Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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wm pMi, -A • MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IM.CAS ED WITH RECENT EVENTS. . /I M' PLANS TO PUSH REBELS i- GIVES FOOLISH ADVICE WASHINGTON PREACHER TELLS NEGROES TO BUT ARMS. .1 In Celebmf Pastor Maki mocr's. Nothing lakda fUrwk r^kWhl^'* •A- TAX ^ ( . ON INCOMES OVER P DUE MARCH 1. S3,000 fXClPTIflNS ANiUNCED i i 1 m QonatitationallaU in South Am R«- u. ^ ' Sported Short of AnumuMtion and FederaU Say They WIU Take Ad- vaaiage"of This Fact and Push the Fighting With Vigor. V The Federal aucceas at Nuero, Lar edo, the good ahowlng made by the Federal* at OJlnaga, the reported evacuation by the Rebels of Durango, upon the failurer $£ (he revolution- allita to renew the attack on Tam pico are pointed to by the Mexican government officials at Mexico City aa auguring well tor the fulfillment of President Huerta'a recent prothlse for the early domination of the revo lutionist situation. — The threatened attack on San Lula Potosl has failed to develop, both^prl vate and government advices indirat ing this plan has been abandoned for the present, the rebels retiring tp the north. The Tampico line Is stlll out \ 0f cotpinlsslon, however, and an oil famine Is threatening to cause sus pension of railroad service and the factprles. • In all the developments of the past few days the Federal authorities see Indlrntlon of a serious shortage of ammunition on the part of the rev,-, olut'onlsts. of which they- declare they will* take full advantage and push the war with greater vleor. The evolutions under Oen. Contreras and Gen! Urbina, who have been In pos session of Durango since early sum mer, are,reported to have withdrawn northward to Santiago pRapasniilro, about 80 miles distant, where they have established a new- rebel capital. They are said to have realized the impossibility of making a stand against the federal forces now marching from Torreon. Several thousand troops, many of them re cruits, have gone out from the capi tal In the last week. It Is under stood most of them will be utilized In • campaign against Chihuahua. > The announcement that President Wilson’s policy probabljr would re ; main unchanged after John Lind’s trip to Pass Christian la a aource of disappointment to most foreigners «nd many Mexicans who believed the interview between the president an< his personal representative might re suit In some definite step to put an end to the distressing conditions which, so far as business Is concern ed. are fast growing acute. To official Mexico, while outward ly Mr. Lind’s visit to the president was of little significance, the appar ent determination of the United States still to keep Da hands off Is known to be highly gratifying. One official summarized the relation with fhe United States: "The best Mexl- oo expects of Washington la to be let alone to work out Da problem.” In spite of the critical financial outlook the administration appears to be highly optimistic. President Huerta regards the floating of a for eign loan as far from a, vain hope. The premature announcement recent ly of assurances r frpm the Mexican finance minister, Senor de la Lamar, now In Europe that he had Induced the acceptance by English and French bankers of boffds amounting to $25,900,000, Is now explained as Incorrect Interpretation of the code used In the cablegram. The finance department, however, declar ed that the minister’s efforts are pro greasing favorably and that there Is reason to believe he s6on will be suc- 'ressful. The banking situation shows little Improvement and th« scarcity •f coin for ordinary trading is work ing hardship on business. Negroes:were urged to stop baying musical hgtstruments and" sending their children to dancing schott 1 and adviaed to spend their money for guns and military education at Washr ington Tuesday night by the Rev. L N. Ross, pastor of a Washington ne gro chureh, speaking to a large crowd uaembled to celebrate the birthday of Charles Sumner. The preacher pleaded with the audience to prepare for war for their social, political apd industrial rights. "Prepare’for war in time of peace is the polity of this natioh,” he shouted., ‘lit should be your policy if you wish to break from the op pression, from the fetters of this era of'new slavery." Cr1ea.pf "we are with you; thafe right,” greeted the speaker, and the audience arose, waving handkerchiefs and urging Ross to go on. When Os wald Garrison VillardKOf New York, vigorously dissented from. Ross’ ad vice the preacher again rosemnd re peated his declarations, drawing hfi other outburst of approval. Villard made an address attack Ing the attitude of the Democratic administration toward the negro, de claring that the position "in which tpe Democratic party finds Itself to day, with Its president pleaching ‘a new freedom,' and a number of rear tlonary senators, ■ congressmen and cabinet officers urging a new slavery, is Indeed extraordinary. "There are no bosses like them,” he continued. "The Vardamans, Till mans, Hoke Smiths and all the rest of the negro-halting crowd, who have risen to eminence are back of the negroes, defaming and oppressing them, as they went and are the apos tles of reaothbn. But.I have another Indictment for these men. I claim that they mlsrepresentHhe heart and conscience of the true SouttL*^ The speaker denounced the segfS-' gallon of negro employees by officers of,the Federal executive dpartments; declaring that In many Instances the laws of the civil service commission and the constitution had been violat ed. Persons Liable to Taxation Uftfter the New Law Face Severe Penalty for Pejar In Making Returns or For Returning Their Incomes to the PUTS IT TO THEM. Georgia Judge Rids Fair to Stop Pis- ' tol Toting. SHOOTING AT BAMBERG. Two Negroes Have Scrape on Streets of Town. I it.rr l Shortly after noon Thursday a pis tol and shotgun duel occurred at Bamberg In front of the colored graded school building between Mar tin Grant and Andrew Bennett, both colored, which resulted in the death of the latter and the serious wound ing of the former. It la said that bad feeling existed between the two men en account of domestic relations and that Sennet had aworn to kill Grant. Thursday they met in the street Md afer a few words the shooting commenced. Grant using n pistol and Bennett a shotgun. It is said that Grant shot twice before Bennett could use his gun. In the battle Ben nett received three wounds In his breast and abdomen, which resulted in his death within twenty minutes after the shooting. Grant was se verely wounded In the arm and ah milder and lost a great qxtanttty ofLottt No mercy will he shown pistol tdters when they are arraigned before Judge Retijamln H. Hill of Atlanta, Ga.\ Judge Hill Thursday morning, when passing a sentence, announced a flat policy of his court, which means a chain gang sentence without the alternative of a fine for every man convicted before him of carrying a pistol, concealed, or unconcealed. "There Is no exeuse for pistol tot ing," said the juilst from the bench, "and it might as well be understood right now that every man, regardless of age or color, who is convicted be fore me of carrying a pistol, is going to receive the full limit of the law. I aih not going to allow convicted defendants the alternative of paying a fine, but on cinvlction they wiH be sentenced to the chain gang for twelve months.” Judge Hill let It be plainly known that this policy will apply to persons convicted of carrying--* weapon with out a license as well as those convict ed of carrying a concealed weapon The case, which caused the comments of the Jurist, was against John Har ris, a negro, who had entered a plea of guilty to the dlvarge of carrying a pistol without a license. ~-~ * His attorney asked that the court treat the case leniently, and it was then that Judge Hill made his state ment. The carrying of a concealed weapon and the carrying of a pistol without a license are both misde meanors, and the maximum sentence In Georgia is twelve months on the chain gang or a fine not to exceed $1,000. [i BURNED AT SKA. Grew of British Bark Rescued After Drifting Three Days. The German bark Eilbeck arrived at Astoria, Ore., Thursday from San ta Rosalia with Capt. W. Marsters, his wife and two joung daughters slid sixteen - officers and men of the British bark Rattle Abbey, burned at sea December 28. The party aban doned the 'vessel and for three days drifted In a lifeboat before they were picked up by the Eilbeck. Bad weather had caused considerable suf fering. The Battle Abbey was reg istered under the British flag. She was of 1,483 tons burden and was k The form to be used apd regula tions to.heioUQWfld by individuals In making returns on incomes subject to the new Federal income tax were set out from Washington Monday by the treasury department. Every of the United States, whether r ing at home or abroad, every person residing In the United States and every non-resident allea, who has In- come-from -United States Investments of* |3,00D or more, must makb re turns. For the past year, 1913, specific exemptions • will be $2,000, or $3,- 333.33; In the case of a married pef^ son, and In future years $3,000 and $4,000,, Where the tax has been withheld on part of the income at the_ kopree, or where part of the income comes, as diVldeada-upou stoek of-a corporation taxable under the corr poratlon tak^ectlon of the law, the regulations set Iteth that such in come shall be deducted from ther Jn dividual’s total ’’net napome when computing the amount on ^tUch he Is taxable. T - , The law -imposes a tax of 1 cent, and provides that individuals who have an income between $20,- 000 and $50,00.0^. shall pay an addi tional tax of i per cent, on such amount; on all between $50,000 and $75,000, 2 per cent.; $75,000 to $1(70,000, 3 per cent.; $100,000 to $250,000, 4 per cent.; $250,009 to $500,009, 5 per cent., and all lover $500,000,, 6 percent. Returns must be In the hands of the collector of Internal' revenue, in -the district 'wherd he has his principal place of business, not later than March 1, failure to observe this limit to be punished with finekianglng from $20 to $1,000. Refusal or neglect to flle'fe except In case Of s 1SS’fik'ss'bPaTTsence, will reffiilt In an addition of 50 per cent, of .tho tax . assessed. In the case of false or fraudulent returns 100 per cent, will be added to the tax assesed and any person required Jo make, render, sign or verify such re turns, who makes a false or fraudu lent statement with Intent to defeat or evade the tax, will be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more .than $2,000 or Imprison ment for one year, or both. An extension of thirty days from March 1 In case of sickness or ab sence may be allowed by the proper collector, provided an application is made by the Individual concerned. Returns must be accompanied by oath or affirmation. Expenses for medical attendance, store accounts, family supplies, wages of domestic servants, cost of board, room or house rent shall not be deducted from gross income, and individuals who own their own residences can not deduct the estimated value of the rent. The farmef’ls required to Include in his net Income all money from produce and animals.sold, for wool and hides of slaughtered, animals, provided they are sold. »He may de duct the suras ..actually paid for the animals sold or slaughtered'during the year, but the value of animals raised shall not be deducted as ex penses or loss. The farmer also may deduct money paid aa expenses for producing farm products, live stock, etc., and for repairs for the current year. _ , The cost of tools or machinery Is deductable. Persons receiving fees or emoluments for personal or other services must Include all actual re ceipts for services during the year, together with all unpaid accounts, charges for services of contingent In come for the year, "If good and col lectible.^ Debts contracted within a current year may be deducted from gross In come, when found worthless, but not before legal proceedings have proved unavailing. Debts contracted In pre vious years, which eventually prove worthless, may tye deducted subse quently under the head of losses, when they are charged off. Amounts due or accrued to Indi vidual members of a partnership from net earnings shall be Included In the return of the indlviduai.' whether distributed or not, and United States pensions must be in cluded se Income. Estlmated.*dvance of real estate value Is not required to be reported unless placed as an asset on the Individual's books. Cost* su CALLS -f* - - * . • / a j’’ ■ i- f'" SANITARIUM McADOO WANTS PELLAGRA HOS PITAL FOR-SOUTH. Secretary of' Treasury Considers if H Important ,tp Take Steps to Meet Tliis»Fniergeucy. *• Secretary McAdoo Wednesday' ask ed congress to appropriate $47,000 for a pellagra hospital in the South In his letter to the" speaker, the Ofecre- tary pointed out that pellagra bur dens on communities in which it pre vails and that, while Investigations'' of pellagra have been systematically carried on at the marine hospital at Savannah for several years and 1m- poijant | bacterlologic and epidemiol ogic studies are being carried on from that station,- that Institution has no facilities for the conduct of and physico-chemical iry at public metabolic studies -The latter studies are necessa tfcie .time, according to the pu health service, because of the suspi cion of the association of the disease with diet and metabolism. ’ Secretary McAdoo addeA: “A number of food products are under suspicion, thus implicating severaKlmportant indus tries, and It becomes Important from both sanitary and economic stand points to determine once and for all wdat bearing, If any, foods nave on the continuance of the disease. These studies necessarily wlll^b^ of a highly technical nature, requir ing special facilities to guard against the possibility 6T jerrors creeping in during the experiment. In order to carry on these special studies, tem porary hospitals and laboratory facll- Dles will be required In some local ity where pellagra is highly preva- t.( Ttye need for this hospital and laboratory is to meet an emergency BUSINESS. VACATION NEARING . a - Trusts Know Democratic Admlxistra- tion is in Earnest. 1 The trusts and big tariff-fed cor porations have realized early In the game that the Democrats mean to early out the promise made In their ^platform adopted at Baltimore. They have also realized that the dissolu Hons must be real and not sham af fairs as was practiced by, the trusta under the Republican regime. The Republicans, with great flourish of. a trubpets to fool the- people, pretend-' T ed to dissolve the Standard Oil com pany and the American Tobacco com pany, but both of these companies a£e as much of a trust to-day as the> ever were. On the other hand, the dissolution of the Telephone Trust la a real dis solution./ It was done voluntarily because the Telephone Trust realized that the democrats meant business and so it fame across before suit wai brought against It. ’ In other words, as soon as Uncle Davey Crockett walked under the tree with his gun the coon, after enquiring If that was him. asked him please not to shoot as he would come down. In the same way, as soon ae the Telephone Trust found out that the Democrats were about Jo enter suit against it, It dis solved. .By the dissolution the Western Union Telegraph Cofnpany resumes Its independent identity. The Bell WILSON GETTING READY %0 G© BACK TO WASHINGTON. as Judging by the past, the disease will recur In the early spring In in creasing virulence. When the emer gency shall have passed and the-spec- lal studies completed the hospital and labratory can be readily discontin ued. To carry out this plan, Secretary McAdoo proposed to embrace lh the recommneded $47,000 these Items: Equipment of hospital with 25 beds, $6,000; equipment Sf chemical labor atory $3,000; payment of personel, exclusive of pharmacists and commis sioned officer, $22,000; maintenance 01 n 00; maintenance-of Executive la Devoting Much ef HI* Time to Selection of Manage!* for • - j •" \ the Federal Reserve Board; President, Wilaon worked away on mass' of letters %nd documents Tuesday at Pass Christian, MIm -i pat-. ting in much of his time conside.ing the personnel of the federal reserve board soon to be selected by him. Notwlthstaffifllng the understanding among mebbetB of congress that they willj-make no recommendations to the president for members of the board, many other persons have Writ- i ten the executive. It Is not believed that Mr. Wilson has yet gone oeyend the drafting of a tentative list, which he will go over w.Rh his cabinet In' Washington before making final se lections. ’ • J-The president Is doing more work each day. He told. Representative Harrison of Mississippi, who chatted with him at the golf links, that, he felt better than ever,-and expe:t»» , to go back to Washington greatly_bene- fitted by his vacation. As Mr. Wil son rode back to his cottage after the golf game, school children lined up along the road and fluttered little telephone system is pledged to make--AnicHran flags. The president or dered his motor to Slow down, and waved IDs cap to the children. ■ Of the'many Invitations that hav^ been extended the president during his visit, principally for receptions and entertainments, he has declined all but one. This came from 'Gulf port - 'Volunteer Hook and Ladder company No. 1. ,Jt invited Mr. W’il- sftn to beconwran honorary member of the company. In view of his dis- alflguished services in saving the home of Judge Neville from destruc tion by fire two weeks ago. «■ The president wrote Alfred Stockdale, secretary of the fire company, the ri no fu+ther attempts’ "to establish a .mopopoly, and D agrees to enter Into laboratory, $4 ,000. LEGISLA 1 ] MUST ACT. Party Convention Can Not Safeguard Primary. The reader of these lines, if he Is one of the thousands who have help ed manage any of our primary elec tions, can" write a better set of regu ; lations than *ve now have. The great problem has been not what to do, but to get anything done. traffic relations with the idepepdent .companies for long-distance service. The dissolution of the Trust has been brought about with no disturbance to business, xwlth no 'Injury to any legitimate Interest, and with assur-. ances of better service to the public at large. In many cRles of the coun try the manager of theJelephone and •telegraph company was tirg same per son. This will be changed! ^ The trusts and biji corporations now manifest a des^-e to comply with the law since they know that lh Is to be enforced without fear or fayerl . The trusts and big corpora- tTbns ebuld never have been expected to voluntary comply with a law that the Republicans while in power made no pretensejil^enforclng except for pdliHcat-effect by fooling tire people. They cpfftd never have bfen expect ed tmlmmply with aAgw 4rhen Presi dents like Roosevelt In messages to ngress insisted that the enforce- ent of the law against the (justs meant the destruction 6f business. v -It could never have been expected that the trusts would comply with a law when experience had proved that ru by means "of campaign contributions '"' they could buy the privilege of vio- latlng-'-tiie law. It could not have been expectwljhat they would com-; ply with a law ulrdetwhleh political friends could obtaiir'TftmiinDy and political enemies were persecihe^. It could not have been expected they would comply with a law under t: 'following letter of acceptance: "D will give me great pleasure to accept Jionorary membership in the GulfporKVolunteer Hook and Ladder company. No. 1, and I thank $he com- paptv which so kindly elected me. WD1 yon- net expresa-^toc/tfrem iny appreciation?" ‘t now Is planned for the presiden tial party to leave late Sunday night, returning to the capital next Tuesday morhing. As there Is a diplomatic dinner at the White House Tu> night there is no chance that th» president’s vacation will be prolong ed beyond Sunday. SOIL SURVEYS COMPLETED. blood, but it le thought that hi* chances ire good for recovery. Minuter Negro Killed. Near Brogdene, In Sumter county, Tuesday afternoon Alma Washing ton, a negro boy. who asy* he Is only yaare jft age/stabbed and killed a Stewart, another negro boy, A »Uyf al 18, bound for Vancouver; B, C. ^ To Frame Canal Law. One of President Wllson’g first acts upon returning to Washington will be to determine the plan of govern ment of the Panama canal zone. Sec retary Garrison Wednesday declined to say whether he haul recommended 4 military or civil government organ- iMtlem. Why Convention Does Not Act. We have depended on party con ventions. Time after time the con ventions has side-tracked proposed reforms. If you have ever been to a State convention you know why. It is an unwieldly crowd of men who rush through a lot of -business In s few hours. They get to a considera tion of the report of the committee on rules late In the program, some times it is near midnight. There is no time to deliberate, and rather than adopt changes they do not un derstand the cbnvention doeu noth ing. Even should the session be extend ed to two days and the second given to the rules, there could be no thor ough consideration. Delegates twice as numerous as thp wjg^e legislature, unorganized, split Into warring fac tions, many of the Individual candi dates in an impending primary can not be expected toglve the calm, fair, non-partisan attention and decision without which there could be no sat isfactory change in our primary sys tem. We are not guessing at possibill ties, but facing facts established in our conventions. Something Stronger Than Roles Needed. But suppose for a minute that we could eliminate factionalism for once and hold the convention. In sekslpn long enough forjcareful deliberation^ we would^then get only party rules and not State laws. We protect our hogs by law, shall we trust the birth right of our suffrage to a* party rule? When our people go to the ballot box there is set In motion one ot the mightest' forces that ever move them Deep cohvlptlons are stirred, strong prejudices aroused, wild passions loosed. Along with the many mov^ their forty*day rand other legal proceedings arising out of ordinary business may be treated expense and deducted from gross Income of a business. in computing net Income compen sation of all officers and employees, o' State pr any political subdivision thereof shall be excluded, but hot where paid by the United State*.: - Send In your aqbscriptlon to thii paper new. by high motives march the deter mined band of avaricious seekers Jor personal advantage, and those lust ing for power. Here If anything In the life of our people the strong arm of th? law Is needed to protect us from forcos of evil, In the exercise trf the most sacred and fundamental act of citizenship/ > . . z' At the hands of the legislature* we can get redress.^ It can byild'a bul wark to protect our ballot, a bulwark butressed by jhe law and backed by all the forces of our government. Even In SJates where the primary uoiulnatlkm Is not equivalent to an election they control every detail 01 their primary elections by laws. How mnch mere necessary are legal safe- whlch a Harriman was prosecuted af ter he had refused to contribute to a Republicamampalgn fund and Morgan was protected from prosecu-* l )er 8> Orangeburg and tion% As the New York World says, the great trusts and corporations now know that immunity is no longer for sale, that the teeth will not be amended ouj of the Sherman act, that ,the Administration recognizes no favorites and that justice is not to be debauched for political profit. Therefore it may be taken for grant ed that they will meet the Govern ment in the spirit of ^co-operation for which President Wllsbn has pleaded. A great change has" taken place in’ the attitude of Big Business toward the Sherman act, but this change is-a natural consequence of the great change that has taken place In "Washington. guards with us where the primary 1? everything. Our legislature,has felt the neces sity of primary protecting statute* and has enacted some. But they are scattering and apply onl^.here and there, leaving shell wide spaces' un protected- that they amounr Jo little or nothing. By passing them we have admitted the principals of stat utory regulation, but by atopplnr with only a belgnnlug accomplished our effort has been futile. Now is the'Time to Act. x It only remains for you, the read ers of this article, and tha rest of the rank and file of the party, to say t< our representatives, "Give ns a aim pie, plain, strong law to protect om primary without taking away the bal lot from'any honest Democrat." Is the time to - act. All the legisla tors want is the word frotn you They can Work out thg/^etalls II 'During 1013 U. S. Government Fin- Ishetl Soil Surveys. Tho-buroau-of soils of the United department of agriculture 7 cdntinufed-JJie soils surveys in South Carolina duntrg-Jhe year 1913, and the field work was c&mplefced in Bam- co un ties, comprising an area of app' mately 1,994 square miles. These counties, together "with the work already accomplished in the State, make a total area of approximately 13,111 square miles, or 8,391,040 acres., ft. la the pi ah to carry on work In Chesterfield and Florence counties during the present season and the work in Chesterfield has al ready begun. „ Four, men will be- maintained in Chesterfield and two In Florence, making six men in all. -These facts appear from' thp’Tn^h- comlng annual report of E. J. Wat son, commissioiief-of agriculture. The-following list gives the names of the areas surveyed in the State and those assigned for the present season, together with the number of square miles. Square Miles Abbeville area .. .... .. . .i^oog Darlington area .. .. .. 595 Campobello area » • • • • Charleatdh area .. Lancaster county .. .. .. .. 48$' Cherokee county .. .... • a 3«f Lee county .. .. .... ... • • 411 Oconee county . .. .. .. • a 652 Sumter county 587 Anderson county , m 697 Cop^ay area .. .. , . 592 Saluda county # , 443 Clarendon county .... .. • a- 725 Fairfield county * 75$ Georgetown county. , # 808 Barnwell county ' • * 8H Chester county .. .. .r .. .592 Hsmberg county *• • 37$ Orangeburg county • • 1,131 Unidn county^ * • 492 But-lt la ay to you to insist thaf they act. In terested men nmy try to hgye then postpone again as they haye in th* past v _ You*' must look afteif 1 yon* rights or they will be lost by default Legislator. Decorates an American. __ Third Officer W. Wynon, of tl{e Rer Star steamship Kroonland, an American, was Thursday decorated by the Belgian. Government fpr cour age in assisting at the rescue of the was hurried in Mid-Atlantic last Oct ober. Chesterfield county Florence county .837 607 Trainman Meets Death. Richard Sondley Jr. was crushed to death Wednesday night In the Seaboard Air Line yards at Abbeville. He was a flagman for the com( and was op hli war; to ■gtrnm an run. when attempting to avoid one train he stepped directly. In front of -air engine backing up to the round house. Killed by an Engine.. R. A. Robertson,: of Wlnston- ‘’urviyors of t£e Voiturnp ythen shplSalem, N. C., a brldgtf hullder of the Atlantic Coast Line, was struck and Instantly killed by extra engine No. 2$9 at Pee Dee late Sunday even-