Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 21, 1921, Image 1
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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.
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"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...
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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."
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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."
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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.
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