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President Wil Martial Law Strike Zone ? REGULAR EXPECTED the Scene of Much Recently. Soldiers Sent From Williamson W. V?.. Nov. 27.?Four jm%r army soldiers ure ex nrrlve from Williamson for Mlngo coal striko sone ira have occurred lately. rOgh ^ W V?.. Nov. 2??QOT. rawall. announced here thai he had asked >ne *ov s*od federal troop* Into eeuhty coal strike sons, that aa toon *s the sol ehsrg* he would aak Pres >n to declare martial lute*, troop* controlled .the Ion for aome time but I pawn about six T?eeks the situation quieted down. Urn* many disorders have a number of parsons have and killed and pan** of men have at tucked coal ite government la totally cops with the situation in the governor said. "1 If my hearV he added, (aw will be declared after an In vent brat Ion but l em totally un itnre an opinion upon i\ military action will that he had with Mlnto county officials s weak ege. when the v+qsest for troops and aapressed the opinion Irava could handle the >ut martial law. In Hentght. the governor eoneur in that view. til*" i e jai temporising is pant." Mr named the following tonight I ween ago laat Sunday night .ssnpVV. gherlff blank enshlp. of the county court, eanatag Attorney Bronson. county, conferred with me ?to the situation there, r tie opinion teert If they lie new deputy sheriffs with, those and the state situation might be con trouble had become ty. ?petntirne 1 t seems to possible to sOoure the sgnesday night I had a Judge Bailey, Mr. Bishop rating Attorney tlronson, ie reason for* the failure of r mentioned and making an rennest f>r the return of troops, as much as I regret to a ball upon the federal govern V far aid. I havs no other alter I have, accordingly asked Read to send them und re the president to Issue proe ?tng the county under ok allowing the circuit fever, to proceed with the . gffeiwses heretofore cora Bailey. Prosecuting Attor and Mr. Bishop, in their the opinion that the light be able to deal with aflon without putting the vnder military control i ga\t concurred in that view, how fer the time for temporising Is ?verybody hsd had fair w%rn fikm local authorities have had opportunity they asked to deal ie situation. Men were ea? sed beaten, before*, in the Of soldiers Who were V yw to prevcent lt. I ret use to sta?? posts of them again. 1 Ivo dwne my best to deal with the our state police force Is a ennVienfly large to handle it unuch n? \ hsvs l>?en oblteed to )l In the federal troops again. 1 i?ght It proper to u?k the preaJ !H to issue proclamation ab'ing ?ge power to deal with the situa. uV. That i have dons." lore Evidence of Graft in Shi ping Board Avnirtor of Department Testifies Before Congressional Committee X*w York. Not 27.?Harold V Mleaa sxamlner of the auditing de depa/tment of the whipping board. ieaUfflng before the rongresslo ml ooeamlttee Investigating the bourd's ettnlr* said he paid til for puttini: i M cent hinge on a galleydoot- und that twenty-Avs men were sent to eVotk on a ship In a four by four foot room, which he regarded us run 4|#nu}tng the cost plus plan of contrac for Stilp's repairs. Representative Kitchen Suffer? Indigestion vTsehlngton. Nov. 27.?Ilepresentu tfee Kite hin. minority leader suffered so attack of acute lndl?c?tlon at the pentpRUs department. He was taken t to hgf home wh?r? the physician say* hie condition is not In sny way alarm. 1 Washington, Nov. L'S?Frank rep fSaentalien to ths llrlttsh government that th? United State* insist upon a jmgmltratkui of the pt Ineipls of il* opportunity and treatment of nil Hons lu tie territories placed under Hi. or* other manda*oa by the penes treaties te conveyed by Secretary ft* flat* Colby. ask for troops coal crisis I is now past! Interstate Commerce Commission Has Is? sued New Orders Effective Monday Night Washington. Nov. 27.?The coal crisis has been passed in the judg? ment of the Interstate commerce com mission, which has issued an order vacating; all remaining priority orders affecting the preference for open top cars in the movement of coal. The order becomes effective at midnight Monday. Chairman Clark has recom? mended In u letter to the association of railway executives that the rail toads cancel all emergency reconslgn |ing rules and charges affecting coal. Mystery of Murder Being: Investigated I red el I County Officers Think Crime Was Committed Near Stattsville Stateavllle, N. C. Nov. 26 ?That a murder was committed on the Char? lotte road near hare last Sunday atlb hi the expressed belief of Iredel'. county odlcers. despite their inabil tky thus far to solve the mystery All week they have been Investigat? ing the story told by two negro boys thai they saw a man In an automo bile overtake, shoot and kill a mar. walking along the road, place thi body in the car and disappear In thi woods, and the subsequent finding by officers of a pool of blood at the scene. Despite the evldonce disclosed In connection with the death of Ulenn LJppard. whose body was found bun day in Burke county, near Hickory, tending to ahow that he was killer, as a ifsu t of a quarrel over a poke) gams participated in by three other men, officers here are inclined to be? ll eVo that Lippurl was the man kill? ed near Statesville and that his body was hauled In an automobile to the place where it was found in the Burke wood, a distance of 30 miles oi more. .-1 Immigration Most Important Problem Labor Committee Sends Report For Consideration of Congress ;_ Washington. Nov. 27.?Immigration Will be the most important problem for consideration at the approaching congress said the legislative commit? tee of the American Federation of Labor. The committee report said With two million idle and thousands of immigrants pouring Into tho coun? try every day until the enethios of la? bor even are fearful of the dungers ahead. Chinese Crew Steal Opium From Ship Overpower Ship's Watchman and Get Ashore With Ten Pounds of Dope Xewport News, Nov. 27.?Thirty Chinese, ipeml>era of the crew of the Brltiah ateamcr. Klder Branch, over? powered the ahip's watchman and came ashore with ten pounds of opium, the police are informed. Will Fight Increase Greenville Citizens to Oppose Higher Telephone Kates ? Greenville. Nov. 26.?Definite plans for a fight uguinst tin* proposed in ureasing of telephone rates, to I e made by representative Greenville citi*# on before the railroad commis? sion bearing in Columbia December 8. hav?- been worked out by the con goll lated telephone committees Of the ( In moer of commerce and the yOOng nwn's business league. Janos Mri'ubie, Stephen Nettlee, Congress saan* elect J. J, sfofllwaJn? J. C. Keys. W. J. Thaekston and W. Madge? Wilson have been eleeted to go b> ?7elumbsS IO present their case be fore the commission. A M KHK' \ \ WbMKX HONORED. l'aria, Nov. It.? Former President Poincare ut the annual meeting of the Freneh academy today awarded gold medals, the Montyon prize for worthy deeds, to Mis. Kdith Whar ton. the American writer, vice pres? ident of the American Hoapital for Refugees, and Mrs. Hoyal Tyler, for founding and maintaining in France, American homes for convalescent al? lied soldiers before America enter? ed the war. Washington Nov. If,?The abolition if the interior department and the i cation of two new departments, the tepartment of public worka and the lepartment of public welfare ia pro? ceed in a bill prepared by Senator stcOormtcK, Repahhoan, of minoia, 'or eougreas. : Mexico City, Nov. 36.?I'residcut. lect Obregon has returneu from hia seat on Improved in benlth. tor th? nauguratlon coremunles. ADDITIONAL MEN SENT TO MIAMI To Aid in Prevention of Attempt to Lay W. U. Cable ? . _ NAVY DEPARTMENT GETS NO ADVICES Matter Said to Be Entirely in( Hands of Key West Comman? dant Miami, Nov. 25?Aditional rein? forcements arrived here from. Key West this mornig to aid the crow of Subchaser 154, in guarding employes of the Western Union Telegraph Com? pany and to prevent them from con? necting the cable they have erected across Hiscaync Ilay between Miami and Miami Ibach. Following yesterday's unsuocessfn) attempt by the Western I'nion Tele? graph Company to connect its cable on tho causeway across Uiscayne Hay, between the cities of Mi-tmi and Miami Heaeh, a second subchaser was sent here from Key West during the night, and the crews form the twq> naval ves? sels are now patrolling the million dollar causeway. At a late hour yesterday afternoon tho employees of the telegraph com? pany, whose attempt in the morning to connect the cable was prevented by armed intervention, were allowed to return to Miami. AU night powerful searclights from the subchaser lb4 played on tho cable barge and the viaducts, which were guarded by armed seamen. Subchaser 320 arrived during the, night and was on patrol duty off the coast, entering the bay this morning. Local Western I'nio officials de? cline to make any comment on the sit? uation or to give any inkling us *. i what may be the next move. Export Concern Get Payments Fifty Per Cent. Subscription Already Received C lumbla, Nov. 26.?"Will the Cot? ton Export corporation accept a bii.e of co'.ton for an increased amount of stock in Hey of a $50 cash subscrip? tions?" This question was put at the bankers' meeting yesterday by Chas. U. Oobb, manager of the People's Na? tional bank of Hock Hill and a direc? tor in the export corporation. Kx Oovcrnor It. 1. Manning, to whom the inquiry was directed, stated that the corporation would be very glad to have a settlement of that kind. " -' This will serve a double purpose he sMd- The farmer will get a larger amount of stock. He could borrow only about $50 on the bale at the bank, but by putting in his bale pf cotton for stock, he would get ap? proximately $100 worth of stock for the bule. At the suggestion of Mr. Cob, Governor Manning is urging this fact upon all stockholders in the state. Hy sending the bale of cotton to the export corporation in Colum? bia, the stockholder will not only aid the corporation in Its effort t'< raise all the capitalization It can and us rapidly ns it can, but the stock? holders also will be benefited to the extent of increased amount of stock. A large number of the bankers Who were here Thursday assured Governor Manning that they were better informed upon the plans and objects of the exports corporation, und they will advocate their banks subscribing largely to the capital stock of the corporation, following the action of the Union banks which recently took $1.000 for each bank In titot city. It. |U llollowell, the new treasurer, .has taken over the duties of his ?f? tre. He sntd lust night that about 50 per cent of the subscribers had sent in checks or bills of lading for their cotton. He is much pleased with the progress in this direction but reminds the subscribers that Novem? ber 27 is the last day under the present price arrangement under which the Corporation Will accept cotton or Liberty bonds. He does not know what change if any the corporation will make in prices here? after, and advises the farmers to send in their cotton before the end of this ?\eek to take advantage In' their favor of the favorable price at which the corporation will tak?? the cotton off of their hands. Mr. llollowell until recently has been head of the cotton iirm of Hol lOWell & Walker and before that was president of a group of cotton mills, the Palmetto in Columbia. Valley Fails in Bpartanbnrgi the Bnne-Gotha in Ufgtngton and others. He has had a long and varied connection with gotten handling. Eastern Football Season Has Ended Games Between Three Eastern Colleges Yesterday Are Last To Be Played New York, Nov. 26.? Tlu? football1 season on the eastern collegiate grid? irons closes today, the outstanding games being between Penn State and Pittaburg, Cornell ami the University of Pennsylvania and Washington-Jef? ferson ggaipgi West Virginia. Urged Negroes Join Radicals Washington. Nov. 26?Union of A mertcan negroes with radical elements of ul\ nations to further the cause of world soviet Ism was urged by John P.eed, the American radical writer who died in Hussia, before tho Mos? cow ?meeting of the communist In? ternational where Lonino and Trotsky spoke. REVISION OF TAX SYSTEM i - ' I Legislation Commission Headed! by Senator Marion Completes Study of Problem PKOGUAM OF REVISION TO COVER FOUR YEARS [AM Property to Be Returned at Full Value and Constitution to Be Amended to Repeal Out-of Date System Columbia, Nov. 29.?('omplctc re? vision of the state tax system, the re? vision program to cover four years, and to include the adoption-of a con? stitutional amendment to remove the present prop' rty tax limitations; the inauguration and prosecution of a I state-wide campaign of education and publicity, to inform the people as to the state's needs in tax reform; I thorough survey and Inventory of state taxable resources in property, person? al income and business; and the enactment In 1924 of a new revenue act, to In' l?de ad valorem tax 01 properly, a personal income tax. cor? poration franchise taxes, inheritance tax and regulatory, repressive and in? spection licenses, are recommended to tpe legislature and to the people of South Carolina in the comprehensive report made public today, of the spe? cial commission, headed by Senator J. H. Atariori, of Chester, appointed by the 1920 legislature to study the tax system and make recommendations to remedy the present weaknesses. The report odVera scorea of pages and is considered one of the most com? plete studies of the taxation system ever published in South Carolina, It is expected to bring about complete tax reform legislation, beginning with the 1921 session of the legislature, which starts in January. The special commission Is compos? ed of Senators Marion, LAney, of Chesterfield, and Christensen, of Deaufort, and Representatives Berry, of Orangreburg; J. B. Atkinson, of Bpartanburg; Lide, of Marion, and Buckingham, of Alken. The four year program recommend? ed by the commission calls for the passage of a resolution at the 1921 general assembly session, providing for an election on amending the con? stitution; tho vote on this amend? ment in 1922; the creation of reval? uation, machinery by the legislature of 1923, this machinery to take core also of,the survey and inventory of prop? erty in the state; and the enactment in 1*24 of a comprehensive revenue atet, combining property tax, income tax, inheritance tax and business tax. The commission recommends that under the reformed taxation system Jill property bo returned at full value. The commission recommends that ad valorem taxes be left to the coun? ties and towns, and that the revenue*? of. the state be derived from income, inheritance and corporation taxes. These recommendations of the commission have been made after a comprehensive study of the tax ma? chinery in a number ?' other states. "No system eould be worse than the one wo now have," tho commission says of the present lax situation in South Carolina. The present system, says the commission's report, has pluced the tag payer in the position of circumventing the law, has pro? duced inequalities and injustice in placing the tax burden, has brought about an exhorbitantly high tax rate, discouraging to the ownership of property, and has reached the break? ing point as a producer of necessary revenue for the state and its govern? mental subdivisions." The amendments to the constitution proposed by Senator Marion's com? mission are as follows: To Artich? III of amendments to the ?constitution, to read: "Subject only to tho limitations contained in this ar? ticle the general assembly shall have power to establish and maintain a lust and equitable system for raising state and local revenue for public purposes. Taxes shall be levied on such subjects and in such manner as shall be prescribed by general laws, and all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the territorial limits of the authority levy? ing Ihe tax. All property used exclu? sively for state, comity, municipal, ed? ucational, religious, benevolent and charitable purposes, and household goods to the amount of at least one hundred ($100.00) dollars for each family, shall be exempt from taxa? tion." To Article XI, section 6, reading as follows: - "By striking out the words "of three mills on the dollar" on line 5, between the word "tax" and the word "upon," and inserting In lieu thereof, the words" "at such rate as the general assembly may prescribe." Automobile Li? cense Plates ? ? Highway Department Will Be? gin Issuing 1921 Licenses I December 13th Columbia, Nov. 29.?Automobile I licenses for 102 1 will be issued from the highway offices in Columbia be? ginning December 13. Application ; blanks are to be mailed to clerks of court and dealers throughout the state in a few days. Trie highway de? partment has ordered 147,600 plates for 11*21. There have been ;??.000 cars registered in 15*20. The 1021 registration will be by weight, rang? ing from $6 for motor vehicles weighing 2,000 pounds or Jess, to $200 for trucks, with solid tires and of four-ton capacity or more. A. <\ Coward, inspector for the de? partment, charged with enforcing the license law, stated in Columbia today 'that there are approximately 5,000 motor vehicles operating in the state today without licenses. He is urging ?the co-operation of county and mu ! nie i pal officers in rounding up those I "dodgers." Wets Carry Mexican Election j _, Effort to Close Saloons on Sun i day Defeated Mexico City, Nov. 2 9.?The "dry" 'elements in the Mexican government have just suffered defeat in an at? tempt to close the cantinas, or saloons, on Saturday nights and Sundays. The "wets" comprising some 2,000 cantina owners and their patrons are rejoic? ing. The government has strong "dry" leanings, the chief executive being alleged to favor prohlwttion and E. ; Plutarco Calles, minister of war, be? ing known throughout the republic as a "bone dry" advocate. Several weeks ago a presidential de? cree closed all places where liquor was sold from Saturday nigM at 6 o'clock until Monday morning at 7. This edict had a depressing effect upon Saturday night revelry. More than 2,000 local vendors of liquor signed a request that the gov? ernment be legally restrained from enforcing the decree. After the ques? tion was violently agitated in the (newspapers, the supreme court hand? ed down a decision which virtually granted the request of the "wets" by ! naming several hundred cafes and cantinas where liquor might be sold [over Sunday. This order was later expanded to include a'.T cafes and cantinas and tho "cstado seco" (dry 'state) is a myth so tar as the capital is concerned. President de la Huerta's "dry" de? cree was the subject of much satirical comment in the newspapers. Hand? bills and placucrds were distributed on the main streets ridiculing the meas lure by burieeojusing it. For instance, one bill carried a purported decree i stopping profanity from sunset Satur ! day to sunrise Monday. Bond Thieves Placed on Trial i ________ Leaders in the Million Dollar Bond Theft Indicted in Dis? trict of Columbia Court Washington, Nov. 299?Jules TV". (Nicky) Arnstein, David W. Sullivan, W. W. Yesterday. N S. Bowles have j been placed on trial in the dlctrict .of Columbia supreme court on indict ; ments charging bringing stolen secu I rities into the district of Columbia ; from New York. j New York, Nov. 26.?Tho army and i navy football teams have arrived for I their annual game with slight odds l a 1 voting West Point. Wireless Telegraphy is Rapidly Making Navi? gation of the Seven Seas Simple and Safe - i Philadelphia. Nov. 2?.?Admiral W. H. Bollard, director of naval commu iiiication service, in a paper read be jfore the Franklin Institute here, said wireless telegraphy is making naviga? tion simple and safe, j "There will be a time when ships will sbe without chronometers and will be ?in constant wireless touch with K?w [York until they reach the British channel,' said Admiral Rullard. "This Is not a dream; it is near at hand. "By means of the radio compass a ship can get her bearings when she calls for it. anywhere along the coat-i of the United States. This instrument has already saved ships which were headed straight for the shore. J ' The depth of water under the ship jean now be accurately determined by the hydro-phone, which works on the reflection from the ocean bottom of the sound of the ship's propeller. By thia device shallow water can be avoided1 and even the proximity of icebergs de? tected. Ships also can communicate with each other by underwater waves, sent out by oscillators. I "By means of a cable laid along (the bottom of New York channel and I energized with current, a pilot, bllnd !folded, guided a destroyer safely to jport, never getting more than SO yards I from the cable. The waves sent out by the cable were detected in tele ! phone receivers, one on each ear, tell llng him whether he was ?o right or (left of the sruiding coble. "Hurricanes can be detected by sen? sitive radio telephone, and even the general direction of storms, fcre felt on wireless receiving apparatus. Ths time Is now sent broadcast by coastal I stations and by the lime given tor car tain longitudes, the ahip can tell its location. Weather wnrningi and lo? cation of wrecks, derelicts and ice? bergs are given out," Egyptian View of j Cotton Situation Extravagant Speculation Last Year Caused Advance In Prices Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 29.?Extrava? gant speculation, following the armis? tice,? was responsible for the advanoo in cotton prices in 1919 which carried the product three hundred per cent higrher than normal, n statement is? sued by the Egyptian government said. The present world-wide check in ex? penditures, statement continued, his arrested speculation and compelled owners of cotton to enter the market. The United States, which laat year bought one-third of the Egyptian crop, is now taking only an inaignifl jcant quantity. iNew Orleans News? paper Man Dead New Orleana, Nov. 27.?Dominik C. Omally. former owner of the New Orleans Hem. and prominent in sporl ing circles, is dead. More Census Figures From Southern Cities ' Washington, Nov. 27. ? Censua figures show an increase in the nogro : populations of Baltimore and Cincln j natl and a decrease in Louisville. FUItMAN BRIGHT DIES FKOM SKLFTXFLICTED WOUND* Greenville, Nov. 26. ? Furman Bright, who shot himself over the heart Wednesrday rather than be ar? rested for the alleged killing of Und' say Vaughan, a farmer of Henderson county, N. C, died early today at his sister's home in the mountains, 20 miles from fireenville. Claud Phillips, who is held by order of the coroner's jury as an accea>*o?y in the killing, claims Bright shoC Vaughan after the latter had St?ppel to eat supper with them at a earnn on the Greenville-Asheville highway. LUMBER LUMBER Lock?, Hinges, Nails, Orates, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Door naiureni, BUILDING MATERIAL Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Casing, Mouldings, Framing Lnmber, Kcd Cedar Shingles, Pine und Cypress Shingles, Metal end Composition Bltfuglea^Carpenter's Tools, Doors, gash and Blinds, Paint Brushes. 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