The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 15, 1919, Image 4
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?Se. The Watchman and Soutcron
now has the combined circulation anc
influence of bath of the old papers,
and is-manifestly the best advertisi:-..
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??PC?W ~"*T?????Wfc
> ?HE. BANK THAT S3IASHED.
- I
.Heire's a little extract from thej
day's; news: "Kasson Harp, factory
worker of Toledo, O., lost llO^OOi',
the .savings of a lifttime, when a con
fidence man persuaded him to draw
tjje money from the bank He placed
the money in a strong box and gave
the swindler a key.\ When he open
ed the box he found three $1 bills.
He told the police the confidence man
said the banks were going to smash.
?Now it is true that banks some
times smash. There are states whose
t&nkjng laws are so fixed that any
private person may hang a sign
"Bank" in his window and take in
money from others, bearing practic
ally no responsibility.
But ad aia^onai ;bank, no state
bank, no reputable, well-established
bank of any sort smashes without
warning, without responsibility to de
positors. It just isn't done. And the
shakiest of banks is not so shaky as
the old sock, the bag under the mal
tress and the other fire and thief -at
tracting methods of keeping money.
Nor can the crookedest of crooked
banks compare in danger with giv- 1
ing the key to one's life savings to a ?
stranger. .. s
The great business of the country
is done by the banks. They are not '
only the strongest and best protect- -'
ed means of keeping money, but they ;
are . the- only sensible means. More- 0
over, money idle is money wasted. *J
Mcney should be earning interest, do
ing the country's work.
"Americanization" is nowhere more ?
needed then in ? convincing the igno
rant foreigner of the stability of our
banking systems. And many a na
tive; needs instructions also. ?
When some wily stranger tells you
the sound and reliable banks in your /
town are "going. to smash" and of
fers himself, as the guardian of your
savings it's just about time that hit '?
fevered brow be given a chance at '
the cooler. *
PACKING THINGS PROPERLY.
The American Express Company
has started a campaign of education j
in the proper packing of small goods \
such as the average individual usually*:
sends by express. Instruction is to
be given to employees, and they in
turn may help and make suggestions
to patrons of the Company bringing
improperly wrapped articles to the
offices.
In nom matter are people as a rule
more careless, and a little education
along these lines is sorely needed.
...It is said that one reason why the
Germans secured and held against
most comers their enormous foreign
trade was that they unde-stood the art
of packing goods for shipment. Each
bundle was packed with a meticulous
care which insured its arrival in A-l
condition at its destination, though
it circled the globe on the way.
There is much avoidable breakage,
and the bulk of many packages could
be. less if people would learn to pack
properly, to know what is the best
method of protecting fragile materials
and last but not least, what is the
proper way to tie a string.
. It would be a good thing if.a course
in packing could be included "in the
school curriculum. A packers class
might be started in almost any neigh
borhood to the advantage of all con
cerned.
The German battle fleet is making
more trouble now than it ever did
during the war.
ENGLISH SHOULD BE EMPHASIZ
ED;
Into the pool of violent controversy'
over foreign language instruction
some one casts this little pebble: "In
stead of spending so much energy
against the foreign languages, why nor
spend some of it to enforce the teach
ing of English?"
It is not a bad idea. In education
the positive method is ever the best.
It would be a good plan for every
educational institution in every lo
cality to be watched from this point
of view. Not just "What else are they
doing?" but. is there vigorous, com
petent instruction in English?" Is
Americanization actively conducted?
Mere opposition is of as little valu*
in educational concerns as in any
Other wal of life. U is intelligent,
constructive activity which produces
results* The mere elimination of for
eign language instruction is not
enough. It is not even vitally neces
sary if instruction in the English;
language is properly carried on, coup
led with the doctrine of true Ameri
cansim.
AMERICA AND ARMENIA.-,
It is now accepted as a foregone
{'Conclusion that if the League of Na
tions pact goes through, the United
States will be asked to act as a "man
| datory" for Armenia. And opinion
! seems to be swinging around to the
view that if the formal request is
made, we cannot avoid the duty.
There will be a good deal of rather
thankless work for the big powers to
do in the way of helping weak or
backward peoples to get onto their
I feet politically. Great Britain, France
'and Italy will have their hands full.
! They can hardly be blamed for want
ing to unload some of the responsi
bility on America, particularly as the
ideas and inspirations on which this
benevolent protectorate plan is bas
ed are so distinctly American. They
ask us to practice what we preach,
and to undertake the tasks that are
a natural outcome of our war mo
tives and peace principles.
In some respects, xoo, Armenia
would be a congenial protegee. Amer
icans have always sympathized keen
ly with the persecuted Armenians,'
and have done; more for thorn,
through private philanthropy, than
any other people. There is a closer
tie between the two nations than one
might suppose. The environment of
Armenia is not one that appeals to
Americans. It suggests all sorts of
oriental difficulties and entangle
ments. But the Armenians them
selves would much prefer to have
QTncle Sam adopt them, and he can do
t if he has to.
The task may indeed prove easier
Jian most persons suppose. The
rurks are thoroughly humbled and
?ubdued, and will hardly make
nuch trouble It is thought that one
egiment of American soldiers would
'?e all the troops we should have to
end over. Miran Sevasly, chairman
>f the Armenian National Council of
Lmerica, says that there are more
han 50,000 Armenian soldiers in the
Caucasus and Siberia who would b<
daced unreservedly at the command
?f the American mandatory, but "the
onvictior " at the American eagle is
?.oaring o . Mount Ararat will do
uore than any army to keep out
ntruders and disperse trouble-mak
irs."
At best, such an enterprise would
?>e entered upon with, many misgiv
ings.. It would mark a great turn
ng-point in American history. By
;he same token ,it would be a mighty
nteresting adventure.
THE RED FLAG.
The federal law framed to prevent
he display of the red flag in public
?>Iace seems* to have gone to the dis
card, along with much other desir
able legislation, in the closing days
}f the session. .However, the favor
ible report on it made by the senate
"udiciary committee served a useful
>urpose. and even without a formal
orohibition there will not be much
r.ore flaunting of the Socialist ban
ner in this country.
The incident serves as a reminder
->f the degradation of a symbol whose
original purport was not only unob
jectionable but admirable. The So
cialists who first adopted the red flag
is their emblem chose it precisely as
imericans chose the red in our nat
ional banner, merely emphasizing its
significance. They regarded that color
as emblematic of human brotherhood.
It typified the blood whose color is
the same in the hearts of all man
kind. It meant universal love and
sympathy.
By a monstrous perversion, that
red flag has come to suggest, to most
people, not the sameness of blood,
but the shedding of blood. And while
there are unquestionably many hu
mane Socialists who'still hold to the
old view, the bulk of present-day So
cialists have drifted so far from their
original ideas that they think of the
red flag very much as the general
public does.
To only too many of them it really j
stands for bloodshed, in pursuance of
a war of violence against society,
rather than for the peaceful reor
ganization and regeneration of so
ciety through warm, loving sympa-j
thy
SOLDIERS WANT IMPROVE
MENTS.
It was taken for granted that one
inevitable result of the raising and
training of the selective service army
would be a general elevation of
standards of living. Along with the
military training went a certain
! amount of education for health and
sanitation which would not be for
! gotten when the men returned to
! their homes.
S<? far, Kansas has found this de
jmartd for improved living conditions
j particularly evident among the boys
who are returning from service to
{farm homes. These lads are askin
j for modern lighting1 and heating sys
j terns in the old farmhouses. They
j expect proper ventilation. They want
f the conveniences that lessen the
drudgery of housework for mothers
and sisters and wives.
These returned soldiers are getting
what they want. too. It is reported
that 'new business along such lines or
improvement' has already outgrown
the available stocks of goods.
Soldiers returning to city homes
and to small towns will have the
same desire for better things than
! they had before the war. As more
and more of them return and settle
down at definite positions in their
communities they will probably ex
tend their' improving efforts to the
machinery controlling local affairs.
School and government and the
public welfare will all pro/it by the
higher standards of those young men.
LENT GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
Lent of course is a religious insti-j
tution primarily, but some of prin-;
ciples involved in its religious ob-J
ssrvance are. as a matter of fact.";
based on the fundamental laws of
health.
It makes no difference what the re
ligious belief is. Most people eat more
heartily and eat richer, heavier foods
in winter than in summer. Since this
is true, the thing which Lent requires
of some as a religious observance is
really the common-sense requirement j
for everybody. This is the practical i
elimination of meats from the diet, j
and the substitution of green foods
nstead. Modern dietitians would call I
it a *iow proteid diet," and it is the J
:>est one for anybody in the period of J
assitude which is known as spring!
'ever. This very lassitude is nothing]
>ut the protest of tired livers and
overworked digestions.
Lent is supposed also to be a pe
?iod of rest and quiet after the late
tours of winter, a time to get not
?illy the body but the heart and soul j
ested, and who would not be the'
?euer for that? One's belief may j
iot take one to church to pray, bu:
E it takes one to the woods to walk I
r rest otrietly at home the effect
> much the same.
Afitfr all. if one takes the trouble
study the matter a bit, there are
:>ts of ?leas scorned in these material
.ays as 'old-fogyish religious notions
i'hich have as their foundation the
cry principles advocated by the
aost modern disciples of hygiene.
me Dover-CalaR^Tun^
neL
rrench and English Engineers
in Accord.
Paris, March 12 (Havas).?It isji
tated in the French technical circles j<
hat M. Sartiauv, chief engineer of!
he Northern Railway company, and
t the French Company, who holds
concession for participating in the
?uilding of a tunnel under the Eng
ish Channel, is in accord with Sir
Francis Fox. the British expert, as
o the details of construction. The
ssettion was made today, that it only
emained for the British parliament!
o sanction the tunnel, when the
',-ork of construction would begin.
Cotton Market
LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 26.
Strict Middling 25 1-2.
Middling 25.
Strict Low Middling 23.
\E\\ VORK COTTON MARKET.
Yes'td'ys
Open High Low Close Close ?
(Old Style)
May . .24.00 24.35 2:j.90 24.15 23.92
ruly . .23.10 23.51 23.00 23.05 22.80
(New Style)
May . .24.40 24.65 21.05 24.31 24.05
July . .23.50 2370 23.10 2340 23.35
Oct . .22.05 22.37 21.85 22.14 21.98
NOTICE
Of Application for Final Discharge,
Estate of Edna Seymour. Minor.
On April 14th. 1919. I will apply
Lo the Judge of Probate for Sumter]
County for a Final Discharge as"
Guardian of said estate.
LAWRENCE T. SEYMOUR, ?
Guardian. I
Sumter. S. C, March 14, 1919. ' i
HOLDERS OF
LIBERTY BONDS
arc advised to hold them. If you
must sell, deal only with respon
sible bankers. We
Buy and Self
LIBERTY BONDS
All Issues and Denominations.
Write us if interested.
TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA
Capital and Surplus, $2,000,090
Member Federal Reserve System
ATLANTA, CA.
HARBY & CO., Inc.
COTTON US FERTILIZES KERGHfiNTS
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, Cash or approved collateral.
9 West Liberty Street
Pisgah News and Views.
; Pisgah, March 9.?The fanners
! are up to date with their work ex
cept plowing. The land is so wet that
it can't be plowed. So planting will
be late and possibly that will he best
for the price of cotton. The very dry
fall was an indication of a wet spring.
'Small grain has come out a great
deal. Peach trees are not blooming.
Very little guano has been hauled.
Indications are that not much will b:
used.
The cut in cotton acreage will be
done. Many, the first of the year cut
down one-third and over.
Mr. John McCaa and family of Co
lumbia spent the week-end with rel
atives here.
Car-ton Kenny who has been in
Burlington, N. C. for some time, has
returned home.
Miss Lula Baker is visiting relatives j
and friends near Sumter.
Miss Lois Eirrore celebrated her
birthday Sunday.
Mr. J. L. Shiver, who got so badly
hurt in his saw mill ten days ag>,
came back home Friday from the
Tourney Hospital and is able to sit up 1
some. He got his right collar bone;
broken and his left arm in three ;
places. Two places below the elbow, j
and above; the bone was crushed. His*
clothes were entirely stripped fromj
him and about one-fourth of the skin :
peeled off. One of his legs is badly I
lacerated. In the whirl of his body;
in the machinery it is a wonder that ;
he was not killed. It looks like a mer
ciful providence -saved him. He is a
worthy and good man and his^ many,;
friends hope that he will soon recover i
and be hrrnself again. This is the j
third time that he has been badly hurt '
in his life. j
Rev. Liles preached a fine sermon [
it Pisgah church Sunday evening.
Pisgah church sent eleven bushels
of grain to Connie Maxwell Orphan
\gc. The superintendent said the corn I
md other crops were short last year
and grain is much needed for there !
are many little ones to feed and care :
[or.
It is unfortunate that the peace;
conference did not try to make peace j
with the warring nations so business
:ould be fully resumed, before dis- ?
sussing a world league of nation.;, i
Henry Cabot Lodge says the Ftepubli
| can senate will reject any league of
; nations involving the right of ? hk<
loot ry to act for itself as it always
: has, and I guess he is right. Wish the
I papers would publish Washington's
; farewell address, then the people
I would see what he advocated ant'
j who is right.
; <"If people have not read Washing
ton's farewell address in the school
? readers, they would not read it in the
pipers.)
I The speeches that were made in
jin presenting loving tokens to certain
I members of congress were fine.
I Miss Adele MeLeod of Rembert at
j tended services at Pisgah church
j Sunday.
j -._
j Summary Executions
i _
I Huns Are Putting to Use Les
sons Learned in Belgium.
i _
London, March 3 3.?A Copenhagen
dispatch says the ure of the fight
ing between gov ? -lent troops and
?partacan bands in the eastern su
burbs of Berlin seems to indicate that
local Spartacan groups were "formed
; for no other purpose than to plund
| er the city."
! An Amsterdam dispatch says that
i one Spartacan who was captured had
'jewelry valued at nearly one million i
! marks. He was executed.
Revised Prices on Bees.
? -?
Since I advertised Bees for sale!
[at $8.50 for a hive, I have received;
new price list of Bee Supplies, and j
find the hive with inside Hxtures such j
as I use will now cost $9.50 without!
the bees and honey stores. Therefore j
I withdraw my former offer; but as!
1 have more than I have spare time:
to attend to. I will sell a few hives of '
bees for ?10.00 each. The hives are:
standard movable frame pattern,?
either new or good as new. Don't de-i
lay if you want bees, as it will soon j
be too late to move them.
N. G. OSTEEX, j
320 W. Hampton Ave., Sumter, S. C. I
_
Intelligent saving leads to success, i
s^If and help the government.
Kaiser Foresaw Defeat
Wi-Iiarx Made Plans to Run
Away Months Before
Armistice.
Washington, March 13.?William
Hohenzollern two months before the
armistice was signed planned to take
o yium in Sweden but was prevent
; ad from going to that country by the
Swedish government. Diplomatic ad
vices made public today disclose this
i fact.
Paris, March 13.?The supreme
council met Friday, according to the
official communique yesterday. The
! council discussed the aerial terms to
I be imposed on Germany at yester
| day's meeting, and adopted the ar
! tides drafted by the military ex
! perts.
noyEY.
A limited quantity of Extracted
Honey on hand which I am -disposing
cf at 50 cents per quart?$2.00 per
iga'lon, on draught. If you will need
[any before next summer don't delay
[getting what you want while I have
' it
Send your jar or can to 320 W.
; [lamptoo Ave. N. G. OSTEEN.
LFOR SALE?200 bushels fine Dixie
Blight Proof Cotton Seed made
from specially selected, carefully
ginned seed. Will send samples.
S. F. Moore & Sons, Dalzell, S. C.
FOR SALE?300 bushels slip shuck
ed corn. See L. C. Tisdale, Mayes
ville, S. C. R. 2.
BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity
large or small Am paying be$t
cash price. See me if you have
any. N. G. Osteen._ '
FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars, Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little,
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi'
cal and Fertilizer value ?a*ed very
high by Clemson college. A. .4
Strauss, Sumter, S. C.
ertilizer pay*
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