The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 29, 1920, Image 4
and S&tnrday
?by? ?
^ ?? i^xmsmmsa- companyI
Terns:
?ij^er anemzsa?in ikrfance. .
~. advertisements.
J, first insertorn ....51.00
subszqHeat insertion .- .50
tor three months o? iong
s&r .he made aV redneed rates.
*:. Ajf communications which subserve
|^^ate mterests wiU -be charged for
<JkStaajd$* and trihutes of respect
"7$i*e Sttic w Watchinan was. Joucd
*d in 18?? an* the True Southron in
?*-8;??. ; Tb)e; ?Watchman and Southron
.i*ow h^ the c^mihined circulation and |
iJ^ttenee-,of both of; the old papers,
Lcls. manifestly the best advertising
:ifc. Sumter.
-lOSW; l^OBK. IiOSES.
sw York, is much, concerned just}
ixow by thf loss of freight destined
ej^i?rom About 80 ptr cent of
ftellrht which was originally
tod t> NewYork, or would
tve been under ordinary conditions,
to faikve;been diverted to other
It is - going to Philadelphia,'
>re/ Xorfolk, Newport News,
.p^ber prjrts "farther south.
is :made^ecessary by the traf
fe^cn,: due; ^specially of. late
|^e:'T?2tO?d' tie-up, but also due
.^e, gs^eral causes of inadequate
^facilities and interminable j
e Metropolis and .costs off
J?nd other transfer charges
are .Mgner there than else
i;^i^;^^;-is,:;a?. the New York
?Iw^?ains, that the port of
or^l^rmost wonderful natur
America, and perhaps in
r neyer been properly de
iiend now nnsuited 4> the
ordinarily entrusted to it
ports on the eastern, southern
wes^^v^eaJtx>ard, far less richly]
^ed ;^y ; nature, have been im
pf OM^ght, liberal. expendi
"and ? real, civic ~ spirit, until
;^^f^c.%icii'iwork better than
H;YA|ic'cai^ - They are now reap
H^B^fiti?i? may expect to reap
?S?%e> ?Qr hereafter,
fc Hen?fV: ince described Manhattan
a^fa-r tongue thrust down into
^S^^fe^;.and/ "lapping up fhe
lxs^^^/f^af^ev^c . That mo
i^TBOt- -H&ely; to continue, and
igoqd reason why it should
IpK-^^^iTorfc may expect .to
^i?tever it. deserves, but, other
that- -are more enterprising
-a^; wS2 get their share.
3iife,3WE^ENTION WEEK.
governors^ of. California, Colo
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming,
vlbakota,. Utah, Oregon and j
>a have officially designat
k ol May 23 to May 29 as
?B: Week. Those States
the way in a great cam
? almost prevexrtable forest fires.
^w?jfe'-S; being carried forward byj
s> business organizations,'
^schools arid colleges
: tjie West Every State in
L.^oi&T'get into the game
:ahou|d educate its citizens, old
in the necessity of saving
forests, - public and private, big
little, from devastating fires,
a letter to the nine governors,
T. Meredith,' secretary of ag
wrote: "Opr decreasing tim
aiid paper supplies are beginning}
to an the need for con
The States and the
?rost join hands in the ef-|
" to halt forest destruction. Not
as sources of permanent sup
of , timber, but also as'conserv
o? water supplies, our forests
essential to our industrial, eco
and social welfare.^
National Forest Service, which
ivmg streng support , to the work
Prevention Week, presents
covering the fire loss of the
'years ending with 1918. In
period the average annual loss
rectify from forest firea in the Uni
States was $20,727.000?a figure
represents a "- small part
vthe-damage done," The areas de
yed^KWigedr^a> annual tota? of
9.0n?t> acres.
burning for the purpose of
land for cultivation was re
ible for more than 5,000 fires,
campers caused more than
0. ; Malicious incendiarism, rail
carelessness in lumber opera
&$d lightning added their share
jtfe^ appalling total.
excellent service of* the forest
era does much to check the
Sj^yfires which are detected
enough. But even this service
^protection in the face
nee, ^carelessness and- iadif
the public. Educating that]
purpose and hope of
i Week.
lie Ol: e?stover?!
the sigha-1
^ of ^
23rd ^instant, and reproduced in this
issue, raises a-point in the contro
versy over:the proposed Garner's Fer
ry Bridge that merits serious coh
^sideration. A public highway to be
worth what it costs nfust serve a
large number of people, amd the high
way that serves the greatest number
of people most conveniently is more
valuable than the one that serves a
less number less conveniently. On
the face of the statements made by
Lower Richl?nd it appears that a
strong case has been made out in fa
f or of a Sum ter to Columbia highway j
via WedgefieM and Bastover rather
than by way of Stateburg and Gar
ner's ; ferry. The Wedgefield-East
oyer route would certainly be morej
convenient, serve a larger population j
and be less costly to Richland county
than the Garner's Ferry route. On
the other hand the> -Garner's Ferry j
route would .serve practically as many
people in Sumter county as the
Wedgefield route and would be less
costly/to Sumter county, for the road
from. Stateburg to the swamp is now
in fairly good condition and needs
only improvement to make it a stand-j
ard highway; while the;adoption of
the Wedgefleld route would necessi
tate the construction of three or fourj
miles of road through a hilly and dif
ficult country between Wedgefield and j
the river swamp. The construction;
of a standard highway, with easy]
grades, from Wedgefield to the swamp |
would be an e~*pensive proposition,
as any one who is familiar with the
country between Wedgefield and the;
Camden Junction , will .admit.
.The more one considers the Gar
ner's Ferry -. Bridge proposition the
stronger becomes the coni'iction that
it is not an undertaking to be xushett
into precipitately. Not only the first]
cost, but the future expense, to make
the' causeway an all the year road
above the flood stage and the actua^'
value of the proposed highway to the
public must be seriously considered.
Its value and advantages relative to
and in comparison with the alterna
tive route xia. Wedgefield and East- j
over must atoo be carefully weighed.
THE "PEAK" AT LAST.
So often has the "peak of prices" J
been prophesied or discerned by op
timistic economists that the public hasj
almost lost hope. At last, though,
the' peak does not seem to have been
reached.' The average'level of prices'
actually appears to be failing, and inj
some lines prices are tobogganing.'
This development has Bpread over]
the .country with 5 surprising rapidityj
within a week or, two. New Tork,
Boston. Ph?Sadeiphia, Washington and j
other eastern cities led the movement;
with striking reductions made by de
partment stores. It spread quickly!
west and south, affecting the smaller
cities as well-as the large ones. Scores
of cities from the Mississippi to the
Pacific Coast report reductions rang
ing from a flat 15 per cent to prices j
eliminating all profit. St. Louis de
partment stores have advertised "un
derselling campaigns.' Dealers in Ta
ooma, Seattle, San Francisco and oth-j
er Far West cities have announced
cuts of 20 per cent. It cis much the
same, throughout, the Middle West In
some cities no formal announcement
Is made; but store advertising tells
the tale. * The cuts affect primarily
ready-to-wear clothing and shoes, but
in, many cases extend to nearly all
kinds of commodities.
'"Tight money and inadequate trans
portation" are given as the chief rea-i
sons. ' Merchants explain that on ac
count of delay in delivery of goods]
in which tney have money tied up,
they are having difficulty in meeting |
their obligations, and so are forced
to sell at a sacrifice. This is true, but
it is not all of the story.
.Poor transportation with its attend
ant evils is probably half of it, and
the growing disinclination of the pub
lic to pay high prices is the other half.
There has been an impressive let-up |
in extravagant and unnecessary spend
ing and closer scrutiny of the price;
of* necessary commodities. These facts
have had ,their effect on merchants
and will have their effect in turn onJ
manufacturers.
The price-slashing i^said to arouse
fear in the minds of some financiers
that there may be too sudden and
drastic a drop. If prices did fail too J
quickly and too far, it/would mean
panicky times, with eventual hard
ship to everybody- Any such ten
dency is to be deprecated. It will be
better in the long nr., perhaps, if the
price levels sink rather slowly and
uniformly. It will make the neces
sary re-adjustments of prices, wages,
profits, etc., easier all along the line.
But the public is not Jikely to take
any such philosophic view ef the mat
ter. The quicker and farther pi
drop, the better the ordinafy^h'
er is pleased.
THE SUGAR
There is 3. goo d deal of personal
satisfaction in^} jumping onto the
'p^ofiteewt" for ifce scarcity and high:
eost of ?ga?.; But when all'* said
At a thue. when the world's sugar
production has not yet caught up to
j the normal 'demand, the American
I people are eating more sugar - than
jever before.
\ It is the consumer?the average
;American?who is chiefly responsible.
If it were not for his abnormal de
mand for sugar, the supply would go
around much .^more easily, there
would be lessyof the "international
i bidding of up prices," that Mr. Hoov
er speaks of, and the growers, refin
ers and speculators would have less
[incentive to take their toll, and find
it harder to take, v
j We are eating far more sugar than,
rfhe English, who rank next to us' as
consumers of sweets. We are eating
three times as much apiece as the
French and ten times as much apiece
as the Italians. Recent consumption
in this country,, in spite of the diffi
culty of obtaining the commodity, is
estimated at the*rate of nearly 100
pounds year per capita.
What is needed in America more
than anything else is temperance. If
sugar were used^ temperately, there
would be little difficulty-about it. The
nation has gone on a sugar debauch,
eating and drinking abnormal and un
wholesome quantities of sugar in the
form of j candy/ cake, ice-cream and
soft drinks, in addition to the essential
supply, for .household purposes. The
results of this debauch , are now mak
ing tbeffiselves felt. Economically it
is tragic in the cos? of sugar and in
the threatened canning failure. For
the nation's'physical health, and for
the moral lesson, it may be a .good
thing. s
MANY NEW WARE- -
HOUSES PLANNED
???
Farmers and Business Men Pre
paring to Properly House
Cotton
Columbia, May\26?Plans for ,the!
erection of warehouses for cotton inj
all parts of the State are being sent
odt from the offices of the State
warehouse system in- Columbia, and
already about one" hundred ware
houses, m addition to those already!
in operation within the State ware
house system, are under contempla
tion and soon to be constructed. These !
one hundred warehouses; to be erect-'j
ed, ..are distributed all over the State, |
practically every, county , being repre- \
sented in the list.
. The warehouse commission is furn
ishing without cost plans, and specifii-;
cations for the construction of the
warehouses Which will be part of the
enlarged State system.' These plans
are approved- by the Southeastern .'in
spection and rating bureau and theK
rates of insurance obtained are the(
lowest! to. be had. it-is stated.
There are two kinds of warehouses
for which the State warehouse com
mission is furnishing plans. One is i/
community Warehouse, of cheap con
struction. It is estimated that the
erection of these warehouses will cost
about $1 per bale to be stored^ i.The
rate -of insurance is 1.57 y?'i The oth
er type is designated for county use/
to be of . permanent construction;
equipped <with sprinkler, system and
fire-proof in every detail. These ware
houses, it is estimated roughly, will
cost about ten dolars for every bale
of capacity.' The rate of insurance
for this class of building is 18 to 20.
-The plans of the warehouse com
mission is that these more permanent
warehouses are to be used as assem
bling' places, in the county seats or
larger towns. Of the hundred^ new
warehouses bing * planned, there are
a dozen of this assembling type. One
of these; already incorporated, is at
Dillon, and will cost $50,000.
There are-now 140,000 bales Of cot
ton stored in the warehouses of the
State'system.
: On July 15th a campaign for ware
houseswill be started will be started
in the State, the warehouse board, the
cotton' association, the State and na
tional departments of agriculture and
Ciemson College - co-operating in the
movement, which is intended to urge
the importance of building cotton
warehouses. There will be meetings
in all the counties in the interest of
this campaign.
PALMER ANSWERS
QUESTIONNAIRE
Opposes Government Ownership
of Railroads and Present
System of Taxes
Washington, May 27?A reply frorif
Attorney General Palmer to the ques
tionnaire submitted by the National
Board of Farm Organizations, was re
ceived today. It opposed government
ownership of railroads, favored the
elimination of) excess profits taxes, in
favor of higher taxes on incomes from
investment, and federal control of the
manufacture^and distribution of nec
essary commodities.
The first step in fighting the boll
weevil, according to the Department
of Agriculture experts who have been
studying the problem for ? nearly
twenty years, is to begin picking the
weevils from the cotton plants as soon
as they appear in the spring and' to do
this job thoroughly and-regularly be
fore the cotton begins to put on
lares. Every weevil killed at this
ge means millions less weevils to
the forms and bolls late, in the
The weevils that are now liv
?ixng cotton plants, will
the
fetipfl
adult:
The cotton
weevils Just as
hunts tobacco Worms?;
AUS! EOR HUMAN J^AILTY'
City Editor Was First Victim ?f Kls
Own Stern Warning Against
,$ the "Booze."
Speaking of booze: A few years ago,
when Colorado was as wet as the great
Sahara is not, the city editor of a
Denver daily was having no inconsid
erable trouble in getting out a news
paper- the day following each pay
night Finally, in desperation, he is
sued the following- mimeographed- let
ter for distribution to members of
the staff:
"Any member of this staff who is
found under the influence of liguof, or
with any Indication of having been
drinking during working hours, will
be: Fined for the. first misdemeanor;
suspended for the second; fired un-v
conditionally for . the third."
These mimeographed letters were
plaeed on the copy hoy's desk with in
structions, to distribute them as soon
as the staff appeared for work the
next afternoon. ' '
On the following afternoon there
was heard a snort from the office of
the society editor,, and a usually meek
little red-haired beauty came dashing
out of her room, waving a piece of
paper in her hand. "Where's the city
editor?" she demanded. "TO see why
I have to be insulted like, this."
The assistant city editor tried to
calm her. But nothing would do but
, that she see the city editor himself. .
^ell," said the -Ju C. E? "it can't
be done. He was stewed and we had
to send him home,"
.Needless to say, there was a new
city editor the next afternoon and the
staff gloatingly drank its way to the
.days of proMbitioiL?Lorry A. Jacobs*
the Dallas Dispatch, in "Pep."
Be
OPERA SUCCEEDS BULL FiGHT
-'?~?TT*
Famous Arena In Mexico City Will No
Longer 9e Sbeno of Brutal
Slaughter.
The Teatro el Toro in Mexico City,
once one of the most pretentious of
bull fight arenas, is now ^he home of
grand opera as a result of President
.Carranza's decree that bull fighte
should cease. Interspersing grqnd
opera, dancers and concert artists
have appeared in the arena,, and it is
stated that these various forms of
amusement will be offered until some
aefuitie Vtion is taken as to the fu>
tare,j& bull fighting. n n
It was in this arena that what is'
said to be one of the most remarkable
spectacles in the history of -the.sp&t'
was staged. A bull, El Bonito, known
as one of the fiercest fighters, on being
brought into the arena charged and
killed ' three horses and injured .= as
many men without being touched by
the estoque of any matador.
As- the bull stood bellowing defi
ance and with no one apparently bill
ing to attack him, Miguel Ballo, a
picador who was a spectator in one
of the boxes, leaped unarmed intd the
Inclosure. In his outstretched hand fie
carried two Jumps of sugar, which he
nonchalantly offered to the bull. .The
animal suddenly ceased its bellowing
and In a few moments docilely licked
the sugar from Ballo's hand, n The
latfer returned unharmed to his box
amld the plaudits of the spectators;;
Anglo-Irish Tunnel.
Not only is It thought that the long
talked-of tunnel between England and
France will be constructed at no re
mote date, but there is also talk of ?
tunnel between England and Ireland.
This would restore to a slight extent
thergeographical union that existed be
tween the two countries in one geologi
cal age thousands and thousands of
years ago. Great Britain and Ireland
were then.separated only by a great
valley.
It Is. proposed to carry the tunnel
from some point on "the coast of Lan
cashire to the nearest point in Antrim
or down on the Irish coast, a'subma-*
rine length of 24 miles. One of the
great benefits of the tunnel would be
that it would shorten the transatlantic
journey by at least 48 hours. It would
also help the Irish cattle trade and the
shipping of perishable goods, especialr
ly fish, to English markets. Estimates,
of the cost of the proposed tunnel vary*
from $35,000,000 to $80,008,000.
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He Had One Better. \
One of our honest old farmers came
home and found a sewing-machine man
In the house demonstrating, to the
women what"fine work It would do.
The agent asked the farmer to brfng
In a shingle, and/said.: "I will shofv
you that the Wo&der Worker machinW
will do heavy yrork, for I will stitch*
right across tKe. tip of the shingle
where It is at', least one-sixteenth of
an inch thick.'/
"Not interested," said the farmer.
"Over 'crosl, fiere 'bout three miles
northeast a young man built a house
last summer, and I'll be durned if his
wife didn't take her Mechanical Mar
vel sewin' machine and stitch on ev'ry
blame "course of clapboards, from
gable to eaves, clean down to the
sills." j
As the a/gent slammed his machine
Into his Ibiht truck and chuggedaway,
the farmer turned to. his wife and
said: "Well, Bita, I sewed that agent
up all rt?:ht, didn't I? Now let's have
supper."?Bangor News.
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Indian Village Unearthed.
A - ?fried Indian village site, be
liev^ffio have been occupied T>00 years
ago^JFas discovered by M. A. Cramer,
Aubdrn city forester, in digging after
a wiodchuck In the town, of Cato,
ga county. New York. The site
?ne? skeletons and many bone lin
ehts believed of Iroquois origin.?
k Kfoabuf Journal
COTTON LETTER^
(John F. Clark & Co.)"
?
New York, May 27?Cotton hung
[around last night's close until the af
ternoon when it firmed on scattered
local covering and some trade buying
iof December. Outside business was
[probably the lightest of the year. The
map was good and forecast favorable.;
There were three private condition;
reports; 65.4; 66.5; 6*8.9.
?The market appears to have dis-j
counted a low Bureau, and traders do'i
not look for any great change in prices
until .ft comes out.
Washington, May 27?Without tak-j
.ing a record vote the house foreign j
affairs committee voted down two re-1
solutions seeking to commit Congress]
to recognition of the Irish Republic. '
NEW TORK COTTON.
Yes'td'ys}
Open High Low Close. Close '
July . . 38.05 3S.3S 37.S6 38.18-38.13 j
Oct. .. .. #5.30 35.75 35.05; 35.45 35.34 |
Dec. ..- 34.25 $4..^t) 34.05 34.45 34V29 j
Jan. .. 33.70 34.07 33.40 33.75 33.70j
Mar. .. 32.25 32.65 32.0S 32.32 32.25;
i ? I
NEW ORLEANS COTTON j
_ . Yes'td'ys !
Open High Low Close Close
July .. 3S.14^3S.3S 37.91 3S>20 38.10
Oct. 25.2.0 35.60 ,35.02 35.42 35.23
Dec .. 34:29 34.60 3 1.09 3 J.41 34.23
Jan .33.77 34.00 33.53 33.80 33.62
Mar1... 35.10 23.40 32.90 33.20 33.00
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/ LIVERPOOL COTTON . *
Close: Mays 25^0; July -24.23; /Aug
24.03;: Sept 23.82; Oct. 23.52; Dec.
22.79; Jan. 22.52.; Mar. 22.00. ..
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CORN:? 4
? High - Low ? Close
July.1.72% 1.61 1.6S&
Sept.1.59%' 1.55 r 1-56
OATS:? . ?
Iftgh - Low .- Close
July.\:- .92V* .89.% .' \ .9,0 .
Sept.;,'.77?s ' v-7r'#
LARD;
High ? Low. Close
July .... .... 21:35 vtl.OX, . '21.2*
Sept ....<... 22.20 21.90 22.07
RIBS:?
High Low Close
July .... ..... 18.50 18.35 1S.45
Sept..19.50 ? : ?19.10 19.17
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II^ESTIGATION OF ?
CARRANZA'S DEATH
i ' -? ?' ?-1
Herrero and Others To Be Ex
amined By Commission
.... " ' f: ?:~~ . ? ? ?
?-'??
Mexico City, May 26?Formal in
vestigation for the purpose p? clarify-:
ing the-part taken in the death of
President Carranza by Colonel Her
rero and members of the Carranza
party was recommended by the com
mission named by Generals Obregon
and Gonzales. < ? :. -:
Father Murphy To
Visit With Bishop
Spartanburg Priest Selected by
Bishop Russell as Secre
tary for Visit to Rome
Spartanburg-, May 24?Father N. A.
Murphy, pastor of St. Paul's church"
of this city will accompany Bishop /
W~n. T. Russell on his trip to Rome.
E\ ery five years Cat holic bishops must
go to the "Eternal City." and report on
the^affairs of their diocese. Father
Murphy will go as 3ishop Russell's
secretary. In the Bishop's party will
be Father Tracy, of .Boston, and Fath- {
er Murray, of Boston. The party will
sail from New York, June. 10, on the
steamer Patria,. of ihe Fabre line. A
stop will be made at the Azores, Gi
braltar and Palmero, Sicily.-They will'
land at Naples and preceed thence to
Itome.
The objects ofthe visit aro to pay
hbmage arid respect to*the Apostles -
and to makf reports on the affairs of
the diocese. The party will visit the
tomb of St. Peter, whose remains are
in the famous St. Peter's Cathedral,
the largest'church in the world with
a^seating capacity of 80,000 and con
taining the greatest art treasures off?
the Holy Father.- The law* of dhe
chureh requires every Catholic,Bishop
\ih the world to-"appear in person every
five years in Rome, and to bring a
! minute account of .all the activities^ of
j his.diocese. The bishop is always ac- ,
j compa-nied by his secretary .who at
j tends to the clerical work required.
I Father N. A. Murphy, pastor of S^t. ,
j Paul's church, Spartanburg, has been
selected to accompany Bishop "Russell.
After the transaction of official .bus- -'
iness in Rome, Bishop Russell and
j party will .visit several .. European
j countries., among them ?Switzerland, ?
j Fiance, Spain, Belgium and Holland.
iThe Bishop expects to return early, in ?
[September. Father Murphy, while orr :
this trip"; .will take the' opporunity' of
j visiting relatives'm Ireland. " - -
j Catholic Bi?boprics are so ,divided ..
j in bo sections that every five" years the . s
[entire Catholic hierarchy- appears- -at; ?;
.Rome, to present their reports to Pope: s
Benedict XV.
Fayetteville Negro
Has Siurendered *
_i?;- . ? ; .
Raleigh, N. C, May 27-?-Geo. Hobbs v.
al?eged .leader of the negroes who k
ed twoiofficers at Fayetteville, surr.
de red to officers there and has heen>;-V
brought here for safe keepings? * .':r
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FOR SALE-r-At a bargain, one Colt'S '
generator complete with all firture|":\*s
It's all hew'and never been^uncrat
' ed. See J. P. Commander.
? ? v..- ?;?;--?!??-~?
HAVE A FEW Ford Starters that Ve
can install at once. If you have a "
Ford without a starter, see us.
- Shaw Motor. CJompahy. . . *
iHAl'EviCAR IX)AB- Ford one ton
j trucks in transit Still *have one or
[ - two unsold. , See u? at >once. Shaw
I iMotor 'Company. > %"y:^v^i^^r>f
shekel o'tonstellv
President
O. I*. "STATES.
Cashier
"HELLO PAPPY" r
j ? V'-vV:v*V
. ; r'-Don't' forget your Kiddie." Per
. .mit us to suggest a substantial way -
of remembering-' "Kiddie." . Com- .
- hrvence Monday morning and "deposit
? one .dc-ttar to his credit, and . keep this ;
up e^cry week until* he is 21 years of
r age. We will compound it quarterly
at four per cent, and by the time 'the
boy reaches the age of maturity, he
will have a bank account sufficient .
to start him in business. <
The First National Bank
SUMTER, S.v C.
i
The National Bank of J
South Carolina 3
of Sumter, S. C.
Resources $2,600,000.
Strong and Progressiv? r
The Most Painstaking " SERVICE
with COURTESY
Give us the Pleasure of Serving TOU
The Bank of the Rank:
and File
C. G. ROWIiAJVI), President
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