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EIfje Ebbertizer Subscription Price $1.50 Per Year Payable in Advance Published by ADTEILTXSING P1INTING COMPANY Laurons, S. C. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituarles and Cards of Thanks: Ono Cent a Word. Entered at the postofice at Laurens, 9. C., as second class mall matter. Vol. 38, No. 12 8 Pages LAURENS, S. '., OCT. 4, 1922 HOW NORTI CAROLINA DOiDS IT. The next South Carolina legislature will no doibt talke ul the reform or change in the taxation system of the state which it began last year, the principal aim being to discontinue the tax levied on real property for state puir)oses and leave this source of rev enue to be tapped for local Purposes only. The plan advocated for this state is patterned after that of North Carolina, which has for several years been raising its revenue for state ipur poses from income, inheritance, 11 cense and other similar taxes. Some light on the North Carolina tax program was given In an address of Gov. Cameron .lorrison a few days ago at Charlotte. le gives an inter csting account of the accomplishments of our sister state uider her new plan. 'We print a part of it below to give an idea of how it has worked. Legislators of this state might well heed particularly the statement of Gov. Morrison that "We are the only Southern state which could wisely adopt our system, for none of them has the -business and wealth to justify it without oppression." Ris reasons are found in his address, which ap p)ears In part as follows: "We adolpted a new system of taxa (ion, as we were pledged to do, and under this system we get the money and reduce tax upon the great mass of the people, not in demagoguery,, but in justice. 'We realized these things had to be done if the state was to PrOgress. We also realized that the great mass of the people were paying all the tax ipon their small homes, farms and other lroperty, for local government anld their schools, they could stand. We -knew that ad or 'tax on property accord ing to its VYhue, was a tax on the principle of What people had; that many of them who had a little pro perty yet had a hard time to live; that old men, helpless womeni and children might have a little properly, but. they . l unable to make iony8. We knew that ad valorem taxatioll bore equally upon those woi COuld earn and thQse who rotilid not, and that it would justly stand no more than the counties and towns required. so we discarded it altogether as a source of state revenue, and left all tax on the value of the property to the counties and towns. Under the new system we raise the funds to run the state al together from license taxei of vari ous kinds, franchise taxes, inheritance tax, income, etc. We put the whole burden of ruinning the state govern ment upon0 a new 'bnsis. The tax lu light andl does not burden any'hody But 'the basis of It all is that the tas comes .from all tihe people of the state according to the butsiness done ant the success attained. It is just. "We are the only southern stat< which -does not levy 'tax on the valuc of property for state purposes. W( are the only southern state whielh could wvisely adopt our system, foi none of them has the business anm wvealth to justify it wit houtit oppression We were able to (do It becautse we ar( the -ilrst state in the Union in the man ufacture of tohneco; the second In th< manufacture of cotton textiles; higl' iS) in the manufacture of furniture and in many other lines a great man ufacturing state, as wvell as the firsa per' acre planted In agriculture, an< the difth in the aggregate value of out annual farm crops, although 't-he 27tl In area andl the 14th In population. ".We made all the great neeccssar3 Improvements I have mentioned, un yet for' state purposes the great masm of the people pay less tax tha~n thej pay in any state 'n the Union, an yet we do no Injustice to any zlant. "WVe had to adopt 'the new syste' if we were to perform the high ant sacred duties of a great state. Il could not be done under the 01(1. "I want 'to congratulate and t-hani the great business interests of the state for' the loyal manner In whic1 they have accepted it. I honor then for It. "When we were having the contes over' t before the general assembly talked to a high official of the corn pany we -knew wvould pay :nore anaam any other In the state. 'Hte said I would cost them a great deal o nioney, but he agreed with me tha it was :the only -way to raise the neces sary money to run the state wlthoui oppression of the masses, and that h1 was In tavor of doing it. I asked hin * If he would saiy so to some1 members o. the general assentbly. -Ho said h< would, and he did. 'ils comnpany epaic more state tax under it last year a every Jawvyer, farmer and -politiciani the state combined, "Under this new system we not 9gn 2 y nieet every dollar of the obligation, under the .eblarged 'p. greku, .without any tax on the valute 0l property, Ibut' we give $1i,Oo16td'the c64tmotn school systen aniffromi lhit p~ more than.50~ couritiestipu thi i d,. oal schools, 2 ( f'! gIlre the ,Od 6 ie 441'W461 gallon on gasoline, and converted it all into an interest paying fund, and instead of frittering it away as it caie trying to build roads with it, we are selling 1the bonds and building the linest system of highways in Amerlea. We (lid not increase tax on anybody to (10 it except oil the auto mobile owner, and on him very little. We simply applied Round business principles to the situation and behold the magic-like consitruction of the sys tem." IEPUBLICAN TARIFF COSTS BILLIONS Senator Fletcher Points Out How Burden of Tariff Will Profit a Fav ored Few it !Expense of the Country How the recently coacted tariff bill will affect the consuming public of the nation was graphically set forth in a speech in the senate by Senator Fletcher, of Florida, qnd ipublished in the Congressional Record on Septem ber 20th. A part of his speech fol lows: Mr. Fletclier. Mr. President, it is not surprising, as the Senator from Alabama (Mr. .Underwood) has sug gested, that the committee proposes to correct, change, or modify this bill, even after it has ibeen passed. We know what an extraordinary perform alce was indulged in during the six months or such a matter lie bill was under discussion in the Senate, after it was reported from the committee. The committee would meet every morning while lie 1)hIl was under dis cussion and conclude to offer amend ments which they had found advis able to their own bill as reported and after the revort had .been submitted. It should not be at all unexpected that it is discovered some other correc tions should be made. hiut we have spent enough time discussing the bill, I take it. The country is pretty well advised as to its meaning. iriuging the subject down to a prac tical, everyday considerat lion by the plain, ordinary consumers of lie coin I ry, an article appeared in the New York Evening Post recently which is rather impressive, it seems to me. It is along lines we have heard before, but perhaps it ought to be considered again by those who pay the taxes un der th bill as it finally stands. T read: The new tariff bill, says the New York Evening Post "makes the free breakfast table a mockery," tin(] in this paluer William Q. Scroggs, the economist, recently recounted "the short and simple but somewlat inti mate annals of a morning hour in t1he life of a Plain middle-class American consumer," to "see how the tariff pen Orates into the inner temple of his ex iStence." To quote from -his story as amended by I '. Progg3 to fit the final form of the Senate hIll: '*1s day begins when he is arouse(l by an alarm clock, and the new tariff .bill raises the duty on this artIcle 7 per cent. His first act is to throw off tile bedcovering, on which tile di'ty is advanced 133 per cent. le j.umps from his bed. on which the duty is ad vanicel 133 per cent. and dons a sum mner bath robe with the duty imti 60 per~ cent, and slip:)ers with the duty in creased 33 per cent. ',ile walks .over~ a Brussels carpet (duty up 100 per cent) to close the window, the dulty on the pane of wvhiceh has been raised 33 per cent. and ad justs the shade (duty up 20 per cent) a.ndl curta,ins (up 30 per cent). Then lie enters thie bathroomi, standls before a mirror, on which the duty has been raised 100 pier cent, sets out hIs shiav iiig stick, subject to an increcaso in duty of 67 mtier cent, his shiaving-hr'ush1 ('duty up9 30 per cent). andl razor (up 100 per cent), and~ begins his tonsorial opei'ations. This over, lie devotes his attention to the .bathtub, on which the~ duty has beeii raised 100 per cent. Towels (with the duty uip 60 per cent), soap (up 67 .per cent), toothbrush and hairbrash (up 30 u:ier cent each), and ecmuh (up 67 per cent) are next in de mand. "As our consumer .dresses, it may be niotedh that the new 'bill iincreases the diuty 60 pcir cent on his underwear, 33 per cent ,on his -hose, 15 per cent on his shirt and collar, 20 por1 cent or more on his necktie, and 60 per' cent on his suit of clothes. ''Our consumer' decides to discard hi~s waistcont andh transfers foun soin ien (up 100 per cent), penknife i; 200 per. cent), and lead. pencil (up 80 pei' cent), from wvaistcoat to coat Pocketn, picks ui) a fresh linen hand kerchief (up '30 uper cent) from the driesser' (up 133..per'cent), polishes .his eyeglarses (tip,' 15 per' cent),' ah~d af ter' giving his clothes 'a toudh ivitig ai biruish (up: 57 ner cent), is readly for fireakfast.-~ "i& the enktar tsinple 01i' cohsum er nigends, a 0npl '(daey UP 15 per cent). o his knfe and turli 91.ht '"-- ' hJ' c; . I oasteir, on Iwmn ma uet es elygre c anced 100 pera c4dnt Ihe dtrinks widi rom glass,g bit6 w fie edntf Is 45 pot'cerit Au cplAe (did~y up 200 per cent) b& Sibiith en ~ua (dl a ti SIPGC0) cent on his chinaware, 20 iper cent on his table silverware, 200 per cent on his oatmeal, and 255 ,per cent on his butter. The cream for his coffee has been removed from the free list and subjected to a duty of 22 1-2 cents a gallon, and. his eggs also have been taken from the free -list and made dutiable at 8 cents per dozen. The salt for his eggs likewise comes off the free list, an'd so does his bacon and the flour that goes into his bread. iven the duty on the salt shaker gets a boost of 45 per cent. "The only things on his table that have not been subjected to a higher tariff duty are his coffee and his drinking water." No one should be deceived. It might as well be understood that this tariff art will Jack up the cost of living and depress our foreign trade; it will in crease the burdens of consumers and close markets or our surplus pro ducts; it will operate as a license to plunder, issued to profiteering bene ficlaries. FVor every dollar the gov ernment takes, protected interests will take two. * * *e * * * * ** e **S**S * WATTS MILLS NEWS * Watts Mills, Sept. 25.-Rev. J. A. Martin, of Allendale, has recently been called as pastor of the Lucas Avenue Baptist church and has accepted the -work. He will be in our midst by the latter part of October. Some of our people expect to attend the annual association at 'H hland Home church this week. . Y Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gillespie nd lit tle daughter, Kathleen, of Spartan burg, visited relatives here on Satur day and Sunday. Trespass Notice All persons are hereby warned not to hunt or otherwise .trespass on our lands. All violations will be prose cuted to the extent of the law. J. H. -Nabers, Miss Mattie Nabers. IMiss Lillie Nabers, Aliss Janie Nabers, Mrs. 1. V. Ferguson, 11-3t 8PECIAL NOTICES, I 0 S Lost or Strayed-Froni J. D, -W. Watts' place last Saturday, white bea gle bitch with black:yes, black spot on back. F'inder please notify Carlbs Boyd, Laurens. 12-1t-p Found--aCombination ,padlgek be tween 'Watts Mills and ' 'urs. Own er may secure same at rtiser of flee -by paying for thi . - 12-1t Plenting-All kind of accordian, side or box pleitti by steam pro cess. Also furnishw d rooms for rent. Mrs. George G. MeCravy, (Phone 203. 12-5t For sale or Ren oo'r -horse farm near Lisbon church. T. A. Ballew, Union, S. C., or B. M. Volff, Lbaurens. -12-5t Fresh Flour-i3g stock f Piedmont b'illls good fresh Flour, pa n an d self rising. W'ill sell low dow i. J. Hi. Sullivan. . 2%-1t-pd Sow Otrain--Now is the tiipe to sow grain. 'We have t-he seed in stock and coming-Abrizzi Rye, -Plain Rye, lHar Iey, Star Seedl Oaits. Prices right. J. HI. Sullivan. 12-1t-pd Best Coffee--JVe sell good, better and best Coffee. Also hone ground flour, our ot' home grown whopt, fresh and sweet. 'H-ere competition 'We meet. Sold only by 'J. 'H. Sullivan. 12-1t-pd Bgging and Ties-Call on pms for bagging and ties to wrap your cotton. We sell cheap. J. H. Sulliyan. 12-I t-lpd 3Magaz.ines-~ubsefilbe sto the follow ig magazines thropg-h line: Cosmoe iolitan, Good H~ouse~ ep9iiing, H-arper's Bazar, Hlearst's In ernational, Tho American Magazin%, iWoman's I ome Com'panion, Ladies (Home Jou rn al, Sat ur'day 'lEvenhig tPost, Coitry Gentle. nmin. (Mrs. J1. F. Burton, ' lfone 44. For R~ent-Two down-stair rooms for light housekeeping. He vacant October 15th. 'Water. Mrs. iM. IL. Hloyd, phone 194. 12-it-li For Sale--Pack o seven fine Blea. gles. WillI soll lpac) or separately. Well bred and. well 'r i1ned. Jamnes Davenport, at Willard ~rvice Station. 12-1t NEW TIRE Bring us your ol Irade you new oni give you a liberal your car up with I market for the mc OLD TIRES SI SEE US Lostr-Pocketbook with sum of money, other -papers and identification card of J. B. Harmon. Finder please return 'to J. B. Harmon at ilixie Flour & Grain Co. and receive reward. J. .B. Harmon. 12-1t-pd For Sale--Ono Dodge touring car, $375; 1 Chalmers 7-pasenger, $600; 1 Overland "85", $250. All ready to ride. Adams Motor Company. 12-it ln111g Notlee-I am operating the Watts Mills ginnery and will receive cotton every day. Plant now in op eration. A. D. Gray. 12-1t For Rent-Oeveral rooms over Shell's store suitable for office or house-keeping. See d. C. Shell or Mrs. R. L. Gray at Gray Court. 12-1t For Sale-aOne Ford touring car, now to0 and seat covers. Absolutely good condition. $325. Easterby Mo tor 'Company. 12-itt Collard Plants For Sale--0c per .100. T. B. Sumerel, i 'jd~renp ( '12-1t For Sale-<Several z ir 1buggies. Will trade for good fres cows or for Ford cars. T. (. !Sumerel, lAurens. 12-it Used Cars Cheap--'Ve 9ie several used cars we offer very heap. Over land models 85-4, 90 and 85-6. T. B. Sunierel. 1 12-it Phonographs For Tr de-We have several new phonograpl lIft over, mahogany cabinet size, o $50.00 to $200.00. 'Will sell cheap r trade for other things. T. B. Suner6l, Lau rens. ? / 12-1t Wauted-Hlalf dozen 3 4'.used auto tires. iust )be bargains.- T. B. Sum erel, Lauiens. 12-1j For -Sale--1 year old apple trees. Early 'Harvest 1inon, Ben Davis, Arkansas Black e and June Ap ple. Prices -reas a Ie. M. H-. Hun ter at iHunter Bros. 12-tf Wanted--Position as office assist ant. Address "X" care The Advertis er. - 12-1t Wanted-To trade new buggies, wagons and harness for young mules. John A. Franks. 12-it Stocks Wanted-1Enterprise (Nation al, Union Buffalo 2nd Pref.; Anderson Motor, 'Pref.; Victor Monoghan, com mon. United Agency, Inc. 12-it Wanted-To rent six or seven room house. United Agency. 12-It pire Abruzzi Rye--Cleaned and sacked, at $2.00 bushel, F. 0. B. An derson. F. E. Watkins, Anderson, S. C. 11-2t-1 Farms For Rent-Several farms near good schools to rent to lpartles, either white or colored, with their own stock. J. P. Gray, Woodruff. 11-10t Notice-No hunting or trespassing of any kind will be allowed on my land. Frank Posey. 1 1-2t For Sale-Ash or poplar wood in 8, 4, 2 ft. length. Burns like coal. See R. T. Dunlap or F. H. Caine, phones 186 or 411. 11-5t Library Ifours-The library will now be open on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 3 to 5 o'clock. 11-2t Money to Loau--Loans on farnis and city 'property negotiated. Applications thandled with the First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank, the Federal Lind Bank, insurance companies and other sources, .Apply to Dial & Todd, Attorneys, Laurens. 5-13 'Money to Loan-The Planters N. P. L. A. is now receiving a"plications for loans on farm lands. Apply to A. C. Todd, Secy-Treas. 5-13t Good Tires--Cheap at Counts' Sta ible. 48-tf Rim Repair Parts-For all makes of ears. Rim bolts, wedges and clamps. City Vulcanizing Station. 40-tf Money to Loan- on improved farm land at 71-2 per cent. H. S. Black well, Attorney-at-Law. 42-tt Money to Loan-On improved farm and city property for a period of years at seven per cent Interest. Bomar, Osbotne & Brdwn, Attorneys, Spar tanbur'g, S. C. 34-t-f Loans og Real Estate-F'unds inme diately available at six -per cent. In surances companies, Joint Stock Land Bank, Federal 'Land Bank and other sources. Apply to Simpson, Cooper & Ylabb, 'Attorneys. 4-tf hhugjginig anid Ties-Buv our selected second hand machinery r'e-rolled bhag ging and tics. All prices and grades guaranteed. Phone 380 our expense. U. S. Bagging Co., Greenville, S. C. - 47-tf Notice--Prchl Potato Chips -made daily. Mrs. J. C. Shell. 10-5t THOMASON'S GARAGE Electrical Work Radiator Repairing Acetylene Welding. All Work Guaranteed LAURENS, S. C. S FOR OLD d tires and let us es fbr them. We allowance .and it he best tires on the ney. 'ELL TROUBLE "NO DOGS ALLOWED". A Comedy in 4 Acts By REBECCA DIAL. CONVERSE COLLEGE Friday and Saturday Evenings Oct. 6 and 7, at 8:30 ALL STAR CAST Auspices Converse Alumnae Chli of Spartanburg Tickets 50 Cents and 75 Cents A New Cord Tire For the Thrifty[Buyer Here are the features that make this the best time value in its price-class. Full 10 per cent oversime-4 Inch tires actually 4.4 inches. Slightly flat tread-rubber properly placed to give traction, long ,wear and easy-stearing. Tread rubber extends fron bend to bead resisting rut-wear and curb-wear. Carcass of 1 1-2 to 1 5-8 Ieh long staple Arizona and Egyptian cotton. (,Full 1-4 inch longer than is ordinarily used in tires of this type-giving greater resiliency and tensile strength.) Cured on air-pressure front within that minimizes the possibilities of hidden defects. Cords are built up on the exclusive Goodyear "Group-Ply" princi ple whilch reduces the Internal friction in the tire. ONLY GOODYEAR 0 UCDS HAVE THESE FEATURES And we have these new Goodyear CROSS-TIB CORDS for sale at prices usually asked for cord tires of unknown merit. COME IN TODAE. LET US QUOTE. ON YOiRi SIZE McDaniel's Vulcanizing Plant Laurens, S. 0. Phone 402 "I'll Mail You a Check Today" Why is it you have a peculiar feeling of re spect for the man who says to you; "I'll mail you a check today?" You respect him and he deserves it. Analyze, if you can, his felings when he says it. He is energetic anfl0onfident and all because. be is SAFE. He knows -the check will come back caidelled, this beink an indisputable receipt. He knows hismoney is Oafe, and---here's the BIG tiIng -lI 4ilsits to this bank have Ore ated an aicquasntance With Men Who Do Thixgd Jact i*, ouinbank(riK outbookk er ny tineyou can l"en' j w yogit df t4