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I Many Revolutions
MM ark Mexican History
*. The
history of Mexico has been a
aucm?l?n of revolutionary wars since
the country threw off the Spanish rule
I in 1921 nnd General Augustiu IturI
bide was proclaimed president.
I General' Iturbide was commander of
the revolutionary army which was
H successful in breaking away from
I Spain after other attempted revolts
had ended in failure, relates the New
I York Herald-Tribune.
A Mexican army under Hidalgo had
I failed earlier iu the year and the
I leader was executed, but Iturbide,
succeeding in defeating the royal
troops, became president and the
next year was crowned emperor. His
reign was brief, however, for disI
tensions sot in and he was forced to
I leave the country. Returning in
B i ?24 he was arrested and shot as a
I traitor.
The man>who dominated Mexico in
y | the early stages of its independence
I was Santa Ana, who becanie presi<
I dent in 1B33, For a generation he
1 was either guiding the. destines of the
country or watching political moves
from retirement that was either
forced or voluntary.
A squadron sent to Vera Cruz by
the French to enforce payment of
' French claims in .Mexico was met by
an army wijth fcanta at its head. The
French army retired and Santa Ana
claimed the honor of expelling them
from Mexico.
The government never was 4n. a
solidified position for any great
length of time, and in 1961 a threefold
fleet fcent by England, France
| iind Spain to enforce payment of
debts appeared at Vera Cruz to make
their difflculties more complex. After
i a conference with' the then head of
the government, Benito Jaurez, Eng|
land and France withdrew, with the
H understanding that their demands
would be met. The French troops
remained, however, for France had a
secret agreement with ~ the revolutionary
leader Miramon by which
B Napoleon hoped to set up Maxi
milian of Austria as the emperor of
Mexico.
Maximilian actually was crowned
emperor wt Vera* Cruz on May 24,
1864. But the protest of the United
States forced France to withdraw
I her troops and Maximilian was left
! -to face the angry Mexicans. He was
tried, found guilty of treason and
shot on the Hill of Bells,1 near
Queretaro, and Jaurez continued in
I power.
He was followed for a brief period
by Lerdo de Trejada, and then General
Portflrio Diaz forced him out of office
I and became constitutional president
in 1876. Diaz put into force a policy
looking toward the construction of
railways and increasing the efficiency
K of rural police that was continued by
B him when he was in power for the
B next few years and in intervening
periods when he was not actually at
the head of the government.
Diaz continued as the one great
power in Mexico for a quarter of a
century, but fell, finally, before an
other revolutionary move. This was
I led by Francisco I. Madero, who had
I been opposed to Diaz as a candidate
for the presidency.
On November 15, 1910, Madero was
unanimously elected president of
I Mexico, but immediately afterward
intrigues began to develop within' his
own party. Thq revolutionists at
tacked the capital, and under General
Victoriano Huerta captured the president,
and put Pedro Lascurain in his
place. The latter Appointed Huerta
his minister of Foreign Relations,
and resigned in his favor, so that on
one day Mexico had three presidents.
An election held in October resulted
I in the selection of Huerta as presi?
dent. -V
\ Huerta found himself in trouble^because
of his defiant attitude toward
the United States. This, culminated
in his refusal t<? salute the American
Mag as an apology for the arrest of
several sailors from the steamship
I Dolphin in Tampico. President Wil
-^on laid the matter before congress,
requesting authority to use force in
I I 1
enforcing this demand, but while congross
was debating the mutter
American marines were landed in i
Vera Crus to prevent a shipment of i
arms reaching that port.
Argentine, Brasil and Chile then i
proposed that they be allowed to !
serve as mediators, and a conference
was held, which, however, failed to <
reach an agreement. Huerta, how- <
ever, was displaced by another
revolution, and was succeeded by
Francisco Carbajal, who resigned in
favor of Venustiano Carranza.
The real power, however, was
Alvaro Obregon, the only dominating ,
figure that survived the seventeen
years of Aghting that followed the
assassination of Madero. At several
times, it was said, he could have become
dictator, but he preferred to establish
another as president, disband
the army and sponsor economic reforms.
Obregon began his career as a leader
in Mexico Bhortly aftei; the assassination
of President Madero in 1913,
when Huerta became ruler.
s Carranza was put in power with
the approval of Francisco Villa, but
later they quarreled, and Carranza
went to Obregon, who protected him.
It was Villa that really broke the
backbone of the Huerta army when
he defeated large forces in the state
of Chihuahua. Carranza waa forced
out of office, and Villa recognized
General Roque Gonzalez Garza '' as
president.
At this time the United States was
dra,wn into the conflict by the killing
of American citizens in the siege of
Naco, Sonora. Villista forces, moreover,
began to conduct raids across
the border, and troops were sent to
force them back into Mexico.
Carranza, who of course was still
president, as Villa's power had never
been fully established in Mexico, disapproved
of the action of the United
States government. He succeeded in
arranging a conference and the troops
were Withdrawn.
Conditions in Mexico resolved themselves
into a struggle for power between
Villa and Obregon. Obregon
steadfastly refusing to become dictator,
although his was the real
power in the country, and Carranza
continued as president. They were
joined by Calles, who became a minoj,
general.
Carranza, however, became reactionary
and split with Obregon and
the latter finally consented to become
the nominal head of the Mexican
government in addition to being its
actusl head. He allied himself with
Adolfo de la HuertA, Governor of
Sonora, and General Calles- and
marched upon the capital. Carranza
withdrew without a struggle.
But De la Huerta broke away end
started another revolution. Thle was
lubdued and Obregon made Callee
president in an election that was the
Brst peaceful one Mexico had ever
known. ~
The next election campaign, however,
brought a return to the strife
ot the past. Dissension arose among
the three candidates in 1W7. They
were Obregon, Gomes snd Serrano.
1'resident Cm lies, declaring that ho
had evidence that Serrano and Gomes
were planning a military coup,
ordered them arrested, and they were
killed by%iring squads. Obregon was
elected president, but he was assassinated
before taking offlc?rXnd
after some diecuseion as to whether
it would be legal for Calles to continue
in office, Portes Gil was elected
and inaugurated. The
beggars of Budapest, Hungary,
resent the presence in their
bread lines of hordes of starving professors,
lawyers and students who
cannot find employment. \
Honor Roll Bethnne Schools
Grade 1.?Minnie Edna McLeod,
Virginia Church, Jauhita * Kailey,
Alton Elliottj Oran Baker, Loutee
Hinson, Irene Mangum, Margie Jones,
Willie Joyner, Alene Hilton, Clarene,'
Hilton, Helen Hester, Myrtis Mungo,
Margaret Tyner, Le Roy Collins,
Douglas Mays, Jr., Vivian Yow,
Margaret Varbrough.
Grade 2.?Gerry Davis, Margaret
McLaurin, Jopn Dan McLaurin, Azilec
Baker, Grace Horton, Lorene Blackmon,
Olin Watkins, Dorothy Horton,
Dot Hasty, Bobby Griffin, Rowena
Holland, Iris McCaskill, Eunice McCaskijl.
Grade 3.?Cleo Elliott, Margaret
Hasty, Aileen Hilton, Clelia Derrick,
Robbie Newton Marion, Ellis Padgett,
Tom Ratcliff, T. B. Barnes, Herbert
Hester, Esther LoVe Hillhouse,
Lavern Jones, Louise' Mangum,
Jaunita Pate, Ava Shaw, Bryce
Joyner, Ila B. Mangum, Nannie
Mangum, Lewis Lee Neal. ?
Grade 4?Sara Parrott^ . Leonard
Hasty, Rosa Lee Hinson, Willie Mae
Horton, Grace Horton, Pate Mangum,
Inez Mangum, Elizabeth Munn,
Elizabeth Brannon, Mary Alice Cakoe,
Richard McLaurin.
Grade 5. Arlene Wagers, Nancy
Tompkins, Ruby Davis, Oneida Outlaw,
Price Baker, Evelyn Elliott,
Nannie Ruth Hilton, Dorothy Elliott,
Elmore Elliott, Frances Bethune,
Sara Brannon, Annie Ruth lUtcliff,
Ruby Campbell, Clarence Heustess.
. Grade ,6.? iSara Ruth MeKirmou,
Mary Ellen McLaurin, Ruth Raley,
Ira Blackmon, Junior Davis, Frances
Gardner, Keith Gordon, Myrtle
Horton, Myrtle King, Dalton McLeod,
Thelma Railey, Doris Shaw, Joe West.
Grade 7?Ida Outlaw, Elsie Mae
Hammond, Gladys Joyne, Thelma
Davis, Lottie Outlaw, Marguerite
roster, Mary Baker, Junita Watkins.
Grade 8.?Ruth Jones, Mary B.
Radcliff, Edith Clybum, Harold Copeland,
Ruby Lee Hohton, Leo Radcliff,
Eloise Estridge.
Grade 9.?Paschal McLaurin, Elizabeth
Raley, Lola Grace Catoer Minnie
Eddins McKinnon, Mary Brannon,
Margaret Truesdell, Elizabeth
Baker, Mildred Hinson.- Philip Bran*
non, Dorothy Derrick, Lewis Blackmon,
Topsy McDonald.
Grade 10?Edna Stokes, James
v Dawson Horton, - Margaret
Dearon/ Bernice Fields, Margie Parrott,
Edwin Gresham.
Grade. 11.?JJVa Baker, Emily
Blackmon, Allene King, L'iston Holland,
Myrtle Radoliffe.
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WEST DcKALB STREET
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MASTER'S SALE
State of South Caroiina,County
of Kershaw.
(In Court of Common Pleas )
Kershaw County, plaintiff,
against
J. BoVd Magill, A. R. Magill, L. A.
Kirkland, and John M. Croxton, J.
Robert Magill and J. W. Stover, as
Trustees of Beaver Creek Church,
defendants.
Under atid by virtue of a Decree of
his PIo:u:, Judge T. J. Majuldin, presiding
in the Fifth Circuit,- of date
March IB, 1929, I will offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash, before
the' Court House door in the
City of Camden, during the legal
hours of sale, on the first Monday in
April (being April 1, 1929), the following
described real estate:
^'All ^hnt parcel or lot of land in
the County of Kershaw and State of
South Carolina, containing sixty-two
and one-half (62 X acres, more or
less, lying twenty-two miles north of
Camden on the public road known as
the Old Flat Rock Road, and bounded
north by lands formerly of D. C.
Lainer, now of Dr. Horton, and by
lands of Cauthen; east by the said
Old Flat Rock Road from Camden
to Lancaster; south by property
formerly a part of this same tract
but this day conveyed to A. R. Magill,
and west by lands of Brewer. The
property hereby conveyed is the
northern part of that tract conveyed
t? Mary R. Magill by Serena E.
Miller by deed of date August 24,
1897, which deed is recorded in the
office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw
County in Book Z-Z at page
35G.
This tract is separated from the
i rest of this property this day cohj
veyed to A. R. Magill by a road
known as the Ford Road."
also
"AH that parcel or lot of land in
TheCounty of Kershaw and Slhte "oT
South Carolina, lying twenty-two
miles north of Camden, on the public
road known as Old Flat Rock Road,
containing sixty-two and one-half
(62M0 acres, more or less, and
bounded north by land heretofore a
part of this same property and this
day conveyed to J. Boyd Magill from
which it is separated by a road known
as the Ford Road; east by the publio
road from Camden to Lancaster,
known a9 the Old Flat Rock Road;
south by lands of Brewer and west
by lands -of Brewer, - The tract hereby
conveyed is the southern portion
Of that land covered by deed of
Serena E. Miller to Mary B. Magill
of date August 24", 1897, which deed
: is nreeorded in the office of-the Clerk
of Oourt for Kershaw County in
Book Z-Z at page 356." 1
Any person, except the holder of
ing to bid at said sale shall deposit
with the Master before making his
bid in money or certified check the
sum of twenty-five ($26.00) dollars
as a pledge to make good his bid in
case of its acceptance.
W. L. DePASS, Jit,
Master tqr Kershaw County.
March. 1L 1229. ~ Z
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THE COMING OF EASTER
brings with it many now
changes, and we Jiope that it ?
? >?
will bring a change of heart to
the young Miss we heard of in
this town whose sweetie spent _
. $27.00 on her in one evening and
? when she bid him goodnight ?
called him "Mister."
- It's time to get acquainted
with KREAMKRUST BREAD.
One slice of KREAMKRUST
BREAD means many more
slices. Just so good and de-~
licious is its quality. Try it
with every, meal an? enjoy its
! superiority.
Electrik Maid Bake Shop
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Rare Waterfowl
Shot at Chisnec
A waterfowl described as either hij
American or European bittern was
killed yesterday afternoon by Archie
Fisher, of near the Holly Spring* section
and was displayed here today by
J: B. Hines, also of that section of
the county.
The bird was found on a small
branch near the Piedmont church,:
Mr. Fisher said. An exhaustive search I
was made before its specie could be 1
established.
The bittern is a very rare? bird in j
_this .section. It is a specie of the
heron family and it usually inhabits
bogs or swamps and nests on the
ground. It is identified by its
nocturnal activities And gives forth an
unusual sound. The plumage is
streakes and speckles.
The specimen displayed here
measured about two and a half feet
in height and the wings three feet
from tip to tip.?<Spartanburg Journal
i
| It is expected that 80,000 American
tourists will be in England this week,
thousands of them going over espec|
ially to witness the Grand National,
the steeple-chase classic, to be run at
Aintree, near Liverpool, next Friday.
Several American horses have been
entered for tho race.
MASTER'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(In Court of Common Pleas)
Kershaw County plaintiff,
against v
Lctha West, Gregory G. West, Ida
Morton, Levy V. West, William
West, Mendel West, Charity Moore,
Maggie Munn, Serena Clements,
Sallie West, Lizzie West, Marie i
| West, Hank of Bethune, R. L. |
j Jones, The Citizens Bank (Successor
to The Jefferson Bank) defendants.
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Under and by virtue of a Decree
of his Honor, Judge T. J. Mauldin,
presiding in the Fifth Circuit, of
relate March 15, 1929, I will offer for
sale to the highest-bidder for cash, j
before the Court House door in the
City of Camden", during the legal
hours of sale, on the first Monday in
April (being April 1, 1929), the following
described j-eal estate:
"All that piece, parcel or tract of
land, situate, lying and being in the
j State of South Carolina and County
j of Kershaw, on the Wvtero of
Lynches Crook, containing eightyseven
(87) acres, more or c less,
bounded on the North by property of
Mary A. Davis; on the East by
Lynches River; on the South by lands
of J. B. Munn, and the parcel hereinafter
described, both being formerly
the property' of W. M. West or
J Tract No. 8 of the estate of Eliza
West; on the West by lands of Estridge
and Baker, known as Norwood
lands.
i ? also
j "All that piece, parcel or tract of 1
land in the State of South Carolina,
County of" Kershaw, containing
twenty-four (24) acres, more or less,
bounded North by the Tract of land
hereinabove described; East by lands
of J. 13. Munn; South by lands of S.
J. West; West by lands of Estridge
and Baker, formerly of Norwood.
Any person, except the holder of
some lien set up in this action, desiring
to bid at said sale shall deposit
with the Master before making
his bid in money or certified check
the Sum of twenty-five ($25.00) dolI
lars as a pledge to make good his
1 bid in case of its acceptance.
W. L. DePASS, JR.,
| Master for Kershauf County.
March 14, 1929.
MASTER'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
County fit Kershaw.
(Court of Common Pleas)
Junit's II. Burns, plaintiff,
against
J. T. Croft, Ma M. Croft, et al, defendants.
Under and by virtue of an Order of
Court made in the above entitled case
and dated the 7th day of March, 1U29,
the Master for Kershaw County Will
offer for sale at,{-public auctU?h, for
cash, before the Kershaw County
<Jourt House door, Camden, South
Carolina, during theTejfalhour# of
sale on the Hit, Monday, being the
1st day of April,'1929, the following
described ri al estate I
"All that piece, parcel or tract of
land situute, lying and being in the
State of South' Carolina; and in the
County of Kershaw, containing ftftyscven
(67) ucfefe, more or less, bounded
North by lands of SuVtoh, East by
lands of J. E. Campbell, formerly of
the Reynolds Estate, South by lands
of Martha A, Davis," West by landi
formerly of Reynolds Estate.
also
"All that piece, parcel or tract of
land situate, lying and being in the
State of South Carolina and In thy
County of Lee, in the Township of
Ionia, containing forty-three (43)
acres, more or lesft, and being known
as tract No?< 2 of tho subdivision of
lands deeded to Frances Johnson by
John Croft, and bounded as follows:
North by lends of Elmira Johrfson,
Minnie Boykin and M. H. Johnson,
East by lands of J. R. McLeoS and
Willie McLeod, West by lands of
Allen Arrants, South by lands of J.
W. Davis."
That all bidders, except the plaintiff
herein, must first deposit with the
Master cash 6r certified check in the
sum of $100.00 as evidence of good
faith, which said sum shall be returned
to the unsuccessful bidders,
but, in case of non-compliance by tho
bidder at said sale the amount 90 deposited
shall be forfeited and the
property sold upon the same or some
subsequent sales day thereafter at
the risk of said bidder.
7 W. L. DePASS, JR.,
Master Kershaw County.
March 15, 1929.
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Three aviators were burned to
death ut <)ajcland, Mitt., Friday when
the plane tliey were in caught on Are
in the air and crushed.
TAXNOflCB
I have received the following order
from the Comptroller (icneral'a office
which is approved by the governor of
South Carolina. The order reads:
"It is ordered that the County
Treasurer's books throughout the
state shall remain open for the collection
of taxes without increase in
penalty until the first day of ' May
1920, at which time the books shalj
he closed and taxes shall go into
execution with full penalty added."
s.w;HctouF:,?"?~
Treasurer Kershaw "County. ,
NOTICE OF SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
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Sale by Assignee and Agent of
Creditors of Smith-Elliott Music
Company. ?
On the first Monday in April, 1920.
being the first day thereof, we will
offer for sale, during the legal hours
of sale, in front of Kershaw County
Court House, in Camden, C., subject
to existing encumberances, the
following described premises:
All that certain piece, parcel or
lot of land situate, lying on the eastern
side of Mill. Street, in the City of
Camden, County of Kershaw, State
of South Carolina, fronting to the
west one hundred thirty-seven (13^
feet on Mill Street, uml extending
back eastwardly to a depth of one
hundred (100) feet, bounded North
by premises of Daisy 1). Parrjsh; East
by premises of Parrish; South by
premises of Lovett,'formerly of Korrison
and West by" Mill Street, and
being the real estate described in a
certain deed of assignment executed
on the 28th day of pecefnber, 1928
by Walter C. Smith and Harry Elliott
I to I. C. Hough, assignee, being the
real estate heretofore owned by the
said Wgjter C, Smith.
lTerm? of sale cash, purchaser to
i pay for papers.
I. C. HOUGH,
Assignee.
L. A. WlTTKOlWSKY,
Agent of Creditors. ,
March 12th 1929.
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