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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Want POWER over ROADS
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION RECOMMENDS FUR
THEIR ACTION.
Makes Vigorous Recommendation for
Additional Powers over the
Railroads.

Washington.-Emp the ne
cessity for further action by the Fed
eral government to provide greater
safety for travellers and employees
upon American railroads, the inter-
state commerce commission, in it's ILL
nual report, submitted to congress,
makes vigorous recommendation for
additional powers over the physical
construction and operation of the
roads. The commission also recon-
mends that 1t be given authority to
supervise the issue of railroad secur-
ilties and some measure of control
over the capitalization.
Conditions disclosed by the commits
sion's investigation of railroad acci-
dents during the year present a situ-
alton, which, the commission believes.
ought to be the subject of Immediate
legislation. Seventy-six accidents in
vestigated comprised fifty-one COLI
sions and twenty-five derailments, and
caused the death of 2S3 and the injury
OF 1,SS0 persons. Commenting upon
these facts, the report says:
THE commission again is compelled
W hptS liC cASttuluSly ldTSe pTODOr-
tion of train accidents due to derelic.
tion of duty on the part of employees
Fifty-siX of the accidents investigated
during the year, or nearly "a per cent
OF the whole number, were directly
caused by mistakes of employees
These mistakes were of the same ma
ture as those noted by the commission
, in its last annual report, namely, dis
regard of fixed signals; improper flag
ging; failure to obey train orders; i'm
proper checking of train register; mis-
understanding of orders; occupying
main track on time of superior train
block operator allowed train to er.teI
occupied block; disaptcher gave lar
order or used improper form of order;
operator made mistake in copying or
der; switch left open in face of ap
preaching train; excessive speed; fail
ure TO identify train that was met
These errors are exactly the ones
which figure in the causes of trair
accidents year after year"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
DANIELS FOR "HYSTERICS"
He Says So-called Hysteria Is the
Real Democracy.

New York.-"Reactiona who
think to weaken the advocacy of Pro-
gressive measures by declaring that
they are the products of 'hysteria,'"
were roundly denounced here by Sec
retary Daniels OF the navy in an ad-
dress at the dinner of the North Caro-
lima Society of New York.
"a few days ago." Mr.. Daniels
said, "a distinguished educator from
a Southern state in a speech in New
York, declared that such new and pro-
gressive measures as the initiative
and referendum were revolutionary.
Another distinguished authority, G.
statesman and an educator, referred
to certain modern American political
doctrines as wild theories which com.
mon sense and wise experience de-
mand be rejected as the result Of
hysteria.'
"The real trouble is that this So
called 'hysteria' hurts. 1t keeps par
~ pledges, it does not take from la
Dor the bread it earns, it makes pro-
tection-built wealth pay income tax.
1t elects senator's direct from the peo-
ple."
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
FOR OWNERSHIP
OF WIRE LINES
POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLE.
SON FAvoRS ACQUISITION
BY GOVERNMENT.
SERVICE SELF SUPPORTING
Declares Postal Service VIII Be Con
Quoted for Efficiency Rather
Than Profit.

Washington.-A sweeping declara.
tion in favor of the principle of gov
ernment ownership of telephone and
telegraph lines and an assertion that
the postal service now is self-support-
ing for the first time since 1883, are
features Of the annual report of Post
master General Burleson, transmitted
to congress.
Concerning the acquisition OF to-
phone and telegram lines D. .aster
General Burleson says tnat the gov
ernment has demonstrated it's capacity
to conduct public utilities, and, from
his present information, he is inclined
clearly to the taking over by the post
office department. of the telegraph
lines and, possibly, also, of the tele-
phone lines. Discussing that the post
master general says:
"a study of the constitutional pa~-
poses of the postal establishment leads
TO the conviction that the postoffice
department should have control over
all means of the communication or in
telligence. The first telegraph line in
this country was maintained and op-
Grated as a part of the postal service,
and it is to be regretted that congress
saw fit to relinquish this facility to
private enterprise.
THE monopolistic nature of the tel
egraph business makes it of vital i'm
portance to the people that it be con-
Quoted by unselfsh interests, and this
can be accomplished only through gov
ernment ownership.
"The act of July "a, 1866, providing
for the government acquisition of the
telegraph lines upon payment of an
appraised valuation and the act OF
1902 directing the postmaster general
to report to congress the probable
cost of connecting a telegraph and tel
ephone system with the postal service
by some feasible plan,' are evidences
of the policy of this government ulti-
mately to acquire and operate these
electrical means of communication as
postal facilities, as is done by all the
principal nations, the United States
| alone excepted.
1.-The successful operation of the
parcel post has demonstrated the ca.
pacity of the government to conduct
the public utilities which fall properly
within the postal provision of the Con
| stitution.'
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Thirty Sailors Saved.

San Francisco.-Given up for iost,
the crew of the dismasted and aban.
doned steel ship Dalgonar, owned in
London, are on their way to Dover
aboard the French ship Loire, which
picked them up October 8, a thousand
miles off the coast Of Chile. Capt.
j. Ibester and three of his men arc
dead. First word OF the loss OF the
Dalgonar. which carried a crew of
about thirty, reached here on Decem,
ber 10. when the French bark Marie
anchored. Captain Moricet Of the Ma
rie sighted the Dalgonar.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
PLANS FOR THE future
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CON-
MlTTEE DECIDES AGAINST
SPECIAL CONVENTION.
New Basis of Representation Will Re-
duce Dixie Delegates in Fu-
ture National Conventions.

Washington.-After debate, the Re.
publican national committee deter
mined that it was clothed with am
pie power to readjust the compost
tion of the party's national conven-
tion and had authority to make re-
forms In convention rules and pro-
cedure that have been demanded by
many elements since the convention
OF 1912 and the Democratic victory
at the polls last November.
With little bitterness and TO tangi-
BILE evidence that differences which
arose over methods could not be rec
onciled, the committee took steps
which have been agitated in the par
ty for thirty years and which have
been vital factors in many exciting
conventions in it's latter day history.
Without dissenting vote the com
mittee decided to make change in
the basis of representation in national
| conventions which will greatly affect
Southern states, gave full recognition
to the principle of the primary In the
election OF delegates to such conven-
tions. approved laws regarding states
which provide that all delegates be
selected at large, and accepted the
principle that delegates properly &C
credited by state authorities shall be
placed on the temporary convention
roll. Informally 1t had been agreed
that the new basis of representation
should be referred to the Republicans
in the various states for ratification
The only difference of opinion that
developed on the surface was over the
question of the machinery to be used
to effect the reforms. or the forty
nine committeeman who voted on the
one roll call taken, fourteen favored
the calling of n special convention tc
bring about these changes, and thirty
five declared themselves opposed.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24

gives value for the peas OF 5000 par
acre. And this is net, as the hogs
did their own harvesting. Also tho
manure and humus from the staiks,
vines and seeds were left ON the land
BY tests made at the station for two
years to determine the value of the
peas grown in the corn as a fertilfrer.
it has been found that they increase
the succeeding cotton cror by 110
pounds Of. lint per acre."
The following succession Of crops
is recommended by the Louisiana ex-
pertinent station: "Sow oats The latter
part of September for fall and winter
grazing, counting about Is Or 20 head
OF hogs per acre. Sow red clover or
crimson clover in October to be pas
tured after the oats, Lite in January.
and through February and March and
April. Sow sorghum early in March
to which transfer hogs from clover
After harvesting oats, plant Mexican
June corn and COW peas in a portion
of the land, and peanuts and sweet
potatoes on the remainder. Use CORN
and portion in peanuts for finishing
off the hogs for the market, or slauEh-
ter at home"
Professor Lloyd, one OF the best
posted agriculturists in the south. sug.
gests the following plan for a hog
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24

leguminous crops. If we wish to
make the greatest success raising
hogs, we must grow cheap crops for
the hogs to graZe.s
The following is taken from bulletin
No. 107. by Prof. ]. w. Fox, from the
Mississippi delta station: I'VE wish
to call particular attention to the i'm
portance> of pea field, planted in corn
at the last working, as a factor in
cheap pork production. We made an
experiment last fall to determine the
value of such a pasture, the result
of which should be very gratifying to
the southern farmers. who have a mo-
nopoly on such a pasture, the result
ern farmer cannot grow peas planted
in corn, but must give them the use
of the lard during the entire growing
season"
After the corn was gathered, 81
spring pigs were turned into the pea
field of II acres. They had no addi-
tional feed. The gain made from the
peas was 2,S93 pounds. or ITO pounds
per acre. At six cents per pound, this
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Lived in One spo, 100 Years.

Statesboro. Ga.-Prigen Beasley, one
OF the Oldest men in Georgia, was
buried near his homo in this county.
Mr. Beasley was born in Bulloch coun-
ty and lived in tbs same spot for over
hundred years. He was born in n
leap year, on February 20, and though
he has seen 100 summers, he has had
but twenty-five actual birthdays, this
date falling every four years. Or his
one hundred anniversary he was Civ.
en- a celebration which was attended
by 1.50O peop!e. He was at that time
in the best OF health.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
To Exempt Assistant Postmasters.

Washington.-All assistant postmas.
ters will be exempted from the civil
ervice under the postoffice appropri-
alton bill, completed by the house
committee on postoffices and to be
reported Immediately after the holi.
day recess. The Democrats of the
committee voted to put into the meas
ure provision substantially similar
to the one in the sundry civil bill un-
der which deputy collectors and dep
uty marshals were exempted from civ
IL service. The bin carries approx.
mately s3O3. .OOO,O 900.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Two Lynehed, by Louisiana Mob.

Shreveport, La.-Two negroes, Ern.
est and Frank Williams, were lynched
by mob at Blanchard, La. after they
had confessed to killing Calvin Bal
lard. white man. Ballard's body was
found hacked to pieces In his s,ore.
Ballard gained his release from the
Louisiana penitentiary some months
ago after he had killed three negro
prisoners who were trying to escape.
1t is believed the Williams brothers
were friends of the negores Ballard
killed.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Famous First Bale Negro Dead.

Albany, Ga.-Deal l.. Johnson.
known throughout the South as the
FIRST bale man of Georgia." and one
of the most prominent negroes in
this section of Georgia, died in Alba
ny as he was being hurried to a hos
pital Jackson was one of the most
interesting men in this part of the
state, and though he refused to take
active part in politics was an ac-
knowledged leader of his race His
big plantation in the western part of
Dougherty county is one of the best
in southwest Georgia.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24

pasture: Oats and vetch plac.ted ip
September will furnish grazipre D,cern-
Der, January. February, March and
part of April. Cow peas and peanuts
planted in April and May viii furnish,
grazing for July. August and Septem-
ber, October and November. Arti-
chokes planted in April and May VIII
furnish grazing December and Janu-
airy. Dwarf essex rape planted in Febru-
ary and March will furnish grazing In
May and June. Dwarf essex rape plant
ed in August and September Will fur
nish grazing in December and Jan
uary. Bermuda grass, with white or
burr clover, will serve as a permanent
pasture and furnish grazing greater
part Of the spring, winter and sum-
mer."
Cow peas without grain have SO fnr
given better results at our experiment
stations than any other crop tested
One season the peas were grown Oh
very poor hill land and produced $50
pounds OF pork per acre. The next
season the crop was grown on bottom
land and produced 4S3 pounds of pork
per acre. The hogs were turned in
when the first pods began to ripeR.
Professor Duggar, at the Alabama
station, found an acre of Spanish pea
nuts on poor, gravelly land produced
600 pounds of live weight of hogs. and
an acre of cow peas about 400 pounds
No country on earth has such acyan-
tages for raising cheap pork. and yet
no country raises so little Of it.
We are told by bulletin issued by
the Louisiana station that one acre OF
Spanish peanuts grown on poor land
| at Calhoun contained 192 pounds OF
| nitrogen, worth at commercial fertil-
izers' value at least $23. An acre OF
velvet beans contained 191 pounds,
and an acre of cow peas 1oS pounds
| These crops made from two to three
tons of feed stuffs richer in food ele-
ments than wheat bran. When such
feed stuffs can be harvested by hogs
without serious loss OF fertilizing
value, is there any excuse for poor
land and the shipping of pork and lRrd
| into the south?
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Church InstaIIs Barber shop.

New York.-A special barber Is the
latest innovation in church life. St.
Georges Episcopal church. which the
late Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan endowed
with Ealf a million dollars, has in
stalled a barber shop for the choir.
The Rev Karl Reiland. the rector.
I'm announcing the new feature. said:
''For the sake of uniformity in the
appearance ofAour choir boys and as q
slight evidence of parochial apprecia-
tion we have assigned a special bar
her to the boys on Saturday mornings
and ON Sundays before services"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
CARING FOR M0LTiNG FOWLS
Process Is No More Critical Than LaS-
ing Stunt, Provided Hens Arc.
Given Sufficient Feed.

Some people make a dreadful fuse
about the poor molting hen. while
this molting process is just as nas-
ural as 1t is for a hen to- live ana
breathe, and no more critical than the
laying stunt, provided the hens ara
fed enough to keep up the waste ca
the body and at the same time msnn-
facture the new feathers, says tho
Field and Farm. The sooner the feath-
ers are grown the sooner the eggs
will come and to hurry them along as
fast as possible the fowls should be-
fed literally. Give them ali the mash
they will eat, and a good feeding or
grain at night
TIC many folks it looks like throw
ing away money to practice heavy
feeding while no eggs are coming In,
but this is one of the secrets of get
ting winter eggs. Tho molting sea
son is the most critical period in the
life of a hen. Growth of new feafh-
ers Is heavy strain on vitality. An
the hen is fed on the average ranch
it requires from two to four months
to recover from the effects Of it.
By giving the necessary materials
with which to make the feathers SO
that a hen will not have to make them
from the tissues of her body, she wiz
be ready to work as soon as she has
her new plumage and often beforxa
Pullets should be handled In the saIDe
way.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
CURRENCY REFORM
BILL IS PASSED
MEASURE FRAMED BY DEMO-
CRATIC SENATE CAUCUS
ADOPTED.
CARRIED BY VOTE OF 81 TO 81
Bill vii! Be Completed by Confer.
ence Committee and Will he
Ready for President to Sian.

Washington.-The administration
currency reform bill, proposing re-
vision OF the financial system of the
United States and the creation of
regional reserve banks to act as sta
bilizing elements in the banking and
financial world, passed the senate by
vote of "a to "a.
Forces that had fought together for
Improvement and amendment of the
measure to the last divided when the
final vote came. Senator Hitchcock.
who had led the opposition to the bill,
returned to the Democratic ranks and
Senator Weeks, one of the leaders on
the Republican side, with five other
Republicans, and Senator Poindexter
Progressive voted for the passage
OF the measure.
Wide differences exist between the
form of the legislation passed by the
senate and the bill that passed the
house several months ago. Democrat
fc leaders already have partly adjust.
ed these differences. however. and it
was predicted that the bill would be
completed by n conference committee
and sent to President Wilson for his
signature.
The adoption of the administration
bill, known as the Owen bill" follow
ed upon the formal defeat. by A to
Al, of the Hitchcock bill' which had
been endorsed by Senator Hitchcock
and the five Republican members of
the evenly divided senate committee
that passed on the legislation. The
senate had previously rejected, with
out roll call, central bank" bill
offered as substitute by Senator
Burton
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
SUFFRAGlSTS IN WRANGLE
Break Threatened by Removal of Of
ficer Who Refused Accounting.

Washington.-A nationwide break
in the ranks of Suffragists is threaten.
ed as the result OF the action of off.
GERS of the National American Wom.
an Suffrage Association in ousting
Miss Alice Paul from the chairman
ship OF the congressional committee
of the national association.
This action is said to be virtually a
declaration of war between the ma
uonal association and the Congress
sional Union for Woman Suffrage,
which is headed by Miss Paul, and
which raised $4,000 last year to car.
ry on lobby work in Washington for
the national association.
Officer OF the national association
demanded that the money raised by
Miss Paul as head of the Congression-
al Union be accounted for to the
treasurer of the national association.
Miss Pauls refusal caused the nation
al officers to remove her as chairman
OF the national associations congress
sional committee.
AS n result of the internal strife,
Miss Paul collapsed from a nervous
breakdown in Washington while de.
livering a suffrage speech, and is now
confined to her home in Morrstown,
N. J. Her removal from office while
too III to journey to New York City
to defend herself has created indigna-
tion in the ranks of the Congressional
Union.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Thirty-Eioht Miners Killed.

New Castle. Colo.-Thirty-e men
we're killed In the Vulcan mine of the
Rocky. Moutnain Fuel company by an
explosion of coal dust. Two miners
were rescued after the underground
workings had caught fire. All the
victims were married. and all but six
or eight were Americans. Men in
charge of the rescue work asserted
that 1t probably would be a day or
two before the bodies could be recov-
cred. Before sundown the mine had
cleared of gas and an exploration OF
the wrecking workings was made.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
officer Imprisoned for zabern Affair

Of forty-three days Imprisonment was
pronounced by courtmartial on
Lieut.. Baron Won Forstner of the
Ninety-ninth infantry. The courtmar-
tial was opened on Lieutenant Forst-
ner for cutting down with his saber
a lame shoemaker In Zabern, Alsace.
on December 2. The charge brought
against him was: "Willful assault and
causing great bodily harm by the H.
legal use of a weapon" Lieut.. Won
Forstner was the officer who brought
about the recent troubles between the
military and civilian population of
Zabcrn.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
win Settle Question Of soundar,

Florence. Italy.-The international
commission for the deliberation of the
Albanian frontier has decided unani-
mously to abide any decision which
may be reached in London. The COM
mission appointed to delimit the north
ern boundary of Albania has, it is
understood, adjourned until April 2
next. The southern boundary has been
decided on Professionally from Cape
Styles to Koritza, but its precise
course has not yet been laid down.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Wants Government. to Protect Radiuo

Baltimore, Md.-Dr. Howard Kelly,
a Baltimore surgeon, is convinced tha.
1t is the imperative duty of the Fed
eral government for the public good
to take possession at once of all ra-
dium-bearing ore nthis country. He
declared that an institution should be
established where radium will be re.
duced from the ore and distributed to
physicians for the treatment OF can
Ger. Doctor Kelly and Alfred i. Du.
pont Of Delaware are willing to sur.
render their leases Of Pitch Blonde
mines In Colorado for the purpose.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Pays Fortune TO State for Roxinc

New York.-In filing the annual re-
port with the new legislature at AL.
bany. the state athletic commission
will show that since the boxing law
went into effect in August, 1911. about
$4,000 has been paid into the state
comptroller's offive, as the per cent.
tax on gross receipts of all licensed
clubs operating under the statute.
There has been falling off in receipts
during the last year.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
Parcel Boast Record Broken.

Chicago.-Since the Christmas rUsb
Of business began here a new record
has been established in the Chicago
postoffice by theh andling of an aver.
age OF 215 tons OF parcel post mat.
ter day. Another local recoro was
established the first ten days of De-
cember when s1.000,0O0 worth OF
stamps were sold
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-24
"Drys" Carry staunton, Va.

Roanoke. Va.-At a local option
election in Staunton, Va, the SIrys"
won out by .9S majority. The vote
polled was the heaviest in the his
tory OF the city. being near the 1900
mark. x,al