The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 05, 1919, Image 3
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"We are Russians," says a four
teen-year-old boy, with neither pride
nor shame in the statement, "but
there is not a word spoken in our
house that is not English."
That boy, after two years in this
country, can speak as good English
as the ordinary native lad of his
age, though he naturally has a slight
accent. He stands at the head of his
class Jn school. His father and moth
er have more difficulty than he has,
because it is always harder for
grown-ups to learn a new tongue, and
they are not in continual contact, as
he is, with people who speak cor
rectly and are willing to help them.
Still, they do surprisingly well. And
the big point is, they stick to it.
It requires courage and patience for
any family thus to banish its native
language from the home absolutely.
But it is the way to learn the new
language, and it brings quick results
in mental, social and business progress
as well as in public approval.
"Father thinks this is the most
wonderful country in the world," says
the boy. Of course he does!
That is the way to make good
Americans. If immigrants in general
could be persuaded to undertake this
heroic method of learning English,
nine-tenths of the Americanization j
problem would be solved.
11,000,000 WOOMEN.
So many problems are arising in
connection with women in industry
that it is interesting tc/ consider the
real magnitude of the subject, espe
cially as there is still a tendency in
many quarters to minimize the whole
question of women in employment.
. While the final figures have not
been assembled, the latest statistics
gathered by the United States Em
ployment Service show that there are
not less than 11,000,000 women wage
earners now in the United States, and
that the actual number is probably
nearer 14,000,000.
It is of no use for any organization,
male or female, political, industrial
or religious to attempt to brush aside
the affairs of any such number of in
dividuals by sweeping denunciations or
assumed indifference.
The problem of women in industry
is not one of elimination. It is one of
fair wages and working conditions
and. fair recognition of the import
ance to any nation of the services of
over 11,000,000 able-bodied workers.
"A treaty of violence!" shrieks Ger
many. Certainly?to cure a war of
violence.
* * *
Seats for the Willard-Dempsey fight
on the Fourth are being sold at $30
apiece. And yet people complain cf
the cost of living.
* * *
Dr. Pressoa, president-elect of Bra
zil, fortunately finding North Anrier
.cans not so black as they're painted
by German-inspired Brazilian jour
nalists.
* * *
.The Federal Reserve Board is said
to be recommending a plan to "ur;
lock American money for Europe,"
to promote foreign trade. That's the
first anybody knew that there was
any lock on American money, so Car
as Europe is concerned.
* * *
The Federation of Labor wants the
peace treaty ratified. Big business in
terests want it ratified. Nearly all the
"church people" seem to want it ra' ?
ified. A lot of big Republicans want
it ratified. In such a situation, what
is the senate gointf to do?
* * ? i
The Danish prince Aage. visiting
in America, and wanting to say
something especially polite of Amer
icans, sums up his sentiments as fol
lows: "You're so damn nice!" That
may not be princely elegance, but it
stands the test of real eloquence. We
"get" him perfectly.
HASTN PAYMENT OF WAR DEBT.
Paying the American war debt bill
will not be such a big task, when
once the heavy current expenditure
on the army and navy comes to an
end.
Senator Smoot figures that the wind
up of the war will leave the United
States owing $30,000,000,000. That is
a bi? .urn of money. It is big enough
even when we deduct the $10,000,
000,000 which represent loans to the
allies, and which may properly be
figured as an asset. .But it is small
when compared with the national abil
i ity to pay, and jtgte burden can be dis
tributed over many years.
Even if the allies did not repay any
of those loans, and the United States
were left with the whole $30,000,
000,000 to pay, Senator Smoot says it
! could be taken care of in 24 years by
j setting aside for that purpose $7?0, ?
i 000,000 a year. That would be a
i
short time, as such matters go. Most
nations let their debts drag on in
definitely.
If we wanted to let it run longer,
!we could wipe out the whole thing in
32 years by paying $450,000,000 a
year, or in 44 years by paying $3<)D,?
000,000 a year.
Compared with the billions a year
the nation is now paying in war taxes,
this latter figure looks particularly
small. And if we figure on the for-]
eign loans as collectible in the same
period of time, we find that the whole
debt could be paid in 44 years by de
voting to it only $200,000,000 a year.
That is a sum which, even now. would
hardly be missed, and which wi'.l seem
absurdly small a decade or two hence,
with doubled national wealth and in
come.
MULTIPLYING TAXES.
Internal revenue officers have been
visiting soda fountains and other es
tablishments affected by t. e federal
tax on soft drink-s and other "luxur
ies," to see whether proprietors are
using the tax as a pretext to boost
prices higher than the tax itself war
rants.
Isn't this rather irregular? Since
when has a retail dealer, or indeed a
dealer anywhere along the devious
line from producer to consumer, been
denied the sacred privilege of adding
as much as J*e likes to any tax im
posed on his goods by public author
ity?
There has been no formal permis-1
sion granted, of course; but dealers
have never waited for permission.
The most casual inquiry into the com
mercial history of almost any com- j
modity, native or imported, subject to
i
excise tax or customs tax or any oth
er kind of tax, will show nearly ev
erybody through whose hands it pass
es, whether ne himself pays the ta^J
or not, boosting the price another
notch simply because somewhere
along the line there happr-ns to b-r
a tax collected on it.
The fact was shown with unusual
clearness "i# the case of tobacco and
alcohol, after the imposition of the
war taxes. It can be shown in the
case of any other important article
of trade if anyone cares to look into
the matter. And it is one of the
main causes for the present high cost
i of living.
Why discriminate, then, against
the .soda fountains and soft-drink sa
loons? If the public is to be pro
tected from extortion in any par
ticular by federal agencies, fine busi
ness! But why not extend the pro
tection to include other commodities
where taxation for private profit is
much more oppressive?
ANTI-CARBURETORS.
A Cleveland man is said to have
invented an "anti-carburetor" which
dispenses with the carburetor of an
automobile and feeds direct.
As a result of the invention, he says. J
j it will be possible to run 90 miles on!
I a quart of gasoline, and even lo run i
I a short distance on water alone j
! should gas give out. J
It sounds like a fairy tale, but the
public will be hopeful that it is one
of the fairy tales which come true.
Of course, should the invention
prove thoroughly practical, a reduc
tion in price should accompany the
reduction in demand for gasoline, j
and feeding the machine will not add 1
to father's problem of buying shoes
for the children as it has hitherto.
Now if only some enterprising soul
could invent an anti-carburetor for
human beings which would reditce
the nuantitv of food essential to life,
with a consequent reduction of pricv-s,
i what a blessing it would be!
i Speaking of lovely hot-wcather
j jobs, how'd you like to be one of the
i "Big Five" at Paris, with the world's
affairs to settle and a billion people
jumping onto you no matter how you
! settled them?
i
* * *
"Who plants a tree, plants hope."
i But judging from the treelessness of
j many streets and homes, there must
j be a woeful lack of optimism in'the
? ordinary American community.
* * *
An Ohio court has decided that
|2.47 per cent beer is not intoxicating,
j Wonder if 2.4S per cent beer would
i be.
* * *
The French "Tiger" certainly
chewed up the Germans in that mes
sage he sent them along with the
amended peace treaty.
I Almost Caused Clash
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Negroes Taken to Hotel at St.
Matthews
St. Matthews. July 1.?Three white
!sergeants in charge of a baseball nine
! of negroes came near stiring up a
'genuine hornests' nest here this morn
ing. Arriving in town about 8.30.
the negroes who were also in uniform
were marched directly to the hotel. So
jone suspecting the purpose of the of
ficers in charge, paid any especial at
tention until it was learned that they
had been marched upstairs and had
ordered breakfast and taken charge of
the lobby. The presence of the negroes
confounded the proprietor. Mrs. Her
long. and in a very few moments it
was known over town. Before a crowd
could gather they were advised to get
out lest they be summarily ejected.
This they seem to have done in a
leisurely way. without evidencing any
I knowledge of the fact that they hud
committeed a breach of Southern
manners. When they arrived again
on the streets, their manners were
not of a penitent nature. A number
of leading citizens had come, upon
the scene and when advised of the
ugliness of their conduct, one of the
sergeants is said to have resented it.
That was enough. But for the timely
appearance of Sheriff Hill, who took
charge of the officers and advised
{them immediately to leave town, there
I may have been serious trouble. How
ever, after having gone back to the
station to take the next train out, h
was learned that the conduct of the
whole party, both in getting off at the
station and at other places when they
were not stispicioned, had been of a
taunting nature and the party were
waited upon by men ready to enforce
their demands, and instead of waiting
for the train they took the foot route
up the railway for Columbia.
America Warns
Russian Soviet
Says Reprisals Against Ameri
cans Will Cause Trouble
Washington, July 1 ?The Russian
Soviet government was warned by the
United States today in a message sent
through the American legation at
[ Stockholm that reprisals against
I American citizens in Russia would
! arouse intense sentiment in the United
States against the Soviet heads.
The warning was contained in the
cablegram sent by acting Secretary of
State Phillips, in re] ly to a protest
from Soviet Foreign Minister Tchitch
erin. against the reported arrest of
L. C. A. K. Martens, the Soviet rep
resentative in Xew York.
The protest intimated that reprisals
might be taken against Americans ir
Russia.
Hagood Notes.
Two weeks at Winthrop and what?
In that time a great deal can happen.
I We have become acquainted with
i Prof. Wolf of Trinity, Daniels and
[Wallace of Wofford, Murray of Fur
man, Steger of Winthrop, Evans of
i city schools, Spartanburg; Coker of
Winthrop, etc. Besides the writer
there are three or four other men tak
ing the courses and women, women to
no end. I do not think I could en
dure a summer school with nothing
but women. They put me at a table
filled with them and they saw how
old I was, found out I was married
and the procession passed on. Could
I have talked on fashions, frills and
fiounces I might have interested them.
All this in dry weather, and exceeding
ly dry it was to me.
Why write the things you know of
Winthrop. Dr. Johnson, etc. Every
one in South Carolina knows what a
great, a well equipped plant this
school is and what it means to the
womanhood of our State. Others
I might have, doubtless would have,
i done so, but this is the work of that
[ extraordinary man, Benjamin Ryan
Tillman. whose nephew, a most ca
I pable man. is today State Superin
i tendent of Education.
I Every one com.es here, or is sup
posed to come here to work, so slack
I era are not tolerated.
Resides our regular studies there
! are courses of lectures on educational
topics -by capable : *j such as Doctors
Kilpatrick, Bagly and our own Ed
I munds. I can't resist the temptation
j to tell you a most beautiful thin?
| that happened with the hope howev?r
that it will escape his eyes and ears.
Each succeeding lecture of Dr. Ed
munds surpassed the other and was
roundly applauded, with hearty con
gratulations following. but the last
was simply sublime. What an ova
tion awaited the doctor at its close,
but he escaped it by a back door.
I All the time there is provided en
| tertainment of some kind which
i the authorities are careful to see is
wholesome.
Tt. is said there is plenty of money
in Rock Hill but the streets give no
j hint of it.
It is not generally known that there
j is an automobile factory hen* whose
j daily capacity is ten cars.
! Theirs is a tiptop job, a neat strong
j job. They must be doing well as they
j are preparing to work on an extensive
j scale.
j Lands in York county are not so
J productive as with us. but then they
j do not fertilize as we rlo. Crops here
?are very backward, especially corn, all
? the early being planted over.
I "Hagood."
i Rem beiJune 30.
Laborers Needed in Kansas to liar
vest Wheat Crop.
i The following telegram was receiv
ed this morning by th<- Chamber of
? Commerce:
"Fifty thousand men are needed
' immediately at Wichita. Kansas, to
j harvest the wheat crop which other
! wise will 1m> a total loss. Wages and
j living conditions are excellent. The
j war department and assistant secre
; tary of agriculture request your full
jand immediate cooperation in reliev
j ing the situation. Report by letter
j action taken.
"C. E. Reed."
G?TT?N AND FERTILIZER MERGKANTS
If you have cotton to sell, see us, it will pay you.
If you have fertilizer or fertilizer materials to buy it will pay
ycu to see us before you buy, Cash or approved collateral.
9 West Liberty Street
I
TOBACCO BOOSTER TRIP.
Business Men Will Spend July 1 Otli in
Country Districts. Having a Good
Time. Eating a Splendid Picinc Din
ner and Advertising the Suintcr To
thacco Market
j At a meeting cf business men of
Sumter yesterday, it was unanimous
1 ly decided that .July 10th will be the
j date for a big day's outing of the bus
! in ess men of Sumter, among the peo
j pie of Sardinia. Xew Zion. Turbeville,
i Shiloh. and Trinity sections of Clar
j endon and Sumter counties. The
j meeting was held at Chamber of Com
merce rooms, a number of merchants
and bank representatives bring called
in conference by Secretary Reardon.
There will be somewhere enroute,
to be decided later, a swell olden
time picnic dinner, good music by the
Sumter City Schools Orchestra sup
plemented by other local musical tal
ent, some short talks by selected
speakers at each point visited, and a
general get together day will be spent.
It will incidental}* be advertised,
far and wide that Sumter is no longer
a "one warehouse tobac-^ market, but
the days outing will, in a way cele
brate and herald the news of the
completion cf Sumter's second and
commodious tobacco warehouse. Other
banks and mercantile establishments
sent word to count their establish
ments in for the trip, and that they
heartily approved of the event.
At yesterday's meeting Messrs. O.
A. Lcmmon. Neill O'Donnell. M. Gold
berg. G. W. Hutchinson. D. G. F..Bult
| man. John W. Shaw. E. L Reardon
I and Mr. W. P. Moore of the Sumter
Tobacco Warehouse expressed them
selves as heartily favoring the trip of
July 10th and each one guaranteed
that their firms and banks will be rep
resented by automobiles and repre
sentatives in the advertising and
pleasure trip of July 10th.
A committee with Mr. C. W. Hutch
inson, chairman, and Messrs. John W.
Shaw, M. Goldberg and C. E. Hurst
were named to call on every business
(and professional establishment in
I Sumter to see that Sumter's business
and professional establishments and
banks are represented in the big com
j bination booster and pleasure trip.
Every establishment is cordially in
| vitcd to do all of the advertising of
? their kinds of business desired, and it
? was also decided that the trip will not
j be confined to Sumter city people
! alone, hut. that all the people of our
! county who desire to join in will be
? heartily welcomed as on previous
: booster trips as these events are call
' ed.
j The Sumter County Chamber of
: Commerce will be glad to hear from
jail firms, corporations, and individuals
i who will run cars, and lake their
j friends along. In order to' provide
[ample dinner for all it is desired that
I these names be sent in as early as
j possible in order that the committee
will be able to have an idea of about
I how many automobiles can be de
' ponded upon, and approximately how
many persons will have to be provid
1 cd with dinner. Phone to Sumter
? Chamber of Commerce, Phone No.
I 200
Messrs. W. P. Moore, R. H. Knott
and PI I. Reardon were named on the
j committee to advertise the big event
j and to arrange for the music for the
I occasion. Messrs. J. F. Williams, W.
P. Moore and E. I. Reardon. were ap
i pointed to go ahead and arrange for
! a. bang-up picnic dinner. They have
their eyes on a certain place where
booster trip dinners have proved fa
! mo'us and delightfub affairs in the
? past, and they will start out scouting
' tomorrow and to interview a number
of very charming ladies of culinary
fame, and other accomplishments,
i Everybody should devoutly join in
wishing this committee the very best
of luck.
Leprosy in Japan.
Tokio. May 10.?There are at pres
ent about 120.000 lepers in Japan, ac
cording to an estimate of the Tokio
.Asahi.
11 Cotton Market |
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LOCAL.
j P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Bfcjrer.
j (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
j Good Middling. 32.
j Strict Mdidling 31 1-2.
; Middling 31.
j Strict Low Middling 29.
-
! NEW YORK COTTON MARK FT.
v Yea'td'y?
Open High Low Close Close
iOct . . 33.00 33.10 22.20 32.20 32.95
jDec . . 32.80 32.88 31.96 31.96 32.75
I Meh .32.25 32.67 31.55 31 55 32 40
I Japanese Make Apology
???
J Washington, July 1.?Commenting
{today on a published report that the
[incident growing out of the clash be
I tween American and Japanese soldiers
! at Tien Tsin, China, March 12 had
I been closed with an apology by the
(Japanese Government officials of the
' State Department said the negotia
| tions still were going on. The ex
j changes have been entirely friendly
; and officials expect that the matter
! will be soon satisfactorily closed. ?
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