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rill-: Sl. MTI .it ?V ATI IUI AN. IMul llshed April, 1850. "De Just arid Fear not?Let all the. euds Thou Alms't at to thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOlTIUtOX, Established June, IMI. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1913. Vol. XXXVII. No. 36. mm iwm u i m President Wilson Signs Federal Re? serve Act Amid Scenes of Rejoicing. Declares Faith in Party's Efforts. Says This Measure is First of Series of Constructive Measures Designed to fnure to the Bedefit of the Whole Nation? Points Out Wherein All Must Be Interested in Legislation. Waahlngfton. Dm II. Fiegtflglll Wilson signed the Gluss-owon cur? rency hill ui 6.01 o'clock tonight be? fore mem hern of his cabinet, the con gresslonal committees on hanking and currency und Mcmocrulii leaders in congress generally. Wild i tew strokes of the pen, tin I r. hI lent coin - rted into law th ? meas? ure to be known as the federal re? serve act, reorganizing the nation's banking a'ol currency system and fur? nishing. In the words of the president, ' th-' maeh.ioi) [or free and elastic and uncontrolled credits, put at the osal oi tin hants and maim 1st turvrs of this country for the tlrst t me in GO years," rihermore h characterized it as the first of a ser.es of measuics pro? jects 1 by the administration with a view to bringing business not only to a condition of advancing prosperity but of free and untrummeled oppor? tunity. Knthusiustlc applause ran through the ceremony, net only as the presi? dent .?;:ixcd his signature.but us he delivered an externporanaOfJa speech, f , ie> rhii, aetaftaad th< detjrg ist the adminlstration to take com? mon counsel with DliatAess men of the ?"'?ntr>, and the hitter's efforts to meet the government's advanced ' the constitution of pea* e." The event ? ame at tho close of a day of rejoicing in l te national cap? ital, for congress hoi r-'<*es:ted for the first time airce it convened last April. hfHioi-ratK leaders were JiiL?i ^^!!g^^ - tariff i urrency reform-?in nine months, a performance they considered unpre? cedented in tha history of the coun? try. "I neetl got tell yi.u," said the pres? ident to th' assembled croup as h" ? K up his ta n. "that I ft*] a Vi ry de*?p gSjatlficatlon at being able to sign this bill and I feel that I ought to express very hettrtily the admira? tion I have for the men who have tnade It possilde for me to sicn this bill. There have hcvii currents and counter-currents, l?ut the stream has sioved forwai I. I think we owe np> - eial leadership and the skill ami the force of the chairmen of the two eomniiite.s; and behind them ha\a atood the committees lh*mstl . | ex ercisinc a decree of scrutiny and o! sareful tlmucht in this HI itter which undoubtedly has redounded to benefit the bill Itself. "Then there has crown ,as we Vive adv.im < ?I with this business a id the p.ece of business which pre etled It, evidences of team a oil. that to my mind hive been very notable indeed. t?nly conrtruetlve action, only the no? tion *hlch accomplishes tomething. Ulis rmn with the enthusiasm of co? operation, and I think that at this session of congress we haw* wit neasad an accumulating pleasure and ?nthnaiaam on the pat of the mem? bership of both houses, in seili.K sub stant'nl und lasting thincs accom? plished. "It la a matter of real grutiflemttOfl to me that in the gag* of this bill there should be s?me considerable number of Kepublicin voti . uM fof I? All great measures under our sys? tem of governou itt are . ? geeeeelt) party measures, for the patty of the i i Morlty Is responsible for their orig? ination and their passage, but thi can not hi tailed a partisan measure. It has 1" en r? h> .. I of all Intimate.n of that s??rt by 111? cordial ooopert t.oi. of men on the other side of I tit 11 ? heeg ? v ha aav< i ltd w uh u> in d Riven fefj ?tbatantlal reason for aeiis i hi ??> thai i ihlnh we een go haeae with Ih* fevling thai wt an In * If - ;>n |( fof pllbllt >? rvlet than v e wet* ?v ? u when a.nvened in a i rll v i f..r la* bill Met if. i feel thai we can ?eiv thai I? Is the tlrst of tjgrteg of tjowstrnetlvt msasursa by v im h Um Dewiot ratlc patty will shoe that it know* how to serve Ih* tonn? Ity, "in tailing U Iht iif t of a series o( rennt um ? i\e maasurti i need noi *nj II ,t i gsg not taellag any rtnVetlon it* the cri at tnrilT bill whieh pie ? ? d.d It. "The tariff bill was mean! to re sjpvtt those impc'bin?.nil tu Agntrlean| Industry und prosperity which h:ul so ton.g stood in their way. It was a great pttoe Of preparation lor the achicvc msnts of American commerce und American Industry Which sxs certain to fellow. Then tin re oamc upon the heels of It this hill, whic h furnishes the machinery f<>r free and elastic tad uncontrolled oredits, put st the llsposal\of the merchants and manu ?acturers'of this OOUntry l*<?r the flrsl time in r.u yoara ? i wai refreshing my memory <?>. the passage el the national bank net, which came in two plecea us you know?In February In list and in June of 181; 1. It is just 0(> years ago In ? that measure suitable for that time was passed, and it has taken us im re than a generation sn 1 a half lo com., to an understanding as to t>m ! ? adjustments which were necessary for eur ewe lime. But we have reach ed those reudju.tnunt.-'. 1, mvs'dl', have slways felt, when the Demo? cratic party wii oharsctsrised as not knowing how to serve the bualness In? terests ?>f the country, that there was b ? see ,,f replying to that In worda '! !i ? only satlafaotory reply was In no? tion We have written the Arst ? i??. i > - ter <.f that reply. "We are greatly favored hy the clr CUmetSnOSS Of our time. We come at the end of a day of contesta at the end of a day When we have bOCU scrutinizing the processes <?f our ha scrutinizing them with critical and sometimes with hostile eye. We have akwly been comng to this time there ij. -.i common recognition i things that it is desirable should be done. What are pi c sdlng to do done. What we ; re proceeding ' ? do now is to organise so ns to make our prosporlti not stable bul free to hav< un unimpeded momentum. We have < omc to the beginning of the day when nothing ean be done for the country thttt is m t done for th" good of all. Business men of ell sorts ere Showing their willingness to come Into this arrangement which I venture to characterise ss the constitution ol P? ace. Be that hy common eonseiil ami by the accumulating fores of ? ? operation ws are g? ing to seek n.< v< ami m< re to u rve the country. "i have been surprissd at the sud? den aoceptanoe of this msasure by public opinion everywhere, i ssy sur? prised bsceuee it sserns as if it had suddenly become ?bvloui to men who had looked al it with too orltlcal an eye that It ? n really meant In their Interest They have opened their eyes to see II thing Which they had sup i HM'ii t ) be hostllei t-> Und it t-? be m e ndly ami m rvjceable exactly what w> intended it to be and what We shall intend all * ur legislation to be. The tm n who have fought for this measure have fought nobody. They have sim? ply foui in lor those eccomm?datlons which are going to secure gi in pros? perity and in peace. "i eat not gay with what deep emo ti< ns of gratitude i feel that i have ha i a pi rt in oompletlnu' s work which l think ..ill i.I lasting benefit lo tin i uelness of t hs country." The scens at the signing ol the measure wes nol unlike thai attend in.-, lie completion of the tariff law The i onfere ee report e hlch ha i I ' ed the ln?me last night was adopted by tin- senate thli afternoon i'v a vote of II |o IB, Republican* sgsln voting with the Democrats. The ei crossed bill, with the slgnaturei of I he vlee president and the speaker ?-f iim house, was taken to the White House shortly before r? o'clock. B) o'clock, the time gel for the ceremony, Kpeaker C'lark, Representa? tive l'nderwood, Kcnntor Ou'en nnd Representnl ve Cllnss, Secretaries Mc .\doo. Onrrison, Daniels, Lnne ami Wilson, and Postmaster Oenerol Hur? le on were grouped mround the pre*! del t'e desk ami in front of him had rrowded memo.c.: ,.t congress, gov ? - in? mi officials nnd ? Ibers, There was an ntmosphere of Joy ott rather than solemnity npoar ent, To i i ildent Incjutred i. Hcnn lof James had ? ome. The husky form ol I he Kentuel inn sppeared from be? hind tit" erowd and somebody re mnrked: "A mnj<?rltj ol the nennte has now arrh ed/' COMMITTEE TO DESIGNATE REG? IONAL RESERVE HANKS OR? GANIZED. Llflt Of Cities Certain to Be Appointed j ami Those Where Reserve Hanks May Be Located?John Bkelton Williams Probably Third Member! of Committee. Washington, Dec. 24.?-The task of making the new currency measure ef? fective was taken up today hy the. organisation of a committee tot designate regional reserve bank citiea The committee today is preparing for a hearing from cities presenting Claimi for their location. New York, Chicago, Bt, Louis and San Francisco re certain to he selected. Other cities most likely for loci tlon arc: Boston, Washington, Atlanta, Cincinnati. Min-: ntapolif nmaha and Denver. Though' the number ii unsettled, it Iseprob able that twelve locations are the maximum number to be selected. < fver six hundred national banQi have already indicated that they will Join the new lystem. The- organisa? tion committee consists of three mem bera the secretary of the treasury, B< Cretsry Of agriculture and the comp? troller of the currency. The latter has yet to be appointed, but it is be? lieved that John Bkeltdn Williams, of Virginia, will receive the appoint? ing nti which, under the new law is worth $12,000 annually. Telegrams of congratulation! from governors, legislators and publicists In all sections <>f the United States are pouring Into the White House today. The ftccei tarn o of new law terms by banks throughout the country is al , mos: unanlmuoa Four gold pens wer.' used hy the president in writing the bill into law. He wrote the words "23," December, 1013, approved," with one and used three pens in writing "Woodrow Wil? son," splitting the first name into two syllablea The last three pens he pre? sented to Senator Owen, Representa? tive Glass, and Secretary McAdoo, co fluent answered tho curiosity of tin I roWd as to the disposition of the fourth with the laughing remark: "This is the 40 per cent gold re? serve." Later it developed that Senator Chilton of West Virginia had sent up a gold i^ ii of his own to lie used in writing the date en the law. The president was in a happy humor as he slowly wrote his name. 'Tm not accustomed," he said, "to write my name in a series." The. president paid tributes to the heads of the two congressional com? mittees by writing each a letter. To Representative Glass he wrote: ".May 1 not express lay admira lon for tin- way in which you have carried the fight ft r the currency to an extraordinarily successful issue? i hope and bolievo that tin- whole country appreciates the work you liavc dime at something like its re i! value and I rejoice that you have est iblished yourself In Its confidence." i The president wrote eenator Owen: "Now that the fight haa come to a successful issue, may i not extend to you my sine? re and heartfelt con? gratulation, and also tell how sincerely I edntlre the e/ay in which you have conducted a very difficult ami trying Piece Of bUSlneHS? The Whole coun? try owes you a debt of gratitude ami admiration, it has beon a pleasure to he associated With you in so great a piece id constructive legislation." When the president concluded his speech there was a general reception an l a round of a handshaking. When1 everybody had gone, the president cleared tip his desk ami Bat thought? fully for a minute, Presently he walked t<? the corridor outside ,,f bis office, "Whoro'a Patv" he Inquired, ami the Individual addressed -Patrick McKennu, veteran doorkeeper?step? ped forward, blushing with surprise, as tho president seldom comes out in ih' corridors. The doorkeeper look erd Hi* Inquiringly, "Merry Christmas Pat," said tin1 ! ? id u!. and In- Walked Slowly over in tin- White House to arrange for hi: Irin tonlghl to Pass Christian. Miss. With the president's signature at G o'clock tonight the hill became law, although it actually will not become effective until tin- now system has ?.n organised by a committee of gov? ernment orticlnls designated bj ihe measure, The comptroller of ti- currency i on ? of the committee members. That office now is vacant, and one of the llrsl steps ni putting the neu system i in force will l"- appointment of n comptroller. President Wilson la ex? po* led i" ;' I? > t a man soon. REBELS BUTCHER FEDERALS. BLOW UP TROOP TRAIN AND SLAUGHTER SURVIVORS or WRECK. Huerta'g Cabinet Engage in Sensa? tional Dispute at state Dinner-?* Foreign Minister Moheno May Re? tire. Mexico City, Dec. 24.?Federal troops from San Luis Potosi are today pursuing the band of Hebels who blew up a train at Charcos station yester? day and butchered all the Federals who were not killed by the explosion. More than a hundred and fifty Fed? eral soldiers were killed. Factional differences in the cabinet are again reported today, as the re? sult of a sensational dispute last night at the state dinner. Foreign Minsiter Moheno attacked all Americans as "Imperialistic Yankees," but was sharply answered by former Interior Minister Urrutia. Huerta sided with Urrutia. Moheno will probably retire fi. m the cabinet. CHANG! S IN WAT;'!* CONTROL. Secretaries Discuss System of Wa? ter Control and Distribution Under Ifoderal Government. Washington, Dec. 23.?Plans for in? augurating a system whereby all ques? tions pertaining to water control and distribution under the federal govern? ment may be disposed of without du? plication Of effort, .ere discussed at a departmental conference today by Secretaries Garrison, Lane. Houston, and ltcdlield. It was agreed that greater coordination and cooperation between the four departments would simplify work now widely distributed. ?'. o this end further conferences will b0 held. It was pointed out during the dls ( usgion that the great watersheds of the national forests are now controll? ed by the agricultural department) while in many instances, especially where floods are involved, the war de i r.ntmeuU has sole jurisdiction. Wa e'ear /felt so relation to conservation ' problems; which the interior depart? ment is trying to solve. Various chiefs of bureaus attended the conference and Senators Ransdell of Louisiana and Xewslands of Ne? vada also were present. WILSON DEPARTS roll SOUTH. CXOCUtlve and His Party Will Remain at Pass Christian Until Congress sleets Washington) Dec; 23.?President Wilson with .Mrs. Wilson, their two daughters, Misses Margaret and Bleanor; Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and l n\ Cary Grayson, naval aide, left Washington tonight at 10.45 o'clock for Pass Christian, Miss., to spend Christmas, The president eluded a crowd that ga hi red at the depot by boarding his private car an hour before time echeduleel for its departure. He will return to Washington in time for the diplomatic reception January 13. Joseph Tumulty, the president's secretary, will remain tit the White House during the holidays and keep In touch with the president by tele? graph. A ' ill for the guarantee of bank dein sits, a feature eliminated from the bill, was introduced Immediately by Senator Williams (Democrat) and was Benl to the banking committee, win re it will be taken up after the holiday recess. Immediately after Its acceptance by the senate the bill was rushed back to ?he. bouse, where Speaker Qlark sign* cd i! at 2.C0 p. in. Speaker Clark, after the signing ol the bill by the president, issued q statement as fol? lows: "Most assuredly the country is to be congratulated on the fact thai at last the currency bill Is on ihe statute books. For In such matters of great moment ii is the uncertainty thai hurts even whore n bill might be the. sein total of human wisdom till any particular subject. Sow all men of Intelligence will know very soon what it mein.-, find can conduct their affairs a? ? i rdlngiy. "My own judgment is thai it will he satisfoctorj to iho country In n if:--k degree and ! h< pe so. Thai so Inrgo a number of Itcpubllcans find Progressives voted for your bill Ih kiiflic*1c*nl proof thai you will lie well pleas d with it. "The tariff ''ill Is working well, and now that the uncertainty as to iho currency bill is removed l hope and believe thni iho country is center? ing up. ii a long period of prosper WOUNDEO WIFE, KILLED SELF. LAURENCE WHITE'S BODY POUND BV ROADSIDE NEAR CADES. Woman With Bullet Hole Hoar Through Her Body Apparently Suf? fers Little?Shot Another Man, Also. Cades. Dec. 22.?After shooting Jim Witherspoon, near her?, several c'ays ago during a crap game dispute, and later sending a bullet entirely through his wile's hody, Laurence White, alias "Poor Pig," a negro, committed sui? cide by shooting himself through the temple. His body was found about two miles below this town, where it had lain probably there days, with a 38-calibre revolver by his side. Al? though bearing a serious wound. White's wife does'not seem to suffer much and is going about, while the doctors look on in amazement. With? erspoon was taken to Florence for treatment. For several da} s after shooting Witherspoon White evaded the offi? cers of the law, but returned to his wife and shot her through the body, the ball entering near the stomaeb and coming out in the back. Whit' ^ wife says he then took a shot at himself, hut missed, made some throats, then escaped. Since then Iiis body w ?s found two miles below Cades, near the roadside, with a h?l? let in his temple. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of suicide. White is said to have been a native of Georgetown county and his speech indicated that he or his parents came from the rice fields. He had made this place Ids home for two years and judging from his general deportment one would not have thuoght him a dangerous negro. While engaged in a ciap game with Witherspoon*and others, it is said, he was abused, but without saying much in reply whipped out his revolver and sl ot Witherspoon near the groin, ex? amination at McLeod's infirmary, Florence, showing the hall embedded in the thigh bone. While the officers of the law were on the lookout for wife says he wanted her to go with him to his hiding place in a bay near by, and that on her refusal he told her he would kill her there and then. Che says he shot her through the body nd then took a shot at his own head, missed and went back to his hiding plaee. Sheriff Graham was sent for, and with two bhodhounds and twenty ..? white and colored men the hunt was begun. The trail was readily taken and the dogs gave solemn mu? sic, " Idle some of the men followed in fear and trembling through the thick undergrowth. Soon the trail came out'the bay to a negro house and was lost. Three days afterward White's body was found one mile from the bay n1 ar the roadside, his head resting at the :'oot of and in between two little oak trees, a pistol ball in his temple and powder burns on his lace. He was lying fall length, his hands across his stomach and his pistol by his side. His bat brim showed his wi.Y's statement to be correct, for ihore was a bullet hole in the front ami very near the head. cartridges kxdanger lives. Indians National Armory Burns, and Thousands of Shells Explode. Indianapolis, Ind.. Inc. 24.?With thousands of high calibre army car? tridges discharging chunks of lead in every direction and endangering the lives of all who came near, the Indiana National Guard armory was burned early this morning ,causing a loss of < 100,000. The origin of the Pre is a misery. inn.:) t p policeman. Gang Rob Night Watchman ami Rall WOJ station Sali'. Atlanta, Dec. 24.-?T. M. Oliver, a night policemen at an easl point sub? urb, was held up early this morning mg by three highwaymen at the point of a gun and robbed of his money, a watch and a revolver. The gang pre? viously robbed the Atlanta and West Point dep t safe. NEGRO "SHOOTS I P COACH. kills Ills Wife ami Spreads Terror Aboard Southern Train. Ashev?le, \. c. Dec. 24.- John '?Vase, a negro, shot up a i e,^?*o coach n the Southern Train So, 3C today. He instantl) killed his wife and was thrown from the train by Conductor t'raw ford. Later House was picked up hadlj injured. The shooting occur? red between Wolf Creek and Hot Springs. DOUBLING OF APPROPRIATION is REQUESTED. National Guard Ottoers Urge Leglsla tore to Allow $2.->.(>dO for Mainten? ance?May LoajO Federal Aid Oth? erwise. Columbia, Dec. 23.?Officers of the National Guard Association of South Carolina have addressed a letter to the members of the general assembly, urging an appropriation of $25,000 !*or maintenance of the companies next year. The letter to the legisla ure> is Blamed by E. C. vonTrcsckow, secretary of the association. The ap? propriation will also be recommended to the legislature by W. W. Moore, adjutant and inspector general, in his annual report. Lette r to ? members of the house and sens' q >ws: "Rar j$l mg the National Guard Ass*. bjJ . of South Carolina, I am a r. Jb you to request your earnest attej on, as a member of the general assembly, to the fact that the grant? ing of a regular annual appropria? tion of 125,000 to the National Guard is an absolute necessity if South Carolina is to continue to have militia i >rganisationa. "The crisis our militia passed through last summer, when the war department was about to withdraw its support, has brought up plainly and squarely to the people of our State the question: Do they want a N'ational Guard or not? And there is no question but that the over? whelming majority, for reasons un? necessary to state, want a State mili? tia. "Unless the appropriation is in? creased fnm $1 2,000 to $25,000 it will not be possible for the militia to re? main in the National Guard, and the withdrawal from the National Guard would mean the discontinuance by the United States government of the alternating annual appropriation of SCO,000 and $80,000, and the calling in of practically the whole equipment --arms, Unil?rr^jg||^^^^j^^^p^^||| thousands of dollars in purchasing j new equipment and would either have to greatly increas6 the annual appro? priation or reduce the strength of the militia. If the militia is to remain in the National Guard and the State will not increase the appropration, then at hast one regiment or more - ill have to be musteicd out. This, as wo demonstrated by the stand taken by the citizens of the counties whose organisations were to be mus i red out last summer ,is against the wishes of the people, who demand, as the best preventative against race conflicta, the presence in each county of a military organization. I "At present about one third of the counties have no organizations ,and a reduction would cut out 12 more at least. "For 1913 each Company will re? ceive only $175 as their portion of the present approi rtatton. Armory rents alone amount to from $15) to $240 per annum, according to the size of the town, and besides this there are lights, fuel, care of rides and equip in nt and running expenses amount? ing to about $-.',0 more, and this means that the members ef the or? ganizations have either to foot theso bills, get outside contributions or ise to exist. "The enlisted men ef the National Guard perform a patr die duty with practically no pecuniary recompense-, and the people of the Mate should not, and do not, ask that Its National Guard continue to labor under finan? cial difficulties when the wealth ami prosperity of this great state arc an nually im reusing. "The following bst will show that the State of South Carolina gives less, not only in proportion to the strength of its militia, bin in actual appropria? tion, than the ether States: "Alabama. 4,0*0, $37,0*0; Connec? ticut. 1,700, 1170,000; Florida, i,seo $40,000; Georgia, 3,000 $25.000; Louisiana, 2,000, $35,000; North Carte Una, 2,500, $40,000; Ohio, G.000, $450,000; New York. 10,000, $7;.0. 000; Marxland. 1,000, $70,000; Massa? chusetts, 6,000, $600,000; Kentucky, 1,600, $20,000; Tennessee. 1,100, $20, 000; Virginia, 2,500, $60,000; South Carolina. 1,900, J12.000. "You are therefore asked to sup? port, at the ensuing term of the gen? eral assembly, n $25,000 annual ap? propriation for the National Guard. Ton cor) and Monic'oy Bctdeged, Mexico ciiv. Dee. 24.?Torreon and Monterey arc in only important cities in the north of Mexico held by Fed? erals. These cities viv attacked by Hebels yosterdaj ind the fighting con t llllll'S tod.l> .