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THE MEXICAN UW lEMUmnnsn SAT IDEITA IOST HESIliN MARCH ON MEXICO CITY - ■ ♦ - Mmmj Will Join Got. TeniutUuio Cw- nunta, Who Hm Been Proclaimed - ProTlalonal President bj Variona Rerolatlonarj Factions Now in Anns Against Huerta Government. Military and political leaders from all parts of the Mexican republic are arriving In New Orleans dally, most •f them en route to Coahuila to join Got. Venustlano Carranza, who has been proclaimed provisional presi dent by various revolutionary fac- Uons now in arms against the Huerta government. Ool. Sllvino M. Garcia, command- ante of the rurale forces of the State of Zacatecas, who arrived Wednes day, declared that Carranza would be seated as president of the republic by Jane 16. “On to Mexico City, is the war cry ef an army of 25,000 men which is now being organized to march against the capital,’’ he said. “Gen. Huerta cannot possibly muster one- fourth that number of loyal troop*, which Is proven by the fact that thou sands of the soldiers dispatched from Mexico City against the constl.utloii- allsts of the north have declined 10 flght and many of them have de serted and joined the ranks of the revolution.’’ Col. Garda declared that Carran- aa within a month would he able to mobilize an army of 70.000 men, two thirds of whom would remain on gir- rlson duty throughout the republic, wblle 26,000 picked men would en gage In the campaign against the sapltal. He said Mexicans are aroused as sever before aa a result of recent barbarities and the effort to estab llsh a military government “more brutal than was ever dreamed of by an/ of Hsarta’s predecessars" The federal troops who are still loyal to Hama, hs said, are raiding and burning ranches ad even murdering padfle residents. At Sierra da Mate- iuapH. la the state of Zacetecas. he •aid, fedsral troops burned all the bvUdlag on several ranches because the rurales undsr him. who revolted, were permitted to quench their thirst at theae places. Ool. Garcia said tbs state of Zace tecas Is controlled by the revolution ists under the leadership of Co! Eulsllo Gutierrez Seraplo Aguirre, member of the Mexican national congress from the central district of Coahuila. also ar rived en route to Montrlovs. Coahui la. to join Gov Carranza He declar ed that the coostllutlonallats had given their ultimatum to the Huerta government, which was 1. The Immediate resignation of Husrta and his sablnet. “2. The departure from the re public forthwith of Gen Huerta. Gen Felix Diaz, Gen Mondragon and Gen Blanqust.” "This revolution will continue.' 1 be declared, “until the last evidence of this effort to re-establlah military government In Mexico has been wlp- ped out and civil government and po litical Justice has been again en throned.” He denied emphatically that any branch of the revolutionists Is In favor of secession, but were fighting for restoration of the government to the people. WRECK OF THE HOME. Liquor Plays the I/ending Role in the Awful Drama. Drinking by an overwhelming ma jority, is the-cause of the wrecking ef most homes whose affairs came under the Chicago court of domestic relations in the past year. Three thousand six hundred and ninety- nine cases were heard that year. Fol lowing are the causes of domestic trouble as tabulated by Judge Gem- mtil: Liquor, 42 per cent. Immorality, 14 per cent. Disease, 13 per cent. Ill temper, 11 per cent. Wife’s parents, 1 per cent. Married too young, 4 per cent. Laziness, 3 per cent. Miscellaneous, 6 per cent. “More than $150,000 has been col lected and turned over to dependent wives and children during the year,” said Judge Gemmill. “Perhaps the best feature of the court’s record is that reconciliations have been brought about in 50 per cent, of the cases of separation that came before it." * ♦ a ■ — Looks After Charleston Yard. Senator Tillman called on Secre tary of the Navy Daniels In person to back up his strohg written appeal snnt to the department Saturday In behalf of the Charleston Navy Yard, whiph Is haring difficulty in kesping •killed machinists Decause other yards offer them higher wages. The rsKtgm. mrnk mm SCHOOLS GET MONEY LARGB AMOUNT smrr OUT BY 8U- puuntbndknt: Many Raral Schools Are Helped by the Fund Which Was Borrowed by the State. J. E. Swearingen, State superin tendent of education, Monday paid out $31,645 State aid of 126 high schools In 41 counties. Warrauta were mailed to the several county treasurers and notlves addressed to the county superintendents of educa tion and each board of district trus tees. Sixty-three rural graded schools In 17 counties received $13,900.94. All of these schools are located In rural districts, or In Incorporated places with less than 300 population. A dis trict levying a four-mills tax, em ploying two teachers and running its schools six moots receives $200 State aid. A district levying four- mill tax exploylng three teachers and running the school seven months receives $300. Fifty-eight such schools received aid last November, and hence were not entitled to additional assistance this spring. The rural graded school law has, therefore, benefited 121 communities during the current scholastic year. Any school entitled to share In Its benefits may renew its application as soon as the require ments of the law are met after the opening of the session this fall, dur ing the next scholastic year, 1913- F State aid was also granted to 5 6 districts In 19 counties under the term extension act for weak s< hools The amount paid these 56 sehools was H.S34 62. In each Instance the district shar ing in high school aid and term ez- tension aid levlea a local tax of two mills snd receive* from the State as much as this tax raise# up to $100 term extension aid A considerable number of claims are yet to be filed from many countlea. The library aid will be paid out within the next ten days The rural graded school applica tions. term extension application* and library requisitions were paid out of the $30,000 recently borrowed for school purposes The bslance of this loan will be exhausted within the next few week* MAY HK APPOINTED BOON The Attorney tieweral May Pick the District Attorney The Washington correspondent of The State tsy* Attorney (ienera! Mi Reynolds KriJay took up for consul eration the matter of appointing a successor to Ernest fochrsu of South Carolina as district attorney for that State The commission of the latter will expire February 1. 1914. and there is considerable Interest shown here In the queelion as to whether Mr McReynolds will at this time ap point Francis H Weston, who ha* been recommended by Senator Smith or William J Thurmond, who has the indorsement of Senator Tillman, or will allow >ir Cochran to serve out the remainder of his term. The State’s correspondent heard Friday morning that Mr. McReynold* was ready to take up the ca.se Fri day. Thereupon the matter was fol lowed up and It developed later on that this was correct and that he had asked some questions regarding the matter, which might indicate that action would be taken at an early date. Mr. McReynolds would make no statement concerning the appoint ment one way or the other, but there is no doubt that ho gave it serious consideration. FREE WOOL HELPS ^' IN HEW Till VIILO GINGIiSS- IAN BAIRIS8N POINTS OUT BENEFITS HURLED TO HIS DEATH. Met His Death in Trying to Save Life of His Friend. At Birmingham, Ala., B. B. Brooks, a telephone lineman, met 1 * heroic death in sight of hundreds of baseball trolley passengers Friday afternoon when a shock from a live wire hurl ed him forty feet to the ground, where his brains were dashed out on the curbstone. Gilbert Aaron, his friend, was first shocked unconscious on top of the pole, but his body clung to a cross arm. Brooks took a rope up to rescue him and had tied it around Aaron’s body, passed it over a cross arm to the crowd below, when he himself touched the wire. Aaron is recovering and is not seri ously hurt. ^ Shoots Womaji and Himself. At Goldsboro, N. C., Cleveland Prince, a Wayne County farmer, Mon day shot and killed Mrs. May Carter Lomax, wife of a railroad baggage- master, and then committed suicide. Mrs. Lomax was confined to her bed In a hospital as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident while riding with Prince and others. ♦ ♦ Prisoners to be Released. After twelve years’ confinement in Mexican prisons, Leslie E. Hulburt, a lawyer, his bnother-ln-law, William Mitchell, and their alleged accom- pllos In insurance frauds Involving inrdsr, Dr. Charles H. Haris, of Abl- Says it Means Cheaper and Better Clothes and Asks the Support of the People in the Assault Made l‘]H>n Prlvillge in the Halls of Con giess. In the New York World Congress man Harrison says free wool means cheaper and better woollen clothes. That Is why we hope that the people will uphold President Wilson in his fight for free wool and against the great wool and woollen combination Free wool would also mean the death knell of this great combination, which has for forty years burdened the American people with extortion ate taxation. He then goes on to say: This combination between the wool-growers of the West and the woollen manufacturers of the East has for the great part of forty years had votes enough in Congress to keep the taxes sky high on woollen clothes The combination was too strong for President Taft; he frankly told the people of the United States that this combination was powerful enough to pr.-vent the Republicans In the Payne- Aldrich tariff from lowering the du ties on woollen clothing. This admission by President Taft was fatal to his party His speech at Winona, in which he made this frank and »tartllng announcement of the power of the combination, admitting that It was stronger than President Taft himself and the Republican Uon*r**T and stronger than the Gov- ernmer' "f the I nitel under Repub rule, caused the people of our r. ) to take away from these peop ■ >e administration of our co and give It •*> the Democrat* • tbs Democrat* are engaged in th« • ght against this same cotubina tlon Forty five year* ago the wool growers of the West snd the woollen manufacturer* of the Kaat agreed that each waa t« have all the protec tlon aaked for through the tariff, and that the public might be damned This alliance la still in force, and we call upon ail good citlxena to help President Wilson and the Democratic Uongresa in the flght for free weol We are going to succeed where the Republicans failed The combination mill not he strong enough to over throw our determined ansault uihhi (hi* great stronghold of privilege Manufacturer* of woollen c!o»h in our country can get only three flfth* of their wool in the I nlted State* for the other taoflftha they are obliged to send to foreign countrle* and bring It Into the United State* by paying a tariff which adds nearly half to the cost of the wool Thl* ha* kept many grades of wool out of the United State# entirely It has rsi»ed the price of *urh wool a* they could Import and has Induced American manufacturer* to use sub atltute* for wool. Instead of wool it *elf That la why oar manufacturers so largely uae ahoddy and cotton sub stitute# for wool; that la why a man'a auit wilta like a tired plant when he goes out in the rain, it is because his ault. although sold aa an all wool suit, contains & great deal of Inferior material which will not stand rain or the wear and tear. Free wool will mean that the American manufacturer will be at liberty to make as good woollen clothes as the manufacturer In other lands, and that when a man bnys a suit of clothes hereafter as an Ameri can he will be certain to get a ault that "lasts as long as the foreigner's suit and is made of just as good material. That Is why the people should help us in our flght for free wool. Foreign-Made Clothing Ixwer. Our bill proposes a 35" per cent, rate upon woollen clothing. The Re publican rate averaged 90 per cent.; in other words, the Republican tariff nearly doubled the cost of woollen clothing brought from abroad and made a corresponding though not quite so high a raise in the cost of woollen clothing here. Our rate of 3 5 per cent, will permit an American, if he finds clothes too high-priced in our country, to buy foreign-made clothing here under a tariff which would add only one-third to the cost, instead of doubling the cost, as the Republicans made it. But it means even more than this. The Republican 90 per cent, rate particularly kept out all foreign clothing; in other words, it was a prohibitive tariff. There was no use for the foreigner trying to compete in our market over such a barrier as that. He could not pay the duty and compete with the American clothing manufacturer. Under our rate he will have a chance to sell his foreign- made poods here, which will oblige the American manufacturer to im prove the quality of his goods and lower the price. And this does not mean only the outser suit. Our bill makes tremen dous cuts In' all products of woollen manufacture, such as underclothss, stockings, swentsrs, caps, hat*, overcoats, carpets snd Man- THE DEMOCRATS WIN ELECT OONGRSS8MAN FROM MAS SACHUSETTS. John J. Mitchell, Democrat, Elected f to Succeed Republican Who Was Elected United Senator. A Boston dispatch aaya John J. Mitchell, Democrat, was elected to Congress from the 13th district Tuesday three-cornered contest, In which tariff discussion figured prom- iently. Mitchell’s plurality over Alfred H. Cutting, Republican, was 4,148. The vote for Norman H. White, Progres sive, fell 3,200 short of that for Cut ting. Tuesday’s special election was necessary on account of the election of former Congressman John W. Weeks to be United States Senator. In the election last November Mr. Mitchell, who was successful Tues day, was defeated Vy Mr. Weeks by 2,251 votes The total vote Tuesday was; Mit chell. 12,991; Cutting, 8,843; White. 5,678. The vote last November stood, W'eeks. Republican. 15,934; Mitchell, Democrat, 13,583; Fiel, Progressive, 5,853. The tariff, and recently the Under wood bill, were practically the only topics debated In the campaign. All three candidates, and their support ers on the stump placed their views on the different schedules before the shoe workers of Marlboro, the watch maker* of Waltham, the texile oper atives In the small towns and the home dwellers in the residential sec tions A Washlnton dispatch says no « of the etortlon of another Democratic ronpresaman from Massachusetts was rei ei ved by President Wilson with keen satisfaction A bulletin an pouncing the result came while the President was at a theatre He left hla box long enough to «.« nd this message to Mr Mitche’l ‘I wr\ heartily congratulate \ou on your splendid vlr’ory " Democratic lesd-t* r*gr(rrt«*(1 ?he election of a I>emo(-rat in M***arhu »etf* io*t at thl* time, when the tarit bdl »lth it* reiuctlon* la pro tective duties on New England pro ducts la under consideration. #i pe culiarly significant Sl'KAKH TO L4R4.K < UOtt DM. Dry aa Talks oa the lleaeflta of Ke4 • gton sail Training Secretary of Stats Bryan address ed two large audiences Philadr! ph a Sunday on the benefit* of reil gion and Die necessity fur training the young At the Rothleheni I’re*. by’.erlan church. * h.. h s celebrating it* 4 'th anniversary he cited hi* be l:ef* ari l inclienta in his own life to prove ;he value- of rellgtou* training In youth "As I 1 ook back over my own life." he *sid. 1 can not find that I have added anything l<> my tnora 1 prlnci pies aince re*-h.ng .manhood * estate and in separating the credit 1 find lit tle that I ran ' oast of aa my own Mr Bryan told his hearer* how a dislike for shearing, gambling and drinking hail been impressed upon him by h'.s parents in hi* early days This dislike, lie said, has continued ever sliue "Gambling," Mr Bryan declared, "la even more demoralizing than drink ami harder to defeat. The gold cure may take the taste for liquor out of a man, but only God can take the cure of gambling out of a man's heart ■’Amerinn diplomacy is not of that kind where you have to make a man drink to deal with him." declared Secretary Bryan in discussing tem perance." During my long career, in cluding more than a quarter of a cen tury in active politics there never hits been one day when I thought it bet ter to take a drink of alcohol'c liquor even in moderate degree. In foreign lands I have adhered to the same principle, and I have yet to hear a sin gle criticism of my actions either at home or abroad." In his address at the Second regi ment armory on “The Making of a Man." he Urged the necessity of building moral character upon reli gion and a loyalty to Christ and His teachings. keta, not to mention all the other necessaries of life which are made, or should be made, out of wool. Take blankets, for example: The rates In the present law allowed no reasonable-priced woollen blankets to come In from abroad. A few import ations which were attempted proved at the Cystom House that the Repub lican duty on blankets was 180 per cent.; our bill makes the duty on these blankets 25 per cent. Very few Americans now sleep un der all-woollen blankets. Our people have to shiver under blankets made mostly of cotton or other substitutes, so that American manufacturers might charge a higher price for wool len blankets. Hereafter foreign blankets can come in and give the American consumer a chance to pur chase the same kind of blankets as the people of other lands can buy. ♦ ♦♦ - President Wilson hss made no ap pointments for South Carolina. There are several vacancies in post IRAGtDY REVEALED » BOOT or HAN ft FOUND NEAR VATEIEE RIVER. DIED EDOM BEING SHOT » Benj. John is in Camden Jail Charg ed With Murdering Abraham Mi chael, Both of Whom Posed as Ministers From Turkey liaising Money for Christian Churches Abroad. A dispatch from Camden says Ab raham Michael was shot to death near the Wateree River Monday about noon, and it is alleged that the shooting was done by Ben;. John, both representing themselves as min isters from Turkey, touring America to collect funds for Christian churches in the old country. The killing has been the chief topic of conversation on the streets. Both tMichael and John appeared before Mayor Braslngton Monday and asked permission to solicit church funds. Mayor Brasington told them to present their creden tials to a Camden minister and it favorably passed upon, he would con sider the request. They left Cam den later by foot, following the Sea board track In the direction of Co lumbia. They passed Section Masier Sanders and a force of hands on the road Later John returned from across the river alone. I'pun oeing questioned by Mr San ders as to the whe-i-abouts of his companion, h* said mat he left him at the crossing near Logoff I.ater m the day Mr Sanders started to wards Lugoff on in* hand car. In specting the track W hen crossing a culvert, near Mr Kennedy a plants tion. he noticed the water backed up In the culvert'* entrance and a pair of feet projecting from aame Upon Investigation, the bullet-rid dled body of Michael waa found The coroner and #herlff were notified Several person* reported that they saw a foreign looking man hurrying towards Hheppard Sheriff Hucha bee had Constable McI>owell to ar rest John at Bethune He w&a piac ed In Jail at midnight and protested hla Innocence Flora K«r*haw. who Uvea on the Kennedy plantation aays *he aaw '••vo men fighting on the track and aaw one shoot the other ’o death and then place hla bodv In the cul vert. placing the dead man * coa* over Eila head John changed hr clothe# near Sheppard*, and It 1* *a I •h.e\ wer<- found in the wood* nearb) and were eatur.Ved w .tli Moo I W hen arrested 1.1 v'. wa* found on hi* person, together With five pocke* knlve*. seven po< ke'booka ami a lady • hand bag Robbery la thought by some to have been the motive of the alleged murder, although f>oth •pen seemed to have collected other things betide* church fun la G G Alexander Jr. has been re tailed by John to defend him. Sev eral Assyrian* Interviewed John In la:! and said that they were of the opinion that the men were Imposters and were either Greeks or Turku KILLED BY THE POLICE. \tlanta Horse Was Bitten by a Mad Dog and Goe« Mad. An Atlan'a dispatch says just as a variation on the do?* ns of mad doi: calls polio- i ", re i s have had doing the laut two or three wrek?. there came a telephone call from 1 •> Tin dall street W'e Inesday morning, that a horse, recently bitten by a dog. had gone mad and was kicking the stabh to pieces. W hen the policeman got there he found that the horse was foaming at the mouth and was so wiki that nobody dared enter the stall he was in. nor even the stable. The animal had already kicked the stall to pieces and smashed out sever al planks In the barn. After tele phoning the veterinary to make sure there was no other way, the police man raised his long barrel 38 in the sill of the door and put a couple cf bullets in its head. COMPLETE ELGIN WATCH $550 # 16 SIZE SEVEN JEWEL. OPEN FACE. . GILT SCREW BEZEL & BACK. Post Paid Anywhere. (i. R CLADWELL, Monroe, North Carolina. —Bl—B————— Forest Fires Raging. A dispatch from Deadwood, S. D., says the forest fire raging in Custer county Is said to be the worst In the history of the Black hills. The fire is 20 miles long and one mile wide. Two troops of cavalry from Fort Meade have gone to tne scene to as sist in fighting the firs. The town ot Buffalo Gap is said to be in dan ger. - T OALHOUN’8 COURT HOU8K. -♦ * Plana for Laying the Corner Stone Are Under Way. The St. Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier says: 'Born t6 the tune of roaring campaign thun der, with “paper pellets of the brain” flying thick and fast—and nurtured for the first three years of its infan cy upon a hard regimen of stormy politics and Court House wrangling —Calhoun County is now rounding out its fifth year, in the bloom of health, the joy of peace, a splendid set of officers and her public build ings in sight. The excavations for the Court House are about completed, groat piles of bricks, cement and mortar are in evidence, an 1 big premir it ions are already on foot for the laying of the corner-stone at an early date. The Masonic fraternity, the vener able mother of the secret world, that has officiated at the baptism of so many young institutions and bidden them God-speed on their future of good and usefullness to mankivid, lias been asked to officiate, and some of her highest dignitaries will lend their aid to the great event. Besides, the other local orders, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World and other trades and professions will be represented and sound notes of praise and good will. Committees have been appointed who are now en gaged arranging an attractive pro gramme and a large crowd is ex pected for the auspicious occasion. The ft male organizations, always in the forefront of rve\7 worthy cause, are also hard at work on tM-ir foat u ns fur a 1: iti-r .1 ' V T'u ' t .1 v * linru i Tin impsen Uha rf er. 11 A U . will inso Tt a n larh'e tu'.V h h will he ei.gravi u the sul.l ,**rs h n d v ;i' r , • c ‘ * * * ef Ca II 'iru r ,•] • 1) V v h o f.i'.- 1 : f f. ir t 1 '*' i u .|f • » ' i ii . . ? < \ 11 1 ’ ' IM tl.f Uf V'> a' 'em ’ V V, -. the ru' 1 s a; a 1 rei I'nrds of t hat 11 in* • are u n f o r unati •!y, so s i n; i o ;m •! i u n ... as f . • h tr * ;> ”i the pr: . a te soMii •r*. It w ,1! - e in a I <1s- si’ !' ■ * M * 1 k f 1 i .. r p'f •l -1 , \ : T Ilf S' •1 a * ? 1 ; f (C s ( 'ha* * f r, 1 ’ ’» U . will |i .■r'nrm * aim! lar s*« rvlc f for t Lie Civ !’ war V • r a n s . and the O'. n Hi a ; ter, f D <* . will Install 1 a L urn 1 aorue drinking fountain. KRHAHBT To BAMBERG. The Rallrttacl Uonnroting Them is Being Piifthi'il On. Th* l««»mberg rorre*pondent of Th« Ai.^.-'a IGia.tl #.(>•» upon Uf ci'in- p|* lion of iru- new lino from E;.r- haril; !■> ! , ■.l!|ltl••r g th.-r*- will be op.-ti- ed up a hitheriv inacct-ttatbli* tract of fertile farili <.ilo!. '.he ileve.up.lo III u! w 1. .i !i La- long been the a in n. t .on of the i et ' P »** t ' : I ■. . I t > 111 t.. Li n ’ > I r .i n;i.. • r n: . e.i i -> t .ie p< ■ q ; of .•.uni* in !•.(* <!e.-;:ei Mer nn h- o I , : i o n, in i n i' a’ un w : h 11.1.V . e. - Hun uf u.e loiinlrv than :i.ts ex ^ • 1 her •'tuore The n.uve took dehnile bliape w.th the M-eur.l.g ut a legisla tive charter for the building uf a roa 1 w I..« h w a* to be railed the Bam berg, Ehrhardt and Wal'.erboro Kail- w av A considerable *um of money wa* raised b> the people of tlie commun ity. ami work was comim need by the A j t v Uor.s; met loti Co . who are t liem- s* iv»■ s heav.ly interested, financially. The od.eers of this company art* Mr. W U \\ olfe of Orangeburg, presi dent, Vr Jones A Williams, uf Bum- Lit rg, vice-president; Mr. E. C Hays. Bamberg, secretary and treasurer. I p to the present time work has progressed steadily. All necessary gra ng has been done between Ba:n- bpig and Ehrhanlt, a distavece of fourteen nuhs, crossties are all in place and little remains to be done hut to lay the rails. A trestle over Lemon creek has been in place some time, and one over the Kalkehatchie river swamp is nearing completion. It is expected that trains will be in operation by tin* fall of this year. SUFFERS SERIOUS INJURY. ♦ Florence Man is Attacked by a Bold Highwayman. Duck Anderson, a well known cit izen of Florence community, was as saulted brutally on one of the most traveled highways of the State about noon Thursday. He had left the city, having In his possession some money, how much is not known, but evident ly enough to tempt some bandit to attack him. He was struck on the nose and mouth, and was horribly cut. The attack was made with a piece of board, whica was pjeked up near where he fell. Evidently the man whp attacked him went off with out roDbing-him. Mr. Anderson waa left for dead in the middle of the road on the Jeffrys Creek causeway, not two miles from the city. He was found there by J. W. Cary, a very short while after he was struck, and Mr. Car^ revived him enough to learn that he had been attacked. He carried the stricken man into the city for medical attention and he is now at a local Infirmary. ♦ ♦ • Two Saved and Two Lost. Wesley'Manning and Samuel Roth- gab, both aged eighteen years, were drowned Wednesday In the •wollen Shenandoah River, at Shenandoah City, W. Va., when the boat In which they were out fishing capsized. Two men who were In the boat were rea died by catching on to a grapevine, which had bow thrown ont to thorn. •mk