Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 12, 1922, Image 1
. -f
rNi
XtUbHahadin 1881.
THE WEEK'S EVENTS
r* ?.
IMPORTANT NKW8 OP RTATC, NA>
TION AND THK WORLD
i RRIKPLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUTJHE WORLD
A Condensed Record Of Hsppenlngs
Of Intoroot From All Points
Of Tho World
Foreign?
The number of persons killed In the
explosion on the Greek torpedo boat
destroyer Leon at Piraeus is now given
as twenty-one, with forty-two inf
jured. The explosion occurred while
V.* a number of the crew were handling a
V? ~ / submarine bomb.
The allied supreme council has approved
unanimously the calling of an
International economic conference to
be participated in by Germany and
_ Russia.
American Ambassador Harvey to
England, who is in attendance at the
meetelng of the allied supreme council
in Cannes, France, says he will
"jump the fence" when he comes to
it, which Is Interpreted to mean that
he is merely an onlooker.
marquis uKuma, tno "grand old
man of Japan,'*/was one of the most
distinguished- men of the island emplre
from the period of the restoration
until the present day. Twice premier
of Japan, Okuma was in office when
the famous "twenty-one demands"
were made upon China, and it was following
the agitation which resulted
from those demands that his ministry
resigned. He was succeeded by
Field Marshal Count Terauchi.
The director of the American relief
administration in Russia, who has been
In England, has returned to-Russia by
way of Riga, optimistic over the twenty
million dollar grain appropriation
by the United States congress.
The last effort of the dail eireann
In Ireland to bring about an agreement
on the Anglo-Irish treaty failed.
Other efforts will be made.
' Princess Joachim of Prussia, daughter-in-law
of th6 former emperor, is
suing the ex-kalser for support, conk
tending that the laws of the Hohenxollerns
entitles her to support. Her
husband suicided in 1920.
"Cofhrt *gRszlo Ssechnyt has been appointed
Hungarian minister to the
United States. His wife was formerly
Miss Gladys M. Vanderbllt of New
York City.
A bomb was exploded among the
n crowd listening to a band in the market
place at Dlnkelsbuehl, Bavaria, on
New Year's Eve, Injuring fifty persons,
twenty of them seriously. The
thrower of the bomb was a youth.
Demnnifa h? df
vuv> nuooiau iiUYidl RUT'
eminent that Finland withdraw all support
of the revolution in Karelia have
been agreed to by the Finnish government.
,
Washington?
The federal reserve board says that
a decided improvement in European
exchanges has tended to some extent
to help the foreign trade situation, but
?xtreme caution in the extension of
bank credits still continues. t
Purchase of over three million bushels
of corn for the relief of the Russian
sufferers is announced in Wash*
ington on authority of the commissioner
of agriculture of South Dakota.
4 Continued upward movement of
business and the graduation restoration
of normal conditions are indicated
in the comparison of reports of
last month vflth those of the corresponding
month of 1920, according to
the December review of the economic
situation issued by the federal reserve
beard.
Ex-Senator Marion Butler of North
Carolina has forwarded Secretary of
f War Weeks an offer from capitalists
whom he represents for the governin
on I nltr.ito nlont ? *'
iwvHVQU at muBUia
Shoals. Ala., and seeks an apolntment
with the secretary to talk over
the matter.
Hierome L. Opie, major of the third
hattlion. 110th infantry, who has t?en
in the limelight for several weeks,
charged with having wartonly shot
down American soldiers overseas, appeared
before the investigating committee
and vigorously denied the allegations.
Unanimous agreement has been registered
by the five powers in the arms
conference upon Articles 1 and II
of the original Root resolutions (now
arranged in three articles) regarding
submarine warfare, with but minor alterations.
' These resolutions, providing
for an invitation to the rest of
the world to follow tbe "big five," emfr)
brace subscription to a restatement of
international law governing rules of
submarine operation against merchant <
vessels. But by far the most important
action wns unanimous adoption of
the original Article II, now known as
Article 111. ]
Fear that many weevils will hiber*
nate in the weevil-infested territory
in Texas and reappear in large num- i
hers in the spring, has been express- <
ed in reports to the department of <
x agriculture, and it was said that the j
national agricultural conference i
which is to meet In Washington soon <
will give serious consideration to this
subject. (
A uniform re-diacountjjate hs all I
" ' ' ' '
The lonnuDenfi attitude. on Ike
question of freeing the half a hundred
members of the L W. W. ' till in
prison for Tlolattons of war laws remains
unchanged, Attorney General
Daugherty said.
Practical completion of the report
to be submitted by the committee of
naval experts to the navel committee
of the armament conference and
agreement of the subcommittee on
Chinese tariff on a 6 per cent effective
basis were two Important developments
In the conference situation.
The* agreement for an increase of
Chinese tariff rates to an effective
five per cent was adopted by the nine
conference powers sitting as a commUtnn
n? U?o? !???*???
vu r?M uaoioi u <|UODUUU0?
Senator TrumaA H. Newberry, of
Michigan, will spekk in hla own behalf
from the floor of the senate
when that body decides whether or
not he Is to retain his seat
The American proposal to prohibit |
use of submarines against merchant
vessels, now the predominant Issue of
the arms negotiations, has been ao> j
cepted in principle by Prance, but
her delegates havb reserved final approval
pending a discussion of the
precise language of the declaration.
Domestic?:
Three workmen were' killed and six
injured, two perhaps mortally, by an
accidental explosion of powder in the
Shandqken tunnel in the Ashokan reservoir
district about 35 miles from
here, according to word received in
Kingston, N. Y.
The Eufaula Hardware company, a
three-story brick building owned by
Foy Brothers, Eufaula, Ala., was completely
destroyed by fire, thC total
loss amounting to two hundred thousand
dollars.
a leaeral prohibition agent beset by
hotel gumts unaware of his identity
was saved from personaT" injury when
the orchestra of the Highland hotel,
Springfield, Mass., played "The Stai*
Spangled Banqer.".
J. D. Smith of Lamar, Miss., was
killed and his son, C. D. Smith, seriously
Injured whan the automobile in
which they were riding was struck by
a Southern railway train at Ridgeway,
Tenn.
W. H. Sprout, a restaurant employe,
was burned to death and property and
merchandise valued at approximately
$99,000 were destroyed in a fire which
originated in the three-story Nichols
building in the business district of
Dyersbury, Tenn., and spread to several
adjacent buildings.
The United States transport Henderson
has arrived at the navy yard at
Portsmouth," N. H., with 83 naval prisoners
from the Pacific fleet. Officers
reported than 17 prisoners had made
their escape since the vessel left San
Francisco, ten having 1uim>?d n??r.
board when the ship was going
through the Panama canal and the remainder
making their escape at points
on the Pacific coast where the vessel
stopped.
John Soffel. president of the Maywood
State bank, in the suburbs of
Chicago, wns shot and killed, and Louis
S. Sweeney, chief of police of the
suburb, and Arthur* Benson, a bank
messenger, were wounded when five
bandits robbed them of a $12,000 payroll
for the . May wood plant of the
American Can company.
It is reported by the executive secretary
of the Socialist party, headquarters
in Chicago, that Eugene V. Debs'
health will not permit him, at this
time, to make a speaking tour.
The entire group of sixteen- individuals
and four "drug companies," indicted
by the United States grand Jury
in New York In connection with the
sensational revelations of graft in the
administration of the Volstead act in
New York will probably enter a demurrer
to the indictment
It is announced in New Orleans that
the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers'
Association will fight any tariff onwegetable
oils, and will present resolu
i.uun iu iut3 Kenute unance committee
anent same in the near future.
It is announced that Birmingham.
Ala., will have another great steel
plant. It will be capitalized at a half
million dollars.
Unification of international standards
of antitoxins serums has been begun
on a large scale by the League
of Nations health committee, according
to detailed plans received at New
York recently.
Ralph Culver Bennett, doctor of
civil laws, doctor of laws, bachelor of
art and president of the Metropolitan
College ;0f Law, at Dover, Del., qualified
as a full-fledged absent-minded
professor when he was arraigned In
Washington Height police court on a
charge of assault.
Eldorado, Ark., is being thoroughly
policed In an effort to'locate the firebug
who recently attempted to burn
the business section of the town.
Barring an eleventh-hour change
Governor Sproull will appoint ex-Governor
Edwin S. Stuart as United
States senator to succeed the late
Boea Penrose it _was learned on reliable
authority.
A majority of physicians in 19
states, representing all sections of
the country, replying to an alcoholic
questionnaire sent out by the journal'
3f the American Medical association,
insert that they did not regard beer
ind wine a necessary therapeutic
agents in the practice of medicine.
rtie ease with which the affairs od
Aye Fort Dearborn National and Foit
Dearborn, Trust and Seringa banks
sere handled b| financial leader* in'
I ^ ' ^
IRISH TREATY IS
RATIFIED, BY 111
ACTtON OF THE DELEGATION AT
LONDON 18 APPROVED BY
CLOSE VOTE.
MY OF INTENSE EXCITEMENT
\
\
The Future Control of the Irleh Republican
Party Conttnuee to be
Subject of .Speculation.
Dublin. ? The treaty creating the
Irish Free State was ratified by the
Dail Elreann. By a majority of seven
votes, 64 to 57, the Dailv gave its approval
to the document signed by its
delegates' at London.
Coincldentally, E&monn de Valera
announced his resignation from the
presidency of the Irish republic.
The news was received with the
greatest enthusiasm, and the patient
crowds, which had waited for hours
outside the university building, in anticipation
of a decision, burst into
cheering, even before the official figures
were announced.
Ratification of the treaty came after
a day of intense excitement and heated
controversy. Although the result was
as had been expected, the niajorlty in
favor of the agreement was greater
than had been counted on almost up
to the last minute.
A tense, strained silence prevailed
while the vote was being taken, and
a gasp of relief went up from the supporters
of the treaty when the result
was announced. .A dramatic scene ensued.
when de Valera stood up and in
a broken voice, which vibrated with
emotion, declared that "the republic*'
must be carried on.
After voting ratification of the
treaty the Datl Elreann adjourned until
Monday. Before adjournment was
taken Eamonn de Valera, having an
nounced his resignation from the presidency.
asked that the members associated
with him should meet him
at the Mansion House.
Michael Collins protested against
the calling of such a partisan gathering.
whereupon Mr. de Valera roae to
insist on it. but broke down and resumed
his seat amid hearty applause.
The situation at the adjonrnment of
the Dail appeared to remain chaotic.
The Dail will meet on Monday and
there is no disposition revealed by de i
Valera and his followers to abandon
the factional struggle.
The future control of the Irish republican
army is the subject of anxious
comment and speculation, as
Charles Burgess, who strongly opposed
the treaty, is the minister of
defense.
So far as the the public is concerned,
Dublin seems delighted over rati- i
flcatlon. Arthur Griffith and his col
leagues on emerging from- the parliament
were wildly cheered and the city '
was in jubilant spirits.
.. t
Churchmen Drink Varlnsh.
Grand Rapids, Mich.?Ten elders of
the Seventh Reformed Church here
were poisoned when they drank var- '
nlah that had been poured Into a communion
cup in the belief that it was I
sacramental wine. Two of the elders 1
were said to be In a critical condl- (
tlon. 1
The church had been repaired and 1
In the storeroom where the sacra- 1
mental wine Is kept in a Jug several 1
Jugs of varnish used In the re-decorating
had been stored. One of the 1
officials of the church Is said to have
mistaken the varnish for wine when
he filled the communion cup during 1
the church service.
i
Pepper to 8ucoeed Penrose. 1
Philadelphia.?Appointment of Oeo. '
Wharton Pegper, of Philadelphia, as
United States senator to snrreeri the
late Boise Penrose, is expected to
come from Governor Sproul nnb-ss a 1
last minute change is decided upon. '
1
Three Killed In Collision.
Wichita. Kas.?Three persons were '
killed and one probably fatally injured
as the result of an automobile '
collision here. A seven-months-old '
baby was hurled 100 feet, but was un- ^
injured. i .<
Forestry Congress to Meet.
Jackson, Miss.?Means of promoting
the interests of the forestry in^the j
South, taxation of timbered and cut- (
over lands, forest Are protection, will /
take the foreground at the fourth Sou- <
thern Forestry Congress; to meet here i
February 6. 7 and 8, it was learned. ^
A number of well informed speakers |
have been asked tb outline the needs t
for the best protection of forestry in t
the South. Their talks, branching from f
the usual technical angle, will be pre- ]
sented in simple and brief manner. i
Prisoners Eseape Through Sewer.
Frankfort, )tiy.?Eight of the most
desperate prisoners in the Kentucky, 1
state reformatory, including one who J
was serving a life term for murder, 5
escaped from the main prison through ,
a sewer. Seven of the men got oat- g
side the walls, but were recaptured ^
within an hour, and the eighth eras ,
found -two hours latex hiding In the t
shlH factory. .. VjS ' t
The delivery was planne<Vby Geofge a
Miller, of Covington. Kjr .Mrrlag five ,
years for robbery. .
lytttA ... - V -r;'.?*%. ~ , f?
" ' V
bTo., thtjesdIt jahtjah
BAPTISTS FiAH
FOR CO-OPERATION
... -?fWOMAN'S
MISSIONARY BOARD
ANI^ GENERAL BOARD HOLD
GOOD ME^CTINQ
EXECUTIVE COMMTTEE NAMED
v t f
Budget For 1922 ia Worked Out on
a Baeie of About Three-Quarter*
of a Million Dollar*.
The Baptist general board dnd the
executive board of the Woman's Miasonlary
union continued their session
for two days at Columbia. The main
-a ?- * *
loaiurig ui lmerwi at ute meeting ot
the general board was the matter o(
co-operation between the borne mission
board In Atlanta and this state.
Dr C. W. Daniel and Dr. J. F. Purser,
representing the home mission board,
talked upon this subject and a full
discussion waB had.
The a. Baptist budget for this yer.r
was worked out on a basis of about
three-quarters of a million dollars.
Each of the four commissions composing
the general board, the missions,
education, Sunday school and benevolence.
made recommendations for its
particular work for the year, all of
which was adopted by the general
board. The Rev. A. L.. Pickens, of
Easley, was elected rural Held secretary,
in the place of J. L. Corzine. who
leaves for Greenville January 15.
The executive committee was appointed
as follows: Dr John E. White
of Anderson, Chairman; Dr. T. C.
Skinner, J. J. I^awton of Hartsvllle,
the Rev. S. P. Hair of Fountain Inn
the Rev. George P. White of Darlington,
D. M. Dew of Latta. the Rev. E.
S. Reaves of TTnion I H Hunt nt Vnm.
berry, Dr. W. J. McGlothlin of Greenville.
A committee of Ave was appointed
to make a thorough survey of the
state in regard to mission work and
to report at the next meeting of the
board The committee Is as follows:
The Rev. W. C. Allen of Dillon, Dr.
J. E. White of Anderson, the Rev. R.
C. Cranberry of Gaffney, the Rev. J.
E. Bailey of Charleston, Dr. T. C.
Bkinner of Colombia. Dr. W. T. -De.
rleux of Columbia will co-operate with
this committee.
The Woman's Missionary union discussed
plans for the year's work and
appointed committees to make pianB
for the Baptist assembly in Greenville
in the summer and also to attend
the inter-racial conference which
will be held in Columbia Junuary 1920.
This last committee is as follows:
Mrs. J. D. Chapman of Anderson. Mrs.
Edwin Carpenter of Florence. Mrs. W.
J. Hatcher of Johnston. Mrs. G. E.
Davis of Orangeburg. Mrs. T. B. Clarkson
of Gaffney. Miss Bessie Major of
Anderson, Mrs. J. S. Harris of Troy,
Mrs. C. D. Ftobo of Laurens. Mrs. T. T.
Hyde of Charleston. Mrs. E. W. Masters
of Anderson and Mrs. W. L. Griggs
of North.
f
Plan $3,000,000 Road Bonds.
Laurens.?At the regular monthly
meeting and banquet of the Laurens
Business league last week, the promoted
plan to raise $3,000,000 for roads
by bond issue and other measues was
discussed, the subject having been introduced
for the purpose of giving th?
plan Indorsement. However, after the
iderable talk it as suggested that R.
Qoodwyn Rhett of Charleston be invited
to the next meeting to explain in
detail the full import of the scheme.
The league had as its specially invited
guests for the meeting Reprelentatives
C. D. Nance. C. M. Babb and
T. A. Willis of the Laurens delegation
to the legislature and it is the intention
to have the entire delegation present
when Mr. Rhett comes.
Laurens Sells Bonds.
Laurens.?City council has sold two
bond issues amounting to $56,000 for
?8 1-4. the proceeds of which are to
be used In sewerage extension and
street improvements. The bond* were
bought by a Cincinnati Arm. through
A. H. Montieth of Columbia. Thebonds
were authorized in an election
held several month* ago. One iaaue
was for 920,000 and the other for |35.)00.
.
Florence Invites State Legion.
Florence.?The Fred H Sexton I'ost
Mo. 1 of the American legion at its
recent meeting decided to invite' the
>tate convention of the American Lelion
to hold its fnl meeting in For- j
snce. Should the invation be accepted
t is expected that at east 200 ex-aerrice
men will spend at least two days
n Florence as delegates, during which
;lme they will he entertain *?d in the
lomes of citizens. All of the local.orcanizations
are co-operating with the
oral post and it is hoped that the
nvltatlon will be accepted.
Boy Dies From Wounds.
Oreenwood.?From wounds received
vhen he was accidentally shot while
nbbit hunting the day after Christnas,
Wesley Perry Vaughan. a 16rear-old
boy of Ninety-Six, died last
reek at his home. Death was due to
rangrene. Toung Vaughan was accilentally
ahot by Wade Blkins, with
rhom he was hunting. Xa - Blkins
landed htm a gun a shell exploded,
he loed passing through hie fight leg
ind entering the left leg. The wound
raa- believed hot to be uertous at the
Imp but became infected. ? , I
'
ran.*.
- _,
T T T
L1L1 1
v.
SU6HT DECREASE
FOR AUTOMOBILES
FIGUREfi COM PI I rn ?v d>
TARY OP HIGHWAY COMMISSION
8HOW DECLINE.
\ ^
GREENVILLE COUNTY IN LEGO
?
More Motor Trucks In Richland Court'
ty Sals License Tags Amounted
to 8741,144.79 For 1921.
Columbia.
During the past year South Carolina
had 83.349 automobiles and 7,197
trucks as compared with 93.843 automobiles
and trucks in 1920, according
to complete figures for the year just
closed, compiled by L. H. Thomas,
secretary ot the state highway commission.
This total of 90,546 for the year is
a decrease from 1920 of 3,297 machines.
A significant fact here also
is that only 75,000 automobiles, auto
trucks, motorcycles and bicycles were
returned for taxation throughout the
state in 1921, indicating that some
machines are "missing in action" or
fallen by the wayside.
Greenville county leads in the total
registration with 6,834 automobiles
while Richland county comes second
with 5,734 and Spartanburg is a close
third with 5,518.
Richand leads with trucks, having
837 as compared with Charleston with
756. This county ulso takes first rank
in the number of motorcycles with
188. Ramberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and
Jasper have no motorcvclea. armrd.
in? to the registration figures.
Only 69 trailers were registered
during the yoar while 669 dealers procured
licenses.
Total receipts from the sale of licenses
for 1921 reached $741,114.79.
Of this figure $587,066.07 went back
to the countries under the 80 per cent
clause. All of this fund has already
been distributed except the last quarter
total of $5,526.98, which ts being
sent to the counties this week.
The average price for.licenses was
$7.26 for automobiles and $16.71 for
trucks,
The county of Greenville leads In
the amount received from the license
collections under the eighty per cent
clause with $49,552.38 returned to that
county while Richland comes second
with $46,186.43 and Spartanburg is,
third with $39,226.46. Charleston
drew a /total of $38,399.87 and Anderson
$36,099.64, while Orangeburg received
$23,629.76.
To Discuss Weevil Menace.
Special from Sumter ? Arrange,
ments were completed here for a
meeting to be held on Januarv 21 fnr
a discussion of ways and means of
growing cotton under boll weevil conditions.
F. H. Jeter, representing the
soil improvement committee of Atlanta.
spent the day here and at Manning
arranging for meetings. These
are to be part of a series to be held
through the central part of the state,
the first to be at Aiken January 16.
E. I. Reardon, secretary of the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce, and A. E.
Tisdals will have charge of planning
for the meeting In Sumter. Dr. E. S.
Booth, president of the Chamber of
Cotfllnerce, will preside. The meeting
will be held at the court house
at 10 a. m. January 21.
At Manning plans were made for
the meeting on January 23 at 10 a. m.
C. R. Sprott, A. L. Luce and F. M.
Shope. editor of the Manning Times,
will assist In the plans.
Dr. George A. Maloney, government
boll weevil expert of Tallulah, La.. Dr.
J. N. Harper, of Atlanta, and other
prominent southern agriculturists will
take part In each program.
Ma A tin era te\ Ko hnl/1 In Qah?1*
... ww?.uDo w ?/v ??uiu iu uuuiai vaiu"
Una and the dates are as follows:
Aiken. January 16; Blackville, January
17: Barnwell. January 17: Allendale.
January 18; Denmark. January
18; Orangeburg, January 19; St. Matthews
January 20; Sumter. January
21; Manning, January 23; Blshopville,
January 23; Florence, ' January 24;
Darlington, January 24; Cheraw. January
26; Bennettsvllle. January 27;
Dillon, January 27; Marion, January
28.
State Gets Government Money.
Special from Washington.?Oovem
ment money amounting to $7,533,073
woe poured into South Carolina last
year prior to January 1. as aid in the
holding, moving, marketing and exportation
of agricultural products. Announcement
was made by the war
Finance corporation to Representative
James F. Byrnes. The money was
loaned through the local committee at
Columbia. Mr. Byrnes was gratified
to learn that South Carolina had received
more than Its pro rata share
In consideration of cultivated acreage.
Gardner Quits National Guard, t
Upon his own request, the resignation
of Capt. John H. Gardner, Company
L. 118th infantry, 8. C. N. G..
Kartsvtlle, was accepted by the arjutant
general. First Lieut Edwin L.
Hughes, Company G. 118th Infantry. S.
C. N. G.. Greenville, was extended fed- ,
ira! recognition. Capt. Ben. M. Saw- ]
rer. ordnance state staff corps and department,
was extended federal recpgnltfon.
Sergt Norman J. Keialer (
was commissioned second lieutenant |
>f Company E, 118th Infantry, S. C ,
10 j c tj
a
14 V i ' : S -4
" '''knHftJfff-^
'
Personal Goods IneruM In Vthia
An increase ot I8.997.S14 In the to*
tal value of all taxable personal prop rty
in South Carolina tor 1921 over
1920 is reported In the abatraots of
county auditors tor the comptroller
general. In 1920 the total ralue ot all
taxable personal property was $176,*
492.281. as against $185,491,095 tor the
year Just dosed, the returns of the
auditors show.
The attracts contain some interesting
figures on personal property.
The returns for 1921 show that South
Carolina has 209,594 mules valued at
$12,012,725, as against 209,674 In 1920i
at avalue ot $14,738,700. These figures
indicate that the mule population
?$}.V4k. -a - ? - -
niguuj uwrmea aunng 1V21.
A total of 70.183 horses was returned
throughout the state and they
were valued at $3,722,861. as against
74.682 as a value of $4,373,363. The
horse population also decreased during
the past year, according to the
returns. N .
As for donktes. jacks, ponies and
colts, they seem to have disappeared
rapidly, only 4,200 being returned for
1921, against 9.260 for 1920. The
value of these donkeys. Jacks, ponies
and colts in 1921 was $119,396, as
compared with $459,689 in 1920.
Cattle also decreased from 312,896
in 1920 to 290.725 for the year just
closed. The value of cattle in 1920
was $5,577,973, and in 1921 it was
only $4,455,970.
Sheep and goats also lost out with
a total for 1921 of 23,997 and a value
of $36,329, as compared with 31.951
in 1920 and a value of $50,840.
Hogs dropped considerably in number
for the year with a total returned
of 245.931 and a value of $1,052.110.
as compared with 340.863 and a
value of $1,629,872 for 1920.
Carriages, wagons, carts, buggies,
drays and trucks numbered 222.759
for the year Just efcded and were valued
at $3,640,929, as against a total
of 241.528 and a value of Si fill r.o?
in 1920.
Automobiles, auto trucks, motorcycles
nnd bicycles Jumped to 75.611
at a value of $16.329,980, as compared
with 63.510 at a value of $15,137,236
for the year 1920. While this Ib a
big increase, there are Htlll a largo
number of motor vehicles, "missing,"
as the state highway department has
licensed approximately 185,000 machines
in the state for 1921, not including
bicycles, and when this is considered
it is noted that a considerable
number of the motor vehicles must
be out of commission, dead or absent
without leave.
Only 7,321 gold or silver watches,
Jewelry and silver.-plate were returned
at a value of $213,280, which
would Indicate that very few gold
watches are hanging around in pockets.
In 1920 a total of 8,124 gold or
silver watches, jewelry and silver
plate was returned at a value of $231.304.
For the past year Charleston
reported the largest number, with
480, while Jasper tailed the list with
jeen.
Household furniture was returned
at a value of $12,136.62^ wpilo the
value of office furniture or shop equipment
was given at $794,715. Roth
these items were only slight decreases
from 1920.
Slow In Pavlna State
State ta^eB nre being paid extremely
siowly throughiait South Carolina, according
to records of Sam T. Carter,
state treasurer. Up to January 5 the
treasurer had received only $95,888.39
of 1921 taxes on a total assessment of
$5,429,887.20.
This amount Is a decrease over the
sum received last year up to the corresponding
date, January 5. Through
the close of 1920, December 31, a total
of $728,914.63 had been received
and for the first five days of 1921 a
total of $595,841.89 was received on
1920 taxes.
For the first five days of 1922 a total
of $460,382.75 has been reoeived on
1921 taxes. The tax books are open
from October 15 to December 31 and
then a penalty of 1 per cent is added.
According to the figured of Mr. Carter.
the peoplo of the state are not
rushing to pay taxes. Mr. Carter said
that the amount received so far on
1921 taxes was about 66 per cent of
the figure received on the same dat?
last year.
Last year the time for paying taxes
was extended by the legislature and
It is understood that a lot of people
think an extension will be granted this
year. A good deal of confusion and
Inconvenience was caused last year
by the * extension, according to state
officials.
University Prepares For Swln.
Jack Crawford has been chosen
coach of the first swimming team to
be put out by the University of South
Caroling and has taken charge of the
Rtiund of 30 candidates. Practice is
being held daily at the Mills Y. M.
C. A. A. pool is In preparation for the
first South Carolina intercollegiate
Bwlmming meet, scheduled for January
18 at the mills pool. Foui; colleges
have entered and the meet is expected
to be a great success. Colleges entered
are the Citadel, College of Charleston.
Clemson and the unlveVsity.
sity.'
Letters on Tax Program.
C. W. Coker, president of the South
Carolina Taxpayers' association, and
John I. Rice, secretary, are sending
out letters to all the Rotary and Ktwanis
clubs in the state, Chambers of
Commerce, commercial organizations
of all kinds and to prominent citizens
lalRng their Attention to the program
of tax gftform that the association Is
trying to put over and asking their
co-operation in the work. Resolutions
in favor of the progral will materlallr
issist in getting, the program through
*
cV a. s. V
?* * v* ' "3
3s3(0r3c ? * ?\* *7*/ ? m&Sj-**3*1
Committee Outlines Pleat Flt^tMv> ;>>^fP|
wide Organisation ahd Woi*k "';\ ;! .<$,
.To So Dons. f "
Columbia.?Decision to call matt- '*
lass tn every eounty la the stain'i&jjg *
set the tgx program ot the atato.'tafK.
South Carolina taxpayers' coateroaoa? . ?|p!'
before the people and the appointment * . !
of various subcommittees to worlc for' '? ; o
the tax program were the more ha* ' 'Ai
portant actions reached by the axe* / ' $3
cutive committee ot the South Caro*
Una taxpayers' conference here. This ; V'}.\V; ?
committee was chosen at the state- "r i'*!" yaffil
wide tax meeting here Decernbdr 14. / '
Need for immediate action being ap- . T ^
parent, the executive committee doelded
to hold meetings In each county . ^ .<
in the state, and with that la view > J
directed each member/ of the state >"'
executive committee to appoint a VV '
chairman of the counties in his dls- ; /?
trict, who will be expected to arrange for
and hold the meeting, at which. .
meeting some one will explain to the . . c>
taxpayers the program for their ap- ;
proval. .
The program, which will be pro.
posed to the legislature will sug- : . v &Qm|
gest ways and means by which the*
state property tax may be reduced ^
from 40 to 50 per cent, and at the
same time equalize the burden of
taxation, so# that the tax burden on * -^Lf
property will be gradually reduced. I J
Acting under Instructions front the v , "
Taxpayers' association, the executive
committee Is prepared to suggest to ' * *V '
the taxpayers the following; program
for new sources of revenue: Gasoline
tax. 1600,000; occupation tax, ' '
$350,000; inheritance tax, $250,000; increase
In the corporation license tax, .
$250,000; Incrense in the public service
corporation franchise tax, $S00,- ; J
000; income tax, $1,000,000, and lux- t'*'
ury tax. $150,000. If the general assembly
will enact the above tax laws, . Vfy
it will produce approximately $2,900,00(?
the committee sayB. f ; r;5$5j
The gasoline tax will be applied to
road maintenance and will take the
place of the two mill property tax for j.
roads. The occupation tax will be v
placed on occupations and professions
not otherwise taxed, .such, for In- *
stance, as brokers, etc. A graduated ' ?,
Inheritance tax, the details of whlA '/ ?
will be worked out by the legislature, ; ?. , ? j
will raise considerable revenue. An ? i',Y5?i
increuso In the corporation license
tax from one to two mills was recommended,
and also an increase in the _ 'A' ;
public service corporation' franchise""" - *''x kJ&il
tax from three te Ave mills. The )>
committee favors a luxury tax.
In studying the tax situation, the
committee is convinced thnt en a nt
the causes of complaint Is due to the
fact that the people themselves have ' V
voted special levies for local pur- v'VJa
poses, which. In many Instances, far
exceed the amount necessary for state., V ? .
purposes. Therefore, the committee?
enrnstly recommended most rigid
economy In county expenditures.
Methods to Destroy Boll Weevil.
Greenwood.?An entirely new method
of ridding cotton of bol weevils has
been proposed by a planter of this
section. Tho plan has few complications,
one merely feeds the weevils
to the pheasants. Of course, the
weevils and the pheasants must be
brought together so that the latter a ,
may consume the former, but that is
a mere detail, the originator of the '*
scheme declares.
Using pheasants to rid cotton of
Knll IWAfttflla la ?*? ? J ? ?
LM/II n ur, t no IO UUL a UlCir IUID ut oalU.
A practical farmer, a planter who
knows how to turn the undeveloped
resources of a farm into profit, has
proposed the new scheme. He is Eugene
Barmore. who. with his brother.
R. L. Barmore. operates one of the
most diversified and profitable plantatlohs
in this section. Their plantation
Is situated between Donalds and
Ware Shoals.
English ringneck pheasants have
been raised at a profit by Mr. Barmore
for several years. The birds are
easily raised and demand fancy prices
as breeding stock, he says. The bjrds
are ravenously fond of boll weevils
and will keep a cotton field clear of
the pests. By clipping the last Joint '
of one wing, the birds are prevented
from flying and may be kept In any
field enclosed with woven wire, ac- -:t \
cording to Mr. Barmore. ijiiey do not
eat crops and both cotton and nhen*. .
ants may he grown at a profit on. t lie '
same land, the planter declares.
?? > '' / aflia. 'g
Bridge at Florence Competed.
Florence. ? Supervisor Phillips an- L
nounced that the iron bridge over
Jeffreys creek on the concrete roadway
between Tlmmonavllle and Florence
has been completed and that the , '
road la now open for travel. The only
point at which a detour must be made J|
ia at Lake Swamp, where a new :.v'l
bridge la being built. The road has
been competed to within one mile
of TimmonsvUle and travelers .now * J|r
have the advantage of hard' surfaced v'
roads for a distance of nine mtles.. *
Parmer Killed by Accident,
Bel ton?A distressing accident ham^'jwKBB - V' ,
pened on the Pepper place, two mfle^^SnlsBflKd
west of hero, which resulted latef lot *"c'^O
the death of Charles V. Taylor. H't' *
seems Mr. Taylor was demonstrating
a stump-pulling machine when the '' -'jBj
lever broke and struck biro in, the * :Vr Jfrfi
head, crushing his skull. He #aa gj
brought to Belton at once, where doc- ^ . jODD
tors, after etsming htm, rushed him ,il^3
to the Anderson hospital: Shortly af- :
ter his arrival, there he died, having jjEXSjM
been unconscious from the tlms of the v iBWI
gccldent