Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Saturday IT? kUSHINO COMPANY s. a Advance. mW*% first laser tot n .$1.00 fy mibsequsnt insertion .50 ra tracts for three months or long Ifill be made at reduced ratea :i communications which subserve "iU Interests will he charged for "*erthnmenta And tributes of respect rged for. a Watchman was found sW the True Southron in ^Ttae Watchman and Southron * the eombined circulation and 1 of both of the old papers. ?Ualfastly the best advertising " Somter^ leMT OF THE RATE* RAISK )?? immediate cost of the railroad ta'Ssas bi nearly fl.BO0.0OO.0U0 a This is a big sum In itself. I talent to a tax on the nation of I if. 114 a year apiece, or $70 for hferege family. It can be paid. srUJ be paid as cheerfully as pos prevtded It Is not unduly mul I In the process of being passed to the ultimate consumer of ted goods. Belker IX Hin*?, former dlrector of the railroads, declared a time ago that whatever Increase Commerce Commission the railroads would be multi tg five when It reached the f Much as the publio wants >ortatlon. and much as to acquiesce In the prea ?award, the public Is not prepared Jd aythlng like $7.500.000.000 a its present railroad bill. Mr. Masts I Sat some previous rate Itasggg have been multiplied to the III sggjgeeted. and says a rcpeti be expected unless the De f Justice does Its utmost to lagt producers and dealers do I the advantage of the consumer I ' (thiO raise for a pretext. governmental action, he the It crease may be made as three-fold Instead of five-fold, ?ho* 14 bo that much is be undorssanduig of the ordl Bven a. three-fold In nearly |3,)00 00Q.900 * j?f profit*erro? It will be taken to tiie price of goods a dol 1 litre and a dimo there and a pen ISXsrlien. when the actual In of rod in freight charges is U fraction of the a nount. SgCCt birds of merchandise, par lily cloning, food and other tiisSltles at comtArativety small |l or bul'c. the increase rhould isiry appreciable. On a suit of tig*, for Instance. It is said that faow rates should not add more ;.o bents, authorities should use their ut tttorts to keep the publio from bssssg gouged, end to keep the profi? lier? frV.in making more out of this gsssc thtin the railroads and their feSA*W?e* da Tta; IMPORTANT RtSSlAN. The "most important man in Kus *ocordlng to Cameron Maokcn vito has spent' more than a year 1 ig him. is that little known IX the Russian peasant. Mr. t a sale s account of him. in the laf' Bvenlng tPssjt, Is IPu'itlnat 1 Ant reassuring, hi tke light of the it Russian-Polish situation. important personage constitu? tes majority of the Kassian peo He ie aot a B</lsdlevlst. The fact he Is dead ?*4 against Bolshevism. Motrusttnv Lenins and ail his crew, saving ggtie interest In the industrial eet* of the cities, and when he t notice 01 them at all. being ac Svtly bostils o them. Trtfo psassnt Is a sovletist In his own ?#sy. but it is not ths way of Lenins Sovtetn are the peasant's own Invention He has alwayt had them. Ig the form or' town or village coun ?ftls. He still has them. Hut they Save 1 othlng to do with the "Soviet Qovsrimenl" >f I/entne and Trotsky, f he *x asants attend strictly to their Own * fairs, and deny the Jurisdic? tion d the na tional gnveminent. In inj places 1 hey have cohere.! in ips of lootl sOvlets that make Lie Independent states, but nost of vit ages are still separate and sett? ling The peasants have their own land, fees the revolution came, they ?lm t:?ok porMtSslon of the soil they puri b?en cultivating, and tney In? tend M keep i< ? They have no deeds, gm) ivlll not accept deeds from the BolstvS'lst yovernmer *. All they a<k tu Ssji 1st alone They are not Com it*. They bold the bind Indlv and refuse to change their The ac'ual number of Bolshevists In from' It should oe retneml>ered, is agon|>iiiativeiy small Ths truly con M***H Cominwbde ;ire estimated by wrlter ^^ no fnore than 200, 00? o* 300.OOt. Lenine and Trotzky succeed because they have a tmali group of loyal and trained followers In the army and the principal fac torles. and because they are able to enlist In their army men who would otherwise starve. Only in the army and on the farms is there food enough. It is clear, then, that in spite of the aggressive radicalism shown by Rus? sia today, and the ntenace it seems to hold for the rest of Europe, it represents a small minority. The "main body of Russians and the soul of Russia are conservative. Lenine can ?et Bolshevize even his own country unless he can Bolshevize those peas? ants. That seems impossible. And what will the peasants do to Lenine if he tries to use force against them? PRICK PEAKS. There Is always a grim satisfaction in finding out how high the cost-of livlng ias gone, just as there is in the thermometer's reaching on a hot day, The higher the figures, the more the satisfaction?such as It is. Statistics submited the other day by tho De pn r.tnnnt of Labor afford one of these doleful treats. From December. 1914, to June 30 of this year, the local average in? crease in cost of the necessaries of life for several respresentatlve American cities is given as 110 to 136 per cent. The greatest increase was in the au? tomobile boom town of Detroit. New York shows an Increase of 119 per cent which seems near the average for American municipalities. Further interest, therefore, may be found in some of the items of the New Yoifs report. There are genuine surprises. After all the ado made about rent profi? teering in the metropolis. It appears that in these five and a half years housing has gone up less than any? thing else?only 32.4 per cent. Fuel and tight come next, with 60 per cent increase. Food haa risen 105 per cent furniture and furnishing 205 per cent, male clothing 220 per cent and fc. male clothing mort of all, 258 per cent. Detroit offers one slgnifloant con? trast. In that city female clothing hasj risen only 186 per cent while male do thins: has risen 235 per cent. In New York, one might readily Infer, it is the women who are the "classy dressers", willing to pay the cost of adornment without question, while in De*rolt the city of young fellows | tn-ning better pay than ever before, I. is the men. It may be ominous to suggest that these percentages represent the much discusoed "peak of prices". 8o often that peak has been sighted, only to prove an Illusion. It seems to be the real thing, though, in this case. Food and clothing, at least have gone down appreciably since June 30, and the average* cost *>f food is shown by the Bradstreet "index numbers" to be definitely trending downward. *._. _i WILL BRIDGE THE 8 AM TEE. Columbia State. A bridge built across the Suntee in the neighborhood of Summerton would be of immense value to the people of a wide and fertile section of South Carolina ?of valun so great that the sum of money, though it mount into the hundreds of thous? ands of dollars and decidedly higher than the estimated cost of construe* tlon, shonld not frighten the thous? ands of people to be benefited by it. The lands In this region are among the richest to l>e found in this state-? but they do not fetch the high prices| th*t others not superior to them readily command. It would as well be recognised that we have entered an era when railroad transportation is not sufficient to de\elop a country. The gasoline propelled vehicle is a necessary part of commercial equip-1 mi nt and the truck as well as the passenger car is coming into almost universal use wherever are roads fori It to run upon. Roads without brld- j ges are next to worth lese. Th?' inhabitants of the left bank of the Han tee can reach Col urn Ida by motor car only by a long Journey to the north, by way of the bridge acros* th* Waterce near Camden. From Charleston and the conntry south and west. Including the city of OrunK? - burg. they are cut off entirety. The great water courses of the lower part of South Carolina divide it Into sections that must surely and positively Mtop Its growth, In the ab? sence of hrldgcH. Ho long as railroads were the mode of travel and of haul_ ing. except for neighborhood dis? tances, It was not relatively at great d i-tad van tage, but that condition has passed, a distinctly, hi Its resources ever so splendid, and one more desir? able than this in discussion ceiy scarcely he found, in doom V. to lag If It shall be separated frOU! th reel of the world ao far as motor trans u*<rtntlou is means of reaching it. New settlers will avoid it and the son and daughters of the old resident will leave It?It will not be desolat but stagnation instead of health: growth will be its charateristie. These palpable facts-have dnwner in the minds of the men who hav< called a meeting for the 20th of Aug ust to devise means for the bridging of the Santee. It is not for The Stab to tell them, whatever the cost of th< bridge proposed, it wdll be low b: comparison with the cost of being in definitely without it. They have stud ied the problem that confronts then and they are, we think, determinec that they will bring their hundreds oi thousands of acres of productive lands into communication with th< towns, cities and seaports of soutl Carolir a that is indispensable to pro? gress. THK HOBO'S HAVEN. Chicago police say that they seldom have a case of "panhandling" anj more. On West Madison Avenue, foi many years a great meeting place for America's vagrants, they still gathei on their way east, west, north and south. But as a rule they do not beg The reason? Lack of drink, the po? lice say ,and high wages?especially farm wages. And thereby hangs a tale. A Chicago newspaper tells of one veteran of the road, 70 years old. known for decades as a man chroni? cally "broke", hungry, thirsty and ragged. On his last appearance he looked prosperous. In a burst of con? fidence he unbuckled a money belt. "Look!" he said. "I ve got $500 there, and I'll have a lot nunc before the season's over. As long as the big pay lasts. I'm going to work. When the pay drops. I'm stepping out to buy me a little ground in the country." Wrould you believe it? That's whit they talk about in that hobo stamping ground?getting "back to the farm." They see the need of production and the opportunity it offers. "\\ ?hei? farmers can pay such wages, they want to be farmer. Dependent all their aimless lives.they begin to see a vision of independence. While re? formers talk over their heads, and eminently respectable citizens cogi? tate and hesitate, the "dregs of so? ciety" lead the way. The non-pro. clueers are becoming producers. The gasoline burned in American automobiles would heat every Amer? ican home during the winter. Bui, then, the smell would drive eveiy l>ody out of the hosue, so maybe it's Just as well to keep on heating all outdoors with it. * ? ? They must have queer temperance drinks in New Jersey. A Newark men. after a night with the moys, climbed a telegraph pole on the way home, and was found next morning lying '?cross the wdres, sound asleep. Yes, he had a high old time. * * .** Now that the expressman have been given $50.000.000 more pay, they won't have to collect at both ends any more. ? a a e Law's a queer thing. In order to protect f'onzi's creditors, the author? ities tie up his money and refuse to let him pay his creditors. * * * There isn't a city in the United States that has enough houses to shelter its people, and there isn't one of them that docn't want more pop. ulrtloh. sea . Liberty Bondr are still a-* good bar gam for optimists. ' FREIGHT CAR, CONTROL. The "priority rule" which gives coul cars the right of way is begin? ning to show results. There is still go? ing to be a fuel shortage In some pruts of the country next winter, be? cause it will be impossible under the best imaginable conditions to move an adequate supply beofre the bad weather sets in, but it will be far less serious that it would have been without this beneficent rule made b\ the t ig Boss. The prevalent. Impression Js thai this is only a temporary revival of n wartime pow? r, which will pass with the present emergency. Fortunately, as a representative of large shtppint interests points out, this is not so. By the new railroad law the Inter state Commerce Commission is given control of railroad service, along witl its other powers. Thus, It is explain ed. government control of cars wti be a permanent feature even und? i private operation. ThlH power, if wisely handled, wl! do more than merely five relief it ruch tmergenoh h as the present one to expedite some partieular commod ity. It should also remove one of th oldest causes of complaint agalm th.- carriers, their alleged dlscrlml nation In ear service. 1 narriminatioi hi service i? ju t as had as discrlmi nation in rates, and is at last legally recognized as so. Accordingly, any wronged shipper now has recourse. A railroad can no longer favor certain shippers at the expense of others. i>y giving or withholding cars * at its pleasure. j Railroads may welcome this ex? tension of federal authority, for when they have discriminated they have probably done it as much through fear of powerful business interests as through favor. At any rate, the public is protected.' In this, as in many other matters of regulation,! the much_abuscd "government" seems to be the only power hip and broad enough to bring order and justice in? to the transportation business. MEN AND PRICES. Men are accustomed to blaming women as largely responsible for high prices. Women, they say, as purchasing agents for family BUim? plies, have been "easy," acquiesc? ing too rapidly in extortion along all lines, and especially paying unduly high prices for their own clothing and other personal purchases. Mafry a man has prided himself on his com? parativek economy in his own pur? chases. A warning issued b) the Ohio Fair Price Board seems to cast doubt on this view. "Manufacturers ana deal? ers in women's wear," says the board, "realize the power of control h*ld by the women, and the situation in wo? men's wear is favorab'e. But in re? gard to the situation in men's wear? ing apparel, conditions are not sat? isfactory." The manufacturers of men's wear, it seems, are conducting a propa? ganda campaign designed to hold up prices, and count on the lordly male consumer to fall for it. The Board urges th? federal Department of justice representatives and the fair pij:e commissions throughout the state to "press vigorously their cam* paigns of sane economy among men." They are told that "men should be advised to buy only an absolutely ne? cessary; to make their old clothes do; to understand and spread the idea that the best interests of our country require economy." The women, it is Implied, have already been doing this very thing. Men have a standing disdain for femine shopping methods. Men take pride in marching into a store, buy | lng the first thing they see without j stooping to any sordid discussion of cost, and marching right out agaia. As a result of this "business system, the men are now paying a great deal more for their clothing than women are. Perhaps wearing one's old clothes, as the board advises, is. only half the battle. Men do need new suits and things once in a while. It might fejelp matters if they would take tfteii* wives along when they go to buy ii ; new outfit. TRUCKERS WILL i GO TO FLORENCE Will Form Market Association For the State MANY PROMINENT SPEAK? ERS TO BE THERE Standard Grades and Packs am: Adequate to be Discussed Florence, S. c. Aug. 19. I Special) >?All trucking interests of the entire Pee Doc section of South Carolina are being invited to Florence on Tues? day, Beptember 7. to form a market? ing association. The invitation is being extended through the Cham* hers of Commerce of the section, th< newspapers, und individuals who an known here as leading truckers it their respect, ve localities. The Florence Cham.ber of Com? merce is sponsoring the meeting through its agricultural department of which T. B. Young, one of the h ading and-most progressive farmers of South Carolina, is vlcepresident. The meeting will be under its aus? pices and the association will be fos? tered accordingly. Lloyd s. Tenney. representing the North American Fruit Exchange, will be the chief speaker f,t the day. He will represent plans for the Exchange to establish in South Carolina A state exchange, Which will have sul> exchanges. with inspectors, in each of the .larger localities of this Section For many years, Mr. Tenney has i?<in engaged In the Southern frnil and produce business on a large Ncale, and he is considered one of th<4 bei t selling authorities in the United States on the subject. For a long while he was employed In the Florida fields, which ere among the first organised In tin South. Consequently his address la expe< b d to be of par. lieu.ar value and worth here. Mr. Tenney will not speak here as an Ex change .man, however, but as a mar? keting authority. Certain contingencies must be met In undertaking such an organisation and this meeting will dispose of tb< W. Chief among UifSQ are standard grades and pecks, with adequate marketing connection:-', all of whicjfl will be explained and discussed. Vergk definite plans for the organization and operation of such an a"SociatiogjH will be presented in the convention* Theae will involve the central agenc|S with the Sub-agencies. Farm Hands Arrives s, At Oklahoma Farm in Great Style I Oklahoma City, Okla., August 16 ? I Some rich relative was the comment of I Jannie Simpson a farmer living near ihis city, when he saw a bright yel-i low taxicab drive up to Iiis gate and stop. But it wasn't. It was a 2Dth century farmhand, late of New York City, who had been advised by the) federal state employment bureau that Simpson would pay $150 a month and hoard for a g'od farm hand. Ke worked about long enough to earn the money the taxi cost him and then left, suid Simpson, in relating the in cident. FOR SALE?Having put in all motor equipment will offer at a sacrifice our draft horses, weight of pair about 2.7/10 pounds; sound and gco- - tie. Price $600 for the pair. Geo. If Hurst & Son._ f-1-\ Attention, Owners of Machinery Boiler Fronts, Grate Bars, Smoke Stacks, and all kinds of Boiler Material in stock. We make any kind of castings and have ? ^ A Firstclass Boiler Maker You had better hurry up with your Gin Repairs. Come to see us. Sumter Machinery Co. Sumter, S. C. FARMERS Light your Gin with Delco-Light. We have small outfits for Gin Lighting. Place your order early. Thousands being sold. Call at 10 E. Liberty St., or Phone 649-L. T. M. BRADLEY, Dealer. Delco-Light is Carrying the Com? forts and Conveniences of the City Into Farm Homes It is furnishing bright clean electric light through? out the house aid barn?doing away with the smoky, dangerous kerosene lamp and lantern. It is providing power to pump water, thus making possible a modem bath and the convenience of running water throughout the hotise and barn It is operating the washing machine, the churn and cream separator, the vacuum cleaner, the milking machine, the fanning mill, and the grindstone. li is, revolutionizing farm life?and at the same time it is saving so much in time and labor that it is actually paying for itself. Over 100,000 satisfied users throughout the world arc the visible evidence of Delco-Lielit leadership in the Farm Light and Power Held. There99 a Satisfied User near you T. M. BRADLEY, Dealer. Sumte.r, S. C, iti .40.0 ?"."4 H c< Air Cooled - N* Belts Only One Pi ace to Oil?Long - lived Battery. Valve - in - Head Motor Runt on Kero+cnm