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HUERTA'8 OUTLOOK | HOW THK MEXICANS VIEW 1IIIK ijAT 10 HArrI:\L\GS LOANS TO BE FORCED dent Wilson's Message Arouses t\>n.sidornhlo Interest in Mexico? Conviction in Mexican Capital That Ncitlicr Intervention Nor Lifting lOmbnrgo Would he Urged. While most of the latest dispatches from Mexico are full of hope for the Constitutionalists and express the view that they are about to triumph, it will he interesting to read a dispatch from Mexico City giving the Federal side of these recent development**. Friends of (Jen. Huerta point out why he is still able to keep an army in tho field, although unsuccessful in obtaining foreign loans. Indiscriminate seizure of property and excessive taxation are tho two means by which the privisional president hopes to overcome the ill effects of President Wilson's financial blockade, and thus lo continue a dogged and effective resistance to the advance of the Constitutionalists. The following dispatcli was sent out from Mexico City on the day President Wilson's message was expected to go to Congress. It gives a brilliant picture of Mexican internal affairs as t-hey are to-day, in the midst of war and rebellion: "The possible treatment of the Mexican question by President Wilson's coming message lias aroused considerable interest among Mexican government ofllcials, but there is a notable absence of alarm because of Ike deep-rooted conviction that neither intervention nor the supplying of arms and ammunition to the rebels will he raised. The continuation of the financial blockade will not bo regarded by President, lluerta as a vital blow to his administration, however enfeebling it may ho. Anything short of intervention or the supplying of munitions of war to the rebels will be regarded with comparative complacency by the general who is prepared to pursue a dogged course of V?"> ai M t ?r> O dirniiiot liiu nnnmlno "1 though he realizes it moans indefinite "war. "Hut his friends point, out that, although the government may bo bankrupt the provisional president is far from being without funds, and is not likely to ho entirely without money as long as private institutions a?(1 corporations possess funds. They are of the opinion that the president will not fail, for the sake of what he considers right, to resort to forced loans. Indeed, persuasive methods already have been used and in several cases have borne marked similarity to the forced loans. "In the meantime there are many men rated as millionaires and several largo corporations whose properties might be available for protective taxation. There are millions to he had for the taking, and Huerta's admirers, declare he will he acting in accordance with Justice and his duty to the country if he utilizes this money for defense. Special taxes have been announced, which will become effective immediately, and will net at least Its,000,000 pesos ($17,500,000), annually to the government. It would be quito feasible, it is pointed out to Augment this amount materially by ;he simple method of still further increasing the taxes. No avenue which night produce funds for the government is being overlooked. "For years the City Mexico was [uown as a city where gambling was ?roatly restricted, but to-day there vre many resorts of this class operatic openly, and each Is paying its |uoia in the shapo of license foes. It a announced that all these gambling rlacos will he closed temporarily, in >r?3er that they may be reopened un,er a new arrangement. It is undertood that this arrangement will he jranting of a concession to one con-1 prn for all the gambling in the city, tils would make the collection of tio tax more simple and certain. "The confirmation is available of ae recent report that the government has obtained a 7,000,000 pesos laa, nor is there evidence of any larked optimism that further forIgn loans will bo obtained. The luiks will stand as the hope for jiaI! loans from time to time. "The military situation through J L UUU1JII7 Illin ailiiwn liw I1U|I| UVUent in tho last week so far as (ho yvernment is concerned, and there ? slight indications that much process will l>e made tiie coming week, .ops have been taken to strengthen e garrison at Tampico, but there is town to be a greater force of rebels tho North and West. Whether is force will move finally towards c coast or above Monterey is probraatical. Operations in Michoacah d other regions farther South have bn about eyualized as between the nstitutionalists and the Federals. / e situation in the North, it is con(efl, is practically dominated by tlie els, although tho government still creeses bopo of being able to re>ture Juarez. 'Exactly what is going on through; tho republic it is impossible to ?rtain, because of lack of conflrtlon and rigorous military censori i TO USE NEW WAR TERROR l'\ IT 101> STATUS H AS NEW DESTUt'CTlX 10 FOIU'IO. + Invisible Hoy llcnins Will Annihilate j a \Varslilp Many Miles Away bj Causes lvvplision in Magazine, Invisible liglit waves that will. It is alleged, annihilate the largest dreadnought affoat or destroy a bomb-caryrying aeroplane have been produced by William Hurr (Jlbson, of Schenectady, NT. Y. Tho instrument of production is already in the possession of tho United States government, and is undergoing rigid tests. In a test made by the inventor, before apply ing for the patent, a charge of dynamite was exploded live miles away. The apparatus can bo carried around by an ordinary man. "Although I have not made actual experiments with aeroplanes," said the inventor, "the success which has attended the other demonstrations warrants mo in predicting that it will as readily destroy war aeroplanes as it will explode ordinary mines." Kxperats declare it will revolutionize warfare. With its aid, an invading force could easily explode every mine in its lino of progress, and destroy its antagonist's defenses in a day. "lly means of these invisible rays," said one, "a battleship would be blown to atoms hy tho explosion of its own magazines with no more power than it takes to light an orinary are lamp." The machine is extremely simple, and is the result of seven years' experimenting hy the inventor, who is 2o years old. It consists of an ordinar> arc light, two quartz lenses, aiui seven coiorea screens. The device is designed to concentrade and project ultra-violet rays. "When the ultra violet rays impinge upon powder," said Mr. f!il>son, "they cause a molecular action which sets up friction. This produces heat and causes the powder to explode." l'.y directing the stream of lifht upwards, any aeroplane carrying bomhs would he destroyed. The inventor himself has an ingenious idea to destroy any of the enemy's aeroplanes which are sent out without, bombs, lie proposes to send up small balloons with dynamite bombs attached. These would bo exploded near the Hying craft creating a vaccina and capsizing the machines. CRIPPLE IS KILLED. + Florence Negro Tries to Scare Some Other Colored Hoys. Robert "Wood berry and Eugene Snow, two negro boys from near Poston, wore brought in to Florence Thursday night to ho held on the charge of killing Jeter Snow, a crippled negro, the brother of one of the hoys hold for the killing. It seems that the two hoys had been in a gypsy camp and had been frightened by the gypsies, and on coming homo had thought it well to load up a gun and put it by their bed to protect themselves. Lato in the night the crippled brother camo home, and pretending to he a gypsy, possibly to still further frighten them, called out, "Let me tell your fortune." As he entered the house ho left his crutches outside, the first time he was ever known to walk without them, and entered the bed room of the two boys. Robert reached for the gun, and as Jeter came near the bed llrod, tho load taking effect in his neck, and tho powder burning his body dreadfully. Tie died instantly. No reason other than fright can be given to account for tho killing. +. +. NFOllO ATTEMPTKD TO SHOOT. + Hut is Shot to Death by His Intended Victim First. A dispatch from Manning says a negro named Napoleon Johnson was shot mid kilP.d ;i mlloo j I'axville Tuesday by Arthur Cabbage, a citizen of that section. Mr. Cubbago came to Manning and gave himself up to Sheriff Gamble. Mr. Cabbage states that he started from his homo to go bird hunting, having his gun under the buggy seat, and just as he got out to the road he saw the negro in a wagon with some sacks of oats. Ho had had some trouble with the negro on a former occasion, but suspected nothing at this time. Just as he says lie turned out of his avenue into the road the negro drove a short distance up tho rortd, stooped behind the sacks of oats and attempted to shoot, but. liis gun ssnapped. Mr. Cubbage says be at once jumped out of It is buggy, got his gun from under the seat and loaded it, and as Johnson raised up from behind the oats in the act of unloading liis gun, Mr. Cubbage fired, striking Johnson in the face, and the latter falling from bis wagon to the ground. * New Trained Nurses. Certificates of registration as trained nurses have been awarded to the following persons: Esther P. Faircloth, Conway; Mary A. Kennedy, Orangeburg; Sadie I*. I.arkins, Columbia; bena T. Leo, I'nion; Lena It. Lester, Prosperity; Harness 13. Long, Columbia; Annie 10. Madden, Columbia; Ethel McKee, Spartanburg; Margaret McLeod, Charleston; Ruth O. Seay, Columbia. 4 MAKES MANY HOMELESS ? TII1CKK TKXAN KIVKIIS SPUKAI) <>\ Kit NKAltllY COl'XTltY. ? Seven Have l/<>st Lives?Property Pinnace 75,000?Sections of City of Waco I'mler Water. With throo rivers, the Trinity, Hrazos and Colorado, and innumerable? small streams, out of their banks as u result of rains, which bewail Monday night ami still continue, the flood situation in Central Texas had bv Wednesday assumed serious proportions. Within n territory two hundred miles in length and one hundred miles in width, practically all of the lowlands are under water; approximately 15,000 persons have been driven from their homes; scores have been rescued from trcetops and floating wreckage; several railroads have been forced to suspend operations and incalculable damage has been dono to property. Seven persons arc known to have lost their lives. Wednesday five members of the family of W. C. Polk, a farmer, were drowned at Helton, and H. K. Lacy and a man named Manley late met a similar fate near Dallas. Laoey was driving stock from an overflowed field when he and his] horso became entangled in a wire] fence and drowned. Manley lost bis life while attempting to rescue marooned victims at tlio village of Grand Prairie. Waco, on the Brazos Hiver and in tlio centre of the flood area, Wednesday reported the most serious sitiations. Sections of that city are under water and it is estimated that more than 10,000 residents are homeless. Property damage is estimated in excess of $ 17a,000. Tlio military companies stationed there have been ordered on duty by Governor Colquitt and ball cartridges have been issued to the guardsmen for use in the event of looting. So far there has been no disordo r. In th Leon Hiver bottoms, near Temple, a number of men, women and children still were marooned late Thursday after spending twenty-four hours in the trees, and Thursday night it was uncertain when improvised boats could be navigated through the swift water. Near Dallas boatment Wednesday rescued a dozen persons from trees in the Trinity river bottoms and earlier in the day boats took refugees from trees near Waxachie and at other points. The Colorado Hiver at Austin after falling Tuesday night, Wednesday rose again, coming up at the rate of six feet an hour for a time. Three men riding on a log floated down the river at dsk, one getting into a tree far out from shore and the other two on top of the partially submerged grand stand of the baseball park. Boats were sent out to rescue the men, but were unable to locato them in the darkness. Who the men are is unknown. * WILL PAY Til KM. House Committee Wants Southern < 'Lurches Keinibursod. If a bill which the House committee on war claims Thursday reported favorably is passed thousands of dollars will shortly go into the pockets of peoplo in the South. These claims aroso out of depredations done to Southern property holders by federal soldiers during or immediately following the War of Secession. For many years past efforts have been made to get all those claims paid but without success. Following are the South Carolina items: Angelo Buero, $725; Nathan Gradick, $1,1 SO; James B. Howard, $1,100; Moses Winstock, $16,155; Baptist church of Beaufort, $2,200; St. Helena Episcopal church of Beaufort, $1,150; public schools of Darlington, $980; Trinity Protestant Episcopal church of Edisto Island, $1,200; Mount Zion society, Fairfield county, $6,000; South, of Hampton county, $1,7 10; Baptist church of Hardee vi He, $1,050; Stoney Creek Presbyterian church of MePhcrsonville, $2,.r>00; German Lutheran church of Orangeburg, $983.33. . ltORHKU (il'.TS $10,000. Shoots llank Manager and Ksoapos in Stolen Automobile. A lono masked bandit late Wednesday held up the Hank of Montreal branch at Plum Coulu, Manitoba, stolo $10,000 in currency, sliot. and killed the bank manager, H. M. Arnold, and escaped in a stolen automobile. Mounted police and a posse of citizens followed the trail to the bills and are believed to have surrounded the robber on the wooded bluffs. The masked man first apearod at a garage where, at the point of a revolver, ho forced tho proprietor to supply him with a powerful automobile. The bandit drove tho machine to the rear door of tho bank. Arnold was alone, other employees of the bank not having returned from luncheon. Tho bank manager submitted while the robber took several packages of money, but attempted to follow as tbo latter entered the automobile. Then tho bandit turned and shot Arnold. School children who witnessed tho robber's escape gave tho alarm. MURE FOR COTTON ? SAYS SMITH, IF I AHMFKS KXKW TIIK VALl KS. SENATOR IS WORKING Mas Socurod MxpcriiiKMits by Government Kxpcrts Wlu Are Making Tests to Discover the Intrinsic \ aluo of the Various Cotton Grades So That the Farmer Can Get More. Senator Smith Saturday spent several hours at the department of agriculture at Washington, where lie inspected the progress of the experiments being made to demonstrate the intrinsic value of cotton, expressed in terms of the relation of the various grades to each other. The government expert, Dr. Cobb, and his corps of assistants are in constant touch with the senator. They express themselves as "satisfied with the roults as far as we have gone." Senator Smith had amazed these experts by his technical knowledge of cotton. At the last session of congress the senator secured a special appropriation of $16,000 to conduct these experiments, which will determine the waste, the tonsil strength and the blenching quality expressed in rela ii\?- vd i urr> i w cl?> iJUbUU UU IIIO ofllcial government grades. Senator Smith, in commenting on the experiments, said: "lielieving, as ! do, that every producer of a staple product for the market is entitled to know, by every means that the government can legitimately expend, the intrinsic value of what ho produces, I secured the appropriation for this work. These experiments will affect every department of cotton, the manufacturer as well as the producer. 1 want to educate the farmer, as to what each grade of cotton can he manufactured into, and what is the actual value of the cotton used in the conversion. I believe that the farmer is capable of taking care of himself provided he is as well posted as is his buyer." "The purpose of these experiments is to make available the information, which conveyed to the farmer, will give him that knowledge necessary to place him on a equal footing with the buyer and the manufacturer of his material, with reference to Its intrinsic worth. All farmers know what they lose on the off grades of cotton. These experiments will show why such conditions now exist. Although the work is in an incomplete state, sufllcient progress has been made to reveal some starting results?and every one of them are in favor of the prod ucer." "I want the government to issue a bulletin to the farmers so they may better learn the grades and the value of tho grades expressed in relative terms to each other. Now, by the word 'valuo' I mean the real manufactured worth of the grades?that is, the tonsil strength, the bleaching qualities, etc. "I want to help the people to help themselves?give the people prosperity?then education and tho finer arts will naturally follow. Prosperity is tho keynote?for tho people all know that education is power." Senator Smith expects to havo these experiments completed in a short time. The government officials are interested in the work under the supervision of the senator and are pushing the experiments to a successful end. Pay for Militia. Adjt. Gen. Moore has received orders from the War Department to pay tho five companies of the National Guard which passed reinspection for the time on encampments. * WHERE ARE THE DEAD?" Our new hook of Rf>0 pages by Rev. Pen G. Rronsrhton. D 11 nssiatnrl Kv several of the world's most noted ministers, answers this question clearly and satisfactorily. Tt is truly the twentieth century light versus tho dark age theories. A imstoJy defenso of the Scriptures. Outfit sent on receipt of lf>c. Host terms. Agents selling 30 to HO books per day. Don't miss this opportunitf. Order outfit at once. Complete book sent postpaid on receipt of $1.50. Phllllps-Boyd Publishing Company, Atlanta, Ga. b 1 i CJL3 mjjnjik gj ?35 Noah's Liniment is the best uy.ywi1 ' 7 ;Tfl| Dflra remedy for Rheumatism, pbiitLtSliiiliiiAl y-rjjj Sciatica, Lame Back, Stiff I ^jMj Joints and Muscles, Sore mM\ I'hroat, Colds, Strains, I pratr^*,1 Ifflw Sprains. 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Jeffreys Goldsboro, N. C. For Sale?Fruit, Shade Ornamental trees and shrubs. Catalogue free. Cureton Nurseries', Austeel, Ga. Imported Indian Banner Ducks? $2.50 pair. Brown Leghorn hens, $1.25. llettie Newkirk, Willard, N. C. Hurry! Choice Matings, Bombon Red Turkeys; four, $0; liens, $5; Pair, $0; trio, $12. Bombon Farm, Kemp Mills, N. C. White Wyandottes?Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatching. W. P. Causey, 1315 Dickens St., Columbia, S. C. .Marry?Many wealthy Californians seeking marriage. Photos and descriptions free. Mission Agency, B 710, San Francisco, Cal. "Marry?Many rich, congenial, anxious for companions. Interesting particulars, photo free. The Messenger, Jacksonville, Fla. Special?Pure white and Exhibition Fawn and White Runners, $5; trio Utility, $1 each or $10 doz. Mrs. J. F. Carroll, Hohennald, Tenn. Homer Pigeons?T>0c. White Wyandotte, White and Brown Leghorn cockerels, $1. Fine Jersey cows. Ben bow Farmers, Oak Ridge, N. C. Printer Pressman Wanted?For weekly paper and small Jcrb ofliee. Steady position; good pay to satisfactory man. Address J. L. M., General Delivery, Charleston, S. C. For Sale?Frost Proof cabbage plants; sure early headers, $1 per thousand. Frost Proof lettus plants, 2f>c hundred. W. Lykes, Lykesland, S. C. Toole's Pure, Early, Prolific Cotton Seed. Fruits heavily. Wilt-resistant. Holds record line production. Supply limited. Write now for sample and prices. G. L. Toole, Aiken. S. C. Cabbage Plants?D i r e c t from Younge's Island; DOc per thousand. Big lots cheaper. Cash with order saves purchaser return charges on money. Fred F. Pooser, Orangeburg, S. C. For Sale?Good farms, all sizes, cotton, tobacco anil truck successfully grown. Coming section of Horry county. Ten to twenty dollars per acre. Ask us for list. Ream & McKenzie, Loris, S. C. Engraved Visiting Cards and Wedding Invitation orders promptly filled. Write for styles of engraving. Visiting cards engraved in scrip, $1.50 per 100 postpaid. Sims llook Store, Orangeburg, S. C. For Salo?10-foot Bishop and Rabcack soda fountain, Herman silver pumps and fittings. Hark mission oak. Hack bar. Large plate glass mirror. A first class outfit, including electric carbonator. Cost $1,500 three years ago. Will sell .at bargain for spot cash. O. K. Wilson, Orangeburg, S. C. Motorcycle Special Oil?Five gallon * $3.75, once tried always used Goodyear tires, belts, chains, ITarley parts. Expert motor repairing. Everything for the motorcycle. Mail orders a specialty. Get our catalogue. T. S. Chipley, "The Motorcycle Man," Greenwood, S. C. Farm 1 ,:?? I Acres, situated Chester County, one mile from railroad station; good school and church; Seaboard road runs through farm; has nine houses, 1 f> plows open; plenty running water, plenty saw tipaberl for all building purposes; fino pas- j ture. What liave you to trade for this farm? Fletcher & Smoot, McColl, S. C. I'so (Jasolino Lighting Systems?Individual or central generation, which have stood the test. Tor parilnnlora nol* ** T n tivuuiio doi\ i>i. jj, ruiiiuior, fjnaneston, S. C. Our tanks and airpumps (the latter also handy for Autonioinoblle use), aro unsurpassed for durability. Mantels and glassware for all lighting systems, the very best at lowest prices. Order your supply from M. L. To miner, 612 King St., Charleston, S. C. For Sale?Hope's Mexican Rig Roll Cotton Seed. Placo your orders early for this loading variety and increase your cotton profits 2 5 to 50 per cent. A wonderful yieldor; extra early; 40 per cent, lint of the highest quality; largest boll known; 30 bolls to pound. Plant It once you will plant it always. Special CAUSES SOMK COMMENT. New York Papers Think Hloase Pardons Too Ereely. The wholesale pardoning of inankillers l?y Governor Please on Thanksgiving Day has caused much comment on the part of the newspapers of the country, and the action of Clovernor Hlease in turning sixty man-killers loose one day, two-thirds of whom are negroes and one-third white men, will not elevate the State in the eyes of other people. Tho New York World says: "Clovernor Cole Hlease of South Carolina pardoned one hundred convicts yesterday. Twenty-eight of them were serving life sentences for murder and twenty-eight for manslaughter. 'I want 'em to eat Thanksgivin dinner at home,' said the eminent demagogue who turned them loose. Tho fifty-six victims of these fifty-six man-killers will not eat Thanksgiving dinner at home. They will continue to sleep the deep sleep of tho grave. Even in South Carolina the dead do not vote, and have no voice in the election of a United States Senator." No, the poor fellows these mankillers put in their graves have no votes, and, consequently, Clovernor Hlease has no sympathy to waste on the widows and orphans the men he has turned out of the penitentiary made with their handy pistols. Widows and orphans cast no ballots, hut the men who made them widows and orphans have, if they are pardoned, and that is why Clovernor Hlease turned these white and black man-killers loose. lie expects to make votes by it. Hut he should lose more than ho gains by turning these man-killers loose 011 the good people of the St ate. The cartoonists also take a hand in showing how merciful Clovernor Hlease is to tho man-killers and especially the negro man-killers. On Wednesday of last week ono of the cartoonists of tlm Vow York- Sim found inspiration for a drawing in the Thanksgiving pardon proclamation of the governor of South Carolina. It is not a pretty picture, showing as it does a vicious-looking negro convict, garbed in stripes, a pistol in one hand and his writ of freedom in another, gazing with adoration at a portrait labelled "Gov. Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina," and supposedly singing, as the line below suggests, "For he's a jolly good fellow!" Governor Blease will claim that these references to his mercy in pardoning man-killers is persecution. But as a matter of fact are they? Why should newspapers at the North and West persecute Governor Blease? What does the honest people of South Carolina, regardless of who they voted for in the last election, think of the action of Governor Bleaso in turning sixty man-killers loose on them in one batch. Forty of these liberated man-killers are negroes, the very kind of negroes that commit the crime for which they are put to death without the aid of judge or jury. Again we ask what does the people think of the action of Governor Blease in turning loose twenty white and forty black man-killers in one batch? We would warn tho people to be on their guard. prices for GO days, threo bushels, $T>00. The demand will be much greater than my supply. Nothing but the choicest seed shipped. J 1). Hope, Sharon, S. C. Farm for sale?400 acres of fine ..farm land four and a half miles from Cope and the same distanco from Norway for sale, three hundred acres open land. Plenty of wood and a fair amount of saw timber. This place can bo made as fine a farm as there is in Orangeburg county. Comparatively level. Terms: One-third cash and the balj anco in five years with seven per. | cent interest. For terms, and other particulars apply to G. 13. Kittrell, Cone. S. G. A line southwest Georgia plantation for sale. We offer for sale our Leary plantation, located a halfmile from Leary, a town of about 000 population, in Calhoun county, Ga., 22 miles southwest of Albany, Ga., a city of nearly 1 0,000 popu innuii, containing neraiy r>,000 acres of what is generally known as reddish pebbly land. This farm lies nearly level?just rolling enough to guarantee good drainage, and is considered one of the tlenst plantations in Southwest Georgia. This place is not far from Americas, in oumter county. Wo will soli tho place as a whole, or will sell it in parcels, and will give reasonable terms. Tho place is at present in a terms. The place is at present in a high state of cultivation, equipped with everything necessary to make a crop, including an .abundance of colored labor. For particulars apply to O'Neal & Willingliam, Macon, Ga. Hurt by Explosion. Charlie Cutts and Claude White, two little boys of Florence, wero hurt by the explosion of powder in a gun shell with which they wero playing Saturday. They had fortunately taken the shot out before setting lire to it. Tho latter was badly burned about tho face and will bo fortunate if ho saves even one eye. The former was not badly hurt. *