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AMERICAN PREfjS ASSOCIATION
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MONDAY, ,AUGUST 1, 1921 j
RAISING REVENUE.
Just now the House of .Representatives
in Washington is busy with the
new tax law under which revenue for
the runnin of the federal government
is to be raised. Ail kinds of
schemes, in addition to those which
have heretofore been tried, are being
discussed, and the country is being ^
"felt out" so to speak on the new|
schemes.
One of the proposed measures forj
increasing the income of the govern-j
ment is to raise the postage rates on1
' _ letters from two to three cents. Itj
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seems cO us inai tins is eubuciy m-i
advisable, unless the rates on other'
mail matter is first increased to an!
amount to correspond with the pres-;
ent rate of first class matter. As it is,
now it appears to us that first class
mail matter is paying about all that
is being paid to the post office de-j
partment, while other matter is es-j
caping its just part of the mail-car-1
rying burden. ,
Perhaps the greatest nuisance with (
which we are harassed in the matter
of mail is the receiving of circulars.
A business man can not go to the post
office without receiving in his mail
from one to a dozen circulars. Some
of these are issued by Government
ncenoies. snmp hv mail nrder houses.
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some by country-saving associations,
and some by other agencies. But none
of them, we think, accomplish the
result intended, and all of them combined
impose a terrible burden on the
mail-carrying agents of the government.
These circulars are carried,
. we believe, for one cent, and many
of them at that price are much heavier
than the ordinary letter. It is as
much trouble to handle one of them
as it is to handle an ordinary letter,
and we fail to see any ground on
which they are entitled to be carried
by the government at one-half what
it costs to carry a letter from one
noint in the countrv to another.
We think that the law-making power
at Washington might cut down the
expenses of carrying mail considerably
by increasing the postage on
these circulars, because at increased
rates fewer of them would be carried
and that the income from this source
would be increased at the same time
by the increased rates on the part
still carried.
We agree, too, with the suggestion
that every government agency must
bdy restricted in the amount of mail
which is carried free of cost. Especially
do we concur in the suggestion
that congressmen and senators of
the United States should be required
to pay postage just like all other orAM
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uurary muikais, miu capctitwjjr wiau i
the government should be spared the
exxpense of printing and then distributing
through the mails without
cost the speeches which we receive
from time to time, many of which
have never been heard of before,
and many of which perhaps the alleged
authors could not understand
if they undertook to read them.
VILLAGE'S FIRE SIREN
. SERVES 30-MILE AREA
Washington, July 31.?Hyattsville
with its far-famed "whispering" fire
siren, can now take a back seat. Rock
ville, right over in the next county,
has just obtained a fire siren which
is a fire siren. It may be heard from
20, to 30 miles away.
The new siren has been put in the
-courthouse tower. When the siren
is operated all work automatically
ceases in the courthouse, while the
inmates run around wildly, looking
for cotton batting and ear muffs,
always kept on hand in case of fire.
GOOD ROADS TALK
Highway Auociation Starts Campaign
for Organization
Columbia, July 31.?An intensive
publicity campaign for good roads is
being planned by the South Carolina
Good Roads association for the near
future. The organization will take
advantage of every method known
to impress upon the people of state
the necessity of permanent highways
being ibuilt by the state, it was said
yesterday.
The newspapers, the billboards,
the moving picture and other agencies
will be used in the campaign.'
Already posters are being printed
emphasizing the fact that "bad roads
! cost more than good roads."
"Bad roads mean loss and isolation;
good roads mean prosperity |
and communication," reads one of j
the slogans being gotten out by the:
association. Another circular calls
attention to the fact that while other
states of the union are spending
enormous sums on state highways
South Carolina is spending practically
nothing by comparison.
If C t+L t YTiWl itsponses
that our appeals are meeting
with," said President L. D. Jennings
yesterday. "The people of the
state' are sending in their membership
fees right along. A big membership
in our organization means a
strong organization and every county
in the state should have a large
number of members. We want as
members people who are really interested
in good roads and who will
get out and work when we call upon
them."
Presient Jennings announced 'yesterday
that B. H. Peace president
and editor of the Greenville News,
had accepted the position of chair
man ior ureenvine county ana win
at once undertake the wprk of organizing
that county. Mr. Peace is a
good roads enthusiast and has given
the association strong support
through the columns of his paper.
"We are very greatly indebted to
the press of the state for the splendid
support which it is giving us,"
said Mr. Jennings yesterday. "We
felt sure that we would' have the support
oflhe newspapers since they
always stand for progressive measures.
Without their aid we could accomplish
nothing in this campaign."
HOUSE LARGE ENOUGH
Minority Report From House Census
Committee
Washington, July 29.?Six members
of the house census committee,
which recently voted to report a bill
frvr {nAvaopin/* fUn
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the house of representatives from|
435 to 460 declared in a minority
report filed today, that the present
total was big enough.
Chairman Siegel, who presented
the majority report, said that by
their reapportionment required after
each ten year census. Maine and
Missouri would lose one representative
and that he annual cost from 25
members would be around $295,000.
Representatives Fairfield of Indiana
and Barbour of California (Republicans)
and Larsen of Ceorgia,
O'Brinson of North Carolina, Sand- '
ers of Texas, and McSwain of South
Carolina (Democrats), signed the
minority report.
VESSELS WILL WAIT;
PASSENGERS ANGRY
New York, July 29.?Some 130
immigrants tonight were bobbing
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where off Sandy Hook, bemoaning
the fact that the steamer Megali Hel-1
las, on which they had taken passage
from Greek ports, carried an excess
immigration quota of Greeks. Several
days ago it was announced that
Greece had sent into this country
in July alf the immigrants to which
she was entitled under the new restrictive
laws. So when the Megali
Hellas?the first of several ships in
like quandary?thrust her ibow up
to the theoretical three mile mark
her skipper tossed over his anchor to
await for August to roll around.
The Americans kept the radio
shack busy. Wireless wails came
waifoling ashore lodging complaint
with the Ellis Island immigration
station. But Ellis Island did nothing
and A. N. Galanos, ship's agent who
said he had heard nothing about the
protest, announced the craft would
stay where she was until Monday.
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Don't you wish you were a fish or
a polar bear?
"Russian communists wear red
stars." They ought to be wearing
white stripes.
Agriculture ought to pick up if all
the nations beat their swords into 1
plowshares. . c
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In Kansas they say you can get a *
meal for 20 cents. Did you ask what K
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is the fare?
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If it were not for the little dirt g
between the rocks on the Anfcreville
road ,it would be a stone highway. ^
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Do you remember the spanking r
your grandmother gave you for go- ^
ing in swimming during "dog days?" 8
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Mr. Harritonoka was once the;a
sugar king of Russia. From his name F
he ought to have been a banana
king. I a
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A headline says "Women's votes s
to play an important part.'* Yes,
play is right." ?
Dr. Abbott believes that bald s
heads will disappear when science
learns to stimulate the scalp with P
iodine. Then the front seats can be p
abolished.
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"We'll all be perfect men and ^
women several hundred years hence, r
because we all shall be fed on prop- *
erly balanced rations," says a Chica- ^
go physician. Thought there wasn't c
going to be any such things as food ^
in heaven. t
Egg View New? Notes a
The following is from Judge:
"Lem Bushnell, our marshal, who
stood in the road yesterday while he ^
enjoyed a good stretch, brought a
strange, big city automobile to a
stop, as the driver mistook Lem's
movements for some kind of a traf- ^
fic signal. ^
Galileo Sprawl had the (toothache c
so bad Wednesday night that he got ^
up and lighted his damp, but it g
didn't help any.
"A fellotv may be a vigorous 0
sneezer, and yet be lazy * in every
other way.
"Ote Gimper's horse kicks just as s
hard at a flv as it would at Ote oer
sonally." p
To which should be added the fol- 0
lowing in "our midst":
Jonathan Home, the fattest drummer
who comes to the Rest Easy ho- ^
el, drove up in a hack this morning ^
and when he tried to get out he got
hung in the door and the fire truck
had to be called in to pull him out.
It was a sight worth seeing, and
Blacksmith Strongarm, Groceryiman ^
Beettop, Postmaster . Slowpost, Policeman
Hardtop and Major Dingb4
almost laughed themselves to death *
at the spectacle.
Farmer Water was selling melons
off his wagon on the square this a.
m., when a boy dropped one and ^
busted it. Lem told him to s
eat it and he did. Then another boy c
came along and broke one, but Lem *
caught on to the trick and as the v
boy started to eat it he threw one at ^
him and said "there aurn yr skin, c
eat that't too." *
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FISHING FOR TURTLES r
CATCHES TWO BIG OWLS fc
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Martins Perry, Ohio, July 30.? 0
WiJlia Morgan, camping on Oaptina ^
Greek, baited two big hooks with a
meat to catch turtles. *
Examining the hooks later he v
found the bait intact.
So he twirled the lines, prepara- *
tory to casting them into the stream c
again. They caught in a'tree and c
he left them there. t
Next morning two large owls v
were found hanging to the lines, *
having been caught while nibbling *
at the meat. . *
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20-Cent Dinner Again C
Chanute, Kan., July 30.?A war
aiiivug i co L-d u i <tii l pivyi ictvi a xicic
has completely done away with "war
prices." f
A cafe which has been charging I
35 cents for meals reduced its prices t
to 20 cents and the price of short 1
orders will be reduced accordingly. J
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
ON TAX BILL END
rHREE WEEKS MORE BEFORE
MEASURE COMES BEFORE THE
HOUSE?EVIDENCES OF DIFFERENCE
OF OPINION ON CERTAIN
PROPOSED CHANGES
Washington, July 30.?Public hearngs
on tax revision were closed tolay
by the House ways and means j
:ommittee which will start drafting
he new revenue bill after hearing
Secretary Mellon, Internal Revenue
Commissioner Blair and other Treasiry
officers, in executive sessions beginning
Monday.
Chairman Fordney said today it
frobably would take three weeks to
;et the bill before the House. The
najority. members of the committee
lave as yet had no conferences to
,gree upon a revision program and
vidence of a difference of opinion
mong them on certain changes proiosed
has not been lacking.
All of the Republicans have not yet
greed to the Treasury proposal to
epeal the excess profits tax and subtitute
and increase in the normal
ax on corporations, but leaderj genrally
believe this program ultimatey
will prevail. A reduction in the
urtax charges to a maximum of at
east 40 per cent also is forecast with
irobably some other changes in the
iresent law.
Like the great majority of those
/ho had gone before, most witnesses
efore the committee today sought
emoval of the tax irom tneir paricular
industries, but, as Chairman
'ordney repeatedly pointed out, the
ommittee got few suggestions as to
ow the loss in revenue proposed was
o be made up.
William A. Brady of New York,
nd other spokesmen for the moving j
icture industry, including theaters,'
sked that the theatrical seat tax, the
per cent sales tax on films and
he 10 per cent admission tax be reloved.
James A. Emery of this city, on
ehalf of the National Manufacturers
Lssociation, urged repeal of the exess
profits tax and the higher
rackets in the surtax, substituting a
;eneral turnover or sales tax.
Representative Appleby, Republian,
New Jersey, argued in favor of
tis bills to impose a two cent stamp
ax on bank checks, to repeal the |
oda water tax and to levy a Federal |
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assenger automobiles and $10 a ton
>n trucks, with a part of this to go
o the States in lieu of the present
itate taxes.
Opposing repeal of the excess pro- its
tax and the higher groups of surax,
Charles A. Lyman, secretary of
he National Board of Farm Organzations,
said there was a feeling on
he part of the farmers that some
ilan should be worked out under
irhich the vast accumulations of
wealth should bear a larger -part of
he tax burden.
MOONSHINE CAR CAPTURED
Gaffney, July 30.?Officer C. Y.
Lllison and his assistant,4 L. H. Allion,
accompanied by a revenue officer
aptured Thomas J. Stewart and his
^ord car yesterday morning between
Jrover as Stewart was returning to
lis home with a load of moonshine.
onsisting of twelve gallons of prety
fair corn whiskey. The capture
I'-as made about 4 o'clock in the
aorning after an all-night vigil by
he officers. The whiskey and car
vere taken charge of by the revenue 1
ifficer and Stewart was brought to
Jaffney, where he gave bond for his
ippearance at the next term of the
'ourt of General Sessions, which
vill convene here next September.
James Scruggs, who has made for
limself quite a reputation for effi-j
iency in running down illicit liquor
[ealers, has been commissioned by
he Governor as a State constable and
vill operate in the western section of
Cherokee and the northern part of
Spartanburg. This will give Officer
Ulison and his force a better op
lortumiy zo cover uie uiutrr portiuns
if this county.
Foreign Born Population.
Washington, July 29.?The total
'oreign born -white population of
Richmond and Norfolk as announced
oday <by the Bureau of Census gives
Richmond 4,637 and Norfouk 6,
>87.
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TOBACCO ASSOCIATION | A
SETS MINIMUM PRICE
Product Not to Be Sold Below Three \
Cent* a Pound?Willcox
Elected President.
Florence, July 30.?The South
Carolina Tobacco Growers' associa- \
tion today agreed upon three cents c
as the minimum price at which to- i:
bacco should be permitted to sell in y
this state, and will recommend this r
figure to the Warehousemen's asso- v
ciation at its meeting here tomorrow.
It is stated that every effort will be g
made to prevent the sale of tobacco c
for less than three cents a pound and f
a campaign will be waged to that t
end. A Kingstree bank president j
declared today that rather than see d
tobacco sell for less than three cents
on the Kingstree market he would t.
credit any grower's account for the b
amount and give him tlie tobacco to v
eairy back to his farm. This was h
State Senator Epps of Kingstree. f
The following officers were elect- t!
ed: President, F. L. Willcox, vice t<
president, S. B. Poston; secretary, T. f<
B. Young; treasurer, J. W. McCown, a
The board of directors will be chosen
later. One person from each market d
will compose it. The executive com- n
mittee will be selected from the n
board of directors. o
The association reorganized for u
the next year with the election of ^
the officers named. The matter of
establishing a market service was 0
referred to the executive committee. u
The Sapiro plan was indorsed. All w
of the tobacco counties except ^
Georgetown and Dillon were repre- w
sented at the meeting.
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Timmonsville, July 30.?Although ^
prices seem to be gradually improv- ^
ing in the Timmonsville tobacco mar- j.
ket as the better grades are brought
in, the sales continue light. Some
of the best grades brought as high
as 40 cents Tuesday and a more opt'mistic
feeling is prevalent that the
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farmers will at least be partially ^
satisfied as the grades improve. For
the first time in this market's history
a buyer representing the ChinoAmerica
Tobacco company has joined
the other buyers here. He arrived
this week and is doing some buying. j
It is as yet uncertain if the' prices
will be affected by this new competitor.
Compared with other sec- .
tions of the state Timmonsville's
average has held up wonderfully and ?
although no definite information has
been gatheted, it is believed this ^
market is now in the lead.
The tobacco board of trade for .
Timmonsville has held its annual _
eiecbiuii ui uiuccs as lunvno. x ^
ident, W. H. McElveen; vice president,
B. K. Watkins; secretary and
treasurer, W. E. Lea. One of the ^
important matters taken up was the ,
purchase of an additional 2,000 bas- .
kets for warehouse use as there are
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at present only 1,000 in the houses.
A new feature this year in connec:ion
with the baskets is that each
one is numbered and the basket j
ticket placed on it is given the same
mber. In case the tickets get lost
or mixed up the factory men can j
trace the basket. The membership
e to the board has been reduced
from $100 to $25 in order to induce
every buyer to become a member.
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IN A FEW MORE CENTURIES,
WE'LL BE PERFECT
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'Chicago, July 30.?We'll all be
perfect men and women several hun- t
dred years hence, because we all t
shall be fed on properly balanced s
rations." o
This was the statement of Dr. Ed- 0
ward T. Abbott, dean of the post- b
graduate school of the College of w
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons h
before a large number of osteopaths.
Doctor Albbott believes that bald (
heads will pass and gray hair will be t
unknown when science learns the p
trick of properly stimulating the n
system with iodine.
Relativity Explained j
? i a _ TT 1 J
mrmingnam Age-aieraitu
"How many degrees as Professor
Doppel the celebrated entoanolo
gist?" 1
"I don't know, and he doesn't t
know, either. Professor Doppel v
doesn't get half as much excited fi
when an honorary degree is confer- (red
on him as he does when a colleague
of his reports by cable from
Bombay, Cape Town or Honolulu
that he has discovered a new bug. J
MORGAN ZIMMERMAN 4
FOUND NOT GUILTY
Verdict Greeted With Cheers.?Mother
TelU of the Tragedy in
Her Home.
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Spartanburg, July 30.?Not guilty
vas the verdict of the jury in the
-ase of Morgan Zimmerman on trial
a the Court of General Sessions here
resterday. The jury deliberated but
line minutes and returned with the
erdict.
The trial was hard fought from be;inning
to end. For two hours today
ourt was at ease while the attorneys
or the State looked up points of law.
he point being raised that one of the
urnrs hnH sn CYrrpsspd Viimoolf oc fn
isqualify him for a juror.
The defendant went on the stand
his afternoon and told of the killing,
reaking down and weeping while he
ras making his recital. He said that
,e had never made threats against his
ather and that there is not a boy in
he country who loved his father bet?r
than he. That he shot because he
elt that his father would kill him
nd his mother.
Mrs. Zimmerman, the widow of the
eceased, R. W.' Zimmerman, and
lother of the defendant, told of the *
listreatment of the husband on many
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cuaaivus auu uic HiUi^UlblCS
pon her and the final threat to kill
is family and himself. She told of
he events leading up to the killing,
f how tKe husband and father was
nder the influence of whiskey and
ras apparently crazy; how he took
old of her and she felt t^at her life
ras in danger. Morgan came in at
hat time and the father made an at
ack upon him, getting him down on
he kitchen table and how the boy
nally got loose from the father and
ried to get out but was hemmed up.
Ie then shot.
Mrs. Zimmerman broke down sevral
times as she told of the abuse
nd the tragedy following. After she
nished her direct testimony the
ourt recessed from business for
hree minutes to" permit Mr. Zimmer- v
lan to compose nersen Deiore unergoing
the ordeal of a cross-examiation.
Counsel for the prosecution was
onsiderate of her feelings and made
he cross-examination as light as pos- ,
ible.
, Able arguments were made both by ,
he prosecution and the defense. The
rosecution endeavored to show that
he defendant had on several occaions
expressed a determination ta J
ill his father even going to the exent
of borrowing a gun on more
han one occasion for that purpose.
'he gun with which the shooting was
one was a borrowed gun.
The deceased was prominent in the
ounty, having served one term in.
he Legislature. He was killed in his
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ng his dinner. The verdict was ,
reeted with applause.
SUMMONS
Itate of South Carolina,
County of Abbeyille.
Court of Common Pleas.
loy Clement, and the minors Helen
Clement and Ruth Clement by ^
their Guardian Ad Litem J. S.
Clement, Plaintiffs.
against
ieorge Godfrey, Jim Donaldson,
and if he be dead, then the unknown
heirs at law of Jim Donaldson,
Defendants.
You Are Summoned and required
o answer the Complaint in this acion,
of which a copy is herewith
erved upon you, and to serve a copy %
f your answer to the said Complaint
n the subscriber at his office at Abeville
Court House, South Carolina, /
within twenty days after the service
ereof, exclusive of the day of sucb
ervice, and if you tail to answer xne
Complaint within the time aforesaid,
he plaintiffs in this action will aply
to the Court for the relief demanded
in the Complaint.
J. HOWARD MOORE,
PlaiatifTs Attorney.
une 27th, 1921.
'o the absent Defendant, Jim Donalson,
and if he be dead, then to the
unknown hoirs at law of Jim Donalson:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE,
that the complaint in this ac
ion toether wun tne summons, 01 ^
/hich the foregoing is a copy, was
iled in the offioe of the Clerk of
Jourt for Abbeville County, South
'aroilna, on the 27th day of June
921.
J. HOWARD MOORE,
Plaintiff's Attorney.. *
uly 11th, 1921.- ltwk 4 wks. '
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