Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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State Employees May Get crease. Carried in the 1921 state biid as recommended by Gov. R. A. Co er, in transmitting the report of "budget commission, are numer salary increases to state offici clerks, stenographers and" other < ployees, the grand total of which 1 approximate $350,000. In some stances departmental salary budg have been swelled by the addition new employees while in other ca individual salary increases have b; offset by reductions in the of force. The total salary expense of governor's office, as recommem for 1921, will total $12,200 as cc pared with $10,400 last year. 1 salary cf the governor himself mains at $5,000, while the secretj to the governor is recommended : an increase from $2,400 to $3,60( mended for an increaseotaOSvoi year. The recording clerk and ste: grapher-clerk in the office are e? recommended for an increase fr $1,500 to $1,800. In Many Departments. The increases in salary accoui of the following departments of#1 state government, including in soi instances salaries for newly creat positions, indicate the general tre of the increase. Secretary of stat .office, from $8,350 to $10,900; t comptroller general's office, fr< $11,020 to $15,700; the attorn general's office, $7,300 to $12,3C the state treasurer's office, from $1' 855.65 to $11,500; adjutant gem al's office from $-10,300 to $14,86 various departments of office of c partment of education from $10' 700, to $143,400; state hospit from $188,088 to $227,728; sta penitentiary, from $11,470 to $1* 800; state board of public welfai .from $17,320.76 to $24,700; sta ' training school for feeble ?iminde from $5,490 to $14,200; state indi; trial school for boys, from $24,42! 83 to $28,740; state reformatory f negro boys, from $12,160 to $14 112; state tax commission, from $1 650 to $25,600; insurance commi sioner's office from $9,500 to $li OOO; state bank examiner, from $i 619.80 to $12,000; railroad commi sion from $1T,100 to $15,600; chi game warden's office, $,200 to $i 900; commissioner of agriculture office, from $43,990 to $56,740; sta highway commission, from $102,482 76 to $127,900. . In Educational Institutions. The educationad institutions ai also included in .the salary increasi recommended among them: The Un versity of South Carolina from $109 933 and 134,147; Winthrop colley from $185,253 to $198,613;'the Ci adel, from $52,462 to $58,450. Reductions are seen in several di partments: Clemson college, froi $189,590 to $137,707 and the boar jot health, from $125,251 to $110 159. In the case of Clemson colleg the salaries of the instruction depan ment are paid from the fertilizer ta and therefore not included in th budget. The State Negro college' salaries are also not included in th budget, being paid largely out o federal funds. If the various salary increases ar granted as recommended the, basi salary for the greater majority o the state officials, now $2,500 wil be increased to $3,600. The larges individual increase is that bf the at torney general, whose salary wouh be raised from $2,500 to $4,500. An other noticeable raise, recommendei by the governor, is for the stati highway engineer who is now pai< $4,800, to receive $6,000. Gets Like Increase. The secretary of state, now re ceiving $2,500, requested an increase to $4,500 and was recommended foi a salary of $3,600. A like increase tc $3,600 was also recommended by thc governor for the comptroller general the adjutant general, the superinten dent of education, the superintendent pf the state penitentiary, chairman of the tax commission, the insurance commissioner, the three railroad com missioners, the chief game warden, the commissioner of agriculture and the state electrician, all of whom are now receiving $2,500 per annum. The state treasurer requested no in crease in his salary of $2,500 and -was recommended for a raise to $3, ?00 a year. The attorney general, now receiv ing $2,500 a year, asked for a salary of $6,000 per annum and was given an increase to $4,500. The assistant attorney was recommended for an in crease from $2,400 to $3,600 on a request for $4,500 per annum. The state highway engineer requested and was recommended for an increase from $4,800 to $6,000 a year. The warehouse commissioner and secre tary of the sinking fund commission jecretary of budget commission, all pf whom now receive $3,000 a year, were recommended for increases to $3,600 a year while the salary of the secretary of the board of public wel fare, now $3,500 a year was increas ed to $3,600 to place it on a parity with the basic salary. - The increases recommended extend through the entire length of the state's payroll to embrace, numbers of departmental clerks, stenogra phers, bookkeepers, inspectors, sub department and bureau heads, guards and physicians, instructors, teachers and professors.-The State. Better Outlook - For Business, Says Mr. Harding. Winston-Salem, N. C., Jan. 21. In an address to the chamber of com merce here, W. P. G. Harding, gov ernor of the federal reserve board, expressed the conviction that the worst of the readjustmnet period is over. 'There are signs cerywhere of the revival of business in the spring," he said. Governor Harding arrived in Win ston-Salem this morning, coming here in response to an invitation from citizens. His address made a deep im pression on the large number of business men who heard him, and his cheerful view of future conditions offered much encouragement to the business interests of the community. "In working back to normal," said Governor ? Harding, "an important step has been taken in the recov ery of a normal state of mind in bus iness, of a better sense of proportion and in the restoration of saner and sounder judgments. Many signs are in ^evidence that the country now ap preciates the fact that in order to prosper it must produce, that in or der to continue production it must sell and in order to sell it must buy. "Looking over the existing con ditions today, both in this country and abroad, things are sounder and better today than a year ago. Then the thinking men knew conditions of readjustment were impending and we were apprehensive. Now the worst is over and things are going along with steady improvement. "Our problem should be faced with optimism, courage and confidence. Let's all work together to make 1921 a period of genuine constructive achievement. "In working out the situation it is necessary that those who have ex tended credits should exercise pa tience, moderation and forbearance in cases where debtors show ^them selves to be' worthy of confidence and are willing to meet reasonable requirements. I have observed no dis position on the part of banks to force collections or foreclosures or other drastic means except as a last resort. "A return to the normal, which will be a slow and gradual process, involves work-hard work of every description-and calls for the best efforts of those who manage the com mercial and industrial ennterprises of the country, the intelligent guid ance of those who direct the use of capital and credit, the productive energies of those whose contribution is manual labor, the full cooperation all along the line. No satisfactory substitute for woi*k has ever been devised." Grenville Mills Employing 10 000 on Full Schedule. Greenville, Jan. 22.-All of the twenty-two cotton mills in Green ville employing about 10,000, are operating on full schedule now, ac cording to a statement today by. a leading manufacturer. Brown ftason, vice president of Judson Mills, one of the largest plants in the South manufacturnig fine shirting, voiles, stated today that this mill had received enough orders in the last thirty days to keep the mill running full time for two months. In dividual orders are not as large as these received this .time last year, continued this'executive, but the ag gregate quantity of goods is most satisfactory, it was said. Since the first of the year there has been a distinct change for the .better in the cotton mill industry in the Carolinas, and the whole outlook is more optimistic than it was a few wesk ago according to leading deal ers in Southern Mills' stocks. They report that mill stocks are beginning to move once more, and at advancing prices. There are now over seven hun dred cotton mills in the two Carolinas with invested capital of several hun dred million dollars. Not Is As Rich As Croesus. If you were as rich as Croesus you could not buy a better remedy for constipation than Chamberlain's Tablets. They are easy and pleasant to take and when the proper dose is taken produce a mild and gentle ef fect. They also strengthen the diges tion. Presid?nt-Elect Sends Message to People of South. Atlanta, Ga., ?Jan. 21.-A new spirit of united Americanism, holding itself above sectional and. partisan di visions and making secure the indus tries of the whole nation alike, was bespoken by President-elect Harding tonight in a message to the people of the south. The message, written at the re quest of Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and the demo cratic national committeeman from Georgia, was made public here on the arrival of thc train which is tak ing the president-elect to Florida. It follows: "Of course, I have no message to the people bf the United States. Per haps the south would be interested to know, however, of one ambition which I cherish'. I want to 15e the in strumentality in establishing that complete concord of union which I hold to be essential to the American fulfillment. I realize how the politi cal solidarity of the south followed the unfortunate days of tjjfe Civil War. I know how that solid Jnty has been encouraged on the one hand, and I think I understand the desire to break it on the other hand. "It is not specifically a republican ambition. It is rather to be accredit ed to a desire to establish complete mutuality of purpos? and oneness of ambition in America. "There is little left of the old. time hostility and there isn't any occasion for any section of America to pin its aspirations to the fortunes of one party. I think it is fair to assume that all political parties mean to be best for our common country. As a re publican, I believe that many of the republican policies are calculated to .best serve all of America. For in stance, I believe there is a great sig nificance ni. the coming tariff con gress to be held in Atlanta. I believe most cordially in prospering Ameri ca first. I do not see how we can re tain, our home markets, upon which American good fortune must be founded, and at the same time main tain American standards of produc tion and American standards of liv ing unless we make other peoples with lower standards pay fqr the privilege of trading in the American markets. Ours is the best market in the world, because we are largest in consumption and the ablest to buy. The application lies in aperfectly justifiable ambition . to.jB&ke ttf? southlamdwas industrially eeaiinent asl the states of the north and east. There ought to be the flame of indus try here in exceptional significance, because of your vast natural resourc es. Your people want precisely the same things which are found in the natural ambitions of the north and west. There isn't the slightest excuse for a sectional line in America. We are people with one flag, and it is folly to allow long time prejudices to stand in the way of fullness of understanding and the utmost cor diality of relationship. "The people of the south are just as much interested as any other geo graphical location in the development of an American merchant marine. Out of the abundance of resources, out of our greater ability to produce, and out of our boasted American ef ficiency ought to come American em inence in world-wide trade. We ought to send our cargoes from southland ports, just as numerously as we (lo from northern annd western ports. Of course, as a general rule, we can not sell where we do not buy, but with a rational economic policy safe guarded in protective tariffs we can buy the things, the production of which is not essential to our own good fortune, and expand our trade with those of whom we buy to supply .our own needs which can not be sup plied here at home. rj "I am sure the incoming adminis tration wishes to . see, figuratively speaking, every southern port whit ened by the sails of commerce and know that our carriers are taking messages of good will and amity along with our cargoes to all the mar kets of the earth." Bad Cold and Cough Cured by Cham, bcrlain's Cough Remedy. Several years ago C. D. Glass, Gardiner, Me., contracted a severe cold and cough. He tried various med icines but instead of getting well he kept adding to it by contracting fresh colds. Nothing he had t?ken for it was of any permanent benefit until a druggist advised him to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says "I was completely cured by this remedy and have since always turn ed to it when I had a cold and soon find relief." The Best Hot Weather Tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches th? blood, builds up the whole system end will won icrfully strengten and fortify you to withstand the depressing effect of the hot summer. 50c. WEAK, NERVOUS, ALL RUN-DOWN Missouri Lady Suffered Until She Tried CarduL-Says "Result Was Surprising."-Got Along Fine. Became Normal 71 and Healthy. Springfield Mo.-"My back waa to weak I could hardly stand up, and I would have bearing-down pains and was not well at any time," says Mrs. D. V. Williams, wife of a well-known farmer on Route 6, this place. "I kept getting headaches and having to go to bed," continues Mrs. Williams describing the troubles from which she obtained relief through the use of CarduL "My husband, having'heard of Cardul, proposed getting it for me. "I saw after taking some Cardul ,.. that I was improving. The result was surprising. I felt like a different person. "Later I suffered from weakness 'and weak back, and felt all run-down. I did not rest well at night, I was so nervous and cross. My husband said he would get me some Cardul, which he did. It strengthened me ... My doctor said I got along fine. I was in good healthy condition. I cannot say too much for it" Thousands of women have suffered as Mrs. Williams describes, until they found relief from the use of Cardul. Since it has helped so many, you should not hesitate to try Cardul If troubled with womanly ailments. For'sale everywhere. E.83 County Treasurers Notice. The County Treasurer's office 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, 1920 and December 31st? 1920. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 1920 the County Auditor shall proceed to add I a penalty of one per cent, for Janu ary, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1st 1921, the Coun 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'Ro?ds_' 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 - 3 For Johnston _'.- 15 For Meriwether (Gregg) - 2 For Moss _ 3 'For Brunson School- . 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. 1- 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 each. 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 receipt when you desire to pay road tax. Time for paying road tax will expire March 15, 1921. j. L. PRINCE, Co. Treas. E. C. Eyes scientifically examined and glasses properly fitted. GEO. F. MIMS, , Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. FOR SALE: Native grown Ful ghum Oats at $1.25 per bushel, also one young horse and several young work mules from three to five years old., Reason for selling have rented out my entire farm for the year. M. C. PARKER. l-12-4t. For loans an real estate. See CLAUD T. BURNETT, Lawyer. Over store of W. W. Adams & Co. JUST RECEIVED ONE CAR OF GOOD YOUNG TENNESEE HORSES CHEAP Some as Good Mares as Ever Wore a Collar BEN. L. HOLSTON Hold Your Cotton for High Pri?es Conservative Loans Made on Cotton Consigned to Us M. B. WATSON & COMPANY COTTON FACTORS AND BROKERS GREENVILLE, S. C. ARRINGTONjBROS. &j|C0. _5 Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and ail Kinds of Feeds Gloria Flour and Dan Patch Horse Feed Our Leaders * ? Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See- our representative, C. E. May. Get Our Drag Saw^Prices We have a high power, fast-cutting outfit, forced feed-a complete power plant in itself for sawing logs to any length. Does the work of 6 to 10 men. Lever control of blade while engine is running. Send for Engine Catalog Showing Gasoline Engines 2 to 12 H. P., Power Saw Rigs and Drag Saws, all equipped with Bosch High Tension Magneto. Columbia Supply Co. 823 Gervais Street Starts and Stops Saw COLUMBIA S C Lever Control COLUMBIA, b. C. BARRETT & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) r COTTON FACTORS Augusta.Georgia ?^?#ftftftftftftft?Oftftft?ft?ftftftftftftft?ftftftftftOftftftftftft?ftftftftftftftOftftftft i I Large Stock of Jewelry to Select From e I We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store I when in Augusta. We have the largest stock of $ DIAMONDS ? WATCHES S CLOCKS \ ? JEWELRY I CUT GLASS . I AND SILVERWARE 5 S of all kinds that we have ever shown. It will be a pleasure to show 0 you through our stock. Every department is constantly replenished % with the newest designs. We call especial attention to our repairing department, which has ft every improvement Your watch or clock made as good as new. 1 Work ready for delivery in a short time, ft ? I A. J. Renkt g 980 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. i ' . ft?^ftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftft<>ftftftoo?oftoooft???oft???