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CHANGE, IN PETS ' , v Raccoon^ Boas and Spiders Are Replacing Dogs. POCKET MONKEYS ARE POPULAR Wildcat is Much Smarter Than OldFashioned Angora?Pocket Mice Are Also Becomjng Common. Frederic J. Haskin. Fashions in pets change these days almosj frequently as in house furnishings and clothes. If you want to be in style this year ypu must have something bizarre about the house, auch as a snake or a pelican br a skunk. The- reign of the lap clog seems to be over, and the animal dealers of our big cities are now hard pressed to supply an ever-Increasing demand for weird and exotic household pets.tjo take its place. Pet raccoons v?.nqt yet appeared on promenade In Riverside drive, but a New York animal dealer reports that already these m&gnificant little animals are usurping the place of th? apartment dog. They are given all the freedom, comfort and attention of their predecessors except that instead of being led along by a leash they take their afternoon constitutional in exclusive qirtet on the roof. I That unsocial little animal remotely related to the raccoon?the skunk?is also being domesticated with surprising success by city dwellers. With its scent bag removed, it is said to make a charming pet, its disposition being more amiable th^n that of most 1 poodles, while its striking black and j white coat is considered a valuable j asset to interior decoration. Boa Constrictors Favored. Boa constrictors are alao becoming fashionable. Eight of these formidable-looking reptiles have recently been sold to private families in New j York who Intend to make pets of them. j Of course, they are not unwieldly, 30- ' foot boa constrictors, such as terrorize ! the natives of South America, but are j of modest size, measuring 7 feet or so.! According to the animal dealei-s, boa constrieWrs are excellent pets, as they are exceptionally clean and absolutely amiablb-Tf properly handled. There is an Englishman who possesses such a pleasantrpboa constrictor that he gives' it the freedom of the dining room in his horte, where it is said to enjoy coiling Itself around the legs of the dining '^teble. So far as is known, howevenc*ti New Yorkers owning such reptiles ~?keep them in strong glads cases am! do not Invite them to dinner, but passLtheir food to them through a little docft. One of- the most popular of the new pets is ?^yie marmosette, or pocket monkey, which measures only from 4 to 6 inches, weighs only 7 or 8 ounces, | and can bo bpxlVdhitmty .'carried atput. in a pocket or handbag. This little creature can be taught to do all manT ner of clever tricks, but it is usually viciously, unfriendly toward everybody but its mafeter or mistress and as its bite is poisonous it is advisable to brush its teeth every day. Gaily colored parrots and parrakeets started the vogue for strange birds as pets la*t year, which probably accounts for the present popularity or pelicans. Dealers in various cities have j recently' seported a growing demand for these bit'ds, as weli as for some of j the brilfiayU, South American birds, like the Brazilian cardinal and the troupial. Crows and ravens are also said to be. Replacing canaries in the drawing room. Crows when taken young in life become very tame and lovable, and they can often be taught in tnlt nmnsinirlv .is a narrot. The Dainty Wildcat. It is also considered much smarter to keep a wildcat now thaivan Angora. Common cats are out of the question altogether; they must either be got rid of or kept out of sight like milady's gowns of three years ago. If possible one should visit South America or Mexico and return with a wildcat, so that one's photograph may appear in the pictorial supplements, but if this cannot be arranged a wildcat should by all means be secured through a dealer. The Margay cat or long-tailed cat of South America is a good choice, as it has a striking color scheme, being grizzly brown or reddish with black spots and rings. It is also said lo yield gracefully to domestication? something which is rare among the wildcat species. Another picturesque pet from South America which is being widely adopted by city dwellers is the coati, a clos relative of our own North Amerioan raccoon. It has the same beautiful coat, an even bushier tail and a euaiiiiuoc uuu v<*?* uv twisted, extended, contracted or inado rig-id at will. The coati is easily tamed, and becomes devotedly attached to its home and master. According to one dealer, who owns such an animal, it is the mos^ interesting and amusing pet he has ever had, keeping him, he says, constantly entertained by its ridiculous antics. Some^peop'e who like pocket pet:: have adapted pocket mice, which oddly shaped Jflittlc animals are now being importej from the southwestern states to supijjy the demand for novelties in the metropolitan pet markets. The pocket mouse is fawn-colored above and wi<ie below, with fine, silky fur und larfle lustrous eyes. But its head is so liifge in proportion to its small body, i$ hind legs so enormous compared its diminutive feet, and its tufted pit so unexpectedly long that it has very droll appearance. It is said toft>o an affectionate and agreeable companion, except for its habits which cause it to be very active at night afhl to sleep during the day. It can be induced to change this unfortunate jPustom, however, if it is fed f J'i'v ' V.'-' 4 ' WEE FILM FAVORI 1 {iMf I ^ / 1 ! ' ' / -c* ? M-^p ' - - ? III. I Baby Peggy Montgomery, three child artists of the screen. Is til wlti In Owensmouth, Cal., whlcb sbe coi dog in tbe rain. in the daytime and food is not left in its cage at night. Women seem to be losing all of their traditional fear of mice, if one may j judge by the heavy demand for these 1 creatures at the pet shops. Waltzing mice especially have lately become almost as popular as goldfish. Nature < played a cruel Joke on these little rodents, making it impossible for them i to travel In a straight line. They are able to move forward only in dizzy! circles, taking two steps backward for every, three forward. Even when eat- i ing these mice do not seem able to cease their quivering St. Vitus dance motion. # ' The Useful Spider. In some cases novel pets can be trained, to be extremely useful. Thus one man who keeps a Mygale spider _ for a pet trained it to live among the curtains of his bed and rid him of i flies and mosquitoes which would otherwise have disturbed his slumbers. Chameiions are also to be recommended as attractive household pets to , people who are troubled with cockroaches. These curious lizards prefer flies, but they will gladly accept a straight cockroach diet after the fly season is over. Although they have a j rather alarming appearance, with | their large goggle eyes and long, sticky tongues, they possess a g<ntle disposition except where pestiferous insects | are concerned. More over, as every- I one knows, these extraordinary- creatheir environments, so that they would never interfere with the color scheme ' of a room. But there are some people who pre- J fer cockroaches to chamelions and, incredible as rt may seem, even these j annoying insects can be trained to be affectionate 'pets. Dr. L. O. Howard, ; of the CTnited States bureau of ento- ! mology, has had remarkable success I along this line. "A croton bug," he writes "of the! usual, Inquisitive form of mind, in- j habited my office desk, and as soon as ' j I laid down my cigar upon the edge | of the drawer the little fellow invari- j ; ably came out of his hiding place and ' I worked vigorously at the moist end. At j first, he was after the moisture, but I ; later the tobacco taste grew and he' i became'as much addicted to the habit as the fnost inveterate tobacco user. It may be worth mentioning that it j seemed to have no deleterious effect ! upon his health." ? . NATION-WIDE TRAINING. System cf Helping Only a Few Not Satisfactory. A plan to develop a race of physical ; sujicrnini has been launched by Sec- i rotary of War Weeks and educators , j . pros'ni:ng every section of the Unit- | j States. Physical weakling's would be elim- j Inated by a nntlon-widc system of athletic training for boys of school ! ag<. it was announced. Efforts will he | made to bring every boy under the ! direction of competent instructors for j ; t'i: s.? physical training:, instead of tne I plan now in vogue to train only a few. < u-gn nidations devoted to amateur ; I athletics, boys' welfare dissociations, | school principals and college presidents pledged their cooperation, and in conference the next few days will work out and agree upon details for putting the plan into execution. Secretary Weeks declared that the standard of American manhood physically lias declined during the last generation and there must be some organized effort to restore it. He point- , ! ed out that until recent years every i j American lived a good portion of his life out of doors. ? The Unijted States, which produces more radium than all the rest of the ^ world, has in eight years produced . less than one-fourth of u pound. TE^SEW ILI. years old. one of the best known i pneumonia at ber parents' bome atracted seeking ber missing pet FARM BLOC PROGRAM. Senator Capper Gives His Views On the Situation. i A program of "constructive legisln- ] tion," coupled with a declaration i against the administration ship sub- J sidy bill, was announced by Semttor i Capper, Republican, Kansas, chairman , of the senate farm bloc. In a statement < Saturday upon his return for the | opening' of congress. If the Republican party is to con- < tinue in power, said Senator Capper, j in commenting on the recent election, i it must finish a constructive program, J including the following acts: I ' Put through complete rural credit j program. to provide farmers and < stockmen with an adequate financial ( system. j "It must reduce freight charges. "It must repeal section 15-A (giv- J ing the Interstate Commerce commis- j sion control over state rates), and oth- J er objectionable provisions of the ( Each transportation act. j "It must carry out the policy for a < better system of marketing. < "It must put the development of the J Muscle Shoals project in the hands of ( Henry Ford. "It must make undistributed eur-' i pluses and stock dividends pay their J share towards the maintenance of the j government. "It must pass a constitutional I amendment prohibiting tax-exempt se- ( i urities." 1 Other items ou Senator Capper's J program were passage of the "truth In j fabrics' and Voigiit "ATed milk" bills, i further reduction in government ex- J lx-nses and tax^$, in steps to promote ( European recovery and re-establish J .u.v.ft,. ......nvio. Declaring that ' stand-pat leadership i( of the old school met with defeat ev- J crywhere" in the elections with the | people voting "enthusiastically for the progressives," Senator Capper said regarding the administration ship subsidy measure: "I do not think we shall get anywhere in our effort to restore confidence in government by piling more than fifty million dollars a year on the public's back in the form of a ship subsidy, in addition to its present burden." Senator Capper said there was nothing in the election to induce the Republican party to "palter or compromise" on prohibition, and declared the evident popular discontent was "a good omen," requiring those in authority to respond to the public will. SOUTH CAROLINA GINS Output Smaller a> Compared With Last Year. The department of commerce, through the bureau of the census, announces the preltminaiy report on ootton ginned by counties, in South Carolina, for the crops of 1D22 and 1921 up to November 1. The total for the | state was made public at 10 a. m., i Wednesday, November 8. (Quantities; are in running bales, counting round as iittii uiiii'9. juiiiiciH are iiui muuut'u.; I County 1922 1921 Abbeville 6,462 13.7G4 Aikon 13,001 12,551 Allendale 5,921 4,028 Anderson. 30,927 52,952 Bamberg 5,34ft 3,714 Barnwell 7,976 7,591 Calhoun _... 2,806 4,535 Cherokee 0,650 11,572 Chester 14,989 19,960 Chesterfield 14,500 19,417 Clarendon 3,632 7.603 Darlington 10,350 18,693 Dillon 12,965 28,504 Edgefield 4,708 6,464 Fairfield .. 5,290 8,034 Florence 5,228 18,065 Greenville 25.135 33,436 Greentvood 4,139 11,288 TAX ON ELECTRIC POWER. v Prediction That It Will Be Adopted by the State Next Winter. e Prediction of the success in the gen- t oral assembly of 1923 a hydro-electric f tax Nil was predicted by Senator H. 1 s H. Gross of Dorchester count>, who. 4 as chairman of the senate finance t committee and therefore a member of the state budget commission, was c In Columbia last week attending hear- t lngs conducted by the commission on 8 requests of various departments of j government for 1925! appropriations. t Senator Gross stated that he has a studied carefully the make up of the j now legislature, from the recent e!ec- j tion results, and he feels, judging from the personnel of the new assembly, t that 'here will be a majority sentiment > la favor of the hydro-electric tax plan, f i n*! nyaro-iMecinc oni wtw luuuuuted in the 1922 general assembly and passed the htruse. In the senate It was laid kway In the finance committee room at first, but later was revived in new edition, arid was the subject of long and heated' debate, after lengthy hearings had been conduoted by the finance committee. It was killed, however, a warm fight against it being Hampton 4,248 2,620 Horry .. 413 2,415 Kershaw * 9,789 10,073 Lancaster 8,716 12,059 Laurens , .. 14,829 29,801: Lee .12,288 16,871 Lexington ; I 4,840 7,301 McCormlck ........ 1,178 3.82? Marlon .... 3,139 9,702 Marlb6ro ...29,804 40,635 Newberry 7.633 14,336 Oconee 10,406 17,517 Orangeburg .... ^..12,163 16,418 Pickens .: ...12,094 17,350 Richland 5,329 7,1:66 Saluda 4,647 7,678 ' Spartanburg 43,425 53,696 Sumter 8,477 16,481 Union 8,502 12.958 Williamsburg 2,389 6,137 York 18,605 30,271 All other 6,921 5,230 The state 412,860 622,915 ?; ?? 7 - ~ i FLYING T ! ; WajtenLals and ^w " * * ' ^ mtKtm ZJyMary Roberts Rineh | WORLDS GREATEST E hereisthem II Years in Near York ? Seer , 1 Year in London^ P/ayt ; l Year in CMcago Prai I Presented Kere exaci i KEW YORK - LCtt j AT WINTHROP COU 1 THURSDAY NIGHT, IN THE WORDS C "The best play of the year."?N' "Keeps Standees on the tips of "The best mystery play New 1 , Evening Telegram. Reserved Seats, Now o | Write or Phone WINTHROP COLL AUCTION SALE _ I NOTICE OF SALE. State of South Carolina?County of York. ' In Court of Common Pleat. Northfleld Savings Bank, Plaintiff Against Joseph W. Brown, Robert A. Brown, et al., Defendants. PURSUANT to an Order of Presiding * Judge Jas. E. Puerifoy, dated November S)th, 1922, I will expose to sale | at public auction to the highest bidder I for cash, before the Courthouse Door at York, S. C., on MONDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, (SALESDAY). between the hours of 11 A. M. and 3 P. M., purchaser to pay for all papers and j revenue stamps, the following described property: All those four certain pieces, parcels or tracts of land containing in the aggregate ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX AND 67-100 U+6.67) ACRES more or less, lyiHg being and situated about .ive miles southwest of the town of Hickory Grove, in Bullock's Creek and Broad River Townships, County of York, State of South Carolina and particularly described as follows: ... fli..TV TTTT'IT i (1| liaci cuii uniting t- iv x a-j- a ? u AND 35-100 (55.35) ACRES, more or i less, having such shape, metes, courses and distances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof made by H. E. Hood Surveyor, dated October, 1910, which said plat s recorded In the office of the Clerk o! Court for York County in Plat Rook No. 33 at page 355, and being bounded by the lunds of R. J. Brown on the North, on the East by the Hands of Howell, on the South by lands of Thomson and on the West by lands of R. a. Brown. This being the same tract of land heretofore conveyed to said Jos-. W. Brown by! R. A. Brown et al by their deed dated | November 9th, 1910, recorded in the i office of the Clerk of Court for York j County in Deed Book 37 at page 132. j (2) Tract containing NINE AND ?.2-100 (9.112) ACREs? more or less and ! having such shape, metes, courses and j distances is will more fully appear by I reference to plat thereof made by H. E. Hood surveyor, dated October. 1920, which said plat is recorded in the Of raged by the hydro-electric cprporaions of the state. Senator Gross predicts that the lection of numerous ^ew members of he general assembly, many of whom ire said to be in favor of tax reforms ind inclined to favor taxation of hyiro-electric power, will result in enactment of the tax measure in 1923. Senator Gross states that he believ'S the general assembly will be inclin d to continue the tax reform work itartod by the 1922 legislature. The >roposed program would lighten the ax burden resting on real property, tnd would make the payment easier. <iew sources of revenue will likely be >roposed before the next assembly. Senator Gross returned to the eapial on the 11th from Clemson college, vherc he conferred with officials. He inds that Clemson college will likely iced large appropriations next yOar, lue to the fact that the sale of fertllzer tax tags, the proceeds of which go o the support of Clemson, has been ighter than In past years. However, he budget of Clemson college has not jeen presented to the budget commislion as yet, nor have the budgets of he Citadel or of Winthrop, of the department of education, of the university and of several other large departnents of stalte government. The senitor states that there Is no way of knowing as yet how the state's 1323 pudget will compare with past years. ? The Southern railway station at Ljockhart Junction was destroyed by ire of unestablished origin last Thurfllay. The building cost about $2,200. ? Sputh Carolina revertties from thfe ncome and gasoline taxes authorized it the last general assembly session lave amounted to $1,500,000, according ;o figures made public Thursday by State Treasurer S. T. Carter. The report covers receipts through tlpt date. Income ^axes have totaled $909,693.99, ind the gasoline tax paid $529,153.05. Yddition of receipts from the old 3nill corporation license tax and the lomestic corporation license tax, Vese special taxes thus far have ag fregated ?l,802,063.37, according- to the treasurer's statement. HIS WAY | Kemper y> resent art and AveiyHopwood !j Mystery play j CORO.TOPCTE i by 5, 000,000persons ! id to #,000,000 sed by Every Critic ly the same as in 1 [ ?ON-CHICAGO i| LEGE, ROCK HILL !j NOVEMBER 23RD >F THE CRITICS ew York Herald. i | their toes."?New York World. I , fork has ever seen."?New York n Sale, at $2.00 Each EGE for Your Tickets Early. Ice of the Clerk of Court for York bounty in Plat Book No. 32 at page 154 and being bounded on the North md Northeast by lands now or formery of R. A. Brown on the South by ands of R. J. Brown and on the W?*pt >y lands of J. S. Wllkerson. This beng the same tract of land heretofore :onvcyed to the said Jos. W. Brown by I. A. Brown et al by their deed dated 1th November, 1910, recorded in OftCc of the Clerk of Court for York bounty in Book of Deeds No. ?at page (3) Tract containing TWENTYSIGHT AND 15-100 (28.15) ACRES, nore or less, and having such shape, netes, courses and distances as will nore fully appear by reference to a jlat thereof made by H. E. Hood dated October 1910, which said plat is recordid in the office of the Clerk of Court 'or York County in Plat Book No. 32 it page 353, and being bounded on the North by the lands of R. A. Brown, )n the East by the public road known is the Ridge road, which separates it rom the lands of W. S. Wilkerson and ay lands of J. W. Brown and on the South by the lands of J. W. Brown and McOill and on the West by the lands )t J. M. McGill. This being the same :ract of land heretofore conveyed to the said Jos. W. Brown by deed dated Jetober 27th, 1915, by R. J. Brown and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for York County in Book of Deeds No. 42 at page 532. (4) Tract ' containing FIFTYrHREE AND 35-100 (53.35) ACRES nore or less, and having such shapes, i metes, courses ana instances as win more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof made by H. E. Hood Surveyor, dated October, 1910, which said plat is recorded in the oflico of the Jlerk of Court for York County in Plat Book No. 32 at page 352 and being Pounded on the north by the lands of J. a\I. McGill and lands of W. S. Wilrcerson, on the East by lands of Mrs. A'ilkerson and by lands of G. Howell, in the South by lands of Howell and lands of J. W. Brown, and land of R. \. Brown, and on the West by W. S. IVilkerson. This being the same tract if land conveyed to Robert A. Brown iy deed of R. J. Brown dated January !nd, 1917, . recorded in office of the 21erk of Court for York County in Deed 3ook 16 at page 40. T. E. McaMACKIN/ )1 t 3t C. C. C. Pleas. we: wii ? $5=9 CASH REWARD and IP to the Wearer, any pair A vR bearing this Star wE contamin9 leatherboard^Kgj ft (substitutes for leather)/! ^tkDl n "Star Brand I VISIT YORK'S GREI I Yes, we invite you to do * i Iieve we have the Qi ties of Shoes and in justify the invitation Shoes. MANY GOODS \ . 5 Men's Fine TAN VICI SHOES E Men's TAN BROGUE SHOES?Pa E Men's TAN BLUCHER DRESS SI S Children's SCUFFER SHOES?Pa ? Women's TAN VICI DRESS SHOl ? Women's BLACK VICI ijRESS SB 5 BLANKETS?North Carolina Wo< E LADIES' COAT SUITS?Good Sty S COATS FOR CHILDREN?Good s s women's coats?a big line s full ltne.of sweaters?Pri = 98 CT8., $1.25, $1.50, $ s hamilton hickory shirtin s heavy sheeting?At the Yarc = extra heavy sheeting? 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