The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 05, 1942, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
Town And City
Fathers Awake
Special l<> The Chronicle
(Hy I tonOf Mabsonl
Subsoil I'ark, Max*., .1 iiin* .rv
While we aire reaJliiK and hramiK
a &ren( deal today about our Inderal
Income laxi'H, we inu*t nolTbsft '
slahl ol our state and local lax miiiiI
ions, This Is now of vital important e
to every property bolder and *vcit
lo I bono who rent bouse* or other
types <if city, suburban, and country
pi operty.
Oeclininu Revenue*
States, counties, cities, and towns
will be surprised at the way their
Income Is koIiik to melt away. With
nation-wide gas ratlonjng thin summer,
gasoline iuxch will surely docllno.
ThlH mIho applies to automobile
registrations. garage licenses, building
permits, and other sources of lo(nl
Income. L'oinmunlt les which have
a large number of automobile owners
In relation to their population will
be particularly bard hit. With the!
curb on driving, there will naturally
be fewer violations of speeding, park- 1
lug, and other motor laws. Hence, In- 1
cornea from police and court f'nea (
will be reduced. 1
While many cltlea and towns have '
enjoyed u boom in residential build- '
lug during recent years, this type of '
construction la now at a standstill. '
With little new taxlble properties go- (
ing on the assessor's books In months '
to come, additional revenue from new
building is automatically pegged. As- I
sessors will be tempted to search their (
'records carefully and revalue many I
existing properties. They may urge 1
that existing homes now have a prem- <
lum value, that the demand for both t
recently-constructed as well as for I
older homes may Increase. Hence, i
they may feel Justified in valuing them 1
higher for tax purposes. This Is n con- i
tlngeney which property owners and 1
renters must guard against. If land- I
lords find their valuations, and sub- i
sequently their local taxes, rising, 1
they are going to push rents np I
whereever possible.
Expenses Must Be Cut
Taxpayers should make certain that
local expenses of all kinds are Immediately
reduced and thus avoid bo- '
Ing saddled with unnecessarily In- 1
creased taxes. The situation In not t
something that renders need writtf <
their congressmen about. Further- '
more, you cannot blame it onto the i
]'resident! This is one Instance where ;
no voter can fnirly pass the buck.
Only your personal Intervention will
protect your interests. Any municipal
expenses not essential to the protection
of life and property should
t)e eliminated. Fire protection and
>ther utility services must, of course,
ipe maintained, but the expense of
io-called planning boards and many
pther peacetime local frills can be
:ut out.
The bars should also go down on
public work construction. Much work
pf this nature has, in the past, been
partially paid for through state aid
n one form or another. Now, howpver,
states, as well as counties, will
pe unable to aid cities and towns
n the rebuilding and maintenance
oads or In the construction of new
lighways. Local taxpayers should In*
list that only the barest maintenance
tpo provided for. Otherwise,'as a matter
of local pride, and in some instances
to maintain employment, local
governing authorities may attempt
to continue all civic departments
and employees, passing the
load on In the form of higher taxes.
Time To Get Tough
Today is no time for local extraragence
In any way, shape, or form.
During recent years municipalities on
he whole have done a good Job in
lilting down their debt obligations.
This has done much to offset the
Ise In national debt. Local officials
ire to be commended for their efforts.
in this direction. Now however, treasurers,
auditors, and other city fathers
should sharpen their pencils and seo
what further economies can be made.
Such savings may make It unnecessary
to borrow In anticipation of tax
receipts. Thus, some interest charges
may be avoided.
People should realize that their local
tax bill does not cover simply the
cost of running their own city or
town. State and county assessments
are usually Included. Thus, the whole
political structure becomes unsound
unless taxpayers get tough and fight
rising tax tendencies. While municipally
employed workers may find the
going a bit hard, yet today they stand
little jL'hajice of having wages and
salaries increased. Employees who
wish to leave-fctf-higher-wagoe , iiajd
in armament plants should be allowed,
to* gt> 'Jind their places not filled.Much
can be accomplished by doubling
up Jobs and consolidating departments.
Much money can alwayp be
saved through watching municipal
purchases.The only new employee I
would advocate any town or city hiring
would be a fearless purchasing
agent!
Freezing Local Taxes
Rationing and freezing are now
familiar terms iy, our public speech.
They may not be popular terms but "
the regulations they describe are accomplishing
much. No attempt has
yet been made, however, to either
freeze or ration taxes! Stopping the
upward climb of federal taxes is
largely out of question for the duration
of the war. Wartime needs are
so vital that there can be little argument
over Federal assessments.
With municipal taxes, however, the
situation is entirely different. Here
we are concerned with something
over which we nil can have seme
direct control. Just as most of us
are now obliged to watch household
expenses, so we can also watch our
town and city expenses. It is vitally
important that you let your City Fathers
hear from you on the matter
of a ceiling, for local assessments and
taxes. If th?y don't hear from you,
you cannot blaTTro-. them if your local
tax-bill or rent is higher next year.
Yet, these h 1 tther^taxgflflgty rents vfritff,;
nor* be necessary 1 f~Txpj
Old Time Stars Are
On Softball Field i
(Continued from first page)
for the aviation mechanics in the second.
Despite the fact that Joe is now
a family man with a sweet wife and
two of the cutest little kids, he was
there with the old skill and "ability
3hat made him famous back in 1939
and 1940.
Well, to get into the business of
softball. The Kendalls, a real dangerous
outfit, went places in their assault
upon the Home Guards, burying
the boys of the grey clad legion
under a 26 to 4 count. There might
have been more runs than that, but
the scorer did his best in watching
the parade across the pan.
The Kendalls, with their batting
eyes and defensive attack primed
after weeks of playing caught the
disorganized military unit flat-footed
and the blitz that resulted was terrific-.
Commander Harrison of the
Guards could not stem the retreat,
but he promises to execute a flank
movement with aerial bombardment
next time. The Kendalls made 26 runs,
21 hits and booted the ball three times
while the Home Guard gathered 4
runs, made five hits off the one-armed
wonder, Artie Anderson and booted
the pill 8 times. Truesdale, Khame,
Harrison and Lynch did the battery
work for the Guards while Robinson
with Rruco backstopping went the
distance for the Millers.
In the high school, Mechanics game,
;the former won by a score of 12 to 2.
, The mechanics, many of them play,
ing the game after years of absence
from a diamond, did not get going,
but gave promise of being able to get
into form and make a good showing
: later.
Allies In The Desert
SOMEWHERE IN LYBIA Polish soldiers read a copy of their daily paper "Ku WolneJ PQisce"?
'Towards Free Poland." This paper is written and edited by members of the Polish Carpathian
Brigade When the Brigade's supply of paper ran low some months ago. they attacked the Italian*
and captured more. The Polish Brigade, many of whose members come from the oool forests of the
Carpatnians. have distinguished themselves in desert fighting. They took part in the defense of Tobruk
and the battle of ilalfaya Pass, and many of their officers and men have been decorated for bravery.
*
WHEN A COW GIVES
15,000 QUARTS A YEAR...
You Don't Ship Her Off To Marketl
That's championship production! And
speaking of champions, it's important
to remember that the beer industry haa
broken all records in its tax contributions
to the South Carolina Treasury
since 1933.
Just look at the figures! While other
sources of revenue fluctuated* ? here
is how beer tax income has increased:
1933 $150,220
1934 270,294
1935 350,000
1936 569,164
1937 620,673
1938 622,146
1939 832.857
1940 1,125,800
1941 1,668,000
r. I AJ
The brewing industry wants to preserve
the important benefits of legal beer for
South Carolina, and is co-operating to
keep the sale of beer as wholesome as
beer itself.
YOU CAN HELP BY patronizing only
legally licensed and reputable places
selling beer?by far the great majority.
Others should be reported to responsible
authorities.
* Soulh Carolina*s Tax Commission
expects receipts from soft drink and
gasoline taxes to drop more than
$1,800,000 in 19421
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SOUTH CAROLINA
BEER WHOLESALERS
ASSOCIATION
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War Needs
Washington, Juno 1 - It Is a little
easier t<> understand the need of conservation
"I essential tnateiials when
wo see just what it takes to prosecute
a war. A battleship, for Instance,
takes on at a single loading 840,000
gallons of fuel oil?enough to heat ft
home for 350 years. A tour-motored
bomber Hying from London to Berlin
and bftok?about 1.200 miles?uses 4,560
gallons of gasoline, which is
enough t? drive an automobile 75,000
miles; and it requires 50 gallons, of
gas to warm up a big bomber for the
take-oft. Enough rubber Is used in a
battleship to make tires for 3,000 cars
and the blue print paper for the working
plans of a battleships weighs 15
tons.
Thtat pound of sugar you have
given ui> will make smokeless powder
for 47 more rifle cartridges; and
the metal, tools, and labor which
might have been used to make you
a new typewriter will turn out a Clara
nd ritle.
There's enough steel In one new
automobile to make 26 heavy machine
guns, and a single tank of mediumsize
requires as much tin as it takes
to pack 10,000 cans of food.
There is enough shellac in six phonograph
records to waterproof the
primer cups of 100,000 rounds of .30,
calibre ammunition; and It takes as |
much steel to make the tail assem-1
bly of one 2,000-pound bomb as it
takes to make 12,000 razor blades.
Enough cloth to make cuffs for 21
pairs of trousers will also make a
soldier's uniform.
Best Paid
Australia has the best paid privates
in the world's armies. However, the
legislation to raise the pay of United
States service men, now under consideration,
would place .American
men in the top brackets. A comparison
of the pay of privatesJn variotis
'armies follows: Australia'; $62.10;
Canada. $35; Great Britain, $12.20;
Russia, $4; Germany, $21.60; Italy,
$1.61; Turkey, 40 cents with pay
doubled every six months; China, 28
cents; Japan, 30 cents; Brazil, $2.80;
Mexico, $12.40; Chile, $21.25.
Assay Laboratory
The South Carolina Defense Council
has organized a laboratory at
Blacksburg to work on iron, tin and
manganese deposits in South Carolina.
The first operation will be an
assay of the general nature of the
deposits to determine their special
values.
Automobiles and Tires
Gasoline rationing has disrupted
the transportation habits of Eastern
motorists and soon may reach over
the nation. The office of emergency
management says that 20.000.000 cars
may be forced off the highways within
another 12 or 15 months.
The war production board announces
these findings: We cannot
spare any rubber to make new tires
for ordinary passenger 2
tires we do have must b |ZS
tloned to essential uses. AU?3
thetic rubher wo get must
wur effort. Thy most omuJ
tt mates for this year and
no rubber for anything ^ ^
essential uses.
Actually, the W1MI tl.B
shortage la far worse Uuuj J
pie seem to realize. The ftl!^
irols 90 per cent of tin, WgJS
bor-produclng areas, .n>q e?Jt|
of our atoclc pile Ih needed dual
ly for the armed forces,
la making every effort to exmJ
production of .synthetic rubkj
all the Information we hav^B
that every pound ot synthetic 1
which this country will be pro9
at forced draught hvtwesa ?9
the end of 194H nm
direct and Indirect military
An early drive to rwclalm jS
quantities ot scrup rubber i, 3
promised by the War
Hoard. Commerce Soeretar^
has estimated that 9u0,000 to 3
000 tons 'Of scrap rubber
found available.
W. A. A. C.
Although only about 450 csi|B
for officer training are to be
for the ilrst Women's Army as9
officer school, which opens aboti^^H
16 at Fort Des Moines, thoutnjl
women over the nation bave^^H
for service. It will be three gj
before the general recruiting
vates" opens.
Medal* I
Relatively speaking, only |fl
medals have been given In
Only about 625 decorations lunfl
bestowed on soldierB, sailors tiiH
rines for gallantry In action
tlngulshed service since Japun
tack on Pearl Harbor. In
89n, during the first World WirS
ly 70,000 medals were awarded.?
Medal of Honor, highest deconjfl
conferred by the United StaU^fl
been given 18 times in t]dij9
whereas it. was awarded to nfl
who served In the first world ttfl
This decoration is bestowed isfl
name of Congress to the solijH
sailor who performs a deed ctfl
sonal bravery or sacrifice Is ?H
above and beyond the call ol duty!
Washington ]b
The population of the nation's
ital?has 'Increased
April 1, 1940, to more than 7N|^H
Take Care Of Rubber I
Advises Home Affl
(Continued from first ptft)
utes. Be very careful of the nl^H
while it has the fluid on it, tail
it is weaker and tears nidre ?|
Carbon tetrechlorlde is recommei^H
as an efficient fluid?and it is m|
flamable. If you use any other!
cleaning fluid, be sure it evapon^H
quickly and leaves no deposit
evaporates. Never use gasoltwl
tor fuel.
"Store rubber in a cool, darkjk^H
If the 8pot in .which yon store!
not dark, wrap the rubber In!
paper or put it in a covered)^
Try to store the article In as
a position as possible. If
fold it, dust the surfaces that^l
in contact with each other witi^H
cum powder or cornstarch."
For You To Feel Well
24 houri every day. 7 day? every
wwk, never stopping, tne kidnaya filter
waste matter frorti the blood.
If mora paople were aware of how the
kidneys muat conatantly remove surplus
fluid, excess acids and other waste
i matter that cannot atav in the blood
without injury to healtn. there would
, be better understanding of why the
whole system ia upset when kidneys fail
to function properly.
Burning, aeanty or too frequent urination
sometime* warna that something
is wrong. You may suffer nagging backache,
headache*, diamine**, rheumatic
pains, getting up at night*, ashling.
Whv not try Doom's Ptils? You will
1 be using a medicine recommended the
country over. Doom's stimulate the function
of th? kidneys and help them to
fluah out poisonous wast* from the
blood. They contain nothing harmful.
Get Doom's today. Us* with conftd?on.
At all drag stoma.
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