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FAMOUS PAINTER flj I . w Huron and Baroness (I? Meyt DM. the baron la giving In Chicago ^^Hpomen. He fcas done much to at j^^^^Hbonntry by ahowlhg a collection of au HRfl^Bt?e icieen. The Baroness deliteyer is BP^^V England, is one of tho best-known ' j ^Jtenced here with many women promim I miSte^ successful paintings of Sargent. HCMLLFROI POVERTY; FROM t~-- r. Some of Tfc::: Who Have Figuri by the Southern Republic Duri Land of the Montezumas on Septembi New York.?From affluence to poverty, from peace and order to anarchy and massacre. From one of the great nations or uie worm to one ui ?.?*" semi-barbarous countries?that lias been the history of Mexico in the last three years. Mexico stood at the apex of her glory on September 16, 1910, the centenary of her independence from Spain. Porfirio Diaz' government was the only Latin-American power, save Brazil, to maintain an embassy as distinguished from a legation at Washington. With a population of 13,000,000 and an area equal to the United States east of the Mississippi (leaving out the New England states and New York!, she stood fifth among the gold and first among the silver-producing nations o' 'he M* and her im~ Emillano Zapata, mcnsely rich agricultural resources WeUe aeinntiftea 11 cr /iotrnl^rvA/i woi o wiuo ovi^uti i'vnn/ uo? u But Mexico's peace and prosperity had fundamental weaknesses. It was dependent on the hand of a monarch, and its funds for development had eome from other nations. The United States had invested nearly $1,000,000,000 in Mexico; England. $320.000,000; Prance, $143,000,000, and other foreign countries $118,000,000. Her own cltl sens had Invested only $800,000,000. Furthermore, a group of self-seekers had gathered about Porflrio Diaz, the Iron Man, in his old age. They be longed to the "clentiflcos," and scien tlflcallv they extracted their percent ages from every project set on foot The foreign capitalists, naturally, hat to transfer this burden of graft to th< returns they extracted from theii businesses. !n Mexico, and the monej finally came out of the pockets of th< ? common people. Than there was the land situation A few hundred proprietors ewnee practically every acre of the country While the cost of living Increased, ai it has in every country of the civil Lworld, the great land barons evad AND FENCER HERE >r tavo arrived In America frotu Kng> an exhibition of portraits of American imulate the interest in gardens in this Itochrome slides which he displays on a godchild of the late i .ng Edward of womehi fencers of Great liritaln. has ent in society and posed for one ol the \ \ mmw: ORDER 10 ANARCHY jd in the Startling History Made ng the Past Three Years? Stood at Apex of Its Glory ir 16, 1910. 1 ed their share of the taxes altogether. This last oppression was especially felt in the northern tier of statcB. j where Americans and other foreigners were particularly numerous, and where J the Mexicans could look across the < border to the north and bee a happier J i iuiiu. i nere ueveioped a yearning for I democratic government In the far | north of Mexico, which resulted in the I candidacy of Francisco I. Madero. son of an immensely wealthy and influential family, for the presidency in 1910. He drew up a scheme of reform, known as the "Plan of San Luis Potosi." He was beaten In the election ?was thrown into jail and probably would have been "shot escaping," according to the pleasant little Mexican custom, had not iiis family been.so lnI iluential. As it was, he was allowed ; to go to the United States, and thoro straightway organized a revolution. His father and his many brothers sup; ported him The Waters-Pierce Oil company supplied the sinews of war. Fearing that American residonts in Mexico might be murdered and Ameri lean investments destroyed in the con11 let. President Taft mobilized an en- j tire division at San Antouio in the j spring of 1911. A brigade of three regiments was stationed at Galve.stnn. a brigade of infantry in southern California, a squadron of battleships and j cruisers at Galveston, and a smaller (leet at San Diego. Mr. Taft notified Diaz that no hostile move was intended; that the soldiers were simply on the spot to maintain order. In April there was a fight opposite Douglas. Ariz., between federals and rebels, and Btray bullets wounded five persons in the American border town. President Taft dispatched a sharp | note to Diaz. Portly due to this. IMaz slipped to Vera Cruz and embarked for Europe. Senar Francisco de la Ilarra. who had been ambassador at ' Washington, became provisional Dree! dent until Senor Madero was elected, on October 15. and took office. The i kind of suffrage possible In Mexico under the best conditions was shown in I the fact that the successful candidate I received only 23,000 votes. The defeated candidate, Hernardo Reyes Immediately started a revolt, but was i shortly put down. Then Madero made what many consider his fatal mistake, lie refused i to follow the cruel methods tradition> al in Mexico when rebels are caught. He sent Reves to prison for lf> years instead of following tha "'law of flight," which would have resulted in a shoot ing under pretence of justification. 1 He caused no political executions As ? a result, disorders were continuous r throughout his administration. Kvery' where bands of robbers, masquerading * as "patriots," looted, burned, blew up trains, massacred and carried off worn. en captives. The barbarous Einiliano 1 Zapata continued to flghl in the south . under some theory or other. In the ? north Pascual Orozco, Madero's ally. - headed an insurrection at. d even took ! J uarez. , THE FORT MILL TIMES, F Moreover. M&dero. the philosopher, the dreamer, the poet, had uot been able to create an organization of upright men around him. His relatives led In the plunder of the Btate and ?he "holding up" of foreign investors. There was great pressure for intervention by the United States, but president Taft was adamant. The northern revolutionists made little progress after the United States had placed an embargo on arms and ammunition; but the old "clentiflcos" ittioou a new standard ot revolt under the leader of Felix Diaz, a colonel of the army and nephew of l'orfirio Dlaf. Madero Imprisoned Diaz. Hut he refused to follow the uduge, "When in Home do us the Romans do." lie let Diaz live. He sent him to Vsera Cruz a prisoner. Consequently Diaz wns soon freed in a farcical raid, his guards firing a single volley into the air. The garrison declared for him. Hut Madero sent General Blanquet against him. and Diaz was soon a prisoner again. Again he wns allowed to live, although the laws of Mexico nl low a "traitor" to be put to death. Madero had put down two revolts of the cientificos. Now came the third and final one. On February 3. 1913, about half the army mutinied, and both Reyes and L>i?'' were liberated IleyeS killed in an attack upon the national palace. Tluyi came the . battle iu the streets of Mexico There was an artillery fight between the arsenal and the national palace, in which thousands of civilians, including many women and children fell Madero'q principal reliance was a hard-bitten old soldier. Gen. Victoriano Huerta. This man hud earned a repu tation as a fighter and little else. Suddenly he turned traitor to Madero. The political bee had got into his bonliet. Diaz thought he had gone over to tho cientifieo leader, and so it i seemed for a time. Diaz and Huerta imprisoned Madero. his relatives and members of tlit* administration. Then Diaz suddenly?everythlnp happens suddenly in Mexico discovered the leader was not himself, hat lluorta! Ho acquiesced with some prace. Huerta was proclaimed provisional president under an agreement that Colonel W ' \ ^ x ^ Gen. Vennstiano Cs?rranza. Diaz would run for president In tht coming elections. Thl* ' as on Febru ary IS. Five days later came the disgraceful episode in modern history the mur der of Francisco Madero. With Senora Madero imploring in tears for his life, tlie kindly-disposed president and his vice-president. Suarez, were shot "trying to escape" as they were being transported across Mexico City in the early morning from the palace to the penitentiary, lluerta was accused of murder in many quarters. Severn) months later, to anticipate a bit. Pominquez, the lieutenant who lied charge of the squad which had killed Madero and Suarez, was himself slain. "Dead men tell no tales." More crude methods w*-p taken to get rid of some Maderistas. The president's brother, who had been minister of finance, was slain in cold blood* in | his cell, his nose and ears were cut off, and his body was subjected to other indignities. This was what led President Wilson to say in his speech at Swathmore, Pa.. "Government stained by blood cannot endure." The question of recognition of Hu erta. now undoubtedly In control of the most important port of Mexico, as the do facto ruler, came up Preal... V.? ....? . kn..? ?? A kl. i umii i ni s wuu wo? aiA/u\ ui onu u?o | administration, naturally did not seek to establish & policy for Mr. Wilson, having no desire to embarrass htm. Just one week after his Inauguration. President Wilson Issued a statement which made It clear the United States j would not recognize government by assassination. On this he has stood ever since. Iluerta had scarcely seated hlrnsetf on.the throne than rebellion broke out ngain. with Oen. Vonustiano Carranza. who had been a close friend of Mn dero. in the lead. Carranza has made great progress, and ia fact now con trols more of Mexico than did Madero when l'orflr'.o I>inz abdicated. The situation since has been growing more and more serious, until ninny now believe that Intervention by the United States Is the only means of re storing rder In Mexico. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, charge d'at fairos cf the American embassy a' Mexico City, has been the diplomatic representative of the Wilson adminis- . tratlon, following the retirement 01 i Ambassador Wilson, whose actions It ; Mexico did not please the president ORT MILL, SOUTH OAROLIWi HOPE TO RAISE URGE SUM Millions of Red Cross Christmss Seals to Be 8old for Antl-Tuberculosls Work. Few people have any idea of the magnitude of the lted Cross Christmas seal campaign. This year over 100,000,000 seals have been printed and distributed. If placed end-to-end these seals would extend nearly 2.400 mill's, or practically from Now York to Salt Lake City. They have been sent to over 25,000 different agents J and will be sold and handled by an i army of not less than 100,000 voluu- i teers, including men, women and children Millions of advertising circu- ! lars have been scattered throughout the country, ami so thoroughly has the udv? rtising campaign been or ganized that it is doubtful if many \ people in the more populous states of the country will not have heard of the Red Cross seal and its mission in the prevention of tuberculosis. It is \ , hoped that at l-ast 50.000.000 seals may be sold this year. The principle j upon which the sale of seals is based] I is that every cent except what little is needed to cover t'ae actual cost of printing and handling shall be spent for tub- roulo^is work In the community, win re the seals are sold BAD TETTER ON HANDS , R. F. D. No. 1, Critz, Va.?"I had tetUr on my hands so badly that I couhi hardly do anything. It would begin to come in clear white ^Ms'ers, then they would burst ami pool oft all over and crack and bleed. My hands wore so sore and itc.ied so badly 1 could not r^st day or night. 1 could not put thein in water nor do my reglllr.r lvnrlr "I tried medicine and several different kinds of cream on them but they got worse instoj.d ot bettor. Nothing did me any good until 1 tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment And now uiy hands are perfectly well and all right." (Signed) Miss Ellen Tudor, Nov. 19, 1912. I Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the. world. Sample of each free,with 32-p. Skin Hook. Address postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Hoston."?Adv. Not for Ten Cents. During Robert Kdesoii's last visit in the south he had occasion to spend the Sabbath with an acquaintance who owned a big plantation near l'ort (lib son. Miss. Some time in the afternoon a huge gathering of negroes appeared on the banks of a stream that skirted the farm, attracted by a baptism. Mr. ; Edeson, calling to a black boy who was looking on, said: "Isaac. I'll give you a dime if ,ou will be baptized this afternoon." For fully three minutes the darkey looked at Mr. Edeson, then he answered : "No, sali; you cain't git me to fool wit the laird for ten cents." RUB-MY-TISM Will euro your Rheumatism and al kinds of aches and pains?Neuralgia Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Hruiscs, Cuts Old Sores. Hums, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne. Price 2f?c?Adv. Social Engagement Line. A sweet young (liiug called to have a telephone installed in her residence. "Independent or party line?" asked the manager. "We have a great many social ob ligations," simpered the sweet young tiling, "so I tliiuk you can make it a party lino, even If it does cost a littl* more." -Judge. KOlt MAI.AHIA, rillll.S. IKVKIl Colds itxt l^;i i.!ri|i|)e tukc I'.llvlr ll:it>?*k, a pr?-vtMitiitivi stml remedy. I have used 'Klliir tlnltek* for four years for Malaria, and found It all that Is claimed for it. Without it 1 would be obliged to chanter my residence, as I can not take quinine in any of its forms " J Mlddleton. four-Mile Itun. Vii. I\ll\lr Italtek fill cents, all druggists ?>r l?y Parrels Post prepaid from Kloe/.ew.skl & Co.. Washington. 1? C. Sacred to Him. 'You, of counot, consider tho ballot sacred. "Sure. Why shouldn't I? I've :tlmo?t made my livin' out of it ever since I was old enough to vote."? Chicago Record-Herald Important to Mothers Examine carefully evory bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that It In Use For Over SO Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Cantoris Not Wasting Sentiment. Uncle Henry?So you are going to school now, eh? And do you love your teacher? Hobble (aged seven)?Naw! She Is too old for me. Dancing shoes are now made with a plug of rubber in tho soles to prevent slipping. ijyy^iiALARiA' If riot sold by your druggist, I. on receipt of price. Arthur PUTNAM Color more goods brighter an'! faster color* than i You can dye any K.irroent without ripping apart. ritaBxraaamrfii lgl flr?t Cough Hyrnp. Tulet Good. Um LJ W In tin a. Bold by J>ro*K??U. J. 1 COLDS & LaGRIPPE 5 or 6 doses 6M will break say ease of Chills & Fever, Colds 4k LaOrlppe; It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. Price 25c.?Adv. Sure Indication. "Was the muslcale a success?** "Yes. Everybody talked." ? Haiti u*v/t \j muciaau. The Result. "I intend to face the music." "Ha! that beats the band."?Baltimore American. They stop the tickle?Dean's Mentholated Coutth Minps stop couch* by stoppinn the cause- 5c at Drua Stores. Horsehair is said to make a substitute for rubber in the manufacture of automobile tires. Mm.Wlnnlow'a Soothing Syrup for Children tcctliing, Roftens the gums, reduces iulliiuiinaLiou.atlnyti |>uia,vuren wiuU coilc^tac a bottleJU. 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L. 1)?ukIo* eltot* are made, k, \ w \ you would undorstaud why tbe\ are iKj <vV> V warranted to look better, nt better, er ?i hold tbeirnhapo and wear longer lUun I j i outer uiakca tor the price. Yovr dealer ahould supply you with /a rf '3. Uirm.Don t UilvcasuliiU.liuic.Nut o /K i-trc '^Nlionuhie without V. I.. Douulai / ''V i'.ysg,. ' lBMll)iititnilM?j I II Itottom. 3ht t 4i Ak \<A "*? en I ct ery when, direct from fnc>5V^YSt tory. !>y lhtrcel Poet, lKnttii-e fry. Now U the time to hetiln to s?\c money on YlVS^L your footwear. Write today for Illu?~ \>At -yk trated t anting ehowlnt: how toorder hy mall. w. L. DOUObAS. BIO Spark St., Brockton, Mnam. Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief?Permanent Cure CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS n eve hie act surely ADTFD'^? but gently on Vlr.5iFw the liver. JWZZdr WTT_Lj Stop after tjjIVER dinner dis- M PILLS, tress cure \\ efoxudm improve the complexion, brighten the eyes. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature "Aesculus Cones" for PILES Used for the treatment of Blind, ItchiiiR. Bleeding and Protruding piles. This remody has heretofore been sold only to the medical profession, and j h.ts been used by physicians for the last to years with phenomenal sue- I cess This is the first time the general public has had an opportunity to secure this efficient home treatmeoL Order bo* and be convinced. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Br mail, postpaid. on receipt of prioe, jo ceuu per bos. The Get It en Chemical Co., Go thee. U. HI | Men to learn barber trnda Iflf n 11 I |_ II In ala t" eight weeks Till U 11 I | II Itlon with eetof ioole.ttt; V 111 I La aw with your own tools, SS6 Wairea while I.Rrnlr. t'?11 n. RICHMOND BARBEr'COLLEGE, Richmond, V*. PKAFOWL, f'tXfM,mlnk.ptiaanant*. pigonnn. otc., wanted; any quantity. !) . riwtry.r?yaaeryta. I.I. ?nd as a Tlffe M general I HFIHIsU FADELE Bnv other dye. One 10c package color* all fibers. 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