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t / /s, ' *? J , Pje County Ikrofft. VOLUME 37?NO. 37 "* THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1922 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE * k A PROPOSAL FOR [ L TAX REVISION B SPEECH DELIVERED BEFORE | NEW YORK CITY CLUB OF THE I, B HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL. |j JjJ By Otto H. Kahn. New York, Nov. 8.?In an address j, delivered before the New York City , Club of the Harvaid Business Schpol Alumni Association, at the Harvard ', Club on November 8th, Mr. Otto xi. j Kahn spoke, in part as follows: v The underlviner trouble with our 4 whole .system of taxation is that it < is based upon, and actuated by, not11 plain business-like consideration of ' jeYenue-iaising, but social, experimen- \ tation plus class and sectional ani-1 mosity. The aim, when that scheme ] originally was enacted into legisla-i( tion, was to "take it out of" the j few and "out of' the mainly indus-j^ trial states, p rimarily -the East. The t crudity of that theory was covered ( by the formula "taxation according to ability to pay." This is a formula < to. which fair-minded and right-think- i ing men will give adherence in prin- ( ciple, but it must be applied within ^ the limitations of the rule of reason t and with that discrimination which j takes accoupl of practical considerations and consequences; else, it is j bound to become mischievous and a ^ breeder of great harm, as indeed it has become. i , It is an old and sad truth that the j effect of economic blundering by governments is always felt myst by those least able to pjotect themselves. You cannot "take it out"v of < the few and "out of" the East without also "taking it out of' the poor and "out of" the West and South. X ? ( The principles 01 tne revenue meas- . ore of .1917, re-enacted essentially unchanged for 1918 and 1919, and not modified to any adequate degree in the measure of 1921, stand disclosed as hreeders of harm to all the people, by* the inexorable test of ' actual experience. It is bound to interfere, has interfered, and does interfere gravely and in many ways, direct and indirect, , with the needs and the attainments and the prosperity and progress of the country. A Democratic president and a Republican president, three Democratic and one Republican secretary of the treasury have advocated an adequate redaction of our extreme surtaxes. " Yet this evil and the country-wide damage flow: ng from it remain uncorrected, for the slight mtdiflcation effected last .year is no correction. By reason of their very extremes, the high surtax rates have defeated their own purpose, or, rather, that of their advocates. The country is afflicted with all the hampering and troublous consequences flowing from the operations of a draconic statue, without even gaining the advantage of the reveuue which was supposed to result from it. The higher brackets of the surtax schedule have ceased more and more to be productive. To a considerable degree they have abolished themselves, but in the wrong way. To the extent that they ? ' 1i aL. 1 are coitectec mey penalize me winning capitalist, the men engaged inactive business and in productive en- 1 |fr terprise, as against the idle capitalist ' m t who simply puts his funds into tax- 1 B exempt securities. According to the i latest published official figures, the < aggregate income subjuct to the high- ( M er surtaxes has been reduced to less 1 K than one-half of what it was in the 1 " first year of their existence. That 1 does not mean that large individual incomes have diminished. It merely 1 means that the governmental reve- 1 nue derived from the extreme surtax 1 l rates on large incomes has diminish- 1 I I ed. Quite apart from the plain way 1 At of avoidance, through investment in 1 tax-exempt securities, these rates WPh challenge the ingenuity of those sub- 1 jected to them, as every extreme J statue does, to find permissible means i of escape from their rigor. < Governmental greed, just like pri- 1 vate greed, is apt to over-reach itself. ] Many transactions on which those < concerned would willingly pay a 1 moderate tax are now simply being i laid aside and not effected at a..' i because of the intolerable taxation to i which they would be subjected. J Others are being concluded in an artificial, round-about unsatisfactory i way so as to avoid ?he full burden i of the tax. The result in either case 1 is a loss of revenue to the govern- 1 ment and an impediment to business. ] I Have personally no doubt that t surtaxes imposed at a reasonable rate | \ ? * v I Trio News Items. Trio, Nov. 14.?Miss Annie Ogbmn has gone to Summerville, where she ' has accepted the position of primary teacher in <he Swetsville school. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Davis and their two little children, who have been visiting Mr. R. P. Hinnant, have returned to their home in Manning. I Mr. M. F. Montgomery, county 1 superintendent of education, visited :he Trio schools one day last week. < T. H. Ffles, Jr., of Kingstree, is i visiting his grandmother, Mrs. L. E. ' Files. 1 Mrs. Zea Rowell and little (laugh- ? pr of Andrews, and Miss Eula Mc- 1 See spent Thursday night with Mrs. < IV. T. Rowell. 1 Mr. J. A. McCullough of Lanes, .vas in Trio Friday on business. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rowell and Son, Pruett, spent Wednesday last in Lake 2ity. Misses Mabel Jackson and\Gladys \.vant, attractive young teachers of ;he Aimwell school, spent, the week>nd with relatives in Andrews. Mr. L. C. Register of Andrews, .pent Sunday with his parents, Mr. md Mrs. J. W. Register. Messrs R. A. Moore, W. H. Jayroe, W. H. Harper and F. .C Turner moored over to Andrews on business ast Saturday/ Miss Marietta Moore had an endyable rook party a( her home last Wednesday evening. ~ Mr. Robert Smith and family of Andrews, spent last Sunday with Mr. uid Mrs. J. W. Moore. The tobacco growers of this secion are highly pleased over the secnd cash payment by the Tobacco ^rnworsr Assrtriatinn. \ vould produce a larger revenue than r lo the excessive, rates now in ex- * stence. As the rate of surtaxes js 1 owered, the aggregate amount of in- * :ome subjecting itself to taxation will c >e largely increased. A decrease in -ates will bring an increase in volume. In 1921, the house of representaives voted to make the maximum turtax rate 32 per cent, and the Sen- * ite Finance Committee adopted that onclusion.^ .That action was reversed ? it the bidding of a group of sensors, and the maximum surtax rate vas fixed at 50 per cent. The proposed reduction of the max- *j mum surtax rate to 32 per cent. * vould have benefited only those in * eceipt of annual incomes or profits exceeding $70,000. Prom that point * >f view, the proposal, however justi- j iable economically, was maladroit ( iractically and inexpedient politically. I would suggest that the normal ;ax be reduced by one-quarter; i. e., * from the present rate of 8 per cent. jo 6 per cent, and that all surtaxes be educed by one-third. While such < a * reduction would have a strongly bene- * Icial effect in quickening business, faciliating the flow of capital and j iiminishing costs, it would be found, [ am convinced, that the total reveiue\resulting from the lowered rates * as compared to those now in force * vould be relatively little affected, and as far as the tax yield from large iv\s>sm>mac> o v*a nrnfif c ic I feel certain that the government ^ ivould receive, more, rather than less. In fact, were such a transaction ^ thinkable?which, of course, it is not * ?I should consider this a very lucrative business for those undertaking ' It. Let it be underwritten, in respect 1 if the revenue from surtaxes on in- * :omes of, say, $75,000 and above, that the government will receive no less a yield under the reduced rates ibove proposed than under the ex- ' isting rates, in return for which s guarantee the underwriters would * receive one-half the excess which the * government would realize from the J reduced rates over and above the < revenue which it now realizes from i ... ... ^ :ne existing rates. If, however, contrary to expecta- i tion, there shojuld be a material fall- 1 ing off in the aggregate revenue < from income and surtaxes in conse- < juence of the proposed reduction, i there are several very simple and i productive taxes (such as have long 1 sxisted in most countries of Europe) i which should be introduced to cover < my such falling off, without involv- i ing any burden at all on the people t at large and without being felt by ( anybody. I All thie is apart from the sale's tax, i in which I continu^ to?believea^ I much as ever. 1 the objectjnu^^^^^lP^i a taxation are lr^t^^maJn^based upon 1 prejudice or erroneous assumptions, 's Whether its advocates or its oppo- j nents are in the right can only be 1 -- riar r " ?I?ft<TiWin EDUCATIONAL WBEK* NATION WIDE, DEC. 3 TO !)! . President to Proclaim Days j and I'rge Assistance. (Capital News Service.) i Washington, Nov. 13.?Sponsored : t>y the Bureau of Education, the Na- i :ional Education Association and the < American Legion, a drive to assist ; educators, and educational means ami 1 methods will be conducted in Decern- ; >er from the second to the ninth ol < :he month. Governors of the states < ind the people in the states' are to i >e called to action in favor of edu- ; :ation by a presidental proclamation, i iccordipg to plans made public by i he Hon. J. J. Tigert, Commissioner i >f Education. Each day of the cam- i Jaign is to be dedicated to some one 1 )articular educational work. ^ One of the results hoped for from he drive is an increased public coniciousness of the need of more money ( spent on the schools-. Speaking of 1 ;his, Dr. Frank Ballou, superintend;nt of schools in the nation's capital, ays; "The financial resouices provide., or public education are not sufficient ' o do more than maintain the educa- ( ional standards existing before the * var. The war revealed educational :onditions which demand larger ap- 1 iropriations for public Education. ^ fhere is a real danger that the fi lanciak Durciens 01 me war are line- y to be visited upon the public now * n our schools through reduced educational opportunities for them. * "The last federal census showed J here were 4,931,905 illiterates in the * Jnited States. Of these 3,084,748 vere native born. These figures are * lot so much an evidence of failure 1 o do well what the school system mdertook tq do, but rather failure ^ o make the educational system as omprehensive as it ought to be." * o Honor Roll, Kingstree School. ? h i t Grade I?tfohn K. Fairey, 96; Mar- * raret I. Kinder, 95; Martha Wakim, * >4;Gertrude Godwin, 94; Willis Bodlie, 93; Evelyn Kelley, 93; Franke ' Jritton, 93; Edward Montgomery, 92. ' Grade II?Anne Gilland, 97; Marha Claiborne, 95; Mary E. Dove, 94; 1 fames Hugh Epps, 94; Lila Wayne ^ 'ugh, 94; Florence Brown/94; Mar- ^ ;aret Allen, 94. I Jrade III (sec. 1)?Mary Godwin, ?; Kachel fairey, ye; Joipi s. Moni- romery, 96; Evelyn McClary, 95; luth- Inabinet, 95; Juanita Frierson, ? >4; William Welch, 93. ( { Grade III (sec. 2)?Margaret Cart- 1 :r, 96; Delma Burgess, 96; A. C. 5\vails, 94. Grade IV?Julia Montgomery, 99; \ Smily Mcintosh, 96; Roland D. Mills, * >3. , 1 Grade V?Virginia Fairey, 96; ' ilary Alice Steele, 94 j John F. Mc- ( Madden, 93; Robert Godwin, 90. 1 Grade VI?Nancy Cooper, 95; Margaret F. Kelley, 95; L.ouise Arrow- 1 smith, 93; Billy rairey, ya; juouise tfcCutchen, 92; Myrtise Mcintosh, 91; 3arl Joye, 90. Grpde VII?Margaret Burgess, 96; Mary F. Montgomery, 92. Grade VIII?Katherine Steele, 98; Slizabeth Fairey, 98; Griffith Pugh, 14. ' ' /Grade IX?Jane Gilland, 98; Mae Burgess, 96; Mary C. Epps, 96; Elizibeth Swails, 94; Leonora Thrower, 14. Grade X?James F. Cooper, 98. ( Grade XI?Anna Laura Singleton, ' 18; Lola Anderson, 98; Ola DuBose, 1 17; Daisy Mcintosh, 97; Emmie Wil- ( son, 97; May Epps, 96; Julia Hall, * 15; Theodosia Cooper, 94; Ruby Joye, 1 14. 1 letermined by actual test. I think such a test ought to be made and a fair trial given to the principle of a sales tax on however modest a scale. Mo complex and cumbersome machinery is required to bring it into >peration. Should it not prove satsfactory to public opinion, after havng been in effect for an adequate ength of time to test its workings, t can easily and simply be abolished. Personally, I am convinced that nst^d of adding to the burden on ;he masses of the people, as its oppo|entsjclaim, it will diminish that wrdtM. I feel wholly assured that f apd when the people' have once 1 dwme acquainted with the simplici- 1 y, productivity and "painlessness" 1 >f the sales tax, it will be recognized 1 jy public opinion for what it is? * 1 ideal means of raising revenue? ind will' become'a permanent fea:ure of our fiscal system. ^ 1 SECOND PAYMENT ON TOBACCO, j * Checks Belli? Disbursed to Farmers at Nelson Warehouse. _ ! About four hundred fanners of this \ county came to Kingstree Monday to receive their second payment checks I; from the Tobacco Growers' Association and to hear Oliver J. Sands, executive manager of the association ; and banking expert of Richmand, Va., who spoke in the Nelson Warehouse about 11 o'clock. Mr. Sands spoke; sf the wonderful success the asso- j t [nation has made so far, and stated i that it is hoped to make the third ind final payment before the Christ- '< mas holidays. The speaker empha- : sized the necessity "/or the farmer j members to woik together, and assured them that the only reason tobacco sold so well on the auction ] ivarehouse floors was because of the \] issociation organization. It is said that, something like $150,- j )0p will be paid out to farmers here ; ;his week.. V , ? News From Rome. * ] / Rome, Nov. 14.?Miss Daisie Rol- ] ins, who is teaching at 'Antiock In- j lustrial School, near Hartsville, spent j Sunday here with relatives. < Mrs. H. H. DoRant spent last week n Charleston with her sister, Miss , Vlary Aimar. ? Rev. and Mrs. G. K. Way and j laughter, Harriet, spent Saturday ih Georgetown. ' , We are sorry to report that Mrs. < Tas. D. Munnerlyn has been on the , >ick list for about two weeks. We lope she will soon be out again. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rollins of Inliantown, spent" Sunday here with elatives. Miss Florence Hemingway spent Tuesday in Georgetown. Mr. Carl Powe of Hartsville, was i visitor here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Hill and chilIren, who have been living here for he past two years, have moved to ^udes. We are sorry to lose them rom our community. Mr. R. Y. Waldrep, principal Unon high school, was in Georgetown Saturday on business. Miss Mary Rhem has returned t tome after spending about three < yeeks in the McLeod Infirmary in ] Horence. We hope that she will im>rove rapidly. J M.s. L. B. Johnson spent Satur- j lay in Georgetown. ' } Rev. C. C. Derrick of Kingstree, spent Sunday night here with Rev. < jeorge K. Way. He made a talk it the Epworth League meeting. < The Children's Day exercises were ield, at Union Methodist church on < Sunday morning. The children were t n charge of Miss Edna Lowrance ind they carried out a very fine program. The church was beautifully lecorated with autumn' leaves, moss uid chrysanthemums. The new church building has at < ast -been started. Excavations are ( >eing made and brick will be laid in i few days. The pastor, Rev. GeoTge SC. Way has been untiring in his ef- j :orts to get the building started. He j low needs the hearty support of the mtire community. j Dr. L. B. Johnson spent Monday * n Hemingway on business. j ? ( Big Game Tomorrow. 2 Florence, Nov. 14.?One of the most , ixciting games of football that wrill . >e played in this state is the contest , vhich will be pulled off in Florence j m Friday, November 17, between the Teshmen teams of Furman Univer- < lity of Greenville and the South Caro- j ina University. Both colleges have j leveloped football teams of unques- , ;ioned strength; as a matter of fact, lie cubs have given their varsities lard games on several occasions. A splendid game is therefore in store .'or the football fans of the Pee Dee section and they will be here in arge napbers. In comparing the ;wo teams it may be said that the Carolina gamecocks have only been lefeated by one team, that of the Jlorida freshmen, which is considered the strongest fresh team in the louth, having even defeated (Jeorgia < echs young team, whereas the goal , ine of the "Little Hurrican" from ^ Fur-man has not been crossed so far j his season. The Furman boys have c riled up a csore of 130 points against heir opponents. The game will be riayed on Hicks Field (high school c grounds) and will start at 3 o'clock. o Kill the weevil before the weevil f tills you. ( / \ Brief Mention From Hemingway. Hemingway, Nov. 14.?Miss Carrie Baker is visiting relatives at Centinary and Marion. Mrs. W. C. Hemingway and daughter, Miss Beir, returned Saturday, from Charleston, where they had been shopping. Miss Anne Burney is spending! some time with her brother, Mr. J. D. Burney, in Charleston. , Misses Lucile and Unice Purvis of | Pamplico were the guests of their sister, Mrs.- Jack Hyman Saturday afternoon. Misses Effie Zimmerman and Ira Giddings, Messrs Stephen Lambert and Bob Ingrahain spent Saturday afternoon in Georgetown. Misses Virginia Galloway, Virginia Warren, Lucia Winn and Murial Williams, Messrs H. W. and Cecasor Haselden spent Saturday in Florence. Miss Marie Eaddy, who is teaching at Andrews, spent a short while at her home here Saturday afternoon. Mr. D. H. Oliver ^tid little son, rhomas, spent the week-end with relatives at Centinary. Dr. and Mrs. Balford Haselden and Mr. Oliver Venters^ returned Friday from John's Island, where they had uuin vicifinir frherr eistAr. Mrs. .Tim ?"V.i 7 Srimble. The Baptist closed a two days evival meeting here Wednesday night rhey had fifty or more additions to ;he church. The last quarterly, conference convened at the Methodist church here Saturday. Rev. Derrick filled the regllar appointment Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Huggins have returned from their bridal tripP and it present are making their home vith the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Ingraham have jone to Richmond, Va., to live, the former having accepted a position vith the Cooperative Tobacco Assoaation. The Girl Scouts gave a musical ?medy in the school auditorium Frilay evening which was very much injoyed by those who attended. They rave the same musical comedy at fma maal/o qva TVa aiupuwu fcwv vfwAo ?5v* A ire working hard to raise money or their equipment. The success of he comedy is due to the good work >f Mrs. W. D. Halfacre and Miss Blondell Cockfield. Mrs. Jim Grimble and children of Tohn's Island, are on a visit to her larents here, Mr. and Mrs. N. M. /enters. Miss Dess Gowdy spent the weekend at her home in Lake City. Miss Lyde Kennedy spent the weekend at Kingstree. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Ard and little laughter spent the week-end at Lata. News Items From Indiantown. Indiantown, Nov. 13.?Mr. C. C. tyster returned to Indiantown Tuesiay night, after spending several - - xr? lays witn relatives in noruicm *i?pnia. Miss Daisy Rollins of Hartsville, spent the week-end here with her nother; Mr. W. C. Wilson.gave a fish fry for his friends at Wilson's lake rhursday night. The old reliable pinebark stew, fried fish and many ither delicious eatables were there in ibundance. ? Several s men from this community vent to Carver's Bay last week on i deer hunt. They enjoyed splendid veather and good luck all around, laving bagged five deer on this trip. A special appeal was made to- the Sunday school here Sunday morning n behalf of the Stewart Robinson, i mission school in the Appalachian mountains. This meeting was conlucted by the Ladies Missionary Soriety. Inspiring talks were made by ;he following ladies: Mesdames Emna Lovett, H. M. Cooper, W. D. Daniel, Tom Cooper. At the close >f the services a collection was taken or the benefit of the mission school. Rev. W. R. Pritchett has extend;d an invitation to Dr. Greene of Coumbia, also a male quartet from that ity, to conduct the Thanksgiving lervices here. It is hoped that Dr. Sreene will be able to accept the inritation as he is said to be one of he ablest preachers in the state, and t will be a real treat to the people >f Indiantown to hear him. ?:?oM?? A real system (ft farming doesn't1 :hange to meet changing prices. Where there's a will to fence the lelds, there's a way to grow -forage :rops and raise livestock. \ V . V RAILROAD SHOPMEN FOUND GUILTY STRIKERS ALLEGED TO HAVE INTERFERRED WITH MEN WHILE AT WORK. I - \ ' r "Guilty" was the verdict brought in by the jury in the United States district court Friday in Columbia, ill [the case of the government against C. D. Witherspoon, J. P. Butler, Collie Hinson and M. B. Hinson. of Sum ter, who were charged with contempt of court in that they were alleged v to have violated the order of the court that they refrain from inter- ? fering in any way with men who had accepted employment on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad in South , ? Carolina. The jury was out only about 20l minutes. Judge Smith will pass sentence upon the convicted men tomorrow. *. Judge Smith, in his charge to the jury, said that men had the right to quit work, or strike, that such a procedure was lawful but when men, he said, in the pursuance of their designs said that not only would they not work but that they would not al|low others to work, if they did that, "they crossed the line between law and lawlessness." > In reference to the stiike breakers, who had been kept in the yards at Sumter, where they ate and slept, Judge Smith said, "What a commentary upon conditions when a man who is exercising his lelgal -right to , \ work has to do so undei* armed guards." ^ "This is a serious case," >he judge } said. "It is to determine whether this country is to be run. by the , Nj j courts, the legislatures and the machinery they have set up or by unions." The moment any union?be^ it a union of lawyers, a union of ' ; bankers, a union of agricultural laborers or a union of railway employees?undertakes to administer the affairs of this country it becomes a ' lawless mob." TO U. S. SUPREME COURT i ?? Ira Harrison Will Take Case to Higk ~ Tribunal. Columbia, Nov. 13.?The case of ^ Ira Harrison, under oe&tn sentence for murder of J. C. Arnette here last May, will be taken to the United States supreme court, it was learned here today. Associate Justice Cothran has signed an order staying the effect of the order of the South Carolina supreme court, which last week dismissed an appeal by Harrison, and by Frank M. Jeffords, likewise condemned to death for the Arnette murder, and directed that they be resentenced in court of general sessions. No official move has been made by Jeffords thus far to continue his fight. o v Community Market to upen. The Community Market wifl open on Saturday morning at 9:30, at the store of E. C. Burgess, with Miss Carolina Scott in charge. Those who have merchandise to be sold are requested to have their goods on hand before 9:30 on Saturday. Mr. Burgess has given his big central window for the purpose of displaying the community market produce, with the use of shelves inside also. This will be J&r the most attractive quarters that the market has been fortunate . enough to secure, and if the demand is sufficient, tne marKet wni oe opened during the week as well as on Saturdays. In addition to the usual tempting food-stuffs, there will be on display fancy-work, Tag-dolls, aprons bnd sundry articles appropriate for Christmas gifts. The women of the county are all asked to bring their handwork, whether it be in the line of cakes, rolls, preserves, butter or any kind of home made article so that the public may have the opporm ? ? _ At At_ * tunity or Duymg uiese mings. / o The Danville, Va., tobacco market , has sold over twelve and a half million pounds of tobacco at auction since the season began on October S. Official statistics published Saturday showed 12,619,869 pounds sold for $4,142,819^6, the average being $32.82. For the week ending November 9, the total amount of tobacco sold was 2,616,486 pounds for $834,136.80 the average being $31.88 per hundred pounds. Subscribe now for The Record. .J