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- - " ;_ ?? ? WbSfcheci Wednesday and Saturday ^ V>'/ -. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $2.00 per ammm?in advance. Advertisements. One Square, first insertoin _.'..$1.00 - Every subsequent insertion .50 " Contracts for three months or long ? er will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for ?afadvertisements. , / Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ed in 1$50 and the True Southron in SS. The Watchman and Southron jtpw has the combined circulation and tence of both of the old papers, is manifestly the best advertising j medium in Sumter. THE LIBRARY BUS. Imagine a two-ton motor van lined shelves containing 1 200 books, with windows and containing a li t's desk and a long, leather seat for patrons. That is the bus which sets out many times week from the Hibbing, Minn., pub lic library and carries books to pa-J '?sxats in ?every section of the 160 re miles comprising the township. The library bus stops at mining camps; at hoarding houses and farm Rouses. Its patrons are of many na maUties, including Italians, Swedes, itians, Slovenians, Finns, Nor Irish and Americans. There daytime and evening trips, for it pretty constant traveling to :e the complete rounds every It sithis library bus with its and its sympathetic, undex iding librarian who knows how to and satisfy children and adults mate Hibbing atnd its vicinity of the bright spots on the library of the United State?." It was pointed out recently by the tu of Education that there are 30 states it the Union in which less than 50 per cent of the population has access to free public libraries. In v South Carolina the per cent, is only LS. If a map of the country were made shading the areas where books are lacking the bureau statistics rshow that the prevailing color would be black. There are many communities, how ever, which now have a library *er viee something like Hibbing's. If legislators aud' state commissions can be aroused to the vital need for such ?service, there will be many more trav eling libraries established soon. j TOO MANY CONFERENCES . Business today, public and private, is' suffering from a surfeit of "con ferences, complains an old-time busi ness man. In confirmation of his theory he oilers experience in trying to gelt into communication with other business men who have the "confer ence habit" and the difficulties he inet in his attempts. The compiaint does not deny the yzinQ of the conference when it is - confined to the discussion of neces sary business, and results in action fox- the betterment of the individual "concern and improvement in its re lations with other firms. But he has heen doing a little quiet investigating, and believes that consciously or un c?nsicously the conference staged to accelerate business is too -often used as an excuse for neglecting it. In his condemnation of malignant conferencitis he includes the various departments in .Washington. The capital, he believes, spends so much time conferring -that it has none left fbr action. The majority of the people will agree with him. Reform is needed all along the line, from the national government to the private household. The conference ' nlay be all right as a means for the interchange of ideas, but when it comes to getting things done there fs a little motto which beats it to a frazzle. It is, "Don't talk?Work!" THE UNNECESSARY VACATION Once upon a time a man decided that he did not need any vacations, so he stopped taking them. When there came a lull in his business he took on outside employment, and he brag ged to his friends of his impervious ness to fatigue. Whenever one of them began to plan for the annual fishing or camping trip he would say, "I have not had a vacation in seven years. Not so bad, is it?" Now, if his friends were truthful instead of tolerant, they would tell him that it is just as bad as it can possibly bet that in the seven years, while he has increased his labors, he has not increased his income appre ciably; that from one of the most equable of human beings he has be come irritable and petty that a sense of humor so delicate, yet so compre hensive, that it was a daily delight to bU who knew him, has disappeared entirely, that ho magnifies causuai re marks into studied insults, and the or dinary preoccupation of people in their own affairs into deliberate neg i lect of him, that his wife has grown I to hate him and is considering a di vorce, and his children, who used'to adore him as the finest playfellow in the world, tolerate him as a peevish bore who has to be pacified until he gets out of the house. THE LUXURY TAX Tlje wisdom of the so-called luxury tax, as a producer of revenue with the least friction, is upheld in a state ment, made by the New York collector of internal revenue. He says that in Manhattan alone the expenditure for articles designated as . luxuries has reached a total of $105,000,000 a month. The taxes levld on this big sum seemed to be paid "almost invari ably without a murmur, because, as he explains, the* peop?<> have the money, and the tax is small compared with jthe total cost of the thing, bought, whether it be a glass of soda water or I an automobile. j Moreover, the remarkable fact develops that it is the humble pur chasers who pay most of the luxury taxes. Says the revenue officer: "My accountants show that there is more money collected in tax from ice cream sodas and other small sales which carry a penny or two of tax than there is from the sale of diamonds, furs, touring cars and other expensive items." Other revenue districts tell the same story. Self-chosen champions of the sup posedly down-trodden proletariat may gnash their teeth at this, but the pro letarians themselves refuse to get excited about it And they are right Everybody has been indulging in lux ury, the humbler spenders no less than the millionaires, the wage-earners no less than the bankers, in proportion to their usual rate of expendituVe and the character of their purchases.- It is right that-when a whole nation, from top to bottom, goes luxury-mad, all sould be made subject alike to lux ury taxes. However, lest Congress be moved to work a good thing still harder, and ' boost the luxury tax a notch or two, it is: just as well to add that the same] cheerful internal revenue collector be- - lieves the peak'of luxurious spending was reached last month, and that ' people from now on are going to think ' more before investing in commodities subject to the tax. That source of revenue, then may soon shrink con-1 ^ siderably. ,. . . SUGAR EXTORTION The price of sugar is high, and go- . ing up right along. There are prophe dies of 40-cent, 50-cent, even 60-cent ^ sugar. Sugar, when its food-value is considered, in comparison with ^the ^ nutritive value of other foods at pres ent prices, may possibly be worth" 25 or 30 cents a?pound. It is certainly aot worth 40 or 50 cents as a staple article of diet. And even the com paratively modest 25 or 30 ? cents, . even though justifiable intrinsically, is certainly unjustifiable and ought not to be paid if it means an exorbi tant profit of the sugar industry. That is exactly what it does mean, according to all the information avail able. There has been no failure of the sugar cropf There is no real su-1 gar famine. There is merely this sit uation, that a few big corporations are in control" of nearly all the raw | and refined sugar, and are determined | to charge all the traffic will bear. Their own reports show they are making abnormal- profits at present prices, and the prospectuses of new companies indicate the extravagant profits they expect to make by shov ing prices still higher. Making a garden may be hard work, but writing checks for exorbi tant grocery , bills is harder. The federal .attorney in Brooklyn, N. Y., is going to arrest 3,000 men as war slackers. Probably they have it] coming to them but what the public is concerned with now is the peace slackers. Who'll do something about them? The French government has under taken to dissolve the French Federa tion of Labor. In spite of the mis chief done by meddling rascals, la bor and government get along better j in this country. Why lament if your vegetables don't come up to the pictures in the seed man's catalogue? To the true 'en thusiast, it is marvel enough that they come up at all. The naval controversy is still sim mering?ror Simsing, if you prefer? but it begins to look as if the navy isn't quite so decadent and disreput able, after all. There won't be any business panic if people stop spending money they haven't got. t A good many statesman are running for President who won't run any fur ther .than their state line. Nobody- gets excited when the rail roads ask for a billion more a year. Most anybody could make use of that much nowadays. That queer noise you hear from various points of the compass is poli tical keynoters practising their key notes. * SCHOOLS NEED MEN AND METH ODS The committee on industrial educa ipn of the National Manufacturers' Association finds fault with? the schools of the country because of the rverwhelming dominance of wom in teachers. The critics do not de ny them so much for the elementary >ranches, but feel that when it come;. :o the more advanced work and es pecially the vocational training, V vornan teacher frequently lacks a knowledge of industrial requirement: n general, and any but the most su perficial experience in the trade vhich she is attempting to teach. There is undoubtedly much truth in his. contention, but there is only one einedy?the financing of each school rystem on a large enough scale to provide sLciu salaries as will attract nen techers, and also permit both nen and women to have such train ng as will enable them to suit the issoupossno i03t]s jo spnpf }uo ?^JHP 92?'92r'S jaoqu aiu oiaq; puu-? pii04i ot(; uj strjiui jo spura juajdjup IS04? WB '}Bq* OILTJ OtfUD SI _gojojK) jo Xjugld ? FdR SALE?Sweet potato plants, .$150 per 1,000, express collect. $1.75 per 1.000, postpaid. All varieties, prompt, shipment. Dorris-Kensey Plant Co.. Valdosta, Ga. TOBACCO GROWERS WE HAVE IN STOCK Arsenate Lead AND Tobacco Barn Thermometers HEAROITS PHARMACY work of their pupils to the require ments of actual business life. In many instances investigation would prove that no prohibitive sure of money would have to be added to the present funds to provide for such a program, if the old system of edu cation were carefully revised, and a new outline adopted which would do away with the waste of money now paid out for incompetent teaching and ineffective methods. BACK TO PRE-WAR PRODUCTION An excellent bit of advice is given to workmen by John Donlin, head of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor. He says, in his report at the Montreal convention: "The wage earner is just as much responsible for the high cost of liv ing as any other agency. If every worker doing physical labor would in sist that production equal pre-war times there would soon be a reduction in the price of commodities. The higher wages go and the more produc tion falls off the more the worker is going to be hurt." This advicie is especially pertinent at this time, in view of the report made by a Cleveland grand jury to the effect that men in the building trades in that city have been doing only half as much .work as they cfid before the war, and that this is one of the chief causes of expensive building and high rent . One of the most impressive and beautiful weddings of the season was that of Miss Natalie Norman and Mr. H. Y. Vance, which was solemnized/ Tuesday evening, at 7.30 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church, the cere mony being performed by the bride's pastor, Rev. J. P. Marion, D. D. ' The church decorations were beau tiful, the color scheme of pink and white being carried out in the con struction of a garden scene. Before the ceremony, a beautiful musical program was rendered. The prelude on the organ was played by Mrs. James Graham, fol lowed by Mrs. John Lee who sang Florence Aylland's "Loves Corona tion." Mrs. Sanford Halliday of Spartanburg then played' "Cavatina," by Rolf, .her violin adding much\to the program. Mrs. John Lee again sang, and the old song, "At Dawing," by Cadman, never sounded sweeter to her hearers. "Traumeri" was next played by Mrs. Halliday. Promptly at the appointed hour. Mrs. Graham sounded the first strains of the wedding march from Lohen grin, "which was/ the signal for the bridal procession to enter. First were the tishers, Arthur Haynsworth, James Hood, Harry Norman of Walhalla, and i W. J. Crowson, Jr., who took their j positions on either side of the rostrum. Next came the bridesmaids down the center aisle. The bridesmaids were Miss Sarah Hamilton of CharlottesT vilte, Va., Miss Aurelia Vance of j Gainesville, Fla., Miss Cora Duffie. I Miss Jennie Walsh, Miss Holly Brown, \ and Miss Anna Darby, of Greenville. ; The bridesmaids were beautifully i gowned and carried baskets of pink : roses and ferns. The groomsmen j came down the side aisles and met j the bridesmaids, and took their posi- j tion near .the altar. The groomsmen! were W. S. Reid of Laurens, T. J. j Leatherwood of Greenville, K. P. Grif- j fin of Lynchburg, Va., Charlie New- j ton of Greenville, Ed Hart and B. O. < Thompson. Following these came the j dames of honor. Mrs. Jeff Williams, Mrs. W. K, Tavell of Datona, Fla., j Norman-Vance. i and Mrs. Riley Bradham. These in j turn were followed by the maid of j honor, Miss Lucille De Lonne of New j York, wearing a Nile green taft'eta, ! cohered with tulle and labe, | carrying a basket of pink roses. Then , came the ring bearer, little Saxbury j Tavell, carrying the ring in a white rose. Little Sarah Virginia Forres ter, dresed in pink tulle and Mary Y?- j.don, dressed in blue tulle followed as flower girls, scattering rose petals down the aisle, followed by the bride j on the arm of her father. Dr. G. A. ! Norman of Walhalla, who gave her in I marriage. The bride's flowers were roses, orchids and showers of lilies, j The bride nevr appeared more lovely, | being gowned in white satin with real ! lace. Her lace veil was one that had been worn by many members of the j Norman family. The bride was met at the altar by the groom . with his I best man, R. R. Vance, and they took j their places on the steps. During the j ceremony Mrs. Graham softly played Schubert's Serenade. The bridal par ! ty left the church to the strains' of i Mendelssohn's wedding march and at once proceeded to the home of Mrs. H. M. Forrester on Church street, where a reception was given the large company of guests in honor of the1 accasion. Mrs. Forrester's home was beautifully decorated, cut flowers, ferns, and other plants blending in a beautiful mass, and the color scheme of pink and white being carried out 1 in full detail. In the center of the bride's table was a pink and white center piece and on this was a vase J full of pink cut flowers. The many I handsome wedding gifts were display- j ed and greatly admired by the guests who called during the evening. ?Prob ably no bride in recent years has re- j ceived more beautiful gifts than Mrs-, j Vance. ?i Mrs. Vance is the. daughter of Dr. j G. A. Norman ?f Walhalla and is one of Sumter's most poplar and attract ive young women. Her friends regret that her marriage will take her away from Sumter to another part of the State. The ? bridegroom is one of I Greenville's prosperous young busi ness men. The people of Sumter i most heartily congratulate Mr. Vance j on the bride he has won. for he is a i most fortunate young man. Mr. and Mrs. Vance left on the O.Zti train going north and will spend j some time on their wedding trip. ???? ? ??^?? Postmaster Examination. At the request of the Postmaster General of the United tSates Civil Ser vice Commission has announced an examination to be held at Sumter*, S. C, on July 14, 1920, for the posi tion of postmaster at Bishopville, S. C. This office has an annual com pensation of $1900._" Through SLEEPING CARS Between WILMINGTON and ASHEVTLIE Via the ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of the South Effective from June 20 to about September 30, 1920, inclusive, through sleeping cars will be operated be tween Wilmington and Asheville in connection with, the Southern Rail way System on the following daily schedules: ' Westbound Eastbound 3:30pm Lv. Wilmington Ar 1:00pm. 5:07pm Lv. Whiteville Ar. 11:26am 5:28pm Ly. Chadbo?rn Ar. 11:05am 6:25pm Lv Mullins Ar. 10:07am 6:44pm Lv. Marion Ar. 9:48am 7:30pm Ar Florence Lv. 9:05am 7:55pm Lv. Florence Ar. 8:45am 8:20pm Lv. Timmonsville'Ar. 8:20am 9:25pm Lv. Sumter Ar. 7:15am 10:50pm Ar. Columbia Lv. 5:40am 11:50pm Lv. Columbia Ar. 2:50ani 3:30am Ar. Spartanburg Lv. 11:35pm 6:30am Ar. Hendersonvilile Lv. 9pm. 7:30am Ar. Asheville Lv. 8:00pm. Proportionate Time at Intermediate Stations i This new sleeping car line will af ford comfortable accomdations for passengers visiting either the,, moun tains or the seashore during the sum* mer. Call on ticket agents for informa tion regarding various summer ex cursions and other fares, or address, W. J. Craig, Pass. Traf. Mgr. T. C. White, Gen. Pass. Agt, _Wilmington, N. C. LOST?One cream colored Jersey cowy strayed from home Friday. Reason able reward for information or re turn to Mrs. ?. D. Plow'en, on Brewington Road, P. P., Gable, S. C. ? FOR SALE?At a bargain, one Coltts generator complete with-all fixtures. \ It's all new and never .been uncrat-; ed. See J. P; Commander. 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