The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, December 17, 1925, Image 4
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER IT, 1925.
To Be or Not to Be—Taxed.
For the past few weeks The People-
Sentinel has been publishing a series
of interesting page advertisements
signed by the “Citizens Cooperative
Tax Association of South Carolina.”
The advertisements are being publish
ed in an effort to effect a just and
equitable system of taxation in South
Carolina. Such a system is proba
bly an Utopian dream, but it is no
doubt possible to at least remedy our
present system.
It has been said that equalization
of taxation means putting the taxes
on the other fellow. There is a lot
of truth in that and it would seem
from the large number of real estate
tax sales in the lower part of the
State, that in many counties this
class of taxable property is bearing
about all of the burden that it can
well stand. However, there are some
glaring inequalities to which The
Paqple-Sentinel would like to call
attention. The South Carolin a Ga
zette, a short while ago, compiled a
table showing the ratio of assess
ment of real property to its actual
value and it was found that the
property owner in Hampton County
pays' nearly five times the property
tax that the property owner in Green
ville County pays, and more than
twice the tax the property owner in
his neighboring county, Allendale
pays. The average ratio for the 30
counties in which statistics were se
cured was 17.5 per cent., with Green
ville the lowest, 7.6 per cent, and
Hampton the highest, 36.6 per cent.
The Senator from I^incaster Coun
ty is credited with the statement that
recently a coton mill in that county
was sold for twice as much as all the
property in the county is returned
for taxation.
Merchants are required to pay on
a 42 per cent, basis and we were un
der the impression that cotton mills
and other industries were required
to pay on a like basis. However, the
Lancaster County incident referred
to above seems to be to the contrary.
Manufacturers ef soft drinks are
endeavoring to have the special tax
removed from their product, claim
ing it is destroying their business.
Just how true this is, we have no
means at present to determine, as
comparative figures on sales befon*
and after the law went into effect
aie not available. The bottlers, of
course, do not pay this tax—it is
paid by the consumer, as practically
all taxes of this character are—and
it may be true that it has caused a
decrease in their sales. We would
like to see some figures along that
line.
Last winter, when the Legislature
raised the tax mi gasoline from three
to five cents, dealers in that com
modity were sure their business
would be ruined, yet sales of gaso
line in South Carolina for the first
eleven months this year are ten mil
lion gallons more than for the entire
12 months of 1924.
Frankly, we have no suggestions to
offer just at this time. Broadly
speaking, we are for tax equalization.
We do not believe it is fair for prop
erty owners in one county to pay at a
ratio five times as large as property
ownerrf in another county. At the
same time, we cannot see how cer
tain classes of real estate can carry
a heavier burden than it is doing at
present. It maj be- possible to de
vise some method of getting thous
ands of dollars worth of property on
the tax books that is now escaping
taxation. But whatever is done, the
fact that the agricultural communi
ties of the State are hard hit at
present must not be lost sight of.
were they net overworked trying to
find that they want aiKTstruggling to
get it. Yet it would not be Christ
mas for g lot of people were it other
wise. They hxve become so. acuatom-
ed to waiting v and then * making a
hurry-up job, of it that they would
not feel right were it done betimes.
Human nature is a peculiar thing
despite the fact that all of us have
it. It wouldn’t be human nature if it
wasn’t odd. If we did everything in a
reasonable and sane way we would
not be human beings. We would be
super-human and that is too much to
expect. It id the prerogative of hu-
man beings to do as they please and
of course most of us please to delay
long as we can the doing qf what we
cahnot avoid. There may be those
who are forehanded in Christmas
shopping but they are rare and so
different from the mass that they are
odd, too.
By the way, we must do our shop
ping pretty soon.
' It Makes All Things New
While it seems impossible to say
anything new on the subject of Christ
mas celebration, the miracle of the*
season is that the custom of nearly
2,000 years makes practically all
things new. The aged become young
again through their rejoicing in the
delights of the grand-children with
the things that once made their own
eyes open wide in wonder—memories
of their own childhood come back to
them.
It ia not simply a jest that papa
likes to play—even though he may
say it is juat to test them—with the
toys he buys for the youngsters. Thus
while the holiday is particularly a
festival for the children, emphasiz
ing the story of the Babe in the Man
ger, it also has for the others its
pleasures ami the wider significance
of that world-inspiring event
Bethlehem.
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Too Much Speed.
Although many people appear to
be of the contrary opinion, it ia quite
generally agreed that “you can’t make
human beings good by statute." Is
it not time to conclude that neither can
traffic by means different from those
people be made careful by law and to
attempt to reduce the perils of street
traic by means different from hose
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that have been relied upon in the
past? Just what will prove effective
will have to be decided after thbr-
ough study of conditions that have
grown up. It seems obvious, though,
that measures of prevention rather
than of punishment will yield the
greater benefits.
We are now in the season when the
streets are quite commonly wet and
very slippery. Common sense tells
us that an, automobile cannot be
safely driven as swiftly on wet as
on dry streets. Yet u>o many drivers
are deaf to the voice of common
sense. This type changes its habits
not at all when conditions favor skid
ding. If it avoids collisions this can
be accounted for oniy on the ground
that there i» such a thing as “Iftck.”
Of course, it is impossible to legis
late sound sense into the mind of
that type commonly called “sap.”
we a re to have the possible maximum
of safety in the streets the “sap”
Doing the Shopping.
If human nature were not what it
is, the Christmas sfehson might] not
be one of rush and worry over what
to buy, and sales forces in stores
would not be rushed to exhaustion in
the three weeks before the event. If
people did their shopping, when it
could be done under the least conges-
ed conditions, it might extend over
months instead of weeks, and it would
be not less seasonable.
However, none but tHfe exceptional
person thinks of doing shopping until
it cannot be put off longer. Then it
becomes an ordeal and is so strenu-
must be legislated out of the driver’s
seat. This perhaps falls into the
catagory of things “more easily said
than done.” The “sap” must be
proved before he can be deprived of
his citizen’s right, -fhe real question
is, what proof shall be required?
As the laws usually are adminis
tered there is no interference \ with
habitual menaces to life and property
until they have an “accident.” Little
is done to prevent accidents. Hun
dreds of “saps” could be identified
when the streets are wet by the slid
ing of their cars at points where they
should be under perfect control. Too
much speed on wet pavements is as
dangerous as driving while intoxicat-
eed. Something can be done about it
OPTOME-
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land, Barnwell, S. C.
Our Eye Specialist OPTOME
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DECEMBER 19th. If you are having
any trouble with your eyes see him.—-
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any trouble with your eyee see him.—
BEST PHARMACY, Barnwell, S. C.
Legal Advertisements
SHERIFF SALE.
State of South Carolina,
County of Barnwell.
THE STATE
vs. »- »
MRS. JULIA A. BUSH
Under and by virtue of a Tax Exe
cution to me directed by J. B. Arm
strong, Treasurer of Barnwell Coun
ty, 1 have this dayjevied upon and
will sell to the highest bidder for
cash, between the legal hours of sale
in front of the Court House at Barn
well, S. C., on Monday, the 4th day
of January, 1926, this being Salesday
in said month, the following describ
ed real estate: ,
2H0 acres of land, in Ellenton
School Diatrict^baunded on the North
*Dy'lands of Steve Tutt; Eayt by
Augusta-Savannah road; West by
Savannah River, and South by lands
of Mrs. Mary E. Davis.
Levied upon and sold to satisfy
the above Execution and Costs.
BONCIL H. DYCHES,
* Sheriff, Barnwell Co.
Barnwell, S. C., 15th day of Decem
ber; 1925. *
A MAM .OP Pt\M WOGD*
NSYSft WON A CROSS
WORD* P0XXLE COtffcS<
SHERIFF’S SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Barnwell.
THE STATE
vs. r
SAVANNAH CREECH
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Under and by virtue of a Tax Exe-
cuion to me directed by J. B. Arm
strong, Treasurer of Barnwell Coun
ty, I have this day levied upon otid
will sell to the highest bidder' for
cash, between the legal hours of sale
in front of the Court House at Barn
well, S. C., on Monday, the 4th day
of January 1926, this being Salesday
in said month, the following described
real estate:
“The following tracts of land locat-
'ed in Barnwell County and in Great
Cypress Township, as shown by plat
i?f the land made by J: N. Hankinson,
Surveyor, under orders of the court
In the division of the lands of Eason
Cave, deceased, said plat being re
corded in Book, 5-E, pages 572-574,
in the office of the'Clerk of Court for
Barnwell County: Tract No. 5, con
taining five acres, being is part of
the Kline place, bounded on th«T North
Cays; East by lands of W. H. John
son and Anna Hogg; South by tract
on the West by the Southern Rail
road. Also Tract No. 5 on the West-
Kline Place and contain
ing five and one-baft acres, and
bounded aJ' follows: North by Tract
No. 6, allotted to Lula Cave; on the
East by a street; on the South by
tract No.; 4, allotted to John Johnson,
and on the West by lands of B. M.
Jenkins. Also Tract No. 4, contain
ing ten acres, and being a part of the
Farrell tract, bounded on the North
by Tract No. 5, allotted to 4 George
Cave; East by land of William Con
nelly and Creech; South by Tract No.
3, allotted to Henrietta Cave, ■ and
on West by lands of Liza Cave. Also
Tract No. 4, of the Morris tract, con
taining ten acres, and bounded as fol
lows: On the North by Tract No, 5,
allctttejf to Henry Cave;. Rfcst by
lands of Eliza Cave, and South by
Tract No. 3, allotted to George Cave,
and on the West by lands of Charles
PCchman. The above described
lands being my share set aside to me
by the Commissioners in the division
of the lands of my father, 1 Easofc
Cave.”
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Levied upon and sold to satisfy the
above Execution and Cost*.
BONCIL H. DYCHES,
Sheriff, B .C.
Barnwell, S. C., 15th day of Decem
ber 1925.
Notice of Dissolution of Corporation
NOTICE!
Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred
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to, situate^n Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose
of hunting, fishing or trapping, will be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law:
Place:
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Acreage:
!e Ford 130
Allen Eubanks I 30
Joe McCreary ------ 200
Harriett Hutson I 75
*H. D. Calhoun -x.- — — 487
J. M. Easterling -1—'
W. H. PuitfEB — —— m
F; H./Creech 45
Mrs. Kate M. Patterson 2500
Mrs. Annie P. Easterling -1-- 562
B. C. Norris — 130
Daniel Tilly —— 200
Duncannon Place 1650
Mrs. Jane R. Patterson 1000
Fannie Chitty 1__ 133
J. M. Weathersbee 572
Billie Jenkins 60
Jesse Middleton 300
J. W. Newton ..245
Estate H. A. PaLterspn 2000
JipiFfr B. Dicks
R. C. Holman _U_ 200
A. A. Richardson 2000
Lemon Bros., — 150
S. B. Moseley 80
Mrs. Lena Davies 96
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Barnwell, S. C.,
November 23, 1925
G. ARTHUR EVANS,
„ Manager.
Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the stockholders of the W. D.
Harley Motor Co., Inc., of Barnwell^
S. C., will be held at the office of W.
D. Harley, at Barnwell, S. C., on
Friday, the 18th ddy of December,
1925, at eight o’clock p. m., for the
purpose of considering dissolving
said corporation and surrendering its
charter to the Secretary of State, etc.
W. H. DUNCAN,
Secretary^*-
Nov. 24, 1925.
Notice of Dissolution of Cerpoi
Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the stockholdeers of the Barn
well County Fair .Association will
be held at the office of W. D. Harley,
at Barnwell, S. C., on Friday, the 18th
day of December, 1926, at eight o'
clock p. m., for the purpose of con
sidering dissolving said onirution
and sji rendering its duri.rr to tne
Secre*jrv of Ststr, etc.
W. H. DUNCAN.
Acting Secretary
Nov. 24. 1925.
HOLIDAY CANDIES
CANDY is the expected gift—because it is as much
. a P* 11 of the Christmas Spirit as holly and old SanU him
self. We have an especially fine selection of goodies for
young and old that are delightfully wholesome and de
licious. - Creamy chocolates, nut centers, bonbons, can
died fruits, etc., in special Holiday boxes.
And for the kiddies, pure hard candies, eanis, fruit
drops, pepeunint sticks and novel decorations for the tree.
Barnwell Fruit Company
NOTICE!
Taxes due the Town of Barnwell,
if not paid on or before December 16,
1925, will be subject to a two per
cent, penalty, and after January 1,
1926, a penalty of five per cent, will
be -attached.
By order of the Town Council.
IRA FALES, Clerk.
PEAS WANTED!
Any quantity and any quality.
Will receive and pay cash your
shipping point in quantities of 25 bu.
and over. * * t
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the estate
of J. L. Buist will make payment to
the undersigned administratrix and
any a nd all persons, if any, holding
claims against the estate *of J.. L.
Buist will file them, duly itemized'and
Verified with the undersigned at
Blackville, S. C- ‘ '
Mrs. Lenna Buist,
Administratrix.
Ninestein & Baxley,
Attorneys for Admx.
Dec. 9, 1925.
FOR SALE
CABBAGE, COLLARD AND
— LETTUC^PLANTS —
By Parcel Post, Two Hundred
7|c; by Express, collect, $2.50
per Thousand. Cash with order.
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Dr. C. N. Burckhalter
Barnwell, South Carolina.
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