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Hi 111 I' g===s The Chesterheld Advertiser Pau? II. and Fred G. Hearn Editors PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY W Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year; six months. 75 cents.?Invariably in advance. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Chesterfield, South Carolina. t EXCESSIVE FREIGHT RATES That freight rates must come down was madg. plain Ly a recent statement in Congress by Senator Capper, of Kansas. The Senator gave some startling facts in reference, to the excessive transportation charges. He said that a bushel of wheat cai. be shipped to New York from South America for 12 cents, but that it co'ts .'IS cents to ship a bushel of wheat to that city from Minneapolis by rail. Here are some other instances of the hardship that is caused by the unreasonable freight rates: A car of grain shipped from Texas Panhandle to market at an expense of $525 brought the producer $475. Out of that he had to tmv mr>??> $100 for thrashing the grain and, of course, sold his produce at a loss. Texas and Florida truck farmers have shipped produce to the New York market and received nothing in return but a bill for the balance due on freight and commission charges, so reports the New Yorw market commissioner. The freight anil commission charges on a car of lettuce for which a truck farmer received $339 cost him $491. At a meeting of farmers, live stock raisers and other shippers held in Chicago there were over live hundred representatives of leading farmers and truckers. One of the resolutions adopted is as follows: The increased rates of freight are in many instances prohibitory, and in other instances restricted, and in all cases burdensome upon the commerce of the country, thereby preventing, curtailing, and limiting production. and depriving farmers, stock raisers, producers and manufacturers generally of an opportunity to do business, destroying their profits and paraly/.ng the industries ot' the country, because the traffic can not. fnllvt move; anil another resolution was to | the necessary causes of the excessive ] freight rate charges was the increas-l ed wages that the railroads were | compelled to pay the employees They suggest that, it is imperative that the Government exercise its reasonable constituting powers, to the end of so changing these conditions that the railroad companies shall exercise their right as owners of the property to pay such wages as are just and reasonable, and that wiii permit them to transport comnierc of the eounti \ upon rates which will freely move traffic and yet pay -a rt-asopfable wage according to the conditions. PI.UMBER VS LAWYER There is one profiteer safely in jail hut the lawyer who prosecuted him would like t<> add to his punishment hut ther,. seems no way to got at it. John Knight, a plumber was sent to jail for boosting prices after Samuel I'ntermyer, the big New York attorney had convicted him. Then Untermyer got a hill from Knight for $1,(5X0 for 70 days work. If the plumber gets sJl a day from the lawyer he will go getting even with the prosecutor. fir i nih jntRlff S BAL) MF.MORY Sheriff (Irant, of Louisiana, forgot to hang Tonie Katon on the (lay that was set for his execution. This caused a complication that was finally straightened out by the Governor giving the negro a life sentence instead of a death sentence. In the penitentiary Tonie said: "I knowed all the time the Lord would not let me hanir. It was the Lord that made Sheriff Grant forget i to hang me. ^ ou can tell the world , that I am happy, and that I am going to make a good prisoner. I will be ] satisfied the rest of nw life if I never . get out." TIT FOR TAT We sometimes hear of men beating their wives. *'ut real this from our neighboring state: Beatrice Bullock, candidate for al- . derman in the city election at Red ^ Springs, North Carolina, heat her j husband, who was running for the ^ same office by four votes. It was not ( mucn oi a beating but she fjot these just the same. 666 cure* a cold quickly. 40 MICK IE, THE PRINT ,; tw folks \ - VKK GO\UG to ; sv.eat> AS Lfccca AS \ \urvvrf f I \UTVV KAO?.V^NV\G FOE. OV4Ca : * r Waiting Serene I fold my hand? and wait. Nor care for wind nor tide nor sea; I rave no more' gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me. 1 stay my haste. I make delays? For what avails this eager pnc^? I stand amid the eternal ways, /vna wnai is mine shall know my face. Asleep, awake, by night or day, The friends I seek are seeking me, No wind can drive my bark astray, Nor change the tide of destiny. What matter if I stand alone? 1 wait with joy the coming years; My heart shall reap where it has sown. And garner up its fruits of tears The waters know their own, and draw The brook that springs in yonder height; So flows the good with equal law Unto the soul of pure delight. The stars come nightly to the sky, The tidal wave unto the sea; Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, Can keep my own from me. ?John Burrougs. THE TAX QUESTION The only chance for a fair and per nianent solution of the tax muddle in which South Carolina is now floundering is honest publicty and unselfish thinking. The material both for the honest publicity and unselfish thinking is already available. It consists of the Report of the Joint Special Committee on Revenue and Taxation submitted to the regular session of the General Assembly of 1921. The report was prepared by a joint special committee made up of J. H. Marion, chairman; Neils Christensen; Joseph A. Berry, . D. Lide, J. B. Atkinson, E. R. Buckinham. The report is admirable beyond praise ?comprehensive, clean cut, constructive, and convincing. If evry person of voting age in South Carolina could be persuaded to study it from cover to cover, our tax troubles would be over The report contains 178 pages, including the Appendix. Mr. J. H. Marion was requested by the editor of the University Weekly News to summarize in a column its quintesence. He very kindly consented. His article follows: THE FIRST STEP vvnne wming to aaniit tnat the Keport of the Joint Special Committee on Revenue and Taxation, submitted to the last General Assembly, is prolix and loose-jointed. I am not quite willing to concede that it can be adequately summarized in a column article for the Tax Corner. The Report as a whole is an attempt *n develop a moyc or less logical argument in support of the Committees' main conclusion?that the first essential to sound tax reform in South Carolina is the abolition of the "general property tax" system prescribed by the constitution. The law of our present system is the rigid constitutional requirement that all property of every character shall be assessed at actual value and taxed at a "uniform and equal rate." The facts are?universal undervaluation, consequent inequality of burden asbetween individuals and taxing districts, exorbitantly high tax rates, consequent escape from taxation of ] a large proportion of taxable property, and inadequate revenues. We are assessing and collecting taxes outside the law, operating the most ini- i portant department of government ,< as an outlaw business. What is the remedy ? It is to be' found in the much vaunted prescrip-j I tion?"drastic reduction of appropri- i ations?" Ncv?for reasons which are < suggested in our report and which 1 have been trenchantly stated by you ' in the Tax Corner. Does the remedy ] lie in the better administration which i you suggest when you say, "We need i a higher uniform valuation of prop- 1 ?rty in South Carolina?" No?for t reasons which irn tr? t!m -f 4v,- I problem and which ?ve hav3 tried to | *et forth fully in our report. Higher t valuation and better administration 1 ill along the line simply mean a near- i r approach in practice to what our r constitutional and statutory law now j equires?the assessment of all prop- f rty at its actpal or true value for i axation at a uniform rate. If that is s he solution we could and should fol- < ow North Carolina's example and t irovide by legislaton the special ma- 1 hinery required' to put all taxable jroperty on the books at 100 cents I c Rub-my-tims kills pain. 40 I ER'S DEVIL 7- - r~ ^ .. ? - ?-* \% - . ~ f** CMMm ova HHHH /? jjBf ? ' ' , ( In a new sla / / 1 lOfforlOcts p th L w C? _ 1( on the dollar within 12 months' time.: it is not tne solution, tor the reason \ that after putting all property on the, rolls at 100 cents on the dollar we j would still have an ad valorem tax j rute higher than the property now es-| caping taxation (consisting of so-call-j ed instangible property) can or will stand. The owner of intangibles doesn't have to stand a tax that takes an undue proportion of the income from his cash and securities. He can conceal his cash or invest it otherwise and elsewhere, or shift his: securities, or call his loans, and there-' by disrupt the industries of the commonwealth. If, therefore, the classes of property now escaping taxation and which our law positively requires shall be taxed at the same rate as all other property could r.ot be put upon the tax books and kept there at any rate we could hope for a result of a full and true valuation, surely there is something wrong with the theory of our law. Aside from the reason of the thing, that theory is unsound because it is impracticable. It is impracticable boenuse the industrial health and development of a state demand and force recognition in practical tax administration of the ditTerent economic characteristics of different classes of property. Witness the outlaw classification which now permits the escape of at least $.'100,000,000.00 of taxable intangible property in this State. .But the total loss of icvenue from this class of property is not the only or the worst evil entailed. When you inane nsr. 01 one ano iowi of another under a law which forbids any distinction, the entire administration of the general property tax is de-, moralized and the net result is the chaos and burdensome inequality we have today. The higher uniform val-; uation of property, with no increase in public expenditure, would have a ; nominally lower tax rate. But it would lower no man's taxes. If expenditures were increased, whatever the rate or mill levy, obviously the higher valuation would not prevent an increase of taxes actually paid by property owners in exact proportion to the increase in expenditures. Higher valuation will neither palliate nor cure the disease. If no real relief is to be had through better administration, it is to be found in providing additional revenue from other modes of taxation such as the income tax. the business license tax, the inheritar.ee tax, etc.? That inquiry is pursued and various forms of taxation examined and discussed in our report. The conclusion is reached that the general jroperty tax requirements and limitations of the constitution Avould seriously interfere with th/ successful administration of other available methods of ' axation, except in the case of the inleritance tax. Certainly, handicapped is we are by present constitutional estrictions, we cannot reasonably exject to provide sufficient revenues torn other sources ever to reduce the id volorem levy to a point that will uimit ot me practical administration >f the general property tax" within he law. I.et us first take down the >lack flag'! As the first step toward sane re"orm and permanent relief we should hange th? law by amending the contitution. .f. II. Marion. By Charles ? Wntrrn Nrwi( , &a&N< - SJ \WOT Aw vac>&\_? | ' )OXE\ ANsNJ-WUVM specr. vu~ at S 1 1 ! 11 ' l 1 '3BH A * f :e package STRIKE Jl 8 i JWANY smokers prefer = VI it. They'll find that is compact package of ten ucky Strike Cigarettes ill just suit them. Try them?dealers now irry both sizes: 10 for ) cts; 20 for 20 cts. t's Toasted OH, WOMAN 1 Here is an old Sanskirt story of the creation of woman, which you may like to play on the piano some evening: (| In the "beginning, when Twashtri _ came to the creation of woman, he found that he had exhausted his ma- l| terials in the making of man, and l' that no solid elements were left. In this dilemna, after profound meditation he did as follows: He took the rotundity of the moon, the twinkling of the stars, the curves of creepers, the clinging of tendrils, the trembling of grass, the slenderness of the reed, -the bloom of flowers. the liirhtness of lpnvps iVio +o?%n -X\4\s \S T\KA? *fO fcE COVMViG PCNJ>4 tDWOBJiP. Jf-} \WEU_,< ^ ^0ViV_N ^ mtMimmmmMrnrn ing of elephant's trunk, the glances of | deer, the clustering of rows of bees, the joyous gaiety of sunbeams, the weeping of clouds, the ficklesness of wind, the timidity cf the hare, the vanity of the peacock, the softness of the parrot's bosom, the hardness of the adamant, the sweetness of honey, the cruelty of the tiger, the warm glow cf thc fire, the coldnes of snow, the chattering of jays, the cooing of the kokilaa, the hypocrisy of the crane, the fidelity of the chakravnka, and compounding all these together he made woman and gave her to man. _ But in two weeks time man came crying, "O Mighty Master of Mysteries, A Thou who has made all the wonders I of the world, take again the woman that Thou hast given me; she teases me, she tanalizes me and. tries me, i*nu I cannot live with her ?ny more.*' And Twashtri took the woman away. But in two weeks the man came again, and cried out, "Give me back the woman that Thou made; I canor.t I live without her." "How, now?" came the answer. "You brought the woman to me, fraying that you could not live with her. WUt if nut vavr y \J 11 WilllV ; "Alas, 'tis true," said the man. "I do not know what I want. I cannot live without her and I could not live with her."* And Twashtri answered:' "Take the wpman now, and do the best you = can together, for I made her for you and you for her." 666 curt* Dengue Fever. 40 Because the goal is distant, is that any reason why we should not march toward it??Hugo. eczemas Money beck without question A if HUNTS OUAIANTBKD KIN DISEASE REMEDIES ? (Hunt** Salve and8o*p).faMnI BFtv} the treatment ofltch,TMTr if Rlngworm.Tetterorotherltoh- I W # It Ing akin diseases. Try this* * ' treatment at our riik. D. H. LANEY, Druggist 666 cures Biliousness. 40 M C R ?jf BOND f/Vfe useitwhenm iprintingi V, GOOD JOBS // XkGive Sughroe poprr Union . . ? ToMy CustomeisAna Friends You will find me in my ware house back of the old Swinnie ouse. Bring me your cotton and seed. I will pay yotr-tjie highst market price for same, and will sell you bagging and ties, cur, seed oats and shoes, household and such other goods as I 'ill have room to carry until I can build my new store. I will sell lem cheap as any one. Don't expect to carry very much on these declining prices, > as to be able to give you best prices all the time. No war prices ill hold, and ycu may expect them to decline. . John T. Hurst i . /- -vy.-rr ? < 1 '"*? She. People*' iBank OF CHBSTERFIELD WiH Appreciate Your Business. Total Resources Orer ( $200,000.00 Our customers and friends helped us to do this. When in need of accommodation or you hare money to deposit, oome , to see us. Guaranteed burglar proof and fire proof safe. Let us show you this wonder. A cordial welcome awaits you R. B. LANEY, President G. K. LANEY, V-President CHAS. P. MANGUM, J. A. 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THREE months of your time and a very small amount of cost will bring to you the success that about which you have dreamed and thought* If interested, write us today for our catalogue and full particulars. Address: resident W. S. Peterson, Dept. B, Greenwood, S. C. l nm n II tie best Family Remedy Because It works when all other remedies hare ceased to work Is Life Insurance Chesterfield Loan & Ins. Co. D. H. DOUGLASS, President C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A M*r. W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. GEO. W. EDDINS, Treasurer. ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, HEALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK INSURANCE W? Buy tad Sail Rttl EtttU?Money Lotatd Maw, You Better "Hurry Home! n 'S , NES. 2>\yX \ ^ I NOVi i ^ -fc viu ii-* \ ? "fr ? 7 j*" ^ ^ : Hiiii I "ill i IIII11II lit III Wi>: iififi ilMHlHiil- -1 ii^fmi# I wm?mmmmmmm+a?^immimmB HEALTH ARTICLE By Dr. L. A. Riser, M. I\, in charge /; department of Rural Sanitation and County Health work, S. C. Board of Health: ? For a long time wj have accepted the theory that the country was healthier than the city and city people thought they might maintain their healthy condition by making yearly excursions to the country for their vacations. This was a natural supposition for in the country we have plenty of fresh air and sunlight and fewer persons to a given area. Facts recently brought out by surveys made in the counties do not bear out this theory. These reports show deaths from typhoid and malaria much higher in the country than in the city. This is brougth about by lack of sanitation, poorly heated and poorly ventilated school buildings, lack of medical attention, polluted water and, last but not least, lack of health supervision in the rural district. An educational campaign is necessary to change these conditions and thus reduce the death rate in the country below that of the city where it properly belongs. In the city we have health laws and the city man is forced to obey these laws. In small towns we too often have these laws which are not enforced, and in the country, we have no laws and no power to enforce them if we had. In the city each cititen is made to understand that his standard of living must be such as to come under th law and the same time he is made to understand that he is not only res the depression are not nearly bo many as one might suppose. If we should! heed the gossipers who are spreading pessimism everywhere, we would come to the immediate conclusion that we are just about to drop into the bottom of destruction. It is just as easy to talk optmism and to spread good cheor and encouragement as it is to deal in the'Other commodities, and it will do a plagued sight more good. GASOLINE SYSTEMS Oil Tanks and Pumps, Air Ztampressors, Computing Scales Floor Scales, Show Cases, Account Registers. Rebuilt Cash Registers, Safes, Store Fixtures. HAMILTON SALES CO. Columbia. 8. C. $10* Reward. *1? The reader* of this paper will he Pleased to learn that there Is at least mm dreaded disease that sclenoe has been able to cure In ell its ?* ? ??* that U ?a^yrbCOn?tt*ut??n*' condii)3ra fea&SST acta thru MS&if? ponsible for his own health and that of his family, but the health of his neighbor also. A man in the country who lives a mile or more from his nearest neighbor can do as he pleases with his property. His stable may not be cleaned out but once a year;his hog pen filthy and smelling to high heaven; his well with an unsafe top which allows the surface water to drain in; his closet open to flies and chickens and his child with cOntageous disease allowed to run at will. It does not occurr to him that he is the cause of the spread of disese not only to his neighbor in the country but too often to the citizens of his nearest town. He may have a case of typhoid fever in his home and through the sale of milk in town may spread cases of typhoid fever there. The farmer leads such an independent existence. He is lord of all he surveys, and this sort of thing has gone on so long, it is hard to convince him that he owes certain duties to his neighbors and friends and to soccty at large. We have all been so busy preaching good habits and good neaun to city lolks and making laws for them, we have failed to make the farmer realize his responsibility. Now we arc waking up to this fact and feel the need of some law enforcement in the country. Progressive farmrs in all our counties in South Carolina are behind the movement, "Better Health for Farm ' Homes and Communities." The Department of Rural Sanitation of the State Board of Health, by the j>er mission and aid of your local paper is going to get out an article each month on Better Health. The object of this department is to establish a full time County Health Department in every county in South Carolina and we stand ready to co-operate* with any county beginning this work. No county that does not protect the health and lives of its citizens is truly progressive. It iB just as important to know how much is lost to a county each year by preventable disease as it is to know how much is lost by the boll weevil or the cattle tick. CROWN HIM If you hear a calamity howler berating tk? ?i ?? ' ... < 5 umcB aiiu pouring nit pessimism all over the streets, call him by his right name and send him back to cover. One of the great ^troubles in connection with the business and trade situation of today is that it has been talked to death. People who are ji^st as well off as they ever were have heard the gloom dispenser until they have taken the notion that they, too, are en route to the poor house. We do not mean to suggest that everybody is as well oil today as a year ?go. That would be foolsh and silly, but those who have been hit by