The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 26, 1920, Image 4
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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.
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FUNDS FOR, TTIK DE\T^OPI?5IENT
BOARD.
Mich I a nd arfd Charlesstori Copnties
Lead off With Their Quotas.
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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.
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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
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! 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
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} 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. -
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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.
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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.
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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
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