The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 07, 1920, Image 4
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reduosd raten,
which subesrng.
Will ho charged for
I
tribute* of reopect
.mi
foe
waa found -
True Southron in
and Southron*
circulation and
on* the old papers,
the hoot advertising
business men are
the American Cot
tho financial support
lion that are neces
llnin It an an effec'tve or
ThM appeal is made ea
tho ootton producers, for
Who have already
by the efforts of the
and stand to gain inilHonn
Is properly main
StfHens if it is allowed
tro of the Sooth
given generously
eautfe that baa
to them, and it
acid Sloshal that they
to the suooass or
be coUoo association and
po give the few dollars re
hoop It aVhrs and fighting
prices toe cotton. The sot
I to gtvt the world-wide
itione, but they are
?:mp the funds to maintain
intention for
WKXMAX problem
of Francisco' villa
government, though
4 Us OPtitributior to
pomoe, and greater
in Mexico here
rut ftw-may
issue between
_Mexico.
r?m* wanted In thts country
"?NM1? particularly the
fgJtTpWpetmte<i four years
It Americana ttrero kill
property was stolen or
uader Itdlcmsnt for
{?osdean eourts. Four
of his band subsequently
this skit of the border
and hodged for that
govornrrrut Is nb?e
the Unite* States
Si ontitlsd to demand hie
Bta} the lUafcan author
fhld It eery embarraaatng
id turn him over. Villa
with any such
' The I swag rtebry de?
ft* han?d by Amsrloans
Me* leans forgive his
them. But Instances
justice nsey sndanger the sta
the now Mcilcan govern-,
gttp op now trouble for
tn Merlon just when order
?ro being established. It
AflTP housework
Agperic u gtr! hau boon great
?voted an an athlete, says
?tsa Asabruster. physical di
if Of the public schoo 1? of To e
' ,3t A certain few^eJitL maintain^]
t? |g#it^rska4uig ar>d "other
Mere of the rich are
taught \o ride horseback or
If. But tint average American
heol girl hr\llkely to be found
of heart and flabby of muscle*
mause eh? never \doe? anything
?fu strenuous than ?de in a moto?
rr st through a mowtc
Plain, everyday houeowork la rec
snten?ed aa a cure tor* this < ondt
>&
Tt*?? much housework. \oo hard
-?work, lo bad for aiyoW The
orten who hsve done tod\ much
pyvd too hard houaework sKow It
g. s old in their thirties, Just When
ngg should be gott ma their best Wv
Moment and greatest beauty. iRut
little physical exercise, or exer
f kOe of the wrong kind, brings Its own
'??rot nn-a And at least, the woman
Who ha? done too much hs? some
ttlfc/ng to show for h- r life, wblls the
ttle one, or the one who has worked
hur brain an.l not her body, has only ?
A>unch of nervea to her credit?or d!i
rdWdlt.
A child of four ran be taught to do
ptgoplsst thinge about the house. If
the tiny duties are followed by the
nvbre responsible one suited to the
f hu rennlog years, the child is far more
apt to be rosy snd well, fsr more apt
,'fo keep ahead In school, far less lb
j,?*? I? catch the school diseases than
j. the Shild kept from uacfu! I.ibnr and
11 the useful knowledge that goes with
"eddUng t'.. daugh',** of the land
' ?<isd lb? sens? 1* lbs wjrst thing
any mother-citlaen can do for her
children or her country, Giving them
chorea luitahle to their age and
strength and insisting that theae be
performed faithfully and well, Is one
of the best things ahe can do." The
labor problem disappears from the
home wlien every member has his
ehare and machinery is installed to
do the things which ahould not be
expected of woman-power. And the
aense of responsibility, the sense of
power which knowing how to do
things flvee. Is the host earnest of a
nappy, useful iu.j successful future.
Something seems to have happened
to that military bonus. Will the Lc
gionarlea who want it have to start
a Fourth Tarty?
? a e
"Thsre Is plenty of coal and pK.Uy
of care' says a government official.
Surer The coal is In the ground and
the cars are standing idle in. the
frrlght yard.
aas
The Socialist candidate will not
?tump lhJJB^0^j^JJj!i*^^|e^a^
SALVAGE.
An Interesting point in the general
question of salvage la the fact that
ths city of Toronto, Ont., is planning
to buy metal compressing machines
which will compress into bundles all
the tin cans now thrown on city
dumps. Intended in the first place aa
sanitary devices, it is believed that the
compressors will not only pay for
themselves but provide an Income for
the city in excess of the cost of ope?
ration.
It leads to the general question,
?What is waste?" If old tin cans can
be salvaged and the material In them
put to new uses, if garbage can be
"reduced", producing usable mater?
ials, if old rubber, old paper, old lum?
ber, old everything can be made to
perform a service, is there any such
thing ia> real waste?
Apparently there iah t. The only
roe We Is In getting the stuff which
s wants In Its present form Into the
>laee where it becomes raw material
'or something else.
During the war, the army and Red
?ross salvsged Just about everything,
lid bits of metal. Junk of every kind,
rent Into the sorting houses and from
hers to ihe place where it would do
he most good, Much of the waste of
rar was thus nullitiod.
Why cannot cities, big and little,
ahe over such work? Most com
ft unities collect ashes and garbage at
he present time, but the majority
mnsider such collection an expense
ather than a revenue-producing bus
neaa. Yet the Junk men who sot
wer the rubbish on city dumps make
food livlnga thereby. Some of them
icquIre fortunes.
If a eity collects garbage as a aani
ary measure, why should It not look
nto the matter of making this col
eotlon pay? An-i when it finds that
?ther cities do make It pay, why does
t not add the function of collecting
rash as well?
It is not the business of the schools
o take on collection of papers and old
uhber. or of the Junk man, nor even
if the charitable society. It wotfjd
?em to be a municipal function to
,st rubbish out of houses, and to turn
t over to a general salvage organ I
atloTi which, with Its* paper balers
md tin can compressors and what
lot, should serve as a clearing-house
or sett ng the matter into ita proper
ilace again
Rubbish collections at regular in
ervnls, moreover, would help to keep
lown JXrv*.
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COTTON LETTER
(John F. Clark * Co.)
New York. Aug. I?Further buying
hleflr of October credited mostly to
'apaneee interests and Liverpool sent
>ctot>t >'P ninety points while May
food about unchanged. This aharp re
rersal of differences in the past couple
lays is supposed to be due to cover
ng of October hedges. Some apecu'a
ive buying on the theory that October
rot too far under spot cotton and
cattered covering on stop loss orders
There was also trade buy.*it* in De
?ember but the later months were neg
ected. Continued rains and cool nights
n South Carolina, Georgia and Ala
>ama helped the rise a little but the
toying on the weather waa negligible
rhe strength in Liverpool was regard
?d aa due mostly to the recent break
In exchange. The foreign situation
continued depressing and the public
?howed little or on disposition to take
Hold of the constructive aide of the
market
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NEW YORK COTTON
Y'afdv's
Mt.nth Open Iilgh Low Close Close
Get SI.25 81.98 31.01 81.95 31.03
1 >?? . 30.37 30.3? 30.00 30.80 30.00
'an r ..33.50 29.93 39.15 29.88 29.25
Mali . 25.20 29.45 28.95 29 45 29.00
.A..28.90 29 00 28.50 28 90 28.75
l Mon
OULI \NS COTTON
T'at'dy'B
Month Ovm High Low Close Close
Oct _ . 3040 30.50 29.85 30.44 29.72
Dec - -29.as 99.8ft 29.20 |f.?3 29.24
Jan .. .29.0^39.43 28.73 29.21 28.77
Mch .. ..23.60t 28.98 28.33 28 80 28.41
May .. 23.30 88.85 28.03 28.27 27.93
?if
UVKRPOOL COTTON.
Close: Jan 21.51; l eb 21.27: ftfoh.
20.97; May 20.37,\ June 20.15; Julv
19.92; AUg. 34.80; 8ep 22.90; (>,
82.98; Nov. 82.90; D4? 21.82.
CHINA BRIGANDS
ARE CHECKED
3y American and British Gun
boat? Near Shanghai
OUTLAWS TAKE~POSSES
SION OF SHIP
American Ship Fired on By
Bandits and Taken From the
Crew
Shanghai, August 4?Brigands who
have terrorized the upper .reaches'of
the Yangtsze River in recent months
found a sudc en check put upon their
activities wh>n American and British
gunboats were dispatched into the up?
per river from Shanghai, according to
reports that have Altered back to
Shanghai. 1
.The gun boats were sent up to
Chunking utter a band of outlaws
took possession of the Robert Dollar
II of th? Robert Dollar Company of
Shanghai at Wanhaien in Szechuen
province, and were frightened away
only by the appearance of the Amer?
ican gunboat Palos which came in re-*
spouse to distress signals.
The Robert Dollar II, on the maiden
voyage of the new river service the
Dollar company Is establishing, was
fired upon from the shore after tine
first encounter. Messages t3 Shang?
hai said the bandits vanished into the
hills on the appearance of the gun?
boats.
Notes of City Public Schools
Through the courtesy of the editor
I purpose to discuss under the h>ad
"Notes of City Public Schools" some
measures that affect the welfare of
our children. I hope that these arti?
cles may evoke sufficient interest to
cause them to be read.
I am writing this preliminary no?
tice, in order that it may be unnec?
essary for me to sign my name to the
succeeding articles,
Respectfully and cordiallly,
Hi H. Edmunds,
Supt.. City Public 8chools.
Since the revelation made by the
sxamlnatloni incident to the draft for
the United States Army, even more
thought than* formerly has* been given
to the general health. It. is the uni?
versal belief that it is during the per?
iod of childhood that subsequent '
health can he assured; hence the great
attention that is given today to the 1
?are of children.
In a recent issue of School Life
i periodic*,.', published by the National
department of Education, this ques?
tion Is askod and answered: "What >
s health? Health is not merely free- <
lorn from illness. Health is not )
nerely sufficient vigor. Health is thai .
ibundanee of life and overflowing vi? 1
ror which are foundations of success
ind happiness in lifo. Health means
the possession of a reserve force of
strength nn.,1 energy. Reserve force ia
necessary Vo meet the emergencies .
;hat arise in every life. Resrve force
a the physical capital which is so
large a factor in personal success. .
Childhood is the time to build up
this reserve."
It ia not the purpose of this ar
Icle to discuss the prevention of dis?
ease, however Interesting it? might be
LO seek through discussion the foun?
dation of Pasteur's stutement: "It is
within the power of man to abolish
?11 Infectious diseases." For this
phase of the subject it is sufficient to
lay now that the best preventive of all
lisea&e Is health. The really healthy
body should have a reservoir of en
Jrgy, furnishing through its vigorous
/ltality realsting and creative force,
rhe devitalized individual is nervous,
jxel table, unbalanced; the highly vita
ised peracn ealnu deliberate, aelf
F>oiaed. Physical vitality ^determines
me's output in everything. Good
health is therefore, unquestionably
the greatest of earth's blessings, lin?
ier modern conditions to insure good
health the individual must protect
lh& group; the gioup must protect the
ndividual. Between the individual and
the group there must be the most ac?
tive and t ie most intelligent- coopera?
tion. The group and the individual are
mutually dependent?"useless without
;h? other."
There are many elements that con- I
tribute to good health. In this article '
and the next we shall consider only i
diet and that in a very limited way; {
for my desire Is to make these arti- i
cles Immediately applicable to our j
schools.
It is only since the proper diagnosis j
of pellagra and its practical elimina- j
tlon that the attention of the general
public lias been attracted to the nec- !
esHity of a well balanced diet. 8ince J
then even we who are mere laymen (
have learned a great deal of the part
that propr food plays in our physical
well being. Would It not be well for |
u* to procure from our physicians the
esseiillnls of a balanced ration and the 1
foods that will furnish the necessary
elements?
Two things are accepted as true:
1, For children, almost without
extceptior the best food is rich milk.
In the few cases wheie milk is not
a wholesome article of diet, a physi?
cian can easily determine the condi?
tion and make the needed changes
2. Our children of today eat t<?o
many sweets. Physicians! will tell us
that the body needs sweets. In the
days of primitive man the supply of
SWSetS were very difficult to Obtain;
in order, .therefore, that the body
should be properly nourished, the lu?
st in.Uw desire f<u sweets was made
very great, Today the instinctive de?
sire remains as it was originally and,
sin?, the supply of sweets Is very
abundant and easily procured, there
has been an excessive OSS of sweets,
especially Og the part of children who
yield mors readily than adult* to
their instinetive desires. In diet, aV
In many other of life's activities, na?
tive instinct la not a true guide.
MANY SCHOOL
LEVIES RAISED
Over Seven Hundred Districts
Make Progress
' .'
STATE AID OVER
'QUARTER MILLION
Sumter Receives T welve Thous?
and Thre? Hundred For In?
struct 'on
Columbia* August 5?iveven hun?
dred and fifty school districts of the
stMe. an "almost magical" result of
an act of the 1920 legislature, have
voted original school levies this year, j
or raised exdsting levies; to provide
additional school turns. The revenue
thus added to school receipts through?
out the state will evened a u.UUon
dollars. These stateineYits arc made
by the state department of educa?
tion In an Information sheet being
sent this week to all School trus?
tees in the state, from the Columbia
offices of the state department of edu?
cation. This information sheet is the
department's annual deliverance to
the school boards throughout the state.
It also goes to teachers an-1 cover.': in
detail the school legislation <>f the
state, the money available fr>r state
funds for schoo' purposes and other
data valuable to the public, educators.
This bulletin show? %hat the amount
of special state aid furnished schools.
In addition to the regular school funds
appropriated by the counties, a total
of $852,593 was paid during the
school pear ending June 30. ii?20, to !
935 school districts, which is nearly
half of the total number of school ;
districts in the stab), 188 2. Money j
paid out as state aid is for the follow- I
ing purposes: rurp schools, high :
schools, term extension, seven months ;
t<rm guarantee, public school build- j
ings, vocational trairing, this includ- j
ing agricultural, trade and home eco?
nomics; schools for Milterates and j
night schools, negro school betterment, j
school libraries, school Improvement j
association prizes and enforcement of j
the compulsory school law.
By far the greatest amount of state j
aid for schools was syent for rural :
schools. This totaled over a quarter j
of a million. The noxt Wrge amount j
was $175,000 for hijjh schools. The j
ra ven-months term fund totaled $140,- j
000.' Term extension took $52,595.
The amount of $45,920 was appro- 1
priated for public school buildings,
Over $4 3,000 was spent to help voca- |
tlonal training, of which $36.000 went j
for agricultural instruction. Over';
$30,000 was given for work among);
idult illiterates especially in night \
schools. Negro school bettenment got !l
jver $21.000. Compulaory attendance ji
...ok $71,600.
Spurtnnhurg county schools got 1
more Mitte aid than those of any
other county during last session. The
total was $49,B11. Hdrry came se
OOlid With 143,884; Anderson wan
third) $43,02."?; Qfveerivllls was fourth,!
$42,384. Rlchland received $18,215, I
Charleston's Aid totaled $ 11,761. Flor-,
ciico received $3s.32r> OrangebUrg'*
was $28.270. York's total was $2.?.
409. Bumter's was % i 3,805;
Try to Oust
Railroad Agent
Cameron Railroad Man Shows
His Rulings A re Correct
Wyatt A. Taylor
Columbia, August 5? An -effort to
oust .1. A. Smoke, railroad ngunt at
Cameron, in Calhoun county, came i<?
a head at a hearing before the South
Carolina railtoad commission toda'y.
when fcltlsens ?jsil a petition for ins
removal. Thirty-odd pitlnene appear
< d before the < ommission and |he affi?
davits and Statements made in behalf
of the agent made it appear io repre?
sentative^ of tite i)i-<..ss that ih\ agent
was vindbatd. He ^submitted a?hla
vita and testimony to show thai his
rulings hod been right, whereas citi?
zens complained that he was Wtbng.
The commission has Rendered no de
cision in the matter as yet. The rail?
road commission Ik s ordered the
Sou1 hern railway to furnish side
tracking lor warehouses at Wirms
boro..
BRITISH SHIP
IN TROUBLE
Prohibited From Landing In
American Harbor \
LAYING CABLE TO
BRAZILIAN SHORES
Officials of Company Resist By
Authorities Keep Ship Three
Miles From Land
Miam . August 5.?The British ship,
('olopi.i. chartered to land a cargo of
i iblc from the llurbadoes here, most
not enter American untere until per*
iateSU'0 has heeu gra.it?'d hy the state
' nepar.n-ent. Th*> British ambassador
! teiegraph<'d the vice consul here to
! keep the ship outside of the three
j mlja limit u nil further orders. Th<
oresid- i, ,,..?> i>i ? \i ui :
New Vt?U. August !">.- Fiv?- qrtocd
hah'lii l-?'1d u)i Hi., attend:.'.ts of i he
l^r.ox Turkish ha.n v\ liile 175 bath
, VS *< y* asleep, and vscapod with
:.-n tb uisand dollars worth of. val ii
-w,r~~~.^*.*W*4*?l^WWn3JI?lj^
Guaranteed Tires at
35 Per Cent Off List
30 x 3 Non-skid, Clincher. $11.90
30 x 3 l-? Non-skid, Clincherj&?.$15.75
32 x 3 1-2 Non-skid, S. S...:.- $1M5
31 x 4 Non-skid, Clincher ....jii. . $21.90
32 x 4 Noh-skid, S. S..L.$24.90
33 x 4 Non-skid, S. S.:. $26.25
34 x 4 Non-skid, S. S...-.^.* $26.75
Best Quality With Guaiai tee of 5000 Miles.
1 Carolina Bhttevy
It & Accessory C?.
I 128 S. Maitt^treet,
i Sumter, S. C. j Phone 590
FORDS! FORDS!!
We have just received
Ten 1920 Model Fords
Equipped with Self
starters.
Nine Touring Cars and
One Roadster.
PRICES RIGHIT.
BETTER SEE US QUICK IF YOU WANT A
FORD AS THEY WILL NOT LAST LONG
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JENNINGS-BURKETT MOTOR COMP'Y
S. Main Street SUMTER, S. C.