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TWO TROOPS ENFORCE PEACE IN EL PASO Order Restored in Border Town, Seething Against Mexicans FOREIGN QUARTER SCENE OF CONFLICT Police and Soldiers Have Hard Time Pacifying' the People There. El Paso, Texas, Jan. 14.?Vigorous I ration by the police, aided by United states soldiers, had this morning restored order in this border town, for three days in turmoil growing out of tbt massacre of IS foreigners, most of thorn Americans, by bandits in , western Chihuahua last Monday. Today sentries were stationed on all ' the principal street corners. United States troops today are in control of the city, sentries being placed on all the principal street corners. Despite efforts of the municipal au thorities to control the demonstartion j against Mexicans, apprehension was ^ felt for their safety. Numerous fights brake out between foreigners 1 and Americans with a number of soldiers participating. The Mexican ( quarter was invaded and the foreigncrs sought shelter from enraged Americans. Policemen went from hotel to hotel advising Mexicans to seek safety i A secret meeting of mining and cat tie men was held, it was said to or- . ganize an expedition to cross into Mexico and hunt down the slayers of their former friends and companions. The meeting ended, however, without any action being taken. One hundred and fity arrests were made during the night. Beyond a few broken heads, it was found none of the Mexicans had sustained serious ... 1 in runes. 1 c The disorder started early in the'/ evening when a squad of soldiers in double column inarched down El Paso I g street and declared they intended to * e "clean the street" of Mexicans. Every 1 t Mexican encountered was bowled overj li he resisted he was overpowerd and beaten. Pni'el,ii,n' \iv II V.I <11 1 V. I O I I > I ' w UMIC1 vv I i V/ LI 1 I I I I ~ I v panies of the loch infantry to take . charge after it was seen that the i>o- ^ lice were unable to cope with the sit- ^ nation and lines of troops advanced! four breast through the streets and i established sentries on street corners.! Orders were issued that no one' should be allowed on the streets with- j ^ out a permit signed by the provost ^ marshal While these regulations were; , being put into effect, it was reported ' Mexicans were arming and the provost marshal began search of the Mexican quarters. No word lias been received herot curly today concerning the fate ofi 11 Benj. Shell and Frank Woods, cattle-jj1 men last seen going in the direction 11 cf the massacre, in western Cnihua-!'1 };ua, at noon Monday. Forty Carranza soldiers, sent on a special train from |l Juarez to protest Americans in the } Madera district, were reported last night to have been stalled by engine j( trouble. . a i Hundreds of mining men from all j" 'parts of the Southwest and the min- ^ ing camps of Mexico, attended the p double funeral of Maurice Anderson,'c and E. F. Robinson, victims of thej^ Santa Ysabel massacre, held late ves- i I p terday. Arrangements were completed to-'j, day to ship to their former homes the bodies of most of the victims of the | r massacre. . i . 0 i . . c Notice of Discnargc. f i Notice is hereby given that the un- c dersigned guardian of Jesse Boll Hick! t | ? man, minor, will apply to the Judge of Probate of Horry County, for all final discharge as such guardian at ^ the office of said Judge of Probate, at 3 Conway, S. C., at li o'clock in the forenoon on the 31st <lay of January i A. D. 1916. 1 J. I). SHELLY, Guardian of ' of Jesse Bell Hickman, Minor. 1m. o RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burn3t Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally and externally. Price 25c. -I STATE ITEMS| OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE A joint resolution providing for an amendment to the constitution to prohibit the issuance of bonds by any political subdivision of the State with out submission to the qualified electors thereof, was introduced in the house by Mr. Bradford of York and referred to the judicary committee. That the State warehouse commissioner should be elected by the peo?,wl lx.. IK. 1 1~> pn, ami IIui uy uic ^euciai us>?t:iiiuiy J is a recommendation made by John L. McLaurin, commissioner in his annual report sort to the general assembly. The house committees last week indicated the trend of its legislative thought by unfavorably reporting bills that showed an inclination of additional appropriations. Much interest is already being manifest in the proposed enlargement and refinancing of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. A petition in voluntary bankruptcy has been filed in the United States district court by W. C. Johnston, of Estill in Hampton county. IIis liabilities are listed at $27,740.05, and his assets at $43,139.87. George Batchclcr Perkins, the Boston architect, who was sentenced in the Federal court in Columbia late last January to three years' imprisonment for manslaughter and who was recently awarded a new trial by the ii. 1- I . uv.iuL tuui t ui upircuis in rvicnmonci) rt ill not be tried at the Federal court term to be convened in Columbia this week. The Rev. Donald McQueen, of Shel)yville, Tenn., has accepted a call to he Westminister Presbyterian church n Charleston. J. T. Liles, chairman of the ways j md means committee, will try to nake a record on the appropriation nil this year. In the Lower House the first session 1 >f the 191G General Assembly was \ narked by a quick dispatch of busings and a determination to reach rock jottom as soon as possible. The need >f amending laws passed at the last f ;ession and of enacting new and nccssary legislation was stressed by speaker James A. Hoyt. One of the most important matters n the General Assembly last week v ras the introduction of a bill provid- . ng for an appropriation of $50,000 to ?c placed immediately in the hands of c he Governor for the enforcement of he prohibition law. The Carolina Pepper Association, ^ f Ebenezer, has been commissioned ^ y the Secretary of State with a capi- r) al of $1,500. The petitioners are: R. (> >. Reaves, H. K. Rogers and J. O. ^ 'inklea. The association will promote . he pepper industry. 1 Under a bill proposed by Mr. Aral 1, of Spartanburg, cotton mills and ndustrial plants are to provide drinkrig fountains and the employes are to e ave individual drinking cups. o Watch Your Kidneys1 #> In Holland, where the land is below th< 2vel of the sea, and the waters of the oceac rc kept back by huge "dikes" that suround the whole country, careful watch i< :ept day and night, to see that the watci I Iocs not begin to break through at anj >oint. If it should once start, the whole ountry would be flooded. WATCII YOUR KIDNEYS just as arefully. If you find that they are start ng to break down, give them lNSTAN'I iclp. Do not delay a single day. Delay nay mean that serious, even fatal, chronit :idney disease will fasten itself upon you These important organs separate tin >oisonous matter from the blood. 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Your dealer sells 50-cent and $1.00 bottles. ? wTHACHER MEDICINE COMPANY, Chattanooga, Tennessee. THE HORRY H WHAT OTHER PAI Odd Results. It's odd to note how many drunks some people can get out of a gallon a month.?Marion Star. But! A paper says "President Wilson is master of the situation." He was up to the 18th of December, but? ?Exchange. The Difference. A man can start out any day, and inside of an hour and thirty minutes he can engage a woman to work for u: e * ?1 * * nun lur nic at notning a week, while it will take two weeks of solid search to get one to work at fair wages and board.?Mull ins Enterprise. Good Advice. Turn over, a new leaf, by all means ?but you'd better put a good, heavy paper-weight on it.?The State. A Legal Wonder. It's an illuminating commentary on our neutrality laws that a bank clerk bribed to supply information regarding munition shipments to a German secret service agent for illegitimate purpose has been held under an antitipping statute, charged with "accepting a gratuity without the knowledge of his employer." Apparently there was no other legal authority for arresting' him. in snilo of tbo coviaho character of his offense.?Florence Times. No Indeed. A Texas hermit died recently and left a fortune of $12,000.00. Hermits may be all right, but if we had the bucks you'd never catch us being a hermit as far away as Texas.?Morning Star. Everybody But Father. It is all right for a man to sit down and wait for success if his wife is' keeping boarders.?Daily Record. New Kind. In England the "unmarried slacker" s a new genus hombo, due to a decree of recruiting reluctance evident imong bachelors.?Evening Post. Question Points. Reformed???? We disavow it neaning that we will do it again, if: ve want to and what are you going to lo about it??Marion Star. The Sure W'av. Women are cute. If they can't get vhat they want out of him by talkng for two hours, they know they an get it by crying for two minutes. ?The State. 1 Music vs. Husband. It is announced that a Baltimore ady has given up a musical career or a husband. If he does not prove ny more satisfactory than a musical areer, she can very easily go back o it. There is an advantage in givng up something which we can rely n for a return engagement.?Wellington Morning Star. Truth at Last. Most vacations are planned but not j njoyed.?Times and Democrat. IC* mar Tnr nrnm r id mc i riL rcuric ur THE GENEROUS PATRO CORDED US DURNG191 DER OUR THANKS. DURING 1318 YOU W INESS AT THE SAME 01 DA Dim TiiAM rum rn r rwPLu ifiMW uzn iu o Toddvill' ERA LP, CONWAY, S. O. PERS ARE SAYING False Headline. "Talked Herself to Death" says a headline. There is nothing to that because if talking could have such a result some women ,we know,would have died forty years ago.?York News. Advice to Girls. Leap Year has arrived, girls! Seize now your opportunity!!?Winthrop News. So Too. If young people attended to their business with as much success as they do the moving pictures what a tale of success they could tell.?Georgetown Times. \ Since 1915. That popular cough mixture, rock and rye, is being mixed mostly with ! rock.?Evening Post. Knows the Game. Villa is waiting for the Carranza | crowd to start quarrelling. Pancho I knows the Mexican game pretty well. ?News and Courier. o | REMEMBER 1 1 ( When iYou(aU At Oim ' MAGAZINE 300 ARTICLES - 300 ILLUSTRATIONS I^EEP informed of the World's Progress in Engineering, Mechanics and Invention. Fot Father and Son and All the Family. It appeals to all classes?Old and Young?Men and Women. It is the FnTorll j Mn;;azir.o In thousands of homed throughout tlio world. Our Foreipn Correspondents uro constantly on the watch for things now uud interesting and it is Written So You Can Understand It Tim Strop Potos Department (20 Pages) contains i'ructicnl Uinta for tiuop Work and ea.- y ways for the layman to do things around the lloino. Amateur IVtochnnlcs (17 l'agen) f<r the Pays and Girls who like to make things, ml Is how to make Wireloss and Tclfjrniih Outfits. Engines, Ihmt*. Snowshoes, Jewn-lry, K?*"I Furniture, ete. (Contains instructions fort'm Mechanic,Clamper and Sportsman. 31.80 PER YEAR SINGLE COPIES. ISc Ordor from yoor ncrredoolo,- or dlrtct from the publisher, tampls copy will be oont on roquost POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE 6 Mo. Michigan Avonue, CHICAGO ^ 1 HORRY COUNTY FUR MAGE THEY HAVE AG5 AND WE BEG TO TENI ILL FIE4D US DOING 8US,0 STAND, BETTER PREIERVE YOU. e, S. C. FUKKIXiN ITEMS GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING Count Okuma, the Japanese premier, had a narrow escape from death at the hands of assassins. A report was current in Chihuahua that ten American men and two English women had been killed by Villa troops at Madera, Chihuahua. Hamlet is rejoicing that the long expected building of the Seaboard shops at Hamlet is now an assured fact. The Austrian forces are steadily developing their campaign in Montenegro and military experts believe the fall of Cettinje, the capital. Representative Britt, of North Carolina, former third assistant postmaster general, has proposed a bill for a flat rate of one cent postage for socalled drcn loHm-a - Drua j - ///"// Mr. Robert H. Norrls, No. 1333 Henry St., North Berkeley. Col.. writM "We have never had any other medicine but Peruna in our home since we have been married. I suffered with kidney and bladder trouble, but two months treatment with Peruna made me a well and strong man. My wife felt weak and was easily tired and was also troubled with various pains, but since she took Peruna she is well and strong." -x- ?> wiLii are mailed and delivered in the same postoffice, where there is no carrier service. Pablo Lopez, a Yaqni chief, and Gen. Reyna, two Villa generals, led the men who assasinated a group ol American miners near Santa Ysabei, ?vlexico, and the massacre was commit! ed close in the wake of a Carranza troop train. Secretary Lansing telegraphed Gen oral Carranza calling for the prompt punishment of the bandits who cxecut ed 17 Americans near Chihuahua. The British forces under General Townshend have made several sorties from Kut-El-Amara on the Tigris,I each time being repulsed with losses, according to the current statement by the Turkish war office. A long range naval battle in the; Black Sea between the Turkish warships Sultan Selim, formerly the German cruiser Goeben and the Rus-' sian battleship Empress Maria is reported by Constantinople. An indictment charging Charles L. Smith, at Atlanta, Ga., with conspiracy against the government was nolle prossed in Federal court last week. ? ! In 1910 there were Less than 10,000 motor trucks in use in the United; States. It is conservatively estimated that today there are 100,000 writes H. S. Daniels, of the Kissel Motor Car Company. Revenues estimated at m#vr? ... W . V VUC4II $131,00.,000 would be derived from a duty of 10 cents a pound on tea, 1 1-2 cents per pound on sugar, an excise tax of 1 cent per pound on sugar produced in the United States and an excise tax of 25 cents per horsepower on the production of automobiles, according to a report of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, which has been laid in Washington before the Senate finance comittee. o The Best Hot Weather Toiiri 3ROVE* TASTELESSchi 11 TONIC enriches thi rdood, nuilds v the whole system ana will woo lerfully strengthen and foitif) you to wi;hyt:io< .h? depressing effect of the hot autom*"* Sec. I o [ Estray Notice. Notice is hereby given that there lias been tak?n up at the residence of W. C. Martin, R. F. D. No. 2, Conway, S. C., one small mare mule, having but one eye, and that the owner of the same is unknown; and that the said mule has been estrayed before the undersigned, due appraisment made and the same duly filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Horry County. Unless the owner shall appear and prove this property within the period of four months from this date according to law, the same will be advertis- j ed and sold as provided by the statute, j N. B. SMART, Magistrate. 1 Dated September 21st, 1915 4 mos I AMERICAN NA' OF WIL1 { Powitnl O 1 I 1>U|JIUU ctllU OUI'JJIUS Total resources DOES BOTH COMMERCIAL 4 per cent, compounded i depart OFFI TI103. E. Cooper Geo. 0. Gaylord Chas. E. Bcthea Wm. C. Denny E. Fred Banck \ WRATH EXITED IN 1 HOUSE AND SENATE I Action Against Mexico Demand I ed by Republicans in On- I certain Terms I ASKED TO BE PATIENT I WHEN STORM BROKE 1 H Senator Stone Urges Patriotic >1 Support of the President f I in Matter. I H Washington.?Congress was swept I by a wave of impassioned indignation H over the killing of American citizens I by Mexican bandits near Chihuahua I Demands for action came from mirror- H ity members and, while the udminis- 'fl tration leaders counseled patience, M ven ik'.'oi Stone, cliairrnan of the I Senate foriegn relations committee, JH added that if, after a fair trial, Carran7.a failed to protect foreigners ift I Mexico then it would be time to act. V The atmosphere was surcharged when the Senate and the House I and the storm broke quickly. Sonatoi^^H Sherman, Republican, of Illinois, in- H troduced a resolution to express the sense of Congress that there should I be intervention by tlie United States I and Pan-American nations unless Gen oral Carranaa could comply at once to ^ a demand that he protect the lives and property of foreigners. In the Hoye i Representative Dyer, of Missouri, W- I j fered a resolution asking President | Wilson if he did not think the time H had arrived to abandon watchful wait I j i:ig and invade Mexico. I General Spirit of Resentment. H I The resolutions were not acted upon H both being -oferred to the Foreign Af H fairs committee. But there -was I aroused by the latest Mexican atF#c- H ity a general spirit of resentment that H most conservative leaders found it I difficult to restrain. Senator Galling- H er and Borah, on the Republican side H in the upper house, echoed the terms H cf the Sherman resolution which de- H clarcd that the Carranza government H appeared powerless to cope with the ^awlessness in Mexico, and decln^d H intervention for the Chihuahua out- H rage was speedily made and the de facto government showed itself cap- H able of controlling the situation. Senator Stone urged patriotic sup- I port of 4 he President, and patient for- H bearance until the experiments of try- H ing out the Carranza government H should prove a failure. ^ H o COLDS NEED ATTENTION I Internal throat and chest troubles H produce inflammation, irritation, swel H ling or soreness and unless checked at H once, are likely to lead to serious trouble. Caught in time Dr. Bell's H Pine-Tar-Honey loosens the phl^rv I and destroys the germ which hajpe H settled in the throat or nose. It *is I soothing and healing. Pine is antisep- H tic; honey is soothing?both together H possess excellent medicinal qualities H for fighting cold germs. Insist on Dr. H Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. 25c. at Drug- H gists.?adv. (S P P P P P iiiy sip j g HORRY COUNTY gl 1 TRUST COMPANY ?'| ! leg L. D. Magrath 53 I 53 Manager. S3 Real Estate sa I sa Real Estate Loans 9 I P Bonds Ba I sa Insurance 5a I f;i: p s M P p p m P sa sa El I riONAL BANK i I MINGTON, N. C, | $300,000.00 I $2,500,000.00 I . AND SAVINGS BUSINESS I quarterly paid in savings I tment. < *' I CERS I * , # # President I Vice-President I Cashier I Asst. Cashier I Asst. Cashier k I