The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 12, 1919, Image 3
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AIRPLANE TOURING.
Airplane tours on the plan of the
famous Glidden automobile tours are
to be started n?xt month in this
country. The idea is to interest the
public more generally in the airplane
as a pleasure craft and as a means of
transportation, and to stimulate a
market- for the many planes manu
factured for government use but now
idle. The Aerial League of America
is sponsoring the movement.
The tours will be divided into four
; classes, day, week-end, vacation, last
ing-one week, and 3,000 mile tours
lasting ten days. Owners of airplanes,
groups Of people interested, newspa
pers and periodicals are all. eligible to
offer entries, .and prizes and cups will
be. given for fine performance in |
speed, reliability, etc Stops will bej
made at resorts for golf, tennis and,
other out-of-door amusements. j
There may not be a crowd of entries j
for the first tour. Individual owner
ship of planes is a little limited, and
the thing will loom rather large fin
ancially even as an advertising me- j
dium for newspapers of big business
concerns. Nevertheless, it is one more i
indication that the airplane is here
to stay, -to become a common part of
our everyday life as is the automobile.
- At least/ the tours offer a sugges
tion to the person who has been won
dering where in thunder to go for a
vacation this year.
; QUEUES OR NO QUEUES?
Last April a Chinese laborer in
France started growing a queue. That
in itself does not seem to be an inci
dent of international importance. Yet
a few .years ago all the men in the vil
lage from which that particular labor
er, came cut off their .queues and be
gan to wear their hair as people of
the western world do. That was their
first;step toward adopting some ofj
the'ways of western, civilization.
Itttthe same way that the cutting
of pie queue was a step away from
theifcold life, the return to it is a pro
tesT Against' what they saw and ex
perienced in France. Hundreds of
those Chinese laborers are doing just
as" that one has done?they are re
gro^ring their queues.
There were 140,000 Chinese workers
in prance during thp war. About
20,$00 of that number have already
returned to their native land, and
others are following steadily. Not so
veryjdong ago that number could have
returned without causing much ex
citement among the four hundred
millions of their brethren. Today it
is different. They are eagerly awaited
atxm questioned by the people of a
China that is awake and getting ready
to make some big decisions as to its
own future.
The war was a great and disturbing
experience to Europe and America. It
was even more so to Cnina, for it
Showed the idealized western civiliza
tion of which they had heard, at its
worst, apparently broken down and
destroying itself. If those Chinese
now returning to the Orient see onl,r
the horrors of civilized warfare anu
none of the ideals which are stirring
in the hearts of mankind, they are go
ing to make some of their decisions
against our kind of civilization.
Queues or no queues may become sig
nificant of a China returning to its old
lethargy, or a China strong and de
termined at any cost to win great
things for itself in the world.
DOVES OF WAR.
A little has been heard about the
work of the carrier pigeons at the
front in Europe and in many of the
remoter scenes of conflict. There is
still more to hear, and when the
whole truth is known some one will
be wishing to decorate the birds for
distinguished service.
On the western front the French
were the first to employ pigeons as
niesengers. In March, 1916, the first
English pigeons were put into ac
tion. They proved so valuable that
their use was soon established in
Egypt, Saloniki, Mesopotamia and
wherever British troops were fight
ing.
- Pigeons were particularly helpful to
the tank battalions. They were the
tank crew's only means of communi
cation between battlefield and base.
Neither gas clouds nor artillery fire
prevented the messenger birds from
doing their work. Airmen have been
rescued through the pigeons. The
birds were even carried behind the
enemy's lines and from there carried
important information back to the al
lied armies.
There are three branches of pigeon
war service, the naval, the military
and the air. Pigeons did necessary
work in home defense, too, but it was
at sea and on the battle fronts where
the work seemed most marvelous, i
About 20,000 of these carriers were
added to the service every year. In a
war in which so much highly develop
ed machinery was employed, it is!
more remarkable to read of the work
of these feathered members of the
armies. The carrier pigeons have
won deserved honor and respect in the
past four years.
j LEISURE AND THE STRENUOUS
LIFE.
Ilelmholtz, the eminent physicist
who did so much valuable research
work on the subject of sound, said
that a great idea never came to him
while he was working at his desk,
while he was tired, or after a glass of
wine, but rather when he was at
leisure, and especially while he was
j walking in the garden musing of oth
er things. Dr. Graham Lusk, who
quotes this instance in a recent issue
of Science, advocates leisure as a
necessity for the production of any big
or useful work:
"The scientist must have leisure to
think over the problems which offer.
The individual who can not be happy
unless he is at work at full power all
the time is much less likely to accom
plis successful scientific work than
he who will not commence a research
until he has satisfied himself that it
is worth doing."
On this point the disciples of
Roosevelt's strenuous life idea often
went wrong. By.the "strenuous life"
as opposed to the weak and molly
coddling one, Roosevelt meant no fu
tile running all over the place, "busy
as a bug," and no more useful. He
was a great advocate of play, of rest
I from one occupation in the freshness'
of another. It was because he was)
open to the charms of the black
throated green warblers that he was
able to do the enormous amount of
State work which fell to his lot.
The life which takes time for con
templation of nature, of large issues,
of spiritual matters, is not a weak
one, nor is time thus spent ever wast
ed. It is the empty-pated rushing
hither and yon with no time for leis
ure which is weak, and which, in spite
of its apparent busy-ness, so often fails
to be constructive.
Some of the international law
sharps say there is no precedent for
trying and punishing the Kaiser.
Neither was there any precedent for
the Kaiser's crime. Haven't the civ
ilized nations as gooi a right as Wil
helm Hohenzollern to start something
new?
* * ?
Senator Johnson admits that the
people of California seem to be in fa
vor of the pea.ce treaty, but he ex
plains that it's because they don't un- J
derstand it. Which sounds very much j
like the complaints of original spell-1
ers and pronouncers about the errors
, in the dictionary.
* * *
They've b^en having race riots in
Liverpool, and a tar-and-^ather
party in sedate Cambridge. Under
the circumstances, one mav be .per
mitted to drop into Latin for the
nonce?Et tu, Britannia!
* * *
A New York policeman was knock
ed down and robbed in a subway sta
tion. Is there no sportsmanship
imong robbers, that they pick on a
New York cop?
* * *
Postal rates may have been lower
ed, but it costs just as much as ever
to stamp your foot.
THE DOUBTERS.
"Fine in theory?but it wouldn't
work!" So many critics used to dis
miss the idea of a League of Nations
for world peace.
"The European powers would nev
er agree to it," the critics protested,
when this distinctively American pro
posal was submitted as a basic part
of the peace program.
"The other powers don't mean what J
they say!" maintained the same pes- '
simistic folk, when our allies subscrib- j
I
ed to the plan.
"The League will be a mere shad
ow." some doubters insist, now that :
its organization is actuall^under way.
"It will be weak and ineffective, and
therefore worthless."
"The League will arrogate to" itself
too much power!" others object. "It]
will deprive members of their inde- j
pendence. It will imperil the rights
and liberties of the United States."
Foolish doubters, all! Foolish not
because past plans for the League t
have necessarily been wise, not be- j
cause present plans for it are perfect, j
not because it will immediately or
eventually fulfill all that over-hope
ful folk expect of it; but foolish sim
ply because they doubt, and so dry up
I their own power of vision and con
structive effort, and help themselves,
I to defeat the thing aimed at.
"As a man thinketh in his heart, so
j is he," said one who was wise. This
j is more than '"gospel truth." It is po
litical truth. In politics, national >r
international, it is pre-eminently
thought that rules. Any government
has power only so long as the peo
ple governed think it has power. The
Russians and Germans have shown
that. Any system will work as long
as the people agree on it.
In no other sphere of life and ac
tion can thought more clearly and
ok
demonstrably create what it seeks.
Let the big majority of mankind be
lieve that a strong, just League of
Nations is possible and practicable,
and at once it becomes possible and
practicable.
Faith is the highest wisdom. Doubt
ers are enemies of mankind.
START NOW.
There is always a temptation to be
la2y in the summer, to wait until
cooler weather to make the new
start. But the man who waits this
summer is likely to lose out.
The resumption of business- has be
gun in this country. Its far-off roar
is like the roar of the on-coming
storm, and the wise man will build
his shelter while there is time.
The makers of wood and metal pat
terns are so busy they do not know
what to do. Orders have been placed
with American firms for the recon
struction of entire French villages
and towns. Great Britain wants steel
rails enough to pay double what they
are worth. - The tide is not on the
ebb. It has turned and is on the flow.
Better swim than be swept away.
FACTS AND PRICES.
Food riots are taking place in
many countries. So far they have not
been long-continued or of gre?t mag
nitude. But the mere fact that in any
place people can be hungry to the
rebellious point indicates that some
thing is wrong with the world.
There is just one fundamental rea
son for high prices and short living.
It is under-production. Profiteering
exists, of course, and should be dealt
with sternly. But profiteering can
succeed only in a time of under-pro
duction.
For five years a large part of the
world ceased to produce articles of
utility in order that it might product
the means of destruction. The world
cannot turn berserk, throw up his jol
and smash furniture for five years
without paying the penalty.
There is just one remedy for this
state of things. The world, sobered
down, must turn to and work over
time until the deficit of the five years
of war is made up. There is only one
way in which a deficit of work can be
made up. That is by working.
To disdain one job after another
because it does not offer all the ad
vantages one might desire does not
help out the deficit. Taking a job and
working hard at it while keeping a
weather eye out for something better
does help.
It is not wise that any person
should work so long or so hard at
his regular job that he grows over
tired or stale. But it is necessary that
everyone should work a just and sen
sible number of hours per day at
some creative task. That is what
keeps the world from getting further
behind. Every bit of work done be
yond that helps fill the hole.
Growing something in a garden no
bigger than a window box helps. An
hour or two a week of study along
some useful line helps. No time
spent in study or research is ever lost.
Study produces the power to produce.
The woman who puts the new wash
ers on her own kitchen faucets
helps. She releases the plumber for
work on the new house down the
street. The man who puts in the
needed shelf or tool rack gives the
car center that much more time for
the new house.
Keeping well helps the world. Keep
ing sane and happy helps the world.
Prices will not go down?nor will
we have enough extra dollars to
meet them?until production has filled
the hole. Kicking about prices docs
no good. Nothing does any good but
putting one's shoulder to the wheel.
Trio of Members
To See President
Washington, July 8.?It was learned
here today that President Wilson will
entertain the two South Carolina sen
ators and Representative Lever at a
conference next week, the exact time i
of which has not yet been fixed, to I
determine two matters of supreme im- j
portance to South Carolina?the filing j
of the vacancy of the federal bench
for the Western district and the ap
pointment of Mr. Lever to the position
of commissioner of the Farm Loan
Bank.
Senator Dial returned to Washing
ton today from Laurens and Senator:
Smith is expected here tomorrow.
Today there were rumors that the
department of justice would make a
statement regarding the judgeship
matter, but it is not yet known who
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the attorney general will recommend
to the president and it will probably
be a day or two before this informa
tion is forthcoming1 from the senators.
Jt is practically certain now that
this matter will be decided up to the
point of actually making the nomina
tion before the end of the next week.
Of even more Statewide interest than
the judgeship matter, perhaps, is the
nomination of Mr. Lever to the Feder
al Farm Loan Bank, and the election
of his successor from the Seventh dis
trict to the^aouse. Mr. Lever was still
in the country today but there were
unmistakable signs that he will see
the president next week. This position
is one of the best in the government
service, paying $10,000 a. year and the
work being along agricultural lines,
which would be congenial to Mr. Lev
; er. Commissioner Quick is to leave
the loan board and it is this place, it
is understood, which will go to Mr.
Lever.
There was discussion here today
relative to Mr. Lever's successor in the
event he is nominated and confirmed
to this position at an early date.
Among the names mentioned were
former Governor Manning, Solicitor
Mann of St. Matthews, George Bell
Timmerman of Lexington and Thomas
F. Brantley of Orangeburg. It is not
believed that Governor Manning will
enter the race, but from what was
heard Messrs. Brantley, Timmerman
and Mann will certainly enter.
Tnder the law if this place goes
to Mr. Lever he would not resign un
til nominated and confirmed by the
senate which would probably take
two weeks ?.nd then Governor Cooper
would be ofrlcially informed of the
resignation anil there would be a va
cancy from the Seventh district until
the result of a special election could
be declared. There is no provision in
the law which permits a, governor tc
name a house member for a vacancy.
Should an election be ordered about
August 1 and 30 days elapsed before
it is held, the new member svould
take his seat some time in Septem
ber. \
There has been little else discussed
among the members of the South
Carolina people around the capital to
day but these two matters and they
will hold the boards for the present.
Col. W. W. Lewis of York was again
in "Washington today pushing his can
didacy for the judgeship and taking a
last look at the situation before defi
nite announcement is made as to who
the lucky man will be.
Limits of M'Cormick
Will Be Extended
McCormick, July 9.?In an election
held ? here yesterday upon the ques
tion of extending the limits of the
town of McCormick to include all ter
ritory not within the present town
limits and within a radius of one
miie from the depot of McCormick
the result was at the poll or voting
precinct within the territory pro
posed to be annexed 13 to 10 in fa
vor of the extension. There were a
lumber of voters living within this
area who would have voted in favor
of the annexation but were disquali
fied on account of not having their
registration certificate as required by
law. The result in the corporate lim
its was unanimous in favor of the an
nexation?not a single vole being cast
against the annexation.
There was an election or this ques
tion some years ago, but it was voted
down. The result- today speaks well
for the town of McCormick and I. C.
Harrison as mayor and the whole
town council now in charge of the
town affairs. Heal estate has more
than doubled in value in the town of
McCormick during the past two years
and today not a vacant house can be
found, although several buildings
are now in course of construction.
Every day or so newcomers are hen
looking for a home.
There is no reason why McCormick
should not be one of the best towns
and county seats in western South
Carolina. It has one of the best
farming counties surrounding her of
any town in the State, and although
it is a new county, the vast acre:
which have heretofore been undevel
oped by reason of its distance fron:
the county seats are being sold to
newcomers from all over the State
who are more than pleased with their
new homes. Today almost one-half
the citizens of McCormick county are
made up of people from other sec
tions of the State and the number in
creases yearly.
McCormick is to soon begin the
erection of a court house and jail and
other municipal improvements and ad
joining counties will have to take no
tice of McCormick hereafter.
Lower California Rich in Petroleum.
(Correspondence of Associated Press)
Mexico City. June 22.?Exploring j
parties in Lower California have re
ported that that territory is the rich
est in the republic in petroleum and
a geological commission has been sent
there to make a detailed report on
conditions. El Ileraldo de Mexico
sees in this fact the reason for the
activity of certain Americans in en
deavoring to "purchase Lower Cali
fornia from Mexico.
Test Vote Assures
Dry Law
Washington, July 8.?The house, by
adopting, 235 to 59, today a. special
rule for immediate consideration of
prohibition enforcement legislation,
indicated sufficient votes to enact the
measure without the 12 hours of gen
eral debate allotted members anxious
to speak for and against its passage.
But despite this big majority and
the promise by Chairman Volkstead of
the judiciary committee that all of the
time set aside might not be used, in
dications tonight were that a vote on
the bill itself would not be reached
this week. Every effort was made to
day by anti-prohibitionists to delay
consideration by claims of no quorum,
demands for all calls and by forcing
the reading, word by word, of the
printed text of the bill.
All these attempts at delay were
accepted with good grace by the ma
jority until Representative Sabbath
(Illinois) and Representative Cald
well (New York), both Democrats,
brought a protest from members"who
declared they were endeavoring by
dilatory tactics to slow up the pro
ceedings. Less than two of the 12
hours for debate .had been used when
the house adjourned to resume con
sideration Thursday, tomorow being
calendar day.
No attempt was made today to split
the bill so as to take out the first
part relating solely to enforcement of
war time prohibition with a view to
its early pasage. This, however, will
! be done later, and while members
fighting for modification or repeal of
the war time act are hopelessly in the
minority, they announced their deter
mination to keep on fighting until the
whole question of enforcement legis
lation was settled in the house.
The principal speech in support of
the judiciary committee's report was
made by Chairman Volkstead, who de
j dared he diet not belong to the Anti
1 Saloo.i League and had never made a
[prohibition address. In a general way
headdress followed the tenor of the
majority report, prepared by him.
Present -day conditions showed the
need of enafr&ng additional legislation,
the chairman declared, because of the
attempt to set tfe^ war time act at
naught by dealers Celling 2 3-4 per
cent. beer. For an h??s. or more the
chairman stood as a smftjng target
while anti-prohibition memfters inter
rupted him time without number. Fre
quently the house was in an tiproar.
Mr. Volkstead told the house\that,
in his opinion, one congress could af
fine intoxicating liquors as a 'beverV
age containing one-half of 1 per cent,
alcohol while another congress might
put quite a different construction upon
it. In closing, he told of the benefit
as he saw it that would come to the
country with the elimination of liquor.
Colored Y. M. C. A. Drive
A few weeks ago the representa
tives of this City, who attended Gam
mon Theological Seminary, for the
purpose of being instructed in Com
munity uplift work; launched a drive
for a Colored Young Men's Christian
Association. So far the progres along
this line has been very favorable.
The Committee having subscribed
already from some of the leading
citizens of Sumter, both white and
colored something over $3,000.00, but
this doesn't begin to bring us up to
the amount that we must have by
Oct. 1. In order to secure the con
tribution of Mr. Rosenwald and to be
gin the erection of a building.
Therefore we are calling upon every
person of this city to cooperate sac
rifice and contribute as liberal asy
possible to this very necessary cause
for the Christianizing and general bet
terment of our boys in this county
and City.
There will be a mass meeting held
at Lincoln Graded School Tuesday,
July 8th, 1919, at 8.30 P. M. This
meeting is to help in great drive for
the Y. M. C. A. The presence of every
person in the city is earnestly so
licited. Mr. F. C. Stoney will direct
the Jubilee singing. Prof. C. A. Law
son will direct the orchestra and Mr.
A. J. Andrews, master of ceremonies.
Among the speakers that will de
liver adresses will be Att'y R. B.
Epps, Dr. R. S. Wilkinson and others.
Both white and colored are invited to
attend. The following persons art
soliciting aid:
Prof. R. W. Westberry, Rev. A. C.
Sumpter. Prof. E. E. Jones. M. J.
Frederick, Esq.. Rev. R. B. Curry,
Mr. T. B. Wright, and others will be
added.
Executive Committee?Prof. E. E.
Jones, A. P. Spears. Rev. J. M. Jack
son. R. W. Westberry. Rev. A. W.
Heyward, A C. Sumpter. Rev. R. B.
Curry.
Polk Succeeds Lansing
Washington, July 9.?Frank L.
Polk, under see etary of state, will
succeed Secretary Lansing as head
of the American peace delegation
at Paris, it was said today in offi
cial circles. Secretary Lansing will
sail for home Friday, but the time
of Mr. Polk's departure for Paris
has not been anounced. It is ex
pected, however, he will leave with
in a short time.
Alien Enemies
Gain Freedom
Many Germans and Austrians
to Be Released
Washington, July 9.?Signing the
peace treaty with Germany has re
sulted in a decision by the depart
ment of justice that the great major
ity of German and Austrian enemy
aliens now at large on parole may
safely be released from all parole
obligations.
Atorney General Palmer, however,
has not changed his policy, announced
at the time of the conviction of Eu
gene V. Debs with respect to citi
zens convicted under- the espionage
law and dangerous aliens still in con-.
finement. Mr. Palmer said today the
department was continuing to review
cases of persons convicted under, the
espionage act and that recommenda
tions for clemency in a.number of
them would be presented soon to
President Wilson. However, these do
not include the cases of Debs or oth
era of "similar importance."
Mr. Palmer today issued these in- -
structions to district attorneys:
"You are hereby instructed to take
the necessary steps to 'cancel, ef
fective July 20, all parole restrictions
governing persons in your district, ?
with the followig exceptions:
"1. The paroles of all persons re
leased on parole subsequent to .July.
15 are not to be canceled but arc to
continue in full force and effect until
further notice. V
'2. Paroles of all alien enemies, if
any, in your district, whom you , be
lieve can not be released from parole
without detriment to the public safe- *
ty. . ????> 'x
"3. Paroles of alien enemies tem- *.
porarily paroled from internment
camps on* acount of sickness, for "ihe
purpose of repatriation or for other* ;
similar reasons irrespective of r.the^
date of release.
"After July 15 the department rep
resentatives at the internment camps ...
will be instructed to release uncondi
tionally alien enemies'who do not re
quire special surveillance.
"All alien enemies including those
now released from parole will eon- : 3
tinue subject to internment under
aubdivition 12 of the proclamation of--f
April 6 and those provisions of the . i
succeeding proclamation providing for ;
the internment of alien enemies." ^
It was said the parole Instruction
would offset most of the aliens in
terned during the war but no estimate : *i
of this number was given,
1. '- 4rk. '
"fcfri^^Siiffers Hurt
Barnwell Lad Painfully InjuretJ^
by Electric Iron
Barnwell, July 9.?Bunyan, the lit
tie son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morris, ,T
Jr.* was painfully burned Saturday at
ternoon by an electric smoothing iron. ?
The little fellow was playing on the J ^
floor and during the short interval '_'f.
that his mother was out of the room |?
the iron, in some manner, fell and
burned his hand and both arms be- V/
low the elbows. ~>.
Cotton Market
LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
(Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 32.
Strict Mdidling 31 1-2. _ -
Middling 31. fuHEEl
Strict Low Middling 29.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yem't&J*
Open High Low Close Close
Oct . . 34.75 34.84 34.33 34.40 34.22 ?
Dec . . 34.50 34.73 34.25 34.30 34.17 5
Mch . . 34.15 34.3S 33.88 34.00 33.74
NEW ORLEANS.
(Frank H. Barrett.)
Jan . . 34.13 33.55 33.52 33.50
Mch . . 34.00 33.50 33.50 33.45
Oct . . 34.42 34.55 33.85 33.86 33.84
Dec '. . 34.25 34.25 33.60 33.66 33.62 ?
WANTED--To buy small farm:.
within 5 to 10 miles of town; also '/'.
saw mill with portable engine and ?
boilei complete. Must be a bar
gain. J. H. Myers, Sumter, S. C,
Phone 5302. ;i
WAXTED?To haul your tobacco to
Sumter. Any quantity. For rates
Phone 372?.T. Parrish Dray Line..
BEEHIVES AND SUPPLIES?I have
lately received a few Georgia made
hives and frjames?8 and 10 frame
size. Also on hand sections and
foundation for comb honey. N. G. :
Osteen, :>20 W. Hampton Ave.
BEESWAX WAXTED?Any quantity
large or small. Am paying beat
cash price. See me if you have,
any, N. G. Osteen,