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' VOLUME XXX. WAY INTO MEXICO ACROSS DESERT The American Exposition Must , Pass Over Great Dcso* late Plain VILLA'S RETREAT IN MUUiM I AIIMo bt YUIMU Ktfild and Barren Region Makes k Campaign Most Difficult n For Soldiers. El Paso, Texas.?The point chosen P for an entrance for the punitive rxf peditiofi into Mexico is at the verge % of a dreary, desolate plain, inhabited principally by coyotes and prairie dogs, swept by sand stoms and denuded of vegetation except the cactus and a few other spiky and objectionable growths. For at least thirty miles the United States troops must make their way Aacross this desert. They then reach the lowest range of the Sierru Madrc mountains rising to a height of 8,000 to 3,500 feet, broken ami twisted into all manners of fantastic shancs bv vol cnnic action and barren of any verdure worth of the name. Lonely half civilized ranchmen are found here and there in the valleys, nursing their cat, lie at the infrequent and scanty water 4'holes and subsisting almost entirely on beef. To offset the evil results of a continuous diet of beef, it is said they drink the blood of the cattle which contains supposedly healthy salts. There are no roads of any kind 111 all this region. An ancient track known as the "smugglers' trail," is Jfcused by such traffic as passes through. The expeditionary force must carry its own provisions and must in a large measure rely also on ics base for water. After fighting its way against nature assisted by whatever guerrilla troops Villa may he able or carc to muster for about 125 miles through Jk this country the punitive expedition will reach the Sierra Madre proper, a range of mountains rising from 8,000 to 10,000 feet. Americans who have penetrated these fastnesses claim that the region is one of the wildest, most barren and desolate that it is possible to find anywhere in the world. The * mountains are split by canyons, some ?of which have a sheer depth of be' tween 2,000 and 3,000 feet and there # is not even a recognized trail through their solitudes. From Casas Grandes, south, howevJ er, the country is thickly wooded, al 1 '.aigli devoid of vegetation which j- /Uld provide forage for horses or I ?God of any kind for men. In the CasGrandes section the expedition would strike the Casas Grandes river which sweeps westward and here splits into three considerable branches. By following one of the branches the soldiers would be able to obtani sufficient water, but between the between the streams the mountains rise in great barriers, presenting a ^country almost inaccessible even to men on foot, and, according to the few Americans who have ventured there, impassible to wheeled transports of any sort. It is in these wilds that Pancho Villa is said to have taken refuge and there to be prepared to wage a guerrilla warfare on the troops who have been ordered to pursue him to death capture. CASINO THEATRE 111 A riiir- fti in#* HA5 NNt flANU McQueen Quattlebaum recently installed the new electric piano at the Casino moving: picture show and the patrons have not been slow in expressing their appreciation. The old piano was good in its day b?t it was a good idea to trade it in on this fine instrument which cost the management nearly a thousand dollars. ! - ? ? "H .i 1' TO KEEP OUT OF WAR HIS DEAREST WISH President Tells Scandinavians Nothing is Nearer His Heart Washington.?President Wilson told a delegation of Scandinavians today that nothing was nearer his heart than keeping the United States out of war. He was assured by leaders of the delegataion that his efforts in behalf of peace have been strongly approved throughout the country. In reply the President said: "I can assure you that nothing is nearer my heart than keeping this country out of war and doing anything that the United States can do to show its preference for peace and for justice, and for the tilings that make it impossible that nations should fight oik- another?real understandings and friendships and fair dealings. "You may rest assured that it cheers me very much that you should come and utter this word of encouragement." The Scandinavians came here in the interest of a movement to erect a mon ument in honor of Captain John Erico son, the inventor of the monitor type of warship. Representative Fitzgerald's bill to iLt.nrnnrinti* $100 000 I'm- t nrnntmn ?jr i 1" -r - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ' VI v#,v here of such a memorial was urged before the House library committee today by a large delegation. MAGISTRATE COURT HELD AT WAMPEE Another chapter, in the BellamyBright land case was written at Wampee last week when Magistrate L. F. Bryan held a hearing under ejectment proceedings brought by the Brights requiring Fred O. Bellamy to show cause why he should not vacate the place. The hearing resulted i/i the showing of bona fide color of claim to the premises by Fred O. Bellamy and as provided by statute the court allowed him to enter into bond and remain in possession of the place. It is now the right of the Brights to bring a suit in the court of Common Pleas for recovery of the possession of the land if they can establish good title to the same, and should they win Bellamy is bound under his bond to pay their cost. The testimony at the hearing wan sufficient to convince any reasonable man that the Bellamy's have a good claim to this land, notwithstanding the reports that have been indistriously circulated to the contrary. However if the Brights have a better title they have the right to go into the court of common pleas and establish it. NITRATE PROPOSAL REFORE COMMITTEE Washington.?The senate committee on agriculture last week considered the bill proposed by Senator Smith of South Carolina which would appropriate $15,000,000 to construct a plant for production of nitrate from the air. The committee was told that nitrate is in great demand for fertilizer, especially in the South as well as for manufacturer of war munitions. and that all the supply for the United States comes from Chile, a source that might easily he cut off by any sliong naval blockade. o The Laney-Odum act passed at the recent session of the legislature hit the insurance agents all over the State a very hard hlow for the reason that the companies refused to do business in the State under the terms of the act. Some companies however remained. There was a meeting of business men in Columbia last week for the purpose of considering plans to get rid of the law. The main result of the meeting was the appointment of committees to circulate petitions throughout the State asking the Governor to call a special session ef the legislature for the purpose of .rying to repeal the law. ( Wlmcx, ^ v ORKY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, ANNUAL CONVENTION AT GALIVANTS FERRY Convenes at That Point on Wednesday and Thursday Next Week DELEGATES WILL MEET CONVEYANCES AT AYNOR Advice to Send in Full Reports ? i \ and Make Good Showing. ! This is the last call. The tenth Annual County Sunday School Convention meets next Wednesday and Thursday with the Galivants Ferry Baptist Sunday School. If you are interested in Sunday School work in any way, you are invited and urged to attend. Special Notice: Arrangements have hppn made to meet at Aynor all delegates from Conway and all those who will have to go up on the train. However, if you have your own team or automobile, you will aid the local com mittee by driving through. Send names of delegates as soon as possible to Mr. F. G. Holliday, Galivants Ferry. Dinner will be served each day on the grounds, so you may bring along a well filled basket. Mr. Superintendent: Send in your report immediately to Mr, Will Goldfinch, Conway, S. C. If you fail to send it in, the grand total of the reported Sunday School of the United States and of your own denomination will be short by ^liat much. The United- States Census Bureau depends upon the International Sunday School Association for the Sunday School statistics of our nation. Kindly do your part to have this information correct. Also, may I ask that you come to the Convention and bring at least two of your teachers with you. Announce the Convention Sunday, and urge your people to attend. Mr. J. C. Spivey, our treasurer, wilii v.ant to make a complete report at the Convention, so if you have an un-J paid pledge, kindly send it in to hini without fail. i The County Convention meets next week at Galivants Ferry, The State Convention meets May 3, 4, 5, at Charleston. Make your plans to at-1 U nd both. Full program on page eight. j PAUL QUATTLEBAUM, County r res. i. E. PRINCE STOCK SOLD LAST WEEK T.he stock of merchandise of Mr. J. E. Prince at Loris, S. C., was turned ' by the assignee last week at the highest bid which was received for the property. The purchaser was the firm of Butler Bros., of Loris and they will sell the goods at retail. Many sales of land are advertised in this paper for the first Monday in April. Attend these sales and obtain a bargain in real estate. DO YOU K There is no Federal institut States for the reception and < Plague is a disease of r Malaria is spread by a spcci House screening is a good c Fingers, flies and food spres Pellagra may be prevented The United States Public I the common towel spreads tr* Children from sanitary hor school than those from dirty i B IP FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER." MARCH 23, 1910. GERMANY READY \\ TO MAKE AMENDS Will Satisfy United States If Responsible for Torpedoing Ship NOT YET CERTAIN SUBMARINE SANK If It Did Comraandor Exnoodod i Instructions, Is Word I From Berlin. Washington.?Unofficial advices received here indicate that Germany will make complete amends to the United States if it is found that a German submarine torpedoed the Norwegian bark Silius, from which seven Americans were rescued in Havre roads. i The German government is represented here as believing that a torpedo was not responsible for the loss of the bark and that any commander who attacks a neutral ship such as the Silius without warning would be exceeding his instructions. The sinking of the Silius is thus a matter of much concern because Am eiican Consul Osborne at Havre ro-| ported that the ship was torpedoed without warning. His report was based on statements of American survivors. Officials are inclined to entertain the possibility that the ship might have struck a mine, but the case is being investigated further. Today the State Department received another report from Consul Osborne which failed to mention the cause of the sinking, merely saying the vessel was unarmed, carried a cargo of grain and no passengers. Of the crew of 17 members only three perished. Among the victims was the captain, a Norwegian. He also reported the name3 of four of the seven Americans aboard the ship. These were: John Hartman, Philadelphia. Daniel Nobal, John Van Galen and ITenry Monahan, addresses not given. Hartman is in a hospital with a ; fractured hip. The other three are on route to Now York aboard the steamer Taxandrier, due to arrive there j April 1. PRINCE ALBERT CAR j ! VISITED THE COUNTY W. E. Edwards, the goniel and popular travelling man for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, spent last 1 week at Conway and in the adjacent county pushing the sales of Prince Albert and the other popular brands ! of tobacco which are advertised and put out by his company. Under the management of Mr. Edwards the sales have increased to a wonderful extent in his territory and he says that he finds it easy to dispose of a good sound article. His car was decors.tp/1 \?'i I. In ? . i. wm ii ivn Ku^t' 11111 i d 1 l' Ji 1 f lilC" Kil gOS | and the "Prince Albert Car" was a fitting name for it as it flew about visiting the merchants here. NOW THAT ion in the continental United ;are of lepers? odents? al mosquito? lisease preventive? id typhoid fever? or cured by proper diet? iealth Service believes that ichoma, a disease of the eyes? nes advance more rapidly in >remises? rM. > PROGRAM BUCK f GREEK UNION To Be Held With Hickory Grove ' Baptist Church April 28th, 29th and 30th. Introductory Sermon by appointee. List of Churches called, letters read and delegates enrolled. Query No I?When was the Church of Christ first organized? assigned to Rev. P. B. Coats. Query No. 2.?Why do we have Union each 5th Sunday? assigned to Rev. J. W. Todd. Saturday's Session. Moderator opens the Union with usual ceremonies. I list of absent churches called, lettors read and delegates enrolled. Query No. 3.?What is the importance and effect of prayer? assigned to Rev. W. I). Stevens. Query No. 4.?What is the gospel ? assigned to T. M. Tyler. Query No. 5.?What are the duties of a deacon toward the church ? assigned to R. Mc Caines. Location of next 2nd session of theU nion. Adjournment. Rev. W. G. Chestnut, H. F. Hardee, I. H. Chestnut, COMMITTEE. , EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMAN MILITARY CAMP Col. 1). A, Spivoy has been appointed Executive Committeeman for Horry County, of the Southern Military Camp League. ' . \ The ultimate object of this organization is to get a Camp located at Columbia, S. C. The Camp for this year will be at Fort Oglethropc, Ga., beginning May ord, next. Any parties in Horry interested in joining this Camp will do well to contor with Mr. Snivev riohi nwnv. - ? ' ~ " TO REOPEN CANAL FOR RIO VESSELS Washington.?An oilicial prediction1 that the Panama canal will bo reopened by April 15 for the passage of deep draft vessels is announced by the war department. | Conditions in Gaillard cut, scene of I the principal earth movement which blocked the waterway last fail, are regarded as justifying the forecast. Col. Harding, acting governor of the canal zone, telegraphed the war department as fellows: "Conditions in Gaillard cut justiff predictions that canal will be available for ships of 50 foot draft on April 1:5 subject to probable temper-! ary delays thereafter to meet exigencies of dredging* fleet in completing shoala that may possibly develop."! MAY FIND PROFIT IN CATTLE RAISING One indication of increasing pros-j perity in this section of the State, is j the attention that farmers are now! paying attention to cattle and hog raising. That they are waking up to the profits that can be made from this line of industry goes without' spying. Recently several shipments of live stock have been made from this point to other markets. There is a demand for cattle, sheep and hogs that it seems impossible to fill completely and the farmers are nowwaking up to their opportunities. One great help in the industry is the establishment of dipping vats in many sections of the county. o W. E. Dendy, native South Carolinian, who has been superintendent of the city schools at Monroe, Ga., has resigned to act as registrar and secretary to the president of Oglethorpe university, Atlanta. 111 1113 LI iflfll m?l JnMHUo NO. 40 Bps marching through mexico Two Columns Crossed Mexican Border Thursday and Camped in Desert MAKE NO OPPOSITION TO INVADING FORCES Details of Army Movements Are Hidden Under Strict News Censorship. "( J / ' The American expedition which entered Mexico spent an uneventful first night in camp only a short distance across the American line. Brigadier General Pershing, commander of the expedition, accompanied the force as far as the border and tllOM riUlirnnil >??*! u-ilh v?ivu I V vv?i II\M) 1UI\I n Uki iUlVlllVl I'll I of the troops entereil Mexico to the flank of the main army. Despite rigorous censorship, which closed all telephone and telegraph wires to military movements, it became known that about ">.000 men entered Mexico, .. : Aeroplanes to Be Used. Aeroplanes on motor trucks are bc)i AVO/I ti> liovn ?\ ti c> ii.A. I .. I .. Tl I : V < VM V V J/llOOVVl 1111V iHtM* with the expedition. Flying conditions, owing to the clearness of the atmosphere, are ideal. When General Pershing gave the order to march the soldiers swept forward with a shout. * Cowboys off the ranges, enrolled as scouts and cavalry, led the way. Two infantry regiments, some field artillery and a wagon train followed. The departure was as business-like as a practice march. A long hazy line of alkali dust standing out against the dull white of the plains and the blazing light of the sun marked their progress toward the bonier. Mexicans Make Way. Col. Slocum met Col. Davila, of the Mexican forces, who promised that no resistance would be made. The entire Mexican population in Palomas, soldiers and civilians without exception, cleared a way when ths Americans passed through the town The censor has r.skod all correX\iOlwloil t s. fill llll" K*' I I f.-. - k V.. HUUI IIUl UJ close military movements or details as to numbers of troops, saying' that to make public questions of such military importance might moan a loss of American lives. This rule applied only to mail matters as not even the general facts of the crossing have been allowed to go over the telegraph wires, which are under military control. The column leaving Columbus was thoroughly equipped for all conditions thai might arise, and represented ail aims of the service. CENSORSHIP STOPS NEWS FROM BORDER San Antonio, Texas.?A rigid censorship was ordered established at Columbus, N. M., by Major Gen. Funs ton. Ho instructed Brig. Gen. Pershing, commanding there, to take charge of the telegraph othce, watch ah automobile routes, and guard telephone wires out of the town. This action was taken to prevent news of the troop movement leaking out in press dispatches. Gen. Punston said newspaper re porters from New Mexico had been revealing every movement of troops, the disposition of the forces and the amount of their equipment. "There was no use trying to conceal our plans here while there was a leak on the border," he explained. "We had to act." It was indicated that if the censorship was evaded martial law might be the next step in controlling the news situation at Columbus. o Superintendent S. H. Brown attended the State Teacher's Association in i Columbia which convened in that city recently. r-. t