The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, January 01, 1920, Image 9
^ PAYING FOR THE WAR.
South Carolina Has Contributed Many
Millions.
C You South Carolinians paid $18,?
660,561.93 to Uncle Sam, as your part
of the war taxes during the last fiscal
year writes the Washington correspondent
of the Columbia Record.
Of-this amount $17,200,692.49 was
^ for income and profit taxes upon
V businesses. The rest went to pay the
m war tax on automobiles, candy, jew
elry. corsets, tobacco, perfumes,
chewing gum and other handy ar f
.'"loo I Hincr nocpsuaries such as
c*vavjof iuviuuiiij, itvvv^w^
J "sword canes and daggers."
Easily the largest amount was
realized from tobacco taxes ?$326.994.01,
but taxes on estates amounted
to $26,721.44. Taxes on tickets to
the theatre and the movies amounted
to $240,122.72. The tax on the proprietors
added up $8,283 including
$100 for a circus license.
It will probably come as a surprise
that in a prohibition state $40,039.10
should have been received
p from liquor taxes, but such was the
^ case. In the main, these license taxes
A paid by druggists, etc., who sold to
V physicians, churches and so on.
f In the fiscal year ending last June
some 1917 and 1918 tax compositions
) " as well as those for a part of 1918
were collected. Under these, about
$43,390, was collected as taxes upon
patent medicines, chewing gum,
sporting goods, games, cameras, perfumes,
etc. Nearly $88,000 was col-'
lected as the tax on nearbeer and
$2,072 fiom soft drinks, grape juice
and other pallied thrist quenchers.
Some $6,700 was paid out by Southi
Carolinians for taxes upon umbrellas,
wearing apparel, trunks, carpets
and all the other things that cost so
much nowadays. Brokers paid the
government $3,500. Seven thousand
was paid as a tax on the sale of narT/ivoc
thp sale of EOVern
ment property meant $53,876, and
.taxes on club dues amounted to $8,326.
Corporations paid $82,238 in
taxes on their capital stock. Shooting
galleries are evidently a mighty
poor line of investment in South Carolina.
Only $46.68 was realized from
that source.
Automobile taxes totaled $23,317.
Taxes on freight shipments .were $38,
824, upon telephone and telegraph
messages, $15,879 and upon bonds,
stock-transfers, sales, etc., $78,380.
More than double the amount of
taxation was paid from the state than
was paid In the previous fiscal year,
when the amount received was $7,884,094.
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i FARM VALUES INCREASE.
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1 as the distance to town is decreased.
& There is nothing that will decrease
this distance like motor truck transm
portation.
farmer can make money in proportion
to the time he saves. >
But few farmers realize the money
they lose sitting on a hard seat behind
a slow, sweating team.
If the time lost in traveling and
cvaring for horseflesh could be counted
at so many cents an hour, farmers
would see what spendthrifts they
Are in the matter of time wasted.
The time consumed in making a
20-mile trip by team would net fifteen
or twenty dollars to an average mechanic.
The cost of horse feed is in itself
a big expense, but it is small in ftnport&nce
compared to the time a
farmer loses from his work by reason
of slow transportation.
Nothing can possibly put a farmer
"on the job" like the use of the In
diana Farm Truck.
By arranging a regular schedule of
trips he is always assured of full
loads going and coming, and he is
away from his farm affairs only a
few hours at a tnme.
The Indiana Farm Truck is put on
the market as a unique farm utility
^ which will give back to the farmer
H the/valuable time he is wasting by
V team hquling.
at The portable power attachment of
W the Indiana Farm Truck will do the
work of a gasoline engine?when any
belt-driven power is required this
truck is always ready to furnish it.
Write the Carolina Motor Company
of Statesville, N. C., for prices
and terms on this time-saving farm
necessity.?adv. It.
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The Door of Hope in Columbia is
in need of funds for the daily bread
of 60 people?30 cents per day per
person is $600.00 per month?then
fuel, medicine, ice, etc. and a promise
to pay the matron, !?iss Finnistrom,
and her able assistant, Miss
Holmes, a small salary. They are dependent
on the good people of this
state for their support, and we'know
they will get it when their need is
known. The home takes care chiefly
of the unfortunate girls that are
about to become mothers and have
neither friends or money to take care
of them. They are South Carolina
girls?very few from Columbia, most,
ly from th? rural districts?and their
appeal is to thetfouth Carolina men
1 and women to help them. Make checks
payable to the "Door of Hope'' and
send to Miss Finnistrom, care "The
Door of Hope," or Gustaf Sylvan,
Treasurer, Columbia, S. C.
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with worms have an unhealthy
color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, imv
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strengthening
Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
In perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle.
Orove's Tasteless chill Tonic
destroys the malarial germs which are transmitted
to the blood by the Malaria Moequitc*, Price 60c.
CHARGES POLITICS
AMONG AUDITORS.
Comptroller Warn Against Special
Privileges Extended to Friends. I
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Columbia, Dec. 18?The charge of
"playing politics" In the matter of
allowing tax payers to pay their taxes
after the first of the year without
penalty, being attached is made
jagainst some of the auditors of the
state in a letter sent today by Comptroller
General Rutledge L. Osborne
of Columbia, to every county audi-j
:'tor and every county treasurer of the,
j state. The comptroller general says |
he finds it has been the practice in j
some counties for the officials to
charge the penalty for unpaid taxes
against sotne tax payers and not
charge it against others. He urges all
county officials to a strict observance
of the penalty law, and states that he j
is to ask the legislature which con-!
venes in January to amend the sta-l
tute, looking to a more rigid enforce- J
ment.
The penalty law provides that on
taxes not paid by January 1, there
shall be added on that date a penalty
of 1 per cent. Another one P?i
cent goes on on February 1, and o
March 1 an additional five per cent.
After March 15th taxes are collect-,
ed by execution.
The comptroller general, in his let-1
ter to the auditors and treasurers,
states that in some counties he find:
that the law has been wholly ign<
ed. He does not mention the names
of any counties or officials, but state
In the letter that if an any case the
statements do not apply, then t
admonition does not hold.
While recognizing the weaknesses
of the penalty law, the comptroller
general calls attention to tipthat
the law is to be observed and !
that politics must not be allowed to
niuueuce cuumy unicmis iu ?tnuw iaA
payers to wait till after the penalty
date to pay their taxes, penalty-!
free. He states that it has been even j
customary for county officers to wait
in some cases till the 10th of the |
month before adding the penalty. |
"Such conditions are deplorable; they;
cannot and will not be allowed to continue,'*
he says; "it is necessary that;
we cease any special privileges and:
irregularities that have been allow-!
ed in the past."
With each letter the comptroller
general has enclosed copy of this statute.
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May Decrease Ford Prices.
Nothwithstanding the statement by
E. F. Liebold, Henry Ford's private
secretary, that he knows nothing of
a raise in wages at the Ford automobile
and tractor plants "before the
first of the year,"a report is in circulation
that the pay of more than 50,000
Ford employes will be increased
during 1920 to an $8 a day minimum
and in snnip roups in 119 ii nrooont
the minimum wage is $6.
If nothing interferes between now
and next August. Henry Ford and his
son Edsel will hold, without obligations
of any sort, all of the Ford
stock. The reported wage raise is said
to arise from a desire on the part of
iMr. Ford for a billion dollar corporation
entrenched in all the countries
of the earth and owned absolutely
by one man?in short, an Industrial
monarchy controlled by hereditary
succession.
Simultaneously with the increased
wage scale, according to the rumor, I
the price of the Ford automobile will
be materially reduced. Tbe famous
automobile builder is determined his
policies shall not be sidetracked or
overwhelmed. These policies are based
on the turning back of the profits into
production, wages and reduced j
prices for the finished products. He
feels that his hands have been hampered
by minority stockholders.
Within one year this loan will be
repaid ana me lanmy win aDsoiuteiy
dictate the destines of the industry. It
is said the present plans of Mr. Ford
are to celebrate the payment of the
debt by declaring the new wage scale
and making a still further reduction
in the price of the car and tractors.
THE TENDENCY TOWARDS
SMALLER FARMS.
and more intensive farming is reported
in eighty-one counties in the state.
The cause of this situation is the
scarcity of farm labor, and the consequence
is smaller farms and greater
individual effort by the farmer
himself.
Realizing therefore the vital necessity
for time-saving somewhere or
somehow, the farmer is beginning to
see that this problem is solved by the
improvement of highways which will
enable him to do more hanling in less
time.
It is reported that seventy-eight
counties are improving their highways,
and all but seven counties report
public opinion favorable to the
construction and maintenance of public
thoroughfare by methods of taxation.
Just another step and the farmer
adopts the time-saving element of
motor truck transportation in place
or team hauling.
Further economy is gained by using
a truck that is equipped with
portable power that will operate any
kind of belt driven machinery to
grind feed, saw wood, light the farm,
etc.
The fact that the Indiana Farm
Truck is built to fill these special
farm uses accounts for its great popularity
in all farming sections.
This Indiana Farm Truck, more
than any other piece of machinery,
overcomes the shortage of farm labor.
The Carolina Motor Company, of
Statesville, N. C., handle this truck j
in North Carolina.
ATTENTION GAI
"i ou shjould have one of our Garage Ai
lbs. of I Standard Nuts, Bolts, Rivets, (
Bolts, Set Screws, Machine and Wood
articles too numerous to mention. I
eonducjt of the successful Garage. This
f. o. ti. Detroit, Mich. We have an ass
whicli we will be glad to show you, and
idea as to what this assortment is.
I COLUMBIA SUP
828 WEST GERVAI& St.
We Have AI
Of useful and Sensible
Ready for InspectionPerfumes,
Fancy Toilet
cure Sets, Toilet Cases
dries, and other article
to mention. '
Look Over Our Sugg
Get the True Xmas Spi
here and you will solv
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Complete loose leaf outfits
sold by The Herald Publishin
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asortments containing 100
3ap Screws, Studs, Spring
Screws and other useful
111 necessary in the daily *
outfit will cost you $7.50 10 fllV I
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which will give you some .
in gene
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ISH TO EXPRESS I
customers and the public
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;iai my nc-aiiy ayy i^via- .
the good business given
ing 1919. Now, that we
our new building with plen- f>
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jora, we are in better po:o.
take care of your busithan
before. We intend
; 1920 a banner year. .
lope you will continue to
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a portion of your business
will be given our personal
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RECEIVED, Nice line of
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le thing for a Christmas present
LARGER SIZES FOR MEN
ling Standard and "Dayton , so well known to
irld that an introduction is not necessary. Call
you these wheels. The price is low considering ,
tie machines.
)NALD, - - DILLON, S. C.
i i rmmm^mmmssssBarn
ild a Home
lave secured the agency for
kbilt houses. There is a big
g in money, time and labor
us plan of construction. A
;nme Oaickbilt bungalow is
going up in Dillon and you
nvited to inspect same and
y yourself as to strength and
)ility.
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ii Quickbilt Agency
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wish to announce we have
;d the contract on Dort %
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jceived a shipment of the V
aodels, and can make im
te delivery. X
have also received several X
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ire in position to give ?
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in and see us, we will <1
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