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i . CAN NOW GET ARMS J MEXICAN REBELS ALLOWED TO BUY FROM UNITED STATES i ? ? WILSON LIFTS EHBABGO | Abrogates Rule Issued by Taft, Thus Placing lluerta aud His Foes on Equal Footing?President Declares Conditions Below Border Demand ?<I Action. President Wilson by an executive order dated Tuesday, removed all restrictions against tlie exportation of munitions of war into Mexico from the United States, placing the contending Mexican elements on a basis of equality with respect to tho purchase of arms and supplies in this country. Tho executive order emphasized that it was tho desire of tho "United States to be in the same position of neutrality towards tho contending factions in Mexico as were the other powers. Tho text of tlie proclamation follows: "Whereas, by a proclamation of the president, issued on March 14, 1012, under a joint resolution of congress approved by the president on tho same day, it was declared that there existed in Mexico conditions of domestic violence which were promoted by tho use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and "Whereas, by tho joint resolution above mentioned, it thereupon became unlawful to export arms or munitions of war to Mexico except under such limitations and exceptions as the president should prescribe: "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of tho United States of America, hereby declare and proclaim that, as the conditions on which the proclamation of March 14 was "based have essentially changed and, as it is desirable to place the United States, with reference to the exportation of arms or munitions of war to Mexico in the same posiiton as other powers, the said proclamation is hereby revoked." Accompanying the order ,the White House issued tho following statement of explanation: "The executive order by which the exportation of arms and ammunition to Mexico is forbidden was a departure from the accepted practices of neutrality?a deliberate departure from those practices under a well considered joint resolution of congress?determined upon in circumstances which have now ceased to exist. It was intended to discourage incipient revolts against tho regularly constituted authorities of Mexico. "Since that order was issued tlu circumstances of the case have undergone a radical change. There now is no constitutional government in Mexico, and the existence of this order hinders and delays tho ver> thing the government of tho United States is now Insisting upon, namely: That Mexico shall be left free to settle her own affairs and as soon as possible put them upon a constitu tional footing by her own force and counsel. The order is therefore rescinded." American embassies and legations abroad last Saturday were instructed to inform foreign governments of tlu above decision. Similarly, Secretar\ Bryan late Tuesday informed the members of the diplomatic corps that this was in line with the policy announced at the beginning of the present administration here of keeping the nations of the world informed of the developments in the Mexicar policy of this government. The administration viewpoint or the action taken Tuesday, as gathered from those familiar with the presi dent's attitude, may be summed up as follows: "No one outside Mexico car accommodate her affairs. The withdrawal of all moral or material sup port from without is the indispen sable first step to a solution froir within. From many sources which i deems trustworthy the government o the United States has received infor mation which convinces it that ther< Is more hopeful prospect of peace, o security of property and of an earl: payment of foreign obligations i Mexico is left to the forces now reck j oning with one another there, thai < there would be If anything like ; , mere change of personnel were effect < ed at Mexico City. 1 "There are no influences in Mexlci f that can be counted on to do anythlni f more than to perpetuate an< I strengthen the selfish oligarchial an t military Interests which, it is deal the rest of the country can be mad | to endure only by constant warfar j and a pitiless harrowing of th ( North. The president is so fully coi c vlneed of this, that after months c t the most careful consideration of th 1, situation at close range, he no longc feels Justified in maintaining an li g regular position as regards the cor n tending parties In the matter of nei trality. 0 "The Intent Is, therefore, to r< H move the inhibition on exportation c 0^ arms and ammunition to Mexico fror the United States. Settlement by civ war carried to its bitter conclusion I * terrible thing, but it must come no' m TOOK MONEY AND LEFT ? CLAIRVOYANT FLEECES TRUST1NG AND LEAVES. Oolleton County Man Lot Her Have $471 Which She Was to Treat With Mystic Powers. W. 0. Hlott of Walterboro 1b much interested in tho whereabouts of Madame Montclair, clairvoyant, bocauso ho lot her have $4 71 and doesn't know where to And it. Incidentally tho Charleston police are now looking for tho soothsayer on a chargo of swindling the Colleton county citizen out of tho money. Mine. Montclair had been in this section for some time, and had extensively advertised her alleged power to read tho mind and explain tho seemingly unknown. Sho left Charleston hurriedly Sunday, however, the police say, taking with her a considerable sum, it is believed, for a great many persons have sought tho benefit of her magic powers. It seems that Mr. TTiott had a law suit on his hands, and being anxious to find out how it would terminate, came to Charleston to consult the clairvoyant, the first of his series of deposits was $1, upon which he was apprised of tho fact that ho would win the law suit, but in order to protect hi in from further nnnnvlno1 ov. perienccs in the future, Mine. Montolair advised him to bring her three $2 0 gold pieces, over which she would suffuse a magic powder. lie did this and the money was duly returned to him. Hut in order to make the spell lasting, $'10 was treated with the same powder, making $100 in all, which she said must be brought backto her, along with $300, in gold, if he would have the job complete in every respect. Upon parting with this amount, on Saturday, Mr. Iliott was requested to return Monday morning at S o'clock, rain or shine, when upon the payment of a $10 fee, his now magic $100 would be returned to him, although it was done at a sacrifice, as the powder was worth much more than $11. Monday morning, the Waltorboro man went to tho house of the soothsayer, beyond tho northern limits of tho city, and found a crowd there before him, all looking for Mine. Montclalr, who had left the day before for mysterious regions. Mr. llioit reported tho matter to Chief of Uolico Cantwell Monday night, who had him swear out a warrant before Magistrate Williams, charging swindling. Detectives are working on the case. Mr. Hiott, whoso transactions with the clairvoyant had extended from about. .Tnnnarv 1. takes tbn rnntfnr 11 philosophically though his faith in these fate-readers is a bit shaken, lie is a farmer merchant from near Waltorboro. The Charleston police had refused to grant an operating license to the soothsayer, and so she rented a part i of a house just beyond the city limits 1 on Rutledgo avenue. She posed as being a clairvoyant of the highest type. The police had heard rumors before but now learn definitely that numbers have paid out good money, with intangible results. Ono lady deposited 1 $70, another $">0, and another person $l.r>, according to the police. A no' gro paid $3 5 ai.d was told that after a series of dreams ..e would find hidden treasures in his back yard, but he * never even experienced the dreams, I it is said. A Eutawvillo negro paid $150 to recover a 2 0 0-pound hog, but after the 10 days had expired the prize hog had not appeared. * > ?.? - whether we wish it or not unless some ; outside power is to undertake to - sweep Mexico with its armed forces I from end to end, which would be the i mero beginning of a still more difficult problem. k '' T7 tr rnm Axfl n rr 4 1\I1\l4 (am /\n ih a i xfj i viuuviu^ uiu 111111ui1 iuii 1111 lilt' l exportation of arms and ammunition . into Mexico tho government of the j United States puts itself and intends 1 to put itself in the same position as - other nations, whoso subjects all - along have been at liberty to deal as - they pleased with Mexico. Tho gov1 ernment of tho United States deems t it essential to tho settlement of her f present difficulties that Mexico should - be treated as any other country would 0 bo which was torn by civil war. f "The circumstances that Mexico is / for the time being, unable to meet hei f financial obligation creates no novo - or exceptional International rights * and she will be tho sooner able tc a meet her obligations and resume hoi - full international responsibilities II she is left to determine her own af 0 fairs, first by domestic force and ther g by domestic counsel." d ? Negro Killed Near Clinton Jim Vance, colored, was accident o n 11 \r olirv# noo ? f111 /\r\ flM\n?o/l o o Ki I 1*1 i j on*/*. iiv<?i v/iiii(i;u i ii u i olid v ?ii (v I his alleged sweetheart. It is sah they were playfully scuffling over i . gun which he had with him. if ^ Negro Wounds His Wifo. Minnie Brown of Newberry wai Bhot Tuesday through her door by i person on the outside who later prov ed to be her husband. Dangerous Films Barred, n Moving picture films made of in II flammable materials aro barred fron Is the U. 8. malls by an order mad< w public Thursday. TELLS OF MURDER t ? WOMAN SAYS HER LOVER CAST BABY INTO GREEK THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE | Spartanburg Mystery Is Apparently Solved in the Arrest of a Young Couple?Young Mother Says She 1)1(1 Not Want to Part With Babo Hut Man Refused to Marry Her. Charged with murder, tho alleged parents of a girl baby, whose dead body was found in a mill pond near Spartanburg Saturday, were arrested Tuesday afternoon; tho woman in Spartanburg, as she was about to take a train for Charleston; tho man at Chesnee, S. C., as he was preparing to leave for San Francisco. He is Clyde Caldwell Clement, twentythree years of age, until recently a student at Wofford college fitting school. She is Miss Fleta Pendleton, age nineteen. Miss Pendleton was identified as tho mother of the baby by Mrs. W. M. Hodges of Creenville. When Mrs. Hodges was taken to soo her, Miss Pendleton Is said to have burst into tears, and exclaimed, "Oh, Cod, why did I kill that dear litt'e baby?" Miss Pendleton collapsed. When she had partly regained her composure she said Clement dropped the baby Friday night from a bridge into the creek which forms tho mill pond. She said she did not want to lose tho baby, but that Clement told her he did not love "tho d?(1 brat", and he would not marry her unless she would consent to his doing away with it. Weeping pitconsly in tho Spartanburg jail Tuesday night, Miss Pendleton begged to see the baby, and the corpso was carried to her to fondle. Miss Pendleton said she gave birth to tho baby, named Virginia, at the Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte, December C>. Clement then took her to C.reonvillo and got a room for her at the boarding house of Mrs. Ilodges. In a confession made to Solicitor A. 13. Hill and recorded by a stenographer, she said: "Clyde Clement came to flrcenville last Thursday and spent the night with me and wo talked of marrying. Clyde said that be would tell me in the morning what ho would do. Clyde said 1 would have to make away with tho child, and I told him 1 did not want to, because I loved her. He then said ho would not marry me with the child, but if I would get rid of her he would marry mo. 1 was crying and pleading with him nearly all night not to get rid of the child. "The next day ho said that we would come to Spartanburg. We left Greenville, and arrived hero about 8 u uiuriv lit iii^ni, aiia cHUgni n j)uDilo hack; tho hack had curtains on it. Wo drovo down East Main street, until we got near tlio bridge. Then wo got out of tho liack and walked on down toward the bridge. 1 was carrying in tho baby. Beforo we got to tHe bridge Clyde took tho baby from me, and we walked 011 across the bridge. Just as we got across the bridge I turned my back and went up tho left hand road by myself. Clyde went down. 1 never looked bp?k. 1 don't know how ho threw tlie child in the river. I didn't hear tho child hit tho water, because I didn't want to hear it, as I loved it so much. "Tho child was alivo when Clyde took it from my arms, and when he came back to 1110 ho did not have the baby. I didn't know what ho did with it. Then I10 and I crossed the bridge and came 011 back up tho road together. Wo didn't talk about it, becauso I couldn't stand to hear it mentioned." 1 According to Mrs. Ilodges Miss 1 Pendleton tried to place the baby in I the Salvation Army rescue home, in i Greenville, but the matron refused to accept it because of its tender age i At Miss Pendleton's request Clem ent was brought from his cell to sec I her. Sho reached her hands out be[ tween the bars of the cell and clasped his hands with many expressions ol lovo and devotion. Tears streamed 1 down her face as she chokingly tolc I tho man of her love. She beggec Solicitor Hill to let Clement remair , in the cell with her, but tho solicitoi . would not consent to this. Clemen f never uttered a word during the girl'i demonstration, i Clement is the son of Robert C Clement, a merchant at Sand; Springs, N. C. He attended \Voffor< collego fitting school last year. Mis: Pendleton is tho daughter of a slioi salesman at Durham. N. fi. f I Clement camo to Spartanburi 1 Tuesday morning and gavo Miss Ton 1 dleton $2f>, telling her to leave tin city at once. Sho was preparing t< tako the first train out of the city the Carolina Special, and had sent he s trunk to the station when Mayor Jno * F. Floyd, Chief John Hill of the polle - force; Solicitor Albert E. Hill am Robert E. Miller, accompanied b; Mrs. Hodges, called at her boardln] house and arrested her. Cloment, ii - an automobile, was on his way t< 1 Sandy Springs when he was over a taken at Chesnee by SherifT \y. J White and a detective and arresetd. TO GET WILSON S VIEWS SMITH WILL FIND OUT HIS IDKAS ON IMMIGRATION BIUL ? Junior Senator From This State, as Chairman of the Senate's Immigration Committee, Will See President. The senate committee on immigration of which Senator Smith of South Carolina is chairman, during Saturday's session decided to authorize the chairman to call upon President Wilson and ascertain his views with regard to the propositions as to the further restriction of the imigration laws. The bill of Senator Smith which the committee will most likely favorably report to tho senate at an early date for passage, was introduced in the senate last June, anu several days later the Burnett bill, very similar in terms, was introduced in the house. Tho provisions of tho two bills, throwing much stronger restrictive lines around immigration, including rigid educational tests, will probably be strongly opposed in the senate, but the general concensus of opinion is (hat the Smith-Burnett bill will be passed by a substantial majority. The action of the Senate immigration committee Saturday morning was taken in order that the committee might be in full possession of the president's views with regard to the restrictive features of the bill before further consideration of it. It. is believed that the Senate committee will report the bill with a good majority. Senator Smith has given much study to this question, and the bill represents several years of research in the problem. The hearings before the committee will be continued next week, and in the meantime Senator Smith and the committee hope to be in possession of the president's ideas with regard to the matter. Senator Smith was asked Saturday afternoon for a statement, and said: "Of courso the bill is now under consideration by the committee, and I can speak only from a personal standpoint. Its provisions, to which I have given quite an amount of time and study, seek to precludo what seems to have become a latter day policy with us to throw open our doors to all character of immigrants. 1 do not believe that tho working classes of this nation, tlioso who, by inheritance and tcnchinc hnv? hmi instilled into their natures the spirit and patriotism of our froo institutions, should be supplanted by the i Ignorant and pauper labor of Europe, I which neither cares for our ideals nor has the capacity to embrace thorn. "The development of tho vast rei sources of America should bo a matter for the benefit of our own people, i in which all Americans, workingman and capitalist alike, should sharo according to tho measure of the initiai tivo and work done, and I believe that we are to-day admitting into this country, because of our lax immigration laws, too many foreigners who are crowding out American labor. This bill is so drafted that it will prevent this influx by making it incumbent, among other things, that i thoso who enter this country shall be ablo to pass a literacy test. "Under its terms, and I think it i will pass, I do not apprehend there ? will bo any serious danger to tho 1 American workingman from eompeti? tlon with immigrant labor. It is only frank to say that I anticipate some i opposition to this measure in the Senate, but I believe that the main fea tares of tho bill aro sure of enactment into law, and I have now in i possession data and facts which, I > am sure, will make tho position that i I have taken in regard to this subject [ not only tenable, but conclusive." ? 1 WOULD TATTOO CROOKS. ? Woman Gives New York Mayor Some 1 Novel Advice. i i Going right back to a suburb of I tho Garden of Eden for her idea, , "Mmc. Mercury" has proposed to Mayor Mitchel of New York a new ) method of dealing with criminals for - the betterment of the race, the uplift I of humanity and all that sort of T "Tattoo 'em." I "Looking backward over a span 1 of 2,000 years," says tho mayor's 1 correspondent, "I see that the more i law and capital punishment admlnisr tered to humanity, tho more crimes t and criminals thorn is to nnnloh 3 Jails, penitentiaries, the electric chair, the gallows, the guillotine, . death and hell has no terrors or iny flueneo on stopping crime or lessenj ing the number of criminals." a Hy way of a revolution, "humane o and inexpensive" and sure to "rotate the wheels of crime backward into y oblivion," "Mme. Mercury" suggests: - "A system of tattooing each criml0 nal with a suitable mark across his o forehead or on the cheeks. For a pickpocket a long-Angered red hand r grasping a purse tattooed on the i. cheek. For the black bander a black e heart, pierced with tho red dagger. ] on either cheek and on his forehead. y A gunman should be marked with a 5 red hand grasping a gun; grafters, ii grasping the long green tattooed 0 across their foreheads; thugs, mark ed with a blue hand grasping a black. jack; burglars marked with a door lock and pick." TAX ON FUTURES TILLMAN WANTS ONE PES CENT IMPOST ON THEM BILL BP TO THE SENATE Senator Introduces Bill I*roviding a Tax on Agricultural Products Sold for Future Delivery?Measure is Designed to Prevent Speculation in Agricultural Commodities. Senator Tillman Monday introduced the following bill to provide a revenue tax on agricultural products, where sold for future delivery: "Section 1. All contracts for the sale and delivery of unmanufactured agricultural products of the United States, where the amount contracted for shall he $5,000 or more, and the date of such delivery bo fixed at 3 0 days or more distant, shall be evidenced by a written agreement signed by the principals or their agents, and all contracts not so reduced by writing are declared to be in violation of public policy and subject to the penalties hereinafter set forth. "Sec. 2. The party who shall sell and contract for future delivery agricultural products as provided in the foregoing section shall affix to the written contract of sale revenue stamps to he purchased from the internal revenue collector of the United! States, which stamps shall evidence the payment to tho United States of an amount equal to 1 per centum of tho value of the products contracted for, tho said value to be computed upon tho basis of the price at which tho purchaser has agreed in good faith to receive tho said products. Upon the delivery of the contract to the purchased tho vendor shall cancel said stamps by writing his initials in ink across same. "Sec. 3. No assignment of contracts heroin provided for shall be valid unless mado in writing by tho parties thereto or their duly authorized agent, or agents, assignee or assignees before tho products contracted for shall have been delivered: Provided further, That no assignment of a contract shall bo valid unless the. principals thereto or their agent or agents, assignee or assignees, shall aflix and cancel in tho manner prescribed in tho preceding section, revenue stamps which shall evidence the nn virion t In Hi a TTnlfnd Cintao r\f r. tux of 1-2 of 1 per cent, of the value of said products computed on the same basis as set forth in the section 2 of this act. "Sec. 4. Any person, firm, or corporation making or assigning a contract for the future delivery of agricultural products, where tlie gross valuo of such products amounts to $5,000 or more, and the date of such delivery is 2 0 days or more distant, I and shall neglect to affix and cancel revenue stamps as herein provided, shall upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction pay a fine of not less than $200 or be imprisoned not less than GO days for each offense or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. "Sec. 5. Contracts provided hereunder may be canceled by mutual agreement of the parties thereto, and the evidence of such cancellation shall be made in writing across the face of the contract and signed by the vendor and vendee, their assignee or assignees, agent or agents. At the time of such cancellation, thero shall be affixed revenue stamps evidencing the payment to the United States of a tax of 1-2 of 1 per cent, as provided in the caso of an assignment of said contract. "Sec. 6. Wherever agricultural products contracted for under the provisions of this act are made deliverable in the State in which such products wero grown, or in any other Stato which produced according to the last census 10 pe rcentum of the product contracted for, then the tax payable on such contract shall be 1-2 0 of the amount hereinbefore fixed for the original contract and assignment or assignments thereof. "Sec. 7. For the purposo of this act, lint cotton in bales, wheat, corn, oats, ryo and other grains in their usual commercial packages shall be deemed unmanfactured agricultural products, but (lour, butter, lard and dressed meats shall bo deemed manufactured products and not subject to the provisions of this act. "It shall be the duty of secretary of agriculture to prepare and promulgate a list of unmanufactured products within the intent and meaning of this act: Provided, however, That no unmanufactured agricultural product or contract therefore, shall be taxable under the provisions of this ; act unless the total value of such product in the United States as shown by the latest census report shall ex, ceed $10,000,000 in value. ? < m 1 A - i iiu secretary or agriculture la further authorized and directed to conatruo said census reports and pro, mulgate necessary rules which shall , be binding as a declaration of the intent and purposes of this act, until legally revised or changed. "Sec. 8. Wherever any 8tate has established by law a system of grading, Inspection and warehousing of TAX VALUE OF PROPERTY VARYING ASSESSMENTS OF TUB COUNTIKS GIVEN ? Anderson County I^ands Are Highest While the Mules of Hampton Are Assessed Highest. Anderson county lands are assessed for taxation at a higher rate, $7.34 per acre, than those of any other South Carolina county, according to data compiled by the comptroller general for the use of the senate In Its discussion of tho pending bill to readjust the salaries of county auditors and treasuries. The lowest rate per acre, $1.55 is assessed in Berkeley. The six highest rates per acre, after Anderson, are as follows: Lee $6.4 1, Spartanburg $6. IS, Chester $6.03, Dillon 5.91, Marlboro $5.72, Newberry 5.65. Mules aro assessed highest, $93 each, in Hampton; lowest, $32, in Pickens. The following table showing tho assessed valuation of land per acre in tho different counties, the average value of mules, and the the total taxes charged, as prepared by the comptroller general, is part of the statistical information, which will be used by the senato in its debate on tho county treasurers and auditors' bill: Lands Taxes County Mules Per Acre charged Abbeville. ..$59 $5.49 $117,235 Aiken 69 4.1 2 142,200 Anderson .. . 50 7.34 274,159 Bamberg .. , 53 3.76 65,006 Barnwell . . 54 3.61 134,210 Beaufort ... 80 3.47 46,896 Berkeley .. . 5 6 1.55 54,160 Calhoun .. ... 56 3.74 48,59 1 Charleston .. 74 3.66 358,598 Cherokee .. . 74 5.02 117,608 Chester .. .. 66 6.03 1 31,097 Chesterfield . 69 2.66 102,255 Clarendon .. 75 3.62 84,897 Colleton .. . 85 2.1 5 82,167 Darlington .. 64 5.27 1 31,S71 Dillon v . . 69 5.9 1 105,867 Dorchester .. 74 1.96 71,51 9 Edgefield.. . 56 4.61 96,270 Fairfield . . . 69 3.49 8S.784 Florence . . . 64 3.99 120,352 Georgetown . . 87 2.02 67,584 Greenville ... 37 5.48 358,474 Greenwood . . 53 5.3 6 14 7,960 Hampton .... 93 2.3 9 63,708 Horry 76 1.70 63,975 Jasper 90 2.4 1 36,721 Kershaw .. .. 84 3.04 110,887 Lancaster.. . 5 2 3.8 9 94,129 Laurens .. .. 4G 5.26 1 62,403 I .,00 61 6.41 75,045 Lexington ... GO 2.9 4 1 1 1,592, Marion .. ..68 2.02 89,174 Marlboro ... 4 4 5.72 97,205 New berry ... G 4 ,5.65 140,463 Oconee . . . . 49 2.99 105,375Orangeburg . 54 3.60 175,324 Pickens . . . . 32 3.32 6-1,161 Richland . . . G8 4.66 292,231 Saluda 57 4.73 65,176 Spartanburg . 4 9 G.1 8 390,232 Sumter .... G6 5.51 1 42,781 Union 51 4.61 139,140 Williamsburg 79 2.33 3 8,054 York 61 5.56 2 IG,028 ? ? NEGRO WOUNDS THREE. ? Camden Coon Slioots Two Men and ? Woman. Sam Caughman, a negro, shot and seriously wounded threo other negroes near Camden Saturday afternoon. One of the wounded negroes, Thompson, will not survive while the other two will recover. A negro named Thompson, his daughter and Damon Clayburn were the victims of shots from Caughman's gun. The affair occurred on the plantation ot Melvin Hall, three miles east of Camden. It is said that the trouble began with a fight between Caughman's wife and Thompson's daughter some days ago. The case was tried In a magistrate's court Saturday and the Thompson girl was acquitted. This Is said to have enraged Caughman and after receiving a shipment of whiskey Saturday afternoon he went on the warpath. Thompson and his daughter were shot while standing; In the road. Clayburn was not Involved, but was shot as he was at work in a nearby field. agricultural products and the department of agriculture Las heretofore or does hereafter establish official standard grades, to determine the quality or value of such agricultural products, when the secretary of agriculture is authorized and directed upon the application of said State to send such expert or experts as may be necessary to the State, for the purpose of establishing the grade and quality of the agricultural product, where the value of such product In the United States according to the latest census report exceeds the grosa sum of $10,000,000. "Rnn a Tlio o/ioi,ntn?" ?9 1 ? * ... ? ..^ Buwcini J UL UKI H U1ture la hereby empowered to promulgate the rules and regulations under which his department is prepared to co-operate with any State which may undertake by law to classify, grade or otherwise determine the quality of unmanufactured agricultural products as sot forth in this act. "Sec. 10. All acts and part of acta Inconsistent with this act be, and the* same are hereby, repealed.