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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-02-12

CIVIC SUCCESS.
you CAN'T SAW WOOD WITH A HAMMER.

The particular Hammer we are referring to d the one
used when person spends money away from his own COM
muy Tor purchases that can be made just satisfactorily
at nome is the hammer that has beaten into nse
sny the towering hopes of many hustng American
that would have otherwise made cities worthy the
Now do not misunderstood We not connecting
merely mentioning this fact such habit can retard
our growth and how IT'S TOTAL ELIMINATION CAN
CORRESPONDENCE ADVANCE OUR PROGRESS
In other words however small the habit of some Colfax
10 JUST ARE TEY sn
THE PATH to the big wonderful goal we have selected for
ourselves.
It is not the intention of the Coax Business Men to die
tate to you in this matter They than apprecaive
of fine patronage of the past their antcpaon of
the future only inspired by their eager desire make pos
erty owners and citizens
AND THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS RESULT MIST
BE A FINANCIAL FOUNDATION that calls for keeping
every cent OF these resources within ourselves to be reves
We you to stop and think moment about ths mat.
ter We want to realize how these statements are
and how vitality interested should owing to the serious
R 4S TH II Which rRF Affects W p Yog YOUR
AND FAMILY.
We want you to realize how foolshhow very very foolish
really to think have go out of Coax to purchase
anything that you may need in Merchandise Service.
To remind you of the number of splendid business firms
who are at your service going to take the personal lib
ey OF asking to glance through the list appended here
with Possibly encroaching the modesy Of these
Business and Professional Men when present them to ven
in this manner but we are sure you viii agree that thew ~
all worthy of this presentation and endorsement and
ne And please ne that they are only portion
Is to serve you to your best commercial advantage
II e aaA TIE ST
Big, Loyal one always to its best intersts They
giving the opportunity impress this on an Of Won
for the Of all and to encourage cooperation
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-02-12
Too Many Boards Have Power to Tax
Pyramid Special Taxes Exceed General Taxes
By EX-GOVERNOR N. c. BLANCHARD

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A word about the new Consti
tuition, the confection of which
will begin in March.
1t should be short and confined
to general enunciation of govern
ment powers.
Nevertheless, taxation SHOULD
be watched and safeguarded anG
restricted in the Constitution it
self for the power to tax is 8
power to destroy.
In Louisiana there are toe
many boards, commissions, dis.
tricts and other political subdi.
visions having the power to tax
or else to initiate taxation.
Special taxes coming from such
political Subdivisions have result
ed and are constantly resulting
in grievous burdens put upon
property and upon taxpayers.
Abolish most of these taxing
districts and put a drastic curb
"a stiff bit) upon the others.
The Constitution should fix a
maximum limit upon taxation
for all purposes, and the power
to tax within such limit should
be left as much as possible in the
hands of the General Assembly,
and not given to boards, COM
missions and taxing districts.
If the boards. commissions,
etc.. are to be left in existence
curb their power to call elections
to vote taxes. We all know how
such power is liable to abuse:
how under such power special
taxes may be pyramided until
they dwarf in the aggregate the
regular taxes for the State. par
ishes and municipalities.
Hon. John r. Hunter, a distin-
guished member of the Alexan-
dria bar and a delegate elect to|
the convention, recently in al
published article called attention
to the abuses of the special tax
system in the way of permitting
the pyramiding of taxes.
And well he may. for his par
ish (Rapides) is about the limit
in respect to this abuse, though
Caddo is well-nigh, as great al
sinner.
! have before me a tax receipt |
for taxes of 1920 paid on farm
in Rapides parish and |
il is a sample of how taxes may
be pyramided, and this on an as
,essment which equals the full
ash value of the property.
Here it is: State tax $50. A;
parish tax, $7430; special road
AK, $50. AZ; parish school tax,
~. %; contingent school tax,
4.86; district levee tax. $42. 72;
acreage levee tax, $12. so; special
'chool tax No. 20, $50. A; special
'chool tax. No. "a, SAL special
lrainage tax No. Is. 1910. To-
al, $359.26. of which s133.74 is
he aggregate of the regular
tate and parish taxes and $685.
e is the aggregate of the pyra-
MD special taxes.
As the law now stands when
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-02-12

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-02-12

When your liver and bowels become
torpid get bottIs of Chamberlains's
Tablets. They viii tone up your liver
and cause gentle memement OF the
bowels. They also improve the diges-
finrf.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-02-12

the many boards, commissions.
etc., which seem to affect those
states as they do ours.
N. G.. BLANCHARD.
Shreveport, La, Feb. 4, 1921.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-02-12
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-02-12

Your order for a Victrola or q
kimball photograph will be APP
preciated by Lily Belle Goodwin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1921-02-12

666 breaks cold quicker than any
remedy we know.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01
COTTON OUTLOOK BAD AT LEO
Farmers Expect Small Yield-Con
Crop Appears Good.

Leo, Aug. 27.-The tobacco season
seems to be rapidly drawing to q
close, about all the weed held by the
farmers having been sold Prices
have been nothing like satisfactory
and complaint has been heard on all
sides, yet the quality of tobacco Of
fered this year has been very low
The number of pounds per acre is far
below former crops. Here and there
and they are far between, you may
hear of farmer who has sold some
good tobacco with about the usual
weight. The cotton crop is showing
up nicely so far as the weed is con-
cerned, but when it comes to fruit it
is only twenty-five to fifty per cent
of the usual crop made. A great
many farmers will not be able to real
ize enough from their cotton to pay
for the fertilizer used under it. We
are thankful for a fairly good corn
crop and the forage yield will be good.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01

the wayside, just at the moment when
little girl, whom they had seen to
cross the road some distance before
them, gave piercing shrink, and ran
back into the house in an agony OF
pain and fright. Perceiving that
something serious had occurred they
hastily aligthed to ascertain the mat
ter; and entering the room found the
child stretched upon bed and already
a corpse. She had lived long enough,
however, to whisper to her mother
that a snake had struck her while she
was in the act of gathering firewood
on the roadside. The party Instantly
sought the spot and there discovered
large specimen of the horn snake
which they dispatched. The skin OF
this serpent was stuffed and preserved
by an intelligent gentleman Of the
neighborhood; and it was long an OBJ
ject of great curiosity at his residence,
and afterwards at Old Cambridge,
where it was last seen."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01
NEGRO WOMEN BEATEN
Returned to Jail After Severe Chas
tisement by Mob.

Two negro women charged with
making vicious assault on two white
women and white man who came to
their rescue, were taken from the city
Jail at Greenwood Monday night and
severely beaten by a mob who over
powered The police. After whipping
the negroes the mob brought them
back to the Jail and placed them in the
cells from which they had been taken,
all being done in less than an hour.
The negroes are Jessie and Julia VAL
entine, formerly Greenwood residents,
but late of Reading, Pa. They are
said to have returned to Greenwood on
a visit.
The assault, with which they are
charged took place on the streets, a
short distance from the business Sec
ton Monday afternoon. 1t is alleged
that the two white women attacked
were pushed from the streets, and one
of them was slapped in the face by
the negroes, and beaten over the head
with her own umbrella. A white man,
a grocer from nearby store, who at
tempted to rescue them, was also
beaten.
approximately $50 men composed
the mob which took the negroes from
the Jail. They placed the prisoners
in an automobile and took them to a
vacant farm house about two miles
from the city. When they had whip
ped them, they brought the women
back and after placing them in Jail,
quickly dispersed without further dis
order.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01
Mrs. ]. M. Goodwin Passes Away

Mrs. Maria Goodwin, wife Of j. NJ.
Goodwin, died at her home at RHEIMS
Monday afternoon after an illness OF
three weeks.
Mrs. Goodwin was daughter OF the
late J. w. Walton of this county and
was born in November, 1850, in the
community where she passed away
Monday after useful and beautifully
spent life extending through nearly
seventy years.
The deceased is survived by her hus-
band and ten children, five daughters
and five sons: Mesdames A. o. Holi-
day and T. C. McClary of George
town, G. M. Thomas and w. ]. Had
dock of RHEIMS and ]. T. Register OF
Greelyville, Mescrs. ]. K. and E. NJ.
Goodwin of Greelyville, ]. ]. Goodwin OF
Andrews, W. o. Goodwin of RHEIMS
and Robert Goodwin of Kingstree.
Funeral services took place Tues
day, following which interment was
made at Union church cemetery in
the presence of many grief-stricken
relatives and friends.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01
TOWN OFFICERS
ELECTED TUESDAY
MAYOR, COMMISSIONER OF WAT.
ERWORKS AND ALDERMEN
CHOSEN TUESDAY

The municipal primary election held
Tuesday was very quiet affair. Only
about one-half of the qualified voters
had signed the club roll and conse;
quently only 124 votes were cast.
W. R. Scott, candidate for Mayor,
without opposition, received 12O votes,
w. H. Carr, candidate for reelec-
ton as Commissioner Of Waterworks,
had no opposition and received 124
votes.
The following is the vote cast for
Aldermanic candidates, the six re-
ceiving the largest number Of votes
are declared the nominees, which is
equivalent TO election:
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01
FARMERS START NEW PROJECT
Organize Trucking and Cooperative
Marketing Association at Salters

Salters, Aug. 30.-Quite number
of the most progressive farmers, rep
resenting all sections of the county,
met at the town hall here Friday af-
ternoon to discuss the planting Of
truck as a means of fighting the boil
weevil and of forming farmers CO.
operative marketing association. Coun-
ty Demonstration Agent Madison call
ed the meeting to order and after a
short talk advised the forming OF an
association at once, with officers to
press forward in the work.
The following officers were then
elected: H. N. Shepard, president; T.
E. Salters, vice president; J. D. Nc
Cullough, secretary-treasurer. Will
liam Stafford, w. S. Mccullough and
C. w. Boswell were elected as a board
of directors. The officers were in
structed to draw up bylaws, rules and
regulations governing the association
ana take care VI ally OeliSl iie@sSSiS .
that should come before it for the ad-
vancement of the farming interests.
Mr.. Hoffman, of Clemson College,
was called upon and made fine talk
on the planting of truck, the most
suitable kind to plant and when to
plant. Much interest was shown in
his talk by the number of questions
asked along this line from all parts Of
the audience. He was followed by
DR.. w. W. Long, of Clemson College,
who addressed the audience along the
line of cooperative marketing, show
ing the advantages to be derived from
such an organization.
Excellent talks along similar lines
were made by Messrs. E. c. Epps and
F. w. Fairey of Kingstree.
1t is the intent Of this movement
to organize other associations in va
rious parts of the county and later to
form county association. This is a
step in the right direction and will
doubtless be of much benefit to the
farmers in helping them to market
their crops more inteligently.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01

straw, or partially decomposed leaves
oat or wheat straw. This material
should be scattered about three to
four inches between the rows, leaving
only the tops Of the plants exposed.
The best time to apply this mulch is
in the fall Immediately after cultiva,,
ton. The mulch will conserve the
moisture and prevent the berries from
becoming gritty after rains The
yield of first class berries from an
acre of mulched berries will be ap-
proximately one-third more than from
an unmulched area. An acre OF
strawberries properly cared for, will
produce on. an average 5000 to 1000
quarts twelve months after planting.
Williamsburg farmers are going to
put out this fall thousands of straw
berry plants, among other things, as
a means of coping with the boil Wee
vii. The following valuable informa-
ton is given for their benefit:
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01
WOULD RUN STATE
AT REDUCED COST
SENATOR CHRISTENSEN'S COM.
MITTEE THINKS MUCH MONEY
MAY BE SAVED

Approciable relief for the taxpayers
of the State, running probably into
thousands of dollars, as a reculs Of the
investigations now in progress by the
joint legislative committee of economy
and consolidation, of which Senator
Niels Christensen is chairman, is
forecast in statement issued by the
committee, following conference last
week in Columbia with its engineers,
Griffenhagen & Associates, Inc, Of
Chicago. About half the state de-
partments have been Investigated by
these Engineers, and the statement re-
garding the possible result Of the
work is based on the findings so far.
The legislative committee is COM
posed of Senators W. Fred Lightsey,
of Hampton, and F. A. Miller, of
Hartsville; aid Representatives J. K.
Hamblin, of Union; j. E. Anderson,
of Timmonsville, and E. T. Hughes, of
Marion.
The savings which can be effected,
according to the estimate of the legis-
lative committee, would, says the
statement, be possible with ut Grip
ping or hampering any legitimate
state activity now being carried on.
AS one illustration of saving that
might be effected, the committee re-
fers to the control of the capitol and
its grounds. These are now under
the direction of the commission on
state house and grounds, the state
electrician and engineer, and the ser
geant-at-arms of the House and Sen
ate with separate porters for all de-
partments, the salaries of porters run
ming to $3,450 year. This, the COM
mittee, believes could be handled at a
saving of about $4,000 year by hav-
ing one agency in charge, with o staff
of workers.
Bad organization in almost all Of
the state institutions investigated has
been found by the committee, and
variations as to heating plant costs,
over-burdened pay rolls, excessive
purchase of supplies and the like have
been found.
The committee reports several flag
rant cases of well-paid employees with
/ little to do, and says there are also
cases of hard-working state employees
who are under paid.
High rents by certain state depart
ments for space for storing records
are also scored by the statement OF
the committee issued Saturday. The
committee says there is space in the
basement of the capitol which can be
used for the storing of records, where
some departments are paying rent for
such space.
The committee says that much
worse conditions have been found in
other states than in South Carolina,
| in regard TO government efficiency,
and its Engineers attribute the good
showing to the high class Of men fill-
ing public positions in the State gov
ernment. The faults found are blam-
ed on poor organization and lack OF
central management, rather than to
individual ineffciency. The commit
tee states that it hopes to present to
the legislature in January Of next
year plans for giving the managing
officers of state institutions expert as
sistance with their technical problems,
in order to effect further savings.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01
Personal Mention From Hemingway

Hemingway, Aug. 30.-Mr. and Mrs.
N. M. Venters left last week for
Johns Island to visit their daughter,
Mrs. Jim Grimble.
Mr.. Winston Eaddy, after spending
his vacation here with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Eaddy, has re-
turned to West Point.
Mrs. A. B. Hemingway of Rome and
daughter, Mrs. J. M. Clyde, spent
Friday with Mrs. w. C. Hemingway.
Miss Edna Davis Of Georgetown
spent Friday with her sister Mrs.
George Chandler.
Mr.. Lincoln Haselden and family
returned to Charleston Friday after
a visit to relatives here.
On Thursday evening Mr.. Bertie
Huggins donated the door receipts OF
his movie show to the Methodist
church. Before the opening of the
picture show the audience was enter
tanned by the "Dixie Quartette" and
Mr.. Gordon Hall. After the show a
box and barbecue supper was served
from which about $4,000 was real
lied for the benefit of the Methodist
church.
Mr.. C. C. Campbell spent Sunday in
Florence with his brother, Mr.. Alex
Campbell, who is undergoing treat
ment at Florence infrmary.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Giles spent the
weekend in Charleston with friends.
Mr.. Jack Griswell of Little Rock
Ark, is the guest of friends and rela-
tives here.
DR.. and Mrs. w. C. Hemingway
spent Sunday with relatives at Cen
tenary.
Miss Bette Rivers of Mt. Croghan
is spending some time with Miss Ell
len Hemingway.
Messrs. A. E. Hill, D. G. Higgins,
]. B. Bushardt, E. L. Rogers and DR..
W. C. Hemingway attended the meet
ing of the truck growers association
at Salters Friday.
DR.. H. L. Baker gave fishing par.
ty for the tobacco buyers of or NAL
ket and few of the men of the town
Saturday. They made the trip in Dr.
Bakers launch, caught quantities Of
fish and everyone enjoyed the day.
Mr.. Charlie Huggins of Spartan
burg spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Miss Louise McCutchen and Master
Victor Stoll of Krgstrce are spend
ing some time here with their aunt,
Mrs. Geo. S. Hemingway.
Miss Ellen Hemingway gave a pea.
nut boiling at her home Friday night
in honor of her guests, Misses Bessie
and Jennie McCutchen and BERTHE
Rivers. Quite a number of the young
folk were present and enjoyed the
evening, which was spent in games,
music and dancing.
Miss Victoria and Mary Thames
spent last week in Columbia.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01

The new members elected are w. E.
Jenkinson and T. E. Arrowsmith. They
will succeed w. X. Mcintosh and Thos.
MtCutchen, who declined to offer for
reelection. 1t will be noted that L,
D. Rodgers lead the ticket for alder
man.
The newly elected officers will as
sumo their respective duties October l.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01

On Labor Day, September 5, there
will be an exhibition of horse-racing
at the fair grounds in Florence. The
best horses in the Pee Dee section, it
is said; will participate in the races.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01

pie living on Coronaka and Wilson's
creeks; yet there is still extant in that
region a tradition in which it is relat-
ed that many years ego a man in the
lower part of the district or in Edge
field, being closely pursued by horn
snake, took refuge behind a tree, when
the enraged serpent, rolling swiftly
after him like trundled hoop, plung-
ed its horny sting deep into its trunk,
where it was made fast, and so diff
fused its venom into the circulating
sap as to destrop in few hours the
vitality of the tree.
"Bertram, with all his acuteness and
enthusiasm as a naturalist, has GER
tainly confounded the names of two
distinct native serpents of Carolina.
The bull snake, as he describes it, was
we'll known in the upper country at
the period of his visit and long after;
but the old people had seen and talked
much of the horn snake as we'll, whose
sting they dreaded as the visitation OF
death. Hewitt informs us that the
horn snake was found in Carolina and
owed its name not to a horny ex-
cresence growing upon its head, as
some have supposed, but to the horn
like sting at the extremity of its tail,
with which it defended itself, striking
it with great force into every aggress-
or. It was also deemed exceedingly
venomous; and the Indians when
stung by it did not resort to their US
ual antidotes, but instantly cut out the
wounded part as the only safe Pre-
ventative of the deadly poison being
infused through the system. Mills, IN
his Statistics, enumerates, among the
Indigenous reptiles of Carolina, both
the horn and bull make. The former,
however, must have been exceedingly
rare; for at a comparatively early
period it had already become q crea-
ture of curious tradition. Lawson, it
has been observed, saw but two OF
them as early as 171S, notwithstand-
ing no white man Of his day enjoyed
better opportunities for making such
discoveries in Carolina. Among the
innumberable facts that may be gath
cred from natural history illustrative
of Gods goodness, there are few more
deserving of notice than this rareness
of reptile so fierce and deadly as the
horn snake must unquestionably have
been. Had it been as abundant as the
other venemous species the Indians
even, though furnished with their
potent antidotes, could hardly have
Inhabited the country. The magma
ton is taxed to conceive of an object
more repulsive or truly terrible. 1t
possessed scarcely single redeeming
feature; there was nothing Of the ad-
mirable craft Of the eye-nothing OF
the beautiful changing Of collors or
charteristic magnaimity of the rattle
snake-but with dull eye, insensate
skin and vengeful spite, ready to dart
its dreadful sting into every approach
ing intruder, it lay horrible COM
pound of all the hated qualities of its
race-the incarnation of death.
"On an afternoon, nearly forty
years ago, party of gentlemen were
riding from Abbeville village towards
the Calhoun settlement, and when ap-
preaching the place now known as the
Cabins they passed dwelling near
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-09-01

Misses Bessie and Jennie McCutch-
en- of Indiantown were the guests of
Miss Ellen Hemingway last week at
Hemingway.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-23

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