TAX FREE
States Should Maintaii
Such Securities ai
Last Vestige o
^ (Manufacturers Record).
Two recent significant items -in I
.the news are to be read together,
One is the announcement from |
Washington that the administra- j
tion will make a concerted drive inj
favor of the proposed; constitution-j
al amendment to do away with
tax-free securities.; The other is a
statement from Raleigh to the effect
that Governor Morrison will ask the
legislature of North Carolina to au
* thorize the construction and opera-r
tion by the state of steamships to
ply between state ports and Balti
more, Phildelphia and New York,
**with the idea of decreasing what
are termed excessive freight rates.
North Carolina, almost ? entirely
free of alien-born population, is
? one of the most prosperous, pro
gressive and energetic states in -the
union. The folks down there have
a habit of doing things, big things,
* and doing them in a big way. They
have now, to illustrate, a tremen-.
dpus -rpad-building program under
way. They also have a governor
* who thinks. Not long ago, in a very
compelling way, he brought out the
thought that it will be a great day
for the commonwealths compris
ing the union when they, begin to
look to themselves for help and
cease turning appealing ; eyes to
Washington. .^He seemed to think
? that, tax money collected in* North
Carolina for NorthCarolina could
be used by: the government of North i
Carolina with far more advan-]
^tage to; the citizens of the state
^th?V^o?H tax money-first passed!
through the federal mill and drip- \
ped back, little by little, into. North I
Carolina. The way to keep, fed- j
eral taxes down was to stop ask-J
ihg Washington to do all /sorts of I
things which the states -could do I
better themselves; . and if the de
?.manda from Washington were not
so excessive, perhaps there would
be something left for the state to
collect on its own account, with
?out undue burdening of citizens.
We do not think that ventures of
any government into business .pay.
It is doubtful if North Carolina,
would be more successful in oper
ating ships than the United States
has been. We use ? the suggestion
?merely to emphasize the "point that
the individual states will be wise
to keep a tight hold of what mon
ey-raising privileges they have, for
-?none knows what; day - they may
fce most urgently required. In
deed, ft is not too much to say that
States are already learning that
?ie "way to get something done is
to do. it one's self, independently.
A congressman may be progres
'sively ..blind, whereas , an individ
ual state at the same time may be
^officered by far-visioned statesmen,!
able to look the future straight in
"the free and ^prepare for it. Shall
their hands be tied forever by the
erroneouseonception that Washing-;
ton and Washington only should do
things? -
But if the states are to come back
intovtheir own and resume that
active management of their own af
fairs which characterized their con
* duct in the early days, if they are
to - fight excessive federalization
?nef centralization by striking dem
onstration of their peculiar abil
ity to attend to their own busi
ness better than it can be attend
, ed to by anybody eise, how are they
going to get anywhere unless They
have high class credit facilities?
And how high class will their ered
^it be, comparatively speaking, if
*they are deprived of the one priv
ilege the fathers were, so insistent
they retain, that is the power to
Issue their own credit instruments
without their being subject to with
ering or any other kind ol taxa
tion by the federal government.
Thi* power of independent financ
ing, the very '-?eart and soul of
state -sovereignty, is the only great
j>ower left to the individual states.
When they give that up. if they do,
it will be folly thereafter to talk
about staying \he encroachment
of federal authority. Centralization
v.-Ill have been completely achiev
ed in everything but. name. I
There seems to be an obvious
ease against iax-free securities.
The people have been told that they
'are the refuge of the rich, that
they enable the rich to escape their
share of the burden of government,1
and one might almost suppose that:
''the ?constitution, generations agoj
was worded with such an object!
in view, although, as a matter of j
fact, only recently have income;
raxes been constitutional. So pop-j
ular leaders cry "away with tax
free security and stop the rich
from plundering- us!" Is it not.;
*worth while to think a bit and ajsk :
who, in truth, were the- first and ;
are now the chief proponents of
the abolition of tax-free securi-??;
*ties? Why. trie bankers and brok- j
ers in the financial districts. They]
say they cannot to advantage float
The bonds they want to sell when
in competition with tax-free se
curities. Note that these very
rich men, whom it is assumed the
non-exemption of state securities
^from taxation would particularly
hit and hit hard, are the very gen-;
tlemen. who are most anxious to
get tax-free securities out ot ex
istence. Why? It is simple
"enough. Funds that go into state
and municipal loans leave no high
toll behind for financiers. TaxS
free securities happen to prevent
if the truth must be told a vast
amount of conscienceless profit
eering. When a great and repu
table banking house can gouge out
of s&y the Belgian government
something more than double the
"legal rate for a well-protected loan,
it is more or less natural for that
and other bankers to object when
they American money going
?into-domestic loans at small rates.
They would rather have that mon
SECURITIES i
i Their Right to Issue
id Save About the
f State Rights
ey to handle for borrowers who are;
in urgent circumstances and who j
can be made to "pay through the j
nose." ? j
There is an enormous amount of j
?financing to be done in Europe byj
American bankers, so the auguries I
read and the prophet says. Before j
that great adventure gets into full j
swing it will be a good thing, think j
the international bankers if com- j
petition from American states and j
municipalities is got out of the way.
i It is argued that sums loaned to j
states and municipalities is taken j
from the productive enterprises, j
The truth is. that public money is
'the quickest spent. The turn-over
is very rapid. Of the billions
that have gone into tax-free loans.
It is safe to say that two-thirds
-^-more ' than that?have already j
found their way back into the]
general capital asset of the nation,
to be used all over again. More
over, virually .all of these tax-free
bonds have, one transcendent mer
it?they provide for their own
amortization * within a compara
tively -short time. This is quite in
contrast to much of the general
financing of the day where earning
power is capitaHzed rather than i%t- \
vestment, and the public's money;
taken without any idea of its ever
being actually returned. What
would transportation rates be now,
for instance; if all railroad bonds
had been compelled by .law to car
ry an amortization feature? But
financing has . * been through re
financing rather ? than by payment.
We know of no money being in
vested today;, ranywhere, that is
more certain to yield byr dividends
than the proceeds from tax-free
bond issues for the construction of j
permanent highways, 'drainage,
waterworks, sewerage systems, etc.
It is-charged that the privilege;
of,issuing tax-free securities con-;
stitutes a temptation to small po- \
litical units, all over the country to
run- Into excesses and squander
funds on unwise undertakings. We
wonder if anywhere in the world
there can be ;found more conser
vative voters on a proposition in
volving taxes than in the ordinary
American community. The. farmers
are so. hard pressed that they ex
amine with the. minutest care any
proposal for spending money. So
do the smaller cities. Jn addition,
there is a limit under the law, in
most cases, as to loans which a.
municipality can make, just as
there-is a limit .to the character of
undertakings in which a state may
indulge. We take ^t as a truism
that the spending of.money raised
by local bond~lssues is _ more care
fully guarded-^?beyond , comparison
so?than is the expenditure of fed
eral funds.,
If any farmer imagines that his
own taxes would be decreased by
denying hereafter to his own- local
securities the tax-free privilege,,he
is; sadly befuddled. He will be
taxed to pay the inevitably higher
interest on local loans and this ex
tra taxation will more than bal
ance any gain he might, supposit
iousiy, make in federal taxes.
Indeed,; we find nowhere any
discussi?n as to benefits to accrue^
to:the states from the passage of a
constitutional amendment. giving
Washington the right to tax state
issues. It will help the federal
governments the cry. Aye. rob
bing Peter to pay Paul! The ag
grandizement of the national treas-'
ury at the cost of the state ex
chequers! .....
Many states voted for the income;
tax amendment to the constitution'
because they thought it would
compel rieh communities to bear
parts of their burden. The propos
ed amendment we are writing
about now couid" not conceivably
have that effect. It would make
the poor states poorer, even if it did
not. make the rich states richer.
There is nothing more dangerous
in modern government than the j
tendency toward centralization and j
the destruction of local self-govern
ment. The - temptation is insidious.
Men ride into office on a platform
of protest against this tendency,
and before they have been in Wash
ington a year bureaucracy has
made centralists of them. Any
thing that is likely to further cen
tralization is deplorable. The Ro
mans were the greatest governors
of wide territory even*known, and
their cardinal principle was a max
imum of local svlf-government.
Some of the most astute political
students alive believe in their
hearts, with all the sincerity of
their souls, that complete central
ization would mean ultimately and
inevitably another civil war, in the
United States. That may be an ex
treme view, but history would sup
port it.
Quitj? aside, therefore, from any
question ot* financing or any issue
of taxation, we believe it to be the
solemn duty the states to line
up formidably against this latest
effort to break through their great
est privilege and defense. They
ought to retain at all tost a meas
ure of financial independence, such
as the founders of the nation de
creed they should have, and they
should never put it in the power of
Washington to tax out of existence
their independent credit rights.
"The power to tax is the power to
destroy," was one of the slogans
of the revolution, a fact establish
ed in the blood of the patriots, uni
versally admitted in the United
States and never challenged since
independence wjjs achieved. The
power to tax the income of st;ite
securities would, therefore, be the
power to destroy state, credit. We
doubt if thaf is a position which
any state in the Union wishes to
occupy.
Many a dull man acts smart.
FOREIGN TRADE
SUFFERS LOSS
America's Business is Hit
Hard by Depression
Washington, Xov. 5.?American
foreign trade for the fiscal year
which ended June 30, suffered in
common with the general world
depression, according to an analy
sis issued tonight by the com
merce department. The department
however found the great decline in
value from the previous year to be
due. in a large degree to a fall in
prices rather than in quantities. *
The country's total foreign trade
for the fiscal year 1922 was $6,
379,000,000, of which $2,608,000.
000 was in imports and $3^771-,
000,000 exports compared with
$10,170,000,000 the previous year
divided between $3.604.000.000 of
imports and $6,53 6,000,uOO of the
exports. The nation's favorable
trade balance for 1922 was only
slightly over $1.000,000,000 as
against nearly $3,000,600,000 the
previous year.w
Decreasing exports of raw cot
ton were attributed by the depart
ment to various causes, chiefly
short production but partially to
the steady increase in cotton man
! ufactures in this country. Exports
of agricultural produce, the de
partment estimated, comprised 15
per cent of the entire crop value'
! on the farm, while exports of man
! ufactured goods were less than 4
j per cent of the country's produc
: tion.
! "This last fact," the department
j declared, "has much to do with
our ability to shake loose from
European economic currents in the
manufacturing industries, and with
the strengthening of employment
in our home industries, we will, no
doubt, increase home consumption
in agricultural products."
WINTHROP
DAUGHTERS
??r-r?jr
The following report was sub
mitted at the District Conference
of the Federation of Women's
clubs held at Manning, Tuesday,
November 7 by Mrs. Harry Parker,
I secretary of the Sumter County
Chapter Winthrop Daughters:
The.Sumter County Chapter Win
throp Daughters, with a member
ship, of approximately 150, is one
of the wide-awake members of the
federation. For a number'of years
we have maintained a scholarship
at Winthrop. This year saw two
important changes made regarding
it. First, we raised the valtfe
from ?100 to $1*5. We did this
because we knew that, while $100
was a help, the girls who held
scholarships of that value were
often forced to borrow money else
where to cover additional expenses.
Also we. established our scholarship
ion a-loan basis. After a few years
jit will be self-supporting, and we
l will thus be enabled to broaden the
'scope of our activities. We are
much indebted to Miss Mabel
Montgomery to whom we wrote for
assistance in working out the de
tails governing the scholarship
lean fund, and who gave us the
benefit of her experience of that
phase, of the federation's activities.
We desire to extend to her our sin
cere-thanks.
In addition to raising $175 for
our scholarship, we were
I called on to assist another girl.
J"She holds a four-year state schol
arship at Winthrop, and unless she
could somewhere raise money for
her uniforms and traveling ex
penses would have to forfeit her
scholarship. Our chapter imme
diately pledged themselves to raise
$50 for her which we did, and then
enabled her to be in her place when
college opened. With $225 to
raise, most of which has been paid
already, and all of which is in sight,
we. have had to devote quite a lot
of time, and energy to schemes for
making money. It is a time-hon
ored custom of the Winthrop
Daughters to sell ice cream during
Chautauqua week. We have a
booth on a vacant lot near, the tent
and every year make a substan
tial amount in this way. This year
we hit upon the happy scheme of
having once a month, and always
ion Friday afternoons, a story hour
for children. We charge ten cents
ad mission and always arrange a
really delightful program. We
have stories, recitations and jit
tie plays in which some of the
children take ]>art. These enter
tainments are beneficial not only
to the chapter, but to the, children
as well, and are eagerly looked for
ward to by all.
The social activities of our chap
ter are limited to a few large gath
erings scattered through the year.
On account of the membership be
ing numerous and scattered as
well, wo do not attempt monthly
social meetings. In January of
I this year we had our first ban
j.quet, which proved a . great suc
! cess, and renewed our enthusiasm
in a very wonderful way. in June
we gave a reception in honor of the
! Sumter couty Winthrop graduates
j of this year, and it. too. was a de
llightful affair. In August we en
tertained with a shower for our
scholarship girl, which was :i great
help to'her, and one of our very
I happiest gatherings. la October
'we gave an informal reception for
the Winthrop g'rls teaching in our
town and county, and it. too. was
thoroughly enjoyable. Due to the
able feaderhip of our president,
Mrs. Frank McLeod. and the loyal
co-operation of our memberhip, we
count the year now drawing to a
close one of the most successful in
the life of our chapter.
((Signed) .Mrs. Harry Parker.
Secret ;i rv.
Ohio woman was fined ?.">?? for
pulling a neighbor's hair, but it
may have been worth more.
Mexico has at last goten an army
together. Tile army of boll weevils
they sent over her?- seems also weil
organized.
j CalleTraliforn]
\ ? .V What's in a name? Sylvia Sonk
i in for music and now she's called <
j of ccrne?.playing .but, because, of Jk
I ' -..... ~ ?? . - - .
! KILL XEXT YEAR'S WEEVILS
JfOW.
Destroy Cotton Stalks Thoroughly
And Clean the F2ekls Well.
j Clemson College, Nov. 4.?Clean
| ing of the fields, the destruction/of
i the stalks, and the planting of cover
! crops constitute the most powerful
I weapons for weevil fighting now in
j the hands of the farmer, says Prof,
j A. F. Conradi, Entomologist, t who
j says that by efficient fall farm man
agement the farmer can dictate to
j a. great extent how many weevils
j shall pass the winter on the farm.
; j Though much warning has al
j ready been given by the entom*?lr
j ogists, and though county agents
j are preaching stalk destruction
I right and left, many farmers are
j apparently not convicned of the
\ need for immediate staik destruc
j tion, says Prof. Conradi, and do not
realize that this is pracically the
! most important single step in any
j system of fighting the weevil,
j Boll weevils multiply in cotton
! until frost kills it. Many thousands
j of weevil may occur in each acre
; j of cotton. Weevils hibernate, that
j is they pass the winter, only in the
j full grown stage. Hibernation usu
! ally begins with the coming of the
S first killing frost. They hibernate
I principally in cotton fields, and'
j standing stalks make for them
j splendid winter homes,
j The most favorable condition,
I therefore, for the successful hiber
nation for boll weevils is found in
i fields .where the cotton stalks,
j grass, weeds, dead leaves, etc., are
j left during the winter. Under such
j conditions the farmers may ex?
! pect the greatest number of weevils
j to survive the winter. There is lit
j tie prospect, for successful cotton
gi owing under such conditions.
The earlier the cotton stalks are
(destroyed, the fewer the' weevils
: that will survive the winter, and
consequently the smaller the dam
age to the next crop. As far as
possible, the stalks should be de
j stroyed two weeks before the first
j killing frost.
In some sections the stalks are
j uprooted, piled and burned. This
i method is a very serious, disadvan
i tage in destroying a large amount
j of vegetable matter which should
} be turned under. Whenever the
j farmer is equipped-with piows and
j mules so that the stalks may be
t turned tinder five to six inches af- j
j ter they have been cut down with;
'the chopper, it is a very effective'
plan.- A less effective method is to^
graze off all green cotton within a|
period of a few days. Whatever
method one employs, the destruc-l
tion of stalks must be thorough, i
The following are a few of the
j many advantages secured from I
j cleaning the fields and destroying!
! the stalks.
I 1. A great many full grown1
j weevils are killed outright,
i 2. Many young stages in the
[.plants are killed.
I The fulb grown weevils not killed ;
! are weakened by starvation if the |
stalks are destroyed two to three]
weeks before the first frost and i
these will not have sufficient;
strength to pass the winter sue- i
cessfully. ? ? !
j 4. The removal of the stalks!
j facilitates fall plowing and the
: planting of cover crops.
I 5. This fall cleaning program
i is also of the greatest benefit gener
\ ally in destroying the winter homes
j and the winter food plants of oth
| er injurious pests of the farm.
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! CHILD BADLY
BURNED
I Bishopville. Nov. 8.?Little four
{year old Frank Boulineau came
i near being burned to-death Satur
day morning when Iiis clothing
Icaugh; fire while in a room by
; himself. It se'exns that the little
1 fellow had just gotten up and was
! by the fire. It is supposed that lie
got too close to the fire and his
j clothing caught. When his mother
j reached him, being attracted by his
screams, all <>;" Iiis clothing was
burned <>!Y of his body, except the
! little hand around his neck, which
[was the collar on hi;: sleeping-gar
I ment. Medical assistance was sum
moned immediately and while tin
I little fellow is still suffering his
j * -??11 * I i t ion i~ not regarded as criti
cal. Little [Trank is the son of Mr.!
Frank Boulineau and is the same
(child who came near being killed
' w year ago when run over l>y an
j n utdmoblle.
Cornet, 18, Sati ????^^^^^ie
JaUforrila's nighlingale^not'beci.u
r exfl?isite. soprano voice- . .
Canadian Pulp Endangers Japa
nese Market.
Osaka, Japan, Oct. 13.?Although
?the pulp selling company recently
established by the Japanese man
ufacturers is trying hard to re
lieve the industry from its present
distress, the market is reported to
have become increasingly depress
ed under the competition of Ca
nadian goods, which are unable to
J find a market in Europe and are
dumped in this country, says the
Osaka Mainichi.
"Should the{ goods be allowed to
be imported without limit they
will undoubtedly entirely capture
the Japanese market,' 'the Maini
jChi states. "The Japanese manu
facturers, therefore, are now trying
'to persuade the Toyo Shokai,..tht
[sole selling agent of the Canadian
I pulp, to limit the importation to
j-20',??-0 tons,per year, and in addi
tion, they have begun a movement
to induce the government to raise
the import duty on pulp from Rhfs
2 to Rin 4 per pound.
"It, is not expected, however,
that the government will accede to
the request, as the price read
justment problem is so much to
I the fore. The distress of the
?Japanese pulp manufacturers will
[not only be mitigated, but, should
theM importation of Swedish goods
grdw active, the Japanese industry
may be. given a final blow."
, THE GOOD OLD DAYS
j How often do you hear some re
j ference to the "good old days," by
some person as a complaint against
?the expenses of modern living. The
? comparison is easy to make when
i memory of prices alone is used
?as the basis for their argument.
y Although these^same people may
? have a telephone, automobile, elec
j trical appliances for reducing and
j lightening their work, ride a street
jcar to work, have a telephone, live
;on a paved street, have access to
the best libraries and hospitals, and
;yet have enough time to find fault
! with the price they must pay for
I these conveniences of life. Life is
I only an existence of a being, and
the more comfort, pleasure and
satisfaction which surrounds this
short term of time should be the
ceward of the cost we must pay.
Let them have to do without the
very things that they ar eusuniiy
complaining of, and they would
raise a howl that would scare the
inhabitants of the African jungles.
The "good old days" were all right
in the "good old days" but the good
old days are now, and we should
thank God that we have these privi
leges that would seem to.our grand
parents like miracles.?Exchange.
? ? ? ?
The "Living Wage" Fallacy.
(Greensboro News).
The railway labor board has
once more had. occasion to take a
fall out of the "living wage" pro
posal. This viciously fallacious ar
gument may yet be the means of
bringing organized labor into such
disrepute with tne rest of the
country, especially with the farm
ers, as to wreck its present pro
gram and set back its progress by
decades. The agricultural bloc is
at present the most powerful single
group in congress. If it swings
definitely against organized labor,
it can and will lilay the wiM with
the aspirations of labor, even the
legitimate ones.
The farmer knows, just as the
railway labor board knows, that no
man is entitled to a living wage, or
any other wage, until he has earn
ed it: and he cannot earn it by
doing half a day's work. Some la
bor leaders are making preach
ments which amount to an asser
tion that the laborer confers an
inestimable boon upon the world
merely by living in it, and that the
least that worid can do in return
is to provide him with a comfort
able living, whether he works for
it or not. These leaders have
perverted the doctrine of the living
wage from its original presump
tion, viz.. that every man" is en
titled to a fair Aturn from his la
bor and that any* industry in which
dividends take so large a share of
the profits that the workers nec
essary to keep the industry going
cannot live on t11?- res; of an un
sound industry, into the entirely
different assumption that the pro
fits of every industry must be di
vided among as many members of
labor unions as they will support,
regardless of whether or not so
many workers are really needed
to do the work of that particular.
industry.
Regulating by Law
Paper f Suggests Compulsory
Fight on Weevil
(The Lauren:-? Advertiser).
Several weeks ago The Advertis
er suggested that to get an efficient
working plan to combat the boll
weevil it appeared advisable to
have the legislature enact a law
requiring that cotton stalks be
plowed up in the fall of the year.
The Advertiser realized that this
was a radical suggestion, not apt
to receive serious consideration at
first, and that the plan might have
obvious defects which would be
recognized by those more inti
mately connected with farming,
Yet, as drastic as the suggestion
might appear, the seriousness of
the problem confronting the farm
ers seems to us to justify some lee
.sistive measure of relief. In this
we find agreement in the Abbeville
f-'ress and ..Banner, this paper, how
ever, suggesting that the same
measures be applied to poisoning,
as we suggested being applied to
plowing of stalks.
Following a reprint of an editor
ial from Cotton News, stressing the
importance of; the cotton crop to
the south, The Press and Banner
spoke as follows Friday:
?-:?
The man who has observed and
who thinks must come to the con
clusion:
First: That cotton is and will con
tinue to be the money crop of this
section. This does not mean that
other crops are not to be planted.
As has been said so often before
we must produce those things
necessary to make the farm self
supporting. Here and. there crops
other than cotton will be gro\vn
from which money may be obtain
ed.. But after all, as it is in south
west Georgia, in Alabama, in Mis
sissippi and in. other states, cotton
will remain king in South Carolina.
It must be grown as the one
great money .crop of the south.
Second: In order to grow cot
ton successfully it is . going to be
necessary to? make a; consistent
fight against the boll weevil. Just
now the only known remedy against
the destruction he brings is calcium
yarsenate. Cotton must be poison
ed with this poison, or no crop
will be grown,, certainly not with
profit. ?
Third: One or two men in the
community can not grow 'cotton
successfully even with calciiim ar
senate if their neighbors raise on
adjoining lands.swarms of boll wee
vils which at the period of migra
tion go into fields everywhere and
destroy the crops .being grown. No
amount of poisoning by individ
uals is going to save the country
from the losses resulting from the
attempt to grow cotton without
universal poisoning, for the weevil.
Fourth: We had as well come
to it, because we must come to it,
the growing of cotton must be reg-,
ulated. The railroads are requir
ed to take precautions to. guard the
public against losses: from dangers
incident to the business they carry
on; sawyers are not allowed to pois
on . streams against fish; fertilizer
factories must respond in damages
for losses occasioned by the- pois
' oned gases from their factories. No
.man can keep an open well on his
premises or a pond where it is at
. tractive to children, without guard
ing, these things . and. rendering
them as nearly as possible harm
less. And nobody should be al
lowed in any community, to harbor
a bull dog or other kind of ani
mal, which must surely destroy
property or threaten the public
safety. When then should a man
be allowed to neglect his, farm, to
plant cotton and. not poison it and
thus, make his fields a breeding
place for boll weevils which at a
given period invade the fields of
the men who do make a fight
against the menace, and there de
stroy the results of the labor of
the industrious and of thoughtful
men.
The general assembly will con
vene in January. There will be
time then .to provide by law rea
sonable regulations for the grow
ing of cotton in this state, so as to
make it profitable to the grower,
and so as to. protect , the indus
trious and do away with the man
who furnishes a harboring place
for the worst enemy the farming
interests of this country have yet
come in contact with. Will the
members of the general assembly
have the courage to meet the sit
uation?
HAGOOD NEWS
AND VIEWS
Rembert, Xov. 9.?Messrs. C.
M. Emanuel of Borden, C. E. San
ders and others of Hagood mo
tored to Columbia to witness the
football game.
Mrs. G. H, Lenoir ran up to
Camden on Sunday to see her aunt,
Miss Minnie Clark, who had a
stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. J. L. Jackson of Hagood is
in Charleston for treatment of her
eyes.
Mrs. Edwin Kerrison of Charles
ton, who has been spending some
time with her parents, has return
ed home.
Miss Emma Allen of Columbia,
not improving on her prolonged
rest at her brother's, has returned
to Columbia for treatment.
W. P. Spencer has so far im
proved as to be able to attend to
his business.
Dr. Ener, veterinarian of Clem
son College, was. among us on
Monday, November 6.
Mrs. Archie Shaw of Darlington
passed htrough our community on
the 7th, en route to Columbia to
be with her sister. Miss Emma
Allen.
The Woman's Missionary Society
ol^Bethesda meets with Mrs. H. C.
Bethea Saturday, ilth, at 3 p. hi.
"Hagood."
The clothing store collectors can
name more promising young men
than all the college professors in
the world ever thought of.
I
County Board of
Commissioners
Routine Business Transacted
at the Regular Monthly
Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of
the Board of County Commission- >
ers met in the Court House No-1
vember 7th with all members pres- \
ent.
The minutes of October 3rd were j
read and approved. 1
Mr. W. A. Bowman appeared '?
asking that the road between;
Catchall and Burkett's store be
worked and put in condition while j
the gang was in that section. He
stated that this road had* not been j
given any attention in quite a num
ber of years. County engineer
stated that .he was now having this
road repaired in places. The board
directed him to get it in passable
condition as early as practicable.
Mr. D. A. Hatfield appeared
asking that the board reconsider
its former action in cutting off his
appropriation, and stating that he
needed help. The board- advised
him to get a reputable physician
to furnish definite information re
garding his case, when- it would
give the matter further consider
ation.
Supt. Nunnamaker appeared and
made statement relative to the re
port on the alms house from the
public welfare board. This was
received as information. ?
Mr. Wendell Lev! appeared with
his client, Mr. C. E. Dukes, rela
tive to damages received by Mr.
Dukes to his car when he ran into
a gully which had been washed
out after a big rain, on the Man
ning road, and stated that after
using all the old parts possible, in
repairs that his bill amounted to
$77.10. He asked that his client
be paid this amount. The engi
neer stated that he was informed of
the circumstances of. the-accident,
and that the culvert at this point
had been in place ten or -twelve
years, and had taken care of the
water. The board advised that
they would take this claim under
consideration and obtain the ad
vice of the coupty attorney rela
tive to the law in the case.
? County engineer submitted his
report showing the main gang in
the northwest section of the coun
ty. The jail-yard gang was being
used in constructing -roads in the
DuBose section, and repairing
(bridges and culverts throughout
the county. Shi loh and Pinewood
gangs as- Usual in their respective
territories. He reported that the
Indiana truck had been damaged
by being put to improper work
during the month, and that Mr. J.
H. Holland, who was responsible
for this had been replaced, and
his salary for the month applied to
this damage cost.
In view of the number of con^
yicts now on hand the' board
thought.it would be well'to get rid
of all "free labor being used and
use only convict labor, although
this would necessitate the purchase
of two small cages for the housing
of convicts in the Shiloh and
Pinewood sections. The engineer
submitted prices on these cages
from the Paully Jail Company.
Board directed that-prices be also
gotten from local concerns and the
information be given to Messrs.
Britton and Oliver, who were ap
pointed a committee to purchase.
Chairman Rowland reported on
cotton weigher's platform contract
submitted by the Sumter Cotton
Warehouse Company, and advised
that he had conferred with the
county attorney in reference to
same, who stated that there was
nothing objectionable legally in it.
He objected, however, to a clause
in this contract calling for payment
of rental to the Sumter Cotton
(Warehouse Company for. ? cotton
weighed at points other than ? on
its platform space> and recom
mended that this be eliminated.
The board ordered this done be
fore contract was executed,
a The clerk presented report re
ceived from the public, welfare
board on the alms house, jail and
chaingang, which was received as
information.
A criticism of a member of the
grand jury relative to certain con
ditions obtaining at the alms
house, was brought to the attention
of the board, and the board direct
ed that steps be taken to have
this discontinued.
Messrs. Rowland, Britton and
Oliver reported on a trip to the
Wateree river swamp , for the pur
jpose of investigating amount of
[ timber on right of way granted by
i Powell House to the county. The
i chairman stated that he had re
ceived an offer from Powell House
to aecept $180.00 in full .settlement
for the timber on right of way,,
without having same estimated as
! formerly agreed upon. The board
i decided to settle upon this basis.
I A bill was presented from J. A.
j?awkins, special agent of the At
lantic Coast Line, covering expenses
incurred, exclusive of transporta
tion in the apprehension of two
negro boys who had broken into
jcars on the Sumter yard, and
which police officers of the Coast
j Line had chased down into Georgia
land captured. The board declined
!to approve this claim for payment.
The clerk staled that the treas
urer reported some $12,000.00 cash
on hand October 31st. inclusive of
[outstanding checks for county or
jdinary purposes, and advised that
! it might become necessary to make
;an additional loan to take care of
'November and December expenses.
The board authorized that a loan
be negotiated for such purposes, if
it was necessary, at best available
terms.
A bill was received from Magis
trate D. J. Aycock of Pinewood
j amounting to $25.00 for expenses
Connected with the apprehension
(of a prisoner in his court. The
j board declined to authorize pay
ment of this. The county engineer
stated that this prisoner had been
turned over to the gang with a
broken arm and was of no service
to the gang, lie was advised to
turn the prisoner hack to Magis
trate Aycock.
The resignation was received
from, Mr. Henry G. Hill, cotton
weigher at Sumter. This resigna
ition was not accepted, but Mr.
I Britton was appointed a commir
I tee of one to confer with Mr. Hill
regarding the matter. " *
! The clerk reported that there
were three paupers on the i?ayroll
who .were, in the territoj!*. received
from Clarendon county, and after
wards voting back into Clarendon
county. These were ordered elimi
nated from, the roll.
Commissioner Britto?, reporting
on the test of cotton scales, advis
ed that the spring scales had been
done away with,: and the old style
lever scales were being used with
satisfactory results.
A requisition was received from
the superintendent of the alms
house for certain additional sup
plies of clothing for the winter,
and minor repairs to the bu?d
ings. This requisition was author
ized tilled.
The clerk stated that Fred,Sin
gleton, who had been put into the
alms house temporarily and who
was paralyzed, was. now being
taken care of by his wife, who re
quested an allowance of $5.00 per
mont. This was granted.. ., ,.
The clerk was directed to request
J the secretary of Camp Alice, in ad
idition .to financial reports, as. fur
nished" monthly, to furnish the
board with a monthly statement
showing the number of patients
i cared for each month, both, free
and pay patients, the price paid by
pay. patients, and the patient hours
of days of the free patients hand
led during the month. ...
. Application for aid was received
from,Amanda M. Wells and she was
granted $3.00 per. month. ..<-.
Reports from rural .policemen
covering arrests and fines, and also
j report; covering daily activities,
j were received and read* as were
jreports from home demonstration
i agents and cotton, weighers.
. Chairman Rowland stated that
he thought some action should be
taken towards getting children.of
Mrs. M. J? Warfer in an -orphan
age. The clerk stated that he had
been investigating the case, but
that he found it was ;impractical
for these -children to be educated
on account of their defective eye
sight, and there was a possibility
of getting them in a school for the
deaf and dumb at Cedar Springs.
The chairman and clerk were au
thorized to. follow the matter up
and take such action as was-.indi
cated.- I ? S .nv.
Chairman Rowland reported that
he had offered sheet piling- for
jsale but his offer had not been ac
jcepted to date. . j.
j Commissioner Lenoir stated that
I he had received a request to
slightly change the location of
roads near the Episcopal church at
Hagood, and recommended 5 "that
i this be done. County engineer was
'recommended to do this.,<.?%* $
The board adjourned for dinner
to. meet again at 3 o'ef^k. Re
convened the board authorized the
payment of $5.00 to one of the
convicts for, services rendered.
The county engineer was directed
to engage doctors at different
points in the county to attend con
victs, if this were found., to be,
cheaper than paying extra mileage
to county physician*
The board directed that the at
tention of the Permanent Roacto
Commission be brought, to the fact
that work would probably be start
ed on road, from Stateburg to
Stateburg siding, connecting up
with the Wateree bridge approach?,
es, and asked its co-operation fn
locating this road, as ^fo its'.ulti
jinately forming a part of^.the
{state highway system.
I . After approving claims the hoard
j adjourned.
THE CAROLINA
EOOTBAIX TE?M
iCapt. Waite Returns td^fleam
?Snipes Still Out
Columbia, Nov. S.?The incident
. at Carolina, which resulted in the
j dismissal of W. Eurie Snipes, known
as "Rock," star fullback on; the
University football "eleven, is said
to be a closed cha pter.
Snipes, it Is stated by University
athletic officials, will not plaj; in
the game with Furman Saturday,
and while this fact makes the Car
olina prospect slightly more gloomy
than it would be otherwise, still the
team is at work, preparing hard
for the battle with the Vpuiple
hurricane" Saturday. Alex Waite,
j captain, who resigned from . the
[team's pilot house, but who was
Hater persuaded to return to the
leadership, stated today that he
would be in the game and that the
trouble was all over and everybody
on the team was' working hard,
as one man, for the victory in Sat
I urday's contest. . "We regret losing
Snipes," he said, "but we are. de
termined to win, even without
him."
Exactly why Snipes was dismiss
| ed is not explained, but it is stat
jed by officials that the reason was
"insubordination." The main in
: cident mentioned is his having left
the field last Saturday, being out
?of the last part of the game with
la bad foot. His leaving the field
'was followed Monday by words with
j the coaches, and he was ordered
jto go to the field with the * scrub"
[team. After the practice, in which
I he was not able to participate be
cause of the condition of his foot,
the coaches ordered him to turn in
his uniform.
j If one wasn't born every minute
j the big towns would be small.
Some women woir*t be happy in
heaven if all the wings are alike.
I We know a man that has some
j cattle that have a finer pedigree
than their owner has.
More men are going to theaters
now. Wkh-skirts longer they have
no show on the street.