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MANY PEOPLE DEAD ANOTHER BATTLE FOUGHT IN GIT1 OF MEXICO LARGER GUNS ARE USED The Bombardment is More Terrill< Than on Former Occasion, and the Old City is Swept in Every Direc tion by Solid Siiol anu imrsung Shell From Great Guns. Mexico City was torn asunder again Wednesday by shot and shell, and many people were killed and wounded. It was not until 1) o'clock Wednesday night that the fire in all quarters ceased. Gen. Felix Diaz, in command of the rebel forces fortiiied and entrenched in and around the arsenal, had held his ground against the Federals. He had done more than this. He had subjected the city to a more terriiic bombardment than that of Tuesday. He had enlarged his zone of action and had sent forces against the National Palace. Diaz is using larger guns than he did on T uesday. But Madero was optimistic. Thru'out the bombardment and the almost continuous rattle of machine guns and rilles, the President went about his work in the palace apparently unperturbed. lie took counsel frequently with the Finance minister, Ernesto Madero. From time to time he was in conversation with Gen. Huerto, the commander-in-chief, regarding plans of attack His courage was great, his confidence remarkable. Over at the arsenal Gen. Diaz calmly directed the operations. He char acterized them as solely defensive. He, too, was optimistic. The number of dead and wounded cannot even be estimated, but it is large. For two hours during the forenoon the rebel gunners rained shot and shell at the lofty structures of the city, from the roofs of which Federal sharpshooters and machinegun men attempted to rake the insurgents in the trenches and behind the barricades of the arsenal. Shells from the heavy guns were well limed, the explosions throwing perhaps hundreds of thousands of bullets into the roofs, effectually clearing, for a time at least, these buildings of the picked men from the Federal troops. Some of the rebel shells and not a few rifle bullets readied tne National Palace, but none believed that Diaz seriously contemplates at the present time an attack on Madero's headquarters. Madero has promised to make a combined assault on the rebels' position but the operation of Wednesday indicate that Diaz has much in reserve. From early morning the sharp crack of rifles or the crash of cannon could be heard in some quarter of the city almost every minute of the day, sometimes close, sometimes far distant. Diplomatic representatives of four Powers protested and an armistice was arranged so that an envoy from these diplomats could enter the rebel lines and confer with Diaz. But, doubtless, owing to inability of the Federal commander to control all points in his lines, this envoy was fired upon, although riding under a white flag. The bombardment, which was terrific Tuesday, reached a climax Wednesday morning, when Diaz shelled the very centre of the business districts in an effort to silence the cannon of the Government and drive from the roofs of the taller build ir.gs the Federal sharpsnooters and the men operating the machine guns. Th's smothering action directed from the arsenal continued for more than two hours. Shrapnel fell like hail and occasionally bursting shells tore holes in the sides of the buildings. Meanwhile the fire from the opposite direction rendered the far-out residence district uninhabitable, as well as the big apartment building known as Gore Court, on Third Roma St Americans again Wednesday suffered during the height of the battle. Mrs. H. W. Holmes, the wife of an employee of Dun's Agency, was killed, and Mrs. Percy Griffiths, the wife of an employee of the street railway company, was mortally wounded, both of her legs being shot off. M.S. Holmes and Mrs. Griffiths were preparing dinner in their kitchen in an apartment building close to the arsenal, when a shell from the Federal lines burst through the walls, instantly killing Mrs. Holmes and leaving Mrs. Griffiths in #? nnnHltlnn TUnnfl wnn walk. II U J I 11 ft V^WII .. ^... Ing along Independencia avenue when he was struck by a rifle ball, apparently from the Federal lines. Not doubting Intentions of the Government to resume the aotion on an augmented scale, and reminded from moment to moment by the desultory and scattering firing from both sides that the homes in almost every quarter of the city would be rendered unsafe, foreigners, particularly Americans, British and Germans, sent throughout Wednesday afternon automobiles under white flags to collect the women and children and transfer them to the section around the American embassy, which is considered relatively free from danger. As American guard is \ 1I FATAL STRIKE FIGHT TEN PERSONS ARE KILLED IN A \ PITCHED RATTLE ? lietween Coal Strikers aiul Oflicers | in the Mountain Region of West Virginia on Monday. Ten person are dead and a score wounded as a result of a battle Monday between strikers and authorities ! near Alucklow in the West Virginia t?r?>??Q?/)in strike district. Seven (of the dead were strikers and three members of the mine guards and railroad police. Of tho injured 15 are said to be strikers and the other guards. The last telegraph wire from Char- ' leeston to Muklow was cut Monday afternoon, and it is dillicult to get news from the disturbed district, Persons who had ridden horseback from the scene to within 15 miles ol Charleston are responsible for the report that 2 0 persons had been killed. Striking miners, marching toward Mucklow, Monday( morning were met in the mountains by a posse under Fred Lester, a former capum. of the West Virginia National Guard, now in the employ of a coal company A sharp engagement followed. A bookkeeper and two mine guards are known to have been shot dead and several others were wounded. Lester and his men were slowly driven back, lighting all the way. Ueinforcements from other mine companies, railroad, police and deputy sheriffs joined Lester's men. The miners steadily advanced, pouring a hot lire into the ranks of the ofiicers. Fighting continued throughout the afterwoon. Eight strikers were captnrori niul hrnnpht. here tonieht. charged with rioting. Of the five companies of Stat' militia ordered to the strike district by Gov. Glasscock early Monday two from Charleston reached their des- " tination about 9 o'clock. The three ' companies from Huntington are < . pecte-d before midnight., Tonight a sixth company was ordered to proceed from Fayetteville for Mucklow. ( Martial law went into effect with the arrival of the Charleston troops. NEGROES' DAY AT CORN' SHOW. * Friday, February 11, is Set Aside as k Their Day. Friday, February 14, is negro day at the Corn Show in Columbia. The management has decided to set apart that day. Rer. C. T. Walker of < Augusta, Ga., has been requested to deliver the principal address for this occasion. Efforts are being made throughout the State to get all the superintendents of colored public _ schools, and presidents of colleges ] and other institutions to dismiss their schools Friday so the teachers and pupils may have a chance to be in attendance at the Corn Show if they so desire. The management of the Corn Show thinks this will be an ^ incentive to the farmers and to all who attend. Richard Carroll will have charge of the management for the celebration of the negro day. White peo- pie who read this journal will ren- ) der good service if they notify the colored people in their employ, and those who live in their communities about the special day. Low rates on all railroads will be granted durin? the entire week. Any information desired, address Geo. H. Stevenson or Richard Carroll, Columbia, S. C. HIS KINSMEN TO THE RESCUE. ? Rut Plan to Take Tom Henderson From Lockup Fails. Thomas Henderson, a young white man, wont on a spree in Landrum Thursday night and terrorized the town. Defying all comers to inter- | fere with him, he smashed windows and bombarded houses with rocks. Reinforced by a dozen citizens, the police undertook to arrest him. Several shots were fired in the melee which followed, but nobody was Injured. After he had been clubbed, Henderson was carried, struggling 1 like a wildcat, to the guard house. An hour or two thereafter Perry Henderson, his father, and other relatives, armed themselves and vowed they were going to rescue Tom. The citizens took steps to repel the attack and the Henderson clan wore finally | dissuaded from their purpose. Hen derson was carried to Spartanburg 1 Friday for safe keeping. He will be returned to Landrum for trial when the situation becomes less tense. ] Vnslack Lime Cause Hurning. A recently built five-room cottage, belonging to Prof. H. C. Wright, one of the teachers of the negro normal and industrial institute of Lancaster, . was destroyed Tuesday night by fire ] The fire was caused by the intense heat from a barrel of lime placed In one of the rooms, which on account of a leakage in the roof of the house, was rained upon, this causing the lime to unslack and set fire to the . weatherboarding. < on duty at the embassy and foreign residents, without visible arms, patrol this quarter because of the total absence of police. t High Grade Seec ^ MIXSON'S SEEDS GROW. Thoy are ;! LONG AND SHORT STA o The best Varieties. Write i H CORN, SORGUM, MILLE o ???????????? ;; Our Corn fs all HIGH-BRED Get our Illustrated Catalogue of W. H. Mixson ! CHARLESTON CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND, FARMERS EXCHANGE Hartford's Itoupe Cure?--Guaranteed 50c delivered. Poultry Remedy Co., Suoads, Fla. Flue Apples and I^trge Orchard for Sale?George Wharton, Clylde, N. C. Lewis Long Staple Cotton Seed?$ 1 per bushel. M. Farris, R. F. D. 15, Pineville, N. C. Duroc-Jerseys?Rich breeding, high quality. Moderate prices. C. G. Oakes, Assumption, 111. For Sale?Fresh Carolina Rice, meal, the best stock food. West Point Mill Company, Charleston, S. C. Wanted?You to have your merchants get our prices on peas. Palmetto Brokerage Co., Greenville. Phone S22. We pay the postage?Send your collars by mail to the largest laundry in South Carolina. Capital city, . Columbia, S. C. ; Ivecnan Long Staple Cotton?Proline largo boll 1 1-4 and 1 3-8 in. stap e. Best on market. $1 bushel. T. L.. Connor, Cokesbury, S. C. Frost Proof Cabbage Plants?Sure headers, make large head's. Price . $1.35 per thousand delivered. En terprise Plant, Co., Meggetts, S. C. jiiant Bronze Turkeys?Paid 4 7 pounds, toin; 25 pound liens, stock very best. Farm raised; prices very reasonable. Address Box 7G, Newsonis, Ya. Seedling Peach Trees?White, English, Indian, Raisin and Honey, oltl time seedlings, 25c each, $2.50 dozen. Ga. Seed Co., Ilogausville, Ga. Box 6-1-J. single Comb White and Black Leghorns?Blacks won 7 1st prizes; 1 1 entered Eggs $2 and $5 per I r>; * white $1. Ramsey Poultry Farm, Crouse, N. C. Fifteen Eggs and one year's subscription to leading poultry journal for $2. Buff Leghorns, Anconas, the great egg machines. W. H. Wil- liams, Durham, N. C. ^ iVanted?Men and boys to learn automobile business, practical course in our shops. Cheap tuition; good positions for graduates Carolina Auto School, Charlotte, N. U. .Vanted?Men of ability to learn cot- 1 ton business by our correspondent course and type samples; high salaried contracts made. Charlotte Cotton School, Charlotte, N. C. weet Clover Seed?For spring sowing, white and yellow cultivated biennial varieties. Price and circu- ~ lars how to grow it, free. John A. ' Sheehan, R. D. 4, Falmouth, Ky. 'or Sale?Potato plants, pure .Nancy Hall, Porto Rico Yam and Providence, $1.75 per thousand f o. b. Cash with order. W. 13. Nickles, Hodges, S. C.; J. R. Hannah, Oak, Fla. I i'or Sale?150 bushels Sea Island cotton seed, medium fine, proline, blight proof, 27 to 30 cents per pound; price $1.50 per bushel f. o. b. Address I. Jenkins iMikell, Edisto Island, S. C. <'or Sale?-1,000 bushels "Moss Im- j proved" cotton seed. Also 200 bushels "Covington-Toole" blightproof seed. $1 per bushel f.o.b. Cameron, S. C. Jas. M. Moss, St. Matthews, S. C. IJarred Plymouth Rock Eggs?$1 per setting. Thompson strain. I also juy all kinds of empty barrels. Wal- i ter a Moore, 8 George St., Charleston, S. C. If von q rn lnnnlv Tlin Dnlinhlp . SCSI J I 1 J V7 V? 1* V I \/ * * v i J i?v ?v? ^ Confidential Successful Club has large number of wealthy eligible members, both sexes wishing early marriage. Descriptions free. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oakland, Cal. For Sale?Just a few of my improved Keenan long staple seed, at $1.60 per bu., f.o.b. Dunbar, S. C. Also prize winning S. C. Buff Orpington eggs, at $2 for 13. J. T. Lee, Dunbar, S. C. Cheap Farms of all sizes for sale i In the coming section of South Carolina. Good stiff clay lands, where we make three money crops. Cotton, tobacco, berries. Reaves ft McKenzie, Lorls, 8. 0. I < 1 and Farm Lands \\ ) grown in the South for the South < PLE UPLAND COTTON f ic for prices and information. < ;t, velvet beans &c i: S OUTH CAROLINA CORN. <> all Vegetable and Farm Seeds. 0 Seed Company, :: SOUTH CAROLINA X ' Sweet Potato Plants?"Nancy Hall," "Providence," Norton Yam," and "Sugar Yam." $1.75 per 1,0UU. 25 per cent, with order, balance before shipment. Plant catalogue free. Win. Macklin, Dinsmore, Fla. Wanted?A man or woman all or spare time to secure information for us. Work at home or travel. Experience not necessary. Nothing to sell. Good pay. Send stamp for particulars. Address M. S. 1. A., 581 L Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Sweet Potato Plants?Nancy Hall ( and Porto Rico, $1.75 per thousand. 1 am pushing the Porto Rico because they are better; they yield } greater and from four to six weeks t earlier than any I have ever tried. c J. A. Wilkes, Pine Castle, Fla. ? Harlem School of Nursing, incorporr. 1 O A n tnn/.lma .....I i, ?.wl 11 ? no Clicu li/v I , ica^in.o auu 51 auudiuo nurses by four months' correspondence course. Home study lectures printed with 800 questions. Write for booklet. 212 West 139th St., New York. Seed Sweet Potatoes?Nancy Hall, Triumph, Myers' Early, Pumpkin Yam, $1.25 per bu. Can ship from one bushel up to car lots, also plants from above varieties, $1.75 per 1,- ' 000. Illustrated catalogue free. Myers Seed and Plant Co., Tifton, Ga. 100 Boys Wanted to earn $1.25 evenings. Sell 12 boxes Tllis All-Heai ing Balm 25c, give premiums free. _ Sells at sight. Millions use it foi pimples, chafes, burns, cuts, sores. All skin diseases aiu* poisonuis 1 p eruptions. Ellis Co., Ilarrisburg, Pa. a louannet's Frost-Proof Cabbage a' Plants?No better to be had any e where. $1 per 1,000; 6,000 aad w over, 85c per 1,000. .louaunott a li early Giant Argenteull Aspargus a roots, $4 per 1,000. Get the best w Alfred Jouannet, BoK. Mt. Pleas- o ant, S. C. t< h selected eggs for hatching?Crystal white Orpington yards. $2.50 foi p 15; prize pens, $5. Whlfee Leghorn tl yards, $1.50 for 15; Prize pen, n $2.50. Cockerels fbr sale. Four ir prizes State Fair Raleigh. Beverly ei Poultry yards. JftttreH. N n p Wanted?Fine pieces of very old sol w Id mahogany or veneered furniture p sideboards, beds, secretaries, chairs footstools, mirrors, etc.; old pistols . relics, stamps, pewter, brass. Fur nlture don't have to be In good con n ditlon. Address E. R. Gilgour, 11* n West Saint Clair, Indianapolis, Ind P ?? g ellagra, Rheumatism, Eczema cured b by Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy. Thirtj n years of cures recorded. Testimon w ials unquestionable. Best topic or. it earth. Six bottles for $5. Expresp tl prepaid. Mrs. Joe Persons Remedj o Co., Kittrell, N. C. Best kidney pilii ei on earth, 25c postpaid. ?ee<l Corn for Sale?5 0 bu. field se- a lected Marlboro prolific seed, selected from 4 acres that made about 100 bu. per acre. Practically every ear of this corn came from stalks r having not less than two well ma- R) tured ears. Peck, 60 cts, bushel $2, j, T. L. Gramling, Orangeburg, S. C q t< )id you select your seed corn in field a last fall? If not, right now is the p time to get it from the man who did. We have varieties for upland i and bottom carefully saved and & housed. Write for prices. Altuda i] Farms, Morrison, Warren county, o Tennessee. v a FCggs for Hatching?S. C. White Leg v horn, $1 per 15. $5 per 100. Fawi a and White Indian Runner Ducks 8 eggs $2 r?r 12. $12 per 100. W? g sell you eggs from prize winners We win wherever we show. Agen for X-ray Incubators. W. F. Dun nington, Augusta, Ga., Route 2, 13. rJod bey's Triumph Swert Potatoes 1r ready fbr the table 60 days aftei planting. Yields twice as much ? any other sort. Unsurpassed It f quality. Keeps all the year around Is absolutely Blight Proct. I grov vegetable plants of every descrlp tion. Prices right. Catalogue free H. K. Oodbey, Waldo, Fla. Keen an Tx>ng Staple Cotton Seed fot Sale?$1 per bu., cash. A thrifty large-boll variety, easy to pick Make more-lint per acre than Simp kins', and brings 5c a pound more Have raised It two years to profl* Write for information. O. W. Bui I lard, Hayne, N. C. y Sweet Potato Slips ? My slips art guaranteed true to name and of th< best quality. Seed are carefulb * selected and bedded under lrriga tion, and no effort is spared to pro duce slips of quality. Book on sweet potato growing free to purchasers of 6,000 plants. Write at once for catalogue. J. R. Davis. Bartow, Fla. Potato Slips for Sale?Enormous Improved Golden Beauty and Nanoy Hall; will begin shipping about April 1 or 15 to July 1; $1.60 per 1,000 for less than 100,00-0; $1.50 per 1,000 for lots of 100,000 or more; 2 5 per cent, to accompany order, balance before the plants are shipped. C. M. McKinney, Graham, Fla. Potato Plants?We ai\o booking orders now for spring delivery of Nancy Ilalls and Porto Rico yams. Let us have your orders early so we can arrange to (ill promptly. Orders received in January must enclose 10 per cent, of full amount those In February 2 0 per cent.; balance 10 days before shipping date. March orders cash in full. 500,$1 ; 1,000, $1.75; 5,000 or more, $1.50. Write us for prices on other truck plants. Taft Garden Co., Taft, Fla. E. L. Spahler, President; H, C. Hortley, Manager. Bookkeeping, Banking and Shortland open m?re avenues to success ban any other training. Graduates placed in PROGRESSIVE UP-COUNTRY. Educational enter. Investigate. CECIL'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, S. Dept. S. Dept. Ipartniihiirg. S. C. /ViiiIitmiii, S. < Mexico and Her Future, Mexico seems to be progressing ackward instead of going forwaru s she ought to do. The uprising i gainst Diaz which ended in Madero'b ' lection to the Presidency in 10 11 as based on principles of rigl.c, I*. ,.c i I Ut'I IJi HIlll J1 It lllcl.il I L j . 1L \N ilH cti III'J 1 I t tyranny and graft. The disorders! hich have now given the counlry I ver to anarchy are due to reaction, I 3 an inherent love of pillage and t opes of confiscation. The present revolution is not a < olitical or social one, but is a cut- ' iroat affair, such as wo have wit- | essed frequently in Santo Domingo, i Central America. Its triumpti ovr the unstable Madero Government ' i not that of an organization or a . rinciple, but that of scattered niobj ith no restraining hand and no purose but power or plunder. Mexico could not have reached lis degradation if among its leading len there had been even a rudilentary desire for conciliation. 1 eace and order. Madero is not a reat captain or a great statesman, 1 ut he personified the only hope of a : ation for constitutional rule. it 'as Madero or the mob Torn by : s conspirators, Mexico has chosen hie mob. In so doing, practically a*i f its warring factions defy the Unit- ' d States. I In view of the great responsibili-1 ies involved, it must presently bo1 1 sked how long the policy or non-in- 1 srference on our part can be main- ' lined. For the information of those l Mexico who may not be wholly bo- 1 eft of reason, it ought to be said. oon and authoritatively that the ex-! 'ting era of rapine must close. \ here need be no doubt of our ability 1 3 end it, great as the cost may be nd reluctant as the American peo- i lo would bo to undertake the task. J In discussing the Mexican question 'he New York World says "if we ro compelled to act in behalf of civlization, the flag of the United States nee raised south of the Rio Grande Mil never come down." We do not gree with The World, but rather Mth Senator Tillman, who says ir wo re forced to pacify Mexico wo hould get out of that country ae oon as possible after that is done. BANK OF Coriwai % das largest capital and surplus of ar han the combined capital and surpl CAPITAL STOCK... ., SURPLUS LIABILITIES OP STOCK1 SECURITY OF DEPOSITC DlKfcl jbert 8. Scarborough, . L. Buck, loorge J Holiday, J/e offer our customers every accc will justify, anJ we s orkrt b. scarborough, d. Prksidbht. ^ We continue to pay 5 per THE HORRY HERALD CONWAY, S. C. i THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1018^ PROFESSIONAIj CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney nnd Councilor At Lnm. CONWAY; S. C. ^ A B. SUARUROUtiM OONWAV, 8. C. .niuruey MI LAW. ?.l?W?M?MJiUt^iWWW I.I I I W?W??M?.1 . a. H. UIJHHOUOHV ^bjrslcUn *nd Hurgooft. CONWAY, 8. C. W. E. McCORD, Dental Surgeon CONWAY, S. C. \ 1U0NK KAYKNKL Land Surveying a ud V>rainaga Splvoy Building Conway, S. 0. (HE WUHLOS GREATESf SEWING MACHINE k JJGHT RUNNING. I [I 'fl^EE^ssj^^SSKSn^^V I I) * wantelthera Vlbratln^Bhuttlft RotaA AtoutUe or a Single Thread [ChainaMok^ ' Bowing Machine write to f I m KW HOME 8EWINQ MACHINE CQMPAML Orange, Maas, ' Hwwwtncmachine* are madetotellreaardlaag^ ' but the New llooueUmadoiowacfc ' Oar tuirantr never rant oat. \ v My Authorised dealers W|Kf .1 c roa sals Mr j i ??a DON'T IjET THEM FOOL YOU. Will Do No Examination for Parcel Post Employees. Correspondence schools in various sections of the country have put themselveR In bad with the United States civil service commission by advertising that the parcel post work inaugurated the first of the year would call for extensive appointments?running into the thousands ?for assignment to positions created and demanded by the new system. So extensive and widespread have been these advertisements by correspondence schools throughout the country that Hon. J. C. Black, president of the civil service commission, has found it necessary to direct the secretaries of the various divisions of his service to announce through the newspapers in their territory that "no such increase in the service is contemplated as the additional duties required will bo performed by theregular employees of the postal service". If additional employees are found necessary to a quick and satisfactory delivery, they will be selected from the enrollment in the regular service. No examinations v/ill be held" by the civil service secretaries especially for the parcel post system. So do not send your money ofT tothese correspondence schools with the hope of getting appointments because of the parcel post. HORRY, S, C. ly bank in Horry county. Fdtro^ us of all other banks in the counve * ... .., .. . .|60,000 . 12,600 holders .. .. 60,000 )rs .. . .., ..112,600 TORS ARDSON, W. A. Johnson, WillA. Freeman rnmodation which their account* olicit your business. V. Richardson, will a/imrma* ^iob Prbsidbkt. . Cash i bp* cent on yearly deposits. i?