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?jje Pamberg Peralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. "Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April . 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. Volume 2S. No. 25. Thursday, June 19,1919 / A CliOESl S IX EXILE. Story of Mexico's Richest Man Now Almost Ruined. *? ~ Via rv.nnortT7 All lilVetUUlJ U1 Liic yiupti \.j uu'u ings of General Luis Terrazas, who is living in enforced exile at El Paso, Texas, recently was made by the office of confiscations and the State treasury. It brought to light the surprising fact that General Terrazas is the owner of 70,000,000 acres of land, all situated in the State of Chihuahua. Besides his landed holdings he possesses title to more than 200 houses in Chihuahua City, several productive mines, many manufacturing plants, and was largely interested in banking affairs. According id the official report, all of this vast estate, which in pre-revolutionary days had a total Value of $150,000,000 in gold, has been taken over by ' the State government under confiscation processes. lit is stated in this official report that the land is scattered all over the State and was all well stocked with cattle, horses, and mules, and goats at the time the revolutionary period began. Besides the ranches, General Terrazas owns approximately 1,000,000 acres of farm lands,! most of which was in a high state of cultivation at the time he was compelled to abandon, his last property > Ifliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii1 \ 'I = 1 M I The: I All T< s ! M =3 Ifl seve = where distar 1 before had r 11 ! Today i: 1 zones?some = miles in are; ? prevailing ca | These H since spread 1 , areas?for lil ? Today t H i Maxwell canr 1 Because If gree that on 1 motor car?e H This doi ! I built to be its 1 Instead < H frequent, exj M costly to the j| was designed % And sin H been made, ' = , constant, aln ; |j : on until toda; , = ' story as No. | || It's a b< : j| : better lookin not be half tl = model with t ( Bam ill IS Eg|l Billllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliilllllll interests and flee to the other side of the Rio Grande to prevent being taken prisoner. Protecting His Property. General Terrazas, notwithstanding the fact that he had been forced to make his temporary home outside of Mexico during the last several years, has kept up a continuous bulldog fight for the protection of his propi erty. Very few animals are now to be : found anywhere upon Terrazas's I ranches. They were stolen and driven : off by thousands by revolutionists ; and bandits. i General Terrabas has put up a re| markable long distance fight against Francisco Villa and his bandits, and also against the officials of the socalled constitutional government of the State. It has been a losing fight for him, however, as majjv of his ranches and farms have been divided among his former employes and are operated by them for their own benefit and possible profit. Up From the Peon Class. General Terrazas has put up a refilled with thrilling exploits and armed strife from the time that he was a small boy. His parents belonging to the peon class, when 10 years old he was forced to earn a livelihood. He worked at odd . jobs, was taken into a store as general utility boy, and there began learning something about the mercantile business. TT TiTnn ATI A r?Adlf 1 ATI jne ?ao auvautcu iiurn who puoiuuu to another until he occupied a responsible position, in the establishment. During those struggling years he saved as much of this earnings as possible. Before he had reached his majority he had started a store of his own. It was a small beginning, but with the careful attention that he gave it the business quickly expanded and he became one of the leading merchants of the city when still a young man. It was about the time that the United States and Mexico were at war?in 1848?that Terrazas J?ecame interested in politics. More miles per gallon More miles on tires 300.000 Max1 ;11 the Same VELL first caught on in th \merica where grades ar re, where roads are non ices are great, and wher nade good. f you could visit those pi; ! of them hundreds and 1: a?you would see the M r there. 'Maxwell areas," so to s [ into nation-wide?even ke all things good, news here's no spot of consequi lot be found in ever-increasir Maxwell expresses to a i e quality that every one ?VCllcl25UIlg ICIlctUlIlLy. minating trait of the Ms 5 dominating trait of a brand new model ever oensive changes in desigr i purchaser) a very simpl 1 five years ago. ce that time no radical ch; no new models built, but lost daily improving proces l 1 AAA "** _ 11 J 1 y tne juu,uuuoi iviaxwen icj 1. stter car, to be sinmc g?even more reliable, bu le car it is today were it m< ?ut one year behind it iberg Auto Bamberg, S. C. BBOnsHnBnnnMBHMBIiHBHMManH lllllliillllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllllllllI He was elected jefe politico of Chihuahua, which was his first public office. In those days bandits raged through all the country districts of Mexico. ' / j In March, 1867, Tertazas led an army of Mexicans against the French I invaders under the ill-fated Emperor I Maximilian. He had already placed j his fortune at the disposal of the j government to assist in overcoming I the movement to make Mexico a part j of the French empire. At the head of 1 a division of the army he drove the French out of Chihuahua, recapturing the city and inflicting a decisive defeat upon the enemy. During this miHtanv oamnjn'e-n Dpnpral Tprrazas | had maintained his army out of his j private fortune. When the war was ended the government found the national treasury empty and no funds available with which to repay Terrazas for his services. It was then that the congress of Mexico ceded to Terrazas large tracts of wild lands in the State of Chihuahua in lieu of the money he had advanced, and in payment of his services to the country. This was the nucleus for his vast fortune.?Christian Science Monitor. Wood Car Resists Collision While Steel Car Crumples. Some shadow of doubt was thrown upon the boasted invulnerability of the steel railway coach by a recent accident north of Seattle, Wash., says the June Popular Mechanics Magazine. An electric interurban car of steel and one of wood, met, headon, at high speed. The front end of the steel car was utterly demolished, the crumpled metal injuring a number of passengers. The forward trucks were forced back to the center of the car. The wood car lost its front vestibule, but few of its occupants were hurt, and it resisted the | shock so well that it was able to I leave the scene on its own power, while"a derrick was needed to remove the steel coach. jjj| wells I Story I ose sections H e long and || e too good, b e few cars ?3 aces, those H mndreds of = axwell the = peak, have = world-wide e travels fast E ence where = lg numbers. |j marked de- EE seeks in a = ixwell was eee y year with EE ' 1 (changes = e Maxwell e: anges have i E instead a = ss has gone i s Is the same p? >re refined, |1 it it would |1 j a-rtilxr o 1 Q1 Q ^ I /i. W1J U Co. | Conquers His Shyness. A certain surgeon who was very young and rather shy, was invited to dinner by a lady, who was at least 50, but frivolous enough for 20. She imagined herself very clever when making rude remarks. At dinner she asked the young surgeon to carve a fowl, and, not having done so before, he failed lamentably. Instead of trying to cover his confusion, the hostess called attention to it pointedly by looking down the table and saying loudly: "Well, you may be a very clever surgeon, but if I wanted a leg off I should not come to you to do it." "Xo, madam," he replied politely, "but then, you see, you are not a chicken."?Stray Stories. ?Mr. H. J. Gasque left last night for Toledo, Ohio. ?Mrs. S. R. Wilson,of Greenwood, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Henry Zeigler. ?Mrs. R. M. Bruce and children left yesterday for a visit to relatives and friends in Branchville. ?Mr. and Mrs. R. Klein, of Mariana, Fla., are visiting their parents, Professor and -Mrs. J. A. Klein. j | Taft Bankers ylpiS Presides! WHlls P^jlp talks to American ! ; if WOf* they are ^ \ jpitt ^ yo?ever ^couatry wonW t There never w positors In the I/at today. Are you dep< If you are not I tag an account ir?~? 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