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1 .+ * v r FINAL SCENE IN THE GREAT T . n ENACTED BY PRESIDtNl >v Surrounded by Leaders of a United D Signs Simmons-Underwood Bill, Put tion First Downward Revis SECOND STEP TOWARD BUSIP Imphrt Duties lowered, High Cost of Livii Changes in Customs laws and Internal F Will Have an Important Hearing on the United States For the Washington, Oct. 4.?Surrounded It wi by leaders of a united Democracy, attende President Wilson at 9:09 o'clock reform laf night signed the Underwood- 'n Con Simmons tariff bill at the White revlsloi House. Simultaneously telegrams were sent to customs collectors throughout the country by the treas- Hapj ury department, putting Into actual guests operation the first Democratic tariff They revision since 1894. Preside A hfttDy group of legislators, lng foi members of the cabinet and friends, I Vice P: encircled the President as be smil- I into th ingly sat down and slowly affixed his Speake cignature with two gold pens. derwoo He presented the pen that had membe written the word "Woodrow" to Rep- house presentative Underwood and the one and tin that completed his name to Senator were Simmons, both of whom bowed their though appreciation. be dist EMANCIPATION OF BUSINESS. "P16.,*0 dent s In impressive silence the President "I cl rose and delivered in easy, natural Presid< tones an extemporaneous speech that the at brought prolonged applause. He de- might clared the Journey of legislative ac- actions commpllshment had not been comf Francii pleted, that a great service had been "I w done for the rank and file of the bill," 1 > country, but that the second step in 1 have the emancipation of business was get aw currency reform. He earnestly call- The ed unon his colleagues to go "the rest make s of the Journey" with fresh impulse, prepari "Gentlemen, 1 feel a very peculiar on the pleasure," said the President, "in press 1 what I have Just done by way of tak- t,EA Ing part in the completion of a great piece of business. It is a pleasure The which is very hard to express in ence words which are adequate to express speech the feeling; because the feeling that with c I have is that we have done the rank ures and file of the pople of this country Speake a great service. It is hard to speak Repres of these things without seeming to go | gether off into campaign eloquence, but that l for the is not my feeling. It is one very pro- I tion tl found, a feeling of profound grati- the D< tude that working with the splendid They i men who have carried this thing sonal < through wiih studious attention and promia doing Justice all round, I should Whi have had part in serving the people e(| j)y of this country, as we have been j thefh striving to serve them ever since lift. Wi can remember. Chief HALF OF JOURNEY OVER* froi? 1 tllO siK "I have had the accomplishment ters of something like this at heart ever 8ummt since I was a boy and know men n . standing around me who can say the . ' same thing, who have been waiting 'or " to see the things done which it was :"J* 1 necessary to do in order that there ,nr"rir might be justice in the United States, , and so It la a solemn moment that!" brings such a business to a concluslon and I hope I will not be thought itlie an to be demanding too much of myself j P or of my colleagues when I say that j T',p this, great as it Is, Is the accom- j pllshment of half the journey. We | ^v. . ai have set the business of this country , free from those conditions which y ? have mado monopoly not only possl- i ble, but In a sense easy and natural. } But there is no use taking away the April, conditions of monopoly If we do not The take away also the power to create j terday monopoly; and It Is financial rather more t than a merely circumstantial and as to economic power. some i SETS BUSINESS FREE. was n ? "The power to control and guide h? and direct the credits of the country i Promi! Is the power to say who shall and | Clark who shall not build up the Industries | tentloi of the country, In which direction I the c0 they shall be built and in which dl- | The It rectlon they shall not be built. We nn<t a( are now about to take the second i hi" na step which will be the final step In j within setting the business of this country , South free. That is what we shall do In ; and it the currency bill, which the house dent J has already passed and which I have then t the utmost confidence the senate will veyed pass much sooner than some pessl- ^ mistlc individuals believe: Because the question, now that this piece of The work Is done, will arise all over the termlr country, for, what do we wait? appan Why should we wait to crown our- 1 senate selves with consummate honor? Are and tl we so self-denying that we do not presen wish to complete our success? 1 tlon w "I was quoting to some of my col- efforts leagues In the senate, those lines j ^onato from Shakespeare, which have al- to wo1 i A. its IA . . Aolono ways appeaieo to me?ir it do a Bin to covet honor, then am I the most offending soul alive,' and I am happy althou to say that I do not covet it for my- r( self alone. I covet it with equal The ardor for the men who are associated yester with me and the honor is going to did m come from them. I am their assocl- Repub ate. I can only complete the work red in which they do. I can only counsel- cotton when they ask for my counsel. I can quest! come in only when the Ian- stages of ture a the business are reached. And I It f covet the honor for them quite as detem much as I covet it for myself and I soon i covet it for the great party of which for th I am a member; because that party if not Is not honorable unless it redeem its ton ru name and serve the people of the deavoi United 8tates. HAVE SERVED FELLOWMEN. Qer "So I feel tonight like a man who take s Is lodging happily In the inn which new ti lies half way along the Journey and negotl that In the morning with a fresh 1m- ments pulse we shall go the rest of the Jour- in cus ney and sleep at the Journey's end steps like a man n/tfh a nnlot cnr.?(>l(in/>n nf ihn knowing that we have served our As I fellowmen and have thereby tried to seetloi ? ffyve God." v ^ tory p 0 |U* rti - ? ?-?.. -??~ THE LA MFFF DRAMA ^~S ' WOODROW WILSON ?" cal ej merce." Embi emocracy Chief Executive compiei ting Into Actual Opera- feVied 1 ion Since 1894. wiTsU income 4ESS EMANCIPATION. nal re keep tl ng Reduced and an Array of adminh Revenue Regulations Which have a trade < Trade Development in 1 for the Next Year. It pi is an unusual spectacle which for the id completion of a legislative of the that had been seven months in a ge gress and embraced a tariff but it 1 i of a far-reaching character, the int \PPY AND JUBLILANT. ltSpreI' ?y and jubilant the invited Underv came to the Executive offices, last nli chatted and jested with the the m< >nt in an ante-room while wait- tarifT r: the full group to appear, for ma resident Marshall was ushered A ne e President's office followed by ly to t r Clark, Representative Un- abolltk id, members of thc> cabinet, items < rs of the senate finance and Amerlc ways and means committees consun eir friends. No photographers tariff r admitted as the President j genera, t the occasion too solemn to chief fi urbed by flashlight apparatus. Whil tests crowded about the Presi- law do rl oaV 14 Mwa. Ul 11? hose 9 o'clock." explained the direct ;nt slowly, "on the advice of ? torney general, that the bill be signed after business trans- At e' i everywhere. Including San appralf sco, had closed for the day. dreds < 111 not say anything about the ury de le added with a smile, "until Into tl signed it. I don't want It to tlon's i ay from me." with h President had not Intended to and nt l long speech and had not even plicate ed a statement, but was moved The i spur of the moment to ex- spendli his gratification. year ai DERS STAND TOGETHER. le88. th cent ei small but distinguished audi- Oongrr that heard the President's raise I crowded about him afterward the ln( :ongratulatlons. Leading fig- 000. 1 of the Democratic party? ment's ?r Clark, Secretary Bryan and cipally entative Underwood?stood to- postal sponsors with the President ! first business piece of leglsla- bring lat had been accomplished In ^ly to ?mocratic program of reform. y <ave the President their per- jn ^or congratulations and reiterated tj,e re es of support. food-si le the President was surround- life, ar members of his official family, duty fi was none happier than Joseph Ison, younger brother of the Executive, who came here ? laltimore last night to witness ;nlng. Mrs. Wilson and daugh(11 nM/v ?vr tt a* In Hr .ill Hit: III. v III I11?I1, 11. XI., tne >r capital. penetr ides the officials a large num- * 1 newspaper men crowded Into son.8 1 esldent's office. There was an ^ inl reception for a few minutes rjnKVyf hen the Underwood-Simmons orun^|( law was carried away to the j-JLment of state and deposited In mon^ chives along with other historic pf0jffe of legislation. und S1 speed with which Congress ed of the last work on the tariff ui sent the measure to the _ House demonstrations the anxf house and senate to get :h with the burden that has icm in continuous session since bill came into the house yesas soon as that body met. For ;han an hour the house debated what action it should take, arguing that no further action ecessary, while others insisted iuse must recede from its com- 1 je cotton futures tax. Speaker _ finally upheld the latter con i anu me nouse quicniy voiea ?t, tton tax out of the tariff bill. If ist vote was reached at 1:23, 11 t 1:25 the speaker had affixed ime to the completed bill and 10 minutes Chief Clerk Jerry had carried it to the senate had been signed by Vice Presi- 1 Marshall. Clerks of the senate ook charge of the bill and con- ^ it to the White House. IEMBERS LEAVE CITY. relief of botn houses at the tation of the tariff fight was int. Scores of members of the and house had left the city lere was less than a quoroum it in the house when final aeras taken. Only extraordinary i of senate leaders kept enough rs in town to enable that body i rk yesterday on the urgent de- # y appropriation bill. Many gj era left Washington last night gh both houses of Congress unain constructively in session. final steps taken by the house dny to complete the tariff bill >t involve rates or principles, ilicans and Democrats concurthe action of receding from the ruiures tax, agreeing tnat no *. onn should be left open to fu- " ttaekH in the courts, generally 1h understood that a [lined effort will be made as as the new Congress convenes e regular session In December, before then, to tako up cottures tax legislation and to enr to pass a separate bill. {q 5RMANY FIRST NATION. many will be the first nation to id vantage of that section of the arlff act, which provides for the ation of reciprocity arrangeembodytng mutual concessions toms taxes. Already the Initial have been taken In anticipation signing of the bill. R It emerged from conference this n no longer contains the retallarovlslons Inserted in the senate j i f>. . NCASTER NEWS, OCTOBER 7, 1913. v Is nothing more than an au- eventually bring a reduction i tion to the Executive "to ne- cost of living without material trade agreements with for- fecting business prosperity, .tiops wherein mutual conces- j BRIEF SUMMARY, re made looking toward freer I a brief summary of the new elations and further recipro- law as prepared for the Senat pansion of trade and com- lows: I Average precentage of tarifT raced in the tariff bill is a as comnnrpd n tho voiim ? te revision and a general re- ported merchandise; old law 3 of nearly all the Import duty cent; new law 27 per cent. >y this government on foreign ) Value of annual imports add ndlse; a new Income tax that the free list >147,000.000. Ike every person having a net | Estimated revenue from all ii above $3,000 and an array of rates: old law $305,000,000; ne * in customs laws and inter- $249,000,000. venue regulations that will | Estimated revenue from coi ie treasury department om-, tlon and Income taxes; old law usy for months in adjusting 000,000; new law $122,000,00 jtratlve affairs and which will j Altogether, consumers In th n Important bearing on all ted States probably will receive levelopments of the country ab0ard free of all tariff, more next year or two. $l,000t000,000, worth of mei TIME TO ADJUST. dlse during the next year, robably will require 10 days During 1912 the amount of customs service in all parts | Sports was more than $880 0<] country to adjust Itself even 1 and ^^.en tariff is entire neral manner to the new law, m?ved wool, sugar, iron oi sill require months before all cheap iron, and other impi rlcate problems concerned in items, the total is expected to in orcement are settled. j notably. Under the old law mor< ident Wilson's signing of the p3 pT^r,Pej 1 goods broui I'ood-Slmmons bill at 9 o'clock *he United States from .all ps ght brings Into effect one of wor'd Pad no tariff, ant ist far-reaching revisions of proportion will be increased I ates and revenue laws enacted ,ne^, ,' . . , . .. ny years. r'ie *ree wo?l provision of th w income tax, applying direct- : jaw takes efTect December 1, he incomes of citizens; the the free 8UKar provision May 1 >n of all tariff on scores of NINE MONTHS OF WORb if immense importance to an industry and American The 'tariff law, passed lers and a heavv reduction of years-lifter I resident Taft sign ates on most of the articles in existing Aldrlch-Fayne law, is t i use in this country are its suit of more than nine monl eatures. iwork ,n Congress. Hearings le certain portions of the new started January 6 hy the liousf not take effect at once, most and means committee. Cha provisions and almo all the Underwood introduced the tar; tarifT reductions, do. APril 7- immediately after Pre Wilson had convened the new 'ASK OF COLLECTING. gress. It passed the house 1 very port collectors of customs, and the senate September 9. ters of merchandise and hun- In the opinion of its make )f other employes of the tras- Democratic leaders of Congres partment will plunge at once most important features of th le task of collecting the na- triff are: revenue on a new basis, and I "A reduction of nearly one-t undreds of new classifications the average tariff on foodstufl ?w provisions of law to com- farm products, their activities. | The placing of raw wool oi federal government has been free list, and a reduction of ig nearly a billion dollars a two-thirds in the tariff on \ id the new tariff law will raise clotb'ng, especially of the cl an one-third of that sum. Re- grades. stlmates by tariff experts in | A reduction of one-third (avi SB predict that the rates will on cotton clothing. 1249,000,000 a year; and that) Reduction of the sugar tari 'ome tax will raise $122,000,- its ultimate abolishment in 19 The remainder of the govern-| A reduction of one-third (av great income is made up prin- i in the tariff on earthenware of Internal revenue taxes and ' piaf,8ware. receipts. J Abolishment of all tariff on Income tax probftbly will i fish, dairy products, flour, po the new tariff law most forci- coal, iron ore, lumber and the attention of citizens. Presi- classes of farm and office mac] Wilson and Democratic leaders 1 igress believe, however, that GENERAL TARIFF REDUC ductlon of duties on clothing, | General tariff reduction on uffs and other necessities of p0rtant articles in general use. id the complete removal of the Throughout the long fight o1 rom many like articles will _ ... .. , bill, the Republican attack measures has been directed i rzeinn nnd Itching Cured. mose rates wlitcli the Republic! clared were bo low as to threa soothing, healing medication struction to American indi Hobson's Eczema Ointment through the competition of 1 ate8 every tiny pore of the j manufacturers. The Democrat clears it of all impurities? porters of the new law have i itching instantly. Dr. Hob- that "except in those cases Dczema Ointment is guaranteed public welfare demanded >edily head eczema, rashes, changes, the tariff has been r )rm, tetter and other unsightly only to a point where it will ons. Eczema Ointment is a late competition," without 1 's prescription, not an experi- American markets over to fore All druggists or by mail, 50c. A great amount of work w ir Chemical Co.t Philadelphia upon the treasury departmen L Louis. expected, in working out the i n i^-7| :|3lTTj I, 1 w A "warm" breakfast?the kinc eady braced for a good day's w i a warm room. Ynil InQP. half thft ornoH r?f +h?? mool if xiwi ? ? -www ^WVI V/A VA4V 1A AWU4.A AX J V/t rhile you eat it A Perfection Smokeless 5zy meal for the whole family. No smoke or smell with a Perfection. Easily cl room. An ornament anywhere; a luxury in the b om or the bathroom. Dealera everywhere; or write for de? STANDARD OIL C Washington, D. C. (New Jersey) ichmond, Va. BALTIMORE orfolk, Va. . .. n the of the new Income tax and ly af- methods of collecting the < taxes from individual citizens o United States. The tax upon tarifT porations, now fixed at one per e fol- of their income, remains the i and becomes part of the generi rates come tax law. A staff of 8] 11 im- deputies, collectors and agents 7 per be employed to organize and coi the work of income tax collect!* led to mport Former Norfolk Postmaster, w law 81, Commits Suicide. iNorroiK, va., Oct. 1.?Capt. rpora$37, Nichols, aged 81 years, twice 0. master of Norfolk under Reput > Unl- administrations, committed si from at his home here yesterday by a than Ihr through the head. He was I chan- 1? the bath room. Captain Nichols commandc "free V.Msconsin company during the 10 000 ^ar an(* settled here afterward ly re- ? ortant 30,000 VOICES! crease a than frts of And ^anf Are the Voices of I>a 1 that ter People. >y the Thirty thousand voices?wl e new grand chorus! And that's the 1-3. ber 0f American men and womei are publicly praising Doan's K Li Pills for relief from backache 1 four ney and bladder Ills. They say if^re0 fr'on(*s- They tell it In the hon ths >f P?rs- Lancaster people are lr were horus. Here's a Lancaster cas s ways Mrg G H Klng Market St., ifr hui Paster S. C., says: "Doan's K . .1 , Pills have certainly been beni isiaeni tQ me j wag ,ji2Zy nn(j nervou nJ my back and head ached li?.<* y I also had a great deal of . from the kidney secretions, rs the Kidnev Pills, which I got at < is, the , j . *-* ? iuiu Dius. uruK csiore, gave me e new pjete rei|ef from the pains an stored my kidneys to a normal lalf in dttlon." rs and For sale by all dealers. Pri a the cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Bi nearly New York, sole agents for voolen United State. tieaper Remember the name?Doe erage) and take no other* fT and TAX NOTICE. 16. The tax books will be open erage) October 15, 1913, to March 15, > and One per cent penalty will be in January, two per cent in meats, ruary and seven per cent in J tatoes. In school districts Nos. 1, 4, many 13, 15, 30 and 43 a special \ hinery tft,o (2) mills is levied. In di Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8, 19, 22, 26. J 'TION. and 4 8 special tax three (3) n , . In districts Nos. 10, 11, 17, 1 23, 27, 31, 39, 42, and 47 f tax lour (4) mills. In district 24, 33 and 36, special tax on the (g) mills. In districts N< igainst special tax six and or ans de- (6^j mills In districts No ten de- 33, 46 and 4 9 special tax elgl istrles, mills. In district No. 38 spec! Foreign ten (10) mills. In district N lc sup- special tax eleven (11) mills, naisted trict No. 25 special tax two an where half (2%) mills. All male c radical between the ages of 21 and 55 educed are subject to a capitation t sttmu- three ($3) dollars for road pui urning and all male citizens betwec ligners. ages of 21 and 60 years are lial ill fall one dollar poll tax. t. it is T. L. HILTOI < etails County Treasu Jreakfasl a a iood, Varm room {FECTIO* Smokeless I that sends you ov ork?should be eate i are shivering in discomfo Heater makes breakfast eaned. Easily moved from roo edroom; a necessity in the sewin criptiv* circular. COMPANY Charlotte, N. C. Charleston, W. V Charleston, S. C. t T\ the Bank No iirect STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION f the OF corcent THE FARMERS SANK &TRUSTCO n'Vn- located at Lancaster, 8. C., at tho >ecial cl?8e ot business August 9th, 19IS. wfll RESOURCES. ixluct Loans and Discounts. . $141,249.It on. Overdrafts 1,986.97 Furniture and Fixtures 2,876.66 Due from Banks and Aged Bankers 20,809.86 Currency 8,678.0# n Gold 9.42.6# H. B. silver and Other Minor post- Coin. ,a 126.6# >llcan Checks and Cash Items 608.86 llctde hoot- Total $171,666.0# 'ound LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid In..$ 60,000.0# id a Surplus Fund 1,260.0# Civil Undivided Profits, less Is. Current Expenses and Taxes Paid , . 8,898.74 Dividends Unpaid.. .. 12.0# Individual Deposits Subject to Check 16,396.88 Time Certificates of Deposit 10,088.87 incas- Certified Checks 10.0# Cashier's Checks 10.66 Notes and Bills Redlshat a counted 10,000.0# Bills Payable, Including Certificates for Money i who Borrowed 80,000.0# Idney kid- Total $171,666.00 it to STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, _ _ County of Lancaster?ss. Before me came W. H. Mlllen, i this ca8hier of the above named bank, ie: who, being duly sworn, Bays that the above and foregoing statement L.an- |8 a true condition of said bank, aa shown by the books of said bank. eflc,a W. H. MILLEN. s anu Sworn to and subscribed before .sely. me igth day of August, 1913. jubl,e W. P. ROBINSON. 'oan s Notary Public. " Correct?Attest: com- w T GREGORY, \a re~ A. B. FERGUSON, 1 con" W. P. BENNETT. Directors. ?e 50 1 "the Schedules Southern Railway. Premier Carrier of the South. N. B.?Schedule figures published tn'H? as information only and are net guaranteed. Effective Sept. 15, 1911. Dally departure from Lancaster: No. 113?10:05 a. m. for Rock Hill and way stations. 1914 No> 118?8:31 a- m" *or Camden, n . . : Columbia and way stations. P . No. 114?1:45 p. m. for Camden, Columbia, Charleston and way ata*arcb tlons. No- 117?7:48 P- m- for Rock Hill, Yorkvllle and way stations. Also . I Charlotte, Washington, Philadelphia 4,?, and New York. J"1'1? W. E. McGee, A. O. P. A.. Colummeclai b,a' S" C": W" H' Caffey- D' P' A' ipeciai Charieeton. S. C. B NOS. five * 0 . \\ Lancaster & Chester Ry. Co. le-half J ,s 12, Schedule In Effect March 3rd, 1918. It (g) Eastern Time. Lai tax WESTBOUND. fo. 40, Lv. Lancaster 6:00a?3:36p In dis- Lv. Fort Lawn 6:30a?4:08p d one- Lv. Rlchburg 6:66a?4:43p itizens Ar. Chester 7:30a?6:20p years EASTBOUND. ax Lv. Chester 9:30a?6:46p rposi Lv. Richburg 10:20a?7:25p n t) i Lv. Bascomville 10:30a?7:35p ble lor Lv. Fort Lawn 11:00a?7:60p Ar. Lancaster 11:30a?8:16p 'tf, Connections?Chester with Southirer. ern. Seaboard and Carolina ft Northwestern Railways. Fort Lawn, with Seaboard Air B Line Railway. Lancaster, with Southern Railway. A. P. McLURE, Supt. t Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as administrator of the estate of Hood L. Belk, deceased, will file his first and final return as such administrator in the Probate Court of Lanohster county on October 24, 1913, apd ap3.1y to said court for letters dtsMisSory. R. L. C. BELK, Administrator Estate of Hood L. Belk, Deceased. , September 23, 1913. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons having claims against the estate of Ben F. Gurley, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. V y (jBOR hB"L. GURLEY, Admr. Estate of Ben F. Gurley, Deceased. Sept. 30, 1913 _ Notice to Debtors and Creditors. kl All persons having claims against an the estate of Mrs. M. A. Adams, deceased, are hereby notified to file the * same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and 'those indebted to said estate wilUplease make payment likewise. jr W. 8. FAULKENBERRY, _ Arlmr ITc.?q>^ <** Xf-c ** * ? J . | . imvuto VI iUl O* 1U. A.* AUaJIS, * *- Deceased. ^ Sept. 30, 1913. Rock Hill rt T?orv1r* TV/Tfrv 1 mig. Company OK NEK A I, REPAIR SHOP For Buggies, Wagon*, Ite. Agents for Kelly Springfield Rubber Tires for Bujglee. Rock HID, & O. Our plant Is equipped to do highgrade repair work on any kind of ? vehicle. We make a specialty ef overhauling and painting buggies, motor cars, etc. Work turned out promptly. We pay frelgh tone way. Hi I Write us lor estimates.