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p IS THRtflT A BAR TO INDUSTRY ? _ . ~ $#nator Slewnrt of Lancastbr Declares !' South Carolina, to ProQreftft, Mufti Havo Stable and Equitable System. iinii. Uoach 8. Ht?wart. 1 % C member of the Houth Carolina lht.. Lancaster County. Taxes are the sinews of government gnd i>pon the efficiency and adequacy of its tji* system depend the progres* and development of the nation and th? stato ?' . South Carolina today faces two alter nate :i on the question of her tax sys tem. One course will lead to rotreucb ment ?n appropriations and consequent (jurt.nlnV?;nt In the development and expansion of her Institutions, abandon jiifii( of hot good roads "program and niggardly support for her schools and Cpn^Ni8 The ?ther course will loud to an increase of hor industries, a vart^ -manufacturing activity und a resultant augmented revenue for hor Institutions. It is small wonder that in the de velopment of plans ff>r raising revenue the problem of Inequalities lias been pne of serious concern to the law- { makers That problem has never been golycd in. South Carolina. As a matter | of fact, as the years have passed our ! spasmodic legislation has only served ' to add to its complexities. One word, in my opinion, is key to ! the situation, and that word is equity, i ? That one word?equity?must** be written so large over any plan for I taxation we adopt that it will be seen | if all men and none will dare deny it. There is sufficient property in South ! Carolina to bear ?very expense of government and provide liberal appro priations for all her tnatltutloxis with out a hardship on any Individual or class. And yet.Mn the year 1911 there was returned taxable property to, the value of approximately $461,000,000, while la 1923 that figure had shrunk 0 to approximately $414,000,000. At that rate of loss South Carolina in a few years will have nothing to tax. As I hare stated, equity must be the basis and foundation of any system we may devise If our problems are to be selved. There is only one way to ac complish that end and that is a com plete re valuation of all the taxable property In the State. The property tax under our present system of assessment Is, as every one knows, inequitable and largely farcical. 1 believe that nothng will be accom plished. that no eolutlon will be even approached until there is a revalua tion of all property and the fixation of an inflexible standard of assess* ment. - It has been argued that the burden of the farmer will be increased under a re-valuation. Let the farmer be not deceived; he is now paying Just about all he can and should pay?possibly more A re-valuation of the property in .South Carolina will reveal a vast horde of what may be called hidden wealth. And that wealth will be tound In rj^h town and city properties which arp*not now bearing their Just propor tion of the tax burden. A? I have stated, wealth must bear the t*x burden. Hundreds of acres of farm land which do not produce ir.oney crops are not wealth. But a >100.ooo office building in one of our ntins which brings in thousands of *)? ?'arb In rentals is wealth-producing jiropprty. lie-valuation of property in this; Stale and a fixed a'.sessment, I firmly bfilpve, will reduce the taxes of the fanner Stated briefly, I have in mind th's coufral j)lan which I believe will help u< 'oward a solution of our difficulties. !'(1 value the property of the State, m assessment .that will meet our > ? and provide, against any back *?<."! step. liaise our revenues in this j ^i-rner far. say ten years, at the end ; which time I believe therv will 1)6 ; ?ufflcienc new Industry to do away i * (in the properly tax altogether for r'* *? purposes. Then we will, in my j Virion, bo able to raise all our neces- | state revenues from a corpora- I ! a franchise, an income airct-per- j as occupational tax. This brings me to the vital question ' r'ore our State today. We must fix, e for all, a tax that. 1s fair to in- ; ^I'itry, the corporation, the bank, the j n -rchant and the farmer?In other i A1 rda, our tax must be equitable. Industry and all other owners of P >perty wiU, I am sure, be glad to j ? M their Just share of"Naxes. But our j f' :|,mvof taxation must be fixed and '-flexible, and It must fall uniformly j Property. At present We a< e taxing our mer-j ? r.ia. our banks, our manufacturers \ 4J per cent of their value and u? on? | u . dare claim the other property is f ng tax on such a high valuation Mirside capital hiponging to come "? our State and develop her natural ,r>ureos. And while our present ' TA* are ao more unfair to the msno ? *<"'tirer than to ttie merchant?the " present threat of a sales tax of j it fc Industry ? keeps from coming int* I fa that Sooth pa?r.w1th her oping h*r indl* $15,000 VERDICT $10,000 Actual and $5,000 Punitive Damages Awarded. Sumter, Nov. 14.?A verdict of $10,000 actual damages and $6,000 punitive damages was returued by a jury here this afternoon in civil court against the Atlantic Coast Lino Kail way company in the case of James Cuttino, administrator of the estate of Isaac A. Edwards, <who was killed in a railroad wreck December 1), 1922, at Hanahan, twelve miles of Charles ton, when passengcj? train No. 62 was ^un into by train No. 30 in a rear-end collision. , The case started Thursday morning and went to the jury about noon to day, a yerdict being rendered about 4 p.m. This is the second suit brought, it being for $50,000 damages, The other suvt was for $100,000 actual damages 'and a verdict of $65,000 rendered being reduced by the pre siding judge to $40,000 and which was accepted and settled. Edwards was a young man. He left a widow to whom a child was born after his death. Y.eggmen entered the First National bank of West Winfield, N, Y., Sunday by way of the back door,1,''burned a hole through the vault with acetylene torches and got away with $12,000. Eleven prisoners made a successful 'getaway from the county jail at J'arkersburg, W. Va., early Monday morning by digging a hole through the brick wall. HIGH SCHOOLS ' Camden District No. 1 Camden High School J. G. Richards, Jr., Supt Camden W. A. Clarke, Principal ....Camden H. W. Muldrow Camden Miss Alberta Team Camden Miss Agnes D. Corbett ....Camden Miss Henrietta Zemp Camden Miss Mary F. Blackwell ....Camden Miss .Louise Johnson Camden Miss Lottie M. Vaughan ....Camden Miss Eileen Little Camden Grammar School MisR Margaret Burnet, Prin. Camden Mrs. J. L. Guy ;..Camdert Miss Willie B. Mackey Camden Miss Mary E. Brasington ..Camden Mrs. J. R. Montgomery .....Camden Mrs. Selma P. McKain Camden Miss Eleanor Mitchell Camden Mis? Marjorie Hannah Camden Mrs. Susie C.- Taylor Camden Miss Dorothy Burns Camden Mrs. Edward Jones ..Camden Miss Elizabeth Kinard Camden Mrs. Leslie McLeod .Camden Miss Ada Phelps Camden Miss Nancy Lindsay Camden Mrs. Laurens T. Mill* - Camden Miss Emily Zemp Camden Mill School Miss Ernestine Bateman, Prin cipal Camden Mrs. Nannie H. Richards ...Camden Miss Annie L. Woodard ....Camden Miss Lillian Patterson Camden Mrs. Lou Pearce Camden Mrs D. M. McCaskill Camden Trustees?C. H. Yates, chairman, Camden; John T. Mackey, Camden; Dr R E, Stevenson, Camden. District No. 2 Charlotte Thompson High School Norman M. Huckabee, Supt., Camden Miss Olga N. Rush Camden Miss Ester Garvin ?????? Miss Ethel Bruce ........... Camden Grammar School Miss Sallie Pearce Miss Mae Rush . VarnHpn Mrs. A. G. Sanders Camden Miss fttae Boy kin Camden Music Teacher Miss Mary Boll Welsh Camden Trustees?W. Ancrum Boykin, u nRv in', E M. Workman, chairman, Hoy Kin, r,. m. ranxA4in clrrk, Boykin; J. N. McLeod* Camden. Carjoley District No. 3 Mt Pisgah High School Arthur P. Holley, Supt. ? ? ? Kershaw Mrs. H. I?. McDonald Kershaw Mrs. Ira B. Gardner . .. .. JKershaw Savannah Grammar Schoo Mrs. Lula Bowers Kershaw Miss Myrtle Sims ? JKershaw Highland Grammar School Mrs. Otis Hinaon, Ko haw Mrs. Eugene Haigler ??? ?Iy u..,r0ir> Hrnmrnar ocnooi Buffalo Grammar Mrs. Lola Gardner Kershaw Miss Mary Byrd c' Mt Pisgah Grammar School .. ^ j!Lr ...Kershaw Ira B. t,ardn" " " " ... Kershaw Miss hncie Rogers Knrshaw Miss Su^ie Gregory Kershaw Trustees?c. A. Johnson, chairman, Kershaw; W. T. Holley. clerk, Jeffer ?n? S. M Cames, Jefferson ' Midway District No. 4 Midway High School M,,s Maude Faircloth Pnn.. | assatt Miss Claudia Faircloth Grammar Grades Miss ElyBell Blyther <^?ssat . i R West, chairman, CaTSSrrJ:. Brannon. clerk, Cas ,'att; Wallace Horton. Cassatt. Antioch District No 6 Antioch HiKh School f^mden r. o. porn, - up ? . .Camden ?Mi?? Mayme UoMercn.n f;amden Mrs. Kathleen Watt* ... Grammar Grades? Miss Ruth McLeod (;am(|en Mi?s Mari'on Newman ? ? ?! 'Camden i shannon I.an.- ' Camdent Mrs. Sara . p|vthcr, chairman, i,.TrrrV \ Shiver, clerk, ram-1 ' K Beivin, C amden. Blaney District No. 12 Blaney H'Kh School ^ J. H. Sbea'ey. Siipt. Hlaney Miss Kl,r'a, cwnftlev Blaney Miss Eulalee Sheal > ? Grammar School Miss Maude Derrick ? ? v *;;; Bianey Miss Ollie Clark Blaney ??? T. ??? Blaaay; -*? ** B*an*yi Bethune High School (). R. Hollj Supt ...Bethuno Miss Inez Blakney ........ Bethuno M iss Julia McOhcaney .....Bethune A, C. Byrd Bethune Grammar School Miss Ruth Watt# Bethune Miss Louela Covington .... .Bethune Miss Beulah Taylor Bethune Miss Helen Pope Ward ....Bethune Miss Mildred Billings ...... Bethune Miss Eliae Hook Bethune Miss Mae E. Long ........ Bethune Shamrock School Mrs. R. K. Tompkins . .Bethune Miss Kthol Williams ...... Bethune Timrod School Miss Pearle Gunter ........ Bethune Miss Frances Williams . Bethune Miss Grace Porry Bethuno Trustees?L. J, Baker, chairman, Bethune; G. E. Parrott, clerk, Be thune; C. ?(). Stogner, Bethune. NON-HIGH SCHOOLS Central District No. 5 Central School Miss Mae Barnes Bethuno Trustees?D. M. Barnes, chairman, Bethune; Amos Watkins, clerk, Be thune; H. S. Tompson, Bethune. (iates Ford District No* 7 Gates Ford School Mayo Davis, Prin Bethune Mrs. Kathleen B. Davis .... Bethune Trustees-^-L. K. McCaskill, chair man, Kershaw; Lorn Coa'tes, clerk; Walter Gandy, Kershaw. Westville. District No. S Westville School Miss Mary Louise High, PritT" cipal Westville Miss Delisseline Bell Westville Truesdale School Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland ...Westville Trustees?-J. C. Hilton, chairman; Westville; C. J. Seawell, clork, West ville; Melvin Truesdale, Westville. Piedmont District No. 9 Piedmont School Miss Melle Abercrombie, Prin cipal Westville Miss Frances Clements . .. .Westville Trustees?-J. C. Faulkenberry, chairman, Westville; D. O. Catoe, Westville. Liberty Hill District No. 10 * Liberty Hill School 'Miss Leila Lucaa Liberty Hill Trustees?J. G. Richards, Sr., chair man, Liberty Hill; C. D. Cunning ham, clerk, Liberty Hill; T. B. Floyd, Liberty Hill. Trinity District No. 11 Trinity School Miss Polly Carter, Prin Lugoff Miss Alfa Harmon LugoflT Blythedale School Miss Kate Dixon Lugoff Trustees?J. D. Sessions, chairman, Lugoff; T. W. Watts, Lugoff; H. R. Boykin, clerk, Lugoff. Three C*s District No. 13 Three C's School Miss Pett Belk, Prin Kershaw Miss Sybl Garvin Kershaw Miss Mary Brown Kershaw Trustees J. H. Barfield, chairman, Kershaw; L, F. Robinson, clerk, Ker shaw,; T. B. Fletcher. Providence District No. 15 Providence School B. A. Brown .. . ^ Kershaw Trustees ?W. E. West, chairman, Kershaw; L. S, Spears, clerk, Ker shaw; J. E. Bowers, Kershaw. Pine (Jrove District No. 1ft Pine (Jrove School Hiram K. Nettles, Prin Lugoff Miss Estelle Rabon Lugoff Mrs. Ida R. Rabon Lugoff Wateree School Miss Dorothy Matherson, Prin cipal Longtown Miss Loreno Guult . Longtown Trustees. A. E. Miller, chairman, Longtown; W. M. Gettys, clerk, Long town ;G. W. Rabon, Lugoff. Dehalb District No. ltt DeKalb School M rs. Irene B. Truesdale, Prin cipal ' . NVestville Mrs. Mattie E. Lorick ....Westville Trustees ?N. B. Workman, chair man, Wostville; L. B. Ogburn, clerk, Westville; A. B. Kelly, Wostville, Cedar Oeek District No. 20 Cedar Creek School Miss Laura Hammond ...... Bethune Trustees?M. II. Horton, chairman, Bethune; W. E. Sowell, clerk, Be thune; G. F. Pitts, Bethune, Yarborough District No. 23 Yarborough School Miss Wilma Taylor, Prin. . . . Bothune Miss Gussie Hough Bethune Trustees?F. F. Yarborough, chair man, Bethune; B. W. Brannon, clerk, Bethune; Wobert A. McCaskill, Be thune, Oakland District No. 25 Oakland School Miss Ray Barnes, Prin Camden Miss Vera Barnes .Camden Trustees?J. H. Watkins, chairman, Lucknow; F. C. Humphreys, clerk, Lucknow; A. L. Parker, Lucknow. Hanging Rock District No. 27 Hanging Rock School Mrs. Herbert Young, Prin. Westville Miss Annie Jones Westville Trustees?H. E. Williayns, chair man, Kershaw; T. S. Bell, tflerk, Ker shaw; Fred Gay, Kershaw. Oak Ridge District No. 28 Oak Ridge School Miss Beuhah Powers Kershaw Trustees?L. E. Barfield, chairman, Kershaw; Samuel Hunter, clerk, Ker shaw; O. H. Watson, Kershaw. Lugoff District No. 29 Lugoff School Miss Evie O. Smith, Prin Lugoff Mrs. Nellie S. Pearce -. Lugoff Miss Fannie Hewitt . . ; Lugoff Misd Selma Ward Lugoff Trustees?L. I. Guion, chairman, Lugoff; Jas. A. Team,' clerk, Lugoff; H. A. Rabon, Lugoff. Thorn Hill District No. 30 ? Thorn Hill School Mfs. Ida Fletcher, Prin. ... . Keftrimw Miss Thclma Trucsdale Kershaw Trustee* C. T, Faulkenb?>rry, chairman* Kerahaw; K. II. Williams, clerk, Kershaw; O. L. Faulkner, Ker shaw. . * Ned's ("reck District No. .SI Ned's Creek School Miss Fannie Pardue, Prin. . .Kershaw Miss Osie White . . ........ Kershaw Trustees?B. F. Roberts, chairman, (Cershaw; B. B. Bowers, clerk, Ker shaw; S. F. Williams., Kershaw. I I.ockhart District No. 33 Lock ha i t School Miss Grace Crow, Prin Camden Miss Mamie Wilson t, Camden Trustees?L. J. Jordan, chairman, WestviUe; D, A, Baker, clerk, West vlile; B. W. Peach, WestviUe. Flat Kock District No. 37 *4?l&t Hock School Mrs. Lena M. Pope. ...Kershaw Trustees - P. A. McDowell, Ker shaw; II. A. Moore. Kershaw; Joe Fletclu'r. Concord District No., 38 Concord School William K. Gardner , . LugotY Trustees-- W. 11. Coon, ehairmaut English; M. L. Kinard, clerk, English; John Corder, English. Crescent District No. 39, Crescent School Miss -Evelyn Bell, Prin LugotY Miss Mary Alice Galloway . . LqgofF Trustees-?J. M. Porter, chairman, LugotT; George Arledge, clerk. Lo goff; George Miles, LugotT. Kershaw (Joint) District No. 40 M. G. Patton, Supt. ....... ,\ Kershaw Trustees?T. J. Gregory, chairman, Kershaw; John M. Lowery, clerk, Kershaw; T. B. Clyhurn, Kershaw. Cantey District No. 41 Cantey School Miss Madeline Porter jCamden Trustees?E. B. Loriek, chairman, Camden; W. M. Gladden, clerk, Cam den. ' Pleasant Grove District No. 42 Pleasant Grove School Mrs.' Hattie L. Rush, Prin. .WestviUe Mrs. Besie L. Gardner .Cassatt Trustees? h. M. Waters, chairman, Cassatt; T. A. Spears, Jr., clerk, Cassatt; Sumter Robinson, Cassatt. Stoneboro District No. 46 Stoneboro School Mrs. W. L. Phillips, Princi pal Heath Springs Miss Addie Roberts . . . ., .Stoneboro Trustees?W. T. Hillard, chairman, Stoneboro; G. F. Hammond, clerk, Stoneboro. Bethel (Joint) District No. 47 Bethel School Mrs. Mae Croxton ...Heath Springs Trustees?E. F. Horton, chairman, Hedth Springs; L. D. Vincent, clerk; Heath Springs; J. T. Robinson, Heath Springs. Members* of County Hoard of Education ALLEN B. MURCH1SON, See. J. GARDINER RICHARDS, jr. GEO. W. Nl(tl OLSON MRS. MATT IK K. WEST Assistant to Supt. of Education Attendance Officer J, W. SANDERS Farm demonstration Agent MISS MADELINE THOMPSON Homo Demonstration Agent' ('om |>u Isor \ A11 enda nee Nov. 17, 1024 Study Center M^tiugv Oct, 18, Nov. X, Nov. 15, Nov. 29, Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Jan. 24, Feb. 7, Feb. 21, Mar. 7, Mar. 21, Apr. 4, CLERK'S SALE State ot South Carolina, County of Ltfhcaaler. (Court of Common Pleas) Lulu T. GY-ilfith, et ai, plaintiffs, vs. Catherine Twitty, et at, Defendant*. Pursuant to a decree in the above stated cause by Judge M. L. Bonham dated Nov. '10th, 1024, 1 will sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at Lancaster Court House, on the. first Monday in Deeember next, witk in the legal hours of sale, the follow ing real estate, to wit: Tract No. 1. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situated in the town of Heath Springs, Lancaster County, State aforesaid, containing thirty (30) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands "of W. B. Twitty, Fast by College Street and lands of.Zellie fiarfield, South by larfds of Mack Halt, and West by Flat Rock Road. Tract No. 2. Containing lifty-ei^ht (58) ucres more or less, in Flat Rock. Township, Kershaw County, State aforesaid, and bounded on North by lands of C. S. VanLandingham, East by Flat Rock Road, South by lands of Mrs. S. A. Horton, and West by lands of C. S. VanLandingham. Tract No. 3. Containing one thousand (1000) acres, more or less, the greater part of which is located in Kershaw County, a small part of about 75 acres being in Lancaster County, and bounded oh North by Price lands, on East by W. F. Brewer estate lands and Gibson lands, Soutk by W. F. Brewer estate lands and Lewis Jackson lands, and on West by J. H. Addison lands, W. K. Williams estate lands, and Ella Twitty land.). Terms of sale: cash, purchaser or purchasers to pay for papers and revenue stamps. PAUL MOORE, J. P. RICHARDS, ? C.C.C.L.C. Plaintiff's Attorney.. THE UNIVERSAL CAB More Comfort tor Less Money ___ / The Ford Coupe is the lowest priced closed car on the market?yet one of the most satisfactory. 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