The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 08, 1914, Image 6
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lEsreiUM ifllK
^ive Officers Have Fallean yictlms to
His Deadly Aim Since the Murder
FK
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of Juan Valdez—Starvation and
roisonous Gases Fail tojd|l Him.
The search for. Ralph Lopeti
Chn desperad# now cornered
1 ftah-Apex
X'
K.
line, near Blnfhan.J ipi
dosting Utdh $l,7t)0 a day. Nine
l heriffs anc} approximately S0O dapu-
t es and gtahrds have been on duty
sfvery day/and night einoe Nov.. 20,
/
Vhen the/ desperado fired the shot
< hat klllid Juan Valdez had. then
\ jok to n»e mountains. The entire
< utput at‘a large min# has be«u^ jmr-
tnlled; the heavy machinery ThT the
! iw ham'been set at naught; there
re six newly-made graves and 15
rphsns, with two more soon to come
into the world, because of- this one
£ an‘s crimes and his defiance of the
w.
j Of splendid physique, due to a
Clean life In the open, 1 Lopee has
indergone hardships seemingly be
yond human endurance In the past
month. He has bafled the Ingenuity
Of some pf the cleverest officers In
iho West and when compared with
jils record the worst men of the
tough days In the West appear al
most as\ schoolboys.
The spirit of the vendetta, so the
Story goes, was responsible for the
Career of erltnS on the part of Lopez.^
He avenged the death of his brother.
Who was burned at the stake by Juan
Valdez in Mdxico many years ago.
pefore his recent crime Lopfez was
regarded as a peace-loving miner in
- the Bingham copper district. An-
otheX^tory connects the name of a
Woman o{ the underworld, who car
ries the naipe of Carmenclta. with
Ihe cause of >he quarrel. Wl/ich of
these rumors, If dither, is correct may
never be known.
Of the earlier life oM^opez little Is
known, but he was nof considered as
a "bad man”. H.s early training on
the trails, and later his experience as
a "dead shot”,. with Buffalo Btlfa
Wild WiftjB^ows, brfc fcetMnk him all
a. V rn*. ViftsIClAn : In tVin
ae Years and Saw Service
•'tejOBlMk]
General U. R. Brooks recently paid
g tribute to General Wijie Jones, the
president of the Palmetto National
bank. General Brooks remarked
uponi the handsome bank building
thCt recently became the home of tha
tfstltntten of which Gen. jones is the
Head and continued;
"Gen. Will# Jonem^was born at
Hillsboro, N, C., on the 17th day of
October, I860, and hr 1856Tils fath
er, the Iffte Hon. Cadwalader Jones,
resigned the position of solicitor of
North Carolina and settled on Jjia
plantation near. Ropk Hill, In York
county, South Carolina, where young
Wilt? enjoyed the pleasures and com
forts of this delirfitfrrt country life.
He developed into the fine ‘specimen
or manhood that he Is—and thorn the
teachings learned at the lap ot his
devojit mother-j<-though deprjfted of
the collegiate education 1 l^p would
have received .but for the (peat war,
which caused Everything to be swept
awmy-
ness and Integrity which fitted him
to enter, when he left his parental
roof, the business world with thjS
mottor-* ‘I will do unto others as I
would wish them to do unto me/
"He belongs to nature’s nobility.
He has a polite address, an easy car
riage and a very pleasing counten
ance. His voice is clear and agree
able, and he is endowed with a happy
memory and Is complete master of
his chosen profession, a banker—a
trade in agriculture products is In
fasror of tbr]exports of domestic
1296.000,000.
"The quantity of exports of beef
and Its product* rapidlP decJJn^d|
jThh-«*Ports o* ^ork abfl' ttk products
' in 1913 amounted to 964,000,OM
SIX MlifflNftHliEEi' W.i™ ,h ”''* e ““ ded
-rfnz! 1 j/U'xl ?
Farmer Kee >s Fifty-Two Per Cent, of
His Prod icMr4n^^d
tjori Does Not NJean Lowering of
Prices—F re^4iV 1 Inui
vMrr/.
Most Pro Bv
" \Ten billlt n dollars’ worth of pro
ducts, flvd qillio^ ^dlaj-i\ <|f ig-
droughts at d other setbacks—is the
1913 recorc offsix (nilllcJu( Sttlgrloniv
farms.- Th< Unllfeo' , Bt<»te(J' / ind»( she-
cdssful yeai of husbandry produced
$6,100,000, '00, til cgaW,,bt which
$2,896/000, 00 were reiWstnrea vy
cereals \lor e; $3,650,000,000 worth
of anlmils lold and slaughtered and
animal bro nets. The value of the
1913/‘crops is twice that of 1 899;
more flian i billion dollars p.vet 1909
and alibstai tialTj» , 4A^tepMiBni , l)9i^l‘
all tlfe crops, it is estimated
H vj v j hi i iif-, -r— - '
—he imbibed honor, upright^thgt 52 p<r capjtt wi^l femUh.pn
and Inteerltv which fitted him farms and :hat'^6 per'cCnt.'bf't/he
gre^t student of human nature
too wei!. I Td-Offy 'hidden./ 1 In the
bowels of the earth, he is doomed to
death by starvation or from deadly
dyhnlAe Ifumfcs. . / »• \ n-t-U
Following the kllllgg dt Valfl** ot
the night of Nov. 20, Lopez, supplied
with food anl arms ahd with pockets
bulging froni ammiialt+oh, 1 took 'to
the mountains, soyirift he t^ould die
fighting. In less than an ^hoHr ° ra
cers were on his frail. • Chief of Po
lice J. W, /li an|, oj HLivpih^fn^ D^uly
Sheriff Julfus Sorenson, Otto Wlt-
bheKand Nephl Jensen, of Salt“LaU4
Coutly/fdrmed the posse. They rode
Into a trap amt four shots sj^at spite
fully from a hidden rifle Sent'three
of the men to their deaths The hat
red for the polio which had its In
ception when officers - restralfted
tx>pe" In Bingham, had been partly
Satisfied.
Posses were hurried from Salt
J.ake City. Lopez kept them at a
distance. Using smokeless powder,
bis place of concealment was always
Unknown and ho kept up a run of
bantering talk with his ppravjqrs for
an entire day, Hope .pf ever/8° e l n f ! i
ihe desperado ngalri passed Affieh he
was not fo,ha rifteb a few days of
h^ r d fjpprtjhing, but t°9 n he rpturu
ed to .Bipgham and entered the Utah-
Apex mine In which he had worked
for years. There he planned to make
his final figh^ there, he hoped tq be
supplied with food and ammunition
and fo keep np an Indefinite fight!. V
Openings ip the lower level of the
mine were blockaded and po|s[ono,us
gases created In tjie mlnp by the
burning of cyan'.ae, coal tar, bh^ and
other materials/ Peptity Sheriff J.
D. Hylsey and Toiji, Mapderlch,. a Ser
vian miner, wore picked off, whllp
carrying eherfiichla trito'the Mine.
The deadly siilphur abd/Boimalde-:
hvdo fumes worp.j.jturn^fl jn^p the
tunnels and when jvCll started the
openings were all bulkheaded with
earth and heavy timbers. The smplPp'
continued to pour Into^ the mine five
days when tiie bjlkhekds wefe nk-
movad and after allpwlgg fh^ ajr to
cirei|lptp for eight .hours a little
party of volunteers, neaVfiy arm4d
and carrying' eieerfi' etbreMek start-*
and 'earrylnt; electric, tqrchep^jitqrtr.
All w*e,ek, fhey* seagehed cqreiully,
here and there fin (Ting 1 fboipftntii, 1 a
scrap of clothlog or bedding occaslon-
Hiiy. but never a sitfrik of Ahe\ku»lUj
which has aided him much in making
his life a success.. Ho is beloved by
all who deal with him.
“At the age of 19 Willo Jones be
gan his business career in the Caro
lina National bank, the oldest bank
in the State, outside of Charleston.
He was commissioned by Governof
MeSweeney brigadier general of the
militia. He has served In the mili
tary for the last 31 years.
"South Carolina has sent only two
regiments to foreign soil. The one
weht to Mexico under Col. P. M. But
ler, who was killed at Cherubusco,
and the other, the Second South Car-
olifta, Volunteers, upder Col. WIlie
J^tncs, to Cuba, dtlrln* the Spanish
es! cab warr -Ml* 1 w as a fine reg-
ImentNmd would have covered Itself
with glQbthad thq opportunity,offer
ed,' because /he brave boys of this
Hafllhrtt cbmiuSoi ’were all sons of
Confederate solabsfs.
"Cpl. Jones was
Idol of his
mpn. JIe was for maffy^years chair
man of the State bemocratie commit
tee‘atub Is'no W treasurer ofXhe or
ganization, He Is w«U posted onfall
public questions, but)alwaysIkeeps
eye single to his business.
‘Tils lovely and hospitable home,
w^ilieh is graced by his 'beak(tftill lhi4
aceomp)l?hed wife, together with his
children, Cadwalader and Reaux,
where all of his numerous friends
are always welcomed, stan4s ready
at all times to cordially receive the
merrobers of the old Second regiment
Vvfltvntebr*,' ' ! ' \ t \ \ ' \ '
*Tf the' vdhlhtebr fiilfs his 'only con
solation is that |io fills a jjgtriot^s
grave, while som^ rudeiballsij ma^r
eommemosatfi ^he 1 victim ffhd thp
next Thanksgiving sermon of the pas
tor of his native hamlet may attest
his worjh, ho survives and his
health fails, a small pencil awaits
him, and perhaps an approving reso-
1 utirtn/bf/congress are the only prizes
In store for tyim, save that greatest
of all, the consciousness ol[,-'h'avlnfe
faithfully seryed his country.
n.’ T^rr*
“Thus wa «ep Qob'Jones, truerlo
the Ipstlncts of pis historic family,
leaving wife and children and the
comforts of a delightful home to de
fend with bis life blood the flag pf
his country. What an inspiration to
,tbe youth of our grand old commoib
wealth! y
"The three! dominant traits of hi
character ( arp pluck, energy anjd
brains—deprived of either no mi
Iran Succeed. 'While with hlS galla
boys/ln puiboino office in the United
States army was more beloved- thajn
CoL Jones. I have frequently boqti
fPnlmded-d'hHl if every'WilVVHo h;|d
ly'enr h^ppd by this bro*d-mind
and generduS man could contribute
cents' tM a general fund thefe|
FOuld ,>)#( enbugh to erect a mon
f^irms and that "Z0'per'cent.’PT 'tfhe
anima’ pro* jicUon also will rbn'iain.
On that bas s bro^Msh «i<^nve is. istji
mated at $ ,847,0097^4^ 'Despite a
record year of cf6p'fValue—-although
the record (f pfOductlo? hagifiallent--
and the fiet that the number 'of
farms has incrfased^ ll per cent,
since 1910, until therd f noiv irejest!/
mated to b> 6,600,000 farms in the
cduntry, ths department of agricul
ture in a iliscty^lon.-p^ ( the subject
made publl: does not take the view
that a lowe ■ cost of living iVill result.
“Howeve- desirable increased pro
duction on farms may appear to be
from the /ionsunipr’a atamipoin-t, it
does not f( How tlcifejO^itH .inerea^d
produetjon will result'in any.incruasb
in,the casl income per farm or per
eapita, of ! arm population," or that
prices paid by conteutoere wifi be any
low'er," ayn thh pep|ort. {“Had th*
total production In 1913 equalled or
exceeded tpe 1912 production, it
seems probfcbte that the cash inco^ie
per farm would not have been great
er and might bav&.been less than in
1912, but it is extremely doubtful
whether the cost to the consumer
would have been less, beqause retail
prices-are raliei promptly el a/pros-,
pect of under-production, blit are
slow to decline If there is over-pro
ductlpn,, . ,' , j .
. . {.’Thfe JM^gjliqil ojf 4lStrtl>«<or|i
middle men between the farmer and
the consume* Is in aj position to take
advantage ot the market, and to a
certain extent , control * the market.^
"The,high prices paid by consum.
ers, ranging from 5 to nearly 500 per
oewt). iia ispqieippsiaa tnone; th?0' that
o farmer receives, indicate that
tluNs is plenty of room for lowering
the ‘ cb^t' of ' farth products to edn
siimers aAd ht ttie ^ame time largely
Increasing me fetish income pfer firm
without Inereasttfg farm production.
"fTWa jcpn^HLloiKuadoubt'aaiy 'Ipi a
rmtiVemig' hroblefn/^^iidh' will have
to he solved by betterNprganization
of farmers and lihprovdd methods of
marketing.
a enjl so MgU that it would kiss ttye|
dua*. ' ' j
* '’Geliferal Jones has found by
iperienofe'{bat) nothing Is more usef
than a spirit of mildness and accoi
mqdatlon. In i,«he various) cpntac
talking to Lopez at some pplnt.ln the
—mine, btrt vrlth the feport came his
resignation. He wofftdn't. dare face
I the bandit a second time.
gentle manners will In general
his way before the person who elm
to gain his object by a coarse and nn
distinguished austerity. vl
smoking bf the mine. ^ ep> u ^ tU now he u the p resld)
the Palmetto National Baaki-u h
'handsomest bank' haDdlng li H h
South houses this Inatftstioff^f hi eq
.storlps high, jBy .f °!
m.--
At last,
He final
uthentlc Information wgs Mllevqd to
irh/ been receiy^d. .The Mexican
aek In tbe Andy tunn»A-pear|
$e scene of his last crimes. -'Every
sue of Eecapo ieMia'Bnttneidletel’y
adewjV armid gvntAt. e/hfe'AlHfr-
! ^{Mittitsi'of' JdAtagfc! kid the Am-
hWf. T
(0»H<4e»« a4,»MAH )
duty; Gfpeijal ,fone*;has,>»,on thdM >n
fldence of the people, i' His life’ Is c sr
tstnly (a iehkm* to the yonhg men o'
Tr.T ' '
W wish.all our subscriber* Uq<
., the mom nt
ippy New Years.
comprised-28 per cent, of the
of all OrripS, although the volume Was
updec the repofd. (Jitter principal
crops^with valugarare given in the
order dff'Whtclr'they come:
Cotto^m»',P0(V,0P0; hay, $707-,-
OOQiMo; wheat—the largest crop
er raised In this couiitry—$6T0,-
090,090; oats,/ $440,990; potatoes,
?228 1 900, , 000! ’ tobacco,' $122,9O0>
000; barley, $96,900,900; sweet po
tatoes, $43,006,000*; sugar beets
$34,000,000; Louisiana cane sugar
$26,000,000; rye, $26,000,000; rice
$22,000,000'; flax seed, $20;000,000;
hops, $15,000,000;' buckwheat, $10,
000,000. ( ’'| V / J i '
"In quantity of estinlatbd prddne-
tlon, the record ha,s,beep broken by
wheat, rye, rice, sugar beets, beet
ShtHto Oirjd the total of Japfet ahd banb
sugar, Of the remaining crops, oats
barley, coftod pbW ,>PP9 have been
exceeded twice in' production.:^
“The value of the croas of 1913 is
high,. A ney high seeord.in estirqat-i
*wl Xa^ud lA Hind# tfy/the t otal if all |
cereals, and separately by 'corn, cot-j
ton, cotton Setth i Ibliarco and sugar
be^s, , Cjnly, 0^00 ba,? j there), bfeif a
higher estimated value for oats, ryej
tioqi aointcM ;4an)b(}p^ hnd'Ahbi totiti
of beet and cane sugar. Only twice
has tkeEkflnfofed'ttilhfe'df WTiiht and
of beet sugar been exceed?
“Dairy products oi-HTf3 are estt-
idWtofr at fmqr? rtban $»H,&00i0»0.
value of more than $578,000,000
‘The wool production of 1913,
timated at pounds, was
avttr !$51:jOQ9.0|00.' >
by the averag'^’fdf-the preceding 23
yearpr'ahd, with three exertions, by
(the
years. ./ . 1
• r“'l^p census roport*. indicate tha*
ti!'1^49 tJM'UMV aplOunQ kfhfhHti
wages paid to farm labor was' $651,-
6d$,287f. This Is almost double-the
jbat 1A1 ! OAfatidivablt/lnfcrfekse^
are indicated since 1909.
l/’fijlkcral (rtpbhi conger;
ifui^troplcW fruits-ol^ Sorft^N
fornla and Florida Indicate, In the
Lti-mf ofLh'p^nyfg^si) [thd ’
'pfoductmh of iffesb frhftd,'
If’X ^frTOl^ (4p&
1913 was 1(10, or, in other words, it
was equal to a full crop, In. compari-
*4n 4jthttnt<aoite tfww
represented by 125 and the crop <ff
1911 by 66. The lemon croprot Cali
fornia suffered with the orangihlffWe
grape-fruit crop of Florida in 19iS
w.as 74 per cent, pf a full cjop, com-
jprpftftW^njr^tl 1 ! 1912 and
67 per cent. In 1911. In Florida 92
per-cent* of a full crop was the pro-
dufltlohd Of iwfsiln )n 13 >) c PF n P4 r( h 1
with which Is 75 Be* cent, of a full
qrop In 1912, aad also lnfl911. r
1 ''ThV smyifeeo avfatoger*ck?h In
come per tkrm ^nd per capith was
obtained'lip Kentucky, Tennessee,
labstma, ’ ! Mississippi, ioulsfa'nh,
TexftSr Oklahoma and Arkansas,
|«b0re ^hkila^or]qf a rplitlyely jdrde
number bf adults and thlldreh W re
quired to produce tho-erop. The
largest average each Jnconie per farm
and per capita is shown tn the ffbnii
homot-x
AffilN
t * *: is,
j ) tili lu^hA
I Meral Trobps; r Thbofeh 1 Ob twain ber-
/i 1 . 1 Jiin l <!/!*!-> 7f ,1 u ,'oi*t Wdiitlons i,
ed Battle Desperately for Their h
nrn i.ii
7/ ,1
)■: h
Captisrcf Mean*,
bf ‘the 1 Offlor+s \Vhom Villa
il
ilj! I (-‘I llll'V t !o jltllluj
Has Ordered, Qe?. 19r$fga 4p SUy.
Thai battlo betwee* 5,000 ;rbkeh$,
- — ...
Mtlons has side-tracked proposed
i et yrnliU If'you* Havb AVer beelp , tb'a i _
i lit to convontloa *you knpw kv'hyj j:
’i i] {an | ynfvjthdly, dTPWd of} toafCph 0 , j
hush through a lot of- business, in .a* l
iftff iioufs. Mby ^et Ip a’ cbnsfdefk-) |
tloh bf‘the! rdport bf tfcle cotMalWpe'l
ibrther'n' dlVisWn ' bf ! the Mexican!
federal army',' edtirenthed I around
1 »tpaga., .Jjlexicp, across , tha ^border,
sjdip,,Tex., sliU waa,\h pro*
r fl(p i prosld i p,.Tet..
. ons than we now have
1 ’he •great prbhTem tias TSeen "fi3t
^iikt to do; bbt to get agytkltt^ Abne.
' Vh|r ConweAtipn i StAea i Not Act! 1
Ve have depended on jpsgty ebn-
inde* <*«/ Torb4o Ortega; jmd .thWl' T rujqs (late Jff th? pT9grnm< Wpaie-
fllhies lt f ls near niidnlght. ^Hsre.jls
ii* time, to deliberate, and rather
adopt changes they dQ not nn-
< Ireland tire canVentLSb' (lies noth-
W-
Central-West division. Including Min-
nespfa, Iowa, Missouri, North and
South' Ddkc/ta, Kansas' and (Nebraska
"The cotton crop now seems to be
established in value as next in order
kffpr. com. !Th* lint of this crop in
1913, at the price of December 1>J
had an estimated value of $798,000,-
600, and.this was not equalled in any
foEmer , yeai. It is per cebt.
Shove The average of tw pTfeceding
five years. The estimated number of
bales! pf 500 ponnds gross weight in
this crop* fb* life,66v,000; consequent
ly this crop has been exceeded in
quantity by the crops of 1911 and
1912. If the estimated vplue of the
cotton seed is added to that of lipt,
the total/farja value of this crop
amount? to $945,000,000, an increase'
of 16 per cent, oyer the average of
the previous five years. Texas usuaL
ly prodiices Jrojn one-fonrth to onV
third the cotton crop of the'United
States. The cotton crop of! the
United States !h '1918 coyered 36,
OPl/OOO acres; it Isiestlmated, an in-,
■crens.e of 3 percent, over 1912,
■"Tobacco (follows thq potato, crop.
>d for 36 hours and nibhif had ! be^i'
ilUeidaffd woyndiad. ,.} . i, •
Qen,,Ort.seky e^ocpti^g a serlps .of
laufc ippv?mejitji, Steadily,(kept bh
by offppsjy^, foot, b^ foot, {lie
ipproaches to the Fjederal s/rong-
:iold. The Federal fbree^, crippled
Uid IdisorganiZod by thel first! reb*!
snslaugbt, , Clung to [the hillside
Lrencltesi where thyir leaders had d,e*
pided toiinnke a !apt*dtan4. , • ^ -
| They rallied somewhat from the
panic that seized 1 many of them with
thb first' volleys bf the tebeli wheta
daylight dlseloabd the position of Or-
jtega’s mert, and - pul; upt a; placky
figffit agitinst heavy lOdds, although
Akeir lossqs ww? heayy trom, wo unds
find .desertions. Many Wounded and
jdefeertets wkded' waist 'deeb through
altk rlvol* fllU A
Sven Ahatalfe IWefs^tetoWfbh e4tend-
44 to two cteyaiMid tWe secokd given
H thejrqles, there could ^ ^p ( phop
,4pgh consideration. Delbgafes.twice
nS numerous-as the whole ieglslatdro,
norganized* split ^nto warring fac
tions, iminy-of the indivldtvpj candl-
(i i es ioi an impending primary can
tp! be ft.\peoteip to giye the calm, fair,
ppp-partlk
parlisi/n fttlfffitlin and decision
v|ithopt which, there could bp no sat
sfactory change in our primary sys-
3
X
om. i 11. ns. L)iTi t
a^e.not guessing'at ppsglbUi-
:les,i. but facing i fa*cts i oetablisheH w
our contentions < - -j. i ;I -■
V
ihb river fo thie ApjerifeaW sidh.
ft^Wgs 1m possible to eveh apprbxi-
patio the^fruniber bf deiad and wound-
icd. Fffteeal FP^oral wqubSciI '. w.ho
{waded yie river were allpwed ^o re-
jinaln'and were cared for by-d^nited
jfetatea army phyMciahs, hut sCydrad
Bdore 'hnwoundhd Fbdefal defeefters
were disarmed by ; thfe United State?
bordeh-patfoT, under Major'MeN’amee,
and sent back across the border.
Army .officer? wpre convinced thgt
casuiltiefi -had bepn hea.Vy and, Red
Cross representatives sent requests
for more help and hosp/ital supplies.
They also requested permission’ to
cross (he bolder to attend tlie wound
ed on the battlefield. Neither of/the
opposing; forges is provided w,ith hop
pltal, facilltieEv and wounded have
been left op the hillsides where they
fell. Although 5.000 repels were en
gaged, much, bf their fire was iiieffqc-
)ur conventions.
' /-tit,
Soniethjng Stronger Than Rules , .
- 1 ■ • Neededt
But suppose for a minute that we r
:ouhl eljminate faptionaliqm forTmce
md* hold the conventdon - in s&ssloiT\£M'i
o.ng enofigh for Carefill/deliberation,
ive would theii ,get bhly pafty‘,rule8
md -not State laws. We protect ,ou* i
mgs by law, shall) we trust'thb birth
ight ot but .suffrage to' a partw- rule?
, M/hen our people go to the ballot
kVx’thoVe'I^ ih Vnbt^fAiVAe’oT lh\) T
njghte^t fftrfw ,Uiqt (p^r, mov,c i th^ra. |
convictions are stirred,' strong,
pqpjtidiffos aroused, wild jpessious,
otffced. Along, with the njany moved
hv' - mrtfivkc' ‘TtlA***). T-lirt Sntnr-
by 1 high- motived‘ipbrch the defer-
nlned band of avaricldns^seekers fof‘
pfersopaf. advantage, jumI-tltosorlust-
ing for power. Here if anything^
Ihe life of oqr people the strong arm
of the- law IS 1 ' needed to i ptbtect us
from forces of evil, in the exercise of *
the most sacred and fundamental^,
pf citizenship. ,. . ' ‘
live' in the early hpprs cit^hA-battle-iholeffcdi pf our government.
in order qf yajuo in 1945. The
average farm price pf this crop, 3 2.8
cents per pound, |s the hlphept since
1864.. The tobaefeo crop of 1913 is
the most valuable one ever' raised in.
this country, and,eyeee,ds In vhlm
-oyer 30, per. cent.' the averageTOf thb
preceding five yearb. JBKo quantity
of the production, ^Iro^ever, id slight
ly under tlMtU>Vbrage add has bden
exceeded by^fnrhe former crops.
fihal’estimate of the produc-
GoWi .'▼Slued it tc * bacco ^ ^ 553/f34,)-
000 pounds, feompa*red with 965S,3a6,i
000 ponnds Iti 1912; a reduction of
9,7'2 : t,'000“pofind3,' or leSs^tlja^ 1 per
cent/xThe average price per 'pound
on , December 1 was 12.8 cepts,
against 1,0/8. cents December 1, last
yealr, Tin advance of two cepts. The
December 1 yalub-ds estimated to he
$1^2.4 81,00.0, comphrod with $104, 7
(^63,000 in 1912, an aoVqnce of $18,-
419,000, or 17.7 per cent/
"In Georgia and Florida the yield
per acre Is better than last year/^mid
the quality 1; thtohest for sever
years
“The estimated total production of
chewing, smoking, snuff and export
tobacco lb 768,124,000 pounds. com 7
pared'with 733,070,000 pounds lasf
year./ The totaj valye is $97,(4 6,6 v -
0*00, while last year’s wa^ $7^.926,-
t>0. * The, lairgest increase Is'in the
bright dLst|-ict^ ,yf , Virginia, , North
CaTolina an^d South Carolina,.^nef^
a, larger crop lias brought a hfglier
price, . ;*(<, i iji » ji • rr v; i
"In the new belt of North Caro
lina and South Carolina the yield and
quality ihre belbwl last yleair* tiuit Lb#
price Is highm>:;, > <; (i
M
' , *•!'- ' ) TV77 ^ . i ,,[1'
(FIND; BPUY L>'
j 1 : i:t. j r*ii iiW 1
because of the position they obedpied
below.the vjllage, ^ •- •[ ■ )
Ojinaga, ia cluster of adobe bjpttl-
Ings, stand3 ( a mile from Gj^bootlev
at, the top ofj high hills; whrch line the
valley through whklrTne rebels ad
vanced.. 'W^henAfie day dawned Or
tega’s men/bOT gained, the. foot of a
trill threemiles from the 'Village
wlret^AVlre Federals had planted a
ort x tp command approaches to the
town, 'they Spread alohg the hill
sides' and, opened' a fire which 1 was
maintained - all'day, and which wasi
supported by 40 machine guns they
had dragged across the desert -from
Chihuahua/, ( ; V , : ,
Foot by; foot (he rebels approach
et} the federal trenches) 1111111 their,
fire ,becajne too severe , for the de/{
fendeya, who retired until, as dark
ness fell, al^ Federajs wl}0 imd not
fled were huddled jn the shelter of
the towp itself.'
A ymall Federal force hhade a gal
lant stand in the cuktom house,
which stands on an elevation midway
betweten'the village’proper and the
plaint They swept a hail of bullets
across the main, approach to the
town, and for a time held the rebel
forces in check. As the day wor# on,
however, the sputtering fire f,rom the,
ipholys of the custom house grnd-
nalfy. diminished .and finally ceased
Whepthelr.last cartridge had been
fired theHjttle hapdful # of Federals
deserted tmKbuhdiug. and> scufriet
aetosp, the-balletoid/a half separating
them from their emffradtes lii the
town. Their retreat g^ve tbd rebels
an' additional advantage^ position
' A-fthOugh the rchfels- apjfcaved 'td
have much-sdVantdge; the
of the stnlggleiwas rtdt clddrly do
ed. 'Elm*i thei'Federate will surreoi'
denis.improbable.. because; Q<$n. Gn
tega |ha*, iexpUcit( ord|er», to axeedtn
t^e ^o-callpd voluptee^s., i and. tHcif;
compander^,’(Geiiw, .Pascuai<-Orozco,
Ynez p ' ' ' - 1
At The hands of the legislature'w®
ran get redress; Itptrffbuild a bfil-
|wark to protect anfpallot, a bulwark,
butressed^hj^thp law and backed by
^ v^rntgeBt.'-
In StateVwhere thd prlrhaty 1
mination is not Cgiiivalent to an 1
{election, they' conjtrbl every detail pf
their pfipiaijy .elections by lays How
much-more necessary are legaksafe-
guarxls with us^where the primary is
ever>thlng. > ,*- if !i . (I s
Ouf legislrtture has feP the neoek-!
pity of -primary protecting statutes
pnd, has enacted, s.ome. Ri'i thpy qre
pfeatterin^‘ajid apfily ontt* l/erd 'and -
thete, Icavliffg stich'Wtde‘irfokces uh-‘
protected that they amount to little 1
o,r nothing. . Ijly passiqg tjfem- wje
ha,ve admitted the ppipcipals of slat-,
ut’ory regulation, but by .sLopp^ngj
with only a-beigiming accomi'Hshed
oiir effort hasibeen fiitile.*'' 1 •'( h'
' NoW is’(lie'Tim^ to Aei. 1 ’
♦-it only remains for you, the fkid- 7
or* of.this article,.and Ihetrept of the
rank and file of the party, to pay to,
our, representatives, “Give us a sinx,
pie, plain, strong- law to’ protect our
prirhary without taking awa^^h'e bal
lot’ from hliy honest Democrat.’’ Now
is the tlipe to act/. All the togisla-'
tqrs want is the iVord from you
They can work out the details tn,
thelf forty-day session. B‘ut jt is up
to you to insist that they act. In
terested men may try to* haVe ithfem
postpone again as they have In the
past. You, must look . after,, yorfr,
rights of they will be lost by default.
. . , Legislator.
—J »i».e ! /.' '
CARELE4S HHGoTfNG.
" ! / *) >*(<1
Bethnffe *'Cltlxen tDisappeared: From
The feody k>f' T.' If, 'Wattst who ! dial-
Y.nez ^ala?ar, .A^ton^o Rojas, .Cl(id
Pfjpln^l, , taza.ro Alanis lloque
Gomfez. tignteeh y hundred vo\un-
teerfe also come uAd'pf ffie'a^iitfeflce'ol!
death Imposed by 'of (ler <4f Gfett/ yi{la.’
Tliat Fedefttlft 'i'ith kll thelf'g^n-
fefais,'etciSpt pidrhapB'GSn. Pranffiscd
CttstVo, Gen.' JOde Mane Ilia anti Gen,
appeared from his home: in Betbune
FkidAy Aboat 1£ o’etodtj **• foffnd ■Maattdl LantlH, qfrtttr fagultfraj will
TihnfeasioV'Yofitli Fsfeos Death IVotn
. '* c 1 •1‘rii./ 'f /(_') | ,r .
Foolish Accident.
jfi ’ , .n.-’t ‘i if , i/
News (|«ae}}ed-^ianvaplCV.Thursday
of the, footing pf wy^^/^lape,'
r '''?ember 24, at the country storeipf.
♦ or Sweat, near the New Cut sec-
tlonNyfi tancsster'cdtfnty.n'lh isetftfis
that seVeral .pdrtlds; Mtn uhiisy cqlebrErj
tfoa ibfi thffeedsonv,'w#fe sHd&ting Jre-i
crackers ana\^ilB)toI3. , ;^rpmlscpovkly;
ahopt the storq/when- ypung WaUace,
a clerk lii 1 .'the* stol^. whilfe busily
l6adin^' hD"k custbfhieJV bitWy With'
grodefles'and Christ^iasSgJoda, Was!
accidentally shot'by a'lpferoHin' (thol
hands . tf appm,meiphbr.pf u>e bx-ny.
sQ.far ^denttfle^. The, ball ia decj
.,1,,
toon ::r
"The prices of, 4,4 principal crops)
average about 20.2‘per cent, higher!
than, n yatsr ago :and; 4.6 per, cent.,
higher than two jrggrs ago. Theii
total values average about 3.8 pel
cent, higher than a yey ago. and 7.<
th wtJ7°jww Mi
"In these day* or high prices *6:
food, ,U.‘*4eids'to W/tNferlbdkert tha
this country. Is produci;
countries. Price* are
countries as Efi)!,** t B W 11 * on*-
n " ^Iti mtilk iferleiiNuVW ’export*
•f done^Ufl pr^<)t4BOIqfe )tfe [the flseaj
Sunday:aftersoon tabqutra o’clock 1 ip lofeiS' dVer! fto -Vhe‘■{t&Tt'eir'atat^j'
the 1 middle pf. hynche’g river, about
one nil)e /from’ his. hpme. He mtuf
Ireckpd frqm thf^hpuep to^tbe ^v^.
parties feafl bfen l ( ooki^,
‘dPdy over/ BiRce early, '^turaay American aidpall day presented the
agrplifc. , ha.,Wattg hAd been in bad ^u>y tn/pect of the 1 eki Ot mi iam j In
**• H® leaves' k. Scttdiv. 1 Gavalrvuien :a*i 'th*' bnrVfnr
of defeat; was thought on the
American side to be<most, likely.- ,,
-The land .which slopes down to the
shallow and muddy Rio Grand*; faq
left BlroirlgcT^~havliig entbfM dafir
gerously close to hls^heart. H’e'fa 'ln’
alprocarious condltioa and Uttle hope
le 'eeteftalned tor; tils recovery,; , *. *)
4—tl e'e'
, Kfilled by Train. ,
health for over a year. He leaves/ a.
wife and several children kdd A ttoM;
(T ■.'! > I ■ / V yr ( •/■:•>/.). I |(
' ' ! F^ourtd Dead'on Tf&k.
unknov
act!bn. I Cavalrymen of' 'thtt bonier
patrol galloped along the water'*
edge ready lo/send: back any Mexican
so idler a wheaUempted to crosaor. U}
begro of, Ppston,, Jh
whltp. roan was
1ff ( th^«^S(r«’y*^Bp whqlq f^eniTrlFtoy lacfqqsr^tSe^ 001^
.Wfi SlUj^nfedivif,- fff: found ^
ill 1..* ' l ■ »
4eatly been struck by a train. '* *j last cams acroaa unmoleeted.
tor
’ Colq Wprd f ,,dp,, ibUch*ml,tb; pf
MWPWVtTWNl TUMldjSfr^Ot , u*
wife, Eva- Wart. 2$, go flNtth aod
I then kilted himself. • ““' ““