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MESSAGE PLEASES ] ^ VMS COMMENDATION FROM ALL TIE PAITY LEADERS GETS INSTANT ACTION Vndcmood is Quick to Call for Deference to House Committee With Directions to Act?All Sides Praise Spirit of Address Save the Progressive Party leader. 4 congress Tuesday in Ills trust ad-President Wilson's suggestion to dress that the government and business men are ready to meet each oth i t i? ? * * ? er uau way "in a common effort to square business methods with both public opinion and tho law" fell on attentive ears and struck a responsive chord in representatives of differing political parties. "The atmosphere of cooperation and accomodation" in the message; tho reforms proposed, expressed in terms of conservatism, and tho spirit of friendliness to suercedo antagonism In dealing with big business, which dominated the message aroused expressions of approval from all sides. Few discordant notes were sounded in comments from congressmen who are to pass upon legislation urged to prohibit monopoly and hold men of business within the law. Throughout tho delivery of the address the assembled senators and representatives listened intently to every word, applauding frequently as when the president began enumerating the evils which he believed needed remedying. His proposal for an interstate trade commission to facilitate business and keep it in the straight path; the recommendation of laws to prohibit interlocking directorates and holding companies; suggestions for authority to regulate railroad securities, for an act that would tlx guilt upon individuals instead of punishing business, and that the courts bo opened to individuals harmed by illegal business? all theso were received with general approval, evidenced by enthusiastic applause. Before the plaudits of his audience had ceased, and as the president was passing from the house chamber where his successive appearances since last April havo contributed tc the nation's history, his utterances had precipitated action. Representative Underwood, major ity leader of the house, was the firs! to act. As soon as the house reconvened after the joint session, held tc hear the president, ho offered a mo tion to refer to the interstate and for eign commerce committee the sug gestlons for the creation of an inter state trade commission, and for a lav empowering the interstate commerc* commission to regulate the issuance of railroad securities, and to the committee on judiciary the proposal! relating to legislation designed te supplement but not amend the Sher man anti-trust act. This motion wai adopted, and it later was announcee that both committees would begii work at once and arrange for public hearing*. Expressions on the message cann freely from senators and represents tives, Democratic, Republican an< Progressive. The only unfavorable criticisms einanaioci rrom l'rogres sives. Representative Murdock, th third party leader, asserted that th suggestions for the solution of th trust evil were "inadequate" am would render the trust evil mor acute. "The presidents' recommendation are moderate," said Senator Gallinge leader of the Republican minority i the upper house, "and for the mos part, wise. It seems to mo there i nothing in the recommendation tha need disturb business men or tha would justify radical legislation. 1 the Democratic members in hot branches of congress will formulat bills on the lines suggested by th president and abandon their metho of legislation by party caucus the will find the Republicans ready to cc operate with them In bringing abou legislation that will bo of real benef to the country and will harm no one. Senator Lodge remarked that th message was "very satisfactory," an Senator William Alden Smith c Michigan said: "The president has ai tacked the problem from his ow viewpoint, but probably his pr< gramme will do some good." Senator Konyon of Iowa, who rej Tesents the Progressive-Republics wing of the party, praised tho ac dross. "It was admirable," ho sab "and I am in full accord with it, ei peclally that portion which would fl personal guilt for violation of on trust laws." Representative Mann, tho mlnorlt leader in the house, also commende the measure, especially the suggestio for government regulation for issi ance of railroad stock and bonds. Senator Jones of Washington, als a Progressive leader, was not as sur as his colleagues that the president plan would satisfy tho country. ' am not so certain," he said, "thi the president's plan will be reassui ing to business. It depends entirel on bow it is worked out." L PRISON CELL HIS HOME ? MARYLAND "TRUSTY" RKFUSES TO AOCRIT PARDON. Man Mho Killed His Rent Friends Fifteen Y'ears Ago Becomes a Problem for the Authorities. Tho pardon of Gov. Goldsborough of Maryland for Matthew Jones, a murderer, lies unheedod In his possession in tho Maryland penitentiary in Italtimore. The state authorities are at p loss to know what to do with tho man for Jones insists he must stay to help Warden Leonard, and that ho wants to do something to show his appreciation for the treatment he has received during his imprisonment. Fifteen years ago Jones went on a spree. He awoke tho next morning in a cell in Cumberland, Md., and was told ho had killed his best friend, lie was sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary. More than two years of his sentence were taken off for good behavior. Jones was pardoned by Gov. Goldsborough on December 2 1 as a Christ mas present lor good Dehavior during (ho fifteen years he had spent inside the grim walls of the prison. The pardon was placed in his hands during the Yuletide season, hut Jones laid it aside, and went on with his work. Warden Leonard accepted his statement that he wished to assist him during the holiday season Days passed, but Jones remained, working at his routino as a "trusty". Day after day the warden has reminded the pardoned convict that he is at liberty to leave, hut Jones works on. The repeated reminders have had little effect on Jones. With a part of the $7 0 to his credit on the prison hooks, Jones occasionally visits moving picture shows, but lie returns at night to sleep in his cell. With the memory of years of prison toil and the prospect of wonders to see, Jones insists on staying in the state penitentiary. On his short'trips he has seen automobiles, moving pictures and other marvels that have been developed while he was hidden from his fellow men. To-day Jones presents an unusual problem to the Maryland prison authorities. They hesitate to set him out during the winter and may bo obliged to find some regular employment for the self-ordered inmate ' of the prison. ? SPEAKS FOR CAltHlKKS. ? Byrnes Makes Plea for Better Pay I for Rural Carriers. Representative Brynes Saturday Saturday came out strongly in a speech on tho floor of the house in favor of better treatment for the rural mail carriers of tho country, When tho postoflico appropriation hill ^ was under consideration ho referred to a statement which ho had received from the postmaster general in which 3 tho latter stated that while tho hill ostensibly provided for an increase ol salaries for all carriers, as a matter of fact tho salaries of all tri-weeklj j carriers would ho reduced and there would ho great discrimination in the increase of salaries of daily carriers Byrnes stated that under tho pro> B visions of tho hill the increase 01 tho 23 mile routo would ho $75 f j year; on a 25 milo route $72.50, anc on a 24-milo route $50. He askec for an increase from $1,100 to $ 1,20C for the standard routes, adding $3( 0 for every milo ahovo and deducting $30 for every mile below. Ho alsc j said that if the hill wont througl with tho increases now provided foi the total amount in tho hill wouk have to ho similarly increased or els< 9 thero would ho a deilcit in tho rura r delivery service. n Senator Brlstow of Kansas assertec 9 that ho would wait to seo tho bill: tnat spring from tho president's sup ^ gestlons before he made comment ""If tlie bills aro as reactionary a " tho currency bill," he declared, " e certainly will not support them." e Democratic leaders wero enthusi astic over the message. Senator Keri y declared it would command tho admi )_ ration and confidence of tho country Representative Underwood said it lef no cause for alarm by tho business in terests and Speaker Clark said 1 e would be reassuring to the nation. ^ Attorney General McReynolds sai "It is a peculiarly blrlliant and luci message, sotting forth what is de n rnnn/inH htr altuatlAn wlfVi IllltllUVU W J VIA V/ Mi VUMVAVIt f T i V Li f? UL4 >_ derful force." ? ? Little Negro is Killed. I On the plantation of L. R. Ross j near Gaffney, Saturday a negro boj 'm' 7 years of age, shot and killed an x other negro 9 years of a?e. The boy wore playing when some disagree ment arose between them. y Many Hales Destroyed. n Fire believed to have been starte j. by sparks thrown out by a passin locomotive late Thursday destroye i0 the plat of a Fort Worth, Texas, com 0 press and about 4,500 bales of col '8 ? ? j Aviator Drowned. it Jumping from an aeroplano 1,00 r- feet above, Arthur E. Perry, para y chutod into tho Hillsborough rivei near Tampa, Fla., and was drowned BRINGS IT UP AGAIN JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT AGITATES ALIEN LAW Makes Speech ltovlowing the llelatioi of (he. Two (Jovemments and Hayi Japan ItocogniAos Necessity of Otli or Plans to Solve (Question, Itegret ting Time Has Not Yet Arrived. An address by Baron Nobuaki Ma kino, the Japanese foreign minister delivered to the Parliament of Japan Wednesday, outlining tho status o negotiations over tho California aliei land legislation and declaring tha tho Japanese Government "had t< come to see tho necessity of consid ering some other ways for solutioi of the question, because the replies o the United States had not been fount satisfactory," was cabled in full fron Tokio to tho Japanese embassy a Washington. The address, which was not com mented upon in official circles, an nounced that tho third note of protes presented to Secretary Bryan by Am bassador Chinda 011 August 18 re mained unanswered. It also revealet the fact that the ambassador, undo instructions from Tokio saw, Presl dent Wilson on March Gth, tho da; after the President's inauguration ;iimj asKiMi inai no mane an enort t( stop the threatened legislation in Cal ifornia, which since has been enacted The substance of the address, whicl was made public by the Japancsi embassy, is that it reviews the fact that for ten years tho State Legisla ture of California has introduce* bills of "anti-Japanese character.' However, "nothing of serious momen did occur, but at tho fortieth sessioi of the Legislature, which assemble* last year, a bill aiming at prohibtioi of ownership of property by Japancsi was passed by an overwhelming ma jority. "The new act places Japanese on ! different footing from other alien and tho main point in dispute be tween the two countries has been th discriminatory treatment resultini from this Act." Next, follows a review of the diplo matic exchanges that have passed be tween the Imperial government am tho new Administration. The Japan eso Ambassador on March 5 earnestl requested "that the new Executiv would take proper steps and mak best efforts to stop the threatens! r legislation. Tho President tlianke , the ambassador for the representatloi i thus made, and stated that, although * the Eedernl i?nv*>rnmpnf rnulrl nn* In , terfere with rights reserved to th I States, ho would not hesitate to us I the efforts so as to reallzo the wish o I the Imperial government." i The address further recounts a sec 1 ond interview held with Secretary o ' State Ilryan on the 12th of April an a third on tho 15th of April. "In hot ' interviews tho ambassador reiterate ? that tho Imperial Government, coul ) not but attach great importance t . the question, and asked tho Presiden - and tho Secretary of State that mor i efforts ho made to provont tho pas i sago of the bill." I Then is given a recount of tho tele 1 grams sent by tho President and th ) governor of California. "Tho Pros: ) dent then sent tho Secretary of Stat r to California. Tho Secrteary appeal > ed in joint sessions of tho houses c i tho Legislature to explain personall r tho request of tho Federal goverr 1 mont and to present their sugges 3 tions. Despite all available efforts ut 1 ed by the Secretary of State to mak tho legislation less objectionable, th - Governor and members of tho Legli i laturo strictly adhered to the prir 9 clplo that tho rights of the State mus - not bo interfered with, and the bi . was passed. s "Upon the receipt of the inform* I uon that tHe bill bad become lav the Secretary of State handed to Vli - count Chinda a reply to the protoi i of the Imperial government. It bega - by recording the fact that efforts ha \ been made to the fullest extent by tli t United States Government to prever - the legislation, expressing regret i t to Its final enactment, then went c to state emphatically that the enac d men was purely the oucomo of ec< d nomic questions, and gave count< s- arguments on various points raised 1 i- our protests. But as the reply was n< satisfactory to the Imperial Govori ment, the ambassador was lnrtructc to address on tho 4th of June a so ond communication to tho Secrotai of State in answer to tho reply, dl T* cussing in detail tho point concernir l" tho violation of tho treaty. On tl 8 sixteenth of Juno tho Secretary < State handed to Viscount Chinda, tl rejoinder. "Tho Imperial C.ovornment the pared tho third note of protest an (1 caused the ambassador to present K on tho 1 Sth of August to the Seer d tary of State, which note remains ui l* answered. < "Tho replies of tho United Stati Government were not found satisfa tory and tho Imperial Govcrninei 0 hns come to see tho necessity of coi i-l sidering somo other ways for solutic , of the question. Howover, to tho r I. gret of the Government, the time hi | LEVER'S BILL IS PRAISED IX)URI*K8 PRODUCTIVENESS OF I AMERICAN FARMS. Estimated That tho Dissemination of Scientific Fanning Truths Would Double Farmer's Wealth. The Washington correspondent of j tho Philadelphia North American says: A bill to double the productivoH ness of American farms and therefore to add more to tho general wealth of tho United States than could bo ac complishod in any other direction passed tho House of Representatives recently by an almost unanimous . vote. Democrats, Progressives and Republicans?177 in all?stood togethf er in enthusiastic support of the j measure, while but nine men voted ^ la t ilgillUUl 11. 3 The bill Is intended to carry direct. ly to the farm all the scientific dis! eoveries made by the department of f agriculture and the agricultural col1 leges and demonstration farms on x the various States and to instruct I tho farmers and tho farmers' wives by demonstrations in tho best and . most economical methods that can be . applied to farm work in tho field and t in tho homes. Under tho measure tho various _ state agricultural colleges would re1 ceive Federal funds to finance plans r for acquainting the farmers through . publications and experiments with y facts established by tho department of agriculture. > ) As it passed tho liouso the bill . would provide for an immediate appropriation of $ 180,000, of which t $10,000 would go to each state com2 plying with the requirements of the s law. This appropriation would be _ increased by $80 0,000 each year for 1 nine years, and after a ten-year period would become a permanent t annual appropriation of $8,000,000. i Nine billions of actual wealth were 1 created by tho farmers of tho United i States last year. It is estimated that o this enormous sum can be doubled by . the same farmers through the use of scientific methods, and that it is posa sible, by making farming at once 9 more profitable and attractive, to in crease the number of those engaged o in it. And tho realization of this prediction would not only make the United i- States rich beyond all former dreams, .. but will go far toward the establish[1 meat of that hoped-for condition in . which abject poverty and want will y be unknown. Extravagant as these o estimates may seem, there is nothing o absurd or improablo about them, tl The system proposed by the bill d passed by the House is the system p that has been applied in the princih pal nations of Europe with results - just as pronounced as those for in o the United States, o Application of scientific and econf omic methods of farming abroad has increased the average yield per aero until it is two and one-half times ; more than the yield in the United d States, and this with poorer land to b work upon and conditions originally d less favorable than they are now in d the United States, o The bill passed is known as the t Lever bill, providing for co-operation o in agricultural extension work. Rep5 resentative Lever of South Carolina, chairman of the committee on agrii culture, has been working on it for o several years, and the success of his [- efforts in its passage constitute an e achievement that may easily prove - to be the greatest of the present Con>f gress. y i- to see the necessity of considering j- some other ways for solution of the question. However, to the regret of e the Government, the time has not are rived for reporting on the point." 3- Although the address elicited no i- formal comment from the State deit partment, the conditions under which 11 the statement that Japan's last note remains unanswered was made, will, i- it is understood, again serve to direct v, attention of the State department to 3- this subject, from which it has been 3t almost completely divered In the past n By mutual agreement the two Gov,d ernments have kept from publication io details of the negotiations, but it has it been understood that the negotiaiom is came to an end becusea the principals in had arrived at an "impasse." The lat test Japanese note, it is said, could 3. not technically be described as a pro jl test; it was a refusal to accept as con In vincing the argument laid down b] 3t the State department in support of its i- contention that tho California legls sd lalon was not in derogation of Jap c- aneso rights. Each side had starter y propositions to which tho other coulc s- not subscribe, so there no longer was ig room for argument, io As no way has been found out o if this position under existing conven ie tions it is understod that tho las Jananeso nronosition r.nntomnlnto/ ?n the making of a new treaty wlilcl id might settle the Issues between tin it two countries by precisely defining e- the rights of Japaneso In America am n- of Americans In Japan. ' 3a Girl Gets Negro llurglnr. c- Miss Blanche Thompson, 19 yean it old, of Seaside Park, N. J., rushet n- from her bedroom, revolver in hand ?n and captured a negro she saw enter e- Ing a store on the opposite side of th< is street. # THE WEEVIL'S WORK HOW IT HAS DETASTATED FODI OF THE COTTON STATES MENACES ENTIRE CROP Probable Effect If it Invades Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina ?Has Already Itavagcd its Way Through Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. The cotton boll weevil has caused the United States in excess of 10,000,000 bales, which, at a value of a loss in the production of cotton in $50 a bale, represents a financial loss of $500,000,000. This is only the loss in areas actually planted. The reduction in the production of cotton duo to the fact that farmers refrained from planting because of the fear that tho weevil would not allow the plant to mature can never bo estimated. These and other interesting facts and statistics concerning the boll weevil are given in a little pocket pamphlet just issued by Director W. J. Harris, of tho census bureau deH!irf lllfltlt of nonun i/?. vmvuv vi wiuiiiui oil mill el i v iui" lows: Mississippi?In seven selected counties of Mississippi the production of cotton in 1907 amounted to 1 9 1,790 bales, valued at nearly $11,000,000. Tho boll weevil reduced tliis production to 89,577 bales in 1 909; to 01,4.32 in 1910; to .37,810 bales in 1911, and to .30,809 bales in 19 12. The aggregate production for the four years amounted to 219,031 bales, valued at approximately $14,000,000. Had the crop of 1907 been produced for each of these years the aggregate would have exceeded 707,000 bales, valued at about $48,000,000. Many farmers in these counties abandoned entirely the atempt to produce cotton, he majority of the farm laborers have been thrown out of employment and emigrated to other places. Lousiana?Louisiana's largest cotton crop, 1,089,520 bales, was grown in 1 904. The production was reduced to 24 5,048 bales in 1910. This great loss was duo principally to the ravages of tho boll weevil. In ten of the large cottn producing parishes the prri n ainnnnfml t r\ O 1 r; (1 1 C 1 I V,. V/ r ttiiivy UII tv \* cv/ u I t;,u J o Udiro, rat- I ued at $15,000,000, during the year Immediately proceeding the advent of the weevil in each of these parishes, he aggregated production of these ten parishes for the following four years amounted to only 211,253 bales valued at approximately $13,500,000. Had the production equaled that of tho year proceeding the coming of the weevil, it would have amounted to 1,024,072 hales, valued at $65,000,000. The loss loss to the cotton growers in these ten parishes, attributed very largely to the boll weevil, ammounted to more than $50,000,00 for tho four years. Arkansas?During 1906, 1 907 and 1 908 the boll weevil was dispersed over an area covering about one-third of tho State of Arkansas. In four selected counties of the State tho crop for 1 90 6 amounted to 7 3,4 2 6 bales. Dy 1 909 tho crop of these counties had been reduced by tho weevil to 26,962 bales, and in 1910 it was 36,4 96 bales. The aggregate value of the two crops was about $4,500,000, 1 whereas had each equaled tho crop of 1906 the cotton for these counties would have brought them more than $10,000,000. Toxas?The boll weevil first ap1 peared in the State of Toxas in 189 2, and during the next fifteen years ' caused an enormous loss in the cotton crop of the State. In seven select1 ed counties in tho northwest section of the State the producion in 1906 amounted to 2 3 2,063 bales. This was 1 redced to 114,701 bales in 1907; to . 153.347 bales in 1 908 and tn 11R 7K0 - bales in 1909. The aggregate value of 1 the three crops in these counties i amounted to about $24,000,000. If * the production of 1906 had been * maintained the value would have i been approximately $40,000,000. * Alabama?The boll weevil now * covers the southern portion of Ala* bama. Selecting six counties in the * eastern part of the Stato, which are I in the direct path of the weevil, the * production during f.ve years has * amounted to 772,325 bales, v/hich r sold for about $45,000,000. If the * ravages of the weevil in these coun tiea should result in reducing the -j production in the same proportion as i in the selected counties in Mississippi, 1 the cotton produced during the four 5 seasons following the spread of the weevil throught these counties would f amount to 4 4 0,000 hales, and the fl nanc.lal loss, computed at $50 per t bale, would be moro than $22,00,000. 1 Georgia?Selecting live important * cotton producing counties in western 3 Georgia, which are also in the path ? of the weevil, the loss in the produc1 tion during the four seasons follow* ing the invasion of the insects would range from 200,000 bales-, based on the experience of tho counties in Texa as, to 350,000 to 390,000 bales, based 1 on tho production in tho selected , counties in Mississippi and the par ishcs in Louisiana, repsectlvely. The a resulting financial loss in these coun* tie would be, therefore, from $10, THE HORRY HERALD CONWAY. S. C. ' Published Every Thursday. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1?14. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at law. CONWAY, S. C. B. B. SCARBOROUGH. Attorney at Law. CONWAY, S. C. II. II. BURROUGHS, Physician and Surgeoa. CONWAY, S. C. W. K. McCORD. Dental Surgeon. CONWAY, S. C. RENE HAVENER, Land Surveying and I >iainag?\ Spivey Building, Conway, S. C. WIFE SLAIN ON REQUEST . +. P1TI1T L TALK TOLl) BY PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN. Says She Was in Agony and Hogged Mini to Put an End to It All, Saying That it Would bo No Sin. Tottering under the weight of his SO years, William Eberwein Tuesday stood in criminal court at Philadelphia and told of how his wife, 15 years younger, had pleaded with him to kill her and how he committed the deed. Then Judge Walling of Erie, Pa., temporarily presiding, fixed the crime at murder in the second degree and imposed tho minimum penalty, which in this case practically was a life sentence. It was solitary confinement in the penitentiary for not less than seven nor more than 14 years. Holding to the prisoner's dock with trembling hands, Eberwein, who is a veteran of the War Between the States, told the court that his wife was an invalid and that one day last October he came into their homo and found her lying at the bottom of a stairwav. down ? , .. ...vii ouu iKi.il miiuii. lie offered to have her sent to a hospital, but she wouldn't go. j " 'You do it, Williams,' " Eberweic alleged she said. " 'Do what?' " I j said," tho prisoner continued. " 'End it all for me. It's no sin when I'm suffering so.' "1 had a board in my hand that I had brought in out of tho yard. I looked at her and guessed it wouldn't be a sin. I " 'Go on, William,' she said, 'go on.' I tapped her on the head with the board, and I tapped her again. She didn't moan much and once when II stopped she kind o' whispered: 'Qo on, it won't be long.' "So I kept on tapping and she got quiet." I The old man stopped speaking, but no one urged him on. Then ho began again and told of his arrest. "If I get out of this I want to go to the soldier's home," he said. * i "CRAPS" HOW FATAIi. ? Alleged Cause of Killing on RoacK Island in Aiken County. Sunday afternoon about 5 o'clock Sheriff Howard, of Aiken, recolvod word that negro had been killed at Reach Island. Upon reaching the scene it was found that Joree Barrett had killed A. B. Hart on tho place of Mr. Dawson Atkinson about three o'clock. From all accounts it seems that the killing was the result of trouble which started (luring a gamo of craps. It was somo time after reaching Beech Island before the negro was found. Found Under Cotton Heed. The body of Clark Steele, a negro, who had been missing two days, was loiina at Rock Hill Saturday undor a pile of cotton need in the seed room of an oil mill. There was no evidence of foul play. 000,000 to 1 9,500,000. South Carolina?The production of cotton during tho last flvo years in the flvo moat important cotton growing counties in South Carolina was 1,4 7 8,7 2 8 bales, a value of approximately $87,500,000. Should tho boll weevil infest these counties with a resulting loss in cotton production such as occurred in tho selected counties in Mississippi, tho reductions in the crops (luring the four seasons following tho dispersion of tho insects wold be 240,000 bales, valued at $42,000000.