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The Story of Granitevil The stockholders of the Gi ville Manufacturing Company v warmly congratulated upon pr ing to the town of Granitevil! magnificent graded school hui the cornerstone of which wa: ' by the South Carolina Masons 01 urday. This splendid edifice is erected at a cost of over $15 and one does not read every d; a great manufacturing compan; nating so liberally to the educ of the youth in the commun: serves. It is quite true that \ one large establishment domi the life of a community-as Graniteville Manufacturing Com does in that community, for al every resident is directly or indi ' . ly connected with the company the company owes peculiar ot tions to the people. However, not every time that the company knowleoges that obligation and sponds accordingly. This has handsomely done by the splendid poratiei; headed by Mr. Jacob I izy, of Augusta, and there shoul a thrill of pride felt by the st holders -ii the Graniteville Mani turing Company? while we sh consider the splendid communit; Graniteville doubly blessed in ha such a corporation and a schoo modem as to respond to every 1 of the twentieth century youth. There is a story about Grainte' and her manufacturing comp; however, which reads like fict From the time the mill was establ ed by Mr. Willian Gregg back in late forties up until a few years it was one of the most prosperoui cotton mills, managed, with excel help and in fact having an ideal : community, with the stockholders ceiving regular dividends. Some years ago, after the deatl the then honored president for m years, Mr. Hamilton H. Hickm the mili became involved in finan difficulties due to the mismana ment, so we are informed, of its Is York selling agents. The story ably and geographically told in address of Col. Dan S. Henderson, Aiken, at the cornerstone exerci Saturday and which was published full in yesterday's Chronicle. A: way, we shall give our version of from data secured from Col. Hend son and information a newspa] man naturally acquires as he g< along; for the editor of The Chro cle was "in" on the Granitevi story from the start. The Graniteville Manufacturi Company about five years ago ow over $1,000,000 in addition to t stockholders' liability. The only thi to be done was to apply for a ] ceivership. This was done and Mr. J cob Phinizy, president of the Georg Railroad Bank, wa$ made one of t receivers. Mr. Phinizy began the ( . rection of the mills' affairs with t stockholders considering their sto worthless and with certain lar; creditors pressing for a sale of t property so that they might buy in at a ridiculously low price. Mr. A. Fortson became the able gener manager of the mills. Granitevi] stock had fallen from $150 to not ing and many widows, orpnans ai . old people who had invested in : with what they regarded as absolu certainty of income, were bemoa: ing the loss of their entire inves ment. And here is the part so splendid! played by Judge H. A. M. Smith ( the United States district court i South Carolina. He saw the excellei progress the receivers were makin and he refused to permit the sale < the property. It was not two yea: under receivership before all of th debts were paid and the receivershi proceedings dismissed and the Grai iteville mills were restored to th stockholders. The stock, which wa worth nothing, is now quoted aroun $300 per share. We believe the story of Granite ville is a story without a parallel i ' the history of corporate managemen in this country. From bankruptcy t a state of successful managemen where the stock is worth three fo one in five years is, indeed, a mai velous story. True, propitious time favored the cotton mill industry, bu there must have been remarkabl good management as well. Had Judg Smith not permitted the operation o the mills by Mr. Phinizy and hai agreed to a sale the Granitevil! stockholders would have lost thei all, perhaps $1,000,000, a large par of which is Augusta money investe< in an Augusta enterprise, for Gran iteville is a part of Augusta. An< though the Savannah rjver divide; the states of Georgia and South Car olina the towns in the Horse Creel Valley almost as much a par of Augusta as Augusta itself. We say again the story of Granite ville is a marvelous story. It is tht ? story of what a wise and great judgi Bfafc? do for the stockholders of an in dustry in the exercise of his wide dis cretionary powers; it is the story of what jam up business management can do in the rejuvenation of a great property; it is the story of what a great corporation can do in the en lightenment of the people to which it means so much-the provision of the means so that every mother's child will be equipped with those fun damentals of education that every American deserves.-Augusta Chron icle. ; rK? * H,- :> Entire Villages Are Destroyed by Quake in South America. Beunos Aires, Dec. 18.-Earth quake shocks on Friday afternoon de stroyed several towns along the Ar gentine slope of the Andes Mountains were the most severe experienced in this country since 1869, when half of the city of Mendoza was laid in ruins. Reports from the areas where the shock was heaviest indicate great loss of life and property, upwards of 150 bodies having been already taken from the wrecks of buildings. At Tresportenas, more than 100 persons, and at Costa de Aroujo, 30 more were killed. It is feared that more victims still are buried under the ruins in each town. Only a few houses remain at Tresportenas, La Valle and L Central, and they are in a badly damaged condition. No esti mate of the number of persons injur ed has yet been made. Minor shocks continue throughout the district, one particularly strong tremor being felt yesterday after noon at 5:30 o'clock in the towns of San Martin and Ravidavida. The people are reported as being panic stricken. The city of Mendoza was shaken but did not suffer extreme damage. .In the town of Cotsa de Araujo the seismic convulsion opened great crevices out of which hot water is? spouting. The water from one of these geysers reached a height of about 15 feet and formed a pool in which two persons were drowned. A Red Cross ambulance has reached the village and set to work to rescue any sufferers who may still be alive in the ruins. More than 30,000 persons inhab it little villages along the eastern An dean slope and, as reports continue to add to the long list of casualties apprehension is felt that the final figures will be very high. Rescue par ties have been sent from Mendoze but details from the scene bf the dis aster are meagre as telephone and telegraph wires are badly disorgan ized. The earth movement during the tremor was from northwest to south east and a number of small shocks followed the principal concussion which lasted 30 seconds. The latest reports from Mendoza coming in tonight, said that the shock at Tresportenas had assumed the pro portions of a catastrophe. Three re lief trains have been rushed to the town from which 30 dead and as many dying have been brought out. At Costa de Araujo which was vir tually isolated another shock occur red at 8 o'clock this morning. The death list was increased by those re ports to 81 so far counted in Costa de Araujo, with 80 seriously injured. At La Valle terrible scenes Were witnessed. The relief work was most difficult, owing to the conditions of the roads, which had been broken up and covered with water. The church at La Valle was laid in ruins and the municipal building's walls cracked and the structure was likely to fall at any moment. The seismograph at the Mendoza Institution recorded three shocks on Friday, the first beginning at 3 p. m. It was a sudden and violent one, without the slight movements preced ing. This lasted 15 seconds. The sec ond movement lasted 5 seconds and the third 10 seconds. The vibrations, with lesser shocks, continued for SO minutes afterwards. Felt in Japan. Tokio, Dec. 18.-The most violent earthquake that has occurred since seismographic observations commen ced in Japan took place Thursday evening at 9:11 o' clock. The vibra tions lasted two hours and were so severe that the instruments were un able to give perfect records. It is believed the convulsion took place under the Pacific Ocean or in the Gabi desert, Central Asia. WANTED: Men or women to take orders among friends and neigh bors for the genuine guaranteed ho siery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75 cents an hour spare time or $36.00 a week for full time. Expe rience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills, Morristown, Pa. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Now is the time to lay in a supply of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is almost sure to be needed before the winter is over. You will look a good while before you find a better remedy for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough or one that is more! pleasant to take. It meets with favor everywhere. Buy it now and be pre-; ! pared. County Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's ofnce will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1920 to the 15th day of March, 1921. All taxes shall be due and payable [between the 15th day of October,j 1920 and December 31st, 1920. That when taxes charged shall npt| [be paid by December 31st, 1920 the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent, for Janu ary, and if taxes are not paid on qr j before February 1st 1921, the Coun-j ty Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent addition al, from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all un paid taxes will be collected by. the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1920 ?are as follows: Mills For State purposes_ 12 For Ordinary County_ ,8 For Past Indebtedness_2% For Special, Good Roads_ 2 For Constitutional School Tax 3 For Antioch_ . 8 For Bacon School District_ 14 For Blocker_ 8 For Blocker-Limestone -- 4 For Colliers_ 4 For Flat Rock_ 8 For Oak Grove _ 3 For Red Hill_.- 8 For Edgefield_. 10] For Elmwood No. 8 _. 8 For Elmwood No. 9_ 2 For Elmwood No. 30.__. 2 For Elmwood L. C._ 3 For Hibler _ 8 For Harmony -I 3 For Johnston _.-vl5 For Meriwether (Gregg)- 2 For Moss-_- 3 For Brunson School-i- 4 For Ropers_-- . 2 For Shaw_- 4 For Sweetwater_ 4 For Talbert_.' 8 For Trenton _11% For Wards _ 8 For Wards No. 33- 4 For Blocker R. R. (portion __ 15 For Elmwood R. . (portion 15 For Johnston R. R.- 3 For Pickens R. R.- 3 For Wise R. R.- . 3 For Corporation -30% All the male citizens between the ages of 21 years and 60 years, ex cept those exempt by law, are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar, ea?h. A capital tax of 50 cents each is to" be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $4.00 commuta tion tax or work 4 days on the public roads. No commutation is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax receip' when you desire to pay road tax. Time for paying road tax will expire March 15, 1921. d'. L. PRINCE, Co. Treas. E. C. COLDS SHOULD BE CARED FOR As soon as a cold is contracted g the system becomes disordered. ? This may develop into any one of ? several serious diseases. You can't afford to take the ? chance of incurring asevere pen alty for neglect. For years physicians have pre scribed medicine containing hore hound, mullein and tar. Com pounded with a few other ele ? menta you have a medicine that ? will check a cold immediately. Q To satisfy the demand for this Sprescription in quickly obtainable form, Dr. Murray has his chem ic is ts prepare quantities and sup ? ply druggists. Ask your drug g gist for ? 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