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LAURENS, S. C., JULY 26, 1922
'ILAXURY TAXIES
The errors that Mr. Lowe, whose
coil munication is clsewherc in this
paper. falls iI is the same that nearly
all advocates of the luxury taxes fall
in, viz., that luxuries are of no beneilt
to anybody and that to reduce their
sales by taxes will not bring hardships
on some as good and law-abiding citi
zens as there are anywhere.
Take some of the items w-hich Mr.
Lowe enumerates, cigarettes for in
stance. The Advertiser holds no brief
for the cigarette, -but cigarettes are
made from tobacco and tobacco is a
farm plroduct. -It is hauled on the
railroads giving eeiloyment to work
ing men. It is nade into cigarettes 'by
more working men. It is freighted
away from the factory again by more
working men. It is sold .by working
men and finally handed over the coun
lei by more working men. -Mr. Lowe
!would not say that the tobacco indus
try in this state is not beneitting the
faimers. Nor 'wouldli he say that the
peach industry is not -benefitting the
farmers. nor the celery industiry, nor
the cantaloupe industiry, nor the as
naragus industiy,. nor- iany other
such inlustries Which . are elgaged pri
marily in the growth and sale of lixii
ries. We mniglIt go fuirther' and take
our cotton mills, which m1,anu11facture01
ihe fiier grades of cloth foli (011otton.
They are m1 iianufactirer.'s (if luxiiries,
yet they are invaluable to tie state
in furnishing (emp1iloymxeit to theii op
erativcs and ill imilrhasing the cott on
of the farmieris. leduace the conuIlm1p
tion of luxuries and you do either one
of two things to tihe farmer, you
(1ith('r take away his Pimploylient 01'
you add to his collipelition, for the m11aln
ihoSe emllplo.ient is taken away fioil
him mutIst get into somr1eLtling else.
utistibi onhe' I l of the coiuntiy's
'wealth through assehcs'ssmelnt of' in
herli tance taxes m1ay be sound pjol 1ey.
'Some ellilleit Veonom0lists loubt it. But,
the laying of di.mriinilatol'y taxes of
aIny kind will lead to 1111ist hardships
nd the hardshiws will fa 101 alone
onl the.rich but on the poolr.
Taxe; are be11111ne01111' nilo only in
the (ouniltr'y -bul 11 town. a w-ll. When
anybody a(d11CO'; a plan ih1t will
take tihe Stilg (oilt. (If them 01' Ih icl
will tax tlose who are not already
hearing- thi rprioniat share of
the load. The Adlveriser will receive
it w'ith open~ a rms:. Hut, when~i unsound1(
'0conom1ic pol ielm' arie adiivancd( we will
oppose theam f'or w:' knowly' that. iih
armer1 as well as oIther' peleI will
* * *
itendor1s of Tlhe A'drtt 'ise1' will re
0ns has1 ]Ioint'xd (Im why thi' l"ord
prxoposal foir the "purx~ichs ofi the
iounad proioitionii'~ finaiaelly 11or' a
just on10 m uany ('itiz/ens' of this coun.
tr y. As is ofteni the ease, Thie A'dverx
I iser hIas bee'n inl a dlee'lded m11ilnority.
afewv 1erde ar1e be(g'innling 10oicm
roiund to our i idea thait tile lFord pr io
posal is not entire(ly what its liropa
andists h lave lead tile country.13 to he
lieve it is. lWe nlote that the (hreen
Wood I ndex-Journzal, in a r'eenut is
utle, ha's taken oni 80ome sk('pticism11
about tile projet, thlouigh it is 1101 yet
readly to reject it enltirely. It says:
The replort of tile 'I louse commlnittet
on the Ford offer' to dlevelop Muscle
Shoals .br'ings out one feature of thc
Ford otffer whlichi had escaped us andi
'hich foi' 'is dlar-ing ori1.inal ity is
pobahbly twithiout a partallel ini thl(
Here it is: It will cost the Federal
thovernmen .oif millio-a n doallar tc
comlnelte the wvork as Mr. 'Ford wvantx
It donie. 'le says5, "Do tils and I wil
ipay you 'the sum of twenty-thr-el
drdyears.'' lie dloes not expect t<
ivthtlong 'but lie will create a cor
poainwhichl Ivill assumne thle obli
''' gation. 'But tis small sum, $23,363
wlloly aimount to $46,726 for eact
yeradin. one hundred years woli
'i~ amotmt to only four million, six i..:
.dred and seventy-two thousand, sib
hundred dollars, ($4,672,600). to paa
': off a debt of fifty 'million dlolirs.
He're is wherc 'Mr. Ford's 'wonder!"
offer comes in: -He proposes that th
~overnment shall take the semi-an
nu flal payments of $23,263 and at onc
nyiest them pit ,four per ceht. interes
~nd by cqnupounding the pincipal an<
hnterest :the $,672,606 'which the Fort
bxpany wiV-pay to the govprnmbn
~'&~oi~ebidred yeai's will anmouxt. -t
936,. .93
r" 4 th caian of the cornmitte<
j ndeed a, very shrew<
6iMtt y unihque -'ay of iQay
ing a debt of ifty million dollars with
the comparatively :Isign1ficant sum
of four million, six hundred and sev
enty-two thousand and six hundred
dollars. The Ford company does not
concern itself about how. the govern
ment shall invest this money and keel)
on compounding -principal and inter
est. It would take, as he says, a small
army of clerks to keep track of' this
special 'fund in the Treaasury and a
bad investment might cause the gov
crinment to lose both principal and in
terest though it would be possible for
the government to lend the money to
itself and, and-but when one 'begins
.to figure on this one gets so iiuddled
no end can !be seen at all to the pos
sible complications.
it is a wonderful scheme, however,
and is not unlike that one about get
*ing the boys out of the trenches by
'stimas.
\ e still insist that the Lproposition
is best described by saying Ford of
fers to let the government pick 'black
berries for hinm on shares, and the ber
ry patches are all on government land.
'lnt still it were better to turn it
over to lienry even on such terms as
he offers than to let the project fall
through or 'be giveni away through
political jobbery to somlle private con
cern as the public fears may yet be
done.
It seems to us that it !would be
cheaper for the government to give
the :roperty "to some private concern"
rather than give it to t\ir. Ford with
$50,000,000 besides.
BELIEVES LABOls
WILL ItPREVENT WAll
Prenier of Sweden (ives ills View
iI Nobel 'Peace Prize Address.
Stockholm, itly 24.-The strongest
hope for the abolition of war is to 'be
found in a universal league of nations
and the Labor Internationale of Am
sterdamt, is the opinion of 'ijalmatr
'lranting, Sweden's social denmocratic
preimier. lie expressed this idea re
cently in his Nobel peace prize ad
dress before the University of Chris
tiania. -Mr. Branting divided last
yeir's Peaece prize with Christian IL.
Lange of Norway. According to the
terms Of the Nobel foundation, the
'wiinier must deliver an add ress before
the :niversity of Christiania on the
Sibject of peace.
F'or years l'remier lira nting has been
closely identified with tie labor move
Ient as represented by the interna
tional onions and of late years he is
iproved alt implacable foe of liolsle
visi in -the ranks of labor. in his
.i :Iech Ie stresselt iportince of tihe
rlole that entlighetteied labor could play
as ieacIaker. fie declared that the
agne of nat-ions was now weak be
caus. e of "the absence of President
Wilson's own country as vell as that
of tle great defeated powers, Germininy
and Ruissia," adding that the linita
l0ion and hori teomn ings of the league
luist be eiliminated it' our clvilizaition
isto entdure.
Nevertheless," declared \Ir. IBrant
in.. "tm leaule opens for. tihe first
time, after it huge inilitary eatastro
, perspeCtive: of peace, unltderstand
ing and justice betw\'( I tle free and
self-goven ing people of tle wVorld'.
"Aithbough recet years have seen
:a1ty ilhisonlts sJIatterecd as regl'rds
w~'il ldeemt thet Yearts 'we have niow live'd
thr oit~ only a11: ai t peiod of dlestrute
tion andi retrogression. VTe sir es of
ntew hcoe ate too manly, too ntiumeroui
and too ( prtomisinig for that. We muttst
I o~t ailtther' forget tiai out ot tis
hxard tra':va'l a ntew l'uropie has emiterg
cd. PTe lea gue ot' tnations shtit herotti
uinversai. No people is too great it:
kh y ot ide of thle lea gue.
"0e0ore the' w orld1 war) miany hioped
that the wvorkeris of thle wortldi wouild
neve: tp(rmtit at war. We know no.
:tat this hiope did1 0 notmate rialihze. bit
will la'hio be powe'l ess now th at pubh
i' olinttin against war111 has been SC
iii tch Strtenigtheneepltico?'im 1) la Il in
terntIiontale toay at present be wealk
ened byv dissension s intI1 trdet'ed intIc
the ranoks of iabor by loilhevismi, ibul
theo TIahor I'n ion I nternationale in Amt
st erdamn, repriesentinlg 20),000,000 work
eta of all coutr ies, stands(1 st ronget
t han evet before. ItIs hutge member'
sip ii s a power to lbe reckonedl with
and~ the propagandca against 'wvar it
be'hig incessantly carried on amtont
these masses. The situation may soot
be such that when the (question It
asked: "-W~ho has (lone most for th<
cause oif peace in the~ spirit of Alfre(
Nobel, te replhy wvill bp: "The A-n
sterdamn '1Interitationale."'
'Mr. Branting closed his address with
thist (Iuotation from .lames Iltyce: "'I
the people~is do not try to anihiati
themi.".
Unusual.
A baby weighing only two pounds
and one ounce wa born in a New York
htospital. It is described as the small
e.. iturectly formed r~eormal baby on
record. This baby's diminutive size
is due to sonme peculiarity of its pitu
, ' a npized lumtp of tissue
a it the lnabe os tihe brain. TVhat is
-knowledge thtat has been discovered
-within the last few years. Gradu
Sally we are learning about that
most intricate of all machines, the hu
t mnan body,
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 De e
C. . MOSELEY IN
BIG INSURANCE DEAL
Purchases General Insurance Agency
In gartanburg with J. M. Zinuner
IM.A
Friends here of Mr. Carlos R. Mose
ley, formerly of this city but now of
Spartanburg, will be interested in the
announcement that he and J. M. Zim
inerman, another young Opartanburg
'business man, have 'bought the general
agency for the Union Central Life In
surance Company for this state and
will -be in charge of the business after
August 1st. iMr. I.Nloseley, who is a
son of LMr. and Mrs. C. 'D. Moseley, of
this city, has had striking success in
the life insurance -business for the
past few years and his friends pre
dict that with the advantages of a gen
eral agency business he will make still
further strides in this line.
The nnouncement of the business
deal was carried in Theu Spartanburg
JIlerald Friday, as folloAws:
E. ID. .Hyers, general state agent for
South Carolina for the Union Central
Life Insurance company, has sold the
business to M1essrs. C. It. tMoseley and
J. M. Zimmerman, the change to be
come effective August .1. The new firm
will be known as Moseley and Zimmer
man, and WIr. Blyers will be associated
with the new flrm.
Mr. Byers has been connected with
the Union Central company for a
(luarter of a century, having been gen
eral agent for the past 16 years. The
agency is one of the oldest and best
known in the city, and the change
announced yesterday was of general
interest in business circles. -Mr. By
ers said his only reason for selling
was to get ivw blood into the business
so that the company might plan a more
active and intensive campaign in this
section.
Mlr. Moseley anl .ir. Zimmerman
are two W0l known and poiular
young mPn of the city, and both have
had successful experience in the insur
anceO usinCss. AIr. Zimmterinan is a
mem ber of tle city Council.
IYEltShIINI.0 S~iIullTS
Ii1 NSA ISO I 1410P
PLANS FoltTiOP
Woildhi Hold "Natioinl Position n
Rltdinless" for l'ossible Outbreak.
Wasnligton, uily% 23.--Steps to estab
lish "a natmial position inl readiness"
for the army as a development of tle
ntatioinal military policy are forecast
in a temoriandumi recently submitted
by General Pershing to Secretary
Weeks aud made public todaly at the
war department.
Details of such plaits as may have
lbeen airealy prepared by (eneral
l'ershling are not disclosed. The gein
eral natiire of the project, liowever,
('oiit(it pinates assign eit of National
uarid divisionts to specific defeinsive
1poSitiofls iot coasts and l)orders to
.kIECI A INOIES
Lost-Onie hmun i dog, colo r, ted
wit'hi wilet~ face, feet and(1 lhite ingi
necuk. About two ines cut oft tip of
ail. AnsHweris to nite of I uck. Last.
seen a few. miiiles below '\\aterloo. If
found please notify 'iTm ilinnett, nu
rens. t-lt-pd
mont)2n i.4 Old. liritile ando white spuot
fu reitwardI'. \\' I. .\leott s at la rchant
Io ini i Is tor' roomt for tet, on;
t nort side of lie stinarite, I imaiin
reiin . Lo cat in biest it' Laurens11.
Se L. 1I kurns at J1. (C. ftirns & o.
Laurens.i' 2-tf
I.n die'llem.o;iflch anil picot foi
y-otrel ani 'md o't heris. At tochmtent fits
anv make sevwiing imacihitne. $2 lost
'ahId. i ent ion k itnd of manch in. .\le
iior SNah-leihoouighbred il 'land1
Clinati Shioat s. 'Weighm from it) to .50
pounad.-- each, $5.00 each. Also fen
nli(e beef cows. J1. T. 1 lollingsworth,
Cross Hi11, S. C. 2-1i.-i
Los)t-MILght looking J1ei ey cow, nc
horns. Dry cow. Stra d Frid1ay
itighit. J1. W. filenderson, Jr-. 2-1i
lFor Sale--teef cattle; also one
young .Jer'sey cowv fresh in milk Mary
1F. l'Tmpletont. 2-1 t-pu
Harbee'li Hsh--,For dinner Friday
Send your pail or phone 300. 10. RI
Bllakely. 2-1i
Lr-s-One bundle of dry goods er
Chestnut street. '1Finder eplease r'eturi
to McDaniels Vulcantizing iPlant an(
receive reward: - 2-1t-pt
Bngging andi Ties-B3u" our selectet
Isecond hand machinery re-rolled bag
gigandl ties. All prices and grade:
guatranteed. Phone 380 our expenise
U!. S. flagging Co., Greenville, S. C.
47-t
Bttons of all Rizes covered. Hem
itching and picoting done, aillyer an<
gold thread a specialty. Your tra4
solicited. Sirs. Jf. M. Wiggins, Souti
Harper street, JAurens. 49-5
Ooodl Tires-Cheai> at Counts' Sta
ible. 48-t
* MIoney to Loan-Onl Improved farn
and city property for a period of years
at seven and one-half per cent Inter
est. Bomnar, Osborne & Brown, 'At
torneys, Spartanburg, S. C; 34-t
Government Wagons--For Sale, 0:
offered ini exchange for corn, oats, ha:
or. lumber. 'Wagons in good condi
tion. Disie Ice and~ 1uel Co., Olin
toh1. 2162t
him' Repalr Tarts-A'dr all niake0,o
c.ra,' Rim bolts, wedges and olaapi
City VulcaniAng Ststion. '40&t
Molney to Lepsn on Im roved farr
which they would be rushed in the
event of war,
"Un4er this plan," General 'Pershing
said, "the military organizations re
quired to secure critical leading plac
es won the coasts and favorable lines
of advance -upon our land frontiers
can be definitely formed and prepared.
With such initial organization assured,
the additional lilitary units required
for the full -prosecution of a serious
war can be mobilized at once and
brought to full strength without dis
turbance or interrunption.
'With our territory thus -protected
against landings )in force at the
start, and with the machinery for
further military expansion fully or
ganized, our fleet will 'be free to deal
with the hostile naval forces without
concern as to possible invasion."
The plans are practicable, Gen.
Pershing said, "if we can count upon
a reasonable development df the
economical military system sanctioned
by the national defense act."
NOTICE TO ORFDITOitS
All -parties holding claims against
the estate of Mary A. Jeans, deceased,
are hereby notified and required to
present them, duly proven, to the un
jdersigned, on or before the 16th day
of August next, at 'l o'clock A, 'M., or
be forever barred.
T. P. JEANS,
NANCY 114. -A IRSTON,
E.xecutors.
Jiuly 2-1, 1922. 2-3t-A
Notlee of Sile in Bankruptcy
Pursuant to an order of the court
in tihe matter of J. 'B. Kilgo, trading as
the Laurens Cash & Carry, Bankrupt,
I will sell to the highest bidder at
public auction for cas'h, at the place of
business formerly occupied by J. R.
Kilgo, IlAturens, S. C., on Friday, July
28, 1922, at i t o'clock A. M., the entire
stock of goods and lixtures of s.id
Bankrupt. Stock and fix'tures will..'be
sold in parcels and as a whole. Fur
ther information can be obtained from
the Trustee, at Greenville, S. C.
.1. P. Abernethy,
Trustee.
4E'T' RlI OF 'i'ilAT COlN
STIWAlRT'S 400.001N
Absoluiely ( uaranteed If used as
Directed
For Sile at Laiurens Drug Co.
* *
* POLITICAL ANNOUNCIDIENT'S*
Charges for Political Announce
ments $5.00 in advance, except Coun
ty Commissioner $3.00.
For Congressman
I hereby announce my candidacy for
re-election to Congress from the 4th
Congressional District, subject to thi
rules of the Democratic primary clec;
tionl.
J. J.. leSWAIN.
Fr!ends of W. L. Gray hwreby an
niounce him a candidate for the Hlousi
.f Representatives and pledge him tc
abide by the rules of the Deinocratii
priimary.
The many friends anl sulpporter.
of I lugh D). .\eCravy respectfully an
nounce him as a candid~ate for thb
I louse of -Representatives, subject t<
he rules of the Djemocratic primar:
election.
I hereby announco myself a candli
date for the IHouse of Rnpresentative!
I rom Laurens county and pledge mn:
self to abide b~y tihe result. of the D)em
oeratic -primary.
- JAMIES L. BIROWNING
1 hereby announce myself as a can
didinate for re-election to the H ouse o
Uepresentatives fr'om Laurens count,
and pledge mnyself to abide by the r'dle:
of the Democratic ipriimar'y.
CARIOL~ U. NANCE.
Tihe fricad(s of WV. D). Owens her'eb:
annloun(ce hiim as a candlidalte for th<
1 louse of Rtepresen tatives, subject 1t
tile rles~ of the (Demflocratic primary
I hlereby announce myself for' re
eletion as Counity Comumissioner' e
,'auri'.'na county' and pledge myself ti
abide by the rules and& regulations .o
tile De~mocratic pr'imar'y.
I hereby ann~oun~ce myself for rec
elciion - as County Commissioner c
haurens county andl pledge myself t
abide bye the rules and regulations o
the .Den'ocratic primary. '
.A. Ii. BLTAMKILY.
IWe aie authorized to announee til
name of40. G. Thomipsu as a candi
da'~e fom'. re-election to the oflice o
Probate~ udge, subject to thme rules e
the DenWgratic primar'y.
~or County Treasurer
I hler y announce' myself for T(
Ielection ~as Treasurer of mLaturen
Icounty d~d pledge mnyself4sto abide bi
the ruleg of the Democratic primar':
v- ROSS -D. YOUNG.
I heresy announce myself a candi
date for t me omeie of Treasurer of Lau
rons conty ujider the rules of thm
Democratic primthary election.
7-For Auditor
t I hereby announce myself a candi
- date fur re-election as Auditor of Lat1
frons county and :pledge myself t
Saidi -by the rules of the 'Democrati
I primary. J. WADDY THOMPSOI
For Supt, of Edneation
Frind of Prof. W. P. Culbertso
rhereby pnnounce him a candidate f0
the ofce.of Superintendent of Educi
.tion of 74urens cou~nty and niedli
. him to abide by the results of tU
j Derotretic primary.
f I hereby announce myself a canid
.date :for tho office -of. Superlatender
of IaditegIon of 'Lourens ebcunty ati
r ple 4 aytelf to abide tSy tihe ruljes in
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of Superintendent
of Educatign of Laurens .cotinty and
pledge anyself to abide by the rules of
the Democratic .primary.
BE0N. A. SULLIVAN, Jr.
'I hereby announce myself 4 catil
date for the- oillce of Supe1rint4delbt
of Education of Laurens county and
pledge myself to abide by the rules of
the Democratic primary.
E. SHAV JOHNSON.
I hergby annotince myself a candi
date for the office of Superintendent
of Education of daurens county and
pledge myself to abide by the rules of
the Democratic primary.
(MISS) MARGARET DUNIjAP.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Superintendent -of Education
of Laurens county and pledge myself
to abide iby the rules and regulations
of the 1Democratic 1primary.
(Miss) KATE V. WOIT1ORD.
For Supervisor
Friends of ,Mr. '11. B. 'lumbert an
nounce him for Supervisor, subject
to the rules of the Democratic pri
mary. -
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-eleotion to the office of
Supervisor of Laurens county and
pledge myself to aubide by the rules
of the Democratic primary.
JOHN 'D. W. WATTS.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-electon as iagitrate of
Laurens township and pledge myself
to abide by the results of the Demo
cratic primary.
JOHN N. WRIGHT.
Dr. T. L. Timmerman
DENTIST
Laurens, South Carolina
Office In Peoples Bank Building
C. E. Kennedy & Son
Funeral Directors
and
Embahmers.
Motor Equipment
LAURENS, - S. C.
Simpson, Cooper & Babb
Attorneys at Law.
WM Praclice In all State Court
Prompt Attention Given All Busln-+
W. M. NASH
SURVEYOR
Terracing : Leve iA
NOTARY PUBLIC
Gray Court, S. C.
THE CORD TIRE YOU HAVE
WAITED FOR
Low First Cost
Strength, Wear, Durability
High Quality
Good Looks
- Real Economy
Standard Warrnty
Buy Goodyear Cross-Rib Cords for Cord Tire
Satisfaction at a Lower Price
30x23% Olicher $13.50
0 32x32 Straight SIde 19.75
32x Straight Side 25.45
33x Straight Side 260.80
32x4% Straight Side 31.45
:33x5 Straight Side 39.10
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McDaniel's
Vulcanizing
Plant
Lauirens, S. C. Phone 402
WOOD SEPARATOR
STORAGE BATTERY
An Underpriced
Battery
The CW Battery
(Wood Separator) has
quality plates, selected
cedar wood separators.
Built right, of all new,
high-grade materials. 6-volt
Easily the best low. 11.-plate
priced battery you can
buy / -$16.15
SizesIto fit all cars. Other sizes at
slightly higher
y price.
Laurens Storage Battery Co.
West Laurens St.
Phone 440
Representing
Willard Batteries
(HREADED RUBBER INSUIATION)
and[WBatteries