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TUESDAY, MAX o, i.yj.3. GENERAL NEW! PROVISION OF REVENUE s ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL , s Greensboro, N. C., May 4.?Feder- j al Judge James E. Boyd recently / held as unconstitutional ?he provis- F ions of the Revenue Act intended to A prohibit the employment of child la- t bor. Judge Boyd last year held the: ii federal child labor law unconstitu- j y tional and his decision was upheld by. p the United States Supreme Court. d The previous case was brought to n test the federal statute which denied (t the channels of interstate commerce to goods made in factories where child labor was employed. Despite ^ the rallying of well-known constitu- j n v tional lawyers to the defense of the! p statute, it- was held invalid by Judge ( t Boyd. Aftefr the Supreme Court up-!^ held him, Congress wrote a provision; d into the recent Revenue Act placing s a privilege tax of 10 per cent on v products of factories employing chil-' n dren under fourteen years of age to, v any extent, or the' employment for| longer than eight hours a day of c children from fourteen to sixteen r years of age. t In making permanent an injunc- c tion granted to temporarily stay exe- t A/ Inw AA P W<a vl A+ffl C tuuuu ui biuo xaw iix buv w N. C., case here today, Judge Boyd,! said that the federal law tries to accomplish regulation of employment by indirection under the taxing privilege in this instance, as the previ- * ous law attempted it under the inter- ? state commerce powers. Both at- ^ tempts he holds to be invasion of ^ States rights. c English to Build $250 Auto. v London, May 4.?An English man- ' ufaeturing company announces that it is preparing to put on the market ui automobile that can be retailed for $250, certainly not more than 8 toe." ^ f Scarcely any wood will be used * \ in the construction of the car, the * principal material being a new sub- 1 stance which is described as a "kind 1 of concrete, light, but strong and * durable, produced from waste ma- i terial such as slag, clinkers and saw t dust and covered with a metal so- s lution." l The process of manufacture is * another innovation in England. All, t ~ parts, including wheels and chassis ji will be stamped oat, each complete is one piece, and then fitted together. 1 The manufacturers expect to com- < pete with cheap American cars, be- 1 cause "tax and freight charges are * expected to raise the price of the 1 American articles considerable above < * the figure asked from United States |i buyers." ' . ! ' t ' * Are Corset* Underwear? New York, May 4.?Are corsets 1 underwear? This problem was put ( up today to. Commissioner of Inter- ' nal Revenue Roper, in a telegram 1 sent to the treasury department at i Washington, by Lew Hahn, executive secretary of the National Re- 1 tail Drygoods association. Mr. ' Hahn nrotflsfa *Ti?+ Aa Tvrr?V?1 <*?*?. io i causing grave perplexity to dry- 1 goods merchants throughout the country. The new luxury tax is the cause of the difficulty. An unofficial rul- ( ing has declared that corsets are underwear, Mr. Hahn says, and a , luxury, and taxible. Some merchants are collecting the tax and others are not and Mr. Hahn appeals to Commissioner Roper to put corsets in their proper place officially. Italians Deplore Discord. Rome, May 4.?Senator Francisco Ruffini, former minister of public! instruction and president of the! Italo-American Union, has, at the' behest of that organization, addressed the following cablegram to Charles E. Hughes, president of the Italy-America Society of New York. "The Italo-American Union in this grave moment which has come in the relations between peoples wishes to reaffirm its hopes and faith in the unchangeable concord between the two great free peoples of America and Italv." American* on the Rhine. 1 Paris, May 4.?The American ex- 1 peditionary fore* will be redueed < elely to the amy of. occupation < atu| ft* Utile m Htyifrj m 1 X JLJ ______?? t}j 5 CONDENSED : i'ble, it was announced today. dj Three hundred thousand American he oldiers will be sent home during wj fay, and a like number in June, w; Lfter the fiiyt of July the use of H 'rench ports will be abandoned, W Lmerican controlled railroads re- w! urned to France and American mil- es tary police withdrawn. Antwerp sii rill then become the American sup- he ly base, under command of Brigaier General W. D. Connor. Com- ^ nunications thereafter will be I hrough Belgium. ar " I61 Oregon To Be Junked. ! ^ Washington, May 4.?Shortage of ^ ien is about to cause the navy de-, a* iartment to place the famous bat- SF leship Oregon out of commission. ^ Acting Secretary Roosevelt said to- In lay that if the state of Oregon de- ^ ired, the government probably ec rould turn the ship over to it to be laintained for historical purposes in rithout expense to the navy. Before delivering the vessel, the ^ lepartment would have her stripped; lavy. Mr. Roosevelt explained that t8 he hull could not be sold for any|cl onsiderable amount of money and hat the department did not desire to ^ crap the ship for sentimental and N listorical reasons. .?.?? Vernon Castle's Widow to Marry. I New York, May 2.?Friends of ., ' > <r , Captain Robert E. Tremen, of Ithaca I ^ leclared today they had received in- j stations to the marriage of Captain ^ Premen to Mrs. Irene Castle, widow ^ >f Vernon Castle. J It was stated the wedding was to ^ >e held at 4 p. m. Saturday at the 'Little Church Around the Corner." , bi Germans Not Enthused. ^ v London, Stay 4.?According to &| . lummarized report of an interview! ^ riven by Herr Schueckling, one ofjfl Jermany's peace delegates, to the ^ Berlin correspondent of the Herald,'p he laborite organ, the plan for thej league of Nations, which has beenj &'ormulated at Paris, has brought dis-, ^ llusionment to Germany. It is re-j jarded there as a thinly-veiled g icheme for the victorious powers to ^ jain the ascendancy and gives the nilitarists an opportunity to taunt! ;he pacifists for their simplicity, it( . s said. ' i N IO' If the scheme is adopted in its jresent form," Herr Schueckling is, g juoted as saying, "the league will | tj " ? ? i-1 !J ? -.11 ose au Its moral auinoniy over ait (y sections of the Germans, some of whom will revert to reaction. Oth- ^ ;rs look forward to the establishnent of international socialism." ^ Herr Schueckling emphasized that; ^ i feature of German plans for the i t * J O [egaue creates a representative world; p parliament, thus safeguarding the, r democratic basis of the league and ^ avoiding the return of militarism s in a new world. I 0 The correspondent adds: "Herr Schueckling made an in-1 stant impression of sincerity and J 0 courage, which his lifelong fight j j, against militarism and his record p as an opponent of the war confirms." 0 r ' A To Oust Concession*. v Paris, May 4.?President Wilson 1 expects the League of Nations even- t tually to oust all big governmental 0 concessionaires from China, it was!f learned from an authoritative source, a today. . /1 Behind the settlement of Japan's |P territorial claims, which was un- ^ satisfactory to the Chinese, is un- ^ derstood to lie the president's hopes ^ for puch a development. He believes ^ that China should be permitted to; v work out her own destiny, profiting, = by her own vast resources instead," of being exploited by other nations.! If the program results as Mr. Wil-i son expects, Japan, France and Rus-j sia would lose their valuable con-! cessions in China. In this wise, what is now generally regarded as a Japanese victory would ultimately be a Chinese victory. Mysteriously Returns. " Savannah, Ga., May 4.?T. L. Richardson, a grocer in Savannah, who about three weeks ago mysteriously disappeared, has just as mys teriouaiy com? noma, wnen no went my his wife notified the police And ' uk?d that he be looked for. The petto ?nu ftei ms u* uma?, m m ey sent out a call for him in neightring cities. Mr. Richardson left a ell-paying grocery store, a brand!"w automobile and other property raides a wife and several step-chil en, and it was not believed that ) was dissatisfied with home. He as found in Norfolk, but when his ife got there he had Vanished .again, e was not heard from again until 'ednesday in the early afternoon, hen he came home. He has given no :planation as to where he has been nee his last disappearance, or what i has been doing. Special Troops. Jacksonville, Fla., May 4.?J. M. id Frank Landrum and J. L. Lichlstein, white, and Tom Hall, a ne o, were turned over Thursday by j e sheriff to State Adjutant Gener-i Christian and a detachment of i tecial troops; to be taken to Lake J ity for trial on the charge of kill- j g Mrs. Wiley Koons. me J^an ums and Lichenstein were indict1 by a Columbia county jury for urder in the first degTee. Hall was dieted for murder in a lesser dele, having been the chauffeur for le party. The killing of Mrs. Koons and the looting of her husband, which ocirred three weeks ago, caused high seling in Columbia County, whe?e ley were prominent. AVY AIR FLIGHT IN NEXT FEW DAYS St. John's N. F., May 4.?The Uned States navy became a real facir in the contest for trans-Atlantic ight honors when the mine layer roostook flying the Stars and tripes dropped anchor in British aters at Trespassey Bay. It has on >ard the crew of the nav^l air staon which will be maintained as the ase ior tne American nymg Doats. The arrival of the Aroostook with le hint it brought of the early arval of the American naval seaplanes >r their start on the trans-Atlantic ight caused noticeable concern to arry Hawker, Australian, and Capt. rederick P. Raynhom, Englishman, ho have been here nearly a month waiting favorable weather for the 'ip in their land planes. "The Nancy boats of the United tates navy must get here first," immented Raynham in speaking of ie prospects for the navy's N. C. lanes. "Then they must fly to the .zores. (Whether we call Portugal r England their finish line, the stops ley will make involve time. I think j ither Hawker or I can give them iree days and beat them to England' : they follow announced nlans. j "If we are held here until the Americans arrived at Trespassey Bay r even at the Azores, we should still e able to get across before them.; ls the honor of the first crossing vershadows the London Daily Mail's rize for which Hawker and I are acing, I am sure neither of usx will ecline the issue if the Americans et out from here, whether stormy r fair." New York, May 2.?At 11:30 'clock "some morning in Newfoundand" the navy's trans-Atlantic sealanes will "hop off" on their flight f not less than 181-2 hours to the Lzores, it was learned at the Rockaray Point naval air station today, "his means that the three planes, he N. C. 1, 3 and 4 will travel all f one night and will not alight beore 5 or 6 o'clock,in the morning fter they depart from Newfoundand. Sixty destroyers .equipped with lowerful searchlights will sweep the teavens with continuous swinging ieams all night so that during the lours of darkness the air pilots can ind their way along a path of light irith a "lamp post" every 50 miles. IBSHU rHE MASTER PRODUCTION AT FRIDAY *ND 3 A TURD For daylight reckoning, huge numbers will be painted on the decks and sides of the vessels, so that observ|f x ers in the planes may check their course regularly on the way overseas. Flying will be at a height of about 1,000 feet, according to Commander Towers, in command of the air squadron. GOVERNMENT DEFENDS TELEPHONE INCREASES Washington, May 4.?Increase of intra-State telephone, toll rates by the Postmaster General was defended in a brief filed by the government recently in the Supreme Court in connection with pending appeals from Sou^h Dakota and Massachu-' setts courts. The State authorities in their .appeals have contended the increase was an undue interference with their police powers. Arguments in the proceedings will be heard next Monday. * \ \ The government in its brief de-, clares the suits instituted by the South Dakota and Massachusetts authorities to restrain the Postmaster General from increasing the rates were iif reality brought against - the United States without its consent and should be dismissed. The government also contends. that in tak mg over control of the telephone' systems of the country the President "placed them in the hands of the Postmaster General as his representative, under the broad power given him by the resolution to manage as he saw fit" and they thus were in effect added to the postal service and "became as much a part of the means of conveying news or communication as the mail." EXPECT PEACE WILL BE SIGNED MAY 28 New York, May 5.?(Summary of European Cables to the Associated Press.)?If the work 'of carrying out the last phase of the peace negotiations progresses, according to the program outlined in Paris dispatches, the treaty ending the great war probably will be signed early in the week beginning May 25. The treaty will be presented to the Germans next Monday afternoon Reports from the peace conference indicate/that it is to be a "victors peace," and there will be no oral conversations except the merest formalities when the treaty is handed over. Fifteen days will be given the enemy to consider the treaty, with an additional five days or a weel$ for the exchange of views between the allied and German delegations. | Thus, at the latest, if presenl plans are followed, -May 27 should see peace reigning #once more between Germany and the allied and associated governments. . A secret plenary session of the /iftn^oi-on/ia trill he lipid Ratmrdat I while on Monday a .meeting will b< held for the organization of th? League of Nations. Italy still is nol ' represented at the conference, bul her ambassador is invited to attenc I ' such conferences as the regular peace deleagtion from that countrj would attend. He has been asked formally, to be presented on Mondaj to represent his nation at the forma launching of the League of Nations The council of three held a meet ing . yesterday and besides consider mg the disposition di tne uerauu cables, gave Belgium a prior clain on $500,000,000 of the reparatioi monies to be received from Ger many. Germany's delegation exchanget credentials with allied representa tives yesterday, the meeting beinj ^ery brief and formal. Count voi Brockdorff-Rantzau, the German for eign secretary, appeared almost over come with the sense of his coun THE OPERA HOUSE TWO NIGHTS AY, MAY 9tk aaj lOtk try's defeat when confronted by the allied delegation. - The city of Munich, held by soviet forces, has not yet been taken by lierman government troops, in spite of rumors indicating that it had fallen. It is hemmed in by the government soldiers, however, and it seems that a general attack upon it will not be ,long delayed. SEIZE QUANTITIES \ ^OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES New ork, May 4.?A large quantity of explosives confiscated by pdlice and federal agents at a house on West Forty-fifth street, was being examined at police headquarters today in connection with the investigation of the May day conspiracy to kill prominent men by sending bombs to them through the mails. Officials announced that the house was raided , last night by detectives of the po| lice "bomb squad." The house in which the explosives 1 ? J J J 1 were J.UUI1U wija ue&ciiueu uy tuc i police as a "medical institute" for I the treatment of drug addicts. The proprietor of the place, Charles R. , Baldwin, was arrested charged with I violation of the drug act, a quantity I of drugs also being found. The explosives consisted of thirty eight' ounce bottles of various explosives chemicals, according to the police. ' r / Pure Ice Manufactured Under _L. s SOFT DRINKS Sofl cigarettes tobaccos CANDIES VxUI FRUITS W? a ClCAfcS ' tlU moi ; licit yoi Abbeville Ca FARM FO R Si 87 ACRES?12 toil ! McCormick Co ! ' ? w ~ - . of W. V. iviorrs 'l 1 I, 40 ACRES?About >' ville, no impro1 ' - and timber. h! ? ... I 79 3-4 ACRES?3 n one settlementon place. Plent J running throug 227 1-2 ACRES?: ville. This is a s 1 erty. A lot of sa : i 100 1-2 ACRES?: ville. Good resi r ings. Well ater 1 and timber. 1 189 1-4 ACRES? ville. A splem . provements, ab torn lands. ] 541 ACRES?1-2 r 1 C 11. i mile irom <^air farm being ope Lies well, is we abundance of v\ p i ' Can Arra: KUBUKJ v;,;_ . ' \ Baldwin denied knowledge! that the bottles were in his quarters Twenty-five bombs are known to have been placed in the mails addressed to financiers and government \ officials in all parts of the country. r|,L - x?x?1 mimaJ f A OK wnfVi nifawu 1 lie tutai WOO XOIOCU wv a-v n?wu iu?wception at Salt Lake City of infernal machines addressed to Senator King and Frank Nebeker, prosecutor in tlie I. W. W. cases in Chicago. The bombs found at Salt Lake City axe" believed-to be those which were remailed from Gimbel Brothers department store when they were returned for insufficient postage. Like all the others they had counterfeit Gimbel v wrappings. v ' t Postoffice, inspectors were inclined to believe today that they had. ac- * counted for all the bombs in the v ' mails. Police were promising "im- ? portant arrests" within 48 hours. Jk was known every effort wa$ being. made to locate the establishment . . where the false Gimbel labels were printed, but so far as known ne valuable clews had been discovered. i , / ? . v :.:JS mflrriace of Miss Jessie * "v "?' ~ r 'v ~ ^ \ Stroud to Mr. Lindsay Baker, both - v ? of Cokesbury, was Solemnized kt ;, . that place last Thurday afternoon Aft , 2 o'clock. Mrs. Baker is the onjjfr daughter of Mr. and Mrs. _ T. F. , ' "V? Stroud. Mr. Baker is the son of Mp. M. W. Baker, of this county. ^ x , ' 1 :X:*& TS~?===S=S?====S====SS? 1- - : - r: ?1 V-v? . .r Cream? Sanitary Conditions t Drinks aiyl [ lfectioris..... , { x.?.p?ato it courteous manner and m- ' f r r ir patronaf*. \. I ndy Kitchen j LANDS 4LE_ * ' * C.\i 2555552? es from Abbeville, in ; unty, adjoining lands th. Price, $30.00 per acre. f ; six miles from Abbe-| cements; all in wood Price, $25 per acre. I j liles from Abbeville? | ?two horse farm open \ ; < y wood, and. stream h place. i Price, $2,000.00. 11 miles from Abbe-; iplendid piefee of prop- [ * iw timber on this place Price, $17.50 per acre. I S 12 miles from Abbe dence and out build- { ed and plenty wood [ Price, $30.00 per acre.; ; . ^ 10 miles from Abbe- ? did farm but no im- \ out 50 or 60 acres botPrice, $18.00 per acre. aile from Hester, one \ ; loun Falls. 15 horse rated on the place, j 11 watered and has an ! rood and timber. rice, $40.00 per acre, j r nge Terms] || 11 r S. LINK : J " v ' ASi