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*.cereJa# p? wore ouuh*
efj^dayoow. To* be
laaas last Tear toteitO
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tab fth* Onafc are not yea
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?f ,\ a^spjtrtberti ani' dfBiiaii of too
*|ewte nierhene oomtaOr. of docrga
fiieK the south Carolina ' railroad
S^thsjaimiin today . ahttouhced that.
MWhl't i?erif?X yOaVsrday. dj
had jpreatdu aa looreaeb of chargOi
?w aafrlce ihtOugh the oUrgotewa
emsAivge This diee ait effort sue
Oimers on farm linsa'et other lirtss
auwrige of the city of djeorgbtown.
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ADisnriON ?b i rdurraAM
r**m vx*%>
AOlO least ?ubbsrpttona to tie
f^iesiitsie fund for tbo poor of Pura
tee. are attli comertg. tbrOugb ma
barfdU or Treasurer Orousjhtod.
rid Wsm a da Mica to the list fol
ackrvswtedgod _$114 It
Ogrtgav tpjosm * Aane*s rath
'ollc ohsrrh .
Musi Hary Wilson . I SO
J. It. Crssfneau. 10.00
Totat.tllT.M
Moore LuasOsr < o . u leads weed
g*sjirarts Urea, merohaddlse. $??.
O* .SM ,mim
aWrrotaWy fte?rdon of the Chsadher
of CatepWca aAnooovOs that a sup
pty of "Sumtsr. fi C sutotnobtle
toga for mat ting oars, has boea rd*
ee'vad Arm ihOsa wad Wls hto MfOaro
gas can do sa >y applying to .the
Chamber of COmmoroa or any one of
the asesmobile dsa>ra. with wham
thav aase boon rdaooe) for the con
vcalOace of esr owners. The toga are
far the purpose of btentttylns two curt
and advertising the town ot flumtvr
si one and the eaone time. The tegs
are sold at a nominal prlca to cover
?sa east
OrriiBio?. Deo; It.?dfour Oian wtre
stttad sad two saiureO by on oaa>lo>
a ion sa the DaKont powder oenapaay
siaot Uear Ot
XLI?.U.iL'mu.WH
rGREAT
ER EFFICIENCY
Mr. D&bbn Outlines Hi* Views
on MnsTogemeat of Public
Affairs
EtUtor l*aily Mem:
? Xty oid couaervatrv*? (rirnid of It**
tvtvi be Ix ?>rovid or the responses that
gsy letter haa brought forth; but that
t.hava not cone to the root of tho
o?ett?r. He aaVs that, until roceat
.veers, cue's property assessed
by one's neighbor*; now a board that
to not responsible to anyone says your
property 1? wcu-th so much, and there
? no recourse by appeal to trey high?
er eethority; local Mlf rovoj-nmeut
having been relegated to toe dUat
pilo of old?tlme LnaApiency. while new
I eemdeifcy experts toll us what We must
and what we must not do, He snye
1 cannot write, nor can 1 apeak. If
I ceuU. they would hove to lock me
up; my Indignation is ,ao great thoA
my words would hot boar printing."
1 have supported, and worked tor,
farm and domesUc aemonstratiotv
*g*4t? gud public health nurses, J
aaVe.sead MuU 1 believe that mere real
Mflreje has been nude la bettet
nW-AU^i and better liylng as a result
Of Iba practiced home touch of those
Seients than by ail the Uatltules ahd
tana paoerd or the past filly, years
got it has all broken down under the
lure oi 40? to 11.00 per pound cotton
and tobacco. So lam ready to back
Jstr. Qnrdbdr's eugget^on that all these
expert* be removed, and let the peo
ule ettrt for themselves for ? fdw
y?a?r*. They have ft bout reached ail
ihn, pabple who will lee ivwcned tor I
the fresent enyWsy.
,*The leitet bt CojL J. O. Richard*
in todays fKate is a start ling com*
bKnttu* en now recs^nee pur legisla?
tors HMtve be*n. it' tig ebturd to con
tend that our .state government la more
tfcsj*. 100 -Mr cent better than it won
id 101?. We wore la war times; We
thought to big sums. For many pa
;?uje men and women, who were for
9 reason or another debarred from
ig Into the mintery nervige of th*>
Inert, Places) Were provided at good
i that they might ihornane the
;y df Che neat el e*V - Bvery
UMM woo ruttftg to price. ?Jag the ah
0ro***ti?oe had to be mcreeuW to
feeot too rtsteeT costs. We h*va not
gone gradually book to pre-We/ cootU
iee>k but the rsMiCaal department
at Mettre and the eeereUry of the
treasury decreed that we go back et
em*. They may not have Uitandod
Use break to be do fax rcastrhlng. but
that touted the ovolaooho aad as)
araJbhcben hove o way of doiosj it
gothsrsd momentum .and rm;shet
everything in Its path.
The mate soys editorially today that
"the profound wo?rce of our agricul?
tural embarrassment ?? the want of
information end education of the
mssewsj of the people, black end white"
arid "procxably fu.ooo cotton sredOo
eVs In this state rood not even a coun?
ty weekly, and many more have not
a vague notion of what hi going on.
Cu4 the lauoU smero and informed
eoer hope te organise the j
tot spielllgosrt Unea untsl
shall bo dispelled?* That
?*r more taxes if the ?lote
ted eft the subject H re
? R would knew 4hat it at
i'iWnof or educate* men that ems
UAsVnt*? ear agriculture, 9onte
tfctsh ?den are now dsyingr. "We
pUmt 1)1 the cotton we cein pas
?DAneV, so we may promt fro,fit
acreage, pftpk^gnnda?the greater
etit in acreage, the greater the a??
AW ia( cost on < and the more cotton
fftttwu to have." KdueatJon: The
thlght spend one hundred ml)
doita/fc 6n education, and these
theeo "scab fartnere/' as the
its Farmer colls them, woiild
With as. They would not
ippeays made when the country
lfl the, throse' of w*r. 1 thtnk
tey art so l*rdcrveO that. pObllc optrt
/baa not roach them. H it etther
strong a/rh of the low, er Che
Itghess ef the' white cups for
^^gt-e goir.j tq ana many ways,
tit. ?sslier, of trimming down e* ?
pekoes ,ta the jeotemment ks well at
to the hwiften cjl ihr oeople; and,.tt wiji
"it lek^eO fhO. efWlettcV of the govern*
ent so* more tftsn it will lesson the
Ut^ct in the horrVtu of the peopld.
[thet, It wflt-fmprovh both,
jlJ|e*toe prop la whe thought last
aomrttfi that guUrlet must be but up
to the pinnacle of the prooteering;
prices of mstUfaCttired goods hs,Ve
gOf i.t\ aOrfttl bump: and lots more hrs j
going to bd terrloty bumped toe, my
legs they rea* the "Signs of too
finden" artght. POOPlO ere inquiring
aootlt what bf-comea of the auto ??
loses. It it time for this mop<
to show in the n:ad? of the stole, i
And tm>r is the.time to take hold nisi
d* real oo<Wtfuct!v4 road wotrfc.
Mnough mons? hit been spent p4y
Ug high salarieo> fo etperte to make
surveys. We the peoplo, waurMo sec
real raonev go to labor for regl work
at the re. onoble prices that will pre*
vail, it eontmbn sense >s allowed to
uke tho pla.ee of the uncommon seroe
of the eiperts, and Work should bv*
gig flow to give relief to labor that is
reglly In need
In cooetaseon for this letter: drop
eoeiy useless man or.wooian in the
ekhpley of th* state, oountleg and
munielpalit^rs?and, there are net a
few that can bv -dropped with ln?
onreased enVleaey In the work: cut
alt salaries to tt the real value of tho
pOfe?u afid to the increased purcliat
leg power of the dollar; cut wages
the sagte stay. There are thousands
who wc u d not work more tkan half
wef W full Urns' now tor a dollar a gay.
The legislature will (lad that U cam
git mors in 10)11 for less money; that
I taget can bo reduced and efficiency
i tgtproV'O at ths ifan-e Univ. The
I gftata'e Mlostratlcii of why appro
getats fzv.OO per thousand for brick
when $12.r>0 per thousand will buy
them? applies ail along the line.
And new coams? Ravoyerd trying te
(middy the wwtero ttayiog Harotag*
I election caused the rts^nollvanls
rgflrood to lay oft tieoo men. If h?
WOfO habtatly trying to help matters
ho would never hove made such a
statemaeTft, for, .tie Pennsylvania
xsjhoad laid off 12,<)0U men east of
PMmburgrfla ff^ptomboT :>k r? result of
federal reserve board living to put
lhtitfjcit on a. pre-war haste.
B, W. DABBfl.
AN ARMY OF
BOOZE MAKERS
Three Hundred Seventy-Five
Moor ,Miners Arrested in
South
Louisville. l)*c. 21?Thrfit; hundred
and Hovonty avc alleged moonshiners
were arrested und seven hundred
aud seventy four sti"? with three
^thousand Heven hundred axiri
thirty gallons of liquor were de?
stroyod in the southeastern prohibi?
tion district during tfnvembor, in
eluding Kentucky, Tejiueaseo, Korth
SJid Uouth Carolina and Virginia, ac?
cording to th? official report
north reverting
tosavagery
frozen Crime Stalks Rampant
Through the Land in De?
fiance of Low
Toledo, Ohio. Dec. 81..?Bandits con?
tinued to terrorise Toledp citize n to
4%y, following a IW.?PQ robbery last
flight at the offices of the Ameri?
can Haiiway Express company la
Which ten guards were overpowered
by six mashed men armed with shot
I guns. Hhortfy before noon tc^lay three
automobile bandit* kidnapped \V. O.
Baidwu, a bookkeeper for the Ohio
Dairy company, and took him to the
outskirts of the city, where the>
Utrew him from their automobile aiV
tor robbing him of teou.
Baldwin was seized while walkinf
from his OWn automobile in the
downtown section. A blanket was
thrown around bis bead and he was
lilted into the bandits' machine. He
Was on his way to a ban* with t>e
money.
' After being1 overcome with ether,
Mrs. W. \V. glnuaeae was bound aad
gagged by two tnaaiod men who loot*
od her home of everything of value.
The womao, who was alone wbeo
the bandits appeared, is said to be In
a critical condition from the shock.
. The authorities have been unable
to pick pp a Clue to the Identity of
the sdx men who robbed the express
company, although a diligent search
of all hangouts for croks has been
la pegross for more than e4 hours.
league of nations
needs america
Declare* League Cannot Achieve
Progress Until All Nations
Are In
London. De*. 82.??-Preiuier Lloyd
Oeorgu speaKing at ,u, luncheon In the
ho'ttae of commons tor the Bflthu> and
dominion, delegates to the league of
natiObe assembly declared that', the
league would ueser achieve real pro?
gress pntll ol| ..natlo.ru* are represent?
ed. He ssid he doomed forward hope?
fully to the United States erHerlsjg
the'league, which was .cflsstyllal tu ft9
wexoss. , i . ... vvii
4.I .i'Mi..?..?.
plans for re?
publican tariff
1 a
Big RuBlnofio WiU Not Gel Back
Million* Spent to Defeat
DePAOcrats ?
V Lt gj ' l ' ?'.??>'?
KTashiogten. per. 2?.-pTb* house
way* 'eud mean* committee has ad
louinud until January sth whea* i%
wlh consider.a general revision of the
t:atff law.' ?
county treasurer
short $17,000
(rrand Jury Reports Shortage to
Governor Cotter and Reeom.
mend* Suit
' Colombia. 4Dce. 2?.?A shortage of
something over I17.0OO la the traug
llrer's books of Hampton county wad
reported to Governor Cooper today
by the frrund jury of Hamptn> coun?
ty, in a presentment .dated December
-U. The present tarnt recommends,
that suit against the bonding com
par.y for tho treasurer, w .A. Mason,
bv bruught. U also n.nx?mmends that
littgobd Goodlrdi, the auditor, be riot
oommimloncd. ' Governor Cooper to?
day stated that ho would take what?
ever action Was necessary to protect
tbe public Interest.
cutiFacreage
ordered in egypt
Sultan Issues Decree, Reducing
Cotton Area by One-Third
W>ndon, Doc. y,?-The sultan of
HigyiH. says a dispatch Iq the Un
den Times, has simied s deeve? re
htrlctmg by one-third the srea to be
planted in cotton in 19*1 The de?
cree alao will prohibit the cultiva?
tion of cotton In the basin of the
Upper Nile except where there Is ir-J
rlgaiion.
M'lHWKJJb MtKlt C J IB.
The ioltowing pas Us of Mllen 3, Hid*
dull ployed at the meeting of the Mc
Dowell club Thursday. Decombor lt\
Mlsso* Allane Carrot. Mary Itolnten,
Junira nerton. Mar pa rut dir,' ollum.
Mildred Mtfoiium. ^raoeeo Mc
l4?urin, Annie liowland. i^uede Turn?
er? Irene Broughten. l,otilse Fhffcr,
Mildred Brunken. Jejile Bland, Aug?
usta .Tenntngb. Allte Hmlih, <Vlb??
i'.implMl. Annif Ituth Naberw. Mary
Ifowlo, Kc'tjta May McDonald.
In tbe theatrical eoatest UMaa May
Mc.i.n.naul and Annie Rowland won
the' prices.
GROWTH OF
tL S. SHIPPING
Only Exceeded in Tonnage by
That of Great Britain
XVashJngtrn. ?w, 13-?With com
pteftten of the government ship-build
ir.fc program by 1822, the United
States probably will have as much
ocean groins tonnage a? all tho other
countries com Wood, with the excep?
tion of Great JJrltatn, Chairman Ben?
son of the Shipping board declared in
his annual report made public to day.
At the end of the last fiscal year,
the Chairman said American mer?
chant ships^ government and private
owned, numbered 3,404. of 1C,018,212
deadweight tons, not including more
than 2,000,000 tone of shipping on the
Great bases. The net progmm of
government owned ships, Admiral
llenson said, contemplated 2,816 ves?
sels of 18,675,711 deadweight tons and
nt the end of the last 'fiscal year, 2,
070 ships aggregating 11,022,301
deadweight tons, had been completed.
During the year 1,180 ilnished snip*
of 6,3,70,823 deadweight tons were de?
livered,' exceeding all records. They
were built without overtime or other
aids to rapid production. Admiral
said.
;*The shipyard worker of the Uni?
ted States has developed an expert
peso which has raised the efficiency
Of the. various crafts to a high plane
and production has kept pace accord
{ngly,M Admiral Benson nald. The
Indus-try has expanded 50,000 skillcdl
mechanics to a force of 885,000 men
available to the private shipyards,
\io adde<\.
"The credit for tho accomplishment
Of the aims of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, is therefore due to those
men who have surpassed all previous
portOTOiancJai in the shipbuilding of
\ha world." he said.
' * AmertoAU vessels are now sailing in
83.0 separate .-services. They carried
44.6 per cent of the nation's foreign
commerce last year as compared withi
0.7 per cent before the war, the re?
port said.
The government fleet in operation
.Tune 30 consisted of 1,294 steel vessels
plying to til quarters of the globe, in?
cluding 600 to Northern Europe and
J?? to Southern Europe, in the
Iraoa-Paeiflc service there were 163
vessels and in tbe South American,
18?. 1
Foriy-one diroct service linos have
been established to South and Central
America from nine ports on the At?
lantic coast, four on the Gulf and two
en the Pacific coast, the report said.
To cop* with the formidable prob?
lems overseas. Admiral Benson said
the European organization oi the
Shipping Hoard with headquarters in
London was estsjbltshed in June,
1918. Prior to its creation board ves?
sels In European ports had been at?
tended entirely by the agents of the
m;ir.ag1ng companies, the report said,
wtom "either through inefficiency, in
difference car dishonesty, allowed
American ships to be mishandled and
subjected to delays and exhoebltant
charges."
The new organization, through Its
control over movements, charier, car
goes, bunkers, supplies, repairs and
similar matters, the report explained,
l*as re due od. the aVerusje turn around
yf l>asrd vessels from kM days for
Greet i/uipiin and 19'days for the Con*
tlnott* in Septotfaber, ltflO, to 10.&
day* for Urea4 Britain and 11.3 days
for the Continent in May, 1920. Coats
also have been materially reduced,
Chahrnan tteiutoh added.
Tho board sold during the 'year 4 26
shlp^T for a tytul of 1879,914,094, in?
cluding 131 new steel cargo vessels,
34'new wooden ships and 83 former
German carpo ships.
Discussing the wooden fleet, Chair?
man Benson said the maximum num?
ber in operation was 240 during
April. In June there wer* 170 at
work! ,
l'Xrtnand for tanker tonnage ln
rironoed during the year. The chair?
man declared the board's ships'were
in constant service, chiefly between
Mexican and American Clulf ports,
and North Atlantic ports and Ameri
t-An' oil' stations si fit. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, Brest and lUzerta, On the
Pa/'lfte the lines run between San
Francisco .and' American foreign sta?
tions at Honolulu, Manila and Shan?
ghai. * Government tank steamers car?
ried 8.0*41.863"tons' of oil during the
year.
ft early All seized German cargo
ornft have been sold or' chartered with
option to purchase, While all but 11
of the Gentian passenger ships had
been disposed of during- the year, the
report "said. No disposition has l>een
made, however, of the one Austrian
vessel,' the Martha Washington.
4 The Chairman urged that congress)
ftfrovldev machinery to adjudicate
claims of other than enemy citizens
against these seised vessels, In view
of tho, delay In the poaco treaties.
inscribing the activities of the
?board's department of investigation,
the' chairman reported that between
April, 1918 and June. 1920 there have
,bex?n 2.&00 soparae investigations
conducted over the country. Opera?
tions have boort coordinated, he
Added, with those of the department
of justice, the naval and military in
tolllgence services and other agencies
of the government in which there
was joint interest.
SPANISH Ot STOMH PHA1KKIJ.
Madrid. Ma 17.- A Chinese wall
ist being built around Spain by Pre?
mier Dato's Cabinet and its support?
ers, in pursuing the policy of raising
tho customs tariffs in order to prevent
imports of foreign merchsnlso, says
on editorial in La Libertad. The news?
paper fn?Kes a strong plea for free
trade, urguin*; that only i,y such
me-^ns con the nation develop.
It argues [that i>ism;?rcu> idea of
stmttttlg rtut imports and I\lhsidl7.lng
exports brought about the enrich -
tneut of h few uabobe and the gener
al impoverishment of the population
of dermahy,
PrOmter Pate, ?>\ foUbtetng ;v (the
policy, it conclude**, is playing into
the turnte of tho wealthy unu sim
ultanoftu?iy creating discontent among
the poor.
FIRE IN CAMDEN
H. E. Beard Lose? Residence.
Lass Partially Covered by
Insurance
Caraden, Dec. 122.?Fire late last
night completely destroyed the largo
18 ?oom dwelling belonging to H.
K. Beard in the northern part of
town. It is supposed to have orlgl*
bated in the kitchen. The building
waa valued around * 13.000 and Mr.
Beard carried $10.000 insurance on
the building end content?. Ueing far
away from tbe lire hydrants, the tire
men could not assist in a great de?
gree and the building was totalLy
consumed. The dwelling was first
built to be used as a tourist hotel
and was run lor several seasons un?
der tho name of "Timrod hall." Later
it was cut iu twain and two dwell?
ings made of the old property. Tbe
family had retired for the night and
lost nearly all of their wearing ap?
parel.
Protest Against Taxe*s
Editor Dally Item:
The suggestion to the budget com?
mission that the corning session of
legislature must Increase the taxes
to nearly ten million dollars to covor
the needs and running expenses of the
different departments of the state is
causing the people to begin to sit
up and take notice, if the tax payers
undertake to supply all the demands
that are belog made upon them, they
will soon have to go out of bust
Puss. Tbe country is about bankrupt
pow and it looks as if some at our
functionaries are anxious to lay tho
straw that wilt break the.' camel's
back. The heads of the various de?
partments do not seem to under?
stand the times. Prom the demands,
thoy must think that the state Is in
a very prosperous condition. That
the people have money a plenty and
no use for It, but to quietly, without
any protest, meet all the demands
that ate made upon them. We have
made a big cotton crop at a great
expense and selling it at prices tar
below cost of production und the mer?
chants are losing money in their
business from the fact that the con?
sumer cannot pay the prices for the
goods that will leave them a profit.
Thus you see, we are all about In
the same condition and it is about
time that the farmers and business
men of the state enter a protest
agoinst such action by the legislature
that will mean something. This is a
government by the people and for tbe
people and if tbe people do not let
their voice be heard in a depressing
time like this, sit quietly by and let
the heads of the different depart?
ments take the reins into their own
hands and guide the ship of state to
suit themselves, it will take a Phila?
delphia lawyer to tell us where we
will land. The time is at hand
when WS should all speak out. We
believe in progress, but what) It does
not pay the cost, we had better slow
down. We most keep our hands on
the steering wheel and stay in the
middle of the road, or we will be
ditched. We hear men say that lands
are high, the man who owns any
can stand It and the thing for them
to do is to put it On him. Very few
men stop to consider what the in?
trinsic value of land Is. It is worth
tn proportion to its net products,
after intelligent and economical farm?
ing, will bring on an average market.
When. I say net profits. I mean after
all necessary expenses in making,
gathering und marketing the crops;
art no Id.
The people are thinking and are
looking at this proposition as being
intolerable and while they are not,
ue yet, raising a loud protest, there
is an undercurrent of dissatisfaction
developing, and unless there Is some?
thing done to hold down the tax,
which Is now proposed to be inposed
uport the people, that current will
eventually burst into a passion of in?
dignation which will open an avenue
for another political rebellion like wo
had in 1890. When patience ceases
to bo a vlrilue among tho people,
they become desperate and something
out of tho ordinary will be done.
We boast of the progress we are
making but when we investigate
closely , we find we are setting up a
lot of department* within our state
government, to be filled by men who
are to be paid good salaries, to live
In good style, form a rivalry^among
themsvlvca as to who can push htfej
department farthest to the front, re?
Bjardless of what It costs the tax
payers. It i* about time to call a
halt.
j. C. Dunbar.
MISS SIDDAX.L ENTERTAINS
Tin: iiApnsT fnom.
On Tuesday night Miss Ellen Bid
dall informally entertained the mem?
bers of the choir of the First Baptist
church. The evening was very pleas?
antly spent with music, conversation,
and the splendidly served supper.
? Those of tho choir present were:
MosdamOS E. II. EUiastlO, Boring, Mc
QceW, Edens. Misses Coline Campbell,
I^awrence, Gusta Cuttino., Ines King,
Messrs. Baxiow Walsh. R. K. Wilder,
T. K. tlinson. Edens and Ernest
Khame, Jr.
In slight token of the appreciation
of the choir for the untiring, faith
fulness and devotion of their leader.
Miss Blddal! was presented with ?
beautiful floor lump.
MINISTERS TO MEET.
Meeting of Ministerial Association and
Officers of Hie C'uurvliea.
The Ministerial association is coll?
ed to meet at the Y. M. C A. build?
ing Sunday afternoon at $:S0 o'clock
The otTlceTS Of the various Protest
ant churches Of the city are request?
ed to come to this nie? tins- The tins
toiM of tho churches are requested to
make this announcement Sunday
morning and see that their ohurches
are: represented. The purpose id the
meeting Is to ttfisider the wisdom
of undertaking a union svangslistlo
campaign.
J. P, MARION,
Ckalx'niau] Mfnisterml Association.
THE BATTERY
STORE BURNED
Damages Approximately $62.
000 on Building and Contents.
With Partial Insurance
At} about 4:15 tins morn Ina the
store operated by Mr. Sol Krasnoif on
S. Main street and known as the
I Bat tor y was discovered to be on lire
j by Potlconaon C. P. Barksdale who
i sent in the tire alarm which sum
I moned the lire-men.
The building is owned y Munniug.
Shore and Rowland and is valued at
$10,000. The damage to the building
is estimated at about 12,000, which
is fully covered by insurance. The
value of the contents of the building
was about $65,000. and the Are end
water damage to these goods is esti?
mated at $00,000. which makes the.
loss approximately a total loss. Tbe
goods and stock were covered by
} $28,600, insurance with ;he Henry f
j Moses Co., Consolidated Insurance
land R. S. Hood.
Policeman Curksdale stated that
he was on his beat this morning
and had just been to the rear of the
store where everything seemed all
right. He said that he then came
back on Main street at the corner
of Liberty street and had started
down 8. Main when he observed some?
thing which appeared to him to be
a fog. He said that he then walked
a little faster and discovered it to
'be smoke when he got to DeLorme's
I Pharmacy. The alarm was immed
j iately sent in and in a few minutes
j the Are department in full force waa
j upon the scene. The doors to the
building were broken open and four
lines of hose stretched to the build?
ing. Two wore carried through ths
back door and two through the front
Only three streams of water were
used, however.
The fireman deserve a great deal
of credit lor their work in this fire.
They never faltered but entered tbe
building through the smoke that was
issuing forth ni quantities so thick
that it well might have been cut with
a knife. Their work was quick, thor?
ough ard efficient and after a com?
paratively short fhxht they had the
fire entirely under their control.
How the fire started is unknown,
but it seems that it caught some fif?
teen feet from the stove in the rear
of the building.
.Several of the protestants against
j high taxes und increased assessment
j of property for taxation seem to be
obsessed by the idea that taxes are,
or should be, levied on net income
instead of the value of the property
that is taxed'?particularly if it is
farm land. The net profits derived
from all classes of property happen
to be very meagre this year, and
almost every property owner
would save money by paying a per?
centage of net profits rather than an
assessment on actual value. Last
year and the year before, when pro?
fits were unprecedentedly large, noth?
ing was heard about the unjustnese
of taxing values rather than incomes
and profits. Durlrg the past f,\ e years
there have been periods when eome
property owners have paid taxes oo
Values when they received no', pre*
fits from their business on invest?
ments, but on the contrary had to
dig down into their principal<? to
make up deficits and to pay taxes.
JThc much abused corporations?cot?
ton mills, railroads and other similar
concerns havs not infrequently paid
iheir high taxes with borrowed mon?
ey, having no net income over and
above operating expenses. What is
needed is a tax system that will bear
equally upon all classes of owners,
not a system that permits ons man
to pay taxes on a ten per cent valua?
tion and requires another to pay en
is forty-two per cent valuation. When
a ban1* is required t* pay taxes en
forty-twp per cent valuation of its
capital, surplus and undivided profits
and a merchant to pay on the same
valuation of his stock of good a aad
tlx tu res. then a farmer should pay
on forty-two per cent of the actual
value of his land, farm stock, machin?
ery and other personalty used in the
conduct of his business. Uutil there
is a system of taxation devised that
requires equal taxes from all and
gives special exemptions to none thsre
will be complaint end dissatisfaction.
NEW TOiUE UOTW*
Month
Jan. .
Mch. .
.May .
July .
Oct. .
Dec. .
Open
14.17
14.05
M.40
14.CO
14.82
High
11.73
14.67
14.77
14.82
15.00
Low
14.15
14.05
14.40
14.50
14.75
Close
14.65
14.50
14.65
14.C9
12.85 14.55 13.35
Lett
Close
14.15
14.0i
14. tl
14.25
14 48
14.05
Spots 50 up; middling 15.00.
M.W ORLEANS COTTON
Month
Jan. . .
Men. . .
May . .
July
Oct .
Dec. ..
Spots
Open
. U.Oti
, 13.50
. 13.6G
12.82
.14.06
. 12.05
25 up;
High
13.69
14.07
14.26
14.33
14.17
13.60
Low
13.06
13.45
13.63
13.82
14.05
13.05
middling
Close
IK.60
13.0*
14.1?
14.23
14.33
13.60
14.00.
Lost
Close
18.09
13.tO
13.66
13.00
13.95
12.04
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Close
January . M7
February . 10.04
March . 16.11
April . IM*
May . io. U
June . 10.27
July . 10.30
August . 10.30
September . 10.Hi
October . 10.2?
November . I0.lt*
December. i*.^
i...? mi tor nt t <it tun (.rafter's Office.
The rotte wing
' <?.<? pai-J on the
December 21:
reports five the
stated markets on
G s
M M
Snorter teH 14
Colbia 14 ?i 14
Mau'ng 14 H 14
By'vllle 14 }s 1ft
M
13
13
13
4*
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M
10
10
10
L
If
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7*4
S
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11