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J ' ; ^ / SC?l ^ ^ SEMI- WEEKLY. l. m. grists sons, pubiisher8. & djamilg Jtasgagcr: J;or the promotion af the political, Social, Jjgricultuiial and (fommcmnl interests o{ the $copl^. ter^^?lk cof^^ established 1855 / YORK, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921. ISrOr;3?,; VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED UP BY ENQUIKER REPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things Some of Which You Know and Some You 1 Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. "That convention in the courthouse "the other day," said Mr. W. T. Beamguard of Clover referring to the recent tax payers' convention, "looked to me much like a Blease convention led by anti-Blenseitcs." Shaves and Hair Cuts. "See where the barbers in Anderson have reduced the price of shaves from 20 cents to 15 cents and hair cuts from 35 cents to 25 cents," said this morning a barber's customer. "I guess the old price will soon become common j over the state since this slump has to hit everybody." Expecting Big Dieting Bill. "I'm expecting that we are going to j have a big prisoner's dieting bill this i year?at least much larger than last," J Supervisor Hugh G. Brown remarked the other day. "There will no doubt be a lot of prisoners in the county jail this year who won't be able to get bond so readily because of the financial stringency and I figure that it is going to be necessary to keep them in the jail a good while, Which will of course increase the dieting bill. That's the way thihgs look now at any rate." With Fear and Trembling. "I am going to Columbia determined to do what I can toward seeing that the sta o is run as economically as possible this year," said Representative Robert M. Mitchell the other day. "I will have to admit though that I am entering1 upon this session in somewhat of a spirit of fear and trembling," Mr. Mitchell went on to say. The Mule a Necessity. Mason H. Blair of the Blairsville section of Bullock's Creek township tells this one: "Two negroes in my section who have been riding in Fords were riding along in i.-buggy pulled by a mule the other day. " 'Dis heah, ain't nuthin.' lak turnin' ? - tin de juice-of a Fo'd, is it," remarked one negro. " 'Nope,' remarked the other; 'but hit takes er heap o' fooiin' wld a mule to git dc juice ter turn on a Fo'd.' " Number Will Diminish. "I don't believe there will be as many income tax payers in South Carolina j for the year 1320 as there were in : 1313," remarked Sam Johnson, income tax expert of Rock Hill, who was dis- i cussing the subject with Views and In- j tcrviews on the train the other even ing. "4There were about 20,000 income tax payers in South Carolina last venr." Mr. Johnson went on to say. "Of th.'it number a great many wore | farmers. Because of the decline in the price of cotton and other crops there are going to be hundreds of farmers ' subject to the tax in 19l'J who will not ; be liable for 19110." Not Enough Men. "We will never be tible to make tiny j appreciable headway toward stopping the sale and manufacture of liquor in j South Carolina until we have a lot | more officials devoting their time to | that purpose than we have now." said ; the other evening M. S. Turner, Fedora. 1 j prohibition agent in charge of the j Spartanburg office and whose terri- j tory includes York county. "There ure j only seventeen Federal prohibition : agents in South Carolina," Mr. Turner! went on to say. "I find that county j and state officers give us the best possible co-operation wherever I go; | but the number of men is not enough, j In my opinion the state of South ; Carolina should appropriate at least j $150,000 for the enforcement of the j prohibition laws." George Kocster Says: ennsimpiiiin will exijodite recoil- , struction. I II hysteria, be laughter, then jazz is j music. j ' it's easier to smash an egg than its j . price. j Marconi might try inventing wireless politics. The bill collector puts his sole into his work. The business of the bootleggers is tightening up. Sober thoughts are now first, not second, thoughts. The successes in life are not made by the hunters for sure things. The supreme court will have to be the ultimate decider as to cider. Oh, well, tiie short skirts keep men from walking into open coal holes. What a pity Europe has not as much fool for stomachs as for thought. It will not lie easy to prove Jgidy Nicotine is John Uarleycorti's twin sister. The Autoists Song. An automobile owner was singing this morning: | "My auto 'tis of thee, short road to poverty, of thee I ehant. I blew a pile of dough, on von three years ago; now you l-ofuso to go, or won't or can't. Through town and countryside, you were my joy and pride, a happy day. I loved the gaudy hue, the nice white tires new, hut you're down and out for true, in every way. To thee, old rattle box, came many bumps and knocks, for thee I grieve. Badly the top is torn, frayed are the scats and worn: the whooping cough affects thy horn, I do believe. Thy perfume sweels the breeze, while good folks choke and wheeze as we pass by. I paid for thee a price, 'twould buy a mansion twice, now everybody's yelling "ice"?I wonder why? Thy motor has the grip, the spark plug has the pip, and woe is thine. I, too, have suffered chills, fatigue and kindred ills, endeavoring to pay my bills, since thou were mine. Gone is my bank roll now, no more 'twould choke the cow, as once before! Yet, if I had the mon, so help me Jonn ?amend. I'd buy a car again and speed some more."' A PRINTER IN LUCK Tarheel Compositor Receives Sweetest Smile of Fortune. Kirk Smith, a former newspaper man, shorthand teacher, press agent, showman and a job compositor, is the happiest man in forty-eight states. Smith has lived ip five countries and thirty states and has led a varied and adventurous life, but it was while working for the Judge Printing Company in t.his city that fortune gathered all her flowers into one bouquet and showered them upon him, writes the Fayettevillc correspondent cf the Raleigh, (X. C.) News and Observer. The jovial job compositor recently found in his mail two registered letters. cither one of which would have furnished a fitting climax for an O. Henry tale. To begin with the one that will always hold second place in j the recipient's memory. Smith received a registered letter from his sister in Norfolk informing him that a wealthy old lady in Canada whose life lie had once saved had died and left him a part of her estate. This would have been enough to crown the life story of the average man, but Mr. Smith's I friends can scarcely get him to talk about his good luck in this respect, because this information reached him the duy after he had signed for a registry letter that set him to walk on rarefied air. When Smith lived in New York city twenty-four years ago he knew and loved a little girl whose picture he ; has ever carried in his heart. Mother j objected to their marriage, and they parted, the girl's family moving west. The lovers lost sight of each other.' Smith has wandered over a large part of the world since then, but be has never forgotten "Kitty." She had long since passed completely from his life but her memory had never been re- j placed in his heart by any other af- 1 feetion. and through many years and lnnrls! Im linil remained faith ful to his first love. This was the situation when Kirk; Smith tore open a litt'e blue letter bearing a meaningless name and an address in San Diego, California. Hut he had not read three lines before he; knew it was from his Kitty. And she ! was still his!? Site was a widow now,, left comfortably well off and living in , the sunniest region of the Land of. Flowers, and wondering if Kirk thought of her sometimes. How hisaddress came to her possession is a mystery that Smith did not wait to unravel, lie rushed to a telegraph office and dispatched a night letter. It read: "Like an angel's echo came your precious letter today. Mailing special do- ! livery, it-member, always, Kitty, my | darling, tiie morning's bright sun in its Splendor shall fail to efface heaven's , teardrops, tin* dew: and the mother her | firstborn shall fail to remember, ere. (, darling Kitty, prove faithless to you. "Lovingly "Kirk." ] The message that came in reply is ' not for publication, hut it contained some reference to orange groves. Smith has led a varied anil checkered life, lie has been a shorthand reporter on the New York Sun. where lie worked under Dana and Lord: a city editor on the old Norfolk Pilot; a press agent for various shows, as well as manager and proprietor of shows, his work in the show business carrying him to the Paris exposition: a teacher of Pitmunic shorthand, at . * * " .... (lf i | Which 111* IS II!1 I.'.\|iri I, 11 i\i in.... I 1.1 usitiers colieg" in Norton. Ya. As a j job compositor he has few equals. lie j is a man of more than usually inter- : esthig personality with a fluent tongue! and a ready pen and just the man to j figure in a romance. He is sometimes intimately known as ".liggs," a not tin lilting appelation. A Man Bo Down. ? When Abraham Lincoln was a young man lie ran for Ihe legislature in Illinois, and was defeated. He next entend business, failed, and was sevntoen years paying liis debts. He was engaged to a beautiful young woman?-silt* died. Kntcring i?olities again, lie ran for c?nigrcss, and was again defeated. He then tried to get an appointment in the United Stales Land <M'liee, hut failed. II" became a candidate for the United States senate, and was hadly heaten. He ran for vice-president and was j once more defeated. When you think of vour hard liiek. j think of Lincoln.-?Ameriean Legion 'Weekly. WHAT W1NTHH0P IS DOING Trustees Make Fine Report to the Legislature. COLLEGE NOW HAS 6,500 DAUGHTERS Great Plant That is Now Worth $2,255,842.35 Has Cost the Taxpayers of South Carolina From the Beginning Only $631,117.62. The annual report of the Board of Trustees of .Winthrop College to the general assembly of South Carolina has been made up. It covers the work of the past year and presents the needs of the coming year. The total enrollment in all departments including the summer school, the training scnooi togeiner witn mc regular college classes Is 2,915. Of the 3G?) new students admitted this year 290 are from secondary schools and colleges, 22 have been admitted upon examination and 9 upnn teachers' certificates and 48 upon certificates and examination. Of the total number of students enrolled in the college classes 341 or 32 per cent, are the daughters of farmers. There are three students pursuing post-graduate courses at the college, this year working for the A. M. degree. Of the twelve South Carolina women pursuing post-graduate courses at higher institutions of learning outside of South Carolina, six arc Winthrop graduates. "With the completion of the new dormitory at Winthrop, now roofed in, the college will be In position to accommodate 150 more students and will thus be able to admit all of the high school graduates prepared for college who have heretofore been turned away for lack of room. There arc now 0,500 Winthrop Daughters. Winthrop College renders a great service in its extension work to the people of the state outside of the college class rooms and campus. It gives correspondence courses; reading courses; consultation service relative to school grounds and civic Improve ir1r1?'o?CPq mom; supplies spcui\i.-io iui and lectures; it makes educational surveys; conducts county study center work for country teachers; publishes a weekly newspaper; issues many important and helpful bulletins; helps schools to secure teachers best suited to their work, (tills department responded to 1,147 calls for service in this particular last year coming from colleges, high schools, graded schools, ! and rural schools.) The home demonstration work of the college is carried on in 44 counties of the state fur the improvement of the homes and living conditions of the people. During the year 1 .-L'o, 5.61G meetings of the womens' and girls' home demonstration clubs were held with nn attendance of yii.su. AVinthrop College's charter granted in 1 SHI. when no other South Carolina state college was open to women, provides for the practical alid higher j education of women, literary, scientific1 and professional, and Winthrop College lias been conducting courses through all these years In accordance with this charter. ' - l??tl? wii-kilPM* 1 There wis ncen \n,? at the college this session, unci us a ! consequence the students have been very regular In their attendance and have made unusual progress in their studies. The students are strong and well as a rule, or li-tli new students weighed upon entering college this session ami; weighed again before leaving for honiej for the Christinas holidays :i"S gained ' average of nine pounds each. Only seventeen students had lost weight, the j average loss being two pounds and a ; fraction. The committee of teachers and of. j livers appointed to investigate and re- j port upon the college fare reports1 through its chairman, the head of the; department of Domestic Science, thatl the food is palatable, well served, and j ample quantity) unci that good whole- j some, properly balanced meals of more; than sufficient caloric and protein] value are being served to the W'inthrop j st udenls. Tli" building operations at "W'inthrop j are progressing. The new dormitory is roofed in, the libarary enlargement is going forward and the teachers' home lias been begun with practically all the i material for the .building on the ground. i The iioard of Trustees of Whithropi College wish to avail themselves of the Carnegie plan for the pension of the! teachers of W'inthrop College and are arranging to put that plan in operation far another year. The enrollment in the summer sehool' last summer was l.-l-IS. The prospects 1 far as good an attendance as lliis, if! not a better attendance, fur the next1 summer school are excellent. ; It is due Winthrop College to call attention to the fact that, although the inventory of the college plant sub-l milled to the budget commission last summer shows the value of the plant i to he on .June "0. 1HLM. $2.2r?ii.S4J.Ba. the state of South Carolina lias paid from the stale treasury of this amount, from the beginning of the college in 1$S?5 to June 1?IJII only $150 1.117.111'. The remainder represents the value of the property aetpiired through donations and savings from college revenues i other than the stale appropriations through the 154 years of its life together! , with some enhancement in the value I of some of lhe land acquired, rtj should also be remembered in connection with Winthrop's requests for appropriations that a good part of the money is to be returned to the state treasury for the revenues of the college. INCOMJ^>R 1920. Tax Rate i3 the Same as ?t Was For 1919. Work ha:; begun on the collection of the income lax for th; ear 1920. Uncle Sam, through the Bureau of Internal Revenue, is addressing to every person in the United Stated the question, "What was your net income for 1920?" The answer permits of no guesswork. Every single person whose net income for 1920 was $1,000 or more and every (ncirril'U JJCl.-iuil niiuni; 1JVI. Iittujui: ?ua $2,000 or more is required to file a return under oath with the collector of internal revenue for the district in which he lives on or before March 15, 1921. The penalty for failure is a fine of not more than $1,000 and an additional assessment of 25 per cent, of the tax due. For willful refusal to make a return the penalty is a fine of not more than $10,000 or not exceeding one year's imprisonment, or both together with the costs of prosecution. A similar penalty is provided for- making a false or fradulent return, together with an additional assessment of 50 per cent, of the amount of tax evaded. Women Must Pay Tax. The hicomc tax applies to women as well as men. Husband and wife must consider the income of both plus that of minor dependent children, and if the total equals or exceeds $3,000 a return must be filed. A minor who has a net income in his own right of $1,000 or more must file a separate return. To be allowed the $2,000 exemption a married person must be living with husband or wife on the last day of the taxable year, December 31, 1920. Divorcees, persons separated by mutual agreement, widows and widowers, un-1 less they are the sole support of | others living in the same'household, in which case they are allowed the $2,000 exemption granted the head of a family, are entitled only to $1,000 ex emption. Tax Rat^s for 1S20. The normal tax rale for 1920 is the same as for 1919?4 per cent, on the first $4,000 of not income above the exemption and 8 per cent, on the remaining net income. This applies to every citizen and resident of the United States. In addition to the normal tax a surtax is imposed upon net income in excess of $.",000. Instructions on Form. Full instructions for making out returns are contained on the forms, copies of which mayi be obtained from collectors of internal revenue. Persons whose net income for 1920 was $3,000 nr less should use Form 1040A. Those with incomes in excess of $5,000 should use Form 1040. Keveiiue officials will visit every county in the United States to assist taxpayers in making out their returns. The date of their arrival and the location of their offices will be announced by the press or may bo ascertained upon inquiry at the offices of eollce tors. Tills advisory service ia ?nuuui| cost to taxpayers. BECOMES FAMILY PET < Doc Rescued From Dogs Rushes to Woman for Protection. If you cure to you can have this recital of a very humane incident published in your paper, as 1 think it may be of interest to your readers, and. encourage others along similar humanitarian lines, writes W. S. McCyskill of | Conway, game warden for Horry county to the Charleston News and Courier. To sportsmen familiar with wild life this story is scarcely believable, but it is nevertheless true. 1 am glad to see that The News and Courier is taking such an aggressive stand against the cruel steel traps. As soon as women realize the pain indicted on animals when trapped they will not only do without furs themselves, hut educate others along similar lines. As your editorial says: "The | steel trap must go." The sooner the , better. We must bomb the camps of j the legislators with recitals of the steel trap horrors before the legislature meets again. The incident referred to is as follows: " ntw.nt her household Mrs. .). kufus Thompson, the wile of! a young farmer, living near Buck- ! ville. in this (Ilorry) county, heard; the voices of a pack of (leer hounds i coming from the direction of the deep j swamps of the Waccamaw river. From j her window she saw a small deer, j commonly called a maiden doe. emerge i from the forest, and not far ahead of' the dogs. lis movements wore indi- 1 en live of near exhaustion, and seem- i ing to realize its helpless condition ; sought refuge in a shaded angle of ! the pasture fence, like Capt. Custer.! "took a last stand." Now, this young' woman, seeing an opportunity to! "show mercy," and with the nerve; of a Kooky Mountain hunter, rushed to its rescue. She threw her arms around it. The deer, instead of re-' sisting, leaned instinctively to heri liosom. while she fought off its tor- , mentors and l?y her merciful, brave' act. saved its life. Needless t<? say, the deer was adopt- j ed into the Thompson family, and lias! not .since shown a disposition to "re- j turn to tlie land of its forefathers." CLOVER NEWS BUDGET Sportsmen Bagged Three Deer in Hunt on Edisto River. HAWTHORNE MILL MAKES REDUCTION Considerable Interest in Approaching Municipal ^Election?New Family Moves to Town?Matters of Personal Interest. (By a Staff Correspondent). Clover, January 10.?Three deer, a wild turkey and a number of wild ducks werA the total bag of Messrs. J. Meek Smith, George McCall, J. Clyd< Ford and Dr. M. B. Neil who returned to their respective homes last week after spending several days hunting on the Edisto river in Dorchester county. The party made the trip by automobiie nn/1 nAAA.o1lM^ T Vffvl* + CCilVi aV,LUIUIU5 IU %J . aUUC1\ OWULU, Lliejr found deer about as easy to jump as arc rabbits in this section. Wild ducks were not so numerous on the Edisto, or at least if they were the Clover hunting party didn't have the good luck to run into them. As it was, however, they got a number. That section of the Edisto river in Dorchester county in the swampy fastnesses about forty miles from Summerville has been a popular hunting ground with Clover sportsmen for a number of years and almost every season a party of hunters from this town to go there for a few days' sport. The party killed plenty of game to keep them in meat during their stay and in fact, they had so much left that they could not bring it all home. Mr. Smith said that the party left the carcass of a deer hanging, up in camp after they had cut off a "ham," since they did not have room in their car& to carry the whole. Mill Reduces Wages. The Hawthorne Spinning mills resumed operations Monday of last week with<ti wage reduction of 25 per cent. This is the first reduction to be made by this manufacturing piant during the present slump. About seventy-five operatives are employed at the present time and there is no dissatisfaction or grumbling because of the decline in wages. "We operatives generally realize that the reduction in wages is necessary," said an operative who has been in the employ of the mill for a long time to The Enquirer correspondent. "The mill management tells us that it is unable to sell its goods at a profit and there is no doubt of that. We fcel^ that since all commodities have dropped to a considerable extent that we can live on less than we could during the time of the highest prices. We arc just hopeful that the mill won't have, to close down altogether because of the situation later on." The Clover Manufacturing Company's plant has been standing idle for several weeks and there is no indication as to when operations will be re sumed. A number of thoso who have been in the employ of the mill for years have pone elsewhere in search of work: but the majority of the operatives are living in the village hopeful that market conditions will soon brighten up. Mayoralty Race. There is considerable local interest in the approaching mayoralty race and stories which have come to the correspondent are to the effect that it may be hotly contested. There is already one candidate out for the office of mayor to succeed the incumbent Dr. I. J. Campbell and there is a probability that there will be others. There is a probability that the aldermanig offices will be contested, although the whole matter as yet is in a state of more or less uncertainty. Of Personal Interest. Rev. IT. A. Whittcn, former pastor of Clover, St. Paul and Chapel Methodist churches .and now of Lexington, was among the visitors in Clover last week. Mr. Laban Allen, formerly of the Clover section and now residing in Cleveland county, X. C., is visiting relatives and friends in this section. Miss Pearl Ulukely of Clinton is a visitor here, the guest of her sister, Mrs. it. L. AV.vlie. Recent visitors at the home of Mrs. * "\r.. 1 Ar.... -m. Jj. .inCKSon wcru .ur. aim iui.1. George Flannngun and children and Mr. Marokl Flannafjin of Clinton and Miss Lola Hogue of Hurtsville. Mrs. Ku.v McCall of Clover is visiting relatives in Charleston. Miss Catherine Hurgrave of Charlotte is visiting Miss Claudia Smith in Clover. Mi'. 11. U. Shercr of Hickory Grovel No. 1, is visiting his daughter Mrs. M. P. Faris in the Bethany section. Mr. Butler Wallace, for a number of years past a resident of York No. 1, -has moved his family 1o Clover where! they will reside in future. Messrs. \\". L. Jioguc and J. Meeeh Smith were visitors in Yorkville on j Saturday. Among the Clover popole who were j visitors in Yorkville last week were; Messrs. .1. Fitch Pursley and C. N. j Alexander. Miss Sal lie MeMnckin of the Bethany ; section is teaching (lie King's Moun-I tain Battleground school. Mrs. Sarah Harry is Quite ill at hen home in the Bethany section. Miss Mary Davidson of the Bethany! section is teaching near Grover, X. C. Mr. Haskell Cohb. for a number of years past a resident of the Bethany section has moved his family to the Wilson farm near Bowling Green. Miss Beulah Matthews of Columbia, is visiting relatives and friends in this section. , _ EVERYBODY TO WORK Those Who are Diligent In Business This Year Will Get Along Well. Now altogether, everybody! Let's chuck coats, roll up sleeves, spit in hands and get down to business, says the Monroe (N. C.), Enquirer. Too many of us have been playing and have not been on the job constantly enough. Of course this does not apply to you, but to the other fellow. But there is no argument about the statement that the other fellow has been spending too freely, has been wearing a high priced silk shirt when a plain cotton one would have done just as well, has been joy riding at night In a buzz wagon when he should have been getting sound sleep, has been guzzling fizz water when honest to goodness well water would have been better for him, has been spending his money like the proverbial drunken sailor when he should have been putting it in the bank: Let the other fellow and all of us work just a little harder at everything, except raising cotton, in 1921, that we did in 1920 and everything will come out right. Knock the "spend" ofE of spendthrift, and we will all feel as independent as crowned> kings and will not feel mean and measley. One day Solomon picked up his fountain pen or whatever he used to write with, and he wrote, 'Scest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." The . constitution has been amended av^ number of times, but no-amendment or change has been made to that statement made by the old wise man who sat in solemn state on the throne of Israel. That being true let the year 1921 find our folks diligent in business and let us cut out a lot of the wasteful extravagance and idle foolishness and get down to honest work and sensible thrift. STATE WAREHOUSE SYSTEM Cotton Stored Increases From 14,000 to' 160,000. According to the annual report of J. Clifton Rivers, state warehouse commissioner, the system under his supervision has grown from 175 wabehoiises during the past summer to 829 at the end of December, last year. During'the same period the number of bales of cotton stored has increased from 14,000 to 164,000 bales. The present warehouse commissioner was elected at the last session of the general assembly for a term of two years, succeeding the late W. G. Smith, of Orangeburg, who died during February, 1920. * "The saving of pro rata insurance over short-term insurance," said the report, "was 33 1-3 per cent, if the insurance rates in force on the buildings were the same, and in addition to this a lower basic rate was secured?the previous rate being $1.83 per $100 valuation' as against a basic rate secured and in force now of $1.75 1-2 per $100 vaiuauun, ait jrisurtuiut; utriu^ piaucu ah reputable / fire insurance companies passed on by the state wcrohouse commissioner." There were three, warehouses burned during the year, entailing a loss of $81,000, which has been satisfactorily adjusted. These were at Marion, Chesterfield and Orangeburg. The final report shows that, for the year, $14,909 has been turned into the state treasury and outstanding for cotton delivered and stored but not yet due, $23,179.50, or total earnings for the state for the year of $38,14S.64. The estimated revenue for 1921 is placed at $50,000. The following are the number of warehouses according to counties: Allendale. 3; Abbeville, 13: Aiken, 44; Anderson, 14; Bamberg, 8; Barnwell, 14; Calhoun, 47; Cherokee, 25; Chesterfield, 22; Chester, 13; Clarendon, 22; Colleton, 1; Darlington, 15; Dillon, 20; Dorchester, 9; Edgefield, S; Fairfield, 22; Florence, 25; Georgetown, 1; Greenwood, 30; Greenville, 15; Hampton. 4; Horry, 1; Jasper, 1; Kershaw, S; Lancaster, 7; Laurens, 8; Lee, 15; Lexington, 4S; Marion, 4; Marlboro, G; MeCormiek, 5; Newberry, 24; Oconee, 9; Orangeburg, 129; Pickens, 4; Richland, 13; Saluda, 14; Spartanburg, G; Sumter. SO; Union, 9; Williamsburg, 9; York, 10. Beaufort, Berkeley and Charleston counties have no state warehouses, according to the report. BAR CRIME PICTURE Police Object to Movies Showing Criminals at Work. Motion pictures portraying criminals at work have been barrcil in Chicago, it became known, recently. Chief of censors not to issue permits for any photoplay that showed a crime committed, even though the end of the picture might show I ho criminal in a prison cell. "It will make no difference whether the criminal shown is here or a villain" said the chief. ' Even the showing of policeman disguised as a burglar is taboo." The order became public when three youthful robbers, who were sentenced to the state reformatory at Pontine said their crimes had been Inspired by a "crook" moving picture. THE NEWS OF SHARON i . - ji." - ! Woman and Girl (Taking Treatment to Prevent Possible Babied : . LADY HURT BY FALL FROM HORSE i;* x .. No Word Received From Pottoffic* Examination?Income' Tax .iP.ayer* May be Less?Personal Mention. (By a Staff Correspondent). Sharon, January 10.?That there Wili :. not be as many Federal incorhe taxpayers in Sharon and vicinity for 1920 as there were in 1919 because; of :-the r t-t I.'; " .?>'k . decline in cotton prices is theU-ppinion.:; of a number of Sharon people. Those; of this town and community who phid Income tax in 1919 were the following;:. John R. Blair, J. Chas. Backhpa^'<j? O. Burruss, A. M. Erwin, E. B. Hunter, W. R. McKellar, E. B. Mitchell, Robert M. Mitchell, S, B. Pratt, S. v-Boyd Plexico, J. Sam'l. Plexico, J. T. Plexico, Jno. E. Plexico, Jno.--L. Rainey, Mrs. , M. A. Rainey, Dr. J. H. Saye, M. H. ' , Stephenson, O. M. Spurlin, W. L. Hill, John S. Rainey, R. H. G. Caldwell, J. : S. Hartness, C. L. Kennedy, J. E. Latham, W. L. Hill, W. A. Mitchell, W. . P. Youngblood. . * Taking Pasteur Treatment1 Mrs. Walter Maloney who is believed to have been scratched on the hand a few days ago by a dog thought; to have . been afflicted with rabies is taking no chances but has already begun taking ' the Pasteur treatment The dog .was killed following its attack on Mrs. Maloney. Unfortunately it was shot inthe head, making it impossible for the Columbia authorities to whom it was sent to determine whether or not it was suffering from hydrophobia, Frances, little daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. J. L. Whitesides who was bitten by a dog several weeks ago is aiso tak-' ing the Pasteur treatment. There is no question of the fact that the dog which bit the little girl was mad. Its teeth barely broke the skin on her hand. ^Jo Roport Received. / .. i No intimation has yet been received here as to who made the highest 'mark on the examination of applicants for the-Sharon postmastership held re? cently. There is considerable local in'-. [ -tcrqst-dn the matter, due tp-,the. fact"*!" n U/\nt a /Inw/Ai annltnnnia. , I LULL t LIICl C til C auuut a uuaoil for the place and announcement:;^. -... [waited with eagerness. That all of the applicants are capable of filling the place, there is no question. Indeed a, local citizen who was asked for inside information concerning them wrote the postofflce department that any aJid all of them were quite competent to fill the place. Friends of each applicant are pulling strong for their respective candidate but the opinion of people generally is that no matter who gets the place Sharon will have an efficient postmaster. * Exciting Fox Race. -VMr. J. M. Plexico was telling the correspondent Friday evening1., of an exciting chase after a red fox which took place "Wednesday on the farm of Mr. A. A. Burris and throughout the McConnellsville section, the fox hunters including Messrs. Morgan Leech, Chess Brakefleld, Messrs. Lattimer and others. The cnase lasted tor severalhours and although the hunters were at times in actual sight of the fox they could never catch him. Theory is that the fox is an old one who has been haunting Bullock's Creek and Broad River townships for a number of years. Although lie has been hunted repeatedly, according to Mr. Plexlco he has always managed to elude his pursuers. He is described as being an unusually large red fox with a white spot in his forehead and ho promises to afford considerable sport for the fox hunters of this section for a long time to come. Lady Had Narrow Escape. Mrs. Paul Ferguson had a narrow escape from death and suffered painful injury last Tuesday, when she fell from a horse, the property 'of her ; father, Mr. S. R. Pratt, which she was riding. Mrs. Ferguson had been out riding and was starting home when the ' saddle mare developed a rapid gait, causing the rider to become frightened. As the marc turned the corner at the First National Bank, Mrs. Ferguson fell off her mount, her head narrowly averting striking a heavy wagfm tongue near the place where she fell. Her hip was badly bruised and she was badly shaken up. Her injuries, however, are not considered serious. No Business Changes. - , Sharon enters upon the year 1921 without any changes in the local business world, all the merchants who were iii business here lust year going into the new year with hope for a more prosperous year than was the past. While business is nothing like It was this time a year ago, according to the merchants it could be worse. People, they point out, are not buying any thing that they can do without; but there are a lot of people to the place where they must make some purchases. Personal Mention. John Dixon Plcxico of Sharon has obtained a position as traveling representative for a Hickory Grove wholesale house. # W. P. Youngblood, carrier on Sharon 1 Xo. 2, was absent from his duties last week on. account of sickness. Mr. R. M. Hemphill of Medina, Tenn., has been visiting his sister, Miss Fannio Hemphill and other relatives here, ^ . .1