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5 Cl 'ortnid cttcnacv Indirect Tax Collections State Tax Commission Report * Receipts In Excess Of Last Year Athletic Association Of Tenth District Met In Greenwod Saturday COLUMBIA, May 12.—Collections by the state tax commission this year from the indirect taxes of the state are considerably in srcess of collections for the same period last year, according to a report made public here by W. G. Query, chair man of the state tax corpmission, on collections to May 1. Collections for the first four months of this year to tal $2,740,031. For the same period last year the total was $1,766,455. The state tax commission has esti mated that from indirect taxes thin year the revenue will total $6,300,- 000. For the first four months of this year the collections from the bus iness license $602,423 as compared with $292,000 for the same period last year. It is estimated that this source will produce in all this year $2,000,000. The documentary tax, estimated to produce $300,000, has already this year produced $140,617 as compared with $82,310 for the first four - months of last year. The admissions tax, estimated to produce $300,000 has already produc ed $77,855 where to May 1, last year it produced $66,829. ^The tax on pool rooms this year has so far brought in $6,725 as com- ; pared with $5,375 for the same per iod last year. The drinks tax, estimated to pro duce this year $1,300,000 has to May 1, produced $273,231 as against $254,384 for the first four months of last year. The tax against contractors has produced this year so far $29,050. It is estimated to produce $75 ; 000. It was not in force last year. The inheritance tax with a 1928 estimate of $225,000 has to May 1, produced $79,239 as compared with $129,790 to May 1, of last year. The income tax law with an esti mated 1928 value of $2,000,000 .. brought to the state treasury to May 1, this year $1,528,889 as compared ' with $935,764 to May 1, last year. t The glass and sporting goods tax repealed this year produced prior to its repeal $2,000. The indirect taxes must produce $2,604,968 to do what is expected of them in the appropriation act, Mr. Query shews. X Woman’s Dress Is Criticized By Pope Pius Mayer Of Parksville, Clemons And Taylor Of McCormick Elected To Important Positions Aid For Schools Under 6-0-1 Law Is Announced Parent-Teachers’ _ Federal Agents Association Meets 1 Ordered To Do Next Thursday Less Shooting Greenville County Leads With Sum Of $280,584 Election Of Officers; Last Warned That Promiscuous Meeting Of Session ROME, May 12.—Women’s clothes are criticised in the latest encyclical of Pope Pius. Issued on the occasion of the feat of his own patron saint, Achilles the martyr, the document deals with “the reparation that all owe to the most sacred heart of Jesus.” It impressed upon all the duty of asking forgive ness for looseness of morals and neglect of religious practices. The pontiff complains that the faithful neglect ecclesiastic discip line and forget Christian tradition “which is the support of the entire • Christian life, regulates domestic society and defends the holiness of marriage.” He continues: “So, too, the education of youth is entirely neglected or spoiled by too' effeminate care, which the church is even denied the faculty of giving to youth a Christian educa tion. “Christian modesty has been lam entably forgotten in the way of liv ing and the dressing of women, es pecially while an insatiable hunger for the perishable things of this world, anxious seeking for popular favor and a disdain of legitimate au- ; thority and the Word of God pre dominate, thus shaking the faith of ’ endangering it seriously.” x After reading over the long list of rules and regulations concerning hunting and fishing licenses, we have discovered at least that one ' doesn’t have to have a hunting license to dig fishing worms. The following account of the meet ing is taken from The Greenwood Index-Jourral of Sunday: Action of certain schools of the state lookirg towards withdrawal from the State High School League for the purpose of forming another league in direct opposition to the will of the majority of the members of the state league was condemned in resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Athletic Association of the Tenth District at the Oregon Hotel here yesterday. The resolutions were introduced by Principal W. W. Ben son of the Greenwood High School and were adopted unanimously. Tl^e reports of Secretary J. H. Shealy and the treasurer for the past year constituted an important part of the business transacted. The treasurer’s report showed a balance of $47.33. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: S. P. Clemons, McCormick, presi dent; . P. K. Harmon, Newberry, vice president; Joseph H. Shealy, Ninety-Six, secretary, and L. V. Mayer, Parksville, treasurer. The executive committee appoint ed the following committee on foot ball rules and regulations; M. B. Camak, Ware Shoals, chairman; Her.ry Hedgepeth, Newberry; Mr. Taylor, McCormick. This committee is asked to report to the executive committee not later than Seotember 15th. After some discussion regarding the method of deciding contests of the district, it was agreed that com mittees should be appointed by the executive committee to work out rules and regulations governing the conduct of the several champion ships. Every school was to be in formed not later than a week prior to contest of such regulations. Handling Of Receipts Upon motion of W|. W. Benson, it was agreed that the net proceeds and gate receipts from champion ship games, after necessary expen ses for the competing teams were paid, should go into the district treasury. Major Fulp brought to the asso ciation the regulation of the state executive committee with respect to eligibility in the districts. Reg ulation passed by the state league makes the executive committee in the respective districts, the eligibil ity committee, for the competing members in that district. If there should be a protest, the findings of the district eligibility committee shall be forwarded to the president to the state eligibility committee for final action. The following schools were rep resented at this meeting: McCor mick, Prosperity, Newberry, Silver- street, Greenwood, B. M. I., Wash ington Consolidated School, Saluda, Whitmire, Ware Shoals, and Ninety- Six. Following is the report of Secre tary Shealy: The secretary begs leave to re port the activities of the league for the year as follows: The contesting teams for District Ten championship in football were Saluda and Newberry. Newberry won the championship. The receipts for the game were turned over to the treasurer at this game. The boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments were held at P. C. and Ntewberry College, resp'edti>fely, on ; February 24 and 25, with the follow ing results: B. M. I. winning the boys’ basketball championship and Prosperity winning the girls’ bas ketball championship. The receipts for the basketball tournaments were as follows: Newberry, $22.35; Clint on, $6.50. Expenses for the two tournaments, $23.00, leaving a bal ance of $5.85 in the hands of the secretary. Several items of expense, telephone, etc., to be deducted. Declamation and recitation con tests were held at Greenwood and COLUMBIA, May 12.—Greenville County with $280,854 leads South Car^Lna in the size of allotments granted for 1928 school aid under the 6-0-1 school law. Publication by the state depart ment of education tonight of allot ment to the various counties of the $3,100,000 state school fund shows Spartanburg second with $203,600. Charleston County is at the bot tom of the list with $5,187. Division of the school fund was made after a series of conferences last, month during which county school heads made their requests and discussed their 1928 requirements with the state officials. Some scaling of the requests was made necessary, it was said here, due to the fact that the 1928 legis lature had cut the school aid appro priations which for this year were only $3,100,000. Allotments given to the various counties follow: Abbeville __ __ $ 51,811.00 Aiken 64,0131.00 Allendale 16,176.00 Anderson , 160,491.00 Bamberg 31,778.00 Barnwell, Rt. 12,730.00 Berkeley 36,074.00 Calhoun __ — 15,903.00 Charleston 5,187.00 Cherokee 53,546.00 Chester __ — — 37,216.00 Chesterfield 113,708.00 Clarendon __ 55,845.00 Colleton 58,190.00 Darlington -- -- — 63,583.00 Dillon lij 60,267.00 Dorchester _I __ 32,949.00 Edgefield __ 33,504.00 Fairfield 13,951.00 Florence __ —137,159.00 Georgetown 34,971.00 Greenville -- -- 380,854.00 Greenwood __ __ 51,360.00 Hampton — — -- 38,572.00 Horry 139,884.00 Jasper — __ — 8,623.00 Kershaw 58,868.00 Lancaster — 81,953.00 Laurens 80,712.00 Lee 36,275.00 Lexington 118,572.00 McCormick *. — 19,586.00 Marion 58,315.00 Marlboro 38,804.00 Newberry 63,464.00 Oconee __ __ 124,040.00 Orangeburg 112,390.00 Pickens 101,278.00 Richland __ -- 63,155.00 Saluda 54,257.00 Spartanburg __ __ 203,600.00 Sumter 40,448.00 Union 54,594.00 Wililamsburg __ __ 55,510.00 York 90,558.00 Total __$3,100,00.00 Ninety-Six, respectively, on April 13, with the following results: B. M. I., won first place in the boys’ dec lamation; McCormick, second place. Whitmire won first place in the girls’ recitation contest; Greenwood, second. Receipts at the recitation contest, $18.10; expenses of judges, $18.00. Triangular debate was held be tween McCormick, B. M. I. and Ninety-Six. Both teams of Ninety- Six won in the district. The secre tary begs to report District Ten as winner of the state championship in debate. In baseball, the secretary arrang ed a schedule between the following teams: Prosperity, Silverstreet, Whitmire, Greenwood, McCormick, B. M. I., and Newberry. B. M. I. withdrew, which necessitated the ar- ] ranging of another schedule, which , was completed on the 5th of May. j Newberry was declared winner in the district on a percentage basis. Track meet was held at P. C. and B. M. I. represented District Ten at the state meet. The secretary, on behalf of the Tenth District, wishes to express to the officials at P. C. and New berry College sincere appreciation of their courtesies and valuable aid in conducting the tournaments. The P.-T. A. of the McCormick schools will hold its last meeting of the 1927-28 session on Thursday at 4 p. m., in the High School Auditor ium. This is the annual meeting and the treasurer is desirous of closing the books fc*r the year and asks that all members please bring the money for their dues. The chairmen of all the commit tees are asked to be present so they can give their reports. *— 9. The association is fortunate to have as speaker, Miss Passmore, the county nurse. Only by the support and co-Cpera- tion of the entire body can the best results be obtained, so it is hoped that there will be a large attendance. The election of officers for the coming session will be held. txx Governor Gives Bess Full Pardon Firing At Suspected Law- Yiolators Must Stop Chief Executive Feels Some Relief Should Be Offered By State Memorial Day Exercises Held Old Soldiers And Many Other# Thoroughly Enioved The Day WASHINGTON, May 12.—Prohi bition enforcement agents through out the country were under fresh and strict orders today from Wlash- ingten that promiscuous shooting at suspected law violators must stop at once. The new warning went out from dry headquarters in the treasury simultaneously with the announce ment that Robert Taylor, a West Virginia enforcement agent, had been .dismissed for firing at an au tomobile that failed to stop for in spection. Although somewhat similar to the shooUng of John D. Hanson, of Nic aragua, New York, by coast guards men, which is now causing a row in congress. Commissioner Doran said the dismissal of Taylor and the is suance of the new orders to his men had no connection with that incident. He explained that the Hanson case was purely a coast guard matter, even though this arm participates in the enforcement of the dry law. “We are net going to put up with firing cn vehicles cm highways whether they stop when commanded or not,” Doran said. “We will cer tainly not shield officers charged with this offense and we will aid states at any time within reasonable limits. Of course a particular case depends on the facts.” The latest outburst over the Han son shooting occurred in the house yesterday when Representative Mead, Democrat, New York, protest ed against the wounding of the Nic- agara man and urged that “thugs atnd gunmen” be driven from the prohibition service. He said he had prepared a resolution calling for a congressional investigation of the incident. tX* 505 Pounds Butterfat Sold Here Saturday Georgia-Carolina Dairy Pro ducts Co., To Handle Out- imt In The Future COLUMBIA, May 14.—Ben Bess, negro, recently released after 13 years of penal servitude, after the principal prosecuting witness had given a n affidavit declaring him in nocent, was Saturday granted a full pardon by Governor Richards. The governor’s original move in the case, after reading the affidavit of a white woman who appeared against Bess when he was tried on a charge of criminal assault, was to grant a suspension of sentence. Governor Richards also yesterday addressed a letter to John M. Daniel, attorney general, in which he asked if there existed any means whereby some restitution could be made to Bess out of the state contingent fund. “This negro served South Carolina as a prisoner for 13 years,” the gov ernor wrote. “During this time he has not only been deprived of his liberty, but the proceeds of his labor have been appropriated liy the state. I feel sure that the people of this state unite with ime; in feeling that in so far as restitution -is possible, it should be made. There is no defi nite way of determining just what is just and proper. This negro is in destitute circumstances, and I am writing to request ycur legal opin ion as to whether or not the con tingent fund committee has the au thority of law for making some ap propriation to provide for him until the matter can be submitted to the general assembly for its considera tion.” Further in his letter to the at torney general the governor declares: “It appears from the records that this woman is directly chargeable, as well as other witnesses in the case. Some of them, at least, wei*e perjurers.” Several days ago upon receipt of the records of the case in which was the affidavit of the woman, the al leged victim at the time of trial, of the crime, in which she declared that as she had not much longer to live she wished to correct so far as possible the wrong which she had done Bess, the governor, without awaiting action of the pardon board, immediately suspended the sentence of the man. Bess was tried in Florence County and the first hearing resulted in a mistrial. At the second trial he was convicted and sentenced to serve 30 years. X • The apparently mysterious occur rence of rain at temperatures below freezing is explained by the fact that There will be service at bt. Steph there is sometimes a thin layer of ens Church, Wellington, S. C., at cold air on the earth with a much four o’clock on Sunday, May 20th. warmer layer above it. Rain may The Rev. R. C. Topping of Anderson get through this thin layer of cold j will be in charge. All are invited air before it has time to freeze. to attend. The McCormick Cream Station bought 505 pounds butterfat last Saturday, the highest receipts to date since the beginning of opera tions last June. The station has made a steady growth since opening date, and receipts have climed steadily each week. Around $6,000 worth of butterfat has been sdld from Mc Cormick County by the cream sta tion, and if the present receipts con tinue through this year, the 1928 volume of business will go over $8,- 000.00. Arrangements have been complet ed with the Georgia-Carolina Dairy Products Company, Augusta, Ga., to handle the output from the McCor mick Cream Station from now on. This company will send a man to Mc Cormick each week to test and pay cash for cream brought to the sta tion. Strictly Chicago Standard Price will be paid at the station fot the butterfat received. Beginning next week, cream day will be changed from Saturday to Wednesday. Cream will be bought at McCormick as usual on next Sat urday, May 19. The next buying date will be the next Wednesday, May 23, and thereafter, cream will be receiv ed at the McCormick Cream Station on Wednesday of each week. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. X CHURCH NOTICE St. Stephens Church, Willington Memorial day exercises were fit tingly observed here by the A rie Carter Chapter df the U. D. C ^ri Thursday, May 10th. These r-er- cises were held in the auditorium of the high school building which was artistically decorated with red, white and blue spring flowers and flags. Bright sunshine with . crisp# cool weather made an ideal day for the occasion and a large crowd was present. Invitations were issued to all Confederate Veterans, wives and widows in the county. The exercises were in charge of Senator F. C. Robinson and opened with the singing of “America,” by the audience, after which prayer was made by Rev. J. A- Bledsoe of the Methodist Church. A vocal number, “The Home Spun Dress,” was beautifully sung by Mrs. W. K. Charles with Mrs. J. A. Tal bert as accompanist. Senator Robinsdn introduced the speaker of the occasion, Mr. George Cromer, a leading attorney of New berry, whose address was edifying and inspiring. Mr. Cromer gave many grand and beautiful tributes paid to General Robert E. Lee. The U. D. C. Chapter offered prizes in the school for the best es say written beginning with the 5th grade and continuing through the 11th. These essays in the grammar school were written on Lee and Jack- son and the ones in the high school on “The Progress of the South Since 1865,” and there prizes were award ed at this time. Mrs. J. S. Strom, president of the U. D. C. Chapter, in a few very ap propriate remarks, awarded these prizes to the following pupils: Sara Louise Strom, Lorenzo Sturkey, Min nie Dunlap, Frances Cowan, . Melba Deason, Carrie Mayson and G’adys Dillashaw The program was concluded by the audience singing “Dixie.” The entire body, including abcut 500 school children, marched to the nearby cemetery and decorated the graves of soldiers with lovely flow ers. The visitors were invited over to the court house and met by members of the chapter. The room was simp ly, but attractively, decorated in red and white. Here a sumptuous menu was served by women of the L r . T>. C. Chapter. Col. W. J. Talbert mede a talk, also several veterans spoke, recalling experiences of war t ma and also expressed happiness for the opportunity of being present on this delightful occasion. IXt Speaker From Auii- Saloon League Coming j Will Deliver Addresses At Plum Branch. Modoc And ; McCormick, Sunday. ' Mav 20th '! Mr. J. W. Guy, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League in South Carolina, will speak to throe audi ences in the county on Sunday, May 20th, as follows: At Plum Branch Baptist Church, 11 o’clock a. m. Modoc Baptist Church, 3:30 p. m. McCormick Baptist Church, S o'clock p. m. The public is cordially invited to all these meetings. S. S. Program Bor deaux M. E. Church Next Sunday Night The public is cordially invited to attend a Sunday schdol program at Bordeaux M. E. Church next Sun ’ay j evening. May 20th, at 8:30 o'Jock, ] in charge of Mrs. G. W. Cade. This | program was to have been rend ore .1 several weeks ago, but was postron- I ed on account of a death in the com- ^ munity.