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FIGHT WILL COME ON BONUS PUNS FINANCIAL SUGGESTIONS DIS CUSSED IN GENERAL SORT OF WAY BY COMMITTEE. CONTEST SURE TO DEVELOP IN HOUSE. Washington, Feb. 23.?The finan cing of the soldier "oonus by means of a manufacturer's or wholesalers' tax was discussed in what was des cribed as a "general sort of way" at two sessions today of the Repub lican members of the house ways meafis committee dealing with this subject. It was announced that there would be no further sessions until Friday and members indicated that there was no disposition to hurry a decision. Representative iLongwtorth, rank ing member of the special commit tee, said it was his judgment that a general maunfacjturers and whole salers' tax similar to that in force in Canada would be recommended. He thought the rates would be low er than those in Canada as treasury experts had estimated that the Canadian rates, if put in force in this country, would yield $580,000, 000 a year, or more than $200,000, 000 in excess of the amount which it has been estimated will be need ed to finance th? cash payments to the former service men. Mr. Longworth said he did not think the bonus bill would be ready for the house this week or next. He stated that there was some dis position on the part of many house members to postpone action on the measure for a timev to await the opening or refunding negotiations between the United States and the debtor nations. Calling attention that th? refunding commission had been appointed by the president, the Ohio imember said there was reason to beJieve that (before July the United States would have some of the refunded bonds in hands. The presid|terit, Mr. (Longworth we?nt on to say, undoubtedly would not be opposed to the sale of some of the foreign bonds in this country to obtain money for the bonus. He added that before this could be done congress would have to enact a law giving authority to the secre tary of the treasury to dispose of the securities as the present law provides that he must use them in retiring a part of the public debt. The Ohio member said the presi dent was opposed to the enactment of bonus legislation without any | provision for raising the funds. If flip nmnnsfld sales tax nrovision was beaten in the house, he added, the bill then would simply be a charge against he treasury. It was his opinion that if a sales tax were reported the house would be given an opportunity to vote separately on that tax. FLOUR. Wheat has recently advanced about 30 cents per bushel. We have several hundred barrels Flour, bought be fore this advance. It will be to your interest to get our prices before buy ing. J. ALLEN SMITH, Jr. WANTS BUTTONS COVERED?To match your dress. Mrs. V. M. Waters, 30 Wardlaw St.. Phone 47. 2, 24, 3tcol. Write It On White & Wyckoffi Dis tinctive Stationery?it is different. THE ECHO. 6,2 tf. FOR RENT?Attractive bungalow lights, garden, orchard and barn, on North Main street. See R. B. Cheatham. MILK FOR SALE?Milk delivered daily by 7:30 to 8 a. m., 15 cents per quart"; also Cream and butter. J. Kay Carwile. Phone 229-31. 2, 15.-6t pd. EAT WITH ME?Next best thing to eating is knowing WHERE to eat. By the meal or regular board. Phone 1. Mrs. D. A. Rogers. tf. GOOD NEWS?The price of Black label Victor Records has been re duced to 75c. The February re lease now on sale. The Echo. 2,6 tf UNIVERSITY CHEMIST WOULD SAVE COTTON G. J. LIPSCOMB, PROFESSOR AT CAROLINA, HAS PLAN, BAS ED ON EXPERIMENTS, HE BELIEVES VJILL PREVENT BOLL ROT Columbia, Feb. 23.?G. J. Lips comb, professor of chemistry in the University of South Carolina, of fers to the PTowers of cotton a nlan 'based on laboratory experiments, which, it is believed, wiU save to them millions of dollars in prevent ing the disease commonly known as boll rot, and many millions of dol lars besides by hurrying the germi nation and growth of the cotton plant and in that way getting ahead of the boll weevil pest. The central idea that Professor Lipscomb has developed has bee-n the eliminati6n of boll rot and other diseases that affect the cotton plant. This is btought about by heating to boiling temperature af ter thoroughly drying the seed and by immersion for a short period in concentrated sulphuric acid. This treatment not only kills all disease germs but also completely removes the lint. The laboratory experi ments made by Dr. Lipscomb indi cate that the process will ibe alto gether successful and as near fool proof as any operation and it takes no elaborate aparatus or machinery for the treatment of the seed. In fact, any farmer with a metal pot and sulphuric acid of proper strength rein do the nec^sarv work to insure first the elimination of the germ disease in the cottonseed and second to bring about an early germination of the seed. Th& experiments have covered every possible angle, both in the laboratory and in the use of the seed and have been carried over on a period of two years of intensive work by Dr. Lipscomb in the uni versity laboratories. The cottonseed subjected to this treatment will come up within 30 or 36 hours, while seeds ,^hich have not been treated in this way require four or five days. The removal of anthrocnose, or boll rot, prevents the injury or de stuction to the crop by cold weath er while the plants are small. The boll weevil flourishes in cold weath or* on/^ lfe rownwol mobac nlonf ti auu i i/o x tinv toi iu?nvo biiv yioub hardier. The removal of the lint by the Lipscomb treatment will per mit the use of a mechanical plant er placing -two or three seeds to a hill, thus removing the necessity of later chopping out the extra plants with a hoe, as is the custom at pres ent. Dr. Lipscomb and some of his associates on the faculty are now at work on a planter that will make use of this idea. The chopping out of the surplus cotton plants' dis turbs the earth about those that are left and retards growth for a week ar two. These improvements will advance the crop and to that extent aid in overcoming the ravages of the boll weevil. The removal of lint by the sulphuric acid process per mits the floating of infertile seed so that only perfect seed are plant ed. Briefly stated, the process that has been worked out by Dr. Lips comb is first drying and then heat ing of the seed to a temperature of boiling water and then treating with strong sulphuric acid. The sul phuric acid is employed for the purpose of removing the lint and the outer coating of the cottonseed, thereby killing all fungus diseases, particularly the boll rot. According to the experiments of Dr. Lipscomb in actual practice it may not be necessary or advisable to use the neating treatment, mt cAprnuicm, having shown that the simple use of strong sulphuric acid will rmove 98 per cent of the disease from the seed while it is removing the lint and strengthening the outer coating of thc seed? Everyone knows that raw sul phurc acid is quite cheap and there is nothing in the way of using the process and getting the maximum results and at practically no cost to the fanner. In fact, Dr. Lipscomb pcin^ out that the original sulphu ric dcid can he repeatedly used with very Jittle loss, but that it is neces sary to maintain the thickness or viscosity of the sulphuric acid so that it does not actually penetrate TWO CENTS i NEW GA, Below is a copy of the gasoline tax bill which has been passed by both houses of the legislature and will become law when it is signed by the governor: "Section 1. That every oil com pany doing domestic or intrastate business within the state and engag ing in the business of selling, con signing, using, shipping, or distribut ec ing for purposes of sale within this stat? any gasoline or any substitute therefor, or combinations thereof, for the privilege of carrying on such business shall be subject to the pay ment of a license tax, which tax shall be measured by and graduated in accordance with the volume of sales of such oil company within the state. Every such oil company shall pay to the state treasurer an amount of money equal to two (2) cents per gallon on all gasoline, combinations thereof or substitutes therefor, sold or consigned, used, shipped or dis tributed for the purpose of sale with in this state. To Tax Commission "Sec. 2. That every oil company subject to the tax provided for in Section 1 of this act shall on or be fore the 20th day of each and every month make out and file with the South Carolina tax commission a re turn under oath in such form as may be prescribed by the said South Caro lina tax commission, showing the number of gallons of gasoline, combi nations thereof or substitutes there-11,5 til h< he CO en sh as Ci th th lir tu uc CO ea th uc su se th m ie se re re for which have been sold or consign ed, used, shipped or distributed for purposes of sale within this state dur ing the previous month and shall at the same time remit to the state treasurer the amount of the tax pro vided by this act. And every such oil company shall keep a record or records showing all purchases and disposition of all gasoline, combina tions thereof, or substitutes therefor, and such records shall at all times be subject to inspection by any agent of the South Carolina tax commission or the department of agriculture, commerce and industries. "Sec. 3. If any oil company shall fail to make the required monthly returns or shall fail to pay the taxes herein provided, the South Carolina tax commission shall make a return for such delinquent oil company upon such information as may be reason ably obtained, assess the tax thereon add a penalty of 10 per cent, to the amount as assessed, and certify the same to the state treasurer, and if such tax and penalty is not paid to the state treasurer on or before the first day of the following month, or if such oil company shall fail to keep a record of all gasoline, combinations thereof or substitutes therefor as re quired by this act or shall wilfully make a false or fraudulent return then in each such event the oil com pany subject to said tax shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con viction shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars, or imprisonment of not less than thirty (30) days: Provided, That every dealer subject to a tax under the provisions of this act shall report to the South Carolina tax under the provisions of this act shall rpnort to the South Carolina tax commission within five (5) days after the date this act goes into effect a true statement of all gasoline, com binations thereof or substitutes there for which such dealer has or had on hand at the close of the day preced ing the date this act shall go into ef fect, and failure to make such report shall be deemed a misdemeanor, pun ishable by fine of one hundred ($100) dollars, or imprisonment not exceed ing ten (10) days. "Sec. 4. It is hereby declared to be the intent and purpose of this act to impose a tax upon every oil j company engaged in domestic or in trastate commerce or business within the schedule provided in Section 1 of this act, at the rate therein speci fied, where such gasoline, combina tions thereof or substitutes therefor is originally sold, consigned, used, shipped or distributed by such oil the parts of the cottonseed. ; The process that has been outlined ! will bring about such a saving to the use of seed that it will more ' than pay for the use of the sulphu ! ric acid. Dr. Lipscomb is at LeConte college, university campus, and will ( be glad to go into details with any | one who may be interested. \ GALLON SOLINE TAX >mpany within this state, but noth g in this act should be construed . impose such license tax upon any lling agent, consumer or retailer, lling, consigning, shipping, distrib ;ing or using any of said gasoline, imbinations thereof or substitutes erefor which may have been bought om, consigned by or otherwise bail 1 by any oil company as defined in lis act which has paid the tax as ;rein imposed, nor shall this act be Id to apply in cases of interstate mmcrce. "Sec. 5. The commissioner of agri Iturc, commerce and industries all at such times and in such forms ; may be specified by the South irolina tax commission certify to e South Carolina tax commission! e following: "Names of all consignors of gaso- j le, combinations thereof or substi- j tes therefor, when the said prod-j I :ts are consigned to a resident oil j | mpany; the names and address of' | ch consignee of an oil company and j | e quantity and kind of such prod- j j its sp consigned. Provided, that1' ch information shall be in the pos- j I ssion of, or on file in the office of j e department of agriculture, com- i erce and industries and to the ex- . nt such information is not in pos ssion of said department and not iquired to be there kept, no suchj port shall be required. j "Sec. 6. The term 'oil company' as;. j >ed in this act shall mean and be I ?ld to include any person, firm, cor- j I >ration, company, partnership, or, isociation engaged in selling or in( nsigning, using, shipping, distribut- j g for purposes of original sale ithin this state, gasoline, combina-l ons thereof or substitutes therefor,1 i specified in this act. The term! riginal sale' shall mean the first lo n-f nrnHnptc <vr fcVip firat Hi?u ! ibution, transfer, consignment, or,- ] lilment of such products for the ] irpose of sale within the state. J J j "Sec. 7. The South Carolina tax] immission shall, as soon as practi- j ible and before the 26th day of i ich month, certify to the state easurer the names of all persons, irporations, partnerships, and asso ations liable to pay the tax herein ovided, together with the postoffice [dress and the amount of the tax, idsjf the said tax has not been paid len the state treasurer receives ch certification, he shall issue a irrant or execution directed to the eriff of the county, or his ls.wful puty, in which the delinquent tax yer resides or where his business conducted. The sheriff to v/hom ch execution is directed shall pro ed to enforce same in the .name inner provided by law for the forcement of an execution issued a county treasurer against a de iquent taxpayer. That the taxes d all penalties herein provided for all be held as a debt payable to the ite by the party against whom the me shall be charged, and all such xes, penalties and assessments all be a first lien in all cases what ever upon all property of the party arged therewith. Provided, that thing contained herein shall be nstrued as imposing any tax on rosene. "Sec. 8. All moneys collected under e provisions of this act shall be id into the state treasury, one-half which shall be credited to the meral fund as used for defraying e ordinary expenses of the state vernment, and the remaining half all moneys collected under the ovisions of this act shall be dis puted to the counties to be used plnsivplv for tbp rrmsfruntinn nr aintenance of roads. Such distribu >ns among the counties shall be ade by the state treasurer before e 10th day of January, April, July d October of each year, the amount stributable on account of the col jtiun ui tiie preueumg unce munuis. ing paid to each county treasurer such manner that the amount re ived by each county shall bear the me rat'o to the total amount of the sessed value of property in such unty bears to the total amount of e assessed value of property in the tire state. "Sec. 9. All acts or parts of acts consistent with the provisions of is act are hereby repealed. "Sec. 10. This act shall go into ef ct on the first day of the month af r the approval of this act by the EBBBBBBBBBBBB Rosenberg Mi Departnu ABBEVILLE, Dry Goo I SPRING CO The Styles are very A The Materials?Poire and Tweed. COLORS?Navy with ings and brighter i and brown mixtur THE PRICES are ver; resent extreme va rni *j__ J _ I i nese suits are inaue facturers and the 1 the closest inspect i WE WILL BE GLAD LOOK TH] Th Rosenberg aiaiEiHiEiEfEiHfiirafHiaii Debate Ended a Greenville, Feb. 22.?Furman 3 liversity has completed an inter- a llegiate debate schedule which :l<udes three of the leading edu ;ional institutions of the South? Jahoma Baptist University, of awnee, Okla., Mercer University, Macon, Ga., and Carson and wman College, of Jefferson City, nn. The debate with the Okla ma Baptists, will be staged at rman University on the evening April 28th. On the same evening'a; Vi CLOSING OUT ENTIRE SI In order to close out r Pianos, Grafonolas, P gans I am offering the fore unknown. I hav< few. Estey Player Pianos 1 Old price .... $961 These instruments belong to manufactories and are now than pre-war prices. If you you to get on the train and < see them. ^Amp iKPfl Plavftrn at K/V111V MWVM A W- ? ? ? New Pianos for $295.0 for $500.00. Come, these very great barga JOHN A. F GREENWOOD, . laiayaiaiiuiugraiaigiaiiei ercantile Co. snt Stores - - - s. c. ds Store (AT suns ttractive, it Twill, Tricotine, ) attractive silk lin shades of blue, grey es. y moderate, and rep lue. > by high class manu tailoring will stand ion. TO HAVE YOU 5 3M OVER. le Mer. nother team from Furman Univer ity will egage a team from Carson nd Newman College in Asherille. We are making especially low rice* on Leather Goods, such as [orse Collars, Breeching-, Bridles, heclc Lines, etc. If you need aajr* lingr in this line be sure to get our rices. J. ALLEN SMITH, JR. In England are several farms de oted to the cultivation of butterflies nd mo-hs. PRICES ON POCK OF 5TCUMENTS ny entire stock of 11 r\ honograpfis and ur m at prices hereto j mentioned only a ?ow $495.00. 9.00. the very highest grade of offered for $200.00 less want a Player it will pay come to Greenwood ana much lower prices. '0, heretofore sold see, secure one of tins. IOLLAND s. c.