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"Wednesday and Saturday ? BY ? PUBLISHING COMPANY StJMTER, S. C. Terms: annum?in advance. Advertisements. re, first insertion _$1.00 sequent insertion.50 for three months or long :made at reduced rates, imunications which subserve iterests will he charged for iments. and tributes of respect for. iter Watchman was found and the True Southron in le Watchman and Southron the combined circulation and of hoth of the old papers, ^manifestly the best ^advertising in Sumter._ DESTRUCTIVE STRIKE. railroad strike has art last serv a notable example of what a 11 industrial disturbance can do ir complex modem life. Its re have been enormously out ofj >rtion to Its apparent size and ?rtance. strikers have been compara few in number?a few thou in Chicago and one or two other transportation centers, and a few in various other places over country. There were hardly more 50,600 men involved directly at time. But before the strike had two weeks, it had thrown out B|wt)rk- hundreds of thousands in Eher lines of employment, crippled activities. of- millions and thfeat ;nearly half the people in the States with a fuel and food le. ,The whole vast system of industry and commerce was disor ' ganised, ? nation's productive power and earning power were greatly re : dueed, and its health, even its life, was imperilled. ii is at convincing demonstration of how the?/varied activities of modern society are bound up together, and .how dependent'the industries are on other. No industry stands alone any more. Every industry fills a defi nite place in the economic machinery, and owes a duty toward the other in dustries and toward the great com plex of interests knows as "society." T3*is is especially true of sc strategic an, ?ktbstry as the railroads. They serve as vital a purpose in the eco nomic scheme as the human heart serves in the physiological scheme. When the heart stops pumping blood, the body perishes. When railroad men Stop moving freight, the eco nomic body of the nation perishes. Common sense as well as common humanity insists that no group of citizens shall be permitted to inter fere thus with processes of national existence?that no small minority shall be allowed to wreak such dam age on the majority, no matter what the grievance may be. Strikes in a great public service industry like the railroads are intolerable. It is a dif ficult thing to stop them absolutely without mterfering with certain fun damental human rights on the part of employees; but a way must be found; and will be found. If it proves impossible to solve the prob lem by mutual agreement, there will have to be an absolute fiat. The rights-of majorities are paramount. THE OVERALL PAD. The ^Overall Club" movement is of interest and importance chiefly as a .hint of what people may do along va rious lines of expenditure if they will .only get a proper "slant" on sane living. * By taking to blue denim overalls, In large numbers, men are trying to strike a blow at such profiteering as there may be in the regular clothing business, and teaching manufacturers, dealers and tailors to be content with more moderate profits. They are also performing some service in conserv ing fine wool, of which there is a world-wide scarcity, and substituting for it a more plentiful material. But more desirable than any possi ble benefit from this eccentric fad is the thoughtfulness it may induct as to the general problem of personal outlay, and the rational and needed economies that may result if the les son is learned. It is not only in clothing that our people have been demanding the scarcest and most costly material and the finest workmanship. The same luxurious tendency has spread through nearly all phases of personal and fam ily life. It is found in the choice of food and furniture, of jewels, art works, automobiles, houses, building materials, amusements. Everywhere there has grown up an abnormal de mand for the rare, the luxurious, in stead of the simple and comparative ly inexpensive thing which would or dinarily serve the purpose just as welL i It is v good idea to take cotton when woolen suits cost too much. The cotton is cooler and more comfort abie for summer use than wool, and no stigma attaches to material or color or cut when "everybody" adopts it. Let the overall idea be applied to food, eleminating the scarce, exotic, unseasonable and expensive articles, in favor of the simple, wholesome, plentiful commodities that have al ways been the standards of sane liv ing. Let tastes in furniture, rugs, personal adornment, diversion, etc., be likewise qualified. Let the simple and useful thing become a mark of dintinction, instead of the complex, the luxurious and the flimsy. Then we shall be more happy and comfort able than we are now; and the cost of living will take care of itself. The chief thing wrong with this country is not any external economic situation, but the state of mind of the people. BOARD TO ASSIMILATE ALIENS The establishment of a federal board of assimilation to "co-ordinate all existing governmental activities relating to immigration" was urged at a meeting of the inter-racial council of New York. Delegates representing 30 racial groups throughout the coun try attend the conference. The duties of the proposed board would include facilitating the safe and expeditions distribution of immi grants to their destinations, supply them with information with regard to securing employment to which they are best fitted, and affording them instruction in the speech, history, cus toms and institutions of our coun try. Protection 'against fraud and exploitation and a general policy which shall make the immigrant feel less lonely and strange are also sug gested as duties of the board. The literacy test is held inadequate, and as working unfairly both for the im migrant and the people of this na tion. The council urges strict en forcement . of laws directed agrainst anarchists and all persons who come here for revolutionary purposes. These proposals, which fall in line with other carefully studied plans for putting immigration on a better foot ing in this country, are valuable he cause arc offered by representatives from the great immigrant nations who have already found footing here and made their way to positions of citizenship and security. It-i? hoped that such a federal board as suggest ed may speedily be appointed and that it may meet hearty co-operation in every community having to deal even in a small way with the alien problem. THE RETURN FOR $3,000,000,000. The railroad employees?all , of them expect a raise in pay, and will doubtless get it, as soon as the new federal board provided by the Cum mins-HJsch law and appointed by the President is able to agree upon the amount. The railroads themselves have been granted a moderate in crease of income by this same law, in the form of a temporary* "S Y2 per cent guarantee on their valuation. It is evident that present freight rates are far too low to provide the money for these purposes, not to mention the need of improved equipment. Hates, therefore, must be increased. The in crease is expected to be more than ?1,000,000.000 a year. Congress has virtually decided up on the military bonus to be given to service men. Oi-iginal demands? have been cut down somewhat, but the plan as it stands now seems to contemplate the expenditure for this purpose of considerably over 51,000,000,000, to be raised by direct tax on consumers. It seems therefore, that between the railroad rates and the army bonus the American people will have 52,000. 000,000 to $3,000,000,000 added tc their cost of living next year. It is not a pleasant prospect. There may be compensations, however, as yet unthought of by most citizens. II the payment of a liberal wage to rail road employees and a liberal income to railroad capital results in improv ing transportation facilities enough to take care of the pressing needs ol American business, the money going to the railroads will be well spent. Possible benefits resulting from the bonus are not so easy to see, and yel they may prove no less substantial. Ii will be worth more than a billion dol lars if the bonus sweeps away the dis content now animating the formet service men, takes the question out ol politics for good and enables Con gress to devote its attention freely am seriously to vital reconstruction prob lems. IN VESTIGAT?INS The cite council of one of the i;.rg< easter cities proposed an extensiv? and expensive tour "to investigate' the supply of natural gas in a neigh boring State from which the city sup ply was drawn. Not a male voice wa.< raised in protest. But the counci suddenly found itself confronted bj representatives or the Women's Civic Association, which asked these plain not to say embarrassing questions: "What good will this expensive outing do the citizens? What infor mat ion can you obtain on this toni ; that you could n?t obtain rightf'here , at home? If you get it, how can. you "use it? Can you force this private corporation to supply gas either cheaply or plentifully, which is the only way to compensate the citizens who must pay for this trip?" At last reports the council men had not succeeded in explaining matters very successfully, and it, seems likely ; that the present plan will have to be , replaced by something more definitely i practical because the women of the . city had the courage to give the thing ; needed publicity. This sort of definite inquiry into ; proposed action is just as much need : ed in national as in civic matters. For ? instance there is another sugar short age just as women are preparing for the canning season. Higher prices . than ever are forecast. Congress stages a tardy and ostentatious sugar 1 investigation. Turn the light of pub licity on that. too. ' Many proposed congressional jun ' kets deserve the same questioning. - The country- has shrugged its should ' ers too long, and let the law-makers spend millions getting nowhere. One stroke of direct action is worth a doz ' en dilatory and costly "investigations." GROWING COTTOX .TO DEFEAT WEEVIL Sugestions as to Time, Methods of of Planting, Spacing ami Culti vating the Soil Clemson College. April 20.?To grow cotton successfully in the pres ence of the boll weevil more attention must be given to time and methods of planting, spacing and cultivating, says Prof. C. P. Blackwell, agronomist, who warns against the danger of planting too early, suggests delinting the seed for prompt and uniform germination, and advises relatively close spacing and rapid shallow culti vation. He says: "The time of planting which gave best results in the previous years will give best results jnder boll weevil conditions. The best time for plant ing varies according to the season. iCotton is a warm weather plant. It will not make a healthy growth until the soil is reasonably warm and dan ger of frost is past. Then it is well ! to plant in a well prepared seed bed seed which have been delinted with sulphuric acid. This should give prompt and uniform germination and should allow the cotton to get started before the weeds come. Cotton which is planted too early while the soil is yet cold will not make a quick growth and the weeds will have an opportuni ty to begin growth at the same time the cotton does, thus making the crop more difficult to cultivate and fre quently resulting in a poorer stand. "In order for cotton to make a good .start the seed should not be planted in direct contact with' heavy applica tions of commercial fertilizer. Where heavy applications of commercial fer tilizers are made, some kind of shovel plow should be run through the fur row ahead of the cotton planter to mix the fertilizer thoroughly with thr soil before planting.. If the cotton ifc planted in direct contact with the fertilizer, there may be no injury' if heavy rains follow the planting and prevent the concentration of the soil solution. .But if dry weather follows the planting, the soil solution becomes very- concentrated and the young roots of the plant are killed. This may re sult in a poor stand of cotton by kill I ing off many of the young plants, or 1 it may result in a stunted crop by de laying the early growth of the plants. This has not been such^ an important matter in the past, as there has usually been a long growing sea son and the cotton has had plenty of time to mature. Under boil weevil conditions, however, it is a matter of prime importance, as earliness is very essential to success in beating the boll weevil, careful attention to this point may prevent serious loss. Value of Delinting Seed. "Another factor in planting under boll weevil conditions which deserves I careful consideration at this time is ? the spacing of plants at time of plant ing. By planting delinted seed it is possible to drop the seed at almost any interval desired, and by planting several seed in each hill a good stand ,may be secured. This makes it pro tit able to cultivate cotton with a spike tooth harrow or a row harrow at an early date and to keep the weeds down and thereby save much labor and expenses in chopping. "Farmers have frequently been ad vised to space their cotton far apart in order that the sunlight may get in; between the plants and kill the weevils in the squares which fall to the ground early in the season. This method is reasonably successful in the western part of the cotton belt, where there are many long periods of dry. hot weather during the early summer months. But it is not suc cessful in South Carolina because there are no long periods of dry, hot weather. There have been many ex periments to determine the best spac ing of cotton plants, but there are so many factors entering into the con sideration that it is impossible to set a definite spacing which would be best for all the farms. "Each farmer needs to study his ojvra conditions and use the spacing which gives best results on his land The fertility of the soil, the amount of rainfall, the kind of cotton planted and the amount of fertilizer used art all factors which should, be consid ered in spacing cotton. As a general rule, experiments have shown larger yields from tin; relatively close spac ing. At the Pee Dee Experiment St? tion best results have been gotten by planting in 4-foot rows, with plants not more than ten to twelve inches apart in the row. This on a compara tively fertile soil, yielding about one and one-half bales per acre as an av erage. Cultivation "The primary object of cultivation is to destroy \\<cds and grass. The j cultivation of cotton under boll wee ivil conditions, should begin eaily and j should be thorough. Weeds and grass should never be allowed to get :i start in the crop, since by so doing they stunt the crop and delay its maturity. This delay may bo fatal. The best im plement to use in the cultivation of cotton is the one which will destroy weeds and grass most effectively with out injuring the roots of the cotton plants. Just what implement that is will depend on the soil type and the j kind of weeds present. As a general I rule, shallow cultivation is to be pre ferred if it effectively destroys weeds and grass." Dr. H. E. Rompel Will Lecture at Chautauqua. "Facing the Task" is the lecture which will be given at the Redpath Chautauqua by Dr. Henry E. Rompel. Permanent patriotism, community co operation, industrial responsibility, thorough Americanism and the phi losophy of inspiration are some of the DR. H. E. ROMPEL. great topics presented in this lecture. In his lecture tili? season. Doctor Rompel has an important message be cause he is able to set forth with a peculiar vividness the reaction of the i gyeat mass of Americans upon the orpblems of the hour, AUGUSTA HAS GROWN. jGcorgia City Shoivs Decided Increase. Washington. .April 20. ? Augusta. I Ga.. has 52,54$, increase of 11.50S or 2S.0 per cent. Dalton. Ga.. 5.222. decrease of 102; or fl-9 per cent. Coffc yville. Kan.. 13.152. increase 76.", or 6.0 per cent. ' Augusta's growth .was the largest numerical increase in- its history, but her. per. centage of increase was ex ceeded in the decades ending in IS SO and 1890. As 19th ranking Southern city in 1910, Augusta had a popula tion 37 larger thnn that of Macon. 20th ranking Southern city. Macon's increase?29r2 per'cent?in the last tenjjyears was slightly larger than Au gusta, but the latter city had 23 more people-than Macon or: January 1 this year. The erection of the 200-foot brick smoke stack for the new City Light ing and Power station will be started within a few days. The foundations were put down several weeks ago and brick work will require about ihre weeks for completion! Unless there are unforeseen delays the new power plant will be in operation by or be fore September 1st. ., i Mr. A. D. Harby who will have charge of the barbecue dinner to be given the Confederate ."""eterans Re union weekxis advertising for twenty pigs weighing from forty to eighty pounds. Any one have hogs of this size which they arev willing to dispose of-should call for Mr. Harby at Booth & McLeod. [FOR SALI-:?Ninety-day velvet beans. I Sumter County raised. Guaranteed / sound. $3.50 per bushel, f. o. b. 1 Sumter. John L. Frierson, Sumter, S. C. Route HAVE A FEW Ford Starters that we can install at once. If you have a Ford without a starter, see us. Shaw Motor Company. j HAVE CAR LOAD Ford one ton J trucks in transit. Still have one or two unsold. ,s- c uj at once. Shaw Motor Company. Tested Seeds For Field and Garden Get our free Catalog which fells about the best vatic vies of Garden Seeds?for home use, canning and shipping?wind, field seeds to plant for heavy yields of grain or hay?which lu sow for abundant pasturage. ae choice strains or the best varieties, re-clcaned and tested for germination and purity. ' Write for Catalog an i "W.I's Crop Special," giving timely information and current prices. Mailed free. T. W. WOOD & SONS SEEDSMEN, RICHMOND, .... VIRGINIA SHRINE BANQUET j GREAT SUCCESS; Sumptous Supper and Elegant Program Marked Occa sion. Last owning marked the re-birth of Shrine activities in Sumter, and wan the first notable occasion in which the Noble Shriners participated since the declaration of the war with Germany. The. snaeions dining room at the La Tosea restaurant was appropriate ly decorated with Shriners' emblems and Shriners* hags, and the tables were very artistic in their appoint ments. They were decorated with cut flowers, evergreens and a red car nation was at each place. Among the notable guests of the occasion were Judge Mendel L. Smith, a" Shriner of great prominence, and Noble O. Frank Hart, of Columbia, who is very con spicuous in Masonic circles in the State. Before the banquet and between courses and at the conclusion of the supper a number of musical selec tions and readings were rendered un der the direction of Prof. L. C. Moise, j who had the musical program in1 charge. This program was as fol lows: Duet, 'Tri Venice,'{?Mrs. Lynara ; and Miss Robinson. j Two Baritone Solos. "Until;" "On] the Road to Mandalay,"?Mr': W. E. Moore. Reading. Humorous?Miss Miller, of Repath Lyceum. Violin solos, -Souvenir." and "Per petual Motion"?Miss Boyd of Chicora College. 'Vocal solo. "The Waters of Minnie ! Tonka."?Mrs. W. B. Lynara. Vocal solo. "May Morning"?Mrs. John D. Lee. Readings and vocal solo. ? Mr. Pierce. The banquet was a very sumptuous affair, the service was excellent and the several courses were most daintily and temptingly served. The menu is herewith given: Crab Meat Cocktail Olives Almonds Corey chicken Patties Keef a !a m'bdej Green Peas Mashed Potatoes Asparagus Tins Coffee .Cheese and Cracker? Assorted Cakes Cream Ciga rs Cigare t tcs There was bul one address during the evening which was a toast/ re sponded to by Noble Hart in which he praised the old Sumter Shrine Club and predicted that the new. club would even outstrip the achievements of the original organization. in view of the fact that the local Shriners contemplate inviting Omar Temple to meet in Sumte]- on Thanks giving Day. and with the almost cer tain assurance that the invitation will be accpeted. the president announces the appointment of the following committees for the fall meeting: Transportation: Noble C. M. Brand, chairman; C. H. Cleapor, T. E: Dens. T. V. Walsh, Jr.. J. B. Britton. Dote! and Home Entertainment: Nobles J. C. Pate, chairman: Raymon Schwartz. .John B. Duffi'e, W. E. By num, Abc Ryttenberg. W. C. Graham. Street Stunts and Parade: Nobles G. C. Propst, chairman; F. O. Lawson, J. H. Forbes. H. T. Folsom, W. J. Lawrence, Jr.. Jake I. Brogdon, S. F. ! Tweed. ? Ceremonial Session: Nobles Dr. E. I 11. Wilson, chairman: G. G. Tweed. J. W. Jackson. J. H. Guthrie. S. K. Nash. Dr. M. L. Parier, J. EC. Myers, H. W. Ilarby. Decorations: Nobles J. C. Halford. chairman: David Cuttiho, William Berg, Major Shelley. A. T. Munn, A. E. Tisdale. M. M. Mellette. Refreshments: Nobles .John D. Lee chair-nan: I). F. G. Bultman, H. W. Sholer. J. P. Brunsen. O. H. Follcy. J. L. Sibert. EC E. Parker. Fresh Meat: Nobles J. G. DeLcme. chairman: E. P. DuRant, J. W. Jack son, W. L. McCutcheon, F. P. King. J. B. Folsom. S. W. Rumph, Dr. G. R. Darringer. W. O. Staley. Music: Nobles J. G. R. Wilder, chairman; W. C. Boyle, W. M. Levi. in ???? i ?q??? S. F. Stoudemire; H. P. Mose?." Reception^ Nobles I. C. Strauss; chairman; R. D. Epps, A. C. Phelps, Bartow Walsh, I. A. Ryttenberg, C. P. Exum, \V. S. Reames, Davis D. Moise. \). Ii. McCallum. Finance: Nobles Geo. L. Ricker, chairman, J. K. Crosswell, G. E. Haynsworth, James F. Glenn, Elisha Car-son. H. X. Forrester. - Executive Committee: The presi dent, vice president, secretary of the club and the chairmen of the com mittees herein appointed. ? GEORGE D. LEVY, President Sumter Shrine Club. NOTICE OF ELECTION Pursuant to the powers vested inj the undersigned, as members of the "Sumter County Perman.m: Rom Commission" by. an act entitled "An Act to Provide for the Issue of Cou pon Bonds for Permanent Road Build ing and Permanent Bridges by Sum ter County, Provide for A Commission to Expend the Proceeds Thereof and Provide a Sinking Fund for their Re tirement,'' approved by the Governor of the State of South Carolina' March 10th. 1920, and effective from said date,? An election is called for the 11th day of May. 1920, for the County of j Sumter on the question of the issue ; of coupon bonds t,o an amount not j exceeding two and one-half million dollars ($2,500,000nj0,0) and bearing I interest at a rate, not to exceed five j and one-half percent, per annum, to j be issued at such ^imes and in such j amounts as the Commission may de Ntermine in. its judgment and discre jtipn, the amount outstanding at any ?time not to exceed' the Constitutional [limitation; the proceeds to be ex j pended in the construction of hard i surface roads and permanent bridges iin Sumter County, as by said act pro-, j vided. ; Registered and qualified voters of.. \ Sumter County shall be entitled to I vote at said election. ? Anyone holding a registration cer tificate bearing date'prior to April ,12th, 1920, and who has paid h'ia ? Maxes for 1919 v ill be entitled to vote " ; iii the election herein referred to. I Pursuant to law, the books of reg- _ \ istration for said election will be i closed thirty days before the &iid j election, to-wit: on the 12th day of i April, 1920. L. D. JENNINGS, G. A. LEMM?N, J. P. BOOTH! j J. B. BRITT?N, STAN Y A 1 tN E BIJ R ROUGHS S. A. HARVIN, j Members of the Sumter County Perm,-', anent Road Commissi.vr. MARRIAGES. i j White: j Hugh L. Seymour, of Sumter, and Addie May Moore, Olanta. S. C. A. S. Beyers, of Fort Moultric. S* C., and Edna G. Tobin, of Sumter. Edward C Warth and Marie R. Stoudchmirei of Sumter. 1 G. Cr. Pierson and Evie Ostcen, of Tindall. S. C. . ? , Clyde Spann, of Richmond, Va., and i Ruby F. Konennecke, of Sumter. Symptoms of i Eye Strain There are many such, but chief- among ! them are: j DIZZINESS NERVQTCSNESS f \ HEADACHES i . If any of these symptoms arc yours. J we can furnish the glasses that will' i prove helpful. COOPER S OPTICAL PARLOR (5 S. Mam St Phone 333 ' V V V Y"S~*"*~T~*r -? -?- ? The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter, S. C. Resources $2,600,000. Strong and Progressive The Most Painstaking SERVICF with COURTESY Give us the Pleasure of Serving TOl3 The Bank of the Rank; and File 5? m C. G. ROWLAND, President EARLK ROWLAND, Cashier NEXLXi O'JDCNNELL, , Pr0olx5c5at if ft j g f - ? ?0 12 ' S55" Ef* t?tigI : ?* O. L. Y?TE8, Cashier \SE YOU MAK ING MONEY? If not, there is something wrong witli you. Everybody seem^g^o be making it. If you arc making money, what are you ?beug with it? Prob ably spending it as fast as, you get it. VTen should bear in mind that there is only or..- time to save money, and that, when you arc making it. Things !-..,!< mighty good now, but the tid^ may turn when we least expect, and then you will be sorry that you did not save your surplus earnings. It is not too late. If you don't know how to save, it will be our pleasure to ad vise you. Our services are at your disposal. The First National Bank SUMTER, S. C.