The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 12, 1913, Image 1
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,