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NORTH CAROLINA
TO COLLECT- TAX
JUDGE CONNOR DECIDES AGAINST
RAILWAYS?CASE IS
EXPECTED TO PROCEED NOW
TO UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT.
Baleigh, N. C. Nov 14.?Judge H
G. Connor, in the United States dis
triet court, today filed a decision
holding that the four railroads operating
in this state must pay the
state of North Carolina $145,000
annually in contested income taxes
and railroad attorneys immediately
set about preparations to file a pepitkm
for an appeal to the United
States supreme court.
The decision of Judge Connor not
ing th9 difference between the assessment
wf the state and the contention
of the railroads shows the
Southern assessed at $71,522.06;
admitted $18,703.95 Atlantic Coast
Line assessed $41,680,95, admitted
$9y996.15; -Norfolk Southerti asssessed
$19,616.40, admitted nothing
The opinion of the court is contained
in one paragraph* the remain
der of th? decree being devoted to
a presentation of tne contentions
and the law bearing on the subject.
By arrangement of counsel the
necessity of a three judge court was
eliminated in the income tax cases
and the cases were heard by Judge
Connor on the final hearing.
The suits were brought by the
railroads on the contention that the
tax imposed by the state is discrim- ;
inatory and applied upon the gross i
receipts rather than upon the net
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income.
Seven contentions were made by
the railroads in support of their
. contention that the general rule had
been applied to the railroads but
the practical question involved was
whether or not the railroads should
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be entitled to deductions for sums
paid in interest and rents.
The state contended that the on*
iy discrimination imposed upon the
railroads is that made necessary by
the character of their business and
that for practical purposes all taxpayers
had been divided into three
clasps, .individuals .puiblic 3ervice3
corporations required to keep (records
according to the accounting
system adopted by the interstate
commerce commission and all other
nnmnration.
ABBEVILLE DELEGATES
Governor Wilson G. Harvey, Mon
day appointed over a hundred delegrates
to represent South Carolina at!
the annual convention of the Southern
Commercial Congress to be j
,? held in Chicago November 20ih. j
From Abbeville county he named
the following delegates: A. S. Kennedy,
Due West, Dr. G. A. Neaffer
Abbeville and A. R. Fowler, Due
West.
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DE LA HOWE KIDS. !
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Saturday afternoon the De la
Howe kids are coming to Abbeville
to see "The Bachelor Daddy." '
TJhey will be the guests of Manager
Verchot of the Opera House. There
. will be 108 of them and anybody 1
desiring to help get them from the 1
De La Howe school to Abbeville
town will please communicate with 1
Mr. J. M. Nickles or Mr. Verchot 1
what transportation they can offer. '<
There are many ears in Abbeville and
most any of the High School boys .1
would drive out and get the children ,1
for the show. i
FREE TICKETS. 1
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All of the girls and boys having ]
exhibits at the Corn Show will be 1
presented 'with free tickets to the
Matinee at the Opera House Satur- 1
day afternoon. The show will be i
The Bachelor Daddy," and is a (
fire show.
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REICHSBAI10 '
ASSIST GERMANY,
PREPARED TO , ADVANCE 500,000,000
GOLD MARKS?REPARATIONS
COMMISSION FAILS
TO AGREE?DEADLOCK IS t
THREATENED. t
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Berljin^Nov. 14^?'German (Gov- o
emment tonight forwarded a for- e
<mal note to the reparations com- s
mission in, Paris, informing- fthe a
commission that the Reichsbank is
prepared to advance the . German
Government 600,000,000 gold mark J
toward a loan to stabilize the mark, f
said an equal amount is forthcom- e
ing from abroad and subject to the E
condition 'proposed !by the foreign t
financial experts who recently vis- B
ited Berlin a3 essential for the sue- d
cess of the stabilization project. a
Plaris, (Nov. !4j?The uepaati- s
tions commission at 8 o'clock this ?
evening, after three hours of dis- ^
cussion of Germany financially and
economically, as vierwed under the
commission's recent visit to Berlin '
found itself just as far from agree- ^
ment as when the session began.
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The American unofficial repreeenta- ^
tives, Roland W. Boyden and Col. ^
James A. Logan, Jr., participated. ^
in .the session.
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A deadlock in the commission
again seems imminent although it 0
is reliably reported that M. Bar- a
thou, the chairman, has been favorably
impressed with the pro- g
posed. solution contained in the re- b
port of the foreiga experts who re- o
cently went to Berlin to study the o
situation. It is stated that pre- v
mier' Poincare insists upon the im- r
position upon Germany of rigid o
guarantees ibefore everything else. 1)
It is suggested in one quarter S'
that the reparations problem., might
'be left in suspense until the inter- c
Allied conference at Brussels on 11
the question of reparations and 0
inter-Allied debts is held but those v
members of the commission who P
can see no good in delaying the e
decision 'by the commission. The t
fear of the collapse of the present
government in Berlin is also con- ^
sidered a factor which it is argued ^
should, hasten some conclusion on t
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the reparations question.
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EXHIBITS POURING !
IN FOR CORN SHOW,
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Which Comes Off This Week?Ex- a
hibits May Be Entered Until L
2 O'clock Tomorrow. y
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Entries for the Corn Show which h
takes place Thursday, Friday and a
Saturday of this week, wijl not close
uhtii 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon ^
the 16th. Exhibits are pouring in this ^
morning in unusual numbers and it
is far from the closing time. If exhibits
continue to come in this way j
until 2 o'clock tomorrow, Abbeville ^
will have the best Corn Show that ^
lias been held in the State. e
The judging will be done Friday e
morning by Prof. C. P. Blackwell, tl
HU J A f?%( n I r.4- PI /\W> r?or* P rtl 1 Ar?A
uiiiei uiiuiJiiou, v^icuiauu vjunu^Cj
svho is considered the best judge of
:orn in the state. Henry S. Johnson,
5f Aiken, District Agent, will also
ict as judge.
Dr. W. W. Long, Director of Ex- n
:eneion Work for South Carolina will 11
ye here Saturday to see what Abbe- a
riile County can produce. 1;
The Corn Show is being held in p
:he Planters Bank Building under
;he direction of County Agent C.
Lee Gowan, and under the wing of a
:he Planter^ Bank. o
The show will be open Friday, o
Friday night, Saturday and Saturday tl
light to visitors. A large crowd is j ?
jxpected from the neighboring towns J sc
Saturday is a special day for the'g:
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PLANS FOR C
AGAINSTJ
BULLETINS SENT OUT BY STAT
DETAIL METHOD WORKED 01
CALLS FOR ACTION EAR]
Gainesville, Fla., Nov. 14.?Bulleins
were being sent out today 1 by
he state plant board of Florida deailing
at length the "improved method
of controlling the boll weevil" as
volved by Dr. George D. Smith, asistant
entomologist of the board,
nrl nnnminpprt Saturdav nierht by Dr
Vilmon Newell, directofr.
While expressing confidence that
Florida growers of upland cotton by
ollowing the new method are assurd
of at least 90 per cent, of a noraal
crop, Dr. Newell points out at
he outset that Dr. Smith's expedients
were made under Florida conlitions,
and the method evolved is
dapted to this state, but there
eems tq be no reason "on theoretial
grounds at least" why the methd
can not successfully be adapted
0 all sections of the potton belt.
The substance of Dr." Smith's plan
5 to clear the fields of weevil infesation
early in June and then give
he staple free growth until August
rhen the annual immigration of the
reevil sets in. The staple has grown,
owever, to such an extent by this
ime, that harm from the weevil then
1 inconsequential.
In this state, the bulletin points
ut, the crop is usually "made" by
Oigufct 15. '
Dr. Smith recognized in the beinning
of his experiments that the
oil weevil could be effectively poisned
before it reached the "squares"
r flower bracts of the plant. His inestigation
therefore had to do with
idding the plant of the last of the
ver-wintering weevils which appear
iter and deposit their eggs on the
quares.
His plan evolved meets this obstale
by the simple process of removng
the early squares, and then thorughly
disinfecting the boll itself"
;ith poison. His experiments disroved
the belief that removal of the
arly squares would lower the coton
yield.
In this state, the bulletin continues
iy removing the squares early in
une and cleansing the boll, the plant
hen has almost as long a period in
irhich to set fruit as it enjoyed in a
lormal season prior to the coming
f the weevil.
"At first thought," the bulletin
ontinues, "it may appear that a
NIGHT SCHOOL GROWING.
The night school being held at
he cotton mill school house two
ightS each week by Supt. J. D. Fulp
nd assistants, is rapidly growing,
-ast evening nearly 20 new pupil's
rere enrolled and the work was beun
in earnes' Rev. M. R. Plaxco
as heen senured to assist in the work
nd was on hand last night.
' Arithmetic, spelling, writing end
usiness English are the most popuir
studies among , the pupils.
A textile arithmetic) is being used
i the school. This text prepared uner
the supervision of officials of the
rictor-Monaghan mills, Greenville,
eals with problems met with in the
very day life and work of the mill
mployees, and is a valuable text in
lie night school.
cwnriNr. I A ROD
Sheriff F. B. McLane has three
egroes in iail charged with entictig
labor o-t of the state. Th? men
re Henry Mcintosh, Albert Wardiw
and Fred Tate of the Calhoun
'alls section. On? had a ticket for
imself and five, one for himself
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UU tWUj CIZ1U UUC J.Ui miiiovix U11U V??v
ther. Another nogr& with a gang
f twenty 'escaped ana got off with
he goods.
;hool children as well as the club
iris and boys.
A MPAIGN |
5OLL WEEVIL
E PLANT BOARD OF FLORIDA
UT BY ENTOMOLOGIST.
LY IN CROP YEAR.
considerable amount of cotton
would be destroyed or lost by removing
of the first few square,, say
an average of about twd large
squares to/ the plant throughout the
field. It has been demonstrated that
the cotton plant normally sheds about
60 per cent of its fruit during the
growing season. Therefore a loss of
two squares to the plant, on the average,
should not affect the yield."
Noting that the planter has attached
great importance to these
first squares, considering them the
substance of his early cotton crop,
the bulletin says:
"Removal of the early squares in
our experiments was followed by a
remarkable reaction on Ihe part of
the plant itself. In all cases, removal
of the squares was followed by a
rapid increase in the height of the
plants and this was closely followed
by a profuse development of new
squares. So pronounced has been this
acceleration of stimulation of fruit
ing, that it seems highly probable
that even with no weevils, present
removal of all squares early in June
would actually result in increasing
the yield of cotton."
Washington, Nov. 14.?Officials of
the department of agriculture, which
has been actively fighting the boll
weevil for more than 20 years, are
greatly interested in the announcement
of the method evolved by Dr.
George D. Smith, associate entomologist
of the Florida state plant
board, for controlling the boll weevil,
which has caused a loss averaging,
it is estimated, $300,000,00 annually
during the last four years.
Dr. Smith formerly was in the employ
of the federal bureau of entomology
and spent sometime in the
study of the boll weevil while in the
federal, service. Effective work, department
officials declare, is being
done especially at the federal experiment
station in Louisiana. The use
of calcium arsenate in dry-dust form
in controlling the boll weevil, the
department adds, has been gradually
developed during the last seven
years and has proved fairly successr
ful. During the present season, according
to officials' use of the dusting
method on one 14,000 acre plantation
in Mississippi was very effective
at a cost of about $3 an acre.
DEATH OF MR WM. McNEILL
Mr. William M.-McNeill, a prosperous
farmer of the Sharon section,
died at 4 o'clock a. m. November 15,
1922, after an extended illness. Funeral
services will be held Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at Sharon
church, conducted by Rev. J. B. Kil
gore assisted by Rev. C. E. Peele.
Mr. McNeill was born in Ireland
and was in his 74th year. He had
been married twice, his first wife
being Miss Knox. To this union
was born five children, all of whom
are living, they are: Dr. Robert McNeill
of Danburg, Ga., Mrs. Ben Cade
Washington, Ga., Mrs. Janie Dickerson,
Columbia, Tom McNeill, Macon,
Ga.,, and Miss Nora McNeill of
Jacksonville, Fla. His second wife
was Miss Fannie Palmer, who with
five children survive: W. W. McNeill,
Sharon, Mrs. Rosa Boles, North,
Frank McNeill. Abbeville, Mrs. J. E.
Cochran, Watts and Donald McNeill,!
of Clemson College.
Mr. McNeill was a member of the
Methodist church and has lived a
long and useful life in this commu[nity.
He leaves behind him the heritage
of a life well spent.
The following will act as honorary
and active pall bearers: Honorary.
W. F. Nickles', P. A. Roche, W. T.
Magill, Dr. G. A. Neuffer, R, W.
Knox, and J. A. Gilliam.
Active: W. 0. Graves, John E. Ri- i
ley, A.' B. Bosler, G. S. Wilson, C. i
T. Schram and Frank W. Wilson. <
COTTON CONSUMED
SHOWS AN INCREASE
OCTOBER COTTON CONSUMPTION
IS MORE THAN SEPTEM,
BER, ALSO LARGER THAN
FOR SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
I CENSUS RF.POBT PCVPAIQ
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Washington, Nov. 14?Cotton consumed
during October amounted to
533,950 running bales of lint, and
62,406 bales of " linters, compared
with 494,317 of lint and 65,560 of
linters in October last year and 495,344
of lint and 59,833 of linters - in
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September this year, the census bureau
announced today.
Cotton on hand October 3, was
held as follows:
In consuming establishments 1,379,770
bales of lint and 82,169 of
linters, compared with 1,398,138 of
lint and 157,870 of linters a year
ago. .
In public storage and at compresses,
4,329,902 bales of lint and 16,812
of linters compared with 4,984,831
of lint and 212,887 of linters a
year ago.
Active spindles numbered 33,859,076,
compared with 34,206,179
in October last year.
Statistics for cotton growing
states:
Consumed daring October 346,435
bales, compared witn zv f,iui p uctober
last year.
Cotton on hand October 31, in
consuming establishments, was 855,981
compared with 774,848 and in
public storage and at compresses 4,J.25,598
bales, compared with 4,677,202.
Cotton spindles active during October
15,831,959 compared with 15,391,959
in October last year.
The largest monthly consumption
of cotton since June 1920, occurred
during October a total of 533,950
bales of lint having been used by
manufacturers. The census bureau
announced that this was an increase
of 38,600 bales over September consumption
and about the same increase
over last year.
Consumption in cotton growing
states was almost 50,000 bales more
than in October, a year ago.
II flP Tfi PAIQP
u. u. u. iu nmuL
130,000 ADDITIONAL
To Complete Jefferson Davis Monument?When
Completed it Will
Be 351 Feet High
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 14..?Efforts
will be made at the convention
of the Unfted Daughters of the Confederacy
which opens here tonight to
raise the remaining $30,000 necessary
to complete the Jefferson Davis
monument at Fairview, Ky., according
to Mrs. Jacksie Daniel ThrashMorrison,
chairman of the monument
committee.
Pledges will be taken from the
floor in an effort to raise the remainder
of the funds, it was reported.
The obelisk is now 216 feet high,
according to the plans.
The work of raising the remaind-i
er of the funds has been placed in
the hands of the Daughters of the
Confederacy and the Jefferson Davis
Home association, of which General!
William B. Haldeman, of Louisville,
is president. Undaunted by the action
of Governor Morrow in vetoing
an appropriation of $15,000 granted
in a bill passed by both houses of
the Kentucky legislature, the' Daughters
announced their determination
to raise the remaining necessary
funds at this convention.
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Has Sick Daughter.
Mr. Walter Price has a young
iaughter, the oldest of his three
srirls, very sick at his home in the
:-ountry with scarlet fever. i
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AN UGMUATION
REQUIRES UTMOST SKILL TO
PREVENT OUTBREAKS?AN-" I
GORA GOVERNMENT FOLLOW, j
ING POLICY OF DEFIANCE TO,
WARD ALLIES '
London, Nov. 14.?iNow that the
Lausanne conference has 'been postponed
to November 20 tlj? question
' most urgently asked here is whether A.
! it will be -possible to maintain peace
in Constantinople in the interim^ Re
storation of communications has re- X'i$ij
vealed such an ugly situation there
that it is evident the utmost tact 'Ayj
and skill will be necessary to prevemt
outbursts.
All reportg coming to London ; A
concur in saying that the extreme
ists are dominating the Augora g^y- 7;V>Js|
eminent, which, through ita agents ^ "-,j
in Constantinople is following the
policy of defiance toward the allies -^yand
terrorism among the 'local popu
lation. ' . /'two
Residents of Constantinople Let :: fM
described as being in a state of ex-' 1 $jg
trfeaie' alarm, while the .position of
the allied troops \is respected as
one which soon may become un- V|jH
tenable. 'J
An incident which sharolv sh?ws *;*c&
che total change in the situation
from conditions iwhich have pre- ^||
vailed during the past year is reported
iby some correspondents ''vim
whose dispatches say that an Eng- (
lish book merchant who became in- '
volved in a street Squabble was
seized by the Turkish police, taken
to the Galati police station and t
whipped. The correspondents maintain
that the establishment of martial
law alone can make Constapti- '
nople safe.
Complete agreement among the-/;< :;$||
allied and a display of unity in .the
nature of granting full authority
to their commanders in Constanti-.
niople to co-operate in any emergen- .
cy would remove anxiety. It is con- ... .y^jjjj
tetuded, and guarantee stability dor
ing the discussions with the Turks . . $
at Lausauhe. Without such . coin
plete oo-operation, it is argued the M
conference had better not be held.
Commentations in London generally
insist strongly upon the Pieces- '
sity for the allied representatives
to meet together before Talking to
the Turks at Lausanne in iorder to '
decide a common policy.Unless this
is done some observers feel it will
.
be impossible for Great Britain to 'ij
be represented at Lausanne at alL
FOOTBALL FRIDAY. S 3
Uhe football game between Abbe
ville and Saluda high schools will be
called
promptly at 3:30 on the NeW
Field Friday afternoon. Reports fsom
Saluda say that the boys from the
swamps are fit and in fine mettle and
declare that Abbeville shall not eveta
score on their team, let alone win
another game.
It will be a different game from
the Edgefield game and Saluda will
know that they have piayea real
football no matter what the outcome
be- " " , : '[M
MISS REEP REMAINS. .
Miss Blanch Reep has reconsidered
her resignation as Superintendent of
the Abbeville Memorial Hospital and 3
will remain- at the head of that institution.
This will be good news to
the many friends of Miss Reep who
could not even accept the idea of her
leaving Abbeville.
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Cotton brought 26*/? cents on the
local market today. Futures closed
Dec. 26.18
Jan. 7 __26.07
March I 26.00
May ' 25.83
? July 25.49 ^