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PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE Continued From Page 1 e?w '-uifut places t:i t with *i;.' '.?le ualta of tlu- iirmy. Tii'li [>er1od of nnnun! trail.in;: would e*?rtly exceed u-f r"?nth? In the e?r. Tlt? president says ii is up to the ?e rlotic young men of the country to i**?t?md to this call. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR GREATER NAVY. Always L?had to It at Our Firtt and Chief Llna of Defense. The program which will Ik- laid DwFure you by tba secretary of the nary Ik similarly conceived. It Involves only a shortening of the time within which plans long matured shall he carried - aut, but It does make definite and ex- i plldt a program which h.i-i heretofore baas only Implicit held in the minds of the committees on na\ a! ah airs nud disclosed la the debates of the two | bosses, bat nowhere formulated or for | oally adopted. It seems to me very clear that It will be to the advantage of the country for the congress to adopt comprehensive plao for putting the oevy upon a final footing of strength and efficiency and to pi."-* that plan to completion within t Ik* next five yesra. We have always looked to the nary of the country as our nrsi uiju chief lino of defense; we have always Men It to bo our manifest course of prudence to bo strong on tbe seas. Tear by yoar wo have been creating a nary which now ranks verv !,iah In ! deed among the navies or t!??* maritime j nations. Wo should now lefiuiu-ly de term In e bow we shall Cv-mplete what wo ha to begun and bow soou. The program to be laid before you contemplates the construction within Are years of ten battleships, six battle cruisers, ten econt cruisers, fifty deetroyers, fifteen fleet -n;. varices, alghty-fleo coast subraar.i. -. tour gun j boots, one hoepltnl shl- two umromil rlon ships, two fuel oil sidjw nnd one repair ship. It Is propos. I thai ?>r this aomber we shall tbe first >tui Piuvide for tbe construction of two battleships, two battle cruisers, three scour cruisers, fifteen destroyers, five fleet submarines. tweaty-flve coast submarines, two gunbests and one hospital ship; tbe second year two battleships, one scout cruiser. t*? iWmvopi fnor fleet submarines. fifteen coast submarines, one gunboat ami one fuel oil ship; the ihi:vl year two battleships, one battle cruiser, two coat crulseni, five destroyers, two Poet submarines and fifteen const ?mhmn rtnee; the fourth year two battleships two battle cruisers, two scout cruVers ten destroyere, two tieei submarines, fifteen coast submarines, one urumuni lion ship and one fuel oil ship, and the fifth year two battleships, one hat tie cruiser, two scout cruiser*- fe-i de atroyera, two fleet sub ::a, i' ?. t'f-eon coast submarines, one minima!. meam monition ship and one repair ship Tbe secretary of the navy !? asking also for tbe Immediate addition to the personnel of the navy of T.rinb sailors. 2.500 apprentice seamen and 1.500 tna rtnaa. This Increase would he sufTi dent to care for the ships which arc to be completed within the fiscal year 19IT and also for the number of men which must be put In training to man the ships which will be completed ' arty In 1918. It Is also nece-iviry that lb* nnmber of midshipmen nt the Naval academy at Annapolis should be Inereascd by at least f500 in order t, , tbe force of officers should bo more mpldly added to. and authority is asked to appoint, for en?rin"crin? duties only. approved graduates of engineering college*. and for service in the nvl tlon corps a certain number of men taken from civil life. If this full program should be curried out should have built or hulldln.tr In 1921. according to the estimates of sur rival and standards of classification followed by the general board of the department, uu eifcrlive navy cousbt Ins of 27 battleships of rb fir t line, U battle crulsere, 25 battleships of the ? ond line. 10 armored cruisers. 13 scout cruisr---. 3 first < la>s cruisers, 3 aeccjid ci'i.>.< cruisers. l'? tclass cruisers, ICS destroyers. Is licit sub murines, 157 coast submarine-. < ru n itora, 20 gunboats. 4 supply ships, 15 fuel ships. 4 transports, 3 tenders to torpedo vessels, 8 vessels o;' special types nud two ammunition : ' . - i ':1s would he a navy fitted : > <?:i; u vds and worthy of our tradition But niniics and instf.;: onts of ?i.r are only part of what has t > >e < <} Idcred If we are to ? < i: i !? ; -u preme matter of national r-.-.i - i u cy and security In ; 'i its aspects. Th..r? ? ? nthor rrrnnf npit tni'v; \vllir?h I * uvi V Uiv v* **V? ........ will be thrust upon our at tout ion whether we will or not TJore K fur example, a very pressing question of trade and shipping involved In this great problem of nutloual adequacy It la necessary for many weighty rea oca of national efficiency and <ie\cl patent that we should h:nv n groin merchant marine. The gr< at?. w? ham fleet we once used to ma!:** lis ri. h. that great body of sturdy sailor; wha used to carry our flag into i . < ,-y a. and who were the pride and - t a i":c bulwark of the nation, we i. driven out of existence by iiu w tn-al.u neglect and Indifference and by a hope lessly blind and provincial policy of so called economic protection, it is high time we repaired our mistake unci resumed our ccmiucrcl:;I indo;r: r ob the seas. ; I With n view to meeting these ;?rc : j ins: necessities of our commerce and [ availing: ourselves nt the earliest p.- hie moment of the present unpnr.iileie : opportunity of linking the two A:;..:: ens together in bonds of mutual inter est and service, an opportunity which may never return again If we mi. s it now. prop:i:.;i!s will Jo mde to t!:e present ronyro<5?: f w the pvr construction of ships to he owned and directed Ly the govemuient similar to those mad.- to the last congress, but modified in some essent'.ul parvicv.lAVs I recommend these proposals to you for your prompt act?.ptance wiih the more confidence heca. e every month that has elapsed since the former pro posals wore made lie-: made the tie eessity for such action more ami more manifestly Imperative That nrml was then foreseen. It is now acutely foil and everywhere roali.ed by those lot wboin trade is wuiti::but who can Had uo conveyance for their gbo.ls. 1 Hid a.<i .> n ::< !j i atensted hi the par lie units of i'h' program as 1 am in taking imiiiediaic advantage of die great opportunity whi h awaits us it we will but act in this emergency. In this nmttor. as in all others, a spirit ot common compel should prevail, ami out of it should come an early solu tion of this pressing problem. SHOULD A2REE ON POLICY IN THE PHILIPPINES. Reoommencis Early Adoption of Measures Giving Them Fuller Justice. The president recommends the early adoption of bills for the alteration and reform of the government of the Phil ippines and for rendering fuller polit leal justice to the people of Porto Itico. which were submitted to the SixtyI third congress The president refers ! to the Increased cost of carrying out the plans for the armed forces of the I nation and tells of the fiscal problems confronting the government. On tlie 80th of June last there was i an available balance in the general fund of the treasury of $104,170,103.78 The total est mated receipts for the year 191G, on the assumption that the emergency revenue measure passed b,\ the Inst emigre's will not be extended beyond Us present limit, the 31st of December, 1913. and that the present duty of 1 cent per pound on sugar will be discontinued after the 1st of May 1910, will be $1170.303.000. The balance of June last and these estimated rev enues come therefore to a grand total of $774,033,003.78. The total estimated disbursements for the present fiscal year. Including twenty-five millions for the Panama canal, twelve millions for probable deficiency appropriations and $30,000 for miscellaneous debt redemptions, will be $733,891,000. and the ha! once in the general fund of ?!ie treas ury will be reduced to $2<M;4-1.t::i3.7H The emergency revenue ac t il' eontln ued beyond its present time Hniltntion would prodn e during the half year then rem tuning about forty-one millions. The duty of 1 cent per pound on 6ugnr If continued would produce during the two months of the fiscal year remaining after the 1st of May about fifteen millions. These two sums, amounting together to fifty-six mil lions. If added to the revenues of the second half of the fiscal year would yield the treasury at the end of the year an available balance of $70.0-14 005.78. The additional revenues ivuui.-cd to carry out tlie program of niiiit try and naval proptiratlon of w!i'"!i i have spoken would. as at present e imati- l bo for the tiseal year 1017 S'vj.scti.o t Those figures. taken with tbe figures for tbe present fiscal year which 1 have already given, disclose our linan eial problem for tbe year 1017 As suming that the taxes Imposed bv the emergency revenue net and the nres ent duty on sugar are to be dlscontln tied and that the balance at the close of tbe present fiscal year will be only $20,014,005.78. that the disbursements for the Panama ennn) will again he about $251; A000 and that the nddl tlonal c v;? "li'ures for the army and navy are authorized by the congress tbe deficit in l' e general fund of the treasury on the :!0th of June. 1017 will be nearly *235.000.000. T<> this sum at least $"0,000,000 should bo add ed to represent a safe working balance for tbe trensury and $12,000,000 ro include tbe usual doll ieucy estimates i i 1017, and tLce additions would make a total deficit of some $297,000,000. If the present taxes should be continued throughout this year and the next, however, there would be a balance In the treasury of some $70.30:\o 0 a! tlx* end of the present fiscal year and u deficit nt the end of the next year of only some r".u< t.000. or. reckoning in $ti2.G0U.0( o for deficient upriations and a safe treasur ice nt the end of the year, a t? w h > some $112,000,000. The e : of the figures is that It is ; < i - el <?f prudence to contlr. of the present taxes or their en *s mm confine ourselves to the problem of providing $112,000,000 of new revenue rather than $297.000.0'K). rJow shall we obtain the new revenue? We are frequently reminded that there are many millions of bonds which the treasury is authorized under existing law to sell to reimburse the sums paid out of current revenues for the construction of the Panama canal, and it is true that bonds for the amount of ?222.4112,000 are now available for that purpose. Prior to 1913 tfl3S.Oo0.000 of these bonds had uc::eilir h,.<,n snl.l to ree.iUO the GXIK'Udl turcs at the isthmus. and now constitute a considerable item of the public debt, But I for one do not believe tbat the people of this country approve of postponing the payment of their bills. Borrowing money is shortsighted finance. It can l?e justified only f 1 J : wben permanent, things are to bo accomplished which many generations will certainly benefit by and which It | 6eems hardly fair that n single general tlon should pay for. The objects we are now proposing lo spend money for cannot be so classified, except in the sense that everything wisely done may be said to be done In the Interest of posterity as well as In our own. It i seems to me a clear dictate of pru j dent statesmanship and frank finance that in what wo arc now, I hope, about to undertake we should pay as we go The people of the country are entitled to know just what burdens of taxation they are to carry and to know from the outset now. The new bills should be paid by luternal taxation. NATION'S SECRET FOES SHOULD BE CRUSHED. Gravest Danger to Country Comet From Within Our Own Borders. The president says that the precise reckonings of the problem to be met are set forth in the report of the secretary of the treasury. I have spoken to you today, gentlemen. upon a single theme, the thor ough preparation of the nation to care for its own security and to ifiake sure of entire freedom to play the luipar *tnl ... .1^ Im IliimlMtlllAHA ii.wl It. tho 11*11 ITJir HI UIIO IIVIJI I .-l I 'lll'l c CI 1J Li IIJ IUC world which we all believe to bave been providentially assigned to it I bave bad in my mind no thought of any Immediate or particular danger arising out of our relations with other nations. Wo are at peace with all the nations of the world, and there is reason to hope that no question in controversy between this and other gov ernments will lead to any serious breach of arnical>'e relations, grave as some differences of attitude and policy huve been and may yet turn: out to be I am sorry to say that the gravest threats against our national peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders. There are citizens of the United States, I blush to admit, born under other flags, but welcomed under our generous naturalization laws to the full freedom and opportunity of America. who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life, who have sought to bring the authority und good name of our government into contempt, to destroy our industries wherever thev thought it effective for their vindictive purposes to strike at them and |to debase our politics to the uses of loEQlgn intrigue. Their number Is noi great as compared with the whole number pf. those sturdy hosts by whic i our ns-j tlon lias been enriched in r* cent generations out of virile foreij n stocks, but it is great enough to have brought doon dlsf'raoo nnnn us nn<f to have utuue it i.ect. snr.v that flLg should promj tly make use of procefcjfl of law by which V. c i:; v b^.nriy^jj^thplr corrupt distempers. "*r^??? America never ^ ^Ki anything like this before. 11 u^^BdVeamed it possible jlmt meu swoflFfco its own eltizeusblp. uieu drawnwflB of great free stocks such ns suppMR some of the bc.it tun] strongest eleme its of that little, but fftrtv heroic, nntloi that in a high (lay of old staked its v ?ry life to free itself from every eut inglement that had darkened the fortuies of the older nations and set up a new standard here?that men of such Origins and such free choices of ullegitmce would ever f-nn in malign reaction ugalnst the government and people who had wcl -onu-1 and nurtured thetn and seek V to '!; !.i this ['rotnl countrysmce more a !..> : -1 of Ki.ropean passion. A little while ago such a thing would have seemed incredible. Because It was incredible we made no preparation for It. We would have been almost ashamed to prepare for it. as if we were suspicions of ourselves, our own comrades and neighbors! Rut the ugly and incredible thing has actually come about, and we arc without adequate federal laws to deal with it I urge yon to enact such laws nt the earliest possible moment anil feel that in doing so I am urging you to do nothing less than save the honor and self respect of the nation. Stich creatures of passion. disloyalty and anarchy must be crushed on They are not many, but they are Infinitely malignant, and the hand or onr power should close over them nt once. They hnve formed plots to destroy property, they hnv? entered uno ? ouspine . .; i.,aii:>; tuc neutrality of the government, tiny Imve sought to pry i;:'o every confidential transact ion if tiie government in order to serve Inter sis alien to our own. It is possible Ij ut-g! with tli e tilings very effectually. I need not suggest the terms in which they may be dealt with I wish that it could he said that only a few men. misled by mistaken sentiments of allenianee to the governments , had been | . - jssessiou . < iper and principles <t' the country during these days of terrible war. when it would seem that every man who was truly an American would instinctively make It his duty and Ids pride to keep the scales of judgment even and prove hintsell' a partisan of no nation but tiis own. Hut it cannot. There are some Wen among us and many resident abroad w! >. though horn and bred in tin; I..,.. 1 Slates and cnllius tln-iu silviv. Americans. have so forgotten themselves and Iheir honor as citizens as to { i iheir passionate sympathy vrit'i -)iiO or the other side hi the ereut Enron an eoMlIct above their regard for the p. tic and dignity of the Cuifed State-, t hey also preach and prnctiee (lisloyair;.. No laws, 1 suppose, can reach corruptions of the uilud and heart, bt.i 1 .-h .dd not speak ot others without hi.- spcuIAng of lUe.?u niltl e.\ pretsito: t' . .on deeper hutniiia'.t >o and . t)-ii v l.j'li every self possessed sttiU.V more cnreruuy iu;m iuc,y ?u? hitherto been studied the right adapts tion of otir economic arrangements fc changmg conditions. Mnu.v conditions about which w hare repeatedly legislated are beini altered from decade to decade. It 1 evident, under our very eyes and ar likely to change even more rapidl, and more radically in the days Imrae diately ahead of us when peace ha retuiT.ed to the world and the nation of Europe once more take up the! tasks of commerce and industry witl the energy of those who must bestl themselves to build anew. REGULATIONS TO MEET RAILROAD PROBLEM Needed to Make Lines More Usefu Servants of Country. Id the meantime may 1 make thli suggestion? The transportation prob lem Is an exceed!vgly serious nn< pressing one in this country. Then has from time to time of late beeu rea son to font- tltnt our railroads woul< not much longer bo able to c-ope witl it successfully, as at present equlppee and co-ordinated. 1 suggest that i would be wise to provide for a com mission of Inquiry to ascertain by i thorough canvass of the whole ques tion whether our laws us ut presen framed and administered nre as serv iceable as they might be in the solu tion of the problem. It is obviously a problem that lies at the very foun datlon of our efficiency as a people Such an Inquiry ought to draw ou every circumstance and opinion wortl ttmgteg and we need to know all sides of the matter if we mean t< do anything in the field of federal leg [elation. No one. I am sure, would wish t< take any backward step. The regula tion of the railways of the country bj federal commissfou bus had admlrabh results and has fully justified tb< hopes aud expectations of those bj whom the policy of regulation wai originally proposed. The question li not. What should we undo? It ii whether there is anything else we cai do that would supply us with effeetiv< means, in the very process of regu lation. for bettering the conditions un der which the railroads nre operatec and for making them more useful serv ants of the country as a whole. II seems to me that it might bo the jiari of wisdom, therefore, before furtbei legislation in this field is attempted to look at the whole problem of co-or dinntlon and efficiency in the full llghi of a fresh assessment of circumstance j and opinion, as a guide to dealing witt : the several parts of it I For what we are seeking now. whni ! In my mind Is the single thought of this message, is national effi'-iency and security. We serve n great nation, We should serve It in the spirit of Its peculiar genius. It Is ihe genius o 1 common men for self government, industry. Justice, liberty and peace. We should see to it that It lacks no instrument. no facility or vigor of law, to make it sufficient to play its part with energy, safety and assured success. in this we are no partisans but heralds and prophets nf n new age ? ;; character. ; ;; it is not what a man gets, but ) what a man is, that counts. He !! should think first of character " and then of condition. He that .. has character need have no fear . || of his condition. Character will | .. improve condition.?Beecher. COUGHS AM) COLDS ARE . DANGEROUS Few of us realize the danger o Juuyhs and Colds. We consider tnen common and harmless ailments. Hov,* e\er statist ire tell u.s every third per - a dies <>l' a limy ailnient. Dniitreroui Itirneltinl and Limy diseases follow a oeyleeted rold. .Vs your body stray u!es against ci>ld aerms. no better aid a i l?e had than I?r. Kiny's New Dis very. Its merit lias been tested by ild and yeiiinr. In use over 15 years, let a bottle to-d?>. Avoid the risk of serious rainy ailments. I?rnyyists, Alligator and Crocodile. The alllyator is more stoutly built than 'lie cromdlle. Irs head is more blunr. and It is not as virions. and thoughtfully patriotic ?.merlcai most feel when be thinks of them am of the discredit they are dally brlngini upon um. What Is more important Is that th< Industries and resources of the countrj should be available and ready foi mobilization. It Is the more impera tively necessary, therefore, that w< should promptly devise means for do ing what we have not yet done?tha we should tjh'e intelligent federal ait and stimulation to industrial and voca tlonal education, as we have long don< In the large held ot' our ngrivultuva Industry; that ut the same time tha we safeguard and conserve the natura resources of the country we shoult put them at the disposal of those whi will use them promptly aud lutelll gently, as \vas sought to he done li the admirable bills submitted to th last congress from Its committees 01 the public lands, bills which 1 earnest ly recommend In principle to your con sideration; that we should put int enrly operation some provision fo rural credits which will add to the ei tensive borrowing facilities alread; Afforded the farmer by the reservi bank act adequate instrumentalitle by which lon^ credits may be obtained on land raortv:a^e? and that we aboul< ? ? ?i.~- h?n 1 i I . Seaboard L r "The Progressive Rail * i Special Lov jj CHARLI i Dec. 13-1' D a ACCOU e J Southern Comme 0 Many atcraclions incli y Fleet, Military Parade, Sp 8 Water and Athletic Sports. 3 Addresses by pr miner 1 Rural Credits and C omnert 'a Full inforinati( n from i or write e ; c. w. siv ? Divisicn Passen " Savannah, 9 3 h t _zzn i - Fresh 13eef, I'oi k aad Pc L H.A.BURCH1 PllONt il Covington Hotel Bld| ! CHERAV i , 3 1 1 The Cheraw CLroi t Tax N The Tax Books will be open for 15th October until 31st day olTax levy for State? Ordinary County Constitutional school. j County Roads Total levy _ ** Special Loc Cheraw Graded Special.. 3 mills. Marburg . 4 u Orange Hill ? l( Pat's Branch * i( Pee Bee 3 44 Stafford * 44 ' Cheraw (Outside) 3 ^ Bethel * it Chesterfield 4 44 * Parker 4 Pine Grove ? <4 Shiloh 3 t Snow Hill 4 44 Ruby ? tt Vaughan 4 44 * Wamble Hill 4 44 White Oak 4 c Black Creek j> (< ' Cross Roads 6 4< Center 4 t Mt. Croghan? ?? . New Hope 1 44 I Wexford 4 44 Winzo 1 Buffalo ? O Ziou ? ~ 4{ ' Mt. Croghan (Outside).. 2 \ Buffalo 2 ^ hive Forks : Mangum - <( Pag'dand " 44 Plains 4 Center Grove 0 44 ; Friendship 4 4< Jefferson 5 ^ Long Branch. 4 4< ) Jefferson (Outside).. ..2 ^ Green Hill 4 44 Middendorf 3 ! McBce ^ ; Sandy Run 4 {4 Union 3 ! Alligator (Outside) 2 ^ ' Bay Springs 4 <4 Bear Creek 2 _ . , o ?< . Methesaa * Juniper 3 . Patrick: 3 " , Pat Pond 2 Lewis 3 Ouslev .7 " Palmetto 3 " r Wallace 3 Steer Pen 5 For Pack Indebtedness and Ex'ci School: Chesterfield School Pistrii-f and Rubv 5 mills. Chcraw Township, special levy of ' i.-r'Ps for Road Bonds. W, A. ] Sept. 15, 1915. \ir Line way of the South" r Kates LSTON 7,1915 int ircial Congress iding Great Battleship )ecial Selected Carnival, it speakers on Cotton, :e. learest Seaboard Agent, I ALL, ger Agent, Ga. irk SauHBage . S MARKET ! t* y.. Second Street V, s. c. tiicle $1 per Year [otice. the collection of taxes (from December, 1915. 7 mills 1^2 3 mills % n\ills **" " 11 K '' ? mmmm .. 18 mills ai Bonds 4 mills 2V2 *131116 q 1U1119 . ? 5 mills . 4y2 mills 2 mills 4 mills .. - ?. 5 mills 5 mills - 4 mi Its jr -? *'>-* .. ? . 5 mills 4nrlls 4 mills J 1 nling School Terms: Special , 2*<> mills: Mt. Croghiin, 5 mills, 2 mills for Roahs; Alligator 7 ,, COUNTY TREASURER X \