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Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? PUBLISHING COMPANY HIMTKR, S. C. Terms: I* annum?in advance. iTertlarmcnU. first Insertoin .$1.00 F*V*ry TPflssequent Insertion .60 Contracts for three mor the or long [X wilt be made at reduced rates. AH Communications wh.ch subserve ?rivate interests wilt be charged for id a lvsrtlsomenta Obituaries and tributsi of respect tsill bs charged for. if The Burnt er Watchman "was found ? Ad in I860 and ths True Southron in V^t. The Watchman a ul Southron ?o* has the combined circulation and Influence of both of ths old papsrs, gnd Is manifestly the bos. advertising lss}sg?iae? VOCATIONAL AID FOK CHILDREN Many colleges now bsve vocation? al guidance directors wl ose work It tm to help undergraduate! prepare for af'sr-graduatIon job h rnting. In US oasss the guide Is n member of S faculty whose time 1? divided be? tween teaching and vocational fae> et*. The mors advanc? d step Is to hews the vocational directorship con Uter*d as a full-time Job. The pur? pose of such work is to enable the .w?ung man or woman Just out of school to avoid several y >ars of drift - lug aad feeling about before finding the right work for his talents and t*atalng. There is another grea: group of workers who receive slmost no voca? tional guidance or advice of any sort aad who therefore enter "blind alley" Jobs, rarely advancing i o better po-t ?ttona These are the millions or more children who leave school each jgmnier and become ware esrner*. As a rule the boys aid girls who ge to work as so? n as the law pcr ggets receive no helpful sdvlce from entreat* It is estimateJ that nine tenths of them take any work that teTsra usually unskilled :tr>d with low wage*. And because they have little SO no technical training and no know? ledge of ths means tor acqurtng it. they stick to their first Jobs or drift about in similar work s Ithout learn? ing new processes or udvaaclng to higher opportunities. The Children's Bureau of the ?. tk Department of Label* is strongly urging that vocational or placement departments be organised either l.i no pubbc schools tbe nselves or ?m oloee co-operation with them. It should be the work of such organi? sations to place the children In po? sitions where opportunity to become proficient In more than one opera tlon hi offered, where bete is possi? bility for advancement and for fur ther training. It might be well. too. to require attendance at continuation schools sod to provide some sort of folCw-np system to lnture the young worker's having greater opportun ties before hie ambttlm la deadenedj by a monotonous round in a blind alley Job. WOMKN'M VOTKS. There Is nothing sither flattering or >ft*aalng to the great mujorlty of wo? men in this country lit any pr ?speet of having suffrage (ranted as u VOte bribing ?'h?ni0. Nor are they any better pleased at those mistaken mem? ber* of their sox who .ire threatening 1'nat the women's vot?? will be thrown ?t<, the party whteh hr*t secures final ratuicutlon of euffrase. Whatever the citeuir stances <?f final ratification, neither party Is entitled to any pledge of the feminine vote bees use of lb There are men active In both parties who are roe champions of suffrage, who have worked to Se? cure II without regard to party poli? tics, who have voted for it consistently There are men in be th parties who have fought it bitterl and null hope that women will not le given the bal? lot in ttms for the coming election. Neither party s entlt ed solely to the woman vote aa a rewi rd for obtaining suffrage, neither merits the wholesale Withdrawal of fsminh e support on the gffOund Of having denied it fluffrage is not a q testlon of politi? cs! parties, but of cit. setishlp, and cit laensblp Involves the rluht to tin. bal? let end the insllenablo right to choose party affiliations untiamnrveled. Whatever the mistaken ideas or false hopes of either male or female politicians may he, w o n tho clean-cut, thinking American, woman gets the vote, she will a ?ept it not as a bribe, but ss her right. am\ nhe will use It as her conscience und her JndgSAOnt 'ate. Til K "FARM III N\BOR I* MtTY Many "third parties" have come si i gone in the United States Our government still alternates bet Of OS ? the two parties tint originated at the founding of f b* republic and have survived, with changing name* but little essential chungc, until this day At present these two historic parties sre somewb || confused in pol? icy. ..,..ui ni l uie nbership. slid yet each of them h*s Incomparably mon un tty than the "Farmer-Labor" par? ty Just launched at Chicago eiUI pos aibly have, with its medley of discord? ant elements. Our government, as has been said so often, is a two-party government The Constitution seems to take the two-party system for .granted, and the nation is adapted to the system by experience and preferwnce. This seems to be a natural out? come to well ordered political free? dom. It is a government of majori? ties. Majority rule is most easily achieved with two big parties instead of niin>i little ones. With two parties, the shifting of a small percentage ol votes to the more conservative party or the more radical party at any time will bring a change of rule and accomplish the popular will automat? ically. With many parties, one cannot have a clear majority, and so ma? jority action depends on inter-party aUlanees and Intrigues, opening the way to corruption and often defeating the popular will. It does not seem likely that this two-party system will be Jeopard? ized by the organisation of the new party at Chicago. The latter has far less strength, In unity, program and leadership. than had the party launched by Theodore Roosevelt In 1912?and where Is that party now .' MAKE MONEY WORK Many people wonder why, when there Is more money m\he country hin ever before, It is so hard to borrow The banks have *-hut down >u some branches of speculative and ion-essential loans, but they are stiU billing to lend to the ordinary business nan or investor for legitimate and de lirable purposes. They cannpt do so ?ecause they haven't got the money. The chief reason why they haven't tot It is found in the statement, made ?y a financial authority, that people re carrying the money around in their tocketa. The average citizen, he says, labitually totes around with him now lye to eight times as much cash a? SJ used to. It Is one of the curious esults of an inflation that gives so riany i>eoplo so much more money nan they used to have. Many of them re not accustomed to banking their aoney and most of them enjoy the omfortable feeling it gives them of isving a bulging wnd in their pocket ?ook. So it WOrkS out about like this: Mr. Tones wants to borow $1,000 from * he >ank around tb? cornor. to carry over its goods or to help pay for a nous ind he can't do It, because ten of Mr. [ones' neighbors each have $100 In heir pockets that ought to be in the sunk. The rich don't carry much money vlth them?they keep their money corking. It la people unaccustomed i o money that do It. All those should earn that money Is not merely some hlng to buy things with, but an im >ortant part of the economic system? bat wealth put to use makes wealth or the community and everybody In t. while money lying Idle Is like an inusod house or machine. Wlu-n all money not needed for Im nedlatc purposes is put In the bank, t Is fed out through the arteries of xisiness. It stimulates industry. It ?rubles >?rople tu pay their debts - and boir creditors In turn pay their debts ind eo on Indefinitely, The eesedtial hing is to keep it moving. The fastet t moves, the more profit it makes for everybody, Just as a machine running 'aster turns out a greater product. The most prosperous community is iot the one where .-very man or WO nan carries a roll of bills, but the one vhere the people put their money into ;he bonk and pay their bills by check. That creates bunking power, and Dunking power makes economic power ind multiplies w alth. SAME OLD GERMANY I >ne Of the surprising features of the Spa conference has been the Ir.uikness with which (ierman repre? sentatives admitted Germany's failure to live Op to the terms of the pgaCS treaty, They confessed that there are l.ooo.ono armed men In Germany to Oay, whereas iin treaty permits only too.??oo. und tint there are 1,000,000 rifhs unaccounted for They U]H0 admitted that there are many thou? sand machine nuns withheld and 1,500 lib It cannon. Lloyd George remarked, justly, that It was Inconceivable that all these weapons should have been retain". against ths wish of ths German gov? ernment. There Was no denial of failure in various other matten the are boHOVSd to lie Within the DOWSf or ths governmenti particularly the deliver^ si soal to Prance and ths surrender of war criminals. The Germans havo boon talking much lately about the hardships to which they are subject sd, and sepso? lally their children's need of whol? some rood, laving conditions are ml mined!) h oi cut under Iht < Ii um stances, there would seem to he all the more reason Why the 'Jerman govern? ment should keep Its word to the Al? lies and satisfy them of its good in? tentions. Faxv dealing would quickly brlllg whatever relief lies in the Allies' power The Alltel are justified in re? fusing to help the German people un? til (Jennany shows a disposition to keep its treaty pledges. daily NEW BONO. Citizens of Madison. Wig., W arned a song a day recently when members of the community musie class at the state university carried on a stren? uous campaign to that end. I)Hily newspapers printed the words of cat h song as its day tame. Then the stu? dents went forth into theatres, stores and even homes, and tam.nt the song. This went on for US days, at the end oi! which period a large proportion of the population of the city had actually added 28 now songs to its repertory. Certainly learning new songs never hurt anybody. Community singing, too, has been shown again'and again to be a wholesome recreation for the group indulging in it. There is yet another beneficial phase of this almost compulsory song learning. No doubt those songs are of a better tvpe than the catchy, popular songs which go the rounds, and which, durirg their brief stay in any community, are sung and played j v/ithcut ceasing, to the mental dis- i traction and spiritual despair Of half I the population. With such a large se? lection of songs fleshly in mind, most popular song sufferers should escape their usual anguish. Madison is to i be envied and emulated for many reasons. When Sum tor's new memo? rial park is completed, it might serve - as a gathering place tor the people of the community where they could * gather together occasionally and fol? low the evample of .Madison. What do you think about it? j PLENTY or coal. There is comfort, thOUJgty cold com* N fort it may be. in the announcement Unit there is pkmty of coal in tic ground. At a recent convention of ] coal experts, It was reported that the . hard coal in this country will not 1 ijfivo out for 150 years, and the soft 1 coal Is virtually inexhaustible J.. W. Paul, chief coal mining engi? neer of the United states Bureau of Mines, is quoted as saying that there is enough to supply the people of the United states Cor 8000 years. Few persons have any Interest OXtendini beyond that time, it is a period as long as the traditional age of the T world. If the soft coal lasts as far In- | to the future as from the present. < time back to Adam, there Is no need of worrying. s Some coal men may question these figures. They are not given as accu? rate, for there is no possibility of com- j puting the future population of the j country and its fuel needs. But any- j one who has looked into the matter j will grant that cot even the remotest generation In which living men and women can have any personal' con corn will lack fuel H any reasonable care is taken of the supply. The lignite deposits alone in Mon? tana and North Dakotas as yet hardly touched, amount to trillions of tons. That coal, and its products. will, be found useful for countless genera? tions when the accessible veins of an? thracite and bituminous have run out. Scout News of Interest ? ? i Many Tests Are Passed by Boys The regular Wednesday meeting will be held at the scout room tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Uniforms need not Joe worn. The troop surely had a fine time last week at the Inlet, and everybody came back feeling line. A number of tests were passed by th? boys. They are as follows: Cut* tlno, compass, swimming, knife and axe, tracking, cooking; Buckle Wilder, compass, signalling, tracking, c< ok ing. knife and axe; (.Marke, first class signalling; Guy Warren, tiist class swimming; Charlei Green, firs! ( last swimming; Lorrain? Dwyer, signalling, tracking, cooking; James Wilder, sig nailing anil tracking; Robert Ihilti lan, tracking, lire building, cooking, knife and axe; Wannamaker, knife and axe. cooking and fire building. Guy Warren and Harold Wanna ma? ker were initiated into the troop as j tenderfeei having passed the reqi Ired tests. In the SthlotlC contests the Heaver Patrol lead by Harold \\'bilden e isil) defeated all the others, Fight in Alvona London. .Inly tl.?Fighting In Av? ion;, is reported In b M Han dlsp itch. Italian warships bombarded th- Al? banian positions which replied with r*fie fire, Notice of Election Ths County Board of Commissioners aril] eh < t a (Jotton Weigher for two year term at its regular meeting Auk. Id Applications will be received by the undersigned until thai date. D. M. ^LANDING, i h i l& to Board. Th&e To Enroll Quickly Passing - x Only Six Days Remain in Which to Place Names on Club (Books Oncer more 11??- attention of South Carolina Democrats is drawn to the fact that the time tor enrolling 1? quickly slipping by. been than a week 1 nmains. and reports from ail quart era of the state indicate a dearth of interest in this Important duty. The i enrollment has picked up some in the past week in certain sections, it is said, but Oven with thai little more than f>u per cent, of tin voters are on the books. Some thinV this a hlgjh estimate, belle vi ion that the totals! will not at this time reach half was-. Again, it Is emphasised thai it is j' not necessary to have registration j certificate or tux receipt. II is only necessary to be a Democrat and per-j sonally place one's name on the en? rollment list. Thcrv has so far been little Inter- j I est in politics this, year and with this! condition has come the tendei cy to put "ft* enrolling, A large numbi r of good Pemocrata are going to wak< up on primary mrnlng wishing they could cost their bullots, but unable to do HO because of neglect. The hooks close July 27. Tia sday of next week. COTTON LETTER (John F. Clark & Co.) New York. N. V.. July 22. 1 New crop months ruled easier on scattered southern and profi SSional jelling and absence! of Support, lie- j market becoming Weak near the close on free offerings by room traders. Inly sold at the highest price ever] known hi ibis exchange but the later mOntlis hrokf away from it today and acted independently . The mapl S/aS tQO WCl in (Ja., and Ala. but had. to effect on pirccs as the crops <?n winde is thought to be making good progress. Prices arc likely to ?scii oir further. NEW YORK COTTON Y'st'dv's Month Open High Low Close Close July .. 'iL'.:)."? 43.75 12.95 43.26 42.50 Oct .. n34.65 i';7 33.20 33.20 3 1 65 Dec .. ,90 32.9t 31.50 3*1.60 32.91 Ian .. ..82.18 ::lms 8d'.76 30.76 32.15 H?fa .. 31.20 31.35 29.90 29.90 31.20 Ni:\v oiiLi:\Ns tono\ Y'sfdy's Month Open High Low Close Close July .. :>7..r,0 37.f>0 8?.90 :<7.m :i7.r,0 Oct .. ..33.30 :i.??5 ftsVtl eJZ.M 33.0 1 Dec .. ..32.3D 32.4fi $1.28 a .2 B2t.4? Inn .. ..31.80 31..Ss 3<?.;.\ 30.68 31.36 Moh .. ?l.io :;i.lo 29.80 29.80 2:?.&ii UVEltPOOti nvi'Tox. Close: Jan. M.Zfr, Mch 21.69; Maj 11.0$; July ifc.Se; An- 26.19; OCt J3.S2; Nov 23.'_'T ; Deo 22.7.'.. Reichstag Summoned lion don, .inly 22.-?The Qerrooh ?eichstag has been aummoned to ne e llonday. Tlie business wtll Include Itsoussion of the date for the holding )f a presidential election. Sumter Defeated Zfc'?T*?T* 4 i ' -*- j Jl.:n.:\ il'.- :." 7 :; Hartsville, .Inly 19- J [a rtsvtlls do-| Batterie*: : ??< mkW loatod Slimier here today by the ?eure j Blown?!; i.ima| er ai i of 3 to o. Gibson pitched air tlghi Burns, ball in (he pirn lies, allowing four hlfa and striking out seven meA. He got two clean hits, one of which scored 1 Al \ Jam Ml Weetbcrry 1b spending a a run. Tim two teams meet here again ?,-. ? Lie In Kllorec. Brick Brick Brick FOR ALL PURPOSES. From 1OO to 100,000 More if you want them. We wish to let Sumter and adjoining territoiy know that we are prepared to take care of their Com? mon Brick requireme] I whole? sale. Needless to say that Dixie Texture Brick for fine exterior work are made at home. Sumter Brick Works mMMnmuKwmmammmmmmmmmmnam: it mmmmtx?m.u limitmu<- ?i .iuubj i Merchandise Co. SPECIAL PRICES ON SILK HOSIERY FOR TEN DAYS ' ? j $5.00 Value For. $3.48 j $3.50 Value For . $2.98 j $3.00 Value For.$2.48 $2.50 Value For. $1.98 $2.25 Value For. .$1.88 $100 Value For. $1.73 $2.50 Value Lace Stripe For.$1.43 Sliaw 6 McCelliim M r, Th< ? comment on the ease with wir; h theVA* \ wagon can be "backed up." This is due to the full circle iron. The ordinary circle is but a halt circle ( kj ). In making a sharp turn bi ?1 often run to the end of the track and become "denuled." Thornhills cannot do this because their trad; is a c.r.: CO )? Others comment on thclact that in spite of tre? mendous overloads, Thornhill axl< s never break. The rcasin for this is plain. They u:c touch highland hickory?reinforced by a steel trurs b.;r that extcndl the Cull K r:^fcf th< axle. ? Still others comment that the <y- trs never f>ef out of line. This unusual feature is du to i < their workmen's inventions. He designed a t able fromy, hound plat'*?bolted to the - eight points. l?'s literally a ja ket of in n th holds gears in line and insures I ... !M1 V J 5 ; i - I From hilly sc< ti come i trouble of broken king; Li nits is unki wi owners of Thornhill w; a cup and saucer arrangement on ih bolster that reHevci tl^ king bc!t of strain. I ? thers the amazing feature is the long life of Th- rnhill beds?due to their location which gives I the pick J ly cutting il wood and due, .1 part, to the fa< t that they paint with pure I . ; a id it:;: ecd oil d< .pitc its high cost, ; , , ' I owners have found in Thornhills unu i ?! strength where U.cy arc accustomed to vt eakngga. Let us mow ? QU thi perfected wagen. Ish-nI W. B. BOYLE <k CO., Sumter, S. C.