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SOU'S FIRST HORSE SHI
Championship Trophy Cups Awarded to
Geo. D. Shore's Autocrat and J. N.
Kirven's Dan and Fox PhiL
OFM? ERH OF ASS4HTATION HIGHLY ELATED AT ATTENDANCE.
KX 111 111 IN AND INTEREST TAKEN IN HOUSE SHOW?FRO
?OVNCED A COMPLETE Si (X* ESS 1.1 Y IVERBORY?SECOND DAY
WAS ItH. DAY OF SHOW WHEN SI'\ SHONE AND TWO THOU?
SAND MOfll FROM SUMTER AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES
ATTENl>?<VTTEND \ N C | ESTIMATED AT TWELVE HUNDRED
ON C1X>SING DAY, DESPITE COLD AND RAIN; OPENING CROWD
NOT SO LAHGE? LARGE N 1MB ER OF ENTRIES AND SPECTACU
LAR SADDLE AND ROADSTER RINGS FEATURES OF THE SHOW.
The first day of Sumter's horse
show passed off most successfully. De
spite the threatening weather there
was a big crowd In attendance and
everybody seemed delighted and en?
thused over the show, which Is the
arm* that has ever teen held in this
The feature of the show was the
targe number of exhibits in the v?
rtoue ring events. The saddle horses
were especially tine. The large num?
ber of entries and the mnay types of
beautiful saddle horses, practically all
of them registered as suddle animals,
ssctted much comment and was espe?
cially pleasing to the spectators. The
aeddle horse ring was said by many
te be the finest ever held In this Stats|
and one of the best ever held in the
goatheast.
Messrs. Oeo. T. Little of Camden.
Wejrns at Ray of Greenville, 9. N.
Klrven of Darlington and A. D. D arby
either exhibited tholr own or other
animals in nearly every ring event
and it was seldom that they came out
without winning one of the ribbons,
Mr. Ray being especially successful
In the animals he exhlbted. These
gentlemen each had a number of
horses here wheh were entered In
various events. A feature which seem?
ed pleasing to the Sumter spectators
and which is a source of gratifica?
tion to the Sumter Horse Show Asso?
ciation was the fact that animals
owned by Sumter people were able
to compete in the ring with the best
animals of the State and to win from
them or compete successfully with
them. This means a certain increase
In tie Interest taken In thla county in
the raising and keeping of fine blood?
ed animals, good for utility as well
es show purposes
Borne of the handsome animals
which excited the most comment
were Tidal Wave, a beautiful light
boy gelding owned by J. N. Klrven of
Darlington, which a on the blue rib?
bon In the flno harness class; Lula
Marlon, a dark mare owned by Geo.
T. Little of Camden, which won first
In the three-gaited saddle class;
Foxy Phil, owned by J. N. Kirven of
Darlington, bay gelding, which cams
second in the three-gaited saddle
elans; Dsn and Lawson, bays of J. N.
Klrven, which won the blue ribbon in
ths roadster clsss; Iliac k Prime and
Block Beauty, owned by Milliard
Pearce. Ktngstrce; I,ady Noll Hamil?
ton and Dan 8., belonging to Mills and
Little of Greenville and Camden;
Monons. chestnut of D. I>. Molse of
Burnt er. Nlchollo, J. A. McCollough,
Greenville. Dr. Exum. d\rk gray, own?
ed by J. P Charles of Greenville. Be?
sides these there were many hand?
some horses, which would have shown
off to more advantage had thero not
been so very many fine horses on ex?
hibit and the winner* had to work
bard for what they got.
It will be of Interest to those who
attended the show us well as those
who did not attend to SjOtS the num?
ber of anlmala in each event; Model,
fourteen; Jack, tw >. <'olt, four;
Heavy harness home. four; Planta?
tion saddle horse, four. Fair road?
sters, four; Three-gaited saddle
horses, eleven; 1 aides' fine harness
horse, seven. Plve-gaited saddle
horse, loeul. thirteen. l air lino hsr
neos horses, four, Fine harness horse,
nlns.
The prises wero award.d SI fol?
lows
Class 1 ? Model -Stallton, mare of
gelding. First. MoacSMV l>avis l>
MolSe. Sumter. $20, SO <>n 1. Lord
Neville. Geo. T. Little, Caimh-n SI";
third, Monto CaTlsto McDonald, A I)
Harby, Sumter, $3.
Class II?Ja< k First, Don Antonio,
Qutncy Ross. Ilemiiu. |g#] SOOOndi
Tony Hoy. It M. Cooper. Wisu< k
? 10.
Class 2.? Colt under two rear* old
First, Lord N.tulle. Geo, T. Little,
Camden, Ml 1*000)4 I'm hess, U &
Mellette. HuihI.t, $ i o. third, Jcnnv
Lind, T. 1?. Hall. Sumter. $5.
Clsss II ? Heavy Harness llorsi.
mare of goMtn# Ktr^t. Wellington,
H. T. Mill*. < ireerv. die, f'Jfi; second.
Star Shoot. Oeo. T. Little, rarnden,
916; third. Ls^sgesv J. N Kurven,
Dsrllngton. |5.
Class 30?Plantation gsddle HOfSS
mare or gelding. First. Oeo. I? Shot.
Sumter. $-'". ?c <.nd. Km?. SV. C.
Boyle, Sumter, $10; third, Bob Haw?
kins, Harby-Epperson Live Stock Cc,
Sumter, $?.
i'ia.ss ??Pal* of Roadsters, either
sex. First, Dan and Lawson, J. N.
Kirven, Darlington, $50; second, Xi
chollo and Al Thomas, McCullough
and Blandlng, Greenville, $30; third,
Robert Brook and Clay B., D. C.
Shaw, Sumter, $10.
Class 26?Three-gaited Saddle
Horse, stallion, mare or gelding. First,
Lula Marlon, Geo. T. Little, Camden,
$35; second, Foxy Phil. J. X. Kir?
ven, Darlingtun, $20; third, Dr. Exum,
J. P. Charles. G-eonville, $10.
Class 18?LudeV Fine Harness
Horse, mare or gelding. First Star,
W. s. Hay, Asneville, $20; second,
Sterling Boy, Harby-Epperson Live
Stock Company, Sumter, $10; third,
Colonel, J F. Vlathls, Sumter, $5.
Class 22?Flve-galted Saddle Horse,
local, stallion, riare or gelding. First,
Monona, Davis D. Moise, Sumter, $35;
second. Juck O' Lantern, Riley Row?
ley, Greenville, $20; third. Half
Blase, A. D. Hurby, Sumter, $10.
Clasj 12?Pali Fine Harness Horses,
either sex. First, Lady Xell H i nllton
and Dan S.. Mills and Little. Green?
ville and Camden. $35; second, Dan
and Lawson, Kirven and Whltcover,
Darlington, $20; third, Black Prince
and Black Beauty, Hilliard Pearce,
Klngstree, $10.
Class 15?Fine Harness Horse,
either sex. First, Tidal Wave, J. X.
Kirven, Darlington, $25; second, Dr.
Exum, J. P. Charles, Greenville, $15;
third, Cinderella C, Geo. T. Little,
Camden, $5.
With the "Star Spangled Banner"
waving from the flag pole in the cen?
ter of the ring over ?ho judge's stand,
with a crowd of two thousand people
packing the grandstand and lining
the show ring fence, the Sumter
Band playing inspiring music, and
with the sun shining bright and the
weather warm and pleasant, the sec?
ond day of Sumter's first Horse Show
was almost perfectly successful.
Only one thing prevented the day
from being a complete success and
this was an unfortunate accident to
Mr. Geo. T. Little of Camden, an ex?
hibitor in the ring events and one of
tlM promoter, and most enthusiastic
members of \r South Carolina Horse
Show Circuit. The accident occurred
when tho horses were being shown in
single roadster class and the horses
w ? re DO lag driven around the ring at
top speed. Mr. Little turned too short
in his driving buggy and the vehicle
toppled over on its side, Mr. C. F.
King, who was close beside Mr. Lit?
tle, running Into the overturned bug?
gy before ho could check tho speed
of his horse. The buggy passed over
Mr. Little, who rose and started af?
ter his horse, then staggered and
Cell OH the soft track. He was at once
picked up and lifted over tho ring
fonce out ol tho way of tho drivers
und tho exhibition continued without
abatement. His horse started off with
the buggy, but wus caught and the
vehtole righted without Injury to
cither.
An examination on tho grounds
failed t(? reveal any broken bones or
serious injury to Mr. Littlo and he
was placed in an automobile and
taken to the Claromont Hotel, where
he remained for a short timo before
DOlBfl taken to the depot and placed
on the train to go to his homo at
I 'amth-n.
Tip WOOthOr was beautiful and the
warm ra\s of Uli sun brought out
hundred! Of persons, who had failed
to < OfnO tho day previous, after the
rain ami when the olOtldfl WON threat
enlng a downpour. The day was ideal
almost for the horse show and the
Weather did ? oik part in making the
'la> a l.iy success.
The orowd on Tuesday afternoon
was mainly from the town, com para*
lively fYw out-of-town Vll it? is being
her.- at that time for the show. Tho
?tores had cloood and the employee!
had taken the opportunity to see the
?how. Wednosday afternoon there
were hundreds Of out-of-town visitors
present, who helped to swoll the
throng. Tie? largo number of ladles,
dressed in t.li?? latest spring st>i<s,
w ho tilled the grandstand and wero to
be seen In the man) automobiles an i
irrlages parked alongside the ? ng
fence, gave the occasion a gala ap?
pearance such as is seldom seen in
Sumter. The inspiring music render?
ed by the Sumter Hand throughout i
the afternoon helped to give the jjhow
a festive air and to make the larje j
audience enjoy the affair. The day i
was a success, as everyone could see,
and the gate receipts and big crowd
brought smiles to the faces of some
of the dignified officers of the Horse
Show Association and made them
want to shout for joy.
The saddle horse and roadster
events of the previous day were rtne,
but on the second day saddle horse
and roadster classes far surpassed
anything which was seen on the open?
ing day. The saddle horse ring was
a big affair. There were eleven regis?
tered saddle horses entered in this
event, which was the biggest of the
show, and the horses and riders had
to work hard before Judge Redmond
was ready to make his decision, af:cr
a thorough examination of each ani?
mal and after they had again and
again been through their gaits. The
The next big thing was the single har?
ness roadster class. This event show?
ed off the finest horses in the State
and a lot of animals as fine as can be
found in the South.
The driving was fast and furious
and it made the spectator's head whirl
to keep up with the vehicles as they
spun by and speeded around and
around the ring, turning this way and
that and cutting across the ring at
top speed. It was in this event that
the accident happened to Mr. Geo. T.
Little.
Mr. Redmond, the judge, in speak?
ing of this event, stated that he had
] often seen what he had considered
fine driving, but he had never seen
anything like this anywhere before.
He classed the driving as "the most
remarkable" he had ever seen. He
also referred to the very fine class of
horses entered in the event.
Other interesting features of the
day's event were the ladies' fine har?
ness horses, the combined harness and
saddle horses with three and five
gaits and the display of fine har?
ness horses.
Again on this day the chief exfilbi
tors were the main prize winners.
Davis D. Moise'B mare, Monona, won
the first in the live-gaited saddle
horse class and second in the com?
bined flve-gaited class. Dan, belong?
ing to J. X. Kirven of Darlington, won
first in the roadster class; Foxy Phil,
J. X. Kirven, Darlington, won first *.n
the combined three-gaited clas9, and
Lula Marion, Geo. T. Lttle, came sec?
ond. Cinderella and Tidal Wave came
first in the pair fine harness horses
class.
A fact worthy of comment is the
fact that at the beginning the asso?
ciation had made thirty stalls on the
grounds to care for the entries.
These were found to be insufficient on
the first day and twenty more stalls
had to be prepared and then were
barely sufficient to house all of the
horses. This indicates that there
were many more entries in the horse
show than the officers had anticipat?
ed and the show was even more of a
success than they had expected.
The number of entries in the va?
rious events again elicited comment.
There were eighty entries in all, three
extra entries having coma in in va?
rious events at the very last minute.
This is a fact which was extremely
gratifying to the officers of the asso?
ciation and tended to make the show
more of a pronounced success than it
otherwise would have been.
The events for today include tr
showing of ponies, ladies' saddle
horse events and the various cham?
pionship classes.
In various classes there were: Mule
Colt, under two years old. eight en?
tries; Mule, two entries; Stallion, ten
entries; Flve-gaited Saddle Horses,
eleven entries; Fine Pair Harness
Horses, seven entries; Combined
Horse, three gaits, eight; Ladies'
Pair Fine Harness Horses, five;
Hoadster, eleven; Combined Horse,
Bvg gaits, ten; Fine Harness Horse,
nine.
The award of prizes in the various
ring events was as follows:
Mule colt under two years. First,
Mutt Mule, Alex Haynsworth, Sum
ter, $20; second, Gussle Mare, Alex
Haynsworth, Sumter, $10; third, Alex
Haynsworth, Sumter, $5.
Mule. First, J. X. Kirven. Darling?
ton, $20; second, J. X. Kirven, Dar
llngton, $io.
Stallion. First, Nlchollo, Jas. A.
McCullough, Greenville, $20; second,
Half Blass, Anoloy D. Harby, Sumter,
$10; third. Monte Christo McDon?
ald, $5.
Five-Waited Horses. First, Momma,
DaVlg I>. Moise, Sumter, $100; second,
Autocrat, Ooo. D. Shore, Sumter,
$50; third. Jack O' Lantern, Rtley
How b y. Greenville, $25.
Pair Pine Harness Horses. First,
Cinderella and Tidal Wave, J, X. Kir
ven, Darlington, $:i.r?; second. Tango,
and Mate, Hay and Charles, Green?
ville, fgo; third. Tan bark and star,
Ray au<i Cuahman, Aahevllle, $10.
Combined Horse, three-gaite. First,
Foxy Phil, J. x. Kirven, Darlington,
$86; second, Luis Marion, rjoo. T. Ut?
ile, Camden, $15; third, Clnderello C,
Geo. T. Little, Camden, $5.
Ladies' Pair Fine Harness Horses.
First, Wellington and Star Shoot, Mills
and Little, Greenville and Camden,
$20; second, Lady Nell Hamilton and
Dan S., Mills and Little, Camden,
$10; third, Clay B and Robert Brook,
I>. C. Shaw, Sumter, $5.
Roadsters. First, Dan, J. X. Kir?
ven, Darlington, $50; second, Lady
jXell Hamilton, H. T. Mills, Greenville,
$30; third, Lawson, J. N. Kirven,
I Darlington, $15.
Combined Horse, Five Gaits. First,
! Half Blaze, A. D. Ilarby, Sumter,
$25; second Monona, Davis D.
Moise. Sumter, $15; third, Black
Chief, L. D. Jennings, Sumter, $5.
Fine Harness Horse. First, Roan
Mary, Geo. T. Little, Camden, $25;
second, Dan S., H. T. Mills, Green?
ville, $15; third, Dot, R. L. Hearon,
Bishopville, $5.
Sumter's Ilrst Horse Show has come
to a close. The llnal events were
held Thursday afternoon whenj the
i championship cups were awarded.
The show has been pronounced by
exhibitors, officers and spectators,
alike, a great success from every point
of view and the officers of the Sum?
ter Horse Show Association feel that
the object of the show has been
largely attained, the increasing of the j
interest in Sumter county in the own?
ing and raising of fancy and utility
animals.
The last day was a big success, de?
spite the opposition of the elements.
The weather was cold and it was
drizzling ut the time that the show
was due to open, but this did not
keep the crowds of Sumter people and
the visitors from their places.
They came out wrapped up in winter
clothes and carrying umbrellas, where
the day previous they had been dress?
ed in spring costumes. The events
came off without a hitch and all of
them were of an intensely interesting
nature, the awarding of the cham?
pionship cups coming last and keep?
ing the interest of the audience in
suspense up to the last.
Autocrat, owned by Geo. D. Shore
of Sumter and ridden by J. W.
Brock of Kentucky, won the cup in
the flve-galted saddle horse class;
Foxy Phil, owned by J. X. Klrven of
Darlington and ridden by N. W.
Kirven, carried off the cahmplonshlp
j in the three-gaited class, while Dan,
j Mr. Kirven's celebrated roadster,
j driven by X. W. Kirven, was award?
ed the trophy for harness horses of
all classes.
The events in which the ladies and
children rode and drove were also of
the greatest interest. Mr. J. A. Mc
Innes of Darlington exhibited his
handsome pony, Diamond Dick, in the
pony class, the handsome little ani?
mal carrying off the blue ribbon each
time he was entered, there being
hardly any animal in the ring in his
class for beauty and movement. This
is the handsomest pony seen in Sum?
ter in many a day.
Again the crowds, the automobiles,
the Hag lloating over the judges
I stand and the inspiring music from
ithe Sumter band made the occasion a
festive one and everybody pleased that
they had come. And then at the last
the sun, which had been hidden be?
hind the clouds all day, peeped out
and shone down upon the scene, as
if anxious at the last minute to show
that approval of the show which had
been withheld up to that time.
The officers of the association are
extremely gratified at the immense
interest which has been aroused in
the Sumter people by the show and
at the very flattering atendancc on
each of the three days, despite the
bad weather. They feel that they
have learned much during the show
which will be of benefit to them when
they arrange for the show next year
and are assured that then they can
make it even more of a success than
the one which has just ended, al?
though this will be a difficult under?
taking, as this year's show has been
successful beyond their highest ex?
pectations. More than four thousand
people attended the three perform?
ances and the officers feel that they
have given tho spectators the full
worth of their time and money by
the numerous and handsome exhibits
in tin? show ring. Next year it is
thought that the renown of Sumter's
first horse show will have spread
abroad and tho crowd from other
places will be greater than this year.
Many of tho spectators have be?
come so interested that they will at?
tend performances at other places
on tho horse show circuit and next
year will be more willing to do all In
their power to aid In making the show
a success.
The award of prizes was as fol
1 \vs:
Draft Horse, .-irst, Tom, o'Donnell
A Co., Sumter, $20; second, Mamie,
J. W. McKiever, Sumter, $10; third,
Prince, Abe Ryttenberg, Sumter, $5.
Ponies under twelve hands, ridden
by girl or boy. First. Handy, I).
China, Sumter, ridden by B. U.
1 China, $l??; Second, Minnie, owned and
ridden by Doris McCollum, Sumter,
$">; third. Jack, Hugh C. Haynsworth,
Burnt* ridden by Preston Man?
ning. $3.
Ladies' flve-galted Saddle Horse.
Fiist, Katie Threldkeld, owned and
ridden by Miss Lueile DeLorme, Sum?
ter. $10; second, Buster Brown, M.
J. Moore, Sumter, ridden by Mrs. W.
B. Wilson, $5. (Other entries did not
compete.)
Roadster, local, either sex. First,
Dan, J. X. Kirven, Darlington, driven
by X. W. Kirven, $25; second, Law
son, owned and driven by J. N. Kir?
ven, Darlington, $15; third, Xichollo,
Hon. Jos. A. McCullough, Greenville,
driven by W. B. Blanding, Sumter,
$5.
Pony, not over fourteen hands,
hitched to appropriate vehicle and
dri\en by boy or girl. First, Diamond
Dick, J. A. Mclnnes, Darlington, driv
en by Margaret Mclnnes, Darlington,
$10; second, Queen, R, L. Hearon,
Bishopville, driven by Williard Hear
on, $5; third, Piddy, T. H. Parker,
Dillon, driven by Eugene Moses, Jr.,
Sumter, $3.
Pair Heavy Harness Horses. Wel?
lington and Star Shoot, Mills and Lit?
tle, Greenville and Camden, driven by
W. S. Ray, $26; second. Lawson and
Foxy Phil, J. X. Kirven, Darlington,
dr'ven by X. W. Kirven, $15: third,
Lady Xell Hamilton ;-.nc! Dan S., Lit?
tle and Mills, Camden and Greenville
driven by W. B. Blanding, Sumter, $5.
Ladies' Three-gaited Saddle Horse,
ni; r^ or gelding. First, Colonel, J.
V, Mathis, Sumter, ridden by Miss
Elizabeth China, $20; second, Bessie,
W. B. Blanding, Sumter, ridden by
M?M Lucile DeLormo. $10; third,
Ruby, owned and ridden by Miss
Priscilla Shaw, Surr.tcr, $5.
Ponies, open to all. F rst, Diamond
Dick, J. A. Mclnnes. Darlington, rid?
den by Miss Margaret Mclnnes, $10;
second, Queen, U. L. Hearon, Bishop?
ville, riuden by Williard Heardon, $5;
third. Dan. owned and ridden by
Priscilla Shaw, Sumter, 23.
Champion class, five gaited Saddle
Horse. Winner, Autocrat. Geo. D.
Shore, Sumter, ridden by J. W.
Brock, Kentucky, trophy cup.
Champion class, Harness Horse. All
single harness hordes winning first or
second in fine, heavy harness or road?
ster class must enter. Winner, Dan,
J. X. Kirven, Darlington, driven by
X. W. Kirven, trophy cup.
Champion class, three-gaited Saddle
Horse, champion, Foxy Phil, J. X,
Kirven, Dariington, ridden by X. W.
Kirven, trophy cup.
EMPRESS HARUKO DEAD.
Dowager Empress Was a Woman of
Great Aibility ami Leader In Mod?
ernizing Japan.
Tokio, April 9.?Dowager Empress
Haruko died today, aged 64. She was
not the mother of the present Emper?
or Yoshihito, although she was the
first wife in rank of his father, the
late Emperor Mutsuhito. To the lat?
ter were allowed twelve wives accord?
ing to the old Japanese law no longer;
in force. The present Emperor is the
son of one of the secondary wives of
Mutsuhito.
Empress Haruko had one son. wh^
died at birth, but she was uevoted to
the oher children of the emperor
and gave thern all the attention of a
real mother.
Belonging to one of the five great
families in Japan into which the Im?
perial family is allowed to marry, she
received a royal training and was edu?
cated far above the standard of most
Japanese women. Early in life she
had formed an interest in western
civilization and had read many of the
works of foreign authors translated
into Japanese. She became Empress
in 1868 and shortly afterwards sent
five Japanese girls to America to be
educated in the public schools. She
was one of the first of the Japanese
women to adopt tho European dress,
but adhered to Japanese costume
with'n her own household.
THE Y. M. O. A. CAMPAIGN.
Although Sumter came out at the
foot of the list in the All Southern
Inter-City Y. M. C. A. membership
still tho contest with the other cities,
all of which had larger populations
than Sumter, is ono that Sumter has
no reason to be ashmed of. If the
campaign had been worked on the
per centago of population basis, Sum?
ter would have been nearer the
head than foot.
The cities in the contest came out
as follows:
Score By Points.
Mobile. 13,280
Charleston. 10,703
Savannah. 8,540
Greenville. 7,397
Charlotte. 5,536
Augusta. 5,219
Columbia. 4,79,")
Wilmington . . . . . 3,945
Greensboro. 3,684
Winston-Salem. 3,4 99
Sumter. l? . 7 s ;i
During the campaign Sumter added
ninety-eight new members ?<> tie
association and renewed the member?
ship of a great many more, two
hundred nlnty four persona having
paid in dues during 'he week.
The campaign also shows that the
people of Sumter are always ready
to yet together and work for any
good cause when that cause needs
their aid.
EXILED FROM MEXICO.
SPANIARDS DRIVEN FROM TOR
REON REACH Eli PASO.
ion. Villa Forces all Spanish Resi?
dents to Leave Mexico?Many of
'I hem are Large Probity Owners
and They Have Been Permitted to
Take Little With Them.
El Paso. Texas, April 8.?Eight
hundred members of the Torreon
Spanish colony, expelled by Gen.
Villa, found a haven in the United
Slates today. They had been stripped
of their property temporarily at least
but supplied with temporary funds.
They had refused to leave the train
in whieh they and their baggage had
come from Torreon to Juarez until
American Consular Agent Carothers
arrived to advise them.
Carothers was unable to assure any
that they would be restored to their
homes, his interview with Gen. Car
ranza yesterday having met with the
flat statemenc that expulsion of Span?
iards from Mexico was a settled policy
of the rebels and would be modified
only in the case? of individuals who
had not been involved in politics.
"We have money enough for the
present," said Joaquin Fernandez, an
exile. "Some of us will return to
Spain; many will go to Mexico City
and others to the United States and
Europe."
"Did Villa tell you specifically that
Spanish property would be confis?
cated?" he was asked.
"Not specifically," he replied, "but
that is pretty well taken for granted
in Mexico. I have personal knowl?
edge that no one in this party dii
anything inimical to the rebel cause.
We are not rebels or Huertista?s.
Mexico is our home and we can not
but hope that some day we will be
left to dwell in peace and security
there.'
Rafael Arozena, wealthiest resident
of the Laguna c.istrict. and reported
to be the most exterslve grower of
sea island cotton in lhe world, was
one of the Spanish refugees who rode
to the border in a second class coach,
with only his persona, possessions to
show for his lifetime of struggle in
the Coahuila cotton country.
Arozena is to the Coahuila Spanish
colony what Luis Terrazas is to the
Chihuahua refugee colony of Mexi?
cans. He is the leader in commerical
activities of the Laguna district, owns
a number of the largest haciendas in
the district and his wealth is esti?
mated at $: 7,000,000 Mexican cur?
rency.
Arozena carried today only a
leather satchel, a big steamer rug and
a bag filled with his personal belong?
ings, which he hastily gatherer1, when
the order was given by Villa for the
Spaniards to leave the country. The
Spanish millionaire is a strikinr* look?
ing man with a heavy white beard, a
shock of white hair and a pair of gold
rimmed glasses over \^hich he looked
sharply when parrying the questions
[of reporters.
"I am alone. My relatives and my
j possessions arc all in the Laguna dis
tdict," he said. "I hope to be able
to return, for I have had no part in
the internal poliucs of the country.
For that reason I prefer not to say
anything for fear it will be misunder?
stood. I was not mistreated by any
one at Torreon and have no plans lor
the immediate present."
The most important property left
1 behind the Spaniards was cotton said
to be valued at $15,000,000. Word
was received from Torreon today that
11,000,000 worth of cotton was being
loaded on trains for shipment to El
Paso by Villa.
It is said the Spanish owners can
not touch the property if it arrives
here in bond, as is frequently the
case. If it comes bonded for transit
through the United States for ship?
ment abroad it can not be recovered,
it is said. It is said the only way the
original owners have of getting their
cotton back is in a cour: of equity in
case the consignment is released from
bond in the United States.
Among tho refugees today were
three priests.
LODGE OPENS DEBATE.
Massachusetts Senator Speaks in Fav?
or Of Repeal of Free Tolls.
Washington, April ???ThS hear?
ings before the senate interroeeanic
canals committee on the repeal of the
Panama free tolls clause were begun
today Various senators appeared to
defend the measures they have intro?
duced to dispose of the tolls prob?
lem. It Is expected that the hear?
ings will continue for fifteen days. In
the senate Senator Lodge, of Massa?
chusetts, opened the formal debate
on the repeal bill, vigorously sup?
porting the bill and taking a stand
with the Wilson administration.
TOLL BILL TO PASS.
Chicago, April 1?.?Senator CuSS
mlns, Progressive, today said that the
Senate Will POSS the Panama canal
tolls repeal clause by a slight major?
ity. Cummins opposes the repeal
bill