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HEAVY 'AXE8 FOR AUTO OWNERS - GradiatHd Excise Tax From $10 to $60 Per Year Besides Onte on Gasolie. Manufacturers' Tax Aiso Charged to Them. Washington, July 31.-A Federal graduated excess tax on the use of automobiles running from $10 a year on cars origihally retailed at not ex ceeding $500 to $60 tax on $3,000 cars and $20 additional for each $500 above $3,000 was agreed today by the House Ways and Means Committee, which Is framing the new $8,000,000,000 reve nle -bill. The tax applies directly to the owners, while the tax of ten per cent on gross sales of automobiles and flve per cent on gross sales of au to trucks, agreed to yesterday, applies to the fanufacturers, producers and mimpo1rters of cars. The tax on use of cars Is based on the original retail listed price of the cars regardless of the year of manufacture. The committee also agreed to a tax of two cents per gallon on the pro duction of gasoline and a Federal ex cise tax of $5 a yea on the use of motorcycles. Menbers of the commit tee stated that while the ianufac turer's tax and the owner's tax are differentiated, it is generally believed that the owners ultimately will have to pay all tle tax, the ma nufaeurers passing on the tax In increased price. The automovile and motoreyele excise tax is expected to yield approximately $125,000,000 and the gasoline tax $15.000.000. War profiteering was the subject of a prolonged discussion today with technical calculations as to what varl ous schemes would yield in the way of revenue as compared with other reve nue plans. There was a disposition ultimately to agree on some addition al form of tax to reach large corpora tions makin. , however, profits that might not )c taxed sufficiently under the excess profits and corporatlon in come tax rates. Cure for Dyseitery. "While I was in Ashland, Kansan, a gentleman overheard me speaking of Chamberlain's Colle and Diarhoea Remedy," writes William Witelaw, of Des Moines, Iowa. "lie told me in -de tall of what it had done for his fam fly, but more especially his daughter who was lying at the point of death with a violent attack of dysentery, and had been given up by the family phy silian. Some of his neighbors advis ed him to give Chamioerlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Hlemedy, whlh lie Id, and lu i ly believes that by doin- so saved the life of his Child. lie - ed that Ie had also used this remt himself with equally gratifying results." Life Was a I 'Misery * Mr., P. M. Jones, of Palmer, Okia., writes: "From the time I en tered int. womanhood ...I looked with dread from ene month to the next. I suffered with a~ back and bea~ing-oi pain, usntil life to me was a misery. I would think I could not endure the pain any longer, and I graduall 'got worse. . . Nothing Iseemed to mte untlj one day, . ldechpto A CA DUI Te Woman's 'Tonic " I took ifour bottes," Mrs. Jones .goes on to say, "and was not only greatly relieved, but catn truthfully say that 'I -have not apain. . . " It has now been two years since I took Cardui, and I anm still in good -health. . . 'I would ad vise any woman or glIt to use Cardul who is a sufferer from any female I you sufferpain caused from womanly trouble, or If you leti the need' of a good strengthening todic Ibuikiupyoumm-dowm system, take 'the advice of Mrs. Jones. TryCaw dui. it helped her. We belevd It wi h* yoes. . lDnagggsts I."s WILL GET THEIR NICKNAMES American Soldiers Object to Term "Sammies," and Are Willing to Wait for a Better One. Somebody, feeling tiat the American soldier in France needed a nickname dubbed him "Sanmmle." Then someone else referred to him by that name and still anotheir adopted it and the use of It became general. The nickname prob ably was selected because the United States is referred to as Uncle Sam. It is protlible that it is referred to as Uncle Sam because the abbreviation of the name of the country was U. S., and somebody bvuilt the name Uncle Sam out of the initials as representing the incarnation of. the country in one man. No matter what the origin of the name is the soldiers do not like it. The Stars and Stripes, the official publica tion of the expeditionary forces, says the American soldier did not invent it, does not like it, and never uses it and will not recognize it. It says when he sees Ist in papers from home it makes him sick. Seemtugtothink that a name for the American Aldier should be found, the Stars and Stripes says: "When, in the fullness of time, the American army has been welded by shock iand suffering into a single fighting force, with one mind, one heart and one spirit, the Ameriean sol dier will find his name. It will ho the inspiration of some amnbulince driver, perhaps, or the outburst of somie eloquent cook. It will strike the fancy of a passing guard and be for warded through military channels like a sentry's call. Wounded boys1vill carry it back to base hospitals and ammimition train drivers will spread it to the base ports. Some reporter will hear it at some distant bar and put it into the story he has to writc that night. It will be printed in Amer ien. Paragraphers and cartoonists and vaideville comedians will use it, It will be caught up at home and ir the training camps&. The name will be fastened on, The American solt dier will have been christened. He does not know now what that name will be. He simply knows it wan'l be 'Sn mmie.'" But what Is the need of a nicknam( for the American soldier? Isn't Amer lean good enough? There would bN no thought of a nickname but for the fact that the British soldier Is re ferred to ts Tommy Atkins, and then losing his surname is referred to at Tommy. But we do not knox thal the French soldier has a nickname The Italian, the Belgian, the Serb, th< Montenegrin is also referred to with ont a nickname. Vhy bother ahoul calling the American anything hul Ainerienns?-Florida Times Union. Trouble With Wounded Soldiers. ")el mas remarks," says Annales di Medileine, "that as soon as the soldel enters the hospital lie steps out of mil itnry discipline, and yet.-the hospita authorities have no jurisdiction ove1 him. He can accept or refuse opera tions, injections of drugs, etc., at ll! own will. But almost invariably thi wounded or sick soldier absolutel trusth his surgeon or physician as loni as no foreign element modifies hit grateftul confidence." Ho further goes on to say that twi elements may interfere, (one the feni of pain or anesthetics and the othei unwillingness to be curedl andl returr to military duty, and calls the lattet cases desertion.3 In either case pres sure is brought to bear in the way 01 'pension <)msidlerations or the return lag of the ref ractor y patient to his reg inment for dlisciplinary measures. The Mentally Defective SoldIer. "F~or the first time in the history ol warfare," says the Now York Medi, cal Joural, "mental hygiene' as prae tieed among the soldiers i.s given the -prominence it dheserves, and, profiting by the experience of England and France in the present war, the surgeor geneal was impelled to inaugurate an elaborate organization both in num heOr and plan, to take care of ainy mann tal disturbances detected in the camips or among the soldiers duiring the war. This is a distinct innovationlan the medical army work, for the subjects of mental hygiene andl of miental and nervous diseases in general as occur lag ainong soldiers in war time were for many reasons either slightly treat ed or neglected altogether." The Unconscious Hero. When Private Jones, back from Frnance, pmt his pass in at the rail way hooking office, lhe was suarprised b~y the clerk asking to shake hands. They shook, and when Private Jones, still wondering, reached his home in the far north, a aegeant seeing him pass, took hima to the colonel, who shook hands, and said: "'rho army is very proud of you." Ho did not learn the reason for all this friend liness until ho reached hoame. Thea his little brother, curiously ispectiag the papers, remarked: "How funny, Vass," (hris christian names, by the way are Vassall Charles), "they've put your namo-Private Jones, V. 0," London Tit-flits. Era of Bpeechiessness. ."You haven't made a speech in some time." " ~ymake a speech7?" said Senator Sor- utn. "With all this war news they wpjildn't print it. and if' they did print it, nobody would acaid lit." Not Mandatory. "Wt~st are you going tb order for bzmslfat?" asked the waiter. "order?" repeated the an with a Precta. manner. "I shouldn't t~Iffk of orderlag. But I will rentare deer entla1ly en reqnest a botlea e-- .a a $18,000,000 PER DAY COST OF THE WAlt Amerlen's War Expenses During ,July 1110talled W4,508f000,000. July E)x penditures not as High as June and May. Washington, July 31.--War expens es for July were somewhat less than for June and May, amounting to about $1,482,000,000 as compared' with $1, 512,000,000, the record for June and $1,308,000,000 for May the Treasury Department tonight announced. The outlay for .July however was approx imately the amount estimated In ad vance by the Treasury and expenses for August probably will be higher, It was said. During .tuly the government's daily outlay was about $18,000,000, an aver age of $38,000,000 daily was for or D A F In making my announcement f< I have taken into consideration ti of ouir country, and if it had not 'fact tliat our present. Congressma to support the President and his tion and had not busied himsel protect German Geilfuss, and fai faith with those who sutpported I doubt very much if he would h; opposition, but feeling that above the history of America the people trict are as patriotic as in any otho America, I decided to enter the r for the principles as laid down I Wilson and the Democratic admin CONUltESSMEN WHO HAVE 0, Every Congressman who has N, the lRIESI DFNT has OPPOSITI and the argument "That it Is a chlange Congressmen (htring thc been turned around, and never there such an important time fo sity of having a man in Congress a SAYS II'E WILl, STAND BY T l)DIGN' Bl'T WHO lAS STOOI PRiESIDINT. FO1 A ,YA L, CONI'iE The State qiuotes the followin heartily in sympatihy with the api voters sent out by the Icague I'nity ut'ging them to see to it tha 10) per cent olyal Is elected this pecially with this sentence in it ('ongressionail or Senatoriliu elk lwoves to be daner of the electio candll4idatlt4s, It will blecoIel tie du can,1s, regardless of party affillatio -Such candida413tes and set, loylty U, aborie personal loyity or y ours.) TRAXLER'S PLAT 1 am11 ab)solutely oppoMSedI to 11 alI kinds nunder any elrcnmstanee I amt opposed to ('ongress settI of 4ottonl lower than 35 cents per I am ii faior 4of the (overnmen ing the farmer not less than 3, pound for hIs cotton ol tle same GO'venrment is guritranteeing the pr I am in favor of standrildizing j Iin111 matntring plants, the sit trailroadls, that is, S hours ai day, half for over time and donblie pa~y 1 am11 In favor of the Goiverni over all oif th munfi llitionls plantI s a thiem, or to taux their ownri''s at iI'propose (4o a~dvocate Governi rail roads, telegr'aph, express and1 utilities andi that. their ptrotits y it 'nlId States Tirenlsniry, inslteadl4 ildnlliS' pockets. I anm In favor of iitiaitiie, lietel Iteenil, I pro0pose to0tl adoen'lte (Gove~ri and colntr'ol of free ilitalry schoi dist rict in tihe Ultlid Staltes. W citizent to bie in better positlin to huimselif and family atnd be of mnor to our gov ernament ini timie of wnI schlllsI i xpect to adivocate thte prop.ose to aldvoenite mlilita'ry tral Of our~ PublileI Mehlools. I propose to introdne(e a1 ifl e'very disloyal Gernman in A mer(i othier r'hien anld uneier to allowv 1an1 enter this counttry. I plropose( to black tile Presil' thel4Ir e'very wish~l and ight bty, andI die by, the IPresident of thell'n('lie DANGER STOP? LO00k?. IsiST1'0 10e COTT"ION In 191$i the cotton tmanlpmlator COt'ttn mtarklet to 6 cets a l)ound-( cot ton out of t he farmettrs' hland after cot ton got into the specuil: ithe price of cotton jumnped to 13 c C'ongress Will Set tile Price o AGAIN TlAlK (OF FIXING PRICE Washington, July 18-Price-fix ton is being again talked about ment circles. The t'eeent defeat of through the preOsldenttial veto has ator's from the wheat states to erli erners for "standing by cotton a to stand by wheat." TIl was o' day in the Senate debate when Se of Oklahoma, charged Senator Fl thIs. At present there ar'e in Wasi; groups of men who are talking o pr'ico of cotton, Ono of these gre posed of farmers and pr'oducers, in tho most strenuous fashion t< firing or goernmental ,rgatinln dinary expenees of the army, navy, shipping board and other agencies and $10,000,000 daily in loans to Allies. Total ordinary expenditures for the month were about $1,157,000,000 and loans to Allies $325,000,000. Receipts from sale of war savings stamps today passed the half billion dobars of which $200,000,000 came in this month as ! result of the cam paign on Thrift Day, June 28. The government now is financing itself mainly through the sale of cer tillicates of indebtedness in anticipa tion of the Fourth Liberty Loan, which will open September 28. More than $1,600,000,000 caime in from this source in July. In additlon, the gov ernment received $491,000,000 from belated income and excess profits taxes, and $97,000,000 from mniscel laneous internal revenue. Customs diu ties yielded only $14,000,000. LV T 'OR CO >r Congress, sert that the only real e conditions ing are cotton spinners beeti for the to force the market prii 'i had failed may be a large profit o: administra- goods. Another group f trying to spitners and the eastel led to keep a price-lixing plan, a v Iis election, the purchase of the ive had any federal aid. all times in Still another group I of our dis- ern bankers, who take !r district in liable "cotton paper" ce and fight would like to see some >y President not too low, the idea b istration. staples. l'POSITION. The three groups hi )T stood by enees with Governor 11 ON TO AY reserve board. lie is ( bad time to favor of a price bet wee War" has if a price eventually is I before was C(OPOltATION LA WYI the neces rho not only Ill. PRESI - If in 1911 the farmer ) 13Y TI' enough support in Cong .eetion, the government vr tle crop and saved I'We are panic that we experient eal to loyal the hig (ottoin specnlatt of National ongress Is composed o a Congress Of this number ....., "all, and es- ON. . : if it 111%.FAR.\ HS.tS ,LAl 5'fioil there Ii of disloal \\ hat can you expect y of Amerl- tion troll them? 1n 14W (tefet Do they Ie'presill Y1 the nation 'TIONS who pay them I (Hold typ9 -e t '- 3Zc '0 ' Takilng into conside FORost o fertiizers" 'a FORM ~tionis surrouniding a.. far] v1igra1 Ion of farmer today at least 'J believe that lie should . a miniliul for Imiddlin ig h pie make a light for this p I gnaanttt4ee- ( 'l~ L 9 ~N''i mi cen.s per ON COTTO plan111 as Ihe The governii ent I has Lee of nheat. foui' gdes of (Ot ton I day' nwork ing and ['rint cloth. me14 as the is 70.1 t ents lper pouni 11ime4 uand a little: an holldays, (iovernmen'it price ofI chI leaist 90 per' tilany is he taxes oni ittit Owied o0t1 of myl oppIonett al pblcyers' w ho have repriiesen '4 11nto the snig te rira og h inb. ese"t . '\ holase brleadt C'ongrress is trmying renumit and1 the i'ricet of Cotiton uni they will do as they p)1< net4It ownted Ier to ( ongre'ss and it ils ini e(ey41 for' high pice'd Cot toin a ln I say3 gets a stquare deal. Free Books, N('' (T 'I'll T E ats toi lit a ('ongrmess has allowed take enire of rieoIurei to es1 tblish r. Inssise of thle d ifferences bet w on July 17, 1918. Quo tttli~l g 1 ket s a de(esignatedi by ('ourses. Iiar iiing ini tnl Striict G oodl .\l iddling Good .\iddling to literni 8 i'iiet .\Iiddling >the4r 0one to St ric't I.ow .\liddli11ng Low .\liddlinlg enil (of the4 Striict (Good Or'dinary (' party in Good 01rdinary If need be., Pria(t ically3 all 0ot' di ,tates, value and range fr'om pound below middling. LINTr I aml informed that la ii sell for about one-fou mliddling, but1 todlay thi the pr'ice at 4.07 itnd ai 4 briokeC the of cot ton is pract ically -got all the DiiPont people. WhyI3 s 4 and soon cottlon todlay tbe binginj inr1s' hands Is a fact t hat when Il ents. tu'ice like they have o1 - pttgii lie sold t hen fot' any m< .\ir. D~uPont enni have )F (COTTION . advantage, is it fair to lag of cot in govern- COTTON MARKET $2.10 wheat inc'ed suh Renewed Talk ofP ad refusing NO ('HANGE 'idenced to nather wire, Oeneral LIst Closes In etche withof Over Twenty agton three New York, July 19.-J f fixing the firing, unsettled sentimt psp is om- ket today and led to a who object although thero was no any price news, October contrac t, The a- to 25.80 and nclosed 25 Payments in Third libertr Loan low amount to $3,662,000,000 leaving P241,000,000 to come In froin the next nstalliment payment. A Hilions Attack. WhOn you have a hilous attack your liver fails to perform its functions. You become constipated. The food you lat ferments In your stomach instead )f digesting. This Intiames the stom ti and causes nausea, vomiting and a orrible licadache. Take three of Chain 'erlain's Tablets. They will tone up rotr liver, clean out your stomach Ind you will soon be as well as ever. They only cost a quarter. The Strong Withstand the Heat ol Suxmer Better Thy the Weak Old people who are e n younger peop< who are weak, will be stb ened and enabled tc go through the depressing heat of summer by tak. ing GROVE'S TASTELESSchiIITONIC. It purifle and enriches the blood and builds up the whole sys tem. You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigor sting Effect. 60c. RAXL NGRES idvocates of price fix- list closin; in the cast, who wish to 50 poin Lees low, so that there NEW 1 manufactured cotton New Or*l is mlade up1) of the vailed In t 'n bankers, who favor suilt of go( v.arehouse system and helt outsld ;irplus drop through set in sool went into i comprised of south- week. W: care of much nego- tention an and securities. They its chief n sort of price fixed, if steady. S ing to stabilize these only by I tiolns but ve had some confer- much casi arding, of the federal session wa -redited with being in sources th; n 22% and 27% ents, induce the xed. ton. itS IN CONTIROL OF ,t ESS of the South had had ('orrespond ress to give themi pro could have taken ov- To t1h Ed i the south roml Olhe I notiCe ed, )u1t t1h lIidn't suit from W. A r. Now, I f :5 members. everty pa r :70 are lawyers. down Sout ... W RitiEii T coun it of t IORERS, EiTC. our cott or in tll way of legisla-. i tot a dI 1' or the COitPOR.A- to putl cott i,- fees? yoU will 'I'. ON- tha It coC ofI* cotton at ion the extra high ahout the >r and general condi- perl poun11d n, cotton will cost tile and $100 0 (ells a pouni1d but I $611, Thi et at least :c (ents as people wi ,,basis, and intend to that Ilshol 'rie. ers. ierc LitEADY SE-T PIClE and I aml : Ima ilt fact iI N GO for cotton, liready set a price on 1 want y oods, incllding sihe- ready to e 'het averag" price set pil. to tal i. I .ei 's figuro just a lhe Farmle ('ailing a iith to- 1ton grtow"ili . .. . . 7( e per lb. New Or'le: :Ne' per li4. our1 tect b. (eturer...17'%e per l14. arc (Corporatin iAawV- Antder'so (ed ad 1ate nlow~ re0pre 11( manu i lfac'tui'ring in- \'OTi' l' - str'angle off settinlg ill.\M l"OR ii aftr e'cl'ctiloll, te I ESS TiI 'ase. lect Dave Tr'a.' COTTON. is is ilterest to tig I ,s rid see thai tile farin 'r inyur )lFll EN('E a des nlr the Secretary Ag- land eir te followitng asA rages ossil '-in grades as/figured a oints oi 1 h:e bove middDnV 19t': ab~ove mliddliing ('O(sit I43 above id~dlinlg SG; above mtiddling At the el basis - $25M I1P9 oi'f id~dlinlg pulie bilu Sul3 off mlliddling iteeCC Roc 4l7i otT mliddlinlg lie hla I'28 off' middllinlg Seven't of it :adtes htave no0 imarket Ilias pail 3 ellts to 10) cenlts a Has mtisl Voted to KsDid not1 itris as a i'uile should road Br'ot tht of ite v'alue or I'id nlot governmtlenlt has1 set Jensi on. nlonoipoly of lthis giade Foug ht htOuldnl't this grade of Austina. 7 ents a Poundil? It iaid I to governmlent sets a sala ries or i iter's they cannlot \'td a1 are or' ally less, andl if Failed to this li(ce set for his oil Appr~lop ..__....... I112 Repu bi SUFFERS BREAK railoads. .-lDid not 1 'leo Fixing Heard. cution of IN NEWS 3 per c( '.--ling for 'C egunlar at Net Decline such a bi - Sevent Poinits To get S money, butt Emonewed talk of pr'ice To reprc lnt ini the cotton mar- coirpor'atior sharp br'eak itr piie, g, chango in the crop Ho D~o It? :s soki off from 25.78 .4l writh ile grent'a VOTE: TM1: LIKE AN ELECTRIC BUTTON ON TOES 'l'ls wihy it corn is so piinfiTitd says cut-ting makes them grow. Press an electric button and you form a contact with a live wire which rings the bell. When your shores press against your corn it pushes its sharp roots down upon a sensitive nerve and yoi get a shock of pain. Instead of trimming your corns, which merely makes them grow, Just step into any drug store and ask for a quarter of an ounce of freezone. This will cost very little but is sufilcieit to remove every hard or soft corn or cal lus from one's feet. A fe-v d -ops ap plied directly upon a tender, aching corn stops the soreness instantly, and soon the corn shrivels up so it lifts right out, root and all, without pain. .This drug freezone Is harmless and never Inflames or even irritates the surrounding skin. ER S irregular at a net decline of 27 ORLEANS CO'TTI'ON MARKET eans, July 19.-Lower prices pre he cotton market today as the re )d rains over a large part of the of Texas and Oklahoma. Selling after the opening and the market the most decided reaction of the r news again attracted much at I aroused favorable comment, but tarket effect was to keel) the tone hort selling was stimulated not ie more favorable weather condi also by reports from Texas of a mr spot basis. A feature of the s the rumor from several different it banking interests were trying to Government to fix a price on cot IWIN FACING SOUTH. ent Calls for Orianizatlon Against Cotton Exchiatanges. itor of The State: in your columns of June I a letter .. ovman. planter, of Sumter. idorse what Mr. llowman says in icular. Unless we get together i and control qur cotton, in my we will be utterly ruined on ac tei excliaiinge in New York runnin down to Iruinous prices. There ul)t in my mind that the cotton ex iple hav made ilp their mind.k fully on below 20 (entis per poumi, wlieh readily unde.rstand Would be less Is to produce it today. Five bales to the mule and to theli [Alily Is avera%-e yield, which at 20 cents would ean $-,00 worth of cottog worth of seed, inaking a total of price will be starvation for the grow cotton and I think the thing I be donie is to organize the farm ants. bankers and manufacturers; atisfied in ily m in d that the cotton ers do not want to see a low price our valied paper, which is always' laipiion the Just cause of the peo e this m1a ttor ;ill andil insist upon '5' i'n ion and the people genierally, icetinug ini every cout ty inI tihe cot - g Slates anid elect delegates to the 1n5 convenitioni and let the cotton sniow that we ar~e ready to show andr if they d10 not work with its t hem ent irely outt of business. OR D)AVE TRIAX hR FOR C'ON it0 t'iED)GES YOUl' XERY lIlT PlGH;ITlNG SPIRIT THIAT1 IS IN AN ESTIAIIISIINID PRICE OF NOT 8 5 ('N i'S PER POt'NDI FOR hail be glad to 0 ecetpt an invitation nmnityt to address you at any time tconflict with other dates that I <g.-tde. Please invite the other toO. I wanmt to tieet them as often ly can. ID B. TRAXLER ES'K)IAN NI( 110LLS' 1tECVORD. id of th.is Ierm, lie will hav e draw n salary. H as only introduced two .Both of these (lied In the (Com li. introduced nine Pension Hills. ese died inl t he (Committee Room. ed 17 times withi the Reptiblicatns. ed 3 Roll (Calls. kiti thle $8.00O minimum wage scale. vote onl the S-hour lawv, for Rail erhood. vote on thle Workingman's Comn he President on Conscriptiton. )tc On Decclaration of War' against vote to make piermanent liostal three occasions. ain.4t thle postal pension. stand biy the President against Hay ria tion Bill. all No. 61, June 27, 1917, voted with leans,. vote for Government to take over ote to appropriate money for prose var. IFE PROMISED ni. money to farmers,. when run ongress and has never Introduced ome of the $540,000 flood sufferers dId not do it. sent the pleI while he. Was -a lawyer. DONE IT? Can He Do It? Will nAV vmRnAXvcEn Orm CrNrwanSa