The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 13, 1922, Image 8
TAXrAVKKS HKU) MKETING
? Keaolittloart and Several fHv
ciiMwd Tax Situation.
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( 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
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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
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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*.
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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
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