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Cfci ,(Vi?ia!(^:!nani Sou!l)raiLi ? ? js ?? . , ?? 7TT? -! PuhlUlKil VYcdn w?lny ami Saturday ?BY? OSII1N PUBLISHING COMPANY SlMTl l{, s. a , Terms: |?.00 \4<r annum?in nihuiicc. Advertisements. One Square, Hret inacrtoin .$1.00 Bvcry subsequent insertion .o0 Contrite fur throe months or long? er will be inuile at ieduced raltt All communications which subserve, priv* e Interests will be charged for1 as estvertlsementa Obituaries and tributes or respect Will be c harged for. The 3uuUer Watchman was found td in ItaO and the True Southron In 1 ISC*. The Watchman and Southron low has the combined circulation, and j influe nce of both of tho old papers, ; *nd Is manifestly the boat advertising medlatn In Sumter. "tVhy wouldn't it be a good idea for I (he allies to tell Germany that tin y would at ? ept th? former Ka r in u > f thai 12 per rent export I ix, Knock off about ? billion dollars for delivery Into their hands the most important r.-maininK h'fur tors? see Yi-s, that Aimenlan oil magnate ran 9,699 gallons of i hampagne ,ongh a fountain at a Paris baa* <)tiet deje-rvi s < ? n ui,> i<>. his ex? travagant?. Think h ?w far Hull Wine woultl ha u In this tbrill,\ coaiiti t ' es? The slowm ss of i Pu r y hotnls n i hmg pa i p. '-v es Hi' that Lib* arty bond.* are si.11 a I? ? gam. see Of course th ? people who stout's m i.a* mm 'i ?Ii > laws make the int t . wet are tacking a return of Is wet laws for the purpose of nmk* lg ttie i want! > tlr mm* onV thing is : u: ? uoOlll that r p ition baalness the Herman dasoh* gslH bd sinnt? r when the lhlt b Ion and the French rooster get trough with him. e e ? The mar. who -i little while ago ws thinking about accepting s mi rl p< sltion r-? now I.. K1MI1UI-; to unk a hont hustling foi a lob. Tin: \<i.t mi: <n sal; s A in am i?i arrlU polnl i out I hat iero Is a tendency to underestimate Ike actual amount oi business b< in' io by estimating that business en ?ly in dollars instead oi quantity of da. Trade has undeniably alowed ?w n a k. ?> >d d ai. and yet, as he r? - irkn. tlurc is a larger volume of Oaamodlties changitig ha mis than is general)) Take the bUsillOS houses w Iii' h have probably fell the depreSMlou snort the big Chicago mail order houses dealing with the farmer ft Tb? us have |os mm h of Ihcii rec? nt purchaslna power, and the re gall is naiurnlh roJU ed In the sale* ? Thus gears-1 toe huel a i ports a 47 per r?n? drop In ncl sab s last month from th ? ret ort! of .1 in ,.n \, ivoi, and pontgomery, Waul und ? o , u drop ol g4>Sxpei rent. This how* ver, is to a great e*4ent a mat ? 1 oi b ookkeeping. Many of tin articles a?e selling at lo 30 per eent l?elov the p re of a j year ?40. la 1 haps half of tin- de dpi.- can he nttrihub d to the |OWef prices. thti* P-avlng onh about 'Jo p. 1 eent actual shrinkage in the quantity of -ootl 1 sold. And that shrinkage pself, l?.> it ob? served. Imd-* true mi \ \.;, 11 com pared elto a boom period. Wh n Bears*Roebucks sale* for la>*' moot ., are compared with th?*.? of the sum month In 1919 inst? id of ' .'>. they ehow only a ?b < Im? of -''I I?. r ,ct ni [ III Vlihn- w tin b. a: ? o^ir? < ?<l uImiVC. I pence's lower pricing rather than dlmloMn ?I sales. Tuts is hopeful, especially when BpgaakOeretl In the light of l.nthci IgOmmeiits by the same writer: "With the eretlh Stiai,g.-n-- . .sine, with WSges Isdng adjust.-d rapidly and in? dividual output Increasing, with a I th> ti aiuspoi I Ion avaPs Ids w im h Could Im* de ired, On pi inipal band' Kni?H from which business . red durlmr llie post umilnHce period 1 removed, ami it is reusontihN- f> ,\ |?e?i 1 -?f? id\ mi in pro lin :v? tlvhv which will aradua ly uvi> Work lo itniS" Uill unemployed 11 ml resSor?' lb?dr purchasing power." t 1 t 1 1 k .11 nun s ?Tie- t't.i. .nt it Ion." an sxperl ncetl Jinlr. - r< in 11 kn, 'a 1 11 int? h to evi ry , man a tau- nrd Impartial trial by Jury; iie.i i.y ? jury ??1 men who are a- 1 1, Jn?li< nn: and v. mp< ? 11 ; It ^ ?uhl in a ; r<?m* 1? rverslon of ?In the irilth to Mij th ii ii... u nuw trying t as, - jo ut\ court 111 e of 1 b it cbarietir. Many '-r ihem are good and Ii m men, but 1 In mu no lt> lack ail noun*- or propor'ian lud 1 1 sense 01 n sponelbllil)." Ifaay oi in 1 ??. ? ups nt 1 .4 1 in f* im h give Hie Mime rdlct. The Jary system in this ? <n |i |H und, 1 gSirert scrutiny, ami in a!moat everj conn mho \ is (oiind falling to ||v? up to iis traditional thai acter. it is said Iba4 many Jurymen are ehos n who ran hardly a rite t!i Jr ov it names, Nevertheless Ihcj are "al lowed to dotormlne tho most Intricate questions involving great sums ol money.' The prevailing ayateni cn eonragef the service ol the leant coin* |ietenl and dlecourngea the service of the aoii of eltlaeui originulty c?n 1? mplatt d. The Judge quoted makei th m -, ommendulions for his own cun munity: An Inveeilgatlon and study i?y u oomtmlttee ol common pi ,v J.t ig > to prepare simpler und fuirei h i legu of selecting Jurors; gtrlcter supervision on tho part o the presiding Judge over the mnnnoi in which jurors arc drawn oy the Jurj commissioner; Tim presence of at h ast one "mar? ried woman of sound discretion and Judgment'1 on the jury commission; The raisin.; of jurors' pay] The adoption of a rule that no i itl ien shall be excused from Jury duty i \? ? pt In ease of death in the famt i v or other great emergency; The selection) by proper examina? tion, of competent, .aide and con sc I n tlOUl poisons to Serve :is jurors dur ing an entire term, The suggestions are admi.nbV, und might i>e followed to advantage any* where, if bar asnoclntlons would ihOW more interest ,n the matter, leg? islatures might he Induoed t?> provide lie- authority for the desired reforms, Unless sonn hing Is done our once , flortons jury syntem may be swept iway some das in a general wave ol disgust. M>Vi lli IM NU l ( K IIKADIJIS. Tho publishers 1 ive become very mich Interested In educating the public not only to do more reading an to do Letter reading. Thin is b> - anas they have discovered anew foi hemselves the old truth that what Is m m t.IS group ot pel sous w ill nrn out In the end lo be best for all, \o one group can thrive permanent y to the disadvantage of any other. The publishers eannol prosper safe y and soundly by tempting tit;- pub le inly with "beat aellerrf* or with gor eons "gilt" volumes With nothing of | eai value between their covers, Hdueatlng the public tn re-ad good mohs will be line for a!I concerned \ lint whether* the "year-round book selling plan" hi the best <>m- fo; lehlevtng this rcault Is doulHful. in tdoptlng the year-round plan pub Ushers and dealers have d ?diented tub of the 11 monthi to a specific variety of rending, l*or instance, peb? ruary is to be "America month." This is appropriate enough, p i haps bseauss so many famous American! were hom in Fobruary, Books on America, its history, its government tnd its gnnt nu n and women, will ha urged upon readers. X > dotlbt many persons y/IH wake a good start toward historical reading In thli no nth. lit das for the pan: Wh n Kehruary -s is past, suddenly ws are dunged into tin "practical month.' rhs propaganda win" emphasise tech steal works, hooka on business and horns economies. What special line L?f lauding is reoerVC/l for April re mains to be disclosed. There is something a little too arti Reial about this particular method t make it wholly successful, Yet |i i lutte possible that some reader who has uwukcnrd lo n real Interest In hungry during the America month will go right on pursuing his readlnii n ona lhat line long alter March, with Its practical works, has coma and gone. If this Is true in only a few eases the campaign will not have been in I He, for the lovers of good books liav< i way of sharing their own pleasure With oile rs and SO of conducting a lilt e pri\ate hut ve.y effective bonk propaganda of their own. t \\< I 1.1.1%;. 1.1 Kofi s l>] IIT Proposals for the cancellation of the $ i ?,ooo,Oo?,oes or so thai Ihe allies owe t iiit country, ns n reaull of credits advanced during the war, fai on deal ?.irs. Keclers In lliul direr tp>n cnntloualy put out by the al'l ? have io< ? wit h no eneouru i n or tlthei from tie- government or from i he average r It Isen, Tin- puhllc, with all its friendliness for our late war a"voeintund oil Its sympath) on their pre. ? nt on - >> tum i> el i dial n debt is a d> 14, Ulld oilghl to I ? ; ild that it Is a moi ul ua y/oll n a liiiuti i in! proposition, nod any < i icellu ton of honesl obligation is rej?r< beiuilble. Siti ii fnvor as ihe hies has gained on ibis side of i in- w,ii r appears in he mainly eon lined to men Intei >. i in ihe personal business bcncllts oi such cancellation. Manifest,y, if Ku? mps HI tO t?.i US I IIUI 1 Ig debt, it mils' ps In goods, b. pause ii |n< ks < h ? money, American manufacturers do not wanl payment In goods b..nin ? th.' would make mon competition for their own goods In Ihe home mar? ket, Moreover, the) realise thai If B?rens had the slate wiped clean, it eoald buy mui e ftom Amsilca, an WOl I Daniel i t IlUH t hdl' UWH oXpOl i ! ?I WO| ? Ii' lit Tin- average ?-it:?'.?-it i;istii -u. recognises thai this i^ n clasn vi looking to Hi< advantage oi limi groups rather than tho ndvania; t he whole n it inn. 'Zu consum;* [public rather likes tho Id ? ??i im ... ,. porting a larger quantity of . than this country has been imi .?.?: . . ? ing lately, for ihr sake ul the vi ? : com petit Ion and consen uoni |?ri lowering that American manufacture i * i s object t". hut Hit chief ; i.h in is thul of a credlt'H!H t'i.J Thai big foreign debt Is ov i I ; > 1 whole nation, it represent; nun . . .. ., [which all on;- citi/.i ns have i rid, .1., .... tare still iiaylngi hi federal ^->. ? vittiotii smts. and also in the high * , . prices ca tsed by those taxes, Y ... ,( , debt of $ 10,000,000,000 menus ;i? ?> ,: . n * ^r?no per family. It means a :? ??. ? i ?hui muri* titan that for famUi :; tan; ray Income tuxes, The ordin?r;, tax > payer feels naturully that he 'u ?; i , right to gel that money bacK. i; ?. ml knows that if it i-; paid back, the gov- : crnment can and will lower his tu .? . accordingly, lie resents tin d lire ? . . ,i . . r ti a comparatively small class ol i i V/ n- h ? ab'e ;o keep him from getting it ba< k. Arid , since he has a bi? majority of th | . ? votes, ho will probably have his wav i - MOB INTERRUPTS VILLARD SPEE< * Riot Cull Necessary in Cin nati Cotton Ml < ? Cotton Dtirii ? ulncinnati, Ken, 12.- fi<? n* -? "i v ?? 1 ' turbulence that necessitated the 1 mmmi-tl Sanding oi' :i riot <;?i; la pO.lci ..'.i t- ' ' luarters marked the course ??i . i- '' Ireis delivered hen Ihis afternoon by I : ! Oswald Uarrlsou Vi lard, edil ir of I In- Nation', ami former ditor of the 1 Now Vo.-k Evening Post. Tho ad- ' 1 Iress was given und ? the nuspic sj'mru a t he < 'ity club ; o.i Ihe \\ uma It's ?ity clubs, During the week t h< u h id b< ??:: many resignations from both club* in the ground thai Vi' ard wus an admitli ?'. p.o'iih-t both Is?fore and during tin- w. i a.! 1 that lo opp sod I h ? militai y di aft. Prominent worn n who belcn - I tho Woman's Ct.s cluh circulated \< ? It ions prol 'sting against thd Vi lard meeting and the use '?i several hu It ? es denied t h ? tfluh, VlMnrd was In the mi t of a In ti l Ircas when tihout Mi nu n rushed np lie iitnlis to tii auditorium. A .-.'>..i Ittor <? ntatniuM ; glnrs pi n ?! oji ?n d nt ? tho ant' -room. The glu ?> w:i ? roken and several of t h ? invad rs and of the defenders who rusned ? ? I the door shut were s ightly cut Thv crowd poured Into tin ant ?roonr ! ml there \> is a wild m< lee, Women inembcrs of the club threw thetn ".elves against ihe main door to bar he Invu lers, who were ycd lug: "L I ,; ^*.?:" "\\<' ?1 mand t ? hear this ma|n!' Illows we?*e exchanged und the nolso attracted b throng In from of the luh house, A riot i all was sent to ih<- police and reserves, led by Police ot iin Coplcand, respondi d. The Btalrwsy \ ^ soon cieared. Vi I lard halted during his . ddress as o ? < mit f the ??.'?.so, but oontlnued when lb i o'lee had cl< nred the pit?'?<?. Ilerbari Beul, who denied t'iti In was the leader of the attacking force, was charged wi'h :.s-iiu!t and battery by Attorney (I'ty Mallon, a member of the CK t club, ii" vvas released o i bond. Vlllard wn i worted from th hall to .in automobile by th'* po'.ice after the streets had been cleared for a block In each direction. He left liter for l 'h veland. <.i . if: ????'.? It L. ! I u v ?? RCOI ST CR e o '?y ?'? - i ; \s Kit i:\i: rik,)i \M's. Washington. Peh, 12.- There were ft \ t-r eaellutoukes in the ( nited i Btatea and throughout the world last vear than in I'.' I !? hut t'.io.s.* of ,i do- i ttructlve chaiH*ater wnv more nu? merous and there also was mm h m >v> volcanic :i<' vid>'. i volcanic acth It). Records comp?ed bj Prof, Frtn >ls \. Tomlorf, director of the seia ' inologlcal oh. ?rvatory and head "* the department of gc*o|ouy of fleors town University here, show '?". earth? quakes wen felt in the L'nlted Mtal s j compared with '.-T in !!?!:?. while re? ports from all par ? of the wor d | rhow 161 quakes were reported < ontjiai i d wli It 41>8 io l m i Kit \en of the earthquakes |as| yeai resulted In destructbui of lift or prop- I erty while In the previous year <ot y . : > aust ?l such I.k's. s. Th?> most de- I Itftruc'lvc during 102^0 were tin in at ! I Alendogu, Argentin:i und ihe Tepellnl ( I |>ifrtt*l?*l olV Italy, both of wbleh oi I eurred In I ?? ? ?? m I h i ; a ml ; 1 o >?;. ri ' Nioriod from M< xieo fit; and V? i |f*rus, .\:"vii": Minus iJera< ?. Iti i/.il. the Isla ml < >r N :i ? ?. in the Paeille I Oeoun; t'ndia, tspnin; the Island >?! i Formosa, the Ismnd <?i | ?. Japan; Kivlssuno, Italy: lllarre, Ital. ; and i iir >iiudu. -'i?;iin. t'alifoiniu i e| o> .? il the largest number m earth 'reiio?rs ,; any I*' I eulit) ill I be I > i i.. I ? Hi \' > i in l '? " with .i I < ?t a I t.'. wbilt* In i i ?? t'al \ ifornia rnportod io. i n <; ? ?> g ? i ? i I'niversllj sioogrtipbs n ? i?rd? 'i ;ni..ih- s during the year. N'oiie of lie i irthquakes reported In t h<? i'.>.' ? ,v-.;.ii. ;^ rosul ed in .to loss <?? Iii or I ? \; ? ?. e ilt*xt met ion of i ? ?< o. riy, In udditioii t > i*iiliforniii's >> i re ? ports foi Il*?o, were . ;i io i ... sj three each In VVashiu ' ?n, ' " "ii. Jm Missouri, lillinoi and t'olorado; Iv P i-aeh in Maine, Tel ami South A 1 |>akota, and one each in Wyoming, \r\\ Hampshire, Montana, Virginia und Smith I'urolliiu, in Italy and the Immediale vbdnit) of thai country there wei 127 cartli Uliskes reported ilurlhg th? Iii i fit vi ii motilhs of i '?..''? ii i re? ? d< i i > i he tloyti i I Central I ?Iii. ? ul Mi :- oi ul ogy and Ueudynamlos, mi ?.- . vm ; ? ? ? Wf : fm . m i f> A. .->? s t . m rJ >.i 6 I I n I i l.ol iis tln n be up and doin ; u hi ^till aehi-'v ktlg, mi\ it ami l? Dispatch. rc. ii At Iii W. Liberty ; I LMione dim Sui i B \ B I