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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1921
Page
4
The piece weighs two tax reform schools in South Carolina as Lexington county shows high local levies. It notes state taxes at 12 mills with many districts adding 34 to 36 mills, argues education spending and rural aid shape tax burdens, and urges deeper education funding amid calls for smaller state office costs.
The author analyzes the Tax Commission’s plan showing public schools and higher learning receive about 47 percent of the appropriation, with penal and charitable institutions and health taking another 30 percent and 18 percent for courts, debt, and other needs. He argues taxes must be lowered and a painless extraction method could fund state needs, urging calm, informed debate and a political push in next year’s elections to shape tax reform while preserving essential services.
Pine Ridge school hosts a box supper on Friday December 2 at 7 o clock with plenty to eat. A light humorous anecdote follows about Joe Betts painting his house after his wife Daisy Moore dies culminating in plans to marry and repaint with color chosen by Daisy Moore.
Local notes recount Lexington residents and visitors during Thanksgiving. Mentions A S Laird of Dallas visiting on a sad mission, oil interests, teachers at Summit and Summerland colleges, and several townsfolk renewing subscriptions and paying dues. Updates include Dr W H Price opening a new drugstore and Dr Claude Harman returning to Lexington Pharmacy.
The Lexington school Community Fair on Thanksgiving Day raised funds for the School Improvement League to pay for the heating plant. A county teachers meeting is planned for Saturday December 10 at Batesburg Leesville High School, with speakers and a tour of the new 301 building. Trustees and principals are notified. many teachers across the county will attend.
All persons are warned not to hunt haul wood or trespass on our lands. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Names listed include Dr J W Geiger J E Gardner J D Geiger J C Howard B W Moye W Furtick J E Reese A E Beard G Taylor.
South Carolina launches its Christmas Seal and Health Bond drive led by E. O. Black with county representatives including J. S. Cochran Aiken Mrs Walter Duncan Anderson and many others aiming to retard tuberculosis by funding programs for 16 000 active cases. The campaign promotes Invest in Health Bonds and Christmas Seal Your Christmas Mail with backing from the National Tuberculosis Association and its 1200 affiliated groups.
A poem titled Letters to Santa Claus expresses longing for a loved one with spring imagery and grief. A second fragment shows a child asking Santa to bring a black hair doll and a muff for cold weather. The text includes garbled phrases and incomplete lines.
All persons are warned not to trespass on the lands of the undersigned by hunting or otherwise. All violators will be punished to the full extent of the law.
In Bennettsville area last night James Sweatt and George McKinnon shot each other at Tom Hair's house. Sweatt died instantly, McKinnon died two hours later. They had a dispute over Sweatt's 19 year old daughter who had run away with McKinnon. Both men used 32 caliber Colt pistols. coroner held an inquest.
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