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and Saturday ?BY? PCBT/fSfOGyG COMPANY StJMTER, S. C. : Terins* pef* annmn?in advance, A^vertisemefits. ^Square, first insertoin ; 1.1:...$ 1,00 *3r ...subsequent:' insertion?._ .50 ^Contracts for three mohths5or long p?Si- be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve ^ We interests wiR be ;charged for idyertiseraehts. . " paries and tributes' of respect be charged for. "' -; ie Sum :er Watchman was found a IS50 and the True Southron in .The Watchman and Southron the combined circulation and i o * both of the-old papers, f is manifestly the Vest advertising S&m "in Sumter.' ' 'w^-in' r ?in_l__ 2CO LABOR PARTY The American Federation of Labor Is wisely disposed to take advice of veteran leader, Samuel Gompers, > regard to a Labor Party. Gompers argues,, as be has always . done, that it is better- for organized ^abor in this country to refrain from Jseparate political organization, and accomplish' its aims" by work-; ithin the existing . , parties, re-j *g its freedom of action as a and as individuals. If: ihe Re and I>er?ocratic.. parties thejn^elves/both hostife to la is likely that labor would eith ite . to yag^^^h^in^e^soa^ rty or else stast. a- party, of its rring such a situation* which yet. existe^^nd, "C iiot lively the hiEereB*spo^:labor. axe] best served, as President Gbm insists ,by the traditional noh policy on which the Federa speeif ical Jyde^ejito ;aV labor par-j abor would-be tos?iyiit^rthe ac ?iehhdty ^f :fl^fhfi^lng*^>arti^s. Et srpuld also tejjd^td ^p^e^lhe jnany parfcy .system Of*;jJ5uro^??which is ;" aileh to American insliifci and- insti ^USons.; With a Labor^ar^- in the ^eid; there ? -niigftt. 3o?&? & follow a-j raters* PartyVj -?' PChttrc* vparty, a 'ifets'-y Party'; fe*?>Hmt? we! ild have national politics^ and gov lenf confused by a medley of mi rrty parties, with a clean majority? .. seldom, obtainable^ on any definite is -sue; and positive action of anyN kind ?made possible:'only hy, party coali tions based- on political intrigue. Our own system of two parties, with simple rinajorityj government,. works much "better, and in the: long run gives more satisfaction to every element! r vAn American city offering $3,670, 000 in bonds .bearing 5 1-2. per cent interest has not had a single bid for them, though ordinarily-such an issue J would- be snapped up by banking j I houses dealing in ? municipal securi- J -ties. The situation is serious, because i ' the money is ail needed for improve l ments, $2,C 00,600 of it being intend ed to pay for the repaving of streets . :^nat are Sn an intolerable condition, rjgniess those bonds can:be marketed the city is going to be gravely incon venienced and its growth and -pro gress checked^; -A similar situation exists in scores iK^ether cities*. There is scarcely1 any J^xarket for city bonds, or for county and township bonds, even though the ^hole community realizes the needj rot raising and spending the money. In the case; mentioned, it is pro posed to change the issue, which was in denominations of $1,000, into **baby bonds". That idea is. not origi nal, hav'ng been tried out with good results in St. Paul and some other cities, but it has not been adopted so widely as it deserves to be. Most of the Liberty Bond sales were in small denominations. If cities needing funds were to undertake regular campaigns as they did hv war time, and offer the bonds to their own people in units of .$100, $50 and even $25, there would doubtless be a big response. If might be necesary in some cases to make the interest rate a little higher, but that is not at ail certain. Five or 5 1-2 per cent is a good rate for bonds, and probably, the people would be moved as much by civic patriotism as by the desire of gain. It would be an excellent thing, too, for the people themselves, if they could be induced to put their savings into such a perfectly, sound investment, -which pays dividends alike in cash and in civic iimprovement, instead of squandering their money on wild eat ventures. j FARMERS AST) FREIGHT RATES There is evidently going to be a fine row when the new railroac freight increases are announced. ? It is Accepted "by nearly everybody thai j th?re must be increases, because the |ra57roa<is, whether Operated publicly jor privately, do nof seem able to 3ive jon their- present income. But.nobody wants to pay his part of- the increase. Th*e farmers have been' the first im portant class to register their pr? ftest. The Kansas State Grange urges J the Interstate Commission - to avoid j discriminating against agriculture in j favor of any other industry, with par ticular reference to grain rates, and is supported in this by the grain deal ers. "Farmers do not ask discrimination in rates" on farm products,"* says the spokesman of the grange, "but we do vigorously protest against discrim ination in favor of any other com modity, and we wish to express our disapproval of the demands heard here in which narrow commercial or sectional interests have been seeking selfish advantages. ?: This sounds fair and reasonable, j Farmers, naturally, must bear a fair j share of the burden, but they should! certainly bear;no more^-and if there is to- be discrimination at all it might well be in their favor Their industry is the greatest and most widely dif fused of all industries. Their pro ducts are the- most essential to the nation Any undue imposition on them will discourage food production at a] time when its stiniulation is impera V^ye, and raisie its cost when food prices are already oppressively high. THE SIX-HOUR DAY It seems incredible that the Fed eration of Labor, along with the en lightened attitude it has taken on Bolshevism, a separate labor party; aad various other issues should lend its support to the: "six-hour day;' Up to this time the Federation's ef-j forts to shorten the working day) have been on- the whole, rational andi admirable. Little by little it has forc ed down the cruelly long working period of old to the prevalent eight] hours a day which, has the sanction of economic reformers, ^efficiency ex perts and society in general. It has long been argued, and seems to have been demonstrated, that- in* most; occupations a workman can do as! much effective work in eight hours as) he formerly did in 10 or 12 hours if he wants to. With this shortening] classes have gainel in leisure, health j and opportunity, and the other classes have hot suffered as long as the work men have worked conscientiously. But any good principle, ^carried too far, becomes bad. It does not follow that if a man can do as much work in eight-hours as in ten, he can do as much in six hours as in eight AH ex perience shows that save exceptional cases of work involving intense strain, he cannot do it He has no right to demand such shortening,of his. work ing time, as long as other classes of citizens are working more than six hours a day, and as long as the social organization in general needs more] goods than can possibly be produced in a six-hour day. There may come a time when socie ty as a whole can produce all it needs by toiling six hours a day. That; time seems yet far distant. It certain ly will not come until the w;aste of j this great war has been made up and further progress has been made in labor-saving methods. At the present stage of affairs, a general six-hour day would mean an indefinite cpntin-, uation of insufficient production, andJ might plunge the world into hopeless] and suicidal poyerty. IMPROv*EMENT IN COTTON CROP Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin of B?partmeiit of Agriculture Announces. Washington, June 24.?The cotton crop showed improvement durii ^ t e past week in practically all sections of the belt according to the weekly weather and crop bulletin of the de partment of agriculture issued to day. Improvement, it stated,, was particularly marked in the Eastern districts where moisture and tempera ture conditions were especially favora ble. In the Northwest section, how ever, it was too cool for best growth. Both there and"in the western section of the belt heavy rains occurred. "Mostly excellent progress was re ported in the Carolinas and Georgia" the bulletin reported, the recovery during the last two weeks in Georgia, being especially marked, but the con ditions there are still unsatisfactory. "The lighter rainfall permitted bet ter cultivation in Florida and this work made fair to very good progress and is well albng in Alabama and Mississippi although much complaint of g ass is still received from some localities. 'The weather was generally favor able in Louisana and also in Arkansas and the cotton made mostly very good progress in those states. It was too cool and wet for best results in Okla homa where the conditions ranges from poor to fair. In Texas accord ing to the bulletin the crop made fairly good improvement. Rains in the lower Mississippi favor ed an increase in boll weevil, the re port states, while they are numerous and causing apprehension in other localities. There are several bad bumps in the streets that couid be removed. I . - - . ..... -? . FUNDS FOR, TTIK DE\T^OPI?5IENT BOARD. Mich I a nd arfd Charlesstori Copnties Lead off With Their Quotas. 1 ?? Columbia. June 2Z.? Richl'and and Charleston-counties are the first in South Carolina to definitely promise to raise their quotas in the statewide ex pansion campaign of the South Caro lina "Development Board. In Bichland, the county chairman, Charles H. Barroh, today made such progress in preparations for the actual solicitation that he not only assured members of Governor Cooper's state committee the county would raise its I quotoa of $15,000, but he predicted tha? this sum will come from Colum-. I bia alone and much more from the j balance of the county, i At a meeting Tuesday afternoon in Charleston over which ^J. Ross Hana han, president . of the Chamber of Commerce and county chairman pre sided, and which was attended by about 25 of the prominent men of the city and county, the definite de cision was reached that those presenl should underwrite the county's quota of $18,000'then and there. This action followed a complete i survey of the development board's possibilities for the accomplishment of what it has undertaken. Among those who spoke in enthusiastic terms of the board and its program was R. Goodwyn Rhett. Those in the meet ing represented so nearly all of the leading elements in the business and professional life of the county that allotments were asked for and accept ed on the spot, so that each group pledged itself to obtain sums ranging, from $1,000 to $4,000. The canvass, for individual members will also ha j undertaken this week. London Berry, June,23.?There was no cessation today Jin battle between the Unionists and Nationalist factions. During the night the rival. factions erected additional ,barrcades from! which they kept, up a continuous fire. ? , r ? r> * Cats a Source of Danger. C&ts are great carriers of disease germs, and scratches from their claws are sources of real danger, as those daws are generally coated with a mass of germs which" may cause infection, and for these reasons alone should not be allowed to associate too intimately with young children whether the latter are asleep or awake. Ali the Conveniences. The folks haxi advertised our .house for sale, but when a young couple came to look at the house I was the only one home. I opened the new re frigerator and boasted of it as If it were a part ^of the house. The couple looked at me in wonder and then burst ant laughing.. Can yon blame them? It's a wonder I didnV tell them what fine tricks my dog could do.?Chicago Tribune. Didn't Want to Miss Anything. Monday a peddler came to our door and was demonstrating some4 of his wares to my mother. My mother bought a few articles from him and he started" to put his suitcase in order. He finished and was just leaving when Joseph, who Is four years old, rushed in and asked: "Oh, mamma, what did the man say while I wasn't here7" ?Chicago American. Lemons. Many persons may not know that the scent and flavor of lemon peel reside In minute cells, close to th9 surface of the fruit, and that by slic ing it thin they will cut through these Innumerable cells and thus obtain dou ble the quantity of the essential oil that conld be procured by anyone care less of this fact The cells being cnt through, It follows that a great part of the oil remains on the white of the lemon. This is easily abstracted by rubbing a lump of sugar over it. Illuminating Graves. Two days\annually are observed it illuminating the graves of the Cen tral cemetery of Vienna. This bury ing place, while comparatively mod ern, Is regarded as one of the two most beautiful in the world. The il luminating ceremony occurs on As cension day and oh the anniversary of the burning of the ?Ring theater in 1881, when many fell victims to the flames. When station?r^ lamp posts of midget s!ze are at the sides of a plot, these are lighted, but those not equipped depend upon the bereaved loved ones who still remain to mourn them to carry lighted candles and torches as a means of Illumination. Should Be Universal Custom. The New Zealand infant has the privilege of selecting its own name. This Is-accomplished by a long string of. names beiqg repeated to the child until It cries or gives forth a sneeze, which Is taken as a sign that the last name uttered is the one chosen. ?Brooklya Eagle. Burial of a Chinese Parent When the Chinese wish to declare ! extreme Vexatiousness of any piece of work, they say "It is more trouble than a funeral," the obsequies of a parent being reckoned the most mad dening 8ffair in human experience. The Law of Nations. In the law ef nations every nation is just so much interested as every citizen In the laws of his country.-? Daniel Webster. A Saplings Eaten by Cattle. Cattle will not let young hazel, oak and most other trees and shrubs sur vive In a pasture, but the thorn apple bushes are safe, due to their sharp thorns. Librarians May Unionize Leaders Urge Organization As Means of Increasing Pay An adequate market value for li brary service is the greatest need con fronting public libraries in America today, in the opinion of the members j of the American Library Association, j Reports reaching the Sumter Car l ncgie Public Library from the annual [conference of the A. TU A. recently concluded at Colorado Springs, indi cate that, the problem of low salaries was the outstanding feature of the "keynote" speech of the -president of the Association. Chalmers Hadley, Li brarian of the Denver Public Library. ?An assistant in the public library of a large middle west city declared that the war had taught librarians and teachers olike that remunerative oc i cupations were open to them, and that of the many assistants who had left the library in question to take up war work, only one has returned. Li brarians reported a general'shortage of library assistants all over the coun try and urged the organization ' of workers, through the aid of the j American Library Association, as a I solution. ' The seven hundred librarians adopted a resolution urging all lib rary trustees "to labor earnestly to have salary scales so ? increased that the younger members of their staffs^ shall be given sufficient pay for .a [decent livelihood and that increases shall be given for experience and at tainments, that tHe best minds' may be induced to enter the serviee and remain in it." The "Books for every body" movement, which is raising a "Books for Everybody" fund of $2, 000,000 for library extension in America, was hailed as an enterprise which would better the status of li ; brarians. Public library workers of New York City are now fighting for a share of the .$5f/000,000 pay increase to be apportioned among city em ployees. The beginning salary, in the New York Public Library. aft?f high school graduation and a year's li jbrary training, is now $840. A LOAD OF LOVE LICKS. Verily, all the milk of human kind I ness has not dried up in the foun tain of human hearts. As abund ant, evidence of this you should visit the larder of the Salem Baptist parson age this morning and just take x>. peep in. It is just simply luxuriating in a wealth of gastronomical good things left there by -the thoughtful hands of the members of the Salem Baptist church, as tokens of love and confi dence for and in their pastor, Rev. K. W. Reynolds. Last Sunday marked the third anniversary of Mr. Reynolds' pastorate. As a very beautiful and happy aftermath the members of his. congregation gathered en masse at the parsonage last evening without any previous announcement, of course, and indulged in what is very pleasingly and familiarly known to church folks as an old time pounding. Just a load of love licks every one of which went to the heart. After the pounding an hour of very happy social intercourse was held, every nioment of which was replete with joy and happiness. Then after some appropriate remarks by the paster and a prayer by Bro. Benj. P. Cuttine, senior Deacon, the people dispersed leaving behind them a hearty grip of the hand, and an ex pression of hope that we might enjoy the return of many such occassions. | This morning as the pastor and his family sit amid the after-glow" of it all the sun seems to shine just a little brighter, the birds seem to sing just a bit more cheery, and there sterns to be a sweeter fragrance to the flow ers bloom.# Indeed life seems touched with the colorings of a finer hope fulness. And in the inspiration of it all - ve will go forth to the tasks that await our hands with a greater cour age, a more abounding faith, a larger hope. May God bless the members of Salem Baptist church, it is great to be the undershepherd of such a royal, loyal people. * * REV. E. W. REYNOLDS. June 22. 1920. City Playground Opened Need More Equipment For The Benefit of the Children The Civic League Play Ground was opened Wednesday afternoon at the High School grounds, and many children were on hand to enjoy the games and story . teiling. Miss Jean nette White, Miss Frances DeLorme are to have charge of the playground this summer and great things are planned for the children of Sumter. The playground will be opened in the mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 and in the afternoon from 5 to 7. Stones are to be told the children every day, and games are to be planned foi- them There are several shutes, giant swings and other equipment on hand but the playground is badly in need of other i [equipment for the many children tnat.j will come. Swings, baseballs and j 'footballs are needed most and here *s a good place for some citizens or Sumter to be of great benefit to 1 he young people by their generosicv. This playground will be of great benefit to the city by providing for the children a place where they car. go and get wholesome amusement under compe tent direction. The Civic League is to be congratulated on their efforts. along this line, and it is hoped that the parents will cooperate witn Misses White and DeLorme to make a suc cess of the venture. THOUSANDS Of Motorists Know the Super iority of MAC-LAR Storage Batteries $30.80 and Up Carolina Battery & Accessory Co. 128 S. Main Phone 590 Opixxsitc Wreck Store_ j Turbeville Mass I Meeting j People to Hold Big Picnic July j 7th to Discuss Annexation ! _ -- ! The Turbeville school district, com i posing most of Douglas township, and p?ew Zion schoo; district, adjoining Turbeville district, will join in a big township basket picnic and annexa tion to Sumter county gathering on Wednesday, July Tjh. at ilurbeville. This was determined upon last Fri day at a meeting of the ladies and gentlemen of Turbeville at the Tur beville ? school building in a confer ence with Mr: E. I. Reardon, secre tary ~of the Sumter Chamber of Com merce. The people of Sumter are in vited to join the Clarendon citizens in a get-together gala day, and the Sum ter business men to do all the adver tising they care to do. -dr. E. D. Tur beville, Dr. C. E. Gamble, Mr. D. L. Green and Mr. John Turbeville sug gested that the annual booster trip of the Sumter business men be run on that day, July 7th, and further suggested that the Turbeville com mittee! be permitted to invite the to bacco growers of the sections usually visited by the Sumter booster trip to meet together at Turbeville and take part in the basket picinc, the Sumter Chamber of Commerce ' to furnish several good speakers to discuss the advantages of Turbeville and New Zion voting into Sumter county, and Sumter to furnish a band and base ball team to play ' the Turbeville team. The county board of commissioners, legislative delegation, permanent road commission and the Chamber of Commerce are invited to attend this gathering. Secretary Reardon ac cepted the invitation in behalf of the city of Sumter, and further agreed tfcat the Sumter business morv will have the band if one can be secured, and he also promised the ladies that two hundred pounds of sugar would be sent for them to bake cakes and pies. Messrs. Lee Knott and Fred Bryan of the Banner Tobacco Warehouse of Sumter accompanied the Sumter com mercial secretary to New Zion and Turbeville last Friday, and the eom mittee of Sumter tobacco market boosters found themselves confronted at New Zion and Turbeville with in tense enthusiasm and interest in'the question of New Zion and Turbeville districts voting into* Sumter county. At New Zion 15 voters of that district discussed the . proposition of voting into Sumter county, and it looks like that district is going to takes immedi ate steps.to vote on the matter the same time that the Turbeville annex ation to Sumter county election id held (if such an election is ever held). At Turbeville it was found that a petition of citizens constituting about 90 per cent, of the voters had been signed requesting the ordering of the election, but it was also appa ' rent that nothing further will be done until the Sfimter county board *of commissioners decide upon the loca tion of a short cut road leading from the hard-surfaced road to be built to Hudson bridge to Turbeville. should Turbeville vote into Sumter county. The Turbeville .ommittee in charge of the annexation proposition said very candidly that there was small chance of Turbeville voting in unless the county of Sumter constructed a road, or rather extended, a road al ready built two and a-quarter miles out of Turbeville, to connect .with the Hudson bridge hard-surfaced road to j be built by the permanent road com mission. It looks as though the inability of the citizens of the Salem .or McBride sections of Sumter county and the Turbeville citizens to agree on the lo- j cation of the Turbeville short cut road will lose Turbeville sectio'n to Sumter county unless the Sumter county commissioners agree to build the road as the Turbeville citizens want it built. ?> k Eoth roads are needed, the Mc Bride section road and the other j road, if Turbeville section votes into j Sumter county. It is hoped that the j meeting and picnic of July 1 will re- j suit in an agreement suitable to all i r\n rtioc r ... ... . - - . ? } In ;the meantime .the business es j tablishments' of ?Sumter should ' b&' j getting; *their advertising matter and ; souvenirs' for distribution ' along the j route from Sumter to Turbeville on [ July 7th. as this great gala day: ?ytltc i !??? a combination pleasure and- busi- - : ness fevcnt, and might result in Sum |ter count?/ securing a large portion of [Clarendon, and a section among-the I most prosperous and progressive . of j Carolina agricultural sections. BIG PROFITEER INDICTED Warrant Issued For Gimbel Bros. On 207 Counts. New York, June 2S.?Gimbel Broth ; ers of New Pork, operators of a large i department store here and controlled i by interests which own similar ! establishment in other cities, today \ were indicted on 2-07 counts for profi? I teering in clothing. ^ '. Frederick Gimbel. vice' president of the corporation. Joseph J. Dowdeil, a merchandise manager, and Charles D. Slawter, clothing buyer, were indicted i on the same' charges, j The Gimbel indictment states that ? the average profit on all 207 articles ' mentioned was "103 1-10 per cent." In one instance a suit of mohair olothes, ; which was said to have cost Gimbel Brothers $5.50 was offered for sale at j $20; "a gross profit of 263 p'er cent." j The grand jury in the indicment as-. serted that a gross profit of'55 per I cent, would have Leen ample to yield Gimbel Brothers a reasonable profit, after the costs of a garment and pay | ment of ail overhead charges in coh : nection with its sale, ! A "summer bargain sale" of over- - I <=> coats netted Gimbel Brothers a gross , [profit of 100 per cent., according to Ithe indictment. j The indictment of Gimble Brothers : i followed a secret inquiry by the "fly i ing squadron" of profiteer hunters j which lasted about a month and s_pec | ifies 207 articles ''offeri&d for sale>" at. j the New York store on June S, last. I The defendants are to appear for I pleading tomorrow. - l -_.. . ? PENSION FOR WIDOWS State Called Upon To Aid In Support Of Fatherless Children. Greenville, <S. C, June 24.?That the orphanages of the State are crowded now as never before and each has a long waiting list is the infor mation coming from Greenwood, where a meeting of orphanage : I superintendents was held yesterday., j The high cost of living forcing wid-. ows to place their children in the insti jtutions is given as the reason for the. , present situation.The orphanage hea^s decided to ask the next state legisja j tnre to pension widows in such eir- ? ;cumstances and to take steps in sup- j I porting orphan children. ? . The restriction of bank credits ,un | der the regulation of the Federal Re serve system, is being felt quite seri ously by the automobile industry from factory to local .dealer A great deal of joy riding is done on slow notes, and if the joy riders were the. only Tories affected by the restriction of ! credits, there would be no regrets^ hut unfortunately a half dozen busi ness men who need cars. 05 trucks for business purposes are. inconveni enced to ? every joy rider who is kept from getting a new car. . . FOR 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. -?- ? BEESWAX WANTED?About 50 pounds, needed at once t?. make out . lot for shipment. Will take any quantity?from one pound. up. :Wfest cash price paid ? for good, clean wax. N. G. Osteen. ? *? .. ?.. YOU - OWE IT TO YOUR Pocket Book and' to Your Car Make your'next storage battery a MAC-LAR $30.80 and Up Carolina Battery Accessory Go. 128 S. Main Phpne 590 Opposite Wreck: Store' TOBACCO GROWERS WE HAVE IN STOCK ? ? < Ar senate Lead I AND I . |: Tobacco Barn Thermometers HEARONS PHARMACY