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TWO oERMANS THINK OF AFTER WAR BURDEN I Speculation as to How Cost of the Struggle Is to Be Met ENORMOUS TAXES TAKEN AS CERTAIN| ! I Wr.rp Q^.ostr.on a Problem. 0*)i":c^nr? of Aw'hor| ities. Nov.* taxes, perhaps an or.live new taxation ^ v,o i it, aio u( |ji'os|)Ov't 'Or (ivr.naay after the war. What is to l o iia ;r effect on the great mass of ta. v. orking population? Wil! sal '( ar.'l wages have to go up to on ? 1?> * wnrL-rtvo < ~ f " \ \'! 11 ... >> >. . I | >i ? \ lill'lll * ? lit rein vhment in personal expenditures, aloi.o, be sufficient to cover them? How, probably, will salaries after the war compare with those paid before the conflict started? Will the before-1 the-war industries that are all but dead now revive immediately so as to give employment and money to men, now soldiers, who must pay the taxes ? These are quuestions put by an Associated Press correspondent to some of the leading industrial men and economists in Germany in an effort to get at least a hypothetical solution of the problem that is being discussed] in almost every newspaper in the em-j pire, under the heading, "New Taxes." The majority of men to whom the j foregoing questions were put seemed i to be unanimous in the opinion that' salaries and wages after the war prob ably will not advance beyond their present height?which is far beyond what there were before the war in the case of wages?because they are high enough to care for all proposed increase:, in taxation. This majority is So confident in Germany's thorough ( economic soundness and in her economic future that they maintain, in effect, no increase is going to be necessary. A combination of frugality which the average German is easily capable of, and of a business boom of 1 unprecedented proportions, these mc' 1 believe is going to do away with the. , necessity of imposing the burden ofj 1 higher wages on employers.? The minority is divided between ' those who do believe that increased emoluments for workers are going to bo a necessity, with a consequent re- j (taction for a time of capital available! for investment, and those who are not1 sure, but who think that it may eas- | ily be that employers will feel that it | is the just if not the necessary tiling! for them to length their pay rolls. I , corrc^^r.dcht found, however' . * i c Ar. alme.st tudversal tendency to touch, but very lightly on that salaried class , of workers, petty officials, clerks, andjj *, So on, who benefit least from their' v country's economic well being but , who must help carry the burden of extra taxation if that becomes necessary. In virtually every instance the answers to the questions in the open-( | ing paragraph applied to workmen 1 getting wages rather than to workers; receiving salaries. i n Sigmund Bergmann, principal own- ( er and director general of the Berg-j mann Electrical Works, probably the i second concern of its kind in (ler-; ^ 'many, may be said to be a fair exam-; n pta of the majority, except that lie I makes certain reservations . He bo-I lieves existing wages are high enough' to cover whatever taxation may come \ ?unless the countries now at war; with Germany consistently and for a j long period of time refuse to renew , commercial relations with her. 11 P: of. I>r. Julius of one of Cior-1J ( I manv's b?6t known economists, as- ([ sumes an optimisti * standpoint be-1 cause he says that Germany even to-!, dav with war loans of almost 20,000,- \ | uuu,UOi> of marks, plus tho entire j debts of empire and ail the states, is' j really only just about even now. This j 1 enormous debt, he says, is balanced i j by state and national possessions?l! railroads, forests, domains and mines. The Entente Powers, collectively and individually, he believes, are so much worse off that after the war they will be broken, and Germany much better off, will have a commercial field in which to recuperate with little or no oposition from her present enemies. Work to Be Plentiful. The middle ground, so to speak, is taken by f)r. Schmidt, economics ext Continued on rage Eight.) 1 - - STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE The recent 8e88ion of the Lej?isla ture was one of marked enthusiasm and enterprise, nearly '400 acts were ratifivd. An earthquake tremor of slight but distinct nature that made itself felt throughout Georgia, North and South Or volina, Virginia ami portions ot eastern Tennessee and Alabama was reported last week. The program for the development of the State Hospital for the Insane which was provided for the General Arsembiy will very probably have to bo abandoned for the present year uni \ss a court decision is secured declaring the appropriation vaiiu. The i, \^i 'at.ire appropriated $100,000 "or die improvement work, which was In Uly concurred in by the Governor Li.i a.i crrer i.i the appropriation bill caused Carlton S. Sawyer, comptroller general, to write a letter to tlie attorney general asking for an ooin-1 ion as to the legality of paying- out! the $100,000. In his reply Attorney Genera! Peoples says: "1 am of the opinion that the appropriation act does not appropriate the $100,000 for | repairs." The earthquake shock that put the whole of the Piedmont counties in a tremor last week was felt in Florence by only a few persons. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Dunvegan Mercantile company of Charleston with a capital of $5,000 . The R. F. Howie company of Darlington has been chartered with a capital of $20,000. An automobile in which Mr. and Mrs. VV. B. King, Maxwell King, and Curtis Gardner were riding, was over turned while going to Orangeburg from the Rowesville section. The car was a new one and the driver was learning how to operate the car. While going at a reasonable ra f\ a hog was struck in the road, the car ' thrown from the road and over a ditch. No one was injured, although pinned under the car. There will be a called meeting of Pee Dee presbytery at the Florence Presbyterian church March 3, for the purpose of dissolving the pastoral relation between the Rct. S. H. Hay 1 and the Marion Presbyterian church in order that Mr. Hay may accept a 1 :all to the First Presbyterian church Mooresville, N. C. ? Three men were arrested by Ofli- 1 ors Kirk land and Lowe of the Co- i umbia poiice department on charge 1 >f violating the prohibition law. The nen were S. R. Boone, C. A. Dickert, [ md B. F. Martin. 1 ? Imrvey M. Miller, manager of the 1 W. Wool worth company's 5 and 10 ( ... 1 cats storo in Columbia, will discon4 ir.uo his duties in that capacity 1 March 1, to accept the supcrinten- ( loncy of the company's stores i:i x . i sTorth Carolina, South Carolina, Jeorgia and Florida. 1 DO NOT 50!S0N YOURSELF Do not POISON yourself by taking Caloael. It is not necessary. You can get the arne results?better results?without turnrig your bowels and liver inside out. Calomel is a poison. Any physician will dinit it, if you force him to answer the qucsion "Yes" or "NO." You know it yourself ?you realize that the EFFECTS of Calomel ire the same as the effects of any poison. ' irst, violent agitation?griping pains. Later, veakness, dullness, lassitude. After taking 'alo?~?l it you a couple of days to ro:cylt from the effects of the POISON which mil have administered tb youfoystem. *** And dees it PAY? Docs it pay to take >oi?on, especially when the work it does is juiekly followed by li ML APSE to the same ;r worse condition? YOU KNOW that after jiking Calomel your bowels are soon constipated again. It does not really HELP the >owels as Dr. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup helps them. TYR TTTAriTRR'C i VV/A J 17X\ Liver arad Blood Syrup s a pure, HARMLESS, absolutely NOX>oisonous, vegetable remedy. There is not a partieleof poison in a barrel of it. Itcontains gentle laxatives, tonics and STRENGTHEN ERS that act easily, naturally, yet 51'RELY. They encourage the Liver and Bowels to DO TIIE1R DUTY. The response is quick, sure, and LASTING. After biking this famous remedy there is NO REACTION. You can go about your work feeling FINE. You don't have to lay by a day or two to GET OVER THE DOSE. And your constipation is GONE. The bowels are helped to ACT FOR THEM- I SELVES. You arc CURED. Side-step Calomel as you would any other poison. Get a bottle of Dr. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup NOW. Only 50c and $1.01 at all dealers. THACHER MEDICINE COMPANY, Chattanooga, Tennessee* % THE HOEEY I WHAT OTHER PAI The Question. Agricultural instruction in the rural schools?what about it??Georgetown Times. His Owner. One of the funny things in life is .he man who says he belongs to hansel :\?Times & Democrat. Other Ways. If bronze leather run short, there arc'still other ways of attracting at ten!ion to the feet?Florence Times. Nobody. "Who owns a wife's savings," asks the PhilUulelphia Inquirer. Answer easy. Nobody.?Daiiy Record. Mighty Hard. It is mighty hard for some of the gardeners to resist ihe temptation to break ground and even some farmers are walking over the fields thinking how the newly-turned cotton furrows would look.?Charlotte Observer. bull of Trouble. The oa>s of the Tiger are 30 and full of trouble.?Marion Star. Dead Twins. The two deadest places in existence are summer resorts in the winter time and stores that do not advertise --York News. Easy. ??!os' any giddy-headed young thine' can fot ;i hiisV*s?r?rl Kn* o~w " . vuuuihi i/ui 11 uirvr^ a lady to get a man.?Times & Democrat. Won't Keep Quiet. Colonel Bryan won't keep quint enough to take chances on being vindicated.?Morning Star. By Brute Force. If the legislators passed all the laws they were asked to pass the people would mob them. Serving in j the General Assembly is a case of getting it both ways.?Exchange. Nothing New. There is nothing new in our being disappointed in each other?Morning Star. ? ? Progress Toward Self-Support. One fo the chief aims of the missionaries is to make the church in mis . 1 i ? " sjon lancis sen-supporting and self-, propagating. The extreme poverty | :hat usually prevails makes the at-1 ;ainment of this ideal diflicult and >low, but decided and very encouragng progress is being made. Rev. A. \ ? Hasscl, a Presbyterian missionary! n Japan, tells of a case in point: "Three of the chapels under my j are have made notable progress durng the past year along the line of self-support. Two of the evangelists I ?iv tithing their salaries and are on- j '.ouragi ^ the Christians to give regu arly anrl systematically. As a result1 he so three chapels pay all their inci- i iental expenses. They use the cn clope system, and at one place, at1 *ar>t one of the laymen acts as trean^ 1 IS DUE THE PEOPLE OF THE GENEROUS PATRO CORDED US DURHG191 DER OUR THANKS. DURING 1916 YOU W INESS AT THE SAME 01 PARED THAN EVER TOS DUSENBU I Toddvill LERALD, CONWAY, S O 1 . ?. - J - . -.iLil. PERS ARE SAYIN6 One SuKK?9tion. If the quality of the stuff were fit, it would not be a bad idea to add a quantity of gum camphor and pass that unsalable dispensary liquor out to the citizens of the State.?Fort Mill Times. Southern Kind. The kind of preparedness too many Southerners favor is a six-shooter in the hip pocket.?The State. Why Not? The mills and factories are runI ning on full time everywhere, and 1 there is no complaint of hard times. I Why do our friends, the Rcnublieans [want a change? Why not let good times continue for all??Nows-Rei porter. ' Takes Skill. It takes a skillful married man to flirt safely when his wife is in the same block.?The Record. He Is. Bill Rorinter is going to run for congress again. He evidently must bo one of the vow large number of , people who don't believe that the ! world is gradually growing better.? i Spartanburg Herald. Good Money. In our mind Henry Kord's nlan to advertise in newspapers and maga1 zincs against President Wilson's prc! paredness policy is just about as l'ool1 ish as was bis peace trip but at that , we are willing to take a little of his I money in exchange for space.?York J News. Sav ing Wood. The Southern farmers are chewing tobacco and holding cotton and are 1 losing no sleep over the break in the New York market. It takes a rising market to catch their attention.? Charlotte Observer. 1 MAGAZINE I 300 ARTICLES * 300 ILLUSTRATIONS , !Y"EEP informed of the World's Progress in Engineering, Mechanics and Invention. Eoi Father and Son and All the Family. It appcalr . to all classes?Old and Young?Men and Women. I It is tho Favorite Magazine in thousand*of homes throughout tho world. Our Foreign Correspondents uro constantly on the watch for things now .end interesting and it is Written So You Can Understand It ' Tho Shop Notes Department (20 Pago*) contains < ITnetioul II inta for Saop Work and wiry ways for the 1 layman to do things around the Home. , \mntsur Mochanlcs (17 Pngon) f >r tho Pros and > i r 1 a who 1 i koto niiko thing <, ltd Is how to make Wire- ( loss mi l Telegraph Outfit*. Fnginea, lioats, Know sheen, Jewelry, ltood Furniture, etc. Contains in- \ strui'tions for tho Mechanic, Camper and Sportsman. | tl.53 PER YEAR SINGLE COPIES. ISr. Ord?r from your MwfdtiUr or direct from the puiHIihtr. i Sample copy will bo uont on roqusst. j i POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE 1 . 6 No. Michigan Avonue, CHICAGO iwvmij^iwiff i? imMimMiM^ j Appreciation HORRY COUNTY FOR i NAGE THEY HAVE AC5 AND WE BEG TO TENI 'ILL FIND US DOING BUS[) 5T4Nn RFTTER PRC. 1* VI nilU) uLI 11.11 1 III.SERVE YOU. IRY & CO. e, S. C. FOUJilON IXKMh GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING Henry Walter has been elected president of the Atlantic Coast Line Company of Connecticut^ succeeding the late Alexander Hamilton. Premier Asquith's speech in the House of Commons on the financial situation last week, was awaited with keen interest and public attention was attracted in advance to the proceedings in both houses of parliament during the week. Fifteen Southern and Western attorneys general joined in filing with with the supreme court of the United States an argument in support <>r the West Virginia liquor law prohib-j iting the ?eceipt and posession of in-! toxicating liquors for personal use' and of the federal Wcbb-Kcnyon liq-l uov law prohibiting the shipping ()i i'.Uoxii ating liquors into Stales for use in violation of State laws. The lUieharest correspondent of tin ' Secoio says that the second contrac. j for 100.000 carloads of corn, oat.-., j barley and other cereals has been settled between the Austro-t:eri .: syndicate and Rumania. Resolutions calling upon all humanitarian, educational and patriotic societies to appeal to the legislatures of every State for laws requiring' ph.\ sieal training for young men better to fit them for military service, in} time of need, were adopted by the na. j tional committee of the American Defense society. The Itailans, after weeks of hammering at the Austrian positions v. ah their big guns, have captured the j mountainous region of Caiio (v'ullni! in tin* Sugana valley, and also have J occupied the town of Roncegno and Ronchi. President Wilson at the end of twoj [lays agitation in Congress for warning Americans off armed merchant-1 men, wrote a letter to Senator Stone. ?hairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stating that he :ould not consent to the abridgement :>f the rights of American citizens in any respect. " Inspired by the presence of their! emperor and led by Crown Prince Frederick William, the German troops are engaged in one of the greatest battles of the war on tin j vrstern front. The great battle on the western j Tront where more than 250,000 Germans are assautling the French lines! \long a 25 mile front tr> nnr+v, ^ ? V\/ viiU J l\/ t VII '/I | :he fortress of Verdun is the out-; standing feature in the current war1 l A bottle lias been picked up from! the sea containing last messages) from the commander of Zeppelin I.-IS) which was wrecked in the North Sea and addressed to the commander's parents, wife and little son. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, I'.ROVH'S TAST.HhJ\SS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria.enrichestheblood,andbuildsupthe syslem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c. o 1 HORRY COUNTY 1 1 TRUST COMPANY g _ HZ [35 L. D. Magrath ?3 Manager. m m Real Estate P Real Estate Loans sa S3 Bonds R3 Insurance sa | p m sa su 54 m iai s3 ?4 m sal j CALOMEL WHEN Bll MAKES YOUJHC "Dodson's Liver Tone" Is Harmless To Clean Your Sluggish Liver and Bowels. Ugh! Calomel makes* you sick. It's horrible! 'Jake a dos*e of the dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose a day's work. (!il lnmv?l ia mnrmmr . ?u i \j\m a j xj ft tT which causes necrosis of the hones. Calomel, when it cornea into contact with sour bile erashea into it, breaking it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are sluggish ard "all knocked out," if your liver is torpid and bowela constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach aour, just try a spoonful of harmless Dodaon's Liver Tone tonight on my guarantee. BLEASE ANNOUNCES I HIS CANOIDACJ! Declares He Will Run For Gov- 1 ernor in This Summer's Primary. I Columbia.?Cole L. Blease, former 9 governor, announced definitely that 9 he will be a candidate for governor S tin's summer. He issued a statement which is a very mild reiteration of his old politics. A letter published some weeks ago M in the "Anderson Tribune" was the ,1 uaollicial precursor of the- announcement, and is here printed as an out- ! line of the former governor's quelle, (rrom the Anderson Tribune.) The following ie'tor received by .J. .Mack Kin*;, supervisor of Anders n county, definitely dcci les former liovci nor Ukase's determination to <Mit'r the race for govn rnor next sum- jf nier: 'V Columbia, Jan. 20, 191G ? Hon. J. .Mack King, \ \.. .1.......... /' ? ' /vuiii.'ijtwii, ouu . i v a!"<)i I;r<\. I My Dear Mack: Your kind i'lt .?: I the I 7tii received, and 1 apprenutojPfl very highly indeed tho c'.>mplimcnt^|r 1 remarks contained therein in refei| Ml once to myself. I i would have answered earlier, Igut fl tho Sin riff's Association, the JP housemen's meeting, the Supremo ,( Court, tiio United States Court vV4rl tin- Legislature all lining in sos. i ' here this wn k, many peoplo from 11 different parts of the State have been ;ffl lure in the city, and I have been very I busily engaged in various conferences 1 with our friends. 1 In reply to your direct question I I hog leave to say that, since tho con Terences this week, 1 have definitely I and finally decided to he- a candidate I for tho oftlcc of governor in tiio cam- I paign this year, and you can say to I our friends that at the proper time H I shall pay my assessment, file niy I pledge and walk into the race; and H unless all signs change, I will WIN. The only thing I ask of my friends, I is that they go to the ballot b^Kes, I when they arc first opened, and re- I main until the last vote is counted, I and see that we are not robbed. This is my final determination. If my I friends will do that, the victory is 9 ours and the people of the State will 9 have in power men who are repre- 9 sentatives of the interest of all the 9 people, and who will see that 4fc"al rights are given to all and special 9 privileges to none. 9 I have engagements to make aev.e- 9 ral speeches, and shall, from now on, H devote my mind to the interest of my H supporters, and invite all white Caro- H linians who believe in an honest, H faithful administration, free from preyH judice, and where poor and rich H will be received and made welcome, H to join in our success. Let our battle H cry be "Love of Clod, Love of Home, and Love of our Country?Justice to H a'l and oppression to none." H Give my love to all the boys, and, H with kindest personal regards and b< st \v you, I am. \ As ever your friencj^ God's Kingdom First. The following extract is form a recent letter to one of the misK^or. boards: "I have not yet finished paying my home or enough land to call i^<"|H farm home. I have, on accoun^of de clining health, quit the practice o',^n medicine, and so I have a private problem. Hut tin- whole thing i.> i t the hands of God and it is better my personal problems go unsolvec than that His Kingdom ho halted ir^| the least by rny unfaithfulness. I an sending a check for ton dollars an</^H asking God to give light and hel^. LIOUS? NO! STOP! K AND SALIVATES! Hero's my guarantee?Co to any dru^ store and L'ofc il fiO n?,i JP ? w V\>H v 1/wttlC son's Liver 'l one. Take a. spoonfuT am if it dooan't straighten you right u;^H and make you feel line and vigorous want you to go hack, to the store an<^H get your money. Dodson's Liver Torn is destroying the sale of calomel hecau&^H it is real liver medicine; entirely vege^H table, therefore it can not salivate 0)IH ! make you sick. 1 guarantee that one spoonful of Dod son's Liver Tone will put your'feluggisl^H liver to work and clean your bJ?frel8 o that sour bile and constipated wasb^H which is clogging your system and mak^H ing you feel miserable. I guarantee tha a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone wil keep your entire family feeling tine fo months. (Jive it to your children. It i;^H j harmless; doesn't gripe and they like it.^H ' pleasant taste.