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THE FLORENCE DAILY TI THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 29, 1D2S. ~ •• »T'aey«t»>.Wwr»)v ' ' •Ti “FLORENCE’S POPULAR THEATRE” OPERA HOUSE “WHERE THE CROWDS GO" SHOWING TODAY ONLY HERBERT RAWLINSON / / IN “THE PRISONER ,, ill i ALSO A GOOD COMEDY Shows Start at S, 4.40, 6,20, 8 and 9.4Q T|]!f, TONIGHT PROMPTLY AT 9.15 ,_Ji'W< JAN GARBER >' r | ‘Himself” and hit CeI*bratedGARBER>DAVIS ORCHESTRA Admission for*'Tonlflht*->Adu1t» 50c—Children 25c BETTER COME EARLY famous play to l PLANS TO COLLECT BE SHOWN HERE ru,lw lu YWiJJ-ui "The Little Church Around the Cor ner,” the Warner Brothers’ Classic of; the screen, which will be shown at SALES AND LUXURY TAX BE ANNOUNCED made by July 20, of this yepr, ant? •<liall cover the period ending June 30. Penalties ore provided for failure to make reluius The lax commission is authorized to make a return for any delinquent taxpayer unon - . the Opera House Monday and JTi:.a • | U£ AnnUUniltUJ •nformation as "mav be reasonably oh day for the benefit of the Daughters I ia , ned „ ^ tQ add g ten 1!t;rccn . v of the Confederacy is a screen a<rip j > -.or-*ity, and the taxpayer is made tion of the famous stag# play by ' new REVENUE* LAW BECOMES)'iab'e to a fine of not less than $V Charles Blaney. It has played n al j OPERATIVE ON THE FIRST jOOO or imprisonment for not less than most every theatre throughout the • .. OF MAY one year for failure to nay the -v country, and is conceded to be the* ' .... r ® q “ ,re ? I ? n , 0r bef0r ®u the flrit d * y most popular romantic melodrama ever I TO DERIVE ANNUAL ‘“ f the fo,,owing 11,011111 Much time »tnd great expense wont j 2 MILLION REVENUE I into the making of this picture. AI —, (mine specially constructed on tht?! MANY ITEMS COVERED IN THE j Warner Brothers’ lot, cost above $2T j NEW LAW TO RAISE ITS ■000. It was an exact reproduction o^i, REVENUE a ePnnsylvania mine; with shaft. , -— : — underground passages, coal beds. Hai! | Columbia, March 29—Plans for col a mde of tracks were installed and ( ! Jecting the sales and luxury tax^i STYLE! QUALITY! VALUE! ■ iililililSi THE MEN S SHOP The thrifty shopper says Shoe Polish 1 Nothinq else will do You aei more and Better shines for your money. P. F. Dailey Company Inc. BdWo,N.Y. street of miners' house built. GOOSE | provided for by the recent session oi 43 YEARS OLD thp R tate legislature will be worked IS OWNED BY N^GRESSiout between this date and May 1, when ’ ^ le new revenue iaw becomes opera- Ester Ann sides near having never been brought to court. ^ either as prosecutrix or as defendant, has at least, despite those drawbacks, gotten her name into the paper. Lit-! n Davis, negress who re-! tivp. according to W G Querry rKiir Eulonia. in Marion county, man or the South Carolina tax com er been brought to court, missmt* which i s charged with en forcement of the law. It. is estimated that the state will derive an annual revenue of about |2,000.000 from tin i tie did Ester think 43 years ago.-combined sales and luxury features o' i when she purchased a grey-pided n-easuro B- fore the 1e-| I goose that selfsame goose would hod given its final approval to the bring her fame. One can never t-ll.I proposed revenue raisiug bill Cmn | Ester, as aforesaid, bought a goose man Querry had given the matter / '43 years ago. but there is noimiu carrying out its provisions thought he 1 woiiuuiiul in the mere purehase of said. I the goose. The wonder comes when j The new law provides for a stamp it is stated that the goose is living ■ tax on bonds, stocks, promissory notes with Ester today and testifies io the, conveyances, proxies powers of at purchase. Ester savs that she does, torney, and sales or transfers of cani not know how old the goose was : t a i stock and other certificate., 7,1 | when she bought her. but she claims ; indebtedness, a levy of one-tenth of ! that the goose was ’ a grown goose i 0 ne percent on the gross business of :when I got her. Ester the goose- manufacturing plants an d mines, and I girl, states in regard to her anc ent a i uxury tax on tobacco products< ad . ; * !ac ^ revered friend, the grey-pided mjssionK to amusements, ammunition goose that ‘ she quit layin long and cand y gelling above eightv cent time ago.” At that we are not great- * FOR SALE TWO STORY DWELLING LOCATED AT 210 S. GRIFFIN ST. Lot 50x400 Feet This nronsrty has to be sold at once and we have secured an exceptional price at $4,750.00 We will be oleased to show you thi 8 home, and It should appeal to a railroad employee, as it is convenient to shops. LUCAS & BRUNSON REAL ESTATE BROKERS —Since 1910— 27 West Evans St. Phone 386 |ly surprised, but when we take down [the family Bible and see that Ye ed began to suffer with the colic just about 43 years ago, we just wonder how thet f'oose hns stood the racket this long. Had we the body of a goose,' instead of the brain of a goose, we , would have shaken off this mortal ( coil long, long hence, and our downy locks would now be safely stored in some one’s mattress. Surely, that goose is a tough old bird or she would have b^en potted right after the Civil War. Ester says, however, that she 'believes the end is not far distant,! as she has noticed that when the old gey goose is frightened she is no longer able to make her goose-flesh ; crawl. ‘S’awfni—simply awful. — .Marion (3. C.) Star. UPRISING AT VERA CRUZ Mexico City, March 29.—War Min- I ister Serranoo is preparinn to go to ; .Tnlapn to investigate 'he situation in ; Vera Cruz where bands of Agrarians I committed a series of deoredations. I General Salxino Garcia and four sol diers were killed from ambush at Solcdad De Doblado. So many relics of anHent davs are being dup up. It must men hunting bait. viL „ Just in Time for Easter A bit of good fortune in the matter of ship- % ping has brought us sev eral new Slipper styles just in time for you to complete your Easter costume. They are largely strapped de signs, this S p r i n g’s smartest styles are straps, you know, and are most original as to detail. Cutouts below the strap on either s/de distinguish this very smart slfpper which are combinations of suede, calf and satin in the more wanted shader, o! rawn, grey and black. j * tV**. ' Harrison’s Shoe Store “THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES” 5 East Evans Street Phone 57 f; 1 . ?\\ lAv' ii! ■ 4IIP! a mind. The schedule in the so-called lux uriea sections of the meusure is a: follows ‘ Cigars, weighing less Minn thro- pounds per 1,000, fifty cents per 1. 000. Cigars weighing more thpn thret pounds per 1,000, retailing at not mor- than six cents each. $2 per 1.000; a more than six and not more than eight cents eaclv $4 per 1,000: at more than eight cents and not. more tliai 15 cents each, $6 per 1.000: at mori tlnn 15 cents a» d not more than 2< cents, $8 per 1.000: at more that: 20 cents 8ach. $10 per 1.000. Cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per 1.000. $1 per 1,000; weighing more than three pounds per 1.000, $2.41 per 1.000. Taxes on cigars and cigarettes will be paid by stamps, which will be at tached to the boxes of cigars and to the indiv dual packages o. c.igurettos. according to the law. A tax of six cents a pound is pro vide d for pipe tobacco. On ali ammunition except cartridges of less than 2f> caliber a tax is levied og $2 per 1.000 founds, to be paid by stamps affixed to the siriillqst con r'cnt davs are ta ner in ^hich the shell« or cartridges be the fisher- ar® sola The rate provided on candy ia ten percent of the retail price, with eand\ seiling at eighty cents or less a pound excepted. Un admissions to places of amuse ment. which includes theatres and athlo tic contests, a tax of one cent foi each ten cents of the admission price is levied. Admission to theatres in towns of less than 2000 population are exempted, as are performance? given for the benefit of charity ami similar purposes and college and pub lie school amusements. As to the assessment of the tnx ox manufactures and mining, the law pro vides for its measurement as follows; •In the case of manufacturing the entire receipts, includ ng all sums earn I e d or charged, whether actually re celved or not, and in the case of any article nnnu’actured in who’e or in part within this state, and not sold or disposed of 'n this state, tho value thereof shall be included. “In the case of mining, the value o r the products of such mines including all sums earned or charged, whether 1 actually received or not. in conneclioi. with the said mining business.'* The schedule of taxes on stock and • bond transfers, notes and s’milnr in struments, is as follows: u On bonds, debentures or certificate; of indebtedness issued bv anv person and all corporate securities, on eac! 3100 of face value of transaction there of. five cents, with , the same tux for renewals. On capital stock issued, five cents on each $100 of face mine and in the case the stock has no par value, f've ce"*s per shire. On all sales or transfers of capita,, stock, or agreements to sell, two cents on each $100. Deliveries to a broker . 'for handling are "excepted, as an trHiiBfers of stock as a lollutera.’ for 1 loans. ! On promissory notes, except bank notes for circulation, two cents on each $100, and two cents for each $100 for eaefi renevul. On eonvevanccs such as deeds, when tlje property is valued between $100 and $500, fifty cents, and f"r each ad ditional $500, or fraction, fi'ty cents f On proxies for voting at meetings ; eveeht religious, fraternal, chari'i'hle | »educational, or literary meetings am . puoiic cemeteries nieetipgs, ten cents. | power of attorney, twbnty live cents. , 'tne slate tax cpminisaion, is cm | powered tq jijeserlbe regulations gov erning the affixing and canCellfctlon J of stamps,.where the law provides for I -the use or stamps. A pen ’ty of,a fins I not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both, is provided for attempt“ to defraud th» state by restoring stamps that have been used. i-or failure to affix the stamps pres - crihed, the measure provides penalties as follows: $20 for the fimt offense. $50 for the second offense and $100 for each offense thereafter Taxpayers subject to the taxes no* i oaid by stamps are required to makej iworn returns tn the tax commission on the twentieth day of April,'July,) October and January of each year,! accompanying tfie returns wfth remit-' 'tneCs In full for taxef-ifttfi mjo first For the remainder of this year, an iptic rte body, consisting of the governor of the state, the members ■Jf the tax commission, the chairman of the senatei finance comititkccl and the chairi/an of the houfec ways and means coqimittee, to "P" ,r ■ criminalIpns thgt may appear vtfjb the law in operation. Tlie cumin,., sion is empowered only to make re ductions in taxes, and can not increase them. The tax commission is authorized to make temporary provisions for col lection of stamp taxes, in the even. 1 tint the prescribed taxes are not avail »hie by the date the law becomes operative. TO AY BETTER WAGES Fall River, Mass., March 29.—Fall River Cotton Manufacturers today ar ranged a conference with the textile ouncil on the wage question for Monday. This is accepted hre as an in' ication that the employes are par tially retreating from the stand that. they would shut down mtho- \ raise wages. Other plants are rais ing wages. " W. A. Dowling, has returned houie, much improved after spending some, time at the FlUtle Creek Sanitarium. PAY THE PRICE 1 • v* •' M You cannot get anything without paying the price. You must pay the price if you want success and the price of success is the habit of thrift. Jim Hill never said a truer thing than that the man that cannot save cannot succeed. Palmetto Bank & Trust Co. 4 and 5 per cent interest oaid in our Savings Department Member Federal Reserve System rot urn requif tho law , 'imt8i bo Friday and Saturday Specials Clearance Sale — of — Easter Coats, Capes, Wraps and Coat Suits Every Garment Greatly Reduced. Come In and See Them. Special Prices on All Dresses. See Our Special Lot at $19.95 and $26.75 Big Lot of Stout Dresses Received Today. Get Yours At Once, Before They Are Picked Over. <0^MYGOn ^ThoStore^ofiStores f-r . !‘ - — it>/st* -.sw. w^mji***;i-rtwwfrnsuHhii>«iii'i*». HF l.lYn t r. 4 ii *« it