Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 15, 1921, Page 4

spend as fast as they received with the - resuit that when slack times came they and Goufied had nothing to fall back upon. They got the fact that it is sound and sensible. EMERGENCY CONTROL. Expsrience has taught the country ,m that one of the desirable things is to get ' . Norwich, Saturday, Jan. 15, 1921 |05 government in business rather thaa I more, but there casnot fail to be aroused & keen interest in the proposed comtrol of | the coal industry as set forth in the bill presented by Senator Calder tp the upper house of . that "have been held have revealed conditions *in the cosl industry which are most un- just to say the least. While they appear 10 _have been much worse dyring the past year or so there have heen other times CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JAN. 8th, 1921 ln 969 lieved that it is time to provide legisla- 'y ion that would give the authority to the . president to take a hand in the regula- | tion of such business whenever it i be- lieved conditions require it. e ascn | The ifea is.to do with coal industry ‘Watered milk is one of those things w! much the same as is dome with public e may suspect more often It is one of those meth- |‘«nd to check the profiteering it is be- necessary for utilities, factories, institu- should be in sole charge of. It is in fact{yon " o0 homes and inasmuch as there & matter which should rest entirely with| .o tnoce coal operstors who are dis- him. He expeets when he buys it to get that is his privilege but if-he doesn't|epo) ¥ want it watered he has good reason for|{ m, thoge who are doing ‘a legitimate kieking when such milk is handed out|pysiness the proposed legislation need o him as the real thing and the price of | ang will have no terrors. the pure article collected. . The fact iS|that the president can assume control that if he wants something other thad|.r the industry when an emergency T threatens and it will rest with the coal When the dairy and pure food com-|operators to see that that doesm't oc- missioner brings to light the fact that|cur by their sets, N ene milk preducer hag been found Who| More light has been thrown upon prac- ‘was peddiing milk which showed by test|tices in the coal industry than some like. te be made up of 75 per cent. water, and |1t is, however, for the public good and gives notice to the effect that he Will be | proves embarrassing only to these who prosecuted it will be difficult to see how|are engaged in the practice of extorting any other course could reasonable be|undue profits, whether they happen to be pursued. those engaged in the production of coal Perhaps it will be no revelation to the|or those speculators who neverssee it. eastomers of this producer to have this|With the proposed law greater respect fact established. Perhaps it is only just|(or the consumer might be secured. to the dealer to state that it is the claim of his son that the can of milk, when it CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA. - was milk, was tipped over and in ‘order In view of the conditions that have that the the loss might not be disclosed’ provajled there and the position it holds it was filled up with water. That may among others in Tegard to lynching much have been the case but it doesn't reveal less surprise will be manifested at the bow often the can was tipped over or|scathing comment that is made by Unit- whether the milk that was tipped out|eq States District Attorney Alexander in ‘was. actually lost, and it doesn't appear|protest against.the wrongs that are com- that there was any bargain rate for the|mitted in the state of Georgia against wilk that day. The fact is that the cus-|the Negroes. Georgia has continued to temers ought to be able to tell what|show a dispesition to tolerate a high de- kind of milk they had been getting and|gree of lawlessness in this direction and about how often the watering was in-|to make no effective effort to stop it or duiged in. .{to punish those responmsible. For that Producing milk by the watering process |.reason there would appear to be excellent s of course an outright injustice to the| ground for the investigation of the con- eensumer just as much, as it would be if | gitions which exist there as the federal the meegmr; !:-:ruld sand his mlh-:r attorney indicates will be started. e any other deal misrepresent 81" In the rges made by this official geods. 1t is not often that such flagrant p‘nic“lar?t:“' is laid upon the part violations of the state law are discovered | which the authorfties play, or fail to but the commissioner is only doing his play, for he says “comparatively little @uty when he runs down such cases and | effort is being made by the proper of- lets it be understood that such practices |ficers fo end these’ conditions.” omly Invite the penalty under the law. ‘Well does he say that while 99 per - cent. of the people would deplore the con- ditions that are going on something more AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. is demanded- from a civilized people and With the announcement from Paris to their government than sentiment. Geor- the effect that French experts have dis-|gig gg g matter of fact has been black- covered a serum that will prevent the ening its reputation for years under the feot-and-mouth disease there will Befclaim that the better element of the peo- tause for elation ameong the owners and ple did not approve what was going on, broeders of - cattle and horses, even yet that is about all it amounted to for though it is impossible at the present(n cin eftective was done to counter- time to manufacture it in sueh quantities|, .+ 1o jawlessness. 88 to inoculate all cattle against the| ‘\yyen g foderal attorney deelares that the gravest kind of wrongs, running all e way from the meanest of petty cheat- ing to deliberate and plotted murder, are being practiced against humanity it is throwing new light upon an old subject but it gives emphasis to conditions that are ‘bound to grow worse instead of bet- ter the longer they are tolerated. It is bad enough to have such a manifest de- terminatien te participate in lawlessness exist among the people of & state but when it extends to those who are author- ized and supposed to maintain law and order thefe is a crying need not enly for an investigation but for a ‘change. The foot-and-mouth disease is one of the great animal plagues which has esused ‘great losses throughout the werid. This eountry has suffered much Isss from the ravages of this disease than others, but there have been three out- breaks here within the past 20 years and it was only by the most vigorons meas- Ures and the closest cooperation of fed- eral and state authorities that it was eradicated. During 1914-16 the outbreak wes extensive, getting inte 22 states and through it not enly the livestock growers and owners but the entire country had & chance to realize its: seriousness once Rt gets started. ‘With the country free from the dis- ease there s no eertainty how long such ® eondition will exist, for in spite of the Brotective measures we can claim nei- ther complete security nor immunity, al though provisions established in the re- ®triction of animels and materials that might be eontaminated are serving as an excellent protection. The foreign press at the present time is noting the preva- lence of the disease and the fight against ® is ene that cannot be relaxed. Fer that reason, and the fact that it ig a disease that must always be classed by every country as an undesirable alien epemy, the discovery of the French ex- perts is bound to be received with a high @wgree of satisfaction and relief. It being & diseasa_that calls not for control but eradication the serum for the prevention of the disease would appear to be the de- wired means of dealing with it and ul- timately mean wiping it out with the proper amemnt of care and attention. It Wil mark a decided advance in the treat- went of animal diseases. EDITORIAL NOTES. Y The man on the corner says: Perhaps the many cases of lame back are due to bowing to the inevitable. . Liquidating a brewery wouldn't be much trouble if unrestricted use of the sewer could be obtained. e e s = That middle west girl who was mar- ried in a coal shed began her new life amidst rather dark surroundings. . ——————e It is certainly disturbing to have clothes taken frem the line, but it is much better than to have them taken from the back. Evidence piles up every now and then to support the contention of Commis- sioner Kramer that it will never be possible to make the country actually bone dry. ‘There has got>to be just about so much said about how to dress during the ‘winter season but there are not many who dare to go contrary fo deamel Fashion's deoree. GooD AI!T'JO!. Loek at it from any dngle and it cane et fail to be recognised that it was @apital advice that was given to the em- ployes of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran- #it company this week when the presi- dent of the company in announcing that back pay te the amount of a millien dol- lers would be pald the first of February. Last year the men sought an increase. e The country Wwould have approved a reasonabla egpenditure for the inaugura- tion but with economy as the watehword | foer the coming administration the wiser course has been taken. By the estate of F. W. Woolworth it is shown he was worth about thirty million. Small profits on big sales mount up fast and there is far more satisfaction in it than being a profiteer. = Even if New England made a hard fight for a coal supply that would carry us through a severe winter no' one but the coal man possibly is complaining over the mild weather thus far. It was the advice of the president that the meney should bs put into the savings fund of the carmen’s organization. Just because it is in the limelight now it doesn’t mean that Moose Factery is going to get all this attention every Jan- vary. 'But it must be a nice, secluded bhu/ for those Who like cold weather. Recommendation that the department of justice proceed against certain coal operators would carry greater weight if the department had established 2 reputa- tion for effective action in orosecuting prefiteeza ‘with drop in wages in their own line in other there was no telling when such Rit them and it was for their own the million ebtained should 4what a Sahara life would seem after en--| - THE MAN WHO TALKS The world war has brought in, new facts iy regard to immigration. Prior to 1914 the direction of immigration was almost exclusively westward, the object- ive points being the United States and Canada. But the great war succeeded in stirring up the muddy waters of all Eu- rope, especially its cOMtinental section. Our own country is no Ignger the only alluring one -in the eye of the European immigrant. In northern Italy vast num- bers from mining districts have crossed the Alps to the coal producing areas of France. Argentina is now making a strong appeal to other Italians. The Swiss, the most home loving people of all Europeans, are now coming .in goodly numbers to the western continent. Such tremendous hordes of Portuguese have made their way to Brazil "that petitions are being made to the home government to stop the exodus. This proves clearly that war produces national dissatisfac- tions. It disrupts the home relation. It destroys something more than fertile flelds, it breaks the coherent ties that bi the heart of man to everything that dear in the home land. Stop war and you will reduce immigration to the normal basis. ‘We are very prome to magnify the ills of life and minimize its blessings. Do we appreciate what science has done to make life worth while in the last half centugy? Suppose we had to go back to kerosene, or, worse still, to whale oil and the tal- Jow candle, for lighting purposes! Sup- pose long-distance travel depended still on horseflesh as in the days of John Ad- ams more than a cemtury ago! No won- der his brilliant wife bemoaned the “awful” distance between Boston and New York! Suppose we had no phono- graph, telephone or even a tin Lizzie, joying these scientific lururies. But greatest of all has beem the coming of Marconi and the Wright brothers. One is perfectly amazed at the rapidity with ‘which aerial navigation is headed towards stability if not actual perfection. Some are now living who are going to see greater perplexity in railroad matters than at present. The air mail service was nothing but a doubtful experiment no longer ago than May 15, 191L. Today it is the most regularly operated civil air- plane service ip the world. What has actually been done along this line reads | like the tales of Jules Verne. Think of it! A mail airplane leaving New Yérk at 6.30 a. m. and on the third day at 3.23 p. m. reaching San Francisco, without flying nights. May we not expect almost any- thing along the line of mechanical inven- tion? One of the crazy motions going the rounds of publication is the restoration of the so-called “blue laws” of Connecticut. It has doubtless been suggested by the crime wave that has broken out of late in S0 many parts of the country. No one questions the seriousness of this increase of depravity. But this disease will not be cured by a dead formula that- was not successful and never generally applied even in “good old Puritan days.” Legis- lation may deter crime, but it never cre- ates goodness. It is one thing to put a man in jail because he has broken the law, but quite another thing to make him a better man. One of Governor Eaton's “regulations” taken from the Washington Post reads as follows: “No one shall read Common- Prayer (Episcopal), keep Christmas or saint days, make minced pies, danee, play cafds, or play on any instrument of music, except the drum, trumpet and jewsharp.” After 150 years of religious tnleration we are not likely to go back to any old time rot like this. To force a man into the outward observ- ance of religion never makes a very shin- ing Christian.- ‘We are very apt to refer to the past as the “food old times” in a tone that would disparage the present. If this is true in any sense—which may be reasonably doubted—it certainly is not in the interest which great corporations take in the gen- eral welfare of their employes. Take, for instance, one item, that of the physiecal fitness of a man for his work, so that there shall be no overstrain or any other liability to accident. No one questions the wisdom of the medical examination when enlisting for military service. Likewise when enrolling with the armies of indus- try the physical examination is becoming a matter of course. It is a source of great comfort to the men to know that there is no taint of tuberculosis or any other infectious disease among one's husi- ness associates; and to the worker him- self to know that heart, lungs, liver and kidneys are normal. One hundred years ago they cared a great deal more for a hog’s liver than.for a man’s kidneys. The philosophy is sound that. the better suit- ed a man is for his work, the better ‘suited he is with it. Presumably you are a pedestrian, whether -you own a car or not. If you own and operate a car you would certain- ly be a very strange fman if you didn't belong to a class just like yoursilgt it all automobile drivers should ofganize they would make a fraternity bigger than the “Jerusalem Jumpers” and “Holy Rollers” combined. But like the latter they do some funny things. When they see how pedestrians jump back and forth before their machines, they say things that would be out of place in a Presby- terian synod or a Sunday school conven- tion. But when some of them are pedes- trians and a great touring car suddenly looms up before them they act more like “Jerusalem Jumpers” than those who never yanked a wheel. Why this should be so I leave to the psychologist to ex- plaifvey y should one be in a hurry to beat a ne? To.save a single sec- ond we tal chance of losing our lives! Why should you sell those Liberty bonds? They represent your hard earn- ings, possibly your sacrificial ea . because you were patriotic enough to' the government out of a tight squeeze. you keep them till maturity it will prove a safe investment—nothing on earth can be safer—and you will get a larger rate of interest than some institutions pay. There would be some little sanse in sell- ing if you could get par value, but why sacrifice at the present market rates to help the shysters who did not respond to the country's call, but out of their enor- mous profits they are perfectly willing to capture your hard savings at a loss of at least 10 per cent. to you. The United States government will stand by its word and give you dollar for dollar at maturi- ty. Don’t be a fool and sacrifice to the fat hogs who stand ready to fleece you. As these lines are written the weather 18 unusually mild even for a genepally mild winter. But as this is New England, before they are found in print there may be one of those somersaults in tempera- ture that will make our winter true to tradition so admirably described by Mark Twain. Thus far these days, just snappy enough to lift thera out of the realm of mud and fog, shed a hopeful benediction over the depleted or empty coal bin. There are many ways in which the “wind Is tempered to the shorn lamb,” for true It is if the poor man’s bin had been stocked with a winter's supply with last fall's prices, he would have been “shorn” in a strictly literal sense. Not only a tumble in weather has come to the poor man’s relief but also in !ht; drop in the usual commodities of life. The poor man is a lamb anyway, for if Old Boreas doesn’t shear him there will be others who will. There is always something for parents to worry over. If it isn’'t swimming in summer, it is skating and coasting in win- ter, and alternate seasons of spring and fall are not lacking in features that cause genuine anxiety. But these are few in number compared with those which a vivid imagination “lugs in by the ears.” Many' parents are kept in hot water most of the time by fretting over the improb- able. But did you ever stop to consider that a maojrity of accidents that come to children result from pure carelessness? ‘There needs to be extra caution in coast- ing because Norwich is so hilly. Steep hills leag to cress roads where. trolleys and automobilesyrun, making the hazard very great. Nothing but the utmost care 22Y. ppovent accidents. l “It's & funny thing,” began the young man with the wonderfully straight nose and square shoulders, brushing his shoes vigorously, “and I can’t get the hang of ity “What's the disturbance mnow?” in- quired his roommate, who was trying to select the proper tie. “Did you ever notice,” elucidated the handsome young man, shoe brush in &ir, “that the prettier a girl is the homelier is the man she picks out to marry?” “The dickens!” eried the young man who had just dropped in; “that's so! Why, Lillie Dibbleton, a girl I ased to know, was so pretty that she caused a disturbance in the traffic every time che appeared on the street, and there were about sixty suitors suiting around— among them various Greek gods and tail- ors' ads, fellows warranted to cause pangs of envy to permeate every other feminine heart roundabouts. And what did Lillie do? That girl marrieg a little man so homely that when peop® looked at him they murmured: ‘Poor chap! A mule must have stepped on his face when he was a helpless infant!" -“Maybe it's the law of contrasts,” sug- gested the roommate. “Come to think aboyt it, there was my sister, Arabelle is so scandalously good looking that folks gaye at her and state firmly that there ain’t no such girl. Roll all'the portraits of famous beauties together and add three or four ‘Follies’ stars, and nobody would look at the composite if Arabelle was around. Why, that girl might have lined up all the millionaires in the coun- try and taken her pick—and her husband runs the hardware jstore back' home, has a squint and weak eyes. In her last letter she was golng into raptures be- cause John had just bought her a lovely electric washing machine.” “I've known lots of girls,” proceeded the good looking young man. “And they have liked me and enjoyed the good times I've given 'em, but doggone it, not one’ of therg has ever fallen desperateiy in love with me to date. I'm no orize beauty, but_still I'd be an ornament to any home and they ought to think twice. ‘When their collegze roommate came to visit them and they—I mean she—intro- duced her husband, she could feel that she didn’t have to apologize. “She wouldn't have to murmur to Lu- cretia things like. ‘Oh, you must meet Arthur! He's such a dear! Of course, you've got to know him a while before you appreciate his good qualities, but T think it is stupid to judge by appear- ances, don’t you? Meeting him on the street, you might take him for a diteh | digger, but he can't it because his nose spreads all over face, and after you've got used to it you never ngtice how bald he is or hdw his ears stick out or his habit of coughing every time he speaks. The average person might be annoyed at his trick of putting his feet up on brocade chairs and spreading a whole slice of bread on the tablecloth— “It's wearing on a woman having to give that line of talk to smooth things over ‘all the while. I should think they'd like a man who tried to keep himseif well groomed and pleasant and—" “Aha!” cried the friend who had just dropped in: “You 't mean to say that Mabel has turned elsewhere? You might have had better pense. You aren’t home- Iy enough ever to capture the fancy of g howling beauty like Mabel. Now if you'd go out and get an automobile tire across your face—-"" “You should have bought hand-me- downs,” offered his roommate. “And for- gotteh to shave and have haircuts.. You didn’t go at it in the right fashion.” “1 was referring to no espeeial girl,” insisted the good looking young man loftily, getting into his coat. “If Mabel chooses to tie herself to a museum freak that's her affair. If I'd known she liked whiskers I would have humored her. I dould easily have bought a bale of al- falfa and glued it on. And he's a foot shorter than she is!" “Don’t take it to heart” advised his friend. “Think of the other girls—" “I'm through with girls” the good looking young man said gloomily. “T've learned my lesson! The only kind to tie to are the plain, sensible ones who' wear broad toed shoes, as they should, and can make graham bread and shun the marcel shops. They have more sense. A man is crazy to chase around after these beauties with no brains and I shall cut it out hereafter. I've Hnmished with them—" » “Say.” broke in his friend, “1L must be getting on. Iem going to call on a girl— and she's got, a sister. You'd better eome along and forget your troubles.” “Ts she pretty?” demanded the heart- br’nken one mechanjcally, perking up a trifie. “Peacherinoés—both of ‘em! declared his friend. “Dark blue eyes, with black lashes and natural complex——" “I guess Tl come” interrupted the heartbroken one with interest. “They may be different, you knok." “Sure!” agreed his friend. are different! cago News, “All girls Sunday Morning Talk THE PATHWAY TO PEACE. ‘What is it makes a person fretful, wor- ried, tired and hopeless? What is it that is the destroyer of peace? It is care, forebodipg, anxiety. Ask any doctor and he will tell you that care saps the vitality of the body. Ask any- one who has overcome a worrying dispo- sition and he or she will tell you that care destroys the soul as well as the body. But what, then, is the cause of care? ‘Why should people worry and fret? The answer points the road to peace. People have care because they know themselves weak, because they feel that the forces about them are far too strong for them; such as they cannot resist. There is one way, and only one way, to escape this result of our consciousness of our weakness, and that is to find strength outside of ourselves. We can find strength oply in God. We must fol- low the instructions given in Peter’s epis- tle: “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that He may exAlt you in due time; casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” (I Peter 5: 6, 7.) There you have the index to the path- way to peace. With the mighty hand of God over us to protect us, under us to sustain us, and behind us to push us for- ward, we need not be afraid of anything that can happen to us. The awful grind- ing of the millstones of what seems chance or fate need have no terror for us. For by faith we d}my see that God is above all things and in all things, and is really regulating the affairs of the world. We may see that it is quite safe to trust ourselves to His keeping and put away all anxious thoughts, looking to see God’s power made perfect in our weak- ness. (I Cor. 12: 9.) It was this same trust in God that gave peace to the heart of Jesus. What doés He say In the verses before us? “My Fa- ther is greater than 1” Even Jesus put His faith in God and not in His own power. He was great because God was great, and becauge God gave Him power. You will find thag thought in very many of Christ’s. sayings. ‘We also are sons of God in Christ Jesus.. We are brothers of Christ, and have a right to follow His example and put all our trust in God's power and in His personal care for us and all that con- cerns ue. In a passage that has been of great comfort to many a weary, uppeaceful soul, Paul points very clearly and de- cisively to the way in which peace may be had. He says: Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supp! catfon with thanksgiving let your re- quests be made known unto God, and the peace of God, which passeth all under- standing, shall keen, your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4: 6 7.) Paul speaks of the peace to be obtained as passing all understanding. By that he means that it such a wonderful thing that can hardly grasp its extent, and can marvel at the transformation it kes in their lives. The “peace which the world cannot.give” is naturally not understood by the world. It is a thing, indeed, so much apart from the world that the world can scarcely even believe that it is a possibility. Another of the best known of Bible pas- sages is that in which Jesus points His followers to the wayv of neace. It is this: “Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light” (Matt 11: 28-30.) ‘We cannot all at once win this wonder- ful promised peace in its full measure of blessing, but we may day by day form the hdbit of “casting” all our care upon God and trusting ever more fully to the serip- ture’s assurance that He will care for us. and will do for us “exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think:” And by persistently cultivating this habit we can enter more and moré into that peace which is the true secret of a happy life. INCOME TAX FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW Many errors in the deductions allowed taxpayers are found in the income tax re- turns. Deductible items are omitted and other items which are not deductible are included. .Deductions for business expenses are the principal deductions al- lowed, the law expressly prohibiting de- ductions for personal, living, or family expenses. The revenue act provides that in com- puting net income there shall be allowed as_deductions from gross income all the ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred in the taxable year in carying|. Cuticura Soap ——The Healthy — | business expenses, on any! trade, business, profession, or| vocation. Typical expenses of a mercan- tile establishment are amounts paid for ajlvertising, hire of clerks and other employes, rent, light, heat, and water, telephone, insurance, delivery expenses, the cost of operating delivéry wagons and motor trucks, and incidental repairs to such vehicles. The ‘expenses of a manu- facturing business include labor, raw ma- terials, supplies, repairs, light and heat, power, selling cost, administration, and similar charges. " Professlonal Men. A.professional man may ciaim as de ductions the cost of supplies used by him In his practice, expenses paid in the op- eration and repair of an automobile used used ‘in making professional calls, dues to professional societies and subscrip- tions to professional journals, office rent, the expense of fyel, light, water, and telephone used in such office, and the hire of assistants, A traveling man, working on salary or commission, is allowed to deduct certain business ex Reasonable and ne- cessary traveling expenses include rail- road fares and meals and lodging. A traveling man working on salary with- out reimbursement for traveling expenses, or employed on a commission basis with no elpense allowance, may deduct his expenses for railroad fare, and also his expenses for meals and lodgihg In m‘ amount in excess of the ordimary cost for such living expense when at home. If he receives a salary and is repaid his actual traveling expenses, he must in- clude as gross income an amount equal to the ordinary expense for meals and lodging when at home, as such amount is held to be additional compensation to the taxpayer. business exepnse, The farmer may deduct all amounts paid in the production, harvesting, and marketing of creps, including labor, cost of seed and fertilizer used, cost of mhor repairs to farm buildings (other than the dwelling), fences, and machinery, and of small tools which are used up in the course of the year. Erroneous Claims. Taxpayers frequently make the mis- take of claiming as deductions expendi- tures for articles more or less perma- nent in character or for permanent {m- provement of their property. In the case of the business man they include t:ims for the erection of new bulldings or in- stallation of machinery. A farmer claims as a deduction the cost of a new thrash- ing machine or tracter, or the expense of pufting a mew roof on his barn. Such deductions are expressly disallowed by the revenue act, and are held to be in- vestments of cavital. Allowances for Losses. Allowable deductions, in addition to include losses sus- | tained by the taxpayer in any transac- tion entered into for profit outside of his regular business. A reasonable allowance is made for de- preciation of business property, includ- ing obsolescence,” and for the depletion ?f oil and gas and Bther matural depos- ts, Contributions made during the year 1920 to corporations organized exclusive- ly for charitable, scientific, religlous, or educational purposes, or for thé preven- tion of cruelty to children or amimals, or the special fund for voostional re- habilitation ,may be deducted - to an amount not exceeding 15 per cent. of the taxpayer’s income, computed without the benefit of this deduection. Other items which may be deducted are as follows: Taxes paid or accrued during the year 1920, except income, war profits, or ex- cess profits taxes, and those assessed against local benefits of a kind tending to improve the value of the taxpayer's property. Losses of property not connected. with trade or business arising from fires, or other casualty, or from thett, if not com- pengated for by insurance. Debts ascertained to be worthless and charged off within ‘the year 1920, Interest paid or accrued on indebted- Florida CUBA—AUGUSTA—SOUTH Trains ity e Limited™ Lv. Beston 7:30 p. Terminal,New York, as follows : %15 am. “Florida Special” »g" “Coast Line Fla.| H: Winter Toarists Tickets,at redaced rafes, al- lowing stop - overs, retara limit 1921, now os sale. Atlantic Coast Line TheStandard Railroadof the Soath ”A&ml. H. mll-l‘nl.l. 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Americans are fond of talking about self-made . men, usually applying the term to such as have obtained education and taken high position without the up- iifting power of money and influence. But we have an éxample in the far-famed Timothy Dexter, of a native American, who made himself a lord simuly by as- suming the high-sounding ‘itle, and strange as it may seem to us of this generation, he was called “Lord Timo- thy Dexter” by his contemporarias of all classes henceforward to the end of his extraordinary and inglorioas career in 1806. Dexter was one of the most eccentric characters this country .ever produced. He was born in Malden, Mass, and learned the trade of leather dressing, and not only made much moncy in this “-ay. but by the purchase of the depreciated Jontincntal moneéy, which was greatly m- creased in value after Hamilton's funding system went into operation. When Dexter becains wealthy he as- sumed the title of “Lord,” but fail'ng to obtain soclal recognition in lloston er Falem, he removed to Newburyport where he purchased two large mansions, ofie of which he sold at-a profit, and the other he fitted up as his palace la a bizarre style, prompted by his capricicus taste. Dexter raised minareis on the roof of bis mansion, surrounded with a profus- fon of glit balls, and ir: his garden erect- ed rows of columns, fifteen feet m..\,Jt;l carved in wood. Washington occupying ihe place of honor on a Roman arca that stoud in front of the door. One peculiarity of his whim was that he continually changed the names <f his great men, and the Gen. »organ *f yes- terday might become the Napoleon of to- day, or the Nelson of tomcrrow. Dexter placed himself among the 4real, whom he delighted to honor, and labelied hia column “I am the greatest man ia the east.” Ranking himself with the mobiilty, Dexter imported elegant articles from France with which to furnish his house, and hung the walls with paintings ob- tained in Europe. He purchased a grand coach with a coat of arms painted upon it ,and a span of beautiful cream-col- ored horses. Pexter had a tomb constructed in the garden of—his residence at Newburypert, and caused a coffin to be made of ma- hogany, with silver handles, expensively lined, and this he kept in his house and often displayed to his guests. Having heard that the kings of Eng- land had a poet laureate to sing their with the unpoetic name Plummer, whom he equipped in a suit fl' biack Mvery ernamented with stars amd Who wrote a number of poems in praise of hig lordship and then Finally Lord Dexter 4eeided that he [must himself become am sutkor. and he Plain Truths In Homespun Dress™ contained some gense anl mueh nonsense. He had thousands of cepics printed and gave them away, and sieh was the de- mand thit it was several times revrinted and is now very rare. Though his inordinats vanity and shrewdness alone saved Dexter from com- plete mental imbecility, he yet had pow- erful passions, and the artist that Jei. tered his images, having cppossl his escaped death from s Dexter had seen at the houses ~f Han- cock and Rumsell cases' of well Tbound .h!‘.kl. and he forthwith bought the best bound books he couid find, Irrespeetive of_contdnts, Trough he was the same imita-ivs erea- invariably successful. Certain merchants clerks at one time induced him to send & large Jot of warming-pans to the West Indles as part of an assorted car- #uch favor that they were soon all seld Toward the close of his career Dexter appears to have regretted his follles. The disposition of his wealth was judicious and showsd that he was not wanting in his regasd for his relatives. He ex- ;l'r:‘( at Newburypert em October 20 (Monday—Oppesition to the Soclety of the Cincinnati) [ ot et o | Are Ples Round or Square? The teacher of the class in arithme- tic was explaining hee to find the cir- “Why do you suppose the ma‘lemati- clans call it pi?™ No one scemed to know and finally ome girl held up her band. “Well, Mary?" sald the teacher. “Because pie s round,” was the re- “It ism't; sit down” was the cem- mand. “Maty sat down murmuring, “Wen, 1 never s&w a square ome” To Cure & Cold in One Day také GROVE'S L. B. Q tablets (Laxative ine tablets). Ask for B. 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