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Volume XXXV
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 21 1911
Number 19
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BELAGUERED CITY
FACED BY FAMINE
Chihuahua, Mexico, Surrounded
by Rebels.
THE REVOLUTION SPREADING.
For Three Weeks the City Has Been
Besieged and Food Supplies Have
About Been Exhausted—Women and
Children Fled.
Cut off from food supplies for the
last three weeks, 25,000 Inhabitants of
the beleaguered city of Chihauhau face
famine. Insurreetors have surround
ed the city. Attempts by the federal
soldiers to dash outside to forage
have failed. The insurreetors invaria
bly drive back the foraging expedi
tions before they have proceeded any
distance from the city limits.
Hundreds of women in Chihauhau,
fearing starvatioa, "have taken their
children from the bottled up town,
and now bands of them are roaming
the country.
Direct word from the city of Chi
huahua was received here this after
noon through Jed Newkirk, an Ameri
can merchant who traveled the 225
miles in an automobile, having left
there two days ago.
The entire city was in ignorance of
the progress ofg the revolutionary
movement, all telegraphic communi
cation with the outside world having
been cut off almost continuously for
two weeks.
The uprising in Mexico has spread
to the states of Coahuilo and Morelos,
according to advices received at Wash
ington by the revolutionary agents.
The uprising in Morelos is of formida
ble proportions.
SEARCH FOR BURIED GOLD
Everybody admires beauty at all times, but
Especially so just now. Every woman likes admiration and she
cannot be blamed for making herself as beautiful as possible.
You never saw so many helps as there are at our store and they are
permanent helps too, for they contain no harmful ingredients which
are sure to have an injurious effect sooner or later.
As a few remedies we suggest: Talcum powder, toilet soap, toilet
water, tooth powder, tooth paste, cold cream, rice powder, nail pol
ish, shampoos and a host of other dainty accessories so appealing
to the heart of every woman.
HORTON’S DRUG STORE,
BUTLER, - - GEORGIA.
Excitement Rife Among Effingham
County, Georgia, People.
Effingham county, Georgia, has been
digging gold in earnest. Some months
ago a fortune teller in Savannah told
a man who lives in the county that
there was a jar, containing $45,000 in
gold, which had been buried during
the revolutionary war, just six feet
from a certain walnut tree on the farm
now owned by Jasper Newton, of that
county. More recently the rumor that
a jar of gold was buried in that vicin
ity gained considerable credence in the
section. The rumor finally developed
into a gold-digging party. Consent to
search in the vicinity of his walnut
tree was secured from Mr. Newton.
The searchers dug in alternate reliefs,
continuing their investigations day
and night.
Mr. Newton says that he himself
was not affected in the least by the
gold rumor, except that he dreamed
one night that he saw “a full cartload
of gold,” but others in the community
had a case of gold fever, and had it
bad.
As a consequence of the search, Mr.
Newton is minus a very valuable wal
nut tree, while several citizens of the
Pine Grove community have wrought
well and are wiser.
CURRENCY REFORM.
National Monetary Commission Will
Have Busy Time.
Plans for the reform of the curren
cy laws will he prosecuted with a
great deal of vigor by the members of
the national monetary commission
during the summer and fall, says a
Washington dispatch. A campaign of
education will he started within a few
weeks, in the hope of creating senti
ment in favor of a bill which proba
bly will be introduced in both branches
cf congress when the regular session
is convened next December.
Thus far the work of the monetary
commission has not been regarded as
political, and special care is to be
taken to avoid the introduction of any
partisan views in the campaign for the
bill. A majority of the members of
the commission who have been work
ing on the proposed legislation are not
now members of congress, and most
of the members are regarded as out of
politics. This is particularly true of
the chairman, former Senator Aldrich,
of Rhode Island, who expects to de
vote a great deal of time to the work
during the coming year.
TRAGEDY AT COLUMBUS.
Well-Known Churchman Victim of
Fatal Runaway.
Dr. Howard W. Key, formerly a
prominent member of the Methodist
ministry and well known throughout
the state, was instantly killed at Co
lumbus, Ga., and his wife perhaps
fatally injured by being thrown from
a buggy.
They were driving a pony out Tenth
street, when the horse, becoming
frightened at a near-by train, swerved
suddenly and ran away, both Mr. and
Mrs. Key being thrown out.
In falling, Dr. Key’s head struck a
telephone pole that had been sawed
off a foot or so above the ground, and
he was killed instantly. An ugly gash
was cut behind his ear and his face
was badly bruised.
Mrs. Key is in the hospital, with sev
eral ribs broken and in a condition so
serious that the physicians can not yet
tell the outcome.
Dr. Key was formerly president of
Andrew college, at Cuthbert, Ga.
He was a son of Bishop Joseph S.
Key, of the Methodist ehureh, tenth.
CHARLES D. HILLES.
Nsw Yorker 8eieeted as
8eoretary to President.
@ 1911, by American Press Association.
CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE.
Killing of One Brother by Another
Causes Sensation.
Lofton Whitaker was shot dead at
Leary, Ga., by his brother, Phil Whita
ker, who filed in self-defense. A sen
sation was created by the killing on
account of the prominence of the
Whitakers.
Lofton Whitaker became involved In
an altercation with some parties in
Leary, and his brother, Phil Whitaker,
a prominent merchant, was sent for to
take him home.
Phil Whitaker succeeded in getting
his brother well on the way toward
the latter’s home when Lofton, who, it
Is alleged, had been drinking, became
unmanageable.
It is s;a‘ed that he attacked his
brother with a pocket knife, and al
though Phil letveated as long as he
could, he was unable to get out of the
other’s way.
Finally, when cornered, and after
warning I.o'tr.n not to advance further,
Phil Whitaker drew a revolver and
shot his brother dead.
PERSONS
CIVIL SERVICE
Twenty-Seventh Report of the
Commission,
MERIT SYSTEM IS EFFECTIVE,
It Has Strengthened the Public Con
viction That It Is Indispensable to
Economy and Efficiency in Govern
mental Affairs.
President Taft has made public the
twenty-seventh annual report of the
civil service commission. The report
states that the increasing effective
ness of the merit system has strength
ened the public conviction that it is
indispensable to economy and efficien
cy in governmental affairs. It is
shown that the examination system
tends to lessen the number of em
ployes required under similar, condi
tions by raising the standard of effi
ciency and at the same time facili
tates the extension of governmental
activities to new fields by furnishing
the best practicable means of testing
qualifications for scientific, technical
and professional work.
The report shows 384,088 persons In
the executive civil service, 222,278 of
whom are in the competitive classified
service. The number of competitive
classified positions, which does not in
clude mechanics and laborers at navy
yards, is shown to have increased by
5,488.
12 MEN KILLED.
Caught by Falling Wall at Nashville,
Tennessee.
By the collapse of the side walls of
the Fall Hardware building, which
was burned ten days ago, at Nash
ville, Tenn., about thirty men were
buried under tons of brick, mortar and
timber. Most of those caught under
the walls were negro laborers, who
were clearing away the debris and
tearing down the walls, but there were
a few white men, connected with in
surance companies, in the building at
the time. These latter were looking
after the salvagp.
The dead number twelve, while the
injured number seventeen.
A heavy wind is supposed to have
caused the walls, weakened by the
fire, to fall.
BUFFALO BILL A SENATOR.
Great Western Pathfinder May Round
Out Career in National Legislative
Halls.
It is semi-offlcially stated at Tucson
that Colonel William F. Cody—"Buf
falo Bill”—plans to round out bis
career as one of the great pathfinders
of the west by becoming the first
United States senator from Arizona.
He does not deny the rumor. .
He has established not only a home
at Tucson, but a permanent camp in
the mountains.
REBELS WILL WAGE
WAR TCTTHE DEATH
That is the intimation ol Mex
ican Insurrectos,
AS TO TERMS OF PEACE.
Garza' Says There Will Be No Cessa
tion of Hostilities Since Diaz Has
Decreed That All Rebels Must Suffer
the Death Penalty.
The Mexican rebels will continue
Iheir war against the government of
President Diaz despite assurances
that Senor Llmantour, minister of
finance, has started plans for the ter
mination of the revolution, the revolu
tionary leaders declared at El Paso,
Texas.
"There will be no pause in hostili
ties,” said Senor Gonzales Carza, in
surrecto secretary of state. “With
the threat of the Mexican government
hanging over us that we will be shot
Without 'a trial, our fight for liberty
and for the setting up permanently of
the Madero government will continue.
No overture for peace will be consid
ered officially by us until it has come
from Mexico City. It must come with
a promise that Diaz will retire on the
ground that his election was not regu
lar.”
Notwithstanding this assertion, the
report of Limantour’s exertion in be
half of peace has created a profound
Impression In the insurrecto ranks. It
Is known that a courtier has been dis
patched to the field to inform Fran
cisco I. Madero, the revolutionary
president, of the latest phase of the
situation.
Madero has already been made ac
quainted with the preliminaries.
It. is said no negotiations will be un
dertaken without his approval of the
tsrms for armistice. The terms must
he such that if peace plans fail the
Insurrectos will not have lost any
strength by the effort.
Asked If Madero would be willing to
make any concessions in the demands
of the Insurrectos that President Diaz
must declare, null his election as a
first consideration for peace, Senor
Gonzales Garza, the insurrecto secre
tary of state, replied:
"Absolutely none. It is folly for
Diaz to talk about peace and at the
same time say he intends to remain in
power.” v
RACE RIOT AT GALVESTON
Stabbing of Soldier Resulted in Clash
of Races.
A race riot was precipitated by the
•tabbing of Winfield Joel, a soldier
from the camp at Fort Crockett, by an
unknown negro In the red light dis
trict of Galveston.
One Mexican and four negroes were
severely beaten and the house In
front of which the stabbing occurred
was set on fire and burned to the
(round. The entire police, force of
the city was called out to quell the
disturbance.
Joel, who Is a member of the 144th
company, coast artillery, stationed at
Fart Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., lies
In Sealy hospital seriously wounded,
with a deep knife wound in the chest
Just above the heart. He probably will
recover.
The policeman patrolling the beat
was stabbed In the back by another
•oldler during the melee immediately
following the wounding of joel. He
Was not seriously hurt.
KINGSTON, GA., BURNED.
Business Section Almost Wiped Out
By Flames.
With a strong north wind fanning
the flames to fury, a fire which broke
Ottt In the Victor house, at Kingston,
Ga., gained such headway that the en
tire business portion, with $65,000
ttorth of property, was reduced to
(moklng ruins. There are only two
Itores left standing from which the
people of Kingston may draw supplies
uatii relief comes for them.
It Is not known how the fire origi
nated.
The Do Soto hotel, built by a com
pany, had Just been occupied one
month. The proprietors, Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Haynes, had invested $1,600 in
the furnishings of the building.
A number of residences caught
from flying embers.
CHILD LABOR.
Birmingham Meeting Closes—Active
Campaign Proposed.
The seventh annual session of the
National Child Labor Conference was
ended at Birmingham with a meeting
R which the principal speakers were
. Felix Adler, of New York, and
Miss Jane Adams, of Chicago. This
session of the conference was voted
the greatest In the history of the
movement.
The work of the conference, in which
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and other
men and women of national promi
nence assisted, was directed mainly
towards securing uniform child labor
laws. A vigorous pi in was proposed
I lso for prohlbtlng child labor on the
tage.
The sessions of the conference have
attracted vast numbers of the people
*f Alabama, among whom the nation
al child labor movement originated,
and a widespread Interest has been re
lived.
Facts About Mexico
Political, Topographical and Racial.
Since our own government has by its
President, who is under the federal Con
stitution comrr ander-in-chi, f of the
Army and Navy, called out and mobil
ized 20,000 troops on the border between
United States territory and Mexico, on
account of the revolution now going on
in the latter country it may be of inter
est to some of our people to know some
thing in detail of this country, over
whose Capitol the stars and stripes float
ed in 1847 announcing to the world the
victory of onr army over Santa Anna.
The government of Mexico is a pres
idential federal Republic, planned and
fashioned somewhat aftercur own model.
Its legislative power is vested in a Con
gress and a Senate; its executive author
ity is vested in a president, who is elect
ed for a tf rtn of four years and who may
succeed himself as often as he may be
elected* He is vested with almost
unlimited power over the army and navy
and in the matter of internal affairs holds
and wields supreme power- The judicial
power of the Republic is vested in a
Supreme Court and Circuit and District
Courts, the supreme court consisting of
15 judges.
There are 27 states and 2 territories
composing the Mexican Republic. The
states have governors and legislatures,
consisting of a house of representatives
and a Senate, as our own States have.
Not many of us are aware of the im
mense territory of Mexico . It is almost
cornucopia in shape, being curved
sharply at its southern extremity from
northwest to southeast. Its western tides
bordering on the Pacific is 4.574 miles
long. This coast is for the most part
low and Hat with a coarse sandy covering
next to the ocean, except where sharp
spurs of the Cordilleras (Sierra Madre-
Occidental) extend into the sea. There
are some splendid harbors on this coast
among them Acapulco, which is the fin
est natural harbor in the world. The
length of the eastern coast, bordering on
the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribbean
Sea, is about 1700 miles, being less than
one third that of the western coast. The
eastern coast is low, flat and sandy, ex
tending back from the sea for many
miles, with sandy bars and for this reason
especially, there no natural harbors on
the eastern side.
Several centuries ago Mexico was in
habited by a superior race of Indians,
called the Aztecs and who were ruled by
the Montezumas. These and their depen-
cies were conquered by the Spaniards and
from these s'oeks, mainly have evolved
the Mexican nation as it exists today.
The population of Mexico by the census
of 1900 was 13,607,259. The racial pro
portions among them are as follow: 19
per cent whites; 38 per cent pure ludians
and 43 per cent mixed breeds. There
are five million Indians, at least, forming
this population. The narrowest part of
Mexico, measuring across from ihe Gulf
to the Pacific Ocean is 100 miles; the
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coat collar,
Central of Georgia takes Ac
tive Interest.
A better corn yield and improv
ed methods of cultivation general
ly along the line of the Central
of Georgia Railway are very much
desired by its management.
Mr. W. A. Winburn, Vice-Presi-
dent, in an interview, states that:
“The Central of Georgia Railway
is deeply interested in the adop
tion of improved farming methods
along its line and wishes to display
its interest in some substantial
way. We believe that splendid re
sults can be obtained thru the or
ganization of Boys’ Corn Clubs in
the various counties in Georgia and
Alabama by the United StateB De-
parmenl of Agriculture, through
the Extention Department of the
State Agricultural Collages, and,
in order to incourage this work, we
have decided to offer a oash prize
of $25.00 to the boy in each of the
counties traversed by our line who
8‘cures the best results from the
cultivation of an acre of coru uu-
der the rules of competition fixed
by the organizations fixed above.
“The Central runs through fifty-
seven couutica in Georgia and
twenty one counties in Alabama,
which will have the (fleet of enab
ling- a large number of boys to
benefit bv the competition and
should arouse very general inlefeBi
in this very Important education
al work.
‘‘In addition io these county pri
zes, the Central of Georgia Rail
way also offers two state prizes
one in Georgia and one in Alaba
ma, to be awarded to the boy com
peting in the Corn Clubs of the
counties traveised by its line of
road, who obtains the beet results
under the rules prescribed for the
couuty prizes. We have decided
to offer as State prizes the best
mule that can be bought for $250
‘While every boy winning a
casli couuty prize is at liberty to
use the mouey according to bis
own best judgement, we believe
that no better use could be made
of i* than by taking advantage of
the educational advantages that
are offered by the State College of
Agriculture. This amouut, gen
erally speaking., will more than
pay the expenses that will be in.
currc-d in taking the farmer’ short
course either at Athens Georgia, or
Auburn, Alabama, and we hope
lhat the winners will make this
use of it.”
‘‘It is not our expectation in of
fering the prizes that the increrso
in ihe production of corn in these
States will make that an impor
tant item of freight tonage in the
near future, but we do believe that
more home grown corn means
more live stock, and more live
stock will serve to enrich the soil,
which must inevitably benefit the
farmer and everybody else, includ
ing the railroads”
broadest part which i3 the extreme nor
thern part and next to the United .States
is 1833, nearly 2,000 miles.
Our states lying next to Mexico ar?:
Texas, New Mexico and California, the
Rio Grand River being the div’dieg line
between Texas and Mexico, while there
is no natural dividing line between the
states of California, Arizona snl New
Mexico and Mexico. The line between
our borders ad Mexico for nearly a
thousand miles where these three states
touch is still unsettled and has caused no
little trouble and confusion as to juris
dictional power. I may write more of
this country later.
—Walter E. Steed.
This March 17,1911.
Oil Stove Explodes Burning Bue
na Vista Residence.
BUENA VISTA, Ga-. March, 17
—The handsome re'idence of W M
Williams was completely destroy
ed by fire at an early hour this
morning, entailing a loss of some
thing over $5,000, which is only
partially covered by insurance.
The cook was staitiug to pre
pare breakfast and was using an
oil stove. I some manner the oil
ignited and an explosion followed.
The burning oil epread over the
entir9 room 4 and in a moment the
building was afire in a half dozen
places. The fire spread so
ly that it was impossible to
but a small portion of the h
hold effects.
Children Cry
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