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VOL. 35 KINGSTREE, SOUTH'CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1919. NO? ?>"
Hi W SYSTEM.? j
FOR CAROLINA!
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GOVERNOR AND HIGHWAY COM-!
\ MISSION PROPOSE MEASURE
TO LEGISLATURE
Providing for a system of State
highways and authorizing a license
tax for their construction and main.
tenance, a proposed bill, to be prek
sented to the next General Assembly,
V has been drafted by Governor CoopI
er and the members of the State
i Highway Commission. It is an
amendment to the present law and
differs fundamentally from it in sev
era] particulars. &
The greatest change is the taking
over of the arterial highways of the i
State and placing them under the direct
supervision of the highway department.
This department is em\
powered to construct a system of
State highways, connecting eacn
county seat with the main highways i
of continuous States. The State highway
engineer is to designate what
the arterial roads are to be and is .
allowed to enter into condemnation
proceedings. All bridges over streams
and rivers on the system are placed
under the supervision of the commission.
To Offer Assistance.
The State highway engineer is in
structed to give advice to the county
authorities in the constructing of
county roads, when requested, and to
give expert assistance whenever, in
his opinion, it is necessary or expedient.
The State highway and bridges are
to be maintained by the State highway
department, and it likewise is
permitted,to keep in repair the roads
leading through towns of 1,000 pop-.
^ ulation or less, upon the consent of
the authorities of those municipalities.
The material of which the roads
are to be constructed is left in the j
discretion of :ne nignway commisMun,
but they must be so constructed as
L to "take care of the traffic which |
may reasonably be expected to develop
upon it."
The license fees in the bill for the
ymr 1920 are the same as under the ,
present law?25 cents per horse-pow-!
er of motor-driven vehicles and a
dealer's license of $15 per annum for!
each and every different make of
motor-vehicle handled.
However, under the proposed bill,
the license for 1921 will be 50 cents
per horse-power for every automobile i
and motorcycle, and the following
annual schedule for trucks: One-ton,
$12; two-ton, $20; three-ton, $30; i
four-ton, $60; five-ton, $125; six-ton,
$200; seven-ton, $350; and eight-ton,
and over, $750. Dealer's license will
be $50 per annum for each and every
make of motor vehicle sold by him.
License Money Prorated.
Under the present law the money
derived from licenses sold from the
various counties is prorated. Twenty
per cent goes to the highway com^
mission. Under the proposed act, 25
per cent goes to the State Highway
Commission and 75 per cent to the
individual counties. This latter
amount, howver, is to be expended
in the counties on the State system,
and not on the county roads. Should
any county have surplus, it will be
allowed with the approval of the
State highway engineer, to expend it
on county roads, upon the appropri
ation by the county of an equal
amount to the surplus. The 25 per
cent going to the State highway department
is to be expended by it for
if| expenses and for aid to the counties
in the construction and main'
' ?'!? ni'oiloKlo tn
tenance 01 oiau; iuuus a>auau.v ?v
the State Highway.
The pro^sed act provides that the
roads and bridges will be maintained
by the highway department after,
they have been approved and taken
over into the State system and that
"no salary of $3,000 and is allowed
to Commission for maintenance of
highways or to the several counties
for construction or improvement.
L shall be expended in payment of
claims for rights of way or surface j
materials, both of which shall be
supplied by the county authorities."
Salary Not Named
Under the present law the State j
highway engineer is givcn^^n annual
^ aries of $3,000 and disallowed to
B^tploy two assistant engineers at a
yearly salary of $1,800 each and sufficient
clerical assistance. The proposed
act does not name the salary
of the chief engineer or his assistants,
but leaves the amount to be
i
paid to the highway commission ant
there is no limit placed on the num
ber of assistants or amount of cleri
cal help necessary. The bond of tht
State highway engineer is increaset
from $5,000 to $25,000, and the mem
bers of the commission, the person
nel of which remains unchanged?tht
heads of the engineering department
of The Citadel, the University o1
South Carolina and Clemson Collegt
and two other members appointed b.\
the Governor for two years?but the}
are allowed a yearly salary of $1(K
each and expenses. The present law
only allows them their actual ant
necessary expenses.
The proposed bill orginally had :
two-mill levy on all the taxable prop
ertv of the State, but the farmers oi
the measure decided to eliminate thi:
feature. Under the proposed bill th<
revenue fo* 1920 remains as at pres
ent except, of course, the increase ir
the number of motor-driven vehicles
but for 1921 there is an increase ol
over 100 per cent.
Governor Cooper, in discussing th<
bill, said that he hoped the Genera
Assembly would pass the measuri
but if the members had other idea!
as to permanent highway improve
ment, that they would adopt the fun
damental provisions of the measur*
as a basis of highway legislation.
The Governor has had the propos
ed bill printed and is maibng copies
along with a letter of explanation
to each member of the General As
sembly. Advocates of beiter road;
in South Carolina believe that thi:
method will awaken an intelligent in
terest among the legislators, am
they will come to Columbia nex'
January ready to pass some sort o:
wise highway legislation.
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PLOTS BEING UNCOVERED
Trial of Radicals Leabs to Un-earth
of Violent Scheme.
Chicago, Oct. 14.?Military authori
ties and federal investigators assign
ed to follow the trail of radicals wh<
have been spreading their propagan
J- M'ifVi thp strike o'
ua in cviiiKibiun . ?
the steel workers announced Tuesday
their discovery of an anarchistic plo
to destroy abandoned army canton
ments and other government property
The plot is said to have been un
earthed in connection with the dis
covery at Gary, Ind., of Anton Gor
ski, alleged radical leader, who is sai<
to be under surveillance in connec
lion with the explosion of a bomb ii
the Chicago postoffice in September
1918, when four persons were kille<
and thirty injured.
Information gained by the military
authorities indicated that the radical:
have plotted against governmen
property in States ranging from Wes
Virginia to Colorado.
During the day 500 of the federa
troops on duty at Gary entraine<
and, it was said, they were beinf
dispatched to protect endangere<
property.
Drastic measures to combat th<
"Red" plots are said to have been ar
ranged by the military leaders.
Col. Mapes announced that no con
f^cairtn hurl hppn obtained from Gov
ski in regard to the Chicago boml
plot, but it was intimated that Gor
ski would be a federal witness.
The federal officers are nov
searching for Alexander Ivanoff
Gary steel worker and electrician
who is said to have been implicate*
by Gorski as a maker of the thirty
six bombs which were sent to promi
nent men throughout the country ii
forged wrappers May Day.
Intelligence officers continued thei
raids at Gary in search of radica
literature. They reported finding i
quantity of radical propagand;
printed in German and a large Ger
man flag made of silk.
A platoon of federal troops wa
stationed near the steel mills in Gar;
yesterday after reports had beei
made that bricks and horseshoes ha<
been thrown through the windows o
the steel plants by strikers. Thi
strike bulletin issued by the stee
workers disavowed the proclamatioi
issued by the "communist party o
America" calling on the workingmei
to establish a "distatorship" an*
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wrest control of (iary irom tne ieu
eral troops.
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The board of missions of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, wit)
headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., i
calling for 735 new missionaries to b
sent out during the centenary pro
gram for which millions of dollar
were subscribed last summer.
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FARMERS ASKED TO
j ORGANIZE AT ONCE
MrLEOD URGES THEM TO HOLD
COTTON FOR 40 CENTS IN
OCTOBER.
51
^' H. F. McLeod, state manager of
'r i the South Carolina Cotton associa'
tion has issued an earnest appeal to
( all of the cotton growers of the
state to enroll as members of the asj
sociation at once,
i "Merchants, bankers and all other
, business men and professional men
i should join the association also," said
PjMr. .McLeod. "because the prosperity
,: of the South is dependent on the
; prosperity of the cotton grower.
"Organize. That's the big message,
11 expressed in one little word, the
South Carolina Cotton association
^ sends South Carolina cotton growers.
"Organize, for the preservation of
business in your community and
j state, as well, by withholding your
cotton from the market until the
a
" price reaches a level that will assure
J a prjce above the cost of production,
! plus a* reasonable income for hard
i.work.
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' j "Get together and unite upon some
i plan for. the perfecting the holding
j movement of the South's chief com'!
modity?cotton, which is the back'
j bone of business and prosperity in
the South. The American Cotton
s association has prepared the soil,
and now, you, Mr. Farmer, sow the
I seed, and let it bear fruit. You have
t the grit, and business sagacity toac^
complish this job in a clean, legitimate
way.
"It will be but a short while before
: the American Cotton association is in
real harness, and you see the wonderful
results that are bound to
spring from its operation.
"At the meeting held in New Or!
leans recently the association fixed
36 cents a pound for cotton during
" I September and added one-half cent a
y i pound for each following month un"'
til it reaches 40 cents. Are you, Mr.
^! Farmer, merchant, business man and
' banker, commanding that price? If
1 j not, then do it Or else, take your
" j staple to your home, or to some bond ;
ed warehouse, and let it remain in
tact until you ao get it.
"The cotton that is being sold today
is being gobbled up by mills and
* i placed in storage, or being made into
goods on the basis of about $1 a
1 pound. It requires from three to
'' four pounds of goods to make a pound
* of cotton.
"The demand for spot cotton is
f daily increasing. Mills are begin5:
ning to come to their senses. They
1: see a famine in the most needed pro1
duct in the world today, and they see
; on their books orders for goods that
', wift keep their machinery humming
* for months ahead without the solici?
tation of other business. But in their
' I store rooms they have only a small
supply of staple?the cost of the anaicient
hand to mouth policy; a policy
" I used for years, for a generation, or
, more, to depress the price of cotton
? !A -- no nnc_
* | in order to secure n as i-ueap a.^
"! sible. And they see appearing from
JI abroad, representatives from prac*'
tically all European nations, coming
here to arrange for the purpose of
v buying textile machinery and cotton.
"The unprecedented foreign and
domestic demand for cotton, which
* has been talked of for some time, is
" ^beginning to make itself heard. Of
" course the cry is soft and everyone
1J of those craving for cotton naturally
' are going about it as easy as possir
ble, buying in quiet ways, for fear
' that the South will rub its eyes and
1 become stubborn. It's time to get
1 stubborn.
"Slap on the brakes and make them
bid for it. Make them bid for it uns
til they are willing to pay a price
V that will pay for our hard labor; pay
1 for the education of your children,
^ pay for the food that you feed your
f family, for your taxes, for your
e clothes?everything that it costs to
' produce the staple they want. Won't
1 they make the same demands of you
f and of your merchant for the goods?
1 Absolutely.
i ovej-vthinc nowadayses
Vl^aiii<.<., v.v.,, ?"
organized from hornets to your
groceryman."
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^ Col. Edward M. House, chief advis
ser to President Wilson and represene
tative of the president in Paris for
- several months, returned ' from Eus
rope Monday on the transport Northem
Pacific a very sick man.
[SEPTEMBER SALES
: SET RECORD
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REPORTS FROM FORTY-EIGHT
: WAREHOUSES, REPRESENTING
20 CAROLINA MARKETS
According to a report issued Saturday
by the State Department of
Agriculture, Commerce and indus'
tries on the tobacco crop, 11,823,768
pounds were sold for the producers
in September, netting $2,199,105.19.
an average .of 18.51 cents a pound.
This is the largest amount received
j in September since 1910, when the
department commenced to keep to1
bacco statistics for the crop. The reports
are from twenty markets, containing
forty-eight warehouses.
Following are the total amounts
1 cnlr>? and resales for producers,
i dealers and warehousemen for the
month of September, this year, at the
various markets:
, Grand Total Sales.
Markets Lbs. Sold. Amt.Pd.
Andrews 198,686 19,234.13
I Ayner 61,420 2,315.40
'Conway 743,431 100,670.34
| Darlington 2,716,827 490,062.46
I Florence 412,466 69,368.37
| Hartsville __ 629,023 92,093.73
Hemingway 200,583 26,028.16
| Johnsonville 487,388 75,568.62
Kingstree _ 1,175,607 204,637.69
Lake City __ 2,003,886 400,043.02
Lamar 449,994 80,432.85
Latta 57,208 7.889.67
Loris 397,838 *91,092.66
j Manning 230,214 29,857.34
Marion 376,729 63,526.33
McBee 21,562 4,769.51
! MulKns 2,296,454 380,890.09
Nichols 352349 60,662.86
Pamplico 2_ 335,155 48,823.45
Timmonsville 2,188316 428,754.29
%
Total 15,336,136^2,666,720.95
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A TIMELY WARNING
To Merchants and Manufacturers who
Made Erroneous Tax Returns
Washington, October, 15.?A special
drive to locate merchants and
manufacturers who have followed erroneous
methods in making their inventories
for the taxable year 1917
and 1918, such methods tending to
reduce tax liability, is about to be
* *1 n Tnto>-nal Rp.
made oy tne duicou w ?
venue, it was announced today.
In cases of voluntary disclosure before
investigation of failure to make
proper return and payment, the policy
of the bureau, it was stated, will
be to forego penalties except where
there is intentional evasion of the
tax. Where- discovery is made by government
officers heavy penalties will
apply.
In sbme cases inventories have been
found to have been taken on the
basis of average costs, though it was
possible to identify the articles re'
maining on hand at the inventory period,
and so determine their "exact
cost. In others, because of conservative
accounting methods, flat percentage
have been deducted after determining
inventory values. Others used
a fixed average, based upon costs
i of prior years, or failed to include all
merchandise to which they have ti|
tie in their inventory.
All of these methods, which have
the effect of reducing tax liability,
are contrary to the regulations of the
bureau and are illustrative, it was
said, of numerous irregularities which
have been found.
A warning issued by the bureau advises
taxpayers who have followed
such methods to file correct returns
without notice and without investigation.
Some taxpayers have voluntarily
notified the bureau of the employment
of incorrect methods, and are
filing amended returns. It is only
fair to these taxpayers, the bureau
states, that their competitors who
have made similar errors should be
located.
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The town of Dillon increased its
size several times last Saturday by
a vote of 20 to 8. The vote in town
was unanimous in favor of the extension
of the town limits. The limits
ovtomieti one-half mile, and will
give the town much additional and
valuable property from which to
draw revenue. Many improvements,
such as paving the streets and enlarged
light and sewer system, will
be undertaken shortly.
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More than five hundred delegates
from 32 nations are in attendance at
the World Cotton Conference which
opened at New Orleans Monday
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MEMORIAL TO SOLDRIERS
. Governor Asks For Four Hundrec
Thousand Dollars
The General Assembly at its lasl
session passed a joint resolution provic
ing for the erection of a building as
a memorial to those who died in th<
service of this country during th<
world war, and to all others whc
served, whether as soldiers, sailors
i marines, nurses or members of kin
I divd organizations devoted to th<
cause for which the war was fought
Under the resolution the sum ol
$100,000 is made available from the
i State treasury whenever, in the opin
! ion of the memorial commission
i which also was created by the reso
! lution, a sufficient sum shall have
I ^
! been raised by ^popular subscription
; This commission, of which the Governor
is chairman, has decided tha
I $400,000 is the proper amount to be
j given by the people of the State ii
, elirect donations. ,
The building, which will be erectee
| on lands now held by the trustees o:
the University of South Carolina
will have an alcove for each county
and in these alcoves will be preserv
ed in marble or bronze or other im
perishable form the records of thi
sons and daughters of the State wh<
gave all, or offered all. The memo
rial structure will be held by th<
I South Carolina Historical Commis
! sion. The building could easily b<
j made to house the records of all th<
| wars in which South Carolina ha;
participated, and thus, in the coursi
I of a few years, to become an admir
| able historic museum and library
i Records and relics of the Revolution
the war of 1812, the Seminole war
the Mexican war, the war of Seces
sion, the Spanish American war, am
finally the great World war could b<
assembled and forever preserved.
In this building may be held meet
ings of Veterans, various histdrica
and educational gatherings, and oth
er assemblages which have for thei
purpose the betterment of our State
and the honoring of those who hav<
served and died in the days of din
need. The structure will be an in
spiration to patriotism, courage, jus
j tice and gratitude.
South Carolinians have been some
j what careless as to the preservatioi
of their historical records; a prope
respect for gallant deeds and grea
sacrifices has not always been evi
denced.
This neglect of historical informa
| tion has continued to the present day
, and unless we do something speedil;
(for the collecting and safekeepingo
i nnr latest war records, the genera
tions to come will be deprived of ma
terials of great value, of inspiratioi
and of a complete understanding o
operating factors in the lives of thei
forefathers.
Men -of this State fought splendipl
ly in the Thirtieth, the Eighty-first
the Rainbow and other divisions, ii
the navy and in the marine organiza
tions. These men dedicated thei
lives to the great cause of universa
justice. It is due them that th
memorial be erected; it is necessar;
for the rest of us that we erect il
else we shall suffer because of dut;
and appreciation neglected, of inspir
ation lost. Those who suffered th
untold miseries of muddy fields an<
battle perils, those who traveled ove
the treacherous seas will ever be re
membered gratefully by us all. Thi
memorial is but one token of this re
membrance.
The work and sacrifices of ou
women have made a brilliant page ii
our history. Without their unifies
assistance, their sympathy, prayer:
and courage, the morale of our fight
ing men would have fallen, and bat
ties won would have been battle
lost. Shall this chapter of our his
tory be neglected? The memoria
building will keep the facts fresh ii
mind.
South Carolina as a State is bet
ter; we as individuals are better fo
having had the soldiers, sailors, am
marines as friends, brothers, sons
fathers, husbands. We are bettei
too, for having had the noble womei
workers as friends, sisters am
mothers.
Those who served in the mobilize
forces of the nation did their dut;
well and willingly. Shall we not d
ours to the fullest. While they wer
fighting, we supported them fror
our positions at home. Their fight
ing is now ended, but we have ye
another task before us. It is for u
now to keep animated the high-soul
ed ideals which inspired the armie
and the fleets; it is for us to sho\
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COLORADO GIRL
1 WANTS HUSBAND
J AND GOVERNOR'S SECRETARY
UNDERTAKES TO FIND ONE
FOR WESTERN LASSIE
Columbia, Oct. 13.?Any bal i head'
ed, sentimental millionaire bachelor
' or widower who wants a pretty, t
I brown-eyed little darling to help him
' I spend his money and play sweet lul^
labies to him, has only to apply to
the office of the Governor of South
Carolina to eet the address of a
Western maid who is just "dying" to
' commit matrimony, providing there
a is -plenty of coin in the offing.
While there has been no advertisement
to the effect that Governor
t Cooper is heading a matrimonial bu^,
reau, yet a Colorado girl evidently
thinks that he can put her in touch
with some South Carolina swain who
j wants to be loved. The Governor's
^ office received a letter today postmarked
Pueblo, Colo., in which a re'
quest is made to find a pining maiden
' "of one of the best families of Colorado,"
a helpmeet in the turbulent
battle of life.
? '
The maid is easily satisfied; all she
J wants is a "hubby" she can love with
all her heart and who will love her?
' and can show one million dollars. In
~ her set of specifications she says that
any candidate that applies should be
s fifty years of age. This is interpre*J
ed as a gentel hint that she does not
" want him to live too long; she prefers
to :pend the mill.on as a "mer- .
* ly widow."
I' i Governor Cooper 's in New Orleans
' attending the World Cotton Confer~1
cnce and his secretary, James C. Dei
rieux, is handling the matrimonial
e end of the executive office. Mr. De
1 rieux,. however, has m t had much *
I if iMr.iAniol
CApcncuu; aivsug JiMHi'mmu.
as he has so far failed to annex to
himself a wife. In his desperation he
r called the capital newspaper men in!*
to consultation, but they could not
e apply; the majority of them aremare
ried and all were penniless. However,
they suggested a handsome
scribe of the Piedmont section, whom
i they thought might be interested.
' He is unmarried, but fails under the
a age limit, and he has not yet, so far
r as is known, amassed a million
* : "scads."
" |\ Mr. Derieux requests the bachelors
of the State, who will fall over each
other's necks in an effort to capture
'*' the Western peach, to apply to him
v for the name of the fair one, and not
* j to send photographs, autobiographical
sketches and financial statements
to the Governor's office. He has no
n appropriation for the hiring of an ex^
tra stenographer and, in his opinion,
r the Colorado maid would prefer to
receive ajl documentary evidence direct.
'', The epistle to the Governor, which
1; is captioned "Hunting for Happiness,"
"! follows:
r "I am looking for a tall Blue eye
1 1 II II 1 I TT _ , I
" i ou year om nusoanu. ne must nave
e | a million $. I am small. Called Pret^
ty. Brown eyes. Music Teacher. I
" never did a bad act before God in my
life. If I find a person I can love with
all my heart and soul better than
e life and am sure he loves me, the
same I will marry. We are one of
r the best families in state of Colorado.
Please send photo and full pars
ticulars.
"Please give this to the best looking
Bachelor in your State. Thank
r you."
1 The letteris signed by a woman
who purports to ilve at Pueblo, Col.
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The plant, equipment and lands of
* Winthrop College, a state institution
s! for ladies, at Rock Hill, are invento
", ried at $2,029,366.76, according to the
' 1 report made by Dr. D. B. Johnson,
1 president of the institution to the
South Carolina budget commission.
Of this amount $1,181,500 is for col'
lege building, $424,645 for lands,
' $401,721 for equipment and $21,500
'' for farm buildings.
n appreciation.
i Ingratitude will never be used as
an adjective to describe South Carod
lina. This is not an appeal, because
y 1 no appeal to the people of /'South
o Carolina in this connection should
e be necessary, but merely a reminder
1 1 +-U/* nvirilAcro nf malf
a inai you na*e mv ?r.
;- ing a contribution to this very worthy
t cause ' on or before November 11,
s 1919.
I-) Robei-t A. Cooper, Governor and
s i Chairman.
v Richard I. Manning, Vice-Chairman.
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