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TAMPICO CUSTOM H?jJSE AND DOCKS . '.ci. .. .-. . ' ' . .L . : View of .the. custom house at Tq repico i ' ?nd of the docks? Hear Admiral . wtam.fcnuj?-if it?.-thousb^-it.edvie<We. 'it;ia;-'tlio;'ti?op^-point for tooat of t^tf^^*oU.''' " " j -Following- ls a description of Vera Crus, r,\iy and state, where-the Bret. American blood was spilled in the v present conflict. S'era Cruz,, or Villa :Neuva do'la-Vera -Cruz (tue-.new.city pt;,*bejleal Cross), ^pjitepociant city.on Iqe east.coast y* >ldeaico, about 81 inil?s east .of -tho .?lty Of ?i?cxico, with a population Jn .1W5,,ot 88,S>?:i. composed or a motley;. _oolU?ctlo?i from many nations. Tho clty-ifa bnilt ia ? semi-circle facing the a?ta_ mid . io TttattX??l?'-l?M ; _i\i?i.. streets, which are ;'*ider than 'is us- ' vosj In tho tropical countries, running :?ftSt and west, from .the. harbor..yrJty. lo?bersi crowing, them.nt'right angles. - : 4T%e itown ' ia well defended by ? strong wo U->' and r other substantial .worbs, as alBo by ?he ?amie or -?L Juan de UIlea, which stands upon an island j U?r'. ??'/samo-:?amo-,.uootu'- ? -ha?.li??? i !??rOT?} ta? 'Shore. \TheV principal ..batid--1 :jl?j?^-?re'*. tba : cathedral . and other .'fchur'ch*a;-ser,brslly built in the^Mporr.! th^bJr'style. . s?Teral monasteries; the ? ,conrt; b.ouee and prison/ which standy On one Bide of the great square in the center of the city. " - - ? ] ^ There vare hospitals. The j witcharo'ttlmot?t on a level with .the, J [ aea, mite, eembined with the wretch., j w?t?r which the Inhabitants are i .w???v5???c.-:i*. drink,'' tbs marshy and I utterly" barron nature, ?f.?he surround.-;] lng, cou?f ry,. M?fi\tho.'. pestilential . na--] te??Wf the. olimale .generally, 1 easily j ^?sininis for ???c ??< ?^.: i.???!? yellow^ and '.Other . fevers. ' 'Yellow fe- ! - prova?eoi from a?ay till ilier. Although ii ic. thevj^f?j?fe'j ipm?oe all.-t?sxico, Vera". Crus bsa ho j :and -,Wu?n'.:in?' nort.' ?e?ea, or :nottes,-j aend-'hiUs behind thc towit?, i ?naby':v?asela . ar? wsacaed ;0n imtfiris? snore. 'A brea?r??al< r jirpees* o? construction whit! ttimb.^im?rds'improving the hi ?i2k . goods, brand) .-ll?ago to the north, I ih settlement on the ! Old Vera Crut was-th? first' s 'co?iit. Slate of Tem Oma, '''Vera Cruz, a maretimo state of Mexico, consisting, of, a, belt of terri" tory about DO miles long by 80 miles J i broad, stretching, atong, ine, soutirwesri coast*-br thc"; Gulf OT Mexico, 2G.201 ftquare*mlles; Population in 1895 863,-.I !i7C; chiefly Creoles ?ind Indians. The i [coast -'r?gion, a strip about 80 miles j .wide, "is lbw. level and eaudy, tts most j characteristic, feature bing its la t???i.?1. or cf. *he; "state" "is tho; ??tbn?is or Tehuantepec ; (Q. *V.),. Ita climate la hot nnd un healthy, yellow fever prevailing, from lnay<to<NoTeb>ber.' -Tii?-inte'rior. slopes ; toward-'- the - Volcanic mountain range ! of the Sierra Madr?, by whith lt la ti?veVa?d,''culminating ir-'the.' peak -of ; Orizaba; ki;??i feet high. It presents vu* tutlou, fii.-nliniatis . f^nm. Ironical i to arctic,"and a corresponding variety, [ of vegetable. prod acts both - ct, the tor-* [ %?me-temperate aones. Tho midd!? Titrion'is"fertile and covered:.with a magnlficant for??* and plantations of <jugar,Veoftei?,* tpbacc>>, eora, eba,, nn? is agreeable ?nd hgalthy.^t|?|fpic-thtT- { minorai products arc gold, copper, iron nod lead. -, '.;-.. vv . : ; I S a?! Nation x^emiy \&y 'Associated Presa) w. ?orJC April 24.~-rBradstrcetV ] irrb?-w?ll-'8a.r:;. '.. -.'*..: -'>' ." ':.'.'? from s -.improvement noted et?ll trado '. west, northwest and j ?west, the result.of waTm?^ more ? H>o,,wether abd- flattering crop prospecta, trade and indues -' . . . . { BELTON JOURNAL issued, fer the Beaeft of I '? *f tte Htaud.l'ipe city. '.Belton bas a bran new paper, and lt promises to bo jtiBt the. bind ot news paper'.nh at that flourishing town Se serres. The manager -and editor will be C'auc?o A. Graves, who ha? had a number of years of experience in nowB ?Paper wofk. Mr. Qravea was engaged by The intelligencer company" when the niant of ihn dc-f imr_t ..Bftltor. was?ou jcha&ed The n?OC?e^^f?^'J?on bad always stuck to their honie^paper, and thc temporary,arrangement or a Belton page in the Dally' Intelligencer was not just what they wished'. ' This ? paper has been started in the plant] owned by The Intelligencer company, h?S . tho I??Att?iafaa '>T?=.PQ^--_ . -.icu pHllcy 'bf that paper is tn no way. re lated to that, or -Tn? I otellbiohcer. While this neighbor, will cut:ftttb the Held of The Intelligencer, we wish .it much auco?fi8 and can aBsbro the poo-, pie Of - Belton that Mr. Graves ls- a nian of -good cHarac?e? cr determina- j iton/and of experience in /Emeral ?c??cp?Vrrr ?rufk, ; in his first, inane, received yesterday, j Mr. Graves saye: '. \ " . . "The primo object ' of Th? ';Blyton Journal ls to issu? a clean, moral, e^tH^s^. ??i iconic, .prir : paper and we . propose to iasnc the fcbiakcy ad. We -Stand -.Vfof . tepon ; thhiKM that bria's about . tmproyerccnt j and development of worthy , ,<iaus? We hope to pubUshf a papxr: worthy - advertislKg..pa4r?nage:a5id liberal suj pert Kif the 'town and county. . .'-^This paper ls not, and will pot b coroe e ."oft^l'y** .?niwiCwatfavn --. -P^ut; ?sl speeches 3f pubUah?d, 'Will x ' jWo^have cr?fldem^Ui^th^ J wise We would not have lau dened t h nsx^ jand we .proposed to tssufe ti itzi ot newspapsf-?b?t. Beltos^iiKhtly ' ssann t. ? TascaOnTsar, V ? j??P^^^^^on cI,Hr-8r?ie ll omeefw prepared tonight to . to morrow for o celebr?Uo?i at Monterey apd.alto to assist General Pablo Gon rho has commanded the con .... ... works by the rebols, Plvo days ago a ^ermined assault on tr.c.clty be gan with desperate fighting tor- tba possession pf the railroad .?tatton, the ^SZl^S^l^ .-m ylin.ililli-JU 1 .Ua^^-.: .i^^*^ . fet?i? ^B%TO A Big city? ^ . ^y^^ ^ Ail linn. iwKXJ?iii rrwi;j|aijfi> 'yu^^iiE . ?i^ng-j?r -send J to . this ' ?t^i^ 5 ^hich? sifectipti^n, wi?? give or mail yoi ^the above jb???^ ?fh?s ?fteres ! torten ? ?i^jrig^cer only- ^i??*iouHh?rbiaitfcl^??AV und >?N2?5t?e. ? *TTiil5HrC?So ......j... ........ ..?.-... .-ri _.*.?.?*. i? ...T. ider?on Hi?h r*cht??J ?fe r?*lr j ;j od ajttftek ^^^^fe'^dS^ftd^B^ ' ^ <L ^ -. .. :. - - ; ? - - , ^ - _ .. : ^ THE CHAUTAUQUA-May 4 VOL. 1, NUMBER 85. Weekly, Bstofeffckei 19ttt Ba&r, Jes. Kt, Uti?. ANDERSON, S. C., SATtTOAY MORNING, APML 25. 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PER ANNUM.