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k />/ .,. -, * LIE semi> wfeCKLY> ^ l. m. 6rist'? sons. pubii(i?r>. % ^attiilji Iteicspnptr: J'or (hi; promotion of th^ golital, Social, ^grirultu^al and Commercial Jnterests o)[ Ihe gtopli;. TER"5S^toPTEm*NoEra^r ESTABLISHED 1855 ~~~ YORK, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH81, 1922. NO. 26 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS t Brief Local Paragraphs of lore or Less interest. PICKED DP BT EJV9UIKEB KEPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things, 8ome of Which You Know and 8ome You Don't Know?-Condoneed . I For Quick Reading. Drug on the Market. Cordwood which Jast winter a year ago sold freely on the Yorkville market at from $8 to $10 a cord in four foot lengths, has become a drug on the market at almost any price, and parties who have it to sell are advised not to bring it unless they have it engaged before hand. Man came into the office of views and Interviews yesterday and offered a load of stovewood for sale. He said it was dry forest pine cut to stove length, and there was a full half-cord. "Don't need any my friend. Have enough to do me until Christmas. "I brought it from near Bethany, and have been trying to sell it at almost any price, what will you give?" "Don't need it, and don't want it." It was such a load as should easily be worth $8.00. It was more than half a cord. "You may have it for $3. "I would not mind giving you $5 but I don't need it." "You may have it for $2.50. I think I would throw it off before I would haul it back home." 8ick of Credit. Had a talk yesterday with a certain business man who has a large number of accounts on his books that he cannot collect, and who is resolved that he will never again sell anything except for cash. \ "Yes, I am done with it," he said, "and I have quit, I've Just simply been a fool, letting theqi take away what I've got like taking candy from a baby. x am awaic mav 1 nave ovine; viovvmers who Intended to pay and who would pay if they could; but there are others who have had no idea of paying, and who simply wont pay. I've quit before they get all I've got. If I have to bust I had better bust with something, rath/ er than just give it away. "This credit business is a terrible thing and we are to blame for it ourselves. We are just a pack of fools. Just let business get a little dull, and we get impatient and want to do something. Out of the desire to do something we sell apd charge and sell and charge. Bills come due, and we pay until we have nothing to pay with. Then we go to the bank and borrow on the collateral of what is owing us. Then -before our notes come due we realise that we cannot collect, and we have to renew. "We say cash 'from now on. Most peeple appreciate the situation and pay cash or do without. * Some come along and tell ub how, If we don't credit, we will lose business. They want us to accommodate them only to the first of the month, promising, by all that is good that they will pay then. But we have been. It has been our experience heretofore that promises of the first of the month would be settled with the explanation that 'the money I expected did not turn up,' and we are left in the lurch. No, I have come to the conclusion that the fellow who tries to do a retail credit business in my line is simply a fool, and I am not going to be a fool any longer." A Tanglefoot Road. One does not stop to wonder why a fly gets caught in tanglefoot. It has no better sense. It does seem however, that any traveler, when he comes upon a sign warning him of bad road ahead ought to have sense enough to go back far enough to learn how to get around it. But many of them don't. Because of the tearing up of the King's Mountain road, 'incident to proper surfacing, and the continual rains that have been passing, parts of the road between the corporate limits of Yorkville and the turn off toward Filbert have been in a bad way since last fall; in spite of the most strenuous efforts of the road force to get it right. During several days of last week the supervisor was able to do a lot of work toward filling in the gap; but he was not able to complete it by Saturday afternoon, when he had to take the chaingang off, and rains of Sunday and Monday night softened things up as badly as before. ' The worst place now is a stretch of ' about two hundred, yards between the I residence of John Q. Hall and the Qulnn old place, to the north. A representative of The Yorkville Enquirer went up Tuesday afternoon to look at it. The road was passable under considerable efforts for Fords, and much more efforts for larger cars and trucks. "Been pulling a lot of them out haven't you?" was asked of Mr. Hall. "Yes, several. It is not so bad now; but it is getting worse. The small cars have been going over without much trouble until yesterday; but the large cars have been cutting the ruts deeper and deeper until now it is difficult for them to get through. "Do you ever tell them to go .... a round?" "Sure, I have been tilling many of : them thnt they could not get through; but In most cases it is the same as if I don't. They go right ahead. "And you have the fun of seeing them stuck up? was suggested. "I don't know that there is any fun in it," said Mr. Hall, with a good natured smile, "but if a fellow persists in going on after I have advised him not to, it Is his funeral and not mine." JUDGE AND JURY. a* ? ^ -r Ml#o oome neBiun or uriun ?<nviiy> to the Solicitor. There has been just one acquittal of a person charged with crime in the court of general session in thic circuit since last November, yet there have been five solid weeks of court. Who are responsible for this remarkably fine and inspiring record of law enforcement which is a credit not only ' to the circuit* court, but also to the Palmetto state? Solicitor David W. Smoak in an interview with The Piedmont yesterday declared: "The reasons are just two?first, Judge Gary; second, good jurors. ' "Courteous, courageous, firm as a i general at the front, one of the best ) lawyers on the bench in the South, a . gentleman of the old school, Judge Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, is in my 1 opinion the ideal judge. < "He is decidedly a law enforcement j judge, too. He did more to arouse the conscience of Greenville county in one c hour's talk to the grand jury last January than I was able to do as solicitor my whole first year in office. In theoe piping times men of his type are worth their weight in gold; almost by him- t self Judge Gary would stop the reign < of terror in the Thirteenth circuit. I ( see "him leave the circuit with genuine regret and if the time ever comes { while 1 am in office that a law should i be passed rotating the solicitors in the t state like judges, I think I shall be asked to go around with Judge Gary. ''As for the jurors their record of the ? past few month speaks for itself. In i my opinion the names of the men who have so faithfully served tne peopie this year both as grand Jurors and petit Jurors should be written in marble and i placed in the courthouse as an example 8 of the highest type of South Carolina citizenship." 8 It is unusual for a solicitor thus to r pay tribute to a Judge, but it is in this 8 case thoroughly warranted. The Pied- 8 mont is glad to concur in all that is here said of Judge Gary who is indeed, to use a Shakespearian phrase, "an upright Judge, a learned judge," whose conduct of his high office is worthy of the best traditions of the South Carolina bench. In addition the Jurors deserve the warm praise accorded them by Solicitor Smoak. The strength of the state lies in jurors who will justly, intelligently and honestly do their duty, so that justice is maintained through the punishment of the guilty. All honor to these men, who at sacrifice of time and money, have thus well and truly served their county and their state. In his statement Solicitor Smoak has failed to mention a public officer who is entitled to as strong commendation for the enforcement of the law through the courts as anybody else?and that man is Solicitor Smoak himself. It has been only a little more than a year since he entered upon the duties of his office, but in that brief period he has made a record of successful convictions which will compare favorably with that of any other solicitor in the history of the state. Without fear or favor, he has done his duty, knowing neither friend nor foe in the discharge of the responsibilities committed to his hands by the people of this circuit. He has not been puffed up and made arrogant and overbearing by his authority?to all persons he is equally considerate and courteous. He has not prosecuted his enemies and freed his friends. -He has ?iven all a square deal, without reference to personal or political considerations. In the power and eloquence of his arguments in the 1 courtroom he can be compared with "! that other brilliant young solicitor of 1 this circuit nearly a century ago, Wa> i ren R. Davis. At a time when there < was much crime, the Thirteenth cir- 1 cult is fortunate indeed that it has f such a vigorous, unrelenting, uncom-' promising and able public prosecutor i as David W. Smoak.?Greenville Pied- i mont. 1 5 City Within a City.?Occupying an 1 entire city block on West. Grand " Boulevard Detroit's noted driveway, ] the 15-story office ,bui!ding and re- l search laboratory of the General ) Motors Corporation ranks as the larg- < - 1 * i 1 ? umtilrt , est structure or us kuiu m mc nv,.?. , The building1, recently completed at i a cost of $15,000,000, has a floor area i of 30 acres and will accommodate 6,- i 000 workers in its 1,760 offices. i The structure is a city within itself l as it contains restaurants, ,swimming i pools, gymnasiums, bowlinsr alleys, i and other amusement places, as well i as a fully equipped hospital and a i bank. The building of steel frame construction, has four miles of corridors remilrprl two veai'S tO build, dUT ir.g which period 2,000 men were employed, constantly. The research laboratory, one of the distinct features of the building, occupies five floors of one wing and is equipped for work along mechanical, electrical and engineering lines. In this laboratory the future mechanical problems of the corporation are to be worked out by .experts in various lines. An auditorium seating 1,500 persons is provided. This will be used jn caring for some of the conventions that come to Detroit. ? The reason men brag about the bee's industry is because men get the honey. NEW TAX LAW Chairman Query Talks to Representative of Yorkville Enquirer. ENFORCEMENT WILL WORK SMOOTHLY State Can Get Names of Income Tax Payera and That is All it Needa? Gas Money Comes in Freely?Organization of Field Forces Under Way. Correepondence The Yorkville Enquirer Columbia, S. C., March 30?W. G. Query, chairman of the South Carolina Tax Commission which has in charge the work of collecting the state Income tax in accordance with the income tax law passed by the recent session of the general assembly feels confident that the commission will be able to collect the tax without any great difficulty, [n an interview with the correspondent of The Yorkville Enquirer today, Chairman Query said that at the time the income tax law was passed the tax commission felt that it had an almost Impossible task to perform; but since then the commission has thoroughly familiarized itself with the law and is low working on the necessary machinery to carry out the measure and is confident that the law will be carried out without any hitch, jjo Raise Large Amount. l am noi prepared 10 say now mucu cvenue will be raised for the state ihrough' the income tax law," said Mr. Juery in reply to a question. "Within hirty days the commission will know Lbout how much revenue is to be exited from individuals and corporatons but not now. I have heard va ious estimates?some as low as $500,100 and some as high as $2,000,000; but lobody knows certainly Just now. Federal Liat of Names. "Since the Federal commissioner of nternal revenue has ruled that a itate may not have access to the Lmounts paid the Federal governnent in income tax how are you going ibout collecting an income tax for the rtate?" Chairman Query was asked. "Well, we never did expect that the I ' ' The above picture shows the family ind home of Mr. T. E. Harper, of fork R F. D. No. 8. The group pic;ure was taken more than twenty years igo. The insert over In the right-hand sorner is a photograph of the venera)le Mr. Harper, taken within the past ew weeks. Sitting on the porch at the top of the steps is Mr. T. E. Harper, and to his ight is Mrs. Harper, his second wife. The lady in the foreground to the left s Mrs. W. R. Currence, deceased. To :he right are Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Har-' Federal government would allow us to lave their records showing the amount ?aid by individuals," replied Mr. Juery. "The Federal government does iot object to furnishing us with the [tames of persons, firms and corporaLions who pay an income tax to them and that is all the information we really need. The governor has written the commissioner of internal revenue requesting this list of names for South Carolina and we are confident that his request will be granted. In fact, we are assured that we will have this list within the next few days. It includes more than 40.000 names. "The new state income tax law requires every person who makes a return to the Federal government to make a like return to the state government. Since we will have a list of all those who made return to the Federal government you will see that our task will be comparatively easy." Cost of Collecting Tax. Chairman Query estimates that it will cost the state of South Carolina J-D.UUU lO CUlieUL IIIC Blaic IIIV.UHH the first year. The state appropriation bill this year carries the sum of $25,000 to be used in effecting an organization to collect the tax, the "overhead" cost to he taken out of the revenue collected. A director and eleven assistants will have charge of the work of collecting the tax, these to be appointed by the governor. This organization will Include about six field agents whose duties shall consist in traveling over the state, examining the county records and personal records to sec to it that none are escaping fhc tax who should pay even as the field auditors of the Federal government are now doing. Blank forms for use in filing state income tax rofiirna ore now being orenared in the office of tho state tax commission in the Palmetto National Bank building in Columbia. May Contest Law. Asked, about rumors that are current In the capital and other parts of the state to the effect that the state income tax law may be contested in the courts on the ground that it is unconstitutional, Chairman Query said that he had. heard these rumors; but he had no official notice that the law would be contested. "I do not believe that it will be contested," ho said; "because I do not believe any Individual, firm or corporation in South Carolina would attempt to escape its Just share of taxation. "You might be Interested to know, however," said Mr. Query, "that we are receiving letters not only from a number of South Carolinians but from all ? -*? noflrtn nrntAQtlncr nMlnist !*?'?> "? "O"? -..-r. -r, the state income tax law which is identical with the Federal statute. The authors of a dumber of those letters state that surely it cannot be possible that the grand, old state of South Carolina has departed so fur from Its history and traditions as to pass a law identical with a Federal law. Some of the letters are very amusing." The chairman of the state tax commission said that no*- since South Carolina has passed a state income tax law, practically every state in the Union now has puch a law; but that South Carolina is the only state in the United States to pass a statute identical with the Federal statute. Gas and Inheritance Laws. Asked about the gasoline tax measure passed by the last general assemb ly ana tne innenlance lux mw, ivii. Query said that revenue from the gasonffl #$: v * . W , - . f '-* Vf. -< ^ , > . ' x ' - ? T. E. HARPER AND FAMILY per and child. Mr. Harper was born In the Point section of Bethel township on June 17. 1835, within a quarter of a mile of thesite of the house shown above, and has lived thero all his life. He served through the Civil war as a member of the company of Captain R. H. Glenn, Col. W. B. Allison, regimental commander. He was twice married, first to Mary S. Dameron, who died March 17, 1876, and to his second wife, Elizabeth Boyd, who is still living, a year or two later, j line tax law was coming into the comI mission in a steady stream, and that the machinery for this collection was running smoothly, despite the fact that the measure had been on the statute books only a short while. He also said that the probate Judges over the state who had in charge the work of, collecting the inheritance tax had been given their instructions and furnished with the necessary blanks and that every thing was in ship shape for its collection. "We saved the income tax to the last believing that it would give us more trouble than any of the other tax measures passed by the assembly," said Mr. Query in conclusion. "But we now have practically all the machinery for its collection well oiled and in good shape and we feel confident that i we will be able to collect every dollar to which the state is entitled under the I terms of the act." ? Some thirty families overcome poverty and some have occasional twins. ? About the only man who can pet tight at the same old place is the tight wad. ? In a small town the art of conversation consists in speculation concerning the sum various relatives will get when the village Shy lock dies. i, \ BLEASE IS RUNNING Former Governor is In the Race to Win. nu Dl 1TFHDU OF DFTBFKir.HMFNT Uil 1 L/l 11 Uiiira i#k uii Too Many Commissioners to Spend the Peoples Money?Will Run His Own Race and Avoid'Personalities Unless They are Forced on Him?Will Run His Own Race and Leave Others to Do the Same. Correspondence The Yorkvllle En/juirer Columbia, S. C. March 30?Cole L. Blease, twice governor of South Carolina will positively be a candidate for governor in the Democratic primary In August and is confident of election, according to an Interview he gave p correspondent of The Yorkvllle Enquirer today. "You can say for me," said the former governor, "that I will most positively be a candidate despite ru mors that have been spread in every county in South Carolina To the effect that I will not enter the race. When the proper time comes I will pay my entrance fee and file my pledge. It is my intention to appear In every county seat in accordance with the itinerary fixed by the Democratic executive committee. While I may make a few speeches .in addition to those in the county seat towns I do not propose to make as many speeches as I have done in my former, campaigns. I simply feel tbat I cannot do so. I shall not formally open my campaign until the Democratic primary campaign, opens. . i j I ,, No Personalities. "I shall not engage in personalities unless such a policy is forced upon me by some candidate of standing who might be in the race," the ex-governor went on to say. ( "Neither do I propose to make any references to factionalism unless the issue of factionalism is dragged in by other people. I have never yet nor will I ever attempt to arraign class against class because we are one people and we should stand one for all and all for one. Crt for? qc io Irnmvn Mr Hnrnpr has the record of being1 the longest continuous subscriber to a single newspaper in the United States. He has been taking The Yorkville Enquirer without a break since January 1, 1855. Mr. Harper has two living children, Mr. J. Ed Harper, the son of his first wife, and Mr. A. C. Harper, son of the present Mrs. Harper. Four of his children, two by his first wife and two by his second wife, are deceased. Stands for Retrenchment. "If I am elected," said Mr. Blease, "and," he added, "It now appears to be a certainty that I will be elected, I propose to use my utmost endeavors with the legislature for retrenchment and reform. If the legislature refuses to give me its support and co-operation I shall use the veto power as I did when governor and thus try to stand square between the people and the legislature jn preventing extrava gance and waste. Blease's Platform. "Have you decided upon your platform fully?" Mr. Bleasc was asked and the answer was made emphatically, "I most certainly have. It is comparatively short but it incorporates the prime needs of South Carolina at the present time. Still there are some things that 1 do not care to discuss at the present time although I will talk them to the voters on every stump when the time comes. , ' My platform?in fact one of the principal planks of my platform, fa vors a reduction of taxation to be brought about through a reduction of expenses and extravagances in each anil every department of state. There is one of the greatest troubles with the present government. T shall Insist j upon the abolition of all useless clerk' ships and I shall insist that nr<j' offi ci.il who receives a salary from the state shall be required to do a man's work. Where there are five men doing: three men's work I shall insist I that the work be done by three men and get rid of two. Where three ,mcn are now doing the work that two men should do I shall make it my business 1 to get rid of the unnecessary third man If elected governor.'' , Opposed to Commissions. "There are two many commissioners?useless commissions spending the money of the tax payers," declared Mr. Blease. "I favor the abolishment of all commissions that deprive the proper , head of any department from performing his constitutional and statutory duties. I would abolish the state \ tcx commission which is absolutely unnecessary as at present constituted , and which should be abolished in the interests of the ,tax payers. The prop- ( or place for the state tax commission is with the comptroller general and he should not only be requested but made to perform the work that Is now done by this commission. For Law Enforcement. "I stand now as I have always stood for the strict enforcement of all laws beginning with the requirement that those in authority themselves obey the law because no man In this country is so high that he is above the law and no .officer of the law should be allowed to set the law aside. "What about the women voters?" "I am glad you mentioned that," said Mr. Blease, "because I have a message for all the women of South Carolina that I would like them to have. I sincerely hope that all the white women of South' Carolina will put their names on the club rolls. While I have always opposed woman , suffrage we now have it and as law abiding citizens we must support it. Every woman should register and see that her name is put on the club roll. Suppose that only one class of women should register and place their names on the club rolls. The time might come when we would be in a bad condition on account of it. Therefore every woman should put herself in , position to cast her ballot whether she ever does cast It or not. "There Is nothing like precaution , and looking ahead of you. For instance, every white womdn should keep in her home a well oiled, proper- , ly loaded pistol at the same time hoping and praying that she might , never have occasion to use It. Hut if the necessity to use It should arise she would have it- ready. So ? should she be in position to vote. If she doesn't want to vote she doesn't have to; but she would hurt nothing by being prepared. j No Chance at Convention. i "No there is not the slightest chance of my friends capturing the state Democratic convention," replied Mr. i Blease in answer to a question. 'They t simply won't go to their precinct meet- 1 ings and to the coynty conventions where the delegates to the slate con- ' vention are elected. If they would do I so it would be an easy matter for them ' to capture the state convention but experience of past years has proved conclusively that they simply won't take i the time off from their .duties to do it. 1 No Bleaae^ Ticket. 1 "There will be no straight out Blease ticket for state offices this year, so far as I have anything to do wit It," Mr. Blease went on to say. "Any 1 White Democrat of South Carolina has a right to run for any office that lie sees fit to aspire. So far fis I am concerned I shall engage myself with my own individual race and I shall inter- 1 fere in no other race. As I stilted at the outset I am making this race for governor this year not for my own sake hut at the request of hundreds of citizens of South Carolina, Being governor can mean nothing for me personally since I have held the office twice. "All my friends and supporters of former years with one exception are rallying my support this year as never before and in addition to these I have received hundreds of messages from influential men who have fought me in the past stating that they are with me now. I could give you names; but-1 shall not do so at this time. Preachers Ask Him to Run. "I have in my flies letters from a number of ministers urging me to make the race for governor this year, stating that the state needs my services. A Baptist minister up-state who has considerable influence and who has always fought me in the past wrote me the other day aeklng that I send him some of my campaign litera- , ture and stating that he not only exneeted to vote for me but to work for me. A number of senators and representatives who have fought me in the past came to my office during the recent session of the legislature and assured me of their support this year. Busy With Fratamal Work. Mr. Blease said that he would not give much attention to politics during the next few weeks for tho reason that he would be busy preparing speeches to be delivered before the Red Men, Odd Fellows and other fra ternal organizations in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. "But when the primary opens," he said in conclusion, "Cole L. Bleaae will be in the race to the finish running on a platform "of retrenchment and reform and eage'r and anxious to be of service to all. the people of, .South Carolina in this hour of need." JQBURG THE GOLDEN fbe Largest City Sootb of tbe Eqeator. * rBE POPULATION OF TOUGH ELEIWJJ Difficult to Got Efficient Satisfipd La* bor?Economic Dispute# freight i Houses Largely of American Arohi-. taotura. "Johannesburg1?or 'Joburg,' as tha Initiated speak of It?Is among cities the 'stormy petrel' of South Africi, just as truly as it Is the city of gold,'" says a bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society in regard to the region in which striking .miners and revolutionists were recently opposed by the infantry, cava'ry, tanks and airplanes of the South African government . % . . ... "The city was born of the greatest gold discovery known to the modern world," continues the bulletin, "and rose to the stature of a city in the space of a few years practically 'on7 the digglns.' It is almost on the crest of -the Rand/ (officially .WltwatertT* rand) the 50 mile ridge of gold-bearing conglomerate from which. the world's greatest stream of gold has flowed since 1909 when production passed that of all North America. ( * Half World's Annual Gold. "Before the World war the annual recovery of gold from the Rand reached $175,000,000, and by 1920 the output had again climbed to 4ll8,000,000? an amount which represented roughly half of the entire world production In that year. In 1921 the peak so far attained was reached when gold yalued at about $200,000,000 was taken from the Rand. "Johannesburg 'is situated about midway along the Rand, with a number of suburbs strung out on the slopes of the ridge. Much of the tremendous wealth that has come out of the.reef has flowed abroad! a fact incidentally, which is responsible for ,much of ^the bitterness among the white miners and the Boer farmers. ,.But some of the . millionaires and jub-miltymMpNfr have spent lavishly in the country, and these expenditures, as well aajtoe millions spent In operation, hare .enriched Johannesburg. Excepting: three cities near the Mediterranean, which may b? considered as bejo^ging to a separate ctviiUatton, johwujejburf la the metropolis of Africa. It haa a. population ,of. more Uuw which about; > . An Up-to-tlis* Minute City. "It Is a city of many subeUatlnf buildings, sozhe of them pf many stor I6s resembling more nearly American structures than those of Europe. Wide asphalted streets, theaters, luxurious clubs, and the finest hotels south of the equator are othef, features that, go to make 'Joburg* in up-to-date, comfortable city, tn the suburbs sure many fine residences: and the courtry dub will compare favoAhly with simftar Institutions on any .0' the six con* tinents. "But despite 1th opulence Johannesburg still has some of the earmat!mj? a mining camp. In the sumptuous, clubs booted prospectors are to .be se&t side by side with Carefully manicured financiers. ' The iron-roofed shsSjr ?f the early days hah hot entirely disappeared; gambling hells and grog shpps can be fbund with ease by miners In the city to spend their earnings In the traditional way 6f the mining camp. Nor is the city, (or all its public improvements and architecture, entirely a twentieth century .white man's community. More than 100,000 AXrlcan natives live within ita limits. Motor cars predominate in the traffic, but the heavy Boer wagon has not been thrust entirely out pf the picture. And one can ride over'the asphalt?or could a few years ago?in a 'rickshaV drawn by a feather-bedecked Zulu. . City Has Hod Stormy Time. "Turbulence has been the lot oC Johannesburg since its birth in 1855. and many of its problems have pivoted around the mine owners and laborers* The Boer war really grew out of the discovery of gold on the Rand and the influx of thousand* of Englishmen. The Ill-starred raid of Jameson was directed against Johannesburg; and at the same time the city was seised; from within by the British mine oper-./. atlves. Just before the outbreak of the World war there was on .uprising of the white miners around Johannes* burg very similar to the recent, one. but the difficulties were patched up because of the great conflict. "The obtaining of labor for the Rand mines has always b?en a problem, of considerable proportions. With .the mines working at capacity something over 260;000 workers are needed. The local negroes preferred work pn the farms and among the livestock of the Boers. White men in sufficient num.* bers could not be obtained, nor could the owners afford to pay excluajfyeiy white men's wages.* At one timp.SQ,^. 000 Chinese coolies were .imported, tut their presence caused much trouble and in 1910 the last of them were {3" patriated. In recent years tena of thousands of negroes from Portuguese East Africa have been brought in tQ supplement the local negroea that could.bc induced to work, and the 25,000 more or less skilled white workers." ? When a man loses his memory and wanders from home the family usually deserves less sympathy than ihe Ul'llUlllg tlilU^NIl^t ^ i _ ; * uit I'&l'L*.-2*