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Seaboard Official Many Seeking Data About Camden ^ To B« At Co«rt ll•At4P. M.-^Boolu litfonmont Op«i B«t f EtfolHnf ■ > Kershaw county po- ampaign will get tm- rty next Wednes^ oon, June 16, when the ;ainp»ign meeting wfll id in the court lidne i 4 o’clock. AH of the] [ties for county offloeil neeted to be preaettf •peak. I riBt th«. CtmdeB iBMCliic ill pot be anj^more meet« 11 Joly 12 when t oiMtt btid at Bethane, blloarelf oo July IS At 19 «. Ml, ;»h: KerahtwW^ U , and WeatTUlerJUf-gl at Hen tbere la Muotkmr next meeting will be at a Anfost 2 at SO a. flk. ftd. r oae at Pine Orwre aehool, ) day at 4 p. oL Os Am idMataa apeak at^g^Mk a aad the closfi^ iMad It Hennitage MOI Asgiatl I p. at oka 0/ earoUmeot art sow I in tbe City of Oamdioa ' be found at tha foBovlag 9at No. 1, sdilali Warda 1 afidg.^«llMd- eat No. 2, ladiloh aa^' Ward t, at City Dn^ V- act Ne I. whieh aiw Ward A at City OfWf Xf. Ht NOb 4, wumi tw^ Warda « eml % a9 t 9W^ A G^MIpMIgo ARt in tke city ly Udit tksa far bat t that thla hm ly people haTt sot booka are. wn and inty.... b. ft. Bessy, . oesHserelat el the ftaaboardl Air Lise ho waa In Camden eaya that ha la bm IW i®aw® «®i^®®®%® a®w w®* fereaatlan ahaat Casidae. Tha anneanaamdst af tha aamisf al tha Da hast Cpee' paay and el aaverat atW as* terpiriaee ta thla alty had aiMfoad masy haaisaaa oanoersa ta tam ttiair ayaa thla way, ha afM Mr. Dassy araa is McKsiii Chosm As Commumiier Fw Four Years Need Neie Itm In Local Ui^ Nudeinl Qaards x., Two-Vote Margin Giaaii To Him In Tneadny EUction Solwoa Quoalkm Of Long Miss Emily Veteran Retires Jdty First Joe E. McKain won the foar-year term aa City Cdm-j^ea of the rhen he Hifli By Sopt At Gmdnating Of Grammar At the gr^ual d Her charda erciaea Cftpt. B. £« David of Bat- siry B, 718th AAA annonncegl that he la very anxioaa to re cruit the battery uitit np to its full strengu before it goea to the annual e^amp- ment which la to be nhlwat Can^ Stewait, Ga., 4- 18. The battery now haa 68 enliated men and officers but this is not its full strength and it is hopftti to enlarge the unit before encampment time. Oaftals IMfld fointa eat thatj a dneamLfBMBt wfll be a combina* tloo tralaing and racation affair, ^th the foramr la ehargo of rega- per araur ladtraoton from the AatL Aircraft School at Port Bllsa Toa* [eg and the ArUUmry School at Port Sin, OklakoBU. He omphatlMa that the aailAtreraft ttaiwlaa will bei «f tbo Tory Utddl techakao. Tho opBuaaaeiag otOoera of the) •aeampBient haye made It lOiows jhat there will be a oonToy to iSaVasaab Beach erery oTeniag ofl tttissioner Tuesday w led A. Sam Ksr<^ by two votes in the general election, ithns eliminattog the neees- ditional legisla- next session of the Assembly. A total of 7S Totee wae cMt In the general electloiL and Mr. Mo- Heln got T8 while Mr. Kareah got 71. The twp men got the same asm* her of votes in Wards 1, 2, f, 4 and I. In Ward 6 two people.voted for McKain and VUlepigue. giving Me* ^in II, Karesh 11 and.,Vll)eflgue Tbe vote by wards follows; Ward One: Savage 6. McKain f, Kareah 6. Ward Two: Savage 9, McKain 9, Kareeh 9. ' Ward Three: Savage 17, McKain 17, Kareah 17. Ward Poor: Savage 19, McKain 18, Karesh 18. Ward Plve: Savage 10, McKain 10, Karesh 10. Ward Six; Savage IS, McKain 18, Kareah 11, VUleplgne 8. Under the terms of the act crest* lag the city, manager-commiaeiGn form of gove^menL K was pro vided that at the first election tho candidate for city comalsaioacr re* ceivlng the hli^eet vote la tha gen eral election would sorvo font years land the one receiving next hlgheet two years. ClMly It waa the intent of the delegatioa that the man reeetvtng tho higheit vote fis tha prhaary. should have he four*year term Mr. McKain beat Mr. Karesh by one vote la the primary. The thought srus expreaed that fa the general election both men would reoolvo the tame vota and that additional ieglihitloa would ha nacoseary to declare Mr. MhKahi the long-term nominee but this was obvtoted. It la thought (hat tiie tiro votes 'agalaet Mr. Kareah were matuly esst to dad a way Sar oarrr> tag out tha toiauttehi 'er th* 4PL. exer- Gram- mar School held I® Wed nesday morning, ISnsrinten- dent J. G. Richh^pL of the city school systeiy^^ paid-at fitting tribute to IQIb Emily Zemp, who will ffitire on July 1 after fi2 $ar8 ofKpd teachmg. A native nf Cam den, Miss Zemp been one of the city’s mo® belov ed teachers. A graduate of Wiai where she received an •he tsmght in school in Orangoburg ing three years of ing St Wlnthrop. Then for one year at AsbevlUa lowhig three years at She iaangurated her College degree, Grove follow' e teach- taught C .,fol Qraanville. Ufteh Will Almost Double Capacity Construction Work On Addition To HefMitage Mill Is Moving Ahead Construction work on an addition to the Hermitage Cotton Mill which, when completed, will practically double the capacity of the mill and give employment to 226 more people, is progressing nicely. The foundation has been laid and brick masons are now laying brick on the first story of the three-story addition. . When the building la competed the mill plans to install SOO more and went broke. . ______ I® 1*®^ ti was reopened as the ■nin, I Hermituge Mill wlth H. Q. Carrlson, looiBs-«ttdrl«,m additional- ^ presldenL und h • Huad<|iMurtete k H Constmetloa Ck)m- Boved its haedqnurteni to street. 4 Statu Farm group of Kershaw coun- irsl workers visitAd tea s oesr Boykin on Wad- Local xtlon WACA Is sahklug for sunouncers and aPta lio would like anandittoh the Western Auto Stora le 11 St 8 a. m. yon Improulf Ryss, well ksowm Cam!- trslner, who was injured eks ago in a fall, H im- his home In Unlimvilla, hng to loformatkm ra>| Harry D. Kirkorar bury Muutiag > r of Camden Hotarlaaa. Retiring Preaidant My- and President-elect W. Ir., of Camden Rotary led the district Rotary Itt Columbia Wednesday sy. of'tea aktant raaraattoual feature of tea pco* gram. Next‘^Tuesday evening. June IS, tha weekly drill of the Battery will feature the presence of medleal of- fleere, who will be prepared to ex amine all applicants. All men who are lutereated in Joining can be ex amined and sworn In^thht evening. Captain David Is asking tent the emidoyera. of the members of tbe nnlt i^e the men erery oonaldera' tlon In Insarhag their nttendence at tee enenmpment Many employ ers throughoat the nation art majk- tng a coatrlbutioa to national de fense by permitting tbelr empoyee to attend encampments. is a palrloUc acUvlty," said Captain David. ‘Hind It. Is also 1* line wUk the nation’s national de fense objectives. I am hopafnl that t^ Battary nnlt will go to the en- Oampment with a (uU quote of M enlleted men and four t^cars.’* ,r v-'-v- ling in the Camden city adumlg: in 1908 and continued to 1999 wfien she {opened a private sehooL ibe return ed to the publio eohoole te 1919 as a first grade teacher andf has con tinued* as such up to the present tlmA competing 81 years of ser* vice In the Camden city achools, 49 yuan of teachieg, which with three years of practice teadilng at Wln- iterop CoUege given her tee astound ing total xA S8 yean aa a teacher. Miss Zemp was tended by Supt Richards for her onteteadiu career at the exercises held Wudaesday Imoming and whi^ attiUcted a oapacity crowd to tha aaKUorlum. Mr. Richards, on behalf of the tao- nlty of the graauqgr atepol pre sented Mlsa Zemp with a beautiful {etmilng allVer pin an n taitliDQnInl of the affection and enteem in which she is bald by aU. The gradaation cereuMMIee Wed- needay morning were pruaented be fore a capacity cfoefft ag the andl- terlam. Hmtu weiu 99 gradaatee and tee exercteee war* wen eon* dueted and aMved 4^ preeWoiL pioilowiag tee proeeilbiual urto the seats OB tee etegu Om satire Peae Joined in the siagtag ® PeMhovea'ii l%<uilU(i Hymn”, af®r wbMh tha dies. Thiwwili bring the total num ber of looms In the mill up to 780 the tptal number of spindles up to 38,000^Jt will increase the numt^r of '^emj^yeea to over SOO. The addlUun to the mill ii 100 feet wide by 200 feet In depth and will be three stories high. Of ficials of tbe mill stated that it would probably requite a year to compete tbe work and It Is prob lematical as to how soon the ma chinery can be secured. What is now tbe Hermitage Cot ton Mill waa built in 1891 and waa known at that time as the Kershaw County Manufacturing Company. As happened vo so many mills built in those days, this nHu failed to be a BUCcMkfnl business venture Urgent Need For R^rve Officers To l^ter Service Supply Company Opens Next Month The Camden .Bnilders Supply Company, of which A. W. Hagine, of LaaoMter. and R. B. Perry, of Kershaw, will be the owners, wUl begin work at once on the construe tkm of severul warehoquee and an office huOdiag <m property which has been purchased Ity the com pany on Whet DeKelb street The company hopes to be sMe to open for buelaeeB about the middle of July. Mr. Perry, who hea been con- neetod with the Kershaw Lumber Company for the pest II years and who haa been very active ta an phssee of commanity life la Ker- teaw, wlU move to Camden and actively aMaege the new baPaeas. Mr. Hagins is prePdent of the PoctsrdMk liumher Compaity; of. Laaeaster. and one of that town's lending bosineee men. He is a mem- her of tee Laacaater City Connell Three tbooiand, r Amy knl Estate Flm odile and F. N. Mo- ounce the orgunisstlon of Ooodale and Mc- I offices to be located Ooodale Jewelry stora deal in real estate und later plans to ddd Wee pr Dkte Wma * Tume^Md bis son, to Camdsa Wsd* expecting to hear Kte for the United ♦«Pesk. They had all* in The Chronlole Jtlng that the aMe6 July 9. -Tfte it is that 1 ahow- • to another man and J»t U was Jinw ft,** ^^^rene ;wton who has of the 1^*“*** lo eooept a Uurena City will teach ' Pgebra aad ednemUoB, ^ been with gooto for four years ^Ume has tatro- •ducatlon la Mss pst el three bnadred and sixty Ariny Reserve Officers from all branchea of the service are needed to enter on extended active duty prior to Jane 89,1948, accord ing to information sent to The Camden Chnnucle Thareday meum- ing from tee flouth Carolina icof- tary District at Columbia. This figure Is set as a requlro* mant In view of an anticipated ex- pansloB program and to steft. and adminletar thoee units hire ta the United States pnd abroad whkdi are operating today under a severe handicap due to the lack of ado- quato naashore of oCfloora who are needed to hrtag lUl.tyvoa of.014 ganlsaUotts np to strength- It Is stated that te view of the Jaao 89 deedllne, and tauntewst ehaagos to exlstety lugMatioM, an raqaests f6r oartthded aetlvo duty will bo prooioeod throngh tho South Caroltaa MtUtary heudquartera dta* triet headquaitera dlroetty to tho adjutant genmal, WhahtagU^ All eatrloe of poratmael. both Tbe new company will carry complete building eervlco, accord ing to Mr. Hagins and Mr. Perry, taeladlng bnUdete’ hardware, paints, electrical appliances And will have a complete cabinet sh0)>. *W# look upon Camden as one of tho coaring cities of the ctate,** said Mr. Ra^ns, ''and wo wfil be delighted to bo identified with Its growth.*^ Seqboard Ah* Liao offletala were hero Wodnasday making prepara tions for the bnlldtag .of a side- traek to tho new plant, which will he loeated near the Swift iwd Co plant tended (Mdfro daty are on n pnrely voinntafy ku*ta wid mwh ryyta muat.ho Mttated by tee tadlvMual Antlodi SASTIRN STAR MIimNO The Losllo Zemp chapter No. Ill, Order of the Baetem Star, wffl hold Ita rsfukr nkonthlr meeting on Sv^ hramA of the aervteo, and atr iiafea,, tro ropraoeated ta thl* atthoitatfSoa. to call Beuerve to data*^^ Amoug tecuo ru :Uil'-^bmphay grade ef .'lSi jjoBibat Arms. II M AOD gfUdA sgtle#_ ean [Opgyaay grads flaimee <rfftasrs #14 has been ope-! rating under the name of Hermit*! age every since. Other officers ln| 1908 were C. H. Yates, vice presl-i dent and secretary, and W. M. Shannon, attoiney. R. B. Pitta, Sr., who had been connected with cotton mills In Laurens, came to Camden in 1908 to become secretary-treasurer of the mill. In 1912 he became preal* -dent and remained in that position until 1946 when he retired. Present oflcers of the mill are C. H. Zemp, president; R. B. Pitts, Jr., rice president; L P. Pitts, treasurer, and W. B. ’ Pitts, secre tary. mill has provided, one of Camden’s biggest payrolls for many years. It makes gauss. SfHing Fdlks To Be Presriited On Friday Night EatMy Now Prifnai Hm Bourn Ammgmi TUo Yoor For RodftiOpoBMirod By CUk Farm and Home Market WiU Opmi Saturday . • Dfroetora Efoetod At A iioortMg Hftia Oft Umt Sotmrdfty tmd FUuu Aro Modo For Oyonlmg KMHIB In Gty Tax Levy Voted By Comni^ Change b IMo Ift Effort To Get Smfficiumt hicoRiO To Elimiaftlft <V«fttliiB At A Defieb In an effort to bring tho income of the city ftp to a point where there wilfbO no Annual operating deficit, tbo Camden City Council - Uasc day evening fixed the lovy for the fiscal year of 194S at 46 mills, an increase ot 10 mills over the past year. The action a as taken after May* t>r-Sllect Henry SavaKo Hinl Cflip tXiMioners-elect Joe K M( Kain aa4 ^m Karesh, who were 1 reRent by invitation, had been evkeU to kIvs tbslr views and they had express ed a hope that a levk i^flclent to keep the city from ousting nt a deficit would bs voted. The tax levy Is usually fixed la April but bad been delayed this year until after the election. Since a new adminwlration is to go Into ^office on August I the members of it wars Invited to mast with the outgoing council. The suggestion of tbe 45 mill levy was made by Mayor-elect Sav age, who stated that the city had apparently been operating on a deficit basis and teat this was not JttsUftabls ta nonnal tlmsa Mayor MeOorkie saggastsd that tee Increased inoome be raised by a $2 tax ou eaah Bgbt aad water aooounL bat whan shjsetlon was offered by Mr. Savage on tbs ground that this wsnld be anflalr, tbs Mayor suggpstsd teat ‘It be on an avwrags of IK TMs, It wag mU- mated, woaM prodaes around 118,- 000 additional rsvsuus sines there I approximatsly 1800 light and Asp uftcountx. The KMUlO levy will produce around |18,000, It is turn fsUowsd by tee address of Rev. O. Flsyd Moutgoasry. Then came thr slngtag of teu class song, "Where, O Where'’, which was foUowsd by the reading of tee namas of the studenta oa the honor roll, by Principal J. C. Walton. W. Robta Zemp. ohairmaB of the school board, than prsssntsd the medals after which the ssvsntli grads cboms sang "The Waits sf the Flswsrs’* by Tsriialkowsld ai To A Swan" Ity Saant Sasns. The award of csrtlflcatss was Buds by J. 6. Richards, Jr., aad foUowsl by the tarswMI as given by Oswgs Stuart Tite elaas than Joined ta tbs staging of the doxtdogy after which the resss- tMonal was glvsa. Graduates of the grammar aehool are: John WJUap Borrtal,. NsO Cobb, DoMtas Maroos Coauat, laa- lor Dtaktas, Louis liwu Blllott, Jlmmls Hall, Robert Hotlaai Bam* mond, Donnie Holland, John HsuSh, Jack Honssr, John Dnnbar Koms- gay, Thomas P. Morrsil, MoasalsM Mays, Jr., Milton McLeod Thomas (Please turn to pafS twslvs) The second snnusl *1Sprinf FolHes’* will be presentM by the Monarch School of Daace at the OasKleD Graamar School aadHorium on FMday evening, June 11 at 8:16 o’clock and Mrs. Lois Mon- sreh, Hie diretcor, snnou&ces that plana €er the eveat are aB nompXeta, The chudren have bean practic ing far assay aioates to sasoote but their rouUass aad those who saw tee first prsseatetloB of the Spring FoUiss last spring caa ba sesursd an svanlng of amassment at the progreda the ohOdrea have nsads sines tea first rs^taL Aa eatery Mm program has hssB anaaesd tor this rsaital with all aarw eostamss disslgnsd for this ar% rsaital hy oas of tbs ‘eoun- tnr'a Kershsw county Farm and Home Market will hold its formal opening Satnrdi^ morning in its nice new build ing next door to the county sgiienltursl building. At a mestiBS cf farmers and farm womsu, who are to he pat rons sf tea market, held laat Sat- afdar ta tea. agitaPltaral halldlns. Mn. WBl Buetbii; JWh Rahoa, Mrp. Jeftn Dteksos, W. H. Stastair had Mfu. Hath McCallum wars slsotsd dlrsotora Offissra wfli be elected aad far ther organisation pwfsctsd nt a masting te he held this Satarday following the opening. The market will open Saturday amlag at l:S0 o'chxte and will kavs <» sals sack farm produss as fresh vsgstablss, dressed ftysrs, batter and cream, fiowsra eggs, sic. Aboat 88 tarmers aad farm wom- ysar ta bslag I cuMiar latedky 4 sesnlu'f. JuBS IT nt the Masenta Ball A eovursd dtah wtn he MTvnd at T ». ta. Chiefs To Play Lake Gty Here Friday-Sktnrday Twe of the leading teasn te the Palmetto loop will bare a twoqpims clash In the Legion stsdhmi here Friday and Saturday when the Camden Chiefs battle the Lake City Truckers on Friday and Saturday nights. Tbs Saturday gams ta a playoff of the gams sebedlfind (or Friday, May M when rata halted proceedings jnat as the teaSM were taking the field tor action. These two gaams awy nmtsvtaOy decide the league lead at the end of four weeks of play. Reports are current that there win be new faces seen ta the Has- upg of both tsaata throngh rsptaes- meats to fm tty weak spots te tha bsttls Itaaa. The redtal this -jsnaorsd by tee Camdsa Lions Glnb aad th^ report a fins advanss salso f ttakstt. TIdteta may yet be obtatesd (mm nay msaibsr of tbs easL Mrs. Monarch or from any member of the Uses Club. The Lions ^rt> suonnittot la ehargn of the event ta compsusd of Joe KeUy, ^airman; Bates LdtOs- Joha and Fleyi Boykin. AB pn^ts from any Lloas Cfoh venture are pat tato a spsetal fnad wbtah ta spent for eharttabis pnrpoesn. The mate objective of Ltontam Is sight conssrvatkm and tee Uona Ctnb bat never tamed down any rsqnsst (or either sight sxamlnatSoa of sys- ftassss from any needy person. Students who will take part ta tee program uai ^ Frances Geraldine Rhame, Betsy Ttiompoon, Ana Rivers, Ross Mary Russell, Allan Brown. Donna Tmssdals, Jaaiy Guy, Mary Lou Rabon, Mary Lsitsr Clarka, Becky Pope, Kateeiine Rhame, Frances Watktas, Kay Rassell, Martha Ooodale, Mar/ Lindsay Guy, Qntay Whitaker, Roddy Whitaker, Patsy Jans Miras, Shirley Ogbnm, X Lafard Land, PhyUta Tmssdds. Also, Patricia KalghL Lola lan, Ctarolyn Darden, AUos DyaMMk, Betty Lsnsll-'BsndsrB, MtehaM She- hssn, Freddie Sheheen, Jnaa Lon iBwtag. Mary McLeod, Jndy Lyan }Kwtag. Mary Mao MltcheU, Martha Jane MHchelL Cathsrtas Rusa, Cbl- qalt Crilt, Nella Coward, — Hoffiaaa. arday at which the name and Rome Marker was dscMsd upon, ** 'The hnlMlBg whteh win honw the arnrhst was srsctsd by the eeuBty, the bmump Bavtag been ap- prsprtated by the tagtalattvs dsls- Rutned ltd AereeOf Cotton After Mesais. "Savage, MsKata and Karesh bad indicated their prntarsaos (or the 4Utaill IsVy, Ald erman P. R. Langston moved that the levy be fixed at 46 mllto. The motion was sesondsi by AMerman McKain and paaasd. la a sutemeat regarding tbs the nbfur aSmtatatratlon fav ored n ditaUl levy. Mayor-elect fiavage eaM : 'Ifrom such fnformathm aa we have been able ta get It aityenra that ta recent years the city has been operatlag on a detut bnsls. The deficit shown ta the last audit tor the (taeal yeur ending April 89. 1947, wss 9Mf8.47. I thteh It ta a reaseesbly safe sssumptfoo that the deficit since then was at least that large. "In addition ta this, the dty hae called eoMb $88,900 in 8 per cent but only has about 918.000 to take ears of Uta call. As mossy Se^tioo Is Hit By Two Hftilstofpis In A Week ApproxiMUifoiy 120 ucres on the SUte Finn ftt Boy kin were stripped clean by a aevere hail storm or Tuen* day afternoon, whkh did damage approximathig $^,000 to the State Farm alone. The storm also mt in the Ctssatt •eetioB but did not do so much damage lihere. H «M the wRkta a Mg han storm there was a sight All of W VtyW bsatae off of the loely lltfle aiha of ^a%|. ~ Hfli|. la Qw ‘ the leaves Vacation School At Spring Vale Church Spring VaU Baptist Aareh ta having Us Daily Vacation Bible sdiool at tee local Plae Grove ikrammar schoolhonse and its com- menoement ta to be held Friday nl|hL June 18 at 9 o’clock. Also at that time a very special program win be given by the Toath Fellow* skip oar. A meeeage will be brought by a noted Bible professor and there will be epeeial amsle aad personal testUnonies -oa that pact kit the program. The pnbUe Is eior- dtaUy invited to attend. Get Stolen Pkk-im OMrift Gib'oeBruhl Myron B. Onrbett Serving With Air Forces In Japan Pfe. Myron B. Corbett* son of Mrs. Lillie Mae Corbett of Boykin, is BOW serving with tbe Far But air foreu ta Japan. Aulgned to tke aircraft repair section of the main tenance division at JAMA air force besA Pvt Corbett works on re- elamatioB projeetA ulvagiag critl- cel ports fren condemned aircraft. JAMA (Ja^ Air Material Areg) to tee supply snd matatenahee cen ter for an air force beue ta Japan sod Kona. Kaowa daring World War n M the "Wright Field" of on. it WM here (hat many of JapaabM al^mft were teeted. Pvt Corbett Joteed the air foreu at Shaw Field, In October of 1949 and received his bask training at SaiuABtonlo, Texas. Upon eon- plsOba of teat ityau ot bis* trata tag, he wu ordered to Gamp Kil mer, N. J,. and sailed (or Japan on Jaaaary 10, 1947. Foilowlag layovers In Panaam aad Hawaii, Pri. Corbett arrived In Tokohams Febraary 11. at wMeh thne he wu asslgiied to JAMA. His first Job wu In the supply dl- •visfott motor poot where he ro- mataed uadi October when he wu wnt to Johnson Ftaldi There he nttmUed afreraft and eagtae aehoota foi' throe. taonths. rstamtag after wards to JAMA and his pressnt en attended tbe aieetlag last 8Ut.lto bow cbtityM^^gt a mvft Mwer ^ tatereSl than I par eent It wu good bastnua to call teeae boada Never tbe .teas file money to pny them arast he gelten by bor* rowing from the kwil bnaks on anticipated tax rovsonea aad the baaka an gelag le waM to be sore that thw tax lueemw Is gotag to be forthootatag. tiias oiHgatt^, the dsfIsK aesaiaatatioa aad an extettag iaak lean tar egeratlag of 119.919 win, M aayoae aMH Of Ihe an* Uelpeted tax wveaue of aboat 199,900, whtA weald he produced' by the 96 mOl levy. "It therofora appeared aeeeesary. If the city's creMt to to be protoet- bd that the tea arfll teowaae be Blade. For tbe average hoauhoMer,, ta view of (he fact that houuhold furniture ta uempt from taxatkm this year for the first tims, the raise will net be a proportional OBA Oae who ku been pi^g 998 will ipwbebly have to pay about 941 or 981 this year. "•peaking o( city taxes there are •ome facte which 1 think few eltl* sene reeltae. Our aseessed vatau are so low that white a ten mill raise (igaortag tke new houMhold furnltare .exeauKloB) amounts to about u 99 per esftt laereeaA It would Mtually be leu than a two m taereue If our property were useued at Its actual vaiuA Ow awwud valuu are teu than one- nfth ot the iletaM vatau on all but merchaata iBventoriu. "Aaethsr fhdL whtah I thlak taw people roalfse to that only about one-ftairtb of the cost of opwattag. tho city ooBtao from Its property taxeA *rhree tearthe ot the expena# ta borne by the maalclpnl atmtlcA neenaeA Rqaer taxcA etc. This means that the tan arfO tax la- crease wRI probeMy only give the city about a eeven or eigbt per eent taereaae ta total InoomA** Mr. Ravage farther eaJd that be thonght that H waa met good hata- neu to be <n>erotteg on a dedelt , basis hi good ttmss. He enfd that it is bli vtaw that ta good thaes a BMdsrate snrptas tawald be built up eo that whan hard ttmm strike, ^ tke olty wjBUH ant have to prompOy rolenu aaeded mt aeedy eaudoy- aad eaitall Us eseiatlsl ser- .PoMee Alva Ruth went khews sad recovered a ^ ^ to Bdward Sqelth. wbtak A. tanner etadent at high aehool. Pvt Corbett, la obtain- tag hli dlptoote through the geotaral educational davutopseent test which he roeently took nt JAMA. He is )ktaw takteg esarsis ta typtag and lekkesptag at the sstay.edncattaat* nl progcita sebanl aendaeted on the ReeMas bta work’ the Fn. to of taterut ta the Tokyo- TikokMha bree aad meetaty •ftPtl’ at SIMM mm$. W 'luatf- ttateb but sbmdi ta oBv gsswmaNiM ta ■® €<MC3VQ®®* .taMWi Mi MiAT WARM ■iCi ■'4 i;! I