The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-10

| day after his flight soldiers surround
ed his home in Mexico City. hunting
for him, and he has no doubt that
he would have been shot had he been
found. 1t is claimed that scores of
Huerta officials were shot and their
residences looted by the Constitu-
tionalist forces under Carranza when
they did get into Mexico City.
Made Trip in Safety. .
However, this man reached Vera
Cruz in safety and in a few days
boarded a ship and landed with his
son in Texas City.
His wife and two daughters fol-
lowed him some days later. They,
too, went on a train from Mexico
City to Vera Cruz, and four different
times the train stopped en- route
while Constitutionalists soldiers
searched every passenger. The wife
had some money sewed up in her
dress and this the soldiers did not
discover She and the daughters
finally reached Vera Cruz and took
boat to New Orleans. There they
got in touch with the father and son
and they met in Victoria, Texas.
The mother had left the two
Youngest boys in Mexico City with
her mother Efforts to get them to
this country have heretofore failed,
but as stated in the outset. nephew
in Vera Cruz has been dispatched
money and is expected to get the lit
tie boys from Mexico City to this
country, where they will be met and
brought to their father and mother.
In all the United States this refugee
knew only one man, that man an
American missionary, whom he had
known in Mexico for ten years, and
with whom he and his family had
been on terms of friendship. He had
not heard of the missionary for months,
for he had been in the United States
nearly year. He telegraphed mis-
sion board in New York city, and
through them found that this mis-
sionary was residing in South Caro-
lima. He got in touch with his friend
and came to the town where he was
residing. claiming and getting his
care and attention.
Only Mexican
This refugee is the only Mexican
in the town where he is residing tenn
porarily. In Texas he had found the
people distrustful and resentful of
all Mexicans, and encountered con-
tempt and rather hard ways. In
South Carolina he, through the mis-
sionary, of course, found kindness
and ready reception for himself and
his family. He moved into house
next door to where the missionary
and his family are living and the
neighbors called and gave ample evil
dence of friendship. Only the mis-
sionary and family could understand
the language of the Mexicans, for
from a residence of several years as
missionaries in that country, they,
of course, had mastered the Spanish
language. However, the refugees
were quick to pick up English words,
and now every day the former Mex
lean governor takes regular lessons
in English from the missionary. He
is determined to master the English
language. He reads the papers each
day and can translate the English
we'll enough to get good idea of the
news each morning. Of course, he
follows reports from his country
closely.
His children are we'll educated and
they are also applying themselves
to mastering the English language.
Both of the girls are attending the
public school of the town where they
are living and are said to be making
wonderful progress.
Ways of Mexicans.
1t is interesting to hear the COM
ments of the people On the ways of
the Mexicans, and to none are they
objects of greater interest and at
tention than from the negro ser
wants. They have employed negro
woman to cook for them, and this
cook keeps the neighborhood cooks
posted, and they in turn tell the
housekeepers:: The cook had some
trouble at first getting used to some
of. the dishes which are almost neces-
sary for every Mexican table. 1t is
related that one day Mrs. Mexican
had prepared one of their favorite
dishes, and when she came back into
the kitchen and found it missing,
inquired to the cook where it was,
and the negro told her she had