The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, March 04, 1924, Image 4
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.