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TIIK HIIMTKH WATCHMAN, Kntabllahed April, 185?. "Be Juni and l'eni- not?Lei all (lie emln Thou Alms't at be ihy Country's, H?jr God'a and TruUi'a." THK TRCE SOUTHRON, Established June, UM Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER, 8. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 14. IRE TU ON INCOMES. DEMI* HATH PK AM E MEASl'RE TO Mlin Hl KDEN PHOM P1M>K TO Itltll. K.-?lii? ? of Tariff on \. r(xNiri<N of Elf? In Order thai Co*t af Living May be Reduced will Crcale Deficit im Federal Revenues ami to MaLc t*4*ad the Ia>?h The Income* of Um? in? I. Will be Taxed. Washington. April ?Included in the Democratic tariff revision bill In? troduced in congress today Is an in come tax section, which would requiro every resident of the 1'nlted States who earns more than $4,000 a, year to pay a tax of 1 per cent on his ear'ilni's In excesa of the exemption. This ^ould not require the man who earn* $4.000 to pay a tux, but it would denv.nd that the individual who earn? ed $4,100, for example, pay into the government treasury an annual tux of 1 per ggpi on $100, or $1. The rdl also would provide higher ratee of taxation for persons with larger incomes, adding a sur-tax of 1 per cent additional on earnings in excess of 920,000. 1 per cent addi? tional on earning in excess of $50.?>00 and 6 per cet.t additional on earnings in excess of $100 000. Under the sur-tax provisions the man who earns only $20,000 would pay to the government each year at the rate of 1 per cent on $1C,000 4$4,000 exempt), or $160. If be earns $30,000 be would pay 1 per cent of $16,000 still and 2 per cent on $10,000, thus making his annual tax $360. The person with a $&0,000 Income would pay 1 per cent on $16,000, and 2 per cent on $30,000?a total tax of $760. The man with an income of $100,000 would be required to pay 1 per cent on $16,000. 2 per cent on $30,000, and t per cent on $50,000, which would be $1,500, bringing his total Income tax to $1.200. The Individual with a n?i JpCome. of $1,000,000 would pay $1,160 on bis ftrft $100,000, and in addition he would pay 4 per cent on ^1aaae,aot>, which aould bring bta total *}B to nt.ifo ' < The tdll also would reenact the 'JfcOesent corporation tax law. Imposing ta I per cent tax on the earnings of aarporatlons, stock companies, insur? ance .companies and the like, but It Would exempt partne ships. This Is flat rate, there being no graduated scale as the earnings increase. The few changes from the present corpor? ation tax act concern chiefly the time of making returns and the time for collection. The bill also includes un? der' its provisions the property and earnings in this country of persons who live abrdbd. It Is estimated by members of the ways and means committee that ap? proximately $1110.000,000 in revenue may be derived from this new tax. Including the corporation tax, that amount making up for the detkit oy vlrture of the greatly reduced tariff rates and the transfer to the free list of articles that are classed as neces? saries of living. Incut -es of taxable persons shall in? clude gains, profits and incomes de? rived from - il.iri. wages or com? pensation for personal .ervlce of whatever kind and In whatever form paid, at from professions. voca? tions, businesses, trade, commerce or I Hales, or cb-.dimes in property. also from Interest, rent, dividends, securi? ties, Including income from property, in. ggfle from but not the value of propertv at nulled by h.c'ucst, and also proceed* of life Insurance policies paid Upon death of persons insured. The bill allows as deduc tions in computing net incomes all aeeennar) ? xpenso'H actually incurred |g i arrylng on anv business, not Including per? sonal living or family expenses, inter? est led and payable within the year by a taxable person on hub du? .1 nese; all national, state, county, school and mum ipal taxes, got inc luding leaal hen. tu tuxes; losses in< tarred la trudes or from tire, rAorUM or ship shipwrecks not compensated by in? surance or otherwise; debts, actually ns< err ino il as worthless am) charged ?iff, alo reasonable allowance for wear and tear of property, but no de? duction will be allowed for expense tif restoration or improvement made to Increase property value. It excepts also, la Computing Incomes, amounts received as divi? dends upon the stock of any coipoi atloii. Joint stink COOS Be ayi associa? tion or In-uiraiee company which Is taxable upon Hfj m t im Dfni under the corporation tax provision of the lull Thi* bill excludes the compensation Ot Ihe president of f he I no, I ^l Bg durtng bis term indges of the su? preme and inferior courts of the United States, and rompt gflattog of all officers and employes of a state ol anv political siibiii\ sion thereof, It ?? tabhshes a system of OflHflCtlog A WAR OF CONQUEST. .UONTFNFt.KO TKYIXCi to FX TFX D TFHRITOKY AT EX pi Ast: of albama. i'liglund's Foreign Secretary Fxplalns Attitude of Great Britain und Other Great Powers In ltcs|M*ct to Coercion of MuinriM ;r.i und Blockade of Scu? tari. London. April 7.?There would have been a European conflagration hut for the agreement reached by the powers regarding the frontiers of the future state of Albania, according to , the opinion expressed by Sir Edward Grey, the British foreing secretary, in the house of commons this aft? ernoon. Sir Edward explained that Great Britain had become a party to the naval demonstration because it was necessary to uphold the agreement reached by the powers regarding the j'uture autonomous Albania. He con? tinued: "The war now proceeding haj long since ceased to have any bearing upon the war between Turkey and the Balkan allies, or to be a war of liberation. The operations being conducted by Montenegro against Scutari are part of a war of con? quest and there is no reason why the same smypathy felt for Montenegro i and other countries contending for their liberty and national existence should not be extended to the Al? banian population of Scutari, who are contending for their land, their re? ligion and their lives." The foreing secretary pointed out that the arrangement of the boun? daries levies a large tract of terri? tory for division between Montenegro and Servia and concluded: "That the agreement should be upheld by in? ternational action remains essential for the continuance of peace among the great powers. It is because we be? lieve it id in accordance with hu? manity, with liberty and with justice und because we know that the peace of ? Europe depends upon the main? tenance of concord among the powers that we have taken part in the action now -proceeding to uphold the agree? ment und make it rSepSCtSd.*1 DJ.WID paula beaten. Driven From Position by Assault of Belgrade, April 7.?The Servian forces which have been searching for Djavid Pasha, formerly military com? mander at 1'skup, who, with his army, was recently erroneously re ported as nuving surrendered on the Mtumbl river in Albania, encountered him at Lioyske, where he bad taken up a po? sition. The remnant of his army con? sisted of eight battalions with four field guns and three quick hrer.s and a small detachment of cavalry. After I desperate engagement the Turks re? tired. In Lioyske. which the Servians orcupted, they found 1,000 Turkish soldiers, COO of whom were sufferlni from sickness or wounds. THINKS t'Al'ST IS .Il'ST. King Xlchota? Says He Has Profound Conviction l ton His Demands are Right. Berlin. April 8.?King Nicholas Of Montenegro answering a telegram ad? dressed to him by the National Zei tung today, telegraphed as follows: "We bold the. profound conviction that our cause is just before God and man. Scutari was the ancient seat of our kings and continues indispen? sable to our national development. Only brute tone of numbers can i ompel us to give up this territory." London? April x?-Hundreds of Turkish soldiers who survived the siege of Adrian'.pie are dying of ex? haustion, dlsenterry and cholera In the concentration camp outside of that city, according to the correspondent ->f The Dally Telegraph. ef the t;i\ ;it it^. source, requlrlni ill persona, Arms, corporations, copart? nership companies, joint stock com* panics, associations or insurance com? panies and all trustees, executors, ad? ministrators, receivers, etc, and otll cers and employes of the United States having the control or disposal of sal? aries, wages, interest and other prof? its anil income of another person to withheld and pa) tu I be collector <>t internal revenue the amount ot in eogss tax due from su b person* All such perrons or tirma sre made per? sonalty llahle t"i iu< b in to pSSraSSIfl or corporations liahh tfl make return on income who fail to do so at u Specified time. arc made liable to a tine not exceeding |500 and the penalty for false or fraudulent returns is Aged at 11,090 or imprison? ment not txceedlni one year, or both Scr\ lan.s. Dying of Exhaustion. CHOP CONDITIONS, WINTER WHEAT PLACED AT AV? ERAGE OF ?1.6. in This state Difference is small Being 8? This Year Against 88 in Mil. Washington, April 8.?The average condition of winter wheat on April 1 was 11.6 per cent of a normal com? pared with 80.0 last year; 88.3 in 1?11 and 80.3 in ten-year average. Theer was a decline of 1.0 points from December 1 to April 1 compared with I an average decline of 3.0 points in the i past ten years. The average condition of rye was 89.3 per cent, of a normal compared with 87.0 last year, 89.3 in 1911 and 90.1 the ten-year average. In the Southern and principal grain States the condition of winter whaai compared with the ten-year average by States is as follows: ' Ten Year States 1913. Average. Virginia.97 8$ West Virginia.91 87 .North Carolina .. ..95 91 South Carolina.89 88 i Georgia.91 8 8 Iowa.90 90 'Missouri.9 3 so North Dakota.? ? South Dakota.? ? Nebraska.9 3 89 ; Kansas.90 8 0 Kentucky.93 80 Tennessee.9 3 89 > Mississippi.89 88 Texas.88 82 Oklahoma. 94 82 Arkansas.90 87 Montana.93 ? Wyoming..93 ? Nevada.95 ? Idaho.94 97 Washington. 94 9 2 oiego?.90 93 Other States with respect to win? ter wheat conditions are listed as follows: Ten Year State 191J. Avetj^ajtv New York.91 89 New Jersey. 97 90 Pennilyvanla.90 88 Delaware.98 90 Maryland.90 09 I Ohio.91 80 Indiana .B1 8 2 Illinois. 8 3 8 5 Michigan.S3 8 5 Wisconsin.80 90 California. 7 2 91 Colorado.94 ? New Mexico.80 ? Arizona.90 ?? Utah.9 5 ? MONEY IN MELON RAISING. Partners of Banter County Have Kx cellent Opportunity for Making Money. "There is money in melon raising for the farmers of Sumter County. If they would just get together and make arrangements tor the disposit? ion of the crop*" said a member of the Chamber of Commerce some days ago, in speaking of the opportunities offered u>r Investment in thti city and county. This gentleman went on to ex? plain that in the lower part of the state around Bamberg, Allendale and other places in that section the farm? ers there made a good profit on melon raising every year. He stated that the brokers sent out their agents every year at the proper time and the mel? ons were bought from the Heids, thus relieving the planters of much of the trouble usually attendant upon dis? posing of the crop. The melons are very easily raised and if a number of farmers iri the same community would get together and raise the melons in a sufficient quantity for shipment there would be no difficulty In getting the purchasers here to deal direct with the raisers. There is also a committee of the Chamber of Commerce to look after the disposition of crops raised by the farmers of the county and with the committee's aid it ought to be an easy matter to Und a good market for all of the nice melons Which Were raised In raising melons for shipment to points North only certain varieties which have thick rinds are generally produced, as these stand shipment much better than the melons with thin rinds and will remain In K"<>d condition longer after plucking from the vines. Whiskey Case, a M Bradley was found guilty In the Recorder's court of transporting whiskey and sentenced to a hue of $56 or :'??? da\ James Young was found guilty of violating. ?i health ordinance by not properly screening a restaurant, and Wgs lined 15.00. WOODKOW WILSON BRIDGES GAP WHICH HAS SEPARATED ( Hil l EXECUTIVE FORM LAW. MAKERS OE THE NATION. He Tells Congressmen in Simple W'mttU What He Thinks They Should Do for Country?Breaking of Prec? edent of a Hundred Years Causes Stir in Capital City?Large Aud k?nce Hears President's Address. Washington, April 8.?President Wilson today bridged the gap that for over a cenutry has separated the pilots of public business?the executive and legislative branches of the govern? ment. Not as a cog in a machine, not as an impersonal political entity, nor as a mere department of gov? ernment, hut as the human president, he went to congress to speak about the tariff. Standing before the senate and house in joint session as no other president had done for more than 112 years, President Wilson stated sim? ply and tersely what he thought should be done for the welfare of the country and asked his legislative col? leagues, man to man, to aid in keep? ing the pledges of their party. With a sweep of decision that shat? tered precedent, the president brush ed aside all Imaginary boundaries be? tween congress ami the executive of? fice, and rescued himself, as he ex? pressed it, from that "isloated i-dand of jealous authority' on which the presidency had come to be regarded. i j Congress, somewhat startled the other day when it heard that the pres? ident had determined to deliver his message by word of mouth, had pre? pared for a ceremony of unusual im ' portance and such it was; yet w hen President Wilson arrived in the midst through thrones of cheering people of the great assemblage, riding in the streets, and. later, looking up into galleries crowded with privileged I ticket holders, he seemed after all [wfsat he said he was, " a human being trying to cooperate with other human being in a common service." When the much-hearalded Incldt nt was over congress seemed pleased and the president was delighted. He expressed himself to friends as im? pressed with the dignity of the occa? sion, and some of his confidants later declared that he left the capitol great? ly relieved to think that, after all, his precedent smashing had not been such a cataclysmic thing as some older heads had predicted. The president's visit to the capitol was brief, lasting about a quarter of ?n hour. Leaving a cabinet meeting at the White House, he started on his mis? sion at 12.4 5 o'clock. No one except a secret service man accompanied him. He rode in a White House auto? mobile and live minutes later was driven through the crowd assembled about the capitol. At 12.54 he reach? ed Speaker Clark's room just off the house chamber, where a joint com* mitte of senators and representative welcomed him. They were Senators Kern, Bacon and Gallinger and Rep? resentatives Underwood, Palmer ami Mann. The president r.poke to each for a moment and was Informed that the senate and house awaited him. He said he was ready and the Committee started for the door of the house chamber, the president on Senator Bacon's right. At two minutes before i o'clock the president entered tin* chamber. Mem? bers of the house and senate rose as Speaker Clark brought down the gav? el. Prom the door ami galleries dis? tinguished guests looked on at the scene. Ambassadors from many lands were in the audience, members of the cabinet were there nnd all the people w ho possibly could get in were present to witness tin* proceeding. President Wilson, escorted by Sen? ator Bacon, bowed acknowledgement to the applause and mounted the speaker's stand to the journal clerk's desk directly tri front of the speaker. With a smile, as In- began to speak, tin- president told his hearers why In- hail conn-. Ho said he was glad to verify for himself the impression that tin- president of the Pnlted States was a person. He was speaking in an ordinary tone of voice, just as though be were talking to a senator in his ntHce, The crowded chamber was bushed after tin- momentan thrills of conversation at his entrance had ebbed away. Every eye was llxed upon him as In- spoke ami it was in? stantly apparent that In- had uro used the keenest Interest. .\s the president proceeded with bis preliminary state ment, assert Inn ttint In- was not a mere department of government but human and that he had come to peak naturally with his. fellow men, BATTLE AT NAGO. FEDERALS AND CONSTITUTION? ALISTS HAVE FIGHT WHICH LASTS ALL DAY. Two Distinct Encashment! and Con? tinuous Long Range Artillery Duel Mark Conflict. Xaeo, Ariz., April 8.?With little advantage to either Hide State forces today alternately attacked Xaco, So : nora, or were met midway by Ojeda's small federal force defending the bor? der town. In two distinct battles dur ing the day and a continuous I ^ range artillery duel; the federa' <s? known to have lost 40 wour ^& - seven killed. The State tr is believed to be much great Twenty wounded federals were brought here for treatment by the United States army medical corps. , Two died while in the hospital. Ten federals who deserted reported the loss to the State troops as great at .stages of the battle where the attack? ers were caught in a shower of shrap? nel shells and machine gun bullets. While on patrol duty Private White of the Ninth United States cavalry, was wounded in the hand and leg. Trumpeter Fleming was shot through the shoulder, the ball piercing the body and falling Into his 1 louse pock? et. C. J. Brown, another i egro troop? er was shot In the abdomen while In camp. He probably w 11 not sur Vive. While the State troops pressed the attack OJeda continued his custom of striking the lirst blow. Through? out the day he made sallies to the south, east and west, assaying su? perior forces, only to return with light losses. The last rally was made about 5 o'clock when a car of dyna? mite exploded on the railroad a short distance below the town, either as a signal or in an attempt to dynamite the town by stealth. At once the federals ordered a charge and once more met the advancing line of State troops. Occasional liri?.g continued ! into the night. REBELS BEATEN. Two Hundred i'apatisias Said to he Dead. Mexico City, April 8.?Fighting which has been In progress in and about Tenanclngo, one of the most important cities In the State of Mex? ico, resulted today in a rebel defeat. Government reports state that 2u0 followers ?>f Zapata have been killed. The federal losses are not given. The rebels outnumbered the 500 government troops, but the latter used machine guns and other held pieces effectively. WILL HOLD MILEAGE HEARING. Commerce Commission Announce* That special Examiner will Take Testimony in Columbia. Washington, April S.?Announce? ment was made by the interstate com? merce commission today that a hear? ing on the mileage book question in South Carolina would be held at Co? lumbia on April 24, before special Ex? aminer Elder. It has also been announced that the case of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce against the Southern and other railroads Involving the question of equitable freight rates will be held in this city May 21. the Interest was tense. "After this pleasant experience/' the president said, *i shall feel quite normal in all our dealings with one another.'' As these words fell from the presi? dent's lips the house and senate ap? plauded. Then the galleries joined In. Mrs. Wilson and the president's daughters and other relatives joined from the executive gallery. Ambassa? dor Bryce of England looked on with evident interest. So did Ambassador Jusserand ??f Prance and representa? tives from other nations. Where a few moments before the event had seemd unusual, almost unequaled ,it now appeared perfectly adjusted to conditions and not at all dramatic. The applause subsiding, the presi? dent began to lead his brief mes? sage on the tariff. He spoke slowly and forcefully and in less than eight minutes he was done. No interrup? tion occurred and he left the stand immediately while the congress ap? plauded. in the speaker's room again Presi? dent Wilsen chatted for u fen mo? ments with the members of the com? mittee and uccompanled by Secretary Tumulty left tb" capltol at 1.16 o'clock. At 1.18, hall an hour after hi had left the cabinet meeting, he was at luncheon in tb" White Houae ready for the business of the after noon. LEVEE BREAKS BEFORE FLOOD RAIN8 INCREASE DANGER OF GENERAL BREAK. Several Counties Inundated?In St. Francis BeaM ?00,000 Acres Will be Covered?Homes ol* Colored La? borers Submerged?Conditions Be? come Serb s at Mound < Jt> and <)s<vola. e?as?No Trains Out of Llf * jt* Tenn. April I.?After ? ?P /rrential ruins and a stiff wind .0^ -Tee gove way before the flood ?ers of the Mississippi early to? night, and at a half do^en other points a desperate fight is being waged to hold the turbulent waterway within bounds with the odds against the fiaadj lighters. Admittedly the levees are weakening, tbe water already at an unprecedented height, is pound? ing against the dikes which embank? ments can longer withstand the pres? sure is problematical. The levee near- Wilson, Ark., went out late this evening, said to be due to the desertion of about 150 negro laborers this morning. WTith a roar that could be heard for a mile o* more about 100 feet of the earthen revet? ment collapsed into the stream and it \va3 by a narrow margin that the work , along the levee, who kept , up the tight to the last minute es? caped with their lives. Bo far as can be ascertained all of the inhabitants in the immediate proximity of the break reached places of safety. At a late hour tonight the gap was about 300 feet in widtli and widening rapidly. The gauge reading at Memphis at 7 o'clock tonight showing a stage of 4 6.4, a rise of 4-10 in 12 hours. At 10 o'clock the river was stationary. Cairo reported a stage of 54.6, sta? tionary, but above that point the Mis? sissippi is rising, St. Louis reporting 26.4, a rise of 1.4 feet since 7 A. M. All point! along the Ohio River re? ported the river falling. As a result of the breaks part of Mississippi, Poinsetta. Cross and Crit tenden counties will be flooded, and. with the water coming through the crevasse at Grevel Bayou, about 40 per cent, or 600,000 acres, of the St. Francis basin will he flooded. The greater part of this area is timber land, and Wilson, a settlement of about 250 lumber workers, and their families is the most important town that will be swept by the first rush of the water. "Back water" may reach within two miles of Oseeola on the north, and Marion on the south. Other point! considered in the greatest ?langer tonight are Mound Citv and Oseeola. Ark. At both points the crest of the levee is a foot or more above the water, but the river is being beaten into high waves and sweeping over the rain-soaked em? bankments. Unprecedented rainfall was report? ed from throughout the Central Mis? sissippi Valley and along streams tributary to the Mississippi River At Little Rock, Ark, the precipitation for 18 hours ended at o P. M. today was 9.:?6 inches. The Arkansas River is at flood stage and Pourche Bayou, a Sluggish creek south of Lit? tle Rock, is a raging torrent. The bonu s of a score of negroes are under wat?r. The main pipe, which con? veys natural gas from the Callo, l.a. field to Little Rock, has burst and a majority of Little Rock homes are Without light of fuel. No trains have been ru^. out of Lit? tle Ko k since morning and it was stated tonight it may be several days before service is resumed. CONTINUE FIGHT ON NEILL. Overman and Tlllsnan Will keep Up Their Opposition to Commissioner of I ;tb..r Washington. April 9.?Southern senators have not ceased their opposi? tion to I>r. Charles P. NelH's appoint? ment as commissioner of labor, even though President Wilson has given him a recess appointment after the senate's failure to confirm the nomi? nation. Senator Overman of North Carolina, who, with Senator Ttllmas* began the b^ht against Mr. Neill on the ground that the commissioner was unfair in his criticism of child labor in Southern cotton mills, said today tb.it when the nomination was again sent to committee his case against 1 onfirmation would be fully set forth. lie m.ob- no prediction as to the outcome Both senators are determined in their opposition to the appointment. .1 a. Wilson, express messenger, was fatally injured and L H .htudon. Ragman, slight!) hurt in the wreck of an express tram at Dlxiana, on Uta Seaboard near Columbia, \tou<ho mot alng,