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VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED DP BY ENo'llIHER REPOBTEBS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
"If there had been a eood place to
jump, I would have jumped off," said
Kngineer Lloyd McNalr, Southern
railway engineer, as he was telling
Views and Interviews Sunday evening
about killing two cows on a trestle
near Clyburn last Saturday morning.
"There were iwo cows on uie irauc
nnd I knocked one off, killing it instantly.
The other one, r thought
was knocked off on the fireman's side,
but it was knocked down and went under
the engine. I had started off up
the hill and looked back and saw a
cow's leg sticking from under the engine.
I stopped as quickly as possible,
because 1 knew that if I went on it
would derail me. It took the train
crew some little time to get the cow
from under the pilot. She was still
alive and was killed by the baggage
master."
Has a Brief Rest.
"I am having a complete rest these
few days," remarked Auditor Love to
Views and Interviews a few days ago.
"We have been busy in this office
since January 1 of last year, first with
taking the returns, then with equalization
and then with further adjustments
by the tax commission.
"It was not until last week that I
was able to get off my abstract of duplicate
to the comptroller general, and
even since I sent it off there are still
\
further adjustments to make.
"But now I am doing almost nothing
except looking up an occasional return
on account of somebody who thinks
there has been a mistake in the amount
of his taxes, and indexing a few transfers
of real estate; but of course it is
desirable that I stay about the office
and that I do pretty well.
"The regular annual routine starts
again in January and I am ready for
it."
Business a Little Slack.
Saw Magistrate R. L. A. Smith of
Broad River township in Yorkville last
Friday. Magistrate Smith has the
reputation of being the most active
prohibition law raider in the county.
Ho knows all the hills and hollows in
Broad River township which is full of
hills and hollows, and he knows about
everybody who makes moonshine liquor.
Not only that, he is always ready
to move whenever he learns of the
activities of these people.
"Reckon you could get up a little
Christmas moonshine?" I asked, him.
Always ready for a joke the magistrate
smiled good naturedly; but said
he could hardly make it.
"Why you have plenty of it out
there have you not?" I bantered.
I'JIUISC IIICIC IK uinnjo ouiiiv, ^'v>v
I got three worms this last week, and
I think business just a little slack
this week. No, goodness gracious,
don't understand me to say that there
is nothing doing. The chances are that
some of them are running somewhere
in the township right now; but anyhow
I believe business is a little slack
for the present. However, I will let
you know when 1 break up another
_ outfit."
A Bad Hole.
' There is one of the worst holes that
I know of anywhere in town," said a
gentleman to Views and Interviews
Sunday afternoon as we were stioiling
along the Southern railway track just
beyond the Lock more mill village. "I
have known that hole for years, and it
has always been a bad hole. I have
known dead dogs, dead cats, chickens,
pigs and other dead animals taken out
of that hole. It is a veritable hole for
drowning of cats and puppies, and I
have known whole litters of puppies
and kittens to "be drowned there."
"Well, I wonder why the rail folks
don't drain it."
"It is "hardly up to the railroad, I
guess," said the gentleman. "You sec
the railroad's right-of-way only runs to
the edge of that hole and as I tinderstand
it the railroad hasn't any right
to go beyond its right-of-way and I
suppose it is up to the owners of the
property through which the ditch
runs from that hole."
"Is this hide in the town limits?"
asked Views and Interviews.
"Yes, you see the town limits are
just beyond those two white posts
that you see down the track?" replied
the gentlemen, as he pointed to
two white posts down the track a hundred
yards or more away. "But really
for the benefit of the health of the
people out this way that hole ought to
be drained."
The Town of Monck's Corner.
"fiver been to Monck's Corner "asked
a prominent citizen of the county
recently from there, of Views and Interviews.
Views and Interviews naa 10 answer
in the negative. About all that he knew
of Monck's Corner was that it was a
very old landmark ante-dating the
American Revolution, and the county
sent of Berkeley county since the creation
of that'county out of what was
once the vorv large county of Charleston.
' t
"Well, it is cjuite an interesting place,
and up till this year had the distinction
of being1 about the only town in the
state, to say nothing of courthouse
towns, that had nb church. The Bapi
tists went in there this year and built
a church, the first the town ever had.
"But I know something about this
town, and, I am here to tell you that
there are some fine people there. They
are white and they sure know how to
treat you white, but clannish; whew!
1 You never saw the like.
"The people have a commercial code
of their own among themselves, and it
is a pretty high one so far as that is
concerned. Also, as a rule, they are
good for their obligations to outsiders.
That is most of them will pay what
they owe; but don't you ever sue one of
them in the courts. It simply won't go.
No outsider has ever been known to get
a judgment against a citizen of
Monck's Corner, no matter Jiow good
his claim. The juries simply will not
give verdicts."
Views and Interviews thought the
peculiarities cited were worthy of note,
and said so.
"All right," the speaker commented,
"go ahead and print it if you want to.
What I tell you is absolutely true; but
don't print my name. I go there quite
frequently and I certainly do not want
any falling out with these people."'
"Muffins Spread With Applo Jam."
Almost all of the readers of The
Yorkville Enquirer known Alf L. Ncely,
of Ogden. Mr. Neely is one of the
best farmers in the count/, he is also
a poet. He has a good farm near
Ogden and a handsomo home in a
delightful grove that faces the public
road. Passers by could not miss him
by this description; but there is a
still more certain identification. Set on
two graceful columns, one on either
side of the entrance to the walk way
leading up to his front door there is
an arched signboard on which appears
the legend: "Ogden Valley Farm."
In keeping with his habit of evidencing
his striking personality in everything
he does, Mr. Nbely uses printed
stationery for his correspondence, a
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custom that is not quite as common
anion? the farmers as it should be.
Having run out of this stationery
the other day, lie wrote to The Yorkvillo
Enquirer to set prices on some
more, and in replying- the business
manager took occasion t,o express the
hope that the flu had not struck him,
that he was getting plenty of fresh
eggs for breakfast, and some other
pleasantries. Here is the way Mr.
Neely came back:
Please ship those letterheads to me
For I am out as you can see.
And sec before the type is sot.
Sometimes the cash is hard to get.
For breakfast we cat eggs and ham
And muffin spread with apple Jam.
Am glad to say we lonely two,
We have thus far escaped the flu.
And as I scribble down this rhyme
I wish for you a pleasant time,
Not only through the Christmas cheer,
But throughout each succeeding year.
MAJESTY OF THE LAW
Governor is Sympathetic, and Has the i
Power But Not the Right.
/"?, |nBt Thlll-od.iv I
addressed to F. M. Jeffords, in the
death house at the penitentiary, where
he will remain until December 22
when he will die in the electric chair
fcr the murder of J. C. Arnette, a let|
ter in which he advised that he could
not grant the petition of Jeffords for
executive clemency.
The governor stated, in making the
i letter public, that nothing could persuade
him to act in Jefford's behalf, as
he had felt the law's course was being
taken.
Jeffords yesterday filed a petition
with the governor in which he asked
that he might be allowed to live in
| order to be an example to other young !
men.
The governor's letter to Jeffords
follows:
"Dear Mr. Jeffords:
"Your letter received. You will j
never know just how sorry 1 am for ;
you. How I feel for you and your dear
ones and how 1 would like to give you
some hope in your trouble. My heart
goes out to those who love you and I
only wish some real justification warranted
me in being of help to you.
The governor is not given the power
! of clemency based on sympathetic !
! grounds. There must be some reason \
i not known to the courts. You were j
duly tried, according to law?the high- I
, - _ i?it*.,;
er courts nave passed on im- hk,.hi.? ,
of the acts of the lower courts?appeals
through the regular channels
j h:.ve. all been exhausted and interfer;
once by me solely on grounds of kird|
nrss, sympathy and good will would
| he to flaunt the duly provided system
| of trial provided by law. It is not easy
' for me to write this. It is heart rend- I
ing to me and I am thinking of you. |
my poor fellow, many times when you
j do not know it. I have my solemn i
duty to perform, whatever it costs me 1
land I would not be doing you fairly if
; I answered otherwise.
"I was silently praying that your j
case would be carried beyond my term
of office. I am truly sorry for you and
i yours. I have naught but good will |
and kindness, and if ! could give you
something that was mine, I'd give it
| at any sacrifice, but 1 cannot give that i
'which the state has or demands, no;
matter what it costs me personally in ;
, grief and sorrow.
Yours in kindness,
"Wilson CI. Harvey
' Governor."
S
TAX-FREE SECURITIES
Mr. Stevenson Attacks the Republican
Policy.
IT IS AIMED AT THE FARMERS, HE SAYS
Federal Government Seeks to Avail Itself
of Advantage That Is Now Being
Used By tho States With Which to
Build School Houses and Roads.
The following remarks by Congressman
Stevenson in opposition to the
proposition looking to Federal taxation
of state and municipal securities, are
taken from the Congressional Record
of December 11:
Mr. Taylor of Colorado. Mr. Chairman,
I yield 10 minutes to the gentleman
from South Carolina [Mr. Steven
sonj.
Mr. Stevenson. Mr. Chairman, I
want to discuss for a few minutes
tendency among the aristocracy to
amendment to the Cohs-titution of the
United States, which is being pressed
by the president, to prohibit the issuance
of further tax-free securities.
This agitation did not begin until the
farm-loar. system began to function,
and the bonds to procure the loans for
the farmers of this country were being
sold tax free over the country. We
have had a tremendous amount of agitation
against flooding the country
with tax-free securities as the result.
The situation is this, that we are getting
the money for the farmers and
lending it t,o them at 6 per cent. The
law as it originally was provided that
they could not charge a farme- more
than 1 per cent more than they paid on
the bonds;, and not exceeding 6 per
cent. It became evident that we had
to give a little higher rate, because the
rate of 5 per ce it represents the limitation
as being the highest that could
be paid. Wo had difficulty in selling
them at !? per cent. The result was
that, at the request of the farm-loan
system, ve have amended it to that
bonds car be now sold by them at 5 1-2
per cent, and the farmer is charged 6
per cent, and the system is run on onehalf
of one per cent, as it is now run
? * 4 ~ ~ 4 Unn/1
nillK; "in 11 you pui u, t.u on uic uunu
or a tax on tho income derived from
them you can see very easily you have
to elevate the rate to the farmer or you
do not sell the bonds. Now. this is the
thing I desire to refer to. The president
made a considerable appeal on behalf
of the farmer. He is exceedingly
interested in their behalf, both in hts
first message and in his last message.
Now, 1 want to call attention to one of
the things that the farmer has been
after, and that is to have a farmer
member of the Farm Loan board. That
law has been in existence since last
May, and yet the president has not
been able, being so interested in the
farmer, to appoint a member yet. The
financial problems for the coming year
have been all staked out and the program
arranged. I am inclined to think
that this promise to the farmer is not
being justified "by the performance in
so doing. This proposition to retire all
tax-free securities is a proposition
which will immediately and inevitably
raise the rate on the farmers' mort
gages that are being taken all over the
country.
Mr. Quin. What is the reason the
president will not appoint a farmer?
Mr. Stevenson. I do not know what
is his reason. It has been announced
that he will appoint J. R. Howard, who
is the only farmer in the United States
who has announced that he was in favor
of a ship subsidy bill.
Mr. Clarke of New York. I deny
that.
Mr. Stevenson." Mr. Mellon gave out
the statement, and he is a higher authority
than the gentleman from New
York. The proposition to make all
state bond issues of every kind taxable
by the National government is simply
a proposition to destroy, cripple, and
Ilinil llll' flTUli Ol Lilt' BUILC ami, no
sub-divisions. You may say that is a
rash statement. Let us see if it is.
"What does the president say about it?
He says:
"Tax-exempt securities are drying up
the sources of Federal taxation and encouraging
unproductive and extravagant
expenditures by states and municipalities
"
In other words, the power of this
government is invoked by an amendment
to the constitution and by the
taxing power to step in and regulate
extravagant expenditures and, unproductive
expenditures of states and municipalities.
In other words, when you
want to build a school house in any
school district in this country they
propose to fix it so they will put a tax
on the bonds issued for the purpose,
because they are spending too much
money on school houses. If you want
to build pond roads and the county
wants to issue bonds, they propose to
put <i tax on it. because, forsooth, the
president says the states and municipalities
arc becoming extravagant.
It is just simply another effort to dehorn
and to destroy the power of the
state governments, and to do it by mure
dictation from Washington, as to what
shall be spent in school districts, as to
what shall be spent for roads, as to
what shall be spent for court houses,
and as to what shall be spent for any
internal improvements by the states.
Not only that but he says there is
more in it than a menace to the payment
of tbte public debt; there is a dissipation
of capital which should bo
made available to the needs of productive
industry. That is the same cry
i
that we have from the secretary of
the treasury, in his report Just filed, in
which he says we must reduce surtaxes
from 50 per cent t:o 25 per cent in order J
to have money to go into productive industry.
It is the same old song in another
key. Choke off the power of the
j states to finance their local affairs, to
finance their public roads, to finance
their school houses. Choke 1; off by
Federal legislation, in ord.-r that we
may have more money with which to
exploit the oil resources of this country
and other countries wherever we
may go.
And not only tiiat, he says it will correct
the growing ij^enace of public borrowing.
That is not merely to keep
the sources of public income from drying
up. It is a. proposition boldly propounded
by the president in this house
in a message, in a solemn declaration
well thought out, to put a curb on the
.xnn.or. nt a n V fir ?inV flf j f Sllbdi
o? ?- ,
visions to borrow whenever it or any
of its subdivisions sees fit to borrow
and on such terms as they sec fit.
Mr. Wingo. Mr. Chairman, will the
gentleman yield right there? ,
Mr. Stevenson. Yes.
Mr. Wingo. As a suggestion along
the line which trie gentleman is pursuing,
the president nowhere in hiB
message suggested that the Republican
party change its policy, which it has
been pursuing for three years, of exempting
the trading corporations and
tho shipowners from taxation, which
will not require an amendment to the
Federal Constitution; but the whole
program is to undertake Federal legislation
to control jpd stop the issuance
of bonds by states and. municipalities
and school districts.
Mr. Stevenson. Yes. That is a very
proper statement. The very bill we
had beforb us, backed up by the administration,
the ship subsidy bill, is
intended to further increase the enormous
sources of Income which are to
bt exempted from Federal taxation.
Rut there is another proposition. Tod
y there are $40,000,000,000 of these
outstanding securities; $25,000,000,000
on United States issues which the congress
could have taxed already and
only $15,000,000,000 on state issues;
they arc*owned largely by people who
are wealthy. Leave then\ alone and beo-ir.
in inv thn<3P securities that are is
sued hereafter. What is the result?
The $4(1,000,000,000 bonds outstanding,
that are already in the hands of the
millionaires ver^j largely, will be increased
in value by 25 per cent, and
you will lift themJby,oae stroke of the
pen $10,000,000,000 In value for the
holders of these securities, and yet the
income arising from that increase cannot
be reached by Federal taxation.
[Applause]. But if they say they will
exempt farm loan bonds this very proposed
amendment makes that impossible,
because it provides that tax on issues
by states can not exceed the tax
on issues made "under the authority of
the United States," and if none is imposed
on faim loan bonds none can be
imposed on state issues and the amendment
is worthless. Hence to get at the
state issues they will necessarily tax
farm loan bonds also and will do it
without question.
The Chairman. The time of the gentlemar
from South Carolina has ex
j pirea.
OFFICERS LAY DOWN
Governor Will Investigate Prohibition
Enforcement in Lexington.
Charges that several Lexington
county officers refused to assist state
constables in a drive on bootleggers
will be aired shortly. Governor Harvey
announced Friday. The accused
officials, the chief executive declared,
will bo required to show enuse before
him why they should not be removed
from office for neglect of duty.
Decision of the governor to take a
hand in the Lexington situation was
made, he said, on receipt of a report
by state constables that they could secure
no assistance in conducting a
> raid in the town of I^xington yesterI
day. A rural policeman who had been
1 assigned to accompany them, the constables
reported to the governor, turned
back and refused to go farther
when he learned they had a warrant
to search a place belonging to Sim J.
Miller, former sheriff of Lexington,
At Miller's garage, the report stated,
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i KU88CI1 J'oriet', iiii eui^iujc, nu.i u.rested
after ho had-sold the raiders a
pint of liquor. No whiskey was found
'in the search of the premises, accord ;
ing to the report, portions of which
were made public by Governor Harvey.
Two other places were raided, the
governor was informed. At the Harmon
drug store, a quantity of whiskey
was found and Dr. Rice Harmon was
held in $200 hail on a charge of viola ,
tion of the prohibition law. Joe Su1
her was held in a like amount on a
i similar charge, the report stated, following
the finding of whiskey at a
i place known as Annette Suber's.
j I'ortee's bond was fixed at $500 on
charges of selling, storing and trans|
porting liquor.
; Governor Harvey declared information
in his possession tended to show
Lexington county was the worst coun!
ty in the state as regards whiskey law
infractions. He announced that he
, probably would proceed against offlJ
cers in other counties where conditions
were reported to be bad.
I ?The Greenville County Fair Asso!
ciation which recently decided to go
into liquidation has reconsidered and
I will raise additional capital stock.
IN THE DAYS OF OLD
York County Now And Fifty Years
Ago.
MR. W. 0. GUY IN REMINISCENT MOOD
Some Anecdotes of the Long Ago?
Conditions Following the Civil War
When Scslawags Were In Control?
Why the County Went Democratic in
1876.
For The Yorkville Enquirer.
Reading the account of the 50th
weaaing anniversary or air. ana ivirs.
Jno. C. Blair has placed me in a
reminiscent mood. I will attempt to
jot down a few recollections of the
happenings of that period of the history
of York county and South Carolina.
School Houses Then and Now.
In comparing the condition of the
county then and now I recall that the
youth of the county then had poor edu- 1
cational facilities. The school houses
were generally built of logs, the cracks
plastered with mud, a stick and dirt
chimney at one end which smoked incessantly,
not more than two windows
at most, with shutters only, which had <
to be closed in cold weather. Slabs
With four round.sticks for legs for
seats with no backs, 'one long table '
with sloping top at each side for the <
writing lessons. The lone chair In the
house was for the teacher and this <
sometimes had a pin arranged for the J
benefit of said teacher. <
How different now. I passed on my <
way up last Saturday not less than <
ten comfortable school houses with '
two to six rooms, glass windows and t
au niceiy painted witn a large pue 01 j
coal for fuel. So the country youth of
today have a great advantage over
those of fifty years ago. The youth of
fifty years ago had but one advantage
over those of today. When you get
your sweet Duleic in your flivver, it
takes your undivided attention to keep
old "Henry" in the road.
Then we got her in one of Wheeler's
buggies and old Dobbin did the driving
while we gave our attention to the
subject uppermost in mind.
We then had no telephone, no gas
engine, no flying machine, no electric
power or lightfi.
How, do you wonder did we live and
get on then? Pretty well I'll say. The
worst thing we had to contend with
was our Southland was ju3t out of an
unsuccessful war, the flower of our
young manhood had been killed in battle
and the government was entirely
in the hands of carpetbaggers and
negroes.
Roads Filled With Soldiers.
Yes. fifty years ago our highways on
Saturdays were filled with marching
negro militia armed with rifles, loaded (
with powder and ball and it was safest i
for white people to stay at home. t
At this time scores of our best men \
were languishing in northern prisons j
for trying to rid our state of this de- t
plorable condition. t
Not All Serious. t
Notwithstanding these troublous
timeB the light side of life was not
altogether neglected.
There lived in Dowdletown near Bullock's
Creek church two brothers, Uncle
Tom and Bill Dowdle, widely known
for their practical joking. On one occasion
Uncle Tom was admiring Brother
Bill's fine array of hogs for fattening.
Remarking that he would like to
feed one on shares it was agreed for
him to take one home, which was done
it once. The next day Uncle Bill noticing
pork for dinner, says: "Nancy,
where did you get pork?" "Why, Tom
sent half a hog over this morning," replied
Nancy. Sure enough he had fed
the hog supper and breakfast, butchered
and split it from nose to tip of tall
and sent Uncle Bill half.
You may be sure he would get even
if he had not already done so. i
Dr. Ross Overdid It.
This very amusing story used to be
told about one of the ruling elders of a
Sharon Seceder church. A good many
years ago that whole section was visited
by a drouth of long duration. It .
was along in August and the crops ,
were in a bad way. This old elder was
a good farmer and he was worried over
the situation. There had been no rain
in weeks. At the meeting of the session
one Sunday he proposed a resolution
that Dr. Ross, the pastor at that
time, pray for rain. In due form the
resolution was adopted. During his
prayer before the morning sermon the
^ood doctor pleaded long and fervently
for rain. During the dinner hour the
rumble of distant thunder was heard.
The afternoon service was hurriedly
held and those who lived nearby were
able to get home before the rain began
to fall; but those who lived farther
away were completely drenched with
the rain. The next morning this same
old elder went down to his Turkey
creek bottom to sec 1 is corn. He could
only see an occasional tassel waving in
the surging flood. As he contemplated
the situation, he exclaimed,
"Sakes alive, that's just like Ross. He
always overdoes the thing."
The Election of 1876. (
In 1876 the people of York county t
and South Carolina determined, at all
hazards to rid themselves of the po- r
litical situation then existing. From the r
time the crops were laid by and before, p
almost the entire time was devoted to
the red shirt campaign.
Whenever there was a Republican
gathering: the red shirts appeared and
demanded a division of time and when
the day of election arrived'every white
man except a few scalawags, was at his
post. The writer voted at Bialrsville
school house. Some 350 or 400 votes
were cast there. The negroes out num-.
bered the whites about two to one.
I don't remember ever seeing in print
how we won the fight, but this is my
recollection. The ballots contained the
names of all candidates from president
down to coroner. The Republican tickets
were printed in red ink, with a
spread eagle and the words, "Union
Republican Ticket" at the top. The
Democrats had thousands of tickets
printed in red ink, with these same
words and eagle, but Democratic names
on same. They were in various ways
gotten in the hands of the illiterate negro
voters and turned up in the ballot
box.
To show how every one cooperated
to gain success I recall this incident.
Shortly after noon it was feared that
we would not carry the box over such
odds. It was decided to send to Hickory
Grove for help, as it was legal to
vote at any box in the county. The
writer and Squire Brown were sent to
Hickory Grove, and on stating our
mission ten or fifteen red shirked men
iccompanied us post haste to Blalrsville,
they having not as yet voted.
By this means and the red ink Democratic
tickets voted by the negroes, we
sarried the box by seven votes.
I will relate one amusing incident
luring the count. Two Republicans,
9111 Kell, white, and Dave Crosby, colored,
and Samuel Blair, Democrat, were
the managers. Crosby pulled the tickets
out of the box. Blair called the
lames and Kell did the tallying. After
i short time Kell detected Blair calling
Democratic names from red ink tickets.
He very solemnly said: "Now, Sam, we
vere boys together, have been friends
ill our lives, and I did not think you
would attempt to cheat me." "Well,
9111, what do you mean?" inquired
Blair. "Why, Sam, you are calling
Democrat names from a Republican
ticket." "I beg your pardon. Bill, see
for yourself," returned Blair. On lookng
at the ticket, Bill said, "Well, that
jeats us." And he took nq further interest
in the count.
I think Mrs. Wm. Ralney furnished
llnner for the managers, negro and all.
We would treat them kindly, but determined
to beat the devil out of them
politically, thus putting Roosevelt's
motto Into practice long before he was
i voter: '.'Speak softly, but carry a big
itick. W. O. Guy.
Chester, ??. C., December 16, 1922.
SOME FINE FARM RESULT8.
Thorough Preparation and Faithful
Cultivation Do tha Work.
Clover, December 16.?M. M. Pendleon,
who owns and farms what Is
mown as the "John Boyd place," about
i mile south of Clover, demonstrated
;hls year that cotton raising as a proftable
Industry Is not yet a thing of
:he past in this section. He worked
wo horses and harvested twenty bales
>f cotton of the average weight of ap- i
iroxlmately 500 pounds; plenty of corn
'or another year, a small amount of
vheat and oats, sufficient pork for an>ther
year. He fertilized his cotton
vith 300 pounds of 8-3-3, and 50 pounds
)f nitrate of soda to the acre. He used
10 poison and did not pick up squares,
md attributes his success to rapid and
ate cultivation. Some of his nelghionS,
who picked up squares, but "laid
)y" at the usual time, made from two
0 four hales to the plow.
Mike Armstrong, colored, farmed the
)Id "James Fitchett place," now owned
>y J. F. Purslcy, about three-fourths of
1 mile from the town limits of Clover,
dike operated three plows, and harvested
seventeen bales of cotton, as
igainst 19 In 1921. He used about the
lame quantity and kind of fertilizer as
lid Mr. Pendleton, and cultivated in the
tame manner. Another renter on Mr.
Pursley's lands, with aboot the same,
'orce, and who used .about the same
tmount of fertilizer, but who 'laid by"
it the usual time, harvested about half
is much cotton as Armstrong.
It will be recalled that Mr. M. L.
Pord of Clover, and who farms as a
'side line," was quoted in The Yorkville
Enquirer last spring as saying
hat he expected to farm this year in
'xaetly the same way as he had been
loing, that way being to prepare the
and properly, fertilize moderately
leavy and cultivate thoroughly. Last
rear from about 100 acres of land he
larvested 66 bales of cotton, while this
'ear from practically the same acreage
he yield was 62 bales. ,
Cost of Reporting the Hall-Mills
)ase.?Newspapers are estimated to
lave spent more than $100,000 In i
i.aintaining about eighty reporters md
feature writers at New Brunswick,
lJ. J., during the three months' investiration
into the murder of the Rev. i
Cdward WheelerHall and his choir i
inger, Mrs. Eleanor Reinhart Mills. 1
A newspaper here has compiled a
ist from figures submitted by hotels,
estaurants, taxicab companies and
ither agencies.
The foregoing amount is exclusive i
f telegraph and telephone expendl- <
ures.
Telegraph offices in this city esti- '
nate the total number of words on the i
aurder sent out over the wires at 1
aore than a million. i
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STATE INCOME TAX
Receipts for Current Year Amount to
About One Million.
W. R. Bradley, In charge of thf collection
of the state income tax, made
public yesterday a statement relating
to the revenue to be derived by the
state from that tax thlo year. ifhe
statement follows:
Under an interview with Senator
Bonham In regard to the work bffoi
the next general assembly, the Greenville
Piedmont state?, quoting Senator
Bonham, as follows:
"THnrn fa anmntViIr*rr urnnncr with thA
"Internal Revenue Service.
"Columbia. S. C., December 12, iWL I
"Mr. W. R. Bradley, Director,
"Income Tax,
"Columbia, 8. C.vt*' "3
"Dear Sir: Replying to your ?etter
of even date T would state that while
the collections for the year 1921 will
approximate 112,000,000 this amount
includes other taxes than income tax
for the year 1921. The approximate
amount of income taxes for the year
1921 collected by this office will run
very little in excess of 98,000,009 based
on actual returns and assessment#
for the year 1921.
"Yours very truly,
(Signed) "John F. Jones,
"Collector."
The people of South Carolina have
responded to the provisions of their
iiicuiuu UiA litw iim|$uaiiiiiiuuai> aiiu
it appears that the collections for the
year will be around 11,000,000.
ROOF OF THE WORLD
? I'
Englisliman Describes Life in the An?
des Mountains.
In a recent expedition to Peru Mr.
Joseph Barcroft of the University of
Cambridge did some exploring In the
higher Andes and made some interesting
discoveries, which are told in the
British Medical Journal.
At 12,000 feet cows gave milk; at
13,000 feet they trave little or none. At
15.000 feet there were no cows. At
11.000 feet fleas disappeared, though
Iicc remained, so long as there were
human beings.
At these heights men have lived for
many generations, having become acclimated
to the rarefled air. Many of
them lived in chimneyless and windowless
houses; they had a purely communal1
system of government, and
some of their customs would hardly
appeal to more civilized races. When
a native was very ill, for Instance, the
date of his funeral was f.xed without
reference to his convenience, and an
officer saw to it that he was ready to
keep the appointment.
It was remarkable what loads the
people were able to carry at these altitudes.
A boy of about thirteen
would carry from the Interior of a
mine a burden of forty pounds, ascend
a staircase with it from a point
250, feet below, while a full-grown man
would carry one hundred pounds of
metal, yet the European was out of
breath if he carried his- coat up a,
slight Incline.
i
income tax law," Senator Bonham Ml A.
"My information is that less than (1,000,000
has been collected in tax from
income, whereas between 13,000,400 and
34,000,000 should have been collected,
basing- the estimate on the sum collected
by the federal government .0^ .tocome.
The government has collected
in income taxes this year in this state
something over 312,000,000 and the
state income tax law provides that the.
unm tnr- tho atotc. yholl a
third of the income tax paid the federal
government. It wilj be seen,
therefore, that the state has fallen far
short of obtaining a third of this llf- I
ure "
Knowing that Senator Bon ham had
been erroneously informed, and personally
knowing that the senator Is
a gentleman of four square edges who
would be delighted to know the truth
of the matter, and that such a deplorable
state cf affairs does not exist,
I have written the collector of internal
revenue a letter and have received
a reply, bearing on this subject,
both of which follow:
"Columbia. S. C., December 12, 1922.
"Hon. John P. Jones,
"Collector of Internal Revenue,
"Columbia, South Carolina.
"Dear Sir: An article has appeared
in the Evening Piedmont of Greenville,
S. C., indicating that the collections
on income tax made by the
collector for the year 1921 amount to
around $12,000,000. Knowing this to
be an error, so far as the actual collections
made on Income returns for
the calendar year 1921 was concerned,
I would request of you an estimate of
the actual collections made on returns
and assessments for the calendar
year 1921.
"The figures appearing in The Piedmont
evidently Include asseseflfteu*#
made by the revenue agent cutaflgfcMtalflft
years and collected in the ylkur 1921.
This information Is requested in order )
to disabuse the public mind with reference
to the amount that should be
collected by the state on 1121 returns.
The article in the Greenville
Piedmont indicated that t?e state ft
should have collected in,.4lfe neighborhood
of $4,000,000, ''tfrhqa. ?uch
amount is far in excess of- the amount
actually due the state for tliat year.
"Yours very truly,'
"(Signed) W. R Bradley,
"Director, Incqme Tax."
"Treasury Department.