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WAT TO Of TMlff SYSUNS NOT KNOWN HU and Lxport Dutiea. ■kla(to«.—Aoatrtiu h*« iwcMilly t nrw ttrlff law wblrh has features. It rmkare duties on tj products shipped from ths Unit* Wi Ststsa, and It prohibits ths Impor tation of numerous articles except by written consent. Ths objects of the new legislation are stated to be re* auction of unemployment, stimulation wf manufacture In Auatralla by branch ftetorles under foreign ownership, and •Utilization of the exchange rates. "Australia's new tariff law, coming ml the time of a revlsldff of tariffs at boms, arouses interest in the origin wf tariff systems and their develop* IMBt In various countries,** says a bul- lutU from ths National Geographic wodety. "No one knows when or where the first tariff was Imposed or the first cua* toms duties collected. The collection wf a toll or duty from goods brought i lute a city or a country became impor- daat with ths dsvelopment of trade to a considerable volume. Although Babylon, one of the earliest civiliza tions of which we have a record, had • highly organized social system with a minute code of laws relating to •soda leases, mortgages, taxation, and tbs Ilka It Is not known whst part played In ths sffalrs of the •ramsnt. A cosntry's revenue in se days was chiefly from s tithe of live stock and crops of Its cltlieoa 0 re see Kxsotsd Duties. When Greece held the meet Impor* t place Is tbs world, defies sa rom- movlag la trade had reme te DAD'S QUEER WILL ft lies rrsarfero.—Ao i $160,000 sod remarried took the divorced As a denoutoem to ths spectacular affaire of Dr. and Mrs. ftoderic O'Con nor of Oakland, the divorced couple re-entered the marital state In Ksno. The prominent Oakland physician was divorced by his wife, the former Gertrude Gould, last December. In Keno. She charged him with fault finding and nagging. In January Mrs. O’Connor appeared fn Superior court and asked that the “divorce clause” in her fpthejr’s,.will, be fulfilled. ‘ This will r:ade by the late Charles B. Gould, former president of the Cali fornia fish and game commission, pro vided that tils daughter should receive only tbe Income from a $160,000 trust fund. If she were widowed or divorced, however, she was to receive the $100,- 000 principal immediately. She got the money by order of Superior Judge Lincoln S. Church. Shortly thereafter persistent ru mors were current among friends of the couple that they were ahortly to remarry. Both denied this, admitting that they were “close friends” but no more. The wedding ceremony recently wss performed by Rev. Brewster Adtms, Keno Baptist minister. The couple bsvs one dsughter. who Inherited $90,000 from Gould's eststsi Birmingham It Still Bathful About Limb# Birmingham Kogtsnd.—To Brest of tbe world s leg. whether It is shssthsd ta silk or wrere s garter around Its calf, is merely sorest blag te get sores *et re ts fsihs here rest st their A few t rere tee. whist eef •is reeled t that even thee heeetf. It ted ago the Watch ••re tree the rity s gt s leg ere s thing eg s trees* a (lag u i cuns rauR UNO and to nus Will SMk Control of Byrd i Antarctic DiacororiM. WnshlagtofL—Tb# Unltsri States Is punning to lay claim not only to ths Bryd discoveries In tbe Antarctic but to various Islands In ths Arctic and to establish ownership to some fifty Islands In the Caribbean and the South seas. While It was stated that the Arctic and Antarctic wastes are of little value or concern to the United States, this country would claim certain por tions by right of discovery. Senator Tydlngs (D.) of Maryland has a reso lution to this effect pending In the senate. Holds Rights in Islands. About the Islands In the Caribbean little la known, and the State depart ment la to name a commission to make a study to establish ownership. Some of them are inhabited and of considerable value as coaling bases. Others are barren and little more than coral reefs. There are also is lands In the South sea group which American mariners of former days laid claim to, but which have never been placed under the American flag. An Interesting Instance Is the Island of Roncador, off the coast of Colom bia. Two years ago it was discovered that the United States was the right ful owner. It developed, however, that it was populated almost entirely by Colombians. Although ths United States established Its ownsrshlp. Co lombia waa permitted under a treaty to retain Us trading station there sot tbe United States limited Its rights te erecting s lighthouse for tbe safety of navigation There are several such islands la the Recite and tbe Atlantic adjacent t# tbe entrance of tbe Panama canal ant tbe entrance of tbo propooed Nicaraguan canal, which (star may be- ceres st great strategic vales. The Usttsd States archives. It was seated, rentals many claims sf dtecev- ariosi and they are te hs carefully stetreg with a view te tjteg the A v* » fre «e«h rued ee m e< woght ie«e s ' Ryes Re4s FeiJ to Put ewh w brebre ledree per rees te pri-e Breen* lb tbe * fhrtbec After Tsere 4a Game *a path te the heat, hreh tl dety frdl $ wn* te the 1 rest# nut this tire# Marre Pete travel I Ortas, found that dities were there la the reelm of tbe Khaa He found duties collect- city boundaries as well at at il frontiers. These duties ranged from X 13 to 10 per cent. •In medieval Europe, tariffs became a nightmare to ttruggllnf traders. Kv- . rery petty prince and feudal lord set up bis toll gates and custom houses wad took a share of the merchant's rears*. After the feudal kings took -ever the barons' privileges there was m uresuresnt sway from ths collection uf duties In every small area; but progress was slow, and la some coun tries. such as France and Germany, provincial customs continued to 'be levied. Even cities took toll from en tering goods. The local taxes of Paris wre survivals of this custom." * , Costly Criticism \ T&iU Gauguin whs staying at Pont- Bvea, in Brittany. In the summer of 1880, and painted there his famous portrait of “Le Belle Angela.” La He&e Angele, wife of Satre, mayor of fesat-Aven, never raw her portrait till Vt was finished, when she exclaimed, Be tire dismay of the artist; "How terrible r She refused It as t gift Degas ft, and after his death It wss for several tent of thousands of it te tbe belated die uf More. Satre —Kansas City UUmCf m Railways Cat a Tvs urea of tho aretri ren reads le ihu ire* aoif •rribad *• •reiretp sUreti«fo«frey by Ihu ijl moulkuiucu of tho rs.touy drey too i-wre N ijpoare from s msitsiwul is Ms. currisd out three pew •mred sresoot sf ftregb* tree TVsre wore tW tbs eouthwsasore ret aii otbw Uore frei tsc hobisd Msrewu Ksrsa read, always ru st • reodoi ocgsaiastivs. tho rellreod world her* by isk.ug Isa* pises ta ths taUo of work B« i *• »I li ^• fi tR*I VI rmyot* of traloa sccordtog to time tables fell to only <B per rest, Uudok deilsrea, HI ace that Is regard ed ss sn lode* of eAclem operaUon, the slinstloo la obviously bad. Ths press calls for greater efforts and for measures to fix responsibility for fail ure Women Live Longer and Age Ea$ier Than Do Men New York.—If woman’a youth-ex pectsncy were governed by her Ufa expectancy, she would presene the sheen of her hair and the smoothness of her skin from two to three years longer than her masculine contem poraries. “Women the world over live longer and age easier than men,” Mine. Helena Rubinstein of London, Parts and New York, Internationally-known authority on feminine beauty, said In an address here. “Data of the fed eral census bureau, for Instance, es tablishes the fact that in all age- groups In the United States female mortality Is lower than male. “In the natural process of evolu tion, this paradox of long life and early old age will cease to exist. Women will learn to resist time not merely by living longer but by staying young longer." First Caaadiaa Fret Ofl&ca A historic tablet. In Halifax, com memorates ths folloming: -la 173a a lias of packets was placed sa . Kslmooth sad New tart. This waa part sf t gseiral regular ~D«d~ Sob Bock Home; Aged Father sf Vi SmS its?*? mmjmmmimm I 2i ee euresetret le a it to W oman to Bom K«r North Trading Po»t tnarepag. kfea — Agues vuswty Ovuyear-sit ssliip fta Oat Malta*, lees, hat geat a hare so bar way la MBt Sit so the IteOsae Bay rail«ay. frsttlsr rail Has being built by tbe raaedlaa Nstlsaal re 11 we ye frere tb« Fas te Cbercbtll st tidswatse riese te tbs Arctic cirri#, litre Pousra. abo also has heea a school teacher and Mreognipher. will taka charge of a trading post at Mils 214. Later la the summer sb# will go out on a proa peel lag expedltluo. Dream Rettoret Hearing to North Carolina Man GoldU»orn. N. C.—A Goldsboro man who lost his hearing In sn accident six years ago regained It through a “dream” accident. The roan Jumped out of bed. dreaming he was In an accident, and hit his head against a rocking chair. The second Injury re stored his hearing. Old Coin Unearthed Danville, Pa.—A coin bearing the date 1317 has been found burled three feet In the earth here. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Turkey One-Year Old Lays Her 87th Egg Point Pleasant, N. J.—Nancy, a pure bred Jersey turkey, cele brated her first birthday at the home of her owner, Mrs. George Kcknmn, by laying her eighty- seventh egg. This reproductive activity of Nancy's Is Raid to be quite no- preesdentsd. the usual laying power of a turkey hen being not over fifteen eggs a year; hot Nancy's maternal Inttiocc te her goreia for tbe fact that all roores are supplied with towers from her garden and ths manner In which they are arranged. There Is a reason. At s certain fashionable resort hotel, some time ago, it w’us noticeable that one dining room table always had lovelier flowers than any of the others. This was peculiar, os the flowers came from the hotel gardens and were al lotted by the head waiter. A watch man solved the mystery, when early one morning he discovered the waitress assigned to the table In question, In the garden picking the choicest blos soms. She had formed the habit of getting up at sunrise, stealing out of the dormitory which housed the fe male help and gathering the flowers she loved. The girl was discharged. The Long Island woman, who was among the hotel guests, happened to hear the story, sent for the girl, talked to her and hired her. Now the girl’s chief duties are to keep the rooms In the Long Island place bright with floral decoration. The girl originally came from a section of New York w here the only flowers are puny speci mens In the pots on Are escapes. • • # Almost every one has s favorite game. Basebsll, football, golf, chess, checkers, cross-word puzzles, poker, anagrams, hearts, backgammon, ao($ solitaire all have their devoted fol lowers, but ths hobby of William I*. Carey, head of Madlsoa Square Gar den, Is pinochle. This Is ths game hs la never too busy to play. Goes when Carey wss building a railroad in Sooth America, hs took u man all tbs way ts ths Argentina with him. Just so hs would bsvs a ploocbls opponent on tbo boat. Ths ochsr day. Carey ant a friend had been playing ploorbia st ths Chrey apartment so long that they felt It might be a good thing to get a little exerrise by walking In Central part. Tbo friend kept in rial - lag that Carey bad baoa exceedingly larky. -Nothing nf tbo sari." said Carey. "Tint waa still If wo had a piasrirts dart bore 1 ererid boat yen right -We have." said bis friend. *1 pot • pact la m pretre.* Bo a reopis of tbo bare know* reea Ip Now Tart pdrted OWC a Mre Spa* of tm are oi at Tbo gtri win ibtalbod t leave of ab sence to go hack to the old cows try sad as# her parents. She care# to her employer with a die mood ring, which sho sold belonged to her. sad asked him If hs would have It appraised, ss aha might want to soil It to get more money for l^er trip. Hs agreed and put ths ring In his pocket. The next day he looked for It and couldn't find It. This worried him considerably; first because he had no Ides of the ring's value, and secondly because he didn't very well see how anybody ex cept the maid herself, whom the fam ily always had trusted Implicitly, could have known he had the ring. After he had worried about the ring for a couple of days, the maid's hon esty was demonstrated. She brought him ths ring for the second time, hav ing found It in his handkerchief draw er, where he hasn’t the faintest recol lection of putting It. Now he is wor rying about himself. * • • A Wall Street friend tells me what he claims is an old but true story. A depositor at a branch bank came to the manager and said he wished to borrow $10 on a $1,000 government bond. The manager told him he could borrow much more than $10 on such security, but he didn't wish to make any larger loan. Tressed for the reason he explained: “Voa tell me your cheapest safe de posit box is $3 a year," he said. "On a loan. I pay 0 per cent Should I pay $3 when I can get yon to keep tbs bond Jost ss safely for to centsT Be didn't get the loan. For Governor ASHTON WILLIAMS Advocates a Return to States Rights i re. y PLATFORM WILLIAMS favor* reodiBmUon of PROHIBITION laws, be cause they are a vielstiea of STATES BIGHTS, he raws* tbe paa- pla are tax Mrirtia trying ta enforce tbte as enforceable Inn, he rs nee r flare baa become virh ant powerful arena il tbs p ret is nr - rnreri from I tuner tratW. beranee re*pe t for lbs eeaetltuirea Is hrear brsfcea tawn, bars are lbs par r sari defenseless are paying tbe penalty WILLIAMS will eef sees all law* as long as they are an tbe beaks WILLIAMS flavore euanltaatre* ef taxes. WILLIAMS ari- f s d Beasarvi W 11 l 1 \ II s ■ppm* Stats tasBriensmi WILLI AMS Is against saw. tbe Tas Csreretstrea with tbs CsreptreBev General * «f WILL! AM* will net tureens sWkriewi sad trained putfv sf i WILLIAMS Is fee repeal uf eg law* nut in are»«ri witi prinr*ptse sf gn* erureen* sad eaenfer* sable das ta lark sf public rest unset. • * . RECORD WILLIAM* Mr. TW Km » fo* • « > »• • a l»e<Wr n tb* tinner, tbe Morning News, tbe Spartanburg Herald and ether prerereuat dailies credited lure ef being lewder of tbe goad roads moeonrewt re Benth CaraHaa- Qnatiag frere sa editorial appear tag February SA IF? I "Ttris a an age ef young area. TVs Bre and rnsrgy of youth Is prueid ag leadership Bene* Wr ASHTON H. WILLIAMS in nest te the yeungnsf mas re tbe senate and M tbe daddy sf areen ire portent legnieime than anyone there ~ WILLIAMS nae ant bar ef Ike Pay-A*-Yeu-On* Act. aae sf tbs slbtn uf tbe Coastal Highway Act. tbe A bee ate* Veter* Act, tbe Forestry Bril, tbe Medal Seeing Act and sseerai atbere designed ta preside batter marketing fur farm produce f Wres» LIAMS did a*t rsuffer fur tbs senate ta IPT7. Though saly tb rty • nine years uf age. bis record saeak« for Itself. Prohibition Has Failed— Restore Respect for Law The Marks of True Statesmanship: COURAGE: WILLIAMS fearlessly denounced the prohibition laws when his friends told him it would mean his political ruin. He ha s never followed the lines of least resistance, no matter what the result. VISION: WILLIAMS foresees a greater South Carolina, without hy pocrisy, returning to sacred principles of STATES RIGHTS, doing v constructive work and taking her former place of leadership. INTEGRITY: ■ ’4 ... WILLIAMS is honest with himself, refuses to play hide and seek with his opinions, has always been against prohibition, and speaks out even if it costs him the office of GOVERNORSHIP. ABILITY: WILLIAMS has made life a success at the age of thirty- ‘ nine. For six years he was leader in the General Assembly. He ha s succeeded in whatever he has undertaken and will do so as GOVERNOR. INITIATIVE: WILLIAMS' record ia tbe General Assembly Is one sf surtmg things and then isutag there through. Hs never fears he ythf tbe ftist stop a# bis mod > Seat too Hand ta Oris careprega departs PROGRESS: WILLIAMS hM always stand puagBure m % 0 m o rihsreu by ire U m •»*