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THE FORTMILLTIMES
Democratic?Published Thursdays.
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No. 112.
Entered at the postotflco at Fort
Mill, S. C., as mall matter of the
second class.
THURSDAY, DEC. 23. 1920.
And Keliohoum "spake to them after
the counsel of the young men,
saying. My father made your yoke
heavy, and I will add to your yoke;
. \ , my father also chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions. . . . So Israel rebelled
against the bouse of David unto this
day."
And as the people of Israel rebelled
against the bouse of David,
so also will the people of South Carolina
soon rebel against the State
( government unless the tax burdens
they aro bearing are lightened at the
session of the Ocneral Assembly to
meet next month. All over the State
the cry is going up for relief and the
claim set up by the beads of the
Stute departments and institutions
that even in the present depression,
the most serious the country has experienced
sinse 1S93, it is necessary
to Impose further taxation 115)011 the
people to meet the requirements of
these departments and institutions is
.being contemptuously flouted, as it
deserves to be. With the exception
of the department of education,
the public school department, thenis
not one of the executive departments
or institutions of the
government which cannot get alon;
or less or 110 more money next y>
than the General Assembly providt <
for it this year and still make s.
stuntial progress in serving the pea
pie. For the maintenance of the
government next year, hundreds pi
thousands of dollars less should he
v. appropriated than was set aside for
this i>ut'!)ose this year, l-'or instance,
the appropriation this year for the
Stnto Hospital for the Insane was in
excess of one million dollars, more
''")?'^than $500 per capita for each of the
.r.-. 2.000 inmates. This amount should
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. i fvlic cut to three-quarters of a million
!'? dollars and llo ferllior ut.-nw ...
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develop the Statu Park property for
>:S the hospital. Thousands of dollars
jV* *>, could ho saved the taxpayers by
r. V v ^ closing the feeble minded institution
* at Pliuton and transferring the in'
'r
mates to the State hospital in Colum.
* . "'ft- where they should have been
all the time, and by closing the
* alleged reformatory for girls, shunted
off on the people of this State at
. ?>? , tho close of the World war by the
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Federal government. This institution
i is In l,exlngton county, near Colum.
bia. Recently, and perhaps at this
time, the presence of a peace officer
..?> , was necessary at the institution to
keep the inmates from doing each
( other great phys:c.il violence, and
i it is getting nowhere except >n
tho matter of spending the people's
money. If anv obligation rests upon
i the State to undertake the impossible
task of reforming these Jezibels
there is plenty of room for the undertaking
at the penitentiary. Another
costly venture in moral uplift
which the Federal government
dumped off on the people n year or
two ago. and which is of qucstiona,
bio value, is the soeallol venereal
disease clinics now in operation at
a few points In the State, at heavy
expense to the taxpayers. Why not
i cut out altogether the appropriation
for this purpose? The people of
York county, like the people of fourfifths
of the other counties of the
, State, would owe no one an apology
for asking, "Of what value is it to us
, and why should we he taxed to sup.
port it?" This year the total appropriation
for the State board of health
, was in excess of $200,000. Will any
, disinterested citi7.cn of South Cnrolti
na step forward with affidavit in
hand stating that he knows the
i health conditions of the State would
ho grievously impaired tf this approi
priatlon were cut from $50,000 to
$75,000? And who will say that the
tlmo is ripe for the State to undertake
any new building projects in
i view of the conditions which should j
. argue for economy? Perhaps the |
? request of certain institutions for np- ;
proprlatlons for additional buildings .
is meritorious,, but would it injure
irreparably these institutions to wait
a year or two to put Into effect their
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plans for enlargement? The people
of South Carolina are paying thousands
of dollars annually to continue
in three or four low counties of the
State the work of tick eradication,
the appropriation for which, like the
poet's brook, seems to bo on forever.
Unless these counties come
within the provisions of the general
stock law, this appropriation is of no
very great value, according to a
Olemson college authority, who used
other words to make the statement,
however. Has the new Statewide
highway act proved itself to be
worth two mills on each dollar of
taxable property In the State? A
considerable number of patrfbtic.
progressive citizens think not and argue
that if the tax is to be continued
is should be expended by the county;
authorities without having to consult^
with and secure the approval of tho
State highway commission as to the
rond or roads on which it is to l?e
used. Food, labor. Yuol and materials
generally have gone down and
are going down in cost and it should
be possible for the State institutions
of learning to get through next year
on considerably less money than they
got this year and do just as effective
work. The reformatory for w.-ito
hoys at Florence has been, and may
yet bo, poorly managed, and Is costing
the taxpayers loo much money.
The expense of the Qep.-ral Assam,
ldy Itself could bo materially reduced,
In one way bv ou4,lrug out it considerable
part of the printing. The
Confederate soldiers who are at the
Soldiers' home In Columbia deserve
the utmost consideration, but the
new hnildiptr the management of the
home Is asking for need not bo erected
if either the Institution in T.ox-'
tngt'on eopnty or the .one at Clinton
is pb- ' ^ 1 > king It possible to
pro\'.V borne at either place
for the v'-ro s without a further
expenditure r-f money. The Times
has recited V.'-n fly a number of ways
open to the fl< neral Assembly1 to
rediia,. 1 b e taxation for 1921. If
something is not done to lighten the
ad ih'' people are carrying, then
<? the Democratic primary In 1922
ith a fill! complement* of farmer
i ulldates for State office and the
gislature?farmer, candidates heuse
this Is an agricultural State
id the farmers pay most of the
ncs necessary to keen the State
.eminent going.
The Times extends its good wishes
for n titorry Christmas to sill its
friends, hut more especially to its Utile
friends, stml indulges the hope
tlint old Santa Clsius will not overlook
any of them in his rounds tomorow
night.
Ixh'-WIiHo Wedding.
A marriage of much interest in the
'ommnnity occurred Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Lee, near town, when their eldest
daughter, Miss Blocker, became
he bride of H. Monroe White, prominent
young farmer of the township.
The ceremony was performed by the
Uev. Br. J. W. II. I >yches, pastor of
the bride, in the presence of a small
party of close friends and relatives
of the families, the ring ceremony
being used. Following a luncheon
for the guests, Mr. and Mrs. White
left for a trip south. They expect 'to
be away only a few days. Both Mr.
White and his bride have many
friends, whose good wishes will follow
them through life.
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