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Thursday, January 22, 1931 McCormick messenger, McCormick, south Carolina PAGE NUMBER TWO Plants Beautify Your Home— This Is the planting season. Plant roses, shrubs, evergreens. Big free plant cat alog will help you plan groupings. Thousands of sturdy, healthy plants to choose from. Make your home a garden spot. Write TODAY for catalog. fruttland nurseries DESK V-2 p. o. DRAWER 910 AUGUSTA, GA. *£ 0 c'o Would Tax Buses, Trucks To Cover Road Damage Tax Commission, in Annual Report Suggests Commercial Cars Pay Bill—Would Take Property Tax Out of Politics and Look In to Surety Bonds all Officials Expenditures For School Purposes List of Claims Approved by the County Superintendent of Edfu- cation for the Month of November 1930 WILLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 CLAIM DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE 11 1—75—Annie Lou Lankford, Salary —, MT. CARMEL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 CLAIM DATE NO. , PAYEE PURPOSE 11 8—77—D. J. McAllister, Transportation 11—25———D. J. McAllister, Transportation (The State, January 16th.) BORDEAUX SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3 CLAIM NO. PAYEE PURPOSE DATE 11—18—86—Carolina Georgia Service Co., Fuel McCORMICK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4 CLAIM DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE 11— 4—70—W. E. Lake, Jr., Supt., Salary 11—15—81—Peoples Bank, Note 11—15—84—M. G. & J. J. Dorn, Repairs 11—is—85—Farmers Bank, McCormick, S. C., Note 11—22—88—Paramount Chemical Co., Fuel 11—22—91—Puritan Chemical Co., Supplies 11__25—93—Sullivan Hardware Co., Equipment 11—25—96—S. M. Price, Salary ^ 11—29—97—Commissioners Public Works, Water a BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5 CLAIM NO. PAYEE PURPOSE DATE 11— 1—66—Howard Franklin, Salary 11— i—67—J. C. Talbert, Gas and Oil 11—21—99—Howard Franklin, Salary 11—29-100—J. C. Talbert, Gas and Oil and Rep. BELLVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6 DATE CLAIM NO. PAYEE PURPOSE 11—15—83—M. G. & J. J. Dorn, Tire and Tube BOLD BRANCH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9 CLAIM' DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE 11—11—80—J. G. Talbert, Gas and Oil 11—15—82—R. L. Faulkner, Gas and Oil AMOUNT ____ $ 101.00 AMOUNT $ 85.00 85.00 — - $ 170.00 AMOUNT $ 10.75 AMOUNT —- $ 102.00 940.00 70.00 601.27 7.50 19.04 337.77 9.06 :hts 13.02 ___ $ 2,099.66 AMOUNT —- $ 7.00 15.64 7.00 8.87 — $ 38.50 AMOUNT — $ 30.00 44.00 — $ 74.00 * , . AMOUNT 16.09 9.60 — *$ 25.69. Imposition of sufficient taxes on passenger buses and freight ve hicles using the highways of South Carolina to cover the cost of re pairing and replacing the roads when destroyed, removal of the col lection of taxes imposed upon gen eral property from political influ ences and the designation of some state official to be charged with the duty of requiring ample surety bond from every public official in the state handling public funds are urged upon the 1931 general assembly in the report and recom mendations of the state tax com mission. “Both passenger and freight trucks are using the highways of the state for the purpose of carr rying on a profitable business and in our opinion the taxes now paid by such carriers are not commen surate with the benefit received, nor the damage done to the roads,” the recommendation prepared by W. G. Query, chairman; Frank C. Robinson and J. P. Derham, mem bers, declares. “Motor vehicle transportation is in direct competition with railroad transportation and the burden of taxation on motor bus transporta tion should be equalized with the burden imposed upon railroad transportation, bearing in mind that the railroad companies have constructed and maintained their own road beds and tracks, on which they are paying substantial taxes, while their competitors, the motor ery taxpayer to secure the money, if possible, with which to pay the taxes.” “Enormous amounts of public funds have been lost for the rea son that surety bonds were not re quired in amounts equal to funds collected annnually by certain of ficials who have been found short in their accounts,” the commission says. “Some state official should be definitely charged with the duty of requiring surety bonds, ample in amopnt, from every public official in the state handling pu»Hc funds. If this step had been taken years ag;o the taxpayers in some of the counties would not have had im posed upon them additional taxes because of the loss of public funds, which could and should have been safeguarded.” All public accounts, the commis sion contends, and not merely some of the counties’ moneys and state funds, should be safeguarded when deposited in banks, by the posting of collateral sufficient to protect the state. Insufficient time is given the boards of assessors to the task of assessing property, the commis sioners declare. “We repeat recom mendations which have been made heretofore that sufficient time and ample pay be given to assess all property after a complete listing has been secured. . # This complete listing of all prop erty in the state is considered one of the most important items in the corrective measures of the. state’s tax system. “Even if sufficient machinery is at hand for an orderly assessment and equalization o£ property, with out intelligent and complete infor mation, it is impossible for any board of assessors to reach fair conclusions as to property values.” The report tells of the litigation carried on the first nine months of 1930 by J. Fraser Lyon, general counsel, and representatives of the attorney general’s office. It reviews the decline in revenues Dorn And Morrah On Important Committee; MORRAH ON WAYS AND MEANS AND DORN ON SENATE FIN ANCE COMMITTEE vehicle operators, are using the j f 0 r the past year, attributing the WIDEMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 CLAIM DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE AMOUNT 11__ l_68—Mrs. Avis T. Britt, Salary $ 112.70 . MILWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 13 claim .: DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE AMOUNT 11— 1—64—Neil Steifel, Treas., Transportation ■_ $ 30.00 11—29—98—Neil Steifel, Treas., Transportation 30.00 TOTAL. $ 60.00 ROBINSON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 14 CLAIM DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE ‘ AMOUNT 11—22—92—Mary Abrams, Salary $ 103.46 DORNVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15 CLAIM DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE AMOUNT 11— 7—72—Zella D. Abercrombie, Salary L- $ 100.00 BETHANY SCHOOL DISTRICT NQ. 16 CLAIM DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE AMOUNT 11— 1—63—E. L. Hollingsworth, Transportation $ 48.00 11— 7—73—Mary F. Remsen, Salary 100.00 TOTAL $ 148.00 LYON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 17 CLAIM •' ' DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE AMOUNT 11—11—79—E. L. Hollingsworth, Transportation $ 8.00 11—22—90—Kathleen McKinney, Salary 102.00 TOTAL, $ 110.00 VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 19 CLAIM DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE AMOUNT 11—11—78—I. C. Reams, Transportation $ 40.00 11—22—87—Mrs. Joe W. Hipp, Salary 110.00 TOTAL $ 150.00 WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25 CLAIM DATE NO. PAYEE PURPOSE ' AMOUNT 11— 4—69—W. McDaniel, Transportation $ 40.00 11— 4—71—L. V. Mayer, Salary 166.66 11— 8—74—Leacock Sporting Goods Co., Equipment 74.10 11— 8—76—B. F. Parks, Salary : 40.00 11—22—89—Paramount Chemical Co., Fuel 70.46 11—25—94—Fred Bradshaw, Salary 60.93 highways constructed and main tained by the taxpayers of the state. “The loss of business on the part of the railroads has decreased the gross receipts and net income tax es paid by them to the state and will lessen the value of all their property because of smaller earn ing power, which will affect every tax unit in which railroad proper ty is located.” Advocating discounts for advance payment of taxes in October and November and a substantial change in the present laws governing the collection of taxes, the commission, seeks to remedy th^evil which leaves a large amount of back taxes on the books of the coun ties each year. “Thousands of property taxpay ers in the state have not been able to pay taxes promptly for the past few years,” the commission says, “but an investigation of the tax rolls of the counties will disclose the fact thaft thousands of taxpay ers able to pay have not been re quired to pay the taxes charged because the officials charged with the duty of collecting such taxes have not enforced the collections. “Recently our attention was call ed to the fact that a taxpayer own ing large properties had not paid his property taxes for a period of eight years, yet during the eight year period had been doing a busi ness on which an income tax was paid. The failure to pay property taxes imposed in a great many cases is not due to inability to se cure funds with which to pay taxes but is chargeable directly to the failure of the proper officials to enforce the payment thereof. “The accumulation or pyramid ing of unpaid property taxes in a few years will amount to as much as the value of the property and thus, in a great many cases, the state and each sub-division of the state government imposing taxes loses by such procedure. We rec ommend that the laws governing the collection and or payment of property taxes be changed by pro viding for the payment of such taxes during the month of October at a discount of 2 per cent; during the month of November at a dis count of 1 per cent; during the drop for the 1929 figures to , the business depression that started in the autumn of 1929 and gained more force in the spring and sum mer of 1930. “We did not feel that decreased tax collections have be6n due to ^ * lack of proper administration of the several lavfe on the part of this department, as we find, upon careful inquiry that tax collections by the United States government, as well as every state from which we have .secured information, were less than for 1929.” The BEST Gray Bair Remedy is Borne Made To half pint of water add one ounce bay rum, asm all box of Barbo Compound and one-fourth ounce of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can rinix it at home at very little cost. % Apply to the % hair twice a week until the desired shade is ob tained. ^ It will gradually darken streaked, faded or gray hair and make it soft and crloeey. Barbo will not color the scalp, is sot sticky or greasy and doss not rah off* Better Milk Cows Needed The House Ways and Means coim- 'mittce elected as its chairman Nevi T Ie Bennett of Marlboro county at the balloting last Wednesday. Bennett, one of the younger members of the Hou$e, is a lawyer and farmer of Bennettrville. He told the committee that he believed in strict economy and “relieving the people of the tax burden” as much as possible. The Ways and Means committee handles appropriation measures. The important Ways and Means committee which will draw up the appropriation bill was named as follows: Melvin J. Ashley, Abbeville; R. A. Babb, Laurens; James Belk, Kershaw; Neville Bennett, Marl boro; J. A. Boykin, Darlington; W. R. Bradford, York; J. I. Can non, Berkeley; L. H. Cary, Green ville; George W. Chitty, Chester; H. K. Cooke, Horry; L. C. Davis, Georgetown; J. E. Edens, Richland; B. R. Gantt, Aiken; Frank Hamp ton, Jr., Richland; E. J. Jenkins, Charleston; L. M. Jones, Claren don; Arthur Kibler, Newberry; Randolph C. Lee, Dorchester; W. READ THIS YOU PESSIMISTS* AND BUY A DOJXAR FOR 30 CTS* (The Augusta Chronicle.)' Of all the things.that have been written in regard to the current depression in this country and the world, none have quite come up ta the statement addressed to Ameri can business men by Herbert N. Casson, editor of the Efficiency Magazine of London, and which is sent to the New York Times by William Matthew Sullivan. It is so highly regarded by the Times that it is printed in full and we believe that if it were printed in every daily and weekly paper in the United States it would do more to dissipate the gloom than, any thing we have ever had. Just read what Mr. Casson to say: “You are depressed. You think you are crippled. You are afraid of the future. You are full of fears. “You have half the gold of the world and half of the machinery and most of the automobiles and all the skyscrapers. “You have the greatest home market in the world and the larg est corporations that the wbrid has ever seen. “You are ruled more by ideas and less by tradition than any other people in the world. You M. Manning, Sumter; W. P. Ma-1 have usually done what yoa son, Oconee; J. M. Moorer, Colle- ton; W. U. Morrah, McCormick; Howard McCravy, Spartanburg; W. A. McElveen, Florence; W. C. Parham, Dillon; F. F. Rainsford, Edgefield; George M. Reid, Ander son; Sam Rittenberg, Charleston; Allen M. Sapp, Lancaster; Joseph Smith, Orangeburg; W. B. Smith, Greenville; W. C. Smith, Barnwell; F. S. Sprett, Jr., York; J. M. Thom as, Allendale; A. E. Kinsley, Spar tanburg; R. O. Whitaker, Green wood; R. J. Williams, Marion; S. T. Williams, Aiken. The Finance committee was named as follows: • S. M. Ward, Georgetown, chair man; Taylor H. Duke, Manning; R. M. Jeffries, Colleton; Grover C. Welch, Camden; W.- C. Hambrick, Cherokee; G. B. Greene, Anderson; Sheppard K. Nash, Sumter; F. D. West, Abbeville; William L. Ruey, Bamberg; M. G. Anderson, Horry; Sam C. Hodges, Greenwood; I. T. Campbell, York; Broadus Thomp- on, Oconee; Edgar A. Brown, Barnwell; Fay A. Desport, Fair- field; Henry R. Sims, Orangeburg; J. J. Dorn, McCormick; R. M. Cooper, Lee. X THE QUARTER BAKED IDEAS The present low average of the Nation’s dairy cows is a serious handicap to consumers as well as to oroducers of dairy products, ^ays the Bureau of Dairy Industry. United States Department cf Agri culture. Because of the low pro duction per cow, many dairy farm ers are working for a very low wage and are actually feeding their cows at a loss. With fewer cows and a higher average production per cow the net profits of the av erage glairy farm could be greatly increased. It is estimated that the average yearly production per cow of the 22,500,000 milk cows in the United States is 4,600 pounds of milk containing 180 pounds of but- erfat. Eyes examin ed. Spectacles, Eye Glasses, TOTAL. x $ 451.15 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. Personally appeared before me, W. H. Parks, County Superintendent of Education and made oath in due form of law that the above is a true and correct account of the expenditures of the Superintendent of Education’s office to date, 3rd day of January 1931. W. H. PARKS, * County Superintendent of Education, j. O. PATTERSON, Notary Public for S. C. * s f uid Artificial £yes fitted without month of December at par, with an Drugs, Drops or Danger, extension of time to pay any de- HENRY J. GODIN linquent taxes during the month of January, with a flat penalty of 10 per cent added, and February 1 require the issuance of execution; returnable within 90 days. By this Optometrist! 956 Broad Street Augusta. Ga. The Dillon Herald comments as follows in a sample of the “sug gestions” which some “refprmers” manage to get into print: “Somebody is always starting something to take the joy out of life. A man over in McCormick county proposes a law that would prohibit the state highway depart ment from issuing an automobile icense to a man except upon proof Tom the county treasurer that the man had paid all taxes assessed against him and also a statement from the bank that the man owed t no money. “But just what would happen :£ he general assembly could be in duced to pars such a law? The au tomobile dealers would have .to go thought you could do. “How can it be possible that a progressive nation of 120,000,000 > people can-be wrecked by the spec ulations of a little handful of fools in Wall Street? “The prices that were forced too* high had to come down. .Today all the prices are too low. “There is now a golden oppor tunity for every man who has eyes to see it. “Dollars are now being sold for 30 cents. Practically every secur ity in the United States is now be ing sold at less than its value. “The way to create a fortune is to buy from pessimists. Pay your money and take the risk. • “Frick started his career by buy ing coke ovens in the slump of 1873. Carnegie made " $300,000,000 by buying steel plants in the slumps. “Hundreds of fortunes have been made by buying from pessimists. Ye gods! what a chance there is at; vhis moment! - \ “In five years from now mogt, American business men will belong to the T-Wish-I-Had-Club.* “Then it will be too late to buy a dollar for thirty cents. The op portunities will be gone. “When a horse balks, the balk: is in his head, not in his legs. He moves on when he thinks lie will. “And when an American business; man is depressed, the slump is in his head. There is nothing seri ous to prevent him from making money if he thinks he Will. “When fear rules the will, noth ing can be done, but when a man casts fear out of his mind* the world becomes his oyster. “To lose a bit of money is noth ing, but to lose hope—dr lose nerve and ambition—that is what makes, men cripples. “This silly depression has gone- on long enough. Get rid of it. It is inside of you. Rise and walk." If after reading the above, any one is bearish on America, if he out of buslnacT and ninety per cent! thinks things have gone to the of the projVo v ould have to go back to walking. It wouM be a quick way to reetore .v'omeritv in South Carolina, but Ile'a'.K doubts if the people n r an th^i “bow wows” and business will not., come back, then we are sorry for him. There is more sound sensei and truth in what this mah Gas con says than in a whole library brand of prosperity. The neio it^jcf some advice we have read. He; would rather live in the woodehed doesn’t cay also “throw away your and suffer the pangs of hunger i hammer and get horn,” but he than to give up the motor car. ime^ns just that anyway. There is no doubting the fact that; x the joy wagons have a powerful hold on the people. And South Carolina is not by itself.” But proposals with just as much economic merit have in years gone by been made on the floor of the house or senate in Columbia! Here we have the proposal that a man be refused a license tag for his car until the has a clean finan cial sheet with the other taxing agencies. The license tag is one of the state’s taxes. Also when the owner of the car pays that tax, the state puts him in position to op erate his car with gasoline as fuel, and collects a tax of six cents a gallon thereon.—The State. x It is better to winter coniferous reedlings by protecting them in the- beds than by lifting and storing them, say horticulturists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Ini late fall, mulch the beds lightly with pine needles, leaves, or similar material that is free from weed seeds to guard against lifting or heaving of the roots by freezing and thawing. Protect the seed lings from rabbits and mice dur ing the winter. * Early spring is; usually the best time for trans planting. Some kinds of seedlings may be large enough—from 3 to 6< inches—to transplant the first sea- You may laugh at your troubles ages. When the old mare got method "some 'incentive ^will *be it’s not always wise to get gay balky ° Vender hwfbut tote’! fered for the early payment of tax- ! l ' nem - bad business with an automobile. es, thus relieving interest payments j X on money borrowed in anticipation I A man # may have babies named of tax collections, while 10 son, but slow-growing species such- The old days had their advant- ‘ spruce and P ine ma y r «> uire wo or more years in the seedbed. X Ask any man who has become per after him, but he’s never really wealthy and he will tell you mak- The biggest problem in this coun- ry is to keep the times and the* people both good. x __ , __ , , _ _ Now that science has made wat- cent penalty added January 1 will great until there is a cigar given import- erproof matches, it is only a ques- . , I, v. i t J j. « ,ance, but they all get that way af- tion of time until they get around: be sufficiently heavy to induce ev- his name. ter they make it ^o milk ,y & u *™“**‘