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s- M- - .* . s * fa + W .r 1 ■ • .r 1 ' ■’■ ' ■-.. ' ■ • IK'jf; ..'■ ^ . 5'"jo »i m; v, Jgr* - -■;{ |Ky^ P I^V- ■ k: lk f V N i r ■ 1? ■ M ihh’s Pharmacy fe* ^ JSfiarv Successor to D. 0. Rhame DR. E. HOOD SMITH, Prop. Pharmacist and Optometrist PHONE 101 WE CLEAN, PRESS AND DYE LADIES’ GARMENTS High Class Work Guaranteed BUCHANAN’S PRESSING CLUB Phone 28 To Have Debate On Farin Relief Think Market Rai(jl h Drive Upon “Co-ops” HEJcEP^icEi (——2 [ r ..—j r Opposition Greets Mensures in Senate —“Paternalism Ran Rampant,” Declares Fletcher of Florida in Openinf Speech. Washington, March 3.—Strenuous opposition tMay greeted the appear ance in the senate of the first special farm relief measure—the Norbeck- Burtness bill proposing the loan of $75,000,000 to finance diversification. Declaring it was ‘‘paternalism run rampant,” Senator Fletcher (Demo- crat) of Florida said it was time to call a halt upon such measure. “We are proposing to lend this money,” he said, “for th epurpose <rf enabling the one crop farmer to keep live stock on hand never adaptable^ for grazing, or to raise other crops where the ’and will not produce but one. We have already gone the limit along this line." Senator Fletcher’s attitude was un derstood- to be that of several, other senators on the Democratic side and of some Republicans. An effort of NO T I' The books of the County Treasurer will be open for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal year, 1923, at the Treasurer’s office from October 15th to December 31, 1923. After Decem ber 21 one per cent will be added. Af ter January 31st, two per cent will be add^jd, and after Feb. 28th, seven per cent will be added until the 15th day of March, 1924, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one township are requested to call for receipts in each of the several townships in which the pro- perty is located. This is important, as additional cost and penalty may be attached. All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and sixty (60) years of age are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00, except old soldiers, who are exempt at fifty (50) Tears of age. Commutation Road Tax $1.50 In lieu of road duty. All able- bodied man between the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to road duty except those in military service, school school teachers, ministers, tadents. Dog Tax $1.25, which be paid not later than January si. ms. Proper attention will be given those whe wish to pay their taes through the mail by check, money otfder, eta. The tax levy is as follows: State Tax 6 mills Ordinary County Tax .... .... 5V4 mills Hoad aad Bridge .... ... .... 4 mills Raflroad Bond *... .... 1 mill Road bonds .... 7% mills Past indebtedness ft mil) .Jail Bonds .... .... ft mill Constitutional School .... .... 8 mills Senator Ladd (Republican) of North headway which has already Representative Citizens Issue State ment Declaring Time Has Come for All in Cotton Belt to Show Their Colors^—Challenge Issued to All Southern States. Columbia, S. C, March 1. - Declaring that the recent raid on the cotton market had demonstrated the absolute necessity of cooperative marketing, pledging their heartiest support to a movement to double the membership and deliveries of the South Carolina association for next season and calling on all other states of the belt to do likewise, a group of very represeiltative South Carolinians Wednesday night issued a statement calling on every man, woman and child interested in the welfare of the state to lend their full support during the next few months to this objective. The statement declares that the time has come for “the people of the cotton belt to show theit colors and align themselves in solid array ag ainst those who would keep us in bondage.” It points to the wonderful been 28 mills Schools Disk Township No. 1 8 mills Eden No. 2 ... .; 12* mills Shiloh No. 8 ..„ 12 mills Now Hmmony^ Nor 4^ r.vr“— -r.-+Tatthr Gray Court-Owing! No. 5 20* mills Barksdale No. 6 Consolidated 16 mills Dials Church No. 7 8 mills ... 12 mills 24 mills Township :.. 17 mi Is 8 mi ... 20 mi .... 10 mi No. 8 Fountain Inn No. 3B .... ... Special Schools Sullivan Princeton No. 1 ....I Mt. Bethel No. 2 Poplar Springs No. 3 Brewerton No. 7 Merna No. 8 .... ... Hickory Tavern No. 17 . Local R. R. Bonds .... Special'Schools Waterloo Bethlehem No. 2 x Ekom No. 3 Center Point No. 4 Oakville No. 5 ML Pleasant No. 6 .... ML OlivdlNo. 7 Waterloo Town No. 14 .... Is Is U ... 12 mills r.16 mills — 3 mills Township .... 4 mills ... 17 mills ... 14 mills .... 8 mills ... 12 mills .... 15 mills .... 8 mills morrow wqs blocked by notification from several senators they desired to discuss the measure. The North Dakota senator, having reported the bill from the agriculture committee, assumed. charge of it on, cotton growers at least the floor. He contended the goveim* ment owed special consideration tt|, the spring wheat farmers because of the evils they had suffered through the war time propaganda, which-Al once increased production and de creased production and decreased con sumption. Every other class in the United States had been aided, he said, either by the tariff or through direct or indirect subsidy. Several amendments already have been proposed to the bill, which would increase the amount carried to $105,- 000,000. Among'them is a provision honored by Senator Bursum (Republi can) of New Mexico, which would add $20,000,000 for loans to banks in the Northwest. Senator Fletcher said the purpose of this was to “bolster busted banks.” “The whole tendency,” he said, “is toward further centralization of au thority in the federal government: Can you imagine the secretary of agriculture supervising this fund without taking some control of the farms he aids, or of the comptroller passing out his fund without retaining some control of those banks?. “Of course if the idea is to establish a good campaign fund, I have no doubt that $50,000,000 or $100,000,000 properly handled would be very effec- tive.” V - Senator Bursum here interjected Special Schools Laurens Township Laurens City 13^ rpjn s Tflnity Ridge No. f 16* mi Is Prospect No. 2 8 mills l«urens No. 3 16 mi Watts Mills too. 7 8 mi Bailey N< Copeland- 'It •••• •••• -••• V fill. Ora No. 12 * 11* mi Special Schools Youngs Township Ebenezer-Patton .... 3 mills Friendship No. 2 8 mills Warrior Creek R. Old Field 8 mills Bethel No. 4 11* mills Gray’s No. 5 .... 17 mills Central No. 6 11 mills Youngs No. 7 Lanford No. 10 Fountain Inn No. 3B .... Special School Jacks Shady Grove No. 2 .... .. Renno No. 3 Hatton No. 4 CPdell School No. 6 Gariington No. 7 Hurricane No. 15 Special Schools Scuffletown Long Branch No. 1 Byrd’s- Musgrove No. 2 .... Langston No. 3 Sandy Springs No. 4 Lanford No. 10 .... Ora No. 12 ...; .... Special Schools Cross Hill Cross Hill No. 1 , Cross Hill No. 2 Spring Grove No. 3 CM Mountville No. 6 Cross Hill Town No. 13 .. —Special Schools Hunter Township Lisbon No. 1 12 mills Rock No. 2 .... 8 mills — 16 mills .... 16 mills .... 24 mills Township . .... 7 mills .... 16 mills 3 mills .. .... 8 mills .. .1.. 3 mills ..v 6 mills Township .... 8 mills — 8 mills .... 8 mills .... 4 mills .. 16 mills 14* mills Township .... 2 mills — 8 mills .... 6 mills 10 mills 15 mills fe'iv •; ; >,V, Rock Bridge No. 3 .... .... .... ... 6 miUs Wadsworth No. 4 .... .._ .... 8 mills Reederville (part of No. 4) 13 mills CUnton No. 5 20* mills Goldvfile No. 6 4 mills Kinards No. 49 (part of No. 6) 8 mills Belfast No. 7 5 mills Hurrinane No. 15 6 mills Heuatville No. 16 .... 15* mills Persons sending ia lists of names to bp taken Off are reouested to send —.— ly and give the township of ns the Treasurer is very busy the, month of December. BOSS D. YOUNG. the remarks that “the senator certain ly does not want to leave the idea that any administration would capitalize the miseries of farmers,” and Senator Fletcher replied he had “merely sug gested that in passing.” Senator Johnson (Farmer-Labor) of Minnesota said the “chambers of com merce were too strong for the . farm ers, who tried to carry out their co operative organizations,” when the Florida senator suggested this was the logical solution of their difficul- clpring that those who would live off the .sweat of the cotton growers' brows had become alarmed and now seek to crush the movement which in- n reasonable profit for their cotton.” The statement is signed by Gov. Thomas G. McLeod, Bright William son of Darlington, W. W.- Long of Clemson College. T—B.—Young- of Florence, Dr. W. A. Barnette qf Greenwood, D. A. Geer of Belton, P. L. Bethea of Minturn, C. J. Jackson of Horatio, J. S. Stark of Abbeville, H. D. Henry of Clinton, Alfred Scar borough of Eastover, L. D. Fridy of Wallaceville, J. B. Guess of Denmark, J. B. Johnson of Rock Hill, Edwin Wilson of St. Charles, L. L. Rice of Anderson and George W. Croft of Aiken. The statement follows in full: “The developments in the cotton market during the past six weeks have demonstrated more clearly pro bably than has ever been demonstra ted before the compelling necessity of organization on the part of the farmers. We have sfeen a break' of seven cento a pound in the market without any justification whatever; this, too, in the face of the fact that the surplus on hand is the smallest in history and in the face of very bullish consumption figures. “We are convinced that this manip ulation of the market could" never have been brought about had the cot ton cooperative associations control led a greater percentage of the crop. * * * h • v.- i . •' y-V'. fi mmk i mmm k iiu 1 'WjiiWi'ai *ii"H n! ties. “I refer you to the recent decision of the federal trade commission,” said Senator Johnson. “If would be inter esting to the senate.” Senator Brookhart (Republican) of Iowa also took exception to the ar guments advanced by Senator Fletch er. The credit facilities requested, he said, were actually provided “in a large measure from the farmers’ de-. posits.” -4 r— ; *- Young Man Dies . In Car’s Plunge John C. Bethea Killed Near Charlotte Native of Dillon. Dillon, March 3.—The town of Dil lon was deeply shocked upon learning early this morning of the tragic death of John C. Bethea, Jr., which occurred in an automobile accident near Char lotte at a late hour last night. - He left Dillon f with Brown Hamer yesterday in a Lincoln car owned by Mr. Hamer. The news reaching Dil lon was to the effect that they had spent the evening in Charlotte in com pany with some Davidson college friends and that they had taken them back to Davidson and were returning to Charlotte when the accident oc curred. It seems that they were turn ing a sharp curve and were blinded by the glaring lights of an approaching car. This caused them ty swerve too close to the edge of the road. The car plunged from the embankment, which was about 60 feet high. Mr. Bethea was a young man about 25 years old and was ye^y popular in the social and business circles of Dillon and the community. E(e was assistant cashier of the Bink of Dillon, which institution he had been connected with since his graduation from Wofford college several years ago. He is sur vived by his mother, Mrs. M. G. Be- These cooperatives have made won derful headway in the two years in which they have operated. This has alarmed those who would live off the sweat of the farmers’ brow and they are now seeking through this drive to crush a movement which insures the cotton grower at least a reason able profit for his cotton. This at tempt will fail. Cooperative market ing of cotton is now firmly and per manently established. - We believe, however, the time has come for the people of the cotton belt to show their colors and align themselves in solid array against those who would keep us forever in commercial bondage. “Believing that the most important step that can be taken in South Caro- lina at this time is a vigorous move ment for the increase in membership of the South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative association, we have pledged to lend our fullest efforts dur ing the next eight months to this pur pose to the end that its membership and its deliveries may be doubled next season. We call on every man, wo man and child interested in the wel fare of the state to lend their fullest support to the movement, believing as we do that the welfare of the state is absolutely dependent on th# farm ers of the state. . ^ “We call upon the people of every other state in the belt to set for them selves the same objective we have set to the end that the cooperatives next season will control a very heavy per centage of the crop and we; believe with this we shall in a.short time see a stabilize^ market and a happy and ^contented people whose prosperity can not be taken from them by a fe& spec ulators and gamblers.” YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION What impression is made upon visitors when they firtt enter your home? Do they find themselves in a cherry room in which it is convenient and comfort able for them to divest themselves of hats and outer garments? 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