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TAXrAVKKS HKU) MKETING ? Keaolittloart and Several fHv ciiMwd Tax Situation. #*. ? ? y i . win a n ,'1' ( From Tlio A large and representative meeting c*f the taxpayers was held in the court hou.se last Wednesday to discuss taxes with a view to obtaining from the legislature to meet this week .some relief. Mr. C. \V\ Hirchmore was re* quested to act as chairman and Mttj. j. (;. Richards, of jUtwrty 1 1 1 1 1 , wiui elected secretary. A brief statement was made to the meeting by the chairman as to its purposes . Th^ flowing resolutions were of , fered and after being thofouyhly dis cussed from almost every angle, were unanimously adouted: Whereas, For the past two years business conditions have not been prosperous, owing mainly to the pre cipitate price of cotton in 1920, and the small crop caused by the devasta tions of the boll weevil in 1021, and the poor market for what was pro duced; the conditions of the people have not been favorable for meeting their urgent obligations; And whereas, our taxes, national, state and county, have greatly in* creased, and the ability to meet the increase has been lessened owing to the conditions stated above, theeefore, be it, Resolved, That we call Upon our re presentative's to make a close and careful study of conditions and to use their influence to have taxes decreas ed wherever it may be possible with out injury to the public good. ResoJyed, That it is not our purpose to impede the progress of material and necessary improvements to our public highways, but we urge that the greatest economy possible be used in making these improvements, and les? expenditures be not made. Resolved, That we have no purpose ?uf crippling our .schools, but we would urge that an econmic policy be put in to effect in their conduct, with a view of reducing the special levies where it tan be done without injury to the schools. -Resolved, That we urge our repre sentatives to study the various meth ods which will be, and are now being presented for the shifting of the bur den, of taxation from visible to invis ible property, and to use their best judgment to bring about satisfactory results to their constiucnts. Th? following amendment was of- j fered to the above resolutions by L. O. Funderburk, was along with the resolutions unanimously adopted: "That there shall be no bond issues, and the taxes both state nd county, reduced." Air. H. Ci.-C Harrison made a forceful j speech upon the adoption of the reso lutions, and desired to go further and demand that there be a reduction in taxes. He spoke from the view point of a business man and Wfls frequently interrupted with applause for his clear cut remark*. He did not mince words in conveying hig thought with regard to the matter under dlacussioh. Mr. M. M. Johnson, one of the represent* tives from this county, spoke next, and made some reply to the criticism* made by the first, speaker, but said that it wan j! mistake about any addi tional bond issue* bein gcontemplat ed, and ?o far as the Kershaw county delegation whs concerned there would be none, and that they would endeavor to lower the county taxes and whh certain that the staUt taxes would U' reduced . . ! Maj, J, (?. Richards, who for a num ber of years represented this county in the legislature, mudo a particular* ly forceful address, asserting that taxes, both state and county, could ho reducedwithout hurting any institu- , t ion. His stirring address was receiv I ed with enthusiasm by the large aud- i ience present. Messrs. Jon Smithh, of j the Methuno suction, K. B. Klliott, of Sheppard, L. O. Funderburk, of Cas- ! satt, and M. C. West, of Camden, al so had something to say. Mr. L. T. Mills, attorney for the county board, made a plain statement of facts with J regard to the expenditures of the i county board, showing that they had kept strictly within the law in every expenditure made by them. Mr. G. 4f. Alexander, a member of * tho house from this county, spoke of the work i the delegation had undertaken to do, and what they' purposed to do at the apjM "aching session, and pledged him- j self for a reduction of taxes where it could be made without impairing con ditions. Mr. W. H. de Loach, a member of the executive committee of the tax payers association recently formed in Columbia, presented the schedule of this association which they were re commending to the legislature to be ; Enacted into law, which includes plac ing a tax on gasoline, an occupation tax, an inheritnee tax, an increase in the corporation tax, an income tax a luxury tax. Ho explained each item ; which this association proposed to have enacted into law. It was em phasized by Mr. de Loach that it w?8 not the purpose of the association to find additional sources to raise taxes without making reductions, but to re lieve the visible property as much a.v possible and that the whole tax bud get be reduced. With this explanation a vote was taken upon whether or not I the plan be appoved, and the vote was in favor of the approval of the plan proposed. With this the meeting adjourned. A mail theft of $ 1,500.000 In bonds, J that . occurred <?n July IS last), be- j came known In New York Saturday, j with the arrest of Mrs. Al>e Artcll. wlte of the former pugilhvt, Sam fluJjl and Harry Cohen. What is believed to be a natural flow ot oil was discovered 011 the Kite of a new "Y. M (\ A. lmihHng l*?ing creeled in Augusta. <Ia. It is not thought, however, tluit the oil will be found in eoannercial quantities NEGRO IS LYNCHHD ? ?? frontl Sbooen Nejjro to UnUh Nw Flornue County Line, Florence, Jan. Ii.- :A<.vordinjf tu re liable information reaching Florence today, oik* uejjro was killed outright mid another badly wounded by u mob <?1 unknown white men Sunda\ li^'ht in the IJlack Uiver *ectipn of Wil liamsburg county, tmar the Florence '?iMiii I y line. ?The body of the (lead negro was rid dfed with -bullet*. '?? his jmoket were found a number of letter* from a white woman with whom he had Invn ac cused of haying intimate relations. It is staled that (lie woman had l>een dri ven out of Wllllain>d?urg county re cently on this account and had moved over the line into Florence county. The nearer man Is said to have gone to Kingstr?v and boasted that he was going to see that ' woman Saturday night ho was .sufprlHod at her borne j by1 the inoh of uwii. leaping into a boggy he and another negro man with him attempted t<> elude the mob which followed in hot pursuit, firing volleys , into the buck of the buggy. One of the negroes was found dead later while the other 1h known to have b<?en hit. With baby In arms, the woman es caped Into the woods and spent t.he night there, going to Kiin#?trec when the suu rose and asking for protein ' tlon. She was given sutllclent money to pay her railroad fare to Hartsvllle It is stated that the negro man as well fchc white woman, had been m warned of danger should they be seen together again. The dead negro was armed with pistols and a Winchester rifle. He also had a quantity of am munition on his person. 3 The industrial building of Hiddle University, the negro college of Char lotte, was destroyed by tire early Sun duy morning entailing a loss of $100, 000. Pinckney Steven lien ton Stewart Pinchback, the only negro who has ever held the -position of governor of an American state, haying serv<sl as governor of Louisa na from December 0. 187l!, to January 18, 1878, died in Washington on December 1*0, uged 8-1 years. He was lieutenant governor of Louisiana when the then Governor Warmoutb -was driven out of offlc>e by impeachment. STAPIJC COTTON SEED. Mr. Parmer: Calling attention to our advertisement In this issue offer ing Staple Cotton Seed, we want to say to those thinking of planting Sta ple Cotton, we believe our seed as pure us any they euu get. For years we have planted only Sta ple Cotton and we do not gin for oth ers. If you plant our seed and are e? reful not to mix in picking and gin ning, \ou will have staple cotton to sell. We not bow many bales of short i . ? 1 1 < ? : i i?. i;i? held by farmers In Kershaw County, but if as many as C.000 bales and all of it was good sta ple cotton, it would bring the owners right, now, on the Camden market, some $300,000 more money than the short cotton will bring. Why not plant cotton that will make you most money per acre? Workman & Maekey. Cam den. S. C'^-adv. FU8KL OIL IN FAKE LIQl'OR Many PorMtut Slwly A(fhy*l?<In? ThmiKrlveN, Hay CtiewiHt*. Cleveland, Ohio. I>ec. 111*. Under takers will hu vt? a prosperous year about ia$Mii ttu? opinion of analytic and <r0li9Ultli<K ekcmlstH bore, IhX'UUwo t b**y claim, the Grim Heaper 1# whet ling his' scythe for a harvest of prohb hi (toil liquor drinkers. Hundreds of persons nit? slowly hut surely asphyxiating tUeinselvea, ttc rordtng to J. M Kovachy. assistant city chemist, hy uusus{>ectingly assim ilating; the poisons found in almost ev* cry sample of what was believed to l>e "pure bolide^" liquor. Hundreds of samples are brought to Kovachy each month for analysis, be said, ami all thus f?ar analysed have contained a high jH?r<vntngo of fusel oil in the raw. In large quantities, consumed hy steady drinking, fusel oil changes I he bloyd fn>iu oxyhemiglobiu to me ll'cmi gloh'n, be in^fsts*. . ? In other words, Kovachy says, fusel oil removes the oxygen from the t*lood, causes the, lips and body to turn- blue and has the same effect as asphyxia tion. "Illicit peddlers of whiskey use etiV ylaeetato for flavoring purposes in some cases, and this is very injurious if taken in any quantity, acting as a heart depressent," the chemist declar ed. M. W. Curtis, proprietor of the chemical laboratories, advises the pre sent day thinker to "anaylize well l>e fore using.'' Traces of adulteration that dip year after year from a life have hiS'ii l'ound in almost every bot tle of alleged "bonded" liquor he has analyzed, lie asserted. "It is true a portion of the contents of most bottles is pure bonded whis key. That gives* it the color, flavor and taste.' Curtis added. "Hut the good liquor is mixed with ingredients that are harmful to the human sys tem and the question upj>ernKKst in the rnindN of thi>sp who come to me for analysis of their IJquor is how to re move the ingredients and leave the bonded stuff." That "bonded'' whiskey is being grossly misrepresented by boot-leggers was revealed rocen-tly when a raid of a ?printing shop in the downtown section by federal and police officials uncov ered a plant which is said to have been devoted exclusively to the ma un file t tire of counterfeit labels and hot tlod-in-bond revenue Clamps. The hi beta were similar to those ; used by prominent distillers on j>opu lar brands of intoxicating liquors pre vious to the becoming effective of the eighteenth amendment. Ten thousand alienist counterfeit revenue stamps were confiscated. Fed eral secret service operatives declare that statements made by some of the six persons arrested in connection with the raid indicate that $">0,000 had been "cleared" during the ]?ast year through sales of the labels to bootleggers in Kansas City, New York, Chicago. Detroit and other cittas. Mighty or ninety oases of leprosy "Dodge Brothers will announce on February first, 1922, a substantial reduction in the prices of their cars effective from January first, 1922." DeLOACHE MOTOR COMPANY CAMDEN. S' C. art) known to exUt in New York city tccordtof to Dr. Itoyal O. Copeland, city health commissioner. All of them arc ''practically uou-coutaglouu lep ers." a<vordiug to the <v>n?mlHHlouer. 1 ? Supper For Ex-S^rvlre Men. Tltero will bo a *?j*por given uiKlcr tlio Mii^pUvs of the AmerUtm legion (or all ex aorvitxt men of K'enNharw county on Friday, .laiuuiry pfttilt. at H :,';o i?. in., at tho Commercial Hotel, TJmso serving in any branch for their <??MWirtry dur4?># the World War arc lu vlt<Hl to attend. Price per plate $l.ft<?. MWNU Prune* Al-uAmMlo Suti't IMoklCs (?livt\s (Vl?-rv lUou ( J a rden I 'eas < Yearn Potatoes Turkey Oyster Dressing (1ran9>erry Katuv Nuitormtlk nisctJit Hot Hoiin I<v Oream Cuke POLO GAME H ATI HDAY Tin- first panic of i>olv of the weapon will l>e held at No. One Field Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. UcductlonM in the watt** of VxUlmy, conductor* averago of ?bom tot* I*T ocnt bcoi*M> cffoctlyo Monday The department of agriculture ^ ported to bo meeting with fiu? *ik**w in ridding the atat? of Washington of snake* by weans of mustard kh*. jb the Wivti in'ds near Huaum wore iauuy rattlers that could iu?t l>o g<>tton hut im\Htard gut* brought tlu-m ?ut |? largo number# 4>aby rattler* of a fevT" inches in length and groat "monster* niuo font long. President Uaidlnu ha* *l#ned rtb< hill ain??\nn iatlng $30,000,000 to t? n ponded umlor the suporvMdh of th< Itiuwlan relief commission. The ?p. propria t Ion Is immediately a\allabk. lhuon Jtoaen, former Russian am lmssador to the United States died In Now York Saturday of lujuriee re solved In that city December 14, when lie was knocked down by a- tuxWab. Tieoauso of the ombanras**! financial situation In Italy the king has signed n decree that has tho effect of poet i toning December settlement# mull ,J i imary ?. No. ?. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF BANK OF CAMDEN i,?M-ATBD AT OAM1 >BN. 14. C., AT Til B OF BUSINESS, I>R. ' OBMBKB ? 1ST, 1921. ' ' _ ?.... ; f 1*4 ... ? . ? r ? ' Resources Loans and, Discounts . 7^4,260.96 Overdrafts . *....- ... 11,188.00 Uoutta and Stocks owned by the Bank.... . - . 78.500,00 Furniture and Fixtures .. ...... 13,903.17 Hanking House ? i. 36556.08 Due from Hanks and Hanker* - 1... 107,613.11 V Currency .: ...? - 17,724 00 Cold :..... 217.60 Silver and Other Minor Coin - , 81(114 Chocks and Cash Items - ? ? lu.issifi Total *1,02&834.<# Liabilities. Capital Stock I'aid In --- ? 100,00(M)0 Surplus Fund ~ ? 100,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenaes and Taxes Paid 9,478.12 Due to Hanks and Hankers ...? 53382 Dividends Unjmld : 12.068.00 Individual Deposits Subject to Check 375,237.36 Savings Deposits ? ..287,915.91 Time Certificates of Deposit. 120,010.26 - 783,763.52 : Hills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed 20,000.00 Tota i - State of South Carolina, County of Kerahaw. Heforc mo came H. G. Carrison, Jr., Cashier of the above named oank, fio being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is * 'true condition of said bank,? a* shown by the books of said bank. H. O. Carrison, Jr. -Mvorn to and subscribed before me this Oth day of January. 1922. ' C. H. Yates, Notary Publio t ?>rre<-r - Attest: W. C. Wilson David Wolfe Director*. ( I>*o. Scheuk SODA, ACID, KAINIT FOR SALE F. M. Wooten Army and Navy Store Dekalb street We are direct buyers from the United States Government. Reclaimed and New Goods at prices you can afford to reach. MAX MOGULESCU TELEPHONE 474