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1 IA1 m AN BLTLAWj wmsja itkim umjnc KuiiTi i.oris. IESPESASU IS IN MINE ftf? OMiirc Iat? Full? TUliau Im ???* Aim Mm? tk? MarA* W Jm+m Tad 4? HtmurrmU+a nad r?i?MiuiM Qmm Kftil U Kill Kim. Thi M?r?h far Raljk T?opa*, Idawieaa dtiparad# law aaraarad 1b tko vtkk A^?I Bilao, i?tr Bltigkav, It oatt I ft g Utah $ 1.7 * day. Mia akarlCt aid appraxlnataly XM dapafedaa aid {nardi kara kaaa am duty ary day aid aigkl alaaa Nar. Ik, wkaa tkc daaparadc Arad tka akat tkat killad Joan Yaldac aid tkaa fcaak ta tko moamtalna. Tka aatlra aatpit af a largo mima kit kaem curtailod; tka kaary maoklaary af tkc Jaw kaa kaaa aat at aaaght; tkara ara ait aawly-aiada grataa aid li rpkaie, wltk twa vara Mat ta aaaio lata tka world, baeauaa af this aaa aaai'i arlaai aid kla daflaic* of tka law. Of iplaadld phyalqaa, dia ta a llMI 11 f? 1. T i ? - ? ...? IK V K W 1 J<) y>v 7, 111 madorgone hardships seeaalagly be yoad kunfti endurance 1b the ytit month. Hb has baffled the Ingensity f somo of th? ciererest offl cere la tk* B'oot and when compirsi! with kls record the worst men of tks rough days In the West appear almost as schoolboys. Ths spirit of the vendetta, so the story Roes, was responsible for tks arssr of crlms on ths part of Lops*. He avenged ths death of his brother, who was burned at the stake by Juan Yaldei In Mexico many years ago. Before his recent crime Lopez was regarded as a peace-loving miner In the Bingham copper district. Another story connects the name of a woman of the underworld, who car- i ries the name of Carraenclta, with the cause of the quarrel. 17hlcta of these rumors, If either, is correct may ever be known. Of the earlier life of Lopez little is known, hut lie was not considered as a "had man". TLs early training on the trails, and later his experience as a "dead shot", with Buffalo Bill's Wild West sliows, are serving him all too well. To-day hidden in the ooweis or the earth, lie it doomed to death hy starvation or from deadly cyanide fumoi. Following the killing of Yalder on the uight of Nor. 20, Dopes, supplied with food and armi and with pockets bulging from ammunition, took to the mountains, saying ha would die frhtlng. In loss than an hour officers were on his trail. Chief of Police J. W. Giant, of Bingham, Deputy SheriT Julius Soronson, Otto Witbeck and Nephi .Tonsen, of Salt Bake county, formed the posse. They rode into a trap and four ahots spat spitefully from a hidden rifle sent three of the men to their death. The hatred for the polio which had Its Inception when officers restrained Doper In Bingham, had been partly atlsled. " - '- og wore hurried from Salt Dake City. Dopez kept them at a distance. Using smokeless powder, bis place of concealment was always unknown and he lvept up a run of banterinr talk with his pursuers for an entire day. TTope of erer seeing the desperado again passed when he wns not fo nd after a few days of fifTt'oiiiti?, but soon he returned to Pincham and entered the UtahAncx mine In which he had worked for venra. There he planned to make h1? final fipht, there he hoped to he supplied with food and amm\initlon r- i ?o Vf.on up an indeflnito fight. Openings lo the lower level of the mine were blockaded and poisonous gasee created lr. the mine by the burning of cyanide, coal tar, hay and ether materials. Deputy Sheriff J. P TTulsoy and Tom Manderlch, a Servian miner, wore picked off while carrying chemicals Into the mine. The deadly sulphur and formaldehvde fumes wore turned into the tunnels and when well started the openings were all bulkheaded with earth and heavy timbers. The smoke continued to pour into the mine Ave dav* when th? bulkhead* war# reaioved and after allowing tha air to circulate for eight hour* a little party of volunteera, heavily armed and carrying electrl ctorchea, etartand carrying electric torches, atartAll week they searched carefully, here and there finding footprint!, a crnr> of clothing or bedding occasionally. hut nerer a aign of the fugitive. Occasionally a miner would report talking to Lopez at some point In the mine, but with the report cam? his resignation. Me wouldn't dare face the bandit a second time. At last, more than a week after the final smoking of the mine, authentic Information was believed to hare been received. The Mexlcaa waa hack in the Andy tunnel near the scene of his last Crimea. Flvery avenue of escape waa Immediately hulkheaded, armed guards were placed at pointa of vantage, and the desperado has he a a left t# starve to dtatfc. ftend in year etrhecrlpflee tm thie paper nmvr. | TRIBUTE TO GEM. JONES ^ ccxntiti iiioom lain bbab t palmbtn bank. iwnl ft* (Am mbmto far (h? l??t ^ Toara na4 Saw Barrloa la CW General V. R. Break raeaatly >*14 , a tribute t? Oeaeral Wlltn Jeaee, tka >rae!4eat ' t k a f'alaa'ta Natieaal baik. General Break* roaaarked agon tka kaiiMai* bank ka.il 41 ag tkat reaeatly haaame the borne af the laatitnttaa of wklok Get. Jaaaa U tka kea4 aad eeattaaed: "Gob. Wtlle Jeaw wu kara at rtillakere, N. C., ?b tke 1 ftk day ef Oat a her, il?*. naa la ltif bin father, tbo lata Haa. Ca4wala4er Jeaee, reelgaed tka geettiem ef *elletter of Nertk Caraltua aa4 aettled aa kla plantation aaar Reek 111, la York eennty, Saatk Parellna, where yenng 1 Will* enjoyed tka fleaenra* aa4 a?aferta ef tkle 4all|ktfal eeantry llfa. Ha developed lata tka flaa ayealiaaea < ar an an keed that ka la?aa4 fraaa tka < teaching* learaok at tke la> of kla i feroat aaetkar?tkeagk deprived of the aallaftl^ta ed mention ka w*al4 have reeoltod kat far th? great war, i which aaaaod everything ta ka iwa>t away?ho laikikad kaaar, aprightaaaa aad latagrlty wklah kited klaa t m aitor uIiab V>* .w WW* | II IIWM M V I V L V mi* f Kl VP ? l?l i roof, the hastaoss world with til* 1 a* otto: '1 will do unto othera as I would wish them to do unto mo.' "Ho belongs to nature's nobility. he bos a polite Address, aa oast carriage mad a very pleasing coantenanco. His voice Is closr ar.d agreeablo. and bo Is endowed with a happy memory and Is complete mostor of hlo chosen profession, a banker?a great student of kamaa nature, which kas aided him mneh In making his life a success. He Is beloved ky all who deal with him. "At the at* of 1> Wills Jones be*aa his buMnens career in tke Carolina National bank, tke oldest bank In the State, outside of Charleston. Ho was commissioned by Governor MrSweeney brigadier general of the militia. He has served la the military for tho last tl years. "South Carolina has seat only two regiments to foreign soil. The one went to Mexico under Col. P. M. Butler, who was killed at Cherubusco, and the other, the Second Soutk Carolina Volunteers, under Col. Wilis Jones, to Cuba, during the SpanishAmerican war. This was a fine regiment and woald have covered Itself with glory had the opportunity offered, because the brave boys of this gallant command were all eoas of Confederate soldiers. "Col. Jones was the Idol ef his men. He wu for many years chairman of the State Democratic committee and Is now treasurer of the organization. He Is well posted on all public questions, but always keeps an eye single to his business. "Ills lotely and hospitable home, which is graced by his beautiful and accomplished wife, together with his children, Cadwalader and Reaax, where all of his numerous friends are always welcomed, stands ready at all times to cordially receive the members of the old Second regiment volunteers. "If the volunteer falls his only consolation is that he fills a patriot's grave, while some rude ballad may commemorate the victim and the next Thanksgiving sermon of the pastor of his native hamlet may attest his worth. If he survives and his health fails, a small pension awaits him, and perhaps an approving resolution of congress are the only prizes In store for him, save that greatest of all, the consciousness of liavlug faithfully served his country. "Thus we see Col. Jones, true to the instincts of his historic family, leaving wife and children and the comforts of a delightful home to defend with his life blood the flag of his country. What an inspiration to j the youth of our grand old common* wealth! "The three dominant traits of his character are pluck, energy and brains?deprived of either no man can eucceed. While with his gallant boys In Cuba no office In the United States army was more beloved than Col. Jones. I have frequently been reminded that If every on?? who had been helped by this broad-minded and generous man could contribute ten cents to a general fund there would be enough to erect a monument so high that It would kiss the clouds. , "General Jones has found by experience that nothing Is more useful than a spirit of mildness and accommodation. In the various contacts I of hamin life, the men of bland and gentle manners will In general win hit way before the person who alms to gain his object by a coarse and undistinguished austerity. "From collection boy for the Carolina bank In Ikfitl he rose, step by step, until now he Is the president of the Palmetto National Rank?the' handsomest bank building In the South houses this institution?fifteen 1 stories high. By a strict sense of duty C.enersl Jones has won the con denca of the people. Hla life Is cer-1 tsinly a lesson to the young men of 1 the Senth." 1 e e a < W wish all etir subscribers and < Mauds the return ef many more happy New Tears. < 1 '* tofrTH . WtiKTH ItPl UlLLlUN 0N1TVU 8TAYBH OWI1S MUCH TO rm iiOTU r?OTU>?M. SIX MILLI8N FAIUE1S i Parmor Koopa Pirty-Tno Par OaaA. ?f HU Pr*daebi?Ii?r?M?4 Pr*4a?lioa 1 >o?a Kat U?(i? l*?nariag af Priooa?Fraaant Tear Plaa Rmi MmI Prasparaaa Wv*c lidwn. To a billion dollars' nortb of pradaota, billioa dollar* of aauh laooaaa h. bam par jour la apit* af droasbaa aad ottaar aoibaak*?la tba i vi* reeers er mi muiiwu Aarim farMS, The Uilte4 States' Meat no e***ful year ef kusbauiry predueed $1,1 99, 999.999, ia crepe, of wkiek $ i. t 9 I, ft 9 9,9 99 were rsprsseate4 by ereale aleee; $1,4 9,0 9 9.4 9 9 wertk ef aaiaials ssl4 au4 slaughterad au4 eaienal predocta. Tke Talae ef tko 191$ erepa ie twice tkat ef 1 299; Mere tkae a kiiliea Cellars ever 1999 sad eaketaatlaily greater thaa 19 12. Of all tko crepe, It le wtiiwated tkat $2 per eeut. will remaia en fame as 4 that 29 per eeat. ef tke aniwal preduetlei* alee will reiaala. Da tkat basic tke eaeh Income is estimated at $?,247.900,000. Despite a record year of crop value?although the record of production has fallen? and tke fact that tke number of farms has increased 11 per cent, since 1910, until there now are estimated to be 4,400,000 farms in tke country, the department of agriculture In a discussion of the snbject mad* public does not take the view that a lower cost, of living will result. "However desirable increased production on farms may appear to ha from ths consumer's standpoint, It does not follow tkat. aueh Increased production will result In an$ increace In ths cash Incoms per farm or par capita of farm population, or that prlcas paid by consumers will h# any lower," ays ths report. "Had ths total production In 1J1S squalled or exceeded the 1912 production, it seems probable that the cask income per farm would not tiara been greater and might have been leas than In 191?, but It is extremely doubtful whether tha coat to the conaumar woald hara been less, because retail prices are raised promptly on a prospect of under-production, bat are alow to decline if there is over-predUCttoB. "The long line of dlatributora and aniddle mea between tke farmer and tha conaumar ia in a position to take advantaga of tha market, and ta a eertain extent control the market. "The high prices paid by consumers. ranging from 6 to nearly 500 per cent., in some cases mora tban that tha farmer recalrea, indicate that there lc plenty of room for lowering tha cost of farm products to consumers and at tha same time largely Increasing the cash income per farm without increasing farm Droduction. "This condition undoubtedly Is a marketing problem, which will hare to he solved by better organization of farmers and improved methods of marketing." Corn valued at $1,592,000,000 comprised 25 per cent, of the value of all crops, although the volume wao limlop (h* /~v? U < - v...v.v<? ttio 117V-V/I vi. v/uior princip* I crops, with Tallies, are gWen In the order In which they come: Cotton, $793,000,000; hay, $797,000,000; wheat?the largest crop ffar raised In this country?$310,000,000; oats, $440,000; potatoes, $223,000,000; tobacco. $ 1 22,000,000; barley, $93,000,000; aweet potatoea, $43,000,000; sugar beets, $34,000,000; Louisiana cane sugar, $23,000,000; rye, $23,000,000; rice, $22,000,000; flax seed. $2 1,000,000; hopa. $1 5,000,000; buckwheat, $10,000,000. "In quantity of estimated production, the record has been broken by wheat, rye, rice, sugar beets, beet sugar and the total of beet and cane sugar. Of the remaining crops, onts, barley, cotton and hops hare been exceeded twice in production. "The Talus of the crons of 1913 Is high. A new high record in estimated Talus Is made by the total of all cereals, and separately by corn, cotton, cotton seed, tobacco and augar beets. Only once has there been a higher estimated Talus for oats, rye, rice, potatoea, hay, hops and the total of beet and cane sugar. Only twice has the estimated Talue of wheat and r* 9 V* A a 4 ? - ? s_ _ - VI urn miRJir oncn exceeded. "Hairy products of 1913 are estimated at more than $31 4,000,000. Fgxs and fowls hare an estimated ralue of more than $573,000,000. "The wool production of 1913, estimated at 304.000,000 pounds, was over $51,000,000. "The prices of 14 principal crops rera^e about 20.2 per cent, hlsrher than a year a*o and 4.3 per cent.; hisher than tyro years aso. Their i total ralues areraee about 3.3 per cent, hipher than a year a*o. and 7.3 per cent higher than two rears a*o. "In these daya of hlxh prices of food, it seems to be ororlooked that this country is producing enormous farm surpluses for export to foreien j countries. Prices are hieh in other i countries as well as in this one. "The ralue ef agricultural exports f domestic production ia the fecal ymmr 1911 was 9 1,1 ft.981,4ft, mm it vktik kifin Im mot feooo hi*IM. Tki m-mIM kilMM ii trade ta agrtealtare prod a eta ta fen favor of tfeo saporo* mi dooaootd* laran prod sake fey 9*99.909,999. *T?feo QiMttkr of oaporta mJ boor aad fea prodaota mpillf doofeftaod, Tki ok pert a ' ^ort iid Its predt?4i la 1918 aaaoaatod to 994,999,991 poauds, a faaaUty Ifeat la oxoooded fey tfeo avoraps for tfeo prooodUag IS yoaro, aad. witfe kferoo ok o op It otto, fey tfeo porta of oaob oao of thooe years. "Tfeo aoaaaa ro porta ladlooto that la 1 9 99 tfeo total ataoaat of farai wages paid to farna lafeor v?i 9981,111.1ST. Tfela la alaaoat doafelo tfeo ooat la 1199. Coaaidorafelo laoroaaoa re ladtoatod oiaoo 1 999. "ipoolal r ?porta eonooratag the aafe-troplaal fralka of Soatfeora California aid riorlda iadiooto, la tfee for* of poraoatagoa, tfeo oottaaatod predaottoa of tfeaoo iriifea, ooaaparod witfe a fall orop. "la Florida tfeo eraago orop of 1911 waa 111, or, la otfeer. words, it wao ooaal to a fall vop, la ooaapart oa witfe wfelofe kfeo orop of 1911 ta represented by 111 aad tfea arop af 1911 fey 18. Tfea lemea orop of Oallforaia aaforod witfe tfeo oranges. Tfeo grapo-fralt orop of Florida la 1911 waa 7 4 par seat. af a fall arop, east pared witfe 191 par ooat. ta 1911 aad 87 por ooat. In 1911, la Florida 91 por seat. of a fall orop waa tfea predatttona af IIbm la 1 9 11, ooaapared witfe wfeieh is 78 par eoat. of a fall arop la 1911, aad alee la 1911. "Tfea antalleat average eaeh lneoma par farm aad par eaplta waa osiaiaed la Kentucky, Tsnnsssee, Alabama, Mississippi, Dosisiana, Tsjbd, Oklahoma and Arkansas, wk<r? tka labor of a ralatlraly larg? number of adalta and children Is required to produce tha orop. Tha larcaat ararapa eask incoma par farm and -par capita la shown In tha North Central-West dlrlslon, Including Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Kansaa and Nebraska. "Tha cotton crop aow seams to be eatabliskad in raise as next In order after aorn. Tha lint of this crop in lilt, at tha price of December 1, had an estimated ralue of $718,000,000, and this was not equalled in any former year. It Is 14 V4 per cent, abora tha arerage of tha preceding kro years. Ths estimated number of bales af iOO pounds gross weight in tkis crop Is 1 8,647,000 ; consequently this urop has been exceeded in quantity by tha crops af llll and 1113. If tha estimated ralue of tha eottoa seed Is added to that of lint, tko tatal farm ralue of this crop amounts to $146.100,000, an increase of 16 par cant, orar tha arerage of tha prarlous fire years. Taxss um?l 1 y produce* from one-fourth to onethird the cotton crop of the United State*. The cotton arop of the United State* iu 1313 coyered 2 8,01 1,000 acres, it it estimated, am increase of 5 per cent, over 1912, "Tobacco follow* the potato crop in order of value in 1912. The average farm price of thi* crop, 12.1 cents per pound, la the highest alnoe 1 86 4. The tobacco crop of 1J1S Is the moat valuable one ever raised in this country, and exceeda in value by over 20 per cent, the average of the preceding ivo yeara. The quantity of the production, however, ia slightly under that average and has been exceeded by three former crops. "The final estimate of the production of tobacco In 1912 is 953,734,000 pounds, compared with 902,855,000 pounds in 1912, a reduction of 9,1 21,000 pounds, or lesa than 1 per cent. The average price per pound on December 1 was 12.8 centa, against 10.8 cents December 1 last year, an advance of two centa. The December 1 value ia estimated to be $izz,4H 1,000, compared with $ 1 0 4,063,000 in 1912, an advance of $13,418,000, or 17.7 per cent. "In (Jeorptla and Florida the yield per acra ia bettar than last year, and the quality ii the best for several years. "Tho estimated total production of chewing, smokinr, snuff and export tobacco is 763,1 24,000 pounds, compared with 733,070,000 pounds last year. The total value is $97,466,000, while last year's was $75,926,00. The largest increase is in the bright districts of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, where a larger crop has brought a higher price. "In the new belt of North Carolina and South Carolina tha yield and quality aro below laat vaar hut *iia prica is higher." ? . ? ? FIXD BOI>T I* STflBAM. ? * ftwthna* Cltlaaa lM**j>paara<l From Bis lioHt oa Friday. Tha body ( J. M. Watts, who dlsappaarad from biaHiom* ia Bethune Friday about 12 o'clock, was found Sunday aftarnoo* about S o'clock in the* aniddla of Lyacha's river, about on? mil* from bis homt. Ho was tracked from the housa to tha river. Parties had been looking tha coiuuaualty aver ainca aarly Saturday morning. Mr. Watts had been in had baa It h for avar a yaar. Ha leaves a wifa and several children and a hot' Foand Dead oa Track. An nnknawi whlta an was Tuenday fonad dead fa tba S*at.ee swam*' star St. Stephens. Ha was found lyiiK fsea down, aaa araa tors a?T and his laft at <9 a tern a pan. Ha bad evidently baa a streak by a train. mm Blfi FliiHT ^ XIOAN n?MlTA JJT? 14 ?T AT ?/(v 1A1. ABB IK IEAT1 KIAPPLE Flitrdl Ti iifi, ThMfh (litauibtr 4 for Tkodr C?pl?r? Mmm tik% lxooi?i?? of M*>; of * OMoora Wkooa TtfU Im 0r4?r*4 Ooa. OrXigB to Si*/. Tko kattlo kotwooa fc.fttd rokols. usdor Gloat. Torkio Ortoga, aid tta? aortkora dlrlotoa W tko Moxioaa Fodoral arm/, ?atrom*kod aroaad OJiaag*. MmIm. aoroM iko kordor tc* Prooidlo, Tox., otill was la pro 0r?M wkoo darkaooo foil Taooda/ a lark t. No ballots aaaao aoross tko kordor. Tko forooo kad kooa oagag od for SI koars aad aaaay kad boon ktllod aad woaadod. Soa. Ortoga, oxooatfag a oorloo of iaak lacroaaoafco, stood 11/ kopt oa tko offoaotro, gaining foot kf foot tko approaokos to tko Fodoral strong "la8 fmorai torooo, orlpplod and d ioorfran iood hy tho trot rtbol oai.laafbt, (lane to tho hlllalda troEita>o, wttn thotr loadora had dooiiod to kiU a laot stand. Tkoy ralllod aoaaowhat frona tko p.inlo tkat aolsod many of thoaa witk tko flnt rolloya of tko rokols whoa daylight dlaeloaod tho poaltlon of Ortoga'a an, and pot up a plucky flfkt against hoary oddo, although thoir looooo woro koary frooo wounds aod dooortlena. Maiy yroundod and dooortors wadod waiat doop through tko rlror to tho Amorlcan sldo. It wai loopoooiklo to otii approxiMtto tko ncmbor of doad and wonad?d. FMftoon Fodoral woundod who wadnd tko riror woro allowod to ronal>i and woro earod for by Unltod Statoa amy physlciuna, bat sororal sooro nnwonndod Fodoral doaortora woro dlaornaod by tho Unltod Rtatoo kordor patrol, aador Major MoNawoo. .tad aoot back acrooo tko bordor. Amy ofdcora woro oontlnood that aanalttos kad boon koary and Rod Croao ro^roaontatiroo bod t roqnsata for mora help and hoapital aupplioo Tkoy nlao roquoatad permission to arose tho kordor to attond tho woandod oa tko battloflold. Noltkor of tho apposing forcoa ia proridod witk boa pltal faeilltioa and wounded karo bean loft on tho ktllaidoo whoro tkoy ] # ^ 11 i lit - i?u. AiiiovKt) ?,?v? rebel* were ! gaged, muck ef their Are was Ineffective la the Mrlr hours ?f the battle beoaaoe of tha poeitloa tkor eeeapied below the village. OJlaage, a ?luster of ados? hiildlaga, ntaads a mile from the border at tha tap ef high kllla which Una tho valley through which the rebels ndvaaeod. Whai tka day dawned Ortega's men kad gained tka foot of a kill tkraa mlleo from tlia Tiling?, whara tha Federals kad plantad a fort ta command approaches to tha towa. Thar upraad along tha hillaldao aad opened a lira which wan maintained all day, and which was uppartad by 10 machina guns thay had dragged acroaa the desart from Chihuahua. Foot by foot tka rebels approachad tha Federal tranchae, nntil their Are became too aevere for tha defeadors, who retired until, as darkness fall, all Federals who had not led wara huddled la tha ahaltar of tha town ltaalf. A small Federal forca made a gallant stand la the custom house, which stands on an elevation midway between the Tillage proper and tha plain. Tkay iwept a hail af bullets acrose tha main approach to the towa, and for a time held the rebel forces la check. As tha day wore oa, howarer, tha sputtering lira from tha loopholee of tha custom house gradually diminished and finally ceased. Whan their last cartridge had baea Bred the little handful of Federal* deserted the building and scurried across the mllo and a half separating thern from their comrsdea la the towa. Thalr retreat gate the rebels aa additional advantage of position. Although the rebels appeared to hare much advantage, the outcome of tha struggle was not clearly defined. That tha Federals will surrender Is Improbable, because Gen. Ortega has explicit orders to execute tha so-called volunteers and their commanders, Gens. Pascnai Orozeo, Tnez Salazar, Antonio Rojas, Bias Orplnal, Lasara Alanis and Roque Gomes. Eighteen hundred roluntaers alsa coma under tha sentence of death Imposed by order of Gen. Ytlla. That the Federals with all their generals, except perhaps Gen. Francisco Gantro, Gen. Joee Manollla and Gen. Manuel I.aide, of the regulars, will he foroed oxer to the Pnlted Rtetee in ease or ciereat, wai thought oa the American aide to be moat likely. Tha land which alopea down ta tka ^hallow and muddy Rio O ran da on American aide all day preaented tha busy aspect of tka rear of an army In lction. Cavalrymen of tha border atrol galloped along tha wnter'a ?dge ready to aead back any Mexican ?oldiera who attempted to crose or to - ton a poeatble general ruth of tke hole Federal army acroaa tha border. Only woanded aoldtera ware i*en aneistanee. A few alrllUaa wha dared remain In Ojlnaga antll tka' lent came aeroea nnnaeleete*. # i Uff JMftStY EBRALD CONWAY, k C. PU^Ujm?4 Brcry 1fcw<a|. flUBftDAT, JlilOAAT C, lfi4 rMrnuiMiL OISM. DL. hi. W9MVriJU, IMMMV Mbd Ocnocttw *4 W% OfetfVPAI, rx 9. m. m. ociAA^Mioui AlNaany *6 kaw. ?ft* WJLY, 8. m. m. Bl. BWUBOV****, OfrWWAT, ft. <f. IT. ?. XeCOZU, ION WAY, S. C. BE2WH RAV3NK, l??d 1 mad Brofaeaoa R^lTSf ?a'd<fl?? Owwaf, SI. C EN LA RGB PARCEL POST. Rxfccnsion of Weight Limits Inangeir?tv?d Janaury 1. Tit government's principal New Tsar gift to the nation was tho increase \h tko limit of parcel post weights, from 20 to ?f pound* in the first two sonsa and from 11 to if pounds ia tho othar iodm. Postmaster General Burleson's ordar making? these increases, lsasod December I. want into effect Now Year's day, and thero are now very few articles whisk ran not bo sent by mail within at least tha irst two zones. Under the law arrangsinent a 50-pound package can be sent lf.O wiles by mail for i4 ?f.nto, or slightly mora than a cast a peund, *ud a package of thia slxa eaa bo sen( for local delivery far an ly S f easts. The rates which went into effect New Twr's day are, iu brief, as follawi: First robo (local delivery!, first pound, so; each additional tw# pasnda, lc; limit, 60 pounds. 30c. First sons (60 mllso), first pound, 6e; each additional pound, lc; liialt, # 'j pounds, 6 4c. fiaoond aona (160 miles), first pound. 6c: each additional pound, lc; limit, 60 pounds, 64c. Third son? (300 miles), trst pound. 4c; each additional pound, 2e: limit, 20 pounds. 44c. Fourth son a ( 600 miles), first pound, 7c: aach additional pound, I 4c: limit, 20 pounds. 83c. Fifth some ( 1,000 miles), first, pound, 8c; esrh additional pound, 6c: limit, 20 pounds, (11.22. Sixth zona ( 1,400 miles), first pound, 8c: each additional pound, Ke: limit, 20 pounds, ll.fi I. i ?ef?nth zona ( 1,300 miles), flrat pound, 11c; each additional pound, 10c: limit, 20 pounds, $2.01. Fighth zona (mora than 1,30$ tiles), first pound, 12c; each additional pound, 12c; limit, 20 pounds, $2.40. A comparison of this new table of rates with that which went Into effect on January 1, 13 13, shows how the service has been broadened In ona year, to say nothing of the new privileges regarding methods of packing and kinds of articlea that may ha sent which hare been granted during tha yasr. When the parcel post went Into effect a year ago it cost 4fia to send a parcel weighing 1 1 pounds to a placa 160 miles distant. Now It. costs 1 6o. Pesides, at that time, eleven pounds was tha limit. Now it Is 60 pounds. Practically all the changes in rates hsv? been in faror of the short distance parcels. Thus, while tha JlPffind ?-1 - - ' cw.i? imp kit an 11-pound parcel la now less then one-third what It used to be. the flfth zone rata on the same parcel In only a small percentage leas, or S*c as aeainat 7*c. The second zone rates have been more radically reduced than thosa of any other zona. Another extension of the parcel post service will go into effect on March 1ft. when hooka will he admltrtxi ? ? ? * ??u i bri pUVli lad I.x>oeea ETlye. Ray liOnR, the 8-year-old son of flurene Lonff of Honea Path, while popping Are crackera of the salnte atxe during the holldaya had one te explode In his face with the result that he has loat tho olprht of the eye. Tils face was also badly burned hj the explosion. Killed nia Father. Hlse.hel Wataon, a seventeen-yeareld hoy of TTrhlocknee, Oa., shot and killed hla father Satnrday nlpht. Ife tail bla father flrat attempted te burn the Wateon heme and thee threatened te kill hie wife and their Are ehtldren.