The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 22, 1921, Image 6
^LAN TO CREATE
MORE JOBS
RcprCHentitivF Leopard Who Is
ITrfiRff Abolition of ( omptil
niry Education Sponsors
" BID For PWer Com
mission
Columbia). Jan. |0.??Tbc "Hydro
Kimrifin puM.m .td.i Navigation Com?
mftojron" would be e rented, is hii?'<????*
?Or to the Columbia canal cominia
eton. and to have superviolon of be
development ol nil power and navi
QnOiOO wateia in 11??? atai.-. In 11 Mil
to b*j pro**1 nted to the legislature, in
trodOOoO in the hon??e by lloi>r? sei^n -
tW? Loopotd of Picken*. The bill
w<?uld provile for the appointment
by the governor of three nu-mbera of
the vemintoeion. roch to recUve a otd
?>' Of O.OOv.
Th* oomnoitMion would b? empow?
ered to have a aurvey mi de by com
potent tngmoera. of all water power
Oeoeftopment* and navigable otrenma
to the otote; to investigate tbp mar?
ket Oioo of nil such development*: to
enter into agreement* with the I'nlt
ed Atntee government r?'*a ding th<>
devehpionent of such wat? r-vaya.
TtlO bill Vft'Uld Imh'iiiiu' etfectlve ,is
the ennal ease, against tie
CoVvmbl? Boil way. tras and Kleetric
company for poaacaaion by the statt
of thai Columbia canal. Is decided by
thf courta, where It now ia r<n appe.il.
the ?oreult court having decided in
favor of the state, the bill would have
invaoled In the proposed commission
all power* in connection with the Co?
lumbia i ana i now veated in the ?anal
r?ittmfco*k>n
h
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' OOOt.
All Imm of I iiltoil Stale* In One \ol
LajWrenee. Kan . Jan. 15?Revision
of all the lav* of the Cnlted State?
Into o alagle volume of more than
I.SOO.Son worda. making he largest
law hook in exta'eAcr. \vu? undertaken
and carried through by two Kanaans.
The book la indexed.
A?cOpli>?'< of,the work ia now be?
fore .ho Colt at States Senate, it was
approved by th* house In a bill pass?
ed OcoeaiOer 20.
The* Igst revision of the federal sta?
tu tee WO* ma l?- in isTs. For y.-ars
the b'fnl profession baa l?een clamor
Ina for a freah re\ laion.
Too. took proved to be. huge. The
Material beacan with the revlaed sdl
fk a Of II i 3 ?nd ran through 24 othe
largo. Volumen, the Statut? s nt large,
volameo. the atatuten at large, contain?
ing laws enacted aince that time up
f> \f.\rob 4 111?.
The work ?f reviaion consisted of
arranging all atotutee of a general
and ftOrmanent nature under common
h*a>d* or title*, cutting out all obso
bt# matter, rewriting hend notea. and
rooostldatlng paragraphs.
B^Ortlng lairs waa preserved In a
gerteaal rearrangement. codification
and reviaion.
The task waa carried out by thr
House Sommli tee on reviaion of thi
Iowa. For m iny yeara the work ol
that"cOmmltte- ban been little mor*
than nominal, hut when Congressman
Uttle of the Second Kansas Ids
trief became chairman in March. i^lO,
o> proposed revising the federal lawi
and' publishing them In one volume.
S "tWo Summit tee. compoaed of a doz?
en eanlnent Jidges and lawyers, gave
ito heart v approval. In the follow
log'June Dr. William I*. Burdick. pro
ff?Soe of law and vice chancellor of the
CntVarsIty of Kansas, waa appointed
reOfasr of the atatutea.
The then on until Its ocmpletion
mot month. Dr. Burdick was busied
With the work. Ten adviser* weic
oadasjod at varloua times. Dr. Bur le k
however being the only reviser to
work throujrh from beginning to the
end, and actin;* aa aeuior ml viser. Two
Other ad vim rx were added later to
?peed up prates* no that the revi?
sion could bv presented to the present
eoagreas.
t.ave \t ieb to ? enfral BafOpO
OMMaaaj;
Rome. Jan IS.?Pope Benedict re?
ceived and diMtributed among the pov?
erty stricken children of Centra,! Ku
rope In the past year 1C.747.S04 lire,
soya the obsorvatoro Komano. This
included the Pope's peraonal dona
tsoa of loo.oaa pre.
4Of thia auro Herman children re
eetved alH.m l.ttt.ajso Urs, thos?- of
AuktrU 3.a."?4.')i>o. of I'olaml J.Oon -
Hungary 1.291.000 and those of
CoOPh oat ovak la 1.050,000. Children
of other tiHtion?* received smaller
?umo.
11m- f.rHtMlfatlier Joke,
f^^rt >w.?r i did not want to em bar
mv beat u?rl to make In r pn?
pooe to me ?*< i i - .i hi r to l>? mv
wleV. on'd she aald. I would rather be
vseaood. " and I Ilk.- .... Idh?t. 1x4 used
he#. ' But I got ? \ en w ith u> \ I m .
rl?*d her moth?M Then m\ fathei
married tb< girt Now l don't know
? bo I am.
When 1 married the girl'-t mother
thv girl iMMinnr my daught?-r. und
oiy father marib-d m> iluuglit? r
he became my 4.11 When my foth
?er loorrit'd my ttwughter she was m\
m??ther. If mv father Is my son und
mv duught* 1 is in) mother, 1 Who
a 1 n t?"
Ily moth* r'a tool i ? , < whi. h is my
wife) must b? ny grandmother and
I being mv grandtnuth< 1 'n husband
1 am mv own gi andi ith< r
f*ef? 1 Faradh) the from Bnffllsh
Stbrt, otalied as a i>o >l. bind* 1 'n
ay(?rcnt.< .
?aorarnento, ? al . has auffeiad
Vately. twice from the und twle< from
doona
Fleeh from ? ik ealvei is i..r jn<
perlor to 01 din try v< al.
The dlocovere.' or synthetic ultra?
marine blue revived a prise of ?000
graaOs In 182ft after four yeara" WOTS
The news column* tell of an appeal
for the hard of hearing, likewise of
many appeals for tho ear of Harding,
t?Chicago Tost, _ _
CLEMSON COLLEGE
ALUMNI MEETING
S. H. S. Football Squad GrUdflU
of College Men
On Tuesday night a banquet wa.?
served si Ihe LeToscti Restaurant by
th?- loesl nlumnl of Clemson College
\\ which lh? i11v'lied guests were the
Burster High school foot ho 11 squad.
Thin is the Hrst attempt of the
Clensson alumni of Bumter iiud Sum?
ter oottnt) gl orgsnhilnir, but by this
ii otjngj it Ig hoped ?*11 pinna are not>
?sours for ihis tu become a strong und
solid organisation, The organisation
in to bs known as the Bumter Chap
lot end tin- officers vrho have been
sleeted to serve during the first term
of the chapter art ?:. It, Waters.
presl en , Dr. ('. ,1. l^ninn-n. vice
president, and .1. ?'. Brown, secretary
and tiradiusi
Anyone who has ever attended
CtsgasOii is asked to tender, his name
tor admission, regardless of Whether
at not he is a graduate,
Meetings of the chapter will be held
whenever an occasion arises which
will naturally tend toward the bring?
ing of the old college hoys together.
The Si.niter Kon t hall team was ask?
ed to be present at tin banquet, not
fog the purpose of getting them to
pledge themselves to ClomsOn, but In
order that they might get an idea of
the Institution and tile work that it is
doing, whiyh may help them at a later
date to reach a decision as to which
BhOOOl to attend.
.Mumm Bee rotary, i>. F. Folger was
present at the banquet and brought
with him nuiny pictures and movie
elides of the buildings and grounds
of Clensson which wer?- shown along
with many seems of great familiarity
to all those SfhO had attended the
school.
During the course of the evening
many short speeches were heard.
Among those who mads talks were
Messrs. u. P.. Waters, i>. F. Folger.
W. O. Chin, of the class of 1903, Har?
ry QreSg and H. P, Moses, also I*"of.
W II. I'argon Of the High school and
Jack Wi-ight. of the football team.
, Directly after the most enjoyable
banquet n short business session was
held art which many interesting Ma
IMMoa about Clemaon were gi\?n b)
Secretary Fulger, and main plans
formed for the operation of the Sum?
ter t'lein-on Alumni Chapter.
t-'riok Coke Company Furnishes l-'ni
plnycs Gardens.
Oonnsllavllle, Pa.. Jan. 1$.?Gar?
den products with a market value ol
|tf1,000 a/ere raised in ItlO by em
, ployes of the FrlSk Coke company
ender the very glare of ihe thousands
Of coke ovens Wtfleh dO this SSCtlop
1 of Pcnnryba nia. Much of this
wealth rams from the gardens which
' Ihe company provides with every
house, but some workers und their
' families were more airbitious than
1 their neighbors and "farmed" 3f>4
additional plots which he company
leased for them.
ic report of the we fare depart
? meat Of the company jmt made pub
1 He shows that 7.!??4 Individual I'atnl
1 lies engaged in the enterprUh*
'Hie report of the Frok company
> shows that it expended $lt,OO0 in
i promoting the gardening plan, and
paid out in prtgOS If,) ?4. St/, while
1 the workmen and their families bene
? fitted from the gardens without air
expense other than their labor.
The coinpany will follow the plan
I this year. It provides for a flower
I or vegetable burden at every house
occupied by one of its employes.
leugne of Nations Aiudversary.
New York, Jan. It',.?The league oi
nations will I*, one year old today,
its membership now comprises 4'.?
i nations representing it is estimated:
, liftd,000,000 people, or three-fourths
i of the world's population of l.oOB.
0t?0. ?00. Kb ven additional states with
a total population Of 44,000,000 have
formerlv applied for admission, w bib
It is known that Germany with its
l#,#00(0#g people wanta to Join as
soon as she is given a chance. JThls1
leaves about 100,000,000 of the world's
inhabitants completely outside the
league.
Tin league began its life when the
council met for the llrst time in Par?
is at Ihe summons of Preisten! Wil?
son on Jnnary It, IStO, with l*:: mem
hers. By the time tht hrst meeting
of the assembly was hold a few
months ago. the membership hnd in?
creased to 4 1. Right have since been
ad led.
At the time of its birth the league
had m> quarters of its own but today
it is Installed in its permanent s< at at
OenOVS wince ,tn Old hotel h;(s boen
Il nsTornted Into the paloeo of tin
nations The general secretariat,
under Sir Krie Dniiiiimiiiil, has a
staff of more i ha if ltd,
Thors have been ll meetings of the
COUnetl Of the league ami most of tin
suhiddlsn or ieml?lndependenl bodies
contemplated b) the covenant have
been brought Into exlatenOO. These
im l?de the Internationa] court of Jus?
tlee, ihe And Institution of its kind
I III tie world's blstorv ; machinery for
I the registration of International
trestles; commissions lo deal with
disarmament, mandates, economic
bl?M kadc measures, public health. In?
tei nation.il vt.it imI i. s and the inler
natlonal laboi oflicc,
Proparatlont have been made for
Riedles to deal uiib International
communications and Ihe suppression
of the w hit.- sk.ve irallic and t h. . re
ation has begun of permanent ma
ebtnery for the Mutilation ol Inter"
national credits and ihe economic re?
habilitation of countries ruined by the
war Friends of the leagus point to
its Interesssion In the Poland Lith?
uanian and Swedish Finnish disputes,
the latter over the Aland Islands, as
ttnong its achievements, although
both caSesj OVait Anal settlement.
They also enumerate ui laandinu to
Ihe league'a oredII the repartriatlon
of more than |00,0f0 war prisoners
and a campaign against typhus In
Poland. They say u has furnished
a government for Ihe Baar district,
former)) Herman, and that it bus
helped Danalg io assume Hi position
as a free i Sty under the. league's spe?
cial protection.
RADICAL ORDER?
ED DEPORTED
Gregory Weinstein Will Be Sent
Back to Russia
Washington, Jan. 20.?The deporta?
tion of Gregory Weinstein, chancellor
of the Russian soviet bureau in the
United stales, was ordered today by
Hccretary Wilson nj the labor depart?
ment.
Will Make hlVCtttlgutloiiH for Kstnh
liahlng ioiia<<(> Ktoiulards,
In order to assist in placing the
I marketing of tobacco upon a more
I business-like basis, the l'nlted States
department nf sarieulture i-= about
to brain Investigations which will
lead to the establishing of tobacco
grades applicable throughout the en?
tire industry, Though tolmcoo ranks
fourth among the crops or the United
Stat< s. returns ntort than $1,000,000,
000 a year in agricultural wealth t"
the nation and more than $300,000,
000 in annual revenue to the govern?
ment, It is marketed in a manner
which producers of leas Importani
oropi would regard as a shorl cul to
financial ruin.
for this condition, the specialists
of the bureau of markets, department
of agriculture blams primarily ,the
auction syst? m of s.ra s* in certain
sections and the privat?- contract sys?
tem In other localities. Under the
former method loose piles of tobacco
to be sohl are placed on tin- door of
a warehouse and examined by the
prospective buyers, The tobacco is
not graded, nor does tin owner have
nun h opportunity to describe the
merits of his product. The auction
eer then oilers the tolvacco for sale
and the buyers are praetlcally in n
position to obtain the tobacco for any
price they chooge to pay.
Sold Privately by Rome,
In the latter ease, the tobacco \
sold privately by growers, who usual?
ly have an Indefinite Idea of market
prices, to buyors who fully In?1
formed. The sales frequently an
made on tie- farm and confirmed b>
contracts that are more binding oil
the seller than on the buyer. Tlu
sah- often is mode before the tobaee.
is harvested' A: tin- time of tin
transaction the tobacco may i>?- so fai
from being in a marketable < ondl
tion that even the buyer is unable t?
determine its value, in which case tin
farmer usually gets what the buyei
estimates to be a saf" price 01
chooses to offer,
in a bulletin published by th<
Massachusetts experiment station, i
is stated thai ''under the contract
method of sale, the farmer has* all u
los?-, with no corresponding gain; in?
buyer, little or nothing.1* The sann
statement would apply equally as we'
to the "auction system," departmen
specialists say,
Nu Basis for Valuation.
Because of lack of grades, the to
ha.eeo producer is unable t<? deter?
mine if he is receiving a reasonnhl?
price to.- ins product. There is n?
basis, for comparison between tin
,prices paid in one community am
these paid eis? w in re. QUCtuflonS 0
one murkol usually mean tittle ii
other markets, for they are in?t basei
upon recognized standards of qual?
ity.
in October, the bureau <>r mar
keta, I * ii it**? t states department of ag
ricnlturc, held hearings in a num?
ber of cities for the purpose of dls<
cussing with tobacco growers, mer?
chants, dealers, bankers, warehouse?
men, am1 others Interested in the in?
dustry, tentative regulations foi
warehousing toi>a?-eo under the pip
vislohs of tin- United States ware?
house act. Those hearings were at?
tended by members of the trad., wh
wer?- representative of the tobacco In?
dustry generally and considerable in
ter< si wns shown in tin- bureau'*
work. j\\ drat, there was an attitudi
of skepticism regarding the benefltf
to be derived from tin- warehousing
of tobacco under the provisions ol
the warehouse act, Doubt was eg
preosed that the bureuu would \u
aide to devise satisfactory tobacco
standards, but in every instant ? . bo
fore the end of th?- hearing, the bu?
reau's Intention to take Immediate ac?
tion in carrying out its plant to place
the marketing of tobacco upon a
sound basis, was approved,
Fmvltios for* PinaiM'ing,
Under ihe provisions of the United
States warehouse act, the secretary of
agriculture is authorised to license
warehouses for the storage of cot?
ton, grain, Has seed, wool, and tobac?
co, Ths chief purpose of the act.
with respeot to tobacco, is to establish
a system of warehouses In which to?
bacco may be safely stored and
through which the Industry can more
easily be financed and tobacco more
advantageously marketed. To accom?
plish ihls purpose, the act Is designed
to provide a form of warehouse re?
ceipt which will bo readily accept?
able and widely negotiable as security
for loans. An\ war? house thai ade?
quately proteots ihe tobacco stored
therein may In? licensed. Tin- regu?
lations under tin- act provide for In?
spection oi the premises at irregular
Intervals, examinations of tin- com?
modities stored, and ObSCrVC i1cc by
the warehouseman of standards of
madness pract Ice,
Since the passau?- of the act, more
than 800 applications for warehouse
I licenses have been received by tin* bu?
reau nf markets, the majority of
Ithem during Ihe last year. Produc?
ers and warehousemen now nppcur
tu appreeiute ih?- laments lo be de?
rived from the Warehouse net Tin
l>u refill's regulations for ih?' ware?
housing oi tub o i i? gr?? in the littnds of
I he print i i n and w ill be ready foi
general distribution in the mar fu?
ture, ll*?w soon iobiicco grades will
be recommended will depend upon
tin nblllf \ oil he hu ? .in 1" eai i y on
tie- work with the limited funds at Its
command. Tin? bureau has received
many assurances of cooperation by
the tobni? o Industry,
Ad inn ! i Karra gut sen cd In tin
United States nhvy for sixt> years,
Mr. s. O'Quinn today began his du
ties us city manager In his oflle i In
the City Hall.
I
PROVISION FOR
CONTINUING PLAN
Congress Should Not Disturb
Principles Embodied in Act of
1916, Says Secretary
Immediate consider*!tion should bo
given by congress to plans for ? x
tending the fcderul old road building
program, the period for which b> the i
original act, as amended, terminates]
with the close of the present fiscal
year, declared the secretary of agri?
culture in his annual report to the
president, In order thai there may
be im halting In the work II la hoped,
he aald, that congress will, at Its
next session, provide additional funds,
tu he expended under the terms of
existing legislation with certain modi?
fications, at the rale of $100,000,006 a
year for a period of live years, be?
ginning with July 1, 1921.
Future legislation, the secretary
sad), should not disturb the prin?
ciples embodied In the act of 1916,
which have been tried out and found
to he s,? satisfactory, and only those
changes should be made which cxperi
cn< ?? has clearly shown to be desir?
able. He said:
??The principal modifications In
mind relate to the problem confront
Ing the western states in highway]
Work because of the existence in
many of them of large areas of pub- 1
lie lands, and to Ihe maintenance ofl
federal-aid roads by the state high- |
way agencies rather than by tin
counties, The association of statt |
highway officials, a its meeting in
December, 1919, unanimously ap
|proved the continuance ?.t" the pres?
ent plan of federal participation in
road building with these and other
mod'llical ions.
"The tac; that the present appro?
priation may n?>t entirely expend?
ed by dune so, 1921, docs noi les?
sen the necessity of Immediate ae
Jon. Both the federal and state high?
way departments should know, as
promptly na possible, the program
for the in \t live years In or.hr that
the work may bo adequately plan?
ned and the engineering and admin?
istrative details carefully executed.
Forty of the state legislatures will bo
necessary for them in mike the re?
quisite provision Cor meeting future
federal apportionments. From everj
standpoint, therefore, it la essential
thai legislation for the continuance
uf tho progum now under way be
promptly enaet< d,
Fori st lloudH.
"Provision should be made also for
the continued building on an adequate
i: j scale, of roads within or adjacsut to
the national forests. The t?test road
systems are very closely related t<.
I hose of the states, and the major
11 forest projects form important links
i I in essential state and Interstate high?
ways. There are approximately 15,
900 miles of roads within the forests
which connect with state and county
hi' hway systems. The building of
fovoot roads, therefore, Is an import?
ant part ttt the general road develop?
ment plan of the west, both within
\ and without Ihe fores* areas, in ud
f dltion, the transportation ot forest
i products, the protection and admln
\ ist ration cf the forests themselves,
and their utilization for recreational
purposes aia> all depi ndcnt Upon the
construction and maintenance of ser?
viceable roads."
I;-, view of the abnormal conditions
Which have prevailed since 11* J *;. the
report stated the progress that has
been mad.- in placing a large high?
way Improvement program under wa>
is surprisingly good. in the three
years. 1!?I 7, 1 9 1 S. and 1 U 1 t In re
Were approved ?177 projects, calling
for the construction of .~>,7:?a mii< s of
road and Involving a total cost of
150,418.673, of which Ihe federal
share was $23,981,618. During the
fiscal year i !?_'*>. |,67U projects sub?
mitted by the slates. Involving the
improvement of 1 *i.7<? miles and a
total allotment of $109,830,366 of
f?deral funds, were approved. At
ihe end of the year l l?940 miles of
federal aid roads, on which $108.
925,094 of edcral funds had been al?
lotted, were under consideration and
In various stages of completion, wi
l.t!77 miles had been entirely c ?m
pleted. Preliminary engineering in?
vestigations have ben made on l,?
903 mill s of foregi roads and con
sivuetion has l 1 cn comph ted, or is in
progress, on 1,300 miles.
( oiiMtiirctiou Dltlicult.
Tin- w ork of actual construction has
suffered from several, cans- -, which
varied in Intensity hi the different
stales. Tiny include: <l> The dif?
ficulty of securing transportation fa?
cilities for road materials, During
the season of 1920 the assignment of
open-top cars for transporting con:
resulted in tying up and slowing,down
many of the highwuy projects under
construction, i^i The lack of ma?
tt rials, particularly ??? ment, steel, and
culvert pipe. in general, Jin short,
supply of sand, grav? I, crushed stone,
and ?aber similar materials has been
I din to transportation difficulties ruth
<r than to a shortage of production.
(3) The lack of available contractor*
arid labor. This condition was not
general, howevi r. and w.is parti ill 1
caused by the unwillingness of run
tractors to undcrtukc n>-w contra? I
rather thnn to an actual lack of suf?
ficient organisations. <ii Dttllciiha
experienced in disposing of road
bonds. This situation existed only
IIn certain states, and was due large
11) to the advance In Interest rates
generally ufn r the rales for the bonds
hud been llxed.
i In order In provide for Ihe full cor
I relation of Ihe work of the depart
men I and ol the state highwuy agen
[ civs, tin advisory board has been en?
larged to Include all the members of
Ihe executive committee and 111e o111?
uo.rs of the association of state high?
way officials There is thus available
o tie department, in formula! I mi ad?
ministrative policies, the advice and
I experiened ??! the state executive;) in
actual ehnVgc of highway work. rep.
resenting all pa: is of Ihe country.
SllOUCd \cc,| for <.ood I loa (Is,
it required a great national cutati
trophe to awaken the American pub
lie in the inadequacy of our trans?
portation facilities and to the fact thai
we inuj-t depend .argely upon our
ilghwaj . in conjunction with mo- i
"i- vehicles, when a sudden oxpan
lon in transportation is essential,'
aid ill'- secretary. "?Our expei i< n< > !
hum- the lust three years have clear- i
y demonstrated that tin- failure earl-i<|
' i to inaugurate a sound road-im-Is
i?rovemeni program has retarded thejii
'flfoctive development of one of our 11
most \it.tl national requirements. Thejc
use ??f tl,. motor vehicle for highwa> ',
transportation, has increased tre-Li
mendously within a shor! perhal. in j i
190(1 only IS.ooo motor vehicles wore!*
registered in the ITnttcd States. Ity I
1 fl 14 the number had risen to 1,700,-1?
ooo, while lie registrtione now lo-1 \
(al nearly 8,000,000, exclusive of mo-ji
tor cycles, The actual vehicle-mile J j
use ol our road.-*. It Is estimated, n.is i
increased more than "a''* per cent In |
strictly agricultural communities and |i
more than 1,000 per cent near lhe|<
larger centers of population. Thoaeli
tlgures Indicate the extent to whieh I
community and shorthaul traiui|>orta-1
tion will be served by beuter high-lj
ways."
The federal-aid road act of 1916,1
<s amended, has resulted in putting]
In motion a greal program of high-1
way d? velopment, nation-wide in
its extent. The original act appro
printed $75,000.000, extending ovi r S
five-year period, for the construction
of rural j??'st roads in co-operation
witl: the states, and $1,000,000 a year
for a'period of ?10 years for tin
building of r<>ads within or adjacent
to tlm national forests.
Kemurkable edifices in Cairo com?
prise many of the nnegt remains of
Arabian architecture.
Phi nose make candles from the
was found covering the seeds of the
fruit of the tallow tree.
Bdward, the confessor, was the first '
British ruler win* pretembd to cure1
scrofula by touch,
The superstition of the dead leav?
ing their graves to prey oa the living
Es characteristically Slavonic.
?able island, east of Nova Scotia,
s gradually sinking.
Ji isn't the rooster's early rising I
that makes him so unpouiar; It's his
'talking; about it.?Providence Tri
buue.
It's u tting so that the news ii
mostly just one McBwiney after an?
other.? inuke Tipies.
Woman slays man and forge tS
about it.?Newspaper headline. Per?
haps she was busy with one of these
memory systems.??New York Herald.
Tor cltlgens living* under a crime
wave there should be comfort in tin4
news that a room in a hospital costs
less than a room in a hotel.?New
York Evening Post. ,
A Chicago burglar was scared
iw.ty by a frightened picture. At
last, here Is legitimate work for the
futurists.- Philadelphia North Amer?
ican.
! Zeros are to be placed before tele?
phone numbers In New York, indicat?
ing .perhaps the chances for getting
j tin m.?Pittsburgh Dispatch^
War put Plume on the map and if
it keeps tip a littlO longer it Will erase
it again.?Jacksonville Florida Me?
tropolis.
A Topeka man says: "if there isn't
any hell, then where has business
gone?''? I >onver Times.
Among the things that are tfettitm
eheaper and cheaper, we regret to say
that human life seems to be Included.
Boston Transcript.
Itj using a llttb judicious advertis?
ing Havana might easily become tin
leading convention city of North
America.??Detroit Free Presa
Strong men who are unable to lift
Johnny (Toulon might find a mort?
gage in his pocket.?Sioux City Trib?
une.
And if Geneva should prohibit the
manufacture Of battleships, like as not
some wicked nation would bootleg
i 'em. 1 laltttaore Bun.
11. <:. Wells' visit to tlm United
Status is delayed unfortunately by the
author's ill health but K. Chester?
ton is already on the way over. The
lion will be well represented and his
representative well lionised.? Bpring
lichl Itrpublican.
Don't keep your wife in suspense?
break your Now Year's resolutions
early.- Burlington News.
Suppose you did forget some one,
don't worry, lie or she. will forget
you next year. Philadelphia Uecord.
Coal is coming down. Our pile
vets lower every day.?-Nashville
T? nnessi a a.
Itemcmber how you cheered on
Armistici Day? Paying your income
tax is evidence of real patriotism.
"Orders Suspension ,,f Communist
Bodies." Meaning, perhaps, hang
ihe tails.?Quincy (III.) Whig Jour?
nal.
Bobber captured by j^irl with a
spoon.? News le adline. So is the :n -
eru.ue husbnad. Norfolk Virginia Pl?
ot.
'fin- volle) I nil! league la t>> start
activities ott Tuesday foi their usual
inter-team frh ndly contests. The list
of teams for the new series and the
pesonnei composing the teams will be
announced soon.
Ar,- >ou seeking a life work? Try
to und sonn means of making holly
berries stay on. St. Louis Qlobe
I icinocrat.
Anyway, it Im n sweetly solemn
thought that ail ihe members ol the
present and next congresses will not
serve as long as Uncle Joe Cannon
lias;.?Houston l'oit.
021 Income Tax Facts Voll Should
K now.
What was* your income for 1920?
An answer to this question kg PO*
uired by the government of every
i person (man, woman, or child)
a the United States whose mt income
< ? lata year was $1,000 or more, and
?f every married person whose net in
rome was $2.000 or more. Heavy pen
il es .i. i provided by the revenue act
or those who Jail or "willfully rc
n>?" to comply.
The period for Illing returns for the
ralendar year l ?20 is from January 1
o March l"'. 1921. The bureau of
ntcrnal revenue estimate* that with
n thin period there will bo liled 4,
Dou.ooo individual income tax returns.
M i^ certain a percentage of these re
iin-ii> will ???? iueoireei. not because of
lishonest Intent on the part of the
taxpayer but because of error In mak
Ing out the forms. Rrroneotts Inter
pretatlon of the law and r? gulntlonfl
governing the collection of the income
tax and carelessness cuuee numerous
mistakes, and result In the initial
assessment ami collection of consid?
erably greater or lesser amounts
than are actually due. Frequently
these mistakes result in overpay?
ment, return Of which is made upon
a claim for refund. Where, upon ver?
ification ; nd audit, underpayments
are shown, taxpayers as a rule are
prepared promptly to amend their re?
turns and pay the additional tax due.
In either event, there is trouble for
both the t ?tpayer and the govern?
ment.
Rtrreeu Aids Taxpayers.
To the end that ibis year such er?
rors may be reduced to a minimum,
the. bureau of internal revenue is
making special effort to inform tax?
payers of their rights and duties un
d'i- the revenue act as Interpreten by
rulings and regulations of the .reas
ury department*
There has been prepared with the
official approval of the bureau a se?
ries of short articles, of which this is
the Urft, telling the taxpayer how to
make out his 1920 return, when and
where to file it. and what to do in the.
event he meets with unusual difficul
tn s. Errors most frequently noted
in the audit of previous returns
have been divided into classes, each
of which will be treated in an infor?
mative way. While there is no ac?
tual change In the law. there have
been issued during the last year many
ridings and decisions bearing on its
various sections, all of which arc of
benefit to the taxpayer In the making
of a correct return.
11)2*0 Exemptions.
The exemptions for 1920 are $1,
000 for Single persons, $2,000 for
married persona and heads of fami?
lies, phis *2oo for each dependent if
under IS years Of age or incapable
of self-support. The normal rate is
4 per cent on the hrst $4.000 of net
income above the exemptions and 8
per cent on the remaining net income.
Thin applies to every citizen and res?
ilient of the United States. Alien
1 nonresidents receiving income from
sources within the Tinted States are
I taxed to the full I per o ut on net
income from such sources. The Sur?
tax rates range from 1 per cent on
income between a?,?m?O and 50.000 to
65 per cent on income in excess of
$1.000.000. "Net Income" is gross
income less ?ertain specified deduc?
tions.
May l*a> in Installment.
The tax. this year as last, may be
paid in lull at the time of tiling the
return, or In four equal Instsllmsntn
due on or before March IB, June 15,
September 15, and December ir>. The
first Installment must accompany the
filing of the return. Forms 1040A for
incomes Of $5,000 and less and 1040
for incomes of more than $5.000 have
been revised and contain instructions
which if carefully read and followed
will be of great aid to the taxpayer
In the making of his return.
Forms will be sent to persons who
last year Bled returns of 1910 income.
Failure to receive a form, however,
does not relieve a person of his obli?
gation to tile a return and pay the tax
n time. Copies may be obtained from
offices ot collectors of internal reve?
nue, branch offices, and banks. The re?
turn, sworn to before a notary, or
other person authorised to adminis
ter oaths, must I* (lied with the col?
lector for the district In which the
taxpayer lives or has his principal
place of business.
Scotland Votes Wet.
Edinburgh. Jan. is?Scotland has
definitely decided to remain mainly
\\? i. Voting on prohibition under the
Scottish Temperance act has been
concluded with this result:
Polls were taken In 572 areas, with
the r? suit that 490, voted for no
? banne hi the present regulations, 41
for abolition offlaaloons and ?5 for
limitation of drink licenses.
As a consequence, out of a total In
Scotland of 9,171 licenses; 447 will
\ .e a*it hdraa n.
Of 1.1 :.:h'.i7s individual voters. 692,
were for no change; 442,530 for
prohibition and 19,220 for limitation.
Itemember the war cost billions.
Your income lax for 1920 helps to
defray pan of it.
Tin- fruit of the Jamaica nutm?g^
resembles that of a small calabash.
Taking your hat off when the Ivand
plays the national anthem doesn't get
you anything with Uncle Sam unless
you pay your Income tax.
Tin words "Pence ami Victory*"
will have u holler meaning when you
have > aid yoUl' income tax.
I2verj dollar of your Income taxi
goes into the common till for the
common good. Pay it today.
Bill Hohonzolh i n is siying nothW
Ing and sawing w.I Bui he'd
\ell:ng his head off it tin size of
1926 income tax it he were dot
the collecting. * j!
Edinburgh is one of the mort
rlenl cities in the Ihitish Isle
It's a sh allow brand of put
lhat doesn't burn as brightly
i)f peace as in times of 8trf
have paid your income t