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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
Tentative Order Of Business
Ridge Baptist Association.

Ridge Baptist Association.
To be held with Johnston Baptist
Church, August; 1926, 1922.
First Day
1000 a. m.--Devotional.
10:15-Orgallization.
Discriminatory Sermon, S.
E. Welchel.
11:so-Religious Literature, H. L..
Baggott.
1915 p. m.--Miscellaneous Bust
ness.
1:00-Dinner.
2:30-Devotional.
2:45-Evangelism, G. M. Sexton.
3:30--75 Million Campaign, w. S.
Brooke.
4:S0-Miscellaneous Business and
Adjournment.
8:30-Song Srevice.
9:00-Missions: State, Home and
Foreign, H. B. White.
Second Day
10:00sa. m.-Devotional.
10:15-Reading Minutes.
Disqualification, w. S. Dorset.
11:15-Benevolences: Orphanage,
Hospital, Aged Ministers, T. H. Po-
sey.
1900 NV. M. U. Work, Mrs. S.
j. Watson.
12A5 p. m.-Miscellaneous Bust
ness.
100 Dinner.
2:30-Devotional.
2:45--sunday Schools, B. Y. P. u.
and C%olportage, G. G. Mang1m.
s:15-Temperance, Public Morals,
and Law Enforcement, Ira c, Carson.
3:45-Digest Church Letters and
Associational Efficiency, j. L. HERS.
4:O0-Miscellaneous Business and
Final Adjournment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09

tax. At this rate the cost of admits
tering the new revenue acts is two
and one-fourth cents for every dol
lar collected. In other words, the
pamphlet says, for two and one
fourth cents the treasury gets 81.
In speaking of the result of the sur
vey of the city of Columbia the COM
mission gives the following:
"Due to the varying conditions and
character of property in cities and
towns, no general or uniform plan
has been found for equalizing as
sessments of such property. Recog-
nizing the great difficulty along this
line, and from the experience Of 9TH
err states, it was found that the only
method by which all city and town
real property could be put on the tax
books at a proper valuation was to
have complete survey made of each
city and town in the state. The work
along this line has been commenced,
but this commission has not been
given sufficient appropriation for car
rying on this work as rapidly as it
might be. A survey of the city Of CO.
lumbia, however, has been completed
and the result has been to place up
on the tax books in the form of back
taxes and the past years current tax
es for the state, county and city pur-
poses, approximately the sum of
100000 in actual taxes, which will
be turned into the public treasures.
Aside from this amount Of money,
which will be paid into the treasures,
there has been added to the perma-
nent taxable value of Columbia city
property approximately s1,OOO,O00,
which will hereafter bear it's burden
of taxation. The taxes payable to the
state, including back taxes, is $780,
900. This does not take into consid-
Grafton the future taxes that will be
paid on this property.
ga survey of the city of Spartan
burg is now in progress, and from
data at present available, it is esti-
mated that the treasures of the
state, county and city will receive,
in back taxes, the sum of S15O,O0O.
1t is impossible, before this survey is
completed, to state what the net in
crease in assessed values of real es-
tate will be, but it is believed that
several hundred thousand dollars of
taxable property will be placed upon
the tax books in that city.
It is believed if similar surveys
were made in the other cities and
towns of the state, that a large
amount Of back taxes would be col
lected and millions Of dollars of prop
erty now escaping taxation would be
placed upon the tax books. Applica-
ton has been made to the commission
by several cities and towns to make
similar surveys, but due to the lack
of funds, the work a not be I'M
dertaken.-The State.
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New Revenue Acts.

The commission taxes up to the
new revenue acts, the income tax and
the inheritance tax, the gasoline tax,
and the corporation license taxes and
shows that it's appropriation for
handling all these new measures was
increased only s38,400 owe last year
and the revenue to be derived from
the new acts will be at least $1,700,-
600, not including the inheritance
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
Managers and Clerks for Pri-
mary Election for Edge
field County, August
2Sth. 1922,

Bacon: ]. B. Yonce, Cole Berry,
=. N. Smith, W. H. Smith, Clerk.
Polling place, Store of j. M. .Yonce.
Cleveland: S. T. Pettigrew, T. L..
|Talbert, D. W. Smith, Charlie Jones,
At P%ettigrew's Store.
Golfers: Joe Hammond, Grafton
Hammond, John Mathis, Murphey
Miller, Clerk. Store of Tuck Mathis.
Calhoun: j. G.. Halford, j. H.
White, Joe Clark, ]. L. Walker,
Store of A. S. Rhoden.
Edgefeld No. L.: w. ]. Duncan,
w. L. Dunovant, Jr., D. ]. LaGrone,
j. H. Nicholson, Clerk. Evans Of
fee.
Edgefeld No. 2: J.. W. Kemp, T.
"a. Hightower, W. w. Adems, S. B.
Mays, Clerk. Court House.
Lee: j. W. Cox, Elsie LaGrone,
Nike W. Crouch, John Wright,
Clerk. Lott-Walker Store.
Long Branch: L. C. Clark, W. l..
Rutlanu, :. G.. Derrick, L. S. Yonce,
Clerk. l.. C.. Clark's Store.
Meeing Street: W. M. Ransom, E.
G. Lewis, j. M. Bell, j.. K. Allen,
Clerk. T. A. Owdom's Store.
Meriwether: F. B. Barker, 7. B.
Harley, DR.. J. T. Reese, j. H. Mathis,
Clerk. Meriwether Hall.
Moss: T. P. Morgan, W. A. Reel,
R. C. Grifis, D. D. Erunson, Clerk.
West and Williams Store.
Pleasant Lane: N. F. Manly, E. M.
Zimmerman, Whit Harling, M. B.
Byrd, Clerk. F. L. Timmerman's
Store.
Red Hill: C. F. Mathis, O. o. Tim
norman, Lewis Eubanks, R. M.
Johnson, Clerk. Red Hill Store.
Ropers: W. D. Lanham, F. F.
Rainsford, w. j. Lanham, J. D. Bos-
we'll, Clerk. Boswell's Store.
Rock Hill: R. D. Seigler, E. c.
VIM, John Press Sullivan, j. D.
Hughey, Clerk. Residence Of j. G. G.
Seigler.
Trenton: T. P. salter, j. R. Smith,
Ed Harrison, James D. Mathis, Sr.,
Clerk. Store Of j. D. Mathis, Sr. (,
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A Birthday Blossom.

(To Joseph Brunson, C. S. A, o
his Eighty-Second Birthday
E~ighty-two and glad to-day,
Happy with life's lot;
All it's hatred cast away,
All it's strife forgot.
Kind old face the children love,
Kind old heart still true
To the homeland skies above
With their Dixie blue.
Feeble steps that once kept time
With the drum and fife,
Walking now that way sublime
To Loves higher life.
On your path may roses bloom
Sweetly to the end,
Telling with their glad perfume
That we love you-Friend!
James Edwin Kerr.
July Is.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09

CtOsOOCs VI oA1 VI
3O4.
AS regards merchants and mis-
cellaneous manufacturers, the COM
mission found them to be assessed at
approximately S12,000,00O in 1918
and by 1921 this had been increased
to $41,S15,851, or approximately
s30,O00,OoO above the 1913 figures.
In the work of equalizing the mer-
chants much discriminatory assessing
was found. For instance, one mer-
chant owing a stock Of goods worth
$685. was assessed at s605 and anoth-
err in the same county owning $780,
900 worth of goods paid taxes on
$3.50 worth.
A striking example of the work
done in the past few years is the in
creased assessment to the four big
packing houses doing business in
South Carolina. These firms, in sworn
statements, the pamphlet says, placed
their property in the state at $685.
237. Upon investigation the commits
sion found in 1920 that the property
owned by these packers, Armour,
Swift, Morris and Wilson, was $449,-
$50, or just s414,123 more than the
firms had represented. This increase
brought in $31,870.74 in taxes in
1920, the commission says.
New Revenue Acts.
The commission taxes up to the
new revenue acts, the income tax and
! the inheritance tax, the gasoline tax,
i us .-~ oo-,o &oyo, o~I
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD

SOOINl1 OE LII AGdN
By W. 7. Kinard Esquire, Probate
Judge.
WHEREAS A. j. QUITS of above
County and state made suit to me to
grant him Letters Of Administration
of the Estate of and effects of Eva
Burton of said County and State,
THESE ARE THEREFORE to
cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditor Of the said
Eva Burton deceased, that they be
and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at my office at
Edgefield, S. C. on August 18TH,
1922 after publication thereof, at
II o'clock, in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
administration should not be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this LIST.
day of AUGUST Ammo Domini, 1922.
w. T. KINARD, q. So
Probate Judge Edgefield County, S.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09

For Sale: One fifty-gallon oil tank
with pump suitable for kerosene or
motor oil, cost $500 will sell for
$3.50, practically new. Also n well
made ice box with zinc sides and bot
tom for $500.
Mrs. Mallie Dorm.
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striklnaIy Original.

Flap-Why does the umpire call
strikes? The batter doesn't striha
anything.
FAM know, but all strikes end In
Observation-Disclosures Legion Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
So TO Speak.

"The motor stalled and we vert
blocking traffic at the foot Of the hill
a"r.aec what h~appened2" .
"a cop hauled US up."-Lou:sville
Courfer.JournaL
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09

DR.. B. H. Dement,, president of
the Baptist Bible Institute, New Or
leans, will supply for the First Bap-
fist church of Greenwood, where for
many years he was an honored pas
tor, on the third and fourth Sun
days in August.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09

All land owners desiring loans on
farm lands at 6 per cent interest for
a period of 5 to 3S years can apply
through the Peoples Bank Of Edge
field, S. c., representative for The
First Carol;nas Joint Stock Land
Bank of Columbia, S. c. Straight
loans; no commissions.
THE PEOPLES BANK.
Edgefeld, S. G.
July 4th, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
Illustration by RALPH BARTON

&-cund taaIr 1&vorits motion p1cSI.e ssa-.
Companion, chauffeur, hair dresser, swimming
teacher-they don't care what, JUST es long aa
they can worship at her feet.
II the writer's knew what gca1.5 Gtteneiv.
their letters got they wouldn't pour out Their
hearts with quite such abandon, Ior people wi.
write to strangers intmacies that they would
NOT tel! their nearest friends. On and On yhey
babble, laying tAei1 hearts bsye III most L.
blushing way, asking advice, seeking solace
and even pity. There is queec streak IL
some mortals that makes them willing 70 tell =
person whom they have never seen their sslos1
cherished secrets and bury them before tnei-
most intimate friends. This queer trait flowers
IT It's full in the letters to motion picture starr.
But fortunately the letters are not given the
consideration the writer's gine. The letters
are Jumped according to the division into which
they fall and the stars secretary answers them
by form. Or, in accordance witt. 4 growing
custom among stars, the answering OF letters
is farlned cut
One man IN New Yorl. makes 8 specially Of
answering letters for stars free OF charge
Ordinarily a star must pay somebody 70 GO
this al small. weekly expenditure, but the
professional guarantees to answer every let
Ter WllhOuC one ccaC OF cost TO the star. AneTc
is one stipulation, however. He must have
everything that comes through the mail and
be allowed to sell her photograph The pres
ents he gets! Handkerchiefs, scarfs, picture
postcards, candy, gloves stickpins, fruit cakes,
live alligators. The star does not even know
Of the receipt of these. Even so small thing,
as picture postcards comes to DO big thing
when such cards arrive by thousands, From
ill o:,fy-. -.
Japan. These the contractor sells TO postcard
houses which send them out to dealers and they
again put on sale
In addition, the contractor has the stamp
rights. United States stamps he sells 70 husi-
ness houses at less than they could buy them
from the postofice; foreign stamps he sells
10 broker, who, in turn, sells them 70 export
companies doing business with Slam, Chiles
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19

not the only ones who went into the river.
When lool. at our papers nowadays and see
the number Of divorce suits ! think Of q cus-
tom which the Sumcrian5 had. II q husband
brought charge Of infdeIlty against his wife
and she denied It the legal code required that
She should be thrown into the river. II she
managed to make her way ashore she was
adjudged not guilty; but IL she drowned 1t
vas recorded that she was guilty and had met
d Just fate. a peculiar thing about this lay
and we to-day are something like the Su-
rnerians in tllis respect-is thai it did not ap-
py in the case Of raan.
''It should not be supposed, however, that
the woman in those days was mere chsttel.
She did not have vote, but then, as rowa-
days, she had voice in determining the
COURSE Of affairs. She had her voice IN tho
household. IT, fact, some Of the tablets de-
ciphered would indicate that she had TO small
voice. She could bequeath her own estate, for
sue could hold This separate from her hue~
band she had her social life; in fact, there is
svary evidence that the Sumerian lady was
not only the possessor Of very great freedom
but that she exerted no small influence IN
matters generally.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19

Guacen.a!a and far-away countries Sas
biggest th:ng IS the right 50 the paoS0s'sp13
They are sold 81 - cents eacn--sE,u sh0'sA
20 out. But the contractor vss much paI y
shortly after the Eou.i affair. soazss III
national repIy coupon" was spread al o'e' 4
world and by The thousand thoss csfas csa' Z
tFor some tine the coatracGoE wss aD'S ~ y.
them at the postotsce-aad then sAs s0's..I
taant set It's foot down. But still sas 'sss|
couoons came iu-an5 not worth Ins ps:.I =.
they we're printed or. 70 keep Ls0ia -
xIoul CT the United States FosSenlcS ~
.ractor had 10 Ill the orders for phosogs
And each one vas costing him money! ~. -.
seemed that life ,Tasn't worth wnlls--'"
out and nothing coming II. ;. j
The contractor reads Only English, aa
Coes..'s take hin. OF his ssenographsfs w.
get digest OF letter. He Knows pss'.s
before he opens it that it vii laii ~ w. ~
The five categories. On the wall bei0,s ~. a.s
has sheet o. paper with the ~osas' n n
graph" photographs" sold cio1Ass' ..ss
translated into the different languages, :. ~ I,s
ing japanese. At q glance he sposs :. n
word and draws = line under It. INV : sw
I box o. the No. box or INTO sne w. ~. b
the letter Is dropped. The form ls''s, ~ :, ,ps.
is sent back in rcply-and thus Wv
moves OF. -
In . few days She autographed ph'''ssr p,s s',r
arrives. The recipient is completely y. IN N
and places it on her dressing table. LAVA ~ q
she know that ths contractor at n's =
just as happy. =. ~
The contractor in running over 'as ,.#,
csn tell by the return address L .as : lst.
srom . friend or il it is a bushes, : =.
Most letters from friends are niassss a..s
sonsl," o. go to the stars home aaI ~, ~
bear her married or non-protess.0''A.., ~ >
There is little difficulty in sspsrasins :, ii
sonsl communications from the a0ss : N
letters, as they are known srouno 80, s.
The personal letters go to the s'ar -, ~,
room; the "san" leyrers to the con''Ae =
By an means continue writing :,
savorite stars -- but don't ger s0o 80
over their replies. Remember peo9'e - -.
over the world are writing to rne'n' s
are only human. They haven't any IVY. -
in day thar you have-snd picsui.,.s = = !.
rsade. II they weren't, the stars w0u,u =. !,
forgotten--and nothing else senss s r~s,,
q caid ghtver down their eraotsoaA 's'
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
BY HOMER CROY

G1oa picture acrseas og gcano!ng hiss q gecre-
agent as well. lie CT she-ugually It is {
woman--thinks up various ways Of getting the
stars name into print, seeing that the papers
are constantly supplied with gossip about Tie
dear person end answers al social notes.
Some Of the more promising looking letters
t!.at come in the great daily batch the secre-
tary answers herself--on The stars alluYirg,
rose-tinted nlonograrned stationery. Tie whole
lester is a form, except line or TWO Of L
personal nature 10 tit this specific coYnnlunica-
ton. The girl who gets il goes TO sleep with il
under hsr pillow and thinks the world rosy
place indeed. And The star IS pretty well sat-
ishsd herself
Third, they want old clothes. But the gow-s
are not disposed OF in any such way. They go
70 the help around the studio; TO the stenog-
ysphers and telephone girls and are given to
sunshine and aid societies, are eucti0ned OF
Ior church fairs or seat to the endless list OF
relatives that pop up when d person has made
S strike in pictures.
fourth, money. Thousands OF such letters
come in. The writer's want to go into "pic-
lures -Il4ey SCOi ICGTIA IIS SluQIO CeFIl---OuC
they haven't enough money TO get to New
York or Hollywood. If the star will be so
wonderfully kind as to se.d their cavfare they
will be eternaly thankful and pay her bacl.
OUT OF the money from their very first engage
1nent. Crpples, shut-ins, professional beggars,
hearing Of the salary star gets, write to her
Immediately. Mothers send pictures Of them
selves and their small children to touch the
stars heart with pleas and prayers for few
dollars 70 answer such pleas would more
than wipe out the stars income
In fact, aims soliciting from motion picture
stars even became q Aourishing trade. Shortly
after the war The motion picture stars were
tioodsd with begging letters from Germany
They cams In such numbers and were al SO
rinlilar that they set the studios to wondering
An investigation was made, and 1t was found
chat aonc entsrps.sing person ia Germany had
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
Trade Went Or Then
Abogs ezs NcsO

at must be remembered that t..c aun.erians
5000 years ago were not barbarians. Thei1
civilization then was fully 1000 years old.
We know for certainty that they employed
writing. III fact, t!le results Of cur excava-
tons show Us that Abraham vas really q
modern, although Sumerians IN lis day were
still folloving The Same general Gods that
prevailed in the period we are discussing.
The state Of civilization underwent trenlen-
dous change in Abra.,ana's day, however. =
vas then the horse was introduced aa q means
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19

t@%"k m

Of loconiocioTl, which wrought Sae same soEs
o2 revolution in travelling that the aI1tonaoSile
has brought in cur day.
''The tablets indicate that the Su1.erla.-
5000 years ego felt that his civilization had
reached the highest point In perfection. ARD
he had good reason. Somehow we get the
idea that he was of there in isolation. The
truth is that he traded with far distant parSs
of the world. His merchants Travelled 80
Egypt, China, lover Africa, IHdia and Eu-
rope, buying and selling. They probably
travelled with packs, possibly in caravans.
There wero no horses then--they had Only
The donkey. Their travelling was slow. but the
fact after all is that they got into other coli,~
tries and got home again and traded ',ta
them just as we are doing to-day.
Gold and silver were not commonly Used
in trade These metals were known, and thers
was already a standard, one gold 20 oiz silver.
Business, however, was carried on upon Tie
basis Of foodstuGs. The granary, which was
to be found near The temple, was tie &c
serve bank, the center Of the banking system.
When q rnan deposited in il so much grain
wheat, corn, barley, etc.-he received tablet
giving him that much credit. This credit le
could use in MS business transactions. II he
desired TO make loan he gave q writing
saying that he permitted q certain person to
nave the use OF SO much Of the grain he had
deposited in the gransry. Thus sll business
was transacted on tho basis CT the actua
.oodstuff on hand.
Extension Of credit was not az exceptional
ching. II SuEneriau business man had conf
dence in another he would readily provide hil..
With working capital in the form OF credit 1,
The granary. They lad their inte~es5 rate,
provided by law--25 per cent.
''The whole business Of the country was W..
IN this way. a contractor would agree "a
provide SO many men 9or SO many days FOR G
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19

suit was that the tongue OF the Sumerians
xgas still tbs official language for religious
rituals in the days OF the Chaldean empire,
seven centuries before Christ.
''Can you enilgaten us more in detail con
cerning any Of the prosecutions OF crooked
city officials and contractors" Dr.. Legrain
gas asked.
s'Well," said f,r. Legrain. ''you cannot make
. very long story about the detection, trial
and punishment Of contractor or city Official
who went wrong in thoac days. II moved SIS
gapidly as one Of our moving pictures. The
cjty-states, Sor they were just littlo towns
which controlled as much Of Che surrounding
territory as their military strength would ad~
zrs:t, were ruled hy prieat-kings. The civic
and religious governments were bound Co
aether Most Of the land was the property o3
tne temple, OF the god, and when any public
worls was to bo done the contractor entered
sntc q very detailed contract as to the nunlber
o9 men he would supply and the amount Of
pay he would rcceive--which was reckoned
then net in money Of the gold anG-siIver kind,
but in grain or other produce Of the fields,
CIT was s. very definite understanding; 80 II
tho contractor failed to supply the amount u
labor no had agreed 70 give or il he entered
into any conspiracy with an official 10 provide
less than he was paid FOR he could not easily
find q !oopholc. Immediately no was takcg
into court, the facts related and made g Enat-
Tor og record, and then he Was dragged OF ana
thzowga into tie river.
"No matter how nlGcn wealth hs might
poasess his lawyer couldn't block justice By
the various legal subterfuges which are known
10 our courts nowadays.
'rgut contractors and crooked oEhc&Is were
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19

sE& BE anybody In motion picture circles
you have 70 get half uailliou letters
= q year. Some Of the stars get more
well up to G million. The letters srS
rot sn love snd moonlight For instance. tha
writer's want old clothes. Right now there are
hundreds and thousands Of letters hurrying &c
New YORK and Los Angeles asking stars 2or
shsir cast of clothea. The "sans" know that 8
stay can't possibly wear out her cid clothes,
90 bright idea strikes thsra and they head
straight for their fountain pens.
The greatest number OF letters mailed out-
side Of the United States comes from Cuba.
The Cubans are pleasure-loving people; they
like sports and horse races, and they are lovers
o. the theater-and great letter writer's.
In the following order letters from the dlS-
sersnt countries come to the picture Stars:
Cuba, Australia, England, the Philippine
Islands. Brazil end tbs Argentine, New Zes-
land and Japan.
In the following order with the following
requests, the letters Aow into the motion pie
eure studios:
First, the peopls want picture or an auto-
graph, and 20 get it they think It necessary 70
tell how wonderful, how sweet, how perfectly
splendid star vas in some part. And thsn
soon they are talking about themselves.
Second, they want to get into the movies.
This letter is quite long. Oh, they would work
SO hardl Follows g complete description Of
themselves, with lock Of hair.
The stars say that they answer The letters
o1 their admiring friends and grow quite senti-
nlsntal over then1-but don't take this Soo seri-
sasaly. The letters OF q motion picture star are
her applause. By the number that come in her
popularity is gauged ard her salary auctuates
accordingly. AS result the star does ali she
can to encourage tbs letters, although she may
uot open tenth part Of them. Not for ths
world would she let her dear correspondents
Gaow that che doesn't devour every line OF
Ss,sir ecstatse Communications.
gn addis:cn TO her maid and chauffeur, sss~