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|tributes of respect
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the True Southron in
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iter.
ABOUT THE BONUS.
^seems. accepted at Washington
ess will grant the war bon
that it will amount to about)
,000,000.
re are plenty of arguments for
Against this proposal. The favor
ones are well known, and arej
sentimental. The unfavorable!
have not influenced Congress
congressmen fear the "sol
e,'* and have not greatly im
ifcd the public because they have
>een fully presented.
bonus will mean a direct con
ution by the average American
of $100. Indirectly it may in-1
more than that. There is the
ein of raising the money, and
present -financial situation any
bd seems destined to be wasteful
risky. -j
er. President Taft points out
even with our heavy taxes, the]
is already facing a deficit for
cuwrent fiscal year of $3,000,000,000
?-nd the expected bonus will increase!
this deficit to $5,000,000,000.
I; Some have suggested raising the
fends by increasing the income tax.
. A . treasury" expert says that if the
normal income 'tax rate were raised
from 8 per cent to IS per cent, it
would fail to;provide the $2,000,000,-j
000 wanted.
The proposal of a new bond issue is
regarded with alarm by bankers. They
Say that in the present state of the
securities market such an issue could
not-be 'floated; except at a high rate
of filterest That would force all our
war bonds still lower, with consequent
loss to owners :and disturbance of,, fi
nance in general The cost of living
would be forced up higher.
; There is the alternative of imposing
a dtrect consumers' tax on all pur
chases. This wculd probably be the
fairest kind of tax for the purpose,
but-it wotild be infinitely troublesome
jpg\iwell as expensive.
If the majority of citizens consider
it desirable to grant the bonus in the
face of these facts, no one can proper
ly object But at least let the public
realize- the situation cleariy before
hand.r
FARM BOOKKEEPING
The Department of Agriculture hasj
been offering farmers a brief course
in -accounting. In fifteen States where |
the courses have actually been given
it is reported that many farmers have
availed themselves of it.
This is a distinct advance in farm
ing methods. In the past, farmers
have known too little about their ac
tual profits?or losses. They have not
known exactly how much it cost to
raise specific crops, and have had no
means of knowing whether the cash
return received from the sale of those
crops was at all commensurate with
the price of materials and the labor
put into them.
* Perhaps the difficulties of figuring
out income tax returns have driven
farmers to this progressive step. Per
haps it is due, to a growing business
sense, and the fact that with increas
ing cost of labor and machinery the
farmer realizes that he must know
where he is coming out financially ev
ery year.
Whatever the cause, it is a sensi
ble step; It should lead the farmer
to see the wisdom in improving his
own marketing facilities, in co-operat
ing with fellow-farmers, in running
his place on a more business-like
basis, in solving the problems of keep
ing the young people on the farm and
improving the conditions of his hired
help.
THE FRENCH INVASION
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The British government. like the
American government, refused to give
official sanction to the French mili
tary expedition into the German neu
tral zone and the seizure of certain
German cities to insure German good
b'havior. But the British publ;o
"liKe the American public, has regis
tered approval.
The London Daily Mail says:
. "The Germans have no excuse Hac
their conduct been tolerated they
would have proceeded to fresh viola
tions of the treaty and more tricks
As it is. they now discover that th<
Allies cannot safely be defied. Brit
ish public feeling' warmly supports;
the French action."
The London Morning Post express
es a similar view, explaining:
"There cannot be a shadow of
doubt that the advance of Gen. von
Water's force into the neutral zone
was a deliberate essay to test the
practical value of the treaty. Had
the provocation been overlooked, it
would have been taken throughout
Germany as a signal that there wad
nothing in the treaty that could not
be disregarded safely and in due time
set aside."
In this country there is little dis
position to criticize France. It is
held, with goo'l reason, that France
in setting about of her own initiative
to teach the Germans a lesson in
keeping treaty pledges has done her
allies a valuable service.
The unfortunate thing about it is
not that France has done what she
did, but that France was driven to
take this action alone as a result of
the persistent failure of the United
States to ratify the peace treaty and
participate in its enforcement It is
generally agreed that if the machin
ery of the League of Nations were in
full operation, with this country an
active member, Germany would not
have given the provocation.
AN HONEST DAY'S WORK.
"An honest day's work for an hon
est day's pay," is Charles M. Schwab's
prescription to cure many of the ills
from which we suffer as a people He
said, in an address to the American
Institute of Mining and Metallurgical j
Engineers: "When we teach, through
our engineering ability and our meth
Ods, thatf the prosperity of the whole
country, whether for capitalist or la
borer, depends on doing an honest
day's work for an honest day's pay.
all these theoretical questions of the
high cost of living will naturally dis
appear."
Isn't he the old-fashioned man!
{Those ideas are archaic. Nobody
even thinks them out loud in the so
ciety of workers today. But he goes
further. Mr. Schwab finds that Ger
many's position in the steel indus
try was due to thai, same homely old
virtue. He points out that Germany
was second only to the United States
in steel production when the war in
terrupted things. And yet. "with all
of its production and ability and de
velopment there has not been a single
great invention or process in the de
velopment of iron and steel that has
come out of Germany. What is the
reason for this so-called, efficiency? I
think the basis of it is the giving of.
an honest day's work for an honest j
day's pay."
There you have it. Efficiency then, j
isn't the machince-like equipment of
industry to the last belt and newest
contraption. It isn't only the perfect
co-ordination of parts to the whole,
nor the unceasing driving of people
from the cradle to the grave. No.
there's the everlasting human equa
tion, never better exemplified than in
this phrase: "An honest day's work
for an honest day's pay."
A lever with which any nation j
might move the earth.
SHAME OR HONOR?
"Peace by resolution" may become
necessary as a last resort. Such a so
lution, however, is tolerable only on
condition that !! ssible efforts made
in accordar.ee with established cus
tom and tradition have failed. Has
i
it come yet to the alternative ofj
peace by resolution, or nothing? \
The procedure proposed at present j
by Congress, whether necessary or
not, is inevitably attended by shame
and humiliation. It means making
peace by subterfuge; it means beg
ging Germany to agree to terms
which the United States, as victor in
the war, should impose on Germany
without question, and gives Germany
a chance to throw those terms in our
face. There is additional shame in
the fact that the resolution asks Ger
many in making this separate peace
with us, to acknowledge* the force of
the terms imposed by the treaty of
Versailles?which the United States
Congress has refused to ratify.
We approach Germany as if Ger
many were an equal in this negotia
tion, we seek to utilize the benefits of
the Versailles treaty while evading its
responsibilities, and thus we invite
the contempt of our enemies, our al
lies and the whelo world.
Added to th?\se moral considerations
is the legal objection, made by many
constitutional authorities, that peace
negotiations are proprely originated
not by the legislative but the execu
tive department, and also the prac
tical difficulty that for whatever
reasons, the President ia sure to op
pose any such resolution.
The vast majority of Americans
want to make i eace by the regular
and self-respecting procedure of rati
fying, with a few reservations, the
treaty made at Versailles by the pow
ers that defeated Germany, and rati
fied already without reservation by
every* one but 'he United States. That
treaty is in th>. hands of the Presi
dent He ean return it to the Senate
for action at any time. Even now it
is probable that ratification could be
obtained if the President would meet
the Seriate half way on the reserva
tion question.
For present expediency and the
honor of the country this should be
done. If the President or his party
then felt that the reservations adopted
were too drastic, they might proper
ly inject into the national campaign
the question of modifying them here
after so as to strengthen American
participation in the League of Na
tions.
CHILDREN'S YEAR PAYS.
The Children's Bureau of the Dc-j
partment of Labor designated last j
year as "Children's Year." Over 11,-j
000,000 women in some IS,000 00m- j
munities all over the country co-op
erated with the department in advan- j
cing the cause of children. It is grat
ifying to know that permanent meas
ures for the welfare of children have
come from the campaign.,
j Some of the results have been the
legislation, accomplished or proposed.
for the protection of maternity and
1 1
infancy; pre-school and school care!
of the child; a fairer status for the
child born out of wedlock, the es
tablishment of clinics and health
nursing bureaus; an incuse in the
number of play grounds and recrea
tion centers; children brought back
and kept in school as the result of the
school campaigns, and a general ad
vance all along all lines of activity
which provide children with a better
strat in the world and help them
along when once they are started.
In 38 states the Children's Year
Welfare committees have been made
permanent bodies, and it is intended
that the work which has proved so
effective shall not be allowed to lag.
There is little doubt that all the states
will carry on, and that every year
from now on will be Children'^ Year
in every community. No work could
be richer in promise nor in sure re
wards.
List of Jurors.
Special term of Court of Common
Pleas opens April 19th.
Jurors have been drawn to serve at
the sepcial term of the court of Com
mon Pleas, which will convene Mon
day. April 19th. as follows:
For first week:
A. A. Team.
J. O. Barwick.
J. A. Kolb
M. L. Moore
W. H. Strickland '
H. A. Prescott
Caiude Dinkins
& W. Raffield
W. W. Bradford
S. D. Cain
J. W. Jackson
Richardson Sanders
L. C. Du ran
J. P. Booth
W. B. Blauding
W. B. Shirer
W. S. Ream es
R. B. Dinkins
R, J. Kennedy
B. R. Durant
J. M. Hawkins
Robert D. Bradford
Willie A. James
Fred R. Brad well
Frank L. Jones
B. F. Wilder 1
J. R. Clack
I?. M. Pitts
D. M. Campbell
T. E. Hodge
R. K. Wilder
K. P>. Boyle
.J. R. Nettles
.1. C. Parnell
J. II. Myers
C. W. Brunson
For week of April 2Cth, 1920:
S. M. Shirer
J. W. Shaw
3. M. James
J. K. Crosswell
A. A, Wei don
C. E. Dunlap
Drane Pritchard
j H. T. Proctor ?
j O. C. Stuckey
G. R. Calder . j
H. T. Colvin
O. H. Folley
T. J. DuBose
E. A. Tomlinson
Seaman Richardson
If. M. Crowson
W. M. Broadway
S. A. Harvin
R. S. Cherry
J. E. White
A. B. Richardson
A. G. Fishburne
L. B. Bradford
Henry Ray
A. H. Wei don
E. T. Cummings
K. A. Calder
! s. J. Player
j E W. Dabbs
I A. P. Vinson
j .r. B. Raffield
Silas Meli et te
\\. J. Troublefield
S. B. Geddings
W. R. Parker
I C. D. Schwartz
Tears Benefit the Eyes.
The Italian child is never permit
ted to rub its eyes. If It hursts into
' tears it is not repressed, but permitted
1 to have the cry out. This, it is claimed,
beautifies the eyes and makes them
1 clear, while rubbing the eyes injures
j them in many ways.
Beginning Another Chapter.
A woman was so fond of pets that
when death overtook her 10-year-old
eat she was not long In getting a young
kitten to fill the plaee of puss. Where
upon her sma!! neighbor gravely car
ried the news to his mother that tho
woiuau "was starting another tat.*'
Rafting Crcefc Towijship.
The Rembert Co.. to J. L. Gillis,
LOS $5-100 acres; $21.053:30. j
The Rembert Co., to T. J. Brown,!
56 7-10 acres; $5,541.70.
M. S. Kirk to A. H. and C. E. Sand-;
;rs, 105 acres; $10.500.
L. S. Vinson to J. L. Gillis, 11?
leres; $11.500.
The Rembert Co.. to D. V. Keels,1
! lot; $180. j
Abraham Dennis to IC Brown. ?
IS 2-3 acres; $540.
J. F. Player to Ellen Williams. 1 lot!
L house; $5 etc.
Louis Einsteen et. al. to S. W. Allen,!
i lots; ?400.
The Rembert Co., to T. P. Sanders^]
39 2-10 acres: $10,726.
Alida H. Me' ?'??-l \<^ Mattie Jen-1
?eins. !>7 acres: $3.350.
G. H. Lenoir to R. E. Atkinson.!
356 1-2 acres; $65,000.
Pollette Sanders, et. a!., to Arthur
f. Sanders; 4 8-10 acres: $3
P.. WP Westberry to J. S. Taylor; j
11 20-100 acres: $616.
T. J. Brown to Ned Davis. IG -30-10"
xcres; $1.500.
A. and G. and E. Sanders etc.!
to Hattie Rembert. I S-10 acres.:
$5 etc.
G. H. Lenoir to R. E. Atkinson. 4 1
acres; $4.000.
Mattle Jenkins to J. T. Dennis. 2
acres; $100.
Athur SacJers and others to Hayes j
Sanders. 4 S-10 acres: .$;"> etc.
J. P. McClellan to V. S. McCJeiiaa,:
65 acres, half interest; $5 etc.
Miss F. B. and E. Ellerbe to Began :
Lee, 21 1-10 acres: $1.303.
I. W. Allen to J. L. MeLeod, et. al., j
trustee, 2 lots; $400.
F. B. and E. Ellerbe to Stafford;
Lee, 25 71-100 acres; $1,285.50.
F. b! and E. Ellerbe to Edmund Os- ?
borne, 1 29-100 acres; $110.
The Rembert Co., .to Isaac A. Sim- ?
mons, 1 lot; $200. j
Emma Spencer and Janie Davis, i
27 4-10 acres: partition deed.
Leo Schenk and G. H. Baum to j
James Halley, Jr., 50 acres, 1 build-j
ing; $5. etc.
The Rembert Co., to W. C. Harllee, I
Jr., 1 lot; $100. j
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FOR SALE?Ninety-day velvet beans, j
Sumter County raised. Guaranteed j
sound. $3.50 per bushel, f. o. b. j
Sumter. John L. Frierson. Sumter.
S. C. Route 3.
HAVE A FEW Ford Starters that we j
can install at once. If you have al
Ford without a starter, see us.
Shaw Motor Company. j
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STORE?Your car at the Clarmontj
Filling Station when in town for the j
day. where it will be safe. Ard*&<
Bradford_\
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HAVE CAR LOAD Ford one ton
' trucks in transit. Still have one or
two unsold. See us at once. Shaw
, Motor Company._j
HAVING?Pure a the Claremont
Filling Station, we will appreciate
the patronage of our friends and the
public generally, when in need of
gasoline and oils. Polite, prompt
service, free water and air. A. J.
Ard; J. D. Bradford.
Pretty Faster Party. prize, a set of hand-embroidered
- I doiiies. and Mrs. Brunsen drew the
One of the prettiest of the Easter j consolation, a vase. After the games
week parties wns the one on Monday-block cream and cake were served,
when Mrs. A. .1. Bynum and Mrs.) Among those present were Miss"
Warren Burgess entertained :it u,ej; Culhrie. of Columbia; Mrs. Hal Harby,
home of the latter on < * 111 j "n street. {^rs- l**>'aneig Bultman, Mrs. Brunsen,
Then- was a breath of spring in th?-j^'rr& B. Yeadon. Mrs. C. Stubbs,
air, th?> attractive rooms being dcc-|^Irs- ?>"n Scott, Mrs. If. K. Bull;
prated in roses and snow dogwood.| ^rs" WItherspoon. Mrs. Warren
..... A:< iv... Mrs. Wilfred Moses, Mrs. Joe
The scores were kept on dainty --.^ , :,;!h!,,. ^ Craham Mrs
hand panted in HirfCy ??biddies" anoL, Wilson Creen. Mrs. Edward Martin.
Easter bunnies, giving a seasonable*!Mrs. W. LI. Phillips.Mrs. M. H. FIaumt
sugi st i'>n. j Mrs. Thomas SiJU.tH und Sirs, .lohn.
Mi^s Minna Richardson won tho* Riiey.
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Also a good selection in Canvas, In PUMPS AND OXFORDS,
From.,.$2.00 to $8.50
White Kids, In Pumps and Eyelet Ties. . H?fKffli
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Telephone No. 68 11 South Main St.
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