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p^' || t&ife BiBpatrh-NruiB py Published Every Wednesday By ' SLIGH & WiliKER, Lexington, S. C. G. M. HARMAN, Associate Editor. Etered at the Postoffice at Lex* |. ington, S. C., as mail matter of the > Second Class. ' Subscription Price Per Year, $1.50 1 " CASH m ADVANCE. S- I [ ADVERTISING RATES ; V v- Obituaries and in memoriams, < 1 ... ' one cent a word. Cash with order. Cards of thanks, one cent a word. ^ Cash with order. Want ads, one cent a word each insertion. Cash with order. aS Make all remittances payable to BLIGH & WALKER. Address all ..HiMimtnatlniia tft T}|fl | WHiiimmygmvup w **?v . w | News, Lexington, S. C. Phone 119. I V ' ^ ' v * > r - * ^ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921. m - , f'. - -4' TAXES. > i * ^ <i;r There was during the last session of , ;.V: the legislature more or less talk '"jy around the lobbies of a political revo**j| lution, scheduled to take place in state politics at the next primary election. We note from the Bennettsville Pee . vT*' Dee Advocate that some prominent citizen0 of Malborough county feel r"" quite sure that such a revolution will . actually take place next summer. If our memory serves us aright it was in Marlboro that the great political upheaval of 1890 began, and it may be that conditions are ripe for another such movement, though so far no leader of anything like the capacity of the late Senator Tillman has appeared upon the horizon. When times are hard it is not a difficult matter to make the average man believe he is oppressed, tax-ridden and all that sort of thing. Should present financial conditions continue through next summer a good stump speaker, who understood how to stir up the people might easily succeed in getting enough ' votes to land him in the governor's chair. And then?having realized his ambition?he would be utterly powerless to reduce taxes without the consent of the legislature. It is very easy to count the governors who have exercised such control over the legislature that they were able to have their way entirely in the matter of appropriating money. B. R. Tillman, whc went into office on a popular wave, with a legislature pledged to support him, and with almost the idolatry of a large majority of the people, was the only man who has occupied the governor's office in the recollection of the writer who has held such an advantageous position. And did he lower taxes? A few salaries were cut, ? but there was no appreciable cut in taxes. We have not the record before us, but we believe that it will bear out . the statement that within a very short time after the inauguration of the "Reform" movement they began to climb and have since kept steadily on the up-grade. But in the 27 years since Tillman first appeared on the political horizon South Carolina has grown and developed?not so fast as it ought to have or could have grown ?but nevertheless the' progress is easy to see, if one can remember our condition as far back as the year of grace 1890. - ' Undoubtedly the tax question will 4 ...... ? . oe at tne ooirom 01 sucn ponucai upheaval as may come in 1922, and it is not at all improbable that it will come if times continue as at present It is well enough, then, that the people give some thought occasionally be tween now and the next election to this topic. Is it a fact, as some contend, that taxes in South Carolina are burdensome? The answer depends entirely upon the condition of the taxpayer. To some people taxes of all , kinds will always be high because of lack of funds. To a man -who owns only a home and who has always a constant struggle against oddz to provide his family with the necessities of life almost any tax is high, and those who levy the taxes must take in mind this man?the average small taxpayer ?in fixing the rate. It is the failure of our system to take into account the ability to pay that makes it the tragedy which it sometimes is, and it is in this particular that the income tax js by all odds the most scientific of all forms of taxation. And yet the income tax law in South Carolina, through lack of enforcement machinery, was a complete farce?so much so that the legislature finally wiped it - off the statute books. Taxes are high in South Carolina? on some burdensome?particularly on ... those who own only small properties and who make little if any above the bare necessities of life, while to others who are possessed of little visible property and who enjoy incomes or emoluments which put them far beyond the possibility of want, the dole paid the state is of small consequence. Ey comparison xvith other states we are enjoying a very low per capita cost cf government, but to a man who owes ten dollars taxes and has only five dollars with which to pay it you had as well argue the problems of Euclid as to attempt to convince him that he is better off than his fellow citizens in Texas or Massachusetts or anywhere else. "R. S." in the "Tax Corner" of the University News, republished in The Dispatch-News last week, lays down the dictum that low taxes media low efficiency in government and high taxes the reverse. True, of course, providing that in both cases the mnnpv is alwavs spent to the best ad vantage. The efficiency secured from the expenditure of public money varies and varies considerably with the officeholders who have to do the spending. It is true in public as well as in private life that one man can make a dollar go twice as far as his neighbor. In so far as honesty of administration is concerned, it is our belief that this state gets dollar for dollar for the money spent, but to say that every dollar appropriated is economically or even wisely spent is to expect the impossible. Perhaps the approximation to perfection is as" good ' .with us as with most state govern: ments at the present time. But the mere spending of money does hot ali ways bring results. The responsibility for bad spending, however, is to some extent with the people after all, because it is upon them that the choice of the men who must spend the money falls. The last legislature missed a* good opportunity^ to help relieve the bur den of the average taxpayer, but it failed signally to do so when it refused to pass the bill placing a tax on gasoline, to seriously consider the inheritance tax measure or the constitutional amendment, proposed by Senator Mar'on's committee, giving the legislature power to classify property for che purposes of taxation. Here were three constructive measures, calculated to afford real relief and at the same time allow the state to go forward, but tbe legislature was so busy I with other matters that it could not see the opportunity for real service. The tax system in South Carolina is rotten, and taxes are high?to many people who do not come in contact with much of the results from their money?and who have little with which to pay?but political revolutions in which factional hatreds are ' engendered are the poorest sort oi I remedies. It will take calm, deiiber> ate discussion, scientific research and , the ability of statesmen, who are nol $ i ? > often born in our political tempests ir South Carolina, to cure the evils. For i this reason we trust the storm will be ' long enough delayed in breaking to allow of some 'real1 discussion of the problems and some constructive work 1 before partizanship again divides our people into hostile camps. The Dispatch-News will welcome any discussion of the subject in its ; columns, and invites all who care to contribute some light on the question to write for the paper. COME TO CHAUTAUQUA. It was a splendid thing for the merchants and other business men of 1 Lexington to do when they put their shoulder to the wheel and, by a fine spirit of cooperation, agreed to pay all expenses of the Chautauqua this year, in order that their friends in the country might share with them, free of charge, the cultural benefit from this form of entertainment. It is a spirit that The Dispatch-News 1 is particularly gratified to see growing in Lexington and bespeaks a solidarity of sentiment in the community and a desire and determination to cooperate for the general good that augurs well for the future. No community is ever able to advance unless the men of affairs in it are willing to do- something now and then for the general good. Selfishness and self-contentment mean stagnation all the time, while cooperation and good fellowship make for advancement and prosperity. The Dispatch-News takes pleasure, on behalf of <tlie" gentlemen who have .made possible the enjoyment of this high class entertainment without cost, of urging our neighbors in the country to avail themselves of this opportnnitv to snend several pleasant and profitable hours at the Chautauqua. From all accounts the program will be sufficiently varied to please divergent tastes, being made up of some excellent musical and comedy numbers, as well as high class lectures. Let everybody who can, come to Lexington April 19, 20 and 21 in the full assurance that they will be heartily welcome and that they can find no more pleasant way to spend an hour or so. IWLM AFEST A A SUCCESS. The Palmafesta celebration at Columbia was a decided success despite the most unfavorable weather. The business men of Columbia who were responsible for the gala week enjoyed by a great many from other parts of the state deserve commendation for the optimism which prompted their staging of the festival and the splendid manner in which they carried out their program. The show as a whole would have done credit to a much larger community than Columbia can hope to be for some time. Many Lexington people availed themselves of the opportunity to enjoy a little relaxation, and all who participated in the occasion are loud in their praise of the show. i Very few politicians will forget how to shake hands during this off year in politics. Income taxes anc Easter millinery having been disposed of, father will have little now to worry him except how to get the money to pay back what he borrowed to meet those necessities. Plenty of hog and hominy in 1921 is l Lexington county's motto this year. It will soon be time to hear from the boll weevil. With cotton around ten cents blackberries will be blackberries this summer. , % We look for a large increase in the rate of sickness as soon as it is definitely established that one may get beer on a doctor's prescription. If Aiken county can make a success at growing and shipping potatoes we ought do as well in Lexington. With Woodrow Wilson and the Kaiser both living in Malboro county one need not be surprised at anything which breaks loose over there. A VERY PLEASANT^) AY. On last Saturday, April 2, we had the pleasure of attending the school closing at Center in the Macedonia district. We were highly pleased with the entertainment, it was well gotten up and nicely rendered and did credit to tne teacher, Mr. <J. u. Sheaiy, wno is also our friend. We extend our congratulations to M'\ Shealy and wish . him many future successes in his chosen profession. After the close of the school entertainment, the Rev. Mr. Stroup and Mr. Julius Sharpe entertained the audience with very brief but instruc, tive speeches. The picnic was excellent, the day pleasant and beautiful I and it seemed that nature had put on . its most cheerful aspect to make t everybody happy. I was delighted beyond expression to meet quite a number of old friends, from whom I have been separated for a number of years. The school house at Center is a , beautiful modern building and a credit to the community, the location being near the home cf my boyhood and ; young manhood. You may be sure I was delighted to pay a visit to that neighborhood, and as I looked upon the surrounding wods and fields, I was carried back in memory fo 'the days when as a little yellow-legged, barefoot boy I romped with other little | boys whose feet were as bare and whose legs were as yellow as my own. I could almost fancy myself with an old squirt gun or a pop gun or a bow and arrow, pursuing some innocent 1 little sparrow o* chasing a butterfly or grasshopper. And a little later on "how ; we searched the old fields for the little Easter blossom with three leaves. ' Well, it doesn't make any difference 1 how we used them nor what for, boys, If any of you see this you will know ' ' V and it don't pay to explain everything, does it? 'And still a little later on when we began to exchange confidences about other companions of our choosing, who sometimes seemed indifferent to our friendly advances. All of these memories were brought back so fresh and so vivid that I almost fancied myself living over again the life of my youth, so pregnant with joy and so free from care that I was almost lost in a spirit of gayety, but when I looked upon the furrowed brows and the silver threads that adorned the temples of those that had been the companions of my boyhood. I was forcibly reminded that I too had passed meridian and am now traversing the latter half of my earthly pil grimage. However, mesc uiuuemo are not altogether sad, for each stage of life has its peculiarities. Youth lives in anticipation and old age in retrospection, therefore in each stage of life we have a source of pleasure that cannot be appreciated until we have felt it and know its worth. .Mi-. Editor, these home comings or home goings, as the case may be, and the meeting with old friends of the tried and true type so fills us with pleasures inexpressable and unspeaki able that we wish through the columns of the old Dispatch, that has been a regular visitor in most of their homes for a score of years, to extend greetings to all of those dear friends I who were present and to the absent j ones also, and we sincerely hope that we shall meet them on many future 1 > I occasions that will be as full of pleas-1 ures for them as this occasion was for! us. < With best wishes for the Dispatch- 1 News, I am. j Yours truly, 1 R. L. AMICK. Lexington, S. C. , ; SAND HILL NEWS. Farmers are about through planting corn and small grain and every- ( thing is looking welh Masters Eugene ancl James Burkett spent Sunday with Mr. Eugene Mad- | dox. Mr. Lee Reece and family paid Mrs. May Asbill a welcome call Sunday, j Mr. G. L. Abney and wife spent ' + Afre Annip &unau.y anci nuun vnm .mu. Gantt. We are glad to learn that our old friends, Mr. Monroe Hall and family are back from Newberry at their old home place. Mr. Izer Hall is sick now, but we wish for him a speedy recovery. Mr. Jess Maddox and Mr. Willie Burkett called on their best girls Sunday night. Mr. Paul Senterfeit was a welcome visitor in Samaria Sunday afternoon. GREEN CAP. EDUCATION (By VERLWES.) Upon looking up the word "education" in your dictionary, you will find that it means the act of educating, instruction, discipline, schooling, culture, refinement. "Yes, but w7hat of that; I don't care what it means; don't I know." You probably know and probably yo'u don't. Nowadays you have to use education in everything that you go at. So an education now is absolutely necessary. Now, parents, don't keep your child or children frorm school just simply because they're past 14 and you don't have to send them. Don't stop them, but send them on every day you can. They might not want to go. But don't. ?s?- ^ "VTo T-n + Vi om or* glVtf HI LU III Clllt aU ttl\^ i>ii Vill O V> . If they don't see where you are right now, they will later on and will thank you fob it too. For as years roll on more important will be the education. And if one is not able to work for himself somebody else won't do 4 -it for him. So I say get a good education if i .possible. ^ ! THE DEAN OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS The Journal of Education, published in Boston, has a page devoted to "Who's Who in Education." In the issue of March 3, the following paragraphs appear relative to the President of Winthrop College: "The President of Winthrop College, the South Carolina College for Women, has several exceedingly interesting distinctions. He is the Dean of College Presidents in active service in the United States; he is the only college or university president in active service in the college he has served for thirty-five years. Dr. Johnson is the only college or university president in active service as head of the college that has had no other : president in its history. "Dr. D. B. Johnson has purchased every one of the plots and lots that make the more than three hundred ' acres of the college ,and has placed ' every one of the buildings in an ideal plant of $2,500,000, and he has had the ! confidence of men with large means * and big hearts, so that the State has ' an investment of less than $600,000 in the plant representing four times that : amount. "Winthrop College was the first ' distinctly educational professional school in the South Atlantic States. There are 1,100 in the College today, and in the summer session there are ' more than 1,400. It should also be said that Dr. Johnson, as President of the National Education Association at its New York meeting, had the * best program ever presented to any American educational association with the best attendance, a larger real non-local attendance probably than in all the meetings since." IS EVERY ANIMAL AT ITS BEST? Sping is -here and every animal should be at its best. During the hard work season horses and mules \ should be fed Dr. Hess Stock Tonic, a strength giver, a conditioner and worm expeller. A scientific com.pound equally good fqr cattle, hogs and sheep. Hess Pana,cea tones up .the dormant egg organs,^helps make your hens lay and' k?ps poultry healthy, 30c "up. See o\|r advertisement. Hess Louse Killer kills lice, 25c. i Hess Dip and Kreso Dip and Disin- < fectant, all sizes, kills hog lice and ] disinfects pens and fowlhouses. i Crushed oyster shells helps form 1 eggs. Egg preserver (prepared water glass) saves eggs. Iw HARMON DRUG CO. 1' SCHOOL CLOSING AT MAGNOLIA. This school will close on'".Friday evening 8th at 8 p. m., after an in:eresting and pleasing session to both patrons and pupils, with Mr, Arthur iVessinger as teacher. The exercises will consist of dialogues, recitations and music, making it quite pleasing to all who may attend. Everybody cordially invited. "From Weakness To Robust Health by Internal Baths' j -\.r~ IV TJTno-Vtoc nf 340R ' ?VJLI V > XI lA.Ci.XXi. ?? w *. v < WV North G. St., St. Louis,. Mo., writes to the Tyrell Hygienic Institute: "I bought your 'J. B. 'L. Cascade' several months ago and already it has made me robust and healthy though I was badly run down because of a complication of troubles. This iii spite of the fact that I am I / 10 year^ old." / The 'J.' B. L. Cascade* cleanses the lower intestine entire length and keeps it alway^ free of poisonous waste. 1 / Thousands /testify that Constipation, Indigestion, Stomach Troubles, Biliousness, Headaches and all the many serious troubles which they cause are absolutely relieved and prevented by this Nature Treatment. A. J .Mathias will be. glad to show you the "J. B. L. Cascade," explain its 5imple operation and will give you, free on request an interesting little book by Dr. Chas. A. Tyrrell of New York, a noted specialist on Internal Bathing for 25 years in that City. Clip this out as a reminder to ask for the booklet at your first opportunity. TAX NOTICE According to law the county Auditor will add the following penalties: On January 1st, 1921, 1 per cent, penalty will be added to those who have not paid. On February 1st, 1921, an additional 1 per cent will be added to those who have not paid, making 2 per cent penalty tor r eoruary. On March 1st, 1921, an additional 1 per cant, penalty will be added to those who have not paid, making a total of 3 per cent, penalty for March and April. Still an additional 4 per cent peftalty will be added May 1st, 1921, making 7 per cent, penalty to be paid by those who have not paid by May li&t, 1921. TAX BOOKS CLOSE MAY 15. Poll Tax?$1. #0. Capitation Road Tax, $5.00. Capitation Dog Tax, 50c. When remitting give each Township and School District your property is in. Give one name in full?not initials. Send postage for reply and return of receipt. C. E. LEAPHART, Treasurer Lexington County, S. C. I till May 15. CITATION NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington?By George S. Drafts, esquire, probate judge. Whereas, J. Andrew Long and Annie L. Shealy made suit to me, to grant them letters of administration of the Estate of and effects of Jefferson Long. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Jefferson Long, deceased, that they be an# appear, before me, in the Court cm Probate, to be held at Lexingtonf C. H., S. C., on 20th day April kf21 next, after publication! hereof a^ll o'clock in the forenoont- to sl?w cause, if any tney nave, wfiy ioe saiu auimiuatration should nqt Joe granted. Given under mymand, this 6th day of April, Anno Domini 1921. GEO. S .DRAFTS (L. S.) Probate Judge Lexington County, S. C. Published on the 6th day of April, 1921. in the Lexington paper, 2 weeks. FIXAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that on Friday, April 29 next, we wilf apply to George S. Drafty, judge o^probate for Lexington county, for fltfal discharge as executors of Jhe e^ate of Sam M. Rpof, deceased. J J.ljT WESSINGER, E. B. Roof, S. P. ROOF, Exectors Estate Sam M. Roof. 4t-c-26 FIXAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby giyfu that on Sat urday, May 14 nex?' I will apply to Gfeorge S. Dr^fts,^idge of Probate of Lexington eouijj^r ,for final discharge is administrator of the estate of Ida Flail, deceased. JAMES HALL, Administrator, Estate of Ida Hall.. lt-c-26. A WANT ADS. C .1 : FOR SALE.?Rail;, good youn* mules, Studebaker two-horse w/gon and harness. Whole outfit fiftr $450.00. B. R. Harman, cjo JJarre Hardware Co., Lexington, S. C. lt-p FOR SALE?An ox for sale/ Apply to W. W. Barre, Le^ingfifn, S. C. lt-c LOST?Key ring with four keys and bottle opener. Suitable- reward if v returned to Shatter Taylor. Lexington. S. C. '$ lt-p MILLINERY?Any price hat that you may want, all the ^fetest styles to suit you. at the wonderful low prices from 50o up^* Come see the stock and you will be pleased. Caughman-Kaminer Cq. lt-c LOW QUARTER SHOES?For Ladies and Misses, at the astonishingly low prices from $1.00, $1.50 to $2.00. Don't -fail to see these shoes and slippers, ^before you buy this season. Call before they are gone. Caughman-Kaminer Co. lt-c FOR RENT?The Capt S.. M. Roof home; 5 room* with kitchen attached. Good garden,-fine well of water on Leaphar^ foad .leading from Lexington to Columbia. W. P. Roof. 2t REEFER'S READY RELIEF for white diarrhoea qnd bowel* trouble . - ? VaI... aVi.aI.b IiiaI-o anrl Ill Ud UJ UUVyUO (AliU turkies. For sale cut Hr A. Roberts Grocery, Lexington,C. 2w NOTICE?To my customers and friends I will do tire \tfork on Friday and Saturday o? each week. Work will be received and delivered at any tim$ tjy Mr. C. S. Rauch. C. B. DicWrt, Mgr., Lexington New Vulcanizing Company. 2w-c HANDSOME .congenial young lady, worth $100,000, is anxiou^ to marry honorable, worthy gentleman. Mary, 508 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. 4t-25-p YOUNG MEN, women, over 17, for Postal Mail Service. $12(1 month. Examination April. Experience unnecessary. For tree particulars of instruction, write Raymond Terry, (former Civil Sejtice examiner) 1395 Continental Bldg., Washington, D. C. 3t-p-24 GET YOUR Hemstitching and Picoting done promptly at the Columbia, S. C? Hemstitching & pleating Co., 1310 Main... Skirts pleated $2.00. Hemstitching *pn ail/ material iuc per yard. Gold^ a ml silver picot edging, French rWfle pleating. We carry a full line of threads. Phone i 2272. BALDWIN RED COB WHITE SEED CORN, for sale at $1.00 per peck or $3.50 per bushel. Prolific, male, in sand land an averag^ over j^enty bushels per acre. ? On>fele at Lexington Cotton Fertilizer Co., O. W. Miller, producer, Gilbert, S. C. IMPROVED COLUMBIA LONG STAPLE COTTON SEED for sale. $2.00 per bushel. In l&lds? row tested made one-foiirth h^fe seed cotton per acre thanj Cleveland Big Boll short staple c<ftttwi. Grows 1 1-4 inch stapler This long staple cotton gives 34 to 35 per cent lint, and gathers easier than short staple cotton, and is as early as Cleveland Big Boll. Stalks and lint of the Improved Columbia Long Staple can be seen at Lexington Cotton & Fertilizer Co.?G. W. Miller, producer, Gilbert, S. C. FOR SALE?Improved Columbia Long staple cotton seed, $2.00 per bushel. In 1919 in row test* made more per acra than Cleveland big boll; easier gathered Jnan short staple cotton; WaPlejF 1-4 inches in length. On ; sale/at Lexington Cotton & Fertllyrer Co., Lexington, S. C., or O. TV. Miller, Gilbert, S. C. 16-tf ~ - ??i?? / PARTIES having large tracts of land and want it divided and ?cld for the high dollar Write us;yfelso smaller tracts handled; la*ge tracts a specialty; best a^cti^neer in th* State. Write P. Xf. Box 304, New Brookland, S. C. ll-10-6m. LIBERTY BON^S?I Jfill pay market prices for sfll i^ues of Liberty bonds. J. P. Oftr'jLexmgton, S. C, 31tf-c TRESPASS NOTICE. ~" All persons are warned not to place fishing nets in the.apond of the undersigned, or to trespass on the premises in any other way. Lexington Electric Light Co., 4t-25-c By W- Wr Barre.