Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VIRGINIA SCHOOL TEAI WAY TO RELIEVE Id For Thr??e or Four Years Suffered V II imseif With Indigestion, Lack of j Appetite, and Would Often Have g Nervous, Dizzy, Vomiting t Spells After Breakfast. t TELLS HOW HP CURED HIMSELF 1 r "I whs suffering terribly from " stomach trouble and indigestion. I 11 had suffered three or four years and s after trvintr several rvatent medicines a without fretting relief I was preatly h distressed. I lack or i a pood appetite nnd after breakfast I would have s Yomitinp spells and dizzy nervous at- c tacks due to the condition of my t stomach. After those years of suf- i ferine Acid Iron Mineral was re- i commended to me as a preat remedy I for such troubles and T was com- ' pletelv cured of indigestion and sick- t ness after usinp two bottles. It | i helped me when nothinp else would I o and I believe it will help others with ' 1 the same trouble because I know |v what it will do. It is a preat blood r purifier too." declared Mr. F. G. Ad-It Notice to Taxpayers Office of South Carolina Tar Commission j 710 Palmetto Huildinp. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 20, 1017. * To tbp County Auditor and the Township Hoard of Assessors, for Union County. | In view of the Constitutional re- < quirement that all property shall be t assessed upon a uniform basis, and i in order to prevent inequalities aris- ] injr from different standards of as- ( sessment in the different Counties of t the State, the Tax Commission, after a conference with the County Auditors and the Chairmen of the County Boards of Equalization, has adopted fifty per cent of the true, reasonable market value of property as the common standard upon which all assessments of oroperly for the purposes of taxation, regardless o classes, shall he made throughout the Rtat< in the year l'.MS. This standard will, 7 apply both to the assessments orb-- } i. inally made by the Tax Commission and to those originally made by the * Township Board of Assessors. You are therefore, instructed, in takintr the tax returns, to have the < taxpayer statein the column callinj* T for the "value of the tar payer" the ^' true market vtilue of tBe property in truest ion, which, in his opinion, rep: resents the full 100 per cent value of the property. This is in accordance with the oath printed at the bottom i ? of the tax return in which the tax 1 pave- is required to say that the | property returned by him is litcd a? ! ' what he honestly hcli'ves t . be it ^ market value. When the returns are | so taken they nrc to be turned over to s and passed unon by the township or ( other local boards of assessors, who { shall inquire into the value placed c upon tlie property by the tax payer, j ?, and verify the value so stated by the \ * tax payer. c After aslertainincr what is the t marke* value of the property in ques- '1 tion, the townships or other local i hoards of assessors shall assess "><> a per cent, or one-half thereof as the t value of the property for purposes of j e taxation, and write same in the col- I umn for value hv the County Boards o will he left blank to be used by the t County Boards in equalizing, or ]i chanirinp: the assessments made hy i the township boards, where they find it necessary in order to remove inequalities that may occur in passim? f> on the separate pieces of property. In assessing real estate each lot. farm, plantation or separate parcel of land is to be separately returned ? with a statement as to the number of n buildings thereon, with the value of the building stated separately from the value of the lands, an dso described as to be identified by the local Board of Assessors and other tax ofTi cars. In assessing real estate, the tax payer is not required to state the values thereof. The true value is to he originally ascertained hy the town- h ship or other local hoards of asses- w sors, and in ascertaining the value, j P the township or other local hoard-- i should not apply one value per acre It) to all I mds in the - time 'ax district tl without regard tr> locality, fertility, li or other local eonditions especially d affecting the piece of property in J1 question, hut should ascertain the " true, reasonable market value of the lands and buildings separately, and f( after ?0 ascertaining the true, rea- b sonahle market value of the several tl pieces of lands and of the buildings P thereon, the townshio or other local boards of assessors shall take 50 per s1 Vi cent of the market value so acer- ^ tained by them as the value of such c] property for the purposes of taxa- a IHER TELLS I STOMACH TROUBLE! ison, a school teacher at Van Dyke. 'a. Teachers, professors, doctors, surenns, hospitals, and people all over 1 he United States during the past hirty years have praised this natiral, highly concentrated iron in if|uid form as put up under the Fern<line Phemiont fnrn. trade nmrt A-I-M." This trade mark is the iser's guarantee of quality and full trenpth. It is on bottle and carton nd Acid Iron Mineral may only be oupht in oripinal bottles. Any man or woman, needinp more trenpth, richer blood, and better direstion and appetite, can, by usinnr his iron, hope to feel an immense mprovement in their peneral health nside a couple of weeks. Beinp owerful, economical and harmless, it nakes an ideal tonic for seasons of he year when the blood needs cleasnp and one feels run down. Get a 12 iunce bottle at your drvppists. This (ottle of which a few drops mixed vith water and taken after meal? i nakes a powerful dose. Get a bottle oday. ion. If the tax pajer has stated what ic deems the true value, and the iroperty is assessed for more than .">() ; ier cent of value stated by tax payer j ie shall be notified of the increase. The same standard is to be pursued n taxing all classes of property, such is bank shares, textile industries, oil nills, cotton mills, railroads, horses ind mules and other property hrouphout the State, to the end that ;ach tax payer shall pay taxes upon he same proportionate part of the eal value of the property owney bv ?*iii ao 13 pa?u ujr j umci UIA 1 payer in the State. This is required >y the Constitution. For this reason ; t is necessary that the tax payer I make true returns of the market values; that they he verified y the Lownship or other local boards of issessors and that the same per cent - | pre, namely f?0 per cent, of all such j market values shall he taken as the ! msis for assessment of all clases of lorperty. The tax payer, when he makes hi elurns, is required to swear to wha ie honestly believes is the market j alue of his property, and the oatl. ! must he administered to the tax : payer by County Auditor or other officer authorized to administer an anth; and this information is to be jsed by the County Hoards when thev jndertake to ascertain the market .alue. and to take HO per cent thereof is the taxable value. New returns must be made in 1018. A mere re 'erence to former returns will not h'4 lllowed. In case of personal pron4rty not listed or returned in 101 s. lie penalties ly law will attach. If the adoption of this common itnrida?*d results, as it probably w:I! n an increase of tho rebate a nuc/.ll nVnnA,.t.. . ....... ..|.w. i.y ?,...uu: :>" he State, the danger of exee-ssi < axation will he avoided hv the noti'i if the (Jeneral Assembly in authorizng a reduction of whatever levy m:,v ; >e fixed by it, to such a rate as will | inly raise the amount of appropria j ions made and authorized by law. rile levying1 of taxes is entirely witun the control of the Legislature. The is essment of taxes is entrusted ( > ho County Auditors. Boards of A | <sors. Boards of Kqnalization. the \ux Commission and the Tax Board if Review. If the tax officers fail , o do their duty injustice must fol- i aw. Respectfully yours, South Carolina Tax Commission, A. W. Jones, Chairman. 0-tf. The tax imposed by bad roads is ( eavier than that imposed by good nes. i rAKE "CASCARETS" IF ! HEADACHY, BILIOUS ANI) CONSTIPATED 1 est for Liver and Bowels, Bad Breath, Bad ('olds. Sour ( Stomach. 1 Get a 10-eent box. Sick headache, biliousness, coated r>nguc, neau and nose < lopped up uth a cold?always trace this to torid liver; delayed, fermenting food in he bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous mallei < i.gged in the in- < pstinos, instead of ' < in,-; t ,.st out of ho system is r< orbed into the ! lood. When this poj on reaches the ' elicate brain tissue it causes oongesion and that dull, throbbing, sickenig headache. Cascarets immediately cleanse the tomach, remove th< sour, undigested > ood and foul gases, take the excess ? ile from the liver and carry out all he constipated waste matter and oisons in the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will surely t traighten you out by morning. They ( rork while you sleep?a 10-cent box rom your druggist means your head lear, stomach sweet and your liver I nd howeis regular for months. i FAMOUS PAINTINGS. ^ Thero Aro Threo Undisputed Manttal>9~ nas In This Country. |u Andrea M.inlcuiia, (lie brilliant nmKistor of the 1'nduaii school (] was distinguished anion}? (he I tall.mi masters of the renaissance by a pifltjistic style which made his ti}?urea (XP11 canvas not so much an expressionls of paint as of carved marble or monlwed bronze. JH Of all the painters of his time !Fhe was generally regarded by critics Jta-S being most sensitive to the beauty Sof rounded form as distinct from outiiBte. Mantegna died in Mantua in poverfflty, due not to lack of appreciation, butn to bis own extravagance. a The works painted by MantegiSta, apurt from bis frescoes and the to'jJi pent pictures in me iiiumpii or liMfesnr," now hanging in ilampton couB*t, are not numerous. Authorities seemBto agree that not more than thirty-five of the so called Muntcgnas now elttnnt are to be accepted as authentic. V In America there are only three ubdisputed Muntcgnas. One is the "AHh oration of the Magi," belonging to tlBe Jolm S. Johnson collection in Philadelphia; another is the "Madonna aild Child" of the Altman collection in tflie Metro|>olitan Museum of Art, and tne third is the "Madonna and Child" A>f Mrs. Jack Gardner's collection in BoAton.?Now York Times. INVESTING MONEY. j What One Bank Has to Say About RcAl Estate Mortgages. a The president of one of the numeroufls savings hanks of New York city recently had occasion to resort to statiA tles to prove his contention that rc:fll estate mortgage investments mudA with intelligence, knowledge of coud v. tlons and conservatism were the safes t form of investment. His request o f clerks for figures brought forth tli ! fact that in the last thirty years hi i hunk had lent upon real estate seci rity the enormous sum of $90,000,00 1 and that a loss of but $35,000 in rouin 1 figures was incurred in this manipula tion during nil these years. Thus the bank has invested of depos itory funds ut the rate of $3,000,00 I annually, receiving an average of 5 pei ' cent, or $1.">0,000, In interest and pay ing Its depositors an average of 4 poll r?r?n f op 'ill 'VI i iDil lonrino o holnnoit the bank of $:iO.<)00 annually. Against! this surplus there is the comparatively^ insignificant charge of $l..r?00 a yeart loss during a period of thirty ycats. This record, significant of the not only saf>> but protitable business in mortgages, is that of one of the .smaller banks in the savings group of New York city.?New York Post. An Astronomical Mirror. One of the most remarkable scientific i instruments yet devised is that eonstruetod by Professor It. \V. Wood to 1 aid the work of astronomers. This 1^1' an astronomical mirror, the reflecting . surface of which is revolving mercury ' 1 elaborately protected against vibra tions, and it magnifies in proportion t<> ' the speed of its revolutions. A metal dish containing mercury and turning on bearings carries on its edge a series of magnets. Encircling, but not touching them, is an iron ring. P.y motor 1 power this ring is made to revolve i upon bearings separate from those of < the mercury container, but its mag- i nets, attracting those on the contain- ' er's edge, cause the latter also to re- I volve. Centrifugal force compels the ' mercury to form a concave surface. ' perfect so long as free from jars. Thb i apparatus is sunk in a well fourteen < feet deep and set upon a solid foundation to eliminate all ordinary shocks. Why the Owl Is a Night Bird. 1 Birds are often credited with bring * ing down lire from heaven. In Poly- 1 nesia it was a red pigeon, in French ( folklore the wren. The tale runs that J all the other birds except the ow I 1 contributed u single feather apiece to < replace tlie scorched plumage of the t wren, so as to keep it warm in the coining winter. For its ill nature the owl was condemned to eternal seclusion dtll'ifl " the warm due nnd it\ nor*. 1 petunl suffering from cold during the night, ami the other birds maintain t the punishment by pestering it if it appears in sunshine.?London Lancet e Reason For the Change. c "Your speeches are not us entertaining as they used to lie." "Well," replied Senator Sorghum, "maybe I'm Improving. People now- t uduys are getting so thoughtful that you can't expect 'em to vote for you t dimply because you can make 'em t laugh."?Washington Star. ? t Perseverance. ^ lie that hath the patience to attend small profits may quickly grow tc thrive and purchase. They be easier to accomplish and come thicker. So f tie that from everything collects some- t what shall in time get a treusure of c wisdom.?Owen Felt ham. I _ c Now They Don't Speak. i The Ingi-nuc hid yon see the review c if this show in the Morning I'.tatt'/ It snid I was rarely beautiful The miiikkmic >i? rarely tliey might ?9 well say never. Chicago News. p Not In His Line. The Lending Heavy?Hurry with my ii order. I am accustomed to heing <erved in a hurry. The Walter--! don't I??nI?t it: lmt l am no sheriff.? Puck. q Two Standpoints. g She Mrs. Seraggs dresses hi awful n asie. He l know she does; I've tast- r d her salads.- Italtimore American. I.et n phi it overcome anger l?,v love: h et lihn overcome evil by good, the n : reedy by liberality, the liar by truth. I | IT WAS A NOISY CARGO. But It Completely Cured the Skipper of His Frar of U Boats. A skipper who took a cargo of locomotives across the Atlantic when the U boat warfare was at its worst gave j this ringing story of I he trip: "We left Philadelphia with sixty lo' comotives, all incased in huge woollen boxes, intact and ready to be taken off the ship and placed immediately on the tracks to start dragging ammunition trains to the front. "The Delaware was as smooth as a pond as we made our way down to the bay, but the lirst wavelets that struck us at the capes started some thing that made me want to take a header off the bridge. Bvery one of the sixty locomotive bells in the hold began to ring! And they all kept ringing all day and all night all the way across the Atlantic. "At first I thought of going hack to dock to have the bells taken off. But that would have amounted virtually to uiuoaumg rue wiioie cargo bccftuse of the manner in which the locomotives were stowed. It would have meant a week's delay, and 1 was supposed to get to sea as quickly as possible. So we put out that night with those sixty mad hells going hammer and tongs continuously. "I thought we would all lose our senses. Sleep was out of the question. It was like ringing 'eight bells' eighty times a minute in sixty different keys. You've seen Sir Ilenry Irving in the play 'The IlellsV' Well, it was like that, only this was no play, but real life. It seemed, as one member of the crew who is by far too imaginative said, as if the ghosts of all the murdered ships were clanging up at us out of the depths of the ocean, warning us of the U boats that had littered the sea floors with their bones. "We fell in with some nasty weather as we nearcd the other side. The vessel rocked and tossed, and every time she plunged a whole cataract of bells went tearing down toward perdition. 'We're in the U boat zone.' remarked the man at the wheel to me one night. 'Hood!' I cried. '! hope a torpedo hits us soon. Then perhaps I'll get some sleep.' "The destroyers that met us didn't know what to make of us. They thought we had all gone crazy drunk and were trying to tell the U boats exactly where we were. But I told them I was cured of the fear of U boats forever."?Philadelphia Ledger. What Is a Sapling? I The soldier who thought a "sapling" IV1IS II vnitn.r l ?"?r W..O I.. -- ? " - ? ,? Hir mi ii otmi- j prsetshiro man, for a correspondent i fvrites: "Highly nnnise?l, I read aloud voitr 'sapling' story to friends. When I had finished a Somersetshire woman who was present asked, 'Well, what do I you call a sapling?' 'A young tree.' I replied. 'Is it?' she replied. 'Now, I've dways heard a young pig called a Raping t-u Kowersetshirv.' Purt her inquiry revealed that others say the1 same." From which we gather that the soldier came from Somerset, while evidently his ollicer did not.?London Chronicle. Fooled Both Ways. A sportsman came to grief at the Qrst loiiee. I'luckily remounting, lie met the same fate at the second attempt. Asked the eause of his disasters. lie said: "It vos like /.is. Yen I re kotus to ze tirst fence 1 did /ink my j horse vud jonip. hot lie did not joinp. \ ?o I vi it over his head. Yen ve kota ; to ze fem e ! did /ink lie vnd not jonip. and lie did jomp. so I vent aver liis tail." Milwaukee I'ree I'ress. < Political Assassinations. The first three months of l'.HU were lotable for their political assnssinaions. There wore live?the Turkish ivar minister. Nazini l'aslia. Jan. 23; l :he premier of Salvador, Manuel 10. ( \raujo, Feb. 4; the president and vice ^resident of Mexico. Francisco I. Malero and .lose Pino Snare/,. Feb. 23. ( ind King tleorge of <!recce. March IS. Round the Circle. Friend?Why do you maintain such a arge otfiee force? ( Financier To prevent outsiders from x>tliering me. "But 1 thought that was what your executive secretary was for." "Oh, no. lie is here to prevent the ifflce force from bothering me."?Life 1 Time and Place. "There is a time and a place for evtryttaing." "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum tadly. "And it's rather unfortunate , hut one of the most reliable ways to , ittain publicity is to say something at he wrong time in the wrong place."? rYashington Star. 1 A Gaudy Vulture. t In Ilip Soutli American forests is 'ouiul tlie most beautifully colored of | til vultures, and it is the true king i >ver the Mack vuitures and turkey ' luzzards. its plumage is of a delicate 1 ream, with black quills, and the head h brilliantly colored with red and ' trance. The Signs. ] ".Miss Cladys got no fewer than sis ;old In-ailed liiiihrellas for hirthday 1 ?rc enls." i "She must lie something of a reign- 1 ng belle." I'.aliiiuore American. J Father Knew. I Tommy I'op, what is a glutton? i Vwmiy's Pop A glutton, my son, is a t Town man who can eat almost as 1 nucli as a small hoy.?Philadelphia tecord. The wise prove, the foolish eonfesa >y their conduct, that a life of employ- t lent is the only life worth leading.? ] 'a ley. 1 ?-"ii i Ail Ambition a f ; ' J^IIE needs of the South are f J t f the Southern Railway: the en / the itt>builUinr the other. yj J The Southern Railway ask* no I r\ t accoiued to others. I ' The ambition of the Southern R: \y J unity of interest that is born of co-op f < the railroa.ls; to see perfected that fair I ' me'it of railroails which invites tlx | neeoci-s; to realize that liberality of V f to obtain the additional capital needed V/ enlarged facilities incident to the de | service; and. finally? (To take Its niche in the body other cr it industries, u ith no more, rights and ojual opportunities. ^ " The Southern Ser ' It Is Oui To please the particular h forts are directed to th meats and vegetables the ] A TIT .yuur warns we are alwi juicy beef steak is our "lo: E. R. GODSHA1 PHONE 52 SERVIC :ui t o used as an Ambulance, for deli sions. Especially adapted for lonj; dis whet" wihin thiity miles of Union I'll ESJfciB rv HB^irxir Office I'hone 10(> A CASH I'RIZB $5.00 in Gold will he given the child :hat brings the greatest number of nir Yellow Kid advertisements, either :ards or newspaper cuts to our store in Dec. 2-1, 1017. 2(5-4 mo BA1KI0Y IH'll.DKKS SUIMM.Y CO. A FAMILY MEDICINE In Her Mother's Home, Says This Georgia Lady, Regarding BlackDraught. Relief From Headache, Malaria, Chills, Etc* Blnggold, Ga.? Mrs. Chas. Gaston, Df this place, writes: "i am a user of Thedford's Black-Draught; In fact, ' it was one of our family medicines. : Also In my mother's home, when I i was a child. "When any of us children complained of headache, usually caused by constipation, she gave us a dose of Black-Draught, which would rectify the trouble. Often In the ' Spring, we would have malaria and chills, or troubles of this kind, we would take Black-Draught pretty regular until the liver acted well, and wo would soon bo up and around , again. We would not be without It, for It certainly has saved us lots of doctor bills. Just aTJose of BlackDraught when not 60 woll saves a lot of days In bed." Thedford'B Black-Draught has heen In use for many years In the treat tneni. or stomacn, liver ana bowel [roubles, and tho popularity which It now enjoys Is proof of Its merit. ' If your liver Is not doing Its duty, pou will suffer from such disagreeible symptoms as headache, biliousness, constipation, Indigestion, etc., r md unless something Is done, serious ? trouble may result. Thedford's Black-Draught has been Pound a vnluablo remedy for these troubles. It Is purely vogotable, and lets In a prompt and natural way, regulating the liver to Its proper functions and cleansing the bowels of Impurities. Try It. Insist on Thedord'a the original and genulna. 7ft nd a Record j w identical with the needs \ >wth and aucccaa of one meana J \ 1 5 \j arora?no apecial prlTllerc not i J J : Ss Ulway Company la to are that 1 <ration between the public and J and frank policy in the annate- , : confidence of rovemmrntal J treatment which will enable It \ fot the acquiaitlon of better and ' JL mand for lncrcaacd and better / I tlltic of the South alooraide of j but with eu tal llbertica. cuual ves the South.'* ^ * Delight lousekeeper. Our best efe marketing of the besl market affords. Phone us lys "en the job." Tender, ng suit." LL'S MARKET E CAR vcrintr Caskets and on Funeral occ:.~ tance calls. Wo deliver Caskets any:i:k ok chakc.e. RTAKiNG CO. Residence Phone 8S RUB-MY-TISM Will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, Rim*-Worm, Eczema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally or externally. 25c IF YOU arc troubled with dandrufT, itching scalp, and your hair coming out, we ask you to try feW TSAOt MARK IIAIR TONIC on our guarantee that it will give von rulinf anA ? , - ...v. unu aauxittcuon or money refunded. Sold only by us, 50c and ?1.00. Glymph's Pharmacy, Union, S. C. S EABO AR D AIR LINE RAILWAY GO. The Progressive Railway of the South" Steel Equipment Obse/vation-pnrlor-cnfe cars Thru Coaches and Sleepers To principal points North, South, East and West. For rates, schedules or other infornation, call on nearest Seaboard Tickst Agent or write Fred Geissler, Asst. Gen'l I'ass'r Agent, S. A. L. Rwy., Atlanta, Ga. C. S. Corapton, S. A. Ijl Rwy., Atlanta, Ga. Traveling I'ass'r Agent,