. ?y... Intelligencef NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO. ?. W??kly. l?tobU??e* 18?; Dal?* Jan. 18, !'./.<. _'_ ?_._ _ ANDERSON, S. C., MORNING, MA\32, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR, REBELS MAKE FURTHER GAINS ARMY ONLY A FEW MILES FROM THE CITY OF TORREON THE TURNING POINT The Ensuing Battle Will Make or Mar thc Fortunes of The Constitutionalists Constitutional Hospital l?ase, Bcr mojlllo, Durango, Mexico, March 21. Tho rebel not about Torre?n virtual ly was drawn closer today and Gen eral Herrera fought the moBt i ni por- 1 taut battle of tho weGk at Santa Clara, I Tl miles nort of Torreon. In the en- I ?agcment 106 Federals "^re killed,! according to reports. Thc rebel loss 1 is reported as slight, three killed and j seven wounded. Thc fight took " place over posses sion of a- spot on the banks of the Big Tlahualilo irrigation ditch where Herrera wisheB to throw a bridge and the construction of which he began immediately on retirement of the en emy, whose numbers he estimated at 400. At other points the Federal advance Euart?R rntreztci pcrce,.iauly, Durn- j ing and wrecking as they -went. At' Noe i the small railroad shops were burned. Yilla Elated. General Villa was elated beyond measure, and when he took posses sion of a telephone wire which work ed into the city of Torre?n, he lost ! no time in calling up the office of tho ' Federal commander, General Refugio Velnsco. An officer of the latter's staff answered the call. '.I am coming to have supper with you," General Villa began. "Who are your' inquired tu Fed eral officer politely. "1 am an hombre, called Francisco! Villa.!' replied the chieftain. j "Wfell, come you are rea-1 dy,"' came the answer. Villa talked from t ?n^ef^^^STOtU^ the F ad?rale had made a poor wrecking the railroad track*. Thia camp where Villa has a tre'li mendous store ot ammunition, is just'i outside tile city and was the scene < of groat activity today aa cartridges and shells were being forwarded by rail and packed on mules abd burros to Herrera, Bcnavides, Contreras and other generals. George C. CarotherS, United States Consular agent, toilny was given re newed ?issv.rar.cc c?? fa!? treatment to foreigners nv Genera! Vitin. TORREON WILL RE TitE ?. TURNING r??XT OP WAR WaahlnRton. March 21.-The bat tle of Torreon will be the turning I point in the Mexicali revolution, in thc | opinion of high administration offi cials. Little official information to day as to the prollihlrtary skirmishes was at hand, but it li believed that within a few days a battle will have ? been fought which wilMn?jcate clearly the relative strength of tho, constitu tionalist cause. The presence at Vera fruz ?* thlsM timo ot Charge 0'8haughncBsy and of ', (bargo Hobler, of the United States' embassuy and, British legation, re spectively, in official clrcl?s here is taken to mean that the British gov ernment Is cooperating with the Uni ted States in efforts to find , a peace- . ful settlement. Discussions among Constitutional ists here of the possibility that Gen eral Huerta would rottre th favor of ? ' Senor Portillo developed probability, that he would be acceptable to. the , constitutionalists becausce of his af filiation with the clerical party. . Mr. O'Shaughnessy expects to re- \ tum to Mexico City in a few days, ac- ? cording to his dispatches to the state department. His telegrams make: mention of his 111 health, but'them is no suggestion, according to' Mr. j( Bryan ot, any contemplated resigna- , tlon. Retirement of Mr. O.Sbaugh-l ncssuy at this time would oe diplomat ically embarrassing, because to send J another charge d'affaira to Mexico in-' his place might involve a recognition of the Huerta government | The trip of Rear Ar-'ral Fletcher to Mexico City waa nv. Jtplained by, the officials here but geaerally lt is, supposed that ha went to look after the recent shipment of arms for the protection of American residents. RENTON SHOT RT VILLA ! AND STABB?B BT FIERRO ^ Washington, March ?l,--WilHaiu 3. ( ] Benton, the British subject, was shot i by Genera! Villa, but wat? stabbed to'i djath in Villa's office at Juarez by:l Major Eiidofo Planro. according to Jj persons believed to be conversant with l tho finding thud far ot tba special < Mexican commission appointed by General Carranza to Investigate Ben ton's dSStu. District Counsel Perceval, who has , left HI Paso for his coil at Gahrc?Uiii, i baa forwarded a report to the British i erabas?ay here, which it is understood i Denton was stabbed but does not very clearly establish, lt is believed, whff actually killed Benton. That Major Fierro will be charged with the crime and punished is the exp .'elation of many Mexicans here. They explain General Villa's story of a courtmartinl as an effort to shield Fierro who is said to be his distant relative. The Carranca commission however, ls report ?d to ha'vo declared UH purpose of punishing Fierro de-j spile Villa's effort to protect him. The arrest of Fierro waa reported from Chihuahua but confirmation is now lacking . Secertary Hrynn today Raid that while he had li cuni many roporls of j th?; Henton killin;:, comment would j he withheld until ,(!ie .('arran/.n com mission had finished its work. CARRANZA BKFllBEfr$0 AI'POHTHMl PROPERTY I iouIre-, Arizona, 'Mtf?ch 21.-Gen eral Carranza caused ^considerable ,dts8a#BlVictlonamong -Mexicans res idents of Colonia Moretes, Sonora,last] week, through his refusal to appor tion the farms, houses, and other) property of American Mormons among them, according to the report brought to the border today. The Mexicans already have possession of most of the property as a result of hight of-thc Mormon;; last year dur ing the various- raids, hut they want ed a complete title from the govern ment. LIND AND ROJAS MEET OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE Mexico City, March 21.-John Lind. President Wilson's envoy, may make a trip of observation over the portion of Mexico controlled by the Federals, na a rnuiiH /?? h?c. cCH?CrCI?CE at V?7? Cruz with the Mexican foreign minis ter. Jose Lopez Pornilo Y. Rojas. The recommendation was made bj? the mlninster, who said that Mr. Lind] appeared favorably impressed. Those having personal knowledge of the Vera Cruz confer?nce appear highly optimistic In the belief that it ls the lirst step towards an agree ment satisfactory to the Huerta gov ernment. The foreign minister's conference I with Mr. Lind will not have the ef fect of bringing about the resignation I of President Huerta, the possibility j of which has bean discussed. The sub-' ?3Ct was not considered, according to j itement bv the totalster tonight. Hean 'Federal troops at Piedras NX gras, today refused a demand made by Governor Colqultt of Texas for the surrender of four other Mexican Fed eral soldier?, accused by the Texas of. (lclals of being complicated In the kill ing of Clemente Vergara, an Ameri can ranchman. PRINGLE T, YOUMANS niLLtu bi Son of Late Leroy Youmans and j Classmate bf Woodrow Wilson Columbia, March 21.-Pringle T. Youmans,.ona of thc most popular at torneys in Columbia, was struck hy au Automobile drivon by Harry L. Davis, Saturday night and was almost in stantly killed. H? was a member of Ihe general assembly. Three weeks ugo ho married Miss Mary's. Bronson Dr Columbia. Davis was formerly thc chauffeur who drove the' city's auto mobile police patrol. Mr. Youmans was the oldest son of the Inte LeKoy F. Youmans. Mr. Y?uma?st was a son of the iate L'eRoy F. Youmans, who was attor ney general of thc Btate in the cabinet }f Governor Wade Hampton and also was attorney general under Gov. D. C. Heyward. LeRoy Youmans was re garded as one of the most eloquent naen the state has (ever produced, imong other great cases having been >is defens: of four Anderson county ?en persecuted in car pet ba K days, and prosecuted by such brilliant men is Samuel Merton and Embry Speer White men 'In South Carmina turned1 traitor to their1 race In those days and bore false witness against their neigh bors. Pringle T. Youmans wes himself a nan of Intellect and of ability as a speaker. He was announced as a can. iidate for the state senate, having lerved four years in the house of rep resentatives. He was a school-mate it Mr. Barnwell's academy in Colum bia with "Tommy" Wilson, now the president or the United States. Later they were at the University of Virgin ia together, along with B. L. Abney of ""olumbla, United States 8ena?or Le froy Percy ot Mississippi and other' nen of distinction. *Mr. Youmans was regarded as among tba brightest? of them all, but be had failed to get a rood start in life until within the last few years and his career had Just be come promising.. Amer Iran Wins0 Vcr Frenchman. Karls, March 21.--Joe Jeanette, thc \merlcan heavy-weight pugilist, won inc decision over Georges Carpenter, the French champion, on points In a fifteen round bout hare tonight .v." ... A UNIVERSITY S. G. LOST IN DEBATEWITfl TRINITY Unanimously Decided In Favor of The Upper Carolina College Raleigh,- N. C.. March 21.-Ry a unanimous decision the debate at Dur ham was won by representatives of! Trinity College over thoso of the Un- j lvorslty of South Carolina.. Trinity had the affirmative of the question: "Resolved that the United Stales] should maintain a nosition us one( of tile three leading naval powers of. the world." Trinity wa? represented by c. K. | Buxton, Jr., H. B. Mynrs and, B. W.I Hernani; South Carolina by J. A. Toi-I bert, J. S. Pudlev and M. A. Wright. I', i. T. RKORtMMZKR FeaNter Trlbbin Wa? Elected Beere. tury i,nst Xighi. The members of thc local council of the United Commercial Travelers held their annual meeting last night and elected J. B. Shanklin, senior councilor; F. V. Tribble. secretary; L. IL Led bett er, conductor; C. H. Lig ?n, page; R. S. Balley, sentinel; IL Beaty and J. M. Giles, executive com mittee. P. D. Skelton was elected past coun cillor and delegate io the grand lodge' of the Carolinas which meets at Green ville. The U. C. T. is made up of none but br,r,r. "KM- !>?ve?uK nuieituien ana is a secrcc order. The members feel that with Feaster Tribble as secretary this will be a live year. Mr. Shanklin, the new senior Councillor, has been kept very busy in his new Held' of work with the Tate Hardware Com* pany, which has had a very fine year. TAKES STEP AGAINST UNO IN ARMY ?* Fmt Severe Blow To th fe- i*ong Established ? Practice ^ (By Associated Press) ?etz, Germany, March 21.-lieu tenant Von La Valette Saint George, of the 988 German Infantry regiment, today was sentenced to thirty months imprisonment in a fortress for klll ps Lieut. Haage in a duel February 26. Hs was also dismissed from tho army. . The court found that the prisoner, by his conduct had provoked the duel and had gravely wronged the honor of Lieutenant Haaere. Thc severe ?5utGi.ce imposod on lieutenant Von La Valette Saint George is the first really severe blow delivered against duelling among ar my officers. The court, by its judg ment, has virtually given notice that officers who wrong the family honor of fellow officers are not to be treated as gentlemen, and tho fact that they vanquish their opponents will not re habilitate their honor. CLEMSON GETS BIG GYNASIUM That Ia the Report That Reached Thu City Last Night (From Sunday's Daily.) The Intelligencer learned from an unauthorltatlve source last night thr^ President Rigg*, of Clemson College had secured a gift of I50.0Q0 for a gymnasium at Clemson college. Dr. Riggs has beeb working on this mat ter for some months and has recently been in the north. The news that he has succeeded tn getting the money with which to put up a splendid gym nasium for the cadets is very grati fying. Dr, Rigas has alway? taken a great deal of interest in athletics, and in an effort to keep athletics from being commercialised in the colleges, and be ia the president of the Southern Intercollegiate) Athletic Association. The Gravest Issue In Ireland's History "Liberalism will not flinch one inch before the arrogant and insolent pla gue of Toryism," was thc message con veyed today by Chancellor Lloyd George to a meeting of Liberals at H?dd5.-5fir!d. " MThe country- la confronted with the gravest issue in the history of the democratic government since the days of the 8tuarts," he aald. "Representa tive government In this land is at stake. I am here on behalf of tho government to say we mean to con front the defiance of popular liberties' with resolute and unwavering ' deter-? ruination, whatever the hazard may! be. We are not fighting about Ulster,] or ?bout borne rule. We are fighting tot all that ts essential to the civil, liberty of the innd." SPRING ?SPERED IN BY SNOW AND SLEET Heavy fall of "Beautiful White" Over Almost Entkfe Southland --rn Atlanta. (Ja., March 21.-J&wave of h?tense col?l. accompanied 1>y sien I and snow storibs, was HweeMng overi thu South Atlantic States tonlfchl. Un-j up-ally low temperatures fpjE$ho sea-; son wore roiwirted through'the emin' South, vlfnavy falls or snow occured* In Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and j tho Carolinas. Coal Imied'gwild ac- ' companied hy rain o'.' snnws*e?erally j Were predict "il fur tomorgnv and Monday. Confederate Monument Uny^i?ing Po*ti|onecl Washington, March 21.--4Riltire or the contractor thc base of {tic Confed erate monument under crecU?i in Ar lington National cemetory/?Sn time, caused an announcement i (?day by President Herbert of the Confederate monument association of the. jfestpono meht of Ute unveiling ceremonies until June 4. The monument wof.7*o havf been dedicated April 27, Th* granite for the base from a Texas ?n railed to arrive, aud a contract afr Mary land granite' had been sulwHtuted. The memorial fund wa?3at**d w ihe united Daughters of U?jfcConfed eracy. From H nd The following statement ifts given out by the chairman or the U?rd^Mr. HL H. Watkins: ,... ,J?: . "At a Bpccial meeting o?jms^$DCal members of the executive ,CQiaqtibf& of Anderson college this i ?t?ternoon, tho petition of Prof. W. H^Hand lo be released from his co,ttl^^HffiMH? president of Anderson corwfec was unanimously granted. Wb4^HPHfJfe.? Heatly" all of the other members of the Board were in hand and recorded as favoring the rel?ase. It will be recalled that some days ago n committee of educators came to Anderson to request the release, stat ing at the time that they were acting entirely on their own initiative and not as a suggestion to Prof. Hand. After a discussion with the committee tho local representatives .of the .An derson Board felt that ihey had con vinced their visitors that ??itrr request ought to be grunted, both because of j tho supe-ior claims nf Anderson col lege and bacausc of the importance of the work. "Later on. Prof. IJand himself, ask ed for an interview with tho loca', members of the executive committee, and at this interview, on Thursday night of last week, he stated that he had decided to ask for the release, and stated fully his reasons for so doing. However, after going over thc matter with the committee, he decided to withhould his application, for fur ther consideration, but on last Mon day morning the chairman of the board ! received the 'formal written request tor a release. # "A letter was pr?par?e ano sont to the out-of-town members of the board which fully explained thc situation, ; nnd they were asked to record their votes by telegram. Thc replies were \\ prcsentod to the meeting this after-j noon, with thc result sta tod above. I Made Splendi For Wot (By Special Correspondence.) j Columbia, March 21.-Despite the fact that tho bill giving women the right to vote was laughed to death when It was i?iio?uceu in the house of representatives this year. South Carolina suffragists, not "suffragettes"! if you please, have not lost heart. In Columbin a league has been form-1 ed for the study of the question of] giving women the ballot and sever al meetings have been held. The suffrage gathering has been at tended by old women ana young wo-! men. They have been more or lese pink tea affairs io date, but those who got to them are expected to spread the j propaganda. At one of tbe suffrage meetings, an ! ardent suffragette, a malden lady, asked the married woman on her right whether or not she favored votes for) women and was going to join the lea gue. "I don't know," said the married] woman. "I'll have fe go home and| pray for lt." % "Thank goodness" laughed the mal-1 den lady, "I haven't got a husband to j n*k If I ca? Join." The first meeting in South Carol!-j na in recent years tn the interest of .i woman suffrage waa held last week j' in the ball room of a local hotel when11 ftTeH?*??*. t No/th Carolinian Sets Forth Now Usc fur South's Staple In Leiter to Daniels Washington, Mar h .1 A North Carolinian has written a suggestion io Secretary Daniels aa ti |IORHII?I? HO hition Tor the problem of reducing lb? cost of armor plain, for H>" bli; ships ot' HIM uavy. Colonel . Mam Ulfs R Thoriiloii nt' Hickory, N. C., nsserls I hal armor plato ?an li?- nimbi from cotton which .would li < Htiperipr In eftVieney lo any molal armor plates thal ran li? devised l?y any Vprnecss." Colo.n l Thoriilon did not outline any details of lils plan In Iii? loller lo th? secretary. Most Extraordinary Labor Demonstration (By AsFoclaloil Tress.) New York. March 21. - Under a silken banner, be;.rim: in blood red letters die inscription "Domolitloue." one ll'.ousatid med and women-anur chists. thc uncmployod and members of Hie Industrial Workers of the World-marched up Fifth Avenue for milos today without the usual permit from the city authorities as required ?... ..-?:-.. This d?monstration regarde:! as one of the most extraordinary in the city's as Retired erson College "Among the reasons assigned by Prof. Hand for ?'esirhi?; his relense were the following: at thc timo o? his acceptance of his election to the presidency of the college, it had been announced that the funds ror contin uing tho present work would be with drawn at the end df the present ses sion. Since then he has been assttr letters from uuraerouis educators with in and without the state, arguing that it would bo very detrimental to the progress of constructive work In whtcli he had been engaged for him to lay down at that time. The writ ers of these letters were of the opin ion thal his present work was tho most important single piece of con structive work for education that is now being done in the state. ..The pressure '.vas So Herat mat Prof. Hand became convinced that Ito ought to ask for his release In order io further conduct th? work. He slat ed t?i thc board that !;c felt that the work be ls now engaged in was so important io all tim colleges of the state, as \v ll an high schools, tiiat Anderson college would greatly suffer along wit li other colleges if hq should abandon lils present work. In addition to Ibis Prof. Hand urged that the lack of experience lu col lege work Djada hint fearful of under taking the duties nf organising ami conducting' Ibo work along the Id?ala of a stnndard college of llio,bish grad,; of Anderson college. lu " preferring his rennest. Prof. Hand slated his de sire to bo of continua;] permanent snrvieo to Anderson college, and or Iiis desire to aid us to the extent of his ability in tho future, in the face of the request, and wiih the reasons assigned, the board felt tlf.it it could not do otherwise 11 III ii Kraut thc pe tition." d Appeal nan Suffrage Mrs. II. n. Velentine, president of the Kauai suffrage league of Richmond, Va., spoke to on audience of 300 wo men and about a score of men. The attendance at the meeting exceeded the expectations of those who had arranged for it, consequently there were no seats for about half the au dience. Lewis Parke Chamberlyne, a profes sor of the University of South Caro lina, introduced Mrs. Valentine. The Virgina suffrage leader pointed out conditions in South Carolina which she said, could be remedied by giving women the ballot. "Equal suffrage" is just a slogan, de clared Mrs. Valentine. "What women are asking for iii freedom to band to gether into a great sisterhood for the development of her Godgivcn capac ity of helping thc unfortunate." Mrs. Valentine decried tbe objec tion advanced by opponents of equal nuffrage that it would divorce the women from their home interest*. When Mrs. Valentine flnisehd her iddress the audience, on thc motion afRev. Kirkman G. Finley, rector of the largest Episcopal church in Co lumbia, gave her a rising vole of thanks. Scores of women passed ferotfnd her to shake hands. Several loclal gathering center around Mrs. Patentice during her stay in Colum bia. 'lisloi') watt nilmeoiieitl l<> ti muss mieii.u* 'ii Un* st reel H near linton Spenrc. where tho throng hail been iiiiiii-il iiu> righi to gather Til? wt ?1I1I1 m ilic nal inn was the product of Mu ir toil mid t??i gathered were dilti hy speakers ll. i Lhoy Hhoulil mureil furl li Into Kif th Avenue ami 111 M > 11 ? -11 II i-f -11 nntl 11 "it .1 ii ra ul anti hotel ami ttliop mid riki! v. hal was theirs Speakers ii.inoiineed (hat those of Un' unemployed who wore homeless .-uni liiiiivi > w unlit he led and shelt ered Inr Hie n||'ht, 1'ive H(| mids ul? lilly men each entered Hie hulltlillK iiiid were sn|iplleil with tohacen ns ny I.I t tiller.; nf the unemployed were csireil for in Ute lodging houses, Vf Kij?M I NOMIN ATIONS ilit.se IV lin ?ill he S department to hav? rolling * stock in readiness to move * at short notice any number * of troops up to ten thou- * sand with noises, v/agcr.s * and supplies. Stock taking today at the * Curragh magazine at Dub- * lin disclosed that thousands * of rounds oi ammunition * were missing. The stock is * being replenished from trie * new bridge and Kildare* stores. . * Belfast. Ireland. March 21.-Detail? ul the .disaffection among troops at Curagh, published fully In 'the even ing papera here, created no demon* srtaUons. Belfast Saturday ni. wearing a normal aspect, ?av the Saturday shopping crowd;, Increased. A r'"i: :' " ? - Edward Cursed; Hie Ulate; leader; General Sir George son. caftimonder in chief ot the ster troops, and forty officers com prising thc regimental commandera of the forcea, at which' mobilization detals wreo perfected. Sir Edward Carson made a state ment to. the Associated Presa, attar the conference regarding tho hilliary situation. H;i said: "Tiie government'is attempting to cower tho Ulster Intimidation and provocation, but without faSJ.*' A Dublin di.-.pateh announces tho swearing in of special magistrat** for Ulster. This und tho forwarding of detachments of special constable? from Dublin to I tel fast, uro regarded here as an attempt lo incite riots. Discontent Among Troops?' AU Gio regular troops in Bel? -.^ were confined to barracks Saturday causing much discontent among' tho men. About 400 volunteers spout tko evening maneuvering on the estate or l/xil Shaftesbury, which is called Relfasl eastel. Other volunteers spent tho day in target practice. The Marquis of I xm don ber ry said in the Associated Press to.ttght that he tbought the wholesale resignations or officers wu.,. the first instance Df Hie kind in the British army since tho crisis preceding the war against the American colonists. Tn tile past 24 hours over 3,000 reg ular troops, including four batt??ioss of infantry with machine gunn, - and two batteries of field artillery, all equipped for active service, haye ar rived i the various twons of Ulster/ These troops form the advance guard or u lurge armed force which military author it le.-, are sending to tho North ern province of Ireland to prevent the assumption nf local government by nnti-home rulers. Still more troops are on tbplr way to the North from tho military camp at the curragh and from the other army si at ions today. The first arri? vals in Ulster today were the rom? panies of a half battalion of the York shir.' light infantrry, which were con veyed from their barracks In Dublin to Belfast Lough, on board the tor? pedo boat destroyer Pathfinder .dar* lng Hie night. They disembarken* early today und marched to Carrick gergus eastel, a disused milita*-? tion commanding the Lough, were mounted on the field there'ttl . afternoon Orders were Issued other bnteries of artillery to'i strategic positions around the cot try of Belfast. **TIIK/QITEEST*8 OWV (By Associated Press. Dublin. Ireland, March 21. M ar s hal Slr John French, ol the imperial staff, arrived her?/ la connection with the resit offlcerS\trom the regular arssy to their refusal to march Unionists in Ulster. Nearly A afflcers of the Fourth Hussars, stationed at the ' camp are said to h av* band? I commissions and their pl? been filled.