Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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REVENUE OFFICER SENDING CHECKS FIRST REFUNDS ON FEDERAL INCOME TAXES MADE; WILL SOON COMPLETE Columbia - The first checks covering refunds Of the 25 per cent reduction In ted eral. income taxes paid in full for the year 1923, as provided in the act of 1924, were mailed out a few days ago according to an announcement made by MaJ. John F. Jones, collec tor of internal revenue for the district of South Carolina. An early comple tion of the refunding work Is expect ed by Major Jones. It was necessary to list nearly 10, 000 accounts, showing the names and Addresses, serial number of returns, |Btal amount of tax paid and the one BFirth due to be refunded, according to the collector, had to be forwarded to the department for approval and returned por payment. Upon the passage of the act It was necessary for the treasury deparU mont to get up and Issue instructions as to the procedure for the 666 collec tion districts throughout the United i States. Upon receipt of the prelimi nary instructions Major Jones stat ed that his office began , immediately on this work, although it was at the time of the June 15 quarter, and that when final procedure has been arrived at and upon receipt of same on Mon day June 30, immediately began the completion of the lists, getting off 300 items to the department the next day, July 1, and finishing the entire number of 10,000 items Saturday, July 12. His office received 600 from the bureau, approved, and checks have gone out to cover. He expects 'to get all refunds out within the very near future. 1 After this is completed the matter of credits on account not paid in full will be handled prior to September 1, so that the taxpayers may get the benefit thereof and receive a correct bill for the ' September 16 quarterly payment. I Major Jones was much pleased by the service given these taxpayers by bis office and the treasury depart ment. He stated that the taxpayers might not appreciate the effort re quired on the part of the collector's office force to handle this matter so promptly but In keeping with the de jilre of the treasury department to fmakl) this refund promptly his force worked overtime and at night to ac complish It. I Tile bill calling for the refund woa^tgQgd by the president and be laW^uly tv? I * _ Taw on Gasoline 8et? High Mark i Receipts from the state three cents a gallon tax on gasoline mounted for Mefy to 1188,630.63, a new high mark ?in/ the return from the tax, according tol the announcement of S. T. Carter, state treasuer. !/ This amount collected by the stale tax commission during the month of June haB been located by the state ^treasurer to the several purposes de signated in the tax %ct, one-third, 162, ? 816.28, this going Into the state treas ury to meet the general expenses of the state; one-third, $62,816.28 to the state highway department, and the final third, augmented by a small bal* ance brought over from the preced ing month to the counties. Highway Commission Meets | South Carolina's road building pro gram for the years 1926 and 1926, calling for an expenditure of almost i$ll,000,000 bridges, paved and dirt roads, was mapped out at the regular 'monthly meeting of the state high way department. More than $3,260,* 000 Is to be expanded on 22 major bridge projects, while $2,390,000- Is to ,be paid out for 76.4 miles of paved roads in 13 counties and more than $5,000,000 Is to be expended for dirt roads (Including gravel, sand-clay and top Moll) In various parts of the state, | Immediate aotlon on some of the projects la the hopv? of the commis sion, which will reimburse counties in II year allotments for their payments (on the projects. Almost $8,000,000 of ''lihi funds to be paid on the road and .bridge building projects Is to be sup from hlgh\\y department funds remainder b0*^ supplied by the ties under the reimbursement sment, if K delegation from Oreenvllle asked that the first county cross road In its county to be paved (by the provisions of the 1924 htghway act no county can have more than one county cross road paved until each county of the state has one such paved road) be route No. '21 and No. 2, leading from the .North Carolina lf?e through Green ville and Fountain Inn to the Laurens Bounty line. ?Savlnrg Cartlfleatat Discontinued W Treanurer'a waving certificate* will 1 not be tanned after July 15 until fur \ther notice 1b given by the United J Rtaten government authorities accord ing to T< B. Maddan, pontmantcr of the Columbia paatofflce. Vi Thege certificated have been In elr? culatlon for noma time. They are In ?uad At Alt poatofflooR In denomina tion a of llfooo, $100 and $25. In the Of .theljl.poo lasueM the cont to pttrohAi** ii $800, tha $100 da. Inatlona, |1|, AftA'tfee $25 Imum, ""!*? ?' I ;ij?V BLIND TO MEET IN COLUMBIA Convention Will bo Held at the Uni versity of South Carolina Jirty 30, 31 and August 1. ' Columbia. ? Preparations are belm made for the fifth annuel conventloi of the Association of Blind of South Carolina, to be held at the University of South Carolina July 30, 31 and Au gust 1. During the three day con^n tlon several business. meetings will be held and concerts will be given each evening at the university chapel. Preparations are being n\ade to en tertain as many as 100 people, ac cording to Miss Artltla Fairy, vice president of the association. Forty three blind persons attended the meeting last year, In addition to sev eral others, who came as guides. The program has not been complet ed yet, Miss Fairy said, but present plans call for the opening sesslou and concert Wednesday night, July 31, a business meeting for the men and one for the women Thursday, another concert Thursday evening, a general business meeting, at which the offi cers for the ensuing year will be se lected Friday, and the final concert Friday night. Oovernor Thomas O. McLeod has been asked to address the gathering In Its opening session. The governor was one of the speakers last year. Much attention will be given to the concert programs, which are open to the public. The executive committee consists of E. R. Murray, president; Miss Fairy, vice President; Mrs. Ellen Beach Mack, secretury; J E Swearln gen, J. E. Fellers and J. D. Jolly. The board of directors of the association are: C. Atkinson, chairman; the Rev. H. A. McCullough, D. D., Dr. W. J. Murrtly. Dr. E. M. Whaley, A . E. King,. E. W. Pike, treasurer; A. E. Nelson Frlerson, Miss Nan Ounter. F. F. Livingston, I. M. Gregorle, L. C. Shaw, T. E. Thrower and Mr. Mur ray. The executive committee presi dent was not in Columbia yesterday and Miss Fairy said she did not know whether or not the committees nec essary for the carrying on the work of the convention had been appointed. $100,000 Fire at Chesnee Spartanburg. ? Damage estimated at $100,000 was caused by fire which swept throught the heart of the busi 'ness district of the town of Chesnee, 16 milee north of Spartanburg, on the C. C. K O. railroad,. Several hundred citizens and farmers from around helped fight the flames, but none was hurt. x Starting In Warden's blacksmith shop, the blaze spread rapidly and a short time later the lumber yard and warehouae of Weaver ft McMillan be Can crumbling In before the onslaught of the flames. The livery stable, store and warehouse of J. L#. Parrls soon collapsed and two negro houses were raced. Z. Blackwell's furniture store was next consumed and the stores of J. J. Collins and Ezell & Sons were also burned. Several other buildings were felightly damaged. A large num ber of horses and other live stock quartered in Paris' livery stable, were rescued by citizens who rushed tc the scene of the fire. Rural Policeman Killed Chesterfield. ? H. B. Graves, rura> policeman, died at the hospital here from injuries alleged to have been re ceived at the hands of three men held In the jail here when the officers at tempted to raid their automobile, which is supposed to have been carry ing liquor. A White man, Tom Phillips and two negroes, Doug Brewer and Burtus Bre wer. are being held in the Chesterfield county Jail charged with the crlmt Find Headiest Body Columbia. ? Marine officers at Paris Island would not discuss the reported finding of the heatlloss body of a man, said to be a marine, on Horse Island, Beaufort county, several days ago, by negro fishermen, beyond saying that a board of Inquest had found no evi dence of foul play which would con nect the death with two other mar ines who deserted but were captured. Sheriff Bailey at Beaufort who ap prehended the alleged deserters said they had in their possession a watch & other articles which he believed be longed to the dead man. The sheriff added that the two declared they wore swimming for the mainland when a third man deserting them became ex hausted and drowned. All names have been withheld from publication. L??n of Charleston Utilities Charleston. ? Announcement Is made of the signing of the Inane by the port utilities commission board. The lease will extend over a period of flvo years and the commission has agreed to pay 4 1-2 per cent, Interest annually to the shipping board on the expenditures made for conditioning tbe property. 8hlp Many Melons Columbia. ? An average of 26 car loads of watermelons a day Is being shipped from points along the flea board Air Line railway according to a statement made at the uptown offlco of the Seaboard. Among the shipping points are: Estill, Scotia, Olar, tu rner* and Oarnett. Shipment of peaches from the Mc Bee section will begin within two weeks one of the Heahoard agents said. Between 15 and 20 cars a day will be sent from McBee and five ?r ?Ix cars a day from Lucoff. (Copy for Thin Department Supplied by the American Loglon Newa Service.) GEORGIA PROUD OF COMMANDER DUNLAP i In Oaineavllle, Ga., they have a lawyer numed Edgar B. Dunlap. The folks there think a lot. of Ed and may be that was why the American Legion, Department of Georgia, elected him state commander. Not long ago Ed was ?een squeezing the MacNlder trophy awarded annual ly to the department making the best membership showing. Georgia had won the cup for a steady, persistent Increase In members. Commander Dunlap was born In Gainesville, April 10, 1802. He grew up Into a six-foot sturdy man who at college could ou{walk most men of his age. He tells stories sometimes of his many hikes. Once he walked 14 miles at night and appeared In Atlanta tor the football game between the Uni versity of Georgia eleven and a visit ing college tenin. After taking his degree in 1013 Ed decided he wanted to be a lawyer. So he continued his studies and was ad mitted to the bar In 1015. During the two years he was studying torts and evidence he was professor of Latin In the Gainesville high school and tutor in public speaking at the University of Georgia. Then he went back to Gainesville to practice law. This he continued *n tll the United States entered the Edgar B. Dunlap. World war. Meantime he had served a* civilian aide to the secretary of war for the state of Georgia and was for a time United States commissioner for the northern dl^rlct of Georgia. On May 11, 1017, a little more than a month after the United States de clared war on Germany, he entered the First Officers' Training camp at Fort Macpherson and the following August he was commissioned a cap tain. Transferred to Onmp Gordon he drilled colored troops until May, 1918, when he sulled overst-as. He saw ac tive fighting In the Toul stctor. Mar bache sector, St. Mlhlel offensive and In the bloody Argonne. He was dis charged on June 4, 1910, and re turned to Gainesville to resume his practice. But Ed. being a man with vision, saw the possibilities of service In the American Legion and not long after he had shod his uniform he orgonlzed the Paul K. Boldlng post at Gaines ville and was elected Its first comman der. Since then he has been actively con nected with the I^eglon. He wns suc cesshely delegate to the first national convention In Minneapolis In 1919 and served on the Legion's constitutional committee. In 1919, 1920 and In 1922 he served his department as executive committeeman and In 1023 was elected state commander, Nutlonul headquarters of the Legion recognised bis undoubted ability und be was appointed on the national finance committee. When the adjusted compensation battle was at Its height he ulso served as a member of the augmented legislative committee. Commander Dunlap Is married and has two children, Minnie, born In 1010 and James, born In 1019. To Hmlp Attract Tourists Organization of the Tacoma, Wash., tourist bureau, by means of which It Is hoped to attract many visitors to that city was proposed by the Ameri can Legion. Certain members of th? veterans' organization, Impressed by the possibilities of such a bureau, took the matter up with the local chamber of commerce, and on forma tion of the bureau, the post was the first to occept membership. Legion Mmn Alert When a bank In Hayward, Wyo., MK oently closed Its doora, the entire poat fund of the American Legion waa In volved, even money due stati and na tlonal headquarters of the Legion. Thle did not daunt the Legion men, how over, ad they Immediately formulated plans for a come-back, which included home-talent pi aye, showing of Legion films and other moMp-maklng actlvV tie* LEGION COMMANDER t< 'ROUGH and ready' Irlsb Iwlnkle In h Is eye ? "So old-fashioned that he even wears suspenders ? "A mnn who flilks straight out In a simple, homey manner that proves his bucolic upraising ? ' "That's the klud <.? a man t tr# Legion now hus 1m John U. Quinu, Ita national commander. "Legionnaires wb* huve the good fortune to get Into close personal touch with this big, bur. ly Callfornlan who directs the affairs of the great organization of former soldiers In the entire world, are charmed bv John II. Quinn's simplicity, his roughness und the lunate honesty and dog gedness of purpose which rudl ates from his person." ? Douglas County (Nebruska) Legionnaire. DR. ORLANDO PETTY CITED FOR BRAVERY Unusual heroism by a Philadelphia physician win) remained for hours un der tire In his dressing stutlon during the battle of Helleuu Wood and then carried a wounded otllcer on whom he had been operating to safety when the station was destroyed, has been recog nized with an award of the Congres sional Medal of Honor by the govern ment. The man who Is thus signally hon ored. says the Philadelphia Ledger, Is Capt. Orlando H. Petty, attached dur ing the war to the Naval Medical corps. Doctor Petty enlisted in the naval re-, serves, four days before the United States entered the war. lie left with the Fifth regiment marines. With the "Devil Dogs," he saw tierce fight ing from June. 1918, until late In the summer. On June 11 he performed the deed which won for him the medal. Under a heavy shell tire, he worked In bis dressing station until It literally fell In llameS over his head, when he escaped to a pluce of safety with the ?vounded otllcet on his back. He was severely gassed, and was In tne hospital many days, but he Insist ed, long before having entirely recov ered, upon returning to duty. He was cited for bravery because of the action. Doctor Petty was the only member of the Medical Reserve corps during the war to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor. He also was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross of the United States and the Croix de Guerre with palm, of France. Recently he was appointed physician In charge of the department of metab I ollsm of the, Philadelphia General ho? pltnl and elected to the professorship of diseases of metabolism In the grad uate school medicine of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. Doctor Petty la a graduate of Franklin college and the Jefferson Medical col lege. For several years he was pa thologist and director of laboratories at the Oerinantown hospital. Tie li a member of the Pennsylvania society, Sons of the Revolution, of the Aeseu laplan and Manufacturers' clubs, and Is a fellow of the College of Phy sicians of Philadelphia, and of the American College of Physicians. Legion Boya Condemn School Board's Action Action taken by the Macon (Gn.) city board of education In barring "Young" Strlbllng, a professional prlxe fighter, from completing high school work has been condemned by Ameri can I.eglon members In that city. Strlbllng attended Lanier high school, but was dropped by the board because of his professional athletics. He has appeared under the auspices of a number of Legion posts In benefit boxing shows. Disabled V etaranu* Clinic A disabled veterans' clinic for Cedar Itaplds, la., has been sought by mem bers of the American Legion In that city, according to post offlcals. Under the recommendations of the Legion, the clinic would be In the main for examination of tuberculous patients, In order to make available the serv ices of a competent staff of sani tarium physicians located In the city. To Help Sell Land The American Legion In * Umatilla county, Oregon, has offered to Join with commercial organisations In the sale of lands to colonise the Teel Irri gation district, If the project Is ap proved by the state. A proposal has been made before the state irrigation and securities commissions to sell the |nnd In farm units of 80 acres. The total tract Is 1(1 WO acres. To Help New Legion Home A dollar from each inemhef of the Woman's Relief corps In Illackwell, Oklft., will be given annually to the American Legion. The local post Is erecting a new home and the women's organisation decided to make this donation in order to help the fund One hundred and fifty members of the corpn contributed to the fund. Ruay Content "Hi? American Legion as a Com munity Aaa^t" la the subject of nn jMwfty contMt authorised In North Adam*, Mom., by theKrhnk R. Htlie* post of the American Legion. Special cash prises have b^m amounted for the best essay submitted by school children of hlffh and vrnmmar aehnof* ALONG LIFE'S TRAIL By THOMAS A. CLARK Dnui of Men. of UlLuoU. (?, 1JJ*. W??iern Nawiptptr Union.) GOING TO CHURCH 1WAS brought up to &t> to church. Sometimes we drove three and h half miles from our house to the village; sometimes if the horses wore tired or over-worked we walked. The weather made little difference; If It wns cold we bundled up ; If It ruined we crouched under huge cotton umbrellas. Our shoes were all shlued on Satur day night, our Sunduy clothes care fully laid out, our bodies made fit and proper for the Sunday service. There wrs never any discussion as to whether we should or should not go to church. Going to church was like go ing to school ; it was a foregone con clusion, good for our minds, good for our souls. We got the habit, and like most habits of youth, It still persists and the reward Is worth while. Wagner did not go to church last Sunday though It has been his custom to do so regularly at home. He Is. In fact, a member of the church and looked upon somewhat as a leader In religious matters In his home com munity. He explained the omission to himself and to his family In the let ter he wrote home by alleging that he was too busy. The unfamiliar and exacting duties of a new life had taken his time and required his attention. He hud In fact, however, been out rather lute on Friday night at n party, Saturday afternoon he had gone rid ing with some friends who had u ear In town, and Saturday night he had been at a smoker and later had at tended the second jliow at the Park. It was lat?? when he got to bed and late when he awakened In the morn ing. After he got up, he sat around half dressed until dinner was ready. His real reason for not going to church was not that he was busy but that he was a little lazy and Just a little afraid, not knowing the boys In the house, that It might not be the popular thing to do. He waited for someone to make the start or the sug gestion and no one did. He did not have quite the courage to admit that he was religious, and unless he de velops a little strength of character he will, perhaps, not go to church next Sunday Church Is a good habit. It turn* one's mind awny from the dally routine, It calls his attention to higher Ideals, It emphasizes his duty to God. It strengthens his character and ' wards oft temptation, and offers an opportunity for service. It Is a habit learned enrly or seldom learned at all. One can give a score of creditable rea sons for not going to church, but not one of them would hold If analyzed. You can go If you really want to. If you don't it's because you are lazy, or indifferent, or afraid to stand on your principles. DOING WHAT WE LIKE ul DON'T enre for my work; It ?l doesn't suit me. If I could only find something I liked and was Inter ested in, I think I might get on," ? shiftless student said to to me. As he spoke I called to mind the figure of an old man I had seen the last time I passed through the country town where I spent my childhood. He was sitting on the station platform whittling and watching the train go through. He was bent, unshaven, un kempt ? the living picture of failure. \ saw him first when I was seven and he a strong young fellow of thirty. He was running the grain elevator then with good business prospects, but he didn't like it; It did not seem to suit him. He had talents. Hg sang In the church choir, he lead the vil loge band, he presided at public meet ings. He gave up the elevator shortly and opened a grocery store. He tried farming and market gardening; he ran a news stand; he was postmaster, but he never put his best effort Into any one of these activities, because he was not Interested; he thought it was not what he was cut out for. He couldn't Just get down to it. He drifted from Presbyterian to Christian Science; his political favor ites ranged from St. John and Orover Clevelnnd to Theodore Roosevelt. He stuck to no principle or profession, he got nowhen> because he could not find Anything that really held his Interest Men with half his talent and one fourth of his opportunity far out stripped him, and because he was never willing to do well the thing at hand, he found himself at sevpntyfive no further than the station platform. I see men like hlrn every day. They have opportunity to get training, but they are not satisfied, they are look ing for some more Interesting, more suitable, less exacting work. They hold hack or shift about with the hope that they will discover some Intel lectual occupation that will thrill them so that they will go to It with con stant enthusiasm and without personal effort. They fall because they can't get what they like, not realizing that It lf? possible to learn to like almost anything and obligatory to do our work whether we like It or not. No msn gets nnywhrre who waits until he Is pleased before he does his work. The msn who succeeds does more difficult, disagreeable, unpleas ant. uninteresting thing* than doe* (he average Winn. II* doesn't whine and look nhout for something soft -be goes to It, jwsr r If HlmnUlM appetite >nl ?Ids dlgcstlom. II nakca you food doyoa more good. Note how It relieves (hat atalfy feelln# ?lter kearty eating. .WklttM ????*. ? wtalaat l brtalh k lfaUM|M?y Ithat When Century Begin ? The year 1000 was the last year of the Ninete?nth century. Theoretically the Chrlstlun era began with the birth of Christ. Since a century la 100 years the first century of our era muat have ended with the year 100 A D. Therefore the second century began with the first day In 101. The flrat century consisted of the years 1 to 100 Inclusive. We are now living In the 24th year of the Twentieth century which began Januury 1, 1901. SWAMP-ROOT FOR KIDNEY AILMENTS There it only ono medicine that really stands out pre-eminent as & medicine for cur&ble ailment# of the kidneys, liver and bladder. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the highest for the reason that it has provan to be just the remedy needed in thousands upon thousands of distressing caica. Swamp-Root makes friends quickly becauM its mild and immediate effect is aoon real ised in most cases. It is a gentle, healing vegetable compound. Start treatment at once. Sold at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medium and large. However, if you wish first to teat this Esat preparation, send ten centa to Dr. Imer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a ?ample bottle. When writing, be aura and mention this paper. ? Advertisement. Chile's Labor Univertity At Santiago, Chile, a labor university has b#en founded at a cost of $100,600. The alms of the Institution will be to educate working men and women In trades most suitable for their abllttleB. The sections for men and women will be Separate. The municipal authorities headed by the mayor are responsible for the new venture in education. A great deal of attention will be given to vocational guidance and specific trade training and, of course, technical courses will be featured. Doa't cAmckU If yoa pot ?rif a nlitititi wk?a u id??tl?d prodact la adlod for. Mtykt yon c??to?er will Mtw cone back. Ben Mutford, Jr. Atmosphere "What is this?" "A talk on Carmen, sort of recital. Don't you get the atmosphere?" "Somebody has been eating Spanish onions." When you decide to t?t rid of Worm* o* Tapeworm, get the medlolne that will exp^ them wltn one doae ? Dr. Peery'e "Dead Shot." 171 Pearl Bt., N. T. Adv. The Young Wife "Darling," said young Mr. Kxe, "did you sew that button on my Sunday coat?" "No, dear," said Mrs. Ere. "I couldn't And the button ; so I Ju*t sowed up the buttonhole Instead." Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief B AND 75$ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE TOMATO and CABBAGE PLANTS atone and Red Rook tomato; Karl? Jimr and Charleston Wakefield, flucoeaalon and Plat Dutch aabbage; Cabbare Ileadlnr, Oaor gla and Follmer collard; Client Paaoal and Whit* Plum* celery; 111* Roaton, Iceberg, New Tork lettuce: White Rermuda and PrlM taker onion; kale, Rrueeela aprouta, haeta, koht-rabl plants. Parcel poet paid, 100, lOo; 100, TSo; >00. 11.00: 1.000, *1.60. Charge* oolleot, 1.000, $1 00: 8,000, 14 50; 10,000, Hl?e, full count and delivery guarant+ad. I>, y. JAMISON, NIIMMKRVII.f.R, R. o. Retain the Charm k 01 Girlhood )A Gear Sweet Skin Cuticura Will H?<p You Um Qmtlm grpyy t>?r CORN MICA Is-? Plain, unbolted, $1 19 In ??'? dal'varad. Pfompt rtallvarjr, loia tan to a thousand buihila. Thla prlca I0o undar prloa torn today. Majr, No. 1 timothy, $J0 00 da 'Ivarart. R. U OADDY. WoodruW, H 0. ^Tu^AR tOTT H, NO. ?~1?S