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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 120 Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dally, Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM HOPE OF PEACE IS STILL ALIVE IN MEDIATION WASHINGTON BELIEVES MED-j IATION WILL END MEX- . ICAN WAR POLICY OF WAITING Carranza Has Failed to Indicate Definitely What He Expects to Do (By Associated PresB) ? Washington, July 3.-With Mexicali mediation in recess pending action i?' the constitutionalist, ofllcials of the Washington government tonight re fused to concede that all chances fur peace had fled. Administration leaders held to lilia optimistic view despite the fact that no definite word had come from (h li erai Carranga, first chief 3! the con stitutionalist respecting ..'.?? confor tr.ce willi hid subordinate generals over the Invit?t'op froei the uied:uior.i for Ms agents ?n partlclt?atn in discus sion With the Huerta's ropieutiuutive*. . Tonight Charles A. Douglass, ont of r?arranza'fc- counsellors, who ha : been chiefly Interested In efforts to bring about the meeting between thc Mexican antugonlstics, had a lons conference with Secretary Bryan. Pre vious to this he had conferred for hours with Rafael Zuharan and Luis Cabrera, Can aliza's chief agents in Washington. Conferred Willi Chief. lt was admitted that mc sages had been received from General-Carranza at Saltillo, hut-it was loamed these messages asked for further informa tion about tho proposed conference and alan with relation to the attitude of the United States, lt was Intimated hat some assurances were wanted by the constitutionalists m to when the United Statep,^would retire troni^Ycrd . .-_ ? -'?4^^c?^^t's??^',ih?;:"c?ns4^tnt?ohai-' (sta .?bullid agr?? to a provisional gov ernment pending a constitutional oh o. tlon. Mr. Bryan would not discuss the situation, hut the general Indica tion, in all sources was that nothing definite would. I ? known concerning the constitutionalists decision for sev. eral days. That the Washington government still Is exerting all possible influence upon the constitutionalists to yield to the] proposed conference again was ap parent.- John R. Silliinau. vice con sul at Saltillo, left tonight lo return to'his post'there, tb do everything in his power to induce General Carranza and his asociale louder* to agree to a provisional govcrniu'.ut. Mr. Blin man had O long talk with President Wilson before hts departure. Mr. Ca brera and Mr. Zn hanni still express ed hope that a favorable reply would be received from General Car ranga, despite the fact Hutt fernando Iglesias, leader of the I,(beru! party in Mexico, and personal friend of General Carranza, Authorized] the state ment that thc constitittiomilUlH nev er could treat wlh Huerta's .del?g?t tes except upoh ??rm.i of surrender. Nothing Definite. Mr. Cabrera and .Mr. buharan would not comment upon tlil? statement, but it was pointed nit that lue aftiaf agent of General Carranza In Wash ingon through whom all oin cia I state ments were transmitted, was Mr. Zu baran. He insisted that there was no definite word from his chief re garding the proposed conference. Justice Lamar ind Mr. Lehmann. ' . the American commissioners to tho Niagara Falls conference, returned ?0 . Washington today and talked. briefly with Prealdeht WHSI??I and Secretary Bryan. .The president congratulated them upon their painstaking work. No formal conference was hold, but the commisioners expect to seo the president again, probably next Mon ' day. They will remain here subject to call should the constitutionalists agree to meet the Huerta delegates. The American commissioners did not Confer with any ot the con ; tl tih Ional Ists cor do they expect to until sjme definite plan of action ls agreed up on . At constitutionalist headquarters it was apparent that the Immediate source of. anxiety was not so muclt^ the proposed meeting with Huerta del egates, but their own Internal troub les, chiefly - the differences between General .-Villa and Genoral Carranza. The conference at "Torr?on .with .a. view tb settling these differences was reported still to ita in progress. Unofficial statement?, were made. here tonight that all differences would 1 be. satisfactorily adjusted within al short time and that tho military, campaign against .Mexico City would. J {be ; renewed short, y with Increased vigor. ? _ ? At'-- v faa Wea* her. Washington, July 3.-Forecast: South. Carolina:-Partly. cloudy, probably local' thundershowers Satur day and Sunday.. . .. - .-\<k7"v ?J'?VJI--A........ ?. WOMAN GIVES 1 HER STORY OF DAY OF CRIME MRS. CARMAN TELLS TREND OF HER JEALOUSY ON STAND INQUEST IS BEGUN ! Delving Into the Incidents At tending Death of MTS. Louise Bailey (Hy Associated Presa) Freeport, N. V., July H.-MK. Edwin' ('atman, wife of the Freeport physi cian in whose office Mrs. Louise Bail ey, wlf ? of :. wealthy New York man ufacturer, was mysteriously murdered Tueuduy night, was on thu witness stand at tin* coroner's inquest more than two hours today and suhuiittod to a rigid cross examination -foncera-1 inp lier action.- just prior to the kill-, ing. just cf ter lt, and ut tho moment! it occurred. Mrs. Carman emphatically denied she was on the porch of her home' just before the murder. Hint she had walked around on tho-ground floor' while Mrs. Halley waa io her hus band's office, or that she entered the.1 ofllce while the victim's .)ody was ly-j tilg on the floor. George Golder, a pa. titent who had keen waiting to see Dr. ('arman on the nig ht of the m ur-1 dor, swore lie had s"?en he physician'? wife do all these things. , When it was suggested that Golder had mistaken Mrs. ('arman for her sister, the witness was confronted I with both women and immediately I identified Mrs. Carmon ns the one he had seen. I Mrs. Carman, although nervous, told substantially the same story Rhe re lated the morning after the murder. This was that she had gone lo her room immediately after dinner the night of tho murder and ox rcpt for, a space of a m Imite h?d remained there ' even' after"'she/ heard- the tinkly- of, break irr glnss and the report of the revolver as it sent a bullet through Mrs. Holley's heart. Explained Device. She told how she had contracted for the installation of the telephonic, in strument In her husband's office so sue could hear what he said to his wom en-path nts pnd how she had ripped it out the mor ling after the murder be fore sly had clothed herself or had her breakfast. Mrs. Carman also told of spying on her Irisbund through the same win dow the assassin used, of seeing him hand, a nurse, a Mrs. Varlanc a $20 bill and of wat.-bing the nu mo kiss her husband on the cheek. The kiss, she said, caused her to -ap on the same pane of gloss w'?'?'i later won broken by the person v: o' killed Mrs. Halley. Then -he went inside, where sh? slapped the nurse's fov-e. demanded and received the, $20 bill and in turn was warned by her husband that if she ever repeated the performance or ever spied on him again "all would be over" between them. Mrs. Carman's sister, visibly ner vouis, also testified. The other wit nesses were Dr. Carman himself, two patient .- who were walting to consult him, and tho physicians who perform ed thc autopsy. The others under sub poena will tell their stories Monday. Cannan Supports Wife. Dr. ('arman denied that his wife had been in the office after the shooting. He might have seen her in me walting room, he said. Ile saw her next up stairs, he said, "after everything had quieted down." "Who let Mrs. Bailey Into the houee?" a --ked the district nttorney. "1 do not know," the physician re plied. . ;? He said Mrs. Bailey died two minut es after she was shot Ho told of re moving thc bullet and he Identified- it when it was shown to bim. He said he heard no sound outside of the win dow before the glass wa? pushed in. Dr. Carman said be did not know where Mr?. Carman was when the shot was fired. \ Mrs. Carman when placed .on the stand appeared calm. She told of vis its to department sores In New York oh thc day of the murder. She wm dressed, she '?aid, in a blue suit. She returned to Freeport about 7 o'clock ate dinner and immediately retired tc her room. Mrs. Carman denten' uh'e was on the front porch or the front steps at any tire's ofter nbc r-Hcrnel from New York. Sho waa in her room,' Mng aero: s tho bed, she said,. until she heul a confusion of noises. 3he hoard gloss breaking and a pistol shot, but sha did not know which nole-?-she head first. She ujmped up Immediate ly. Didn't Visit Office. "After I got up from the bed."' Mri. Carman ' said, "1 went out into the hall hnd looke 1 over the banister. I heard a lot of cum mo ti m and after returning to my room to put on. a (Continued on Page Three.) BRITISH-BOER WAR MINISTER ANSWERS CALL JOS. CHAMBERLAIN, SPEC TACULAR POLITICAL FIG URE, SUCCUMBS UNEXPECTED ? END His London Home Was Scene of Death With American Wife With Him (fly Associated Press) London, July a#-Joseph Chamber lain, one of the most striking ligures in British politics In the past genera tion, died at IIIB London home late last night. His death came as a sur prise. He had been .suffering with paralysis, yet the condition of his ti ea I . li was not kuown to be any worse than il hud been for the past three years. Mrs. Chamberlain, who never left her husband's side since he was stricken with paralysis seven years ago. and his son. Austen Chamberlain, were with him when death came. The event cast a gloom over the Loudon Henson, which was at its height. Mr. Chamberlain's last public ap pearance was at a garden party on the grounds of his Birmingham home on May.. 6, last, when, with his wife and son, he received several hundred constituents. He was wheeled out on the lawn in a chair and appeared very feeble when he lifted bis hat to friends and neighbors in acknowledgement, of their salutes. The cause of Mr. Chamberlain's death was officially announced today us heart failure. Although he had been gradually sinking since Tuesday, members of the family had preferred that his condition should not become publicly known. Chamberlain's Hero rd The Right Honorable Joseph Cham berlain was the pioneer in . Great Britain,of Tariff -Reform, and the ijvsas advocate of Imperialism. For thirty-eight years, with a brief iutef regr-,,111, he represented Birmingham lo Parliament lu 190ti his carew ot stormy activities WOH ended by ii t.ticjie of paralysis.-. The blow fell when he was lu the midst of a stren uous campaign for the establishment of a protective tariff with preference for the British colonies, and just af ter his constituents had celebrated the (Continued on I'agc 5.) TRAIL OF BLOOD CAUSES OFFICERS TO HOLD WOMAN Mrs. Helen Angle Not Allowed Beil After She. Refuses Statement Stamford, Conn., July 3.-Because experts testimony showed that a trail of human blood ran from the lower hall of tho building up two flights of stairs and Into her apartments and becauac she- would make no state ment, Mrs. Helen M. Angle was held without boil late today by order of Coroner John J. Phelan, who ls In vestigating the death of Waldo R. Bal lou, on the night of June 2.1. Mrs. Angle had been at liberty under a $5,000 bond, given by her father. Ballon was found dying on the side walk in front of the building where Mrsl -Angle lived. She told the police ho fell down a flight of stairs while under' tho influence of liquor. Mrs. Angle was taken into custody after she had been given a private hearing in the office of the u'ilef of police at which she. refused to moke a stat-"mont. She collar-ed when f-he realized ohe had to go to a cell. ""Chief of'Police Brennan, the first witness at the fnq tiry. amplified tes timony previously given, In which he had quoted what Mrs, >Angle had Bald regarding a white shirt found in a bureau drawer, The chief said he had shown the shirt to Mrs. Angle, say ing: . '. k . ? . .. "Nollie, -what does this mean." "8he replied: "Bill, for Ood'B sake, dop't'show that up.** Br cohan replied, he testified, "I won't unless J. am. Obliged toj"/ The chief Identified a pair of spectacles fonhd In a box with other ar ti.-I es on the veranda. ; A physician said ho found a spot of blood oh the spectacles/. He also de scribed stain?, which showed traces of Hood Infests made. These stains, were o'; the lower landing, up bota flights of stair and In Mrs. Angle's room. Three, bloody footprints were found on the stairs. There was a atp*K rifest-tho leg ot a plano, another umier ar. iron?a* board and stilt sn ot* f on a mat rear^lra. Angle's bed. Touts of other status have net yet been <mmpltte1. ' ft ...V.-NrV.'V.v ' . YOUTH THREW COLD WATER ON CANDIDATE WHILE HE CRITICISED JOHN -RICHARD'S RECORD AT HIS HOME I_ ? A NO!?Y MEETING Mendel L. Smith Came Squarely Out Against Bleasc In Meet ing at His Home Town '\ - Camden. Jajy 3 -Continued inter ruptions by members of Hie audience, wltb the mont pronoun, ed exhibitions of factionalism of the campaign, marked the meeting here today of can didates for state offices. From the crowd of. probably 1^00 restless vot ers of Kershaw county, the home of Johu G. Richards and Mendel L. Smith, candidates for governor, at frequent Int? valB throughout tho meeting came-] beers for Bleasc, Rich ards, B. Frank; Kelley, candidates f;?r lieutenant gov) mer, Mendal L, Smith and others. \ bel) a buy of about fifteen years, y ?med Workman, threw a partly filled ; tass ol water on Char les Carroll Sib ms, candidate for gov ernor, the d Isturber reached its climax. Thc boy is .a ri-lntive by marriage to J. G. Richard!?, one of Simms oppon ents, whom Simms was severely criti cising at the ame of the occurrence. -With the water! slowly trickling down his back, Simms ' pleaded for better treatment and;., received an ovation from tho crown, which expressed in dignation in loud cat-calls and cheers. The boy" was quickly escorted from the stand in a public park, where the meeting was Ihjprogress. \ .Against Bieune The disorder uicreased when Simms began a SQyerjjfi arraignment of cer tain oil pon ente;: after declaring his affiliation' fpjjakyvernor Blense. A ffucxiJ m\WMK9ffK9SiSm^^i of Men ue'. L. Smith Sn the state democratic conven''on of 1932 drew in reply I Smith's declaration of political enmity Jo Governor Bleasc, expressing for the first time his factional- affiliation. William C. Irby, candidate for gov ernor, asked an explanation of Smith's action In breaking an engagement at Richmond after .be had stated that' an ?alternate delegate would represent bim at the convention, charging that it "looked like Smith was playing boil? sides." With Irby'o permission, Smith stated that be had heard the report that he favored Blease In the latter's efforts to secure electloh as a delegate '?to the National Democratic conven - lion and he (Smith) had cancelled thc engagement at Richmond to fight Blcase'e effort. This explanation and tacit, declaration brought evidences ol political cleavage to the surface. While the crowd maintained a con tinual disturbance. Charles A, Smith also a candidate for governor, began his address only to bc repeatedly In terrupted by a Confederate Veteran who demanded that Smith promise tc secure better treatment for the veter ans at tho Columbia Confederate home, where be said he had formerly lived. Charles A. Smith refused tr listen to the appeal and made nc answer. Thc aged veteran's plea was heark ened to by Lowdens J. Browning, whe denounced the manner in which th? old soldiers are clothed and cared foi at that institution. When the native candidates for gov ernor. Richards and Mendel Smith began their one-minute speeches, loni continued applause greeted them They gave their time to their oppon eats, merely making their announce menta Pleas by Richard I. Manning for tin elimination of factionalism and dis order, and for conservative, construe tive legislation were without result for the height of disorder was rcachei within a few minutes when Mr. Sinne spoke. Charles A. Smith appealed for tin unification of the people and urgei them to work together for construe tive measures to benefit the varloui interests of the citizenry. The advocacy here of compulsory education by John G.. Cltnkpcalcs wai received without the customary ap plaure, though the diminishing crow? quietly listened to his argument fo: a statewide law, Lawlessness in Columbia and lt Charleston was denounced by Robt ' A. Cooper, candidate for governor who emphatically urged'rigid enforce ment of the laws. ? Indications of a possibly "warm meeting came early In tbe meet In when Jas. A. Summerset, candidat for comptroller, general, opposln Comptroller Geni. Jones for re-elec I Hon, became involved with his op pon en t lu a wordy war. I After Summerset had severely crltl slsod his opponent's official acts Jone I inquired "who paya ?your campalg expenses?" Summerset answered " do." Jones replied, "I don't bellov it." NEWMAN TELLS j TEARFUL TALE OF GOLD MINE NORTH CAROLINA PROMOT ER SOBS BELIEF IN TAR HEEL WEALTH USED SENATE PAPER But Copies of the Letter Went Only to Stockholders and Hurt Stock (By Associated Press.) Washington, July :i. W. G. New man, promoter of u North Carolina gold mino, told a renate investigating committee a tearful story imlay about the uso of ofllciul letter paper of thc cenrus and rules committee!' for clr culution of a letter from a mining en gined praising the properly. He tes tified he usked Senator Overman's rtenogrnphor to make copies of the lettei and that a clerk in tho census committee made others. . Senators Overman und Chilton, chairmen of the: is committees, knew nothing of lt. he said. While Newman was telling the story of his struggles to promote tho prop erty ho wept and once sobs stopped him. Newman said about thirty-live or forty copies of thc letter on senate paper were seul out. but they were rent to his personal friends muong the Cold Hill stockholders. None of them was used lo "boosl" the rtock, he pro tested. Worked Sleek 111. The witness said that appearance of the letterc on senate stationery sent tlie stock down from 75 cents to fiO cents a rhnrc, although the mining engineer reported the Cold Hill prop erly worth $60.U00,O00. "Nobody believed that ptntemcnt," said Newman. In a voice choked with emotion the promoter-told the^commlttoe of carly straggles o? himself and his brother, J. J. Newman, io develop the Gold HUI mine. "My brother raw things golnir to pieces," he raid, "and he took five sticks of dynamite and blew himself into ten thousand piecep. He left a letter saying IIIB life's work was gone. Ho said North Carolina was thc rick ert ?tate In the union. When I heard that I took oath I'd never let go tho property until I proved his statement or went tile way he weut." (Continued on page 4.) UNITED STATES DENIES ONUS OF STATEMENT Bryan Repudiates the Alleged Re port of Grecian Minuter Williams Washington. July 3,-Responsibility for published statements criticising conditions in Albania credited to George Fred Williams, minister of the United Slates to Greece", was disclaim, ed by the State department tonight in a formal statement issued by Secre tary Bryan. Thc minister's repott his activi ties in Balkans has not reached Wash ington and officials of the government have been silent concerning prcis dis. pjt'-acB (11101111,-': -. r?ti. Secretary Bryan's statcnien. VCA *? "In reply to Inquiries addressed to the department of State as to what au thority the American minister at Ath ens had to make remarks attributed to him relative lo thc condition of af fairs in Albania, tl: J Secretary of state has replied that Mr. Williams was on ly authorized by tho State department to viBit BpiruB, observe conditions and report the re.-ult of his observances to the department and that the pub lished remarks lie Is alleged to have made were given solely on his own responsibility, and with- no authority whatsoevrer from the department. Mr. Williams' report of his visit has not yet been received." In official circles thc action cf tl;? government in issuing this statement without awaiting the arrival of Mr. ?Wllllamn' report wts regarded as significant. It was said President Wilson himself had called the iWpart ment's' attention to the gravity' ol the situation, suggesting that no time should be lost in letting it be known' that In atackinf the Prince of Weld and his government In Albania, Minis ter Williams wan not acting on In struction J from Walkington. . Press dispatches have reported the minister as resigning, but Secretary Bryan said no, rfaignation bad. reach ed the dep?rtm<:nt. ? '..- ' t '. . i f.; ' . ' .!S- ??-lf ?VI .'"V' '.' ?MV . SMITH STRONG WITH FARMERS IN CHEROKEE AND BLEASE IS STRONC? WITH THE BOYS OF THE MILLS USUAL HECKLING Pollock and Jennings Were An noyed and Blease Had Some Questions Asked Him Special lo I'Jie Intelligencer: ?nilney. July .l.-ln (he court house pucket! with at least soo persons, most (>?? them voters, and many more outside nimble to gain admittance. Hie I r*t li meeting of the campaign for th? United States senate was held here today. The crowd was several hundred short of thal which heard Governor Hlense and Judge Jones two years ago. The governor carried this county. Cherokee, hy nearly ?00 votes two yenrs ago.. Today Senator Smith at least di vided Hie honors in the matter or ap plause with Covernor Blease, the di vision being apparently as yesterday, the cotton mill men for the governor, the Tanners for Senator Smith. Jen nings and Pollock '.'took" well also An attempt to hoot down Pollock when he began on Bleaee's record did not succeed, the antl-Blenseites, lt appeared, drowning the voices of their rivals. Bleuse was Interrupted a number of times also. County Chair man lt. A. Dobson presided and the Rev. Mr. Knox offered the invocation. Law Is IKHIIC. W P. Pollock, in leading off, de clared the greatest Issue before the people or South Carolina today is whether or not they will have a con tinuance of lawlessness or return to "law. order and decency*" Ho mada ? his. usual- referent td conditions':In" j Charleston. Wh:n the speaker read i the list of challenged applicants, "furrlncrs", In club 2, wsrd 8, Char leston, n Please enthusiast ' shouted "all for Coley." Mr. Pollock replied, "yes, you're right, they are all fori Coley, but I don't believe you want to be lined up with a bunch of Dagoes." Senator E. D. Smith was quite hoarse and close attention was given his speech and with his eloquence, pathos und humor he was frequently cheered to the i ho. Replying to criticisms nf Blease he reiterated his position toward immigration by de claring that despite the opposition of the president and party leaders to a law too restricted he would, if pos sible, nail up the door against the in flux of European labor that would compete with Americans. The sena tor sold he was determined as far as lay in lils power as chairman of the Senate Immigration committee to "keep out dagoes and scum from southern Europe who live on rotten ' oranges, black bananas and BtlnK you to death at the polls." Denounced Primary. Governor Blease denounced the new primary rules, calling them tho "dirt iest piece of ballot box thievery ever attempted to he pulled og In South Carolina." Declaring that the "greatest dis cussion going on In this campaign ls cotton," the governor launched Into his attack on Senator Smith's record from the time the senator was a mem ber of the Sodlh < arollna legislature to the present. "llaskelllsm" and "nlggorlsm" occupying prominent places In the discussion. L. I). Jennings wns the last speaker. He said many Bl?aaell?s were leaving Ifiause they didn't want to hear him talk about the governor's record "be cause they are ashamed of lt." He said that, like the governor and hts pardons. tllOBC who dbl not like the new rules' would have to vote under them and you can't help it. He went considerably Into the governor's par don record, citing specific causes. He made a bid fir the votes ot those who will not under any circumstances vote for Blease and who do not care to vote for Smith. Tomorrow's meeting will be held in Spartanburg. ATTACHED BUTTE MAYOU City Executive Shot His Assailant and Both Are Hurt. Butte. Mont., July 3.-Eric lintels, a Finnish miner attacked Mayor leonis P. Duncan in his office late today, stabbing him three times. The mayor shot Lantela through fte abdomen. Both are expected to recover. The mayor had Just told Lantela he had no power to deport Frank Alio nen, of Neguanee, Mich., correspond ent of a Finish newspaper nt Han cock. Radicals among the Finnish minet-.- who seceded with others from the'local, miners union, hud appealed to tho mayor to deport Alionen. ,Th? paper represented by A ito nen has championed the c^use of the American Federation of Labor, the Western Federation of Miners and their affiliated bodies, which the Fin ish miners nave renounced. Z. V. TAYLOR ANNOUNCES CUT OF LIGHT AND P?W , ER PRICES WILL SAVE $5,000 Reduction of Current to 10 Cento - Per Kilowatt is in* Keeping With Promise Thc Southern Public Utilltlcs.com pany han announced a reduction of io per cent In tte rule lor ole trlclty for thc consumers of An l rson. Thia means a saving of $5.000 n year. This la making good thc promise made hy the company more than a year ago, when lt stated Its Intention lo make u io ceut rate here a? soon aa possible. .".*' y The rotc as promulgated yesterday * was agreed upon some time ago," ns quite a number of Anderson people ? knew, but for obvious renions it was decided not to announce -the rate, just then. ,"' It will bc recalled that the company recently offered Winejop-Snlem a like rate, which was aocopted in that' city in lieu of municipal ownership. The rate has practically been In effect, in Auder ron slhce thc last reading of tho m ct em Juno 2:5d,. and is now nearly two wooka 'old although no announce ment was made pending a Visit from Pres. 7ii H&'VTayteiVsj' which hod been expected- for some time. Pressure of business detained him until yesterday. The rate, in thJr c.ity. ope year ago under the old contract wan 12 andjj^&;. eeatsf tinder *t he- fio^r. contract 'if waa -' reduced to il eentfiS^BpuV aa? nop the com nany voluntarily' cuts the rate to 10 centr. This lt promised to do from the outr ct If the city council would gram tho. french iso asked for, becuur.c the company wished to get a coin'cusin II for n long term of years In ort)er to float ita 'bands. The-Com pany, after the way jt hp a been mal treated, feft under no obligations to reduce the rate, but'did .;o any way. Mr. Tay I ur , stated yesterday that the company ls just nevon -months ahead or time In being, able to offer this rate tb. tbc people of Anderson. - Following ls the scale of prices on electricity announced yesterday, but really in effect since June. 23rd: First 60 K. Wi-, 10c. , Next BO to 100. 9c. . ' " f?" '? Next 100 tn IBO. 8c. ; *... ' Next 150 tai GOO, 7c. Next OOO to 1000, 5c. Less 5 per cent discount If bill fa pnid op or before loth of month suc ceeding period for which bill ls ren dered, minimum bill 91.00. Mr. .Taylor, -while, here yesterday, - inspected tho numerous improve ments being made by his company and sluted that 15 cars of pipe are now en route to Anderson? with which thc company will put In six inch mains in muny streets In which there are now four Inch raainp. "This one thing alone will cost us between, *^0, 000 and $25.000." paid Mr. Tay loi. In speaking of the numerous crit ic; ins concerning the work off |he Southern Tuhlle Utilities company,' Mr. Taylor sold: "We havo spent $2 for every $1 we have roall?ed out of A ndetson ever since we took charge - of the local plant, and we will havo' to continue that policy for some time. "It does peem to me that thoso"of your citizens, continually carping and criticising up should either shut up or find nut what they are talking about. They are hurting nobody but them selves. We ure trying to givo the best service possible and we believe that the public should at^least be a little appreciative." Kt,' H KA IKON COLUSION '.* Six i:\cuisionlsls Seriously Injured In Train Wreck. Macon. Oa., July .t.-rSix persona* were seriously injured and, .more than n 'core nf others hut late, today when a Fourth of July excursion train du the CeorRia Southern, and Florida Kai i rond collided head on wita. a Macon and Mr m Ingham Railroad local . passenger train seven miles couth ot; here. Neither of the trains was running? more then twenty miles on hour, ac enring tn witnesses, abd it is believed this prevented the wreck, from being: more serious. The engines met on a 30. foot treble and almost-completely tel escoped ench other. Bdth trains, hoff* ever, remained on the track. The Macon and Birmingham tralii had a freight esr between the englua and passenger conches. It was com pletely demolished. Trains of thai latter railroad from here use tl the Georgia Southern and Florida's trackav It was reported the wreck wea dug to con tl k lin g orderu. >_ - -4