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CONGRESS ADJOURNED j SIXTY-THIRD SESSION I Two Supply Bills Failed of Pass age in Great Congress of His. tory | WILSON SIGNED MEASURES J Statement Issued by the President. -Total Appropriations for Session are over Billion j Washington, March 4?Congress ad journed last Thursday. The senate ad journed at ix.04 and the house at 12:19 n. m. The total anoVop;' :tions for the ' - f season were .uivw d mutely $1.1 '20,-1 484,'.iIM, several rr.ih ns under the roe ord of previous congresses. Two appropriation i ils failed. Cur rent appropriations f .r the postal service and the Indian olllce wore extended for another verr. After refusing to accept the Indian bill the senate reversed itself and passed it, but the house refused to agree to minor amendments added at the bust moment. In tiie closing hours President Wilson signed the seamen's bill, the neutrality resolution empowering him to j prevent ships leaving American ports | with supplies for belligerent warships nivmmhfd tlnr*! luilc P/* r? mninr general for his services as builder of the Panama canal, and gave promo-j tions to other oflicers associated with the work. The administration ship bill, the Philippine bill, the conservation bills, the rural credits provision of the agricultural bill and ratification of the treaties with Colombia and Nicaragia I ?all hard pressed administration mea! sures?fell by the wayside. In the senate several long prominent national figures?among them , Senators Root and Burton, stepped in-1 to private life after the curtain fell, j In the house Democratic Leader Un- j derwood said bood bye, to sit in the next senate, and three score or moi'o other members retired. After his return to the White House President Wilson dictated the follow-! ing statement: "A great congress has closed its u._ i mi .1 sessions. it.s worK win prove inc pur- ; pose and quality of its statesmanship more and more the longer it is teste<l; . . i 'Business has now a time of calm ' and thoughtful adjustment before it, disturbed only by the European war. 'The circumstances created by the war put the nation to a special test, a tost of its !j*ve character and of its selfcontrol. , "The constant thought of every pa-; Tij'otic man should now bo for the coun try, its peace, its order, its just and tempered, judgment in the face of preplexing difficulties, its dignity and its .strength alike will appear not only in the revival of business, despite abnormal conditions, but also in its power to think, to purpose, and to act with patience, with disinterested fairness .-and without excitement, in a spirit ol, friendliness and enlightment which,' will firmly establish its influence j throughout the world." Only the Indian and postofYice ap-1 propriation lulls awaited final action when both houses settled down long after midnight to'dispose of such hills as aroused no serious opposition. The Indian hill had been agreed upon in conference and while committee clerks prepared the report a few weary members clustered in each chamber of congress giving perfunctory attention to the reading of the calendars. In the conference on the 300,000,000 postoflice bill, a sharp battle on disputed provisions waged throughout the night and it seemed possible that the bill would be abandoned at the last moment and a resolution continuing last year's appropriation rushed through. Representative Moon of the house conferees prepared such a resolution yesterday for emergency use. The search of the calendars disclosed occasional signs of life among the many bills and resolutions reposing there, and from time to time messengers burdened with those that had V\QOiUui MIA llAllQil frfltVITIA^ tli mil rrVl the corridors of the capital to report the fact to the other. Virtually all ?f these were private claim bills or measures of a purely local nature. Let Them Go Over. As (be roll of the more important bills was called, request of "let it go over" from the floor sent them one by one into the legislative graveyard. TTiey must be reintroduced if they are to be renewed in the 64th congress. Crowded galleries are the rule in the last hours of any congress and every seat among the spectators' benches was filled until a late houi last night. The crowds began to return early today, hoping for some unusual development to reward then patiehco. At S. m. the senate enterec into a unanimous consent agreement Co consider nothing except the con ference reports on the Indian am pootoflfafe appropriation bills. Th< Indian btt was then taken up and a! but a few senators left the chamber to catch a short nap. Improptu Vuadeville. At that tune there had been passed by unanimous consent in the previous hour two bills already agreed u> by the house pvovi ling for a standard apple barrel and locomotive inspection 1 y the interstate commerce com. mission. Senator Martino made fv tile attempts to f>nuio considcraticr. of a bill creating a bureau of laben safety. The hoU3C n 4:20 took a 15vnir.utrs recess end y\o numbers th?i: organised the usm ! ehours end sunt songs including "Woibye, My Lover Goodbye," "Way Down Yonder in the j Cornfield," "Annie Laurie," etc. Rep resenUUiva lh flin of Alabama amused the members by toiling negro stories When the n cess was taken tlie hevs* had been in continuous session for 18 hours and "0 minutes. l*os?offt -;? Hill. The house shortly before ;> a. m agreed to the conference report of the postoilice appr ipriation bill and then recessed again until 9 a. m. As agreed to in the house, it retained the railway maii pay provision changing! the system of pay to railroads from a I % I weight basis to payment for car space used. The senate conferees finally agreed to this proposal after a long dead- j lock, and a proviso was attached to j the new plan under which the post-, I master general or railroads rcpresentI ing 51 per cent of the railroad mile-1 | ape of the country may appeal to the | ! interstate commerce commission to | establish whether the rates fixed are reasonable. It would be authorized ; to report its finding to congress for j action. No appeal to the commission | would he allowed until the rates had been in effect at least one year, and thereafter such appeals could be made only once in any two years. The conference report was immediately sent over to the senate. The only business awaiting the action of the house when it recessed was the conference report on the Indian ap- j propria!ion bill which was being filibustered against in the senate. Two Hills Doomed. Shortly before 5 o'clock the house after agreeing to the postofiicc bill, recessed again until 9 a. m. When it; reassembled at 9 however, the failure I of the Indian and postofiicc bills in j the senate seemed so certain that u | resolution was passed extending the , present appropriations over the next' fiscal year. Another attempt to break the opposition to the Indian bill had: failed in the senate and some Re- j publican senators had given notice they would talk the postofiice bill to death. Last year's appropriations which j under the house resolution woud continue another year, were $313,000,000 j for the postal bill and $9,700,000 for! the Indian bill. Beginning at 9:30 o'clock, President Wilson kept "open house" and a steady procession of senators and rep rcsontatives of all parties went from the crpitol to the White House to shake hands with the president and say goodbye. Are You Rheumatic??Try Sloan's. If you want quick ami real relief from Rheumatism, do what so many i thousand other people are doing,"? whenever an attack comes on, bathe the sore muscle or joint with Sloan's Liniment. No need to rub it in?just apply the Liniment to the surface. It is wonderfully penetrating. It goes j right to the scat of trouble and draws ' the pain almost instantly. Get a bot; tie of Sloan's Liniment for 25c. of any druggist and have it in the house i ?against Colds, Sore and Swollen Joints, Lumbago, Sciatica and like ailments. Your money back if not satisfied, but it does give almost instant relief.?adv. President Signs Bill. President Wilson last week signed the seamon's bill improving working conditions of American seamen and increasing life savings equipment renin romonfa nv.A. The bill had been opposed by some Democratic leaders in congress, who declared it would interfere with treaty obligations, but the president concluded the measure was so drawn that it would not seriously affect the country's foreign relations. It goes into effect 15 months hence. No Use to Try and Wear Out Your Cold, It Will Wear You Out Instead. Thousands keep on suffering Coughf and Colds through neglect and delay Why make yourself an easy prey tc serious aiments and epidemies as the result of a neglected Cold? Cough* and colds stay your strength and vi > tality unless checked in the earl} stages. Dr. King's New Discovery ii , what you need?the first dose helps Your head clears up, you breathe fre< ly and you feel so much better. Buj i a bottle today and start taking a [ once.?adv. 1 1 Japanese Boycott. New York, March 4. ?Notices ap peared in the Chinese quarters toda: | announcing a meeting tonight in tb< Six Companies' hall at which th< . question of boycotting Japanese good : by Chinese will be discussed, t ________ I Te Care Cold la Om Day 1 fib LAKATIVK BKOMO Quinine. It a***tW B Cougfti and Heeded* end ?orb off tfeo Cold I Dnndtb refund nwniy W H fell# te enri 1 ie If* CWW8 daniin en ox* la, m RUSSIAN ARMY WON GREAT VICTORY Says Dispatch irom London of Recent Date AUSTRIAN .LOSSES HEAVY Report Comes from Pclrograd in the South Where Heavy Fighting Was long* Continued. Interest i*i \ ondon in the Russian Mir.paign again has shifted to the oxliTmc south. Petrograd reports that Go r.oral Bi n. silorV has won a note .vorthy victory near Baligrod, indicting heavy losses on Austrians advancing to relieve Przemyzl. An oflieial Baucharst dispatch credits the Russians with re-occupation of Stanislau, '.Alicia, about 00 miles from Tnrfnopol Vicuna reports the repulse of desperate Russian counter attacks in the Carpathians but says there is comparative inactivity along the remaintier of the line. Merlin admits the German retirement from Przemysl north of Warsaw. In France and Belgium the French now appear to bo content to hold the positions they have won in Chamuagne. While British battleships are batI tering fcrts Number 8 and 9, located I 10 miles within the entrance to the ! Dardanelles, French warships from j the Gulf of Saros are bombarding the1 Turkish positions at Bulair. Aerial I reconnisance seems to have confirmed I ed a report that big Krupt guns recently sent to the Dardanelles still are] unmounted. I The battleships of the allies, which now show all the colors of the triple entente by addition of the Russian cruiser Askold, undoubtedly have turned the Dardanelles into an infer>o which, according- to British and French claims, has spelled destruction ; to the Turkish defenses. On the othi .vr hand, Constantinople, while aquitting dec! ruction of the outer forts, declares tlie inner works impregnable. The Turks rely on mines, but the allies' mine sweepers have been busy. it wcuhl appear that other ncutrais are awaiting the lead of the United states before embarking on any diplomatic negotiations regarding the retaliatory sea policy of the allies . Meanwhile, British news papers express some uneasiness because of the unfavorable impression announcement cf the policy seems to have made on American public opinion. Health Promotes Happiness. Without health, genuine joy is impossible; without good digestion and regular bowel movement you cannot have health. Why neglect keeping bowels open and risk being sick and [ailing? You don't have to. Take one; : small Dr. King's New Life Pills at j right, in the morning you will have a 1 full, free bowel movement and feel i i much batter. Helps your appetite and \ digestion. Try one tonight.?adv. Tax Commission to Outline Work. Columbia Record. Details of the plan of the state tux commission to investigate the ri turns of railroad companies and textile man vfactuivrs of their property for taxation v.ill he made at the meeting ! here Monday of the commission, ac; cording to authoratative information. The meeting was called by Chairman .Jones of the commission. This will be the first meeting of the board, named Saturday afternoon by Gov. Manning. Officials of state expressed Thursday guarded opinions that the law creating the state tax commission could possibly be overthrown by the courts because of what seemingly regarded as errors in legislation. Some officials showed some willingness to discuss the act in this light, though others refused to express an oninion. Attaches of the Governor's office regarded the act as being free of errors. The seeming discrepancies in record of passage of the bill through the general assembly were subjects of considerable unofficial discussion at the capitol. TAKEN UP. There has been taken up at my place, one red cow, havng white jaws, and with large bell on with rope. Marked with split and underbit in each ear. Also one small red yearling Come to my place about June 1st, 1914 Owner can get same by calling on the undersigned and paying charges. W. E. Carter, St. R. P. D. No. 2, Loris, S. C f t Convict Given Reprieve, Reprieve until May 3 was grantee . Will Goggans of Newberry county { under death sentence upon convictioi p of murder, by Gov. Manning. Gog D gans was previously reprieved by Go^ 8 Blease. "The evidence upon whicl Goggans was convicted was circum stantial and doubt an to his guilt ha arisen since his conviction," it wa t said at the executive offices. "Gov i. Manning is making an investigation J ef his case," the statement added. OEBIAN FORCES ARE SEIKO THRUST BASK Toward tho Border of Their Own Territory After Long Struggle PLANS INTERFERED Win. Drive on Warsaw is Brought to Standstill.-Allied Fleet Slow 1 y Battering Way up the Dardanelles. Even should no decisive battle (love lop from the present Russian offen- ' iv.\ the allies claim the Austro-German spring* campaign plans in the east have been measurably interferred with. A few weeks a^o Field Marshal von : Hindenburg was sweeping victorious-; ly through northern Poland, while in the south the Austrians were pressing forward in both Galieia and Bulcov/ina. Today Russian troops are attacking from the Niemen to the 'Vistula and although the Germans are clinging tenaciously to their positions before Ossowetz and at other points north of the Vistula, their thrust toward Warsaw has been brought to a standstill and they arc being forced slowly back to their own frontier. \I flr /I 1 fVfi ft, ?VC? ! i-U 1 1 4 h <\ l?lj>pau IlVft 5hI* l/Ilclt m I 1IV I south the Austrians continue to fling themselves with great bravedy against the Russian lines. These onslaughts are costing the attackers enormous losses, but the Russians General stall declare they have brought no gains. The German contingent in the Carpathians has been reduced to three army corps, according to report,, leaving the Austrian forces to bear the bunt of the lighting. Meantime the allied fleets are battering their way slowly up the Dardanelles withoafi^ so far <ur< is krtov.rt, a single serious loss among the snips. The Sultan of Turkey says an Athens dispatch has fled from Constantinople, hut that has not been confirmed, and reports from. Turkish sources, no- ' tably an interview with Ehvsr Pasha,, depreciate the seriousness of the Dardanelles bombardment and insist that the real defenses of the arttaits have not been affected. > It can be said that from the British viewpoint, the situation today, wherever fighting is going on is taken as favorable. The South African rebellion has been crushed; the Turkish invasion of Egypt seemingly has been abandoned: reports from t.r.e east are encouraging; no adverse news regacd.irur tho onomtinn-: njrninwt n.?r C, * o ? W | danellcs yet lias boon received, and ! the blockade on foodstuffs into Germany is about to be enforced. In the west the Germans, judging from dispatches reaching here, are fighting hard to recover the ground lost during the last fortnight. Near Arras they have forged ahead somewhat, hut the allies report progress, both in the Champagne and the Argon no. "Gallon a Month" Discussed. j Officials of the state discussed with interest tjhe possibility of the tnni'mvifi jiAIII'f nt' rllit! /, v.u^ t VI. I l l\J\. I c.4 I 11^ | unconstitutional tiii- Webb Sam* regulating tl>?s shipment of intoxicant? into prohibition territory of this state. This discussion was engendered by official report of the decision of the Kentucky court of appeals holding this law unconstitutional because it constituted unwarranted infringement! upon personal liberty. The last legislature enacted a law making effective in this state the provisions of the Webb law. This act becomes effective March 15?30 days after approval by Governor Manning :?and its effect is in no way contingent upon the adoption in the referendum next September of a state-wide prohibition law, it was pointed out at the governor's office. Section 5 of the Webb law was constructed to prohibit the operation of "locker clubs." It was pointed out that the Tennes see courts held that the state legislar lure ceuld regulate the shipment of intoxicants into the state, but was powerless to prevent entirely suieh shipping. Though officials entering , into the discussion stated their eJear , understanding that South Carolina i courts would not be bound to any ex; tent by decisions of other courts, such I decisions could be taken as grounds , for declaring the Webb law illegal. That section of the "gallon a month liquor law that will have probably the effect of producing the most change* ia the present order of things in thif state is Section 6. This section, il enforced, it was said, would break up ! locker elubs in the state. The sectiox , is quoted as flollpws: 1 "Section 5?It shall be unlawful foi - any intoxicating liquors or beversgei ir to be stored or kept in any place 01 i business or club room or house in thii - state, whether for personal use oi s otherwise, and the liquor or beveragei s herein allowed to be imported, if stor ed, must be stored ia the home or pri a Tate room of the penou or person] so ordering." CALOMEL DYNAMITI MAKES YOU SICK "Godson's Lher Tone" Starts Your Liver Better Thau Calomel and You Don't Lose a Day's Work Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel flno and cheerful; make your work a pleasure; l>o vigorous and full of ambition. But take .no nasty, dangerous calomel because it makes you sick and you may lose a day's work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite, breaking it up. That's when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. Listen to me! If you want to enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel clennsimr von <?v?*r umnixl iimi falm a spoonful of burmicst* Dodaon'a Liver | < TAX LAW MIXED IIP AT CLOSING TIME During the Hurry anrf Confusion Important Law Tangled BODY OF ACT IS MISSING; Journal of House antf Senate Show Whole Senate Bill was Omitted. It does very little good to suggest: "I told you so," but it was hoped thatji it would not be applicable P.v one of j the most important and eppoeh-mak-1 ing nieces of leerisliitinn rmiMn.i the recent session of the genaraf assembly. The tax commission Act was slighted in the rush toward a iiourn ment. What the General Assembly passed and agreed upon afteir mature deliberation, what i.4. stipulated! in the Journals as being the law, is-, not in. the bill that has been ratified*.. The trouble appears that the Senate bid. which was what the record fhowa, j v/as agreed upon and ought to be text j of the ratified Act, is not in the file j that Is on record with the Sevnotary | of State. The title of the bill that is} left, and which was-evidently* used has this rubber-stamped ov? r the ti-! tie of the House bill : "Senate .amends j by striking out and inserting Senate! Bill 233. Signed, Andrew J. Btethc a. President. February 10, 10] H.'' Butv what was intended to be inserted in lieu is not inserted-?not a wvrd of, it. |; Strange as it may appear there is prominently in the die of pa curs of the original record this, the mariu??( .. I" il* *. ^ ? - ? - ??v. J. i ?i<u. i c|IVJI t yj i vm; i Cf.V?i?.* r I'liVJ i committee, which shows that Uia Sei^l ate amendments were agreed to and1 the Senate amendment was .ui catire-, ly a/v.i completely amew bid . ,jtrikii;:g ! oat all after the enacting 'Yards. and j here in the record both fmrn. the file j in the manuscript bill and from che, Journal of the House and Senate. Free Conference Report. The committee on froo ronferencc to whom was refrrred: H. 314., (S. 418,) a bill to create a-State tax com- J mission and to define its powers and i clvities, begs leave to report that they have carefully considered surne and nxommend that the Senate amendJ ments he agreed to. Ro?;pectfuVi,vv snh i ' mi tied, N. Cliristoriscn,. J. A. Banits, | J. B. Blac-5, on th-> paiti of the Senate 1 j J. T. Liles, J. S. Huffman, G. I-. Too!'?,; I on the part of the House. Oiv nrotiou of Mr. Liles the report was adopted J. Wilson Gibbs, Clerk. Attached to the manuscript file are two manuscript amendments, one by Senator Lide and another by- Senator Laney, relative to the salary of the chairman of the board . They were agreed! to in the senate ami the free conference agreed* upovn the senate amendments, antf yet m/are of these amendments are. in the Act as ratified Tlfce whole Senate Ml is left out,' aiuli to the sixbaiitutc Senate bill thare was the> important amendments relative to a hoard of review the official record, ta&en, from the Journal of the Senate osf the 19th, which was agreed upon? both hy the Senate and ; House, and which was as if it had never been-, ewddered in the legislai tive hall shows this but the Act as ratified d?wts, not, , WE ABB JOB PRINTERS F? ?P ! H? LET ?R t I? US ?I ; N?i DO ?N T? YOUR ?T i I? JOB ?1 s N? PRINTING ?N i G-? ?G , WE ARE JOB PRINTERS r T# Prevent Blood PnKoolof i %?elr at ewt the womderfel <*M vtHaMe M PORTRR'S AJVTlORPTfC HllAUltO OIL.? Mr rkil drtMlnf Mut rtHtwi fti? Aid bMte < r the mm time. Not liahneat. 3Sc.S0e.tl.tn THE Ql A euoeessfu! - WB MM M0 and all Blood men and worn III peat 35 years. r. v. ui t1 ES YOUR UVER! [JND SALIVATES Tone tonight. Your druggist or dealer ?ells you a 50 cent Ivottle- of Dodson's Liver Tone under my> personal moneytmck guarantee that each spoonful will jlean your sluggish liver lietteT than a :loge of nasty calomel and that it won't make you sick. Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You'll know it next morning Ijccauso you will wake up feeling tine, ]Tour liver will be working; headache and dizziness gone; stomach* will bo sweet and bowels regular. Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely vegetable, therefore harmless and can not salivate. Give it to your children. Millions of people are using Godson's Liver Tone instead of dangerous calomel now. Your druggist will tell you- that the sale of Calomel is almost stopper! entirely here. EASTERN SITUATION IS CENTER OF INTEREST Concerning the World Battles: Wow Going on in Europe FURTHER FRENCH GAINS' Offensive of Russians Along Ex. tended Battle Front from Baltic to Carpathians Interest in the world war is divided lanjoly between the operations riv the Karatem theatre, where fighting of a moTK ov lew violent nature is proceeding throughout the territory from northern Russian Poland the v arputniana, and fhe bombardment of tfte Dardanelles strongholds by the allied fleec which has met with further ?-uc c<?sse.sr ucording- to the ErVitish acdmiralty.. The engagementsir. France and Rckyuim are character- 4 i/ed by lively fighting, but no vital juniourveement >.> forthcoming from that secth>n. Reports lrom various sources indicate that Xi he Rwosians have as hamed1, tjie otfeasive in most of the operations iit the great Eastern territory.. L In the extreme north they are still hammering away with the idea of d'iving the Germans back to the cast Prussia and the latest Petrograd ofllcial stji;-emen.t claims that t he Russians have forced the Germans hack K>mewhat at Sivnuo and in the listrict ^ aC Lelpouny. TTaey also claim to have j dislodged tJif Germans from a commanding height west of the road from StawiAki. to Lojaxo. A German official statement &ays that northeast, ol Przas jyrz a Russian attach broke down with heavy losses to the latter- ! r-.r r! thr.t nor'hxvv.st ft Plons!: a Dim- D sir/a attack .-rso> wins repulsed. A Further in central Poland.thoRussians are making another vigorous attack in. the center of the invaders forces. j Au^tiriarta Defeated. ' Vetrogra*!) dispatches say the Austr-aiis under Archduke Josheph, have- fl hUiVered defeat in eastern Guiioia and. now are in. full flight towards the Carpathians. The Bussian army which. j occupied Stan i shut Thursday in pur- fl wing tin?; defeated forces, it, is said. fi Vigorous, fighting continue."!. in the- ? ; Carpathian;-;. a Tile allied forces and English fleets I are making progress in thoir attack* I on the forts of the nanUmolJ.es, ac- < | cording, to the British admirality and unofficial reports. It is officially an-, nounced that an attack om the principal forts on the European; side of the < narrows was opened Friday by three I British, war vessels.. Tvwu of the forta I were damaged and the. magazine of a * third was blown up.) Tlhese forts are 3 j characterized as the* itrongest along ? the entire waterway.. i A Turkish, ofllcdali Jiatement, however refers to. Htyoaterday*s (Friday) i failure" in reporting* the situation and 1 David Bey/.TXirKifelk nomister of finan- ^ ce, who is in BorUtov stated that up to i Saturday the at.t&ffc by the allied fleet ? had met with. n& success. He added, j that Turkey* Hfldl 250,000 troops on the? Gallipoli. penihewcla. Cruisers froim the allied! ftfcefc; are continuing thci* f attacks alprrg the coast of Asia Mijupr J from Besika to Smyrna, and Xtae c Admiral! Sir Richard Pierso ha* j brought up his East Indian fleofr and ' undertaken the bambardment. of' the | fortiihrations at Smyrna. 1 j British Tramp Aground, Beaufort, N. C., March 4.?The f Ptmltiah ?Nmn ru ?-?- a a.* __pvwhiiw v/fi>2W fl tons from Savannah to Havre with ll ; iootton is aground near Cape Lookout V Shoals, but is in no danger, Capt. 9 White and his crew of 23 have declin- .1 ed to leave the ship and are awaiting I the arival >f a coast guard cutter.. M The Overdale seems to be undamaged w (EAT BLOOD PURIFIER. 1 I remedy for Rheumatism, Blood Poison fl Diseases. A wonderful tonic for both 9 en. Has been manufactured fot the 9 At all D*ucflitts? . 9 ?riw COhIwwi^ a*. 'I