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Comments On
Men And Things
I By Spectator
Figures don't lie, but they can be
very unconvincing. The daily papers
carried statements last week by Governor
Johnston, Seph-tor Henry R.
Sims, Colonel James D. Fulp and J.
K. Breeden about the sum of money
necessary to pay old-age pensions in
South Carolina. ' These gentlemen
(did not' get within even shooting
range of one another. The Governor
appeared to be of the opinion that
-South Carolina could pay the pensions
without strain; Colonel Fulp
stated that the mount to be raised
annually is only $887,907. Senator
Sims said the estimate was for act
annual charge of $1,600,000; Mr.
Breed en said that he did not see how
It could be less than three million
dollars, even if the State should pay
only ten dollars a month, and probably
would amount to nearly five milll6u
dollars a year. Mr. Breeden provoked
a small storm by saying that
he had consulted a number, of men
and that most of them indicated that
a sales tax of four per cent on retall
sales would be the means employed
to raise the necessary amount.
Mr, Breeden did not advocate a sales
tax and statfetT that the Farmers and
Taxpayers League had alvtoys,..opposed
such a tax.
If such discussions are to serve a
useful purpose each of the gent'lemen
should tell in detail how he arrived
at hi? estimate of coat. The public
la entitled to information, not conJeoturoH.
The Chamber of Commerce
of t harleeton recently issued a statement
which la uhout the only bit of
Informative literature 1 have seen
relative to coat. True, u lot of prop*
ganda la being bent out from Blrmingham
in favor of the Act.
U?t ua aee what the probuhle
charge on the State will be. Begin
with a aurvey of economic and social'
| conditions in the stute. Will our people
accept auch a pension? If auch
n penelon carried with it a * sociii
Htigma we might expect some of our
People to refuse it. That is to say,
j they would not apply for it. But
(there will be no stigma, the pension
will bo a State and Government
grant, paid from public funds, and
I will be accepted as eagerly - as the
Veterans' Bonus, or any other benejnt
given by the Gpveruimmt. You
will recall that our Tlovejmment inaugurated
a great insurance for the
tro#pa to avoid heavy pension burdens.
Well, when you add the hospitalization,
bonus, and various adjustments
and benefits you will see i
that tho nation has ulroudy spent
billions of dollars since tho war, hundreds
of millions being for men of
tho service who did not sufTor in uny
manner, but became eligible for benefits
in the general rush to collect
fiom Uncle bam. Do you think many
rof &Ur citizens .will fail to seek a peu- ~
sion when their neighbors receive it?
i Well, if you think that you haven't
observed tho new attitude of most of
us toward the Government, namely,
get all you can. But there Is no
reuson why any one should be bashj
ful about seeking the pension. It is
I there for him and her.
Since, then, no stigma attaches to
! Hm' acceptance of the pension and
a citizen may accept it as proudly as^
General Pershing accepts his, how
many of our people are eligible for
the pension? Right here Is where
Messrs. Johnston, SimBr- Fulp and
Breeden seem to be miles apart. Such
a program as this, however, should
not rest on the guess of anybody, If
basic facts are available. What is
the first Question to ask? How many
people are there In the State eligible
for the old-age pension? The Becond
question Is how much will thlB pension
cost? The third question must
be, Can South Carolina afford It? Instead
of day-dreaming this let's consult
the United States census fpr Information.
We find that in 1930 there
were 55,388 persons in South Carolina
either sixty-five years, or more,
of age. Assuming that only one half
that number, white and black, qualify
for the pension that will be 27,694.
If the State should pay $16 a
month (the U. S. Government would
pay the other $15) the State would
have a pension bill of $415,410.00 a
month or $4,984,9^0. a year. If the
State should pay only $10 a month,
the State would have a monthly pension
bill of $276,940 and a yearly
charge of $3,323,280.00. If any one
challenges this let him. bring out his
figures. I call attention that I am
using figures of 1930 and that our
. State is still growing.
Observe that whites and blacks are
equally eligible for this pension and
that the participation of the Federal
Government means that the colored
applicants will be equally considered.
Are not colored soldiers receiving hos
pitiliza'tion and bonus money? According
to the census there were in
1930 33,105 whites and 22,283 colored
eligible for the pension. Is it not a
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fair estimate" that ninety per cent of
the colored and ttfty per cent of the
whites will apply? If that were ho
then the monthly bill even at $10
u month would be $306,060.00 and the
yearly coat $4,272,720.00.
How ahall such a bill be finauctd?
Whether the charge be four million
dollurs or three million dollars. that
money muut be raised, 'ftorno money
could be waved if our State and County
Government were re-organiaed tor
administrative etTleiency anil if the
schools were held to uny sort of efficiency
standard. Bi^t oi^r public
men in discussing thuau * measures
talk as though tv^o million dollw.a
were Just u bagatelle and not worth
a few words between friends, though
the sheriffs still sell farms for delinquent
taxes and farmers are still
squeezing the little bit of Juice out
of this year's work and wondering
if. tile good Lord will help them to .
pull through next year. ,
Some public men think that only
l>y u retail sales tax can this money
he raised. 1 am not advocating this
tax though 1 note from Monator Stm's
Htutomeut that there were proposals ,
to raise this money by additional
taxes oh power companies, levies on
sugar, etc. i can't help but wonder j
why our leaders fight shy of the term
"Sales tax," when wo are threatened
with "a levy on sugar," A levy on
sugar, indeed. If that wouldn't hit
th<T pOOF~ miUu squarely between the
eyes (or is it the solar plexus) what
would?
l?ok at the appropriations for any
of our institutions and compare them
with the first appropriations, the opening
wedge. You can depend upon
it, this pension program will make
that look like the old-time village
apyrt with a bag of French-mixed (10
c</nts) as compared with the streamlined,
knee-action, high-compression
lad to today, driving around in dad's
car and throwing away dad's hardearned
dollars.
Look at a few of them. How quickly
they grow. Back in 1919 when cotton
'was selling above forty centa a
pound and our farmers received for
their crop nearly three hundred million
dollars our State Government
cost $3,892,682.78. Now we are asked
to spend that much on our new
scheme.
Tod^.y we find our old services
multiplied and new and lusty ones
thriving on the public purse, notwithstanding
cotton sells today for thirteen
cents and the whole crop will
bring in, about forty million dollars
instead of three hundred millions.
That is what we should wonderhow
to make up for the millions we
are losing from the reduced cotton
production. Year after year some
one contacts a new scheme to cost
the taxpayers heavily, but no one in
political life has done any thinking
that would increase the wealth of
the State and thdreby enable the
people to pay for all these new ventures.
Our public men seem to think
that when nfcw taxes bring in more
money the public wealth is increased.
The income of the people Is what
needs enlarging, not the income of
the State.
I cite the institutions not in unfriendly
spirit, but to. show how all
agencies of Government either grow
or swell. So It will be about the pensions.
I've never,aspired to be distinguished
for foresight. I've contended for
years that discerning and discriminating
hind-sight would serve me admirably.
If we have no foresight to
guide us in calculating the cost of
a pension system let us cultivate
enough hind-sight to see how all thftfee
ventures have germinated, fructified
and multiplied until "the grain of
mustard seed, which indeed is the
least of all seeds; but when it is
growh, it is the greatest among herbs,
and becometh a tree." It
has been suggested that the two
most equitable sources for the revenue
to carry odt the program of
pensions would be an Income tax
J.lmt would take In virtually everyboily^
and a general retail sales tax.
I am not here advocating any new
taxes. I believe a large saving could
be affected if we should over-haul
all our public offices so as to ellmlnvate
dead wood. Mr. Breeden .indicated
that if a sales tax were adopted
It would require about a four per
cent tax on sales. At first blush It
appeared that he overshot the mark
to discredit the idea, since the Taxpayers
League is known to have opposed
a sales tax. But it does not
appear that he has exaggerated. If
we take Into consideration that many
of the articles sold in South Carolina
are already specially taxed, such as
soft drinks, cigarettes, etc., it will be
seen that If they were not Included
of sales to be taxed would be so reduced
as to compel a high rate, such
as four per cent. On the other hand,
It is inconceivable that the present
nuisance taxes should be eliminated,
for they are higher than "a general
tax of four per cent would be.
"The .Partners and ; Taxpayers
League has brought this matter to
lira attention efc tge people and they,
would do well to give thought to it
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T hroat In Store
On Iuh( Saturday afternoon near
o o clock, when the usual Saturday
afternoon throng of people were Mill
crowding storoa and Mtro4)U tWo of
the clerical forte of the StevensSpringe
Company's story, William
Bettys and Lex to Croxton, came run
?ing out of the door with a negro
under arrejt and were m?t about the
middle of the street by Chief W F
Mothershed and policeman John Vincent,
who placed him under arrest
and guye him lodgement In the city
jail.
The negro proved to be Evan* Catoe
a negro tenant on the place of
* ou,y u short distance southwoat
of town, and ln un aUarcatIon
with his wife who was separated from
M?n. had mntctod a dangerous wound
across Iter throat about three inches
long or more Hnd deep enough to
perforate one of the larger arteries
and causing a free flow of blood of
sufficiency to make It appear very
i augerous. She was taken to the of
Ice of Dr. Brewer who Is still treatug
ber and reports that she is nmkng
satisfactory improvement.
When tajten in charge in the store
t is reported, that Catoo was holding
Ids wife's head back and in tho
net ot striking her again with the
knife, the blow being averted just in
time to prevent a second wound
The woman had left her husband
nnd he was making efforts in the
Htore to try to force her to go back
to him and when she definitely refused
to do so he made tho assault on
ber with the knife. There being boHides
the women clerks, a number of
other women and young people in the
Htore. naturally much excitement and
fear wu? caused by the disturbance.
?Kershaw Era.
A NEW RADIO FEATURE
-BRING8 80UTHERN LORE
A new type of radio entertainment
goes on tho air the week of November
30. The Natural Chilean Nitrate
folks, In behalf of all Chilean Nitrate
dealers and agents, present Uncle
Natchel and Sonny. Those fun-makers
are the two characters who first
attraCted attention on the-Natural
Chilean calendars. For several years
these calendars have been distributed
and the two characters, Uncle "Natchel
and Sonny are familiar to thousands
of Southern farm families.
The new program will be broadcast
twice each week over twelve Southern
stations.
Uncle Natchel is an old deep South
darkey whose interest lies in natural
things. That's where he getB his
Hon6' *atchel be,n* Ms pronunciar
tlon. His part is played by Frank
Wilson, the colored actor who played
Moses ln both the stage and motion
Picture version of Green Pastures.
Wilson Is one of the leading character
actors of his race, having to his
credit in addition to his Green Pastures
roles, notable parts in Porgy
and other stage successes.
Sonny's role is played by James
Franklyn Allen, a child actor of unusuaj
ability. Although only nine
years of age, he has already scored a
number of radio hits, particularly on
one of the well known children's programs.
He Is regarded as a "comer"
In every sense of the word.
other characters In the various eplBodes
are played by capable mage and
movie and radio performers.
Each story in this new twlce-aprogram
has been written by
Mrs. Florence Richardson, a Southerner,
who has made a life study of
Southern folk lore, who Is reported to
know more Southern songs and stories
than any other writer. Her Ameerican
Mountain Songs, published 7
years ago has been accepted by the
American Library Association as a
permanent record of American songs
has had w*<ie radio experience.
Death of Eugene Beasley
Eugene Beasley, 40, well known
farmer, passed Into th^ great beyond
at his' home near St. Charles, this
county, Sunday, November 8, after an
illness of six weeks.
Piineral xervlces were conducted
Monday moniliiB, November 9, at 11
o'clock at Bethany Baptist church and
interment followed In the church
cemetery. The Rev,.J. T. Uttlejohn,
Pastor of tho Blshopvllle Baptist
church, officiated.
The pallbearers were composed of
nephews of the deceased and his
nieces had chargo of the flowers.
Mr. Beasley is survived by his widow
and two children; four brothers,
. B^a8ley- Marion; Willie Beasey,
Norway, 8. C.; Ben and Jim Beas.
^y^lshopvlUe, Three^slaters, Mrs.
Mat Bramlet. Mrs. C. E. Elmore and
Mrs. Addle E. Brown, all of BishopThe
large ancL beautiful floral tribate
a"ests high esteem in
which he was held.-Bishopvllle Messenger.
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Tuberculosis Among Old People
Much has been Bald concerning tuberculosis
in children and young
udultH but little mention of the disease
occpring In the aged, In fact
there are many who believe if no
symptoms are nhown of tuberculoaiB i
before the nge of forty, you will not
be troubled with It. However, thin bo|
lief 1h false alnce there in little doubt
| that symptoms were present, lit the
| majority of cases diagnosed beyond
that age, which would have been manifested
to the trained mind but were
unnoticed by the patient and the family,
until the disease was rather well
advanced.
| The mortality statistics are misleading
as to incidence of tuberculosis
among the chronic tuberculosis Is
often diagnosed as asthma, chronic
bronchitis, or in some cases of heart
disease; and when some complicar
tions such as diabetes, pneumonia,
uremia and such is present in a fatal
case, and no mention is made on the
death certificate of tuberculosis. We
are having more and more of these
cases as wo are able to prolong their
lives and arrest their tuberculosis
through better methods of diagnosis
| and treatment.
Thus, they live to an old age which
j gives them more opportunity to develop
other disease. ThiB constitutes
what is known as a chronic profilers
tive tuberculosis. The Immediate
danger arising from this type of case
is that the patient Is a potential
source of infection to anyone coming
in contact without the barest suspicion
of the existence of the disease.
The majority of the caseB of tuberculosis
respond well to treatment if
there are no grave complications. Yet
even though the patient improves infection
1b spread for a long time.
Plans for the immediate erection
of a modern textile plant are uuder
way at Greensboro, N. C., to.be capitalized
at $750,000, and to have a
payroll of $500,000 a year.
Methodist Missionary News
The general meeting of the Wo*
mail's Missionary Society of the Lyttleton
Street Methodist church mot lu
Wlmberly Hull. The devotional was
in chargo of Mrs. J. L. WllllforU's
circle, who wus leader for the Sophia
Zemp circle. All present Joined in
singing "Jesus Saves," with Mrs. M.
M. Heasonover, acting as pianist.
Mrs. Glisten Huggins read an ap?
propriate Thanksgiving Psalm and
led in pruyer. Mrs. N. C.. Arnott conducted
the lliblo study, "Finding a
Human Interest In the Book of Genesis,"
and ttHBlstcd by twenty members,
the work was interesting and
instructive.
Mrs. Louise Cantey, retiring president
of the local organization, con'
ducted the business. The report of
the nominating committee for ofTicers
for the coming year was as follows:
President, Mrs. T. B. Bruco; vice
president, Mrs. B. G. Sanders; recording
secretary, Mrs. Hubert Wilson;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Arthur
Clark; treasurer, Mrs. Robin Zemp.
The following as,superintendents of
various activities of the society: Supplies,
Mrs. Wylie Sheorn; baby specials,
of Sunday school work, Mrs.
Claud Lamoy; mission and Bible study,
Mrs. W. R. DoLoacho; World Outlook,
missionary magazine, Mrs. W.
F. Nettles; local parsonage work,
Mrs. A. A. Reasonover; children's
work, Mrs. Cooper; Christian social
relations, Mrs. A. C. Drawdy; literature
and publicity, Mrs. N. O. Arnett;
circle leaders, Mrs. -Ernest Zemp, with
Mrs. James Gaudy assistant; Mrs.
Dess Goodale, Mrs. R. E. Chewulng,
assistant. The ticket was accepted
and the officers elected.
Misses Martha and Mary Smith
played a piano duet that all enjoyed.
During the social hour in the dining
room a lace-covered table held
yellow chrysanthemums in a silver
holder its a centerpiece*. Russian tea,
cake and sandwiches were served.
In a statement in London, Neville
Chamberlain, chancellor of .the ex,
chequer, declared that' the keystone
of British foreign policy is to bring
the United Status,' Germany and Japan
within the league of Nations,
declaring to a political rally, that
"the league must be mado stronger
and this is the only way to do it."
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