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j^^^^*^ROKE,M KNEE ; \' DEEP IN WEALTH v , ? In 1880 the taxable values of Geor gia amounted to $251,424,051 and tha tax rate was three and half mills. Now I the vu.ues are $1,078 000,000 and the tax i-a. w is live mills. ^ a Jan.es A. Hollo man, of the staff of v 11 the Atlanta Constitution, writes an in- a l'of,native article in that newspaper Iroin which the general conclusion is 1-1 apparent that Georgia is in the same condit.on chat South Carolina is. He ^ quotes from an article in the. Phila- ? delphu Inquirer: y "Georgia is one of the rich comi..onwealths of the country, but the w c legislators have hesitated to provide * lequate income to meet the expenses c of the State. Georgia which delights y io call itself the Umpire State of the r , y t.ouih, is potentially rich in many di- ^ sections. Actually it is rich, but it t] L..< otHc'.nlly less than one billion dol- a hats subject to taxation. The just amount must be several times that. * "Until the Southern States learn . Jt how to levy property taxes there will jj, continue to be a lack of progress, a Pennsylvania pays much more taxes ti la proportion to its wealth and popu- ^ lation than Georgia, but does not tax | n land at all which is the Southern | ^ Stales chief source of revenue. Geor-| gia must learn that it can not have the h cake and the penny, too. Just now it may learn that the way to be prosperous is to invest money wisely, "the South is going to get one bil i:on auuurs in goia Ior cotton crop ( alone this fall und winter. Why does ^ it not make some use of this great asset to raise money for better schools good roads and general progress? Georgia is rich enough to spend twice its appropriations if it only knew how y to go about it." * The application would not be less ^ exact to South Carolina. [ Mr. Hollomnn points out that, although the revenues of Georgia will ^ approximate, for the year 1919, $7,- . 500,000, the excess of appropriations ^ will then amount to $1,000,000. In one respect, at least South Caro- w lina has pursued a policy wiser than that of Georgia?South Carolina does ^ make the tax levy fit the appropria- w tions and there has been no accumula- c, ing deficit. If our tax levy is three and a quarter mills this year higher- S( than the levy of Georgia, we have permanent improvements to show for it t, r. St n IO K(l<.nilul io Koinnr rnKtiilf on. " " * ?... ,y in the lust decade notuble addition: to the plants of public insituatiom w have been made and several institu ni t.ons have been established. Beside:: ft > direct appropriations for common a: ? . . Bchool education the public health and public charities have been conidei- g ably enlarged. b Nevertheless until the State shal o have the conscience and the courage a to "marshal its assets" by the adopt- ft ion of a rational and fair assessing is and taxing plan, each session of thi ai , General Assembly will continue tc witness a dozen groups of excellen- b< people pleading for appropriations foi w excellent causes before ways and fii means committee harassed by painfui ft sense of poverty and trembling lest, tc if it do what is self-evidently expe- pi dient proper and just an angered elec ai torate will at the next primary turi bi upon and rend its members. tl In Georgia as in South Carolina u t\ State tax commission has been ere a ^ ated. In this State however substan- th t:"! progress will be limited until the ct antiquated provisions that bar it shall K Le exercised from the State constitution. Nevertheless the South Caro- ft lina commission has, despite the con- ft ?.itutionai barriers, improved condi- pi Cons. H Among the people, those who pay ol the lea=t taxes are, under the persuasion of demagogues, most stuborn in ir opposition to tax reform. V Given just laws of levy assessment and collection together with skilful and honest administration the propertyless classes have everything to Kain and little to lose by the raising of revenues to be expended for education, highways, heulth and for chari- y< table institutions. Some day, this ai truth will seep into the public mind.? f< The State. b Shopping., <li i' .. <M builds a castle in the air." n "Well?" tl "But it takes a woman to go down K pick out furniture for such an k edifice." y ; tl DESERVES A GOLD h MEDAL FOR THIS p :'*k I Cincinnati authority tails how to dry . up any corn or callus so it ^ lifts right off. h You corn-pestered men and women H need suffer no longer. Wear the j* snoes that nearly killed you before, aays this Cincinnati authority, be- <i cauae a few dropa of freezone ap- h plied directly on a tender, aching w n com stops soreness at once and noon L the cam loosens ao it can be lifted f out, root ty aU, without a bit of I n pain. * ? A. quarter of an ounea of fraeaone y coata very little at any drug store, but f ia suflcient to take off every hard or h soft corn or callus. This should he s ^ tried, as it ia inexpenaive and is said B\ not to inflame or even irritate the y 1 surrounding tissue or skin. 0 If your wife wears high heels she n will he glad to know of this. Adr *. . LETTERS FROM OUR BOYS Carl Gastrins . American Expeditionary Forces, August 4, 1918. )ear Folks: Just a few lines today to let you now that I am well and getting along 11 O. K. I am near the front now. 1 ike it better here than I do when we re back out of the way. Well, guess you have finished layng by now and that you are all takng that much needed rest. Hope ou are anyway. How I would like I o help you eat some of those water-1 iciuns. uut i guess 1 can't this time ou will have to eat my part. Did fie meeting go on at Hopewell last reek? And did Aunt Doris and Janet ome to see you all? Guess that you are still putting up anned goods are you not? 1 want ou to and I hope you will get all the est you need. But hope also that ou will get all of your cans tilled ilso hope that you ade well and nat you never have any trouble at 11. Did G. and the kids come to sec ou all? Do wish that I could see hem. I am asking you all questions ist as if I could get an answer. It will e Christmas before the answer comes nd then I wont know what the quesons wore. Next Friday is my birthyday I shall >ok for a big dinner on that day. So = uve it ready and I will run over and ? et it. Hope this will find you well and appy. Guess you will be uickine cot [>n when you Ret it. Ix>ve to all. ^ Your son, .? CARL. II Harmon Turnage o Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Sept. 1, 19 IS. * ear sister and family, ^ Will try and write you a few lines lis beautiful Sunday morning to let p ou all hear from me. I am well and n etting along all right. h Probably we will not leave for <1 ong Island until Tuesday morning. 01 took out my insurance yesterday P fternoon. I made mine to mama. 1 >ok all I could?$10,000?I hope you II wont get 10 use that for l think * yi ill be back after a while for we wili jj ave to lake six months training af?.e,' jj, e get to France. lr Well, Maybell, I started my suitcase fi ome Tuesday night. Hope you ali g< ill get it all O. K. I sent it by Par- d< ;1 Post. JV I sure know that you all will have J"' ?me time cleaning my clothes. ^ I started taking the hookworm ^ eatment last night and you bet that . i some bad pill. n We had inspection everydivy this 01 cek. A fellow from Rock Hill and * lyself struck our dog tent for the si rst time but that wasn't hard to do m s everything is easy to learn. P1 I like 55 better than 58. We have P1 ot better cooks Ami h?u? ? >? 01 est officers . They are pood to all f us if we are good to them and 1 II m sure going to do that for if a ^ Hlow gets an officer against him he ^ in a bad fix but they wont bother W( nybody without they disobey them. ^ I have gained 12 pound since I have m een in the army and was sick one fo hole week. I think that is doing ar ne don't you. . I think I would gain th ister if it wasn't for the pack I have ? carry on my back. We carry a pn ack about the size of a man's leg J1^ nd they weigh from 60 to 80 pounds at we have an easy way to carry lem. They fasten on our back with ag vo straps across the shoulders and belt about four inches broad around ar ic waist with your bayonet and ho inteen on it and also our First Aid I"! it. There isn't but one boy in my tent om S. C. and that is James P. Terry c om Pageland and one in this Comany from Rock Hill is Andrew J. elms, but all the rest in it are from th?>r ctut?B m< " t)P Well 1 must close for this time hop- ^ iK to hear from you all soon from our loving brother. HARMON TURNAGE. fli| re Camp Sevier, Greenville,S.C. Ja Aug. 22, 1918. ? ear Editor, Will you please allow me space in j ou valuable paper to say a few words s one, who loves his country and ?llow men. We know it is sad to leave home, ut we must only be glad when the ay comes to go. Say boys, you need l ot fear for if you get sick here is ie Base Hospital with good doctors, ood nurses, good wholesome food, ood sealed wards. So just because our mother is not with you don't hink you wont get attention for I ; ave had the measles, mumps and neumonia and I am up. So put some ep in your back bone. Be a man. lelp Uncle Sam to make the Huns urn the sand. Here is what your I iris at home say: Cheer up boys, whatever rank you old, We will supply you with silver nd gold, We will knit warm gar tents to shield you from cold, We are 'ncle Sam 's Gir|#. I We will make Old Kaiser burn the | and. Of course, we would like to be omi to help gather the crops for it rould mean a great bit to thdfeovernlent but let's stand for our rights, .et those at home enjoy it this year I I or we will be back in 1919 to do our art. I would like mighty well to be there ust to go to Sunday School and 'rayer meeting but I am going to elp win this war for we must and hall win forswin was our aim and ! hall be to the end, so good luck to ou all with best wishes to the dear Id Advertiser and its readers. ! retain, a helper to win. . john w. Mcduffie. 11, 9HH USES IN DEFENSE OF OOG "oronto Newspaper Man Vigorously Condemns 8llly Proposal That They Be Killed Off In Wartimes A wrathful correspondent of the [nil and Empire suggests that dogs light to be killed off In wnrtlme or Ise such a stiff tax Imposed upon lelr owners as greatly to reduce the ?lf population. Similar views have oen expressed since the war in Engind. Only the other day Lord Claud [amllton Raid that pet dogs are a ulsance and that If he had his way p would "slaughter all the Pekingese r>gs In the country and have them lade Into meat pies." Not long ago unch presented a picture of a tough oklng citizen grooming an equally )ugh-looklng hull terrier, while a cuite nddressed hlra as follows: "Don't Du think, my good mnn, that In warme you would be better employed In eeplng a useful animal, a pig, for ist'ance?" "Yus," growled the dog incler, "and a nice fool I'd look >ln' rattln' with a pig." Proposals to pstroy dogs are founded rather on prsonnl prejudice or Ignornnce than ) a consideration of the advantage ? he gained by their extermination, he assertion that they consume much >od that might better be converted t human use Is not Justified. As a lie dogs live on table scraps and odds id tnds of food which would otherwise be wasted. As for the Hamilton iggestlon about making Pokes Into eat pies. It Is probable that all the ekes in the Prltlsh Isles would not -ovlde a single enjoyable meal for le battalion. It Is true that dogs frequently kill loop, but they also kill cats and rats id thus help to square the account, i thousands of farmhouses they con nuir nu iiivmuauie guard ror tne omen folk. They even do such chores i driving up the cows, churning the Ilk, fetching and carrying and perrmlng other services that make nends for the undeniable fact that ey get their hair on the furniture id come Into the kitchen with muddy wH. At the front they are doing war irk of undeniable value. In Belgium ey are beasts of burden. They carry pssnges from the trenches to head* larters In the rear. They guard nlnst enemy raids; they locate the jundcd lying In No Man's Land, and e n real pal to many thousands of roeslck soldiers. A proposal to abol* i dogs Is about as sensible as a prosal to abolish nephews, and has out as much chance of succeeding.? >ronto Mall und Empire. Zeppelin Limitations. Basing his statements on accurate easurements of a Zeppelin that was ought down In England last Octo r, on known facts regarding the ting power of hydrogen gas, on the ate of the barometer during tho | stht, on the temperature of the air corded In the airship's log, Jhadoo hoz writes In Aeronautics us fol!P?y?????? * FOR NICE SIX-ROC and Storehouse o business location ii business. Big co Sales $20,000 creasing. SIX-ROOl on acre lot. Wi Good location for ONE VAf 300 x 100 Bea town. Worth $1,0 GRIS1 Rock 36-inchea; now, never used; Offer Good Inducements fo J. T. G CHERAW, SOU' ( _i ' i' rfl ir'l iifciFlii' llillMII ammi mm A49 J/ffonMM lies BUB teatWak [od Adminiitration||^^JJ lows: "It would appear from the foreg Ing that the latest type of Zeppel Is designed to attain a height < 17,000 to 18,000 feet when over Its o Jectlve and after dropping Its bomb but Is enpable of going even higher u der stress of circumstances and at tl risk of suffering some nHrht H.nnm on returning to Its base. "These conclusions accord well wl Mr. Warner Allen's statements thi these airships are built with a view flying between 16,000 and 18,000 fee Of course, on a short flight they cou go higher, In view of the reduced quu tlty of petrol to be carried." Western 8oldlers Rugged. The "early to bed and early to rls slogan is noticeable on the fuces the boys in khaki who are arrivli here from the West and other parts ! the country. These youths are c< ! talnly typical of the real America Health, brawn and muscle are th< principal characteristics and with i this there is a certain amount of chl airy that Is not seen In New Yoi The average New Yorker Is a pale I ?dividual. Indoor work, of course, responsible for this and he always In such a hurry that he thinks of I one but himself. Some of the N< York youths marvel at the appearan of these visitors from the West. Th cannot understand why they should 1 so ruddy. The explanation Is en: It Is because they spend more time the open. Nevertheless the appearan of the boys from other parts of t country Is causing 17 kinds of Je j ousy.?New York Times. Non-inflammable Celluloid. The usefulness of celluloid as substitute for various materials > lessened by Its extreme Influmm ! blllty. Considerable Interest hf I therefore, been aroused by the Inve , tlon by a professor In a Jnpnne I university of a non-combustible, < 1 at any rate slow-burning cellulol While not exactly fireproof this su stance requires a great deal of he to kindle It, and burns very slowly. The new material Is made from tl soy benn, which the Japanese ha' found so widely useful, and It Is sal includes tne use of rormnlln to pr dure a durable, hornlike substanc It Is claimed that the Japanese pro UCt will be cheaper as well as mu< | preferable to the combustible cellulo I to which we are accustomed. A Grand Passion. "She seems Interested lu that avl ' tor." I "That Is hardly the word for It" "No?" "She snys she loves the very t he flies through."?Birmingham Aj ! He/aid. I WANTED TO SELL j A few more 664-page Vcterinu books. Delivered anywhere for $"? G. H. WATTS, I'ugeland, S. SALE >M dwelling n no* lot. Best a town. Established tton Mill trade... annually and int m house II sail this cheap. store. :ant lot t neighborhood in >00. Will sell right. r mill Hoop and Hopper; price $75.00. r Quick Sales. Easy Terms. LAINEY rH CAROLINA. * 1 ? p mm* mm i m*. .piw n ? \ . . " SET WITS TO WON Woman Proved Herself Heroin in Emergency. With Husband Disabled by Broks Leo She Employed Unique 8lgnal to Bring Help That Might 8ava Him. Tbe following would be almost tu believable If the fucts were not tfc talk of the community and If it wei not subBtuntlated by the various pa tlcipauls. In Penobscot buy, thrc miles from Islesboro, is a little lslun known as Mark island, owned by Pre: ton Player, a State street broker c Boston, and he there maintains a bl summer place. The keeper la Ralp Collamore of LlncolnvtUe, who la tli winter, with his wife and two chlldrei makes his home on the Island In a 11 tie cottage. Oo Wednesday, January 23, he too the boat uud started for Islesbor< Three hours were taken In makln the trip of three miles by water, U came back and upon landing ond put lng the boat up onto the shore o Mark Island he pulled the boat ove onto him, pinning him down and break lng his leg. His wife kept looking fo her husband's return und dually, al tracted by his groans, found hit pinned under the bout. She Is a fral woman but with him banging onto hi Injured limb, she munuged to drag hit o- up to the cottage. There with the all of a leather wallet and sticks she se the leg the best she could. There the, b* were practically lsoluted and help wn lH? needed badly. n* Mrs. Collamore, full of pluck and dt ie termination to get help, went to th< *e Player summer home. There she man aged to set agoing the electric dyna mo by which the place Is lighted. Sb ^ turned on every light in that big hous and put on also a red light. Th lights were run all day Thursday am ^ out until 5:45 Thursday afternooi was the light noticed at Dark Harboi Telephone calls were sent to the nava station and the tug Zlznnln started t ? Dark Harbor to see what was th' e. trouble. Dark Harbor was renchei ? about 9:30 Thursday night. There n n j one knew what was the trouble a Mark Island. The Zlzanla cut her wn ^ through the Ice, In some places 8 am ^ 10 inches thick, for three miles to th ^11 Island. Cuptuln Sherman and nlm v. men went ashore. They made thel k way *? t*ie M^ted house and then n* Pound no one. Groping along In tin jB darkness they were frightened by th lR sudden uprising of a flock of turkey no from a tree. Then they cnme upoi >w the cottage In total darkness with th ce door open but no signs of life about ey Going In they found the courugeou little woman asleep, the Injured mui ,v half asleep and both children slumbei [n Ing. The tug went back to Dark Ilai ce bor and there found a doctor who wa he brought back to Mark Island. Th aj. Zlzanla remained at Mark Island ui til four o'clock Friday morning whe the Injured man was attended to.Bungor Commercial. a 18 Britain's Indians. ia" The Indians In the British army 01 l8' the western front, notably the Sikhs Q* that highly disciplined military forci se from British India, have little In com or mon with the American red men. The: jj* come from the other Bide of the earth * they are sons of a deeply religion: sect, anil for 50 years or more havt been an Important factor In the Brit le Ish dominion of the far East. 'e They are tall, woll-bullt, handsom< men, most of them with beards, ant ?* In perfection of drill and military bear '?* lng they are not excelled by an] ' troops on the western front. Bnt while their methods of flghtlni are quite dissimilar, the Sikh flghtlni force being a well-trained military ma chine while the American Indian Is i flexible unit, there is one thing li la* which they are very much alike. As i humorous English writer?Punch ant Its punsters still live?puts It: MT llflVP hfifl nn onnnrtnnUv f/% . - ?- - -ft'-'* ?? ?.' ?" l" both the Indiana of tho East and th ?? Indians of the West, and while the; are very dissimilar In most thing; when It comes to courage, I may b excused for saying that It Is Sikhs o r> one and a half dozen of the other!" Stenographers to Go to France. C- A unit of 25 expert women stenng ? raphers, who will wear a distinctly uniform, la now being recruited ii | the United States for overseas serv i Ice. This group will he assigned t I the qtiartermaster'a corps of th | American . expeditionary forces am j to the headquarters of the staff o General Pershing. Bach applicant fo J service must he an experience I stenographer. She will he required t< own In her own equipment four unl forms (two for winter and two fo summer service). She must pass i I physical examination, and will he en gaged for the period of the war. Th { salary now stated Is $1,000 a yea I with the additional allowance of $ , i* day for the first month and $2 a da; for the remainder of the time. I ?? I The Upper Class. | "So you wish to marry my daugfc | ter?" suld the proud pnrent. ( "Yes, sir," replied the youiiK man. ' "How niueh money ure you making? { asked the governor, i "Forty dollars a week," was tho ? , Ply. "Forty dollars a week! Why m I daughter ran make that in a muu | tlons plant and not work overtime." !bHI i I i r> Ki:i 411 * UMMyiM43 vnnrTi i mssiMMSm ; iiii.iii.JLUJW m\ ; mmmMMi jl/SllG1 t 7 8 I " V/e will win I Nothing else really ma e a a t * The Flavoi 0 . ! _ MMMMNi 9 ____ a I; PERUI THE BEST MEDIC I FOR COUGHS AND < * i Miss Iry Gray, Falrview, | 1 i- Kentucky, writes: 4 'T have taken lVruna. nrul k ? would say that It la the ! st medicine for coukIi* and cold? I ever saw. I find that It nlmijii rorra a cold In n ahort nhllr. It . alao strengthens arid hull.Is up the ayatem." ap 1 Sold Everywhere 0 _ j A Seven-Time Winner. ; The unique record of having been 1 s torpedoed seven times Is held hy WU- 1 a 11am Jessop, a seafarer of Hull. EngInnd. who Is seventy-two years of age. i He Is still on the active list. "Young B men," he said, "have Ronietluies re- i J fused to sail with me, as they think w I shall he unlucky." Jessop Is the old- ache f | est member of the Ships' Cook and the I St'ew-ards* union In Hull, and general- ^ j j ljr sails as a cook or steward. During u j the first year of the war he was tor- spell . . Dedoed three llmeo On. i?.o? I _ _ ? v. "mi mm are i ships on which he sailed were nil lost. nevs j His courage, however, remains undla rnlnlshed. "I will sign on to go any- "uai J where," he declared. neys y I Soldier Dressmakers. ._ e War-broken soldiers are making y ladles' dresses In London, while for siroi i, mer dressmakers are turning out i Ihni e shells and other munitions In facf torles. The London costumier lias never been so busy In her life. Many St., are five or six weeks deep In work, kidn their clients being grateful to get a promise of dresses at almost any lt to date. Munitions par the dressmaker was e better than the needle, and they nre hard 11 all eager to go to Woolwich or the big factories to help make shells. A u 9 suburban dressmaker, who has three dizz; e wounded men helping, says it Is as- ders ? tonlshlng how well they do the work. ' The finest head work on the market nu ( r la turned out by wounded soldiers. ble.' I, I', A Good Haul. 1* . , , simp rhero is one way df raising rever nuf they hare overlooked." Doai * "What might flint he?" Mrs. "Putting a wur tax on a poet's II- <'o., censo." r 4 f gTrls. whiten SKLN WITH LEMON JUICE I "I Make a Beauty Lotion for a Few of o Cent* to Remove Tan, Freckle* ? and Sallowne**. ^ y. Your grocer has the lemons anil _B_ | any druc store or toilet counter will JJbJ J* j supply you with three ounces of or' chard white for a few cents Squeeze j the juice of two fresh lemons into a u 1 bottle, then put in the orchard and mg shake well. This makes a quarter mj | ! pint of the very best lemon skin | whitener and complexion beautifier | known. Massage this fragrant, creamy lotion daily into the face, U?e i neck, arms and hands and just see fj how freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and roughness disappear and oft and clear the akin becomes. Yes! It is harmless, and the beautiful re- Qv. J l/?ulta will surpriss you. Adv. 4. i <* fhis war? tters until we do I * Lasts SAjj? COLDS [ Ever JCSp^i Saw Miss (Jr'iy'e lelti-r breather p.- to the ailing. It 1p tin lnIratioti to the sick and Infirm. I.lqiitd or T?bl~t Komi WHEN HER BACK ACHES roman Finds All Her Energy end Ambition Slipping Awey. nesterfield women know how the s and pains that often come when kidneys fail make life a burden, cache, hip pains, headaches, dizzy Is, distressing urinary troubles, frequent indications of weak kidand should be checked in time, n's Kidney Fills are for the kidonly. They attack kidney diss by striking at the cause, in Chesterfield sutferers desire .ger proof of merit that this lettsville woman's word? rs. N. J. Dickens, 110 Powers Bennettsville, S. C., says: "My eys were out of order and I had nstant pain across my buck. I sore and lame mornings and was !y able to do my housework. My ached alll the time and I had spells and other kidney disorDoan's Kidney Pills relieved >f every symptom of kidney trourice 00c at all denier* Hnn'i ily ask for a kidney remedy?jfet n's Kidney Pills?the same that Dickens had Foster-Milburn Mftfrs., RutTalo, N. Y. Adv. 4 Way To Work It \ man should not stare at a pretty if he has his wife with him." acidly not." besides he can net an eyeful out ne corner if la 's at all smooth.' iwXwKvW ,/rvL CHESTY jjdP^S URINA VCHIXJ rPURINAYb CHICK O^CHICKEN T FEE^^^HOWOE^ hrse two feeds and wr will guarantee OUBLE DEVELOPMENT ilunn.' thr fiifl ?t? week* of a chick* Idr vt MONEY BACK ??y? to u?e the be*t teed* Punna Sold in lerlm ' B ' PARNELL MEEHAN v