The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, August 04, 1921, Image 2
The ChesterheW Advertiser "
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Paul H. and Pred G. Hearn ?
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BOND ELECTION NO. 2 P
BorjjL-^^ction No. 2 for Chester- c
^^fftdfor waterworks and sewerage is ^
near at hand. The situation has not
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changed since April 5th when Ches- ,
terfield voted 96 to 42 in favor of t
this all important civic improvement.
No new arguments have been nd- >
vanced against it and there is nothing
new to say for it, but since the opposition
to the issue presented its case
before the people in so effective and j
forceful manner, it may be well to
review the question from the other
angle.
Whether or not running water in
the home is regarded as a necessity
or a luxury depends altogether upon 1
the point of view of the individual '
and no amount of arguing will change "
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that opinion. Many people regard a
daily bath the year round as a ne- ^
cessity?and in the summer time! :
And anyone who has ever tried to ?
bathe in a thimble-full of water '
does not need to be told that it is
impossible. Cleanliness to some people
is not only next to Godliness, but t
comes long, long before that attri- i
bute can be approached. To many ;
people, then, a bathtub is not a lux- v
ury, but a necessity. Water is also a
necesasry in the kitchen to those who 1
have a fair regard for those who labor *
there.
It is necessary if this town is to t
remain on the map! c
During the past five years this t
town has lost $500,000.00 in fires? <
gone up in smoke. No business man i
is silly enough to say the insurance t
companies lost that or any part of it.
The day the insurance people decide
Chesterfield is a losing proposition,
that day will insurance become impossible
here. Who is losing this
half-million dollars, at the rate of one
hundred thousand a year? It is the
insurance-carrying people of Chesterfield?tax
payers?who are making
good on their premiums, now outrageously
high, this awful property
destruction.During all this time only
one fire had progressed so far before
discovery as to have been beyond immediate
control of a fire bo?e
Chesterfield is a good town, but the
best town on the face of the earth
can not .long survive such wanton
waste. We have the same exaggera- ,
tion as to the probable tax levy that
we had before.
When it comes to estimating the
levy and its practical application
there is no one better able to arrive
at a correct conclusion than our competent
treasurer, Mr. J. A. Welsh.
Here is what he had to say about il
last March:
"We have $288,000 worth of property
on the tax books and a 10 mill
levy will raise $5,472. The interest on
the bonds will be $4,500 and a sinking
fund of $895 a year will retire
the bonds. Therefore, we will have
to raise $5,395 each year for 30 years
in order to retire the bonds. We pay
each year in insurance abouc $30,000
and it has been estimated that
we would save 15 per cent, on this
amount which would be $1,500. So
you can see after all our expense
each year would only be $895 and T
know we can afford this."
It will be remembered that Mr.
Welsh's insurance figures were very
conservative. Mr. George Eddins, of
the Chesterfield Loan &. Insurance
Co., says. The insurance property in
Chesterfield is nearly $3,000,000,
but to be conservative he places the
figures at $2,000,000. The rate is
illifivo 9. ni>)' Knf ? ?
2 per cent., this making th^ insurance
bill of the town above $40,000.00.
Thus from Mr. Eddins we learn that
the reduction in insurace instead of
$4,000.00, as Mr. Welsh figures will j
be more than $(>,000 00.
So if we take Mr. Welsh's tax estimate?in
which matter ha is an expert?
and Mr. Eddins insurance figures?in
which matter he is an expert?the
tax for the system cannot
hurt the town very badly.
And if fire is allowed to continue
to run rampant and unchecked how j
long will we continue to have any '
town at all?
Waterworks seem like a luxury
to some of us, but we believe that,
a large majority of the people of
Chesterfield will still see it in the
light as an al>?olute necessity?necessary
to health and comfort and necessary
for the continuance and development
of Chesterfield.
A great deal of the present hard
times exists in the minds of those who
are howling.
Our banks have five times the deposits
thev had in pre-war days.
When voting for waterworks and
sewerage is likened to buying a fine
car, it should he remembered that the
tax alone on a $2,000.00 car is greater
than wi.l be the town tax to the
tve.tgc citizen. Then there is the
initial cost and the up-keep of the
car. Really, we fail to see the comparison.
With a few exceptions our businesa
houses sre solvent and will con- '
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nue in business indefinitely. A ma>rity
of eur ^farmers are in good
xape and are independent. Some owe
toney; a few owe more than they
an pay, but thia has been so in the
istory of the world from the begining
and will ever be so.
This country is sound at the core;
lis town is all right. The country is
ot going to the dogs neither are we
II going broke. To compare present
onditions with the abnormaly proserous
times of 1919 and early 1920
i not a fair comparison. But if one
rill compare conditions now with
re-war days it is obvious4(hat the
ountry is far more progressive now
han then.
The best business men in thouands
of towns all over this country
ire advocating bond issues for im>rovements?and
these bond issues
lave been voted everv week in the
rear right here in South Carolina by
'arious towns. Bennet.tsville, already
>onded has voted two seperate bond
ssues this year.
Now, when money is not as plentiful
as a year ago is the time to bring
n new money from the north and
urn it loose in the channels of trade
lere. I.aicf, when business gets llush
lere We can pay back. Lake City, Lau ens,
Springfield, Williston and Pick:ns
and numerous towns in this state
lave voted bond issues this year.
Vnd their condition is the same as
>urs and in some cases worse for
ome of these towns had the boll wee il
last year. Why is it that the peo>le
of the towns are in favor of bond
ssues at this time? Because good
tusiness tells them now is the time to
nake public improvements; to get
nore money in circulation.
An automobile costs several times
vhat water works will cost the avrrage
individual, and yet the average
ndividual is able and has a car. And
hey will continue to have them. Men
vho are competent estimate that
ibout fifteen dollars per yea.* will be
he cost of water works to the av;rage
person.
Is not this cost slight compared to
he benefits to be derived? The remely
for those whose taxes will be more
han they think they can stand is to
sell some of their property. There is
10 law compelling any man to own
-he whole earth.
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
IN NEVADA tb
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The state of Nevada has decided to jgj
execute its criminals with gas. It is
Raid the condemned will be put in a ^
small cell especially prepared. Deadly ^
gas will be introduced and he will die. .
Until recently Nevada allowed its *
condemned criminals to choose their
own method of execution. It was per- ^
haps in Nevada that when an Irishman
was told to select the tree he ^
prferred to be hanged on, he picked
out a small sapling. When told that ^
was not big enough he said he could ^
wait until it grew. ^
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REPUBLICAN TARIFF tr
ini^un t tarustu ca
In a brilliant speech in Congress? ar
Hon. Bourke Cockran, of New York,
paid a very fine tribute to the South, *
which coming from a Northern states- e
man, of the highest type, is presented ?
to the readers of The Advertiser, with
much pleasure. Mr. Cochran was dis- 8
cussing the tariff bill and showing its
iniquities and injustice. c0
Referring to the South arvd its Ai
wonderful recovery from the ruin
and desolation of the Civil War, Mr.
Cockran, said: er
"If there is any one thing amaz- sa
ing in the history of America ?that is dii
absolutely without parallel in hu- P'man
experience?it is the way in he
which the South, a slaveholding coun- ca
try for many generations, rose tc he
prosperity when a system of free la- ar
bor was forced upon it by defeat in c''
battle. So far as I know there never ro
before has been a nation whose in- th
dustrial system was based on scrvi- do
tude that ever recovered from the in
shock of changing to industrial'free - ?r
dom. Slavery was always more fatal or
to the slave owner than to the slave.
But here men of the South were able
to realize that abolition of slavery sQ
might not, after all, be the fatal injury
that they feared, but might possibly
prove to be a source of prosperity
greater than they had ever jQ
known. They took up bravely the burdens
of conducting industry on a (
I wage-paying basis, and they have (
been blessed by God Almighty, the
God of liberty, of freedom, and of pa
progress, with a prosperity which ha
considering the conditions from which wi
they emerged at the close of the Civil m;
War, is without parallel in the whole r?
experience of the human family." fi:
wliv C!A MT
quality cigar
Because we put the utmost
one brand. Camels are as
sible for skill, money and lifqlo
fine tobaccos to make a cigarette.
Nothing is too good for Camel
in mind! Everything is done to
t>est cigarette it's possible to buy.
simply for show.
Take the Camel package for it
most perfect packing science ca
:ect cigarettes and keep thorn fro:
?secure foil wrapping?revenu
:he fold and make the package
:here's nothing flashy about it.
?xtra wrappers. No frills or fur'
Such things do not improve the
han premiums or coupons. And
uuoi ytxy IUCU CAU<1 tusi ur get
If you want the smoothest, mi
:igar^tte you can imagine?and <
rom cigaretty aftertaste,
It's Camels for you.
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OLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Wi*jto?-Si
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ViwA-r / fy\ which \s so
OHOERSTAHD 1
?r\^ Ixo e^pukiM vt
rdSMfc f
tn 4emomtrmhh? Injustice and
tjlufltiij K Ugh protective tariff
(Uation a* MWhg the farmei,
u Cdchran mu
"Today the" loudest complaint
ard in this cokhtry is of a stagna n
of product^ at the door of the
rmer. We arf told that it ia.lp^
ssible to dispiotoe of them in any*
ing like a favorable market. And it
true. It is equflMy true that without
foreign market there can be no
vorable market. There is but one
ly by which a foreign market canJte
itained and tfcat is by iexehauglqg;
ere farm products for goods -that
reign countries produce. In any
ndition of society that would be
ue. It is peculiarly true now beuse
the argument based on fear of
i overwhelming tide of foreign
>ods is no longer plausible. The gqn;man
from Michigan unconsciously
is shown that we need have no fear
excessive imports. It is lack of im>rts
that we'have to fear in these
lys.
"It is because there are no imports
ming in here to draw products of
merican farms and factories into
e market that we find men walking
e streets in daily increasing numbs
in every great city. And at the
me time we find perplexities and
fficulties in nvricnltnrnl lifo miSi
ying and growing deeper every
>ur. And this measure, which in any
se would be a measure of savagery,
comes a measure peculiarly lavage
id barbarous when it not only exudes
the suffering peoples of B?pe
from any chance to improve
eir own condition but also shuts the
or to any prospect of improvement
the faces of our awn manufaciurs,
miners, agriculturists, and labors."
The Georgia legislature in seeking
me way to reduce the financial sitttion
in that state are placing a tax
% upon all bachelors.
The only loophole left for bakers,
they are required to be sane,
1 married and SO.
If you have any tears to shed, *?reire
to shed them now and if you
ive any letters to write prepare te
rite them now. The Republican adinistration
is said to have decided ts
tore thc war rate* of postage or
si class letters three cents.
LLS are 1
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quality into this
good as it's posng
knowledge of
s. And bear this
make Camels the
Nothing is done
istance. It's the
n devise to prosh.
Heavy paper
e stamp to seal
i air-tight . But
You'll find no
belows.
smoke any more
remember?you
lowered quality.
ellowest, mildest
;>ne entirely free
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money foe EXPORTifta ccrrroN i
The War Finance Corporation has '
agreed to make an advance of $1,- '
2^0,000 to the Federal International
Banking company of Jiew Orleans,
for the purpose of assisting in the
.(financing -of - -about 25^00 bales of
cotton for Sfiport.
This ibusinpss. is the'result of ft*
exchafigr otf Jtetegnups published a *
few days ago, according to the fin* ?
nouncement, which added that if the 1
demand for accommodation develops v
With the maturing of the new crop,!
the financing done through this, bank-1
ing corporation may be extended on
an oven larger swale. The Federal In- .4
tecnatiooal JBanking Company was 1
organized under .the Fdge Act with.4
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THE RK;
: , | Nat arhajt you get by chance or infa
. | in life, hut achat fflfi gain by-.hene
successful. What are you doing to
1 funds for futunp ne ds by starting
' THE FARMERS B
M. L. RALEY. J. S. McGREG
President Vice?Pr
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F. D. Seller, J. S. Si
T. H. Burch,
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WiU AfipNcUte Your BosUm
$200,0
Owk giUomti im! friend Kel
ted of ateoonodatimi or 700
to see ?. Guaranteed barf I
I Let us show you tbis wonder, i
&. B. LANEVj Fmident
CHAS. P. MAKGUM,
Cashier
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S&ank cf %
The Oldest, Large
Bank in Chert
4 Pw C*at. PaU on Saving* Dap
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A. E. fitan, PtmUmL
M. J. Mougk. VUo-ProoUont.
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D. H. DOUGLASS, Prssfctent
W. J. DOUGLASS, Vict. Pres.
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AN UNJUST JUl>|k.
A Judge of an Indiana "jmurt has
lecidod that if a man's life needs
o ba 'chastised it Is no Infraction of
be %asr Jar the husbawd to Administer
Msaaable punishnsont. If fthat judge
ras not met at the do<)r %dth a xnilng
pin in the hands of ail infuriated
rife it is because he is a bachelor and
ias no wife. ?.
The Cannsns are said.to have of*
pated the Allies an installment of
(60,000*000 upon thA indemnity
mota in August!
kL TEST
i#ritance, not what.you start-with
sty is what .will make you truly
better, conditions I Accumulate
r a savings nccotint HERE NOW.
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OR, MISS ALICE BURCH ?
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nith, J. S. McGregor
M. L. Raley,
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i cordial welcome awaits yoa
G. K. LANf Y; V-President
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D. H. DsafUs* A'sist. Cashier
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THE COOMfUTtvl CONTRACT .
The crop Contract pfovided by the
Organisation CoinmltM of the South J
Carolina Cotton Grmri' Co-opera- *
tive Association has {been analysed
and sum mart red by tj. W. Wntkins,
assistant director of :the Extension
Service for the convenience of those ^
who want a quick review of the very
comprehensive contract.
Summary of Cotifs Contract
(1) The association is strictly co-operative.
(2) Only cotton farmers
uaaa-Juin, and the association belongs
to thuem. (S) There is no stock and
there are no profit*. Proceeds are '
paid to the farmers after deducting
all expenses of the,association. (4)
All-farmers are treated exactly alike, ^
no partiality, all sign the sam? con- t
tract. (5) Good grades bring a good
price?poor grades hot so good. (6)
The association is not trying to fix
the price?but to get it for the farmer.
(7) The farmer agrees to deliver
for five years all of the cotton he
grows, but he may from time to time
grow more, less, or.none, as he himself
ohooses.' ~~(8) The contract is
binding?there is no-way to dodge It
when once effective?do not. forget
that; but it does not become effective
until the growers of 400,000 bales
of cotton sign up. (9) The aasociatien
will pool all cotton and sell from
time to time in large lota. Each grower
will get his share of the proceods
for the year regardless of the prices
his particular cotton may bring. The
plan includes many of the principles
upon which the industrial development
of the country has flourished,
and evorv Drmcinla haa been triad -vnt
and proven sound in American agriculture
as well.
Organization
(1) The association expects to include
as many of the cotton farmers
in South Carolina as possible. (2)
The state will be divided into ten districts.
(3) The board of directors will
consist of one director from each district,
each director selected by the
growers in his district, and one ap- i
pointed by the governor to represent
the general public?eleven directors
in all?who control the association.
(4) Each farmer has one vote?no
more; this is according to the best
experience in such associations. The
association when organized may affiliate
with similar associations in other
cotton states for mutual help.
Handling the Crop
The association will provido facilities
for warehousing and handling
the cotton of members. These arrangements
will be made by the directors
and may consist either of ,
trading with warehouses already built
to handle cotton, or of organising
companies to build warehouses under
certain conditions. With the large
number of warehouses now in the
state warehouse system, it is probable
that the association will not find it
necessary to build new warehoused.
FODDER PULLING NOT
PRACTICED BY BEST FARMBRS
The old practice of pulling fodder
is not followed by the best farmers
any more. Tbey have come to roalise
that fodder is the most expensive
form of forage which they can raise
on the farm and have begun to arise
cow peas, soy beans. ior<rhum biu<
other things for forage and to leave
1 their corn alone until mature. They
;have stopped this practice because
they have found it to b6, not only
hot, dirty piece of work, but also
that it reduces the yield of corn so
.greatly that they can not afford to
do it.
Several different experiment ata- W|
tions have carefully tested tb? mat- ^
ter and have found that pulling the
fodder reduees the yield of ear corn
by 10 to 12 per cent., says -Prof. C.
P. Blackwell, agronomist. This loss
amounts to 3 bushels per acse on the
average. Frequently the loss to jm ear
corn is worth as much as the fodder
saved and the farmer has had his
work for nothing.
The leaf is the factory of the corn
plant where the raw materials which
axa taken from the sail and the air
are united -by the energy of the sun
to form starch, oil, proteins, and
fqts for the growth of the entire
plant and especially for storage in
the ear. As the leaf dries out,
these foods are tranaferrod, in a
large measure, from the leaf to the
ear. If the leaf is pulled before it
is thoroughly dry, this transfer can
not take place and the result is a
less, to the ear. It is because of this
los sthat the more progressive'firm
en no longer depend on fodder as
a forage for livestock, but use instead
cow peas, soy bean, velvet
beans, sorghum, or some other source
Most of these are not only much
cheaper forage but also better.
Let us hope that it will not be long
until "fodder pulling" will be a relic
of the past.-?Ciemson College.
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