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big air eni 5 iLteti-er VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ,$X 1921. TAT TAX UVY. MAY BE CV Tax Committee to Make Broad Proposal NEW BUILDING BE HELD UP Joint Legislative Tax Cominit-tee tio tecommend Reductions In Appro printions which are Expected to lie. duce the State Levy fron 12, to Mills. , "The State, Dec. 5. - Reduction of the state tax levy for 1922 by at least- one-third is to be the major proposal -of the joint legisla tive coinittee on economy and con. solidation, according to an announce ment following a two day session of the committee in Columbia last week. The meeting 'was attended by Senator Niles Christensen, chairman; Senators F. A. Miller and W. Fred Lightsey, and Representatives H. T. 1lughes ami J. fEd. Anderson. The only member absent was Representative John K. lamblin, who was unavoidably do tained 'by cases In court. According to the committee's statement; three different devices will be used to reduce the state tax levy from 12 mills to eig6ht mills or less. The ilrst is to postpone the construe tion of practically' all' .building opera tions for a year. The second is to .carry on the state government at smaller cost by means of -better or ganization and -lmp roved operating procedure. The third is to raise part of the state's money by levies on those now escaping wholly or partial ly their fair share of the burden. All lold, according to the committee, the general property tax can -be reduced over $2,000,000 as compared with 1921. Building Deferred After considerable discussion the tcommittee caine to the conclusion that financial conditions in the state would justify its recommendation to the leg Islature of deferring practically all building operations by state Institu tions In 1922. Such action would re suilt in a reduction of the appropria tiona by approximately half A million dollars. The comminnttee realizes that this means merely the deferring of expenditures which in some cases will have to bhe made later. In only a few instances, however, was the committee able to learn of conditions making the erection of neow building at once very dcsitable and in most .Cases it was thought no great hardship would re suilt from a postponement of the build ing program for one year, The principal attention of the com mittee was given to the possibility of savings through the consolidation of state 'agencies, through better Internal organization In departments and in stitutions, through the cetnral pur chasinig of supplies, through Imiprove ments in the state's fiscal system, and Sthrough 'be~sr operating procedure. After carefully consIdering condI tions as found in each separate do iartment, commission, board, and In stItution, the committee concluded that the ippropriations for 1922 might be decreased by another+ half million in this mannet. In this ease the com mittee poInts out the savings wIll not be for 1922 only but wvill continue year after year Indefinitely. Members expressed the further opinion .that closer finainci-al control according to a plan which wvill 1be presented to the legislature may be expected ,to prevent any rapid and unreasonable increase in the cost of state government dur ing tehi prosperous years wvhich the committee believes iwill in the course of time be experienced again in Soutli Carolina. *Changes In System Additional relief should be giveil hard pressed- tax payers, the commit tee believes, through changes iit th< tax .system, anld the committee 1, 'working on defhtite proposals to pre sent .to the legislature. These pro suposals will-deal 'with new sources eo revenue andl WIth ameans 'of so shiftini the tax burden -that It will be mor< fairly distributed. In particular thi conmijtee .exp9'e t4 recommend the adOptiga of .plna to provide -for: ta, -trMing- of -t -* letst $1$900 OOO feron * hose ,now escaping taxatrion in 'whol Sinitpart 'lth a consequent lessen 14g ofttb leyiqa ,9n :those niw carry B etorg a4$ournhil the 9 nonmfitte -went ovet' the':i'eports on 14.e Vatical Standing of Contestants The following is the standing of candidates: Barksdale Mr. W. A. Wilson, 'R. F. D. ..289,050 .Miss Irene Todd ... 103,000 Mr. 0. C. Simpson . 103,500 Clinton Mir. Jobe B. Nabors, lit. 2 .. ..100,000 Cross 11111 Mies Annie Coley .. .. .. .. 101,100 Aliss Mazelle Campbell, lit. 1 79,800 Gray Court IMiss Margie Ropp ..100,150 Mr. Kemper Holder ... ....L00,000 Miss T. Hunter .101,100 Gray Court It. F. 1). 1 Miss Nannie Campbell ..101,150 Gray Court It. F. D. 2 Miss Nellie liddle .... .. .. ....101,100 Lanford IMiss 1illie Mlae Cox . .214,5001 M1rs. M. 0. Fowler ..-......100,000: Laurens, Nir.s L. Connor Fuller ......296,000 \rs. Hayne Taylor... ... .203,500 I'rs. J. N. Hudgens ...... ..288,000 Mrs. M. F. Medlock... ... .284,900 liss Mary Sue Dagnall ... .239,000 "Miss Sarah Bishop .. .. . . ..211,000 Miss Frances Blakely .. .. ..210,900 Laurens R. F. D. 1 Miss ilva Bolt ............260,000 Mliss Daisy Belle Owings .. ..237,500 "Miss tl3essie Gillespie .. .. ..237,5001 'Miss Mary A. >Powers ......210.500 Laurens It. F. D. 3 Mrs. 'Hogan Walker..... ..21.4,500 Misj Lizzie Sloan ..........99,000 .M1rs. R. T. Cunningham ......96,1501. Laurens I. F. D. 4 NIiss Laurence Culbortson ...215,400 Laurens It. F.D.* 5 Miss Alaggie Clardy .. .. .. ..100,500 Nountville -Miss ilOberta Teague ........280,400 Owings Miss Henry Itta Owings .. .280,500, liss Mary Armstrong, lit. 2..101,000'1 Miss Annie Lee Curry, Rt. 1..100,500 Ware Shoals Misa Bernice Davenport .. ..100,0001 Waterloo Miss 'Louise Saxon ..........279;750 Miss Jennie Fuller.... ...,.100,000 Miss Janelle Chapman, -Rt. 1...101,000 Miss Lidle- McPherson, Rit. 2..100,150 Local Police to Greenwood At the request of the police depart ment of Greenwood, Chief .. T. Crows avill detail two.of 'Laurens' "Finest" to assist the Greenwood police depart ment Friday in taking care of the crowds expected In 'that city to wel come General Foch. In all probabil ity Policemen Bob Wham and Hose Martin will go over to help do up the Job right. The Greenwood department is not extpecting any disorder, but as sistance will be needed in taking care of the traffic. Wednesday Club Mecting Postponed 'Mrs. Gco. 'M. Wright, president of the Wednesday club, announces that the meeting wvhich 'was to have been held this afternoon, has been post ponied to 'Decemberi 21. Gov. Cooper had been invited to address f he meet ing this afternoon, -but the Conference of Goveronrs in Charleston has forced him to cancel hils engagement. Legion Members Invited .T'. D. M. Smith, post commander of the local post of the Amersican Legion, haes received an invitation from 10rnest lRloeni~erg, 1)ost commander of the Greenwood post, inviting the local b)o1t to *be 'present at Greenwvood to assist in the welcome to General Foch Friday. It is asked that the ex-ser vice men -be 'in uniform. stat-e agencies made by, Griffenhagon & Associates, 'Ltd., of 'Chicago, the industrial engineers who have conduct ed the investigations, and decided upon -the text of the report it wil. make to the legislature. This report, which .the committee expects to Iput into the hands of members of the gen eral assembly when they convene in January, will consist of two parts. The 'first part 'will embody the conimittee's conclusIons and recomhiendatiens and its concrete proposals a's 'to savings, > lmprovements in the fiscal system, and changes in the tax'system which will y shift part of the 'burden to those now - haying only small amounts or escap -ing entirely. T1hei second 'part will set " forth :briefly the -committee's, find e 1ngs 'with regard to the conditions ir~ each' of the various state agencies. FIRST PERIOI Co 150,000 Extra Vote Offer Will. Enable Them TE'N DiOLLARS CASH PRIZE OIVEN AWAY DECEMBER 1 The T1ime11 to Start Is Now for Thu Far The .ltitee Shows No Real Leadei Topping the 11JIIp-So Take the Lead id Win One of Four Prizes, The first period iI The Advertiser'9 great subscription contest end1ed lasi Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. Up to this point In the race the in dications are that it will be a clost and hotly contested one. Much strength has developed in unexpected (luarters that j)its at naught any con clusion as to the ultimate winners. Ilowbver, thus far in the battle for ballots, Mrs. L. 'Connor Fuller and Mrs. Ilayne 'Iktylor have tile lead by small margins, they winning tile two cash prizes of $10.00 and $5.00, respec tively, having closely on their heels Mr. W. A. Wilson, of Barksdale; Mrs. J. N. ludgens, city; Mrs. F. .11. Med lock, city; Miss Henry Etta Owings, Dvings; Miss iberta Teague, Mount Ville, and Mliss 'Loutise Saxon,-Auter loo. Tile opportunity for big results are still before our score of active work Drs, for the territory has scarcely been scratched, and of the 2,000 people now taking The Advertiser not a tenth of tieir renewals have been secured. , Now while the first period's resfilts do not tell the way tile wind blows as to the final winners, they do indicate the calibre of tile workers, and The Advertiser's race has developed a half lozen of -workers, anyone of .whom may 1be tile final wilnner. They are ll lanlgerl0olus competitors. Watch them :luring the next three weeks. There will be '$35 miore in cash priz es given away during the contest and we are wondering if tile two winners this weok can duplicate tile trick. While these cash prizes are minor affairs when colpared to the four Grand Prizes, they carry a prestige of hustle and stick-to-it-tive-ness that Igoes a long aways toward final wiln 11111g. Reneinber there 'are -Four Grand Prizes, more cash prizes and coinniis 1ons to be won, so don't let anybody Dr anything discourage you. Go in to win that handsome Sedan. $10. More Goes December 10th To the candidate turning in the greatest number of RENEWAL sub scriptions during the week ending Sat urday, December 10, 3 p. in., will be awarded $10 in cash. 150,000 Extra Votes Now that "opportunity period" is over (it closed Decelber 3rd, 3 p. im.) please don't feel that if you didn't do quite as. well during the first round of tile race as you wished, that "alt is lost," To. 1be perfetly frank tile re sults thus far' in the r'ace could have been a. great deal better on the part TIi[OS. M. WOltKMIAN DEAD ll Kn'own (itz'en of tile Count) Died Sunidaiy at Counlty kFarm1l. Thos, M. Workman, 011e of the old. est citizens of tile county andl a fa niliar' figure In Clinton and Laur'ens (1ie( at tile county1) farmn Sunday. Mr Workman was about eighty years of age. The funeral services are0 to b< held at Rocky Springs church'Cl thIh moning at 11 o'clock. In early life Mlr. Wor'kman was ii school teacher, hlavinig taughlt a large numiber of the middle-aged residenu~ of thle counity today. He had a turr for' inventive and( r'esearch 'work anc: claimed .to have bee nthe first to thinli out tile pr-inciple of tile telephone. Shortly after .the wvar,~'he is said t< have made a crude telephone instru ment and forwarded it to a manufac turer in the 'North, 'but before he couk get a patent on it another patent wa gotten out b~y Alexander Graham t~ell who received the credit for the firs invention. i~or the paat few months Mr. Work: man has been in failiing,health and hi 'Was given a home at the county fan by tihe county officials. Miss Nell Jones, of 0. W. C., open the 'iveek-end With her .parents, Di ~and Mrs. Clifton Jones, OF NTEST ENDED Spur Laggaid Workers and to Take The Lead of all competitors. I BUt here is something that. ought to inake YOU sit uip and take notice: Dutring the week ending December 10, 3 p. m., the BIG tGiES'T andl B0ST vote offer for the balance of the con test will be In effect. If YOU did not get as many hunb ser iptions during the Period eildilng. last Saturday, don't. be worried, jtst Jim in and show us what you can UU! when you really try, during the week., ending December 10th, 3 1). in. For EACH $15. Ln cash subscription busi ness will give you 150,000 1EXTRA VOTEIS; $30 gives 300,000 EXTRAI VOTES; $45 gives 150,000 EXTRA VOTEIS; $60 gives 600,000 10XTRI'A VOT ES; $75 igives 750,000 EXTRA VO'MES; $90 gives 900,000 EXTRA VOTES; $105 gives ONIE MlL10N, FIFTY TIiOU.SAND EXTHA VOTEsJ We quit at $105, but you don't need to stop turning in subscription when you reach $105. For 10ACI TIMM you have in $15 you get 150,000 E0XTRA VOTES. This vote offer in one respect is much :better than that of "opportunity pC riod" which just closed, for TH01EME IS NO IAMYT TO THE NUMIDOR OF EXTRA VOTIDS ONE CAN \VIN. A contestant doesn't have to turn in $15 all at one time. Send in your sulsciptions every tine you get more money on hand than you care to take care of, and every time your total bus iness reaches $1.5. we Issue you an ex tra vote coupon. A real live vire worker is going to try and "get into the millionaire class' it only in votes. AI9MIGIl-try for that million- extrm votes, and you. will come closer to so curing them than if you just try for 150,000 extra,. During the period following the 150,000 extra vote offer, ONLY 125,000 extra Votes will be given with each $15 turned in,, so try and get all busi ness In. YOu. possibly can during the present big vote offer. Not Too Late The list of contestants is gratually bWing weeded down to the real worm. ers. Any contestant that has faile to make a report of business up to. December 3rd, 3 p. in., since the begin ning of the race will be dropped.. The Advertiser is giving away $1,157.00 in prizes, and guaranteeing those that fall to win a prize a cash commission,. and under this offer we feel we have a right to exIpect those entered to work, or give place to such as will at least. TRY. And if you TRY to get subscriptions we know you CAN. Any person who will take a recelpt book and call on their friends and neighboi s can get SOM10 BUSINESS -can get enough to secure a sub stantial commission check, if nothing else. And you can't tell jpst, HOWI IMUCHI 'work you can do UNTLL. YOU TRY. 'So make at least an honest TRY--then if you fail, wvhy,. the. thing to do is to TRY AGAIN. To Practice Law In. Greenvie William B. McGowan,. hotter known in athletic circles over the state as "Wolp" McGowan, speOnt the wvtek-cnd ~In tihe city after complJcettng his seu son as assistant coach at the Uni versity of South Carolina. Mr. Mc Gowan has recently been admitted to practico law in the: courts of the state andl on January ist expects to locate in Greenville, where he will .be as sociated with J.. (G. JLeatherwvood, .who has had an otlice there for some time. To Shiaw Pageant Filmis Manager WV. M. Switz'er, of the - Princess Theatre, announced yester ~day that he had succeeded in signing a contract for a ahowing of the Keowee Trail pageant films, the films belnig shown hero on Friday and 'Sat-. - rday, December 15 and 16. It is -stat e d that a rare presentation of the pageant was secured by the film pho tographer. As a nymber of local pee ple apvpeared in -the 'pageant, it is thought that the film will be received -hero with a great deal of interest. - - Play at Shiloh The play "Brother Josiah" 'wIll be given -by the teachers and Iupils of t6 Si'hchool Friday evening, Deciem ,ber 6 The public is invited to ab. tend and help a worthy cause, CITY COUNCIL MAKES STATEMENT Gives Chamber Of Comm iiierge At)roxl mate Condition Of City Finan-es an1d Estinate of Recelits anId Expidl.. tures for Next Year. In response to a letter from a spe cial committee of the Cliaiber of Commerce asking for information as to city finances and atn estlimate of re ceipts and expenditures for next year, the City Council, at its mneeting .\lon. day night, received from 'City Clerk .Stanley Crews the report below ii( authorized him to submit, it to the comuittee as Council's reply to the questionaire. 'Tihe object of the en q'm ry, as Previously published, was to lay before -the mcetiing of the Cham ber of Commerce last night the finl anlcial condition of the city.,so that .A decision could be made as to the wis (lout of proceeding with further -bond Issues for civic imlIprovemen. In. submitting his figures, \lr. Crews stated that the revenue from the pro perty tax was estimated on the basis of last year's tax rate of 25 mills. On account of the System of book-kmea)ing which the city has,. he said, it was im practicable to make a reasonable es timate of permaneut inilrovements inade during the past year oil short notice. Discussion of -the statement. brou'ght Ip the subject of tihe tax levy for next year. On motion of Alderman Dial. the rate was. tUxcd again at 25 mills, :3 t-2 mills of this being set apart for interest and (eposits in the sinking fnnd. Mr. Dial estimated that. at. that rate the etittre floating indebt odness of tie city would be wipeld out in seven years. The report of the city clerk fol Cottimmlttee's Letter State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, City of Laurens. To, Uon. J. A. Franks, layor, and Members of Olty Council of 'City of Laurens, S. C.: We, the undersigned, having been appointed as a committee to consider the Q(uestion of the indebtedness of the City of .aurens, and the proposition of stggesting -an amount to be asked for In bonds for 'the purpiose of promoting additional water and sewerage ac commodations and report back to the Chamber of Commerce, by iwhich body we were asked to act a: Itch com milttee, respectfully sub. that we have not suficient data ronm your Lionorable body to enable us to reach i satisfactory conclusion in the prem ises. Wherefore we would appreciate your giving the committee a correct statement of the indebtedness of the City Of Laurens, not Only for bonds issued to date, but all other indebted ness, so that we may be enabled to make such recommendation to the Chamber of Commerce as in our judg ment would be wise in the preim. ises after we have in hand the total indebtedness of the city. The total sources of income to meet such lia bilities as they accrue, and to lpay the current expenises as well; and your committee will await requtestod, infor mation with pileasure. Respectflly submitted, WV. H. DThJ.L. Ohm., W. L. GRAY, WV. R.. lucCUIGN, W. G. :LANCASTER. CITY STATEMfENT City of Laurens--Clerk's Ofklce D~ecember 5th, 192J1... ASIQTS Notes Receivable .......$ 4,513,7h Accounts Reccelvable .. .. 1,0 'Uncollected Taxes........6.2.44. Interest Accrued.......... 97.15 Cash, Nov. .3fl, 1921.... .. . . 1420.64 :Exccess LJlah, over~ Assets. . 1(2,972.10 Total .... .. ..... ..$11,781,1 -LINAIILITIWDS Notes, i~ayablle .. .. ...,..$ 82,367.79 Accounmta Payable.... . ... 11,322.70 Laurens Mill (cash) ., ..5,318.58 Interest Accruted ..... .. 772.341 'Due Sinking Fund .... ...20,000.00 Total.. .... .........$119,781.41 The following 'is estimated yearly receiipts and expenditures from the several sourdes of revenue and ox |pense acedunts. The estimate was made on basIs of receipts and expen di-tures from November 30th, 19-20 to October $31.t, 19211 The actual ex pense Indurred on each account was worked out as nearly as -possible by (Continued on Pmao 4, thlin .ct GR[[NOOD R[ADY FOR MARSHAL[ [OtCH Great' Crowds Expected to Welcome Him MAYOR FRANKS IS INVITED Grecuwood Olnims to Make Friday a (gAia lIny WIeI the Marshal of Fralee will Ibe Offielally Received us I he' Giest o1 South Carolina. Grat. propirations are on foot for the r'Xeption of General Foch at Grveenwood Friday, according to re ports cominilig over from that city. Governor Cooper and his staff, besides many other state oflicials and mayors of cit.Uiin will lie' )vesent to give the F'rench generalissimo anl oflicial wel come (4 the state.. Mayor Franks receivecd a telegram last week from ihe entertainment coimmittee inviting him to be present and extending an invitation to all the peolile A't*ie icouiy to be present. The general's train will arrive over the S,,aboard Air Line railway at 4 p. mu., inst'ead of 4:25. as previously stated, aund will remain in Greenwood for half an hour. In regard'~to the preplarations for the day, the Greenwood Index-.lournal had this to'say a fiew days ago: Deember 9 will be one long carni val day, mI1oned' . th tihe visit of Marshal Ferdinand Foch at 1:00 in the afternoun, under plans worked out at.the American Legion meeting last night. A football game in the morn ing between New'herry and Mr'skine Colleges;, which is practically assured; a dlance in the evenling following Aarshal *Fclh's visit, and many other attractive featu-res are only a few of the interesting eveui which will make (reenwood look like a miniature New Orleans celebrating the .lardi Gras, those who are. umning the arrange ments declare. Doaens. of co1wmnittees, appointed to carry out specific details of the ar rangements for the visit of Marshal Foch, are working at. a fever heat to day. The invitation committee last night sent over 100 telegrams to mayors of the principal towns of Soute Carolina, Unite(d States Sena tors. Congressmeni,. State Supreme Court Judgvs and .many other high of ficials of the state to be honor guests on. December 9.. In addition to the telegrams, one thousand letters will be writtenl at once 'inviting college hecads, the student bodies of various colleges, and prominent citizens from all ovor- the state to be present. Eigage Decorator A iprofessional decorator from Co lumbia. has already been engaged to begitL mwork -on the decorations for.. Foch Day. The buildings In the busi ness Part of the city will be draped.' wvith the Stars andl Stripes and the French Tri-Color. Every man, woman anat rhild in the vast throng to greet the 'great Marshal of' France will be e:'pectedl to have two flags, an Ameri can andl a French flag. The American, Legion has already placed an order for twenty thousand of these flags. Legioni to Control Concessions All concessions wvill be In control' of the American Legion. They alone will 'be permitted to sell flags, con fetti, and other par'apher'nalia of the carnival cr'o wd. Committees comn posed of Bryan .Sproles, Loumis Rey nolds, Sam Trurnuer, C. D. Welch and Hlarold Bolton wvill make- arran'ge ments for concessions. May.3 Send Mnni to Athens A man may be sent to Athens, Geor gia to meet the special train of Mar shal Foch and come from there swith the train. The special representativo of Ortenwood wvill telegraph ahead how mauny will dletrain from the Mar shal's train so that adequate arrange ments can be made for them. To Regin Work On Arch Work on the arch of triumph over (Maxwell Avenue from the Naftlonal Bank Building to the Farmers' and Merchants Bank will begin as soon as p)ossible and plans arg9 being made for tha Immense platform wi .room for 100 persons, a raised dais tor Mar shal '1oeh and 'a. pit for iiedspaper -men. A gigantic American Legio~n em.. -blem, 25 feet in diameter, will "e con structed and hung in front of the Atu.. erilean teoion Hall,