The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 07, 1920, Image 2
^months or iong
iced rates.
I? which subserve
^be charged for
j
mutes cff respect
ihman was found
True Southron in
in and Southron
led circulation and
.of the old/ papers,
e best advertising
je: people here and
daylight isn't worth
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>tis what orchards of
rtrees arc being planted
:gardener says that he
?re would make a good
fter he had spaded* up j
he declared that a j
gCxhade an "acher."
% * *
if:mishaps are increasing!
?%ross the road like a;
?rt?w. Cross at the street!
8?.",' - !
Bg^where drivers are' on the,
for human beings.
* *? *
i&s' country gets enough!
built to house its popula-i
?-ik can Tet down the immi- \
3>ars and start the crowding!
* J
again. And it probably will.;
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?if Great Britain" fails to;
?^e^ahd an independent nation!
Cexenc^-'to the recent declaration!
^?ited Skates Senate, the Sen- j
J^\wil?ng t? accept'a man-i
foreland.
W^?-::1* - * -: ? < j
Nhas beejr'introduccd in Con-i
mipose a tax of $10 an c"~eej
^?'go^b/used in the arts and n -!
g&fefe." -It"would be more to the;
to lay a tax*oh? gold used- forj
>inagey<- There's too much gold in j
ation now' for the country's;
SPRING CXEA3P-UP.
itu-A "spring .clean-up." which includes
eajery house -^and yard? every vacant
lot, every street and alley, and is car
. ried, out completely in the business
as in- thfe' residence section of a com
m unity,- returns rewards far in ex
cess of the labor %it involves.
Winter almost always leaves a
dingy, train of rubbish ^nd dirt that
was unnoticed, and npt particularly
harmful, so long as frost and snow
covered or held! it in check; The sun
of spring reveajs it in all its unsight
liness; decomposition "sets in with the
heat; the winds blow the dirt about,
germ-laden and full of menace. For
th'e sake' of appearance and sanita
tion, the clean-tip becomes essential.
The farm should not be neglected
in the clean-up campaign/ Here too,
there should be gathering of r ibbish.
trimming, of trees and -shrubbery,
painting and general renovating.
The sources of water supply need,
especial attention. Arc reservoirs,
wells and cisterns clean, and is the
j supply of 'water adequate and easily
procurable for the always possible
fireV \
The spring cleahing1 time is a time
for individual and co-operative ac
tion"; The private citizen and the au
thorities are equally interested and
equally responsible, and should work
in harmony. Let every one take hold,
set his own'place in order and dovhis
share in those sections which must
be a public charge. After the clear
ing-up has been, completed let vege
table and flower gardens he planted
in every space available for the pur
pose. Then, in the healthfulness,
cleanliness, order and beauty of their
community the citizens may take a
just pride.
TITK WORKER'S SHARE
A statistician figures that if the
railroad, employees are granted tho
new wage increase they ask for, they
they will be jrettin:-: about five limes
as much every year as the owners of
the roads. To* he exact, every dollar
of the railroads' increase will be di
vided as follows: For labor, 83 cents:
for capital. 17 cents.
Whether ?>r not this is a fair divi
sion is a quest ion open to debate, and
requiring a great deal of information
before a satisfactory answer can be
given. These figures, however, serve
once more to emphasize a fact usually
ignored.by socialist orators and writ
ers and by employees jxi genej^tl. Most
workmen seem to be sincerely con
vinced that they receive a very small
fraction of the receipts in^ their in
dustry; that the "company" is mak
ing so much that the funds available
for wages are practically unlimited,
^TWI^jy tf&ey are justified in making
any aviaand they feel like making.
? As has been pointed out many
times, labor invariably receives the
larger part of the gross income of in
dustry. The division generally gives
labor S5 to 90 per cent, to capital's 10
or 15 per cenfc.
A more general appreciation of this
fact would help much in promoting a
better understanding between em
ployers and employees. Fully grasp
ed. it would enable the workmen to
see that their chief hope of higrher
wages lies in their producing more in
a given time, so that there will be
more profits available to provide
their wages.
? There is a tendency at present not
I only t<? ignore the question of the re
i larion of the workman's share to the
[employer's share, but simply to "pass
i .the wage iucreasq on to the consum
\ er," as if that settled the problem.
The workman should realize that:
j this^ method is bound to fail, because
it fails to '"provide incentive? for in-~
creased production, because the added
wage-cost is multiplied in being pass-"!
cd on to the consumer, and because
the workman himself is the chief con
sumer.
TURKO-BIUT1S1I "TREATY.*'
[ ?> ? _
j ^ Until complete proof is offered, it]
? is well to discredit the "secret TurKo
; British treaty" recently given out at
i .
[ Berlin. This alleged treaty, as pub-1
j lished. is a most amazing document.;
It purports to have been signed by
the British and Turkish governments;
[in April, 1913. It provides that Eng-!
\ land shall .guarantee Turkish inde-j
pendence, that Constantinople shall!
remain the seat of Turkish govern- j
ment. that England shall have con-1
trol of the Dardanelles, with posses- j
sion of Mesopotamia and Syria, and!
that England shall place at Turkey's
disposal a nolice force to be used "in |
order to suppress anv nationalistic!
f ? ? ' ?
tendencies." Not the b-ast interest-!
ing detail is the article declaring that j
"this treaty is ollicial, but has a pri-;
vate character." . j
" It is incredible that Great Britain.!
at the very time when she was agree- j
ing to the Versailles treaty,' should;
have made with an enemy country a;
secret treaty belying her own piedges.
defying the principles of the Ver- j
sailles document and in flagrant con- j
y , v j
Hict with the purposes of the League:
of Nations to which .she subscribed, t
It is also incredible that Britain;
should have conspired with Turkey toj
I rob an ally of Syria, which by gen- j
era! agreement has been assigned to!
France. It is little less comprehen- i
sible ,that - Britain should undertake!
to. grab the Dardanelles, and thus, j
without the consent of her allies or
; of the Eeague of. Nations,- prepare to
I dominate Constantinople and the
Black Sea.
That this document should have]
been made public- in Berlin is in it
self a ground *for suspicion. The Ger-1
I mans have their own reasons fori
wanting to make all the trouble they j
can among the Allies, and for some'
time Turkish 'emissaries have been j
busy in Berlin.
General Leonard Wood, in a re-]
1 cent speech, took occasion to warn i
i the-American public that there is as
j conspiracy afoot, employing a wide-1
I spread ana intricate system of pro-1;
! paganda to break down the frieticN;
j ship of the United States with the Al- !
j lies. The effort seems especially in-J
tended to drive a wedge between -this!
j country and England. Pei haps- this j
i "secret treaty" is a part of the plot. !
i
If so, the British government should
repudiate it officially, without delay. '
j The Wreck Store was entered by
I burglars-sFriday night and a large
quantity of goods, aggregating in val
j ue somewhere between fifteen hun
dred and two thousand dollars, were
taken. The robbers took the finest
j goods in the store?dresses, waists.
I skirts, etc.?and packed them in
j trunks and suit cases, showing that
! they knew what they wanted and had
! time to make their selections. They
entered the store by the back door
'and it is thought they had an auto
mobile at hand to transport their
booty and make a quick getaway.
? There is no clue to the identity of the
t burglars, but there is some ground
j for the suspicion that the robbery may
I have been committed by members of
; the gang thai has been operating in
I Columbia and m ighboring towns. A
! representative of the Wreck Store has
I gone to Columbia to look over the
i goods that have been recovered from
, the gang there, it being possible that
i he may be able to identify some of
I the articles.
Fine Mule Burned to Death.
1 Mr. H. F. Yates was unfortunate in
getting unc of his fine mules 1?111-1i?-iI
: up in his stable last Saturday after
noon about i o'clock. Mr. Yates w;^
working in his garedn when he saw
I his barn on fire and by the tim<- he
j i^i't there the heat was so great he
I could not get to the stable door to lei
'the mule out. ThcdoGr*1 to one stall
was open and one mule escaped: He.
i had just paid $900 for the pair. He
l/aiteo lost all his fine oats hay aird
choice, cotton sr-efl for planting. Total
loss about $1.000. with $300 insurance
The supposition is that some one
passing threw a cigarette stump or
match/ among the loose hay.- Bish
opville Vindicator.
STATEMENT
j Of the Ownership, Management? Cir??
S cnlatioi^ etc.. Required by the Act
' of August 24; 1912.
Of the Watchman and Southron,
published at Sumter, S C. semi-week
Jy. for April.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Sumter:
Before me, a notary public in and
for the State and bounty aforesaid,
personally appeared H. G. Osteen.
who. being duly sworn according to
j law, deposes and says that he is man
ager of the Sumter I>pily Item and
I that the following is, to the best of
i his knowledge and belief, a true state
| ment of "the ownership, etc.. of the
! aforesaid publication for the date.
I shown in the above caption, requir
ed by the Act of August 2 1. 1912.
[embodied in Section 443, Postal Laws
and Regulations, printed on the re
verse of this form, lo-wit:
1. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor, and business manager arc:
Publisher, Osteen Publishing Co..
Sumter, S. C
Editor. H. G. Osteen, Sumter. S. C;
Managing Editor, H. G. Osteen.''
Sumter. S. C.
Business Manager, H. G. Osteen.
Sumter. S. C.
2. That the owners are:
Osteen Publishing Company. Inc..
C. P. Osteen. N.. G. Osteen, H. G.
Osteen, N. G. Osteen. Jr.. Moneta
Osteen. Lge & Moise, I. C- Strauss, Levi
Bros., E. W. A. Bultman. Abe Rytten
berg, Xeill O'JDonnell. H. L. Scarbor
ough, R. I. Manning. Booth Live
Stock Co.. G. A. Lemmon, all of Sum
ter. s. C.
3. That the known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security hold
ers owing or holdkig 1 per cent, or
more of total amount of bonds, mort-j
gages, or other securities are \
'Mergenthaler Linotype Co., of New
York, N. Y.
4. That the two paragraphs nextj
above, giving the names-of the own- !
^ i
ers, stockholders and security holders,
if any, contain not only the list of:
stockholders and security holders as
they appear upon the books of the'
company but also, in cases where the I
stockholder or security holder an- j
pears upon the books of the company;
as trustees or in any other fiduciary!
relation, the name of the person or I
corporation for whom such trustee is j
acting, is given: also that the said:
two paragraphs contain statements:
embracing affiiant's full knowledge!
and belief as to the circumstances and ;
conditions under which stockholders
and security holders who do not apr |
j)oar upon t ie books of live company!
as trustees, hold stock and securities!
in a capacity other than that of aj
"bona fide owner: and this affiant has
*no reason to believe that any other j
person, association, or corporation has
any inte2*cst direct or indirect in the j
said stock, bonds, or other securities!
than as so stated by him. ,
5. That the average number of
copies of each issue of this publica-j
tk>n sold or distributed, through the!
mails or otherwise, to paid subscrib
ers during the six months preceding j
the date is j
This information is required from,
daily publications only'
H. G. OSTEEN. !
Manager/ '
Sworn to and subscribed before mej
this 3rd day of April, 1920. ?
R. L. EDMUNDS.
(Seal) Notary Public, S. C !
(My commission expires at pleasure j
of the Governor.)
GET NITRATE
OF SODA
Washington, April 2.?Several dayjs
ago the Secretary of War promised
Senator Smith of South Carolina that
lie would release ??.OQ0 tons of ni
trat'd of soda to the fanners, and is
sued orders for immediate distribu
tion *in carrying out. these orders, it
developed that there was a legal hitch
which prevented the nitrate being re
leased. To overcome this obstacle
Senator Smith jesterday introduced a
senate joint resolution which pro
vides that the Secretary of War is
authorized to release immediately "ti
trate cf soda for distribution, tlw re
placement of it to be under such
guarantee as the Secretary of War
nvvc prescribe. On account of the
scarcity of nitrate of soda and press
ing need ior its immediate use. Sen
ator So.'th was very insistent upon
the passage of this resolution and ha 1
the Senate to waive referring it :o :?
committee, and brought it up by un
an'mcus consent, it was passed
without a dissenting vote. As soon
as it passes the House it will be a law
and the nitrate of soda wil be avail
able for the agricultural interests of
the country. It is hoped that this
amount to be released will tide over
the emergency, until sufficient quan
tities can be shipped in to adequate
ly supply the needs of the country. '
SUFFRAGISTS HOPE
FUL OF DELAWARE
Effort to Be Made to Have Re
jection Reconsidered
I Dover. Dela., April 2.?The suffrage
! leaders announced today that they
i make an effort to have the lower
I house rejection of the Anothony
[amendment reconsidered Monday, rle
: elarirtg that Alfred 1. DuPonfc who
: exerts powerful influence in Republi
can state politics, would support the
move. Mr. DuPont had previously
been neutral.
i STORE?Your car at the Clarmont
Filling Station when in town for the
day. where it will be safe. Ard &
i Bradford
HAVING?Purchaed the Clar^mont
Filling Station. 'we will appreciate
the patronage of our friends and the
I public generally, when' in need of
|. gasoline and oils. Polite, prompt
service. Tree wat*?r and air. A. ,1
1 Ard. J. J>. Bradford,
NEGRO LYNCHED
AT LAURENS
Mob Stormed the County Jail
and Hanged Negro on Rail
Road Bridge
J Spatranburg. April L'?George Rob
j ertsan, a negro, was taken from th(
I jail at Lau met?, S. C last night b\
! a mob and hanged to ;i railroac
J bridge in the outskirts of the city. I?
j is reported here that Robertson in
I terferred in a fight between thret
j white youths and an unidentified ne
j gr.o man. inflicting knife wounds or.
j the beys. Robertson was arrested and
j while the police were seeking his
j companion the mob stormed, the jail
TAX EQUALIZATION
j Columbia. April 1.?What is like
j ly the plan for the equalization of as
j sessments against real estate in
j ?South Carolina was inaugurated o\
\ Columbia^Oity Council and the South
j Carolina Tax Commission at a meeting
! held here Wednesday morning for the
j purpose of putting into> operation a
: new system" of getting Columbia' real
I estate on the tax books.
J The tax commission has just com
| pleted the preparation of a map of
! the City of 'olumbia, covering an en
J tire volume ; id showing every piece
j of property for taxation, as assessed
j by the city board of assessors will be
; recorded. ; j
I City Councilman > named W. A.
j Coleman as a special committee to op
! erate with the tax commission in put
j ling the new system into effect,
i These officials will meet wtih Rich
i land County authorities, to get their
i approval of the plan.
Under the new system the value as;
! fixed by the city >board of assessors
j will be taken as standard. This
! board has fixed a value for the prop
! erty in every block in the city, and on
j the basis of these figures all property
; will be assessed for taxation.
! - Tlte tax commission has found some
' wide discrepehcies in the mivtter of tax
j returns. One lot on Main street was
found to be returned at fifty per cent
\ less value than an adjoining lot of
; similar frontage.
Under the new plan these two lots
will be assessed on the same basis,
state the commissioners. The result
of the plan, they state., will ,be to
eventually reduce tax levies or to in
crease the returns from taxation
without increased levy.
After the system has been put in
operation successfully in Columbia
it will probably be inaugurated in oth
i er cities ' of the state. Spartanburg
tried it several years ago. but the war
! nipped it in the bud. Tax authorities
state that such a system will result in
[ah equalization of taxation and a con
sequent lessening of (he tax burden
j on many people who are now paying
more taxes in proportion to what some
other citizens are paying.
LARGE DIVIDENDS
ARE DECLARED
Greenville. April 2.?Announce
I mvnt was made here yesterday of
j the action taken by directors of the
I Marlboro cotton mills, meeting in
j McColl, who declared a 100 per cent
stock dividend on a capital stock di
vidend on a capital of $963,S00. In
j addition to this dividend the Marl
! boro directors ? are offering 4.879
! shares* to stockholders at pur. at the
j rat** of one-half share to eacn holder
' of one share .with two years to pay
; for the stock, during which time the
i stock is mot negotiable,
i At the close <?f the market here to-yj
! day Marlboro was quoted at 350/j
j News of the directors' action did not
I re.iCh the city before the market clos
jecb Marlboro operate* seven mills,
and Claude Gore is president of the
company: This action increases the
capital slock to $2,500.000.
NEW AGREEMENT
FOR COAL MINERS
Increase In Wages Became Ef
fective This Morning and
Wiil Continue In Force
For, Period of Two
Years
New York,' March 31.?The nego
tiations for a new agreement for the
bituminous coal miners were brought
to a close this afternoon when the
general scale committee of operators
and miners of the central competitive
field ratified a contract embodying the
iward of President Wilson's coal
commission.
This new agreement which -involves
i wage increase of 27 per cent, be
comes effective tomorrow morning,
md will continue in force for a pe
riod of two years.
One of the features of the new con
tract is a clause which provides that
.ill '?international differences" in the
various districts of the bituminous
coal fields will be settled by the, dis
trict officers of the'mine workers and
operators. There must be nothing
done. however, in adjusting these
matters that will increase the cost ofj
production or decrease the earning;
capacity of the mine workers. The j
new agreement also "condemns" the;
bonus system now used by operators:
in competing with each other for em-1
pjoyes. The contract provides that all
agreements in the various districts j
should contain a???penalty" clause for!
any stoppage of work" or unauthoriz-j
ed strikes. The international officers!
of the United7 Mine Workers also agree!
to maTte the agreement binding inj
every detail.
The eight hour day as now in ef
fect in the soft coal regions is con
tinued by the new agreement. ?
Camden News Items. . ]
i ' I
Mr.?R. W. Herfuth who recently
purchased the equipment of the old j
Camden Water Light & Ice Co., wfas|
n Camden .this week and completed
arrangements for the erection of an
ice1 plant here at an early date. The
plant will be built somewhere near
the Southern passenger station depot
in the vicinity of^the oil mill and will
have a daily capacity of twenty-one
ton*?. They expect to be ready for
making ice the latter part of the
summer and will have a cold storage
plant in connection.
At a preliminary hearing held be
fore Mgistrate S. X. Nicholson Mon
day the two Baker boys held in jail
in connection .with the theft of cloth
ing from Hirsch Brothers & Co.,
were remanded to jail in default of
bond to await trail at the next term
of general sessions. Oscar Baker's
bond was fixed at $1.300 and the eld
er brother at $1.000, which they were
unable to furnish. The boys were
represented by Attorney MeLeod from!
Sumter. The boys' father formerly
resided near Sumter and their father
1 lives there on a farm.?Camden
Chronicle.
(Harmony Presbytery. I
Harmony Presbytery will meet with
the congregation of the New Har
mony church on April 13. Mr.^J. L.
Haynsworth has been elected as the
representative of the First Presby
terian church. *
Miss Linnie McLaurin is spending
a few days in Columbia representing
the Sumter high school at a meeting
of the State high school teachers.
Mr. Isaac Edwards, from Washing
ton and Lee University, is at home for
a short vacation.
i . I
Tisdale Motor Co., Chartered*
Columbia. April 2.?The Tisdale
Motor Company, of Sumter, has been j
granted a charter by the -Secretary of i
State. G. C. Propst. R. P. Monaghan. |
George D. Shore. Jr., H. ,S. Rice, A. I
E. Tisdale and J. B. Dillard are the]
incorporators.
To abort a cold
#? ? ^
and prevent com
plications, take
alotak
The purified and refined
calomel tablets that are
nauseales?, safe and sure.
Medicinal virtuey retain
ed* and= improved. Sold
only in sealed packages.
Price 35c^
SNOW IN THE SOUTH
Winter Temperatures Reported
From Many Places *
Washington. April 5.?Snow and
freezing temperatures are reported to
day in many sections of the South.
Work having been suspended for a
I few days on the brick store building
J that Col. Thomas Wilson is erecting at
j the corner of Main street and Hamp
I ton avenue, on account of the. delay
I in receipt of steel girders, a rumor
I haa been current that the stoppage of
i work whs due to .orders of theAbuild
i ing inspector. There is no founda
l tion for the rumor aiul work will be
j resuhied as sojpn as the steel girders
are delivered by the railroads. It is
expected that the building wi'l be
completed by June 1. as the 'contract
or will-rush tho work with all possi
ble speed.
l> . -T?
DAYS OF DIZZINESS.
j Come to Hundreds of Sumter People.
i There are days of dizziness;
Spells of headache, languor, back
I ache; ~ . '
Sometimes rheumatic pains;
j Often urinary disorders,
j Doan's Kidney. Pills arev especially
j for kidney ills.
I Endorsed in Sumter by grateful
j friends and neighbors:
Mrs. E. B. Elam, 316 W. Liberty
St, Sumter, says: l'About six years
ago I had quite a bit of kidney trou
ble and I felt pretty bad. Headaches
bothered me so that I could, hardly
stand up and dizzy spells annoyed me
so, I thought I would fall over many
times. My nerves were all unstrung
land I would jump from the least
j fright. My kidneys acted very irregu
i Iarly and I knew they were in bad
shape. Finally, I heard about Doan's
Kidney Pills and started taking them,
j I must say, Doan's positively cured
[ me of all kidney trouble and I
i haven't been Irathered since."
Price 60c at .all dealers. Don't
j simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
(Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
j Mrs. Elam had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
!Mfgts., Buffalo, N. Y?-~Advti V (71) ~
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Let There Be No DiscordsK
\
If your Ford car is out of tune, there is undoubtedly a very good reason for it.
And the best way to find that reason, and have it remedied, is to jump in and drive
to our Authorized Service Station, where one of our mechanics, who is thoroughly
acquainted with the Ford mechanism and who knows the Ford way to adjust or
repair your car, can tune it up in a garage that is properly equipped to give real
Ford Service. Then, too, we never use imitation parts?only the genuine Ford-made,
strong and durable. They wear from thirty to seventy-five per cent, longer than the
counterfeit parts that are softer and more cheaply made. In fact, it is dangerous to ?
human life to use imitation parts, and it is not fair to your Ford car or your pocket
book.
We are i part of the gigantic Ford Service organization, whose purpose it is to
serve the owners of all Ford cars and trucks; we have more than a passing interest
in your car. Prompt service is given on all work?from a minor adjustment to a
motor overhaul. Drive in and see the facts for yourself?there's too much money
invested in your Ford car to miss connections with the Authorized Ford Dealers.
Shaw Motor Company
Corner Hampton Ave. and Sumter St.
Office Phone 553 Service Phone 814.
Insist oni Genuine Ford Parts