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POSTAL IMPROVEMENT WEEK IS OBSERVED May 1 Sees Inaugurated First General Campaign of Kind in Service. Without the Postal Service, business would languish In a doy, and bo at o standstill In a week. Public opinion would die of dry rot. Sectional hatred or prejudice only would flourish, and narrow-mindedness thrive. It ls tho biggest distinctive business In the world and lt comes nearer to the innermost lntorests of a greater num ber of men and women than any other Institution on earth. No private busi ness, however widespread, touches so many lives so often or sharply; no church reaches into so many souls, flutters so many pulses, has so many human beings dependent on its min istrations. "Postal Improvement Wcsck" tins' been set for May 1. by thc Post master General. This ls the first general cam paign of Its kind lu the Postal Service for several decades. Business men and their organizations, large users of the mall, newspapers, motion pictures, advertisers, and the entire organiza* tlon of 8*20,000 postal workers ?re to bo enlisted In this country-wide campaign of interest In postal Improvements. Your help Is vital. Address your let ters plainly with pen or typewriter. Give street address. Spell out name of State, don't (abbreviate. Put your return address in the upper left hand corner of envelope (not on the back) and always look at your letter before dropping In the mail to see if lt ls properly addressed'. This care In the use of the malla is for your benefit and speeds up the dispatch and delivery of mail matter. If you have any complaints of poor service make them to your postmaster. He has Instructions to Investigate them and report to the department. COURTESY It sticks rh human rotations like postage atamps on letters. The POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT ex pects it to be used by its postmasters and employees in dealing with the public. Help them in its use beginning .with POSTAL IMPROVEMENT WIflEK, May 1-0, 1022. THANK YOU BILK tUflNESS-SICK HEADACHE, call Dr ?O IR Tablet, (a vCRetabla aperient) to tone and etrencthea the organs of dlgeotlon end elimi nation. Improves Appetit?, Relieve* Constipation, Oe* A AS^kr^ Vsod/orgver Your Chips off 4he Old Block Nt JUNIORS-L-lttlo Nt* One-third the regular dose. Made of same ingredients, then candy coated. For children and adults. NOUMA \ I HU G CO., Walhalla, S. O. ? WITHOUT STREET ADDRESS YOUR MAIL IS DELAYED AT OFFICE OF DELIVERY The Pond Lotter Office has been In I existence ever since Hen Franklin started our postal service. Even then people addressed mall lo Mr. Ezekiel Smithers, "Atlantic Const," and ex pected hen to know Just where Zeke lived. Perhaps they bad Zeke's address In letters up In the garret) maybe a chest full of 'em, but then lt was easier to let Pen bunt Zeke. Today people aro addressing letters to John Smith, New York, N. Y., or Chicago, 111., thinking Uncle Sam cnn locate him, which ls Just as Incomplete ns was Zeke's ad dress of yore. The Postoffice Depart ment asks you to put the number and street In the address, lt helps you. How do you expect the Postal Clerk to know whether you mean Trinidad, California, or Trinidad, Colorado? ALWAYS SPKLL OUT THE NAME OF THE STATE IN FULL IN TI HO ADDRESS. "MORE BUSINESS IN GOVERNMENT" This apt phrase was used In Presi dent Harding's first message to Con gress and applies particularly in postal management where postmasters are being Impressed with tho fact that they are managers of local branches of tlie biggest business In the world. HERE COMES A STRANGER! i Lot's mako our post offlco look neat, Mr. Postmaster. Straighten up the rural letter box, Mr. Farmer. Tidy up some, Mr. Rural Carrier. First impressions aro lasting. Mnybe Mr. Stranger, taking notice of these Im provements, will come back, bringing you benefits. Start these with "POS TAL IMPROVEMENT WEEK" May 14. HUMANIZING THE POSTAL SERVICE There ls no unimportant person or part of our service. It ls a total of human units and their co-operation ls the key to its success. In its last analysis, postal duties are accommo dations performed for our neighbors and friends and should be so regarded, rather than as a hired service per formed for an absentee employer/' Postmaster General Hubert Work. ?limy Children of Leprous Parents. Manila, P. I., April 25.-Return ing from an inspection Journey .brough tho islands which included ho dillon Loper colony, Govornor Glenern] Wood announced that 200 children born of leper parents would tie brought to Manila within a fow :lays. The childron are from two to three years old, but aro freo from leprosy. It was originally tho Inten tion of tho constabulary to establish t separate colony on Cullon Island foi children, but experts of tho Rock efeller foundation who visited tho Island with Govornor Wood decided il was moro foasihlo to bring tho children to Manila. They will bo placed in a public orphanage until langer ot their developing tho dls :>aso has passod. Originally rubber grow only in the Para district of Brazil. COMBING KENTUCKY FEUDISTS. Judgo Hiram Johnson Ordors Clean ing Up of Mill Crook Section. Manchester, Ky., April 2?.-Feud istB of Clay county, who a fow short months ago woro ready to shoot op posing clans on sight, have Joined hands with each othor, and with tho civil authorities, to clean up MUI Crook, following tho action of Cir cuit Judge Hiram J. Johnson, who yesterday issued warrants for the arrest of two hundred residents of tho mountain torritory. All persons in tho Mill Creek torritory over 12 years of age will be taken Into cus tody by the posse in Judge Johnson's drive to stop lawlessness in tho mountains of Kentucky. The posse men are combing the hills and bring ing in prisoners. Reports made from returning ofllcors aro to tho effect that many of those for whom war rants havo boon issued havo volun tarily surrendered and aro coining into Manchester. Others aro planning to leave tho county, and some have intimated that they will not como, according to tho oHlcors. Judgo Johnson's instructions wore "to bring tho men in," and ho announced that ho was going to clean up Mill Creek if it required the assistanco of 1,000 soldiors. After issuing sixty warrants Judgo Johnson decided upon tho wholesale plan and ordered all residents over 12 years of ago arrested. Tim and George Philllt and tho Ponder bro thers, who were lqaders in tho tight against ono another in tho feud which raged in the Little Goose neighborhood until tho last term of court are members of the posse seek ing out tho alleged law-breakers. Tho troublo that was started in and about Mill Creek began Thurs day, when John Taylor, who had been summoned as a witness in a land suit, was shot to death from ambush. Deputy Sheriff Pitt Stivers later that day was sent into Hie neighborhood with four others to servo warrants for persons wanted ia connection with tho shooting and othor cases. They woro attacked by IG men In ambush. Mr. Stivers was shot from his horse, and three of tho horses in tho party stopped bullets, their riders escaping by hiding until darkness fell. Deputy Sheriffs D. W. White, Jr., and Robert Hocker, members of tho party, reported that "moonshining is rampant in tho Mill Creek Boctiou." They said the ambushers who at tacked thom woro armed with high powered rifles and largo calibred pis tols. A conspiracy among the Mill Creek residents to thwart tho law has ex isted for several months, they de clare. Thoso who are In tho conspi racy have agreed to prevent arrests of members by force of arms and, if necessary, to kill officers who might attempt to make arrests, tho officers I said. Tho plotters have agreed among themselves that they will kill any who oppose their illegal practices, according to tho two deputy sheriffs. Judge Johnson gavo instructions whon ho issued tho wholesale war rants that every dwelling and out house in the neighborhood of Mill Ci eek bo searched and all tho high poworod rillos and largo calibro pis tols bo taken into court. Jnil Miling with Foudlsta. Manchester, Ky., April 2G.-With tho county jail Ailed to capacity and tho homo of Jailor John 'Harria shel tering a largo number of woroon prisonors, the Mill Crook section of Clay county was quiet to-day. In Compliance with Circuit Judgo Hi ram J. Johnson's order for the arrost of every person ovor 12 years of ago in tho Mill Creek torritory, tho Jail now houses ?S5 mon and many moro are under bond to como before the grand Jury to testify regarding the murder of a witness ana the wound ing of a deputy sheriff. Deputy sheriffs who visited the Mill Creek torritory to mako arrests made affidavits yesterday that there was an organized band there to vio l?lo tho laws, and, if necessary, to kill any one who attempted to break up tho lawlessness. Somo of tho men and women and older children for whom warrants woro Issued are crowded into homos of friends and relatives hero without guards, while they await summons to appoar beforo tho grand Jury. It is tho prediction boro that wholesale indictments will result from tho in vestigation by tho grand Jury of tho prisoners, and that hoavy bonds will bo demanded of thoso who aro found to bo connected with an alleged plot to prevent arrests in Mill Crook. Ibo Oulnlne That Does Not Affect the Head necniiscol Hf) tonic mid inxntlve effect, LAXA TIVE. UROMO QUINlNlt is bctlei thnn ontiunry On ?niue and docs not cruise ncrvousnes nor ritlRlng In hend. Keinenibcr the full Jinnie find look tor the siKtinturc ol l?. W. GKOVE. 30c. A doctor's degree, in a German university now costs 600 marks about $6, at tho prosont rato of^ ex change. STATE BOARD PUBLIC WELFARE Docs Groat Work-Cannot Enforce, but Recommends Changes. The State Board of Public Welfare doos a great work that all of our people should know about. It is tho friend of the unfortunates and it speaks for those who caunot SP oak for themselves. Tho citizens o' our State have spout millions of dollars for tho caro of insane persons, the foeble-minded, paupers, destitute children, and those that cannot help themselves. It is the business of tho State Board of Public Welfare to seo that the unfortunates on whom all this money is spent shall get all of the services that ' should come to them. This board has no power to en force changes in our county institu tions-our jails, almshouses and our chain gangs. It can only report their conditions and recommend needed improvement. So tho board pub lishes this information to the people. It is up to tho pcoplfi to decide what shall bo done. Beside inspecting and reporting on county institutions the Sta*o Board of Public Welfare places out chil dren. It takes destitute boys and girls and gives them good homes. Last year through this means 137 unfortunate little ones were cared for. Managing the affairs of the State's throe industrial schools and tho school for tho feeble-minded; test ing, persons suspected of feeble mindedness; investigating tho finan cial resources of applicants for schol arships and free tuition in tho State colleges and tho university; doing parole work for the South Carolina Industrial School for Boys, tho S. C. Industrial School for Girls and the State Reformltory for Negro Boys; supervising tho penitentiary, the Slate Hospital, the Confed?ralo In firmary and the orphanages-these aro some of tho board's many activi ties. ?An interesting (act in this great work is that it cost tho State prac tically nothing last year. In fact, tho State Board of Public Welfare actu ally brought In about $20,000 to tho . State treasury over and above its ex penses. lt is not only a moral, but also a financial asset to South Caro lina. PECULIAR PHENOMENA AT SEA. Disturbance on North Carolina Coast interests Naval Authorities. Washington, April 27. - An un usual phenomenon was to-day pira ting naval officers attached to the hydrographie office of the navy de partment. An abnormal ground swell off tho North Carolina coast was reported to tho hydrographie ollicc as occur ring yesterday afternoon hy the na val collier Prometheus, in a dispatch Which said: "At 2 p. m., April 2G, 1022, in lat itude 3 5 degrees 50 minutes north, longitude 74 degrees west, with a smooth sea and light northwesterly airs, suddenly encountered extremely heavy ground swells from 65 de grees (true.) The swells were ap proximately 30 feet through to crest. The disturbance lasted about two hours. Continuous soundings at in tervals of four minutes showed no bottom at 130 fathoms. At one timo thousands of porpoises were leapiug into tho iar. During tho romalnder of tho afternoon experienced extra ordinary currents, varying In direc tion and strength, but generally set ting northeastward, verified by as tronomical observations and radio compass bearings. Some of the older sea-going offi cers at the navy department ventur ed the opinion that tho disturbance might have been the result of somo subtorrannean disturbance, an earth quake or subtorrestial shifting. That it was not of local origin, they say, is evidenced by tho inability to And bottom at 130 fathoms. 21 Hurt In "WUd" Street Car Crash. 'Birmingham, Ala., April 27.-Elvo persons woro seriously injured and ?fifteen others hurt when a streot car jumped tho track and crashod Into a telephone polo hero early to-day. Two of tho thirty passongers escapad uninjured. The car was almost de molished. While attempting to closo tho liront I door of tho car tho motormau and conductor woro thrown from it, the car started to descend a steep grado, and without any ono at tho controls, It gained spood In its wild run of moro than a block. Tho car loft tho tracks at a curvo and was almost splintered in its crash into tho tolo phono polo. Elvo persons woro seriously Injur ed, among thom being Fire Chief J. E. Hays, of this city. Until 1851 postage in this country was based on distance. ?fr THE expectant mothei to prepare for an eas who should be stronger, he her care and intelligence. What is one of the mo; to-be should do? The universal answer from 1 is this: The mother-to-be s nerves involved in the functio application of Mother's Friend Three generations of mothers record tlie virtue of Mother's Friend for not only allaying distress in advance, but for assisting nature in assuring a speedy recovery for thc motlier. So thoroughly has Mother's Friend proven its wonderful efficiency in thousands of cases, that any expectant mother who docs not employ its usc ns directed deprives herself of n power ful agent for her relief and well-being, during the period of pending ma ternity, and of her prospects for an easier delivery when the eventful hour arrives. The women who appreciate Moth er's Friend thc most, and who are WARNING: Avoidusing p they act only on the skin anti tn Usod by Expectant Mothor8 for Th reo Generations THE INHERITANCE TAX HE FORE Tho Court-Highest Tribunal in tho sui ic t<> Hear Arguments, (Columbia State.) Tho validity of tho Slate Tax Com mission's claim that the inheritance tax law, passed by tho last General Assembly, is retroactivo was carried before tho State Supremo Court on Tuesday in a test case brought by J. Edwin Belsor as administrator of the estate of John E. Lowry, deceased. The case conies to tho Supreme Court as tho court of original juris diction in tho form of a petition from Mr. Belser for a writ of injunction to prohibit tho Stato Tax Commis sion from enforcing tho law as ret roactive. Tlie court, after hearing counsel for the petitioner and re spondent, took tho case tender ad visement and will hand down its de cision later. Unsettled Estnto. Tho question at. issue in tho case is whether or not. the Tax Commis sion can assess and collect taxes up on an estate, still in tho hands of tho administrator, the testator of tho will under which the estato is being administered having died prior to the passage of the act. Setting prece dent as lt does for many similar cases throughout the State, tho bear ing yesterday attracted considerable attention. John E. Lowry, of Columbia, ac cording to tho statement filed by at torneys for the Lowry estate, died Dec. 20, 1920, leaving an estate con sisting of property of approximately $100,000 in value/ including almost equal amounts of real and personal property. Tho administrator has completed tho administration of the estate, and has applied for his final dischargo, action thereon being with hold pending decision of tho case now before tho court. The inher itance tax act, which became effect ive upon Its approval by tue Gover nor, was approved Fob. 23, 1922. Summary of tho Point?. Tho petition for the writ of in junction is bottomed upon the con tention that tho act is prospective only in Its operation and applies only to estates of porsons dying subse quent to the act's going into effect. Tho act, counsel for tho? Lowry es tate argued beforo tho court, is pros pectivo in its terms. Tho tax, it was contended, is a tax upon tho trans foi of proporty and this transfer, tho petitioners claim, takes placo at tho death and not when the administra tion of tho estato is complotod. Other arguments raised by counsel for tho estate wore: That Inheritance tax statutes aro generally construed as prospective In oporatlon unless cx pressedly declared to bo retroactivo; that statutes aro generally construed to bo prospective In tholr operation; that the transfer of porsonal propor ty by inheritance or will takes placo nt thc timo of (loath, and that tho administrativo provisions of tho act show tho prospectivo oporatlon of tho act. Tho solo question at issue, lt is ? owes it not only to herself 1er delivery, but to her child ;althier and more robust thru st important things a mother thousands of experienced mothers ?hould massage the muscles and n of child-bearing, daily, with an Because loudest in their praise of it, ore those who unfortunately did not usc it with ?.-heir first baby and who, thru its use with thc second one, were able to fully realize thc almost unbelievable relief it gave. Mrs. Olive Vandcn, 10 Grape St.? G id 1 ?polis, Obio, says: "?eforo usin? Mother s Friend I suffered from Wednesday 'till Sunday. With my next child I < usod Mother's Friend and was sick only about three hours." Many doctors and nurses recom? mend Mother's Friend. For external use-ia perfectly harmless. Begin its vise at once. Sold by all druggists. lain oils y greases and substitutes ay cause hann without doing good. \ j BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. Dept. 40, Atlanta, Qn. i Piense sent! mc without cost n copy of your j booklet on MOTHERHOOD and The BABY. i Name_._._ St., R. F. D_._. ! Town...Stale_. contended by Hie Tax Commission, ls tbo point of lime at which Ibo "bene ficial interest" In the estate passes "to or for the uso of" the beneficiar ies. Tho Tax Commission considers that the beneilcial interest does not pass to or for tho use of tho benefi ciaries as long as tho estate is in tho hands of tho administrator, the legal title, it was pointed out, being in tho administrator as long as the estate is in the process of administration. Not Retroactive, Court Holds. Columbia, April 27.-'The State Supreme Court, in an order banded down this afternoon, held that tho inheritance tax act passed at tho last session of tho Genoral Assembly is prospective, and thoreforo tho South Carolina Tax Commission cannot as sess a tax against estatos in procoss of settlement wiiero tho deceased died before tho passage of tho act. Tho decision means that tho large number of estates now being admin istered throughout South Carolina aro not subject to tho inheritance tax. This brought in tho jurisdiction of tho court, and was heard yester day by J. Edwin Belser, of Colum bia, as administrator of tho estate of the late John E. Lowery, of this city, who left an estate valued at approx imately $50,000. Mr. Lowery died in 1920. Mr. Belser asked a perma nent injunction against the Tax Commission, and W. 'G. Querry, J. Fraser Lyon and J. F. Durham as members. "This is an application for an in junction of tho original jurisdiction of this court," said the court. "The purpose ls to secure a construction of tho inheritance tax passed at the last session of tho General Assembly The question ls, aro estatos In pro cess of settlement at tho time of the passage of tho act liable for tho tax? Tho answer is: Estates now in pro cess of settlement, where the deceas ed died before tho passage of the act are not Hablo for the inheritance tax. The only question is as to the construction of tho act. It is very clear that tho act is prospective. It is tho Judgment of the court that the petition bo granted." Tho order was signed by every member of tho court. No Worm? In a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms havo an un* healthy color, which Indicates poor blood, and as a rule, thero is more or I ess stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given regu larly for two or three weeks will enrich tho blood, improve tho digestion, and act as a general Strength ening Toole to the whole system. Nu turo will thea throw off or dispel the worms, end the Child wlllbo In perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60o per bottle. Ilighnm ("ase to V. S. Supremo Court. . Columbia, April 20.-Edmund D. Bigham, under sontonco of death for tho murder of his brotbor, Smiley Bigham, at Pamplico, Florenco coun ty, through lils attornoy, filed notlco with tho Stato Supromo Court pf an appeal to tho Unitod Sta tos Supromo Court. His petition to tho Stato Su promo Court had booii decided ad versely to him. Bigham is likewise accused of the murdor of his mother, his sistor and his sister's two adopted children.