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- ' REVOLT IN MEXICO
BELIEVED SERIOUS
AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS DECLARE
SITUATION GRAVE.
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Rebels Gaining Ground.
| Washington Advices Differ Widely
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Mexico City.
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tv asumgiuu, aym oo.?auviucs
from Mexico reaching here today, including
some reports to the government,
appeared to be in sharp conflict
* with the summary of the situation' as
to the Sonora revolutionary movement
made public in Mexico City today.
Army officers who are studying
the situation beyond the border were
frank in declaring their opinion, based
on government advices, that the
revolution was more serious than the
Carranza officials were willing to admit.
These officers attach much importance
to the southward drive of Gen.
Plores's revolutionary forces by the
; State of.Sinaloa, south of Sonora.
They also saw probability from their
^ . i advices or unofficial reports of an
early attack in force by the federal
forces on the revolutionary forces in
Sonora itself.
Federal Groups Desert.
Reports of defections b^ federal
groups at widely separated points,
some of which have been conceded by
the Mexico City authorities, have been
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supplemented by claims of Gen. Salvador
Alvarado,/Sonora agent here,
that many leaders who have been in
revolt for years have joined the rebel
cause. Notable among them was
Genewo de. la O one of the unconquered
Zapatista group, who was said to
have furnished the escort which enabled
Gen. Benjamin Hill to escape
f from Mexico City about the time Gen.
Obregon -disappeared from the capital.
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{A new revolt in southern Vera
yf Cruz also was mentioned among reports
received. Rebels.there had cut
the railroad from the north to the
isthmus of Tehuantepec.
No report had been received today
t that American war craft ordered to
west coast ports had arrived. Topolabampo,
one of these ports, has already
been occupied by the rebels.
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TREASURES ARE RETURNED.
Venice Receives Works of Art Removed
During War.
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Venice, April 24.?Now that the
war is over and Venice has recovered
from the nightmare of having her
wealth of art destroyed by shell-fire,
or worse still, looted by soldiers, one
by one her treasures from underground
cellars or distant galleries are
being returned to their places.
One of her most admired possesions,
however, Titian's "Assumption
of the Virgin," which is counted
among the seven great masterpieces
in the world,'the prider of the Venetian
Academy of Fi^e Arts, has been
x returned, not to the gallery, but to
its original home in the choir of the
beautiful Gothis Catholic church of
the Frarl, from which it was painted
\. by Titian in 1516.
The magnificent frame of carved
marble which was originally- built
around it now shows off the glorious
picture to advantage and the Venetians
are delighted that it should be
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donors and the great genius%who composed
it intended it to remain.
PALMER VICTORY BY 12 VOTES.
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Attorney General Holds Lead in
Georgia.
C Atlanta, April 21.?Revised unofficial
returns tonight from all counties
in the state gave Attorney General
Palmer a plurality in the Democratic
state convention of 12 votes
I over Thomas E. Watson, his nearest
B opponent for Georgia's choice as
f Democratic presidential nominee.
The figures compiled by the Atlata
Constitution at midnight and
with the count complete in practically
each county gave Palmer 52 counties
with 142 convention votes; Watson
55 counties with 130; United States
Senator Hoke Smith, 47 counties with
112 votes. There are 386 votes in the
I state convention and Palmer backers
assert that under the rules the candidate
who gets a plurality of the
convention votes will be given Georgia's
delegation at the San Franciscc
convention.
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MOB WANTED TWO POLICEMEN.
Charged With Causing Death of Well
Known Mail Carrier.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn., April 23.?Mob
violence was threatened at Norton,
Va., today when nearly one thousand
indignant citizens of that place gathered
at the court house and demanded
Policeman Worley Wells and Harvey
Agee, who are charged with having
caused the death of Amos Cowden, a
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Wise county man carrier iai.e moi
* night, according to reports received
here tonight.
Information received by the two
officers that an escaped convict from
Wise county jail was heading for
Norton is said to have caused them to
halt the mail 'carrier, who was well
known throughout that section. Cowden
is reported to have ignored the
, officers, probably through his deafness
and the officers fired. The au,
tomobile in which the mail carrier
was riding wrecked, pinning him un,
derneath. When Cowden was taken
, from underneath the car he was
found to have two bullet holes in the
back of his head.
Agee and Wells were guarded by i
a detail of special officers in the hotel
vlobby today while a huge mob surged
in the streets. An appeal addressed
to the crowd by Commonwealth's
attorney McCorkle dispersed them
after he had assured them that the
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preliminary hearing the two officers
were released on bond of $5,000
each.
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Letter From Occasional.
I just naturally know that The
Herald force has been' looking and
waiting for a letter from me. And k
perhaps delayed the publication of
the paper several hours several times.
But I will be "Johnnie on the spot"
this time.
L. W. Ritter is still optimistic
about his hens. I told him I wanted
to know something about the numer
of eggs his hens did lay, and his l(
reply was, "You will just have to go
and ask the old hens; they know,
for every time they lay they make a
cakleation."
Somebody must be under the impression
' that P. M. Kearse intends (
to move. Any how they went to his
barn one night and moved 6 bale%'
of hay and a setting hen. P. M. is
very much in favor of a higher education,
because he says there are
people who do not know the difference
betwixt mine and thine. Now, if
Kearse's <$ld hen only had the education
that Rjtter's hens have got, perhaDs
about the time she hatched out
her brbod, she could "cackleate" the
way home and go back. Then we
woufd have "Johnnie go marching
home."
Our friend A. W. Brabham goes
all the way to Fairfax on Saturday
afternoons entirely alone. He does
not need any higher education.
During the last cold snap Gen. J.
S. Breland drove out in his buggy
and brought in some nice wood that
the chain gang people had cut and
\ left by the road side. Soke young
folks were at his house on his return,
and one of them said, "Oh, yes; you
, have been to call on a young lady,
i I caught up with you." His only re!
ply was: *"Er body kaint go to haul
a little bit of wood but what some
body another is a hollering 'Oh, I
cotched you'." Breland must have
been right, for he had the kindling
i to prove it, and gentlemen do not haul
. wood and call on young ladies at the
i same time.
i We know some young ladies when
. they are expecting callers, to tell the
captain that "the weather is cold, it
would be a nice time to kill a pig."
ml-- ??? ?!? in orrvn^ nofnr-cifl n n Ifills
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a pig. Where will you find any
i smarter girls than that?
OCCASIONAL.
Scholastic Tests.
"What's the matter You look
thoughtful."
; "My six-year old brought home a
; list of questions to answer."
' "What of that?"
"My average ranks me as a defi
cient kid."?Louisville Courier-Jourl
nal.
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> Willie was on a visit to his uncle
l in the country and was watching him
- milking one evening. When he re?
turned to the house his aunt asked
him: "Is Uncle Hezzie through mik'
ing yet, Willie?"
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"I\Ot yet," answereu wime. nc o
.finished two faucets and has just
commenced on the other two."
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AMERICA OFFERED
CARE OF ARMENIA
COUNCIL REQUESTS WILSON TC
TAKE MANDATE.
Other Awards Made.
Mesopotamia and Palestine to Greai
Britain, Syria to Prance.
Home for Jews.
San Remo, April 25.?The suprenn
council is sending a formal request tc
President Wilson that the Unitec
States government take the mandat(
for Armenia. The council is leaving
to President Wilson the arbitration oi
the differences over the boundaries o:
Armenia.
The council awarded a mandate fo:
Mesopotamia and Palestine to Grea
Britain and a mandate for Syria t(
France.
In placing Palestine under a Brit
ish mandate the council establishec
yithin the ancient limits of Holy Lah(
what is called "the national home o
thev^ews."
The terms of the mandate protec
the national rights of Jewish citizen:
of other countries?that is to say, <
Jew of American, British, French o:
a citizen of the state of Palestine
other nationality may retain his na
t.ionality, although he is also a citizer
of the state of Palestine. The right:
of Arabs also are protected, there be
ing 600,000 in Palestine and 100,00(
Jews. The mandate is limited generally
by what is known as the Balfoui
declaration. British forces have beer
in occupation of Palestine since the
defeat of the Turkish forces by th(
British field Marshal, Viscount Allen
vy.
i 'France has been the protector oi
the Christians in Syria since the raid
die ages, having been designated foi
the purpose by the Holy See. Th<
luestion with regard to Syria has beer
in serious controversy between th(
French and British governments sinc<
the armistice was signed, particularly
over the point whether France sh!oulc
have all of what is geographically
mtlined as Syria or only certain parts
The boundaries of Syria and Meso
potamia will be determined by negotia
tion later between France and Greai
Britain. The Mesopotamia mandat(
is given subject to friendly arrange
ment with the Italian governmen"
over economic rights.
The Turkish treaty is now what i;
officially called practically finished
The Turkish plenipotentiaries, afte:
receiving it in Paris about May 10
will have three weeks to consider it
The allies after receiving the Turk
i
ish reply will take a few days cer
tainly to examine it; then the Turki
will be allowed a final ten days ii
which to make up their mind^ to sigi
the treaty or not.
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WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
Body of Telephone Supervisor Dis
covered on Porch.
Pontiac, Mich., April 25.?The po
lice and sheriff's departments and s
detail from the Detroit detective bii
reau were tonight engaged in the in
vestigation of the death early today o
Miss Vera Schneider, a telephone sup
ervisor, whose body was found on th<
porch of a dwelling in one of th<
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City S L)est X fcJbiUeiiLiai isctuuuo.
The girl, who was 20 years old an<
whose home was Elkton, Mich., ha<
apparently been choked to death, ac
cording to the authorities. Th<
ground surrounding the porch wa
torn up in places, indicating a terrifistruggle.
The officers had been un
able so far, they said, to develop an:
clue as to the identity of the assail
ant.
Sad Thought.
"I'm in doubt about the wisdom o
arresting the food profiteers."
"Why? I should think you'd wan
them punished."
"It may be all right to punish then
but as a consumer I'm afraid they'l
raise prices again to get money to pa;
their fines."?Detroit Free Press.
The Professional Mind.
One day the professor remembere<
that he had a son. When he enterei
the nursery his wife exclaimed tha
the little son had been walking fo
six months.
"Indeed," said the professor. "Hi
must have walked a long distance.'
?The St. Cloud (Minn.) High Schoo
Mascot.
HOBBY REFUSES TO ACQUIESCE, j
Wants No Mexican Troops in Texas.
May Cause Trouble.
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Austin, Texas, April 24.?'Request
I of the Mexican government, through ,
the state department at Washington,
for permission for Gens. Juan Jose
Rios and Manuel Gambo and their
staffs to cross Texas soil on their way
from Sonora to Mexico City was refused
by Gov. W. P. Hobby of Texas
k tonight. The party was to travel
unarmed as civilians and the state
department saw no objection to grant
ing permission and requested the ac4
quiescence of Texas to the request.
} Governor Hobby, replying to a telet
gram from Secretary of State Colby,
4 said he was "unalterably opposed to
^ the transportation of Mexican troops
P or any military officials thereof across
p Texas soil." Such transportation, he
said, "would likely provoke trouble,"
r and put American citizens on the bort
der at the mercy of bandits.
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Brownsville, Texas, April 24.?On
the heels of a report today from
P sources considered reliable thai.Coloj
nel Gallegas and the garrison under
f his command at Linares, in the state
of Nuevo Leon, had revolted, word
P ^*as received tonight that the Car,
ranza garrison at San Fernando, 90
miles south of -Matamoras, had rer
belled and joined forces with Juan
Andres Almazon, a rebel leader, who
^ has held his forces intact for two
years.
Indications were said to point to
the union of both the Gallegas and
j Almazon forces with those of General
Gomez, an adherent of Lieutenant
p Colonel Alvaro Obregon, who were re'
ported in advices received today by
s the representative of the Sonora government
in Washington as in contact
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[ with Mexican federal troops in the
Tampico oil region. Gomez, with a
f small body of men, crossed the Mexican
National railroad, 40 miles east
. of Monterey, eight days ago, accord4
ing to reports here. Two hundred
' armed civilians are reported to have
k marched out of Monterey to join Go[
mez.
J Two hundred federal troops arrivl
ed today at Matamoras opposite
7 Brownsville to reinforce the garrison
of 100 men there. The force now at
^ Matamoras is said to comprise the
largest garrison stationed there in
t five years.
NEWS FROM BLACK VILLE.
t Thursday Afternoon Olub Entertains.
Visitors to and From City.
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^ Blackville, April 24.?On Thursr
day last the Thursday Afternoon club
> was charmingly entertained by Mrs.
W. W. Malony. The afternoon was
spen^ in needle work, conversation
- and music. Mrs. Maloney, assisted
3 by her daughter, Miss Lucille Mai
i lony, served a tempting salad course,
i The only visitor to the club was Mrs.
Otis Brabham.
Mrs. H. L. Buist and children,
James, Marion and Mildred, have re
turped from a visit to .worm.
Miss Pearle Odom spent the weekend
in Springfield.
"The Priscillas motored out to Mrs.
- John Matthews on Friday afternoon
i where they had an enjoyable meeting"1"
- and delightful refreshments.
Mrs. Walter Nevils and children, of
f Summerville, visited relatives here
- last week-end.
a Miss Kitty Browning is visiting
e friends in Charleston.
Mrs. LeRoy Wilson and Mrs. Otis
I Brabham spent a few days in the city,
i guests of their sister, Mrs. E. H.
- Weisinger.
0 James Still, Jr. and wife, formerly
s Miss Ray Sanders, of Blackville, spent
c Sunday here.
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7 TWO STRATA OF OIL.
Seepages Found on Five Forks Farm
In this State.
Clio, April 24.?Drilling operations
finnlr of tVlQ TTlVP
? iii t; yi ugi coaii-15 uucij . w
Forks by the Marlboro Oil Developing
I company. The well is at a depth of
something like 100 feet, and two
a starta of "oil" seepage have been enI
countered already. One was at a
jr depth of about 30 feet and the other
was encountered yesterday at a depth
of 70 feet. 1
The first was very limited, but the
latter was morp pronounced and of a
i greater quantity.
I A prominent operator was here tot
day, and having seen the surroundr
ings, is enthusiastic over the prospects
and is trying to secure options
e on adjoining lands, with the promise
" of further development and exploit1
ing of the oil possibilities of this section.
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NEGRO CONVICTS
KILL WHITE GUARD
THREE ESCAPE AFTER HITTING
A. M. SOX WITH SHOVEL.
On DeSaussure Farm.
Eleven Other Prisoners in Detail Report
Back to Stockade
After Tragedy.
Columbia, April 22.?Negro convicts
on the DeSaussure state farm at
Hagood, Sumter county, early yesterday
killed Archie M. Sox, guard, by
knocking him in the head with a
shovel. Three convicts made their
escape after the crime had been com
mitted, running into the nearby
swamp with their shackles on. The
negroes took Mr. Sox's pistol and
shotgun with them.
Mr. Sox was in charge of a detail
of 14 convicts, but only two are supposed
to have been connected with
the killing. Those who got away
were: Adam Griffin, 27 year* old,
serving a sentence of seven years
from Dorchester county; Joe Watson,
22 years old, serving an eight year
sentence from Charleston; and Mose
Bright, 38 years old", serving a sentence
of one year from Beaufort. The
remaining 11 convicts reported back
to the stockade immediately after
Mr. Sox had been killed and are said
not to have been associated in any
with the crime. A reward of $50
is offered for the apprehension of
each of the convicts. As soon as it
was learned that Mr. Sox had been
killed, searching parties began scouring
the surrounding country, but up
until late last night none^of the convicts
at large had been\^prehended.
Two Negroes Charged With Crime.
Sumter, April 22.?William Teal,
coroner of Sumter county, held an inquest
this afternoon over the body
of Archie M. Sox, who was killed by
negro convicts on the DeSaussure
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state farm at Hagood near here today.
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From testimony adduced at the
inquest, it appears that Mr. Sox was
in charge of a detail of 14 convicts
repairing the road. While standing
with his back to some of the men,
Adam Griffin slipped up gehind and
struck Mr. Sox with a shovel. Mr.
Sox drew his pistol preparatory to
defending himself, and as he did so
Joe Watson struck Mr. Sox across the
arm, knocking the pistol out of his
hand,. Griffin then rushed up again
from the rear and struck Mr. Sox a
second time. Watson and Griffin then
seized Mr. Sox's gun and pistol and
presumably would have shot Mr. Sox
had it not been for the active interference
of Arthur Coleman, negro
convict from Greenville county who
was recently saved from the electric
chair by Governor Cooper. Coleman
led a group of the convicts in coming
to the rescue of Mr. Sox and but for
his timely interference the guard
would have been shot. Coleman had
been with the gang on the farm but
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a snort wnne.
Mosq Bright, who left with Watson
and Griffin had no part in the killing,
but went away with the two when
the remaining 11 prisoners placed
the injured man in the buggy and
rushed him away for medical aid,
those not accompanying Mr. Sox reporting
immediately back to the
stockade.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
was that Mr. Sox came to his' death
from injuries with a shovel at the
hands of Joe Watson and Adam Griffin.
Scratch as Cats Can.
Two cats were about to have a
duel.
"Lets us have an understanding before
we begin," said one.
"About what?" asked the other.
"Is it to be a duel to the death, or
shall we make it the best three lives
out of five?"?Boys' Life.
Kitchen Logic.
"Please, mum, there ain't no coal
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XXJ. uuo cciicn.
"Why on earth dMn't you tell mei
before?" J
"Because there was some then."?
The Passing Show.
Quite So.
"What is a revenue cutter, pa?"
"A revenue cutter is a coupon clipper,
my son."?Houston Press.
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EHRHARDT ETCHINGS.
Interesting Items of News and Personal
Mention.
Ehrhardt, April 26.?Hurrah for
the kiddies! School will soon be
out. ^
Mr. and Mrs. Purdy McLeod, of
Woodford, are visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dannelly.
The farmers are wearing a broad
smile. Cotton is coming up pretty,
and so far looks fine. The heavy-'
rains and the few days of sunshine
caused the seed to germinate rapidly.
And, Mr. Farmer, remember, , ,
there is some grass seed in the soil
too. One farmer made a remark that
if there is no rain during the month
of May we will have fine crops.
Last Saturday reminded us of October,
the way cotton came to the
station. The platform was full.
Evangelist David S. Kellam, of
Atlanta, Ga., is conducting a revival
this week at the Baptist church. 4
C. C. Moore had "business" at Martin's
point last Sunday.
Last Friday there was shipped here
on the noon train a box of fish and
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for some reason it was not delivered.
The box was placed pn the ground
and remained there in the sun that >.
afternoon, all day Saturday, Sunday
and was still there Sunday afternoon.
One can imagine the pleasure it afforded
those having business at the
depot. Some people have a hard
fight to keep out pf the hospitals,
and if such is permitted this fight
seems useless.
H. I. Kinard has struck a brand
new idea in house building?"readycut
bungalows." They are made at
the factory and shipped in sections
Willi uuc iu<i(. ui paiui appucu, iuside
and out. You put the sections
together and you have a house in.
a short time.
H. Karesh has purchased the old
Methodist parsonage and moved it
back from Main street so as to face
the other street. He is now remodeling
the house into a nice cottage,
into which he will move when it is
completed. It is understood that he
will erect two brick stores on the
lot where the house was.
No rain in several days; no trouble
to raise dust, provided you have
a motor car and care nothing about
the speed law.
Some folks went fishing again last
week and the fish they caught were
so small that when they started home
they could not $ tell which were the
bait and which were the fish. . i -S
The light question Las been answered;
now what about the water
supply? The city's artesian well
was overtaxed long ago and more
water connections are being added
every week. During the busy part
of the day 'in the kitchens some cannot
get water at all, especially is
this true where the home is located
on an elevation. t
Some of the residences have al- \
ready been equipped with electric
devices for furnishing water. This
is O. K. for the wealthy, bu: what
about those persons of less means? i
We were delighted when wa learn- - >
ed last week that mdil service will
j be started on the B., E. & W. between
Bamberg and Ehrhardt on the
first of May.
Sample Submitted.
Visitor?"Are you good at your
work? I am very particular about
the way my hair is cut,"
Village Barber?"Well, I'm reckoned
fairly decent, but, if you like,
I'll do one side of your head first so
that you can see for yourself."?Der
Brummer (Berlin).
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c~\Tv. Vn/i-nf fn Rpflr.
Tramp?"Madam, I was at the
front?"
Kind-hearted Lady ? "My poor j
man. Another victim of that terrible
war. Here's a dollar. Tell me how
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you got into these straits."
Tramp?"I was going to say that I
was at the front door, an' nobody
answered, so I came around to the
i back. Thankee mum."?The Home
! Sector. I
Biting.
"My!" exclaimed Mr. Klumsay at
the sophomore cotillon, "this floor's
awfully slippery. It's hard to keep
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on your feet."
! "Oh," replied the fair partner sarcastically,
"then you were really trying
to keep on my feet? I thought it
was purely accidental."?Burr.
For the first time in the history of
the Phillipine Islands women recently
votel to elect delegates to the territorial
convention.
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