The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 09, 1918, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIII. LAURE NS, SOUTH CA.\5 OLINA. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 1918. N~ !
INCOME TAX Offlt[R
COMING_ JANUARY 21
To Assist In Making In
come Returns
INCOME RETURNS ARE
FURNISHED
If a Person Liable to Income 'lax Does
Not Make return by ilurch 1st, Pen.
alties as Provided by Law Will hr
Incurred. Duty on Taxpayer to
Alake Himiaself Known.
In a1 communliation received by this
paper, -1). C. Hleyward, Collector. of In,.
ternal IRevenue, Columbia, announces
that a federal income tax ollicer will be
sent into this county on January 21,
and will be here until January 26. In
formation as to where this officer will
have his headquarters can be obtained
from the postmaster or any of the
bankers. lie wiI be willing to help
persons subject to the income lax make
out. their returns wthout any cost to
them for his services.
Returns for income for the yoar 1917
must Le made on forms provided for
the purpose before March 1st, 1918.
Because a good many pooplc do not
understand the law, and won't know
how to make out their returns; the gov
nrnment is sending in this expert to do
it for them. But the duty is on the
laxpayer to snake himself known to the
government. If a person does not
make return on or before March 1st,
1918, penalties as provided by law will
he incurred. If you are not sure about
being subject to the tax you had better
see the income tax inan while he is
here, and make sure. \Vhether you
see the icome tax man or not youl
miust make return if subject to the tax.
Persons resient In other counties
may, if they want to, coie and see the
ineome tax man who will be here.
D. C. leyward, Collector of.Internal
llevenue, suggests that everybody
start figuring up at once his income
and expenses so as to be ready with
the figures when the expert arrives.
I'Jxpenses, however, do not mean fam
ily expenses, money used to pay off
the principal of a debt, new machinery,
buildings, or anything liko that. They
mean what you spend in making your
money-interest, taxes paid, hired
help, amount paid for goods sold, seed,
stock bought for feeding, rent (except
for your dwelling), etc. Income in
eludes about every dollar you get.
*1'
BRITIAN'S WA
David Loyd George Exp
Empire More Speci
Length Before
Londlon, Jani. 5.-The British prime
minisfer, D~avid Lloyd George, today
set forth Grea'It Britain's war aims
more specifically and at greater length
Sbefore tihe delegates of the tradles
un5ion than lhe has ever (lone before.
Hainfg tfirst delared t.nt it we- :1 1
01' thet Germani~ti people, andt that the
breaking up of the German peoples or
tihe disintegration of their State was
not one of the objects for which the
Allies were lighting, he proceeded to
nmention tihe Fundamental issues for
whl h Britaini and her allies were con
tendling.
First among these was the restora
tion of Belgium and reparation for the
injuries inficted. Next came the res
toration of Serbia, .Montenegro and
the occupied parts of France, Italy
and Rumania. France must have
Alsace-Lorraine and to this endi, said
the premier, the British nation would
standi by the French democracy to tile
death.
Thle question of Russia was touched
upon, and Mr. Lloyd George said that
Britain as well as America, France
andh Italy would have been proud to
fight bleside the new Russian democ
racy. Bu~t niow Russia could only be
saved by her own people. 1H0 declar
* edl nni ind~ependen'lt Poland, an urgent
necesetty for the stability of West
I lumia ir ) to beC protectedi andi t'he
litih andt other iillies are with italy
ini her (d'ire 1(foricomplete union of' tilt
p'oph of Ilhianl r'ace aiPd tongue. Of
". V. . tlungnyvlie felt, that whnnc
FEW F.AVS OF
LAND SOLI) .MONDAY
Sale( Were Largely Attended b)
I sual 'irst Monday (t'iond. Six
'frac(ts Sold.
'1' .anuary ales w ere largely at
tided Mlonday 1o1rning, but only a
few tracts of land were offered for
sale. More interest. was displayed in
Ihe sale of live stock which followed
Immediately afterwards. The clerk of
coiurt made four sals and tlte J1uge
of Probate of Greenville county mhad'
two sales. They Were as follow:;
In the case of hebecca Z. .\(ieaniel,
et. al., vs May P. lIoyd, el al., I10
acre:; of land in Waterloo township
were sold to MArs. loree ilamiltont
for $1,040.
In the ease of II. II. I'iiisoi vs May
P. loyd, ('t al., 80 acres of Ia nd in
Waterloo township were sold to V. H.
Richey for $510.
In the case of Gary vs Cary, It
acres' near Goldville were sold to Sam
Cary for $3,000.
In the case of Lucius Johns vs .John
iuEius, a lot in the town of Clinton
was hid in by F. P. McGowan, attor.
liey, for $100.
]a the sale of the Dueket t lands by
the Judge of Probate of Greenville
county, the 600 acre tract in Cross
till township was bid in by C. (.
F1eatherstone, and the tract near
l ouitain Inn was bid in by the Ilank
of Fountain Inn.
Aged Citizen Dend.
Mr. Geo. W. Whitten. one of the
oldest cif izens of the town, died at
his home on Mill Street Saturday
night. lie had been confined to his
bed 'but q few dlays, having suffered
a stroke of paralysis Wednesday be
fore, frotm which he never recoivere'l.
The body was interred at the I au ireuns
ceinetery Sunday afternoon,
1 or the past thirty years or more
the deceased had conducted a black
smith shoo in this city and only re
tired about a year ago on account of,
failin g health. Ile is survived by his
wife, who was before her marriage
iiss Cornelia Sanders, of Abbeville
county, three sons and four daughters,
as follows: .1. 11. Whitten, of Ander
son; C. L. and Austin, of Laurens hill
village; Mrs. J. R. Brown, of McCor
mick; Mrs. J. M. \%Aitten, of lem.
phis, Tenn.: Mrs. J. L. Dagnall and
Mrs. L. II. Cunningham, both of this
city.
Mrs. 1E. W. Perry, who has been at
the Gilkerson House with her sister,
Miss Frances Thames, for about a
month, left Monday for Birmingham,
Ala., to visit her brother for awhile.
R AIMS STATED
lams War Aims of British
Rically and at Greater
Trades Union.
the br'eaking. up the dual kingdomu was
no part of the Allied war aims, it was
impossible to hope for the~ remioval1 of
causes of unrest in that. part of J~u
repe unless genuIne self-government
''as granted thbe Austro-Ilungarian
"iional it ies.
Thle, Tu'rk ishi lumpi re, within the
homelanrds of the Turkish race, wvith
Constantinople as its capital, may be
mititntauined, butt the passage betweeni
the Mediterranean andh Black sea must
be internationalized and neutralized,
and in the BritIsh view Arabia, Armie
nia, Mesopotamla, syria andl Palestine
ar3 entitled to recognItion of theIr
sepIaae national conditIons.
TPhe miatter of the Germnan colonIes,
all of which are now in the hands of
the Allies, wIll .be pllaced before a
conference, whose decision, however,
imuist considler tho 'wishes andl inter
ests of the InhabItants.
The premier mnade brief references
to the violations of InternatIonal law
conmmlittedl by Germanuy,' with special
emphasis on the sea andi the peace
conferenee, lhe declared, must not lose
sight of the outrages suffered by Brit
hsh and other seamen,
The three cardInal points of the
Britis~h termns, as enuncIated by the
Blritishb prime mInIster are: Ileestab)
ilshmeunt of the sanctity of treaties;
territorial selltlement based on the
right of self dletermlination or the eon
ti'nt of the poverned ; the c'reat ion of
in!e noal organizatilon to limit
armamI le') t anad dlii n lah thle p~roblab1.
ity of war,
TAX ASSESSMEN1
Fifty Per Cent of Actual \
ed as Basis of Taxation
Made. Penalty Attac
With New Rulings.
The County Bloard of Eitalizatioti
it! in the itlice of Auditor Thomlpso-1
lasa Wednesday and laid plans fr.
their work this year. The matter of
ci ef interest before the board wa
the nex plan of tax a r sssinen t made
by the state tax tomi ission after (the
Coliferetteiie with the county atidIIors
several weeks ago in Coltimbia. 1'ndet
tis new jhin "fifty per cent of the
true reasonable market value of prop
et-ly" will be adopted as the comtnon
standard of assessnent, "regardless of
classes." Tlhis standard will apply
tlroutglout the state. The plan in de
tail, as explained in at letter to the
county auditors and the township
boardts of assessors, is as follows.
"in vIew of the constittiotal ri(
l tir'enent that. all property shall be
assessed upon a uniform basis, and
in order to prevent inqitalit ies aris
ing from different. standards of assess
ment in the different Counties of ftu
state, the Tax commission, after a
conference with the County Auditors
antd the Chairmen otf the county
Hloards of ')titali'atlonj, has adopttI
!ify per tentI of the true rea sonabile
mtarket vatle of property as the com
tino standard upon whlich all assess
mlen'si of property for the pirpiiose of
ita'al ion, iet'drdtess of elarses, shall
he made Ihroughout. the State in the
%ealr 191S. This standard will apply
both to ile assessmenits originatl
'itade by the Tax Commission and to
Ithose oriinally made by Ile Town
hi lloard, of Assessors.
You are, therefore, ilist ruted, in
lakingi the tax return:., to have the
'ax payer state in the (o'0 nn calling
or the "'value by the tax payer' the
t rue market value of' the property in
'uestion. while in his opinion rell
-enls the full 100 per cent value of
the property. This is in accorda'nice
Wiih tlie oath printed at the hottot
of the tax returns in which (lie tax
lo yers is required to ray that the
property returned by him is listed at
what he honestly believes to be its
market value. When the returns are
so taken they are to be turned over
to and passed upon by the township
or other local boards of assessors, who
shall inquire into the vate placed
upon the pliop rity by the tax payer
and verify the value stated by the tax
payer.
"After ascertaining what is the mar
ket vatute of the property in qu iestion.
he township or other lotal 'boards of
iMas'seors shall asses's 60 per cent, or
one-half thereof, as the value of tlie
properly for purpose: of taxation, and
write sate in the column value by the
townsiiIp board. The column for
value by the County lloards will be
left blank to be used by the County
I brdid in equiat lig tir chaingin g the
assessmtents matde by (lie townsip t
boardst whieire they findi it nlecesary
in or'th'r to retrive inequtal itiets that
"my3 Occurii In passling 01n the seplaralte
tier-es of flroperty.
"n a""' ""ug real estate ear-h tlt,
formn, p'lanittin or- sepa rate I a 'retl of
Ianid is t a he separuateiy rtur ner1 wvith
a statement as to the nulmber- of buitld..
Inga thetreon, with the valute of thie
butldtings stated separately fromt the
value of the landis, and so dtescribhed
as to bie idientifled by Ithe local Bloat-d
of' Assessors and tither tax oflicer-s.
"in assessIng r-eat estate, the tax
Jiayer is not requiredt to state the vattic
Ithiereof. Thie trite value Is to he orlgi..
Expandinig Ii Busiines
Accoirding to a recent announcement
made from the home oficee at Gireen.
wood, the Abbeville4~1reenwood Mit
tual Tnsurane Company, which tdoes
a large busIness in this county, hias
added another county, Hatluda, to its
list of counties umaking six toiunties
ini whtteh It is now doing huttaness, as
fotltows: Abbeville, Green wood, lau
rens, Md~ormick{ TItgfefild andi Sa
ludta. '1The company now has over- tw'o
and a half mitliona of dhollar-s of in~
sitrance In force anti Is incrieasing
Itis every week. The comny a n
fort suptitorit fr'om (the people i th
a hoei en Itrpriso buiit b-ea t' - f It'
e 'l of payIng alt chtims td-u' it
twen'v-five years of existence
nar'i at s hiitding and its low' :.-..
'RULES CHANGED
alue of Property is Adopt
and New Returns Must be
h for Failure to Comply
u lly. userlained by the township or
other local board. of a:-sessors, and inl
cer'ttatin the value, the township
or other local boarlds should not ap
ply ole value per acre to all lands
in the same tax district withot re
gei't lo lorlliiy, 'rtility. or other local
conditions especially affeeting the
piece of Iei rtl' y in ( uestionl, l mt
shouit ta('(rain the( tru r14ea(;sonable'
niark1-et value of the lands and build
intgs separatl, and after so ascer
Iaini' the true, reasonable market
value oI the several piece.; of lands
of. the butildings thereon, the township
or otherI local boards of assessor..
shall take :,u per cent of the imarket
valu so ascertained by them as the
value of stlh property for the pur
pose of taxation. If the tax payer
has tate(i what he deems the true
value, and the proper'ty is assessed
for miore t han ., per (n4111 of value
stalted by tax payer he shall he noti
tied of the increase.
'The sain' standard is to b,. Iiursul..,
inl taxn t all classes of property, such
as hank shares, textile industries. oil
'5. ('cotion mills, railroads, horses
and fmes, and other pr~ope(rty
'brou lighol the State, to the eai th
'ach tax payer shall pay is:.( ., n & l.ll
the 511m le 140p1r1 (111t( fiari. (It the
real value of the l'iIrope'rty owned Iy
bill as is paid by every other lax
tilyaa ' in llwIIii Sta . This i.; required
by the Constitution. Iior this reason
it is necessaty that the tax payer make
lrle rellrIns of the market values
that they he verified by the towlslhip
or other local boards of assessors and
'hat. the Samne percentage, nmely, 51,:
'ie]r (enlt, of all shl maruket values
shall be taken as the basis for assess
wat of all classes of property.
Tlhi' tax payer, when he makes his
Itllurn, is required to swea' to what
he honestly believes is the market 'al
l u(' and to lake .110 I('' enI thereof as a
taxable 'lue i. Ne w r'eturn1.s must he
"111d' in 19I1. .A mere reference to for
mier returns will not be allowed. In
"?e of personal property not listed or
returned in 1918, the penalties by law
will be attached.
If the adoption of this commllon stan
'lard restilts, as it probably will, in an
increase of the aggregate assessed val
no of property throughout the State,
the danger of excessive taxation will
'' avoided 'by the action of the General
Assembly in authorizing a reduction of
whatever levy may be tixed by it to
ll('h a rate as w%'ill only raise the a
'count of app~ropr'iations, made and au
'horized by law. 'I'T' levy of taxes is
'ntirely within the control of the I.eg
'slature. The assessment of taxes is
'nt rusted to IlIe County Aadito;r:'.
floards of Assessors, ioards of Ilqual
'zin , t he Tax Comm nissio and 11( the
Tax hoard (If Reviewtt. If the tax of
tleers fail to do thell' dlity' ijst ice
must follow.l 1' 3Ot r
Soutth Carolina Tax ('ommission01
\. WV. JIones, C'hairman.
of W~i. P. Harris, Y'ouniis. (Chairmlln;I it.
tB. Flakeley, Iaulrens; W. C. Curry,
Dilals; Jeremniahi Stone, Sullivan; U.
\M. Moore, Water'loo; G. M. I [annh;,
Crossi 11111; JIohn Ml. SIimonsi I lunter;
P. i(. Copelandl, Jacks: M. A. Sumlmei'
-1l, Scuflielown; lI. D. Mahaffey, bau
"01ns Town; IL. 1?. Stone, Clinton: A.
\f. 11111, Cross 11111.
I Adding to Fountain.
A representative of a laige soda
fountain C(eoneern arriivedl in tile city
yesterday to Install adItionlal fixtulresi
to thle already handsome soda fountain
at the Powo Drug Company. Included
In the fixtures are handsome marble
or'fnaments, besides miore essenltial in
teior fixtures to improve saniltatilon
and ease of opera'ition11. Dri. P~owe states
hat h le has inlstal led this additional
'equlipmen111t in order to give thle imnprov
ed service whliichi his platr'ons ale eni
titled to.
Extra Teacahler< Exnmninn ol.
S0LONS OF STAT[
ASS[MB[D Ti[S.
Legislators Generally Quiet
on Session.
MUCH- INTERESI
IN TAX HHUE
t'emronl clcr Gecnerni Esltmates" Cali
for an Airyrentate of Oher t'hree 311
lion. lunlars, un Increase of lialf at
.iiliion (her 1917i. t=::st.ralian Biallot
icitnl Conmimer Up.t
Jan. T. The South Caro
litu neaF assnblty be;,;an today
whIwat -4 'xprlc'd t e be one of th
11u(st irninir'tant sessions ;In its htis
tory. To hellp win ithe wa:r i- declared
by mintIhers to be the .;I e(ciaI object of
tIhe assetmbly alnl it Is (Xipected n1ume1
lOns Invasures hearing onl South Caro
Ii it'.- pai Iicipa.tionI wtVill -he considere.
earl' ;i the Session.
('ohli uhi. .lan. 7. Thit halis of the
I lols of lbtelresentat ive. andi of the
Senati and the ('ommlitittee rooms of
bonth branches a1re readly for reception
of inetioehtr (if fite Sevctty-third (en.
e-a;1 A.t :1e::by, . 1 hieb Font enes her'.
to0c001row~u :t oon. Itsually the day
1 t crc the. inn latur see t lar'ge
inI .:. of Molo'n ni ('olum bia, bit. this
y"s : the~cy evcidlell; are holding Otf
t il la e Itrains, for tiery f w of thetn
h a lrived this llatern'i ooni. It is ex -
et edIcI that they will come ill tonightI
.uni tom" orrow nhorning.
imhc legislators who ha'.c" .u-r'ived se,
fat' arc, non-o( nwnti l a t I> t will
be accomllplitheed at. the c oling SOS-.
sion; to Y apparently are a'waitinr
') se1e what will dte' .lop along; legis.
alive" lines. 't'hey are, howv.ever, whole
iheairteily in favor of anything which
will be of hon efit ill flit- wm-, and i.
s pirobabile that the major portion of
the invttaSu res passed wiii have some
thiny ro do withI the present. crisis.
It is probalble that Governor Man
Iin 's utli'ssage' to tilt (Teneral Assen
bly wVill be delivered tomrorrow night,
Iliitherto it has beenl the custom of
Chief Eveceutives to deliver their mes
sages as soon as th (eneral Assem
blyv is organized. If he carries out his
intentions the (ove'ntor will read hi.
mnessaigte instead of having it read by
the reading lierk of the house, as in
forme,' y tars.
One of the big tluestions to Com
up in the (General Assembly is taxa
('otinued on E~ditorial Page.)
NITE PROGRAM
ss President Declies Re
ims, and With Four
?onisiderations.
I I. Nyvacuation of LI auman ia, 1Ser..
lila and~t .Aonien''grou with necetss to1
the st';amo Seria and inate na tional
1'aarair-tis of (tconomie an t 'olitical
19 ' I::n .-t 1; .
~Ol ol tC ie (ertignuaty o ('Turey's
with 01theri nationa lilies un dtr Turk Ish
rutlet assured securI iity of l ifei and opt
iotunltity fot' aultOooous development.
withi the 1)armdane lies Per'ma nently
opened~t to all nations.
13. Establishmt oi~ I(f an Induepjend
entI Pl ih stale, includtting ltrritories
inhiabitedi inmdisiiutabily Po1li p)plt.a
lions withl free aecess to the sea andl
toit ic-al and ec(onomIfie Intdependece'(
anrd terri.tot-iaI guartan teed by I itr
national covenant.
14-. Gener'ai assoeiat ion of niationst
under(1 spifleI covenantlls for mtutal
guan ttees of 1)olitical independene'
and terrVitorilal IntegrIty to large anrd
smnall states alike.
"For' such arr-angemients and cove
tants" saltd the president In conclu
slon, "we are willing to light and con
tInute to fight utntil they arte achieved.
'mtt only becauste we wiseh the tright to1
'trevaII an diiles irte ai jnu.M and slab it
rence."
"Th'ie mor-al climax e f Ihits, tho ct.
1r3ylhts come'' a:.iidLi "t-ipreil in
In t. "cnd the'', I pco..
''- ('th t'no th Et('arert:,l
W. P. IEA.tD (J0ES
'TO HIIGHER C001ilT
understood That. all P1 reparaiitons
llavo Been Maude for an Apleal to
Circuit. (ourt of Appeals.
While nothing offilially is known,
it Is uniderstoodl that .\lr. W. '. eard.
of Abbeville. v)ho was convicted at
the last f.erm of Federal Court in
G reen wood in Novemher for inrter
itg 'with the nilitarv and naval ope
rations of the lnited States in time
of war wlten he was editor of 'Thie
lieville Seintitar, whieb1 since ha!:
be-en dIeniedc 1- If the htails, willl
take an111 ea 1{I t o.! 4 thl( ('irenit (Cour;t
Onl \pIieals at Iiichaioii I. \)r. Ileard
was sen t itve iy .indge .lithnson i,
set've at year 1ndt a day in the Atltanta
i l'ideral I'enitentia!y and;1 to pnay :a
Ile of k51i1r ate r la: met lin fer. a ::( -'
ti eal was denied.
The (%idenie in the trial is said
to have beei tranuscribed and all
p repar'ations Made for Ithe appeal 1 f
the ('ircuit. ('uart Of Appeals allitIlms
the deciSion in the I)i"1ret Court ie
\cill have the privilege of appealit
Ito the 'iiled States (oiirt.
The defenidanut was released on
hond {iending preparations fort. Ili
llppe'al. lie Was represented at the
rial here by '0thraii. i)eani & C('ot
ian, of Greenville, and San Adams,
)f Abbeville. (;reenwivool {lily .loiur
Rteturned to thlle fol.
1 r. 1 . V. Ilobb-r. of Owings St
lin, was a vis itor ini lie city yester..
liay. .\I!. Ilalidert , who ha; ire a Ion,.
ime sub~scriber to 'the .\rIverti:ser,
amw u I( ithe olliee to -,lar't his pa p< r
oiig out to him again after having
i .t!it o did a .short while :t: when !w
hought ; ilm; ie had ai.(alnce id too f: r
in a :e to ca r(" for if. Aft.'r ctnrningir
tome he discoverel tiat he wis not :e1
)Id as hie ihouight h4' was :ii4 decidud
!hat he had hlfter (oni' dow1 and get
'onnected ill- again. It is ei s eCe',
o aide that in t h. newspap.er' otlites
l'he Adtliser oill1e among I hen
here is a far greater rejoicing when
tii 'Old'' subscriberh colnes bark in te
he fold than when a stranger ent'-i
1s namue upon the list. In the forniir
-Ise there is genuine feeling of r'"
lihion, whereas in the latter the etc
lienitt of tri'ad. is yet ani iipperl'imost ((nui
idieration. .\ir. Ihlder was aceoii
mniled by Mri. A. S. I lolder and .\ r.
uree Arnstrong.
Lucas unk Increases ('apital
At the meeting of the stockholders
)f the Lucas Bank, held at the bank
)>flle at Watts Mills yesterday, a reso
ution was passed increasing the capi
al stock from $5.000 to $10,000.
OUTLINES DEFI
In Address Before Congre
Statement of War A
teen Specific (
lonl today addressing congress deliv
tred a re-statement of war aims in
lgreemc'ientI withI t he r'ecen t declaria Iion
by thle Iit ilh Pr'emhir, David Lloyd
Ger:ig e.
Ipea ce:
1.Open covCenants of penee wit hiout
pi'vate international understandings.
2. Abhsolutle freedom of thle seas in
liea(ce or wart except as they muay be'
elosedl by internatihonal act ion.
:3. lemnoval of all econoimie ic ba
rer's and establ ishmen t of equainlit y of
t rade !oniditlins, amonig nat ions con
senting to pieace and associating thtemt
Relves for its maintenance.
4I. (uar'antees for the reduction of
natioiial armaments to the lowest
point consistent with~ domnestihc safety.
G. Tmpuerial ad~justmentt of all colon
ial elatims basedl uIpon the principle
that the peoples concerned have equal
right with the interest. of the govern
ment.
(1. 1.0vaenation of all Russian teirri.
tory and( oppiortuiinity for Russita's po
lit ical dlevelopmnent.
7. E~vacmat ion of Tiilium wh oni (ll
niny attempt to limit her sovereIgnty.
8. All F'rench terri Itory to h. I freed
and restored, anid repa rat Ion for the
taking of Alsace-Lorra Ine.
9. Hearnd~nim iinti of Italy' frontfters
iatl on ('learliiy recign izable linese of
neilti l ity.
!u I irel e'lrrItinifylt for' futomnii
' dveletroieint of the neonlon nr Atno