The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 10, 1919, Image 3
SPECIAL CABINET
MEETING CALLED
Secretary Lansing Calls Cabinel
Together to Consider Mex
ican Situation
Washington. Dec. ">.?A specia
meeting of the cabinet was called foi
seven* o'clock this evening by Secretary
Lansing. It is understood the Mexi
can situation will be the chief topi<
discussed.
The foreign relations committee wil
not meet until Monday to receive th<
report of senators as to Presidem
Wilson's views on the Mexican ques
tion. Although private advices re
ceived here yesterday said that Car
ranza is preparing a reply to the lat<
American note renewing the request
for Jenkins' release, the State depart
ment officials said today they had
received no official information on tin
subject.
ANARCHISTS FOR
DEPORTATION
Emma Goldman and' Berkmai.
At Ellis Island
New York, Dec. ',.?Alexander Berk
man and Emma Goldman. America's
two most notorious anarchists, spent
tonight at Ellis Island. They were sur
renderecf to the immigration authori
? ties at noon upon demand of the de
partment of tabor to await deporta
tion to Russia after preaching their
doctrines in the. United States for
30 years.
While they were on the way to the
island accompanied by the govern
ment ferry' boat by a, few of their
most devoted followers, their counsel.
!* Harry Weinberger, was appearing be
fore Federal Judge Mayer with a po
sition for writs of habeas corpus in
a last effort to nullify the deportation
decree. The writs were granted and
are returnable Monday. Weinberger
said that he would insist that his
clients be produced In court before
Judge Mayer, who sentenced them to
~ two years terms for obstructing the
a draft laws.
There was no way of determining
t<?night whether the legal proceedings
would delay the departure of Berk
ma^i and Miss Goldman for Russia.
The - government has not announced
wh<m it expected to have a ship
available to carry them away and
I Weinberger declined to state whether
; he would take their cases to the
' United States supreme court if the
I lower court decided against them.
% It. was pointed out, however, that the
? $30,600 in Liberty Bonds used as bail
for them would, be available to carry
on a legal battle if it is considered
^ worth while. The habeas corpus pe
: tition was based on tire contention
that Miss Goldman is an American
citizen by marriage; that the consti
tutional right of speech has brought
I within the pale of the law any radi
? cal utterances they may have made
. and that deportation to soviet Rus
; sia would be illegal because the*-Uni
ted . States has not recognized the
Bolshevik i.
Meanwhile Berkman and Miss Gold
\ man will be held at E"llis Island with
82 other radicals awaiting deporta
tion. After they wer?- surrendered,
searched, and inspected by doctors.
Berkman was put in p room with 7
: ring leaders of the recent hunger
? and silence strike against deporta
tion hearings, while Miss Goldman
was sent to the quarters of two girl
j anarchists who had participated in
; the hunger strike.
Fearing immediate deportation of
? the two anarchists, half a dozen wo
men radicals accompanied them on
the ferry trip to Ellis Island and kiss
ed them both as the boat was passing
Vtfaie Statue of Liberty and again when
they reached the Island.-.
Berkman was fully equipped with
liew clothing for Russia. He carried
- thVee grips.
Miss Goldman's ' farewell message"
'to her followers was:
"Love, and comradeship to all lib
>eral and revolutionary people. We
Expect to be called back to Soviet
Russia." *
? Both she and Berkman predicted a
revolution in this country within five
years. ^
MEXICAN BANDITS
ON BORDER
I *?r- - - -
Mob Store in Seapata Countv,
Report Says.
Houston. Dec. .5.?State officials to
day received a report Of a raid by
Mexican bandits on a store near the
border in Seapata county. Reports
said the owner was bound. after
which the place was looted and the
? bandits fled across the border. The
report came from a Texas ranger of
'3?cer-.
LOVAKS MO
BILIZE ARMY
enty-one Divisions Marching
Toward Hungary
Copenhagen, Dec. 5.?The Czecho
slovak government has ordered the
^Mobilization of three military '-lasses,
.says a Vienna dispatch.
. A Prague dispatch says rwenty
One divisions of <'/.echo-Slovaks a re
Advancing toward Hungarian ifron
_
MAYNARD COM
ING SOUTH
1
^Started This Morning From Min
eola For Savannah
I Mineola. Dec. 5.?Captain May
Sard left here this morning on n
^flight to Savannah. f3a.. via Washing
fen, D. C.r and Winst?n-Salem. N. C
.-%here the heads of the Southern
Commercial Congress meet on Sunday,
^iie plans to return here before De
cember Hth. and then st.-i.rf tie
pne-stop flight across the country v
Sap, JJiego, .California.
OKLAHOMA GOV.
? BECOMES MINER
t Robertson and President of the
State Council of Defense
Join Volunteers
ij Oklahoma City. Okla., Dec. 4.?
rjGov. J. B. A. Robertson and .lohn A.
ri Whifehwrst, president of the State
- j coorcil'bf defense, are en route to Mc
2 Alester tonight where they will begin
I werk tomorrow as coal miners along
1 j with 300. other volunteers. The first
? [ carload of coal will be on the tracks
Cjtomorrow night, it was thought.
-J Two squadrons of the Thirteenth
? j United States cavalry will arrive at
? M< Alester Saturday for duty at the
? mines. Governor Robertson earlier in
the day requested Major General
Diekman, commander of the Southern
[ department of the army, not to send
> negro troops who had been ordered
'?into the State, because it might in -
volve us in unnecessary conflict and
con fusion.'
The State executive has issued an
; order placing the national guard in
i ret din ess to move on short notice.
! AFTER 1.000 YEARS HUNGA
RIANS ARE CZECHOSLOVAKS
j Bratislava/ Slovakia, Nov. 11.?It is
i j only on Czecho-Slovakian maps that
this ancient Hungarian city of Press
j burg can be located by its new name,
j Ruled by Hungary for a thousand
years it passed under the control of
the new Czecho-Slovakian republic by
the decision of the Peace Conference
and a large part of its inhabitants do
not take kindly to the new order of
things. Its people are dorninaatiy
Germanic or Hungarian. . /
The street signs are in German and
Hungarian characters and now to
[ them is being added Czech. The old
postal and telephone employes have
beer, replaced by Czechs and Czech
high officers installed in the govern
ment. Slovak regiments on duty
here have been replaced by pure.y
Czech soldiers. In a city as old anil
conservative and routine as this,
drifting through the eentu'ries un
disturbed in its social customs. the>c
thir-gs have made feeling run rather
I high in certain social strata.
Persons, regardless of sex, who
have not acquired legal residence are
being expelled. One man told The
Associated Press he had lived ard
done business here for forty years was
expelled a few days ago. The list of
those cited for expulsion is ?aid *o
contain names of dead persons.
Some flungarians do not hesitate to/
express their resentment over the *m
ployrrient.of Czechs in government po
sitions here formerly occupied by the
Hungarians. Czechs ana many Slo
vaks <>f the educated classes who hold
office under the government, say this
feeiinpr is due to Hungarian and Ger
man propaganda and has no real
strength or extent. Also they admit
the necessity of Czech officialdom as
Slovakia has little or ' no educated
class from which to draw executives
of ability.
It is hard to upset rudely the tra
ditions of ten centuries and talks
with many persons, both in official
and unofficial circles,' would indicate
that the antagonism displayed toward
the Czechs is a natural condition of
this period of transition ad not deep
ly rooted. Probably it is stronger
h?'re in Pressburg than in the other
parts of Slovakia where the change
is not so apparent.
The school question plays a very
prominent part in the situation here.
The government has abolished the
German and Hungarian languages in
the schools and this means a general
ousting of teachers and a reaction in
households.
Many Slovakians and Germans now
j speak ostentatiously in Hungarian as
! do the peasants of this immediate vi
| ci.nity as a sign of their feelings. A
I political speaker allduing to thi de
velopment said that the Czechs had
accomplished in six months what
Hungary had tried to do for fifty
yea rs.
Well informed Slovaks. howeve<\ do
not feel that the racial questi'on will
result in any serious developments.
They say that Slovakia must hold to
the republic and with new elections
and an elected, instead of agnominat
ed. National Assembly such as the
! present one. a more liberal Slovak
j representation in offices ?.nd the sta
{ bilization of the economic situation.
I conditions will improve. As a last
I argument they point out that Slovakia
cannot exist as an Independent State
I and there is not other country than
j the Czeche-Slovak republic to which
j she can ally herself.
AMERICAN BUILT SHIPS
NOT WANTED ABROAD
j London. Nov. 18.?It is reported m
shipping/circles that the endeavor,
j n.?de by the United States Ship:>i'ig
I to dispose in Europe of small or
: wooden steamers, which were built
i during the war. is not having much
: success. Purchasers cannot be found
I in England and although offers are
i reported to have been made to sell
the boats to Germany and Greece at
; prices below the rate for much older
! British boats, very little business is
i said to L:>v?' rest) 1 ted.
Mexicans Going Home.
I Mexico City, N?v. l!?.? Repatriation
i of Mexicans who for ih?- pasi few
! years have lived in the United States.
Cuba and European countries is not
hampered by the government pro
vided those persons prove themselves
of good faith, according to Aguirra
Berlanga, secretary of gohernacoin.
speaking to El Democrata. The sec
retary points "?! that the return of
the expatriates has shown an impetus
of late. Congress how has before i;
;i hill which would gram complete
;in nesty i<< persons of good faith now
in exile.
Sensible .fwlge.
Norfolk, Eng.. \'ov. l.".?"11 is no
honor to a man who worked hard all
his Jib- to spend money tavishly <?,!
his funeral.** said Judge Mulligan here
when ;i widow asked for $3f?0 to pay
the expenses of her husband's funeral.
She was allowed ?150.
CABINET DISCUSSES
SITUATION IN COAL
I No Intimation of New Step Gov
ernment Contemplates
Washington, Dec. 5.?The general
coal situation was discussed again to
day at a meeting of the president's
cabinet but there was no intimation of
what hew step was contemplated by
the government to meet growing ap
peals from various sections of the
country for enough fuel to keep the
industries in operation. Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield, .summoned here from
his home in .Massachusetts, to take up
some of the big problems developing
in the last few days, and Director
Hihes told the cabinet what had been
done. Dr. fiarfield later conferred
with department of justice officials and
the executive committee of the bitu
minous coal operators of the United
Sttaes. members of which had been
kept here to watch the situation. The
?fuel administration indicated that
j eoal production was increasing over
I last week.
The' operators' committee issued a
statement charcterizing as "'vicious
and misleading" public reports to the
effect that they were considering
proposals to compromise with striking
mine workers by paying more than the
14 per cent increase suggested by Dr.
Garfield. and increasing the price of
J coal. There will be no compromise on
J the demands, they said.
In connection with the action of the
(federal court at Indianapolis ordering
[a grand jury to investigate their ac
tions with a^ view to bringing indio
ments under'the Lever act. the opera
tors sent a telegram to District Attor
ney Sims at Indianapolis asking that
the hearings be expedited. *
"Operators welcome grand jury In
vestigation of the eharges that they
J are in conspiracy with the miners,"
j the message said. "We-urge that in
I vestigation be handled vigorously
and that full publicity be given. The
j opera tors are anxiaus to be heard.
Will you advise if they will be given
opportunity ?"
Meanwhile there was unquestioned
optimism among the operators and
fuel administration workers who have
volunteered to aid in the emergency.
Coal production has remained on the
upward grade for three days, it was
said, and is close to 4"> per cent, of
the normal.
WILL NOT SURREN
DER BELA K?N
Austrians Afraid to GiVe Up
Htmgarian Red
Vienna. D 5.?Bela Kun, the
Hungarian dictator during the Soviet
regime will not be surrendered to
Hungary, according to a declaration
by Karl Renner, Austrian chancellor.
He said the surrender would jeopar
dize the lives of all .^strians now in
Russia.
POPULAR EXTRAVAGANCE.
The High Cost of Living Discussed "by
Life Insurance President.
?
j New York. Dec. 4.?Reduction of
i the high cost of living seems only a
"remote possibility" to William A.
Day. president of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of New York. Mr.
j Day describes the present situation as
I betraying "a passion for expenditure
in the pursuit of pleasure and costly
non-essentials which has no parallel
in history."
These assertions were made by Mr.
j Day in the course of an address ne
j delivered here today before the recon
j struction conference of the Association
i of Life Insurance Presidents.
"The war.' said Mr. Day, "thrust
upon us an unnatural and unbalanced
prosperity and has left us a Jegacy of
inflation, speculation and excessive
improvidence. A large volume of easy
money has found its way into the
pockets of many people to whom a
substantial cash surplus was a new
and tempting possession.This, he
added, had been followed by a great
passion for expenditure and pursuit
of pleasure by those of improvident
and self-indulgent, tendencies.
Popular extravagance, he declared.
! had naturally led to governmental ex
! travaganee. as a result of which the
I average American family would be
called upon to pay in Federal taxes for!
jthe year ending June 30. 1920, about
1^235, compared with 7"> in 1914. i
an increase of 539 percent in this par
ticular factor of the cost of living.
High prices resulting from inadequate
production and depletion of supplies
have, he said, "but served to whet;
the appetite of the spendthrift. He j
protests as vigorously as the provi- j
dent man against the high cost of
the necessities of life but he eagerly j
pays high prices foV luxuries and!
other non-essentials, and for early
service, he is often willing to pay a
premium above the market price.
"With so many people in this
spendthrift mood, so many outbidding
[each other for some of Ihe necessities
and nn>st of \h*> luxuries of life, any j
material reduction in the high cost of
[living seems a remote possibility. Ev- j
cry individual and every organization
of individuals." concluded Mr. Day.
"must assist in bringing our poopie
i back to the practice of rational econ
! omy."
I Despite whal Mr. Day charcterfzed
as "the present unparalled passion'
for needless spending." he said there
had been an unprecedented increase
in the amount of life insurance writ
i ten in the United States in the present
j year. Statistics gathered fm- the .As
? social ion of Life Insurance President."!
' placed the t<>m] volume of new insur
ance for the year at $7.712.000.000.
compared with $4.000.^00.000 for the
heaviest previous year. 1918. This
j amount. Mr. Day said, would exceed
al the insurance outstanding in all
( the companies "2<i years ago.
In explafning why this great in
crease occurred; Mr. Day said the
heavy death roll from the war and
the influenza epidemic had brough 1
almost every household in the United
iS;iti-s face to face with the uncertain
ties of life and had given a great
stimulus to life insurance. . ? * >
THE POST OFFICE
DEPARTMENT
_
Annual Report of Postmaster
GelteraL Snows a Surplus^
Suggestions Made For Im
provement of Service
V
Washington. Deo. 4.?A surplus of
?2,'14 2,S">1 in post office operations for
the fiscal year 1*919 was announced in
the annual report today of Postmas
ter General Burleson. The figures are
subject to some adjustment which
would increase the surplus. Mr. Bur
leson said, adding that this was the
sixth time in the seven years of the
present postoffiee administration that
revenues had exceeded expenditurs.
An aggregate surplus of more than
$:}">.000.ooo as compared to an aggre
gate deficit of more than $*>9,00?,
000 for the preceding seven year pe
riod is shown in an appended table.
?'The cause of the change is 'imme
diately apparent." the report says of
this comparison. "Whereas the reve
I hues under this administration in
creased $737.5'97,S1S or at the rate of
?"O.i'X per cent, compared with the 7
year period prior to the time it as
sumed office, the expenditures increas
ed only $64 3.33.*".795 or at the rate of
4 2.49 per cent. The difference be
tween the increase in expenditures and
the increase in revenues. less losses,
equals the amount of the net change
in favor of the public treasury."
Much of the criticism leveled at
[the department's financial policy. Mr.
j Burleson said, "was due to lack of
j complete and accurate information."
"The facts, as presented," he add
ed, "tell a story of achievement. They
do not call for explanations or apol
j ogies and none are given. The admin
istration stands squarely on its rec
j brd."
j' Discussing improvements in the ser
vice, Mr. Burb-son said nothing had
been left undone within his authority
"to effect readjustments in the in
terest of all the people and not in that
of any special class." adding:
"Because of the curtailment of
what may be termed 'special class'
postal facilities there has grown up j
strenuous hostility upon the part of a
limited number of 'special interests.'
the expense of whose private business
I was largely paid by the government
.instead of by themselves. This has
particular reference to the modifying
of the second-class mailing privilege
which had until the advent of the
present administration been grossly
j abused.'
Improvements made are summariz
ed as follows: I
"Inauguration of air-mail ser
vice, establishment of the 'space sys-i
tern' in determining the compensa
tion of railroads for carrying the mail;
readjustment of railway mail service
in the interest of both improvement
and economy: readjustments of or
ganizations in post offices, methods of
service, and distribution, of supplies,
I on a, basis of sound business princi
[ pie; inauguration of rural and city
motor vehicle service and village de
livery service; extension of box and
collection service and postage-stamp,
money-order and registry facilites to
patrons on star routes; improvements
in the registry system, insured par
cel post, and methods of hand;:ng
dead letters; readjustment of rural
deli\ery service, providing more equi
table distribution of facilities to pa
| trons already served and extensions of
j facilities to those citizens who had
I theretofore been denied any service at
fall, complete reorganization of the
equipment and supply services through
the extension of operation and econ
omy of production, and the introduc
tion of modern shop methods, equip
ment and appliances, effecting %ub
stantial savings and improvements in
the service; the partial adjustment of
lite postage rates on second class mail
matter, effecting a saving of over
$15,000,000 annually; reduction of let
ter postage between the United States
and several foreign countries; iarge
extension of international parcel post,
and the increase in weight and size ot"
parcels permitted in the mails."
Mr. Burleson again asked repeal of
legislation permitting affiliation of or
ganizations of postai employes with
labor organizations "which sanction
recourse to the strike or boycott to
enforce their demands."
"I again call the attention of con
gress to the impropriety of govern
ment employees owing allegiance to
any organization which might stand
between them and the government,
and to the actual menace to govern
mental authority wh;"h is involved in
such affiliation." Mr. Burleson said.
"The avowed purpose of labor or
ganizations is not alone to advance
the social and economic welfare of
members of their order but to ex
ercise a coercive influence upon the
mployer to compel submission to their
demands. The strike and the boy
cott are weapons designed to be used
in attack or in resistance The gov l
ernment of the United States-is not
to be attacked or resisted by any citi
zen of the land. Surely no such spe
cial privilege is reserved to those
who. through the nature of their em
ployment, are sworn to serve the gov
ernment itself and owe to it the spe
cial allegiance of service duty.
"Whatever interest labor may claim
in the products of its toil, it can rot
be claimed for government employees
that they acquire a larger interest or
greater power in the government Than
that of other citizens, because of che
(diameter of their employment.
'?Government employees should be
permitted to organize f<|r their so
cial and general welfare; to appear
before committees of congress, and to
Curnish information concerning the
postal service of which they may
have knowledge.
"The enforcement of (be principle!
?hat government employees should not j
hold an affiliation incompatible with j
their obligation to the public service
can not be distorted into a reflection
i<p<>n the efficiency and loyalty of the
postal employees, whose devotion to
public duty under the trying test of
war was conspicuously demonstrated.
Bui the principle is one which can
npt be prudently disregarded."
Reaffirming after detailed discussion
his previous stand as to zone rates on
ggyications, "Mr. Burleson said: "The
Postmaster General has always be
lieved that a low, fiat rate of postage
should apply to reading matter, for
the reason that its primary purpose is
the dissemination of new_s and is edu
cational, but he is also firm in the be
lief that this low rate of postag?
should not apply to that portion of
the publication devoted to advertising
I or commercial uses. The law which
i fixes a zone rate for advertisiig mar
[ ter is eminently fair, as the rate of
postage is increased in the proportion
that the publication is commercialized
and according to the distance it b~
transported; and the publisher, there
fore, to a certain extent fixes for him
self the rate of postage on his publi
eation. The Postmaster General
earnestly recommends that action be
taken by congress to increase the rate
of postage on the portion of publica
tions devoted to advertising, sufficient
ly to pay the cost of transporting and
; handling same."
! With reference to the application of
civil service requirements to postmas
ters, the report said: "In order thai
the spirit and letter of civil service
might be conscientiously carried out
as far as practicable, and pending en
actment by the congress of legislation
which, though repeatedly urged Ivv
the Postmaster General, failed of
passage, several executive orders have
been issued by the president extend
ing in effect the classified civil service
to postmasterships of all classes and
requiring that those who were blank
eted into civil service by executive or
ders under previous administrations
without having been subjected to any
civil-service or m'^rit test whatever
shall be required to pass a civil-ser
vice examination. This is believed to
be a long step in the direction of
higher standards in the government
service and a more, businesslike ad
ministration of postal affairs.
Mr. Burleson devotes considerable
space to development of the air mail
service, con'cludfng with this state
ment:
"The air mail service of the United
States is the only practical commer
cial aeroplane service in the world.
No service in foreign countries com
pares with it in magnitude, in con
tinuous dependability and in benefit
.to commerce. Its record of perform
ance during the fiscal year of 1919
was 96.54 per cent, and this record
was obtained with more than :'*0 per
cent of the trips made in rain, fog,
mists or other conditions of poor vis
ibility. The operation of the service
by months for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1919, is given in an accom
panying table."
The report also discussed at length
the operation of the telephone and
telegraph systems under the depart
ment during the war period, Mr.
Burleson reasserting his opinion that
these communication facilities should
be government owned. Of the gov
ernment control period he said:
"There is quite a difference between
government ownership of the wire
systems as a part of the Postal Estab
lishment and Government control for
a limited and very uncertaift period.
The recent temporary control affords
no more a test 'of the virtues of gov
ernment ownership than could be had
through a temporary receivership in
a court proceeding.
"That the contention of the Post
master General for a complete unifi
cation of the various wire systems is
both wise, from an economic stand
point and supported by sound business
principles has been confirmed by the
ablest experts on electrical transmis
sion in America. That it should oe
brought about the Postmaster General
still believes, through government
ownership and operation as a part
of the Postal Establishment, and to
that end renews the recommendations
in previous annual reports, that the
telephone and telegraph systems of
the United States be incorporated into
i he Postal Establishment."
Expenditures by the Rockefeller Foun
dation.
New York, Dec. 6.?Expenditures
aggregating $15.050,202 were made by
the Rockefeller Foundation during
1918 for the following purposes and in
the following proportions, according
to the annual report of the Secretary.
Edwin R. Emb'ree, made public here
today:
First?War work. $11,105,226.
Second?Public health. $1,255,990.
Third?Medical education and re
search. $2,419,866. <
Fourth?Miscellaneous. $128,312.
Fifth?Administration, $140,80$.
These outlays included more than
$3,500,000 for camp community wel
fare work, the United war work fund,
the Y. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A., and the
Knights of Columbus and $4,529,400
for the American Red Cross.
In addition to its own departmental
work the Rockefeller Foundation has
contributed, the report 'says, to the
accomplishment of work undertaken
by other and unaffiliated organiza
tions.
Brazil Will Import European Lfchorei*
Rio de Janeiro. Nov. 10.?Plans to
incr s>e greatly the number of immi
grants suitable for agricultural work
in Brazil are under consideration by
the federal authorities. Dr. Lopes,
the Minister of Agriculture, has just
given to President Pessoa details of
a plan which will serve as a basis for
a message to congress. It proposes
that congress appropriate the equiv
alent of $500.000 to be used in de
fraying fne expenses of 5.000 agri
cultural laborers who will be embark
ed in European ports for Brazil with
in the next few months. Three thous
and of these laborers will come from
Mediterranean ports and 2.000 from
north Europe. The money advanced
to these men is to be refunded to the
government later.
The postmaster calls the attention
of all box holders to the impending
?Ohristmns congestion of the mails'
and requests the holders to
promptly remove all packages, when
"call for package" notices are found
in their boxes. Many of the patrons
take out all packages promptly, but
some will leave the notice in the box
thus causing the parcels to remain in
the office, sometimes several days.
Office space is limited now and the
patrons will confer a favor by observ
ing the postmaster's simple request.
This appiies to C. O. D. as Well as all
other parcels.
5
To abort a cold
and prevent com
plications, take
The purified and rdrirred
calomel tablets that are
nausea Jess, safe and litre.
Medicinal virtues retain
ed9 and improv&l. Sold
only in. sealed package*.
Price 35c. : k
Plymouth. England.
Plymouth. Xov. 18.?Plymouth,
I from whence may come England's
{ first woman 51. P., today is not the
I little seaport town which the May
j flower left. It is still a seaport, ship
j ping and fishing being the principal
i souro.-s of revenue, but it is also One
j of England's most flourishing sea
! worts, boasting of a population of
about 200,000.
Despite the city's '\prosperffy and
maritime importance, there are many
of its customs which have, remained
unchanged through the three cen
! turies since the Pilgrims waved their
j farewells.
American blue jackets have dubbfed
the town as "a nine o'clock town" f?r
at that hour each evening the streets
are practically deserted. Blinds are
drawn, taxicabs are, unavailable and
night clerks in the hotels have set
tled themselves comfortably for "the
night's slumber behind their desks.
But if it is a nine o'clock town in
the evenings, it is certainly "a six
o'clock town" in the mornings for
j that time sees the majority of the
I people setting about their day's tasks,
the fish market and dockyards are in
full operation, the shopping districts
I beginning to open andythe streets are
I lively.
"Famous as a departing point for
the Pilgrims and more recently by the
arrival there of the N. C. 4 after her
flight across the Atlantic, it is ap
propriate that Plymouth should again
ger her name into history through
sponsoring the feminine invasion of
the Commons' commented one of
Lady Astor's Unionist supporters.
CARD OF THANKS
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The Woman's Missionary Society-of
Trinity Methodist Church \vishes tt6
thank the women .of the OtKer
churches and citizens of the town f?r
their generous contributions to . .tjie
shower given to the city nurse, Mass
Gibson, and to Miss Hudson for Ctfrijtp
Alice. A number of the d?n?rs meet
at the parsonage last Friday at four
o'clock, and spent a delightful social
hour.
Two large ^baskets heaping up and
runnning over, full of all sbrtsiiOf
articles, sheets, pillow cases,. pillows,
towels, toilet articles, underwear i&r
women and children, layettes and
warm flannels for the tiny bat)le4
'practically all new, gave evidence #f
the well-merited reputation of our
town for its good-wil), "The Sumter
Spirit." Altogether, there were lT7
articles contributed to Camp ?iicfe,
and 249 to -the work of the cfiy
nurse, representing a value of $168.20.
$72.70 was contributed in money,
making at total of $240.90. Agam
we want to say, "Thank you." *
MRS. G. C. IAMB.*
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