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LEVY INDEMNITY ctive Profits Tax to Be on People to Pro vide Bonus Fond for Soldiers ?Washington. April 26?A retroac tive tats on war profits has been de finitely agreed upon by house Demo crats and "insurgent" Republicans to Tflrse funds for soldier relief legisla tion. Representatives Rainey. Demo crat, Illinois, and Johnson, Republi can, South Dakota, in a statement is- j stjed tonight announced that a bill \ would be introduced tomorrow provid- j iiig for the* collection of the tax. ,*V"The plan of the Republican leaders; has not been finally agreed upon but! iC'is " said provision probably will bej Ithe imposition of a 1 per cent tax on j fiades. The battle upon financing sol-j diers bonus-.legislation, scheduled to I commence in the house May 0, prom-j irfes' to hinge upon these two conflict-j 'Jug schemes for meeting'the expense! involved. ? j Under the bill to be submitted to- j inorrow, an 80 per cent tax will be levied on "individual and "corporation incomes over and above~ the "pre-war income" with an exemption of $20,000 for individuals arid $100,000 for corp- j orations, : ,-/'In case of an individual," the bill! proposes, the term war profits" means amount by which his,avorage net income for the taxable years 1917,' -1338, 1919 and 2920,; less his average ! Income, war. profits and excess profits; tatees for such years exceed his net in- j come for the taxable year 1944. :At > ''In case of a corporation in exist-} eiiee .during the prewar period the j tbri& *war profits' means, the amount! fcy which its average net income for; |the taxable years 1917. 1918. 1919j and 1920. less its average income, war; profits and ? excess ' profits taxes forj Which such years exceed its average j feet income for the ' prewar period i {the-calendar years of 1911. 1912 and j 0.913. plus or minus, as the case may! ite. 10 per cent of the difference be-! rwecn its average invested capital fori the prewar period and its average in-! vested capital for the taxable years! 1917. 1918. 1919 and 1920.' j .Corporations under the counter rev-! >nue bill of the Democrats and "in-} ljurgent" Republicans, includes "as- j ?ociations, joint stock companies and j insurance companies." I -Mr. Rainey said the measure would ! raise two billion dollars for carrying \ out the soldier relief/and would havej the solid support of the Democrats in j the house. Xo amendment, however,' was made as :o the'number of "in- j ?urgent" Republicans expected to sup- j port the counter revenue bill. p _?, .. ?- r \fZ?lxmisville. Ky... April 27.?Ministers.; lahor leaders,' social workers and city | officials are enlisted in, a campaign initiated by the women's clubs to dis courage buying at present prices and .to* unite in an economy pledge. CHAMP CLARK SEEKS NOMINATION ! Disgruntled Politician Who Has Consistently Opposed Ad ministration Wants to Be President New York. April 26?Champ Clark. I former speaker of the house of rep resentatives, has decided to become a, [candidate for Democratic presidential; nomination, it was declared here to- j day by Mrs. Julia Sanders, an officer of the Swastika club, a woman's poli- I tical organization. Mrs. Sanders said; Mr. Clark had made known his deci- j sion to her over the telephone from | Washington, explaining he desired to make the announcement through a ! woman's, organization in appreciation i of the charming compliment the wora-j en voters of the country have paid i him "by supporting him during his. public career." j "I would*be glad to serve the people: as I have served them for 23 years," j said Mr. Clark. "I am not going into j any state to wage a fight for delegates j to the Democratic national convention. As a poor man I cannot buy political patronage." Washington. April 26 ? Former' Speaker Clark said today that while! he had not authorized anyone to an- i nounce his candidacy for the Demo- ; cr?tic presidential nomination "no j man could decline such an honor if j offered freely." j "I have not lifted and do not in- j tend to lift my finger or open my J mouth to get the nomination." Mr.; Clark said. '"All that I have ever said ! is that 'Barkis is willin.' " Mr. Clark said., that he assumed j Mrs. Sanders' announcement was bas-j cd on his previous announcement re-j garding his attitude towards the nom-j ination. : Mr. Clark said he had not communi- | rated with Mrs. Sanders "for two or; three months." "Just say this for me.' he said, and j dictated the following: "I have not said a word, or written j a line, or lifted my finger, to get the \ nomination at San Francisco, and I do. not intend to do so. I suppose the' delegates would like to elect the man : nominated at San Francisco. If they; think I can he elected they'Will nom-. inate.me: If they simply want to nom- i inate somebody?if that's all they; want?they will nominate somebody\ else. ; "I know Mrs. Sanders very well; j -she's a -fine woman, has lots of sense, 1 but I never authorized her or anyone I else to nominate me for president." : Chicago, April 2S?Eery third Chi-,; goan is too fat. according to Health \ Commissioner Robertson, who is -x-j perimenting with a weight reduction \ ?class. Have you read the special "ad." in>j tbjs paper of the sale of suits and! coats at the Ladies Shop.?Adv. 1 [declaration i against bonus I United States Chamber of Com merce Adopts Resolution Condemning Soldier Demands - 1 i Atlantic City. X. J., April 27.?The j resolution committee submitted a re j solution to the United States t'ham ' ber of Commerce opposing: a bonus t<> [soldiers. The resolution declared that j not only would the half million ne- ; jgroes in the South, who would receive jfive to six hundred dollars each, im- i { mediately quit work until the money \ j was spent, but predicted that there ; would be generally an orgy of spend- ! :ing. that labor would be disorganized ; and production decreased. anarchy in ' jugo-slavi? : v ? ; 5 - . . ;" London. April 27?A Bolshevik*re-J 'volution has broken out in Jugoslavia.! i says a Central News dispatch from j I Rome, quoting Trieste advices to the ! I Messagero. Machine guns were brought into action at Belgrade, where hundreds are said to have been slain, while fatal riots occurred at Lailbach and Agram. underwood made senate leader Washington, April 27.?A clear! field was held by Senator Underwood! when the Senate Democrats ear.-} cused to elect a loader. Senator Underwood was unanimous-} ly elected Democratic Senate leader.} steel trust I suit again i TTashingtcn. April 28?The govern-; ment has asked the Supreme Court to re-hear it's dissolution suit against the United Stares Steel corporation. P: gah News Notes Pisgah. .-^pril 26?Planting is about done, y me cotton will have to bo planted over. The corn stands are fairly good. The revenue officers raided a num ber of negroes here last week in search of whiskey. Some evidence of illicit distilling were found. Som* have left their crops and gone; others bound over to court. They are all ?s innocent as lambs of wrong-doing. A shooting scrape occurred at Gre?B Hill church on the Charleston road yesterday. Two negroes got badly shot and may die. ? One got beat up. j Pisgah Club was organized Satur-! day. g. wl Elmer, president; J. K.\ DuPree. memeber executive commit- j tee; .1. T. Dennis delegate to county | convention. --?;- .- I 1 he Ladies Shop offers a spocia't j value in_eoat suits at $43.50?Adv. ?. SUITS $43.50 The Ladies' Shop Exclusively Dependable WEARING APPAREL ONLY COATS $27.50 We Announce a Sale of Eighteen Suits, Navy and Black, at $43.50. These Represent Val ?...? ? t t 1 % . i ues Up to $75.00 12 SPORT COATS AT $27.50 These Are Two Special Values Picked Up By Our v # Buyers' Recent Visit to the Market. We l 7 Advise An Early Call THE LADI SUMTER, S. C. One Price to All" COATS $27.50 ?Some Interesting Information Front j Other Communities. While, we in Sumter. are consider ing what is the best thing to do for our schools, it is well for us to know , what other communities are doing. ! Sumter is not the only town that has! an educational problem t;> solve. Those who were privileged to hear the splendid lecture of last evening j will remember that the speaker gave emphasis to the declaration that we have heard s<> frequently of late that the next five years would determine "the fate of our modern civilization. My own belief is that the public school ; is one of the bulwarks of civilization. ! We dare not fail to strengthen it. j Florence has just voted, eight to j one. in favor of an ir-crease in bond .' issue for school purposes for $290,-1 000. Two hundred and fifty thou-! sand of this will go into one building, j Greenwood has just voted without a single vote in the negative for an j increase of four mills for additional i current expenses. j Rock Hill has just; added $75,000 j to its bonded indebetedness for school j building purposes. In addition to' this, l have, just received this infor- j mat ion from Rock FIKI: i '?You will be interested to know i that a representative citizens meet-j ing last night endorsed the recom-1 rc.-ndation of the Board of Educalion j to ask the people of the district to j vote on the question of adding 8 mills additional for running expenses, mak-! ing our levy 19 mills special for this! district. It was as fine a meeting as I- have ever seen and there was not a' single dissenting vote on the ques tion.'' v Every progressive community real izes that a crisis is at hand and it cannot afford to lose that which means so much for its children?the j education of the future citizens of our State and country. j Respectfully and cordially submit ted, S. H. EDMUNDS, Superintendent. Detroit. April 28?The tenants | league has petitioned the. Governor to} call a. special session of the legis,la.-; tart* to enact laws .governing rentals. I t suggests that rent profits b^ fixed i by law. Xcw York, April 28?The* prospects of disorder in connection with the] threatened rent strike here May l have | become sufficiently alarming to .at tract the Department of Justice. Chairman Hilly, of the mayor's com mittee on rent profiteering announced today. FOR SALE?At a bargain, one Colt's generator complete with all fixtures. It's all new and never been uncrat ed. See J. P. Commander. HAVE A PEW Ford Starters that we can install at once. If you have a Ford without a starter, see us. Shaw Motor Company._ HAVE CAR LOAD Ford one ton trucks in transit. Still have one or two unsold. See us at once. Shaw Motor Company. _ "VVasington, April 28?Seven linn ?3red and sixty-two deportation war rants were issued by the Department of Labor as the result of the so-called radical raids by the Department, ac cording to Assistant Secretary Post r Tested Seeds For Field and Garden Get our free Catalog- which tells about the best varieties of Garden Seeds?for home use^. canning -and shipping?what held seeds to plant for; heavy yields of grain or hay?which to sow for abundant pasturage. woods I SEEDS ! are choice strains of the best varieties; i re-cleuned and tested for germinatior I and purity. ! Write for Catalog and "Wood's Czttp> j Special," giving timely information and current prices. Mailed free. T. W. WOOD & SONS SEEDSMEN, ..? 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