The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, April 28, 1914, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
Some Information About
With reference to Vera Cruz-El Paso, Texas, and Juarez Mexico,
mi^ht be compared a'tth the situation o> Chicago in , rete.* lon to
Charleston. Juarez, or to give it the full name, Ciudad Juarez, for
merly known as El faso ael Norte, is in the very middle of the north']
ern boundary line ol' Mexico. und Vera Cruz is the principal port, and
is located on the eastern coast, toward the,southernmost part of Mex
ito. . .,v v. . ; , - .".
Miis #ives some idea of the wide area covered by the American
forces at this time. Secretary Daniels has had *a patrol arranged to
sault rifbng thc Gulf of Mexico, and the 1,5oo miles of the northern
border of Mexico is being patrolled by the United States army.
. Wv.;. population-of El Paso, Texas, is given a< 39,3 79 uv i<Jto, te?4<J
fheVc are ot Rekurse many moie residents there, because th's count d.-es
notJhclude the suburbs. Half of the residents are said to be Mexi
cans. There are a ^re.it many South Carolinians in El Paro, among
whom might be mentioned W. D. Mayfield and family, formerly r>f
.Greenville.. ?!r. Mayiiehi wert there for his health directly after he
finished his to;m cr ci?ke hs state superintendent of education. Fr >m
the roof of lils V.mc he and his family have witnessel many battles
amlikirrmVhev in Juarez, \ !?h ts just across the Rio Grand.? liver.
Juarez, has been in the hands of half a dozen different facti.u.s in
the last three yeas* rvU.di.yo. Zapata, Villa and, others hav; started
their w?iv io Success in titi'? northern capital of-;i the i?vo.;!t''-nl?ti;.
Juarez, is a wicked city, pV?? over to horse racing, and chicken light
ing, and other half rivi luce J pursuits. It is t^OOO miles northwest ?if
Me:?ico City, and Vie vico Cbv b 263 miles from Vera Cru?, and al
most due west. Mexico City is almost equi-distant from Vera Cruz
on the Atlantic and Acapulco on the Pacific The port at Acapulco is
now blockaded by the b?ttleslvp California, which was built and is
now commanded by Capt. N A. McCully of this city.
One hundred miles due south of Juarez is the considerable city of
Chihuahua, which is now the capital of the Constirotiohalrsts, under
Gen. Carranza. Three hundred miles southeast of Chihuahua is Tor
re?n, the strategical point where the bitter fighting was carried on a
few, days ago between Villa on the one side and Velasco and Maas
on the other. And five, hundred miles southeast of Torre?n is the capi
tal city, 'the home of the Montezeumas," that proud and gentle aris
a . ,: .. ' ' . --. i, v ? ? . ' ;. -r.ai
City and State ot Vera
as They Are T?
Scene of First Bloodshed
Following la. a description of Vera I accounts for the frightful ravagea of
_ .???" ,"u~~. ?j- ?rtt yellow and other fevers: Yellow far
^""*"-^? 'ver IH ?."est prevalent from May till
American blooa waa sp.iled In the November. Although It is th? chief
pTos?nt conflict. port for all Mexico. Vera.Cruz han* nb
Vera Crus, or Villa Ne?va de la Vera harbor, but ohly an open roadstead be
Cruz (the new etty of the Reel Cress), tween the town and the castle.
* . tha D"", nna.t nt The anchorage ls exceedingly bad,
an important 6% on the east coast ot ^ ^neQ ih^nort or nortee!
Mexico, about ?1 miles east ot the. (terrible hurricanes, bearing af?ng
?Mtv of Mexico, with a population In with'them clouds nf sand Trom the
roi lection from many h?Mdna. The j?w?g Bhate A breakwater ls td
? tty is bu lt In a semi-circle facing the proCoeB of construction which will do
be?, fin? ls regularly ?a.*?0?1: Te much towards Itaprdvlng the harbor,
streets, which arc *!??rth?i ta us- a m y thls clljr a?d Met,Co
agi in the tropical ^?^^"S?S 'vag begun in UKI. end completed in
east and weit, troru the hbrhor. with lgw Tbere i8 also to be an Ihteroc
others crossing them at rl?ht angles. ?ftWc ,me tQ AcaDlilt.0.
Tho town ls **>VK 5.^t.5i?? *?? chief exports are the precious
^W^I? cochlnal, sugar, flour, mdlgo.
work*; ba ?hW byjthe^f*-^ -* provisions, sarsaparilla, leather, va
do Hitos, whjbh^ds^ur?ae an tilfend ?t?, . j togwopd and plmen
of the Mame p?m?, a?one a :?g*g^ tc, ?nd the import*, cation, woolen,
from the shore.; T'^^Sf*1 bJfc liben ind silk goods, brandy, iron
Mogs are the ca??rat and other ^ ^ quicksilver, paper, hard.
^uu^ii ~?'V2?2ZZ ware abd cutlery, earthenware, etc
court house ^l^j!on> w>l?:n *?*M- was the n'rjt Spanish aetflemeht on the
oo one side ot the great square in ty rAk?t
center et the city. | g?te of Tern tri*. {
There art a few good hospitals, ^be -, \^
dratnaae of the city flows down open . Vera Cru?; a mirath?* ?t?te of
channel; tn thc center of the streets Mexico, consisting hf a belt of terri
wlilch aro almost on a- level with the tory ?bout 30 miles long by SO miles
. 'asa. nus. combined with the wretch, broad, stretching along the southwest
?d water ?ratch the inhabitant* are coast of the Gulf of Matteo. SfJOl
com ?el red to drink, the maraby and square miles. Population ld 13B5 Mfe.
utter? hatte* hstare of the ahrronnd- m. chieTfjr Creoles ?nd Indians. The
?ni country, and the pestllcht?al. PA- coast .region, a^stxip shmit
tur? of *be dtmate geOhrallV, easily Wld?. is lbw, revel end sandy, Ht v
the Geography of Mexico
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tocratic race of kings that was butchered by Cortez, who came in ?\??
name of Christianity, under the banner "in Hoc Signo Vinces," and
drenched with blood the lovely Aztec city and looted the palaces and
the tmeples, and gave to the simple ad confiding r?ce of people their
first impressions of greed, treachery, rapine ?fid blood-thirstiness.
Mexico has been a charnel house and a shambles ever since.*
Brownsville is the Southernmost point on the coast of Texas, and
just acioss the mouth of the Rio Grande river from Brownsville is
Matanioras. Tampico, sprung into worldwide notoriety in the last
few days, is 150 miles south of Brownsville arid midway between Vera
Cruz and Brownsville. Galveston is atfout 200 miles north ol'
Brownsville, and in the environs of. Galveston is Texas City where
.10.-000-regulars have been hardening and training for a year..
Among the citizens of Anderson who have more than a passing ac
quaintance with Mexico is C. J. DcCaihps, the \vell known real estate
niau and engineer who some years ago was engaged in railroad con
struction in that country. He declares that while the climate at Vera
Cruz is wretched, being subject to malaria and yellow fever on ac
count of the outlyiug lagoons, yet this territory, at sea level sobh gives
way to font hills and then to towering mountains. Within twenty
rr??res cf Vera Cruz is the railroad bridge which holds the key to the
situation in approaching the capital city. Foi ty miles out from Vera
Cruz one has passed the fever infected jungles and morasses and has
begun tc ascend, in fact the altitude here is something like 4,ooo feet,
Asheville, N. C., being only about l.voo. This whole backbone of
Mexico, flanked on each side by narrow coastal strips, is of volcanic
origin. The rail line ascends to a maximum of lo.ooo feet before it
begins to approach the City of Mexico, which is one bf the most beau
tiful in the world, and is on a plateau 7,5oo feet above the sea. The
highest mountain east of the Rockies is Mount Mitchell in North Caro
Imo, which is 6,711 feet and towers above the other spurs of the
Blue Ridge
The danger of Mexican bullets, therefore, is not (Jie only terror to
be encountered in Mexico. While the climate of the plateau country is
equable, more so than in any point in South Carolina, yet in Vera
Cruz, Acapulco and Tampico there is to be encountered the dread yel
low fever anet" the approaching season of the year is the period when
yellow fever is most prevalent.
characteristic feature bing Its la
goons. In t?ie southeast corner of the
state iv" the Isthmus of Tahuantepec
(q. .v.). Its climate is hot and un
healthy, yellow fever prevailing from
May to November. The interior slopes
toward th?. Volcanic mountain range
of the Sierra Madre, by which lt ls
traversed, culminating in the peak of
Orizaba, 17,314 feet high, lt presents
nil varieties Of C-i linnie fluni Ifuplr.-i?
io arctic, ana a correspondre^ variety
of vegetable producta both of the .tor
rid and temperate fviues. The middle
region 'n. lerviie ?n.i covered with a
magnificent forest and plantations of
BUgi.r, coffee, tobacco, corn, etc., and
ir agreeable and: healthy. Among the
ni i ?ra? products are gold, copper,
lt-AJI OV.lt lAMlf
Look te Your Piambie*.
e know what happens In a hous?
.. .Heh the plumbing is ra poor con
ion--cyerybody in tho house is lis
le to contract t/phojd fever or sows
i*r fever. The .ilgestivq organs
riorm the same fractions la th? bu
ln body aa plumbing dees for
the boase, and should be kept th first
condition from time to tithe, if
JU have md trouble with your di*
Mitton take CharaberiahY* Tablets
sd you ita certain to get quick ro
llet'. For ?ale by Evana* Pharmacy.
BA ?fib BOO KI1/LK1) .
Making the Second for thin Week
Unnfetakable Digas.
Two rabid dogs have been killed
in Anderson this week. At this time
o? year this is unusual. One was killed
On. Church street Tuesoay. and again
.n.inT-Ha.. a rohlij Amy tva? ?ll;r>/w_
?red on 'Franklin street, at the home
of Judge Brezeale.
Thia was a colli-?, and was scting
queerly, fosmiug ac the mouth and
having fits. It ran the cook into the
house, but so far as is known made
bo attack on, any animals In the yard
or tn neighboring yards. Mr. E. B.
brlske.ll wa> summoned and put the
i dog ont oj the way with a shot gun.
STra?g?t at lt.
There ls no use "beating around the
bush," We might as well out with it
tl last, fte weat you tb try cHaittfr/.
faUVs Cough ftemedy the bait time
ydu hsve a cough or cold. There ls
no resHori BO far as we can see that
frou should riot do so. This prepara
tion by its., remarkable cures has
gained a world-wide reputation, and
?le everywhere speak of it in tho
eut terms of praise. lt i*> *or
by Evans* Pharmacy.
a ('ara fer
?-.?.a.
(orig* fcedleltte fer rtr?lir**. -i guttered w??, rheumatism for
.-* two years and could .not get my .right
Too much care cannot be nsedin se- band to my mouth for that time."
l?ctl?g a cough medicine for children, writes Lee L. Chapmen, Mapleton.
It should.bo pieanant TU te**, eont*m Iowa. "I sutfored terrible pain so I
no harmful substance abd be rnore ef- contd not Sleep or. lie still nt night
fectaal. Chamberlain s cough reme- Pira years ago I began using Cham -
Hf meets these requirements and is a berlalne Uniment and lb two months
favorite with mothers of young chit- I was well abd 1 hsvA ?ot suffered
dren everywhere. For salem Evans* with rheumatism ?inen.**-For sale by
HUNDREDS AMERICAN REFU
GEES ON WAY HOME FROM
MEXICO NOW
! MORE ARE DEAD
[avy'o Advice? During Day ?From
War Zone b That No Se
rious Riots Occurred
(By Associated Pross)
Washington. April 24.-Secretary
ryan announced tonight that ali
tuertean consuls in Mexico, whether
i federal or constitutionalist territory,
ad been authorized by ?he State de
artiucnt lu leave the country.
The navy department tonight re
?ived reports that the Bteamer Caper
uza has left Vera Ctf?i via Tampico
>r Calveston, with refugees on board,
he Jason atso will go to Galveston,
lopping at Tux pain for refugees. Tho
nnboat XaJhviDp waa' sent south
.om Vera Cruz to pick up refugees
t Puerto, Mexico,
I mports from Mexico ld the navy dc.
artinent also stated tnat refugee*
ere boarding American war vessels
t nearly all the ports where ships
ave been stationed.
The fuel ship Justin with 18 refugees)
'ft (?uavinas ano wiii go to ISRA i
hirty seven American refugees
ran risco, stopping at San Diego,
ere reported on board the Qlacjer
i To polo ha ni J.D. Admiral Mayo re
torted that the collier Cyclops had
een Bent north to Galveston from
ampico, carrying 3.">0 refugees. Tho
teamer Trinidad was charteren at
ampico and loaded with 275 Amerl
ins bound for Galveston.. One hun.
red employes of tho Huasteca Coin
any at Tampico also are on their
ay to Calves :jn in a yacht.
The ships at Tampico, Admiral Mayo
.ported, still have about 1,100 refug
ss on board and there are 200 or 300
a shore.
They have agreed to divide the time
>r the use of wireless telegraphy as
illowa: Six hours for the American
eet, 3*x for the British and the re
minder for other nations.
From Tampico it is reported that
ie port ls crowded with refugees.
,?ar Admirals Badger and Mayo are
laking every effort to send them
orth.j The steamship Trinidad has
een chartered for this purpose by
?ear Admiral Mayo and several Bun
red have been sent to Galveston on
oard the Cyclops.
No overt action on the part of the
lexicans has been reported from any
f tho ports.
The torpedo boat tender Dixie and
ile destroyers now at Tampico will
o used to send these refugees to Gal
eaton. The destroyers Paterson and
'aulding wore detached today and
ent from Tampico to Tuxpam to look
ut for refugies.
Admiral Badger reported the arrival
f the French cruiser Conde and thc
rltish cruiser Lancaster at Vera Cruz
A dispatch from Admiral Badger,
lade public nt the navy department
oday, adds to the list of American
ead at Vera Cruz the following:
Louis Frank Boswell, chief gun
ers mate, home address Cultervllle
Ils., next of kin. father, William li.
ib'j "ell.
Ki.ndolth Sutnmerlin, private marine
orps, home address Willacoochee,
ext of kin father, Benjamin F. Sum
lerlin.
Orders to hold up all shipments of
rms across the Mexican border were
eat today by the treasury department
3 all collectors of customs. The or
ers are in cooperation with the war
epartment's eorts to hold all ammun
ition.
President Willson today told Chad
ian Fitzgerald, of the house commit -
se oh appropriations, who had come
<3 the White House to learn if any
rar funds were needed, that no aj>
roprlation was required "for the prcs
rit.."
Kini itt A M.EX roi:
(By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.)
Sixty four years ago died Kdgar AI
?n Poe, the most interesting figure
i American literature.
If there was ever another man Just
ile* Poe ft would he exceedingly diffi
ult to ?lace him. We remember Shel.
?y, frail as the paper boats .he loved
3 sall; and John Keats, who was klll
d by'a critique, and whose name waayj
writfc In water," but of no finer fibre ?
ven than Shelley or Keats was Poe.
'he mose delicate Eolian Harp he
ras. upon whose soul the faintest
ephyr of experience played like a
L-i?ii>t-B\. A i!iOiinnii;i tiEwS sn??s san
ative than the most delicate instru
i'cr.t ever devi*ed by t .ie hand of man.
.oe was treated by h's contemporaries
s though he were.ian ordinary mah,
tlirk-skinned, pugnacious add fcre
fticd to stand any amount of rough
sago from thc world.
And because from* thc rough usage
.oe sought relief in drink-a thing he
u'ght not to have done, of course
ley called him a common drunkard
nd degraded sot,
That Poe drank to excess at times
annot be denied, hut excess vlth bim
ran nothing with other mon! A tea
(toon lui of brandy would make him
rtrhk. so exquisitely fine was his men
ti org?nlratlon.
This wonderful man died at the agc
P. G. Hmitb af Kew York Cwy^
XPERT PlAJiOVOfUE T?NBB AN?
... itt IaWa?Bejstif..,fa.
wttnaatJW? f **. factory.
rglC HOUSE, Bierkley M!o>
Anderson, g. ?,
I A TY I l\/-FKi* stir UP >'our ,ivcr a Uttle, just
? v ?-" enough io start the bile nicely.
One of Ayer's Pills at bedtime is all you need. These pills act di
r :ctly on the liver. Made for the treatment of constipation, bilious
ness, dyspepsia, sick-headache. Ask your doctor if he knows a
better pill for a sluggish liver. Then follow i?^-advice. ??5??A?*i,^a
The
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS
...BANK...
and
Thc Farmers Loan &TrustJCo.
Will bc pleased lo discount from 1500 lo 2000 gilt*edjge notes
running fruin ?550 to S t Ol) each, that vii be paid during the
months of October and November,
W?mt/Pfnr m/v 'w/?? BE WARE (
OFSfyQQTH STRANGERS W/TH N/CE *
^M^^EEMZ/VG &Q^jC/??Af?S
^^^^ J^J^B^^l
mm
If all of these schemes which ''Smooth" strangers com?
around to peddle are such great "Money Makers" why don't they
KEEP them themselves?
When a man is toying hard to sell you a proposition there M
something in it for HHV?-that's a surejthing. .
Is it not better for us all to keep our money herc _aft Theme,
invest ip arid build up OUR OWN Community? _ /
The man who does this is prosperous.
We pay 4 per cent, interest on Savings
Make OUR Bat; k YOUR bank
Anderson, 3- C.
Five Dollars Rewai*?ii
For the largest Water Melon grown fromour seed. We have.TOM WAT?
gilli, KL?KLEY. S HF HT und MONTE CRISTO. We altt? have for introduc.
tion, several hundred package? of three entirely new water melons which will
be given free to any of our farmer friends who will call at oar ?tere.
Kant's Boole ?Store
IF IN
-OF A VEHICLE OF ANY KIND
let us show you our stock before you buy.
We carry a complete stock of all kinds. Also ?iu!^
ness, Whips and Robes. % *
We have some extra good values iri Mu?e? and
Horses. Liberal terms and courteous treatment
to all.
ANDERSON, : SOUTH CAROLINA
ot 40, worn out not by his dissipations I
but by the wonderful friction for I
which he was unprepared. But os {
brief snd troubled as his life wa?. !" '
was not snuffed-out before bo '
pn us tho "Raven." ?*? ' ? ahd
'Annabel Lee". V i most re
markable prodiirlions ot the human
inlnd. The popularity ot the "Raven"
ia world-wide, and Justly too. for not
sven Shakespeare composed a sublim
er piece. Tte poet loses his early
I?ve. Levi.;* (innon!:ence> and ts vis
ited hy the raven (remorse). In other
words th* Raven ls the only story.of
Hie tri ?Hedy of a soul seeking to ullay
1U Im.nOrtat thirst or truth and beau
ty ar.d falling at last In Ute shadow
>f reappointment and sorrow.
Ifs Jos' Like
When yon n?ed glaises you aatfif
ally want the best and at a tiring
price. Right here is where you get
both, as well - as the services ot a
graduate Optometrist with twenty
two, yeera experience. Examination
entirely free.
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