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TAX ON SOFT DRINKS MAY BE ELIMINATED r * " , . J ' . Fifty Per Cent. Cut Advised In ^ Agreement Among Republicans, It Is Understood. Washington, Aug. 9.?Agreement to elirainite the taxes on fountain ^ drinkii and ice \eream and the so-called luxury tax en wearing apparel is understood to have been reached today by Republican members of the House ways and means committee, sitting in executive session. A reduction of one-half in the 10 per cent levy on sporting goods also is said to have been agreed upon. j- > \ The total loss of revenue from these proposed changes "woulfl be slightly less than $50,000,000 and the reductions are the first to be passed ^ upon by the ' majority members in their effort to carry out the an-riounced program of Republican Hous^ leaders to cut lialf a billion dollars from the nation's tax bill. , Repeal of the 10 per cent, tax oiv carbonated bottled beverages, which is collected and paid by the manufacturer monthly, also was discussed * at the meeting, and favorable action was predicted by some members of the committee^ who argued that it .. was not fair to remove the tax on drinks' at fountains in the cities and retain the levy on bottled goods sold largely in the rural districts. * Before undertaking revision of specific sections of the existing revenue law, the committee majority spent several hours discussing possible cuts in both taxes and expenditures^ together with the probable amounts of * government income from the various sources other than internal revenue. Several sets of figures were considered, but it was said no formal .agreement wis reached on any final to-, ; tals. 7 ' 'I It is understood that in the course of this -discussion there was a suggestion that the committee appoint a delegation to go over the whole situation very frankly with President '* ^ Harding and Secretary Mellon with a view to obtaining their counsel as well as urging that the executive departments hold down rigidly on ex penditures. So far as was diBclosed 4 no action was taken, bnt at the conclusion of the day's session, Chairy man Fordney said he might * confer -with Mr. Harding upon the latter's r return from New England. . ( Estimates before the committee today were 'said to have contemplated total cuts of approximately $579,900,000 in probable expenditures for f< this fiscal year, leaving the total at $3,905,000,000 -exclusive of postal, estimated at $$75,000,000. I II I ! FREAK MANNER | , ' V. _ Babies Have Unusual Cognimens " Handed Thein Bv Parents. , . ^ Topeka, Kan., Aug. 9.?What's in a nam*? The Department of Vital Statistics f 7- ' of the State of Kansas is commencing to think there is a great deal to interest the public in some names. Some of the names that are sent in a to tiie department with the record of a birth are so "freakish" that it is hard to bdieve that fond parents actually hare "tagged" their offspring with such queer names. ; A Kandaa family by the name of ^ Bruno sent in the name of their heir apparent as Noble?Noble Bruno. In another section of the State lives the Nutt family. One of its progeny is called Pleasant Nutt. Another tot who will have a mighty hard time learnr^V % to spell her own name is called Mtoleres Antoinette Gwendolyn HoupHfclshenser. The stork brought twins <. i /^ a family by the name of Gist. The V ^ fWins^ drew these names from the "lottery backet"?Adam and Eve. This youngster's "handle" Wtedzetew Rzenenik, has all of the clerks ' k* ** ? in the Vital Statistics Department deeply worried. The spelling has sovaral an/1 tVio nrAnnntii*). ation?well, it could be more readily 1 sneezed! E > ' w - &L- - boo cares than ana rover. ' ^mmmm^^Ba^B> W. A. HARRIS ; FUNERAL 8UPPLIE8 . EMBALMING 1 and Auto Hearse 8ervlce / %. % PHONES . Day 395 Night 134 ' i r ICvvvvvvvvvw^v^i V V V BETHIA NEWS ^ V - V VVVVVVV V V vvvvv Miss Mary Spence of Troy is visiting relatives here this week. Mr. Lonnie Link left Saturday for his home in Greenville after an extended visit here with relatives. Mr. Marsh Wilson had the misfortune to lose a fine horse Saturday night. Mr. and Sfrs. Tom Harrison of Abbeville spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Link. . Friends of Mrs. John Hall . are sorry to know she is very ill. Miss Kate Hunter of Virginia is here on a visit to her brothers. Mrs. George Weeks of Abbeville is visiting her sister, Mrs. Luther Link. ... , ,Miss Marvis Pettigrew is, visiting. i r I 'hergrandfather in Newberry. ? Mrs. John Beauford of Lebanon jspent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. John Hall. Many hearts were saddened last Thursday, Aug. 4th when the news came that little Mary Branch was dead. Mary was 6 years of age and j was the youngest child of Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Branch. She was sick only three days and wasn't thought to be seriously ill until a short while before she died. Mary was a bright and sweet child wltti a smue lor everyone. She is survived by her mother and father and two sisters, Elizabeth -and Olive and other relative*: Many ! friends extend sincere, and tenderest 1 sympathy to the bereaved ones at this sad hour. The remains were taken to Kentucky Friday for burial. NO TIME FOR GOD ' Englishman Say* Churche* Stand 1 Stark and Uaeless , . I London, Aug. 9.?'INo time for God" is the title of a remarkable ar- J ticle (by Sir James Douglas. "England," he writes, "has no | time for God. Over ell the land the ' I n 2. ?a ?:?i Old gray wweni auu apuvi v*?v. churches still bear witness tp the faith that has grown cold, but they t are empty churches, and their bells ] no longer summon the good people to tender meditation and gentle < prayW. , : 1 - "Never in my life has religion ebbed so low. Never has the spiritual i pulse of the nation beat so fedbly. The soul of the nation is empty. < 'There are no great voices, in the < pulpit or on the platform, in poetry ' or in prose. The divorce mills grind out their grist o< misery day iby day, i and the nation grins and sneern. at 1 the griciy procession of moral invalids marching through the fumes of : perjury to the pit <xf lust. "But the law of life is reaction. The tidal wave of materialism has nearly reached its highest point. The < foul waters will recede, the home will be 'built, the family will be re. stored to its old place in the spiritual life of the nation. "Statesmen will rise with power to inspire the nation with aims that i are not base and with ideals that are .not mean. The churches will br^ed' great divines like Bun wan and Wes_ ley/Dtle and^ Booth, Manning and Newman. Poets like Wordsworth will stir the soul of England into penitence and peace. "There will be a great dump In Immorality. There will be ?panic in the pig markets <xf sensual syncism. England must find time for God." MbetIIR VISION If yon suffer from oye strain?if you Ind reading, writing or sowing unpleasant tuki? L?t as unlock the fetters that bind you, by furnishing glasses that will enable you to see clearly and satis* factorily. Tbis is the home of better glasses. DR. L.V. LISENBEE . OPTOMETRIST TELEPHONES: Office 278 Res. 388 3 1-2 Washington St. Orer McMurray Drug Co. \ ABBEVILLE, S. C. . ; (Becoming Glasses Cost No Mot?) V < VV.VVVVVVVVV V V V ANTREVILLE NEWS V V \ * V V V VV. V iVVV VVV V \ Mr. Charlie Crowther, who is superintendent of several schools in the Philippine Islands is at home for a vacation. This is hife first, visit in four years and every one was glad to see him. Mr. and Mrs. Ulus Stokes and two children, of Columlbia, are the guests of Mrs. Gr. 0. Stokes - for several days. ;' Miss Beth Anderson entertained the following young ladies at a house party last week: Miss Helen Leverett, of Iva, Miss Mattie Lou Simmons of Belton, Miss Violet Welborn, of Glemson and Miss Minnie Lee Nickles, of Greenwood. Miss Anderson entertained at a lawn party in honor of !her guests last Thursday .night.'v A 'large number of young people were present and enjoyed a delightful evening. Mr. W. P. Hutto, Mrs. Anna! J. Hutito, Messrs. J. B. Holleman and L. J. Hutto, of Springfield, spent several days with iMr. and Mrs. A. M. Erwin last week. Mrs. J. B. Holle/VuAMi nriAT +A UIV>U| WUW UMU >WVU T lOiViug |/* *w*. "V their earning, returned home with them Friday. . The play "The Outcast's Daughter," given in the school auditorium last Friday night was a splendid success. It was among the very best ever given here. Every character did his part creditably. The sum of $29 was made for the benefit of the Young People's Missionary Society. Mrs. W. W. McCarter is the superintendent of this society. The music between acta was furnished by Misses Lorene and Martha Cook of Lowndesville.' Miss Lorene Cook played a guitar using Hawaiian attachments, both young ladies accompanying the music with sweet SlUglUg. Mr. John Knox, of Birmingham, is here on a visit to his mother, Mrs. Amanda Knox. Miss Elizabeth. McCarter, of Greer spent the week-end with borne folks. . Miss Annie Bell of Toney Creek, jpent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed' Bell. Mr. and Mrs. E. A.? Patterson and ihildren are spending this week with relatives Long Branch. Miss Mary Clinkscales, of MoCormick, is visiting Miss Ruth Crowther. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fell and children, of Verdery, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fleming last week-end. Protracted services are being held at Little Mountain 'Presbyterian ' ? i /*1 _ l_m onurcn tnis weeK. ivev. ^ionei^er, 01 Lowndesville is assisting Bev. Fennell. -I Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McCarter and son, Bobby, and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bowen are spending? several days in the mountains of North Carolina. They wiH be the guests ocf Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Martin in HenI dersonville. Master Harold' Knox, of Pittsburg, Pa., is spending sometime with his grandmother, Mrs. Amanda Knox. : Mrs. J. W. Fulmer, of Campobello 19 spending this month^with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Keaton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carwile were the guests Saturday ocf Mr. aqd Mrs. Ernest Gordon. Mr. T. L, Rurdette and daughter, %ti? -1- .J Y>r 1VA vl ?rc w? guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McCarter. Mrs. William Patterson and Mrs. r Rosa Campfcell spent Monday with Mr8. Richard Hayne near First Creek. Misses Ruth Manning and Ruith Milford, of Calhoun Falls, are the guests of Miss Mary Milford. Miss.Winton Keaton is visiting her cousin, Miss Irene Simmons, of Belton. Mrs. J. E. Smith has returned to her home in Atlanta, after having Spent a number of pleasant days with her daughter, Mrs. J. Cullen Kay. * Mr. Prue Bell and Mr. Carlisle Bates spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bell. Mr. Wash Black and two sons, of Mt. Carmel, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Black and family. ; The Pensive Note. Detroit News. Before steel pens were invented the pinions of one goose wete often used to spread the opinions of another. Women farm hands in Kansas demand the same pay as that paid the men. ' /' ' Greatest sport you to pull out your ma papers and some P Albert and roll up a rette! That's because is so delightfully gooi refreshing in a cigar< just like it is in a ji pipe! You never sec get your fill ? P. A joy'usly friendly; -jrr? ?* Prince Albert will revelation to your tasti other tobacco at any pi inltsclassl And, it rol t>RINE then ' ,M MISS CLARKE ISSUES I STATEMENT FOR OFFICERS Gets Herself Entangled in Mesb of Unverified Tales of Troubles. r i - ii A.1hth)A MO inc S rAnnnnnrp 'V^inuuvf h> *mv*j **?o? v. ????- ? ? ment by authorities that Miss Lena OpaMce, eelf-confessed (perpetrator oi a |32,000 poatad theft, and held in jail here on a charge of murdering F. A. Miltimore in her room at a local hotel here last Monday night, prepared another sworn statement, designed to aid postal inspectors in clearing ?p irregularities of her accounts as postmistress at West Palm Beach'was the only development in the case today. Postal inspectors did not make public the contents of this statement but earlier in the day had expressed the belief that Miltimore was in no manner involved in the irregularities of the West Palm Beach postoffice, ad added that "another motive" Would have to ibe shown for the killing of Miltimore. They said their investigations disclosed tnat tne Shortages in Miss Clarke's accounts extended back for several months, but not as far back as 1918, as as. serted in a sworn statement. In April 1910, they say, she reported that, <120,000 in canceled money orders had been lost or stolen from her office and asked that she be allowed credit for this amount. The request is still pending, they say. The inspectors say they believe a shortage of approximately $5,000 existed at this time, and she destroyed the entire amount in an effort to coVer up. She was later called upon to make bond in the sum of $20,000 pending an investigation, they say. Her shortages at present, they antr am/uinf f/-> 49ft ftftft as di'?HnAf. MMtVMMV W Y? V|V V V WW. canceled money order loss. Tlie inspectors refused to comment on the loss of $38,000, said by Miss Claijke in her sworn statement to 'have occurred in 1918, and which, iff ah attempt to cover up, rihe asserts started the manipulations of five ' years. '. LAZY From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele graph. A storekeeper noted for his laziness was sitting reading one day when a would-be customer entered. "I want a pair of shoe laces," he said. "I am very sorry, madam," said the indolent man, '"but would you mind coming again when I am stand ing up?" Sik// C?me < Ef p*n m riii up you papers wit know easily because it's crii ikin's and it stays put rince It's the b^st bet yoi ciSa" laid that you'll like 1 P. A. Albert better than an] a ana rette you ever rolled I 5tte? immy And listen I Ifyoti ?m to a jimmy pipe hanker f3 H by all means know a5d Pnace Albert can d you! It's a revelatio: ! rii)x: aa wcu as in a be a rette! P. A. can't bi e! No parch. Both are cu rice is by our exclusive pat lis up process. eAlber ational joy amok* CARUSO IS HAPPY IN OTHER WORLD London, Aug. 9.?-"My singing was miserable noise compared to the di- , vine harmony here." t This answer came from the spirit of Enrico Caruso, immediately after c his death to intimate friends who ar ? J M ? 4-4* <1 ruiigeu tx oeaiiccy accuruiu^ tv a bwi; telegraphed to the Daily News today t] from its correspondent at Milan. b A series of questions it is related t] were put to the late songster and the a answers, as given, were without ? equivocation. He was asked especial- b about his new surroundings. b "Do you prefer your new homq?" i, the spirit of Caruso was asked. p "Absolutely yes," came the answer, j] "Do you not regret the loss of your v glory?" was the next query. k "No," was the response, "for the p world is all misery and vanity. My j singing was miserable noise compar- j ed to the divine harmony here." b Q.?"Are you preferably happy?" t; A.?"No, for I am afraid some ? trouble will happen between my rela- a tivea on account of my bequests." ^ A Kw MM P.OW- m> A bClC^XOUi tCV^U^U l/J M4Ht VM* ? so from Florence, the dispatch adds, n informs her that a late will has been j( discovered which makes provision j, for Caruso's young daughter, Gloria. 9 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP ABBEVILLE Probate Court / ^ Citation for Letter* of Adnuaiitr** j( tUn. By J. F. Miller, Eiq., Jidgt of ProWt.< 1( WHEREAS, Jennie Elizabeth Botts ^ hath made suit to me, to grant her a letters of administration of the estate q and effects of Thomas H. Botts, late o of Abbeville County, deceased. These Are Therefore, to cite and c admonish all and singular the, kin- g dred and creditors of the said Thomn as H. Botts, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville Court House, on the 23rd day of ? August 1921, after publication here- 31 of, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to n show ckuse, if any they have, why the said Administration should not c be granted. Given under my hand and seal of " tl the Court this 9th day of Aug. in the year of our Lord one thousand a nine hundred and twenty one and in ^ the 146th year of American Inde- 8 pendence. * Published on the 10th day of Aug. 1921 in the Press and Banner and on P the Court House door for the time required by law. A J. F. MILLER, 3t Judge of Probate. \ m 1 >n along 1 ___ g : .1 ? . . - . ' .iJ ir makin's h P. A, . .*.>* f. 4 V up cut ^ | j lever Prince 0*%**} 99tm aif twppjr TWm -J rciga- \SH^BSSI mnd haH pound tin ( 4 hmmMma mnilnth* pound cryttal gUus I lidM humldir with i nave ?* ?# nittinw | ing? T Copyright 1021 fcy R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. , ' Wbutoa-Saloa, v-vf*1! N.C. > . Vaj MASTER'S SALE -r? The State of Sooth Carolina, COUNTY OP ABBEVILLE, Court of Common^ Pleas . P. SONDLEY, ' Plaintiff, against * HARLIE JANIDES and J. S. ^ STARK, ' Defendants. By authority of a decree of sale by le Court of Common Pleas for Abeville County, in said State, made in le above stated case, I will offer for , ale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville, !. H., S. C., on Salesday in Septem- a er, A. D., 1921, within the legal ours of sale the following described md, to wit: All that certain lot or arcel of land situate, lying and beug in the city of Abbeville, AbbeiHe County, in the State aforesaid, nown as lot No. 4 of the D. O'Neill roperty as shown on plat of 8. B. tambo, engineer, dated April 22, 919, the same having a two story rick house thereon, fronting tweny-five and nine-tenths (25.9) feet on he Public Square, and running back distance of seventy-two and eight enths (72.8) feet; being bounded on he northwest by lot No. 8; on the ortheaat by lot No. 8 and law range 3t; on the southeast by Russell store at and law range lot; and on the outhwest by the public square. Also lot No. 8 of the D. O'Neill iroperty lying at the rear ol tile bove described lot and running back rom the rear of a ten (10) foot alayway, the same having a width of ixteen and five tenths (16.5) feet, nd a depth from lot No. 4 to the alsy way of sixty-one and sixteenths 61.6) feet; the northwest line being continuation of the northwest line f lot No. 4, the same being bounded * km l/?f W/> 7 JfcVl fltO JU bUC 1IV1 VllVVCilW UJ IVITAIVl f VU ?-v ortheast by alley way; on the southast by law range lot; and on the outhwest by lot No. 4 and being lore accurately described on the plat bpve referred to. The two (2) lots described above rill be sold as one (1) lot All as- * essments for street improvements lust be assured by the purchaser. TERMS OF SALE?One-third ash, and balance on credit of one nd two years in equl installments, lie credit portion to bear interest at he rate of seven per cent per annum, nd fn hp pvideneed hv the bond of he purchaser, secured by his mortage of the premises, with option to he purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for stamps and apers. THOS. P. THOMSON, LUg. 1. 1921 Master A. C., S. C. Rub-My-Tism cures cores. i