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' ; ' ?! .. . ' i . ' Abbeville Press and Banner j _ t ? < Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1921 . - Single Copies, Five Cents, 77th Year; SECRETARY MELLON TALKS OF TAXATION ' SUGGESTS THAT LEVY BE MADE ON BANK CHECKS, INCREASED POSTAGE, FLAT RATE FOR f AUTOMOBILES AND TOBACCO. OTHER SUGGESTIONS. Washington, Aug. 2.?A tax of two cents on bahk checks, a flat license tax of $10 on all automobiles, irrespective of cost or horsepower, an increase of first class postage rates to three cents and an added levy on cigars, tobacco and cigarettes are understood to have been among tax revision suggestions presented today by Secretary Mellon to the House ways and means committee, meeting in executive session. , i Other suggestions were said to hay? included: A reduction of 50 per cent in transportation tqxes, both passenger and freight, next year and their elimination +Via vear followiner. /' Repeal,of the taxes on soda fountain drinks and ice cream. Repetd of the excess profits tax and elimination of the'$2,000 exemption on corporation's incomes. , Increase of the normal income tax ^ ^on corporations from the present 10 per cent to 15 per cent. Elimination of the income surtax brackets above 40 per cent with the surtax rates on incomes ranging from $6,000 to $50,000 increased. The revenue bill as revised in accord with these suggestions would be designated to raise approximately v four billions of dollars next year, it . -was said. Mr. Mellon's memorandum embodying his views was withheld, but Chairman Fordney pormised to make it public tomorrow. Representative Garner, of Texas; ranging Democrat member of the committee, attacked the Treasury Secretary's proposals, declaring that every one of them constituted a "shifting of the tax burden from the classed to the masses." Mr. Mellon was said to have estimated government expenditures for next year at $4,675,000,000, but Chairman Fordney said this was de_ pendent upon how much of the $500,_ 000,000 due the railroads would have < to be advanced out of the Federal Treasury, the cost of operating the government merchant fleet and the size of expenditures for the army and .the navy. Aside from internal taxes, the Treasury Secretary was understood tc have estimated customs receipts foi next year at $450,000,000 and miscellaneous rep.eints. inclnHin? rbIvhc# at $350,000,000. He was said to have I ' figured that the $10 license tax ?a automobiles would bring in $100,009, 000 and that added levy on cigars^tobacco and cigarettes an additional - $25,000,000. Increased postal rates have been estimated to yield another $75,000,000 but the estimate as tc the income from the proposed tax on bank checks was not disclosed. The loss ff revenue through reduction of the transportation taxes has been placed at approximately $150,000,000. After the committee had heard Mr Mellon, Internal B6venue Commis? - ? sionejj Blair, Dr. T. S. Adams, Treas . ^ary tax experts and4>??$rnscai om cers of thje government* ;CJ?iimM v.- * Fordney reiterated his statement oi last Saturday that he believed the nation's tax bill could be cut $500,000,000 and the government run for foui billion dollars a-yHar. Representative Garner said thai government expenditures in excess of that sum next year would be s "wilfnl nn<>1rai1 woofs ftf fiinili wholly indefensible." He asserted that the Federal establishment could be run for $3,500,000 adding thai Representative Madden of Illinois, the new chairman of the appropriations committee had declared in an address that this sum should be sufficient. \ Before the committee heard the Treasury experts, the Republican members were in conference with Mr MAKING SEEK FOR MISSING MONEY V . Express Company Officials Woulc Solve Mystery of Alleged Disappearance of Big um Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 1.?Expres; - ? ?? ?J A /%4-AnfiTToc on/ uumpaujr uiiiuiaio auu uctcvbiTvo ?**\ private lawyers are engaged in fort& to solve the mystery of th< alleged disappearance of slightly more than $57,000 in cash said t< have been shipped by express on Jun< 22 last from Concord, N. C., to Chi cago, by Gaston B. Means, according to a statement made by intereste< attorneys and express company rep resentatives tonight. Means claims that he counted ou the money in the presence of wit naues and immediately wrapped i and shipped it by express to Roy D Keehn, Chicago lawyer, who is at torney for Mrs.. Mary Melin, admin istratrix of the estate of her sister the late Mrs. Maude A. King, wh< was shot and killed near Concord ii August, 1917. Means' attorney, Jak< F. Newell, explained tonight that thi shipment was a payment of the Kinj estate and the $57,000 representei money earned her through a deal ii : raw rubber in which Mrs. King an< i himself, as her business adviser, en gaged prior to her death. When the package arrived at Chi , cago, according to Mr. Keehn's re port to Mr. Means, it contained noth ing more valuable than a block : . wood in a wooden , box. The ex press agent at Concord tonight ad mitted 4hat on June 22 Mr. Mean: ; shipped a package through the Con cord office of the Southeastern Ex press company valued at $57,000, bu said he knew nothing of tfye content of the package. Means is seeking to recover thft al leged loss from the express coinpan: through a claim, which the compan] is investigating. Means was tried and acquitted ii 1907 on the chargeo f Bordering Mr King. ' ERSKINE TRUSTEES MEET May Name President For Colleg( Todaj) at Gutonik. I t y ?? The, Board of Trustees of Erskin, College met today at Gastonia, N , C., for the purpose, of considering [ the election of a new president succeed Dr. J. S. Moffatt. Leadini , candidates are said to be D?. J. W ? r > Larson, D. D., of Newberry; the Rev R. C. Grier, of Columbia, ;;;and Di Oliver Johnson, D. D. of Winnsbcxrc It is rumored here that Dr. Moi t . % V fatt has been called ti> the pasfcorat of the A. R. P. chtrreh ^in Anderso; and that he accepted. This repor could not be confirmed today. 1 ? . j J>R. ROBERTSON COMES ' ?? ' i Pastor of Galveston Church Wil i Preach Here Sunclajr Dr. J. P. Robertson, past<& of th . First Presbyterian church at Galves j ton, Texas, 1*31 preach in the Pres hyterian church here next Sunda; morning and evening. The mornini . service will begin at 11 o'clock in . stead of 11:15. Dr. Robertson, wil . also preach in thea?UM ehuwjith folio-wing Sunday,V-V |?. t n 1 . W# t ; COTTON OPENS EARJL.Y Mr. Claude Winn; of the Levc * Land section brought to this offic today the first open boll of cotto: ; seen this year. It is well matured. 5 : i Madden for a discussion of expendi , tures next year and the needs o I Shipping Board, the army and th I navy. t Examination of the Treasury offi i cers concluded the committee's hear i ings on the revision measure and th t Republican members plan to get t< work tomorrow on a final draft o the bill. Chairman Fordney reiterate* that the committee could not com plete the measure under three w?eks CO-OPERATIVE f DAYSATURL CHAMBER IF COMMERCE; MERCHA COUNTRY WILL COOPERATE TO ' . THAN DOLLAR DAY.?IF TRADE IT, IS In order to keep the interest of all I a j the people of the county centered on v . Abbeville, to the exclusion of points ? ? outside, the Chamber of Commerce j f has been working on a jjJan to cele- a * brate the second Saturday in each ij month as Cooperative Marketing day. P , Saturday, the 13th is to be the first fc< j of these days and it is planned to j1 make the day so full of pleasure and profit that it will be ever remembered ^ J j. and repeated with enthusiasm. " It is planned to piake the day somet what on the order of dollar day with P the exception that all the people will d be invited to offer bargains and the * volume of a particular sale willonot si be confined to the somewhat ^narrow 1( j limits of a single dollar. Anybody |" ^ maay bring anything he pleases and 1] j park himself on the square or anye where he wishes and dispose of it in n , any manner he thinks wise. He can v I mmrnTl : R RFDFflim f - PRESIDENT HARDING SPEAKS ft * AT TERCENTENTARY CELE3 BRATION OF LANDING OF PILGill MS?JEULOG1ZES ENGLISH t RACES EVERYWHERE. 1 . B < ' Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 1.?Ply - mouth Rook, for ? three centuries a fi P landmark of American freedom, t f was rededicated by President Hard- v ing toay as a symbol of "real human j l hwvfViAiOwuvl" -friT Sill fVl#> WfVulH. h 3 Speakng at he tercentenary cele- i' bration of the landing of the Pil- o grims, the President declared his t fervent hope that the principles of I toleration and liberty for which our h 8 fathers- crossed the Atlantic might' soon awake a new world ideal in 5 which peace and understanding t e would be insured among the nations, s He referred in particular to the na- t t tion's effort toward disarmament, f 0 asserting his faith that the move- li ? ment would succeed. v f ' ' .With his tribute to the filgrims o \ Mr. Harding linked a eulogy to the t ' achievements of the English speaik- c Ing race everywhere, and declared he f " jaras. convinced that the mission' of ^ the race would encompass even great f n er things than it had yet accomplish- I t ed. The leadership of the English- * speaking peoples in the present world i crisis, he said, could not foe denied i nor doubted by anyone. * The President's address, delivered 1 14 within a fe^v hundred feet of the t spot where Plymouth Rock has ibeen I e enclosed in iron palings to pre3ervg v h it for posterity/was part of an an- s i- niversary celebration in which Vice v jr. President Cooilidge and many other I Z high officials of. State and nation par- f i- ticipated. f 11. - 'Earlier in the day he had headed ( e and reviewed a parade, of civic, military and naval .organliations throngfa 5 the historic streets of Plymouth and't tonight he witness the tercentenary i' pageant reproducing the landing of v il the Pilgrims. e e With Mrs. Harding and a party 8 r* of friends the President reached g Plymouth from Washington shortly h - before noon on his yacht Mayflower, i- named for the Pilgrim ship which en- ? f tered ths harbor under such widely t e different circumstances three hun- V dTed years ago. Three battleships q p and six destroyers formed an escort c for the Mayflower of today. She was b e. welcomed by a booming of the presi- v d dential salute from a battery f ashore while a British cruiser, the 3 Cambrian, dipped her flag at her v - anchorage, just outside Plymouth n ;. (Continued on page eight.) E MARKET [ MY, AUG. 13 ? i' lNTS, citizens of town and make day even greater V you dint need it, i MOTTO. uction it off, trade it, sell it at priate sale or give it away. Most' peole have something lying arouiid the ouse that is of no use whatever (to ie owner, yet it may haave value t nd someone else may need it: So it a i believed that if the folks can be ersuaded to bring such articles to . e >wn, they can dispose of them at a andsome profit, or at any rate turn ; into something they do need. There rill be a lot of trading between inividuals. v 8 The merchants have indorsed the roposition and they will of course ^ o their part to make the day worth ^ rhile. Lemonade will probably be erved free again and a band may be s nn tVio animrp in tHfi after v" WMW ?" J oon to make the time pass pleasantj between trades. 1 Wtttch the papers for further an- j, ouncements that will be to your ad- ^ antage and possible profit. 1ATFIELD CAREER ! ENDS WITH BULLET i J C IAN LONG NOTORIOUS IN WEST VIRGINIA PISTOL EPISIDES 8 MEETS DEATH ON STEPS OF j CIURT HOUSE.?HIS SLAYER UNKNOWN. 1 Welch, W. Va., Aug. 2.?Sid Hatield'8 career in West Virginia ended oday on the court house steps of this illage. it remains for a coroner's ury to pass judgment as to who shall ie held for trial on a charge of havng fired thfc shot that ended the life f a picturesque, figure in the indusrial strife of Mingo County. C. E. jively, a private detective is being eld pending a verdict. Hatfield, former chief of police ' at ilatewan, and central figure in the rial early this year of more than a core of men charged in connection irith the killing of a private detective ourteen months ago, together with lis friend Ed Chambers, also a deendant in that trial, fell as a result ?f pistol shot wounds suffered as the ' wo men were entering the little ourt house, where Hatfield was to 1 ace trial on another shooting charge ' According to persons near by, Hat- ^ ieldf with a party of friends, ap- s iroached the entrance to the court ' louse just before noon, where they 5 net Lively and a group of comfan- < ons. Friendly greetings were said to * lave been exchanged, but a moment . ater those on either side were no- ! iced to assume a hostile attitude. 1 joud talking was indulged in and this 7as followed by the crack of pistol hots. No one, however, could "or voulH sflv who commenced shootine. i iatfield and Chambers were seen to < all. Examination revealed that Hat- < ield had beep shot in the chest and < Chambers in the head and breast. One of the g\ms. carried by the i lagnolia constable?witnesses aaid < le carried two^?had been discharged, 1 t was said by those who rushed for- < yard. All shells in the pistol were t mpty, it was said. It was further < tated that Chambers fiai but one ^ run. Some of the shells in it alsoi lad been fired, it is said. i The shooting, although creating t ome excitement, did not cause more t han a flurry, and the large crowd in t Velch for the trial was dispersed 1 [uickly by local authorities. The I harge on which Hatfield was to have I een tried today was in connection t rith the shooting up of Mohawk, W. t fa., about a year ago. t Mrs. Sid Hatfield, who formerly a fas tlje wife of Mayor C. C. Tester- t lan, one of those slain in the Mate- s (Continued on page eight.) t \ 1IC0 CARUSO DIES IN ITALY VORLD'S GREATEST TENOR 1 SUCCUMBS AT NAPLES, FOL? AnrniTlAM VJTAYV ILAS Wfliiv* UT E.IVA 1 IVrtl-*?flinv I DELIGHTED HEARERS OVER WORLD. Naples, Aug. 2.?Enrico Caruso, he world's greatest tenor, died 'here 1 t 4 o'clock this morning. 'His golden voice was stilled for- 3 ver when he failed to rally from a elapse following an operation for 1 n albscess. ] Caruso's death was expected for everal hours before the end came. He never had completely recover- ( d from the effects of an f operation 1 kw pleurisy which he underwent in Jew York last winter. As^a result of this operation, phy- , icians stated, he suffered from a * I liaphragmic abscess. , Another operation-was performed n an euort wj rwnuvc tut: awuiwuated pus, but it left Caru90 badly weakened and he sank rapi<Hy. Last Thursay the famous tenor md his wife, the former Dorothy benjamin, went to a sanctuary in the "ompeii valley, where he offered 1 >rayers of thanks to the Blessed Virgin for the recovery of his voice, leard a mass and gave.20,000 francs ' is a thanks offering. Afterward Caruso visited the ex- 1 avations at Pompeii. On Saturday he felt pains in his ibdomen. Those were the first \ earnings that the final illness was at land. He called a physician who advised MA XTorrJ/va on/1 /*ATifln1+ snp. bV gv UV WytVM VVMWWAV :ialsts. Arriving at Naples Sunday light, Caruso called Professor Sorgi, Harozanzasodo and Moscati. After a long consultation these rpecialists diagnosed his case as icute peritonitis with a tendency to iprtad. They decided to operate. Caruso, whose fortitude when suffering great pain was considered renarkable, continued to keep up his jood spirits. < ^ . However, he sank steadily. His igony increased. His strength wanid. Injections of camphor were retired every two hours to stimulate lis fluttering heart. Has breathing was difficult and be-, :ame increasingly labored. His wife who also maintained hqr iourage, remained at the bedside for lours. , She saw her husband steadily Irawing nearer to ttie gates of death i)ut rememlbering the successful ight he made against what were considered overwhelming odds during lis previous illness in New York, she maintained her composure and jonfidence that he again would w*aiher the storm. (Following the operation, surgeons stated that Caruso's death was only i matter of hours. Caruso'* Voice Live* Forever. Thousands'of people may have the dea that death will stop the produc;ion of Caruso records. But this, ac-( jording to The Echo* local represenatives of the Victor Co., is not so. The Victor Company, they state, las "master Teoords" of every solo, kiefc or other air in which Caruso las ever sung for the talking maihine, and these "master records" in he Victor Vaults can produce !&ru9o records as long as they last, which will be just about forever. Caruso has been making Victor ecords since 1903 and had a conract with the company that was not 0 expire until 1934. The 1921 Vicor catalogue lists 109 of Caruso by liraself, six in duets with Ceraldine 'arrar, four in duets with Louise ; lamer, five in duets with Scotti, six- i een in miscellaneous duets, three rios by Caruso and other artist, fif- ! een quartets in which Caruso sang, 1 total of 158 Caruso records now on he market, with others held in reerve by the Victor company yet to ' ?e announced. NIL WEEVIL TOLL row m an J ?- ?V'i LOW CONDITION REPORT DUE LARGELY TO RAVAGES OF INSECT?FIGURES SHOW 64.7 PER CENT OF NORMAL CROP. ESTIMATE OF 8,433,000 BALES i I 5 Washington, Aug. 2.?The boll weevil playefl havoc with the South's :otton crop during July, heavy rainfall aided in the destruction by pro-moting a rank growth of weeds and jrass and as a result a prospective production of 8,203,000 bales was | forecast today by the' Department of Agriculture, basing its estimate on conditions existing July 25. That ia a loss of 230,000 bales compared with the production forecast a month ago. J _ . . . ' -'AW Jhe crop declined 4.5 points durng t the month, much more than the avefage decline, bringing condition, to ; 64.7 per cent of a normal, the lowest July 25 condition on recqpd with one j exception, that of 1866, when it was , % 54.1. Unpromising is the present feondi- : tion of the crop throughout most of. " '*>M the belt, and there >is very serious " " threat, the department experts say, of continued apd increased damage from the boll weevil, while grass and . : ^ weeds are' exhausting much of the i.^jj crop that remains. A crop of 8,433,000 bales was fore- v -0 r>oct fmm fho nn .Tnna^f? ' 1 which was 69.2 per cent of a normal: i The condition was 74.1 per cept onr . vr p July 25 last year, 67.l i^ 191if ?nd the ten-year July 25 average'id 75.4.Last year's crop was 18,365,754 bates -v vj that of 1919 was 11,420,763* bales! ; > * j in 1918 it was ,12,040,532, in 1917 it "Y ^ was 11,302,375 and in 1916 it 11,449,930. ^ The condition by States follows. ; Virginia 82, North Carolina 75, - ^ South Carolina 62, Georgia 59, Plor-/ Ida 60, Alabama 58, Mississippi 68, *'i| Louisiana 59, Texas 62, Arkansas 75, ;; Tennessee 55, Missouri 80, Oklahoma 68, California 83, Arizona 89. All ' other States 88. 1 i Jl Summarizing conditions, the de-^ j partment issued a statement saying: J "Cotton suffered more than the 1 usual decline during July, being dam- J aged particularly by the boll weevil. ' Jj especially in the new invaded t?rri- | tories in South Carolina. Eastern I Georgia, Southern and Eastern Okla- I homa and Southern Arkansas. Dam- j age from this insect throughout the | belt has been heavy and the threat of continued and increased damage is very serious. In many sections it promises to take on new growth. "This condition results largely from the heavy July rainfall, which has also washed out much of the scanty supply of fertilizer and encouraged a heavy growth of grass and weeds, which is exhausting/much of what remains, "Farmers are unable to give a fin- \ al dressing of fertilizer in most in- , stances, as had been the custom. Through most of the belt the present j condition of the plant is unpromising, Since it faces on the one hand the danger of drought and on the other increased damage from the boll wee- ^ vil. "Conditions are favorable only in the fringes of the belt in Western Texas, Eastern Oklahoma, along the Mississippi river from Northern Mississippi through Tennessee and into Missouri, in Virginia and North Caro'** - nnrfinw rtf > SmitK Ulltt, LliC HUlbil^u |/VA v?v? w*. Carolina and in the delta section of Mississippi, where the plants are well . rooted and sturdy with a good set of first crop bolls." . *< New Orleans, Aug. 2.?The cotton new year, with its annual statistics and rush of excited trading, was marked today by an advance in price which experts estimated would bring Southern planters $41,000,000 more for their crop. Miss Clara Adams is visiting her sister, Mrs. DesChamps in Bishopville.