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fjffc J^nilD and jans. j " i litirW at tk? PostofSea at New *wy, 3. C., at 2nd class mattar. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, January 31, 1922. THE PICTURE BUSINESS Those who are informed on the subject say that the bill passed by the house placing a tax of $5.00 on each film will practically drive the small pictures shows out of -business, orj force them to use an inferior picture. J We feel sure that the legislature in J its search for other sources of income j ? - 1 1 : ? I?i11 -f Vi i 1 oonT i- I win not ao anytiimg iu mh mate picture business in South Caro-; lina, nor to drive it out of the small towns because it is in these where it is doing the greatest good. And then it has come to be realized that the mVtnrp is nne of the most important ?- ? - - factors in the education of our people. i In truth, it seems to us that the legislature is busy more in the search for something to tax and to raise revenue than it is in trying to see and find out where the expenses of the > ? j 1 n. government may oe reuuceu. At ^ like taking the money out of both; pockets. It should not be the purpose to tax any business to the point where even the public will fail to encourage it on account of the increased cost, 'because if the tax should be placed on the films it will at last come out of the natrons of the picture shows, for the manager of the show will not run his business at a loss, and it means that he will have to increase the cost of the show to the patrons in order to be able to pay the tax. For unlike the farmer the man in the picture "business can not continue unless the door receipts are sufficient to meet r-st of runniner the business plus the tax. And the people who enjoy and profit by the pictures will be th^ ones that will pay the tax or they will be deprived of the pleasure and educational advantages of the pictures. And good pictures have a valuable educational feature. But the bill carrying the tax passed fVio hrvnsp -ttnthrmt a record vote. We fear the members are losing sight of almost anything: except to find some other source of income so that the tax levy may be reduced without reducing the tax. The way to reduce the tax is to cut down the expense. Good pictures should be encouraged because they are educational end neipiui. We publish an illuminating' article on the subject in another column. Read it. The picture business is a big one and its educational value cannot be estimated. Good pictures should be in reach of all the people and especially the children. ATHLETICS We are reprinting: from the Abbevile Press and Banner a very sane and sens?ble article on this subject, or rather we should say mainly on athletics as they are new in our schools and colleges. No sensible man or woman would enter any protest against athletics, because we must all realize that a certain amount of manly sport is necessary to the right development of the boy or the girl, but there is such a thing as magnifying ft beyond what should be its proper place in our schools and colleges, ? J vrtn T-* / > J rt/4 <111U, WC IICLVC dUUUt XCUCIICU LUCLl fFVlUC. It has gore from the college to the high school and the rural graded school and on down to the smaller schools. This is just like all education, it comes from the top down and not from the bottom up, but it seems to us that the pendulum has swung too far to one side. We are reminded of what we heard a prominent educator say a few days ago. He has been a teacher for many yrars. He remarked, in talking about schools and colleges, that he had lived to pais through four stages of education. The first stage was that education had for its aim scholarshiD. and then it was scholarship and athletics and then athletics and scholarship, and nc-w it seemed to him that its aim was athlietics. It is too true that the college that does not have a goc.l football and a baseball team that can play ball, is not considered very much and the coach is of more importance ?? ? ovc>2 r>f m?n\* thnn fhn nrAS'. dent or the professor of English or of any other branch. And from what we have heard the coach is abcut the biggest paid professor in the institution. And the next step is the tendency to commercialize the sport. It is hijrh time for the educators :ir.?i leaders anion? our people to stop and think and consider. But these matters will all adjust themselves sooner or later. The world is jroinjr through the greatest transition period in all history in all departments and it will take time to ?et matters properly adjusted, but we will come to a sane basis in all thin?? sometime soon. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY > 1 * Farewell Service to Rev. C. J. SHealy. ! ( ?Young Ladies Entertain.? J v Town Enjoys Sleet 1 ^ v !c j Prosperity, Jan. oO.?All churches |c of Prosperity closed their doors to; assemble at Grace church Sunday; ^ morning to do honor to the Rev. Chas. J - J. Shealy, the retiring pastor of j Grace Lutheran church. Rev. J. D. Griffin, pastor of the Methodist church, and Rev. J. A. McKeown of j the A. R. P. church arranged this s farewell service by appointing- lay-jc men from each congregation to speak J? r\f wrkrlr I WUIUS Ui \ji. ipiiv done by Rev Shealy during his pas-,c torate in Prosperity, which covers a! i period of four and one-half vears. !s ' I G. D. Brown, Jr., represented the r !A. R. P. church; G L Robinson, the Baptist; and Dr C. T. Wyche, the-* I Methodist. Rev. Shealy feelingly re- J j sponded to^these words of apprecia-: 1 tion and thanked not only his own | congregation but the people of the [town and community for their Kind-: J i ness, sympathy and cooperation. j Rev. Sheaiy and family leave Wednesday for Cameron, their future J home, and the best wishes of the en-1 < tire community go with them in tneir; new field of labor. j ^ Prosperity was visited by one of * the worst slee^ storms Thursday night 1 that has come here in many years, so t a bevy of young people gathered on the hillside Friday and proceeded to ? enjoy themselves with an old fash- 1 ioned sledge. Two of the town's popular pastors laid aside their dierni- c 1 * ' tViair ty ana joinea ine yuuug xuim m un.ii sport. 12 Friday evenr.g the hospitable home e of Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Griffin was c thrown open to the young folks when < their daughter. Miss Margaret, and niece, Miss Nellie Mae Dasher, enter- c tained. The evening passed pleasant-1 ly with merry games and music, and < at its close the guests were served < tempting sandwiches and home made t candies. i The Young People's society of 1 Grace church in a delightful manner c honored Rev. and Mrs. Chas. J. Shea- c iy Monday evening with a picnic sup-' per. The young folks packed their ? hampers and hied themselves away to 1 the parsonage where, with not only a feast, but with real love, they paid ' honor to their beloved pastor ana i family. Rev. Shealy was the first president of the state federation of s the Ycung People's society of the Lu- ? theun church and has been very active, in Grace Young People's society t since being pastor of this charge. .c ! The Woman's Missionary society of 1 H- 1 A ~ 2 Grace church are caneu tu lilC^V Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the s home of Mrs. J. L. Wise when they will put together squares for quilts ^ . which are to be given to the Luther-1 an seminary at Columbia. Magistrate Thomas E. Hair's an' nouncement as candidate for mayor of c ~ * ? ? riritVl intrrpst ColuniDia was rctcivcu . by his Prosperity friends who wish him success. I Chief of Police M. L. Kibler and Deputy Sheriff Herbert Quattleb lum c caught Jim Green, colored, Saturday afternoon in the town of Prosperity * -pllinsr liauo:. As he was approached " by the officers he destroyed one bottle ? of whiskey, but the officers were too \ quick and seized him before he could ^ destroy two other quarts which were | on his person. The officers went to ^ his home on the outskirts of Prosperity where they found 80 gallons of mash hidden in a saw uust, pue, uic ^ still has not been found. ^ Miss Lera Livingston, accompanied by two of her pupils, Myrtle Johnson J( and Azile Sattlewhite of Gary's, spent ' the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. B. J 31. L). Livingston. Mrs Arthur Pugrh spent several days | last week visiting her parents in Ne\v- - ^ berry. L. M. Wise of Greenville has been . home on a short visit. . W. J. Wise and little Miss Carolyn , are visiting- Mrs. Wise who is recup-^ erating at the home of her brother, I Mr. O'Merle Lorick. T*? ' ' The friends of Mr. Drayton r>. . Cook will be sorry to hear of his se- j, _:'cus illness. H? has double pneu-i. monia. j, ' Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Boozer left on\ Sunday for Charlotte to visit rela-!.1 tives. ) ( ' " T " 11 ?: " nnminifki' J ii. L.. r euers auu >?. ..-v. ?, have returned from Spartanburg where they went to hear Billy Sunday. Lieut. Vernon Wheeler, assistant t* o: v i? visiting his-. pa\ iiicski \ji v . parents, Mr. and Mrs. J 1' Wheeler. |. Mrs J. A. Simpson is visiting in , . Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh |and Mrs. I>ee Hope of Pomaria were guests Sunday of Mrs. B:r<;e Wise. w r Adams of Greenville ; is on a visit to Mrs. Harriett Harmon, j G. D. Brown, Jr.. attended the fu- ( neral of Dr. J. S. Moft'att in Colum . oia on Thursday. ! Ray Dawk ins of Columbia is home |for a few days' stay. < Hunter L. Fellers of Laurenburp, C. C., is the <ruest of his mother, tfrs. Ellie Feliers. A. A. Singley spent Saturday in ^olumbia with Mrs. Singley at the baptist hospital, who is gradually reovering from her recent serious opration. J. B. Harmon and family of Newjerry spent Sunday with Mr. and rlrs. Lois Dominick. H. L. Shealy and Master Elmer vere in Columbia Thursday where ",1 ? V DIvtAofmAnf LilITlCr gut's lUi yv.-j.va^y ucauiicui/. Misses Agnes Monts and Lois Johnon of Gary's were week-end guests >f Mrs. J. A. Monts. J. R. Bedenbaugh killed a 635 )ound Big Bone Poland China hog luring the past week. Miss Ola Bell Tolbert of Newebrry ;pent the week-end with Miss Helen tfathis. Clifton Shealy of Newberry college las been visiting relatives here. AJXURY TAX BILL IS INTRODUCED Tax on Cigarettes, One Cent on Ten; Movies, One Cent on Thirty Cents Columbia Record. A bill to provide a tax on luxuries vas introduced in the house of repre sentatives today by the ways and neans committee. The provision of he bill included the following: On beverages made from cereals md from fruit juices, six cents a galon. On fountain syrups, twenty-five :ents a gallon. On tickets to moving picture shows tnd other amusements except those by tducational, charitable or religious organizations, a tax of one cent for jvery thirty cents of admission. CTgarettes?One cent for each ten rigarettes. Cigars?If sold for less than seven rents each, one cent on every three igars. On cigars selling for more han seven cents, a tax of one cent ^ -L' ? or each cigar, un xnuse seums *-?> nore than fifteen cents, two cents ;ach. On little cigars, weighing not >ver 4 ounces, one cent for each five. Chewing tobacco in bags or boxes, i half cent for each ten cents worth. Snuff?One cent each ten cents vorth. On automobiles?One per cent of he selling price. On ammunition, if not for use out:ide the state?One dollar per thousind rounds. For all the taxes except on drinks, he tax would be paid by the purchase >f revenue stamps. Reports would be nade monthly to the tax commission, ind the tax would be collected by the ;tate treasurer. .VANNAMAKER URGES MINIMUM PRICE FOR CROPS Washington, Jan. 26.?Stabilizaion of the prices of farm products hrough government fixation of minmum prices for the basic crops alone vill save the agricultural industry 'rom bankruptcy, the senate agricul urc committee was told today by J. >. Wannamaker of South Carolina, >resident of the American Cotton as:oc:ation. Mr. Wannamaker is one of evtrrl delegates to the general agriultu.'al conference who have been in* - ^\r^fr\y a +l-in />AmniitfoP lltru iu rtpptai uvivts i/uv v*v o discuss the pending Ladd price sta)ilization bill. Others will give tesrnaony tomorrow. Mr. Wannamaker declared that if ,he cotton now held were forced on he market at present prices it would esult in the closing of at least 70 oonA nf fhp hfl.nks in the cotton 'rowing districts which have made jxtensive loans on the crops. The n'arket price now is far below the :ost of production. The witness estimated that the government would not have to expend no re than $500,000,000 in purchasing farm products in order to stabila crn rrtyncforl tViiit: nrifPS Lt C UHtCC. Alt CU^^VWlVVVi wr * - ^ -w ~ t>e fixed on only wheat, corn, and cotton and said that the government A*ould have to purchase little of any yf these products in order to maintain the fixed prices. That, he added, had been the experience in England, < <* 1 -L 1 ? where tne price 01 long siupit; tuuun was fixed, in Australia where wool prices were fixed, 'and in Brazil where the price of coffee was set by the government. Wintnrop Chapter The regular meeting of the Winthiop chapter will be held at the home of Mrs. J. X. McCaughrin on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The program will be a discussion of the obligation? and privileges of suffrage. Mrs. H. M. Bryson, Pres. Miss Corrie Hav-ird, bee. One secret of Lloyd George's success, perhaps, is that his job is so turbulent that nobody else hankers for It wll soon be time for the hens to to laying again. f LAUGHS AT POWER Of MAN i j Mother Nature Occasional!) Reminds Puny Mortals That Her Suprem- j acy Remains Unquestioned. radium lias indeed a force which 1? I as terrible as it is wonderful. It can be carried from pla<"e to place only when encased in a j^ceptacle having leaden walls sever* 1 inches thick.; Even then the carrier will do well to I swing the receptacle as he walks, lest I holding it in a will position should permit the powerful rays to find their way through the lend and into hid body. When radium rays are applied,! the njdium is placed in a specially , prepared room with a slit in the wall ; whereby the rays are made to fall only j upon the precise spot desirei. The handler of radium, if he desires safe-1 ty, must wear gloves lined with lead, and if he would avoid injury to his eyes he will wear spectacles of glass containing lead salts. Even armed with cumbersome lead-lined gloves, radium coltc. miKt Hp rnnrhw] olilv With I pincers and must be handled only np- ] | en wooden tables lined with lead. This, j then, is the character of the substance j which a delicate Frenchwoman brought j forth from a mass of waste ore and ! which she has tamed until it is ac- j cepted as the most wonderful curative j substance the world ever has known. She has tamed it, but grim old uns#?nrimpntnl nature, in characteristic 1 jest, while letting mankind have j knowledge and use of it, in that same j I moment of generosity, lets him feel as : well how terrific is the force with j which she lets him play. ? Hartford j j Times. DYSPEPSIA AFTER 6 MONTHS Disease That Was Fatal to Tortoise Had Its Inception Long Pre x. u VIOUS to niuciiiauwii, J A very remarkable case of what i3 known as "deferred dyspepsia" oo curred at the London Zoological g:ii> dens last year. A tine specimen of ihe elephant tortoise was shipped to England, reaching its destination in October just as the chilly weather was i beginning. On its journey the tortoise j seems to have regaled itself to a coni siderable extent on the straw in which ! it was packed. Almost as soon as it | 4 - i * i_ 4 int si a ct ? tG> j arriveu me 101puwcu mew ? of Iiibornation. The following April the creature took a short walk round on a sunny day but its activities were short lived. Quito soon the tortoise became desperately ill with stomach trouble ami it was not long before it died. A post-mortem examination revealed the fact that the animal had died l'rom acute indigestion started by | the large amount of straw eaten on 1 *?-- ? * ~ rl "Hnrinor rhfl its JOUi'Uej IL/ rtiigiauu. ?... * winter slerp of the creature the disease seems to have been held in abey| anc-e only to develop on fatal lines I when the hibernation was at an end.? | Scientific American. Not Usually, Just Occasionally. JMany a joke has been told about the canniness of the Scots, but nowhere are these enjoyed more than north of the Tweed. There is the tale about Sandy, who came back from London saying uiai an L.oiiuuueri> ?cic uuow and robbers. According to his story, he had been going down Bond street, one day, and had been lured by an advertisement into buying a thousand pins for a penny as a present for his wife. But wlion he came to count them there were JG .short. Whether such yarns are true or not does not matter, but everyone knows that the Scots are ken about the "bawbees." Perhaps that is why the present outcry in Britain for economy has led to the ap| pointment of a Scotsman as chancellor of the exchequer. The Scots only smile M such a suggestion, aiul point out that the chancellor of the exchequer usually ends by l?eing prime minister.?Christian Science Monitor. Pension Practices of France. France, where it is the custom to pay pensions to the descendants of original pensioners until the line expires still pays a pension to the D'Assas family, whose forefather sacrifice'] his life on the eve of the battle of KJosterkarap in 17S0, to ; keep he French army from being surprised. It also pays 7S pensions that date from tho first empire. To Lr. Boissiere de Cliambord was paid livres a year until his death a few months as<>. because a dauphin of France killed one of his ancestors, and unt.il recently if paid a pension to the descendants of Montcalm. But (lie tremendous pension list, which i> the more surprising because of the traditional thrift of the French, now has attracted the attention of economical legislators and is likely to be much curtailed. _ May Pipe Ccal From Mines. The suggestion of piping coal from the mining regions to New York is being seriously considered. It is pro J posed to griml tiie luei lino ramei I small particles at the mines, and ther ' shool it through pipes into the heart j of the metropolis, where the wate: i will !?? removed, and it Is then readv ! for burning, thus saving delay and es , pt'Dse. English Electric House. J~* - - ' 'u ? a! A/vf??ln I w\ 11 COP J5CVCJ11 v-iurtre nii-cirv.nn. iiunov... have boon built for the workers Id a large English electric-power plant, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. The equipment includes heating and cooktig staves, laundry apparatus and ether common household articles. Liners^noies are provided for by one chimney, so that coal ituves amy Ut it u3C??i%rj> TO PROTECT MARRIED MEN FROM WILES OF SEA-VAMP $ - -, ? I St. Petersburg-, Fla., Jan. 25.? t Mayor Frank Pulver today had a request from the St. Petersburg Purity league that he appoint a bathing suit t inspector and order women to wear 1 . stockinsrs, skirts and sleeves while on s the beach, a formal communication} from the secretary of the organiza-l tion stating that "the league intends J to protect the married men from the , wiles of the sea-vamp." The mayor said he would investigate the charge that the bathing suits ^ in use here are immodest and person-! t i ally would visit the brach and look 'em over. Most Severe Since 1913 Washington, Jan. 25.?Official re- j ports frcm the San Francisco weather! bureau to the department of agriculture says that the cold spell prevail [ ing there for the last week brought the most severe freeze since 191o. [The forecaster's dispatch said: "Most severe freeze since 191o. j Great damage to citrus fruit especial- j I ly where unprotected. Extent cannot be determined for week or more. rnncirlovaKlo nnrsprv etnrk. vnuncr ll<7 trees and winter gardens also injured." The cold spell, the report says, now is moderating. Dees It Pay to Advertise? i i. ! A superstitious suoscrioer wrote | the editor of a nearby paper that a j spider had been found in his paper, and asked if it was good luck or bad. ! The humorist replied, "Old subscriber, j finding a spider in your paper was; neither good nor bad luck. The spider ! iwns merely looking through our pa-! ! per to see what merchant is not advertising ?0 he can go to that store, I !sn5n .1 web across the door and live! ja life of undisturbed pcace forever j j after."?Ex. i CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET j TUESDAY AFTERNOON 1 i I The civic League will meet Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock in the Stag's! hall. A fall attendance is desired, j If the chairmen of the committees < cannot attend please send reports. ? mmmm A Chicago paper says there are 600 { saloons in that city, but we are not! sure whether the statement is intended as a boast of a confession. 11 I N I i Th New IV! New Y< TheN The The Lis All Pri Upper Main f THIS IS \' _ ?r? An airplane trip to Cuba now costs >150, which is about as cheap as itayir.g at home and buying it from he bootlegger. "The Story of Mankind," is the itle of a new book. We haven't reat! t, but if it is true to its name il hould be suppressed. Chickens used to come home tc oost, according to an old adage, but iow, sometimes, they barely get lome in time for breakfast. When the Irish finally make peace vith the English, they can resume heir fight with each other. ROBERT: DISTRIBUTING 146 MARIETTA ST. Special Delivery. Mr. H. B. Wells, Opera House, Newberry, S. C. Floov ATv Wnllc* VU1 A'JLI ? Tf Vliu We beg to advise that "At che Sta/re Door," bein shipping for your use on Home." Advertise this pi< no mistake, as it is withou j citing pictures we have ev< flood scene. "The Call of picture that has actual floe in the Colorado Valley w' there. You can actually s( streams. Trusting this change ' and with very best wishes, Very truly Robertson Coie Distr Remembc Wednesdc ow in Newberi 3H6S - T\/??A. c most i aitvcu [odels Exhibite< ork Automobile ew SPECIAL SIX J New BIG SIX $1' jht Six Reduced to ces F. 0. B. Fa< World's Largest Builder of Six Cylinder Cars. f , 1 II St. ^ i A STUDEBAKE1 . > There are some men who read the i society pages oi' the newspapers but i they try to keep it a secret. * ^ i The best thing about those noise ; | making Christmas presents for the j 11 children was that they were soon Congress has a committee on for> eign relations, but if there is a com:!mfttee on home relations it doesn't x ; function. dfcjflL ^ Now that the colleges are insisting ' i on cleaner athletics, maybe the : rough-necks will not take so much interest in them. ? 50N-C0LE rrvnnnn A TIAM ATLANTA, GEORGSA January 28, 1922. r> * 0 ' > \ due to the subject entitled, g delayed in transit, we are February 1st, ''The Call ot :ture big and you will make t doubt one of the most ex2r turned out, especially the .1 7 O 4 1 1 Home" is tne nrst ana oniy >d scenes, which were taken hen there was such a flood ie houses giving away in the % will not inconvenience you. yours, ibuting Corporation, P. H. SAVERN, Booking Department. I *r the Date iy Feb, 1st. House y KER ) of i at the j Show >14.75 7.85 $10.45 ctories t 4 iwer Phone 300 R YEAR i A.