Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 09, 1913, Image 2
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-? ? -
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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