The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 29, 1920, Image 4
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?anlfestly the best advertising
la Suinter.
XKT Is <. 1' I IN WhS.
mos should be at all ti"
?pleat period of the year?.',
n )? flag, of reunion, of thanks
? We sh dd be veiy thankful
Jrear. We she ml feel in ot?.
souls the greatest gratliudi
many blessings that are ours
thanksslv ng of a smug sec"
gey; but the reul thlnksgiv
t coines from u humble and a
heart. I
is no ons who will starve in
saunity. There is no one win
hungry tomorrow, if anyom
Wie sufferer knows it Oui
a are ununually well, sir
,ppy Theo? has been no epi
of blighting disease. V Am
ho* tall comment upon tin
health and bcuatiful veath
hVen universal. There ha*
prjicthitlh m> suffering and U<
.Jhe seme conditions prevai
r community today Is a:
ealthy and happy. If then
ptional case relief follows
dHgWlJ upon the expression ol
our mishbors acrosn th*
ere-Is atjvct poverty. Want
unchecked in many hid
over I ho wasting bodies
Women, and little children
ire thousands of . it tie chit
who In alt their wretched lives
end misery have never ha?
to sal. Three million! live
at thousand tittle children
lag tqriay. Just as If every man
and child In the statt o
thT>roiioa, and this number mul
I by tno, wsre slowly dying o
'tfcm today. Tills madltlon codi
?pat) In South Carolina fur ?
f*W the rest of Amen a wouh'
?agton their sister, state riebe
stith a Uividi hand that sh?
have So aav - Hold' fcmough.
r /
arrt/*s the tarns! la-t us quob
a few sentences from a repor.
the hunger districts: "In t
lug-town of about ten thouwiw
^abJtenU the teachers showed U
Upon their desks th? written
which hui Iteen sent in b\
parents "Please excuse Joht
gcJbeol lodaj hecv.usc we havi
lod in the house. Karl can no!
to school tdday. because he has
ithiua to wear and we have both
to eat
children who were In th
shoola were lean and neat-looking
the most part, but there were n<
ty laces, only fa< es pule and list
old ami widened. For those
who were caught In war's ruthless
wake ill dt \ ? iopment was arrested
Tl.ey wer% ?mekward ? .?ntally as wei
as stsatled physically with sad, er? i
wlclstd expressions on their face?.
The
Taelr heada looked as old as men's
their bodies pathetlealtj little and
.sjeformed. Their uSbal fare was n
gen-kis weed with long leaves, bolted
in salt and wat< r. It was bad enon
to haar seht ol < hlldren talk of hav
Iok oo milk, bui when mothers toll
isf bringing up their babies oi t i
na?1e of par ***d corn and a pap
axis ami wat human etiduraace
seemed to be put 'o the last test. r. .
BSj imagine a child that looks Ilk
IJig eyes staring out of
moo " >>.* h- id. an abdomen of
hags proportions; pathetic, distort'
? l baby legs?such wa sa hoy of six
a. horn we Visited. The result of en
dei feeding, and there am ten
thousands ol Hltll i hlldren over the,
Hu into. This U sad cnougn; but
how it iftering ?'
in rM crs sod father* who mil
ha. Kard ihrough their own want ha.e
lo look hc'plrse'y upon the untold
?i .if iing of their children, whllo t... /
*a> over and over again. 'If It Wi r?
??nty all over with."
ids Is .one of the latest in ur
of Ih*. many palliHir reports ttiaf are
'tnros to us today. In Amerla ?
er? of distress Is answered as i
i> heard. Ovei t ?.? ? ?? lh< ngot i vs.
mihers, and llltle children are hol I
inn na their trembling hands In pit
.mis ippeal fe.r bread; bul lo Ih
heart-Isreaktu? cries for succor I
S?b?f the heuV? n4 Meeln ?Mit el I ?
a i it' ay era a< >? ana aswered.
in America today thla Christnm
should .be one of sympathy and
Ith^tUkagiv mg, while i,? our humi'i:
\vc bl?>s.s dud's holy name und woadr,
why we are so favored among I in
children Of His bun!.
<;<>\ i Mi.NTAli ffonomv
Ever since Senator Aldrioh mad
hia memorable statement that $30 i ?
aoa.a.i? a year might be Saved "> till
government out of a total CSpendl
ture of less than $ 1 .<?oo.nao.aoa, bj
re-organizlng governmental depart
merits and method*, the public ha
bei n expecting a geneiai overhauling
by congress. The demand lias grown
stronger with the great i: crease o
eipendlture caused by the war. Bit)
rdways hope has boon deferred,
Congress now promise suction. A
inanimous reOOlUtlon has bOOH adopl
ed for the appointment of a join
tommlttoe of six to go over the gov
rnnn ntal maehinery and formulate
plans for eliminating duplication of
work, discontinuing overlapping bu
reaus and commissions and reducing
administrative and legislative COSta
generally. Representative Reavla of
Nebraska, who win head the commit
? . . says he is convinced it will be
.?oaaible to save nation $1,000,000,
J00 a year
The inquiry may take as m;Kh ft>
two years. A good start in p: i;t :al
i?fticlehcy will be made, hov/ecfr, n
ihe new budget bill goes thr ?ng;i m
t is expected to do. The public then
.vil lendure the present tax burden
a little more cheerfully, in '.hi proa
pect of aeelng some approximation
kg real business etlici, ncy attained at
Washington in the near fu?.v..r
Tili: l.FIIMAN DEBT.
The conference of international
.inanclers at Hruav s. dealing with
he liquidation o Tallied war claims
xgu net (iermany, has brought to tin
light what a Paris newspaper calls
'the first formal violation of the
Versailles treaty." There have been
many evasions, but the present in?
stance seems-nothing less than delib?
erate violation In a matter of great
importam si
The German government has in
luded In its budget for next year a
provision for l^.OOO.uoa.000 marks
^normally about $1.000,010,00) for
the payment of Interest on the Oer
man national debt. The reparation:* |
section of the Venu.il oa treaty pro?
vides specifically that "sums for rep?
aration which Germany* ia requited to
pay shall become a charge upon all
her revenuea prior to that for service
or discharge of any domestic loan."
If Germany were meeting all hei
obligations to France and the other
allies, there could be no objection to
?er using public funds to pay inter
?st on her own public debt. F.ut
Germanv m in arrears in her pay?
ments, particularly to Kram e, and in
one cos* at least has shown no sign
of intent to pay. The French cannot
forget, too,' that tho domestic inter?
est payment w ith which the'German
rovornmeni is so much concerned is
the Interent on the money which Ger?
many raised for the express purpoat
of crushing France and mastering Eu
rope.
The allies naturally feel no incli?
nation to have the Interest on the war
fund taken out ci their own pockets
? Jermany's first obligation is to them
The Fnited States is concerned in the
matter financially as well as morally,
because France eanot repay what
she owes this country unless Gel
many pays her. In fact. German
repanition is the groundwork of gen?
eral economic rOOoastrUCtion.
IMU.KIMs \M> PUUITAMS.
Comment on the recent Plymouth
' en monies has shown again the gen
em! confusion of th" terms "Pilgrim*1
ami "Puritan." It is natural eno - h
that the words should be regarded
as synonymous) but in fact the t ,,-v
hud nothing necessarily to do vi'.
sash other,
Tin- p|Igj uns who WOht to HolhVi l
.uid then came to Amern a h ft Kng
Isnd, as much as anything, to
iwsy from tin- puritans. The pii
grlms were diss< nters* but were not
arr< gant altout it. All they wanted
was to Worship God In their own way.
The PmitabiM. as soon ss tht y obtain
Sd power, used it as ruthh-sdy as the
establish! d church had dom.
Thus the Pilgrims bitHjsjht to Amor
lea religious freedom, Bnt that tr?
dorn did not last, booauss their colony
Was soon deluged With Puritans, wie,
bsapoas dtheir intolerance on Mas
sacbusetts lust as they did In hing la ml
wh'ti the obtained n majority there
Thb- fai t should i-e remembered in
Justice to those simple, him,Me ph>
peers who, thouah the) soon i"*;
control of then own colony, have a
me plsjos In kit lorj snd i n q play
od ao beg a paid in ''an ert ation of
American Institutions ai d Ideals, It
In not they who ate to blame for Ihe
religious blgStry anil moral iiiim u
nsSS of which their colony is so often
mtlUSOd. It la the more aristocratic,
proud and sell i ighleous*Pui itate, who
followed* them,
AUTOMOTIVE ADVFU'l ISINTi.
Reasons Why ?!?<? Sew -;? !>1u><
! inure Largolj in Hie Wans of the
Automobile Manufacturer.
(By Frederick i. Laokens, Advertis
lag Manager, 'I he Allen Motor Co),
One hears considerable these days
about "tbe buyers market,*' 'nor-'
inalcy," 'tin- swinging pf the pen- i
duium." "ealei analysis," etc. To tin
layman it means, in a vagu way, a
readjustment of our methods of liv-1
lag, a contusion with respect to price:'
and valuer?, a rather haxy, hca !-ach;. ]
oondttlon that ho Wiehes wa over
a Ith und that he oould '- o > Im <
nights and sleep as in the y od oh
days "before the late war."
To tag manufacturer, merchant ni
anyone else who has som tthing to
?all it is more or less or a night
mare also ft is not necessary to re?
peat here Wha! has come to be an
Old story in ;: |horl time?the oasj
conditions of tin- past four years 1
the rather abrufet return to the ne
ccasHy for real selling methods in all
line a
Tbe automobile mahufactun pi were
no exception to the general rule ol
laxity in real merchandising. Busi'
nesg oamc t<> easy Tor tin pa. i ihre?
or four years that tin;- bet imc flab
by in their methods?particularly ;..
their advertising. Thej talked pres?
tige, they Speciales <1 Iarg< Ij in "in?
stitutional" advertising, Thoy talk
ad everything in their advt rl I I h nta
but real selling arguments. Tin y ust d
the national mngaalnes and did not
feel the necessity of cht cklng up on
the returns
When the price-cutting bombshell:
was dropped in their midst, adver?
tising and merchandising p ans were
thrown into confusion. Without
elaborating upon the Indecision an-;
the folly of that distressing period, i
will he sufficient to .>ay thaj when
the'manufacturers had time to col?
lect their Ihoughta this one realisa?
tion stood out hbOV*' .id Uth .'- -
necessity of winning hack the confi?
dence of the public as i<i the stability
of the Industry and in getting Into
direct contact With this public in the'
quickest possible '.nan; ' .
I Nor is the dealer !?> bo forgotten.
He too, must be held In line so that i
a double problem faces automo?
bile maker. It docs not take much
knowledge of advertising to know
rthat the best contact medium between
retailer and consumer la tic u v.. pa?
per. By the use of the new ipt ,?
the manufacture] accomplishes a
double purpoa ronchea the > ? n ,
(^??effectively and enc< nrages his i c '
dealer at th,- same tum*.
The newspaper is also more flex?
ible than* i national medium. When
a national distribution ,v not enjoy< 1
?t is wasteful to employ t.h.- purelj
national publications, On ?h oth r
hand, modem merchan I sing n
ods favor the sone or territorj syn
tern?lb" building up ol < rl tin
blocks of population on Hit sal m ?
by intensive work. In this Inb lv(
work then is nothing BO Cffi in
my.opinion as the use of ih newspu
pers. m?r nothing so quickly and easi?
ly manipulated, n is the one mothod
for quick results ami the big need
in automotive business today is im?
mediate sales. The manufacturers arc
not so mnch concerned about business
si\ months iron 'now.
bets than a year ago the autoi t >
bile manufacturer was. I< ss mindful
Of how he H K'nl hi:. n.i\< rtlsillS fund
"Come easy?js?? easy." Now it la
different, he is going to demand a
hundred centa worth <i returna for
every dollar spent, and as salea ar<
really what h< wants and the "COU"
sumer" is the elusive fish he wants to
land, the wise manufacturer is
to employ tiie medium in dch c< n
pj^Unity that displays fresh ball < vev
day and has a greater el
landi. g something-?the neu , ?
Bansford, Washn., Dec, 84. .\
whiskey still in full operation waa
discovered in a church basement wh< :<
the ohureh caught on fire, a butch
er was arrested.
M0OTUS-i:UKNrS.
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Tir::ah ohni\ !i. h- i <? ?.< I. m ? \
Spieel' MOOCC (<!!:'.'? '.'.i la ? * I ? ? of i !
Henry ('urtis Kucns, '
The church had hen artistically ' ?
de-coral I far the occasion by Mrs. ?n<
I. A. Btantcn, JrV, of Tatum, an '
*MIr.a CJ< ;? ? i< v. Boyd of [lolly Hill,
the color sen ri<' being pink n id
smllae; grac< ful 1 ng leaf pine an 1
green, a profusion of Boutl rn
terns. Interspersed with numerous
pink candles and carnations made
tu unusually pretty background ?or
the wi ?l ^i ??- pai ly.
Just before the ceremony a shoii
musical prograrn wi r nderi 1 by
Miss Cornelia White, a cousin of the
' ridegroom, at the piano and Prof
sor Glrard of ;-^mi?ir< r on ? violin,
"i nil!" and "l l.< ve X iu Truly''
were playi i.
As the familiar strains of Mendel?
sohn's wedding inarch were sountlod,
the ushers, W. i\ Moore of Hartsvl
and John B, Rdens, broth r of the
brldegroomi led the way for Ihe
brids l proci si ? n, Pirat, the brid s
rnaids entered, Miss killen Han i of
tlishopvUIe ntr 1 Miss Jani? Mo >. ?."
sister of the bride, attired In blue.
Then came the groomsmen, T. W,
Ferguson of Ferguson, N. (?., and
Walter Moore, follow cd by the dam s
of honor, Mrs, V\. A. Thorns ; of
Chadbourn, N. ?'. sister of the brid >?
groom, and Mrs, 15, v. Begars, Jr..
of llartsvil.le, sisl r of the bride, In
bro*? n. Thi ;, #all carrii d ilghl
candles showered \vlth small pink
chrysanthemums and tied v. it u pink
and green tulle. Next little Frank
Moore Begars, I nephew of the brid .
In vlue velvet, carried t.;" ring on a
white satin cushion, an I ihe m d I
of honor, Mh'S Annie Moore, sister
of the bride, < lad in bl i ;k \ elvet,
and carrying white chrysanthemums,
enter* d alow. The dainty little
flower girls. Afcllee Edens and Allci
Thorn as^, slater ai I nieoi ?..' th<
Lridegri < in, dressi d In ? rt pe de i hi ?
Huffy bows and sashes of tu lo, scat?
tered rose petals in the path ? th
hrlde, w ;.<? was never inori attractive
than in hi v sl u.???}.? goin. ay
?
shower bouuuel of i. '? -. ai .
entered on Ih arm of her father, 8.
dtar ! y th* bPldegroom ? n l his be
man, Mitchell Edi ns, brother of the
brldegro >m. He re the w o d d I n g
march changed to Bofi sw< ? i strains
Of ' Trn nnnu j" and the Itey. -J. A.
i ? \, j h ol Oha rlolte with the beatttt*
i u| ? nd Impressive ring' 111 ? mon
;i nouneed them hu band and wi .
Immediately ai tcr the ? i i*i inoi y n i
informal reception Was hold ni th<
tu ipe t\f tht brtdi's fal hi ;-. v I
tores of friends calb i t<> congratu:
late the happy couple, who later lefl
ror n snort hon ykxw n.
?
years, che .;? no aecom dlsbed youi
woman and through her plea h
i i mon a Illy has won many friends
who rejpiee thai her marriage will (
fjpl take her away. Mr. ?dens is n
prosperous and popular farmer <?t
[}.?? Dalsidl cbnimtinlty and In a y< u i
inon of line character and storll
faculties.
Mr, und Mrs. ESdens will booh i>i
? t home '??? their friends in their new i b
bungalow n< ;i v \ '.i lue 11.
London, Dec. 23.- An adm'.ralty >?
committee has recommended Chat
bam, Devonporl and Portsmouth, tl
the three ?hilf naval )>>???.:?. of the
British Isles, as the most suitable si
for the orcctlon of memorials to na?
val officers I men who were In !i '?
jv burii d at s< a durln : the war, ?
i
that we have the t?xpayei ' con
: U it on Tui sdaj lanuary 11, to
?
committee <??? n then 111 in Imm
?
legislature to stay by until ever;
inroprhition Is finally acted upon.
? sin? e this id tl tor was s;.:? .-.< l
[oral membi'rs of the tcgislatm ?
come ?'tu f. r red in ? 1 approp rial
ri he" Ki \'< > nor has i boul -fai ed and
he wiH n ? mmend reduced i I
'; rial ions. (ihairnm n l adfoi d ol
wa/ya i id means committee will
.< ?? pi t huj position again ao i. i
\,>- fri ?? to ligiii for > o ri mj on
floor of i he hbus ?.
I haVe read the report of the
tspecial committee on revenue
tn! al a n 'of the la t t n of
: ? ?. It lure to be submitted to the
e islon and wish t" commend
11 port to the people m' I he
t! ( bi tt?m <u" page i-1 In a i imi
their conclusions a*ud sui
..? thi * slgnlfl ;an| statement: 1 3
?
the
no*
si iti d; ? * (<?? in \h - shifl ins of
an undue proportion of the tax bur?
den lo real estate and certain classes
??!' tangible personal property."
Frequently in their report the
mos
ra via on.
<u" tho
al 'ears
? Heb at
U ' '? n. in
irs, should
of the
the mal tor
; lime li) buy a?d
.i some that I
;:t reasonable
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pi ? on lh?
vith i?s tiitlc work,
bs. if you want any
. I preparing lo
in ? \ my apiary
Ii . se of what
ie before movinst
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