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INCOMK TAX \MK\l?flM \W> KD TO (ONM ITITIOX. With lUttflcailon by ;ih Slate* Six tecnth Kiuh Section I-. \nw Part of KuiMlamriital Uw of Hit- l .imI?It Provide* for 1 ?Irret Tuxr* on F-ani tng* of C h i/?? 11x <.f \n> Stair. With? out Reference to Population?Hill Kmbodtlng l*ro|MK??l Will he In? troduced at Speeial Session of Ncxi Cougrem '.'ashlngton. I ? t. -Direct tales on the incomes of citizens of the Cnlted States, whether derived from idle capital or from the conduct of business, were made possible today by ratification of the 16th amendment to the federal constitution. Delaware Wyoming and New Mexico indorsed the Income tax amendment through their respective legislatures, complet? ing a list of 38 States that have ap? proved it. two more than the three fourths necessary for its tlnal adop? tion. Following is the list of States which ratified the income tax amendment: Alabama, Arkansas. Arizona, Califor? nia, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Maine. Maryland, Michigan. Minne? sota. Mississippi. Missouri. Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York. North C-irol'na, North Dakota, I >V lahoma, Cregon. South Carolina, South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas, Washington. Wisconsin. Louisiana, ?hlo. West Virginia, Wyoming. The following rejected it: Connect! ,t. New Hampshire, lthode Island, fUh Ri action, or only partial act? >n, -was taken in the eight other Stab s. Leaders in congress predicted to? night that through this authorization the law which will be passed to levy the tax upon American Incomes will be Introduced as soon as the extra session opens. Its exact terms have not been decided upon, but It Is be? lieved it will exempt all Incomes be? low $4,000 or $5,000 and wlii provide <i tax of 1 pefl cent upon the majority of personal Incomes that do not run to an excessive figure. Informal notice of the final adop | I of the new amendment was given to tbe senate by Senator Brown of Nebraska, who introduced the resolu? tem in 1909 upon which the proposal for an Income tax was submitted to the States. Drafting of the bill to put the tax in effect. It is expected. * ill fall to the lot of Representative Hull of Tennessee, a member of, tho house ways and means committee, i who drrw the excise tax bill proposed last year by th?* Democratic house, but which did not become law. The Income tax will be designed to supplant the present corporation tax and will apply to the Incomes of In? dividuals, firms and corporations. In a statement tonight, RoBfeex ntative Hull declared he favored making the new tax an integral part of the finan? cial system of the Patted Mates to remain In full force without regard to fh# -haracter of tariff bills that con may enpri from time to time. I feature, which It is adieved SJ included In the law, will be don for "collecting at the source" of the in ome. This feature, now in operation in England, would require firms to certify to amounts they pay to Individuals in salaries or fees or pay the tax direct to the government it is nottevee' this would remove much complaint that might be made if the government had to investigate every cltlxen's income and would prevent evasion of law. The annual amount that the gov , ernment may realise under the In? come tax Is estimated by Democratic leaders In congress at approximately $100,000,000. This would Include the $;in,ouo,(?00 ' ;l. cted und. r the present corpora? tion tax. ? me of the Important result! of an income tax.' said Representative Hull, "will be the curbing < f unneces? sary federal expenditures. When a great part of the governments in? come is derived by a direct ;ax upon the citizens of the nation they will scrutinise more carefully the appro prlatlon? made by congress.'* Probably It will remain for Presi? dent-elect WWson to make official an? nouncement of the Income tax amend? ment is the ' onstitntioa\ I., date the State department htm re-.i\e.| imin.H of approval by the legislatures of onlv 14 States. West vtrginit. Delaware, Wjeasing aad New Mexbn not basing reported on their notion. Th. department can not Hot upon earthing less ihan the of total certificate of Hie governors and ?gl i et it |?Si of State K\ en w io n ah of ihe rertlfl< I are at hand. Ike executive will not be In a position formally to announce that fuel In a matter ol H import? ance, it is necessary la move with es ire me caution and Heeretarj Knox, the custodian of tin certlfh des, will i?fer the at to the sollcltoi of ins d< pirtrnent of stale for examination ns to their soiii? lerne) Already some questions have been raised as to the legality of the i turn?. One was in the rase of Ken? tucky, where the legislature Initially adopted the amendment In advance of the receipt from Secretary Kimx of the formal communication which should serve as a basis for a State'! notion, n clonaoquncc of this haste, and the use of a newspaper clipping) the language of the enacting resolu? tion was slightly erroneous. As soon M the error was discovered an at? tempt was niadu to correct it by reen ectlon, in consequence of this haste, which had raised the issue, it is re Onlled that Secretary Scward In 1818 practically referred to congress the question whether the 14th amendment had been properly ratified by the States because of some such irregu? larity. It Is probable that Secretary Knox will not announce the ratification of the amendment upon the basis of the returns but will await the receipt of certificates from some of the States which havo not yet acted on the amendment, but are reasonably cer? tain to do so favorably. In tbls case and allowing for the time required for a painstaking examination by the so? licitor, It probably will be after the fourth of March before the president's notice can Issue of the addition of the income tax amendment. BEACH TRIAL TUESDAY. Millionaire New Yorker Before Court Tills Week on Charge of Slashing Throat of Wife. Kfgrem Star Wit net**. Alken. S. C, Feb. 2.?Tuesday, about noon, in the court of general sessions in Aiken. Solicitor Gunter will sound the case of the State vs. Fred? erick O. Beach, millionaire New Yorker, on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. The State will contend that Beach, through Jeal? ousy. Htruck his wife, formerly Mrs. Htvemeyer, on the head with a fence paling of the Beach winter home in Alken, on the night of February 8f>, last. Mr. and Mrs. Meach and Mrs. J. B. Taller, of New York, Mrs. Beach s sister, are in Aiken nwalting the sounding of the case. Mr. Beach will, when arraigned, enter a plea of not guilty, and the court will proceed to strike a Jury from citizens of Aiken county. The State's star witness in the pros? ecution of the case will be a negro woman, by the name of Pea?] Hamp? ton, who. they will seek to show, \\ as struck down with the same fence pal? ing used on Mrr. Beach. Just a min? ute before the attack on Mrs. Beach, other testimony, it M understood, will be submitted fr< m an Atlanta detec? tive who was employed by the city of Alken to work up the case. The principal witness for the de? ft rise will be Mrs. Ib ach, herseh, who will reiterate the story she told the night of the attack, that she hoa~d someone at the front gate of the resi? dence, went out to see who it was and found a negro man wearing an overcoat standing outside the gate. She said at the time that the negro bad a note in his hand, which he said had been sent to an inmate of the Beach home. As he extended his hand to give her the note, and she was nbOUt to take it, the negro jumped at lo r and salihod her throat. Imme? diate?, she says, the negro made hi*" Saeaps, In the attack Mrs. Beach lo*t a back comb from her hair and an Ser-ring, both of Which were later found, and which will be offered in evidence, as Will the knife which Mr I'.each is said to have used. The ones will probably be concluded in one day, and acquittal is expected. SCHOOL TROUBLE AT MANNING. tnfortunate Disruption Threatened for Linie to Result In an Indefinite mnspesMAon of CSuasea, Manning, Feb. |, ?An unfortunate dtsruptkm took plate In the- Manning graded nnd hiuh school last Friday which for a time looked as if it might result in an Indefinite suspension of the anhool it appeari that s ques? tion Ol discipline fof infraction of tubs by some of the pupils having been referred to and ruled upon by the trustees, a majority of the faculty tendered their resignations. They wer,- requested by the 'trustees to re? consider the matter, and in the mean? time Superintendent Newton tendered his resignation, which was accepted by tie' trust?rs This morning work was resumed as usual In the lust gra??e, but tie- other teachers held off until MaJ \ Levl on behalf of tin trustees announced thai the reg? ular ? \e i < i., i would i>e resumed to? morrow niornlnn with Miss Vlolel Brow n. on, of I le hi lt m I.I <? a- Ii - ? 'IS nCtlnS. U|>e I litte ||e|e nt 11111 it Of rangements could Im made for .? .. ssor to Prof \e \n ton Tin fad I hul tie first grit de work was continued today by the- regular b icher, Miss Itichardson, served tu oh late i lol I suspension of Ihr school for the lime, Qov. W.111 ? w Wilson hai an? nounced thai Joseph Patrick Tumulty will continue as his private secretary .ion he becomes pr< sldent. JNO. Y. G ARLINGTON TURNED LOOSE BY BLEA8E. Governor Opens Prison dates for Prin? cipal In Semlnole Steal. Prisoner on Parole During "Good Behavior**' 1 riform.it Ion received Tuesday morning la to the effect that John Y. Qarllngton, one of the principals in tin- notorious "Semlnole Steal." which rifled the pockets of the ablest busi? ness men of this and many other states about 4 years ago. was today paroled by Governor Cole L. Blease "during good behaviour." Qarllngton has been in the State Penitentiary for a little over a year. He was convicted of breach of trust in connection with the Semlnole swind? le, and was sentenced to serve 3 years at hard labor for the State of South Carolina. Not very long ago Qarllng? ton was allowed to go to the bed? side of a sick relative at Laurens; he was away only a short time, but now the governor has given him freedom for as long a time as he will 'be good." "The Semlnole Steal." as the case in which Oarlington was a principal ac? tor, is familiarly known, has had too much notoriety already to be un? familiar to the people of South Caro? lina and the South In general. Fram? ed up in a manner that would have done credit to the most solidly found? ed corporation In the country, the Semlnole Securities Company not only dragged money from the pockets of modest salaried men seeking in? vestment, but also took neat piles from some of the ablest and wealthiest business men in the State. The Railroad! and Public Opinion. Manufacturers Record. With accustomed perspicuity Presi? dent W. W. Plnley of the Southern Railway Co., recently discussed rail? roads before the Chamber of Com? merce at New Haven, Conn. In his consideration of the relation of the carriers to the public, he began by quoting from a late magazine article j by Woodrow Wilson, in which it was said that a man of eloquence, but without conscience and reckless of consequences, could set this whole country atlame, that is, through the minds of its people; also that from end to end of the country it is be? lieved that something Is wrong. He likewise quoted from "The Crowd," a book by Gustave L#e Ron, to illustrate the great force upon the popular mind of mere atllrmatlon without rea? soning or proof, but iterated and re? iterated so that sifter a time the crowd believes the affirmation, while for? getting who made it. Having thus outlined the danger ex? istent in present conditions. Mr. Fin ley said that the striking accord be? tween the words of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Le Ron suggests the wisdom of grounding public opinion in economic truth concerning the problems of our day so that affirmation and its repe? tition alone will not establish the be? lief that wrongs exist when they do not. Then he proc eeded to consider the transportation question. Bonte Of his statements concerning the magnitude of railroad business in the United States are very impres? sive. One Of them is that the operat? ing expenses of our railroads in a \ear would pay for the cost of build? ing the Panama Canal ($376,000,000) five times over and yet leave sufficient to fortify five such canals and build battleships to defend them; also that a distinguished authority estimated the annual requirements of the rail? roads for additional capital to keep pace with the growth of traffic and its demands to be from two to three times the total COSt of he canal, and, furthermore, that one railroad bad Invested In Its property out of its earn? ings an anount approximating the canal's cost, and which might have been distributed In dividends but for the company'i conservative manage? ment. He also remarked that the rate of taxation ol railroad property gen earally has increased fully ISO per cent since 1890, and it Is sun increas? ing. Discussing railway rates, Mr. Plnley expressed the opinion thai it Is essen? tial for the development of transpor? tation service that it shall he recog? nised as right for a railway "to make a charge for each service thai shall be reasonable as measured by thai service bavins fair reference to Its sal ue " He opposed I he Idea of ti\ime charge s for service so a^ to yield a pi edctc rminetl rate of net Income, w hi. It in thought full h nowledge would demonstrate to "uncconom* ic und Im possible." He also said t hat small let Income tor a railroad would not just if> charges "exorbitant or tin reasonable as measured by the ser vi< e pi ? I'm med, ' n. it her w otlld, I irge tiei incoint justify reduction ol ? bit).. "r< rsonahly low as mensured bj t hat si andard " * Jon i i nlng this latter it may be remarked Ihn! ?Iii t ' uli will pi obably be < ncountered In anj < ffoi t to obtain popular at ? til to his expressed conclusion. Taking up the mattet of wages, the speaker said he believed that if any Interruption to railroad service result ed from a difference between em ployen and employes the public should hav< f.rb Information upon which to base Intelligent opinion as to the merits Of tin- dispute. In Can? ada this is accomplished by the in? dustrial pursuits investigation law, whi<di statine relies largely upon th< force of enlightened public opinion. Mr. Plnley thought, however, that tie provisions of this law should be adopt? ed in the Un ted States, but, Instead of thr ?e members, the special board to be named in eat n case submitted for arbitration should have tive mem? bers, one to be selected by each party to the controversy, these two to choose two others, and the two last named to select the fifth member. Pro? vision must be made for filling out the board in the event of protracted disagreement between the first two men chosen. He directed attention to the importance of maintaining service at all times and to safeguard it from strikes and lockouts. One of his most significant utter? ances was this: "Even under the most favorable circumstances, how? ever, the railways cannot return earn? ings to the property in amounts suf? ficient to enable them to meet the in? creasing demands for service. To a large extent additional carrying ca? pacity will have to be provided through the investment of new capi? tal." He also pointed out that the cerdit essential to the obtaining of new capial depends on the proportion of gross earnings saved as net in? come, and, furthermore, that railroad prosperity and the ability of the lines to adequately perform transportation depends very largely upon the State of the public mind toward them. There? fore, the attitude of the Government should be to instill into the public mind confidence in the railways. He quoted President Hadley of Yale as saying: "We must lend a hand to the men who are getting things done. We shall deal with the problems of corporate regulation and with the abuse of corporate management more effectively if we are willing to appre? ciate efficient service." President Finley will undoubtedly have the sympathy and support of all fair-.minded men for his conclusion that the railroads, being regulated to protect the rights of the public, are rightly entitled to protection in their property rights and to enjoy such lib? erty in their affairs as is necessary to the success of a busines. None want the companies to perform transporta? tion service without profit, for lack of profit means more serious loss to the people who use the railroads than it docs to the railroad companies them I selves. Greenville Girl Ends Her Life. I Greenville?Rather than leave home to go to school and angered by her mother's plea to do so Annie Al? len a pretty 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Allen of this city, yesterday ended her life by shooting herself through the heart with a 32 Iver Johnson revolver. Only one bullet was tired, but this was sufficient to cause instant death to the pretty little girl. The deed was committed in an outhouse near the residence. The report of the pistol attracted the attention of her mother, who was In the house at the time. The mother rushed out to her daughter, but It was too late, for the child was Gu n breathing her last. A physician was summoned and then the coroner was notified. Murriugc License Record. Marriage licenses were issued Mon? day to Mr. Jos. m. Werts and Miss Nora Brunsen of Bumter; also to Mr. ES. Burchill Hudson and Miss Una Lee Hudson of Privateer, one colored couple secured a license Monday, Har? rison White and Susan B. Washington of Remlnl. Geo. H. Hurst, l M'l || I Mvl It \M> I MUM Ml It Prompt attention to da) or nlglil calls. \l OLD .1 l>. C'KAIG STAN I), 202 V Main street. I>a\ Phone 5il?. Night Phone 201. T" "Butter-Nut Bread" A particular loaf for particular people, none genuine without the label. HAVE YOU SEEN The New Ford? Ford Cars and a full line Ford Parts always on b Come in and take a lov D. C. SHAW The Ford SUMTER. S. C. They Have Arrived Seed Irish Potatoes We liave just received our first shipment of the famous old IRISH COBBLERS, EARLY ROSE, and RED BUSS. We have them in any quantity; buy them by the quart or at extra otogaj price by the sack. I^ct us have your orders early, as now is the time to begin planting for early table use. SPECIAL: We are exporting daily a shipment of FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS. Let us have your orders for them. Sibert's Drug Store, W. W. SIBKRT, PROP. 8 South Main Street. Phone 283 iitnini;itiisi:niiii;itnii;!intiiiiii;i;:isiisiniisninn?ininni!iiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiimi YOUR OLD TEETH. You will be surprised to know what Dr. C. H. Courtney can do with your old teeth. He can increase their usefulness many times; can possibly add others to them improving your looks as well as your health. Delays are dangerous and always so with decayed teeth. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COURTNEY, Prop. OVER MRS. ATKINSON'S MXLLINKRY STORE. WHEN IN NEED OF A GOOD WORK SHOE EASY. HONEST AND WELL MADE. Ask For the CRAFTSMAN LINE Manufactured By Witherspoon Bros. Shoe Mfg. Co. SUMTER, S. C. Sold by all RESPONSIBLE merchants. Buy them and cut your Shoe hill 25 per cent. Satisfaction guaranteed. LAND LIME. We ars prepared to furnish this producl al prices that will enable every farmer t?? use it. We have .1 ven low price this year and nothing will do your land won .l especially run down lands. or 1 'n> Mid sour land, it i- n< ? in for all leguminous crops such ns Alfalfa, clover, vetch, peaa. ?tc. Gel ear prices in car lots or io smaller quantities, Samph ? on request. BOOTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, SUM fER, S. C.