The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, July 28, 1921, Image 2
The Chesterheld Advertiser '
Puul II and Fred G. Heara
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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iv^vr, 11. i. i iusser, anil l. r. Jionet "
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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
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: 1YV V-AOVA9.
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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?
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the beginning! Get a
cperience vou *vpr had
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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!
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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. '
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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,
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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
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i R. E. Rivers, President.
| M. J. Hoajb. Vice-President.
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I D. H. DOUGLASS, President
E W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres.
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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
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mith, J. S. McGregor
M. L. Raley,
ea' IQank
ERFIELD
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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
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D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier
D. H. Douglass A*sist. Cashier
ledy
u when all other
lied to work
fe Insurance
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ioan 8 Ins. Go.
C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A Mgr.
GEO. W. EDDINS, Treasurer.
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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?
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"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.
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