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ITALY SUPPORTS UNITED STATES Another Development in the Controversy Over Mandate For Yap Washington, April 29.?Complete I agreement with the position of the Lrnrted States in regard to the Island of Yap as expressed by Secre tary Hughes in his notes to the principal allied powers, is expressed ia a, note delivered to the state de ; paxtznent today by the Italian am bassador. p ilhe.italian government said it - c-traacjssehing no privilege in Yap not granted to other nations and offered >-"J?a!y's -cooperation to restore equa '-? Simity to the world. . Ttaiy is also convinced that the - Ignited States intends to protect their "interests in the island of Yap with foil .consideration for the interests ?V*Of other nations," the note declared, adding that "Italy therefore has not 7 hesitated to express herself in a way ./?Which completely agrees with the tsxt of the American note of April concerning the equality of rights ?rnong -mandatories in the exercise Of their mandates. The Tull text of the Italian note f?liaws:. "Italy is fully convinced that the '.^nited States is. not asking for any ? firivi)ege in the island of Yap which ?fc not equally granted to every ether nation, including Japan, Italy .. .S* also convinced that the United -States intends to protect their in terests in the island of Yap with full . consideration of the interest of other rations. ''Italy therefore has not hesitated to' express herself in a way which tpnxpletely- agrees with the text of the American.jiote of April 5 inst., concerning the equality of rights among mandatories in the exercise of -their mandates. rJfeffr wishes and trusts" that the rj^hts of- evefybody concerned recd#nizend always and every ?JHfre, in the island of Yap as well as in erery other place and circum stance, with peifect equality and Ostsee. "Italy Seconded the Anglo-French jrroposal which confided the study of the. Tap question to the judicialcom Xsiitt&4 ?nd the conference of ambas ia^^rs in Paris, and she now expects . that the conference will pronounce Ji^tj -#rth equanamhy in such a way ifci* \?( ellrtiinate every possibility of '4^W^eesment and to conciliate all <?c3\?kting interests. ' ~ "Italy is particularly glad when levetthe^ moral polices of the two SoVern-ments and the material in terests' ''of* tlie two nations agree in such ? way as to put Italy and the United 'States in a position to co ?^ob^exate -towards the attainment or th!e common end, which consists in /(hp. *re?lfeati?n of an era of serene pfeace and prosperity for the civilized world." "V?TEONKNOX i?EACE RESOLUTION Senate Will Declare Peace With i I Germany Without Treaty Washington, April 20.?Debate in the senate'on the Knox resolution en t*tred the final stage today with Re publican and Democratic leaders agreed on a vote before the over Sun day adjournment. The opponents ol the-resolution conceded its adoption. KNOX PEACE RESOLUTION Senate Trying to Dictate Inter national Policy -Washington, April 29.?The adop tion of the Knox peace resolution wopld be an attempt to dictate the in ternational policies of President Harding, Senator Hitchcoek, ranking j^emoerat o* the foreign relations committe, charged in the senate to day. Acquit Sixteen Mexicans Charged With Being With Villa in Columbus Attack Doming. N. M., April 2S.?Sixteen ?.Ie&ieans were acquitted here today irf^eharges of murder in connection lyith -the raid on Columbus. N. M., in . IS 16 by Villa's rebel troops. The ver 4iot^wa?.reached in the first ballot after the jury had deliberated for thirty-five minutes. ! . Lackport. N. Y., April 30.?Anna Edison Taylor, the only woman who ever navigated Niagara Falls in a bar rel survived, died in the Niagara County Infirmary today. She made ther*rip over the falls in October, FUND FOR TELE PHONE F IGHT Executive Committee Plan To1 ! Raise $25,000 For Expense Fund - Columbia. April 30.?Details of the i telephone rate fight are being worked I out. and officers of the newly form :ed association of telephone subscrib ers are getting to work on the battle I plans. The plan of financing the fight is now being put before the phone subscribers of the state. Each sub iscriber is to be asked to contribute at I least one dollar to the movement, i though larger subscriptions will be i welcomed. Officers of the association |aro making appeals in the various i districts of the state for contributions :to the fight. i It is stated that at least $25,000 , wiil be needed, to finance an audit lof the telephone company's books. In I addition to the individual contribu tions, it is said that chambers of com 1 merce and other organizations will i contribute to the phone fight, i The organization of phone subscrib j ers has put details of the rate fight jin the hands of its executive commit I tee, of which the president, A. f.* Wiggins, is chairman, and composed of the officers and a committeemen ? from each congressional district, j These district committeeme:i are co j make efforts in their sections to raise i funds for the fight. These district 'leaders are: A. J. Geer, of Charles ton; G. C. Sullivan, of Anderson; D. D. McColL of Bennettsville; W. B. (West, of Columbia; H. K. Kallet, of jOamden; C. L. Rizer. of Olar, and B. H. Brown, of Spartanburg. { The telephone subscribers' asso ciation is confident it will win in the fight for a re-opening of the rate case before the railroad commission and also for a rescinding of the order [allowing the increase. A complete .' audit of the telephone company's j books is to be made, and it is believ )ed this will show that the increased {charges are not justifiable, state of f fleers of the association. I LAW SUIT OVER MELON SEED - \ Bamwell Fanner Cairns Heavy Damages From Seed Dealer 1 Blackville, April 29.?A case that \ has been watched with a great deal 1 of interest by seed houses, seed j dealers and farmers in general, was j that of O. B. Brant vs. I.. J. Baugh { man, which was tried in the court ; of common pleas for Barhwell coun [ty before Judge Mauldin Thursday, i In this action the plaintiff alleged j that he purchased 12 pounds of what ! is known as Excel melon seed from L. J. Baughman. a groc^- of Blackville; that he planted the seed so bought on 15 acres of land and when the vines commenced to fruit, it was found ? that the seed were not producing 'melons true to type, but which turn ; ed out to be Guineas or runts. Plain itiff claimed damage in the sum of I $4,000. Mr. Baughman testified that he1 pur chased the seed in question from a well known seed house and gave no guarantee whatsoever as to results. It developed from the testimony that i the Excel melon is a hybirct. mad<? up of several different varieties, and J that it is impossible to determine j when the melon will revert to ? the j parent type. Several farmers testified J for the defendant to the fact that I they had saved seed from other kinds j of melons and that for three or four years the melons came true to type I and then subsequently they revert ed to several different varieties. The defendant traced the seed from the grower's field in Georgi.n. exhibiting .a photograph of the' melon from j which the seed were selected, which J showed the melons to be of an ex ; cellent type. There was testimony ' offered which showed that water | melons generally and especially the J Excel melon .proved disastrous to I farmers the season of 1920. I At the close of the. entire case, the j defendant's attorneys moved for a di 1 rection of rerdiet upon the ground that "Jlr. Paugbman was a middle man, and not the grower of the seed, and was, therefore, not responsible for the results, and upon the further ground that defendant made no war i ranty as to results. The motion was granted, a verdict being directed in favor of defendant. There were abou: $100,000 worth of 'suits pending the outcome of this case, which rendered it one of the most interesting and far reaching cases tried in the Bamwell court in < number of years. The plantiff was represented by the firm of Harley & Blatt of Barn well, and defendant by A. H. Nine stein of Blackville, Henderson of Aiken and Brown and Bush of Barn- i well. It's a good thing hens are not endowed with brains. If they ever j found that eggs were used t<> make mayonnaise they would stop laying immediately.?Toledo Blade. i PROHIBITION MEN HELD BLAMELESS Nine Federal Agents Kill Three Unidentified Negroes and Wound Six Others i' _ ! Raleigh, X. C, April 23.?Nine fed jeral prohibition officers under diree Ition of H. Gv.Gully, who killed three j unidentified negroes and wounded six .'others in a fight at a whiskey distillery I in Mecklenburg county. Virginia, 60?) , i yards from the North Carolina line. ! early this morning:, were absolved ? from blame tonight by a coroner':; ' [jury summoned by C. 13. Hendricks of Mecklenburg county. I All efforts to identify the bodies of ?the three negroes killed were in vain. I According to the officers. the dis- , i tilling plant was manned by 17 no- 1 groes directed by Hayes and Joe! Baldwin, who escaped with several; jof the wounded negroes in an auto-! J mobile. The raid was the result >f | two months' steady work and- con-I [sisted in following closely the re-j ! rnoval of the plant from place to [place in the neighborhood. HUGHES STILL | STUDYING PROBLEM I Secretary of State Hopeful That1 ! Reparations Problem May Be j Adjusted j Washington, April CO.?Govern ment officials have waited with keen 'interest report of the outcome of the j discussions of the meeting of the {allied supreme council in London re garding German reparations. Secre tary Hughes was continuing his study jof the problem in the belief that the controversy can still be adjusted. - j Who Will Dispense j Patronage? Republican Administration Said To Be in a Quandary ! Columbia. April 30.?A new rumor i is given strong circulation in Colum j bia and also in other parts of the state, to the effort that some promi jnent Democrats will be recognized by j the administration as dispenser of j patronage in South Carolina. The jname of John L. McLaurin, who 'has been in Washington recently, is j mentioned in this connection. Press ? dispatches from Washington indicate ?that prominent Republican leaders in the national capital are giving thi? J plan consideration. The plan is bo j ing considered because of the dead ; lock that appears to exist between ithe two Republican factions in this I state. J The question has been frequently ? asked here of late: What is holding ] up the appointments which have al ready been discussed as possible. Re cently it was announced, unofficially, that Jos. W. Tolbert would be the dis penser, but another course now seems j to be pending. Airmen Meet Death Two Lieutenants Killed at Camp Bragg Fayettteville. X.. C., April 2 3.? I Lieuts Joseph E. Virgin and Hardon I J. Hartman of the Eight Aero { squadron, U. S. A., were killed late j today at Hope Field. Camp Bx-agg, near here, in an accident to their airplane while descending from ai; a'titude of 500 feet. The machine dashed against a high pine tree and went into a nose dive. The cause of the accident has not been de termind. Lieutenant Virgin's body will be sent Sunday to Norman, Okla.. where his mother, .Mrs. Jennie P. Virgin, resides and Lieutenant Flart man's to his father, John S. llart j man of Reading. Pa. I GERMANS THANK HOOVER President Ebert Sends Letter to American Relief Committee i _______ j Berlin, April 30.?The thanks of the J German people for the relief afforded j th>m thi*::^h the American Relief! Administration is expressed in a h t-j t< r which President. Ebert sent on ! Apiil ninth to Herbert Hoover, as! [chairman of the Relief Administra-i j tion. -j i There are so many idle freight cars' i in the country that the hoboes are talking about marching to Washing-1 ton to make complaint.?Toledo Blade. - j Tour L'ncle Sam knows too much about baseball to want to'be umpire when the bleachers are full of six shooters.?Boston Transcript. ' Secretary Mellon Talks About Taxes Makes Four Specific Proposals to House Committee?Must I Cut Down Expenses _ ^Washington, May 1.?Four specific] proposals for revision of the federal j taxes are made to congress by Secre- | tary Mellon, with a recommendation j for early action so the new taxes can ; !>e applied for this calendar year. ! They are: Repeal of the excess profits tax an'l j the existing $2,000 income exemption of corporations, the loss of revenue to be made good by a modified tax 012 corporate profits or a flat additional income tax on Corporations, to yield an aggregate of between $400,000,000 and $500,0000,000. Readjustment of income tax rates so that no i: come will pay more than 40 per cent this year and 05 per c?-nt thereafter, with a view of producing aggregate r -venues substantially equivalent lb the estimated receipts from the income tax under the exist ing law. Repeal of the so-called luxury taxes together with the "nuisance" taxes such as those on soda fountain drinks, but retention of the transportation and miscellaneous specific sales taxes. Imposition of sufficient new and ad ditional taxes of "wide application." {such as increased stamp taxes or li \ cense taxes on the use of automobiles to bring the total revenue from in ternal taxes after making the changes I above suggested to about $4,000,000, :000 in the fiscal years 1022 and 1923. ; The treasury secretary's suggestions ; are contained in a letter to Chairman [Fordney, of the house ways and means [committee, whfch was made public to ' day at the treasury department. A j copy of it also was transmitted to ?Chairman Penrose, of the senate fi ! nance com mi 1t ee. Mr. Mellon suggests adoption of ad I ministrative amendments to th/* rev enue laws simplifying collections and final settlements and permitting under j safeguard, the carrying over of net j losses by taxpayers for one year as a [deduction from incomes of succeeding : years. "The treasury is not prepared,*' Mr. ! Mellon said, "to recommend at this time any general sales tax and par ticularly if the general sales tax is ! to supersede the highly productive 'specific sales tax now in effect on ! many relatively non-essential ar 1 j tio'es. ' j Mr. Mellon says also that he wishes it were possible to recommend tlie re i peal of the transportation tax, but i adds tliat^t produces annually around 1 $330,000,0*00 and its repeal cannot be lelfe&ted with safety ?'unless congress has an acceptable substitute to offer." The secretary of th^ treasury also : suggests to congress that it may be j ''advisable*' to take action by statute j or by constitutional amendment tore . strict further issues of tax exempt [ securities. j Emphasizing that expenditures for \ this fiscal year have been at the rate jof $5,000,000,000, Mr. Mellon warns ! congress that the nation "can not con : tinue to spend at this shocking rate. Substantial cuts in current expendi ? lures, he says, offer only hope of effective relief from the tax burden. "The last congress," he goes on to : ray, "made a Creditable record in re ducing appropriations and it affected substantial economies. Notwithstand ing the reduced approp.riations.Vhow j everi expenditures have continued un expectedly high and the reduction in ! expenditures has barely kept pace with the shrinkage in receipts. Mr. Mllon says that estimates for the fiscal year 1922 are subject to [great uncertainty as to both receipts and expenditures. The estimated col lections of $3.700.000,000 of internal ' taxes are based on the provisions of [existing law, he adds, and are $850. . 000.000 Less than the estimated col (lections for 1 921, chiefly because of jthe shrinkage in business, j "The estimate of about $51 .",000.000 for payment to the railroads in 1922 . is made necessary by the provisions of the Transportation Act and in fcreased estimates from the director general 01" railroads. In absence of drastic c-uts in military and naval ex penditures then- is almost no pros pect, according to the estimates, of any substantial available surplus even in the fiscal year of 1922." I White Murderer Given Twelve Years George Putman Found Guilty of Manslaughter For Killing Buckheister Spartanburg. April 29.?After de liberating for three hours and twen ty-two minutes the jury at 4:2S o'clock this after-noon brought a ver dict of guilty of manslaughter in the case of George Putman. who on De- j comber 17 shot and killed B. A.j Buckheister. superintendent of the! street railway. .Judge Greene sen- 1 teneed Putman to hard labor for 12 years. RAZOR ENDS HONEYMOON Lawyer of Bluefield, West Vir ginia Marries His Stenograp her and Then Kills Her and Himself Lynchburg-, May 2.?Lucius Hol land, lawyer of Bluefield, West Vir ginia, who married Virginia Sizer, his j stenographer, here Friday, cut his ; wile's throat with a razor then his ; own in a local hotel this morning, lie [died instantly and his wife died ! forty minutes later. Holland had a i nervous breakdown a year ago. He appeared high'y nervous yesterday. I John Robinson Dead i _ j Noted Circus Owner Passes Away at Winter Home i ! Miami. Fla., April 30.?John Robin son. retired circus owner, died at his ; winter home here this evening of chronic bronchitis. He was seventy '. seven years old. Mr. Robinson had been subject to ! bronchitis for a number of years. The I last attack overtook him about two j weeks ago. He failed rapidly and : his advanced age proved a barrier to j recovery. i John Robinson. Jr.. his son. arrived j yesterday ft cm Cincinnati and with Mrs. H. F. Elevens, a daughter, was at the bedside when aeath came. The body will be shipped to Cincinnati to i morrow morning. The funeral will I be conducted there, i Mr. Robinson was born in Xovem I ber 4% 1843. in Linden, Ala., not 200 : yards from his father's show. At the j age of eighteen months he entered ! the sawdust ring on a career as a per I former which ultimately made him J one of the largest circus'owners in the ! world. At eighteen years he had ac j cumulated enough, with the aid of ' his father, to start op. the road with I a circus of his own. This expanded j unti. the civii war it became so cam i bersome to transport about the rough j country in wagons that Robinson con j ceived the idea of carying it by train i It was the first time a circus had ? traveled in cars. Today the Johr i Robinson Circus is traversing the : country and requires fifty-eight cars j to carry it. Luring the civil war Mr. Robinson was an officer in the federal navy. He spent much time and money in the j years that followed in rebuilding the ! devastated sections. Mr. Robinson was one of four men i who organized the - United States j Playing Card Corporation of Cincin ? nati. of which he was a director af his death. He also was a director of j the United States Lithographing Com i pany of. Cincinnati. Furman University Has Feature CM i _ ! Entertainment by Glee Club One of Best Ever Given in Sumter ?The fairly large crowd of music IJovers who, Tuesday night, assembled I in the auditorium of the Girls' high i School, were indeed exceptionally en tertained by the splendid p ogram o: music which was given by the Glee Club and Orchestra of Furman Uni versity. This club.- composed of twen ty-two tine lads of the University, is considered one of the best glee clubs that has ever visited the city. Many [of the numbers presented last night j could be very favorably compared with other standard and recognized attractions that have recently beer presented in this section. The entire program was a very creditable one and one which was highly pleasing i in every way. Th*? special features were the numbers su. g by the entire ?club ensemble; the musical numbers by the orchestra entirely made up of stringed instruments and with Rhame of Sumter, featuring on traps, drums and xylophone; al! numbers sung by the club quartette and the songs, jokes and extraordinarily good danc ing by "Red" Bnrdette. The quar ! tette was composed of Messrs B. M. ' Moore, first tenor; M. F. James, se cond tenor; J. D. Foteat, First Bass and G. H. Hill. Second Bass and was declared particularly fine. Personel of club: Officers: G. 11. Hill. President, G. H. ! Schaefer, Director, C. B. Allen, Man ager. First Tenors: B. M. Moore, II. J. Howard. M. E. McManaway. Second Tenors: M. F. James, B. K. Humphries, C. ?. Lamoreux. First Bass: J: D. Poteat. J. A. Mc Lecd. D. Rhame. Second Cass: G. H. Hill, L. P. Adams. J R. Richardson. Mandolin. B. K. Humphries, C. B. Graves, I>. J. Perry. Violin. J. X. Land. Xylophone and Drums. Dupre Rhame. Guitar, M. E. McManaway, J. C. Henderson. Banjo, L. P. Adams. Comedian, "Red" Burdette. i NORMAL CONDI TIONS ASSURED Attorney General Daugherty Encouraged by Quiet Ob servance of May Day Columbus. Ohio. May 2.?The quiet observance of May Day throughout ; the country, despite attempts to agi ! t?te and cause demonstrations through j the distribution of literature, "gives ! assurance of return to normal condi j tions in Amrica", said a statement is* i sued here by Attorney General j Daugherty. ! Municipal Auto License Illegal j Attorney General Rales That State License Tax is in Lieu of AH Other Licenses j Columbia. May 2.?A situation that may result in the outlawing of mu nicipal licensing of automobiles and automobile dealers has developed in j correspondence between the State Highway department and officials of the Automotive Trades association, of Charleston. The opinion has been expressed by officials of the highway department that the licensing of mo tor vehicles by a municipality is in I violation of the state highway act, j which states that the state license I shall be in lieu of all other licenses. This opinion is based, it is said, on an opinion from the attorney gener al. The highway department is in re ceipt of an inquiry from Secretary Smith, of the Charleston Automotive ! Trades Association, asking of the city of Charleston, can require license for the operating of a motor truck, when 1 the state requires a license also. Mr. 1 Smith states that in Charleston the license on a one-ton truck, for ex ample, is $11. The chauffeur's 1 license is $5.00, and the cost 1 of the Charleston license plate Is 50 cents, making the fee for operating 1 the truck in Charleston 316.50. Tlie ' state license fee on the same truck ' is $11.25, making a total fee for op eration of the vehicle of $27.75. 1 j The state highway department has - (advised the Charleston.automotive as 5 j sociation that as the state law states that the state license is "in lieu" of all 1! other state, county or municipal U* ! censes, the opinion is held that the ; city of Charleston has no right to ' charge the municipal license. J. 3. Salley, of Aikc-n. has aiso recently 1 made inquiry on the same point, re 1 garding his county, and the attorney ; general's opinion, rendered, for Mr. Salley, is said to have conveyed the ? same view. ? j It is likely that this matter will get into the courts for a final decis ion. Bui'd Now Bridges. The state highway department has ) about completed plans for the? ap proaches to the two big steel bridges, % for which contracts will be let within " i a few weeks, these over the Santee jand Pee Dee. The cost of these ap i proaehes will be more than of the bridges themselves, for which con tracts have already been let. Bids : are to be received for several road j projects in various parts of the state within the ne.\t few weeks. f|_ j.Np Representative j At Vatican i . I White House Denies Report To That Effect j Washington, May 2.?The appoint 1 ment of an American diplomatic rep ; resentative to the Vatican is not un i der contemplation said a White House , statement today in response to in ' quiries as to the possibility of such j an appointment. ^ Stumer Eoy Wins Debate. The annual debate between the j Pierian and Bailey Literary societies j of Bailey Military Institute, Green wood, was held Friday night. The de ? bate is held each year for the silver cup offered by Mr. R. P. Blake. The : debate was won for the third consecu : live year by the Pierian society and I under the terms of the gift of thfe j donor of the cup it now becomes the ; property of the Pierian society. The [query of the debate was: Resolved, I That the press wield a greater to j fiuence for good than does the plat ; form and pulpit. The debaters were: Affirmative, C. H. Morrison and A. H. Peters of the Bailey society and 'negative, B. R. China and Max Barton of the Pierian sock-ty. Marriage License Record Mariage licenses have been issued to the following colored persons: Joe Young and Sallie Wright of IIa good. Levi Kennerdy and Lucile Julius of New Zion. Henry Smoak and Rosetta Smith of Su inter. Alex Wilder and Alice King of Sum The Bankrupt Sale of Saturday. Buy Now Before It Is Too Late A SALE ORDERED BY THE COURT LOUIS LYON, Trustee