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LOCAL TAXATION j SHOWS INCREASE j * Swearingen Says Tidal Wave Sweeps Over the State "During the year a veritable tidal wave of school district taxation has i swept over the state," says J. E. i Swearingen, state superintendent of1 education. Every county has shownj , marked activity and in some cour.-j ties more tl^an half of the districts! either voted a tax or increased ar. ex-! isting levy. > nvrvAviprlOP: of the last two ^ ? X XAV. . years has convinced school officials,! trustees and 'educational leaders of the pressing need for more money," 1 continues Mr. Swearingen. "The first j Step in the program was the passage of an amendment to Section 1742 of fche code, liaising from 8 mills to 15, inills the maximum district levy al- j lowable. A considerable group of bounties secured special acts allow- j incr 17 mills. Districts in one county! r** * ; jwere granted the privilege of voting j bo mills." 7 I Mr Swearingen says that state aid-1 jed high schools are required to have j jja local levy of at least four mills, j ?The high school act imposes no top j * fortunately and allows districts Iftamfcairiing state aided high schools t' 1 ? -Li- ^ ^ to. vote whatever locai tax me irce j .holders and electors may approve, j jfro. fimft on 'local school taxation is j prescribed in a number of states, j State and county funds are supple- j niented annually by whatever locali . fevy may be needed to run the'; schools. Mr. Swearingen thinks this is a privilege era^nenuy wsirauic m South Carolina. The 1920 amendment to section ,4,7*13 of the code allows more latitude ia-the Issuance of school district} bonds, which amended raises the bond | p limit from 4 per cent to 8 percent) of the ossetzed valuation. An active campaign was planned j f\ lastfJlareh at a conference ot county superintendents,- "says Mr. Swearingen* The program was pressed vi?or~ foasly during April, May and June. By Ju-y 1 favorable elections hadj 3jeen held in 823 districts. The movement continued during the summer and Mr. Swearingen says it is not ' unlikely that more than 1,050 local taxes have been reported to the coun' ' * . ? ty auditors for entry on ine rux j duplicates for 1920. In this way at j least a million and a half dollars will ' be added t.o school revenues during t the scholastic year 1920-21. ARREST YOUNG MEN. FOR STORE ROBBERY ' | Winthrop Girl Recovers Clothing Taken From Trunk?Other - ; Gccds Found. * ^ i' The State. Rock Hill, Jan. 14.?Their mania j fi>r crime proved lo bt the undoing} of five yocths, John Hamrick of j Charlotte, Albert Modlin, Roy Tay-j lor, Harray Webb and C. L. Hunt, ] tvho are in jail charged with break- j ing and entering the store of West-! brook: Bros., at Lando Wednesday] night; this crime also led to the re- j covery of practically the entire content3 of the trunk of Miss Myra Hunter of Prosperity, which was stolen | from the station platform here Jan-j aarv 5. Three of the young men! are also charged with theft. j The store-at Lando was entered J Wednesday night and a quantity ofj goods stolen* . Not content, the- j thieves took the safe and placed it in :V. an auto ttuck and hauled it away. Just this side of Leslie, they evidently <became frightened and the safe was heaved, OYerb&ard, where is was found intact yesterday morning. The truck used was one stolen j from Mr: Snipes, who operates a i store near the Blue Buckle mill. It! seems the ,youths had some trouble j . in starting the stolen vehicle and Mr. j ' Snipes recognized the voice of one i ' i- j~ c rr nru :*.n memoer or me party, o. n. yy:ih*.-, i of the Palmetto Detective agency,' was investigating the case yesterday afu. noon' and Mr. Snipes gave him * a lead that led to the capture of the entire hunch by Mr. White, Constable Frank Allen and Policeman Williford. Webb was the first one of the quintet accosted and he, it as said, promptly bared the whole plot. The others were taken in charge and then the search for the stolen property started. Nearly all the wearing - - TI A -- 4. ?,7, apparel from miss numer s uu.m was found in the home of Hunt, it is said. There remain a few pieces; unaccounted for, but it is believed these will be rounded up. The articles stolei. from the Lando store were also recovered. . The youths will be held for trial at the next term of criminal court. They are only 18 to 20 years of age. The trunk of Miss Hunter was stolen T'om the station platform on Wednesday night of last week, shortly after the special bringing the Winthrop students back from the holiday vacation, arrived. It was taken to the woods, near the Blue Suckle mill and the entire contents j removed. Absolutely no clue was left 'behind and officials stated their opinion that it was the work of a gang of robbers, as quite a number of cars have recently been broken into. Kad the gang not continued operations, becoming bolder as they progressed, ic is probable that the mystery of the disappearing: trunk would have yet been unsolved. Just one week after the trunk ciisI appeared, however, another raid was 1 decided upon and using a Ford and | the purloined truck the band made a j dash into erstwhile Chester and en| tered the Lando business house. ?i? SHORT SELLERS BETTNG ON BIG COTTON CROP IN 1S21 Clemson College, Jan. 10?The j bureau of markets of the Ueorgia department of agriculture in a late December issue of its weekly bulletin presents clearly the case, in regard to the low price of cotton, says Mr. W. W. .Long, director of the Extension Service of CI em son College, in further urging the need for reduction of the 1921 cotton crop. '"As this .bulletin gees to the press you can buy all the cotton you want , for next October delivery in New York at 14.30 cents a pound. Cotton delivered at New York is worth nearly a cent a pound more than at Georgia shipping points. A cash margin of two cents per pound is required. This.bureau has never encouraged our people to speculate and does not do so now. The man who will sell you cotton at the above stated price for October delivery is the ^amblin:-; short seller who does not produce a pound of cotton and is permitted un crer unrwise law to sell something, which does r.ot exist. This gambler1 who has so Ion# been a parasite on cotton is willing; to bet that you will go ahe&d and raise another normal crop of cotton in 192 1. This gambler knows that export trade in cotton is i net functioning now, due to finan-: cial disturbance in Europe. He fig-1 ures that with our normal export de-j raand suspended, that you will pro- j duee a 1921 cotton crop in excess1 of; the demand and that, he, therefore, j can make money betting at these fig- j ures'. f I * ! "The gambler is willing* to fceJ:; that we lack the common sense to1 curtail our production so that :l will rot exceed the demand of a temporarily crippled market. "We of tile south khow that.we' should net produce over half a cottoVi crcn this vear.' It has been carc-; fully figured out that if no farmer; shall plant more than one-third of ! his cultivated land to cottcn in 1021 j that we will not produce over half j a crop, or approximately six million! bales. j "Let us once and for all prove to the cotton gamblers who are taking advantages of our .situation that we have got sense and manhood to pro > 1 j? ric^_ >> I tect ourselves anu # ?. | CORONER S JURY WAITS FOR MORE INFORMATION Jury Will Noi Render Verdict for Two Weeks Waiting for Addition?.! Evidence. The State. Florence. Jan. 17.?Coioner W. Marvin Smith tonight returned from the scene of the tragedy near Pair.p1: ? is heliev IRTU III W uivii au* ? ) oi io have shot and killed hi* mother, Mrs. L. II. Bigham, his sister,. Mrs. Marjorie Black, and her two adopted children, Leo and John McCracken. and then to have gone into vhe> woods and snot himself to death. The coroner declared there were no new developments. The jury has postponed rendering a verdict for two weeks, pending the discovery of additional evidence and will make a j thorough investigation, especially in ,11- ^ the Dart | U1C wi t of some people that L. S. Bigham, whose body was found in the woods apparently a suicide, was not the perpetarator of the terrible crime but that some one else killed the members of the Bigham family ini eluding L. S. Bigham himself. It will be recalled that there were no eye witnesses and that Edmund Bigham, a brother, was the first on the scene. rrhe only development of any interest in the case today is the report i that Mrs. Mar; or I e Black came to Florence last week and made her will leaving- all of her property to L. S. Bigham. The attorney who drew the will was not in the city today and the report could neither j be affirmed nor denied. j All the dead were buried this afternoon in the same grave which had been dug in the graveyard of Beulah Baptist church at Hyman, which is about two >miles from Pamplico. It i r, fViof -fl-iprp wn.R n. \ IO OtaiLU V/1XU V V?tv*v - w I crowd at the funeral which was con| ducted by the regular pastor of the church. Rub-My-T:sm cures bruises, cuts, burns, sores, tetter, etc.?Adv. i ?a?wraawBag???Mgngpgm api?Traj'jrj cixffOTwr.ir1* rID c 1 V jDoii IQU: tally fifteen mlui !j lO/5^ & | I U^lLii'I : Then there resell : licious^ flavor vih: to coffee. Post^ nomkal and iieai ] ' Another form, If I ? Jf_ T IS ITLdae oy doj-'j a teaspocnPal i: drink may *be: mild to suit xnc ! GROCERS EVERYWHI i Kacbs by Postum Cereal C i I | . ' ^=g=gsgc^ COTTON 1 AKiWfcKS 5 MUST ORGANIZE! ?? Spartanburg. Jan. 1The a.v \ isem'bly room of.'he chamber of comjmsrce was nHed'vrith representative*; , farmers from all parti". of Spartanburg county this morning' to hear; Aaron Sapiro of San Franeiaco, Cal., i ;the attorney for .14 separate farmers' marketing associations, make an address on .the advisability of thr- cot-] ton farmer organizing a cooperative! c u :r,rn od i ty assoe lat i orw Mr. Sapiro pointed, out in a force-j ful way the plan fe Mowed -by the: California farmer m organizing. [ There was a time, hcn.i6.itL the-! Western farmer wa; at ihe mesvy of the speculator, and cf&en sola his j commodity at a loss. Theie was no J ; definite plan of financing or market-! in jr. For years there w?s e>:pci\men-: | tation, but out of .that has been ; evolved the only zjc( cr.fui, plan, ' | The speaker rlid not fail to [the condition of the.cotton farmer as j he appears to the "Westerner. lie painted the home w.'uhout convenience.":, the wife and* children work! injr in the field and/Xhe crop beiag sc-Ui for half what it. ta!;es fcolive op. iXfejsaid that the i.verajre..farmer real-: ized about $750 when, -cort r/i :-eils I at 20 cents snrt statistics or ira : ov! err.nient show that it takes ii'i.GO'j i for the average, family to livs on. He ;said that if the farmer can not get ..a profit out of his cotton he shov:)'! jquit cotion. "Hut," he sai l, "the; i error is not with, cotton?it is with ; you." ' * ? ! lie gave the plan or organ izr;: 'on (which is, briefly, to organize the c:?mjmoqity, not the county or s'tnlc. The ; idea is to get a large percentage or | the producers of a commodity- i.-to, -I " ???< il.i. II ii; "Tn5* a tll6 0Tp'V.V.17ul Lion, i'u. 4% ??? number of year* and then to find a j market for what he produces. ! MANY CLASSROOMS CLOSED ' i OWING TO LACK TEACHERS Washington, Jan. 16.? Conditions; ! in the public schools are contributing jmuch to unrest throughout the coun! try and th'e situation has become so 'serious that the states and the nation1 should cooperate to remedy it, ac-i cot ding to a statement issued .by Joseph 1). Defrees, president of Lhe U. * - T_? ^t .OnliV. jenamour ui-tumi.n..w, J "Our short-sighted policy in fail(ing to recognize the dignity of the, teaching profession has l<v! to a class i J consciousness in that profession,! | which has made itself felt in the class i (room and left its indelible imprint; ( upon the impressionable minds of thej young," declared Mr. Defrees, who i adds that of the 500,000 public' school teachers in the United States! j 100,000 &re under the age of 21. j j Thirty thousand have no education! ! havond the eighth, grade. j - ? I One hundred and fifty thousand I have 110 education beyond the third! j year high school, ar.d -ISC,000, or,' 'four-fifths of the tctal have not had j two years of special training, the | {minimum required in other countries.; j "Or.e reason why radicalism has I not made tjie same progress in the; i United States that it has in Europe," | Mr. Defrees continues, "is the fact i that hundreds of men occupying po-j sltions of the greatest importance in; this country began life as poor boy.* : But what have we go I to say of the; I inequalities of education? j "Eighteen thousand classrooms in this country are said to have stood J gr-.-p"x*Jwru.'nr::-^ " ' ?? ^ ^ ^ ^c^spTrn;.~ . ' 1WC5T If r Postum !j 1 'fl rces Wiiea YOU i?g ; I .' :h r fJ'FIT3 I I i > 1 g? M w H, | l . ij, ;S 5. < " '" r-;. H.?? Ich. u) <-iy "v-r^irer -XKi O ..i ! v-J w\.C" fg thSJ. vr.:;."< c^iTss instant oamni, ng hot ;?a.ter^to | a the c:^p. 'lie | aiade strong or lividaa! has be | 1PV QPU &Yfv?'^ if iJ&B&.la Miflsz, AlU\l/0 .| d. Inc., Batcie Greek^Mich. j1 fBlR m . i 'II ^"nnrr-T,xw?.ri"^-r: XX~?;V: '? ** **r-- flHPTT - #-' .i "^n ? ^ !\v?'\?ir-li IwV r.f 'f/?ri?kli IU112 _vi.li iiiiuk^n.iuv.'. u> ere. Taking ::n average of 2"> pupils t.o each classroom, that means 450.000 w'erb either domed education altogether, or were crowned (into other ciassr corns \rherc they were ?iven surh education as they c;.uiu fret from'san overworked, underpaid, nr.uei'lruinerl teacher. 44I:sn't it an obvious step in allayinjc present' and preventing futuer unrest that we-: remove this educational handicap?'' . " i u^asm The Row'<. (] Joseph Chasey osnerts that the Npw York pcliccmen ore too fat t% chase criminal v..th succtss. The-'filter 1 foe pursuer, the slenderer the5 Vharui- of catch;*!# anything. : Uili ; Rub-!V3y-Tisn3 relieves Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Spi**ins.?Adv. fd I M FTps 15 W. m x |fi g K 23L oCi Pa j|l "I was weak nvd n-zi-dowT:,"" jp| j ^ r^.tcs IVIrs. Euln Burrjptt. o? &*\ ' Dai tea, Ga. "I was thin. and lyv 2v.~t fo!t t:rcc?, all tlie tino. &?:> I didn't rC~t well. I wasn't M$ ' H'<4 1 fog ever fcnr^ry. I I:new, by ^ th:::, I zz.tZyl a tonic, and ||j ] |#j as there is1 none batter than? l! iO m m ^ bgb i sb M a# a a fete | m h a 3 ? sii If I lli p 1 n m I ?t I & g $ a to fe & a M il is* lb' M p| ?*J fp*! TJ S'.s P T* * ?f^j .44 ifi*} p iiZ ^ I H& titf vZii&ft J 8 $.ji ^ . . . I began U3)"3 C-3.rd.nl" j|f $3 continues '.Irs. Burnett. !jp? "After ir-v first bottle, I slept |^j p^j better and. ate better. I took l|jjj ?|} four bottles. No .v I'm well, -feg - - - _* .Lifj 182 lesl -jL'Jt line, tat anu smry,, y-.g my skin is clear arid I have gained and sure fsal that js| Car.iui is the best tonic ever ^ P made." ||g wA Thousands of other T7omen |$ have found Cardui just as jfa r|| Mrs. Burnett did. It should |^| help you. yS, g?J At all druggists. ggj SI- *87 83 To prevent a coid take 665.?Adv. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. The State of South Carolina, County of Newberry.?By W. F. Ewart, Probate Judge: Whereas, George S. IiufT has made suit to me to .arrant him Letters of Administration of the estate and ef- Wt^ nf John S Rr.fr. deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said ."John S. Ruff, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on Wednesday, January 26, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 8th day of January. Anno Domini 1921. W. F. EWART, V. J. N. C. To break ^ rold lake 665.?Adv. EID5 INVITED. The -Highway Commissioners of Newberry county will receive sealed bids nnr.? i Jan. 21, l'J21. for the following i;uppiie^ iu be delivered al ! T |Newberry, S. from time to timeiI: as tor to Apr!! 1, 1021, a;:?i! u ; f!ie '<>'.<' v.ate amounts shown | c below. Only bids on all items will be p ; icireivetl. Cov.\-act to :<l- awarded t-:> j : i !0'"t t >'ccp01?s!l?ic* Oldi'lCr. Riji'.'lt j j .0 fjcvi xi!-y an?; ail bids. !o MOO bushels feea oats. I;; | 100 bushels feed corn. |i 1 barrels first jiateht iloru in cloili.' ;i 2.! i-'illO.'-S iVili' i iii CI1H?. j ? 12 pounds Luzianne coffee. 10 tons -\o. i ii 'i'titv ht>v. I! 800 pounds fat back. r i J 00 pounds rib bacon. ! ! 1 ) b-.L;,]:c.is peas. i 200. Siilt. [ 1 case < ookirsjc sc-da. j 00 bur he Is meal. i i j 2 cases'salmon. |'; 2 case.- tripe. j 100 pour; .'is Brown ?.rule chewing! i LOUKUCU. I HO pounds ::rarrj]aic:! suvnr. 100 pounds ham. \ r j 0 pounds compound lard. | 2rj p.?irs work rhoes. i . kc'-is 4.G3 and ' 0c! 10 suits of heavy underwear. J 4 dozen pairs riee.vy work seeks, j j 1 dozen boxes 5 cent pepper. GEO. P. boulware; j Chairman N 1; i-rhv. ^y Commissioners I j I of Ncwlif'".".*jT County. j Separate sealed bid;-: invited f'.rij | :>0C.000 i'- et lir.ber, white and post [ | r-ak rtrr-.{ lor;: leaf heart pine, t-> be) j delivered at the mills. j GEO. 1'. BOtfLWARE,. . j I Chairman Highway C.'oRini'issioners j I of Nev-'cri'v County. | l-il-l4-18-.lt. s j. I 1 TAX R2TU8NS. ; I, or an authorized agent', will be r.tj J I the following 'places named below for|j j the purpose of taking tax returns ofjj rpsrsoiiai property ror imi nseai year; j IV21: Whitmire, Tuesday, January 4. (Men n-I .o\v ry, W ednesday, January 5. Kinards, Thur.c;day, January f?. Ltm^shm'es, ?5<t&y, January V. Chappells, Monday, January 10. j P. N. Boozer's sioi e, Tuesday, Jan-; i uary 11. Silversfreefc, Wednesday, January! 12; St. Lukes, Thursday, January 115. j O'NeaH,-Friday, January 14. i Prosperity, Monday and Tuesday,! January 17 and 18. i Little Mountain, Wednesday, Jan-( uary If). Joll.v Street, Thursday, January; ! 20. .. ;. | Pomaria, Friday, January 21. |? ! Glymphville, Monday, January 21. i 5 J. L. (/rooks' store, Tuesday, Jan-iS uary 25. . .. : Peak, Wednesday, January 2G. 1 Maybinton, Thursday, January 27. i And in the auditor's office in the | | court house'until February 20, after; ! which dale 50 per cent, penalty will j ! be added. i i The law requires a tax,on ail notes g | and piorttfa^es and moneys. I There is a capitation tax on all; > dopes oil oae dollar and twenty-five | cents. AH male persons between the acres; : nf twe^iv-one -znrl sixlv vears arc eJ7Er 1 ? ( Ij'jppp p^0p I ^ ij Those of os v? | been scant of | [ truth of that c ! I . '' ! If you have e^ I sensation of b that experiem | Boild up a Sa1 j comfortable f 11 possession of , I $1.00 will stai | Newb B. C. MATTHEWS, Pppcr.-rpnJ I ?????????? j State, Couni Member t i ia'ole to pay a poll lux of one dollar; ir.less otherwise exempt. Rersonsi exemption from poll tax on; hy - V'an's certificate should secure t er.'licaie of recent date. In All male persons between the a^cs < f IS ar?a 50 yeav.j are liable to pay i< . road tax of six dollar.-, exeep: h !'.ose ; . i.linj.r in incorporated towns nil ci.i'j'j. and should make return of aine. ; > All per.-on> cv.nir.g property- in C nore than one school district will be 1 a cjuireu to make re.urn in each dis- s -T?-t the t?.x books as ma fie up; v y school district.? ir.stcad of iov.'iik:p?. , I ile careful !.o state whether you i*ve !<ou;<ht or sold real e.s'.cte our- 1 ii*r the year 11)20. ,~ J. B. HALFACRE, Cu n t y A li dito r. a Attractive Wi hi til ft *vk ua. Beet SOUTHERN RAH Through Pullman Ser Cities and Res or Winter Tourist Tickets on I April SO, I92i. t :na! Southern Railway Syste Information as to f< may he secured up nearest Tic! \ S J District - WOOD SAWIN Do not forget that when vou bu; chine, cut of which you have seen with Bosch Magneto, and which This machine is also controlled by 1 prevents slopping of Engine cvei Saw. And last but not least this the machines that are not equippe not have Lover Control. COLUMBIA SUPf 823 West Gervais St. . . ( * _* .? I . Ik Co r jL3L\Jt Z&IA. V VJi.'Z* WIW fends appreciat observation. vet experienced eing short of in m> ?*<!- /r^. wim *"? j??v rv^v? ;c cuuiic. sw suu vings Account a eeling that acco a financial resei rt you. erry, South Car< T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. J ty and City A <fc??H&OrJ <lA,iL A tLVWVI V W m. - * ? 1 I ^ In ? 11 ? * I NOTICE. Whereas, stock certificate 163 in lie Peoples National Bank of Proserity, South Carolina, for one hare of stock, which said certificate ; the property of the undersigned, as been lost: Notice is hereby (riven that the unersigned will apply to the Peoples National Bank cf Prosperity, South Carolina, on January 17, 1921, for new certificate of stock to be isuod in lieu of the above certificate, t'hich has been lost. ' 'vSi&ned) Mrs. S. S. Tillman, Trenton, S. C. n A -i AftA Trenton, 5. L., i\ov. <5u, ii/zv. .1 > r* i J-.i-ot. 656 breaks a colo quicker than ry remedy we know.?Adv. ?" "? J / inter Resorts South ?c! by the i WAV SVSTF.M U II 11 A k/ * W & jLS&im vice to the Principal < ts cf the South ale October 1, 1920 to limit May 31, 1921. . if 1 ' v m Dining- Car Service j ares and ?on application to cet Agent. h. Mclean, . .. ' fjccrtaa** A OTPIrtf. 1 - W??ov*iSvfj) A I Columbia, S. C. j ' i G MACHINE y our Type "W" Drag Saw main the paper, that you buy one alone sells for about $40.00. ever and Friction Clutch, which ry time you wish to stop the ?? * machine sens lor uo more tu?h d with Bosch Magneto, and do JLY COMPANY Columbia, S, C. ' ' i I v " time or other i l.i :e Keenly me. / I the trying unalrA 2 iftAUA&V ieihing~ nd enjoy the mpanies the ve. " i i T i, 1 ' ' ' . i f \t 1 ^ wewoerry ? 4 olina W. W. CROMER Assistant Cashier. System ;