The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 08, 1914, Image 4
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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*.
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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.