Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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G?od?oads Legislation! ?????? I House is Up Against Probable Loss, of Large Federal Ap propriation-tor High ways. Columbia, Feb. 2".? Cnless legis lation is passed at ihis session of tho - general assembly providing for the contraction of permanent highways in South Carolina, this State will lose $1,147,734.05 offered by the federal government to State contin gent on the State spending a like amount On permanent highways. This fact is staring members of the general assembly in the face, also the fact that the people of South Carolina are helping to pay for roads that are being built in other Suites through federal aid. The house of representatives Tues day night killed legislation looking to the construction of permanent highways. With the session only ten days at most to run and realizing that not one hand had been lifted looking to the lifting of the State out of the mud, the "members of the house yes terday seemed to suddenly awaken to the fact that something would have to be done and done quick or ' else the State would lost the federal aid and also that the people of tie State who had been looking to them for relief from the mud would be terribly disappointed. The house members got together yesterday with the result that new legislation was framed and every ef fort will be made to rush it through .. both houses. The demand for better roads is so strong and insistent that the mem bers do not feel inclined to return to their home^ without having taken some steps, to better them. < ?n th<- test -vote on the good roads legislation Tuesday night Messrs. "Reiser, Jackson and Moise voted for legislation. >-' Negro Regiment Returns Home The 371st Infantry Arrives at C?nip Jackson After Distin guished Service in France. Columbia, Feb. l'u.?The .*:7 isi reg iment came back to Camp Jackson last night. This is the negro regi ment that was trained here, ajid there are many negroes from South Car olian in it. The regiment is officer ed by white men, most of them South Carolina as. The 371st regiment was in the thickest of the lighting and nearly all of the men in it have been dec . orated for bravery. The casualties of the regiment were heavy. The negroes of Columbia have planned a big reception for the ne gro troops. Clemenceau,Doing Well No Fever Has Developed and Condition is Satisfacory. P^aris," Feb. 20.?^Premier' Ciemen ceau who was wounded in shoulder yesterday in an attempt by tie- an -archist Emile Cot tin to assassinate him, was in a satisfactory condition this morning, according to latest re ports. Xo fever has developed. TSxpress Company Sues Attempt to Be Made to Recover AH Taxes Paid Last Year. Columbia, Feb. 20.?The Southern Express Company has brought suit :n every county in South Carolina for the return of taxes paid last year. The company claims that the tax was nothing more than a license tax and that inasmuch as the federal gov ernment took over the company last year -the tax was unnecessary inso far as the express company was con cerned. Messrs. Barron. McKay. Mof fett and Frierson of Columbia rep resent ^he express company and .Martin and Blythe of Greenville have been retained to represent the State, n has been agreed that the suit in Itichland county shall be the test suit. 11 ivM ARK AB&E RIA :<) l: 1 >. Roys of the Second Year High School Make an Knviable Reputation for Hxcellent Attendance. Some time ago the Superintendent of Schools noticing that Mrs. iti ley's section of the boys of the Second Year High School was making an un usual record in attendance, stated that he would ask the papers to pub lish all the names of the boys who constitute this section if for 3 0 con secutive days they would be present every day at school on time, i. e.. neither tardy nor absent as a class for ten consecutive days. The boys at once began to work for this record and went for six consecutive days without being either absent or tardy. On tin- seventh day one boy was ab sent and the c lass had to start over again. Tuesday completed their lr' additional days during which time not a singie boy had been either ;d> sent or tardy. The boys' names nre accordingly published below with of ficial commendation and congratula tion: Blond. Robert Jnn-dy. Buck, Edward. ?Rurkett. Marion. Clarke. Frank. Cuttino, Charles. Chandler. Jack. Davis.' Turner. Edmunds. D?iSaussurc\ Fr?ser, J. Miller. Fogie. James. Guthrie. Randolph. Moran. William. Rettenberg, Ha try Shelor, Henry. Wray. George. Wright. Jack. Whilden, Harra I. Wilde--. Guignard. Weinberg, Stanley. Paris. W-do'-sday, Feb. 19.?The third subcommission of the commis sion on responsibility -or the war met this moraine; to cohtihu! '?'.<: in vestigation of criminal acts. Taft Speaks Plainly Teils San Francisco People That Senators Who are Fighting League of Nations Are Not to Be Trusted. j Sa:i Kran Cisco, Feb. 19.?"The gen jtlernen in the senate who are setting ? on; to defeat this league of nations ; are these I would not trust over light." former President William n. raft said today at a luncheon given I in his honor by civic Organizations as a pari of the program of the Pacific ? Coast Congress of tin- League to !m , force Peac<>. "They are. citing tlie constitution as" an argument a-gahrst it." continued ? Mr. Taft. "'1 revorye and worship that great instrument, and it is a ; new story to me if the constitution , prevents this people from playing ! their part in bringing peace and or der and happiness to ourselves and . th<- other peoples of the world. , "This is not a political question, i God forbid. 1 am glad President Wil son went to Europe because he wciit . bearing a promise of a. league of in i ions. J "The application at this time of ? the doctrine of avoiding entangling alliances is reactionary, to the extent .of delaying world peace one hundred j years. The question at this time is ( whether the whole great plan of the j league of nations is to be defeated .'because we can't ge't a two'-ihhds j majority of our senate for its r; t id eation. ! '"A peace loving nation of fighting [men/' was what Dr. Henry Van Dyke, i former minister to The Netherlands, [described ;h<* I'nited States. FL said i objeetO'"s to a league o.f nations hejd ?that to enter such a league involved [abnegation of national sovereignty in a willing accejJtahee of a common ! law of scp* restraint, j A referendum throughout the ce-un j try would rind 90 per cent, of the j voters heartily approving the league. Henry .Mergenthau, former am.ba -.xa , dor to T?rkey, sa id. INCOME TAX PAYMENTS. Treasury l.epart.neid ?ftice of Com missioner of Internal lievetme, Washington. i .. j Income tax payments this year are j due earlier than ev<j- before. Th< f first payment is due March If>th, [-simultaneous with the final due date I of tlie return "-required bv the new t I revenue Iti w. j "File ami pay by March l-SthV* is i the hew slogan of the Infernal rteve j nue i;ur<-au. Collector Heyward ns j preparing to handle the Hood of ihr i come tax payments that will reach i him between now and the close of {business on Saturday, March 15th. ? "Early payment of income taxes is ! of the utmost importance in meet j ing the treasury's debts brought ! about by tlie war." explains Collector j Heyw?rd. " The new law names j March l.'th as the first pa;, ac-nt da'. j because there are large obligatioiis l-OUtst;uidir;g in th<- form of eerii?e.-it. :s lot' indebtedness that m?sl 1>e me*, on j that date." j "The earlier payment this year : should cause no hardship to taxpay [ers. who, generally speaking, have anticipated the enactment of the new j law and have set aside :i reserve from ilOlS income to meet the government ! tax. [? ''What is needed now is another [practical display of thai great spirit jot* cooperation which has carried over jthe top every big governmental ob jective that had to do with the wih [nmg of the war. The persons and 'corporations who arc called upon by ! the new law to pay income and war ! excess profits taxes on 1 r-r l x income j have a great, vital duty lo perform. I That it will he done in the thor ough American way is a foregone i conclusion* j "Every taxpayer who can possi bly do so is urged to pay his entire j tax wlo-n tiling his return, on or he fore March l.'th. The installment : method, by which one-quarter of tin ; amount may be paid at that time, (followed bv quarterlv pavmehts on (June ir>th. September l.'th and De cember l.Mh. is intended for Oixpay I ers whose financing of the lav at cao [?.time would tend to upset local finan i cial conditions; ! "Don't wait urn. 11 fife final dm- date, j ; March l.">th. for filing your return or' j paying your tax. Let us eliminate jthe last "minute rush, so far as pos sible. Try evordy distributing, the j load. Jietween now and March If.th.J every* taxpayer win. have .-i ehat(,' [get any nee-led advice arid ah] jn do-I j termining hi? liability ami preparing] ! his return. Th?- Internal iP-vemm ? [Bureau Inn- pl?eed its entire ener-'j j gies into meeting the needs of tax-! ; payers in this respect. Also i,v dis tributing the load, the government !ihachiriei*y will be better aide to stand the" strain that this great eM fort entails. '?Cooperation is the spirit of the time. l< is vital to the income tax. Let us all get together and establish another record for Ahiei*icanismrv Shower Tor Mis^ DoXm-mo. Mrs. Ad-t ri Lathrop Miiior and Miss Clara Belle Miller, or ::A Fuller Terrace, Orange, X. .1.. gave a miscolr iarieoUs shower February ^ 14 th in hon-/ "or of Miss Boucher DeLor.ne of Eighty-seventh sit-.-?-!. Xew York, who will be married in the spring ? o Mar lee Hayncworth of Darlington. S. G. Tit.- dining room was doeoratod in red. in a'^eordance with the day. A dome of three hearts shaded the cen ter light from which red streamers were draped to the ? o.- ?-rs of the table. Ked candies ami favors car ried out the c'6tor scheme; A large heart forme,;! the ceritor pa ? from which the calls were pre sents i j(, .\jis?- DeLorme. othyrs present. beside Miss I >e . Lorme, were, her mother: Mrs. Mar> lioucher t>. ??..-.lane, .Miss LiJciie I >.?- ' Lorme. Mrs! Carl Mason. Mrs. FTam ilton \V'!?-r, Mrs. Alfred Kutcbera. Mrs. Wilkinson. Mrs. William iJurnet. Mrs. James Yereanee. Mrs Earle j Miller. Mrs. Henry Carson. Miss Elsie j DowtTcn'. Mrs. Charles F"erg. Mrs. Ed ward Ketchaivk Miss Isabella Retch ? <rn. Mrs. Grace Pirkner. .Mrs. S. C. MeKeown. the M?ss?*s Solomon and i Mrs. Alfred DeLorme. On to the Packers Hoover Knew of Their Methods Six Months Ago. Washington. I'eb. In.--A confiden tial report made to President Wilson by Herberl <'. Hoover six ninths figo oh lie- big ui'-at packers was made public today by the food administra tion at Ho- direction of. the presideni "to establish the real position of Mr. Hoover and the food administration on the control of the Chicago packing j industries." in recent hearings bs - fore congressional committees wit nesses for Ii.?- stock men charged col lusion between Mr. Hoover and the five leading packers. In the report, in response to re quest from the president for bis views oji the recommendations of fed eral -.rude commission. Mr. Hoover, sard he reaffirmed his opinion give* ?early a year before that "there is a growing and dangerous domination of the nation's food stuffs," and approv ed some of th<- commission's propos als. He recom.mended*construetive reg ulation rather than stretching tempo rary war powers of government, and He recommend.ed constructive regula tion rather than stretching temporary war powers of the government, and expressed the belief that the domina tion of the. packers did not neces sarily imply wrong doing on their part but was ;h<- natural outgrowth "of various factors which need cor rect ion." .Mr. Hoover accepted as economlca*! iy sound lie- federal ' trade commis sion's recommendation regarding f< d eral control of animals and refrige rator car service, and said stockyards should be "entirely disassociated from the control of Jh.- packers.'', iir- con tended, however, that wrong prac tices between buyers and sellers would not be Corrected i>y the govern ment controlling or owning yards. His own instinct. Mr. Hoover said, was against federal ownership of the packers' branch houses and cold stor age and warehouse facilities. <;o:n^ into aspects of the packing industry nol covered by the trade eommissiofi, IVo said: " h* proper abattoirs could h<- os ta!'Lsh?-d near the !arger towns, pos sibly with mtmicipaj help and rhe op erations therein protected from ille gitimate competition, f believe they would not only succeed, but would greatly stimulate the local produc tion of meat animals. One effect would be a great stabilization <?! prices by ;i wider based market than that now so largely dependent upon a small group of buyers." War Time Prohibition Bill to Repeal Law Introduced in Congress. Washington. Pel). 20.?A hiii for ii;-' repeal of the war time prohibi tion law. effective .July 1st. v. ill be considered b\ the houss- agricultural commit :<?<? within ihr- mxt few days, a member of the committee said to day. There is little prospect ,of ae-; i ion at this session. War Garden Commission This to He Biggesl Prodccing:! Year the Country Ever Saw. Washington, Feb. LT.- The Nation-j al Wftr Gard i < 'ommissioa is pre-: parihg to launch this spring a cam paign for "the biggest producing year i'n:- country* ever saw.** To spur the] home gardeners to renewed efforts the; commission reminds them that the: chicks of th?.- nation will he set one hour :ih -ad on Live last Saturday night: in ?darcli in compliance- with the i Daylighi Saving Law in effect for the; duration of the war. | "We must help feed the people bf-l Kuropo'.v declared Charles L?thr?p i Pack, jiresitlent Of tin'National War; Garden Commission, in an appeal to' the home gardeners for larger re-j salts. "U'iii you have. a. part in this! gr- at work at handY Wxt to the san ? the extra hour of daylight is the best j value the victory' gardener has. Will \ you na-ct the sun half way ? Will you I be up to take advantage of the health- ! giving garden work in the cool of th< morning? Have the spade and the i hoe handy a;:<! turn the dork ahead! one hour on tin- last Saturday night In .March a ad be ready for the biggest i homo food producing year the coim- i try ever saw.*' j According to the estimates by the ! commission, the war garden crop of: lots was worth %Tr2~i;(tii6.()QQ: This' was an increase of ."> 1 per cent over j that of IM 7. ^.Figures show that SJJSS.OOO home J food producing plots wore planted." says the commission. "With 2?" work ing days in eaeh of the 7 months there are 'S2 extra hours of time. If only one gardener worked this extra hoar of time in ?ach plot i: will be seei: thai Pbl..S7".oo hours extra time would be added to ' the country's wealth. Since there are 8.700 hours in a year there is a staggering total Of lO'.i.S?:: years of 2 1 hour days. ' la an R-hfour working day the real ad vantage is found by multiplying SO"' by giving 22'J,\<i'.i working or 8-ho!ur day years." importance this extra time eail ia ot lie over estimated in the opinion of Mr. Park. . . _ _I_ May Abandon Commission f orm Spartariburg and Columbia Dis satisfied-With Men Who Hun ? City Government. Columbia. Feb. 2^?The commis sion form of government seems to be losing some of its popularity. Bills baye been introduced in the house by ;}m Spartanburg delegation :ha: would pe-rmil Spartanburg to abandon the form and there is strong agitation in Columbia now for an abaticlonriieni of the forvm The dis >eiis.!><* in Columbia seems to be nut so much with the form of gpvern *?eni as with the men who are .in ? T ?? IT ? ?Mil H??????a? The Bureau of Markets?-TJ S. Department of Agriculture., is now. shipping Xitrati '.i" Soda as fast as I order it. All Soda re- ? chived has pro.v'ctl satisfactory, ;i r>?< weights were correct. Tito Government guarantees weights. Government regulations require: 1st. That Sed.i an-! freigilt charges, plus :? per cent war tax- on freight he paid for in advane.ee to the undersigned before being j shipped. ? . . Soda wid In- shipped only in carload lots. Where there is not sufficient Soda applied for in any month, at any point to make up carload, the Government reserves the right to divert shipments to any other point, and t<> ship Soda earlier in order to make up car load sbpiments. This was agreed to by every applicant in his signed application, and in carload lots fregiht is 20 per cent cheap er, per ion. This also hastens shipments. By observing these regulations all purchasers will have soda delivered to then) promptly. In combination carload lots it is es sential that not less than ten tcins hep aid for in advance before any soda Can be shipped. Therefore diday by on.1 party may delay shipment to others in minimum carload lots where there are small quantities purchased. * ^ Promp: attention to notices for payments mean prompt delivery to all purchasers. All must be treated alike. I can not "take care" of any one. v E. I. REARM Federal Nitrate Distributor Chamber of Commerce, Second IHoor City Xatinal Bank Building. Sumter; S. C. Februarv 20th.' 1919. - ? mu,^??j,t?o>,n>w????HM??>a?><-; ?????? -I Ii 1 Spring days have had a habit of arriving before hand this year, making the smartest winter clothes unpleasantly conspicious. That's one reason why so many women are buying Spring Apparel early. Our new Spring Suits and Dresses are arriving from New York daily. Every express brings something New and Fresh from the makers' hands. Come in and look at the N: w Suits in Mannish Serge, in ail the new models and the wonderful new colors. Prices $ 17.SO to $45.00 The Taffeta, Georgette and Crepe de Chine Dresses are charming and. we know you wiii like them, when you come to look them over. Prices $ 10.98 to $45.00 Beautiful Georgette Waists in ? all the new shades, with the j I \ pretty Cute Cu'lars aim Cute - i Cuffs. You will want one we i are sure. j I $S.OO to $7.50 The New Spring Millinery is Coming in Every Day fOMF n T0W I ' 1-3 IP Next to Postoi;f;ice Surnter, South Carolina