The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 12, 1916, Image 3
WCXICAN KAU?
Much BorO?r T??? ?f Ctoon
? Springs. rr;-~' , ' '
Alpine. Texas, May 7. ? Villa baudlts,
seventy In number, forded tt*
Hl0 Grande Friday night and nww^
i , |5 mi ten Inline! on American *ofl,
rtlded the Httle settlement uf Glenn
8, .rings mid attacked a detachment of
AlluTt(-?n cavalry. consisting of pine
men, of Troop A, the fourteenth cav
alry.
Three troopers and a little ten year
uld lH?y were killed, two cavalrymen
wovindtnl aud another missing.
Hq is belleviHl to be a prisoner ol' the
bandits who are now fleeing southward
into (Vahuila. Mexico.
Two American cltiaenfif J. Deemer,
ami a man named Oompton, according
to re|K>rts rwelvod here, were carried
?fr(W.s the Hlo Grande and reports
ha\o It that their throats were rut. A
posw of 50 citizens of Marathon tonight
are in pursuit of the yilllstas.
The missing trooper Is Private Hos
#>e Tyree. The little boy In the Hon of
Cooiptou. Il?' was deaf and dumb and
bandits are thought to have killed hlwj
because he could not answer their
questions. - -
The two wounded troopers, Privates
j. Rirck and Frank Defree were
[brought hero this afternoon badly
wounded. IHrck's body was filled with
Muall brass pieces of tacks fired from
? shotgun. I)efree was burned about
the head and shoulders.
In a little abode house, nine caval
rymen made their tight for life against
the seventy or more Vllllsta bandits
?t Glenn Springs. A hall of shot pour
ed for more than two hours luto the!
single window of tho abode house but
the cavalrymen kept up a steady rdfle
fire in defiant answer. Then the Mexi
can leader ordered fire balls to be
thrown on tl>e roof, thickly thtotched
with candalarin.
The i>lazlng weed tortured Jhe sol
diers below and burnt their heads and
bodlen. Smashing the door, the troop
ers broke for the open. As they ran,
two were killed. One is missing and
it Ls believed ho is dead. Another was
killed as ho tried to climb through a
window.
According to the story brought hero
the Mexican bandits first attacked a
store and one or two houses in Bo
ijuillas. where they made Deemer and
Oompton prisoners and Uien sped 15
miles northward to make their attack
du Glenn Springs which 4s fringed by
rugged hills. At Glenn Springs they
wrecked a wax factory belonging to
William EllLs, his store and residence,
l>e?ldes one or two other small build
ings.
At ;>:30 Thursday evening the main
>od.v of fifty to seventy mounted Mex
ean band 1(m forded the Itio Grande at
Boquillas and swept into the little
wttlement shouting: "Death to the
friniroes." The bandits looted the store
)f J; Deemer and set it on Are. Deemer
md a clerk named Com pton were selz
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ed aijd bouud. The bandit* i>ack*d
thetr toot on their hijrne? and after
setting one or two small frame hounds
fcblase, galloped away northward.
Heading toward* Marathon, Texas
the baudlts In their night ckl* cfime
u I hmi Olenn Spriug* wtoere a small
detachment of nlno cavalrymen under
eointimnd of Sergeant Sn^th of troop
A, fourteenth cavalry, was stationed.
The Mexicans appeared suddenly oil
the top of a hill heneath which Olenn
Springs newtles. Noting their numbers,
Private Hlack on outpoet duty emptied
his revolver to rouse the camp and
then dashed back to the tent. Ser
geant Smyth and Private OfONkem
JumiHHl to the fly of the tent, un
nerving Humbert) of Mexicans at hand,
they ran to an abode house where the
Hl* other cavalry men were preimrmg
to make their defense.
The door of the house, which lutd
only oue window was barred and Ser
geant Smyth seeing that Iris men were
outnumbered ten to one gave orders
to shoot carefully aud not waste the
ammunition.
"We are up against It cold," safcl
Smj th, but we will show them some
thing. I,et the Mexicans shoot their
heads off and run out of ammunition
and maybe by morning we will be in
a position to give them a run."
On the dash from thedr tent, Smyth
and Oroskem had lost their revolvers,
having been forced to retreat to the
nbode house half clothed because of
the rapid approach of the Mexicans.
The bandits poured a constant fusi
lade of shots at the window and door
of the abode house. Not an American
cavalryman fell in the exchanges.
Tho little band took turns shooting
from the window. Blood stains In thr
dry ground around tho (house was the
only evidence that tho bandits suffered
in the attack, but Sergeant Smyth
knew the bandits would retreat onco
they became good targets in the light
of dawn.
The Mexicans fought in skirmish
formation. That was proof to Smyth's
eyes that he was dealing with a mili
tary body. The attackers' horses were
tethered some distance to the rear and
the brigands maintained their attacfe
on three sides of the house from which
there was no escape except the door
and the single window.
Unable to rout the Americans from
their mud- walled fort, the leader of
the Mexican band gave orders to throw
flre balls on the roof, which was
thatched partly with tin and partly
with candalaria weed. Flaring torches
made of torn cloth and weeds were
dropped Upon the roof, which started
to burn. There was no water in the
house to check the flames and the
heat in the house became Intense and
the faces and backs of the soldiers stifl
firing spiritedly through the window,
(ieenrae blistered.
?I can't stand it any longer," cried
Private William Cohen. "I'll take an
other shot and then try and make it
through the window."
Cohen leaped into the window frame
to make his dash for the open. A bul
let split his skull and he fell back
dead Into the house. Outside the voice
of a Mexican was heard to say ; "Line
up on each side of the door. They
must come out"
Smyth told his men that the time
had como to make a dash.
( The heat had burnt the tops of their
heads, Private Stephen J. Colcock
stepped forward to the door and smash
ed the boards with his gunstock. The
gun broke , hot; the. door gave way and
Colcock dashed out. His body was
found uext morning not far away, rid
dled with many bullets. He probably
ran into the main band of Mexicans.
Smyth, leading the other cavalry
men, turned to the left and made for
the corral, the Mexicans firing at them
as' they fled. The body of Private
Lawrence K. Rogers was found not
fa^ from the bnrned house, but Tyt;ee
could not be accounted for wlidn Smyth
-and his mep, who reached the hills
in safety, ! Investigated next morning.
Tyree may have been made prisoner,
but if so the soldiers here think he
has probably been killed by now.
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After the attack on tltt) American
troops the bandits rushed U> the wax
factory and destroyed It. Several
houses were ramsacked and burned.
When morning caiue the American
troopers crept back to the settlement
and saw the main body of some rv<>
Mexicans (tacking their loot upon their
horses and on the nine American cav
alry mounts which tlujy had captured.
Then thu bandits turned towards the
Kto (Irande and started for itoqulilas.
Here, the brigands carried Decmer and
Oompton across the river and it is
reported tonight that tiielr throats had
been cut The Mexicans carried their
dead and wounded away.
Soybeans vs. Cowpeas.
Clemson College, S. C? ? May 8, ?
With the advance of the livestock
business of the state the farmer should
he ever oil the alert to learn more about
the forage crops with which to product*
forage or pasture. .The cowpea and
sorghums are more generally known
than other valuable plants while the
Velvet Bean and Soybean are rapidly
growing In favor wherever grown.
Prof. J. N. Harper gives the following1
advantages and disadvantages of cow
peas and soybeans. When the soybean
Is compared with the cowpea it is
more valuable in many ways:
1. It will collect more Ammonia
from the atmosphere than will the
cowpea, thus being a greater soil Im
prover.
2. The seed will remain on the
ground until late fall ? November or
December ? without rotting, thus giv
ing a longer grazing period.
3. It is erect in growth, wlthon
runners, and can therefore be more
ettslly cut for hay or silage.
4. It will resi?t drought better than
the cowpea will.
5. There arc varieties of soybean
that will mature seed much earlier
than the earliest0 varieties of cow
peas ; hence It can be planted earlier
and later then the cowpea.
C. It will produce far more grain
than will the cowpea ; and the richer
the soil the more grain there will be ;
whereas the cowpea makes more vhie
and less peas$.
7. The soybean matures all its fruit
at once and can therefore be ha nested
with machinery and the seed removed
by common threshing machinery,
whereas the cowpeas must be picked i
by hand and threshed by special ma
chinery. O
8. It is not troubled with weevils
and other insect pests which injure
cowpeas.
0. Its chief advantage over the cow
pen is that it is richer in protein and
fat It contains an average of 35.4
per cent of oil, as compared with 20 3
per cent of protein and 1.8 per cent
of oil in cowpeas. The soybean is the
richest muscle-producing food we cuu
raise, being as rich as cotton seed
meal.
On the other hand the cowpea hus
some advantages over the soybean :
1. The soybean cannot 1k> grown us
well as the cowpea in corn.
2. ? It cannot be grown as well broad
cast, for the seed do not germinate
uniformly, because they need more
moisture.
3. Soybean <hay is harder to cure,
because leaves shed so readily.
4. The soybean must, to get the best
results, be planted in rows and work
ed.
Cultivation ? Sow in drills 32 inches
apart, using two to three pecks of seed
per acre. Prepare land as for corn,
using about 600 pounds of complete fer
tilizer per acre in the drill, at plant
ing time. Give frequent shallow culti
vation. ~
Varieties ? The best varieties for the
South are Mammoth Yellow, Holly
brook, Black Beauty, Yellow Medium,
and Early Green.
Robert McEvpy was acquitted in the
Spartanburg eoart of general sessions
.Friday of the murder of his sweet
heart, Annie Mae Glenn. McEvoy
wronged the girl and then later prom
ised to many her which he did not
do. Much interest hasbeeo manifest
ed by members of the bar and peo
ple geoerallj la the case since it is
understood that it la the first case in
rotriog such aramal questions of law
to come before the courts of Booth
Carolina. Judge Rlee hefixe wfeocs the
case waa triad directed a verdict of
acquittal. Shortly after McBeogr was
r
released h(* was attacked by Arthur
Payne. hh uncle of the dead girl who
struck htm hi I ho face and knocked
hlni down. For a time It appeared that
there would be serious trouble but
court otllcers intervened ami t'ayne waa
taken from (ho court liaise by friends.
KOOSKVK1.T CAD8K OF WAR.
Now Story of Whit (he Kaiser Miglri
Have Said.
The crown prince had been so busy
that he hadn't time to ?ct lojfettier
with ti Is father and have a confidential
chat. Hut one evening when there was
a lull tn the HON-cen(|meter guns, (hey
managed to get a few minute* off
Th? erowu prince turned to Ills father
ami said:
"Had, there Is somethlug I have Ihm'ii
I wanting to ask you for a lout? time.
Is I'uele. (itsirge really responsible for
tills scrap?"
"No, hiy son."
"Well, did Cousin Nick luive any
thing to do with It V"
"Not at all."
"l'osslhly you did?"
"No, hH\"
"Then would you mlrnl telling me
who It waa?"
'Hie anointed one was silent for a
moment. Then he turned to Ids Hon
and said:
"I'll tell you how It happened. About
two or three years ago there was a
wild man came over here from the
1'nlted States, one of those rlp-roarlng
rough riders that you read about In
dime novels, but he certainly did have
about him a plausible air. I took him
out and showed him our fleet. Then
I showed him the army and after he
had looked them over he said to me,
'Bill, you could lick tlio world.' And
I was damn fool enough to believe j
him." ? Life.
GKRMANVN INTKHNKD 8HIP8.
There Are More Than $100,000,000
Worth in American Porto.
If diplomatic relations are severed
between the United States Hiul Ger
many as a result of the kaiser's meth
od* of undersea warfaft\ it really
means eventual war between the two
countries, followed by the immediate
seizure by Uncle Sam of the $100,000,
(>00 worth of German i>a*senger vessels
now lyin? in our harbors.
At least Frederick Ooudert, one of
1 e most famous authorities on inter
national law in America, discussing
the legal phase of this subject now be
ing fouuht out betveen the diplomatic
forces of Washington and Berlin, cites
cases, at least, which seem largely to
justify this conclusion :
Non-intercourse, in the sense of ter
minating diplomatic relations is a us
ual, but not Inevitable prelude to war
?but, as a matter of fact, declares
Coudert, "between great countries, such
a situation is usually followed by war.
"Now let us trace the probable pro
gress of relations between the United
States and Germany after the adop
tion of the policy of non-intercourse.
"In the event of such a rupture be
tween Germany and the United States
if it went no farther ? there would
not necessarily be any change in the
status of Americans in Germany or of
Germans in America. Our diplomatic
representatives, before' leaving the
country, would turn over the protec
tion of our citizens and the archives
of our embassies and consulates to
those of some other power.
In the port of New York there are
20 vessels; Boston. 8 ; Baltimore, 3;
San Francisco, 2 ; Philadelphia, ; J*or
folk, 2; Galveston, 2; Seattle, 1; New
Orleans, 3; Savannah. 1: Honolulu,
8* Hilo, 1; Pensacola, 3; Jacksonville,
1* Tampa, 1. Fifteen are owned by
the North German Lloyd line and ?5by
the Hamburg- American t'?inpany. The
giant Vaterland, rated at tons
gross with accomodations for ?j,uuu
persons, is the biggest and they range
all the way down to the Neptune at
San Francisco, 107 gross tons.
?Fifty-four of the OH merchant ships
are German and the remainder Aus
trian. . The full list of craft over 10,
000 tons, with name of steamer, gross
tonnage aud owner, is as follows :
Vaterland, 54,282, '
Can < George Washington, -?>.5TO?
"German "Lloyd ; Amertka, ? ,022,
burg-American ; Kromprinzessin Cecil,
19,502, North German Lloyd ; Kaiser
Wllhelm II, 1?.M1. North
Lloyd; President Lincoln, 18,168, Ham
burg- American ; President Grant, 18j
072. Hamburg-American; OlOClnnflvL
16,339, Hamburg-American ; Pennsylva
nia. 13,333, Hamburg-American ; Gross
ed Kurfurst, 12,102, North German
Lloyd; Bulgaria, 1 1
erlcan ; Babarossa, 10,803, North Ger
man Lloyd ; Frederick Der Grosse, 10,
771, North German Lloyd; Hamburg,
10,831, Hamburg-American; Rheln, 10,
068, North German Lloyd.
V Cadet James K. Coleman, of Green
wood la in the Riverside Infirmary,
Charleston, seriosuly injured as the re
mit of a fall from a car In Charles
ton- Hla skull was fractured.
" The Brute.
"My husband is a bruteL a perfect
brutal" aobbed the young wemftn.
?*Bnt what did you do?" Insisted
her mother, who* was wise.
?I only scolded him a little. I
wouldn't hare cared If .W Wtd Only
wni me back-, or? -even swore at
child, did ha dare strike
^Wo-wo-worse than that, he just sat
that* aad yawned!"
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