-i r J ^THURSDAY, MAY 28TH,;i9^> / r THE BA1 ’ f PEOPLE, BARNWELL, SOLTH CAROLINA. PAGE THREE. L I m m An Open Letter if'' ' ' t to the Patrons op • , -.4 >t THE CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY: u '• ; • ■ 4 ' ■ " . , - ■ • You have heard much',of our contemplated curtailment of passenger train service. We beg,, there- t ire. to submit herewith certain^acts ami figures relating to the subject for your information and consideration. '"'V, ' iy ' • v ® • *■ j ' t ^ The accounts from- which the following figures, are taken are filed under, oath by our General Auditor with the InterstateAToifnmerce Commission who prescribe our accounting formulas, and who see that they are conformed to. Our accounts are also audited by. licensed public 'accountants, and are now public property. The gross earnings of the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway^ Company have increased dur ing the last seven years 62 per cent, largfdy duct to coal moving by us to points beyond our line. . / —J ' . -ii / ' Gi ss earnings do not necessarily mean profit able earnings, for after all the orfly thing that teally counts is the difference between gross earnings and gross expenses. ' . - * . t Duiitrg,these sevea years our total operating expenses;,, have hlcr^ased ‘Jfi per cent; our total pay rolls have increased 121 per ur trains, and last year we handled a total of only'2(54,416 passengers and earned only $277,9977 «i decrease of 01 per cent and 47. per cent, respectively. Yet up to this time ottr passenger tiain service has remained unchanged. We operated last year 4‘")r»,. r )99 passenger train miles at a cost of $1.22 per Gain mile, that is a total cost of $601,610, and these intins e.lined, including, mail, exc.esf* bagg uic and milk, $4S9,979, an actual 1 >ss df-,$ 109,244. or 24 cents per mile for each and .every passenger train mile. * i ■If this loss of $1,09,244 was the worst of our troubles it surely would be bad enough, and in my opini, n fully justify reducing lour passenger train ser vice to a point nearly in keeping with our pas- seljger patronage, but the loss grows rapidly worse as we t-nter upon the new year. ' ' •: ■ ' 1'or the three months, January t<> Marc h, inclusive, we have not our Apr il figures, our passen- | get! business shows a decrease as against the. sane three months last year of over 17 per 1 cent. If this rate of dec rease continues throughout the- year, our total loss fr mi oui operations of pas senger trains will aggregate $17o,492. V y It fs a well known Tact that even, those holdIng free ' transpor tatTun 7»n .railroad- axe numeixiusly operated bus lines or privately owned automobiles. ' . r using Laying aside ail sentiment—as- U> what we would like to tc.; yevoting nil id of insisting on dividends being paid them as earned, net earnings to much and necessary improvements, uroly deserves substantial reward. < dearly, it .-ur duty to economically opera‘A* the property entrusted to our care, and 1 sub mit -in all frankness that unless imp! v. n nt in our passenger train patronage takes place^tfiat it is our plain duty to the Government, to our pat on* and to our stockholders' to curtail our service to within its costr- . ——■— ' ■ ’ ‘ ' / —c - ' I have but one great lam'oltion. and that 'is to seo the <.\*& \Y. (’. Railway a greatcarrier of both freight and passengers. That we have' made some progres.- in thcl- -rttreetio'iT"• 'first •.named cab hardlv in the Pall iri ColumHLrDrt ,which time ( ucumbc-rs Bring (Jood I’rice. efforts .will be^direeled to the framing — of suggestions for adjustment of' It was^ reported here Monday that taxes, / these suggesjjons to.^he suh- Mr. Eugene Boylstoi/,' of Blaokville. picked 140 crates of cucumbers from eight acres that day and sold >hem for mtftecl to the nc*xt gcmeral assembly for consideration. In the meantime studies will be* made of the tax situa tion. the expenditures ,<,f the State a rrato to a local ^ ,,m,ssion mer aijd the manner of levying taxes, in order that the best possible solution bo «|.uc>stioned; that \\c* have workc*d earnestly and ahvay-. to that end; I believe is genera 11 v •onccvdc tVftainly. unless something happens t..,put a step to the* Continued falling <*tf in our passeng'er train piyUonave, we* must curtail onr scryicc-, reg.ettablc th ugh tin necc-ssity may be to a IT of us-. Very truly yours, A. W. ANDERSON, Yice-l're-ident and General Manager. PLAN TO STUDY TAX SITUATION i (TTIZKNS' T A \ ASSOGIATION FORMALIA OR(. AN IZED. To Work to Hnng_ About \djustment of l ax Burden in < noperation With AssenihH. Columbia. May 22. \\*ith the* re vision and adjustment of taxes in the State as its aim^ an organization to be known as tin* SoulTf Ga'rolina C itizens’ Cooperative* Tax Association as furtht*iL^perfected at. a .meeting of a management committee Friday morning at the Jefferson hotel, at which_Jinuca-Avame, constitution ancf bylaws were adopted and officers of the association elected. Tie; *jnieet- ing Friday - m lining was attended by about forty me re hants an’d busi- iH'ss nie'ii whei were appointed on this committee* at the fii\st organization gathering held in (’olu'mbia ; n May 'id * V . US r* v ir>th. —‘ *■ The ne w Organization i< the^ out growth of the fight dee-la red in re cent \te*ek< on the so-called “luxuVy 'taxes” enacted by the 1924 ,ti!(d?192fi legislatures. Opponents of the*s^.* faxe s Jo not-r-fhey-^tiy. wish to oppose* the 1 luxury taxes without first sewing some- substitute* legislation proposed, and the* organizatiem formed in GolQmbia Friday has as ifs mojfhe* the creation of thy proper taxation ideas in South Carolina. S. ('..Hodges, of Green wo pel, was elected president of the new associa tion. Other, ofificers e*le*ctoel l-'riday nftuning were:' VV, B. C'rouvh, of! Saluda, 11. R. Allen, eif CheHe*.sfon. M. B. DuPre, of Columiiia. W. G. Jack- son. of Spartanburg, \Y. tY. SuHfVaii. of Ahelerson, anel T. B. Young, e>f Florence, t i serve as vic**-pre'sidents. i A secretary and treasurer has not 1 yet been St lecte-d, it was st.*ted af- ! t<*i the meeting. These will be select- eel hv a special 1 committee hv next , I week. ,,,, . d , 7 — . . j !he purpose ol th<- eergaiin limn as outline-d in the- hy-law- adopted at J ■h-e meeting Friday .meet : *»;g is ; ;S f-ei lows: , ' .' Idle* purpose.* of this organization shall be. the- calling teigether of aff to the tax problems may be arrived at. Every interested citizen of the State will be invited to attend this meeting. If it seems r.ce-e-ssary, e>the-r meet ings .will be calleel from time* to time. The executive committe, upon which the officers'- of the association will serve as ex-tofficm members, will have charge of calling these meetings. Mc-mbeishifi in the association is open to any organization whose pur pose is looking-'to the forward mov ing of the State, or its citizens, and any individual subject to the approval of the membership committee. Music Recital Given Yesterday Afternoon Tin* pupils if Mrs. T. Er~Cum- ming's gave a music recital in the ■'local school auditorium yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at five o’ clock, which was greatly" enjoyed. The program vas as follows: 1. Trio, “Faust Yalse.” lb neo- Claire Dicks. Evelyn Davis and Kath- f erine 11 Holland. 2 S do, “Echo,” Bilbro Bernice Torrv. ■« 2. Solo, “Valse,” Stteabbog—June Milhous. I. Sdo. “Rondo.’' Greene Carey Martin. r>. S do. “Vul.se.*' Gui litt—Mary F. Moore. 6. Solo, “Dream Fairy,” See- boeck- Derry , Pa.ttcrsofl*\ 7. Solo, "In Shubort’s Day”—Ruth Dicks. * S. Sid >, “Surshiue Fairies,’’ Smith —Patrich, Dicks. '9. Solo. "Jolly Comrades, .Mary* Ga y O' Ban non. ^ j .Id. Duct, “Vienc''* Waltz,” Strauss I —Claire Dick- and Ned Moore. II. Sola. “Water Lilies," Renk ! Maigie Holland. ' 12. S.do, “Rhatisody." Li tz— Mil dred Cail. ! 12. >Sole. "IdyJl" Aurlifl’ — Julia j Lemon. i j 1 4. Sol i, “Polonaise,’’ Chopin—Pol ly Walker. lb. Solo. “Flower Song," Lon go- da ire Dicks. 16. Solo. “Polichnello,” Rachmani noff—Blanche Bennett. 17. Solo. “Spring Dawn,’’ Masm— Vera Mae Lee. 1K. Solo, "Prelude," Rachmaninoff —Essie Morris. 19. Song, “Modest Quakeresses,”— Phoebe Patterson. Bernice Terry and Clara Sue Matthews. chant. Owing to fhe smaller acreage in this section ;*.nd the faeCtmit ship- * i ■menLs fi m P’lorida nave abdu*. ceased good prices are anticipated. Wm. McNAB Representing FIRE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. —„ r Personal attention given all busineM Office in Harrison Block, Main 8t BARNWELL. 8. C. Sv '-Sv-’-v' f- At A Big Investment Required • t ’ • T (he close of the year 192L Hie Soiithi-rit I> 1 Telephone Coinpanv had a total invistmi-ntj in sf*rvi«i- o*f Jav’.rvT. 29, not including $237.77*. of construction work In, progress nf his larg* investtn nt, a .'Hibstantittl portion is located »r, (he Slat* of South ( ato!iiia Repiai einents and additional-plant to mei t the growrjig needs ot Hi** tek-phom user*, nt Smith Carolina was in-tailed last year at a cost of approximatejv $r>4f» l S0(i. i Tie* ro w. plant, is necessariiy bought at today's- prices, which, •tor ■ nuipmeiH. uiaterial and other major parts ot the telephone system, an 65. per cent higher than tile pre war prices Wages -iuul—xa-xes almie_ajul_lxam Put to 250 per et id login r \■, > ' ■ . , - AI e \ • n greater investment must he made in South Carolina this year, with tin r siilt tiiat the investment |s*r teleplniiu* stuthm is rapidl*. rising wifhout a projKirt innate increase m i In- reveivje fn-r (etc phone station. * Tin* enormous sums of money needed eac h year cannot lie secured unless tin- T* lephone. Company's credit is good, and the companyts <-redit is judged by Hn* earnings * . •- ’ • Fresh Cucumbers, per dozen . . 25c Fresh Tomatoes, per lb. . . . 20c Fresh Squash, per lb. . . , . . . 10c Fresh Beans, per quart . 15c and 25c Bully Flour . $1.25 14 Ounce Spopge Cake . . . 35c J. & J. Sanitary Market oget fu r nt af! 1 isiress organi-i Barnwell, S. C. farmers and other business <>rg zatiohs in the State of South Caro lina, for the purpose of forming a central association to study the tax problems of the State of SouH; Caro- lina^to- make veco'mmendutions and suggestions to the public and to the general assembly of this State con cerning the assessment and levying taxes; to'invest igaL- the nepds of the State government as to appropria tions for its g.-neral fund an^.Tor the various Slat* instiiutb.iyj; ’ *c make recommgndati ns and sugi,<« gestions. .to the general assembly of South Carolina in reference thereto, to cooperate in the general study of the tux needs of this State; to.investi gate business ar-d fanning conditions, arid from time —to time suggest sfoph new laws as will attract and improve farming and business con- ditloris within the” ‘bounds 'of, this State. Members appointed to the execu- j* * live committee are A. T. Meath, of Sumter, chajirmaff; E. L. Wingfield, of Columbia, and C. W. h-vin, of Col- —- umbia. Alva M. Lumpkin, of Colum- HIGH UP IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS” OF V/ESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN TENNESSEE and NORTH GEORGIA Land of the Sky Are Many Good Places to SPEND YOUR SUMMER VACATION Reduced Summer Fares to All Summer Tourist Resorts I ickets on Sale Daily „ Beginning* May 15th Good Until October 3ist, 1923 , * i- Write for Summer Vacation Folder Consult I icket Agent SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM * ? ? ? f ? ? T f ? f ❖ f ? f ❖ f ? ❖ THE CITADEL - The Military College of South Carolina. VACANT SCHOLARSHIPS t s —=— A vacant scholarship in Barnwell County will be filled by competitive examination tu be held at the county-seat on Friday, July ; 10th. Applicants must he at least sixteen and not more than twenty years of age, and must meet th<* educationalrequirements for admission to the treshman < la.'S, which .are a certificate from an acerpdited four-year high schooL covering fifteen uniti,, di an equivarent examination. - ” :i — ' This scholarship covers tuition, board, hospital, laundry, room,,and an allowance for uniforms. The Citadel is a liberal, art3~'f-0ltBge, offering electives in ciiil ; engineering, science, language and literature, and business administration. _ qr It has an excellent military system,-having been rated by the War Department continuously for 'many years as “distinguished military-, colleg.-.” An inspector^say.s of its— - "It is so superior in all its methods, it must bff cla-sod alone.” It provides thorough physical training of all students under competent v supervision, and en courages all athletic sports. "L _ 4 : • y >'OR ( ATALOfiUF: AND BLANKS. WRITE TO— Col. O. J. Bond, President , ^ Charleston, S. C. , *' ■ <- • bia, was appointed^ general councilor for the .organization. It is planned to have the newly * n formed association hold a tr.eeting ' % The Citadel, \ V.". > ■ / —r- ^ i rnrnmtm