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BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. 1 \ _______ Ervington Stanton, of Bennettsville, !() May be Fatally Wounded. Bennettsville. .March 2.">.?A most i crI distressing accident occurred here & this afternoon, when little Ervington tr Stanton was accidentally shot with a 22-calibre rifle bv his playmate, p' fl( Jack .Mitchell. The two boys are about 7 years old. and both in the first grade at school. The ball en- | tered the eye. and has not been located. Ervington has been unconscious P< since the accident, and is said to be ^ r iD a critical condition. He was tak- * 6( on tn Favpttpvillp tn-nisrht to a hos > V ? W- - - c pital. Another little boy was with ^ them at the time. It is said that the rc cartridge had been snapped several ^ times, and that the boys were trying to make it explode. The entire community is saddened and the deepest Sympathy is felt for both of the mothers of the little boys. rc RESTS IN GOMEZ PALACIO. S] a After Hard Fighting Villa is in Sight ** of Goal. m el Gomez Palacio, Mexico, March 27. C( ?Four days of fighting, including ^ three desperate assaults by the rebels, were crowned to-day with success when Gen. Francisco Villa mov- . ol ed into Gomez Paiacio and establish- ? ed his headquarters on that side of the town looking toward Torreon, and within three miles of that great ^ goal of the campaign. aj The final and deciding assault was delivered yesterday. It was preceded by a bombardment, after which the ^ v infantry and cavalry dashed into the streets. Rifles, machetes, pistols and hand grenades were used in a hundred different encounters in the narrow thoroughfares. The grenades, of home j manufacture, were lighted by cigarettes, an unofficial part of the equipment of every Mexican soldier. f m Rebel Loss Heavy. a] Gen. Villa does not know his own b; loss, except that it was heavy. The si wounded suffered terribly from thirst st and many died for lack of water and surgical attention. The dead of both r? sides were mingled in streets or found ai huddled under adobe houses or cor- rt rals wrecked by rebel shells. m Veterans say no more furious bat- tl tie ever was fought in Mexico. m Gen. Villa did not stop to mourn d< bis losses, but with characteristic A energy began preparations to move cc on Torreon. He expects to co-operate th with four hundred men under Gen. fc Herrera, who is under orders to at- bj ' tack the town from the east. Newspaper correspondents were -permitted to enter the city with Vil- si la. Everywhere rebel soldiers were ui rescuing the injured and taking them h< to the railroad on improvised stretch- fr krs. e . Even Wounded Serve. f The day was hot and redolent of n< stale blood. Those with flesh wounds 5 disdained to desert, and soldiers, limping from a wound in the leg or with one arm supported in a bfood- t! stained bandage, were among the 6S stretcher bearers. t tr -i: Villa's first assault in (force took 11 - > - place four days ago. There was com- L parativelv a small number of Fed- m erals in the city, and premature reports of victory were sent out. Soon, however, the Federals received reinforcements and Gen. Villa withdrew p] after hard fighting. ^ The next day, Wednesday, Gen. ^ Angeles, artillery commander, shelled e< the city all day and part of the night, v o! v Villa had learned that the Federal commander. Gen. Valesco. was con- , iii centrated in force in the town and . is himself was m the trenches inspiring his men, and the rebel leader ^ under cover of {he bombardment con centrated every avanaDie man ior a p< fresh assault. ^ This was delivered Wednesdav as night, but it was not decisive, although the rebels held the stone j roundhouse and a few other natural defences in the outskirts of the city. ' 18 Boxes Sardines at One Sitting. Atlanta, March 28.?The Georgia record of the negro who ate nineteen C hard-boiled eggs and died, has been laid in the shade, and with all other Gargantuan trencher records in d this section. n Chick Culberson, a Hogansville h negro, has eaten eighteen boxes of d sardines, oil. tails and all?and is It alive and well. w The negro walked into a store tl and offered to bet that he could eat a a dozen boxes. This proposition was M that if he ate all twelve the store si keeper would pay for them, but that c: if he couldn't finish the dozen, he li would pay for what he did eat. d tj. 1- Viiv,-, hvonfr_fivQ minnfos fn It lUUh ii 1 Uti I" It 1II1UUVVV win the bet. "Boss. 1 can eat a half w dozen more if yo' want me to prove v< it," he further boasted and made L good on it. tl Then he went to sleep like a boa o , constrictor for twenty hours and h woke up feeling fine. d I I BROADSIDE FIRED BY CLARK. piloses Rule t<? Limit liebate on Tolls Question. Washington, March 2R.?The , eatest legislative battle yet under,ken by President Wilson's adminisation was begun to-day with the esentation of a special rule in the Duse to limit debate and prohibit nendment for the administration's :*oposal to repeal the provision of te Panama Canal Act allowing free rr/-I \ nianVan cVlinc IU .unci ituu w-?.? For two hours the rule alternatewas defended and attacked in heat1 debate in the house. When admrnment came, with an hour of sbate on the rule left for to-mor>w, Speaker Champ Clark, who heme had not announced his position i the repeal policy, issued a stateent vigorously opposing the rule. "Surely there is nothing sacred Dout this repeal bill, and there is no ?ason for this mad rush," said the peaker's statement. "I will not be party to ramming such a rule down le throats of members." Impressed with the importance of a easure which President Wilson has laracterized as necessary to the mduct of his administration's >reign policy, an extraordinary atsndance of members was on the floor hen the rule was presented. Throngs I spectators filled the seats in the alleries, occupied the stairways and /erflowed into the corridors. The )ectators came when the house met : 11 o'clock to-day and waited hour iter hour, as routine business de.yed the tolls bill and the nervous msion on the floor grew more and ore tense. The Rule Presented. The legislative way finally was eared and at 4 o'clock Representave Henry, chairman of the rules mimtftee, presented the rule, limitig debate on the Sims bill to twenty aurs and precluding amendment, ex^ ?1 ~ f A roonm. jpt ior a single tv itwai it. Brief argument brought about a agreement for three hours of deite on the rule and the preliminary iirmish of .the greatest legislative ruggle of a decade was on. The house silently attentive, Repisentative Henry explained the rule, id launched into a defence of the jpeal bill. Then followed an arguent, in which the rule received lite attention, as compared with the erits of the measure; and the presimt's foreign policy, the right of the merican government to exercise >ntrol of the canal it has built and le economic advisability of free toll6 " >r American ships were dragged ick and forth in the discussion. No Moral Right. 4 The president's adherents who >oke, all democrats, declared that ader the treaty the United States id no moral right to pass its ships ee. His opponents, republicans iri nrnsrpssivps. attacked the foreign '^ r- vo- ??- ?? ? Dlicy of the administration and deDunced the proposed repeal as an ibject surrender to Great Britain." Throughout the discussion Majori Leader Underwood, for the first me opposing the administration, Lt quietly in his seat, listening atntively to the argument. Repubcan Leader Mann and Progressive eader Murdoch both made arguents against the rule and the bill. Asylum Physicians Named. Columbia, S. C.. March 27.?Dr. . G. Blackburn has been elected iiysician temporarily in charge of le State Park, and Dr. Margaret Thitesides, of Chester county, nam3 as woman physician by the board : regents of the State hospital. This :tion was taken at a meeting held ere late yesterday afternoon. It understood that while these elecons are temporary, that they will 5 made permanent. Attorney General Peeples has issed upon the status of the rules >r governing the bc^ard of regents, > passed by the general assembly y concurrent resolution, and deares that they are void, as they j m not take the place of constitu- " onal provision and laws already | assea. HOMK1DK XKAR MARION. roatan Indian Charged With Killing His Rrother. Marion, March 2S.?Crickett Caler, a Croatan, living about six miles orth of Marion, is charged with aving killed his brother, Willis Caler. in a drunken brawl last night. ; is said a spade handle was the eapon used. From reports, it seems fiat the two men were travelling long the country road near Moody's [ill, and after a few words Crickett [ruck Willis with the spade handle, rushing the skull of the latter, who ved until morning. Crickett Caler is said to have attempted to 9 a - iU. ^ scape, going 10 me town oi L?aiict ith the seeming intention of there iking a train 011 the Atlantic Coast ' ,ine. He was quickly arrested by le authorities of that city on request f the sheriff of Marion county, who ' ad wired instructions early in the ay. MacDonald's I choice of the! | y Spring Shoes I! Christie MacDonald, of i ,l Spring Maid" Fame ; | Your favorite style, too I I can be had in this shoe of famous comfort. Oxford or pump, long vamp or short, high heel, I or low?just the combination of fashion's fancies that you want, is awaiting you at our store. Come try on the new models till you find that one meant just for you. First, have your foot look as you want it to look. Then walk! See how the Red Cross Tanning Process makes this shoe adapt itself to every movement of your foot without losing its trim, smart lines. Try on the models today. You will always be glad. ij; Prices: $3.50 to $5.00 1 | pedjjloss^&ori, | " Bends with your foot'* $ | Txadk MAJUC i 2 | Price & Johnson if 1 RHVQ' QUIT 1 ILIV/ 1 UVi J. I IS THE IDEAL FOR THE BOYS Come boys, get the right I clothes. They are THE jm sty les and made of the best material. Suits and Pants. "Stanley ManlyV' Are The Leaders Of The | i World For Boys 1 Slippers! Slippers!! Slippers!!! And here is where we lead again. We have nearly twice as many this season than ever before, and of the best styles and values the world has. Patent Leathers, Tans, Qun Metals, White Canvas, we have these for Ladies, Misses, Children, Boys, and Men. They are made of the best material and in the styles of the day. Ladies and Girls, see our line of Spring and Summer Dress Goods, Hosiery, etc. Young Men, see our Ties, Collars, Shirts, I T4.-ao f Quite anH Pants. 1 IclL^) Uliu^i yy wai 5 mh%? a ???-* A very nobby line of Summer Pants, good values and low prices. Rentz & Felder Bamberg, S. 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