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THE FORT WILL TIMES PublMwd Ewry Thursday. FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA. Shift is always a beggar of thrift. Sunday recreation should have fewer victims. Alimony makes an expensive marriage license. Caste Is sometimes determined by i how one eats his nvster To the amazement of the world. Juries of women continue to agree. It takes a woman to sit In front of an electric fan and study a fur catalogue. The highway to happiness is traversed by the trolley as well as by the auto. Army aviators are proving that peace hath her disasters no less fatal than war. Which doeB the Englishman mean, these days, when he mentions the "gentler sex?" "Pastor Rips Styles of X-ray DreBs" Bays a headline. Wasn't it ripped enough already? Quinine is now being used as a cure for the rabies. Just an application of the bark to the bite. One kind of a progressive politician Ib the fellow who believes in advancing till he lands the job. Those new green hats for men strikingly resemble the old fashioned $1.50 derby in its third winter. Until there is criminal responsibility for preventable "accidents" they will continue to happen. The lateBt problem: Who is going to wear the tonB of valuable Jewelry reported as stolen this summer? One thing which Is not causing widespread worry is the proposed Increase of taxation on Incomes over $100,000 i^uw v-uuiiro a Dtii'iiiisi wuu nnya wiin baldness is due to cutting the hair. He must have a grudge against barbers. Somehow or other we can't get up much enthusiasm over the discussion of whether Eve ate an apple or a quince. If none of the meVe men would ever look at a slashed what-d'ye-call-'em. i how long would the fashion be in changing After a summer of silhouettes the one thing the stage can do to shock the public is to clothe Its dancers in their right minds. What are the other ingredients of chop suey? The discovery that it contains talcum powder 1b only a partial solution of the mystery. * A man who would tell his second wife he had poisoned his first couldn't expect to bo classed as a model husband whether he lied or not. A "handsome certificate" is promised young men who enter the army j aviation service. IJut wouldn't a life ; Insurance policy bo better? Thero are writers, wo are told, who are so particular as to their stylo that they are careful never to begin a paragraph with the word "there." That little male heir to the duke and duchess of Roxburglie has CO.500 ncres coming to him, but ho will not push the lawnmower over all of them. # Being ultra faehlonabln la the easiest thing In the world. One can now buy a monocle with a nent ribbon attached thereto for 10 cents. A noted operntlc star has engaged a New Jersey policeman as a tenor In her compuny. llo certainly ought to be able to arrest attention. A French visitor says Chicago's moral tone reminds him of Glasgow's. j Chlcagoans aro In some doubt wbeth- ] er this Is a bouquet or a brickbat. Having been told that sulphurous smoke Is a preventive of tuberculosis, Pittsburgh can proceed to smoke herself blacker in the face than ever. It couldn't have made much differ- j ence to the blind man who went up in an aeroplane whether he wns 2.000 feet from ground?unless something went w rong. MaDav(>.?o oon t.M ?1-? ? - ..inei??iuv0 ?n w o??U lU ? ??*'" UI l^lIKll* | ed in France, but that country should i not be blamed for the custom of put- j ting a girl in a bathing suit on every magazine cover. Of course that New York girl who Is to marry in a cemetery will be warned by paragraphcrs all over the country that she is assuming a "grave responsibility" or making a "monumental mistake." The young son of an Igorrote hend hunter of the Philippines, who is being educated in American ways, understands baseball and says the um pirc is a tlitef and robber. After this, * the Americanization of the Filipino tribes ought not to be doubted by the most skeptical. PRESIDENT WILSON SIGNS TARIFF BILL AKir r*nr- * ?- ? - ? WI1L. uncn I rLCUUC Ur UtHIUCRATIC PARTY REDEEMED AFTER STRUGGLE. THE MEASURE BECOMES LAW Their Work Being Completed, Supporters of the Bill Give a Sigh of^ Relief. Washington.?The one great pledge of the Democratic party has been redeemed. The Underwood tariff bill is now an accomplished fact, and is now the Jaw of the land. The last official act to make this a realization was the" signature of the president of the United States, which was affixed to the bill. This was the most impressive scene enacted along the entire stormy and troublous route of the bill from the ways and means committee of the house to its final destination?the white house. In the presence of the vice president of the United States, the members of his cabinet. Senator Simmons and the members of the finance committee, Mr. Underwood ' and the ways and means committee and the members of the press, the president signed the bill. Those who had been the most active in Its construction and in the fight to preserve it from the various contending interests who sought its defeat and impairment breathed a sigh of relief when they beheld the last official act which completed' their labors. A happy group of legislators, members of the cabinet and friends encircled the president as he smilingly sat down, slowly affixed his signature with two gold pens. He presented to Representative Underwood the pen that had written the word "Woodrow" and the one which had completed his name to Senator Simmons, both of whom bowed their appreciation. In impressive silence the president rose and delivered in easy natural tones an extemporaneous speecli that brought prolonged applause. The president declared that the Journey of legislative accomplishment had only been partly completed; that a great service had been done for the rank and flle of the country, but that the second step in the emancipation of business was currency reform. He earnestly called upon his colleagues to go "the rest of the journey" with fresh impulse. The small but distinguished audience that heard the president's speech crowded about him afterward with congratulations. Leading figures of the Democratic party?Speaker t'lark. Secretary ltryan and Representative Underwood stood together, sponsors with the president of the first business piece of legislation that had been accomplished in the Democratic progrum of reform. They gave the president their personal congratulations, and reiterated promises of support. The bill, accompanied by the conference report as agreed on by the senate. came into the house as soon as that body met. For over an hour the house debnted as to what action it should take, some of the parliamentary experts arguing that no further action was necessary, while others insisted the house must recede from its compromise cotton futures tax. Speaker Clark finally upheld the latter convention, and the house quickly voted the cotton tux out of the tariff bill. The last vote was reached at 1:23, at 1:25 the speaker had affixed his name to the completed bill and within ten minutes Chief Clerk Jerry South had carried it to the senate, and it had been signed by Vice President Marshull. Clerks of the senate then took charge of the bill, and conveyed it to the white house. Chief Takes His Own Life. Griffin, Gu.?M. F. Morris, who for manv veers had heen at tl?<> iiomi the fire department of this city, committed suicide here by shooting himself in the temple. His body was found in a ham on the premises immediately after the shooting was heard, death resulting in about twenty minutes. Although he did not regain consciousness, his self-destruction is supposed to have been caused by despondency, under which he has been laboring for some weeks. Want Good Roads Man in Cabinet. Detroit, Mich.?Declaring the loss by reason of bad roads, which everywhere lessen the profits of industry, increase the cost of living and burden business enterprises, amounts to millions of dollars annually, the American Road congress, now in session in Detroit, adopted resolutions favoring the creation of a national department of public, works, directed by a secretary who shall be a member of the president's cabinet. Other resolutions adopted favor state highway commissions and state aid. Oceans Will Not Meet in Canal. Washington. ? Widespread prevalence of the idea that there will be an actual union of the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific upon the opening of the Panama canal, caused the war department to issue a statement explaining the plain, prosaic facts that seawater on either side of the isthmus will get no further than the entrances of the great waterway. The (latun lake, which Is midway of the canal, has an elevation of 85 feet above the oceans, and water from this lake will flow each way. MENACE 0F_ I li CMCAGO TtllUNI " IR00P8 RUSHED TO BORDER CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY TO PREVENT DESTRUCTION OF INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE. Rebels Are Being Driven and Destroying Property ? Hundreds Cross River at Eagle Pass. Sau Antonio, Texas.?Two squadrons of the Third cavalry, one machine platoon of the Third cavalry and battery C of the Third field artillery, under command or Lieut. Col. Guy Carlton, were rushed in three special trains over the Southern Pacific lines to Kagle Pass. The first speciul departed at one o'clock and the other two followed as soon after as possible. No definite reason was given out here at department headquarters for the movement. Piedras Negras, Mexico.?Terror has gripped this city, the provisional capital of the Constitutionalists, with the victorious northward march of the Federals and the arrival of hundreds of refugees from the surrounding vacated country. Consul Blocker's warning to foreigners to quit Piedras Negras was in anticipation of rioting should the Constitutionalists be forced to abandon their provisional capital. As the Rebel army is being driven northward by the government troops under General Maas the insurgents are setting fire to the villages as they retreat and reports from the front indicate that the Federals are closing in on the town of Sabinas, from which the Constitutionalists will fall back on either Matainoras, across the boundary from Brownsville or to Piedras Negras. COTTON CONDITION DECLINES Average Deterioration of 4.3 Points Indicated by the Journal of Commerce. New York.?The condition of cotton, as compiled from nearly nineteen hundred replies of special correspondents of the Journal of Commerce bearing an average date of September 28, is 67.1 per cent., compared with 71.4 per cent, a month ago, or a decline of 4.8 points. Tills compares with 70.3 per cent, a year ago. 70.8 in 1911, 65.7 in 1910 and 59.5 in 1909. The ten-yeur average is 68.2 per cent., while the average decline for the same period is 5.3 points. Deterioration occurred in all suites, but was most severe in Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma, 1913. Oct. Sept. Diff. 1912. N. Curolina. . .74.3 80.2 50.9 70.8 S. Carolina. . .74.0 77.5 3.5 66.7 Georgia. . . .75.8 79.0 3.2 65.8 Florida 77.9 79.4 1.5 66.7 Alabama . . .68.2 73.6 5.4 69.0 Mississippi . . .68.0 73.6 5.6 66.7 Louisiana. . . .62.4 72.4 10.0 69.1 Texas 64.0 65.1 0.5 73.6 Arkansas . . . .67.0 77.6 10.6 71.0 Tennessee . . . .68.0 81.0 13.0 70.2 Missouri . . . .52.8 66.8 14.0 72.0 Oklahoma . . .50.5 60.2 9.7 75.0 Average . . .67.1 71.4 4.3 70.3 Cavalry Regiments Move on Capital. Winchester, Va.?Historic Shenandoah valley witnessed scenes which rnrnlloil vi'nr <lj?ve no o ?' " ? u iiiic UI ruvttc ryraen, fully three miles long, riding two abreast, wended their way over the country roads starting on their long march across country to Washington. The troopers, comprising the Tenth, Eleventh and Fifteenth regi ments of United States cavalry, had been in camp near here for several months working out war problems in accordance with a program of the gen eral staff of the army. Amazons of Albania Fighting Servianc Vienna.?Women are taking an act ive part in the lighting In Albania, ac cording to dispatches received here from Avlona, the Albanian capital Many Albanian Amazons, armed witli hatchets, fought heroically shoulder tc shoulder with their husbands, sons and brothers during the street fighting al Dlbraen. September 23, when 1.20C Servians were killed and 300 taker prisoners. The town fell into the hands of the Albanians and tho pris oners were sent under escort to Ti rana. . * t THE FASHIONS If ?> tjjf) -? FACTS ABOUT INCOME TAX FLOOD OF QUESTIONS ASKED REGARDING THE NEW INCOME TAX LAW. Queries Are Being Prepared by the Treasury Department and Blanks Sent Out. Washington.?The treasury department is preparing for a flood of questions concerning the new income tax, realizing that this feature of the tariff bill about to become law strikes more intimately at the fax paying citizen than do the indirect taxes collected through customs duties. One of the first steps taken to get general information before the public will be to distribute income tax blanks through postoftices, internal revenue offices and other Federal agencies. However, the fact that he does not receive a blank or a request to pay the tax will not exempt a taxable person from the penalties of the law. Representative Cordell Hull of Tennessee, who drew the income tax provision of the tariff bill, made public a detailed explanation of the tax plan as it will touch the individual citizen. "The treasury regulations soon to be prepared will make clear to every taxpayer the requirements of the law and its application to income derived from the various kinds of business,'" said Mr. Hull. "Any person who keeps familiar with his business affairs during the year should have no difficulty in executing his tax returns. "The income tax is divided into two phases, the 'normal' tax of one per cent, on the whole income above $3,000, and the additional tax that begins with an extra one per cent, above $20,000 and is graduated to six per cent, above $f?00,000. Wherever the [ income tax is paid 'at the source' by 1 a corporation for its employees or in similar cases, only tbe one per cent, normal is so paid. The individual ; has to pay an additional tax himself, j The provisions of the law requiring the tax to be withheld at the source does not take effect until November "If the income of a person is under $2,000, or if the tax on same is withI held for payment at the source, or if i the same is to be paid elsewhere in : the United States, affidavit may be made to such fact and thereupon no : return will be required." ' Second Extra Session for Tennessee. j Nashville, Tenn.?In a proclamation ! issued by Gov. It. W. Hooper, the announcement is made that the legisla| ture will be convened in October, the , 13th, in second extra session to conj aider the prohibition law enforcement i bills killed by the filibuster in the house. The proclamation says: "I appeal to the people of every county in the state to rise above the narrow confines of partisan limitation, to assemble at the county seats and elsewhere, and to instruct, encourage and support both the governor and the General Assembly in the restoration of the majesty of the law." __________________ Dead Piled High on Battlefield. Piedras Negras. Meixco.?More ttmn ; 400 Federal and Rebel dead were left | on the Held below Ilarroteran. where a fierce struggle took place between I the two forces. according to reports I brought to Constitutionalist headquar ters. lloth sides were compelled to re tire from the field on account of lack of wi.ter and ammunition, the Consti1 tutionalists falling back to Sabinas, I where they dynamited the great raili road bridge crossing the Sabinas riv. er to prevent another attack from the Federals under General Mans. i E;i)le Barred From Constitution. Raleigh, N. C.?The proposed amend roent to the Constitution of North Car> olina that "the use of the Holy llible shall not be prohibited in schools snpi ported wholly or in part by public > taxe3" was overwhelmingly defeated I at a joint meeting of house and senL ate committee voted solidly against l it, and the voto of the house commiti tee was eleven to four. The conten> tion which won is that as there is - no mention in the Constitution of the - matter, none is" needed, that no attempt has been made to prohibit it. ) j ROOSEVELT STICKS TO PROGRESSIVES SO HE DECLARED AT DINNER GIV EN ON EVE OF DEPARTURE FOR SOUTH AFRICA. ADDRESSES 2,000 PERSONS He Warns His Opponents That the Fight Has Just Begun for His Principles. New York.?Theodore Roosevelt bade his friends farewell on the eve of his departure on a journey to unexplored regions of South America, at a dinner given in his honor by the Progressive national service and the Progressive service of the state of New York. Addressing some two thousand men and women who gathered in his honor at the New York Roof i Garden, the colonel apparently thought j to put a quietus on published reports that he intends to return to the Republican party. "I warn our opponents that the light has only just begun," he said, his voice j breaking in his earnestness. "I will j never abandon the principles to which we Progressives have pledged ourselves." The wildest enthusiasm greeted his | assertion. Waving bandanna handker- j chiefs and napkins the diners jumped to their feet and cheered for half a minute. Only once during the evening did Mr. Roosevelt receive a greater ovation. Toward the close of the ad- ! dress of Gilford Pinchot the toastmas- j tor, there were cries of "We want Ted- | dy!" Raymond Robins of Chicago, head i of the Progressive national service, j leaned across the guest table. "Yes. we want him, we want him?we want ' him as president," he shouted. Then the crowd let loose, rising from their seats to applaud. Mrs. Roosevelt was ; a witness of the tribute. Progressive leaders, men and worn- j en, including former United States Sen- | ator Beveridge, Senators Bristow and Miles Poindexter, Gilford Pinchot. Mrs. ! Prances A. Keller, Mrs. Charles S. I Bird and John Purroy Mitchell, were seated at the guest table. BOY KILLS SEVEN PERSONS Lad Enraged During an Argument and Ran Amuck With an Ax. Nantes, France.?A boy 15 years old murdered with an ax seven people in the village of Uasbriage-en-Laudreau, in the department of the LoireInforieure. The lad. Marcel Redureau, was employed as a vine cutter. He and his employer, George Mabit, were pressing grapes when a discussion arose between them. Redeureau. angered, seized an ax and cut Mabit's throat. kilTing him instantly. The boy hurried to his employer's house, dashed up to Madame Mnhit and slashed her throat till she was dead, then killed a servant. Still carrying his dripping ax. Marcel proceeded to another room, where he dispatched to his employer's mothre, then killed three of Mabit's rhil dren. Ho spared a fouth child, aged 4. lying by their side. Redeureuu went to bed and slept i calmly till next morning when the j bodies were discovered by villagers, j After his arrest Marcel confessed. Uncle Sam to Help Farmers' Wives. Washington.?Declaring that the farm woman has been the most neglected factor in the rural problem and > that the "department of agriculture wishes to render directly to the worn- j en of the United States the full aid and service which their important | place in agricultural production warrants," Secretary lhmston has address- ; ed a letter to the farmers' wives of the country asking their opinions as ; to how the department can improve ' its service for them. "You are. of course, at liberty to criticise freely." j says the secretary, "but 1 would es- i pecially urge that you try to make ; your suggestions constructive ones, ' that we can at once put into effect." , Panama Shaken by Earthquake Shock Colon.?A severe earthquake occur | rod Here at 11:30 p. in. The disturbance was of nearly a minute's duration. Houses were rocked, and the entire population was aroused. Thousands tilled the streets and remained ; there in fear of their lives. New York Ravaged by Storm. New York. ?A rainstorm that reach- i ed almost cloudburst proportions de- i cended on New York, establishing a I record precipitation that flooded the streets, tied up the subway, hamper- j ed surface and elevated traffic in city and suburbs for several hours, [ and caused property loss that can scarcely be estimated. Two persons were killed and several injured. Four ! men were buried in a sewer cave-in. but were rescued. Lightning played above the city, and struck an elevat ed train and several buildings. Kingman Named Chief of Engineers. Washington.?President Wilson sent ; to the senate the nomination of Col. Dan C. Klnglan of the United States army, corps of engineers, to he chieT of engineers, with the rank of brigadier general. Nominations of postmasters included: Alabama, S P. Rainor. Union Springs; Florida, L. M. Carswell, l'erry; Georgia. I. J. Slaughter, Jackson; J. L. Uucker, Athens; Louisiana. A. J. Alford. Amite; I Jane Mc'Villiams, I-ongville; L. I,. | Bordolon, Clarksvllle; Mississippi, Myrtle A McKay, Palhatchce. I V * ^ \ ' wr;' > * * I r* *' FIRST SNAG STRUCK IN NEW TARIFF LAW PROVISION FOR REDUCTION ON GOODS IN AMERICAN SHIPS SHIPS NOT CLEAR. CONSTRUCTION IS WANTFIW The Treasury Officials Say Revision Is Lowiest in History With the Exception of Walker Act in 1846?Referred to President Wilson. I Washington.?Officials of the Tree* ury department are at sea to know what Congress actually meant by the provision of the new tariff law allowing a five per cent reduction of duties on goods imported in Amenrlcan ships with the condition that the differential should not be construed to abrogate or impair any existing treaty between the United States aud a foreign Nation. Literally interpreted, it is declared the provisiou would give a five per cent decrease to goods in American bottoms and automatically grant the same privilege to the ships of the many Nations whose treaties with the United 'States guarantee no discrimination between their vessels and those of America. Ths construction which would be a reasonable redurtion of five per cent in the tariff for importation from most of the great countries of the world, involves probably ten millions in revenue for the government, creating a deficit instead of a surplus in the Treasury as has been estimated -by the tariff framers. The question undoubtedly will be referred to President Wilson and Attorney General Mc Reynolds and ultimately will reach the United States Supreme Court. The State and Treasure I>en5irtnw?nt?? already are in consultation over the effect of the provision, the first snag stnick in the new law. Whatever the interpretation of the provision for Nations with these guarantees of equality, it Is pointed out other serious questions arise as to 23 ^ Nations whose treaties with this country do not guarantee against discrimination. A Test of tho Clause. Washington. The Federal Government's effort to prove that "the grandfather clause" of the Oklahoma Constitution violates the Constitution of the United States was begun in the Supreme Court with the fling of a brief by Solicitor General Davis. The Circuit Court of Appeals has certified to the Supreme Court the question of the validity of the amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution. The Solicitor contends that the entire provision te unconstitutional because rt violates the fifteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution guaranteeing suffrage without discrimination as to race coder or prevous condition of servitude. Eighteen Seamen Drowned. Yarmouth, Eng..?HMghteen seamen of the crew of the British steamer Gardenia were drowned when that vessel foundered after a collision in a fog with the British steamer Conrwood. Four others of the Gardenia's crew were picked up alive. The collision occurred In the North Sea of tills port. Twenty-Seven Arrested at Wolverine. Calumet, Mich.?Mass picketing and peaceable parades featured activities in the copper strike zone. Troopers kept the pickets on the move and outside of u tight between a denutv and h striker there were no disorder*. Twenty-seven men arrested at t.he Wolverine mine as the result of a clash between several hundred sttker* end a small force of troopers, which followed the accidental Injuring by a soldier of u child of one of tthe -i'rlkers. Russia Recognizes China. St. Petersburg. The Russian govrn ment agreed to join with the ether powers in recognizing the Chinese republic on October 10. Atlantic Fleet In Hampton Roads Norfolk. Va The Atlantic battle fleet headed by the Bad par flagship Wyom'ng are now in Hampton Road*. The battleships will remain por-Jicg the battle practice drills and tiring to be witnes. ed by President Wilson and Seerr'ary of the Navy Josephu* Daniels on October IS. This drill will (tccur on the Southern dri'l grounds and will he the president's flrst experience of the kind. The presidential parly will conic down from Washing ton on the vaeht Mayflower 0:1 the night of October 17. Speeding Up Curency Brll. Washington. l'resldent?Wilson was credited with a new plan to exert "moral pressure" nounta inmwri'u for u "speeding up on the currency hill." Representative Glass le?t it be known that ho would issue ?. oftartfc statement informing the country w4?o are the democratic senators respouoiible for the delay. It was reported that this direet attack or) the roiu"ta-Trte is to be followed by others in speeches, is a part of a program designed to force the "insurgent" democrats into line. I