Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11
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Porfirio Diaz, says James Thurston
Barner, New York attorney, seem by ::
the Washington Heraldt tats the Raleigh Z.
upon his !. return from that tyl country,
where he: has mining Interests: I
!: Mexico has long stood tnfneed Of,
al few Irishmen to-; govern THE; :eolIt,- Itl: ::
try and a few: Jews to put IT, on stts s
feet financially: Barnes remarked 4
1ocularly. : :, - .. -. -.
= "obregon, you know, >is, nothing more
than OBrien with a Caatiliails stwist,a -: &
he continued, "and tho new tpEeside dent%
is proud $of his ceItIe eahlpod .swhte tehA he !,
traces with little iftiGulty to ssone i
o'Brien; who took. a fast boat but Of y
Cork about the. time sof robert 1an-! 4
met" -: ., =, :, &. ;'i;!s;;
Biography of Chief; RspIsta with :Ro.
nance. 8 80 =: = ); ;!a -: ~
s. The biography Of Obreson $;ia y, z! rs 8! (:
romantic as the figure $ofi the: nre-$:
armed warrior who; in. the words; of
the Paris Matin,! rules oveif; a race spt +
savages, according to Barnes.
:, Aware Obregon was the youngest;
of "a most prolific family one ofTtfel5
largest in Sonora today AnythipH ihe; =
now possesses, and he is credited Withs5s,
a good sized fortune; he got for5 him:
self. Ali that he knows In nlathel !
engineering and other science he
taught himself ...it.tS$ }i;%i ist 81
IT, ,o+I..' ,,,, =. ~ - onrir,d i
Ebut with little: money: s From her be-.
is said to have gotten his antlsssI-
attitude toward life. 3 She ssaa s9lsd Z! /.
lhorsewonaatn, a crack shot
thought ItttleE:,of pursuing zaG hand
Her family had loft most %
in :rebellions which had q: 81 3.
sures.. so. r - ~
;s;lGaA1yaf;ai lost his. father i a lly'
agess iSa and his child SsS lp1As
underline gentle *tutelaS ss sths Ens::; j! 81;
'imnen S'oof: the househp|d FhiIs .pfrhaps 5
accounts for s4his; ;stnhsssRRF /
and his ssxtrene semi toS Sgls 81 q
Tounding impress
ss;;aEhs, ,4paasty q I'm
sObfsspns: so tn q
laeisof.y, "tsaid 1Barnssi ARTS sisess:
result of his admirable
All'l his lie he. has applied fsto:i
the tfa1hfng of hisasn1epibrs ;NeR9ttts>
Is: nio&feat for him to scagy noeaMst
rapidly and then repeat tt y Of
without an error -, y III IL
ss "obreSon has an alHlast liasaanys
memory: for names and tasss. SI 10
/ call my first meeting with him sffst
one iG,::Mexico City, dprtns: Whtch,ske
exchangsd few words, 1sl tpet aWsA ~ :! :;
few. months later and ais' fss on
,cailed = my name !: and abliffsss j, go! ,hgt [
every! detail Of our .fcuhye =
This remarkable, ! ,facultSS salling
names and faces was salsS Sne Of The
Notable traits Of Pothtiol TAz whom 2!
Barnes; knew Intimately 49,.
:, TheFnew president deliB Bhss IN per 8
forming slight-of- hand 81 }ssttfiukB TO tho
i ;mniystifcation of, his friends: and II has
been. said that II he ever lost the iples-.
idency he could easily make "a conn :
Portable. living. in vaudeville; ~.
!. Like Henri Fabre, the French mai.
uralist who died a few yea Afss ago;S OBJ
regon mastered the principlss of ahlgh-:
er mathematics. without: q ma Scr;
His military education vas sohta!nsd'
in 1.-The same laboriods and tedious
fashion, -. .s,.5-I ,:s Al. :. {:
There is no :comparisof X between
obregon and villa" rBarnes#sxplain ed
''The latter was an. iliiterate bandit: tl |.
obregon, on the other rhandi is' g -stten-
tist, with a, knowledge OF strats and
tactics unsurpassed by amy, fellow; Of
ficer.' -: - ;;;%r,y A.: :
"By singularly fortunate cireulrm % IN :. 5
stance the accident which, :! cost obre-.
gon the loss of his,right arm wasswlt-
messed by the thousands This great:
Iy added to the esteem in:Wtich' hests
held blythe Sonora Indians. ~; ;;aa ;aaa 8.
1T was during his campaign against
Villa that a she'll burst in front him. 3
The greater part Of his right.arm;%as
torn away by the case. but maintain
| ing wonderful self control, he tbok. an
emergency DRESSING, and with Ills
left hand applied the bandagsf aathoht
wincing., His arm was :annpalated fhs.
same night, but three EdaysN later: she;
was once more in the field ThiE'greSt-
" added to, his prestige amonk The
Sonora Indians, for the saying f.a tatno
Mexican conimander had ever! Ittinaelf
been wounded in campaign: hadN ga be-
come almost prayerbial. :. :, (; 80 -
Witnessed Burial Of Old President
Barnes was one fsthe StgpAnaS
who witnessed the :interment
rama. in the potter's field near Aexico
City. ! ;....,fs;. ..,s,f*s:i. -
When Carranza :, left; .Chataltepee
on the memorable trip with hgsstlded
train" laden with the treasure;of: :the
Mexican government, :" he told his
daughter in farewell that; II he came
back it: was his desire to be: bdried In.
the potter's field. - = f::i:il;%:.
After his defeat and capt.sfSi
instructions were carried o9Es Mte