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MEMC.WS HELPED. There Were at Least Two in the Party That Exhumed the of ( Iemeule Verirara. 1 Lared . Texas, Mare 11 0.?Information secured tonight, unofficial but' XI win v rj lionauj ? vu in lu; ' hv-va, indicated ;..ut at least two Mexicans were members oi' the party waich ex-, humed the body of the Texas ranch man, C'emente Ve'gara, from the cemetery at Hidalgo. Mex., and rcrurned it to tile American side of the. border early yesterdav. Eight Amer- j icans are said to have been the others in the expedition, it is also reported! t iat one ; the Mexicans remained in 'Mexico and friends tonight expressed t-oncern for hi> safety. I Officials here, both federal and State, re:usod to discuss lie incident tonight, ether than :o repeat tLeir former s ircui nts that the body was I delivered to them on the American ' sid?' of he b .mdary. At whose solicitation they ass; moled at the point designated or v?h> were the men who made* the trip into Mexico they refuse to say. The formal Sta:e inquiry, ordered i by Gov. 0. B. Colquitt, is expected to begin here tomorrow under the direc-' tion of the State adjutant general. j Henry HutcMns. A. B. Garrett, United States consul i at Xuevo Laredo, forwarded his re-1 por: to Washington today. What it ( contained was not divulged. Mr. Gar-; rett was one of the party which re- j eeived the body a: the river bank. Mexican government officials at Xuevo Laredo have refused to discuss the incident. Until the body was found at Hidalgo, persistent denial was made that harm had befallen the' American. Gen. Alvarez, commander; of the federal garrison at Xuevo Laredo, insisted that Vergara had a: escaped from his guards at Hidalgo e? and had joined the constitutionalists, j The body will be held here until it cc is viewed by the State adjutant gen- w eral. !re 311'STERY CLEARED. Ist !PC Comprehensive Reports of Recovery of b Roth of Clemente Yersara?>'o iAmerican Onense. j ar Washington. March 10.?Compre- a= hensive reports from ?vlaj. Gen. Bliss ia and American Consul Garrett at Laredo, received a: the war and state flonorniiontc tnrlav c*'parfH lin thf* ^ mystery which had surrounded -he de livery on American sell of the body C( ol the American rancher, Clemente'1^ Vergaru. The reports completely sa;- :isfied the officials that 110 act lias ce been committed by i:a ional or State J0 agents in violation of Mexican sovereignty and that if there were any P* offense in the removal of rhe body pi from Mexico, it was committed by in- th L-rt tliQ moftor /x^nlcl nr>+ hfl Ol L4I VlUUuio, ou -.it v^uiu uvv *-^v- * made an international issue. ; Secretary Bryan stated that he m "would not undertake to prosecute the persons who obtained the body, even it' he knew their identity, which he did r* not, beyond the fact established by Gen. Bliss* report that they were civilians and probably Mexicans. The finding of the body of Vergara ^ has had the result of advancing the ce prosecution of toe claim against the Huert^ government for reparation. _ _ 4-U and today becr;a*y Bryan transmit- LIJ ted the te'egrapliic report from Consul Garrett :o Charge O'Shanghnessy 111 . in Mexico Ci:y. It is understood that the primary purpose of this is to dis- e'd prove the original allegation of the in Mexican federal commander at Xuevo Laredo that Vergara had made his es- cc cape from captivity and joined 'the constitutionalists. IIr i With the body in evidence, as soon as further facts as to the character K ot Vergara's fatal wounds are developed by the investigation Gov. Col- j quitt is making, (Mr. O'Shaughnessy , will be prepared to call upon Gen.! Huerta to redeem his promise to pun-' ish the federal officers who killed Vergara. nan j ra PRICES OF FOOD G'OIXG DOTO | M i tli Average is Still Well Above That of o: Year Ag-o, Thousrh it Has De- | m creased* ej ic Washington, March 6.?Food price* in the United States reached the high-. a( est level in 24 years on November 15, th 1913. Since that date there has been fr a slight decline, though the average m still is well above that of a year ago. T The department of labor today made gi public a report showing retail prices | es ~ ~ -3 ? A A J. J- J -t * ui iuou xii important mausinai rs cities of the country. j of "Throughout the whole of 1913 M high prices prevailed," said the re-! d< port, "while the last quarter of the j T year was a period of decline in the U: prices of 12 of the 15 articles of food 1 L; observed." It further points that the be decline "was more than counterbal- j g* ST,I0SEPH j (I 5pi|i Insure Now P?U| it is a wild 03 !jW ammoniates for a |j 11 the siightest possil retained in the soi Ml cheated out of its The safest an< BRANDS. They grade (lacking hou every bag. As on > <*znZ> your goods Y'!?$0% f nitrogen in ether me amerencc i (Treat that the rich j j?M||| I i BRANDS are conc ' reg^^^eS,Si iced by an advance in the price of ;gs to a level never before reached/' j For three of the articles, eggs,' >rmneal and milk, the highest price as reached in November. For The ' mainmg 17 articles!?sugar, butter, ' ins, flour, sirlcin steak, round eak, rib roast, bacon, bam and lard, i >rk chops an^. potatoes?prices were : slow the maximum quoted earlier in e year. When the price of each of the 15 LICieS IS \\ ai'VUi UIJL15 tu a?ci;e consumption "in wqrkingmen's miiies" the statement shows "retail ices were tit a higher level on No-! >mber 15, 1913, than at any time' iring the -4 years preceding, when ey reached a maximum of 72.S per nt. above the average l'or 1S90 to i>;?, 9.11 per cent, above the price s December 3 5, 1912. and 14.5 per nt. above tiie p'jce on December , 1911." A further comparison -o'f retail ices on December 15, lyio, wita ices 011 :lie same date in 1912 sjhows at 12 of the 15 articles for w'iiich iota:ions are given were higher and ree were lower in price. Potatoes id advanced 43.7 per cent; fresh ;gs 21.9 per cent.; pork chops 16.8 t cent.: :ound steak 13.1 per cent,; b roast 10 per cent.; sirloin steak 9 per cent.; hams 7.9 per cent.; ms 6.7 per cen-uffi cornmeal 6.6 per ;nt.; bacon 4.5 per cent.; milk 1.9 ?r cent, and lard 7 per cent. Sugar jclined S.6 per cent.-; butter 2.9 per (nt. and flour 6 per cent. * | ( According to a statement issued by i e depaitment of commerce today ioortations of fodsiuffs shows a re- . ! i arkable increase during the decade, >00-1913. Breadstuff's and meats ich quadrupled their imports and ' lports 'of fruits and nuts rose from , ' >,000.000 to nearly $50,000,000. Co-! >a, crude and prepared, rose from /\/\/\ Ai-.A AAA AAA ~ ? J V,VVV,VVV L"J $4V,\JVV,VVV cUlU UUUCC cm $61,000,000 to $103,000,000. A>GERS FROM TEXAS 1 (JET YERGARA'S BODY >ldiers From Lone Star State Cross 1 tl>e Line Into Mexico?>o Interference Encountered. i J-aredo. Texas, March 8.?Texas infers, who secretly crosseu mujexico last night, today brought to . te American side the mutilated body , Clemente Yergara, Texas ranch-; an, and established the fact of his j iecution after he was seized by Mex- : an federals. < 11 The rangers were not opposed and | icomplished their search without ie slightest violence, taking the body 1' om a .grave in Hidalgo cemetery al-| ost within sight of the Texas border. | _ _ ? J? i . J - ^ 1_ T ne seizure was aivesiea 01 postsiuiy , -ave aspects in international compli- j' Ltions by reason of the fact that the : ingers were practically making use , permission granted officially by j1 exican federal authorities several ' lys ago for recovery of the body, j' his permission had been given to tiited States Consul Garrett at Xeuvo ; s a.redo, but he did not get the body j 'cause of what he r^norted as dan >rs attending search for it in the < i FerIHE ' MANUFACTURERS OF |,BSHEandTAM^AS? | OME OFFICE BRANCH OFF janta mgnt< Against Leaching; :travagance to buy fertilizers long growing crop like cotton Dilitv cf a wet spring or sut 1, so that the rains leach the? most essential element of piai i best preventive against leac are ammoniated solely and tse tankage and blood and r ie of our customers says oft prevent it; as they do their fertilizers has gone." J in cost is so littl \ and the > . only can afford NOT to use ' * " 1 *. ieciecl by an wno nave useu i he market :ise true economy only by insis * FOR SALE BY Sewfoerry, S. C., IV. ('. Scott, IVli iller, Prosperity, S. Derrick k a, S. C., J. A. Dominick, Kinards, jappells, S. T. Boozer, Cliapj * iiiiiiiiiiii Pleasure a! "One of the best T*ritKnnt spr mer, "is the pleasure knowledge that while tection that the tele pi On the farm the and is the means of I gency that may arise. T ? trrvn '< 1 1 XI J W>-? l a. < the nearest Bell Telep our free booklet and I costs. FARMERS' L SOUTHERN BELL AND TELEGRAP1 163 S. PRYOR ST., ATLANTA, vicinity of Hidalgo. Vergara was shot twice through head and once through the neck, skull was crushed as by a blow fi a. rifle butt and the charred finger' ' 1 1 - ? J Ji/vnin J a f r\ cue leil liauu iiiunjaicu mai uc been tortured before being put 3eath. Body is Keeogiiized. Identification was made by the d man's son and by numerous friei some of whom were in the part} nine, led by the State border pat which made the grim journey to I als:o cemetery during the early m( ing hours today. The body was badly decomposed, despite its tt weeks' burial and in addition to : ognizing the features, young Ver? took a bit of cloth from the trou: which inclosed the body and mate it to the coat which his father had the day he crossed the river. TMi? Kftflr -ci-ac hrrme'ht intn JL i-1 ^ WV/U^ IIWW ? ~ - United States at a point 45 .u northwest of Laredo, opposite Hi* go and near the Vergara ranch. An ican Consul Garrett of Neuvo Lar deputy sheriffs and other authori were waiting to receive it. Penc the arrival of an undertaker f: * Laredo, an armed force stood gu over the body. Recovery of the body was made a force of Texans, including frie of the dead man. acting with, troops of Texas rangers, under C Saunders who have been investi; mg the circumstances of Verga seizure by federals for G< -v. Colqi A. secret investigation in which m Mexicans had been questioned is tlerstood to have preceded the trip CITY SO.CMAM#. \ / '! Oklahoma cr;y 4. * if / B5l /V K;'' ;ii I FC|$?3>?B , " i tmr- \ ' ?*. ? *V > K: ' '? '* v. I i > i iOMER^ ' ' * l'jS'%^'!l i j ?^t? ii ; it-d .3 | " ,J? ? ? <;.. I " * ? .ypZ; -<.\j-:> 1 containing1 mineral |. j ; and corn if there is tv:f; j mner. They r.re re:: p %*TV\\; V* j . 11 out and the crcn : ) <C ?i>^/" vj | -i food. , j fcingjtho K0En!3 8 | V ' d I entirely with ligh !"?. % '' M"t j .re so ruarnrt ( : ( "> , ^ " '! j hem: "As for shed- j ' N. -r i j best ivorh c,vc/ the f ' I-i\ i r ; .. ; I j difference in vield so I ' , them, The MORRIS I] ' ' I ' I hem to be the cheap- M ;'Kv, ;\>i> !| Irr^iiii II itingon getting them $ '! S\p'v&i 'i I; p V -1.si Jft|. : litnfire, S. C? y^S\\\ I Sliealy, Lit- ! ill l! i I ililfc I . j , I (I I J AWMsTm f ?' j j ^ ^ t\"? ! nr~RTf | ad Protection reasons why I would not be vice/' writes a Georgia far3 it gives my wife and the \ I am away, she has the prolone gives." telephone dispels loneliness bringing help in any emer telephone on your farm see )hone Manager or write for learn how little this service INE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE. /2\ I COMPANY |A| ga. i to Mexico. Leading the force was a t}ie | man who claimed to have been a wiiness to both the execution and burial rom 1 of Vergara. 5 of Task is Easy. had j The force gathered near the Vergara to ranch, not far from the SDOt where Yergara crossed the river to meet the I Mexican federals who promised Feeacl numeration for stolen horses. Movads,' silently they began 'the overland . or march to Hidalgo, a distance of about roi, I miles. They avoided the town, it lid- wa& said, under the cover of night and )rn_ ; met 110 one to question their journey. . Location of the grave where Yergara I lree was supposed to lie proved an easy i rPC_ : task, for it has been a centre of specu- j rara ' lation and wonder since it appeared, j 33rs after a swinging body had been cut bed down from the place of execution after [ on tlie *me and cry over Vergara's disappearance started an investigation. The bodv bad been rudely fixed on a toe stretcher carried by six of the dead ^ man's friends, the procession started unchallenged on the return iournev aeredo brought Clemente Vergara . ' home again to the United States. ties ling It is understood a thorough ex-1 rom amination cf the body has been order lard ed b>T the state authorities. bv I ' The Terr Unusual. tnas j tiie Happ} Hours. apt' i Tie Struggling Lawyer (pompous-' yOf. 1 1 3 J" I ly)?Anything unusual happen while ra ^ i T was rviif ? litt. I' ~ " i nay! Office Boy (after some thought)?. un- 1 Yes'r. There wasn't any debt collec-; in- tors call. -? i 1 toi m Florida < Havan 1 uesday 9 March Personally Con C. H. Gattis, Fc trict Passeng S.A.L. kaih Chaperon Mrs. C. H. A 12 DAY: VIA Tt Qaofinow] Ai utuuuui u ru All Necessary I eluded in the Co* o U ays in Including stop i St. Augustine, Palm Day-light ride over 1 extension of the Fiai "Sea Going Railrc West, and Steam* Many side trips in< Florida and Cuba. Optional Side Panama < fipst n ass JL UW ? AW The best Hotels e1 man Sleepers, Dinii and State-room on Write1 GATTIS TOURIST AGE! For Full and Det< C. W. SMALL D. P. # Savannah - a, Cuba ] iducted by 4 1 " mnciry L/ider Agent, vray, and ed by Gattis. xv S' TOUR iE r Line Ry. Expenses Inst of the Trip i " S'i Havana n Jacksonville, i Beach, Miami. the magnificent ?ler System, the ad," t o Key?r to Havana. :luded, both in Trip to the Canal. QCDVIPF T 1VU irery where. Poling Cars, Meals Steamer. the NCY, Raleigh, N. C. til Itinerary. 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