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Friday, January 9, 1913. i.
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LEVY VERSl'S APPROPRIATION.
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We notice that Senator Hardin, of (
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Chester, is quoted as saying Luau uc
has under consideration an amend.
ment to the constitution of the State, 1
fixing a maximum levy for State pur
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poses. Senator Hardin has long ex- 1
perience in the legislature and for 1
several years has been in the senate ^
and a member of tihe senate commit-;(
tee on finance and at present is chair- 1
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man of that committee, he, therefore, {
is familiar with the fiscal affairs of *
the State. He is also a good business (
man and one among the most conser- 1
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vative of the members of the general 1
assembly, and in matters of legisla- 1
tion seeks to do only that which in 1
his judgment, is best for the State.
We are surprised, 'however, that
Senator Hardin has not discovered,
during his legislative experience that
it is not the levy which needs to be [
guarded, but it is the appropriation
bill. | (
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If Senator Hardin will look over
the levy for the past 15 years, he will (
see that at least for 10 years the State
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levy remained practically the same,
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while the appropriations weni ixcmi
$800,000 to $1,600,000. That period
covers from 1S9S to 1908. Since then
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the levy for State purposes probably
has been increased, but not very materially,
and the last appropriation
bill carried something over $2,000,00.
Our experience and observation with
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the average legislator is that he is
willing to make appropriations so .
long as he may be able to do so without
increasing ihe levy. The increase .
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in the taxable values is not gener
ally considerd by a legislator. On
one occasion we remembered that tiie (
iate Senator Mauldin, who was at that
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time chairman of the finance commit- i
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tee, stated that .be would be willing 1
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to agree to some appropriation, pro-;
vided it would not necessitate in-;
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crease in the levy. . j
The point we desire to make, and j <
we presume it is what Senator Hardin !
:? after, is that in order to prevent 4
extravagance in appropriations, or to
cut down expenses in the government, j
*ne thing to watch is the appropria- j
tion bill and not the tax levy. We j -t
suppose Senator Hardin's idea is that j 1
if the tax levy is fixed at a maximum |(
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beyond which it can not be increased ; .
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without an amendment to the consti- ] i
tution that it would have the tendency j <
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come from such levy, but Senator J
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Hardin will recall that a few years
ago the legislature provided other j
sources of income, such as tax on cor- t
porations, in order that the levy for A
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State purposes might not be increased.
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ed. But appropriations have kept pil- 'f
ing up. j fc
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Tha cronprni asspmblv meets next j c
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Tuesday at noon. We trust the ses- 1
sion will be harmonious and that I
the members will be guided in their ^
work only by what they conceive to ^
be the best interests of the people of +
the entire State. ' j a
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The Herald and News commends 1
a
Mayor Wright and all the others who t
had part in the great improvement i g
made in College street irom tne post- j <.
office to Mayor Wright's residence, jA
The Christmas club as adopted by ^
the Commercial bank is a good thing, j f
It not only assures those w'Jio join of11
something laid by for Christmas, but j r
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ii me payments are n.cpu up n, I
velops the saving habit and really ^
v that is the best part of it. We do not {
believe ir. encouraging the miserly <
habit, but the children are not taught 1
habits of economy and when they 1
grow up it is difficult to learn. !,,
TCie moral is: Join the Christmas ,
club at the Commercial bank, and
join now.
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"As an instigator of mob law/' says 1
the Yorkville Enquirer, "Governor '
Blease is somewhat of a failure. '
There was only one lynching in South i
Carolina last year, and even Georgia s
:ad eight."
Tlif difference between Georgia and
South Carolina is that they preach
ner in Georgia, and do not practice
Aliat they preach, while in South Carolina
Governor Blease has dealt honestly
with the people?and honesty,
is always, has paid.
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Cherokee county, by commutation
Dt' sentences, has received eight longterm
negro convicts who have been
tha Citato tlDTi i tori tin rv hut who
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now, as a result of the action of the
governor, will be put to work building
roads for Cherokee county. Ablebodied
convicts can not be worked to
aetter advantage than in the building
Df roads, and we hope the other coun:ies
of the State will follow the lead
3f Cherokee in requesting of the govI
2rnor that he commute the sentences
)f their able-bodied convicts who are
n the penitentiary to imprisonment
.lpon the chain gangs, in order that
:hey may be put to work building
*oads.
A newspaper in this State, which
>eems to have adopted the policy of
u>ing i't things in a round-about way,
ondo,ailing people without mentioning
names, and pursuing other such
childish tactics, is urging in a veiled
.vay restrictions by law in connection
vith the Democratic primary in this |
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State, and is making threats even
nore veiled of a bolt from the pri
nary unies? its wishes are carried
)iit. It may be well to remark that
i boner irom a white man's primary
n South Ci'iolina, in which there is
m honest bollot, and an honest count
)i' white men < votes, whether those
white men can read Latin or wear
rloves, or whether they follow a plow
)r work in' a mill has never politicaly
survived th^ bolt, and, so long as
South Carolinians noici taeir present
ugh standards, and so long as there
s a negro element in South Carolina,
;uch a bolter never will survive poitically.
The white people of South
rarclina, regardless of their financial >
landing, are, as a rule, honest and
ipright, and they know their rights
md will insist upon them.
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5> THE IDLER <s> I
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If I am not mistaken some two or j
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;nree years ago rne neariu uuu .>c?.o
?ave Newberry the name of the "City
;hat does tlhings." I don't know why
t no longer appears in the columns
)f the paper but I do not recall to have
seen it for some time. I read the
)ther day a pretty good thing along
:his line. It was called "The man who
3oes things," and the definition is:
'The blamed fool didn't know that it
wouldn't be done, so ihe just went!
ihead and done it." In that same
T roQH tho following from
.,1/1111^^1 IV/JUL JL l vuu vuv - - ^
Hubbard: "Where the didder is, j
:here are the didders." These are j
rery true and may inspire some?one ,!
:o go ahead and do things. See the j
)oint? The only way to do a thing
s to go ahead and do it. Don't wait
or some one else?do it yourself. I
:ope this year .may be one for the "didlers"
in Newberry. There are many j
hings that need to be done in this '
rood old town, but as I notice that
?he Herald and News has promised to
)lay the glad game this year I am not
joing to knock at ail 'out I am going
o join in the giad game chorus. I'll
>e glad for crutches if I don't have
o use them. Wfoen you come to think
bout it real seriously wouldn't it be ;
, great, thing for Newberry this year !
f everybody would play the glad game 1
md keep their tongues still, unless j
hey were used to say something,
food about some one or about the
.'ommunity. Laws a mercy, though,'
vhen I come to think about it, I be-!
ieve I could name one or two who
I
vould rather die and go to perdition .
han to have their tongues stopped I
rr\r>-> covin cr crunothincr nnVinri find !
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nany times, untrue about some people, j
rhey seem to be glad only when they ;
;an shrug their shouldtrs and hint I
md speak unkindly of some one who j
nay be as innocerrt and as far above
suspicion as Caesar's wife. But I am
?oing to join in the chorus of the right j
\ind of glad game?a glad game that!
nakes otiher people happy and then
[ know I will feel better because I j
have tried it. Come in while the
svater is good.
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There is one editorial eac'h week in
Leslie's Weekly which I always enjoy'
-eading. Whoever writes it knows
iow. I was just reading his new;
pear's editorial and I want to take
:he privilege o? quoting a few lines
Tom it in the hope that it may make
;ome one feel better. Speaking of flhe
new year the writer says, "let it be
a festival of renewed affection, forgiveness
and peace?a good day on
which to set aside ihe little animosities,
envies and jealousies that
mar the daily life.
"Resolve in the new year to live on
higher ground in a more healthful
and happier atmosphere, rejoicing in
the good fortune of others even if it
be denied to ourselves, realizing tr.at
while some must win and some must
lose, and some must rise while others
fall, all must suffer, in the end, who
sin. !
"Make this the happiest of ail New Years
by believing sincerely in the
fellowship or men, me virtue 01 women,
and the goodness of God."
What a beautiful thougi.it. Only that
we could get to the point of rejoicing
in the good fortune of others. It toe
often happens that we rather rejoice
in the downfall of others. Why is it '
so? I have often wondered. Can't
explain. Do we really believe in the *
fellowship of men? .Do we believe in
tihe virtue of women and the goodness
of God? Then let us manifest it in
riaoiinor., onH in nnr rnn versation
um ut aiiii 50 uiiu aaa ? ?
and the words that proceed out of our
mouths. I sometimes conclude that
many of us forget the statement writ
by St. Matthew. "But I say unto you,
That every idle word that m. 11 shall
speak, they soall give account thereof
in the day of judgment." And that
many times they do like it was said
of Job: "Therefore doth Job open
his mouth in vain: he multiplieth
worGs wit'::out kno' "edge."
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I was reading in this same Leslie's
Weekly on this same editorial page
another little article headed "The
Plain Truth." in which the writer
snvs: "Tet;olaler. A correspondent
asks if it is true that President
Wilson is a Prohibitionest. The president
is undoubtedly friendly to the
temperance cause. His views on
i-roiUDition were given oy o;io t;i i.:is
closest friend? during 11,e presider. ?ial
canvass, M Dudley vield Mai one. of
New York, who now holds an important
office under the administration. In
.'is address before the American Wine
Growers association, last February,
Mr. Malone stated that Mr. Wilson occasionally
enjoyed a Utile Scotch j
whiskey and that the president in
reply to a question as to whether iie
was a prohibitionist had answered that |
'Prohibition had no place in politics,
bii't that it belonged to economic and J
social questions, for every man si""-1
live according to his own
sense and his own judgment.' We
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ueiie1*.! mere is uue nuuiuuiuuioi, m >
the president's cabinet, tlhe traveling '
gentleman who advertises grape juice, j
and makes money talk."
Well, 1 am inclined to agree with !
Mr. President Wilson, and I some-1
times rather enjoy a good Scotch high- j
ball myself. And I have always advocated
the doctrne that every man
should be permitted to live according
j to his own common sense and his j
i own judgment and so long as I did not j
j interfere with tiie rights cr the proper- j
ty or the happiness of my neighbor I j
; should be permitted to live according i
i to my own common sense and my own j
1 judgment, but the trouble with this i
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modern day regulations and laws they ;
are trying to make me live according '
io the judgment?1 will not say com- j
mon sense?of some fanatic on the !
subject and wart to regulate my conduct
and take away from me my personal
liberties and right to exercise
my common sense and judgment and j
to regulate my actions by the judgment
of some one else. But I'll be glad
if tLiey do not interfere any more.
The Idler.
MONUMENT KEADY TO EKECT.
Memorial to Confederate Dead Arrives?To
be Erected in Arling
ton Cemetery.
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Washington, Jan. 6.?The monu- j
nunt to be erected in Arlington cem- !
etery for the Confederate de?d there, j
the work of Sir Moses Ezekiel, sculptor,
arrived in Washington today from 1
New York and is now at the freight
"depot of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
The 2z figures are packed in 11
boxes and when the monument is
erected in Arlington it is said that it j
will have as its only rival in kind on 1
this continent the memorial erected
in Quebec for Wolfe and Montcalm
by the British government. !
The dedicatory exercises for the
monument will be held in Arlington j
A?;i o-> Uilomr A Hovhopf fnr- !
II W I . t^Ul. illiai J U. L, AW ,
mer secretary of the navy, will pre- I
side and in a short address formally I
deliver the monument to Mrs. Stevens
of Mississippi, president general of
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
She in turn will turn it over to Pres- !
ident Wilson as the representaive of j
the nation. 'Former President Taft,'
who ordered that a site in Arlington i
be set aside for the monument, will j
-also be a speaker at the ceremonies, |
as will the commanders of the United i
Confederate Veterans and the Grand
'Army of the Republic.
The monument will cost $50,000.
The models were made by Sir Moses
Ezekiel in Rome and shipped to Ger
many, where the bronze castings were
liiade.
They were brought to this country
from >ivnien on board the steamship
President Grant.
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That Helled Buzzard.
Avery, Tex., .Ian. 7.?Editor ConLtitution:
I notice in December 30 isMie
ol' George U Paulk, of the Waterloo
M't-tion, seeing a belled buzzard.
If rbe same one, I was the party that
belled her 28 years ago last summer.
We caught her on her nest in a bluff
on the Caneyfork river just below the
falls in Warren county, middle Tennessee.
I have seen !her several
times since. J. A. Upchurch.
Some Dear Old Standbys.
A paean of praise I would warble
To some dear old standby I have
read,
They loom as if chiseled in marble,
Arise like a voice from the dead.
Admitting, perhaps, that they're hoary
With age, and need haircut and
shave,
Their memory's possessed with a fragrance
I cannot lose this side the grave.
"The Angel of Death spread its
wings?"
Xow. there's an old-timer, i ween;
And also "the bride looked so sweet
i.; a gown ci uaik brown velveteen."
"A pleasent reception was tendered;"
"All voted they had a good time;"
"The progrnm was charmingly rendered
'He committed a dastardly crime."
"Where ho fell there were thick clots
of blood
"T t> chair rapped with a dull, sickening
thud;''
"We hope he will soon call again."'
"Ti. i'jv i'iond siict huge tongues ot
flame;" "Jim
Callahan Sundayed in town;'
"The groom wore conventional
black:'
"Friends and neighbors surprised
Marv tsrown.
"Then Smith in few well-chosen words
As follows substanailally spoke;"
"When the inmates were ruthlessly
wakened
The rooms were found chock full of
smoke."
"From the Beaver Record we learn
That a bountiful repast was served
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i With euibles fit for the gods;''
i "The prisoner seemed wholly unI
nerved."'
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scan :ill the city newspapers
Wherever 1 may chance to roam; i
But when I want infinite pleasure i
! I read the old weekly from home.
' | ?Hal P. Denton in. Chicago Press
Club Scoop.
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Tall One.
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Life.
| Laborer?And have they tall build- j
' j ings in America, Pat?
| Pat?Tall building hav' they?faith 1
I Mike, the last one I worked on we had
j to lay on our stomachs to let the
moon pass.
Parading Her Money.
Thornton?Fannie iFlas'hley carries
BnEnnnBBiranH
in
lure rran
in save you mou
Frames for en]
graphs. I wills*
me 16x20, four i
for 69c., in Blac
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ui ail vjuiu* a
roil to see me 1
uy.
etter Goods at Same Pric
m i n.
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5 House of 1,000 Thii
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ms Club
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led. Don't fail to J
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ing systematically
aii join by mail or
join for you.
ircialBank
is Treats You Right.
her bank roll in her stocking. -A
Rosemary?I'm not surprised. She I
always seemed fond of flaunting her. ^
wealth.?Judge.
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Providing.
"May I spend the day with you, fair \
one?*' he said. .1
As he sat the wheel of a big-touring
car,
T :en t ie maiden replied, with a tossof
her head,
'Twill depend upon how good a:
spender you are!'"
?Judfce.
Catch the Idea? *
She?Before we were married you
used to catch me in your ams.
He?Yes, and new I catch you in
my pockets.?Brooklyn Citizen.
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