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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21
ESTABLISHED 1866
VIEWS and interviews
Brief Local Paragraphs OF More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-Condcnsed
For Quick Reading.

Some You Don't know-Condcnsee
For Quick Reading.
do you know that when it comes
TO piking out and locating Il grade
level there is not an engineer living
who can do it Off hand as we'll rs an
old cow" said Il state highway cn
gineer 10 Views and Interviews not
long ago "Wrll there is no joke about
that. 1T is Il fact. You can turn
your COW loose i'm the buttons antL1et
you will follow her with your levels.
You will find that she will have gotten
out of there with the least possible up
hill work Let COW pick her own
way through the mountains and she
will locate in 4 day Il better road than
m engineer unfamiliar with that
particular topegra ply gould locate in
a week ct laugh. Any
enEineer v ale ont in what |
am telling yo.
No Telling About Taxes.
Representative T.. w. Pursley came
home for the week END while tn"
general assembly was as usual loaf
ing on the job. 1t was not Mr.. l'ur-
sley's fault. OF course. that there w&a
nothing doing. because he is Gne q!
the men who believes in doing things
that have 10 he done and getting
through with them.
What is the legislature G"inG IT,
Go about reducing anpropriaii"nS:'
Views and Interviews asked OF Mr..
Pursley.
We'll | am afraid you may look for
! Il repetition Of what You have been
getting. .......
There are q good many Of us who
arc. anxious to reduce the apprOrria-
tions below last years figures: but
you need not bank on anything nf THAT
kind too strongly. The maj"rity docs
net control down there and there l.
very little reason to hope that tin"
ma yority sentiment will prevail. The
little bunch that dominates the sila
alton Seems to he about as strongly
in favor of increased appropriations
as it has ever been and il il; pretty
apt 10 get what it wants"
When The Stars Fell.
i noticed in connection with the
account rf IN" death nf tlI"i "''
Adams Negro over in Nnih t:r:'ri'i.'
the other day III" first rrf"'"n"" 10 the
falling Of the stars that | hav" seen
in long time" remarked Il inr!;IiiI"
man to Views and Interviews yrs:cr-
day. "! am not nearly Old enough t"
remember this EotcG occiIrrcnce--!l"i
by thirty years: hnt my memory ::"t''
back To the time when In" nccurr"nr,
was mCntiunch more Frequently tiiHI.
il is now. | have seen lHany people
who claim to have witnessed tir
startling phenomena. II vas in Tho
fall Of 1888, along in the latter part q
Il November night | l'clievc. There
was a perfect rain ni mrtC"r:;. Il
looked as if all the stars; in TN
heavens were coming down and nam!
people though: they had ran mt
Judgment day. Indre, thcr" were few
who saw the thing who were ~"
more or lcSH frightened for the li::'
had never hrcn recorded l'"I':i" Hnl IL
has never becn seen since. II is ::'.ir-
orally accepted that earth was passing;
through field Of mctCur*: but There
has been no generally substitution!
explanation of the phenomena t" ihi:
day"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21
Hard to identify.

While Of course il is "H.:y "n"i1%4
10 make puSi:ivc identification "i at
intimate friend or :: rl,'S" r'''HtiN,
from Il photograph. il il: moi nearly -
easy to identify the photograph u
uuly u casual acquaintance. TN
fact is NOR" krrilly appreciated hI al.
ircr$ Of i!!r law, prrlTIl% ti!.rn j.! an
other class. for il is they VIII" ."r;'
often ram upon III" im"l".iiirn il
their business under conditions; Where
they must hr ::ir""lu;"l: sue u! Hi:ai
they aIr' h"in.:.
Sheriff Quinn IIaa brrn I:ir a"ain"'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21

American women paid $750.000.006
for rouge. lip sticks and powder and
perfume during 1919, according" in GOV
ernneut war tux returns.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21

!" check HutnEml,il" tlirrinG Tn"
:tHIr at Mnryr:rIt! has iH$inlI"d III rH-
'ry inwm. h:.IiIl"i and city "f tl.' &hi
all huN,% which Ir.' in direct rnnn'c-
.iuA with = inuin ufiic;. ia EaiLinlurc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21
Free Garden Seeds.

'oi course my stock nl garden "''";
Is ample Tor all VINO really Wah'
them" said Congressman Sl"vrn:"'i
In Views and Interviews one cay n"i
long ago: but ! prefer Ia S"i'l "u'
seeds only on ipplicslti"r. f"II -" II
* liz" This. Ii ! send cut seeds IN
t.iScI infinitely, | will necessarily send
l'arka2rS tu many Inoll" VINO haN'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
THE SIMPLICITY" lax

The simplicity tax, as the proposed gross sales
tax is termed is probably given that title because
its logic appeals mainly to the simple minded.
Take the following from the publicity matter
sent out by the Tax Bureau Of the National
Council of Travelling Salesten's Associations,
with headquarters in New York:
"A nationwide agitation for the removal Of
the excess profits tax, luxury tax and sut-tak has
developed into an almost solid support Of the sim
plcity tax as the logical substitute, inasmuch as
this alternative is counted upon to furnish over
four billion dollars worth of income for the gov
eminent at an average cost of 21a per cent OF each
citizen expenditures.
Just get the poiht-2l@ per cent on each citi-
zens expenditures; that is to say, although the
writer Of this gem of logic fails to say ii. on OK
penditures for articles cohsumed-and then do
a little figuring The rate is 214 per cent. The
percentage. C.. the amount of tax to be raised
is $4.0O0,0O0,00O By the rules Of arilh-
metic currently taught in our schools. the base
l. c.. the amount spent by the citizens for articles
10 be consumed-s 100000, 100000 Now,
if the people OF this country actually buy for
consumption each year hundred and sixty bill
lion dollars worth CT goods. the author Of ba,
article is not guilty Of falsehood- although The
authors OF all our public statistics arc. But. if
il is true, as government figures show, that the
amount paid for consumable articles is well within
the forty billion mark, then this sales tax afgu-
mcnt is just plain, everyday deception and in
stead Of paying two and half per cent on what
he consumed, the average citizen would pay from
ten 10 twenty per cent Of his living expense fund
over TO the government.
The thing is open, notorious, obvious de-
Iibcrae, palpabIe and utterly uhwarranted fraud
on the people. and depends for its success solely
upon the hope that the sleepy, long-sufenng pub
lie, trained fer years in gullbiity. will not get
wise to until it becomes fastened down as the
law of the land
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
BURNING RICHES
Miami Metroolis.)

For years Florida has been burning its wealth.
In foolish attempt to make rapid clearing Of
land OF to pR6yide for new pastures it has been
burning out the riches OF the soil Perhaps the
1921 Legislature will take cognizance of this
waste and strengthen the laws in regard to the
use of fire in lahd-clearing work
According to Hilbert Roth, director of the
School Of Forestry OF the University of Michigan,
fire destroys the mulch of leaves, twigs and
rottfng limbs. The mulch varies from 500 pounds
acre in good jack pine to 1000 pounds of
leaves along in forest of beech and maple.
The leaf fail Of 1918 IS say. ton per acre in a
good stand. This .rotted and turned to leaf mold
by 1928 the leaf moldnof 1919, 1921 and 1922,
meantime covering the ground as layer of
dead leaves the more recent ones firm and dry
on top. Insects, fungi bacteria and worms are
all at work and are necessary to good fertile
soil. A heavy fire burns all this often two to
four inches down.
IF this land farmed at once the ashes
would be too deep mulch land, but the
whole would be of some help but the mulch, the
mold and the living things necessary to make
this leaf mold all gone. 1t would cost not
less than $40 an acre to get this land back where
it was, only a good beginning and it would
take number of years. The poorer the land
the harder, the slower the recovery"
Florida could be greatly benefited by an active
forestry department with forestry work and in
struction in every public school.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
ONE DISCORDANT NOTE

While chorus of praise of Florida is rising
from three hundred newspapers in the north.
cording the observations and impressions of their
editors on the recent N. F. A. trip through the
state one discordant note, almost startling in its
unexpected intensity, comes booming up from the
state Of Missouri.
1t comes from Ella Pearl Smith Of Clinton, in
that state, who uses the Henry County Eye,
published at Clinton, as her megaphone.
What she saw in Florida IS truly surprising,
not to say alarming. and what she failed 10 see
is absolutely Astonishing. She says she saw but
one chicken farm in the state and no other poultry
except an old hen and flock Of chickens. The
nose OF the rocStcrs, growing al unseemy hours,
does mol seem 10 have reached her cars.
She saw no gardens, nor any vegetables grow
ing, except in Manatee county. The hogs arc
all of the razor back variety and run wild, she
declares. We have more hogs in Clinton town
shlp--,vhch is not SO much-than they have in
the state of Florida As there are by actual
count between eight hundred thousand and ono
million hogs in Florida, Clinton township must
be some hog center
And The courthouse yard al Clinton must be
tho greatest haymarkct in nc world, for she says
there is more grass in the Henry county court
house yard than in the whole state of Florida "
She found the county so full Of heas, gnats and
mosquitoes that life was burden and constant
FIRE ALARM and the alligators which. she says, were
visible to the naked eye. and the porpoises which
infested the beaches were so voracious that she
was unable to take bath
Most of her impressions arc equally absurd
But 1t Is nothing 10 get excited about. We have
hogs, in plenty, though the lady from Missouri
them not we have poultry galore, as anybody
who spends night in Lakeland can testify next
morning; cur gardens are growing and flourish
ing; our alligators have ceased to be, what they
never was Cf the bull is excusable), dangerous to
life and limb; and our beautiful rcllng semi
explosive porposes wouldn't harm fly. Some
body must have kidded the Clinton county
editress.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
As Others See II
UNFOLDING THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW
Miami HeraIdD

When Sheriff John Logan. of Polk county,
made his little speech to the mob which clamored
to take from him prisoner, and held on to that
prisoner until he lodged in Jail, he did more
toward unfolding the majesty Of the law than
has many a judge on the bench and scores OF
statesmen in the halls of legislatures.
Here is the speech that Sheriff Logan made
on that occasion: Men, l know every face of
you: / hereby deputize every one of you, and,
being sworn officers of the law, | command you
as sheriff of this county to see that this negro
is safely delivered at the Jail in Barlow. | want
no trouble here" And he had no trouble; the
mob Immediately fell in and followed the sheriff
and prisoner to the Jail.
The mob did not stop to argue with Sheriff
Logan. Its members could plainly see that he
was not of the arguing kind; they did not dis
pute his assertion that they sworn officers
Of the law, although they not aware of the
fact that they had ever taken the oath that made
them such An they knew, was that their
ter stood before them and they obeyed him with
out question
Here is example for sheriffs all the
country to follow 1t was not Sheriff MLogan's
pistol that gave him control over them; it
his ability to show them the majesty of the law
When he said to the mob Men. | know every
face of YOU they realized that behind him stood
militaman subject to the call of Governor Har
dee, and behind them all, the entire military
power of the nation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
THE VIRTUE OF SAVING

Money saved is money gained" declares the
old adage, and take care of the pennies. and the
pounds will take care of you
These sayings seem terribly old fashioned to
us, in period when with money the most plen-
tiful thing in the land, we exchange handfuls of
it for things which we could do without; but the
wisdom of the ages past has way of indicating
itself IN the ages to come.
Some day we will look back upon the flush
times through which we are passing, or, possibly,
from which we are just emerging. and regret that
we did not take advantage of the golden shower
to save up treasures against the day of ordinary
ram.
Common sense teaches that the secret of business
success is 10 buy things when they arc cheap and
hold them until they get dear We practice that
with regard 10 most things, with great success
but Just let The terms of the problem shift ever so
little. and we all at sea- For the past five
years the ono thing that was cheap and that was
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
PRESENTMENTs

AT times I've had forebodings dire, which made
me sad and blue; disaster, like a house afre
would climb my frame, 1 knew, and l would drop
my trusty Tyre, and sound the loud boo-hoo. II
know that evils the way, l feel it in my
bones" at times like these l used to say, in mel
anchoy tones, land hence my panied alackaday
my moist and inournfuI moans." And since thus
expected i'll, the ill would sometimes come, and
hand to me bitter pill that made my inards
numb; my cheerup song I'd cease to tri my
well known harp was dumb. But years leave
wisdom as they go; they left bunch with me;
and now do not look for VICE. but bank on COM
ing glee; there's happiness in store | know. and
blessings good to At times the dire fore
holdings strive to get me in their grip, my spirit
they would curb and drive and scourge as with
whip, but where they're dared they cannot
thrive bid the blamed things skip. Present
ments are silly fakes for souls to entertain and
yet full many spirit breaks beneath their dead
ly strain before that weary spirit wakes to know
that they are vain
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

bound to rise in value-the one thing we could
hold with the absolute certainty of an advance
was money Yet how many srasped the ideaa
Instead of buying money at low market and
holding it for the inevitable nse,s we sold money
and bought things which were Bound to decline
In the long run. the man who succeeds is the
man who knows a few things about economics,
such as every school boy learns, and then holds
fast to his faith when conditions seem to dis
credit it. Thrift is the price of success. whether
times are prosperous or otherwise.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

Dock Hooks, our tonsorial artist, is
going to put his shop on a sound usi
mess basis. He has piece of blue
chalk and hereafter when shaving a
bald-headed person he will make Il
mark across his forehead so that he
can tell where the job changes from
shave to a Haircut.
z Il +
Ellick Helwahger says fortunately
it so happened that Just at the time
when prohibition took effect he owed
the Hog Ford bartender several dol
lars.
Several sat up on the night of March
goth to watch Spring come in.
copyright, 1921, George Matthew
Adams.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
LET'S TALK 1T OVER

Desiring above all things to give the people of
Polk county paper of which they can be Justly
proud, the Evening Telegram invites the criticism
of its readers
If you see any feature-news. editorial, special
article or what not-which strikes you as either
desirable or Objectionable. brief letter giving the
grounds of your conclusion will be appreciated as
helpful effort to improve the paper.
The telegram wants to serve its city and coun-
ty in every way possible, but it not give 100
per cent satisfaction without knowing just exactly
what its readers want. Your suggestion might be
of nestimable value
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
IN OLD MISSOURI

In certain sections of Missouri the
making of moonshine whisky is still
the principal industry
A small native of this district was
Iinterestedly interrogating an eastern
commercial salesman, being from
another world, as to his life, connec-
tions, etc.
you got a brother?" he inquired
Il had one but. he died." answered
the salesman.
Get shot?'
mo, he wasn't shot"
Drink himself to DEATH"
Certainly not"
81 knowed you was liar" ex-
claimed the boy triumphantly.
"Them's the only two ways what any
body ever dies. "-EXchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

Every town has a Good Ole Scout
who takes Healthy Interest in Every
thing that's going on. Nothing es-
capes his Eagle Eye or Eager Ear and
he's a regular News Mine for the Edi-
tor. Were it not for the Volunteer
Reporter the Paper would not be SO
Newsy sometimes. Here's to you, Ole
Scout!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
REPORTING TO DAVY JONES

Sam, ON board the transport, had
just been issued his first pair of hob,
nails.
Zone thing, suah," he ruminated.>
IF All falls overheard, All suttinly
will go down at 'tenshun. "-.American
Legion Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
DISCRETION

"RastuS," demanded the Judge
sternly, are you guilty or not gull
ty? In other words, did you or did yol,
not steal those chickens?"
Rastus squirmed uneasily.
Wait until All heahs de evidence"
he finally MISUNDERSTANDING
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
SSSSH!

A private from Kalamazoo
One day found a rat in his stew.
Said the sergeant: Don't shout
And wave it about,
Or the others will all want one too
American Legion Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

munity will ever be much better than its highways
Florida has made start which has put it on the
map in the premier class. and it has only to keep
up the good work to bring home to it all the other
good things which progressive state requires.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

Seriously is the tax on bachelors just prn-
ciple9" asks the Florida Metropolis Of course,
il you look at it that way, it isn't. But think
what fine and fruitful subject for the para
graphcrs it is.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

Just think of the thousands of tourists who
will go back home imagining they have seen
Florida when by leaving early in the spring they
miss what is really its most delightful season.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

II Job had lived till now, and been in, politics,
his adversary would surely crafty him by writing
book
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

. A wise man has declared that the road build
er is the worlds greatest missionary. No com.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
Member of The Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published therein.
All rights of republication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16

The old problem about the cat in the we'll may
be restated thus: How long will it take to refor-
est Florida if every time we conserve one square
mile we burn over ten?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-16
Don't Let The Little Imp
That Hops On Mems
Shoulders

persuade you that you can walk into
any clothier s-call out your chest
measure-scamper off to a triplicate
mirror and come out with the same
style and values you can get at
Moore's Style Shop.
Other claims may sound as sweet
other stocks may promise as rich re-
turn, but let us assure you that in plan
ming this intensive campaign fo your
Spring Suit Order we didn't forget
that we would have competition il we
didn't have better selections and bet
ter values than any other store you
might happen into.
But talks cheap-lets get down to
the actual finding out
Look around-then come here-Conl-
pare as rigidly as tho each button
were diamond.
IF we don't win-you can't lose.
SOCIETY BRAND
Spring Suits s,.
SIS to $50
M00|S11
NLANELANDs BEST CLOTHES SHOP
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-30
Ie. "Vhere are your rifles,

smiled Dale. "Where are your rifles,
BilI?"
AT the mine," said Littleford. aye
see, Bill, we've been a-loOkin' TO
trouble"
Dale went on: "At BY. Heck's sig
nal, III get on my horse and ride to
the l0wlands for the Morclands. ! can
get them lot quicker than can get
competent help from the law. What
do you think of it?''
ITS good plan, | reckon
growled Ben Littleford, "Only don't
cotton very easy to the idcc o lis
a-runnin' from the mine to this here
buildin'. | never did like tO run from
any man woth a durn, Bill"
"Brt tlat wouldn't be cowardly,'
Dale protested. ut would be purely
strategic move, and It would save
lives FOR us. For when the Ball and
their kinsmcn come, you'll have to de-
liver ne into their hands or you'll
have tC fight like the very devil. that's
sure; and, according to Gy Heck's fig
ures, they outnumber you more than
two TO one"
"All right" Littleford replied. with
a shrug of his huge shoulders. what
eyer you say, that same we'll do"
SO By Heck was sent for, and short.
ly afterward he sneaked into the Iau-
relS and went off toward the settle
ment OF tie Balls. In the crook OF his
arm he carried his rifle, and inside his
shirt he carried three pieces Of dyna-
mite all ready for the mntch-and he
chose every step with great care for
fear of iarring the explosive too much.
He had not been gone an houT when
Bill Dale heard Il dull smOthered roar
from somewhere to tie nOrthWard.
Dale Sprang up from his desk, ran to
his ready and waiting horse, mounted
and rode like a streak toward .he
lowlaDd.
Dale arrived at John MOreand's big
white farmhouse a little before the
middle of the day, and halloed Justify
Of the gate. John Moreland and his
two sons hurried out in response TO
the call. Dale waved aside all greet;
ings and inquiries after his health
and told that which he had come to
tell Tie elder MOreland turned quick
ly 10 his two. Stalwart sons
"Guns and hosses, bOys It'll he
our last fight, and les be at 1t and
make it a good fight"
Less than five minutes later the
three crstwhile mountainCcrs rode out
at tile barnyard gate with full belts OF