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I THE REBELS GAIN | ANOTHER VICTOR Desperate Battle Near Torreo Result in Defeat of Federals. IT LASTED NINE DAYS lint tie Said to Have lleeu Mine ]>e Iterate Than at Torieon?3,()(M) Killed and Wounded. Juarez, Mexico, April 14.?A nil ,v rlnv'tJ linltla nnuoll.1.. "" ^ , - |/U?IIU1; IUUIB UBSpBlil than that at Gomez Palacio and To reon, has resulted in a victory to tl rebels under Gen. Francisco Villa, a cording to an official report mat public here late today. The combined rebel force came u) on the reunited Federals, said in tl In st days of tho battle to have nun bored 1.1.fit', at San Pedro le it Collar-s, Slate of Coahuila, 40 mil* east of Torreon. Killed and wounded on both ?ide It is said, will number in the lo'k' borhod of 3,000. Tho rebels claimed to have la! 7'?o prisoners. The Fet'.er&l Armv said to have included the Torreo garrison, led out of that city in r< treat by General Velasco, those < General Mass General Hlda'go. Gei eral De Moure and two others. Mans, Hidalgo and Do Moura \%ei on their way to Torreon with veil forcements, but Veuasco rati rod hi fore their arrival. Since then, unt the Federal concentration at Sn Pedro and environs the federals ha\ been maneuvering in an endeavor t mobilize in force, while rebel detaci ^ meats have scurried hither and thit er between Viesca, Parras and Sa Pedro to prevent their concentraMoi When the general engagement wj brought on, it is Reported that th battle line measured 20 mllca in semi-circle about the city. A telegram from General Villa as ed for two million cartridge3. Diei were no other details. While the battle of Torreon was 1 progress there were persistent repoi that Federal reinforcements wer drawing near. General Velasco feai ?d they would be cut to pieces an w thdraw in excellent order from tli city; although his loss in killed an v ounded was con slderably less tha v * that of the rebels. He headed Cas a::d South and for a time the rel?< pursuers over whom he had a stai of 10 or 12 hours, were unable to lc iito him. He was first definitely ot served at Vleaca, a station on th southermost end of the thic j rail vny lines running between 1 irr and Saltlllo, and its southern oil vlrons. Meanwhile a rebel column had o< vuimbu oan rearo, near lake on th northernmost of the railway ilnei about 6 0 miles north of the southen "J line. The first detachment against the city by General Villa wa. repulsed after four days of desulpmr, fighting, but when rolnforcemoHxs a rived the Federal fled eastward i short distance. Villa left a garrison In the town but It was unable to withstand th< onslaught of a new column of Fed eral volunteers. While these fight: were taking place Velasco moved ui to Parras and It Is now assumed, cu across irom mat point to San Pedrx where a general engagement Is re ported to have been fought las night. What happened after the cllmai of the battle last night Is left tc conjecture. It Is assumed that th< Federals withdrew one of their ear Her positions and that sides are witt their wounded and dead. "Recommended to Mopey.'' Abbeville Medium. Remnrkably few ex<^ntions foi murder are witnessed i^South Carolina. Even where the "evidence appears to be conclusive, the Jury usually brings In a v^WIct with a "recommendation tc^nercy." A noted cas^^n point has Just occurred in Laurens. A prominent citizen was alone In his country home. He was called to the door and shot, ^ and then his head was brushed with v an axe; and the house was burnod over the dead body. Robbery was the motive, and was carried out. Three negroes were arrested, charged w,lth the crime. One confessed on the/Wltness stand, telling the horrlh/e details of the plot of the rourdw. The Jury found a verdict of "gullFjr" but with a recommendation to n$rcy." We cannot understand It. Either a foul murder as committed, oi the accused men were Innocent oflcrime. There Is no possibility of extejluat'ng circumstances. The self-7111 Tossed conspirator either told the 'truth, or he lied. The Jury either believer him or disbelieved Mm. The oo-consplrator was either a redhanded murderer or he was not gultty at all. We cannot ^ understand how a man of ordinary In telllgence could find a verdict which is a compromise with truth and Intelligence. The law provides death as penalty for murder. That George F Voung was murdered is a fact beyond niies* tlon. The accused Laurens negroes j were either guilty, or not guilty. But ^sentiment gained control of sense; p*nd a verdict which is a reproach to decency was brought In. We cannot ^understand It . Ifcf ? ' ' " 1 - Awaits Orders. t lloanoke Times. I Y Thirty-eight years ago a white i man wearing a red shirt, riding with t his company from a Democrat;-- rally ; I at Edgefield Court House, S. C.. was s stricken suddenly through his tern- t ?n pies. Ho lay stretched dead on the ( red and muddy clay road the (lark j red blood and oozing of his brains , spreading slowly, his ghastly and ^ sightless eyes answering back to the ( flickering stars, his lips open and f teeth shining in the horrible grin of , s- . - unearea ior neain. Shooting was going on. Inexoerlenced white boys and vo?M?g men ie were lying in the cotton rows potter. iiiK away with hevolvers and the negroes up ;he 1.ill were hanging l :??:'? r" with Springfield lies. That time no 10 white man wis a'lowe i to be a nii'ic tinman. A'l tue rilles and a invinije tion w- re \ n th ? ? - 1 11 Jo the x * f e 1) > 1 they could. r* Cauie to the place where the dead ie man la/ red 1 lit and w!'.>' hi? ihi.s -? 1 ! face and star'ng ar ! v?l tn'h some c 40 o." ?n 11 (' them old and 14 tried u' 1 *e I .*? e e? \"t ?n wh o had rlldei leh I t s? ant H< hpeli - a and --a;, an I ' ?.' or 1g halted a* c en.esc t f-.i fa ir, ois v ' mou:K. .' ill ? va 1' ? fence ra d e some authoritative voice. Then said n somebody else, with a hard and I strong call: "This man has been kills ed because he was a white man and 0 1,1 wore a red shirt. Get over the fence s e- men, and do some kiling because poo- c >f pie aren't white!' Keens of men dug hard into the r " flanks and shoulder^ horses. Grid- a le reins were pulled tight and bits 11 "e were lifted and pulled up. which 0 1- the horses rejoice because they knew 0 the men on them were about to do ' jj something. A horse and a dog alike are glad to die with a man who is 11 carrying them somewhere and get- ' 'e tins at definite results. t :> Then came driving ont, full speed, \ l- good horse driven through the dark a li to his hardest pace a big cavalryman cloak and cape stretched by the rush n of his ride. Wade ITapton. Every 0 1- body knew him at sight. It was nat- s is ural for the old cavalrymen to f ie know him while bullets were singing t through the air. li 'Stop, men," he said, "Orders n from headquarters?order from New v k York There must he no killing now. v e Those orders came from Gov. Tilden, then Democratic nominee for a president. The men ?n the saddles, t lust gathering their horses to Jump J1 the partly thrown fence, saluted. "As 11 ? you say. general." r- "Bout face! to the rear: March!" " J said somebody behind, mixing infan- a try and cavalry tatlcs so far as is ^ known, no Confederate cavlry officre r " ever was taught how to Instruct his ? n men to retreat; and this man gatherit ed what he had heard from infantry 'p ,i drills. Obedient to the orders of n some authority the cavlary turned a and rode away, leaving the dead man - as he lay. <>. Two years after, on a little ship t e rolling on the horribly monotonous r waves under the equater with not a J, breath of wind of stir her sails, be- li " claimed hopelessly and with negroes p l" dying and being thrown overboard. 1 because there wr,s the deadly ship * . fever, two or three a day, a b!g yellow negro named Buoy, who had g been probate ludcre of Erlfoflom ' county, lay on a dock from the pine n plmika of which the burning sun and a t the heat of the night was drawing c the resin In big lumps. Ho said a ne- n gro named Robertson an ex-convlct J y but a member of a mlllta company, f r as the mllltla then existed, no white g a man In the South boing eligible to n membership under Prosldent Grant. 2 had used his rifle, with which then A 9 S J JIJI{ansDrinl~ ^0 Jl (Venturis Drink- ^ <$ verybodys Onnk 0^ 1 A \ /igorously good J delicious. Th f and refreshing. I The national 1 . % ?and yo Demand the genuine b Nickname* encourage THE COCA-COLA < WWw Atlanta. G* you *ee an Arrow think of Coca - Cola. I T1IK LANCASTER NT >nly the negro militia were tru The white people were forced t< >end on what pistols tliev could md what rifles they could smi hrough. Robertson used the ind ammunition Riven him by date. He took careful aim as lie he probate judge, and fired str; roin a rest on the prong of a roe. Into the head of the white vearing a red shirt. And the cavalrymen, at the < >f CJen. Hampton, and through rom the leader of their party ai heir destiny as a people. ot O.. ?-l - ?vnl|Il,T. till niMMIMI we oncy III Mexican situation. Our own opii nay not accord. Wo may thinl ) real dent and secretary of statt vrong. Hut we have elected jresident and made him sup uler. He is the lei.der of our c rv and of the party to which mo ise owe allegiance. Tlie Ttoa rimes has very strongly restned esisted the administration Me; lolicv. We have thought it weak nadequate. Yet we are ready to ind follow faithfully and lo vhatever central government lecree. That teaching from men Jen. Leo and Gen. Hampton give pert for law, and order and lience to authority and the cli ;overnment of the people for \\ re should have hao unfailing r< nee. Health Status of the Negro The health status of the neg if vital interest to every white on and to every individual ot iwn race. It is widely known that the d ate among people of this rat hnormally high. The cause is fi lot in climatic or general sail onditions, hin the negro's ignor if simple laws of health and in nsanitary surroundings for whir limself is largely responsible. These defects can he rentedi he first by instruction: the r.e >y enforcement of sanitary re) ions especially those which rela rater supply and sewarge disp pplied not to the negro tenant r ?ut the white landlord as wel. The widespread misappreher xisting as to the healthfulness o outh is due largely to dlstc acts. Morbidity among negroes icularly is evaggerated. The S las nothing to lose by publicity make evident conditions as they rill Inspire confidence and bring iction to the fair minded. To Institute measures for thr dlcatlon of any sanitary evil ii pingent and a civic obligat nornvrr, It implies economic rof light. Rut atack on any defer he social body to be effective 1 ?e made a concerted movemen 11 Interested. To this end, T^oulslana f loard of Health believes It time all a conference of health and icatlonal leaders throughout iouth that agreement may be rc d concerning Immediate, prac measures for betterment of h< mong negroes. The meeting will be held In )rleans April 24th 25th. Fas he Mississippi a rate of one dus 25c from all points has ranted: west of Mississippi the s 4c a mile round trip. Hotels :iven 25c reduction. Account lealth week, tickets on sale 1 teturn limit, April 27th. iprlng laxative and lllood Cleat Flush out the accumulated nd poisons of the winter mon leanse your stomachJllver and ieya of all Impurities. Take ting's New Life Pills; nothing b( or purifying the blood. Mild, nping laxative, cures constlpat Hakes you (eel fine. Tako no o :5c at your Druggist. Buck Lrn'cr. Salve for hurts. J / ? and keenly tirst-quenching 5WS. APRIL 21, 1014. sUMi "DAGO FRANK'S I buv CONF] igglo ri fit? : ( unman l>eclare8 ltoser night ,'tr ^as ? < ? plno Fight, man Albany. Special to >rder Record April 15.?Ward* him, 0f sing Sing prison made I 'eyed inK statoment giving "Dial this confession in full: lions "About 8 o'clock Sunday t the sen burg (Lefty Louie) as] * fLPQ the 8ave (Dago) Frank, sayii reme nothing to do with the sh oun- was not there. I went over s( of |.*rank why be did not tell "and ii(> roplfe<l that he knew dean going on, but was not then and shooting took place. I advii o1"Jv tell the whole story. He Vnav would kill his b like asked him whom lie meant s re- He replied that there were oho- New York he could name oson hich 1 don't care about myself it ever- ily I care for." "I caused Frank Cirofl brought from the conden ,10 js house to the principal keej per- about 4 o'clock Monday mc his made the flowing, anion ! statements, Jn the presence <r> js I'rlncipali Keeper Mclnernc nund chaplain,Mils mother and s itarv "They urged him to tell aVr truth." He hesitated and i the h ho "I don't want to make ment for the public. I do in 0(^ myself, but I do fear for ?ula- s'slor replied: 'Don't have te to for us. we will take care of osal. God will protect us." done "His mother and sister ision to urRe '1'm ^ell ^ie 1 f the said: 'I did not do the sho irted men who fired the shots > Par* "Louie* and Vallon. I was , rpn away at the time. So far t are Decker had nothing to do con- case. It was a gambler's fl "He mentioned several i er, jn- Rambling houses and said Lion: story Shapiro told to Com fore. Dougherty was true, lie sr 1 ?[ some lle>s on the stand to must t alibi for the rest of the testimony about the co State with Rose in the car on down\tfas not true. T was tho Webber's when arrangem ach- inade^I did not know* just tlcal arrangemCTits were. Iikne \alth |ng was comin? off. I'did New 'Louie' pack the trunk, a t of on the stand. There Were g -fare j)Ut not the one they used.' 'When asked how he c havo Information, he said: 'I of hoys talking about it sine L7th. here." "The conversation then other matters not directly user. wj^ itosenjhal murje raste mitted his knowledge of ai iths; pating in the preparations kid- murder hut denied his pros the actual murder was con non '.Ion; Reflections on Spri ther. Abbeville Tress and Ilann len 8 Editors are human, thr never grow old. When the "voice of thf heard In the land"; when leaves adorn all natuie wit i nes symbolic of the dawr | when the plowman turns t 8 receive the plating; when ? tie browse on tlie new gr; nature is a medly full of si sounds pleasing to the sc editor renews his youth, r spnllmmil il I" >.i" 4 .......wn in urn nature a prose poetry on his rea<I? Ing hack to that period in all men feel the woolr "Muse," even If they can n< f thoughts rythmically Into nels of written expression, becomes a child again. Spring isi youth's season. Spring thq/young man's ft ly turns to thoughts of lovi L who will hold the editor A j counting if those little recej I heart, that have been undei A the cares and responslblllt A break forth as a hud In tl Special Hosjery C Ounranteed Wear-Fiver Ho Men And Women I<adiee ft Offer. ft For Limited Time Only? Six pair of our finest 35 ; ladles' ruiriint?>H v. K , tan colors with'' written g B I for $1. and 5c/ stamps foi SPECIAL OFFER FOR B' For a limited time, only. 0 of our finest 3W-VaTTie\ Qi B I Hose with written guarant pair of our well known Mr J dike Garters .for one dollar, ' stamps for postage. I rYou know these howa^W thtyfest when all others tm glya real foot comfort. TM) I wttiDq to rfp. They nefei {and baggy as the shape istcr " pressed In. They are Guafa; i fineness, for style, for supe: ' material and workmanship, ly stainless and to wear si: without holes, or a new pat ! . . Don't delay wend In your fore offer expires. Give cor WEAR-EVER HOSIERY C< Dayton, Ohio. ? ?? ? I ? ?? I " time. lie lives again with liis little Foi 71 r?r<tXT friends of bygone days, lie wades The< llOOlV/il .1 . t i .i (JkO the stream again chasing the mill- ' , Mnin now from haunt to haunt. He wan- tads itlial Mur- ''Rrs a8ain through meadow and over __ mblers* rugged hills picking the first wild tlOWers. And nnrliotvo l.? 1? ? T " % ,a .10 ic< Ull)? HOW XJd'l timidly ho slipped his Moral gleauColumbia ings to an even more timid little nn Clancy companion, who in turn concealed the follow- them to escape the ridicule of the ;o Frank's older despots of the school Who Lv. 1 would not revert to those days of in- Lv. ] night Ho- nocent childhood?the Spring time of Lv. ked me to life? Hut nature lias a more serious ,jVA r ig he had mission for this recurring season, noting; he Out of the cold bleak winter season i,v. ( and asked vegetation emerges as if from the Lv. the truth, grave. It is a renewal of life, that ',Vwhat was makes man forget his failures, and ^r" j > when the turn with hope invigorated to the Cc sed nim to prospects of the new year. It is the ern, said if he how of promise to the farmer, and to wes^' PC rother. 1 men of the varied industries and paip by 'they.' professions that are depended on the La 50 men in fruits of his labor. It is the anchor . He said,'to which, by analogy, the mini 's my fain- clings to explain the mysteries of res urrection. ci to bo lined cell SPRING SYMPTOMS. wj per's office irning lie *s,ow crocus and arbutus, spring's K other precocious firstlings blow, of myself "lo restauranteur stings us for ,v " the succulent shad roe. ister: the \\hol?> Now %v<i read ..10 rosy tidings of our said: ball team's southern trip, any state- Am' ?,,r manager is telling how we'll W at fear for w'n the championship, you." His > any fear Now the incubator's setting, and we L ourselves. watch it night and morn. While we're at the same old game of 21 continued counting chicks before the- m truth. He born. otlng. The Now the small boys of the village ai vere 'Gyp' congregate In noisy groups, five miles Very busy, in succession, with their ^ ts I know. marbles, tops and hoop.3. n) i with the ght." Now wq 1. ave homo In the rooming, ^ raids on bright, g( 1 that the And 11 halls, snow blows a blizzard imossioner an(l clears off before the night. P ild: I told prove an Now the farmer, jocund, joyous, hies boys. The him fleldward with his plow nversation Leaves his house all topsy turvy to the way his renovating frau. al In Hridgle ^ ents were Now we live on turnip salad, cress what the and fodder of that silk; w someth- On the fence the carpetes flutter and pot see the garlic's in the milk. s testified uns there. In tlie spring the young man lightly makes a bunch of florl3t debts \j ained this While his best girl wears six dollar IT. heard the worth ow hothouse violets, e I was Now the streets with noisy children related to overflow from morn till dark connected And the highbred Pomeranian has r. lie ad- his airing in the par!:. id partlolt for the '*>' which- symptoms, signs ami won- ^ ence when ?lors is made extremely |Qatl( imitted." clear, housi _ Spring, with her ethereal mildness, Th Iir snows, etcetera, is here. feels looki er ?Thomas Lomax Hunter. agair ough they Insincere. stanc i turtle Is Greenville Piedmont. \ the green The worl(1 aayR 11 admires a man be ai Lli 1 frest w'10 *ias couraK? of his convic- elude i of time* tions, who dares to stand up squarely a tea the sod to for what ho thlnka is rIKht* regard- /N1 less of whether or not he Is with the lazy cat- majority. But is the world sincere |jme fuss; when in that praise? Judging by the abuse nghts and heaped upon Clark. Underwood and f, Kitchen, because they would not sub ' ' ' mit to being herded like slioep by evives the president Wilson having the courage nd inflicts of one's convictions is only admired ?ra. Hark- 'n the abstract. No ... , Clark, Underwood and Kitchen are 6th, ' all Southern men. They were light- itnni. ig of the , , , f ?? i i"K Democracy a hat_tlo? - 1.1. ii BCh0olmaster president in tho classic flc'ato the chan- shades of Princeton was inquiring If Certi the man something dignified could not be jts cs done to knock Bryan into a cocked 30th, .. hat. They fought Democracy's batn 1 ties so well that the Democrats made La mcy light Clark Speaker of the House and a." There would have mode him President but to an ac- for Aryan's support of the m.'.n who . ! , wanted him knocked into a cocked SO ' ? hat; made ITnderwood majority leadr cover oj* pr; a post he filled better than It Pi y of life, has been filled In many years; and he Spring make Kitchen Underwood's successor as leader, unless they turn on pASS 1 him now because he has the courage )ffer of his convictions. Tn A few years ago most Southern Nf> ^ . papers would as soon have quoted s ery. ,r SaUm with approval as to republish J special with endorsement the editorial ut- No- j terancos of The New York World. . I and yet lots of them are now re-1 * c.. ^ printing and endorsing The World's No- * -Joff t ?r scurrilous attacks upon the three ,uaran . greates Southern Democrats, who ] 1 offended only in keeping faith 1 No. * MEN. with the voters who put the Demo- 1 , ^ ! cats Jn power because they thought j Tni uaranteed | the Democrats could be relied upon No. J iPs apara& to ****** platform promises. ^ ' and 6 : Mo The heavy storms In soutehrn a ley stood California during the past rainy sea- No. 1 led. They son wiped out many miles of trails 1: ' have no in the national forests of that part 1 r loose of tho state. They ere now being No. 1 lit in. not rebuilt for the coming sum^r, for use 1 nteed for in fire protection. They are also of N. rlority of great use to tourists, campers, and lished absolute- prospectors. not g x month* i , to pas lr free Norway han 144 tree planting socle order he- ties. The first was founded In 1900, T rect slate, and since then 26 million trees have 01IPANY been planted, more than 2 million \ having been set out last year. ... * smfei,.usuali' k 7 Weakness aiul Loss of Appetite 51(1 Stmularl jemta! Ktrrn^thcniiiK toilic, VlfS TASTKI.KSS chill '1 ?N1C. drives out ria nnil builds up the system. A true tonic ure Appetizer. I or adults tud children. 50c. icaster & Chester Ry. Co. iedule In Effect Nov. 9th. 1913.. Eastern Time. / WESTBOUND Lancaster 6 : 00a?3 :1 Bp Port x^awn 6:3 Oa?3 : B Bp Bascom>Uk5 6:47 a?4 :16p RIchburg. >s 6 : 58a?4 : 8Op Chester. . . A. . . . . 7 : 4 Oa. . 6:1 Bp E ASTIIOUND. Chester /. . . . 9:30a?6:4Bp Rlchburg. . / 10:20a?7:27p Bi'- comvlllel. . . . 10:31a?7 :38p Port Lawn. .V. ..11:03a?7:6.5p .ancaster. . . .11:3 <?a?8:2 Bp muectlons?Chapter, with South~eab"ard and clirollna .1 Northern Railways, y ?rt Lawn, with Seaboard Air Lln? vay. mcaster, with Southern Railway. A. P. McLURE, Supt. oung Ladies L J [ :t reafly for the tomato ub that Lancaster county ill hae before long. We will haver to arrive in ancaster onrTuesday, the Lst of Ahnl. J 0.000 omato Plants, frost proof id all kinds. I Send in iur orders eaifiy. Have " aw on hand 20]fr6Q early fakefield Cabbage Plants, end in your orders for otato Plants at once if au want your order filled, fill have Nancy Halls to -rive about the 25th of lis m Yours for business, ======= lackorell's Grocery i Teachers Examination. ie next regnlar teacher's examon will tf held at the courte on Frilay, May 1st. ie countj^board of education that the school children are ng to them lor protection ist Incompetent teachers. We , therefore, de/ided to raise the lard of efficiency of teaching by icrmitting any one to teach with lualifying legally/NNo claim will ^proved for a teacher which lnis the salary of onft who has not cher certificate. 1 I who expect to teach the next >1 session will be given an optnity to qualify at the above V. A. LINGLE. Notice. tlce Is hereby given that on May 1914. I will apply to the Farmere & TrusVcompanv. Lancaster H >r the issuance of a now certli of stock thenctn. In place of flcato No. 58 tSx Ten Shares of iptal stock ls8ued>V> me on July 11)10, which hasY>een lost. J. W. FUNCTJRBURKncaster, S. C., March 31, 1914. ITTHERN RAILWAY. rem I or Carrier of the Ho nth. ienoer Chain schedules. kins arrive Lancaster from: 118?Yorkvl/e, Rock Hill and ntermediatft stations 8:31 a. m. 113?Chariton, Columbia and ntermediate\ stations 19:88 ^ i. m. \ 14?Marlon, vlacksburg. Charotte and lntarrm*ilate station a 1:35 p. m. \ 17?Columbia,iKlngsvtlle and n termed late stations, 7:48 p. m. tins leave Lancaster for: 18?Klngville.Vcolumbla aad n termed late stations, 8:31 a. m. 118-?Rock Hill, Blaeksburg, rlen, Charlotte and lntarmedlato tations, 10:05 a. m. 14?Klngvllle, Columbia, Chareston and Intermediate stations, :S5 p. m. 17?Rock Hill, York villa and ntermedlate stations, 7:48 p. m B.?Schedule figures are pubas information only and are uaranteed. For Information as isenger fares, etc., call on w. B. CAUTTIRN, AkohU V. E. McGEE, A. O. P. A., Columbia. C V. H. CAFFEY, D. P. A., Charloaton, d. y, ? . ... ^