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NEW SEMES, VOL. I, NO. 20. Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dolly, Jan. ill, 1914, TUESDA1|AND FRIDAY ANDERSON, S. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1 914. PRICE Si.50 THE YEAR, NAMED AS AS WIFE OF D COMMI > Charged With Firing Bullet Through Heart of Mrs. Louise Bailey NERVE FAILED AS JAIL DOORS CLOSE Assisted By Husband end Sheriff To top of Floor, Mrs: Car man Gives Way (By Associated Press) Freeport, N. Y., July S.-i^MrsV Flor ence Cnnklin Carman, wife of Dr. Ed win Carman*, was arrested today, ac cused of being the aasassln who a week ago last night murdered Mrs, Louise Bailey,-'wife' of a H?mpBt?ad manufacturer, - by firing a i bullet through' her lieart as she stood in the physician's office. Tonight Mrs. Carman, at whom the finger, of suspicion has pointed since tho discovery that she had Installed a telophonic Instrument In her hus band's ;offlco to hear conversations be tween him and his women patients, is in the Nassau county - jail "at Mineota: There she will remain until-' Monday"; . when sho again will, be examined by tho coroner, before, whtmi she pleaded not guilty when arraigned after her arrest In the room "wher"| iMrs. Bailey died. . V . Mrs. r-Carman's nervo is shattered. /When the' door pf the Mtneola Jail / 'closed behind her today she pulled her s V heavy veil from" her face and broke down. \ Her husband and the sherlft, / who-'tbpk* her in an" automobile from her home licre to tho Jail, assisted her to tho top floor of the building. , . ^Thp immediate ;eauBb ht Xa?i arrest rasche testimony . labi? eye witness of the crime. . Bard?s is nlso under lock and koy, detained as a material witness", - for his story is of such, importance that i the authorities feared that an attempt might be made to get him out of the jurisdiction of tho New York courts. , ' Bardes story', briefly'told, is this: At 7:30 o'clock on the night of the murder, Bardes said, h? determined to visit Dr. Carman to have him dress a minor Injury. He walked to the phy sician's home.' Arriving, h? decided he could dress the injury himself a';d thereby save a. doctor's fee. - So Ue walked past the house and then turned around td begin his journey home. At that Instant he heard an ex . plosion. Mo thought it was caused by an automobile tire, but When he look ed for the machine ho could not find iL. He looked toward the lawn at the side of- Dr. Carman's home. A wo man, tall, well hullt, hat less, wearing a light shirt waist -\nd a dark skirt, was moving ' awa^ from nn? of the windows at the slle of the physician's office toward the rear of the house. She was walking "In a hurry." the witness swore: '. Bordes was discovered yesterday. 11(8 story might still remain untold had he not mentioned it,' first to a wo man who telephoned the district at torney, and then to a priest he visited ' for advice. The priest urged Bar des to make bis story known. But be fore ah opportunity presented itself, he was taken into Custody by order ol the district attorney. Bardes testified today after Mrs Carman's 12-year-old daughter, Eliza beth, bed tried to strengthen her . mother's alibi, and representatives of the manufacturers of the telephonic Instrument told of selling the device to the physicjan's wife Sud of:1nstoll ing it in her home. ' Coroner...Norton, after, spending an hour studying-;.ihe testimony, wrote out his charge, Slating that he "does - on his oath any'that Louise .Bailey . came to her death by criminal means, by rearfbn of a bullet fired .Into her body with a roVolver held by Florence . Carman." Ile Vit en ordered Mrs. Car . man's arrest. -. George : Lievy, Mrsv Carman's counsel, telephoned Dr. Carman ol . this action, s ' - , Word was.sent to Mrs. Carman that ahe was abou?e to be . arrested and o few -Minutes later county officials en tered the physiclnn'B. office. Mrr." Car man. pale but - controlled, accompan ied by her husband, her attorney and i othor8 camo m a minute later. Cor . Tpner Norton,, for years, an'., intimate friend of the family, with tears in hie eyes, read his c'lirge and the war; rant ' of artwst > he had - signed. Mrs Carman stood erect facing him.. Be tween them,, on the floor, .was a dark stain , marking the. spot where Mrs Bailey died. "Are you inHty of this charge di hot guiltyV! ;s6ke.t an assistant dis trict attorney. '.*Nqt /guilty,"-answered -Mrs. Car man..-. ; -.> , v ' - ;. ! I'm sorry fp|ittd-tor~*~n>'heKan' tht (Cohtinued. Oh Page Four.) .. - : ' : EXPLORERS ARE PROBABLY LOST Eight Men Believed To Be Safe On Wrangle Island Re- - ported Dead u -??. . (By'Associated Press.) . Ottawa. Ont, July 8.?Eight mem-, hers of the-Stcfacaon Arctic expedl-i tlon, who were believed to bo- .ort; Wrangel Island off the coast of Alaska with the rest of the Karluk party' which was reported safe more than a month ago; <aro now thought to be lost, according to a report received today by Deputy Minister of Marine: Desbrrr.ta fron? Captain Bartlett in Nomo, Bartlett commanded the Kar iu*. j . The previous report- from which it Was inferred that the whole party had reached "Wrangel Island neglected to mention two parties -of four, which ' set ten days after the Karluk sank?\ one for Herald Isand and the other. for an unknown shore. . Neither of those parties had been, heard from. I The supporting 'party which ac-j companied ' the Drst party returned, una. repu non chai progress Had been ' stonped . by open water three miles frpm-sh?re. Pour mejt; were left with provisions on the edge of the ice wait-' lng for a chance to land. That.was! the last heard, from them. The four1 were: '. Officer Alexander Anderson,' of Ihverkeithlng, Fifeshlre, Scotlahd; I Second Officer Charles Bartlett, Sea-, man John Bredyand Seaman Archi-j bald King, all of Victoria, B. C. | The second party consisted of Henry Beucbat, of Paris, the anthropologist of the expedition, Alllster Forbes Mac-, kay, of Edinburgh, the surgeon of the expedition, <w.hc- accompanied Shaok-' letoh' pn^ono of his expeditions; L? ^urray./^^ojcBeld^. Ha.ntz^'.Engl?ud, Mbrris, ' &1ltrr> Th?s'i ptfrty was seen a week later by an exploring expedi tion from the main party, which re ported that Beucnat's . bands were frozen and he seemed to be in poor shape but that he refused offers of assistance and transportation hack to camp. That was the last heard of the second party. * On February 24 th? main party of fourteen white men and several Esquimaux left their camp at the scene of the wreck and set out for Wrangel Island, which they reached March 12 after a hard struggle. Cap tain Bartlett, with an Eskimo, left, seeking help, j He was subsequently picked up by the whaler Herman, -aptain Peterson, at Emma Harbor. I Bartlett is now at Nomo \ -tilting for the American revenue citi'ir Bear to take him with'supplies to Wrangel, Island. MAKES BROAD ASSERTION ..W JSC,. fiof~ on r<?jj* ..e *?jitj Small Area of Tuberculosis. , (By Associated Press.) - LeedK, England, July 8.?Sir Wil liam Osier today startled the huge audience attending the conference of! the' Association tor Prevention of | Consumption, by telling them Jhcy practically all had tuberculosis.. He said: "If,-with the aid of radium and a microscope, I could look at the chests of the ae-?ience I am address ing, in* 90 per cent of you I'd discover a small f?cus or area of tuberculosis. Sir.William demanded in the inter erets of the state, the rigid enforce ment of control over consumptives. MUST FACE TRIAL ON GRAVE CHARGE Mrs* Joe Johnson Committed To Jail Without Bond Charged With Murder $-?^' . ' (By Associated Press.) Raleigh. N. C, Juno 8.?At the pre liminary hearing before. Justice R. O. House nt Oak City, today, Mrs. Joe Johnson was committed to Jail with out bond, charged with the.murder of her husband, while out driving with him Saturday. Mrs..,Johnson clalmr that a shot from the roadside killed her husband.' The runaway .. horse ^and buggy in which ehe-was seated was stopped at a church nearby. Richard Manning, a farmer who was' about ' a hundred yards behind the couple when, the killing occurred, said he saw no one run from the roadside , despite the .fact that th? moon was shining. Throughout the hearing and since the arrest of Mrs. Johnson/, she has re mained perfectly 'cool, and her only concern has been for. '.' her ;f/rfant child. She is 2jJ -earn old aha ivory pretty. Her husband waa 24. The 'couple are said to have.been estra iged 'twice since they werO^married. PRES. WILSON ON BIG BUSINESS SUPPORTS HIS NOMINEES FOR FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD DEFENDS JONES Declares It Unfair To Regard Democratic Parity1 Enemy To Business (By Associated PreBP.) Washington. July 8.-rrDeclaring it would bs^uhfalr to regard the Demo cratic party as the enemy of. big bus- ! incse". President Wilson today gavc.J out ? statement in support of Paul Warburg, "df New York, and Thomas D."Jones-of Chicago^ -, his nominees | for the Federal reserve board. "It would be- particularly unfair to-the Democratic party and to the Benate itself to regard.it a* the en emy to big business; big or little. I am sure that it doeB'.not regard a| man as an object of suspicion mere ly because he has been connected with I great bustnerr enterprises. It also I knows that the business of the coun try has been chiefly promoted in the I recent years by the enterprises or-1 gahlzcd on a great scale and that the vast majority of men connected with .What we have come to call big busl Mot-v or?' honest, ?iitu? rupiauie anil patrlpttc. The country muy be cer tato that it is clear to members of the ; Senate as it is clear to all the thoughtful men that those who have ! tried to make big business what It ought to be, arc men to be encouraged and honored, whenever they respond without reserve to the call of public service. ' Prenldcnt Expresses Confidence . "I" predict with the greatest, confi dence that nothing done by the-Dem ocratic party majority of the senate j of the United States will bo of a sort to throw suspicion upon suclr men. Mr.- Jones, and Mr. Warburg in man- i Jl?#?ng;th?lr> willingness- and. .ability brgahizatfeh.- of . ? great reform which promises to be s'o'??r vlceSblo to the nation, are setting an example of patriotism and of . public spirit which the whole country ad mires. It is the obvious business of statesmanship at. this turning point in our development to recognize abil ity and character, wherever It may be displayed and imite every force for the upbuilding of legitimate business along the new lines are now clearly indicated for (he future." The president said today that he earnestly hoped Mr. Warburg would reconrldcr his decision not to accept | the nomination and that he was urg ing him to do so. He expressed con fidence that Mr: Jones would be con firmed. v> REPRESENTATIVES OF "BIG BUSINESS" Held Lengthy Talk With President ! Wilson?Trade Conditions Discussed -(By Associated Press.) Washington, July8.;? Repr?senta* fives of "big business" talked at length with President Wilson at the white house today about'the adminis tration's ahtl-trust program. Ten 'leading members of the Chicago Asso ciation of Commerce gave Mr. Wilson their ideas of proper trade concession and railroad securities hills, and as a result of the bills passed by the House end ponding in the senate may -be modified. " Both, the president and the business men gave out statements referring to the cordiality of.t?? meet ing.- ' - $S3g| ,| -.. As a direct result of the discussion! tho president late today telegraphed] to Representative' Covington, of:Mary land, who framed the houoo./trade' commission bill, asking him lo'return I to Washington to confer with' th?;ChJ. cago delegation. The president listened carefully and. Interposed some Ideas of his own. The question .of. business prosperity was mentioned In a general way, and af terward officials said' the- president had not-changed his- previously ex pressed opinion that conditions are growing: better. Proaident Wilson tomorrow. Will re-x celve-Henry Ford, tho millionaire sjt tomoblle manufacturer, o committee of Illinois hankers and members of the ' National Association of State Itnntr '{MjrterylsorS. TWO TA?DEVI^LE HOUSES ..--' ' ' ' _ Will Mo Subjected to Invext?gail?n of Magistrate. X V1 (8y Associated Press!) . Paris. July 8.?Two of the principal, vaudevllld houses In Paris will be subjected to au Investigation by a magistrate, tomorrow. It is charged that certain undraped scenes consti tute an offense against public decency and the managors. togeCuer with sev eral actresses, will be interrogated. INl?DIATION parties j?aj?not agree? h?rd tell the q^ome N'T TALK roper For Him Situation In iBy Asjiocgded Press.) Washington^lbfy S?Eord</r dls t ?a? CquBtitutiou iier informal pence Herta representa ed bcrc tonight. Luis Cabrera, the ronza ^epresenta sthing to say, but * t of the Constitu o whom the plan d been submitted aine from well in patebes statin alitts' would conferences,; itives. was,*c Rafael Zujjar most promina tive b here, hi word .w?p th tlonulitt \geji for conf?re: had dlssprovci formed foui ces, .Minister Najbp, b Argentina, the on ly; one of t.he mediator?; Ip Washington read the ?jspatiliegi With evident sur prir?. He Indicated that the modi ators would take no action until after the attitude olitd'o Constitutionalists was iear&ed oAcla?ly. Secretary Bry and said . tbat, it/would be Improper for him fa rti?-c??c?,4hs situation in aa vance of- the arrive 1 of Carranza's fornja} ^sw?r1.'tov-the pending pro posal. . . ' >". That.tut* -Constitutionalist leaders strongly oppose r*he ideu of peace con ferences did not':surprise oiiicials who have maiataiaed j,uwould be virtually impossible! t<* modtty the plan of Gu adaloupe,'the ; platform of the Consti tutionalist myv?nveiU. This plan de clares a nilJJtary'-gbvornmeiit shall be set up o?t?? Mexicq City Is conquered and thai' no ejection shall be held un til the coUntryi?s pacified by military rule* The preaent, purpose of the Const Hut ionallgtfc, . it la understood, Js. ^to ^ollo^^^tf^^^6STam to the lel [fahd -been :compoaedrwro^erifted toi- ^ day hyr agbhts of both, but there was Ian undertone oT comment, indicating that it was but a temporary truce The breab has had a disorganizing ef fect politically in the Constitutional ist rangB and ?vidences of it are now I manifest in Mexican circles here, j Reports from the border today said I one of the conditions of the agreement ! between. Carranza. and Villa was that Zuburan be retired from his post as I head of the Constitutionalists here. ; Zuburan and Cabrera have worked I hard to bring .about informal confer ences with the Huerta delegates. Despite the Carranza^Villa spilt, it is evident, one common purpose of all the Constitutionalists factions now seems to be to force the conquest of Mexico City-and rule the country by martial law. That neither the Uni ted States nor Argentina, Brazil or Chile would recognize a military gov ernment is'the opinion of many South American diplomats. In view of the lack of definite infor mation not only 00 tue v>?fT?iiitii-v 11- i la .agreement but the purposes of the Constitutionalist generals as to the peace conferences, a definite expres sion by the Washington government Is not likely for a few days. Should the Constitutionalists defi nitely reject parleys on the Internal question, the Niagara protocols be come nullified. Everything agreed to, thiere was conditioned on. the estab- ! lishmcnt of a provisional government | set up by two Mexican factions. It j Is believed that Hderta delegates in a few days will announce the posi tion of tho Hu _rta government and leave for Mexico. Whether mediation would termi nate then, ending the armistice be-1 tween American and ' Mexican forces | at Vera Crus Is another complication. The general impression is that the United States will continue to exert1 pressure to brhfg the factions into conferences and that In the meantime some arrangement with the Huerta government. for the maintenance of j the .military status quo at Vera Cruz | will be effected. .. Another l'hase Torreon, Mex., July 8.?Another j official explanation of what'has been agreed on at the Car run zu- Vi Ma con-1 fer?neo was not forthcoming today. The Carranza and Villa secretaries is sued the ' following statement; "The' conference betweon various delegates of the divisions of tho North and Northeast ended today with a re sult entirely satisfactory to tho Con stitutionalists movement and ! to the nation. Opporunely. the -public will be Informed of tne points tran-actei at the conference. The delegates met again today to j prepare tho rijporU on the truaa?iicns and it was understood/that one ?f the results of ti e conf?rence would' bo that: the three Constitutionalist, divis ions aooh would move on Mexico City. - Mexico City, July ^.?-Differences between the, United Stuf es and Mexico were the subject-of a report read be fore ccngress today by. Acting For eign Minister Roberto. Estera' RnlS? who declared the trouble betweon the countries was bound up- with the in POLLOCK MADE, BITTER SPEECH AT GOVERNOR YESTERDAY, ASKED AUDIENCE TO INSPECT CAMPAIGN OF 1880 Voters at Union Were Noisy and Made Things Unpleasant For Three Speakers (Special to Tho Intelligencer) Union. July 8.?Tho United StnteB senatorial meeting here today wob marked by a Beige of the most per sistent interrupt inns of speakers that has occurred since the campaign open ed. Three of the four speakers were subjected to grilling remarks by a small, but noisy group.that harangued the speakers and kept up a rapid fire throughout the apecchos of both Messrs. Jennings and Pollock and fur Into that of Scuutor Smith. For the first time tho governor's friends stayed today aftor the chief executive, who wus the first speaker, had finished. They heard Messrs Jen nings and Folluck apply the gaff to the record of the governor. Senator Smith, however, completely refrained from any discussion of the charges nroforr?d by tho governor nU? utterly ignored the governor's record. This is the second time that the senator has bad to face a hostile audience in the beginning and then cmergo In uu unimous chorus of pleas to colinue. Mr. Pollock added a feature when he held up for the audience to inspect the lied, Spread Eagle Republican ticket of the CJarfie|(l-A3*thMr cam paign of 1880. It contained the names of several ..egro republican electors from different districts of the state, and that of J. Preston Qlbson, a can didate from Marlboro county for the house of representatives, ''and ap pointed a member of the governor's staff." . Mr. Jennings launched into a vigor farmer, the question was asked:- "Are there any negroes over there?" "Oh, yes," the speaker replied, "Borne tho governor pardoned. One whipped -a little child to death, along with a lot of other." Governor Blease charged that the .new rules passed by the state demo cratic convention were made only to "deceive our crowd. Tho rules are wrong." he continued," otherwise they would not be defending them." When the governor defended his don record on the petition plea one enthusiastic fellow told the speaker, "You haven't pardoned them alt yet. Open the doors and turn them all out." Tho speaker assured the audience that as long as petitions properly signed and properly drawn up come In par dons would be granted. FATAL ACCIDENT IN CALIFORNIA Auto Runs Wild Down Maun tain - side, Plunges Into River Causing Death (By Associated Press.) Kennett, Cal, July 8.?Mrs. Eliza beth Webber, of .Berkeley, Cal., was drowned today at the end of a wild ride down tho mountainside In an un controllable automobile that shot from the bank-of the , Sacramento river, leaped across a flat ferry boat and plunged Into the river. < Z. K. Horton and his mother, Mrs. C. E. Horton, who were in the auto mobile with Mrs. Webber, swam ashore. The body of Mrs. Webber was found four hours after the accident, twelve miles away. Five thousand dollars in currency lies at the bot tom of the river in the wrecked auto mobile. IIOSTB THROWERS ARRESTED Police Make Opportune Arrests of Would-bo Afctmsfilns* Paris, July 8.?Bombs found In the tfnsaesslon of two Russians, arrested at Beaumont-SurrOIso Monday, wc Intended for President Polncare, the police believe. Four persons have been arrestndv among them Prince Alexander Abachldze, member rr . aristocratie . Russian 'family, it Is considered- significant that the two Russians wero proceeding in the di rection of the department of Somme, where President Polncare will spend Sunday. An examining magistrate ex pressed the opinion that the Russians were Involved in a carefully planned plot. . odoooooooooooeooooo o VILLA REPORTED KILLED ? o . : Mexico ?City,'.. July 8.?A re- o o. port made public by the guber- o o naclonal department today.said o o General Villa had been assass- o o inated at Torreon by a woman.- 6 o , v >*r o o o ooooooooooo 0 0 0 0 0 PRESIDENT W COMES TO FOR COLONEL DENNY j KILLED BY FALL i Fell Over Balustrade While Walk- , ing In Sleep, Report Given i i i, By the Police (By Associated Press.) : j Washington. July 8.? Colonel! Prank L. Denny, retired, of the Mu-j rino corps, was almost Instuutly hill ed today when ho fell over a lmlus trade in his home to the floor helov Tho report of the police said that he ' was walking in his. sleep. I Colonel Denny's family believe that ' ho wus seized with an attack of vcrti- | go to which he was subject, and fell t while moving about the house. *Hc 1 tit ruck his head upon ;? marble top S fable, crushing his skull. The colo- t nol's daughter, awakened by the t crash, found htm dying. The coroner j gave u certificate of accidental death, i Colonel Denny was one of the cen- r Irai ligures lu a controversy In the v marine corps, three yeura ago in which . It was charged that a number of ttm 1 _ stuff officers in Washington were controlling the corpo. Former Score- i tary Meyer of the nuvy department. ] after un investigation, ordered ull the ' i ulcers concerned to' distant points,1, sending Colonel Denny to San Fran- ! . Cisco. Early in his administration, I President Wilson relumed all to ' Washington. Colonel Denny was, j! proulnent in social und club life of i the capital. v HENWOOD TO DIE SO SAYS COURT ' rm? I Was Denied Third Trial For !! ?Will Pay Penalty I * (By Associated Press.) n Donvor, Col., July 8.?Harold P. Henwood, under sentence of death for 1 the killing of George E. Copeland, fi was deninod a third trial today by tho I c State supremo court. Copeland was ' h fatally wounded on the night of May I c 24, 1011 when Henwood shot 8ylves- J g 1er L. Von Phul, a St. Louis aero- ! s naut, in the bar room of a hotel here, tl The death sentence imposed by the tl lower court la affirmed and It is or- r Icrcd to bo carried out tho week be- tl ginning October 25. f< The shooting created u sensation tl In Denver. Henwood and Von Phul P iiad quarreled over lottern written to a v*on Phul by' Mrs. Isahelle Patterson tl Springer, the wife of John W. Spring- \\ 3r, a wealthy .stockman and banker. b> Less than two weeks after tue shoot ing Springer was given a divorce. At the first trial Henwood was con fided of second degree murder and was sentenced to life Imprisonment. \Bl The supreme court grunted a new j j, rial which resulted in u first degree u fordid. -, J ? Appropriation fnr Exposition. ' I Washington, July 8.?An amendment ?. appropriating $55,000 for un exposl-, V tlon to be held In Richmond, Va., to commenmorute the signing of the ( t] emancipation proclamation was writ- w ten into the sundry civil appropria- ? tlon bill today by the senate. jl GOVERNOR BARS \ GEORGIA TROOPS ? I ' i! Issues Order Against Entering ; T / South Carolina En Route To Encampment s ? r a (Special to The Intelligencer.) *t Columbia, July 8.?Governor Blenso v has refused to sign an order grunting'0' permission for such troops of the nat-|j j lonal guard of Georgia to enter South ! y Carolina, going to or coming from the'1' camp at Augusta, August next next as; w may obtain the benefit of u more direct ' j* route thereby. j u The order was- submitted to thci governor by W. W. Moore, adjutant I* general, on tho receipt of n eommnnl- y cation from J. Van Holt Nash, a'dju- t? tant general of Georgia, requesting 81 permission to enter South Carolina 8( with some of the troops. 11 This order, with .others submitted! c: at tho same time, wore returned, to' ? Ben. Moore by the governo;- with the w statement that he would f.ign no fur- u ther orders until , the military situa- ei lion In this state was cleared up with n the war department. P! "It was a matlor of courtesy sim- di ply," sold Gen. Moore tonight." I am a: aware that there is a law that does P not permit armed troops from another, tl state to enter without permission.-In ti lha general run of things, however, I ai do not think it necessary for them to n liavo permission." . > . ' - ;>".y-V:'.. IRRISON ANDERSON CONFERENCE Discusses Proposed Ex tension of B?ue Ridge Railroad WILL IMPROVE THE SERVICE No Hope, However, Held Oat For Immediate Extension of the Line To Knssvflle, Tennessee A conference wai hold yesterday at. He home of A. S Farmer with Hon. ''nil-fax llarrtpon president ol the Southern hallway, and officials of tho liuiiilx'r ol Commerce, the purpose- of In* same being to discuss tho1 possl lllty or the completion of the Blue tidge railway to Kuoxvllle. Tho con erence had been arranged several voHc.s age Tho iiuturo of ' the conclusions n?cli?? ni Inv cuniurencc were cpnri icutlal, nnd no statement was given out regarding1 tho Baiue by either , dsident Harrison when Boen at Villiamstnn by a reMrter for The In clligencer just before,.his departure or Washington, or by ofllclale of the 'dumber of commerce, when asked bout the matter last night. It is upri_ icrstood, howovor. that the conf?rence ^ns generally satisfactory. t J? To Improve Service. Mr. HarrlBon stated. howeVor,' that ..d'pollcy of the Blno IUdgo would be O improve the service over that line nd make tho samo fully up-to-date nd standard in every respect; the oad to bo ballasted; and steel equip tient to bo used. cry 8QtI??b obstacle before ?b 'ir?gfit tow which places the. extension of the - oad over tho mountains In tho in defi ne future. "That obstacle is in tho gorgo of the 'cnnesBco Vivor hqa*r ' Bushnoll, not iir from Knoxville. Tho Aluminum ompany of America, one of the two : " irgcst aluminum companies In the' ouutry, hns certain rights In the orge, which they wish to develop,-: pending approximately f10,000,000 on lie Improvements. ,It Ib necessary for ho railway company to have these IghtH for us to extend our road Ii rough the valley aud it is necessary jt tho aluminum coiunany to havo ic rights owned by the' J?outhe lull way company, for them to go head with their developments. I and lie board of directors of the Southern tali A'ay company hnvb. been making parching Investigation t hoping;*" ar Ive at some conclusion that will be l favor of the railway company. The :>n dit Ions are serous, and, uro P hup'ng. iiicuise'p < u up so that some, utlsfactory nrraagemonts can pobsI 1y be made, hut how soon I do not. now. 1 would not attempt even to lake a guess." Have Other Plans. "We will continue to exert our ef irtB to work out somo plan," declared ?resldelpt Harrison, "ind In the lean time- we proposo to give you and tie people along, the Blue Ridge rail way the best service possible. The lacing of (he gas-electric service on lie road recontly Is only one of tho1 lovos of our policy to increase and otter the service. W? have other ?ans which will be . made nown und made ' .effective .from me to time. Capt. Anderson, super itendent of the road, .urges ballasting lie road between Bel ton and Seneca, his we expect to do \S the immediate jture." Concerning Neu Injostrles. . Discussing the possibilities of build ig up certain linos of new industry lid commerce along the proposed ex Mislon of the Blub Ridge, President larrison seemed very much Impress A with the prospective hardwood mher business which such an- ex msion would secur?, u9-tt is known mt largo tracts of fina hard oods, suitable for the best floor In gB nd fcri. t'.ire aio locker1 In p?*i>x nlty the proposed extension .He as Impressed with the continued rowth of tbo cattle and sheep It dus- " y In the foothlls. andon the rr-inn iln rldees. and wltVtbo f?t-fre pos iblllty of securing packeries iv this ictlon. supply to be received ?argel? oiu lha territory along the proposed].: xtension. .In fact, all these features, ' ?cludlng the great tourist , trado hlch would be built up, coal slip--' tents,' otc -were favorably' conslder i The extension 4>t the Blue RIdee' loans ntllmately the accomplishment r many new things. -The tremendous omand for more cattle and packeries , re an Incident thereof, due to the un*> ^ recedented shortage of the same. In 10 west, can be made a great Indus-' y In the highlands, of :tkis. section, nd a great source of tonnage-|o.the i 11 r o ad s. and this day^rspWly cow* (Continued on P?se 4,). -