Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 22, 1920, Image 4
WHAT ONE SEES IN JUAREZ.
Two men walked across the international
brldKe connecting El Puho,
Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. One was
ii stranger in the Southwest; the other
was a native son, writes Robert K.
Dickson in the Kunsas City Star. As
their passport* were <?. K.'d by a
Mexican immigration officer. the.
stranger glanced about him keenly
alert to his new environment and
anxious to see it all.
"Well," lie said, "we are in Mexico
?on foreign soil, itather a peculiar
feeling."
The native son grinned broadly.
"So." he said. "We are not in
Mexico. We are In Juar x."
Ami thereby hangs a tale.
Juarez is a city beautiful. It also
is a city of ugliness, dirt and filth. It
hi a city of commerce?one of the
principal Mexican ports and the nice,
ca for American tourists, who spend
their money and time in a mad race
tc "see it all" and who see little of
it. It is a city of history, and the
history is of many sorts.
The two sides of Juarez are distinct
as white ami black. The American
tourist sees the Idack side, which is
more prominent, and leaves with the
impression that he lias seen Mexico.
He has seen only that part of Mexico
invaded by the American gambler
and man with a past and exploited
by both of them into a recking city
o' license.
Follow the Amerienn tourist as lie
leaves K1 Paso, having obtained his
ten day passport and submitted to
the vaccination at the bridge.
He leaves the street ear and goes
immediately to the lirst saloon, the
Central liar anil cafe, the largest and
most respectable of the many saloon?
in Juarez. lie has several drinks,
amid much damning of the United
States congress for its part in the
eighteenth amendment, and goes intr
the street again to see what he may
see. He sees a good ileal of it at
first, lint gradually viws one object a*
a time and makes order out of th?
confusion of humanity.
Gambling having recently been resumed
in Juarez, after the revolution
settled down, he goes to the TivoP
fiesta and looks about to pick hi."
game. At present there are faro
sliul poker, crap games and eliuck-a
luck, but roulette has not been re
opened. . Why. it is not known, bn*
it probably will be in vogue again
In a ma Iter of days.
The crowds about t.he gaming tn
bios are dense, men anil women?
and the women are worse gambler*
than the men. playing a larger gam'
? watch the dice and cards with in
tense interest. Whites. negroes
Mexicans and on occasional Orients'
crowd about the tables and throv
tbolr silver in response to the call o'
the gamekeepers. No paper mono
Is used In the games: the keeper,
will change your bill, but silver only
npnoars on the tables.
At one stud poker table a M ox lea'
deals. One eye stares vacantly am"
flxodly*. the other follows his move
ments, but It is difficult to know
whether he is looking at yon or th?
man to your right. lie deals witl
one hand, throwim* the em-no eee.i..
ntcly to each plnyor with n motloi
of the wrist, ami slaifflinR the rnrii
with tho movements that mark hin
as a veteran player?the faces C
the cards never appear ahove th<
surface of the tahle. The players ae
eept their eanls and play the!
ljands in absolute silenee. Speech
srems to bo a erime. and the expres
sions on the players' faees do no?
indieate the trend of the lurk. The^
do not play with prim countenance
they assume the expressions the<
wore when they sat down at the tabic
and hold them throughout the game
After loslnp what money he eon
Riders superfluous, the tourist poos out
notieinp for the first time sovora'
blind beppnrs alonp the pathway t?
the street. A few more drinks in th
various saloons, an hour in one or
the enhnrets and he is ready to go
haek to the United States. He hn*
"seen Mexico," had his drinks and
holds a passport entltllnp him to pe
and come as he will between the two
countries for a period of ten days
Rut if he stays later than !> p. m. he
must stay all niffht, and the hotels
are not of the best in Juarez.
Jaurez undohutedly is dirtier thai
the averape American thinks possi
l 'e. Few paved streets, a careless*
I opulnce and the chaos of Americans'
visits make It a city of tilth. To the
siphtseer. however, it is a city bean
tiful. The oldest church on tlv*
American continent is located there,
the bells in its towers still hung with
strips of hide as they were In tho 1fith
century, when the church was built.
You can go to the doorway, if you
will be quiet and restrain your curl
osity. and see a large crowd at after,
noon prayer, their voices shrill, low
or heavy. The church is across from
the market place, where the farmer
and the manufacturer sit all day In
the sun. selling when there is demand,
but soliciting no trade. T.ittle
tables throughout the town bear
cakes of horrible color. swarming
with tlies and presided over by a man
or woman who looks upon sleep as
superior to making a living. They
arc well patronized, but not by the
Americans. Your American, even on
a spree, draws the line at some things
In tlir* ooofio.. ? * ...
pretty, one may see the better class of
Mexicans. Some of the women are
beautiful, haughty and graceful?it ij j
only in the business section (gambling
and drinking) where you see the
slouehy female. Many ride in motor i
ears, some in carriages, and arc
gorgeously and tastefully dressed with j
dainty parasols and vanity cases
There you can see the old homes of !
the aristocracy. There you can even
see the aristocracy, providing they
are not taking their siestas, as the
better classes do. Hut It is beautiful
quaint, picturesque (naturally) and
interesting to a high degree.
Juarez has its restricted district, an
almost separate town of one storv
adobe huts and dusty streets. The
heat becomes stifling in mid-afternoon
and the Mexicans remain indoors,
with windows and doors tightly closed,
sleeping while the sun is at its worst
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MOVE FOR GOOD ROADS.
Correspondent Indorses Sujcmtioii
for State and County Effort.
Kdltor Kurt Mill Times:
A matter that should engage the
attention anil interest of every public
spirited citizen of the State was outlined
hy Holmes Simons at a meeting
of the Columbia Automotive Trade
tssociation Monday, according to The
State of Tuesday. The phin^ is to
liuve all the puhlic roads in the State
l?ut in good condition between August
1 5 and September t. so that they
will sustain automobile travel
throughout the winter months folowing
This is to tic effected hy
1 lorot|gh organization and united effort.
both State and county. It is
thought hy those who are pressing
the mutter that all good citizens will
gladly give a day's work, while some
will lend teams, wagons, tractors,
etc., for putting the roads in good
shape. is this not fen an hie? Is it
not necessary?
I low about our York county roads?
I>o they not need attention and need
it badly? Knthusiast 1<\ united effort
will work wonders along this line.
And, from the material standpoint,
what will l?o of so much honcllt to all
tho people as making it easy to k?
from one part of the State or county
to the other? It will he helpful to
the farmer, the merchant, the pleasure-seeker.
the teacher, tho preacher
and all elasss of business men. likewise
it will he of untold benefit to the
farni,^ the store, lie factory, the
church and tho school.
While we are waiting for bonds to
ho voted and sold, and the money
expended In road DulldinK, let us take
hold of this suggestion to unite our
ITorls in making what roads we now
have passable during the fall and
winter months. There are more ways
of showing our love of country than
b\ easting our ballots on election?day,
<r taking up arms when the time
comes for such action. Itoth of these
lutlcs should bo gladly performed.
ne one roKiilm ly and intolllftcntly.
the ollior bravely ami unllinehinRlv
\hen ?1 nty demands it Hut* a tru3
a tut unselfish citizenship should find
expression in many ways in tho
neaeeful walks of life; and one of
hrse ways is tilhnu up tho mud holo
in front of one's door, euttinK nut
tho tree or removim; soino other ol?strnotlon
without expertinn any reward
other than a uood eonselenee.
'utter travel for one's self and thrappi
eolation of the puldie. Let us join
with others in this movement, so
thnt with ooneorted aetion intieh
trend will he done and we shall have
a fine lesson in voluntary union of
unselfish effort J. \V. II. it.
Knit Mill July Jl.
Occasionally you see n small hoy or
airl, nft< it naked, always dirty. Less
often you see a man or woman, who
stares at you with a very superior
ex presslon
When Juarez joined the revolt re ently
it merely joined. A week hefore
Jaiire/, joined the revolt. Hen.
J fl. Kseohar, ertinm'ander of the
Jiiurez. parrlson. said to a la rye audlenee:
"I will have no dealings with
the revolution." A ilay before Juarez
:oined, Oeneral Kseohar said: "I am
in-un nun .miiii wnii i nc furrauzn government."
His garrison Join oil. and
I'lM'oltar Join< (!, too.
I>ni it is nil over The soldiers, if
Ihoy know, do not care whom they
represent. for there is no lighting and
plenty of looting. whilo the police go
thoir way arrostimr an occasional
drunkard and rolling many cigarettes
There is the lniil ring. with frcipiont
lights. tin- market place, the churches
I he gambling and drinking, hilt your
Mexican citj'-cn is a pMi "f il " 1 I
with no an l dionr are to live happily
on very little.
You Can't B<
Real Tir
?seems to be the agrt
Chevrolet and Maxwell
who have the new G
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v-uncner i ire on their rn
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FORT MILL TIMES,
NO MOB IN SIGHT.
Machine Gunners at Gnham, K. C.,
Shoot Down Citizen.
Machine gunners froiu Durham,
N. C.. ordered to Graham by Governor
Blckett to protect three negroes
accused of assaulting a white woman
Saturday. Monday night tired into a
group of men, killing James A Kay.
It now transpires, according to th"
verdict of the coroner'8 Jury, that no
effort was being made to take the
net aes from the Grahuin jail to
lynch them.
"We find no evidence whatevethat
any attack was being made on
the jail" was the closing sentence of
the verdict of the coroner's Jury empaneled
to hear the evidence in
the case and arrive at a conclusion
i.s to the death of James A. Kay. who
' mot his death by a gun shot wound,
gun tired by some member" of the
hnrham machine gnn company," the
i.oii iiik iiu> uik iusivu mr iiu' uiij ,
overshadowing, for the time at least,
the initial cause, the outraging of
the womanhood of Alamance county
>\ a negro on Saturday night.
Feeling was Intense In the county
scat of Alamance county Tuesday as
a result of what was voiced in the
coroner's hearing and out of it as
an outraRp, evidence Introduced
showing that not more than five peoj.le.
two of them hoys, were together
at the time the shooting occurred
and not it single shot having been
fired except those fired by the soldiers
on guard at the jail Mqnday
inght.
The three negro defendants neither
< f whom the out raged woman would
identify as her assailant, in fact,
made the statement in the case of
each, when they were brought before
her. that neither was guilty, were
taken by the officers and men of
the Durham machine gun company
on a special train Tuesday morning
it C. o'clock and carried to Raleigh.
* .ion ni<; KNorc.il.
Vice* President in Cabinet would Re
Mistake*. Marshall Says.
The vice president of the United
States maintaining order in the senate
with a gun across his knee was the
idea advanced by Vice President Mar
miuii Saturday night at San Oiego,
f'al.. of whnt would ho necessary with
the second olllcial of the nation n permanent
member of the president's
cabinet, as suggested by Senator
I larding.
"Bls-senslon would arise within the
senate should its presiding officer be
so closely in touch with the ndminis- (
tration as to be a permanent member
of the cabinet," Mr. Marshall s.'bl.
"The vice president would have to
preside over the senate with a gun."
Marshall declared the chief of the
senate acts as a judge on questions affecting
the destiny of nations. "1
hue ll'eially ?< sit with my eyes
shut and politics lias no ro<)ir. in the
reasoning of the senate executive
when matters are presented."
Pntts-llood Marriage.
In the presence of a few of their
friends. Miss Sadie Belle Potts and
Willie Arthur llood were married In
the study of the Baptist pastorium
Sunday afternoon. July 18, at 3:30
.. . .ui rv, ml- nn-llHMI) IICIIIK performed
by the licv, J. W. H. Oyehea,
pastor of the young couple.
The bridegroom is n promising
young farmer, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. K. Hood of the t'lfeasant Valley
section of Hancaster county, while
the bride Is the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. June Potts of the
same section.
Many friends wish for these young
people happiness and prosperity as
they start on life's Journey together.
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SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in the University
of South Carolina and for admission of
new students will be held at the County
Courthouse on Friday, July 9, at 9 a m.
Applicants must not be legs than sixteen
years of age. When scholarships
are vacant after July 9, they will be
awarded to those making the highest
average at examination, provided they
meet the conditions governing the
award.
Applicants for scholarships should
write to President Currell for scholarship
examination blanks. These blanks,
properly filled out by the applicant,
should be filed with President Currell
by July 2.
Scholarships are worth $100, free
tuition and fees, total $158. The next
session will open September 15, 1920. I
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