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ff lie ffiHalrjjman nn? ^oiitbron Published Wcdncodaj and Saturday _ ?BY? OSTU N I I HIdsll IN<; company MMIl.ll, S. V. Terms: $3.00 |? r nniiutti?In ad\amo. Advertisement*. One Square, tlrst inacrtoln .$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion .&0 Controls for three months or long? er will bu made at retraced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect Will bo charged for. Tho Sumter Watchman was found? ed in 1*50 and tho True Southron in IM?. The Watchman end Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, vid is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter._ sat? ..... - - Yorit hfai/th. Five hundred million dollars pet annum Is what tuberculosis costs this country merely for the diminished length ot life brought about by tin great w lute plagui This Is entirety apart from the enor? mous additional expense which results from the long period of sickness dm to tuberculosis. v'??untlng loss of wages from in? ability to work, the cost of medical, nursing and extradletary and othei care, many more millions must bt added to the above, in order to glvt an approximate measure of the feat rful toll of this scourge of mankind Criticism has been made that it I: Wrong to translate the ravages of dls ease Into terms of dollars. Nevertheless, tnistti as ^?ne ma> Sympathize with tills** view, there u value in directi ng attention to t li? niere economic loss entailed by dls In tuberculosis, especially, this it Of service, for the control of the dis ?'?" is largely a community problen and requires community interest ant financial support. Moreover, once the enormous fin am lal; burden entailed by the presenci of tuberculosis is realized, there wih t* greater willingness to face some ol the dlffleu.'t economic and socla problems which He at the root 01 this prevalent disease. Sooner or later the community wil realise the necessity of dealing ef? fectively with such questions ag ade? quate wag? h. decent housing, sani? tary working conditions, health edu ratiofX and insurance against sick ting hesg \'??nc of these things can be bar Without lost, but expenditures 01 such constructive preventive n?.as ores ar- lees than th ? toll now cxactet by a host of preventable diseased. Are YOU Interested? DO YOl aant to help Would YOU like to In form TOITHSKLK as to what constl tut?? an ade?|uat< health program fo the modern American community? If so. write to the Information I'M I tor. United States Public Health Ser vier, and mk for the roprlnt entitle* "is Your Community Fit. ST\M> \i;i>!Z \TtoN. In the readjustment of the state t< a changed and changing system 01 harming there Is one word whHJ sound i tit k? >i?ote. sianepurdiantton a big word, but of large potential ties. don. . our medium of ? xchang Standardized on the gold basis. ?>?? farmers seek to git money in es ? hatrge for their products, thev man get then wares standardised or eh* whii h is highly statuta ?'h'e ?rill hav, th ? advantage of them Th'-y must get their wares standard In I or else put up with a peddlOf proposition and have all or most their protiis lost in time fritterco i away in hawking their goods. Cotton, heretofore the h ading croi BJ the stale, has been for dSOOdSl ;o cuiatelv standardized and sold 01 grades recognised tin world over ana an ot hl r < i "p that We t til ti to this tl ne t'? supplant this commodlt must, If any success is to be mad* of it, be likewise reasonably stand ardxed. We ire not in position to waste oui time mill energies on house to housi peddling b) our farmers. Standardiza? tion o' w hates er we undertake is tin only thniu* that will gel US away Iron this and enab'e us to put our farm products on the merchant's shelves ami on the markets of the country standardisation should be the watch? word foe*ths next live years anr thereafter * While getting this Into our mind, there Is high need that we gel out of BSn minds tin MsSg very prevalent that we cannot compete with nthet favored s?-etions of the eoiintry in c. i tain producta With Imnu iise sum. of money going out of the state year gt ly for such gfOdUClS and with lb OUt'.OOk of the run I labor and farmer of the slate secklrg a way In make livelihood, Why <an we not com p4 te? As We|| say because g men . ? not as r#bUU( and favored with vl gor as his neighbor thai for that tea son lie should forego all work an! effort. This is the converse of the Ide which has prevailed to our detriment in tli?' cotton Situation. In this w* thought (and morai rightly perhaps that wc had a monopoly and acttnt on this id. a wc overdid it well-nigh to our own undoing. We should g? it out of our mlndl once and for ah that we have or need any monopoly in anything and that no other SCOttoni hove monopolies In any line which we cannot meet by proper plans and ef? forts. Above till we should stand' nffdlns and get to work. These iw will pull us through and only these There is no longer sense in suffer? ing "brain storm*' Of possibly bette "pocket Storm*" over our losses it cotton and taxation reductions. Th. mill will not grind with the watci that is past but there is u plenteous supply upstream to be controlled an? used. But new dams must ha buili If we are to ^ind this year. Wc must be building. Taxes and death are usually asso? rted together as going on forovei ind must be endured, if not cheerful? ly acquiesced in, if any form of gov? ernment Is to prevail and lead us for? ward. To standardize we must classify ISsau lost out because he did not 4tandardize his possessions. CVTTINO THE COTTON CHOP. No legitimate objections can be of? fered to the widespread movement in the south for curtailing the cottor %. reage this year. The situation is |Uste different from what it was in H>me previous years when that pol? icy was urged. There is now no meh urgvnt neeil of cotton Bfl existo< luring the war and immediately after .vard. The world market appears to IM glutted with the staple. There is almost certain to be enougl an pim left to suffice for next year': needs no matter how little Is raise', his year in the American cotton belt The total carry-over in this country, rom the crops of last year and tht ear before is estimated at 9,000,000 fteJoo. A normal year's productio i it 12.000,000 bales. Thus, even if the otton growers generally follow tin Georgia plan, and plant only hah :heir usual acreage, there is likely tc ">e plenty unloes the consumption rat. ihould increase suddenly and un? expectedly, and the curtailment is no Ikely to cause intolerably high price* lo manufacturers and consumers. It Is to be taken for granted, ho ? ? "vir, that if half the cotton nor, la withdrawn from cotton OUltura it will be devoted to other crops. Thi is the most legitimate and praise wo? thy phase of the plan. When cot ton-growers raise less cotton mere!: n order to force up the price, the} ITC the only ones who benefit, am even they are not always sure of tin benefit. When they make the cur ailment of one crop part of a genera rystem of crop variation, they benefit ?.hcniselves and everybody else, It will mean much for tin- pros? perity and economic independence ol he south, and much .also for the bal? anced prosperity of the nation as a whole, if the cotton belt quits its in tsnutVS one-crop policy and raise.1 noes com. sugar, hogs, cattle, veic sanies and poultry, a good start ilong that line is to be welcomed whatever the incentive. ? ... ? A CHOICE l\ MOYIKK. Tb? re ars many movements on 'OOt to secure more rigid censotship >f moving pictures for chlldn n, and .<> encourage tho production of bet? ter Alms for young eyes to see ami fOUng minds to digest. These are timely efforts. But the principal rouble today is not so much a lack >f good moving pictures for children 0 see as the fact that their parent:; ail to insure that their children dial! see only this kind. Hotter die rrlmlnutlon on ths part of parents is is much needed as official censorship ind him improvement, a current number of the Literary 1 >igest OjUOtCS a w riter in the Wo? man Cltiaen who holds tins view. "She contends," says ths ingest, "that while there is a movie menace' for mothers to guard against, it is real I) to a arge extent a matter of Intelligent ?election, There was a tune when 'a movie was just a movie.' But nowa? lays it is possible to choose one's mo? tion pictures as one chooses a cigar or cand). io the brsnd, Kor t in re are several large companies who have built Up well ih si i\ed names for h iv? ing clean, well-directed and intelli? gent pictures.*' This being the ease, the writer would have the parents or guardian i'amlUai ir.c himself With pictures and proisjeecs so thai he may know whai kind Of a picture is to be produced before allowing the child to see it. sin- suggests in this connection! "Supervise your children's cinema ent? talnmenl as you would their reading, or their essoclatea Impres? sions received through the eye of the camera may 'register' deeper than those of tin printed page, it Is the ..*'" est luty of every mother or guardian to watch these rust impressions. The tit.st yens of the child's lit"*" are the years which count." Fairness to tin- producers who art even now sitting wholesome picturei before the public, as well as the w. 1 fare of the children themselves, sug? gests the wisdom of fdllowing this ad *^ vice. WOMl.N s l\( <)Mi; TAXES. Pew people need to be convinced that women are getting on in tin- bus? iness world, but the reports of the in? come tax sited new light on how \v? I they are getting on. .More than H 1,000 women in X, w Vork state alone tiled income tax re? turns for 1819. of those 101,000 were unmarried, and out of this numbei over 80*000 were listed as supporting heads ?<f families. The occupations from which wo? men repotted particularly good in comes ranged through the theatrical and motion picture professions, big! commierciaJ positions, at cretaryships of all kinds and Important banking | Jobs. ? It is true that New York is a big State and a densely populated one. and that New York city offers es? pecially good opportunities to the in? telligent woman, But for all that, the returns from this one state are but a small percentage Of those of the I entire country from worm n who arc j making incomes large enough to b< ! taxed and supporting families upon these incomes. Tho importance of women in tin business world and as heads of fam? ilies assumes a new aspect when these figures are considered, and should receive a new respect, As for any antediluvian idea that the Amer? ican business woman can be either neglected or Ignored?here is the answer. THE FITTEST IN BUSINESS. Says Salmon l*. Halle, president of the National Retail DrygOOds Asso? ciation, addressing the members oi [ that organization: "Bustnsas Will be normal when we begin to think und act normally. That lies within ourselves. "During the past six years the world has boon going through an era .)( increasing wastefulness and extrav- | agancc which has been suddenly I iheoked, and it is difficult for the hu? man mind to adjust ttaelf immediate* j "W| have all prided ourselves on our ability to manage business dur? ing this period, but the test ia here and it will be the survival of the lit? test ^from now on." The test is here, indeed. Mr. Halle might have made it even stronger. During these boom years it has jeen easy to toll almost anything at almost any price. Real merch m Us? ing, real salesmanship, languished. Old-fashioned mercantile courtesy, though ill practiced by those with .vhom it was a trait of character rath ?r than a matter of trade policy, fell into disuse. In many establishments. ThOfS was less and less effort to please customers, and more and more of the attitude that anybody with goods to sell was doing the purchaser a fa? vor by letting him buy them. That, perhaps, was tho natural re? sult of competition being transferred from the sellers to the buyers. When there are two customers bidding for in article, the owner does not have to take pains. It is different now, as Mr, Halle suggests. Tin- roles have been reversed and the old statu-, re? established, and merchants ami manu? facturers tind themselves once mon forced into serlOUS competition for trade. it will do American business good, for American business has been gro\V? Ing "soft" because trade and profit enmo too easy. Only the "littest" will survive this new ordeal of competitive effort, and only th ? littest will de? nerve survival. As for the long-suf? fering consumer, he will have the compensation of lower prices ami higher quality and more considerate J treatment than he has enjoyed for some years. Japan HnriH>rs Chinese Itofugccs. Peking, Feb. 11. The escape of General Hsu Bhu-cheng, known as "little Hsu." from the Japanese lega? tion compound and tin- fact that eight others of the Antu clique who took refuge there last summer air still being harbored under Japanese protection, has been the subject of frequent exchanges of communica? tions betW'-fii tin ('hint-" l'oi<i:;n of Hec and the Japanese legntlon. The present status is a d >adlock, Chine protesting that there is no ad? mitted precedent for giving such r?*f I tine to political oifendt r., und demand ling the surrender of ih?- remaining Irefugees, Japan cites precedents and (declines to give up her proteges, j Dr. Ven. ?Mi'na's tereimi minister. 'has Informed tin" Japanese that tin Chinese refugees "were regarded .is having committed criminal as well as political offences," inn the Japanese minister. Mr Obata, replied that a ??rlmln.il charge makes no difference as the Japanese are sheltering the ref? ugees <>ii political grounds, The sable is found chiefly in Sih<n i. and Kamchatka, Coiniuoii souse as to Cotton. ( News a ml < 'ourler). In a !? ttor whh h he has sent oul to the bankors ot the Bouth, Col, VV. I!. Thompson! ot New Orleans, dis CUSSes the cotton Situation as it now presents Itself. His views are sei forth comprehensively and vigorous? ly, the letter opening with a strong attack upon the bureau of mark to Cor circulating through Its puhlicuti mi. "The Market Reporter," statist . which < 'ol. rl hompsoh d< elan s to he thoroughly misleading. Il< eon tends that th> estimule made by tii? hurt au of markets thai the IM-fl cur? ry-ovcr of cotton v>i'l amount to it least 9,886,208 I a i s is ridi ulous; declaring that much of the cotton iu cluded In the estimated supply for 1920-21 is made up of hollies, snaps und weather-damaged cotton noi lit for spinning purposes and "in ibl< only on material for padding sta? tistics." The bureau of markets is condemned for issuing publication which did not give a nur presenta? tion of the facts and the effect of which was to demoralise the cotton market. 1'ut Col. Thompson, while Im? peaching the correctness of the Hg-1 tires published In "The Ma; Kit Re? porter," nevertheless adds imme? diately thai the situation, if not a ?? hopeless as pictured, is neverthe? less a very serious one, and h ? urg h that nothing can save the cotton in-I dustry In the south from disaster ex cent rigid curtailment of tha cotton acreage this spring. In this connec? tion he says: j Let it not be understood that I un dereatlmate the gravity "f the cot ton situation. < m the contrary, I w ish ! to emphaaise with all the force pos? sible the extremely critical condition! In which the cotton south finds it? self. Even admitting the truth of the alleviating considerations to which I have referred, the fa< t re- 1 mains that the supply of cotton is very much too larva for assimilation by the trade In Its present and prospective state Tie- pressure of large stocks upon a stagnant market and the strain 1 of such holdings upon the financial resources of the south, will in litahly bring disaster unless relief shall cpme in the not distant future. My pur? pose In emphasizing the more hop< ? ful features is not to try to lull the cotton people into optimistic inac? tion, but to prevent thorn from fall? ing into the lethargy of despair. ! want to show that although the oddH against us are great, yet they are by no means overwhelming; that the light is a hard one yet by hard Rght ing may be won. "The action on the part of our peo? ple which will save tho cotton pro? ducer the business of c itton produc? tion, the south and the cotton-usini world at large from disaster from which it would take many years to recover, involves the application of plain, homely c unmon seas -. Tie cotton which we arc carrying1 and that which we will ( an y over Into next Season plus a normal crop in the ground will promise a total sup? ply for the coining twelve months wjiich would literally .'another any possible demand and would drive present and future prices down to wholly ruinous levels. Wc cannot, de? stroy the existing surplus, bul wc can reduce the new crop to proportions Which Will bring the total supply for the next twelve month- well under tthy possible demand. It thi.; is done then only will the value of present holdings be materially enhanced and not only will the next crop he mar I kctt d on a profitable basis, but the future profitableness of cotton will !?<? Iassured. There is one remedy and One only for the present crisis and j the future salvation ot cotton and that remedy is Infallible and complete and ii" intelligently and wholehearted? ly a lop ted ii <iii i"- administered i wil !i the iitmohl i use. j "A crop of six million bales this year on top of the carry-ov? r, what? ever that may !<??, will reduce the supply id. lie- coming tw dvo mon ;r? I to ligurcs which will galvanize demand into activity which will not onlj taki up t h" pi. .-? nl hui plus but ili ? ii' crop us w ! ai prh s which will su\< j Uh pres? nl situation ami put cotton [production on a safely rcmuuoruli?'< l usis hei ; itt r. ': i ?? on } way to as- j sure a crop of the limited size stated, | Is io put into the ground an amount ! of seed which will under any 11 ?rmul weather conditions make it Impos- < rible t11 produce more than Lh< sa id limited crop. 1 '*.\t. the convention of eotton and banking interests held at Memphis in l>.ml.er in:t, t|lc practical plan j whereby this result would be inevit? ably produced was unanimously1 adopted. This plan docs not provide for any specific reduction in tin* i.i- , dividual acreage planted to cotton in j J S?20. I! ? njoins 1 lie pi :i t it . of n Isound principle of ugriciiltiin in t'.. the production of the l'::i crop. Iis fundamental proivsion is that ie>t [more ihan One-third of tin 1 a.I I acreage of each individual farmer [shall lie planted to coli.cm and that the remaining two-thirds shall lie I planted to food and feed crops and other products necessary to make the farm self-sustaining. By following this plan ii is Inevitable that the cot :ton production of 1!?:ji will be cut at ! leas? one-half under that of 1920, and In consequence tho cotton now carried as well as the new crop v. ill ! in-come marketable at tremendously I enhanced values. 'F?rthen lore, the I required reduction In quantity will carry with it an Improvement In I quality und u more economical pro? duction^ This Is true because the limited acreage will give tho farmer the opportunity to cultivate to better advantage and to pick the crop before the had weather damagea the same 1 and tie- coat of such a small superior 'grade crop will he minimised by rea? son of tho fact that he has in ch- his I ow n home and farm supplies, j "ii is Bald by those unfamiliar with [the extraordinary conditions now pre Ivailing in the south that this plan Is good but it will never be put Into effect. We who Know tho actual con? ditions know that unless tie- cotton on I hand can be sold before planting time [at materially higher prices than pres-1 enl quotations, it will be impossible for the south to make more than half a crop at best. Bv< n If wc sat still 'and raised no hand t-? save tin sit 1a Ition the next crop would 1 e automat? ically reduced through the paralysis of tin- cotton producing Industry, the poverty of the producer and the de I moraligatlon of all allied financial 'and buainesa interests." [ Col. Thompson calls this ohm of Ideating with tin- cotton situation the common sense remedy for the exlst , ing difficulties. It is tho only rem? edy yet proposed which has ai y (chance of Buccess. Certainly cotton 'is not going up n" the acreage r< por h i tltis spring forecasl another big yield next fall. On the contrary, such re? ports will infulihly s- nd prlc ; low lor still and tin- depression whe n <? - '' ists today In the cottosi belt may .1 -i be curt d for years, -; 1 Reedville, Va . Feb. 18. A satch I el containing liftecn thousand, live hundred dollars In cash and liberty bonds and eight thousand dolln I worth of .i< welry found \>y cbJldn n I under tin- steps of a church hen j has been Identified as pari of the lo?*t from the commonwealth haul: here, I which was rob).?cd and burned <>n I January 3uth. Mr. 8. M. Boat Ick was a visitor to loienct this week. Mr. ?). C. VVhe< : r, boiler maker, '.. <'. shops, Florence, paasi d '.i Bui in-.' 'l'hu tMlay ? nroutc to .. : u t to attend Lh< marriage oC Mr. J. 11. Wilkerson, engineer, r'Jor tice, v.iis ja town Thursday. ?Mr. U. i'.. Hare, sup< i intundent, i t ? .?. \'. !.-? a visitor to Burnt* r M? inlaj and Tuesday. '. r. SV. i*. \> Ton, superintendent . a im lata u for lind division, bead aiiurtcrs llocky Mount, .\. was .!i Sumb T.i. sduj. Mr .\. ?'. Kenly, superintendent l'n ;??'..?. .-. ad pmrt? rs i:i Wiinnngtmi, aas a visitor in Htimter Monday. Mr. N. i?. Womble, agent, Orangc burg, was mi : umt? r Monday. i 'aptain il. r. Scott i.; now rellev h < < i. i W. k. Johnson* on Colum* ? >?. i<? .\i. ton run. :? hi'ily ol llie Loa.4 of direc* '>;.,. , ,?; noter St? tnmery com panj ? ? ? i i.- i four th ?usand dotlnra Irom .!" ' >i> ??? . ho subscribed for '.'. . a ? dollars of stork, or lo obtain .i short tiuu loan for that. : i.:..-.!.,, is lidding "in the completion ?f tin- building, The building has . ! < ti based to a thoroughly reliabls corporation on a guaranteed rental of 7 p >r '?? at of tii.' cost ol til.- building and it is therefore a perfectly sate und sound investment. The failure to complete th" building within the next Eixty days or less tun ? will can eel the has - and an industry that is much needed in Bumter to furnish employment to severul hundred men and wo aen who need work w ill be lost. Tie business men of Bumter especially those Who have Etock in the ? aap; ny, should get behind tie- en? terprise without delay anal provide the means to complete the building, so thai the machinery ot the lessee, which h is Leen h re in storage for month may be Install 1 without further loss ol time. The merchants ate always bewailing tin- fait that there ? so few Industrl ? her* with regular and substantial payrolls, and it j.i passing strange that there Is such an apath tic attitude towards the stemmet'}* enterprise that will employ four to .i\ hundred hands for ap? proximately ten months of the year. The dih tors of the corporation want to borrow four thousand dollars, If they cannot collect the stock suh? 1 eri'i -i' no, whi' h it -s-< i a- i .up a.-sihle to d? .r. this tirfu and the money should '? ? forthcoming fro in some [source a' once. 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