Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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News of The SIEGE OF "FOUR C A remarkable picture of a corner of the Fou the present Irish War. The Four ourts was the ] Irish Free State Army started a seige on the coui by the use of field and machine guns. Note the < building, and the sandbagged window used by sn fired upon by the rebels holding the building. ? FOKKER HERE TO HELP DESIGN WORLt PEDO PLANE. This photo taken in Washington, D. C., si : German airplane manufacturer, left, ar.d Adm'] Aeronautical head. The famous German aire is here to help design the world's best torpedo $ CLUCK, CLUCK?ZIP, AND PRESIDENT EI ! CHICKEN DINNER. Dr. George T. Harding, father of President of ? caught in the act b'gosh, of killing one of the | Ten's dinner, when the President and Mrs. Hard ! the home town of Marion, Ohio, to help townsf i Mamn Centennial. Day Told in OURTS" IN IRISH WAR. r Courts, the scene of the most terriffic fighting j headquarters of the Republican Army, and th rts, effecting a complete capture of the stronghold damage caused by shell fire, on the side of th ipers. The photographer who took this picture wa )'S BEST TOR ^iows Herr Fohker, ral Moffatt, Navy raft manufacturer plane. - - - 1M | GIRL ATHLE1 M'ss Katheryr alumnae (holder throw, javelin ai American team firrt ir.iernation; Paris. France, A *JJOYS A FINE the United States chickens for War FAMOUS BOSTON S\ Sail* to Attempt Englltl Swim. Photo of Charles Toth, ton swimmer, who on A will attempt to swim th ing paM a visit to Channel. His chances or ? , , , Captain Webb's feat olk celebrate the ,. , , , , . ,OQ( which has stood since 188. sidered excellent. Photographs Viscountess Anticipates Being First White Woman on Upper Nile. n Viscountess Maidstone, a sister of e Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., of Philadel phia, is soon to depart from her home in London for a trip up the Nile River. Accompanied by the Duchess of Sutherland and a small party of friends, she expects to be the first white woman to visit the upper reaches of the river. It will re. i quire some months to make the trip. E CHOSEN FOR WOMEN'S MEET IN PARIS i Agar, of Chicago, a member of the Oakesmere of the American record in two handed javelin id baseball throws) selected as a member of the ^ f r.M n f 1*1 lirU ??f1 11 mnvf!a 1 ?? ui wuilieu tioiucics wuu win jjui utipaic in liio il track meet to be held in Pershing Stadium in ug. 20th. VIMMER YOUNGEST WOMAN ATTORNEY i? Channel ADMITTED TO CALIFORNIA BAR Mifes Stella E. Gramur, 23 years of noted Bos- age, has the proud distinction of be ugust 20th ing the youngest practising attorney ie English 0? jjer gex United States. She duDlicatine . ... -a * record haS jUSt beeT1 admittea T0 practise in 5?are con- 'California after having passed the j State Bar examinations. 1 :OST OF GOVERNMENT $38 FOR EACH PERSON IN 1921 Washington, July 16.?The United states government collected $38 in evenue for each resident of the lountry during the fiscal year just jnded, according to an official state ment of the Treasury Department. Business men and consumers supplied :ne money in taxes ana tarms. j.ju? figure represents the cost of govern, ment per capita in this country. The cost of government in other principal countries follows: England, $95.00 per capita. France, $42.00. Japan, $13.00. Italy, $11.00. The United States' revenues total ed $4,109,104,000 in the fiscal year just ended. In England the total was $4,330,480,000 and in France, $1, 744,725,000. Japan collected $784,392,000 and Italy $456,384,000. The population of the United States is nearly twice as great as that of Japan and well over double the population of the British Isles, of France, and of Italy. Business is heavily taxed in France Italy and England. The British nor mal income tax is more than 25 per cent, the American, i per cent. Five items suffice to describe all sources of revenue of the1 United States government .in the treasury daily balance sheet. Vore than twen ty items are required to enumerate the sources of revenue of the govern, ments of France, England, Japan and Italy. Business men of these countries are required to contribute to the support of their governments in murVi lareer nrnnoTtion than in this country. Operating costs are smaller in the United States as far as taxes are concerned than in any of the principal countries of the world. Taxes on business make high living costs for the consumer. The excess profits tax, adopted by many coun tries to furnish war funds, has now been abolished in this country all though it is still retained generally throughout Europe. American revenue collections are falling, those of other nations rising. The government of the United States is spending less, other governments more. This government in the last fiscal year collected appi'oximately $700,000,000 more than it spent, ac cording to the ordinary balance sheet of the treasury. Per capita revenue collections is re garded as a more trustworthy meas ure of the cost of government to the individual than disbursements. Revenue per capita measures the a - mount of money actually paid into the government by citizens: Expen ditures1 per capita includes borrowing to be paid by future citizens. IT w I FACED IN GREENWOOD Greenwood, July 25.?Greenwood ;oal yards are practically out of coal with little prospect of any more, pending the settlement of the coal ind rail strikes. Greenwood on Sat lrday afternoon had enough flour to ast ten days, it was estimated by wholesalers. Some wholesalers had| jeen promised long delayed ship- J nents of flour but they were not cer-| ;ain of getting them. Merchants stat ed that householders had bought Ut ile flour, in the hope that flour would )e cheaper. The quantities of other itaple food products on hand are iuuul iixc cauic ao nuui. According to Henry Duckett of he Greenwood Ice and Coal company lis company is hauling shavings 'rom New Market to supplement the lepleted stocks of coal under their >oilers. The domestic coal for sale by hem is practically exhausted and he mines are refusing to take more rders, Mr. Duckett said. Federal-aid road projects total- j ng 6 3 miles in length were com-; )leted and 541 miles went under i construction during May, bringing | ;he total under construction to learly 15,000 miles and the mile ige in completed projects to 17,038 iccording to reports of the Bureau >f Public Roads, United States De triment of Agriculture. These fig ires indicate that the Federal-aid lystem grew at a rate of more than JO miles per day on each working lay of the month. Allotments of "unds to definite projects amounted ( ;o $7,828,000 during the month. I FINANCIAL RUIN FACES COLORADO FRUIT GROWERS Delta, Colo., July 25.?Financial ruin faces fruit growers of the west ern slope district of Colorado un less railroad cars can be had imme diately to move the perishable crops it is stated in a resolution sent to Colorado senators and congressmen at Washington following a meeting here yesterday of Shippers, growers and business men. TVi? J ? <<4.1.. i a iic icauiuuun ueinaxiua tuaw ui government immediately take charg both as to the labor and managemen of the railroads. Peaches, apricots, and early pota | toes are ready for market and te thousand cars are needed to mov the crop. !NAVY SAYS CHARLESTON YARD MUST BE CLOSE] Spartanburg, July^25.?In repl to a telegram sent by E. B. Walke secretary of the Chamber of Con merce, this city, to Acting Secretar of the Navy Theodore Roosevel joining with oliher commercial bodi< in requesting that the order to cloi the Charleston navy yard be rescini ed, a letter was received yesterdi by Mr. Walker in which the acxii o?(iTotarw n-t fVio now o+ofoa-fV?o4- +1 qrder to close the yard must go in effect and that it is with deep' gret the action must be taken. ] Roosevelt states that it v*as only ter due deliberation that the -ord was given, and that due to reduc appropriations and the necessity f the exercise of rigid economy, gether with the deficiency in amount of work required up the lesser vessels now in operatic it was found necessary for the ? partment to close some of the yai on the Atlantic Coast. CATCH HORNED TOAD Animal Foun?l Far From Nati Haunts?Another Mystery Spartanburg,. July 19.?C. Brown of Cedar Spring brought the city this morning a hqrned fi he caught near his home last we? The frog is a native of the W< where it is as common as the I toad is here. It is a harmless a mal. How it came to be in this s< tion is not known. Another ' strange animal been caught about five miles fr< TT ^ | iiuimiu \j. x. xiuiisuiger ^augiit animal, which is a little larger th| a squirrel, according to the descr tion of it. It has a short bunc| tail, and sits on its hind legs eat. The description would fit prairie dog, except it is said house in a hollow tree. Should it a prairie dpg, it is a mystery ho\ came to be in this section. It "been seen by more than 100 peoi and none of them have been ai| to identify it. COAL SHORTAGE BEING FELT IN THIS STAl Columbia, July 25.?A seric shortage of coal for industry has veloped in Columbia and in ot* parts of the state, due to the prJ tice of many users of coal for indj try of buying direct from the mil] and the recent failure of the mir and the railroads to deliver, due strike conditions. The Traffic burtj of the Columbia Chamber of Col merce is giving the matter considl ation now, and will make a reportl the body at a meeting this weekj At the same time the traffic reau makes investigation and nounces that the home consumer] coal need have no fear; that sto^ on hand with dealers will supply mands for home consumption many months to come. HARVEY PRAISES TEACHERS IN ADDRESS TO SCH< Columbia, July 25.?The teacj has an important place in the buj ing up of citizenship, the enfoi ment of law and the suppression crime, Governor Wilson G. Hai loiu me tcaciicia <mu stuucuu v/^ Universities Summer School in address delivered at the sumi school this morning. There are el cated criminals, the governor s4 but the ratio of the former to latter is infinitestimal. Man wa to be doing something and ance leads him to crime. The governor also paid a trit to the sphere of women in pu| affairs. The chief magistrate warmly applauded.