The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 31, 1914, Image 8
BUY YOUR
FURHITURE
FROM US NOW AND
PAY For It Later.
IF you need anything in house
furnishings come to us and we
will sell you what you want, and
you can pay for it by the month
or you can wait and pay for it next
fall when your crop is made. Buy
from the house that backs up
every sale it makes, then you are
sure to be satisfied.
Whenever you are in Sumter,
drop in at our store and make
yourself at home.
We are always glad to see you.
W. H. Shelley 6 Son
"The Store Accommodating"
Right in Front of the Post Office.
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TAX EXECUTIONS GOLLECIED.
BKCK1PTS TimOKH ItUMFfi
OFFIC'K FOR l'AST TWO
YKAKS III? ?41: ALL
RECORDS.
Change- Proposed Ui Method of Collect?
ing; Tex Executions Whereby They
Would all sr<. Through Sheriff's Of
in and County's Revenue Would
be (?rinnt? Mr. K^tit Will Intro
dace II1U.
The sheriff* office through the ac?
tivities cf Sheriff IfdlfUfI and Depu?
ty Sheriff it#paflajOel has furri'd in
more taxes aejllected in executions
during th" i i t i in ev?-r before,
probably. In the history el the county.
The record for 1111 MtdMl the record
of the year before, when the
?afjections or gag tan atlons far ex
eeeded any previous, riakiim two ree>
orde broken In the punt two years and
fullv indicating the activity of the
deputy sheriff, who has tho direct
charge of the work, u ?der the supor
vlslon of the sheriff,
Of course the more taxes collected
the more revenuo turned In to litt
?aejtflty. thereforo the county's rc
reptta have been Correspondirmly 1 tru?
er than pr ? .: ?.as years In the amount
of taxe? collected.
A new method gtf collecting t x exe?
cutions of road and poll tax of late
The ?'ounty Ib.ard of Commission' rs
at a recent session pi **< d a resolu?
tion asking th?? county delegation that
? bill be pas.vd at the present s?'>si..t
of the legislature placing the tax
executions on road and poll tax
the hands of the rural polio own, v.lc
should collect them while riding about
tho county in the dcharg? of their
duty.
Another me hod than this |g pro?
posed by th?- iheriff whl< h has bc? n
desired by the county treasurer for a
number of years. This is to hay ill
executions collected thr amh the sh- t
Iff'n office, both road i nd poll taxes,
as well as personal and real gfhi
are now rolle? ted through his oili? *?,
At present the toad and poll tax eSet II?
tlons are placed in the hands of the
magistrates and the DoUtetlong In
most of the dls riets of he county are
very small, the iitaxihtr itea und tin u
constables takina little m< rest in the
collections and makimr practically no
effort to colleet. As t> indn ated by
Ihe statement made In he. first para?
graph of this afHetOi the sheriff's ol
flee en the aUiet hand h ig been a?
tlve In this work and lias ggadl an
excellent record for collecting CgOCU
lions placed with It by the foOJlt)
treasurer.
At present the tax executions for
real estate, personal property and poll
and road taxes, on the same persons
are collected through the sheriff's of?
fice and If the proposed change is
made these executions will continue to
bi Collected in the same way. In ad?
dition to this the road and poll taxes,
where these are the only taxes, will
ho collected through his oillce, but
they will be collected by the rural
police Uten only, the costs of collec?
ting of course going to the rural po
Uotmt n. the sheriff, treasurer, etc., in?
stead of going to the magistrate and
his constable as formerly. It is argued
that i would not be fair to have theOC
taiea c < I lee ted by the rural police
without going through the sher?
iff*! ottlee, as a person having only
poll and road ta\ would pay a dollar
i?f costs less than another person who
might have a few rents taxes to pay
0JJ personal property also, which is
collected through the sheriff's of
Mae.
It is understood that Mr. Bppf will
introduce a bill making the (hangt? in
eolletlom desired by the sheriff, and
with the consent and advice of the
county treasurer. This will of course
make the revenue of these otlices
?[? t- l. bill at the same time it is for
tin- btncfll of the county, as it Will
Dnakt the revenue derived by the
OOtinty very much greater. The only
persona ?t will hurt and who win
probably object to it are the magla
'rates and their constables, but in
tin- past they have not been active in
the collection of tax execution! and
it is proboble >bat they will offer no
arloua objection |o the change.
In ihe meantime the sheriffs of
llca Will 0OntlnU< Ms active work In
collecting executions, whether tin
i bange is made j?s recommended by
the county board or as recommended
? . i ha anorlfl and It eaaun t or wheth*
er no changes are made at all.
< ii\i?.i;i? with lt3/%II?TKii kimi:.
.Hm WUhobJi < oiore4i. Hold to Have
i'.rallies I Young Woman?Mob Af?
ter Him
Raleigh. If C Jan. 'ii.--Jim Wil?
son, a negro charged with braining
Mi William l?ynchi a young lady,
near Wenwell Saturday night, was ar?
il ated und taken to Helms Jail today.
Ha confessed,
Three hundred people are sur?
rounding, the Jail demanding a speedy
iri it
Marriage License Record.
a he* use to man . has been Issued
to Jack Smiling *>T Tlndnl ami Sarah
M ? t pf Taxville.
CONSIDER RATE INCREASE.
_ i
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM?
MISSION BEGINS BEARINGS, 1
Fifty-two Custom Roads to Be
Heard?Sessions Continuing: Until
Maren r>, w in Reflect the Attitude
of Shipper- Toward Aft ion.
Washington, Jan. 25.?Hearings be?
ginning before the interstate com?
merce commission tomorrow and con?
tinuing more than a month will re
llect the attitude of shippers toward
the 6 per cent increase in freight
rates proposed by the 52 Eastern
railroads. While most of the ship?
pers will present evidence against the
increase, some will ask the commis?
sion to authorize advances on the
ground that they arc deserved.
Louis l). Brandleg of Boaton, coun?
sel for the commission, will direct the
submission of evidence against the in?
crease.
Various reports have purported to
represent President Wilson as favor?
able to the increase.
When asked the direct question re?
cently, however, the president replied
that he had a definite view of the
situation, but did not care to express
I
it while the question was under con?
sideration by a quasi judicial body.
Close observer! of proceedings of the
Interstate commerce commission, es?
pecially those familiar with proceed?
ings in the previous cases In which
increases were denied, incline to the ?
opinion that the railroads stand a
good chance of being permitted to in
create rates on certain classes of ship?
ments.
Beginning of hearings tomorrow
devoting special days CO evidence on
special classes of traffic is, in a meas?
ure, a victory for shippers, for it was
on their appeal that such a procedure
was agreed upon.
I The railroads declare that the ad?
vances, are necessary because of in?
creased expenditures.
I The commission will sit continuous?
ly until March 5, or longer, holding
daily hearings. With the exception
j of the bituminous coal and the lake
and rail shippers, each of whom will
be given three days and the lumber
and forest product people, who will
have two days, one day will be given
to each commodity or related group.
It generally is believed here that
if Eastern roads are permitted to ad
j Vance railroads in Southern and
i Western classification territory also
I Will file tariffs raising rates. An ad
vance In any one part of the country
would be felt in the other section^ on
through rates which would be affected
thereby.
SITE FOR TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
Lot on Norton Property Purchased
for ift,O0O.
Tuesday afternoon a site for the j
tobacco warehouse bullding was pur-1
Chaaed by the committee In charge
j of .the matter from W. B. Boyle, the
j site being a lot on the old Norton
'property on East Liberty Street only
a few blocks away from the business
section of town. $5,000 was the
amount agreed upon for the lot,
which amount will be paid in the next
thirty days, according to the contract
of sale which was signed Tuesday.
The lot purchased has a frontage
of one hundred and twenty-five feet
i
on East Liberty Street and extends
back the entire depth of the let,
which is entirely through the block,
a distance of probably five hundred
feet. The committee consisting of
Messrs. Lemmon, Moses. Rowland,
and McCallum decided on this loca?
tion as one very suitable to their
needs, being conveniently situated
[with regard to the business section of
the city and reasonable in price and
being in their opinion as good a lot
as they could get for the purpose.
The lot is amply large for the build?
ing which will be erected, with plenty
of room to spare for future exten?
sions.
Sliriiiers Entertain.
The Bumter Shrine Club entertain?
ed Monday night by attending the
performance at the Academy of Music
with their ladies and later having a
dinner and dance in the Armory Hall.
The occasion was quite an enjoyable
one for the members of the club and
? their ladies, who were out in full
force, many of them wearing their
I white fezzes.
FATAL JOY RIDE.
Baltimore, Jan. 27.?Miss Grace
Swack was instantly killed early to
day and five others seriously injured
when a large touring car plunged
down a steep hill into a tree.
The American forestry association
has just elected Henry S. Drinker,
president of Lehigh university, and P.
i S. Ridsdale, as its president and sec
| retary respectively.
Retiring From Business
wishes to
ANNOUNCE That her entire Stock and Fixtures will be
on Sa*e to either Consumers or Merchants
SALE BEGINNING THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TB.
This is a rare opportunity to purchase good, clean goods at
a great sacrifice.
NOTE SOME OF OUR PRICES
All Millinery 1-2 Cost
Fownes Gloves, $3.50 values at $2.08
1.50 values at 1.10
1.00 values at 69g
Onyx Hose $1.50 values at $1.00
1.00 values at 70g
50g values at 39g
Gossard Corsets $12.50 values at 8.50
10.00 values at 7.00
8.50 values at 5.50
6.50 values at 4.25
5.00 values at 3.75
3.50 values at 2.50
Hair Switches at 1=2 Price
Only a few Dresses left at 1-2 Price
at
MISS M. C. JACOBS
126 South Main Street, Sumter, S. C.