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COTTON AMENDMENT [ DEFEATED BY SENATE PASSES WAR REYEME BILL LEVVIMi $100,^};,OwO TAXES Southern Democrats in Coalition With Republicans Fought Desperately for indefinite Postponement "Washington, Oct. 17? viae ail minis T-:i1 1 A,MM,.rr on. I tration war revenue uiu, k-vmiu aA>-. .proximately $100,000,000 additional | taxes to meet the emergency caused by ! the war in Europe, was passed by the : senate tonight, o4 to 22, after Sjuthern Democrats, in coalition with Republicans of the senate, desperately fought to indefinitely postpone consid-, eranon, because cotton relief legisla- ' tion had been decisively de eatea. Democratic leaders, by a supreme , el ort in the.climax o: the cotton fight, gathered tceir faltering forces and, 1 W spurring- them en w:tn eloquent appeals for party solidartiy, defeated 32 to 25 t'.ie coalition in its move to indefinitely postpone action. Senators ! Clark, of Arkansas; Smith, of Georgia; Smith, of South Carolina; Yardaman : and White were the Democratic senators who fought to the end, voting with the Republicans to postpone ac- ' lion. This would have killed the bill , I for the present session ot congress. > Persisted to tlie Last. Dispite urgent pleas of Senators Williams, Stone, SlrL'.ely and James, who demanded united Democratic sup- , port for a Democratic measure, foster- j XV J Vv*w *v? /-\ t,'l OCD "fi VP tni uy uic auiinuioi-i uuuu5 *.*?-w Southern senators, under a storm of oratorical denunciation, persisted to] the last in their determination that the bill should contain some cotton relief provision. The enlivening contest that marked ' the passage of the bill '.oreshadowed the end of the long dr^Avn out session of congress, wtiich has kept flags flying over the capitol almost contini*ously for toe past two years. The taxbill will go to uie house on Monday and will be sent to conference. An agreement on the measure between the two houses probalbLy will be reached . by the middle of next week. The vote on the revnue bill followed : nartv lin^s with on exception. Sena; tor Lane, of Oregon, Democrat, vot- . ing against iu Immediately after its passage the senate on motion of Sena- ; tor Simmons, insisted upon its amend- j rnents and asked a conference with the house. . Conferees named were: Senators j Simmons, Williams, Stone, McCumfoer and Clark, of Wyoming. Provisions of Bill. me main prov.sioiis *ux ?<u icvcnue included in tue senate bil'i are: j Tax on beer, $1.75 a barrel; rectified whiskey, 5 cents a gallon; al'i domestic still wines, 8 cents a gallon, ! and 55 cents a gallon on all grape i brandies used in fortification thereof; j chaaipagnes, 25 cents a quart; liquors and cordials, 24 cents a golion; bankers, $1 per thousand of capital, sur"* J - ?' J ~ 3 * a. v\ n r?* pius ana uncuviueu pi onus, brokers, $20; commission merchants, brokers $50 a year; commercial $20; custom house brokers, $10; pro- j prietors of theatres, museums and concert hails, with seating capacity not more than 300, $25 a year; not exceeding COO capacity, $50; not exceeding 1,?00, $75; more than 1,000, $100; rirrnsps ?100: other amusement pro prietcis or agents, except of chautauouas, lecture lyceums, agricultural or ; industrial fairs or exhibitions under I religious or charitable auspices, $10; ! bowling alleys and billiard rooms, $5 for eaci alley or table. Tobacco Taxes. Specal annual taxes on tobacco dealers and manufacturers: Dealers in j leaf tcbacco, from $6 to $24; dealers in tobacco, $4.S0 for each store; man ufacturers of tobacco, with annual sales not exceeding 100,000 pounds,$6; j not exceeding 200,000 pounds, ?12; j 400,000 pounds, $24; one million ' pounds, $60; five million pounds, $300; ten million pounds, $6(J0; twenty million pounds, $1,200; exceeding twenty , million pounds, $2,496. Manufacturers ci' cigars, whose annual sales do not exceed 100.000 cigars, S3; two hundred thousand ci- , gars, $0; four hundred thousand ci,- 1 gars, $12; one million, $>0; five million, $150; twenty million ,$600; forty 1 million, $1,200; exceeding .forty mil-, lion, $2,496. Mann acturers o:' cigarettes, with annual sales not exceeding 1.000,000 cigarettes, $12; two million, $23; five million, $60; ten million, $120; fi ty million. S600: one hundred million, ! $1,200; exceeding one hundred mil- j lion, $2,496. Stamp Taxes. Stamp taxes as follows: Perfumery, ! cosmetics and similar articles, from one-eightli of a cent fcr each five cent package to 5-8 of a cent on each 25 cents package and 5-8 of a cent for ; each additional 25 cents in value; chewing gum. four cents for each $1 of value; sparkling "wines, not otherwise taxed, one cent for pints and two cents for all larger containers. Bonds, I debentures, certificates of indebtedness and certificuies of stock, five cents on ear. $100 of value; sales, agreements to sell, two cents on eacv -* 1 i -r o rrrAftm on t C Oi value, i:acu?ijuii5 o dt ;;C - it on stock ceriiiicaies as co.'Jater.;"; vr loans; board of trade sales < :' agreements to sell, one cent for each $l!J!) of value; promissory notes two cents per $luu; express and ireigi.t I lis of lading, one cent each; newspaper shipments taxed 011 monthly sworn statements of publishers, (saipmeiivs within the county of publication exempted,' one cent per ship ment; telegraph and telephone messages. one cent each; indemnifying bonds, o Ocents; certificates of profits, two cents for each, $100; certificates of damage, etc., 1~> cents; all other certificates required by law, ten cents each; brckers' notes, memorandums or sale, etc., ten cents; conveyance, 50 cents on values between $100 and $."00 and fifty cents for each additiona1 ?"00 o: viil^c; custom house receipts, 2"> cents to $1 on values ranging from $100 to more t-an $500; custom house "withdrawal entries, 50 cents each. Insurance Tax. .Marine ?nd Mire insurance policies, cne cent on eaco.< dollar of premium, cooperative and mutual fire insurance excepted; casualty insurance, one cent on eacb dollar of premium. Passage tickets sold in the United States to foreign ports not exceeding $30 in cost, $1; not exceeding $60 in i. x* ? -.i / A or. OOSI, ?o, cos-tiLtg mure uiaii ?ou, ? ->, tickets less than $10 exempted. Power cf attorney, ten cents; protests of notes, etc., 25 cents; parlor car seats and berths, one cent. (Maximum estimate of anual revenue of $107,000,000; minimum estimated based on possible clump in beer production, $92,000,000. The cotton relief amendment pronnsprl hv thp spriators frrem thp pntfon States was defeated by a vote of 21 to 40. The amendment provided for an issue of $250,000,000 of three year 4 per cent government bonds, - in denominations of $10, $20 and $50 and $100, to be used to purchase, from producers 5.000,000 'ba-es o' cottcn at not mc than ten cents a pound. royisions of Bill. (It provided the cotton would be held by a coton board composed o. t'.:e secretary of the treasury, the postmaster general and the secretary of agriculture, until 1916, unless the price meantime went to 11 cents. All of tf.:e cotton would be disposed of during 1916 and 1917. A tax of one-half cent a pound on ail cooton grown and sold in 1916. and if necessary a tax of one cent a pound on the 1917 crop would be levied to repay the government the amount of the bonds and all expenses incident to the handling of the cotton. Those who voted for the amendment were: Republicans: Borah, Clapp and Jones. Democrats: Clark, Arkansas; Culberson, Fletcher, Lane, Lea, Tennessee; Martine, Myers, Overman, Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smito; Georgia; 'Smith, South Carolina; Thornton, Vardaman, White and Williams. Progressive: Poindexter. m 4... ~ ~ 4.^ ?!\\ eiiiy-uiie jjemuuictiis vuieu dgaiusi it. -They T/ere: Arhurst, Camden, Hitchcock, Hughes, James, Johnson, Kern, Lewis, Lee, Maryland; Martin, O'Gorman, Pomerene, Saulsibury, Shafroth, Shrvely, Stone, Swanson, Thomas, Thompson, Walsh and West. Grain Amendment Lost. An amendment proposing a $500.AAA CifiCi Vv ? > i o r? ^ ? rv f r\ T-v a ^ i r- a 'I 1 \t? I a vvv,vvv uiyiiu ioouc iu uc uoc u uj liiv; secretary of the treasurer m stablizing the price of grain during t/.e European war, proposed by Senator !lVIccWber, was voted down. Tv.e amendment would have authorized the secretary of tine treasury to prohibit or allow the importation of grains to "nsure the stalblizing pfo cess. The amendment o' Senator Overman appropritting $65,963.59S to pay to the Southern States the amount collected as a tax 011 cotton after the civil war was de'eated, 14 to 44. The amendment would have repaid the cotton tax on t'.:e condition that the States loan it to cotton producers on "their product. TVnsp hnnr<5 in the cprvntp fnllnwprl to.e announced determination early in tee day of Southern Democrats to make an effort to hold up action on the war revenue 'hill should the cotton amendments be defeated. Administration leaders, and er.en President Wilson were notified of the situation. An Unreasonable Demand. Houston Post. "I say, old man, you've never returned that umbrella I lent you last week."' "Hang it all, old man, 'be reasonable Tt's been raining ever since." nHEGHESTER S PilLS *>Lr^v T,JK DIAMOND LJRANW. \ Lad lost Ask your Druggist for /x\ & i( Chl-chc^terfi Diamond Krand//V\ 5*M1? in lied and Uold m?tfa!iic\Vy W -T-boxes, se-ilci with T.iuo EU l>on. \ / Tt.uo no utac. F :? oC *o?r F7 - W f%r*rrtHt. .* '' " 1 r?t* > L 1-f hlAldND ' > . * >1.-..:;, i r *& 'J?? Kp yearsH"?hkB * -~.y.' '>' ! *\ J/ sr! r ^v I-!!* - : ? GOVERNORS FAVOR [ ! COTTON LOAN FUND' ! M-Dtri ii v: i 'f .-u; iiir /'!>ni) t IHIL 11 Ui 1 Wi i./i > \ 50 I'EIv I'KM' j IJIc.ise Opposes Resolution, Favoring Instead State Laws to IScsfrict Acrea&rc. Memphis. Term., Oct. 17.?A pica to ' fliA r\? t Vi c* QmKll f A O M V*.l ! 1 I U1C iaiiiXLlO UA. UiV, iuvutii IV j Li.-- 101" ( <- :ton prcJucroi. t least r-{> per Cv-:.t. and ai.provu-1 >! 11: ? S,.*.u. 000 fund being raised to take care of j this year's surplus cotton, was voiced i resolution'; aJcpteJ a: tl.3 meeting : 0- governors of Southern Slates here today. The conference was called by Governor George \Y. Hayes, of -Arkan! sas, but only four executives appeared 1 in person. Two others, however, were i r? a r\ r c r; .f C* rl A M X V,^V.ilCV,U. I I IT', ose present were: Governor .Hayes, of Arkansas; Hall, oi Louisana; Brewer, of [Mississippi, and I Blease, o: South Carolina. North Car- ; olina was represented by C. \V. Poe, j or' t.ie State agricultural department, : and Tennessee by State Senator J. B. Jo', nsonious, of Paris. The resolution read as adopted: |- Resolution Adopted. I "Resolved, That we prefer the efforts of bankers and business men of the United States to .orui the $150,000,000 syndicate to take care o the j surplus-cotton crop of 1914; that W6 urge our people to curtail the cotton crop o: 1915 as much as possible, and : j not less than 50 per cent. i We urge upon the federal government and its officers the necessity of i furnishing all the financial aid possi-; . ble in marketing tv:is crop. "-\Ve urge t.:at earnest efforts be ' made not only to decrease cotton acre- ' i age, but to develop properly marketing facilities W the diversified crops 1 i 'made necessary by the present condi* j j tions." Blease Objects. Governor Blease, of South Carolina, opposed the resolution, demanding i that the meeting go on record as fa- ; 'vcring legislation by the States pro! riding for the restriction of cotton acieage. He declared he would go be-j | tore th<3 South Carolina legislature ! ; and demand such a law, insisting that j it was the only means of saving the I , i- _ _L x ? A. ! acuinern cotton growers iruiu starva, tion next year. i i Two sos. ions behind closed doors ] Vv'c 9 held by toe State executives. T~e | general discussion, it was said, fa- : jvoied an educational campaign as the :: beit means oT securing the desired re- ! | lie in 1915. It was proposed to cali . I upon tne ,'ederal department of agri- 1 jcuMure to co-operate wit/.i the State . j dex:ai tin em in this effort. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS VERDICT I> LIBEL CASE ! 1 <? I i Decision by Chief Justice Gary in, Blacks vs. Th eState Company. i j Columbia, Oct. 17.?fTte supreme _L ? ~ jj'I? j i.1, ~ ~? !tx>uru lou'dy upwtuu luie vtrxuicL ui $5,000 given by the Richland county 'court to E. 0. Black, of this city, against the State Company. T'.ie decision was rendered by Chief Justice Gary and coiicurre-d in by the entire coait. It was an action for libel grow- i ing out of the municipal campaign of miA \T~u ~~ ^ ^ ~ ^ ^ u ?r-v-T-*r+- i \\ iieii tut; oast: was mn uiuugui it was thrown out of the circuit court . on a demurrer on the ground that it i ; did not state facts sufficient to consti1 tuto a cause tor action. On an appeal to the supreme court the decision was reversed, and at t e ; seconu trial in the Rich.and county j court a verdict was returned '.or Mr. 'Rlor^L- ir. tho cmm r>f flflO hp hnvirry isued '.or $50,000. Ms amount the cir-; I cuit judge reduced to $5,000. The" de- j j fendant then appealed the decision today upholding the $5,000 verdict. PUT IT i-P TO (OL. WATSOX Small farmer asks mm 11 tie >un Sell His Cotton for 10 Cents.. j Colmmlbia, Oct. 17.?The cry for the farmers to plant grain and foodstuffs in 191o is going up all over the South at present and t/.at it is a good agitotmn rk - nr-i-n n ?1 L-nnW'C Villt f hppA , CC4. Uivyxx u ? VI J AWAIU i* v i \^ * a problem. Some of the small farmers ; have no money with w.-ich to buy seed to plant. A letter illustrating this ' J plight came to Commissioner E. J. I i Watson today from a small Fairfield , county farmer. Tne letter says: "I ! haven't the money to buy oat seed. I ! am now picking peas; will make 30 or \ . 40 bushels. Would like to exchange peas for oats. Could you, or will you, please try and sell a bale of strict middling cotton .or me at ten cents, or wf.l be glad to get nine cents. I , ?*m only a one-horse farmer and in a tisrht olace. Thanking oou for your I time, etc." i This is just an illustration of the ! practical side of the grain planting ! agitation wuich must be taken care of. 9? T* V XT \**im V & uu ? v & Do yGU W? or do you want rrrrj inese are ask himself. NOW IS THl MONEY FOC IT. BUT FT 1 This Bank depositors. m TS . IT me new i J i Will i II IIBIIM ?IB NOW HER FRIENDS HARDLY KNOW HER' ) ? But. This Does Not Bother Mrs. j Rii?4nn TTnrloi* fllA VUI lUlly vuub! - - - ? Circumstances, Houston, Texas.?In an in*'resting letter from this city, Mrs. S. C. Burton writes as follows: "I think it is my duty to tell you what your medicine, Cardui, the woman's tonic, has done for me. . I was down sick with womanly ..rouble, and my mother advised several different treatments, but they didn't seem to do ! me any gorj. I lingered along for ihicc ! or four mon^, and for three weeks, J | was in bed, so sick I couldn't bear for | any one to walk across the floor. My husband advised me to try Cardui,- j the woman's tonic, i nave xaKcn iwu > bottles of Cardui, am feeling fine, gained j i5 pounds and do all of my housework. | Friends hardly know me, I am so well." I If you suffer from any of the ailments j so common to women, don't allow the , trouble to become chronic. Begin taking Cardui to-day. It is purely vegetable, its ingredients acting in a gentle, natural wa> on the weakened womanly constitution. You run no risk in trying Cardui. It has been helping weak women back to health and strength for more than 50 years. 11 win neip you. m <m ucaicio. Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies' Advisory Dept., Chattanooga, Tenn., for Special Instructions on your ca.se and 64-page book. "Home Treatment for Women," sent in Dlain wiaDDer. ?69-B SMITH USES BOLD WORDS i Senator Makes Impassionate Plea for Cotton Belief. (Washington, Oct. 17.?Senator E. D. Smith delivered an elooquent speech this morning before the senate in favor cf the amendment offered by Sena- ! tor Hoke Smith to til:e war bill pro- j viding for direct federal aid to the cot- ! ton grower by f.:e purchase of 5,- ! . nnn aaa -f V? r* imnncntiV?n nf 3 i WV,VUU UCL1CO aiiu lULpv^itiviA ? . tax on subsequent crops to guarantee j against loss. One of tee impassioned statements made by the South Caroling senator aroused a good deal of resentment among his Southern colleagues, including even some of those who voted for the cotton amendment. The particular words which were resented were: "Any Southern senator , who votes against this amendment, regardless O'. w: ether there is a doubt , as to its constitutionality, will be ' locked upon by the people of the South as a traitor to fc.:em in the hour of their suffering and distress.'* THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ' COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, By C. C. Schuhpert Probate Judge. Whereas, Delia V. Hutchinson made | suit to me to grant her letters of administration of the estate and effects n.f p P, Hiiif.c'Mnson. These, are there "ore. to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said P. B Hutchinson deceased, that they be and apI pear before me, in the Court of Pro- i I bate to be held at Newberry, S. C., on j October 2Sth., next, after pubiicatior hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, 0 b W-7 ?T \VV ?<"! ^ /T*i M ! F iiir loney and e int to work for othe -1 - t r others to worK tor y questions that eve l TIME TO STOP SPEN. 3LI5HLY. ANYBODY < TAKES A WISE MAN 7 welcomes the acc : PAY COMPOUND INTERE! rkprrv .Savin AH%/L Sk J 'W-m V ?Ufl Newberry S. C. X The Great Din ; KA-MENDLESOff|^ strc % CONCENTRATED^ Tei .Tw iR?|ffliedMf 81x1 IM^# ALBANY. ** ra, J Ly( , can der of the twelve ounce can c MENDLESt MOST ECt ^lendleson's Twenty-Ou pounds of grease, making th< ?? 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