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- I I TOY I til Christmas 01 I Furniture of all 1 the boys, Drui W A * !? *?T?I Kp i -"i wan d ni rv w i? If you will visit in Baltimore ar I are in position grand bargains an< Parei toys (or your little we bought them al happy once in eacl Now see it for you will only a short time t INCOME TAX REPORT IS MADE PUBLIC 41 People With Net Annual In comes of Million or More. THE BIG WEALTH rENTKIiS. >'? \\ V<?i'k, I'liiladelphia. Chicago, Huston ami Detroit l oci or the Wealthiest ol' Xatioa. Washington, Dee. 12 The :.iv? complete compilation return under the income t;.x law was made public yesterday in the annual \.ort of the commission w of ii.lern.il ri'Mp ir. It showed r-'urn,; lor tlie collection year of 19 id hv I7,.*>It8 individuals as follows. Net No. Income. returns 11.000,000 and over 4 J .100,000 to $1,000 00 t 01 400,000 to 500.000 4 4 300,000 to 400,000 84 250,000 to 300,000 04 200,000 to 250,000 145 150,000 to 200,000 311 100,000 to 150,000 785 IE mm 1 an Ann nno 50,000 to 75,000 2,618 40,000 to 50,000 2,427 20,000 to 4(>,000 4.553 25,000 to 30,000 4,164 20,000 to 25,000 6,817 15,000 to 20,000 11,977 10,000 to 15,000 26,818 5.000 to 10.000 101,718 3,333 to 5,000 114,484 2,500 to 3,333 79,426 Returns wert; made by 278,835 married persons, 55212 single men and 25,551 single women. The normal tax of 1 per cent on all taxable incomes produced $12,728,038. Incomes of more than $20,000 a year and subject to sur-tax produced $15,525,4 97. The figures show that most of the individuals with large net incomes live in districts near the cities of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Detroit. More single women, as well as more single men paying the tax wero found in New York than anywhere else. Married women made separate returns in every collection district except in the Fifth North Carolina. Returns were filed by 1,426 Americans residing abroad repre senting a total net incoim >>f si'i,843,399 and 425 returns wv*rc made by non-resident aliens representing Incomes amounting to $7,3 V.S4 2. There were 316,909 corporalItfns doing busines in tlie United States during the fiscal year ending A\u 30 J ney reported capital stock aggregating $64,071,319,18:"), an increase over the previous year of about $2,333,000,000 reported by 305,236 corporations. The net income ot the corporations for the year was $4,329,550,008, or nearly 7 per cent on their capital, with bonded and ther indebtedness amounting to $87,136,215,096. The net income reported for the year showed an increase of more than $500,000,000. The commissioner announced that ;.^?ptlures to make proper returns were few and cases of fglse or fraudatent~;re4usas .still fe^er __ .y The commissioner pointed out that "bootlegging" had increased to a marked degree in states with prohibition laws. 1 . S! TC s and girls we are re< le of the most compl 1 kinds, such as Cradl ms, Horns, Wagons :h all the animals, Ro our store this Christ] id New York this Sur to sell you as many thi 1 come where you get the its, don't fail to bring all children. It was luckj^ t a very low price. Chri i twelve months? we are going to make ou see something you have i 0 do your buying. So c< f our Dear i EUROPE NEEDS THE SOUTH'S COTTON 1 (Continued from Page One.) ' consumption in our opinion is assw-r ed for all such cotton reaching our country up to two-thirds of its an nual consumption, this the more as ! Hi us i liiuiun uiiu cigypuan coi.jn i does not come into question at all. j "Our country appears to bear all | perils of this dreadful war wihch , was forced on us easier and bettor ! than other countries concerned. 1 Kverbody is assisting to his best the] government, the inillitary authori-i ties, the Red Cross of the poor people j Rich and poor people are more unit < d than ever. RANKS ARK U.NCI1 ANGKl>. "Ranks have not changed their ] lltiancial arrangements with impor- . ting or exporting tirms, all payinenst i j are regulary made uifd banks elaim i I to even have excessive credits from , ' their clients for which credit bal-j {lances they allow partly an interest" of 41-2 per cent, per annum. "The question of cotton imports! to this country remains absolutely wiin me American government. i lie iniormaiion contained in j this communication." said Senator j Smith, "is along the same line that other correspondents in Germany and Russia have supplied. I addressed letters of inquiry along the above line letters of abevobar i above line of investigation to cotton 1 ....... !.. r> r. ? * ?i! 111 v~ 11 111 r^ii^ ici 1111, r i ami*, i^'i^niiii, Holland, Austria, Hungary, Germany and Russia. So far answers have ' bee nhad from. Russia and Germanyonly. I presume, however, 1 shall I have flirt her correspondence from the | other countries in the near future From the Information thus far diri ectiy received, it appears, and i i have from time to time called attention to this fact, that the present situation * men me cotton growers 01 tne ftoutn tare, is not one 01 I over-production or under-consumptlon of cotton, but it is a quest'on i of lack of means for adequate distribution. Just at present the immi| gratton bill, which Is in my charge, | is before the senate and of course during Ms consideration it is necessary for me to give my entire time ( and thought to this measure. The question of udquntc facilities to accomodate Amerctan shipping, however, is a problem wihch calls for the best thought of the American con- J gress and pratieulary was largely 1 with this thought in mind that I made the above inquiries and the facts and information that are resulting will, I hope, he of valuahale aid to us, the cotton growers of the South, in our further efforts to obtain relief from the disastrous conditions which now confront us in the making of which wo could have had no part." Postoffiro Hill Hfcore the House. Washington, Dec. 14.?Apyropriations agfgrogatlng $3 21,700,614 for conduct of the postal service are carried by the postcfflce bill reported today to the house. No/provision for extension of the service in Alaska and Puerto Rico telegraph and tlephone lines as rec^nimended by Postmaster General Ilurlesen was included, and other department proposals were' rejected. ' 1 ' ? c,r"1 ' * asctbr ygi )YS! ' ceiving daily large si ete lines of toys that es, Beds, Swings, Ta , Tricycles, Fire V eking Horses?in fa mas you will see the nmer we bought sev s year at eight centsjcol ! most for your jmmey. your clpMrento see Sai foj^ytm as well as for u stmas comes but once a r store a toyland this Xi IPVPI* SPPn kpfnra Ron m v w "w? wvam VA X* 1 Wll ime early and avoid the Mcl Santa < I HOW TO VITALIZE OUR g COURSE OF STUDY g The following pr.per was read l>y Supt. A. L. Humphries of the K?r shaw graded school. :u ?11 * Tea* hers' Institute, held here during mir week: To vitalize our course of study, first, we must not cuter to the selected few. who arc to enter college. but to all tIk* children of < ur community; we must prepare the ninety-seven for actual pnrtieipu t ion in life jyljgyell as th<- three lor < dlege. .StSpti/l we must a-range ur stutiles"$rTh:.t promotion!" sh?ll I < made nf^^jt.pid jis possible, to avoid the vdn'tinuous dropping out ^ up 10 mo i??titii ytar. especially in the eighth an.l tflnth grades.'./ It has been found fV.ut tlie majority of these were due non-promotions, thus becoming (Acr-aged for his class, and the studies not being fitted to the needs of the child. Yes, they get a job v. hen they leave; driving a cart, running ttrrands. and the like, but. what chance of promotion or advancement do these offer? Have we. as teachers, done our duty? Not and why not? Because we have not offered him work suitable to his needs and tastes, thus not fulfilling our purpose of feeding the masses, instead of the selected few, who yielded to our idee that what's good for one is good for all. All children can be Interested and held in the school, by some force, and next to the force of the teacher should be ranked the course of study. This must meet the needs of the different children. Not their tastes ?lone, mut their needs differ, and must he satisfied by the work offered. T.ot us recall the fact that there must be and is a "purpose" for teaching every subject in our pr< sent curriculum," This purpose is; in every case, a "real" one although we pursue the different courses with different purposes. First, the feat purpose of studying, reading (study phase.) spelling, geography (political) and history is the learning of facts. Second, the real purpose of studying, arlthemetic, algebra, goo iin'iry, grammar. sciences, geography (physical), government and (he like is for the understanding of truths; and the development of tnougnt. i ncse two puipoaos are wen untitled and amplified in our present course of studies, as suggested by list above. Naturally tlio studies and purposes grade into, or overlap each other to a greater or less, extent, however, the last and the purpose that should be emphasized most, because it is supplied poorer than either of the others; and yet ranked on an equal basis with the purpose of learning facts and understanding of truths, is the acquisation of "skill." The studies that tend most to develop this purpose, are oral reading; spoken language; writing, drawing, music, manual training, domestic science, and agriculture. We quote the say'ng, "Heading maketh a full man," but dp we require enough reading to ntakAllim a full man, or zio "we have enough oral reading to have hid) a ssilled reader? Next, "Conference maketh a ready man," and do havdenough correctly spoken recita-' tlona to ma kg], Ml no skilled in conversation' "Writ l?? mnlf/.IK ?? -- . . t? *vima iuai\ovu oil act man." Do we give to the world: skilled wrlterif. '-4)o we dswwlW enoupn attention to either of tne culture? Yetr tne prime purpose of what women noes the home or dnlte demand? Those skilled and trained ,!' W \ ' c * ' IB, DECEMBER 16; IMA. ysm111 TOYS! tiipments of toys and 1 1?ii . wc nave ever naa p bles, Tea Sets, Hous< /agons, Engines, Ma ct we have almpstrai grandesMHsplay of erajj^ties of toys at c fton as we could last yea ita Claus as he will be * s that we bought our toj i year, so don't you think mas and we want every 1 nember that it is only abc rush at the last moment, at Rarnafi ?.? Ul 1/UK UVtil l' L ELLEN EXPLAINS RED CROSS SEALS. Ellen, who Is seven years old and lives out in Kansas City, came home from school I he other day with a red. green and white "subscription card" I the teacher-hud given her. Iler mother : had seen something about lted Cross Seals in the paper, but didn't know I just what it was all about. "Oh." saiii the seven-year-old proud ; ly. "don't you know? They use the I i money to take care of sick folks?sick folks that haven't g<>t any money to j : take care of 'emselves. The money ! they Ret from the Santy Clans seals ' poos to run a hospital for those folks. , And they pay doctors and nurses to t teach people how to act well and how ' not to act sick. Teacher told us all I about it. See, tliis paper tells." Then Ellen's mother read the folder ; that small daughter had brought home, j telling how often tuberculosis can he | prevented, and when she hud finished j she signed the card for a liberal num- | her of seals. ^ * 1 4 4 i 4^ i * i i I I I I I I I ;; SOME RED CR08S 8EAL FIGURES. i, 'I :: :/VavV ? < jj people have any concep- *. the magnitude of the !! IwXvQtosh Christmas Seal Cam *) paign. Here are a few figures j j > that/twill show what a gigantic ? mrM?mwvt this is. Alrendy 115,1 0^</.000 seals lrave been printed [ \ attd practically that entire num- !! I bel/.dlstributed to agents in al- *j | most every state in the Union. .! ! Probably 15.000.000 more will | II I*# jieeded. Advertising circulars, | ; pAvters, oards, etc., to the num- * | II bet of several million, have been ' | | distributed. It Is estimated that * | j ?! the afmy of paid and volunteer " | workers engaged In selling seals || ! numbers well over 100,000. The || advertising and% publicity donat- || ed to the campaign nmounts to II several hundred thousand dollars. II ~?-*M-i"l"l-M?!-!"l"H-l?M?I?M-l-I"l-l"l"t' for their duties, be it a newspaper reporter, a draftsman, a imisfrian, a farmer or a cook. Do our courois meet thlR demand? Are our pupils skilled or are'they full of facts and truths? Then the following suggestion is ottered to make more vital our course of study. If the ipnciiff ?? of prime importance we want a course that will require better skilled teachers. If any teacher can tell you two and two sire four, then we wsint one that is capable of putting this fact to use. If any teacher can tell sin oak tree from si pine, then we want one that can tell the different habits and uses of these trees as well as knowing them apart, and so on. When shall we have better . tenchers? When our work demands 1 them. Again, to make our course more vital, we must adopt more real vocational studies, and make more vocational our present studies. Why not learn to write a sales-letter, an advertisement, and write to a real business man instead of an Itnaginrpy person? Just as ?n this, the other studies may be- taught more than they are from a vocational standpoint. We often find a boy i turning hie attention to the workings of electricity', 'simply from the few facts Mined from elementary physics. Why not offer more sub^cts thatjMrar directly u?on a man's We should remember that th-re aI .sags _?t?id|e? Und to. promote skill and s?W? a?? A. L. HUMP!!RU:3. SANTA CLAU IN ALL OF I will have on display efore?such as Dolls* es, Stovesaritrt5ianos ^jicx.diiierns, nrewoi lything that can be s< toys you ever saw. i very low price and r at twelve cents cotton, ith us this Xmas and wil rs hpfnrp flip WO f kfrtlrA ? Rrvaws w ?UV IIUI U1 V1VC ; you owe it to your childi little child in Lancaster c< >ut ten days until Christno I le's 5, 10 and 25c Stor GREENVILLE NEXT . MEETING PLACE South Carolina State Baptist t Convention Adjourns. i ENDORSES PROHIBITION, < l?r. John I''. Vines Presents \l?lo Itcport ?>n Social Service ami Public Morals. Charleston Special to Anderson j Intelligencer, Dec. In.?After se- v looting Greenville as the next place i of meeting .re-electingthe old ofllcers transacting various matterfs of hus-i , ncss ami enjoying a matserful ad f dress by the Itev. K. C. Dargan, 1). .L> (] the honor guest, the South Carolina v State Baptist convention tonight ad- s journed its annual Bession. At the afternoon session the sub- j ject of the young people's work was t discussed by the Rev. W. C. Allen and the Rev. T. J. Watts. The cause ?j of religious literature was ably pre- p Heated by J. H. Mitchell. The report g on obituaries was presented by the e Rev. A. C. Wilkins'. I One of the most impressive features of the afternoon session was o that part set .aside for the tnemoria-1 e izing of deeased ministers and dea- ? cons. The work of the Baptist hospital, at Columbia, was highly commended by the convention. One ini- t portant act of the body was the de- o cision to set aside $6,000 for- char- v ity work for next year. 1 To The C \S>hop Now is the time wher^ou I mas presents for your family, / ali know that useful presents This is one year in partVi of the society to promote uV your attention to the many i You can make a child hap ir.y.s, Mittens, Underwear, Ha or Suit, Sweater, Dress for a C'-.ll rn:_ . A,lV/?.rc?>) V/VIUU Sy 1 For a man we would sugj chiefs, Gloves, Shirts, Under or Overcoat, Sweater, Bath 1 Case, Hat. What makes a lady a nice Shoes, Coat, Coat Suit, Furs Shades, Curtains, Blanket Neckwear. This is only a partial list < found here. We will be glad offer suggestions. You can here, from 10 cents up. H< cards famished free with eacl Robinson ~ tancaster'sL \ S IS HERE I I IIS GLORY I from now un- | lio-carts, Doll I We have for I aks of all kinds, I sen inToyland. 1 While we were ? by so doing we il so don't miss our 9 1 heln vou spIm 'k J out in Europe as ren to make them \ )unty to come and las and you have e, Lancaster, S.C. ? Following the report on publicity, >y the Rev. Louis J. Bristow, the luestion of selecting the next place >f meeting was decided upon, Greenrille being chosen. The committee ?n better methods recommended 'ndical changes lor next year, protosing that tho convention convene tn Friday and adjourn on Wedneslay. Next July was decided upon as the late for the holding of the Baptist lummcr Assembly and Bible Confer nee at Greenville. The Rev. C. W. Jtiick was named president of the >oard of managers. Denominations vork for next year was fixed on a Kisis of $194,500. At the night session the movement if the Federation of Women's Clubs or reform schools '"or girls was cn-?^L , lorsed and supported by the conention. The Rev. J. P. Vines preented an able report on social series and public morals. He decried resent conuiuons but roresaw a Tighter future. The movement for state-wide p?rouuiiioii in aouiii ourouua was leartily endorsed by the convention. Speeches were made by J. K. Breenu, ine iujv. Cj. ourts una ine lev. A. Afl Ansley. The Rev. E .C. Dargan, the guest if lionor of the convention, de'.lverd a masterful address, his subject ieing "uort's words to the Modern ilUll. Committees for tiie next year were hen announced and under the new irder officers for the ensuing year k-ere chosen, the old officers being e-tsitscieu. Christmas >per >egin to think about Chrirtfriends and servants. We are the most appreciated, ilar when we, as members eful gil'ts, feel free to call kseful gifts displayed here. \y by giving them StockAlkerchiefs, Shoes, a Coat girl, Pants for a boy, Bath ?e* Hose, Ties, HandkerweM*, Shoes, Pants, a Suit RobV Collars, Grip or Suit ? preiwnt, Sweater, Gloves, i, Dret^. Hat, Hose, Rugs, s, TrunV Handkerchiefs, if HllitAhlA npoaonlo _ ^ ptvoviivo H/ Fit" I I to show them to you and , I get a present for any oneI oily Boxes and Christmas I h 25c present or over. I Cloud Co. 1 etiding Store I