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T4B WATEREE MBf JSENGER Established 1384 Published Every Tnrods? by < MAS. W. 111RCHMORE,- Prop. iikUfiiption $1.50 a Year in Advance Tuesday, March 4, 1924. &M?r.ied a4 second class matter ut the postoffice at Camden, S. C. THE LEGISLATURE. With all the acts of the legislature i's <<x>k* now like wo are to escape the forty million dollar bond issue. 13u'. i.ien should this measure be passed tho voters would have to vote upon it and if a proposition like this was submitted to the voters they would in all probability turn it down, tut - the ten million dollar bond issue to enlarge tho colleges and make per manent their improvement will likely pass. There seems to bo a craze for issuing bonds. Many argue that bonds issued now will not have to bo paid by the present generation b.it will be passed on to another, and pos sibly another, generation. Our state is making progress along many lines and all of us are glad to see thi , but it will not do to take too great a stride when we have to borrow all the money necessary to do so and then increase the tax burden to mee'. the interest while the debt still re mains the same. FINDING ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE, gin^e it see.ma evident that the *tate U going to finance the schools o| the state for a period of six qionths, it became necessary to raise by taxation a large sum of money-? something like five millions of do! ? latfi. The Florence delegation, we believe, is credited with finding some thing ebe to tax and a general sales tax has been reported. Retail mer chants will bo required to pay a tax of five-tonths of one per cent on their wiles along with other sales taxes in cluded in the bill. It is estimated tl.at, the proposed tax will put into the treasury of tho .State around five millions of dollars annually. This ^e presume will 3ave putting' the tax levy on real estate and personal prop erty. The, Columbia Record of Friday, loporting this proposed new measure gave the following information as to the schedule in the amended bill which is provided on gross income:: llaunfacturies, one-tenth of one P<W cent. Products of mines, fou(r tenths of > Me per cent, * ' / Spies of real estate or personal property, four-tenths of ono per cent (but amount of principal or interest due by seller on any mortgage, lien| etc., on property sold is to be deduct Occupations, four-tenths of one per cant. (but cotton buyers, merchants, and brokers shall pay one-twentieth of one per cent on gross sales of cot ton and jobbers and wholesalers of goods, wares and merchandise three tenths of one per cent.) Railroad companies, three per cent. Street railway, telegraph and tel ephone companies, one and one-half per cent. Water, light, power, express, pull pr\aif, navigation, and car services companies, etcA one per cent. Section three, a? amended, reads: "That in the determination of all gross receipts under the provisions of this act, each and every tax payor ?hall be allowed *a flatt exemption of t2^00.w The provisions oJt tho proposed law wilj be pvkt h>to> effect and enforced the 5 tote t<vx commission. P*AW INSPIRATION FROM THIS AsXed to offer suggestions as to What. "qualifications" young people thould strive for in order to fit them ?e)ve? for responsible positions in pub Ho and business life, one of our great f?t national industrial leaders and fludent* of human nature, drawing (torn his fund of knowledge gained through sixty years of study and con tact with persons In overy walk of life and in every county, says: ? "Business geniuses, like mon suc eeastul in statemanship, are not taught. They are created. Every ?*an of great achievements carries mrf for beyond anythng which he Mr learned except in the hard school af experience, added to Heaven-given Endowments. "The average teacher, preacher, Writer of theses, college professors IMd thousands of men who are ready in tell twenty bthers what 'were good Mi be done' are fin a rule pigmies .-in comparison with such men as Wash , lacton. Franklin, Lincoln, Bonaparte, Mnaftollni, or other men of great in dustrial achievements, like Rockefel ler* Ford, etc. They were not taught nor given any rule of procedi^re, nor 414 thejr follow a chart. With their Hiieyen- given endowments they blaz their own trail, and immediately ?tapped Into an arena unaided by any #t fttav ol formulae. E(, *^he stride of iuch men and their iMKiapltehments are beyond the reach aad qolta trafitioend tho imagination 1 w*#sa function In life Is ' I teach how such things should be dono. "The men who beoame great lead | ers and rise to the heights were not I taught what they should do, or hovs I they should do it, nor in most eases did thoy start with any conception oi their own future. They started t: ouko the be3t of their endov.nien s, and then a personal conscience, seiis ing opportunities and indfti'atigib.t woil: did the rest. No man over diu j inu h work by r.ny mechanical chart | or depended upon what he was taugh either in school W in the pulpit. "The successful young man, insto-ic of jnVing heed to mechanical and f t mulated directions, i3 working out hit own problems, and he only succeeds by going further and accomplishing mo.o ths.ii anybody who has ever pre ceded him in a like field of endeavc.*. The teacher or writer of theses i limited in his sphere by what he h.:r learned of what has gone before. '^'Qualifications' are endowment and they cannot be taught. Qualifi cations are the very foundation oi every great life, and no teacher can crcate qualifications. "I think the experience Df all men who have accomplished much is tha; whenever a 'teacher' or adviser inter venes with lessons a.3 to how they should accomplish their ta.-k, or whether they should under' ake theii task at all, the rfesult has been a 1 weakening, not a strength and to the extent to which such counsels wero heeded, inspired work was chilled and measurably paralysed." I Congressman James F. Byrnes, oi ( the Second Congressional District I ha* announced that he will bo in tic I race this year for the United Stato? j Senate. Mr. Byrnes has served th;'r teen years in congress from his di. I irict and is well known in man; | parts of the state. He has made . J useful member of congress and wher ! elected wa> one of the youngest mem I bers <;f that branch of the national ( ? law making body. He has ranke- j | with the very ablest congressmen o ] this state. Senator Dial's term wil ' expire next MarJi and he has an | nounced that he ? JJ nounced his c*v lidacy to succee himself. Senator Dial was in th race five years ago with Senator Til! man and former Governor Blease Senator Tillman died a short whi'i before the primary election and af ter the lists had closed, and A .1. Dini was a comparatively easy winner ove Mr. Blease. The campaign this yea promises to be a lively one, for Mr Byrnes has built up a splendid re putation as a congressman and is | recognized as a vigorous campaigner and it is to be expected that Senueor i Dial, who is serving his first term will also make a vigorous carr?f>aign to retain his seat in the Senate. The printing bill whereby it was proposed that the state go into th>. printing bi^ciness for the purpose of doing its own printing and after a while to finally print school book1 that they might be furnished to the schools cheaper than under the pres ent plan, has developed strong op position. It would be a very expen sive experiment and once into it tftere would be little chance of getting out of it, and as to the state jarihting ! school books, our ooinion is that the ; state cannot begin to cormpete? with the well established publishing; Houses and furthermore it woulvC metui a cheaper grade, of books and the .schools would suffer as a result. Marlboro and Chesterfield counties' are among the counties of- the statf shipping poultry to the n jxtber n markets by the car load lot 3. T" nis looks like enterprise on the pai* t of these counties, while on ' ^he other hand it looks like we wi' jl h\ive to raise our own chickens if yve are per mitted to have any for home con sumption. They are qui scarce and high priced on this mi u-kct and if a car load were shipped from Kershaw county we might have , import some for breeding purpor ^ Of all the man f introduced into the pre-ent s< jssion of the legis lature none so far Wo have noticed have been introd UCod looking to the abolition of the KBnaftf! nnd legisla ture. We are prepared for almost anything. HACK TO THE HOME. In conside tbe influences that tend to disi ntvgrrrte the home, joy riding, ja 7.7.' njr and movies are some times men! r>rt?'A but never tho radio. '"Radio hi the family together a round the, firesido and even brings tb^ neig ibor* together to listen to KDL anrfc PF/Q programs. The n" oral infliionco of the "radio i? to conservo the b ome And the family life of the. nutior., with better music, better spo'.ftn theatre plays and op era. \ A premium is placed on betUor ?ong artists and the better enunciatloiv of the spo'.on la ig lage, which fcho Am erican people ai e nometimea (carnjless in uiing. With bl-e.nnial sessions of the le g islaturo wo will not have etny n( w bond issue* only every two yoarsT Such popularity must be deserved (T ^VT ? tb<.-s\v.-.';*i!gh t ci e ver the coui\ccr it's the ;nzv t story ? the big pubii.e can't be iooied. If a play or a poduct makes good, it?s b<x ause it is good! Chesterfield's swift rise was no accident. Smokers were ready for a better cigarette. Chesterfield grew arid continues to grow, on its taste alone ? and after all, taste is the smoker's own best proof of tobacco quality. CIGARETTES ?millions! [Copr yngnt 1924, L.!pgptt 8r ^vrsToHscco Co. Gov . McLeod seems to have abc.:t convf" .iced the legislature thai we new1 a bond issue of twelve million? ?? dollars for making permanent im l,'r ovements to our state institutions c i learning. . , December 28th, the birthday of Woodrow Wilson, has been made* a legal holiday by a recent act <-f thi legislature. Expenditures of $270,000,000 for improvements and extensions t > the Bell system are provided for in. the 1924 budget of the American Tele graph & Telephone Company ai ,d as sociated organizations. This is an .ncreasi! of $30,000,000 over 19 .13. A nationally known financial ex Jpert writes: "We certainly live in a country of extraordinary busin >sr vi - tality. Although most Eun?;Kviti ? [countries are wtfthing under (!? no j fp\lization and depression, tho linite ! ' State; war. able to do a foreign trad* .fnst year of $S, 000, 000, 000. Ak! v," I finished the year with a balance of ' n.t?)eM over purchases t/f more than $375,000,000. Every business day Iwit year we exported merchandis ? aiwl commodities to the tune ox $1!'.. 000,000." Federal control and regulation of government'* railroads during war time and six months guaranty p?rio I after they wero returned bark to j>r i - vate ownership cost the government. [ (taxpayers) $1,090,000,000. Delightfully Kntertnined Mr. Abbott, proprietor of the Kirk wood Hytel entertained at d:nnei* quite a number of local people Friday evening. We understand thnt about forty gueftts wero present and one of the forttinato ones said that it was tho most elaborate dinner he had ovor attended in Camden, and he had ; attended many of the social functions ' gotten up here. k TAX NOTICE v>lIiro of Treasurer Kershaw County. Ca-.iyJcn, S. C., Sept. 22, 192?. Notice is hereby ifiven that the ooiks will bo opcued for the collect ion of State, County and ScnooJ Tuxei from October l^tli, .'02}, .o Marco 15th, 1924. A penalty of i per fen', will ho added ";o all ?ax'N m.oaid .Jn.i Uuiy ist, ii)2.>, 2 por iitin- 'ebrurry 1st, 1923 and 7 oer con- j.?ia*vh 15th, 1921. The rate per centum for Kershaw county is as follows; Mill ? c^n'e T"vc!. U County Taxes, "*? 9 Ms Hospital, 'A School Taxes, ? 3 DeKalh Township Road Bonds 2 Va. I >03: tax $1.2.">. Alii dog" owners nro n-ftuirec' to mak"> a return r * th? ir dogs to t.he ( oicity Trca. rv . ?vho is roti j i red to fur riisli a lk .;ns ? *. i 1 dofes cavyrt wiihout the b ceaf.e 'ax the owners a.' ill hv* subject to a 0 le of Tve' ty (? 20.00) .Dollar: Tim 'o lowing Schoo' Dif-tr'icts hav : s ptfi'i1. levies : S( iior District No. 1 23 School District N<bl 2 19 School District N<x jc 15 School District Nov A " 5 School District No. .'$> ? School District Nov 5? 8 School District, No. <i 15 School District No. T 8 School District No. fSi 8 School District. rTov ft 4 School District Nov J I 15 A School District No. f^i 18 School District No. K-i 8 School District Nov 11 'r> School District N(n. li ? School District Nov IT. \ ">< hoo' District N?>. i* i 8 School D. strict. No. nR J ?'> CrV-nx' Mu M ' 8 School District No\. 8 School District Not tl 8 School District Nov Z"S 1>4 '.chool District No? Zl 1 I School District. 2 \ 1" School Dlstrjct N<* 2i . 8 ^"hool District, No. t' 8 . iSchool District Ci.i>. 3 ' 8 _ School 1> 'rid No. :?'? K Gchool District No. 3o 8 School D.sirii. , No. M ! s Sell o ? >1 District No. 32 8 School 1 )i '? ri t ' o. '"J School District No. 31 15 School District No. ? m School District No. j" School District N<?. 37 S School D strict No. II ; 8 School District No. ?";? 8 School District i'<>. -1'J 2"> School District N<>. ;i S School District No. ^2 8 School District No. 43 K School District No. -It 1 > School District No. I > 8 School District An. 17 8 Tho poll tax is $1.0" All ablebodiel male pardons from too a. to of twenlv-ono t'<?l> to fifty TjO) years, both inclusive. exc-pt re sidents in incorporated towns, shall pay $4.00 us a road tax ??';>. cpt miirs tcrs of tho gospel actually in c'vrge of n congregation. teachers em; loyer ! n public schools, school trustees, and persons permanently disabled in the ' military service of i h. o State and per I >i s who served in the V. ar i Jet ween me Statcft. and ail iptnrant ine service of this s'^ite -?.??* I 'II rc-irlerts vlv ? may 1 >e atteniinj; school or col I at '?<? t i : wh".: a 'I road **ix v-h;<ll Iw '?omc due. j\ r- ms claiming <lis..bili io< iv, in' I. p.'e ? r.t <??( ; t ticrl" from t \v< ?ep ^ w ic ]>hy :-ici*ins '.f county. All inf oanat <>n with reference t<> m v c; A il', ijc l'urnis!.e:l up in applica t ion. D. M Met ' \ SK I ! , I . . County Treastmr. N : )'i'I T I tie '4 ? ! i infieri ioy f amds tha i am 1" 1 a'jc nt f >r !'.<? Da:lyt Sun ? ay, an I Seiiii-Werk'y !>' : f ?? . Sicj'.:, f'arolina's le ? dinf? n w p ip a*v' v!l|, a| preciale the f.ivov if you wil' allow me to send in your new or re newal : ubscrip'iotis. i-'ollowinf; ?? the rates: D tily and Sunday Shite, $'.?.('/) .i H' if. Daily, without Sunday. $7.0) t i year. Semi Weekly Slate, ?!.;>() ? yp ir. All subscript ions ma 'led ram: ,'j lay recpived. J. TO. Hnrdner, x Bcthune, S. C. TAX KKTL'HNS Oflioe of Auditor Lor ??? 'onti Camden, S. ( Deceiub..- i Notice is hereby ?ji\e:i .. ? ' *? (liters O II iff will be <>.' ? t ? - . 'X Tax Returns from .iaiis: .. l.-:, to February 2i)th, li'Ji. 1! p owning Real li. tatc nr j i . : . . 1 1 ; r.iji - erty must mala* re*' n ; of . ' e : i ?>>?} within said period, a .u, i ! y i..\v, or be subject to a p:n:u.\ >?.' o [ l" cent. The Auditor will atlc:. i in ) ( ?> ><r by deputy at the foil. ? v.- ? ? ..? the County on the d;t'.c., ii. ? : ? i ? ] ? i M)8l ^.mnunj* : ?>.;?> . t ( :osni)j| '? ;? ?i{ 19 j A'.ir:nui.-|' : ;j; \ ; ?i{Vjl putt mil A'.itnn: : \ ?su.inp>.j . i * : a ? ...vi Kershaw: .January lilst. :"J.. ?l. Westvil!i>: January 2 !ni. T.UKofT: .January li "> t h . Rabons Cross Roads: .h;r. . y !!<'h. lilaney .Jamiai y t n. All persons between ''m* ??? s of 21 and GO years. Ht Ivsive nre .??<- lircd to pay I'oll tax; and all i ?? (.''tween the atfes of 1^1 and ?><) year, nousivo are required to t -:\y ;i Ro I t..N, unless excu.ed by 1 iw. All " . Ct r rd i/ins, K'xeeutors, i ? ra'Oi''. or Agents hold in;; |>r< p o ' y in in most, return panic. far' n ; tax returns by mail nui*l i i. ,e o;ith to same before vol,-", o'ic, r i ! I out th" same in | i ' ;>; i iiM' ? ? or C, >y will be rejee' ( d. I'. K. Kl'AKROW. Auditor Ken haw ' m'y. The rcifiii.' f ov > Kershaw ' >d/e, ! *4 , i.-T h.'b; oil 1 1> ? day evening of en-h m? Visiting brofbr>.? rot ! M o , i ; in. W. F. Nettlea, W. Itf.