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REAL ESTATE NEWS
How Huerta Has Prepared to
Defend Himself
His Principal Reliance is the Cultured Upper Class. They
Don't Love the Dictator. But They Love Mexico and
Will Fight. Principal Weakness is Vast Peon Class.
They'll Fight and Run Away to Fight Another Day
Washington, D. C.—Will th« Mexi
can* fight?
The ease with which the marines land
ed In Vera (Yu* has led many Americana
to conclude that the march to the City
SPECIAL!
The price of n desirable two story home on an
attractive block of Broad street, below filbert St.,
has been reduced materially. See us.
FOR RENT
Furnished or unfurnished, an attractive home
on lower Broad, near Lincoln street.
1308 Greene street, at reduced rental,
And a new flat on Crawford Avenue; very de
sirable.
Martin & Garrett
REAL ESTATE. INSURANCE.
137 Jackson Street. Phone 224.
Building Lots
Forjiale
Several of the most desirable building lots in
Monte Sano, on Wrightsboro Road,between Troupe
and Winter streets; water, sewerage and gas acces
sible; two blocks from electric car line and three
blocks from fire station now in course of construc
tion, and near the Monte Sano graded school.
Terms to suit purchaser.
i Apply to
WILLIAM F. EVE
611 Dyer Building.
TO 15i
I can show some investment
property that yield from
12% TO 15%.
No better place for your money
than real estate.
Clifford R. Dawson
PHONE 3077
3JI Union Savings Bank Bldg.
AUGUSTA • - GEORGIA
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Huerta Makes Desperate Attempts to Recruit Army
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LATEST PICTURES FROM MEXICO CITY.
Theae latest pictures from Mexico City Indicate the straits to which the dictator is reduced In order to
raise forces. The first picture shows Mexicans of the better class drilling in civilian garb under the direc
tion of n uniformed officer of the Mexican army. These men are real volunteers.
The bottom picture shows how the bulk of the Huertista army is recruited. Low caste Indians, igno
rant of the cause of war, are stolen from their villages and marched in a hollow square of soldiers to the re
cruiting office where they “enlist.” One would expect soldiers of this type to run away at first shot and, as
a matter of fact, this is exactly what does happen. The few spirited educated Mexicans in Huerta’s forces
are not enough to leaven the great of stupid. sheep-liko„ yeons.
The center picture shows a group of high school girls in Mexico City organized as a uniformed Red Cross
corps. They are kneeling in salute to the flag of Huerta.
granted that the Unitod States will win
In the end, but victory will only come on
vunqutshitig the flower of the descend
ants of the proud Spanish conquerors,
that small fraction of the Mexican na
tion which possesses almost all the
property of the country which is not in
the hands of foreigners and which holds
the peon class almost In serfdom.
Huerta's principal reliance is the cul
tured tipper class. They don’t love
Huerta, hut they love Mexico. They
will fight.
Hucrti's principal weakness Is the
vast peon class, sunk in ignorance. They
will fight and run away to fight an
other day.
No National Spirit.
The peons possess no such national
spirit as even the lowliest American
workman. They must he Impressed Into
H net la's army. They cannot he dis
ciplined. llut they are cruel and blood
thirsty. like their ancestors who offered
human sacrifices on stone altars in
Montesums's time and they will wage
guerilla warfare long after the principal
cities are in the hands of the United
States.
In his desperate efforts to arm himself
against the Constitutionalists and the
vaster peril which has now materl.illxed,
Huerta has sent squads from the tried
troops he kept as his bodyguard in the
capital to impress men of the nearby
Indian villages which cluster In the val
ley of Mexico.
Many photographs received here show
these press gui'K* at their work—actual
ly stealing men from the bosoms of the r
families The Indians with their enor
mous hats, are seen marching in a hol
low square of soldiers through the
streets to the barracks where they are
driven Into the recruiting office to “vol
unteer.”
When General Scott In the first Mexi
can war arrived just south of Mexico
City and fought the battle of Mollno
del Hoi, he found barring hi further
progress an entWmoui barricade. Santa
Anns had had this rerected by the In
dians of the neighborhood. The Indians
did not know wh> they had put up the
harriesde They did not know what the
quarrel between Santa Anna and ”Yan
qvias” was about. AH they knew was
that they were armies marching around
with banners flying and hands playing
So, It Is related General Scott ordered
these emi Indians to tear down the
barricades which they hud Just erected.
Demolished Their Work.
The Indians demolished their work for
General Scott with as much readiness as
they had put It up for Santx Anna. The
Indians of today sre little changed from
those of 1547.
The tremendous importance of this in
different attitude of the Indians Is seen
when one notes the division of races n
Mexico «s fol'ows:
Whites, 1 per cent.
Mixed (mostly part Indian) 54 per
cent.
Indians, 3© per cent
Ulucks, 1 per cent.
Illiteracy runs according to different
accounts from 75 to ©5 per cent
It is on the 15 per cent of wh tes that
Huerta must put hl» principal reliance,
although he is himself at least half In
dian These ts a small percentage of
capable Indians like Huerta and the
famous patriot. Benito In a ret Many In
dians joined the army of Villa armed
with long hows am) arrows, weapons
which have been discarded by the
at*>rtffune* of the United States
Rut a great wave of loyalty to their
beautiful country has !*een sweeping the
large towns where the more Intel!’gent
Mexican# ive. At a mage meeting of
Mexican citlsene in FMedrae Negras five
hundred volunteers were organised and
armed to resist sn expected ‘nvasion
iset week In the district Immediately
surrounding Meixco warlike preparations
long have been going on to an extent
undreamed of by ondst Americans. The
shipment of 15.(‘00.$00 rounds of ammuni
tion on the German steamer Ypiranga,
which waa seised by Admiral Fletcher
at Vera Cruz was undoubtedly meant for
American heads and it had taken some
time to arrange for the purpose and des
patch of these cartridges. Even with
out this shipment, Huerta's troops will
not lack ammunition. There is a good
ammunition factory nt Chapultepec, the
beautiful hill neftr Mexico City, which
is tlie site of the national military acad
emy, Mexico's “West point.”
Boys’ High School.
Huerta has converted the boys of the
Mexico high school Into an armed
brigade and has had the girls organized
as a uniformed Red Cross corps. He
can also depend upon the brave boys of l
Chapultepec. The heroic youths of this
famous school flung themselves reck
lessly In the path of General Scott's 1
army in 1847 and were decimated. Scott’s
bold Americans were stirred to admira
tion by the way these vounr men from
the best families of Mexico went to their
deaths.
Huerta has. according to the best in
formation of the United States war de
partment, at present 42,701 regular sol
diers available for field duty. These are
scattered throughout the republic In va
rious towns and no single division at the
outbreak of hostilities with the United
States comprised more than 6.000. There
were about 6.000 troops In the district
around the capital and approximately
the same number in the vicinity of Sal
tillo. south of Torreon.
There was said to be about 3,500
troops In Sonora, 2.500 in Slnalo, 800
In Tepic. 6 000 In Jalisco, 1,100 In Co
lutna, 4,500 in Zucatecas and 1,250 in
Guerrero.
On the Atlantic coast the forces, he- 1
fore the solsure of Vera Crus were re
ported to he 1.250 In San Luis Fotosl, 4.-
100 In Vera Crux, and 1.000 In Puebla. In
addition to these there were small de
tachments in various Southern states at
the larger towns on the Pacific Ocean.
lllkerta has not, It seems pitted the
flower of his army ag«mst Villa and
Carranza. He wUi have a good nucleus
for a defensive force If he concentrates
his regular army In the vicinity of
Meixco.
Much Superior.
The results of other clashes between j
American and Mexican troops proves the
Northerner is immensely superior, man
for man. to the Mexican soldier. He
h<s more Intelligence, is usually In bet
ter physical trim and, if not braver. Is
possessed of a certain dash and enthu- |
si asm which carries a long way.
Resides the land forces enumerated. I
Huerta has an insignificant nary, of
which the f ghting personnel consists of
officers and enlisted men. The
whole Mexican fleet of nine vessels
wouM not have the slightest chance
against a single American warship of
fairly up-to-date type.
In one branch of the service accord
ng to some accounts, Huerta Is superior !
to us This Is in aviation. Just hew !
many aeroplanes and hydroplanes he has
is not certain, hut it is admitted his
force is much more imposing than thg
pitiful exhibition the United States can
assemble The Un ted States ranks tn i
third on the list of nations, being we|! ]
down heh'nd China, Belgium, Swifter-!
land Brash. Argentina and Morocco.
Huerta recently 'c*t three sreoplanes In
a fire which swept his hangars.
SENSATION FLOUR makes
more, liqhter. whiter and better
biscuit than anv other. Try it.
B. Y. P. U. Convention at
Sandersville in June
The Baptist Young people of the
state will meet at Sandersville June
23-26. This meeting will take to our
neighboring city scores of young peo
ple from all parts of the state and
will be of great service to all churches
in the city.
The Baptist Young People's Union
is an organization which seeks to de
velop and train the young people in
Christian service. In many Baptist
churches it is very strong while in
many others It has but little hold upon
the congregation. Within the last year
special effort has been made to enlist
the churches in the work and partial
success attended the campaign.
Frank H. Leavell of Atlanta is the
state secretary. He devotes all of his
time to this department and is under
the control of the state hoard of mis
sions. He will be one of the princi
pal speakers at Sandersville. All
Haptist churches in Augusta will like
ly send delegates.
SCHOOL CHILDREN’S
SONG FESTIVAL 26TH
Miss N E Harris, Musical Di
rector, Has Plans Almost
Complete for Public Recital.
The biennial May Music Festival
by the children of the public grammar
schools of Augusta will be held on
the 26th, and arrangements are being
made under the supervision of Miss
N. K. Harris, the musical director, for
the greatest and grandest event of the
kind the city has ever heard or wit
nessed.
There will be school children from
all of the graded schools of the city
combined into one large chorus that
will sing at the Orand Opera House
In the evening. The songs they will
sing have been carefully chosen by
Miss Harris and she has spent many
hours in personally teaching those
who are to form the chorus that they
might make even a better impression
upon their hearers than last time.
There is certainly no singing ever lis
tened to here at any time that is
sweeter than that which comes from
the tender young vocal chords of
these school children.
The Oi era House on the 26th will
doubtless he crowded to capacity with
interested parents, relatives and
friends of the songsters.
J. B. ,*TORY
ARCHITECT
212 Montgomery Bid.
Phone 2271
NEW BUNGALOW
JUST COMPLETED
T have for sale a beautiful new Bungalow on
large eorner lot, situated on Emmett street, just off
of Walton Way.
This place has every modern convenience and
is in a fine neighborhood, which is developing rap
idly.
A more desirable home would be hard to find,
and terms are easy and price very reasonable.
Price $4,000.
Terms: SI,OOO cash, balance to suit purchaser
at 7 per cent interest.
JOSEPH W. BEASLEY
REAL ESTATE. 215 DYER BUILDING.
FOR SALE
We have a very attractive aud conveniently
arranged ten (10) room residence on a corner lot
in North Augusta, S. C., that some one will get at
a bargain. The house faces East in a very desir
able and established neighborhood, and is modern
throughout. Two (2) stories with a bath on each
floor. Lot is 100x200, and well shaded. Conve
nient to Schools, Churches, and Car Line.
It will pay any one interested in securing a
good home, to see this property. Our price and
terms are very interesting, and will be furnished
upon application.
Jas. R. League & Co.
212 UNION SAVINGS BANK BUILDING.
PHONE No. 176
J. Hardwick Jackson
Phone 3446. Dyer Building
0
I have a nice new residence on the Hill for sale
outright at very reasonable price, or the owner will
exchange his equity in the property, amounting to
$3,500.00, for either improved City Property, or
desirable farm property near Augusta.
Only a few of those 100 lots on “Richmond
Terrace” left. Would advise parties who have
phoned me about them, to close trades before they
are all sold. Remember, the number is limited at
this price— sloo.
J. Hardwick Jackson
Phone 3446. 409 Dyer Building.
FACTS
40.000 Hydro-Electric horse power has been
developed at Stevens Creek, and is now available
for industries in Augusta and this section.
Industries can increase the quantity and quali
ty of their products, decrease the cost of their pow
er, and at the same time relieve themselves of the
expense of a power plant by using Stevens Creek
Hydro-Electric power.
THIS POWER DEVELOPMENT MAKES
IT POSSIBLE FOR AUGUSTA TO HOLD OUT
TO NEW INDUSTRIES GREATER INDUCE
MENTS THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THIS
SECTION.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 6.