Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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L\\\ ON ii WD Ii. ASSESSMENTS t omptrollcr .lours Write* Letter Citing C<?unt> Auditor*' Authority. umbla. March 4.?The following Utter was n?n out today by Compi roller J to building and loan assessment*: Mr. I. McD. Hood. County Auditor. Chester. 8. C.?Dear Sir: Press of business has prevented an earlier re? ply to your lett r of the lsth ultimo. Tou state that the building ami loan associations refuse to make out their returns on th?> building and loan asso? ciations blanks and asked to be ad Vised what to do. if you will kindly consult the statutes, you will find you have the authority to call upon these gentlemen for the Information requir? ed by this blank. If they continue to refuse to give you this information, you should summon them, as iequlr ed by the statutes, and get the Infor? mation so that the county board of ?qu^I*.marlon cm: assess the property ol these associations. As they refuse to give the Information which Is sought for the purpose of ascertaining the true value of their stock, you should carry out the statutory law, find out from the best Information you can. by summoning witnesses, the to? tal amount paid Into these associa? tions, without any deductions for loans and then assess them as y >u would a bank or any other corpora? tion. If you assess the bank at 60 per cent, of the total amount of the capital paid In by the stockholders, and sssess It to the association for taxation 1910. If you find it neces? sary to summon witnesses and desire lt. I will ask the Attorney General to prepare the proper form of summons to be used by you. Yours very truly. A. W. Jones. Comptroller General. II VI LED IN HEARSE. Blind Tlgors Hide In Queer "Black Maria." Danville. Ky.. March 5.?Quite aptly suggestive to the feelings of 28 alleged Keepers of "blind tigers" who were hauled to the police station Wednes? day night In the greatest raid of such a character In the history of Danville was the fact that their vehicle was an old hearse which had been made to do duty as a patrol wagon. Nor did the prospect become more cheerful when eight of them were yesterday sentenced to terms In the workhouse ranging from ten months to four and one-half years. Danville Is the original dry town of the state, having been without saloons for 40 years. One hundred dogs have been killed In Laurens by poisoning during the last few days. II UtLFA \<. \l\ ?IEADS LF.AG1 I ? Ih>m< ii Su|ierlntendent for Anothei Year. - # 8partanburg, March 4.?At a meet? ing of the State headquarters com? mittee of the Antl_Saloon league held today at the Y. M. C. A., hall, Rev. John L. Harley was reelected as su? perintendent for another year. His work was endorsed and he was In? structed to use his Judgment In con? ducting the work of the league in South Carolina. COMMISSION mist SHOW (MSI. ? urolin i (?In** < ompan> Seeuies Tenu porur> Injunction. Columbia. March 6.?Mr. Joe Berry Lyles returned to Columbia tonight from M.irlon. where he secured an or? der returnable before the Supremo Court April 25 for the dispensary com? mission to show cause why it should not be enjoined from Interfering with the amount owed the Carolina Glass Company by the county dispensary board. 11 i:i \in man uia Man} 11 siimier ( Itl/en KM0WI Il??w sure The} \tc. Nothing unecrt lin about the work of Dean's Kidney Pita in sumt r. There Is plenty of positive proof of this In the t< sttmony of citizens. Such evidence should convince the most skeptn il doubt.r. Head the follow? ing statement: J. II Orady. 16 Wright St. Sumt- r. S. Cm "I have go hesitation In recommending Doaa'i Kidney Pills as they pnned of gfaal b? n. tit to sac. I used them fbf kidney trouble and they helped me MOfl than any othi r remedy I had pr? . i .us v toon. My baek ach? I nearly all Ihg UOM and I had severe pains In my kidneys, The klndey secretions Here Irregular In p'lSKa^'x and w b< n allow d to -i. nd deposit..! sediment. I linally us. d Doan-t Kidn.y Pil's. procured at Chilia n Drug Store and they rOgUla ted the passage of the kldm y got M ? lions and r- moved the lameness l.om my back. I hays had as return 0| kldn? y trouble/1 For sale by all dealers. I*'lee 5H cents. Fostti - Mi I bum Co., 'iuffalo, New Vork, sole agents for the I'nlted n's?and No. 17. CURRENT EVENTS FOR FEB? RUARY. (Prepared by W. M. Scott before <umter County Teachers' Association) Among the causes of the increased cost of living are, increased gold sup? ply, currency inflation, increased cost of production, tariff spec ulation, trusts and shorter hours of lnbor. Prosecutions are being directed I against members of the great meat packing houses by the government. Some hold that the great "meat trust" is responsible for the prevailing high prices and If this be the case, then the trust itself is responsible for the great anti-meat crusade, which has N SQ waging In a number of the great cities. A great campaign is being waged against the hookworm in the Southern states. At the Southern health con? ference In Atlanta a resolution was unanimously passed thanking Mr Rockefeller for his gift of $1,000,000 to be used in its eradication. Dr. Stiles who has done more than any other one man to rouse the section to the gravity of the situation, declares that 25 per cent, of the Southern mill ope? ratives have the hookworm disease There are some localities where 90 per cent, of the people living there has this terrible disease. The editor of Colliers Weekly, Mr. Robt. J. Collier, does no* agree with the PoBtmaster General as to the leakuge in his department. He go?s on to state that Canada's rate for sec? ond class matter Is only a quarter of a cent a pound, yet the Canadian postofflce reports a surplus of nearly one million dollars as against our de? ficit of seven times that amount. During 1909, nearly 100,000 people of the United States crossed over to Canada to settle In the Canadian Northwest. Canada's immigration laws are extremely strict, but people of our country are received there with open arms. They welcome people who are thrifty and steady. The Ca? nadians prefer the Scandinavians, who are solid and serious in charac? ter. The people of Mexico protest unani? mously against the Intervention of the United States in the Nlcarauguan question, as do a number of South American countries. However, one of the strongest newspapers in South America expresses full confidence In America's political fair dealing. There seems little reason to doubt that the prevailing mutual good-will between South and North America will en? dure. One of the most important ques? tions concerning Japan at the present time Is In regard to anexlng Korea. Korea has been under Japanese rule since 1904, and much discord prevails In that little country. It Is recognized by everybody, both foreign and Ja? panese, that annexation Is the only so? lution of the question, and that the present !s the most opportune mo? ment to take the decisive step. A French-American Association has been formed in Europe for the pur? pose of rendering still more intimate, the artistic, literary, commercial and political relations of the two countries and to foster mutual love between France and America. A bill has been Introduced in con? gress to license and regulate the use of wireless telegraphy. Amateur ope? rators have been Continually breaking In when others are transacting serious business, and have caused great an? noyance. A record for holding the breath is that of Mr. H. M. Vernon, who did without breathing for eight minutes and thirteen seconds. He used forced breathing much after the method rec? ommended by Mr. Comstock. but then in addition he took a few full inhala llona of nearly pure oxygen just he fore holding his breath. A political meeting, with an address by Mr. BalfOUX and all the attendant sounds, was carried, by means of a device called the "electrophone" over the tel. phone w ires seven miles to Htghburg, the estate ol Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the former liberal Unionist leader, who was thus able to hear all that was going on. To the average western mind. Chi? ness literature |i .? eloasd book. The Chinese, however, according to Mr. J s. Thompson, can boast counterpart! of su< h glories In Bngllsh literature as Milton, Shakespeare and POS, They slso have their Herodotus and Horace, Chins was ones great, but that time Is not now. They say to the people of the West: "We glory in teachlnu Confucius In all o ir r< hools, You throw your greatest boo out of you"1 national schools," Mr, Thompson de? dares that we were harder to civil lie than any race, and predicts our down fall and the exaltation of China. Rath ? r a i loomy outlook. Sen it.>r Carter explains tli.it in hi* I Post at Savings Bank bill, Its prime pur. ? ? is to encourage thrift among the ' masses of people by furnishing wide. i distributed, convenient, and ebeo i i' ly depositories wherein small sums in iy be placed at a low rate of Inters t \. Ith the faith and credit o! the government pledged to the re paymonl of the principal and Interest on demand, Both houses are said to faVOff |1m reform and many are point? ing to the fact that the United States is the only first-class power in the world which denies its people the privilege of such hanks. Mine disasters in our country arc very frequent. There were three mine disasters in three consecutive days the first of the month. The Gov? ernment has been indifferent to this bold, brave and daring class of m?r. who daily endanger their lives for their families, and laws should speed? ily be passed which will lessen the fatality. Mr. H. C. Wier states that 200 per? sons a week are being murdered in this country and is costing $3,500, 000 a day. While the police are prac tloally helpless. He goes on to state that 250,000 persons whom the law never touches are engaged in system? atic put suit of crime ts a business That 10,000 persons are murdered every year in this country. That 2 in every hundred are punished. The re? maining 98, escape, absolutely free. A joint committee consisting of six senators and six congressmen are Investigating the Ballinger-Pinchot charges. Instead of deciding the issues of the campaign, the British elections, seem to many observers to have ended so nearly in a deadlock that another election is inevitable. It has been ascertained that electri? fication of the air has some effect on growing plants. Accordingly many tests and experiments are being made which may result in growing crops In the future by electrification of the air over the plants. An Interesting forecast, of Thos A. Edison runs thus: "There Is much ahead of us. We don't know what gravity is; neither do we know the nature of heat, light, electricity, tho we handle them a little. We are only animals. We are coming out of the dog stage and getting a glimpse of our environment. We don't know, we Just suspect a few things. It will take an enormous evolution of our brains to bring us any where. Our practice of shooting one another in war is proof that we are still animals. The make-up of our society is hideous. Communication with other worlds has been suggested. I think we had better stick to this world and find out some? thing about it before we call upon our neighbors. They might make us ashamed of ourselves. Art Will be In? creased mojre and distributed as we emerge more and more from the dog stage. Society will have to stop this whiskey business, which Is like throw ing sand in the bearings of a steam engine* In 200 years, by the cheap? ening of commodities, the ordinary laborer will live as well as a man does now with $200,000 income. Auto? matic machinery and scientific agri? culture will bring about this result. Commodore Peary writes in his latest magazine article that he hopes no attempt will be made to christianize the Eskimo. In making this state? ment he has thrown down a challenge. A greater man than he once said: "Go ye into all the world and preach. The best diplomatic efforts exerted by both Protestant and Roman Catho? lic agencies, it appears, were not able to solve the delicate situation of ex Vice-president Fairbanks on his re-, cent arrival at Rome. He found that he could not address the Methodist Association in the Eternal City and also be presented to the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Fair? banks, who is a Methodist, had agreed before his arrival to make the address before the Methodists and so had to forego the audience Wl1 l Pope Pius. On February 2. the General Edu? cation Board awarded $450,000 to various colleges. Congress appropriated $20,000,000 for deepening and dredging rivers and harbors of the Southern States. Tlie organization of the Corn Breed? ers Association is one of the greatest toward steps that this State has ever undertaken In agriculture. There is more interest in corn growing In South Carolina at present thwn ever before. Over 1,000 boys of the State will participate in the State Boys Con? test. (?n February 15, Se-.ator das. X. Bailey, of Texas, addressed the Gen? eral Assembly of South Carolina on tile Income Tax Amendment. The Supreme Court of South Caro? lina has declared unconstitutional the statute under which B, R. Tillman. ?Ir., endeavored to deed to his parents the custody of his infant children. The court Invest! in the mother the ii. !.: to tie possession of the child? ren. On April l A silver service will be presented to the battleship South Carolina a! Charleston. Governor An? sel will deliver the presentation ad? dress. Attej- tin- presentation and ac? ceptance, the i). a. It., will present the battleship with a state nag. Outing its convention the House I passed a resolution providing for an I Investigation of Clemson Colb ge. j Columbia College, wh.ch was de I stroyed by lire som< time ago. Is being rebuilt and will so >n he ready lor occupancy, Contribution to the amount of 130,000 have bein received. Renatoi Tlllmnn has been critical!) ( ill for some weel i due to an attack j of paralysis He is- rapidly recovering j however, and may be able to return to Trenton In n month, He win be unable to attend to his duties in the Senate the remainder of the session. A Health Convention lasting two | days was held in Columbia on Feh- \ ruary 21. Many important facts were brought out, but the main idea was the individual owes a debt to the State in earing for himself. No longer is the doctor the guardian of the sick alone. He has found a new field of endeavor and In the future he must be the keeper of the well. Major J. C. Hemphill has resigned his position as Editor of the News & Courier and has accepted a similar position with the Richmond Times Despatch. An election will soon be ordered by Mayor Reamer of Columbia at which time the people will vote as to wheth? er or not the city will have a commis? sion form of government. An avalanche of snow at Everett, Washington has caused many to loose their lives and great destruction has been wrought. Other places in the West have been similarly affected. Prof. M. Hendon Moore, Dean of the University Law School, died on March 1. Prof. W. K. T?te has declined the position of State Supervisor of Ele? mentary Rural Schools and will re? main as Principle of Memminger School in Charles* >n. Expressions from teachers through out the State indicate that they wish the State Teachers Association to meet in the spring. On February 5, a joint meeting of the teachers of Richland and adjoin? ing counties was held in the chapel of the University of South Carolina. More than 200 teachers were present and a vry enthusiastic meeting was held. Find Out How Many Pauper Acre.? You Are Planting. We have seen many an acre of land this summer which cannot possibly pay the farmer more than ten cents a day for his labor, pauper acres which not only take half his wages from him. but vastly more than that; leaving him not only no return for his time, but making him board him? self at heavy expense for the privilege of plowing through the unprofitable and bankrupt soil. Now as the crops are being harvest? ed it is certainly an opportune time to count the losses from these pauper acres and lay plans to prevent us from falling into their hands another sea? son. Thousands and thousands of farmers as the cotton and tobacco are sold this fall would be much bet? ter off If they had cultivated only half as many acres as they have sweated over through the planting and culti? vation seasons. (1) If half the num? ber of acres had had as much plowing as the whole number had, giving them a vastly better seed bed; (2) if half the number of acres had had the same quantity of fertilizers and manure that the whole number had, giving them a more than double margin of available fertility and richness, and (3) if half the number of acres had had the same amount of tillage and culivation In better preparation of seed bed, undelayed plowing and a longer period of cultivation, the pro? duct would have been much more. More than this, the farmer woud have felt a greater pride in the achieve? ment, and the pauper acres could at least have grown a crop of weeds for added humus, and the farmer would have discovered one of the main se? crets of progressive farming. Consid? er how much better still if "these sick, pauper acres had been sown in peas for increasing their fertility, thereby getting not only all the 'advantages we have mentioned for the acres culti? vated in regular crops, but starting the pauper acres toward life, richness, in? dependence, and joyous self-support again. Pauper acres disgrace the farm and the farmer. Now is the time to seek them out and begin building them up. ?Raleigh ( N. C.) Progressive Farm? er. There is a curious tendency to pro? nounce every unfamiliar stone a meteorite. One morning last Octob? er a broken ga\. at Norwood, Mass.. attracted attention, and was traced to a hard grey rod-; of 27? poun i-\ Which was declared to be still warm, and was soon exhibited in a dime mu? seum as a meteorite. Dr. E. O. Hovey has since examined the mass, finding it to be ordinary dike rock?labrador ite-porphyry?with no characteristics of meteorlb s, It's difficult for a man to swallow his Indignation after being compelled to eal his words. Arc You Looking j for a Position? We can offer you good Pay i n ? Em ployment that you w ill en joy and at home. Write to-day 1ddress The Butterlck Publishing Co. nullcrlck lluildlnn. New York, N. Y. ooooooooooooooooooooooo o ? gSeed Potatoesg o.?_o 2 o O WE HAVE NOW THE f% o o O KKO BLISS, Q O IRISH COBBLER O o . o o aQd o O EARLY ROSE. Q o o Q These are all very fine and we know you will be pleas- Q Q ed with them. See them and get our prices at once. ft O_O g o 2 o ? Sibert's Drug Store, ? 2 W. W. SIBERT. O o o O Telephone 283. 8 S. Main Street, o oooooooooooooooooooooo Corbett Corbett Automobiles 8 Southern Made Auto. In Four Styles.! Latest 1910 Models. Car Load Received Monday, March 7. ?] Cars that will follow any High Price Car on High Gear. But, Stop ! 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