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11 B i as- ?? x, VOLUME XXXIli ' MUST BE PAID f BY MARCH 15TH ) RofCTrn Blanks Will Be Ready t' Between Feb. 15th and March 1st. f> REVENUE COMMISSIONER B/1AI/CTO A Mftiniiftinp*np*iT iVlHr\tO HIVMMUUIMOCIVIllN I K v Taxpayers May Pay in Instalments Under New Plan of the Law. K , I hat there will lie no general extrusion of time beyond March 15th for the filing of returns and for the payment of Income and ftxeers Prof ts taxes clue on that date, is the decision of Daniel Roper, commissioner of Internal Revenue. The announcement was made to-day by j ol lector 1). C. Hey ware I immediate-j , ly following the approval by tho j Senate and House of the report of } U"' conferees on tin new Revenue t Hill. "It is necessary to get the initial tax payments in by March the 15th," says Commissioner Roper. "No other course is possible. Some months t ago, the Treasury issued certifi- j r1 catos of indebtedness to an amount approximating $800,000,000, maturing .March the 15th. The first payment of the Income and Excess |ao'its Taxe> foe 1918 was planned foj that date, to meet his huge ohl?. Ration. . "Tlie American people have prov>ti that there is no emergency too jjreat to ho be met and solved by cooperation. This present situation is nnrtCliO)' fimni'Kftnn" ...Uw.U vim-1 LUII UC overcome by cooperative efforts. The bureau extend* its every force towards this end, and I am relying upon the people to meet the situation v/hole-heartedly. "The Internal Revenue Bureau 1 must carry out the programme prescribed in the new law, which requires all returns for 11)18 to be filed on or before March 15th, 1919, and requires the first quarterly payment cr the entire payment to be made on or before that date. "Every taxpayer who can possibly do so is urged to make full payment of his income tax on or before March 15th. The quarterly payment method is intended for taxpayers whose financing of the tax at one time would tend to upset local finan1 cial conditions. "The approval of the report of th. conferees by the Senate and House of Representatives brings the new Tl T"? M I . ? ll ' ' ? ' revenue nui lo me point wncrc 'i may be assumed to be law. The Intern^ Revenue Bureau has been mak | jng preparations to colleet the taxes which it provides, and is now putting <dl of its efforts into aiding the taxpayers to fullfil the obligations imposed. "The bureau has arranged to send 'an advisory force of several thousands of deputies and agents to assist 'taxpayers. These officers will be stationed at convenient points where they may be consulted without , charge. Taxpayers should take the ** initiative and get in touch withrthese Revenue Men for any r,ceded advice and assistance in preparing returns. "The forms for the tax returns are being printed and all forms will be in the hands of Collectors between February the 15th and March 1st." 1 DECtsiONUPHOLDS BOARD OF HEALTH lie' k Hill.?Judge Ernest Moore has hajiucd down a decision in the matter of the picture shows of Rock Hill against the board of health in favor of the hoard of health and sustaining its position that it had a right to close picture shows or anything else of hte kind that was considered detrimental to the health of the contmunity. ?hc TIME EXTENDED TO FEB. 15TH ? \ Not Too Late to Put in Applications for Government Nitrate of Soda. Those farmers who failed to put in applications for nitrate of soda have another chance to make applications as. the time for receiving' applications has been extended to Feb. 15th. banners may make* applications t? the same parties who received applications up to Jan. 25lh: Mr. Dan W. \ Hardwick, Loris; W. C. Hooks,! 1? i vds: W. F Prinrrv f VA/ I , , - - , V?V?? .V %V , / . ?? . I Cook, Aynor; J. L. Bell, Wampet,| Norton Ding Company, Conway; and County Agent D.uvis, anywhere you can catch him. The price of the sc da is the same, ?81.00 per ton plus the freight. Cauh to be paid at the cai when the so.la is delivered. Farmeis are cautioned not to make appli(.*uion for more soda than they can take as all applications will he filled. All applications must be made by Fob. loth. RENEWAL OF FIGHT IN NEXT CONGRESS Washington.? I>y a margin of one vote equal suffrage met its fourth defeat in the senate. No further iir tion at this session is now possible, but advocates announced the now nearly half a century old campaign for submission of the Susan B. Anthony constitutional amendment to the States would be renewed when the Sixty-sixth Congress convened. o NO PRELIMINARY. There was no preliminary hearingheld in the case of Hearty Full wood, the boy who had the trouble inN the Enterprise school last week. Bond was made for his anocaivinee at th > I court of General Sessions FobruniyJ 24tli, at which time it is expected the trial will come off. MR. WEBB AND MISS HOLLAND COMING t ???? Mr. Wehb and Miss Hol'.and, two ol our great Sunday School work- ! ers of the state will be in Horry for ' a few days during the last of Feb., ! and first of March. Arrangements arc made now to hold a Convention at Ay nor on Saturday, March 1st, at 11 o'clock, A. M , one at Maple Church on Sunday morning following and one at Co *way at night. Other sections may bo visited. If so they will be announced later. It is hoped that Churches where thes^ meeting-: ire to he held wlil see that all Sunday School workers in their sections are invited to attend these conventions. Look for other announcements next week. J. C. Spivey County Pres. VV. M. Goldfinch, Sec. CLYDE LINE WILL SUSPEND 3 ROUTES New York.?Because of high op- 1 crating costs And "inefficiency of labor," the Clyde Steamship Company has decided to suspend three of its coastwise lines to South Atlantic points, it is announced here. The lines suspended are: The New York-Mobile-Tampa line, New York-Wilmington-Georgetown line, and Philadelphia-Norfolk line. rv _ _ 1 1 - 1 ? ? * m mm wruers nave oeen to close tne otnces at Wilmington and other ports and to dismiss all employees. Two or three of the ships will be transferred to the Jacksonville and the New YorkSan Domingo service and nine put into dry dock. If operating conditions improve, <he suspended lines may be resumed, iccording to W. L. I/cvish, general right manager. | t porr / . ^ CONWAY, S O., THURSDAY PRUSSIA MAY DRAW SUPPORT FROM RUSSIA Paris.?"While I have said that the war has been won, it would perhaps be more accurate to say that there is a lull in the storm," said George Clemonceau, the French premier, in the course of an interview with the Associated Press today. "At least," he added, " it is well to face squarely all the possibilities." Although Germany has been beaten militarily and had been largely disarmed, there still remained, the premier pointed out, "a chaotic but fruitful Russia from which great help may be drawn by the Teutons." There would be no danger, h>' thought, of a "reopening of the mil'..1 tary debacle if it were not for th'* finance President Wilson had voiced recently that whenever Fiance or any other free people were menaced the whole world would be ready A.o vindicate its liberty." In the society of nations, said the 1) 1 1 !") i f*!' h'll inn ?v\u I lw? if 111 i n.. I r . - , x x?x ii nt? viwii niu I- 1/v: >> tllllit- , to renounce its traditional aloofness and 1)-' willing to employ the n,atio.\al strength outside its own country, both in war and in peace. Premier Clcmcnceau warmly prais ed the help the American troops had given in winning the war for democ- j racy and expressed disbelief that there was not a man in the American army of occupation who regretted that he had "fought on the side of freedom," because he had found more creature comforts in Germany than in France. hunsIUsTmeeT HARD CONDITIONS j Paris.?The supreme war council ' is reported to have reached ;x decis- : ion at yesterday's meeting that it : v as necessary to impose more severe j conditions upon Germany for the re- 1 nc'vnl n f f ii 'H-nuL'flnn ' .. w i v i b v. - x i iiiipvivv. i;cvciu^^" u i ^ Germany's attitude toward the fid- i fillment of her obligations. Decision. n;re also said to have been reach. 1 ed for ?hc condition of German do- 1 mobilization and of the production of plants formerly engaged in producing war material. j It is expected that the means fot securing the execution of the condi- i tion laid down will he reached at Monday's session of the council. a IRISH POTATO GROWERS. I The following is a letter received by Mr. H. L. Ruck in regard to the using of Irish potato barrels that i were left over from last year's supply for this year's potatoes; "Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 10, 1919 "Mr. H. L. Buck, "Conway, S. C. "Dear Sir: \ "The United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets has referred to me your letter of January 28. 1919. addressed to the Honorable Chas A. Brand, relative to the barrel which the potato growers or your section have brought over from last year and which were forbidden to be used after August 1. 1918, for the shipment of potatoes. ''I assume that the barrel you refer to is the "Basket Barrel" with cross slats. These barrels were found to be incapable to hold their weight in potatoes in transportation to market without serious loss and damage, and it was found necessary to restrict their use to commodities weighing 100 punds or less to the barrel. "The whole season of 1918 was given to permit the shippers to get vid of thoir hnfnrn tliia ? < ? rtriction was placed upon them, /and they still have the privilege of using up these barrels on commodities weighing 100 pounds or less. "To make any further modification of this rule would only result in throwing on the market a Large number of broken barrels and loss and damage to potatoes as in former seasons. "Yours truly, "J. F. Deasy, Chairman. ? ?f FEBRUARY 13, 1919. COTTON PROBLEMS TO BE CONSIDEREB _______ A mooting, to take proper ami effective measures to limit the acreage and production of cotton in this State, has been called by Governo-* Coo par, J. H. daffy, president of the State Farmers' Union; B. Harris, commissioner of agriculture; J. Skottowo Wannanviker, president South Carolina Bankers' Association; J. D. Miot, president of tlie Chamber of Commerce of Columbia; and W. G. Smith, State warehouse commissioner. This meeting is to meet the demand for some action to dc finitely and substantially limit tlie acreage of the 1919 crop. Such action is deemed important as it affects the large amount of cotton in the hands of the farmers ami the merchants as well as the price which may likely be obtained for the crop to be raised this year. MM. i .... ims convention o; lliosc intere ted in the present cotton situation will be held in Columbia Thursday, Kebruarv Id, at noon. ORPHAN TRABEO FOR MILGH COW Marietta, Ga.?Investigation of charges that Mrs. Naomi V. Campbell, head of the "Undenominational Orphan Home" near here, had traded one oi' the children consigned to her cave for a milk cow and $"() was being nvule today by Solicitor General John T. Dorsey, who began an inquiry into charges of cruelty to children made against the woman. Relatives of Hazel Rankins, th<* little girl who figured in the trade, came to remove her after a histw-e m t thp^jace had held Mrs. Campbell | under $750 bond for a grand jury , investigation of charges of severe whipping of children, of putting salt and pepor into wounds she is alleged to have made in them and of causing a little girl to be held against a hot gYate as punishment. Little Hazel was not at the home and an investigation the relatives said, disclosed she had been given for a cow and money to a woman at Tocoa, Ga., without the knowledge of her relatives. The Tocoa woman had taken a fancy to the child and intended to raise her as her own. j Mi. Dorsey said he would investigate the unwarranted dispostion oi the child. Mrs. Campbell, who is still in jail here, denies all the charges made against her. timewasTxtended FOR BUYING NITRATE Washington, Feb. (j.?The secretary of agriculture has announced that the final date for the filing of applications for nitrate of soda with county agents and local nitrate committees has been advanced to February 15, 1911). This action is taken in view of the fact that farmers in many parts of the county advise that they desire nitrate of soda, but were unable to file their applications prior to January 25. On account of the pressure of other work and the heavy duties devolving upon county agents in connection with the sale of nitrate, it was not possible for the county agents and members of local nitrate committees to give the desired publicity to the depart [ment's plan for selling nitrate of soda to farmers this year. o LIVE FIRM AT TABOR. One of tlio host- known firm v. in Tabor, N. C., is Garrel & Green, composed of Mr. R. M. Garroll and E. L. Green. They have a larg" slock of general merelvmdi -e and b good business methods keep it up the minute. Just now thnv m advertising a full lino or millinery gr.ods described in another column of this paper and which will, no doub!, be interesting to the ladies in thai section of North Carolina and a largo portion of Horry County I whose people visit Tabor to do th.-ir shopping. J raid. SCHOOL TEACHER IS STABBED BY FULLWOOD Wound Was Not Serious According to Late Reports From Socastee. L. K. Alford, the to,-ichor of the Hnt< rpriso School in Socastee town shin, was stuck in the back with a I jktiifo in the hands of Hearty FullIwood, a pupil; while the teacher was iadmini. Coring a beating upon him on I Monday, Fobru.ury .??rd. Reports of I the concurrences reaching* here were t > the effect that the wound was very serious, that Alford would not live, having1 suffered great loss of blood, and other tales of like effect; but late reports from Soca. tee Friday stated that the wound had noi !. proved to he serious, that the teachor had recovered and would he teachj ing the school again last Monday, lb arty Fullwood was .nltendimr the school, lie is a hoy of thirteen yours of age, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kullwood. A warrant was isfU?'d by Magistrate John M Cormiok an 1 the boy was lodged in jail hove last Thursday where lie remained until bond was arranged for him the next day. n NO SCHOOL MONDAY. There was no school last Monday at the Burroughs High School owing to some difficulty with the steam boilers whereby thee was no heat v hen teachers and students met to take up their work. HORRYBOfWRiTES i FROM FRANK I IIVIVI 1 Wo havo the highest congratulations for the fighting qualities we displayed while helping in the final <hivo for victory. The gallant and efficient service we have rendered during the period of our operations. On the 29th of September we took part with distinction in the groat and critical attack which shattered the enemies' resistance in the ol 1 Hindenburg- line and opened the ro.ud to final victory. The deeds of J the iiOtn American Pivision, who, o i J that day, took liellicourt and the ist'ongly fortified St. Quentin canai int Marcoing, the occasion was rip" for testing. What has been accornj plished by the boys of this division ! will rank with the highest achievements of this great war. Snice that date through three weeks of almost continuous fighting we advanced fion one success to another, overjocming all resistance, j W o have, by our heroic effort1-.. made possible this glorious result. Without complaint wo have endured ince >sant trials privations and dangers. We have seen many of our comrades make the supreme sacrifice that freedom may live. We have h.ad the patience and courage with which we have endured. The splendid fruits of victory which our heroinn and the blood of our gallant dead are now presenting to our nation. Our deeds will live forever on the most glorious pages of America's history. Those things we have done. There remains now a harder task, which will test our soldierly qualities to the utmost. Succeed in this and little note will be take, an t few praises will be sung; fail and the light of our glorious achievements of the past will sadly be dimmed. Hut we will not fail. We will meet this test as gallantly as we , lvive mot the tests of the battlefields. Sustained by our high idols and inspired by the heroic part we have played, we will carry back to our ; people the proved consciousness of a new Americanism, born of sacrifice. J Whether we stand on hostile territory or on the free soil of France we will so bear ourself in appearance and respect for all civil rights that wc will confirm foi all time the pride and love which every America Vols for ou.* uniform and for you. (Pvt.) 1st CI. Willie Stevens. Co. L. 120 Infantry. A. P. O. 741) . America Expeditionary Forces, France. /* N0 48. HIGH FREIGHT COST HURTING THE SOUTH Representatives Made to Senate by the Busines Representatives TOO HIGH WAGES HELD RESPONSIBLE Southern Traffic League Says Readjustment Must Be Made. Washington, Fob. 10.?Charles E, Cottrell. of Atlanta, representing the Southern Traffic League told the Senate interstate commerce committee today that many southern business nu n would be forced into bankruptcy "if the wholesale revision of freight rates initiated under the arbitrary power of the director general v. as continued." He said it was now proposed to establish mileage rates on SO southern commodities, for which he declared there was no justification. He urged that Congress refuse to extend the period of governmental control of railroads. "It is unnecessary to enact any I radical legislation as a condition ^.vvvucui w uiu return 01 tnc carriers which is much desired in the south," Mr. Cottrell said. The powers of the director general are too arbitrary and broad for peace times so the south views with alarm any proposed extension of control. Under governmental operation, more industrious changes have been made tlvin ever before anil it has been necessary to keep delegations here continuously for the protection of shippers' interests. "The railroad administration has been altogether too generous in the I disposition of wage increases. We want adequate rates paid for rait' road employes but the rate accorded negro labor has caused an anomalous and peculiar situation without any corresponding improvement in the living conditions of the negro. In numerous instances negro labor is paid more than their white supervisors. "Congress should not assume any widespread public demand for legislation; cerf/iinly no such demand exists in the south. A profound reaction has set in, which causes the belief that it would be unwise to extend the war powers of the government. There is a feeling that some people are seeking to nrofit hv mnint??r?i??o> war conditions." Mr. Cottroll objected to any form of government guarantee to the railroads as meaning- in effect government operation without the privileges of government supervision. He urged that either the railroads be returned to private ownership or taken over entirely by the government. Mr. Cottrell said the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association asked him to announce that in a referendum of its 2,100 members more than 95 per cent desired a prompt return to private management because of the "poverty of service" under government operation. o A. M. Dusenbury was in Conway last Saturday accompanied by several of his children. c WON'T BUY FERTILIZER. Union.?Not a fertilizer dealer in Union expects to buy any more fertilizer this season because the farmers have decided not to buy fertilizer of any kind until the price of cot iami UP 10 ^?)C I)Cl* pound. I This information was gotten from a well known business man of this city who investigated the situation, and he finds that the farmers throughout the entire county are determined to hold their cotton with a death-like grip until it reaches around 35c, as on account of the high cost of producing the crop during the war, they feel they must Ihave 35c in order to make even a decent pi*ofit.