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HOUSE MEMBERS j
OPPOSE SALES TAX1
OPEN BREAK IS REACHED BY j
REPUBLICANS?FIGHT WILL |
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BE HEATED?NORTH DAKOTA.;
AMD WISCONSIN REPRESENT
TAT2VE5 BOLT AND JOIN IN-'
SURGENTS.
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Washington, Apr. 29.?Opposition
among house Republicans as to sales
tax for raising part of tlvj $1,800,-.
000,000 needed for soldier relief
legislation ij.i to lay to an open'
break at the* final meeting of the::
Republican members of the ways and
means committee called to complete i
the draft of the measure.
Representatives Young, North Dakota,
and Frear, Wisconsin, bolted
and joined in conference with Re-.
publican insurgents to lay plans i'orM
the opposition fight at their parly I
caucus tomorrow night, Their withdrawal
from the ways and means ;
i.k.
comnuciee a-i. jupublicans
with a majority of only, <
one in the ful! coni:n;ttee. if thej:
bolting members vote with the* 1
Democrats.
Republican committeemen, finally!:
completed the committee draft of the, '
relief bill today, making few changes 1
in the general scheme. In adopting):
the sales tax of 1 per cent on gross;:
monthly business, the Republican i 1
decided'this levy would not apply un-ji
less the aggregate sales exceed $1000
instead of the previously adopted j1
limit of $300. Other forms of taxa-J
tion approved by the Republicans in-i
elude a tax on all stock exchange j
trarsactions and increased taxes on !
incomes, tobacco and real estate '
sales.
Taxes, i: was decided today, would
be effective next January 1, with the
cash bonus payments to be made in
installments, beginning April 1,
1921. For the other forms of relief,
including land settlement, some purchases,
vocational training and paid
up insurance, the JttepuDiican com-1
mittee decided to appropriate $25,-!
000,000 to be available for carrying
out these plans when the bill is approved
by the president.
The sales tax, the Republican com- j
mitteemen also delcided, should ap-J
ply to hotels and restaurants; but by
increasing the exemption limit to
$1,000 a month, they pointed out
that only the big caterers would be [
subject to this levy.
LONE GERMAN WARSHIP
U. S. SPOILS OF WAR;
London, April 2y.?A lone Vier-j
man warship will sail for an American
port some time next week andj
stay there, for it is one of the few,
spoils of the great war that go to'
the United States under the Versailles
treaty.
The ship, the Ostfriesland, steam-j
ed into the Firth of Forth Wednes-.
day, together with the warship Hes-j
sen, which will go to Japan. >!
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD
MUTUAL AGENTS MEETi
The annual convention of the
agents of the Abbeville-Greenwood;
Mutual Insuruance Association was',
held Thursday . in Greenwood. The
visitors were the guests of John R.
Blake, general manager, at dinner;
' at Hotel Greenwood /following the'
regular business session. J. M. Gam
brell, of Abbeville, was one of the
f guests.
Abbeville Loses to Due West
The Abbeville high school base-'
ball team lost to Due West Thursday j
afternoon on the local grounds byj
the score of 12 to 7. Billy Long and
Donald Harris formed the battery,
for Abbeville. Many errors 011 the'
part of ih2 bea.1 team contributed to,
the defeat. Both teams hit the ball
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ireesy. i ::e piayin^ 01 uaiiuway at
sh?4 ror Ahbeville fsitursJ th?
UPRISING NOTED
IN FROZEN NORTH
Washington, Apr. 28.?A serious
upheaval in the district of Niko-i
laevsk on the eastern coast of Si-I
beria far north of Vladivostok, is re-|
ported in an official statement issued !
by the Japanese foreign office received
here today by the state department.
With all communication cut off,
the uprising is shrouded in more or'
' - flirt f Afflnn ^
iuss 111^ stci y, uui CIIC iv.v.1511 uiuwt
said that all reports received point to'
the conclusion that the Japanese!
guards in the district have been an-j
nihiiateii and several hundred Japa-1
uove residents, including the consul,:
M .vsni idU. The number of men in:
the was not given.
While the foreign office statement
s.n.ici conditions in this district has
been assuming a serious aspect sinvo
rhe beginning: of March, this was the
first information to be received here
Lhat the situation in that partictilnr
part of Siberia wr.s critical.
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Dt'L'fiUM" UI LUC lVt' lilt: U I C il 111 u,
of a Japanese expedition in N'ikokv-vsk,
the principal city of the district,
located on the Non river, is impossible.
An expedition was starter!
i.o.vever, on April If, under escort
i)f the warships Mikasa and Mishima.
find it reached Alaendvoviski, a port
on the Siberian coast about MOO'
miles south of Nikolaevsk, on April
2.1, where it will remain until the ice
breaks up. The foreign offic-e said
the troops landed without meeting
resistance, and that the Japanese
residents in that district were foun I
to be safe. Most of them were taken
aboard the Mikasa.
ONL V HOPE OF WORLD
LIES IN CHRISTIANITY
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Raleigh, N. C., April 29;?The only
hope for the world's escape from a
seething, tumultuous hell lies in the
saturation of the social order with
the spirit of the Man of Gallilee,'
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'.tot, x. w. mcKett tomgnt torn tne
Southern Christian convention i in j
24th biennial session here.
While he characterized the war a3
the sublimest instance of altruism ^
ever enacted in human history, Gov-|
ernor Bickett declared that "all its.
beautiful spirit of brotherhood has
been dissipated, selfishness sits ill'
the saddle and savagery hisses from
the ambush."
The convention will adjourn to-j
morrow with the election of officers
and selection of oermanent lead
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quarters. Raleigh and Burlington, N.i
C., are still contending for the honors,
and Suffolk, Va., has put in a
claim. #
NEGRO SUSPECT IS
IDENTIFIED TODAY I
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Lynchburg, Va., Apr. 29.?John !
Williams, negro alias Lee Jordon,;
alias Joe Turner, charged with the;
murder of Police Defective Mann1
here ijarch 25, was returned to:
Lynchburg early today by local po-i
licemen who went to Toledo, Ohio,j
for him. Sheriff Willis, of Green-j
Ville, S. C., identified the negro herej
as the slayer of two policemen there, i
Local authorities say they will \fiot j
deliver the prisonet to the South ]
Carolina authorities now, but Wil-i
liams will be indicted and tried here
next week.
ATTEND CEREMONIAL
The following'Abbeville Shriners !
attended the ceremoniall lof Hejez!
Temple in Greenville Thursday:
Henry Gilliam, V. H. Deadwyler,
J. R. Clinkscales, J. R. McCombs, W.
W. Payne, Walton Stephens, Broadus
Shaw, R. N. Tiddy, W. J. Bryson, H
H. Greene, Albert Rosenberg, Hughes
Murray, C. L. Sauls, C. E. Yoder
Sanford Howie, J. A. Hill, H. B.
Wilson, S. G. Thomson, J. A. Wilson
and Dr. J. E. Pressly.
JIM COX BREAK'S ARM
Jim Cox. <on of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Cox, sustained a fracture of both
! ones in the forearm Thursday at
the high school. He fell while run;
r.ing down the basement steps and
| caught the injured member under
him.
USES OF "GAS" IS
MIGHT BE RESTRICTED!
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Stringent Measures Considered By ^
Officials to Conserve Supply
Gasoline for Necessary
U?e?.
Washington, April 29.?With re-!
serve supplies of gasoline greatly
depleted and witn tne reserve sup
ply of crude oil sufficient for but t(
six weeks, government officials are P
considering means of controlling the
supply of gasoline or limiting the C1
use of motor vehicles, it was learn- n
ed today. "
The bureau of mines is engaged in o:
collecting data 'on the production ^
i lid consumption of gasoline as a
basis for recommendations or the ^
conservation of gasoVne.
One remedy suggested is the alio- tc
cition of available gasoline under
government supervision, and another ^
plan has been advanced for restric- 0
tions upon the use of motor vehicles,
in order that a sufficient supply
of gasoline may be assured for v-'
necessary uses.
Information collected by the bureau
of mines indicates that the gas?
clinc shortage, which is acute thruout
the country, is due in a consider- SJ
able decree to the attempts of for- (!]
eijrn interests to corner the world's
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supply of crude oil. Money borrowed
by foreign interests in the United
States at 5 and G per cent interest
has been used to acquire avail- ^
able oil lands throughout the world.
f JY1
This movement has reduced the oil .
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and gasoline supplies in the United
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Demand for gasoline is now at the
highest point it has ever Jbeen. The
bureau of mines ascribes this to the
p;
greatly increased use of motor cars,
and particularly the increased use of S1
motor trucks.
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The bureau of mines 1 has found ^
that the quality of gasoline has rapidly
deteriorated since 1915, which '
fact has increased the stringency of
the situation. .
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NEGRO SHOT WHILE I *
BURGLARIZING STORE ?
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Grady Cunningham, a young color- ?
ed man, was shot in the thigh byj
Mr. Lester Moragne at Bordeaux1
Friday night while attempting to;
rob Moragne's store. Mr. Moragne
hailed the negro three times, but the:
negro did not take heed, so Mr. j y
Moragne opened fire on him, thein
whole load from a shotgun taking ef-! ^
feet in the thigh. ! cj
The load was removed by Dr. Fuller
next day, and under his care, the, t(
negro, who is in McCormick guard j
house, is doing very well, and every
hope is held for his recovery.?McCormick
Messenger. j j.
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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS g,
Mr and Mrs. W. C. Boren and Mrs 7
J. Van Lindley of Greensboro, N. C.
and Mrs. J. J. Cox, of High Point, N
C., arrived in the city this afternoon
and will visit Mrs. W. L. Peebles for si
several days. Mr. Boren has been in tl
Hot Springs, Ark., in attendance on h
.the meeting of the National Good a
,Roads association while the ladies h
have been on pleasure bent. > g
Mrs. Boren and Mrs. Cox will re- c
main in Abbeville for a ten days 0
visit while the others will return to
vr iL n i _ r j \ i,
iNortn Carolina in a iew uays. t
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| TEACHERS MEET TOMORROW ;
The teachers of Abbeville County
meet tomorrow, Saturday, at one,
o'clock in the high school building. a
State superintendent of education j ^
John E. Swearingen will address the ^
meeting and lunch will be served all ^
| who are present. The trustees of the v
county schools have also been expressly
invited to attend this meeti
ing which is the last of the present
school session.
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Mrs. J. W. Nichols No Better j
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i Mrs. J. W. Nichols, who has been
' ni'lfiVollr ill cnmn ic rnnnrf_
j ed to be no better. Her two sons, the
, Rev. George A. Nichols, Macon, and
Sam P. Nichols, Jackson, are at her 1
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UGAR REFINERIES
FILE AGREEMENT
"o Prevent Resale to Trade?Attorney
General Palmer Announces
One Result of Recent
Conference.
Washington, April 29.?Sugar re-1
iners have entered into an agree-1
lent with the department of justice
> coopcvate with the government in 1
reventing the resale of sugar to the
?n/^n nrt/l 4"/% 4*V"i o 4- nvtanf 4-r\ rln_
uuC) aiiu uv i/iic4u i/ tu ut_
rease ppeculaion it was announced
ight by Attorney General Palmer
leagreement, Mr. Palmer said, was
ne result of the conference beveen
department officials and reners
representatives held here early
lis week.
While this move was nok expected
> cut all of the evils of the shortrv
a; ! hvjh p'-ice.". al?*. Palmer boeves
it would aid in the obtaining
r vtcdistribution of surrar
iocks. The refiners he said, agreed
5 refuse to resell to any firm except
her.- tho commodity would take the
irect course to the consumer. Ob;ction
was raised by the refiners,
nvevor, to the elimination of the
legitimate sugar broker" who, they
lid, served a useful purpose in the
istribntion system.
N THE INTEREST OF DUE WEST
Mrs; Fannie Bonner Brownlee
nd Mr. Ollie Brownlee were down
r\m Dno Wncrf 'PVmrcrlav a-ff orn r*nr?
[j\ Brownlee was looking after the
iterest of the big Chautauqua to be
eld in Due West in May and which
ids fair to be a big success. Mrs.
rownlee was visiting the graduates
nd getting data for the historical
ageant which will be held this
Dring to commemorate the sixtieth
nniversaiy of the founding of the
allege. Mrs. Sallie Bradley is of
le first class. Mrs. Lucy Thomson
f the second class^and Mrs. Eugeia
C. Hemphill of the third class.
Mr. Brownlee was accompanied
y four of the pretty and charming
jachers of the Woman's College,
ne was from Pennsylvania, one
rom Boston, one from Indiana and
ne from Atlanta, enough states to
lake up a small League of Nations.
URMAN DEFEATS
ERSKINE 5 TO 2.
Greenville, April 29 ?Manley
ield was the scene yesterday afteroon
of one of the hardest fought
aseball contests to be played in the
ity this year. The Furman Hornets
iok the measures of the Erskine
?am to the tune of 5 to 2.
One week ago today the Erskine
earn took Furman into camp. This
> the only game tnat tne capust
ids have lost in the inter-collegite
fight for th'e State championhip.
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RAINS CRASH HEAD-ON;
FIVE REPORTED KILLED
Rochester, Minn., April 29.?P^s-J
enger trains Nos. 516 and 517 on
lie Northwester^ Railway met in a
ead on collision between Sanborn
nd Lamberton, 100 miles west of
ere, early Thursday. Two passen
era and three members of the trains
rew were killed. Conductor Clark
f Winona is among the dead.
Failure of an operator to deliver a
rain order is reported to have been
he cause.
HOME AGAIN.
Judge and Mrs. Frank B. Garj
re expected to arrive in Abbevill
Saturday. Mrs. Gary has been away
or several months and friends wil
>e glad to know that she has quit
ecovered her health.
AT SOUTHERN DEPOT
U. D. Brown has been placed temlorarily
in charge of the Southern
lepot until a successor is named for
lr. Swetenberg, whose recent death
nade the place vacant.
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
There will be preaching at the
3resbyterian Church Sunday mornng
at 11 o'clock.
iDOUGHBOYS ATTEND if
VANDERBILT WEDDING j f
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New York, Apr. 29.?Doughboy |
| pals of Coi*nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., I
! who served as a private with the {
Twenty-seventh division in /-France,!
mingled with members of New
York's most exclusive social circles' C
in St. Thomas' Episcopal Church late!
today to witness his wedding to Miss ;
Rachael Littleton,, half sister of I
Martin Littleton, widely known law-!
yer. The bridegroom is the son of;
Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
one of the heirs to the Vanderbilt
millions, and the bride is the daugh-j
tor rf the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
J. Littleton of Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Rev. Ernest M. Stires, rector of
the church, perform vl the ceremony.
Police reserves wore scattered
around the church, but the thromr
set'.King to catch a glimpse of the ] 1
bridal couple and their guests was so
large that it broke through the lines ^
and it was with difficulty that a ^
pathway for the 2,000 invited guests *war
kept open. After the ceremony r?
a reception was held in the home of t'
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Littleton, to :u
which 700 guests were invited. IVedding
gifts, said to exceed $1,000,- . ^
000 in value, were received by the
couple. . h;
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BIG APPROPRIATION BILL tli
REPORTED TO HOUSE fe
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Washington, April 29.?The sun- ry
dry civil appropriation bill carrying
$428,216,944 for government mis- a<
cellaneous needs for the fiscal year ;li
1921, was reported to the House d<
Thursday. Two-thirds of the amount in
appropriated by the bill is for ex-, sc
penditures growing out of the war, se
as follows: jte
Compensation for death or dis-ist
abilities, $125,000,000; medical treat- tr
ment under war risk insurance bu-! di
reau, $46,000,000; vocational rehab-' ce
ilitation, $90,000,000; transportation!
of soldier dead from foreign coun-l wj
tries, $21,500,000. j ju
The committee eliminated an ap-j th
propriation of $446,270,652 asked by] g,
the emergency fleet corporation to be w
borne from receipts. J ar
No additional appropriation is al-l :0
lowed for enforcement of the prohi-j
bition law, although $2,000,000 was c0
asked. C,
COL. McCASLAN RETURNS. | ^
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Col. P. H. McCaslan has returned) dl
to Abbeville after a long stay ini j
Florida where he thoroughly enjoy-! ,-n
ed his stay. He will make headquar-j
tors with his sister, Mrs. B. S.j
DnMMMfnll /-? v. fUrt rwftf Ar>f O ? A Will V\ O '
LJCLL IIVVCU 1UI W1C ^ICOCilV, UtlU ?TIU UV|
on hands whenever any setback is
to be played. He says that they|
i haven't learned setback in Florida
yet, and that they pass away the sc
time playing simple games like five ^
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! hundred. Mr. McCaslan is looking
well. His vacation has agreed with al
him. sc
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ADMITS WHOLE BLAME IN a
I CRIME AS DEATH NEARS w
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j Ossininig, N. Y., Apr. 29.?An o:
I eleventh hour confession that he te
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! alone was responsible for the death ir
! of Otto Fialo, a station agent on the G
j Intervale avenue station of the New g;
York subway, was made in the death ir
house in Sing Sing prison Thursday f<
by John Milano, one of the four men c<
sentenced to the electric chair for
the crime.
NEW TEACHERS
ACCEPT WORK HERE
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Supt. J. D. Fulp has reecived no a:
I tice of acceptance of work in th J
city schools for next session fron rr
the following teachers who were elec M
j ted Tuesday afternoon by the Boar T
of Trustees: Miss Kate M. Martin t<
Miss Harriet Coan, Miss Mary D
Sullivan, Miss Mattie it. Martin. a.
I WHOLESALE GROCERY STORE
Dr. G. E. Calvert has opened up a
new wholesale grocery store at the
old Abbeville Lumber yards. Dr.
Calvert is a man of mani interest
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and opening up a wholesale grocery
store is one of the smallest tasks to
v-hlcli he puts his hand. ^
LOTS OF RADICALS
ARE DISCOVERED
OVER MUCH GROUND.?DEM.
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ONSTRATIONS TIMED FOR .>\ A
MAY DAY WHEN TROUBLE!* M
EUROPE EXPECTS TO HAVE
DIFFICULTY WITH THE LABOR
FACTIONS.
Washington, Api*ii 29.?Plots
*ainst the lives of more than a score
: federal and state officials have
jen discovered by the department
: justice as part of radical May day
. monstrations, Attorney General
aimer announced tonight.
The assassinations and assault, Mr.
aimer said were included in the
ay day program organized by the
ommunist Labor party and other
4 \
ulical elements and were in addi/
on to strikes and other disturbices
intended by the radicals as an
'fort in behalf of peace with soviet
ussia.
State officials marked as "victims"
ive been notified by the departent,
the attorney general added, of
ie information in the hands of the
scleral govenment and their coloration
requested in representing
Ldical demonstrations.
The department has information
icording to the attorney general,
lat the instigators of the May day
jmonstration here have been workg
"in direct connection and uni>n"
with leaders of disturbances
t for Europe. As in Europe atmpts
are being made to incite
rikers in all basic Amerjcan indus- %
ies, Mr. Palmer said, although he
d not believe they would be sucissful.
"I'm not going to prophesy what
ill happen," Mr. Palmer said. "I am
ist making public some of the
ings our agents have discovered.
at if a will to upset our nation'^
hole scheme of living counts for
lything the radicals may cause
me trouble."
Mr. Palmer said that while he
>uld not disclose the nature of the
smmunist Labor party's plans in
nnection with further strikes, lead's
of that organization had consntrated
on several important inlstries
and that demonstrations
anned threatened to cause trouble
the way of walkoluts.
bjbeville high
defeats greenwood
By a score of 6 to 1 the local high
:hool team defeated Greenwood
igh school Wednesday afternoon,
he game was played in Greenwood
id was a splendid exhibition of high
;hool baseball. To add to the invest
of the game each side put on
few bone head plays, but Greenood
exhibited the most ivory and
lis fact added to the heavy hitting
F fViQ Tr>r>a1a aos?iiror1 Vinl'f a HoTtAfl
lilies. Greenwood's lone score came
i the eighth anti was not earned,
alloway B. pitched a very good
ame and had splendid support durig
most of the game. Harris caught
)r Abbeville and Moore played extent
ball at first base.
VISITORS FROM COLUMBIA
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Hon. and Mrs. J. Fraser Lyon and
leir handsome little son, John,
ame to Abbeville Thursday and
re spending several days with Mrs.
. H. McDill. Mr. Lyon attended the /
leeting of the Abbeville-Greenwood
futual Insurance Co. in Greenwood
hursday, then came on to Abbeville
> see the friends of his youth.
COTTON MARKET.
Spot _ 43.00
May 40.25
July 38.21
Oct. 45.50
Dec 34.78
Jan. 34.25