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* Page No. 6 ' WILL COLLECT > > NEW REVENUE s Plans for collecting the sales and luxury taxes provided for by the re * cent session of the State Legislature will be worked out between this date and May 1, when the new revenue law becomes operative, according to W. G. Query, chairman of the South Carolina tax commission, which is charged with enforcement of the law, says The Columbia State. It is estimated that the State will derive an annual revenue of about S2,000,000 from the combined sales and luxury features of the measure. Before the Legislature had given its final approval to the proposed revenue raising bill, Chairman Query had given the matter of carrying out the provisions thought, he said. The new law provides for a stamp tax on bonds, stocks, promissory notes, conveyances, proxies, powers of attorney and sales or transfers of capital stock and other certificates of indebtedness, a levy on one-tenth of 1 rer cent on the gross business ,of manufacturing: plants and mines and a luxury tax on tobacco products, admissions to amusements, ammunition ;and candy selling above 80 cents a pound. With Tax Commission. The State tax commission is empowered to prescribe regulations governing the affixing and cancellation of stamps, where the law provides for the use of stamps. A penalty of a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both is provided for attempts to defraud the State by restoring stamps that tiave been used. For failure to affix the stamps prescribed, the measure provides ' penalties as follows: $20 for the first offense, $50 for the second offense and $100 for each offense thereafter. Taxpayers subject to the taxes not paid by stamps are required to make sworn returns to the tax commission on the 20th day of April, July, Octo? 1 T + 1 Der ana January ot eacn year, accompanying the returns with remittances in full for taxes due. The first return required by the law must be made by July 20 of this year and shall cover the period ending: June 30. Penalties Provided. Penalties are provided for failure to make returns. The tax commission is authorized to make a return for any delinquent taxpayer upon such information as "may be reasonably obtained" and to add a 10 per cent penalty, and the taxpayer is made liable under a fine of not less than $1,000 or imprisonment for not less than one year for failure to pay the tax re> quired on or before the first day of the following: month. For the remainder of this year, an appellate body, consisting of the Governor of the State, the members of the tax commission, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the -chairman of the house ways and means committee, to adjust any discriminations that may appear with the law in operation. The appeal ? ? i commission is empowered oniy to make reductions in taxes and can not increase them. The tax commission is authorized to make temporary provisions for collection of stamp taxes, In the event that the prescribed taxes are not available by the date the law becomes oDerative. PASTOR GORDON LEAVES SOON The Rev. M. W. Gordon has been called by the Baptist church at Spencer, N. C., and will leave Conway for "his new field on June 1st. He has served the First Baptist church of Copway as its pastor for a number of years, during which time he has served faithfully, not only the congregation of his church, but the general religious interests of the town. He has endeared himself to the peonle of Convvav and there are many who regrets that he and his jrnod niust move away to a new work. Spencer is one of three towns that form a sort of cluster or family: Spencer. Salisbury, and East Spencer. There are about twenty-five thousand people in the three towns and the Spencer church to which he 5s going is the leading church in that section of North Carolina. It offer? a great opportunity for usefulness Dr. Gordon will have a congregatior r.earlv three times as large as the con gregation he has been serving here. shell'ITews Tho night school is doing fine un der the management of I. B. Chest nut. Mr. Kelly Boyd spent a nitfht wit! Jimmie Wilson of this section one da; last week. Miss Ala Nixon is visiting her par ents. She Qxpects to return to Mai ion at which place she is living. J. R. Gore gave Mr. Donnie Chest nut and wife a very pleasant call on day last week. We were all vdry sorry to hear c our friend, Mr. Brookie Stevens, b< jng dead. Mr. Foster wa$ seer? on our street last Sunday. Miss Annie Bell Skipper is sti visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Chestnut o??_ The Herald receives every week or or more unsigned communication asking that they be published, but w have declined because we do not kno1 who we shall hold responsible for th things that are stated in these con munications. . | , t # * Paper towels in rolls of one hundre and fifty; also finest grade of papc doilies at The Herald office. KLAN LEADER UNDER CHARGE Atlanta, Ga.?A bench warrant for the arrest of Edward Young Clark, former imperial wizard pro tern of the Knights of the Ku Klux Khan has been issued by Federal District Attorney Clint Hager, it was announced at the Federal building. Clarke failed to appear in the United States district court here for trial on the charge, of .tfjsipg the mails to defraud. The court ordered hi? bond, amounting to $500 forfeited. Civil action to recover the amount of the bond is to be taken at once, and a bench warrant for Clark has been issued. Sidney Smith, member of the firm of Westmoreland & Smith, attorneys / m i j* i* i i l.i 1 / Tor v,iuiKe. disclaimed Knowieaire 01 the former klansman's whereabouts. Mr. Smith told the court that he thought he could produce his client if a continuance in the case would be granted. Counsel for Clark in a statement issued following the court decision, ordering the bond to be forfeited, said that continuance was requested on two grounds. First, because George Westmoreland, leading counsel, was absent from the city. Second, a certificate was offered the court as to the condition of Clark's health. "The doctor's certificate stated explicitly that Mr. Clarke was absent at the present time," said Mr. Smith, "by his direction and because of his exceedingly nervous and depleted condition. "There is no fear of the outcome of the case against Mr. Clarke. Those familiar with the facts are confident of his vindication when the case comes to trial. In view of the stress to which Mr. Clarke is at present being subjected, it was deemed not only wise but necessary to regard the instruction of his physician and to delay his going to trial as to such time ? ~ U.'r. U/\nUU I n onfTi/tiAnf ltr 11 Tkf* V ttS Iil? licuun ir> rmiiviviin,! i ated to withstand the strain," said Mr. Smith. The case, according to the indictment, is an outcome of Clarke's klan activities. It is alleged that the former klan official sent out circular letters to all subordinate officers of the organization telling that they would have to be bonded in the sum of $1,000 and that a premium of $5 would be assessed on each bdnd, which premium must be sent to him. The indictment further alleged that several promiums were sent to Clarke THE MENACE OF T WEEVIL AND C Address By Harvie Jordan, Secretary of the American Cotton Association Before The Hankers Club of Richmond, VaM Dec. 14. 1922. I , The gravity of the crisis confrontj ing the cotton industry in the United States cannot be paralleled by any situation previously facing the growI ers since cotton was first planted ii this country more than one hundred years ago. So long as soil, climatc and labor were the only necessary requirements to produce cotton, the South grew the staple in abundanc< and each year harvested a surplus beyond the world's requirements. The cotton-growing industry in thi: country is now facing disaster fron serious curtailment in production be cause of the ravages of an insect de structive to the fruitage of the cot ton plant and which science and tin practical efforts of the growers seen powerless to overcome. The cotton boll weevil first invade* the southwestern cotton lands o Texas from Mexico in 1892, and with in the past thirty years has invade nno/?f ip?i nor pnnf af fUn nnf ii* | / I C4 Ks v A V* C 4 1 " %" |/V? VV/III/ Wl till; Mllll cotton .area, reaching now into th central and northern tiers of cour ties in North Carolina. The wide spread destruction of the cotton cro from this insect for the past two yeai has been far greater than at any pei iod in the history of infestation. In this connection, the statists carefully gathered by the Unite States Government give a startlin ^ account of the appalling disasters 1 the crop wrought by the weevils du ' ing the past few years, and to whie ! I invite your very serious attention. Table of losses from boll weevil ii festation expressed in bales of 5< ' pounds of lint, since 1916, as cor piled by the United States Depai ment of Agriculture: Year Bales 101 T> 2,994,0i \(\\n o ftnc r\< JLJ/J f ijW./OjW1 1918 2,325,0 . 1919 2,780,0 1920 4,595,0 1921 6,277,0 li At an average selling price of y cents per pound, the amount of d stroyed cotton by these rapacious i sects in 1921, represents a total n - loss from that source alone of $47! 775,000 in gold or its equivalent, > the purchasing and debt-paying pow e of the people of the cotton States. The cotton crop of 1921, amountii if to 7,900,000 bales, was the smallc i- production in the past quarter of century. With a largely increas ;s *otton acreage in 1922, the total pi duction for this season will hare 11 exceed 9,500,000 bales, which, wi the exception of the heavy disaster 1921, will be the smallest crop pi e duced since 1901. s, The net losses to the growers e production this year, due to wi< w spread weevil infestation and darrai ie may be safely estimated at 4,000,f i- bales, which at an average selli o PHm Cured In 6 to 14 Day* id | DraMteU NftUMl mmv WPAZO OINTMENT ft 1 KTsSSiia?. THE HOBBY HERA1 Night School Column CAN WRITE LETTER Editor Herald: I am writing in order to extend my many thanks for your valuable paper during the night school term of school and I am glad to say that I was a pupil of the night school ;;fct< |HorVy', under the care of Miss Wood My, jind must say that she is some teacher, and I love her. I could not write my name so any' one could read it, now 1 can spell, read and write my own letters. May Ihe good work go on until everyone | may be able to read, write and spell. Very respectfully, Mrs. Hattie L. Denson. ! Horry, S. C., T\* U innn WILL FORM A VICTORY CLUB Washington, D. C., Mar. 22.?Chairman Cordell Hull, of the Democratic National Committee has appointed i Mrs. W. A. Freeman to act as a special representative of the National Headquarters in organizing a "National Democratic Victory Club" in j Conway. ) This is part of a nation-wide plan of organization, extending into every ' one of the 5.000 larger towns of the country, and having for its object the formation of an army of 100,000 Democrats to bring victory in 1924. Chairman Hull is thus striving, by intensive work this year, to win the Presidential election next year . The plan is for each club president appointed by Mr. Hull to organize a club of twenty of the livest Democrat? in each town, thus giving the National Chairman 5,000 flying squadrons, each one composed of twenty dependable men and women, and each under a trustworthy captain?broadcasted over the whole United States and acting as the eyes, ears and good right arm of the National Headquarters. *-i < ts i i ir* i i i rornvuion 01 tne victory i^iun among Democrats of Conway will start immediately. and that the subordinate officers who paid the preminms were never bonded. Witnesses from Texas, North Carolina and other sections of the country were present when the case was called. HE COTTON BOLL CONTROL METHODS price of 20 cents per pound represents another total aggregate loss of $400,000,000. The weevil infestation now spreads over the entire cotton belt from southwestern Texas to the northtivn f i iap ?v* XT/\*?iU ^ VI II vivi Ui VVUIIIICO 111 11U1 til uuiuiiua, . covering- practically 97 per cent of the [ total cotton area. r The American Cotton Crop an Industry of National and InterL national Importance. I The total production of cotton of all > kinds in foreign countries does not . exceed an annual growth of 8,000,; 000 bales. > The world textile consumption ol . cotton at the present time is aboul 20,000,000 bales per annum. Th< 3 United States must therefore furnish t at least 12,000,000 bales of cotton an. nually if the spindles and looms oi . the world are to be kept in operatioi . to supply the needs of civilization fo: q cotton clothing and other fabrics fo: i which lint cotton is used. But for the large surplus of Ameri :! can cotton produced in 1920, ther f DUFORD NEWS dl e Planting- corn and cotton is the or e der of the day here. It looks as if there will be an in creased acreage of tobacco this yea p to look at the new barns that are be s ing built over the county, r- Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Smith, of Mul lins ,spent Saturday night and Sur *.s day with Mrs. Smith's parents, M id and Mrs. A. I"). aJckson, of Duford. ig Mr. Dewey Ford and Miss Doll to Gonis called on Miss Susie Hobt r- Sunday night. :h Mr .Rupert Causey and famil spent Sunday with Mrs. Causey n- father,*Mr. M. G. Powell. 30 Mrs. C. B. Goodyear, of Dufor n- spent the week-end with her fathe t- Mr. Collins, of Jion, Marion County. o NOTICE OF SALE 00 00 Under and by virtue of a chatt 00 mortgage dated June 28th, 1922, ex> 00 cuted and delivered by W. Fred Stai 00 ley to W. L .Harrelson and tran 00 ferred by the said W. L. Harre lr> son to The National Bond & Ii le- vestment Company; I have seized ar n- will sell at public auction to the hig] e.t est bidder for cash M eleven o'cloc 0,- in the forenoon at the Town Ha to Conway. South Carolina, on the 71 er day of April, A. D. 1923, the follov ing described personal property co ug ered by said mortgage, to wit: ist One Dodge Brothers automobil< a Motor Number 788,345; Factory Ci ed Number 727,008; Body Style, Tou *o- ing; Capacity, Five Passenger; Nun lly her of Cylinders, four; together wil ith all parts and equipment added by th in said mortgagor at any time. i*o- J. A. LEWIS, Agent < Mortgagee. in Conway, S. C., le- March 22nd, 1023. ?e. H. H. WOODWARD, >00 Attorney for Mortgagee. ng oft* MM TWDm M KM tktftN u. "I 'Mlfnkw wd do? 0Oi CMN DiriOMIHI DC Su Kea?mbertlM fwll Mnwar. " o*k*th9 #n*ar? oi K. W. OBOVS. ? J>, CONWAY, 8, 0. MAS. 29, II !B~*?~g=gggga GOVERNOR GENERA] HAS MOST UNIQ1 The car owned l?y Tnuii Tso?Lin. i claimed the most wonderful car ever b extraordinary attachment Is the mad tivots in the rear of the car. would necessarilv be many millions of spindles closed down for the want of raw cot:on. ihe short crop produced. in the South during 1921 and 1922 would only provide sufficient staple to meet the needs of American and Canadian mills, with only a small surplus to be carried in stocks, without permitting any exports of raw cotton to leave this country. Foreign mills depend upon the United States for at least 8,000,000 bales of cotton annual- 1 ly under normal consumptive require- 1 ments, and this demand, if supplied during last year and this year, had i there been no large surplus in 1920, (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina. In the matter of: i Thomas Jefferson Bell, Bankrupt. Notice is hereby given that the above named bankrupt has filed a petition for discharge and that ,i hearing has been ordered to be had upon the same on the 3rd day of May, A. D. 1923. before this Court at Charles ton, S. C., at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, at which time and place all known creditors and other persons in, interest may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. RICHARD W. HUTSON, Clerk, i 3|29|23-4t. I ^^SSSSSSSmSSmmmmmSSSSmSSSSSmmmmmmmSS^ You j Think of I 1 I I We are h I COLE, and JO II COLE Distribute || horse; also JOH1 || kinds may be ha || and Tobacco Pic || Set Stock are in || for the above pl< You wiU find I y Doors, Nails, Sta Screen Wire, ga keep flies and m 'J, See us for Cr ! > Aluminum ware Stove that alwaj We have in i barbed, poultry i ki We will begin -k can make any kii IL $16.00 and $22 v- ready have our i ;; business long enc are made to fit 1 J comes first. Pri ,f When in towr Loris Hd " Phone No. 7-2 3|29|28-2t. >23 L OF MANCHURIA ' UE CAR EVER BUILT ? p V .. ^ uuTcuuu ^vucrui ui Aiuncnuriu, is acuilt. It Is absolutely bullet-proof. A* line guns which can be projected bj SUMMONS FOR RELIEF vUomplaint Served.? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF HORRY. Court of Common Pleas. R. L. Bell, Plaintiff, vs. W. L. Bellamy, Bank of Loris, A Corporation, m Adolph Einstein, Abe Einstein and _ Edward Einstein, co-Partners trading as Einstein Bros., J. A. Taylor, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, A Corporation, American Wholesale Corporation. Robert R. Bellamy, Burroughs & Collins Co., A Corporation, Successors and Assigns, The Stone Pros. Co., A Corporation; Bank of Horry, A Corporation; and W. A. Freeman, last Cashier of Bank of Horry, A Corporation, and any and all assignees of Bank of Horry who hold papers transferred to them by Bank of Horry whose names are unknown, and J. C. Livingston, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscrbers at their office at Conway, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of. such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action, will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. 1 FftRn Jtr sunns Plaintiff'8 Attorneys. 11 - ? Think of Hs * Js eadquarters for the f HN DEERE Corn an. ?r?, Steel Turn Plow N DEERE, and Blow d here; Dixie Plows; >ws; HIGGINS Uprigl stock. A large lot of )W8. building hardware of g Paint, Screen Door Ivanized and plain, fi: osquitoes out. ockeryware, Glasswa that will wear. Ah rs gives satisfaction, stock Wire Fencing c and rabbit fence. . i_* n ^i_ _ f!_. making riues me rir id you want. The pric .00 per set according Flue iron. We have 1 >ugh to know how to i before they leave our ces are right. Send i i make our store your w. and Furr !B E. I \ >ated M.^rch 26th, 1923. To Adolph Einstein, Abe Einstein nd Edward Einstein, Co-Partners, radinjr as Einstein Bros., J. A. Tay- < >r, Virginia-Carolina Chemical Comany, A Corporation; American /liOiesale Corporation, Robert R. lellamy, and any and all assignees of le Bank of Horry to whom has been ssigned mortgages or other collatral by Bank of Horry, whose names re unknown; Absent Defendants. TAKE NOTICE, That the summons, f which the foregoing is a copy and he complaint which is hereto served n you wTere filed in the office of the Ilerk of Court, Conway, S. C., on larch 28th, 1923. ittest: V. L. BRYAN, C. C. C. P. lonway, S. C. larch 2Rfh 1093 FORD & SUGGS. Plaintiff's Attorneys. t. o See the "Wedding Without a Woman" repeated at the School Auditorium, Tuesday evening, Anril 3. No reserved seat*. 15 and 35c admission, 8:30. j 1 * Public Sales We have purchased 122,000 pair U. S. Army Munson last shoes, sizes 5 Vfe to 12 which was the entire surplus stock of one of the largest U. S. Government shoe ontractors. This shoe is guaranteed one hundred per cent solid leather, color dark tan, bellows tongue, dirt a?d waterproof. The actual value of this shoe is $6.00. Owing to this tremendous buy we can offer same . to the public at $2.95. i Send correct size. Pay postman on delivery or send money order. If shoes are not as represented we will cheerfully refund your money promptly upon request. National Bay State Shoe Co. 296 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 2|8-tf. ===== fl irdware, ollowing: d Bean Planters, s--one and two it, Plows of all Carolina Cotton tit and the Easy polished sweeps all kinds,?Sash, s, and Windows, ne mesh that will ire, Tinware and so the Richmond >f all kinds, field, st of April. We :e will be between to size. We albeen at the flue nakethcm. They 11 factc ry. Quality 11 us your orders. 11 headquarters. 11 litureCo. I ). Felder, Mgr. II