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frrtftflitrai Tfocfaeaday and Sarorday ?exte* pttbx^hSg company ST&CTER, S. C. Terms: . . 9M0 per aimuin~-in advance. . ., ? -. Advertisements. On? Sauare em. insertion ..|1.00 Ev^ry subsequent insertion,. .. .BO Contracts for three . months, or teaser will be made at reduced rates. : All communication* which sub serve private interests will charged for as advertiSBments. . Obituaries' and tributes of respect W*H be charged for. The Stmiter Watchman was found 4e:in 1?5Q and the True Southron an The Watchman aad Southron has the .combined circulation and ^?acs-of 'both of tim old papers, ^ft>i? manlfeetly the best advertising in Sranter. ? : ^Nearly everybody seems to be strik ing except-Mr. Common People, alias Consuming Public. And if he goes on strike and stops paying, something is going to happen. * * ? New Mexico claims a half-mile strip along her northern boundary, ami is suing Colorado for. it. In Europe, ?ieV&go 'to war over that. *":";"?? * .The?, chief of the Mexican aviation service says that Mexico has the best| airmen' on the western hemisphere. If the Mexicans can fly as well as they can brag, very likely he's right. The. only thing wrong with that sur plus army food supply the government is selling is that there isn't enough of; it to Tnaky much impressiojL on a rave no^ civilian market. j e The United States. Marine is surely cn the map at last. In July, 1916, 48 per cent of the vessels that passed through the Panama Canal were Brit ish; 10 per cent, were Japanese; 13 j per;r cent, only .'"were American. : Inj April, 1919, the percentage had shift ed to 35 per cent. British, 5 Japanese, j and 40 ^American. JAPAN'S SHANTUNG PLANS. $he recent statement of the Japan- j es? government, through Foreign Min ister Uchida, regarding the Shantung peninsula, was not so explicit as many Americans had hoped. Still it goes pretty rfar to' clear up an unpleasant situation. According to his statement, ; "Japan j is-c willing to^restore^ .to China the Whole of the territory in question ?n? t? Renter into negotiations with the government a? Peking regarding the necessary arrangement. to give effect tO the 'pleo%e at the soonest possible th?e after the Versailles treaty has been ratified by Japan." : The' Mikado's government formal Iv disclaims, as -it has done before, any j fctfenticn of retaining -political juris diction in .the Shantung province? that is to say, of ruling over the Chi heae there..The territorial sovereignty t? f c bt: restored to China. Japanese troops are. to be withdrawn as soon a'^ ;be necessary arrangements can be nwjdc^ .In compliance with assurances given by the Japanese delegation at - the peace. conference, Japan seeks only to" keep the economic privileges granted by China to Germany. Ther* wi l t be a "Chinese police force fe? the! * rb2?road, with - Japanese officials ap t.xoved by the Chinese government. The city of Tsingtau is to be made a "foreign city," dominated very likely 'by the Japanese, but not excluding any other nationality. China, it appears, is not fully satis fted .wi h this. She would rather have j the-. Japanese outside entirely, busi ness men as well as soldiers and po-1 Iitical ofllcials. So would the Ameri can*. ' It is clear, however, that if Japan fulfills these promises, China is] at least in better plight than she would have been if Japan had left the Gor naus in possession. . Japan, therefore, appears in the light of having done China a favor, but not so great and disinterested a j favor as the Chinese and the Ameri-I cans hoped she would. TRAINING FOB SKILL. * Foresighted Employment service workers and factory managers are! ijow seeking to speed up production by; producing skilled workers. Ameri ca- has been paying too much atten tion'to perfecting machinery, they tell us, and has allowed human machinery or fingers to remain untrained. A representative of the U. S. Em ployment Service gave these striking statistics recently: In a certain small New England district there are 9,000 Idle mechanics. In that same locality the railroads want 800 skilled locomo tive repairmen. Out of that 9,000 only 210 men can be recommended as having sufficient skill for the work. Many boitermakers are wanted, but only one man in ten applying for such work is really skilled. They are "al most good enough, but just miss it." In a city in the western part of New York where 15,000 men are idle, a high grade machine shop cannot find thirty satisfactory men for its work. A representative of one big industry says that factory workers in that line are not more than 60 per cent efficient. Increased production is the crying" need of the hour. For a while en largement of factories and great ex pansion of machinery is not the thing to solve the problem. But skilled hands and trained minds directing them can increase production without expense and without lengthening the hour of labor. Today there are 300 training de partments in American factories, and their number is steadily increasing. In these training schools workers are made really efficient. Their increased skill gives them greater satisfaction in their work. Acquired skill in one line, too, opens the way to acquire skill in others as well, and so enlarges the field of progress. Skill brings an increased wage to the worker, and in creased product to the manufacturer and to the public, which needs it most of all. PLUTOCRATIC "DISGRACE." Andrew Carnegie used to say that "to die rich is to die disgraced." He nade an energetic effort to avoid dy ing rich. For many years he gave money away at the fate of about $50, 000 a day. Ills philanthropies of the last fifteen years are said to have amounted to more than $350,000,000. And yet his weolth accumulated faster than he could scatter it, . He is reputed t? have left, at his death, about $500,000,000. Judged by his own rule then, he died in deep* disgrace. There is little resentment felt about Mr. Carnegie's wealth. He was a gen erous, good natured captain of indus try, of likable personality and demo cratic instincts. He never abused his power so much as some other big j capitalists have done. His fortune, nevertheless, serves as an eloquent text for condemnation of the system i under which it was permitted to de velop. Public opinion does -not sanction such fortunes.. 33ieTe is less hatred and envy of multi-millionaires than there was a decade ago, but there is a widespread conviction that vast aggre gations of wealth in the hands of in dividuals are unwise and a potential peril. No fair-minded citizen grudges the :men of exceptional ability and effort all the wealth he may earn and really make use of, with a rather liberal allowance to be left to .his im mediate heirs. But money is power; and it is almost universally agreed that it is .unwise and intolerable to leave In private hands such great power as is represented in fortunes running up into the hundreds of millions. It is still possible to "make money" at. as great a rate as ever. But it is no longer possible to keep it?or it will not be possible long. Already the distributive processes are operating strongly, through the agency of pro gressive income and inheritance taxes. Latterly the state and nation have been taking.an: ever larger proportion of Mr. Carnegie's income. A> huge chunk will be taken out of his estate now for the public treasury. There is sure to be an increase in the tax rates: from. now on. So the Carnegie fortune and the Kockefeller fortune are probably the last of their kind. KEEPING THEM ON THE FARM. It was feared in many quarters that farmer boys who have been in serv ice in army or navy would net return to the farm. Before the war the movement away from the farm had become one of our national problems. It looked as if the sudden and com plete break away from farm wo?V to military service covering a .period any where from a few months to two years' duration would make the farm even less attractive. Such is not the case, however, according to .ecent re ports. Col. Arthur Woods, assistant to the Secretary of War, and head of the government's employment work for returned soldiers and sailors, has made some interesting statements on this subject. He says that 98.2 per cent, of service men brought up on farms are returning to them imme diately upon their discharge. Of the other 1.8 per cent., more than half tre physically disabled and unfit for heavy outdoor work. This does not alter the fact of the shortage in farm labor. There were not enough farm workers before the war. Today, with vastly increased needs for food production, more labor than ever before is wanted on the farms. It would not be amiss for a large number of city bred discharged! service men to try farm work for a I while. It would give them the out door life the army has made them crave and would help to solve a big production problem. CONSUMERS AND DEALERS MIXUP Paris, Aug. 18.?Clashes between food dealers and consumers are re ported in the Southern provinces. Brest dock workers secured provis ions and sold them at half prices. NOTICE Primary Election to be Held Tuesday, August 26th, 1919. Notice is hereby given that a Dem ocratic Primary Election will be held in the several clubs, established by or der of the Democratic Executive Com mittee for Sumter County at the fol lowing places on Tuesday, August 26th for nominating a candidate for Congressman, pursuant to the Consti tution and rules of the party and in accordance with the Acts of the Gen eral Assembly of the State, regulating Primary Elections and that the second primary, if one shall be necessary, will be held on September 9th, 1919. The following named persons have been designated and appointed as managers and clerks of the primary elections to be held by the Democratic party for Sumter county, August 26 th and September 9th: "Ward 1?L. W. Jenkins, J. Leslie Brown, A. E. Gregg; J. M. Fogle, clerk. Ward 2?W. J. O'Neal, J. B. Baker, Marion W. Seabrooke; L. E. Wood, clerk. Ward 3?Henry P. Moses, J. P. Booth, Jr., P, P. Finn; J. R. Wells, clerk. Ward 4?E. I. Reardon, Major Shel ley, T. B. Kennedy; W. L, Brunson, clctrk Borden?G. W. Hatfield, C. M. Emanuel, Carl Emanuel. Concord?J. P. Gordon, H. D. Brun son, J. P. Brogdon; Albert Brogdon, clerk. y Dalzell?P. K. Bowman, M. L. Moore, H. C. Edens; S. P. Gaillard, clerk. DuBose?M. Dorn, M. R. Rivers, T. J. DuBose; R. J. Yates, clerk. Earle ? Harry Hodge, Haskell IlBroadway, L. A. McDaniel; J. C. Cooper, clerk Farmers?R. C. Wactor, W. W. Mellett, J. C. Dawkins; A. L. Ardis, clerk. Hagood?B, F. Myers, A. H. Saun ders, B. Moody; Julian Saunders, clerk. Manchester?M. A. Coulter, E. R. Willimas, D. W. Aisbrooks; F M. Coulter, clerk. Mayesville?E. B. Muldrow, Joseph Witherspoon, J. W. Spencer; F. A. Stuckey, clerk. Oswego?J. F. Moore, A. S. Brown, Eugene Cummings; M. W. Andrews, clerk. Pisgah?J. E. Dupre, J. T. Watson, Lern Baker; Leon Stuckey, clerk. Pleasant Grove?C. L. Player, J. Wilh? Baker, J. R. Goodman, H. T. Goodman, clerk. . Privateer?A. P. Hinson, J. M. Jack son, G. A. Nettles; J. A. Kolb, clerk. Rafting Creek?J. A. Reams, S. W. Young, J. E. Brown; J. L. McL/eod, clerk. Reids?B. F. Kolb, Blanding Ardis, Geo. Geddings; Horace Avin, clerk. Salem?O. B. Tisdale, A. J. Pringle, J.'B. Warren; J. H. Wilson, clerk. Stateburg?N. B. Murray, G. V. Nel son, J. F. Frierson; James Simons, clerk. Shiloh?W. W. Green, Silas W. Tru luck, S. W. Coker; S. B. McElveen, clerk. Taylors?A. H. Truluck, N. M. Mc Neal, J. E. Truluck; John T. Truluck, clerk. Trinity?S. J. Mims, T. E. Mims, T. J. Keels; Shaffer Keels, clerk. Wedgefield?E. E. Aycock, J. J. Geddings, Jerome Weinberg; Albert E. Aycock, Jr., clerk. Zoar?J. B. Britten, Harry Davjs, P. L. Jones; R. G. Jones, clerk. One of the managers for each club wil call upon the undersigned for the box for his club, tickets, etc., and will quailfy on or before August 25th, 1919. The' secretaries of the several clubs rwill deliver the original club book of enrollment to the managers of the election. The polls will open at 8 o'clock a. m. and remain open sn til 4 p. m., Ang. 26, 1919, whereupon the managers will proceed to count the votes and after tabulating the result shall certify the same and forward the ballot boxes containing the poll list, ballots and all -other papers, ex cept the club book, by one of their number to . the County Chairman, within thirty-six hours after the close of the polls. The managers shall re turn the original roll book to the sec retary of the club immediately after the declaration of the result of the. balloting, or as soon thereafter as pos sible. The managers shall adminis ter to all persons offering- to vote the oath required by the party rules and shall arrange a table, desk or other | iplace upon which the ballot box shall be placed, so as to enable each voter to deposit the ballot without interference, hindrance, crowding or confusion. The County Committee will meet at 12 o'clock noon on August 28th, 1919, to tabulate the returns, declare the result of the primary and for such other business as may come before the committee. JOHN H. CLIFTON, County Chairman. ! SOVEIT GOVERN MENT'S DECREE Declares Admiral Colchak and All Russian Cabinet at Omsk Outlaws London, Aug. 18.?A decree declar ing Admiral Kolchak and all the Rus sian cabinet at Omsk outlaws has been issued by the Soviet government, ac cording to a Moscow dispatch. Washington, Aug. 18.?Business sen timent of the country is against gov ernment ownership of railroads, Chas. A. Post, chairman of the railroad committee of the United States Cham ber of Commerce, told the House Com merce Committee today. _ Hour Kodak Finishing All rolls developed 10c; packs 20c up; prints 2 l-2c-4c-5c; enlarging 35c up. Specialists?we do nothing but kodak finishing. All work guar anteed to please. Eastman Kodaks, Films, Supplies. Columbia Photo Finishing Co., 1111 Taylor Street, Colombia, S. O. HARBY & CO., Inc. COTTON 1HD FERTILIZER MERCHANTS 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 SAY WAR WOULD BE JHE RESULT American Experts Warn Against Provisions Giving Japan Con trol of Shantung Washington Aug. 18.?American ex perts told the Senate foreign commit tee war would result from a peace treaty provision giving Japan control of Shantung. Hard On the Lions. The Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon's keen wit was always based on ster ling common sense: "Can you tell me the reason why the lions didn't eat Daniel?" "No, sir. Why was it?" "Because the most of him was backbone and the rest was grit." Just An Accident. Two boys had indulged in a physi cal encounter on the playground. At the end of the affray they were sum moned before the teacher to give an account of their misdeeds. One of them had a bloody nose. The teacher looked upon this sanguinary feature with horror and endeavored to instill in its infiictor certain pacific princi ples. "Now, Billy," she said, "I think you ought to apologize to Jimmie." "Huh! "I ain't a-goin to apologize for no accident I" answered Billy. "Accident? Why Billy, how can you call it an accident? Didn't you intend FOR CONGRESS I hereby announce myself a candi date for Congress to succeed A. F. Lever, resigned; and I pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. GEORGE BELL TIMMERMAN. to hit Jimmy on the nose?" "No, mom, I didn't I swung for' his eye and missed!" BULK COWS FOR SALE?Having sold my farm, I am offering my en tire herd of dairy cows for sale, either as a herd or as individuals. This i3 an unusual opportunity to get high grade, big producing cows, that have been proven satisfactory in every particular. Also dairy equipment for sale. C. P. Osteen, Sumter, S. C._ BEEHIVES AND SUPPLIES?I have lately received a few Georgia made hives and frames?8 and 10 frame size. Also on hand sections and foundation for comb honey. N. G. Osteen, 320 W. Hampton Ave. BEESWAX WANTED?Any. quantity large or small. Am paying best cash price. See me if you have any. N. G. Osteen. u NOTICE We are ready to srin your cotton. Have installed four new jtfns and are better equipped than ever to do your work. Efficiency our motto. Swift & Co., Oil Mill Ginnery Cor. Calhoun and Green Sts. J. C. PATE, Manager. FOR FALL Women's Shoes of Distinctive Style NEW MODES IN FOOTWEAR FROM UTZ&DUNN . , Shoes that make friends and retain them. The name Utz &. Dunn on a shoe stands for high quality and absolute reliability. That's why we take pride in recommending them. New styles?and nobbier ones we never of :- fered?are now on sale and we're sure you will ? be delighted with the variety of patterns and p" array of colors. / Not only the comfortable feeling, but the ? graceful custom lines, the pleasing fit and the * detail of finish, will make these your choice, f $6.00, $7.00, $8.00, $9.00, $10.00, $1100, $12.00 $13.50 ; - 5, i PRICES OF SHOES ARE ADVANCING. We bought our fall stock six months ago and are offering you these shoes at the prices prevailing at that time. They have ad vanced since then and will no doubt advance again. You can save money by shopping early this season. { McCollum Bros.