Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 10, 1921, Image 2
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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1011.
L Financiering for the People.
was pointed out in these columns
several weeks ago, those
who expected the Qeneral Assembly
to respond to the demand for
a lightening of the tax burdens
this year were nursing a false
hope. The amount the appropriation
bill carries for State purposes
is practically the same as that
of last year. With the exception
of the elimination of .the two mill
levy for roads, the general levy
stands at 12 mills, including the
half mill for rebuilding the Citadel.
All of which forces the conclusion
that the house and senate
are dominated by members more
anxious to accommodate the departments
add institutions in Columbia
by complying with the requests
fpr big appropriations than
to give relief to the people who
have to pay the taxes. Incidentally,
if there ever was a time
when there should be a shaking
up or tne politicians of South
Carolina, that time is close at
hand. Examination of the various
items in the appropriation bill discloses
the fact that many thousands
of dollars are provided for
purposes that add little if anything
to the efficiency of the government,
while for other purposes
the appropriations are too
large and should have been materially
cut. A fe^fr illustrations
of how things are sometimes done
iu the General Assembly is interesting:
A few nights before the
session ended, the senate voted to
eliminate the item of several
thousand dollars for the budget
commission, on the showing that
the commission had failed to do
anything to justify its existence.
When the bill finally ceached the
conference committee of senate
and house members appointed by
the presiding officers to smooth
out tne differences between the
two bodies, the item was put
buck in the bill, much to the disgust
of those who know just what
the commission has done and has
failed to do. In another instance
$85,000 was allowed for buildings
at the insane asylum in the face
of the fact that more than a million
dollars already has been
spent at the asylum for buildings
since the board of regents in 1915
entered a solemn agreement with
the General Assembly to complete
the building program of the institution
for $600,000. For the good
of the taxpayers of South Carolina
there is too much effective
sob stuff poured into the ears
of members of the General
Assembly by persons connected
with the asylum, but they get
away with it and doubtless congratulate
themselves upon their
aptitude as dispensers of hot air.
In the opinion of The Times an
impartial investigation of the affairs
of the insane asylum would
disclose the careless expenditure
of a great deal of money. In 1919
the management of the asylum
applied for $60,000 to purchase
the 1920 supply of fuel for the institution.
The General Assembly
appropriated $50,000. The amount
the institution needed was $29,000
as an examination of the records
last fall disclosed. The house of
representatives at the recent session
cut the salary of the State
highway engineer from $6,000 to
$4,000. The conference committee
on the appropriation bill put
the salary back to $6,000, exactly
$1,000 more than the salary of the
i governor, and allowed the accrel
tary of the commission $3,000,
1 which is $500 more than the salaky
of the attorney general or the
BState superintendent of education.
We presume the secretary
of tke highway oommwioa thrcatened
W quit unless ltfn salary was
rc-atoved to the amount allowed
hup by the oonimarioti, as if it
would not be a good thing for ths
State If he did quit. Truly South
QirohBi has some statesmen look,
tag after her affairs with peculiar
ideas of the comparative worth of
''public Officials.
Discriminating Against Winthrop.
One of the public matters that
passes understanding is why the
Legislature year after year falls
to provide enough money to meet
the needs of Winthrop college as
outlined in the budget of the
board of trustees. The best the
friends of the institution in the
Legislature seem to be able to do
is to help get sufficient money to
keep the College from being
i forced to close its doors. This
year as for several years the appropriation
fell short of what it
should have been by several thousand
dollars. What this means to
the State is easily understood.
Unless there are competent teachers
for the public schools of South
Carolina supplied by Winthrop
college, whence will they come?
In the opinion of this paper Winthrop
college is doing more to advance
the educational interests of
the State than all the boys' colleges
combined, yet we find that
Winthrop, the only State supported
school for girls in South Carolina,
is allowed $398,000 against a
total of over a million dollars for
the three boys' colleges. There is
a way to remedy this discrimination
against the girls of South
Carolina and it lies with the women
themselves. If they will go
into the Democratic primary next
year determined to see that the
girls are treated fairly by refusing
to support, any candidatelfor
the Legislature who does not announce
without reservation that
he will lend his support to securing
adequute appropriations for
the college a set. of law-makers
will be sent to Columbia in 1923
pledged to a square deal for Winthrop.
The men of South Carolina
having failed to give Winthrop
the recognition the institution
is entitled to, it is up to the
women to see that this condition
is remedied.
RENEW ACQUAINTANCESHIP
Fort Mill Man Identified by Incident
of His Boyhood.
An interesting incident of the
renewal of acquaintanceship between
a Fort Mill man and n
prominent citizen of another section
of the State occurred a day
or two ago after a lapse of 35
years, during which they had not
seen each other. Both were attending
a public meeting, at
which the Fort Mill man in the
course of a talk referred to his
home town. Following the meeting
the other citizen approached
the Fort Mill man and said: "I
think I knew you when you were
a little boy. If you can tell me
whether the following incident
ever occurred in your life then I
will know whether you were the
boy I knew so many years ago: I
was a student at Prof. A. R.
Banks' academy in Fort Mill when
I was a young man. One afternoon
I was at the home of a
young lady in the town and her
canary escaped from its cage. The
bird flew into a nearby tree and
was perched upon one of the
limbs when a little boy came
along and volunteered to try to
catch it. He climbed the tree,
taking the cage with him, and after
opening the door, hung the
cage on a limb near the bird. In
a minute or two the canary went
into the cape. Then the boy
Again climbed the tree and
brought the cage with the bird in
it back to the young lady. Were
you the boy who recovered the
bird?" "I was," replied the Fort
Mill man, "but the incident had
passed out of my mind."
Bale of Cotton 65 Years Old.
B. Harris, State commissioner of
agriculture, Tuesday night told
The Times that he had in his office
in Columbia a sample of cotton
recently drawn from a bale
grown in Laurens county 65 years
ago. The bale is now stored in a
warehouse in the city of Laurens.
The cotton, Mr. Harris said, is as
good today as it was when ginned
more than a half century ago and
has been the property of one
family all these years.
Those who have a few idle moments
might find it interesting to
figure out how much money the
cotton represents if the bale had
been sold for $75 65 years ago
and this sum loaned out at 5 per
cent interest, compounded quarterly.
We still have some good Shoes that
we are almost giving away to make
room (or new goods coming In at
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A remarkable condition exists
in connection with the farminf
prospects of Fort Mill township
for the present year. Up to this
time not a pound of fertiliser
for the cotton crof> has been
shipped into the community. At
the place of business of the principal
local dealer The Times was
informed Tuesday that no orders
had been placed for fertilizer and
that the prospects were that none
would be placed. "We have not
received any applications for fertilizer,"
The Times was told. Another
dealer who has for years
supplied a number of farmers with
fertilizer for their cotton said he
had received a number of requests
for fertilizer, but that he had declined
to take the orders because
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uc tvuiu nui curry ine accounts
until fall. Ordinarily thousands
of tons are shipped to Fort Mill
during the spring for the cotton
crop of Fort Mill township and
the upper section of Lancaster
county.
So far as The TimeB is able to
learn, apparently there is no
doubt about a reduction of the
cotton acreage in this section this
year of from one-third to a half.
During the last week perhaps as
many as 50 farmers have bean
asked the direct question whether
they intended to plant the usual
amount of cotton this year and
without exception the reply has
been in the negative. Voicing the
attitude of the farmers generally
one said, "We made a serious
mistake by growing too much cn*ton
last year and the price has
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duction. It would be suicidal for
us to repeat this year the mistake
we made last year and perhaps be
forced to sell the crop at 5 cents.
We haven't the money to plant
as big acreage as we planted in
1920 and in many instances it is
r good thing ,the dealers are refusing
to supply fertilize'"* on t;iac.
We must try to raise more home
supplies this year and if we do
this I do not think our section will
be in as bad shape as some proless
to believe."
Stricken With Appendicitis.
W. 1). Wolfe, well known Fort
Mill business man who is a member
of the firm of Young & Wolfe,
was stricken with appendicitis
several days ago and Saturday
morning was operated upon at
St. Peter*8 hospital, Charlotte.
Mr. Wolfe's condition was reported
satisfactory yesterday and it
is thought that he will be able to
come home during the next week
or ten days.
muiti new tuvua ui new prices ai
Masncy'B. Ginghams and Domestic 10
to 20 cents.
Better Than Traps For Rats
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com on hot store." Try It oo jour rets.
RAT-SNAP la s"maoeyt>Mk" searaatead
ears killer. Cosms reedy (or aoo: ee sixIns
with othor foods. Cats sad docs wta'l
toochit. Rata dry us and tasre as SmoU.
Throe sixes: Me for oos soses: Me Cot
bones or chicken yard: ll.M far hesos aad
outbuUdlasa. Start Units rets tsdsy.
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TAX EXTENSION.
)fflce of the County Treasurer of
York County.
York, S. ('., March 21, 1921.
Pursuant to the Act of the Oen;ral
Assembly notice is hereby
jiven that the time for the paynent
of taxes due between Octoier
15 ami December 31, 1920. has
teen extended to May 1, 1921,
yith a three per cent penalty adled
to all payments made after
larch 1. From May 1 to May 15,
921, there will be a penalty of
per cent, ami after May 15 all
inpaid taxes will po into execuion.
Unpaid poll taxes will be
laced in the hands of the mapisrates
of the several townships for
rosecution.
All of the banks of the county
re offering their accommodations
ml facilities to taxpayers who
lay desire to make use of the
ime, and I am taking pleasure in <
tomers
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giving prompt attention to all correspondence
on the subject.
All taxpayers appearing at my
office will receive prompt attention.
Note-jiriio tax hooks are made
up hy townships and parties writing
about taxes will always expedite
matters if they will mention
the township or townships in
which their property or properties
are located.
HARRY E. NEIL,
Treasurer of York County.
How Would You Lilco to Set What
Irvin Norhood (Pa.) Saw?
"On? customer told me that after tiling one large
package of Rat-Snap. he got FORTY-EIGHT dead
rata. How many more dead he couldn't aee. he
doean't know. Remember rata breed faat and da.
etioy dollata' worth of property. " J5c. 05c. 91JJ.
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