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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1921
Tax ' Reduction Promised.
Reduction of the state tax levy for
1922 by at least one-third is to be the
major proposal of the Joint Legislative
Committee on Economy and Consolidation,
according to an announcement
following a two day session of
flie Committee in Columbia recently.
The meeting was attended by Senator
Niels Christensen , Chairman, Senators
F. A. Miller and W. Fred Lightsey,
and Representative John K. Hamblin,
who was unavoidably detained
by cases court.
According to the Committee's statement,
three different devices will be
used to reduce the state tax levy from
twelve mills to eight mills or less.
The first is to postpone the construction
of practically all building operations
for a year. The second is to
carry on the state government at
smaller cost by means of better organization
and improved operating
procedure. The third is to raise part
?f the state's money by levies on those
mnr escaping wholly or partially their
fair share of the burden. All told,
according to the Committee, the genjjy
eral property tax can be reduced over
V 12,00 ,000 as compared with 1921.
Nfr* After considerable discussion the
Committee came .to the conclusion that
finan rial conditions in the state would
justify its recommendation to the
Legislature of deferring practically
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all building operations Dy state mowtutions
in 1922. Such action would
result in a reduction of the appropriations
by approximately half a
1 million dollars. The Committee realizes
that this means merely the deferring
of expenditures which in
some cases will have to be made
later. In only a few instances, however,
was the Committee able to learn
of condition making the erection of
new buildings at once very desirable
and in more cases it was thought no
great hardship would result from a
postponement of the building program
for one year.
The principal attention of the Com
imttee was given w wc
of savings through the consolidation
of state agencies, through better internal
organization 5n departments
and institutions, through the central
purchasing of supplies, through improvements
in the state's fiscal system,
and through better operating
procedure. After carefully considering
conditions as found in each separate
department, commission, board,
and institution the Committee coneluded
that the appropriations for
1922 might be decreased by another
half million in this manner. In this
case the Committee points out the
savings will not be for 1922 only but
will continue year after year indefinitely.
Members expressed the further
opinion that cioser financial control
according to a plan which will
tye resented to the Legislature may
be expected to prevent any rapid and
unreasonable increase in the cost of
svawr gUVCI IllllCllb UUIH15 vitc yi V/Operous
years which the Committee
believes will in the course of time be
experienced again in South Carolina.
Additional relief should be given
hard pressed tax payers, the Committee
believes, through changes in the
tax system and the Committee is
working on definite proposals to present
to the Legislature. These proposals
will deal both with new sources
of revenue and with means of so shifting
the tax burden that it will be
more fairly distributed. In particular
the Committee expects to recommend
the adoption of plans to provide
for the raising of at least a million
dollars from these now escaping taxation
in whole or in part, with a consequent
lessening of the levies on
those now carrying the whole load.
Before adjourning the Committee
went over the reports on the various
state agencies made by GrifFenhageo
A Associates, Ltd., of Chicago, the
industrial engineers who have con*
ducted the investigations, and decided/*
upon the text of the report it will||
make to the Legislature. This report,
which the Committee expects to put
into the hands of members of the
General Assembly when they convene
in January, will consist of two parts.
The first part will embody the Committee's
conclusions and recommendations
and its concrete proposals as to
savings, improvements in the fiscal ^
system, and changes in the tax sys- g
tern which will shift part of the bur- q
den to those now paying only small ^
amounts or escaping entirely. The g
second part will set forth briefly the t
Committee's findings with regard to t
the conditions in each of the various j,
state agencies.
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Rome,j, Dec.*20.?Mi. John J. Snow, ?
Jr., of Carthage, N. C., is home for
the holidays. ?
Mr. Breck Gamble of Tallahassee, '
Fla., is the guest of D. D. Rhem, Jr. r
for a few days.
Miss Will Lou Gray of Columbia, ?
was the guest of Mrs. G. K. Way on
Monday and Tuesday of this week. ^
Miss Gray spoke at Mrs. Way's night .
school at Good Hope m Monday night. .
Mr. Baker Wilson, a student of ^
Wafford College, is spending the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. *
D. I. Wilson.
Mrs. Fannie Munr.erlyn is at home
after an extended visit to her sons, 1
s
Dr. J. F. Munnerlyn of Columbia, and
Mr. H. D. Munnerlyn of Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. DuRant and ?
Miss Julia DuRant spent Thursday in
Georgetown.
Col. Holmes B. Springs of Green- .
* * * J ir *
Ville, was tne guesi Ol rar. unu oa.ro. I
D. I. Wilson last week.
Rev. and Mrs. G. K. Way, Harriet j
Way, Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Smith spent ^
Saturday in Georgetown. j
Mr. J. J. Snow, Misses Emmie and
Frances Snow attended the Carraway- .
Green wedding in Georgetown Thursday.
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Mr. W. C. Rollins and Mrs. Carey
Rollins spent Wednesday in George- .
town.
The Women's Missionary society
met for its regular monthly meeting j
on Wednesday afternoon at the church
?a good program was carried out.
The Epworth League has planned
a very interesting Christmas program,
With Miss Gertrude Haddock as leader,
for next Sunday night, December ^
25. The members are urged to be ,
present and the public is cordially .
invited to come. ^
We are very glad to have Rev. and
Mrs. G. K. Way and Harriet with us
for another year, and we extend them 1
a hearty welcome. 1
Mr. I. M. Carraway of Georgetown, 1
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. I.
Wilson one day last week.
Rev. G. K. Way is spending this
week in Dorchester with his parents,
who will celebrate their golden wedding
during this time. *
Dr. and Mrs. E. W. DuRant and "
children of Georgetown, visited relatives
here last week. a
Mrs. Charlie Huggins of Mullins, *
was the guest of her cousin. Mrs. D.
I. Wilson, last week-end.
Messrs J. B. Hemingway and J. M.
Clyde spent Thursdav in Georgetown. ?
Mr. W. C. Rollins was a visitot in 1
Kingstree last Tuesday.
Mr. W. C. Snowden of Carthage,
N. C., is spending a while with his
aunt, Miss Julia DuRant.
Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Hill spent Fri- v
day in Georgetown.
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IEMAND FOR WELL
TRAINED MINISTERS
OUNTRY CHURCH PROBLEM F
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mr. Q. 0. Lyerly, a student in the ^
-utheran Seminary, and a graduate
tudent in the University of South T
Carolina, has recently completed as
is thesis for the Master of Arts de- A
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ir60, x.nc lauuiauuu <*uu ciiiai^aia vi
he results of a survey of the coun- *
ry church situation in South Caroina.
"
"In studying the problem of the
ountry church in South Carolina ^
here is but little first hand informa- ^
ion available." Mr. Lyerly states.
It was necessary therefore to secure *
nformation from those most intimate- ^
y acquainted with the problem. The ^
ountry minister was regarded as the ?
nost logical person from whom such
nformation could be obtained. In *
irder to secure such information ^
[uestionnaires have been sent to two ^
lundred country ministers. The minsters
included the following denom- R
nations: Associate Reformed Pres>yterian,
Baptist, Christian, Episco>al,
Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyerian.
The information sought perained
particularly to educational
reparation; years of service and
i&laries of ministers; the number and
listribution of churches; the number ti
ind frequency of preaching services; ji
nembership and attendance, gains ^
ind losses, and barriers to effective e
hurrh work. Reolies were received u
'rom approximately 50 per cent of 1
he questionnaires." ^
The following twenty conclusions
ire taken from the summary of Mr.
L?yerly's paper. While a larger num>er
than two hundred questionnaires ^
vould give more average results, it g
s believed that the data available t
:onstitute sufficient material for many c
significant deductions. >
1. 40 per cent of the country min- c
sters do not have diplomas from
alleges and only 8 per cent have de- ^
jrees higher than A. B. The demand ^
for a well trained ministry is in rvidence.
2. 21 per cent of the ministers indicating
names of colleges, attended e
state institutions. d
3. Only 48 per cent of the minis- o
ters have had a full seminary course. ?
Ihe training received by men in semnaries
in no special way fits them i
for distinctively rural work.
4. County ministers are, as a rule, ^
ill old men. Nineteen years is the ^
iverage length of service of such J
nini sters. I
5. The tendency on the part of J
foung men in the ministry is to go
;o the town or city.
6. The average salary of the coun- K
ry minister is $1743. The number b
eceiving salaries over $1743 is forty- ?
hree.
7. 51 per cent of the ministers 1
ire able to save. Such savings in 11
nost cases are however very meager. ?
i er cent of ministers live in par- h,
onages, manses and rectories. 6'
8. 13 per cent of the ministers n
ngage in occupations other than, and
n addition to, the ministry. Few of n
uch men are able to save. a
9. In the average country charge j*
here are 2.78 churches. Only twelve
harges comprise only one church, ?
vhile twenty-one charges are compos- fi
d of more than four. n
10. There are 1.7 churches with.n ^
wo, and 3.8 churches within four f
niles of every minister's home. Such
hurches are other than his own. v
11 iwinrtn? have 1111
o-date and attractive buildings. In
nost cases equipment is lacking and C
he surroundings uninvltmg and re- Jjj
el ling. y
12. Country ministers hold an av- j<
rage of 7.7 services each month. s<
iach congregation has an average of jj!
.75 preaching services per month. V(
13. Seventy-six churches have only ot
ne hundred and thirty-twq services ai
ach month. '
14. The country church in South e(
Carolina is growing in membership tc
ut slowly. S{
15. 77 per cent of the people in ^
eventy-six rural districts are church
'AQT?C?
16. The membership of the aver- 1!
ge congregation is one hundred and
wenty-eight. Of this number 60 per
ent are reported active. t
17. The average member pays to- 0j
rards the preacher's salary $4.81 per t:
ear.
18. Bad roads figure largely in
ausing small attendances at preach- a]
ng services, and constitute a reason
rtiy many churches are inactive dur- 01
ng the winter months. Good roads ^
nd automobiles are conductive to a p,
ive and prosperous church. di
19. The average attendance at
reaching service of seventy minis- ^
era is one hundred and forty, which ^
xceeds the average membership by y<
wrelve. th
20. The country church is in a ^
tatic condition in South Carolina. jn
Respite the exodus of the rural poplation
to tho cities in the late years
in country church is maintaining its
lace ia the ccauewefty. n
THE GIRL OF MY CHOICE
b, give me the girl who decorates
the wall.
Or give me no girl at all.
or who wants a wife who'll dance
all her life,
And forever drag you cut to a ball.
s for me, I prefer the homely grace
o the flapper who decorates her face;
he flaj^r is changeable and fickle,
nd who can tell just what-she'll do?
crave the girl whom nature made
fair,
fho doesn't paint, or wear bobbed
hair;
or that's the kind that ne'er will fade,
nd ever to you will be an aid.
care not for the gray-rolled hose,
or the painted, blushing knee.
>o you guess she thinks she knows
r thinks that's all we care to see?
like the girl with a blushing face,
he cheek with a natural rose
hat doe-jn't res-amble the painted
knee 0
evealed by the gray-rolled hose.
?T. R. B., Emory.
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Fresh shipment just received.
WILLIAMSBURG DIST. CO.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Pursuant to the provisions of Secion
241, Criminal Code of South Carona,
notice is hereby given that the
mds of the undersigned in Turkey
swnship are posted, and all persons
ntering or trespassing; in any manner
pon the same will be duly prosecuted.
2-29-4tp. J. J. STRONG.
fOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby gi-? en, that the unlersigned
will make application to
V. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate of
he County of Williamsburg, State of
iouth Carolina, at his office in Kingsree,
S. C., at eleven o'clock a. m.,
n Saturday, the 28th day of January,
L. D. 1922, tor her final discharge and
etters dismissory as administratrix
f estate of S. H. Casselman. deceased.
ur/^TATIT * OACcnMiM
vivivniA v,noouu4?jni|
Administratrix of Estate of S. H.
Casselman, deceased.
2-29-5t. W. E. S.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
he estate of John M. Brown, deceasd,
are hereby notified to file the same,
iuiy attested, with the undersigned,
r with her attorneys. Lee & Shuler,
Lingstree, S. C., and all persons inlebted
to said estate will make payment
to the undersigned.
Ungstree, S. C., December 28th, 1921.
MRS. FLORENCE E. BROWN,
Administratrix of Estate of John M.
Brown, deceased.
2-29-3t. L. & S.
WSTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE EASTERN
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN BANKRUPTCY.
Kingstree Furniture Company, of
jngstree, in the County of Wilhamsurg
and , district aforesaid, a bankapt
'o the creditors of said bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
OAU rU/tAmkAV 1 OOI
ljui uajr ul x?r?jkf u??v mww
amed was duly adjudged bankruptnd
that the first meeting of nis!
reditors will be held at the courtouse
in Kingstree, S. C., on the
th day of January, 1922, at 12 o'clock
oon, at which time the said creditors
tay attend, prove tneir claims, apoint
a trustee, examine the banklpt
and transact such other business
s may properly come before said
leeting. At this meeting will also
e considered the sale of the stock
f merchandise and other personal
roperty of the bankrupt, without
jrther notice to creditors. Claims
lust be filed in the manner Dreccribi
by the :ules of the supreme court
>r filing of claims in bankruptcy,
lorence, S. C., December 27, 1921.
ROBERT J. KIRK,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
SUPERVISORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
ountv Board of Commissioners will
aid tneir annual meeting as required
17 law af thoir nffirp in Tfinirstrpp on
hursday, the 5th day of January,
)22, at 10 o'clock a. m., and all perms
holding claims of any natme
rainst the county are required to
le the same properly itemized and
?rified prior to the above date, or
:herwise their claim will be barred
id will not receive attention.
Also all parties having in charge
>ols, machinery or road working
juipment of any kind are required
> report the nature and location of
ime prior to the above date ur to
>rn same over to the nearest Counj
Commissioner.
S. J. SINGLETARY,
Supervisor Williamsburg county.
>-22-2t.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
For the purpose of taking tax reirns
for the year 1922 the auditor's
ffice will be open froin January 2nd
i February 20th, inclusive. All real
state must be returned giving numjr
of acren, number of buildings, loition
by township, school district
id assessed value there on.
Parties owning land and refusing
+/1 rotlim will hfl R99P9S- I
. ?
1 and penalty, as required by law,
ill be added for failure to return,
ersonal property of every kind and
scription must be returned giving i
jmber and value of same. Automoles,
motorcicles, bicycles, etc., comes
ider the head of personal property
id returned as such. Give name,
;ar and model of automobiles. After
ie 20th day of February 1922, a penty
of 60% will be added for failure
' return in accordance with the law
sack cases.
Hake your returns in the auditor's 1
ice.
J. J. B. MONTGOMERY.
Auditor Wiliiasssberr oeunty. [
I-K-D j-ii-ae.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the estate of W. J. Cox, deceased, are j j
hereby notified to file the same, duly,
attested, with the undersigned as the 1
qualified executor of the last will and!1
testament of the said W. J. Cox, de-j1
ceased, or with Lee & Shuler, his -1
attorneys, Kings tree, S. C., and all j1
persons indebted to- said estate will |
make payment to the undersigned. |1
December 28th, 1921. i
J. Walter Cox,
Qualified Executor oi W. J. Cox, deceased,
Hemingway, S. C.
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TRESPASS NOTICE.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section
241, Criminal Code of South Caro
lina, notice is hereby given that the
lands owned by and under control of s '
the undersigned in Mouzon, Sumter
and Ridge townships, Williamsburg
county, S. C., are posted, and all persons
are hereby warned against hunt- .
ing, or trespassing in any manner J
upon the same. Violaters of this
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