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J1 HV * ti LEGAL NOTICES e The regular legal rates are charges ed for all notices published according D to law, which rates are as follows: a Matter to be set in 8 point, solid " ? type?first insertion per inch $1.00; ^ each subsequent insertion per inch I 50 cents. i T': i i i o iii H i v iiiiuun 10 rvmureu anu v^reunors, _ finches, 2 times $4.50. n Final Discharge, 1 3-4 inches, 4 v times, $4.50. ^ ^ Administrator's or Executor's notices, 1 1-4 inches, 8 times, $2.50. e Obituary notices, tributes of re- h spect, resolutions and cards of thanks f strictly one cent a word. ^ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1914. r f "Wisdom is justified of all her s children," said one who spoke with ^ authority. Experience has proven t that a city cannot be builded except r faith be the foundation. A town r filled with knockers is on the road to g ruin. Nothing helps so much as s faith in the future, faith in each j. other. f - - - y The Pnrtnnr hill tc lilro q 1 " """ V from the dark ages. It is utterly lacking in Christian spirit, and is at g variance with good judgment. Besides, it would but aggrevate conditions, not help them, should it become a law. The agitation is already causing the negro to think more l: #? n * * ingulf ux man ne ougnt to ^ State. He is the inferior race. The ' i white race is the superior race. In ' : , the hands of the white man is all the , machinery of government. He has the 1 laws in his own hands. He has the ( i ballot in his own hand. He is in au- . thority in all ways and all occasions. ] Does it not seem strange that he < should be constantly thrown into fits of fright over the so called negro problem The white people of this ] State have more need to fear themselves than they need to fear the ne- * c gro. An eternal' law of God is that nowpr flhn.QPfl finallv omifoe iVio Viovwl / that renders the abuse. Justice, t kindness, mercy and truth?i\ot pas- * sion, prejudice and arrogance, should j ' crown the brow of the superior race. r i Patience and kindness, not, merciless unkindness, should be the attitude of * c the strong towards the weak. Not t one thing is gained by the constant cry of "nigger problem." li 1 "LOVE WORKETH NO EVIL." The Great Teacher said: "Love j worketh no ill to one's neighbor." I There is no more profound, funda- ? mental illuminating sentence to be found in all the words of even Christ. So clearly, so fully and in so few s words is here revealed the basic a principle of right conduct towards one's fellows that nothing more need j be said. It is only when the princi- d pie is applied to actual experiences that it begins to show how far it does ^ reacn into numan experience, to 11- t< lustrate: Recently a lady of intelligence and refinement requested the ^ writer to pass judgment upon a cer- ^ tain question. It seems, upon first g thought, \o be a trivial matter. She wished to know just how to go about Q the matter of getting rid of trouble- e some chickens belonging, presumably j{ to other people, and yet allowed to e< ... . . a roam at large, in other words: What " F could one do to protect himself from ^ chickens that were trespassing. The answer was: Notify the parties owning the chickens to keep them off the premises. If that failed, have the p chickens shot and thrown over the c< ence. Upon reflection, a better way uggests itself. "Love worketh no >1 to one's neighbors." This, applied o the owner of the fowls, would ause the said owner to keep the owls .at home, or sell them or in ome way get rid of them, rather ' ? . I kon kotfA fkom nnnolflnfltt "??V ?Mfiu vuugv^rivij TTV11 jriu^ ^ neighbor. On the other hand: It \ rould cause the annoyed neighbor to efrain 'from violence and from artger 1 ntil all other efforts had proven fu- ( ile. In the end, if after such effort, j 4 ' j he fowls Were still allowed to har- 1 ass, more stringent efforts should be 1 , iii i sed; and such sterner methods, pro-' ' : . I 1 ided one does not lose his temper, isi i ustiflable. It is even no violation of I he law of love. Love can amputate, ven kill, if amputation or killing is : he best thing that can be done. < Perhaps some reader is saying: What a trivial thing for an editor ' i o write about!" Your chickens, 1 cratching in your neighbor's yard oes appear a matter of small nuv ' nent. But if you will think of the /orry such scratching causes, and 3ss as well, it would not be considerd a thing of small moment. If you iad worked for days preparing beds or seed in your flower yard or garlen, then have one?just one?evil ninded, ragged tailed old hen come lying over the fence and begin rrntchinff ' nn thp <jppH?5 hpfnrp t.ViPw iegan to swell, you would realize hat it is a matter of considerable noment. Fueds that resulted in nanslaughter have time and again ;rown out of just this vexing proportion. If you have fowls that tres?ass, get rid of them or keep them enced in. "Do unto others as you vould have them do to you." "Love vorketh no ill to one's neighbor." SENTENCES REDUCED IN FOURTEEN CASES ^Ammntnfinna Crnnt^ Kv Dnvprii'.* to Cohvicts From Union, Le^ and Lexington. ? y' \Sentences of 14 convicts from L?e, Lexington and Union counties. \?ere educed yesterday by the! governor ^t*^jrj^RjkbgR^toUhe opun"I i The sentence of life given Arthur Cromwell in Lee county in 1310 ^as -educed to 20 years. ,< The sentence of life given A. Yfilliams in Lee county in 1906 was reiuced to 20 years. The sentence of 30 years given Walter Williams in Lee county In 1908 on the charge of an attempted criminal assault was reduced to 28 ^ears. The sentence of life given Peter ones for murder in Lee county in L906 was reduced to 20 years. The sentence of life given John Jenry May in Union county for murler.in 1912 was reduced to 20 years. The sentence of 13 years given Lee barter for six charges of housebreaking and larcency in Union couny in 1913 was reduced to 12 years. The sentence of life given Clyde lay for murder in Union in 1912 was prliipfwl tn 1 rt vpore The sentence of 15 years given Arhur Davis in Union in 1907 on the haj-ge of manslaughter was reduced o 14 years. The sentence of 12 years given Toand Jones in Lexington county In 908 for manslaughter was reduced 5 ten years. The sentence of ten years given ' <a. oynum in Lexington county in 909 on the charge of resisting an fhcer and assault and battery with itent to kill was reduced to nine ears. '> -f The sentence of 15 years given Jes- 1 e Coleman in Lexington county for ttempted criminal assault was re- ' uced to 14 years. The sentence of life given Henry .yles in Lexington in 1910 for rnup., J pr waa rp/1n/ta/l 1a OA itoavt- t The sentence of 30 years given D. 'aylor in Lexington in 1910 on the harge of manslaughter was reduced i 20 years. The sentence of 25 years given >ule Eubanks in Union county urglary and larcency and housoreaking and larceny was reduced to 1 years. I Frank Parrott, editor and publish- ! r' oi the Cherokee News has rdbeivrl his commission as field deputy relator of internal revenue and aSOunriJ his duties on Monday. Marvin r?:*K o ?? - ' r aaaavaa, ? vctcuui licwnpaptri IJFIII U1 2 lorence will take charge of , the" [ews as editor. Box Suppey. There will be a box supper given t I^ower Fairforest school house on ' ebruary 14. You are invited to 1 >me. ,, I < Ji 1 'J .J TAX REFORM. x 4 / Mr. Lowndes Browning Throws Further Light on the Problem. (News & Courier.) To the Editor of The News and Courier: My attention has been called to an article headed "Tax Re. form," and written by Mr. J. O. Norton, of Conway. , The gentleman is absolutely correct in his statements, but he docs not go far enough to reach the root; of the evil of our tax system. Thinkln<v fkof ?\/\r*aiK1?r T mSrvki Ka aKln 4a >?*?? vu?v |/uooiuijr a nai^n v uv avro iv throw some light on this matter, I ask space for the following: At the session of 1905, the ways and means committee changed \jttwi < usual form of the first section of the general appropriation bill to read somewhat as follows: On a fixed date in July, the Governor, the State Treasurer and the Comptroller General shall meet) and with all tax returns complete, with all appropriations made, shall fix the number of mills to be levied upon all the property of the State, so as to raise a sufficient amount of revenue to bear the expenses of the Government. The committee, while not enthusiastically endorsing this change, did introduce the bill in this shape; however, with the understanding that if much opposition developed, the chairman of the committee, the Hon. Al tamont Moses, should move to amen^. by striking out this section, ^nd substifliting the usual form, fixing the levy for that year at 5 1-2 mills. Opposition did develop, and Mr. Moses, very readily amended as above. Thg ways and means committee of 1911' discussed this plan, and w&ul'd have made the change in the form, had they not felt that conditions at that time would not justify them tn urging any radical changes. " The benefit of this change would be, that the State, instead of annual*, ly borrowing from $300,000 to $600,000, would be on a cash basis. Our indirect sources of revenue, while gradually growing still can be estimated so accurately from yeSr to year, that the levy could be placed so as to raise exactly the funds necessary for the government, no more. no less. Of course, all this applies to th& various county supply bills with equal, if not with greater, force than to the general appropriation bill. But, Mr. Editor, no perman*htt reform of our miserable tax sy^tem-.can be effected as long as we hav^Bfcud levy for school into our constitution. The orgam^' law of ^ny State should deal only iii general and fundamental principle^ of government. In proof of this, see the few changes that have been made in th? constitution of the . United States, as compared with the manj^ .hat are submitted, at almost every election, to the voters of our state. Were this constitutional 3-mill ta* abolished, and as a substitute, the constitution declare that It shall be the duty of the general assembly provide for the education of the chilf ren of the state, then it would be comparatively easy to reform out present tax system. Moreover, tty change would be an act of justice, tot is the duty of the state, and not of the various counties, to educate the children of the state, and we would not then see the gross irregularities in educational advantages now given the children of different sections of fkn cfoto Any effort to refQrm the tax system of the state will have to be based upon the principle that the burdens of government should be bourne in a just proportion to the benefits derived therefrom. The entire effort of the taxing department should not be expended in placing upon the tax. books every woolly calf or mangy pig, every little practically bankrupt stock of merchandise, or every half worn farm wncon In nt.hpr wnrHe our tax department should not be so organized as to only catch, with faithful watchfulness, the small revenues that trickle through the spigot, while the bung is left wide open, and rich and just revenues from there do not go into the coffers oft the state, 1 but into the pockets of private indl- I viduals and corporations. Very respectfully, Lowndes Browning. i Union, S. C., January 29, 1914. : , Honor Roll of ArinmHhtirir School First grade?Frank Farr, Arthur ,, Fowler, Nannie Gregory, Hoke Scales. Third grade?Bertie Vaughn, Ruhy j Smith. Fourth grade?Lois Adams. Fifth grade?Mary Fowler, Clyde Adams. Sixth grade?Bernice Smith, Bessie Orr. Eighth grade?Bernice Orr. ! Tenth grade?Hoyet Adams. ?'! The Miller bill providing for six rural policemen in Richland county passed the senate and was ordered j ;nvolled for ratification. ? ? COTTON SXCHANGE A GAMBLING JOIN7 H. G. Wei bom Score* It* Operation ?Burden on the Mill*?Artificial Depression of Future Prices Militates Against Manufacturer, He Says. Washington, Feb. 3.?It be cam evident here today when Senato Tillman placed in The Congressions Record a letter from H. G. Welbor of Columbia, president of the Haihp ton mills, regarding the operation o the New York cotton exchange, tha some interesting times ai*e ahead i congress on this subject in the nea futyir$. The letter was referred at th request of Senator Tilman to th committee on agriculture and tot -r~- - :J covij xvi vuiioiuciatiuu. "I note with pleasure," Mr. Wei born 'said, "thht you have recovere from-your recent indisposition and sincerely hope and trust that yo have regained your strength, for th Democrats have done so much goo so far and I realize that your long ex perience and good judgment ha been an aid to the Democrats noi that we have a majority. ' "In looking over The Journal o Commerce for Monday, January 2( I note that it is stated a spinner trie to secure 3,000 bales of good mid dling cotton in New York city, an that this spinner, was asked 19 points above the quotations of Marc cotton, which closed on that day a 12.67 cents. According to my addi tion this cotton manufacturer wa forced to pay 14.49 cents per poun for March delivery for spinnable col ion, when the New York cotton e> change quoted middling cotton* 8 12.57 cents for March delivery, an their basis is that good middling col ton has a value of 65 points ove middling. According to the New Yor cotton excharige quotations this cot n should have been priced to th spinner at 13.22 cents. Now you ca see that the trading in actual bale for good middling cotton for Marc was on a basis of 14.49 cents, an the theoretical trading engaged i by the speculators was on a basis c '.22 cents. Now cotton manufat turers have to pay the pi ice for goo cotton and make their cloth on ths basis. Yet when we go to New Yor to sell cloth we always continuall have thrown in our faces the Ne' York cotton exchange prices, and a< cording to this basis of figuring sam is 1,27 cents too low, or for a "0 bale $6.36. I am not givin facts,. an4 tl truth is that^f4.4V cents represenl fist about what it would cost a spir ner to get good middling cotton fc his mill for March delivery.. "In view of the fact that the Ne' York papers continually criticize cor gress for attempting to regulate tti New York cotton exchange or fr 'having anything to do with it, thought this information woul probably be worth the while for yo to have when the discussions com up for and against the cotton ei change. As a manufacturer, I a> strongly opposed to the New Yor cotton exchange as it. is now run. think that it should be abolished c its prices made to present somethin worth the while to the consumer an producer and not run as a gamhlin Joint." A BETTER DAY FOR THE SPARTAN ACADEM T nn iL _ x a. xucouaj, uanuary 1.1, me (XUBW? of the Spartan Acamemy, in confei ence with some of the pastors of th North Spartanburg, Spartan, Broa River and Union associations an with Dr. A. E. Brown, of Ashvilh N. C., Superintendent of mountai schools, met at the First Baptif church, Spartanburg, and decide that it is time to free the Academ from the encumbrances that hav made it difficult for the school to d its work and that have kept it froi undertaking the greater work that i could and ought to do. This decisio was in thp fnrm nf n resnlirfinn K? gin a campaign in February to rais ten thousand dollars, which will fre the school from debt and make i possible tp improve and enlarge. A committee of ten was appointe to take charge of the work. Thi number was increased to twelve b the committee it self. Full announce roent of plans will be made when th committee is ready. ' We feel sure that every Baptis will appreciate the crisis that th school now faces. Those who kno^ most about the situation realize tha it is not possible to continue the wor u it is. The success that the scho< has had; the work that it ought t do and the resources at the comman af the Baptists, cotaipel them to ur dertake this task. We feel sufe that every pastor wi lend his aid and will open the way i his church for the committee to do It work. Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson, wh made their home in Union for seven months, left last week for Darlingto where they will reside jn the futur M V . * ' ? Y I F YOU \ " | WINTER < | At Aboiit e I YOU HAP BETTER CA J V X . ' PRICES WON " 4 ; ' $25.00 Suits for f V $16.60'Suits fox t $10.00 Suits fox r ? And all other fall Suits at 1 e & off. No Blue Serges incluc e 9 agents for Kahn Tailoring < kins Tailoring Company of 1- 50 to $45.00. Fit and wor d & samples to select from. CA1 \ I Union Cl< ? I D. W. 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