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.?r?t&jnrijjnnL ay and Saturday :g company t, s. c. is: -in advance, lents. insertion _$1.00 Went insertion.50 three months or long at reduced rates, iications which subserve will be charged for tents. 5es and tributes of respect iarged for. itter Watchman was found >0 and the True Southron in ?jThe Watchman and Southron Hhe combined circulation and ifgof both of the old papers, 'manifestly the best advertising in Sumter. reaction. pt has been said repeatedly that, asj ^result .of the war. the United ?tates ^destined to go through a period of j mse reaction. That the prediction ue becomes more apparent every the efforts of the extreme reac hes now at work in America to prove successful, this country mid be more thoroughly Prussian than was Germany in 1914. ^5Pake a few samples at random. Jersey legislature has wiped the statute books every vistage the famous Seven Sisters laws, under . the governorship of Toodro-w Wilson in order to curb operations of the notorious New! Fersey trusts. As a result, trusts may be incorporated in New Jersey now to commit whatever depredations the public will stand for. A bill now pending in the New York Senate provides that without procuring a license from the State, "no person, firm, corporation, associa tion or society shall conduct, main ; tain or operate any school, institution, class or course of instruction in any subject whatever." Licenses are sub ject to revocation even after they have been granted, and they will not be granted '-'unless the regents of the university of the State are satisfied that the instruction proposed to be given will not be detrimental to pub lic interests." Is that free public education within the^tmeaning of the fathers of our republic? It is not Another bill in the same hopper provides that all teache s must apply to the State authorities for a license, which will be granted only to persons , of good moral character "who will support the institutions of -the State and nation." In theory that may seem very fine. In practice it invites abuse. At any time, for any act or utterance which might be construed by fallible authorities as "disloyal to these institutions," the teacher may lose his license and the right to earn a living in his profession. How is that for a strangle hold on education? Did the Kaiser or the Czar have it any easier? \ overall club fad. The Overall c:ub fad that Birming ham is using as an advertising stunt! as an alleged protest against the high cost of living, has little to rec ommend it except as a boost for the sale of overalls. Every man who 3oins the so-called club will have to pay ..out good money for a suit of overalls that he really does not. need and instead of hurting the business! of the clothing dealers it will enorm ously increase their sales in one line, with the probable advance in prices! as the result, thereby working a herd ship on the workingmen who need and must have overalls. The overall manufacturers will reap a harvest and the Overall Club members will enjoy the brief notori ? l ety of a special costume. It seems to i be a silly anu childish performance, siflce not one per cent of the overall wearers will buy a single garment less for his regular wardrobe, and' lall they will accomplish will be the; unnecessary expenditure of the price Of a suit of overalls. would be much more sensible to form an old clothes club with the membership pledged to buy no new clothes so long as they could appear in public decently clad, in accordance with .police regulations. THE BUILDING PROFITEERS The "rent profiteers" lately have been singled out for special criticism. Perhaps *he landlords deserve this evil eminence. Certainly a good many of them have gone beyond all bounds of reason and decency in taking ad vantage of the house shortage and forcing up rents. It may even be granted that landlords have been the chief factor in making the problem of shelter so difficult for those not fortunate enough to possess their own homes. But it should be recognized more clearly that the landlords are only one factor. The dealers in building materials have been profiteering, too. The banka and loan associations have been profiteering: in the terms many of them impose on borrowers seeking building loans. And not least of the whole taeil conspiracy against the public welfare organized labor has been profiteering. What is it but shameless profiteer ing when carpenters, masons, brick layers, plumbers. or other skilled groups in the building trades demand $1.25 to $1.50 an hour, as they are now doing in many communities? Such wages are out of proportion to the increased cost of living: and out of proportion to the wages that work men of equal ability are earning in other skilled trades. There is reform needed all along the line. Some of the extortion can be stopped by restrictive laws. Much of it. perhaps, can be handled only through the pressure of public senti ment. Every possible agency should be used with the workmen, the dealers and the bankers, along with the land lords. The whole industry in all its! ramifications, needs to be reformed. The public is not asking real sacrifice from any of the interests concerned; it is merely asking them all to be somewhere near as reasonable and fair now, in a time of great need, as they were in normal times. Charles H. Schwab says music is a "great antidote for unrest." Surely not the kind of music you hear now adays! * * * There is acute danger of an amic able settlement cf the Italian Jugo-j Slav dispute. If this sort of thing is allowed to go on, we shall have peace before we know it. Forewarned is forearmed. Who will start the next row? * * * Kentucky has put through a new set of road laws preparatory to start ing a State road-building program. One of the most important features in the code is a provision for keeping! highway construction out of politics. A non-salaried bi-partisan board con sisting of four members, two from each of the dominant political parties, constitute a State highway commission. These are to be representative busi ness men of Kentucky, familiar with the State as a whole. They, in their turn, select the State highway engi neer, who will be executive head of construction, with his acts subject to the approval of the commission. There is always danger, when pub lic money is to bo expected, that poli tics and graft will enter into its dis bursement. Some such plan as this should be valuable in preventing mis-1 carriage of funds. The commission itself offers an opportunity for honest, public-spirited service, and should appeal to men of high caliber. SHORT CI TS. This is an era of short cuts. "Ef ficiency" is on every tongue. Plow to eliminate drudgery is the song of dozens of magazines. Some of them get at their ease by machinery, some by a kind of spurious magic which amounts to autohypnosis, called "glad stuff." Some of them get it by econ omy of motion, or by fancy business! forms which save time and effort. The elimination of drudgery may be a useful thing?or it may be extreme ly weakening. ? It all depends upon what is going to be done with the en ergy thus saved. If by saving drudgery we make time for wholesome recreation, for good reading for advancement of mind and spirit, then let us eliminate drudgery by all means. If it means getting time for more useful work, making two blades of grass grow where there was on before, applied in walk of life, then again it is worth while. But is there not danger that we shall become a nation of short-cutters ?the kind whe are always seeking the short cut rather than the perfect ing of the job in hand? A nation too I lazy-minded to face facts and grapple with them? ! Does it pay to have so much drudg [ery eliminated that we are too weak j for anything but munching ehoco j lutes and going to the movies? The world needs more production, more work done. It labor-saving de vices will help to that end. on with the labor-savers and on with the ex tra job. A litt!'* good hard work nev er hurt anybody. A little stem puri tan1 discipline would do the whole [country good. j -? WHY BUDGETS FAIT/. !7 -? The fundamental reason why bud Igets fail is ?hat human nature is hu J man. it is the exceptional person to i whom such routine is natural. For the rest of the world account-keeping is artificial and burdensome. Like many other forms of work, however, it is necessary if life is in be free from discomfort and worry. I'.ut ii' :be housekeeper's records take more than two minutes a day with an ex tra hour once a month, they are out of proportion. Trying to account for every cent every day is one sure cause for fail ure. Life is too short. And who cares, six months hence, whether the dollar wont for a shampoo or a box of candy or a sheaf of magazines? ? Set aside a lump sum for personal expenditure and forget the details. The secret of keeping house ac counts successfully, says one woman who has tried manv ways, is to keep I r the account book near the kitchen. If it Is in the desk upstairs or in the li brary table drawer, life rushes swift ly by and sweeps it aside. If it hangs on the kitchen wall or nudges the cook-book on the shelf it will keep it self noticed. Another woman spends an hour or two every six months making out lit tle slips with columns for meat, gro cery, bakery and ice, equipment, help. dry goods, drug store, miscellaneous, i i These hang on two hooks by the! I kitchen window, a pencil with them, j j Below is the pad for market lists, j The house purse is in the table under this, and the market basket tinder the' table. When she returns, she puts the basket under th<- table and purse; in the drawer, and writes up the. j money spent before she takes off her j wraps. j These slips are laid in the drawer! as finished. Large bills arc paid monthly by check, and the totals of the slip are transferred to a card file at the same time. These succeed not because they are perfect systems, but because they lit the people who ttse them. The only! way to budget is to keep on trying! until the right plan is found for per son and circumstances. GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN Meetings to BCf Hold to Discuss the; Bond Issue. A joint meeting of the directors of I the Sumter County Chamber ? . J Commerce, several of the Sumter; County Permanent Road Commission.! and the special committee of the Chamber to plan and prosecute a campaign of education regarding the i $2,500,000.00 bond issue for hard suf laced, concrete bridged highways of approximately 121 miles, was held atj Chamber of Commerce at 4 o'clock j Thursday. / Those present were L. D. Jennings,' chairman ,of the. Road Commission;; Dr. JO. S. Booth, president of Cham-i her of Commerce: VV. Percy Smith, vice president, and the following members of the commission and Chamber of Commerce directors ar ! managing committees: Messrs. C. i. ,1. Jackson. J. Frank Williams, H. A.l Moses. Stan y a me Burroughs, C. ??'.. Hurst. S. A. Harvin. Uev. J. VY. Iii-j kins. It was decided to hold mass meot-j ings at the following pla.-es at 6: o'clock in the evening, on the dates j named and speakers provide.! tor these meetings as follows. Mr. L. D. Jennings and Mr. K. B. Belser re | quested to speak tit every meeting j and Mr. Jennings to presi\- at everyi meeting. I The County meeting at Sumter Court House, Saturday May 3th, will be held at 12 o'clock, noon. Dalzell school house, Wednesday April 21. Speakers to make short j talks. Mr. C. J. Jackson, M-\ S. A. j Harvin. Mr. D. D. Moise. Mr. George D. Levy. Mr. J. Frank Williams, Mr. | I'R. B. Belser. j Rembert School Mouse. Thursday April 22. Speakers for short taiks: Mr. E. E. Rembert. Mr. J. B. Britton, Mr. J. if. Clifton, Mr. I. C. St.v.us?. j Mr. R. B. Belser. Wedge?eld School House, Friday April '23. Speakers for short taiks: Mr. J. F.. Bland. Dr.. M. L. Parle.*, Mr. H. J. McLaurin, Jr.. Mr. R. B. Uel ser. Judge R. O. Purdy. Mr. A. S. Harby, Mr. J. Frank Williams. Privatter Township at Bethel Schoo, j House. Tuesday May 4th. Speakers! for short talks: .Mr. II. D. Tindal, Mr. R. D. Epps. Mr. .1. M. Kolb, Mr. D. D. j Moise. Mr. S. A. Havin. j Mayesville School House. Wednes day. May ?". Speakers for short talks: Dr. S. H. Edumnds, Mr. ?.i. F. Bland. |Mr. c. J. Jackson. Rev. J. W. Elkins" .'professor H. II. Brunson, Dr. J. A. j Mood. j Shiloh School Hone, Thursday. May} 6. Speakers lor short talKs: Mr. J. K. McElveen. Mr. J. 11. Clifton. Mr. | Frank McLeod. Mr. J. M. Truluck. Mr. f H. P. Moses, Mr. .1. Frank Williams.! Mr. F. W. Dabbs. Sumter Court House. Friday Night,! May 7, S p. m. Speakers for short j talks: Dr. J. A. Mood. .Mr. I. (V Strauss. Mr. J. H. Clifton. .Mr. L. D. Jennings, Dr. E. S. Booth. Sumter Court House Day Meeting for County. Saturday May .S, at 12 o'clock, noon. Speakers for short talks: Mr. <'. .1. Jackson. Mr. Stan-j yarne Burroughs. Dr. M'. L. Parier, Mr. B. B. Belser, Mr. .1. Frank Will j iams. Mr. B. W. Dabbs. Mr. D. D. (Moise. J Fiv.- minute talks will be made ov |cry evening during the Chautauqua b\ jthe following sneakers, stressing the j importance of the $2.500.000.00 bond ! issue: ; April 27. by Dr. S. H. Edmunds, j April 2$. by Mr. C. M. Hurst. April 20. by Mr. I>. 1 >. Moise. April ;>(? by Mr. .1. 11. ? -lifton. * ] May I. by Mr. 11. Harby. May ::. by Mr. B. D. Jennings. Draw Rusted Nails. First drive them in a little, which j breaks tin- hold, and then they may j be drawn out much easier. Hens Produce Chalk. It Is estimated that a Mock of 100 hens will produce 137 pounds of chalk annually in thy shells of their eggs. Gets Its Own Drink. A Souih American orchid lets down a tube and drinks when it needs wa- j ter, then colls it on top of the plant when not in use. I OJeMSon College XCAVsi Ciemson College, April I-).?-At ? a recent meeting of the Columbian Lit-j ?tary Society !t. F. Eolb was elected j president and W. ii. [tamsey. secre tary. The game on Monday with Furman was called in the third inning on ac-i count of rain and hail claiming own-j ership of the diamond. The sophomore class gave their iasf dance for the season on hist Fridayj night, music being furnished by the 'Vllins orchestra. Among those pres ent were Cadet .1. II. Ryan with .Miss Kirk: Cadet I!. .!. .Jones with Mis-1. Gladys Ware; cadet It. S. Mellettei with Miss Mary Bomar; and cadet M. . , .,. _ _ ?_. i S. Ryan with Miss Mary Meyer* 1:. M. Jackson, '14, formerly of Ha-, good, now of Monroe, La., where he is! in the oil business, was a visitor on J the campus Saturday. The Anderson College Glee Club gave a delightful concert in the col lege chapel on last Saturday night. Mr. J. P. Dinkins. ex-23, was a vis itor on the campus Sunday. We would gladly exchange some; rain for sunshine and throw in plenty of hail to boot. The annual junior-senior banquet will bo held on the 21st of May. We are looking forward to this as one of the chief events of the session. It has been announced that the R. i O. T. C. camp for 1920 will"be held a Camp Benning, G.a. The majority of, the juniors and quite > few seniors will be required to attend. Acting First Sergeant. T. P. Mayes.i of Mayesville is showing up line form, in track practice. There are many young men in Sum ter and Sumter county anticipating entering some, college next fall. Why] not give Ciemson due consideration? The records of the graduates show that the opportunities <d' Ciemson. men. arej unlimited. There about twenty; boys from Sumter County up here, now..four of which will graduate in .June and eight who will be seniors next session. Why can't we have: ????? ????? j FOR SALE?Ninety-day velvet le ans. Sumter County raised Guaranteed sound. $3.50 per bushel, f. o. b. Sumter. John L. Frierson, Surnt< r. S. c. Route ::. _ HAVE A FEW Tor?? Starters that woj can install at once. If you have a Ford without a starter, see US. Shaw Motor Company._ STORE?Your car at the Ciarmont Filling Station when in town for the day. where it will be safe. Ard Bradford_ HAVE CAR LOAD Ford one ton trucks in transit. Still have one or two unsold. S"c us at once. Shaw Motor Company. HAVING?Purchaed the Cla.rer.iont Filling station, we will appreciate the patronage of our ?riends and the public generally, when in need of gasoline and oils. Polite, prompt service, free water and air. A. J. Ard, J. D. Bradford. ii ii ? "in nil i ii mwM nMi in twice as man; Cock County n neu Lrorh the < IIa good Uetlica Trau i A trip to Uidon county !:?.;: week rovoale?i the sumo state of tllins ? ??? exist in Sumter county: every one pre paring or intending to plani : available acre in cotton, only ? ? ? r there considerable tobacco is planted out. They say. "We just don't know what to <!?). if vvcf can plant by tho first of May; we are ali^right, and ca.h :.: afo ;, good crop, bnt we are at our wits- end. Our oldest citizens tell us* they have never seen the like.'" w- left die revival services, men tion o? which has been made in your columns, continuing Cp to the time ' : 1 '?' departure < I even had joined the ehur.-h.. Mr. LedbettCr was doing ceil the preaching. Miss Emma Allen, of Columbia. Little or no whoa* is piani d arm ....... it ..,.; - ... : ? ^ . ..: a .. j. i-r ?.wo m ciHuntiinu'. the oat-crop ;s .nco^.e.. ...... , ? ^ w,h R ^ottek s ^ AI'_ wntmg tins m tne PeKimortt, and -a ...... . , . . ., ?,..;? .? . ?? ' -vicnii shaw IS With area here in sen:-, gram .> mconsi ? - - . . ,. , i .. ? ,.>,c , ? "( ?' ,u- Vl sorry to annour.ee erablei with ti::v dec.area purpose to . ,. raaie. Wl? 1 plant hcav::y in cotton. The whole country over. then peope who have not gotten their fer-. . * tilizer. and in Sumter and Dillon farm* * <Sabij work has been greatly retarded there-j by. But this not the case :n the Pled-! mont. but the rains have kept every thing at a. stand St?h Cotton toes not irnpijove. Mrs: Cas. McEachern, who was so very appre V Bethea. Stags Sot for Hirn. B/obbs?"Some fellows would rather cnoppers were busy in plenty of field* j &e horn lucky than rich." /Slohbs? with not a furrow turned. No gar-| "But the fellow who is born rich is - 1 ?)' f rt already iuckj Ari? " P3ce?i5eaac .<? _ NC' AI'?. ??i ? ? K ?? . ?1 3 -I &l_A i f ?i ?"<' !# I }.,f ? I-. ' ? f1 ?! lv i-r *-'?????. I v I_<:~ ? .-.'-v,ai"2*?* O. jL. 2AEES. Ca&fci??T ARE YOU MAK ING BfONEY? It not, there is something wrong | with you. Everybody:j^eems to be g making it. If you are making .mom y, what arc you doing with it? Prob ably spending it as fasf?as you get it. You should bear in mind that there is only one time to.save money, and that, when you are making it. Things' look mighty good now. but the tide may turn when we least expect, and then you will be sorry that you did S not save youf surplus earnings. It is 1 not too late. If you don't know how | to save, it will be our pleasure to ad- " vise y<-u. Our services are at your i disposal. * The First National Bank J SUMTER, S. C. I $ _, The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter, S. C. 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