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^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.
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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.
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.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.
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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 to be withdrawn as soon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. _
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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
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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. {
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