The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 18, 1920, Image 4
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CANADA LOfeE* POPULATION.
***nad
Dal
tsiAMan
There has been much said during
last few years about the emlgra
from the l ulled States to Canada.
,fcgs\ Ipdead, been large, amounting.
In over tsp.OOO In five yeara It de?
velops that tfK- situation has t>een
gelksnterp rated, for the reason that
Canada gave only one side of It. Sta
from Canadian sources failed
take account of the migratory
movement from the Dominion Into the
sfraiss. It la now revealed by ngures
front the drain Growers' Guide, organ
nf the Agrarian movement In western
Canada, that thin movement has been
greater than the one in the opposite
direction Ourtng the five-year period
assert toned, more than C00.000 persons
left Canada for permanent residence
In the United Stetea Thus there is a
lieJan.ee of 2oo.ooo in this country's
Moor.
The fact Is) sot mentioned because
i any disposition to gloat over Can
4 mm, it la natural, though, that Am er
Ifang should find patriotic satisfaction
It tgwss which show that the pull
II the United States Is greater than
t at of Canada, especially when the
? ipulatic* competed for by the two
ouatrte* In for the most part far
Bete desirable than the usual class of
tiimlgmtlon. Those who move north
tu* south across the international line
usually farmers or skilled work
lien. The United States Is particularly
I ad to obtain such recruits Instead of
ins Illiterate laborer* or peasants that
>me from various European coun
Is natural sympathy, how
leer, for Uanadu. Added to the loss
Mentioned Is the Ions of to.000 id' the
country's best men who laid down
their liven overseas, In the big war
tflM deficit is further Increased; by the
i htmseods who. drawn by the lure of
I he mother country, failed to return
lifter the war. The natural Increase
of population due to excess of births
Mver deaths can hardly do much more
than balance all these losses. Can
ids, therefore, la destined to disup
MdirU. ?nt wlien the * new census is
skeg nest year. In 101 I she had 7,
ItO.tOO people. In 1021 most Ca
aadsans ore said to b* expecting 0.
?90,000 A Toronto authority savn
hey will be loony to have 8,000.ooo.
Am er I cans ctnstd Wish Canada better
u.ck than that.
i ii "i I
TIIK BKK ?>t sixr.ss.
Old-fashioned farmer who kept
one or two hives of bees along with
the soot of his stock is no longer inter?
ested In beert .?.h a side hue In the
last sear or two the bees have died off
on rapidly that bee culture in some
state* has proved out of the question
except for people who make a special?
ty of It and can give it their full time.
The state oee inspector of Ohio says:
?The back lot beekeeper. the city and
? ub/Thun beekeepers, the farmers
who keep six or sight colonies, have
stsppty peon forced out of the busi?
ness. '
?(4rather surprising to the aver
reader to learn that bees are of
enough economic Importance to have
s state Inspector spending all his time
going around to apiaries to see that
the occupants are In good health, and
to advise the owners on their care.
There seems, however, to be a real
need for this sort . of Bee Public
Health Service. More than 300 pro- 1
feosional bee-keepers attended the an?
nual field meet of the Ohio State Be.
keepers' Association/ and Ohio Is far
from t?eing lh? <m,|\ State where ?>o.
culture has te en taken up profession?
ally in the bist few yours.
St si an age of specialisation. And
nr thing in the way of food production,
ft seems, demands more careful at
t.'.tion than the turning out or hom y
i. ? busy littls boo. But sll tho *t
t? ntkHt la Justified The butty bee ,s
wo?lb her keep.
A LABOU Hl RPH S.
Ihe anthracite coal strike, like most
of the recent strikes In various lines
of Industry, proves to be short-lived.
The "vacationers.'' after thinking
matters over for a few days, decide ro
go back to theh Job*
Psrtly. no douOt, this is due to s
growing realisation of the fact that if
organised labor is to hold together and
get anywhere, it musi net in an hon?
orable and business-like way. and
keep its am -etnents with employers
aim its faith with the public. Partly,
too, it Is the discovery th;<t a job vol?
untarily abandoned may not remain
open indefinitely.
The lubnr shortage has almost dis?
appeared. In some specialized indus?
tries there has developed an actual
turplus, and in some sections there is
a general surplus that can be turned
easily to supply a temporary need in
almost uny industry. This surplus as
yet la not large. It Is really insig?
nificant compared with the "army of
hi; mployed" that has been familiar
In many previous periods of retarded
business, particularly in presidential
years. But it does not take much of
a labor surplus to change the situation,
and to make Jol>s less secure, to im?
peril boom wages and change the
whole psychology of the workers.
Since any surplus at all means
rompetit/on, there is a visible improve?
ment In effort and conscientiousness.
l4kl)or is pronounced more e flic lent
and dependable than it has been for
some time. Industry profits accord?
ingly, atid in one way or another ev?
erybody profits.
Thus a little unemployment is
found to be a good thing. Much of
it. of course, would be a bad thing.
But there is no reason . why there
should be much, if the workers work
in the right spirit, and If the employ?
ers, In this new situation, refuse to
take advantage of them.
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IIIKTAJL MARKETING,
. I
Unsatisfactory methods of distribu?
tion are recognised as serious factors
In excessive living costs. The Bureau
of Labor and the Postofflce Depart?
ment have devised a new plan for
bringing furm produce to the con?
sumer which is said to promise go >d
results fn lowering prices.
Under this plan the postofflce woul.i
collect and deliver foodstuffs much us
it does mall now, but the process
would be slmph-r than the old parcel
post service with its call for approve I
wrappings ami danger of loss fro n
Imperfect storage and rcfrigeratia*
facilities.
The idea Is to map out suitable ag
riculturul areas adjacent to important
centers of population, the extent of
the area dependent upon the number
te be fed and the productivity of the
land. Motor truck routes would then
be established by tl.e postofflce which
would enable the farmers to market
their produce directly without requir?
ing tho services of middlemen. It Is
estimated that for the city of Wash?
ington. D. C, the plan would result
in a retail saving of 10 i to 27 per
cent. J
Producers and consumers should
welcome such an -experiment in any
community.
1 11 _ - 1_L!
New Firms Have
Formal Opening
i
The old Cuttino grocery stund, 22
South Main street, has been remodeled
and put in first class shape and is now
occupied by the Burns Flower shop,
and the Misses Chandler, milliners,
have moved their establishment to this
place. Who are on ilrst floor and by
Mrs. Laura Lebby who now has a la?
dles' exchange an** tea room on the
second floor. These firms are planning
to have a formal opening of their es?
tablishments on Wednesday night and
are inviting the public to come be?
tween the hours of 5 and 9 tomorrow
afternooh. Mrs. Lebby will servo tea
and rakes to the visitors and will be
able to Ax anything they might care
to eat. Misses Chandler will have a
full lino of the latest things in hats
und several young ladles who will
wear new creations so possible cus?
tomers might see how attractive they
would look? In them. Mr. Burns will
have a special display of flowers, hav?
ing American Beauties, ferns and
many other things In the way of flow?
ers. Favors will be distributer! dur?
ing the evening and it is hoped that a
large crowd will be out to go/ ac?
quainted with these new establish?
ments.
Civic League Meets
The Sumtes Civic League is arrang?
ing to entertain the officers and chair?
men of the federation and all clubs ot*
the central district on We In sifa\
October Itth. Please elect your dele?
gates as soon as possible and send as
I many other representatives as can
[casino. If you know of any non-fedf
? ?rated clul>M urge them to semi rep?
resentatives as all are Invited. When
i to- roil Is called wo want at least one
delegate from every club to answer
present.
Sincerely,
ANNA NO It WOOD MOSS,
Vi? e -President, Central District.
Columbia Will Enter
tain Wild Cats
Columbia, Sept. 1:.. The theaters
? opirnbla are to l*e open without]
? barge to the men t tlo \\ai.l ?' it di?
vision who attend the reunion in Co?
lumbia noxt Monday and Tuesday. It
is expected that Several thousand of
the veterans of, this famous fighting
machlno <the Mst division) will at
i -nd the gathering. A stroni program
and an open heart and open homes
await the men In O.'umbia.
Executive Committee
Meeting
Votes Tabulated and the Result
of the Second Primary
Declared
The County Democratic Executive
Committee met In the court house at
11 o'clock Thursday for tin- purpose
of tabulating the returns of the Se?
cond Primary election, held on Sep?
tember 14th, and to declare the re?
sult, in the absence of County chair?
man .1. H. Clifton, who was called out
of town on business, Mr. K. D. Epp >
was elected chairman of the meeting.
The returns were tabulated and the
result declared us shown in the table
printed eleeewhere. The boxes and of?
ficial returns from Salem and Ratt?
ing Creek clubs were not received by
the committee and a motion was made
and adopted that the result be declar?
ed without the returns from those
?luhs, as it was evident that the result
of the election would not be affected
by the ornmission of the vote cast in
these clubs.
Checks for the payment of manag?
ers were in readiness and were deliv?
ered to the executive men present. It*
the other executive committeemen will
call on Secretary and Treasurer H. d.
Ostcen they will receive the pay
checks for the managers of their re?
spective clubs.
COTTON LETTER
(Furnished by MacDowell & Co.)
New Orleans. Sept. 16.?Serious ex?
plosion in Wall Street this morning
occasioned uneasiness in the specu?
lative markets, resulting in a tempor?
ary suspension of trading on the New
York Stock Exchange and a lower?
ing of values. N
As yet the opinions are divided as
to the cause of the explosion, but
measures have been resorted to as
means of preserving order and to in?
vestigate the cause of the trouble.
Until the explosion, the cotton mar?
ket was ruling stey,|y in the face of
the continuance of good weal her in
tho interior anil tin- uncertainty of
the labor situation in England where
representatives of the coal miners
and the government arc holding a
conference today in an effort to avoid
the threatened miners' strife,
Lubor troubles have also developed
in tho cotton mills of Lancashire,
many mills reported closing down but
tho impression prevails that there will
be no sHort time if the coal strike is
avoided.
A sustaining feature of the session
was reports of a better demand for
cotton goods in New York, more bus?
iness yesterday than the past f out
months.
Another encouraging development
was the report of a better demand for
spots in Texas, tin easier basis at?
tracting more buyers, even Liverpool
buying some now.
The trade is evidently Impressed
with late advices regarding the grow?
ing crop to have suffered serious dc
tdYioration during past two or three
weeks, indicating a smaller crop than
was indicated as per returns as of
August 25th.
Damage by weevil worms, rust,
shedding and boll rot is responsible
for the less favorable crop outlook
the result of recent long spell of wet
weathfr inland.
Weevil and worms roported have
done most injury of late in nearly all
sections of" belt. For the very first
time the government reported the
appearance of weevil In North Caro?
lina yesterday, making all cotton
states infested by tlu> pest now.
Much damage being done by weev?
il this year in South Carolina, suffer?
ing for the first time in history.
Same trouble in North Carolina for
next year anticipated.
H. and B. Beer.
NEW YOH1L COTTON
Y'st'dv's
Month Open High Low Close Close
Jan. ...23.90 24.35 23.85 24.20 23.95
Mch. ...23.05 ,23.45 23.03 23.72 23.IS
May ...22.70 23.OS 22.70 22.93 22.So
July. . . 22.70 . 22.45 22.35
Oct. ...28.00 28.07 27.75 27.97 27.6*
Dec. ..25.35 25.60 25.1.". 2a.15 25.21
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
T'sfdy's
Month Open High Low Close Close
Jan. ...23.40 23.57 23.18 23.52 23.30
Mch. ...22.03 22.90 22.f>.r. 22.90 22.T.1
May ...22.2* 22.4 5 22.18 22.45 22.2T?
July. . . . 21.85
Oct. ...26.10 26.42 26.02 26.30 26.13
Dec. ....24.10 24.46 24.10 24.40 24.IS
r LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Close
January . 18.49
February . 18.24
March . 17.!* 9
April . 17.72
May .'. 17.46
June. 17.26
July .i. 17.06
AUgUSt. 16.81
September. 11.65
Octoben. u>.4?;
November . . . . '.. 19.06
December . 18.82
Paris, Sept. 11. l^odgmg houses
ami " Ward robes of the Poor." where
old clothing is sold, arc being multi?
plied by the French Salvation Army,
'on much 'he same lines as in the
United States. The work, so neces?
sary now that cities are over-popu?
lated and the cost of living so high,
is attracting the attention of publica
tlons Interested in social work an I
French philanthropic organisations are
belns urged to follow the had of
"L 'Armee du Salut." hs the blue
uniformed, tambourine contingent is
known here.
TRUCK FARMS I will subdivide
and sell my Chandler place, about a
mile and a-half from town, Into
small farms soon. This land will
make valuable truck farms. D. C.
Shaw. x
Measures ol" 1 loll Weevil Damage.
Popular opinion t?> the <?< itrnry, the
boll weevil mu.d ylehl place to th<
weather by a larger margin as a <!??
?tractive factor in reducing the pro
duction oi' cotton Ihit. Destruction
by the boll wet: vil is appreciably less
than thai by deficient moisture aloiu
according to bureau of ??rup esti?
mates of tlie I'rfitcd States department
of agriculture. its conclusions are
supported by annual Investigations
made by the bureau during the last,
11 years.
? During this period the normal.pro?
duction of lint was reduced :'..'?..'? pel
cent by all causes of da nage. The
boll weevil, one of these, according to
the estimate, was responsible for 7.:'.
per cent, or about one-fifth of the to?
tal damage to the cotton crop for the
11 yea i>s.
The onset of the weevil In Georgia,
Florida,, and Alabama In the years
1916-1919 has made a reduction of
the crop in all states due to , this
cause alone 10.4 per cent below a
normal crop, while the reduction due
to all causes In these years is 41.1
per cent.
Comparing deficient moisture with
all insect pests a cause of cut ton
crop damage in pounds of lint that
failed to be produced shows thai in
the 11 years deficient mo store caused
a loss of pounds of lint per acre
on the average and all insect pests
21?.3 pounds. In the total damage to
.these lit crops of cotton, amounting
to 113.4 pounds of lint In the aver?
age of the years, all climatic causes
account for 71.?> pounds, or almost 2
1-2 times the loss due to all insects.
The average of the last five years
gives a damage of 40.1 pounds to all
insects and 73.3.pounds to all climatic
causes, or less than twice as much.
It is Indicated, that the boll weevil
costs t^e cotton crop approximately
2,000,000 bales, one year with another,
since this pest has invaded Georgia
and Florida. If the production of
these 2.0O?.000 hnhs had been realiz?
ed yearly instead of prevented during
the last four years, their value and
the value of their seed to the cotton
grower at the farm price of lint and
seed on December I wot,Id have aver?
aged about $30o,(i0(?,000 per year.
public xotk'k.
Notice is hereby given of the regu?
lar fall examination for those desiring
to secure certificates to tench in the
publie sc hools of the state. The ex?
amination will be held ;it the Courl
House in Sumtcr. Friday, October 1st.
beginning at 0 o'clock. The questions
i wiU be taken from the :ext hooka used
in the public schools of the state.
The papers will be sent \o the State
Board of Examiners in Columbia for
gradation. Teachers holding cer'iti
'catoa or diplomas from accredited col?
leges, will please confer with the
("*ounty Superintendent of Rducation
in order to Beeure suite Licenses, as
required by law lor all teachers. ?
By older of the state Board of Edu?
cation.
J. II. WAYNCWORTH,
Co. Supt. of Education..
Letter to the Colored Fanners
The notion situation is somewhat !
? uu iiiing' and the monojp"market seems
to be mi .i standstill, throughout the
'? but belt, the tarmers are losing on
IIiis year's et op. \ remedy Is being
sought on every ?;:f i ?j to relievo the ;
situation and get for the cotton at least I
the price of maHcing this high cost of;
cotton crop, and a fair profit. I know
no better remedy t hu n to keep t he !;
cotton off the market, practice econ- '
omy and le gin now t<? plan for a great 1
grain crop. Nothing can beat the boll
weevil and the profiteers better than
a largo grain cj/op, and the strict prac?
tice of economy.
In my opinion had th.- food admin?
istration continued until now. less than ]
ten million bales would have Isecn j
produced, and millions more bushels
of grain and thousands more of cat-!
tie would have been raised, and the
cost of living would be at least one- .
third less, and'under that condition 1
cotton would bring fifty cents j
per pound. It Is now possible for us
to change the condition and in two .
years the price will be cheaper and ,
the cost of living normal. The boll
weevil ami the high iost of living and
the low price ol cotton are about to
force us to accept the above remedy.
But why be forced to Co that which is
reasonable and for our welfare and fu- ;
iure hope7 Why not have a man or !
set of men employed and paid to lec- j
ture to'and educate our* people hew to j
protect the cotton crop by the raising
of cattle and grain and the practice i
of economy? One or two lectures
here and there will never educate a
people or change their manner of j
living; when they have lived one rut '
so long, and practically know no other
way of making u living. The Iqnger a
people have gone in one direction the
longer it will take tc c hange their ;
methods of living, the wiser and more 1
explicit the teachers should be. 1 re?
member When whiskey flooded the
land and was sold in almost every
grocery store, and it seemed as if every
one favored ami bought it, but it was
not so. Clod has always in reserv-e a .
few wise no n and women, wiser than 1
their generation, these" t?vw started out j
to le< lure, teach and point out the ;
I harm, danger and destruc tion that
i whiskey was to mankind; it took j
many years to educate the people that ,
I whiskey did more harm than good, but
I finally the majority were convinced by j
I the prohibitionist that it was true am*. I
' now there is no legitimate sale of ,
i whiskey in any our states.
We once had very bad roads every- ;
j where. The farmers could hardly got I
to and from town with an ordinary!
j toad on their wagons, especially . in j
I rainy weather, and in dry weather in j
some places the wagon ruts were more :
than a foot deep in sand. The majority 1
thought under those conditions that it I
was better to let the roads stay as
they wore? rather than pay higher
taxes, and have the roads Improved)
but a -few wise men tOOK the sun up,
lectured ami educated the people
throughout the state. They proved
that it was cheaper to build good
roads than to wear out and break up
their wagons on bad roads and buy
new one*. It also took longer t<? go
l<* and from town, and would haul
less numbei of pounds, in >ther words
it was cheaper lo j>? more taxes than
to buy more food for the horses, and
pay a bi? blacksmith bill. Tue ma?
jority were convinced of this fact, and
wO begun lo build good roads, and
soon most of them are to be macada?
mized. Ail of tins is result of eduoa
lion by those who can see a little fur?
ther than tin rest of us.
.lust as the happiness of many
homes have been saved by prohibi?
tion, many blacksmith bills saved by
good roads, . the farmers can save
their cotton crop from the profiteers
by educating them to understand the
? alue of producing enough foodstuff
for themselves and their neighbors.
(Their neighbors arc those who do not
farm and are living in the state). We.
tannot . .\pect something for nothing.
If ,i i our desire to have a better
condition we must be willing to pay
the price with time, tabor, sacrifice
and money.
Jn conclusion I make this special
appeal lo the colored farmers of South
Carolina: to hohl their cotton and cot?
ton seed until they ar. certain that
tin y are making a fair profit out of
their investment, it is better to put
the cotton seed back into the soil than
to sell them for thirty-five dollars a
ton, at the present price of commer?
cial fertiliser.
President National Negro Farmers*
Asspcial ion.
Hurst Reelected Sheriff
Wilder Defeats Nash by Narrow
Margin of Seven Votes
Incomplete returns from 21 out of
2', .boxes in Sumter county give Smith
8S:>, Warien 4IS, Harvey M3, Maul
din 398, Shealey 869, D. L. Smith 322.
Incomplete returns from Columbia*
of the voting over the state show that
Smith will again represent South
Carolina in the United States senate,
Harvey defeated Mauldin for lieuten?
ant governor, by a wide margin ami
Shealey is re-elected as railroad com?
missioner. - i .
The voters o? Sumter county. ibnv*>
decided that Mr. Hurst should suc
eet ,i himself as sheriff of the oeontv,
Mr. Hurst piling up a big majority
over Mr. Sumter. The surprise of the
election was the defeat of Mr. Snpanl
Nash by Mr. Wilder for tie's office of
magistrate of this district! Nasa
supporters wer.' cojmde/it'-'t&t; he
would win easily on account *j&> tie
large vote he received in the /first pri?
mary, but Mr. Wilder increased his
vote in the city and wasflfcrorvt in
ing his opponent by the narrow .mar?
gin of seven votes.
TiUTK , FARMS?I will subdivide
and sell my Chandler place, about a
mile and a-half from town, into
small farms soon. This land will
make valuable truck farms. 1). C
ShaW: ' *
It. W. WESTBERRY,
the country and succeeded* i
eat
FARMERS!
IF YOU WANT
BEST
SERVICE
Price for your Cottcn
Price for your Seed
BRING YOUR COTTON TO THE
Fanners' Gin
ROBERT BAKER, Owner
(Corner of East Liberty and Green Streets)