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ey CHARLES M. PEPPER.


uncovered a pIot against himself and
was convinced that Gov. Chao was in
IL, for he was IN a violent rage when
Chao was made prisoner by his orders
and would have executed the governor
but fer arranza's iGtercession. There
were at least four executions later.
/ ] was in chihuahua early in May
soon after these executions, and heard
some OF the particulars, though they
were net even whispered. One was
of captain, and there was reason Il
believe that a colonel. also vas exc
cuted, along with two subordinate offi
GERS. An anti-Americah plot was said
to exist, and the few Americans who
remained in ChihuahtA were being
guarded without their knowing it The
plot was really against Villa, but the
killing of few Americans. which
seemed to be assumed, would be one
means Of pcpulaTiz:ng it and7 also. OF
diserediting Villa in the United States
villa has his own secret police
whose members are not known to one
another. BY this means he keeps in
formed of what his enemies are doing
or are planning to do. His secret po
lice were probably the sources of in
formation which caused him to send
a number of officers to the front with
their troops who it had been suppos
ed would be left behind for ordinary
military duties. q
The wide divergence in policies be,
tween Villa and Carranza became ap,
NO rapt u,hap rarronzo l,,o,,o5 IL, y,,o,,
able government temporarily to Du
range, while Villa was in personal
command Of the troops which were
advancing against SaltiIlo. Carranza
was undertaking to dictate the mill
tary policy while Villa was also op.
stinately adhering to policy of his
own in regard to confscation and
other questions which the CarranZa
cabinet maintained were purely CUES.
tons of civil government Villa, how.
ever, was still acknowledging Carran.
"a as first chief l was at Durango
when the first news of the cutting to
pieces of a retreating federal garri,
son at Paredon was received. 1t came
in the form of telegram from Villa
to Carranza, and gave the facts about
as subordinate general would re.
port to a commander-in-chief.
Carranza showed his lack of mill,
tary intuition, as well as bad judg,
ment, in undertaking to direct the
Zacatecas campaign without regard
to Villa. He created a central divi,
sion of the army, and made Gen. Pan.
flo Natera the general in command
of it. 1t clearly was his intention
that the central army should take Ia
catecas. .=.....~...
Gen. Natera was a splendid young
officer, who had done good work in
driving the federals cut of various
parts of the state of Zacatecas, but
he had never commanded an army
attacking fortified position. He and
his officers, however, we're supremely
confident thatltha gaf4ksnn of the city
either would capituIate or would eva
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ceived admission to the executive of.
fees. Except in the case of Mr.. Spey'
err the visits of the two others were
somewhat personal e..
There has been severe criticism OF
the president for inaccessibility to
men of large affairs in the country.
The criticism has likewise applied
as to the men in other walks of life.
Hundreds of the nations big men
have either directly or indirectly
sought to have interviews with the
president or expressed to friends a
desire to get in touch with him, but
the time of the president has nearly
always been occupied, and he was
unable to make many engagements.
Men who sincerely have the welfare
of the president at heart have keen.
ly felt the unwisdom of this course,
but have been unable to make a
change in the program of the White
House.
Position of President.
It has been explained by those close
to the White House, however. that the
presidents motives in declining to
make dates, in addition to lack OF
time for these appointments. have
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claimed his allegiance TO carranza as
first chief.
The explanation made to the Wash
ingtcn administration Of the Carranza
note was that is was essential in or
der to placate the rebel troops and II
prevent an anti-American outbreak
in other words, il was piece of poll.
tics. This explanation is correct II
Carranza, at the demand of Villa S
generals, had not written 10 President
Wilson as he did the whole Constitu-
tionalist army in northern Mexico
would have been IN revolt In IS
hours Villa was able to check the feel.
ing and TO blend the mind OF his foi-
flowers TO other subjects. ..- $3.50.
/ The Carranzistas were bitterly re.
!sentful of the censure which was Wis
ited en- CarranZa in the United States
and the praise which was given Villa.
The incident really widened the breach
between the two factions, yet on the
surface they were made to appear
more harmonious. IT,. ---. IN
IN the latter part of April. before
Villa left for the front. a harmony
dinner was given General Carranza at
Chihuahua. Several foreigners were
present by invitation. Villa made a
speech in which, after describing him
self as only rude soldier, he praised
CarraRZa and denied that there was
any friction between them. Among
other things villa said that they must
all be united against the Bretensions
OF their civilized neighbor." This
meant the United States. The for
eigners present all noted the signifi-
canoe OF the phrase, but il was cut
out of the speech as furnished to the
newspapers On the border by Villas
press bureau.
The surface harmony between Villa
and Carranza did not last long when
il came To internal affairs Of the revo-
luton. The offices IN Chihuahua were
held largely by CarraDzistas. Phe
Yillaistas complained bitterly of this.
since chihuahua was Villas special
territory and had been won by him.
They made no secret that they wanted
a chance at Numbering under official
authority. They got it and the way
they have been exercising their au-
GHOIlIN SDlC6 lIltIi NBuiu STi6Nt lHt'
good peoDle cf the United States who
think that Villas followers have been
fighting for good government
Villa one night surrounded the house
of Manuel Chao, the governor, and
made him a prisoner. Chao was sent
to the front with his command and
General Fidela Avila, the military
commandant at Iuarez. was named for
governor, but did not take office i'm
mediatelv Ghao returned from the
trent with his staff and issued A pro-
clamation telling the peonie of Chihua-
hua that there was. nothing in the
stories of the disagreement between
him and villa, but that he was lay
ing down the cares of the governors
office in order taat he might best
serve the peoRle Ia military capacity.
There is little question that Villa
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of English politics" To point his ar
gument, Mr.. Kipling takes a leaf out
of his Indian experience. He quotes
a young murderer who once said to
him from his cell which Mr.. Kip
ling visited as newspaper reporter:
Take ii from me that, when chap
starts crooked, one thing leads to an
ether till he finds himself in such a
position that he has to put somebody
out of the way to get straight again"
This is the crime that he now charges
to the British cabinet, finding Mr..
Asquith and his fellows guilty of most
of the crimes on the statute-books
As the Manchester Guardian reports
Mr.. Kipling, he declared that while
the meanest sneak-thief will take
chances against society, the House
of Commons takes none. The Parlia,
ment Act prevents the possibility of
any interference on the part, OF cleo
tors from outside, and the payment
of members prevents the possibility
of any revolt on the part of members
inside the House Mr.. Kipling de.
clares that the Liberal majority was
not big enough to make them inde-
pendent of the Irish Nationalist vote.
IF that vote was not bought, the
Cabinet would lose their salaries as
well as the chance of supplemeHting
those salaries, and the private mem
bers would lose very comfortable
income. So the Irish Nationalist
vote was bought by means of the
Home Rule BILL Mr. Kipling begins
with bie hiffar f1iuO of tha Irish and
goes on with an assault on the gov
eminent that is almost unparalleled
in British politics. These are his
words:
II do not for one instant blame the
Nationalist. They are what they are,
They are what their type of race has
always been since the beginning of
recorded history They have done
nothing, and so far as in them lay
they have suffered nothing to be done,
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Villa removed his Headquarters from
Juarez TO Chihuahua, and the CaTran
"a government took up the task o.
relieving him from responsibility foi
Benton's murder. II Is forgotten now
but Immediately after the murder /;
statement was given cut from Vilia'i
headquarters at JGarez explaining how
Benton had been given trial by court
martial, and having been found guilty
had been executed in accordance witt
military law. This semi-official yer
sion was so exceedingly improbable
that il only brought ridicule On Villa.
whitewashers
{ Then CarranZa stepped in and defiec
both England and the United States
turning back the official representa-
tives of the two countries who Were
to make an Investigation and to e.
anime the body Of Benton. He stated
that the constitutionalist government
would make the necessary inquiries
Later, il was unofficially given out
that Carranza's subordinates had in
yestigated, and had found that Ben
ton had been ordered to chihuahua
by Villa for trial. but had been taker
by one Maj. Fierro, who would be pun
ished for his act, but even this state
meBt never was officially made. Fier
70 was Villas closest friend.
The British foreign minister, Lord
Grey, told parliament that England
does not forget Benton The United
States apparently did forget him, as
it forgot Gustave Baueh and other
American citizens, who were undoubt
edly murdered by Villas men, for the
incident was allowed to drop out oil
the official mind, and, to some ex
tent, out of the public mind.
The full history of Bentons murder,
and the degree to which Villa was
responsible for it, some day will be
revived, but the point is that by not
holding Villa to accountability at the
time he was able to go forward with
his military movements, and achieve
the victories which have added So in.
mensely to his prestige. Villa was
very grateful to Carranza for smooth
ing the incident over, and there were
many manifestations Of mutual good
feeling between him and Carranza.
Their respective followers, however,
did not become very cordial. to one
another. and Villas lieutenaIfts were
soon talking Of deposing Carranza.
Then came the seizure of Vera Cruz
by the American navy, and the landing
of American marines, which called
forth Carranza's note to President
Wilson, inviting the president of the
United States to withdraw them. VIII
las generals were most radical in
their demand that Carranza take the
stand he did. There is not shadow
Of a doubt on this point villa, how
ever. repudiated the note as soon as
he saw how public sentiment in the.
United States was becoming in llamed
byit, At the Same time he sill pro-
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honor and glory be it recorded, the
army saved the empire What has
happened since? The Cabinet and the
members of the House of Commons
have drawn eight weeks more sal
airy. If the Cabinet do not go for
ward with the Home Rule bill they
will cease to dray any salary. There
fore, they must go forward with the
Home Rule bill. -...:..
DO not be under any delusion If
the Cabinet think that murder will
serve their turn again they will at
tempt that murder again, and they
will 30 farther. In the light of their
record of two months ago, we are
justified in believing that If by any
lie, by any Justification of fact, speech,
document, or telegram, by any bride
of money, or title, or promotion, by
subornation of evidence or prearrang-
ed proyocation-if by these things
the blame of causing bloodshed can
be thrown upon Ulster, the Cabinet
will openly or secretly lend itself to
that work. Civil war is inevitable
unless our rulers can be brought to
realize that even now they must refer
these grave matters to the judgment
of a free people. If they do hot all
the history of our land SHOWS there
is but one end for us = destruction
from within or destruction from with
out" r.. 2ss ..-
The London Daily Mail thinks II
Mr. Kipling were a politician his
Tunbridge Wells speech would not be
calculated ito raise the tone of pub.
lie discussion. 1t is likened to the
tone of the public schoolboy who div.
ides mankind into two classes, Our
fellows and 'the cads." The West.
minister Gazette says: .< ..-4
NO one believes that the govern.
ment and its supporters acted from
the motives that Mr.. Kipling attri'
butes to them, and to talk in this
strain is not to hurt the government,
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(Since the following dispatch was
sent out BY the Associated Press, Pres.
ident Wilson has also Interviewed Mr..
Ford relative to the present business
conditions Of the country, Mr.. Ford
maintaining that business was bully.")
WASHINGTON. d. c. President
Wilson has long. and pleasant inter
view with ]. p. Morgan of New York.
The conference is understood to be
the beginning OF a new policy
at the White House in the reception
Of prominent men identified with big
business throughout the country.
Mr.. Morgan, who arrived at and de-
parted from the White House in a
taalicab, was smiling broadly when he
faced large number of newspaper
reporters as he emerged from the
presidents offices.
mot asword, = he said in answer to
many questions You'll have to see
the president. ] believe you see him
this afternoon anyhow referring to
the newspaper mems usual Thursday
afternoon conference with the chief
executive.
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Events are moving swiftly in MeM
co 10 determine who really is the first
chief OF the revolution.
The capture OF Zacatecas by villa
may deepen rather than close the
breach between Carranza and villa
but no one who has read history
doubts that the conqueror by arms pre-.
walls over the civilian leader OF reYo-
lutions. Yet, despite Villas military
successes, numerous faction among
the constitufionalists wiz not be will.
ing TO accept his oyerlordship. That
Is why the breach will continue
There really have been two factions
among the C0nstitutienalists civil.
ian and military one. The military
faction, headed by villa, has needed
the moral force of the civilian ele-
meIt. That is why 1t has been toler-
ated, and why CarranZa has been al
lowed TO go on with the Pigment of
constitutional government.
From the beginning, the jealousy of
villa by the men surrounding Carran.
"a has been marked. Equally SO has
been the jealousy of the Carranza
leaders mlfifested by Villas chiefs.
This jealousy is trait of Mexican
character and does not promise well
tof the future.
When the Constitutionallsts obtain
ed control of the states OF Sonora and
SiIlaloa, .on the Pacific slope, Carran-
za's star was In the ascendant. He
was there himself, and while he had
shown no special talents as a military
commander he nevertheless was en-
titled TO credit for the results achiev-
ed and his. chieftainship was ack-
nowledged by all the rebel generals.
His provisional cabinet was with him
and the headquarters of the Constitu-
ti0nal government was at Nogales, So
morn, just across the Arizona line.
Villa, at that time, was operating in
chihuahua, making his headquarters
internationally at Juarez and Chihua.
hua City while preparing for the Tor
reon campaign.
The Carfanzistas having obtained
control of the Pacific slope states,
with the exception OF the ports of
Guaymas and Mazatlan. surprise was
expressed that the provisional govern
ment did not move across the Sierra
Madres and get into closer touch with
tho states OF Northern Mexico. 1t was
privately known that the real cause
was the mutual distrust of the Villa
and the Carranza factions. Finally,
Carranza did move his headquarters
to Juarez. and there was harmony on
the surface.
The murder of Benton, and the
storm of indignation it aroused
against villa was the means OF bring
ing the two leaders together Villa.
probably for the only time in his life
really became frightened not for his
personal safety, but for fear that Eng
land would force the United States TO
intervene and undertake the protecs
ton Of foreigners in Northern Mexi-
- ! s-.salael
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the one prosperous, the one loyal, the
one law-abiding province of Ireland,
or whether they would face the ruin
of their careers as officers of the
king. H.. ..>..:< -. &
by their choice, to their eternal
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-06
L. S. Cavalry on Scene.

FIT. SMITH, Ark, Nov. GA detach-
ment of United States cavalry from FIT
Sheridan, arrived at Hartford this af-
ternoon and is now engaged in pa
trolling the mining district about the
town. Other troops are expected mo-
mentarily and further outbreaks are
lot expected.
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Goodness Worth Searching For.

Goodness Worth Searching For.
How much human goodness lies hid
den and unsupported in lives and con-
ditione the most unpromising and I'M
congenial to Its development! To find
these flowers Of goodness where least
expected forms one of the happiest
surprises of human experience, and is
a discovery which warns and inspilNs
the heart.-The Christian Register.
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HAS HIS CROP
COTTON OF 1915
NOW IN STORAGE

Mr.. A. w. Smith, who aside from
being one of Americas leading bank
ers and financiers, is a very success
full planter as we'll, and really finds
more pleasure in the production of food
crops and the rearing of fine cattle
and hogs than In the routine work of
the bank, of which he has for years
been the official head and directing
genius. Both farm and bank, however,
receive his daily care and supervision,
to which is largely attributed their
splendid success.
The Smith plantation, highly i'm
proved tract of several hundred acres
three miles west of the city, is "divi-
dend maker" as is the bank In fact
it is a matter of doubt if any othef
farm in the county pays such liberal
dividends.
On the Smith farm are found the
finest strains of registered Berkshires
from stock with a national reputation,
some of them worth seevral hundred
dollars each. Besides the revenue
from the sale of registered pigs, more
than enough meat is raised annually
for the farm and fey the owners home
here. A pound of meat is never
bought for this farm. Nor is anything
else bought that the ground will pro-
duce in grain or food crops.
AS a dollar-saver, this farm is the
model one O. Sumter county.
Beef cattle, hogs, poultry of many
kinds, vegetables, fruits-everythin
that can be produced for the table
and for sale is produced on this farm
1t is the owners hobby to raise every
thing ne consumes, except coffee, salt
tea and sugar.
Not in years has he bought a sack OF
flour His wheat fields afford an
abundant supply for home consump-
ton and for sale, and already Mr.
Smith has planted his 1915 wheat CROP
of nearly 10 acres. Operations upon
the Smith farm and carried on scien-
tifcally, and in consequence his field
and garden crops are always abund-
ant. His barns are filled today with
hay corn, wheat, rye, oats, potatoes
syrup, meat and other supplies.
q have already planted, picked ant
packed my entire cotton crop for mex
| year." said Mr.. Smith laughingly to-
day "The price of cotton now is fal
below the cost of production, and ra
Their than raise a crop next year, pro
badly at a loss. I have gone into the
market and bought a crop of one hun.
dred bales. This is stored away in
the warehouse, and next fall, instead
of being worried gathering a croI
will simply put my purchased croI
on the market and sell it."
Mr.. Smith is going in for food crops
next year upon a wholesale scale, ant
instead OF cotton, he will plant oats
corn, hay, wheat and similar crops
raise hogs and more cattle, and make
more money and make it easier thar
will the cotton farmer with thrice the
number of plows.
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Miss Louise Marshall, who has been
with friends in Atlanta during ten
days, left that city today for Texar-
kama, where she will be the guest of
relatives until the Xmas holidays.
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Mrs. Gordon Heys left this morning
for Macon, where she will be the guest
of relatives during several days while
attending the State fair.
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Sleeping cars between Americas and
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Mrs. J. w. Hightower is spending
a week pleasantly in Atlanta with her
daughter, Miss Edith Hightower,
fair pupil at Agnes Scott.
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Mrs. H. L. Rogers and son, Mr.. L,
B. Rogers, of Thomasville, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rogers at
the Hotel Windsor for few days.
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E. c. Edmunds is among the AL
banians spending today in the city.
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John S. Garner came from Atlanta
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Col. w. A. Dodson went to Leesburg
this morning, where he has important
business in superior court.