The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 28, 1915, Image 6
I COMPTROLER GENERAL
PROPOSES CHANGES
That Should be Made in Tax
Machinery of State
f RESURVEY OF THE STATE
Recommends That Cotton in
State Warehouses be Insured
by Sinking Fund
Commission.
Discussing the tax situation in
South Carol in:i A \V .lmmc
troller general, in his annual report,
makes I lie foil owing1 spec i lie recommendation
:
"First. A general revision should
be had which will be more cquible
and easily enforced and succeed in
reaching that portion of the property
within the State which is now unjustly
escaping taxation.
"Second. That such revision can
not be made in a day, but will involve
necessary constitutional as well asstatutory
changes so that it will be
practically four years after the initial
steps toward revision are taken before
they can be made effective. In the
meantime, the tax laws now upon the
books should be strictly enforced and
caretahen in raising the revenue to
meet the current expense."
The comptroller general recommends
a resurvey of the State to determine
the number of acres in each
tax district.
"In my former report," says Mr.
Jonos, "since 1 have been in office as
comptroller general 1 have stated ir
detail the changes which I think dc
sirable in both of these respects an:
in case your honorable body should
create a tax commission to have su
pervision of the assessment and levy
of taxes the administrative changes
could be made effective at once without
waiting for constitutional revision
and would go far to relieve th
present inequable conditions.
"I would especially recommend thai
the law with reference to the penalty
for non-payment of taxes be changed,
as I have heretofore recommended ir
my annual reports, and that instcnc
of cumulative penalties of 7 per ceril
in the aggregate upon delinquen
taxes, that a total penalty of 4 pc.
Cent, be added to all delinquent taxi:
on the 1st day of January, and tha
tho of payment of all taxes an.
penalties expire on the 1st of March
and that execution be issued immediately
thereafter.
State Insurance.
"As a member of the State sinking
fund commission 1 took the positiothat
tho commission should, under th'
appropriation act of 1914. carvv
insurance upon cotton in the State
Warehouse or for the warehouse com
misainripv in flir. enmo ?vi o.. . >4-U..J
nc*i; M IllCl'lilVJ" 111'
they carry the insurance upon a1'
other State property owned in whole
or in part by the State.
"In the report of the State warehouse
commissioner it is stated that
if 50.000 bales of cotton were stored
in the warehouse for ten months the
expense charges of 3 cents a bale
month to the State would pay the
$15 000 expenses of the system.
"If the insurance on those 50 00C
bales had been carried by the sinking
fund commission it would luu r
received the premiums of $3,,500 and
of risks carried by them on State
property they would have realized a
profit of 28 per cent on the reinsurance
of 00 per cent of the amount which
would have given the sinking fund
commission a clear profit of $0,300.
This would have left lOper cent of the
risk to he carried hv 1he sinking fund
commission on a premium of $15,000.
"Estimating 50 per cent, of the premium
for fire losses, the commission
would have realized $7,500 on thi<portion
of the risk carried, making a
total of $13,800 profit to bo derived
from its insurance of the entire 50.00C
bales. At the same time the lossef
sustained by the reinsuring com
panics may bo estimated at f>0 pe?
cent, of the premium whi"h the.
would receive. Adding to this the
$6,MOO commission paid by them t<
the sinking fund commission woub
'legve them a profit of $4,950 for earr>
ing this risk.
"As the property is now insure
under the present contracts made lithe
State warehouse commissioner
this profit of $1M,800, which woulr
have come to the sinking fund com
mission, together with the profit o
$4,950 earned by the reinsuring com
panies, would both go to the privab
,Companics now carrying the risks, in
volving a total loss to the State o
$13,800.
"It is true that these premiums ar<
eventually paid by the owners of th
cotton in the warehouses and all ex
.. penses and profits must finally com<
out of such persons, but I would ad
'"vise that the sinking fund commissioi
be directed to take charge of the in
surance of this property in oWlcr t
save the commissions and profits ou
v $f the insurance premiums for the hei
efit of the State, who stands as til
guarantor for the warehouse system.
, "If the objection is made that the
| State should noi take t lie risk of in
( suring cotton belonging to others am
incur the danger of paying out the
public money to cover losses, the lay
could be so framed as to require the
: ivking fund commission to reinsure
the ciuire risk on this class of propt
rty. The sinking fund commission
can earn from 17 to 00 per cent. of
the premiums as its profit on the contracts
for reinsurance. It is now gelting
a reinsurance commission of 28
per cent, on its present contracts for
reinsurance of (JO per cent of the risks
carried by it.
"J recommend that the provisions
of section 39 of the appropriation act
of 1914, 28 Stats., 838, be enacted i.
a permanent law and broadened so as
to include without question the cot
ton stored in State warehouses.
"I renew the recommendations
made by mo in my former reports f< :
resurvey of the territory of the State
so as to show the number of acres y
each tax district. Such survey could
he made with comparatively little expense
through the cooperation of the
State and national governments.
"The national government is er.
gaged in making survey for the pur
poses of the department of agriculture,
and it would he comparatively
small expense to include in such surveys
the specifications showing the
location of tax district lines and acreage."
4 * Per una Hits Done Wonders For Me.
I Was Mo Weak."
^ ' ha rd 1 y
/, ,1 1; 1M
were swollen so 1 could scarcely drag
! around.
"I took Peruna and It has done
wonders for me. My cure was a surprise
to my friends for they never expected
to see mo well again. I just
took two bottles of I'eruna after doctoring
for five months and growing
worse all the time."
Continuous Headache.
Mrs. ICstl.er .M. M liner, Box 191,
Dc Clraff, Ohio, writes: "I was a ter
rible sufferer from internal catarrh,
and had the headache continuously.
I was not able to do my housework
for myself and husband. You r< cornmended
I'eruna. I took four bottles
and was completely cured. I think
Peruna a wonderful medicine and
have recommended it to my friends."
TH WOiM N CHO C<
Several days ago the Women's De n
ocratic club o the Second ward oi'
Chicago ill., advertised in the newspapers
'or an aldermanic candidate.
, it vas announced in the advertise
ment that to receive the indorsement
of the club the successful applicant
v ouId have to be:
A clean respectable citizen.
A possosor of horse sense, not nccesarll/
a college graduate.
A i'vir>i/l (' Wrttv.'.m till
? ...V,..,. V.. ..V. . (IfeV .
A vote)' for bathing beaches and
playgro nds.
A leadc r not a follower.
A man of constructive ability.
Six replies wore receive 1. The applicants
were a machinist, a broker]
a clergyman, a manufacturer, a phyI
sician, ami a saloon keeper. :
The announcement of the lucky ca ?
j didatc awarded the support of th1
( club through the unique com pet bio
was nade I'Tiduy night at a moetin*
at 8555 Cottage Avenue. The salooi^
keeper won. He is A1 Russell, propr j,
tor of a saloon at 8459 South State in
fc met every requirement. The u'r
success'ul applicants -vho answeix
the women's advertisement are: F
nest Gisslcr, F. ... Hemsoy, F. M. SH'
lacks, Edward M. Carey and 13r. Jihe
. Kersiier. Ia
CO
GOES TO 191 (> SESSION. P
or
1 . V*
Committee Agrees on Delay for 2"
Cent Rate Hill.
Following a hearing on the bill by
Senator Hughes, for a flat 2-cent oasr?
senger rate, the Senate committee or
^ railroads last week votod to return
majority unfavorable report on the
bill, with a minority favorable, witl
the agreement that the bill is to be
continued until the 1910 session. The
agreement to continue the bill for one
year was reached by all parties. Representatives
of of the railroads up
|)
pea red against the bill.
? Invigorating to the Pa!e and Slcki\
t'
} The Old Standard trcnernl strengthening tonic
n GKOVK'S TASTKI.K88 chill TONIC, drive* on
n I Malaria.enriches the hlood.nndhnitds upthc sys
| tcm. A true tome. l or adult* aud cbildtua. 50<
GOV. MANNING HAS
CHOPPED OFF HEADS
Or Many of the Detectives Appointed
by Coie L. Blease
has issuedTroclamation
It is Primarily the Duty of Officers
or? Various Counties
to Enforce the Laws.
Gov. Richard I. Manning* last week
signed a proclamation revoking* the
commissions of all "constables, special
constables, law agents, deputies
and detectives," named by former gov i
crnors. The proclamation was issued
v.ii niv ^runiui mm "ii is primarily
the duty of officers of the various
counties in this State to enforce the
law:"
The proclamation follows:
"To all and singular, judges, sheriffs,
constables, mayors, intendents
and other officers of justice in the said
State, and to whom it may concern,
greeting:
"Whereas, certain persons have
heretofore been appointed by the governor
of South Carolina as constables
or special constables for the enforce-;
mcnt of the dispensary law; and as
constables or special constables to in- j
vestigate the enforcement of law, and
as law agents, and as deputies and de j
tcctives, and,
"Whereas, it is primarily the duty
of the officers of the various counties
in this State to enforce the law, and
"Whereas, it is my belief that they
will do so.
"Now, therefore, I, Richard 1. Manning,
governor as aforesaid, hereby
ruvuKe ana cancel any commissions or
appointments heretofore issued toj
such persons as such constables, spe- j
cial constables, law agents, deputies
and detectives."
PLANT MOKL GRAIN.
j'Idle Department of Agriculture Makes!
A n nou nee m cnt.
Washington, January 22.?The acre
age planted to oats last fall in cotton
States exceeded that of the preceding
year by nearly two million acres, and
the increase in Southern wheat acreage
was almost as great, the department
of agriculture announces tonight.
The department's figures follow
:
Planted in oats, fall of 1913, 2,455,000;
1914, 4.355,000.
Planted in wheat, fall of 1913, 5,459,000;
1914, 7,271,000.
The wheat an-! oats increase, the de
partment said, appears to have been
more than 10 per cent of the acreage
planted to cotton last year. Reports
to the department indicate an intention
on the part of the Southern plant
ers to considovjihiv ji-wiw-icn
v? vr.j IIIVIV. l.OV tl iL CU I L.
age of the 1015 spring planting ef
corn and spring oats.
The following table, prepared by
the department, gives the acreage increase
in Southern States:
State? Wheat. Oats.
North Carolina 470.000 98,000
South Carolina 164,000 586,000
Georgia 170,000 328,000
Florida 20,000
Alabama 68,000 258,000
Mississippi 1,000 150,000
I ouisiana 94,000
Texas 228.000 291,000
Arkansas 56.000 154,000
Tennessee .145,000 124,000
Oklahoma 515,000 44.000
Total 1,812,000 1,903,000
President and Aids to Go llefore the
People.
Washington, January 22.? The AdI
mlnl<A? :?. ?? ??-? or>t; made extensive plans
bak thieves. Suppose a traveler ijj , ?
tying in a strange hotel and tir.de j
it ha cannot lock his door. He;
ices a chair against the door and 1
I>s the disk under one of its legs. 001
ould anyone attempt to enter the re't
3in the chair Is forced out of posi- *b<
in, the disk ilies open and the eup
plodes, awakening the sleeper. The u*
ck may be used under baggage, in
rses, under bicycle or automobile
ea and in many other ways. 1?'
I 13a
Oldcct ColleQe Graduate. Bh;
Rev. John Merrick of York, Pa., Is
lleved to be not only the oldest grad- 1 co
to of Rutgers college, but the oldest on
liege graduate. He was graduated fe'
\utgers In 1SH4. His age Is n?;u |
1 steps not decided on probably will be
taken to inform the country concerning
the bill.
The argument of Republican Senators
that complications with European
nations might result from purchase of
ships now owned and registered in
belligerent countries was met tonight
with plain intimations from Cabinet
members that the Administration can
*
be depended on not to buy any ships
that will cause trouble.
Administration leaders continued to
express confidence that there would be
no necessity for an extra session of
Congress. Secretary Daniels said he
was proceeding with plans for the
President's trip through the Panama
i Canal immediately after the closing
* of the present session.
A GOOD Til NG
The Industrial department of the M
K. & T. reports that through the of
forts o>' Fred L. Weimar, secretary of
the commercial club, and J. A. Farq-harson,
county Farm agent for Logan
county a monthly sale day for'
farmers has been inaugurated at j
Guthrie, Oklahoma. A unique feature
is the provision for a sale day for
farm women.
The following account of tlr first
sale day is given in.Mr. Farguharson's
weekly report
"Today was the first monthly sales
day of farm products. It \ as p gr?a':
success. Notwithstanding the very
disagreeable weather the farmers
were out in gt eat numbers and had j
for sale on the auction corner every*
thing; from an old scythe blade to line
pedigreed stock. Morses, cattle hogs,
and farm implements all sold at very
satisfactory prices, and changed hat. i
v'roni the man who did not need them
to the one who did. Everything hatto
be guaranteed from the seller to
the buyers to be as represented. The J
man without money could buy provid-1
ed the amount of the purchase was
ten dollars or more and his note was i
good at the bank.
"In the ladies' and girls' department,
conducted by the Ladies Auxiliary
to the farmers institute, thov
was for sale a great variety of stuff
such as fancy sewing, cooked foods,
dressed chickens, canne t fruits, butter,
eggs and farm made sausage. Evevery
thing; in this department sold for
the prices asked and the supply fell
far short of the demand.
"This scheme of bringing the buyer
and seller together is something we
\". * 1 XT s-i 1 \/ wA rw 1* f ^ " -- ' " "
Uiivc uvvn [lUUUll'i^ 1IV II' 1 *.?I" llC'i.1 CgY
year and this is the first try-out on a
large scale. ?t has been successful
beyond expectations."
Why can't we start such a movement?
It would benefit everyone, it
brings the farmers into town and giv- j
es them cash w ith which to patronize ;
the local merchants. The right hind 1
of advertising by the merchants preceding
the sale day, would result in
stores, shops and mills being crowded
by farmers and their wives eager to
secure the bargains otiered. On the ;
other hand it would give the town pec |
pie a chance to purchase many home
made articles of a eiinlir.y and freshness
hard to secure otherwise. I.et's
start something.
OI.D HITS OF NEWS.
Charles W. Ziegler veteran railroad
conductor cf Bollcvuo, O., was
never late. He made his last run
recently. His train was on time, bu'
Ziegler was dead.
Cupid is the siar boarder in tl ?'
boarding house run here by Mrs. Celia
Alspace. Ten couples, all bcardevs>
in the house have wed within the past
1.1 j i
uwee mourns.
Earl Eratz was being* searched by
detectives in Philadelphia for st? hi.
diamond rings. He had successfully
passed the inspection when he started
to walk away. IXo showed a siigkk
limp and when the detectives took c-i
his shoes they found the diamciu.
rings on tv o of his toes.
Mrs. Moliie Stewart, life prisoned
at Ottawa, Kan., makes enough mono;
j by doing fancy work., to support an*
j educate her two children.
A pcnny-in-thc-nlot machine slane!
ing innocently outside a Palmers to a
Ont., business hoUsc, has aroused tlu
ire of the Lord's Day Alliance, tlv
secretary, stati.-g that "ivs removr.:
will be approved by the best citizen
ship." The machine has been rcmov
ed. not only for Sundays, but for all
time.
Mrs. George E. Bowman, aged 30,
of Pasadena, Cah, lias eleven children
and two grandchildren. She was married
when fourteen and became a
grandmother at 32.
"c Miss Nelda Jaeger is now police
id go of Tacoma, Wash.
Mrs. Garnet Fisher Andrews of
\\ i
. "rentoin. N. J., is the only woman
n ron manufacturer of international
>ri aiiio.
t Chicago received its supply of
^Christmas trees this year on a boat
^captained by a woman, Mrs. Mar.
f bara Schuneman. Her two daughters
act'Ml as her crew.
Dwight Cook and G. P. Gepherd arc
making experiments in irrigation in
the vicinity of Ottawa. 111., The e<pcrimont
is being watched with great
deal of interest.
Mrs. West v raves has just present!
ed her husband with the eight consecutive
set of twins at Coswell, N. O.
There are eight children living, one of
each set of twins having died.
Floyd Trayor, 19, of Kalamazoo.
MlVVl . t Vl )-f>W lll'o lllint'a ) nnfl, '" *V? r\
v.. ? V. TV mo I4V4H v o III llli;
rivor for a joke. ^e has just boon
sentenced to from ono to five years in
prison for the "joke."
Doctors ir? the Congo.
A scientific expedition has just retuvne
1 rom the A'gerian Hinterland.
Tts leader Mr. Hylton-Simpson, has
a'ready ma Y valuable contributions
to the study o' natives on the Congo
an i has been 'or some years observing
the desert tribes.
Ho bad heard o' the ski'l of tribal
do?tor3, particularly in surge**/, and
I 3 ? Ec
I A startling statement bilt a tru
B One tcaspoontul of medicine an<
your own ground feed (cost aboi
sj ?in wliat tney do for your animate
' 1 pounds of any ready-made stock
j| (price 25 cents). There you arc
Kb believe it, try it out I Buy, today
| Bee DeeST0?
t) Ctargcs feed into toalc?Make* it r
Twelve Reasons
Why You
Should Bay Yoai
Groceries of Us
ii
JSo. 7.
BECAUSE wo carry bes
grades for those who deinan
highest quality.
We eater to the "best trade
as well as to those in moderate eii
cumstanees.
This is ft high class store fo
everyone.
SOkVitiY, u. C.
WHERE WiLL YOU TRAD
It is good policy to carrj
to an old established store wl
t . .
nig many years must ana will
During the year that has pas
vors to give each and every c"
j est deal. This is the repi\tati<
rnanv years.
c t/
V/here will 3*cu carry yo
I new begun? If you are an c
j v-a and v/c have tried to pleas
! ue to give ns your patronage
tomer, we gladly extend the
you the best value we possii:
at our store.
rit, on
| ji 3 Cw U Jsj
on this expedition came in to.ch wi
an Arab doctor w.'o Helped him to
licetip.j? vvitli some village s.irgeo.i
I e has bronght back a nass of int<
ting infor'nation and a large co'b
; ion. consisting of saws, lances, pre
es etc.
Many are of the crudest eiescripti
' ut pi'- ve high'y effective. Very fi
of those native doctors arc able
write; one of the very successful si
geons was unable even to read. Th<
knowledge is ban led down from fa1
er to son. Trepanning is one oth<
common an success ?ul operations a
they use no anaesthetics.
Purchasing Power of Farmers.
The purchasing power of the far
er depends not only upon the mon
value of what ho produces, but a
upon the money value of what ho hi
From 1 !*\00 In 1000 fnnnciif vft'-ivol I
money value of 1 acre of the farme
crops increased 72.7 per cent, but
the same period the money value
the articles usually purchased
farmers had increased 12.1 per cei
consequently, as a result of the gre
cr increase in the price of what
farmer sold than in the price of wl
ho bought, the net increase in ;;ho pi
chasing power of the produce ol
acre was 54 per cent; that is, 1 o<
of the farmer's crop in 1909 could h
54 per cent more of the articles usu
ly bought by farmers than in 1899
Upon the basis of the purehasi
nower of the value of 1 acre of p
duce, the year 1909 stands as 1
most prosperous for farmers of 1
past 50 years for which there are
cords.
[uals ? 25 I
e one in this case. " "
1 two pounds of Write for a trial package
Lit 3 cents' equal, of Bee Pee STOCK & I
1 and fowls ?two I'OUL I RY MbDICINK SI
- also our 32 page, illurtra
or poultry tonic tc?i hook, folly explaining V
M Tf you don't its uses. Address.: kg
, a can of? Ucc Dee Stock Medicine 9
Company, flfi
: & POULTRY Chattanooga, Tenn. I 3
EDICINE !?1* ? I
2?ic, i>Oc and $1. per can. fit i
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COINING THE NEW YEAR?
7 your trade during the new year
lcre the reputation built up durV\
n .... i. - 1 1
wo ivuiJb up xo mgnwater mark. |
sed we have used our best endea- w
ustomcr a fair chance and an lion
jn we have tried to maintain for
i
ur trade during the year that has
1
?ld customer, you already know
9
;c you, we believe you will contin.
If you would become a new cus
invitation and v/e promise to give ^ |*jj
)ly can for every dollar you spend
i H ij iJ) V 5 at 5 u a U i ! 1 j
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a FARMER RADFORD ON 9
??| WOMAN SUFFRAGE I
jjj. | The homo is the greatest contribution
of women to the world, and the JH
hearthstone is her throne. Our so- ^1
on | cial structure is built around her, and ^H
> v social righteousness is in her charge, ffil
t? | Her beautiful life lights the skies of HI
" hope and her refinement is the charm HI
ir of twentieth century civilization, tier HI
th-1 graces and her power are the cumu- j!. I
?\v\ lative products of generations of
queenly conquest) and her crown of
exalted womaiihood is jeweh d with >jil
the wisdom of saintly mothers. She j|l
has been a great, factor in the glory 111
of our Country, and her noble achieve- jgl
ments should not be marred or her HI
hallowed influence blighted by the . I
( ' coarser duties of citizenship. Aineri- '
0 can chivalry should never pormit her IpH
to bear the burdens of defending and
he maintaining government, but should ^H
r's preserve her unsullied from the allied <}H
in influences cf politics, and protect her ;*|H
0f from tho weighty responsibilities of vj
the sordid affairs of life that will 'jH
crush her ideals and lower her standJ
ards. The motherhood of the farm J?
av,~ is our inspiration, she is tlm nmwHnn
-- w QUMIUIUH *
Hi of our domestic welfare and a guidoVyM
tfctl to a higher life, but directing the af* :!jM
ur-i fairs of government is not within vvo-jjfH
* 1 man's sphere, and political gossip-, |H
*re would cause her to neglect the homeJjj^B
u forget to mend our clothes and buru^J^B
#Jj the biscuits.
the piles Cured 'a. 6 to 14 Days
il<- '/our druggist will refund tnotiry il 'S&Z&SmH
1?0- )INTM HMY fiiN to cure any ens'- of *tchin|fl^^H
OHnd.Bleedluvr or Protruding Pllet >n6io MclayJn^H
Tlx drat application i;ivtg Kn?c ?ud Re"