' year is thc period when yellow fever is most prevalent. -mrr ?IIWI'I-IIMI i mi m ix mm ooooo^poooo'ooooooooc an important point near the American ? \, border. D?as now attempted to make o MEXICO Si??? JAK. U ?MI o term* wltb th? Revolutionists, W -7--. ? MaC?ro insisted ou his retirement, and <> Tbe BfM'?mwio isa? ? Wax Anally agreed ts resign. . Os Mar o o 25, lull,' he left the capitol and a fe', v v u u ou o o ? u oo^wwCSO dsyt ?-Tr bs saUeu im Europe, where _ he bas since been watching with keen ?? - .. {Inlebeat, the course bf events tn the & The orders ending th?- Alian tie -fleet I country ,-^vhere for more than thirty to the Max lea? waters may possibly years the had exerotsed the supreme be followed by the most dramatic and power ol unlimited despotism, important chapter In the long story Cadjpr the terme of the arrange? ot the r?volution that has bein bi monto - with ' ?.ha revolutionists, gcacv progresa in that country since Jana- SruhcXsco de la Barra became tue Pro i y tau when Madero bean* his lo-1 visional President until Madero was surnootion against Dias. At that ifmeJ elected Ave months later. The work of l>iap had hecfi dittstor ander tl.s j reform which he had undertaken was title of President stace 18*6, with the ja gigantic one, a&d though he set about ?xe^pllOa Of one term. Ta hts recent |H, & was one which in the nature of work io Mexico Mr. W? E. Carson tn-j things cohid not be completed i& a call? the interesting fa?* u?ax A?neii-jdsy. Insurrection broke out, one of can magasine writers, who In 190S dc'-j them under his former associate, 6*n sc ribed lu detail the horrors of Mtati- era? enrosco, who was defeated by ??. can peonage, the barbarism >t Mex- tart* and outbreaks continued bs the ^ANARCHY IN MEXICO. r/ Vera Crux, Apr?! 2<t.-A train bearing 500 lc^s%i?-rdn^ees ar? rived here tale Thurt?cUy from Mexico City .They rep?tt?? tibe situa tion of che Americans left tn the capita! as critical* are tromp* ?ng ihn American S?? aiwks: fool,' ?und i?r<?aies>mjg jte^mroan* in nw streets. ?xsfoftcAn rjkj& windows fc?d beea fcirektmfpur^ American jWelry shop In?tcd. Thc poitee declined to interfere. Band? ol hood? .>.<$ streets shounng ''?e^r^^^p^sr?cntis.'' Washington, A?sril 24~r-The Senate Friday passent ifee volunteer army Jwil -as agreed td tiy. the House ftml Sedate confirme** ? P. rs from tim? to uhr Wonderful Values We want you to see the Special Values we are showing tn Men's and Young Men's Suits for Saturday We can give you something special $10.00 $12.50 $15.00 $16.50 $18 00 $20.00 $22.50 and $25.00 WT A I-?.?...* *w~4.-?. - --_t_ -'*L.-i-jL< ?T iHiv.v juoi a I?Krr smpntcni of these Shoes in all the new toes cad leathers $4.50 $5.00 ?V . ' 'wm 9 - rs-5 '. ??si %.. v ... ti. w. i ribble The Up-To-Date Clothier "lu ' ' . iV' ; a dcro. On February 18, the Mexican ff-tti o adopted a resolution-"declar ing- Madero incapable of holding of ftfinJ* axiA ntAttrlntr finner?? Hi>f?rt? aijd Blamjuct to put an end to tho fighting? and arrest the President, who Was accordingly locked up in hts anarlma?tj| IVS??S^- filltT^ ?.-?.te Ht hight, hire days afterwards Vadero ?all V?te-President Pino Suare*. y???!? on their way tb the state penitentiary, under an arnie descort. were shot and killed hy the soldiers who were sup posed to be guarding them. General Huerta st once organ!?ted a provisional government with himself aa i>rt-aident, ' and waa recognised: by the diplomatic representatives at the capital with the .exception of the Uni. ted States, President Taft leaving to hts successor, Mr. Wilson, tho task of A.-ia\\ntr with thC ?itUi.liO'1 'S-t^^J?SA wise to him. The blood of Madero proved to b3 the seed pf .'a, t^?tf?japfc, lutlon. VtUn -iii ether chiefs, good and bad, joining forces against Huerta. ? The ''events ot -last year are fresh (n the general recollection. In July, jU2, President Wilson, who had firm ly refused to recognise Huerta's sus picious title, sent Mhr. John Lind to Mexico City to InvJJ??tBkfeMfc? situa tion, and, as was reported x to advise Huerta, not to pe a candidate in the approaching election. A few weeks later the so-called electlosss took place, an inslsaiftcant vote boin? pen cd. of which Huerta naturally receiv-1 Sr a ajaj?riij. TU C?ct-Mh? ??? c? \ slaty a mockery 'hst lt wss de-! clarod invalid and another election a.p. pointed for July of- this year. Since tho beginning of 1014. tho r??vr>5yHn???5t-? y5tit?*-Y}|?5: - achiev ed a number of notable successes, among them, carly in January, . the capture or ojinlgs, hy which a Mexi can Ste'jftgal ^ftj fe~r.iwii-fi~ fugees Into tb*, knited States, and i mot? recently the bloody ba'*-!?* at; Torreon and those juBt reported at ! San Pedro, forty milos eaBt of Torreon. On February 3 of title year President Wiiaon Hued the embargo oui "the im portation of arma into Mexico and, thus, together with his unchangeable attitUu? Of d?t'.-iiiiiiir?, thuiigh ?<?? sivo hostltlity to Huerta, has contin ued largely to tho success of Oto re volution t8ts. Let us hope that Ute present complication may not neccs eUsldel a dre??mre of another sort. . N<yrawM PERSONAL, BOB. The Stalo, Columbia. Quoth tho Anderson intelligencer:< "The punny man . ob the Columbia Bulb ha? a coi>u?t> binded' 'After math.' l.ook out. Math." If lt weer the college kind, it would be in no danger. AB we remembxer them days,.as they would say in An derson, we were always after Math about &00 yards after, In the second oratorical contest of M?h Bf.nonlu of lha Mtnlo held in Columbia Thursday night, A. L. Ward- ' 1? ur; nt WofTori Fitting Scheel first, place. ? ? ison? ywf- coujpKJiions arc dbe rn =!uK5',ak, torpid ?ivar?, cocaiipatkin und othor liver Mu; A /Tos? ol taken Jn?t before retiring will te?e up tho liver, carry off tuc-excess of bile wu i???c un easy and natural movement of the'bowels. It will not only make Its good work felt In bet-. tor health-make you LOOK well a*Hl FKBL well. ? Cu ctnta and LOO per bottle al yonr druggists. Manufactured and guaranteed by ??vonn^ Ul? v ?. as 5 a, aicaa f??at^J - xbree stores. ITWO^ Pa^^^<^ Festival I I A M? Feature of Chautauqua Week j B I A BftctW hy Mtv^mu A, ?fe?krrass, th? Gr?t Or* mauc Baritone 1 fi Th'g 2 D A AC??e?ft*yaT!ieCrt!r?M 1 : 5 - 1 ; _ "^^^a^43?iieert? by Bohuwir Kryl and bia Band 1 | ? FSS?V?? Compri??\ ^'^?^ ^ v ? Jj j GW"?* F1wkle-A Production ot "Hartha'' by The Denton Grand Jj *W ' ? ' V Opera Company, with Band Accompaniment. 3 i * > Whm t%? d*ie? ef Crasd OJMSTX CoEspasy: eo?t? ?? 8?n4?y th?y w?? ? g ?ive ceiectieae frew the ?rateriee instead. Jg | | ? two dollar fce^ Local ! i p Auspices in advance of the opening af the Chautauqua I [ J admite not only te ail of the above but also to Five I I Other Big Days* ?