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W^nesOay and Saturday MBLlSftlXG COMPANY -SUMMER,'?. O. "~':.-Terms: per ^amiojoa?iii advance. Advertisements, inare^firat insertion .. ..$1.00 subsequent insertion.50 3ts for three months, or wiHrljfe.*made at reduced rates, communications which sub fre private interests will be charged '.as adver?semfeuts, >h-tuaiieg 'and tributes of respect " be charged for. |The Sumter Watchman was found in 1850 and the True Southron m H>6. The -Watchman a.id Southron jw has combined circulation and gg?f?iuence of hbth of the old papers, id is manifestly the best advertising lediuzn in Sumter. f-IFHEY ARE* NOT AMERICANS. In the great federal dragnet of .- Bolshevists,1 pulling in nearly 3,000 "troublemakers of one sort and anoth |er who will soon be deported, it is ^gratifying to learn that the percentage of - Americans- is extremely small, and |. of those few scarcely any are na Sr^re-born. ? The man . who was born here, and io has seen the wide-spread oppor tity to rise more than compensat ing for the'.occasional case of injus tice, who knows that lie. and not se me autocracy,. is the ruler of the ..country, that in the last analysis it isj the votes-of himself and his peerd; ? that?'control the nations' destiny, ^ is j not apt to want to overturn the gov-i ernment. Ouy labor troubles/iwhere. they are, 'genuine, are the''"descendants- of an' age,;of exploitation of labor. That is: ; true.' But that age, except in isolated j instances, is past. The laborer isj master of his- own fate in Ameiica.: To Him the employer humbly sues, in only too many cases, for his dsy's, work. After a brief, period of this re-i action, maters "between capital and j labor- will he adjusted for the goodi of all. Both sides are already begin-j ning. to see_ the light?to realize that! only through the'co-operation of both! sides, on lines of justice and humanity v." " ? for all, canHthe _work of the country be done. \. ?' The revolutionary troubles of the other'side are in,like manner the nor mal-heritage .of injustice and autoc .racy. It isv natural and to be expect ed that Europe must wrestle with the: dragon of Bolshevism now, because soj long she fed the dragon of tyranny.; In. America- tee-have no such heritage.' "Proletariat;', -and' "Bourgeoisie" are j alike imig?nary here. The laborer, if! he owns.a bond or a home or a piano, j is also a capitalist. The people whoj have nothing to lose by revolution I here are so few as hardly to be worth counting. . EVen these who have been reduced to the role of guests in pub-! lie institutions would be the losers. That is why public opinion every where applauds the governmental! eleaning-out of the alien disturbers, j They are not-"native to our soil, they5 do not understand nor respect our in- j stitutions. Between them, and usj i there is' nothing in common. Speed; the parting guests! flTHE THREE-MILE LIQUOR LINE. Following^tiae decision of the Unit ed States Shipping Board rot to at . tempt selling' liquor on government owned 'ships, the question has arisen whether it is permissible for private owned ships to do so. There has been a common impres sion that any American ship might le gally dispense liquor outside of the three-mile line thta hounds the terri torial jurisdiction of the United States. The Internal Revenue Department has seemed inclined to that view. Officers of the Anti-Saloon League, however, maintain that the prohibition "follows the flag,'* and applies to American ? ships just as much as to American soil. This .view seems supported by the fact that; a ship registered in any country is regarded by international law .as technically a portion of that country's territory, it may well be .argued that,- if national sovereignty applies to^? ship on the high seas for other purposes, it likewise applies for the purpose of prohibition enforce ment. This is a question, however, for the courts to decide, and they will do so in due time. Meanwhile, a good many Americans are hopefully contemplating the pos sibility of always being aide to indulge their bibulous propensities in a sea voyage, offerer*.by_the simple process of" patroif?5fti?*a_ saloon-ship anchore just outside of the three-mile line. TIGHTEN THE PURSE STRINGS. In its last monthly review the Bos ton Federal Reserve Bank issues a stern warning to the public. It brief';, mentioned economic and industrial conditions in New England at the close of 1319. then it made a state ment whijeh is quite as applicable to the other sections of the country as to the northeastern States: "While there has been, no doubt, considerable saving from earnings, as evidenced b large.aggregate deposits in savings institutions and investments I in government obligations, neverthe | less no one may observe without a I feeling of apprehension the manner j in which the enhanced purchasing j power of the wage-earners is being j dissipated by irrational personal exT I penditures. especially when it is be ginning to be coupled with requests for credit at retail stores by many who have never before known the meaning of a charge account. '"It is unlikely that any reduction ! in the cost of living wail be forced j upon the consumer by the voluntary i benevolence of the makers of goods: I it is certain that it will not come ! about through legislation, and if it j comes otherwise than by a collapse I of the existing economic structure : such as would bring not reduced ; prices only, but reduced earnings and j widespread distress, it can come only ' through individual sacrifices, fore i sight, and initiative manifested by re i stricted expenditure and conservation of savings beyond anything yet ap ? parent" ! The temptations of the holiday sea i son are behind us. Winter is nearly i half gone, and cold, weather commodi- j j ties that have served satisfactorily so. j far may be made to last the rest of I j tho time. There never will be a more j I propitious time for turning one's back ! j on foolish expenditure and facing to- j j ward the savings deposit window. It J i depends upon the individual wage- | earner and the manager of the fam- j ily funds to do this for himself, how- j ! ever. The warning and the advice I have been given many times. It is the , i time now for individual action. J For the first time in its history, a i famous New York police court had. no "drunk and disorderly" cases on New; Year's Day. How will the police court; people ever make a living if this sort of thing keeps up? SCHOOL FRATERN INES. Several national college fraternities; have voted to bar from membership I any student belonging to a high school j fraternity. This is probably the hardest blow i that the latter have ever received. A | high school student who intends to; go to college generally hopes to join; a college fraternity, and/ if member-! ship in a preparatory school "frat" j is going to disqualify him, he will t think twice before joining it. This ac- ; tion of the college fraternities, too, is' more convincing than many of the ar-j guments heard against high school; societies of this sort. The college: men know what fatemity life is. They! are more inclined to see its good fea-j tures than its bad ones. If. then, they j pronounce the high school fraternity"! bad, that coires Pretty near to set-: tling the question. To the ordinary "societies" that 1 spring up naturally in every enterpris- \ ing set of high school students there j can, of course, be no valid objection. ? The institution objected to is the se- j cret society, with its exciusiveness. itaj assumed mystery and its meeting} place ?r club quarters removed from official supervision, all tending toj youthful temptation, irresponsibility! and neglect of school work. Secret so- j cieties may be all right for grown-ups, j but there is a very proper prejudice against them for boys or girls in their j 'teens. ? j TRAITORS ARK TRAITORS. As the sweeping up of the Red riff- j raff continues, loud protests will be heard against the injustice of such a j procedure, and much fuss will be made over the fact that ?'American: j citizens" are included in these sweep-' I ings. It will be declared repeatedly,] as it has been already, that free! speech is being denied to free men. When these pleas are made, cool-! 'headed citizen need only remember all' the reforms which have been brought about in this country by the orderly j j process of law, and then keep clearly j j in Iiis mind the fact that every person l included in the raids against the Reds! I has laid himself open, either through! I. . . . . nis actions or associations, to the sus-j picion that he wouid do his reforming by violence. There are better laws in every jState in the union today than there I J were so years aero, or ever before-. Men have more freedom and are !?et i ter protected in it. The citizen or the stranger within i jour gates who believes that all is not! . well with this countrv, and who has a j sane constructiye idea for bettering conditions through the great mediums I open to our citizens, can have a hcar-j intc ami will not be molested. No specious < s should be al lowed to becloud these be t::. The citizen; if be Ss a traitor, is doubly a traitor because ho is a eh iezn. No such criminal should escape the drag-! net or be treated with a l< niency he d< cs not des* rve. SURPLUS PORK. One of the arguments offered for the extension of further credits Europe i-s that this Is the only way of furnishing a marke! for a bis "pork surplus" left on the hands of the meat producers of the West. This: surplus is said to aggregate 1.GOO.000,-, 000 pounds. It was intended for ex portation, and now the pork-raisers otr, several western States are i-??t to facing big losses because Euro, lacking money and credit, is unable buy it. This situation will probably stri most Americans, especially in I cities, as peculiar. The average co sinner has not been aware a: all the accumulation of any such va pork reserve as this. He has be paying, generally, what seemed ii; famine prices for pork, just as he hi for many other things whose scare! is indisputable, though it was knov; that the number of hogs in the coin try had increased. If this story of a ?'export surplus" is true, it mSst mca that the domestic scarcity, with accompanying high prices, was do simply to the holding out of near! 1,000.000 tons of p?'-*k for the foreis market. The American consumer is probabl not so selfish as to grudge the hun grier foreigner that pork, if the latte is able to buy it. Hut when the for eigner cannot buy it. and when tiv pork is stacked up in. this country either in storage or on the hoof, i: such enormous quantities, the pub:i< naturally wonders why it is not throw into the American mark', t. At price: a little lower than those now pre vailing. Americans will eat all tin pork they are offered, and the pro ducers need lose nothing. INCOME TAX PACTS you SHorLD know In making out this income tax form for 1919, the taxpayer must report the following items under gross in come: Salaries, wages, and commissions for persona! services, including bonuses. Interest received on notes and de posits in banks, including savings 1 tanks. Dividends on stock. Only dividends 3.aid out of earnings or profits ac crued since .March 1, 1913, ar< tax able, but dividends are deemed to be distributed out of the most recently accum u la ted ea m i n gs. Profits -received from the sale of property, real, or personal. if th'i property was purchased prior to March 1. 1913, the profit is based on the. difference between the selling price and the fair market price or value as of March 3. Profits on Stock Trades. Profits from stock market transac tions. income received from fiduciaries, that is amounts, received from in comes of estates, ?trusts, etc., through trustees, administrators, or execu tors. ' Partnership profits; part- rships as such, are not subject to the income tax. but each individual partner mus' pay a tax on the income- from such partnership. Royalties from mines, oil. and gas well's, patents, copyrights, and fran chises. Items Not Taxable. The following items are not taxable and need not be in the return: Property received as a gift by will or by inheritance. The Income from such property, however, is taxable Proceeds of 1?r- ? insurance policies. Returns of premiums On life insur ance, endowment, or annuity con tracts. Amounts received through acci dent or health insurance . or. under workmen's compensation acts, plus the amount of damages received, whether by kail or agreement. v Interest on obligations of any State, or any city. town, county, or village and the District of Columbia. Interest on obligations of the United States is exempt from tax. except that interest on obligations issue ! af ter September 1, IJ'17. is exempt t<> the extent provided in the Liberty loan acts. Interest on the securities issued under the provisions of the Federal farm loan act of July 17. 1914?. Amounts received during the war by persons in the active military or naval forces up to $3,500. in addition to personal exemption. Interest on Lib- rty bonds to the par value of $5,000 is exempt from ah taxation. Holders of large amounts of Liberty bonds are advised Xo con sult 'their bankers or collectors of in ternal revenue as to then* exemptions. Living Expenses Not Deductible. The law expressly prohibits the de duction of personal or living expenses. These include rent, wages of servants, cost of food and clothing for family, upkeep of automobiles usefl for pleasure or convenience, education of children, and similar items. Income spent during the veer 1.9.19 for any ot these items is subject to the tax. LADY ASTOR ENJOYS Hiir; JOB London. Dee. 16.?'"Lady Asior is hugely enjoying the attentions she is receiving in the House of Commons.*' : ays the Star, "ihr vivacity is in fectious. Veteran members of Par liament are always smiling ;st her. They enter and leave the House wufc v. new elasticity. There is a scramble to sit near her. The labor lenders seem to look up at her, and are fed with a smiie that illumines the whole chamber. "She wants t" chat with every body and when, the other night, the Deputy Speaker had called -order, or der!- because she was talking to a i:e inber o;j ;?.?? fjooi" of t;e- FTo'iisc; Lady Ast?r at .?:;.?<? skipped acre* the bar, and airily waved her hand at the chair as jf to, say "ail righL old man: never mind. I daresay ni do it again before long." Victor Hugo's Prophecy Paris. Dec. 21'. In the Victor }]<?.. go Museum here which wits reopened the other day, after having remained closed during the war. i a prophecy in the poet's handwriting declaring: "I represent a party which d?e: not yet exist?the Revoliuion-Civili zatibn party; this party will ?!??:::? the twentieth century: .'hsr of ail will emerge the United States of Eu rope and then the United States of the World." . I VaUie of Mark Fiuetaates From I lift', l(> L/il ? j. Colder.;:, Hk-c- i j the value of the mi ! been so violeii; tht 1 m- n repc rt that it j sib-e tor ;h. m t? tions tVith ?h !uetuaiion< ce'centlv 1: j chants contend thai it i> no ?? hg' J a. matter >>i b? j 'if gambling on but simplv ! k?ns suggesi !? Lions h ?hancters and others in o.-rm-tny ' j remedy th<- situation, but as ye* nojh I mulated. " ' j One .-uggesllon being considered by j bankers is thai goods bo b -nght and sold by barter: thereby eliminating the exchange fluctuation. The pr< s ! out low value of the mark has placed ja very effective embargo on capital : attempting to escape taxation by fleeing the ccuntrv. It has also :? i tomatically cut off imports of articles absoluteh- indisp< nsablc. Foreign buyers, taking advantage of the fa vorable rate of exchange, have re cently placed large ordeii* with many German factor" owners. i ll" almanacs predi spoil before the end o another cold ie month. :',.T^'""r^^. HO OTHE& ? S-REAT I LIT TUE j?> ?1 Among all of the things the human family needs there is nothing else hi the cate gory of absolute necessities can be purchased at such a reasonable price as the bless ing -;f eyeglass comfort. Our competent pptohietrist ' will look into your eye structure d advise von properly. ^^^^^^^^^^ ,-r~.r-r-r THE WOMD'S ,4 TW.?? ??3 ITi pass ? igh diamonds in the world's entire h : icy: India, ii is estimated, has duced, ali Cord, 50,000,000 carats; Brazil. ifM?Mb; South Africa, 170. ?????: Borneo, 1.000,000; British : L. 50.000; Australia. 150,000; Chiha-. 2,000; Siberia, 50C; United States, 500. This otal is a total h output of 230,777,374 carats or 55 2-5 tons avoirdupois. ly abeait 50 per cent of rough di amonds are cut into gems and loss ? . ?' ?? per cent of their weight in Li??, en and polished! Diamonds are pra' ' indestructible and the first ?nd ever mined may possibly be in ? ::;s:enee. Buc the estimate al low:- tor. the loss of ar least 1,000. cara-ts by ftdod, Tue. . nip wreck and her disasters. These reductions and total of cut and polish i iiamends at 46.3\S 5.474 carats. The estimate of $300 a carat is the minimum prlc< at which diamonds can. be >hought *? day. The popular de mand for diamonds was neVer so great anc they have become the gem of working people as well as the wealthy claisses. They are wo.Vth three times as much now as before Ll war and sell at from $300 to $1,-' 000 a errat. . s tys a Chicago .-? i- ,i :-:y.c-rt . The prje would contain 40:355 ^7.2 * popxi ol a core, ? would have y based " ?? ':- ?' ? . . ? : ? feet. ; dia i monris at $300 n :? ?.?;???.;?.[have! , a value of ?1.:kAV.042,2#0. It would- ! contain . 710 .1-3 gallons worth >5, 530v023 a gallon: <>r 73 1-3 bushels |valued at, ??."1.57f.72:? a bushel. AH ; L:lo world's diamonds could be paek | ed in an ordinary clothes closet or a kitchen paltry: This estimate is based on an ap proximation of the total output of FERTILIZERS For over a quarter of a century the firm of Harby and company (and their Successors) HARBY AND COM PANY, INCORPORATED, have been distributing Ferti lizers to the Planters of South Carolina. The brands of goods we distribute are rot only standard, but most of the formulas are OUB OWN, and manufactured ES PECIALLY FOE OUB TRADE, All lands do not require the same materials. They dif fer as veil as indp iduals. cc g supply you with ANY ANALYSIS, or ANY FORMULA wanted, and we btand squarely behind the Manufacturers guarantee. In other words, you have the Manu - et uer's guarantee, as well as the guarantee of KP. R BY AND CO., INC., on every ton of goods you buy from us. Yc get SERVICE, QUALITY and "FAIR PRICES whei. you buy from us. All we ask is that you SEE US before you place your order. Our specialty is carload shipments. / HARBY & CO., IKCOBPORATED I ' Mo- 9 West Liberty Street, SUVTER,.:*. C. IMPORTERS. DEALERS AND DISTRIBUTORS^ OF ALL FERTILIZER MATERIALS A' COMPLETE FERTILIZERS, ANY ANALYSES. < H. J. Harby. President '.. C. Phelps, V. Pres. & Mgr. ] i:. :>?:.. Hall Scety. c? Treas. \ . J. J. I?rehnan, Asst. ,V. P. Rivers, Asst. Mgr. j < rtJ?wr Dent, Cotton Dept. i 8 i r< ,? 1 imp BN WE HAVE ON HAND BETWEEI AI OVERCOATS WHICH WE CARRIED ONE OR MORE SEASONS, These Suits ere priced at $22,50 Id $49.00? They are good patterns and mostly conservative styles. life iJlllllIM vlle i