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/ ' ' ' V- ' : ^ ISSUED SEMI-WEEKLY. ~ l. m. grist's sons, pubiisiwra. & ^arnilg $turspapt'r: .jfor the promotion of the ftolitiiat, Social, Jlgricultapt and Commettiat interests of the |)eopte. TER s^^op^.etaivineknkfnce established 1855 york. s. c., friday, january at, 1921. ' ' isto. (o "views and interviews Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS! Stories Concerning Folks and Things Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. "Do ynu know that when it comes to piking out ami locating a grade level there is not an engineer living who can do it off hand as well as an old cow?" said a stale highway engineer to Views and Interviews not long ago. "Well there is no joke about Ihnt. it is a fact. You van turn your cow loose in the bottoms amUet her make her own way home, and if you will follow her with your levels. >mi will lind that she will have gotten J out of there with the least possible up j hill work. Let a cow pick her own j vv.-iv t Iti-niivh the mountains and she will locntu in a day a better road than an engineer unfamiliar with that particular ^to^ic^ratili^ could locate in a week. ot laugh. Any engineer t. .ue out in what 1 am telling yo. No Telling About Taxes. Representative K. W. I'ursley canu home for the week-end while the general assembly was as usual loafing on the job. It was not .Mr. I'ur sley's fault, of course, that there was nothing doing, because he is one <?? the men who believes in doing things that -have to he done and getting through with them. "What is the legislature going to do about reducing appropriations'.*" Views and Interviews asked of .Mr. I'ursley. "Well I am afraid you may look for \a repetition of what you have been getting. 'There are a good many of ns who are^anxious to reduce the appropriations below last year's figures: but you need not bank on anything of that J kind too strongly. The majority does not control down there and there is | very litHe reason to hope that the I majority sentiment will prevail. The | little hunch that dominates the situ- I a lion scorns to lu* :ilioitt as strongly in favor of increased appropriations an it lias ever been ami it is h?Hi> ' apt to pot what it wants." When the Stars Fell. 'I noticed in connection with tin n'-riinnt of the dea'li *>f tlmi oh' ; Adams negro over in .\i?rth t'nnilin.i ; tin* other d.;y iIi lirst reference to tin | 'falling of the stars.' that I have seen | in a Ions' time," remarked a York*.ill* ! man to Views and Interviews .vaster- | day. "t am not nearly old enough to j remetnher this noted oeeurrenee?not j li.v thirty years: Intl my ini'inory got- j hack to the time when tie- nenirreint | was mcntioneil more fre?pieijtly thai. | it is now. I have seen many p< oph ; who claim to have witnessed tin j startling phenomena. It was in lie J fall of J.N33, along in tin* latter part o' a November night I helieve. Then was a perfect rain of meteors. Ii looked as if all the stars in lie i heavens were coming down and many j people thought tiny had run inl* j judgment day. Indeed tin r<* v.en* lew who saw the thing who were 11 t more or less frightened for the Ii!;* had never hern recorded PePne nm.l it has never Peon seen since, it is gen orally uccoptoit lartn was passim; through :i li?'M el' mob ors: hilt then lias been no jvenorally salisfai tor* explanation of the phenomena to 11 si day." Free Garden Seeds. "Of course iny stock <>r pardon seed? is ample for all who really wan! thein," saiil Congressman Stevenson lu Views anil Interview's one <!ay no' long ago; "but I prefer l<< send out seeds only on application. Yoii it is like this. If I seilil out seed:: inilisci iminately, I will in eessai ilv : end packages to many people who havi no eattlily use for thein, ami thai wil' simply be a waste. I don't like that Although the supply is limited. I ate satisfied that I have enough to meet the iv<|iiirements of ail who will t il tile iron hie to make applicalinr whether the appli at ions come ironmen or women. I like to re ' ive them appliealious from people who re-ill1, want the seeds and I like to have t hes< applicants to nnderstaipl thai they an tinder no obligation to no- whatever The uo.vei mnent ftiniishes the seed: without cost to no-, and I have sal j Itcif'IH 11 -111 in ;ill>'i|i| Im :il! ;i | ?| 11 ii i linns without the sli". Iili*:.l iic wMVen i>. nee. Tlii* semis licit :in- Itir11i.<1 i'diiii* In us in ;i sta uila i?tlk:m| assortment. It Mil genera lly llii.: assort I tl * 111 i: iiliniil nil licit we cum i:111.1 I\. lln\v- I i ii'i' I :ini siuiii-liiiH-s aide In .*< I liuli j nl' some very desirable Dower seed? Mllil I'll 11 ill.'i'X mill I send these mil hi :i|i|>lic:iIi'Hi ;il;:i? whenever I Icive tin in MM hi! lid." Hard to IticntiTy. While nl' coil rise il is ea.'-.i ctniiiy.4 In Milll\i' posit !ve iilellUlk'MlinM of III imincilc Irji'iiil in- :i i'Iiisc i'i-Ijitivi liniii :i photograph. il is not ipmi'Ij si easy to iili'iitir> the plnil<-:;i:i ph o only a casual aci|iiainlaM''c. Thi lad is im hi U i < iily appreciated l>> nl' lien's of lite law, perhaps Ihan I > all' othi'i- clas.t:, I'yr il is llay wla? um ! ofti'ii Mill ?11> >ii the |ii'o|if. ;ti hi ii llnir Inisiiii'ss under con-lilimi when they rniisl In' absolutely ? ij: nf v. I::tI 1111 y file ilniii". Slid ill' ',Mlittll Ice. hi.'i-li up a".ailc ! this question frequently enough to know some of the difficulties involved, lie lies been culled upon to run down fugitives and criminals with only n photograph for ;i clue unci lie has had occasion to hunt the same kind of people by means of photographs. Already the sheriff has received quite a number of photographs of negroes arrested in different parts of the country on suspicion of being .Mitchell Meek, and generally he has j found someone well enough acquaint- ! ed with the negro to be able to give | reliable judgment in the ease. The I photograph sent from Itu'cigh the j other day were so nearly like Meek { that several people who knew the j in WO we l I were po.smvc mm. i no re | could In- no mistake. The sheriff was not satisfied :i I tout the in:i t hut tin* presumption wns siillicionlly .wit! In warrant tin' sending of ;i in:in who' knew the negro personally. "Itut we will get lhire fellow evontiinlly," ili'i'l:iii i| the nlioi in*. "TIuti* :u'i' not many neguios why can keep in li it I i always with n $'|00 reward behind tlii'in." STRENGTH OF THE ARMY. Congress Thinks That 170,000 Men Are Sufficient. Until tin- house ninl si'iia'to have gone strongly mi record in oppnsitiun tn the aelioipof Secretary linker in recruiting the army up In ikSO.OUO men authorized in the re-organization net. Tlie.v think that an army of lf?o,tint) is nmre than ample anil that hy no means should there he more than 1 TSJWO nt *n in the organization. The house voted for reduction I'S.I tn -I, and the senate voted 11 ta ??* An assault last .Mnnilav against a motion in Hie senale to reeousitler the position of that lmd> was led hy Si-nalors .lanii'S A. Iteed of .Missouri; William K. I ".orali of Idaho, and John Sharp Williams ol' .Mississippi. All tiiree of the senators made the point Hint I his country lists nothing to fear i .vi'fpt. from Japan, stud even there tlu* possihility is remote. "There r? 111:si11:< hut one country p >',v rl'iil enough to allsirk us," ssiiil Seitstlor llied, sifter he htnl reviewed the ini-j .msssihility of ullsu-l; frosti nny other sotiree. ' I r< fer to .Injinn. I sitsi in- j lined to restart I with very prosit dis r< dit rumors llisd Japan is v/urkitiu in rself into n wsir fervor si^ainst the i'nited Stales. It would lie impossible or her eeonomiesilly. She could only do il with tlie uid of (! resit IJrilstin. If there wire any such dsuu;er we would iveti nr.; sm army of miSi si > t -liniii:; s?ii't: as tins entisilry in v-I* tins dre.:iind nf. If .Isipaii Intidi d ii re nil nrmy of siny'Ihints' less then tin (MMi mi n- sitid she could not do tlia!, because of the oeean l.etween lis?she would simply have Isiudeil tlietn in si < tm fry, win-re the lust of tIi*-st> would <ii eii i'nri ver. * Si'itulor W'iliisims, following ine line <i: i ti'-V i :*si t *<1 hy Menu tor I teed, ssiiil tlisit he would like to hear an argument toj onvinee him that even an army of Ion.- j MM) myi was )!? ' < ssary. Rnic.cs Cov/a'-d Issue. "There never lias l?ci*n a time in tin-J lislury <>f tin- ITnili'il States," lie said, llial we an- as little I kejy to he drawn ' lit i war as now. For tin* Ameri"nn j .icojili' i i l.i* aI'raiiI is In euiifess eow-I inliiv. We am liici* a full grown iiimii j iiiir afraid !' a child v.'itli a popgun. I I|>:i;i wmi'd Ik* Im uknipl in six works I ifit r sin* ili-clai"i :l war against tin* 'nili il Slali s. All lin1 world would In*, .villi this I'oiinlry. \11 lln* credit and oiiuin rm and moans of continuing a onllirl would In* lak**n awav from .Japan." Tli*' charge t !i:i t lilt* need for I Til.OHO tit'*ii was an imaginary one raised h.v In* army to provide tin* ofijeers with ?o:i'.**'.liiii;v to do, was made |.y Sana I or I I Jorali. "I maintain that tin* li:rurc of IT'i.nofi. which i * said to !?<> safe is merely an riotvary Injure lixed l?y some interest- I d ami: oflieers? The fuel is that we iav* 1'ii-lt up a vast orpanidation so as j ' > give eolnj* |*i He,* oflieered strength I mil to enalde a. captain, for iiistunee. j o have six men instend of four tinder J urn. That means that we will never iavi* a I'haiiee to n dure tin* army tie- I ..* , ....1 I., t.a*,.. I hi.: i >W I . .I""'. V. II.Hi- .....X , iiii'^iinji it|> si1111 time ntill we niis;!il as; j .v.-ll lake il i<| new." Would Aid Disabled. SiiKit'ir t'.nrah suj;?;esleil 111:11 I lit- j imm y saved in red tie nj; Hit- size nf lite j I I'll IV lie l|eV?i|ei| In rjll'e ill' |i:it!l'Ilts! llJlde liy t lie VV:i!\ Wltn. lie Sa id. XVei'i' v.-ilkdc: I lie s! reels in dire distress. j \'it:uri>:i.s di nnit<-l:i 1 i>?n of Mr. I kilter V?r his "e-niti niplumis. disregard id' llie j h n|de's will" in i eeruii in}? the army t ?; preei iled tile ;i<I ijit! >11 by the I urns of Ila* i-esidiitiun. Julius Kaliii. j 1' t"alil'iu'iiia, eliiiii'iu.'tii <?L" the hiiilfe udilary afl'airs ei'iiuuittee. lid the liichl ! istainst the s.'i'retary nf war, |'itit iitj?! j ml tiiat. all Inuiali lie- enst id' main- j I :ii]ii!?*4T a snldier has deereased sineej lie at mistiee, Mr. (taker has ai:t!ieri!y I nly in iiriiev the slreiijvih id' the army j i l?r?,iMn?. , , , j i *iii11:i!i v."11 id' Iaiiiuhsi is rapidly ex- . | teiidiutv. I'Ytittal ami saving lialdts e i| ible the Chinese tn pay rt ills bis bis;, I 'n|" the | it ie|{ s id' I iiullsallds id' wilites. ! M in\ l-his'.lisli s iils lake Chinese I'.ir ! in-ii" husband-:. |i is i<|. hnwever. j hat lie- Chinese is: a hard ami eonsisl ! 'lit Wiil'kt'!', and JU'eVeS hilliseir a 11 ! > ) -] j lilshailii. Tu elieeh : 11111 > I; 1 > 1 i I thieving lite I tale ni Maryland has installed in eyI ry piwii. h:.Intel and rily i.f the Stat j 'all bii.\? s vv.'lieii are ill dil'eet eiilillt ' ion witli a main ed'lits.- in Uailiinur.v. i OVER SEVEN MILLIONS Budget Commission Recommends Big Appropriations. LARGE INCREAST OVER LAST YEAR Original Estimates Somewhat Pruned, But Figures Still Away Up?Little Hope of Lighter Burdens On the Taxpayers. Itecommending thai a total of $7,111 .KSS.Si; l?c appropriated for the stale government for 1921 and showing evidences of conside.ruhie pruning, the 1921 budget report from the governor and the budget commission was laid on the desk of members of the general assembly Tuesday morning. The report calls for an appropriation of $7.111.CSS.SC by the general assembly now in session, which is an increase of $1.Olt.i?-l7.47 over the total appropriated in 1920. These figures show that the governor pruned the total asked by the various departments to a considerable degree. The requests for running the government from all the departments reach ?9,SU0.$ii;i.ri9, and with the renomnv.'iidalion for an appropriation of $7,111.(iSS.SC it is seen that the governor reduced the amount by $2,095,117.13. Some big cuts from the requests of ' the departments were made by the ( chief executive and the other members < f the budget commission. For example the University of South Carolina | asked for $IOf?,ir?-l, ami the governor recommends an appropriation of $207,- ( l7o. while WinUirnp college asked for , ys;i;i,(r.i;>..i< ano tuo eniei executive reuommcnds lli.it (lie legislature appropri- , ate $401,993.04. Clcmson college requested $220,147.15 for extension work , .mil it is rccommomh d to meet Federal [ iid. The Citiulel requested $023,015,!j and the governor recommends $4G1,G15. |( The adjutant general's office suffers i' a severe cut. having asked for $153,-1 107.50, and receiving a recommendation | for $25,947.50. Tiie report recommends that the puhlic sehiMils lie given $1,973.1)50, the largest individual linn in tiie entire list., which is an increase over the 1220 appropriation of $1 O42.0G0, the largest increase recommended h.v the governor.: The South Carolina state hospital asked for 210.55 and the report recommends $740,030.02. The state highway commission asked for $453,243, and ; the governor recommends $210,093. leaving the. commission's request for $2iiii.Ouo t>i connect iiji state links in j important highways hy the wayside. In his letter of trausmissal to the,1 general a:\xi mhly, (Invernor Cooper; . .... i i v?:ivs licit till' lui'lK" I I'l'ci'miiii'nuniniii.i wen* m.n'.r with :i view of n duciiiK tic ' j l,oi''v.tiilivo ?|t|inr! mrnt ? (ioM-'fiiiir's iifllii' Swell*!itry of state ' (!< lot lee ifiK rat ' Allol'ixy riinial Slate truiMin'r Ail.'tiianl coneniI ( J 1,'iiivr rsit v of South Carolina I'l... Citadel (.'li aison " Willihrop " Si a; M< dieal eolline ' (toi'lcilenilr Home eollojte Stan* (' oloriil mlle>;e II lit La llr.we sellout SeiiiKil foe Deaf ami Itliinl '[ Sli|? eiiilo|iiL':it of eduralina Hi.-.toriral commission Stale library (ionlctll'Mlle lull: elllil Stall relic room State liiis|>it:il '"] S'ate iienileiil'ary I ton lit of public welfare It..ant of pardons ... Set.ool for Feeble Minded j Industrial sclmnl (nirls) ' Nifiii rrfnriMninry ! ttutiiwlia Indians tl.ii ' anil Idind children U? eiiforcenu at ' Slate hoard nf health - State las eiiliilu'ssion I r?M U.llld of irvii-w I iiMiranee roiiiliiissinner 1 Hank examiner Kail mm I commission 1 ( .-Hill warden _ 1 M< (liraI examiners I^.w esaiiiiiiers Heard nf lislicrii s : Himrd of entieilialinli Oeliitnillre nn prim invr ' id' agriculture I Warehouse emiiuiissiuiier > i'oiilk' service eninliiissiun Slate eleeirieiaa > I linkway euiniiiissiuii ' Sinking fund commissiou Slain, pension nl'liee 61 (" .iifed.'riili; infirmary (i .lllfderille reUliintt ('ninliiitii e nn elaiuis StiPi fair Tliiitielli divisiun retiniun Hey ward uimiiiiiii'iit Stale eiiiiliiuaiil fund Judicial di|.nrtiiu'iil k (irand Inlals IMPORTANT RULING Supreme Court Announces Decision In Reijard to Search and Seizure. Seizure nf diiilninidiiles ?r utlier ei'inveviilutes in wliieli lii|iioi'S are trans ported illegally is niithoi i::?s| whether! nr ii<it tiic owner of tIk* eonveyanee has liei'ii foiniil innns'i'itt of eonirnvenillff lilt* l:iw tile Sitprellle eolirt Ileitis in dividing :i rnse front <!eorgin. In tin* rnse :il issue, federal agents SeiZeil nil nnlollloliile owned liy J. \V. (otliisiiiilIt wliirlt liiitl hern lonnetl hy 11i111 to n frifii<! and in wliieli inloxiennts were t rnns|tnrteil illegally. < lolilsinitli eontemleil tlint lie tlitl not I.now that tin* inneliine was to he put j to sin-It in:e. hot the government's eon- J letilion 111: I when lie entrusted his I plope||\ to it not tier lie :iSSIUl?ed tile | lis!; of loss front whatever ennse it | might oeettr was upheld hy the eoiirt. I : .lusliee .MeUi'titia. who lead the opinion of the eoio't, went hack to lite) Mnsni.' slatnles for initial jnsliliea- j j tiott of tin- y.oM-t mueiii's eoiil.enlion | pio:inv front the niirient lahle: to; I li;e efft.vl t!.at "if an o:; yotv a man i tax levy from 12 1-2 mills to nine mills. Revenue producing estimates are compiled by the governor and from the proposed nine mills levy the chief executive would collect $4,050,000. In addition to this new sources of income would bring in $2,200,000. New sources of income recommended are as follows: Income tax, ?1,200,000; inheritance tax, $100,000; corporation and business licenses, $200,000, and consumption tax, gasoline, tobacco and soft drinks, $700,000. These recommendations were contained in the governor's message and the financial plan of the budget for a nine mill levy is based on the incorporation of these items in the tax system.. In addition to the new sources of income the usual collections from the departments and corporation fees are taken into consideration. The governor calls attention to what ho terms the unsoundness of erecting permanent buildings out of yearly appropriations and how this policy has always tencicti 10 increase mo lax levy. For this reason the governor does not recommend any appropriations for permanent buildings. This, however, does not indicate that the chief executive does not think that the buildings are needed, but on the other hand he favors a permanent building programme if :i plan can be devised for such without placing a direct tax on the people for the buildings. In this building programme the governor would recommend a plan that would not result in direct' taxation. Items which he strikes frorr/the budget as laid upon the desks rjf the members of the general assembly, are as follows: Adjutant general's office, $7,000; University of South Carolina, $234,00-1; the Citadel, $70,000; tVinthrop, $208,101.53; state medical college, $25,000; state negro college, $00,000; John de la Howe school, $07,538; School for the Deaf and Blind, $120,000; South Carolina state hospital. (150,000; state penitentiary, $2,000: Training School for Feeble Minded, >AA AAA. i.I.IIA tn/lnotiiSnl fAl' boys. $75,000; stale Industrial school | for girls, $23.000; state reformatory for negro boys," $75,000; State and Palmetto sanitariums, $19,500. This programme totals $1,22(1,293.53. The governor says, in speaking of the budget law, that ho believ.es "the ict is undoubtedly proving itself to be ime of the wisest pieces of financial legislation that has ever been placed upon our statutes." In calling attention to the workings of the system the governor points out that this year there is no deficit in the treasury, something unusual for South^ptti-plina. In 1919 the assembly wa's asj?ed to appropriate nver one-fourth of a million dollars to - a re for deficiencies. The budget recommendations with the 192(1 appropriations and the 1921 ( quests follow: Rocnmmondul \|>pni)iri:ilnl Renurslrd l.y Governor I'J 211 1921 1921 1.1.771 97 S 101.676 20 S KM.67C 20 !<j,Toll Oil 30.850 Oil 30.8511 00 1,275 Oil 17.515 00 15.395 00 17.277 HI 1 88,231 11 186,233 31 13,S31 r.n 29.5SII 00 2C.5H0 (ill Hl.or.l 93 2111.212 27 20:1,812 27 9,199 29 151,107 50 25.917 50 1.515 (in .155,151 00 207.170 00 IS. is:: 11 1523,015 oil 161.615 'Ml IS,070 00 226.1 17 15 226.117 15 6.616 06 83.1.005 57 '101.991 CM iij.iitIT oil I iill.iiI? ?u >" l.OOii 00 0.000 00 13.SHU 00 IfiT.'.lOii 21 003 _1 stair, 'hi 11 r,. iso oo i".i?s no . ii on niT.aaa aa os.isa aa si. M.o no a.ioi.or.o oo i.'.i73.oi?o oo a.-r.u on s.r,i;o oo 5.260 oo 21.-, no .1.625 oo 3.025 (HI Kill III) 100 on MIO 00 1 1.000 00 1.000 00 it; or.i <ui iuis.aio r.r. 710.030 02 ?r,.7is no i 2.5.72a os 105.573 os -u.r.ao on ::".s'.iu 00 35.617 00 .loll 00 300 00 300 00 10.307 on ir,2.337 00 11.337 OO sVhiI 73 2R7.liIS3 127.162 S3 15.576 07 I0.SD7 r.O 10.015 00 is mil 07 137.177 00 16.0.1 0(1 , I 7 SOU 00 7.500 00 50(J 1.0 300 (III 600 00 7.50U 00 30.1100 no 30.000 00 >i; :;;i | l | 235.628 20 263.563 O.i ir,.mill oil r.s.350 on 55.350 no i r.no oo i.5oo tin i.noo oo 13 331 (lit 21.5-15 0(1 23.6-13 00 :? '5 X HJ-S s 13.525 00 1 1.225 "" do . 3.022 20 3.022 20 l_-,l |,|) ,|5lt 00 -loft 00 10 500 Oil 10.500 0(1 10.500 00 ]'..,)!) |,? 1,000 00 1.000 00 lo'llofi Oil 51.115 00 51.4I?? 00 <1 ||5 00 135.010 00 00.3H-I 00 MO 10 00 37.220 00 20.720 00 1 vol 00 21.010 00 lii.4-10 00 n;,,) oo r.7.525 00 07.525 00 ;;.)'i|3 00 453.2.1.. 00 2IU.6H3 00 H.-1S2 50 0.602 50 iT .'iHii liii 75S.707 00 000.707 00 ...: ;v T. 25.00100 25.001 00 7.500(10 1.500 0ft 1.500 00 7.700 12 5,000 oo 12.500 00 1,200 oo 2.5oo Oil ; 75.000 00 75,000 do 7.623 .(111 l.'S.70S till 15S.19S CO" I7.III51I tW?W?6 51) S7.111.CSS S(1 thai he die. tlu* ex sh:ill l?o stoned ami his flesh not en ten." Krom that tiny to the present, the court held, the instrument of facility used in violation of the law has been subject to condemnation. Counsel for the owner of the ear hail contended that affirmation of the decision of the lower court would moan that "a I'ulhnan sleeper might ho seized if a passenger carried a ipiart of liquor on board or an ocean ] steamer forfeited to the government, if. unknown to those in charge, it case of liquor was transported in the hold." "Where these indicated' possibilities under the law are justilied, we are not ealleil upon to consider," Justice AIcKonna said. "And wo also reserve opinion as to whether the section can lie extended to properly stolen or otherwise taken from an owner without his consent." ? American women paid $7iift,000.0hf> for rouge, lip sticks and powder and perfume during I'.M'.i. accord in;-; in government war tax returns. "POCKET MACHINE GUN New York Policemen Equipped With Wonderful Weapon. FIFTEEN HUNDRED SHOTS A MINUTE Wonderful Little Machine Gun Weighs Only Seven Pounds, Measures Twenty-one Inches and Can be Carried Concealed About the Person. A pistol with the power, rapidity, and effectiveness of a machine gun? audi Irs tut: new ?u>^iuiv;iiiiic ?v ca^uii recently adopted for use by the New York police department. Cn.pt. E. C. Grossman, a. United States army ordnance expert, writing in The Scientific American, pronounces it "the most efficient man-killer yet produced," and where bandits rob banks in gangs and make their "getaway" in automobiles, a little long-tcnge mankilling is evidently what is needed. It emits "a reverberating roar of shots" that, last while the trigger is held back, until the magazine is empty, spurting out 1,500 of them every minute?a higher rate. Captain Crossman asserts, than that of any other machine weapon ever devised. With all these features the gun is only 22 inches long and weighs but seven pounds. "A compromise pistol and rifle," the writer calls it, "with the speed of fire of the highest-speed aircraft machine guns." Captain Crossman bids us remember that the marksmanship of the average policeman with the average revolver is something to make honest men turn pale and the women and children duck for the subway. He says: "Here and there are exceptions, hut as a general rule policemen seem far inferior to yeggs when it comes to hitting things they intend hitting with the pocket gun. I do not know whether the yegg spends some portion of his ill-gotten gains in target practice or whether his ability to hit, where the officer misses, is due merely to tiiu cussedness of inanimate nature. The fact remains. Wherefore, the an r.ouncemenc in uie puuin: prims ui mv adoption by the New York police of wicked little' submachine gun is, of course, interesting to those persons who wish to see the customary New York brand of gunplay made a little less one-sided. v "Withou^doilbt.the early futucajvillsee n happy coincidence of a policeman skilled in the pointing of the fiew weapon and an automobile full of yeggs willing to engage in the customary running gun-flight. The result will be the worst-shot-up assortment of crooks that has come to the attention of the coroner. "The new gun as adopted by New York consists of a seven-pound weapon, 'i'l inches over all, and capable of being carried in concealment. It is a sort of a compromise between a pislol and a rifle, with the speed of fire of the highest speed aircraft machine guns. 1 "As designed for American use it is chambered for the caliber .-15 automatic pistol cartridge, with its powerful :ind knockdown blow inflicted by the 2j(0-grnin bullet. The barrel is less than n font long. A grip for the left 1i:iiii1 lies below the center 01 tne uarrel, while another for the right hand lies near the rear end of the gun, below the breech-casing. The magazine is between the two grips. "So arranged, the gun is intended to be fired from the waist-line, the fire being directed by the sense of feel, as one throws a stone, and as used in the marching lire' of attacking infantry during the war. The arm is truly automatic, not the semmi-automatic self-loading type so often miscalled automatic. Such arms require a pull of the trigger for each shot, the mechanism merely ejecting and reloading the gun. The submachine is a true machine gun in that it fires as long as the trigger is back and the cartridge supply kept up. This particular arm, however, has a theoretical speed of fire of 1,500 shots per minute, higher than any other weapon on earth, and three times as high as the average of machine guns used for land use among various armies. "If the trigger is held back, the result is a vcrberating roar of shots come so fast that the ear can not distinguish them apart. This, of course, and I find no trouble in firing single shots merely by a quick pressure of the trigger and instant release. Any number of shots between the single shot and the entire capacity of the magazine is thus at the disposal of the Hrer. ..... ? ?,MI "Were ilie guu uuMniivu ivi <. tnry cartridge and of this weight and proportions, it would, of course, be absolutely unmanageable in automatic lire. Those who have used the 16puund light Browning automatic rifle can testify to the difficulty of keeping the gun from whirling the lirer around and twisting the gun toward the sky. The recoil of the .-15 pistol cartridge, however, is very light. The gun is fed by magazines of varying capacity from the Hat, box-typo "J0shot affair to the drum-shaped carrying HO or 100. A feature of the arm is its absolute simplicity and fewness of parts. When resolved into its components for cleaning one can discover only fourteen or fifteen parts and the gun is taken down without a tool and in a few seconds. "The arm is novel in that its de signers arranged it to be oiled?as they say?like any other gas-engine, which is, of course, the correct classiI flcation of the automatic rifle or machine gun. Felt pads lying within the receiver walls, and so out of the way of dust and grip, are inpregnated with oil, which the bolt picks up in the reciprocating motion. The advisability of oil in a machine gun for military use is open to question, but the certainty of function of this little gun, and its terrific rate of fire, evidently owe much to the oiling of the parts and lead to thought as to whether or not this is not desirable with any other weapon of this highspeed, heating and hitherto rather unreliable type. Nothing more elaborate is required in this oiling than a squirt of an oil-can into the pads every 500 shots or so, nor will the gun cease to r ~ ? xe u ^:l? lUIiUUUIl 11 1L IS J1UL UUCU. 'Used under the most favorable conditions, in the hands of skilled mechanics most machine guns look simply childish in certainty of function and endurance when compared to that other gas-engine?the motor or the small car. A stoppage, a broken part, a jam?one of the three would occur with the' most reliable machine gun of them all about every 1,000 rounds fired. "One thousand' impulses of any cylinder in the auto-motor will, in high gear, run the little car something like a mile, and a 100-mile run means that each cylinder has fired a hundred times as many 'shots' as the machine gun averages between bits of trouble. Not even the most pessimistic of carowners will deny that the motor will ' run the car a hundred miles without stop, jam, or break. "Possibly, therefore, the decision of the latest entrants into the machinegun market {o use lubrication is based on sound judgment. There is also the possibility that they are making a virtue out of a necessity." After firing the gun several hundred 1 rounds. Captain Grossman would class 1 it as the equal of a score of average ' policemen firing as the average police- 1 man fires. And it is far easier to '' train one man to become expert with the gun than it is to raise the shoot- : ing of twenty-policemen to the expert 1 stage. He continues: There would be no. trouble whatever lor one man nnng: ine gun 10 sweep a street clean from curb to curb, but 1 after all, its greatest strength lies in its moral effect. Killing many of the common American sort of mob is unfortunate-unless the right ones can be selected for the slaughter. Mobs as a rule are composed of 10 per cent, vicious (the leaders) and 90 per cent. ' fools. Wherefore, the dispersing of the crowds without bloodshed is usually desirable. It would be a most vi- 1 clous and determined aggregation that would stand up to the fire of one of these guns, after a couple of bursts had been fired over their heads or into the streets in front of them. Moreover, one of the guns, mounted on a ' patrol-wagon or automobile, would ! riddle a car attempting to run by or 1 to escape via the stern-chase route. 1 "The locking bolt of the arm is 1 worthy of notice as embodying a new principle in machine-gun and self loading arm mechanism. It consists of a wedge, sliding nearly vertical, and locking the barrel extension and receiver together. Its slots are cut 1 at an angle of about SO degrees with 1 the axis of the barrel and its extension. It was found years ago by Commander Blish, of the United States Navy, the inventor of the device, that a wedge so arranged would hold while the breach pressure of the exploding cartridge remained high, but the in... ?i.? inn tvio I Slant ur as auuu as uu- uunci iv>?. w..w muzzle the adhesion between the wecige and its slots ceased, and the 1 remaining backward pressure would 1 compel the wedge to slide downward and unlock the breech mechanism. 1 The principle applies to other forms : of breech mechanisms, where the locking is done by cams without a final bearing at right angles to the line of backward thrust." Captain Crossman states as his conclusion that the gun functions at extraordinary speed and with more than 1 normal machine-gun reliability. With its small size, its light weight, its tremendous rate of fire, and its ease of ' control, he pronounces it "the most efficient man-killer of any firearm yet produced." , m , i WHY MEN GET BALD i Woman Lecturer on Hygiene Says It I Is Because of Lack of Good Food. < "I believe the time will come when 1 we shall live to be 1,000," declared Dr. I Charlotte Do Golliere Davenport mother of eleven sons, one of whom is sev- 1 cnty-five years old, speaking before i the Omaha Theosophical Society in 1 Omaha, Xeb., last week. Dr. Daven- j fiTrrt onrl vnarM has |JUl L IS> IHIIVWJ - ii ? 14I.M, - w. J been a lecturer 011 personal hygiene. Fitting youthful actions with wise epigrams, the doctor kept the audience in a riot of applause. "They talk about ; Socialism, Communism and other I 'isms,' when what they really want is ] good food. Bald-headed men wouldn't i be bald if they had good food. There i would be no revolutions if people-were l washed and scrubbed and taken care i of," she declared. "Women don't educate the men right. A woman came to me the other day and said she wanted, her bust develop- j ed. I asked her why she didn't have her mind developed. She said, 'I can make a better go of it with a good bust i than a good mind." I s MILADY'S WARDROBE f Her Finery Furnished From Forest, Field and Sea. * BEASTS, FLOWERS, FISHES CONTRIBUTE m . The Geography of Woman's Dress Extends Over the Whole Earth and Down Into the Waters Under the Earth. With the gradual return of prewar conditions man lays aside his uniforfn and dons his patent leather pumps and high hat to accompany the companion of his softer moods to the opera. She, contrariwise to that policy of nature fpr decking the male in brilliancy of coloring and plumage, tricks herself out after a fashion which makes the sobriety of his whitebosom and black coat only a background for her gorgeousness. "Woman has called on land and sea, the birds of the air and the subterranean channels of the earth to yield up their treasures for her adornment." says a bulletin from the National Geographic Society. " "As she lazily invites attention with the gaily-colored ostrich fan which she moves across the line of vision, she is indeed an exotic thing of admiration and generosity's making. Powerful birds on a farm in South Africa p.obably had their tail and , wing feathers plucked and a magnf^ ficent beast of the jungle in India or the Belgian Congo snorted in rage and pain when he gave his life that his tusks might make the slender ivory handle to support the feathers of that bauble. Hundred Animals Required For One Fur Wrap "Carelessly tossed aside in the warmth and light of the theatre lies the lustrous sable wrap. The hundred i or more of little lS-inch dark brown animals required to make this coat tempted trappers into difficult and dangerous' enterprises on the frozen areas of northern Russia and Siberid. The fragrance that intrigues Vout k senses is probably the distilled petals of roses grown in the fertile valleyd of Bulgaria. A Chinaman in Shan- 1 tung shed his queue to furnish'the material for the net that' holds the coiffure in unblemished continuous undulations, and a smelly stockyard of Kansas City or Chicago-' gave its refuse heap that unobtrusive bone hair- . pins might hold the-smooth colls In place. The slow andaure tortoise, furnished the only beautifully carved ornament of her hair. * "The ropes of gleaming white pearls that caress her throat were probably gouged from the hearts of the huge thick-shelled oysters of the South Sea, Australia, Philippines and Burma or from the small thin-shelled ones of Venezuela, Japan, Persia, and Ceylon. The platinum for the clasp came from Colombia and the 2diamonds which, stud it may have been taken from tlVo ilark interiors of subterranean depth's in Brazil or South Africa, to be pplished by diamond cutters in Antwerp,, Amsterdam or Bruges. The14 tiny jewelled watch on her wrlst^ kep? * probably to prove to its weare* that time is no object in her world, had the 175 pieces in its tiny 'lnsides' made by a Swiss workman whose skill was ro great that he made no mistakes in fitting in screws which to the unpracticed eye resemble dust particles. Looms of Lyons Do Their Part "The soft lustrous silk of her Paquin-made .gown acquired its shimmer in the looms of Lyons, France, which prepares about one-third of all the raw silk produced in or brought to Europe. The lace with which the nrtist-modiste varied the fabric probxbly grew under the hands of diligent peasant women in the Vosges Moun^. tains, or in the cellars of a rainsoaked Belgian dwelling. "The silver buckles on her pumps were hammered by an artisan from raw material gleaned from the mines of our own Rocky Mountains or Great Basin States, or from Mexico, which for many years produced more than a third of the world's output. But the pumps, most likely, were made in Massachusetts and the silk stockings in Wisconsin. Nun in Switzerland Worked on Handkerchief "Some little nun in the mountains of Switzerland, far removed from such in atmosphere as that in which the American lady of leisure basks, patently plied her needle to fashion the exquisite design which adorns the liandkerchief whose fabric was grown in the fields of stormtorn Ireland. Carls contributed the slender-fingered viu anu Lite iiugmia uid some spectacled old fellow in prewar Germany probably carefully . ground the lenses for the opera glasses which milady casually levels at Homer, Caruso or Tetrazzlni." Destroyed Nest of Snakes.?The light and power force were at work on College street Wednesday morning repairing the line. In taking down ah aid pole they found at its root a nest L>f snakes varying in length from 12 to IS inches. Four of'them they killed and four they caught and put in a bottle, which they showed to the reporter. They, the snakes, were vicious looking varmints and weae wriggling around and shooting out their tongues in a very angry manner. Not . "t being up on snakeology, the reporter could not classify the breed.?Newberry Observer. w-<ri' y . -J