The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 03, 1920, Image 2
Are
Long
?*e*e
decided,
is trarel
it ouickly^
>?^ng "fttster
js? hoV Induce
fa?oni "That.
l\'by^injaa, "has
man ant of otfr
B, ^ ^bad. W#;need
like vours, w.e, need streets like
md we nee^ men like yours to
feeba^dlOjg of*t&em." Commer
andr industrially^ however, the
truth nrob&h3y is that Abyssinia has
jLot be*b ^disco^ered,*' sod when that
4?5pe?S(fth? American man wiff cora'e
and--bulfti his own rapid transac
tion. The mere statement that the
capital. Addis, AhpebtL, is, a city of
some 40;000 tnhahitafiia. an* no. ratfc
way, connection with the . outside world
1? a t^n^tstidh.^^r1stlan Scienca
Monitor.'
B&wp have the. rigjtit 0? waj. in, air.
wa]rp? the ^re^tof of nnlitary aero
ties. This is justice Indeed, since
,$^?rst. " p 0 ~
1%i this i? pot aJ.L Recently many
along the Atlantic coast have
been visited w*tb dead bird showers.
?vtetors: flying by a town would see a
flock, of wi^fenrl; ceding their way.
They, would set' their. machine guns
a?d let the bullets fly.
Presentlya prominent citizen waJk>
tog beiow_ waul? hljt wjtp, % large.
Woody bird:r He complained "to the
town, and the town cpjapiained to the
J^artmeat of a^cu/tu^e, Then the
?ra) migratory, bird law between
fe ?iiif?ir States a^nd Qrejf Bcfnun
referred;to, and iifwss fopBd. that
)ting birds from, airplanes is un
lawful. . . ?
The Wrong Man.
When I was "an !elgjbteen-year-old
girt 1 was keepji^ hou^iin. my mp.tl^
er~." absence, %nd^ received, word from
up old friend of the, family, of- whom
i^raa very. fcio?V that as was to be onr
gjwet for a day or two: Toward eve
ning when the doorbell rang I .old
bor: lJttJs; cdlojred maid, to answer It
and show Sir. Blank into the living
robin.
I rushed Into, the room which was
half dark, some minutes later and
threw my arms around the gentleman
who rose to greet me and kissed him
soundly only to hear a strange voice
say, -I called to see if i could Interest
ydq\ in a wonderful set of books I am
8jhpwwiDgr today.'*
I backed to* the light and turned !t
oft to view a perfect stranger?a book
agent. But Mr. Blank> timely arrival
jpst theo- saved a -little of ^my embar
rassing explanation.?Chicago Tribune.
TrJnJA Tap* f|S$&
. Three separate and distinct sounds
are given by an electric bell which op
erates on ordinary, lighting current by
means of a transformer. In the home
the bell can be connected with push- j
buttons Installed at three different j
doors?front, kitchen and side, for ex- j
ample. When one button Is pressed }
a clear ring results, when the second |
Is operated" a buzz is produced, and
wJ|en the third button is pushed a
combination buzz and- ring results, la
t?e ofljee or shop this beU will prove
me^ tisetol, since rlt can be used to
eafr* tfire? different persons without
ig them to^ count the num:
rings, as must often be done
when the. custoj&ary sjsrnaling is em
" This ljeR has" no contact
to bhrn. opt and no batteries
pipiflCg MOT GREAT
?iunJe, Expiation of Fo?r-St?r .Serv*
ice Flag Tnat Woman Mad So
Proudly Displayed.
One day a woman reporter noticed* j
In tlie*front window of a quaint little j
cottage, a service flag proudly bearing
four ifSHj^^-^
"AiJ^^&ughtshe, "here's real sac
rifice. i%u??s I'll ?top^ in and get- a
story." ' :/ / i " >-f
She could get no. response from her
persistent knocking, and so she went
next dobr to see whajt informa#on she
cdnld collect In regard t? the cottage,
of theservice s^ar^. V$Qn ring
ing the neighbor's hell she was con
fronted by a rather stout, elderly wbm
an with a merry twinkle in her eye.
"Here," thought the young woman,
"is: where I get the- right* side of the
St?rys Then aioudV she said:
*T am & newspaper, reporter. Can
you tell me -something about the peo
ple next door. No one seems to be at
home, and I noticed there "were, four
s??rs *n t&eir service t fonder
wbci lives there^ ang it: all the '^ya
1% the fim&y na^ eD?^ted.*1 ;
The woman smiied a bif and replied,
"Tfc?. lady's name is Miss Harlan.
The*! skrs: is ?bt her: sons, * them's' - for
boarders.'^Los Angeles Times; '
HAS mh I?EA OF ECQNOMY
How European City Utilizes Water
ptower Which Otherwise Would Be
^ of No Value. ; -
An eleetriCrheajing system which
utilizes power th|t ^uid otierwlse go
to waste*has beea installed in a school
in ? southern/Ei^opean citjt. The'ex
istiflg; hot-%a^ei^ pipes, and radiators
are eqm^Ggifc^th a well-insulated
water took?;' of^ i^OO-galloBS'- ez$c?&
In tfcfcs. f^^rrojr^ 'electric-reste&neea
?s?e"buHt> 'and at night qf&f supplied
wfth current' w?eb ?ses "the ''water
to 'welt above the boiling point. The
cost of ti&e current tar low because the
water/ powec used to produce it nor-,
maily would go to waste. Earing the
c|aj ib$hpj water allowed to Circa
Mt$e through the radiators* Its vol
ume being- sufficient to warm the
ro$ms^: without using more'current.
The desired t^mperat^^e is maintained
by- a &&rmostat?P J? Mechanic*
Magazine.:
Th? aj^eija^oa.QfSups, ^ich J%jfri
liam H coveted for and himself ap
plied to Prussians, even to: the extent
of- narnyag one of his sons for the in
famous? Attila, the Buhnish "Scourge,
of"God,"-%?ems really to belong ft> that
people inrain" ethnological sense. Mr.
Levlsee, in his "Studies, in Prussian;
History," tells us that the Prussians,
are *?a people belonging to th? Lithu-.
anfah race mjteed with Finnish ele
ments; wMch. would make then, kin
dred with, the Huns. Tucks and Bui
gars, They were of old colonized,
Christicaized and ousted from their old
domain by the famous Knights of the
Teutonic ?Tderi Thelast gran*, mas*
ter of- that order, Albert of' Branden
burg, espoused the r-eformatipm secu-.
larized the domains of the order, and
made himself hereditary duke of Pras*
sia?that %'Po^lEiussia, or "Near Bus-,
sia." It, is interesting to: recall that
the first HohenzoHern duke, of Pros-;
sia began his historical career 'as a,
renegade, a perjurer and a traitor.
Truly the Hohenzell era line has been
?what cattle breeders eah "'constant tc,
the type!" ' ?
Cleaning.
. England is delighted, and justly so.
with"her; sjn*p$sjng success, at wheat
culture, the present home-grown crop
of which released many the u*a-nc
tons 'of shipping, for use elsewhere.
Incidentally, also, "the home product
saved England many millions thai
m?rmally would have been sent beyond
the ocean, to Argentina and the United
States for breadstuffa, It is how pre-,}
dieted that never again^wUl the-"island
kingdom" allowher ancient agri culture,
to fall''Intfo. 'ways/-'as dari ng the
last half century. fi?W well, indeed,
the. world has learned during- the tri a Is
and restrictions of war that Mother
Earth; is a'chesiahiug mother Indeed,
and that ra hoursof distress it is tc
her that man must turn for comfort
and succor.
Slang In the Pulpit '
. A striking instance of the; force ol
American "slanguage" is/ aJ$ord<id in
one of America's leadingr preachers.
The speaker, a doctor of dl^ltj? was
addressing, a Oanadl^p %udJence on
Uncle Sam's, efforts. In a 90-minute
talk there occurred, among others,
these "gems:" "We are on this Job tc
the finish. We are. prepared to fight
till hell itself freezes, over, and if Ger
many isn't beat then we'll, buy- skates
and get after her on the tee." "This
kaisejr. is, tl*e biggest duplex, double
action, high-powered liar in history.
He told his people, the Americans
could never get to Franco. Waal, he>
and his people have got another
guess coming."
Cement Industry Big.
Statistics of the cement Industry in!
the United States in 1917. prepared by j
the United States geological survey, in-!
dlcates that the total shipments of!
Portland cement from the mills!
amounted to 90,703.-474 barrels vniucd
in bulk at the mills at $122,745.0SS.
This represents a decrcMse in quantity
of 4,1> pec cent and an Incre:?**? in
value oX XZ4- Per eent compared with
1916. The production of Portland ce?
ment in 1$.* was 92,814.20^ barrels,
compared with 91.5^,195 barrats in
1916, an Increase of t.4 per ceut. Thi.^i
pr.odzctioh holds, the, record, the next j
highest output. 92,087AS1 barrels, ha?, j
lug been in_ _ i
HIS WORD &F REAL WORTH
World Would Be Better If There Wer?
Mori Like This Omaha Buti
neas Man.
An Omaha newspaper man has a
motor car, remarks the World Herald
of that "city. Last spring, he' had it
painted- Not long ago tba surface be
gan to develop an amazing series of
cracks like the "crow's feet" about an
?Id man's eyes. The ''man greeted the
cracks with amazement iapidly becon>
.ing disgust Every time he looked at
thai car he. lost his appetite and his
good temper. ?"**?'* *
The other day the car was taken ta
the na^;sb^|L Its owner was fully
prepared, to hear that he had used the
wrong kind of polish, that he had let
the car stand out in tiie sun, that any
thing and everything had spoiled the
paint except that the paj&& itself
was at fault r
The painter looked the. car over.
?Tf yau'li bring it Ja, Til do It over,**
ha said* "The varnish must have, been
bad."
It was? a? ove? in^ two minntes. The
man's' faith in human nature jumped
several hundred per cent The sky
was clear; the whole world was set in
rosy ha&_
Serenas a man who didn't dodge
responsibility, who tried no excuse,
who backed his work with his word
and made good his word.
IsnVlt a pretty good1 policy?
lipo WH? HQN&RS EVE?
Rattlesnake and Pat Cat Staged Bat
??-'Wnleh Caused7 Deathof
Both Combatants.
Wltm UMZ> ga^raan at the Erie;
ia4b^ad crpMing east of Kamapo, K.
oS a i>attk be saw
between a rattlesnake and a pet cat
It ended fatally- f^r'bptbV
Mr. Lessig^saw a rattler about four
feet long going toward the river. He.
picked upa club and was about to
start for It' when, he declares, a cat
leaped out ahead of him and set upon
the snake,
The cat got a fine hold on the back
of the rattier's head. But the snake
fought desperately and got in a sting
which caused the cat to release Its,
hold and crawl away.
In twenty minutes the cat's body,
was swollen almost twice Its size and
the poison finally caused death.
The snake had Seen so severely
pounded It was unable to find cover
abd when a crow discovered it lying
in ?ie open field it was top weak to.
offer resistance and was soon swing
ing in the air as the bird made off,
with it
-Loves. His Melon.
Watermelons have been high in
price rthis" season, but "?ncle. Joe"
Cannon has gone right ahead eating
them! Itis a" hablFacqnlred by him.
when he was a small boy in North,
Carolina.
Qon^nantly the; aj^htyrthree-year-,
old statesman waits each year for the
arrival of the watermelon, season, and
Jnst as soon as the ripe ones begin to
arrive yncle Jos. may be seen sticking
a big chunk of something re$ into his
mouth. Sometimes, he goes at it "coon
fashion" and plays a solo with his lips,
on a "long, red slice, throwing away
apcti implements as knives and forks.
': Uncle .toe can tell' when a water
melon thumps right andi knows by the.
color and general appearance whether
the melon "is sweet andL juicy or was.
pulled too green.
Wise Child.
A mise rly landlord was going round
collecting his rents the other day. At
one house he was greatly Interested in
a little girl who watched open-mouth
ed and opejheyed the business df pay
ing over the money and accepting the
receipts.
He patted her on * the head and
started to search his pockets, saying:
"I must see. wbat I have, got for you."
After searching his pockets for some
time he at last brought out from a re
mote corner a peppermint.
As. he handed it to the girl he said:
"And now what will you do with
that?"
The little girl looked at it then at
him, and replied: "Wash it?
English Women Buying Farms.
Women in England are buying their
own farms or their own truck and gar
den spaces in rather conspicuous num
bers* And this is all an outcome of
the tremendous work done by women
on the land during the war. The gen
eral feeling is that there will not be
much room for the common female
farm laborer as time advances, but for
the woman who has a little money and
who looks upon farming as her pro
fession and her life work there is ex
cellent opportunity in tills direction.
In the firsjt place, cn account of the
conipactjocation of the garden spaces
and the cities in England transporta
tion of foodstuffs is easy. Then gar
den truck and flowers do grow abun
dantly and profusely there, aud always
find ready markets.
The Forgetful Parson.
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson tells
an amusing story of an old West coun
try parson who had to hold two serv
ices, one in his, own church and one
in the church over the moor.
On arriving at the latter church he
got into the pulpit and said he was
awfully sorry, but he had forgotten
to bring a most admirable sermon
which he had written.
"Luckily," he continued, "as I cams
across the moor, I remembered a beau
ful storj', which I will tell you in
place *f the sermon. Er-er-welL dast
it I've forgotten that, too?"
"pvON'T compromise with an indifferent buyer.
One man in/hundreds wants your land?
EAGERLY.
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Bring thousands of prospective buyers together.
Pit them against each -other. Secure the highest
dollar from the most eager purchaser. That's our
METHOD.
Our SERVICE covers every detail?survey
ing, subdividing, advertising, selling. It- is com
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FACTORY. Write today for our booker.
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"'The Name That Justifies Your Confidence"
OFFICES: Petersburg, Va., and Greenville, N. C.
Reference: Any person for whom we ha^ x>ld.
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Talk No. 11
'Selling Land
By Our Own
Modern Auction
Methods
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QUESTON OF DE- !
MURR AGE RAISED
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South Carolina? Railroad Com-;
mission Has the Matter of
Reciprocal Under Con
sideration 7
u . ?-. ' j
i Columbia. April 1. ? (Special). ?
! Whether or. not the South Carolina
j Ivailroad Commission shall revive its
? pre-war regulation on reciprocal de- j
murrage. whereby shippers in South J
j Carolina, can collect demurrage from ,'
j rajlroads on shipments, for which cars
j?haye. not been furnished four days af- i
j ter request for the cars is made, will j
j be threshed out at a conference in i
Columbia on Wednesday of next week 1
the 7th, between the South Carolina;
Railroad Commission and J. G. Mar- !
key, of Atlanta, general manager ofj
the Southern Freight Inspection Bn- j
i ream which represents all the main:
j roads oj\the South. j
if tin- question of the reciprocal de-j
j murragc is not settled on April 7 then I
ja public hearing will be called, at i
j which all the railroads and the ship-j
pei's will be represented individually.
Started Several Years Ago.
The reciprocal demurrage was in
stituted several years a.^o. on order of
the South Carolina Railroad Commis
sion. The purpose of it was to force
the roads to furnish freight carsi
promptly. When Ihe war came on an j
order was issued c:ineellins the re
ciprocal demurrage, duo to the fact!
that the government was using all
available freight cars. In recent j
weeks there has been a ??reat demand!
I for a restoration of this plan and the!
commission has had the matter under'
consideration. At the commission's j
sugestion. Mr. Markov will come toj
Columbia, and will discuss, as a rep-l
resentative of the roads, this question!
whicli is of such importance to the;
shippers and op such concern ,to thej
railways. ;
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SUFFRAGE BATTLE I
IN DELAWARE!
? .i
_
j Defeat of Amendment in Missis-1
j sippi Causes Suffragists
to Turn to Delaware j
-
Dover, April 1.?With the defeat of j
the suffrage amendment by the Mis-!
i sissippi legislature, Delaware resum
ed its plac*- of leading interest in the
light for the Susan B. Anthony
amendment today. Another effort I
was made to bring tin- measure to a.!
vote in Ihe lower house today, but it !
is problematical if it will be called |
lip. as the friends of the measurel
hesitated to bring it to test because i
success is uncertain.
CAN'T FORGET *
OR FORGIVE
Bradford, Eng., March 26.?A pro
posal to offer a year's hospitality to a
thousand poor children from Central
Europe was rejected by the Bradford
city council after heated discussion.
One councillor said the proposal
was abominable. "Here in Bradford."
he exclaimed, "are motherless and
fatherless children whose husbands
and fathers have been murdered by
the fathers of the children it is pro
posed to bring here."
Another member said there were
many wealthy Germans and Austrians
living in Bradford today who ought
to provide for these children.
A third member declared with em
phasis that they could not forget the
Lusitania and the bombardment of
English open towns.
Alderman Conway, who spoke in
support of the proposal, said: "It ap
pears to me that the spirit of Chris
tianity has departed from this meet
ing. A Britisher is always regarded
as ready to agree and shake hands
ufte$ a fight."
A councillor interjected: "In sport,
yes; not in murder."
ANCIENT MEXICAN
CITY
Its f Origin or Inhabitants Un
known
Mexico City, Feb. 27.?The ruins of
Palenque in the state of Chiapas,
marking the site of a city whose ori
gin and inhabitants are unknown, are
to become the site of petroleum de
velopment. General Norberto Rochin
having been given a concession by the
df partment of commerce and labor
lo expioit the region.
The ruins lie in the midst of a dense
forest and were discovered in I7f>0
by a party of exploring Spaniards.
They indicate the former existence of
n large and prosperous city. There
is no history of what people built
there or where they have gone. For
years the ruins have been a source
of curiosity to areheologists.
BAKERS STRIKE
IN DENMARK:
First Development of the Gen-:
eral Walk-out Ordered for
Political Purposes
- ;
Copenhagen. April 1.?The first:
move towards putting into effect the}
general strike ordered by the traded:
unions in protest against the refusal!
of King Christian to reinstate the dis-j
missed Zahle ministry, appears toj
have, been taken by the bakers, who
began walking out here today. .' ' '
N. Y. ORCHESTRA
TO TOUR EUROPE
London, Feb. 26.?The New York
Symphony Orchestra will arrive here
in April to make a tour of the princi
pal cities of England, France, Italy.
Belgium and Holland, it is announced.
Concerts also will be given in Monte
Carlo. George Engles of New York,
manager of the orchestra, says thts
will be the first time that an Ameri
can symphony orchestra has played
in Europe and that the New York
orchestra is coming over by official
invitation of the governments.
COXCEKT APRIL 5TH.
THE WILBOURXES.
Mme. Rita Wilbourne and her
daughter Willette, who will appear in
concert next Monday evening in the
auditorium of the Girl's High School,
abandoned their career during the
Worid War and begun giving their en
tire time to work among the canton
ments, singing and playing for the
soldiers everywhere throughout th^is
country until they gained their love
to such an extent that it was express
ed no more fittingly than in a letter
from one of the doughboys, which
read:
"Dear Madam Wilbourne: We woh
der if you and your daughter know
how much we boys love you for en
tertaining us while away from our
mothers and sweethearts. Signed,
One of Us."
Mme Wilbourne and Willette were
usin.o: every effort to reach the fields
of France in order to continue their
entertainments among the soldier
boys when the armistice was declared.
SOCIALIST MEM
BERS EXPELLED
Bitter Struggle in New York As
sembly" Ended After All
Night Debate
Albany. X. Y.. April 1.?The five
socialist members of the New" York
State Assembly were expelled early
today, after a debate which continued
all night, crammed with fiery oratory.
Separate votes wen? taken for each
of tin* expelled members, but forty
votes were the maximum mustered
by the defense. The vote to expel
thorn ranged from 104 to ll?>
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. wasl
among those voting against the ex
pusion of the socialist members of
?assembly, Louis Waldman, August
Claissens. Charles Solomon. Samuel
DeWitt and Samuel Orr, charged
with disloyalty. The action of the
assembly marks a precedent as the
first time in history that all members
of a party have 1 >en expelled from
a legislative body in the United State*