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"Wednesday and Saturday PUBLISHING COMPANl SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum?m advance. Advertisements. Square first insertion .. .. $1.0C iry subsequent insertion.5C Contracts for three months, 01 >nger will be made at reduced rates All communications which sub serve private interests will be charged >t tus advertisements. Ooituaiies and tributes of respect Will be charged for. The Snxnter Watchman was found *u in 1S50 and the True Southron ;n IS6 6. The Watchman and Southron now has c^e combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertise? medium in Sumter._ -? NO PAUPER IMMIGRANTS FOR HER. Canada has made a decision about immigration whfch is worth study by Americans. A temporary order in council bans mechanics, artisans or laborers, skilled or unskilled, who do not possess $250 in money as well as transportation expenses to their des tination. Transportation companies have been notified of the order, which will continue until further notice. American immigration laws were, from the first, designed to encour age the poor but ambitious worker. It was no desire of Uncle Sam's to ? shut out a man of power because he lacked cash. But in late years our "easy, unswept hearth" has attracted the undesirables of every nation. Now wc are forced to round up and deport many people who would much better never have seen our shores. The possession of money may be ah accident, but this is seldom true. On general principles the possession of $250 and transportation expenses to a given destination argues that the possessor has had energy and per sistence enough to earn the money over and above living expenses, and thrift enough to save it, and tiiat he knows enough about" the country to have some definite place in mind to go to. . Some such' restriction as this might prove the sort of sieve America needs to. weed out the idle trouble-makers, the men. who own nothing and hence have nothing to lose.' Men with some kind of stake in life are "the kind America wants. She aims to increase that by the vastness of her opportun ity".. To place'too .high'an estimate upon money is no wish of Uncle Saio/s. Industry, ambtiion and ideals are the mamstay.of good Americans. Bui after all, in most cases one may the word of Tennyson's Northern farmer, that "Work maun 'a gone to the'gettin? wherever money was got!" THE BANGER IN THE LEAGUE. <*iiSe- sooner the United States is represented, and adequately represent- j e^^hj: the League cf .Nations, the bet-! ^fe ?And not necessarily for reasons! OK^n?ment or idealism. In self-de- j f?ise,. and in defense of whatever] c^nte of peace there may be left inj this World, this country must get into; tire; councils of the mighty of the That is the lesson farseeing persons | will read between the lines of many European dispatches, especially those telling of the military council of Ver sailles. That institution, which the j French, tried vainly to put into the League covenant as the International General Staff, has not only been for mally adopted while America's eyes were turned homeward to watch the bickering at Washington, but it has been placed under the presidency of Marshal Foch "with extended pow ers:" Here, then, we may expect to ?find the real League of Nations, a league within the League, and possibly the most pregnant for evil of all the war's aftermath. ! Of course, the military council is supposed to exist for the purpose of seeing that Germany behaves herself. She will be punisned if she does not please Marshal Foch and his masters Those masters arc England. Franco and Italy now, with prospects o Greece, Jugo-STavia, Czecho-Slovakia and Rumania takirg a hand as soon as possible. This is, indeed, formidable military alliance, an alliance which rests upon the. power of the sword, an allianc that will gain whatever ends it may have to gain to justify its existence by rattling the sabre. How far thi alliance will go, how far it can be ex pected to be the preserver and no the disturber of world peace is a problem. With half of Europe in a miiltarj alliance, the United States is seem j'ngly left outside the breastworks of world affair*-, in company with Japan Germany, Austria and Russia. Other alliances are in process of formation of the ingredient:', for new amalgams have been brought into more or less close relationship. Th^c private al liances will doubtiess be reflected in the politics of the League of Nations; and Aemricans should remind them selves that, whether a member or not. the United States is subject to the ' League when a show-down comes. p Read Article XVI again, and read it in the light of the tact that the League ' is in operation and we are not a part of ft. nor able to exert any influence upon its deliberations. Inside the League, we can largely I determine its policies, and protect i our rights. Outside, we may find the : I League running amuck?against us. . j CLEMENCEAU. t j - j "I ought to die now. Then, at ' ?' least, they would give me a funer 1 ? * . j al."?Premier Cleinenceau on Ar mistice Day, Nov. 11. 19IS. The mutability of fame, the fickle ness of people toward their idols, the frailty of human fealty to , its ideals, ;jhave often been commented on. Prob I ably no more striking illustration, of these truths has ever been shown than is the downfall of Clemenceau in the political councils of his people. He j won a war for France as truly as did Marshal Foch's strategy or the united gufis of England and America. He ? was publicly hailed the Savior of ? France. He was triumphantly return i ed to power because of the masterly [ power he exercised ^ipon the peace. I But he could not he given the final i I bauble of gilded retirement to the j highest office in the republic, i Could Clemenceau have died on Ar- I jmistice Day all France would l:a ? ! j marched in his funeral procession, or j j wept grief upon a million hearths, j But France would have been the j weaker at Versailles; Who knows by | what mysterious wnys God moves? J Had another than Clemenceau wielded the power of France, in the Council of Ten, and later in the Big Four, the real ideals cf America might today be governing the worhl. There might be no Red Terror, no rear of war in the East. For the peac2 that was written was at least as nni-.'h Clemenceau's as America's and for its main faults thv. French premier is to blame. His fame is imperishable, but in his enforced retirement perhaps he will j live long enough to realize that one j cannot pour o?t ah the bitterness of ! rate without findhrg some dregs of j wormwood in the bottom of the glass. ENFORCEMENT NOT SO DIFFI CULT. A writer in The Survey, pointing cut the gains already made in civic peace and comfort through prohibi tion, believes that these advantage? I will be steadily augmented under the j rigid enforcement which is bound to j follow now that ih? federal amci.d ; ment is effective. v The public in recently wet States \ has tried to prove that prohibition has j failed so far. The Survey writer in- j sists that although enforcement has been far from perfect, it has not fail ed, and that before long the amend ment undoubtedly will be fully as well enforced as the laws against making money privately. Counterfeit money appears every now and then, but ia sufficient amounts to work any se rious evils in our financial system. Regulation of the liquor traffic, on the other hand, did fail. Many times, during the final fight against the traf-1 Sc. did its friends argue that regula-1 t-on was all that was needed," not pro- j hibition. Regulation we had all the i time, but it had not worked. The en- j forcement of Sunday closing ordinan- j es and other attempted regulative measures was difficult indeed, and fail ed in many communities even under a perfectly honest and vigorous local administration. The bootlegger is : bound to present a simpler problem than the old-time raloon; federal en forcement officers will be belter equipped for meeting the require ments than local police forces ever were. RESULTS TELL. There Can be No Doubt About The Results in Sumter. Results tell the tale. All doubt is removed. The testimony of a Sumter citizen j Can be easily investigated. What better proof can be had? I * J. R. Wingate, blacksmith, 5 Sum ? ter St.. says: "Some tirrjr> Ago I was J I troubled with my kidneys. My back j j ached and terrible headaches came i j on. I thought my head would split, j j the pains were so bad. My nerves j j were all unstrung and I often couldn't j ; work. Dizzy spells bothered me a I I good deal and I always felt tired and j j languid. My kidneys bothered me at j j night and I had to get up five or six I times to pass the secretions, which ! were scanty. Doan's Kidney pu]s j were highly recommended, so 1 i bought some and used them. J teil you. it certainly was great relief that j I secured in a short time and finally ! I was entirely cured." Price 60ci at all dealers. Don't I simply ask for a kidney remedy?get \ Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Wingate had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.? Advt. 79 WATCHING THE BORDER j Wichita Falls. Texas, Jan. 23.? Twenty-seven Texas rangers and two score Oklahoma deputies today con tinued facing each ether along the dis puted boundary iiae betwen the two States running through a valuable strip of Red river oil land which each J state claims is in its territory. No clash had been reported and j Adjutant General Cope of Texas, in j charge of the rangers, is said to have i told A. Alexander, president of the J Burk Dixide Oil company, whose land i is in the center of the disputed sec j tion. that force would not be used to j take posession of the area held by I the Oklahoma deputies. Texas '?would j wait for the federal courts to decide," I he is quoted as saying. Must Now Go to Work. London. Jan. S.?Ninety-five thou sand civilian men and women must 1 go to work as a result of the discon tinuance of the government's dole to the unemployed. This is expected to have considerable effect vpon the j labor market. In all 135.00v persons j were receiving the government's do nation but of these 40,000 were engi neers, rendered idle by a strike of iron moulders. Of the other 95.000, 61.* 000 were men and 34,000 women. It is generally hoped that the women will again enter domestic service. The government's unemployment dole to demobilized service men and j women will continue until March 31. I The government's donation however, is limited to a maximum of nine weeks at one pound a week for men and 15 shillings a week for women. Teh American Chamber of Com merce states that, since the armistice, 3.000,000 demobilized soldiers' and sailors and 1.500,000 demobilized mu nition workers have been reabsorbed into peace* industries. Naval Reserve Organization. The Sixth Naval District, with headquarters at the U- S. Navy Yard.' Charleston, S. C, has ben cut into sub 3iivsions for reserve organiaztion pur poses; Darlington being the mobiliza tion point for sub-division D, which comprises the counties of Lancaster, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Leo, Sumter. Darlington. Florence. Dillon, Marion. Sorry and Williamsburg. The district personnel will be or ganized as a naval brigade, with bat talions in the. territorial sub-divisions, and divisions or phttoons at the points where the number of enrolled men warrant it. Every member of the Naval Reserve Force will be attached to his nearest unit. It is planned that active .divisions will base on Darlington, Samter, Flor ence, and divisions and platoons a; those towns in th-s sub-division that are most accessible to the greatest number of reserves. It is the intention of the Navy De partment to furnish a station ship for each important po.*t in this district for the use of the officers and men. These vessels will probably be fitted ont as Clubs as well as with facilities for training, and any member of the Re serve force, whether on duty- or off. can swing a hammock, get his meals, read, write letters, or otherwise amuse himself, by paying for his meals at government cost. j A regular schedule of drills and training cruises has been planned, and everything will be dene to make the courses of instruction pleasant and efficient. Homicide at Tindals. Welcome Tunnage was shot vb j death in the Tinda! section Sunday af- { ternoon by Cha.ies Ellerbe. The wound was not immediately fatal, but Tunnage died before medical atten tion could be brought to him. Charles Ellerbe has been committed to jail. | but it is stated that he probably has j a good dofense^as Tunnage attempted! to forcibly enter Elierbe's house after j being warned not io do so. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that by con sent of all of the heirs of the late J. W. Bradford, the lot of land at the corner of West Ha.?npton Avenue and Winn Street, in the City of Sumter, S. C. whereon the late J. W. Bradford resided, with the buildings thereon, will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the usual place of sale at the Court House in the City of Sumter, S. C. at 12:3u o'clock on the second day of Febru ary 191'0. Compliance will be required! as soon as the deed of conveyance can >>o tendered, and all of the owners are of age and capable of conveying. ROBERT 1). BRADFORD, In behalf of himself and the other owners. Fortunate for you .f your eyes were cared for while younpr. i But don't take chances by delaying] j furt her! If your eyes pain, smart or twitch, let j us examine them. Enlist our Services. Cooper's Optical Parlor 6 S. Main St. PliOUC S33 COAL STRIKE SETTLE MENT ATTACKED Dr. Gajr?eld Says it Was Urt sounjd in Principle and Men ace to Country. I Chicago. Jan. 26.?Dr. II. A. Gar j field, former fuel administrator; in an article written for Farm and Home, declares the compromise that ended the coal strike to be "unsound in prin ciple and a menace t<> our institu { tions." Dr. Garfield says: "The wages' now paid to mine workers are suffici ent. The opportunity that should be the mine workers can not be assured mine workers can not be assured ! merely by an increase in wages." I In proof. Dr. Garfield cites the av j erage of $950 per annum, earned by I the lowest paid miners working 1^0 J days in the year while for 200 days i work the average miner in the bitu I minous fields of Pennsylvania. Ohio. J Indiana and Illinois, earned $1,550 in j 191S, and $1,300 last year. This is more by a considerable sum than the average net receipts of the farmer and many others who may or may not | work 300 days or more in the year." j "The public ought not to be asked ; to pay more for coal." emphasizes the ; ex-fucl administrator. "It is impos- j sible to increase the wage of the mine; workers without inciting the workers] in every other industry, including, of] course, agriculture, to demand an in crease m wages. This would send the; cost of living upward in a vicious ; spfral, which will in the end prove ' hurtful to the working man. The pur- ; chasing power of the dollar and not '? The number of dollars received is the j important factor. "The public is the chief sufferer j when the capital and labor engaged in I ! the production of commodities neces- ; J sary to the support of life fall a fight- j I ing. j. "In these cases certainly the inter- j ! est of the public is vital and there- ' fore paramount. We may admit the j right to strike on the part of labor, j and the right of capital to boycott,! but in each case the right of the pub-; lie to live is paramount and will be ? asserted. We now are called upon to j j contemplate an arrangement with a j group opposing the government which ' { howover it terminates, is unsound in ; j principle and a menace to our insti- ' j tutions." j To guard against affairs reaching j i the strike stage. Dr. Garfield urges a: permanent fuel administration as a ' consultive and advisory tribunal. TRIAL OF I. W .W. j MURDERERS j Washington Court Opens For . Long Session Monte Sano, Wash.. Jan. 2ft.?A reg- ! ular venire of eighty men and a spe- ; cial venire of three hundred have been summoned for the opening to- : day of the trial of the eleven industrial ' j workers of the world charged with j murder in connection with shooting I to death of four former service men at Cehtralia on armistice day. l\ is J estimated that ten weeks will be noc- j i c-ssary for the trial as about; six him-; Idred witnesses arc on the list to test!-; i fir. i NOTICE TO CITIZENS Have you been Enumerated? if not see the Enumerator m your Ward, or mail card to Mian S. Wolfe, Supervisor, Orange burg,, S, C. ^ N ?..iL <. Address . Ward Number ... Number in familv I Changes Observed in Southern Kogl Styles. _ : South of the Mason and Dixon line,! jhog styles are ' hanging, the underly-j ; ing idea apparently ijeing to eliminate; : extravagance, to effect intensive ccon- j i omy. to expedite growth in the most' j profitable types of porkers, to amalga- . I mate, as soon as possible, the good j : points of the most, profitable produc- : Meh ers and to concentrate them in the ?May majority of southern herds. .July It is undeniable that some breeds!Oct. of swine do better under certain con-' ditiens and wiih certain feeds and ! methods of feeding than do others Mch although there .. is no outstanding j May breed whirl: excel!.-., report specialists! July of the united States Department oi Oct Agriculture. Xo fads and fancies' should influence the farmer in se- i Cotton Market NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Tes'td'ys Open High Low Close Close .36.00 38.^5 35.91 36.18 36.25 .34.07 34.:>5 04.01 34.26 34.32 .32.10 32:44 32.08 32.30 32.35 .2!..S3 30.06 29.75 29.S7 30.06 J.EW ORLEANS. . .37.65 37.75 37.40 37.65 37.62 . .351.8 35.32 35.05 35.23 35.22 . .33.17 33.25 33.04 33.-16 33.23 . .30.15 30.IS 20.92 30.04 30.27 IXCOMK TAX RETURNS. lecting or . maintaining foundation: . - ,. breeding stock. Primarily, the farm-\ Mr. Thomas C. Reed, Deputy Col or breeds hogs for profit and accord- lector internal Revenue, win be at ingly he should work only with j"the Court House Wednesday, Th?rs- .* utility animals of the most desirable j day. Friday and Saturday of this week type. \ for the purpose of aiding individuals ' In .every breed of hogs there are j in making their 1919 income tax re certain lines of breeding that arc de-- turns, servedly popular because they have j - ?? ? been built through generations of careful selection by master breeders who have been successful in establish ing the more fundamental qualities. The farmer should keep these facts in , Recorder's Court. Darnel Porter charged with reek less driving, plead guilty and paid a fine of $10. * James Hollman, was arrested for mmd and should continue such mi-- . v - 2 ? , .,. , ? i stealing a tord car belonging to Lewis provement bv close culling ana ,j>rop-;?c, ? ? . . . . \ ..itiira>. urray. Arthur Govan was ??ng a bicycle. arrested for er feeding.^ The farmers' popular hog should be "of a breed that is liked byj both feeders and packers, animals1 that are adapted to ail sections of the country and which, will thrive and j fatten on a large variety of feeds. Itj is essential that such porkers produce, the maximum weight at the minimum cost: that they mature early to the greatest weight consistent with qua!-, ity and that they inherit the ability to produce an abundance of frame to make rapid growth; Broad, high backs with good soring of ribs and-full, deep he.ms denote car rying ability and high-priced cuts. Good strong-feed and heaw bone are . . , . ,\ essential for the support" and pro- part or my stock at reasonable duction of great weight. Long, deep, 1 ??|e?ai ? crQ jR approveJ and roomy bodies denote prolific qual- j ities and plenty of pork. Deep chests, movable frame hives, and all in and bright, open ey- s are signs of vi- \. _ gor and energy. Size spells more meat j ?OO? Shape, for the hungry wprid and more mon- j ey for the southern hog producers j who raise and market animals of the J type described above. BEES FOR SALE As I have more bees than I can well attend to I will sell a ?7rs. O. A. Riser Riser, of Birmingham, ing Mr.-. O. IT. Foiley. md Miss Julia Ala., are visit N. G. OSTEEN 320 W. Hampton Ave. Sumter, S. C. TP ADZ TIAkH > 0 V-^?> 3 R?SJS7SR?0 'Have stood the test55 of time, because they have always first stood the test of our ex pert chemists. 3 great laboratories test all material entering Royster brands so that nothing harmful to -crops can pass,, Then the practical experience of 35 years, the vigorous and progressive methods, and splendid manufacturing facilities are ad ditional reasons why Roysters Fertilizers "have stood the test/9 ? ? kWJ a. s*j a. &Li u V is \ Norfolk, Va, Richmond, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Tarboro, N.C. Charlotte, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Washington, N. C. Spartanbarg, S. C, Atlanta, Ga. 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