The Anderson Daily Intelligencer, 1914-06-02

DY THE EVIDENT STUBBORN STUBBORNNESS - NESS STUBBORNNESS OF THE CON CONSTITUTIONALIST - STITUTIONALIST CONSTITUTIONALIST HITCH SOMEWHERE Although Everything Seems To Be Moving Slowly But Surely To a Peace Protocol (Hy Associated Press.) | Washington, .lun?. I.-?Aim ricin del delegates - egates delegates to the Mexi an mediation con conference - ference conference at Niagara Palls ?vre in fro froi|ii< - i|ii< froi|ii< nt communication today v.itli C:e Washington government In relation, it I is said, to the hitch in the negotiation:; which ha? nilsen'since tho hole was w::t. last week to thc mediators out outlining - lining outlining thc position ol' the constitution constitutionalists. - alists. constitutionalists. It ftirt'HT was reported that the mutter ot recognizing or rejecting lt !>;.'srntathe.; of t e constitutional constitutionalists - ists constitutionalists as participants in tho peace con coni>it'nce - i>it'nce coni>it'nce now was fina roly up to the mediators themselves. 11 WM si slut?.i nere thai General Hu Huerta's - erta's Huerta's representatives had regarded the ?.? rolopliieut with a 'legre o!" raver as inii! -ating hope for future i jaei. Their determination to leave the matter ?o thc uiediniors. ii was asserted, was reached ir :' e Mexican dnlcga?c3 rn th.p day (hat Mr. rniuidt. representing Rafael Zuburnn, arrived from Wash Washington - ington Washington with the Carranza note. Thai .luslice Lamar and Mr. Leh Lehmann - mann Lehmann have beun urging recognition cf 'arraa/a : crnel ?nore apparent thin iver in Washington tonight. Late last night, a long communication was ad addressed - dressed addressed to the American commission commissioner - er commissioner from tin? state department after a conference between President Wilson and f.ccrelaiy Bryan. Alter they '.arl received it, other communications passed between them and the Wash Washington - ington Washington government. President Wilson -personally sent mesanges to ills rep representatives - resentatives representatives the nature of whidi was. ht'.?:? iu\i?o^etHet?e^reonntr?n"c?.>'Y'^ .'.still fol lo wu closely his policy of nl nllenco - lenco nllenco regarding thc mediation pro-cod pro-codings. - ings. pro-codings. "Is mediation progressing satisfac satisfactorily?" - torily?" satisfactorily?" Secretary Bryan was asked. \ "lt can be said that the conference j lu .regressing satisfactorily," lie s:;id, wit'i a smile. Whether ni fdiaticn will come lo naught in ..ase tho South American j envoys should determine to reject all proposals for enlarging th<_. scope of Hie conference as Include representa-j lives of the Mexican revolutionists wan the uppcimoKt subject of discussion I here today. Many held that the Huer Huerta's - ta's Huerta's representativos would be adhered and tltat tho l ulled Stales would then await developments in Mexico. Others inclined to the view thal the constitutionalists would proceed with I increased vigor to the physical over overthrow - throw overthrow of thc Huerta regime capture the government at Mexico City and then protest there? was nothing to med mediate. - iate. mediate. Some deiinite announcement from the mediators regarding the problem ls expected hero hourly. Representa Representatives - tives Representatives of th.? Constitutionalists confer conferred - red conferred again during the day. They insistf -I that no news hail been ! received to altor their position. A Mansi?n Burned. Windsor, England, June I.-Fire | which the police say wa? started by ] suffragettes, today destroyed a maa- i sion near here. The house was form-1 orly the resldenc of the Due!*ass of Sutherland,. . Gen. Carran* In An Impu (By Associated Press) 131 Paso Tex., lune 1.-A senii-offi senii-official - cial senii-official statement from General Carran Carranza's - za's Carranza's headquarters at Durango, erltl- , cizlng the actions-of tho "A. B. C." mediators at N'iagara Falls, and an announcement from General Villa re reiterating - iterating reiterating his allegiance as a miltary leader to Carranza, wore the devel developments - opments developments toduy of the Mexican sltua sltuaClty - Clty sltuaClty from. Torreon on his way from rion here. Villa arrived at Chihuahua .laure/.. Carranza waa reported as having begun preparations to move hy way of Torre?n to Saltillo where he will perfect his provisional govern government - ment government was OBtabllshed several days ago. Was addressed to the press of the press of the United Stales with a note to tlie effect that lt had official sanc sanction, - tion, sanction, although lt was not a formal dec declaration. - laration. declaration. The telegram. In part, fol follows: - lows: follows: "The dominant sentiment of the con constitutionalists - stitutionalists constitutionalists regarding the proceed proceedings - ings proceedings of the mediation commission at N'iagara Falls 1B one of astonishment that there should be such an apparent lack of understanding on thc part of that body, not only with regard to con conditions - ditions conditions in Mexico, but as to the atti attitude - tude attitude of the constitutionalists regard regarding - ing regarding tho mediators. Thin lack of under -

MAY LEGALIZE LABOR UNIONS ACTION OF HOUSE OF REP REPRESENTATIVES - RESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES ON THE WEBB BILL HAS NO OPPOSITION Would End thc Sherman Law Provision Making a Labor Union a Trust Washington .Jone l.- Trade unions and farmers' unions would bu spiclfi spiclficaily - caily spiclficaily legalized in their existence and declared not lo be combinations of re restraint - straint restraint of trade by a paragraph which the house today incorporated in the (.'layton hill to supplement the anti antitrust - trust antitrust laws. Although it is decided only toclari toclarify - fy toclarify existing law, organized labor lead leaders - ers leaders say the final passage of this amendment will mark the culmination <?f a fight waged by them for four fourteen - teen fourteen years- since the passage of the Sherman anti-trust law for exemption from prosecution under the laws against monopolies and restraint of 1 trade. On a vote to perfect the labor j provision the house WUP recorded 207 for and none against. As adbpted the provision declares i that "nothing-in the anti-trust law shall he construed to forbid tlie ex exI - I exI latence or operation" of labor unions I rr farmers' co-operative assoc iations, j cer to forbid or restrain members of I such organizations form "carrying out j the legitimate objects thereof." Sup SupI - I SupI plomcntal lo this provision. Hie house I adopted an amendment proposed-ety j Representative Webb, in charge of this bill, and agreed on hy organized labor j representatives, which would provide i that thees organizations shall not be I 'hold or construed to be illegal coin coin! - ! coin! binations or conspiracies in restrain! of trade under the anti-trust laws." Progrersive Leader Murdock timi others asserted that it would be years b^f?rtiHhe i?'Uits would define finally just how far the exemption went and what it meant. FIM'M'H CARIN KT OJIiS Will Assign Reason* In tm tWIiclul Stuti inenl Saturday. Paris, .Tune 1.-The French cabinet under Hie premiership of Gnston Dou Doumprgitc - mprgitc Doumprgitc '?US decided to resign. The resolution wcss reached at a 'ahthet council today. The cabinet will meei tomorrow to draft a sta tomeo t explaining thc rea reasons - sons reasons for tts retirement. Hnroruing Scenes. Quebec, June 1.-The work of Iden Identifying - tifying Identifying the bodies of the vic Hms of the Empress of Ireland disaster, began Immediately after the bodies were landed. The most important of tho identifications made to date was that of thc body of Hie late ?lr Henry Se Seton-Karr. - ton-Karr. Seton-Karr. the big game hunter. Many borrowing scenes were witnessed in the temporary morgue as relatives or friends found persons for whom they were seeking. lias retarded growth somewhat :inil cool weather has caused poor germina germination. - tion. germination. Much replanting lias been neces necessary. - sary. necessary. Tho report adds: "The rains teem to have ceased in most portions of the state and great activity is now being witnessed in all the affected cotton area. Lahor seems ample, and if : nish i ne will prevail for a week or ten days, the crop -eau be well cleaned." Good Crop Tn G'enrtriu, The early planted cotton in Georgia, "consisting of probably eighty per cent of the total acreage," ls reported lu good condition. "A Email portion of the crop ia not up, and will not come up until it raiiiB." adds the report. The Georgia crop is estimated to he about a week late. ' In North Carolina the crop is ubotit two weeks late, due to dry. cool weath weather. - er. weather. The carly planted cotton, how however, - ever, however, is reported as in "almost perfect condition." Dry weather is hold responsible for tho backwardness of the crop In South Carolina, where "probably twenty per cent" ls reported as not up to stand. Dry winds have, necessitated much re replanting, - planting, replanting, and rain is needed to germi germinate - nate germinate the late planted seeds. "The cot cotton - ton cotton standing is in almost perfect con condition." - dition." condition." say the report. ? Louisiana conditions are ?tr-lured to be "too wet or too dry, but generally the crop is satisfactory." Some lat? planted seed ls not. up,and the crop averages about two weeks late, in increasing - creasing increasing danger from boll weevil. "Southwestern Arkansas," says the roport, "has had entirely too much rain. The fields in that section are foul with grass and weeds, and a por portion - tion portion of the crop ia .up, and ''tho plant is .perhaps only half as large as ll should be at this time, it .lacks vigor, the color. 'being rather poor." Some flections of Florida have suf suffered - fered suffered poor stands account of tho dry weather, but plants are well cultivat cultivated. - ed. cultivated.

IS jp OFF BIG SLUMP is REPORTED FROM TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA OTHERS NOT SO BAD Georgia Shows a Good Crop Pros Pros, - , Pros, peet But Texas' Big Yield Is a ' a Sockdolager Washington, .lune l. Comparison:! of conditions on May liv slates fol follow - low follow : States |!H I i<i]:i 10-vr. av. Sf, s:i Virginio.x:1. >.i North Carolina . .. .7'! ITO South Carolina .T_' GS 7.< Georgia.Kit t? ? KO ! Florida.S J s i Alabama .sr. 7", xv Mississippi.S7 SI 7'.i Louisiana.82 Si Ts Texas.?!."> 8-1 81 Arkansas.7'.? HS so Tennessee .so S7 S'2 Missouri.80 in? s:? Oklahoma.cs S7 ss1 California.Ititi ?u? - ? Washington, Juno 1.-The condition of tho cotton crop ot thc country is lowes! since 1871, with C?e exception of 1903 and 1007, thc department of vgrioulturo announced tod:i>. lt is issued - sued issued statistics showing the condition ou May L'.'i as 74.H per cent of a nor- ' nial, or seven per cent below the ten1 , year average. Thc low condition of the crop, it 1 was said, was due largely to excC3 excC3j - j excC3j sive ruins and exceptionally cool nights in central and northeastern Texas, eastern and southern Oklaho Oklahoma, - ma, Oklahoma, and southwestern Arkansas, which brought the condition percentage in thoto nie tes down to ?i>, 68 and 79 re respectively. - spectively. respectively. In Texas many farmers were obliged to replant several tim times. - es. times. ' \JA, ^ tc,.^ . v?r - ?ir &tmm?^'ll^'^erf?^ planted to cotton will be made by the depart department - ment department until'July 31. Unouicial estimat estimates - es estimates of tile acreage have placed it from :(..". pur cent decrease to 1 per cent lu lucrase. - crase. lucrase. j Ina detailed review of the conditions i In the cotton states, the department I makes favorable report on thc prng prng! - ! prng! ress of the crop in thc heavy produc produci - i produci iag sections of Mississippi and parts I of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Georgia, Ar Arj - j Arj kansas and Alabamu. in Texas. say?s j the statement, cotton is muking one I of the poorest starts witnessed in I many vea rs. I ' Weill Ju Mississippi i T!ie Mississippi crop is probably ten ', or twelve days late. There is some j complaint of weevils. But "taking the state as a whole," the department says. I "conditions are excellent In parts of Oklahoma. dppart dppart] - ] dppart] ment says, tho crop wll; vertigo as j much as ? weeks late. whKu loo much j rain in lower se '110118 lias prevented cultivation: In semi-urld regions, however, the crop is declared to be in excellent condition. Willie the crop i.-? ?'eclurcd to be ten ' days to two weeks late In Alabama, I general conditions of cultivation are regarded as excellent. Cool weather 1 has restarted gro'wth somewhat and ! weevils are active in thc southwestern j portion of the state, i Hy far the most promsi?g conditions to be found in Texas, sa j's the report, are In the northwest,. where "rains have given tho best asset of moisture in six or eight years." In th?, greater part of the state, however, excessive a Sarcastic dent Message standin., is not confined to the com commissioners - missioners commissioners tremselves, but s?ems to ba srared by a large oortlon of the Amer American - ican American prees as -veil as by the govern government. - ment. government. "Judging from what has been pub publisred - lisred publisred from day to day the mediators appear to consider General Carranza and his followers as negligible quan quantity, - tity, quantity, scarcely worthy of attention, ajad rivery conclusion the commission may who, perforce., must agree to whnt whntreach. - reach. whntreach. They do not seem to be aware nf thc fact that the constltutlonal??ts are conquerors, that they have Innn Innngusrated - gusrated Innngusrated and carried ul mopt to suc successful - cessful successful completion a revolution, and ?'thereat of the world- Recent success I that this means the establishment o' ? a governmnt nt it ld to rcognttion by of the constitutionalist army, and oth others - ers others aro imminent, arc conclusion proof that the power of Huerta is practically ended. His troops will not fight. They either run away or oin their opponent?? with every sign of willingness. "All that.prevents the constitution constitutionalists - alists constitutionalists from entering Mexico City ls the physical obstacle of thc destruction of tho railroads. With communication restored which is being accomplished with rapidity, th? army woulU. bein Mexico City in less than a wet!

HUERTA HIKES ! IS THEREPORT SAID TO BE ON HIS WAY FROM MEX IC CAPITAL | TO THE COAST j HIS WIFE HAS GONE i Such Is the Statement That Has Reached Vera Cruz-Ships Acted Somewhat Strange (Hy Associated Press) Ver? Cruz. June l. 'oineldoiil ivit'i thu sailing ol' lim Hamburg-American steamer Vpirauga from here late to today, - day, today, persistent rumor-, originating in Mexico City and brought hero by refu refugees, - gees, refugees, were circulated that Senora Hu Huerta - erta Huerta and her four sons wer.' aboard Hie siiip. Til.,. Vpirauga cleared fur Kn Knrope - rope Knrope by way of Havana. As she !..!'! fae harbor the Herman cruiser Dres Dresden - den Dresden unexpectedly hauled u;> anchor and followed to sue. There h no means to verify thc report or to gul a posi positive - tive positive denial. A similar report of u more vague na - ture war-- in circulation Saturday, but this the chip's ollifers and agents de denied. - nied. denied. There was an element M mystery, however, in uh', ht locked staterooms, ^originally reserved ior Dr. Drruita. the 'former minister bf interior, which were not othrwhie dlsposd.. ol nitliongn lie had proceeded to th? United .States. Accordtig to the reports in Mexico City, Senora Huerta and her sons went to Puerto Mexico several days ugo on a spe Mal train escorted by palace guards, boarded the Vi Irunga Hier" und rciuaind in seclusion during the .t Mimer's stay in this port. lt wu's reported also from the capi capital - tal capital that Senora Huerta drew from the bunk one million pesos before she started. Still' unother report from the d?pi d?pitai - tai d?pitai had it that President Huerta him himself - self himself had loft for Puerto Mexico several days ago in a sleeping ear. with train loads of the 2!Hh Infantry ahead and behind. Refugees declare that they pushed a train nf this nature this morning on the way from Mexico City and noied that more than KOO soldiers of the 29th infantry were aboard. These report? are generally discred discredited - ited discredited here bul are viewed as ?bowing a general belief in l':.. capital that Hu Huerta - erta Huerta may depart secretly at any mo moment. - ment. moment. VOLCANO IN CALI t'? KM A Tlie First Lruptioii In Seventy Years. lt I? Said. (Dy Associated Press) Redding. Cal, June I.-Mount Las Lassen, - sen, Lassen, a latent colcairn, of the Cascado runge erupted for 18 hours beginning Saturday, throwing out smoke, steam, rocke and volcanic ash. Tonight the mountain again was quiet. An expe expedition - dition expedition will go to Hie peak tomorrow to nee if a new crater has been formed. The outbreak is thc first recorded lu California in seventy yours and the first of any Importance In two hun hundred - dred hundred years, although the Lassen vol volcanic, - canic, volcanic, revlon is a' the western edge of a lava field reaching as far east as Montuna and contains many craters. W J Ruskiug. forester supervisor at M?H ml, is inclined to believe that an active g? yser suddenly had devel developed, - oped, developed, ile raid his subordinates, who reported Hie eruption had seen no fire although the disturbance lusted a whole night The smoke and stca*.i roi cum Ire j-ald, rose about 200 fee. Creer? Buys ?lg Hunt*. Washington, June 1.- The senate late today amended the naval appro appropriation - priation appropriation bill so as to authorize the sale of the battleships Idaho and Mls Mls?reece - ?reece Mls?reece is understood to bo thc pros prosern - ern prosern dreadnought with the money. Orcece is understood to be the proos proospecrive - pecrive proospecrive purchaser. Premium $2 And A Now Orleans, June 1.-The price of cotton advanced nearly two dollars a bale today on buying Induced by bullish expectations regarding gov govern - ern govern riment's condition report in Ut? early trading and later by tho report itself, the figures 74.8, being well un under - der under trade opinions. It was ono of the. most active ses sessions - sions sessions in several months with a large volume of orders coming from out outside - side outside interests. New York Kxfited. New York. June 1.-Notwithstand 1.-Notwithstanding - ing 1.-Notwithstanding tho big advance of the past twe or three weeks, still higher prfcei wcro established In tho cotton markel after tho publication of the govern government - ment government crop report today, with Octoboi and December contracts selling alum

BUT NO "NEWS" THAT IS THE REPORT RE RECEIVED - CEIVED RECEIVED FROM COLUMBIA LAST NIGHT NO WITHDRAWALS ;That Ia About All That Can Be Gathered From the Meeting At Capital Monday In view ol' iii? published statements ' in ibis paper hu t week from "Sin "Sini - i "Sini hail." a elose Friend of Senator Mc McI - I McI Lu ll ri ii. to ilw ..iii et that there woutd ! he sume kind of ea neus or conference among Ulcuse li adera in Columbia this week. The 1 n I ol 1 igoneer made in in<iuir> - <iuir> in<iuir> ol Columbia last night and was informed thai Lhere was no news, ll was stilted thul there are about i 50 known Iliense leaders in Columbia, ' hui they deny being in any confer conference, - ence, conference, yani .1. Nieholls, at Sparlan Sparlanburg, - burg, Sparlanburg, Sunday told tome Anderson friends thal he waa going lo such a caucus in Columbia today, and it has been I ul ked openly in Columbia. ll is reported that .John Richardo I ir one of the candidates for governor j who attended the conference. Tim supporters of Senator Met.auria have I resented Richards' trying to nose him out. and it ir. said thal there ts eomo had feeling over this proposition. There have been rumors that Gov. Uleaso la being urged to make tho face for governor, for tho sentiment seems lo be growing? that hts party will have a hard time to elect n gov governor - ernor governor out of the present mlxup un unless - less unless several candidates voluntarily withdraw. lt is also rumored that Dominick land Goo. Hell Tim merman have been urged to run. One rumor had ?it that Senator Clifton, of Sumter, might get into the rp.ee. The whole matter is greatly muddled. One thing ls expected' out of Co Columbia, - lumbia, Columbia, if the conference ?ho?ld, bo held, and that ia somo statement ur, to the enrollment of voters. About all that could he learned from Columbia last night was that there seemed to he a good deal of soreness on the part of friends of some candi candidate: - date: candidate: for governor because those can candidates - didates candidates had been asked to stand asido tu make way for others. Just how much accuracy there ls in the rumors leonid not he learned last oisht. CUMMINS mu INARKI) - ) I Thc Senatorial Race lu lojwa IA NOW Lined l p. < I Des Moines. Iowa. June ...-Senator j Albert ll. Cummins today,'was nomi nominal - nal nominal ed for re-election to'-Hie United I Stales senate by about 4O.U00 Over A. . lc. Savage, according ti estimates ! hared on early returns tonight from the primary election. Congressman Connolly apparently il created E. T. Meredith b> 20.000 tor the democratic senatorial i omi nation. lo O O o O I? o o o -o o o O ( o o o o o lo i . V Vo - o Vo SAVE? 418 o O -?f O o Montreal. June i.-Tho latest o o lists furnished by the Can'.dian p> o Pacific Railway indicato tht'. a ? o total of 961) persons perished )n~ o o the wreck of the Km press of o . o Ireland. The saved number 418. o o The tabulation follows: o o First cabin : o o Passengers carried 87. o o Passengers' ?aved 325. o o Passengers lost C5. o o Second and third class, (of o o whom 153 were second class:) o o Passengers carried, 868. o i o Passengers.saved 18. ' o 'o Passengers lost 688. o i o Crew: o ? o Carried 432. o ? o Saved 206. ' O o Lost 226. O o O o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o oe o o Per Bale ll Cotton Sold . 13 Cents for the'lirst time thia season, The. pr?vate 'reports of last weale week had prepared the irade for an unfavorable showing, but the actual . statement indicating a condition ot only 74.3 per cent as of May 25th, proved even more bullish than an anti; - ti; anti; ?patrd. and eventually brought, lu , buying orders from all directions/ ; ; .Reactions of 10 or 12 pointe foti lowed under heavy profits, takings Very bullish opinions were expressed on tl.? basis'of. tho ocean i on ni condi condition - tion condition report, indicating that tho start; of the crop was fully six per cont un? ? der the average.,and with.but two es es. - . es. ce pt lons the most unfavorable . rc-' i ported for-tho past 20 years, while L buyors pointed out that weather con- " - dillons have remained unfavorable} ? over a good part of tho belt since th*! t government d?tu were compiled, j

CLOSING FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT WINTHROP Mock Commencement Causes Much Fun-President's Recep Reception - tion Reception to Senior Class Rock Hill. Jun?.' 1.-"Coming events oust their shadow.- before," 'tl? said, and it' thc success of tho "mock com commencement*' - mencement*' commencement*' hold at Winthrop College Friday evening presages success, then Winthrop's ending; festivities for 1914, will break the record. This was a benefit afluir for the Winthrop annual and was greatly enjoyed, Certain prom ?neut personages who have spok spoken - en spoken in the auditorium were mimicked lo perfection in the various "address "addresses" - es" "addresses" made. In tho delivery of diplo diplomas - mas diplomas the degrees of li. P. O. E., R. P. D., C. O. D.. R. S. V. P., and others were conferred, some of them only af after - ter after streuuops objection on the part of some of thr quondam Pincers and fac faculty - ulty faculty members. Tho whole affair was curried off in the l>est spirit und was very clever indeed. Tito president's reception to the senior class an uffair of the com commencement - mencement commencement season which is looked forward to with delightful anticipa anticipation, - tion, anticipation, was given Friday evening at their home on thc campus by president and Mrs. Johnson. All things proved fav favorable - orable favorable and the affair was a most plea pleasant - sant pleasant one The home wus decorated in Hie clnss colors, yellow and blue, and brown-eyed susans were every everywhere - where everywhere in evidence, while six juniors in yellow and white served the refresh refreshments. - ments. refreshments. Miss Witheis. Mr?. Funk Funkhouse. - house. Funkhouse. Miss Chamberlaync and rrof. Thomson met the guests at the door; Mirres Marcum and Duntz presided at the punch bowl and Misses White Whitemore, - more, Whitemore, Patten and .Means in Hie dining hall. Receiving with President and Mrs. Johnson were several members of the faculty and officers of ihm Col College - lege College and the class officers: Mi ,s Ella EllaWllket*. - Wllket*. EllaWllket*. president; -Miss Virginia Tay Taylor, - lor, Taylor, vice president; Miss Frances Marshall, secretary; Miss Mary Mon Mondcnhnll. - dcnhnll. Mondcnhnll. treasurer: MIXERS wtx orr Owners Will Have to Collect Ours For The. Cnlons-. , Charleston, W. Va., June 1.-Yield 1.-Yielding - ing 1.-Yielding to the contention of the miners that the operating companies should collect tho union dues of thc United Mine Workers of Arl.erica, a number of coal companies operating on Paint Crack today signed a working agreement and reduced tho number of idle miners from 12,000 to approximately 8,u00. I At other points in Uto Kanawha coal field formal settlement was expected before the end of the week.

BLE?SE WON'T LET SOLDIERS ENCAMP Says It Is Inopportune Time For Guard to Leave State*---Cor State*---Correspondence - respondence State*---Correspondence in Case Columbia, June l. dov. Blouse luis refused to allow lb? South Carolina troops to participate in thu encamp encampment - ment encampment of the ninth divh ion at Augus Augusta. - ta. Augusta. Chi., assigning as a reason that in view of the Mexican ululation he does not think tile I roo ps should leave the state. He promises that if the peace conference results : atisfactorily hu will take the matter up for further consideration. The decision was made known in a letter from the gov governor - ernor governor to the adjutant general. "The reasons you assign for refus refusing - ing refusing to allow the National Guard to participate in these instructions are not well founded." rays Adjl. Gen. Moore, in a letter replying to Gov. lltcaae. He pointa out that the mili militia - tia militia could he transported to the mobil I tat ion camp at Camp Wilie Jones in tlve hours if war breaks out wita Mexico, and could be more quickly mobilized than if they were at their home stations. Ile asks the govern governor - or governor lo reconsider his decision ana per permit - mit permit the troops to go to Augusta. Get. UleuseV Letter. The following ls a copy o fthe let letter - ter letter received hy Adit. Gen. Moore from Gov. Blcaso: "I am in receipt of a communication from you, transmitting communica communication - tion communication signeil W. A. Simpson, requesting information regarding the Joint en encampment - campment encampment of instruction lo he hold near Augusta. Ga., for the troops ot the ninth militia division from July 10 to August 12. 11)14. inclusive. You request me to advise yon at once whether il ir my intention to have the National Guard of this state partici participate - pate participate In these instructions on the dales mentioned. In reply I beg to say that in view of the present Mexican sit na nation - tion nation I do not think the Smith Carolina troops should leave the state to parti participate - cipate participate lu (his encampment. If the peace conference now being held should result satisfactorily I wil then take the matter up for further consid consideration." - eration." consideration." The communication was signed by the governor as commander-in-clilel of the National Guard. Following is Adjt. Gen. Moore's re ply: "I beg to acknowledge receipt ol your letter of May 2?. in reply to In Indorsement - dorsement Indorsement noon letter from the com commanding - manding commanding officer of the department ol thc cast, rennes ting Information as tc whether you proposed to have the Na National - tional National Guard of this state particip?t' (Continued on Tage Seven.)

AFTER MAIN LINES FOR ELECTRIC CITY Chamber of Commerce Makes Appeal to the Management of thc Southern To Consider this City In Plans For Double Track From Greenvil le To Atlanta Havin? understood (hal Ibu directors of Hu* Southern Railway are I?) meet in Washington toda\ ?or ihe purpose of formulating philis relative to double-tracking tia' road from Greenville lo Gainesville, Hie Anderson Chamber ol Commerce took sleps yesterday lo have 'Anderson's claims to the main line considered, ll is believed thal a line from Greenville to Anderson and un tc Allanta would lie a shorter route, or certainly as short, as Hit* system followed by the route now and it is-a known fact that a road from Greenville and on lo Atlanta via Anderson would bc a paying proposition fer the railroad. If Anderson'has ii chance to demonstrate her willingness to furnish business for th? road and an opportunity toplace her oiler be before - fore before the railroad directors il is believed'that plans can be made by which the route will be diverted and come to this city. I The following isa telegram sent hst night by Secretary Whitley, to Presiden' Fairfax jrUirrison of the Southern Kailway: Hon. Fairfax Harrison, President Southern Railway, Washington, D. C. Understanding that the Board of Directors of thc Southern Rail Railway - way Railway meets in Washington today to consider the double-tracking of your Ime from Greenville to Gainesville, wc would beg to call your attention to great and attractive possibilities in building this line by way of Anderson, which will cost less, get more business and give this city a through tine.. Anderson will assist to her means in the matter and is ready to send f delegation to see you?x your directors either now or at any time, ror the purpose jfi going into the matter more fully. This proposition, offers many various inducements over double doubletracking - tracking doubletracking the present Ikje, also Anderson stands ready at any time to render assistance in extension of Blue Ridge railroad through the mountains.. Please wire reply. Anderson Chamber of Commerce, ll is believed that; the railroad officiais will look with favor upon Anderson's proposition and that they will at least give this city a chance to show what the proposition means. g gT&ey - T&ey gT&ey Will Get the Money. Atlanta, Ga., Jiiije i.--The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line railroad, leased by the Southern Kailway, today applied t a the Georgia1 Kailway Commission {j&x?tfor permission to issue, $20,000,000 thirty years, five per cent bonds. The amount of s5,5oo,ooo ?s desired for use in retiring a like amount of outstanding bonds. The remaining s 14,500,000 is asked, as needed for use in double-tracking the lines of the company and making terminal improvements.