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POSTAL DEPOSITS SUBJECT TO TAXEL PROBABLY LIABLE UNDER USUA] STATE LAWS. Xany Other Interesting Questions Ar Arising in Connection With New Financial Institutious. .The question whether or not de posits in postal savings banks art subject to local taxation has been en gaging the attention of fhe board o: trustees having in charge the opera tion of the system, says a Washingtor special to the Columbia State. Th( question has been put by several o: the postmasters at offices which hav( been designated as depositories foi postal savings. It is expressly provided by the laN establishing the banks that, the 2 1 per cent. bonds issued by the govern ment in connection with postal sav ings shall be exempt from all forim of taxation. No mention is made, however, in the law as to the taxa tion of the open deposits with thc postal authorities. In some States the taxing officials have brought uy the question of .the liability of such deposits for taxation, and the advic of the department here has beer sought by the postmasters concerned Subject to Local Taxation. While the postmaster general has made no official statement in regard to the matter, it is stated at the de partnent that the view of the officials there is that deposits are probably liable to taxation by the local authori ties. The question may not be raised in some of the States, but it has al 'ready been brought up by some ol them and will probably be decided i a short t'me. It is understood that i State may decide for itself, through its tax officils, whether or not it wishes to levy the usual per sonality tax on postal d,eposits, where the State law taxes deposits in State or national- banks. The board of trustees, in addition to the formal reports of the operation of the postal reports of the operation of the postal bank system,. is receiving a nunmber of novel questions from the postmasters in charge of the institu tions. The reponts are made daily tc *the Washington authorities. No Deposits by Mail. One of the offices in the Middle West reports that it has received va rious remittances by mail, ranging~ from 20 cents to $500. All of these have to be returned to the would-be depositorst, because of the require pment that the depositor's- signature shall be affixed to the duplicate cer tificate which is retained 'by the post master. Besides, deposits must be in even dollars, except where the de positor purchased the special "postal savings stamp," which can be turned in when he has secured $1 worth. An arrangemelnt has been made in some instances, however, whereby de posits of several persons may be made by a; single messenger, without the necessity of the depositors appearing in person to sign the duplicate certi -ficates. This is 'made possible by the postmaster's retaining the original and duplicate certificates, both of which may be signed later by the de positor, at -his convenience, and the original then delivered to him. Will Address'School Children. So great has been the interest tak en by the school cihildren at Bruns wick, Ga., in the opportunity afforded by the postal ban:k in that city for the saving of their nickels and dimes, -,that the postmaster has asked per mission of the school authoritkrs to deliver an address "to the pupils: ex plaining to thiem thoro' ly the wrk ings .of the system the. adv8 tages of this mfet fsaving their mone .. RFeports from Gulfport, Miss., ar so to the effect that the children particularly enthusiastic over the of laying up their savings at the toffice. A growing interest in the tem is indicated in all parts of the ntry, according to the chief clerk the postoffice department, secretary the board of trus'tees, to whom the ports are made. In many instances the postmasters e11 in tirir reports, which are not Itogether formal, of deposits made by persons who have no faith in banks. either from excessive caution. or be cause of losses sustained by them selves or their relatives in the past. Most of these depositors are women. Banks' Existence Ignored. Newspaper publicity is almost nec essary for the success of the postal banks, and this factf is thoroughly un derstood by the prop'rjletor of the only daily paper in one of the Middle West ern tdwns where a bank has been *opened. The postmaster reports that the local daily paper has absolutely refused to notice the existence of the bank and refuses to allow any refer ence to it to be made in the paper *The editor and proprietor of the pa per, the postmaster reports, "by the way," is a leading spirit in one of the banks of the city and his refusal tc alow the postal ban': to be mention led in his paper is believed to be due to this fact. Rural free delivery carriers report that many of their patrons ask if th:e-y (the carriers) are authorized to re ceive deposits, and later bring the certificates to the depositors. It is un derstood that this plan can not be em ployvd, though there seems to be no objection to the carrier's accepting the deposits.'aid the depositor late' r go -ing o ihe postoffice, at his conven iPnC. in Si the duplicate certificate - and receive the original. - .NAI-TONAL CORN EXPOSITION. Iig Corn Show to be Held at Colui bus, Ohio, January 30 to Feb. ruary 11. Columbus. Oiio. Jan. 19 .-The pro gram for the fourth annual National Corn exposition, to be held J.nuary 3 to Februa-r- 11, in the eight im mense buil-ings on the Ohio State exposition grounds has just been com1 peted, ai-d provides for one of the greatest naional agricultural exposi tions eve e1 in the world. The buildings are connected by en cloed walks, comfortably heated and b:1lliantly illuminated, in all resemb 31 n a great summer garden with p-,lns and plants and tender growing em. giving-the visito-s a whiff of na turn which will more re-'nd them of a balmy June day than of the winter season. This great national corn exposition will be a grand round-up of all State agricultural shows and agricultural meetings. The name "corn exposi tion" does not mean that only corn will be shown, for all grains and grasses, the prize winners only, at the various State shows, will be in com petition for the valuablie national tro phies. More than 35 States will have com petitive exhibits. Twenty-five State agricultural colleges and experiment stations will have scientific e'hibits, each demonstrating its most advanced experimental work. Thesi exhibits which will be in charge of expert demonstrators will deal. in a practi cal way, with nearly every phase of the science of agriculture. For in stance: North Carolina will emphasize the cotton industry-froml thie grow ing plant to lhe manufactured article -.with- cotton gin and loom in actual operation, while Illinois will espe cially emphasize its soil work. Never before in 'the .history of the world has there been such a 'showing of results in agri'ulture, based on scientific in vestigation. The federal department o.f agricul ture 'will be represented with its fa mous exhibit which fills t-fo laTe furniture cars, and which has just been returned from the international expositon at Buenos Ayers. Important among the many meet ings, exhibits 'and other special fea tures of this grea.test of agricultural expositions may be mentioned the meetings of the American Breeders' association; the Ohio Uairymen's a's sociation; the National Rural Life conference, the Ohio Conservation as sociationi, the Ohio Corn Improvement association's. There will be special association. There will *be special features of vital interest to the Y. M. C. A., churches, collegels, schools, the farmer, and the city man and their families alike. Special~ entertainment features will include a two-ring winter circus, band concerts with vocal soloists, and moving piotures. 'Speakers of nation-wide reputation will deliver addresses daily on the Na tional Corn exposition program. 0 OVERTHROW CANNON. Speaker's Effort to Draw Teeth of Anti-boss Rule Brings About Another Coalition. Washington, Jan. 16.-The stirring scenes of the last session of congress when the house overthrew Speaker Cannon and took the making of rules in its own hands, was reenaacted in part on the floor of the house today. Threatened wth what they believed an effort to "draw the teeth" of one of the most important of the new rules, Democrats an d insurgents joined in the defeat of the speaker. By a vote of 145 to 126, the combined forces ral lied to the support of Representative *Fitzgerald (Dem.) of New York and sustainled him in appeal from the speaker's ruling. The fight developed as the result of the second attempt to use the new rule which gives the house th'e power to discharge a committee frc.m further consideration of a bill that has been referred to it The insurgents and the Democrats believed that this rule was iron-clad: that as soon as the consid eration of bills by unanimous consent had been concluded, on every first and third Monday of the month, the house was bound by the new rule to take up the motions to discharge~ committees fro.th ustody~ of specified 'bills. H!i O..Iis O e ue Wh,-in t.hc mo,:.at arived tnVay% however, Spiaker Cainnon gave recog nition to Representative Hull 4f Iowa chairman of the military affairs com mittee. Mr. Hull moved that the housE resolve itself in-to a com:nitte- of the whole and take up the consideration of the military appropriation ti-l, upon which it had b.,n working last week. There was an ieInate rallying ci force.s and stiffening of necks among the insurge::its and Doilcrats. Mr. Fitzgerald insist -d upon ihe considera tion of a motion to discharge a com mittee, which was upon the caanda:. Speaker Cannon declired to give Mr. Fitzgerald the preference. I ut said that he would be glad to consider a point of order, if Mr. Fitzge:r,id want ed to make one. Had Prior Rih0t. The Democratic momher Occlarcd that he did r.ot have to m:A' - apin of ordPr; that hi3 r:1s th 6 right recogniticn und: 11- r nw rule, v:itLi o,-t the raisir.z of an pnoint of order against the speaker's action. "You'll overrule me if I make point of orde-," said Mr. Fi-zgerald. Insurgents, Dence- s and reguars jumped into -h.e fight that followed. Upon the speaker's refusal to recog nize M. Fitzgerald, the ltter wa fhi ally forced to make a point against the taking up of the army ap ,.ropriation bill. - Se!ks to Limit Rule. The speaker in his ruling on the point held that the new rule did not make it mandatory upon the house to take up the motions to discharge com I mittees; th1t it simply made such mo tions in order if the house desired to take them up. Upon this basis the speaker held that-Mr. Hull and the army appropria tion bill had the right of way, and the motions provided for under the new rule could not be interposed "I appeal from the decision of the chair," cried Mr. Fitzgerald. "I move to lay that motion on the table," interposed Representative Payne (N. Y.), Republican leader of the h*ouse. The Payne motion was the first test of <the strength, and it was defeated by a vote of 155 to 124. Then follow ed a~n aorimonious debate upon the rul ing. Fusion Forces Win. Whena the vote finally was taken upon the appeal from Speaker Can non's decision, 23 insurgents and all but one of the Democrats present vot ed against the speaker. The result was the defeat of his ruling by a vote of 145 to 126. Fourteen members an swered present, but dint not vote be cause of pairs with absrnt members. Representative Saunders (Va.) was the only Democrat voting against Mr. Fitzgerald,in the appeal from the chair's decision. The result of the vote is to settle defitely the status of -:he new rule. The rule that brought a.bo/It the test of ertrengt.h and the defeiat of the regular forces today is the last change that -was made in the code of rules of the house l-ast sessioni. It was pre pared by Champ Clark, the minority leader, and passed last June witbh but one dissenting vote. Its purpose was to give a means for getting bills away from committees when the latter attempted to "smoth er" them Hardships of Tramping. "I suppose," said the kind lady, as she banded the husky hobo a gener ous wedge of aepple pL.e, "that your lot is full 'of 'hardships ?" "Dat's the proper word for it, ma'am" replied the hobo. "In. de. win ter, w'en de farm1ers ain't doin' noth in' but .eatin' apples an' drinkin' hard cider, 'it's too cold fe:. mie t' be tramp in' eround; an' in de summer pec ples allers offerin' me work."-Chica go Daily News. SKIN AM) SCALP TRIOUBILES YIELD TO ZE3IO TRIEAT3IENT. A Clean Liqluid Prevaration for Exter nal Tse. W. G. Maves' Drug Store is so con fident that'ZEMO and ZEMO soap used together will rid the skin or scalp of infant or grown person of pimples, blackheads, drandruff, eczema, prickly heat, rashes, hives, ivy poison or any other form of skin or scalp eruption, that they will give your money back if you are not entirely satisfied with the -results obtained from the use of ZEMO and the soap. The first application will give prompt relief and show an improve ment and in every instance where us d persistently, will destroy the germ life, leaving the skin in a clean, heal thy condition. Sold and gua.ranteed by druggists everywhere and ir. Newberry by W. G. Mayes. Let us show you proof of some re markable cures made by ZEMO and give you a 32 page booklet how to ""~erve the ~" $S 'TOF "IE rt SN.IL rp.r EIVIY O FISCAL YIAR 1911. I, or an authorized agent, will be at the following places named below for the purpose of taking returns of personal property for fiscal year 1911: Newberry, January 1 to 10, inclu sive. Kinards, Wednesday, Jan. 11 Whitmire, Thursday and Friday, January 12 and 13. .olly Street, Monday, Jan. 16. Pomaria, Tuesday, Jan.'17. Walton, Wednesday, Jan. 18. Glymphville, Thursday, Jan. 19. Maybinton, Friday, Jan. 20. Prosperity, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 23 and 24. Little Mountain, Wednesday, Jau. 25. O'Neall, Thursday, Jan. 26. i St. Lukes. Friday, Jan. 27. Longshores, Monday, Jan. 30. Silverstreet,' Tuesday, Jan. 31. Chappells, Wednesday, Feb. 1. And at Newberry until February 20, after which date a penplty of 50 per cent. will be added against all persons, firms, or corporations failing to make their returns. The law requires a tax to be charg ed on all moneys, notes and mort gages, also an :income tax -on gross incomes in excess of $2,500. There shall be a capitation tax of fifty ceits on all dogs, the proceeds to be expended for school purposes. Dogs not returned for taxation shall not be considered as property in any of the courts of this State. AT male re-ons between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to pay, poll tax, except Confederate soldiers, or those persons incapable of earn ing a support from being maimed or a from any other cause. Nothing Dut personal property is to a be assessed this year, but all persons c who have bought or sold any real es tate since last return are required to note such transfers on their returns for 1911. All property must be assessed "at its true value," which is construed to mean "the- sum of money for which such property, under ordinary cir cumstances, would sell for cash." Please do not ask tnat your prop erty be taken from the auditor's du plicate the same as last return, for the law requires that all property must be listed on regular tax return pla.nks an dsigned and sworn to1 by person listing same. Naime oi' township and school dis trict must be given 'on every return. Eug. S. Werts, Auditor Newberry County, INewberry, S. C. GHICHSTER!PLLS. Ladies! Ask your Druggist, for I Ci-cehes-ter's Diamond B:-ad1\ - Pills in Red and .Gold mnetallic\y -- boxes, s'ealed with Blue Ribbon. - I e"ke no othr.o Bu ouINErS DINND BRA ND PILLS, for s Syears kno-vn as Best. Safest,Always Relialle .SLBY DRUSG~ISTS EVERY WERE , DR. 1UELDAU will answer emergency calls In con nection with his office work. Special ties, morphine and other drug habits. Hours 9 to 1 forenoon; 4 to 8 after noon. 10-28-6mos Columbia, Newberry,~& Laurens B, B._ Schedule in effect October 6, 1910. Subect to change without notice. schedules indicated are not guaran teed: . A. C.L. 52. 53. Lv. Charleston.. ... 6.0am 10.00pm Lv. Sumter.. .. ...9.4am 6.20pm C., N. &L. - Lv. Columbia.... ..11.5am 4.55pm Lv. Prosperity. .12.42pm 3.34pmi Lv. Newberry.. .. .12.56pm 3.20pm Lv. Clinton.... .... 1.0pm 2.35pm Lv. Laurens.. ..... 2.35pm 2.12pmn Ar. Greenville. . .. 4.00pm 12.20pm Ar. Spartanburg. .. 4.05pm 12.20pm S. A.LI. Ar. Abbeville ...3.55pm 1.02pm Ar. Greenwood.. 3.27pm 1.33pm r. Atens.... .. .. 6.5pm 10.30am Ar. Atlanta........845pm 8.00am A.C.L.,jr. 5.~ v. Columbia.... .. 5.0pm 11.15am Lv. Prosperity... ..6.26pm 9.50am v. Newvberry. ... . .6.44pm 9.32arr Lv. Olinton.... ....7.5m 8.44am1 Lv. Laurens.. .. .. 7.55pm 8.20am . .C. &W. C. Ar. Greenville.. ... 9.2pm 7.00am S. A. L. Ar. Greenwood.. .. 2.28am 2.38am Ar. Abbeville.... ..2.56a.m 2.08amn Ar. Athens.. .... .. 5.4am 11.59pm Ar. Atlanta.. .. ...7.5am 9.55pmi Nos. 52 and 53 arrive and .depart from Union Station, Columbia, daily, and run through between Charleston and Greenville. Nos. 54 and 55 arrive and depart! 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