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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1919. 1
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VACATION EARNINGS. 5
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The school vacation just about ton
begin, is a time of relaxation for '
both teacher and pupil. But relaxa- *
tion does not necessarily mean. idle-. <
nese. A change in employment, di- '
verting the mind from one subject to s
another, often proves more beneficial '
than so-called complete rest. ''
The teacher whose pupils find ways <
of earning money during the vaca-^l
tion period will have the realization <
that he or she is discharging well the '
responsibilities of thrift education.'!
Knowing the opportunities open to <
v boys and girls for spare-time em- i
ployment and pointing them out to <
pupils is part of the thrift education, i
If the teacher helps to make the I
, style thrift and industry, instead of |
waste and idleness, there will be
the co-operation of the instinct imitation.
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The pae-erness with which boys
take newspaper routes, shows how ^
instinctive it is to be independent. No ,
amount of effort is too great for the
fchijd if he is led sympathetically over
the roughest places when he sees the
use to which his work is to be put.
He wants to be something and to do
something. Perhaps he wants to save
for a college fund, or for winter
clothes, and he will be anxious to
earn something during vacation. j
In this connection a recent message
to school children by Carter
Glass, Secretary of the Treasury, is
pertinent.
"I summon you to solve one of
America's greatest financial problems .
How to make permanent among our ,
people the habits of thrift begun dur-(
ing the war. j
"Your investments in War Savings t
Stamps helped win the war. The,
Viptory has been won?let us carry j
over into peace time two of the great;
lessons of the war?the value of ,
/ thrift and the fact that good citizen-:,
shin and interest in vour covern-;
ment come from having a part in!
financing it. I call upon you to share j
in the 1919 National War Savingsj)
Campaign by studying means and!
methods of thrift, and by investigat-j
k ing your Savings in War Savings,
Stamps. To you I intrust the re- j ^
sponsibility for making the future j s
America a Nation of Thrift."
"EXPLOITING THE UNIFORM." I
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While it is felt that iftiposter?;
wearing the uniform of the Untied _
? States army, navy or marine corps I
are not so numerous as to constitute1 g
a menace, there are enough of them r
working on the sympathies of the pa- '
triotic persons to bring a measure of s
discredit upon the service. This is <
particularly true of the army, chiefly i
because an army uniform gan be pur- i
chased almost anywhere and no
Questions asked. Indeed, prices of :
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officers' uniforms have fallen to such \
an extent as to lead to the suspicion j
that during the war they were sold t
at a considerable profit. <
The law provides a severe penalty t
for the unauthorized wearing of all '
or part fo the prescribed uniform of ]
any branch of the service, but im- <
posters apparently feel safe because <
of the large numbers of uniformed j
men seen on the streets. Discharged ]
soldiers may lawfully wear their uniform
provided they wear the pre- ]
scribed red discharge chevron. This I
is not only their right, but it is a 1
practice to be encouraged within rea- <
sonable limits. No one will question! i
the right of a discharged soldier to 1
wear his uniform at work, the suppo- :
sition being that it is a matter of his <
own business. This public attitude i
;ncourages the imposter, and if im-|<
rosters are allowed to exploit the '
miform unmolested, there is danger
)f precisely what the Government is i
;rying to discourage?the tramp sol-;
Jier. !
The uniform is also being put to. J
anseemly uses by soldiers who go '
lbout selling souvenirs, music, etc.,'
;o persons who buy for no other reason
than because they feel they are11
lelping some deserving hero keep !
:he wolf from the door. Tne men are
lot soldiers, but uniformed peddlers, :
icting of course, within their legal
rights, but reflecting no credit upon
;hemselves, their employers or their
country. The ease with which they
:arry on this trade encourages imi;ators,
and causes the public to
suspect the motives of the peddler.
STo doubt, many of these men have '
fallen victims to the persuasive powers
of some sharp agent who has
realized the appeal their uniform
carries and is making hay while the
sun shines. j1
If this country were sending a de- 1
feated army home in rags and tat-,
;ers to become a public burden, the1
soldiers would then be a public j
:harge. But neither the public nor
;he soldiers can afford to forget that
is an army the American army suf-J:
fered only a few of the hardships of
3attle and that its victory, as won-i
ierful as any in history, was won by 1
;he superior quality of the manhood
snlisted. The survivors are being
sent home well clothed, in good
loalth anH fit., if men ever were, to
;arn a living as civilians. The liber- i'
il provisions for disabled soldiers
jliminate the maimed beggar, and it
is felt that on the whole there is lit-'
tie reason why any man should expliot
the uniform for personal gain, j
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CONFUSION OVER PROFANITY
Sundry unintentional humorists
lave been filling space in many
journals with laments and speculaJons
about the prevalence of pro"anity
in the American Army and the
irobable influence thereof on the
'utuve of the American language. I (
lold no brief for profaneness, never-',
;hele.-s I am constrained to point out
;hat a preat deal which has been .
.vritten is irrevelant and even ab;urd.
The widest misconception obtains ^
is to the nature of profanity. One ]
vriter whose ideas flow along the,
Qmo fronorjil lines as those of manv i
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thers, after making the general al- <
egation of the prevalence of pro-!|
ane language among our soldiers, j
[which is a fact), proceeds to speci- ,
'y, and in the specifications men- ,
ions the words "damn" and "hell",^
vhich, he truthfully points out, havej,
irept into the public speech of sever-j,
il estimable and famous citizens, and
lave been blazoned on the bulletin r
>oards of movie ads. ,
Now, the increase in profanity is ]
>ne problem and the increase in the
ise of the words "damn" and "hell,"
'devil" and "blazes," &C., ad infini- (
um, is another problem, but the two ,
>roblems are not identical. j
Profanity is the degradation of
loly things. Profane speech is the
W111W11 puto I1U1J 11111150 ill ?a 1
'ulgar setting, as when the name of <
3od, or of heaven, is interpreted ir- ]
elevehtly, and inappropriately into
lomrnon speech. One who ejaculates,
'heavens!" as a merely casual inter- <
ection or who misuses the name ofj?
Divinity, is definitely profane and' I
juilty of whatever may be legiti-!
nately denounced against profanity, j
The user of damn (which is the 1
itrict equivalent of condemn) or hell s
>r blazes, or the name of satanic !
najesty, cannot be accused of defil-;
ng holy things.
There is a great deal to be said 1
ipainst the overemployment of such <
voids, both from aesthetic and lin- '
ruistic points of view. The same 1
hing would be said against the,
opious use of "blame" in referring
;o this "blamed thing" and that 1
'blamed thing," or the use of the ex-:'
aression "Oh, stinkpot!" on every 1'
occasion of exasperation or disgust, '
>r surprise. But this is a large subject
which we may dismiss for the
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present.
Perhaps the confusion between'1
profanity, cussing, and swearing is '
;he real source of misunderstanding, j1
rhese three terms are much used
especially by the religious people, as
if they were synonymous, which'
they are not. One may swear pro-||
fanely, or not profanely. The taking'
of oath in court is swearing, but is
not profanity. Calling upon Jone or;
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Gosh to witness, or even swearing!
"by gum" might be profanity to one
who considers Jone ot Gosh or gum
as sacred. But I suspect that few of
us harbor that consideration. NeverJ
theless each of these constitutes
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swearing in tne strict sense 01 me
terms.
As for cursing: "Confound you",'
and "darn that carburetor" are
curses, as much as if "damn" were
substituted for "confound" and
"darn" (the substitution is, of course
really the other way around.) But
not much of a case can be made out
for the profanity of any of these.
Let us war on profanity with all
our might; not merely on vulgar profanity,
but also on the more shocking
profanity of Billy Sunday and
others who drag holy things in the
dirt. Let us war also on the vulgarization
of language, and the deadly
monotony of too much "hell" and
"damn." But we war more effectual-j
ly where we war intelligently, and
especially where we do not confuse
Bin and vulgarity.?Areopagite Pro
Tem. in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
QUEUES AND PRESS CLOTH
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Some wise man declared that there'
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is a use for everything. Since he was
wise, he was correct very probably.!
But it is hard to figure ou the uses'
of some things like rattlesnakes,!
pessimists and swelled heads. There
was a time when the Chinaman's
queue?hard to spell, isn't it??]
might have been included in the list.
But it has developed that John Chinaman
could serve a good practical pur-j
pose by following the seeminglysenseless
custom of letting his coarse
hair grow long, though he didn't
know it.
Camel hair was used for years in
the manufacture of press cloth. But
the time came when camel hair betame
harder to secure. Duty on it
became so heavy its importation was
practically prohibited. It was at this
iirr.e t.he Chinese hepMn discarding
their queues. Press cloth manufacturers
began to experiment with this
human hair. It was found to be not
only a substitute for camel hair, but
superior in this particular manufacture
to camel hair. Its importation
ivas begun in large quantities.
An Augusta, Ga., manufacturer of
press cloth has just left for China
to place a large contract for human'
fiair.
There are but a small numoer of
press cloth factories in the United'
States, this cloth being used in cot-'
;on factories.?Industrial Index.
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Mrs. Fannie Thomson is here from;
rroy visiting among relatives and to:
ittend the marriage of her niece,
Miss Mary Klugh Tuesday night.
Little Miss Etheline Goss Pope, of
Columbia, is the fairy-like little visi;or
at the home of Judge and Mrs.
?rank B. Gary on Greenville street.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Morrah of
Bellevue, wereihe Saturday and Sunlay
visitor at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Bradley.
Sergt. Edward H. Smith is expected
to return this week from Camp
rackson, where he went last Friday
;o receive his discharge.
Miss Mary Wood, Latin teacher in
:he High School during the past session,
left Monday for her home in
snartanbure.
R. E. Henry has returned to Abbeville
to l-esume the duties of manager
af the Five and Ten Cent Store af:er
service overseas as sergeant in
the 81st Divison.
Dr. Chalmers Haddon came down
from Williamston and spent Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. W. H. Long.
Ihe doctor is succeeding in his new
home, which is pleasant news to his
friends here.
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Washington, June 21.?Provision]
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in the army appropriation bill for! nQunc
maintenance of an army of 400,000
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officers and men during the next fis- ^
cal year was tentatively agreed on
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today by the Senate military sub.
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committee. The House bill, which
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was before the committee, reduced:
the size of the temporary army i 519^,
509,000 officers and men requested; 4Q4 1(
by the War Department to 300,000. p0U^
Consideration of the bill was vir- ^
tually completed tonight. Chairman]
Wadsworth said he planned to re- g.
port it tomorrow to the full commitr
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tee which is expected to consider it
at once so that the measure can be I ^ t
sent to the Senate without delay and > .
an effort made to expedite its passage
before July 1, when some ap-! ^jn
propriations will be needed. I p0Un(j
Chairman Wadsworth said tonight ?
that numerous changes were made in ^
the House bill owing to the fact that.
the appropriations carrie,d in that p0Un(j
measure had been worked out on a
basis of an average army of 300,000 p0Uncj
for the coming fiscal year, while the ca^e
Senate committee increased this to pare(j
400,000.
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In appearing before the Senate
committee ,both Secretary Baker and
Gen. March were emphatic in their
recommendations that the average
size of the army should be fixed at'
509,0000 as originally recommended,! 1
pending the determination of a final ernme
military policy. ' an a^
The Senate committee increased c^am^
appropriations for the army air ser-! *>re
vice and ordnance department, al- re
though no estimate was made tonight! net'
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of the exact amount. It also allowed
$20,000,000 for barracks and quar- ance*
ters in place of $23,000,000 request- j
ed by Secretary Baker, and $2,000-jvo*e 1
000 provided in the House bill. An | Orlan
appropriation of $6,000,000 was al^
agreed on for vocational training re^a^e
and welfare work in the army camps. #over
The War Deoartment asked 8,000,
000 for this work but the House re- Enj
duced it to $150,000. The 1
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3TTON SEED STATISTICS. , C
shington, June 21.?Cotton j
ind cotton seed products for the | S1C
onth period ending May 31, an-; 1
ed today by the census bu- "*u
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ton Seed: Crushed, 4,322,499 VM
compared with 4,134,701 a year an
ind on hand at mills, 91,233, ex
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ired with 92,171. I ""
ide oil: Produced, 1,272,241,- j ^
ounds, compared with 1,271,-;
56, and on hand, 97,029,755 ^
!s, compared with 73,149,235. fie
tned oil: Produced, 1,045,791,lounds,
compared with 1,093,- tri
L8, and on hand, 211,640,260,
ired with 347,892,269.
;e and meal: Produced, 2,101,- ^ ^
ons, compared with 2,007,784, ^
n hand, 89,659, compared with; j
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ters: Produced, 910,541,500 ?01
1 bales, compared with 1,109,-j 0?c
ind on hand 284,472, compared' Qn
127,382. IC0;
lorts of oil were 15,905,266 ^
s, compared with 13,433,935. j
)orts were: Oil, 182,941,252 ^
s, compared with 75,685,355;
and meal, 140,299 tons, com-' |t
with 19,043, and linters, 65,unning
bales, compared with
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>nt resigned this evening after 0i(
verse vote against it in the Bo
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mier Orlando, in announcing th<
signation and that of the cabi- ms
said King Victor Emmanuel th
eservel decision as to acceptUoi
; chamber of deputies had, by a tic
of 259 to 78, rejected Premier ha
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FITTERS
ibbeville, S" C.
IVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
The U. S. Civil Service Commissi
will hold /m examination for
remen-Laborers for men only on
ly 18, 1919, at Abbeville, S. C., to
vacancies in tne custodian Ser:e
in that city. Salary $660.00 per
num. Age 20, years or over. The
amination is open to all who meet
J requirements. Application
inks and full information: can be
tained from the Secretary, Local
ril Service Board at the Post Ofe,
Abbeville, S. C., or from the
cretary, Fifth Civil Service Disct,
Atlanta, Ga.
A MORNING PARTY.
Mrs. Frank Welsh gave a delightl
rook party at her home on Greenle
street, in honor of her sister-in..
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v, xuis. vjiumiu wuu u? uctv
>m Monroe on a visit. Twentylr
friends gathered at eleven
lock and rook was enjoyed until
e o'clock, when a delightful salad
urse with tea, was served as luneon.
This party was a most pleasant afir,
Mrs. Welsh being a genial hos>s
and her guests meeting with
:asure the charming horonee.
OLDEST TWINS ARE 89
Sea Cliff, L. I., June 18.?Mrs.
iria Hawshurst Banks and her
ter, Miss Elizabeth Hawshrust,
o are twins, yesterday celebrated
eir eighty-ninth birthday anniver y
here. They are said to be the
lost twins in the United States,
th are in good health. Miss Hawsrst,
who lives in Brooklyn during
; Winter, is an active member of
my women's clubs and societies
ere.
The sisters were bom at Searingvn,
near here, and with the excepn
of a few months in Virginia they
ve spent their lives in this part of
>ng Island. Both are ardent prohitionists,
and expressed pleasure
sterday at living to see th? day
hen the entire country was destined
be dry. They lived for years on
e William Cullen Bryant estate at
>slyn.