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- I ' VOL. 8, NO. 44, SEMI-W ] iS BLEASE LIBERAL L WITH HIS VETOES S J ! Senate Overrides Veto of Spe-. ? cial School Tax Bill. Which {Becomes Law?House Votes to Pass Complusory Education Over Veto, But Senate Sustains Governor. Columbia, March 1.?This has been distinctly the day for veto messages. The house had really a hard day's work in acting on the various special messages that had been received. On the two special messages that were received during this chronological day, after midnight, the Governor's view was overridden in both cases and on what were, perhaps the two most important measures of the present session. These were certainly the two measures in which there was most general interest. The first one that the house, and then later on the senate, passed over the veto was the Belser-Lawson-Mitchell one mill special levy for the common schools of the state. (^t_This the governor had vetoed and held was wrong, but both legislative branches passed the measure over the veto and the act is a law now, but whether it will amount to anything or not remains to be seen, as the money has to be borrowed for the beginning of the operation of the new plan. On the optional compulsory education bill there was quite a lively debate this morning in the house, and it was finally ordered to be passed over the governor's veto, the ballot being 82 to 21. The senate, however, did not pass the McCravey bill over the veto, it failing in that branch by a vote of 23 to 14, and in this wise the veto was sustained and the optional compulsory system dies. On the senate sirle nn? mill school levy was passed v over the governor's veto by a ^ vote of 31 to 9. BILL DISCUSSED. In the discussion on the compulsory education bill Mr. Miller, a representative of organized labor, insisted that the people he represented wanted compulsory education and he believed that it would be the I greatest blessing that could be ' conferred on the working II classes. Mr. Miller went on to say that he was in favor of a statewide compulsory system, and in fact such a bill would in all likelihood have passed the I house. Messrs. Sapp. Lales and Kirk i spoke in favor of the pending bill and overriding the veto and the concluding speech in favor || of the bill was made by its author, Mr. McCravey, who spoke with such forcefulness in advocacy of the system. He embelished his argument with numerous facts and figures and dwelt particularly upon the companionship of ignorance and poverty, and ignorance and crime. When the vote was taken there was much interest because it is a very difficulty matA ter to receive a two-thirds vote upon almost any proposition, i first because many members will vote to sustain any measure that the Governor ad voir cates, believing him to be infallible, and then any measure ol general import encounters opposition during its legislative I, career, and this generally continues to the end of the fight. Hookworm Campaign to Close Saturday. I)r. Rodgers asks us to state f that this is the last week he will * be in Lancaster county and that all holders of envelopes are requested to bring in same to the. nearest dispensary by next Saturday, March 8, as the cam-! AsPaign against hookworm closes '"ilyit day. During his stay in Lancaster up to today, Dr. I Rodgers has examined 3,400 people. A i i . r; 'WW. EEKLY. REPASS WEBB BILL II OVER TAFT'S VETO Y Senate Reaffirms Its Belief in Constitutionality of Measure ?Matter With House. Washington, March 1.?The jn Webb bill, prohibiting the shipment of liquor into "dry" states, was repassed in the senate yesterday over President Taft's \rr\t r\ iirlt-V* ir* 4-???y\ L -C?? ? A.1??. vciu wiiniii iwu nuui ts ii uiii Hie time the President's message of disapproval had been laid be- veh fore that body. fro A short debate, in which the um advocates of the bill voted in down a motion to postpone ac- "ir tion until today, and in which i)re they reaffirmed their belief that ,he the measure is constitutional, ended with the repassage of the bill by the large majority of " 63 to 21. nat OPINION OF WICKERSHAM. wu The Webb bill passed both *|je houses of Congress and went to m'* the President 10 days ago. His up) veto message reached the sen- ,il(J ate about 3 o'clock yesterday, sw accompanied by an opinion from th? Attorney General Wickersham. 'hf Basing his decision upon the of. attorney general's findings, the 1 President expressed the belief that the measure was clearly for unconstitutional because it gave prf the states the right to interfere m* with interstate commerce. gri The senate took up the bill at once. Attorney General Wickersham's opinion was not read ror and Senator Kern asked that a final vote on the overriding of the veto be delayed until today, we so senators might have the op- of-< portunity to examine the attor- of ney general's arguments. A orf motion made by Mr. Kern to to" postpone the vote until 12 o'clock today was defeated, 71 vlc to 9. th< Senator McCumber declared po< both the President and the at- coi torney general had misconstru- be< ed the grounds upon which ,1U1 Congress had passed the prohibition law. He said it had not "uj attempted to give the states the na, right to interfere with com- ga( merce but had simply declared lat liquor an "outlaw" and had f?i then prescribed conditions un- i)r< der which it might enter inter- ioa state commerce. Senator Ken- ^ yon also briefly urged repassage (loj of the bill, while Senators Payn- r. ter and Percy advocated sup- for port of President Taft's veto. boi ma Requests to Those Who Wish rar Mail Delivered. ^ Postmaster J. -F. Hunter re- as quests that all persons who |j| want mail delivered send in the names of the members of each ( household, the name of the t street and between what streets they live. Those also, who wish it may call at the Tr postoff ce on Sunday, as there is , no delivery that day. The carriers will accept mail at houses 1 until the boxes are put up. They will also accept first class , mail for registration but will not accept mail for parcel post. th< The smaller parcel post pack- to< ages will be distributed along Wa with the rest of the mail, while va in the case of large articles by parcel post, notice will be left h..* ~..~i vniib kuc ^cn_rviij4c iimy ue caueu , v" for. Registered mail will be ed delivered and must be signed th< for. Practically the only dif- pa ference between our experi- ,inj. mental delivery system and dif regular city delivery is that the pie carriers are not required to trc dress in uniform. Messrs. Frank Mj Green and Julian Giles are the inj. carriers appointed for Lancas- syl ter. These boys made their tio first rounds on Saturday morn- wh ing and handled perhaps a hun- an dred pieces each. rio Once more you are urged to ] comply with the suggestion wo made by the postoffice depart- ha ment to the patrons of the new str delivery system. First, send in me all names of those to whom tor nail must be brought, with the noi r/mf a n/1 o. ^ 1""* v.v.^v <4ihi ?i ><? ueiwiH'ii wnai res streets they live, and second, up< nily furnish a receptacle for tht the mail and put it at a con- an venient place near the front res ioor. These requests are made tie: of all patrons, white and color- Mil . and if complied with, will des greatly facilitate the workirtg hai of the delivery. exj I i n en LANCASTER, S. C., TUJ VILSONINDU I figuration of Twenty-Seventh Presi Marshall Sworn in First. Simpl ber Followed by Impressm By GEORGE CLINTON. Vashington, March 4.?In the pres:e of a vast throng of his fellow citiis, Woodrow Wilson today stood in .it of the east portico of the capitol 1 took the oath of president of the ited States Thomas R. Marshall eady had been Bworiy^ in as viceisident, and with the completion of i ceremony the ship of state was nned by the Democratic party, ich had been ashore for sixteen irs. is the new chief executive of the ion stood with bared head, Edrd Douglass White, chief justice of i Supreme court, held before him s Bible always used in the cerenv. Mr. Wilson placed his hands in the book and in a voice strong, iugh somewhat affected by emotion, ore to support the Constitution and ! laws of the country and te perform j duties of his high olllce to the best I his ability. Thomas ID ley Marshall swore fealto the Constitution and to the iple in the senate chamber, where four years it will be his duty to side over the deliberations of the 8 rubers of the upper house of con- b >ss. t Severely Simple Ceremonies. f loth of the ceremonies proper were v lducted iir a severely simple but b st impressive manner. The sur- ^ mdings of the scene of the presi- c it's induction into oihce, however, o re not so simple, for it was an outdoor event and the great gathering military, naval and uniformed civil y (,ovr iuuku uiortj man a j. ich of splendor to 'be scene. t n the senate chamber, where the c t oath was taken by the man now p o-president of the United States, \ >re were gathered about 2.000 c jple, all that the upper house will ^ itain without tin risk of danger 0 ^auso of the rush and press of the c iltltudes. It is probable that no- ? ere else lii the United States at y time are tht re gathered an equal 0 mber of men and women whose v rnes are 80 widely known. The ^ hering in the senate chamber and r er on the east portico of the capi- 0 was composed largely of those r >minent for their services In Ajner- j Qtol in nonl ,.l ?V 1 ...U - , miiu iji j?ui i \ji u;i I'l^urip. wi:g yo secured places for their names the current history of the world's tl ngs. v 1'he arrangements of the ceremonies s the inauguration of Woodrow Wil1 and Thomas Riley Marshall were _ .da by the Joint committee on arlgements of congress. The senate > OB FRUSTRATES jj JUFFRAGIST PARADE!" ? r oop of Cavalry Rushed to the ^ Scene to Allow March to Pro- ^ reed?Police Denounced. I v Washington, March 3.?Five i' ousand women, marching in v e woman suffrage pageant [ u iay, practically fought their r iy foot by foot up Pennsyl- j nia avenue, through a surg-; ^ ( mob that completely defied n 2 Washington police, swamp-1 j the marchers and broke! r 2ir procession into little com- I nies. The women, trudg- h r stoutly along under great t ficulties, were able to com- n te their march only when t ops of cavalry from Fort 1 .'er were rushed into Wash- t fton to take charge of I'enn- P Ivania avenue. No inaugura- t n has produced such scenes, p lich in many instances d lounted to nothing less than t ts. t Later in Continental half, the i1 men turned what was to y ve been a suffrage demonation into an indicnntion c eting in which the Washing- n i police were roundly de- h jnced for their inactivity and ? toliitions were passed calling a r>n I'resident-elect Wilson and tl ; incoming Congress to make t investigation and locate the r iponsihility for the indigniv b s the marchers suffered. s ss Helen-*Keller, the noted b if and blind girl, was so ex- r usted and unnerved by the It >erionce in attempting to p I I '1 j i i -i. BSD AY, MARCH 4, 1913. CTED ~js UGH OFFICE; ! a ident is Witnessed by Great Crowd J y e Ceremony in Senate Cham- r i Affair on East Portico . " President Woodrow Wilson. n ection of this committee was ruled j( iy a majority of Republicans, but here Is Democratic testimony to the J1 act that the Republican senators t-ere willing to outdo their Democratic V irethren in the work of making or- \t lerly and impressive the inaugural o ereinonies in honor of two chieftains a f the opposition. Rid? to the Capitol. a President Taft and President-elect j Vllson rode together from the White louse to the capitol, accompanied by 11 wo members of the congressional v ommittee of arrangements. The vice- n resident-elect also rode from the t< VhitP HnilflA tn tho pnnltnl onH In thn 4 ? ?r.~. - ----- I t arriage with him were the senate's (| iresidont pro tempore. Senator Hacon r f Georgia, and three members of the . ongressional committee of arrange- . nents. 'Hie vice-president-elect took the , d ath just before noon in accordance 11 kith custom and prior to its taking d y the president-elect. Every arrange- ; y nent. for the senate chamber pro- j jj eedings had been made so that they ^ noved forward easily and with a ccr- . ain ponderous grace. Marshall Sworn In. The admission to the senate cham- O ier to witness the oath-taking of the C ice-president was by ticket, and it y s needless to say every seat was ^ k f (Continued on Page Two.) e ============== f each a grandstand where she vas to have been a guest of lonor, that she was unable to peak later at Continental hall. The scenes which attended he entry of "Gen." Rosalie f ones and her "hikers" on ii Thursday when the bedraggled / vomen had to fight their (j vay up Pennsylvania avenue, wamped by a mob with which J i few policemen struggled in ^ rain, were repeated today but b ipon a vastly larger scale. The i< narchers had to fight their way rom the start and took more A han one hour in making the 1 irst 10 blocks. Many of the wonen were in tears under the \ eers and insults that lined the l oute. 11 Although stout wire ropes! iad been stretched up and down S he length of Pennsylvania ave- e ue from the Peace monument o the mall behind the White V louse the enormous crowds li hat gathered early to obtain oints of vantage overstepped f hem or crawled beneath. Ap- \ arently no effort was made to rive back the trespassers in he early hours, with the result ^ hat when the parade started t faced almost every hundred v ards a solid wall of humanity. V On the whole it was a hostile rowd through which the woicn marched. Miss Inez Milolland, herald of the proces- H ion, distinguished herself by h iding in riding down a mob P> h:l1 liln/'lfOfl 4 1k, ....... i ..... v.v.vi>v? lilt VV<1\ <111(1 hreatenod to disrupt the pa- V ado. Another woman mem- ^ er of the "petticoat cavalry" truck a hoodlum a stinging low across the face with her ^ iding whip in reply to a scurri>us remark made, as she was assing. The mounted police f eemed powerless to stem th ide of humanity. A group of hoodlums gathei d in front of the reviewin tands in which sat Mrs. Tal nd Miss Helen Taft and a hall ozen invited guests from th ^hite House. They kept up mining fire of caustir. mn lents. Apparently no eft'oi 'as made to remove them, an vidently disgusted, the Whit louse party left before tli rocession had passed in it alting and interrrupted .ioui ey toward Continental hall. The tableaux on the steps c he Treasury building, frame 1 the great columns and tli road stairway of the goverr lent treasury house, were b? un when the parade starte rom its rendezvous of the b;u f the capitol. Beautiful i oloring and grouping the dn latic symbolization of w< len's aspirations of politic; reedom, it was completeed Ion efore the head of the paraci ras in sight. In their thin rlrp??pe nn,i tiuvi MUX rms women stood shiverin or more than an hour and wei nally forced to seek refug rithin the building. Around the Treasury Depar lent the crowds were masse o tighly that repeated charge y the police were seemingl leflfective. It was as thoug lie bluecoats charged a stor /all. Occasionaly the mob ga\ fay in one place, only to brea ver and under the wire hedg t some other. When the cavalry suddenl ppeared there was a wild ou urst of applause in the reviev rig stands. The men in brow irtually brushed aside tl oounted and foot police ar, ook charge. In two lines tl roops charged the crows. Ev ently realizing they would 1 idden down, the mobs fougl heir way back. When the esitated, the cavalrymen ui er orders of their ofhcers, di ot hesitate. Their horses wei riven into the throngs an /hirled and wheeled until hoo ng men and women were force o retreat. A space was quid y cleared. The parade in itself, in spil f the delays, was a great su< ess. Passing through tw /alls of antagonistic humanit he marchers for the most pai ept their temper. They su ered insult and closed the ars to .iibs and jeers. Fe altered, although several of th lder women were forced t rop out from time to time. Program For Meeting oi W. M. U. The Woman's Missionar Jnion, Division No. 2, will hoi ts quarterly meeting with tl vntioch Baptist church -?atu ay, March 15. All churchc lease send delegates. Meiers from Division No. 1 wi e welcome to come. Followir s the program for the meeting 10:30?Devotional exercise Irs. W. T. Gregory. 0:40?Enrollment of relegate 10:50 ? Welcome addres Irs. B. L. Parker. 1:00?Response, Miss Lill Jsher. 11:15?Aims of Missionai iocieties, Mrs. L. N. Montgon ry, Mrs. Stoll. 11:.?>0?The Vital Things i V M. lT. Work. Mrs. T. Y. VVi ams, Mrs. B. L. Parker. 11:15 ? Mission in tl Ihurch, Mrs. Van Small, Mr \ A. Lingle. 12:00?Social hour. 1:00?Devotional service Irs. W. 11. Shute. 1:10?Value of Personal Se: ice Committee?Mrs. M. 1 Walters. Miss Minta Parker. 1:25?Reading, Mrs. W. r regor.v. 1:40?The W. M. U. as fome Mission Agency, Mr: llizabeth Small, Mrs. J. ? lackmon. 1 :55?Is It Well to hnvp On /. M. I . Meetings in a Soti; /ay? Mrs. B. F. Carson, Mri . H. Plyler. 2:15?(Consecration Service liss Lillie Usher. 2 :30?Adjournment. (Mrs.) VV. T. GREGORY, Vice Pres. Division No. S . "...U-Jpi f / .' . J US. I $1.50 PER YEAR. e CONGRESS RINGS 5 DOWN CURTAIN f ie a Closing Session Saw EpochMaking Struggle Within (1 Party Ranks ? Legislation t: iceview. ie s Washington, March 2.?With r- the adjournment of Congress 1 Tuesday ..oon, the end will be >f written to two years of epoeh making struggle within party ^ ranks; and to three sessions of effort, only partially successful, d to adjust the differences be!e tween a Democratic house, a n senate under Democratic-Progressive control, and a Republix\ \ can President. g! Many important pieces of le legislation have been enacted within that time; investigate tions of a peculiar significance g to the public have been con e ducted; and many subjects of o ironnvo 1 1 fsvutiui inicicM nave oeen unci aside without action. The t-; tariff, attacked alike from Demd ocratic and Republican sources ?s twice during that period, has y been the subject of attempted ( h revision, but none of the proie posed changes became effec- . re tive. ,]< The Sixty-second Congress re opened in 1911 with a special session called by President Taft |y to consider Canadian reciprocity ty; it ends with an extra session v_ of the Sixty-third Congress rn only a few weeks away, to be ie called by President Wilson, for id a general revision of the Payneie Aldrich tariff law. National [. conventions, the birth of a new )e party, a general election, and a 1t complete change of administra,v 1 tion have intervened between 1_! its beginning and its end. Acid tivities of the short session now e closing have been limited al,d most entirely to routine work, because of the determinantion to ,(1 leave to the new administration c_ 1 all of the important subjects of ? a general character. f GREAT OVATinv :o GIVEN" FELIX DIAZ ^ Thousands Stand and Cheer as .. He Enters Matadors' Sport | Ring?Famous Hull Fight. * w Mexico City, March 3.?Genie eral Felix Diaz was accorded a 0 great ovation yesterday afternoon at the bull ring, the first performance of the matador's ? sport since the bombardment of the capital. >v Several thousand spectators stood and cheered lustily when General Diaz entered a box in ,e the arena, attended only by his r- secretary, his chief of staff and a few friends and the hero of j_ the revolution was forced to ... rise time and again to acknowl| ge the demonstrations. I Diaz granted the request of c: (the matadors to kill the bull s, j and presented favors to the popular heroes of the arena s. when the animals had been s, despatched. Machaquido, a noted matador, was slightly in:e jured when he put the blade into the third bull. a- BLIZZARD RAGES OVER WAR ZONE " Renders Rapid Military Movement Impossible ? Armies Suffer From Cold. ... London, March 2.?A disnatcll to The? .. . i.m .i 11 v#111 ooni stantinople says a blizzard has y. raged for four days over the Gallipoli peninsula and the eastc_ ern theater of the war, rendering rapid military movements [impossible. Both armies are p. suffering from the cold and another bad results of the weather a has been the temporary breaks' ing up of Enver Bey's armada j. and the stopping of any attempt of the Greeks to land, ir According to a dispatch to d The Chronicle from Constantinople the Krupps have supplied Turkey with 18 batteries of four guns each on credit. The correspondent says heavy firing was heard in the region around Bulair by persons on a steamer I