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Newspaper
Andrews News
Location
Andrews, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
2
The Andrews News editorials urge economy in government finances, criticizing wasteful spending. The piece argues taxpayers should not fund generous public expenditures and calls for turning away from extravagance during readjustment.
A 1920 holiday note urges forgiving spirit over gifts amid low profits for Southern farmers. It wishes better business in the New Year and notes prices are near their bottom, enabling planners to choose crops wisely. The piece urges cheerfulness despite financial strain and communal support.
The News and Courier warns against claiming tax relief. urges tax reform but warns a $10 million tentative budget would overburden taxpayers. It notes 1920 appropriations at $6,007,140 and 1916 at $2,486,140, with 1921 talks of $9,826,206, sparking public indignation at rising state costs.
The State Budget System will recommend about 7 million dollars for 1921 covering state government and institutions, a reduction from 9.87 million the prior year. Governor Cooper signals possible tax relief, a 14 mill levy, and a referendum bond issue for ten years of permanent improvements amid calls to curb county and city levies.
Governor Coper supports progress and asks citizens and legislature to consider a larger state appropriation. Key requests include education at 4,944,587.76 and correctional and charitable institutions at 1,765,159.96.
A lively note on bluffing showing the chatterbox outshine the wiser man at first, but the brainy man who speaks less ends ahead. The constant talker benefits himself and others through profitable speech, while the quiet thinker remains more effective.
The traveling man is pinned as the champ’s favorite opponent with loud crowds cheering each move. Visit in town to watch the spectacle and see the champ in action against traveling players.
The text notes peasants in parts of Austria especially toward Hungary regularly ingest arsenic. It claims they tolerate large doses and attribute the beauty of their women to constant drugging, suggesting widespread exposure without harm.
The text jokes that Shakespeare foretold a home brew era with a Witches Broth recipe in Macbeth. It references Prof and Soph debate about substantiating a prophetic angle tied to the play and its imagery.
An old column presents curiosities about the Miraculous Bell of St. Paul said to come from England to Batz in the sixth century. It also explains why birds keep perches when asleep and notes rats adapting to tree tops in Hawaii amid mongoose predation.
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