The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 26, 1918, Image 8

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ANNUA 1917 PREMIUM ATTEMPT TO TAX COTTON DEFEATED House Rejects Proposed Levy of S3 a Bale in Revenue Bill OCCUPATIONAL TAX WIDELY EXTENDED ! I I Will Apply to All Persons Earn ing $2,000,000 a Year. Debate Is Sharp. Washington. ? Extension of the proposed special war tax of ten dollars a year on busniess or occupa- | tions so as to include all persons in professions and trades earning $2,000 or more annually, was approved to day by the house ways and means committee. The first amendment of representative Moore, of Pennsylvania, proposing a tax of $3 a bale on cotton was defeated on a rising vote, 100 to 28. Southern members, Representative Moore said, in discussion of the war revenue bill, had compelled him to "make good" on his suggestion to tax cotton, as a matter of duty. If any products are "profiteering" Mr. Moore said, they ought to be taxed. In a colloquy with Representative Hoflin, of Alabama, a vigorous opponent of the cotton proposal, Repreni ? ii i i-u-v A i.. i^iiwii'ivt" mi'wic ijii.li uiu Alabama member to propose a tax on iron ore, an important product of both Alabama and Pennsylvania. Emphasis was laid again by Representative Moore on alleged unequal distribution of tax burdens, by which northern states bear a large proportion. 1 The attempt in the house to suspend the mixed flour law was defeated, temporarily at least, when the presiding office sustained the point of order against the amendment upon motion of Representative Moore of Pennsylvania. An amendment by Representative Troadway to tax gross receipts from bill boards, street car, electric signs and similar advertisements ten per cent, was disapproved by the committee. . - BRITISH CAPTURE !.!.? 18,008 TURKS Gen. Allenby's forced in Palestine have taken IS,000 Turkish prisoners and have captured 120 guns besides four airplanes and a large* quantity of uncounted transports, according to a London dispatch. This moans the virtual annihilation of the Ottoman forces in this region. The British losses were surprisingly slight considering the importance of the advance, says the official report. In Palestine the Turks seemingly are in the process of being crushed; in Macedonia the Entente forces are driving' sharp wedges for considerable distance into the enemy fronts. In France and Flanders where there has been no fighting rising in importance above patrol encounters j the British, French and American i troops have kept the upper hand and advanced their respective lines. Transcendent interest for the moment, at least, centers in the operations of Gen. Allcnby's forces in Palestine. Here is less than four days ( the British have swept forward in the center between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean and taken the famous town of Nazareth, while their wings closed round in a swift enveloping movement and nipped within the maw of the great pincer ' nil the Ottoman forces in the coastal sector, the plain of Sharon, the hill region in the center and also the I L km mm I LIST-PREPARE YOUR NlOVEMI NAVY AND MARINE CORPS DRAFT CLAIM1 Navy to Get Average 15,000 Men Monthly?Marine Corps 5,000. Washington. ? The program under hich the- navy and Hit1 marine corps will secure the men hereafter needed v- as announced today by Secretary Daniels after conferences with representatives of his department, the marine corps and the provost marshal general's office. The navy is to have an average of ".i'ieen thousand monthly, while the n rine corps will get five thousand monthly for four months and one thousand five hundred each month thereafter. Of the navy's allotment of fifteen thousand it may enlist or enroll men who have special qualifications for certain navy work, but the remaindder will come from "the run of the !raft," ru.vy officials calling out ^killocl men to meet as far as possible the special needs of the service. Men who now hold or may hereafter be given deferred classification on account of dependency will be permitted to enlist in the navy a> the higher pay given is expected to ' <> away with the possibility of har I hips to the dependents. Those who ave had previous service in the ?avy will be permitted to rcenlist. In u> case, however, not even from the draft will the navy accept men who crnnot read, write and speak the English language, nor will it accep' men not citizens of the United States or conscientious objectors. Much the same system will be folov ed in enlisting men both in the avy and marine corps. Naval rc vuiting stations will be known a "mobilization centers," each having i different teviitorv to servo ?ml key will be established at central points. Marine corps recruiting of rices also will be kept open. Men desiring to enter either hU lavy or marine corps will be requii od to make application rt the prop* recruiting office. When men are acrpted for the navy the mobilizatio' > i*icci\; will apply for thorn through .heir draft boards, but in the case f men qualified to enter the nu rine orps the recruiting' officer will sen ! e. request to the provost marshal gen > a! fur theii enrollment and tl. ..sal boards having jurisdiction to nroll them. Naval mobilization points, announc d by Secretary Daniels include: Nor folk for Virginia, West Virginia, sorth and South Carolina. Atlanta for Georgia, Alabama and Florida. o You may know the pinch of famine, You may know the clutch of debt, There may he but little lamb in Any fricassee you get, All the dubs may try to flop you Any trick to lay you low. Hut they cannot really stop you, If you've got the goods to show. They may knock you down and trample On the wares you have to sell, They may hand you out a sample Of a little h;t of h ! They may turn on you and thunder ''Back, you lobster, to the woods," But they cannot* keep you under If you've really got the goods. True, it's hard for you to suffer What you know you don't deserve, But it rather makes you tougher And it stiffens up your nerve. Let 'em slam, and damnf and flout you, Bear it all as best you can. I But the world can't do without you If you've got the goods, Old Man. ?Westclox Tick-Talk. western Jordan valley. Meanwhile to the northeast the friendly Arab | forces of the King of the Hedjah have cut all railway communication in front of the fleeing Turks and are standing as a barrier to their es apc by way of the eastern plains. HORRY EXHIBITS NOW. THE SA JACK AND MA 3ER 12 " SEVEN NAtlONS JOIN IN ATTACK :ln France. Macedonia, Palestine, Northern Russia and Southern Russia. London. ? Allied forces, involving the troops of seven nations, are attacking successfully on five fronts. They are engaging three of the four central powers, in addition to the i Russian Bolsheviki. The active fronts are in France, Macedonia, Palestine, Northern Russia anil .Southern Russia. Fighting! on the Italian front is still desultory.' but has increased precipitately within the last week. There is also activity in Albania, indicating the pos- j sibility of the Macedonian drive j spreading to that region and involving the Austrians holding the lin< there. Fighting on the western front still centered about the Hindenburg I in defenses between Cambrai and St. I Quentin today. The British this mom ing drove forward on a three mile front between those two cities, apparently seeking to capture the important railway junction of Lccatellet, one of the bastions of the Hindcn burg line, and destroy direct comnilini/Mltinn Kof urnnn r1 innw?rii 1 C'l | ... . vy *1 WV VI VVII V.Xk'illUl O 1 4 1114 U . Quentin. South of St. Quentin, the French were pushing eastward from the village of Benay and gradually shoving their lines past the city. German Admission. The German war office admitted the loss of Essigny-le-Grand, just north Benay. It also admitted a French success between the Aisne and the Aillette, where the poilous gained a footing on the high ridge west of Coucy and south of Anizy-leChateau. The Americans repulsed two heavy raids against their right flank on the Met/, front just west of the Moselle river this morning. In Macedonia, the allies are now pursuing the Bulgarians on a 70 mile front between Mon&stir and Lake Doiran. An additioal advance of ten miles was made yesterday resulting in the capture of ten villages. The allies are threatening to cue the Oskup-Salonika railway, which sup-' plies the Bulgarians in the Lake Doiran region, and also threatening the city of Prilip, northeast of Mon-; astir, Serbian, British, French, Italian and Greek troops a re engaged in this drive. On Other Fronts. To the westward, Italian fovces are harassing the Austrian lino in Albania by raiding operations. The Anglo-French drive in Palestine, begun Wednesday, is proceeding over a front of about 50 miles between the Mediterranean and the Jordan river. Reports indicate that the Turks have been heavily defeated. Allied forces in Northern Russia have sunk two additional Bolsheviki r?r? fhn IWinn 'vivoi* In fool. ing their way southward they are overcoming all opposition. The Bolshevik i forces in both the Archangle and Murman districts are led by Ger man officers. In Southern Russia, Czecho-Slovak troops have signally defeated th<> Bolsheviki near Tsaritsin, on the west bank of the Volga, about 275 miles from its mouth. The Czechoslovak zone of control in European Russia now apparently extends from Ftatni-inKiii'ff u'nufwni'/l fr? \//Uifi 1 JUUWi llll/U I IT V??VT? l?l \ | V\/ till; f at Kazan, southward along the west bank of tho River to Tsaritsin, thence westward to the Black sea at Nikolaieff. o? ? D. Gordon Raker has been elected senator from Florence County. 1 o For Indigestion* Constipation or Biliousness Just try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSC*. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medicine Co . manufacturers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic. COI ME GOOD CARNIVAL, M! RGARET QIJINGY F015 IN NOTICE TO TEACHERS AND TRUSTEES: ^ The regular fall examination for teachers will he held at the Burt?.. O .1 1 n- ' > ?-% . iuukiik otnwui Dunning r riclay Uct. ^ <Hh, beginning at nine o'clock. Ail who are planning to teach and who have not secured certificates or who have not complied with conditions which entitle them to renewal of certificates are urged to take this examination. It will save much unnecessary trouble later on. There seems to be some misunderstanding on the part of trustees of one-teacher equalizing schools a to the amount of salary they arc allowed to receive from the State. Under the interpretation of the State Hoard of Education such schools are only allowed to pay fifty dollars per month and the State will not be responsible for more than this amount 1 K A #? I ? a- ~ 1 - I 1WII111. nil II I'.iai i/. mi; UIK'-UHtl'll cr school is a district that levies an eight-mill tax for current expenses, that enrolls not more than fifty nor less than twenty-five pupils per teacher, that keeps an average daily attendance of fifteen pupils per teacher, that runs seven full months, and that pays a teacher holding a first grade certificate not over fifty dollars per month, a second gratis forty dollars, and a third grade thirty dollars per month. Principals of equalizing schools of two or more teachers may be paid as much as seventy-five dollars per month provided they hold first grade certificates. This does not mean that teachers without experience or who have had no normal training should receive seventy five dollars per month. This ruling is necessary because Horry is limited to $10,000.00 from this source. We 'almost | reached the limit last year and will 1 be sure to exceed it this year. | We hear of some trustees paying | extravagant salaries, such as some second grade teachers receiving sixty dollars per month and even third grade teachers being employed as principles at sixty dollars. The Horry County Hoard of Education has been very lenient in granting certificates especially third grades. Something is wrong and radically wrong when a pupil finishes the .-eventh grade and can't make a second grade certificate or where he has finished the eighth grade and cannot make a first grade. When can we hope for conditions to change or for our schools to do better work if I l we continue to give insufficient teachers higher and higher salaries? Trustees are responsible to the State and to the people for the expenditure of the funds entrusted to their care. At the same time we are glad j for efficient teachers and teachers who are trying to make themselves more efficient to be paid better salaries. Schools still without teachers should write to the County Superintendent at once giving date of opening salary etc., and he will do his best to secure teachers for them. He will be glad to have every teacher in the county and every school board that have made any arrangements to notify him of their plans. We believe we can secure teachers outside of the county for all our schools but have delayed doing so in order that Horry County teachers may get places first. Before employing a! teacher trustees should make sure | that she holds a valid certificate. They should find out the degree of; the certfiicate. All teachers from other counties and those of Horry whose certificates are entitled to renewal should send them to the County Superintendent not later than the I * ' end of the first school month. Application for State aid cannot be made unless this condition is met. Several districts have voted on more taxes in norder to secure better teachers and to pay them better salaries. It is not yet too late for your district to increase its special : tax if you act p.t once. "We cannot ! expect competent teachers who have (had experience and training to remain in the schools unless they are paid better salaries. M. J. Mullock, Co. Supt. of Ed. \ ? * ? INTY FAIR] IT'S SHUT AHEAKAH SHOWS-IUPrY j CLUSIVE 1 For Twenty-Five Year3 I T 1 * ? - ^ Ix nave oeen selling' your mothers, your sisters, your ^ daughters, your wives, your friends and your sweet- ? hearts Hats, and now have on hand the largest and best selected line I have ever had, and also a nice line of Silks, Coatsuits, Cloaks, Shirtwaists. Come in and see my display on Sept. 18th and 19th. Yours truly, 1 MRS. J. S. 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I An army of 4,800,000 by next German troops sent to the MaceJuly, after all deductions have been donian front to aid the, hard pressed made for casualties and rejections, Bulgarian forces have been gj^t to is what the enlarged American mili- flight along with the Bulgarians tary program calls for. says a Servian official statement. , ..ik. jk. \ 28 ggff 28 I We have in this week a car of 28 head of nice Horses and Mules, all good broke. If in need of a Horse or Mule come to see us. We will save you money if you will see this stock. Also we carry a nice line of buggies and wagons. Come to see us. { Jenkins Bros. Tabor, N. C. 0 %