Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ben M. Sawyer, secretary (if th?' budget commi??ion, was last Tuesday elected secretary- of the . Highway <!ommi8?ion to Buccecd J.. It. Thomas, resigned who has chosen fo ?? t>iM past of director of* motor vchiclu activi ties of the department. Like Old Friends --They Wear Well BUY GOOD SHOES Wht" worn, have them re built at the RED BOOT SHOP ABRAM M. JONES, Prop. 619 Rutledge St., CAMDEN, S. C. THEY KEEP (iOOt) COMPANY Whene\er you sot' a car equip ped with (Joodyears you recog nize a car owner who has real ideas of sound economy. The hut of the matter is, whether \ mi want rcjrular tires or balloons, clincher or straight side, medium prici-d or low priced ? > mi can't heat a fiood year. That's h hj more people ride on (ioodyear tires than on any other Kind. BROAD STREET FILLING STATION l'. N. MYERS, Proprietor ( IC 1 < < >M M 1 N I >Kf > By Special Joint Committee on Coil- j Nolidutiuiv of Officers* Radical ;*?<!. *w?epir>k .vha#j|C'S;j looking tovyai'd cuDsuUdtttion of St.aU}' offices and department; , simpljfica ? ; |jbft '<( >'late agencies J \q t KUVlng& ,n ovcrhea f and ; tithe r fi.wii'Miu* ;-, ."??''?l eiimina'ton of j certain board - and bureaus wijl ? prob. . ably In* > eeommended lo. tin* .(lyperal XJemhly irt / !:?-'> session as the "1". the in>? ? titration it)to State offin s a fit! departments by the apeeial joint. committee i-n consolidation, c rvat'd .?! r ht; 1 tOT, ssion, as iiuli - rated : by H mm ml>vl pt the legislative committee f ??l.lo\v i n jf the initial ?esj sion -of the committee last Thurs^y. As a forecast of what the investi gation win reveal, in the report to be made after the investigation now be nun has been completed, it will prob ably he recommended, among other things: ? . That the Taix Commission be placed i under the Comptroller. General, its work becoming a part of that office, the Comptroller General being the constitutional head of the State's tax department. That the office o! Warehouse Com-, missioner be' merged with the Depart ment of Agriculture. That the State Hank Examiner's office and the office . of Insurance Commissioner be consolidated. That the Board of Public Welfare be abolished and such activities of the board as are retained and provision for which is hereafter made, be under the direction and supervision of the Board of Regents of the State Hos pital. _ j That the Railroad Commission bo reduced. Recommendations to abolish and consolidate other boards, bureaus and' commission* will, it is indicated, be incorporated in the report. Since li?14, it was pointed out by the committeeman, the Appropriation Bill has increased from a little over $2,000,000 to nearly $1 0, 000, 000, and the various adjunctive departments of the State government, toward the extension of which there has been a decided tendency during recent years, are now costing the taxpayers as much if not more than the constitu tional offices. The 1025 Appropria tion Bill shows that for every $1 that is appropriated for the payment of salaries in constitutional offices in South Carolina, more than $2 is ap propriated for the payment of salaries of officials, clerical help and attaches of boards, bureaus and commissions which have been created in the past few years. The* matter of expense will be given consideration in the ef fort to effect economics, according tj the committeeman; but this will not be the only consideration. Overlapping of work, conflict of authority, and simplification of procedure will be de termining factors. For instance, inquiry will be made I into the question why the license de partment of the Highway Commis sion cannot be handled by and within I the various counties instead of by a department centralized in Columbia. Recommendation may also be made that the Budget Commission be abol ished, or the work done by this bureau devolved upon some other department as it was performed in the Comptrol ler General's office before the Budget Commission was created. Protect Your Crops Kershaw County with the healthiest crops seen in many years may yet be forced to ask the Legislature to remit its farmers taxes if hail visits as in the past ? and finds you uninsured. The only way in which you can gain protection from loss of your crop from hail is by insurance. Insure before you need help. The rates are figured on the growing season and the cost ft#*r acre is the same whether taken now or later. LET US WRITE YOUR POLICY TODAY Williams Insurance Agency R. M. Kennedy, Jr., Pres. Jas. DeLoache, Jr., MgT. Jt Si poiiiblii liuUls i/H' onnmiltee man, discussing the survey to b? made, to effect an appreciable Having iy dollars and cents through consoli dation and /by abolishing certain boards und bureaus regarded as un necessary, and at the same time to strengthen the constitutional ' offices in the state government - which are the offices directly answerable to the people* th? "I'Ki's charged with iv>. pons jbilit.y but from which authority has, in a large measure, been taken 'away, this vester in boards, bureaus and < )"'? tu aicd l>y legisla live enactments, For the* present year |. the sum wf $5 is appropriated to pay the salaries of men and women filling positions in the adjunctive of tlces. The special joint .committee has not as \et reached the stage that it is ?ready to report, as a matter of course. In fact; its work is, just beginning. The investigation Will be thorough, and recommendations of the commit tee will be based upon the information gained and the report framed with due regard f??r what shall be deter mined by the probe. But it is evident that, the committee member who has given this preliminary forecast which is subject to revision, and others of the committee have" been making ob servations and studying the situation on their individual accounts. The committee, comprising three members of the House of Representa tives, two Senators and two citizens named by the Governor, was created under the provisions of a joint reso lution of which Representative Thom as H. Peeples of Richland, former Attorney General, was the ' author, "for the purpose of making an inves tigation of the several State offices with a view of curtailing all expense consistent with an economic adminis tration and. for the further purpose of ascertaining if any of the depart ments are overlapping and could be consolidated or abolished." The com mittee is flothed with power to re quire the various departments to sup ply sueh information as may be re quested. At its meeting held last Thursday, MiT Peeples was selected as chairman, and plans were perfected to proceed with the probe. The fir.4t step will be to send out a question naire to the heads of the various de partments, boards, bureaus and com missions, a detailed investigation to follow receipt of ? this information. The committee meets again .July 7. I The following is the personnel of j the committee: Senators James H. Richardson of I Greenville and J. Howard Moore of | Abbeville, named by the president of j the Senate. . i Representatives Thomas H. Peeples | of Richland, R. A.' Dobson of Chero | kee and S. B. King of Greenwood, named by the Speaker of the House. G, W. Duvall of Cheraw and R. S. Mclver of Greenville, named by Gov ernor McLeod. The Bigham appeal goes over un til fall is the information conveyed by a headline in the papers a day or two ago, and thus a case which has dragged its weary length through the courts several times already, will be with us for a long while yet. Ac cording to the procedure of South ?Carolina courts, which seem to be very much like the courts of all of t^x* other states of the Union, there is no escape, it appears, from a per formance of this character where the defendant is wealthy and has the good fortune to tie up with astute and resourceful lawyers. Ways with out number seem open to the at torney killing to take advantage of all kinds of technicalities, and the outeome frequently is acquittal or a light sentence for a defendant who rirhlv deserves the severest penalty of t h ?* law. Over in England and many of the other countries of Eu rope the courts move rapidly; the populace looks upon murder as a i nine calling for prompt ami sum mars action; and the consequence is that where American court < are clut tered with homicide cases it is only now and then that a homicide occurs across fhrt water. The Shepherd case icagft, which is ju>t in its initial -tagP? ?rfter being befoie the court for at least two or three weks, would by this time have been easily dis posed of in England. American court prait.v.e- a- w ! a? :he general at titude -towards crime in this country particularly the taking of human life ?must undergo a wholesome and wholesale revision, if improvement is e\ pec ted. ? Chest e r Reporter. Vessels :n foreign trade entering and clearing the port of Charleston for the first five months of the pres ent year totaled 102, 32 more than were reported for the same period last year. Th?- city of Greenville is being sued for $12,000 by J. E. Sitton, whft charges that it was due to the city's negligence that his daughter _ Miss Elsie Sitton slipped on a banana peel on Pendleton street and suffered in juries. i 'i 1 11 ?; ? ? ? ? CROW SUDAN GRASS FOR HAY Say* (i. A. Caldwell, Agricultural Agent Atlantic Coast Line "A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man; kites rjse again*t and not with the wind," <; Sudan gras- is a fine I'mci^ciH-y hay crop. Although very muchr. like Johnson grass, Sudan grass is strictly an annual without underground root stoefcs. It dofca not persist in fields as an annual weed through volun teer seedlings', and therefore cannot become an obnoxious weed as the perennial Johnson grass does. The fact that it has no rootstocks places it nearer the cultivated sorghum than Johnson grass. The leaves are j broader and more numerous than those of Johnson grass, giving the grass a much more favorable appear ance as a hay plant. Sudan grass is not exacting in its soil requirements. It does best on a rich loam, but it has been grown suc cessfully on almost, every class of soil from a heavy clay to a light sand. Where ih? soil is quite sandy, however, the yield may be expected to be light. In seeding Sudan grass a rather firm seed bed is best, and with the exception of on very fertile land, it is advisable to use some complete fertilizer, such as is applied to corn. While early seeding after all danger of frost isv-over gives the highest yield of hay, good crops of hay can be secured from seedings made July 1st or even later. The ifirst cutting may be made in from 80 to 90 days fro'm seeding.' If planted early enough a period of from fifty to sixty days usually elapses between subsequent cuttings. The seed may be either sown with a drill or broadcasted. If seeded broadcast use from twenty to thirty pounds per acre. A better quality of hay is produced from the broad - cast stand, owing to the finer stems. When harvested for hay Sudan grass should be cut when well head ed out or in the stage of full bloom. The most common way of harvesting the grass is with a mower. It cures readily and can be cut in the morn ing and if the sun is bright raked up that afternoon or the next day. After bunching- it is placed in cocks, just as with millet, and removed from these cocks to the born or stacks after it has thoroughly cured. Bo* cause of the large amount of juice in the stems of Sudan grass, the leaves cure first and the hay often appears ready for the stack when it is not; 'therefore the only way to avoid injury by heating is to allow the grass to remain in the cocks long enough for the stems to become dry. The leaves are retained well, and if cut at the right stage of maturity and handled ?properly it will make a bright, leafy, ? sweet hay of the very best, quality. ? Inasmuch as the seed of Sudan grass closely resembles those of Johnson grass it is difficult to detect Johnson grass seed when present in small quantities in Sudan grass seed. Therefore care should be used and Sudan grass seed purchased only from sections known to be free from Johnson grass. Dr. Ben F. Wyman of Aiken, has been named by Governor McLeod a member of the executive committee of the State Board <*>f Health, suc ceeding Dr. R. A. Marsh, deceased. Despite the boll weevil and negro labor migration, farm land, values in the cotton belt have average an in crease since 1923, according to the farm and expert of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. Farm land values in South Carolina have in creased 8.6 per cent. CAMDEN TAILORING CO. You'll really like our ' Work and Service ARTHUR HOUGH ROY HOUiQH TELEPHONE 13- J GRAYS VACATION TOUR All Expense, Personally Conducted TO NIAGARA FALLS, TORONTO, CANADA, NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON August 5th to August 16th From ' <? Various South Carolina Points Most economical. A wonderful vacation tour 'without worry. Everything pre-arranged. Splendid chance for parents, to give their children an educational trip during this vacation period. Write for descriptive folder, showing cost, etc. s. h. Mclean D. P. A., Southern Railway Company Columbia, JS. C. Never Before a Value Like This The Super-Six principle exclu* sive to Hudson and Essex, is responsible for the largest sell' ing 6-cy linder cars in the world, because it gives results in smooth, brilliant action, reli ability and economy never attained by any other type. This Essex, in all ways, is the 6nest ever built. Easier riding and driving, more flexible in f>erformance, handsomer in ine and finish, it is also lower in price than ever before. ESSEX COACH *850 Freight and Tax Extra HUDSON - ESSEX WORLD'S LARGEST SELLING 6 -CYLINDER CARS LITTLE MOTOR CO. T. Lee Little, Mgr. Camden, S. C.