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CANCELS BLOCKADE HUERTA RECALLS ORDER AIMED AGAINST TAMPICO PORT. DISPELS WAR - CLOIUS It Is Reported That Liner With War Supplies May be Averted From Her - Course Through Efforts of State Department-No Official State ment. Gen. Huerta's order Monday, sus pending the order to blockade Tam pico against the delivery of arms by the steamer Antilla to the Constitu tionalists, served to dispel apprehen sion over a new crisis between the United States and the Huerta govern ment, which had threatened media tion of Mexican affairs. Though Washington officials ex pressed satisfaction over Huerta's ac tion, it was persistently suggested, unofficially., that the blockade had been suspended only conditionally as a result of conferences between the South American mediators and the Mexican and American delegates at Niagara Falls. It also was said that the Antilla might be averted in her course through an agreement with officials of the Ward Line, her own ers, and an American corporation. President Wilson, Secretary Bryan and Secretary Daniels gave evidence of great relief over the late develop ments, which temporarily, at least, have averted another clash at arms. From no 'official source could con firmation be procured of the reports that Huerta had an understanding with the mediators or the United States, which would assure that the Antilla's cargo would not be deliver ed. Meanwhile nothing has been heard from the Antilla, which is due to arrive off Tampico Wednesday morning. Secretary Bryan was first informed of Hperta's suspension of the block ade. order by Mr. Riano, the Spanish 'ambassador, early in the day. The secretary declined to discuss reports from 7Niagara Falls that Gen. Huerta merely had suspended his blockade order at the request of the South American mediators, pending settle ment- of questions relating to an arm istice. . One important question said to have been raised at Niagara Falls, was whether the United States con sirued the - mediation agreement to obligate it to prevent arms enter fng Tampico, which the Huerta gov ernment. had declared closed. If the United States did so construe, the cessation of hostilities, which, It was assumed, would be held inviolate, the mediators are said to have wanted to know whether this government would consider it-a breach of faith should Huertas gunboats attempt to stop the Antma's cargo of ammunition for Carranm's forces. Such questions, It is declared, were put up to Secretary Bryan from Nia gara Falls, and Huerta was asked to suspend the blockade order until the subject -should be cleared up. I t could not be learned whether any re ply'to such proposals had been made. The Mexican gunboats Zaragoza and. Bravo, followed - from Puerto M exico by the-American cruiser Taco ma and gunboat Sacramento, reach ed'ampico-early Monday. The Mex ican~ boats anchored in the Panuco River, some dirance from Tampico, Sand Admiral Mayo conferred with tbelr commanders. It was believed 'the -order suspending the blockade had not reached Tampico when the Z" onference was held.- Navy depart ment heads assumed that Admiral 'iers the extent of their authority -Mayo discussed with the Mexican of ad nature of their orders, and that be might have endeavored to dis suade them from interference with commerce at Tampico. Secretary Daniels would not dis cuss the future cora ot tne steamer ,-Antilla. Department heads still main aimd, owver, that there had been no rde toAdmiral Badger since hat f Ma 18,1S14, direct ing that Tampico -be kept open 4o commerce. Mr. Daniels frankly stated that the~ navy claimed no cred it for the diplomatic manoeuvres which resulted in the blockade sus pension. -Some department officials argued that although the Antilla flies the Cuban flag, her iAmerican owners still were amenable to American customs and shipping laws and that there was every reason to believe that company would be prepared to give Srespectful consideration to hints from the State department that it arould prefer it not to land ammuni -tion from the shores of the United States at Tampico. ~At the state department it was :pointed out that the record thus far would show that the administration had been acting with exact neutrality as between the Federals and Consti -tutinlists. The general belief is that the mediation outlook is more hopeful in -view of Huerta's present attitude and there are many who believe Gen. -jCarranza's answer to the recent note of the South American mediators will pave the way for reception of his *delegates to the peace conference. Some of Carranza's friends still in *sist there will be no agreement to a cessation of hostilities in the Mexi *can internal connlict. Conditions on the west coast of Mexico, already bad for Huerta, are becoming worse daily, according to Admiral Howard's report. Not only Is there heavy fighting at Santiago and San Anita, Lower California, but Mazatian is nearly starved out and internal dissensions are Imminent. Admiral Howard has sent the An napolis to Santa Rosalia, Lower Cali fornia to complete a chain of *ire less communication in view of the uncertainty of the cables. He re -ports Thomas Fernand-z, presumably an American, imprisoned at Tepic. Endorse Tolls ExemptIon. The North Carolina State Demo cratic convention Thursday endorsed ~President Wilson's demand for the repeal of free tolls. Buys Horses and Mules. The United States government has just bought 2,700 horses and mules< for the use of the army. II TILLMAN ON REPEAL UNHAPPY OVER ISSUE BUT WILL VOTE FOR REPEAL. Senator is Sorry Wilson Has Called Upon Congress to Right the Coun try on This Question. The Senate Tuesday proceeded steadily forward toward final action on the Panama canal tolls exemption repeal bill. Leaders, however, were unwilling to predict the day when a vote can be taken. Even with a night session Tuesday night there was no certainty of a vote on the first propo sition to be disposed of, the so-called Simmons-Norris amendment qualify ing terms of the bill. Senator Borah, an anti-repeal lead er, predicted that this amendment alone would be debated four or five hours. Action, however, within the next day or two is expected. Senator Tillman of South Carolina spoke, criticising the president for bringing the tolls issue before the country at this time and endangering the chances of the Democratic party in congressional elections next fall. He announced he would vote for re peal only because he felt his State party convention had freed him from the tolls joker in the Baltimore plat form. "It staggers my common sense and I have been unable to understand just why he projected the fight on his party at this time," he said. "It is of great importance to the Demo cratic party to control the house at the next election, and I believe the president should have kept quiet until that election was over. "Until this issue was pressed to the front the course of Democracy had been onward and upward. There are so many things of more impor tance that the Democrats ought to do, that I must say in my opinion it was a great blunder on the part of the president. The Democratic party, in stead of presenting a solid united front, is split into contending fac tions." The senator recalled that Theodore Roosevelt, "the great advertiser," had come home "delighted". Then he devoted his attention to Senator O'Gorman, anti-repeal leader, sug gesting that in the next campaign the New York senator would have some difficulty in explaining why twa planks so antagonistic as the tolls and ship subsidy planks were placed in the Baltimore platform. Senator Tillman said the tolls fight had -made it very unhappy for him. He recalled that when the Spanish treaties were before the Senate he charged his colleague, Senator Mc Laurin, with selling on to the Re publicans, and blows followed. Then, he said, he had inserted in the South Carolina constitution, for McLaurin's sake, a provision that candidates should obey their party platforms. "I would feel very unhappy if Mc Laurin could justly charge me with prescribing physic for some which I myself am unwlling to take," added the Senator. He explained, however, that the recent South Carolina State convention of his party had adopted a resolution in favor of the repeal bilL. ESCAPED FROM JAIL. Slick White Prisoner Makes Getaway From Edgeflid 'ail Walter Wade, a white man, escap 'ed from the jail at Edgefield Sunday night. He entered the attic some time during the night and made a hole in the roof, the building being covered with pine shingles. After reaching the roof he lowered himself ot the ground, a distance of three stories, by means of blankets tied to gether. Wade is charged with forging a check on the Bank of Parksville the latter part of March and was commit ted to jail to await trial at the August term of court. H'aving refused to state where he was originally from or to give any definite Information con cerning his past, it is .believed that he was passing under an assumed name. Wade told Deputy Sheriff Wil liams some time ago that he could find out something concerning him by writing to a certain town In Vir ginia. ~Mr. Williams made inquiry as di rected, receiving a reply from the sheriff in Virginia stating that no such man has ever lived in that county. Wade is a fine specimen of physical manhood, weighing about 185 pounds and is six feet in height. He is apparently well educated and possesses a decided talent for draw ing and painting. TSERS ARE FEW. Census Gives Telephor.Le Data for South Caroluina. South Carolina had fewer tele phones per thousand of population in 1912 than any other State in the union, according to a bulletin recent ly issued by the bureau of the census on telephones and telegraphs. Doubtless on account of the large proportion of negroes in their popu lations, all the Southern States rank comparatively low in per capita use of the telephone. South Carolina had only 21 instru ments per thousand of population in 1912, North Carolina only 29, Louis iana only 27 and Mississippi only 25, as compared with 127 in Minnesota, 171 in Iowa, 8S in Montana. 121 in Vermont and 101 in New York. Liner Slips Through Locks. The first passage through the Ga tun locks was successfully carried yut Monday when the ocean liner Al ianca, 4,000 tons, passed through. Honor Jefferson Davis. Memorial exercises were held :hroughout the South Wednesday on :he birthday of President Davis of :he Southern Confederacy. Open Campaign H~eadquarters. The .Democrats, Progressives and Republicans have opened headquar ers in Chicago to direct the fight for longressional members this fall. Erskine College Closes. The closing exercises of Erskine< ,ollege were held Tuesday nigrt. The< HITCH AT NIAOARA UNITED STATES WON'T ACCEPT APPOINTMENT OF HUERTA. WOULD BE REGONITION American Government is tnwilling to Recognize Him by Letting Him Name New Foreign Minister to Ac cept Presidency-Believed That Difficulty Will be Cleared Away. The United States is unwilling to extend recognition to a new provi sional president if named according to the method prescribed by the Mexi can delegates, which is that Gen. Huerta would appoint as minister of foreign affairs the man who is agreed on at Niagara Falls to head the new government. The Washington administration contends that if Huerta is permitted to- name the foreign minister, who by constitutional succession would be elevated to the presidency, even though the election be made by the mediators, such an act would be con strued as recognition of the Huerta government. On this issue, the mediating pleni potentiaries came to a flat disagree ment late Tuesday. For more than two hours the mediators and Ameri can delegates urged in vain and It was apparent when the conferences ended that what hitherto had been considered a matter of detail might develop into an obstruction. The Mexican delegates had not dis cussed the question at any length with the mediators when the latter took it up with the Americans. Al though the three South American dip lomats argued strongly from the Mex ican viewpoint there was reason to believe that the Mexican delegates would not insist on this arrange ment if they found the Untied States absolutely determined against it. One Mexican delegate insisted that the Mexicans r'egarded the -form of transition as a technicality which could be dispensed with if the Amer ican government found it impossible to agree to the method suggested. The mediators contended that the forms of the Mexican constitution should be preserved. The American delegates are understood to have pointed out that the Constitutional ists would rot agree to a plan of transition which legalized Huerta's status. Also the American govern ment, it was declared, could not ex tend what would be tantamount to recognition of Huerta. There is a possibility that a com promise will be agreed on. . Pedro Lascurain, minister of foreign affairs under President Madero, could be re appointed to the cabinet and succeed to the provisional presidency and then appoint as foreign minister the man agreed on 'by all parties for the new provisional executive. Lascurain Is persona non grata with the Constitu tionalists, but it Is not 'believed there would be objection from them to the brief tenure of office in order that the transition might be effected constitu tionally. Predictions that an agreement soon would be reached were practi cally abandoned Tuesday. The coun ter-proposals of the American gov ernment to the Mexicans have not yet been taken up with the Mexican dele gates, though they received them from the mediators earlier'in the day. The <lay's conferences were taken up with details of the peace plan and for the moment the question of Con stitutionalist representation was for gotten. The answer from Gen. Car ranza to the last communIcation of the mediators is not expected mate rially to alter the mediation situation, and it is authoritatively known that no armistice will be declared by the Constitutionalists-a condition on which the mediators are insistent, and without which the Constitution alists can not hope for admission. The mediators believe the claims of the Constitutionalists for participa tion in the 'provisional government can be cared for In whatever final agreement is reached, and that It matters little whether representatives of Carranza appear at the confer ence: The American delegates main tain that certain concessions should be made to allow Carranza to have his agents present. In Tuesday's discussion of the form of provisional government the Ameri can delegates are understood to have told the mediators that, inasmuch as Carranza had been moving forward toward undoubted military conquest of Mexico City, It seemed essential that th'e Constitutionalists be given ample share in the new government. The mediators are not averse to this but are willing to transfer the Mexi can government at one full swoop to the Constitutionalist party. They think that In the general elections which would follow shortly after the new provisional government was installed the Carranza faction very likely would emerge triumphant. or the present, however, they think that Huerta should be allowed to re tire with dignity and not be compel edto turn over his .power directly to the Constitutionalists. Went to Sleep on Track. The bodies of J. W. Shackelford ad James Potter of Hickory, Miss., were found on a track near there uesday. It is believed they fell sleep on the track. Lieutenant Shoots Drunken Mexican. Lieut. S. H. Houston shot and kill d a drunken Mexican at Vera Cruz ho had severely wounded a native oliceman in resisting arrest Monday. Files His Pledge. Senator E. D. Smith Tuesday filed xis campaign pledge and paid his as ~essment for his race to succeed him lf in the United States Senate. Clinkscales Files Pledge. Prof. John G. Clinkscales of Wof ~ord college Thursday filed his pledge nd paid his assessment as a Demo ~ratic candidate for governor. Drowned While Bathing. Anderson George, a thirteen-yea d boy of Parolet, stepped into a leep hole while swimming Tuesday THE CLAYTON BILL DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT ANTI-TRUST BILL. Drastic Measure Passed by Demo cratic House in its Determination to Kill the Trusts. The Clayton bill, a part of the ad ministration anti-trust program, car ries provisions designed to strength en and support the Sherman law and other acts against monopolies and restrains of trade. As framed by ad ministrxtion leaders and considered by the House. the bill contained: Prohibitions against price discrimi nation, or arbitrary refusal to sell natural mineral products, and against the enforcement of condi tional leases, or contracts of sale under which lessees or purchasers agree not to deal in the products of competitors of the seller or lesser. A provision that decrees in suits brought by the government under the anti-trust law shall be final evidence in suits brought against the defend ant by others, involving the anti trust law. Provisions against holding com panies and interlocking directorates in concerns under the jurisdiction of the Federal government, and provi sions guaranteeing labor and farm ers' organizations their legal exist ence under the Sherman .law, limit ing the use of the injunction in labor disputes and providing for jury trials in cases of indirect contempt of court. In addition the bill clears up va rious jurisdictional questions and questions of procedure which have arisen in the administration of the anti-trust laws. The provisions insisted upon by representatives of organized labor, and agreed to after conferences be tween them and the representatives of the administration. were looked upon as the culmination of a long fight by labor to secure exemption under the Sherman law. They provide that nothing in the anti-trust laws shall be construed to "forbid the existence and operation of labor and farmers' unions, and that such organizations and their members shall not be construed or held to be "illegal combinations or conspiracies under the anti-trust laws". How far the exemption will extend was a matter of debate in the House, and many members contend ed the question would result in long litigation. The restrictions placed about the issuance of injunctions in the bill are close. It would provide that. no "preliminary injunction shall be is sued without notice to the opposite party", and than no temporary re straining order shall be issued unless it shall appear from specific facts shown by afmdavits that immediate and irreparable injury will result to property or a property right of the applicant before notice could be serv ed or hearing had thereon. The bill provides that every injunction or re straining order must be specific in terms, thus outlawing the so-called "blanket injunction". In labor disputes injunctions would be forbidden by the bill "un less necessary to prevent Irreparable injury to property or a property right", for which injury there is no adequate remedy at law. It would also forbid injunctions againft strik ing, peaceful picketing, primary boy cotte, the payment of strike benefits or the peaceful assemblage of strik era, and contains a provision legaliz ing such acts. The holding companies provision of the act would prevent one com pany from acquiring any stock in an other corporation "where the effect between the corporations, or to cre ate a monopoly". The provision ex empts, however, corporations pur chasing stock solely for investment and'not attempting to lessen competi ton.. The interlocking directorates pro hibition in the bill is an effort to reach all corporations, railroads and' banks over which the federal govern ment has jurisdiction. It prohibits a director in a concern dealing in sup plies for common carriers from be ig a director in such common car riers; prohibits a director in a bank from being a director in a common carrier for ~which the bank acts as an agent or underwriter; directors in private or State banks, having de posits, capital, surplus and undivided profts of mere than $2I,500,000, in eligible as directors in banks in the national system, and makes ineligi ble as national bank directors the directors of private and .State banks in the same city or town. The pro vision becomnes effective two years after the passage of the law, and ex empts the directors of mutual sav ings banks. The bill revises the proceedings in contempt of court cases. In con tempts other than those committed "in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the ad ministration of justice", the bill pro vides the machinery for a trial by jury as in criminal practice. As to direct contempis the procedure is left unchanged. Killed by Son-in-Law. R. H. McDaniel, a well-to-do farm er of Forsythe, Ga., was shot and rilled early Friday morning by Thos. Meek, his son-in-law, in a quarrel over domestic affairs. Apropriates Money to Aid Survivors. The Canadian government has ap propriated $50,000 to aid the survi vo of the Empress of Ireland disas ter. Also $10,000 for .the inquiry bout to be held. Spends Much Time in Prison. Annie Alexander of Pittsburg, Pa., vho has spent 26 of her thirty-six rears in prison was convicted Tues lay of another theft and received a iew sentence. Searches Wreck of the Expres.s. The first step towards the recov sry of the bodies of the thousand Irowned in the Empress was taken ionday when a diver explored the sunken ship. Turns Lose Another Slayer. Gov. 'Blease Monday paroled Silas Whitner of Newberry, Who was con icted in March of this year and sent ip for two years on a charge of man AEROPLANE RUNS AWAY BIPLANE CUTS STRANGE CAPERS WHILE IN THE AIR. Rolls Over and Over, Whirls in Crazy Circles, Beginning at 1,000 Feet Height and Takes Fire on Ground. When one of the rudder wires of his recently purchased biplane part ed early Monday morning, Knox Mor ton, twenty, a medical student of Bal time, was separated from the aviation field at Garden City, L. I., by 1,000 perpendicular feet of air. The biplane promptly turned over on its side and thus subtracted 100 of these feet. Then it righted itself and swooped in wide half-circles for a minute. After that it turned over sidewise a second time and eliminated about 100 more feet in less time than it takes to read about it. But it right ed itself again and cut a few swal low-like figures before it uptilted edgwise at an angle of 30 degrees and wiped 100 more feet of air from between it and the ground. By this time spectators realized that young Morton bad lost all con trol of the aeroplane, and that his life depended upon his not striking the ground from the summit of one of those plummet-like sidewise plunges. They knew he was merely a plaything in the hands of chance. After the third drop the biplane, at an elevation of -about 700 feet, soared easily and aimlessly through the air, sinking almost imperceptibly nearer earth. But just as it appeared as strongly poised and !balanced as a great eagle it half capsized and shot downward. This time it dived to within three hundred feet of earth before an air current caught its wings, tilted it back to an upright position ar d checked its plunge. The biplane tacked arnd veered wildly till it hov ered over a copse of scrub oak above the aviation grounds. There it again careened and pitched earthward. This time it turned over and over like a mere stick in the wind. Watch ers, voiceless "with fear, started to run for the patch of scrub oak. But just as ft was about to plunge head long.lnto.the underbrush the crippled machine righted for the last time almost a matter of inches from the ground. The wide-spreading planes caught the air a breath before it struck. This checked the momentum of its fall, and it glided perfectly, but with great speed into the scrub oaks and burst into flames. Persons in an automobile were the first to dash u'p. They pulled the dazed and scarcely conscious Morton from his seat. By the time he had been revived all inflammable parts of his -flying machine were ashes. Morton, although not badly hurt, had been dazed after the aeroplane rolled over the first time and could remember little of the method by which he eliminated the 1.000 feet between him and the grpound. He said the rudder wire bound and that it broke when he forced it. KILLS RAGING BILL Louisiana House Indeninitely Post pones Vote on Measure. The Louisiana House of Represen tatives Tuesday afternoon defeated the 'bill that would have made horse racing In Louisiana possible. The vote was 55 to 50 on a motion to in denitely postpone, and was equiva lent to killing the bill outright. Only five members of the House were ab sent. Much excitement attended the final scenes. Those for and against the measure had sent workers from all sections of the State to Baton -Rouge, and this force was augmented by the arrival of a special, train bearing almost 200 men from New Orleans. These work ed for the bill, Ever since 1908, when horse race gambling was abolished in Louisiana, there has -been talk of introducing a bilJ in the legislature to regulate and restore thie sport. Not until this ses sion. however, was action taken. Four weeks ago the .Reinhardt- bill was introduced. At first it was not generally taken seriously. Even many of those who favored it did not think it had a chance to pass. Its friends began to grow in numbers, however, until the whole State was aroused. The brief campaign for and against it was marked by three mass meetings in New Orleans, two for and one against it. Women's organizations and min isters were active against the bill. Those against the bill made no attempt to marshal their forces in two preliminary votes, but waited until Tuesday, when a motion was made to advance it to third reading and passage. This was amended to third reading andiaux. . .. nega indefinitely postpone, and the amend-f met carried. Gives Them Summer Breathing Time. President Wilson has signed an or der directing that all government em ployees wherever stationed be allow ed to work only four hours each Sat urday between June 15 and Septem ber 15. Killed by Tobacco Fumes. Eli Sawden of Detroit, Mich., aged fifty-one, is dead as a result of being locked in a jury room two hours while the other eleven smoked. Nic otine poisoning caused his death. He had never smoked. New York Hotel Tragedy. V. C. Steffano of New York is dead and Mrs. Florence Boden of Allen town, Pa., is beaten severely over the bead as a result of a disturbance be twe them while In a New York Liotel. Praise for Wilson. The Virginia State Federation of Labor in session at Norfolk Wednes lay ndorsed the Mexican policy of President Wilson, paying him a high ;ribute. Duncan in as Usual. John T. Duncan has authorized the mnouncemenlt that he will be in the ace for governor again this summer. Four Killed in Auto Accident. I Four men were killed at Goldfield, s'ev., in an automobile accident Tues KICKED THEMOUT TWO NOTARIES PUBLIC IN SMALL TOWN LOSE COMMISSIONS. YOTED AGAINST BLEASE Governor Refuses to Give Reasons for Action Saying Cause was Known Refuses to Answer Whether Vote - for Barnwell as Chairman Caused His Displeasure. The Charleston Post of Saturday y printed the following self explanatory correspondence: McClellanville, S. C., June 4, 1914. Editor Evening Post, Sir. Will you please publish the enciosed corre- 1 spondence between Governor t ole L. Blease, myself and others? I have received no reply to my letter of May 5 requesting his reasons for my re moval. Yours truly, n H. T. Morrison. s1 d Columbia, S. C., May 14, 1914. t1 Mr. Henry T. Morrison, McClellan- ti vilie, S. C. t] Dear Sir: You are hereby notified t, that the commission issued to you as it notary public for the State of South a Carolina, during the pleasure of the p governor, has this day been revoked, and any further act or acts performed a by you as such officer will be illegal ii and in violation of law. - s Copy of this letter has been filed t with the secretary of State and with c clVrk of court of your county, who f, 'Lave been requested to cancel the n record of said commission upon their a books. Very respectfully, d Cole 'L. Blease, Governor. i Copy to secretary of state, clerk of c court, Charleston county: u You will please be governed in ac- c cordance with the above. . a p McClellanville, S. C., May 18, 1914. h Governor Cole L. Blease, Columbia, S.C. . g Dear Sir: Your letter of"May 14 re- G yoking my commission as notary pub- a lic received. I was of course sur prised at same. While I admit your P legal right to revoke my commission, n I think it due me as well as yourself s to give your reasons for taking .this u step. Hoping to hear- from you at your convenience, I remain, S Yours truly, H. T. Morrison. (Copy.) E Columbia,-May 19, 1914. t Mr. Henry T. 'Morrison, McClellan- t ville, S. C. a Dear Sir: Your letter of May 18 has been received. If you will notice section, 73, Vol. 1,- Code of Laws of S. C., 1912, you will see that the governor is author-a ized to appoint as many notaries pub lic throughout the State as the pub- t lic good shall require, to hold their offices during the pleasure of the gov ernor. -You were commissioned un der this law; and, it was the pleas- ~ ure of the governor to revoke your ~ commission, arnd it was done. I ex- a pect you know why it was done about s as well as he does. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, Governor. ti a Governor Cole L. Blease, Columbia, v S.C. Dear Sirr Your letter of May 19- a received, in which you recite the law v giving you the power, as governor, to a revoke my commission as notary pub- ti lic. This far I admit' that you are si entirely within your rights, but you a failed to give your reasons for so do- n ing, closing your letter with these la words: "I expect you know why it p was done as well as he (the -gov- n ernor) does." I am not asking 'you for a reappointment, nor will I accept it one from you, but I do request that v1 you give me your reasons for my re - r moval. Was it because, as a dele- ti gate to the Charleston county con- u veton, I voted for J. W. Barnwell t~ as chairman? Has any one from this b place written you or the attorney w general requesting my removal? Or o1 was it -for misconduct in office? c Hoping you will favor me with an p. early reply, I am, s Your respectfully, ~ n H. T. Morrison. ri McClelanville, S. C., May 19, 1914. c Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor, Co- n lumbia, S. C. v Dear Sir: At a meeting of the prominent citizens of McClellanville bi May 18, 1914, the undersigned were di appointed as a committee to address g the following communication to your honor, with reference to 'the hevoking a f the commission as notary public h~ of Mr. H. T. Morrison and D. M. Mac- i tintosh, these gentlemen being among the leading and business men of the hi town, the former being president of McClellanville -board of trade, mem-w ber of the executive committee of the tate Farmers' union, president Sea [sland Cotton Growers' association, and president McClellanville Auto Co. And he latter manager McClellanville Merc. Co.,. president D. M. Mackin osh & Co.. president Democratic club Ic f McClellanville, ~ secretary and s ~reasurer Sea Shore Milling & Gin- fr iing Co.-their removal has serious- al y inconvenienced the community at arge as well as themselves. We, the :itizens of McClellanville, feel that ;ou must have been misinformed as ye :o the standing of these two gentle.. it nen, as we do not think you would Ti iave taken this step without feeling to ou had just cause. We think it, therefore, due to your elf as well as the gentlemen, that ou give us your reasons for their re- M noval. 11r An early reply will be much ap >reciated. Yours very truly, J. B. Morrison, Jr., he J. T. Hills. . S. A. Wrenn. Copy.) Committee. th go Columbia, May 22, 1914. fic essrs. J. B. Morrison Jr., Jno. T. eri Hills, S. A. Wrenn, McClellanville, eri S. C. Gentlermen: Your letter of May 19 no tas been received. m Section 732, code of laws, 1912, an rovides: "The governor s authorize to ap ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absoeidely Pure The only Baking Powder made fromRoyal Crape Cream ofTartar NO ALUM, NO LIME .PHOSPHATE TO FIGHT PRESIDENT T ARDAMAN, HEARST, ET AL, AIM GUNS AT PART'S HEAD. WASHINGTON OFFICIALS SEE I OPTIMISTIC OF SUCCESS. ississipian Disgrunled Over Patron age Question Has Thrown Himself PEACE PLAN DISCUSSED to Wilson's Enemies. Unfortunate as it may be that any Everything Poinfd' to Rebel Admis. Lan who calls himself a Democrat iould act as Senator James K. Var- sion-Officials Are Pretty Well aman of Mississippi has done and irn squarely against the administra- Convinced Tha t~arranzistas il on because he is not in accord with Have Representation and Patti ie president's views on the canal )lls question, the real reason.is seen pation in Peace Conference. L the senator's statement that such etion is taken partly to save his-own Every indication. in Washington olitical life. Tuesday'pointed to some form of Con= So says P. H. McGowan in the State stitutionalist- participation ' In - the nd he continues by remarking that Niagara Falls mediation: conference, i Washington there is a clique tending toward, the settlement of in anding ready to club the adminis- ternal difficulties" affecting the gov -ation for anything it may do. This ernment of Gen. Huerta as well as ique has long since stopped fighting the internal .troubles in .exico. It urly and -has adopted the sandbag was expected that the definite post ethod with Woilliam R. Hearst and tion of -Gen..Carranzamoud-be-cof Washington morning. newspaper municated to Niagara Falls before oing the dirty work. There is noth- many hours. a b ig that the administration does or Some _of the Constitutionalists in an do that is well done; everything touch with their leader insisted Tues ndertaken is doomed to fall and the day bight-that Carranza would ,not untry, according to Hearst and this consent to an armistice, but that he foresaid Washington morning news- would agree to peace proposals' as aper, is headed by the political junk they relate to establishment of provi eap. hith sional goyernment pending~ .a gen With 'his combination there are eral election, provided representation rouped the standpat element of the is given in tie provisional govern 0. P., some of the Bull Moose and ment to the;Constitutionalists. Should' handful of disgruntled Democrats. refuse a cessation of'hog .nd just heie it. might be as..well to tilitles; It seemed Improbable that his in. There is a small complement of representatives would be received19 r ten around the country calling them= the mediation cogerence. elves Democrats who -are endeavor- While the, mediators- and. Mexican ig to make Champ- Clark say ugly delegates were deliberating' on' peace wings about the presider tand to do plans formulated by the Washington' me overt act .which may be con- government, President Wllon,'Sere. trued as being directly aimed at tary Bryan and John Lind, who rep-' isoodrow Wilson and William Jg resents the state department in nego ryan. - tiatrns uswith . Carranza representa This~crowd took occasion -a ~iay or tives at Washington, onferrd. tater w'o ago when Chamnp Clark accepted Se netaiy Bryan declared that both ie invitation of the ~. A. Rt. to speak thepresidentandiself were hope t Arlington to say that .beW had ful of Constitutional ndt Mearticipation rown . down his deft to both the in the ultimate effort'for peace n resident aed Secretary' Bryan an Mexico.' tat there would be no more of Wil- rt was learned that somne features n or of the Democratic party here- prosed by the adminstion w hc terw .Tow th Line tare. o-H e in.f froma 1..e pea ce pln orignal ig on. 'They are in the sandbagging 1y submitted by the mediators ami' usiness- ready to club the adminis- the plans .of the .Huerta commission ration into insensibility for ariything ers 'related to treatment of the Con-. ;may do, no matter how worthy and stitutionalists. 'Adininistration lead., 'orth while it may be. . But this ers believe a compromise. might, be. learst-Washington morning newspa- readhed which would be acceptable to er.combination will not work unless- Carranza. ~gets. more force--behind it than Sen- Should It 'be necessary for.. the tor James K.. Vardaruan of Missis- mediation conference to recede pend .ppl;. ing separate negotiations with Car Disgruntled becaiuse' he has not ranza, it is thought nch could be. een able to secure what he believed accomplished toward composing 'the >.be his share of federal patronage; internal-_Mexican situation- and th.at ecording to what is said there, Sen- tripartite participation in the -secend' tor Vardaman would'-unloose the stage of mediation could follow with als of his wrath and' drag down the Het,'arnaad:h Ule arty which elected him to. the Sen- Sae ersne. 'tteOntt" te a~nd which brought,him from pri- toa~t edsatm fnl'6d ate life to. public notoriety. And fo~arna a xetd~r~, hat does he do the first time oppor-- The subject of ammunition from mity affords? Turns his ' back the-. nIted., Stts.4pthelnstitu Tuarely upon the party, lines up tionalists contlined 'amatter -of ofM' ith the Hearst-Washington morning cialoncers. -~-aie-d~eaiW swspaper combination and practical- resaifed' in a'f 'oret-fodi~crit.) esays to the country: "To save my -Redfield to hold up a cargo of ammu olitical life the Demodratic ~paty nition en oe-t agsg bol ay go to hades." th' 'r plie l'nlo mnng An earnest expression of opinlo tenit to:.Tantico.- ta -. .' tWashin-gton 'analyzed the situation Cositin1Ni$h> NMir ary clearly. The remaking -of -the- -prised to learn of'tlfs 'atWzC biti mey law,. and the carbing of the they were pleased to learn there I~d 'usts has, naturally, .turned things '.beg~ no interfyrence with ?he loadi&g p from bottom to top and it was to 'of -te-Hmu -mei ain shipv' riff bill, the overhauling of -the cur- .Arcadia at *Baltimore. This shiD'teok' a expected that such a situation on $10,000 worth of -emmunitton cih ould follow the coming into power -signed to Hamburg, but the. Bajti-. the Democrats after the Republi- inoje coll'ctoi' repo~rted tMafhe..re-'. ns had messed things up for the -garded tbse diearance as a subterfuge.g ist 16 years. Had Woodrow Wil- The Ward liner Antilla from-N{ew in not taken the initiative, 'had he1 York with her cargo 'of anilmunitlon >t seen with his keen foresight and I for Carranza is due at Tampico Wed pe judgment, that such a hosenesday. Huerta -"having suslide aning was necessary if the "Demo- the blockade-of the p'orf. andhlf gi'n 'atic party was to'- live'-*ub to 'Its bashvn eundtwrlPet im n olwotte.ineso thle -Mexico, some offcials expressed .the atform promulgated 'at the'last 'co- opinion that her cargo 'would not--be ntion, he would have had some rea- interfered with. The idea suggested n then to foam at the mouth and Tuesday that through moral 'suaslon - ~moan the fact that the party's the Antilla's commander' might. be ~athknell was near, but with poor induced to i-eturn to New. York sp'' ace can they do it now. peared to have been dissipated by the-i' The truth about Vardaman-and statement from the steamship ' lne' ty other Democrat who acts as he1 that nothing would prevent the dis ts done-is that his political vision 'charge of the Antilla's cargo except.. so much enshrouded In personal instructions from Washington.' Ifishness- that he would denouncei- - s party to save himself. Such per-' FARMER IS KILLED. ns overlook the fact that it is not tat they get from but give to theLacseFrm sHaeatlSo .rty which stamps the genuineness heir Democracy. Tornado Kills Seven,.h iln fWl tcafre f A storm which swepf. northernthTrdsiesciobTmPak a Friday night killed seven per-eraotrfrmrfth'mec - ns. One of them was a child, torn mni..ti adtaXa'e an m its father's arms and dashed e tc oke wyf~ i oe ainst the side of the farm house. otewsheouldklhi.Sak Student Returns Medal. seelyer oanacitd.h.': A Wofford student who seteral klig.curdjs vrte ie n ars ago won a gold medal returned Cetril ony .oh ate'ae to the president of the collegewht. Icodntbelae, orsday. The authorities declinedwhte'arrhdbenarse. divuge he ameing Scrpe thefusaesvil tion , bysoms arlk WantOurawAopte. r, anothe eaer of the aem An ffrt s ein mdeo avefatuni. .th Husai that:Paked taro a isschuets aop th SuthCae- pte rs h optld--esdiay saf-. a law rlatingtodivoces.trie, from curder inlitd byanapter ponenitin aocre fist over heoa linet Die Fom et inPttsu wite. It~ refued ntot dice hee Twovwoen and name mnde fnm o i takr _____________________ Fta .Refue to atcAssalyn. WantOurawAopte- IC C. gye, ofbaear at' thaBles Aneot s biny noaies po hefctini h ose akdt ssachutthe atte asothpbi taon SpartauropitalWdesay couo dal retire, to odivr eir oferin lad om a utsfited s y an oi ~ urig te peasre f te gv-odento catn a fi vr pihe ralt ien hosea juisdin P sburl.l ters. He fefuse .nto io seia the end thoughou th oe maniedofnmeohisattaker atdetcisbrg my ondat." ciigat'iure pleaslureui e, asl goheiro- ed lad attmp-d oscl a fece r, the commissions of the gentle- ..~ Lt~llat St, - ,.. a mentioned by you-, were revoked, -"Let' theadie",is, becomngon--n -' I that is all there is te it. don's populg.r slogan -tow~ards.e tha Very respectfully, milit'anti suffragettes who go en hun-' Cnle T. Bese. overnor. ger strikes.