The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-05
A TAR HEELS IMPRESSIONS
OF Gus MEXICO
Or. C.. D. Brothers, of Goldsboro. Returns From tho
Southern Republic, After Spending Several Years
There, and Gives Some Light on the Situation.

III O1l Tile SITUATION.
come like a benefcent visitor. The
horror Of such a state of affairs 40
has and still exists In Mexico. neither
pen nor tongue can tell. The world |
seems a small place, and as YOU sit |
and listen to the story of such cruelty |
being meted out to human beings. Won
are confronted with the vast problem
OF Immortality. the enigma Of the
lCummuning nus you depart from
your informer with bowed head and
the bright old scenes of the Did North
state 500 brings back your cheerful
ness.
When asked about railway con-
struction work in Mexico, Mr.. Broth
ers stated The Compania Constructors
dc Sombrerete. who had the contract
for the construction Of the railroad
from Canitas to Durango. has sus-
pended all work. All OF its employ
ees have left the state. About 14O
kAOmeterS of track had been laid,
and the o. would have been COM
pleted In four months. but the work
had to be abandoned on account Of
tned isturbed condition Of the
try.
OF Sombrerete Mr.. Brothers says he
was informed that the rebels were not
mOheStlng the cattle OF the range.
They take horses, which they say they
need for the campaign, and they Kill
beeves, Shops and goats for food. but
they do not drive away any stock.
They cOnfScate arms where the are
found, and force loans of money from
merchants, miners and stockmen very
frequently, but he says there is no
wanton destruction of property.
Mr.. Brothers says he was one among
q party of 76, including several Amer
| incan women, who left Canitas to go
to Zacatecas in coaches and on horse
back. There were As Americans In
the party, IA foreigners, and the rest
lMexicans. The distance between Can
itas and Zacatecas by railroad Is Ill
kilometers, but it was necessary for
the party to make several detours
which made it longer, the trip being
made in two days and q half. 1t was
the trip across country, u to the in
!, terruptiOn OF railway traffic and the
suspension OF woEk in the Canitas dis
ltrict.
When the party reached Zacatecas
t the residents OF the town gathered Oh
t the street corners to see them pass
All were glad to reach their destina-
had not encountered more dfffic ultie:
in the trip across the country.
e While there MI. Brothers says tn
= rebels under Panflo Natera appeared
on the outskirts Of 6ombrerete, and a!
9 there were only IA federal soldiers il
the town, the inhabitants urged tn
e garrison not to make a fight, but t.
permit the rebels to enter unmolested
This was agreed TO and the rebels
e who numbered about zoo. took pos
n session OF the town. Natera leviea
loans on the business men Of tn
e town, offering to give receipts If re
3 quired. and in this manner collecte,
a about $4,000. The rebels remane'
e only a day and a half In the town an
l. then left, NateEa first appointing
3, ! jefe politico to manage the affairs o
: the town.
When asked if he intended return
" ing to Mexico, Mr.. Brothers state
that it looked too much like war a
,r present, but if war came he woul
rather see it with the United State
e. and Mexico, as it would be a grea
thing tor Mexico, as there is miles an
ID miles Of uncultivated lands in Mexico
IT due to a law IL that country that n
j. man could be forced to pay a det
n or woIk unless he cose to do so.
tC He says Mexican girls do not hav
re the freedom that is bestowed upO
he the American girls, and are never a
flowed to go on the streets without bt
IN ing attended by relatives.