The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 30, 1923, Image 7
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Urines Much Discontent to 8/0Q0,00ft,
T?i* Pun oi k.
v* Q ? r
Ileal in<? lutge growls uf diacontent
Kim-nt from sontp 8,000,000 individuals
who have just emerged from the pain
fn! oyd^H Of f'lKti ri?ur up tin it income
taxes, writes Raymond Clapper from ;
Washington, administration officials !
art- doing their boat to hold out hope
of reductions in these levies in the tu
rn and l .'r moc nils are rushing for
ward to broadcast the word that if
they were restored to office maybe
they c ould bring them down. ?
Hut the truth is, according to the
exports around the capital, that
taxes Will stay up where they are for
some years to come. This is in face of
the growing belief that any adminis
tration is going to have a hard time
returning itself to j3ower until taxes
.'ire lowered. This danger may prod
ambitious poliical leaders of both
parties to promise great things for
the poor victim who exhausts hi.*
bank balance this week to pay his fed
eral taxes.
But the most casual inspection of
government) expense figures discloses
that the money has to be raised some
where. Thus far no substitute has
been found for the ultimate consumer
y source' of taxes.
President Harding came into offic ?
pledged to reduce government ex
penses. It is fair to assume that he
has done his utmost. He has chopped
oir 100,000 employes from the govern
i!. ntj pay rolls. Maybe he cap cut off
lii but hardly enough to make
much difference in the linal tax bills
that must be paid to run the whole
government. For the federal govern
ment has expanded and continues to
expand. It has just set up an elabo
ralv credits system for farmers. That
costs money, The new Veterans' Bu
reau is. costing more than any other
government department. For the
first time it has been necessary to ap- j
propriate $00,000,000 to pay insu
rance policies signed under the war
risk act. This sum will increase
rather than diminish for some years
t.) come. The maximum cost of vet
eran hospitalization will not be reach
ed for four or five years, probably.
This is only a sample.
Administration leaders are giving
t bought to the possibility of scaling
down the individual income ta.^ rates.
Hut for every cent cut off here, a new
tax must be found. The extra taxes
may be shifted into the invisible class
paid indirectly. It is easier to pay a
tax unknowingly than to send it in
' tit right by mail. But no matter how
much sugar is sprinkled oyer the pro
cess, the weekly pay envelope will go
no farther in the end. That is the
hard fact Jthat this administration,
and any one that succeeds it in the
next few years, must face.
Meantime, both Democrats and Re
publicans are combing over appropri
ation figures of the recent congress to
-ce where the government's annual
expense total stands in relation to
previous years, and there is so little
di fTercnce that the opposing parties
take the same figures and the Repub- |
beans are able to show a reduction of
*.'00,000,006, while the Democrats
-how that the current year's expense
probably will exceed last year's by
be same amount.
It only demonstrates that whether
' ' ; e expenses for this year are lower
1 higher than last year, the dilfer
? nee is so slight that it cannot be es
tablished beyond question.
Responsible party spokesmen have
prepared opposing digests of the ap
propriation figures. The Democratic
view is given by Representative j
Byrnes, ranking minority member of'
'be house appropriation committee.'
I he administration defense is supplied !
!,y Chairman Madden, of the house '
appropriations committee, and Chair
nan Warren, of the corresponding
"?mmittee in the senate.
The comments:
Representative Byrnes, of South ;
' arolina, on behalf of the Democrats: 1
The figures are startling1 in view of :
officially repeated declarations of the .
administration that there had been J
threat redactions and economics in j
government expenditure No figures
nave yet been produced either by
('resident Harding or by Budget I)i
:ertov Lord to show that there has
i* en any such reduction."
Senator Warren, for the llepubli
? ans: "The reduction of total appro
priations for 1914, as compared with j
i '>21. in the sum of $233,802,504.60, is
most welcome information for the tax
payors of this country;"
Byrne* says the current year's up
propriations will be $22K,000,000
above last year's. He finds the same J
difference as the Republican spokes- .
<nan, except that it is on the other i
Mde of the ledger.
Forty Russians, held at Klli* Is- .
arid, New York, for deportation be
1 nusc the Russian quota of immi
grants has been reached, soy their
deportation bark to Russia simply
means their death warrants at the
hands of the ,Sovw?U Heeause all of
tHe forty are 0*art*t#. ***$&?
J TO uf i!"ii ,*
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1 ,V(3 to Do
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?y 0 ^:\ . ,
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? Von.!?-* ? Is }??"? 'My . j a't
tinman I: oil i. ujul *? '.imunh at ioil w 1 h j
planetary pei&hhm , by \\ irt Je's* "tuny !
?IK? po.s. tihlo, alHmu. h thtt '<'<? ?( \\<>iii?l ;
be imw ease," In lb.- cjiii ion of (,*. tJ,
Ihb, a>s"s ititi ? ? : reiury ?-f t!.e
Smithsonian Instluitum, \.'ho dLviis-e*
various >;<iuiilhc j... - 1 s . ? ? .?? "bahtt- !
ability of o(l or wo. lt; In tht> annual (
veporf of the lnsi \\ ?u .toll.
Mr. Uitwt >a'ys Wit Us rcilecls llitht j
its If it surrounded with clouds, ;
Am) so probably "It con Kilns plenty of I
moisture."
"It* tomtom lure is about tin* sumo ,
un that of I lit' he added, ? anil '
all other conditions ure apparently i
compatible wlih the existence ?>f In j
tefllgent lift4." Many popular writers
have claimed ^rcnl things for Mars
as an abode of lift*. Mr. Abbot say*,
"but I (;unnot accent this view."
tHMUipentjiug ^n suggestions (hat "we
[ are already reviving wireless signals
from Intelligent beings outside df the
earth," Mr. Abbot dcclnres the best In
formation seems to l>e that the "wire
less Indications referred ro are merely
disturbances Introduced by solar i?r
terrestrial causes as yet Imperfectly
understood."
i The moon, our nearest neighbor, is
I a waterless, alrles#. mountainous
desert, and there is no probability of
Intelligent beings there; the probability
is even loss on (ho sun, whose Intense
heat would not aJ low any living being
to exist there. This leaves as possible
abodes of life in our solar system the
seven ureal planets, Mai's, Venus,
Jupiter, Siil is rn . Uranus, Neptune ami
Mercury. Tin* outer four of these
planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune, are, us shown by their low
density, mainly in a gaseous stale.
Mercury, like the moon, is an air
less, waterlogs, wuste, besides being
baked with terrific heat, so lids planet
also Is out of the running-. The prob
able average temperature of Mars is
<)0 degrees below zero, and Its climate
Is drier than the Sahara desert.
His Idea of Wealth.
The lnte 10. M. llarriimm of railroad
fame personally Interested himself In
an East side boys' club iu New Y'ork.
George Kennan, author of the recently
published biography of Mr. Ilarrimau,
interviewed some of the younger boys
who had come in contact . with Hie
financier to get their impressions of
him. One twelve-year-old youngster
had this to say: "Mr. Harrlman's a
great man. He's president of a rail
road and lie's worth a couple of thou
sand anyhow, lie's a quiet man and
never tells anybody down here any
thing about his business. He isn't
what 1 would call a good-looking man.
but 1*11 * bet he could put up a good
light. lie lives 'way up town some
where in a house all to himself. Be
ing "worth u couple of thousand any
how" and living In "a house all to him
self" seemed ^o the tenement -house
boy of fho East side the acme of
wealth and luxury.
Why Farming Should Pay.
The National City bunk, of New
^fork, after analyzing the census fjg
"ires for 1020, declarer that for the
lirst time in the history of our coun
try there are more people working in
factories than on farms. Fifty years
ago there were more than twice as
many t*untry wiAkers as city workers.
This not only means that the farmer
lias a bigger market for his product,
but that lie Is a greater buyer of man
factured goods, because an Increasing
ly largo proportion of the factory
bauds are making things for tlx; coin
fort and convenience of people in the
country. If we l'orget the year of two
of hard times, now happily passing, we
can see that farming is not a crowded
business, and we can be sure that It
will be generally prosperous in the fu
ture. The man who gets discouraged
now and leaves the farm because ho
thinks farming "doesn't pay" is mak
ing a mistake. ? Fargi. Life.
?Safety Fir?t."
She was a bright little girl about
three, taking her tlrst trip west to visit
her grandfather. There was not much
that failed to interest the baby mind
arvi questions and answers kept lifer
parents pretty busy, when they ar
rived In ono of file Middle West Cities
It was decided to break the trip there
and stay over until the next day. The
usual, rivalry wus evident, between
t.he taxi and hotel luis driver*, unci
Betty was an interested and curious
spectator until two of the men .started
some friendly sparring that seemed
pretty serious to Hetty. Her mother |
felt a tug at her skirt and looked j
down to see the raust- a loud whisper j
followed from Jtetty: "Muver-- -get j
daddy ? let * wuu. thai man over ?
there hits ev-we one who dnthn't go
to his house." ? Exchange.
Their Choice.
"Where will poor Mrs. (jubhins go,
now that both her daughters are mar
rled and living m different cities?"
?'Well, ooi* son in law would like to
have In r g<> to Springfield ?nd the j
other tn Brooklyn."
"Wli?t dutiful sons-in-la* ! "
"Not at all. \ ou s*-e. U s the one j
in Brooklyn wbo wishes she'd go to*
.Springfield and the one m Springfield !
ivbo wlsne? xhe'd go to Mrookirn.''? |
Itowfon Kveoing Transcript
How to Be Fashionable.
Mix Itox Mono* of rb?- iikihi fnsb- ,
lonable people are *-p*rtn.r itieir ls?ij
year's clnthew.
Mr. I?o\- Ye*. 1 told my tad or to he
? h refill t<> put a patch In i ?> new
mlnrwit where ft front i nhr?w. ? i >a?
Ti
British Law Lords Give Grave
Consideration to Appeal
of Scotsman.
May Sue Traction Company, Whoa*
Conductor Refused *> Accept Mat
ured Coin Offered in
Payment of Faie.
Loudon.? ;Thu fix-*' luw lords, const!*
tut inn the house of lords. in sosnIou
us the supreme court of appeals^ sat
around In solemn semicircle.' Lord,
llnldapc sat Id the pbU*6 of lord chan
cellor upon the \yoolsuek, with the
throne Itself behind hlin. Lord Kin
lay and Lord <*uvo sal. upon his right,
Lord Ihmedin and Lord Wrenbury
upon his left.. In The lungnlflcent
chHtnl)et', its tvtl benches nearly empty
t \eept for ? group of lawyers and
officials near the entrance, tho live
law lord< in grave tones befitting
their high function, I'ejjU out their
learned judgments bite hy mie;. Nota
I ?l<* documents these, In which tho live
concurred in one division* abounding
In sueh portentous words as torts,
malfeasances, condescendences and the
like.
CMear.l> a landmark this, in the his
tory of -the development of the law
of Kngland- What gra.ve matter was,
thus the earnest considera
tion ot t'm* noble and learned lords'/
{Sur I nothing less than the fate of
Notno jtKf.'it township, or the destiny of
soinc- estate of millions?
.M> noble and learned lords., in point
01' fuel, ?vere talking about a penny ?
a two-cent piece. Tt sounds belter
translated into American currency.
My Lord K Inlay seems to think some
thing the same himself, for through
out his judgment he referred to It not
as -u "penny." but as u "penny piece."
or "a coin," Need it be said whoso
penny it was: that had been carried
up all the various step* of the Jaw into
the house of lords? It was a Scots
\ man's penny.
Conductor Refuses Penny.
Almost two years ago one John
Percy climbed upon a street cur in tli*
city of Chtsgow; lie tendered to th?
conductor of the car in payment of hit
fare a penny which was sllghtlj
marked and Indented. It wa,s, in fact
a penny which John Percy had him
self received earlier In the day froit
another conductor, and he determined
t<? return it in the way by which it
had C(?rne to him. The conductor, how
ever, did not like the looks of thi
penny, and demanded another In iti
place, John Percy said it was good
enough and refused to give another
An inspector was called to relniorci
the conductor, and still John Pprcy re
i fused* ' /
Finally he wan' marched /ti t ? ? tin
police station on tt chansi**,nf refuslnj
to pay his fare. IU^wiix kept then
only ten ininuteg^mt this was lonj
enough to fire Jlimi with determination
to see Justice done between hlmseh
and the CJIasgow corporal Ion, whirl
owns the street cars.
John Percy then commenced an ue
tlon against the corporation for $25,
(XX) damages on the ground that tin
actions of t he conductor and inspoctoi
had been injurious to his feelings an<
his reputation? He lost the lirst roun<
of his light In Scotland when the cour
of session dismissed his claim, on tin
ground that the corporation was r?H
responsible for those actions of Hi
employees.
One "Bonnie" Fighter.
lint John Percy Is evidently whal
they call in Scotland a "honnie rtgh?
er," and he carried Ids ruse up to th?
house of lords. He did not pay hi?
railroad fare to London foe the pur
pose, nor Is lie being put to any ex
pense In I ho costly process of suing
before the highest court of appeal. Hp
has taken advantage of the legal pro
vision which permits a poor person
to set the. law in motion at the state's
charge If ho sues In forma pauperis.
And now the house <<f lords has decid
ed in his fiivor.
Whet her John Percy's penny really
was good or no better than It should
be Is still not decided. What the law
birds have ruled is that the corpora
tion can lie sued upon h mistake made
by the ?-ondliot?r and Inspector. That
Is enough for John Perej It may
be a^led. as a matter of historical In
tcropt. of the five law lords who
upheld John Percy in his fight- for his
two rent* three are Scotsmen. ?
Wnrre Wells In New York Tribune.
KILLED IN FIGHT WITH BEAR
Aged Man Is Slam and Partly Oe
voured by Grizzly After Terrific
Battle Near Yellowstone Park.
t
IJviftgston. Mont. ? Yellow stoua park
runner* :ire trailing a huge grizzly
bear flint recently killed and partly
devoured Joseph iMtret. ><ixt>. an old
time Montana trapper I mret's body
was found <>ii 8 lough rrn-k, near tT\e
park, with an arm and ? teg partly
chewed off Sign* indicated the l>ear
had been caught So ?>ne ? ?f lVuret'*
trups. but had broken loose when the
trapper came by on his rounds.
Horace \f Albright, snperfntendeiit
<?f the park, said there ncre evidence*
of h terrific battle, :ind h rille, cln?r?Hl
nnd fhfwwi. found bear - the
broken trap. t>ne ahrtt had f?*en fired
from the rifle rr?ll
bowed lhat the matt bad crept ? mile
oti * half after r*cel\ln* hi* loJorlM
iii Alemoriam. j
Mrs*, hiii' abotjh M; rusk.n, j
one i>i" the noblest \voinen in Kci'shuvy j
county o;?d at her daughter's home, |
Mrft'ch the Voth, Tuesday morning, ?tl !
I oYkVk, a f i e j* a long ilhiesii from j
pavalv . Mrs. McCttttkil) yvas of an j
V(isposilk)U, iilltl ?\'v
ftjved. Sho was beloved by all wh->
knew !.>?!?, In her carl.V girlhood she
became a niember of PleAsant Hill
JlaptiM V h.uivh. She was a devoted
motlo r and grandmother and a con.
secrutr.-d < t'hnstian. Karth is poorer
antl hea\en richer 4k she passed from
the weeping family here, to the iv
Joining family in the home Above. She
was ali>Vost ?M years old and is sur
vived b\ on? sister, Mt-s, (Ylia .\K
Cask PI, of Kershaw, and four chil
dren, Mis. Mary Md'askiM, Mr?. Lois
McCtoU^nii, Mrs. M. P. Stouner, of
Hothune. and .1. K. McCaskill; of
| Camilla. (Georgia.
One Who Loved Her.
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Far up in the mountains at the
head of American Fork canyon, Utah,
two men ami a woman were maroon
ed and starving in a mine cabin.
Heavy snows had cut otf the two mi
ners and the woman from civilization. I
An air service plane was sent to the;
rescue. The pilot circled over t he |
cabin and dropped a package of. sup
plies sufficient to maintain the party
unt\l they can get out to civilization.
Three children were burned to
death at Newport Point, Quebec,
Monday n:ght, by si lire started by
candle that had been left burning nt
a fourth dead child's bier, which set
lire to a curtain setting the house on
tire. .
A Nation's Prosperity
Is Founded on Its
People's Savings
It is the individual s;t vlug - of each ,
man ' "-oman and chlUI, caitpied witlj ?'d '
ligation, invention and .enterprise, that j
makes a nation groat j\ni\ iirospcroin',
America? the molting P0t of the na- |
lions? has been particularly blessed. It
is the richest nation in all the world,* ami
its people free, enlightened, loyal and de
termined.
Opportunity plays no favorites. What
another has done, you can do. If you arc
not already a member of this big, loyal,
savin# family, come in to the First National
Bank and start an account. As your sav
ings grow, your pride will grow with them.
An expedition is soon to staut from
London for tho purpose of seeking
the tonih of Kiiv^r Ditvid in. .)< rusa
li;m.
" With a bucket and stick
I've got
Boll
the
weevil
Licked."
Hiat's all the equipment or machinery you
need to apply Hill's Mixture. Just walk alonjr
the cotton row, touching the bud of each plant
as you pass by; inside of a few hours, the
weevils on the plant will eat the mixture, and
drop off ? DEAD!
A Most Effective
Poison
I've got a poison that I
am convinced the boll wee
vil SEEKS ? not one that
has to seek the weeviL
Then, too, Hill's Mixture
can be put on IN THE
DAYTIME. No night
work. An inexperienced
boy or girl can thoroughly
cover 6 to 6 acres a day.
Best Protection ? Minimum Cost!
My mixture is the result of thousands
Of dollars of investment, and years of
hard labor and practical field and labora
tory experiments on my Burke County
farm. Hill's Mixture is a liquid poison,
composed of calciufri arsenate, molasses,
water and secret ingredients which form
a combination that we are convinced,
ftom results obtained, attracts the boll
weevil,
Scores of farmers who used it last
year have written me<unqualifiec| letter*
of endorsement, and have already placed
their orders for 1923. I will be glad to
send you a book reproducing these letters,
or my agent whose name appears below,
will be glad to show them to you.
MIXTURE
Approved by Georgia State
Board of Entomology
Hill's Mixture is manufactured in the
South's largest boll weevil poison plant.
The calcium arsenate, moslasses and
other ingredients are accurately meas
ured in the exact proportions, and thor
oughly mixed by machines which distri
bute the poison evenly in the molasses.
Every mix is chemically analyzed Oefora
shipping.
Hill's Mixture is approved by the Geor
gia State Board of Entomology as a boll
weevil poison,
Raise your cotton on a pre
boll weevil basis
Go ahead and plant your cotton and
leave the weevils to Hill's Mixture. Plac*
your order today. $36.00 for a 50-gal.
bbl., plus $3.00 for bbl., which will be re
funded upon return. Freight free to any
Georgia or South Carolina point. My
agent for your territory, whose name ap
pears below, will give you full particu
lars. L. D. HILL.
/ r. MOSUL Hi ,
Camden ,
South Carolina
Agent for Camden arid Territory and the Southern and tastern
Part* of Ker'shnw County.
KOI* TUB ~
HILL'S MIXTURE CORPORATION
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 1
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