The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, September 29, 1910, Image 6

Newspaper Page Textidl M /ft A'a* rM venfior 4 POOH ITH an unpardonable P. iuca oi uu'i 01 u grew * some attempt at u f t sinister piece or huI 1 mor, (Jen. Valeriana m Weyler. the former eral of Cuba, who F? gained for himself -Zr~ the unenviable title ESEE of "bf her," has allowed ttio publishers 1 1 to print the title of the sensational book In which he attempts to defend his conduct while the representative of the. Spanish crown on that island. Ml MAN DO F.N CUBA (.My Command in Cuba) !n letters of gory scarlet on a pa per of livid gray. Whatever the motive may havo been that prompted such a choice, that bloody "eye catcher" of a lino fitly symbolizes the man and the work which caused so many years or discontent in Cuba Weyler has been on trial before public opinion for butchering his enemies instead of fighting them, ami he flaunts in our H faces the ugly stains that show where ho ?. Wiped ^off ^hla knifo^ tho country that buys his K?rvice.s as no citizen of the ITnited States coulil have ever made to Justify America's attitude in the Ci Weyler was the best hated man ii the government of his nation finally This hook will cause hltn to he curst aud breadth of the peninsula. "I wrote it," lio savs, "to give about my conduct as general in rhif admired not only by army oUlcer low, who wrote me innumerable by privates, who. on their return t BUla, spoke ol me with an enth vor i'or which 1 can never thank t] Various reasons prevented me from ago (when I could not have fret jmm ji curiam Dias) u work whlcr: do In perfect pence of mind, tlx time that has passed, and which tiirt irritation duo to the injustice 1 the hands of some men. "Furthermore I did not wish to s Sagasta by retelling the story of disasters; neither did I feel any pin snriiiK 'lie Illustrious (Jen Martinex pred<cessor In Cuba, however unc acted toward ruo after bis return to A perusr? of the hook falls to pro ler kept his promise to treat the perfect moderation; the general's I boiling, and with some Justification, as his conduct was In many Instan not vory woli bo criticized in Spain lah government. Hnd Weylf r boon endowed with Renins of a Marbot or a J,as f'azes, ii made a nuifh strongor case agains prc-sontc inomy, I c?r j*. national i;:ia?J interna: ional meager. \Vi y!< f in not a diplomat; tho s of nuance* and innuen.ios is to him nita; a primitivo brut , with rmllino though unflinchingly frank ami sir; lie ii"\<-r mv.i an .1 r 1 i< : 1 whif Bllppoi 11 1 I U'CUIIIoht ll" never ? ' ? 11 ' . I" . " ?'\trn o. A fascinating type, ft r nil for bld'M'.l Will) ' lie < > of !;, what t Weyler won hi have <1 <?v??!o|>? had not In en l> u ohm- . 'nr.-; f <n Rteol, le' I: 1 I) en riding a eaj ari. or, If he had been allowed to range during 11tf Thirty Warn* war' (JfiH-ral Woyler's style? Is very 7)ih proolnn.ai ions vainly modolr-d af 1. ? i>rat' rlral k<iiih, randy sound I makes a !> <>;<r an army vlbrat' tlons of thi> Cuban < nnipalKU with figures, ri.tui' ? recorded In hapha day by day. 1: svoll ni>'h unreadable. Tint the d< eumt nts ho publishes I 7iis thesis (some of them of a eon 11 ucfer and which most have be n seei "diplomatic Tie \iih") malte It well wadine? through an otherwise dull, s illdlK'*'*' lt>lf | K'Cc or HTIIII1" KJrs ' of all \v<> aro mad*: lo nviM, lt'Kf ())' plight of Iho Spa'n h finii brcunv in I ho i land when VWylor t at ion In hand; tho rmmy genrral.s v him had horn lo in k ground frotn their cabl'S to the Spanish kovoi In 1 <million of a |.< omistlc rharar tho pillule find t!lo i res' WfTO Hold* thf lr ponfid"nt lal spondrnpo l>o n*ndiiiK t !< , -, more than otion poor no/, Campos had hu i iy { onfr>srd rn. whllo tho oablnol i? ?! the Span I 1 11,., .. <1 it,,, urop , ,,Kn/tll,.,ill<> tl? i ? > ' i 11(1'. i <ihi ? ? j/i <??. ? f < ?1 i i Jr vVeyler him ?df, when placed in tilo Cuban ariny, was not oven given entitled to, nn honest acre ..it of tli?> "When I landed In :.>v< ' ' .. ..'.v'T- \ 'l >. ' <& *' ' i i .: Imk nban mix up. b p b t il o s what IwffiT i Cuba when tin' minister of /j|]|a&: recalled him. war had to' 1 /$f?|1$ >d tho length rue and what I had read In tho I all the facta p a p j- s or ja I f, a conduct anonvmous let- I ? ! Ly niln.l f ','..'1 r? ^ I '' ? i<vOis, I l ad no V -\1 tv^v ^ i I can now . , 1 VcjJ knowledge of "i\? uik.s to tho ,. 1 ^?ill i ?ii tho secrot doru* has soothed . ^ . merits I havn suffered ut _ ? r , ,1<uo a P p o ii d o d to thls hook. How irlonmv M. ? ? J II1C .I'nini o?-iiui forth graphically in a eonfl our colonial Martinez Carupos to Ci isuro In con- prime minister of Spain. Campos, my "... Although from harltably he ioall7.''d the gravity of tho sit tho capital." believe it; mv visits In Cuba vft that \Vey- gin appalled me; however, in subject with pestrltnlRtic. 1 Mil not express i ilood is still l decided to visit not only the for atrocious tics, but the towns in the lnte cos, it could lards who live In tho Island i by tho Span- tlon their oricln ovront i.? ' of the population hates Spain, the literary a farm and ask the women w io could have are, they answer wl'h tcrrif t Spain and the mountains with Chief Ko more favor- "Vim coul.i n?.? <" ? icrtgo or tlio for 500 ntJ|< 1,000 pesetas, hi' nnd <>f liifor- wore over caught general l?ts- rebels who charged , politics is cruelty seldom restrained thei plishlng deeds of violence Wl dipperv hind few remaining supporters or t terra incog ouote Weyler: ntary ethics, "The insurgents did not re tight forward. , ntishlemte tf<.?.? ??? ' m < Wl Ij h eannot bo gcni-roiis commander (Martin* pays any at- beginning of the war Maximo h tt'-ts In so|f v< ry fair; but Maeeo, as thontle documents. ordered h the observer t() a|| the sugar mills whose o '. ist ln<:u?lim ? . - inn w;ir irinute, to plunder u <| into if ho (() shoot tin rollflfosly all th? mi late. clad caugtlt repairing railroad lln ?in <1 mount, visions into tho villages Wc over Kuropo gont chl'fs <1 l<l not hesitate t( weapons defenseless Isiandci Irylnp oven moz In his 'Memoires* Coofo t<t N ipoleoti personally .a man In1 had ho ho not" that deed which 1 call willful mm ! . Ill; rela- individual presumes to call ii ill the facta. As hist authority for the zard fashion General Wo} lor not only quot < ..in I'liji'in, mil. ?ij/|)eiid n Rupport of Maooo, (Jomcz's lieutenant, to dential char- "Comrades Iti Arms: Dc: ured through thin;, <lay ;tn<1 night; to blow worth whllo train;, to burn 11 p villages hapoloss and annihilate Cuba Is the only w mle: We have not to acco f.c how hope- to anyone I <ij ioinacy, public inandctM had <lon't matter, n would be nli ook Hie situ- (ho 1 ?uir? i . of tho battlefield, .ho preceded tho enemy * artillery and con ?1:l> to day, of tho Spar i !i eommandorB. iiiU'Mit Kavo Is to convinro Spain that Cnlj tor of A'hloh <?f ruins. What oomponsatl* )in ap; rlsod; thou for tin- snerlflco entalle lrayod In-art- Wo muat burn and raze ovor m< ii .uui i|< iuii) it/ I* IIIUII^II WtJ himself lent army. When rlilns ar<- of 11 sli nation to do tlio work. over. The only way to suh<lun hi command of perafe pirates was to a<Jopt tf what ho was Insurgenttf, of their own a<li Mn inn urn. nor accepted r>aiiie, t#nt tiarafi 'rites, "I did destroyed tholr sources of ons that pro tlon" seemed to ho the only ow anything leni, for the wives and child! ? <3 pave them constant aid ----? of every niovoment of Says General Weyler: i "Of all the measures I took the most A 'concentration,' which saved my troops *\ mated and prevented the landing of arm to the enemy. I need not defend that smattering of the history of modern wa *\ ied by the English In the Transvaal r \ Philippines, a fact most flattering to m "If Individuals were sometimes sumi eralshlp, us It happens in the course I put to death In obedience to tho laws I tho mere reason that they were insurget * I returned to tho fold, and showed much 0 I came to me, however black tlieir past r ^ / It is n matter of regret that Genera t / deemed it advisable to volunteer 11101 ! organization of tho concentration camps of meat and a quarior of a pound of rl Individual over fourteen, and one-half . ... X . , "J* outlook was Is set families whose men wei denllal letter from of the regular army. H unovas del Castillo, pelle<i to roam from c a burnt down hamlet, tl tho vory flr?t I to hunger and exhaust! uation, I refused to Had Weyler been o^"t:z;,z .ruu'ill my thoughts, anil ' '? this day wo maritime communl- kinds dealing with tlx rior. Tho few Span. ',uf forth hy the insurgr do not dare to men- Spain; Spanish puli fio cities. Tho rest aenled grossly the attlt \Yherever you pass articles in Kuropean n hero their husbands mously censuring tho ying frankness: 'In Spain of her colony. and So ' Now, however, wo to carry a mo&SBgo almost without any con would be bunged If (),lt- ''mbelllahiiiont by i country and frankly del A'eyler with wanton Unco or twice ho r insclves from accom- tho scnato's decision e iy to terrorize tho of holllRcncrcy or tho he Spanish rule. To dlrrcted against him in lie complains that urn in any way tho had the situation well I'll 1(1 f > > i 11 l.? I),I., ,.e .1 . ... ... ..j .inn ui nit' i iiiumI fsiuios in ! / Campos) At tho It. recognized tlm belli* (Jonxz showed liltii thereby i; 1 % in.-: tb'Mii n i,is arguments, for if \ win rs wore not pay- letters in which bo ndti txl loot the country. progress of the insurrM ' tnoHKengers. men in.. graVest charge . b or bringing pro- )s |n tlio fo >rse yet: 1 lie In-ur ^ ^00 vaKiio to bo ta! ? 1/ I ! I .. ? ? ?. .! ' rv i i i v? | l 14 I I It * i I U W II . S. and Maximo (!o- "<??' "tatemenis of hit sues to having shot I ho t nlted States ntenced to death, a t'ial wo,,'d bring about rder. And still that American citizens held no 'assassin.' " Cuban bonds, Issued w foregoing statement '^and would pass unri< ' s extracts froiu the United States ten year " proclamation of separated herself from < ! III 11?\IKII . will. II coin y thing it would l>o < ra: P^aro tinM at boat were an Kuropoan n druftry wastr for yea o avail |? t dynnmlto foreign land owners ai A. ^'.AOICO." dor foot; all this horro ifill bloodthirsty, dofl- Spain did not lone i >Hr own (actios. The the- war with the I'nltt mission, never gave mission of Hpnin'fi mlllt iBod tho regulars and 111 fated colony, Culm Hupiny. < onccnira- Spain In 1S97, and (ho solution of the prob- the roast (owns, (ho < en of tho Insurgents felt Iheniaolvea a desj , |ijH bands. l"ul W,UI 1,10 l,ar" 1 KC< troy, destroy every- I'?*?<lenco of Cuba and np bridges, to derail llori beooti and sugar mills, to ,note P<>?sl?>lllty Hut ny to defeat our eno- ,,M> ins',l!l should h unt for our * mduet ^bleb originated In An opinion and hist or, Hut on the whole tl i<?r insanity to ncek ropoir.s, a? won as the to hoar tho liro of Pt>8 ho publishes, preso itribulo to tho glory y? arn proco<|jnf? t 'lli.?. It... ? ...... i.;. i I I f m 1 I nnu Kepi mom liiiurmau the Spanish regiments. bitterly erltlslzod was tho from being uselessly deciis and munitions consigned system. Whoever has a irs knows that It was coptnd the Americans In tho y pride as a general. n^rily shot under my gen- j of every war, they were > and regulations, never for ! its. I pardoned thosfo who clemency to all those who 1 nay lmvo been." .1 Weyler should not have 'o information as to the : . He says that one pound ! re were allowed to every I that ration to children, ! which seems quite j sufficient under the circumstances. A f e w paragraphs, however, couched in his blunt, soldierly I style, Betting at I naught the terrible i charges preferred ! against him in counectiou with that ; Bteru system of warfaro would have b e e u interesting, hut they were lack- ; ing. 11 is silenco ' a amounts to a confession of guilt. Ho makes a weak attempt at explaining ^ that the wives and children of Insurgents were not "con_ ?- A 1 K II t ( ceiuruieu, *' ^ . obliged to botako themselves whore tho head of tho family was supposed to ! l?o found. This la worse yet, for one ...... nnnnik'ii thr> an- ' palling abuses whlcli such an order oma- ( nating from the general In chief must have countenanced ami justified. As the revolutionary bands were constantly moving from oast to | west and from west to east anil could not bo located with any certainty, what an existence must have been that of re not serving In the ranks .efused army rations, com- 1 mm; devastated vlllngo to ' u>y could not but succumb j on. less brutally honeut, lie j ch a damaging admission. have bad books of many i Cuban war; pamphlets nts and notoriously unfair dictations which misreproinle of tbo I'nlted States; ewspapers almost unanlAmerlcans for "robbing" ?? .? f.t,.,l iments and certainly with- ' ^ Spaniard who loves Ills 1 :o8ts tho Americans, agisters a protest against oncoming (ho recognition campaign of defamation American papers, in March, 180'!, when ho under control, tl><> senato terfered most unfairly, for <oreney of tho Insurgents, I w f,nnr?p'P r>lng (i more and nioro ro tliere was no reason why ! ave rohbi .l all (ho gossip norloa." ho picture his let tern and | letters (if Martinez Camnt to our eyes of Cuba In he Maine Incident would ti, near or remote, In Interf humanity; a population ire for i }>? iiucni.r , a | I only |,-?,| to an opheinwould havo loft lho taland rs ro criino; the rights of i id investors trampled unr liad lo bo stopped. ' tiba an a consequence of '<1 States; l>y tlio very adary representatives In that wan Irretrievably lost to fllW I >1 " m'skhii^ iii >rily ?afo abodo for thom, >ined, ostracised mlnorit/i ring than the majority of ' vo compart) ilato.s wo (linl tits liis failure to stop tho ft Ion. against tho l.'nlte?I States Mowing paragraph, which ken a:j seriously as some ! i: wore against everything 1 ?i in niiimuuil U1 IIM) Wiir Hcvoral millions worth of ' Ith tho provision that tho | i?r tho dornlnation of tho s after Culm would have Spain. The Vankeou ruw the much longed for lndeIts corollary, the annexa- . \jL~3 .by WILBUR D NEPE>IT| mm I'd Imte to be a city park, Kor I should shrink with doubt When people cmne to fence mo In, l-'or fear they'd lay mo out. I'd hate to be a house and lot ? To Rrlef 1 should bo moved When people rame and said: "It's not So very well Improved." r1.i i.??? * - ?-- - > " 1 . .. .i.mi.- in i>? ti iiiirvmi iicia-? Such fate wouM mako me bawl; Unless my presence were concealed They'd thresh me every fall. IM hate to be n mounta'n high ? Indeed, I'd In' appalled If people climbed to tlnd out why I was :<o very bukl. I'd bat to be a little brook ? This feellnn Is not shammed. [ "or mill prospectors mlrrlit but look And thoti 1 mlritt l)o divinmoil. That Man Once More. The man with the iridescent whiskers sidles Into the office and ijiimodifitely finds his way to the desk of the nhnplH?'d hlrnllnnr **?!#!? !?*-? "* ^"k ....... v? x niih vr iiti uir imjcu LUU.1 and the unafraid bald spot. "I haven't been In for a long time," he sa^'R. "It hasn't seemed long," Is tho response. "I thought of a clever little thing you might work up In your own way," begins the man with tho iridescent wmsKers. "ri nese Ideas come to mo every now and then, and I believe In passing them along. WUennver I can lighten the task of a friend, 1 am always glad to do so." "Yts? Yon said you had an Idea?" "Yes. It's a conundrum. You can fix It up to suit yourself, but the general stylo of it Is like this: What Is the difference between a man with pictures ill 1 over him who draws a large salary as a freak In a side show, and a huge billboard covered with posters about auto horns?" "It's pretty deep. What's the anBwer?" "One Is tattooed, the other Is toot ad." "What?" "One Ik tattooed?the man, you see: and the other is toot?" Hut far over tho distant hills tho breezes were racing In tho pale glow of the twilight, and on the mountainsides tho great trees were murmuring one to another In tho mysterious language of nature, while high In tho sky a single cloud drifted sio\sly Into tho hush. Tempora Mutantur. "John," said the bride of a year, an she .stopped her husband before the i window of a jeweler, "before wo woro I married you used always to bring mo , aroum1 to this store, and wo would J look at tho pretty things and would t' l'r nl^rnit iA...nu.. i ^ ? ,.?W?V II |?H ? t- tJI would suit ine he?t. Do you remoinbcr?" "I do," acknowledged tho fond husband. "lint let us hurry on to tho grocery store and see what la in that window." Mildred's Memory. "Mildred, here Is your grandpnppa to coino to visit us. Now, do you remember what 1 said about how ulco you must be to him?" "O, yes. mamma, dear. I remember that you said I must be as nice as I know how to him, beoauso we have as much right to a part of his money as any of the rest of the kin when ho dies." A Refined Torture. "And do you never hnvo any cold waves here?" nsl<s tho visitor of his natanio majesty. "Not any." explains Mephlsto, who has been showing tho nowcomer about tho realm, "but wo have a ii'ft'ithop >\u r/?ou * r* # I " umuau in HiWiiyH pre. dlctlriK one." \ ' I want any person who suffer* with biliousness, constipation, Indigestion or any liver or blood ailment, to try my Paw-jPavr I.lver I'll Is. I guarantee tliey will purify tho blood and put the liver ami stomach Into a healthful condition and will positively euro biliousness and constipation, or I will refund your money. ? Munyon's Homeopathic Horn# Remedy Co., 63rd and Jefferson Sts.. Phlla., Pa. AVERY & CO. 81-53 South Forayth St., Atlanta, Oa. MACHINERY Reliable Frick Engine*, Boliera, all Slzaa. vvnoai ocpaniou. DEST IMPROVfcU SAW MILL ON EARTH Large Engine* and Boiler* supplied promptly. Shingle Mill*, Corn Mill*. Circular 8aw*, Saw Teoth, Patent Dog*, Stoam Governor*. Full line Engine* A Mill 8upplle*. Send for free Catalogue. Public Wnnt Wanted?Several nlcc old gentlemen to represent us financially. Nothing to do but utter wise remarks and indorse dividend checks. Good wages, from fifty to one hundred millions a year. U'nn(r./1 A llnnnnUx ?.-l 11 antee to keep us. supplied with halfcolleges anil half-libraries wlillo w? supply the other halves. No experience required. Good rake-off. Wanted?At once. A large number of stockholders to take charge of our food supply and keep us from eating too much. No regular hours. Palm Beach in whiter. Adirondacks In summer. Wanted--A few select persons to represent uj socially and do tho things we haven't time for. No bralna needed. All expenses paid. No worry. ?Success. Perfectly Harmless. A little girl of three years, whose father had bought her some firecrackers and skyrockets for the Fourth of July, wanted to know what they were for. On being told their purpose, she anxiously inquired if they would hurt anybody. When told they would not, sho Boomed relieved, and that night, whnn en vino- K o v r?ro vq? a oh,* "An", Dod, don't '( bo 'f'rald of zem poppin' tings when zc>y a noise tomorrow, 'cause zey won't hurt 'oo." Uncle Allen. "If you're getting old and don't' know It," philosophized Undo Allen Sparks, "you'll find It out when you go back to tho town where you grew up and look around for tho boys you used to play with when you were a kid." Something for Hubby. "I think I'll go to town this morning, Will and buy you a birthday present." "What are you going to get me, dearest ?" "I haven't quite decided yet, what color do you think I look best in?" It is tho unhappy man who commonly Bits tlown and thinks; tho happy man gets up and does something.?Q. 9. Street. Cruel. 0 Mrs. Hen ham?Bvery tlmo I slug to tho baby, bo cries. Henham?IIo gets his ability as a murium uiinu 11 uiu my fiiuu ui uiu house. PUZZLED Hard Work, Sometimes, to Ralao Children. Children's taste i.s ofttlmes more accurate, in selecting the right kind of food to fit tho body, than that of nanus, rsaiure worKs more accurately through tho children. A Brooklyn lady says: "Our little boy had Ion/; been troubled with weak digestion. Wo could never pertj.iadc him to take more than one taste of any kind of cereal food, lie waa a weak little chap and wo were puzzled to know as hat to feed him on. "One lucky day we tried GrnpeNuts. Well, you novel1 saw n child eai wnti Kiicn a relisii, and it did me good to sue him. From that day on it Boomed aa though wo could almost see him grow. Ho would cat GrapoNuts for breakfast and supper, and I think ho would have liked the food for dinner. "The difference In his appearance is something wonderful. >. "My husband had never fancied cereal foods of any kind, hut he became very fond of drape-Nuts and haa been much improved in health nince usIiik it. "We aro now a healthy family, and JlilMtl ill c v nriU'Vt) Ml Itr '' ? lV-. 18. "A friend has ?,\vo. Hiowere formerly a filly's f * . , / ' w'!&. I wan satisfied tha^ tlio digea\o was caused by lock of proper nourishment. They showed it. So I urged her to use Grape-Nuts as an experiment and the result was almost magical. . "They continued tho food and todnyr both children are well and strong as any children In this city, nnu, of cniifKO mV friend In n flr-n tmHnvsr lr> Grape-NutB for sho haa tho evidence before her eyes every day." Rend "The Itond to Wollvllle," fowml In pkgH. "Thoro'a n Reason." K?fr refill (he nbove Irttfrf A new one appmri from time to time. Vbey ire genuine, (rue, and full ( hnsun Interest. .1 ;

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