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PROHIBITION KNFOHCKMENT.
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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.
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