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T ft ESTABLISHED 1104 THE DILLON HERALD, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY lO, 1921. VOL. 27. NO. 22.
FEW DOCTORS USB THEM.
Dry Figures Show Only Small Number
of Physicians Issue liquor
Permits.
Out of 162,627 physicians in the
United States only 33,379 are holding
permits which allow them to prescribe
whiskey, according to statistics
gathered by the dry headquarters
in Washington. In twenty-four states
the physicians hold no permits to prescribe
liquor, and druggists cannot
fill prescriptions for whiskey or
brandy.
"These facts and the laws nf the
states answer completely the charge
that the Volstead act is drastic in this
respect," said Wayne B. Wheeler, of
the Anti-Saloon League, last week.
"It will take some time doubtless
ip the other states to educate public
sentiment to realise there are proper
substitutes for whiskey which have
greater medicinal values. Many physicians
who hold these permits admit
they rarely prescribe whisky except
when the patient insists upon it.
It is clear that whiskey is losing out
not only as a beverage, but as a bona
fide medicament."
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ROMANCE OF 43 YEARS
TO CULMINATE IN MARRIAGE
(By International News Service.)
j Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 4.? A
f romance of 45 years will culminate in
the marriage of J. C. Gibbs, bachelor
farmer, with Miss Myrtle Sanderson
of Ceylon, India. He is 65 and his
bride-to-be is 63. They came with
their parents from Manitowoc, Wis.,
hv nv tpa m tn Floronno MoK
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45 years ago. Miss Sanderson's father
'was formerly a minister at Manitowoc
and also preached to the Indians
in the early days of Nebraska.
It was then that she and Gibbs became
engaged, but the father wished
the girl to become missionary and
is said to have told her, "While I
live I want you to serve God and after
that, if you want to serve the devil
and get married, you can." A
month ago Rev. G. C. Sanderson died
near Los Angeles and Gibbs is selling
the livestock on the farm he
rents and will go to San Francisco to
claim his bride, to arrive from Ceylon
this month. During the 45 years
Gibbg would farm for a few years
then tour a forelgn country, always
visiting his sweetheart and then come
back, farm and earn more money to
take another trip. His bride has made
one proposition to him, that she will
marry him now if he will take a
three years' course in theology and
study for the ministry.
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BODY OF NEGRO FOUND
NEAR A. C. L. TRACKS.
Wednesday morning the Engineer
of train No. 73 on way South discovered
the dead body of a colored man
lying beside the track near Campbell's
Crossing.
The engineer stopped his train and
made an investigation, body was cold
and had evidently been dead for sevY
eral hours.
On arrival of the train at Dillon,
the engineer notified the County Coroner
Gasque, who began an investigation
at once.
So far the body has not been iden<
tified, there were no papers or other
identification marks on the body and
me pockets contained only one penny.
He wore good clothes, the shoes
were purchased from Morris Fass
Department Store, and hat was purchased
in Bennettsville.
He was ginger cake color, 5 1-2
feet tall, age about 35.
The only wound was on back of
head and appears to have been made
by a pick which passed through the
head. The body is being held at Dillon
for identification.
The Coroners Court adjourned until
Wednesday the 16th. when it will
meet at the sheriff' office at 11:00
o'clock for further handling of the
case.
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Pleasure Resort on Pee Dee.
Mr. C. E. Peck ha8 purchased a
tract of land on Little Pee Dee river
on which he will erect a pavilion for
pleasure purposes. The land lies between
the Stafford's Bridge public
road and the Atlantic Coast Line
? ruuroau ana includes a pretty meadow
which will be converted into a
park. A board walk will be built from
the pavilion to the river, and arrangements
will be made for bathing, boating
and fishing. Mr. Peck plans to
make this a very attractive place for
pleasure lovers and hopes to have it
completed^ by the time the out-door
season arrives.
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Times Getting Better.
Hamlet News.
Recently, according to advices re
ceivea by The News-Messenger, 14
men have been reinstated in the shops
and a number of flagipen, conductors
and brakemen have also returned to
work within the last week. Conditions
generally, are reported to be improvj
ingy
Dillon's Llve Stock Census.
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us Hiiiiuui me cy.w?jn. rfpori lor
South Carolina Just Issued by the department
of agriculture shows the
following totals for Dillon county:
1,100 horseg valued at $147,400;
3,900 mules valued at $725,500, 4.500
milk cows valued at $174,150;
21,000 hogs valued at $283?600.
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Matrimony has destroyed many
sweet a^d pleasant delusions.
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The Australian natives of the Interior
wear practically no clothing,
though the seasons are extreme to
that of the cost.
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ART TEACHERS GETS
PORTION OF MONEY
Circuit Court of Appeal* Affirms Decision
in Case of Red Springs
Woman.
The following dispatch from Richmond,
Va., is of Interest to Herald
readers:
Affirming the judgment of the
district court at Lynchburg, the Federal
Circuit Court of AppealB today
decided that Miss Virginia Lee Klser
is entitled to $35,000 of the estate of
$840,000 left by Phillip A. Krise, retired
banker of that city, who died
February 1, 1917. Miss -Riser, an
accomplished art teacher of Red
Springs, N. C., sued for $40,000 following
Krlse's death, which occurred
at the age of 84, just two years after
he had married Miss Minnie Evelyn
Johnson, 38 years old, music instructor
in the Randolph-Macon College
at Lynchburg.
Soon after this marriage, which
took place less than eight months
unci- iub utciiu oi nis iirsi wue,
Krise was threatened with a suit by
Miss Kiser for recovery of part of
his estate as compensation for abandoning
her profession of artist and
teacher and devoting nearly ten years
of her life to him and his first wife,
having been practically induced
against her will to come and live with
them, but through the solicitation of
the necond wife, no resort to court
action was had at that time, assurance
being given according to Miss
Kiser, that provision would be made
for her.
Fear expressed by the second wife
that Buch action would certainly kill
the aged banker also caused Miss
Kiser to desist. But she lost no time
bringing suit when Krise died and
his widow informed her, it was
said, that she had nothing down in
1 black and white to show that he had
'ever promised her anything. Miss
Kiser represented that Mrs. Krise
number one repeaterdly told her that
she loved her as her own daughter.
She helped nurse Mrs. Krise in her
last illness, which followed a surgical
operation at a Baltimre hospital. So
devoted, apparently, were the couple
to her that they made a special trip
to New York in January, 1907, to
meet her when she returned from
an European tour and insisted upon
her staying a week with them at the
Plaza Hotel, although her trunk had
already been checked through to Columbus,
where she had planned, to
visit relatives.
Not many months after Krise's'
death his widow was married to a
suitor of earlier days. A will made
by Kris? three weeks before his death
bequeathed h^r his entire estate.
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MOSTLY FOOLS.
There are several hundred millions
of people in this world," once asserted
Sir Bulwer-Lytton, "mostly fools,"
At first blush one is apt indignantly
iu iciuic Lino Biaieuieiii, uub. u we
consider it in the right light, perhaps,
after all, there is some truth in
what he says.
The term "fool" is not here used
in the sense of an idiot or imbecile,
but is applied to the person who does
something which is contrary to the
laws of common sense and custom.
An educated man, brilliant in his
profession and looked up to by his
associates, may at the same time be
a fool.
A famous poet, whose versej and
sonnets have gone down the' years
loved and remembered by millions of
his; follows, came under the characterization
of Lytton when he gave up the
mastery of his senses to strong
drink.
A writer of the same age was a fool
when he allowed his brain to become
so clouded and blurred through the
use of opinion that he could no longer
give to the world the great thoughts
of a great mind.
The annals of history are filled
with the tales of men and women who
while honored and believed in,
through some act of indiscretion,
some giving away to a secret sin,
some stepping aside from the path
of probity for a time, have fallen
from the pedestal on which they weie
placed, divested themselves of the
adoration of their fellows and become
fools.
We see them all around us. We
come in contact with them every day.
We say sometimes in contempt, some
times in pity, "He is a great man,
but what a fool he has made of himself."
A paradox, but true. But in
our criticism of others let us not forget
that perhaps we ourselves may
be in the same boat. Which one of us
can truthfully say, "I have never
been a fool?"
When we contemplate the foolishness
of mankind, it does seem as if
Sir Bulwer was right when he asserted
that the people of the world
were "mostly fools," and the Bard
of Avon when he said, "What tools
we mortals be."
But out of the gloom which this
reflection casts, there comes a ray
of light. There are thousands of men
and .women throughout the ages
: whom the people of "their time have
urm acierizea as ioois, wnose "foolishness'
has made a bigger and better
and brighter world.
When the Christian martyrs gave
up their bodies to be torn by wild
beasts rather than recant their beliefs,
the people called them foolB.
When they allowed themselves to be
burned at the stake for conscience'
sake, "fool" was the title that was
bestowed upon ttyem.
When Columbus set sail on his voyage
to discover and gain a new world
the people of Spain derldod him and
called him a fool, and when he at
first returned unsuccessful, but de
THICKS ARE DISCOVERED.
Germans Are Attempting to Secrete
Airplane Parte.
The duplicity the Germans employ
in Becretlng airptane equipment
in violation of the treaty of Versailles
is frequently giving rise to amusing
incidents, according to reports
reaching official quarters in Paris.
The latest of these occurred in one
ot the Hugo Stinnes's Berlin factories,
where interallied control officers
of a six story building in the morning
and the other three floors after
luncheon.
All went well until one of the
French offiiers during the afternoon
returned to the second floor for a
notebook he had dropped there. To
his surprise he found the employes of
the place durine the luncheon hour
had transferred there sixty complete
motors from the upper rooms.
Gen. Nollett, head of the control
commission, has reported a case of a 1
German school mistress who fell un-;
der suspicion by the control experts.
Although she protested that she did
not know an airplane part from . a
pietzel, forty magnetoes were discovered
under her kitchen table. When1
officers tried to open what was supposed
to be a child's bedroom this1
patriotic frau dramatically placed
herself in front of the door, swearing1
by all Deutschland's gods they would 1
enter the room only over her dead
body. She is stil alive, however, but
the control officers found fifty helices,
a score of magnetos and numerous
altitude barometric appliances.
Not the least striking feature of
this case arose a few days later when
the woman demanded damages to the
amount of 200,000 marks for violation
of the privacy of her domicile,,
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nuiicii yci auiiitiiy luieryre-1
ted the treaty's clauses for the Ger-i
man judges and the case was dropped.
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FATAL HUNTING ACCIDENT. |
Young Tries to Open Door With Gun
?Kills Himself.
Florence, Feb. 5?Nicholas Lee,
aged sixteen years, the son of Elijah
Lee, of Florence County, Bhot himself
fatally while out hunting today.
He was attempting to open a cabin
door with the butt of his gun when
the trigger snapped, sending the
load of shot into his abdomen and
killing him instantly.
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YOUNG MAN ADMITS
FIRING FATAL SHOT
Broadus Barton in Greenvflle Jail for
Killing His Father.
Greenville, Feb. 5?Broadus Bar
tvu, uv /void ui a&c, was yivtceu 111 lUgj
Greenville jail last night, charged |
with killing his father, Earl Barton,!
4:2 years of age, at their home at Tig-!
erville, 18 miles from Greenville.
The young man admits firing the shot
that killed his father, using a shot-:
gun. He claims, it i8 said, that he1
had trouble previously with his fath-1
er and fired after the older man had
{reached for a knife. It is said that
:tbe latest trouble, resulting in the
j fatal shooting, developed at the sup-'
j per table. The coroner has gone to
iTigerville to hold the inquest.
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Sellers
Miss Kathleen Sellers, Mary Spell,
'Gladys Oliver and Mary Edina Hasel,
den spent the week end with their
frlpnd \Ticu T onnoll Tnf Wl/?V?/\lo
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Mr. H. \V. Ritch sprained his foot
quite painfully at the mill last week.
He is getting along nicely but it will
be some time before it is entirely
! well.
E. J. Garrison, an enterprising
and prosperous merchant, is putting
up the first brick store at Sellers. It
is a two story affair and will add
qujte a bit to the looks of the town.
The teachers attended the Marion
County Teacher's Association at Todd
school house on lftst Friday after-'
noon.
Miss Elizabeth Page of the Rishop-!
' ville school faculty spent the week
end at home.
The Ladies Cooperative Club will
'hold their February meeting at the
!home of the president. Mrs. J. P. He-;
I thea Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
I February 11th. All club members are|
] invited to attend.
We are sorry to learn that Mr. Joe!
Shaw is on the sick list. We hope he
(will soon be out again.
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Itermined to try again they thought'
him more of a fool than ever.
When Field proposed to span the
Atlantic with a cable and transmit
messages under the sea, thousands
called him a fool.
When Abraham Lincoln signed the
Proclamation of Emancipation strik'
ing the shackles from the arms of
! a million slaves, other million of
his countrymen said he was a fool to
do such an act.
Many men and women, who have
dared to do something contrary to the
dictates of custom, have been called
fools by their day and generation.
The man who refuses a business contract
because it savors of dishonesty;
the girl who declines to get married
because she believes she could care
for her parents; the preacher who remains
in his present charge because
he can do more good there, rather
than take another church at a higher
salary, all are thought to bc fools by
many people.
But it is thiB kind of fools that
make a bigger and brighter and better
world for the rest of us.
Long may their foolishness continue!?Deaborn
Independent.
More than ninety per cent of the
children of Berlin have rickets.
PLANTER KILLS NEGRO IN DUEL!
Automobile and Truck Collide and
Shooting then Follows.
HartBYille, Feb. 6?Friday night
just after dark Mr. Thomas Woodham,
of the Philadelphia section of |
Darlington county, was on his way (
to Hartsville in his automobile when
he was shot by a negro named Grov- j
er Martin. Mr. Woodham returned the
fire and killed the negro.
Mr. WoOdham was on his way in
his automobile to Hartsvuie when, I
about five miles from Hartsville, near;
Lee's Cross Roads, in a sand bed, a!
collision occurred between his car
and a truck driven by Grover Mar-,
tin. The truck was headed for Harts-J
ville. There was another negro man ;
in the truck with Martin. It appears;
that when the cars had come togeth-.
er Mr. Woodham alighted and walk-'
ing up to the truck questioned Mar-|
tin as to why he had his hand In his'
pocket. Thereupon Martin produced a
revolver and commenced firing at
him, striking him in the face. Mr.;
Wood ham returned the fire, killing
the negro.
Coroner's inquest was held here
yesterday and the finding was that |
Mr'. Woodham was fully justified in
committing the act, as the negro wasj
holding Mr. Wodham's life in jeopardy.
Mr. Woodham was shot at five'
times, three balls taking effect. He
was rushed to an infirmary in Flor-j
ence. One ball has not yet been lo-|
cated but he is doing as well as could
be expected. It appears that Mr.
Woodham is highly thought of in his J
community. He is a trustee of the
Philadelphia High School and is a
planter.
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COlil MlilA LAWYER
VISITS K. I). IlKiHA.M.
Florence Times.
C. T. Gray don, Esq., the law partner
of Mr. Cole L. Blease, lias just
made a visit to E. D. Bigham who is
confined to the county jail here on
the charge of the murder of Mrs. M.
M. Bigham, Mrs. Margie Black, L. S.
Bigham and two McCracken children.
It was reported that Mr. Blease has
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uicu uccu iicic uui ims wus oniy rumor.
"If he were here he did not
visit the jail," said the Deputy Sheric.
It is supposed that the presence of
Mr. Graydon wag in connection with
the defense of Bigham but it is not
known definitely that he has been retained.
No one is permitted to see
Bigham at the jail alone except those
who have called as his attorneys.
Just who his representativeg are to be
l.as not been announced.
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KELP .MAKE DILLON
A PKETTY TOWN.
It is nearing the time when we all.
get out our flower catalogues with
their pictured lovliness of color and
riot of beauty and pour with fascinated
eyes, eagerly making out a long'
and varied orders of bulbs and seeds j
which we resolve shall go off on the
next mail. In our minds eye we pic-'
ture these seeds already arrived, i
planted and in full perfection of;
bloom, making a complete transfor-'
mation of our premises. In nine cases
out of ten we never send off our or-'
der or cut it down to just a few items
or if we do succeed in getting our.
seeds, often they all never get plant-j
ed but lay up on a shelf neglected and
forgotten.
Let us get that order off this time
and put out more seeds plants and
shrubbery than we ever have before.
Dillon has some very pretty trees,
vines aud grounds but she needs
more. With her beautiful wide streets
and lovely homes there is ho reason
why she should not stand well in comparison
with any town of her size.
Let each citizen strive to do his part
toward beautifying our town and
fostering a spirit of civic pride that
will never be content with anything
less than the best.
This is the last month in which
trees can be most successfully trimmed
and new one8 put out. The Improvement
Club has had the trees on
Main street and the court house
grounds trimmed but each resident,
is expected to trim those in front of
his own premises. If you own your
home you will of course want to put
out more treeg and if you are only
renting, have enough civic pride to.
put out some anyway and help make
our streets delightful and shady. Let
us make up our minds to fill all empty
spots in Dillon with flowers and
cover all unsightly fences and build-1
it;g? with vines and shrubbery.
When all the work up town on the
streets is completed, the business
part of town will present a very attractive
and neat appearance. Let,
ah the merchants and business men
resolve to add to its attractiveness
by keeping the show windows of
their places of business clean and
shining and above all to keep the1
trash and rubbish from their build- j
iiigs out of the streets.
We expect to have a real "Clean
!Up" day soon when not only the
i housekeepers but all the men, wonijen,
teachers and school children will
b0 asked to put everything down for
ja few hours in the afternoon and
help give our town a good spring
cleaning.
One of the greatest penalties that |
can be imposed on a Hindu is that
of being outcasfed, as it means social
ostracism. No man may eat with him
and his own relations will not permit
him in their homes.
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Mushrooms will be grown In tlie
gala nf a fnrmor Wrru'orv In NVw
| York. j
HOPE *X>R THE AGED? I
Paris Surgron Prolongs Life by Use 1
of the "Monkey Gland."
Paris Feb. 7?Evelyn Liardet,
veteran English actor, who submit- a
ted to the "monkey gland" opera- a
tion by Dr. Voronoff a week ago, was|o
able to leave his bed for the first i 1
time this morning. The mystery as to; e
the identity of the other five men ll
whom Dr. Voronoff Bays he has re-' b
juvenated is deeper than ever. b
Rumors that former Premier Cle- i
menceau waB one of the five have n
been denied by the Dr. Voronoff, who
declared: d
"Liardet, who is 7 4, is the oldest 3
man who has yet undergone the op- ?
oration. Clemenceau? No." K
Dr. Voronoff was then asked s
wucwer v^ienienceau is too oio lor s
for the operation. He replied: jl
"He is too old for any other opera- o
tion, but the rapid recovery of Liar-I
dot proves that the gland operation is r
perfectly safe at any age." |c
When Liardet was seen this after- \
noon for the first interview following a
lhe operation, he was seated reading'!
fiom Dr. Voronoffs book. "Life." <
Mrs. Liardet white haired but con- a
siderably younger, was knitting be- i
ri-'e liim. When he shook hands his !
giip was that of a vigorous man of )
l'ortv. His voice scarcely indicated his f
great age. i
Discussing the operation, Liardet :
said:
"When I came to Paris especially
for the Voronoff operation 1 knew
that I was risking my life. But I con- 'i
sidered my life a small thing computed
with the advancement of
! science.
I "Two years ago I similarly submitted
to the first operation for i>eriton
it is, which permanently destroyed
[much of my strength. At this time
; the surgeons stated that 1 was the,
'ohlAt man ever to undergo such an
experiment.
"I arrived in Paris on January 28
,nnd met Dr. Voronoff who placed me
j in a private hospital. He arrived on
Monday accompanied by several assistants.
I did not see the monkey nor
any of the preparations, because Dr.
Voronoff first act was to choloroform
ine.
"I am under the impression, however,
that the monkey was brought in '
alive and placed on a second operat-!
ing table, where 1 was cholorofomed
and the gland taken from his while
[ living and at once transferred to me.
"When 1 became conscious, I felt
o\jme Frtin uut iiuiuiug tti uic. i uuwy i
I am able to walk with small diffi-,
culty and I expect to leave the hos-j
pital a 'young man' again in a few
days.
"I do not feel any return of youth |
as yet, but Dr. Voronoff assures me 1
| that 1 will return to middle age with-!
in a month. If this is true 1 intend
to make a trip to America and per- i
haps may enter the movies."
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QUICK JUSTICE. 1
Man Arrested, Tried and Convicted in 1
L<ess than Two Hours.
The record in quick trials after a <
crime was committed was broken ;
Wednesday, when a negro, who stole
chickens three miles from Valdosta, 1
Ga., was arrested, brought to town, 1
arraigned, convicted and turned over
to the county chain gang in one hour '
and forty-five minutes.
A telephone message to the slierit
l's office asked that an officer be (
excused from court to go to the scene.
When he arrived he found a negfo
with a gun levelled on another neg- '
ro, who was holding two chickens in
his hand. The negro with the gun ex- 1
plained io the officer that he had 1
caught the other negro iu the act. v.
The prisoner "and two witnesses got '
iu the car witli ihe deputy and went 1
to the court house, where the court
was m session ana ready to take up 1
the ease. Thc negro whose name is 1
Thomas was tried by a jury, tlie jur- 1
ors remaining out after getting their 1
verdict one hour and forty-five minutes.
TOO BUSY WITH OTHEIt
THINGS TO HANG NEGKO
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Lnuisnna Sheriff in Ouamlary and
Writes Governor for Instruc- ';
tions.
Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 8 ? Be-'
cause he was too busy with "crimi-1
nal civil matters," T. A. Grant, sher- .
iff of Onchita parish failed to hangj
Lonnie Eaton, negro. of -Ouchita con- [
victed of murder and sentenced to be :
hanged February 4.
The information that the sheriff j.
had failed to hang Lonnh. Eaton I
came to Governor Parker tlus morn
ing in n letter from the sheriff, who!
said that he had been so busy oni
February 4, the date which the governor
had set for the execution, that j
the fact that the negro was to be
hanged "completely escaped his
mind." :
The sheriff now appeals to the governor
to know just what to do with j
the negro, and the governor has put
the problem up to Attorney General ,
Coco.
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North Carolina Increase Their Offit'icinlu
P?V
The measure, as passed, raises the ,
salary of members of the Corporation,
the Commissioners of Labor and
Printing and of Insurance from $3,- ,
500 to $4,500 per year; Supreme '
court Justices from $5,000 to $6,000,
and Superior court Judges from
$4,000 to $5,000 with a flat expense '
account of $1,250 per year.
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God made "moonshine" but he
didn't' put it in bottles.
tEDUCE STATE LEVY 3H MILLS
louse Appropriation Bill Makes Big
Cut in Many Departments.
Columbia. Feb. 7?Carrying a totI
appropriation of $6,563,086.71 for
II State departments and a reduction
if the State levy of 12 1-2 mills of
920 to 11 mills and a suspension
ntirely of the special state wide 2tiill
levy for the construction of
ugh ways, the general appropriation
ill was reported out to tb lower
louse by the w-ays and meai comaittee
Monday.
If the measure is passed as introluced
tonight a total reduction of
l 1-2 mills will be made in taxes of
Jtate, 1 1-2 mills coming from the
;eneral levy and 2 millg from the
pecial 2-mill tax levy for the contruction
of highways. This 2-mill
evy would be suspended for the presnt
year.
Some large reductions from the
equests of the departments are not'd
in the bills as reported out by the
vays and means committee and also
is recommended by the Governor in
lis budget recommendations while
m ihn kM 1 1
,n uiun uanu funip insreases are
illowed. Thy total requests of the
state departments were $9,806,806,>0
and the Governor recommended
?7,111. 6 88.83. By these figures it it>
en that the bill reduces the recommendations
of the chief executive by
f 54X.602.15.
The University of South Carolina
is trimmed from a request of $465,154
to $211,755, this, however, being
a few thousand above the Governor's
recommendations.
The Citadel is given a decrease
from a request of $623,015 to $452,315
and Winthrop likewise shares a
trim from $838,005.17 to $416,083,
this being a little above the recommendations
of the Governor.
For Con federate Veterans.
The committee adopts the bill to
again place the payments of Confederate
Veterans by the Comptroller
General and provides for a total of
$790,270.34 for this department. This
is a big increase from the request,
but is due to above $600,000 for pensions
to veterans.
The work of the committee was
largely to reduce the tax levy to show
some appreciation of the financial
and economic condition of the State
at this time and at the same time
trying to make sufficient appropriations
for the current operation- of the
government.
Chairman Hughes, of the committee,
said tonight, "In doing this it
was necessary to suspend all permanent
building programs, with the
exception, of course, of the old nroe
rams for the building provided for
by the legislature last years and years
past. The only new building carried
in the bill is an appropriation of
$84,000 for improvements at the
school for the deaf and blind. This
item is the only one for buildings or
Improvements not already provided
[or by law, Mr. Hughes said.
"The public schools are well cared
for, the bill appropriating $l,566,83(h
for the State Superintendent of Edulation".
office against $921,200 for
ust year, but a reduction from $2,154,650
from the request of the de artment
and $1,973,950 as recomnended
by the Governor.
"We got right down to an actual
iperating basis, allowing no salary inreases,"
said Mr. Hughes.
A basis, the same as of 1920, is
all ied in the bill.
Highway Department Suffers.
A large number of departments are
lit and a few increased among the
>ig j lui.nings being the commissioner
f agriculture's office from a request
;f $. 3 5,940 to $77,743.40, the highway
commission from a request of
^133 243 and a recommendation from
he Governor of $216,693 to $119,190.
The highway commission suffers
h(. biggest cut, proportionately, to
tny department. No provision is made
or the commission the amount in
h,, bill being $2,000.
The bill would carry a levy of 11
nills on the total taxable property of
he .State of approximately $4 4 8,000,
)00.
The bill carries the following aptiopriations
for the various departments
and institutions:
The executive department, $103,i66.20.
The Governor's office, $28,150
Secretary of State's office, $11,225. <
Comptroller General's office. $790.
>70.34"
Attorney General's office, $20,000
State Treasurer's office, $258,2112.27.
The Adjutant General's office, $49,
417.50. .
University of South Carolina $211,7
5 5.
The Citadel, $ 452,315.
Clemson College, $226,147.15.
Winthrop College. $416,083.50.
State Medical College $11,117.50.
Confederate Home College, $2,000.
John De La Howe Industrial School.
$17,448.
School for the Deaf and the Blind
$ 161,333.33.
State Superintendent of Education's
office $1,566,830.
State Historical Commission, $4,760.
Confederate Museum $100.
State Relic Room, $1,000.
South Carolina State Hospital,
t ? ? A 1 AO A 4
f VU J,JL60t9t?
State Penitentiary $102,093.08.
State Board of Public Welfare,
(27,351.
State Board of Pardons, $300.
State Training School for Feeble
Minded, $35,327.
State Industrial School for Boys,
(121,270.
State Industrial School for Olrla,.
(19.015.