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r ' . . ! , r-.': ' < > : **. * < ' . 1 i*H W ^ nutu . r _ _??? ? ? ' VOL. 367 KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5,1920. NO W RAILROADS TO f INCREASE RATES INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM- L MISSION PROVIDES FOR CAR- |sj RIERS TO MEET INCREASE I b< , p Authority for the railroads of the country to increase their revenues by j approximately one billion and a half gl dollars was granted Saturday^ by the ^ Interstate Commerce Commission at ^ .^-Washington, D. C. Freight rates will ^ . be advanced about one-third, passen- ^ y se r fares one-fifth and Pullman tr ^ charges one-half. Coastwise and inland steamship ^ lines and electric railway companies S( yalso were granted permission to in^crease their freight rates in proportion to the increase granted to the! railroad serving the same territory. i No estimate of the aggregate amount j t( to result from these advances has been made. ^ The new rates which are to contin- j ue in force until March 1. 1922, will j r< become effective upon five days' no-1* tice by the carriers to the commission j . t 'CI and the public, and they must b? in j o? eiation before Januarv 2. Since the i ' n< government guarantee expires September 1 the carriers are expectd to 0 bend every effort to put the advances ' . into effect by that date. To Offset Wage Advance. ^ Increases granted by the commis- u] sion are designed to offset the $600,- w 000,000 wage advence awarded by the w W*ilu-av I.ahor Boaid and to provide, c the 6 per cent net income of the ag- tc gregate value of the railroad proper- n ties as permitted under the transpor- p, taiion act The aggregate value of ^ all the railroads was estimated atj^ $18,900,000,000^ against a value of I 0| f $20,040,000,000 given by the carriers. a< The 20 per cent increase in passen- jc ger fares, excess baggage charges and n( 3oil? transportation rates and the 50 g cent surcharge on Pullman fares1 aJ ^^Faatiioda^yl by the commission will be 1 m /^general country over. Freight, rates h&jfMses will vary according to territory with 40 per cent in the EasJ; ^ 25 per cent in the South; 35 per cent r, in the West?that is, from the Missisip & River to the Rocky Mountains?', " * Ar ? * mAiintain-Pa- ! ana so per ran m uc . ? , t cific territory?from the east of the Rockies to the Pacific coast, not in- ^ eluding Alaska. ? j t Says Increase Justified. p] The | commission in its 36-page de- j jji cision made no attempt to compute the 0j amount of increased revenues the car- eJ rips would receive by reason of the ^ rate advances. It did say, howver, ^ that' the increases were justified in ^ view of the rapidly changing condi- o< ' tions as to prices and th? necessity p, for providing adequate transportation facilities during and after the period i ^ of readjustment." J n From figures submitted to the com- j {j, ^ mission by the carriers when their ap- j t( Pt .plications for the increases were made, ^ r * it was unofficially estimated that the yj apportionment of the advance would ^ work out at about $1,285,300,00 on u freight, $233,800,000 on passenger, tl / % $43,000,000 on Pullman, $4,500,000 on * milk, and $1,400,000 excess baggage charges. oi $12 Per Capita Per Annum. T The increased charges on freight I oi alone were estimated as equalling a J tl levy of $12 per capita per annum for j every man, woman and child in the1 a country, basing the nation's popula- tl tion at 105,000,000 for 1920 recently c< made by the census bureau. ti The increases in passenger,. Pulman g and excess baggage rates were exact- a ly those asked by the roads. Freight t< increases requested were 39.75 for the / Eastern roads, 32.03 for the Western roads and 38.91 for the Southern tt roads, the total estimated to yield $1,- y ??? AAA MR rm? TT* 4. mo/Ic ikne ! i. CSDU,UW,UUU. 1 lie CijUKIll ivauo uiuo . u were granted .25 of one per cent more n than they sought; the Western roads y approximately what they sought, but li the Southern roads received approxi- li mately 14 per cent less than they had ri requested. a In connection with the increase for c< the Southern roads the commission 0< said that the financial condition of p those carriers was more favorable tl than that of the lines in either of the ci other groups. In view of this condi- v, frton the commission held that they rr Tere better able to meet the demands upon them than some of the other r companies and therefore did not re-j w quire as large an increase. a Hmmngton, Aug. 2.?The new pas- w eager fares will become effective n August 26, and the advanced freight si ROBBERS ENTER STORES wo Business Houses in Andrews Lose by Thefts. Andrews, Aug. 2.?There were two ore robberies here on two succesve nights this week. The first rob?ry was that of the store of E. L, owell company, which lost several leces of,wearing apparel, consisting f silk shirts, shoes, a tailor made lit, a suit case. Only 50 cents in ish was taken. Entrance was gained trough a transom in the rear of the .aiding. Blood hounds were brought the scene, but failed to pick up a -ail. The second robbery was that of the ew York Racket store, which lost jveral hundred dollars worth of dry rwls. Entrance was trained through sky light. These robberies were aparently the work of one person. Evry effort is being made by the polict > apprehend the guilty party 01 arties. ites August 26. according to a proram outlined tonight by Alfred P horn, general counsel for the Assoation of Railway Executives. Simultaneously with the effectiveess of passenger fares the increasec larges for Pullman travel and the ew rates on excess baggage and milk Iso will be put in force. Railroad rate experts have begur te preparations of blanket rate schedles increasing the transportatior >sts on a per centage basis. These ill be presented to the Interstate ommerce Commission five days prioi > the proposed effective dates. The ite sheets will be supplemented bj rinted tariffs containing ratfs for all irritories and on all commodities as >on as the physical task of working it the multitudinous details can be :complished. Until this work is done cal rail officials will compute thv ew rates and charges on the basis oi le legislation rates plus the per centre increase authorized by the comlission. An Unusual Method. /~While this method of putting new ites into effect would be unusual lilroad officials pointed to the sueestion of the commission that the igher charges be put in force "at ae irly a date as practicable". By putting the increased rates intc rfect prior to September 1. the drain i the treasury under the guarantee rovisions of the transportation acl kely will be ended before expiration I the 'government's "guarantee ol linings to the roads. Officials estiiated today that by September 1 the uarantee provisions would have cost te government approximately $650,X),000 for the six months since the assage of the present railroad law The government has been obligatec continue the $75,000,000 monthlj :ntal payment which was in effect uring the federal control as well as > meet deficits not covered by the mtal amount, sustained by the icdiidual carriers. Included in the larges which will fall on the tieasrv m these decrees is that portion ol le $6,000,000 wage award core ring ibor costs from May 1 to ^eptembei , when guarantee expires. This wae fficially estimated at /$206.000 000 hus the American people will paj ne-thircl of the increased ^ "ages foi le railroad increases yearly in tax. With the amount guaranteed thf irriecs this year and the claims oi le lines for compensation under theii mtracts with the railroad ,'dminis ation the roads will have c ?:t the overnment approximately a billior nd a half dollars since the President >ok over the properties. Yield About $1,580,000,000. Operation of the roads after Sepimber under the new rates wili ield, according to accountants anc iriff experts of the carriers, an an ual return of about i SI ,580,00,000 iliile these figures were of a pieminary sort the lailroad experts beeved the freight revenues to be de ived under the new charges woulc mount to $1,300,000,WO and the in)me from passenger traffic S28300,000. Their estimates, it was ev lained, were based on the assumption lat interstate rates would be inreases correspondingly with the adance authorized by tht federal comlission in the intestate '-ates. The need for increases in interstaU ites was set fortn in a report forarded today to vapious state railway nd public utility commissions by tht iree state commissioners who sal ith the Interstate Commerce Cp* lission during its hearings anc^on(deration of the rate case. yA , : i ,\ <, ... ,jt ,.V PROMISES SH CONVERT! . ALL SINCERE "PROMISERS" SH< NOW IF THEY REALLY AN] FRIENI) C< : Miss Edna Eaddy, 400,000 I I Mrs. Lena Vause, 490,750 I Miss Flora B. Smith 489,000 I Miss Ola DuBose, 408,450 1 Miss Annie Tisdale, 400,000 I Miss Sadie McElveen, 350,000 I i I Miss Ruby Lee Langley, 3t>u,wi? Miss Myrtle Turbeville, -486,450 s fl Mrs. J. G. Foxworth, 478,000 : B Miss Sallie Wilson, ^236,000 ' fl J&mes Moseley, 375,000 i I J. P. Gibbons,, 407,200 I Miss Claudia Taylor, ?400,000 fl Miss Sadie Lee Buddin, 300,000 1 1 Miss Ava Mcintosh, 174,750 " fl Miss Ila Barron. 250,000 | I Miss H. Louise Johnson, 300,000 | : 11 Mrs. E. O. Taylor, 150,500 | | Miss Beulah Spivev, 400,000 | I Miss Eddie Bradham. __800,000 I . fl Miss Lucile McElveen, __345.000 ? 8 Miss Willie Register, 315,000 I . fl Miss Theresa Register, ^8,600 I | fl Miss Blanch Oliver, 303,600 f fl Miss Louise Eaddy, 330,000 | : J??irBJfEBB'" SfcW'll "B " 1 k The contest has progressed to a . I point where it has become vitally im(j portant to contestants that the "prom, i ised" help materialize into real coir , j of the realm. Every worker has hun. j dreds of "promises" of help if il ,! should be needed. I^is needed now, , J and now is the time to give it, while 11 big extra votes go with every *ia . i worth of subscription business turned ; j in. | j During the last week help will not , ocunt so very big as there will be no bonus votes. The time to cash in on . "promises" is NOW. Promises, in nine cases out of ten, I are made in good faith, the "promisers" being under the impression that , help at the end of the contest will count the highest. But this is rot the ' case. HELP COUNTS THE HIGH' EST WHILE THERE ARE BONUS OR EXTRA VOTES GIVEN. NO 1 EXTRA VOTES WILL BE AWARD1 ED DURING THE LAST DAYS OF : THE CONTEST. Another Big Extra Vote. For the present week, end ng at . 2:00 o'clock, August 10th, a ]Q0,00b ' Extra Vote Coupon goes for every .! $15.00 in subscription business turned I in. As these bonus votes grow smalt i ler each week, it behooves every candi' J date to impress it upon all friends ithat the help they have promised , i MUST CpME NOW to do th? most I good. | Thai Second Prize. .j All workers have their eyes on the , Ford, which is, in truth, a splendid reward for the best work in this cam| paign, but they should not lose sight 1 of the Pathe, the second prize. Jt is ; j a beautiful piece of furniture, a pre[ | eminent musical instrument. This, . j our second prize can be seen at Ki igs* tree Furniture Co. Our third and fourth prizes, a Solid Gold H rat relet . Watch and a Pearl Necklace, either of which will make some proud winner owa /m* A icnlo\? K\- T IT Raor. ^ j aic vn vuo^/im/ v? * -? gett, jeweler. Mrs. Vause Wins. In spite of the good w ork of sev1 eral of the contestants, Mrs. Vause . still holds first place, and was awarded the $5.00 given this week for the greatest number of subscriptions turned in. Miss Claudia Taylor still , holds second place but is closely followed by Miss Flora Smith. Another 5 Dollars Five Dollars will be awarded on next Tuesday to the candidate turn' ing in the greatest number of sub' scriptions?new or renewals. o Death of Young Girl. The ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David F.^Wanl died at the I Kelley sanatorium her* about 9:30 last Friday morning from arper^icit is. The young lady had been ill for about one week and was takon to the i sanatorium Thursday night. A1 that was possible was done for her but the case was too far gone to respond to medical and surgical aid. The remains were prepared for burial by under taker Courtney and taken to thediome j of the parents, from wliich place inr terment was made Saturday morning, s The Rev. E. A. McDowell conducted fc the burial sfervice. The flond de signs were numerous and very pretty. Much sympathy is felt, for the bereaved family. fc'jj < " - * OULD BE' D INTO CASH 01 LD MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS [) TRULY WOULD HELP A ONTESTANT. PER CAPITA TAX of STATE ONLY $2.80 FIGURES COMPILED FROM U COMMONWEALTHS BY GOV. OF MISSOURI. The average South Caroliniar^. i: continually harping on the excessive taxes paid by the people of this State According to figures compiled bj Frederick D. Gardner, Goverror ol Missouri, from fourteen states in tin j swer to a questionnaire sent out bj I him, South Carolina only has a pei ! capita tax of $2.80. the smallest re | ported. I With an estimated population o: 2,000,000 people this state raised foi j state governmental purposes for thi | year 1920, $<3,091,241.39. The state o: Washington, the nearest approacn u f South Carolina in point of popida I tion, shows a per capita tax of $S.3< t and West Virginia, with 1,475,00< . people, has a per capita tax of $3.07 The largest per capita tax shown i: , that of Utan, with an estimated popu . lation of 5U0;000, it assesses each ]>er ; son $9 per annum. With less than i fourth of the population of Soutl , Carolina its expenses total $4,500,00< , for 1920. Rhode Island, with an esti I mated population of 644,510, has a pei capita tax of $8.12, and it took $5, ; 321,722.43 to pay the expenses of th< , state government for this year. . o Milch Cows at Auction. Be sure and attend the auction sale ; of a car load of fresh Jersey cows by Breedin Bros., of Tennessee, at Arrowsmith's stable, Saturday noon, Aug 7th. Adv. It o Dollar Democrat Club. Maj'or Shuler, several days age received the followin letter which is published by The Record for the information of all who may wish to. contribute: Dear Sir: I have been appointee by the South Carolina Democracy tc have charge of the raising of a fund to aid the party in the fight to win doubtful states. I am doing this work 1 on a voluntary basis and am also do ing the clerical work, so please pardon this form letter. The plan is tc secure at least One Dollar from every Democrat in South Carolina. Large 1 ?iih<u*rintions will not be refused. This campaign has the hearty indorsement of James M. Cox, Democratic nominee Please write an appeal to the Democrats of your city and send it to the local paper. Please ask all city em1 plovees to give-as much as One Dollar to help the cause along. Please give all the assistance possible to this : movement. You cdn perform a great service tc the party. The money is badly needed and will j be put to good use. Yrtiirc for Partv Success. Joe Sparks, Financial Director o FORECAST FOR 1920 COTTON 1 CROP IS 12,519,000 BALES Good Growing Weather Adds Over a Million to Estimates Made in Jane. Washington, Aug. 2.?Inn-ease oi more than a million bales in the prospective production of cotton over the indicated yield a month ?ago was fo:ecast today by the Department of Agriculture. A total of 12,519,000 babs A* A- J ' - ?***? rlifiAVIO ^^4 was estimated irum me wuuiuviu the crop July 26, while 11,450,00 bales was forecast from the cond tior Jum 1 25. Good growing weather,during July caused much improvement in the prospects of the vrop, the condition having advanced from 70.7 per cenl of narmal on June 25 to 71.1 per cenl 1 on July 25. The crop's condition is 7 points higher than it was a yeat ago and a little more than a point below the ten-year Fu.? 25 average. o Jersey Cows for Sale at Auction. Breedin Bros, will sell at auction a car load of fine Jersey cows, with young calves, Saturday noon, Aug. 7th, at Arrowsmith's stable. Adv. It. n iii tin a i lumnusoiun niiAninu To Take Place in Florence Monday, August 16th. Under the recent Act of the Legislature creating a State Highway Department, there is contained the following provision: "The said State Highway Commission shrill, under the advice of the State tiignway engineer, lay out a system of connecting highways (throughout, the State and covering such main avenues of travel and traffic as the said Highway Commission I may deem advisable." Before complying ?with the above provision of the Act the Department deems it advisable to hold a public s hearing in each of the seven Congresii sional Districts of the State, to which . will be invited all parties who may be t interested in the matter. A tentative f State system was laid out by the for mer Highway Department after a long r study and careful consideration, and r as a basis of discussion this tentative - system will be used. Maps of this layout mihy be obtained at the office f of the county supervisor of roads of c every county. i In pursuance of the above purpose f the State Highway Commission will ) hold a hearing at the County Court - House in the city of Florence on Mon) day, August 16, 1920, from 10 A. M. ) to 1 P. M., and a further hearing in . the County Court House in the city of J Georgetown on Tuesday, August 17, - 1920, from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M., and - anyone in the Sixth Congressional i district who believes that the roads i in that district as laid out on the ) said map ought to be changed is in vited to appear at said times and r palces and state to the said commis sion the change proposed giving the ; reasons thereior. Inasmuch as the department is charged with* the duty of laying out a State system connecting the county seats and the roads of adjoining : states, only such roads as could con. sistently and properly be incorporated in such a system can be taken into . consideration. o Big Demand for Cotton Graders Clemson College, Aug. 2.?There is a big call for official cotton graders > to serve in the various counties under the new arrangement of the Exten sion Service with the Cotton Association and the Warehouse Commission,! I and it is apparent now that the de-i > mand is going to be much greater I than the supply of available graders, i This is the opinion of E. C. Seifert, : Extension Specialist in cotton grad-: ?1*1"** 4Uai.a ?e o o/?o v ! ' mg, wno says uiai ui?c <0 ? m>wv , - of good graders due to the fact that! > men experienced in such work have ' r entered the field as buyers. Already fourteen counties have ap? plied to the Extension Service for > graders. Seven of these applications have been filled and the others will be filled shortly. Five other counties s have practically completed financial | and other arrangements to ask for1 - graders, and reports from the cotton j marketing campaign now going on in-' > dicate that over half of the other, counties will do so. This means that; ? there will be a scramble for the appointment of graders, and that many I counties may have to do without graders unless arrangements are completed and applications made at once. In some counties the official grader idea has taken such a strong hold that j several towns in tne same cuuuvjr want a grader each. In Oconee coun? ty, for example, Westminster, Seneca and WalEalla each raised the neces' sarv funds and sent in applications for graders on the same day shortly after the county meetings were held. As many official grade^ as possible are being engaged to >> meet the calls, and the success of this phase of the cooperative marketing agreement is already assured. o LAKE CITY VICTORIOUS i > Hit in Tenth Ginches Game With Kings tree. / , A report from Lake City last Fri, df$ says: Renken's single in the ?rifh fViQnHipr on second broke . up an exciting game between Lake , City and Kingstree. the score being . 6 to 5 in favor of Lake City. Hope ; for Kingstree was wild, walking seven men and was ineffective when hits meant runs. Crosby pitched a good game for Lake City, allowing only five hits and striking out ten. Epps, i with a double and a triple led the hiti ting. Batteries: Lake City, Crosby . and Renken; Kingstree, Hop^ and Mc. Kenzie. I / 5. I. FAKlKyUNUJiK SERIOUS CHARGE GOV. BICKETT OF NORTH CARO- LINA ISSUES EXTRADIAION WARRANT FOR ARREST Columbia, Aug. 2.?W. D. Mayfield, a prominent planter of Denmark and his two business associates, Breedin and Henry \B. wanted in Anson Coijknty, Una on a charge an extradition warra^^^^^^^^^^HH the been served on Columbia for the Anson County.^^^^^^^^^^^^^H with having farm hands, Jessie^HH^f^^^^^^^H Stroman, left the Denmark few weeks ago, instigation of a requisition on the return the on a charge of goods under lien. Bickett The new developraen^^^^^^^^^^^J the appearance at office last Saturday well, sheriff of Anson^^^|^^^^^^H with Governor Bicket^^^^^^^^^^J warrant, having come South Carolina planter^^^^^^^H|H the sheriffs papers werV^^^^^^H pleted and he was sent further affidavit Govern returned to his office Monda^^^^^^^H stay at Glenn Springs and extradition under advisement. - o - News in and Around Rente. Rome, Aug. 3.?The Young Ladies Class in the Union Methodist Sunday School, of which Mrs. G. K. Way is ^ teacher, gave a picnic for the children of the Sunday School last Wed- , nesday afternoon on the* campps of . Union High School. In spit^^^Hfe. ^ rainy weather quite a c ro dren and young folks we re^^Hjj^H enjoy the hospitality of her class. Various game^^^Hv tests had been planned to ferent ages. Everybody enjd^^^fese. Iced lemonade and cake wei^Served. Miss Emmie Snow lias returned from Rock Hill, where she has been attending the Winthrop summer ' school. On her-way home she spent a week in the McLeod infirmary in^?m Florence, where she underwent an operation on her threat. V Miss Elise Rollins, of Indian town, v is spending some time at the home of her uncle, W. C. Rollins. Miss Mary Aimar, of Charleston, is ? visiting her sister, Mrs. H. H. DuBant. f . Miss Amy Eacfdy, of Hemingway, ? visited Miss Florence Hemingway Tjjp last week. ' HS Miss Theresa Register has returned to her home in Greelyvilie after spend- ^ ing some time with Misses Louise and Gextrude Haddock. D. H. Dantzler, of Parler, spent several days here last week. Mrs. L. B. Johnson has returned from a visit to Dr. and Mrs. Olin Johnson at Bethune. t J. B. Hemingway spent last Tuesday in Lake City. ^ Mr. and Mrs. W. T. TurbeMjlJ^nd Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Greer attefow^^^ Past Masters Convention at of Palms last week. Miss Mary Rhem has returned^HH^^ spending some time with Miss aHla Young in Lake City. - \ David Johnson spent several daj*p in Lancaster last week. He made the trip in his new Buick Six. Mrs. Fannie Munnerlyn is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Warren Burgess, in Sumter. From there she will go to Columbia to visit her son, Dr. J. F. Munnerlyn. Rev. and Mrs. G. K. Way and daughter, Harriet, are visiting Mrs. Way's mother, Mrs. Floyd, at Floyd Dale. Mrs. J. M. Clyde and children have returned from a two-weeks' stay at Oswego. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. D. Munneziyn and family and Mrs. 0. M. Mitchell spent Sunday at Indiantown. On last Thursday night Misses Louise and Gertrude Haddock entertained at their home in honor of their guest, Miss Theresa Register, of Greelyville. Quite a number of young folks were present to enjoy their hospitality. Games and impromptu dancing were engaged in until a late hour. The guests enjoyed a watermelon cutting in the yard in the moonlight. o Don't borrow trouble with the in ten- tion of returning it with interest.