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Report of County Supervisor on 1 nary, 1919: 833?J. P. Kinard, Pension (Mis. C 824?D. M. Cromer, Pension (Mis. 835?J. A. Enlow, Pension (Mis. C 836?Jno. R. McCollum. Pension (T 837?H. W. Bowles, Pension (Mis. ( 838?W. W. WiHingham, Pension ( S39t-T. W. McCul lough. Pension ( 840?Jno. W. Gilliam. Pension (Mi! t 841?J. B. Chambers, Pension (Mi: 842?D. P. Ward. Pension (Mis. C< 843?J. C. Wilson. Pension (Mis. C 844?Mrs. Catherine Davenport, Pai 845?Mrs. Lucinda Livingstone. Pau 846?Mrs. Catherine Sheely, Pauper 847?Mrs. Margaret Troutman, Pau nor ( ^ i OlO lUXbS OCLLJ uuifticj , i \ 49?Mrs. Mollie Dickert, Pauper (I >$50?R. M. Aughtry, Magistrate, S ? S51?J. T. Kinard, Magistrate, Sal V~" 852?B. B. Hair, Magistrate, Salary 853?Hix Connor, Magistrate, Salar 854?J. H. Dorroh, Magistrate, Sala 855?H. H. Ruff, Magistrate, Salary $56?C. H. Alewine, Magistrate, S 857?J. B. Lathan, Magistrate, Ss L 858?R. W. Glymph, Magistrate, Si r 859?P. B. Ellesor, Magistrate, Sala v { S60?J. G. Holder, Constable, Salar S61?Geo. B. Cook, Constable, Salar 862?J. H. Coon, Constable, Salary. 863?H. R. Brooks, Constable, Sal 8G4?M. H. Wicker, Constable, Sal 865?A: G. Leitzsey, Constable, Ss 866?^12. A. Wheeler, Constable, Sal 867?J.Jn. Gilliam, Constable, Sala 868?A. C. Mills, Constable, Salary 1 869?B. T. Carter, State Treasurer, S70?Paul Swittenberg, Ferry 871?Otis Ruff, Pubiic Buildings... 572?Dr. W. G. Houseal. County PI 573?M. J. Smith, Cors. Cons 874?E. W. Dominick. Com. Tax... ?75?J. W. Parrott, Com. Tax v. 876?R. C. Perry, Chaingang (Com. S77?A. P. Boozer, Com. Tax ?78?The Purcell Co.. Chaingang (C 879?Otto Klettner, Qhaingang (Coi 880?G. V. Boozer, Chaingang (Com f 8S1?Newberry Hardware Co., Chair I 882?Newberry Hardware Co., Com P 883?G. V. Boozer, County Home... L 884?M. J. Smith, County Home... 885?Wm. Johnson & Son, R. and I 886-^Newberry Hardware Co., R. ai M- 887?C. M. Folk, R. and B V ?88?J. W. Parrott, R. and B Jb 889?Jno. N. Livingstone, R. and B. W 890?J. J. Amick, R.s and B ' 891?W. C- Suber, Ferry 892?H. W. Schumpert, Superintend 893?Otto Klettner, Public Buildinj / 894?Newberry Hardware Co., Publi 895?The Purcell Co., Public Build 896?Wm. Johnson & Son, Public I 897?Wm. Johnson & Son, Public I r 898?Newberry Lumber Co., Public ?99?Security Loan and Investmen |P. 900?J. B. Halacre, County Auditor | 9()1?C. M. Wilson, County Superinte [ 302?C. C. Schumpert. County Trea 903?J. S. Sargent, Office Supplies. 904?Tiie R. L. Bryan Co., Office Si 905?The R. L. Bryan Co., Books, et 906?Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co. 907?Spearman & Wallace, Agents, 908?Security Loan and Investment 909?Otto Klettener, County Home ' 910?The Purcell Co., County Home If 911?C. G. Blease, Automobiles (M: L 912?R. C. Perry, Rural Policeman I 913?F. Ml Lindsay, Annual Expens I 914?J. C. Duncan, Assessor $15?J. L. Miller, Equalizer a $16?J. Moody Bedenbaugh, County M 917?0. B. Cannon, County Board ] * oic?r* p Sphiimnprt ,Trea L 919?C. G. Blesae, Dieting... J 920-tC. G. Blease, Expense./ 921?Dr. J. K. Gilder, Lunacy 922?Dr. P. G. Ellesor, Lunacy .. r?23?Dr. J. S. Wheeled Lunacy ... L 924?Dr. C. T. Wyche, Lunacy 925?Dr. W. G. Houseal, Lunacy... K 926?Dr. W. G. Houseal, Post Mort< H 927?Henderson Brothers, Ferry ... g 928?J. H. Wicker, H. and B 929?M. A. Ham, Ferry k 930?Eddie Cook, Ferry ( 931?W. P. Allen, Magistrate, Sala 932?Eunice Alien, Constable ,Salai 933?Newberry Machine & Auto Woi 934?Livingstone Bros., R. and B. 935?Buzhardt-Langford Furniture - 936?-Mayas Book and Variety Store 937?1. N. Van Voorhis, Office Sup 938?State Board of Health, Mis. C< M39?Buzhardt-Langford Furniture 940?Dr. J. M. Kibler, Lunacy 941?The Herald & News Co., Printi 942?H. B. Richardson, Constable, 943?Observer Printing Co., Printii Statement showing exact financial 1918 as it appeared at. the end of th ITEMS., 1. Salaries, County Officers O fAiinfir Hnmo Pan cinnorc Par Xu VVUUIJ X4VU1V, i. vuwivwviw, A ?*% 3. Roads, Bridges, Ferries 4. Chaingang .. 5. Repairs, Public Buildings, etc.. . Books, Stationery, Printing... 7. Miscellaneous Contingent S. Board of Assessors, etc 9. County Board of Education ... 10. Court Expenses 11. Sheriff, Dieting .and Other Exi 12. Post Mortems and Lunatics .. 13. Interest on Loans - 14. Salaries, Rural Police 15. Deficiency, etc 16. Special Road 17. Commutation Tax t v N 918 claims paid during the month of Jan- m ont.) $ 12.00 I Cont.) 12.00 I nt.) 12.00 I His. Cont.) 12.00 I i o nn ' a ) Jt- - vv j a Mis. Cont.) 12.00 jfl Mis. ContL) 12.00 ! 9 s. Cont.) ' 12.00 ! | 3. Cont.) 12.0.0 (| :>nt.) 12.00 j | :ont.) 12.00 11 iper( Mis. Cont.) 6.00 | per (Mis. Cont.) ^"^j| (Mis. Cont.) 6.00 | per (Mis. Cont.) 6.00 I tfis. Cont.) 6.00 I ITir. \ 6.00 I Uld. V/Ullt. / ? - >alary 62.50 ary, 15.00 50.00 y 12.50 IT ......' 12.50 15.00 j 1 o r a i I Salary 15.00 | 12.50 rv 12.50 y ] 62.50 50.00' *.*[.' 15.00 j ary and fees 13.50 ....J.... Is 0? tlary 12.50 ary Is. 00 ' 19. RA i 12.50 jI Insurance '. 186.3S; I 6.00 11 25 i 50 j I lysician 2.00 ! 1 ? 2.00 I ' 5.00 I > 5.00:8 Tax.).. 2.50 ;1 .; 9-35 J Join. Tax.) 530.39 * n. Tax.) ..., 49.10 1 ~ f 19 Tfi M 1. I 3.X. . . AU. IV igang (Com. Tax.) 14.40 ity Home 21.25: l.Oflt, . < 12.75 ' i... ;..... 60 ad B: ...* 10.80 11.04 6.40 20.16 75 40.00 x " t-,!- t>?HJi 96 ?i em, ruouc xsunuiiigs ou.u^s *s .. 4.95 c Buildings 127.95 lings. 2.15 Juildings 1.00 Juildings.. 15 Buildings 20.54 t Co.. Insurance 70.12 , Office Supplies 2.50 5 ndent Education, Office Supplies.. 20.80 B surer, Office Supplies 1.00 ? . 12.15 | lpplies.. 9.97 J] c... 58.36 , Books, etc ... 96.51 Official Bonds (Mis. Cont.) 27.50 Co., Official Bonds* (Mis. Cont.).. 12.50 (Mis. Cont.) 90.98 (Mis. Cont.) 93.10 is. Cont.) 150.00 (Mis. Cont.) 30.00 es (Mis. Cont.)....i 25.00 6.00 : 7.80; Board Education 25.00 Education 21.00/ isurer, Cors. Pay Bills 4.70 j ^ Iftt; <?a a** / AVVtVV \... 103.9a; 20:00i 5.00 15.00 5.00, 20.00 5m....... 5.00 65.00 136.40 42.57 20.00* ay 15.00 ys * 15.00 rks, R. and B 16.63 79.27 Co., Public Buildings...; 31.50 i, Office Supplies 4.65 || plies 12.20 iI >n 58.00 'I Co., Chg. (Mis. Cont.) 52.50 j| '.00] ing, etc. (Mis. Con.t) 54.30 j Salary . . 12.50 lg, etc. (Mis. Cont.) 106.05 H. C. HOLLOWAY, Clerk, etc. J. C. SAMFLE, County Supervisor. ' * \ *' 1 condition of appropriations' for the year e month of January, 1919: Appropriated. Paid. Balance, j $12,725.00 $11,975.67 $ 749.33 I ipers 3,000.00 3,011.00 || 9,850.00 8,009.92 1,840.08 9,350.00 9,416.82 3,200.00 2,378.88 821.12 900.00 947.91 .... 3,915.00 3,305.35 609.65 850.00 343.80 506.20 50.00 46.00 4.00 2,650.00 323.52 2,326.48 jenses... 1,800.00 1,929.04 600.00 140.00 460.00 2,000.00 1,994.96 5.04 2,160.00 2,160.00 8.816.85 2,016.85 6.S00.00 J 4,464.00 2,602.68 1,861.32 I H. C. HOLLOWAY. Clerk, etc.. | J. C, SAMPLE. County Supervisor. | Approved: V J. B. HALACRE. County Auditor. P Ji The South is now in a position which might be called "cotton poor;" that is to say, it has large stocks of cotton on hand costing considerably more than present market values to product and for which there i^ seemingly no demand except at these sacrifice prices. Although there aire sound fundamental reasons whv cotton should not be as low as the pres ent market quotations, yet in order to be in on the safe side it is good policy not to raise the usual crop of cotton in 1919?then the world will be sure to take ^he cotton it can get and pay the Southern farm Small Crops Brii Every one knows that small crop years yield more money. In individual cases this might not be so, because one farmer or one section of the farming country or even a whole State mgiht have a ruinous ' ly short crop. In this event they would nave to suifer while more fortunate individuals in other sections would benefit. But as a general rule when a crop ie cVinrf PvorvhrwW maVps more monev. It is easv iO V ~ T ~ ^ ? to see that ten bales of cotton at $150 a bale will yield more net profit than twenty bales at $75 a bale. Don't Put All Your , j By cutting down your cotton acreage you need ~ *r<-vu<v? lonrl n -n rl civ> 1 f itto fi nr? a "f 5j tttl pv's HUI lCUUtC VUUI 1CW1U. UUUtl uuiLi > uwun. A* ... ? business is to farm, and every acre he can make productive adds that much more to the wealth of the world. But a farmer's business is also a business and. ha should not run it at a loss. Many people never realize that the average cotton farmer's situation is . liVo Hp'horrnws rnonev. oavs rent >yUUlZAV bAIAli^ AAAVW w ? ? - - __ _ w ^ ^ and either gives his own labor and that of his family or hires labor to work enough land that will produce say ten bales of cotton. Usually by the end of the . season either through bad weather conditions or because of boll weevil activity, or because of rainy weather during the picking season, or a scarcity of cotton pickers, his ten bales are reduced to eight bales. Now taking 30c a pound as the market price for rhttnn. we find that of this eight bales four bales will be good enough grade to bring the full market price of 30c a pound, or a total of $600. The other four bales, because of bad weather during picking or carelessness of pickers, or various other reasons, might average say 18c a pound, $90 a bale, or $360 for four bales, or a total of $960 for his whole year's Hold the Cotton You / - ' . Every well posted cotton man knows that- cotton +V>qr> fVio nrpcpnt market nuo UUSCS IIICX C LU bliuu uiv . tation. Some authorities state that the 1918 cotton crop would be cheap at 35c. However this may be, the holders of spot cotton should hold their cotton' until the demand for it will enable them to get back at least the greater part of the production cost. England has just lifted the embargo on cotton. France and Italv are expected to do so. The ocean freight rates have just been reduced and the.export demand will develop immediately. It is expected that the Peace Treaty will be signed soon?as early as the first part of March. This being the case, the Central European nations will be in the market for large sup* \ 7 How|Bankers, Merchants, ( Business Men . Can Help ti Do not let the South lose its prosperity. Do not let it go back to its economic slavery of past years. Help this big idea of holding the 1918 cotton and planting less cotton in 1919 by talking it to everybody. You can help immediately and practically by sending a subscription for whatever amount you feel you " " A 1.1 can afford to further this propaganda, a iew aoi? The sixteen million bale crop season of 1911-12 brought the Southern farmer only $810,000,000, whereas the eleven lillon nine hundred thousand bale crop of the season of 1917-18 brought a total of SI,667,000,000?Secretary Hester's figures. \ ***? ? 1 ?anwuu] fo wiilnra tliA a(TP 1 1 CA(13 lias ancauj wvi iw tvuww ??o ? other cotton States are doing the same.- South Carolin grower must agree and carry out to the letter his agree cern finds out that there is over-production the outpu less than the cost. / :ton This Y ear ** er a remunerative price for raising it. Do not flood the market with more than the market will absorb. Any manufacturer when he sees that he cannot sell t the stock of goods that he has on hand immediately curtails his production. Farmers are manufacturers and they can apply the same principles on a smaller scale. If in 1919 every farmer will cut his - - ?u i normal cotton acreage by one-third ne win gex more money for his crop and get paid at least the cost price for any 1918 cotton he might have on hand, which is now quoted below the cost of production. tig More Money * r* V * The total value is the same, but the cost of handling, of making, of picking, etc., is twice for twenty bales as it is for ten. The same rule applies to all crops. The slogan for 1919 should be, "Make a small crop onH coll if fnr mrvrp than it. r.nst to raise." It is time 1 W"V "v" ** " ~7~" for the Southern farmer to quit doing, business at a loss. In any other line of industry when the manager finds that he is losing money he quits and tries something else. It is good business and common sense to cut down your cotfon acreage when you are losing money on what you made the year before. Eggs In One Basket . I crop. This farmer started out to rnakb ten bales of cotton worth $1,500. Yet his gross income dwindled down to $960. The Southern farmers are certainlyentitled to at least 30c a pound fo? their cotton under i ?* _: i ^ .i !i present conditions, ana tney snouia get it. Diversification of crops is a common sense policy for a farmer. If yobr cotton crop goes wrong, you have your corn, your cattle, your hogs, or" other crops.' During 1919 you will make more money by "Any. neiiol oproaoria jmH nilttijlff TOOFe l/Ulbll'lg JUUi UOUUl ^VVVWU IAVJ. VIA^ v J- ?. Q land into feed and food crops. Plant corn. Feed it to the hogs, if necessary. The minimum base price of $17.50 per hundred pounds, Chicago basis, as established by U. SJ Food Administration for hogs, will probably remain in effect several months. Even when this price restriction is removed there will be money in hogs. Europe is short of fats, and it will l be a long while before pork gets so cheap as to be unprofitable to the raiser. Europe needs food.. Eu " 1 4-? n Km AVAn in 1 Q1 Q AT* rope IS I1UL 111 ct puoiuiuil iu laisc a wig wvp xix a.*/a.v, even next year. America must help feed her. Plant some of your land in feedstuffs and foodstuffs, then you will be helping to both feed and clothe the world and make a reasonable profit for yourself. ; ? I f ,? ? 1 INow Have Un nana I plies of cottori. American stocks will be the only available source of supply. Cotton will never again go down to its old levels. And it never should, because the South will not go back to the conditions of economic slavery that has existed for generations. Its young men and women will leave the farm and go to the city unless "farm life is made attractive fcnir? fVinm TVtic will nnt barmen unless CUUUgll LU X1V1U llllt/llla JLUW > ... .... r r the laborer is paid the hire he is worthy of. Hold f your cotton. The banks and merchants can easily I finance it. There is more money in Southern banks 2 than ever before. Do not be frightened by paper 1 Kxr "hoar" ar?<ir?nl?t/yr.ct wlin are sell- / I piitCO atlUC V bU KJJ WVW4 ... ing short in the market. Hold your cotton and let ' the spinners pay you at least what it costs to produce. t Cotton Men, Farmers and he South Stay Prosperous ' lars sp^nt in publicity will save hundreds of millions for the Soutn. we wanr rne morai support ui cvci^ business man in the South, and of course the financial aid will be appreciated. This advertising is paid for by public-spirited business men and cotton men throughout the South, Talk higl ^rices?hold your cotton, deprease your own acre. get others to dolikewise, help keep the South prosperous. % W'e would advise all producing interests not to use the future cotton market as a hedge against spot cotton because in the present position of the contract market it is not a legitimate hedge. n cotton this year at least one-third. Georgia and the a must join in and the victory is won. Every cotton ment. When the mills or any other manufacturing con* - ? i ? ? i . ij. c t is cut do\#n. it would De suiciaai to grow couon iur | (