Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SENATE LIKELY TO ACT THIS WEEK IN THE H. C. OF L. Washington, August 23.-Events in the government's effort to bring down the high cost of living tonight were turning about probable senate action on legislation asked by 'Attor ney General Palmer. Before the week is over Palmer will probably know whether he is to get the extension of the war time con trol act, which he has asked and which the house has already granted, or whether he must base his actions on existing laws. Palmer has made it plain to sena tors that he considers it essential that nev.- legislation which would provide a fine and prison sentence for food profiteers, including clothing in the food control act and give him addi tional power to stop profiteering by - retailers. So far members of the senate agriculture committee who have Pal mer's proposals under consideration have not been favorable to them. While awaiting senate action the department of justice, it was an nounced tonight, is going ahead with its campaign to organize fair price associations, notwithstanding the fact that the new legislation has not re ceived final action. Dealers who sell goods for more than the fair prices are liable to pros ecution, notwithstanding the fact that the new legislation has not received final action. Food hoard seizures are also to continue, it was made plain today by the department in estimating that food to a total value of about $9,500, 000 has been seized during this week. Early developments are also antici pated in connection with Palmer's an t nouncement that the packers had vio lated anti-trust laws. In congress, in addition to senate developments in food control law amendments, is expected. The nouse agriculture committee will take up a bill by Representative Hutchinson, New Jersey, prohibiting the cold storage of food more than ten months except by consent of the secretary of agriculture and provid ing that all cold storage food must "be so stamped. This is one of the measures suggested by President Wil son. Another measure along the lines suggested by the president is before the house judiciary committee. It provides a licensing system for cor-j porations. .roi s;sanbsj dn o^e; o\ si ^Bpuoj? 93$ ! -^loraioo suoi^BudojddB asnoq aqj, additional appropriations by the de partment of justice and others to carry on the war to reduce prices. Whether army food sales to cities and through the parcel post are to continu? will be decided soon when war department supply officers have determined whether there is any more food on hand. Sales by parcel post have been so heavy that officials believe most the surplus food is al ready disposed of. Is It Worth While? . Joaquin Miller. It is worth while that we jostle a brother Bearing his load on the rough road of life? ls it worth while that we jeer at each other In blackness of heart?-that we war to the knife? God pity us in our pitiful strife. God pity us all as we jostle each other; God pardon us all for the triumphs we feel When a fellow goes down ; poor heart broken brother, Pierced to the heart; words are keener than steel, I And mightier far for woe or for weal. Were it not well in this brief little journey, On over the isthmus, down into the tide, That we give him a fish instead of a serpent, Ere folding the hands to be and abide For ever and aye in dust at his side? Look at the roses saluting each other; Look at the herds all at peace on the plain. Man, and man only, makes war on his brother, And dotes in his heart on his peril and pain Shamed by the brutes that go down on the plain. ? The Best Physic. When you want a pleasant physic try Chamberlain's Tablets. They are easy to take and mild and gentle in effect. They are highly prized by peo ple who have become acquainted with their good qualities. They only cost a quarter. J REDUCES STATE LEVY BY ONE-HALF OF MILL Rut L. Osborne, comptroller gener al, has fixed the state levy at nine mills. The 1919 general assembly made the levy 9 1-2 mills, authorizing the comptroller general to reduce this if the assessed, valuation would per mit. In reducing this levy from nine and a half to nine mill:;, Mr. Osborne says it will mean the taxpayers of South Carolina will pay approximate!y $200, 000 less taxes. The one-half mill on the total taxable property would raise approximately this amount. Mr. Os borne makes the following statement regarding the t^x levy and tuxes: "The appropriation act pissed by the last legislature amounts to $3, S82,682.7S. From this is deducted $382,000, the amount estimated that will be raised "from sources other than taxes. After making this deduc 'ion it will be seer, that the amount to be raised by taxation is $3,500, 682.78. 1 In 1918 the total taxable proper tv in the state vas assessed at $378, 000,000, this being ::n increase over 1917 of $59,000,000. However, 1918 was the year for assessing real estate and the increase for 1919 over 1918, ! it is estimated, will be about $15,000,- j 000, which will give the state $393i- j 000,000 worth of taxable property. It is thus shown that nine mills will raise j the necessary amount. I "In fixing this levy, it has been nec j essary for me to estimate the amount to be raised from sources other than , J taxes, and also the amount of taxable ! property in the state. The South Car olina tax commission has been engag ed in equalizing the assessment on merchandise. This work was complet ed during the week and the assess ments forwarded to the various coun ty auditors. The tax commission has also been assessing automobiles this ? year and these clasr ?s of property are I now placed on an equal basis of as sessment with corporations, banks and real estate. All property, real and personal, is being assessed on a basis of 42 per cent and our tax levy is' nine mills. Were these assessment made on- a i basis of 100 per cent, as in many other states, the levy would be about four mills. It is in this manner that other states have such small tax lev ies, their assessments are made on 100 per cent basis. "It is my opinion that South Caro lina should adopt this 100 per cent basis and thereby reduce the tax levy to less than half of what it is at present. It was at the request of the general assembly that the tax com mission adopted a 42 per cent basis. A low rate of taxation is one of the biggest advertisements to outside cap ital a state could have. "At the present time there are no j income, franchise or inheritance tax I laws in this state. Such laws should be passed by the next general assem bly. A large revenue could be de rived from these sources which are contributing nothing towards the ex penses of the state department." DEMOCRATS WANT SPEEDY ACTION ON TREATY OF PEACE Washington, Aug. 23.-Democratic members of the senate foreign rela tions committee tonight announced "they will submit without debate to the adoption of the whole program of re publican treaty amendments in the committee, in the interest of speedy action. The Shantung amendment, the effect of which is to return the territory to China, went through in committee without a word of opposi tion from Democratic members, who contented themselves with voting against it. Debate they pointed out, would slow up action, as they are out numbered, even with McCumber, a Republican, voting with them. Once they have the treaty in sen ate, however, Democrats will assume a different attitude, and will make the strongest fight of which they are ca pable to reverse the committees ac tion on amendments. Today's action, Senators Swanson, Pittman, Pomerene, and other Dem ocratic committee members declared, "means nothing but the writing of a partisan record which the senate will erase. It slows up committee action at a time when the senate and the country are demanding speed." Republican members replied that if speed is demanded, President Wilson can accelerate the treaty's progress by a prompt and favorable reply to the committee's request for what Sen ator Lodge declared is "essential in formation." This includes two protocols to the treaty, the text of the treaty with Po land, and information as to the boun dary provisions and territorial changes made by the treaties with Austria, Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. If the president declines to furnish this information, Republicans inti mate, they will be forced to get it elsewhere, and their plans to com p?ete committee work on the treaty next week-will be upset. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week will be devoted to vot ing on amendments, committee mem bers said tonight. Though more than a hundred amendments are to be pro posed, many of them cover but one subject, and they arc numerous sim ply because that same subject is re ferred to in many sections of the treaty, in different ways. Senators illustrated by saying that though Sen ator Fall, of New Mexico, has many amendments, they will accomplish the same thing-elimination of the Unit ed States from participation in the work of more than a score of bureaus and commissions set up by the treaty. Republican leaders also are seeking to reduce to a minimum the number of amendments, to shorten the time required. Framing of the committee's report, and the resolution of ratification which may accompany it, is expected to consume a long time, but work al ready has been started, informally, on the resolution of ratification. An Old Fault Finder. An irritable and fault finding dis position is often caused by indiges tion. A man with good digestion and bowels that act regularly is usually good natured. When troubled with indigestion or constipation t?ke Chamberlain's Tablots. They strength en the stomach and enable it to per form its functions naturally. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels. WANTED. Splendid opportunity for men and women selling guaranteed hosiery. Handsome profits made in either full or spare time. Full line of men's, wo men's and children's up-to-date styles. Large commissions. Experi ence not necessary. Write PHOENIX HOSIERY CO., West Market Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. SOME STRIKE IT RIC! BUTA SUREW?Y IS; TO PUTA IN THE BA EVERY WEEK Casrricht 1909. br C. E. 2 THERE is no money in sure and positive. M is the satisfaction tin tive in every way, bo and that it is safe. B?NK OF ? OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, Presi E. J. Mirna, Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assist! DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thoi Parker, A.S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. To the Our warehouse having bee? tion to the following articles: 1st. All persons having cort bring said receipts to us by oi receive new receipts from the 1919, we are relieved of ali rt on said receipts. 2d. This does not mean y moved from the warehouses, warehouses change hands oi hereby desire to give notice tl ble for outstanding receipts a W. W. ADI By W. W. the nationaljoy smoke Copyright 1919 ky R. J. Reynold? Tobacco Co. NEVER was such right-handed-two fisted smokejoy as you puff out of a jimmy pipe packed with Prince Albert ! That's because P, A. has the quality! You can't fool your taste apparatus any more than you can get five aces out of a family deck! So, when you hit Prince Albert, coming and going, and get up half an hour earlier just to start stoking your pipe or rolling cigarettes, you know you've got the big prize on the end of your line ! Prince Albert's quality alone puts it in a class of its own, but when you figure that P. A. is made by our exclusive patented process that cuts out bite and parch-well--you feel like getting a flock of dictionaries to find enough words to express your h^ppy days sentiments! Toppy red bag?, tidy red tina, handsome pound md half-pound tin humidors-and-that classy, practical pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener top that keeps the tobacco in such perfect condition, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C ;im\>?rmao Co.-Ns. SI i doubt about the bank, it is [aybe slow, but there it it is sure. Posi th that it will grow, 1DGEFIELD dent; A. S- Tompkins, vice-President int Oashier. 3. H. Rainsford, John Ransford, M. C. E. J. Mirna. J. H. Allen Public i sold, we hereby call atten :on stored with UL will please r before Sept. 1, 1919, and Lew firm, as, after Sept. 1, esponsi bili ties of said cotton our cotton will have to be but merely means that the i the above date, and we lat we will not be responsi fter Sept. 1, 1919. IMS & CO. Adams ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. Distributors of Marathon Tires and Tubes. None better, but our price is less YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. Handy and Expeditious When your friend Jones who^lives in a neigh boring town gives you his check on his home banker, do you have to go to that town to cash his check? Did you ever atop to think how very convenient the present banking system is and how every man ner of business transaction is simplified and expe dited wbeu handled through the bank? A great many business transactions would not be possible if it were not for the bank. We wish to encourage everybody to use thia bank wherever possible. The Bank of Trenton, S. C. .I? I'">:?.: Z I'?I > << I !?:<: 1 YA'Z YA-Z ">* Z YA ZYA ZYAZ Y?-ZYA&M 1 M*i;*:i-il?If BARRETT & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta - - - - - Georgia 9 I H ? * ZYA I >:c r >i I >rl >:?,J M i n ZYA Z ?cl YIZ.YA\Z YAZYA.Z YA J