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* ?1/fTT /Iff ? i | Eferj Corner of the Town and Conatry I I ^ A ^ A ^ a a a ^ I a ^ ^ I Will Bring Business to Ton that low 1 Vt lUTiUU VLftttintnr Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD <|WJNTY, S. C.. OCTOBER 5,1916 ; Number 49 South Carol Win Laure Stand Well With Army Officers and With People of Texas. LIKELY TO RETURN IX ABOUT 30 DAYS W. F. Caldwell Who Spent Seven | Weeks In Camp With Guardsmen on Border Describes Rapid Rounding Into Practical Efficiency?Men Worrk Admirably. The training which the South Carolina National Guardsmen are receiving on the Mexican border Is fitting them for duties which are performed by tbe regular army, and the results which the Palmetto men are showing guarantee that it will be hard to tell them from regulars when their period of training is ended. Those young men of South Carolina who went to the Mexican border in response to the call of President Wilson were inspired by the same patriotic and high minded purpose that has characterized this State on all the occasions of the past when the call to duty went forth. They are descendants of the men who helped to put down tyranny in 1770, fought the second war of Independence against England in 1S12, subdued tbe red men and the lawless regimes of the earlier days of the republic, conquered Mexico and poured out their life blood on the many battlefields of the glorious army of the "Lost Cause." South Carolina was the I: st to respond then and she was among the first to mobolize when the president of th; f.rJftd State* summoned the National Guard to arms in the closing days of June to guard the border between tnis country ana ^Sou^^'ca^na was the first of the Southern States to > send her National Guard to |he border, and they were ready to go several weeks before orders came for them to move. In fact the Palmetto troops were ready as tarly as those of New York and the other Northern States who were rushed to Texas just as fast as they could be gotten ready. As it was the Palmetto troops have been on the border for two months and it is only in the last few days that the guardsmen from the other Southern States have begun entraining for Texas. This is not said with any disparagement of the other States of the South but it is the record and it is nothing but due "those men who have left their homes and their business in all parts of the State to call this item of credit to the attention of the public. During the seven weeks I was in camp at El Paso, Texas, with the South Carolina soldiers, I had daily reason to bee proud of my State and my State's soldier boys. Time and: again I heard it stated that they camel to the border better equipped, better prepared and more efficient In every way than most of the National Guard regiments. This was due to several things. They are well officered and their personnel Is high and they have that patriotic devotion to duty that they have inherited from their fathers. And then, too. South Carolina has been fortunate In having as the inspector instructor of her National Guard Capt. J. Malcom Graham. He knows his business and he was all business at Camp Styx while the boys were being equipped and made ready for the border. He kept things moving aud backed up as he was by the officers of the various organizations the South Carolina commands were made ready and sent on their way in better shape than was the condition of the average National Guard organization of other States, judging from what I saw and from what I heard while in camp on the border. All of the regular army officers speak in complimentary terms of Capt. Graham and there is no l>etter officer or more genial gentleman. On Seventy Mile Hike. The South Carolina boys have been undergoing a strenuous programme of field training, first by ' companies. then by batalions. wxt by regiments, that followed by brigade and now they have l>een formed into a division with four additional brigades from other States and will be put through several days of field manoeuvres. The division will be under the command of C,en. Morton. The press dispatches of this week from El Paso mentioned the fact that the Palmetto soldiers with the rest of their division would he taekn for a hike to Las Onices. M.. which is some 70 miles from their camp. They will go fully equipped, just as if they were taking the field during actual war and will undergo all the training which a ; ina Soldiers Is at Front big army exj>eriences in the field during war times. Of all the National Guard organizations which were encamped in the El Paso patrol district, it is sad that Massachusetts ranked first in efficiency, Michigan second and South Carolina third. Both Massachusetts and Michigan had been on the Iwrdei six weeks before the Palmetto boyf arrived and it must also be remembered that those States appropriate many times the amount of money foi their National Guard that South Caro lina does. Their States are more prosperous, and have more money tc give them, for one thing. I believe that, given the same length of training on the border, the Palmetto boy? will rank No. 1 in efficiency among all the National Guard organizations ol all the States. It means something to be from South Carolina. When you told any one that you were from the Palmettc States they were as cordial and friend ly as you could wish. It's an oi>eii sesame to have "N. G. S. C." on your uniform and it just naturally made me feel good all over to observe this fact. The soldier boys are all working hard and doing whatever is given them without murmuring. Of course, they think a lot of home and would | like to be back with their peopl.e bul they are not kicking and "cussing* like some I heard. They do feel as if they ought not to be kept sitting down on the Texas plains in a concentration camp indefinitely. They re sponded to the call 'to arms when it looked as if there was going to b trouble with Mexico, and they today would go over the Rio Grande with a shout if orders came from Washington to inrade Mexico. They have been in camp cow iince June 18, either at Styx or in their present location s?ven miles out of ?1 Paso on the fftTf -fllffjB" r-1hjf ill fiftlfllfl tIiwkIo Boys' are ready foi a fight tat there la little prospect of any trouble with Mexico at present, Home Within 30 Days. Since coming back to Columbia I Bave been asked time and again when t thoneht the boy* would come back home and I have said in about 30 days. Of course I have no direct information but I believe that either by November 1 or shortly thereafter all of the South Carolina soldiers will Ix returned to Styx and mustered out of the ft'.'eral service. It seems to be the plan to return the troops home in the order in which they went to the Inirder and thi* means that from the El Paso district the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Michigan National Guard will be sent back before South Carolina, fur they went there before them. Tliere are some 14,000 Pennsylvanlans. and probably 3,000 troop* from Micbegan and Massachusetts. It takes time to move soldiers and the equipment which is cafr.\faig the Georgia. North Carolina and .other troops to the border will be used for returning those regiments now on duty there home. Another reason why I think the boys will be home in 30 days is that the field manoeuvres will be over by October 15 and unless they are sent on patrol duty along the border 1hey will have nothing to do. 1 know. loo. from talk* f bad with some of the higher army officials, that thev are expecting the National Ouard to l>e sent back home and mustered out of the federal service in Xoveral>er. I think there Ss good reason to hojK? that the l>oys can he gotten back in time for the fair and efforts are being made to this end now by the Chamber of Commerce of Columbia. It wiil not do to count too much on any particular week or day. but I am reasonably certain that they will be back either on or immediately after November 1. The people of the West ar naturally most cordial to the South Carolina soldiers and have made their stay n the border all the pleasanter by reason of the attention which they have shown the men from time to time. The people of the West are naturally a hospitable people and in spite of the many thousands of soldiers who are encamped in and around El "Paso many of the leading citizens of the city have taken time to make the Palmetto men feel that they are ap prerintive of their presenee nnd realize fully that they are there to protect and defend them and the other Americans who live on the boundary between the two countries. Particularly has this been true of the First National bank nnd the Chamber of Commerce, and many other business places. They make you feel at home in El Paso and refuse to let you feel that you are in a stramre lnnd. Chanjree in Styles. Toledo Blade. **0011 the young men of the advertisements who have been about with colander underwear will be climbing into union suits. In which we will secy soojowhat les? of them. . A Course Plainly Indicated. In a letter published in The Advei tiser of Laurens, Mr. W. R. Riehej nominated in the recent primaries fo member of the house and who ha been classed as a member of th Blease faction, defends his position 1 : the State executive committee in relc tion to the chargs of frauds in th primary. Mr. Richey's letter cor eludes with thiB significant expre* , sion: "I will say further that the onl I way you can keep me from doing m duty when it comes to exposing ele< ( tion frauds, is to eliminate eleetlo . frauds and if it takes the Australia . system of balloting to prevent frau< , then let's introduce that system." As a member of the General Assen ( bly the opportunity is l>efore M ^ Riehey to press for the reform the evidently is already in his mind. Th i principal newspaper aligned with th , Blease faction is an advocate of th k Australian system. A proposal fc its adoption would hardly be oppose , by Gov. Manning who, we believe, ir I troduced in the House of Represnti tives an "Australian ballot" bill mor than twenty years ago. A quarter of a century ago fraud . in elections were expected as t , course in New York and other grec , cities. They are seldom heard c , now. The explanation is that th , Australian plan of voting has mad , them almost impossible. Wp nrp loireine alone with our pr mary system in South Carolina, tal , ing for granted that the solidarity c i the whites will be perpetual. At an time there might be a division?an I every year brings us, perhaps, close > to it. Wheu it does come, we aha 1 have api>eal, by both sides, to the n? j gro voters and the greater number c > the negro voters will be eorruptibh , In the event of this division, a perio . of demoralization worse even tha : any we have heretofore had woul ? set in and it would last through tw or three elections and administration! Then the people, after sickening c i such a condition and finding it ir i tolerable, would come together an reconstruct the election laws, i Why not do this in advance? A > ready some of our people are a com i tncf nfhprs nt hnlnn ajiontn Mirt.hwibcp Ifwew?re to adopt the Australia plan, in a form suited to our politics exigencies, we would merely do wha other States have already done. I we leave the laws and the rules i i their present condition it will be equ! # * * ma4> tt IO ; valent to saying mat we uu uui ' the gates against fraud to be closed that opportunities for a little swine ling and corruption now and then ar desired. i The Australian plan should be adopi ' ed both for primaries and genera i elections If it should be, factions c ' white men would not be able to cliea ? one another, the purity of the whit t primary would lie protected and, lx , sides, he danger of frauds in legal elec 1 tions would lie lessened. Another bai i rier would be erected against the ei ' trance of the negroes into politics. ' Nation.Wide Day for Wilson Party S< for October 2$. New York, Oct. 3.?October 28 ha ' been selected as "Woodrow Wilso Day." This announcement was mad . by Democratic National Chairman M< Cormick today. It is proposed to hav Wilson mass meetings simultaneous! in every city and village in the coui try. There will be parades, musl speeches and fireworks. Whethf President Wilson will talk at Shado' ' awn or elsewhere is yet to be detei mined. Chairman arranged with hii Monday night that he should spean t Cincinnati, Ohio, October 26. Mayb ho will participate in the Madiso Square garden demonstration the nigt before the presidential election. Othe New York dates have to be fixed. When Col. Roosevelt's "We've g( Wilson" and Seabury beaten" was r< ported to Chairman McCormick t( | night, he replied: "The Wilson campaign is swingin right. It will be as sweet for Wilso in November. I had a talk with Cha: F. Murphy at the Democratic club lai uight. I am abundantly satisfied wit ihe New York campaign. Everybod , is at vork for Wilson. My compl menu to Col. Roosevelt and say th? he 1b wrong and that we will prove , November 7." NO SYMPATHETIC STRIKE Failure Tartly Admitted by Labo Ixuders in New York New York. Oct. 2.?Tacit admisslo of the failure of the "general" sympi , Miotic strike in New York in India I of the striking street ear men wn made in re|H>rt late today to a eoi ference of labor lenders \?bi?b <lb ' cussed the general situation. The leat ers recommended that every unio member of the city be assessed on dollar for the benefit of the subwa .elevated and surface car employes wli are on strike in Manhattan, the Bro and parts of Westchester County. No decision as to further efforts t call out unionists in sympathy wit ;the strikes was taken and there was u formal admission that the strike pin had collapsed. AMERICAN ATTITUDE 5 IS UNCHANGED s , ' . n ENDANGERING LljVES t. WILL REOPEN MATTER ? . - p. Is Jeopardiiing CiUtOH at United State* y Through Sinking * Ship* with* out Warning W Maflmo to 'n Provide ftthgfldi Will n at Ooee Precipitate It CrMa. i_ Washington, Sept 80.?Increasing P agitation In Germany for a com* Lt plete resumption of submarine war,e fare, Chancellor yon Bethmannw ,e Hollweg's declaration, before the e reichstag that any statesman failing ,r to use Germany's; leery weapon to j shorten the war~^nsedves to be hanged" and the 4?e*tit apparently i. inspired slmultaneoo^. publication in .e German papers of attacks on America brought forth tstey an autborils tatlve brought forth teday an author!* ,f tatlve statement from the state deit payment on the Jmerican govern* ,f ment's attitude toward the situation. ie Any action which endangers Amerce lean lives through the sinking of ships without warning or by failing 1. to provide proper safeguards, it was emphatically asserted, will immedi,f ately reopen the mftmtrine question, y But as yet there haa been absolutely d no indication in the official advices ,r to the department that Germany has U violated the agreement arrived at in 5_ the Sussex case. Rtoorts of the sink,f ing of nearly 300 merchant ships since ^ June 1 have been i eoeived officially, (1 but in no case haa i been proved that n American UTes were endangered, d High officials tfapnk It unnecessary 0 to make any formal statement on the 3. subjects as they fed the American ,f position la fully kn rwn at home and abroad. No opposition was express d ed, howewver, to afostatement of tba bilitlee which a clutapi 6f Germany's [. government's poajmpn. The poaaih policy might open ff are ?ojy great I tlUBr n"ninr nf f full understanding^w^Hl sides, il Emphatic denial I that Germany [t has any intention J of reopening a f relentless campaign of submarine n warfare are contained In confldenI tlal advices from Berlin to diplomatic h quarters here. ; It is acknowledged that there is I- considerable opposition in Germany e to this policy of thei government and that a strong party is urging the t- more liberal use of the undersea i weapon. ' ,( So far "as American officials are it. tt] uojjbiiSb ?ndD3J aqj pau^aouoo e Germany has caused various degrees ?. of anxiety. Some see in it merely the bitter demonstrations of a party r- out of power whose exact strength is i. not known but which is thought not to be powerful enough to overthrow the chancellor, committed against illegal submarine warfare. The chancellor's latest speech is not Interpreted in such quarters as fore-shadowing his 8 conversion to ruthless submarine ac n uvuyle Others, however, are Inclined to take the opposite view, believing that ' the chancellor has been won over to y the von Tirpitz party. They argue ' that with the gradual crushing in of , the Germau lines and the increased r realization that England is the superenemy, pressure in Germany will become irresistible to strike in every possible way. 11 It was reiterated again today that 1 Ambassador Gerard, now on his way c to the United States for a vacation. n bad not been summoned home from Berlin to discuss the submarine or 'r other issue and that if any crisis were at hand or expected lie would )l under no circumstances be allowed to leave his post. ) John D. Douglass. g n Chesterfield, Sept. 30.?John D. ' Douglass, a highly respected eivlzen 5t of near Chesterfield, died in the hos^ pital at Florence on Septembr 21. y About ten days before his death he was poisoned in a hand that had a small lt sore on it by fresh blood from a hog. His right arm was amputated, but the poison had gone too far, causing his doath. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Milliard and he was r laid to rest in the Douglas cemetery. ? The Proper Bait. f Huston Transcript. s A Methodist bishop was visiting" at the home of a friend who had two charming daughters. One morning I- he accompanied the two young women 11 to a pond where they started to fish, e An old ankler a little further d!bng y saw them and, wishing to appear o friendly, called out; "Ketchln' many " pardT | The bishop straightening himself up, <> replied: "Brother, I am a fisher of h men." o | "You've got the right kind of bait, u ^ nil right," returned the ol^l chap, with a glance at the girls. MARINES FROM DIXIE 1 LIGHT BUT STRONG Mia Entering Soil too From South I Founds Lighter Than Those of North. ' Washington, Sept 28.-?The aver- I age weight of men south of the MaiSon and Dixon line is from four to six i pounds lighter than the average f weight of men north of it say United 4 States marine corps recruiting offl- t cers operating there, in a report re- c ceived at marine corps headquarters i today. These recruiting officers have < asked that the minimum weight for < recruits in the South be reduced from 124 to 120 pounds, stripped. 1 "The large raw-boned Southerner" la seldom seen, the recruiting officers aver, and, while the men of the South are as sound and fit as the men of any other section, they are usually small-boned and light In weight The officers point out in their recommendation that some of the best "hikers" and fighters in the marine corps are the lean, wiry men from the South. BANDITRY BOOMS IN POOR MEXICO Starvation and Lawless Hordes Menacing Even Vera Crux Washington, Oct 2.?Banditry and starvation are on the Increase in Mexico, according to official reports today to both the state and the navy departments. The bandits have become a menace to the city of Vera Crux which Is now threatened with attack. Capt Guy H. Burrage, of U. S. S. Nebraska, at Vera Cruz, sent in a report that bandits have blown up a train on the Vera Cruz-Mexico City railroad. Bandits have been gathering in the Vera Cruz section for a long time and It now appears that they are beyond the control of the Carranza troops at Vera Cruz and Mexico City. War department reports show similar widespread opposition to the Carranza government In the northern tier (I counties. Army officers today said these facts furnished one of the best reasons why tha fo**rnmumt should not rieM IjO th*[ tflTjrfJbr of the Mexican delegates on the Mexican commission that President Wilson ordered the withdrawal of Pershing's army. Gen. Edward H. Plummer In command of the Second Idaho infantry, was accideutly shot yesterday afternoon by a sentry on the Mexican side of the line, who however, was saidi! to have been firing at an escaping ji prisoner. Gen. Plummer reported: Man who fired the shot was taken i into custody by Mexican authorities. Wound is not dangerous. Accident i occurred in immediate vicinity of rail- < road station and was observed by of- < fleers on this side of the line." i i BOLL WEEVIL MOVING r AT UNtSUAL SPEED i Peat Said to be Only Forty-live Mile# i West of the South Carolina Border. i Clemson College, Sept. 28.?Ti. -e I is considerable speculation as to the < advance of the boll weevil toward I South Carolina. Pof. A. F. Conradi ] 'said today that the State crop pest commission has kept in close touch 1 ,with the bojl weevil situation and ] that during the past two seasons the < pest had moved easward at an un- i usual rate. There has been a con- l tinual eastward spread this season and 1 according to the latest report of the I has Just been received, the weevil has j Kaah Anting AK mllpM WPSt of the SOUth 1 IAXII 4VUUU av Caollna border. Be thinks that in all i pobabRity the pest will reach this ( state by the end of this season. ? Prof. Conradl says that the fall ? dlsptrsal season Is approaching. The i weevils scatter Just before going Into i winter quarters. 1 President Riggs, Gov. Manning j Prof.. W. W. Long, Prof. Conradl 1 and others will go soon to the South- j west to study the situation. t I HENRY FORD BALKS AT GIVING t J MONEY TO ASSIST WILSON Asbury Park, N. J., Oct 2?Presi- ] dent Wilson will get the vote and the i moral support of Henry Ford for re- < election, but not one cent of the pa- < ciflst's great fortune will be contrlbu- i ted to the Democratic campaign fund. Mr. Ford made this announcement i himself today after spending three 1 hours with Mr. Wilson at Shadow t Lawn. He said: < "I enjoyed my visit with the presi- .i dent immensely and I Intend to vote < for him. If the people of the United < States are sane he will be re-elected." "Do you intend to aid the campaign i 1 . , ? ! financially? he was asaea. .1 "Not one cent," answered Mr. Ford,; 1 decisively. "I do not believe in cam- < pai>:n funds. The office should seek the < man, and not the man the office." 1 "jWill you mak^ any campaign ? speeches?" "I'm not a speech-maker, but I will do what I can in my own way to aid | in the re-election of Mr. Wilson. I < am interested only in that." j The Chronicle?II per jttf. 1 ;im > MJSAflE INDORSES REFORM DO PARTY'S CONVENTION CALL A kfeeting to be Held in Columbia Fair Exi Week to Discuss Legislation and ' the Future of Great State Party from the Charleston American. . ^ Columbia, Sept 30.- Former Gover- der ior Blease today, In the first public fiIo] itatement which he bus made since ev .he recent primary election, endorsed P?l he call Issued by Col. W. A. James, era >f Lee county, for a convention of the er eform faction of the Democratic party ma )f South Carolina, to be held in the lty of Columbia. wU Col. James, after consulting with n(K ifr. Blease and other leaders In Colum>ia today, changed tbi date of the sto :onventlon to Tuesday cf fair week, ^er October 24th. The convention will lie held In the s'n lounty court hou.se here, which Is con- ton renlently located for sucn purpose. Every Democratic club In the state rlc' s urged to send at least "one true and kal :rled reformer," and all members of S0E he faction are cordially invited to at- g(" end. flIc "I fully agfee," said Mr. Blease, lnt 'that the reform party should have a 1 neetlng during fair week, and I think sal ruesday night, the 24th, is the best kai possible date, which could be selected, An Ifn md I trust that aB many of our friends is can do so will attend, and I have 3n doubt that every county In the 11 jtate will be fully represented." Since the call was issued by Col. lames, the convention has been the ei subject of a geat deal of comment, 1)61 ind much speculation has been inlulged in. Several of the rabid anti- a'' the Blease newspapers have gone into hysterics over what tbev see as the pros. [)ect of a bolt. Neither In the call, co* aor in any statement which has been SOI made by any one authorized to speak, however, has there been any intlma- i tlon of anything of the kind. The a rn< convention when it meets will decide ||{|I upon its own course. It is called as roc the convention of a faction of the Dem- , Dcratic party?and the faction which Its mem hers sincerely believe Is the * majority faction in South Carolina ^ this time, and was the majority faq ^S^nnwtio^^t^I^tatemen^n^ dorslng the call for the convention, Mr. Blease was asked this afternoon 7Q If he yet had any statement to make In reference to the recent primary. ,' 3D "I am giving very careful and serious consideration to the evidence fur nished me In reference to the fraucj In the recent primary," he replied. "I am satisfied that there was a very ^ free use of money and whiskey and also the Intimidation and coercion of voteifr. I am still further satisfied that I received a majority of the votes ^ cast in the second primary for gov- * ernor. However, I have nothing furth- ^ er than this to say for publication at this time." gj It will be recalled that this evidence was offered the state executive committee at its meeting. beld here to tabulate the returns, but was ignored by the committee, whose chairman ruled out every reference to it except the reasons filed by the six members ( )f the committee who voted against . J0J] the resolution to declare Governor ^ Manning the nominee of the party. | There Is an anomalous political sit-j^ nation In South Caollna at this time. I' ! (ifli it is not recalled that ever before in * the history of the primary in this| Jtate has a state executive committee j ^ .'ailed to name a nominee unanimous- j ly. At a recent meeting, however, |0,111 the vote was strictly factional, the six members who voted against thej^ esolution expressing their firm con- ^ rtction that the primary was so taint- ? si with corruption as to endanger the ^ lolldlty of the white man's party in j ^ 5outh Carolina. There has so far, !^. however, l*>en ho authorized state*1 era nent which would give any foundation 'or the hysterical condition into which i portion of the press of the state ^ ias l>een thrown. As a matter of 'act, the Blease leaders here today, and hose who have been here at various . tec imes since the second primary, take j he view that they are really the majority faction of the Democratic party pn sought to l?e relegated into a minority [wsition at the present moment by eason of the fact that the party ma. j .'hinery is in the hands of what is jn rommonly known as the antl-Blease g<j 'action. Neither Col. James, Gov. Blease ' ior any one else authorized to speak w.( ias stated any purpose in the call for ( he convention further than was stat? in the call itself, which was couched r n plain, unvarnished English, simple cju ?nough to be understood by any school ., It will be a convention of represent* itive white men of South Caolina, ""vho will peacefully assemble under In :heir constitutional rights and prlvil- to ?ges, to discuss such measures or i>olI- fal des as they may see fit, or to decide for jpon such course of action as may C., ;eem wise and just to them. lisi That is all there is to it. " Mc Former Governor Blease Is receiv- the Ing many invitations to deliver ad- hit lresses in various parts of the United NTo States. Among these Is an urgent in- am citation to deliver a series of political rec speeches in the middle west. He is cm ES THE KAISER SEEK THE LID OF PRESIDENT WILSON? ecutive Has Important Conference or Monday With Von Bernstorff That May Have Bearing on European Conflict Lsbury Park, N. J., Oct 3.?Preslit Wilson started on his first invan of the West at 8:30 o'clock this ning with Omaha as the objective t He is scheduled to make sev1 speeches there on October 5, aftwhich a hurried return trip will be de to Shadow Lawn, where the >odrow Wilson Independent League 1 be received on Satuday after >n. )n Monday Ambassador von Bernrff will confer with the* pesident e. This is expected to be the most ?otant non-political conference held ce the chief executive left Washlngfor his summer home. .Tie dispatch published under a Zuti date line and alleging that the ser had appealed to President Wili to employ the good offices of this 'ernment to end the European cont was read with more than passing erest at the executive offices, in reply to a direct inquiry it was d that such a measure from the [ser had not been received as yet. ibassador von Bernstorff, wliols the iser's personal representative, may ng such a communication but defle Information on the subject is not iilable here. Before leaving Washington Presilt Wilson wrote to all of the Euroin rulers In behalf of the sufferers Poland. When the German ambass>r asked for an appointment with > chief executive it was supposed he uld convey the kaiser's reply to the nmunication mentioned. There are indications that Mr. Wil1 will be forced to take a hand in i Mexican controversy at an early te to prevent a sudden ltd embarjsln'j interruption to the conference iv !>eing held In At nnv.c Clly fcv replentativos oof the two <io* <?1 ments. Interior Sere'ary ar*. who Is con? ( rod tUo pre?'d( nt'ss \ ei.v.ia reprelatative on the commission, spent a y'- rilwi^ od part of today e executive office. It is understood First Chief Carran^as again repeated his demand for e immediate withdrawal of the Bering expedition. The situation which nfronts the administration is disrbing. It is said a threat has been ide to order the Mexican members the commission to end the negotians unless there is immediate comance with the demand. Mr. Wilson has sent an invitation to illiam F. McCombs, Democratic nom'0 for United States senator in New rk, for luncheon at Shadow Lawn m esday. VES MORE TIME FOR PEGI9TRATI0XI vernor Wires All County Boards to Enroll Citizens Through Saturday. lov. Manning has directed the atition of commissioners of registra a In the various counties of which lers that all books of registration ill be kept oj?en until within .TO rs of the general election. Under a provision registration will conue through Saturday, October 7. e chief executive is anxious that all xlifled electors may have the op tunlty to vote in the general elecn Novemlier 7. Tlie ommunican to the registration boards folrs: 'Under section 205. volume 1. code 1012. hooks of registration may kept open for registration of qualiI electors until 30 days before gen1 election. This will authorize you allow qualified electors to register to and including next Saturday, tober 7, until midnight. Please e as much publicity as possible, so it all who are qualified may prot their right to vote in general etlon." incels Joseph Reported in Serious Condition?ondon, Oct. 4.?A report reach; Vienna from Geneva, as forwardto London by the Exchange Tele iph company, says that Emperor mcis Joseph is confined to his bed ;h bronchitis and that his condition causing anxiety. The General Federation of Women's b two years ago had less than a llion members. Now it lias more in 2,500,000. receipt of a telegram asking hiin speak at the Rocky Mount, N. C\, r, on October C, and he is wanted 1 an address at the Marshvill, N. county fair on October 21st. The t also includes an invitation from unit Airy, X. C., for October 28. and > Red Men of Salisbury are urging n to deliver an address to thera on vemberr 1, These are only a few iong many invitations, which be is eiving from various sections of the mtry.