The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 26, 1919, Image 4
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SUMIER, S. C.
and Saturday
company
: i I
p^? ?ttmu-la advance.
Advertisements,
3B*ainar* fim insertion .. ..$1.00
3v*ry subsequent insertion....; .50
Contracts for three months, or
longer will be made at reduced rates.
?U Communications which sub
serve' private interests will be charge?:
%>f ?s advertisements. . ' *
^?QWtuatWand. tributes of respect
fill: be charged for.
>T5e punter Watchman was found -
* .tat 18$$ and tie True Southron m
The! Watchman aud Soutaron
now has i^e con?rtned circulation and
influence of both of th* eld papers,
and "'is ? niar itestlr the best advertising
ssedljga In Sumter._?
% SHALL PEOPLE ???Y;3TOW?w
Attorney General Palmer declare^
that, -instead of a "buy now" propa
ganda, there ought to be a campaign
against 'buying now, because this
movement "is partly responsible foir
Hie' high prices."
' Wb&.$s; the puzzled public to do
about It? i;
It may be, however, that the posi
stiOn of. Mr. Palmer and those who
i bavje been.urgingpeople to buy im -
mediately .are-not sc irreconcibale as
they'seem. 'The propaganda in ques
tibn'-w?s started-some ttoe ago, whex?
business was duU;. and when-the pro
nbtraced I disinelination of public to!
spend * Its t imm<*y, was increasing tbe!
duress; aijd postponing the return |
^jpr^perityi it&/no longer so nec
.v-eas^ :aVit was; bemuse the. buying
n?wement'Js-nOT''~\hbr?ngbly imder
way".' Indeed, in some respects it has
gained too much vimpetus; and it k
e$^x^^this:'fiiet -tljat the attorney
gj&ejjBQ. ha? in mind. ^
-J^feiiit.Jbe wants to'stop is.hot legi
timateburying and: selling, the norm
al processes of business, but. the
reckless, purchase of luxuries and of
ordinary * . commodities in greater
quantities than are required. . ' ?
???vTb.e campaign: he wants is precise
ly..what a great many other 'thought
ful people .want?a campaign \against
was^>ind extravagance. It is what
etfgry/. conscientious newspaper in the
c^nitry^has been ^a^bteg- far -many
pressed iii these fe^. Words: - - - /
^uy-.now\what you ^eeA now; 5 but
ddn?;buy now what -y?u don'tr;need at
alL^br what, you wbnV -neetr. till next
.'/Such a: policy wiUsmeanymoney in
th'fecpjq?cB;ets of ..oohsumers, without
d?jng any. m justice to 'merchants and
ntannfacturers. -
LIGHTS.
4?n. Illinois committee reports thatj
there are .in tfce United States 8.90(1,-1
^0d-';^^^'.vu^u^\<^ci^i?- ifgtds. ;
'?' ^si^dt^^m^OTs ; remember j
$ow- ^^d^ui-'Jtv5^-^en the - gas>[
ie^'^jfea*^ga*e -'place - to tb? carbon
^^mi'M^^''^ b^ck.beyond.that,
&e^y.wengerf&i At -was-' wh;ejn> gas. jet |
''V?^^t0^^^^?^^t of the -smoky
?fcierbsone -"^ampv ? Millions of ?Amcri
ca^^^o, /rccaH*. vividly cr.p?gh. the
marvej?as/transitioa tu the kerosene
lamp.'-f^om., the' ?^aiidles that mothei
W^9^ V!^rip^: pelted tallow Into
a. ?etvof --meddW*- -!iAil.'-this deevlopment |
B^^S^^^g^Mn a. life-span.
' ?SW^nation :is - now using lCl.ffOO,
??6 iamp^ sockets a year, probably j
more light than could b-\
li?m a bfllion oil. lamps
" The 4?tal output of electricty for
ligbtiffg purposes .in the/State ?f II
Uno^s,alone ia said to be over 2,000,
OOjB?OOp, kilowatt hours. Imagine the
mothers of r America making the taJ
low- candles it would take to equal
th^'^l^ting power.
.. And?'modern ciiylization has hardly
got a good "start; yet in this lighting
*ircroesa. At the recent rate of dc-:
ve4onment, this old earth by night p j
going to have a considerable amount
of 4llUmmation after a while.
? BUY FRESH AIB.
^r^sp^* suggests a magazine. "What
4n^ed%^?oi^:camp^ would
b^^^ha^-:.deadlyi parallela, with
^repSj^ .germrladen. air pictured, to
tife; lett; 'an^??^^rei right r"the"lntoarf-.
ct^^^o^^f.moy^in' freshness with
^lank^s system; of yeniila ?onl*'
? it;^ another-reminder; that with all
^^;'^^Joi-Mvin^^f^t the greats
^t^^B^0s-in\ the.^wol^|.:is Stiil. free.
\ JPejQiaps: $t Is lim-lsaijfti^e it is- free
"jafrfreaK'slr remains-^ Itfxury to so
Try j^pie/ instead of being treated
?USe -,most "necos5ary of all neces
ies. >TX/*f?^tlme*t6 call attention to
subject now, ?at- the onset of win*
t^ie season when the" uncivilized
healthful tendency to^ bar fresh
ttihomes and public buildings
Win object that fresh ah*
sts mprtey in. cold weatber?
ust be paid for. in add:?*oit
clothing;? or both. / Very
ybufseif some friesh afr.
efficiency that comes from a defective
supply of oxygen.
Storm windows and doors have
their value, but they do a good deal
of harm in many homes, hermetically
sealing up the houses and forcing the
occupants to breathe the same dead
air over and over again. Doors -and
windows that are -Iealcy--^reylded
they are not too le?ky%?-are natural
ventilators. ? Good air comes in on
the lower floor and goes out upstairs.
If all the leaks are stopped, there
must be other ventilation provided.
Fresh air must be fed into the fur
nace or somewhere else direct from
outdoors, and the used air must be
returned to the cleansing outdoors
somehow or other.
It need not cost any more for^fuel.
A good substitute for fuel is clothes.
The American tendency is to dress too
thinly in the winter, and then keep
houses too hot. It is far cheaper and
far more healthful to keep the houses
cooler, ami dress more warmly. And
the additional oxygen people will get
into their systems by breathing cool
er, fresher air will help them to keep
warm.
FARMERS AND JDABOB UNIONS.
We have "had police ioeoes joining
the Federation ?* of Labor. We have
had school teachers, actors and col
lege professors doing likewise. f'Where
it going to stop?" people "have ask
ed.
: It has stopped. The movement
stopped when it met the American
farmer. Representatives of 660,000
farmers, meeting at Grand Rapids,
Mich., have refused *an invitation for
a conference with /Federation of La
bor^ officials .in Washingtonnext
month,'and by the same token have
: refused an alliance twith union labor..
The position of the farmers is logi
cal enough. As their reprfiswxtal?ves
declared 'in considering this proposal,,
there, is hardly anything in common
between them and industrial union
ism. F, i i w*flr -are primarily rproprie
tors and employers rather than labor
ers. ThcJ^Si,. jae^aiy^asH^ctive work
ers, theywtnST for tKerhSelves, and
are masters of. Oi^r -own ^hours. The i
exigencies of farm labar.rare vastly!
different from those of labor in fac- J
tbries ^d'-mines/ * .Work on-the farttn
?whether dOne by ihe?&wjner or, the
hired, han^ mea^s ?itesilong hours'
and-always irregular hours;. deterhVin?
?e?''-l>y 'weather: and^'season'^ It must
nece&sarify be flexible: * llow could .it
sai.pt itself' to -any systenj. 9t union
The farmers are already "organlzr
ed/' They have: their granges and
associations, which answer to their
economic and. social -needs qutte ..as
fully as the labor unions answer to
the needs of industrial -workmen. The
interests of these two classes of pro
ducers, too, often conflict.
_r Thus the triumphant'" progress of
the A. F. of L. which., latelyseemed
destined to engulf - all classes o% work
ers^ whether of hand. otv brain* re
ceives a check. The,process of .growth,
outside- its own \ natural ; field: ' will \
doubtless be slower hereafter.' .
mS\u STItlKK STlLcL ON.
... Was it merely a bluff when the Of
ijcers of the-'. United Mine /Workers,
went.through Ifce' formality * oC re^
calling their strike orders?.- It is,
; nearly two "weeks since that action.
j was taken, in compliance* with a
court order! and in deference to. an
imperative public demand, .and yet
hardly any of the miners are hack at
work. Worse still, they are declaring
in many peaces that they do hot* in-r
tend to return until after a satisfac
tory agreement has been made with'
the operators.
Thus the situation " is practically'
the same as it was on November 1,
when the miners walked out. They
ire trying to force a favorable decis
ion by the same. means their leaders
pave'professed to repudiate.
Ir. would be extremely interesting
and enlightening to know whether
or not the miners are doing this with
the/approval of their leaders, or inj
spite of them. If the workmen drei
their own ? initiative, at a time when
the nation needs coal so badly, and
when they are bound in honor to re
turn, it is bad enough. If their
leaders have passed the word to them
to go' as they are doing, it is much
worse;-ki.d'amounts to a conspiracy j
against the government and the. na-j
tfcw. [:[ .'. . ? "'? ? : .<j
It is time, for the president of ihe
United States Mine Workers and his 1
associates to * deolare where theyl
Ititand on this matter. It seems to- be
plainly UP to them, if they are sincere,
to take positive action, and demand,
publicly and unequivocally, that their
! men go back to work. . 1
??. '. /. i
TEACHERS AND TAXES,
j Two large noises are heard all
over the country. One is a wail of!
pity for the poor, teachers who are
trying to maintain themselves on
salaries, .of pre-war cifce; the other is
a stern compiaint/from business-men,!
that schools do mot educate. - '" ' ? ' r? ?
- The two Igo together. A child Who
goes through his school life as one of
seventy pupils in each school room he
(occupies cannot be educated. What
the teacher has to give is diluted too
thin by the need of discipline and of
red tape. And as long as salaries are
too low, teachers will take up other
work, leaving ever bigger and bigger
classes for the teachers who remain.
These two lead to a third. Whai
do teachers* salaries come from?
Taxes, of course. And who howls
loudest about taxes? The hypocrites
who wail over the poor teachers and
the hypocrites who complain that the
schools do not educate.
It is just as well to face facts.
School taues have got to be raised
not a little, scrimping, picayunish
inch or two. They have got to go up
a mile. Not only must the salaries be
big enough to attract,; and to keep,
first class teaching" material, but
teachers* training schools must be
improved and standards raised.
Moreover, buildings must be put
up-T-not mere brick boxes, with square
rooms in them, but modern, beautiful,
airy, competent schools. Each school
must^have proper light and air and
Jocker space; and sooner or later there
must be auditoriums and' manual
training \rooms and playgrounds and
gardens and gymnasiums and shower
"baths and everything which ministers
to' the all-round development of
young people.
Old buildings must be completely
overhafiled, made sunny and sanitary.
This isn't going to come by kicking
and fussing! and squabbling about
naifls in the tax rate. It has got to
come out of big-hearted generosity
and sound business efficiency. "Give
till it hurts" was the slogan which
ri-iced money for the war. Do wc
value our little folks less highly than
pur lads? ' Do we care, less for th<
future of. the race than for our pres
ent bank balances?
?mmage 11 j.
CITT' AIJTOMOBILES.
A commission has been appointed in
Paris to \Study-automobile traffic and
suggest, some better system of handling
th^cars- 'and , safeguarding pedes
triatis. Paris Is _not alone in facing
this * problem/^jtiondon. New York,
Chicago and o^eev large cities are al
yoxkt' in. J^^^^'l^^^fl^ce of mo
tor^ "traffic' and^h.e apparent*' Jmpossly
WlHy. of copiri&^voth it. f Every city,
i?f^^r.'^?^^^nvolve? in the" same
trouble.', . ' . , \g\ "*? '
I What is'.;.to' iBe .done . when all the
automobilesin "a community .insist on
crowdftfgjnp? :*??e "down-t?wtr- section
at th^same.tiniMj ?? "
. The situation has developed so sud
den|[y : that even, the newest boom
city, laid out td>4jrder to suit the de
mands of modem civilization,. is
hffrdly prepared* to handle it. The
older the city,,, the worse the traffic
congestion. t The streets were never
intended to accommodate a line of
parked cars along each curb,, with
two other Hnes^in . continuous and
Opposite* motion, "with perhaps trolley
cars .running along the middle, and
yehipular tr^mc crossing at every in
tersection, a?d pedestrians complicat
ing-the mix-up. by streaming through
at every cross-walk.
it gets worse ah the time. What
is to be dope with.-the parked cars,
and how are-the moving cars to be
kept in motion with the least friction
and peril? Must there be great public
garages built down town,, in- every
city, under the streets or in the base
ments of office buildings or elsewhere,
to take the standing cars ofC the
streets? Must there be a transfor
mation' of the street and sidewalk sys
tem,-with some streets for cars only
and others for walkers enly, or dif
ferent" street levels for cars and pe
destrians and -trolleys?
Here is a transportation problem
just as serious as any connected with
tlie railroads, and of more immediate
interest to "great numbers of people.
Where is the genius that, can solve it
?and persuade the public to spend
the money that the solution will prob
ably require?
:. ?rS)&-As&k>bte>: -sec-Rc*-ie -lye* ttw^ie^.i
many honest workingmen '.nowadays(i
want "oustice" *in the form of d 200 jj
per cent w?ge increase to cover the:
SO per ;cent "increase in the cost of :
living;; and too.many patriotic business
men want to make enough excess
prollt, while the profiteering's good,
to keep up thnir country places and
lipaousme.1; for the rest of their 11 res.
$ .JUJl^lJL-^--J,.
TRESPASS NOTICE
Our lands lying in the vicinhy of
DulJose Station and Woodrow arc
posted and .all. persons arc warned
aguinst hunting or otherwise tres
passing upon same.
Mrs. G. E. Richardson.
Miss E. M. Dick,
Mrs. A. E. Dick,
: Mrs. W.. E. Dick.
T. S. DuBpse, Jr.
All Stores in the city wlil cloce on
Thnmday . in arordance with the
usual Custom of .celebrating Thoriks
gjvrpg. Housewives are askr-d to
pjace (heir Orders as early' as pos
sible, so 'ak to facilitate matters for t'
?iev ttisfr' on.' *?fei?nesday.- I
HARBY & CO., Inc.
COTTON MO 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
ou to sec us before you buy, Cash or approved collateral.
9 West Liberty Street
A Good Friend.
_ t
A good friend stands by you when
in need. . Sumter people tell how
Doan's Kidney Pills" have, stood the
test.
E. V?. Vogel, prop, furniture atore,
of 20 E. Liberty St., Sumter endors
ed Doan's eleven years ago and again
confirms the story.- Could you ask j
for more convincing testimony?
"I suffered with kidney trouble and!
.oains through the small of mi* back j
several years ago/* says Mr. Vo- ?
gel. "Sometimes I would he so!
bad, I -could hardly stoop over.
My back was weak and I had to give
up work several timea. i tried many
iifferent kidney- remedies, hut they j
Jtidn't do me any good. At last I j
;ead about Doan's. Kidney Pills *and j
cot some at Zemp's Pharmacy. After j
using one bos, all the pains disap* j
jeared and six boxes !n all cured me." !
Mr. Vogel gav* the above state-1
-pent February 8, 2008 and over ten i
/ears later, or on February 14, 1918, ?
le added: "I still have great faith in j
Doan's Kidney. Pills.. They.certainly |
urve n'.une me worlds of good and 1
?ra glad to confirm the str.tement I j
we some time age "
.= Price. 60c, at all dealers. Don't'
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get J
Doan's Kidney PUls?the same that1
-Mr. Vogel had. Forter-Mllburn Co., |
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. A&j?* (70) j
brothemiMds I I
;EST' ^onferks^Ej
% Cleveland, XovV 2 4 .?Five hundred j
general chairmen.of the four railroad'
.brotherhoods began a three day . con- {
fe^e5p5e here 'today to consHSer^ tbie
overtime proposal 'submUtfed^oy- "Bx-1
'rector General Hines. 1 . '. ?
Cotton Market
(Corrected daily at 12 o'clock by
Chamber of Commerce.)
Good Middling 37 1-2.
Strict Middling 26 3-4.
Middling 36.
Strict Low Middling 34.
Low Middling 31.
ftt-jw yon* txin-o* makkitt.
Vett-Vy*
Qoen High Lr>^ ?"Ic?? CloM
Jan . .25,.50 35.75 35.28 35.73 34.98
Men . 33.55 34.05 33.45 33.97 33.?I
May . .32.35 32.64 22.20 32.64 31.S7
July . .33.15 34.C3* 31.00 21.50 20.75
Bee . .36.95 37.05 36,70 27.05 36.25
. . Sew Orleans.
Jan . .35.40 26.00 35.40 35.98 35.05
Mch . . 33.80 34.56 33.80 34.53 33.56
May . .32.30 33.00 32.30 32.98; 32.00
July . .31.30 32.00 31.30 31.99 30,94
Dec . ..37.15 37.85 37.15 37.84 36.00
TROOPS ARE
UNDER ARMS
Virginia Militia Waiting on De
velopments
TLoanoke. Va., Nov. 24y^Six^ compa
nies of State troops rested here to
day pending further investigation of
the situation in the coal districts of
Lec and Wise counties;* It was un
decided at noon whether the troops
-will continue to guard the mines or
return home.
~" The carnival which was here dur
ing, the past week will divide today.
Part of it remains in Sumter for the
colored fair which opened today and
?the remainder goes to Pishopville for
the Lee county fair . which com
mences tomorrow.
THE FATE OF GEN
ERAL ANGELES
Brains of Villa Parly to Be Tried %
At Chihuahua
El Paso, Nov. 24.?The fate'of Gen.
Felipe Angeles, known as the tritel- -
lectual head of the Villa revolution
ary movement in Mexico is expected
to be decide today : by a military
committee at Chihuahua City. It i&" <;
believed that instead of the custom- -
ary death penalty, he will be given
a penitentiary sentence. *;?'? 7
?A'
?. S. CONGR]
START^^
WiH Find Out Q^M^^^
1 Deporting Radicals
New York, Novy 24.?A formal
quiry into the causes of "delay in. de^:?.'
porting radical aliens, held _at . Ellis
Island, was begun today by. members. -
of hhtesou Pata. .flviceese '2 . .QChm.:.
of the house committee on immigrar v
tion.- ' "'. tr ?'?
FOR SATjE?Or exchange for a Ford i
touring or anything of marketable
value, one .ScrippS-Booth touring*7^
six cylinder car, ? 1918 model, in
good mechanical*'-'. c^ditionw^T^w^ ::
Kelly Springfield cord nou^sldd, ??'[
Firestone - non-skid tires, pr^icaJW'f
ly new. "' Paint and top! as ?go0*d;;t.
as a new one.1 "Reason''-i^^}$ysjg^
need a/smaller car ra;my;;:wor3c'^?.r'' >
Tf. Chandler, ' Rimbert, S. d ^ ', 'f'
T-,-:-:-;??-~y- -
GENTLE FAMILY HORSES F?fef?C
sale, or'.will tiade.for :?' good a^ufe**'"*
cow. Any child ? can ~ 'drive "?iuf
will work any place. . F^;T7. -&x^-t*l
? ? ?i r. ?? ? ?'?' : ? ?'. ?-' - . r/?i
drews. Oswego, .S/C -
When buying an overcoat under the present day con^
ditions, one should see that they get a coat that doe's hot
have to be replaced each season. The Ford overcoat is
as good as an investment for the money as a Ford car.
Buy one and you'll never regret it. Tliey are made of
all wool cloth, lined in Skinner satin, and they are wa
ter proofed.
should prove unsatisfactory in any way. Lei us show
you the best coat on the market.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.