The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 19, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
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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
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Story of Mexico's Richest Man Now
Almost Ruined.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Steel Car Crumples.
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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.
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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
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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.
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To all my friends and acquain-j
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