The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 16, 1922, Image 1
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^ VOLUME 36?NO. 9 THE COUNTY RECORD,^INGSTREE, S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1922. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
FIVE MILL LEVY I
CARRIED IN LEVY
APPROPRIATION MEASURE PRO
VIDES FOR EXPENDITURE ,
OF $5,671,684.47.
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The general state appropriation bill, j
carrying a five mill levy and an ag- ^
gregate of $5,671,684.47 for the opera- ,
# tion and maintenance of state de- i
partments, institutions and agencies,!
was introduced in the house of rep- j
resentatives by the ways and means |
committee Tuesday night The total
appropriations provided for in the
Tbill are $1,095,450.65 less than the !,
amount carried in the 1921 appropriation
measure, which carries a re- j
duction of $794,555.48 under the $6,
<166,240.15 recommended by the gov- 1
emor in the 1922 budget. 1
The five mills provided for in the
bill levied on the $452,490,600 taxable "
property in the state, according to
Chairman Hughes, will raise $2,262,- 1
453 of the $5,671,684.67 appropriated, (
while departmental and institutional ^
fees and collections will bring in 1
$931,000. This will leave a deficit of
$2,478,231.67 to be raised for the re- J
mainging portion of the fiscal year 1
by the new revenue measures, now
up for consideration in the senate 1
ci in the hands of the conference
committees. "The amount so estimated
es derivable from the new tax '
scurces," Mr. Hughes says, "is ex- '
tremely conservative and if all the
revenue bills sent to the senate by
the house are agreed to by that body
and become a law it is probable that 1
the conference committee may be '
able to reduce the levy by one-half
or one mill. If, however, the reve- J
nue bills agreed to by the house are 1
killed by the senate just in such '
proportion will the levy have to be
raised by the senate." The appro,
priation bill, were none of these new
revenue sources made available, Mr. [
Hughes said, would require a state
tax levy of 10 1-2 mills as compared
with the 12 mill levy of last year.
The ways and means committee in 1
the bill have seen fit to reduce the I
clerical help of the state receiving j
over $1,200 annually, 10 per cent of 1
their salary, except in a few instances.
The salaries of state officers are not
reduced, nor do the members of the
general assembly prune their own
salaries. In at least one case, that
of corporation clerk in the office of
Ithe secretary of state, the position 1
is entirely abolished. No appropriation
is made for extra auditors under
the comptroller general to re- 1
view county books. The wages of |
all porters in the State House were
reduced, some of them by amounts
as large as 50 per cent
Among the larger cuts, compared
with the appropriations of 1921, were j
tte comptroller general's office, $18,-1
000; the Citadel, $290,000; State Medical
college, $12,000; John de la Howe
school, $19,000; school for deaf, dumb
and blind, $55,000; superintendent of
?i..?tQRftfWV}- ctoto Jinsnifnl.
CUUtatlUll) yUVWjWVV y ,
$85,000; state penitentiary, $10,000;
industrial school for boys, $56,000; re- i
formatory for negro boys, $18,000;
law enforcement fond, $14,000; state
hcuse commission, $16,000; state electrician,
$38,000; state highway comV
v mission, $44,000; and Confederate inflrmary,
$3J,000.
Of the colleges, the university gets
an increrse of $7,000 over the appropriation
for 1921, CI em son college
an increase of $16,000 and the state
negro college an increase of $4,000.
V-inthrop college was cut, approxi- .
irately $2,000. Among the items allowed
the university was an appropriation
cf $2,000 for plans and estimates
on a women's dormitory to <
be erected there in the future. The (
entire building program of the Cita- (
del was disallowed.
An Opportunity to Sell Old Tobacco.
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J. F. Lassiter and J. W. Barnes !
are in Kingstree buying the common
leaf tobacco for wlrch there was no
demand during the last season. They >
are handling this tobacco at the redrying
plant here and will be in the
community until next Monday night.
Any of our readers who may have
some of this tobacco to dispose of
should make it a point to see one of '
the above named gentlemen.
&
opT Tou can tell the fellows with money
interest in a business by the way they
_ work for and wait on you.
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When a business begins to lose
money the boss hates the bookkeeper. !
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WILLIAMSON CHOSEN
Vice-President of Tobacco Growers'
Association.
At the meeting of the Tri-State
Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association
held at Raleigh, N. C., last
week George A. Norwood, of Goldboro,
banker and fanner, was elected president
of the association by the directors
when permanent organization was
perfected. Bright Williamson, of
Darlington, S. C., was elected vicepresident
of South Carolina.
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News From Hemingway.
Hemingway, Feb. 14.?The H. Y.
W club held a very enjoyable meeting
Thursday evening with Miss Ellen
Butler. Although every one was
busily engaged with the needle, the
jay laughter proved that each one
a as enjoying her work. In the course
5f the evening work was laid aside
to partake of most delicious refreshments?ambrosia
and devil's food
?ke. The last half hour was most
pleasantly spent in toasting marsh
mallows over a bed of hot coals.
Miss Verna Ard after spending a
few days at her home here returned
to Florence Monday.
Mr. Fitzue Eaddy of Georgetown,
spent the week-end with relatives
here.
Messrs. A. E. Flowers and J. M.
Caddy were in Kingstree Monday on
business.
Mr. Billie Britton of Kingstree,
K-as a pleasant caller in town Friday.
Miss Katherine Guess, who is teaching
near Conway, spent the week-end
home.
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ine lUUliUHOwn uait vcaiii
played the He.uingway team Friday,
score being 44 to 12 in favor of Hemingway.
Miss Cleo Clybourn, after spending
a few days in town, left Sunday for
Baltimore, Md., to buy the spring
stock of millinery for Eaddy & Creel
Bios.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Hemingway and
family visited relatives at Indiantown
Sunday.
Messrs. McElveen and Mathews of
Kingstree, called on friends here Sunday.
Mr. Calcut and daughter of Pamplico,
spent Saturday in town.
Mrs. C. M. Lambert and son, Ralph
spent the week-end in Johnsonville
with relatives.
The American Legion post has elected
the folllowing officers for the coming
year: E. L. Ard, post commander;
W. T. Hemingway, vice-post commander;
T. E. Huggins, adjutent; K. E.
Creel, financial secretary; Rev. G. K.
Way, chaplai; A. C. Haselden, publicitor.
The boys expect to do good
work this year. They already have
part of the material on the grounds
for a rustic hut which they hope to
have completed in a short while. This
will be the first hut built in the
county and when completed will be
rather unique in its appearance.
Honor Roll, Kingstree School.
Grade I?Anne Gilland, 97; Martha
Claiborne, 97; James Hugh Epps,
96; Mary Elizabeth Dove, 94.
Grade II?Margaret A. Carter, 97;
Cnrtis Montgomery, 95; A. C. Swails,
95; Gaude McCabe, 94; Marie Koznia,
94; Mary Nexsen. 92.
Grade II advanced?Mary Godwin,
98; Juanita Frierson, 97; John S.
Montgomery, 96; Rachel Fairey, 96;
V illiam Welch, 95; Emily Kozma,
95;Evelyn McGary, 94; Gordon Bristol,
94; Rubie McCutchen, 94; Geo.
Ed. Patrick, 98.
Grade III?Julia Montgomery, 99;
Emily Mcintosh, 96; Roland D. Mills,
95; Terrell Jacobs, 94; Jeannette
Cooper, 94; Mary Agnes Coward, 93;
Cjfton Kinder, 92; Pearl Deery, 92;
Mary Essie Brown, 90.
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Grade V?Billy Fairey, 97; Margaret
F. Kelley, 97; Louise McCutchen,
96; Nancy Cooper, 94.
Grade VI?Margaret Burgess, 97;
Moultrie Mcintosh, 97; James Arrowsmith,
96.
Grade VII?Elizabeth Fairey, 99;
Katherine Steele, 98; Emmie Kinder,
98; Lamar DuBose, 96; Philip S^oll,
96;Griffith Pugh, 96; Percy Inabinet,
96; Thomas Merriman, 93; Aubrey
Cauthen, 93.
Grade VIII?Jane Gilland, 100; Mae
Eurgess, 98; Mary C. Eppe, 98; Elizabeth
Swails, 97; Etta Hunter, 95.
Grade IX?Stella Wolfe, 99; Grace
Kinder, 99; James F. Cooper, 97;
Emmie McConnell, 97; Genevieve
Reddick, 96; Hessie Williamson, 98.
Grade X?Julia Hall, 99; Ola DuBose,
99; Ruby Joye, 99; Anna <L
COTTON CAMPAIGN
! MEETING SUCCESS
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETIING AS
SOCIATION COMMITTEE MEETS
IN COLUMBIA.
Columbia, Feb. 10.?Encouraging
reports from every section of the
state as to the progress of the cot:
ton co-operative marketing campaigr
; were received at a meeting of the
! oi ganization committee and county
directors of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers' Co-operative Association
held in Columbia last Friday
It was the unanimous opinion of those
present that the campaign was go1
ing to succeed, although the facl
was stressed by all of the speakers
that no time can be lost, since
under the terms of the contracl
, the campaign must close by May 1
"Plenty of time, but not one minute
to waste," was the settlemenl
of the meeting.
Reports as to the progress of the
campaign in their respective districts
I ivnra mo/la Kr W fi .Tntirifinn T R
Young, and A. A. McKeown, districl
directors of the extension forces ol
Clemson College -and Harold Jeter
' Andrew Bramlett and George Barnes
district directors of the marketing
association. Confidence that theii
respective districts would sign theii
quotas was expressed by each of the
! directors.
B. D. Dargan, county director, anc
| A. H. Ward, county agent of Darli
irgton county, told of the wonderful
1 enthusiasm in Darlington county
I where over 18,000 bales have beer
1 signed up. Other county directors
told of the headway being made ir
(their respective counties.
C. O. Moser, secretary of th?
i American Cotton Growers' Exchange
, the overhead organization of th<
i various state-wide co-operative marketing
association, congratulated th<
workers on the splendid showing be
ing made. He said that he had corns
to Columbia after the North Caro
lina association, which completed iti
campaign recently, had jfermanentlj
organized. He said that if any on<
'had any fears as to the kind of of
I fleers that might be elected to govI
ern the association, that they woul<
j have had such fears removed if the]
could have seen the men elected aj
(officers and directors of the Nortl
! Carolina association. They are th<
(very best men in the state he said
Mr. Moser reviewed the benefit
, that are being derived by the grow
! ers in Texas, through their associa
j tion. The Texas association waf
i formed last year and is handling th<
1921 crop. He said the associatioi
| was prepared to prove that member
of the association had been receiv
ing an average of $15 a bale mor?
for their cotton than the non-mem
bers were. He said the farmers
bankers, merchants and everybody
else in Texas were delighted witl
the results being obtained. The sue
I cess of co-operative marketing o:
j cotton in Texas, he said, proved th<
; practicability of co-operative mar
; keting of cotton in South Carolina.
R. C. Mamer, chairman of the cam
paign committee, addressed the meet
i ing, and urged every man presem
I to go home determined to pull of
(his coat and work until the clos<
i of the campaign. He asked ever]
man nrcoont wVlr\ wnillH aCTTPo to H(
| this to raise his right hand and th<
right hand of every man in the
{audience went up.
Others taking part in the discus
jsion were Alfred Scarborough, o1
! Eastover; Dr. J. B. Johnson, of Roci
'Hill; Louis I Guion, of Lugoff; E. W
| Dabbs, Jr., of Mayesville; G. T
Floyd, of Manning; G. 0. Epps, ol
i King8tree; S. E. Evans, of Bennettsjville;
L. D. Friday, of Wallacaville
j Senator P. L. Bethea, of Dillon; T
I Meeks Neil, of Newberry; Thomas
! G McLeod, of Bishopville, and others
l Harry G. Kaminer, president of the
i association, presided over the meet!
ir.g. He declared that he had nc
! doubt as to the success of the cam!
paign but stressed the same poinl
| that other speakers had stressed anc
that was that the time was growing
1 short.
Singleton, 99; Daisy Mcintosh, 97;
Theodosia Cooper, 96; Mae Epps, 98.
Grade XI?Bessie DuBose, 99; Erline
Harrington, 99; Margaret Montgomery,
99; Elizabeth Montgomery,
99; Scott McElveen, 99; Lillie Baker
9b; Vardell Nesmith, 96.
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Many ideas, like many people, look
good until you try them out.
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TELL BANKERSTRUTH
1 ABOUT BUSINESS
. REGARD THEM AS BEST FRIENDS
AND NOT AS ENEMIES, FOR
THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO SERVE.
: (From the American Press.)
How are you fixed with your bank
ei ? Have you gained his confidence ?
i Or does he say no to you?
: A banker, in a sense, really is a
credit man, and should be accorded
much the same treatment. Upon your
success in getting on with him will
depend very largely the well being
of your business.
Every business man should have an
" account with a reliable, accommodating
local bank and should get as in\
timately acquainted with the banking
' people as possible.
Your business affairs should be an
| open book to your banker. All your
' tiansactions with him should be 100
! i?er cent frank and honest
' i Are you sure you regard the banker
', at his real valuation ? Do you under"
| stand him as he really is ? Do you
| have an adequate comprehension of
the banker's business ?
' A banker's stock in trade is money.
' He. handles it very much as you do
! merchandise. He sells the use of
" j noney. If he couldn't do this, he
" | wouldn't be running a bank very long,
i as he would get no profit.
| This money the banker handles is
11 there for you to use in expanding your
" | business. The banker is glad to let
' jou have it under the right kind of
? conditions. And he is as eager to
1! make the transaction as you are.
51 Some merchants seem to regard the
1 banker as one who, if he got the
chance, would prey upon them and
!! squeeze them dry. They keep away
' from him as much as possible and
(then go to him as a last resort when
", they need money. Then they go, hat
'. in hand, much in the frame of mind of
" i e man who faces a judge to be sen
5 to need for stealing chickens.
When you sell a thing to a custor.-.er,
whc is being favored, the cusr
ton:er or you? The proper answer
' is both. How would you like your
'! customers, as they enter your store
to purchase something, come with
fear that you would not confer the
1 favor upon them? They don't enter
} tlirt way, if they have the money to
1 jay for what they want, or if their
1 credit is good. They enter your store
because you have something they
3 need?something you can sell at a
fair price, and that they are willing
to pay for. It is a business trans'
action, pure and simple. If you don't
1 want to sell them, they can go to
1 your competitor. As long as they
5 are square with you, they know full
well that anything in your store is
i theirs, and that you will expend a
great deal of effort to get their trade.
' Why can't you regard your banker
' in the same light? Why isn't his
1 money merchandise as much as if
" your stock? If he couldn't get people
to use his money and pay him for
' the use of it, he could not run a bank
ten minutes. If he couldn't loan
money, he would be in the same shape
you would be if you couldn't sell
" merchandise.
A distorted idea about borrowing
money has kept many a merchant
' from building up his business right.
1 They fear it is a reflection on their
| business ability, on their credit, when
' they have to ask for a loan. The fact
; is there are plenty of times when a
merchant loses by not using the bank^
ci's money.
i Take, for instance, the discounting
1 cf bills. You actually can save money
' bj paying interest to the bank for
' money with which to take your discount.
It is expedient, at certain
times during the year, to arrange
' short term loans to take discounts
[ or meet maturing bills.
J And loans of this kind, if your af'
fairs are right, boost your credit not
' only with your jobber, but with the
bank as well. The banker is like the
' credit man?he has a high regard for
' the merchant who discounts or pays
promptly at the due date.
To be right with the banker you
' have to be right with yourself. To
be right with yourself and the store
: you have to know yourself and your
: store; hence the necesity of being
able to show your banker at any time
I that your affairs arc in satisfactory
'. shape.
M In going to the banker for money
? the first time, it will be necessary to
. give him a statement much after the
style of the one outlined elsewhere.
: If this is correct, he should readly
consent to the loan on your plain note.
AMERICAN LEGION MEETS. ,
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Local Post Meets, Transacts Business
( and Enjoys Supper.
On Monday night the local post cf
the American Legion met at their
club room over the Wee Nee Bank
at a special meeting to hear the reports
of committees appointed at their
last regular meeting for the purpose
of collecting dues and the promotion
of a minstrel show by the local post
for the purpose of repleting their
treasury. j1
I All members of the local post were
' requested to be present at a meeting
held Wednesday night at the club
room, to be signed to the parts in
the minstrel to which their talents
bost fitted them.
After the discussion for the pro
posed minstrel had come to a close, j
the committee who had been appointed
at a previous meeting to collect j
dues now pending were heard from, j
Just before adjournment the meet-,
I jug repaireu i<j uiuies un wmui <ui
J appetizing chicken pofleau was served
and enjoyed by all present. Owing
to there being only a portion of the
membership of the post present, it
' was decided to post the costs of the
supper, which was paid by those present
at this meeting.
The Bankers in Action.
; The bankers of Mississippi are taking
united action relative to the farmel
s' interest in that state, and are
, formally warning their patrons that
the restriction of the cotton area and
the diversification of products are absolutely
necessary for their future
well being. They urge that at least
'fcrty per cent of their crops be put
in grain and hay. Their advice is
so sensible and wise that it seems
I to us that he who runs may read.
One banker in his enthusiasm goes
somewhat into details, and he is so
earnest about it that The Times gives1
! his position here, with the remark
i that it appears to be entirely sound. I
j Says he: "Have a rooster and twelve j
hens. Grow all the corn you can pos-:
sibly use and then some. Raise more
, meat than you will need. Grow more1
cotton to the acre than you have ever
, done. Keep a few cows and sell the'
" VlnMnM rA In ^ Tim?s.
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Cultivate your banker. Tell him the
i whole truth. Your banker should be
your best friend.
! Of course, it goes without saying
that every up to date merchant has
\ a bank account The advantage of(
having it and disadvantages of not
. having it are too obvious to need
; comment
) It may be added, too, that you
r should also understand your banker.
1 To understand your banker you
i should know him. You should have a;
i good, general understanding of yourj
, rights and his. He owe3 a certain
duty to you as much as you owe aj
i duty to him.
i Your banker, to a certain, extent, is
the custodian of your credit And he
Is in duty bound to guard your credit
:' if you do your part
t! If you are a depositor in his bank
i. it is his duty to pay all proper checks J
[ drawn against your account?if you j
; have adequate funds to meet them, j
; If he fails to do this, either through (
error or malice, he must answer to i
,! you. When a man's check is dis
honored, his credit and standing as
i a business man will suffer. He has
; adequate grounds for seeking dam-1
,1 ages from the bank when his check
,is dishonored without cause.
A grocer bought some produce from:
a man and gave him a check in pay- j
nient. It so happened that the bank-1
j er?this bank was in a small town?
was a business comnetitor of the
; grocer. He was displeased at this
J man for selling the produce to the
grocer instead of selling it to him.
I When the check was presented, payI
ment was refused. The banker said
the grocer had not that amount of
money on deposit.
The grocer, whose pass book showed
a deposit of about $3000, demand[
ed an explanation. He was informed
he had a note coming due at the bank j
the following week and that this'
amount checked against his deposit
would leave him nothing in the bank.'
The grocer sued for damages. And
the court held that the banker had no <
right to hold the grocer's deposit to 1
insure payment of the note, the note 1
rot being due at that time. 1
This is an extreme case. Few i
bankers would make such a mistake, i
Yet it shows that retailers ewe it i
to themselves to see that they get (]
their full rights from the man. with 1
whom they deposit money.
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POPES HAVE COME
FROM ALL WALKS
RESIGN OF PIUS IX WAS LONGEST
OF ALL, THIRTYONE
YEARS.
(ByFredcrick J. Haskin.)
Washington, Feb. 8.?Pius XI is the
260th pope. Leo XIII considered that
he was the 263rd pope, but since his
death eve names have been discarded
from the list owing to the doubt of
their being authentic.
The popes have sprung from all
walks in life. Sixtus V herded sheep,
Leo X came from a family who were
masters of Florence because of their 1
riches, Adrain VI was the son of a
ship carpenter, Paul V was a noble,
Sixtus IV was a waif, and Pius X
was a peasant. The reign of Pius IX
was the longest of any. pope, and that
of Boniface VI was the shortest. The
former ruled for 31 years, and the
latter but 15 days.
Volumes have been written about
the personalities and eccentricities of
the popes. Sixtus V was so aggressive
that he changed the face of
Rome and the world in five years.
Pius IX was such a chronic speech
maker that he delivered 411 addresses
in a little more than four years?an
average of two a week. Gregory XVI
was hard headed and opposed the construction
of railwavs because he be
lieved that mechanical industry would
deprive many people of their means
of livelihood. - Macaulay says that Leo
X occupied himself with cameos,
jewels, antiques and new sauces. Uicolas
V was fond of books and had a
passion for building. Leo XIII was
cold, calculating and scholarly, and
accomplished much by his masterful
diplomacy. The private character of
some of the popes has been assailed,
particularly that of Alexander VI, mho
was in power when the news of Columbus'
discovery of America reached
Rome.
Army Lost in St. Peter's. *
There are se many churches in
Rome that to visit them at the rate
? j
of one a day would require more than
a year's time. These vary in size
from the small chapel capable of accommodating
only a lew persons, to
great St. Peter's which is so large
that once when the Roman amy went .
there to attend masa> the assembled
rank and file fell so far short of filling
the vast edifice that when the
general arrived he looked about him
hastily and concluded that the army
was late. There are 112,000 persons
in Rome who devote their whole time
to ecclesiastical matters.
St. Peter's not only dwarfs all the
other churches of Rome, but ranks
a.: the giant edifice of the world. A
famous author likened the surprise occasioned
by the first view of its towering
proportions to the feeling one
would have if he met a man 40 feet
tall. Figures and comparisons can
only partially portray the real magnitude
of this colosscs. It covers six
acres. Its main aisle is an eighth
of a mile long, and its dome is a
12th of a mile high. If St. Peter's .
were flooded the largest shij) that
sails the ocean could steam up the
central aisle and its masts would
scarcely reach above the top of the
high altar. If its capacity were taxed
to the utmost a congregation of 80,000
people might assemble within its
walls, and 200,000 more could wait
outside within the enclosuure of the
colonnades. In the lofty dome there
is a mosaic of St Luke with a pen
in his hand. From the great height
the pen seems of ordinary size, but
in reality it is eight feet long.
On account of its age, and because
it shelters the burial place of the
apostle for whom it was named, St..
Peter's has been called the parent
church of Christendom. When Nero's
executioners led the old fisherman
away to his death, he was so infirm
that he could not carry his cross,
and they crucified him where he fell
beneath its weight. The old chronicles
state that a few weeping Christians
knelt there in the yellow sand
that same night to pray, and men
have been going there to worship ever
since.
First a little chapel marked the
spot, then a larger structure covered
it for 3,100 years, finally to give
way to the present towering pile which
was commenced 466 years ago. Great
toil and great wealth were expended
in rearing this mighty cathedral, and
many of the earth's great dead are
asleep in its friendly shelter. It is
iallowed by such sacred associations
that all who enter instantly feel the
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