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IVbttabeo WediMSslay and Saturday ?BY? PI ItUSlUNU lOMi'AW fclMTLK, g, O. $3.00 par animm?-tu advance. Advertisement*. Square, first lnsurtoln .$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion .CO Contracts tor throe months or long OJV Will be made at reduced rates All ooanpunicatlons which subserve ^rivi.te luioreA*a will be charged tor ae advertisements. Obituaries Snd tributes of respect ?/111 be charged for. The fa utter Watchman was found? ed In IHf and the True Southron In UtC ine? \.atehman and Southron low htts the combined circulation and Intluencs ?ft both of the old papers. \ud la manifestly the beat advertising medium su 8 unit er._ Some oiMnbeis <a th?> congressional coroo.ittt#j on m?\ul afi'ans say dud T i what th*/ T?ant to know about the j proposal for partial disarmament isj ** a hot her o other nations are In Sjumest a'jout it." ' What th*i oJior nation* want to know la IThOtbef 'he United Sta I'm Im ita earnest about it. The tititstlon of dlear.i'smeut was tak'-n up at the , Geneva asasmbly, but eon*idCi\etKm jngo post; un'.il the next meeting tJsOnase U?o state men <,.?.. ? ? j tfesr.t they <? . new I ? ? . . .'. t n ? found what America intended do'.mt along 'his ;nd other Um n of Int ? Issisl co-operail< i glnc* thrt assomb \ ?urned an th* dJH4irtiwii.it i; <|iic<iiuii beeaia ksadgog laooe | sen .tu\. . ?i fTref t Iii !t alt and J apt u?e onli tiie^Iorelgn powers whose dt w til n>i r.j much a pre.sen . ha 4?aiik > >he*vii^ ' heir ?-ag> t/nrss t?? Jen in i f?o.?. ; S\j[ limiting nav.ii- ?xpen iiturt IT" .iv hov. ih * i. v . .. I oinOtatly forbore the other stand. h> I a necessary 1"' t? de ah euch a e< in.-'.? ? < 1 i.ator Dot ah proposed, enlarging lb tp IncVldr A" naval p- ?? Sgl : ? jlr. ?..? fa* .kit f . ? tbj t rerj king i. tOiC. In Connection with . i ?! . t " i.mea i> big iu..i u.? ? . .a i d' ii v / * r ih aid M? -. led ita Mg *? at?. *i-Mo.i itoii i .i Kot I The main thing Is to make a i ? by sstUUg he nations into eon ? n<- That v. Ill provide the i i cl.'iu ry of dis rmamen it w run* lib lam nat.ou to lotQlng. An> range nest nade at such a confer? ence '?III have to come back to con- i greaa for approval. The public would like to See congress atop speculating, and ;no<jeed to do something about It. WOltKllKS HAVi; MONKY. A recent business rovlow touches a ptisse o( the urn tnp.oyment sltua lien which has received little at ten lion. The writer remarks that in Now York City, whoro only 6.000 out of t".? ^0 clothing workers have em* ployi..;i.l, there has been na gall (Of I ? .< , ? ? lief. '.'he asunu lodging hom?, s are n? more erov. u* than the] eron ;i year ago, and no Improvement Is reported In the pawn j hrvki-i's buaineaoj which haa boon ?bigcaiit slues the days ol lha wai room." I He Calla a t mlon to the fa t Ih it rvi i> ualn entering New Y'ork brings Us n,M0ta of buyers, and th it tl.- v<-\\ vsl o>' optimism they rOprpgOtsI is the result of tho big returns ol trade dur ir.g Uecemtter and 0Vld4 001 of th. ooutut'.. ' . . r po.v, r of i lie tfjaanee His conclusion aeema sound?thsl H*tie di^tr<ss has yet accompanied th*? t *fced idleness, and h r workers apparently have bt-en wise, 'hjn they were given credi< for In lav Ir.g someth eg by for i ra! r daj That unsuspected thrift o* proving to t? th" very beat gimrunb ? lhai the r<m- day Will not lart long, for it Is th?? very faet that the unemployed )ii ? money to spend that Is leading to a res um ?tlon of industry and end? ing the ijn- mpl men! tl im ? M in U*l*H01*llL\TI05i 9faS fact th.it during the lineal y? r titQ th?- governmonl spent 9? 12 per o? nf of its total appropriations i<:r gaihtary pUrpOOCS and only 1 el per sent f< r surh itrmw as i ulture, ^ nmerce, mmuf i< Turing, minii g gnd miner ?ls, labor. > hicahoa and kuMP h? ?Ith. has boofl io4ed ? ad m en: f>. d p- ? ? n eh y || n eds I?e ?.rough' p., n.? to the p ? ?i further un II that ultimate direr or I r n ilonal affairs really sndergtande ahi? lhose grossly unequal propoi Hond means. Thf? Utd?Ofg|t| of Mouth COrollna has expressed the situation In figures sufficiently s'mple for tin J laymen in llnancc to grasp. In a re j cant bulletin it says: "On the oasis of 100.000.000 popu ation at the present time, the gov? ernment spepJs this year a per capita of $14.24 for tre army and navy, and $38.55 for paying tho expenses of the reoen: and previous wars. In other words, our federal governmen: spends on a per capita basis for de* ? lopinent in the Bold of agriculture only || cents; in commerce and man? ufacturing mix cents; mining and mtn gffjgy Ihre? "ents; labor, six mi'ls, ed ucatlon, seven c?nts end seven mlhs; public health, four cents, as eompar* eo with $52.79 for military expenses and operation." It may be that perils menace th I nation from wi bout, that foreign armies and na/ies are watching a chance to pounce upon us and de? stroy us. In that case protection and preparation are necessary. Hut those people who Insist upon such grca' military and naval precautions forgel that 'here are o h< r perils which monnos the nation from within. illiteracy, poo: \ trained let hers, laodoojuats, nhool squlpim nt, \%oi knowledge of laws of .sanitation, poor e.sslrr liatlon of th?? great foreign *!* ment in our population, undevolopei nstural riches, wnr.uful extravagance In utilization of resource s, In fll< rn transportation and distribution and ny Other eondltions existent today thregytOfl national dggiTOCtlOW a-, bin #j meaaolhgty and closely as aggr lire foreign powers. Wonders hues boon accomplished with I hat 1.01 per cent because of the natural Wealth; of the land a.\ I the private entcrprtno ol >ts otttsetid How much more could be accomplish ed if that small expenditure Cor < j i ( stru'.t'.se piirposoa Were multiplied 1 live or i;>. Whe/v the nation Is fcrq wji ? the proportions may be p >vers or at k sal made equal. Isoi.ATl-:i> OEKMAN I , . e hat Uet'OTe '??ng rh* u '?% ? . e . ?? . ? .n e u.i sic.-vatier ? | u aruei ... a Na loll, h fui . . I . subaoribo to ior dna n.gazinee. Ttttf cannot pub hsh exis ing manuscripts or reprin needed books anl pamphlets. Th ? elate library in Berlin subscribed to - 300 foreign periodicals before th aar, TOdaj It can bt.rely scrape to k<' h r fumls sulliekn fo pay for &4Q lbs Berlin library reports that it Will take "several millions" of marks to l.ring its files of periodicals up tr i'c other llbrarieti have suffere 1 Still moiv. At the same time that they are un %ble to buy foreign scientific works <hrman universities and libra, as we'd us many private own-i I va'uable library collections, a.c dii.god to sei] their own prised po< sessions to foreign buyers. Says om t'onr.an, much Concerned at tho oul l -ok. NThtti German sclsnos is be? ing sold out like our store of men . '.Iii, g and lad.es" l.ng?u-> " Germany needs today, perha BOO re than an'* oth? r nation* to kltOU what the outside m aid is thinking 1 lOlng, It H >Odl tU g d outside Ol . . own Circle Of thought into mor< broadening contact with tho thought of the World at large. Instead, it Is being thrust bach into an Intellec : Isolation more terrible than ths artificial * isolation which was thrust upon it before the war by the mill t-> ollojut which laid down arbitrary rules for the masons to adopt. Why Is i* that a man who cheer? fully pays out Are or ;en dollars a week for gasoline to Joy ride srouud I hi country orcr bad roads kicks strenuously ngn rtsl pacing len dollars I year to build and mulntaln good i ot da? o a o Vt*h.v ;< It that some men will pa> log dollart for a otiaii of menu wgdakey, but refuse to pay a dollar n U? ?'.; to th ir church T ? ? ? " ; is ?t hat goms fathers of four. Urs or more ehlldr< n permit these children to spend fifteen or la h coats a day ra an soft drinks and inovhs. bill hOW| about high taxation whan they have to pa) less than len ? en's I day par child l t Ihf priv? ilege of gtteudlng Ihe best sell tots in th" s;at. ? w iv will some mr?n risk huniredi or thousands of dollars in an oil company gamble in thn hope of ' easy money but protest hit* lei against pa>mg a small per cent of that amount in laxes to oducati Ihetr children the vei> stest invest room ond the best tho world oJIorUa ' torn Europe. death ensues fou; to sev- , S'apolet n's System for Hood Repair. W hy Roods Fall. ?or to build roads or Otherwise dt? volop their county and state in nuin nor to enhonoe the value of thaii property? * * * Why are moat people thriftless rath ther than thrifty, extravagant rather han economic? see Tho modern Solomon who can a i ?ver these "ways" will toll you what is the matter with he country. Rinderpest Causing Havoc in Ca'.tic Herds of Europe* en days after the first appearance of the disease and Is preceded by great emaciation and debility. Barred From Vnlted States. What are the possibilities of rinder? pest being Introduced Into the Unit? ed States? . While the disease may be epread by the raw products of af? fected animals, in moat Instances iT [is disseminated by Infected animals, il.i the ordinary tra lie with cattle. < \ :.l are hlgh'y susceptlbie to the iis i ai Bheep, goats deer, and oameis j . <? also susceplble. None of these ! ? a. ;. b can I/o Imported Inta the ' ? . < d B a es from countries across beac without a permit from tho sec retarj of agriculture, and permits are . not issued for Importations from countries in which rinderpest exlatn his eliminates he chief source of dangor I I nder regulations irsued Jointly by Washington, Jan. 20.?Reader.? of eoant n ?WS articles reporting the de? struction oi cattle in European joun tiits by >ai.ie plague are making in? quiry of the United States department . the depart nent of agriculture and the of agriculture regarding the nature of treasury department, importation into this disease. For the information ol :he Unl ?d Slates Of any animal by stockna n in this country, the depart- products taken or removed Irom an ment hat issued the following ttate metn: it is not strange that cattle plague. kn< a*n In ve erlnary literature m rinderpM-.?, should be unfamiliar ? to amorican l?'ostocK owners as fortu? nately, It neve: h.?s appeared In the r.'mt* U States. An th< name signifies, it is a veri , ?able cattle plaguoi Prior to '.he great) uro rid s r, it had been driven back imals afl'ec ed with anthrax, foot-and mi . h dl cere, or rindorpest is pro? hibited Hides of meal cattle, calf s,. ns, buffalo nidi :. sheeksplns, goat* . ..;as, and leerokins offered for en? try |nVo the United Btotes must be subjected to dlslnfectl n .n an ap? proved manner, unless it can be shown that rinderpest docs not ex m in the locality where the shipment >r!ginoted. Thus every possible ef ?Yon; Buropdi but today it'is ravaging fori is being made to protect the live the herds of several of tho ICurop countries which were involved In the recent war, in this respect history Ii rcpea ng itself, for extension of-th glaaase i9\to Rnrope from Aria In pr< ? .ions .v? rs has been associated with s grei wars; cattle accompanying ving acted as disseminators 'action. Thus, If fur no oth . we may credit th>* reports bolshevik army, by driving - U tic head of th.-'.r forces has spread rindorpest among the oat '!?? of P< 'and 11> s ;ch an extent that It thrcatena almost eomploic destruc? tion of 1 >ii; h hi rda t ever 1 sually Firs! Symptom. The s; mptoms of rinderpest an not v \y ci.aaet rhu?-. Oertain appear. 1: ?w'fich are observHO In ono rplaootlt ?which, In veterinary medi? cine means tl ? same a--, 'epi ;? mlc" a a 1 rJcd s disease 0 1:1 ? roo| 8 ! Of the It Of r??a.ao. hat the list nsed .-?t- ck of ti e United States from catth plague of 'he old world. Petticoat Government for (luirlestou, Washington Jan. 19. -T'ottlcoat (?fl: p ? \ It es ablish- d at Charleston any um? the women us sort themselves, census flgui llshed today reveal .Males in 1 b lesion number 32,S40 and femah I ,. \ en years s go thi m< re womi n than men, go women could not Th? whites outnumb? In Cbnrleati n b> mi r? 1 wh< reo n ten yea rs *-: : * ; <! :i nvalm i- in C If we need an object lesson in the Importance of road maintenance, we' have only to turn our eyes toward j Prance, which has evolved U\f finest system o." keeping up roads In exist? ence. The French maintenance sys em was in.^iulied by the first Napoleon, whose unerring mind real? ized tp the full the importance of , roads, always In good condl-' in. \ ia- Frcne'h s stem embodies a orps of palrolmen, working ?. 011 .-? antly < n the national roads. The e in have 1 a h a g.v? it length of road under their care, about four in ? ? he man. Bach one is responsible nv tho condition of his district at til times. The>; caver their districts rety day. The patrolman drives er the road in s tw^j-wheeled cart, carrying a supply 01 ... tiding mate ; .als, sufllcienfi for any ordinary break. Every slightest 1*0:0 In the our,ace in patched as soon oa It ap? pears, it serious trouble arises from any cause, the patrolman notifies hi* inspector and the ropalr gang com? to the rescue . 1 in France the jobs of highway pa? trolman are usually given tu veterans 'who have retired from army service. iThe pay Is not large, but the patrol? man gets a house with a plot of [ground, the whole constituting an 1 honorable livelihood Might :t ;:ot be possible for u* to I follow a similar line Of operation. ; We ha ve some millions of veterans onr irrnies Many thousands of them will be glad to secure a per 1 aneni n eans of livelihood, c^pe Ltlly in th ? open air. M ;na not be Without profit to ( gamine briefly the cost of such a national highway maintenance s s tern. Btippcs,? ottr i.aid surfaced [highwaj system eventually comprises ? Were 4,000 ut ten years t l.e n, grocs than o"l,r he noi roe; r ew or. ? t 300,000 miles, snia 11 ? mo ??>;? ? tu\ ma t< rials . ." ?? Kid. ? ':? \ patr ??av to rt , it 11 id Iman with > arry his to handle len m a Th tie hi ) [1 > ? (Tbl :? y The] M 'j f ;% re t . used News. be he The taxpayer's search in the patst y ar for an answer to this question as led to :hc discovery that WOat . t r nzay have been dons In the ))a."*t Insure proper sub-grada, more lUSt be doac. There i? tn> denying the fact :ha: shot: haul traffic is ? hanging over from the railway to the highway. Recent!) the Ocoan there Railroad ?a California llnel ?..'ed an sppllcation with the inter? im commerce commission for au ihorj y to quit business. The plea I lade was that the "motor truck has ? riously and { dverscdy affected oar t: eight revenues, a ad tin general in trcaee of the use of the public MsTha way has affected also nr.; passenger tevenues.' In trying to stem the ris? ing tide of highway taallc, short lino railway stockholders in this instaace II ad assessed themselves seven times and then "gave up the ghost." Whatever may i>v given BS the Im? : edlatc cause for short line railway troubles; the undei ylng fact is thai 1 h c c 0 m: n unity owned high an :? is be - eoming publh utility, with the di ?e<a result that the road i.. bt-im; > .eioi a*ith Oi\v tcunag'j to a degree unerpr*cted by the public it no wappeantj under the Impact j of Increasing tonnage, that providing Ja rigid surface or. the road is not sufficient, that however well that Bar face may be ballt, the tendency of th< road is toward failure far toe ! rapid to permit ir^ saving capacity i o earn Us way out Im fore recon? struction becomes necessary, unless? dad this brings OS to the p(ak de? velopment of 102<)?due care is given o the construction ol thn sub-grade. In addition to the work under way a'ong -this line, attention is being Riven ;o the b-mio subject \>y the by the federal highway council nr: m erlng divl ion of the national -escarch council. Out of these two nixed ' lovom ntS to determine gh? prli ciples in sub-grade con len, Iben is promise for a long ! 1? 'h B if-nre of h.gh ? fli ing n the l'u.nre.? 'aniia.v Motor. I lab; S \e< k ?r )'.en. 1?Magistrat? R 1 ' n. eras in ?orted f ? ?* - n e cht ? .. s cid foui 3d iii <? ' a. ilo^a v.v -t h oi Walter i . and l onorted . .ra en. Tho the left the ' c- * -i six yearn n 5 had gone 11 return* alld lying \ dead. The that the child . death by a broken neck h'ch crime was oommittod by par i s unknown to the jury. No ar ir*s have been made. t 'd Of boys still in hospitals glad to pay a 192u income nb( ut vours? .ca JL. 3 .s U 'Tote C51EAP 'KM Now en The Sumter Cash & Carry Store 119 S. Main St. Next Door to Palace Market The new Cash and Carry. A clean light store where you will find QUALITY groceries. Nothing bul the best in 'good things to eat'. Cleanliness and prompt, courte? ous serv ice. 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