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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, 8. C.? TUESDAY, DECEMBER -20,1921. n ISTO. 101
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
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Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED DP BY ENQUIRER REPORTEBS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
"R. B. Oates. custodian of the Tirzali
warehouse has cotton packed and arranged
in the warehouse in a manner
that is good to see," remarked Fred
Smith of Tirzah the other afternoon.
"And I understand," went on Mr.
Smith, "that he has about all the cotton
in that house that will go in there.
The capacity of the warehouse is a
little more than COO bales and there is
about that much cotton in there now."
Warehouse la Full.
"The Clover warehouse is packed to
its utmost capacity," suid Mr. V. Q.
ilambright, cashier of the First National
bank of Clover, the other day.
"Farmers have been piling in the. cotton
here of late. Still a good deal of
cotton has been sold on the Clover
market the past week or ten days?I
expect an average of twenty-five bales
or more a day. The cotton that is being
sold is the last picking, however.
There seems to be a general tendency
to hold on to the better grades."
Baseball.
"If Yorkville is to have a baseball
team next summer as good as that one
she had last summer, it is time that
u,.mciuviu wmu foftinir Iuihv and linimr
thii^s up," remarked a baseball fan the
other day. "I'd like to see some of the
fans get together and discuss the proposition?agree
on a manager and map
out a campaign for the raising of
funds. That baseball team last summer
was a "good ad for the town and it
afforded pleasure and pastime for lots
of people. Let's start something pretty
tiuick."
Stopping th? Speeders.
"Speaking of automobile speeders
and making drivers stay within the
law it is really a problem to know how
to handle the situation," remarked
Chief of Police Ed Steele of Yorkville
the other day. VI sometimes think
that the best solution is to give every
ofllcer the power to shoot the tires
when the drivers of cars won't stop
when ordered to answer speedingcharges.
And yet that is dangerous
because when one shoots a pistol one
really does not know where the bullet
is going."
Doesn't Know the Gent.
"Rabbit" is the name of a little negro
with big eyes who shines shoes for the
public in a Yorkville barbershop. Rabbit
can shine shoes beautifully when
he wants to, and when he doesn't want
t<> he can make a botch of it.
"Wiv.i'c ftintn Pimm cointr to bring
you Christmas, Rabbit?" inquired a
patron of the barbershop the other
day.
"Xuthin* boss," returned Rabbit. "To
tell yo* all de truf dat man ain't neither
fifvored me with no Christmas appreehashun
since ah had been able to
know whut was gwine on eround."
The Chester Creamery.
"I d like to see the farmers of York
county who have more milk than they
can use at home patronize that Chester
creamery which has recently been
organized," remarked John R. Blair,
York county farm demonstration agent,
the other day. "There's money in it,"
Mr. Blair went on to say, "and the more
milk the creamery gets the more it will
be able to pay for milk. It takes a
great volume of patronage to run a
creamery. I doubt if a creamery located
anywhere in York county wou'd pay
and 1 doubt if the creamery in Chester
would be able to make it if it were to
depend upon Chester alone. These
people are looking for .support from
York and other counties and I believe
if York county farmers will investigate
a little they will lind that there is
'money in it for themselves."
Hair Cuts.
"Funny how styles and customs
change," observed the barber as lie
hacked on a two days' growth of stubble
on the customer's face the other
day. "Take the matter of hair cuts,
for instance. JJefore the World war I
didn't have more than one call in ten
for a feat her-edge hair cut, and now
nine pcop'e out of ten want their hair
cut in l'cathcr-edge style. The war did
it. You see most soldiers wear their
hair cut feather-edge. When they got
out of the army they kept it up and
people who were not in the army patterned
after those who \vej*e there. Hi
this particular the electric clippers,
with which all barbershops arc equipped
now, come in mighty good. If it
wasn't for the clippers 1 don't know
what barbers would do. They simply
couldn't hold out in dipping .so many
heads of feat her-edge style by hand."
Coons Around the Knob.
"Coons are showing up around
Henry's Knob and in the vicinity of
I'cthany." said Mr. Meek McCarter ol
that section who was among the visitors
in Vorkville last Saturday. "Sev<
ral coons have recently been caught
in the vicinity and big tracks are t<
be found along the creek banks every
morning." From whence come thr
coons Mr. McCarter does not know
Thirty years ago conns were plcntifu
in the vicinity of the knob but they
were either ail killed 01 driven away
until here recently when they begar
to show up again". A coon's hide j.<
worth about $7.50. "Hunters have
been combing the knob this season for
rabbits," Mr. McCarter went on to say;
"but they haven't had much luck.
There are scores and scores of rabbits
on the 110 acres that comprise the
knob; but as soon as the dogs jump
them they make a bee line for the top
of the mountain and then disappear
into one of the numerous crevices. The
j only chance that,a man has to kill a
rabbit on that knob is to shoot mm as
he gets up because it is all off after
that."
Tax Reduction Talk.
Commenting last Saturday on that
tax parley that was held in Columbia
last Wednesday, former Senator Beamguard
said, to Views and Interviews at
Clover last Saturday:
"According to my view of the matter
Crouch of Saluda, is about the only
man in that conference who said anything
to the point. He"knew where the
shoe is pinching and he said so. It is
easy enough to find ways and means of
raising more taxes; but the thing we
want is to get rid of some of the taxes
we already have, and we can do that
only by cutting off some of these appropriations.
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"But they are not going to cut off any
appropriations at the next session of
the legislature. You mark my words.
It is going to bo a long session and
there is going to be lots of talk; but
the people who went to save the appropriations
are going to wear down
those who want to cut the appropriations
and-when it comes to summing
up at the last you arc going to find
that next year's appropriations' bill Is
going to be Just about as big as the bill
of last year.
"Out of that list of proposals by the
; tax conference, you will find that the
: legislature will probably adopt the gas0
ine tax and the inheritance tax; but
1 don't look for it to go beyond that and
whatever new taxes it puts on, I don't
expect it to take anything off.
"No, sir, the only way you'll ever get
'a reduction of appropriations is by
| electing a legislature on that issue.
I You've got to put it up to the candidates
in the primaries, tell them that
y,ou are sending them there to reduce
expenses, and see that they do it. It
is going to take a general cleaning out
of the legislature to get your taxes
down."
Making Tax Returns.
Broadus M. Love, county auditor
was discussing tax returns with a
[jiarly in the..shci'iff s office the other
morning apropos of tho fact that the
time for making returns opens on
j. January 1.
"At what figure does the average
man return his household goods?" Mr.
! Love was asked.
"About $115," he rep'.itd; "but under:
stand, that average may be too high.
, There is no uniformity about it.
, "Nobody returns household furniture
jand fixtures at actual value any more,"
the auditor said. "Some make return
' higher than others especially some ipf
j the preachers, but now they are learn1
ing to do like other i>cople do.
"I recall the case of one minister
I who no longer lives in York county;
I hut who returned his household prop-:
; erty one year at about $GoO. I told him
that his return was several times too
high and that the thing to do was to
mai hi? rot urn in keening with that
i of other people in his community. He
I went on to say that the law required
that property sliould be returned at its
I market value and that his conscience
I wouldn't let him do otherwise.
"Well, sir, when time to pay taxes
i came that fall that preacher's taxes
were higher than those of a lot of rich
land owners, lie raised cain about it.
And the next year?well he had learned
, a few thing3.
"There are some who return their:
I household property at much less than j
j $23. Last winter one citizen of the
county returned his household at $1.
I He said that the market value was *
more than that?and that in fact it had 1
no market value. Well the equu'iza- I
tion board raised him considerably and
he raised a row; but he paid the increased
assessment.
"This tax system of ours is certainly
a beauty," remarked the auditor In
j conclusion.
VERDICT FOR LEA.
Physician Gets Damages Against Autocratic
Lumber Co.
Tin* defamation of character suit
'asking damages of $35,000 brought byj
| Dr. J. o. Lea against the Savannah,
Itiver Lumber Company, after occupy- j
ing the attention of the United States
District Court here Tuesday, resulted j
yesterday in a verdict of $3,250 for the
plaintiff, says the Charleston News and
Courier of Thursday. The suit was
busi d ?m a letter written by C. K.
Tucker, superintendent of the Wiggins
plant of the defendant concern, in the
tuirtmi l.tiMilicr Coiimanv. North Char-!
h-ston, stating thai Dr. Lea had been
<li.sehari;i d from th<- employ of the,
Savannah River Lumber Company at
his instanee because the plaintiff had
been guilty of talsilving, manufactur- (
ii)KT illicit lii|iior and disposing of tht-i
same. j
The plaintiff was represented in the
, suit by Attorneys John I. Cosgrove and
Harry Snnonhoff, it being alleged that
Superintendent Turk or aciid as the
' agent til the Savannah River Lumber |
.; Company in wrilting the letter to an!
I offieial of the Rurton Lumber Coin-j
jpany. The defense was represented by'
Col. James (5. l'adgett, of Walt'-i-boro,j
i and Attorney R. A. Ilagood, of the
; local bar. I
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TAXES ANDJORE TAXES
Governor Cooper Has Ambitious Plan
' for Road Building.
SPEND $34,000,000 IN SIX TEARS
Proposition to Build Four Thousand
.Qnft Surface Roads and Six
Hundred Miles of Hard Surface
Roads Without Increasing Property
Tax. ,
Columbia State, Sunday.
Without increasing the present property
tax one cent the state of South
Carolina may spend approximately
$34,000,000 on a six year road improvement
programme that would result in [
a state system of 4,000 miles of improved
roads, (5,000 miles of which would he
hard surfaced, according to a plan an- j
nounced yesterday by Governor Coop-I
er, following- a consultation with the
state highway department.
Governor Cooper gave out the plan J
himself and is very much in hopes that!
the general assembly will seriously
consider the proposed six year programme.
Uncjer the plan announced
by the governor the state could complete
a system of Improved highways,
hard surfaced and sand clay, top soil
and gravcli that would be a credit to
the state. Under the proposed programme
each county would not only
retain its own money but get back
more than it puts in for the construe
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tion and maintenance 01 na aune ui6?jways
and bridgc9
Briefly the new programme contemplates
six methods of getting the $34.000,000
as fol ows: Federal aid for six
years to be $3,600,000; an increase In
the automobile 'icense fees so as to
bring in $1,300,000 a year, or $7,800,000
in six years; approximately $6,200,000
from the two mill property tax now effective;
approximately $3,100,000 from
a gasoline tax imposed for six years at
one cent a gallon; a state bond issue of
$10,000,000.
Large Sum for Road3.
Under the programme 3,000 miles of
soft surfaced road would be constructed
to cost around $10,000,000, including
minor bridges and culverts; 400 miles
of hard surfaced Yoads, including grading,
minor bridges and cuherts, etc., to^
cost around $10,000,000; oil the state
highway bridges not yet provided for
would be built at {tpproximately $5,300,000
for the six >?enr period; provide
n sufficient* maintenance fund- of
about $5,300,000 for the six year period;
provide around $1,500,000 to maintain
the state highway department for six
years and interest and sinking funds of
$1,800,000 for tho bonds.
In this $34,000,000 programme the
amounts to he received out of the $20.000,000
road construction fund alone
would be as follows for the following
live counties: Charleston, $1,180,000;
Greenville, $1,140,000; Klchlund and
Spartanburg, $1,100,000 each; Anderson,
$920,000.
Some of the major bridge projects
provided for under the proposed programme
include four over the Great
fee.Dee, four over Lynchers river, two
over the Santee, one over the Wateree,
one over the Catawba one over the
Congaroe, two over the Broad, two over
the Pacolet, two over the Tyger, two
over the Enoree, six over the Saluda,
fouK over the Edisto, one over the
Ashepoo, one over the Combahee and
two over the Savannah.
' During the next few years South J
Carolina will be confronted with an'
unemployment situation, incident to
the necessity of reestab ishing our agriculture,"
said Governor Cooper in an -:
nouncing the new six year proposed
programme. "It is important that employment
be found for our surplus la- j
bor during this period, because, while j
we shall have reorganized our agriculture,
we will have a shortage'instead of i
a surplus of labor. Unless something is |
done to give the unemployed labor dur- '
ing the transition period there will be;
an inevitable emigration," the governor
dcc'ared.
"South Carolina needs to continue
the building of public highways of a
permanent character. After consulting j
with the state highway department, the,
following is submitted as a tentative
programme, in tiie hope that all of our
people, especial y meniberSjOf the gemoral
assemb.y, will give the subject serious
consideration and arrive at a
wise conclusion."
The proposed programme was an-'
nounccd as follows: I
Proposed Programme.
Without increasing the present prop-]
crty tax one cent the state of South
Carolina may spend approximate-1
ly $34,000,0o0 and complete within
six years a system of improved state
highways comprising about 4.000 miles,
more than GOO miles of which would bo
hard surfaced, and the rest surfaced
with sand-clay, top soil or gravel; and
under this plan each county will not
onlv retain its own money; but get)
more than it puts in for the construction
and maintenance of its state highways
and bridges.
The inotn y can bo raised as fellows: ;
1. Federal aid from the national
government at present rate of about
$1,100,000 per year for six years, $6,600.000.
2. The automobile license receipts.!
If the license fee is increased to corro- j
spend with tlx- average in the Unitedl
States, whieli, fur example, would j
change the fee of a Ford car from I
$0 per year to $s per year, and for a i
Cadillac from $16 per year to $2?. perl
year, this source would yield on an av-|
erage approximately $1,300,000 per
year, or a total for six years of $7,800,000.
3. The two mill property tax now effective
would yield an average of
slightly more than $1,000,000 per year,
ni* ohrvnt If! 9AA HAH fftr tho qIv vPfirq
4. A tax of 1 cent per gallon on motor
vehicle fuel could be imposed without
appreciable burden and would yielil
an average of between $500,000 and
$600,000 per year, or say $3,400,000 for
the six year period.
5. A state bond issue of only $10,000,000
would bring the total fund up
to $34,000,000, and this issue would be
so arranged that a part of the tax revenues
above suggested would take care
of it during and after the six year period.
This $34,000,000 fund would be sufficient
to carry out tho following described
programme -of road improvement:
1. Construct 2,000 miles of soft surfaced
roads, including minor bridges
and culverts, $5,000 per mile, $10,000,000.
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2. Construct 400 fniles of hard surfaced
roads, Including grading and the
minor bridges and culverts, $25,000 per
mile, $10,000,000.
3. Construct all- of the important
bridges on the state highway system
not already provided for at a cost of
$5,500,000.
f 4. Provide annually a sufficient
amount to maintain all state roads previously
constructed varying from $400,000
per year at present to about $1,500,000
per year when the state system
is complete, or about $5,500,000 for the
six years.
5. Maintain the state highway department
at a cost of about $200,000
per yoa., or $1,200,000 for tho six years.
C. Provide interest and sinking fund
of $1,800,000 for bonds. Interest and
sinking fund, after the six year period,
cou.d be provided from tho same revenues
with a substantial balance for
matching subsequent federal aid and
continuing the construction of hard
surfaced roads
Miles in Present System.
The state highway system as at present
planned contains about 3,500 miles
of road, of wh.ch more than 1,600 miles
will be completed or provided for by
the end of 1921, including more than
200 miles of hard surface. The 2,400
mites provided in the above programme
would therefore complete the system
and enable the additioft qt some 500 or
600 miles to the portent layout The
inn miifn flddftfoh hard surfacing
would a'so take care of practically all
parts of state roads where the traffic
Is too heavy for the soft surface and
where the counties have not already
made arrangements for hard surfacing.
The expenditure of the $20,000,000
proposed for road construction can be
equitably distributed among the counties
according to any reasonable schedule
and adequately complete the highway
system as above stated. If the
distribution were based, for example,
one-third on land area, one-third on
assessed valuation and one-third on
motor vehicle license receipts for 1921,
no county would receive less than
about $180,000, 'and in each case the
county's proportion would be sufficient
to complete the state roads within its
limits, due regard being had for the
type of surfacing which tho present
traffic wou'd warrant. As examples of
how a distribution of this kind would
work out, consider a few of the counties
at random:
Orangeburg county would receive
about $740,000 nnd has 180 miles of
road in the state system, of which
about 75 miles will be constructed or
provided for at the end of the present
year. Tito remaining 105 miles could
be graded nnd surfaced with sand-clay
at a cost of not exceeding $525,000,
which would leave at least $215,000 for
constructing several miles of needed
hard surfacing. Besides, a much needed
bridge across the Santee river between
Orangeburg and Clarendon
counties could be provided from the
bridge fund.
Would Aid Counties.
Chesterfie'd couniy woum receive,
$330,000 end lias 93 miles on tho state
highway system, of which about 23
miles have already been constructed or
provided for. To construct the remafhing
SO miles with sand-clay or gravel
surfacing would cost some $350,000,
which would leave a margin of $30,000
for constructing additional mileage
that might be added to the state system.
Chesterfield county has no state
roads at present requiring a hard sur- j
face.
Greenville county would redeive
about $1,140,000 and has a total of 131
miles on the state system, a'l' except !
about ten miles of which has already,
been improved. At least $1,000,000 is
needed in this county immediately,!
however, for hard surfacing those roads
on which traffic is too heavy for the
existing top soil surfacing.
Richland county would receive about
$1,100,000 and has 79 miles on the state
highway system, which is practically'
all provided for under the $2,000,000 1
bond issue for pavements already
available in that county. The state
fund cou'd therefore be applied to the
construction of roads to be added to
the system or in retiring a part of the
county bonds.
Tn like manner every county in the j
state would receive a .sufficient fund to
take rare of the immediate needs so far
as the state highway system is concerned,
and due to the federal aid, each
would receive more than it contributed.
It is true that the needs would increase
(Continued on Page Two.)
NEWS ABOUT CLOVER
Many Heavy Hogs Have Been Slaughtered
In Past Few Days
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MINSTREL SHOW DREW DIG CROWD
Hawthorn Mill to Build Largo Community
Houso?Chock Out for Nine
Years Brought in for Payment?
Other News and Notes of the Metropolis
of Northern York County.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Clover, December 19.?The reputation
of various residents of the cotton
mill villages here for raising big hogs
every year is up to par again this
year. During the past week q ' o a
number of big porkers have bee killed
and there is an abundance of sausage
and spare ribs and cracklings and
other pork meat in both villages. So
f.T Mr. Campbell Henry l.olds the
palm for having tho biggest l-.og of the
season at either village. His hog,
which he killed recently netted 533
/pounds. Georgo B. Wallace killed one
a few days that netto-.l 492 pounds.
J. A. Deas's hog weighed 465 pounds
and James Faris killed one that
weighed 47C pounds after it was dressed.
Robert Price's hog which he re
cently killed for Christmas netted
474 pounds and Will Barrett recently
killed one that netted 404 pounds. M.
M. Pendleton who lives near Clover
killed two big pokers recently, one
netting 455 pounds and the other 450
pounds. There aro numerous other
people in the town and the surrounding
country who have whaling big
hogs that have not yet been killed.
But nobody will hardly beat the
Campbell Henry hog here.
To Build Community House.
The management of the Hawthorne
Mill hero is laying material on the
ground preparatory to the erection of
a community house for the benefit of
operatives of the mill. The community
center will be located near the
baseball park which was erected by
'the mill management lost summer
and will fill a long felt want in the village.
The community house which
will be a largo building will be of
brick construction and the work will
be pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible.
Minstrel Big Success.
So large was the xrowd desirous of
seeing tho minstrel show put on by
local talent which played in the opera
house hero last Tuesday night that it
was necessary to put on two performances.
The crowd was said to have
been the largest^ in attendance upon a
show or entertainment at the opera
house in several years, receipts from
the sale of tickets totaling $112. The
minstrel which wa3 directed by one of
the teachers in tho Clover school was
presented under the auspices of the
" * 1 n u?nr in -
Clover ?cnooi iui|>iu<?uiE.?
tion and' the understanding is that the
money received from sale of tickets
will go into a fund being raised for
the purpose of providing a library for
the school. At the present time the
school is without a library and the
need for one becomes more and more
apparent every day, according to W.
S. Roid, superintendent of the school.
The library fund now totals a goodly
sum and the school children will have
a number of valuable reference books
and other works at their disposal soon
after Christmas.
Debate Tuesday Night.
Considerable local interest centers
in the debato to be given by high
school pupils in the graded school
auditorium Tuesday evening on the
subject, "Resolved, That the United
States Government Should Provide
Adequate Compensation for Ex-soldiers."
The debate which is to be
held under the auspices of the literary
society will mark the first gathering
of Clover people in the new high
school auditorium which is nearing
completion. High school pupils interested
in the debate have been working
hard in getting all the facts and figures
possible that are calculated to
uphold their respective question. The
subject Is an interesting one and it is
believed that the high school debaters
will present arguments pro and con
that are well worth while.
Unusual Record.
Mr. \V. A. Barrett Is now rounding
out the 29th conscutivc year of his residence
at the Clover mill village here,
a record considered further remarkable
by reason of the fact thati he has
been living in the same house during
rll those years. The 29th year of his
residence ii. the mill village expires
on January 11. While Mr. Barrett
holds the record for consecutive resilience
at the mill, there arc others
there who have been identified with it
longer than he has. Among them are
Messrs. J. It. Parrish and \V. F. Ritch
although l)oth have moved away at
.times and returned later.
Christmas Trees This Week.
There are to be at least three
Christmas tree entertainments in Clover
this week and the understanding
is that there are to be others in the
community surrounding. Roth the
Methodist and Raptist Sunday schools
are going to provide a Christmas tree
for the little folks and the school is
also going to have a Christmas tree
in connection with the suspension of
work for the Christmas holidays next
Thnrsilav.
Old Check Paid.
This is the story of a check that
was lost ar.tl then found aprain and
paid despite the fact that it was nine
j
years old, a fact remarkable because
most people who have checks cash
them before the ink is good dry in the
, interests of "safety first." According
to Mr. James A. Page, cashier of the
Bank of Clover, Mr. M. Ln Smith, then
general manager of the Clover Cotton
ifanufacturing company sent a lady
I in Winnsboro a check for $20 in 1912,
that being the dividend on $200 worth
of stock she held in the mill.
Weeks passed and then months and
the check did not come into the bank
for payment Mr. Smith remembered
that a pheck for $20 was out standing
but he could not recall what the check
was for or to whom it waA issued.
Two years ago the Clover Cotton Manufacturing
Company sold out to the
Clover Mills company. With the deal
was made a balance of $20 which was
left in the bank to the credit of the
Clover Manufacturing company. The
manager knew that the books were
out of balance $20 and that there was
a check for that amount outstanding
but try as he would he could not loCc.te
the account.
*But the books balanced just a few
days ago when ,a check for $20 dated
in'1912 came in for payment from a
Winnsboro bank. Inquiry developed
that the lady to whom the check was
sent nine years ago had misplaced it
and didn't find it until recently when
she decided to try to cash It although
she was not sure whether she could
collect or not because of the check's
age. But the money was there to take
care of the check despite its age, and
the account of the former manufacuring
concern has at last been closed.
People are Moving.
Clyde Faris of Clover No. 1 has
moved his family to Clover and is occupying
the Qoforth house. J. H. Sistar
and family who have been living
here for some time past have moved
to thp Goforth place at Bethany. Mr.
Gregg Howell and family who have
been living at the Goforth place at
Bethany have moved to the farm vacated
by Mr. Clyde Farls and family.
COTTON FIGURES OFF
Dial Says Government Estimates Calculated
to Hurt Farmer.
The cotton situation was aired in
the senate last week by senators from
South Carolina. Senator Smith obtained'
adoption of a resolution calling
for a definite statement of the
amount of cotton ginned, while Senator
Dial criticised reports of the department
of agriculture as to the
amount of the cotton crop. He contended
that the reports have been misleading,
and fears they may effect the
market price.
Senator Dial said he had received a
bitter complaint from his state about
the seeming inaccuracy of the reports.
He said:
"In June, 1920, the department estimated
that there would be 10,000,000
bales of cotton raised, and that year
there were" 13,340,000 bales produced.
This conntltutent calls my attention to
the fact that a day or two ago the
department gave out an estimate of
8,340,000 bales being raised this year
whereas some two months ago it gave
out an estimate of 6,500,000 bales. He
called my attention to the fact that
twelve cotton firms in the unitec
States made an estimate of the crop
recently, and their combined estimate
was 7,926,000 .bales. And yet the government
estimate is 8,340,000 being
414,000 bales more than theirs.
"I very much regret to see a situation
where the people of our country
have no respect or confldeice in the
accuracy of our departments; apd it
does seem to me that the time has
come when this department should be
overhauled and reorganized, or looked
into very thoroughly. All of these reports
operate against the producer.
"There has arisen a system of publishing
the reports?though the government
is not responsible for that?it
is done on the part of the manipulators
in such a way as to combine, foi
instance, the quantity of linters on
hand with the quantity of cotton.
"A short time ago I saw where they
had reported in Charleston 130,000
bales of cotton on hand. I was satisfied
that there was an error, and I
wired back that they had about 20,000
bales of cotton on hand, and 160,000
bales of linters. Those reports are
allowed to go out to the public, and
the people believe that there is a great
quantity of cotton' on hand, whereas,
that is an error, and is misleading.
"I cannot understand how reputable
newspapers will publish statements of
that kind. They certainly can get the
facts from the agricultural department
if they would ask, and the department
separates linters from actual cotton;
but they will persistently do it, and if
you will watch in the morning papers
you will see where they combine these
linters with cotton and count it all as
cotton.
"My conslitutent says our people
are suffering greatly by reason or
these manipulations. I think we
ought to take some step to correct the
! oilimliAn
"I might say that hut few if any
people have confidence in the last government
estimates."
Not Fussy.?The magistrate gazed
sternly at the youthful defendant.
"You come from a good family," he
said. "When you stole this watch,
didn't you know it was wrong?"
"Sure," said the prisoner nonchalantly,
"hut it was only about five minutes
out pf the way, so I swiped it anyhow."
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ROCK HILL NEWS BUDGET /
U. D. C/s Get Subscription Balance
Needed for Nonament
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EXTRA HONOR FOR MAJOR DOZ1EI
Business Mtn Want Seaboard to Com*
In?Aragon Night School Hat Large
Enrollment?Other Newt and Nottt
of the Metropolit of York County.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Rock Hill, December 19.?Rock Hill
members of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy have had no trouble
in raising by public subscription the
sum of $1,800 which is the balance due
on the new Confederate monument,
which is ready to be set up. Canvaasers
were busy two dayt last week soliciting
subscriptions to a fund to make
up the deficit and they met with a generous
response from the Rock Hill public.
Up to Friday afternoon the sum of
$1,500 had been raised, and the canvassers
expressed themselves as being
confident that the entire $1,800 would
be raised without trouble.
Want 8eaboard to Coma In.
Some of the merchants are agitating
a movement to try to get the Seaboard
Air Line railroad to come to Rock Hill.
The railroad, taps the extreme eastern
edge of York county some nine miles
away from Rock Hill and it is argued
that while the cost of coming into Rock
Hill would be great, business that
would be obtained here would in a
short period of time offset that cost.
"The coming of the Seaboard into Rock
Hill would mean more to the city than
any other one thing," said a prominent
merchant In discussing t^e matter the
other day. "I for one would be glad to
do anything in my power to bring the .
> Seaboard here and I have talked with
many other merchants and other business
people here who feel the same why
about it. I think that you will see a
flattering offer made to the Seaboard
within the next few months to come
into the Good Town."
1 Night School Banquet.
The annual banquet of the Aragoa
Mill night school was held in the community
building at the mill Wriday}
night, with all of the pupUa present
and a number of invited guests. Miss
Eva May Hlte, supervisor of schools
for adult illiterates, presided, and short
talks were made by R. <E. Melt, A. R.
Marwlck, Erwln Carothers, J. N. Ben*
ton, O. K. Williams, A. T. Quanta, J. C?
Cauthen, Superintendent Jordan of the
Aragon and Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Long. The Aragon Mill night sohool
has an enrollment of 108. School is id
session on Monday and Thursday
nights of each week and the averagd.
attendance has so far been about 84?
Miss Eva May Hite, night school su*
pervisor, is in charge, with Ave additional
teachers?A. R. Barrett, W. C*
Holroyd, Misses Goldle 8anders, Mattie
Thomas and Ellie Baugh.
Kiwanians Held Masting.
There were about 160 people in at*
tendance on the "Ladles' Night" cele*
bratlon and banquet of the KlwanlS
clftb of Rock Hill, held In the Chamber
of Commerce hall Friday night. Jameg
C. Hardin, president of the club, pre*
sided, and short talks were made by J* '.
T. Fain, H. M., Dunlap, J. M. Dye, and
x? Uaa??o Gotmrat miiairvnl flAJ
UY. UI CU iUvvic. wvvvui
lections also featured the programme.
Honor for Dozier,
Major James C. Dozler, holder of the
Congressional Medal for courageous
conduct overseas while serving as at
member of the ',0th Division, will have
the war cross of Italy bestowed upon!
him in Washington tomorrow by the
Italian government. Major Dozier, to*
gether with Gary Evans Foster of In*
man, S. C., and Richmond H. Hilton of
Westville, S. C., and fifty other hold*
ers of the Congressional medal living:
in the United States, have been Invited
to go to Washington to receive the
highest decoration of Italy. The ItaH
ian "war cross" will be personally pre*
sented to each of the American heroes
by General Vaccari, chief of staff of
the Italian army, the ceremony to takef
place in the Italian embassy.
Girls Go Horns Wednesday,
Wlnthrop college girls will go to their
respective homes for the Christmas
holidays next Wednesday, and the
great institution on Oakland avenue
will be practically deserted until January
2, when the girls return. Most of
the Winthrop girls do their Christmas
shopping in Rock Hill and they have
already completed most of it, having
been given permission to come to tow a/
to shop several times of late.
Training School Wins.
Winthrop Training school defeated
Fort Mill High school at basket ball
here Wednesday by a score of 33 to 20.
Quiet With the Police.
Members of the Rock Hill police
force have had an easy time of it recently,
according to Assistant Chief
Merritt. Few burglaries have been reported
of late and in fact about ail the
police have had to do is to round up a
few drunks. While things may Uvea
up this week because of the fact that It
is Christmas week, the assistant chief
is rather inclined to believe that It is
going to be a mighty quiet Christmas
and that the police are going to have
an opportunity to enjoy the day along
with other people.
? An Anderson correspondent men*
tions the circumstance of new cotton
blooms still appearing in the fields at
the county. There has not been suf^
ficient frost as yet to kill the stalks. ,
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