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TUB SIMTIIl w ak'II man. Ifrtalllahed April, 1830. "Be Jost and Fear not?r*t aU the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God'a and Iruth'a." THE TRUE SOITKROX, Established Jane. ISM. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. STJMTEB, S. 0., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1913. Vol. XXXVII. No. 12. REVENUES FROM TARIFF BILL. DWKH RATU MKASI HK IS NOW ON LAMT LAP IN CONGRESS. leaders Tlilnk It Will Get Presi? dent's Signature He fore Saturday? More W??rW In S4j;ht for Congress Tlien, According M Wilson I?ro g ramme. Washington. Sept. 29.?The Demo-1 cratlc tariff revision bill, first on the programme of reforms mapped out when President Wilson came into of? fice, today advanced to its last con gremional stage when it was brought back to the house from the joint con-j ference committee with the unani? mous Indorsement of the Democratic conferees. Leaders in both houses of congress ? were confident tonight that the bill,! now practically complete, would be aigned by President Wilson before the end of this week. I: scarcely will leave the centre of the stage before the corrency bill v. ill be forced to the front, and coincident with its consid? eration will begin the administra? tion work on the anti-trust and rail? road control programme.! which are to be brought forward when the De? cember session opens. President Wilson is satisfied that with tbe tariff bill out of the way. i ongreae will take up the currency mieation, prepared to dispose of it be? fore adjournment. The course to be followed in the senate has not been mapped out, but there is a growing belief among supporters of the admin? istration bill that the senate will take up the currency question at an early date, even though its banking and currency committee has not settled the details of the bill. The tariff conference report went to the houae today soon after that body convened at noon. During the morning the full conference commit? tee, convened by Chairman Simmons, had given the report its formal ap? proval. Senators Simmons, Williams, John? son and Shivery and Representatives Underwood, Kttchln, Dlxon and Warmer, toe Lmnovrata a ho have ud Jueted all differences between the sen? ate and houae excepting only the cot? ton futures tax proposition, signed the final report, while the Republican and Progreaalve members declined to sign The houae will take up the tariff bill at 11 o'clock tomorrow and it is be? haved it will be passed before ad? journment It la expected to reach the setidte Wedneaday and to pass that body Thuraday. The OOttoa future tax atlll la in dis? pute, the house refusing to accept the ajocalled Clarke amendment adopted |by the senate. Kxpreaslona from tin rWhlte House and from congressional leaders today, however Indicated that In the final < <>Mt. rence over this fea? ture the whole plan might be dropped from the tariff bill and taken up as a separate measure next winter. Senator Simmons, chairman of the senate finance committee, tonight gave out the first complete estimates on federal revenues and expenditures un? der the new tariff bill, aa computed by experta of the treasry department, who have been working with the Joint tariff <-onference committee. For the year ending July 1, 1914: Receipt* $1.029,000.000; expenditures '> 'h<ii.i, nurplus 116,000,000. For the year ending July 1, 1915: Receipts $1,29,000,000; expenditures #1.On*,000,000; surplus $18,000,00?. The estimated icceipts under the ? unto ma tariff, the Income tax and tin corporation tax, embraced in the new tariff, are given aa follows: Kor 1914: Custom revenue.**. $27??. 000,000, IflgggM tax (ten months), $?0,000,000; corporation tax, $38.000. 000. I Tin- SSJgtgSJaf revenues will ,M' larger for the current ll*< al yen 1914," aald Senator Simmon*, ' be cftuHf tie- r.it.s at i\\i> pgya)*?AMrtcti law haras, baea |g fere* fa* ?in- Aral ?iu>wt?r aiol will continue in force on w 'i>| ,ir i a .!? ii Knuds until Jan? uary 1. und on MiiK.ir until March 1 \ ? Wh. -? the aeal iis. a! year beginn. July I, I'M I, .11 i he rates of tin- n< u law will be m af)efat|og und the tariff dutle* rolle? ted will he Kioalb r. J "III gatfjfJM tax. wbh h Im collected for the ? alendar \e.ir. can he collected for only ten months of the present I y?*sr as th?? law speeches thai collet inn nball not <o hat k ..f March 1 t i i :i. Tio- ? Han i led deereaas In I h< t<>t il eaaeadlturea ol iha governmen Ifor 191.r,? 4 r,.iMm.ai?0- in bii.s. ,| on tlo fact Oat smaller expenditure.. ur< . | peered for the army and na\y estab? lishments " The balance of tlm total Income ot the governM?cnt .is given n tbe treas? ury estimate* in made up ?f postal re eelpti. Internal revenue reeeipts, the profits fmrn public land sales and other ftounraof federal Income. ALL QUIET IN MIDDENDORF. ( ALM reigns AFTER BATTLE) WITH DESPERADO. Ills Wife Ih Captured-?Taken to ChesterlleliI and Lodged In Jail? Inquest Over Negro and 111m Vletlni Held. McBee, Sept. 29.?Everything is quiet at Middendorf today, following the bloody events of yesterday, when J. M. King, magistrate's constable, was killed by James Davis, a negro desperado, who himself met death in his burning house. The negro's wife, who assisted him in the tlrst skirmish with the office-s, and later lied, was captured today jy Dural Policeman J. T. Grant and is now in jail at Chester Held. The inquests into the death of Mr. King and of the negro were held to? day. After the first skirmish, in which Davis shot Sheriff Douglas and Deputy Abbott, the latter slightly, the negro took refuge in his house. It was there that Mr. King was shot by the negro, while stooping dowr to look under the house. Me. King's body was removed and the house was flred. The negro, badly wounded by the vol? leys of the posse which surrounded him, crept under the house to escape the storm of bullets which greeted him as he rushed from the burning building. There, too badly wounded to move, he perished. All yesterday a posse searched for Davis* wife, who had aided him in barricading his house and had then escaped while the sheriff went for re? inforcements. Today she was found by Policeman Grant and taken to ChesterHeld, where she was lodged in Jail. Davis was a desperate character and his negro neighbors are glad that he is out of the way. Several gens and pistols were found in the house and in the ruins after the Are. TEST SCHMIDT'S MIND. Scientist Uses Stop Watch *s Trat or. Murderer's Degree of Sanity. New York, Sept 29.?A stop watch as a means of testing the working rapidity of the human brain today was employed by an alienist in the case of Hans Schmidt, the German priest, who has confessed to cutting the body of Anna Aumuller into pieces and throwing them Into the Hudson river. Schmidt was being examined at the instance of District Attorney Whitman by Dr. George H. Kirby, who as he asked the priest questions used the watch to note the time it took Schmidt to gather his ideas and place them into words. This was done with a view to determine whether Schmidt is in? sane, as it is expected that the priest's plea when he is brought to trial will be insanity. The result of the examination was not made known. Dr. Kirby and other alienists will question the man further tomorrow and their report is expected to be given to Mr. Whitman next Monday. PRISON CONTRACT UNDECIDED. Attorney General to Confer With Dl rectors. Columbia. Sept. 30.?Attorney Gen eral Peeplcs said yesterday that a conference has not been arranged with the board of directors Of tIn? state penitentiary to discuss the con? tract proposed by A. I). Martin of I'r.mkfort, Ky., to act as Fellini agent for the priso i. The attorney general recently ret used to Indorse the contract and asked that a confer? ence be held to diseiiss the terms. The meeting will be called by A. k. Sanders, chairman of the board of dlfOCtOffl Of the penitentiary. The prison Officials plan to engage in the manufacture of chairs and furniture and Mr. Martin offered t dispose of Ihe Manufactured product. RIGHTS or THE R \ILRo\D. \ttoine> General lays Companies May Condemn Ptoporl] lot Side Tracks. Columbia, Oct. 1.?The Attorney General held today thai railroads can condemn private property for side track 10 reach industrial plants. ACIDITY TEST FOR CORN, May Used as a Standard Test for Corn. ?'?dun bla, Oct. I,?The government has notified Commissioner Watson thai ihe acidity lest for com is being ? on ildered In s proposed standardise lion of <..in teats This lest was Aral used In this State. AFTER SUNDAY GOLFERS. SPARTANBURG YOUTHS STAND IN GRAVE DANGER. Grand Jury Will Muke Investigation und Muy Bring Criminal Action. -<partanburg, Sept. 29.?The Spar? tanburg grand jury has subpoenaed the directors of the Country club to appear before it tomorrow to give tes? timony in an investigation that will be made into Sunday golf playing on the club links, of which complaint has been made. If the complaints are found to be true, prosecutions will' probably follow, involving some of the most prominent young men of Spar tanburg. Sunday golf playing is an offense punishable by a maximum, fine of $50. Last spring complaint was made toj the grand jury about the playing of; Sunday golf at the Country club. Au>j investigation proved this complaint to be well founded. The grand jury or? dered the practice discontinued, but Sunday golf was revived about three weeks ago, it ig said, and the grand jury intends to stop it for all time. FLOORS BECOMING SERIOUS. Lake Charles is In Darkness and Many lion si's In Low Section Arej Inundated. Lake Charles, La., Sept. 29.? Floods in southwest Louisiana reach ed serious proportions today. Lake Charles tonight is in darkness as the electric power plant was closed be? cause of high water. No street cars] are running, many houses in the low? er sections of the city are flooded and rain still is falling. The Southern railroad has annulled all trains bound for New Orleans and three branch railroad lines running into this city suspended operations today. The Calcasleu rive.' was reported higher today than ever before. Various estimates of damage to the rice crop have been made. Conserva? tive calculations are that unless the rain ceases within a day not more than half a crop will be gathered. A?j large percentage of the crop is in the fields because of previous lack of la? bor. A circus that was expected to show at ono or two southwestern Louisiana towns this week cancelled all en? gagements and went to New Orleans in search of a dry place to pitch tents. Lumber companies have suf fered much damage from breaking of log booms. TARIFE RILL NEARS END. Hope is That Rill Will be Signed by President Before End of Week. Washington, Sept. 28.?Roth house of congress will meet tomorrow with the prospects of an early completion of the Democratic tariff bill. Al? though the conference report proba? bly will not be taken in the house before Tuesday and later in the sen? ate, instructions have been given out to absent members of both houses to be on hand <?arly in the week. Dem? ocratic leaders hope the long antici? pated message from the White House that "the president has signed H. R. 3:521, an act to reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the gov? ernment," Will be received by the two houses of congress before the present week is ended. With the president's signature, the first Democratic tariff bill since Cleve? land's administration will become law and complete revision of tariff rates and of the taxing system will become operative. The struggles in the con? ference committee, which have ex? tended over two weeks and a half virtually are ended except for the cotton futures tax question. TO AID LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY. Lever and Galloway Agree on Plan for South Carolina. Washington, Sept. 28.?Assistant Secretary Galloway, of the depart? ment of agriculture, has tentatively agreed with Representative Lever, chairman of the house committee on agriculture, upon a plan for the en? couragemenl of the live stock indus? try in south Carolina. The idea is to select about fifteen counties where the greatest interest is manifested In the movement nnd then| to, Apportion these counties between two experts who will co??perote with Clemson College and the lepartmont's present farm demonstrators In the Palmetto State, Alter these persons, acting t ?gelber, shall have organised live stock asso? ciations in ihe respective counties, the regular business of live slock demon? stration win begin. Mr. I*ever thinks thai tbis Is the best arrangement possible under the circumstances- ? , GRACE SILENT ON PROSPECTS WON'T DISCUSS CHANCES OF INVESTIGATION. - ? 1*1 : Speaks of Whaley's Position in Terms Rather Vigorous?Up to Congress, He Says. Charleston, Sept. 29.?Mayor Grace when requested this morning for a statement cdncerning his request for a congressional investigation of Rep-1 rcsentative Whaley's election which he has asked, dictated the follow? ing: , "I do not care to say what the pros? pects are from my standpoint in the Whaley matter; nor do I care to say anything at this time in reply to Mr. Whaley's statement attacking me. The issue is now before congress, and not in the newspapers. For the past four months it has been in the newspa? pers, during all of which time, in the face of signed articles by me making these charges, Mr. Whaley was silent. That was the time for him to answer through the newspapers. "He professes to be ready now to meet the charges in congress, but it is significant that every conceivable Influence is being brought to bear to prevent them from coming up; and I am having a stupendous fight. "I have sworn that Mr. Whaley , committed perjury four times, and have said that if investigated my oath will be sustained. Mr. Whaley re? plies in an unsworn statement, deny? ing that he committed perjury. I have always been taught that the greater includes the less, and if it be true that Mr. Whaley has committed perjury, would it be surprising that he is now ready to commit the less offense, that is, lying when he is not under oath? "As to all his other statements, which are irrelevant to the case, they will be taken up later. In the mean ; time, we will wait and see what con \ gress is willing to do." i TO FORM ALBANIAN STATE. f Turkish and Bulgarian ., Plenipoten? tiaries Complete Their Work and Put Names to Pact, London, Sept. 29.?-A Constantinople dispatch says that Essad Pasha ha* telegraphed the sultan that he in? tends to form an autonomous Al? bania under the suzerainty of Turkey The treaty of peace between Tur? key and Bulgaria was signed by the plenipotentiaries here today. The grand vizier congratulated the delegates on the completion of their work of peace. Gen. Savoff of Bulgaria, delegate, j replying, said that the treaty marked the resumption of relations of con i cord and friendship between Turkey and Bulgaria. HARD, HARD FIGHT. ?????? Albanians Took Jakova After Fierce Struggle. Vienna, Sept. 29.?According to reports received here, the Albanians captured Jakova only after heavy lighting. Prisrend, a few miles to the south, is surrounded by Albanians, and its fall is hourly expected. The Servian garrison there consists of tj.000 men. News from Avlona, on the Adriatic sea, state that the Albanians have captured Ochrida after a fierce engagement. NI; w PAPE its m E S ACING. Constantl' pie, Sept. 29.?The menacing language of the newspapers , representing the Turkish military ele? ment, which practically occupies the government saddle at the present mo? ment, confirms the uncompromising attitude adopted by Turkey in her de? mands upon Greece. One paper declares that if Greece fails to yield "she is doomed to be driven from Saloniki and lOpirus, within the limits of her old frontier." Another say a: "Greece is bound to yield <?u the question of the islands in the Aegean sea before the united Bul? garian and Turkish armies." to air political DEALS. Witnesses will bo Called Upon to Tell Of Suiter's Barters. Albany. X. V.. Sept. 28.?The lire of counsel for the hoard of managers In the Bulser impeachment trial will centre this week on the governor's alleged bartering of political Influ? ence, This was announced today by Attorney I sad ore J. Kresel. Not only will members of the leg islamic, who are alleged to have made deals with the governor, be called but others who are said to have been threatend Ivj him if they did not vote tor certain administra? tion measures, as well as a few Democratic political leadets. - NE W YORK BROKER TELLS OF SPECULATIONS BY EXECU? TIVE IN WALL TREET. Fuller of the Firm of Handling Ac? counts, Sajs tliat He did not Know That Sulzer's Wrife Was Concerned in Matter?Effort to Show That Sulzer Tried to Work Legislation for Benefit of Stocks in Which He i was Interested. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 30.?Evidence that Gov. .Sulzer's stock transactions with the New York brokerage lirm of Harris & Fuller were for the account of Mrs. Sulzer was disclosed today at the trial of his impeachment. The ar? ticles of impeachment charged that the governor made use of some of * unreported campaign contribut. these transactions. Melville B. Fuller, head of the firm, said that the governor had told him that Mrs. Sulzer had a loan with the now defuct Carnegie Trust company of New York and rhat in order to take up the loan, for which he had given his note, he had d?posited securities belonging to Mrs. Sulzer with Harrt? ?fc Fuller and borrowed money thereon to pay the note. The governor told him this in the executive mansion in Albany on July 20, last, Fuller testified when he had I called there at Mr. Sulzer's request, after receiving a subpoena to appear before the Frawley committee. "Mr. Fuller, you know that these i securities, were Mrs. Sulzer's, don't I you?" the governor asked him, ac? cording to the witness. The broker said he replied in the negative. " 'Well," said the governor, 'these securities belonged to Mrs. Sulzer when I brought them to you,' " Fuller testified. " She had a loan w.th the Carnegie Trust company. They required me to give a note every three months, and it was very annoying, so I took the , securities down to you and borrowed the money from you.' , "I said to Gov. Sulzer: 'That may all be true. There is no evidence of any? thing of that kind on my books and can not be proven by me. If it is true you'll have no trouble in proving it, as the books of the Carnegie Trust company must be a matter of rec ' ord.' " The governor's account with Harris & Fuller, which the impeachment j managers charge was a marginal or j speculative account, not a loan ac? count, was opened in 1910, according to the books of the firm which Fuller presented today. The Carnegie Trust company, it was recalled tonight, was in financial difficulties that year and subsequently it failed. The account showed a long series of borrowing on securities brought to the firm by - Sulzer, and also the purchase and I sale of other securities, calls for "mar? gin" and the deposit by Sulzer of cash i payments of stock in response to these ! calls. The account began in June, 1910, when the governor deposited 100 shares of "Rig Four" worth at i the then market price $8,200, and ob j tained thereon a $6,000 loan. The \ next day, however, he bought through ! the firm 100 shares of the same stock ; against which he gave no security ! except the equity in his first 100 j shares. The Big Four began to tumble in the ?market and the rest of the ac? count: was a record of efforts by Mr. i Sulzer to keep up the "margin," as disclosed in letters Harris & Fuller wrote him, using that term in de? manding that the deficit in the ac? count be made good. ' Sixteen thousand dollars in cash, which the Impeachment managers claim formed part of the governor's campaign contributions, was used in meeting these calls for "margin," ac? cording to the books. Finally, In July, 1913, Lieutenant Commander Li M. Josephthal, e New York banker and a member of the governor's staff, came to the rescue, paying off a debit balance against the account of 73!? and taking UP the securities. At this time the governor had put Into the account, acordlng to the books, i:'.;t in stock or cash ami ins net loss, excluding the amount paid by Josephthal, was <^,ni. The governor authorised Josepbthal to close the account in n note to Har? ris A Fuller, produced In evidence as follows: "Please deliver to Lieutenant Com? mander L. M. Josepbthal the securi? ties now held as collateral in my loan upon the payment of the debit bal? ance t heeron." (Signed) "William Sulser for Mrs. Sulser." Fuller denied today that to his knowledge Mrs. Sulser ever had any? thing to do \ Ith the account, ami said he nevei hau Been the note presented OPPOSITION' OP FARMERS' UNION KILLS EFFORT TO ESTAB? LISH SEED GRADING. Believes That System Would be In? jurious to Seed Market Says Farm? ers' Union in Its Answer to Re? quest from Cotton Seed Crushers' Association. Columbia, Oct. 1.?"The executive committee of the State Farmers' union has given careful consideration to the official cottoa seed grading pro? posed by the &*> Carolina Cotton Seed Crusk^ ? oration. We de cline tr ^/eV association in their re*'" y<?- c commissioner of agri ^ V* o put the same into opera w , believing that its complications and restrictions would have injurious effect upon the seed market from the farmers' standpoint." This announcement was made yes? terday by E. W. Dabbs, president of the South Carolina State Farmers' union, following a conference with the special committee of the crushers' as? sociation, when the rules and regula? tions to govern the bureau of cotton seed grading of the State department of agriculture were discussed. The conference was held at the State house. Following the announcement by President Dabbs, Commissioner Wat? son of the State department of agri? culture issued the following state? ment: "At the recent conference I stated to the members of the committee from the farmers' union and the crushers' association that if they would file a joint request that this department un? dertake the work of grading cotton seed upon an agreed basis, while there was no law upon the sub ; jecc, the laboratory of the department \ would be glad to undertake Me extra labor for the best interests of all concerned. My own views as to the necessity for and value of a proper basic grading have been publicly ex ! pressed, and are ua: no sense altered. It ia c videnU ^MkSk^h^^Sk ^fftsw* ! has not come for this advanced step. ! In the absence of the joint request that I advised would be necessary I shall certainly not put any system of grading into peration, but shall await any instructions that the general as? sembly may give in the form of law." ; by JosephCial until it had been shown to him when he was called before the impeachment managers in New York city. The note had been delivered to his partner, he explained. Counsel for the governor's accusers drew from Fuller a statement that on December 30, 1912, two days before the governor was inaugurated, the debit balance on the account had been entered as a loan by the firm to Gov. Sulzer. This balance was approxi? mately $40,000. Fuller admitted that it was purely a bookkeeping transac? tion and that no note had been given by the governor as evidence of the in? debtedness. This transaction, described as "cross entry," prevented the use of the stocks as collateral in the firm's routine transactions, the broker explained. "How" did you come to do it?" he was asked. "Probably," he replied, "because my partner thought it was not wise to have securities going around the street in William Sulzer's name. The witness denied that Gov. Sulzer had requested that the account be transferred to a loan. With Fuller on the stand, counsel for the assembly managers also be? gan the lay the foundation for proof of impeachment that the governor used his official position to affect the current prices of securities listed on the New York stock exchange "in which he was speculating." The ar? ticles charge that he first urged the passage of certain legislation and then withdrew or attempted to withdraw it. A complete record of all the "stock exchange reform bills" introduced at the regular session of the legislature at the recommendation of Gov. sul Ser was then placed in evidence. Attorney gttftfichfteld made an un? usual alter \ to introduce testimony regarding ...c Installation of Louis a. Sareeky in the immigration service alter his resignation as campaign sec? retary to the governor Judge f?llen held thai the testimony was not com? petent at this time, but might be In? troduced biter. More evidence of un re ported cam? paign contributions was given today. Cornelius s. Plnckney, a New York lawyer, testified to having contributed a check for |26g; Frank M. Tatter son, also a New York lawyer, said be gave $600 in cash ami Former Con? gressman Harvey C. Qerber of Ohio declared he sent a check for $100.