Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thursday, January 29, 1931 113,592,104 Bales |H Given As Total Up To January 16th WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Cotton of the 1930 crop ginned prior to . January 16 was announced today by the census bureau to have to taled 13,592,104 running bales, in cluding 513,2164 round bales, count ed as half bales, and excluded lint- ers. To that date last year 14,176,- 936 running bales, including 558,- 984 round bales, and in previous year, 13,888,972 running bales, in cluding 646,396 round bales, were , 'ginned. Oinnings by states to January 16 this year were: Alabama —— 1,436,610 Arizona - 138,423 Arkansas : 858,976 California - 230,619 Florida * 50,732 Georgia - —_1,580,283 Louisiana - 701,562 Mississippi 1,450,182 Missouri 151,955 New Mexico 94,065 North Carolina 780,119 Oklahoma 851,521 South Carolina 998,507 Tennessee 367,562 Texas .....S,853,293 Virginia 41,635 All other states 6,061 tXl S.G WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL r REVIEW i :v \' .The following record of indus trial activity lists items showing investment of capital, employ ment of labor and business activ ities and ^opportunities. Informa tion from which the paragraphs are prepared is from locar papers, usually of towns mentioned, and may be considered generally cor- • rect McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER TWO Vf , Columbia. — State Highway De partment opeped bids for $5,000,000 construction and improvement pro ject, for State roads. Anderson — Building permits for year 1930 reached total of $393;- 367. Walterboro — Quality Depart ment Store consolidated with £al- in’s Department Store. Bamberg — South Carolina Pow er Company contracted with city to supply power. State Highway Department se curing right-of-way along Walter boro—Bells highway. Columbia — General contract let tor construction of new building , at University of South Carolina. Paving operations started on Markm-rConway highway. Martin — Contract let for con struction of new bridge over Lit tle River near this place. . Greer — Construction completed on new plant Qf Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation. State Highway Department to let contract for paving highway from Bamberg to Lees. Greer — B. A. Bennett and T. M. Mayfield recently purchased from Peoples' State Bank,, insurance business of that institution. Piedmonts— Cotton mills in this section resumed operations. Hartsville — Credit Bureau, Inc., organized recently by 28 leading business houses of this city, open ed. *Walhalla — Puckhaber Brothers enlarging local hatchery. Florence — Florence Darlington Tuberculosis Sanitorium complet ed and opened to public. ^ Holly Hill — Construction com pleted on new Methodist Church edifice. — x Crop Insurance Possible In Future $70,915.8(5. South Carolina’s Cotton Mills As Tax Payers • .<.-.A*'* i i * - ; A statement of the relative proportion of the State’s income which is derived directly from the taxes paid by the textile plants; presented not to discredit other classes of taxpayers, but rather in appreciation of the important part they are all playing in financing the costs of gov ernment. While the textiles are by far the largest class of taxpayers, there are other classi fications which are of great importance to the waif are of the state. Figures herein quoted are from the S. C. Tax Commission, from the 1929 report of the Comptroller General, and from in quiry directed to the mills themselves. The comparative picture above shows the relative importance of the textile industry as a tax payer. As a class it is the largest individual taxpayer of our state. Whether in real estate, personal property, income, corporation license, or whatever the type of tax, the cotton mills will be found on the front row, doing more than their share toward financing government, schools, roads, or other progressive measures essential to the state’s welfare. Tax Statistics South Carolina Cotton Mills Assessments greater than all other industries combined. v Assessments greater than all Railroads and Public Utilities combined. Pay an average of over half the taxes in textile counties. . Paid in to state, county, school district and city treasuries in 1930 Approximately Five Million Dollars These figures include only payments made directly by the mills as corporations. Without the taxes paid directly by the mills. South Carolina’s present appropriation bill would be impossible, as would be the huge expenditures of the state, counties, school districts and municipalities towards education, roads, streets and general governmental costs. From a competitive standpoint, it is apparent that South Carolina has just about lost its favorable advantageous position in the textile world. \ - < , . , This great truth, as startling as it may sound, is further tested and proven by the fact that South Carolina has received only a very small proportion of the large number of new industries that have come south during recent years. They have largely gone to other southern states—THERE IS A VERY LOGICAL REASON. If South Carolinians generally are benefitted by the investment of capital in cotton mills in the state, they should exert every effort to prevent further increases in the tax burden, and if possible effect decreases in high taxes which result from excessive governmental expenditures. A recent incomplete investigation, conducted among all the cotton mills of South Carolina, brought reports from 118 ofi 160 South Carolina Mills, with a total of 4,535,821 spindles, paying in 1929 a total of $3,715,948.72 in taxes, . . * Compared with all records available, this is a higher tax per spindle than any other textile state in America ih 1929. / / The 118 Cotton Mills In South Carolina Reporting, Showed An Average Assessment Per Spindle $11.41 / Average Tax Paid Per Spindle 82-7-10 Cents Tax Per Spindle Eliminating Extras 78 cents \ "A* Industry Prospers—So Prosper The People' NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Crop In surance, long the dream of the farmer and of industries depend ent on agricultural production, is within the realm of modem pos sibilities and lacks only the ability of weather experts to forecast the general character of the coming season, according to Sir John Rus sell, Director of the 90-year-old, world-famous experiment station at Rothamsted, England. The behavior of the different plant food elements under varying climatic conditions is the basis of such insurance against crop losses in unfavorable seasons. This knowledge has been gained by the English scientists from the crop and weather records gathered for 90 years on the variously fertilized plots at the Rothamsted Station. Describing the effects of the three essential plant foods,:director Russell says, “The phosphates act well in cold wet seasons, the pot^ assic fertilizers help in dry hot seasons, barnyard manure is good in dry cold or dry hot seasons,, but nitrogenous fertilizers are good nearly always. The fertilizer thus acts as a buffer between the crop and the season, making for con stancy in yield.” While we obviously cannot regul ate the weather, we can know what fertilizer treatment is best for giv en weather conditions and, with the hoped-for coming of seasonal weather forecasting, it should be possible for an insurance company to guarantee the farmer a certain yield, provided he has complied with certain conditions, he believes. American farmers and agricul tural scientists look to the findings of the Rothamsted investigators with eager interest since much of our technical and practical knowl edge of fertilizers has come from this source. The behavior of the plant foods in different seasons has frequently been observed by farmers and scientists here who find particularly that available phosphoric acid hastens maturity of crops in cold late seasons and ^ nitrogenous fertilizers produce in creased crop growth in practically all seasons. Sb well known are these effects that nitrogen is com monly called the “growth” element and phosphoric acid the element that induces maturity or ripening of crops. X 215 People Die On State Roads In 1930 Two hundred and fifteen persons were killed on South Carolina high ways during 1930. Figures compiled by the Associat ed Press yesterday from monthly accident reports of the state high way department, show that of this number, 25 died during December, the second largest list of fatalities for any one month during the year. January led with 29. The total number of accidents during the year was 1,853. Pedes trians killed numbered 60, and 398 persons were seriously injured and 1,033 slightly injured. Careless driving led the list of causes with 485 cases reported. Next came speeding with 270, reck lessness due to liquor 191, and reck less driving 120. Forty drivers who figured in acci dents went to sleep, while at the wheel of an automobile. Eleven ac cidents were caused by the driver or a passenger falling from mov ing motor vehicle. The report includes only those accidents occurring on state high ways. Accidents in cities and on county roads are not counted in this compilation. The report by months follows: January — 201 accidents, 29 kill ed, 52 seriously injured and 120 slightly injured. February — 128 accidents, 17 killed, 24 seriously injured and 65 slightly injured. March — 163 accidents, 22 killed 26 seriously injured and 78 slightly injured. April — 164 accidents, 15 killed, 40 seriously injured and 80 slight ly injured. May — 132 accidents, 11 killed, 31 seriously injured and 91 slight ly injured. June — 137 accidents, 12 killed, 30 seriously injured and 78 slight ly injured. July — 155 accidents, 17 killed, 30 seriously injured and 93 slight ly injured. August — 148 accidents, 18 kill ed, 26 seriously injured, and 89 slightly injured. September -r- 141 accidents, 11 killed, 47 seriously injured and 83 slightly injured. October — 171 accidents, 22 kill ed, 35 seriously injured and 73 slightly injured. November — 168 accidents, 16 killed, 33 seriously injured and 89 slightly injured. December — 145 accidents, 25 killed, 18 seriously injured and 94 slightly injured. Twenty five persons were killed 18 seriously injured and 94 slightly injured in 145 accidents on South Carolina state highways in Decem ber, it was announced yesterday morning by the highway depart ment. The compilation does not include any accidents injuries or fatalities that occurred in cities or on roads not in the state highway system. Twelve of the accidents were caused by recklessness due to liquor, the report says, while 42 were caused by careless driving, 15 by reckless driving and 12 by speeding. Seven of the people to be killed were pedestrians. Ten persons were killed in collision of motor vehicles one in collision of motor vehicle and animal, two in collision of mo tor vehicle and fixed object and five when motor vehicles over turned.—The State. X Perhaps the hickory rod is dis appearing from the school roon because the supply of hickory trees is so limited. iXi When the automobile manufac turers put the emergency brakes in the back seat, then back seat driv ing will become a real menace. A room that receives a coot north light might have cream-col ored walls, and printed linen or cretonne draperies with orange predominating on a soft, warm, brown background, combined with sheer orange-colored glass curtains to furnish the necessary brightness. Elsewhere in the room the orange tone could be repeated. For ex ample, the cretonne could be used for covering an upholstered chair, or for a cushion in a plain brown chair or sofa. Too much of a vivid color should not be used. Try peanut brittle ice cream. The ingredients are one quart of single cream, 1-2 cup of sugar, 1 1-2 to 2 cups ground peanut brit tle, 1-4 teaspoon salt. Heat one cup of the cream to the boiling point, add the sugar and the ground pea nut brittle, and stir until well blended. Mix with the remaining cream and the salt. Use a freez ing mixture of 1 part salt and 4 to 6 parts of ice and turn the crank of the freezer slowly. After freez ing, pack, and let stand for an hour or more to ripen. xxt Another crying need is a church collection plate with a cushion in it so that you can’t make a nickle sound like a half dollar when it drops.