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STATEBURG.
Stateburg. May 10.?Mrs. C. Letter
Jpoyte. of Ashevtlle. Is on a visit t>
her mother. Mrs. Wm. Flud.
Mr. W. H. Barnwell was at home
Oh Sunday. He waa en route to Nor?
folk. Va.
Musi Nannie Moore, of Cane Savan?
nah, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jamea
Ptnckney.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Plnckney, ot
Sumter, spent Tuesday In our midst.
Mrs. Ouy Warren and son, of Sum
tor, spent a few days last week with
Mrs. James Simons..
Rev. W. H. Barnwell visited friends
At Hagood on Monday.
Mrs. Oihb's. of Cordesvllle, Is visit?
ing ber sister. Mm. It. C. Richardson.
Mr. Singleton Moore spent Sunday
In our midst
Cr??p.? In this s.-otl -n are, as a whole,
growing very slowly, owing to the
Ion* dry spell and until yesterday,
to the \??ry cool weather. Rain hi
needed fat erops. gardens and or?
chards.
BINEWOOD.
Plnewo-.d. May 10.?On lsat Tues?
day evening the largest ciDwd that
ever assembled at the school audi?
torium were present to witness the
exhibition presented by a well train?
ed corps of boys and girls.
The following programme was ren?
dered
1. Instrumental solo?Belle Dance
?Mum Bessie Geddings.
I. American Drill?12 boys and 12
fir la
t. Anxious?dialogue?Miss Isa?
bella Weeka?Master Jackson Brough
ton.
4. Instrumental solo?Riverside
Lake?Miss Ahaus Ragin.
Old Peter's visit to the X Road
fchoo)?Three Girls and three Boys.
f. Everyday Occurrence?Three
hoys.
7. Instrumental sol<>?Holiday
Echo?Miss Euni< n. 1
I. Hoop Drill?Twenty-four girls,
t. Scenes from a Backwoods
genannt gflsht Boys,
10 The Way of Wlndum?Dia?
logue? Bos I
II. Instrumental solo? "Roguish
Eyes..?Mis* Isahelle Weeks.
12. Joslnh's First Courtship?TWO
}t. \ s . .ne i Hrl
13. In-'rumental Duet?Silver
Belle? Misses Isahelle Weeks and
Margie Epperson.
14. Scarf Drill?TwatrS Oirls.
Other exercises wll take place on
Wednesday evening, and a picnic will
he held at Cutters mill on Thursday.
Miss Btfesl r.runs ?!?. one of th?'
"Osme ('nek" rltv's falre-t daughters,
aceomp mo d by th.- | hstfl Bsf arid
attrsctlve Miss Mary is
?pending the ersah at Mrs. K. s.
Beckham's. Jr.
Mrs Walter D BppstSDa hi risttlng
at Denmark.
Mr. Isaac M. I.orya is 'n town to?
day. He la nlways walking, talking
and thinking. h>- Is partial 10 the
"helb> girls."
ROCKY BLTJFF.
Rocky Bluff, May in.?Today the
sun feels like summertime. This Is
the first w.inn neatlor v ?? h;iv?? had
In more than a week,
We ar<- needing rain badly. Gar?
dens ?r- alrn<>?t hk?- an i-di h-d. Cot?
ton Is dying fi?r the want of rain and
from Um ? Id wind.
Mr<. Ih 'adway. of Snmt< r, ipt nt
part of hist week with lor daughttr,
Mrs. W r. Barth Id.
Misses Eva tfatftald ;?nd Rva Flake,
of Sum' r. spent Balm day ind Suu
day with Mr. ami Mrs. J. J. Hstfleld,
Mr. J. IsawraasM and family, ?i
Bggsjoar tit Sunday srlth Mr,
Watts.
Mr w. v. Baher and family spent
Sunday with Mr. J. J. 11 itfh Id.
Mrs. .1 M. l-'oKle and son, Jam -.
are spending ;i fear dayj nith Mra W,
R. Weils. They have tomorrow for
Fh>ren.,-. er hers they will spend some
time with relativ
I.tttb ( I m t \\. i hat in is!< ths
only anas I hat ? ? he ir.i "f around h< r< .
The other p< r i r n I . g !<? |<>k
are all Lett
rUfBAL
Tirol.i' Ma] It, We ari rtry mach
In need of rain.
Bssns cotton Ig up la a vary go ?d
stand. Willi? BOOM ?h not yet up. Most
of th.> redds, 1 oth cotton and corn,
ha\t bssn wall worked out.
The oat er)p in this section ll prac
tically a failure. Some of the fields
have boon ploughed up and planted
in corn.
Mr. ii. \V. CuttlnO and family ha\ B
boaa anjoylng a flail by his mother.
Mrs. at A. Cuttlno, and sister. Mrs. A.
c. Baxter, of Blloroo, They roturn
ad inane on Monday nooning.
Ml \IOKl\l, PAY exercises.
la anal I* Mailars Haid al cemetery
Woaasaadaji Aftevnoca*.
The annual memorial day exercis?
es Wort held at the cemetery Wed?
nesday afternoon beginning at five
..clock when a great many of the
people of the city assembled to do
honor to their Confederate dead.
The exercises were appropriate
and were very interesting and, de?
spite the dust and hot sun, were
listened to mo3t attentively by all
of those present. Prof. s. H. Ed?
munds was the master of ceremonies
and everything, under his guidance,
moved along nicely and smoothly.
A few minutes before five o'clock
the line of march was formed and,
headed by the Sumter band, slowly
approached and gathered around the
stand from which the speaker was
t > make his address. The band
headed the procession and next in
order was the Sumter Light Infan
ttv, the high school battalion, the
gOWar girls from the primary grades
of the Washington street school, tin
Confederate veterans and the Unit?
ed Daughters of the Confederacy.
After all had gathered araund the
!--strum the Rev. David Klein, of
the Jewish synagog, made a most
impressive prayer over the graves of
the hurled soldiers. Following this
prayer was a selection from the band
while the flawer girls covered the
graves of the soldiers with beautiful
Mowers. Prof. Edmunds next, with
a few appropriate remarks, intro?
duced the speaker of the evening,
the Rev. D. M. McLeod.
I?r. McLeod started off his speech
hy saying that it was only by clo%?
observation that one could arrive
at the trials and troubles of the
s.ddiers In the war. for they them?
selves never told of thc9e hardships.
He went on to tell incidents that
he had been told by verterans, to
whom he paid a beautiful tribute.
He also praised the women for their
bravery In time of the greatest Wat
that the world has ever seen.
Fdlowing Mr. McLeod's address,
the Sumter Light Infantry fired sev?
eral volleys over the graves of burled
Confederate soldiers and later on
tney fired three volleys over the
grave of Capt. John Reld, who was
at one time captain of the com?
pany.
The crowd was dismissed in the
meantime and returned to the city
knowing that they had done a lov?
ing duty In paying this tribute to
the fallen heroes of the war. The
veterans were taken to and from
the cemetery by those who had aut3
mohoiles and put them* at the ser?
vice of those veterans who did not
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MEXICAN WAR RENEWED.
. WlooRMN XTION IN INSURREC
To RANKS CAUSE ATTACK <>N
JUAREZ.
tine Hundred and Fifty Daro-Dcv
Um Carry Fight Into Heart of Juan'/,
lint Lucking Reinforcements, Are
Forced to Retreat,
El Paso, May 8, - Insubordination
n the ranks of Gen. Madero'! army
and b lust for the tight of which fed?
eral concessions apparently had de
prlved thom. caused a fierce attack
of Juares, which fulminated tonight
in a careful retreat of the Insur
reotoi after a day of continuous skir?
mishing.
The 150 rebel! who early today
opened tire on the federals not only
captured some of the important out?
posts, hut carried the lighting into
Juarez. Falling reinforcements they
retired.
The casulaties of the insurrectos
and federals are not known tonight,
hut five people on the American side
of the line were killed, and at least
12 wounded. Thousands of people in
Rl Paso dotted rooftops or lined the
river hanks in direct line Of fire. Col.
Steever of the Fourth United States
cavalry protested to both armies
against the fire into American terri?
tory, and it lessened considerably
thereatfer.
Nearly 1,000 American troops were
massed on the border, keeping crowds
hack and ready to respond to any
orders from Washington.
Tonight couriers galloped hack and
forth in an effort to arrange an armis?
tice so that p ace negotiations might
be resumed.
Gen, Francisco i. Madero, Jr.. is a
sad and downhearted man. Iiis efforts
to prevent a general attack were suc?
cessful, hut only after he had been
bombarded with conflicting stories as
to the actual cause of the conflict.
G'-n. Madero tonight thought that
remarks attributed to Col. Tambourel
of the federal garrison in Juar^s,
taunting the insurrectos, Incensed
them. In a statement Gen. Madero
said he genuinely regretted the oc?
currence.
The fight lasted until dark and fur?
nished many a thrilling spectacle, as
well as continuous terror, for many
Americans living along the river
bank.
About a dozen Insurrectos were,
seen to emerge from the barren hills
around Juarez early In the day. They
skulked along through the shrubbery
towards the federal outposts, firing
r ipeatedly at S squad of federals
COOped up in an adobe house.
The version of the affair given nt
the Madero headquarter! tonight was
that the fed< rail began the engage?
ment. At any rate, the federals soon
left their adobe stronghold and fled,
pursued by the Insurrectos. At the
head of the InsurrectO band was a Ca?
nadian. W. H, McKenzie, whose pink
shirt was plainly visible as be pressed
close to Juarez.
At the first few shots two t' tderali
toppled over. Soon the federal!
abandoned their trenches and the
rebel! tired intermittently for a few
hours without advancing. About 5
o'clock the federals brought their ar?
tillery into action, and heavy cannon?
ading began.
The federals gauged their tir ! well,
and not only fired shrapnel into the
Insurrecto ranks, but tired into th"
outlying, forcei of the insurrecto
( imp mar "Peacs grove," where the
peace commissioner! were to have
met today. The insurrectos, however,
took adavntage of the river hank
and us (l it for protection as the fed
< rais had been ordered not to shoot
Into Bl Paso.
Th. rebels came as far as the At
chlson, Topeka A Santa Fe railroad
bridge, which joins Jaures and El
Paso, driving th ' federals back In
town, and taking possession of the
eUStOmS house.
Carrying the Ugh! Into Juares, tic
eheis entered the town, and for
hours kept up continuous tiring. In?
surrection relnf ?rcement reached the
bridge later in the afternoon, but did
not tire. They withdrew at night un?
der ?uabus from their chiefs. Noi
a few Americans were among those
who entered Juares. The first person
killed on the American side was An
tonlo Garcia, w ho was standing bj the
side of the Associated Press corre?
spondents, about 200 yards from the
advancing insurrectos across the river.
\ woman sitting on a porch several
blocks within the city wus hll In the
w r'al and the abdomen bj tw? bul?
b-is.
A bout fl o'clock I w o \ m< t ic.ms
were killed near th< Santa Fe bridge.
The ri in.f one | < suppos >d to be
1 'nop. nnd hi*- home is paid to be In
Nebraska, w hllo the ol hei had on his
person m memorandum reading "P.
11. F< rguson, Ti nop F, Third cavnlrj.
I .'an Francisco "
The natin ? "t' th< oth ra killed have
? a he< n i. nrn< ?>
( Hen < 'Im . Hinan of Shre^ ? port, La.,
Mrs, Joseph Morehead, Edmund
I lenlon und Lul i Vlllalobas of Kl Paso
were among those wounded, but not
fatally.
FEDERALS AND INSURRECTOS
FIGHT ALL DAY LONG IN
BORDER TOWN.
Rebels Claim City, and Control Larger
Part of Territory.?Americana Hurt
bj s ra> Bullets?Many Dead or
Woiiiuled.
El Paso, May l<>.?The fire in
Juares broke out anew at 12:15 this
.morning. The entire tov,*n seems to
be abl?se. The Mexican Central sta?
tion and the city market place are
burning.
El Paso, Texas, May 9.?What was
perhaps the fiercest battle of the
Mexican revolution was fought at
Juarez, across the Rio Grard?, today,
but without result. Tonight both fed
? mis and insurrectos are resting on
their arms ready t I resume the battle
at daybreak.
At least live persons have been kill?
ed on the American side of th" border
since the Bktrm shing began yester?
day, and about 15 have been wounded,
while the loss on the battlefield is va?
riously estimated at from 30 to 60
dead on both sides, and about 75 to
100 wounded.
Fifteen wounded insurrectos have
been brought to th > American side,
hut more are believed to be lying far
within the town. (ion. Navarro at I
o'clock tonight agreed to stop the
tiring w,h'.le the InsurrectO wounded
I
were removed.
Tin- federals have adequate medical
facilities <? ml are caring for their
wound'd within the town.
All day the battle raged, the in?
surrectos swarming through th?
streets of Juarez and meeting the
heavy tire of the federals with an
equally vigorous ' alley of musketry.
The reb is claim the town tonight.
While it is true that they actually
control more city territory than do th ?
federals, the position of the govern?
ment forces is si well fortified that it
is well-nigh Impregnable.
. The strength of the f dera! position
is largely due to the fact that th"
rebels are scattered.
If the rebels wrre lined up in bat?
tle formation they probably could
storm thr> federal strongholds which
apparently consist of six* places, name?
ly, the barracks, the church, the
theatre, the school house, a hotel
and the customs house.
Hut the insurrectos suspect that a
detachment of nearly 300 feo'-rals
with a machine gun is concealed in
some unknown place in town and they
are hesitating to move in close forma?
tion for fear of an attack.
The rebels forced the lighting today
in the face of the deadly fire of the
federal machine guns. They dared
not gather in too great number for an
attack on the federals because the
artillerymen "f Gen. Xavarro many
tim.s demonstrated the accuracy of
their range, when they shelled adobe
houses, behind whic h insurrectos had
sought protrctlon a half mile from
Juarez.
Gen. Nava.ro is said to have minxl
most of the houses in Juarez and when
he gets word of an insurrecto gather?
ing, it is believed he will b? able to
intlict a terrible slaughter.
Many acts :>f bravery on the part
of the insurrectos were Witnessed
from the American side today. An
acual view ??f the fighting in the
Streets of Juarez showed the insur?
rectos as more than holding th?lr
own.
Th" sun heal finely on the battle?
field and hit ! today a Are, started by
the Insurrectos, till ?1 the streets with
clouds of suffocating smoke. The
fire Is still smouldering tonight, the
postofTice ami several adjoining build?
ings being in ruins.
The light from the Are tonight
gives the rebels an occasional glimpse
of the church where the f >derala are
cooped up. The crac king of rifles
is Intermit! ait.
Juares |o des as if a hurricane had
.-?truck it. Wires are suspended from
jagged telegraph poles and the stre< ts
arc tilled with plaster, adobe debris
window glass and splinters. Signs and
awnings are punctured and torn.
Many a brick building has a hole in
it ami ma a few of the characteris?
tic adobe bouses of the town are
without r >ofs,
Tin \ 'rrorized Inhabitants were un
d -r cover all day and man) were In?
jured by the hail oi bull. ts. The town
is quiet tonight ex< ept for occasional
rille shots.
Mullets continued to s across the
Ulo <;rand to the American side,
' nt th.- easualti a were fewer than
yesterda) owing to the efforts of tie
Cnited States troops, who have kept
sights-era svvcrul hundred ' ai ds from
i h > river.
There were man; sorth todaj dur?
ing tii" battle, ili rebels manoeu
\ erln -? i o drun :
governnn nt (roops k< pi up i deafening
lii o for se\ era! hou : but w Ithoul au\
from swooping d<
from the fo ?thill
The in turret to
little value and
west of luan .
artillery proved o
the r< > olutlontst
wrought more destruction while with- j
in Juarez by tossing dynamite bombs|
about, wherever they thought feder?
als were concealed than with their|
cannon. ?>ne of these bombs is be-1
lleved to have set tin' postofAce on
Are.
Various reports were current during!
the day that rebel chiefs as well as
federals had been kill'd or wound- |
ed. For a long time it was bellev d|
that Col. Garibaldi, grands ?n of the
Italian liberator, and command" P
tin* American legion of insurrectos, j
had been injured, but tonight ho was
seen among his nfen apparently un- j
hurt.
Gen. Pascual Ozrozco and Col Villa, j
two rebel chiefs are commanding the
movements of the rebels who are
gathered about the church and the
bull pen, while Col. Blanco with about
300 men has taken up a position in
the shrubbery near the foothills, ready
to meet Hank movements.
Gen. Francisco I. Madero, Jr., leader
of the rebels, observed the progress
of the battle from a distance. lie
used powerful held glasses and not in?
frequently gave shouts of exultation
at the advance of the insurrectos.
When a detachment of insurrectos ran
across the plain in the direct fire of
the federals to effect a sortie which
might draw the federals from the
house which they occupied, Gen. Ma?
dero became visibly excited. He wa?s
eager to get to the front and thrust
himself into the battle, hut his staff
otlie, rs restrained him.
The insurrectos tonight control the
river bank and are aiding refugees,
especially women and children, In
reaching places of safety. They have
taken possession of many stores and
arc procuring food in the house where
they have quartered themselves.
While Gen. Xavarro is said to have
sufficient ammunition and provisions
to hold out at least a week against
the kind of attack the rebels made
today, the rebels, it is said, will be
aide to harass Xavarro for that length
of time. The rebels made considerable
progress today, however, and it will
cause no surprise if they capture the
town in another day's fighting.
Some of the rebel political leader.
in Fl Paso, who thought that Juarei
had been taken sent communications
to Gen. Xavarro suggesting that he
surrender the town in the interest of
humanity. The old general smilxl
when he received these requests and
continued to give orders to his staff.
Xavarro was reportel to be seen walk?
ing about the streets directing the
fighting, but insurrectos deny this.
The insurrectos are known to have
orders to watch for the federal leader
and capture him alive.
Ciudad Juarez, MexiC >, May 10.?
This little bullet-riddled city tonight
is the provisional capital of Mexico,
and Francisco 1. Madero, Jr., provis?
ional president, and his staff have
taken possession, after winning the
bit uliest battle of the Mexican revo?
lution.
in a corner room ?f the barracks,
in which for two days he held out
against the tire of the rebels, sits G n.
Juan J. Navarro, the federal com?
mander ,a captive, having surrender?
ed today with almost his entire gar?
rison of 700 men. His face is sunken,
his head bowed and he does not talk,
for the bitter sting of defeat has dis?
heartened him.
In contrast, in another part of the
town, is Francisco I. Madero. Jr., the
conqueror, surrounded by members
of his family and his staff, joyous,
exultant and Hushed with victory, yet
ready, he says, to make peace with
the Mexican government if it is dis?
posed to deal frankly and sincerely
with the revolutionists, and without
such vague promises as "President
Disk's manifeste? contains."
In hotel lobbies, store fronts and
hallways the Improvised hospitals of
the battlefield, are scores of wounded,
attended by a host of physicians and
nurses from El Paso, who have vol?
unteered aid. The Honrs of PorArlo
hotel, where 30 wounded lay tonight,
arc covered with blood-soaked cloth?
ing.
?.The fortunes of war.'* mumbled
an insurrecto soldier in Spanish to?
night, as he stood with tears In his
eyes over the body of a federal sol?
dier whom he had known for years.
All the dead are being burled t >
night. A ( ons< rv at v c ? stimate
places the fed* ral dead at nealv 50
and the rebel h>.-s ai a'oout 15, with
a total of nearly 250 wounded on
l-oih sides. Tic actual number losl
probably never will Ik* Known, at
desert ts wer. many and ihe dead
ha v e I eon buried nub My.
\11i.? iithe fa deral ?I? ad seen In
the barracks were Col. Tamborcl and
? . iwards.
\
been kill d and about
ma ny >f (In m being
hj Gen, Navarro took plac< a!
Mword t ? Col. Oai lb ildi of the
r< eto arm) afb r th< rebel Ii id
pletel) Btirpunded the bat ick
threatened t<? annihilate the garrison
within.
His eyes dimrm d as he surrender
ed, but Col. Garibaldi, with a hand- -
shake that bespoke his admtrnti m
for the brave lighting the federal
leader had made, assured him of the
desire of the rebels to afford him
every courtesy. A score of reb. 1 of?
ficers rode up and extended to the
federal commander their sympathy
as Mexicans for him and his men.
There is the same fraternal senti?
ment tonight in the hearts of the en?
tire inaurrecto army for their coun?
trymen who have been defeated, but
everywhere are heard words of oppro
hrium for President Diaz whom
they hold responsible far the loss of
life and the suffering of the wound?
ed.
Gen. Madero, when he arrived this
afternoon at the corral where the
federal prisoners are quartered, made
an address full of sympathy and en?
couragement, lauding them for their
bravery and assuring them that in
his heart, as well as in those of
his men, there is no feeling of enmity,
hut of uniform friendliness.
"You fought for Gen. Diaz," he
said, "because you had to, but you
were a part of that system which we
are trying to dissolve. In a few days. 1
perhaps peace will be restored. Tou
soon will be free. If the war :s to
be continued, you can have your
choice of being paroled or Joining
the army of liberation. In the mean?
time we shall treat you as brothers, <
not as foes."
With shauts of "Viva Madero!" the
vast throng of prisoners and insur
rectos, who listened to him, threw
their hats skyward and shouted in
deafening? applause. A few moments
later down the main thoroughfare ^
was heard the galloping of horse3,
and soon the insurrecto standards,
ihe Mexican national colors, flashed
in the sunlight. Behind it rode Mr3.
Francisco 1. Madero, Jr., and an es?
cort of calvary. Her face was beam?
ing with joy, her black dress covered*
with dust as she spurred her horsefl
to the scene of her husband's tri?
umph. The shouting increased as the
two embraced and entered the mu?
nicipal building, now the Madero
headquarters.
orders wfjre issued by Gen. Pasqual
Orozco to his men to guard stores -
and houses to prevent looting. Gen.
Orozco himself shot at two of his
men wham he caught trying to make
away with some booty.
The town the federal thought im
pregnable to attack fell after a com-g
pa atively easy effort. Tha house to
house advance, the same deadly fire
which had driven the federals from
their trenches and outposts early
Monday when the skirmishing began,
gave the rebels an entrance to the
town hardly molested by the artillery""
of the federals. %
At the close of yesterday's figthlng
the rebels had extensive control of
the town. During the next they dis?
covered the federal strongholds and
by the use of dynamite bombs and
shells, a raging conflagaration and |
lierce musketry, fought their way to
the famous old Spanish church,
whose high brick fence formed a
barricade for the federals. The in
surrectos took the church at mid?
night. The federals retired futrher
into the city to the roof of the muni?
cipal huilding, the edges of which
were piled with sandhags for a bar?
ricade.
After the attack was renewed early
today and the rebels had brought
their machine guns within deadly
range, the federals retired to the bar?
racks, and insurrcctas by the hun?
dreds occupied the houses within 100
yards on every side. Their fire was
rapidly demolishing the building.
Then was no other alternative for
Gen. Navarro but to yield.
Shrapnel was heing poured into the
hollow square of the barracks. Many
federal cavalry horses were killed.
The soldiers crowded the place to its
capacity. Only a few loopholes from
which they shot at the insurrect03
pierced its sides.
finally at noon Gen. Navarro
hoisted a white Raff. He first at?
tempted to send a niesseng, r to Se
nor Orbegon, one >f the go-between3
in the rec? nt peace negotiations, ask?
ing him to arrange for a cessations
"f hostilities, or for an armistice,
but the rebels would accept n 'things
except immediate surrender. ,
The gray-haired general stood in
the doorway of the ''arracks and re?
ceived Col. Garibaldi. Raoul Mader'?,
a brother of the rebel leader, dashed
forward with his gun pointed at Na?
varro. ready to shoot if Garibaldi
w?-re l it. Federals and insureetos
i ike, however, withheld their tire
nd itteti
ad ami
their hu
cans and
ported thi
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