The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 22, 1919, Image 4
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?1566. The Watchman and Scutiror
now has the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers,
-and is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter._
Washington, Jan. 18.?Mild tem
perature and generally fair weather,
with probaoly rain on Thursday and
Friday is the prediction for the South
eastern. States the coming week.
-Of course, these Poles have no
business jemping on Germany when
she's down. At the same time, the
world, remembering what Germany
has done to the Poles, Serbs and Bel
"gians, takes a sardonic satisfaction in
their impudence.
* * *
Why not put the undesirable aliens
aboard those German battleships and
let them taste the experiences of The
Man Without a Country for the next
fifty years?
* * *
[ The Germans are going to work.
Watch for the new sign over the door:
Captain Boy-Ed, Undermining Engi
neer.
* * *
Even free-trading Great Britain
urges the deportation of the Kaiser
as a Dutch export duty.
* * *
"The job now is to make, find and
fit jobs.
* * *
Another victorious retreat?Luden
dorff has retired to a farm.
^ ? * * *
Paderewski ought to be able to put.
harmony into the Polish government.
MONUMENTS.
The discussion is now on, full tilt,
as to what form memorial structures
/ for- our soldier dead shall take. Ob
jection is made by many to the plan
that these memorials shall be great
. buildings or bridges. It is considered
by the objectors that in the first place j
" these are too work-a-day in charac
ter, and in the second place that they
are difficult to mark in any such way
that the passer-by will realize their
peculiar significance.
There is reason in these objections.
There is something particularly ap
propriate in the bronze or marble
monument the sole purpose of which
is to attract the eye and bring fresh
ly to the mind the greatness of a
cause and the heroes who died in its
?defense.
The principal trouble with memor
ials of this kind is that they are too
often inartistic?heavy horrors sur
mounted by' impossible figures which
are like a caricature of the thing they
are supposed to glorify. ? ^ce this >s
so, the suggestion of the Massachu
setts authorities to their various com
mittees becomes of general interest
and value:
"We urge that all plans for monu
ments and memorials be matured
with care and that final action be|
not taken without advising with the
art committee."
The governor of Massachusetts
has appointed an art committee
for this express purpose, and the
committee "will do its best to prevent
the erection of unsightly or inappro
priate work whose presence would be
a cause for regret in the future, but
?which could not be removed without
apparent ingratitude.
Other States might well follow the
footsteps of Masachusetts, since ihe
desire everywhere is not simply that
a memorial be erected but that it j
shall be of a permanence of beauty
worthy of the men in whose honor it !
is raised.
TRAINS MUST RUN FORWARD.
Whatever happens to the railroads, j
one thing is certain: They must not
be allowed to go back to the old mess, j
jln fact, such a thing is hardly pos-1
sible.
Americans are a long-suffering peo- j
pie. They have stood for abuses in j
public utilities which it seems incred
ible that any people should stand who
have in their own hands the power to
remedy them. But when they final- :
ly awake from lethargy on any sub- j
j'ect, they awake to good purpose.,
Then they hustle and they dig and:
they give evidence of the American
virtues of speed and action.
The chaotic duplication of stations'
and express companies which was al- j
lowed to go on beside the equally
chaotic lack of stations and express
facilities is finally being straightened
out under governmental control.
Two bits of experience have peno-j
trated the brain of the average Amer
ican; Before th> war he had an ex
eel lent passenger service which he
appreciated and will never again wil
lingly he without. But he had it at
the expense of tremendous waste.
During the war and immediately af-^
terward, he began to see the results
of co-operation in freight and traffic)
as opposed to the evils of competition. |
This, -too, he will never again be wil- i
ling to do without.
Just what will be done with the'
roads, just what ought to be done
with them, is still an open* question.
But this is sure?trains must not be
allowed to run backward "into con
fusion, extravagance and inefficiency.
They must run forward, to orderly,
thrifty and effective service.
PLACARD CULTURE.
Bolshevism has developed a new
scheme of education. In one of the
Russian cities the municipal council
has established a system, of placard
instruction for the masses. Informa
tion on law, economics, history, sci
ence, biography, etc.. is printed on
posters and stuck up all over town, so
that he who runs may learn. As set
forth in an official announcement, by
this process it is expected that 'every
citizen, instead of spending years at a
university, can pick up a general \
knowledge of the principal educa
tional subjects as he goes along."
The idea is rot altogether unknown
in this country. Much has been
done, during the war, in the way cf
disseminating information by posters,
particularly with regard to Liber:y
Loans, War Savings, etc.
A metropolitan paper remarks that
New York learns a lot from what it
sees on the streets, and inquires
whether there is not "a liberal night ,
school education in the white lights of ,
Broadway." Undoubtedly a great ;
deal can be learned from those illu
minated whiskey, cigaret and patent
medicine ads. But it is possible that
N'ew York and other cities will even
tually go far beyond this, and apply j'
.he Bolshevist idea of using bill- 1
boards, printed and lighted, for the i
leliberate dissemination of of cul- *
ure? 1
There may be something worth 1
vhile in Bolshevism after all. We 1
an all pick up a college education as
ve walk along the street. Every bill ?
>osters becomes a professor, and every I
>atrolman is in line for a post-grad- 1
iate degree. The ' man in the street" <
vill be recognized as the scholar. J
Culture will be universal. It is an ap
pealing prospect. <
WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE.
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The weather prophets cannot agree ,
ibout the kind of winter we are to ,
Eiave.
The goosebone specialists declare
that in spite of all evidence to thv
contrary we shall have a long, .hard
winter. The bird adherents, relying <
an the authority of robin red-breast >
and bluebird, are positive that the j
weather will continue so kindly as to
make the coal question of as little im- ]
portance as the price of crowns. ,
Probably the whole question will ,
have to be submitted to the peace ,
?onference finally.
HIGH-LOW RATES.
<
We are promised not only air mail,
but airplane passenger service very
soon.
There is nothing astonishing in this.
Everybody knew that passenger
planes were bound to come. But there
is one amazing thing in the state
ment concerning this service made by
Captain Benjamin Lipsner. He says.
"The rates will be within the reach of
all."
If that is true, after our experience
with railroad rates during the past
year, the sky routes will certainly get
a lot of railroad business.
THE NEUTRAL REPUBLIC.
" The greatest seaport in America has
been tied up for several days by a
strike of harbor workers. The busi
ness of the metropolis has been para
lysed. Food supplies have been in
terfered with. Fuel has come peril
ously near exhaustion. Tens of thou
sands of men in no way connected
with the strike have 1: en thrown out
of work. Foreign trade has been
blockaded. Children's lives have been
imperilled.
And the millions of people involved
have stood for it all. as usual. There
have been indignant protests from
various individuals, but the public as
a whoie has taken the strike as a J
matter of course?something to be
expected and endured, like a blizzard, j
!t is much the same when a labor!
struggle any whore interferes with the'
normal life of a communitv. Private i
j
capital and private labor tight out;
their battle as if they were the only!
parties concerned. and the public!
acquiesces in that view, only lament-;
ing, in a reconciled sort of way. that i
aii "innocent bystander" should suf- ;
for through no fault of its own.
The public is not an innocent by- ?
Stander. The pubiic is the boss, re-I
sponsible for the situation and pos-|
sessing authority to straighten it out.;
As soon as the general public becomes i
thoroughly imbued with that truth, i
(there will be no more such tie-:Tps.
I Arbitration boards: will not prove fu
| tile the moment trouble appears.
I They will have authority, and wield
it firmly and justly, compelling the
[ private parties engaged in 7)ublic ser
vice to continue their service while
their disputes are being adjusted and
compelling them to acquiesce in the
adjustment when once it is made.
Surely when Americans are plan
ning to.compel peace throughout the
world they ought to be able to com
pel peace at home. /
CASTING OUT THE OLD.
No better evidence of German stu
pidity and effrontery exists than the
present attempt to bring about peace
settlements under the leadership of
the very men who are abhorrent to
all the world-as the instigators and
councillors in the war of duplicity and
horror.
The refusal of Mr. Hoover to deal
with cither Von der Lancken or
Rieth should convey some idea to the
German leaders, too, that the in
creasing power of Von Bernstorff will'
have to be checked before Berlin can'
deal with. America.
The United States will have no time
for a Von P.ernstorffed Germany.
She remembers too well his connec
tion with plots to blow up her grain
elevators and disrupt her labor sys
tem while he was ostensibly the rep
resentative here of a friendly power.
Hindenburg, too, will have to go,
with his daily addresses to his un
beaten armies, and his suspected loy
alty to the Hohenzollern regime.
Until by casting out these old lead
ers she confirms her assertions of dis
approval of their conduct, Germany
can hope for no listening ear from the
nil i cs.
MIXE SWEEPERS.
Throughout the war a notable work
las been going on, accorded little no
uee and yet involving a bravery which
makes it one of the romances of the
sea. This is the sweeping of mines
'ror.i the waters in order that the big
iattleships and transports may ap
proach their harbors in safctj*.
All sorts of small craft have been
'Quipped and pressed into this dan
gerous but necessary service. Seven
um d red vessels have been constantly
?mployed around the British Isles
tlone.
Euch month the mine sweepers op
?rating in various parts of the seas
iave swept up the mines from 46.000
?c,uare miles of water. It was lately
estimated that in all they had trav
elled some 1,132,000 miles, and every
mile was fraught with danger.
RKSCUIXG FTSH IX IOWA.
The headline ".Millions of Fish
Sevcd in Iowa" arrests the attention.
That state is not ordinarily famed- for
its fish industry.
Nevertheless, it is reported that
more than 17,000,000 fish have been
saved through the United States Fish
rescue stations, in Iowa alone, since
the month of August.
During the highwater seasons ofj
the Mississippi great numbers of fish
go into quiet waters out of the main
channel to spawn. As the floods abate
and the dry season advances, these
fish are lefjj in landlocked pools and
ponds. Thby have no means of
pgress to running water. Thej- become
more and more crowded as the pools
grow smaller, and these that surviv
ed the other difficulties would freeze
to^death in the winter if they were
net rescued.
The rescue crews seine the fish and
-rar.sfor them to running streams.
Mine of them have been used to re
stock other rivers and lakes. The
cost of the work is estimated at about
34 cents per thousand fish. It is a
small sum in view of the great value
of the work done and the need for
keeping our fresh water streams and
lakes stocked with fish.
THE STARVATION FUXR.
The opposition to the $100,000,000
appropriation asked for by the presi
dent to feed starving friends in Eu
rope did net emanate from American
homes. ' It was not found in public
gatherings. Citizens discussing the
matter, in private or public, would
have been ashamed to look in one an- j
other's faces and condemn so gen
erous an action. The opposition was
found only in the halls of congress. i
Congressmen went out of their way j
to discover obstacles. Some of them j
questioned the constitutionality of the!
measure. An ordinary political "pork |
bid" might be legal enough, but it was)
held a dangerous innovation to vote
money for keeping alive through the!
winter certain brave and worthy for
eign populations which are in des-j
perate straits?and incidentally
damming with food the advancing!
wave of anarchy, which threatens all
Europe, and indirectly, ail the world. I
So this fine and wise philanthropy,!
suggested by the world food admin
istrator and recommended by the
president, was hedged about with
legislative difficulties.
Those difficulties sudd ?n!; vanished.
They are swept away by a sudden
OOTTOH11 FERTILIZER ?Iii
If you have cotton to sell, see us, it will pay you.
If you have fertilizer or fertilizer materials to buy it will pay
you to see us before you buy, CasI* *>r approved collateral.
9 West Liberty Street
wind, blowing fresh from the source
of all authority in America. The ob
structive congressmen heard from
home.
It was another striking demonstra
tion of the power of public opinion.
Never was the public mind more keen
and expressive than it is today, and
never were lawmakers and executives
more conscious of their representative
I function and more docile in obeying
I instructions.
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EXPLOITING TUE TNI FORM.
Xo soldier needs to sell foolish lit- j
tie patriotic emblems from door to1
door, presuming upon the fact that!
he is in uniform to insure their pur- j
chase.
j
Xo soldier needs to work in his;
uniform as solicitor or agent, or in i
any capacity where his unifom, and j
not the value of his work or the pro- j
duct he is selling, is the drawing
card. I
i
Not only are such uses of the uni- j
form unnecessary, but they disgrace;
the army and the whole people. Says :
an officer of the lied Cross:
"It is simply the exploitation of the
i
uniform for the profit of the employ- i
er, and it belittles both the soldier:
and the uniform. The situations of
this kind coming to our attention i
have not been in the class of occupa
tion that would encourage thrift on
the part of the soldier or a quick and
easy return to substantial civilian
pursuits. I
"And discharged soldier unable to
obtain employment will be assisted by j
the civilian relief department and itsj
co-operating agencies to obtain worth
while employment."
In some cases where tin oldier's
pay is long overdue, and he is consc- j
Quently unable to fit himself out in*
appropriate civilian clothing, the Red;
Cross has arranged that he may have!
credit.
The wearing of the uniform is a
dignified and serious business. The
khaki is not designed for an advertis- i
ing medium, and use of it as such j
opens the way for fakes and impos- !
tures without limit. \ j
LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
(Corrected Daiiy at 12 o'clock Noon).
' Good Middling 26.
Strict Middling 25 3-4.
; Middling 25 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 23 i-2.
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VKW YORK COTTON MARKET.
; . Yes'td'ys'
j Open High Low Close Closet
Mch. . 2l.H0 24.00 23.45 23.45 24.00
May 2".25 2-.T2 22.Z 'Z'l.'lZ 22.67
July . .22.46 22.64 21.25 21.2? 22.52 j
First Session
i Open to Press j
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i Paris. Jan. IS.?The first formal,
sesion of the peace conference was
I opened freely to the press of all jha
j tions. How many of the succeed
ing sessions wiil by the decisions of
the conference be held in camera has
not been indicated but the Ameri
i can newspaper men. and probably
also the British and Italian, are pre
paring io reopen the questqicn of pub
licity if they should decide that the
j flow of news is impeded by rules of i
secrecy.
I In a formal communication to the
I conference, the American correspond
j enis renewed their previous request
I that the rules forbidding the dele
I gates to discuss the doings of .he
1 conference with the correspondents
; would not be enforced. While no an
' nouncement on this subject has been
1 made it is learned on the authority
of deiegates that the rule does still
obtain.
Wh: t action the correspodents will
take will probably be developed next
week when the exact character of
the press representation and the num
ber to be admitted to the conference
will be determined.
Pars. Wednesday, Jan. 15.?Ger
man submarine CJ-130 has arrived at
Brest a fortnight later than other U
boats turned over to France owing to
her damaged condition. She js the
world's largest submarine, being 354
feet long and having a displacement of
2.0 00 tons. She made only one
cruise before the armistice was sign
ed.
VALUABLE ADVICE. t
i:
Sumter Citizens Should Profit by The
Following Statement.
Doan's Kidney Pills were used by
this Sumter resident.
Their merit was shown?the story
told.
Now comes further evidence. ,
The testimony is confirmed.
The remedy was tested?the results
lasted.
Could Sumter residents demand
stronger proof?
It's Sumter testimony. It can be
investigated.
Mrs. Annie C. Carnes, 531 W. Oak
land St., Sumter, gave the following
statement January 12, 1915: "My
kidneys were out of order and my
back ached. I had headaches and
clizzy spells, too. I used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and they cured me of all the
trouble." . ? i
Over three years later, or on Feb
ruary 13, 19IS, Mrs. Carnes said:: "I
ran certainly recommend Dean's Kid-'
ney Pills for they gave me a perma
nent cure. I am glad to confirm, my
former statement."
Trice COc, at all dealtfl?. Don't
simply ask for a kidney r<?toedy?get
Doans' Kidney *? Pills?the aame that
Mrs. Carnes had. Foster-J?Bkurri Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?Adit (57)
AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE.
To Be Reduced to Minimum Con
sistent With National Obligation.
Washington, Jan. 18.?American
forces in France of occupied territory
in Germany have been reduced to
the minimum strength or "consistent
with national obligations," General
March said today.
He added that Marshal Foch has
been informed of this policy by Gen.
Pershing.
Amsterdam, Jan. 18.?Conimand-1
er of. the neutral zone east of*'" ?
Rhine, in the region of Djisbu g,
Rhenish Prus^a, announced that al
ied troops will occupy harbors and
landing places on the right bank of
the river. Duisburg will be occupied
by two companies of troops._
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