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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

most desert parts Of the world. This
town lies half way down the great
South American desert. 1t is 2.4OO
miles from Panama. and two days
and more from Valparaiso, the New
York of Chile. 1t belongs to Chile. and
1t forms its chief gateway to Bolivia and
the mighty treasure vaults of the Andes.
1t is also the gateway to the nitrate
fields and to other wonders of this arid
part OF the world. Through 1t flows
most Of the borax used by mankind. and
out Of It come vast quantities Of copper
and tin.
Within a few miles Of Antofagasta is
ChuGu1camata, where the Guggenheim
syndicate has some of the largest de-
posits of low-grade copper on earth.
They can be worked at a profit and will
soon be supplying the greater part of the
copper from the South American CONT
nent- Further north. at Uyuni. are tin
mines. and down the same road comes
the tin of Potosi and Oruro. Indeed. a
river Of minerals is already flowing
through the port, and the outlook is that
the stream will increase with the devel-
opment Of the enormous deposits of the
interior Antofagasta Is also the begin
nine OF the new Transandine road that
is to cross the continent by way of
Uyuni. Tup.za and the Argentine system.
Only about hundred miles OF this rail-
road remains to be built, and when 1t is
completed travellers can go from here to
Buenos Aires in three or four days
The Antofagasta Of the present shows
the hope of the future. 1t grows like the
thistles on the mountain farms of vir-
ginia, and today looks more like an
American town of our arid southwest
than anything / have yet seen in South
America The houses are mostly Of
wood. rooted with galvanized iron. The
streets are wide and many Of them I'M
paved. The population rem Ids one Of
our frontier. The characteristic sights
Of the Andes have disappeared. There are
no blanketed Indians and no llamas
Wagons. carts and cabs have taken their
places. The town Is cosmopolitan. You
hear every language spoken as you move
through the streets. and are 1ostled by
British and Germans. Austrians and
French. There is also large proper
ton of Chileans. The people are whites.
and the red and mixed races seem to be
confined to the Andes
The harbor Of Antofagasta 10 poor,
but it is filled with shipping and the
wharvee are piled high with goods. There
are stacks Of Oregon pine. piles Of bags
of American -four and cords Of steel rails
and structural steel brought In by our
steel trust The place is the busiest Of
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work at home and dispose Of their pro-
duce in the market or to customers OF
their own.
The industries are carried on largely
in Flanders, Brabant, around Brussels
and poytion of the province Of Liege.
Many of the younger people have gone
to the factories, as wages are a tritle
better and the hours of work more
limited.
As early as the sixteenth century the
lace industry of Flanders, when every
Industrial art fled from religious perse-
cution, alone upheld itself and saved the
country from utter ruin. And In the
great wars since then it has gone far
toward relieving the financial situation
incident to them. 1t forms an abundant
source of wealth to Belgium, enabling
the people of its superannuated cities to
support themselves. In 1861 one hundred
thousand women were said to have been
engaged in the art of lace making. Since
then machine-made lace has lessened the
number engaged at home in the work, for
by machinery as many yards of lace can
be made in an hour as one could make
by hand in a year. But the last in
dustrial census taken in 1896 shows that
there were $4,000 persons, a large ma
jority of them women, still engaged in
making nanQ-lnaQe lace.
France alone buys of Belgium more
valenciennes lace than all the other
countries united, 1t being estimated that
she pays annually 100000 for this par
ticular lace. We are accustomed to con-
slider this French lace-and 1t was orig
inally-but the work has long since died
out in its native city, and it is now the
most important branch of the pillow lace
trade Belgium manufactures
As early as 1856 the Belgians were
making this lace as fine and beautiful
and in exactly the same pattern as the
French fabric. And by 1884 there were
left in the town of Valenciennes, France,
only three score lace workers.
X X
Today the best Of this lace is made in
Ypres. west Flanders. The tedious
process required to make it accounts for
its great cost. an expert lace maker be-
ing able to complete hardly more than a
third Of an inch Of wide width in a
week; and 1t is estimated it would take
one twelve years to complete enough for
a f1ounce for dress; such as would sell
for $500 yard.
In passing through the streets Of Ant
werp. Brussels. Ypres and other towns
Of Belgium where there is a large indus
try in handmade lace one often sees
whole families seated in front of their
houses engaged in the work. 1t Is not
strange that wonderful patience and per-
severance is depicted on the faces OF
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Wives and Maids, a
Great Many of Them
Engaged in Lace Max
ing, Will Suffer in
Payment of $4,000
900 - Belgium Has
Been Plunged Into
War Many Times, and
1t Has Fallen to the
Woman Workers to
Help in Payment of
In mnities- The
Lace-Making Industry.
Woman Agriculturists
of the Little Country.
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the largest single revenue.
These wives and maids of the little
beehive kingdom. which is about one
fourth as large as the state of Ohio in
area, and with a population SO per cent
greater, will not have time to weep for
their husbands and sweethearts who
have gone to the war. for they will be
too busy making possible the payment
of this sum. If it is not paid in money
1t must be paid in the art treasures in
which the people of the kingdom take
national pride.
When it comes to the wage-earnfng
capacity of the sexes in Belgium favors
are equal. and in helping out in this
great calamity which has overtaken the
country the women are simply fulfilling
their destiny, for from the earliest CEN
large part of the revenues for the pay
ment of the Indebtedness into which
their country has been plunged from
time to time by the wars of other ma
lions.
Since the Siege of Liege, and the taking
of Brussels If they were asked If they
considered Belgium the Cockpit of Eu-
rope, they would doubtless say. yes. and
that the rules employed In the present
game would not pass muster in a cock
fight in one of the rural districts of
Mexico.
That these wives and maids are cour-
ageous and even plucky to the last. was
shown when early in the campaign the
Germans attacked the national arms fac
tory at Herstal just outside of the city
of Liege. The men had Joined their
regiments and the woman workers in
the factory swore the German troops
should not take it. So they armed
themselves with revolvers and other
weapons with which they actually re-
pulsed several charges of the German
Uhans.
When the ammunition was exhausted
the women barricaded themselves in the
houses, from which they poured boiling
water on the German soldiers in the
STREETS disabling 1000 of them by wounds
and scalds. For several days after. they
were repaid for their heroic defense by
seeing the Belgian colors float over the
factory building.
The home industries of Belgium, such
as lace making. gloves and corset max
ing linen weaving, basket and straw
plating, and even the making of parts
of firearms. are largely carried on by the
women and children. 1t must be under
stood by the term home Industries" Is
meant to imply trades carried on either
In the home or in workshop attached
to 1t by persons who are working for an
employer. either directly or through an
intermediary. the employer as rule sup
plying the raw material and dispoeing OF
the work of Independent artisans who
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vince in which Brussels Is situated have
cleaner cut features and a more artistic
headdress than those Of Bruges, while
those of Campine are about the only ones
whose caps show the beauty Of the art
in which they are engaged.
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HE payment Of the

enormous indem-
nifty of s50,0OO.o00
levied on Belgium
by t h e German
government, W LII
fall heaviest on
the woman wage
earners, and par
ticularly the lace
m a ers Of the
country, who bring
in approximately
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Copyrighted. 1914, by Frank g. CarpenNer.)
ANTOFAGASTA. Chile.

HAVE just had q
mighty slide from
the roof of the
world to the level
Of the sea. 1 have
come from the top
of the Andes, in
Bolivia, to the Pa
c1fc ocean. in
Chile and am now
writing in Antofa-
gasta, the chief
port Of one of the
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These women make the beautiful brus-
sells lace, the finest of which is made in
the city Of Brussels itself at the Be-
guinage. religious house for young girls
and widows who have not taken the
vows, and Is the lace Of which visitors
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
SALISBURY PROOF.
Should Convince Every Salisbury Reader.

Should Convince Every Salisbury Reader.
The frank statement of a neigh.
Dor, telling the merits of o remedy,
Bids you pause aud believe.
The same endorsement
By some stranger far away
Commands no belief at all.
Here's a Salisbury oase.
A Salisbury citizsn testi6es.
Read and be convinced.
William A. Baker, 1915 5. Full.
ton St., Salisbury, N c., says:
Il had backacLe aud my kidneys
were out of order. A friend ad-
vised me to try Doan's Kidney
Pllls and 1 did so. They helped
me- immediately and a couple of
boxes stopped the trouble"
MIR. Baker is only one of many
Salisbury people who have CRATE,
fully endorsed Doan's Kidney
Pills. If your back aches-lf your
kidneys bother you. don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-ask
distinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills.
the same that Mr.. Baker had
the remedy backed by home testi-
mony. sos all stores. Foster.
Milburn Co Props, Buffalo, N.
Y "When Your Back IL Lame
Remember the Name.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
WOODLEAF.

Aug. 31.-Evert Swink and his
swo sisters, Misses Texas and
Maud Swink. are visiting Miss
Evelyn Kluttz.
Everybody enjoyed the County
Sunday School Convention We
had With us good speakers and
plenty of dinner Friday and Sat.
urday.
Earl Current and Oscar Benson
started fer Churchlard High
School Saturday morning. W.
hope good luck will be with them
both.
A great crowd gathered at
Harris school house sunday for u
ChiIdren's Day A number of
rscitations took place in the m Urn.
ing. At 1890 a large dinner was
served on the lawn at John Wet
more's. IN the afternoon a num-
Der of Rotations took place,
among these Miss Ella Carter did
some remarkable speaking.
Miss Mary Weldon Wetmore is
making ready to start to tbs State
Nt1mal.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
TRADING R

August 20 Still a little warm
and dry in shis section.
The protracted meeting at Trad
ing Ford Baptist Church closed
Friday night. Eight Joined the
church and wire baptized Sunday.
A. P. Miller has a very sick
child at this writing.
L. IA. Eller has torn DOWN all
the gates and fences ar, und his
place, wearing his hat on he side,
singing old sweet home at the top
of his voice, feeling twenty years
younger and declares himself
much better looking Y.u see
it's a boy.
Tie Woodmen had a good at
tendance at their meeting Gatur-
day night. They are still grow
ing.
g.. A. Peacock, P. N Peacock
and 7. R. Garner of Salisbury
returned home Saturday from an
extended trip through western and
northern North Carolina. They
walked about 80 miles on their
Journey and viewed the great
mountains ct that section. This
was one of the most exciting trips
the writer ever took. We spent
one night in Sparter, on night
over in Ashs County, one night at
Boone, one night at Blowing Blk
and other places too numerous 10
mention. [ will never enjoy a
better trip.
Labor day ls soon here and we
ali hope TO enjoy the day. The
W. Omen expect to take part IN
'hs parade. Let everybody at
."ld. SAM SNORT.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe | would have died If ! hadn't
taken it.
After l began taking Cardui, ! was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-
keved me entirely.
fattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, felt like an
ether person altogether"
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle
acting. Its ingredients have a mild, tonic
affect, on the womanly constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength,
improves the appetite, tones up the ner-
vous system, and helps to make pale,
aallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped more than a million
weak women, during the past so years.
It will surely do for you, what it has
done for them, Try Cardui today.
Write to-. Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies' Ad-
visory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn. for Special IN
structi0nS on your case and 64-page book. Home
Treatment for Women" sent in plain Wrapper. jos
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
Dizzy? Bilious? Constlpated?

DR.. Kings New Life Pills wi |
cure you, cause a healthy flow o,
Bile and rids your Stomach and
Bowels of waste and fefmentiuq
body poisons. They are a Tonic
to your Stomach and Liver and
tone the gen oral system. First
desc will care You of that depress-
cd. dizzy, bilious and constipatsd
condition 25o. all Druggist.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
The Farmers Have Big Meeting
in RALEIGH

The program for the farmers
conventlou and round up insti-
tnte, as recently published in The
WATcHMAN vas fully carried out
at Raj Ugh last week, beginning
tuesday ard closing Thursday
As the farmers lift for their
homes, sill declaring this conven-
slon, while rot as large III point of
pumhers as was desired, was the
best yet h=!d by the organization.
DR.. ID. II. Hill who has buen un-
string ia his Efforts to make the
Convention q success stated Just
before adj urEm4nt that all told
there had cen IN attendance OH
the convention in the three days
that il had been III session 522
people and that Dext year it was
hoped that IL thousaud or more
would leAd their presence to this
important gathering.
The outstanding feature of the
final session was the election of
floors to serve for the ensuing
year. The committee on nomina.
lions made their report, a vote
was taken OF the report az a whole
and the following Ulcers we're de.
clared elected; President, B. F
Shelton, Edgec.mbe; first vice.
PRECEDENT, W. S. Pharr. Mecklsn.
burg second vice president, ]. B.
Sellars. Robson ; third vlce-presl.
dent, E B. Whitford, Craven +;
secretary and treasurer, I. E.
Brown, West Raleigh.
! Mr.. Shelton, the newly.eleoted
president of the association, ia a
prominent farmer of Edgecombe
county, giving special attention to
the raising of cotton and live
stock, and IS also quite an extern.
sive lnmberman. He owns n of
the largest herds of Hereford cat.
tie in the State. Mr.. Shelton has
been a member of the Legislature
from Edgecombe county and is an
enthusiastic belle Q in good
roads. He is also a member of
the Tar River Live Stock Associa-
tion. He is a man Ct means, hav.
ing made his money in raising
cotton, cattle and in the lumter
business. He is married and has
several children.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02

Will cure Rheumatism, Neu.
raleia. Headaches, Cramps, Collie
Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old
Sores. letter. Ring-W Worm, Ec-
zema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne,
used internally or externally. Csc
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
AID Nee Three Summers Mrs. Vim.
cant Was Unable to Attend to
nv Of Her Homework

Pieasant I'm. N. CO suffered for
Gsee summers" writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, Of this town, land the third and
lnst lime, vas my worst.
had dreadful nervous headaches and
Hostahon, and was scarcely able to
walk about Could not do any of my
housewosk.
aiso had dreadful! pains In my back
I'D sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me,
velAd have to give up and lie down.
unl Il wore of.
vas certainly in a dreadful state Of
heaith, when l finally decided to try
cardud. the woman's tonic, and firmly
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02

80 Money 6%-Loans may be OBJ
tanned for any purpose on &C
ceptable Real Estate security;
liberal privileges correspondence
solicited. A. G. Agency Com.
psny, 1877 Gas, Electric Bldg,
Denver, Colo, or 446 Pierce
Bldg St. Louis, Mo. 7.2o It
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
Caught a Bad Cold.

"Last winter my scn caught a
very bad cold and the way he
coughed was something dreadful"
writes Mrs. Sarah 4. Duncan, of
I'lpton, Iywa. 1--WE thought sure
he was going into consumption
We bought juss one bottle Of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy ard
that ole bottle stopped his cough
and cured his cold completely"
Fer Sale by All DealaIs-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09

OF natives is subject TO conn
to a foreigner the title
must be respected, and will
be protected by the coun-
try Of which he is a citizen.
AS a consequence, many
Mexicans are selling their
properties for almost any
thing they can get; as is
also the smaller foreign
property owner who hasn't
the capital to carry him
through.
Such opportunities in
the past have been taken
advantage of by the rich
only, but Mr.. Emery's plan
is to give all classes of in
vestors such an opportunity
now. The small investor will
be given the same advantage as
the rich, and his interests con
sidered just as much as those
of the larger investor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09

The above photographs show
all papers OF incorporation,
etc. of our company, under the
laws Of the State of Arizona,
and also the Mexican tax re-
ceipts on 20 valuable properties
now owned by the company.
This is proof beyond all con
troversy that the Mexican Ma
ton recognizes our clear title
TO the properties that we now
own.
While the property OF native
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
How MeXiCanWar Conditions Will Make
millions for Americans Who Act Now!

have had much "a look-in' at a real oppor-
tunity? Everybody knows at least good and true
story about of his acquaintance who was offered
in payment of debt his choice between hefer and
bunch of mining stock, between litter of young pigs
and deed to "lot': the prudent creditor
chose the heer the pigs and now the story concludes
that bunch of stock that piece of ground is worth
a million dollars"
Some day. they don't die very soon some persons are
due to become heroes of this kind of story They will
know and will be known about them, that they
stood face to face with GREAT BIG OPPORTUNITY
and much shook hands with and asked it
where it was going.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
Millions for Mexico.

Millions Of foreign capital will
rush into Mexico as soon as peace
is restored. But the greatest OPP
portunity will have then passed.
The time to invest in Mexico is
NOW, while the property values are
at their lowest, and while the rev.
olution is still on.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
The Man Who Sees

One of the first men realize what opportunities the
war is offering is Mr. Frederick c. Emery for fifteen
wears resident Of Northern Mexico and purchaser and
acquaintance in the country has led to his being offered
aost bevildering opportunities take advantage of
these conditions
you thought you read of wonderful oppor
tuntes that came to in the past; how different your
life would be if only such opportunities came to to-
dav? you doubted that you would recognize
the golden chance while it yet in the rough Have
YOU doubted your ability to make the most of it
Or have vou always been that the you have
never gotten more of the things YOU want is because
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
The Old Spanish Fortune Hunters Had No Chance Like This

4 IL through the rich Yaqui River
n Valley, in the southern part of
the Mexican state of Sonora, some
OF the best developed truck farms in
the world are being deserted and
offered for sale at very low prices.
In the Magdalena River Valley,
dotted with mills and towns that
were prosperous before the war,
wheat and alfalfa farms are for sale
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09

Mexicans is now subject TO con-
hscation by either party in Mex
leo, both parties recognize the
present and future legal right
OF either Mexicans or foreign
ers to TRANSFER TITLE of
real estate 10 any foreigner or
foreign corporation purchasing
same now.
The Mexican Nation is bound
TO recognize such transfers OF
title both now and in the future
after peace is restored.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09

In Chihuahua. splendid bearing
orchards of peaches, pears, apricots.
apples. ounces and pomgranates
are being thrown upon the market
at prices per acre that seem almost
incredible TO Americans.
Through Northern Mexico coal
lands, timber lands, water power,
rich mineral lands, etc, are NOW
being sacrificed by their owners.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09

at sacrlhce prices.
In the Hermosillo district OF
Sonora, citrous fruits grow in abun-
dance; lemon, lime and orange
groves in their prime are being Off
cred at bargain prices to foreign
capital that has the foresight TO
take title NOW and profit by the
immediate great rise in market val
ues when peace is restored.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
Are You Interested?

If so, fill out and mail the blank
below. Until our permanent offices
have been opened in Chicago, all
communications should be addressed
10 Frederick c. Emery, Room 1914,
Congress Hotel, Chicago. III. You
do not obligate yourself in any way
by asking for information.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09

of natives subject conscaton But when transferred
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
Here Is the English Translation

I 1rdnSIatlOn)
Frederick c. Emery is we'll and favorably
known in Northern Mexico and knows the
valuable resources Of Sonora.
(Signed) J. M. MAYTORENA.
Feb 28, 1914. Governor of Sonora.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09

Including Mexican Coal Lands, Tim
Der, Irrigated Ranches and Truck
Farms, Fully Developed Fruit Or
chards, Water Power Sites, Grain
Farms, etc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09

nor more than years Mexico has been IN the throes
Z Of great revolution Railroads have been destroyed
plantations devastated mines and ranches abandoned
Propertv values have been forced down in many cases to
10 cents on the dollar of their actual value and III some
noes for even less than this.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
Statement by the Governor of Sonora
Proof That Emery Is the Man to Do This

Frederick c Emery spent fifteen years in Mexico
His reputation is there explorer and dis
of valuable lands He has the confidence
of every faction in Mexico for fifteen years and bears
documentary papers proving his titles to his big
holdings to be recognized by every power ever in
authority
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
Mexico Offers Great Opportunity

History repeats itself. The great opportunity that
presented to the RothsChdS in France the East Indian
Company India, people the time of the Civil
War, and other depressed times NOW presents itself to
Never has there been such opportunity to buy
property in Mexico such depressed prices The property
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-09
Here Are the Governors Own Words

Original OF Governor OF Sonora telegram Of
sFebruary %, statement about +. {. Emery
Federico C. Emery csc biep favorableminte
conocido en- Ia region septentrional de Mexico
v conoce las riquezas naturales de Sonora
III Goberrador de Sonora,
(Siened T. M. MAYTORENA.