Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-30

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bed. The doctors at Saranac however
hold out some real encouragement a:
to Mr.. Matthewson's final recovery, bu
in the letter there is an undercurren
that says the good lady is fully pre-
PARED for tho worst. 1t is also interest
ing to note that the benefit game
p'ayed for Matthcwson in New Yorl
during the last season will total nearly
$50, 900, all of it going to the former
Giant star.
Some Taxes Abolished.
On and after January /, the public
will not be required to pay war tax or
proprietary medicinal and toilet prep
arations, and the war tax of ten pei
cent on amusements and soft drink;
also become void with the New Year
The sale of proprietary revenue stamps
is ordered discontinued in the follow
ing instructions contained in bulle-
tin received by Postmaster, Mrs. NJ. Z
Nichols:
Under the provisions OF tho revenue
act approved Nov. %, 1921, the taxes on
proprietary, medicinal and toilet prep
arations, etc, by means of stamps
have been repealed, effective January
1, 1922. Postmasters will, therefore
withdraw all proprietary revenue
stamps from sale at the close OF busi-
ness December 81, 1921, and retain
them in their possession until instruc-
tions are received to send them TO the
department for redemption.
Unused proprietary stamps are not to
be redeemed by postmasters from the
public. Say the instructions: POST
masters shall not redeem unused pro-
prictary stamps from the public. Tho
holders OF unused stamps who request
such redemption should be advised TO
apply TO the commissioners OF internal
revenue, treasury department, WASH
ington."
There will be no internal revenue
stamp tax on parce, post matter mailed
on and after January l, 1922, such tax
having been repealed, effective on and
after that date, by provision Of the
revenue act Of 1921, approved Novem.
Der 23, 1921.
Smokes for the Convicts.
went out to the chaingang last Sat
urday," remarked q gentleman TO
Views and Interviews, ito distribute
some cigarettes among the convicts. 1t
had just occurred to me that 1t would
make me feel better over the Christ
mas season, and 1 bought fifty pack
ages thinking that would be plenty.
Happened to strike the gang as the
boys were working UP for the day with
the understanding that they would not
have TO work any more until Monday
anyway.
"Natnrally wantdd each ~ thu men
to get Il package Of cigarettes, ana
told them that had one for each.
well started through with the
box and undertook the distribution.
There were about forty men 'on the
rod and some TRUSTEES outside.
Before | got through the rod crowd,
the cigarettes were all gone, and there
were still a half dozen not served.
II felt n little chagrined about 1t,
mainly because ! had not brought out
two boxes of cigarettes. OF course l
did not blame the poor devils who TOOK
more than their share. Naturally IL
would have seemed that under the Cir
cumstances they would have been de-
cent enough to be content each with
his own: but then If they had been
that kind, they would never have been
OH the chaingang anyway. But next
time | go out for another such distri-
button | will be sure TO have enough
of whatever it is to go around.
"By the way, however, noticed this
All Of the whites and about two-thirds
of the negroes were considcratc enough
to say thank YOU"