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PIUlMDFN r Dl uvi ki i> IT TQ JOINT MsMi>\ OF ION I GltFSS. IU* i mpha-d/c \cvc?v?dt> nf Imme? diate Reform of t'urrene] to Meet Needs of Uiednc^* of Count r> ami I'rgc* Democrat* lo Redeem Ph^lgc of l*arty to QgSg MM to People. Washing ton, June 23.?A lixed de? termination to have currency legisla? tion passed at this Mission of e< r. green waa SOrsptgd hy members of the house and senate today at President Wilson's text for the currency mes? sage, which he personally presented to congress gasemhied in joint ses Mion in the house chamher. Both Iviii.mtH.i and Republicans saw In the carefully worded appeal of the president an earnest conviction that the money situation must be dealt with before congress adjourns and preparation* were made to begin committee work on the administration bill which will soon bo Introduced In the house by Representative Olass and In the senate by Senator Owen. From the rostrum of the house chamber tho president in carefully modulated tonen that carried his words to every corner of the chamber, read the brief message he had pre? pared. Crowded galleries, cabinet of? ficials, senators and representatives, Democrats and Republicans, sat In a tense silence as tho president, with forceful earnestness told them: "It Is plainly clear that it Is our duty to supply tho new banking and currency system tho country needs, ai.d that it will Immediately need more than ever. "We must act now, whatever the sacrlflee to ourselves. I should be recreant to my deepest convictions of public obligations, did I not impress It upon you with solemn and urgent In? sistence." The occasion was tho president's second defiance of tho customs of 100 years which had soon president's mes? sages long, dull documents to be droned to weary congressmen by a hoarse voiced clerk snd the affair moved smoothly. The senate and houae gathered In the house chamber where the galleries already had been crowded and the members chatted while they awaited the president's j coming. The csblnet officers except Secretary Bryan and Secretary Dan? iels, who with their wives occupied gallery seats, had places on the floor of the house. A Joint committee led by Represon- '> tatlve Underwood and Senator Kern, met the president and escorted him to the clerks' desk on the rostrum. Mr. Wilson apparently was less nervous than when he first faced the big as? semblage of legislators to deliver his tariff address. As he spoke the gath? ering sat In attentive silence, marking carefully the points which the pres? ident's diction and intonation forced on their attention. When he had concluded there was a burst of applause and he bowed bis way oat sfter shaking hands with Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark. At both house and senate ends of the capltol and among both Demo? crats sad Republicans tonight the conviction w is deeply fixed that tho President ? solemn and earnest Insist? ence on currency legislation would re? sult in Immediate activity in tho leg? islative branch. Chairman Glass of the house banking snd curency com? mittee and Chairman Owen of the ornate rnmmlll.c both conferred with the presn ?nt after he delivered his address and both prepared for the early introduction of the administra? tion currency lull which now is be? ing revised In some minor features ot phraseology. The bill will go into both houses this woek. The Mrst authoritative statement on tha president's message was critical. It Basal from Mr. Mann, Republican leader of the house. II? said the message] was | fine 'ex? ample of Sitggttal F.ngllsh. but there in nothliiK more to it unless it be con? sidered as a intent thai palrouagn would be withheld until u banking and enfreney i>in hi pnsnsd.M Representative Maun SfRIStSSd the toll as ? galt n' I i "m the Ali ich monetary report with u few radical provisions taken from Du luyan plat from mixed In." On the senate side many Repuhli esns w*r.< of the opinion that the prenideut H rm-ssuge was a Mat dec ? laration that ? sgSJfSJgi must net on the curiency SjgSJgMeey They belies II sets forth the president's position as 1.? mi; ho ganttttn sn thai point thut he would call another ?xtra seslon Ol congress if ncccssurs fa dispose of the matter As norm ?s tho bill Is latrodUCed both senate and house banking aad currency committees will get down to work and early reports on both sides are expected Senator '?wen eXpSCtl to put the bin in Tuesday, Aithoush a Insane snnons ans been railed for this week. It i* probable that It will not Inks gnj detlmte ac? tion on the anereney Mil The ran* i us was culled is eonsldof the nues? MONEY BILL SIGNED. SUNDRY UM KOPIU VUON lULL ESCAPES VETO. President lall ItcfiKcd to Sign Same mil ami it \\?s Hn emeries!? President Wilson fggnt n Hut I v I?it-vms, Disapproval of Some of its Pm\ Klous. Washington. June ?President Wilton today signed tho .sundry civil appropriation bill, with a statement declaring that he WOUld iiave vetoed, if he could, the provision in it ex? empting labor* unions and farmers' 1 organteetlona from proeecutlon under a sertala $300,000 fund designated tor operation of the Sherman anti? trust law. The ^resident characterized the ex? emption as "un.iustillable in character and principle," but called attention to the fact that the department of, Justice possessed Other funds with which to enforce the anti-trust law. The urgent need of various govern? ment departments for funds appro? priated by the bin Influenced the president o speedy notion on the measure. The hill carries $ 11 ?.000. 000 in appropriation! and was vetoed by Mr. Taft Mai^h I, because of the labor exemption clause. When the bill was rein trod u cod and passed by both houses in Identical form by tho present "engross, this provision was tho subject of sharp debate. SCHEDULES Southern Railway?Premier Carrier of The South. N. B.?Schedule figures published as Information only and aro not guar? anteed. Effective Muy 26, 1913. Departure from Sumter: (Except Sunday): No. 140?-t).20 A. M. for Columbia, Charleston and way stations. No. 142?3.40 P. M. for Columbia, Charleston and way stations. Arrival: (Except Sunday.): No. 141?10.20 A. M. from Char? leston, Columbia and way stations. No. 143?5.13 1\ M. from Charles? ton, Columbia and way stations. W. H. Caffcy, D. P. A. Charleston W. K. McOee, A. O. P. A. Columbia, S. C. Cats In Doubt. Ex-Qovernor Pennypacker, >41bcubb ng the divorce evil In Philadelphia, laid with a smile: "In these times one lever, as the saying goes, knows vhere one Ms at*. An acquaintance of nine extended his hand to me at the historical society the other day and :rled: 'Congratulate me. I am the lappleat man alive!' Hooked at him loubtfully. 'Engaged, married, or di? vorced ?' I asked." tion of a reform of the appropria? tion system by the initiation of some sort of a budget plan and while the currency question may be dleOUSOed, action is likely to be deferred until a Special caueus is called later. The president made It clear In In? formal talks with callers today that he regarded the Cwen-Glasj bill as primarily an Instrument through which an emergency Currency of $ooo,ooo,o?o? would be obtained. Tin provision to retire the 2 per cent bonds wl.i. h now secure $711,000,000 of currency had been omitted from tho bin. according to Information at the White House, Chiefly because no plan had boon perfected to substitute this amount of currency, which the Volume of business Indicated ought not to be withdrawn. It was pointed | out that an elaborate machinery would be required to refund the 2 ' per cent bonds at the same time tin- | $f.O0.000,000 letUC of federal reserve notes was being supervised by the federal reserve board. The president indicated that he felt this was a great problem iti itself and ht has taken the view thai for the present the subject of retiring the bonds should be treated independent? ly. Criticisms of the bill that have reached administration ollirials from bankeri centre largely on the ab? sence of any provision for the retire? ment of the bond seemed urreney Representative Glass, who conferred briefly with the president; before the Inttet went t,, the capitol, la prepared to champion a provision for the re? tirement of the 2 per cent bonds by funding them with pet cents. Although shorn of some of the nov? elty that attended his first appear ance, when he upset presidential tra? dition! of more than a century, to day't v hn of the president to eongres* took on a deeper significance. ?Oi his hist \ isit he delivered a metsage, long anticipated, urging the carrying out of the party's pledges for nnine Idate revision of the tariff. Hla address today v\as an appeal In [every member of tin house and sen* ,it?. to lay aside personal ronsldoru' Hons and sacrifice comfort ami even health, it necessary, lu secure at once a revision and reform i?l the national banking system Onlj In that w.w. he nWlnred, could Ihe country ??< nre tin benefits of the tariff revision . t* i I e ? olllplCted TIIE CURRENCY MESSAGE MAKES UOOil IMPRESSION on DEMO? CRATS. Stand Pat Republicans Who Pavor Ihr Money Trust rinding No I'law in Proposed Legislation Tr> to Save their hu es by Sneering at President ?Mann Culls Wilson "Pedagogue." Washington, Juno ?Thai the business of the country, free of tho shackling handicap <>f the protective tariff, must not be left helpless be cause of lack of commercial weapons but must be supplied with a currency system that would meet the needs of ths times nnd permit progress was the main theme of President Wilson's address on the currency problem, de? livered today by him In person. President Wilson told congress that the only question at issue was wheth? er the time lor action on the currency had come. That the moment had ar? rived he doubted not, lie said. Duty, SVen though it involves some personal discomfort, must he fulfilled. The business of tin- country, he pointed out. should not be left even for a time without an effective system of currency which might permit it to take advantage of the freedom from the restrictions of the tariff. lie sah): "Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Gen? tlemen of the Congress: It is under ! the compulsion of what seems to me j a clear and imperative duty that I | have a second time this session sought ths privilege Of addressing you in per- i son. I know, of course, that the heat ed season of the year is upon us, that work In these chambers and in ths committee rooms is likely to be? come a burden as the season length? ens, and that every consideration of ! personal convenience and personal comfort, perhaps in the cases of j some of us, considerations of personal health even, dictate an early conclu slon of the deliberations of the ses? sion; but there are occasions of pub? lic duty when these things which touch ns privately seem very small; ( when the WOHc to be done is so press? ing and so fraught with big conse? quence that we know that we are not at liberty to weigh against it any point of personal sacrifice. We arc now in | the presence of such an occasion. It is absolutely imperative that we should give the business men of this j Country a banking and currency sys- i tom by means of which they can make us of the freedom of enterprise und of individual initiative which we ire about to bestow upon them. "We are about to set them free; we must not leave them without the tools Of action when they are free. We are about to set them free by remov? ing the trammels of the protective tariff. Ever sin? s the civil war they have waited for this emanci? pation and for the free oppor? tunities it will bring with it. it has been reserved for us to give it to them. Some fell in love, indeed, with tin- slothful security of their dependence upon the government; some took advtanago of the shelter of I the nursery to set up a mimic mas? tery of their own within its walls. Now both the tonic and the discipline of liberty and maturity are to ensue. There Will be some readjustments ot purpose and point of view, There will follow a period ot expansion and new enterprise, freshly conceived. Ii is for us to determine now whether It shall he lapid and facile and of easy accomplishment. This it t an not be unless tiie resourceful business men who are to deal with tin new ? I circumstances are to have at hand ami ready for use the Instrumentali? ties ami conveniences of free enter? prise which Independent nun need ' when acting on their own initiative I "it is not enough to strike the shackles from business. The duty of statesmanship Is not negative merely, it is constructive ;iiso. Wo must show that we understand what business needs and that WO Know how to supply it. No man, however casual ami superficial his observation of tin' conditions mew prevailing In the coun? try, can fail to see that one of the j Chief things business needs now. and will need increasingly as it gains in scope and vigor in the years Immedi? ately ahead of us. is the proper means by which readily to vitalise its credit, corporate ann Individual, and its originative brains. What will It prollt US to be frCO it We ,'ile not to Irhve the best and most accessible Instrumentalities of commerce ami enterprise? What will it prollt us to be quit ot' o|)e kil^l of monopoly If we a?e to remain in ihe grip of .in other ami more effective kind? Hon are we to gain nnd keep the confi? dence of the business community un? less we show that we know bow both to aid and to protect it'.' Wh;it shall we say it we make fresh enterprise necessary and ;ilso make It ver> dll lleult by leaving all else excepl Ihe I tariff just as ?r found It? The tyrannies id business, big and little*. !-?? within ?he fi. I.| of .1 edit. We know that Shall we not ucl upon Ihe knowledge? Do we not know how <o a< t upon ii ' If n man ? n n i not make his assets uvuiluble at pjjMasurc, his assets d? rapacity and character and resource, what satis? faction Is it tu him to sec opportunity beckoning to him on every hand, when others have the keys of credit in their pockets and treat them an all but their own private possession? it is perfectly clear thai it is our duty to supply the new banking and cur? rency system tho country needs, and ! thai it will immediately need it more i than ever. "The only question is, When shall we supply It?-now, or later, alter the demands shall have become re? proaches that wo were so dull and so slow'.' shall we hasten to change the tariff laws and then he laggards about making It possible and easy for the OUntry to take advantage of the change? There can be only one an? swer to that question. We must act now, at whatever sacrifice to our? selves. It is a duty which the cir? cumstances forbid us to postpone. I i should be recreant to my deepest con? victions of public obligation did I not press it upon you with solemn and urgent insistence. "The principles upon which we should act are also clear. The coun? try has sought and seen its path In this matter within the last few years j ?sees it more clearly now than it ever saw it before?much more clearly than when the last legislative J proposals on the subject were made. We must have a currency, not rigid as now, but readily, elastically re? sponsive to sound credit, the expand? ing and contracting credits of every? day transactions, the normal ebb and flow of personal and corporate deal Inga Our banking laws must mob- 1 ilize reserves; must not permit the j concentration anywhere in a few hands of the monetary resources of the country or their use for specula? tive purposes In such volume as to hinder or impede or stand in the way of other more legitimate, more fruit? ful uses. And the control of the sys? tem of banking and of issue which ' our new laws are to set up must be public, not private, must be v ested in ! the government itself, so that the banks may be the instruments, not the masters, of business and of in? dividual enterprise and initiative. "The committees of the congress to which legislation of this character is referred have devoted careful and dispassionate study to the means of accomplishing these objects. They ! have honored me by consulting me. They are ready to suggest action. I have come to you, as the head of the government and the responsible leader of the party in power, to Urge action now, while there is time to serve the country deliberately and as We should, In a clear air of common counsel, I appeal to you with a deep conviction of duty. 1 blleve thai von share this conviction. I therefore ap? peal to you with confidence. I am at your service without reserve to play my part In any way you may call upon me to play it In this great en? terprise of exigent reform which it; will dignify and distinguish us to per? form and discredit us to neglect." ALFALFA GROWING. The accompanying article on the subject tif alfalfa growing has been Bent to the Yorkvllle Enquirer by Mr. i E, <Palls, of the Piedmont section of York county, as likely to prove of Interest to people who are now giv? ing their attention to alfalfa. There is difference of opinion among alfalfa growers as to whether soil inoculation is of any real value Some growers insist that Inoculation 1 is absolutely necessary to success and others insist that It amounts to noth? ing. Mr. Falls does not desire to take any part In this controversy. He does not pretend to know; but would I recommend that alaflfa club members follow Implicitly the direction of the I government experts in charge. His main reason for submitting the ac? companying article is that although it is by a .Missouri writer and written In relation to the State of Missouri, it lits, according to the judgment he has formed as the result of three years' experience, tho situation as he has found it In this locality. The article follows: Having resided in northwest Mis? souri (Worth county) for a great many years, ami having recently' moved to the south-central portion of 1 he State, this article is based on actual experience and observation as to the adaptability of these section* of our State to the production of that wonderful plant known as "alfalfa." While an occasional Held of alfalfa dots the above-named sections ol the State, tln rc are thousands of tanners who actually do not understand just what alfalfa Is. In ;? vague way, they know that it is used as pasturage, for roughage, and Is threshed for tie seed, but that is about the limit ol heir knowledge of the plant and its vai ions uses. Those farmers who have found 1?) experience what a boon alfalfa Is to ih m. either as a feed, rcjuvenuior ol (lu- sod. 01 as a commercial product arc high In their praises of it; yet, I he inujorlt) of farmers are skeptical or 1 tireless ill their attitude toward it, Ms worth at flrsl hand by HOWlllg a ll'lal Held ol it It i Inch time the farmers of ?Iiis section Investigate the merits of alfalfa, ami then lei it occu? py its proper sphere in their farming opcrationa Theae two points arc practically the only two drawbacks to the establish? ing and maintenance of highly pro? ductive alfalfa Heidi in central and northwest Missouri. Both are mere 1 "bugabooa." In the first place, thou sandj of farmers annually sow clover seed, which is but very little costlier than alfalfa seed; while the prepara? tion of the seedbed for ( lover ought to h" just as thorough as for alfalfa. This puts the cost of the two on prac? tically the same basis, and consider? ing that alfalfa produces more than the clover, and is considered by many as a superior soil builder, it 1s doubt ful if alfalfa seeding is as costly as clover seeding. Many farmers actually have the Idea that alfalfa canned be grown on the lands common to this section?In fact, I may state that by far the ma? jority of the farmers entertain this fallacious view of the matter. Hero is where the writer may trample on many toes In his views?or rather, in presenting the actual experience of practical fanners. We would not go on record as claiming that all land in this section will produce a stand Of alfalfa without "inoculation," but we do know of cases where ordinary land has been successfully seeded to alfalfa without an atom cd' "inoculat- j cd" soil being used in the seeding process, and we believe that the day is not far distant, when our farmers will Und that by far the greater part of our lands are .adapted to the grow? ing of alfalfa?provided of course, that the soil is properly prepared for the reception of seed by thorough working; that, pure, vigorous seed is sown; and that care is taken in let? ting the stand become well establish? ed. Several years ago, Mr. Wm. Camp? bell, of Worth county, Missouri, re- ' moved a crop of cowpcas form a held of ordinary soil; prepared a fine seedbed just as he would for any other grain-seeding, and sowed the land to alfalfa. The writer has pass? ed the field scores of times, and knows that Mr. Campbell removes three or four crops from it annually; yet not a pound of "Inoculated" seil was employed in establishing this stand. Mr. Campbell has since seeded an? other held in practically the same manner, and it is coming on nicely. lie advise* seeding from August la? to September 15, contending that spring seeding is apt to he smother? ed out by weeds, lie further states that he uses manure freely, and that lie considers it of material assistance In establishing the stand. This, and the work <d tiie cowpea crop previous to seeding, may account for this dairy man's ess with alfalfa, but cer? ium ii is. thai he never has resorted to "inoculation" of the soil in his achievements. In the same county, but another section or it, Mr. V. S. Hall has a fine Held of alfalfa. When asked if he thought the soil had to be ' inoculat ed," he said he didn't believe a word of it. adding that he simply prepared his seedbed as he would for any other crop, seeding the 1st of May. This not only explodes the "inocula tion" theory in these localities, but lIso proves that spring seeding, may, with proper cjire and attertlon, be successfully practiced. Mr. Hall did not even sow a preparatory crop of cow peas, as did Mr. Campbell, but merely selected a acid that had been in small grain the previous season. Still another and even more con? ducing case: Just outside the limits of Meta, Mo , there is a piece of al? falfa on valley land which I under? stand was seeded without any "'in? oculation" of the soil previous to sowing. A short distance to the north? west of this piece is another alfalfa field on up-land (perhaps a mile away.) This field was not "Inoculat? ed" at the time of seeding. Just out? side the held is an old, abandoned roadway. Some of the alfalfa seed were scattered on this, and there is a rank growth springing up there. Xow, as I am not offering these in? stances as proof absolute that "inoc? ulation" of the soil is unnecessary in all soils, but they are offered as in? centives to our farmers in investigat? ing the matter most thoroughly. There is a wide range in the variety of soil elements in Worth county (northwest section) and Cole county (south central section. One will find by studying the geological conditions of the two sections, that the first named is largely rolling prairie loam soil; while here in the Osark border section the soil is largely of red limestone clay. The wide range in soil elements certainly Is sufficient to set an army of farmers to think? ing of the possibilties of alfalf.-. pro? duction in this and adjoining States? in fact, everywhere! Cheap Rates VIA Atlantic Coast Line <jt>^ *7f- a. f ISLE OF PALMS, S. C. W**** 5> lO I SULLIVAN'S ISLAN0,S. C. $4.55 t0{ MYRTLE BEACH, S. C. Tickets sold May 31st and on each Saturday to and Including Septem her ISth, 1913, limited to reach Sumter returolog prior to midnight Monday next following dato of sale. <jJ?G" f\f\ +~ f WRIGHTSVILL BEACH, N. C. ?|j)D.UU WILMINGTON, N. C. Tickets sold each Thursday?June 5th to and Including Septem? ber nth, I91S, limited to reach Sumter returning prior to mid- * ? light oi the second Monday following date of sale. Excursion Rates North and East?For any Informa? tion, address T. C. WHITE, 0. V. PLAYER, Gen. Pass. Ayt. Ticket Agent, Wilmington, N. C. Sumter, S. C. Battle ol Gettysburg -VIA Atlantic Coast Line (Standard Railroad of the South) <>n account of the r.uth Anniversary of the battle of c;ett>s burg (Pa.) the Atlantic Coast Line have named eery low rates to Uettyshurg, Pa., and return, the fare for the round trip from Stun K r will he $I.Y60. Tickets mi said .tune 'JHth. -MMh. Ituth and .Tilly l>t. 1913, with final limit Inly lath, ItIS, nrltn nmpMrenff prirll ege al all stations on the A. v. I,., and also Hiehmond, Washing' ton and Baltimore on the gjOtnf or returning trip within the flnsl limit. I or Pullman rescr\ it t Ions or other Information call on or write, ORVILLE V. PLAYER, Ticket Agent, Or T. C White, C. P. A.. Wilmington, N. C.