The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 16, 1918, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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-'OCCUPATIONAL'' TAX |io
HAS BEEN ADOPTED e<i
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F'lrniH un<l Business Men to Pav th
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Federal License Tax of
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$10 to $23. oy
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Washington, Aug. 15.?Propriest
tors of all businesses and professional
men with only a few excep- (
tions will pay an annual federal lieense
of $10 and heads of wholesale
concerns doing a yearly business ol'
$200,000 or^inore will be required
to pay an annual fee of $25, according
to a schedule inserted in the
draft of the $8,000,000,000 revenue ,
bill by the house ways and means
committee. Farmers, mechanics. t
ministers and teachers will be ex- ^
einpted from the $10 occupational
tax. as will concerns doing an annual
business of less than $2,000. '
% Secretary McAdoo will appear be- ^
fore the committee in support of the
treasury plan for new excess profits ) (
and alternative war profits taxes. .
ISlembers of the committee at the
close of the session said the bill
would be ready for presentation to
the house when that body reassembles
next" Monday.
ChairmTipf Kitehin, in announcing
that*, the*l/fll would provide means
for raising all of the $8.Ouo.OoO.OOO
originally allotted to be raised bv
taxation, made the following statement:
"Today we put a 10 per cent tax
on all jewelry composed wholly or '
?v partly of platinum in addition to the 1,1
en
JO per cent manufacturers' tax on all
* formfcvof jewelry as agreed to althe
committee. We require ""
*^jyendors to keep a record so the gov- ',l'
tltolimont may know where all the 'J1,
platinum in the country is located a
l isi
and how much.
"The committee adopted an occui
Pr
pational tax. There is no definite,
ostimatjp yet as to how much it wiIl|Tr
. raise 4W revenue. Under the plan|m<
^ adopted, the propritors of any con->na
* cern doing business of $2,000 a yearIth
or more will pay $10 annual tax and
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wholesale concerns doing business of
$200,'000 or more will have to pay a 111'
? lftjf of $25 along similar lines. This J'"
j; . does not apply to clerks or employes
of concerns not to salaried men. " 1
Farmers, clergymen, school teachsrs
and mechanics also are exempt- 0
ed. j P?
( "Tl)/the ta* was amended so (,e
m ithi the te for payment in Canada
een no rep in aliy foreign country, <>f the
?at region.es on incomes earned in those
countries by American citizens or
rprP corporations, the tax to be paid as
[prescribed by the taws of these
countries.
#i "We discussed tlie question of allowance
for depletion of oil wells,
but deferred action.
"The committee amended the 10
per cent tax on amount paid for
leased wire and talking circuits, tire
' ? amendment exempting newspapers.
press associations and periodicals,
leaving the original provision standing
as to everything else, including
* ?K>ck-brokerage leased linos and eirJi;
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Gi .CREWS OF TWO SHU'S
ns LOST OFF THE RANKS
th/ . .
?V ^ Time, Sennett and Cruiser Were
Synk by Gun Fire From a I
i'Y lloat Without Warning.
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' m Ftoston. Auk. 15.?Two submarines
T^Aff/the fishing fleet on Georges
v Italics ^Saturday and the crews of the
? IJsJiing schooners Old Time and
\ .fc/hiser probably were lost when
w .'Ttvoir boats were sunk by gunfire with
ytf >? "
7\ j out warning according to the crew of
thfe fishing schooner Mary Sennett
who were landed here. The Sen%
nett was also sunk by gunfire and
* ' (jheils were fired at the boats when
m noin MWHjr, T[1P IianPTmen
said.
The Sennett, Old Time and Cruiser
were fishing in the neighborhood
,, when the Sennett's lookout noticed
two nubina|y)es several mllea away.
As the flftdjefWater boats apparently
were pgyjng'no attention to the flsh\
_ ?rm?n at the time, the Sennett's
^ierew continued Ashing after putting
^phater and provl8ions in tho boats as
jf a precautionary measure.
PC As they kept an* eye on the strangHr
wrs, thinking they might be American
boats, one of the submarines
IV ' submerged and the other took a clr-cle
around the little group of three
, . fishermen. The first Intimation the
* fishermen had that the submarines
* ' were hostile was when a shell suddenly
crashed into the side of the
Old Time. She heeled over and
sank so quickly that "the Sennett's
crew were certain the men could not
have escaped. At any rate th?^ saw
nothing of them. #
The Old Time had hardly disappeared
when P. ahell drooped alongside
the Cruiser, immediately fol
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wed by another shot which explodI
on the water line. The little craft n. _
umpled up and went down before V.
e crew had a chance to jump for with good oii
eir lives. the sureft w
The Mary Sennett's men did not |[ The best ru
ait for a similar end. They threw _ _ _
or their dories and tumbled in just I I
< a shell crashed into her. She ^^vl I 9
as heavily loaded and sunk like a Ivl
one. ltut the German apparently
as not satislled. Ho sent four I I El I
her shells at the small boats pull- I IV B
\K away, but all the shots went
"d. i fj* Good for
The Sennett's cr ow >ow od for ? Horses, Mu
>ura before they were picked up T.*?| || *
ey wtre vlth taming. rains, Kneu
first shell crashing through the Cuts,,
liootter's - i e -t ".ow -v. - ?,i- I 25c. 50c. $1.
r I'tie She wa s on v.-t \\c > T > W>*MMBQH
e Boston market with .1 hertvvl
itch ami tilled so tapid'y he crew nine had told a
id no time to save persona! effects 'hat a state ot
? they were rowing away from ho Russian go\
eir vessel, they stated, the stibtua- tente allies.)
lie fired four shots at their small
>ats. all of which missed by conlerable
margins.
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EI'ORT THAT ENTENTE Kat
ASKS FOR EMM AN ATI ON
'\\s Comes Via lici-lin That Trot
eky in W hich to l p
London. Aug. 15.?It is reported ^ k
in Moscow hy way of Itorlin that K
diplomatic representatives of the ^ iflB
tente have handed a collective 1
te to War Minister Trot/.kv de- 5
inding within three days an ex- < rA'
ination of Premier Lenine's throat B C^F*^'r
at Russia would declare war E
gainst Anglo-French imperial11."
the Central News states.
ui naa icjjuricu on .tionaay inai -
emier Lenine and War Minister
otzky, of the Bolshevik govern- olltical t
?nt, had fled from Moscow to the
val stronghold of Kronstadt, an.I 1'?'' !"?<
at the Bolshevik government as a ' am a cant
iole, would follow them there, enate, subject
ring to the difficulties of com- Democratic prin
unication with Hussia. it seems
abable that the above dispatch has ?
ran delayed in transmission and res
to an event of several days ago. I hereby ann
nine's declaration was made prior didate for con
August !? when American Consul township suhjec
ole. at Moscow, informed the state Democratic part
partment at Washington that Le- GEOItGE
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it costs?
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II. To dr ess beef, cure hides,
prepare all the numerous
products ?
2. To coot the meat for tw
three days before shipm
3. To freight it to all par
the country in special ref
rator cars, iced daily ?
Is 4. To carry it in hundred
branch houses, each wit
refrigerating plant?
6. And to deliver it to tha rei
? sweet and fresh ? in
1 than two weeks after dree
I Swift 8( Company did s
for you in 1917 at an expo
less than 2V4 cents per pot
beef sold, including an a'
profit of Vi of a cent a i
H Figure for yourself ho*
If effect this cost and profi
|| ^on prices you paid fos^>eei
|[j Swift & Company, tj
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LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C.
For Magistrate.
jij?p PAIN m ' hereby announce myself
didate for re-election to the c
I liniment. That's magistrate in Cedar Creek
ay to stop them. jshlp. subject to the ruleB of th
bbing liniment is( Jocratlc party.
m mm I James T. B
T A ilPi?
| la For Magistrate.
H I ? j I hereby announce myself
AH didate for magistrate of Gill
fu I Township, subject to the rules
IWI n I i Democratic primary election.
" Henry M. (
the Ailments of 1
les, Cattle, Etc. House of Itepres ntutiv*
/our ou)n Aches, 1 hereby announce myself
matism, Sprains. didate tor the House of Kepi
ourns, Ltc. iinos from Lancaster count}
At al! Dealers. to tlle ru,us of tho Donl
*TT^ ^Jr-lCfT?':U l *V*
S. E. It;
gathering of Soviets
war existed between HOI SK OF KKl'UKSK.N'T.A
eminent and the on- I hereby announce myself
ididate for tho house of repr
lives front Lancaster county,
to tho rules of the Democratic
J. Hoy Cunningl
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t V.* 117 cci To the Democratic Voters
Fifth District:
* respectfully ask to be renc
*'tl and re-elected to Congres
this District and agree to alii
' result of the Democratic 1'
??> 1 will not be able to spend
timo in the District this sumrn
cause of the great amount
J portant legislation growing
3^ "ie war s'tuation, but will
!| meetings in the District wli
" possible. It is absolutely er
fesrtSfe r for conBres8nien to be at the
^ at th,s time' w' F* STEVE^
Commissioner of Agriculti
I hereby annotince myself
advertisements. didate for the ofTFe of mm mi
of agriculture, commerce and
ate Senate. tries, subject to the rules
lidate for the state democratic party,
to the rules of the 1 a,n a practical farmer an
lary. been connected with the office
R. M. Potts. commissioner of agriculture
merce and industries for sever
Constable.. as pure food and seed lnspeci
ounce myself a can- ganlte& the state farmers
stable for Buto.c ,nd was Present in 19 05 and
t to the rules of th Xsk thfi business men of I.at
v about me. B. Ha
FAULKKNBFIUtY Pendleton, Anderson County
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termed com]
Therefore,
ty" Touring
.V( >ur deman
venience.
It has an t
Its wheels
furnished. .
IB . It has a st
l11 this M fold up into
nso of IB body and fin
and of B i' .
Tg Jt has spc
irerage ? /
vjund I overy fcatur
30uncL |H selling far al
r little I WeVl like
it had let "Four Ni
fsteak. 11 .S.A.
J IW.E.
For Magistrate,
a can- Th? many friends of It. W. Partfflce
of ker hereby annwnce him as a canTown
didate for magistrate o* Buford
e Dem- township, subject to the rules gov
erning the Democratic primary. fi
aker. '
For Magistrate.
Through the influence of a few
? friends I announce myself a candlu
i an- * a ^ I
Creek (,ate for re-election to the offlce of
i of the maE'8trate for 1 Hi ford TownBhlp..'
subject to the rules of the Demo
Culp. crat,c party
74-tf W. T. SNIPES.
!Si Kor Constable.
a can- I hereby announce myself a can- 1
osentu- didate for constable for Buford
sub- township subject to the rules of the
loeratie Democratic party.
J. Wesley Carnes.
lilcs.
For House of itepresentatlves.
TIVKS The many friends of 11. H. Horton '
a can- announce him as a candidate for the
esenta- house of representatives, subject to
subject ,,le ru,es ?' tl,c Democratic primary.
pnrty Many Friends.
ham. " ~
I?or Senator.
I hereby announce myself a canof
the (tj(iate fol- the otiice of state senator
will Namaoit'i cuuiliy, suojeci lO
tminat- the rules of the Democratic party.
s from W. C. HOUGH.
de the
rimary '''or Magistrate.
We hereby announce Robert M.
much Jones as a candidate for magistrate
ier, be- >n Cane Greek township, subject to
of im- rules of the Democratic party.
out o MANY VOTBRS.
attend
For House of Representatives.
lenever
iscntial * hereby announce myself a can\
didate for re-election to the house of
ir post
iSON representatives from Lancaster
county, subject to the rules of the
Democratic party.
C. Frank Clyburn.
ire.
a can- For Constable,
ssloner \v> hereby announce Tolson FunIndus
derbnrk as a candidate for constable
of th?. for Ruford township, subject to the
rules of the Democratic party,
d have Many Voters.
of the .
, com- For County Superintendent of i
i years . education,
tor. I I hereby announce myself a canunion
didate for the office of superintend- j
1906. ent of education for Lancaster
icaster county, subject to the rules governrris.
ing the Democratic party.
, S. C. A. C. Rowell.
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And a tire carrier is provided fastei
;orm-proof one-man top, with impro
the top. Flaps on top of doors for
ish, are likewise provided.
ledometer; pockets in the doors; til
e of refinement that is commonly as*
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>ove Chevrolet prices.
nothing better than to demonstrate
inety" Touring Car is all that we ch
GREEN,.!
(Lancaster. Chester and Union f!nn?
ii^KOASTEE, SOU'TH CJAROLIK
x-.Dur
Ninety" Touring Car, the busy man's ass
f. o. b. Flint, Mich.
NOW A POPULAR PRICED TC
COMPLETELY EQUIPPED.
ig the degree of motor ear equipme
plete, only the purchaser's viewpoii
, in stating that the new model < 1hevi
Car is completely equipped, we m<
ds in equipment essential to your <
ilectric starting and lighting system
i are fitted with demoiiiit?hln
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1918.
Announcement.
We hereby announce Hon. Harry
Hinos as a candidate for the St<*te
Senate, subject to the rules governing
..the Democratic primary.
Many Voters.
*l\tr County Superintendent of
Education.
I 'hereby announce myself for renlontinn
tn ttm lilllrn r>f oimnllntnn^
eujt of education for Lancaster "
coutity subject to the rules governing
the Democratic primary. I ask
your consideration upon my record
alone. V. A. Dingle.
J'Olt >1 \<;iSTIt.\TK.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for re-election to the office of
magistrate for dill's Creek township,
subjejet to the rules of the Democratic
party.
J no. L. Caskey.
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For Constal?le.
At the solicitation of freinds, I
hereby announce myself a candidate
for constable for Huford township,
subject to the rules of the Democratic
party.
JOHN A. CARNES.
Jfor Magistrate.
~ I -f a 1. _
uiiujcti iv tut: [ uICS Ul U1H UPIIIOcratlc
party, and at the insistance of
many friend?, I announce myself a
candidate for re-elaction to the office
of magistrate for Pleasant Hill
township. J. F. MAGIHL.
CLOSING OUT
PAINTS
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We have a full line of High*
grade Standard Paints and will
make special prices for the next
thirty days in order to close out
our paint stock.. .Also a full line
of best automobile and buggy
paints at reduced prices. Come
quick, this is only good to rtliirty
days. First come, first served.
Three thousand dollars worth of
paint to l>c sold in !IO days.
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distant. Price $735 W|
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nt which may be
nt counts.
rolct "Four Ninecan
that it meets
comfort and conone
extra rim is
led to the rear.
ved curtains that
protection of the
tori iirin/lulii-.C
VVy\4 llllinillVvltl Siam
lociatcd with cars ^
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that the Chevro- c j
Dealer Cy
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