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rednrwriur and Saturday ?BY? ?PCBLIMIINO COMPANY ITUt. g. O. Terms: pee annum?In advance. Ad v# ? r x tarmroli. f1r?? lns?rtotn .$1.00 subs*Muent Insertion .:.o ttft) for three month* or long Wflt tt* made at reduced rates. All oommanications which subserve lva?e interests will be charged for advertisement* Obituaries and tributes of respect I*. Witt be charged for. Tmm Burnt er Watchman was found ad In 11*0 and th* True Southron In 'Hit. The Watchman and Southron ?ow has the combined circulation and Influence of \joth of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising geedluun in Suinter. PROHIBITION KNFOHCKMENT. . sli Prohibition enforcement, as every? body knows, j lax, or at least inef fectlv*. In some parts of the country. The chief cause of this is doubtless to be found in the peculiar public at? titude which, after approving on the whole, of the prohibition amendment and legislation, takee no special Inter? est in their observance. Nearly all th* reawsnalblHty is left to the federal 01 .nlsstmn created to make the Vol sad set effective, and that organlsa ??>n Is not equal to the task. Untied States Prohibition Commis? sioner Kramer. In a recent statement, gives much light on the subject. Con? gress appropriated $4.500,000 to I used for enforcement, but $750.000 or 11 is used to enforce the anti-narcotic h?ws, leaving only $1,760,000 to con trol the illicit liquor truth.- ?It Is not possible, with thst sum. to maintain S force of more than* 1,000 officers. TVst is not enough, in the present sit? uation wheri It is necessary at the Same time to prevent the illicit manu? facture of liquor snd to guard again t the Improper distribution of the vast amount left over when the dry amend? ment went Into effect. Rvqn a much larger force of feder? al officers could not prevent abuse and den a nee of the Volstead law in com? munities where there Is no local co ssji ration. Vany states.'' explains Mr. Kramer "have no state prohibition laws. That Is true in the Sf'm.liodly wet state) l?k< Vew York an I Ptunayiv?ri'a In surft rssw?: v%iea arrests are made the C**v* have to be ' indled in fede- il ts exclusively. The dockets of ny 'federal courts are now clogged. In New Vork alone we have now about I.Ott persons awaiting trial. 'As prohibition become* more gen ally accepted and the state and lo* J laws more nearly conform to the federal law. many of these cases will bs handled aa police court cams, and the dockets of the federal courts will bs relieved Such state an I locul laws are es? sential. If prohibition Is to be enforced uniformly throughout the nation, as every federal law should be. An er fort should l>e mad** to obtain them promptly wherever they are not al? ready provided. It is absurd to impose the Whole burden of.upholding the law on the federal government when the infringements are. in nearly every osss. purely local offenses, and could properly bs bundled by the local au? nties. If the local rommunlty is not In sympathy with the federal enforce? ment law, that makes little difference. Th* logic of the situation points Just the same to local co-operation. If th. law Is unjust, the surest wuy to get rt changed Is to enforce it. COMMUNIST FAITH. The remarkable Industrial exped e meat undertaken by Italian organU->.l labor is notable for the childlike faith shown by ths r?nk end file, and ay i parently by the leaders of the move? ment in their ability to succeed against odds which to most, observe, s seem Insurmountable. The Italian metal industries ha\e to obtain their raw materials abroad. I Italy has no iron or coal. The work? ers' soviet* hav* no arrangement* mads for Importing those snd othei materials needed. If they do perfo t a buying organisation, there is no in dient ion that Italian hanks will finance ItlStf pnrcbase orders. They will soon have all the materials on hand used up. What then? Thsy believe, with blind faith, that they can get materials somehow. Th*| railroad workers, they explain rhexr* fully, are "bringing coal and mater-1 Mils" Hut how Will It be When time are no more coal and material* for those friendly railroaders to bring? l ikewise with the selling end of ih? business. The workmen do not know snythmg about selling, and h.ivt- no Si l ing organisation. Thsy have no doubt what* \ > \ about their ability to* continue manut.o tin log their usual product*. Tiny hi v. tinned out the factory managers and bosses. "We bavo learned thi* much already." says Commissary OHM, "thai men will work in good Spirit* Without superintend, nl*." hut how long wil that last 7 Kvcn Lsnlfl m Kussia ffgejnd thst he could nor operate th? 1 factories lou* without mauugerlai ..oviht hack many of the / -r superintendents at fam> sal.: , Mrs. "Wo won't bother the banks," says fJlllll "Our workers km Willing (u work without pa) for a long tPao." T'mt Is admirable; but how long tar. they live'without pay ? Ami when they reed it, where will the pay conn from ? Lie a der? are assuring the men naively that they need not worry, for "mints for coining new communist money are ready." But coining mon? ey is a governmental function, ami tin movement is supposed to keep clour of political complications. If such mono is manufactured, moreover. It will b not gold or silver, but paper, and ev? erybody knows how that has worked in Kussia. where it takes bales <>i banknotes to buy a meal. Investigators report thst the work men, however good their spirit ma> be. have only 25 to 5b per cent ef flclency, because "the men spend . ? gitat deal of time in Idle discussion and conference on the general situa? tion." Again, like Kussia! If thai communist experiment suc? ceeds, it will be a miracle. "DESTROYED FOOD." The United Sttaes Bureau of Mar? kets has been investigating reports that railroads and dealers dump cars of perishable foods to keep the prices up. Wherever such a report has be come prevalent, the bureau has sent its representatives to cover the field thoroughly, and they have found in every case that the facts were exag g^erated. 't is true that sometimes small quantities of foods shipped into a city are pronoi..tced by the health author? ities as unfit for consumption, and they are turned out of the ears a< some suitable r?i"t. Sometimes |i happens, too, that a railroad' ha> thrown away shipments of food. But that occurs only when the freight 1? unpaid, and the railway company find* the market so glutted with the partic ular commodity that It canpot dispose if the stuffs an 1 realize expenses on the sale. Dumping of foods to keep up prices. In order to be successful, would re BUlre a moroply op the food by som* une concern. There is too much competition, and freight moves loo liilckly In this country, to make ihn sort of thing practical or possible ? x fapt in rare instant < s. The Bureau Of Markets has yet t? find an authentic case of dcliherat( destruction of food to keep up prices or affect the. market in any way. Peo? ple who prefer to believe in the essen tlal honesty of American busirles^ will be glad to hear this. <J-JUJ-L. KlIARlXO ART TREASURES. Why shonld not the smaller com? munities be allowed some of the great works of art, since nearly every large srt gallery nnd museum In the conn try has more?of such treasures than Its walls or floor space will accom? modate? This Is the query of tht editor .of the* American Art News. His reflections arose from the fad that the Metropolitan Museum in New York has been notoriously overcrowd? ed for years, and that recently two beqftests have been made to the Phil? adelphia museum for which there it no space available. He comments as follows: % "The thought arises that scattered throughout the states are numberless communities that woulJ be more than b lighted to he started on the prim? rose path of the permanent collection. Why can not the great museums clean out from time to time their well forked basements and do some prun? ing in their naileries? Their cn Isembles would not suffer, but, on the contrary, would benefit, and many a little town Would kindle bonfires oi Joy. M tiMcums' should absolutely de ( line all gifts and bequests saddled with any condition; they would then retsin the power to bestow works of art wherever their advisory commit tees might d??em it expedient.' The idea is both delightful ami practical. AH that it needs is the flrsi impetus to set it going. The l-'rench Academy of Fine Arts has long made a practice of placing works of an tbout the country In provincial mu? seums. The scheme may well be tak? en up seriously In art centers here. A ( lit IB II ON WHEELS, A Kama* (My, Mo., minister. Und? ing that his congregation did not come to him on summer Sundays, especially m the evening. decided to go 1 to them. ?What do my parlshoners do on Sunday?" the reverend doctor ha> isked himself, ami received the ready reply, "They go motoring." Very well the preacher would motor too, and he did. At a Sunday morning servlci he ex pounded his idea evening ser vice would be held in the open at u pomt where many csrs could park comfoi tabls Thai evening the doctoi not into his own ear. drove out to Ihr appointee! place and found many ears a 1 read) drawn up. their occupant* wailing (oi him. Standing up in his own car, he delivered a brief address. The con* gregution listened comfortably and re? spectfully. Tlu> affair was a complete success. Attendance lias inctvnsed from week to week. There lias been no lapse in dignity in "he assemblage, and more people have been attending ??voning service than for many a sea? son. "To serve the modern world," says this practical leader," so must Un? church be modern. This is my Clinch on Wheels. Many churches, you krtOW, have been racing their en? gines and just burning up gas. It is time to stop this." He tells the truth, and when it is remembered how the greatest preach? er of all li*hl hll simple services In wayside places, the plan assumes ;, greater dignity and etieanlng than ?night at first appear. FEDERAL BUSINESS METHODS. Mere elimination of useless govern? ment employees in the hope of roduc ing taxes is only a small part of the reformation needed in federal service. The Congressional R ('classification commission, appointed to look Into t'te matter of government jobs, pay a:i 1 eiflciency, reports that a wholesale re classification of employees and salary schedules is necessary if el'lcient work? ers are to be attracted to federal see vice. It declares: "That the salary schedule scale for i positions involving like duties and re spons.bllities and calling for the Pi.me qual'lications shows wide differences unl marked inequalities. "That there is serious discontent, tccompanied by excessive turnover ind loss, among the best trained and dflcient employees; that the morale of he personnel has been impaired; that .hat the national service has become unattractive to a desirable type of '.actinica 1 employe*, and tha' the gov rninent has put ltsolf in the position if wasting funds on the one hand and loing serious injustice on the other, ind of falling to get that degree of ef? ficiency in administration that a mote uniform and equitable wage policy WOtlld bring about." This cop(Htion represents a long ac? cumulation of evils, due to the fs^ct bat the business of tho nation, like Jie nation itself, has outgrown all original conceptions, ami business methods have not kept pace. To reuiady th..s condition should be one of the Urst duties of the new ad? ministration, whichever patty comes into power and whatever other ques? tions mas engage congress. Such lUSinees like methods for handling ravornmonl affairs as would obtain in arivate industry should he speedllj :;?" n motion, with such revision of po dtlons and salaries as will attract the ilghest type of efficiency to national service. Till: PRESENT LABOR ISSUE. There was a time, not long ago when the chief labor issue in this ?ountry was the recognition of labor inious Few people now question hat right. The big issue today is one hat has grown out of the almost uni .ersai acceptance of collective bar? gaining by employers. It is the ques ion whether organized labor, when it \as entered into a bargain, may b< lepemled upon fo keep it. That question has been raised again and again In tho present year, as Dm union after another, acting otlloiulh >r unofficially, has disregarded hs pledged word and made a solemn ?ontract a scrap of paper. In most of these cases, it is only fair to say, the officials of the unions concerned have attempted to carry >ut their agreements. Jt has been Ihe rank and file of the workers, some? times a majority of the union an 1 sometimes a minority, led by rebel? lious subordinate leaders, that haw 4011c on strike or on "vacation" in disregard of their contracts, The of? ficials seem to have done their best, ordinarily, to ho'd their men in line, though in some instances they have been accused of conniving at the breaches of faith. But in practice this does not make a great deal of difference, so far as the status of organised labor la concerned Whether it breaks Its .contracts In de? fiance of its officers or aided and 1 belted by its officers, the effect Is pretty nearly the same. Organized labor is discredited and distrusted, be? cause it fails in the main thing for which it professes to be organised. There can be no collective bargain? ing if the bargains are not kept. Pr| Vtttc Individuals are expected to keep contracts. So are employers. If em ployecs will not keep theirs, there is going to be a tremendous reversal <d the recent attitude toward labor; or? ganised capital :? going to refuse to enter into contracts with labor groups, and insist on a return of the old plan of individual employment, with tin open shop and all the lack of safe guard; lo labor that were connectei with that plan. Is that what labor wants? Tin question needs no answer, hut it i what labor will get, it' stich "outlav strikes" as lhal of the anthracite coa minors are lob-rated H Is up to or tjanlzed labor itself, in all its branches to'protect its reputation and it'- hard won rights by using its utmost lluenee to make su< 1 r< ?>< Is losp< i ' their own don tracts, and thus rosped (in- rights of th employers and pub lic. Reciprocal Demur? rage Hearing In Columbia September, 22nd Columbia, Sept. i 7. ?The South Car? olina Railroad commission has September 22 as the date for a public hearing on the question of restoring the reciprocal demurrage in South Carolina. This acth n is taken at the request of the South Carolina Cotton? seed Crushers' association, ami it is considered lilfely that the demurrage will be restored. The immediate aim is to remedy the freight car situation With a view to proper handling of the eottoh seed this fall. Reciprocal demurrage is a charge allowed by the shippers against the railroads for delays in. placing freight cars on side tracki after shippers have requested the ears. This charge was in effect before the war. but when the government took over the roads the railroad commission rescinded its rule, in order to better enable the railroads to handle the freight Of the country. Now that the roads have rer tinned to private owners there is a clamor for the restoration of the reci? procal demurrage rule. The hearing in Columbia on the 22nd wio be attended by high offi? cials of the railroads and also by ship? pers from many parts of the state. W. B. West, of Columbia, secre? tary of the cotton seed crushers' or? ganisation, lias hern before the rail? road commission and requested the hearing and his organization, a< Well as other interests, are urging the re? instatement of this penalty against the railroads. England Has Short Wheat Crop Price of Bread Rising and Crop is the Smallest Since Early Days of War v - London, Sept. if.?With bread sell? ing at 25c a loaf and soon to be rais? ed to IiO and later perhaps to 35 cents, Knglaud is harvesting this season the smallest wheat crop since the early days of the war. Production of bar ley, on the other hand, will show a ma? terial increase over that of the last few years. The reasons for this state of af? fairs, according to Professor J allies Long, a well-known agricultural ex? pert are government control and beer. Tin price of wheat/and oats is regulat? ed, but no restrictions have been plac? ed on that of barley. As the market price of barley is exceptional!) high, turiners planted that .main instead of wheat and oats. Professor l^onp* shows that since J 01S wheat lias been reduced by 'i V:c oOO acres, or more than one-third of the present area, while o.its, also an important bread stuff, has fallen off by r.12,0<iu acres. "On the basis of wheat," he says, "this means a loss of bread grain equal to some 38,000, i;00 bushels, or sufficient to teed 7,.r>D0, 000 persons. It is a curious commen? tary on the fact that the barley crop has considerably increased, and that in consequence beer has so far occu? pied the position of bread." The country has fewer entile than in any ear since 1!)0:5, and f>,:>30,00Q less sheep than t ne average of the lo years from 11*04 to 1913. The de? crease in cattle since last year is more than 500.000 head. Washington, Sept. IT. The at? tempted violating of the American consulate at Genoa, Italy, b> work? men displaying'red flags who sought to force the low? ring of'the American dag during .a workmen's funeral was reported to state department today. Vice-consul Murphy refused and the workmen finally left after cxpostulat - ings and insulting language. Murder Saturday Night Willie Brown Shot to Death By Sin& Davis at Good *Iope? School Ns :i resull of a. ipiarrel ??vor the di visit>n *11 the irinm-y received i>y a brass Imnd for playing -i an v idler-j tniiunent at ?;.....! Hope school house Saturday night, Willie Drown is dead j and Sing Davis is in jail. The scene of the homicide was ;i ncu:ro seimol hou.se on th< IIMmpvilkv road, anoat four mil s north of thi , jiy. a brass bund - compost I of r.c^roes, most of them residents oi iIr- . u,,s engag- j ed to furnish the mied? ioi -m enter tuinmeiu held at tue s hool house. I The entertainment passed oil without'] disturbance, and no trouble occurred until Sing Davis demanded his share lof the money. Willie llrown, who, i; j seems was leader of h?and, toid Davis i I that, he did'not have the money, as it j j had beenT-urned over to the treasurer, j and that according lo the rules of the ; band it would not U divider! ua'il I tlve meeting Monday night. A dispute I followetl antl after considerable wran? gling Brown undertook to satisfy j Davis by paying him $l.?O out of his pocket. Further words followed and [finally Drown threw his brass horn at. I Davis. Then they came together and' I in the scuffle thai followed Davis! shoe. Drown, thv bullet taking effect near the heart. Drown was placed in an automobile to !?t brought to the hospital for treatment, but he died <m : on the way. Davis surrendered late ] Saturday night and was committed | to jail. German State Bankruptcy Minister of Home Affairs Says There Must He Higher Taxa? tion or Bankruptcy Cologne, Sept. 18.?Higher taxa? tion or state bankruptcy are the only alternative possibilities for Germany, Dr. Koch. German minister of home j affairs, has jusl t*ld leading public men in a conf? rcnc.t on the economic rnd political situation of Khcnish j Prussia. ! Dr. Koch declared In could not see? the faintest possibility of any reduc? tion of tin- tax schedules which* had already been drawn up and approved. Dr. Koch was overwhelmed with complaints about tho shortage of dwellings ami the paralyzing effect of the present export ami import regu? lations. Discussing the unitj of empire, the minister announced that a special commission comprising members of tie- federal council, hail been organ? ized to study the problems affecting ? he new alignment of the federal German states. MacSwiney Writes Letter Tells Irish of the World That English Will He Guilty of Murder if He Starves Him? self ! 1 .omi m. Sept. 20.- - Mayor MacSwin? ey has written a message to the Irish throughout the world, saying "if this cold-blooded murder is pushed through, it will leave a stain on the j name of'England, which nothing will i ever efface.*' Greenville, Popt. 17.? Deports from several parts oL' t!i" country during the past few days that the boll wee? vil h is invaded this section and is do? ing iliituagi to the cotton crop were confirmed yesterday when t'ounty Agent A. H. 'Chapman announced that there tan no longer Iv doubt but that tho droadod insect has his work under way here. #No damage o.' a v? r\ serious nature is anticipated because of the late season. American Legion Settles Claims iood Drawing Card Tor New Membership Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. is. ? In the 'tar i?msi lim Americj 1 Legion has ?ittled claims aggregating $10,000,000 a favor of former soldiers and sailprs ? :? their dependents, according to the it.uual report of National Adjutant .emuel Bolles which will be submit* ? <i .iL the national convention of the \4 Kio.i which convenes in Cleveland ?a St pt? ml or . 5m this amount claims totaling more than $l,2r,o,0"0 were adjusted hy tin- survive division of national headquart is, where only compllcat II cas< s are handled. The remainder v. er. settled by the service officers of :he state departn.? nt and' ??f local posts. Of the m.T?>a posts in the legion more than s.oco j;ow have s< rvice of HcCl S. This one feature of Legion activ? ity has been one of the best drawing cards for new membership. Since November, 1?19, Mr. Bolles report rhows the Legion has grown from 4, ? ?00 posts in fifty departments to J?,"U0 posts in seventy departments. The en? rolled membership has passed 2,000, t?00. Quiet in Coal District Five Companies of Militia On Guard Birmingham, Ala., Sept. IS.?The presence of h.. companies of militia together with reports that the legis? lature plans the speedy consideration of a bill providing for state commis? sion to regulate the coal industry had a qui? ting effect in'the coal strike dis? trict today. (.<) TO Till RKSCTE, Don't Wait 'till It s Too Late?rol 1 low the Example of a Sumfcr Cit Rescue the aching back, j If it keeps on aching, trouble may come. Often it. indicates kidney weak 1 ncss. I If ycu neglect the kidney's warn ! Ing, Look out for urinary disorders. .This Sumter citizen will show you how to go to the rescue. Mrs. U L, Gage, 207 W. Oakland Avenue, says: "A short time ago 1 I was-troubled witli pains in the small of my bach. U felt as thourh some tan- were sli? l.ing pins and needles into me. Headaches and dizzy spells bothered me and specks seeni I od to float before me. My kidneys acted very irregularly and I was in bad shape, boan's Kidney Pills had been used in our family for years, so i I got some at DeLorme's Pharmacy. I certainly must say Doan's positive? ly relieved me of "kidney trouble." Price ?0e, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get I)o."n's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Gage had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo. N. Y.?Advt?77. I HEMSTITCHING and piceting at? tachment, works on all sewing ma 1 chines. Trice .$2.00., Personal chec ks to cents extra. Light's Mail Order House, ljox 1-7, Birmingham, TEACH BRS? Fifty to one hundred re^ quests daily from all classes soirth crn schools. If you want rural' work, graded, high school or prin cipalship, salary $7."? to $2?0, write \is todyy for special enrollment. Ofllce; (Columbia, S. C, Richmond,' V;i. a:?d Chattanooga, T e n n. Sow,hern Teachers' Agency, Colum? bia. S. C. * SOTA. TRADE MARK We wish the public to know that we are now agents for the celebrated Fordson Tractor. We will appreciate it if all owners of Fordson's in our territory will either come around or drop us a line as we want to know them and give them service. Shaw Motor Company Sales Phone 553 Service Phone SI 1 Sumter, S. C. or