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CONGRESS SETTLES
DOWN TO BUSINESS
COMING ANTI-TRUST LEGISLATION
LOOMS LARGE BEFORE
THE MEMBERS.
WEBB STARTS THE ACTION
North Carolina Members Introduce
Bill and Amendments Putting
Teeth in the Sherman Law Many
Other Bills Are Introduced.
Washington. ? Congress settled
down to its long regular session after
a recess dating from the passage
of the currency reform bill just before
Christinas. The coming Administration
anti-trust legislation program
loomed up as the big business of the
winter; both houses turned actively
to other matters.
In the house, return to work was
celebrated by prompt passage of the
first of the annual supply measures,
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill, and the introduction of the
usual opening day batch of miscellaneous
measures. The Senate began
debate on the Aalaskan Government
railroad bill.
Anti-trust experts In both houses
began a period of extraordinary activity,
to end when the anti-trust program
is written into law before the
close of the session. Actual committee
work will be delayed pending
President Wlson's ndtlress. A rough
draft of the address was brought
to Washington by the President and
later in the week Chairman Clayton
of the House Judiciary Commltee,
and Chairman Newlands of the Senate.
Commerce Committee probably
will he called Into conference with
the President and Attorney General
McReynolds.
Meantime Chairman Clayton and
Representatives Carlin and Floyd of
the house committee are reviewing
the loug list of anti-trust measures already
before the committee." It is not
prohuhle that any of these bills will
be accepted as part of the administration
plan, hut all the Ideas embodied
in them will bo considered. Senator
Newlunds of the senate commerce
committee expects to take up the antitrust
program.
In the house Representative Webb
of North Carolina introduced his bill
to strengthen the Sherman law by declaring
ellegal every contract, combination
or conspiracy in restraint o*
'any part" of trade or commerce, including
agreements, oral or written,
designed to reach so-called gentlemon's
agreements or understandings.
His hill would shift to the defendants
the burden of proof as- to whether
Buch combinations, contracts, conspiracies
or agreements injure competitors,
act as a detriment to the pubUlc
or whether they are not unreasonable.
As a ranking member of the house
judiciary committee which will tnke
up the question tomorrow, Mr. Webb
purposes to fight for action ulong the
?~ ? - .linos of hla bill.
Representative McCoy of New Jersey,
another Democratic member of
the jv?lldary committee introduced
his bill to prohibit interlocking direcJtorates
among hanks and trust companies.
Fire in Charlotte.
Charlotte.?Shortly after noon a fire
which started in the residence of Mr.
C. R. James on Pegrnm street in Belmont,
wiped out over half a block of
residences including one store-room
and hut for the prompt "work of the
city fire department a much greater
section of Belmont would have been
reduced to ashes.
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Bp Orders Trooos Retainer*
W Washington.?All tho Mexican FedF
eral soldiers, now in the custody of the
i United States border patrol forces at
Presidio, Texas, will be transferred to
Fort Bliss and Interned there indefinitely.
Secretary Garrison ordered the
transfer, with permission to the refugee
women and children to accompany
the soldiers if they desire.
Bf| Thaw Wins Victory.
Hk Concord, N. H.-^arry K. Thaw,
H| elated by the report of the federal
HI court commission that his release on
|^B bail would not endanger public safeHgH
ty, remained in his apartments here,
H receiving messages of congratulations
and planning a series of visits within
tho state in the event that Federal
Judge Ah!rich allows him his freedom
under bonds.
BB The next move in the case will be
filing by Thaw's counsel of petition
^^BH asking that tlyi amount of bail be fix
ed, and a dute for a hearing.
^^B Mrs. Grace Said Nothing.
Philadelphia.?Mrs. Daisy Ulrich
Ople, whose husband, Kugene H.
Grace, died at Newnan, (in., from a
bullet wound inflicted nearly two years
ago, declined to have anything to say
regarding his death. Mrs. Grace could
not be seen at her home in West Pliiladelphta
but sent out word to inquirers
that she would not make any stateH
ment
M Mrs. Grace has l>een living here
since she was acquitted of the cltarge
of the atempted murder of her husm
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13,333,074 BALES
COTTON GINNED
CENSUS BUREAU REPORT OF GIN- I
NING PRIOR TO J1N1IADV I
FIRST, 1914.
COMPARISONS BY STATES
Compares with 12,907,405 Bales, Which
Were Ginnfcd in the Year
of 1912.
Washington.?The eighth cotton ginning
report of the census bureau for
tlie season announces that 13,333,074
bales of cotton, counting round as
half bales, of the growth of 1913 had
been ginned prior to January 1, to
which date during the past seven years
the ginning averaged 93.4 per cent, of
entire crop. Last year to January 1,
there had been ginned 12,907,405 bales
or 95.7 per cent, of the entire crop,
14,317,002 hales, or 92.1 per cent., in
1911, and 12,465,298 bales, or 95.3 per
cent., in 1908.
Ginnings prior to January 1 by
states with comparisons for last yeur
and other big crop years, follow:
States. Year. Ginnings.
Alabama 1913 1,467,943
1912 1,288,227
1911 1,618,510
1908 1,302,338
Arkansas 1913 933,389
1912 732,118
1911 786,329
190S 910,423
rlnrl.lo 1(11') *r. o/?n
a ?WI >Vil? . !.?!.? Uil^Ui;
1912 56,042
1911 86.421
1908 66,855
Georgia 1913 2,276,477
1912 - 1,756,834
1911 2,623,917
1908 1,930,783
Loufsiuna . . . .1913 1,143,067
1912 366,402
1911 352,503
1908 453,210
Mississippi . . .1913 759,664
1912 857.1S9
1911 1,047,299
1908 1,522,160
North Carolina. .1913 759,664
1912 857.189
1911 975,223
1908 647,505
Oklahoma 1913 804,457
1912 947,452
1911 900,409
1908 525,610
South Carolina .1913 1,342,988
1912 1,173,216
1911 1,508,753
1908 1,176.220
Tennessee . . . .1913 354,549
1912 248,503
1911 381,281
Texas 1913 3.668.0S0
1912 4,461,746
1911 3,926,069
Other states . .1913 107,105
1912 82,25.7
1911 .110,298
1908 67,777
The ginnings o? sea island cotton,
prior to Janunry 1, hy stutes. follow:
Years. Florida. Georgia. So. Car.
1913 . . . .25,166 41,768 7,386
1912 . . . .21,1)85 39,543 ?,i{29
1911 . . . .38,091 63,099 4,798
ANTI-TRUST LAWS DRAFTED
Sweeping Reforms Proposed in Bills
Drawn Up.
Washington.?A general outline of
the tentative draft of anti-trust legislation
prepared by majority members
of the house committee on the judiciary
for action by the full committee,
subject to a conference with President,
Wilson, bus ueeome known here.
While members of the committee
talked with the president some weeks
ugo the proposed hills so far have not
the administration stump, and they
will be discussed nt a confex*ence between
the president and the committee
Immediately following the president's
return.
The bills, drafted after conference
between Chairman Clayton, Representative
Carlin of Virginia, chairman of
the trust sub-corn rti it tee, and Representatives
Floyd of Arkansas, McCoy
of New Jersey and others, cover these
three main points:
1. Interlocking directorates.
2. Trade relations and prices.
3. Injunction proceedings and damage
suits by individuals.
4 United States Seamen Drown.
Norfplk, Va. ? The capsizing In
the battlenhlp Wyoming, flagship of
the Atlantic fleet, resulted in the loss
of the lives of four seamen of the
Wyoming's crew. . The accident occurred
near the very spot where a launch
from the battleship Minnesota went
down In 1907 wltlj. the lops of eleven
lives, mostly young midshipmen returning
to the Minnesota, in a storm
after midnight following a social affjtfr
-at the Jamefctown Exposition
grounds. . v
Three Dead and 25 Hurt.
Mncon. Ga.?1 hree lives were lost
and more than twenty-five persons injured,
six of whom are seriously hurt,
in a wreck of passenger train No. 3,
on the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad, 60 miles south of Macon.
The wreck was on Gum Creek trestle.
After the locomotive and baggage cars
passed over a broken rail, the day
coach appeared to have been lifted
skyward, then over the embankment
and a heavy Pullman plowed into the
rear of it.
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THE FORT MILL TIMES, F(
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POWERS REACH AGREEMENT
UNITED STATES MUST ASSUME
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS
IN MEXICO.
Free Hand for the United States So
Long as Lives and Property for
Foreigners Are Guarded.
Washington.?Frequent conferences
between ambassadors and ministers
here are tending to unite them on a
line of conduct regarding Mexico,
which, while conforming to the plans
of the United States, involves an understanding
ns tn ohllcntlnno tli?
American government will be expect- |
ed to assume as the result of non interfereuce
by foreign powers.
This common understanding has not
taken the form of direct pressure, but
the state department is kept informed
through the medium of individual representatives
of the expectations of the
European powere. Generally these relate
to the protection of financial interests
which citizens and subjects of
the powers have in Mexico. No intention
to bring in the political sido of
the question is indicated.
Moro than one diplomatic representative
here has informed the department
that his own government was
interested in preventing financial loss
to its citizens, and beyond that did
not care what the United States did in
Mexico so long ns it was informed in
time to take precautions for the protection
of the lives of 'its citizens;
75 LABORERS MEET DEATH
Flatboat on Which They Were Being
Transported Was Wrecked.
Winnipeg, Munitoua.?Dashed to I
death on the rocks in the Eraser rlv- I
er, British Columbia, or swept to their
doom by the swift current, was the
fate of 73 laborers employed by the
Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, according
to Angele Pugliese, one of 25 who
managed to escape when the flatboat
in which they were being transported
across the river was wrecked on
a rock.
Pugllese reached Winnipeg and
says the 25 who escaped were all
injured. The tragedy occurred in liritish
Columbia, west of Fort George.
Pugliese says a change In locution
of the work necessitated crossing the
Fraser river. The 100 laborers put
away from shore in a frail craft, which
became unmanageable. It was dashed
to pieces on a rock.
Man Who Arrested Czolgosz Dead.
Kansas City.?John McCauley, who
arrested Ueon F. Czolgosz, ufter the
latter had shot President McKinley at
Buffalo, N. Y., died here. At the time
of the assassination McCauley was a
police sergeant in charge of oleven
patrolmen who were to assist secret
service men in guarding the president.
Until recently he had been connected
with the Kansas City police department.
American Athletes Break Records.
San Frauclsco, Cal.?According to
cables, Power of the Boston Athletic
association and Templeton of the San
Francisco Olympic club, members of
the All-American track team, broke
records in the meet at Wellington,
New Zealand. Power established a
New Zealand 880-yard record with 1
minute 58 seconds, a fifth better than
the record made by Burke in 1905.
Templeton broke the New Zealand
and Australian pole vault record, leading
11 feet and 2 inches, which disrilaofia
t HA fiM'tMot1 1 4 * x
|/>uvvo mo ivi iu*3i Attain, ui 11 leet.
24 Men Doomed to Pen.
Chicago.?Sentences of twenty-four
of tho labor union officials convicted
in Indianapolis of conspiracy to transport
dynamite were coufirmed by the
United States circuit court of appeals
cf the seventh district. Six of the
thirty who apepaled were granted new
trials. Counsel for tho twenty-four
within thirty days will petition the
court of appeals for a rehearing on
new legal points. If that Is denied
they will take the case to the federal
Suprome court
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)RT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA
IRST ASSISTANT
SOME INCOME TAX RULES
FORM TO BE USED AND REGULATIONS
TO BE FOLLOWED
ARE SENT OUT.
Every Citizen Who Has Income of
$3,000 or More Liable for
the Tax.
Washington.?The form to he used
and IMrillnUnnu In lin fnllnu-n.l K?, I ~
dividualB lu making returns of income.
subject to the neve federal income
tax were sent out by the treasury
department. Every citizen of the
United States, whether residing at
home or abroad, every person residing
in the United States and every
non-reBident alien who has income
from United States investments
of $3,000 or more, must make return.
For the past year, 1913, specific exemptions
will be.-$2,500 or $3,333.33 in
the case of a married person, and in
fature years $3,000 and $4,000. Where
the tax has been withheld in part of
the income on the source, or where
part of the income comes as dividends
upon stock of a corporation, taxable
under the corporation tax section of
tlio law, the regulations set forth that
such income shall be deducted from
the individual's total net income when
commuting tho amount, of which he is
taxable.
The lnw imposes a tax of 1 per cent,
and provides that individuals who have
an income between $20,000 and $50,000
shall pay an additional tax of 1 per
cent, on such amount; on all between
$50,000 and $75,000, 2 per cent., $75,000
to $100,000, 3 per cent.; $100,000 to
$250,000, 4 per cent.; $250,000 to $500,000.
5 per cent, and all over $500,000,
6 per cent.
BATTLE CEASES ON BORDER
Dead Bodies of Soldiers Lying In
T renches.
Marfa, Texas.?Fighting between
the northern division of the Mexican
federal army, defending Ojinaga, Mexico,
opposite here, and General Ortega's
0,000 rebels ceased as suddenly
as it began a week ago. Without any
federal activities to provoke his move,
General Ortega withdrew his army
seven miles to the west, along the
ltio Grande, supposedly to await the
arrival of reinforcements.
Although both armies, after six days
of fighting, had been rating. General
Ortega suddenly divided his army info
three formations and started to move
along the border away from Ojinaga.
General Buckner Dead.
Lexington, Ky.?Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckner, formerly governor of Kentucky
and candidate for vice president
on the old Democratic national ticket
in 1886, died at his horn ein Hart
county. He died at his home at Glen
Lily, near Munfordville. General Buckner's
body will be buried in the state
cemetery at Frankfort. General Buckner
was the last surviving lieutenant
general of the Confederacy.
Wilson Benefited by Vacation.
Pass Christian, Miss.?The president
looks forward to a busy week.
in wnicn work and exercise will be
carefully balanced. Mr. Wilson Is now
as well as ever. He reveals in his
countenance the glow of health and
the vigor with which he executes long,
perfect drives on the golf links testifies
how fully he has recovered from
his recent illness. His return to normal
is best indicated, however, by his
assiduous work. He is disposing of a
number of important matters of official
routine.
Lost Money and Killed Himself.
Athens, Ala.?Henry Warten, the
wealthiest and one of the most prominent
men of this county, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the left temple. The shooting occurred
at his home, death being instantaneous.
He was a heavy dealer in cotton
futures, having made a fortune in
a corner on the staple in New Orleans
last August. Recently he has been
losing heavily, and his son in New
Orleans had Just told him over the
long distnnce telephone that he had
heen closed out in hie futures there.
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UNCLE SAM'S ARMY
NOW UNPREPARED
UNITED STATES SHY OF FIELD
GUNS AND ALSO OF
AMMUNITION.
ARE NOT READY FOR WAR
General Wood Paints Doleful Picture
of Army .to Congressional
Committees.
Washington.?Explaining that his
judgment was not influenced by the
Mexican situation, Major General
Wood, chief of staff of the army, has
advised committees of congress that
they should appropriate $3,000,000 for
field guns and ammunition for the
regular army, and $3i000,000 for the
militia. *
"If you sent our troops into war as
they are now, without guns or ammunition,
it would be absolute slaughter,"
the general told the house military
committee. "If called into the
field suddenly, we should have to go
with a small allowance of ammunition,
and we should have neither guns nor
ammunition enough for our field artillery
forces."
General Wood, in a written statement,
said:
"We neither have guns nor ammunition
sufficient to give uny general commanding
an army in the field any assurance
of success if attacked by an
army of equal size which is supplied
with its proper quota of field artillery.
"It is my belief that no modern warl.etween
first class powers will last
for one year, and unless private manufacturers
are encouraged to manufacture
ammunition for our guns, after
war is declared, they will not be in a
condition to do so until after the war
is finished.
"The war department believes after
f?Y tnrifloH ctiulv fhlt in oocne nf tuna
with a first class power, an army of
600,000 men will* be needed to give
this country any chance of success
against invasion, and that this force
will be needed at once."
The general suggested that the
United States regular mobile army
should be organized into three infantry
and two cavalry divisions with
an aggregate war strength of about
75,000, requiring 54 batteries, or 21C
guns.
TO MAKE FIGHT ON PELLAGRA
Secretary McAdoo Asks for a Pellagra
Hospital for the South.
Washington. ? Secretary McAdoo
asked congress to appropriate $47,000
for a pelalgra hospital at some t'outhern
point.
Secretary McAdoo in his letter to the
speaker pointed out that pellagra has
imposed great financial burdens on
communities in which it prevails and
that while investigations of pellagra
have been systematically carried on
at the marine hospital at Savannah for
several years, and important bacteriologic
and epidemiologic studies are
being carried on from that station,
that institution has no facilities for
the conduct of metabolic and physicochemical
studies. The latter studies
nre necessary at this time, according
to the public health service, because
of the suspicion of the association of
the disease with diet and metabolism.
Secretary McAdoo added:
"A number of food products are under
suspicion, thus implicating several
important industries, and it becomes
important from both sanltnry and economic
standpoints to determine once
and for all what bearing, if any. foods
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These studies necesasrily will
be of a highly technical nature, requiring
special facilities to guard against
the possibility of error creeping in
during the experiment.
Biography of Great Evangelist.
Winona Lake, Ind.?While Rev.
Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist,
was resting hero recently, after a
strenuous campaign in Johnstown.
Pa., he received word that the new
biography, "The Spectacular Career
of Rev. Billy Sunday," was off the
press. It is the work of T. T. Frankenberg
and the evangelist says it is
a truthful account of his life.
Assert Thaw Is Not Dangerous.
Concord, N. H.?The release on bail
of Harry K. Thaw would not menace
public safety, two of his custodians declared
at a public hearing before the
commission appointed by the federal
court to pass upon Thaw's mental condition
and its relation to his liberation
under bonds. Holman A. Drew',
sheriff of Coos county, and piark D.
Stevens of the local police force, who
have had Thaw in charge since September,
favored his admission to bail.
Thaw and his mother were present
I with counsel.
Millionaires 'o Build Club.
Brunswick, Ga.?The purchase by
Edwin Gould und associates of Latham
Hammock, and the filing of a petition
for charter in the Glynn superiot
court for the incorporation of the
"Latham Hammock Club," probably
| means that Glynn county is soon tc
j have another club composed of milI
lionalres, similar in many ways to the
famous Jekyl Inland Club, which has
j been known for many pears as the
richest organization of thn kind In the
country, being composed 3( on? hundred
millionaires.
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HUNTS ALLIGATORS I
IN LOUISIANA LUKE
Creole Wins Title of Champion
in Battle With a Giant
Saurian. ^
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nt numo mi munit
In a Small Craft Called a Pirogue,
With a Bicycle Lamp on Hia Head
and Primitive Weapons, He la Most
Successful.
New Orleans, La.?Daniel Treadway,
who has charge of the government
light off the entrance to liayou
Lacouibe, a stream emptying into
Lake Pontchartraln, is the champion
alligator hunter. Treadway 1b a typical
Creole, and when not engaged in
attending to his lighthouse duties ho
hunts 'gators. In telling of these
hunts, one of Treadway's friends
said:
"Night is the best time to go after
gators," says Hennessey. "Treadway
invades tl^r swamp homes armed in
the most primitive manner. In addition
to a small craft called a pirogue,
i resembling a canoe, he is equipped
i with a blunt hatchet slung to his belt,
and a ten-foot pole with a keen knife
fastened to the end. A bicycle .lamp
ndjusted on the top of his head completes
the outfit. This light illuminates
the dark recesses of the swampnnd
exerts a hypnotic influence on his
prey.
"On the night that he encountered
his prize trophy, Treadway had spent
J several hours in unsuccessfully paddling
his pirogue through the many
' small streams that intersect the
swamp adjacent to liayou Lacombe.
I He was on the noint of civinc un tho
i hunt when his attention was suddenly
attracted by a loud splash a short distance
ahead.
"Lowering his head bo as to permit
his lantern to shine on the dark water
In front, the Creole glided softly
into the darkness. As the light awept
the surface he noted the ponderous
hulk of a saurian as it swain across
the stream. Treadway gave his
pirogue a lusty shove in an effort to
intercept it. Hy this time the 'gator
was aware that an enemy was near.
First it swam around in a semi-circle,
and then without a moment's warning.
' headed straight for the approaching
pirogue.
"This was an unlooked-for maneuver
and the hunter scarcely had time toturn
his craft before the monster
swept past. Bringing the bow of the
Swam Around in a Circle.
1 pirogue around, the Creole awaited
tlio charge that was not long in coming.
Kneeling in the bottom of his
I chaft, he endeavored to keep his light
focused in the eyes of his quarry, but
In this instance It only served to accelerate
the 'gator's movements. Gathlng
all its force, the 'gator headed for
the boat, and although the occupant
skilfully evaded the shock, the tali
swished out of the water and Bent
him sprawling into the stream.
"Standing waist-deep in slime and
water, the hunter caught hold of hla
half-sunken pirogue and held It before
him. His light still burned and ho
saw the 'gator preparing to resume
the fray. As It neared the pirogue tta
hulk fairly rose out of the water, and
Its yawning jaw,# caught hold of ono
side of the vessel, crushing it to
splinters. The musky breath wa?
near enough to sicken the hunter, but
he managed to summon enough
sirengui to deliver a crushing blow
with his hatchet. It caught the 'gator
squarely on the top of his scaly head,
inflicting a gaping wound, but having
no effect upon the reptile's furioua
spirit.
"Then the 'gator drew off to make
a final attempt to crush ite terrified
opponent. Holding on the fragment
of his pirogue and keeping his light i
In the blood-shot eyes of his enemy,
the Creole decided to make an effort
to gain the bank and escape the impending
rush. Backing cautiously
through tho slippery footing he managed
to gain the laud, hut before ha
was able to get out of the water h?
was obliged to brace himself and
meet the 'gator's onslaught.
"Fortunately, the blood streaming
from the wound in the 'gator's head
served to blind his vision, wnd th?
coup do gram was administered