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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-27

John T. Lay and J. D. Harkins,
Plaintiffs,
against
G. G. Kelley, T. NJ. Kelley, Lillian S.
Kelley, Mrs. Marion X. TAFT, r. B.
Kelley, Anna l. Kelley,
Defendants.
Tho undivided interest of the De-
fendant, II. B. Kelley, Of, In and to
all that certain piece, parcel or tract
OF land situate, lying and being in
keowee Township, County and State
aforesaid, on Little River, said tract
containing about go acres, and be-
ing the estate of Mrs. Anna d. Kel-
ley, mother Of G. G. Kelley, and for
| merly part Of the CHRISTOPHER
Jones tract of land.
Terms Of SaIe:-Cash on day of
sale. That in event Of the failure of
the purchaser, or purchasers, to COM
! ply with the terms Of sale forthwith,
| the Master do resell the said prem
ises on the same day, or do re-adver-
| ttse and resell the said premises on
the following Salesday, or on some
convenient Salesday thereafter, at
the same place and on the same
terms as heretofore set out, at the
risk Of the former purchaser, or pur-
chasers, and that he do continue 80
to do until he has found purchaser,
or purchasers, who comply with the
terms Of sale.
Purchaser to pay extra for papers
and stamp. w. o. WHITE.
Master for Oconee County, s. G.
| April 13, 1921.
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MASTERS SALES.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCONED.
In Court o& Can, ,,,ox, nloa.

." SouAs VA SOlA ulOu lStt6s
Pursuant to decrees of the afore-
said Court,in the cases named below,
] Will offer for sale, to the highest
bidder, in front Of the Court House
door. at Walhalla, South Carolina, on
MONDAY, the I'd day Of MAY, 1921,
between the legal hours of sale, the
tracts or land below described:
w. G. Hughs, Plaintiff,
against
Landern Johnson, Luther Mickens,
W. B. jenkins, Odessa Mickens,
Mack Jenkins, Lucius Mickens,
elias Jenkins, Fuller Jenkins,
M1ckte Simpson, Already Mickens
and Mandy Jenkins,
Defendants.
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land situate, lying and be-
ing IN the State and County above
named, in Or near Old Pickens, con-
tanning one acre, more or less, be-
ing the same land decided to Landern
Johnson and his wife, Josie johnson.
by w. b. Jenkins, as shown by rec
ord IN Deed Book "3-E," page 299,
IN the office Of the Clerk of Court of
Oconee County, situate on the north
side of the road leading from Old
Pfckens bridge to the old Norton
Brick House, via the Kirksey place,
now Ed. CAN'T, and joining Fuller
Jenkins lot (formerly Old Pickens
Jail Lot,) and Ed. CAN'T.
Terms Of Sale:-Cash on day of
sale. That in event Of the fail
ure OF the purchaser, or pur-
chasers, to comply with the
terms Of their bid within five days
after the day Of sale, that the Mas
ter do re-advertise and resell said
premises, and continue so to do until
he shall have found purchaser who
Will comply with the terms of sale,
at the risk Of former purchaser.
Purchaser to pay extra for papers
and stamp. w. o. WHITE.
Master for Oconee County, s. C,
April 13, 1921.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-30

White Net Skirtings
For Economy Day
Made with wide tucks. a very popular
material for making the mid-term graduation
gowns Only limited quantity. &1 60
Special, yard, Monday. ...... view
Manufacturing Store-Street Floor.
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Half Hundred or More Economies Floor for Monds

Embroideries and Laces for
Economy Day
Calais Walls, IL to inches wide; Edges,
Insertions and Gallons, divided into two
sale lots.
values. and y sSs zoe values. and y sSs 29c
st. Gall Venise Edges-In white and
ecru, loom ends, ranging from the narrow
picot to edges "a inches wide.
Values a yard. .1Oc 121ac 15c 19c 25c 35c
Sale price, yard. &c &c 1Oc l2hc l5c lSc
Embroidery Strips, Edges and Gallons
VARYING in width from 2 to 36 inches;
Swiss and cambrics.
Values, a yard. ......... 2oc 29c 39c 75c
Sale price, yard. ....... tic &c 2se SOC
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Day Specials from Second Floor
Fur Specials

Bay Seal Coats-Three-
quarter length; also trim
med with nutria.' Full rip
pie models, finished with
i 1s'it, SIS Hs's, $4,000
Special Lot of Coats-
Consisting of French seal
and bay seal, trimmed with
genuine skunk or Australian
opossum; combination belts.
Originally $295.OO, $4,000
SIS SIS: assss.....$195.O0
Special Lot Of Scarfs---!n-
GLIDING Fox, Wolf, Beaver,
and French seal; large va
riety of styles. Originally
; sss:co to o.. $500
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Ribbon Remnants for
Economy Day

Baby Wi6ths-Remnants Of ribbons, in
assorted colors; also 3-8 to 1a-inch widths
values &c to 10c yard Special, r.
Satin Ribbons--In assorted colors, from
/ to 1la inches wide; values loo to e.
25c yard. Special. yard. ......... w
Odd Lengths Ribbons-ln satin. taffeta
and MORE, in widths from to inches,
and included in this Lot are some fancy
ribbons; values &c to S9c yard. Pr
Special, yard. $3.50, ...... ...'..@
-Picot Edged Ribbons-Assorted colors; also
an odd lot of two-tone combination satin
ribbons, 3-4-inch wide; values 25c to Or
29c yard. Special, a yard. ...... NV
Fancy Powered Brocaded Ribbons-ln
dark and light colorings; 8 inches wide;
suitable for making girdles, ETC.: values
from 1925 to $3.50 a yard 81 Is
Special, a yard. ............-.. ~A''O
Kann's-Street Floor.
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ment affecting the price Of tobacco
products now on the market made of
leaf tobacco purchased at the high
peak war prices, of which there is on
hand Il quantity sufficient to supply
the needs for domestic consumption
for two years to come.
On January /, 1920, according to
Government reports, there was ,3l8,-
100000 pounds of leaf tobacco in fac
tories and warehouses. Another bill
lion pounds was undoubtedly in the
hands of smaller holders who are not
required by law to submit statistics
regarding their holdings. With nor
NAL domestic consumption of 700 ,OO0,-
900 pounds per annum, and normal
export of 400, 100000 pounds, the figur
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the War;" published by the War In
dustrics Board:
"Priccs finished tobacco products
did not begin to rise in earnest until
the last of 1917, three years after the
outbr ak of the war, and two years
after the beginning of the general rise
in prices"
Thus ii was not until after the pas
sage of the first War Revenue Act
that the tobacco industry made its
first moderate advance in the price Of
its products, and here again we must
quote from Il recent report of the Fed
cral Trade Commission:
"Thc rise in the prices fmanufac-
turcd products through the year 1918,
however, was not nearly SO great as
has been found in the prices Of leaf
tobacco"
However, considering even the maxi
mu madVanccS i'm prices of tobacco
products reached during or since the
war, it will be seen that the Tobacco
Industry during all those days of
prosperity and profitcering has been
most conservative in fixing the prices
of its products, and has in fact cur
tailed its normal rates Of profits to no
little extent.
laklng the three distinct classes of
tobacco products, it will be found that
on
|. CigarS-Thc prc-war 5 cents
cigars has gone to cents, an increase
of GO percent; the 10 cents cigar ad-
vanced to 10 cents, an increase of so
per cent; the 10 cents cigar, now sell
ing at 20 cents, advanccd 33 l-3 per
cent; the high grade 20 cents cigar
which has gone to 25 cents has in
creased 20 per cent; Will" the old
time 20 cents "pcrfccto" has gone to
30 cents, an increase Of 40 per cont
all of these with war taxes included.
2. Cigarettes-Ex Exclusive Of the
War Tax, which amounts to 3 cents
on each package Of 10 and 6 cents on
each package Of 20, the 10 for cents
cigar2ttcs now selling for 10 cents,
Increased 81 per cent; the 20 for Is
cents cigar@ttcs which have advanced
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Buy a pipe "'''
and some 2. a. 4

to % cents, Increased 50 per cent; the
~ Tor 10 cents cigarettes, which have
gone to Is cents, show an increase of
81 per cent; the 10 for Is cents Gig
arcttcS, which have been raised to 20
cents, Increased % percent; while the
10 for 25 cents cigarettes, which have
risen to 80 cents, increased i3 per
cent.
3. Tobacco-Dividing manufacture
cd tobacco into 3 general classes to
wit CD the 1 l-2 ounce package, the
prc-war price Of which was cents,
end w.,ich is now selling at 1 5-S
ounces for 10 cents, the increase, after
deducting the war revenue taxes,
amounts to TIA per cent; (2) the |
ounce package, which sold at ; cents
and is now selling i'm l-8 ounce pack
ages for 10 cents, shows an increase
on the same basis of 72.5 per cent !;
CD while the ounce packages, which
formerly rctailcd at 10 cents and are
now sold in packages of ! 3-4 ounces
for l6 cents, have gone up on the
same basis $50 per cent.
Taking as Il basis the figures recent
~ collected and reported by the Fed
cral Trade Commission, giving the
average manufacturers prices of Gig
the first six months of 1920, we have
compiled Il table, adding also the
figures for cigars, which shows the
percentage of taxes paid on tobacco
products, as compared with the manu-
facturcrs selling prices, and which
| table will be found in our Brief.
1t will be startling to note that for
the most popular type Of cigarettes
which are rctailcd at twenty for 20c
the manufacturer receives but $I.23
per thousand, without the tax which
is $500 or 7O.9 per cent of what the
| manufactures charges for his goods
| and that for the most popular type of
tobacco the manufactures receives
$.54lG per pound, besides the tax
which is lSc. or 33.2 per cent Of his
selling price.
AS to cigars, on which the taxes
arc graduated, taking the middlcman's
snake which is sold to the consumer
at &c., the manufacturers selling price
minus the taXcS-of which is S1437
the internal revenue tax plus the
duties on the wrappers thereon
amounts to $l0.63 or "a per cent of
| the manufacturers price for the Gig
arS without the tax while on the per
! fccto cigar the duties and taxes total
up to 75 per cent Of the manufacture
| cr'i pric"--cXclusivc Of taxes and
| duties.
Assuming for the purpose of this
argumcn,, but not conccding, that TO-
oacc0 IS Il luxury, there is no luxury
on our tax schedules, with the eXccp-
tion Of playing cards and daggcrs,
sticttoS, brass knucklcS, etc, bearing
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tho enormous tax rates imposed on
tobacco.
The highest tax rate imposed on lux
u"'"S. with the noted exceptions, is
that payable upon the sale of soda
water, sold from the fountain, which
is 1c. for every 10c. or fraction there
of. Figuring even on the SC. glass of
soda the tax would amount only to
70 per cent, as compared with over
70 per cent on the most popular type
OF cigarettes, 33 per cent on the cheap
grades of tobacco, % per cent on the
mlddleman's cigar, and as high as rs
per cent on tie high priced cigar.
Cost Of Production and Prices of Fin
ished Products Compared
Now, while the maximum increase
on cigars, including the increased tax
es, was GO per cent, on cigarettes and
on other tobacco products 81 per cent
and 85 p"r cent respectively, exclusive
of taxes, what wcrA the increases
which the manufacturers lad to pay
for leaf tobacco?
From an examination of the Off
ciai statistics Of the Department Of
Agriculture, it will be seen that the
various types of cigar tobacco incrcas-
cd from GAS per cent on Ohio tobacco,
in 1914 to Is cents in 1919, to 1876 per
! cent on Wisconsin tobacco, which rose
from an average of 7 1-2 cents per
Id. in 1914 to an average Of 22.2 cents
in 1919. At the same time, Burlcy
and other types Of leaf tobacco used
Tor cigarettes or manufactured tobac-
co advanced from a rninimum of 1892
per cent on zone sucker Kentucky.
which was marketed at Sc cents per
lb. in 1914 and advanced to an aver
age of 1872 cents in 1919, to 5SS per
cent on the Burlcy District tobaccos,
! which sold at the average price of
ST. cents per lb. in 1914, and reached
| an average of 55.S cents iii 1919.
One has but to compare the maxi
mum advances on The manufactured
| product with the multiplied cost Of
leaf tobacco, as shown in the sforcgo-
ing, to realize that at no time during
| or since the war have the pricc-ad-
vanccs of tobacco products to the con-
| sumner been nearly sufficient to cover
the increased cost of production. This
fact is especially emphasized when we
/, consider that coupled with the in
creased cost of leaf tobacco were the
| pyramiding costs of labor and all 9TH
! er material entering into the nishcd
| product.
Clearly, where there has been no
| imitation, there can be no denation AS
the Tobacco Industry has gained moth
thing during the upward price move
| mrnt, 1t is in no position to meet the
public demand for lower prices in the
present downward-pIcc movement
while continuing to pay War Revenue
Tax Rates on its products.
Why the Present Prices of Tobacco
Products are not Affected by the
Prices Of New Tobacco Crops
But, it seems to b" the belief Of the
! uniformed that because of the de-
clininG prices of the crops of some
types Of leaf tobacco this year, cor
| responding decreases in the prices of
the finished product SHOULD be made
lnaSmuch as it requires two years for
crop of tobacco to become ripe
enough to so into the finished products
the price of this years crop of tobacco
can hardly be considered as an clc-
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cs given show that the tobacco crop
of the current year will not be utilized
for two years at least.
The manufacturer, as already shown
having given the consumer the full
benefit of his holdings Of pre-war
priced leaf tobacco, for almost three
years, and at times when the prices
of all commodities were :, rising by
leaps and bounds, it is self evident
that he is not in position to take 4
loss on the high-priced tobacco he
now holds and that he cannot now be
expected to reduce the prices Of his
products made of the tobacco pur-
chased at the high-pcak war prices
Continued on page scvcn)
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons havcing claims against
the Estate Of f. b. Gamble, deceased
will present them duly attcstcd and
those owing said Estate will make
payment to the undersigned qualified
Administrators of the said Estate.
Gertrude Gamble,
administrators.
Manning, July II, 1921 28-It-c
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TRESPASS NOTICE

Pursuant TO the provisions. of
Section PAL, Criminal Code of South
Carolina, notice is hereby Givon that
the lands of the Brooklyn Cooperagc
Company leased from the Santcc
River Cypress Lumber Company in
Clarendon County are posted, and all
persons entering without authority
upon the same will be duly prosecuted.
Brooklyn Cooperagc Company.
Georgetown, S. c..
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consider the increases
ing prices Of tobacco
pre-war days.
- of common know
b the exception of to-
there is scarcely a
did not increase i'm
to 300 per cent. Let
- with what happened
usircsr.
ag. tu ntIoIr from the
Prices During the
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Prince Albert is
sold in toppy rcd
bags, tidy red fins,
hands ONE pound
and half pound tin
humidors and in tho
pound crystal glass
h q mid or with
sponge nioistenar
top.
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Continued on page scvcn)
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the War;" published by the War In
duStlicS Board:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-06
'HALFBACK'S Interference
TO Be GIVEN At Y. NJ. C. 4.

The second of the two plays to
be given by the Y. NJ. c. A. Boys
Department in the High School audi
forum on April 0. is "A Halfback's
Interference" This playlet hes for
it's background a bGrn on an up to
date farm. The farm belongs to Hi
ram Peppers, who is dead sot agin'
his sons going to college. Two men
are spending their vacations on his
farm, one a slick promoter who al
most succeeds in beating the old man
out of his farm by getting him to
sign a ten year lease on the whole
place, instead of on a ridge contain
ing coal.
The other vacationist is a football
player, halfback IN the Rexford Col
lege eleven, who has been sent to the
country to regain his health, after
over-exertion. The "a the half
back interferes and blocks the
crooks game with the help of Pete,
the chore boy. and Sam, his colored
trainer, makes an interesting and
dramatic story. At the windup Hi
ram is convinced of the value of the
higher education for Bud and sends
him to college with Jack Drew. Mike
Riley and Ole Swanson, two farm
hands, furnish the comedy for the
play. The cast includes members of
the Comrade Club and George For
man, Jr., who were so successful
last year in the sketch called "Teach-
er's Pet" and is being produced
under the direction of the boys sec
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-06
ANTHONY nine WILL
PLAY RED BANK TEAM

The first game on the schedule
of the st. Anthony baseball team will
be played this Sunday against the
Red Bank Orioles on the la'tet's
diamond. The St. Anthony team
after this Sunday, will engage in
games every Saturday, Sunday and
holiday, and Manager Wesley Will
son is arranging contests with some
OF the leading light senior and SEN
Tor teams in the state.
Last year the St. Anthony and ORR
ole teams engaged in three inter
esting diamond contests. honors be-
Ing even at the end. The RED Bank
team captured the first game, 2 to
l, early in the season, but the Perth
Amboy team came back strong ey
coping an eleven inning victory in
the first contest of a double header
played the latter part of the season.
The second game of the double head
err was called on account ot dark
ness, after the two teams had bat
tied eleven innings.
The local players will be put
through a final drill. in preparation
for this opening game, on the Rari-
tan Copper Works field at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. All of the play
ers are requested to report for this
practice.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-06
THIRD SERIES
GAME SATURDAY
SpeedWays and Harmony 5
Clash to Decide City and
District Championship.

The Speedway and Harmony bas-
ketball teams, two local court COM
binations, will meet on the Auditor
ium court, New Brunswick avenue,
Saturday night in the third game of
their five game series to decide the
championship of this city, and the
court championship of the third
congressional district. To date the
Speedways have taken two straight
games in this series, the most recent
being played in the Auditorium last
Saturday night.
Manager Bradley. of the Speedway
team, has not as yet decided on his
lineup for this game. but 1t Is be-
lieved that the team will take the
court practically the same as on last
Saturday night, with the exception
of Ray Handerhan, who is in Dan
vile, Va, trying out for the repre-
sentative team of that place. Hank
Thomas, Bill Smith, Bob Hapderhan
and John Bradley will occupy four
of the positions on the Speedway
team in the coming game, while the
fifth player will be chosen from
Charley Brownmiller. Dave Kern,
Irv Martin and Bill Campion.
The Harmony team also may have
1 new man for the game on Sat
urday night 10 take the place OF
"Blackie' Regain, who starred in
last Saturday nights game, and
whseis also at Danville. Va. trying
out for the baseball representative
team of that city. Pete Hanson,
Yves Hanson. Gene Parker and Fred
dy 4%lochau, are the other four reg
ulars, with Alden Smith, the pos
sible choice for the fifth position.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-06
GIRLS TEAMS
PLAY TONIGHT
Local Y. NJ. c. A. Girls First
and Second Teams Clash
With Two Railway Elves.

The Y. NJ. G. A. first and second
girls basketball teams will play the
Railway Y. NJ. C. A. first and second
teams on the local Y. NJ. c.. A. court
tonight. These teams have met on
the court before this season in in
teresting games, and the fans who
turn out tonight should be treated to
two real basketball contests.
The Railway teams will come here
with their strongest lineups in an
effort to score a win over the Amboy
teams before the close of the season.
The lineups of the Perth Amboy
teams have not been announced as
yet, but all girls who are eligible for
the teams are urged to come out for
the contests tonight.
The first game tonight will get
under way promptly at $3.50 O'Clock
Everyone Is invited to attend the
games. A small admission will
charged. 1t is probable that
games tonight will be the last 81 :
contests of the eason in this vi
ity, although there is a possibili
a series of games being playet
tween the Dottas and Girls
teams.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-06
LOCAL MEN TRAINING
HARD FOR LEAGUE BERTH

Art Young and Simon Jacobs, two
of the Perth Amboy players who left
this city to tryout for the Danville,
Va, baseball team, arrived at Dan
vile. Sunday afternoon. On Monday
morning they were put through a
two hour drill. Up to Monday noon,
there were only five men in the camp
Young, Jacobs and boys from North
Carolina. Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Ed "Blackie" Regain, Charley
"Pud" Stinson and Ray sugar"
Handerhan, left this city Sunday
night and it is possible that they
arrived in Danville late Monday aft
o Mike Milchick and Mike
500, two local pitchers. also were
scheduled to report at the Danville
camp for a tryout.
1t is understood that several re-
cruits farmed u by the Philadel-
phia American League team will re-
port at the Danville camp for a
tryout for infield and pitching berths.
The pitchers are said to be right
handlers. The Danville team Is in
the Piedmont League.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-06
0@rHE@@
@@sArs@@

When Dempsey plays in vaude-
Vile he doesn't play heavy parts
Think of the fuss over the Davis
cup. Supposin' someone had donat-
ed a bottle.
Every time a major club lets go
of a<player some minor bene-
fits. It's an i'll wind, etc.
Before a battle boxers weigh in.
After it, some of them are way out.
The Pirates are all set to hold
other crews up, in the race for pen
nant gold.
Pin the athletic comic medal on
the one-mile walk.
Jess Willard once beat Kearns,
but it wasn't Dempsey's manager.
They called him Soldier"
lands should be a judge of ten
mis-. It's played in court.
". w. Kinney, who jumped the
Athletics in 1920, wants to play ball
again. Kinney? No. says Lands.
The safe hit is n that lands
where a fielder isn't.
Now is the time to swat the fly"
Babe Ruth.
IT think Babe Ruth will get a lot
of home runs this year-but not off
me."-Walter Mails.
The Ford who's elected to play
second base for the Boston Braves
is not a flivver. His first name is
Russell.
Home Run Crank Baker has
had but little chance to experiment
with his batting eye. . The young
Yanks have kept him on the bench
most of the time.
The one expression all fans know.
Is snapped out rather blunt. .
You hear it at the baseball game,
The famous Down in 'front.'"
What do the styles in baseball mean
In truth, they're all a bluff.
Where fans are wearing summer
shirts,
A ball stat has a muff.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-06
RUTT TO RIDE RACE
AGAINST MCNAMARA

Walter Rutt. the crack German
bicycle star, will make his first out
door appearance of the eason at the
Velodrome, in Newark. Sunday af-
ternoon when he rides a one-mile
match race, the best two out of three
heats, against Reggie Mcnamara.
the gritty Australian star. Rutt rode
exceptionally we'll in the Madison
Square Garden six-day grind and he
is expected to be able to hold his
own with all the crack sprinters out
doors.
Frank Kramer and Orlando Pianf
will ride a one-mile team match race
against Willie Spencer and Alfred
Goullet. This race will be decided.
the best two out of three heats.
will be three other profession
al and four amateur on the
card.