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VOLUME I.
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THIS magnificent monument which Is now nearing completion, is being
erected in the city of Leipsig, Germany, in commemoration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the battle of Leipsig, which will be celebrated
in October. The monument is built on massive lines, and the figures
around the dome are of huge dimensions. When completed, this battle
monument will have cost $1,500,000.
.REBEL'SHIXEDARMY
How Zapata Recruited His Fol
lowers in Mexico.
Every Outlaw and Fugitive From Jus
tice Was Enlisted ,by “The At-
tila of Republic.” as Peons
Call Bandit.
Mexico City.—When. Zapata first re
cruited his followers they told me he
had drawn to himself every outlaw
and fugitive from justice who up to
that time had been hiding in the More
los hills or in the vast underground
caves of Cacahuimilpa, near Cuerna
vaca.
Later, when Zapata and his men
took Cuernavaca, Zapata opened the
jail and penitentiary, and, putting a
good rifle and a handful of cartridges
into each convict’s hands, he bade
them help themselves to horses wher
ever they could find them. As there
are several horse ranches and rich
haciendas with celebrated racing
studs in the immediate vicinity of
Cuernavaca, it did not take long be
fore all those new recruits went
mounted on the best of horses, as was
here to be seen.
After the great review of Zapata’s
bandit forces, Senor Madero commit
ted the colossal blunder, as it turned
out to be, of paying off all of Zapata’s
men for their alleged services in the
Madero revolution, without putting an
armed guard over them to sea that
they actually turned in their rifles and
cartridges before returning to their
homes.
AUTOS AND SHOE LEATHER
What the Modern Luxury Will Cost
the Poor of All Countries in
Foot Wear.
New York. —The tremendous growth
of the motor car Industry is produc
ing a scarcity of leather so great that
in a little over four years, according to
the leading authority in the New
England shoe trade, the price has ad
vanced 72 per cent., the Toronto
Globe notes. This advance, he stated,
must inevitably result in an increase
of 20 per cent. In the cost of shoes
all over the world. The interde
pendence not only of nations in mat
ters of trade and commerce, but of
the rich and poor, is strikingly illus
trated by the statement of the New
England expert. Poor folk in the re
motest corners of civilization, who
rarely see a motor car, will be forced
to spend a larger part of their scanty
income upon, shoes, a necessity of ex
istence, because rich people are pour
ing out money upon a new luxury.
NUMBER 7.
I The result of this was that Emiliano
Zapata simply drew’ the sum of 50,000
pesos set aside' for himself and his
followers, without bothering to turn
in more than a few stacks of arms,
after which he announced that he and
■ his men would not give any more
arms unless they received twice the
amount of the originally stipulated
sum.
After this the misunderstanding
' between the newly constituted gov
ernment authorities and the Zapata
brothers grew apace. Zapata was
summoned to the capital. He came
defiantly, surrounded by an armed
bodyguard. In his brief stay at one of
the principal hotels In Mexico City he
livened things up by shooting out all
the windows of the cantina because
they would not serve him with drinks
after 3 in the morning.
On the following day he and bls
companions commandeered some half
dozen city taxicabs and rode back to
Cuernavaca, about 75 miles away.
After this Zapata and his men in
Morelos became quite unmanageable
so far as the newly constituted au
thorities were concerned. Francisco
de la Barra, Mexico’s president ad In
terim, tried to temporize with the
Zapata brothers for a while, after
which Senor Madero, in his capacity
as leader of the revolution, pending
his election as constitutional presi
dent. made a special trip to Morelos
to "smooth down” the enraged Zapat
ists.
But the "smoothing down” did not
last, for within a week Zapata’s fol
lowers were "shooting up” the col
umns of regular soldiers who had
been sent to garrison the most im
portant towns of Morelos, in response
to the frantic appeals of the bandit
harried inhabitants of that state.
From this time forth the campaign
1 MAN SEEKS “STANDARD^ WIFE|
Doctor Who Says He Is a “Standard"
Man Appeals.to Preacher Who Vol
unteered as Matchmaker.
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Minneapolis, Minn. —in a sermon re
. cently Rev. G. L. Morrill of this city
offers to aid bashful men to get wives.
' Now he is seeking a “standard” wo
man for a "standard" man, the latter
having written him a letter in which
1 he describes just the kind of a woman
he wants to make his home a para
' dise. The "standard" man is a Janes
i ville (Wis.) physician, and declared
• he, as a "standard" man, is one-tenth
above the female sex.
' The letter in part follows:
"I have just read your marriage of
fer. I lost my wife last winter, leav
ing a lonely void in my home. Am just
past forty and have no children.
Have a fine home. I have no Infirmi
ties and no bad habits.
"Now, if you have any lady bache
lor from twenty-five to thirty-five that
would like a first-class home, with a
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IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1912.
between Zapata’s bandit hordes and
various expeditions of government
forces has been in full swing.
All this so-called "campaign" on »he
part of the Zapatists, was marked by
acts of unbridled murder, arson and.
rapine.
When the government forces re
sorted to savage reprisals, such as
burning down villages, imprisoning
women and children and hanging or
shooting all men believed to be in
league with Zapata, the warfare in
these unhappy districts of Mexico
naturally took a turn for the worse,
and the whole region become almost
uninhabitable.
The railway traffic between the cap
ital and Morelos has been brought to
a standstill since the recent hold-up
and massacre of railway passengers
and their escort of armed soldiers
half way between the City of Mexico
and Cuernavaca, when forty persons
were killed.
Since this event several of the rail
way stations and bridges along that
line have been burned down by the
Zapatists, only a few hours from the
City of Mexico, so that the railway
service between the capital and the
states of Morelos and Guerrero has
had to be suspended altogether.
SEEK PAN-AMERICAN CODE
Two United States Delegates Are En
couraged by Work of Rio Janeiro
Conference.
Washington, D. C. —Henry L. James
and Frederick Van Dyne, two dele
gates from the United States to the
International conference for the codi
fication of public and private interna
tional law, which recently finished its
work at Rio Janeiro," Brazil, have re
turned to this country. Mr. James,
who is assistant chief of the Latin-
American division of the state depart
ment, reported that the delegates
from this country are convinced that
a substantial foundation has been
laid in the Rio Janeiro conference for
the development of a form of pro
ceeding which will insure uniformity
of laws and practice in American in
ternational relations.
While the task is a monumental
one, owing to the difficulty of recon
ciling and unifying practices based i
on principles so widely variant as tb£ i
J Latin code and the British and Ameri
! can common law, it is expected that
tangible results will come from work
to be performed by a number of sub
' committees. To these committees
‘ have been assigned some of the most
! vexatious problems of international
relations which will be considered at
meetings to be held in the following
. six capitals: Montevideo. Lima. San
‘ tiago de Chile. Rio Janeiro. Buenos
Aires and Washington, at dates to be
determined by the chairmen.
What the conference hopes to make ,
a reality is a common code to be ad- ;
ministered by a great International I
supreme court.
CLAM GETS PICNICKER’S $5
How Louis Ludden of Winsted, Conn., '
Lost a Gold Piece and Found
It in a Shell.
Winsted, Conn.. Aug. 15.—Louis Lud
den, member of a clambake party here,
stood beside a barrel of clams which
was partly covered. In taking some j
matches from his trousers pocket, he j
pulled out a $5 gold piece, which |
dropped into the barrel. The barrel
was emptied, but no coin was to be
found.
In due course of time the clams,
after being washed, were placed in a 1
steamer with other sea food. When I
the man who lost the gold piece got i
his portion of clams, he found his lost
coin reposing in a shell with a steamed
clam.
Aged Artist to Wed.
New York.—-John C. Gillet, an art
ist. aged seventy-seveu. told his
friends that he is soon to marry Mrs.
Rachael Kendall, four years his junior.
large, fine garden, one that will come
near physical standard and has good ■
health, you may give her my address
A standard woman in stature is 5 feet
4 to 5 inches. When arms are ex
tended the measure from tip to tip of
fingers would be equal to height. She
should have chest measurement near
35 inches and weigh near 130 pounds.
Must not have shoulder blades promi
nent like wings or have short legs
from knee down. Must not have pug
nose or thick lips. Upper lip must not
be short with upper teeth projecting.
"She must not have lop-ears. Rather
fine bair and fine features preferred,
and a well developed chin. Good
cooks and good nurses are generally
preferable and make best wives."
The name ot Dr. A. P. Burns, Janes
ville, Wis.. appeared on the envelope
"Is this a good town?"
“Naw, rotten! 1 had t’ree jobs of- '
sered me in one day."
THE W. S.
MYRICK CO.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
Our buyer, Mr. W. S. Myrick, is
now in New York, and has picked up
quite a bargain in ladies’ one-piece
dresses in light weight serges in all of
the staple colors. We would advise
you to call in at your earliest conveni=
ence and look them over.
We are also showing advance styles
in MENS CLOTHING.
Norfolk Suits for Men
will be especially
strong this season
And we would like you to see our line
NEW GOODS
Are arriving daily in
all departments
And we would like for you to look
them over
The W. S. Myrick Co.
(INCORPORATED)
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
Everything for Everyone to Wear
SI.OO A YEAR.
