The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 26, 1919, Image 3
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influence of both of the old papers,
and is manifestly the best advertisi*;
medium . in Sumter._
AX rxCONSTITVTIO^fAL/ AMEND
MENT.
Rhode Island, which was the last
of the thirteen original States to
ratify the Constitution of the United
States shows a characteristic lack of,
taste and enthusiasm about the latest
amendment to the Constitution. She
is disposed to question its validity. A
. resolution is pending in the State leg
islature which, if approved, will call|
upon the attorney general to bring
suit on behalf of Rhode Island be
fore .the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States, asking to have the pro
hibition amendment declared uncon
stitutional, v
' That' amendment has already been
ratified by more than the requisite
number of States, and has been for
mally declared a part of the organic
law of the nation. This seems to cre
\ ate the odd situation of questioning
the constitutionality of the Constitu
tion itself. This view, however, real
ly begs the question, which is wheth
er the amendment has any right to
be in the Constitution.
The Rhode Island legislators ob
ject that congress had no right to
submit such an amendment to thej3
States, because it is of a nature tend
? ing:to alter the established system of
government?that the act in ques
tion is an unwarranted invasion byj
federal government of the police j
powers of the individual States.
The Supreme Court presumably has
power to cast out-the amendment if 1
these grounds of criticism are prov
ed. If Rhode Island . decides to
press ihe matter it will, make a law
case of rare interest "Few citizens,'
however, will, lie awake nights wor
rying over the outcome. So far as ?
layinan can see, it is a foregone con-j^
the amendment will j i
"cT?aloTr-tfcat
stand. \ A
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PICTXRES ?F SOLDIERS' GRAVES j ?
The latest activity-of Red . Cross
forces abroad is takiilg photographs
of the graves of the solerTers abroadj<
and" seading them to their people at j *
horaV. It seems, perhaps, like a small j
thing to do, yet it is truly a great h
undertaking, for the graves are many
and* it is hoped not to miss one.
The photographs will not be very
wonderful-?a little mound ,a wooden j;
crosi, a wreath. The pictures will be j \
simple. They will be simply mount
ed, and enclosed with them will be
any ilttle details the searchers have j
been able to gather about the cir
cumstances of the soldier's death. I
Still they will be infinitely precious'
to those who receive them. For no
amount of faith or patriotism ever!
made up for the* little concrete
things which comfort the heart.
Perhaps no one of its activities is
a\better testimonial to the greatness!
of the Red Cross ^than this simple,
kindly thing, founded on an under
standing of human yearnings.
LEAGUE PROPAGANDA.
-Friends and foes of the League of
Nations plan are rapidly getting
down to business. Definite organiza
tions are being started, especially of
\\icz? against the League, for the
purpose of propaganda. > *" over the
country lecture tours are being ar
ranged and printed matter is being
distributed on a big scale.
Some of this activity, on both sides,
is" of course political in origin and
spirit. Most of it. no doubt, repre
sents the sincere hopes and fears of
Americans who are honestly concern
ed for the welfare of their country.
As long as both sides have a fu*l
and fair hearing, this deluge of writ
ten and spoken propaganda is for
tunate. It enables the open-mind-*;
citizen? to familiarize themselves with
the new system to which the United
States is being committed, and to
decide whether or not they want it.
in its present form or in some alter
ed form.
One thing, however, should be care
fully guarded against. That is any
possible dishonesty in the presenta
tion of the arguments pro or cor
Every conscientious editor is und<.
obligation to scrutinize any League
Nations matter offered him. to dis
cover whether it is legitimate in ori
gin .and inspiration and accurate hi
point of fact. Citizens responsihh
for arranging public meetings to dis
cuss, the League should apply tht
same scrutiny to the men offering
themselves as speakers. And every
organization formed to promote or
oppose the League should take very
good care that no question attaches
to its source of income.
The people want no propaganda
that is not openly and demonstrable*
! honest.
KOREA.
Now Japan has her Ireland. Korea,
governed by Japan for several years
as a protectorate, has revolted. There
has been bloodshed in many cities
and towns. Many Koreans have been'
killed or wounded. The whole coun
try is said to be aflameN Representa
tives of 3,000,000 people have met
and declared their independence. A
Korean National Association has
been organized to ask the Peace
Conference for the right of seif-de-j
termination, and for the aid of a
friendly "mandatory" government un
til the nation can get on its feet po
litically.
Korea of all places! It is a strik
ing evidence of the extent to which
the spirit of liberty is spreading over
the world, and the new vigor that
it brings to nations thought hopeless
ly decadent.
The situation is sure to be embar
rassing: Tor Japan, just as the Irisli
situation is embarrassing for Great
Britain. It brings embarrassment,
too, to the Peace Conference, whose
task is already delicate enough.
What will come of it cannot be
foretold as yet As to what ought to
come cf it there can be little ques
tion among those who honestlv ac
cept' the basic principles of the peace
settlement, with their logical conlu
sions.
It seems to Amerians self-evident
that any nation willing to strive and
die for independence, and with any
indication of actual or latent capac
ity for self-government, ought to bep
guaranteed its independence, and toj
t>e helped in its.political development]
?is we are helping the Filipinos. Oth-j
;rwise these professions of universal i t
lemocracy are nothing but hypocrisy. I.
REFORM THE HEADS.
A reformatory. for girls was under u
r.vestigation in a western city. Among I.
he charges brought against the su- j ^
?erintendent, a woman, was a system
?2 petty espionage, of drastic and un
air. punishment for minor ^offences,
?he^fwas quoted as saying that any
eacher or matron who had no mis
Icmeanor to report at the close of
fee-day, .cn, the part of the girls in
charge, merited suspicion her
iVif; that it stood to reason that no .
;iii in a reformatory would let a day u
;o by without some misbehavior. j,
The teachers through whose efforts L
.he investigation was brought about j
said the chief trouble lay in placing^
it the head of such an institution a j ,
>ersdn who had no training for the j ^
,vork.
In saying this they struck at ai
:ommon evil. The superintendeney j
(jf our reform institutions is too of
ten decided by political or other pull,
too seldom by the qualification of iheM
individual for the job.
When the tax-payers learn to dc-|
mand as the heads of such institu- ?.
tiens persons of unshakable moraiity ?'
but ci" sufficiently broad sympathies
to understand the moral failure ofj
ethers, and when they demand in ad-|!
dition that these people shall have
had training in the best known meth
ods of reform work, we shall hare
reformatories which justify their j
name, and which safeguard society
by turning back into its stream citi- j
zens who are no longer a menace, j
tut trained to honest habits of life. I
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?NO RACE DISCRIMINATION." j
Japanese statesmen and publicists
are demanding that the League of
Nations undertake, as one of its first
activities, to abolish all "race discrim
ination."
Precisely what the Japanese mean
by the phrase is not clear. If they
mean that every nation shali be oblig
ed to receive the members of every
|o-j.ei race in the world on terms of
political, economic and social equality]
i with its own citizens, of course they
i are urging an impossibility. No na
| tion is sj rashly idealistic as to sanc
! tion any such policy.
I What the Japanese really want is,
jof course, equal treatment for them-1
selves by prhite races. Some advances j
'mav b? made along this line. But it ?
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: is ut best ;i slow and difficult process,!
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persuading Europeans and Americans)
to accept Asiatics with the same in
ternational freemasonry they apply i
' to each other. Ii may be granted
! that the Japanese are the highest
; type of Asiatics, and yet it may be
impossible to give them the same
[welcome we give to fellow-Caucasians
it is not. as most Japanese seem
to think, a mere matter of race
prejudice. The race prejudice is
' there, based on an instinctive feel
] tug that East and West cannot un
[derstand each other, and will not go
naturally into Urn same melting pot.
[put :; is also economic. Nations with
higher ec n< mic standards tuns: pro
tect themselves against the Coolie
labor of the Orient, if they mean to
hoid their own.
? There is not, and should not be.
in any enlightened land of white
j men, any sound objection to rccciv
I ing on equal terms Japanese whose
j education and training have fitted
i them for sharing our western civil
ization. The same may be said of
the Chinese and other civilized races, i
That is a!" they have any right to
ask. Against their less developed!
fellow-countrymen, whose ways are]
not our ways and whose assimilation i
would be an almost hopeless task, we
have a perfect right to protect our
selves by walls of immigrant legisla-1
tion.
CONCERNING HORSES AND COWS
Winsted, Conn., famous a.s the rsa-!
live heath of natural and unnatural I
history, has been all wrought *up late
ly over the problem of why a cow j
gets up on her hind feet lirst. while!
a horse gets up on his front feet first.
The question was formally submitted i
to the local public in an advertise-]
vncnt. Here are some of the an- ?
swers received and added to Win-1
steel's long string of zoological reve
lations:
One scientific observer opines that
i
a cow gets up hind feet first because
she chews her cud, and doesn't want j
to swallow the cud. It would be in- j
teresting to have this hypothesis
checked by observing how a. man j
chewing tobacco would act in similar j
circumstances.
Another explains that it is all a
matter of heredity. "The first cow
arose hindmost first, and cows f
have been getting up that way ever |
since." But doesn't that leave the ne- j
cessity cf explaining why the first!
cow got up that way?
Again, "A cow cannot bend its >
forelegs; a horse can." Mebby so.
But somehow we seem to remember j
having seen cows bend their fore-j
egs.
"A cow's hind legs are stronger \ j
ban her forelegs.*' But if they arc;
sn't it a mistake to Throw so much :
veight on those weak forelegs as thel5
:ow docs when she is half way up? \ \
"All animals \vith spilt hoofs get up! (
tind end first," says another natural-1 <
st. "All animals with undivided
toofs get up front end first." Why
his is so the editor does not pretend
o know. And anyhow, farmers
aaintain that it isn't so. One farmer
olemnly avers that a hog gets up I '
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rout end first?or if it's a case of j (
onmthing to eat, both ends at once.
Coming down specifically to horses:
'A horse," wc learn, "is used to hav
ng a bit put into his mouth, so he
rets up head first to receive the bit."
?~ery good Dobbin, to be sure! But;
vhy do the wild ranch horses get upj
hat way? j
On the whole. Winsted proves dis-j
appointing. We had a right to ex- j
pect more of her in the elucidation i j
i-jC so vital and congenial a problem, j'
Surely our own citizens could do noj
fvorse. !,
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PROTECTING TREES AN D HIGH- j1
WAYS. ! ?!
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? The National Highways Protective j:
Society reports progress in its work;
of preserving and beautifying high- j ?
ivays. According to the society's sec-.
retary there are now nine States in '
which the nailing of advertisements j
to trees, sides of barns and fences;!
'.vithin the limits of highways and onjj
property of persons owning land is j
prohibited by law unless the owner jj
gives special permission.
Such railing up of signs is bad in j
every c:?se from th;- standpoint of ? j
beauty. It is particularly bad when)
numerous signs are nailed to trees.'
for the metal is harmful to the tree's!
growth. Heavy nails deeply embed-1
ded in the trunks also make trouble j
for saws in later years, if any at-j
tempi is made to turn the trees into |
lumber.
This is barely a beginning. But
every bit helps in the general devel-j
opment of public sentiment against!
the nuisance of the misplaced bill- j
board and advertising sign. Whenj
property owners become public spirit- j
ed enough' to refuse to grant per mis- ?
sion for the nailing up of signs on j
trees and fences and barns under j
their control, the fight will be more j
nearly won.
The Court of Common Pleas con
vened Monday with Judge Town
send presiding. Miss Edith DeBorme
is acting as Court Stenographer, till
ing Mr. Woods' place who was pain- j
I fully injured by being run over by an
(automobile as he was on his way to
j the Court House to be at his post of
j duty when court opened. The Court'
j has a very heavy docket at this term,
and unless there a large ;i number of
cases continued the session will be a
! long1, one.
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' 9 W est Liberty Street
Thalia Dancing Club.
One of the
ever given in
ing dance or
Club last Th;
club will give s
cut the summ*
cd as a kind 01
.. f.
\'.1 0 ? *t en '0 ya b I c
>umte*r was tlie o'pen
Ihe Thalia Dancing
Saas c. emng. 1 fits
rveral dances through
* and has been Cor
successor to the .Holi
day Eve Club; which** was for< ? ci to
disband on account of the war. '?'???.
officers of the club are: J. .1. Wil
liams; preside:-;': W. :. Chirino. vb 1
president: W. X. "-Black # ? ? ?
and Raymon Schwartz, :> ten 'er:
executive committee ccn ? ; s c ? ?' M
Platt. A. H. Boykin. a: d ?. V.\ B;
er.
The opening dance, given at the
Elks' Club, was quite a success.
The grand march was formed at
9 o'clock, and dancing continued until
j . the music being furnished by
Hall's Society Orchestra from Co
lumbia. Supper was served in the
dining room of the club at midnight.
About fifteen couples, including sever
al visitors, enjoyed the hcspii :!ity of
the club, and ax-e looking .-1 to
their next dance, which - ? w-.l*"
en Easter week.
League an?: oilier wmt< and colored,
cur heaith survey'is about to he a sue
peci >hy these v/uo contributed so lib
erally, viz. Drs. Birnic. Maxwell ana
Mr. i:. Wl Westberry, Dr. J. J. Storks
and others soliciting from the church
ar: d :::?';?.*: duals, Targe and small
amounts: to all we arc most grateful
" '? i :?::.??????.:a we havc not quite reach
????{ the- .quired amount. stiAG.OO.
the clirccic-rs of the health survey
purcha:-t.v and delivered to me the
< ?* to do my work and f have been
at- '.< y'-.' 'by the State Beard reprc
? u-.:- ? ; ; I r. IX T. Rankin to begin.
We. coloured people have been
the *'-:? ;o start; *"s not this a most
> sp?ndid evidence of their interest in
our well being.? Do not let us stop
' gi*i ing. tut continue. Let us go far
over the in ark. for we will need cor
recting wie defects after the exami
? ' ns end there win certainly be
many who will be unable to do this.
. Let us he'p to organize health clubs
s ? that asi-ae fron; the instruction
.?;1? '. r, al our meetings T,ve mar/ have
systematic giving for this and other
n:rrn 1 asain most sinCerelv
The Health Sv vey.
Please allow me to ha nil who
have by contribution and otherwise
helped to make the health survey for
1 he schools a success. I thank you
for the confidence bestowed in mc
asking me to do the work for the col
ored schools cf Sumter county. I am
interested and love dearly my pres
:nt work. And I am sure I shall be
equally as interested" and a< faithful
in carrying out the additional work.j
[ thank the County Board for permit-',
ting me to take on the additional
work. I realize fully that we who;
:au "were made to serve." lorn,
:ruly glad to testify again to the good j
feeling that always exist between the
svhite and colored people of Sumter j
:ounty. Through the untiring efforts;
>f our most valuable Secretary, Mr. j
F3. T. Reardon. the ladies of the Civic j
Automobile Association Meeting.
There will be several attractive fea
tures of the meeting of the local Au
tomobile Association that is called
for to-morrow night at eight at the
Cl amber of Commerce. The new sec
rotary of the State Association will be
1 ??' sent, as wi.il Mr. O. P. Mills one of
the original.moving spirits in the or
ganization of the State Association,
.-<" treasurer of the same. ?
Mr. R. B. Belser will tell the Associ
tion of the legislation that he tried to
s l through the Legislature for the
r.r of good roads, and what he
estimates will be accomplished in
th? near future. The meeting will be
asked to consider petitioning the
County Commissioners to inaugurate
] a section system of working the roads,
land dragging the same, also to confer
1 with Council about better light and
! traffic ordinances.
The officers will report for the past
I year, and there will be an election of
: officers for the current year. Any
. matters presented by any member will
! be considered. All interested are in
cited even though they are not mem
;:<: nav
Lped to m
v facilities better for do.ru
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me take
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opportumi
say :i";it our County Field day* has
noi been held. We would not think
of holding it at othfcr than, the coun
ty seat: The Sumter County Field
day : ml commencement for colored
schools will be April L'.'th. The place
tor the commencem eixt to be decided
at our teachers' meeting April 5th to
:>e held at Lincoln school, at which
time Dr. it S. Wilkinson, president
of Slate College. Orangeburg, will
speak to the teachers. All who are
interested arc most cordially invited
10 attend. We certainly hope to
have a large attendance of the teach
ers. All information concerning our
Field Day will be given out at chat
time.
Truly yours,
L. Bragg Anthony, M. D.
Copenhagen. March 24.?President
[Masaryk; 01 Czccho-Slovakia has re
i signed, according to a Berlin report.
FOR SALE?A small tract" of land
at the corner of the Moses Road
; and the road to the brick yard. Ap
ply Davis D. Moise..
FOR SALE?F. O. B. care, Camp
Jackson- stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi'
cal and Fertilizer value ra^ed very
high by Clemson college. A. A.*
Strauss. Sumter, S. C.
BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity
large or small Am paying best
cash price. See me if you have
any. x. G. Osteen.
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