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VOLUME I.
TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED WRECK
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FIRST photograph of the wreck of the Twentieth Century Limited, 'the most famous train m the world, In
which five cars plunged through the ice into the Hudson river, near Hyde Park, New York. No lives were
lost but many passengers injured.
BANDIT IS A HERO
Reasons Why Mexican Is at War
With Madero.
Was Victim of the Diaz Tyranny—
Became Agitator When Hie Prop
erty Was Confiscated and He
Had to Labor as Peon.
Cuernarvaca, Mex. —"Zapata, the
bandit, - ’’ “Zapata, the liberator" —
these are the two public estimates
placed upon the man who for more
than a year has been carrying on a
continuous warfare against the con
stituted government In this part of
southern Mexico.
It is distinctly a war of the classes.
"The Tiger of Ayala,” as Zapata Is
called by his hundreds of admiring
followers, claims to be fighting ’for
the freedom of the peon element and
the small property holders, who he
declares have long suffered from the
tyrannical acts and policies of the
government. He also has personal
grievances and wrongs which he
wants to avenge.
Zapata is a product of the Diaz
rule. He was one of the victims of
the system that oppressed many of
the lower class all over the country
during the Diaz regime. It happened
in his case that there existed In him
an element of fighting power and re
lentless cruelty which marked him for
the leadership of the people who had
suffered similar wrongs. He is now
paying the government back for the
Injuries it did him.
In the days of Diaz men who did
not agree with the government were
quickly put where they could do no
harm. Zapata was arrested and sen
tenced to a long term of exile In the
■"• hot lands of Quintana Roo. It was to
that remote region that most of the
political prisoners were sent. Few of
them survived their terms of exile.
But Zapata had a constitution of iron.
Even in the distressing circumstances
under which he then labored he
planned the vengeance that he has
been inflicting on his oppressors for
the last twelve months. He lived
through his term of exile and returned
to his home In Ayala. The years
went by slowly and Zapata quietly
fomented a spirit of retaliation
against the government among the
people of his class. This was before
Madero started his revolution, and it
is now known that even had the lat-
Panels House With Warship
Hard as Iron Are the Timbers of Brit
ish Frigate Despite
Its Age.
New York.—Oaken timbers from the
old British warship, the Daedalus,
have been brought to New York and
•are being converted into paneling for
the interior of the new home of Steph
en Carlton Clark at No. 42 East Sev
entieth street.
Though the vessel was built in 1769
and was in commission until two years
ago, the timbers arejound, and “hard
as iron.” At Eckeworth & Sons’ yard
at Fifth and Lewis streets, where the
parts of the hull were taken from
the Atlantic transport liner Mesaba,
it was found necessary to invent a spe
cial machine to pull the wrought iron
spikes from the wood. In the parts
of the keelson the bolts were one and
a quarter inches in circumference.
The timbers are being turned into
paneling at Sherwin & Berman’s in
East One Hundred and Thirty-seventh
street The work will require four
NUMBER 12.
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. ter not Inaugurated his revolt against
the Diaz government Zapata would
have soon started one of his own.
Zapata did not quit fighting when
the peace compact was signed be
. tween Madero and the Diaz govern
ment. He had wrongs still to avenge,
and the petty municipal and district
officers who had carried out the or
ders of the government were the spe
cial objects of his vengeance. He and
' his men have shown special hatred
’ and cruelty toward the land owners
who dispossessed them of their small
farms.
1 Emiliano Zapata is the hero of the
common people, not only of the states
that are now in actual revolt, but of
all portions of the country. The seeds
' of revolt that have been sown by
J Zapata are likely to continue to bear
; fruit for years to come, unless the
government is able quickly to grant
the demands of the lower class for a
' division among them of the vast es
-1 tates ”which have for the most part
' been established by the merging of
small properties taken either by force
or by semblance of law.
Zapata Is a man of fine physique.
; He was married only a few months
ago to a pretty mountain girl, and she
has been his constant companion ever
since.
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USPaysOffanOldDebt
Government Sends $1.77 to Minne
sotan Due Him Since Days of
the Civil War.
St. Paul, Minn—Another proof that
Uncle Sam is honest and will pay his
debts as soon as he can is on exhibi
tion at the office of Julius Schmahl,
secretary of state, at the capitol. It
is a check for $1.77, which was re
ceived by Charles A. Rose, document
clerk. Uncle Sam has been owing
Mr. Rose this money since 1863 and
at last has got enough ahead to pay
the debt. In 1863 Mr. Rose was
transferred from one company of vol
unteers to another and at the time of
this transfer there was due him
$1.77. The amount was never paid
and Mr. Rose had even forgotten that
he had it coming until the check ar
rived yesterday.
Warren, Pa.—Hiram Towsley, of
Garfield, near here, has received a
check from the United States govern-
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months. The old oak panels will be
stained dark brown and will be given
a dull finish. They will be put in the
halls, stairs, library and dining room
of the Clark residence, under the di
rection of Architect Sterner. There
is to be a “gunboat room,” decorated,
it is said, with some of the bolts and
nails of the Daedalus.
Stephen Carlton Clark is a son of
Alfred Corning Clark, whose widow
became the second wife of Bishop
Henry C. Potter. He is a grandson of
Edward Clark, a partner of Isaac Sing
er in the sewing machine b”siness.
Young Clark in 1909 married Miss Su
san V. Hun, a daughter of Marcus Hun
of Albany, and he has a large fortune.
Sets Gold Wall in Artery.
New York.—An assemblage of
physicians and surgeons, many of
them from other cities, was held
spellbound by an operation perform
ed by Dr. William C: Lusk. A new
interior wall of gold wire was sup
plied for a distended aorta, the prin-
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IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1912.
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HIRES HUSBAND FROM JAIL
Asheville (N. C.) Woman Purchases
Convicted Spouse’s Services
t for SSOO a Month.
1 Asheville, N. C.—Placing a much
higher value on his services than any
‘ one else, Mrs. P. H. Trash hired her
husband from the board of county
commissioners for one month for
J SSOO, strictly cash in advance.
Trash, a man worth $50,000 and
well connected, had been found guilty
( of keeping liquor to sell to retailers
J in Ms prohibition section and sen
, fenced by Judge Long in superior
! court to pay a fine of $2,000, costs
amounting to S4OO, and to be impris
, oned in jail thirty days; but upon
' the tearful petition of the wife the
f judge stipulated that if the county
3 commissioners chose to do so they
, might hire the defendant for his
. term to the highest bidder, but not
, less than SSOO.
. The board decided to take theL
t money and in default of other bids
the defendant was struck off to the
’ wife for SSOO, which she promptly
f paid.
Cat Causes Big Fire.
South Norwalk, Conn. —A cat rubbed
s against a lamp in the home of Joseph
j A. McElroy. The fire loss was $125,-
• 000. A trunk containing $15,000
worth of jewels was rescued.
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ment for $lO5, which was the balance
due him in prize money for services
rendered in the Civil war. Mr.
Towsley was one of the crew of the
gunboat Connecticut. For valuable
cargo captured his share amounted to
$2,400, of which $lO5 had not been
paid, owing to an oversight
CORN GROWS IN APPENDIX
Strange Conditions Foun^ in Human
Body by Doctors Operating
on a Farmer.
Lawrence, Ind.—Three grains of
corn that had begun to sprout were
found in the appendix of James B.
Powell, a wealthy farmer, when he
was operated upon for acute appendi
citis. The appendix was 11 inches
long. Powell had a habit, he said,
of eating a few grains of corn every
time he fed his stock.
cipal wall had been torn to such a
thinness that it threatened to burst
at each beat of the heart. It was
necessary to perform the operation to
pierce the wall of this artery. Had
the worn walls ripped or cracked un
der the pulsations of the heart while
the operation was In progress, the pa
tient’s death would have been a mat
ter of moments. Under the condi
tions It was necessary to use only lo
cal anesthetics, and the patient was
conscious throughout. Henry E. Grif
fin, the patient, is 53 years old.
Dog Puts Out Fire.
Louisville, Ky.—After extinguishing
a fire caused by hot coals falling
from a grate, the prize-winning collie
of W. J. Atkinson awoke its master
to have a look at its blistered paws.
The dog sleeps on a rug in front
of the grate and during the night live
coals fell on the rug. Mr. Atkinson
was awakened by the dog whining
and scratching at his bedroom door
He arose and followed the dog to
where it indicated the burned places
in the rug with its nose. Then the
dog exhibited Its paws, which bad
been blistered in beating out tbe
blase.
MYRICK’S
Milledgeville, Ga.
THE SPRING GOODS
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Our Offerings for the
Coming Season Are
Away Ahead of all Past
Showings.
We have the merchandise that
will please you, and “The Big Store” is
here with store service. Polite sales=
people, quick service, large stocks well
selected, and pleasingly displayed.
Here you’ll find the ideal place to shop.
If you don’t know we will be pleased
to see you. We have no private office,
but would like to meet you when in
town. Our store is worth inspecting.
The next time you are in town come
in. Ask to see the store and tell us
what you think of us. . We will appre- 5
ciate vour criticism or approval.
Here’s hoping we see you soon.
Your Friends,
W.S.Myrick&Co.
SI.OO A YEAR.