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■Mi mi. i ■ BUERTV8 OUTLOOK I HOW THH MKXIOANS VIEW HHK LATH HAri’FJVIXM «— LOANS TO BE Preatfdtaat Wilsoa's Mesaace Arouaos Ooaurfiflrabl* laioreat In Mexico— OMTlctiMi In Mexican Capital That Waitker Intarrention Nor Lifting Hnokarg* Wonld be Urged. While moat of the latest dispatches freat Mexico are full of hope for the Coaatitatioaalista and express the ▼lew that ther are about to triumph, it will be interesting to read a dis patch from Mexico City giving the Fedenri side of these recent develop ments. Friends of Gen. Huerta point aut why he is still able to keep an army ia the field, although unsuc cessful in obtaining foreign loans. Indiscriminate seizure of property aai excessive taxation are the two meaas by which tjje privisional presi dent hopes to overcome the ill effects of President Wilson’s financial block ade, aad thus to continue a dogged and elective resistance to the ad- vaaca of the Constitutionalists. The following dispatch was sent out from VfHxics City on the day President Wllsoa’s message was expected to go to Caagroas. It gives a brilliant pic ture of Mexican Internal affairs as they are to-day, in the midst of war and rebellion: "Tha possible treatment of the Mwdeaa question by President \V’il- saa'a coming message has aroused considerable interest among Mexican gorannanat officials, but there is a actable absence of alarm because of tha deop-reoted conviction that neith er tatarvoatlon nor the supplying of araa and ammunition to the rebels w® be raised. The continuation of the Assadal blockade will not be re- by President Huerta as a vital hityr ta his administration, however eafbabllnf It asay be Anything short of IntarvenUoa or the supplying of muafMoas of war to the reboln will be regarded with comparative com pi assn oy by the general who Is pre pared ta pursee a dogged course of reSistance ayalast his enemies, al- thoagb be realizes it means indefinite ‘Wat his friends point out that, aithoagt the government may be barkrmpi the provisional president Is Tar from being without funds, and Is not likely to ha entirely without meaey as long as private Institutions aad eaqparaUoaa possess funds They are of the opinion that the preslden* wlH sat fail, for tbs sake of what ho oonMfera right, to resort to forced loaaa. Indeed, persuasive methods already hare been used aad in sev eral canes have borne marked simi larity to the forced loans. “Ia the mealtime there are many mea rated as millionaires aad several large eerporatioas whoae properties might be available for protective tax ation. There are millions to be had fer the tab tag. aad Huerta's admir ers. declare he will be acting in ac cerdaace with Justice and his duty to the country If he utilizes this money fer defease. Bpeolal taxes have been aaaamicod, which will become effec tive Immediately, and will net at leant lfc.Mt.ftb4 pesos ($17.tOO.000), an nually ts the goversment. It would be guile feasible. It is pointed out to audTnsent this amouat materially by the gituple method of still further tn- creaMug the taxes. No avenue which might produce funds for the govern- tneat is being overlooked “For years the City Mexico was known as a city where gambling was grsatty restricted, but to-day then* ars massy resorts of this class operat ise spouly. and each is paying its guoU M the shape of license fees It Is Dunsuneed that all those gambling pi a sos will be closed temporarily, In order that they may be reopened un der a new arrangement, ft ts under stood that this arrangement will be grantilag of a concession to one con ch** for all the gambling In the city. This would make the collection of the (ax more simple and certain. “file osatrwatioa is available of the rsosot report that the govern- mght has obtained a 7,001,000 pesos \<m. aor Is there evidence of any mhrked optimism that further for- elgh loans will be obtained. The ba»k8 will stand as the hops for smftU Isaas from time to time. ‘Ths military situation through- sut onuatry has shown no improve ment In ths iast week so far as the govomment is concerned, and there am slight indications that much pro gress will he made the coming week. Steps have been taken to strengthen ths garrison at Tampico, but there is knows to he a greater force of rebels to thn North and West. Whether thin force will move finally towards the ooast or above Monterey Is prob lematical. Operations In Mlchoacah and other regions farther South have bnen about eyualized as between the Oomstltutionallsts and the Federals. The situation in the North, it Is con- ceded, is practically dominated by the rdbeU, although the government still expresses hope of being able to re capture Juarex. j “Exactly what is going on tbroogh- •at tha republic it Is imponible to 'MtiMtalB, because of lack of conflr- rigorous military censor- TO USE NEW WAR TERROR UNITED STATES HAH NEW DE- STHUfTIVK FORCE. « InviHihls Roy Reams Will Annihilate a Warahlp Many Miles Away by Causes Kxplislon in Magazine. Invisible light waves that will, it is alleged, annihilate the largest dread nought affoat or destroy a bomb-cary- rying aeroplane have been produced by William Burr Gibson, of Schenec tady, N. Y. The Instrument of pro duction is already in the possession of the United States government, and is undergoing rigid tests. In a test made by the inventor, before apply ing for the patent, a charge of dyna mite was exploded five miles away. The apparatus can be carried around by an ordinary man. “Although I have not made actual experiments with aeroplanes,” said the inventor, “the success which has attended the other demonstrations warrants me in predicting that it will as readily destroy war aeroplanes as It will explode ordinary mines.” Ex- perats declare It will revolutionize warfare. With its aid, an Invading force could easily explode every mine in its line of progress, and destroy its antagonist's defenses in a day. “Hy means of these invisible rays,” said one, “a battleship would be blown to atoms by the explosion of Its own magazines with no more pow er than It takes to light an orlnary are lamp.” The machine Is extreme ly simple, and is the result of seven years' experimenting by the inventor, who is L*' years old. If consists of an ordlnnrj arc light, two (juartz lenses, and seven colored screens. The de vice Is designed to concentrade and proh et ultra-violet rays “When the ultra violet rays Im pinge upon powder,” said Mr. Gib son, “they cause a molecular action which sets up friction Thin pro duces heat and causes the powder to explode.” Uy directing the stream of llfht upwards, any aeroplane carrying bombs would he destroyed. The In ventor himself lias an Ingenious Idea to destroy any of the enemy's aero planes which are sent out without bombs He proposes to send up small balloons with dynanxite bombs at taohed. These would be exploded near the fiylng craft creating a vac cutn and capsizing (be machines CRIIM’I.E IH KI M UD. Florence Negro Tr1«M» to Scare Some Other Oilored Roys. Robert Woodberry and Eugene Snow, two negro boy« from near Ronton, were brought In to Florence Thursday night to be held on the charge of killing Jeter Snow, a crip pled negro, the brother of one of the boys held for the killing It seems that the two boys had been in a gypsy camp and had been frightened by the gypsies, and on coming home had thought it well to load up a gun and put It by their bed to protect them selves Late In the night the crip pled brother came home, and pre tending to be a gypsy, possibly to still further frighten them, called out, “Let me tell your fortune ” As he entered the house he left his crutches outside, the first time he was ever known to walk without them, and entered the bed room of the two boys. Robert reached for the gun, and &■ Jeter came near the bed fired, the load taking effect In his nock, and the powder burning his body dreadfully He died Instantly No reason other than fright can be given to account for the killing' NKURO ATTEMPTED TO SHOOT. ♦ Hat is Shot to Death by His Intended Victim First. A dispatch from Manning says a negro named Napoleon Johnson was shot and killed a few miles above I’a.xville Tuesday by Arthur Cubbage, a citizen of that section. Mr. Cilb- bago came to Manning and gave him self up to Sheriff Gamble. Mr. I’ub- bage states that he started from his home to go bird hunting, having his gun under the buggy seat, and just as lie got out to the road he saw the negro in a wagon with some sacks of oats. Ho had had some trouble with the negro on a former occasion, but suspected nothing at this time. Just as he says he turned out of his ave nue Into the road the negro drove a short distance up the road, stooped behind tlie sacks of oats and attempt ed to shoot, but his gun ssnapped. Mr. Cubbage says he at once jump ed out of his buggy, got his gun from under the seat and loaded it, and as Johnson raised up from behind the oats in the act of unloading his gun, Mr. Cubbage fired, striking Johnson in the face, and the latter falling from his wagon to the ground. • New Trained Nurses. Certificates of registration as train ed nurses have been awarded to the following persons: Esther P. Fair- cloth, Conway; Mary A. Kennedy, Orangeburg; Sadie L. Larkins, Co lumbia; Lena T. Lee, Union; Lena R. Lester, Prosperity; Burness B. Long, Columbia; Annie E. Madden, Colum bia; Ethel McKee, Spartanburg; Mar garet McLeod, Charleston; Roth O. Seay. Columbia. MAKES MANY HOMELESS THREE TEXAN RIVERA HPREAD OVER NEARBY COUNTRY. ♦ Heron Have Lost Uvea—Property Damage $175,000—.Sections of City of Waco Under Water. With three rivers, the Trinity, Brazos and Colorado, and innumer able small streams, out of their banks as a result of rains, which be gan Monday night and still continue, the flood situation in Central Texas had by Wednesday assumed serious proportions. Within a territory two hundred miles in length and one hun dred miles in width, practically all of the lowlands are under water; ap proximately If),000 persons have been driven from their homes; scores have been rescued from treetops and floating wreckage; several railroads have been forced to suspend opera tions and incalculable damage has been done to property. Seven persons are known to have lost their lives. Wednesday five mem bers of the family of W. C. Polk, a farmer, were drowned at Belton, and H. F. Lacy and a man named Manley late met a similar fate near Dallas. Laeey was driving stock from an overflowed field when he and his horse became entangled In a wire fence and drowned Manley lost his life while attempting to rescue ma rooned victims at the village of Grand Prairie. Waco, on the Brazos River and in the rentn* of the flood area. Wednes day reported the most serious Filia tions. Sections of that city are under water and It is estimated that more than 1 n.oftf) residents are homeless. Property damaeo Is estimated In ex cess of $ 1 7.').000. The military com panies stationed there have been or dered on duty by Governor Colquitt and hall cartridges have been issued to the guardsmen for use In the event of looting. So far there has been no disorder. In th Leon River bottoms, near Temple, a number of men. women and children still were marooned late Thursday after spending twenty-four hours In the trees, and Thursday nltht it was uncertain when Impro vised boats could be navigat'd through the swift water Near Dallas hoatment Wednesday rescued a doz> n persons from trees In trie Trinity river bottoms and earlier In the day boats took refugees from trees near Waxachte and at other points. The Colorado River at Austin after falling Tuesday night, Wednesday n se again, coming up at trie rate of six feet an hour for a time. Three men riding on a log floated down the river at dsk. one getting Into a tree far out from shore and the other two on top of the partially submerg ed grand stand of the baseball park Boats were sent out to rescue the men, but were unable to locate them In the darkness Who the men are is unknown • WILL P\^ THEM. House Committee Wants Southern t'hurches KHmhurwo'l. If a bill which the House commit tee on war claims Thursday reported favorably Is passed thousands of dol lars will shortly go Into the pockets of people In the South. These claims arose out of depredations done to Southern property holders by federal soldiers during or immediately fol lowing the War of Secession. For many years past efforts have been made to get all those claims paid but without success. Following are the South Carolina items: Angelo Buero, $725; Nathan Gradlck, $1.1 SO; James B. Howard, $1,100; Moses Winstock. $16,155; Baptist ohunli of Beaufort, $2,20o; St. Helena Episcopal church of Beau fort, $1,150; public schools of Dar lington, $060; Trinity Protestant Episcopal church of Edisto Island, $1,200; Mount Zion society, Fairfield county, $6,000, South, of Hampton county, $1,710; Baptist church of Hardeeville, $ 1,050; Stoney Creek Presbyterian church of McPherson- villo, $2,500; Herman Lutheran church of Orangeburg, $083.33. ROBBER (JETS $10,OCX). • Shoots Rank Manager and Escapes in Stolen Automobile. A lone masked bandit late Wednes day hold up the Bank of Montreal branch at Plum Coulu, Manitoba, stole $10,000 in currency, shot and killed the bank manager, II. M. Ar nold, and escaped in a stolen automo bile. Mounted police and a posse of citizens followed the trail to the hills and are believed to have surrounded the robber on the wooded bluffs. The masked man first apeared at a garage where, at the point of a re volver, he forced the proprietor to supply him with a powerful automo bile. The bandit drove the machine to the rear door of the bank. Ar nold was alone, other employees of the bank not having returned from luncheon. The bank manager sub mitted while the robber took several packages of money, but attempted to follow as the latter entered the au tomobile. Then the bandit turned and shot Arnold. School children who witnessed the robber's escape cave the alarm. • CLASSIFIED COLUMN For S*J«w—Shetland Ponies. W. I McIntyre, Thomaiville, Ga. Buttercup Chickens—Three for $5. Monroe Workman, Burlington, N. C. For Hale—Poplar and pine tree*. Ad- dree* Jame* A. Clarkson, Hopkins. 8. C. Wanted—Cow peas, all varieties. The H. G. Leiding Co., 144 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Waited to Buy-—Ten Car Loads well berried Holly’ Z M. L. Jeffrey*, Goldsboro, N. C. Fos Hale—Fruit, Shade Ornamental trees and shrubs. Catalogue free. Cureton Nurseries, Austeel, Ga. Imported Indian Runner Ducks— $2.50 pair. Brown Leghorn hens, $1.25. Hettie Newkirk, Willard, N. C. Hurry! Choice Matings, Bombon Red Turkeys; four, $6; hens, $5; Pair, $9; trio, $12. Bombon Farm, Kemp Mills, N. C. White Wjandottes—Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatch ing. W. P. Causey, 1315 Dickens St., Columbia, S. C. Marry—Many wealthy Californians soaking marriage. Photos and de scriptions free. Mission Agency, B- 71(i, San Francisco, Cal. Mhitj—Many rich, congenial, anx ious for companions. Interesting particulars, photo free. The Mes senger, Jacksonville, Fla. Special—Pure white and Exhibition Fawn and White Runners. $5; trio Utility, $1 each or $10 doz. Mrs. J. F Carroll, Hohennald, Tenn. Homer Pigeons—50c. White Wyan dotte, White and Brown Leghorn cockerels, $1. Fine Jersey cows Benhow Farmers. Oak Ridge, N. C. Printer Prvwsman Wanted—For weekly paper and small Job office. Steady position, good pay to satis factory man. Address J. L. M , General Delivery, Charleston, S. C Lor Sale—Frost Proof cabbage plants, sure early headers, $1 per thousand. Frost Proof lettus plants, 25c hundred. W. I.ykes, I.ykesland, S. C. Toole's Pure, Karly, I*rolltlr Cotton Seed. Fruits heavily. Wllt-resist ant. Holds record line production Supply limited. Write now for aara pie and prices G L. Toole, Aiken S. C. ( atihage Plant*—D irect from Younge's Island, 90c per thousand Big lots cheaper Cash with order saves purchaser return charge# on money Fred F Pooser, Orange burg. S C K<>r Sale—Good farms, all sizes, cot ton, tobacco and truck successfully grown. Coming section of Horry county. Ten to twenty dollari per acre. Ask us for list. Ream & McKenzie, Loris, 8 C. Engraved Visiting Cards and Wed ding Invitation orders promptly Rl! ed. Write for styles of engraving Yitftlng cards engraved in scrip, $1.50 per 100 postpaid. Sims Book Store, Orangeburg, S. C. For Sale—1 ft-foot Bishop and Bab- caek soda fountain. German silver pumps and fittings Dark mission oak Back bar Large plate glass mirror A first class outfit Includ ing electric larbonator Cost $1,- 500 three years ago Will sell at bargain for spot cash O K Wil son, Orangeburg, S. C. Motorcycle Special Oil—Five gallon* $3.75, once tried always used Goodyear tires, belts, chains, Harley parts. Expert motor repairing Everything for the motorcycle. Mail orders a specialty. Get our catalogue. T. S. Chipley, “The Mo torcycle Man.” Greenwood, S. C. Farm 1,38$ Acres, situated Chester County, one mile from railroad sta tion; good school and church; Sea board road runs through farm; has nine houses, 16 plows open; plenty running water, plenty saw timber for all building purposes; fine pas ture. What have you to trade for this farm? Fletcher ft. Smoot, Mc- Coll, S. C. Use Gasoline Lighting System*—In dividual or central generation, which have stood the test. For par ticulars ask M. L. Pommer, Charles ton, S. C. Our tanks and alrpumps (the latter also handy for Automo- mobile use), are unsurpassed for durability. Mantels and glassware for all lighting systems, the very best at lowest prices. Order your supply from M. L. Pommer, 642 King St., Charleston, S. C. For Sale—Hope’s Mexican Big Boll Cotton Seed. Place your orders early for this leading variety and increase your cotton profits 25 to 50 per cent. A wonderful yielder; ex tra early; 40 per cent, lint of the highest quality; largest boll known; 30 bolls to pound. Plant it once MORE FOR COTTON — ■■ ♦ SAYS SMITH, IF FARMERS KNEW the;, values. SENATOR IS Has Secured Experiments by Govern ment Experts Who Are Making Teats ttf “Discover the* Intrinsic Value of the Various Cotton Grades Ho That the Farmer Can Get More. Senator Smith Saturday spent sev eral hours at the department of agri culture at Washington, where he In spected the progress of the experi ments being made to demonstrate the intrinsic value of cotton, expressed in terms of the relation of the va rious grades to each other. The gov ernment expert, Dr. Cobb, and his corps of assistants are in constant touch with the senator. They ex press themselves as “satisfied with the reults as far as we have gone.” Senator Smith had amazed these ex perts hy his technical knowledge of rotton. At tlm last session of congress the senator secured a special appropria tion of $16,nuo to conduct these ex periments, which will determine the waste, the tensil strength and the Idee rhing quality expressed in rela tive values to each as based on the ofli'ial government grades. Senator Smi'h, in com meriting on the experi ments. said “Believing, as I do, that every pro ducer of a staple product for the mar ket is entitled to know, by every means that the government can legit imately expend, the intrinsic value of w hat he prod m eg. I secured the ap propriation for this work These ex periments will affect every depart ment of rotton, the manufacturer an well as the producer. 1 want to edu cate the farmer, as to what each grade of cotton can he manufactured into, and what Is the actual value of the cotton used In the conversion. I believe that the farmer is capable of taking care of himself prov.ded he is as well posted as is his buyer ” “The purpose of these experiments is to in.ike available the Information which conveyed to the farmer, will give him that knowledge necessary to place him on a equal footing with the huver ami the manufacturer of his ma'erlal with reference to its intrin sic worth All farmers know what they lose on the off grades of cotton These experiments w.ll show why such conditions now exist Although the work Is In an Incomplete state, sufficient progress has been made to reveal some starting results and every one of them are in favor of the prod ticer ” “I want the government to Issue a bulletin to the farmers so they may better learn the grades and the valm >f the grades expressed In relatlv* erms to each other. Now by the word ’value’ I mean the real manu fa* tured worth of the grades -that is, the tonsil strength, the bleeching qualities, etc. “I want to help the people to help themselves give the people prosper ity then education and the finer arts will naturally follow Prosperity is the keynote for the people al know that education is power ” Sen ator Smith expects to have these ex periments completed In a short time The government officials are Interest ed in the work und-T the supervi sion of the senator and are pushing the experiments to a successful end Pay for Militia. Adjt. Gen. Moore has received or dors from the War Department t( pay the five companies of the Na tional Guard which passed relnspec tion for the time on encampments. WHERE ARE THE DEAD?” defense of the Scriptures. day. Atlanta, Ga. You Don’t Have to Rub NOAHS LINIMENT Penetrates Noah's Liniment is the best remedy for Rheumatism, Sciatica. Lame Back, Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, Strain% Sprains. Cuts, Bruises,* Colic, Cramps. Neuralgia, Toothache, and all Nerve, Bone and Muscle Aches and Pains. The genuine has Noah's Ark on every package and looks like this cut. but has RED band on front of package and “Noah's Liniment” always in RED mk. Beware of imitations. Sold by all dealers, ^c.. W., an d $1 J». Guaranteed or money re funded by Noah Remedy Co-. Inc.. R»chino*d!YJ CAUSES HOME COMMENT. (Iona Too Fre^lj. The wholesale pardoning of Ban ners by Governor Bleaaa on hanksgiving Day has caused much miment on the part of the newspa pers of the country, and the action of Governor Blease in turning aiity man-killers loose one day, two-thlrda of whom are negroes and one-third white men, will not elevate the State in the eyes of other people. Tha New York World says: Governor Cole Blease of Soath Carolina pardoned one huhdrefi chh-" victs yesterday. Twenty-eight of them were serving life sentence* for murder and twenty-eight for man slaughter. T want ’em to eat Thanka- givin dinner at home,’ said th# emi nent demagogue who turned them loose. The fifty-six victims of these ( fifty-six man-killers will not eat Thanksgiving dinner at home. They will continue to sleep the deep sleep of the grave. Even in South Caro lina the dead do not vote, and have no voice in the election of a United States Senator.” No, the poor fellows these man- killers put in their graves have no votes, and, consequently, Governor Blease has n^ sympathy to waste on the widows and orphans the men he has turned out of the penitentiary made with their handy pistols. Widows and orphans cast no ballots, but the men who made them widows an'! orphans have, if they are par doned, and that is why Governor Blease turned these white and black man-killers loose. He expects to make votes hy it. But he should lose more than he gains by turning these man-killers loose on the good people of the State. The cartoonists n!«o take a hand in showing how merciful Governor Blease Is to the man-killers and especially the negro man-killers. On Wednesday of last week one of the cartoonists of the New York Sun found inspiration for a drawing In the Thanksgiving pardon proclama tion of the governor of South Caro lina. It is not a pretty picture, showing as It does a vicious-looking negro convict, garbed In stripes, a pistol in one hand and his writ of freedom in another, gazing with adoration at a portrait labelled “Gov. Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina,” and supposedly singing, as the line below suggests, “For he's a Jolly good fellow"’ Governor Blease will claim that these referem es to Irs mercy In par doning man killers Is persecution. But as a matter of fact are they* Why should newspapers at the North and West persecute Governor Blease! What does the honest people of South Carolina, regardless of who they vot ed for In the last election, think of the action of Governor Bleazw In turning sixty man-ktllera looz* on them In one bat'd) Forty of the*# liberated man-killers are negroea. the very kind of negroes that commit th# crime for whic h they are put to death without the aid of Judge or Jury Again we ask what does the people think of the action of Governor Blease in turning loose twenty whit# and forty black man killers In on# batch' 1 We would warn th# p#op!# to be on th'dr guard you will pl&nt It alwtyi. Special price* for 60 days, throe buahelv $5 00. The demand w.ll be much greater than my supply. Nothing but the choicest seed shipped. J. D Hope, Sharon, S. C. Farm for sale—400 acres of fine ..farm land four and a half mll<*§ from Cope and the same dlatance from Norway for sale, three hun dred acres open land. IMenty of wood and a fair amount of saw timber. This place can be made as fine a farm as there Is in Orange burg county. Comparatively level. Term*: One-third cash and the bal ance in five years with seven per. cent Interest. For terms, and other particulars apply to G. B. Kittrell, Cooe. S. C. A fine southwest Georgia plantation for sale. We offer for sale our Leary plantation, located a half- mile from Leary a town of about 600 population, in Calhoun county, Ga.. 22 miles southwest of Albany, Ga., a city of nearly 10,000 popu lation, containing neraly 6,000 acre* of what is generally known as red dish pebbly land. This farm lies nearly level—just rolling enough to guarantee good drainage, and is considered one of the fienst planta tions in Southwest Georgia. This place ia not far from Americus, in Sumter county. We will sell the place as a whole, or will sell it in parcels, and will give reasonable terms. The place is at present in a terms. The place is at present in a high state of cultivation, equipped with everything necessary to mak* a crop, including an abundance of colored labor. For particulars ap ply to O’Neal & Willingham, Macon, Ga. Hurt by Explosion. Charlie Cults and Claude 'White, two little boys of Florence, were hurt by the explosion of powder* in a gun shell with which they were playing Saturday. They had fortunately tak en the shot out before Betting fire to it. The latter was badly burned about the face and will be fortunat* if he Bavea even one ey*. The former waa not badly hart. •