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Agree on Tax Reduction in 1 " Cornmittee. Washington? Aug. 10.-The House ways and -means committee today tentatively agreed on tax reductions totalling $555,000,000. Other reduc 1 tions contemplated by the committee will bring tr?e' total cut to $600,000, 000 as agreed upon'at the White House conference yesterday. The committee first voted to in crease the income tax exemption for married persons from $2,000 to $2, 500, but later in the day reconsider ed its action and substituted for the proposal an increase in the exemp tion for children and dependents. The committee also adversely act ed on a motion offered by Represen tative Bacharach, republican, of New ?> Jersey, to reduce the lower rate of normal income taxes from 4 per cent . to 3 per cent. \ The income tax provisions of the new bill, as finally decided upon by the committee today will be the same as under the existing law, except for. an increase in exemptions for chil dren and dependents from $200 to $400 for each child or dependent. The committee also entirely re-j pealed the transportation taxes, in cluding the existing 3 per cent taxi on freight, the 5 per cent tax on pas sengers, the 8 per cent and surtaxes! on Pullman "berths and seats, and the j tax of one cent on every twenty cents of express charges. The repeal will be effective January 1, 1922. . The committee nearly completed carrying out the program agreed up on at the White House conference. Other changes in the tax approval by the committee today were the follow- j ing: .Repeal of the excess profits tax. Reduction of the highest brackets of income surtaxes from 65 per cent to 32'per cent, effective as of Jan uary 1, 1921. Increase of the corporation in come tax from 10 per cent to 15 per ; cent, with the $2,0.00 exemption re maining. Exemption of the first $500, of in come from stock and interest of build ' ing and loan associations. Repeal of the existing stamp tax ( on proprietary medicines and in place of it a new tax of 5 per cent is lev- ' ied on the manufacturers. Increase in the taxes levied on manufacturers of syrups, cereal bev erages, and other soft drink ingre- y dients. The committee already had voted : for the repeal of the soda water and J ice cream taxes, and some of the tax- ^ ?es on wearing apparel. .Other socalled 1 luxury and nuisance taxes are to be ] readjusted by the committee before J the bill is put in final shape. * Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee announced that the committee would complete the bill on ( Saturday and submit it to a confer- ' ence of all the republican members * of the house next Monday night in ac- J cordance with the program decided ^ upo^i\at the White House conference. The house will be able to pass the * measure by August 20, the date ten- 1 tatively set for a recess of both the ( senate and house, Mr. Fondney said. \ Refuse U. S. Claim for Expenses, i By C. F. Bertilli. Paris, Aug. 10.-The Allied fi- ] nance commission, it has been learn- ( ed from the most reliable authority j .decided in secret session this morn- ^ ing against admitting the American ? claim for $276,000,000, the cost of < maintaining troops on the Rhine. It was decided that this claim on { Germany can only be allowed after . the entire Allied indemnity has been paid regardless of the provisions of , the treaty between the United States ] and^j-ermany. In the same breath the j commission agreed that the expenses ( of the British and French occupation al forces should be paid before Bel- ( gium received her share of the indem- , nity despite the priority granted to the Belgian claims. The Allied view is that the Ameri- ; can claims against Germany are in , the nature of a second mortgage. The j decision was reached over the protest of the American delegate, who point ed out that the American troops were , on the Rhine solely at the behest vof ; the Allies and that they would have . been withdrawn long ago if France and England had not pleaded that they remain. It was intimated that the decision would probably result in the with drawal of the American troops as soon as formal notification was for- , warded to Washintgon. Following the finance commission's decision against awarding America the costs of occupation, American Commissioner Boyden cabled Wash ington advising the sale of German' Securities to the whole of a billion marks sequestered, in the United, States. We want all horse and mule own ers to know that we have reduced the price of horse-shoeing to $1.00, shoes furnished.1 A. L. KEMP'S REPAIR SHOP. Sheriff J. T. Plunkett and the Excited Carolinians. Sheriff Plunkett is being well com mended for his soun?ness of judg ment and his well-directed activity during the trying times of the past j few days. Jailer Whittle and'the oth !er officers stood by-their chief splen-J didly, during the turmoil. We refer, of, course, to the,attempt to lynch two men held in the county jail. Richmond county jail, if defended, is practically impregnable to bodies | of men? having.only side arms. No number of men, using automobiles, could come into Augusta from South Carolina over the bridges across the' river, if barricades and deputies in j force were placed there to halt them. But Sheriff Plunkett wanted no conflict. In transporting the prisoners out of reach of the avenging Caro linians who sought them in the jail for the purpose of killing them, he took the proper course-the wise j course. Every step he has taken in-1 this matter, ? beginning with the ar rest of the murderers even before the Carolina authorities knew of the murder, has shown him to be a cour ageous and pompetent discreet .of ficer. Entrusting with the grave duty of enforcing the law, and asserting the law, he has gone about that duty in splendid way, and has proved that, in the emergencies which so often come into the official life of a sher-? iff, he is a man to be trusted; and an officer upon whom to depend. The Chronicle is pleased to find the following reference to Sheriff Plun kett in^ the Atlanta Constitution of Friday under the captain of "A Mod el Sheriff." The case with which Sheriff Plun kett of Richmond county outwitted a mob of vengeful South Carolinians yesterday morning, and thereby, saved the lives of two prisoners who were in his keeping, only goes to show what a faithful officer can do under such circumstances if he has back bone and uses, his head. "According to the news version of j the case, two men were arrested and lodged in jail in Augusta, charged with a murder committed in- South | Carolina. "Rumors reached Sheriff Plunkett | during the early part of Wednesday night that a mob had been formed in South Carolina and was headed to ward Augusta bent upon lynching the prisoners.' "In the course of a few hours those rumors were verified by the appear mce of more than 100 masked and Heavily armed men in automobiles, vho made a careful search of the Richmond county stockade and of the ?ail; but the sheriff had quietly whisk id their intended victims away to the safety of a jail in a distant county. "The chances are that with' the cooling of its anger the nu>b lost nuch of its original lust for blood, ind the law in this case will now be illowed to take its course without .urther molestation. "But had it not been for the fact ;hat Sheriff Plunkett, of Richmond, jroved himself to be a fearless man >f nerve and resourcefulness, Geor-J jia's already shameful record of j ynchings might have been increased >y two-and by the act of a band of j mtlaw citizens from a neighboring! fate. Georgia needs more sheriffs like Plunkett-sheriffs with a high con ception of their duty, and nerve and ngenuity and wit enough to meet ;he emergencies that are likely at Q my moment to confront any officer >f the law.'-Augusta Chronicle. Over 1,200 Cars Vegetables B Shipped From Charleston. | With reference to the shipment of -jg vegetables from Charleston the foi- B owing interesting item is clipped E :rom the current issue of the South ern Railway's News Bulletin: Movement of vegetables from Charleston over the Southern Rail way System during the season just :losed reached 216,058 crates weigh ing 26,620,910 pounds and requiring] 1,201 refrigerator and ventilated cars [ ivith an average lading of 22,165 pounds. This year's movement has been one of the largest on record and the pros pects for next year are even greater. The vegetables are grown on the is-M lands around Charleston ' and are P brought by boat to wharves where ? they are checked and loaded by rail way forces, being handled by electric ] conveyors. Figures furnished by Agent E. P. Seay show the movement of vegeta bles from Charleston this year to haVe been made up of the following: cab bage 92,218 crates; turnips, 3,442 j crates; beets, 215; lettuce, 30 beans, 27,782; carrots, 211; peas, 1,758; cucumbers, 38,496; squash,.529; po tatoes, 61,296; tomatoes, 18.-Char leston American. now To <Jlvo Quinine To Children. FEB R i r. i N E ts the trade-mart name elves to aa itu pi o ved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot lake ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate not cause nervousness nor rinding in the head. Try <t the next time you need Quinine for any put? Jose. 'Ask for 2-ounce original package. The temeF^BRIxiNE is blown ip. bottle. 25 OeoU THEU.S.USCO TREAD Here is the U. S. Usco Tread, with a long-established standard of service among motorists who bave an eye to value, as well as to price. While selling for lesa than the other tires in the U. S. Fabric lice, the Usco has earned a repu tation for quality and dependable economy which is not exceeded by any tira in ita class.' United States Tires are Good Tires U. S. USCO TREAD U.S.CHAIN TREAD U. S. NOBBY TREAD U.S.ROYAL CORD U.S. RED & GREY TUBES from U.S. users FT all of modern m< the biggest con m fabric tir? situation. Around 70% of al use fabric tires. ? Their instinct for < strong and insistent else's. Why, then, are such hodge-podge st count tires,""odd lots "retreads" and oth bargains of uncertai * * Sooner or later tl ways seeks out qu matterof self-prote no other reason. The opinion in favor of Tires has spread mc than it ever did. United States YONCE & MOONEY Edgefield, S. C. MATHIS & I Trenton, INNERS, OIL MILLS AND MACHINERY OPERATORS We have *a large and well assorted stock of Machinery Supplies at present >w prices. We only mention a few of them : labbitt ?elt Dressing belting, Rubber lelting, Leather ?elting, Gandy ijectors Flue Flanders Shaft Hangers Pulleys, Wood Flue Cleaners Injectors Pulleys, Stael Files Iron Shafting Steam Gauges Lubricators Pipe Tools Water Gauges Packing, all kinds Wrenches, all kinds Engine Governors, Pipe, Valves, Fittings We have anything that should be found in a first-class machinery supply ouse. Columbia Supply Company 23 W. GERVAIS ST. ,' COLUMBIA, S. C. We Can Give You Prompt Service on MilhWork and Interior Finish Large.stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber on h?nd for Immediate Deliverv. Woodward Lumber Go. QUALITY-SERVICE Comer Roberts and Dugas Sts., Augusta, Ga, "Giving to tho fabric tin namr frosh, ?ive tiree. Being mada now. Be?n? shipped pow." srehandising Mirum is the 1 car owners quality is as : as any one they offered ocks of "dis !,""seconds," er so-called n origin? ie public al ality. As a dion-if for i out-and-out U. S. 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