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?n KRESS HEARS IWKSOITSMESS?EE| President's Address to Both Houses Is Quite Short RAIL TROUBLES COME FIRST, Further Legislation on That 'Line He Strongly Recommended?Bill Giving Foreign Commerce Promoters Free Hand Necessary. Washington, Dec. 5.?President Wllaon today delivered his message to both houses of congress In Joint session. The address was as follows: Gentlemen of the Congress: In fulfilling at this time the duty laid upon me by the Constitution of communicating to you from time to time , Information of the state of the Union nnd recommending to your consideration such legislative measures as may be Judged necessary and expedient I ! shall continue the practice, which I hope has been acceptable to you, of ( leaving to the reports of the several heads of the executive departments the elaboration of the detailed needs of 1 the public service and confine myself to those matters of more general public policy with which It seems necessary and feasible to deal at the present session of the congress. I realize the limitations of time under which you will necessarily net at this session and shall make my suggestions as few as possible: but there were some things left undone at the last session which there will now lie time to* complete and which it seems necessary In the Interest of the public to do nt once. ^ In the first place. It seems to me Imperatively necessary that iho earliest possible consideration and action should he accorded flic ivniuiuing measures of the program of settlement and regulation which T had occasion to recommend to you at the close of your last session In view of the public dangers disclosed by the unaccommodated difficulties which then existed, nnd which still unhappily continue to exist, between the railroads of the country and their locomotive engineers, conductors, and trainmen. Railway Troubles First. I then recommended : First, immediate provision for the enlargement and administrative reorganization of the interstate commerce commission along the lines embodied In the bill recently passed by the house of representatives and now awaiting action by the senate: in order that the commission may be enabled to deal with the many great and various duties now devolving upon it with a promptness and thoroughness which are. with Its present constitution and means of action, practically impossible. Second, tin* establishment of an eight-hour day as the legal basis alike of work and of wages in the employment of all railway employees who are actually engaged in the work of operating trains in Interstate transportation. Third, the authorization of the appointment by the president of a small body of men to observe the actual results in experience of the adoption of the eight-hour d:,v in railway transportation alike for the men and for the railroads. Fourth, explicit approval by the congress of the consideration by the interstate commerce commission of an Increase of freight rates to meet such additional expenditures by the railroads as may have been rendered necessary by the adoption of the eightliour day and which have not been offset by administrative readjustments ' ana economics, should the facts disclosed justify the increase. Fifth, an amendment of the existing federal statute which provides for the mediation, conciliation, and arbitration of such controversies as the present by adding to it a provision that, incase ! the methods of accommodation now j provided for should fail, a full public \ Investigation of the merits of every j such dispute shall be instituted and , completed before a strike or lockout may lawfully be attempted. And, sixth, the lodgment in the hands of the executive of the power, j in case of military necessity, to take 1 control of such portions and such roll- j Ing stock of the railroads of the coun- i try as may be required for military j use and to operate them for military ; purposes, with authority to draft into j the nillitn rv sprvtnn |T ? aw V I. 1 lie VIII iru States such train crews and administrative officials as the circumstances require for their safe and efficient use. Renews Kis Recommendations. The second and third of these recommendations the congress immediately acted on: it established the eighthour day as the legal basis of work and wages In train service and It authorized the appointment of a commission to observe and report upon the practical results, deeming these the measures most Immediately needed; but it postponed action upon the other suggestions until an opportunity should bo offered for a more deliberate consideration of them. The fourth recommendation I do not deem it necessary to renew. The power of the interstate commerce commission to grant sn increase of rutes on the ground referred to is indisputably clear und a gjf-* >'/' V'-V ' '* . . ' ' ' , . | * V iWNBiMii^tion'by the congress with P*arrt to such a mutter might seem tof <raw In question the scope of the coinmissions authority or its Inclination to 4o Justice when there Is no reasou to doubt either. The other suggestions?the Increase In the Interstate commerce commission's membership and in its facilities for performing It* manifold duties, the provision for full public Investigation and assessment of Industrial disputes, and the grant to the executive of the power to control and operate the railways when, necessary in time of war or other like public necessity?I now very earnestly renew. The necessity for such legislation is manifest and pressing. Those who have Intrusted us with the responsibility and duty of serving and safeguarding them in such matters would And it hard, I believe, to excuse a failure to act upon these grave matters or any unnecessary postponement of action upon them. Not only does the Interstate commerce commission now find It practically Impossible, with Its present membership and organization, to perform its great functions promptly and thoroughly, but It is not unlikely that It may presently he found advisable to add to its duties still others equally heavy and exacting. It must first be perfected as an administrative instrument. The country cannot and should not consent to remain any longer exposed to profound industrial disturbances for lack of additional means of arbitration and conciliation which the congress can easily and promptly supply. And all will agree that there must be no doubt as to the power of the executive to make Immediate and uninterrupted use of the railroads for the concentration of the military forces of the nation wherever they are needed and whenever they are needed. This is a program of regulation, prevention and administrative etliciency which argues its own case in the mere statement of it. With regard to one of its items, the increase in the eiliciency <>f the interstate commerce commission. the house of representatives has already acted! its action needs only the concurrence of the senate. For Control and Operation. I would hesitate to recommend, and I dare say the congress would hesitate to act upon the suggestion should I make it. that any man in any occupation should be obliged by law to continue in an employment which he de4^ I. Hi . . ... .-?ii v?i hj i * "i i t *. 1 O i>ilSS !l UIW WlllC'll forbade or prevented tlio individual workman to loavo Itis work before receiving the approval of society in doing so would be to adopt a new principle into our jurisprudence wliicb I take it for granted we are not prepared | to introduce. Hut the proposal that tin4 operation of the railways of the country shall not he stopped or inter- I rupted by the concerted action of organized bodies of men until a public investigation shall have been instituted which shall make the whole question | at issue plain for the judgment of the | opinion of the nation is not to propose any such principle. It is based upon the very different principle that the con- i eerted action of powerful bodies of men shall not be permitted to stop the industrial processes of the nation, at any ! rate before the nation shall have had j <an opportunity to acquaint itself with i the merits of the case as between employee and employer, time to form its opinion upon an impartial statement of the merits, and opportunity to consider all practicable means of conciliation or arbitration. I can see nothing in that proposition but the justifiable safeguarding by society of the necessary processes of its veiW life. Ttiorn i? nnti.i..? ??-? - ..... v. ?.- in/nun^ arm- | trary or unjust in it unless it he arbi- I trurily and unjustly done. It can and j should he done with a full and scrupulous regard for the interests and liber- I ties of all concerned as well as for the I permanent interests of society itself. Other Legislation Urged. Three matters of capital importance j await the action of the senate which have already been acted upon by the house of representatives: the hill which seeks to extend greater freedom of combination to those engaged in promoting the foreign commerce of the country than is now thought by some 1 to he legal under the terms of the laws ! against monopoly; the hill amending the present organic law of Porto Rico; i and the 1 >111 proposing a more tlior- j oiigh and systematic regulation of the expenditure of money in elections, commonly called the Corrupt Practices Act. I I need not labor my advice that these ) measures he enacted into law. Their urgency lies in the manifest circuiu- I stances which render their adoption tit this time not only opportune hut neeesi sary. Even delay would seriously I jeopard the interests of the country and of, the government. | Immediate passage of the hill to regI ..1~ it. - unite ine expenditure of money In elections may seem to be less necessary than the immediate enactment of the other measures to which I refer; because at least two years will elapse before another election in which federal offices are to be filled ; but it would greatly relieve the public mind if this important matter were dealt with while the circumstances and the clangers to the public morals of the present method of obtaining and spending campaign funds stand clear under recent observation and the methods of expenditure can be frankly studied in the light of present experience; and a delay would have the further very serious disadvantage of postponing action until another election was at hand und some special object connected with It might be thought to be in the mind p THK Bbttf RSXi ~~ ? - a " i ;r_i~_ z_ oi inose who urged It. Aftloh tan be taken now with facts for guidance and without suspicion of partisan purpose. I shall not argue at length the desirability of giving a freer hand In the mutter of combined and concerted effort to those who shall undertake the essential enterprise of building up our export trude. That enterprise will presently, will Immediately assume, has Indeed already assumed* a magnitude uuprecedented in our experience. We have not the uecessary Instrumentalities for Its prosecution; It Is deemed to be doubtful whether they could be created upon an adequate scale under our preseut laws. We should clear away all legal obstacles and create a basis of undoubted taw for it which will give freedom without permitting unregulated license. The tiling must be done now, because the opportunity is here and may escape us if we hesitate or delay. Porto Rico's Needs. The argumeut for the proposed amendments of the organic law of lV>rto lUco is brief and conclusive. The present laws governing the island and regulating the rights and privileges of its people are not just. We huve created expectations of extended privilege which we have not satisfied. In linondruMMi otnnntr ? - ~ -W H?uvr*4^ I ??V of the island and even a suspicious doubt with regard to our intentions concerning them which the adoption of the pending measure would huppily remove. We do not doubt what we wish to do in miy essential particular. We ought to do It at once. There are other matters .already advanced to the stage of conference between the two houses of which It is not necessary that I should speak. Some practicable basis of agreement concerning them will no doubt be found and action taken upon them. Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, probably the last occasion I shall have to address the Sixty-fourth congress, I hope that you will permit me to say with what genuine pleasure and satisfaction I have co-operated with you in the ntany measures of constructive policy with which you have enriched the legislative annals of the country, 't fimtmMiwmmggBNumBmKn | T CAN save y< 1 the most popu I equal of many p< J Jacobs 1 Is distilled of the be B purest limestone spr B color, wonderful Lo | You can pay $3.00 fl "JACOBS' SPEC!/ | SUNBEAM CORN B those who prefer a ? 1 4 Quar 9 OR B 8 Pin 1 OR I 16 I ORDI I JACOBS' SPECIA1 I anteed to be 100 p* 1 find them that way monpv. I CUT PRICE I MOONLIGHT BOURB I (9 years old) I Paul Jones I Cream of Kentucky I JACOBS I QUICK i I J ACKSONV *^1=; *? ' * ' ** * v. * ,% \ i - n .;. TFv IU>. OONWttV, 8. o. oh? b?ea a privilege to labor tu such company. 1 take the liberty of cougretuliUlng you upon the completion of a record of rare servlceableness and distinction. Bound to Make Good. The well-dressed stranger stepped Into the drug store and. passing by the boy who usually attended to casual customers, approached the proprietor, who was arrauging souie goods in the show case. "Mr. C?, I presume?" he remarked, pleasantly, ami the druggist turned and bowed gravely. "1 have heard my friend. Mr. Quorn. speak of you often." said the brisk man. ''lie told me if ever 1 needed anything In this line to come to you. He spoke of you as a man on whom one could rely with perfect confidence, who laid only the best of evrything and with whom It was always a pleasure to deal." "Mr. Quorn Is very kind," answered the other, beaming with gratification, "lie is one of by best customers. What can 1 do for you this morning?" "Well?er?this morning, as It hnppens," said the stranger, with Just a ; little briskness, *Uhls morning 1 should ; like, If you will allow me, to consult | your directory." "Certainly," was the calm reply. "We i also have a good selection of one and two-cent stamps as well as railway t<imn f oKlna I f vaii nmul nnvtltiniv g\f i i line miiivii, II jwu ?vv. v? "".i > "'"ti "' that kind." SITES SUGGESTED FOR ARMOR PLANT Washington.?Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Gadsden, Ala., ChattaI nooga, Knoxville and Kingston Tenn., and Rome, Ga., are among the cities favorably mentioned for the government's projected $11,000,j 000 armor plate plant in a summary of the report of the special board tip j pointed to consider the question of : site, made public by Secretary j Daniels. 3u money?save you ilar bottled whiskey on copies $3.00 whiskey? ' Special V st grain that grows in Kentucky. M ing water. It is fully aged before it: i 11 a anu iiicuuw iiavui a gallon for whiskey, then won't gc ^L. and DEW DROP GIN ? also fit* :orn, or gin. They all sell at the sa; it$i? LR A GALLON 1 SUNBEAM CORN and DEW D oint perfect and to be worth $3.00 we will pay express charges both :s ON CASE GOODS ?4 QUAR _ _ . Regular Our Cut ON Price Price $4.00 $2.95 Jefferson Club a ~ Meadwood (b ? 4 00 2 95 Shaw's Malt.. A aa o oe c: .i u i i -T.w i mcsi incuuiai LIQUOR C SERVICE?Right Acrosi ILLE COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF , (Complaint Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry.) Court of Cqiu nion Pleas. Burroughs & Collini Company, a Cor porr.tion, Plaintiffs. v^. J. As bury Andcr. on, Arthur Smal1 otherwise known as William Henry Smalls and B. W. Gore, Conway Live Stock Company, a Coiporat:on, and Pink Ward, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty dhys after the service hereof: exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated December 4th, A. D. 1916. w p wnnnwAon A A AA? ff v/ V/A^ f f n.iVL/| Plaintiff's Attorney. To Arthur Small, otherwise known as Wm. Henry Smalls: Absent Defendant:?Take notice that the complaint in the foregoing tf ted action, and the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Horry County, on the 7th day of December D. 1916. H. H. WOODWARD. W. L. BRYAN. (L. S.) C. C. C. P. o J. B. Hughes was in the city recently shaking hands with his friends who are always glad to see him. ^ 3838 ^^1 m big money on "Jac< the market today. At -a saving of $ 1.10. Whiskey DBHHBHHHHHH ade of the sweetest and is bottled. It has a rich it the quality you get in e high class liquors for me price. . Express . I Collect P rODAY ROP GIN are all guara gallon. If you don't ways and refund your TS OR 8 PINTS 1 Regular Our Cut I I Price Price Ih i 4.00 2.95 G iot in bond) 4.00 2.95 I 4.00 2.95 I flan r.Arlriail A AA 9 OR ft} lOMPANY II t.from Depot || FLORIDA poultry pointers. Clerrson College, S. C.?By adding <; , u. ..el of cow peus to every three buckets of cracked corn, Sorghum seed, wheat, or whatever mixture is toil the laying hens, the production, of eggs is materialy increased. Sorehead is caused by the chickena coming in contact with mold spores. By keeping them away from moldy 1 litter or moldy grain or other carriers of mold, the disease will not appear in your flock. To cure sorehead dip the head of each afflicted chicken in a solution,, of acid iron sulfate or cresol. Full, particulars about the treatment of this* and other diseases are in the ' third edition of Bulletin 16, Poultry \ Culture for South Carolina, which has just been published. Tt is dis- . tributed free of charge tn anvon? i**.. the state. The Simplified Clemson Egg Mash 1 is mixed as follows: 15 pounds cot- \ tonseed meal, 15 pounds cowpea^ meal, 30 pounds cornmeal, 20 pounds^, ground oats, 10 pounds wheat shortsf and oije-half pound fine table salt- ( Unless you can obtain prime, bright; cottonseed meal recommended for' poultry feeding, reject this product) and increase the amount of cowpeaT meal to 30 pounds. 1 Keep this mash dry before the j layers constantly. Morning and night feed them the mixture of grains and l and cowpeas in litter to make them exorcise. A supply of ground limestone or ground oyster shells' and a dish of clean water are also necessary. Turkeys fatten well in confine-*) ment when, fed as r^commmid'vl} above for laying hens. They will eat I the cowpeas readily and also the dry mash. I fV H. O. Paul was in the c"ty recent ly. ' J i I ? HV H ^H E^H |H ^H H H Bj| H^9HDH ' ! 3bs' Special," ! $1.90 it is the iM9_Hk , i jacobs' specimei i ^'nt perfect | | jj ?K??V.. -*y * ?.V.-B 1 |jl| whiskey || i i Hj ??j-? ' } i I