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consent, enjoying exemption. For the past year the tax charge against the tangible property of the people of’South Carolina amounts to $2(^376^634—totaling State, county '2*nd school taxes. If the municipal- levies were added the > total charge would be greatly increased . Since only about 4 1-4 millions of South Carolina’s 8 1-2 njillions of wealth is paying any taxes at all^it is a matter of simple arithmetic to arrive at the fact that,'were the practicaljy one- half of the wealth, now escaping taxa tion taxed on an equal basis w ; th that which is now paying, as provided in the-ConsttTUTton. tTio taxes on farm lands, city real estate and personal .property would he nit down 4n—like Just before the MacMillan Arctic expedition sailed, this striking view of . „ the deck of tho ’steamer Bowdoin was taken from the crow’s nest of her ‘rnlrni Trsml fjis Prsry ^ LY ONE DOLLAR IN TWO PAJS TAXES IN THIS STATE , Representative John B. Duffie of Sumter, writing in The South Caroli na Gazette of last week’s issue, quot ed figures revealing a startling state of affairs with regard to the amount of wealth escaping taxation in^South Carolina. The assessed valuation of all tangi ble, visible property in* the State— that which is taxed—amounts to $428,- 6,01,275. At the same time, therfe is approximately $400,000,000 (accord ing to the latest available figures) of wealth, consisting of intangible, in visible property, which pays no tax at •n. In other words, for every dollar of more than 97 cents in property and wealth—locked up, concealed, hidden or tax-exempt—pays 'no tax at all. For the yct.r 1924, the amount of only $1,149,497 was returned for tax ation in the State under the item “Moneys, Credits and Evidences of Credits,’’, although a total of $115,- 795.532 was on"deposit in State banks in South Carolina alone (taking no accounting of the deposits in National hanks) on December 31, 1924. The $1,149,49t s aa N returned for taxa tion last year by the'comparative few conscientious citizens who made any r eturns at all of moneys, credits and evidences of credit, represents the' tal bonds, stocks, mortgages, moneys in bank and other credits owned -and held in South Carolina, amounting as Mr. Duffie’s figures show, to approxi mately $400,000,000. ^ ' Herein lies the explanation of the fact that, although under the provis ions of the Constitution of 1895 this $400,000,000 of intangible and’ invis ible property or wealth is taxable at the same rat* as ell other property, the Constitution expressly providing property and wealth that is taxed, *that all property shall be taxed at Uniform and equal rate, farm lands, city real estate and personal property is bearing practically the entire bur- ,den—paying not only its own propor tionate share of the taxes, but, with the exception of the amount raised iby the so-called indirect tax, the sale tux, and other forms of expediency taxes introduce 1 into..the State’s reve nue system in recent years, is paying likewise the taxes of $400,000,000 of amassed wealth that is, by common • ' . • . * A Dollar Buys More Telephone^ Service Than Ever Before •THIS year the demands for service in South Caro- lljlina will require additions and replacements to the Jhis money must tie obtained on the company’s credit. And, as you know, the credit depends largely upon the earning capacity, as in any other business. - - With the investitfcnt in service growing so enor mously each year the investment per telephone station is also-increasin'; rapidly. Unless there is an increase in the revenue ner telephone station, the company’s borrowing capacity, or credit, will not be strong enough to attract investors. — — The telephone using public is benefiting by the growth of tlie system The service is now better than «ver before, and is more valuable to the indi vidual user as well as to communities at large. Economical management and efficient workers have kept the operating expenses at a minimum, ftiaplte the increase of from 100 to 287 per cent in wages and ta*es over pre-war levels and an increase of more than 65 per cent in the cost of ^everything else which, forms a part of the telephone plant. ' 1 *; '■ ... rr- „ Telephone rate* have -not Increased In .anything tike a reasonable proportion, and today your dollar buya more ♦rlephone eervtee than ever before in the history of the telephone business In South C^rpliha. ——— T This problem It one of equal concern to telephone users and telephone company, but Its solution daaends largely upon the public'* appreciation of Its Importance. M. B. SPEIR, Carolinas Manager B^ll System” u SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE Hand telegraph company n B On* Sjutem. Uninrial Service proportion. • Just here the necessity of classifi cation of property for taxation enters into the calculation, however; for, as Dr. Wilson Gee, points out in his article appearing in this issue of The TSquth Carolina Gazette, to return cer tain classes of intangible property for taxation at the same rate as the real property is assessed would amount practically to its confiscation by the State, the taxes amounting to more than the revenues. This is likewise true of farm lands in certain instan ces—the taxes amounting to more than the net revenues from farm oper ations or rentals in bad crop years— and in the classification of property for taxatnSb, for which the Constitu tional revision is urged as a vital necesity, proper consideration should be given and proper provision made for farm lands as well as intangible and' invisible propertv The foregoing figures—4 1-4 mil lions of the State’s 8 1-2 millions of wealth now faring the entire bur den—dispose in large measure if not entirel’’ of the argument advanced by opponents of revaluation that revalu ation would rpsult in increased taxes on form lands, and bear out the con tention of advocates of revaluation that re- valuation would actually low er the taxes on farm lands, as it un doubtedly would; provided, of course, that revaluation were made on an- act ual 100 per cent basis. The wealth now escaping taxation cannot be assessed for taxation at 42 per cent of its. true value and survive, while real property is payipg oh the basis of 15- per cent— which appears to be the average that real property 1? now paying, taking the State as a \frhole—but with 100 per cent assessments'op farm lands, city property .personal property and Intangibles alike (including^! the latter 1 moneys, credits, stocks bohds, mortgages and all other evidences 01 s credits) the tax rate on re^ property would of course be lowered in equal proportion to the amount paid by the millions of dollars of wealth that is now escaping. _ ’ ’ Revaluation and Consititutional re vision, it would appear, go hand in hand, the one dependent in large mea sure upon the c ther and the State de pendent upon both for a just and eQ u *‘ table tax system. There is, however, no reason why, since Constitutional revision cannot be accomplished with- in the coming year, that tho begin- ing toward real tax reform in South Carolina should not be made through revaluation—the taking of the inven- bry— tn 1926.—South Carolina Gaz ette, ’ SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint not served) State of South Carolina, Barnwell County. ————J—- . \ In the Propate Court. r k * J . . ' ' ' ' 'a JAMES M. TEMPLETON, as admin istrator of the estate of Julia A. ' Templeton, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. ,* SARAH TEMPLETON, et ah, De fendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS: Sarah Templeton. _i»lamie Milos Maggie "'“’Dufreed, H E. Dychea, Sallie Us- sery, William Templetoh and Ber- —tha^ Templet jin The plaintiff r.bove named having filed his complaint in this action in this Court, . - YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMON ED jind REQUIRED to-answer The com plaint in this action, a copy of which Is on file in this office, and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiff’s attorney at his office in Barnwell, S. C., within twgnty-one days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff herein will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. , GIVEN under my hand and seal this'11th. day of July. A. D., 1925. John K. Snclling, - Judge of Probate, B. C. Thos. M. Boulware, Plrintiff’s Attorney. PROBATE COURT SALE. R. L. Bronson 10.60 The New Sentinel Pub. Co. Jb60 A. R. WalUck ... ’ 0.26 J. B. Armstrong 10.96 B. H. Dyches 2.00 The Barnwell People _____ 62.63 B. A. Gunnels 12.60 G. R. Peeples 52.08 B. L. Fields ~ .... 7.29 J. M. Scott u ______ 27.91 R. M. Kearsc 1 29.15 J. S. Blume 27.92 J. F. Rountree ______ 15.83 J. A. Morris 12.50 G. C. Best, Jr. ...^ 18.75 Geo. L. Hill — : 7 29| R. L. Wooley 25.00 i.u $846 “ C, S. Buist 25.00 C. S. Anderson __ 14.58; B. W. Peeples... 50.02 W. P. Sanders 29.1 i G. M. Mail ... ,3.60 I L. Cohen 7.90 | i.' A. Meyer . _ . _T-_ 12.00 S. A. Hair - ^ 12JM) W. S. Creech ..n : 3.00 j J. M. Weathertbee 24.00 Av E-.Corley C. M. ’Turner ... W.’ H. Manning 138.88 J. s. s«n mm*' B. H. Dyches 126.00 Mrs. Sara C. Armstrong .. 334$ V. S. Owens 16.68 Horace J. Crouch ______ __ 12640 R. L. Bronson 1) 106.20 A. B. Patterkon, M. D. ___ 50.00 - D. P. Lancaster >. r _ 60.00 Jean Riley .; 38.38 John K. Snelling 106.16 E. M. Kirkland . 102.13 M. J. Black ___ J __ 8842 A G. M. Main ^ . 3.60 A. P. Hardy Co. 20.00 • Jas. M. Caldwell, Treas. .26.45 * LmoTi Bros. 34.38 A. J. Owerisi 61.66 C. F. Molair 6.50 B. Mazur sky _. T 1.50 ^Easterling mvl Co. 66.95 J. and J. S«n. Market 87.715 Easterling and Co, 33.53 Carolina Drug Co. 82.90 Wall St. Pharmacy 19.-90 J. E. Harley 100.00 : ♦ - S* F. H. B. H. Dyches City Ice and Coal Co. J. B. Bagnall W. T. Duncan Standard Oil Co. ; NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. • Notice is hereby gitfen that I ' V \)vill file my final cccount with the Hon. iiUngr-Judge Probate for Barnwell County, on Monday, the 10th day of August, A. D„ 1925, and petition the said Court for an order of Discharge and Letters. Dismissory, as administrator of the estate of B. B. Easterling, deceased. R. A. Easterling, Administrator. Barnwell, S. C., July 10, 1925. 7-16-4t IS YOUR WORK HARD? Many Barnwell ~ Folks Have Found How to Make Work Easier. What is so hard as a day’s work with an aching'buck? Or sharp stabs of pain at every' sudden t^ist or turn? There is no peace from that dull ache. No rest from the soreness; lame- •‘■ness end weakness. Many folks have found relief throught Doan’s Pills.' They are a stimulant diuretic to the kidneys. Barnwell people recommend Doan’s. C. C. Owens, drayman, Barnwell, safys: “Jolting while riding on the wagon irritated my kidneys and they acted irregularly.. I became lame. My back was stiff and sore. When I sat down and got up, my back hurt so I had to walk in a stooped position. My kidneys acted too freely and I had to get up several times at night. The secretions were highly colored and contained sediment. I went to the Best Pharmacy and got Doan’s 'Pills! Doan’s relieved me in a short time.” 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Mil- burn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y,. State of South Carolina, County of BarnWell. In the Court of Probate. E. B. Sanders, Jr., individually 1 and as Administrator, of the estate of W H. Sanders, ■ deceased, Plaintiff, vs. E. B. Sanders, Sr.,.W. P. Sanders, J. W. Sanders, Mrs. Neely Thomas and Mrs. Jeff Brqok&r, Defendants, By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at Barnwell, S. C., i front of the Court House, on Mon day, August 3rd, 1923, the same being salesday in said months at 12 'o’clock noon on said day, thif following real property, to-wit: All 6f those certain lots or parcels of land in the town of Kline, Barn well County, South* Carolina, bounded on the North by Prince Street; on the East and South by an alley or street of'the said town, and on the West by the nfcht of way of the Southern Rail way ComtMqiy; the said parcel of land being th£ .-same lots conveyed to W. H. Sanders, deceased, by W. P. Sanders, et al., the sfaid deed being recorded in the office oI'->the Clerk of Court for Barnwell Cou Book 9-F at page 6. • • Terms of sale, cash. The success ful bidder at tho said sale shall im mediately deposit with Hie Judge of Probate the sum of one nurvd»-ed dol lars ($100.00), and upon his failure to deposit the said sum, then^a re sale to be immediately had, or the same to be had upon some subsequent salesday at the risk of the formei* purcaser and the said sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be as sessed against him. as liquidated dam ages on account of his* failure to 'coiwply with his said bid. The pur chaser to pay .for the stamps and TTapent." * ” ' John K. Snelling, Judge of Probate: Barnwell, S. ,G.,,July 14, 125. Williston Hardware Co. __ J. B. Morris Carolina Road Supply Co. 7_ J. K. Ellis 66.661 H. N. Heckle 140.35 C. H. Muckenfuss 267.26 Wayt Thomas 451.75 B. H. Dyches •_ _____ 23.00 Bank of Western Carolina _ 24.46 Home Bank 20,006.501 H. # G. Boylston 91.( Miss Willie Ma^ Vann 109.08} John K. Snelling 10.00 G. M. Main 100.00 I John K. Snelling ' 31.16 J. S. Still 150.06 J..D- Armstrong 63.89 Mrs. Sara C. Armstrong __ 33.331 V. S. Owens _______-16.66 B. H, Dyches 125.00 W. H. Manning 138.881 D. P. Lancaster _ 66.70 Jean Riley '____ 33.33 I Dr. A. B. Patterson 50.00 Horace J. Crouch 1_ .. 130.00 E. M. Kirkland 100.00 12.00 A. M. Anderson 65.00 9.00 E. F. WoodWard —. 120.00 1.00 J. B. Armstrong 15.35 J. C. Hogg — 21.00 5.05 . Henry Hartzog 75.00 40.00 1 1 Williston Hardware Co. 75.00 30.00! __ J. S- Still 39.251 W. P. Frank!ip .7__ 324.00 _ 26.25 ' W. P. Franklin „77- — 4.10 4.95 Q. A. Kennedy 576.00 85.00 B. H. Dyches . 26.00 ' 27.90 •J. W. Cook .___ 271.70 W. P. Franklin 71.00 B. Mazursky 2.35 J. M. Weathers bee 40.00 I. W. Rountree and Son 12.42 G, CL CJddftn 14.76 ■ C. F. Molair 39.88 L. Weiner 62.10 J. S. Still 268.26 E. F. Woodwerd 83.94 -•> Bennie Owens 66.00 Vickery Bros. 8.10 W. E. Anderson 10.78 Mrs. R. C. Holman 183.00 H. .C. McMillan 2.86 W. Folk ;___ 288.97 N. F. Sanders 55.0Q W. P. Sanders 29.15 R. B, Harden 1240 G. L. Hill ____ 14.58 C. S. Anderson 14.58 R. L. Wooley 26.00 C. S. Buist 26.00 B. W, Peeples 25.00 >ubty^ in COUNTY DIRECTORS’ REPORT Claims paid by County Board of Directors of Barnwell. County 4or Quarter ending June 30, 1925: J. W. Folk 68.51 J. A. Morris 1240 C. M. Turner 16.66 Trotti Harden J 1240 E. C. Matthews ____ 21.36 B. L. Fields _— 14.68 W. L. Baxley _ 18.61 R. M. Kearse — * ,__ ____ 29.15 J. B. Morris 28.16 J. F. Rountree 1543 M. J. Miller, Sec. — _ ___ 208.82 I B. A. Gunnels 1 1240 Bennie Owens ___ 442.041 J. S. Blume — 3142. W. P. Franklin ___ 144.10 J. M. Scott — 36.11 W. P. Franklin _- 424.00 G. R. Peeples — 27.20 G. P. Hogg J. B. Morris — —.81.75 Williston Hardware Co. 2440 I J. C. Folk G. O. Cadden 14.85 Dave Jeffcoat - ____ 11.00 V Andrew Mason ----- 30.00 I W. T. Duncan 30.00 J. W. Cook —7 169.96 I Ashley Co. B. Mazursky 4.00 1 D. W. Brown 38.25 Lemon Bros., Inc. ... 8.45 Wise Motor Co. - 6.66 'N> x F. Sanders __ __ J_ F, Sweat 45.00 B. LiN^eeples 13.501 Standard Oil Co. — 237.11 J. H. SWeqt ______ 31.201 Williston Pub. Co. 10.00 J. B. Morris 55.55 R. L. Bronson - 644 Bennie Owens —V— 65.00 G. M. Main 5.40 E. F. Woodwerd V-.— 428.97 Home Furniture Co. 10.00 H. M. Cassels •__^X 18.35 Lemon Bros 3.75 W. D. Gantt xoo I L. J. Henry _ r 8.50 A. E. Corlev 2.&I A. F. Dawson 90.60 W. F. Duncan 13.50 XV. S. Owens 100.00 Henry Hartzog 75.00 E>J). Peacock 6.00 G. L. Hill O. DTHammond, M. D. 5.00 J. B. Armstrong $1,503.75 , R. A. Deason, P. M. 11.04 Standard Oil Co. -__ 20.00 W. E. Anderson 12.61 N. F. Sanders •_ 55.00 Bennie Owens 65.00 E. F, Woodward 418.29 Henry Hartzog 75.00 Williston Motor Co. 446.00 A. M. Anderson 65.00 B. W. J. Still 10.00 Carolina Drug Co. —— 9.50 Carolina Drug Co. - tl 5.20 R. O. Cave. 56.70 Haop Bros, and Co. 192.00 J. W. Cook 78.83 C. F. Molair r __ 139.08 C. H. Greene 5.25 B. Mazursky 8.20 Williston Hardware Co. 52.06 I. W. Rountree and Son 10.80 W. P. Franklin — 258.59 W. P. Franklin 432.00 B. Mazursky 4.30 Jas. M. Caldwell, Treas. __ 17.05 _ • * " J. and J. San. Market 1.45 Allen J. Owens - 46.61 Lemon Bros. 1 30.02 Easterling and C(K 1 1.50 Farmers Union Mar. 60,-7 48.79 C. F. Molair _ 23J» The Best Pharmacy 91.95 W. R. Wateon, Clerk 2.57 C. S. Anderson - _ 14.58 I R.- R. Harden 18.75 C. S. Buist 25.00 R. L. Wooley 25.001 B. W. Peeples 25.00 W. P. Sanders 29.15 J. A. Morris 12.501 R. M. Kearsc 29.15 J G. R. Peeples 6666 666._ 33.60 J.'F. Rountree 15.831 J. M. Scott 27.91 B. L. Fields ,___7 '14.58 J. S. Blume 27.92 B. A. Gunnels 12.501 Trotti Harden — 37.50 ] The Barnwell People 30.50 Williston Pub. Co ?6.00 New Sentinel Pub. Co. _7__ 21.50 Walker, Evans and Cogs. Co. 77.03 The R. L. Bryan Co. 3.25 Miss Gertrude Walker 2.07 Vickery Bros. 36.98] W. T. Duncan — 37.75 H. H. Meyer :_____ 27.00 Barnwell' Filling Station 7.7 4.67 Standard Oil Co. 149.00] Jeneral Harrison —15.75,1 H. T. Youngblood ________ 7.00 H. G. Boylston 91.66] B. H. Dyches 51.50 W. A. Ross — 26.50 BamwelL Ins. Agency —__ 6.00 Rescue Orphanage 600.00 B. H. Dyches 121.50 J. B. Armstrong, Treas. __ 79340 B. H. Dyches 1 2 14.30 City Ice and Coal Co 9.66 C. B. Lazar —_-_ 4.40 Miss Willie Mae Vann .-- 260.00|i Miss Willie Mae Vann __7_ 87.26 Miss Willie Mea Vann 109.08 Miss Willie Mea Varm —_ 109.08 E. C. Matthews 86.20 J. W. Folk __ W. L. Baxley J. B. Morris . _._ 270.54 6941 48.16 Miss MUlK Mea Vann-7717 109.0$ 7 H. G. Boylstbik - -_— 91.68 J. B. Armstrong 7^__ __7_ 3.00 B, H. Dyches 7—7v____ 68.50 Jean Riley .7>__ 33.33 J. B. Armstrong 83.79 B. H. Dyches 144.90 J. S. Still ______ 160.00 Mrs. Sara C. Ahmstrong __ 33.33 W. H. Manning 13848 John K. Snelling 4041 Brown and Bush ; 50.00 M, J. Black 1_ 41.66 D. P. Lancaster 50.00 V, S. Owens 1647 A. B. Patterson, M. D. — 60-00 Horace Crouch 129.00 ■ E. M. Kirkland 10040 Jennie P. Greene — r — __ 60.00 J. B. Morris 29.71 E. C. Matthews 24,16 C. M. Turner 43.66 W. L. Baxley 20646 J. W. Folk. - 36.16 Ed. Weaver T — 42.00 H. N. Heckle ______ —- 140.00 K. Ellis —- 40.65 C. H. Muckenfuss * — 289.23 Wayt Thomas — 478.14 R. M. KHHngsworth 6.74 W. R. Carson 4,192.14 Irene H. Lemon — 50.00 C. F. Molair 29.38 A. J. Owens 54.81 L. Cohen 30.90 Mace and Deason 4.70 * Jas. M. Caldwell, Treas. __ 2745'^ A. D. Furtick- 72.55 • Mace and Deason — — 13.30 Carolina Drug^Q^, 14.70 ' City Ice and Coal Co. 2040 • B. Mazursky — 32.45 Lemon Bros. — — 76.10 Farmers Union Her. Co. _•_ 26.42 C. F. Molair — 1140 G. C. Beck - 5.00 , 77