Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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if H4 & ?tarda y ??Y? PUBLISHING COMPANY ?GMTKR, 8. a II advance. tfceare. Erst lasertoin _$1.00 f subsequent Insertion .10 It If Mia far three months or long II be mad a at reduced ra.ea eesnmunlcatlons which lubeerve it mt* rests will ha charted for r advertktomanta 4*itneries and tribute* of respect ha charged for. Mi atonaler Watchman was found ? ItKo and the True Southron In The Watchman and Southron Ml the combined circulation and ad both of the old papers. Is saanrfostly ths oast advertising la Bumtsr. CttJUmAlfirY AND C APITAL. - Vao laterchurch Movement has felt Obliged to give up. for ths present. Its inltlooe campaign to rales more ?l.tOO.QOe.ooo for ths support? ed trie various Protestant churches tarrying on their work along mo hops. Less than half the amount I red for the first year's budget, been guaranteed, and there has e discouraging failure In the vol Of gifts expected from wealthy So of the movement to defray the .try expensee of the principe) oney-raining campaign. was suggested, when the sum Kon of the plan was mado public, the temporary failure vas due t|y to present public psychology?? the American public was weary ?Nirtves". and could not be expected glee as liberally as in wartime, no f.sr how good the cause, until the (I changed. Ii has developed that there was another Impor eause. The position tak<n by the isaurch Movement, or at least by Industrial Relations Department. Is to have alienated "capital " Par osTease seems to have been Vy the survey of conditions in the Heel industry undertaken last fall, agst hg the, report growing out of It, w%ieh upheld the right of labor to and bargain collectively, With certain other liberal poll Many wealthy men t a ere upon reft god be contribute. 4 Toe seoeement si bow said to be go sag allied with the publication of the fegytft in Spits of protest. Apparently M had to choose between the tid of the Wealthy classes and the humbl* class to. as* chose the latter. In uuch a dl 1 sea eis, it to herd to see how an organ tsggkn. for the promotion of Chris? ttat try could do otherwise. SSSBSSSSSSSSSSSBSSSSSBSSB* curnuNQ going trp ,, , In. Ikrerybody knows that wool Is ier new. Nearly eve-ybody knows, it awing to the *efuaaJ of the aejMte to continue paying the high poises demanded, beeiness has grown atoll throughout the cloth.ng Industry. Onssv* have falen off, md mills and fat tee tee car not kisp t nelr workmen It might he cape* ted. then, that the trade would announce lower prices, to OtaaaunsU oonauno ?uon. But not so. la the face of i ose conditions, tho hfnberdasher dee ires that "apparet laea will be nUfc over tho retail Oeunter neat fall Why ? Because **ftko sharp drop In woolcaunot be felt by the oooeumer tefots next aprlng aa H saust drei past through the hands td weavers and manufacture re," In a way. this te logical Bo fsr as nest fairs garsseito are concerned. It isajr be true that they win he made, >r e>sve been made already, of wool bought at high price levels, and that every element entering Into their man? ufacture baa been as costly as ever, or mere so. Bat there are two weak points in the argument One Is the fact, well known through recent rev elation*, that the manufacturers of woolen cloth, at least, have been mak? ing exorbitant prodts th? past year, and that the garment makers have eeterlnty not been loetng money. The other le tha when wojI rise*, the cost Of clothing slready manufactured nearly always rises with t, and so by a fair and logical proceia nhould go down with it, If the custo-ner ia no to be 1 heated. GERMANY HT1I L RESISTS Prom revelations made to an Airerl eon correspondent by the French i:ov srnment. It was obviously high time for the allied council to tike Germany to band and Impose a definite indem? nity and enforce the pesce treaty. There Is no disposition s^iown on lb* part of lbs German government to obey, that treatv made In good filth. >fo reparation pay men ? have yet been made. Less than half the quan? tity of ooal agreed uporr has l?eer de? livered to Prance. Such matters as Ihsss. friends of Germany nicy argue, result from the extreme difficulty oft doing any better. Germany Is admit? tedly handicapped In labor and rs eourcea But any such explanation Is steered lied by the uns Oermany is ptsjkang of What labor and resources she ha?, to ?well her military power when slrf la unden obligation* to de? plete It. Thle la the moat serious part of the situation. Germany agreed to reduce her army to a maximum of 200.000 men and two weeks ago had over 400,000 still under arms* She has delivered none of the airplanes she promised and hus an air personnel of 3.000 men still mo? bilised. She should have less than 2.000 machine guns, and has 2U.0OO. Her legitimate stock of guns should consist of not more than 204 light 4eld pieces and 84 howitzers, an i she has no lea than 22.000 guns still lenown to be In her possession, with thousands more suspected. Stopped from manufacturing addi? tional armament, she is still making cannon right under the noses of allied Inspectors. Recently there were dis? covered in the Krupp works at Essen, by accident. 60 Illicit Held piece;*, 1 so ammunition wagons and hundreds of shell cases hidden from the alllod con? trol commission. Vast quantities of small arms are known to be stored in secret, all of which should have been turned over to the Allies for destruc? tion. It la no Wo .er that France still fears Germany, and Is Insistent on strict enforcement of the treaty terms. American sentiment, though silenced at present by lack of official machin? ery for cooperating with our war part? ners In tho winding up of the war, should lend Its steady support to the a iled representatives who are trying to ci nch the victory and make the un? repentant enemy powertess for future harm. IN PRAISE OF WORK "Uncle Joe" Cannon Is not often thought of as a preacher, but he 1 preached a good sermon on his eighty-fourth birthday. Asked for a birthday message to the American public, he said: : "Men wiser than I long ago said ' that the first blessing of earth is 1 toll; and the second blessing health, 1 srhlch wealth cannot buy. I accept 1 both, and believe that the first contri- | butes much to the second. 1 "At eighty-four I can wish no 1 rroaier blessings to the pres- 4 ?nt and coming generations than 1 those of work and health. They 1 ire the two things in tls life 1 that make it attractive and contri- ( bute to longevity and happiness. The 1 Iresm of idleness or lack of Tiecessi- ' ty for labor is an idle dream. Could any sage have hit more a< - eurttely the big need of the hour? ' Her* we have a world suffering for ' lack of innumerable things which cannot be obtained without labor, 1 und apparently a majority of the people ignoring facts and seeking 1 moio leisure Instead of more work. 1 When will the average man learn ' igain the Usson of Adam, that work 1 ks not a corse hut a blessing, and the ( chief cause and fundamental condi? tion of progress, health and happi? ness, for a nation and for an individ? ual? !? ' I FRIVOLOUS EATING. 1 . < Speaking of the dancing mania, 1 srhlch is stronger In America than 1 inywhere else in the world, Blanco ibanes. Spanish author, finds himself J marvelling at too "dinner dance" par? ticularly. 1 "You have married dancing and lastronomy,'' h? says, "and In ten /ears you will have a nation of dys? peptics. First you eat a course, then you dance. I tel! you eating should \ be made a serious occupation." The critic is not a physician, hut possibly he knows what he is talking ! about. Dancing is doubtless fine exer else, as Its votaries Insist, but the gen? eral experience of mankind has never been such es to recommend exercis? ing at meals except with the jaws. Many a dinner-dancer wonders, sev? eral hours after the meal, why his dinner hasn't digested. Americans do not seem to be tak? ing their dancing too seriously. A little more respect for food might be an excellent thing. Still, this warning about becoming "a nation of dyspep? tics" Is not no fearsome as It might be. We have always been called a nation of dyspeptics. ?nd have thriv? ed on the allegation, and even taken pride In it. Having endured all thc*e years the pic. hot drinks, cold drinks and miscellaneous gastronomic crimes that ire the horror of Europeans, maybe we can endure, the dancing, too. , ... .,11 L .1 AN ERA OF TWILIGHT. speaking of the present unrest and uncertainty in this country and other countries. President Lowell of Har? vard University suggests that it comes from "mistaking the means Tor the end"?that people everywhere were so bent on winning the war that in that pursuit they rather lost sight of what the war was for, and what they were going to do with the vic? tory when they got It. This, he says, is natural enough. Waging war was mostly a matter of obeying orders. "Except for those in high authority, a man's duty was to obey. He had no need to trouble himself about the end he sought. But with the ceasing of hostilites this was changed, and therein lies* one of the sources of the confusion and dis? integration that has followed the arm.stice in all the countries engaged in the war and In almost every field of political and industrial life. Unity of effort has been succeeded by dis? persion of aims. Men have, no longer a common object, and the people am groping In the twilight." This twilight is surely not destined to last as long as the war did. By the time election is over, there v/ill have been two full years of it, and that should be enough. There are signs of the world's mind clearing somewhat, and this is true in the United States even in the present confusion of party roliticB. It seems likely, In fact, that this presidential campaign Itself will contrbute much to the clearing pro? cess. The present year should mark the end of uncertainty for America, and next year should see a clean, clear, vigorous facing of the future, with our war experience as an asset rather than a liability. 'Tili RAIIJtOAD WAGE AWARD Railroad employees seem less dis? contented with the amount of their wage increases, which average about half what they asked for, than with the Labor Board's discrimination among the various unions. The crit? ics insist that the raise ought to have been more nearly uniform. The groups given less than the average tncre ise are jealous of those that are given more. Thus their quarrel seems to be less with the government than with each other. Tis attitude is natural enough, frail human nature being what it is. The disgruntled unions, however, should do "their best to take the settlement philosophically, and to appreciate the reasons given by the board for this discrimination. It Is evdent that, in jeneral, the Board has given the t>ggest Increases to those classes of smployees who were most poorly paid. To an outsider, at least, this looks like the essence of simple hu? man juctice. And be it said to the jredit of some of the most highly paid groups that they have aoquiesc id in this principle. Fortunately the prospect is that the aawrd will be accepted in spite of this dissatisfaction. The railroad Linons had determined, before hand, to stand together in its acceptance or rejection. The strongest of the bro? therhoods have promptly decided to iccept. Most of the others will prob ibly do the same when their refer? endum is taken, in hope of another raise next year if the cost of living Joen not fall. There will hardly be my strike, then, unless a small mi? nority shoud go back to their pledge ind start an "outlaw strike." There is probably enough good sense among the leaders to prevent such a des? perate and suicidal step as that. The experience of the striking switchmen has not been encouraging to "out? laws." Road Building Material Furnished to the State by the Federal Government (Wyatt A. Taylor) Columbia, July 26.?Somewhere in the neighborhood of a million dollars worth of material has been furnished by the federal government, from equipment, for use on the public highways of South Curolina to date. and the latest addition to the Hot is a solid car? load of motor truck parts. The state highway department is today in receipt of a carload of parts for Graham-Bernstein trucks. These parts will be kept In the department's ga? rages and warehouses in Columbia and distributed to the counties for the upkeep of trucks already in use in the various counties on state highways. The value of these parts is roughly estimated at $7i,000. The highway department Ualso just in receipt of three hoisting wenches. One of these will be used in Fatrficid county. The others have not been asked for as yet by any county road forces. One three drum hoisting en? gine was recently received and sent to Marlboro county for use on bridges. The highway department is also re? ceiving five additional motorcycles, from Camp .lessup. Of the original allotment of 296 motor trucks for use on South Carolina highways, the bu? reau of roads) at Washington lias al? ready delivered more than two hun? dred of them. The only cost to the state of this material is the freight and upkeep, together with repairs In some cases. Siiinter l>efoats the I'ndelenlnble Ra? din Team. ItlStter defeated the undefeatahle team of Badin, N. C, Saturday, with a score, of 1 to 0. This was one of the host games of the season. It was a good game from the beginning to the end. FOR SALE?A big cheap mule, suit? able for heavy work. Will take wood as payment, or give terms to responsible party. J, P. Commaui der Pisgah News and Views. The rains are here at last and tin crops looks fine, especially corn. A continuation will he an injury, if the water comes in large Quantities, Lay? ing by was almost finished before the rains came. Without it dries off soon there will be no more plowing in the old crops. The issue is now plainly drawn be? tween the two parties on the league of nations. Mr. Cox has declared for .ts approval and Mr. Harding against it. The American people now have it before '.hem to decide what they want. My belief is that they are going to decide against it and Mr. Harding will win. Where are the old states rights people that wrant the federal govern? ment to override the stales in the matter of woman suffrage? The southern women don't want the ballot. I 'have no proof that they do. This state did right in rejecting it and the Vermont governor who Is a Republi? can refuses to call the logialature to? gether to act on it. This is no party or poltlclal question. If the Amer? ican people want to always be in Eu? rope's fussc* let them vote to ratify the treaty, and then they will never know any more peace. Mr. Wilson is a wise and great man, hut his knowl? edge does not exceed that of the fath? ers. The protracted meeting is going on at Mt. Pisgah church this we<ik. Mr. Martin from Raurens is doing the preaching. He is a fine preacher and hews to the line. Rev. Mr. Ken^ ney preached in Raurens county Sun? day. H* says the rains are heavy there. Detroit Murder Mystery Mutilated Body Positively Iden? tified as That ol? Mrs. Elroy Detroit, vJuiy 26.?The woman whose mutilated body was shipped in a trunk from Detroit to New York has been positively identified by De? troit acquaintances as Mrs. Elroy, formerly Miss Katherine Jackson of Starkville. Miss., Police Inspector Mc? carty asserted today.. Aviator Millen Not Elroy Chicago. July-26.?Efforts to con? nect Hoy Millen, a former army avi [itor. with the mysterious Detroit trunk murder failed today when pa? trolmen Trum but! of the Detroit po? lice were unable to identify Millen as" the missing Eugene Lcroy. It is the general impression that Messrs. R. B Reiser, Davis D. Moise and C. J. Jackson will offer for re oleetion to the hour of representatives ;ind that they will lie returned for an? other term. So far no candidates have come out in oposition, and there isn't much prospect that there will bo other candidates In the race. Club Hoys* Short Course Ends Clemson College, Juiy 2G -Tub-rest ing closing exercises for the short Course for Club Hoys were held on Thursday evening and certificates were awarded t<. s< venty-six hoys who completed the course by Director W. \v. Long of the Extension Service. Short talks were made by L. L. Baker, Supervising Agent; W. W. Long. Di? rector; A. B. Bryan, Agricultural Ed? itor; H. (>. Williams, Assistant Agent; ami Professors L. v. Btarkey, W. W. Gritspatrick and A J. Qodbey, and an? nouncements were made ol the win? ners of prises, places on the stock ludging t< am, etc. The lively contest for places on the ?tock judging team has been the out? standing feature of tiiis year's Short Course. The object of this contesl cvas to sekeel a team of three with two Alternates to enter the International Stub Boys' Livestock Judging Contest it the Southeastern Pair next fall. In? struction and practice work on pure? bred livestock were given from the irst. and the boys most apt in this vork were given daily tests. The com? petition was keen and it was hnaily lecided to select six boys, who will oe aken on an experience trip through he state ami probably into Tenne* ieo for further training before going o the Southeastern Fair. The six who won places on the team' vene R'oy McCombs. Abbeville; Pro rince" Branham, Kershaw; M. Calvin tfooro, Greenville; .C'arl If. Smith. An lerson; James C. Garrison, Bickens; 3oyd Blakoby, Lancaster. A RadlOlitSi v.atvb offered Uy P. U. landers, AssAcfette Edit.- <f the southern Ruralist, to the Club Boy i naking the best all round record ?MHW SeMMBQM^SSMMMB^HMMBBSSS MB?^ during tlw> Short Course was %on by Boyd Blakeley. The C Ub boys returned to their homes -Friday afternoon and Sa urday after pstislnir resolutions expressing thctr appreciation to Clemson College for the benefits and pleasures >f the course. The boys attending from 5-umter ^ county nrerei Hern nils Well? Sum ter, route S (scholarship); Sum mie Bltnson, Tindalls, route 1 (schol? arship); Mc Millan Cain. Sumter, route pay student); Milton Newman, Sumter. route l (pay student) Clar? ence Qedditurs, Sumter, route I (pay student); Willie Hinson, Tindal'. r<?:iie i (pad student); Neil Geddings, Tin? dal (pay student). Smallpox Claims First Victim The first death from smalli ox that has occurred in South Caroline in 1920 was reported yesterday to tie stato liealth oAce from Scranton, Florence eounty. .1. A. Raw telegraphed the .liealth department that the case that had been pronounced snirllpox in Scranton had died, and he added that few precautions were heing t; ken. ?r, f. s. Ktnser, health officer of Calhoah county, was instruct* d to go to Scran? ton yesterday and make an iw-estiga tion. The health oilice is auvising: a general vaccination and has sent 100 vaccine points to the town, together with smallpox placards an dliterature treating of the disease. In 10F) three deaths fron small? pox werf' reported in this state, ac? cording to the bureau of ? ital sta? tistics. The disease lias been widely scattered over the state for several nonths and scores of vaccine points have been sent to different tewns. Brick Brick Brick * FOR ALL PURPOSES. From 1OO to 100,000 More if you want them. We wish to let Sumter and adjoining territory know that we are prepared to take care of their Com? mon Brick requirements, retail and whole? sale. Needless to say that Dixie Texture Brick for fine exterior work are made at home. Sumter Brick Works The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Greater Value-Giving ooopooooo Clearance Sale of Palm Beach and Mohair Suits, Children's Wash Suits, Silk Shirts, and Low Quarter Shoes OOOOOOOOO You're more interested in what you get for your money than in what it costs to get it. That's only com? mon sense; a price isn't low if the quality is lower. You know what we mean as to quality when we say SATISFACTION OR MONEY BACK And that's the sort of quality we're offering you at re? duced prices. This is our clearance time; we get ready now by clearing stocks for the coming of fall goods. We have still some extremely good things to sell; and we do want you to get some of them. OOOOOOOOO TheD. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothes 14 N. Main St. Sumter, S. C.