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1 .'/ ,'5j'?/ y J' 'V ^ *v1?v"'/ ** ? * -, -' ; ? , . ^ V Ctjcraku Clnomflc ^ p, I - ' ' ??"M "Tii Not tn Mortal! to Success, but Well do More, Sempronl ous, Well Deeerre tt" ^ /" ' \ ' * \ ' , , ,, , I t , . ^ ~ CHER AW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C., APRIL 9, 1914 Number 21 ^HifsUGGUMBS ^H^Mreon is captured by villa W ? ^^BCarranza Receives >'ews of tlie Victory?Sounds Signals Through ^8^KT' ; Juarez. ^^^^Kluarez, Mex., April 3.?Torreon i completely into the hands of the fl^^^Pels at 10.20 o'clock last night, ac H^HPrding to announcement made hojfc l^^tonight by Gen. Venustiano Carranj ' jsa. The news first was announced to L ./ the world when the bugler in front Si of Carranza's residence blew the r-?/ ^ccto notes of victory. The paean. ^Birranza said, was sounded here even gfe oefore it was heard in Torreon, Villa delaying out of compliments to this The meagre bulletins excitedly an|l Hleal Estate ^oans ^ j^^Hnsu ranee We n fe Bp Kinds 3H1 Hgjj^wlnClng victory after the bloodiest i Pftpseries of battles known to modern a it Mexico said that - Villa captured a large number ot' prisioners and that || K& the fleeing federals remant was be- < ef ing pursued. "Whether Velasco, the federals "com- '< . mander, was captured was not stated. ' There was heavy fighting today, it is 1 . understood and the end came when, after capturing the three remaining v- barracks held in the city by the federals, the rebels stormed the trenches Jand barbed wire entanglements of Caynon de Guarache. The prisoners captured are belived to have been the defenders of the barracks, while the troops in the canyon, which forms an egress from ' tlfe hill grit city, were able to escape. Two Weeks Ago. The campaign against the federal ;, t stronghold of Torreon, the main oh- j jeel of the rebel campaign, began buddenl.v two weeks ago after Gen. Villa had spent months in making the careful preparation. The rebel loss in this campaign is said to be more than 2,000 killed and j wounded. Trains loaded with wound- I; ed have been arriving daily at Chihuahua for the last week. < - - ---3 K? K,,11 rlnrr Kruuicu u,< uun 'mt, Deposit yc Bank Cher&.w STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER B) 40 compoii 0 in savir The rebel commander moved with a rapidity hitherto unknown in Mexican warfare. He worked his men in shifts and as one shift became exhausted -he sent fresh hosts against the enemy. A number of small towns I of lesser importance in a military sense fell first?Mapimi, Noe and Sacramento, where a bloody battle was fought. This opened a path for the main attack. Next came Ledro and Gomez Palcio, populous suburbs of Torreon, and all three connected by a belt street car line. Ledro was not defended but took three main as-' saults in which the rebels lost heavi'l*r folro flnmo7 Poilanir* I IIJ W/ UVUtUM * In the final attack on the city troops were withdrawn from Ledro, whereupon the federals occupied it and another sanguinary conflict was neccessary to retake it. The First Dash. Last Friday, six days ago, Gen. Monclovio Herrera, with his own brigade of veterans, made the first dash against Torreon. He entered by FIRE lake a specialty of writing fii ?e84 Maynard-Rale ' > T-'" . -'-i-.- - -a north of the centre of the town before he was checked. Street fighting, in which hand ( grenades were the most useful weapans used, followed. Gen. Villa, then at Gomez Palacio,! announced that he would join the at- j Lack, taking supreme command. He 1 announced also that the newspaper J (" men with him would not be allowed to send anv news whatsoever ? until the towji was completely in his hands. Tonight came the bugle call of victory,, Mexicans recognized i* j \ in a flash and the streets became j( thronged instantly. Out of the saloons and gambling halls the crowds rushed until nil n''?ecs where crowds 1 congregate were empty and the ' throngs stormed up the street to Carranza's residence. Repeatedly the bugler sounded the call and a great wave of cheering ( aVose. The electric lights strung last Sunday* to welcome .'him was turned on. ^ day to welconi him were turned on. l.y Carranza's orders all the town j " was illuminated, soldiers of the gar-j rison paraded and the military band: played. The national salute was fired.! church bells were rung and whistles 11 wore blown. - la i t >ur money K i ji - j: !a of Cheraw; ! a h s. c. b I 0 If INKS nc THE COUNTY COMBINED " F h tl mded quarterly/, I t lgs department' s * Cheraw Dru Specials For Easter Correspondence Cards with yom Easter Candies?Nunnally's. The finest line of Sterling Silver er been shown in Cheraw. Any Olive Fork to.a chest of silver. A full line of Cut Glass and hand For any special wish you may serve you. Cheraw ] P. S.?All votes on the Victrola I N S U R re insurance and represent Loses Paid Promptly. y Realty & Trust ? - ; - . HE IS NOW THE CHAMPION ['apt Flslihurne Defeated Mr. Anderson?Another Contest. Capt. Fishburne defeated Mr. George 1. Anderson, of Mt. Airy, N.C., In a :hecker meet in Union last week, herby winning the belt as champion >f the South. Capt. Fishbume's score vas seven while Mr. Anderson,s was six. "The high score indicated that the games were inferior, and they were," leclared Capt. Fishburne today " Both of us were not in the best of j *11 111. uc jJia^tru ou gained* anu uwui < made bad breaks as the games irogressed. Luckily both of us seem d to be off form, and that made the contest closer than it would huva teen otherwise. The closing of trie ontest were highly exiciting Yhen we started the 27th game I was >ehind by twoi games. I won the :7th. and we managed to draw the Sth and 29;h games. I won tie 30;h ;anie. thereby tieing Mr. Anderson. Ye played off the tie, and 1 v:on." Cap!. Fishburn is manipulating or ather playing a set of six games with be Uev. K. L. Siler. a Presbyterian ninister of Montreat, X. C. The ;ames are being played by mail, and r? Hearing the finish. Several veeks ago a Presbyterian minister in he lower part of this state played a eries of games with Mr. Siler and lr. Siler won easily. Wishing to have the laugh" on Mr. Siler the ;en woman irum me loner pari in nutate, some friends joining with him. rranged for a resilient of Anderson r ehalli-ngc Mr. s'.ilc* fut six sanies, 'apt. Fishbnrne to engineer the days for the Anderson man. who by he way, does not know one play on checker board from another. The ;ames were aranged, and are now eing played. Mr. Siler, either econizing Capt. Fishburne's styles r having been informed by some one rom the lower part of the state, has gotten ^-ise" to the fact that Capt. 'ishburn is doing the playing, for he as written "Tell Capt. Fishburne hat I do not expect to beat him, but do hope to draw two or three of the ;amcs with him." The games lave been exciting, and have urnlshed amusemont here as well as a the town in the lower part of the tate where the request came from the _????? G< . 1 1 ig Company ? This Week -{ . _ . ' les Goods \ Pa r initials in gold hand engraved cjf / pa I ware, just received, that has evon piece you may desire, from an 36 Stf mt pa nted China. * have r-all nhnne 140 and let us aCl tic cr< Drug Co. wi Bi . must be in by April loth. lai tia ga * A N C E % * % ' f ' ' d only the best old line compan \ : Co.,Agents ctt .Mi/; > , , - challenge. The plays are reported to *XJ the town people down there, and they are jiosted in the town club. The jr games will be completed in the next few days. tu: ; CHARLESTON GETS ENCAMPMENT m? ca North and South Carolina, Georgia gCi and Florida to Participate Du- su ring .Inly and August Ur Na The joint encampment of the regular an army and the 10,000 militia of North I Hi Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,! i'r and Florida comprising the Ninth , ai Division will be held In the vicinity of Charleston from July 1 to August loth Coi according to information received this Bii morning by General Moore from ' the commander of the Eastern Depart- wa ment at New York. The entire South ) tio Carolina National Guards will take ' wo part in the encampment and the Ad- wi jutant General 'is asked to indicate th< da'es which will suit the troops from a i this state. Columbia, April 3.?"I will reconi- de I mend that all companies of the 30 S#uth Carolina National Guard participate in the manoeuvres of the Ninth division at the Isle of Palms," < said \V. W. Moore, adjutant and inp61 spector general, who has returned to ^ } Columbia after an inspection trip through the Piedmont counties. Adjt. Gen. Moore said that the da'es a t for the encampment of the three . South Carolina regiments under the mo auspices of the I'nited States war de- ^ partment would be announced at a ^ later date. The cami) will be held on j the Isle of Palms from July 1 until , has about the middle of August. National ^ Guard companies from North Caro- ^ Florida will participate. It is esti- jg mated that from 10,000 to 12,000 men will attend during the period assigned for the manoueuvres. J "If they can eliminate the mos qnitoes then the camp at Charleston will be all right," said the adjutant general. He said that it would have been impracticable to assemble 12,000 men on the island at one time. Three regiments at a time will be instructed. n li Belfast, April 9.?Sufferegetts today r; burned the historic Orlands mansion at Carrick Feagus. Th? loss is fifty thousand dollars. ^ >vernor Blease Grants Clemency to Number of Prisoners. Upon recommendations of the parn board, made in January to Govlor Blease, 15 men on county #' aingangs were granted their freera by the chief executive and the pers fowarded Friday for their reise. One white man received a rdon to restore his citizenship. Approximately lij petitions for smency are being considered by the rdon board, which is in session now. rhe state's prisoners now number ly 243, of whom 207 are men and women. All the women are in the ite prison at Columbia and also 150? in are there, while 57 male priaon3 are working on the state farms, cording to authoritative infarmam. According to the rate of debase m the number.of urisoner? of t? state it sealns that, little difficulty 11 b,e experienced by Governor ease in send^n^baforei^ug. 1, the % st prisoner froth/JJhe stattf pcniter.ry and state f|^e(s to-Qui county ngs or to freedom. - ^ BTDERWOOD WINS OYER H0B9CW I idications Are That He Has a 3bu joritjr of More Thau .'50,000. Birmingham, Ala., April 6.?Rerns frcm today's Democratic primes, held throughout Alabama, rue in slowly tonight. According to uttering unofficial returns the reIt of the tight between * iderwood, majority leader of the itional House o? Representatives, d Congressman Richard Pearson )bson, for the long term in the iited States Senate, is problematicAt 8:15 Mr. I'nJerwood was leadg his opponent by a few votes s.c rding to reports received by The rniingham Age-Herald, rhe weather throughout the state s ideal for the primaries, lndicans tonight were that the total vote >uld be the largest in many years, tile several personal encounters at i polls were rcporte, none was of serious nature. Latest returns indicate that Unrwood has been elected by at least ,000 majority. Smithville Items Smithville, April 7.?An oyster suj> at Deborah school house Friday ril 10. The public is cordially ined. dr. Brack Quick is all smiles, lt'3 jirl. dr. Henry T. McQuage left this rning for Bethune where he will it his son, Mr. D. C. McQuage of it place. lev. and Mrs. L. C. Chavis' baby 5 been quite sick for the last few rs. laston Quick, who has pneumonia, inproving rapidly. 3hone 139 for Job Printing. 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