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The Chesterheld Advertiser ' Puul II and Fred G. Heara Editors PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year; six months. 75 cents.?Invariably in advance. _ 1 Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Chesterfield, South Carolina. SOLDIER BONUS BILL. BOTH SIDES OF IT Senator Oscar Underwood, of Alabama, in opposing the soldier bonus bill made a stronjr appeal to senators to defeat the proposition, although Iio \vj:s speaking to deaf ears as ho recognized ;he fact that there was a strong sentiment in the Senate in favor of its passage. Hon. Andrew \V. Mellon, the Secretary of the Treasury, wrote a letter in which he gave some ery positive statements as t<> the condition of the Treasury, and reasons why the r "isure should not he adopted at this t'me. In this letter he said: "The iv." '. con. rvativ0 estimates show that the bill would cost from ale ut $ 1 ..">00.000.0011- -if ,he hull: of the payments were on account of adjusted s.?/ vice pay, 'he greater part i f which would fall in the near future t" ah< ut So.'dnO.OOO.OOO?if e-t veteran- elected to take adjuste ! service certificates, the payments on which would be distributed over a period of '20 years. " He also said: "The (Io\ eminent h;?s to face early maturities of public debt amounting to ah >ut seven and one-half billion of dollars, of which about five million- fall in the same fiscal year in which it is proposed to begin cash navm nts under the bill. The greater part of this maturing debt will have to be refunded, and if ?*i soldier's bonus must also bc. financed the cost of that refunding will be vastly Incrcas ed and the refunding operations , themselves seriously embarrassed. j*' Tht market for outstanding Government securities would be adversly affected and the patriotic holders of liberty bond. . instead of looking forward to improved market conditions, would have to face th,. threat of further dopres.-ion. I know of no one thing, for cample, that would so greatlv strengthen the market for lib' *y bonds as tlie assurance that C ngro-s ha I once and for all given up consideration of a soldier's bonus." Referring to the letter of the Secretary of th" Treasury, Senator Underwood said: "I did not export the letter from the Secretary of the Treasury. It is strong, forceful and to the point. As I said the other day. in m.v judgment if the party in power desires to serve the soldier, to serve thc. farmer, to setae the people of this country. the best letir.n it ran take is to endeavor to bring this country back to a stable condition of finance ami a stable contion of business. <o that ino t< iler in the field-ami in th. factory may have employment and reasonable Tcmuneration for his toil, and to attempt to palliate the present condition by payinir a man a temporary tonus does not relieve the situation and is not for the benefit of the country." Ir. pri-entinjr the views of these tw.. abb and 'hovoutrhly informed star nor,. The Advertiser does not iirr.or the fact that there is r> yreat deal of merit in the contention of those ho favor the bonus bill. We mu ' aii admit that the eountiy cannot do too much for the b ys who ri-. al their lives and who yav,. their lives in Supr me Sacrifice on he hattie fi'ldn of Franco. II. i- no oppo .lion from any source to iri*.e the wound-d and dise i c iioeral allowances of mot; . hut tho condition of the fi ; < - < f tin- country the opponents of . bill claim that over five bill:o- of dollars is too much to be ph dw ! to th soldier.- in this time of str-.-s and threatened financial clisa. ier. to thi- > mnection Senatoi Stanley, of Kentucky, took i - a th I'i < :d< : ilardrnjr for ha- injr addre ed the Senate in opposition to the lonu- bill. Senator Stanley referred to h< fact th:?t the b:il covers twenty year . that th.. money does 01 h ;*. o r raised in one year, but extend over a period of twenty years :>:i< 1 no payment i- to DC male until .lu!y lit J J. Referi iri?_r t > the appear.ance of tlx* Pre- in ( ontfress < pposmt; tin bonu- hill Mr. Stanley said: "Tlx- i- it most astounding thinfc-, a must uupr eend< nted performance It i- the province of tlx- ''resident to advise - in the bx:i ulimf of its d liber-it, u I: is 'nis province at any time t . c .11 to th'-u* rdtei.t'on needed legislation. It is his pro\inc" after that legislation is enacted tf veto it. Tin- vtis neither. This was an almost impudent impeachment of the intejrrily of the ir.1 Irrence of the Senate." I" - Mtoi S'anl' v al o |u- ?cd from th" or/nn ef tlx Scrviep irvn, ' Tl S-.' is and Stripes," an article severely criticizing IV dent Han'int; for his opposition t< the bonus hi I. Th:s extract will show the natur" of the comment of the paper: "I'lacm# nis administration in one of the nios' ridiculous tantflcs in modern American political history, the President of !h,. United States has * 4 at the eleventh hour, thrown his personal power, influence, and popularity against the soldiers' honus bill and forced the leaders of his party to reverse themselves flatly and deliberately almost overnijcht, break their promises and their near prom ?1 ' T ' ises, and altogether perform like i frightened schoolboys." > t So there you are?the readers of < The Advertiser have both 3ides of 1 the controversy as to the propriety of i passing the bonus bill. ANOTHER ANGLE ON THE TAX PROBLEM South Carolina needs and must have more money for its proper development. It is a hopeless task to persuade our people that they should submit to heavier taxation. That is the wrong angle by which to approach the trouble. The supreme difficulty of the situation here.is that 90 per cent, of all our governmental revenues come from our property tax;vis-| ible property. In no other State in the Union is there such an overwhelming proportion of the State's expenses borne by taxation on visible property ?mustly real estate. In many States not 10 per cent of the ta money comes from visible property and in no other State is the proportion approximately as large as it is in this State. Much over half of thj total assessed values of property in this Si.ate is on real estate and of the total of about $440,000,000 about $52,000, >00 is on cotton mills alone. The people want the most elective administration and are entitled to the best that our government can supply but they will not willingly submit to a higher tax rate on property. The j additional funds can and should be raised as is done in every other State by "painless extraction." New methods to us, old to others, would be .axes on inheritances, occupations, luxuries. Why, the federal government in a single year collected in South Carolina $800,000 from the tax that it now imposes on soft mm nan a minion ooilars from the pennies that were paid on ickets to the movies and theatres. Th tax of one cent on each gallon of gasoline used in motor cars traveling1 on the public highways would easily yield half a millon dollars and at the same time not involve an expenditure of over ten dollars on each owner of a pleasure automobile. But there are very many such sources and the crux of the whole tax situation is that visible property now paying 00 per cent, of the reve-, nues of the State should not be call-; d upon for further taxation, hut the ] new money should come from new sources. Many States?our next door neighbor, North Carolina, for instance?impose no State tax on real, estate. A small tax is imposed by the counties and yet the Tar Heel State is spending millions in its development. The thing far ous legislature to do You'll get with pi th, Frlnce Albert it bf told in toppy red bags, tidy red tins, SIT] handsome pound and half pound tin humidors and in the pound crystal glass humidor with tOI sponge moistener top. 0X( Copyright 1921 by R. J. Reynolds Ms Tobacco Co. Wiaaton-Saieoa, N C i o MiLKlb, THE PRINT M MAWN'S TrV NWWO V I WWVfYUW<Sr A. S^ORe^O* AS now we. sowr XAV.e B PAPE-g B>eeoz. wfAlW ^C? XY/! '^i.v?i.- .ta.ix??'. ..... gggff^pl s to develop these new sources as :hey should be, beginning with moderate rates, and leave utterly alone the one present source, the visible property. f p S. C. FARMERS MAKE TOUR |d THROUGH PEACH BELT a As a part of the successful peach * show and institute held recently at ^ c Hamlet, N. C., a large party of South ^ Carolina farmers who attended the j, show were conducted on an in^pcc- t tion tour throughout the orchard section between Hamlet and Pinehourst. s This tour was ai ranged by J N. Mc- J. Bride, development agent of the Sea- j c board Air Line, A. E. Schilletter, ex- S tension horticulturist of Clemsen Col-11 II T T> 1 n ' ? 1 iv^vr, 11. i. i iusser, anil l. r. Jionet " ; ( 01 the Hamlet Chamber of Com j merce. Mr. Prosrer acted as guide of < the party showing them thousands ofji acres of hearing trees. The South Carolinian* were particularly impressed with the twenty- , eight year old bearing orchard of Hacker and Richardson at Southern , Tines, also in the thousand acre block of bearing trees around Pinehurst. ( They saw between fifty and one hun- , dred car loads of beautifully colored and deliciously flavored Georgia Belles and Elbertas being loaded for market. The Rrowe?s are receiving between twelve hundred and fifteen hundred dollars per car for their fruit. Another interesting site was the small block of hale trees of J. I. Cox near Hamlet. Mr. Cox exhibited at the show peuches of this variety weighing fourteen ounces each. S 'me of the fancy fruit from this orchard is selling for two dollars per dozen peaches. The South Carolina party was made up of county demonstration agents and farmers from near Columbia, Camden, McBee, Chesterfield and Hartsville, where the soii and climate conditions are similar to those of the North Carolina points visited. A number of large orchards have been set through the sand hills between Cheraw and Columbia this jiast winter. The extension service of Clemson College and the development department of the Se^rboard Air Line are taking an act:ve inter- i est in the development of the lruit industry in the sand hills, now better know as the Carolina Fruit Hills, and from the interest manifested by the South Carolinians who went to Hamlet, it is the opinion of some of the large North Carelina orchwdists that in a few years their South Carolina brothers will catch up with then; in the matter of fruit growing. somewhere i a pipe and P. Start tresh all over again at i pe!?and forget every smoke ej at spilled the beans! For a imful with Prince Albert, wi lokejoy you ever registered! Put a pin in here! Prince J igue or parch your throat. Bi elusive patented process. So, ;a you may have stored away t pe! We tell you that you can? your life on every fire-up?if y packing! What P. A. hands you in a pip me-made cigarette! Gee?bul n rolling 'em with Prince Alt :ause P. A. is crimp cut and s >RINGE A the national joy ER'S DEVIL STOPPED I AMO W.tvVJM'S > <0 ALLOVsi A -CEU cev : 1YV V-AOVA9. So. Mi - ? - - -? PEACHES Hamlet, N. C., July 22.?Hamlet Si olds the singular distinction of t jyi unctioning at the first distinctive 'each Show held in the United States W uring the 20th and 21st of July. The ttendance was large and enthusiasic and represented seven states and orty-eight communities. Exhioits 8e ame from orchards of Hamlet, Mars on, Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Finelourst, West End and other points in Vl he Sand Hills of North Carolina. From the section about Hamlet even hundred and fifty car loads of caches are being shipped this seaion. Three hundred cars have been ^ old under one contract through the ?and Hills Fruit Growers Association ^ it $2.50 and $3.00 f. o. b., shipping ioint. Approximately one million ? lollars will be paid to the growers in ~ ttichmond, Mcore and Montgomery | :ounties in North Carolina this sum-j iier for peaches. One exhibit of J. H. Hale variety from I. T. Cox's orchard near Hamlet included a six inch twig carrying j three peaches weighing two pounds eight ounces. The largest of this exhibit weighed fourteen ounces. An exhibit of Eibertas from W. P. Cochrane orchard, West End, N. C.,' included some fourteen ounce specimens. Belle of Georgia exhibits were] excellent. Addresses were made by State: Horticulturist, C. D. Matthews, of j Raleigh; Marketing Expert, E. W. Stillwell, of the U. S. Bureau of Markets of Washington, D. C.; Assistant j Horticulturist, L. H. Nelson, of 1 Raleigh, N C.,; Prof. Gus Schilletter J of Clenison College, S. C.; H. T. Prosser, planter of Hamlet, N. C., and others * T. F. Moffet, Secretary of the Hamlet Chamber of Commerce arranged tours for visitors through vineyards and orchards in the section. The great success of the Institution was due to the fact that the Hamlet Chamber of Commerce had the coopration of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Departments of Agriculture of the two Carolinas and the S. A. L. Railway. VAUGHAN Mr. E. H. Baker of Cheraw spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. R. H Vaughan were the eruests of Mr and Min David i Vaughan Sunday. J j Prof. E. O. Green rendered some J fine music at David's Grove Sunday ^ and Sunday night. We are glad to . have Prof. Green with us. Come again. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Vaughan were visitors in our community Sunday. P? u the beginning! Get a cperience vou *vpr had * J ~ jimmy pipe, packed II trim any degree of it's a revelation! Ubert can't bite your 3th are cut out by our just pass up any old hat you can't smoke a and just have the time ou play Prince Albert e it will duplicate in a t you'll have a lot of >ert; and, it's a cinch itays put! LBERT tmokm M By Charles Sughroe ?om Mi up i> ir Ufa i NMWO'S V rr cour* vavs AN UC^rtKvrr Come to the services at Friendship inday night. The prayer services ill be called off. (j Messrs. Dock and Townley of ^ inston-Sulcm, N. C.t returned home j onday after spending several days 1 ire with relatives. j ^ Mr. Vance Moore of the Wexford ction spent Sunday ih our com- t unity. a Mr. Clayton Moore, of Wexford was f siting in this section Sunday. Several attended the Sunday i p chool Convention at Providence last j * aturday. All report a good one. ? The recent rains have about layed y for some of the farmers. j Mr. W. R. Huneycutt said those ot days is a good time to kill gross. ' a,.?J 0..1 i o 1? M uuuuay OVIIUU1 HCAt ouiiuuy Ul 1U j 1 'clock sharp. ' < THE REi Not what you get by chance or in! in life, but what you gain by hoiu successful. What are you doing to funds for future ne-di; by startinf THE FARMERS B M. L. RALEY. J. S. McGRE(5 President Vice-Pi DIREC 1 F. D. Seller, J. S. S T. H. Burch, I j 2he 9eepl OF CHES1 | Will Appreciate Your Busint | $200,0 Our customers and friends hel I need of accommodation or you | to see us. Guaranteed burgl I Let us show you this wonder, i ' R. B. LANEY, President CHAS. P. MANGUM, I Cashier ~ ?Z I iBank cf % The Oldest, Large Bank in Chest 4 P tr C?ni. p aiu uu j?viu|i D?p See I C. C. Dougla i R. E. Rivers, President. | M. J. Hoajb. Vice-President. LI The Best Family Ren Because it worl remedies hare ou Is Li I Chesterfield L I D. H. DOUGLASS, President E W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, HI r INSUB t W? Buy *?d Sell Real VsJVtXIE ENTPN EDVTDR VO40N GOW VOUO StDPS tVV UOVAC. OWLN OKIE HE YAUEE, SB "Gmrutf KAOEE papers tvu WHITE OAK CLUB MEETS Miss Mary C. Haynie met with th< ome8tic club at the home of Mrs. B !. Wadsworth MondayP .M. July 18 'here were a good many club mam iers present also a good many visi ors. There were five club member idded to the club. On account of un avorable weather, Miss Haynio didn' ret there in time to give a demonstra ion as she had planned, but she gav in interesting talk on making jelly. The club decided to meet the thir Vfonday in next month, August It it the home of Mrs. J. R. Suttor Let's everybody attend and make ou :lub a better one. VL TEST leritance, not what you start with ?sty is what will make you truly better conditions? Accumulate I a savings account HERE NOW. ANK,RUBY,S.C. 10R, MISS ALICE BURCH resident Assistant Cashier TORS mith, J. S. McGregor M. L. Raley, ea' IQank ERFIELD !M. Total Resources Over 00.00 ped us to do this. When in hare money to deposit, come ar proof and fire proof safe. \ cordial welcome awaits you G. K. LANEY, V.-President J. A. CAMPBELL, Assist. Cashier heMer field iSt and Strongest erf eld, S. G. Aiits. $1.00 Starts As I. m, Caikiar. D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier D. H. Douglass A*sist. Cashier ledy u when all other lied to work fe Insurance j tnuir" ' ' ioan 8 Ins. Go. C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A Mgr. GEO. W. EDDINS, Treasurer. 2ALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK tANCE Eitata?Mosay Leaned A llli 1 i \ - ^ t vfi&csl, *t\\' ffl \ h\kase\jf cut. mas jk i am> nbt i uii i.iiiiunnw iimiiww POLICE START DRIVE > AGAINST LIQUOR SHIPS In the seizure of tho auxiliary sword fishing sloop, Jennie T., of North Port, N. Y., the confiscation of liquor valued at more than vbO.OOO - and the arrests of 18 men in a specs tacular raid early last Saturday, fed. eral and city officials believe they I have solved?partially at least?the rpystery attached to the elusive e "pirate ship" which has been frighted at various times off the New Jersey t) coast near Montauk Point, and in Lond Island Sound. The authorities have not yet deterl* mined whether there.was any direct ir connection between the Jennie T., and the British Schooner Pocomoke, = they said. The Pocomoke, bound *1 from Nassau, Bahama Islands, with a shipment of liquor consigned to Canadian ports, put into Atlantic City recently, with .her cargo missing. It was explained at the time that the liquor had been jettisoned at sea. The Jennie T., docked at Lighthouse Point, an amusement resort at the eastern entrance of New Haven Harbor, early today, laden to capacity with a valuable cargo of liquor the marks on the cases and bottles indicating that it came fro mbermvda I and the West Indies. [ In the opinion of the federal prohiI bition cnforecement officials the Jen nie T., received her freight from m larger craft somewhere off the Long Island shore, pobably just outsidte II the three-mile limit. The Jennie T. I they point out is too small a vessel v to make a voyagle from either Ber= nuda or the Bahamas with as heavy * a freight cargo as the raiding party found on board Saturday morning. The eighteen men arrested included Joseph Miller, skipper of the Jennie T.t J. Harmar Bronson, well known local sportsman, who formerly was engaged in the liquor business; Pearl P. Sperry, Jr., another exiquor dealer, and at present the pro.jrielor of a garage; William Beoch| er, Sperry's brother-in-law and David Ghcrlone, president of the French Italian Importing Company, \*ew Haven, Bronson, Sperry, Beechj er and Bherlone denied emphatically that they were connected In any way with the alleged smuggling opera? tions. They said they were merely watching the proceedings. Three motor trucks on which the contraband was being loaded are said to belong to Sperry. ^ All the arrested men were released = during the day on bonds of $3,000 Tj each for a hearing on Monday. II About 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning New Haven police headquarters were notified by some unknown telephone informant that a boat of liquor was being put ashore at Lighthouse Point. Several automobile loads of >fficers, armed with riot guns, wepe rushed to the spot. As they aprouch* ed the point they could nee cases of contraband piled on the pier, while ? crowd of men were removing the Jennie Ts., cargo. With guns drawn the officers charged the party, which surrnri'la? --* ?- ? ?' - i ?viiuv??u vriviiuui a siruKKit*. "IN UNION THEIR IS STRENGTH"?AND PROFIT Clemson College, July (?.-?Two thousand barrels of Irish potatoes sold at $5.00 barrel while the general market on potatoes was $2.bQ barrel was the result of organization * and co-operation among Florence ~l County farmers during the season just ended. This line result was jrflught through the instrumentality of the Florence Chamber of Commerce and County Agent J. I . McLenJon, and as a consequence the farmers working through the organization made a profit of $600 above the marI ket. [ To start at the beginning of this story, a contract was made, before the time for marketing, with 4 buyer who was attracted to the Florence potato market again this year be* cause of the satisfactory way in which potatoes wero handled on that market in 1920. Then th0 leaders in the Florence potato organi7.ation put on a campaign for proper digging, gradinir. Daekinc nnH ?hinnin? _ wr 0 ?w* vMC crop. Instructions were given by letter to all member growers and assistance was given wherj needed. Potatoes were required to be machine graded, and growers who did not have enough potatos to warrant . buying graders individually were aided in securing graders jointly. Strict grading was required for the market was falling, and on a falling market grading is doubly important. Farmers who did not work through the organization rceived $2.00 per barrel for their potatoes, thus paying a big penalty for their failure to realize in time the value of organised effort. - l. _ _ SB hey Wouldn't Be Missed t\TC> WHO CO>4Q\0?a& A. UOKAE nDVsIM BOOSTER ( Qorrs H\B HOkAE PAPER II k IMA NRARBN ?VTV M (Stikii/jtc XSZSt* ^||