The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, July 16, 1925, Image 7
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