Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-03
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threatened dehclt OF something ihOIe
than 5000, 100000 in the Federal treas
ury can be avoided. 1t was announced
at the White House that in his opin-
ion the government is succeeding so
satisfactorily in driving down expenses
that the margin between income ana
outlay will be removed. At the same
titime it was made clear that Mr.. Hard
ing will be very reluctant to recon-
mend legislation for new taxes unless
the financial situation absolutely de-
mands it. Much satisfaction was eX-
pressed at the White House with the
present activity of the; budget bureau
which is preparing estimates, for the
1924 appropriations. The bureau is
making what are described as the most
gratifying diminutions in the budget,
This is being done, itwas said, despite
the limitations; within which the bu-
reau must work. Such items as PEN
sions and interest on the public debt
are fixed sums and cannot be slashed.
In other places the trimming is going
on to such an extent the preside-it is
greatly elated.
Classification of tax government
receipts for September showed de-
crease of more than $276,GOO,OOO as
compared with the same month last
year, according to, the internal revenue
bureau report of October 81. For the
month of September the total receipts
from taxes were 1854, 4,2S4246 as against
$3.50, 1878 for the same month year
ago For the three months ended with
September tax receipts amounting TO
$500, 746,974. reflected decrease of over
1866, ,O0O, 900 as compared with the same
period of 1921. Receipts from income
and profit taxes, declining by S241, ,OOO,-
600, showed the greatest decrease for
the month, the total for September,
which included the third installment,
amounting to.1$276,OOO,OOO as against
$4,000, 900 for September last year.
Tobacco taxes, however, showed an
increase for the month of nearly $3,-
100000 the total being nearly S2S,0OO,-
900 against S25,0O0,00G in September &
year ago. Receipts from estate taxes
for September amounting to $5,00O,O0O
showed a decrease of S7,000,00O COM
pared with. the same month of 1921;
tax collections on distilled spirits
amounting to S2,5OOOOO fell off by near
~ $2,OOO,OOO while miscellaneous col
lections such as transportation and
amusements amounting to over SAL
900, 900 decreased by S2S,O0OO00. Taxes
collected from corporations on the
value of capital stock, however,
amounting to $13,OOOOOO in September,
reflected an increase OF over $2,OOO,OO0
over year ago.
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow
of the late Edward Wheeler Hall, has
submitted to a public interview for the
first time since the murder of her
husband seven weeks ago. Up to this
time she has had little to say and that
little has been through her attorney.
But so mt4hA4s peergstiH bst oJhFrsi
and the public has been so confirmed
in the theory that Mrs. Hall knows a
great deal more than she is willing to
tell, that her attorney has deemed 1t
advisable to have her meet the re-
porters and answer all the questions
they might see proper to ask. During
Wednesday afternoon she received
more than twenty newspaper writer's at
her home, and with two. court steno-
graphers taking down what she said,
submitted to questions for more than
an hour But with it all she did not
tell anything that threw light on the
murder. Her story was mostly mega
tive. Three questions she refused to
answer. These were: First-a request
for her estimate of the character Of
the woman slain with her husband.
SecOnd-Whether or not she believed
in divorce and would have sought a
divorce if she had known of intimacy
between Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills.
Third-Where Mr.. Hall got half of the
$4,000 in securities which were found
III Ills SetlSslS uSpOSII NouII anu WIN NhN
use of which he was reported to have
planned an elopment to the Orient with
Mrs. Mills. Briefly, her knowledge of
the case was that DR.. Hall haG started
out to his doom, saying he was going
on an crrand of mercy-to discuss with
Mrs. Mills hospital bill which he was
paying with church funds: that he was
slain by a person and for motive at
which she had not the slightest con-
lecture; and that her memory of him
is unsullcd by the ugly scandal in
which his name has been involved.
The story of Mrs. Leonard J.
Christlcr that Mrs. Margaret Carlton
first killed Mr.. Christlcr and then her
self is not being allowed to so unchal-
lengcd There are those who strongly
suspect that Mrs ChristlCr herself, was
probably responsible for the two kill
ings in her home at Havrc, Montana on
last Friday night DR.. Carl Eos tcsti
fed at the coroner's inquest that the
bullet that killed Mrs. CARLTON ranged
inward and slightly upward indicating
suicide But after q subsequent CN-