Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-27
TUESDAY, JANUARY Al, 1914.

trict and complete revision Of the tax
system Of South Carolina The comp
troller general tonight scored the sys-
tenn of administration Of fiscal AFFAIRS
in counties Of the state, and said that
tWenty-six counties during the year
had spent more than their income. a
violation Of the law. It developed
from the comptrollers statement that
the attorney general Is investigating
shortage in Horny county. In Kershaw
county the widow Of the deceased
sheriff agreed to make good a short
age. In other cases the counties were
repaid. With reference to tax collec-
tions, Mr.. Jones said that they were
especially unsatisfactory In Spartan
burg county.
= Spartanburg Journal: Blanks for
making income tax returns nave peen
received by various individuals In
Spartanburg from the office OF u.
Ciinch Hayward, internal revenue col
lector for South Carolina Those VINO
have received the first edition are men
whom Mr.. Hayward personally knew
to be Of strong financial cahbre, anu
to whom he thought were due TO
come across with a return IN order
that no embarrassment might follow
their negligence However" said an
attorney this morning, 1T Is not in
cumbent upon the internal revenue
collector to send blanks where ne
thinks they are necessary, for the new
Federal law stipulates that every In
come taxpayer must make application
for a blank, fill 1t out and return to the
Columbia office Of Mr.. Hayward. This
must be done before March l, or fine
NAV be imposed Of not less than $20
or more than $1,000" Deputy internal
revenue collectors will be sent to
Spartanburg in the early spring TO
check up the local situation, and those
who are liable for an assessment, ana
who have not reported the fact will be
interviewed. The bachelors OF the city
who enjoyed incomes from March 1,
1913, to December 81, 1913, Of $4,000 or
over, must make the fact known ana
the married men will report on In
comes Of $4,000 and over. In order 70
make 1t clear to every liable one just
what he Is liable for, and how much,
the government has given very clear
instructions on the blanks which have
been sent out.
Columbia special of January 2S, to
Charlotte Observer: Scoring South
Carolinians for being connected In any
capacity with negro schools, Gov. Cole
L. Blease in a message to the senate
tonight mentioned men high In ofhcial
life in this state, and asks for an In
yestigation of a school in Beaufort
county that is for the training OF the
negro youth Naming the board OF
trustees of the Port Royal Agricultur-
al school, in which appears the name
of N. Christensen Of Beaufort and
others in this state, Governor Blease
says: "I understand this man j. ..
Shanklin, the principal, is a negro.
am also informed some OF the trustees
are white people. am further inform
ed that the references which some OF
these white trustees give are negroes,
notably Booker T. Washington. / can
hardly believe, however, that white
people would In South Carolina give
negro as reference, and think that
1t is a matter which you should inves-
tigate; SO that, II 1t Is true, 1t can be
known that II Is not state institu-
ton, and IL 1t is not true, that these
white people who are being imposed
on in this way can protect themselves
from further Misrepresentation. Nell
s. Christensen Of Beaufort, Is state
senator from that county. Quoting q
card sent out telling the negroes not
to be ashamed Of their race, Governor
Blease asks that 1t be determined
whether there are any white teachers
in the school. On a letter head Gov
ernor Blease finds the name OF WILL
am K. Tate and in his message says:
Il do not know whether this Is the
same man as w. K. Tate, state super
intendent Of rural schools Of the de-
partment Of education Of the state OF
South Carolina, or not, but think 1t Is
a matter which you should investi-
gate; and IL 1t is a negro school, do
not think any man should be allowed
to hold this position who is the
trustee of such an institution" The
governor calls on the committee Of
education to make the investigation
land see IL whites and negroes are
mixed up in 1t, and see from whence
these institutions are receiving their
support and II they are teaching So
cial equality and II there are white
men on these boards Of trustees, and
what part they are teaching Of social
cannot make specific allegations, but
wishes the general assembly to find
out what Is the situation and con-
cludes: II can show a photograph Of
a school in your state where white
men and white women are teaching
alongside by negroes and negresses.
II had my way as governor, / would
give 1t twenty-four hours to end, and
1t did not end, 1t would not take me
very long to get hackers enough to
end 1t. Are we yet to have negro men
marrying white women and white men
marrying negro women; or are we
right now, to put up the red flag and
let these people know that they must
STOP"
- Columbia special to Charlotte OBJ
server: The stringency that has exist
ed in the money market Is the subject
Of brief discussion in a portion Of the
report Of the comptroller general of
South Carolina. Comptroller General
Jones, In calling attention Of the de-
cision of the supreme court sustain
ing the validity Of bonds to be issued
for the redemption of the Brown con-
sol debt of this state says: mo ac-
tion has been taken by the sinking
fund commission to offer these bonds
to the public since the decision Of the
supreme court on account Of strin-
gency in the money market incident
to tariff revision and the amendments
to the national banking laws. AS soon
as the money market becomes nor
NAL, the commission will be able to
dispose of these bonds to advantage
and reduce the interest charges
against the state" Mr.. Jones says
with regard to counties spending too
much money: "Twenty-six counties
have spent more money for current
expenses than the total amount Of
revenue from all sources in such
counties, a violation of the statute
law and a condition which naturally
increases the county debt The re-
ports of the Investigations had in the
various counties show a number Of
violations Of law, in which for one
reason or another, while there has
been misapplication or misappropria-
ton Of the tax funds, no actual loss
has been occasioned the county.
Either the county received full val
ue for the moneys paid out, or the
amount misappropriated has been re-
funded. except in the case of a short
age in Horny county. This has been
reported to the attorney general, who
Is now taking proper steps to recover
the lost funds. And in Kershaw
county, where the widow Of the de-
ceased sheriff has agreed to ana will
make good the shortage. The investi-
cations made under my direction,
with the aid Of this fund at my dis
posal, covered all the counties Of the