Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* 1 ! & Many Millions in Proper Placed on Tax Books. Approximately $110,000,000 wo of property that had been escap taxation has been placed upon tax books of the state by the So Carolina tax. commission since creation in 1915 and from the d of the commission's life to Januarj 1922, it had expended for all purp es only $121,143.24, according to- : ures compiled by the commission i issued in pamphlet form. . The commission points out that survey in Columbia, putting prope: on the books that had never bi there to bring in approximately $51 000 in actual taxes, would more tl pay up to January 1 of this year, i uring only the taxes to be recerv by the state, about $150,000. A b ance of over $28,000 would be left the state treasury from this $15 ooo. In the pamphlet the commissi gives its work for the past six yea: showing the beginning of its equa zation process with the banks of t state. When the commission beg; its work some banks were assess as high as 70 per cent, and some low as 42 per cent. The commissi? equalized this in 1915 at 48 per ce for all and an increase of $1,18' 60' resulted. In 1916, ho we ve through an amendment to the ti commission act the auditors and boa: of assessors assessed the banks ai this resulted in a reduction of < per cent of the actual value, whit basis is still used. This reduced tl banks some. For Cotton Mills. In 1914 the cotton mills of tl state were assessed at $29,487,0C and in 1921 the commission's woi had resulted in raising this figure 1 $54,722,430,. of which $3,250,0C was new property, leaving an ii creaseof $21,985,430 placed on tl books by the commission. In equali; ing water, light and street railwa companies, it was found that th property of these companies was ai sessed at $4,443,^34,000 and whe the commission finished its work th assessed value was increased to $13 441,915,000 or an increase of $8 998,481,000. Of this increase only 2 150,000 was in new property. Cottonseed oil mills and fertilize plants were assessed at $4,0304,27 when the commission was created an after investigation this figure wa raised to $6,634,000, an increase o $2,599,723, and this in spite of th fact that a number of plants hav ceased to operate and no new con struction has been noted. Pullman, telephone and telegrap] companies were raised from $2,307, 730 in 1914 to $3,754,145. Of this in crease $667,090 was added to th' telephone companies as a result o disclosures made the railroad com mission when the telephone compa nies were seeking an increased rah in South Carolina. In 1918 the commission, after ? close investigation, applied the 4? per cent, basis to farm lands in th< state and this increased assessmen against this class of property fron $75,318,428 to $110,924,000, or ai increase of $35,605,573. This increas ed assessment enabled the tax levi to be reduced that year from nin< and one-half to eight and one-fourti mills. City and town property was in creased from $68,150,364 to $78,' 576,668, or an advance of $10,426, 304. As regards merchants and mis cellaneous manufacturers, the com mission found them to be assessed ai approximately $12,000,000 in 1918 and by 1921 this had been increased to $41,815,851, or approximately $30,000,000 above the 1918 figures. In the work of equalizing the mer chants much discriminatory assessing was found. For instance, one mer chant owing a stock of goods worth $595 was assessed at $605 and anoth er in the same county owning $20, 000 worth of goods paid taxes on $150 worth. A striking example of the work done in the past few years is the in creased assessment to the four big packing houses doing business in South Carolina. These firms, in sworn statements, the pamphlet says, placed their property in the state at $85, 237. Upon investigation the commis sion found in 1920 that the property owned by these packers, Armour, Swift, Morris and Wilson, was $449, 360, or just $414,123 more than the firms had represented. This increase brought in $31,870.74 in taxes in 1920, the commission says. New Revenue Acts. The commission taxes up to the (new revenue acts, the income tax and 'the inheritance tax, the gasoline tax, and the corporation license taxes and shows that its appropriation for bandling all these new measures was . increased only $38,400 over last year and the revenue to be derived from the new acts will be at least $1,700, ?000, not including the inheritance tax. At this rate the, cost of admniis tering the new revenue acts is two and one-fourth cents for every dol lar collected. In other words, the pamphlet says, for two and one fourth cents the treasury gets $1. In speaking of the result of the sur vey of the city of Columbia the com mission gives the following: "Due to the varying conditions and character of property in cities and towns, no general or uniform plan has been found for equalizing as sessments of such property. Recog nizing the great difficulty along this line, and from the experience of oth er states, it was found that the only method by which all city and town real property could be put on the tax books at a proper valuation was to have complete survey made of each city and town in the state. The work along this line has been commenced, but this commission has not been given sufficient appropriation for car rying on this work as rapidly as it might be. A survey of the city ?f Co lumbia, however, has been completed and the result has been to place up on the tax books in the form of back taxes and the past year's current tax es for the state, county and city pur poses, approximately the sum of $500,000 in actual taxes, which will be turned into the public treasuries. Aside from this amount of money, which will be paid into the treasuries, there has been added to the perma nent taxable value of Columbia city property approximately $1,000,000, which will hereafter bear its burden of taxation. The taxes payable to the state, including back taxes, is $150, 000. This does not take into consid eration the future taxes that will be paid on this property. "A survey of the city of Spartan burg is now in progress, and from data at present available, it is esti mated that the treasuries of the state, county and city will receive, in back taxes, the sum of $150,000. It is impossible, before this survey is completed, to state what the net in crease in assessed values of real es tate will be, but it is believed that several hundred thousand dollars of taxable property will be placed upon the tax books in that city. It is believed if similar surveys were made in the other cities and towns of the state, that a large amount of back taxes would be col lected and millions of dollars of prop erty now escaping taxation would be placed upon the tax books. Applica tion has been made to the commission by several cities and towns to make similar surveys, but due to the lack of funds, the work can not be un dertaken.-The State. Oldest Woman Voter in South Carolina. St. George, Aug. 1.-Who is the oldest woman voter in South Caro lina? That question seems to have caused considerable discussion in the press of the state since the books of enrollment closed. Mrs. Ulian Lamb, of Summerville, seems to bear the distinction of being not only the old est woman voter in South Carolina, but the voters, either male or fe male, in the entire country who have reached a greater age are few and far between. Mrs. Lamb, who gave her age as ninety three years, is blind and bur dened with other affirmities of ad vancing years. It will not be possible for her to get to the polls alone. But she has expressed a desire to cast her initial ballot in the primary election this summer, and one of the leading citizens of the county has stated that his automobile would be at her disposal on election day rather than see her denied the privilege which she seeks. Mrs. S. S. Rebecca Humbert, an other of the voters of the same pre cinct, is eighty nine years old. A Birthday Blossom. (To Joseph Brunson, C. S. A., on his Eighty-Second Birthday.) Eighty-two and glad to-day, Happy with life's lot; All its hatred cast away, All its strife forgot. Kind old face the children love, Kind old heart still true To the homeland skies above With their Dixie blue. Feeble steps that once kept time With the drum and fife, Walking now that way sublime To Love's higher life. On your path may roses bloom Sweetly to the end, Telling with their glad perfume That we love you-Friend! James Edwin Kerr. July 25. For Sale: One fifty-gallon oil tank with pump suitable for kerosene or motor oil, cost $15.00 will sell for $7.50, practically new. Also one well made ice box with zinc sides and bot tom for $5.00. Mrs. Mallie Dorn. 8-2-22. (?, 1921, Western Newspaper Uaionj Wherever he looked, whether at a lovely sunset scene or some radiant picture, he saw a sheen of gold red hair, a cheek the hue of a rose leaf I and eyes as tender as the softest moonlight. It affected the heart like enchanted music. The hushed dreams of youth were awakened and his pulse bounded at the alarm. He sat now-he, Norman Dacey young, rich in money but dissatisfied of soul, telling the story of lt all to his closest friend, Eliott Hughes. As he spoke his subdued tones reminded of a poet traversing some sweet and ten der lay, for into his barren life had come a purpose-to find one woman he had seen and to tell her that he loved her. "Two months," he was saying, "and, j it seems like two years. It was "just beyond the village that the team took fright at a passing automobile. I was thrown out. It was the gash from a deep cut that was the most serious. l;\ was stunnrd. Theu between that and the hospital there was one supreme. [ moment. It was when I saw her." "You have told that, Dacey," broke in Hughes In a tone of slight raillery.1 "She was lovely as an houri and all that." "She was simply a girl, an Innocent, ] beautiful girl," resented Dacey grave ly. "A man stood at a little distance, | probably a relative. She had torn a scarf from her throat and was trying. | to staunch the blood from my wound. I recall one look Into those pitying soul-like eyes. Then the blackness of j death again. "And nothing of the girl sinceT questioned Hughes. "Nothing," replied Dacey. "Well, I am at least glad to see your mind roused out of the torpor of your habitual ennui, Hughes. If you can take any interest in pursuing this ex travagant phantom, keep it up. Let me see, though-I believe you told | me that the accident was costly to you' in more ways than one?" "You mean the trifle I lost?" ob served Dacey. "You call five hundred dollars In money a trifle L" "The money does not trouble me," replied Dacey carelessly. "I may have lost it before the accident" The friends separated, Hughes to go home to his wife to smile over "the ridiculous Infatuation of Dacey," the latter to still more determinedly seek some trace of the mysterious unknown whose bonny face was with him every where. After that he spent days and then weeks In a constant effort to trace down the being he could not dismiss from his thoughts. And then one chill blustering November night, as he sat in the library of his lonely,home,..he saw a forlorn form appear before the casement and falter there. He saw a wan, agitated face and dripping, storm-beaten garments. In an Instant be had drawn open the window, and shf\ the lady of his dreams, tottered into the room and fell to the nearest chair, where she drooped like a wilted flower. She raised her eyes at last to mur mur his name, to draw from her bosom -the pocketbook he had lost. "You are Mr. Dacey," she faltered. "This is yours, I must go." "No! No!" cried Dacey, blocking the way. Then he saw her reel with a terrified cry. The windows behind Dacey opened and a rough-looking man Intruded-the man he had seen once before with the girl. "Ah, I have found you, have L Glo ria?" hissed the Intruder. "You had that all of the time." The speaker made a dive for the pocketbook. Dacey put out his strong arm. "Do not harm him," pleaded the giri piteously. "He has kept me a pris oner, he has nearly starved me be cause I would not give up the pocket book which I wrenched from him. But he is my brother-and it was all his cruel lust for gold." "Take it and-go," said Dacey to the brother. With a gloating cry of Joy the man sped from the room, holding the cov eted money to his breast like a wild beast clasping Its prey. Dacey re closed the windows, pressed a button In the wall and told the servant who answered to summon his widowed sis ter. "Sit down, please," spoke Dacey, as wondering Leah Davelin entered the room. "I have a story to tell." How sweetly soft he told lt! How the sympathetic tears came to his lov ing sister, how the eyes of the breath less, marveling Gloria Burley seemed to take lt all In as If lt were some beautiful dream. Abruptly Dacey left the room, the woman he loved In the friendly charge of his sister. It was a new Gloria, revived, whom he met the next day the happy day, the day of his life Im memorial that he asked her to become his wife. Strikingly Original. Flap-Why does the umpire call strikes? The batter doesn't strlkty anything. Fan-I know, but all strikes end lo walkouts.-American Legion Weekly. So to Speak. "Tho motor stalled and we wert blocking traffic at the foot of the hilU" "TLez what happened?" - "A cop hauled os up."-Louisville Courier-Journal. Tentative O rder of Business Ridge Baptist Association. To be held with Johnston Baptist Church, August 24-25, 19.22. F rst Dar 10:00 a. m.-Devotional. 10:15-Organization. 10:45-Introductory Sermon, S. E. Welchel. . 11:30-Religious Literature, H. L. Baggott. 12:15 p. m.-Miscellaneous Busi ness. 1:00-Dinner. 2:30-Devotional. 2:45-r-Evangelism, G. M. Sexton. 3:30--75 Million Campiagn, W. S. Brooke. '4:30-Miscellaneous Business and Adjournment. 8:30--Song Srevice. 9:00-Missions: State, Home and Foreign, H. B. White. Second Day 10:00 a. m.-Devotional. 10:15-Reading Minutes. 10:30-Education, W. S. Dorset. ll :15-Benevolences : Orphanage, Hospital, Aged Ministers, T. H. Po sey. . ? 12:00 m.-W. M. U. Work, Mrs. S. J. Watson. i ;12:45 p. m.-Miscellaneous Busi ness. .1:00 Dinner. 2:30-Devotional. 2:45-Sundav Schools, B. Y. P. U. and Colportage, G. C. Mangum. 3:15-Temperance, Public: Morals, and Law Enforcement, Ira C. Carson. 3:45-Digest Church Letters and Associational Efficiency, J. L. Hiers. 4:00-Miscellaneous Business- and Final Adjournment. Managers and Clerks for Pri mary Election for Edge field County, August 29th, 1922. Bacon: J. B. Yonce, Cole Berry, E. N. Smith, W. H. Smith, Clerk. Polling place, Store of J. M. Yonce. Cleveland: S. T. Pettigrew, T. L. Talbert, D. W. Smith, Charlie Jones, Clerk. At Pettigrew's Store. Colliers: Joe Hammond, Crafton Hammond, John Mathis, Murphey Miller, Clerk. Store of Tuck Mathis. Calhoun: J. G. Halford, J. H. White, Joe Clark, J. L. Walker, Clerk. Store of A. S. Rhoden. Edgefield No. 1.: W. J. Duncan, W. L. Dunovant, Jr., D. J. LaGrone, J. H. Nicholson, Clerk. Evans' Of fice. Edgefield No. 2: J. W. Kemp, T. A.;H:rrhtowt7, W. W. Adems, S. B. Mays, Cic-rk. Court House. Lee: J. W. Cox, Elsie LaGrone, K-ike -W. Crouch, John Wright, Clerk. Lott-Walker Store. Long Branch: L. C. Clark, W. L. Rutlanu, I\ G. Derrick, L. S. Yonce, Clerk. L. C. Clark's Store. Meeing Street: W. M. Ransom, E. G. Lewis, J. M. Bell, J. K. Allen, Clerk. T. A. Owdom's Store. Meriwether: F. B. Barker, T. B. Harley, Dr. J. T. Reese, J. H. Mathis, .Clerk. Meriwether Hall. Moss: T. P. Morgan, W. A. Reel, R. C. Griffis, D. D. Erunson, Clerk. West and Williams Store. Pleasant Lane: N. F. Manly, E. M. Timmerman, Whit Harling, M. B. Byrd, Clerk. F. L. Timmerman's Store. Red Hill: C. F. Mathis, O. O. Tim merman, Lewis Eubanks, R. M. Johnson, Clerk. Red Hill Store. Ropers: W. D. Lanham, F. F. Rainsford, W. J. Lanham, J. D. Bos well, Clerk. Boswell's Store. Rock Hill: R. D. Seigler, E. C. Winn, John Press Sullivan, J. D. Hughey, Clerk. Residence of J. C. C. Seigler. Trenton: T. P. Salter, J. R. Smith, Ed Harrison, James D. Mathis, Sr., Clerk. Store of J. D. Mathi3, Sr. Dr. B. H. Dement, president of the Baptist Bible Institute, New Or leans, will supply for the First Bap tist church of Greenwood, where for many years he was an honored pas tor, on the third and fourth Sun days in August. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD By W. T. Kinard Fsquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS A. J. Ouzts of above County and state made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Eva Burton of said County and State, THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and. admonish all and singular the kindred and creditor of the said Eva Burton deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at my office at Edgefield, S. C. on August 12th., 1922 after publication thereof, at ll o'clock, in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should nqt be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 1st. day of AUGUST Anno Domini, 1922. W. T. KINARD, (L. S.) Probate Judge Edgefield County, S. C. Excursion Fares Via Southern Railway System ROUND TRIP IDENTIFICATION PLAN One and one half fares for round trip. ATLANTA, GA., American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, November 13-18. AUGUSTA, .GA., Georgia State Sunday School and A. C. E. League Convention of A. M. E. Church, (Colored) September 6-10. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Crescent Temple,, September 15-16. , ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., American Gas Association, October 23-28. CEDAR POINT, 0., International Bible Students. Association, September 5-13. CLEVELAND, 0., Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Nation al Biennial Movable Conference (Colored) September 11-16. CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Southern Medical Association, No vember 13-16. DETRIOT, MICH., Sovereign Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F., Sep teber 18-23. DETRIOT, MICH., Radiological Society of North America, December 4-8. HOUSTON, TEXAS, Annual Convention Laundry Owners Na tional Asseciation, October 2-7. KNOXVILLE, TENN., American Poultry Association Conven tion, August 8-14. MOOSEHEART, ILL., Loyal Order of Moose Supreme Lodge, August 20-26. NEW ORLEANS, LA., Grain Dealers National Association, Oc tober 2-4. ' NEWARK, N. J., Elks (I. B. P. 0. E.) of the World (Colored) August 20-24. PITTSBURG, PA., Annual Convention American Chemical So ciety, September 6-9. IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE PILAN One fare going one-half fare returning. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., National Association Cost Account ants, September 23--2S. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. National Association Stationers and Manufacturers, U. S. A., October 9-14. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Casket Manufacturers Association of America, October 18-20. BALTIMORE, MD., Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Mi. E. Church, October 24-November 1st. BOSTON, MASS.,, International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, August 28-September 2nd. BOSTON, MASS., American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 26-30. BUFFALO, N. Y., United National Association Post Office Clerks, September 4-8. BUFFALO, N. Y., National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, September 19-22. BLUE RIDGE, N. C., (R. R. Sta. Black Mountain) Boys Scouts of America, September 12-19. CHICAGO, ILL., National Convention of Congressional Work ers colored people, August 23-27. CHICAGO, ILL., American Bakers Association and Allied Trades of Baking Industry, September 11-16. CHICAGO, ILL., National Spiritualist Association, U. S. A. An nual Convention, October 16-21. CINCINNATI, 0., National Council of Traveling Salesmen As sociation, October 9-11. DETROIT, MICH., Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo National Annual Meeting, September 7-9. DETRIOT, MICH., Annual Meeting Prison Association, Octo ber 12-18. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Supreme Camp American Woodmen District Convention, August 28-September 1st. LOUISVILLE, KY., The National Exchange Club, September 25-27. LOUISVILLE, KY., International Federation of Catholic Alum nae, October 26-November 2nd. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., National Tax Association, Septem ber 18-22. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Annual Meeting American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngelogy, September 18-25. NEW ORLEANS, LA., Southern Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers Annual Convention, December 5-7. NEW YORK, N. Y., National Association of Retail Clothiers and National Association Men's Apparel Club, September 11-15. NEW YORK, N. Y., National Police Conference, September 11-15. ST. LOUIS, MO., American Veterinary Medical Association An nual Convention, August 28-September 1st. For further information call on nearest Ticket Agent or com municate with R. S. BROWN, District Passenger Agent, 741 Broad St., Augusta Ga. J. A/TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent, Edgefield, S. C. That Covered Bridge And the Lake-Side Roadway Near Graniteville, S. C., make for rus tic beauty, and it is just about as hard to forget as some of the things for sale at Huggins' Store. "For the instance:" "Jim dandy" bulk coffee, a lb. 25c. That good No. 8 coffee, a lb. 38c. Fancy mackerel 15c, 2 for 25c. Jolly Rover "prize packages," 05c. Claussen's Feast Cakes, 10c. x 1 gallon can of Winner syrup, 50c. Nabob Catsup, 10c. And O my countrymen! For your own sake be sure to get Mrs. Duke's Mayonnaise and Relish "it is home made" Yours for good mayonnaise, HUGGINS' STORE , AT THE DEPOT Six Per Cent Money All land owners desiring loans on farm lands at 6 per cent interest for a period of 5 to 33 years can apply through the Peoples Bank pf Edge field, S. C., representative for The First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, S. C. Straight loans; no commissions. THE PEOPLES BANK. Edgefield, S. C. July 4th, 1922. Cheap Money For Farmers. The Edgefield National Farm Loan Association has $36,000 to lend to farmers at five and one half per cent, for The Federal Land Bank of Columbia. Applicant may file application not - later than Sept. 1st. next, for this al lotment. B. E. Timmerman, Secretary-Treasurer. Farm Loan Association, Edgefield, S. C. 8-2-31. FOR SALE: Four Jersey bulls, age 3 months to 2 years, out of Reg ister of Merit Dams. Apply to F. F. RAINSFORD,. 7-26-2t Trenton, S. C. FOR SALE: Five good young milch cows and six head, of choice beef cattle. M. C. PARKER. Eyes scientifically examined and glasses properly fitted. GEO. F. MIMS, Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. The Best Hot Weather Tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches the blood, builds up ?he whole 37 st en and will won derfully strenst-ra and fortify you to withstand the depressing effect of the hot summer. 50c .