The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 13, 1919, Image 1
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' MUST BE PAID
f BY MARCH 15TH
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RofCTrn Blanks Will Be Ready
t' Between Feb. 15th and
March 1st.
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REVENUE COMMISSIONER
B/1AI/CTO A Mftiniiftinp*np*iT
iVlHr\tO HIVMMUUIMOCIVIllN I
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v Taxpayers May Pay in Instalments
Under New Plan of
the Law.
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I hat there will lie no general extrusion
of time beyond March 15th
for the filing of returns and for the
payment of Income and ftxeers Prof
ts taxes clue on that date, is the
decision of Daniel Roper, commissioner
of Internal Revenue. The
announcement was made to-day by j
ol lector 1). C. Hey ware I immediate-j
, ly following the approval by tho j
Senate and House of the report of
}
U"' conferees on tin new Revenue
t Hill.
"It is necessary to get the initial
tax payments in by March the 15th,"
says Commissioner Roper. "No other
course is possible. Some months t
ago, the Treasury issued certifi- j
r1 catos of indebtedness to an amount
approximating $800,000,000, maturing
.March the 15th. The first payment
of the Income and Excess
|ao'its Taxe> foe 1918 was planned
foj that date, to meet his huge ohl?.
Ration. .
"Tlie American people have prov>ti
that there is no emergency too
jjreat to ho be met and solved by cooperation.
This present situation is
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overcome by cooperative efforts. The
bureau extend* its every force towards
this end, and I am relying
upon the people to meet the situation
v/hole-heartedly.
"The Internal Revenue Bureau 1
must carry out the programme prescribed
in the new law, which requires
all returns for 11)18 to be filed on
or before March 15th, 1919, and requires
the first quarterly payment
cr the entire payment to be made on
or before that date.
"Every taxpayer who can possibly
do so is urged to make full payment
of his income tax on or before
March 15th. The quarterly payment
method is intended for taxpayers
whose financing of the tax at one
time would tend to upset local finan1
cial conditions.
"The approval of the report of th.
conferees by the Senate and House
of Representatives brings the new
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revenue nui lo me point wncrc 'i
may be assumed to be law. The Intern^
Revenue Bureau has been mak
| jng preparations to colleet the taxes
which it provides, and is now putting
<dl of its efforts into aiding the taxpayers
to fullfil the obligations imposed.
"The bureau has arranged to send
'an advisory force of several thousands
of deputies and agents to assist
'taxpayers. These officers will be
stationed at convenient points where
they may be consulted without
, charge. Taxpayers should take the
** initiative and get in touch
withrthese Revenue Men for any
r,ceded advice and assistance in preparing
returns.
"The forms for the tax returns are
being printed and all forms will be
in the hands of Collectors between
February the 15th and March 1st."
1 DECtsiONUPHOLDS
BOARD OF HEALTH
lie' k Hill.?Judge Ernest Moore has
hajiucd down a decision in the matter
of the picture shows of Rock Hill
against the board of health in favor
of the hoard of health and sustaining
its position that it had a right to
close picture shows or anything
else of hte kind that was considered
detrimental to the health of the
contmunity.
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TIME EXTENDED
TO FEB. 15TH
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Not Too Late to Put in Applications
for Government
Nitrate of Soda.
Those farmers who failed to put in
applications for nitrate of soda have
another chance to make applications
as. the time for receiving' applications
has been extended to Feb. 15th.
banners may make* applications t?
the same parties who received applications
up to Jan. 25lh: Mr. Dan W. \
Hardwick, Loris; W. C. Hooks,!
1? i vds: W. F Prinrrv f VA/ I
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Cook, Aynor; J. L. Bell, Wampet,|
Norton Ding Company, Conway; and
County Agent D.uvis, anywhere you
can catch him.
The price of the sc da is the same,
?81.00 per ton plus the freight. Cauh
to be paid at the cai when the so.la
is delivered. Farmeis are cautioned
not to make appli(.*uion for more
soda than they can take as all applications
will he filled. All applications
must be made by Fob. loth.
RENEWAL OF FIGHT
IN NEXT CONGRESS
Washington.? I>y a margin of one
vote equal suffrage met its fourth
defeat in the senate. No further iir
tion at this session is now possible,
but advocates announced the now
nearly half a century old campaign
for submission of the Susan B. Anthony
constitutional amendment to
the States would be renewed when
the Sixty-sixth Congress convened.
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NO PRELIMINARY.
There was no preliminary hearingheld
in the case of Hearty Full wood,
the boy who had the trouble inN the
Enterprise school last week. Bond
was made for his anocaivinee at th > I
court of General Sessions FobruniyJ
24tli, at which time it is expected
the trial will come off.
MR. WEBB AND MISS
HOLLAND COMING
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Mr. Wehb and Miss Hol'.and, two
ol our great Sunday School work- !
ers of the state will be in Horry for '
a few days during the last of Feb., !
and first of March.
Arrangements arc made now to
hold a Convention at Ay nor on Saturday,
March 1st, at 11 o'clock, A.
M , one at Maple Church on Sunday
morning following and one at Co *way
at night. Other sections may
bo visited. If so they will be announced
later. It is hoped that
Churches where thes^ meeting-: ire
to he held wlil see that all Sunday
School workers in their sections are
invited to attend these conventions.
Look for other announcements next
week.
J. C. Spivey County Pres.
VV. M. Goldfinch, Sec.
CLYDE LINE WILL
SUSPEND 3 ROUTES
New York.?Because of high op- 1
crating costs And "inefficiency of labor,"
the Clyde Steamship Company
has decided to suspend three of its
coastwise lines to South Atlantic
points, it is announced here.
The lines suspended are:
The New York-Mobile-Tampa line,
New York-Wilmington-Georgetown
line, and Philadelphia-Norfolk line.
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wruers nave oeen to close tne otnces
at Wilmington and other ports and to
dismiss all employees. Two or three
of the ships will be transferred to
the Jacksonville and the New YorkSan
Domingo service and nine put
into dry dock.
If operating conditions improve,
<he suspended lines may be resumed,
iccording to W. L. I/cvish, general
right manager. |
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CONWAY, S O., THURSDAY
PRUSSIA MAY DRAW
SUPPORT FROM RUSSIA
Paris.?"While I have said that
the war has been won, it would perhaps
be more accurate to say that
there is a lull in the storm," said
George Clemonceau, the French premier,
in the course of an interview
with the Associated Press today. "At
least," he added, " it is well to face
squarely all the possibilities."
Although Germany has been beaten
militarily and had been largely
disarmed, there still remained, the
premier pointed out, "a chaotic but
fruitful Russia from which great
help may be drawn by the Teutons."
There would be no danger, h>'
thought, of a "reopening of the mil'..1
tary debacle if it were not for th'*
finance President Wilson had voiced
recently that whenever Fiance or
any other free people were menaced
the whole world would be ready A.o
vindicate its liberty."
In the society of nations, said the
1) 1 1 !") i f*!' h'll inn ?v\u I lw? if 111 i n.. I
r . - , x x?x ii nt? viwii niu I- 1/v: >> tllllit- ,
to renounce its traditional aloofness
and 1)-' willing to employ the n,atio.\al
strength outside its own country,
both in war and in peace.
Premier Clcmcnceau warmly prais
ed the help the American troops had
given in winning the war for democ- j
racy and expressed disbelief that
there was not a man in the American
army of occupation who regretted
that he had "fought on the side of
freedom," because he had found
more creature comforts in Germany
than in France.
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HARD CONDITIONS j
Paris.?The supreme war council '
is reported to have reached ;x decis- :
ion at yesterday's meeting that it :
v as necessary to impose more severe j
conditions upon Germany for the re- 1
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.. w i v i b v. - x i iiiipvivv. i;cvciu^^" u i ^
Germany's attitude toward the fid- i
fillment of her obligations. Decision.
n;re also said to have been reach. 1
ed for ?hc condition of German do- 1
mobilization and of the production
of plants formerly engaged in producing
war material. j
It is expected that the means fot
securing the execution of the condi- i
tion laid down will he reached at
Monday's session of the council.
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IRISH POTATO GROWERS.
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The following is a letter received
by Mr. H. L. Ruck in regard to the
using of Irish potato barrels that i
were left over from last year's supply
for this year's potatoes;
"Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 10, 1919
"Mr. H. L. Buck,
"Conway, S. C.
"Dear Sir: \
"The United States Department of
Agriculture, Bureau of Markets has
referred to me your letter of January
28. 1919. addressed to the Honorable
Chas A. Brand, relative to
the barrel which the potato growers
or your section have brought over
from last year and which were forbidden
to be used after August 1.
1918, for the shipment of potatoes.
''I assume that the barrel you refer
to is the "Basket Barrel" with
cross slats. These barrels were
found to be incapable to hold their
weight in potatoes in transportation
to market without serious loss and
damage, and it was found necessary
to restrict their use to commodities
weighing 100 punds or less to the
barrel.
"The whole season of 1918 was
given to permit the shippers to get
vid of thoir hnfnrn tliia ? < ?
rtriction was placed upon them, /and
they still have the privilege of using
up these barrels on commodities
weighing 100 pounds or less.
"To make any further modification
of this rule would only result in
throwing on the market a Large
number of broken barrels and loss
and damage to potatoes as in former
seasons.
"Yours truly,
"J. F. Deasy,
Chairman.
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FEBRUARY 13, 1919.
COTTON PROBLEMS
TO BE CONSIDEREB
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A mooting, to take proper ami effective
measures to limit the acreage
and production of cotton in this
State, has been called by Governo-*
Coo par, J. H. daffy, president of the
State Farmers' Union; B. Harris,
commissioner of agriculture; J.
Skottowo Wannanviker, president
South Carolina Bankers' Association;
J. D. Miot, president of tlie Chamber
of Commerce of Columbia; and W. G.
Smith, State warehouse commissioner.
This meeting is to meet the demand
for some action to dc finitely
and substantially limit tlie acreage
of the 1919 crop. Such action is
deemed important as it affects the
large amount of cotton in the hands
of the farmers ami the merchants as
well as the price which may likely
be obtained for the crop to be raised
this year.
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ims convention o; lliosc intere ted
in the present cotton situation will
be held in Columbia Thursday, Kebruarv
Id, at noon.
ORPHAN TRABEO
FOR MILGH COW
Marietta, Ga.?Investigation of
charges that Mrs. Naomi V. Campbell,
head of the "Undenominational
Orphan Home" near here, had traded
one oi' the children consigned to
her cave for a milk cow and $"() was
being nvule today by Solicitor General
John T. Dorsey, who began an
inquiry into charges of cruelty to
children made against the woman.
Relatives of Hazel Rankins, th<*
little girl who figured in the trade,
came to remove her after a histw-e m
t thp^jace had held Mrs. Campbell
| under $750 bond for a grand jury
, investigation of charges of severe
whipping of children, of putting salt
and pepor into wounds she is alleged
to have made in them and of causing
a little girl to be held against a hot
gYate as punishment.
Little Hazel was not at the home
and an investigation the relatives
said, disclosed she had been given
for a cow and money to a woman at
Tocoa, Ga., without the knowledge of
her relatives. The Tocoa woman had
taken a fancy to the child and intended
to raise her as her own.
j Mi. Dorsey said he would investigate
the unwarranted dispostion oi
the child. Mrs. Campbell, who is
still in jail here, denies all the charges
made against her.
timewasTxtended
FOR BUYING NITRATE
Washington, Feb. (j.?The secretary
of agriculture has announced
that the final date for the filing of
applications for nitrate of soda with
county agents and local nitrate committees
has been advanced to February
15, 1911). This action is taken
in view of the fact that farmers in
many parts of the county advise
that they desire nitrate of soda, but
were unable to file their applications
prior to January 25. On account
of the pressure of other work
and the heavy duties devolving upon
county agents in connection with the
sale of nitrate, it was not possible
for the county agents and members
of local nitrate committees to give
the desired publicity to the depart
[ment's plan for selling nitrate of
soda to farmers this year.
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LIVE FIRM AT TABOR.
One of tlio host- known firm v. in
Tabor, N. C., is Garrel & Green,
composed of Mr. R. M. Garroll and
E. L. Green. They have a larg"
slock of general merelvmdi -e and b
good business methods keep it up
the minute. Just now thnv m advertising
a full lino or millinery
gr.ods described in another column of
this paper and which will, no doub!,
be interesting to the ladies in thai
section of North Carolina and a
largo portion of Horry County
I whose people visit Tabor to do th.-ir
shopping.
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SCHOOL TEACHER IS
STABBED BY FULLWOOD
Wound Was Not Serious According
to Late Reports
From Socastee.
L. K. Alford, the to,-ichor of the
Hnt< rpriso School in Socastee town
shin, was stuck in the back with a
I
jktiifo in the hands of Hearty FullIwood,
a pupil; while the teacher was
iadmini. Coring a beating upon him on
I Monday, Fobru.ury .??rd. Reports of
I the concurrences reaching* here were
t > the effect that the wound was
very serious, that Alford would not
live, having1 suffered great loss of
blood, and other tales of like effect;
but late reports from Soca. tee Friday
stated that the wound had noi
!. proved to he serious, that the teachor
had recovered and would he teachj
ing the school again last Monday,
lb arty Fullwood was .nltendimr
the school, lie is a hoy of thirteen
yours of age, and is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Kullwood. A warrant was
isfU?'d by Magistrate John M Cormiok
an 1 the boy was lodged in jail hove
last Thursday where lie remained
until bond was arranged for him the
next day.
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NO SCHOOL MONDAY.
There was no school last Monday
at the Burroughs High School owing
to some difficulty with the steam
boilers whereby thee was no heat
v hen teachers and students met to
take up their work.
HORRYBOfWRiTES
i FROM FRANK
I IIVIVI 1
Wo havo the highest congratulations
for the fighting qualities we
displayed while helping in the final
<hivo for victory. The gallant and
efficient service we have rendered
during the period of our operations.
On the 29th of September we took
part with distinction in the groat
and critical attack which shattered
the enemies' resistance in the ol 1
Hindenburg- line and opened the
ro.ud to final victory. The deeds of
J the iiOtn American Pivision, who, o i
J that day, took liellicourt and the
ist'ongly fortified St. Quentin canai
int Marcoing, the occasion was rip"
for testing. What has been accornj
plished by the boys of this division
! will rank with the highest achievements
of this great war. Snice that
date through three weeks of almost
continuous fighting we advanced
fion one success to another, overjocming
all resistance,
j W o have, by our heroic effort1-..
made possible this glorious result.
Without complaint wo have endured
ince >sant trials privations and dangers.
We have seen many of our
comrades make the supreme sacrifice
that freedom may live. We have
h.ad the patience and courage with
which we have endured. The splendid
fruits of victory which our heroinn
and the blood of our gallant
dead are now presenting to our nation.
Our deeds will live forever on
the most glorious pages of America's
history. Those things we have
done. There remains now a harder
task, which will test our soldierly
qualities to the utmost. Succeed in
this and little note will be take, an t
few praises will be sung; fail and
the light of our glorious achievements
of the past will sadly be dimmed.
Hut we will not fail. We will
meet this test as gallantly as we
, lvive mot the tests of the battlefields.
Sustained by our high idols and inspired
by the heroic part we have
played, we will carry back to our
; people the proved consciousness of a
new Americanism, born of sacrifice.
J Whether we stand on hostile territory
or on the free soil of France we
will so bear ourself in appearance
and respect for all civil rights that
wc will confirm foi all time the
pride and love which every America
Vols for ou.* uniform and for you.
(Pvt.) 1st CI. Willie Stevens.
Co. L. 120 Infantry. A. P. O. 741) .
America Expeditionary Forces,
France.
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N0 48.
HIGH FREIGHT COST
HURTING THE SOUTH
Representatives Made to Senate
by the Busines Representatives
TOO HIGH WAGES
HELD RESPONSIBLE
Southern Traffic League Says
Readjustment Must Be
Made.
Washington, Fob. 10.?Charles E,
Cottrell. of Atlanta, representing the
Southern Traffic League told the
Senate interstate commerce committee
today that many southern business
nu n would be forced into bankruptcy
"if the wholesale revision of
freight rates initiated under the arbitrary
power of the director general
v. as continued." He said it was now
proposed to establish mileage rates
on SO southern commodities, for
which he declared there was no justification.
He urged that Congress
refuse to extend the period of governmental
control of railroads.
"It is unnecessary to enact any
I radical legislation as a condition
^.vvvucui w uiu return 01 tnc carriers
which is much desired in the
south," Mr. Cottrell said. The powers
of the director general are too
arbitrary and broad for peace times
so the south views with alarm any
proposed extension of control. Under
governmental operation, more industrious
changes have been made
tlvin ever before anil it has been
necessary to keep delegations here
continuously for the protection of
shippers' interests.
"The railroad administration has
been altogether too generous in the
I disposition of wage increases. We
want adequate rates paid for rait'
road employes but the rate accorded
negro labor has caused an anomalous
and peculiar situation without any
corresponding improvement in the
living conditions of the negro. In
numerous instances negro labor is
paid more than their white supervisors.
"Congress should not assume any
widespread public demand for legislation;
cerf/iinly no such demand exists
in the south. A profound reaction
has set in, which causes the belief
that it would be unwise to extend
the war powers of the government.
There is a feeling that some people
are seeking to nrofit hv mnint??r?i??o>
war conditions."
Mr. Cottroll objected to any form
of government guarantee to the railroads
as meaning- in effect government
operation without the privileges
of government supervision. He
urged that either the railroads be
returned to private ownership or taken
over entirely by the government.
Mr. Cottrell said the Southern
Wholesale Grocers' Association asked
him to announce that in a referendum
of its 2,100 members more
than 95 per cent desired a prompt
return to private management because
of the "poverty of service" under
government operation.
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A. M. Dusenbury was in Conway
last Saturday accompanied by several
of his children.
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WON'T BUY FERTILIZER.
Union.?Not a fertilizer dealer in
Union expects to buy any more fertilizer
this season because the farmers
have decided not to buy fertilizer
of any kind until the price of cot
iami UP 10 ^?)C I)Cl* pound.
I This information was gotten from
a well known business man of this
city who investigated the situation,
and he finds that the farmers
throughout the entire county are determined
to hold their cotton with a
death-like grip until it reaches
around 35c, as on account of the
high cost of producing the crop during
the war, they feel they must
Ihave 35c in order to make even a decent
pi*ofit.