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Br T0UT1E Liv >TMBERvS. SEVFBEBBI, 8. C? FRIDAY, U?l NTk'17. 1917. TW1CI A WEEK, IUI A YUM. U*OPE BENE WALL BELLIGER j RECEI 11 C ' r*nneii/f Jiffies PO [V? h/? (V,. VV9?vw?? ...... _ _ ^ fix *, Belgium, Serbia and Rumt of Other Territorial Pi mats Declare it Ins Rome, Aug. 14?Peace proposals made by Pope Benedict have been fie HBlivered to all the belligerent governJHfcaents. The pope suggests restoration HHLBelgltim, Servia and KoumaDia and ^ {Kiceful solution of the problems of HBgAlsace-Lorraine. Trent, Trieste and Poland, according to reports received irom Vatican sources. V The pope's peace appal proposes HUthat there be no annexations and no indemnities except in sleciap cases IB such as Belgium ana servia, me rciuj u to Germany of her colonies in exW change for the occupied departments I of France, freedom of the seas, disarI maznent and the formation of a suW preme court of arbitration for the set? tlement of future international di9 f put 8. I The peace proposals will be published here Thursday. HAS GERMAN FLAVOR, LONDONER ASSERTS / Hforh Authority There Does Not Think Terras as Proposed by Pontiff Maie for Advance London, Aug. 14.?"The socalled peace terms have-a distinct German flavor." This reply was given in an ^ authoritative quarter in London today B in reply to a question by the Associate j J ed Press in regard to the Vatican pro w pusais. m The opinion was expressed that the W inspiration for the peace move probv I ably emanated from Austria and wa3 L in the nature of a trial balloon, as a prelude to more definite propositions ijftfrom the central powers to the^ allies. HBThe informant of the Associated Press i??Sp?ntinued: Koan Vnntrn tf> states 11 UCkS> iuu^ UVVM MMW ?? ipBnen of the allied countries that the flbentral powers are eager to conclude Sjfpeace on terms of restoration of the W status quo. Therefore, there is no Rneed of any protracted consideration Sgbefore saying what the attitude of ||g>?e allies will be. A status quo peace mk?? JgSfWATE JftT? JL'AJk BURDEN Off POOK Principal Items In Revenne Measure i of Upper House Fall Upo* Consuming Public | (By Basil M. Manly.) f Washington, Aug. 14.?Interest in L the .revenue bill just reported by the finance committee of the senate after ten t^eeks of dawdling, centers in one big question: Do the taxes hit the rich of the poor. . fWtoat are the facta? How nearly has the senate measured up to its great duty of distributing equitably the great burden of war eott? Except for income and war profit j, taxes, all the items in the senate revenue bill fails upon the consuming | public ?the 98,000,000 straggling [ against high cost of living. The senate committee prides Itself L on its claim that ii. has distrikated m the burden 50-50?half on the rich and I half on the consuming .poor. Bat t Gr^t Britain gets two-thirds of her revenue from incomes and war profits, as compared with the half which the senate proposes. And of this half claimed by the seaate committee to be laid on the broad shoulders of wealth. $360,000,000 Is the corporation rax on the next earnings, which every student of the sub # 5ect krccrs is simDly pa36<vi o-i to the corsv?er. ^cluctin.-* ttr's brings the percentage actually raised from income ana corporation taxes dowa to about 40 per cent of the *otal, as compared with England's GS per cent It Great Britain takes 80 per cent of all war profits; the senate on its own DICT PROPC ENTS \rr DDnunQ A I C V JD 1 i\V/l VX KJ A~M. M-i KS pe Suggests Restoration or inia and Peaceful Solution rohlems?Entente Diplopired by Germany. I would be distinctly a German peace . Pprsidftnt | ana is me veiy mmg r? U4vu * w | Wilson and other American statesmen have long emphasized as imppssible and unthinkable. All the sacrifices of the terrible war will have been vain if we do not conclude a peace which will insure the world against a rpitition." It was explained that on account of its nature the note probably would require no format answerv It is ex(pected informal replies will be delivered by means of speeches in the I next few days by various allied states! men. I ACTIVITY AT YATICAJf Mseh Recent Diplomatic Conferring1 . There London, Aug. 14.?"There has been [ great diplomatic activ'ty recently at .the papa) secretarial, numerous dip* * ?: wUh | lomafs having long mitsn^wa ^,.1 Cardinal Gasparri" (pij?al secretary of state), the Rome correspondent o* the Exchange Telegraph rab'.^s. "I am able to announce that the holy see has addressed a note to belligerents , and neutrals. The note makes a new and formal appeal for peace. It invites the belligerents tc state their conditions in concrete lerms so as to facilitate a preliminary UD<ie*. standing. 'This important document has been communicated *o th?? Italian government through ihe Spanish ambassador. The Osservatore Hmr-ar,o. the official Vatican organ, will publish the text tonight." The outline of the Vatican'3 peace proposals received here demands the restoration of all German colonies to Germany. * ??/>i\/vcolo era fnr a snmmea up, mg pi u^uoav ? restoration of tin stit'-s q io nntebellum with a?l questions as to the readjustment of frontiers to be left to undefined "subseauent negotiac'.cns." j figures, takes an average of 18 per cent. j Sritain taxes incomes v ^f $50,000 j 42 1-2 per cent; but the senate comj mittee taxes incomes of that size only 1 1-2 pr cent. (Some of its members have icome of thit amount.) Tr is fru*> that on war profits two and a half times as great as in the pre-war period the senate imposes a tax of 50 per cent, and taxes individual incomes over $2,0000,000 at 46 per : cent; but these high rates will not hit more than a handful of either corpor1 ations or individuals They are just "window dressing." The allege* tax of 10 per ceat. ?a undistributed earnings of corporations is so nullified by a joker exempting all undistributed earnings "employed in the biwines tkat in its estimate of the revemue to be ratoed from eaeii source not one cent is credited by tka committee to this fake tax! Bag BaQ Safatrday There will be a game of f?se.baI1 on the We?t End diamond' on Saturday afternoon between the Weet End and Bete&bnrg teams.. Tie West Ead team has been going good fchie season. having won six games and loe< four. ?rerybody come and see the West End boys show Bates burg ho* it is done. The ladies will be admitted free, while the admission fo? ? i_ ^ 1P men win prwauiy ?? 10 cwiw. The Silrer Lining of the Clond. the pessimist was suffering from rheumatism. "Erery bone in mj body acfees," he complained bitterly. "That's all right," 3ald the optimist cheerfully. "You ought to be glad that you are not a shad."?Puck. J ySES PEACE CHILDREN'S DAT AT SILVERSTREET .NEXT SUNDAY Children's day will be observed here at the Lutheran church \Vednesda37, ?I Aug. 22. The exercises will begin at 10 o'clock. Dinner will be spread on or the near the church grounds. We are very glad to announce that Miss Rosalvn Summer, field secretary of the Woman's Convention, will be win us and deliver an address in the afternoon. Miss Summer will have a verv instructive and inspiring message, vhich anyone would do well to hear, i The public is cordially invited to le with us. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Prosperity, Aug. 13.?Prosperity was very fortunate in being selected as one of the places for the meetings of the State- Live Stock Association tfhich will be held at Young's Grove, Thursday, August 16th. Noted speakers and educators fro:l j all parts of t*ie state will be nere and I a great day is expected. Dr. G. Y. I Hunter, president of the association j w ill preside and with such a leader! a great day is expected. The noted j barbecuists, Nichols and Garrett will serve dinner. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Nichols have gone i to Plains, Ga., to visit their daughter, j xr r TVimtnw* ! Mr. Joe Wishardt of Wilmington, Del., is spending awhile with his uncle, Mr. J. L. May. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wise spent Sunj day in Columbia. _ ^ | Miss Rebecca Harmon has returned from a visit to Mrs. A. H. Kohn of Columbia. / , j Mr. an<i Jrirs. j. ^ayikji \jl j ,burg were guests Tuesday of Mr. A. j G. Wise. j ^iiss Erwin Kohn of Columbia Is visiting Mrs. J. F. Browne. Mr. John Grant of Middlesex, N. C., spent several day^ during the last week with Mrs. Grant who is spending' a while with her parents, ilr. and Mrs. I W. T. Gibscon. , Mrs. W. A. Moseley of Jacksonville, Fla., has arrived for a visit to Mrs. F. E. Schumpert and her many friendsRev. C. J. Shealy has returned from Oglethorpe, Ga., where he spent his , i vacation. The Mises Lillie and Mertie Sease and Mr. Leon Barre of Gilbert spent last week in the St. Luke section. n r? V? o c Knon froncfOT 311 . 5- O- DUWCIO liao uvbu red to Fitzgerald, Ga., from Greenville where he will still be in the cotton i business. Misses Willie Mae Wise, Rosaiyn Summer, Lena Wise and Mrs. B. B. I ScLumpert spent Sunday at Saluda, j "H ^ J /v C \TATTftVA1*Atf JttGV. 3.11G Jfl.rs. DUiaiiu ui iMcwuciijr 1 were the guests of Mrs. John Crosson. i Mesdames Will Fallow of Swansea ; and Marshall Garrett of Green have been visiting relatives in and around Prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wise have returned from Savannah, Ridgeland and loltimbia Messrs. <3. 7. amd T. K. Koirn, W. W. Wheeler R. K. Wise leave Wednesday for Athens, Ga., to attend the !/ Hampshire Hog Sale in the interest | of the Maple Dale fan*. Dr. C. K. Wheeler speat the weekend in Columbia. Mrs. Adams of Pomaria te spending a few days with &er daugtxter, Mrs. T. B. Richardson. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Daris Lindley and son of Lake City, Fla., are the guests of j [ Mrs. S. J. Kohn. j Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Groseclose and j ' eon, Paul of Fairfax and Mrs. J. H. : Hucks of Ehrberdt are the guests of Mrs. L?. A. Black. i . Mis? Virginia Black is visitimg Mrs S. B. Bowers of Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lindsay are! spending a few days in Saluda. Dr. J. C. Peary, president of Eliza-I , i beth College, Salem, Va.. was a yisitor r i to our town Sunday, and delivered an excellent sermon at Grace church. &rs. J. F. Wise, Miss Nannie SVmn! son, have gone to Newberry zo attend ! the Sunday School Normal. J S. C. ENGINEl I . 4 LEE DAVIS "LODGE PR0SPEK1TY FRANK fl^WESTOX POMABJA Serretarv Joe SDarks of the State, council oi ..defense phoned The Her. I aid and News on' Monday that Senator McLaurin had been' invited to spea% at Pomaria on Friday and that Dr. Henry X. cfciyder wguld speak at Prosperity on Thursday/ Dr. HuAter .the county chairman 1 says that he has been informed that Frank H. ^tfffston of Columbia district attorney wouldAspeak at Pomaria and tkat Dr. Lee Davis Lodge president of Limestone college at Gaffney would speak at Prosperity Thursday morning and after that the ?neeting of the Live Stock Association would take place. We suppose these two announcements are officii and that the gentlement. \\-ill toe on hand. Dr. Ff E. Dribble will also speak at i omaria. Dr. Dibble is pastor of Cen tral Metttodist cnurcn at ,.\ewDerry. i ;! . LAKOLETTE WOULD. PI T Bl'BDEji OF TAX .OX WAB PROFITEERS V' Presents Minority Report on War Re*- j enue Measure to Senate?Will Offeu Substitute Unless Amendments Are Adopted * j ?. Washington, Aug. 14.?A. minority report of the senate fiance committee on the' war tax <bill was presented to the senate today by Senator LaFollette with "he concurrence of SenI* ators Gore and Thomas, recommend-> ing that war profits and big incomes be utilized as the principal sources of taxation in providing the country'3 war needs. Contrary to expectations," Senator L&Follette did not present a substitute for the pending war tax bill. He announced, however, that unless the senate adopted amendments to the bill offered by himself and his j associates, a substitute would be of- j fered The minority report charges that' the bill as revised by the majority makes but palpably inadequate provision for raising of revenue needed for financing the war through the next fiscal year and that the onus of 1 ' " ? ? IUaaa taxation has oeen piac.ea upuu muoc least able to bear it." England has taxed her profits 80 per cent without impairing her great industries declared Senator LaFollette, instead, her wealthy classes "were never in receipt of larger incomes nor were her larger business concerns more flourishing. i Heavy taxes, he said, could be ler| ied on American corporations without I snv fear of affectinsr capital or crip pling industry. "From ^he income tax and the war profits taxes." states the report, "there can be raised without subjecting the country to serious financial strain and without depriving t^e wealthy even the luxuries of life, more than double the amount proposed in the pending bill.' If congress were to adopt the Brit1 * A A ? ? ? WA w isn rate 01 su per cent uu v??n Senator LaFollette .'said, more than two and a quarter trillions of dollars I would be realized in a single year from this sonre*. "Nothing that this eountry or" any country has ever previously andarI taken in the way of war financing;" | he declared, "compares with the obliratinn* we are asnrninsr. We may | not merely t? finance one country. We must to a large extent finanee 21 least Are or six other countries/' In comparison with the average | yearly wagfe of $700 earned by tiie : American laboring man, Senator LaFollette precented statistics indicatI ing that the percentage of war profits . over normal earnings of the DuPont (.Powder company was 1,400 per eerit; Bethlehem Steel, 300 per cent; Anaconda Copper, 40$ per cent; Ameri| can Beet Sugar company 250 per cc?'., Arraonr company. !-.=>? ppr cent, and American Hide and Leather, 250 per cent. In urging that the income tax acais be increased to lighten the burdens boroefby the laboring classes, figures were cited indicatin* that waee? have increased onlv 18 per cent, while the* "necesities of life have adoancod $5 per cent. Tn support of tha minority contcn 5RS WILL GO \* PLANS FOR Ms ' DIVISIO \ War Department Perfects First National Guard Troo\ BatallionS. C. Engineers gineer Regiment In iWashington, Aug. 14.?Plans for j ! sending the first national guard troops; j to France have been perfected by the | war department with the organization j |.of a division which will include troops i from 26 states and the District of Co. j I lumbia. 1 I Tbe states from which the national guard troops are to be assembled are I Louisiana. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, I New York, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana. Minnesota,. [Maryland, Soutn uaronna, unuuiuw,, Missouri, Virginia, North Caroliaa, \ Kansas, Texas, Michigan, New Jer-. sey, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Nebraska,! Colorado, Oregon and the others from j the District of Columbia. Engineer Division "The engineer regiment of the di-| vision will be numbered 117th . The first battalion will be formed from the ! First separate battalion, engineers: South Carolin, and the.second battalion will be formed of the First sep-' arate battalion, engineers, California. "The divisional field battalion, sig| nal troops wi'il be organized from the I Misouri national guards. The head- I ^quarters train and military police will ! be organized from the coast artillery [corps, Virginia. ? i "The engineer train will be organ-1 I ized from the North Carolna troops. ' The ammunition train will be organ-! ized from tbe Kansas troops and the j supply train from the Texts troops.: They will be known respectively as the 117th field Dattanon, sign** ; troops; the 117th headquarters train ; aid military police: the 117th engineers train: the 117th ammunition j train and the 117th supply train. Strength of 20,000 Discussion of the time and place cf tion that the majority estimates are grossly insufficient to carry the government through the next fiscal yea.r,' Senator LaFolIette declared the stimatd expenditures probably would exceed the estimated recipts by $9,402,307.000 without taking into consid ration the additional billions proba- j bly to be furnished to the allies. Tfte \ majority report provided for the rai3- | ing of only $1,943,458,000. Considering the loans that probably | will be requested by the allies the I Amerisan people will be called upon during the iisca.1 year to raise at least $13,000,000,000, he declared. ' The minority members object to the proposed bond isue of bilious of do?i- j lars, contending that thia burden will (become most severe at the end of the / war when capital will be needed in i the work of rehabilitation in both America and in Europe. THIRTY-BIGHT BOATS SFtfK > Considerable Anerkaa Tonnage 99- 1 9kir?7?d by gbtbaarteee ' New York. Aug. 12.?Tbe Cxm^ana was the SSth American merchant ship | i destroyed by German and AustrJai j submarines and raiders since tbe war! began. Thirteen of these ship# were j sunk before tbe United States entered the war April 6, 1S17, a*g 35 sii*e? j that time. The total tonnage of t*3 ; ships lost is about 113,Odd tons, in* eluding $4,&W tons sunk sin?e Aprtf, .... j f' ] No American ships fell rictixaa to < the central powers la 1914, omky two in 1915, and the same number ? 191(5. When Germany begi* her anrestricted siibmarine warfare, howerj er. attacks on American shipping be- j came more frequent and America los11 ; nine betwc n that time anil the time, I when the TTnited Statesdeclard a state' ' of war. ! I The iirst American ship sunk was 'the William P. Frye, January 2S, 131a. 1 J TO FRANCE ILITIA W COMPLETED Arrangements for Sending ds to Western Front?First Will Form Part of Eneluded in Division. mobilization of the division or of its , departure for France are sot permia sible under the voluntary censorship. The structure of the division as givea in the official statement shows it will conform to the reduced trench warfare divisional organization recommended by Major General Pershing, which would give it. a total strfen^th with auxiliary troops of approximately 20,000 men. The two inr'antry brigade formations, each brigade to be ^ ? composed of two regiment3, indicates a very large increase in the sizes of infantry regiments. The fact that numerical designations have be n assigned to these brigades thro, ghoat, also indicates the adoption of .the European battalion administrative unit system, although the regimental organization of three battalions to a regimen^ is retained. While no explanation 01 ine for forming this composite divislea as the ftrst tactical organization of the national guard to be perfected since the state troops were draftd into the federal army, it is known that. the plan has been endorsed by the , ' 1 governors of virtually all the states.?. The effect presumably "will be to solidify the national 'guard and to giro the whole country an interest in the division which might not be so strong if the troops from any one state iiad been used to form this tactical unit. * Washington, Aug. 14.?The commanding officer of the division will be Brigadier General W. A. Mann the regular army, no"*" chief of th? divisions of military affa.'-s of tlie war department. DR KItfARD BACK TO mSTHROP Rock Hill Record. We are sure that Rock Hillians, r and believe that the general p<ublie will be delighted to tearn that Dr. J. P. Kinard will return to Winthroa College, as one of the faculty for the pnmin? session. 'He and hia estimable family will be most cordially welcome back to I the city, and will take quite an addi! tion from many standpoints. Dr. KiaI ard is a splendid educator as was demonstrated by his many previous years of instructing at Winthrop and the demand that took him away to the Citadel and then to Anderson . College. For the past year he lias been, superintendent of the eftJ I schools at Newberry. Dr. Kjnard ia now at Uairersity of Chteago taking sj>eGial stttdie*. STARTS i Gziktoj Leaser. i Rev. A>m Cl&rj, pastor of tie Ht? I '/afeor Baplitt ekiroh, Waekiagtox, | D. G., Wdakiag^on Times e&ys, w*m be fcrst to ?eirtribnte to tke $?94 rei ward ?*Ri lor the apprebensio* of tkd *>r?ta! aawrderer o! Lottie Mae Brsm: eioa at ker fcome in LnaaiK>liB. | Mr. Clary is a son of Mrs. Mary ! Clary aad brother o! Messrs. Barney | and DrayWi Clary ?f th,* e?ty. i nrvmAl* MITTIS BBUG fllL* I IT BE8H MTlB CSTB6H j TflBe?e was a )arf? attendance at thd services ?? the Bwsfc Rirer Baptist ! ehtir*h ?onulay, the beginning of ; ?]!>e ial ?rervloes to be continued " 1V? """l' TTho rvaotr*^ T?-p V EOXOUga "Tjca. J. "V. . 1 JL H. Barries, is being assi?fted by i "Rey. IS. C. Watson of Blackville. a ; former jtestor of Bisb River. The L ;r I.x/.A~ ; ? v> ' n r. Mr? . l. . . - | services are being held at 11 o'clock in the morning and at 8 o'clock at night. - J