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? CARRANZA CURRENCY. It is Very Easy to Feel Rich Now iii Mexico. Carranza war currency is worth only a trifle more than one cent on the American dollar, says a news letter from Eagle Pass, Texas. The cost in American money of a railroad ticket from Piedras Xegras, opposite Eagle Pass, to the city of Mex ico, about 1,200 miles by the route that is now followed, is $4.60, including sleeping car accommodations. This is equivolent to $420 of Carranza currency, the only acJ z ceptable medium in the section under control of Carranza. Living is cheaper in Mexico than in any other country in the world, ig> -> on the basis of the American dollar; on the basis of the war money, it is very expensive. Ordinarily the fare from Piedras Negras to the city of Mexico was $28 American money. Not many Americans are venturing into Mexico at present, but there is a big travel of Mexicans all through that country. Many of them .; ' possess American money, which they convert into Carranza currency to pggy. a;* f meet current expenses. -Railroad freight is charged on the war currency basis. .. Hotels and all other business con cerns are obliged to accept Carranza currency. One can obtain room and ? v board at the best hotels in the capi tal, or any other city, for the equivalent of 35 cents a day in American money. All these concerns have ac|cumulated enormous stores of Carranza money. Should the de facto government be overturned it would : at once become valueless; therefore, many would be financially ruined. "When Carranza money was worth '\ i about two cents on the American dollar business called me to Mexico," p ..: said J. H. Rembley, of San Antonio. "I exchanged $10 of United States coin for $500 of the pretty paper notes of the de facto government. I never knew what is was to feel like a millionaire until I began spending that Carranza money. I expected to R ~ # - be gone five days, and I determined not to return to this side of the Rio Grande with any of the war money : i npon my person. I put aside $10 a feV'' day for charity, and the way I made | - the peons along the route rejoice did my heart good. I lived on the best, but along toward the end of the fourth day I saw that in spite of my I extravagance I was going to navei nearly $100 left over; so to avoid this, I invested it all in sweets for the porter at the hotel in Monterey a where I stopped." j Eight Feet Giant Has Passed Away. J The towering, sallow faced man whom thousands of visitors to Freak Hall at the Barnum & Bailey circus in Madison Square Garden will re? member seeing billed as "Hugo, the French Giant," died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday morning at the Hotel Preston, 363 Fourth Avenue, across the street from the rear entrance to the Garden. I Hugo had been suffering from r lieart trouble for-some time, but was able to appear in Freak Hall and take part twice a day in the parade of freaks around the arena immediately after the opening pageant. At the wedding of two of the circus | midgets, Miss Elsie Reineking and Joseph Francis Short, in the middle ring of the circus a week ago last night, Hugo, wearing his familiar tall top hat and lengthy black frock suit, was best man, but his illness prevented him from staying throughout the wedding supper, served in Freak Hall later. I The giant came wearily into the Garden for the performance last Monday afternoon, but had been in | - Freak Hall only a short time when he tried to make known in Italian and French?he knew no English? Karap. that he wanted to go back to his ho > tel. A midget known as Baron Paucci finally was summoned to act as interpreter and the circus management thereupon had Dr. J. F. Manley, the physician who travels with the circus, examine the giant and then acfX company him back to his hotel. Hugo was appearing for the first time in America during the present engagement at the Garden. Although billed as "Hugo, the French Giant/' he was born in Italy forty-seven years ago, and he was a younger brother of the original "Hugo, the French Giant," who for a year or more has been living in Europe, but for many years before that was ex hibited annually at tne uarden ana then travelled the length and breadth of the country with the Barnum & Bailey company. The original Hugo was not quite so tall as his brother. The Hugo who died yesterday measured 8 feet 4 inches. The amount of food he would consume at a meal was a constant source of amazement / even to circus men accustomed to unusual happenings. Eight or ten eggs, \ / a dozen cups of coffee and other V breakfast dishes in proportion made nr? ViiQ -roomier mnrnin? rnpa.1. and thp. Uy XXXfcJ Jl ?-? V ?O ? w? 7 V% V size of the two meals he sat down to later in the day was even more gen* SUBMARINE TORPEDOED SUSSEX. Note Says Reparation Will Be Paid and U-Boat Officer Punished. Washington, May 10.?Germany, in a note received by the State department today by cable from Ambassador Gerard, admits that a German submarine torpedoed the Channel steamer Sussex in violation of assurances given the United States, expresses regret for the incident, announces that the submarine commander has been "appropriately punished" and declares readiness to pay an adequate indemnity to Americans injured on the vessel. It was indicated at the State department that the German statement that the offending commander had been punished would be accepted and J the Sussex case considered closed, except for arranging for . the payment of indemnities to the several citizens of the United States who were hurt. There probably will be no attempt to negotiate for these indemnities or for final settlement of the Lusitania and other cases pending, however, until sufficient time has elapsed to indicate how the last American note was received in Berlin and whether the new submarine policy is being lived up to. Important Statement. Officials of the State department noted particularly the passage of the note which said "in view of these circumstances the German government frankly admits that the assurances given the American government, in accordance with which passenger vessels were not to be attacked without warning, has not been adhered to in the present case." This was regarded as indicating a purpose on Germany's part to decline to pay indemnities for Americans killed or injured in attacks on ships other than passenger liners prior to the date of last note in which the German government promised that freight as well as passenger vessels would not be attacked without wTarning or without provision for the safety of persons aboard. Any response of the note received today probably will make a distinct reservation of American rights on this point. Whiskers in Style Again. Whiskers are coming into style again. More important, the cost of losin' 'em is going up. The reason? The war has raised the cost of soap, bay rum and the other articles used in a barber shop about 20 per cent. Barbers that haven't increased prices already have cut down the amount they cut off for a q-.uarter (haircut) and a dime (shave.) Unless you pay 15 cents for a shave the neck is likely to resemble a Kansas prairie full of Russian thistle: Next!?Chicago Herald. erous. He would amuse circus pa trons standing around his platform by passing a half dollar through his finger ring or cover a silver dollar with the ball of his thumb, feats which the original Hugo performed for years before him in Freak Hall. His lack of knowledge of English and his increasing illness combinea to make Hugo a lonesome and pa-j thetic figure among his surroundings j of circus tinsel at the Garden during! the last two weeks or more. The tiny Baron Paucci was the only member of the circus organization with whom he could converse, and the only time a glimmer of a smile would lighten up the gaunt features of Hugo would be at those moments when Freak Hall was free of visitors, thus enabling him to prop the midget up on his enormous knee and have an old home talk in Italian. Three Beds Necessary. When the giant came to the hotel ? A. ? ** AAArtrtrt flTT f A I"! tJSLUIl I CtCUHJ' XL W CU> UCLCOOai J wv place three of the hotel beds side by side and arrange the bedclothes and pillows so Hugo could lie diagonally) across the three beds. Good hearted ! circus performers tried to comfort the giant during his last illness and some of them were with him when he died. Nobody around the circus knew Hugo's real name. The circus management will take charge of the funeral arrangements and pay the attendant bills and will bury Hugo in Greenwood cemetery tomorrow. A special coffin will, of course, have to be made, and as the ordinary sized hearse is out of the question, it is probable that a motor truck will have to be used to take the body to the cemetery. Even Hugo's new friends among the circus performers will not be oMck Qttpnri thp fnnpraL manv of whom said yesterday around the Garden that they would go if it were possible. But tomorrow forenoon, the entire circus performance is to be given for the benefit of the boys and girls living in the various orphan asylums of the greater city, and as the circus folk therefore will be performing in and above the rings, the funeral of Hugo promises to be more dismally lonesome than even a funeral usually is.?New York Sun. > NOT A SUFFRAGIST. Mrs. Obregon Doesn't Believe Women J of Mexico Are Ready For It. An El Paso dispatch to the New York Sun says: Mrs. Alvaro Obre- f gon is a singularly beautiful woman. 1 Her face is a wholesome pallor. It t is perfectly white, with the clearness 2 of health. Her hair is as black as ' i nieht. It is Diled on her head in ( great shining masses. ( Her mouth is firm; decision and * strength of character are shown. But 1 her eyes are big, black and flashing, i Mrs. Obregon in a pretty morning * gown sat in her husband's private car near the depot of the Central ^ railroad in Juarez. Through the . open door she had a glimpse of the 1 Casas Grandes mountains. * "Do you believe in suffrage for C Mexican women?" Mrs. Obregon was [ asked. ~ "No," was the prompt answer. "I J do not disbelieve in it for American women, for I hardly think Mexican women are ready for it. Mexican J women have their own problems. K Suffrage is not yet one of them. Per- c haps some day we may want the 1 vote. "I (cannot imagine our gentle Span- " ish women fighting for the ballot as the Anglo-Saxon women do. It is contrary to their natures. They are gently bred and nurtured. However, one never can tell what the turn of the wheel will bring. Our Mexican women have plenty of fire and spirit. Some day they, too, may fight for equality with men." "What are the present problems of Mexican women?" "To make their homes beautiful and attractive, to make their hus- c bands happy, to rear their children i to be fine men and women." ? "Is not that the duty of women ^ everywhere?" c "Perhaps, but it is peculiarly tHfe- c problem of women of the Spanish c races. They are raised with such a vastly different point of view regarding men than that of the women of the races of northern climes. Men are to them sv ior creatures. That is Spanish traa.tion. Its shackles bind closely. * "Whether men are our superiors g or not, they are at least stronger, f Their position in the social scale i* * that of our protectors. They make | the home for us. We beautify it." c "You believe in the home woman ] in contradistinction to the woman s who takes part in public affairs?" < j "Yes, both, I suppose, have their ? nlaees in the world." s "Do you believe in the duenna sys- ( tem under which Mexican and Span- 1 s ish girls are brought up?" c "Decidedly, yes. It may curtail a their pleasures, but it is safe. The Spanish and Mexican girls are the 1 most innocent and unworldly girls in c the world. Their minds never have j been contaminated by any outside in- t fluences. They are brought up aloof * from the world. They never see their a sweethearts except in the presence of the duenna. That is perfectly I right, according to my ideas. It pre- c eludes the possibility of temptation." "Pardon me, Senora, but were you courted under those conditions?" . "Yes; Gen. Obregon never saw me alone until after he married me." "Do you believe Gen. Obregon eventually will become master of Mexico?" a "I not only hope he will, but I be- c lieve he will. I have perfect faith j in my husband's star." c "Did vou marrv Gen. Obreson be- t - ? cause he is a hero who appealed ro- * mantically to your imagination?" ^ "I married him because I loved him," replied Senora Obregon simply. "How long do you think it will be before he attains supreme power in Mexico?" a "I cannot even guess." * "Has there been a quarrel be- ^ tween Gen. Obregon and President j Carranza?" fi "None whatever. There has not e been even the slightest friction. They are in perfect accord. I have no idea where that story started." Topic Under Discussion. A literary club was recently organized by women in a suburb of ^ Boston. For a while everything went * along beautifully. ( One evening, while the Browns a were having dinner, Mr. Brown ask- t ed: ' I <<TTT~11 T A: A -rrz-v.. V. . wen, incA, uiu jvu nave a pioac- ? ant meeting at your club this after- t noon?" t "Oh, yes, dear!" replied Mrs. ? Brown, with great enthusiasm, "it g was really a splendid meeting. About t the best we have had, I think." "Indeed," said the husband, who was not a firm believer in women's \ clubs; "what was the topic under dis- I cussion today?" Mrs. Brown couldn't seem to remember at first. Finally, however, she exclaimed triumphantly: j "Oh, yes, I remember! We dis- f cussed that brazen-looking woman * with red hair that's just moved in a across the street, and Shakespeare." t MULES AND HORSES BURNED. Inilerson Farmer Loses Heavily bi Fire. Anderson, May 10.?Shortly be ore 12 o'clock tonight fire of un tnown origin destroyed the Valen ine's barn and contents. Four mule ind one horse were burned to death rwo wagons one buggy and a largi juantity of feedstuff were also burn id. Mr. Valentine succeeded) in get ;ing his new automobile out of th< turning building, but not until afte t had been badly damaged. Thi imount of insurance is not known. New line of Waterman's Idea Fountain Pens at Herald Book Store 'he Quinine That Does Not Affect The Heai Jecause of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA nVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness no inline in head. Remember the full name an< ook for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department Uni rersity of Maryland. Member S. C State Dental Association. Office opposite new post office ant >ver office of H. M. Graham. Office lours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. BAMBERG, S. C. RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE Office in J. D. Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. MEETING OP TAXPAYERS. A meeting of the taxpayers, voter: >f Bamberg School District No. 14 s hereby called to be held in th< :ity hall in the town of Bamberg >. C., on Monday, May 29th, 1916 it 4 o'clock, p. m., for the purpos( >f electing one member of the boarc >f trustees, and for the transactioi >f any other business that may legal y come before the meeting. W. M. BRABHAM, Chairman Board of Trustees. Bamberg, S. C., May 9th, 1916. SCHOOL ELECTION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that upoi he written petition of1 more thai >ne-third of the resident electors md a like proportion of the resident ree-holders of Oak Grove School Dis rict No. 20, of Bamberg county, S j, at the age of 21 years, an elec ion will be held at the Oak Grov< school house on on Tuesday, May 23 1916, for the purpose of levying j special school tax of 2 mills on al eal and personal property in Oal Irove School District No. 20. Onl: such electors as return real; or per sonal property for taxation, are resi lents of Oak Grove School Distric ^o. 20, and exhibit their tax receipts md registration certificates as re quired in general elections, shall b< illowed to vote. Electors favoring the levy of ! nills special tax will cast a ballo sontaining the word "YES"- printe< >r written thereon, and electors op )osed will cast a ballot containing he word "NO" printed or writtei hereon. The polls will be opened at 7 a. m md closed at 4 p. m. L. H. Carter, D. P. Smith and J 3. Rentz are appointed managers tc :onduct said election. R. W. D. ROWELL, S. G. MAYFIELD, J. H. A. CARTER, County Board of Education. Bamberg, S. C., May 2, 1916. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE. To all and singular the Kindrec ,nd Creditors of C. B. Free, deeased: Take notice that the underigned will apply to the Judge ol 'robate at his office, Bamberg, S. C. n the 23rd day of May, 1916, al en o'clock, a. m., for a discharge rom the office of Administratrix ol aid estate. LIZZIE M. FREE, Ldministratrix of the estate of C. B. Free, deceased. April 22nd, 1916.?4t. NOTICE. I will file my final accounting as ,dministratrix on the estate of J. I Cinard, deceased, with G. P. Harmon udge of Probate, on Saturday, Maj ?7th, at 11 a. m. All persons havng claims against said est vte wil ile same before said date, or be former barred. MRS. S. M. KINARD, Administratrix. April 26, 1916. Winthrop College. y SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. . The examination for the award o acant scholarships in Winthrop Colege and for the admission of ne\* tudents will be held at the Count} ?ourt House on Friday, July 7, at i A 11 nf At RA 1 AC( I>* 111* must UUL us ivu. hail sixteen years of age. Whei Scholarships are vacant after July 1 hey will be awarded to those making he highest average at this examina ion, provided they meet the condi ions governing the award. Appli ants for Scholarships should writ* o President Johnson before the ex iminafeion for Scholarship examina ion blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 an< ree tuition. The next session wil >pen September 20, 1916. For furthei nformation and catalogue, addresi ^es. I). B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C rhe Strong Withstand the Heat o Summer Better Than the Weak Old people who are feeble, and younge >eople who are weak, will be strengthene< ind enabled to go through the depress ng heat of summer by taking regularly drove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. 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