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? zuesuay, uituuui) n, Catered at the Postoffice at NewSrry, S. C., u 2nd class matter. Si _!_4 ?. H. AULL, EDITOR. i Tuesday, January 3, 1921. TAXES. This is the big question^before the people of the entire country just now but narticu&rly does It interest us ... * -1 . here at home, and no doubt the big I and the main question before the legislature, whicli is soon to convene, will be the question of taxes. While the pec&le. were prosperous and money was easy and plentiful no one had anything much to say about it, but just went along and paid it. Now fUn 1-i.AnV -^ -falliTvr nriees has UHK Wtc> VI| VV?^ .?4 . > e t struck all of,us we feel the pinch very keenly.. ?*?<! it is true that the v: expenses of running the government of this state have jumped by bounds during- the. past six years, and not only the stated trtidget but the county r- .Btfflget as well, though not in like proportion. It might be interesting to quote some figures as to the total * -? J.1- - Appropriations Dy years xor uie six yeacsi '5w^M6 ask if the administration of affairs or even the progress of the, sttt&e^kas kept up with the rapid rise in expenditures. Or if the expeaditusep fcaye really been extra v^ga^v. Have we got better administration? ' Have we got better roads? Have<ve got better schools?,! Have we got better colleges? Have we got teas fe^tessnessT In 1914 the appropriation bill for the sia*? carrje4. a total, of $2,143,r 253.04; in 1915, $2,463,759.82; in 1916, in 1917, $2, , 989.504.78; m lSl'S, $3,376,130.88; in.1919; $3,8S2,6?2.78; in 1920, $6,091,241.39. And this year tfce budget calls for nearly ten million dollars. The big bounds were in 1918, 1919 an^ 1920^aiid nbne of it was for 5 > . ,war expenditures. And the biggest bound is now proposed for *1921. ut wiH ^ aiatetiaiize? 1-Hardly. Nearly every department is asking r for a big %_c except the poor IiHCan^and the pardon board, they ask less. * *The state university got $21I,00Q. ^ast year; this.year.it asks for$4B3,00t);'a few yearp sgo it got ' v5. along oa 4$ss |thaiu,a iiunar^d thou * sand; the Citadel asks for $023,000 j this year; fast year it-got $393,000; ^fffew~?gai!$ ago it neve? asked for nw>re titan ^40,000^; Clomson used to to ido vkh* ari<flast year it got $16S,000; this year it asks for $226,000; "Winttorop got last year S41G,000; this year it a^rfor^3$,Q00;.it used to ?rJm S-VIWl AAA Thp Ulaivc vuii wi ~r~~ state scperihfe^&ent bf education's office asks for $2 145,050 this year; . iast year it got $931,290. This request -is based Non carrying out the acts of the legislaturevitseff, and is! the one request that should be grant- j , ed, because it deals with the great | mass of the children, of the. state and j . is necessary to earry out the acts of! the- legislature; itself. The asylum is asking for ne&rty a million when! about $200,000 was sufficient a few years ago and the patients are not many more than |ftey were tnen. ine | Ltate board of hefel?fr wants $286,000.1 The highway commission is asking | for nearly a haSf million. And then : f there is pensions of about three quarters of a million, and so you see that jfc does not take very many bounds . to reach the ten million mark at die .rate of the requests. Then there cs enforcement of; law, board of conciliation, board of publie welfare and j humerous. other. thirds, all of which j mnnatt f n l?Aor? cn'nff fltlfl ' Mac uivucjr iv uvvj/ vitvtu it wpri>e *up to the legislature tode-i termine which are necessary and which are not &nd where there is opportunity to cut, "but certainly. the people are .complaining that taxes are I high, and they are. , ' j The big .quf$?oi)t. is not so much where to find a place to tax as where to find a place tomcat down appropriations and to find a way to get the property that is. escaping taxation, while the visible and tangible prc.p erty is bearing the Duraen. ui course it takes more mo&ey to run the government nojv than it did a few years I ago but wa have* been bounding rather rapidly and we must stop even if the shock is somewhat great. We are printing in another column the appropriations of last year and the requeat^for this year. Look it. ov^r and see. if ^vou can assist your legislators where tih'ey may apply the pruning knife.. v <$> ^ <$><?> <? <& . ^ v AMONG THE SCHOOLS % \0 <J ) Refcd^rville. I have received information from 4.1?? farnliar nn.-f fcVm +TllQtpP<5 that. tllG tllC bViCCUVi. Viiv w* new school building at ^eederville has been completed and that the school will open in it this week. .,~c .. There is to be a public meeting at the school house on Wednesday when there will be some formal opening exercises in connection with the occupancy of the building. The patrons and friends of the school are invited to meet there at 9 o'clock on Wednesday, January 5. I hope to see a large ?rov/d present on this oc- j casion. It should ."be a matter of j general rejoicing to all the people j that a ne.w school house has been; built and that there is a good school in the community. I am arranging to be present and hope to meet all the people there at that time. Central. . I have arranged to visit the Ceni tral school on Friday, January 6, at ; 1 :oO o'clock, and will be pleased to meet the friends and patrons of this | school at the schooi house at this time. Mr. Jos. H. Shealy of the 'state department of education has [agreed to go with me to this school. Let all the patrons and especially the mothers of the children come out to the school house at this time. We want .to see all' of you. Poraaria. From Central we wilt go over toj Pomajria for the meeting that hasj been called for the school auditorium at 7:30 that evening. We want very much to have a-large audience at this meeting. Mr. Shealy will also be with me at this time and will make an address. We want to talk about the schools of course and we want all the patrons to be present and wotrid like to have many of those round about who are not patrons. | School Registers. There have been a few teachers who have cabled for school registers when I did not have any. I have received a few more and if there are any teachers who have no registers! if they will write me I will be glad to furnish them. It is important that 1 1 ? ?ortiio<-OT' -onrl eacn leacner aavc a tcguwi ~? - ^it be kept fcarefully and. accurately. 11 would ask .each teacher -to read / regulation or rule eight Jn the first part of the register. I am expecting each teacher to keep a! correct and accurate record of enrolment and avlencge attendance and be prepared! } when the school 'closes to send in j I prompitly the annual report. I must have this in order to make out the annual report which I am required to send the state superintendent of education. If the teacher fails to lrppn the record correctly I will be t ^i^n^WQ.to .make,a correct, report for -the state superintendent of education. j It yould be a good idea for all te'achers to look over tne list of books land things to be taught which they I will find by grades in the back of^the | register. In fact the register con! tains a, good many useful things for j teachers besides the record and the [ salary pay warrants. .. Please stu&y it carefully and it will be helpful. I AnH if manv of the new teachers would .secure a copy of the manual I it would be helpful if they would! study it. Quite a few of the teachers have married during the term and it makes it necessary to get new teachers, which is never good for the school, or rarely so. Of course I do not object to the young ladies taking unto themselves some one who is worthy I to furnish them a home, but it would Kpph hetter for the school if they had waited a few months, | especially 'where they find it necessary to give up the school, and yet I wish them all mighty well and long life and happiness. And we have been very fortunate so far to furnish some one to take the place where they have resigned. The cry of hard times seems to give a boost to the matrimonial market and I reckon it is well. It has always been thus and I reckon will continue so to the end. E. H. A. Pcarsall-Floyd. Miss Alice Pearsall and Mr. Barney Floyd, both of Silverstreet, were married at Silverstreet on Sunday by the Rev. James E. Meng. $>"$><?><$> <$> $><$<?><$><$>$><$><?><$>$><$><?> $ <8> 3> AMERICAN LEGION NOTES <S> j <J> % <5>j On Friday evening quite a number ! of young people gathered at the Le-j gion's hall to watch the old year out and welcome the new in. To music! furnished by Miss Teressa Maybin, Mrs. Geneva Dickert and Mr. Frank Jones they "whiled away" the hours ?1 ? 4-V>Q c+rnlfP ft'f (lancing- uu. vn n&ov the clock at the midnight hour the, lights were turned out and with a "whoop-pee" the new year was ushered in. The lights were turned on again on the last stroke of the hour. The young folk continued to make merry until 1 o'clock when the gathering broke up and returned to their homes. Thus another pleasant i , < evening was spent under the auspices of the American Legion. The post commander is in receipt of a circular and list of names for 6,600 unclaimed discharge certificates and a circular containing a list of 4,800 "unshipped Liberty bonds" from the finance officer, Washington, D. C. If any veteran in Lms community iias nuu icvgiku his discharge certificate, or Liberty bond the post commander shall be glad to assist him get theih. Fellow veteran are you keeping up your war risk insurance, or if it has lapsed do yeu wish to have it reinstated? If so any officer of this post shall be glad to assist you in this matter. k1*" Don't forget the regular meeting of the post tonight (Monday), at 8 o'clock. Come out and bring a new member with you. Let us start the new year with a rousing good meeting. This will be a very important meeting tonight. Duane Livingston, Publicity Chairman. TEMPTED BY BRIGHT LIGHTS Adventurous Boscie Attempted to Make Her Way Into Vaudeville in City of Dallas. Gentle Bossie, tired of the humdrum life of giving milk and Ifutter for the hungry mouths of some family, and bored with the pastoral quiet of the farm, determined the other night to have a taste of the gay life of the big citv at least once before she crossed the River Styx. Accordingly she sought out the brightest lights of the city, a vaudeville house. But first her bovine majesty sauntered gayly up Elm street from Lamar, gazing in the show windows as she roved. "VS^hile in this vicinity she even attempted to enter a street car. Then, pursuing her primrose course, she plodded on toward the center of the city until she was confronted with the gray, yellow lights brightening the front of* a vandeville show. Not considering whether she would be a welcome' guest, Bossie walked into the lobby of the show, thereby nearly causing the head usher to be smitten with hysterics. He finally recovered, and, taking courage and. a stick, he rushed at Bossie. Feeling that she was not wanted there, Bossie walked out again. At the door she. was met by a reception committee consisting of two policemen who had been summoned and without jceremony she was roped and led away to the city pound, where she brooded over the sights of the big city as she had seen them.?Dallas News. .Expect New . Bownsjn Yukon. ' That, with the discovery of the large silver areas in the vicinity of Keno Hill, tlfe Yukon is entering on a new Industrial era, is; the statement made! by ; Colonel Thotnpsoh, M. P. for the territory, who recently arrived In Ottawa, after a three months' absence in the Northland. He expresses the opinion that the new silver find wl|l take the place of the gold that first put the Yukon country on the map. K?flo. Hill is on the Mayo river, a tributary :of the Stewart, 250 miles southeast of Dawson. The camp has a population of about 500. The ores are galena, carrying very high values of lead and silver, the latter running from 80 to 250 ounces to the ton. Discoveries have been made over an area 50 miles in extent. Madonna and Child en Stamps. Religious subjects are not commonly used as the basis of stamp designs, although figures of the Madonna are known on the early stamps of the Vir gin islands and more recently on tne high values of Bavaria. A set of three special postage stamps, newly issnedin the small principality of Liechtenstein, in honor of the eightieth birthday of the reigning prince, Johanu II, represent the vision of the Virgin and the Holy Child appearing in the heavens above the capital town of Vaduz. The stamps are lithographed in large format, and comprise the denominations 50 heller green, 80 heller carmine and 2 kronen blue. Private- Stocking. A North Shore citizen took Junior up on his knee and asked him: "Well, my little son, what would you like Santa Claus to bring you for Christmas?" "Oh, I want him to bring me a humdinger." "A humdinger, eh? And may I ask you to describe one?"'' "I don't know how they look, but when you and Mr. Jones came up from the basement the other evening you said to him: 'Wasn't that a humdinger?' and he said: 'It sure was! I - ? i- iUAf would like to nave one jusi ukc mat I for Christmas.' So I thought if it was something nice for Christmas I j would like to have one, too."?PublishI sir's Auxiliary. I t Hounds in Funeral Tribute. Twenty-one pairs of hounds died ! solemnly past the grave at the funeral , of William Selby-Lowndes, a wellknown English country squire of the old school, who had been master of mi _ the Whaddon hounds for ~zt> years, xne 1 village churchyard overlooks the fa1 mous Whaddon Chase. After the burial service, the members of the j hunt led the famous Whaddon Chase ; pack past the flower-lined grave. I ~ THING THAT REALLY COUNTS'h \ ' First Punch Always the Effective Agent, in Life as Well as the / Squared Circle. Georges Carpenlier is a smart fellow ?that Is, he is something more than a fighter. One might even cull the Frenchman a prophet. j ^ "The one that cets in the first punch ; v will win," lie said, referring to his d coming match with Dempsey. 1; We'll let it go at that so far as the f next world's championship heavy- n weight fight goes. But just look around ^ and see if you have a punch in your j ^ system and if you.can land it first. ! How hard can you sock at your job? What is your batting average iu the a. c m. Or can you take a punch as well as give one? f They called Tris Speaker a miracle pilot because ne put tne puncn nuu u ball club that copped the world title, t He always made it a point to laud first t on the scoreboard and when he didn't ^ he kept slugging away until lie usually ^ had his lead at the end of the game. c Man o' War is called the greatest ^ horse the world has ever had. But the Biddie colt is just a horse that puts the best he has into every race and al- e ways Man o' War finishes ahead of the t Just. c The football star who "hits 'em c first" is usually on the honor roll when c the cleats are hung up at the end of the c season. It's the punch that counts, from marbles to K. 0.?Chicago Evening Post. 1 I i IMITATE CUSTOMS OF WEST ! I ? i Manchu Women on Streets of Peking ,, Use Rouge, but In Manner Pronounced Clumsy. The first strikingly surprising cus- 3 torn among the citizens of Peking is t i that the women wear skirts, James A. g j Muller writes in the National Geo- $ j graphic Magazine. To a traveler fresh < j from America, this would seem as it j j should be, but to one resident in the . land of trousered women it appears c i almost immodest! They not only wear skirts; they 1 further approximate western usage by painting their faces. Broadway is na- t ture itself in con&parison; for in Pe- < king there are /no light, artistic ' - * 11 " -I ' ~-0 toucnes, Dut ooiutcneeK cucies ui icu upon frankly whitfj'ned faces?cometlc unabashed. ; . These are the Jlanchu women. The ^ Manchu men, descendants of the rov- 1 ing Tartars, go fu>tilely about this spa- I clous city of their fathers balancing j trick birds upon their wrists; for, now ! ( that the empire is. no more, their only occupation, that of ruling, is gone, and the conquered Chinese, immemorial city dwellers, arefIfeasters of the eap- 3 ital. It IS a signiteant nmsirauuu ui the age-old ability.1 of the Chinese to absorb and enervate their conquerors. i^a?,?? A Little tiove Story. A' dreamer and! a man of action loved a woman. -The dreamer said: "I shall write verses in her praise; they will touch fcer vanity and she will love me fot.thenu" But the man of (action said: "How old fashioned I I shall corner the stock market, and* that will "bring her." u So the dreamer wrote verses, and he Induced a friend of his, who ran a ten-cent magazine to print them. And the man of action cornered something or other and became a billionaire. In the meantime the girl married a man who inherited his money, and lived happy ever after. But the dreamer was so proud of his verses that he didn't care; and the man of action was so busy that he \dfdn't care. The only one to suffer was the man she married.?Exchange. Tells Joke on Herself. The other .morning when Mrs. B 's new neighbor accompanied her husband-to the door as he was about to start on his way to his work, she loving# called out to him: "Good-by, sweetheart." Soon after Mrs. B and their little daughter went to the door with Mr. B . He kissed the utile one and said good-by to Mrs. B??. She,- not wishing to be outdone by her happy neighbor, called to Mr. B as he was half way down the walk: "Good-by, dear." Mr. B turned around so' quickly to look back at his wife that he stumbled and with difficulty kefft on his feet. "I saw him shaking with surpressed laughter as he went down the street," said'the indignant Mrs. B . ?Indianapolis News. New American^ Industry. Establishment of a new Eastern fac ( tory with 50,000 square feet or noor space, for the manufacture of artificial pearls from fish scale essence, marks the beginning of a new American industry, formerly dependent on imports from France, Germany and Italy, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. The common herring is the base of supply for the iridescent material used, and removing it is an arduous task, because each scale, take^ from certain parts of the fish, yields only a tiny speck -of luster. Suction Tube Unloads the Boat. A big suction tube is used at Oakland, Cal., in the operation of unload_ I j ing crafts of their cargo or copra, xne j j materia! is thrown into the hold loose j J and the end of the tube is thrust j j down the hold. The material is light and the current of air readily picks it up and carries through the pipe to the bin* on the wharf where it is stored. Copra is lighter than cork ond oames from tropical countries. :nthusiastic meeting [< newberry county farmers { ] lidopt Resolutions to Reduce Cotton Acreage for This Year?Favored < Law to Make !t Effective. ] I The Newberry county branch of < he American Cotton association met < n the court house at 11 o'clock Mon- < ay. The att' ^ance was unusually i arge, many farmers being unable to , nd seats in the room. County Chairnan Jos. L. Keitt called the meeting , o order and stated its purposes as ^ ollows: < First, to decrease the acreage of j otton in Newberry county. Second, to advance diversified J arming. In explaining the difficulties faced ?y the farmer, the speaker stated hat 1,100,000 tons of fertilizer are i ised annually in this state, and that . luring the past year this fertilizer ost the farmers over $50,000,000. ; - - J 1 1. ie charged tnat tne organizea oaia-i irs, referring to international deal- , irs, have purposely brought about his reduction of prices for farm pro- , lucts, and that they did it to inirease the purchasing power of the lollar?so the dollar would buy more :otton. Chairman Keitt presented a set of esolutions which were revised and imended by the following committee: Dr.'George B. Cromer, chairman; ''rank L. Bynum, J. B. Hunter, Geo. 5. Mower, Welcn wnour, lownsmp Ho. 1, T. W. Keitt, township No. 2, Arthur May bin, township No. 3, Z. 3. Suber, towns-hip No. 4, J. S. Bickley, township No. 5, J. E. Senn, ownship No. 6, H. T. Fellers, townihip No. 7, H. 0. Long, township No. ?, Thompson Hunter, township No. ), C. L. Wilson, township No. 10, Benjamin Halfacre, township No. 11, fohn Huffman, township No. 12. The resolutions as amenaea ioaow: "Whereas, the production of cot;on is a practical monopoly of the South., and as such should under nat- . iral conditions enrich its people; and vhereas, the present crop-raised at! rery heavy expense has declined in )rice since last July to a point far Delow the cost of production, entail.ng a fearful loss upon the producers;! ind whereas, it is an imperative ne-J fhp Smith shall combat! MIMV ? , ;he forces that have caused this unrntural depression; therefore, be it resolved: "1. That loyalty to the American The Cor I ' ' ; % " * *' [. ' :. v ^ pill |?f|p o: j' Statement or' i % ' Loans and investmei ? ? * Overdrafts, secured ; Cash on hand and in > Capital stock Surplus and profits.. Bills payable Dividend No .47 due Deposits . We take pleasure inr* etatAmAnf miKllftV port to the State Ba Year we desire to ths for the business they had high ideals conci endeavor to maintaii the New Year bring happiness and prospc TheC I "The Bank 1 JNO. M. KINARD, Presiden v\ nvn rrahi A X utu Asst. G Cotton asociation, its thorough organization and support by \he people of the South is our supreme duty, a: "2. The claim by adverse inter- b ?sts of an over production of cotton, a lowever fictitious, must be met by ** irastic reduction of acreage this ^ear, and we therefore urge every tl cotton producer in the county to v sign the reduction pledge adopted at c' the Memphis Cotton convention held 3n December 7 and 8 of last year. b "3. To make more effective the " acreage reduction we favor and urge g :he reenactment of the law made by , the special session of the legislature in 1914 and request Hon. George S. Mower to take charge of it in the l hrmsp ar.d Senator Johnstone in the \ c senate. "Resolved, That it is of vital im- jportance that the cotton growing ^ states should cooperate in the enact- jg .nent and enforcement of such legislation as will make the reduction of p acreage in cotton effective." g The secretary of the chamber, of ? commerce spoke on the necessity of the farmer's learning to finance him- q self by raising all of his supplies, j q thus being able to approach the fall j g of the year without being in debt to | banker or to merchant. q Senator Alan Johnstone spoke persuasively and feelingly on the propo sition of "self help" by decreasingithe acreage of cotton and by raising J ( other crops. He urged the farmers S to sign the reduction pledges, to livert up to them, and to assist in this way to make themselves and the South independent. I Hon. George S. Mower explained the legislative act of 1914 in regard j to the reduction of cotto nacreage. 1 He contended that the act is constitutional, and that the. farmer would * benefit himself and the country by binding himself under it. Suv/iral other sDeakers were heard. All were heartily in favor of the acreage production program. For Miss Fulmer. a The State, 1st. ^ ? Christmas evening a party was ^ given in honor of Miss Mildred Fulmer of Columbia at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Alewine of Newberry, _ where she was visiting. The . rooms were beautifully decorated with holly mieflafr.o I Manv vounff people f ?*IIU I1USWVV?V. ? ? ? ? - _ V. joined in old fashioned games and old songs. Refreshments were serfed and music was enjoyed throughout the evening. . / nmercia f Newberry, S. C Condition Decern RESOURCES. ' > ' it and unsecured banks : LIABILITIES. ! ) January 1, 1921 ? / i in again calling your att led above, which is condc nk Examiner. At the be ink most earnestly our fri Itovi* pnfnifttprl fn our cai il&M V V w -w erning our business trans< 1 these ideals through the to all of our people a ful irity. I ' ! " 1 ommerciai nhat Always Treats J t. Vice P LEY, W. T. ashier. Troy Odel Williams. Troy Odel Williams, son of Mr. ud Mrs. Roland Williams of Newarry, was born August 26, 1917, nd died December 2, 1920, aged iree years, four months and two ays. The funeral was conducted in le Bachman Chapel church and the iterment was in the cemetery by the liurch. May the Holy Spirit comfort the ereaved parents and grand parents 1 this hour of affliction. ank No. 256 ^ Statement of the Condition of th? FARMERS-BANK J ocated at Chappells, S. C., at tJw' "' Hose of Business Deceml^r 31, 1920 j RESOURCES * loans and discounts $ 77,305.65 iverdrafts 780.72 onds and stocks ovftied by the bank 3,200.00 ?| urniture and fixtures... 1,500.00 ' * * o aaa AA j anKing nouse *,vw.w ue from banks and bankers 11,272.14 lurrency 2,396.00 Jold 190.00 ; lilver and other minor % . || coin 740.38 Jhecks and cash items.... 1,6.30.36 Total . $101,015.75 .*? LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 15,000.00 .. lurplus fund 4,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur- * ^ rent expenses and taxes Paid 3,256.73 Mvidends unpaid ... 455.00 ' 1 ndividual deposits subject to check ......... 37,217.51 :. M Hme certificates of : * "* ^0?79ft1K Jfjj (lGp OSIt U?T}1uy?*v Cashier's checks 1,349.36 Total $101,015.75 - j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, , | County of Newberry. > Before'me came E. L. Cook, cash- v ir of the above named bank, who, -1 eing duly sworn, savs that the above 1 ' * in o fma MH nQ ioreguiug suikcuicuv u> u ww ?... ition of said bank, as shown by tJie | ooks of said bank. JE. L. Cook, Cashier. . ^9 Sworn to and subscribed before ne this 3rd day of January, 1921. A. P. Cokiman, J Notary Public. Jorrect attest: Jno. B. Scurry, - S J. L. Holloway, 43 W. A^Webb, ' : M mrectors. ; , I Bank iber31,1920 * $ 1,197,741.51 4,806.50 ft 136,352.77 I $ 1,338,900.78 8 50,000.00 % 114,581.58 100,000.00 | 3,000.00 1,071,319.20 % $ 1,338,900.78 1 ention to our excell- j insed from our reginning of a New j ends and customers e. We have always actions, and we will coming yearr. May , 1 ' ? ? ? fK 1 measure \J>? UVUi. r : | X^1 Bank You Right" ;r :' I L Y. Met ALL, I res. and Cashier. \ BROWN, 1 Asst. Cashier. j |j