The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 21, 1924, Image 7
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$#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..
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