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| *' " V0U >rE ln' M MBER 3S- " ~ ^^TTT^Arm ?, l91, TWICE A WEEK, ?? A TBI,. A COiUMBIA EDITOR HELD K UNDER BOND OF $5,000 Bff IMAK(iKI) WITH LI3IKL 4 Editor Columbia Record Arrested in WI+ii \ j kT> (;(jj I VillllTIIUi! linn .wi.i.* K tea so. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia. April 23.?Two warrants were today served upon James H. Moore, edi'or of tiie Columbia Record, charging him with the offense of originating, uttering, circulating and publishing slanderous and libelous matter in regard to Governor Blease. The warrants were sworn out by Mr. W. Frank Blackburn, stenograpner m the governor's office, on information and belief. \ The first warrant is based upon an f article appearing in the editorial columns of the Columbia Record on April 16, under the heading, "McLaurin Sins Against the Light," in W wihich the Record said that "he (speakr ' ing of Senator McLaurin), with apparent frankness, made confession in th* columns of the Record some \ % months ago of his mistakes and rededicated himself to the service of his Stare and her best interests; armed k with this high purpose, which he further and formally enunciated at the P well-known dinner he gave to GoverL nor ^ease and the governor's politi-, cal lieutenants;" the affidavit in the warrant changing "that the statement that McLaurin paid for saM dinner is wilfully and maliciously false," the af7 fidavit going on in the words of the libel statute of 1912 to charge, that said statement "was originated, u: 'icreu, cinjuiaucu auu puunsucu ?itxi intent to injure the reputation perr sonal and political of the said Cole. L. Blease." The second warrant is based upon an editorial appearing in the Colum; 1 bia Record of April 21, under th? heading, "How The Encampment. Was Lost.*' In this edi:orial it was stated that ":he (speaking of Governor Blease) has been abusing and denouncing the Democratic administration at Washington ever since it came into office." The affidavit in the warrant alleges, however, "the entire arr tide being slanderous and containing malicious false statements." The Columbia Record of yesterday afternoon published a card from Gov- | ' ernor Blease, as follows: April 21, 1914. Editor The Columbia Record, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: As a usual thing. I do noi pay any attention to editorials, and I -rvrm'M nnt nuv attpnHnn tr? vnnrc nf this date, ordinarily, but I now demand of you, without equivocation on your par:, to furnish proof of the following statement contained in your editorial of this date, headed, "How The Encampment Was Lost": "As a matter of fac:, he (speaking of Governor Blease) 'has been abusing and denouncing the Democratic administration at (Washington ever j since it came into office." That statement is a malicious lie, artd T Homflnd nf von vonr nroof Very respectfully, Cole. L. Blease. Wjt In reply to this card, the Record Br published an editorial of a column and a half in length, under the heading, "'Proof' Asked By Governor Blease.v j Following the publication of this j editorial the warrants were placed in I the hands of Sheriff McCain this morning Thev were issued bv Magistrate H. F. Buechel upon the affidavi:, as stated, of Mr. Blackburn. Upon t'.:e warrant based upon me statement as to the dinner, the names of the following witnesses appear: Governor Cole. L. Blease, Senator Jno. L. McLaurin, Mr. Jno. J. Cain, owner of the Jefferson hotel, where the din? ? A A ATT Iier w ?as> given, n.ssiou<a.nl General Fred. H. Dominick, and Private Secretary Jno. K. Aull. Upon the other warrant the names r of the following witnesses appear: Governor Blease, Private Secretary Aull, Mr. W. F. Caldwell, Columbia correspondent of ;he News and Courier and other newspapers, and Col. Lean M. Green, Columbia correspond i?.itest \V;ir .Vmvn. ? * Special to Tae ii raid and -W\v>. Columbia. April !o. President - 1 ; * Wilson lias placed an embargo on * t..e shipment <U' all arms into* j * .Mexico I'r m the I'nited S ates. J * 1 is reported irom .Mexico City * that mobs l' Mexicans are flock- / ; - ? * i g into t.e city and are attack- * ing a-1 Am -rlcans, though the re- * * por lacks conti:mauon. Presi- * * dent Wilson and Secretary IJryan * t and 'he cabinet are in constant * j * consultation over the situation. r> * Xo reliable iul'ormati 11 has been s>, * received but i is stated that the v\ * two factions in Mexico are prob- ' * ably negotiating in order to unite their forces against the Ameri- <5> | i ^ cans. <$ <$> <$> <?> 3> 3> ^ <?> ^ <$><$> ? $ <?> <? <$ OLD 3IA\ AND THE HOiiSE Sot Exactly On Equaritj As Wornout Workers. Atlanta Journal. An old man found himself out of work and homeless. He fiad been onl ya common laborer, and had always lived in the city, ! ir /.not oil ho r>r\1llH OHl'TI Ifl ' ?? UC1 t 1'. VUO C (AAA WV44U VM - W j live?and so now on a bright summer i day he had lost his place, because he j was considered too old to be a safe J night watchman. So he bought himself a lunch to carry in a paper bag, and he started to walk away from the city?which no longer held anything for him. He walked and walked until he was 1 I in a great pasture, where he saw an 1 old black horse eating grass content-! edly. "My! that old horse looks fat and happy?and he is in no danger of < starving as I am." exclaimed the old man. "I believe I'll go and talk with him." ' I He started toward the old black horse, whose hair was turning to a rusty brown now where it wasn't grayish in spots, and this surprising dialogue took place: "Hnw ?ro vr?n inv frc?5r? rl ns'k'pH the old man. "Very fine, my friend," replied the old black horse. . They stood looking at each other a moment. The old black horse noted :hat the old man appeared very; .ii'ed, and so he said: "Why don't you lie down on the grass and rest?'' j "Oh they would arrest me for tres-1; pass, for I have no job; I am a tramp." replied tfae old man. "Why, I don't work, either," said i the old black horse. j 1 "Ynn don't work! pxrlaimeri l-hp ] old man. i "No, my master said: "He's too 1 old to work; lets turn him out in the': big pasture to end his days in peace.' j Didn't you work for someone all of * your life?'' asked the old black ' .horse with great interest. "Forty years for one big corpora- , tion/' was the reply. "What's a corporation?" asked the < horse. ] j "Oh, it's a company, a big concern, j where the common workers like me * don't ever see the big boss, and if they i < do see him they dare not speak to him," Explained the old man. I ( "Well, well," said the old black'( horse, "men are our masters, and I J supposed they were a great deal better oft' than horses." : 1 The old horse looked up at the * sky which was blue, flecked with11 some fleecy clouds, and he looked 1 iaw me sneci duiii io sneiter nun wnen it rained. a:id then he walked a few . 1 st ps to where the green grass was : taller and sweeter. "But, anyhow," ] he s oppea to say, "men have t heaven ' < :o go to after t'ley die." ent of *he Charlotte Observer and oth- < er newspapers. ; The warrant was served this morn- ^ ing by Deputy Sheriff Heise and Mr. ? Moore was bound over to appear be- ? fore the circuit court and was granted bail by Magis'.rate Buecael in. the sua! 1 of $5,000. Mr. Mx>re furnished bond < signed by W. W. Ball, editor Coium- ! bia State and Col. August Kohn, man- : ager C-'olumbia bureau News and i Courier. I i THE STATE HOOPS ARE READY I'Oli Ei?Ru?NC* rJiKIWKEi) FOR \>V <"Ai-I- MAM ITOX TH KM. Ti'cir Scrufc^i ;?{ the ( onnsiaiN! o Their Stilts and the Nation in The Present ( risis. Special t J Th Herald and News. Columbia, April 23.?The war ex citement 111 South Carolina has beei evidenced almost every minute dur ing each day in the governor's cffic< by teleg'ams. special delivery le.ters telephone messages, and other communications from officers and others onering ineir services m tuuucuuui with t'he Mexican situation. Tin South Carolina National Guard is ready and anxious to go, if the nec.essi:y should arise, and if the cal should be made. The colonel of om regiment, with the permission of the governor, wired direct to the war department offering the services of his regiment. The two other regiment; have volunteered their services to the governor, and most of the captains oi rhp various eomnanies 'have individual ly wired the governor expressing the willingness and the desire of theii companies to be among the first wher the call is made, if it should be. In addition 10 telegrams and other communications from the regularly organized State troops, the governor has been tendered the services ol many others, some of whom have heretofore seen service, and several requsts for the mustering in of ne'w companies have been received. The telegram of the governor tc l p a T*r?if Qf of AC lilt? presiuexi i ui uic staging that the South Carolina troops and as many other men as might be needed, were ready to defend the United States, and were prepared anc willing to obey any orders that President Wilson, as president, might issue; t'.iat they would go to Mexico oi elsewhere a: once, if needed, and thai he governor himself would go at the head of the South Carolina troop* whenever the call was made, has already been published in full in The Herald and News. SEWS FROM ST. PAIL. Preaching at St. Philips?Fork School To Close?Sew Road to St. Pauls. Personal. Special to T'he Herald and News. St. Paul, April 23.?Rev. A. G. Voigt D. D., dean of the Lutheran Theological seminary, of Columbia, was with us last Sunday, assisting in the communion and preaching an excellent sermon and making an address interesting to all. It being one of the all day service held here each year. There was a good congregation present, the weather and the roads being ?ood and not much sickness around. Our pastor announces that there will be preaching at St. Philips next Friday at 3:30 o'clock and that on the following Sunday there will be all day services at that church, with preaching by the Rev. P. D. Risinger, of Lexng:on. It will be a communion occasion. Dinner will be had at the church as usual cn such occasions. \tv c at ricpr nf the Anderson :ity schools, spent the Easter holidays with his brother, the Rev. Y. von A Riser. Mr. W. B. Kinard went down to Columbia Wednesday night cn account di the dea'.h of his brother, Mr. A. C. [\inard, who died in Columbia Wednesday morning. Miss Helen Kibler is visiting the tamiy of Mr. J. B. Livingstone. Misses Beulah von Avalee a:;d Annie Livingstone, spent Saturday and Sunlay or' last week with Mr. Drayton Wicker's family. The Luther league will meet in the ihurola the first Sunday night in May it which time Mr. W. H. Hunt, or *\ewberry, will be presen: and deliver an iddress. Mr. Hunt is one of our ablest speakers. Fork school near here, taught by Miss Beulah Vann will close on Friday with exercises by the school on Saturday night to which the public is most cordially invited. Music will oe furnished by Dr. J. Roy Johnson, J. a. Bundrick and Jason Ringer. There is .some talk of a ..e\v road 1 being opened up by th- old Airll place j J which, if do:;e, wili be of great cuii | wni^ee o a part of Lie St. Paul v a- ' j gregation, and help t ic coataiuuitv. ] One ' hing we would suggest, have the V . , 1 rnti Ml- Miwl 1 '-i I > r nil }i in*! !lli ! I ii! itter it' ;i little fariluv.- as that is a i very . illy sec ion. Tli y will have t.) (!:> like they do in the moniliasis. Why i people in the old lime around here i ! g* norally laid, out til ir road along i somebody's line of fence and straight - ii]i the steep hills we could not un- j 1 derstand. There is one man who is -; very much interested in good road ;1 and a man who is scientific at th*>! J j , j head of the proposi.ion mentioned j . : nhnvo \'nw wp arp eoin<r to look to i i 1 , j him to have some good engineering 1 j done, else tho road proposed will not i j be of much service. 5 J The grain crop in this section is looking very promising, especially the 1 .cats. The wheat looks a little yellow I | as if it might have t'he rust, although 1 we 'hope it is caused by the rainy weather. The farmers are very bad behind i with their work, but have been making' ! ereat headwav his week. f Drift. | }f THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. ' 1 The Social Calendar Has Interesting Events?^Valley R;rm* to be Presented fov Local Talent. i Special to The Herald and News. Prosperity, April 23.?;l\liss Maud Livingston has gone to Spartanburg t'j visit 'her mother. j Mrs. G. Y. Hunter spent Thursday in ; Columbia. __ .1 ' Miss Elizabeth Hawkins closes Her; ' school at Monticello Friday and will1 ' I then be home for :he summer vaca- \ *; tion. v I ' 1 Mrs. .J. I). Quattlebaum has gone to I the Columbia hosTpital for treatment. ' . She was accompanied :o Columbia by . ! Mr. Quattlebaum and Dr. 0. B. Simpi son. r i i .Mrs. Rosa Lester has returned from . > I i ' a slur: visit to Columbia. > ! j Mr. T. P. Wise, of Americas, Ga., i was the guest Wednesday of Mrs. F. > J J | K. Schumpert. f | Thi following visited Parr Shoals i ! Tuesday: Messrs. P. B. Mitchell, Ellis ' i Wheeler, Camel Lake, 1. IS Miller, Roy | Fellers, W. H. Caldwell, B. B. Hair and [ . C. H. X. Brown. Rev. C. H. Xabors goes to Laurens , J Fr iday where he will give a lecture in j j tile A. R. P. church en itled "The Land ' of Sacred Stories." (j Mr. B. T. Gibson, of McFeats Busi- j . | ness college is home for the summer ' I on account of ill health. I Mrs. Oiin Bc-bb lias been called to j j her home in Columbia on account of, ' her mother. . I 1 1 j Mesdames Pinner, Setzler, Aull, Hent, and Mr. Reiser, of Pomaria, were J shoppers here Wednesday. Mr. and Mr*;. J. A. Baker are visit- , I ing in Columbia. | Mr. W. E. Moseley has returned from a business trip to Newberry. Messrs. P. C. Singley, H. J. Rawl, J.; A. Coun s, H. P. Wicker and J. D. \ I Hunt went to Leesville and Batesburg < . to inspect the electric light plants,' . as Prosperity is considering installing ] ! one here. T-ie social calendar for the next two t weeks is full of interesting events. On Friday evening, April 24, Mrs. Corrie ; ,Mc Waters is giving an at home to. j Miss Virginia Beal, designer in the . J millinery department of Moseley Bros. ( The invitations number 2Z all among Prosperity's younger set. There will be bridge and cards after which will be served an ice course by Misses , Marguerite Wise and Elizabeth Mcj Waters. Prosperity's social leaders , j are an icipating the event with much . i interest. On F: iday evening Mar 1. the Drama 1 ( league here will present a rural come dy drama entitled, "Valley Farm," a ! . play in four acts by Arthur Lewis j 1 Lubbs. The rehearsals are progress- i; ing rapidly under the direction of Mr. j, Vernon Wallace, of New York, who is j, laying off here prior to his summer j ( season in stock at Charlotte, N. C.,!, where he is a prime favorite as lead- . ing man. The players having been selected with much care as to types and j. faces. The comedy element being |, characters drawn and copied from the !, characters seen about Pros-perity dur-!ing the cotton season i " I - - I Carranza Ohjt O^Shaughne MAY INVOLVE ALTERATION IN FLANS FOR REPRISALS I'KOTKST A(i AIM ST THE SEIZIKE OF VERA ( HI /. Restoration of Embargo on Anns Sug?*esied as (*ood Measure to Meet Rebel Leader's Demand. Washington, April 23.?Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the American charge at Mexico City, has been handed his ico nnrfo Kt- n on Unorto onH ic nr?>?. ]'?lOO|^Ui to UJ VJV^IX. iiugi WU, UtlU AO f * v paring to leave Mexico City. Washington. April 23.?Gen. Carranza.'s note to President Wilson declaring the seizure of Vera Cruz by American forces a violation of the national sovereignty oi' Mexico, inviting the I'nited States to suspend hostile operations and withdraw its forces, and suggesting that the constitutionalist government should receive demands lor reparation of offenses committed by Huerta stirred the Mexican situation to a new and acute crisis tiris morning. Opposition to the American government s acJon, coming from an unexm-p.rpri Quarter after tne Washington administration had hoped for an attitude of neutrality from the constitutionalists, brought the -gtKerhitient' lace 10 face with possible hostility 110111 the great body of Mexican forces lying in proximity to the southern border of the'Tnited States. Secreta: y Bryan received the Carranza note at his home just before midnight. He did i.o: comment on it. Secretary garrison ana assis ant Secretaiy lireckenridge, who were waiting at tile war department, were given copies oi' t'ae message, Secretary Tumulty, wao had L>6en asleep, hurried to the war deparmiciu and Maj. Wothe: .spoon, chief of s alt of the army, was summoned to join the conference. President Wilson was awakened about 1:3U o'clock and talked over the telephone with Secretary Tumulty, wjo was a: the secretary of war's of* nee. Gen. Wo:herspoon positively declines to discuss the subject of the embargo on arms. He said no orders r'..r the movement of troops had been issued yet but that the border forces might be s:rengthened at several points pauicularly along the Imperial) valley. In this valley is located a great government irrigation project. It was reported about t'he sta".e, war and navy departments that word had come of several large shipments of arms nearing the border for the constitutionalisms and that the army officers desired the embargo restored before morning. None of the officials who participated in the conference would talk, a id it soon became apparent that no announcement would be made tonight. At 2:45 o'clock the lights were extinguished in the White House offices which had been alive with officials and clerks for hours. A few minutes later Secretary Gai rison and Secretary Tumuiiy ieu ui? conference, entered a waiting automobile and drove away. As Gen. Wotherspoon and Mr. Breckenriage left, the general stoppod in the telegraph room. Rumors of a possible restoration oi the embargo on arms, current during | ;he day, were revived last night, and \ it was believed this was the subject ; of the war department conference. j While Mexican constitutionalist rep-, r-sentatives here professed to see a tone of friendliness in Carranza's note, its biun: request for tie withdrawal v* fhp American forces from Ve'ra; Cruz and its virtual demand for rec- j Dgnition of the rebels injected phases ; ?vhich made administration officials manifestly uneasy. ' Plans thus far made by the army I and navy board to force Huerta's! apology bad contemplated no ' move 1 along the American border. The! ('CONTINUED ON PAGE 5.) j ?cts Landing; ssy to Get Out COMPLETES CAPTURE (yr nirvirju. crtnADT vr iujuAivfiii jtaruai I'MTKI) STATES FORCE TAKES WHOLE CITY. i I Six Dead and 30 Wounded?Advance j Cutler Hot Fire?Mexican Authorities Flee in Haste. Vera Cruz, April 22.?Six Americana killed and about 30 wounded marked the complete investment of Vera Cruz at noon today by the United States. Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher has taken up headquarters at the Terminal hotel. The entire city is strongly patrolled and quiet prevailed tonigfUit. Rear Admiral Fletcher is in command o? the land operations, while Rear Admiral Badger, commander in chief of rhe Atlantic fleet, has brought his flag j into the harbor on the Minnesota. I After the general advance began I this morning, Mexican sharpshooters j on the roofs put up a stubborn resist| ance. There was one brisk action, I guns of the Prairie and Chester assistJ ing in silencing a heavy fire from the | naval college. Shells from the Praii -o?II? -i? ?-j 11^ I ne nnany suaueieu ius ?au?. The General Advance. Rear Admiral Fletcher at 8:30 o'clock this morning ordered a general movement for occupation of all the town. A bluejacket column advanced and passed the uncompleted market place and naval college. When they reached the wall of the college a terrific fire was poured in on them from roofs and windows. The- bluejackets, helpless to return the lire against the s one walls, scattered. 'i lie Prairie, Chester and San FranI cisco opened wit.i their five and six J inch guns and shattered the walls, j The bluejackets formed again and ad| vanced against the fire, whioii had i diminished. By 10 o'clock here was ' on y desultory nnng irom me msuorw i I -side o!' the tow3r. Bat alions of bluejacke.s had made their way along the waterfront to the southern end of the uwn and cleared se\eral streets, but the sniping from houses continued at intervals. The scout c'-uiser Ches:er pounded buildings on the outskirts with six inch shells, firing over the heads -of the men ashore and showing almos: perfect markmanship. The general movement from all the positions taken yesterday began in the ' direction of the main nlaza. ! Maries under Lieu;. Col. Wendell j C. Neville moved to the southward afong parallel stree.s towards the centre while marines commanded by Lieut. Commander Buchanan of the Florida and Lieut. Commander Arthur B. Keating of the Arkansas were ordereu from their positions east of the centre towards the plaza. ifush Three Blocks. Tiie two forces swung forward with ? f r% K1 A/*Vfl H rusu ivr it UlSldUtC U1 iHACTG V The machine gun and; rifle gun was supplemented by shell fire from the smaller guns of the Prairie and Chester. The snips' guns supported the movement of clearing roofs to the south and iast, occasionally dropping a shell a few hundreds yards in advance. Lieut. Commander Buchanan's men, under direct command of Lieut. Guy W. 0. Castle, who moved forward t to a position one block directly east o: the plaza, and other detaphments occupied positions to the north and west. Bo h marines aud bluejackets dragged light field pieces but there was little work for them. There was no organized resistance, but from the beginning of the ad vance a smart fire came from defenders on house tops, which invariably drew a merciless fire from the advancing parties. The machine guns sounded their "tap tap" in all quarters and American sharpshooters posted at street corners and other points cf vantage picked off at will any man wuo appeared to them to be acting suspiciously. The city, after a day and a nig'ht of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.)