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j TROOPS ARE READY I TEN THOUSAND BEING ASSEH' BLED IN TEXAS t AS WARNING TO MEXICO The Army AVill he Prepared to Go jmo nie.xicu nt v/mu un viuwa From President Wilson Should Necessity for Invasion Arise During Matter's Administration. A Washington dispatch says military orders Hew thick and fast Monday in redemption of President Taft'b promise to have an army of 10,000 men assembled at Galveston, the most convenient port to Mexico, all equipped for foreign service and ready to execute any order that his successor might choose to issue 011 the basis of conditions that will exist after March 4. These orders were supplementary to those which left the war department last weeks and were calculated to in sure assemblage of the second division of the reorganized army at or in the neighborhood of Galveston. 1 The completion of the orders to move the entire second division is intended as further warning to Mexico that there will be 110 departure from the established policy of prenarorlnnss rlnriner the remainine week of President Taft's administration. All plans for the possible sending of trops into Mexico will continue with the same minuteness of detail which would characterize official orders had the present acute condition arisen in Mexico at any time earlier in the strife which has rent that republic since the first uprising against Porfirio Diaz more than two years ago. This course is based on the ground that any cessation in the closing days or even hours of the Taft administration might be seized hold of by the Mexican malcontents as an opportunity for a strike of Americans. So far the State department has given little thought to the question of political recognition of the new government in Mexico, desiring to await further developments in the situation and willing to regard it largely by the recommendations of Ambassador Wilson, whose course so far, under extremely difficult and de1 ' A V? r? o TY? nf T\T I + V> JK'ilU) I'lrilllliniailtl'B, nan uict nuu the unqualified approval of the department. Major Gen. William H. Carter, who commands the second division, was ordered Monday from Chicago to Galveston. This will be the second time that this officer has had the honor of commanding a complete division of troops within the limits of Texas, the first being in the case of the mobilization of 1911, when the Mexican trouble first became acute. The fifth brigade of this division already is moving to Galveston, as is tne fourth field artillery, composed of mountain batteries. The order issued Monday will set in motion the fourth brigade, the sixth brigade and the sixth cavalry. Brig. Gen. ^redcrick A. Smith commands the fifth brigade, previously ordered to concentrate; Col. Edwin F. Glenn of the twenty-third infantry, will command the fourth brigade in the illness of Brig. Gen. Ramsey D. Potts, and Col. Arthur Williams, of the 11th infantry, will command the sixth brigade in place of Brig. Gen. Clarence Edwards, who is under orders for Phillippine service. , The war department's estimate is ill at under tnese orders tnere win do i concentrated at Galveston between 8,000 and 9,000 infantry, about 800 cavalry and about the same number i of field artillery, or a total of nearly , 10,000 men. These troops are widely scattered ] throughout the Middle States and i along the Mississippi River, from the ] Gulf to Canada. During the man- . oeuvres of 1911 it required two | weeks' time to get some of the sol- j diers to Texas, bnt it is believed this period can be cut in half at present. ( Even then the whole second division j will almost certainly bo at Galveston, j or in the vicinity, some time before ( water transportation can be provided. ? The four army transports, all the , Government owns in Eastern waters, ( can only carry a brigade at most and \ there are three brigades in this di- ( vision. It will bo necessary to char- ^ ter from ton to fifteen merchant steamers of large size to accomodate the remaining to brigades. The .1 ,, ~ ? V.OO i|imi ii:i manual n ucpai uuciu ikid <? r long list of available ships, but as it { would cost on an average of $700 a ( day for each ship to keep them ready f for service, the war department has ( avoided incurring any such large ^ liability. So, in all probability, it ( will remain for the next Administra- j tion to authorize this expenditure if A it sees fit. j ? ? ? t Herbert Salt is Dropped. A Chattanooga, Tenn., dispatch says advices received from South ' Carolina by attorneys of C. J. Herbert * in that city indicate that all prosecu- 1* tion on the charges filed against him h in the South Carolina courts alleging 1 the embezzlement of $91,0000 in se- r curities from the Seminole Land Co. T of Columbia have been dropped by d attorney General Thomas Peoples ot 1 that State. n FIRESHIPS IN SEA FIGHT Blazing Craft Caused Much Destruction in Naval Battles. Nothing in the thrilling adventures of many old sea fights appeals more strongly to the modern imagination than the doings of the fire ships, says the London Globe. "The idea of using incendiary vessels for the detruction of a hostile fleet was of great antiquity. They are said to have been employed at the seige of Tyre in 33 3 lB. C. and again by the Khodians about a cen? * it tury and a half later, uy mu miglish however, they were first used in 1370, and two centuries later had come to bo looked upon as a legitiing rewarded and dreaded in much mate naval weapon, their attacks bethe same way as those of the torpedo craft and submarines at the present time. The explosion xessels, or "infernals," invented by the Itallian engineer Gianbelli, were the most formidable. The designer procured two vessels of about eighty tons each and laid along their bottom a foundation of brickwork. Upon this he erected a marble chamber with fiveloft walls containing 300 tons of gunpowder, while on the top of this champer was a 6-foot layer of gravestones placed edgewise. A marble roof rose over these, and upon it was piled a quantity of round shot, chain shot millstones, blocks of stone, iron shod beams and anything heavy which would cause the explosion to take a literal effect. The effect of this floating volcano was appaling, for the masses of stone and slio;, disintegrated and flyng skyward by the explosion, fell and destroyed ail vesels, buildings or men in the vicinity. Three years later the Spanish armada before Calais was attacked by fireships prepared by the English. Eight vessels were selected, and so great as the haste that not even their guns or stores were removed. They were ignited and launched, and, with the wind and tide in their favor, advanced straight for the centre of the anchored armada. Ship foiled ship, and the cries of terror and the crash of falling spars, and, though the Spaniards finally succeeded in getting to sea the fireship attack completely disorganized and demoralized them, and helped largely to make the eventful Battle of Gravellness the success it was. The most recent, and at, the same time one of the most interesting ffireship exploits which ever took place, was that carried out against the French fleet in (Basque Roadsin 1809 T Cnoiimnn His exnlosion \jy JJUi u vyv/vii* 4 vessel, intended to destroy the boom, behind which lay the French fleet, was a truly awful contrivance. Cochrane piloted the vessel and lit the train at the last moment, and on the evidence of the French captain, whose ship was close by, it did its work well, for the air was filled with shells, grenades, and blazing debris, while the explosion tore a huge rent in the boom. 4 GOMEZ DEPLORES TRAGEDY. ? Expresses Sorrow Over Killing of Madero and Suarez. Emilio Vasquez Gomez Monday wired from his capital at Paloma?, Mexico, to friends, expressing his sorrow over the killing of Francisco I. Madero and Jose Pino Saurez and ccndemning such an act as being outside the pale of enlightened government. The telegram is addressed to Melchor l.Mamacho, who was one of Gomez's closest advisers In San Anin /I lo no fr\ 1 1 n \xi ci lUHiU, (lilU IO U O luiivno. "Kindly express to iho press my deopcst regret for the death of Senor Francisco I. Madero and the terrible manner in which ho mot his death. I must deeply deplore the situation for my c untry, my countrymen and myself, occasioned by this seeming unjust tragedy. "Whilo opposed politically to iho tate President, earnestly believing he as not the person to preside over ny country's destinies for prosperity md completo union, yet I would bit:erly opposo death in any event as a [lunisliment for political offences. "I believe sincerely in the law of nvil government and the proper adninistration thereof, and I can not, lor do I, believe my countrymen can iver look with favor upon military government, which seemingly has no *espect for human lifo nor gunranios, and does not safeguard the na- ; ion or give its people the protection ' mjoyed under civil government, vhich is true democracy." < ? When Whiskey Was Costly, Ttest old whiskey at any price now iday is as cheap as dirt when you some to think how it used to bo lown in the Corncracker country, lays the New York Press. One hunIrcd and thirty years ago a decree vas passed in the court at Jefferson :ounty making the price of whiskey M?r> a half pint. Tly the gallon it | vent for $24 0, the lowest bargain J >rice. And a dollar was a dollar in hose old days in Kentucky. J An old time philosopher once said * 'an ambassador is an honest man ent abroad to lie for his country". Minister Calero of Mexico must be omething of that kind of a man, for 1 le now says that for the past ten i nonths he has been lying to the t Tnited States government as to con- \ itions In Mexico. Still, it is hardly \ ikely that he deceived our govern- c lent. 11 DIAZ IS AWAITING CALL READY TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY IN CASE OF NEED. Former Dictator, Whom Madero Forced Out of Office and Into Exile Says He Will Answer Summons. Porfirio Diaz, who is new in Egypt, former dictator of Mexico, declared Monday that he is holding himself in readiness to respond to the call of his country in case foreign complications should arise out of the revolution there. If this should not occur, he said, he would net return to Mexico until settled government had been re-established there and his reappearance on the scene where he had held such long sway could be made without risk of being wrongly interpreted. The aged Ex-President expressed the hope that "hands off Mexico" would continue to be the policy of the United States. Gen. Diaz was greatly elated at the success of his ?\Anhnuf TZ* nil v onH n n T-T norto HvJJ[/IlvJ IT p X' U11A 1/HUi, UAiU AA14VA ll?) Provisional President, whom ho considers quite capable of working out the salvation of the Republic. The Ex-President's yacht is temporarily at this ancient gathering place of pilgrims, whence he has made several trips to Denderah and other noted temples. The Ex-President, after pleading that his entire aloofness from the politics of his country precluded any criticism by him of the late President Maderos administration, made the following statement to the Associated Press: "I prefer to say nothing regarding the iauits of Francisco Madero's rule, or the causes of the revolution. As a political opponent of Madero, my opinion might be considered biased. "Gen. Victoriano Huerta is an officer and a gentleman who possesses the confidence of all classes in Mexico. Personally I have the greatest respect for and confidence in him. T chose him to escort me from Mexico City to Vera Cruz when I was exiled. I think Gen. Huerta is in a position to maintain order until a Constitutional Government has been definitely re-established." When questioned regarding the probability of further complications in Mexico, Gen. Diaz replied: "That uepenas enureiy upon me energy 01 the provisional government In suppressing pillage and brigandage. Felix Diaz has had long experience in the army and fully realizes the importance of enforcing respect for life and property." When reports of the possibilities of intervention by the United States were mentioned, the former Mexican President gravely retorted: "I and my adherents always have been and will remain, sincere friends of the United States government. I can not imagine the Onited States or others taking actions inconsistent with America's well known honesty of purpose." Gen. Diaz hopes and intends to return to Mexico at some time. This however, he said, "will not be until peace has been firmly established anu my reiui u utm uui nuvt? any misconstruction placed upon it. Should, however, foreign complications arise, I will hold myself entirely at my country's service." ? Weird Story of the Wires. That is a weird story that a correspondent has put on the wires form Lafayette, Ind., to the Eastern papers. As a narrative runs, Evans Jones, who is beginning to recover from a cough that has made his life miserable for the past two years, says the cause was nothing less than a lizard three inches long. Jones declared that he brought up Hie roptille while out driving the other day. He had a paroxysm of rouging on the road. At the end of it he chocked, he said, and reached down his throat for relief. He seized the lizard and drew it to the light of day. The lizard seemed to be as happy as Jones to dissolve partnership and was wriggling away as fast as it could when Jones decided he would capture it and show it to his doctor, Edgar Allen. The doctor dropped the wriggler in alcohol. Jones got the doctor's theory, which was that Jones must have been drinking at a well or spring and taken a lizard's egg into his stomach. The grateful warmth hatched the lizard. The agony of coughing that .Tones ? . m i i ^ n. ^ c 11 > ^ r Bnaurpu is nscrineu 10 inn lnunn: ?:iforts of (ho lizard to deliberate itself. ?Augusta Chronicle. Hunting for Old Fiend. News of a criminal assault upon a twelve-year-old negro girl, alleged to have been committed by an old negro 70 years of age, on Mr. J .J. i Hritton's place, about seven miles south of Sumter, reached there Wednesday. Tom McFadden, a negro who < has served several terms on the gang i and ten years in the penitentiary, is < the negro alleged to have committed 1 the crime. + Succumbs to llis Injuries. J. R Derosier, holder of all the i notorcyclo records from 35 to 100 j niles, died at his homo at Spring- j leld, Mass., Wednesday night. Ho j vas 23 years old. Dorosier's death t vas the result of injuries sustained < luring a racing meet in Los Angeles ] ast summer. 1 ^ r iluseo nam GOV. 8LEASE ARRAIGNS PRISON OFFICIALS WAS SEVERLY BEATEN Because Negro Convict Spoke to Governor 011 Streets, It Is Alleged He Was Cruelly Beaten, Tortured With.Electric Current and His Person Hears Evidence of Hough Handling. Charges of cruel punishment of a convict at the penitentiary were sent to the Senate Wednesday night by Governor Bleaso in the following message: "1 transmit to you herewith letter received by me on the morning of February 25, 1913. " 'February 23, 1913.?His Excellency, Governor iBlease, Columbia, S. C.?Honorable Sir: Simeon Ellis, (colored, a prisoner,) 1 understand was talking to you yesterday (Saturday) on the street. He was working on the city street detail, and as yon passed asked his guard, Corporal Boykin, to speak to you, and Boyk'n refused him the permission to do so, and he spoke to you anyhow. "'To-day le was brought up heft re Capt. Sondley by Pi* kin and was sentenced to the stacks, and Ellis s;ys he was struck 45 or 59 lashes ? ho cannot say the exact number, :iim his back now shows the result from his head down to his hips. " 'I am telling you this as a matter of information, which I think you will he elud to know at this time, as I am very well posted as to what your politics are regarding such things regarding the State penitentiary'. Therefore, I do not hesitate to send you this information, as I know that you will not give the source of your information. " 'Yours respectfully, (Signed) " '.Monday Morning.' " The letter continues: " 'Ellis was taken to the blacksmith shop and a pair of very short shackles put on him, and he then told the captain and Dr. Jennings that he was going to tell you the first chanc? that he had been whipped for talking to you. Then he was taken to the shops again to hare the chain lengthened, and while this was being done he had a fit. He is subject to such spells. The chains were cut off him and he was taken to the hos pital, where he now Is. I understand he is in a serious condition. " 'Hater: To still punish this poor, ignorant, defenceless negro. Dr. Jennings applied a strong electric battery to him and tortured him for more than a half hour. His screams and cries and piteous appeals for mercy could be heard all over the penitentiary grounds. "Upon receipt of this letter, Col. Aull, my private secretary, requested Capt. of the Guard Sondley, at the Penitentiary, to bring this prisoner to my office at 5 o'clock p. m. He was brought in his prison garb, closely shackled, with a chain around both legs. As to his physical condition, I leave the description of that for Representatives C. C. Wyche, Mitchum and Fortner, who were present and saw the negro's back and hips. "This is but another instance, which came to my ears only by accident, and which I am giving to you for the purpose of showing that I am doing what I can to relieve suffering humanity, and that I am only heeding the demands of humanity upon me. "After finding that the negro had been in the penitentiary for 13 years for killing another negro, and feeling suro that if I returned him to the penitentiary as a prisoner ho would again bo whipped, shackled and possibly killed, I granted him a parole during his good behavior. "In taking this course I am satisfled that I am not only heeding the demands of humanity, but that I am upholding tho letter and spirit of the Constitution, which provides in Section 19 of Article 1, 'Nor cruel and unusual 'punishment inflicted', and 'corporal punishment shall not he inflicted.' "Tho letter which I have transmitted to you says that when this negro was tortured with 'a strong electric battery for more than a half hour, his screams and cries and piteous appeals for mercy could be heard all over tho penitentiary grounds'; they reached my ears; they have now reached yours. Tne demand upon mo was not for mercy, | but for justice, and I believe that | justice was secured from me, so far as in my power lay to give it. What will you do?" The message was referred to the committee on penal and charitable institutions, which will hold an immediate investigation and report to the present session. ? State Feeds Wild Ducks. Thousands of wild ducks, caught by the cold and held prisoners in 1 Sodus Day, Lake Ontario, are being Ted by New York State. Game proLectors notified the State Conserva:lon Commission that the ducks were ' dying from l^ck of food and were promptly ordered to buy grain to teed them. GUARDS TEXAS BORDER THE MEXICANS HOLD AMERICANS FOR RANSOM. # Governor Colquitt Sends State Troops to Brownsville With Orders Not to Cross (Border. A dispatch from Austin, Tex., says Governor O. B. Colquitt at midnight Monday ordered four companies of Texas State militia to proceed to Brownsville with ftll haste, when it was reported to him that Americans had been arrested and held for ransom at the Mexican town of Matamoras, across the boundary from B-rownsville, when they refused to contribute money to the officials in charge of Matamoras. The Governor also sent this message to Capt. Head, in command of the Brownsville company of the Texas National Guard: "Notify Mexican commander at Matamoras, who is demanding money, that if he harms a single Texan his life will be demanded as a forfeit." Information reached Governor Colquitt Monday night that demands have been made upon Americans at Matamoras, Mexican, for money, and that the United States consul, Jesse H. Johnson, at that point, has asked Capt. Head, commanding the Brownsville company of the Texas National Gu%rd, to cross the international boundary and protect the American consulate and foreign interests at Matamoras. Governor Colquitt refused to sancHr?n Oin prnsslnc nf flifi hnrrlpr hv tllfi Brownsville military company. The Governor telegraphed Capt. Head as follows: "Do not cross river unless you receive orders to do so. Request American consul and Americans to come to Brownsville." American residents of iMatamoras, Mexico, were warned by United States Consul Jesse Johnson to cross the boundary into Brownsvillo when ho was informed that Americans would be required to subscribe toward maintaining the government of Matamoras. Demands, it is said, were made that the subscriptions be forthcoming Monday night. It is reporter that Mr. Johnson's life had been threatened, and another report, unconfirmed, however, was that he had been arrested. Early in the night Mr. Johnson appealed to Capt. Head, of the Brownsville company of the State National Guard, for protection for the consulate and the foreign residents of Matamoras. Governor Colquitt, who was advised of the situation, instructed Capt. Head net to attempt to cross the border, but to suggest that all Americans leave Matamoras. Mr. Johnson immediately issued the warning, but refused to tuit his post. Guards at the ferry and the international bridge crossing the Rio Grande have been increased MEXICANS FLEE TO HAVANA. They Made a Lucky Escape From Mexico City Last Week. Three fugitive Mexican deputies, Adrian Aguiro Benavides, a nephew of the late President, Francisco Madero, Cepero Rendon and Victor Maya, arrived at Havana Monday on the steamship Esperanza from Vera Cruz. According to their story they fled from the Mexican Capital to escape the application of "Ley de Fuga," or shooting of prisoners who attempt to escape. The three men boarded a train at Mexico City bound for Vera Cruz as soon as they learned that their arrest had been ordered. Senor Benavides in an interview said: "Democracy has received a mortal hlow in Mexico. We see black days ahead for our fatherland." ? ? Enter Damage Suit. The Dorchester Eagle says: "Joseph Murray, Esq., and his wife have entered suit, through their attorney, Jol. R. Lon Weeks, against the Southern Dell Telephone Co., for damages in tho result of alleged misconduct on the part of one of the operators during a conversation between Mr. Murray and Mrs. Murray before they were married, tho conversation being between St. George and Columbia." It is said a man at Branchcille broke in on tho conversation, and refused to desist when requested. BANK OF Conwa His largest capital and surplus of a Oban the combined capital and surp CAPITAL STOCK... . SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCK SECURITY OF DEPOSIT DIREC jfcert B. Scarborough, l. L. Buck, J-oorge J. Holiday, Wejoffer our customers every acc< will justify, and we i IOBEBT B. SCARBOROUGH, D Pbehidbkt. We continue to pay 5 pei \\ THE HORRY HERALD CONWAY. S. C. ' ? THURSDAY, MARCH O, 1013 _____ ' mramoNAi 01?m I BL H. WOODWARD Atten*? and Oouattlor At Law* OONWAXi A O. . t . I ' m. B. BCARIUIUVail COX WAX, S. G. mi Law. WL ML BURKOUGHi fkjrileUa Md MargeoA COX WAT, s. a W. E. McCORD, Dental Surgeon CONWAY, 6-. C. \ KENK RAVKMUL Iaik] Hurvoying and Drainage ftpivey Ruilding Conway, 8. C. WF WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACMNf 1m ww fQpoa want either a Vibrating Shuttle, fcotM? . Abottleor a Single Thread [Chain t&UcM\ / I Bowing Machine write to <f| M anr home sewino machine cbmpahs Orange* Mass* ^fcnraewfew machines are inmli In hi tic in nnllisarf the New Home U made to wwa ^ 1 Oar guaranty nerer rans oat. ^ PSB Mlborlioa CM1M1 wmmg J DIRS 1-KOM 8NOWIJA KJi BLOW. ?. An Old Man Gets in the Way and is flit on the Temple. At Ncwburg, N. Y., William Frances, seventy-four years old, one of the oldest English carpet weavers ill Frances lived at West Newburg, and that section, died from paralysis, was on his way home. Schoolboys had formed opposing armies of soldiers and were fighting with snowballs. As he approached, a snowball that had passed its mark struck him on the temple. The blow caused an internal hemorrhage, which was followed by the fatal paralytic stroke. It is thought a stone was hidden in (ho snowball. The authorities aro investigating. Defended His Mother. After he'd knocked his mother-inlaw on a hot stove, and terrorized other members of the family with an army sword, Gilbert M. Lchue, formerly a sergeant in the army, was shot and killed at Louisville, Ky., Monday by Ben Beach, the woman's son. Beach was arrested on a charge of murder. Hundreds of Chinese Killed. Hundreds of inhabitants of the province of Fu Kien, China, have been killed during the past week or so while offering armed resistance to the government troops engaged in destroying poppy-plants. HORRY, ~~ y.as u. ny bank in Horry county. Mtro. lus of all other banks in the c&unye ... ..1 .. ..$50,000 12,500 [HOLDERS .. .. 50,000 ORS .. .., .112,500 rroRS ARDSON, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman. ommodation which their accounts solicit your business. . V. Richardson, will a.frbimai Vice Pbbsidbvt. ;Cashibb r cent, on yearly deposits.