The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 07, 1914, Image 7
ADVOCATES TWO STANDARDS.
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Ml N Ulli WOMI N
Father MeMrimnuii ?> I hau Women
should Haine Men ami not Mm
I . \%ee Women, Which Would lie
Result or Mngh* standard?Should
be loni|H<ran<o Society of Women.
The following report of a sermon by
Father Hugh L. Mv Mcnuniin. one o!
the greatest moral thinkers east of
the I;... k\ MOUVa ill I SOd I goat rela?
tive of Mr. Neill oPonnell of thi?
. hau been receP ed l.y The Item
with a re?iu< to publish. I Will no
doubt be of imcr.st t" mans Of the
readers of The item and it is theiefore
reprinted.
Two standards of oonduct. one for
m*n and one for women, were advo
I fi- in the |>uIpif of the Cathedral
? ?f the Immacului.- COWOigllOW at sol
hhii tuKh mans \esterday morning by
the He* Father HuKh L MeMenamin.
Mot tithe pariah.
I ?unk wan made the ehief division
point, and the woman who drinks in
public plat ?a was branded w ith the
scarlet !>r.md ami daaaed ua unfit for
man to marry.
I breathe a prayer." he said, "that
the double standard remain, for
should It be chanf/tpl by the woman
of this generation, it would not be by
raising man to her standard, but by
betng dragged down to his."
The congregation, crowding the
great church to the doors, sat breath?
less aa Father Mi M? numln lashed
with the whip of oratory the "modern
woman" and her "tendency down
w ii d
l imes was," he began, "when 1
consiuered the question of sobriety or
temperance from the standpoint of
applying it to men i nly, but that was
In the davs when no n only frequent?
ed barrooms?In the days when for
a woman ?8 frequent a place where
lnt??\i< ants were seid branded her as
s creature i f the underworld?in the
I nh VsVtfl barrooms were not dlgni
tb i, l.y the n.mo's cafe, restaurant,
tavern and the like?in the daya of
the double standard.
We bear a great deal in these, our
days, ab??ut the double standard. It
la undoubtedly true that a great many
are Influenced, led on. perhaps un
ooascloualy, by the sophism and false
prinelplea of the age. which condones
Immorality in man nd makes mere
respectability bis coue of conduct, but
holds aloft to woman the so i?d laws
of i hr.-'ianlty?which judges t)*s|
snormlty of the sin by the sex of the
transgressor, as if. forsooth, sin hud
sex.
? Now. whilst we abhor such a con?
dition of things, wo maintain that
there la and ought to be a double
atandar 1 from another viewpoint?a
douhle standard not of morals, but of
conduct.
Talk as you will about equal
rights and equal privileges?ami
granting It all?you cunnot deduce
therefrom similarity of duties or .?Im?
ilarlty of conduct.
\\ h- ii <? ' I i?? ited man and wo?
man, he made them the t(implements
or supplements of each other and so
fashioro d them that < ne supplied
what the other SO bed. Consequently,
ws find a marked diffcrence in them,
s difference that is not oaty physical,
but mental und IS SAP* .-amenta!, and
because of this difference it always
has been ant it always will be unbe
mng in woman |g io many things
that man may do with propriety.
"Men may srgue on street corners
and mount a a<>ap box to discuss busi
nsss. politics and war with greator
propriety thin may a woman. Men
muy crowd an arena und ho.vi them
aelvea hoars* an t w?? naked, panting,
bleeding human brutes pummel ea h
other Into Insensibility with greater
propriety than may a woman.
"Men may?and her?- is the point?!
drink intoxicants In public places and
grow glib of tSSJsgSJi with more propri
?ty than can a woman.
"Why did <Jod give to worn in those
firs sensibilities, that higher moral
tore, those PsgUOl ideals, th gl n
lire aspirations, if it be not that sh>
?hould set the standard arter whn k
we ahould ships our conduct?
Ws have a right to demand It A
and she has a duty to see that we!
do not demand it In vain.
"Mind. I speik only oi conduct, not
morals, and the womgg who ?b-mandsl
? n ilanty of ? ondu< t with man. will
m Idom or ne\er rise above los BOM I
?i d of moruls.
"Women rail against IM double
Mfandard of in.-i als. and lament the
fact that gla is Bjers readdv condoned,
in man than In won.in Whilst la?
menting tb" fi t with her. I hreutfeO
? prayer that tin double standard re?
main, tor should it ne <h iiuc d by IhS
woman ol 'his generation, it would
not be b> riuMing the u, n to m i
Mat d ud. but by belli* dfSJgSJSd down
OS bis.
The ten lein v tod.iv u Ib. retard
la downward not upward, and if that
? hauls"- tie etTe t?d. w III* b ?Jod loibid.
it will tie brought about by the woman
wh#i has u> en up the doubl? standard
, and the chief uK?md?r Is
the woman who ?hink Intoxicants in
aohlte,
"Waff i to orga ilie ? temperance
society today, it would hi exclusively
fof Women, nut because many of them
at vise it, hut because by their conduct
they are making drunkards of men,
because the: nra taking away his
Ideals and leaving him nothing to
? ling le and because physically ami
temperamentally sic- cannot Indulge
With Ibi Same immunity as man.
"Ninety-eight net- Oint Of the women
brought before the police magistrates
Ol Chicago owe their downfall to the
Hint drink ol intoxicants.
"Yen yonng men who gbUSi the
Confidence of parents and take a girl
Into o restaurant and Indues her to
dl nk. I warn you. Do not, If you
value your happiness, do not marry
such a girl.
"Married people set the example by
frequenting cahareta und serving In?
lOXlcnntg la their homes. According
le eminent medical authority, the so?
cial puneh-bowl is the cause of 90
per cent of the drink habit among so?
ciety women.
"The remedy lies in total abstinence,
Ifi making this small sacrifice for your
own sake and for the sake of others
who ma\ hi weaker than you are."?
Denver, Col., News.
NO COLLEGE DEMOCRACY.
Editor Says There is no Such Thing
as Democracy in College Life? Son ?s
not Law* Make College.
Xew Haven, March I.? Democracy
in American universities is a delu?
sion, Edwin E. Slosson. literary editor
of the Independent and author of
"Grant American Universities," told
an audience of prominent educators
from all parts of tho country here tc
day. The occasion was the eleventh
annual convention of the Religious
Education Association which begu i
a four day session here today.
"The two things that every colle?
gian, speaking of his alma rnater, is
apt to boast about are the superla?
tive beauty of its campus and its
unique democratic spirit," said Mr.
Slosson. "Hy democracy, however is
sometimes meant merely the compara?
tive si the distinctions upon which
aristocracy is based in the outside
world, such as wealth and family.
The substitution of a collegiate aristo?
cracy where the line is drawn be?
tween sophomores and freshmen.
Greeks ami l'.arbarlans or classical
and scientific students a commonly
overlooked.
? If the College did prepare the stu?
dent for life In a democratic society
where on earth would he hnd the
. o b ty for which he had prepared?
Wim Indeed would suspect that the
universities had any intention to in?
culcate a spirit ol deir ocracy when
he sees the academic procession die
through the Gothic hall robed in the
costume of the mediaev.il student
guild ami arranged in hierarchial or?
der in atriet ace udance with a tia
dltlonal system.
' It is common for bays who are
fully prepared for college at an early
age to be hold back by their parents
fOf a yoaf or two for tear Of subject?
ing them too yonng to the influence
of 'college life.' On the other hand
complaint is mad ? that the age of
graduation la too hi^h. This much
i
lauded 'college lit" is thus the cause
of a double loss o time. It acts both
aa a detriment and a retarder. It
prevents the student from entering as
young as he might and it absorbs B
large proportion of his time in col-j
lege.
"The student's conduct is governed
more by the standards Of his elass
HiatCg than by the rule of tho faculty.
Let me make the songs of a college
and 1 care not who makes it laws."
< liauinerlMlit's Tablet* for Const! pa -
tioa.
For constipation i Chamberlain's
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mild ?nd gentle in SffOCt. Give them
i trial For sale by all dealers.?Advt
PLANS Colt STUDENT C AMPS.
Mllttarj Anthoritios Deckle to Place
tine of Elte at AsSHfllMO, N, C
Washington, March I.?War de?
partment plans were announced to
da] iat holding student mllitsr) ln?
stru? ton rumps n iXl summer at Lud
Ington, Mu h., for the central se tion
of the country, and at Monteriy. C0I.1
tor ins weati llurllngton, vt.. and
Asheviiie, N. already have been
selected f??r tin- northeastern and
southeastern ? imps, ami a llfth csmp
ma) be located at Mpokane, Wash
All ol the ' amps except thai al
Monterey will open July I and
( los.? August
Chronic fltOOnSrh Trouble < med.
Ther? hi nothing more discouraging
than ? chronu disorder ol the stoiu
sett in it not surprising ihnt man)
nilfer for years with such <u nll
menl t h? n s permanent cure Is with
in reach and may lie had for s trifle
"About one rear ago," says P
Beek, ol Wakelee, Mich., "1 bought
a paehag of Chamberlains' Tablets
und siie?- using them i have felt per*
fectly weii. i had previous!) used any
number of different medlolnoa, bul
none of Ho in were of any lasting
benefit. For aale by ail dsalera
? Advt
PROMINENT UmiClILTUKAL
WORK KR? TO BE HERE
THREE DAYS NEXT
WEEK.
Will no hi o.sHt'uo on Monday, March
Bill, Dalscil on Tuesday and at
Bethel on Wednesday, March Itth
?Well Known Speakers to Be
Among I lie Visitors?will Bee
What Schools Are Doing on Their
Demonstration Plots,
One of the parties sent out by the
Department of Agriculture and Clem
son College, for the purpose of show?
ing how practical agriculture may he
taught, in the schools that have the
three at re demonstration plots con?
nected with them, will be In Sumter
County next Monday. Tuesdav, and
Wednesday, ninth, tenth and eleventh
I of .March. The speakers Will be with
the OsWSgO school Monday, with
: Dahiell Tuesday, and w ind up at
Bethel Wednesday.
The meeting will be opened at Os
WOgO at 10.80; at Dalzell as soon as
the train arrives, and at Bethel at 11
O'clock, We have been assured of
some good Speakern
The team will be Mr. W. H. Bar?
ton, Assistant stau Agent in the
Farm Demonstration work; Mr. L. L.
Baker, District Agent and either Hon.
<>. B, Martin, from Washington, Prof.
W. YV. Long, the State Agent, and
Bupt. of Extension Work, or Prof. A.
F. Conrad!, Those of you who at?
tended our institutes at Mr. S. J.
White's, and Privateer, probably re?
member Mr. Barton,
Everybody living within reach ol
these schools is cordially invited to
attend one of these meetings, in
fact they are regular institutes In
miniature form.
1 understand that the wide-awake
School Improvement Association of
Dal/ell is to have a meeting on the
same day that the ClSttlSOn party is
to be there. Dalsell has already built
herself one of the most handsome
school buildings in the rural districts
I of Sumter county and under the en?
thusiastic leadership Of the Misses
Napier we expect all the movements
for bettering their condition to suc?
ceed.
The Bethel school has tin reputa?
tion of always winning the things
that thoy gO titter. The pupils Of this
school were very much in evidence
when it came to going after the Clem
son and Winthrop scholarships lasi,
year. In fact 1 think that they were
a little greedy, for I have been in?
formed that they took everything In
sight Then everybody knows what u
reputation this school established In
the County School Day Contest for
the past tWO years.
The Oswego eommuntty is n great
I
community, perfectly devot >d to its
school. I have been told that they
pay the highest tax tor the mainten?
ance of their school of any rural dis?
trict in the country.
Naturally we expect great things
from these three schools and 1 hope
to see the teaching of practical agri?
culture deevloped in these schools,
BO that the boys and girls growing
up in these communities will appre?
ciate the dignity ol intelligent labor
ami be devoted to farm life,
J. Frank Williams,
Local Farm Dem. Agent.
SVMTER TEAM OVERWHELMED
Columbia Cops Game by Big Score of I
117 to 5.
The basket ball game on Wednes?
day night was a flsCO for the local
T, M. C. A. team. The Columbians,
certain of repeating their former vlc
I lory over the Sumter boys, started on
nell and kept forging farther and
i farther ahead as the game pro?
gressed. Tie* final score ol si\t\-seven
to live shows the Inequality In play
strength of the tWO teams. The
Columbia team had almost perfect
tea n work, while the Bumter men had
absolutely none.
Hard.- for the Columbia team wan
the particular star, playing a brilliant
tamo throughout and making nearly
half of the points for his team. Fthea,
at center. Wat kins, at guard, and
McLeod, al forward, also showed up
eopeclall) strong.
I For sumter there were no star
although the nun played hard, evon
after Ihej realised Ihey were out?
classed, in Justice to tho team,
how o> er, ii might !??? st u ted i hat
N odi, Chandler and Brunson, three ol
the i -gular team ne u. Were out ol
the games because of sickness or In
Jury and the team went Into tin gam<
in a demoralised condition.
The I 'oi i \ \ ear Teat.
An article must have exceptional
merit t<, survive for u period of forty
? eurs Chamberlain's Cough lteme?l>
Whs ttrst offered to the public In iv ?
From a small beginning, it has grown
in favor and popularity until it h
sttalnsd a world wide reputath
You will llnd nothing better i"i
co igh or ? old Try It and yot wl
understand whj it Is a favorite sftci
a period of more than forty yeai
"?, only ui\cs rellel it cures. I ui
LOOK! LOOK! LOOK!
OF CHOICE LOTS
Wednesday, March 11,10:30 A. M.
We desire to state to the public on account of
the weather we have postponed the Land Sale on
Hampton Ave. and Calhoun St. This property be?
longs to Mr. C. L. Tisdale, and is located in one of
the best parts of your beautiful city, Sumter, S. C.
These 29 lots are high and dry; they are close to
business center and large, being laid out for good
building locations.
We would like to give every body a chance at
these lots. We want everybody to go out and take
a look and pick a lot. Just a word to the wise,
good schools right at you, terms 1-4 cash, good peo?
ple around you; real close in; large and choice
building sites; high and always dry. Take one look
and be convinced. Ladies invited. Bring the chil?
dren. Concert by band. Come one, come all. Sale
starts Wednesday, March 11, 1914, 10.30 A. M.
eaity & Auction Co.
A. V. Whitt, Mgr. Greensboro, N. C.
DELIVERS MESSAGE ON PANAMA
TOLUS QVESTIOX.
President Appears Before Joint Ses
slon, and I rgeg that American
Shipping Exemption Clause in Ad
amson i?ili be Repealed?says it)
Leave ii In Ig Violation of Treat)
Obligations,
Washington, March ?"???Declaring
that tho exemptlof of American coast?
wise shipping from the payment of
Panama canal tolls was based upon
"mistaken economic policy" and wai
"in contravention with our treat}
with Great Britain." the president to?
day asked congress t<> repeal the A l
amson act, containing the exemption
clause.
The appeal was made In person b)
the president who appeared before the
senate and house j<?int session. The
president declared that all world pow?
ers were unanimous In their judgment
I that the exemption was a violation of
jour treaty obligations. Only In the
I United States, he said, was the ex?
emption regarded as debatable or
open to question. H'- said that he
i had not come to congress to deliver
I his personal views but that cpnsid
leratlons of justice and wisdom led
him to believe thai the proviso
should bo repealed without delay. The
president added: "The United States
ought no1 to ,uibble In tho matter of
j treaty ? tgation." He Intimated
that the Panama ?anal tolls question
j was involved In all other foreign ques?
tions now before the United Stab
land said he would nol know how to
deal with other questions, unless the
exemption ? laust- was repealed,
WIM? 00 MM I s \\ IIOl It.
Houses I'nrmiffod at tareciislM>ro In
Storm.
Greensboro, X. C, March 2. Dis?
patches from Mount Airy, n. c, saj
the worst blUzurd in tho historj oi
I that section prevailed todaj with
temperature ?.r seven degrees abov<
zero. The wind reached n. veloc.lt> ?,:
sixty miles an hour, partially unrool
ln|i three furniture factories and tin
liraulte I'itj Mills and damnglnj
The Mothers' l^ivorite.
\ rough medicine ehildrei
should be lia rmless. 11 should I
pleasant to take, it should be eft??<
Itial, Chamberlain's Cough Remedj
is :,|| ol tlii-; an t lg the mothers' fa
Vorite everywhere, Por sale by a
III?.Ii 1 II RATES SUSPENDED.
Petition of Refrigerator Car Lines
li(M up Until Sept. SO.
Washington. March 5.?Interstate
Commerce Commission today bus
pended until September 30th, pro
posed increases minimum weight ap?
plied for on shipments in refrigera?
tor cars of dressed poultry* beef, Ash,
game ami dairy products* from Chi?
cago i<> Florida points.
REBELS OBTAIN ARMS.
Villa is Now Read) to Begin lesaull
mi Torreon.
Chihuahua, March .'.--The long ex?
pected shipment oi' arms for the con?
stitutionalists have reached Juares. it
is intimated today that the rebels will
begin the attack upon Torreon Fridas
night or Saturday.
The artillery division is today try?
ing out the new Held pieces which
have just arrived.
CALM AI M R STORM.
Illease and Anti-Blmse Men not Ree
onclled After Last Nights Blow-up?
Columbia, March ?Comparative
calm prevailf todaj between I3!ea-3e
and Anti-Blease foil v.crs of the low?
er house of the legislature, following
the dramatic scenes of yet onlay.
Xeitln i side has showed any signs of
reconciliation.
The legislature overrode the gover?
nor's veto m inting Kork Rillt the
right to vote on commission form of
go> ernment.
no im ; SUSTAINS VETOES.
Refuses to I'Ush Coin- of Sis Items
Objected to b| Governor.
Columbia, March 5.?The house has
sustained the **eto of the governor on
Tour out of the ftrsl six items to
which the governor objected. At -
o\ loch the house receded until 3.30
o clock.
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