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r Saturday IO COMPANY Ok 4a advance taw tasartoir? -.$1.00 Insertion .CO Ms months or long-' ut i educed rates itlons which subserve: will be charged for! latii. and trtbutee of respect fur. I Watchman was found and the True Southron in Watchman and Southron combined circulation and both of the old papers, tkfastly the best advertising Bund? r. WIIJCIVS RKSPONSI WUTY. Mag presure Is l>elng brought upon the retailers to do their such price reductions as shall the public that It is safe to id there is reason for such pres? ides In occasional isolated J/e the liberal price reductions in tho wholesale world the buying public, ?tallers cannot be blamed too for this The wholesale reduction* are mostly concerned .?goods for future delivery and They do not Include stocks the retailer now has on hand welch he contracted before the ?tump. It is natural that the re. Should want to close out their it stocks, and those contracted rgested. at figures which will .them from loss. ( , iero Is littlo hope, however, for IS retailer or for business generally. I ang such program. The public is |djMpitftaus of every prlco whteh icks of the dd ele\auon. 1'ur irs suspect. Instead of an honest igt to break even, tbe same old dring. 'They will not buy until are somewhere within reach of -war figures. Any retailer who to move bts stock must swab hi loss, or at least cut off bis pro ami go ahead. The sooner he up on this hit or reconstruct the sooner he can tike advan of easier prices in the wholesale Not only the owing of business, but acceptance by labor o; a low ereti scalo waits upon falling retail prievs. Labor ban hern criticised ne vervly for its unwillingness to share the burdens Imposed by prfce reduc tfjDaa But why expect any worker to be leve In price reduct!ons as long as finds the necessities of life offered le same old figures in the re i fbts where he does his buying? -! - --~ i.i \<.t i: ami:m?ikxts. rveri.l amendments to the League Notions constitution have been Id at Geneva; but though some them are viewed favorably by many unters none an- to be voted at this a Hon. The assembly is to have an? ther session next spring, and prefers postpone any such action until ten. Jt to the frankly sjgprsssjfd desire of IS present leaders* of* the League to Make no chmgc* In the rove natyt uhtil they have a chance to talk them over with the next president or the I nited Mates This Is a wine po? sition f?>r tl ' L? i ;?:< and <>:n sure to Uuvct the approval of America It Is reassuring to doubters on this Std* of the water that amendment of trio Covenant is taken us a matter of Course, it serves as a useful remladJOf tfeat a< "ordlng to Article 26 of the Qovenant. ami ndmOBtS may be suh nritted at nny ? to the countries belonging to the league, and will bo? nne effective when ratified by those Wesen ted in the Council and a ma rtty of the nations represented in the ?emtdy; also that any country n > reconciled to an amendment in per? mitted to unit the League. The position taken also opens tho Wiy for the t'nlu-d itatSd to enter the Leugne virtually on its own terms, and yet without the unpleasant appear AssOS demsndlng special privileges jLmi dodging responsl lab ties that the -Other member* have a .sumed. I mud Slates was, nu .iiit to be a charter member or the League l'<>r a charter member to corn* In with ft B|>e<*laJ Net i f re?ei vtt||onS a n. 1 e\.mp f.anri would i ?, ic to Invite rtl Vldlotis comparlHon ami criticism. If. however, It can be irvUnged oat the changes desired l>v the Lnl ? | Bf ites shall I* made ?. pert of the league CdVmint, In tht f >rm of amendment', to the original covenant, not nnly will critics have the amuranc? * they seek, hut lheir country will be on the same oelf-respecting looting In the L< igue mn all the Other countries, g?nnte* Harding ha* not yet an ?ounced him Lc iKu? policy. It n . i ?m ?-njO,,n t.?? ?erprlne. it, If It proves to follow thin line. The obvious danger t<? be guarded MlCnioat I* iti it in taking up the gener nl question ?,f i banges, the bars may li t down f<... f ii ami some nation insist on amendments so funda? mental as to make the League im? potent. EUROPE ON Till: MOVE.' An editor unusually familiar with the immigration situation, when asked Whether it was true that 14.OUO.000 European* were trying to get into the United Staus, replied; "It is not true. They are nil trying to get hero. Europe is on the move." There is a great deal of emigration from European countries which, j though it affects the United States only Indirectly, adds to the menace, j Thus Germans and other nationalities from Central Europo are said to he moving in great numbers into Scan dinavian ami other border countries, crowding the natives there so that more of them are inlluenced to come to America. Tho rate at which immigrants have been arriving lately is more than 1. 000,000 a year. Recently lii.OoO | reached New York in one day. atony of the new-comers are sent back for destituticn or other disqualifications. Thero Is a prospect now of a new system being adopted, whereby most of the inspection work will be d n< on tho other side, and the* obviously Ineligible stopped beforo they start. This would be an admirable reform. Uut it would not solve the whole problem. Apparently, the present immigra? tion laws even if perfoctly enforced, would leave the doors open danger? ously wide. There ts a growing de? mand for a policy of greater restric? tion. It may be found advisable for a while at least, to adopt the plan favor? ed by Albert Johnson, chairman of the congressional immigration com? mittee and "limit immigration to tho close blood relatives of naturalized ' citheens." HONEST ADVERTISING. The Associated Advertising flubs of the World are engaged in a national campaign for "truth In advertising." They have a National Vigilance Com? mittee prepared to prosecute fraudu? lent advertisers. So effective, how? ever, has been the moral propaganda of this organization, ana so ready are business men in general to accept high standards of honesty, that there is seldom any occasion for more dras- I tic methods than suggestion and per-! suasion. As Richurd II. Lee told an j audience in Tacoma, recently: "The enemies of honest business \ know that there is mobilized behind the Associated Advertising clubs as the first line of defense practically every business organization of stand? ing In the country, reajy to fight In defense of commercial integrity." The committee, ho sajs, is simply helping the nation's business to "make its advertising 100 per cent depend* able." It Is not far l>elow that proud level now, as any fair-minded person may discover by a careful examination of presont-day nowspaper and mag? azine advertising. Thero is no doubt as to the wisdom of this policy. Incomparably more business is done on the new basis ot truthful publicity than on the old, re* ptidiated basis of exaggeration and distortion, and it is done with more pleasure and satisfaction to everybody eoncerned. The greatest American business institutions have been built on a foundation of truthful state? ments. It is truthfulness that makes America successful hi the world's markets. It Is truthfulness that has made the American people the groat* ? St purchasers in the world. Those who ask what is tho use Of advertising, if only the strict truth Is to be told, do not understand the ru? diment.* of advertising. Truth Itself has to be advertised, emphatically and repeatedly, lest falsehood crowd it out of people's minds. Any minister o| the Qospel can testify to thai More pstltlon in the manner of presenting truth, whether one is dealing with re? ligion, SS tho preachers do, or beauty, a ? the poe's do. or human nature, as tho novelists and pla.swrigts do, or merchandise, as the commercial ad rsrtlOSrS do. Art may be used in presenting falsehood, too, but it sei? d<>m succeeds very long. IRISH MISTAKES. The iris't revolutionists are now st the most critical point of thslr revolu? tion. The next few months may make Of break them may bring success or defeat, triumph or dtsgstsr. And at this point, as many of their sincere friends In this country seo it, thsy are making serious mistshsa The greatest mi-lake is the as sin attorn In Ireland of which the re? Dublin killings are the mos? ronsplcUOOS example. Whether those >Ms.is?lnations are the deliberate work of the Sinn Fein or the work or smaller and less responsible organise lions, they hurt the Irish cause. 11 will SO readily granted that the Brit* Ish IrOOpS have sst the lrl>h an ex? ample in violent crimes, and it is ea.'-y to und? rstnnd snd sympathise with the Irrh deslr, fu reprisal In kind. ftttt o.er, there is room if tho retaliatory ftaughter can bo i Justified morally?ami oi lhat therol is somo doubt?it is unjustlflablt froiti the viewpoint pf found p*|1 Idartydrom Ii a more powerful weapon. The martyrdom of Mac Bwiney did more for the Irish cause) than anything else of recenl occur* ' ronce. TheM assassinations may de? stroy that benefit. Tin* martyr's; crown will win Irish freedom soot or than the assassin's Knife, even though that assassin be ele tr In hla ? . science and call hlmsetf a lighting for his country. The w >rl Is sick of blood. The other mistake is to bring v o lenoe into this country. The attack on a New fork: club which happened to be displaying a British HtTg along With the American and Fn rich was an unwarranted act. Then been threats of reprisals . British in the United States. T3 ere hi boep other activity calculated to force the American people to take i d< ?. formally demand the iiberatl n 01 I land. These things go riot h ip Ire? land. The Irish question is one iha home to the heart of every libcri loving American, but it ifi u privj luestion, In this oounti y, not a mill ? or political Quostioni and most Ai i cans resent having it forcibly upon them. Private and peaci ful i fort will do more for Ireland Jh tn pul lie violence can possibly do. ItAILHOADS AND At TOM ODILES, The railroad used to I e the great slaughterer in this cmn'ry. . it lost that distinction. Its place is tak. en by the automobile, Railroads nol only kill fewer people per million than they us d to, but in the cities their Vll time arc no v ac? tually fewer than they were t n or ; fifteen ysars ago, in spite of tho in? crease in population and trackage. For tho whole country, railroad deaths an now Increasing annually at the 1 of about 125 per n?dn u, while auto? mobile deaths are Increasing eight times as fast Two years ggo automobiles' Itllb ' in tho registration urea which i - chides four-fifths of the national p< ? ulation, 7,525 people, and the rail toads, 8,019, The increase UnddubU 1 ly will make the automobile fate this yen greater than those of i.,< * i railroads, The automobile If not OUlj kllll more people than the lOCOmotiVO, b it more than industrial machinery. The great Improvement in priyven tion of accident an i death on railroads and in factories came about when tin nation became horrified by the bloody records and turned its attention to th< matter In earnest. There is hope lhal similar forces will now be sei In op? eration to make motor cars less dt id? ly. Safety eampalggfl have been un? dertaken in some cities, with excellent results, The effort should be univer? sal. It' axttortatlon, advice and compul? sory training of drivers v. ill not Stop the slaughter, more drastic means mils'- be adopted. If it were as ex? pensive to kill a person with an au? tomobile as to do it with a railroad \ train, there would bo a flUd$8D fhtitlk Bge In the death list. Vote on Irish Home Rule Amendment to Government Measure Adopted by Decided M a jority?Me a a u r c AI a y Fail Pn Lii-al Vote . London, i>?.'. 1.?The government1 Buffered a d< l'eat In the house of lords tonight when an amendment to th< Irish homo rule bill eiibmltte i by Bart ns ? >'am 3 and -Uroano, | I vi riding for tlto ec.iah!istiincnt of ? : . if for southern Ireland, wan car '1 d against the government by a. tot? of 120 to ft ? explain ?? a tht.t the obji ? of the amendment I was to safeguard th i minority >uth et*p Unlonleta, |Lord Birlcenhead, l?rd !'?) .? h t he ncel I r for the g iv< rnment, opp i?ed the amendment on ihn .ground thai such a sonnte must i>>-, i was no hope ? t I reins sut h u ; >a,l chamber oil southern Ir laird. ; e I emphusizi 1 the government's desiv? .hat the question of framing a bcu 1 ito should be left i-o the central ; ? uncll, I f.ord ?handun moved an n:rnd . : lenl providing ror a Joint sesiui i oi the southern and northern senates as 1 i substitute Cor the Irish coun il. brd Blrkenhead thought it prefer? able to discuss the subject at ft later Stege, Earl tflddlcton urged that nothing was more likely to i ad to H me settlement than Lord Bhandon's pi oposal. This amendment was adopted^ 18 t o. .".4. in a later discussion Lord Blrken bcad, referring to the Lord fJhandon amendment, sale that the council was an essential part of the government's soheme, This now was swept away by Lord Sharidon's lamentable an I reckless amendment. !!?? doijbted whether the bill will survive such a severe blow. An amendment bsjrtowlng a second chamber on the I'lstor parliament was also ddoptod. Relief For Farmers Being Considered Senate and House Committees on Agriculture Met Today Washington, Deo. ?The agricul !i:ral committees of the senate and inu:o met today to. consider relief moosures tor the agricultural ?situa j tlon, Secretary Houston, members of the fed al reserve board, government ontomla and farmers' representatives Will be heard. Havana, Deo. 2,*?Sugar stocks In Cuba total two hundred and seventy thousand tons, according to n govern . !l; I'' . FOR SALE?Dort touring ear equip? ped with bumpers, shook absorbers and eltru tiro. Kun only three, tlvu Cand miles, Wiil take middling cotton at 1,0c, *n. Ji. vVitherspoon. wanted -Po.'tion ss pverseer of a favm. Tit >r*iughly cbrapotent, and experienced In all kinds of forming, Including stock, truck, poultry and power farming. 38 years of age; married and ran furnish the best of references, \V. P. Arnold, ! MayesviUo, S, C, it No. I, Endowment Campaign Presbyterians of South Carolina Working For $ 1.000,000 For Schools Emphasizing th dl llncl import* ance attached to lh< - u n \ n lot $i,. 000,000 now in pivgrvH ? !.? of South Carolina, toi . i p . . i Miid sontrollod :? men ?.' bei eas the I? ifl; ?? rian i hur dum it Cl oti rust an e ; u< atiou i .? ?? men will receive and Co 'ttu! la T gioal H na y will r ? ?Ive $125 each. j "The Christian college," says Dr, Henry Louis Smith, president of I Washington and Leo university, "is the manufactory whic h takes the Quest raw material the church can furnish, multiplies its value a hundred fold, and returns it to the church i" ;t life giving stream of intelligent faith, trained po ver and consecrated loader I ship." This campaign In South Carolina will close December 20th and there re j mains $ j75,000 yet to be pledged be fore the four schools of the synod insured of the $i.oon,noo fund; and unless the remaluing 1275,000 is pledged 75 per cent of the 4725,000 which has been pledged to the prea . til time <i i a not become binding. nu nths .? the s;. :;<??i of North i :.?' ).a closed n feampaign for 0,< M for th< schools of that synod, the pledge amounting to more than i < 11 named, and those In closest h 1 ho caj ipaign In 8* isji Bp u - ? \ tile luer - ?, Ifc of <? ? Outlo husband and it only e ght her husband vrived l<y her ? . A. U Gib I b? rt, of Pas> . >>i Bethune, Marriage Licenses A marriage licens ? has been granted to laahr Jefferson und Vermelle Jen? kins, colored, of DalaolL Kartsvtlle, Dec. t.?W. C. 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