VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1913 NO.1 ESTIMATES CROP GOTERNMENT REPORT FOR SEA SON Of 1913-1914 LOWER THAN LAST YEA! Federal Estimate of the Growin1 Crop Reaches 13,677,000 Bales- Total Production for South Caro Una Estimated at 1,330,000 Bale -Texan Crop Short. The American cotton crop for thi season of 1913-14 will amount t< 13.677,000 bales of 500 pounds. (no including linters), according to th4 Arst estimate made by the govern- ment this year through the crop re porting board.- bureau of statistics department of agriculture, and an nounced Friday afternoon. Thi compares with 13.703.421 bales o: 500 pounds. exclusive of linters. nro. due-d last year. when the total crop inelusive of lintprs. was 14 21 2.O( b*lPs of 500 minds: 15.692.701 hales In 191.1. which. In1naine lint. prs. amounted to 16.250.276 bales; I I CAItr ,9 l ~1.5- t 1 4 4A T"U 4-% eludine lintors. vniintoI to 12.0A;., ge9 hvlaa- In nA 04q halps in l9nq whijrh. i-elinAine lin+prq. ,pon+tA te i 21.2R hales: 12.041.709 balos Ir 149.8 whch nenn;-ne 11ntore amnntPA to 12.5R7.1"4 bloe. and 11 1n 17Io' '41-14 qn 1Ion'? whqf.. in. clinilItngln+4'. amOnnt4d to 11.27 441 hsl.q. The av0a-Rty of thp cronr ef 1n -1?.111.047' bales. ex clnotvo of linb+1s. The% ava-0' int->l nen-Anefnn. emK elnavih of lntare. for the fia v4o f'nIo lot7 to 1911 wot 1o.q1 Lni bal.n. The v-1io of thp ron. inel-id. Ine eaCaA. fe- +1%0 QAmo nerinel avar"aW ed 9qEVl 4fAl AOA. whils tho 1911 rovn. lint ond eQoed. was V411d q1 $90.#9A non. tl'e valne of the lini bei~ng S169 91A AAA: t'hp 111 roent emn, IMP JA0 AAA. the lint bine vale4 0t $719 490 AIn. nrl thc 1910 conn. 9#.1R0.0f0. the Tnosi val-nahlp Pver n,'Arced. the value ol the lint bene 98?0.2?'0.000. The estimated production, exclu- sive of linters and stated in 500- ponud bales, by states, with compari. sons, and the aggregate value of -the crop, with linters and seed, follow: Virginia-Total production, 25,000 bales, compared with 24,398 bale! last year and 15,270 bales, the aver- age of 1907-11. The value of -the crop, with seed, last year was $1,- 670,000. North Varolina-Total production, 765,000 bales, compared with 865,- 653 bales last year and 726,968 bales, the average of 1907-11. The value of the crop, with seed, last year wa! $58,980,000. South Carolina-Total production, 1,330,000 bales, compared with 1,- 182,128 bales last year and 1,240,399 bales the average of 1707-11. The value of the crop, with seed, last year was $80.880,000. Georgia-Total production, 2,275,. 000 bales, compared with 1,776,546 bales last year and 2,017,371 bales, the average of 1907-11. The value oi the crop, with seed, last year was $121,800,000. Florida-Total production. 68,000~ bales, compared with 52,760 bales last year and 61,646 bales, the aver- age of 1907-11. The value of thE crop, with seed, last year was $4,. 190,000. Alabama-TOtal production, 1,. 510,000 bales, compared with 1,342,- 275 bales last year .and 1,278,70i bales, the average of 1907-11. ThE value of the crop, with seed, last year was $90,280,000. Mississippi-Total production, 1,- 195,000 bales, compared with 1,046,. 418 bales last year and 1,334,712 bales, the average of 1907-11. The value of the crop, with seed, lasi year was $71,720,000. Louisiana-Total production 400,- 000 bales, compared with 792,fl95 bales last year and 405,844 bales the average of 1907-11. The valuE of the crop, with seed, last year was $25,370,000. Texas-Total production 3,330,00C bales, compared with 4.880.210 bales last year and 3,188.t66 hales, thE average of 1907-1t. The~value o; the crop, ivith see-1 last year was $321,430000. Arkansas- -Total production, 9' r,- 000 bales. ccmpared wi1* : ±0 bales last yea" andO SA.32q bales, thlE average ofl'-0- 1'. The value of th; crop, with seed, Tast year was $53,. 63-0.000. Tennes'e -Total prod netion. Z3-. 000 bales, compared with "76.i-4~ bales last year and 329,507 ba'e: the averrge of 19C7-1. The valu< of the cron with seed, last year was $1 8,930.000. Missouri-Total production. 66. 000 bales, compared with 55.69: bales last year and 59,946 balec. thi average of 1907-11. The value o the crop, with seed, last year was $3, 800,000. Oklahoma-Total production 820. 000 bales. compared with 1,021,23( bales last year nd 808S.640 bales. thi average of 1907-11. The value of thi crop, with seed, last year was $67, 200.000. California-Total productIon, 18, 000 bales, compared with 9,000 .bale last year. Wouldn't Stand for It. Charles Nelson of C'hicas~o, bacl from two years' wandering kicket up a rumpus when he found a strang er occupying the grave he bought To his own use, and is suing an under taker. Cause Many Accidents. gobble skirts, aided by higch heel! have caused 13S accidents on Penn sylvania railroad trains in the las -'tree months, according to statistic ecymned hy the company. MAY TAKE THEM OVER GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH OWN ERSHIP CONSIDERED. Postmaster General Burleson Wil Submit Findings on Question in His Annual Report. Government ownership of tele- graph and telephone lines throughoul the country is being seriously consid- ered by President Wilson. Confer- ences between the president and Postmaster General Burleson have led to a gathering information about the practical working of government ownership in those nations where such a system Is in operation. The subect will be discussed at some length in the postmaster general's annual report, soon to be made pub- lie, though it is by no means assured that he will make any positive rec- ommendations. The postmaster general saw the president for a few minutes Wednes- day and while they did not discuss the subject. Mr. Burleson said as he left the White House that on previous occasions when he discussed the sub- ject with the president he had found his mind open and receptive to Infor- mation. Though bills have been drafted by members of congress look- ing to government ownership. none has been agreed upon as an adminis- tration measure. while the result of Mr. Burleson's investigations are be- ing awaited. "There is no doubt," said Mr. Bur- leson, "that the Inauguration of the parcel post and the postal savings system have given a tremendous im- petus to the desire of people all over the country to have the government own the means of communication everywhere. It is a subject involv- ing two or three hundred million dollars and we must go very slowly in inquiring into it. Every great nation except us has adopted it. "When Sir Herbert Samuels. post- master general of Great Britain. was here recently, I had two long talks with him. It has proved a success in England. I do not want to make any recommendations to congress until I am absolutely sure of my ground." Although Mr. Burleson seems to favor the plan for government owner- ship, it is said that it will not meet the unanimous approval of President Wilson's cabinet. It is believed in of- ficial circles Attorney General Mc- Reynolds, for one, would show his aversion to such a plan if the matter is seriously taken up in the White Hduse. WILL INVESTIGATE REPORT. Fake Story of "Burning" Steamer Sent by Wireless. The Mallory Line steamer Rio Grande arrived at Brunswick, Ga., Wednesday morning from New York. The captain reports no trouble on the trip down. There has been no fire on the Rio Grande nor did those on the vessel know of any unusual happen- ing at sea. The dispatches, read by many wireless operators in the vicin- ity of the Virginia Capes, were trans- mitted to the revenue cutter service. which immediately rushed two ships to sea and later turned them back after communicating 'with the Rio Grande herself and being assured she was In no need of aid. A confusion of ships' names also served to perplex those who were ready for the work of rescue. The dispatches said the Rio Grande's pas- sengers were taken off by the steam- er Swanmore, which was at that mo- ment at her wharf in Baltimore. while the Rio Grande was reported two hundred miles north of the Dia- mond Shoals. The rescuers then raised the Merchant's' and Miners' Liner Suwanee, thinking she might be the rescuing ship, at her captain knew nothing of the report. Finally came messages from the Mallory Line officials saying the Rio Grande carried no passengers. Reve- nue cutter officers and wireless offi- cials then concluded that the S. 0. S. calls purporting to come from the Rio Grande were false and it remain- ed for the arrival of the ship at B~runswick to confirm their susni- ions. Every available agency of the overment w ill b" used to investi- gate the affair generally. * CORN SHOCKS VALUABLE. Nehiaska Robber Hides $1,000 in Field of a Farmer. Hugh M. Fins. 20 years old, arrest- ed two days ago on suspicion of being the man who robbed the bank at Primrose. Neb., last Thursday. has confessed the crime, according to Sheriff Shutton, of Greely county. His confession is said to have impli- -cated Paul Carston, on whose farm near Primrose the ofhecers found S3,- K700 of the $4.000 taken from the Sbank. The money was hidden In corn shocks. Carston was arrested. Cotton Prices Steady. Cotton ranged uniformly better since the opening of the season this Fall than it did the previous year. There have been fewer spurts and .~the prices have been on a compara- tirely steady base. So steadily has this been the case that on November the market showed a cain of~ trac- tion over three cents above the piice on November 1 Iast year. The price this year was 13 cents, against about 10cents a year ago. It was five cents better than in 1911. Gray Haired Women Found Guilty. Five gray haired women of the vil- lage of V'olo, Ill., who rode Mrs. John Richardson on a rail one night lasi -.July because her name was linked by ossip with that of her brother-n- alaw, have been finei $200 and sen- h- +ete tosi months in i.t 'MENACE PROPERTY, FOREIGN POSSESIONS IN SEN. ALOA IN DANGER FEDERALS LEVY WAR TAX Because of Threatened Confiscation Upon Failure to Pay Tax Foreign- ers Have Appealed to Their Con- suls Who Are Taking the Matter up With Their Home Government. The' American charge d'affaires, Nelson O'Shaughnessy, recently noti- fied Washington that the property of foreign residents in the State of Sin-1 aloa was in imminent danger of con-!' fiscation by the Federal authorities as a war measure. The charge has I received instructions to investigate the constitutionality of the act, and I if he finds it is not sanctioned by law, to register a protest with the Mexi- can government. The confiscation of property has been threatened in default of pay- ment of a 5 per cent tax arbitrarily imposed by the government of Sina- loa. Foreigners generally have ap- pealed through their consuls to the C diplomatic representatives in the t Mexican capital. The French minis- t ter has reported to his government, asking for instructions; but the Eng- lish and German minister have ad- e vised their nationals at Mazatian to C pay the tax under protest. The Amer- d ican charge has prepared a memoran- f dum for presentation to Senor Mo- a heno, the Mexican minister of foreign s affairs. The order of the governor requires the payment of a tax on all c real and personal property, regard- r less of the nationality of the owner, t and a warning is issued that unless t the tax is paid by December 18 con- c fiscation will be summary. Consular reports say the governor explained that the levy was absolute- s ly necessary to raise money for the c payment of the troops. Two* banks c and several commercial houses d already'have closed their doors and the conditions of the people generally 0 is becoming desperate from lack of t money. Business houses, including c those under foreign ownership. a already have contributed 115,000 il pesos ($57,500) to a fund for theic troops, according to consular advices. v A parade of 200 young women in the capital Wednesday reflected the ii impoverished condition to which 0 many of smaller towns have been re- duced. They were seamstresses a thrown out of employment by the r closing of factories, where the exclu- s sive output consisted of soldiers uni- r forms. These same women recently h appealed to President Huerta. They r went to the palace again, and again p the president refused to see them. ti Afterwards they marched through V the principal streets, displaying ban- o ners on which was inscribed, "We all want work." The husbands of many a of these women are in the army ser- s vice and the women are dependent f: upon their own resources. Prsident Huerta again has asked C congress to vest him with full exe- cutive powers to conduct the affairs s of the departments of war, finance s and the interior. A bill to this effect o was introduced Wednesday in the C chamber. The deputies had just ap-Co proved a measure authorizing the t: fotation of interior loan of 100,- 000 pesos at 5'per cent, to be imm e- diately issued. This was to be the irst of a series of five loans, and if I congress approve the president's re- quest for power over the finance de- partment, it will enable him to put out the remaining four without fur- a ther formality. That the reactionary Catholic party f element in congress has been induced to see things from the president's point of view was indicated by a, I spech made in congress by Franciscop Pasquel Garcia. leader of the party. C ini which he declared that he was con-f F vinred of the necessity of the country Fi being ruled by a dictator should beC subject to congressional approval. * b TELLS OF KILLING. C Mining Man Tells How Bandits Mur- dered American. C George Baker, a mining man, who arrived at Nogales, Mexico. Saturday, brought an account of the killing of y his partner, Moris Root. Baker said that on the day that Root was killed eight Mexican employees had becomeT drunk at a celebration of the consti- tutionalist victories. They coveted Root's revolver and entered his house to attack him. One of the Mexicans I stabbed Root through the heart from behind and also inflicted other knife wounds. Taking the murdered man's revol1-y ver and waving the knife with which a he had stabbed Root, the Mexican and several companions had advanced upon Baker, demanding money. Bakert managed to evade them, and after re- maining in the neighborhood long enough to bury Root's body, left for.1 the north.*t I I I Lost a Good Friend. The South-the social, agricultur- al and commercial South--lost onea of its best friends when President W.: W. Finley, of the Southern Railway. died lately in Washington. His faith Iin the South and in all things South-t ern was almost without limit, lie won confidence wherever he went.t His death is deeply regretted. Hec was a native of Mississippi and was ac magnificent man, whose place will be hard to fill. Owl Slaughters Flocks. 1 Residents of Weiser, Ind.. are ex- C cited over the depredations of a gian: owl. It has annihilated many flocks of chickens, killing 30 In a single. PLAN FOR RURAL CRD[ COMnISSION HOLDS CONFE1R ENCE WITH PRESIDENT. Rural Banks Under Federal Charte: to Lend Money on Land Througl Mortgage Bonds. At a White House conference Wed iesday members of the United State -ural credits' commission submitted :o President Wilson a tentative draf )f its report, and a rough outline o ts bill to facilitate farm credits ,hich they will recommend to con ress for passage. The report submitted by the com nission is a comprehensive and vol iminous document, dealing with the ubject of rural credits in all of iti >hases. In it are embodied many raluable suggestions and recpmmen- lations. based for the most part uapor he exhaustive study and investiga ions of the commission on its Euro )ean trip last spring. As he indicated In his first annua ddress to congress, President Wilsor -egards the question of rural credits ts of paramount importance. It is Lot known what suggestions, if any e made to the commission concern- ng the report and bill. It Is believ- 'dlikely that he will read them with are and analyze their recommenda- ions and provisions before commit- ing himself finally. The position of the- president con- erning rural credits makes It almost ertain that the report of the Ffetcher ommission, and the bill to be intro- uced by the Florida senator, will urnish the basis of legislative action t this session of congress. Few pas- ages in Mr. Wilson's address to con- ress attracted so much attention and ommand so much applause as his eference to the farmers of the na- ion. Among the matters of "domes- icconcern", It was the first to re- eive attention at his hands. "I present to you," he said, "the rgent necessity that special provi- ion be made for facilitating the redits needed by the farmeis of the untry. The pending currency bill oes the farmers a great service. hat the farmers need and should btain is legislation which will make heir own abundant and substantial redit resources available as a found- tion for joint, concerted local action i their own behalf in getting the apital they must use. It is to this *e should now address ourselves." Dwelling on this question, the pres- lent invited attention to the work f the Fletcher commission, and said: "Conscious of this backwardness nd neglect on our part, the congress eccatly ;pthorized the creatmn of a pecial comniission to study the va- ious systems of rural credit which ave. been' put, into operation In Eu- Dpe, and this commission is already repared to report. Its report ought ) make it easier for us to determine -hat methods will be best suited to ur own farmers. I hope and be- eve that the committees of the Sen- te and House will adldress them- elves to this matter with the most ruitful results." While none of, the details of the ammission's report will be made ublic until after they have been pre- ented to the president, it Is under- tood that the plan for the creation f a national rural banking system ontemplates, primarily, the creation f a division of rural banking in the reasury department. PHYSICIANS LICENSES. xainers Admit Eighteen Out of Forty-four. As a result of examinations held on ovember 11, 12 and 13 before the tate board of medical examiners the allowing are licensed to practice iedicine: D. A. Barrow, Roxbury, Mass.; 0. . Eurorton, Petersfield; WV. D. Chap- elle Jr., Columbia; L. M. Daniels, olumbia; R. B Durham, Perry; R. .Flowe, Kannapolis, N. C.; Samuel riedheim, Rock Hill; B. H. Henry, linton; Edmund '-Jphnson Jr., Abe eville; A. T. King, Johnston; A. F. ahoney, Ferguson; R. T. McCraw. xford, Ala.; T. E. Miller Jr., Char- ?ston; W. C. Myers, Meldrim, Ga.; . H. Neill, Clover; C. L. Scott, Clio; .S. Sharp, Seneca; T. G. Sharpe, 'harlotte, N. C.; J. D. Smyser, Flor- flee. Homeopaths admitted are: G. I. ythcott. Charleston; J. A. Mason, ishopville. Mary B. Herbert of Chester Is ad- itted to practice as an osteopath. NEAR TO DEATH. Toung Florence Man is Said to Have Taken Strychnine. erge McGee 'of .' Firene;a oung man of good appearance and man of supposedly good habits, isi aid to have attempted siiici'de by poi- oning Monday morning. He denies hat he had taken anything. His riends claimed that he had taken trchnine and wood alcohol about o'clock. A friend brought McGee his boardning house, and, after eporting the case, summoned twc octors. They were with him for ome time. and pumped his stomach nd found that he had taken some trychtnine. There is no positive cause assign- dfor this rash act. He told the doc- ors that he owes $10 and that hao ne cares whether he lives or not sc bat it doesn't matter one way or the thr. Heo also stated that he was 'ut of a job and was desporrdent. Cotton is Burned. A carload of cotton containing 2S ales became ignited in some unas- 'ertained way Thursday afternoon ii1 he Lancaster & Chester railwa3 -ards at Chester and considerable [ TRUSTS COME NEXT -WILSON PLANS EARLY MONOP- OLY LEGISLATION. President Holds Conference With House Committeement and Other Prominent Leaders. The scope of President Wilson's program of aiti-trus't -iegislation Wednesday became fairly well defined at the end of a conference at the White House .between the president and, six. Demo'ratic members of the House judicial committee that Is to undertake the preparation of the ad- ministration bill. The measures to be advanced for action at this session will aim at the following results: Definition of the various forms of monopoly and restraint of trade which would be "conclusively deem- ed" unreasonable and in violation of law. Placing upon the defendant the burden of proof to show that there is no "unreasonable" restraint of trade. Prohibition of interlocking direc- torates in large corporations. Establishment of an interstate trade commission, to exercise regu- latory powers, make original investi- gations and aid the courts in carry- ing out decrees of dissolution of trusts. The details of legislation were not worked out at Wednesday's confer- ence, nor was a complete understand- ing reached as to the number of bills which will be pushed for action at the present sessfon. -The president made it clear, however, that he favors legislation along the general line of the Lenroot-La Follette bill, which has been before congress since-last June, and when was- designed to-clear up the "twilight zone" of corporation activity. This measure was the subject of much of the discussion, and members of the committee will take up its provisions for further consideration. It would define by law nearly a dozen forms of contracts; agreements. re- straints, price-cutting and the like, the "reasonableness" of which now is left to the courts, but which would be conclusively deemed to be "un- reasonable and in restraint of trade" by the proposed new law. President Wilson's trust confer- ences of the last two weeks have in- cluded long talks with Attorney Gen- eral McReynolds, Senator Newlan ds, chairman of the interstate commerce committee; Secretary Redfield, of the department of commerce: Represent- ative Clayton and Joseph E. Davies., commissioner of corporations. The president again is to confer with Sen- ator Newlands and other members of; the senate committee thatewili handle trust legislation. The House committee at once will begin work on the preliminary draft of trust bills, but the members will seek further discussions with the president over the form of the meas- ures before completing them for sub- mission to the House. The president emphasized the need of legal bounds tor this,. activity that will place the smaller business man upon an equal- ity with the larger and that will give to the business world in general a clear legal definition of the forms of combination that are i'nlasvful. Senator Newlands' bill for an In- terstate trade comumission, also in- troduced in cofngress early last sum- mer, is expected tQ be the basis..for legislation along -that line. The pres- ident- is understood to~ favor many features of this propvee law. -It would establish -a coininissin with power to regulatie corndrtilons doing interstate 'business, to-aid the attor- ney general in the prosecution of those accused of montorolistic ac- ions and to carry out th'e dissolution of trusts that have boen decr-eed as illegal by the courte.. . . ... .. .. .* WILL 3MA1E TEST. Barnwell to See Hail's Maturing Ma- chine Tested. ~Tir (B' Hall; of -Philadelph&, :dn'- vetrof -Hall's cott'on maturing pr6-- cess, arrived in Barnwell Wednesday with a party of northern capitalists who are associated with him In mar- keting his invention. A model ma- chine has been expressed to Barnwell and is now being erected at the Barnwell Oil Mill. A practical demon- stration was made Thursday morning at which time two tests were made, one showing how much cotton will be saved on an acre by maturing frost bitten boils. There will be a weight test, the bolls being weighed before they are treated in the machine. The seed cotton will be weighed after it has been matured. %90%141, stated that a plant for thmanuacture of the 'machines will be located i the near -future. Stock in the conippny is to be offered to 'the farmezn"'and business fen. The reglts 9.fthe demonstration will be eac'iwt great interest. Shot by Friend. While out riding with Mason Wil- liams, a friend, Mills B. Lane Jr., of Savannah, was killed at Valdosta, on Saturday. Williams claims that Lane attempted to draw a revolver, but this statement is not believedc, as no pistol was found on Qie lead man. Slays His Roommate. 'While three other mentally derang- ed patients looked on unresistingly. George Friege, an Assyrian, choked Wilson Wainick to death in, one of the dormitories of the State -Hdspital1 for Nervous Diseases at' Little Rock, Ark.-- Stole Money to Buy Drug. Confessing that he broke into the post office at Kingston, Ga., and stole about $75, taking it to buy a drug. George A. Clark, about forty years old, was Thursday senttenced to thir- te'en mnonths in -the Aliadi te MAKES TOR[ STOP! AMERICAN ADMIRAL PROHIBITS BATTLE AT TAMPICO OFFERS TO OPEN FIRE Huerta's Men Held Position in Town Where They Were Protected by Shells From Gunboat Bravo-They Manage to Retain Town Until Fletcher's Mandate End Strife. Rear Admiral Fletcher, command- er of the American naval forces in Mexican waters, Friday ordered the rebels and federals fighting at Tam- pico to cease firing, threatening to open upon them with the guns of the gunboat Wheeling if his order was not obeyed. Both sides complied with the order. This iriformation is contained In a dispatch received at Mexico City Fri- day night by Sir Lionel Carden, the British minister, from Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock of the Brit- ish cruiser Berwick. which is lying 1 off Tampico. The federals hold the centre of the town of Tampico and a the water front. Rear Admiral | Fletcher has ordered foreigners to take refuge on board the ship or to I congregate-on the water front,.where r they will be under the protEction of his guns. Two thousand federals at Tampico, protected by the shells of the gun- boat Bravo more than by their own efforts, late Friday were waiting for a a forward movement of the rebels or 1 some other manoeuvre that might de- r ide th'e fate of the seaport. The fighting, which began two days ago, t was then continuing. i How many rebels are engaged in t the attack on Tampico is not known I but it is estimated that their number i is at least twice that of the federals, t and their operations Indicate that t they expect more men from Victoria, 1 capital of the State of Tamaulipas, s which lies half way between Tanifpico v and Monterery to the north. The E rebels, who are in possession of the railroad yards and shops and large o tores of material, have detached ( rom their lines sufficient men to un- g dertake repairing the railroad north f and west from Tampico towards Vic- t toria. C Occasional shells fell in the heart e >f Tampico during the day and bul:- e ets from rifles and machine guns were-numerous enough to make It J 1.dvisable that all residents not en- c aged in the conflict seek cover. The r rebels hold the area between Tampico n proper and the coast, including Dona h ecilia and Abol Grande, where are ocated the storage oil tanks of the Waters-Pierce company, the Cowdray [nteests and the Hsuarae company. 4 rhe Waters-Pierce refinery Is at Ar- bol Grande. The Codwrays also have refinery there, but it is not yet in >peration. According to reports the rebels a ave not damaged any property, but t he firing, especially that fror the 1 ravo and a few federal cannon, en- C angers the tanks of the refinery of I he Waters-Pierce company. The ederals have their positions In thati I art of the city behind a triangle I ormed by the Panuco river, which is I eally the city's harbor, and the canal a unning into it between the city and i the coast. Just below the mouth of t the canal, and above Dona Cecilia, t ies the Bravo. The rebels are utilizing a hill abdut S 00 feet high in attempting to land I hells on the Bravo, which. in turn, s trying to render their position un- enable. To the west or rear of the I city the federals have a defense In' the Tanezi river, which also flows S into the-Panuco, a stream not easily t rossed. Trains entering Tampico a from the west do so over a draw.. t bridge which the federals are keep- ing open. No rebels yet have appear- d on that side of the city, to the onderment of the government ob- servers. 'The track of this raIlroad has been espected, and two train loads of refugees were taken out of the town. allure of the rebels to throw out of ommission this line, which extends o San Luis Potosi, before the inau- uration of their attack, enabled the overnment materially to strengthen the garrison of Tampico. Three train loads of men were run into the e tdwn from thewest. The meagre information availablet Indicates that the federals at [ampico will be able to do nothing ore than resist the rebel attack. It t not believed likely that the 800 en the war office says left Vera Cruz for Tampico will be able to en- el'the town, as the rebels hold the bktiks of the river from the coast rther in :than Dona Cecelia. The olgs of life in the fighting at Tam- pico- probably has not been great. Meteoric Showers. At 10:30 o'clock Thursday night there was a meteoric shower near i Sheraw. One aerolite burst with af terrific noise, like a clap of thunder, s the shining fragments flying in all A directions. Mlany persons in that j town mistook the crash, thinking I omething had fallen in their housest and lighted lamps to Investigate. One family thought their mother had< fallen out of bed and went to get hert hack in bed. Many supposed it was< n earthquake and made for out-t doors, badly frightened. However,t hey have settled back into their old Ii habits, and no damage was done. I Says Deer Chases Children. John Jackson, a farmer of Mfah-I wah, N. J., has asked permission of~ the game warden to shoot a deer that insists on chasing his children. The farmer fears for the safety of hisi youngsters, as the animal is vicious i Wdinsits upon loitering ab~out hisl, TAKEN FROM CONSULATE REBELS DRAG YOUNG TERRAZA FROM! HIS ASYLUM. Outraged British Vice-Consul Denied Means of Communication to His Home Government. Americans who came Thursday night into Juarez from Chihuahua re- ported that the rebels, since their occupation of that city, had entered the British -vice-consulate and forc- ibly seized Luis Terraza Jr., a son of the wealthy land owner, and after arrying him through the streets, placed him in jail. According to the Americans, the rebels also served no- ice upon 100 Spanish residents of .hihuahua that they must leave the ity within ten hours. The entry of the British consulate Lnd the seizure of Terraza, who had one there for protection after hear- ng that his life was in danger, were -eported to have taken place during he absence of British Vice-Consul cobell. It was said that Scobell, en- aged at the action of General Fran- isco Villa's troops, was denied facil- ties to protest to the British minis- er at the City of Mexico or to the 3ritish ambassador at Washington. nd that he th'en appealed to United itates Consul Marion Letcher. The foreign ministers are said to iave joined In a protest in what was egarded as a violation of the rights f asylum under a foreign flag. The tory told .by the Americans was that [erraza, in charge of much of his ather's estate, including great cattle anges, had been left in Chihuahua fter the evacuation by the Federals o look after women and children embers of his family. Becoming frightened he went to he British vice-consulate, and dur- g the absence of Vice-Consul Sco- ell, the rebels, who had been search- ag the town for Terraza, rushed into he consulate, seized Terraza and hen paraded the prisoner through he streets, afterwards locking him a a cell in the state building. It was aid that a demand for $250,000, rhich he failed to pay, was the chief aotive in the arrest of Terraza. Luis Terraza Sr., the aged father f the prisoner, recently arrived at )jinaga with the Federal troops. His reat wealth has been a special mark ordiscussion in the propaganda of herevolution, while the thousands f his cattle over the state have serv- d to feed both the rebels and Fed- rals. United States Consul Edwards, ati uarez, sail he had received no offi- lalconfirmation of the arrest 6f Ter- aza up to a late hour Thursday ight. The telegraph between Chi- uahua and Juarez was not working. MADISON CONFESSES. tate Game Warden Says Negro Ad- mitted His Guilt. Scott Madison, the negro under entence of death for firing the shot! hat killed E. Peyton Best, a well :nown merchant of Barnwell, has onfessed his guilt, according to A. eRichardson, chief game warden of outh Carolina. The confession, Mr. ichardson said, was secured while adison was being brought to the tate penitentiary after he had been entenced. While on trial at Barn- rell the negro denied his guilt and old a story in conflict with the tes- imony of other witnesses. He has een sentenced to be electrocuted ome time between Decembr 19 and "I talkd to the negro on the train rhile he. was bein'g brought to the enitentary," said Mr. Richardson. He confessed that he fired the fatal hot, declaring that he was drunk at re time. He said that another negro napped the gun several times and hat he then grabbed the pistol and Illed Mr. Best." WILSON TO THE RESCCE. 'resident Plays Knight Errant and Rescues Fallen Maiden. President Wilson late Tuesday was alking in Rock Creek park, near the Vhite House, when he noticed a rid- rless horse galloping by. He turned the direction from which the horse ad come and at the top of a little ise found a little girl on the ground. he was Ruth Donaldson, aged 13. rho had-been thrown while trying to ake a hurdle. The president was ccompanied by Secretary Tumulty nd Dr. Carey Grayson, U. S. N., his hysician. All immediately went to e little horsewoman's assistance. "Are you hurt?" asked the presi- ent as he helped the girl to her feet. "No," she said, "I'm used to that. 'ye ridden a long time." Miss Don- ldson was slightly bruised, but she ounted her horse and rode away. * Boys Prevent W~reck. Two boys of Anderson, Ind., one S nd the other 10, who modestly re used to give their names, Wecdnesday aved Big Four passenger train No. S from a probably disastrous wreck ust north of their home town. The loys weretakir~g a short cut along he ralroad track on their way to hool and found a rail 1G6 inches out f place. They knew the passenger rain was about due and rushed own the track to meet it, took of heir coats and from the middle of! he track waved them until the engi- teer brought the train to a stop. >aesngers from the coaches made up .large purse for the boys. * Played Jekyll-Hyde Role. Working as a millwright by day .nd burglar by nirht, John McCon- teli, of Portland, Ore., has been ap- pehended by detectives and placed mder arrest. Thousands of dollars' rorth of property was recovered HALT REBEL MARCH VILLA CAN NOT GO SOUTH ITI MERCADO BEHIND HIM MUST RETAKE OJINAIA Other News Prom War-Stricken Country Shows Rebels in Great Force Around Tampico, Where Fight is Being Waged-Huerta Appears to be Unmoved. Convinced that Gen. Salvador Mer- cado, with his 4,000 soldiers, the - largest -body of Federals in the north, is preparing at Ojinaga, on the border opposite Presidio, Texas, to make a desperate stand against an attack, the rebel Mexican Thursday sent an artillery regiment with ten cannon to reinforce the 3,500 rebels already ap-.. proaching Ojinaga. Until the outcome of the situation at Ojinaga is determined Ge. Fran- cisco Villa's march southward will be checked. The rebel leader, now at. Chihuahua. Informed his headquar-: ter3 in Juarez that he would not leave the north with Federal troops behind him. He ordered the artillery sent'to Ojinaga in the belief that the town would have to be besieged because the Federals have build extensive de- fences there. It is believed that in attack at Ojinaga would be of long duration, as the town stands on a hill and from the forts the Federals have a sweeping survey of the approaches. During the Madero revolution the place long held out against superior numbers, even though the water sup- ply had been cut off and a fortified ditch from the river had to be dug. The only guns the Federals have at Ojinaga are those which they carrfed with them in their retreat from Chi- huahua and these are believed by the rebels to be few, because the Fed- erals lost heavily In ammunition and arms in their lights south of Juares. Dispatches from Hermosilla, Son- ora, tell of the plight of the Federals at that place, saying that a mutiny among the two thousand or more Federal troops defending Guaymas Is threatening, according to reports reaching the Insurgent lines. It is reported that three Federal deserters arrived with news of the execution of- Federal officers to prevent their de- sertion to the Constitutionalist side. The refugees, who brought arms and ammunition with thein, said that First Lieut. Gastel and'Second Lieut. anzonax were executed as an exam- pie to other Federal officers. It was' stated they had attempted to leave Guaymas with their command of six- ty men, taking arms and supplies. The Federals had not been paid for three days, it was said, contrary to the usual custom of making small daily payments. A decree has been issued-by the department of the interior -of' the onstitutionalist government, warn- ng all mine owners in states held by insurgents that taxes paid to the uerta government would not be ecognized by the revolutionary arty. It is said that many Ameri an mining men have paid taxes to ~exico City on property located in erritory under Constitutionalist con- rol. According to the news from Mexi- o City in describing conditions at- he capital, says the knowledge that ampico was in danger of falling into ebel hands did not appear to disturb resident Huerta In his routine of ffairs, and late Thursday he was the uest of honor at a banquet at Tacu- aya, a suburb, to celebrate the in- uguration of the Interurban railway. en. Hluerta gave the impression that ie was not troubled by the posible utcome of events at Tampico. At the time of the celebration, ac- ording to a private message, fighting vas in progress at Tampico, the reb- els being in possession of the freight' ards at Dona Vecilla, between Tam- ico, and the coast, from which point he Federals had- been forced back into the city. Official messages Indi- ated that the Federals would be ble to resist the attack, but opti- ism was lacking in the messages. SAD DEATH OF LITTLE BOY. ied From Hydrophobia After Being Bitten Nine Weeks. The Greenwood Index says the lit- tle seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Rhodes, of Ware Shoals, died onday from what was reported o have been hydrophoia. The little fellow was bitten nine weeks ago by a mad dog. The dog's head was meat . o Columbia immediately after for ex- mination and was found to have been affected with rabies. At once the parents had the little boy and hig sister, who had also been bitten, iven the Pasteur treatment and the ittle fellow had seemed to be getting iong well until Monday morning when he had a quick change for the orse and passed away despite medi- al skill. The little girl is getting along very well and It Is believed that she will recover. Child and Mother Burned. On Thursday while Nora Jackson. f Chesterfield, was standing in front- of the great with her back to the Ire and in some way her clothes were nited arnd before the fire could be mothered by her mother who, imme- diately enveloped the child in he? skirts, both mother and child were burned. Late Dinner Caused Shooting. Because his dinner was not ready when he returned from work. John B3enich, a rubber worker at Akron, 0.,shot his wife three times in the body. and then, thinking her dead, placed the muzzle In his mouth and puole tbe trimmer. Bot usg 19.