The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 01, 1939, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
Hidden Tax Load
Heavy On City
Hook Hill. S. O.. Nov. 24.-~Customers
buying household furniture to
Camden's stores last your paid nut
$11,445 In shifted tttXos burled ?n the
coat of their purchases, a Naitoual
Consumers Ts# Commission survey
showed today. ?
Tho hidden levlea ure the original
taxes on tho inukera and Hellers of
ruKH, furniture, radloa und other
household articles, according to the
study, made public by Mrs. C. 1' Laulence,
or Itock Hill, national committee
member, who leads the NC 1 C s
tax education cainpalgu In South
Carolina.
"Businesses are unable to absotb
all their taxes and must Include at
least part of them In operating costs,"
Mrs. Melville Mucklestone, NCTC
president, stated in the report.
"When an article reaches a store
shelf, the taxes accumulated at each
step of Its making and distribution
are handed to tho consumer as part
of the article's retail cost.
The commission, which has nearly
ti.UUO study groups In 5,100 cities and
towns, found tho shifted taxes last
year produced $7,855,000,000 of the nation's
total tux burden of $14,178,000,000,
the report said.
The NCTC estimate of hidden taxes
In household equipment sales here
was based on computations made
from latest available government figures
which placed local furnishings
sales here at $10o,000.
Six Fine Bucks
Killed On Hunt
A large party of distinguished
quests Tuesday enjoyed a day's hunt
on the Airy Hall plantation In lower
Colleton, as guests of Col Robert G
Klbert, the owner. Six fine bucks
were killed by the hunters in morning
and afternoon drives. At the
noun hour the guests assembled for a
delightful luncheon and social hour.
Among the distinguished guests
were Coventor Burnet R. Maybank,
Columbia; Governor A. Harry' Moore
of New Jersey; V. S. Senator James
F Ityrnes. Federal Judges Alva M.
Lumpkin and H. H. Watklns. District
Attorney Claude N. Snpp, State Highway
Commissioner Hen M Sawyer,
Collector of Internal Revenue. W P
Rowers, Santee-Oooper Chairman, R.
M. Cooper, Col K F Hut ton of Laurel
Spring Plantation, Mr. Ceballls.
Beaufort county, L. S Barrlnger, hotel
man, Mayor L. TV Owens, Columbia;
James H. Hammond. K. M.
Hrlggs. A W Uohlen. A L. Moore. j
Dr. Frank Owens and Thomas Burnev,
Columbia, and local citizens. S.
It Sprott. Anderson Sanders, H. K.
Sanders. Floyd Reach. William ^
Woods. Fit kiln Price. P H Dukes. ^
Allie Reach. J K Dodd. H R Black.Campbell
Samlets of Charleston I
Walt'"-'"f" Press anil Standard
Rinn.inl.i L in a hot spot because ol ;
her ftusiil to ra ni eoii'e>sions in .
ji.uli- >> Germain. and on account ot ,
demand - being made b> Hungary.-.
However, it IS believed that there will ,
|,r no war before spring i
During medieval times, it was the
< is' 11*, in lib: arte- and churi lies to ,
books to shelves with httge
t V .lilt ~ . to pi e\ ellt theft
. .. ' ' i'I -J LJi-J Senator
George
"Not Invited"
Vienna. (?a , Nov 24 Senator Wal'
icr F George (Democrat) of Georgia,
mild hi IiIh homo hero tonight thai ho
' won't ho ahlo" to uceouipauy tneui|
hci-t (>r tin* Georgia congressional del'
cgal ion .win* n t h ?*> pay their reaped a
I (o President Kooaevelt tomorrow
i Ask'-.I If he intended to Join the
delegation In a rail at the "Little
While House" at Warm Springs, <?u .
the senior Georgia senator asserted
j Ik, was neither "Invited by the president
not consulted on a dale" for the
1 visit.
"There wna no Invitation for me to
I no." said George. when the president
'sought to purge In the state's Demo*
'ciutle primary in 1938. j
He said he was unable to say
whether he would see the chief executive
before the presidential party
departed for Washington.
' Hunting Club Sets I
Huge Award
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Charleston, Nov. 24.?Ernest L. Allen,
clerk of the United District j
court, today was custodian of the
award made to the Oakland club by j
two or three referees In a condeinna-(
Hon suit brought by the South Carolina
public service authority for certain
lands and hunting rights owned
by the club In the Santee-Cooper basins.
The award was signed by James E.
I'eurlfoy, referee appointed by the
authority, and Alfred 0. Halsey,
elected by Mr. Peurfoy and P. O.
Mead, referee for the club. Mr. Mead
did not sign the award, which It is
believed will throw the case Into the
federal court for trial by Jury.
Allies Estimate 43 j
Submarines Sunk
London, Nov. 28.?Informed French'
and British naval sources today esti-j
mated a total of 43 German subma-j
l ines have been sunk since the begin-,
nlng of the war. September 3.
Thirty-three of these were attrlb-j
uted to British action while a French
naval source said the French navyhad
sunk about ten more.
Winston Chrchill, first lord of the,
admlrality, told the house of commons
November S Germany had about 60
submarines ready for action when
war broke out, but that more were being
built. j
Japanese authorities in Japan have
announced that they would lift the
embargo to permit f>0,000 tons of coal
to be carried into the British concession
at Tientsin. China, beginning on
Monday. The Japs have barred coal
from that city for several weeks British
and French residents of the concessions
have suffered much from the
ark of coal.
1 iiu inc the last few days Bi itish.
in> 1 French air patrols over 'U ' North j
<ea, have made matters increasingly j '
lilt unit lor German airplanes living j
,pn mines, in elude tin* enemy and
i\nd a spot to drop their deadly ear-j
goeS.
<,,, -,.[ i \ ,,f Slate Cordell H '11 i ,
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spending a few days resting up 111
Augusta. C.n . this week.
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i Cotton Quotas Aid
In Better Farming
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Cotton marketing quotas, on which
fanners will vote December 9, are an
Important factor In bringing about
hotter fa i' in In K methods In South Cari>1
ilia, county agent W C McCarley
believes.
i "With the assurances given by
marketing quotas that the price of
hi-. chief cash crop will not be ruin)M|
|?y excessive planting by othoi
giow? i s. the Individual cotton farmor
can adjust his plantings of soil-depleting
crops in line with duinund
and carryover, and plant more soilbuilding
crops, and grow more food
und feed crops", McCarley says.
"The record of .southern farmers
under the Agricultural Conservation
Program bears this out", the county
agent asserts. "In cotton-growing
areas tho land, labor, tools, and cash
that formerly went into the production
of surplus cotton, wheat, peanuts,
tobacco, and rice have been
turned to improving soil fertility,
and. on farmB where needed, to the
production of food and feeds for home
consumption.
McCarley explains that the Agricultural
Conservation Program encourages
practices contributing to the
production of food and feed. He
points out that establishments of a
pasture 1b a soll-bulldlng practice,
and that pastures w,ill furnish feed to
help produce an adequate supply of
milk, butter, and meat for the home;
he also explained that legumes planted
to Improve tho soil furnish feed
for farm livestock.
"Another advantago of these better
farming practices Is shown In the
increasing yields of cotton", ho declares.
"The national average yield
of cotton per acre for the ten-year
period prior to 1932 was 170 pounds.
In the 1933-38 period It was 212
pounds, an average Increase over the
entire belt of 42 pounds to the acre,
or twenty-live per cent."
French aviators shot down 11 German
planes In three days last week.
At least 84 persons In 25 states met
death In accidents last Thursday as
the nation celebrated the first of her
two Thanksgivings.
Yeggmen cracked three safes In
places of business at Concord, N. C.,
Friday night and got away with a total
of about $1,600, One filling station
was robbed of $8;>0.
American farmers received an estimated
cash income of $6,335,000,000
from marketings and government subsidies
during the first ten months of
this year. '
Coal mnie owners near KirkBville,
Mo., have offered to turn over their
mines to CIO unions to be operated
by them, to prove whether or not the
mines can be profitably operated at
the wage scale of $5 for seven hours
of work, demanded bv the union.
Willlard Shockley. 23. escaped convict.
for whom a "kill on sight" order
had been issued, was shot to death
in a gun battle with two officers, a
sheriff and deputy, at Sha wnecstown. |
Illinois
Convicts at Central prison in Raleigh.
N C are lucky. They'll get
turkey Thanksgiving Their fellow
prisoners serving in prison camps
will have i., i- content with pork
chops.
News of Interest In
; And Near Bethune
' Bothune. Nov 29-- t'nlon 1 hanksI
giving services were held In the Presbyterian
church Thursday morning
at 7:30, sponsored hy the Pioneers
with Miss Blanche Edna Brannou
I presiding. Despite the early hour, a
Koodly crowd wus present. Each, person
hrotight, provisions and representatives
of the different churches (Us
trlhuted them where needed
I lie executive board of the Woman s
Auxiliary of the ITesbyterian church
met with Mrs. F N. Morse. Tuesday
afternoon, with the president, Mrs. 11.
E. McCaskill. in charge. At the conclusion
or the meeting a sweet course
with coffee was served.
The llethune Chapter U. L). C. held
Its regular monthly meeting Monday
afternoon In the home of Mrs. D. M.
Mays. The usual ritualistic opening
was used by the president. Mrs.
Maya gavo a report of tho atiito mooting
held lu Columbia, to which she
was a delegate. -Miss Cella King
made a very Interesting report or
the general convention that convened
In Charleston recently. During the
social hour sandwiches and hot tea
were served by tho hostess.
N. E. Truesdale, of Decatur, Ua.,
spent tho week-end with his family
^Lester King spent Thursday andc
Friday of last week In Walterboro
with friends.
The following teachers are at Winthrop
College this week and seniors
of that school are exchanging work
as follows: First grade,. Miss Lois
Braulett with Miss Virginia Holloway
of Greenville; Second grade, Miss
Velnia Cprbett, with Miss Louise
Coward, I>ak? City; third grade, Miss
Stella Bethune with Mlas Carolyn
Severance, Tlmmonsville; J0"1!1*1
grade, Miss Ann Redmon with Miss
Mildred Laurence, Effinghum; nitn
grade, Miss Helen Snell with Miss Alva
McLellau of Hamer; 8lxtt* and
seventh grades. Miss Eula Caston
with Miss Mary Folk, Denmark; music
Miss Elizabeth Beach with Miss
Mildred McKelthan. Florence; high
school. Miss Emily McEachern with
Miss Ruth Dixon, Ridge way
Superintendent W. M. Walk on was
called to the bedside of his father,
who underwent a major operation in
the Columbia hospital. Tuesday.
Mrs A B. Mcl^aurjn had as her
guests during the Thanksgiving season.
Miss Kay gently of Columbia
College, MUlP Lorena McDonald, who
has just 'completed a three-months
course at State Appalachian College,
Boone, N. C.; and Bethune McLaurln
o? Clemson. , m
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fields of Charlotte
were week-end guests In the
home of E. L. Fields. ? .
Mvrtls Mungo and Alvin Kelt},
students ot T. I. I.. Spartanburg,
spent the Thanksgiving holidays with
their parents here.
Miss Jerry Davis returned to Columbia
College Monday after spending
the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. Clara Davis. *
Mr. and Mrs. Mark King and family
and Miss Ixtis Hooker or Neeses,
were visitors here Thursday.
Mrs Ixmise Etheredge of Columbia
and Miss Hetty Hough of Darlington
were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
D. M. Mays.
Mr and Mrs. Alvin Clyburn, or Alcolu.
speiit Sunday with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clyburn.
Mr and Mrs. Lamar Jerman, of
Virginia spent Thanksgiving with
Rev. and Mrs. W. V. Jerman.
Miss Mary King, who teaches at
Ninetv-Slx. spent the holidays with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
K'.Misses Sara and Elsie Mae Hammand.
teachers in the Lodge and Kelton
schools, respectively. were at
home for the holidays.
Miss Mary Alice Helms of the
Monoure. N. C., school facu t\ an j
Miss, Kate Helms and roommate. Miss
Madeline Parks of Flora McDonald.
Red Springs. N C.. observed this
Week as Thanksgiving and spent the
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. M. *.
Helms.
Baptists Lead
Student Body
Columbia. Nov. 29,-Baptists lead
all other denominations in number of
students enrolled at tho I niversity
of South Carolina in the first semester
of the current year. John A. Chase,
Jr. dean of administration, announced]
|11 only fifty-eight of the 1.946 students
who registered for the first semester
expressed no religious pref
t>i enee Dean Chase revealed
Methodists followed Baptists closelv
in the denominational list with
4<m students. Next in line were
Presbyterians with 31o students and
episcopalians with 242.
Other denominations claimed students
as follows. Lutheran. 120.
Catholic. 6T>. Hebrew. 64. Associate
Reformed Presbyterian. 21; Christian
Science, six; Christian, five; Greek
Orthodox, four; Congregational, two;
Holiness. two; Protestant. two;
Church of Christ, one; English, one.
Morman. one; Russian Orthodox, one
U. S. Probe of Santee
ProjectUrged byMay
Washington, D. C.,Nov. 21.?A congressional
Investigation of the Bantee
Cooper power and navigation project
was proposed today by Representative
Andrew J. May of Kentucky,
chairman of the House military
affairs committee, hard on the heals
of the launching, of the project yesterday.
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In urging a congressional lnveatiga-.
tlon, Representative May declared
that the dam probably would cost
110,000,000 more than the originally
estimated $40,000,000; that the dam
and the reservoir would "flood the
finest stand of hardwood timber on
the eastern seaboard," and would
remove 250 Bquare miles of South
Carolina land from the public tax
rolls. I
Mr. May, whose committee handles
legislation affecting the Tennes-|
see Valley Authority, raked fore and
aft the speech delivered by Federal
Works Administrator John M. Carmody
to "read the first law ever written:
'Thou shalt not steal' and 'thou
shalt not covet they neighbor's house
* * nor anything that is thy neigh--:
bors'." i
Characterizing the Santee-Cooper
project as "this fantastic power
scheme". Representative May, in
whose district many coal mines are
located, asserted that Mr. Carmody
"strangely omitted" from the list of,
opponents to the project, "the millions
of American coal miners and ,
other workers now dependent upon
a dwindling and stranded coal and .
railroad Industry for their bread." I
In the scathing attack upon the en-.,
tire project, Representative May fur- ,
ther declared: |
"The project was launched in the
days when Harold Ickes could spend
money like a drunken sailor on all (
the olds cats-and-dogs that private'
enterprise had rejected years ago.1
Congress never knew about it for a'
couple of years after 'Honest Harold' j
had donated the O. P. M. (other peo- ,
pie's money) to start 'it. It is time ,
for a searching congressional inves-1
tigation of the entire project as well
as the proceedings by which it hapfj*.
pened ever to get started. ,
"This Santee-Cooper project will ,
have an installed capacity of 132,- j
000 kilowatts. It will cost, PWA wistfully
hopes, $40,OOO.OOQ ? actually
nearer $.">0,000,000 or more. For $10,000,000
the finest and most efficient <
steam plant in the country producing
electricity at eight tenths of a pound
of coal per killowatt hour could have
been constructed. Such a steam
plant would not drown out and" remove
from the tax rolls 250 square j
miles of South Carolina lands, nor
subject the enterprise to the uncertainties
of drought and water supply.
"South Carolina already produces
and exports 25 per cent more power
than It consumes. The Santee project
would?if its proponents' claims
are accepted, produce 50 per cent as ,
much power as is now consumed in
the State, To be constructed where
there is now no scarcity but a surplus
of power in this $40,000,000 project
with the avowed purpose of competing
with and destroying millions
of dollars of investments of thrifty ,
American citizens and remove from
taxation other millions oT taxable
property.
"Mr. Carmody has most likely made
a valuable contribution to the public
welfare by coming out in the open lnadvance
of the next session of Con- .j
gresR and frankly exposing his pent
up hatred and enmity toward our
system of private enterprise. He not
only exhibits a ruthless and brutal
attitudo toward private investments
but he actually issues a ringing call
to the people of South Carolina to
join with the Federal government in
a primitive campaign against those
whom he compels to become competitors
of both Federal and State government.
"He has found that^the American
people are whole-heartedly and almost
unanimous for our program of
national defense and like Esau he
climbs on that horse and rides it to
promote the Federal power program
It is fortunate that the Congress has
learned not Indirectly but firsthand
from the Public Works Administrator
himself what is to be his desirac-'1
tive policy before more taxpayers'
money is handed over to him.
N. C. Executes
Negro Murderer
Ralelgb, N. C., Nov. 24.?Ray m and
Williams, 23-year-old negro, paid with
his life today for a murder commit
ted axactly one year ago.
The Sampson county youth, whose
alleged confession saved the life of
his brother, entered the lethal gas
chamber at 10 o'clock this morning.
He was pronounced dead after he had
inhaled the fumes for 16 minutes.
Williams, his brother, Henry, and
their brother-in-law, Lee Simpson,
were convicted of slaying Nathan
Reif, described in court records as a
Jewish peddler. The brothers were
sentenced to death, and Simpson was
sentenced to thirty years in prison.
Raymond Williams, took "full responsibility
for the slaying," in a recent
confession, Governor Hoey said
Consequently, the governor commuted
Henry Williams' sentence to life imprisonment.
The condemned man said goodbye
to his brother this morning as be
passed his cell while making the last
mile to the death chamber.
The Rev. L. A. Watts, prison chaplain,
said the youth admits and assumes
full responsibility for the crime
which was committed.
Five U. S. army bomber planes are
in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, to participate
In Brazil's 50th anniversary as a republic
celebration.
Former Kaiser Wilhelm, a resident
of Doom, Holland since the World
war, is now said to be negotiating for
a residence in Spain.
1940 CHRISTMAS SMICS CLUB
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T o d a y we are mailing out checks to our many
Christmas Club members in settlement of their Christmas
Club funds. We congratulate them for their foresight
and thrift in putting aside funds for a time when money
is so much needed, and hope they and many more will
join our 1940 Christmas Club which begins December 4,
1 1939,
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subscriber's names from our mailing
list all through the lean years,
but now that times are better, how
about sanding in tha cash, chack
or post office money order and
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