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THE PENS AC OLA JOURNAL. SATURDAY JIORNING, JANUARY 15, 1921.
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1UUU s?"
Results are what men want these
days, and results imply work.
Tho race is not to the 'swift, says
the old epigram and Forbes Magazine
answers that mstther Is It to the lazy.
Ferguson, 0f Texw, received two
votes in his own county for the pres
idency on the American Party ticket.
Either his wife voted for-him or ho
should be investigated for repeating.
o
' That shooting in Dublin the other
night was accidental, all right, be
cause no onu ever Keurd of either an
Englishman or a Sinn Feiner hitting
even one target, let alone seven. i
Good idea, that of "NfcBrlde's to sort
the Immigrants while they are emi
grants and have them go to the place
where they art needed.
Ford is gaining in the recount ut
Washington, says a dispatch 'which
reminds us that the election was a
flivver.
O -.
Women in Alabama ; must pay poll
taxes the same as men if they ar0 to
vote. They expected to do so.
Greece announces a new loan by
America but Washington doesn't know
about It. Jietter page Mr. Vanderlip
of Russian fame, muybe he has" bought
the fishing rights In the Aegean sea.
The government has a large num
ber of Liberty Honda which have been
unclaimed by soldiers and sailors. In
formation run be obtained from re
cruiting officers.
Tenderfoot: Say, First Class Scout,
how Is your garden coming?
First Class Scout: Well, my peach
trees are all dead, but ona of my
fence posts Is budding.- January
Roys' Life. ' .
Arrest all frogs, the edict goes, un
til this tumult stops. The evidence
most plainly shows that they are full
of hops.
Close up the churchej right away.
The issue stands our "clear.- For at the
funerals, so they say, they pass
n round the bier. The American Leg
Ion Weekly.
4 On Secret Service. By W. N. Taft,
which tho Harpers will publish on
January 13th, is a collection of real
detective stories accounts of the ex
ploits of United States secret service
operatives in hunting down counter
feiters, smugglers, spies, and many
other brands of criminals. In these
stories truth Is once more proved to
be atranger than fiction, end it loses
nothing In the telling. Bill Qulnn, ex
secret service man, is the narrator,
and the name, masks and suggests
the actual source of Mr. Taft's Infor
mation. A SONG OF THE TIMES
By Frank L. Stanton.
Do times ain't lak' dey used ter be,
But still we llvin on,
An still we'll keep a-livin'
Till the best er times la gone
'Till we sees do mountains rockln',
An Oabrul blow his horn,
An w answer ter de rojl call in de
mawnln'I ,
De times ain't lak' dey used ter be.
But still, along de way.
We gathers up wid all de thorns
De roses er de May;
An' de heart Is always singing
Of a happy holiday
W'en we answer ter de roll call In de
nawnin'!
FAITH IN HUMANITY.
"Br'er Thomas has got more faith
than any man in de country."
"How you know?"
"Lost his umbrella, and advertised
for it!"
SURE OF ONE THING.
"What you reckon you gwine ter git
far Chrls'maa?"
"De Law- knows. I mo' ingineral
ly gits de rheumatism 'bout dat tim
er de year!
Of the 120.000 camels in the British
tervire dnrlnj the world war I2.S12 were
ktlUtU in action.
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3.80
7.50
1.50
1.50
are payable in advance.
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FRANKNESS NEEDED.
In a, discussion of the needs of the
county recently, P. II. Gadsden of
Philadelphia, president of the Ameri
can Electric Railway association, de
clared that the only hope for the rail
ways was to "Be frank and adver
tise." f
"It is absolutely necessary," he said,
"if public utilities are to continue to
function that they create a flow of
new capital Into their securities. The
answer to this whole problem is the
granting of rates to public utility
companies, which will insure a return
to tho security holders that will in
duce them to invest. Nothing less
than this sort of an arrangement' will
save the utilities from ruin.
"Adjustment of public utility rates
that a basis that will attract new
money into the Meld will be hastened
by a thorough public understanding of
the public u'.ility problems.
"The best way to bring about that
understanding is to be frank and ad
vertise. "Frankness nust go hand in hand
with advertising lse advertising fails.
Therefore, be prepared, when you be
gin presenting your story to the pub
lic, to tell the whole truth about your
business to everyone. As the only
customer of 'the public utilities, the
public is entitled to know all about
their business and any public utility
which cannot stand the searchlight of
honost public inquiry cannot hope to
obtain help 'through favorable public
sentiment. Put your house in such or
der that you will fear the questions
of no man.
"Advertise by every possible chan
nel and hit the line hard. Tell your
story everywhere that there is blank
space which you can fill.
- "Make it plain that the public util
ity problem, is the problem of every
man, woman and child who uses your
service. Strive by frank statement
to ' convince customers that you are
trying to do the best thing for their
general good and that it is in their
own interest, if nothing else, that they
should enlist themselves in your cause.
The Way to accomplish this result is
not to make the mere statement that
it is your intention to give good serv
ice, or to submit to the public a large
ldelgentisble volume oC statistics and
then sit down and wait for the millen
nium. The thing to do Is to explain
your s'tuatlon In understandable
terms o just as many folks aa possi
ble. If you have a good case and will
tell the whole truth about your eitua.
tlon in a simple and convincing man
ner and give it deserving circulation
through the best available advertis
ing medium you are certain to rally
the public to your support.
"Every man deserves good electric
railway, gas. light, telephone and tele
graph service, and he will help you'
give it to him If you can show him
that his help 'is needed to accomplish
this very desirable end."
"HONEST GRAFT."
The Railway Age declares In an edi.
torlal in its current Issue that the
spokesmen of the labor brotherhoods
have made recent charges of whole
sale mismanagement against the rail
ways for the purpose of diverting
public attention from many millions
of dollars of "honest graft" which
railway employees are getting directly
from the railway companies and in
directly from the public, and also to
promote the Plumb plan. It says that
this "honest graft" arises from the
fact that thousands of employees un
der the national agreements made
with the railway brotherhoods by the
railroad administration receive pay
for work which is not done, or two or
thre or four times as much pay as
the number of hours worked will Just
ify. "The American public may not
know it", the Railway Age says, "but
it is deeply concerned in the hearings
regarding national agreements be
tween railways and their employees
which began before the railroad labor
board in Chicago on January 10. These
hearings involve many millions of dol
lars annually that the railways are
paying directly and the .public Indi
rectly, to railway employees who do
not earn it Therefore, the public
should not fail to take note of the
difference between the ways in which
the representatives of the labor unions
and the representatives of the rail
ways ar presenting their cases. The
difference is significant.
"The question of national agree
ments ia purely a question of whether
greater efficiency in railway operation
can be obtained, as the railways con
tend, under agreements made between
Individual railways and their own
employees, or under national agree
ments made by the railways as a
whole with the national railroad
brotherhoods. What arguments have
the spokesmen of the railwaj- brother
hoods advanced In favor of a continu
ance of national agreements? They
have charged that the railways are
controlled by a group of New York
banks, trust companies, etc -a charge
already made threadbare by frequent
repetition. They allege that the rail
roads have sent to outside companies
for repair a large number of their lo
comotives and cars and have paid ex
cessive prices for these repairs, when
every well-informed person knows
that the railroads had to send large
amounts of their equipment to out
aide shops for repair In order to get
it In sh.'ipe to' meet the vast traffic
demanfls of last year,. Having made
these and sundry other charges, the
spokesmen of the railway brotherhoods
have added that they will make no at
tempt to substantiate them at this
time! They were not made to be sub
stantiated. They were made to divert
attention from the .'honest graft', ob
tained by the members of the labor
unions through the national agree
ments, and to libel private manage
ment for the purpose of promoting the
Plumb plan under which the members
of the labor unions Would be abie to
collect 'honest graft' from, the public
without limit.
"The spokesmen of the brotherhoods
threaten that if the labor board does
not adopt a course satisfactory to
the employees 'the service rendered to
the public Willi inevitably suffer,' but
the public will seek In vain in their
statement for any . discussion of the
principle cr effect on railroad efficien
cy of national agreements versus local
agreements. The spokesmen of the
railroads proceeded at ortce, on the
other hand, with a discussion of the
question of national agreements and
a presentation of the facts and argu
ments which they believe show that
local agreements between individual
railways and their employees are pre
ferable to national agreements.
"It is not an uncommon thing for a
man who has just plckd another man's
pocket to begin orylng 'Stop thief!' to
divert attention from himself. When a
man gets pay for doing work that he
doesn't do, or gets two or three or
four days' pay for doing one day's
work, he is simply 'grafting' upon
somebody. The spokesmen of the
brotherhoods knew that the represent
atives of the railways were going to
lay bare the facts about these matters
and they raised the cry 'Stop thief!'
to divert attention from the matters
actually under consideration by the
railroad labor board."
Press Comment
Young Girls and Tag Days.
The Jacksonville rimes-Union con
tinues its fight against the practice of
using good looking young jjirls as an
attraction a V "drives," and it is happy
that the Jacksonville Mothers' clubs
"have gone on record against the U3e
of growing girls in such a way."
In this vigorous fashion the. Tinii3
Union expressed its opinion of ' tag
days'" a few years ago and it reprints
the article now:
"The money that Is obtained from a
loafer In front of a saloon who gives
up for the satisfaction of talking im
pertinently to a young girl who. would
not otherwise have even looked toward
him and may be having her handle
him by pinning tags to his coat will
never repay for the bloom " that is
thus brushed fron the rose petal. The
modesty and innocence of youth is
worth more than all the work that
any organlzatiofi can accomplish"
It has not been noted that any such
dire things happened in West Palm
Beach, but It may be useful to organi
zations that . contemplate recourse, to
the combination plan of girls and tags
or buttons to know that the plan is
under criticism such as this. Palm
Beach Post.
False Reports
We have been Informed by a num
ber of tourists" from the north that the
report has gained widespread circula
tion to the effect that different com
munities in this section of Florida are
In the clutches of '"epidemic, and are
so overrun with immigrants that the
situation is critical. That people are
living from hand to mouth, and the
report goes so far as to say that the
suffering and destitution of the most
favored sections bread lines have been
established to relieve, to a certain de
gree, the situation. The fact is there is
not one word of truth in such reports,
nor any ground for such statement
being circulated. Florida Is enjoying
her most prosperous season, and no
where Is there any sign of want or
distress. . The people who come t0
Florida are, -as a rule, thrifty, weli
to do class, and the report circulated
throughout the north is absurd and
without any . foundation for truth
whatever. As for epidemics, they don't
thrive here in this land of health giv
ing, energizing air and sunshine.
Somebody must have had a terrible
grouch on him when he started such
unfounded reports. Eustus Lake Re
gion. Vrk for the. Chamber
Our chamber of commerce is suffer
ing from too much prosperity pros
perity of the organization In number
of members, etc. prosperity of the
community which diverted attention i
from the need of public work. "Sweet
are the uses rf adversity." One of
these i that we must encourage co
operation and entenjirise. For five
years now factories have been busy,
merchants have been" prosperous,
houses have been rented, and we have
not felt the need of organization work
for the city as we did before and as
we may now.
The chamber of commerce is well
organized and is today on the job. The
members need to take more interest
in the work that is ahead of it. We
ought to concert'-"' .
program. With frequent meetings the
public would be kept informed of
progress. . The chamber ought to be
the central clearinghouse for such
matters. Rotary, Kiwanis, the Civi
tans and other organizations have
their essential functions but they
have to some extent weakened the
chamber. That latter ought to be the
principal avenue of approach in the
movement for great things.
The chamber might well take up
I questions like annexation, the letting
or tne contract ior me auauonvim,- iu
passage of an enabling act for the
levee, tax reform, city beautification,
our school system, a hotel for Look
out mountain, a -better street car
service, nubile utility rates, conven-
itions, good roads, new industries and
other matters.
If meetings were frequently held
many questions might get publicity
even if the attendance were not large.
At an evening's meeting much more
time could be found to public ques
tions than is at the disposal of the
weekly luncheon clubs.
The chamber of commerce has done
its great work in the past and it can
be depended on' to do similar service
in the future.
The main service the chamber ol
commerce can perform for the com
munity today is to inspire confidence.
It should not be difficult to do this.
The News never felt more certainty of
the city's magnificent future. Hence
our recent expenditure on a new build'
Ung and plant. Chattanooga News.
National Edito
Just at this time we want to impart
the information to the council and
the board of trade that early in March
the National Editorial Association,
composed of the foremost editors of
the nation, will hold its annual meet
ing in this state and will, aside from
attending to its business, make a tour
of the state sightseeing. These edi
tors and their families will compose
a party of possibility five hundred
people, all writers " and boosters by
profession. These editors have been
invited to visit the Scenic Highlands
and according to their itinerary they
will be here. What we want to do is
to get them to stop at Frostproof and
look our town and country over. They
are not going to do so if we do not
show some signs that we want them,
we have got to make an effort to get
them to. If We give these editors a
well-gotten up, original send off, we
will have accomplished more than we
can accomplish with thousands of dol
lars spent on publicity, for these men
are dispensers of publicity of the
highest mark. Think what it would
mean to have the name and good
points of Frostproof spread from San
Francisco to Maine and put in such a
manner that millions people would
read about it. That's publicity of the
first water, folks, and money cannot
buy it. It will, however, take a little
money to get these editors to stop
here, not that we will have to pay
them, but we will have to give them
an entertainment that will cost money.
The town could well afford to spend
$300 In entertaining these men. That
would be the best spent money the
town ever parted with and would show
more returns. Think it over, gentle
men, and see if we are not right. The
women of the town will do their share
toward entertaining them. Let's do
the rest. Highland News.
Income Tax
Facts You
Should. Know
In computing net income, a deduc
tion for business expenses or a dis
bursement or charge must have cer
tain qualities in order to be allowed.
It must relate to a trade, business,
profession, or vocation "carried on"
by the taxpayer, in which he has in
vested time? and money for the pur
pose of a livelihood or profit. A single
transaction or a series of isolated
transactions do not ordinarily consti
tute trade or business. A business is
being carried on by its owner, even
though all its activities' may be con
ducted by employees.
A tax payer may carry on more than
one business or trade if he devotes
sufficient time and attention to each
enterprise, and may claim as deduc
tions the business expenses of each.
Mere investment of capital, however,
is not sufficient to allow such claim.
For example, a manufacturer buying
stock in a mine or oil well who de
sires to visit the scene of operation
may not claim as a deduction the cost
of his journey.
The deduction must 'be a "business
expense" and not an "investment of
capital." Amounts expended for the
erection of new buildings, installation
of machinery, and the purchase of
tools or implements of permanent
value do not constitute business ex
penses, being merely a change in the
form of capital and not a reduction
of wealth. Expenditure for property
which is used up in the course of the
year may be deducted as a business
expense.
The law provides for the deduction
as a business expense of "a reasonable
allowance for salaries or other com
pensation for personal services ac
tually rendered' Such claims are
subject to careful, scrutiny by the bu
reau of internal revenue, and to be al.
lowed must conform strictly to the
wordirg of the statute. The test of
deductibility is whether the amounts
paid are reasonable and whether they
are. in fact, purely for personal serv
ices. Reasonable compensation is held
by the bureau to mean only such
amounts as would ordinarily be paid
for like services by like enterprises in
like circumstances.
Claims for deductions for salary
payments are allowed only when the
compensation is "for services actually
rendered," and for no other consider
ation. For example, should stockhold
ers of a corporation draw salaries in
amounts which bear a close relation
ship to their stock holdings, and if
such payments are found to be in ex
cess of a reasonable allowance for
services rendered, the excess would be
regarded as a distribution of profits
under the guise of salaries.
Each year's returns, both as to gross
income and deductions therefrom,
should be complete In itself, and tax
payers are expected and required to
make every reasonable effort to ascer
tain Lb imct Barjr Ut make a
THE OLD HOME TOWN "
SiT thanks old chap- Mfi'Vs
Wi T- ffl J AfoU SAVED ME TRoM gH Cr-T
r f H J&0 (SMASHNG INTO THE ,QH WT ' aC
J BULJY0 WAS CAUGHT AJ-A TRAFFIC JAM TODAY -
jLJLr ABE CUNNERS OLD GRAY HORSE ACTED UP- ABE SAYS THE? 3s?J
(Kf FIR "ST TIME SNCG THE CIRCUS PARADE" BACK M IS06
correct return. Expenses, liabilities,
and deficits paid or Incurred In 1919
or prior years for which nc- deductions
wre claimed in the return for those
years can not be included in the 1920
return. Losses by theft or embezzle
ment sustained in one year and dis
covered in another are deductible, only
for the year of their occurence. If a
taxpayer discovers a loss sustained in
a prior year, he may render an
amended return for that year and file
a claim for refund of the excess tax
paid by reason of his failure to deduct
such loss in his original return.
Claim for deductions for "personal,
family, or living expenses," which are
expressly disallowed by the revenue I
act. are not infrequently found In the
returns, such expenses include rent
paid for a home, wages of servants,
cost of food and clothing for the fam-
ily, education of children, cost of up
keep of automobile used for pleasure
or convenience, and all items Connect
ed with the maintenance, well-being,
and pleasure of the taxpayer and -ds
family.
Adventures of
The Twins
By Olive Roberts Barton
JyTANCY and Nick gave Ishtu the Es.
kimo all their magical charms to
keep for them. Islilu put them Into
his little carved box, even the Magic
Green Shoes, and slid the little box
under some pear skins in a corner,
"Now they are safe," he said. "No
one can get them. You never can tell
what traveler may come this way and
walk off with your precious belong
ings."
"That's right," nodded Nick. "Be
cause there is a wicked wizard who
is trying to keep us from getting to
the South Pole. He Is a friend of
Snltcher Snatch who stole all the toys
made for little boys' and girls . birth
days and he .doesn't wish us to get
them back. We think it was this wiz
ard who turned the Arctic Circle into
an ice wall so we couldn't get past.
But we got through because we had
the golden key."
"What's his name?" asked Ishtu,.
"He's called the Bobadil Jinn," an
swered Nick.
Ishtu started. "So you know about
him!" he exclaimed. "Who told you?"
"Santa Claus," answered Nick. "And
this wicked wizard can take any form
at all."
"But we'll always' know him because
he "smells like hs'acinths," put in
Nancy, "so we are not afraid.
Ishtu buttoned up his coat higher
around his neck and pulled hi3 hood
over his eyes.
"Well," said he, "here's some nice
hot soup for you both. If you eat
this and rest a little, you'll be able to
continue your journey all the better."
As he finished speaking he waved his
hand three times over the pot and
sid some queer words.
TYhat's that for?" asked Nick curi
ously. "That's the way I always season my
soup," answered Ishtu. "Won't " you
come and eat?"
(Copyright, 1921, N. E. A.)
Revelations
of a Wife
Rv ADELE GARRISON.
"Or Take the Consequences."
After I had drunk the steaming cof
fee, with Mrs. Durkee looking oif in
smiling approval, Lillian made an
other request of the cheery little wo
man. "Would you mind asking Miss Dra
per to come here a moment? she said
quietly. "Mrs.- Graham wants to
thank her, and then do hunt up that
husband of mine and tell him to rig
up some sort of couch for Mrs. Gra
ham, so she can lie down while we
have our d'nner. We can all takd
turns feeding her."
As Mrs. Durkee hurried out', eager
to help In any way possible, Lillian
turned to me grimly.
"That will keep her out of the way
while we have our seance with the
Draper. Now Ijrace up, my dear"; just
nod or shake your head when I give
you the cue."
It seemed hours, although in reality
it was only a moment or two before
Grace Draper parted the improvised
sail curtains and stood before us, I
think she knew, something of what we
wished, for. her face held the grayish
whiteness that had been there when
she heard Dicky's impatient words
concerning her. But her head was
'held high, her eyes were unflinching
t as she faced us.
"Miss Draper," Lillian began, her
voice low and controlled, but deadly
In its ice grimness, "we won't detain
you but a moment, for we are going
to get right down to brass tacks.
"I know exactly what happened out
there in the surf a little while ago.
I was watching from the shore, and
saw enough to make me suspicious
and what' I have learned from Mrs.
Graham has confirmed my suspi
cions." She glanced toward me.
"You felt a hand clutch your, foot
and hen drag you down, did you not,
Madge?"
I nodded weakly, conscious only of
the terrible burning eyes of Miss Dra
per fixed upon me.
"It's a lie," Miss Draper began,
fiercely, but Lillian held up her hand
in a gesture that appeared to cow the
girl.
"Don't trouble either to deny or af
firm it." she said icily. "There Is but
one thing I wish to hear from your
lips; It is the answer to this question:
Will you take the offer Mr. Undere
w:ood made you, to get you that the
atrical engagement, and, having done
this, will you keep out of Dick Gra
ham's way for every day of your life
hereafter? I don't mind telling you
that, if you do this I shall keep my
mouth closed about this thing; if you
do not, I shall call the rest of the
party here now and tell them what I
know."
"Mr. Graham will not believe you,
the girl said through stiff lips. Her
attitude was like the final turning of
an animal at bay.
"Don't fool yourself, Lillian retort
ed caustically. "I am Mr. Graham's
uiidest mend, we wouia Deweve mo
almost raoro niuc-twy uidii xie
would his wife, for he might think
that his wife was prejudiced againsl
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Fill in words whose meanings are as follows: A wooden pin; the initialr
of a famous American; a wading bird with long legs and neck; a timic
animal; a furnace used for drying. If you fill in the right words, you will
have both the first and last name of the girl both reading downward
What s her name? .
By Stanley
you.
5 "1 am not a patient woman, Miss
Draper. Don't try me too far. Take
this offer or take the consequences."
I do not think that ever in my life I
shall cease to remember the tense mo
ments when Grace Draper and Lillian
Underwood faced each other in our
Improvised bathing tent, waiting for
the girl's answer to Lillian's ultima
tum. During our "desert island" picnic,
Grace Draper, Dicky's beautiful model,
whose infatuation for tim had made
my summer most miserable, had over
heard an impatient remark- of Dicky's
concerning her, which evidently had
driven her to desperation.
Later she and I had gone far out
into the surf together, where she had
performed many spectacular feats, re
peatedly swimming around under wa
ter. - . '
During on of these disappearances
of hers I had felt a savage clutch at
my foot, dragging me down ieto tha
waves, and had nearly drowned in
consequence.
Neither Lillian, who had watched
Us from shore, nor I had any doubt
that the girl had Intended to causa
my death. That, whether from remorso
or fright, she had saved me afterward
did not matter to Lillian. She seized
upon the opportunity forever to sepa
rate the girl from Dicky.
Summoning her to the improvised
tent where I lay weak from my exper
ience, she had bluntly given the girl
her choice of accepting Harry Under
wood's offer of a theatrical engage
ment and forever leaving Dicky's life,
or having Lillian summon the other
members of the party and tell them of
what she had learned.
The girl stood with bent head for a
long minute as Lillian flared out her
ultimatum: "Take this offer or take
take the consequences," then she lifted
it and looked steadily into Mrs. Un
derwood's eyes.
"Remember, I admit nothing," sh
said defiantly, "but, .of course, I ac
cept your offers-There Is nothing else
for me to do in the face of the very
ingenious story which you two havo
concocted between you."
She turned and walked steadily out
of the tent.
Her words, the blaze In her eyes,
the very motion of her body, wai
magnificiently insolent.
"She's a wonder!" Lillian admitted,
drawing a deep breath, as the girl
vanished. "I didn't think she had
bravado enough to bluff it out like
that."