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iocesan Council Annual Council of the 1 Church of South arolina in Session 131st annuaj council of ; the ;?f South Carolina convened ly-trforning in Church of the 5fcly Cntnforter with a large attend 9&?$~ of~<yter$cai and lay delegates ^(t^yeaehtang; -a majority of the par islae*' and "organized missions of the stated" T^ie council opened with the Ci?ei>ration of ? the Holy Communion af^ 10.' o'clock by-Bishop W. A. Guer ry, .Assisted 'by Bishop Co-ad jut or K. & ;&nley.\ *. /At 11 o'clock the business session of^tfcte' council was called to order by 3p&io^ Guerry and the organization tgtfcLe? by the roll call of the clergy .?nd parishes. Thirty-three parishes ?o? toUr missions were represented. Committees on roll of the Clergy and .Credentials were appointed. The ptogrisun prepared by the committee Was'adopted as the order of business for. the" session. On motion of Rev. Ms? tightburne it was decided that Sj hereafter pro\-ision be made in the fbrog>s*ri for the annual report of the uriniepdent of the Church Home talS^e at the morning session of tfcaTllrlst &a.y of the annual council. .' *i^6fcv'&. S; Thomas was re-elected fi^etitry by * the unanimous vote of _ ibi^nncil.Rev.' P. H. Harding was appointed assistant secretary'. : W?ttam Godfrey, of Cheraw t^siT nonlmated for ?. re-election as .tee&Jtafer of the Diocese, and by Ujf?id5toX?is vote the secretary was di *6?$?d to cast the vote of the council t$r>hiinV. I ;?? 1 Rev. J.v Be^itham Walker, rector of t^l:CttUr?h ?X the Holy Comforter, iff :ijr ?rtef - buf\ most cordial address ^TB^wi the welcome of the eongre >n . und the people of Sumter to ./members of council, and in be ^'Ot. hi$ people expressed the hope [^?ik"present would find their stay -4n;^mter both pleasant and profi tifcW .Bishop Guerry, in responding fl?. welcome, said that he was Jij&rly glad to be in Sumter, fcrloi a way Sumter was home to 3&&^f?T *he spent a part of his boy ^e?e? his. (ather having been [to the rectorship of this church t? ij8^3 ; and... had remained here J3^?ral years.' */ :V?ja? five regular committees were F.report of. the standing com W$s called for, but on the mo tfdjnj?t3sTr^.X^elsoh Frierson the re ?Jj^to-'w?ij deferred' until the after ^pn.apamon. ^^r. J.. T: Thonias made the report ^t-.j^he trustees- of the Diocese. The " ^as/satisfactory. in all respects, pCnat.-li*$ ffunds'r of the dio been Weil and1 safely invest J^^^i^al^lnte^st 'had been collect the-.expense had been fdwrn*i<d;a"tmi3imum^the cost the;; investments during ?jj&-ySs&r-?, leaving sbeep one-fifth .qffi6ifcp&z*cznU: On motion of Mr. v^^|l^^fttmmg.:a. vote of thanks was ?B?^^)^the/trusT^ : ^C?rs^.^y.}^; Wa~, *oi. St. Mary's ^|pdi,{^d\ i^e-v^ Walter Mitchell, of jpo^r^&rede^.y^ . who. were on the j^c^ase r for iddresses, both being ?^^oy?&bly absent, Bishop Guerry oaj^ftxon- Rey.. frfercer T. Logan, of CiiaHe^ton tV address the meeting on JReligious Education, which he did in ?ojrei?4e : manner.! with particular ref .e.rence -to the work of summer school ^vS^w^nee. '_^t-.tbe suggestion of Bishop Guer |3r>*Bie>y. A. S. Thomas' was nominated ? - unacimously elected Historio ir^l>er of the Diocese u> succeed Kev.- John Kershaw, deceased. The ?ispoj> started that Dr. Kershaw had 'aisipst completed the history of the 9$pce9e of Spu.h Carolina, having ?done- a most valuable work, and that be: kjaew of no one better fitted to cay^ry tne^work to completion than R^-?r?Jbert S. Thomas. A motion .adopted directing the treasurer to pay over to Mr. Thomas a sum MnVjent to. cover any necessary ex ;penae Incident to this work. vTfce discussion of the question of "Emitting women to membership in iha council, which has been a fea ture of several reeent meetings, was fpfecepitated by the; mtroduction of a resolution by Rev. Mr. Ambler pro M?ipff for rhts appointment of a rommittfee of three?two men and ?^' Woman?to consider the effects "of tjbe" admission of women to mem bership in Diocesan rounclls, and to 'report their findings feack to this ';' council. Mr. R. J. Kirk called atten '? tfc?i to the- fact that he had intro ^ ^?noed' a resolution relative to this ' matter at' the last council, that the Resolution was referred to the com c "inittee on constitution and canons. *??d that this resolution should be v-'i?&ea up. The point was made that \jth3p committee had made no report. ' ?'but that it had been stated that the . sentiment of the committee had been. unfavorable to the reso "^hitloii of last year. Mr. Kirk re-in trodueed his resolution, which was "io tSe effect that Seeton 3. Article 3 bs*'ainended to provide that euch pariah be permitted to elect not more ^"tliaa two women delegates and each "orgkn^ed mission not more than one ' wociah delegate to council. The res olution ?' was referred to the com "*niittee on - constitution and c*?ons. with 'report- to be made at the after nocm session. ? reports of the committees on rpU of the clergy and credentials of lay' delegates were submitted and adopted. ^Tbe.report of the committee on ad mission of new parishes and missions was made by Rev. W. S. Poyner. The /jC5>riniittee recommended the admis vsflk*6i>of St. Mark's. Chester; St. An ?s^jfeWsL. Green vi lie. and St. James Me moria! Church, Greenville, as parishes in union with the council. Christ Clmrcb. Alullins, All Sainu. Barn weh and St. Peters uy he Sea. Onar teatoh were recommended to be f.d mitted as organized missions. The re^k6rt was adopted. ?y its?;- Alexamler - Mitchell offered a resolution authorizing the finance committee of the board of trustees to use.the funds in hand for an Epis copal ^residence to purchase a house acid lot in the city of Columbia suit able for an Episcopal residence, and to be empowered to execute a mort xago'for the credit portion of the purchase price, and to rent the same for a sum sufficient to cover the in terest and carrying: charges. After brief discussion the resolu tion was adopted. The hour of recess having arrived the meeting adjourned until .1 o'clock. The Diocesan Council re-assembled promptly for the afternoon session Tuesday and the regular program was taken up. The chief feature of the session was Bishop Guerry's an nual address. In the introductory part of the address he paid feeling and eloquent tributes to the ministers of the diocese who have passed away since the last annual council. These were Rev. W. B. Gordon, of Camden. Rev. A. E. Cornish, of Charleston; Rev. John Kershaw, of Charleston. He also paid tributes to Dr. W. H. Prioleau. of Charleston, for many years treasurer of the Advancement Society, and to Thomas Baker Spann, of Sumter, a candidate for holy or ders. The bishop reported encouraging i conditions in the diocese and that j there had been more communicants last Easter than ever before. He maintained and quoted statistics to [show that much of the literature [published on the decline of religion is without any substantial founda tion. He indorsed the Lambeth ap peal for unity that "the churches of the Anglican communion should for mally invite the authorities of other churches within their areas to con fer concerning the possibility of tak ing definite steps to cooperate in a common endeavor along the lines set forth in the appeal." Bishop Guerry's explanation ful filled the attitude of the church to wards divorce and "remarriage. He stated that whereas the church per mitted divorce ou scripiurakground. as South Carolina law permitted it on no ground, under no condition would he give permission to the' clergy of the church in this state to remarry divorced people. He ex plained under what circumstances those divorced in other states could be admitted into the church. In concluding hia remarks on thi; subject he said: "While the Church h South Carolina will not solemnize th marriage of divorced persons, she wil not deny the sacraments of life to an> divorced man or woman who can pro duce satisfactory evidence that he o she could have been divorced 01 scriptural grounds and were them selves the innocent party." On the subject of Christian healing mission, the bishop indorsed thh movement as a "wonderful possibil ity for a real spiritual revival in the church;" but warned against mis use and urged that the false teach ing which has characterized the heal ing mission in various parts of tht country be eliminated and the heal ing ministry of the church be placed upon a-saner and niore scriptura basis. The bishop closed his splended ad dress with an appeal to the women for a saner and higher standard oi living. The address of Bishop Co-adjutor Finley was brief and dealt almost entirely with the details of his work since his consecration to office early this year. Mr. William Godfrey, treasurer of the Diocese, submitted his annual re port In printed form and supplement ed the statistical information with comments and explanations. The re port showed that the church finances are ima healthy condition, despite the general depression of business. The report of the finance commit tee, next in order, was deferred unti the morning session. There was no report on the state of the church, Rev. T. T. Walsh, who was appointed chairman of this com mittee at the last council, having re signed the position and the place having not been filled. Rt. Rev. K. G. Finley made th( report on missions in connection with the nation-wide campaign. The regular 'program of the after noon session having been concluded before the hour for adjournment i' was decided to take up the report 01 the committee on the new Canon Bishop and Executive council. Tht report of the committee embodying the proposed Canon was read, and the remainder of the session wa.* spent in discussing it and the numer ous amendments and changes pro posed by various members. Adjourn ment was ordered at G o'clock. The evening session was devoted to hearing an address by Thomas Mot: Osborne. of New York, on prison re form. Morning Session. The second day of the Council waf opened with the celebration of tin Holy Communion at 7::b) o'clock. Morning Prayer was held at 9:30, and the business session opened at 10 o'clock. The consideration of the report of the committee "on n?-w Canon?Bishop and Executive Council, was resumed The discussion of this important change in administrative affairs of the Diocese, was participated in by ;i large number of delegates, both cleri ieal and lay, and practically Urn en tire session was consumed with thi: matter, before the Canon was finallj adopted in amended form. Mr. A. \V. Smith, of Greenville made a report on the Church Home Orphanage and the result of the re cent pilgrimage to that institution. The next matter to be taken up was the report of the Finance Com mittee, which was made by tin Chairman. Mr. H. P. Duvall. The' reading of the report was followed i?> a discussion respecting certain of tin recommendations as to the budget for the cm-rent year, particularly inso far as it affected the salary of the Bis hop. continued until the hour for re cess. The discussion will be resumed this afternoon. The Council will recess at 5:30 to attend a reception at the home m Col. It. D. Lee. given by the ladies ol the congregation in honor of the members of Council. The 131st Annual Council of the I)i oceso of South Carolina adjourned at noon, after a busy morning session, during which all committee reports were completed, and elections held. F'ifore adjournment, on motion of Mr. R. W. Sharkey, a resolution expressing the appreciation of the Council to the report of the Parish and the people of Sumt^r for the hospitalities and courtesies of which the Council and its members were the recipients was adopted. Among- the important matters con sidered during the afternoon session Wednesday were the amended report of the Finance Committee sections having been referred back to the com mittee at the morning session. This had to do with fixing the salaries of the Bishop and Bishop Co-Adjutor. The committee originally recommend ed that the salary of the Bishop be $5,000, with allowance of $200 for traveling expenses; and the same for the' Bishop Co-Adjutor. It was the sentiment of Council that salary of the Bishop should be the same as i: was last year, inclusive of the allow ance of $1.5o? made on account of the high cost Of living last year. The Finance Committee amended it re port in this particular, fixing the sal ary of the Bishop at $5,500, witn al lowance of $600 for clerical assist - mce and ?200 for traveling expenses. The salary of the Bishop Co-Adjutor was fixed at $5,500, with allowance ol 5200 for traveling expenses. The special order of the day. the report of the committee on the divi sion of the Diocese was then taker jp. There, were two reports?the ma jority recommending that the mattei be reconsidered by Council. Tht grounds for this recommendation wen .hat the election of the Bishop Co-Ad jutor and the assignment to him o specific duties and territorial authori y had so altered the situation sine? the last meeting of Council that tin conditions that seemed to call for tin livision and influenced the last Coun :-il to take action, no longer existed and it therefore appeared the part o wisdom and expediency furthei postpone the division. The minorit; ?eport submitted by Rev. W. If. K Femib ion advocated the division o he diocese at the earliest day pru.'i -abb- as provided for by the resoiu ion adopted at the last Council. The question was discussed at lengtl >y both clerical and lay members, am .il the arguments for and against th livision that have characterized th Iscussion of the matter at practicall; ?very Council for the dozen years wer eviewed. It was evident from th rend of the debate that the prepon ierant was in favor of division, con lequently when the vote was taket he result was not a surprise. Th ,'Ote was taken by orders and the re ;ult was as follows: Clergy: for divi ion 25; against II; Lay Delegate? ?arishes: for division 21, against 17 iivided parishes 3. A majority o )Oth orders being in favor of the di vision, the minority report was de dared adopted. Adjournment was ordered at 5:3 )'eo!ok for the membeis of Council t ittend the reception given by the la lies of the church at the residence o Job R. D. Lee. The reception was .nost pleasant and successful affaii asting from 5:30 until 7. The special feature of the evenin session was an ?address by Rev. F! iland Mitchell, of New V/ork. on th .\'ation Wide Campaign. Mr. Blan juve a striking and instructive re /iow of the campaign, etilling atten .ion to the great successes that ha >een achieved in some sections an he disappointments that had bee .net alsewhere. On the whole th ,-fforts put forth by churchmen i .he Nation Wide Campaign had bee ruitful of good in a large and in creasing measure. It has been in jpirational and educational and th nfluences that it has set in motion ar gaining ground in all sectons of th .-ountry. The key-note of the add res vas that there is no reason to be dis ?ouraged or to lose hope, but tha very church hold fast to the gain hat have been made in church oi janization and co-operation and g orward to greater achievenu nts. Following the address the genera subject of the Nation Wide Campaig n relation to the results and effect n this dioce.se was discussed. After adjournment of Council, call *d meeting of the three Convocation vere held to nominate members c he Executive Council. The session this morning was call ;d to order at 0 o'clock, an hour card ?r than usual, in order thai the grea nass of unfinished routine busino night be cleared up before the hou >f final adjournament. The first item of business on ;h >rogram was the election of the Ex >cutive Council, provided for in lb iew Canon adopted Wedensday. The election resulted as follows Nominees of Convocations: Charleston Convocation?W. \\ ihackleford. Miss Claire Jervey. Columbia Convocation?-R. 1. .Man ning, Mrs. \V. P."Cornell. Greenville Convocation?A. W Smith. .Mrs. W. S- Manning. Nominated by Council: Rev. F. .A luhan, Rev. O. T. Porcher, Rev. S. ( Beckwitn, W. B. Moore. II. p. Uuvall tf. K. Jenkins. Nominated by the Bishop: Rvv Walter .Mitchell. Rev. A. Ft. Mitchell Rev. T T. Walsh. U. L. Tiighman Walter Hazard. Mark Reynolds. The Standing Committees was re dected as a whole, with the exceptioi >f the substitution of Rev. Williau Way to succeed the Rev. .lohn K<-r shaw, deceased. The trustees of the Diocese were re elected with only one change, it>-\. K iL Harding succeeding Rt. Rev. K. J Finley, who resigned his place on iht board in consequence of his elociioi is Bishop Co-Adjutor. The trustees of the Church Horn? Orphanage were re-elected, with tin exception of H. P. Du vail and Dr. T. G. Simons, who asked to be relieved. The new members are A. V. Snell ami J. F. Siren.-. At the conclusion of the elections and routine business Rev. P. \V. Am bler introduced a resolution thai proved :i briet' but spirited debate. Vir. Ambelr's resolution was in effect :lnii tin- Council of the Diocese of South Carolina petition the president of the United States, and He secre taries of war and the navy to take steps to bring ebout Lhe disarmament of the civilized nations to the end that the crushing burden r>f increas ing military establishments be lifted from the people and that the cause of the world peace be advanced. Tin resolution was finally adopted as of fered. The business before the meeting havinj; been disposed of the secretary read the minutes, which were ap proved. ' Before adjournment Bishop Guerry made a brief statement in reference to the division of the Dioces. He said that he entertained a feeling of re lief that this question which has been hanging over tin- diocese from the time of Iiis election to the office of Bishop of South Carolina. That he felt that the work had ;es a measure I been hampered by the continued agi tation and the uncertainly as to the [action that would be taken. Now 'that the question has been determin ed, the future can be faced with con fidence. Besides he preferred if the diocese is to be divided, that it be ? done now while he has the health land vigor to undertake the reorgani sation of the werk in the lower dio cese. Of course, he said, he viewed ? the division with a measure or regret. ; for the diocese of South Carolina, was |a historic organization, and dear to his i heart, but he ?11*1 not question the i wisdom of the policy after so long [consideration. I;; conclusion Bishop j Guerry said that he had never here tofore announced which division of ithe Diocese he would select for his I future sphere of labor, but he would I say now that lie would continue Bis I hop of the Diocese in which lie lived ;?the ; i ,cesu of South Carolina. Bishop Guerry lives in Charleston, ?and his announcement means that ! he will presdde over the lower division i Of the state and that Bishop Co-Ad ijutor Fihley will become Bishop oJ the Upper section of the State wh'er [the division shall have been consum i mated. I Tie.- Council will meet in Charlestcr i next year, the invitations of Be v. s [C. Beckwirh, of St. Phillip Church lhaving been accepted by the unani ; mous vote of the Council. CC(i cures Biliousness. : Train Smashes Auto at Harvin Crossing Transfer Driver, Solitary Occu pant, Has Narrow Escape i A Chalmers automobile was thu : morning smashed to smithereens a " j the Harvin street railroad crossin; " j and its driver and owner, Waltei I Kelly, a negro transfer driver, wn ^ I narrowly escaped death when tin- au " jtomobile was struck by an empty pas senger train which was backing acros *! the crossing. The accident, occurred at 9:40 tht! I morning and was witnessed by sever i al persons who happened to be ii " the vicinity of the crossing. Accord ^ j ing to their testimony the automobile ja five-passenger touring, stopped di rectly on the track in the path o j, j the backing train, which was movim j at a rate of speed estimated at be , j tween 15 and 20 miles an hour. I ' is stated that the flagman riding oi sr the rear end of the coach shouted 1< ' j the negro in the automobile for hin | to either go on or back off of tin j track. This call was made when th< . I train was yet some distance from tin .?automobile but the negro seeme< jj petrified with fear and was only abb I} to watch the oncoming train as it an proached him. The flagman jerke< the emergency signal just at aboti :1 j the same moment the coach hit th< nj automobile. The train was brough . to a standstill only after the auto .{mobile had been dragged some 30 o el 40 feet down the tracks. The negr ej stayed in the automobile the entir ,.jtime that it was K--:n.i,r dragged, roll vied and crushed by the train am _j crawled out of the remains of the to ? ! tally smashed;machine after the trail sjhad been stopped. How he escape* - j with his life is one of the unexplain u I allies but his injuries consisted o j only a very few cuts and bruises. Th j whole occurrence, it is stated, hap n! pened in a few seconds of time. Th s automobile was headed north whil< the train was backing west down th -?tracks. Fortunately for the drive sjthis position caused him to be on th ?j-opposite side of the automobile fron i the side which the coach struck. Thi - is probably the one tiling whicl - j saved the negro's life. The steps o I j the railway coach were torn off !>; sjthe collision and the automobile wa: rProduced to a tangled mass. Ther< (was scarcely a part of the car whicl [?[was not in some way broken o: -1 damaged. fiGu cures Dengue Fever. NEW YORK COTTON. ' J T.'.*f j Month Open High Low Close Clos< "(Jan. ...12.90 irj.yr> 13.80 t3.su l ! Mch. ..14.^0 li.lp) 14.10 14.1d 14.21 '[.-May. ..12.::l> 12.32 I2.1N Ilms 12.3^ duly ..li'.T!) 12.80 12.61 12.63 12.7$ "{Oct.. ..12.43 12.4S 12.32 12.34 12.4; ' Dec. ..13.73 13.82 13.69 13.69 12.81 ': Spots l'u down: middling 12.45. new ORLEANS COTTON. Last j vionth Open High Low Close Close . ! dan.. . . 1 3.2S 12. If) Mch. . . 13.72 1 ::.no j.May. . .11.93 11.98 11.Tl' 11.82 11.92 Uul.v ..12.42 12.47 12.2:: 12.20 12.4? Oct.. ..13.07 1 1:: 12.92 12.98 12.U7 Dec;. ..T3.41 13.41 1 4 13.2U 13.39 j Spots ldown; middling 11.7.'. LIVERPOOL cotton. .TanUary. S.65 i March. 8.73 j Abiy . 7.7." 'duly. S.Ki I < October. s.4 5 i I December. S.61 Government Cotton (Trader's Office. j The following report3 give the prices paid on the stated markets on I .May 19: 8 S O S LI G M M M M M O Pol'bia* 11 1 1 1 9 Vs 8 7 Man'ngi 12 n ' i l i :>1 j s 7 Bp'ville 12 11 1 i 11 I' \i, S 7 Slim tor 12 I 1 11 11 9 V? S 7 ltub-My-Tisni cures sores. Nashville. May 17. The General i Contractors' Association announced 1 wage reductions ranging from ] ?_? to I G cents an hour in the various ?uilding trades. Rub-My-Tisni for Rheumatism. Government Wins Income Tax Suits i Highest Tribunal Decides Two I Important Controversies In I volving Interpretation of j Income Provisions of Rev i enue Acts, Increased Value of Invested Capital and Inher itance Tax Washington, May 16.?Through de cisions of the supreme court tod;!}*, the government ?von two important j victories in controversies involving j interpretation of income provisions oi the revenue acts of L9.18 and I'.*i7. ; Increased value of a capital asset >uid ii"t be added to "invested cap ital" the court ruled in the appeal of the La Belle Iron Works, an Ohio I concern, from a ruling by treasury officials but on the contrary must be considered in computing the profits ,Tof the corporation on which the taxes were t<> !'<? assessed. In the oth t er decision, the court tailed that in . j heritance taxes paid to a state could [[not be deducted from the "*ne1 es i t?te*' taxes under the revenue act. * j The ixi 11? ? J" * - Iron Works suit was I characterized by a high government i oificial as "the most important legal .! suit affecting federal finances' to arise . ; in several decades." The specific point * ! at is*;:-- was whether ore lands in the ? ,M esabi range of Minnesota, purchased j for $190.0u<J prior to L9o4, could be ?: return* d by the iron company a' a [new valuation of $10,000,000 in li?17. j the increase being covered by a-stock [issue and carried under invested cap r ; ital. ^ * j "We think flu- meaning of the act as tu 'invested capital' is perfectly - j clear," s.:id Justice Pitney in deliv ering the court decision." ... .it T defined this term to mean "< 1 ) actual leash paid in, (~? > the actual cash j,! value at the time of payment of as t J sets other than cash paid in. and (3) ? j paid in or earned surplus and undi * j vided profits used or employed in . . the business.' but not include money or other property borrowed. "W hen speaking of the capita] of u ? business corporation or partnership. Isuch as the act deals with 'to invest* ?imports a laving out of money or moneys worth with a view to ob I taining income or profit from the con 1 i duet ot* a business. "In order to adhere to this restrict 'jed meaning and avoid exaggerated " valuation, the draftsman of the act f ? I resorted to the test of including notn % I ing but money, or money's worth. [ actually contributed or converted in ' exchange for shares o:' capital stock, 1 lor actually acquired through the bus * iness activities of the corporation or 1 j partnership and coming in as extra s by way of increase over tin- original - capital stock. How consistently this j was carried out becomes evid nt if 1 the section (section 2?~) is examined L" j in detail .... - I "The same controlling thought is i J carried into the proviso. Every iine t (shows evidence of a legislative pur e j pose to confine the account to such t i items as were paid for in stock or - i shares specifically issued for it, and r j to their values 'at time of such pay 0 ? men:.' " e Hundreds of millions of dollars in -itaxes hung upon the decision, there 1 being but few partnerships or cor - jporations which did not have onth:*ir hordes an item showing material sums resulting from appreciated value of capita] assets. t' j The inheritance lax case vas brought to the supreme court by ex - j editors of the estate of the iate J. e Harsen Purdy of Xew York. Xo less f.! than five states had collected raxes t. on the turnover of parts of the est i*e r I within their jurisdiction and *:he < x e ecutors claimed that all these sums ;1'should be deducted before federal s I taxes on the "net estate" co'ii'd be i legally computed. Refusal of tax col j lectors to agree to this contention v j was upheld in turn by the treasury ? (department and the federal courts and today, by the supreme court. j j Th "net estate" contemplated it; , the net the opinion said was the en tire residue remaining to be distrib uted after the immediate charges, such as funeral expenses and debts, had been met. imposition of the fed eral tax did not interfere with the right of the state to control the prop ' i erty within its borders of a decedent. ? ; t he court ruled. 1! STATE TAX LEVY ;[ Columbia, May 17.-?Despite the ; awful howl raised by the 1921 legis j:} iature ever tin- cjuestion of "reducing j taxes," the tax levy this year is the [same and it is not likely to produce enough revenue to finance the stale . for the year This is shown in .ja statemeni of the property returned [for taxation and the amount of reve nue to 1).- derived from taxing it to the limit as set by the legislature, I which statement has jusi been is sued bv Comptroller Cfcneral Walter , L. I >unca n. j The total amount of money appro i priated bv the recent legislature was i ' ..$6.5*14.9.25.82. Legislature fixed the maximum tax levy at II3- mills. The; total taxable property for the year is j j$47(1,222,78*5 in value. The ! 1 :L. mihs I tax levy will produce on this asses- I jtnl valuation a total revenue of ?5.-1 '499.582. With the estimated reve-j nues from other sources added, this i ! will give the state n total revenue of j : $6.534.582.??.".. which is $3C*?1.79 short of the total appropriations for ihe year. L'nless revenue not y-'t in | sigh! turns up. the state will likely have to borrow money for the pur poses of government in 1921?and ! the state tax levy is the same as i: ? was last year. 1 I '_. mills, plus a h ilf I mill for tin- Citadel, provided in a i special act of 1920; making the total ] levy of 12 mills. The only difference ! between this year's state levy and that of last year is the suspension of j1 the special two mill levy for road.-;, Washington. May 17.?-The senate < finance committee ordered favorable jJ report :>u nomination of Davis Ii. M Blair, of Winston-Saleni. as com mis- j ? noner of internal revenue. M .Jlub-My-Tism kills Infection. IHE BAPTIST ' CONVENTION Another Theological Seminary To Be Established?Question of Women on Executive Committee Deferred Chattanooge, May 16.?Representa tion of women on the executive com mittee and the five general boards of the Southern Baptists convention was deferr? -1 for a year by action of the convention late today, the nominating committee having found difficulty In adjusting provisions of the by-laws of the convention and in other matters relating to the se lection of the women. Tin commit tee to which was referred the memo rial from the Women's Missionary union, asking for representation of women on ail the major agencies of the convention, was instructed to take the matter under consideraton for a year and report to th< next ses sion of the convention. Establishment of another theologi cal seminary' by the convention was provided for this afternoon and pro posals from states desiring it were requested. The convention will se lect a site at nts next session. Propo sitions already 'nave been made in formally by Georgia, South. Carolina and Virginia. One of the more Southern Baptist universities are favored by the con vention and the committee having this umtter in charge was instruct ed to invite proposals on the sites of such institutions. In the same connection the Colum bia association of Washington was asked by the convention to develop {a plan for the reclaiming by the ' Baptists of George Washington uni versity of that city, formerly Colum bia university, which was. until re cently, under Baptist control. An independent association of Bap j tlst schools and colleges, in the South probably will be formed,, it was an nounced, the convention today adopt ing a* resolution to the effect that all Baptist schools and colleges should i?<- free of all agencies except those created by th" conventions or other Baptist bodies owning the schools. Tin- creation in each state of an historical society for preserving Bap tist records was recommended by the convention. Definite recommen dations were adopted looking to sup plying the 4,500 vacant Baptist ehurches of the South with pastors. Chattanooga, May 1th?Plans for enrolling a half milion tithers among the Baptists of the South were pro jected by th<- Southern Baptist con vention tonight upon recommendation of the Laymen's Missionary move ment. Quotas of tithers. will be ap portioned to the various states by a committee representing the laymen's movement, tin- Woman's .Missionary I union and the executive committee of tiie convention. The- reports of both the laymen's movement and the Woman's Mission ary union were presented to the con vention at the night session. Few changes were made in the j membership of the general boards land the executive committee for the ! en; uing year. The final session of the convention j \xil be held Tuesday morning. Many lot' the delegates left for their homes j tonight. _ I Wholesale Bag gage Thefts Washington, May IT.? Police here believe the baggage thefts covering a period of years and from which claims aggregating $15.000 have aris j en have been cleared up with the ar rest of Elbert Coleman Lanum, con iductor, and Lisle Payne, baggageman ion the Southern Railway. Payne, whose home is in Clifton, Va., is said by police to have admitted to thefts. Bub-My-Tisni kills pain. TO PUT BAN ON GAMBLING Louisville. May 17.? Publication today of an appeal to the citizens of Kentucky to "rid the state >>f its dis grace and people of this moral curse" begins an active campaign of a com mittee of Louisville citizens to have parimutuel gambling machines at. race tracks brought under the ban lot tin- state anti-gambling laws. 66(5 cures a Cold quick'?)". _ j BULLET REMOVED FROM BRAIN RESTORES SANITY j r\<sinir.g. May 17.? Roman I.eon |dowski. the prisoner from whose brain Dr. William Chapman recently ! removed a bullet who was taken from Nennemora hospital for criminal in sane to be recommitted to prison, as i being cured of his insanity, answered questions rationally yesterday and prepare! a written statement express ing gratitude to Chapman for Ixstor ing his sanity. (Kit; cures Bilious Fever. Railroad Labor Adjustments New York. May 17.?The abroga tion of th-- national labor adjust ment agreements on the railroads in support ??:' the open shop. and enact ment of a s.il<-s rax law were urged by President Mason of tie- National Association of Manufacturers, in Iiis annual adress before the convention today. <?>?'.(; cures Malarial Fever. Home. May LT.??Government com pilations on result of Sunday's par liamentary elections; wtih fifty dis trict? doubtful, show L'l". supporters <f tin- Giolifti ministry. The Social - .si -.< "omniunist representation reduc ed by seventy with a total of one hundred. Other parties less, with "atholics ?.?>. OCG cures t hills and Fever.