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Published Wednesday and Saturday 7^BX= - OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, & O. || Stenns: $2.00 per annum?in advance. Advertisements. One Square, first tasextoin _$1.00 Bvery; subsequent insertion-.50 Contracts for three months or long gp^VB?H be made at reduced rates. , All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect WH1 be charged for. n The Su niter Watchman was found ed in and the True Southron in 18$6. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of hoth of the old papers, vnd Is manifestly' the best advertising medium in Sumter. ._ PRACnCAIi COLLEGES. Apparently there are to be colleges zpr everything and everybody in due coarse of time. Harvard University ,has its graduate school of business ad '.rhinistration. Northwestern Univer ^psity is putting in a short, practical course of training in commercial Problems. The Massachusetts Insti ^?tnte of Technology' is establishing a 'fisheries college similar to that which hajs been in existence at the Uni .versity of Washington for sev :-*?rs3 years. There are numerous oth ^'er* instances. Some of these schools do not re .-sruire the completion of a straight col V- l^aV -course before admission, but many of them are strictly graduate -"schools. f- This is an interesting tendency in v cdncation. it does not, as might ap pear at first thought, deny the advan *..iage of the straight cultural educa tion, although, it does seem to admit 5 tna* that training aloha is not enough k ^or this iday' of haste. The academic ^-colleges have been accused for many ^years'of not fitting their students for ..-practical life. At first the answer to V^this charge seemed to be to lay ail th Emphasis upon the p.actical training Vin business or commercial schools, which iook the student right from high school or even before the- com pletion of a. regular high school course. Before long, however, it was recognized that the young man or wo man with a broader educational foun dation was- better able to grasp the technical training and to tackle new IpT?bJems with reai vision and judg ment Then the institutions of uni versity and college rank began to add to their departments these newer lines formerly regarded as quite re mote from academic education. The institutions of higher learning lose nothing of their dignity or culture1 thereby, and the students served gain much This does not mean that no one, can succeed in a business or profes sion who does not have the college training before the technical or pro fessional training. There are too many examples to the contrary to allbw any such sweeping statement. But for the average man or woman who hasNtime to take the well-rounded training offered by these combined schools, there is greater promise of future success and happiness in life. THE WAR WITH JAPAN. Commenting on the newest Japa nese "crises"' over immigration ana the island of Yap, with their attend ant taik of "war," th9 Springfield (Mass.) Union submits the follow ing sage remarks: "But there are always stories about Japan, and always a propaganda of the inevitableness of war with her. Our relations with her would need to be of the most enthusiastically cordial kind to check all the determination in this country to make a war seem im minent But really Japan has never shown any other disposition toward us than to do her best in a diplomatic way, and this is generally very good. We shall undoubtedly* have diplomatic tussles with Japan, as we have here tofore, but it would be. placing too low an estimate upon the shrewdness ami wisdom of the Japanese statesmen tc say-that she alone of all the nati?>?><? in the world would seek a war with the United States." This is simple common sense. The Japanese of course, are shrewd. The Japanese, of course, are selfish?all nations are, in their dealings with Other nations except in such rare and negligible- instances as that of the United States in freeing Cuba and, for a short time, in its war dealings with Europe. But the Japanese are prob ably not such knaves, and certainly hot such fools, as to seek war w th the United States over any question now pending or any conceivable advantage they might gain by attacking the country. The Japs are good players in the diplomatic poker game. They are pastinasters of bluff. They also know when to quit. They backed down in negotiating the Portsmouth treaty, when they had Russia beaten in the i?etd, because they knew tha. ulti mately, if the war continued. Russia would beat them. They will back down on the question of immigration and tb? question of Tap and the ques tion ot a fe% H&vy, wb?n they ^rc -. j . convinced that Uncle Sam is definite ly determined, while being fair with them, to take care of his own inter ests. But all war talk is aside from the point, and serves only to becloud the issue. The Japanese are very intelli gent gentlemen, and do not have to be knocked down with a mailed fist to make them see a point. The only war there ever need be with Japan is a war of diplomacy. That war is already in progress, ana the battlefield is in London as much as in Washington and Tokio. It in volves, as a piece of riiajor America:; strategy, showing the British people that their interest lies more with the white Americans than with the j-el low Japanese. STREETS OF BEAUTY. In rebuilding French towns and cities in the war zone two sets of opinion have come in'io conflict. There are the very modern"engineers who wish to defer to the demands of motor traffic by making streets wide and straight at the expense of quaint ness and charm. Then there are those who appreciate the beauty of the old towns and who seek to make the streets of the necessary width and suitable for increasing automobile use, and at the same time to preserve the grace of the winding road. In some places this is done by leaving one side of a street, however irregu lar it may be, exactly as it was, to en widening it to meet modern ne .'ds, by cutting back the other side, following the same line of irregularities. This struggle in French reconstruc tion work has a lesson for road builders in this country. It empha sizes the fact that a road need not be ugly in order to meet traffic require ments, and that a beautiful bend in a road need not be dangerous or a handicap to travel and commerce. The benefits in effective transporta tion and inter-city communication which the automobile and motor truck have introduced would be pro ductive of almost as great evil as good j if they were allowed to deprive the' public of all beauty and charm in its highways* THE MEiOGRATIOX BALANCE. It is good to learn that in the rast ten years the native population of the United States has really gain ed on the foreign population. In ih-i decade from 191? to 1U20, according to the new census report, the foreign born contingent increased only about 400,000 altogether, while the native born increased about 13,500,000. Moreover, this natural increase in the number of natives was almost exactly as much as the entire foreign popula tion living in this country when the census was taken last year. The result was a reduction of the percentage of foreign-born from 14.? per cent in 1910 to 12.97 per cent in 1920, or a reduction of about one tenth in the proportion of foreigners to natives. If this record were repeated for a few decades, there would be no for eign-born in this country worth speaking of. That would be unfor tunate, in the long run. America will always need some new blood. For the present, however, the majority ol Americans are clearly in favor of continuing the unintentional restric tion due to the war and holding down the immigration a little while longer by legislation. The country can well afford to stand pat on the recent gains made by the natives until such a permanent immigration policy :s vrorked out as will guarantee the safety of American institutions and ideals hereafter and insure that those foreigners who are admitted will find a country still worth being admitted to. Cooperative Plan Toid of Briefly. The following statement of pur poses of organization was issued yes terday by the organization commit tee of the South Carolina Cotton dowers' Cooperative association: We the undersigned citizens of South Carolina realizing that the present methods of marketing our cotton crop fall short of doing jus tice to the cotton growers and that these methods are not likely to be improved except by the growers themselves, have met as delegates sent from the various parts of the state and have considered means by which growers may correct some of the evils of the present system of marketing cotton. We urge action on the part of growers of che state along cooperative marketing lines, such concerted action to be based on the principles of cooperation which have been found to make for success in the marketing of crops in other countries and in other parts I of this country. We have embodied these principles in a crop contract to be signed by the cotton growers of cotton, which crop contract will form the basis of a cooperative mar keting association of the cotton [ growers of the state, i As an organ ization committee we do not minimize the magnitude of ithe undertaking but believing firm j ly as we do that cooperation holds j forth the only hope for a betterment of present marketing conditions we have prepared this crop contract and will present it to the, cotton growers of the state, trusting that they may so realize the seriousness of the cot ton marketing problem that they will be willing to form themselves into j an association for mutual advance ment and for the protection of the j state's most important industry. In presenting this plan of market ing we wish to go on record that I the plan is not put forward as a cure all nor as a price fixing scheme but rather as a business method of mar j keting cotton which promises to cor jrect some of the evils of the present methods. The benefits to be realized through this plan will be larger as the plan is more thoroughly devel j oped and these benefits will be re | alized not only by growers of cot ton but ultimately by consumers of | j cotton as well. This plan docs not j I contemplate interfering with present I marketing method. v here those : methods are efficient but will apply ! where it is possible to effect a more direct application of the law of supply and demand to the price re ceived by the grower for cotton. We believe this rian promises to bring about a direct application of that law and we further believe that cot ton growers may never expect more than this. The committee wishes to request all who can do so to study the plans of cooperative marketing as outlin ed and- that will be published from time to time; to observe the right eousness of the plans and of the ob jects sought, and to give support to the work of the committee in every way possible. Th" committbe es pecially and earnestly requests bankers, newspaper, the cotton as sociation and all other farmers' or ganizations, business men's organi zations, the Ck-rnson extension s>?r- J vice and all citizens and organiza- } tions who are interested in the agri- ! culture of the state to lend every ef fort to the committee in this under taking as without such universal and unselfish support it would not be possible for these plans looking to permanent improvement and stabil ity in the cotton producing industry to be realized. REPUBLICAN ROTTENNESS Wrangle Over One of Harding's Appointments Reveals Nasty Mess Washington, May 3.?With strong opposition led by Senator Johnson, Republican, California, late today the senate voted to recommit the nomination of David H. Blair of Win ston-Salem. X. C, for internal reve nue commissioner to senate finance committee with instructions to inves tigate Mr. Blair's qualifications. The fight against Mr. Blair devel oped considerable Republican opposi-. lion, principally over his course as a delegate at the Republican national convention at Chicago last June. Violation of the North Carolina primary law by Mr. Blair was said to have been charged in executive, session by Mr. Johnson. Mr. Blair was chosen as a delegate at a state con vention. Later in preferential pri mary Senator Johnson, one of the Republican presidential candidates, received a large majority. In the convention Mr. Blair voted for Mr. Harding despite Senator Johnson's claim that his support was pledged to the Californian until released by him. The North Carolina primary law. Senator Johnson was said to have declared, specifically required delegates to vote for the primary choice. Another objection to Mr. Blair, pre sented by Senator. Johnson, concern ed questions of income tax payments by a corporation in which Mr. Blair's relatives were said to be interested. Senator Johnson issued a statement after the senate session in which he said. 'T am not speaking at all about what occurred in executive session. 1 am oposed to the confirmation of Mr. Blair. My objection is upon two grounds, first, he was a delegate to the Republican national convention bound under the law of North Caro lina to vote fpr the candidate receiv ing the majority of votes in the presi dential preference primary there. I received in that primary three times as many votes as my opponent. Blair, as a delegate to the national con vention, did not obey the mandate of the primary. He violated the law and betrayed his people. He is now nom inated to the most important admin istrative office in the United States. He administers tax, prohibition and) other laws. A man who will violate! I his own state's laws, is unfit to ad minister the nation's laws. "The second objection to Mr. Blair is because of a secrecy maintained concerning income tax returns is in volved in some obscurity. Mr. Blair's father-in-law, is one of the richest, but not the richest, man in North Carolina. He sought, by forming a partnership with his family, to les sen the amount of his income tax. He was required to pay, and it is asserted that he did pay, the full amount claimed by the government and the members of his family, as partners, have sought a refund. Some hundreds of thousands of dollars have been at stake. There is a dis pute about the present exact situa tion. At any rate, Mr. Blair ought not to be in a position where he is in the slightest degree connected with refunds, due to his wife, his father-in-law and other relatives.'' The father-in-law of Mr. Blair is said to lie .J. W. Cannon, cotton mill owner. The amount of tax refunds involved in the treasury department case is said to be around $l,00o,000. In the senate's executive session Mr. Blair was represented to have been defended by Senators Smoot, Utah, and Frelinghuysen, .Yew Jer sey, Republicans. Chairman Penrose of the finance committee, which re ported Mr. Blair's nomination favor ably last week, was not present. Some senators attending today's session said that if the nomination had come to a vote without the in quiry being ordered by the Gnanc* committee, it would have been re jected. 131st Annual Council ?Of the Liocese of South Carolina \ To Be Held in Sumter The 131st annual council of the Dio cese of South Carolina will be held with the Church of the Holy Com forter this city. May 17, IS and 19, the council convening at 11 o'clock, on the morning of Tuesday, May 17th and adjourning after the morning session Thursday the lJfth. The most import ant matter to come before the meet ing, outside the regular business, will be the report of the committee on the division of the Diocese, this report be ing special order for the morning session of Wednesday, the 18th. Thos. Mott Osborne, of New York, will de- { liver an address on Prison Reform at S p. ni. Tuesday the 17th and on "Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock Rev. R. Bland Mitchell will speak on the j nation-wide campaign. The programme in full follows: May 17th. 10 a. m.?Celebration of the Holy Communion. 11a. m.?Council convenes. Election of Secretary. Election of Treasurer. Address of welcome?Rev. J. B. Walker. Response?Bishop Guerry. Appointment of five standing com mittees. Annual report of the standing com mittee. Annual report of the trustees of the Diocese. Address?Rev. W. W. Way, Rector j of St. Mary's School. Address?Rev. Walter Mitchell, D. D., Porter Military Academy. New business. Announcements. 1.30 p. m.?Recess. 3.00 p. nr.?Council convenes. Bishop's Annual Address to Council. Bishop Coadjutor's Annual Address to Council. Report of the Treasurer of the Dio cese. Report of the Committee on Fin ance. Report of the Committee on the State of the Church. Report of the Committee on Un finished Business. Report on Special Committees. New business. Announcements. 6.00 p. m.?Recess. S.OO p. m.?Subject?"Prison Re form." Address?Thomas Mott Os borne, L.H.D. May 18th. 7.36 a. m.?The Holy Communion. 9.30 a. m.?Morning Prayer. 10 a. m.?Business Session. Special order of the day?Report of the Committee on the division of the Diocese. li.30 a. m.?Report of Committee on new Canon?Bishop and Executive Council. 12.30 p. m.?Reports of Commis sions. / Religious Education. Missions. Social Service. New business. Announcements. 1.30 p. m.?Recess. 3.00 ]>. m.?Council convenes. Elections. Delegates to the Provincial Synod. The Standing Committee. Social Service Commission. Trustees of the Diocese. Trustees of the Orphanage. Trustees of ihe University of the South. Trustees of St. Mary's School, Ral eigh, N. C. Report of Trustees of the University . of the South. Report of Trustees of St. Mary's School. New business. Announcements. 6.00 p. m.?Recess. 8.00 p. m.?Subject?"Nation-wide Campaign." Address?Rev. R. Bland Mitchell. 9.00 p. m.?Symposium. 9.30 p. m.?Annual meeting of the Advancement Society. May 19?l. 7.30 a. m.?The Holy Communion. 9.30 a. m.?Morning prayer. 10 a. m.?Business session. Unfinished business. Reading of Minutes. Adjournment. William Way. Chairman, T. H. Hazelhurst, E>. Van Smith. News of Pinewood. Pinewood. May 4.?The Pinevood High school team defeated a team from Sumter on the Pinewood grounds, yesterday afternoon by the score of 7 to 2. The game was fast and interesting until the seventh in ning. In that inning, with the score 2 to 1 in favor of Sumter the Pine wood boys got busy and with the aid of a two-base hit, a three-base hit and a single scored four runs. A home run in the next inning brought in two more, making the final score 7 to 2 in favor of Pinewood. Features of the game, the batting of H. Harvin [and pitching of Barwick, for Pine i wood. Pinewood plays Wedgefield at Pine wood on Tuesday, May 10th. H. I* Baxley and W. O. Tatum, Jr., have been elected as delegates to the grand lodge K. of P. which meets in Greenwood, May 24th. Honor Roll for April. First Grade?Margaret Kolb, Sa rah Louise Mouzon. .Sec?nd Grade?Marguerite Kolb, Mary Ethel Kolb, Susan Hampton Richardson, Bessie Mae Graham, Su sie Wells, Hugh Matthews. Third Grade?Wayne DesChamps, Glenn Kolb. Fourth tirade?Allie Barwick. Fifth Grade?Mildred Matthews, Virginia Kolb. Frances Salley, Joe Richardson, Inez Kolb, James Har vin. Sixth Grade?Roy Kolb. Ralph Kolb, Paul Jenkinson, E. S. Jenkln son. Seventh Grade?None. High School?Amie Felder. Maggie (Iraham, Mary Lawrence, Marguer ite. Ross, Rebecca Felder. Iva Des Champs. Mattie Felder, Eddie Brad ham, Susan Hodge, _^_ i Manile, May 4.?Ninety Moros, in-! ulary in an engagement near Taglibi, chiding M'aharijah Untong. a religious'Island of Suin. after the murder Sat fanatic Kader, were killed Sunday by'urday of Lieut. Velasquez and three a detachment of Philippine constab- I constabulary troopers. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF So. 3809. - Reserve District Wo. 5 The First National Bank of Stimter, At Sumter in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business oa April 28, 1931, fcjtagtfg ? s RESOURCES: 1. a Loans and discounts, including rediscounts, " ?lilJE^j&S (except (hose shown in b and c).$864,377.49 Total loans. $864,377.49 2. Overdrafts, secured, $2,679.11; unsecured $2.021.56 4.700.67 4. U. S. Government securities owned: a Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) . . 50,000.00 b AH other United States government securities 61,000.00* 111,000.00 5. Other bonds, securities, etc.: . 16,500.00 6. Banking house. 37,500.00 8. Cash in vault. 21,576.04 ?r'. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank. 33.170.44 11. Net amounts due from national banks. 72,614.12 14. Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank (other than Item 13). 4.833.3$ Total of Items 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 .. .. $77.447.50 16. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer.?. 2,50?.00 Total. $1,168,772.14 LIABILITIES: 18. Capital stock paid in. $100,000.00 19. Surplus fund. 150,000.00 20. Undivided profits. $35,970.80 c Ix'ss current expenses, interest & taxes paid 14,283.92 21.686.88 21. Circulating notes outstanding. 44,800.00 22. Amount due to Federal Reserve Bank (defer red credits). 5,836.59 25. Certified checks outstanding. 10.00 26. Cashier's checks on own bank outstanding .. .. 1,103.13 Total of Items 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 . 6,949.77 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): 27. Individual deposits subject to check. 198,687.97 Total of demand deposits (other than bank de posits) subject to Reserve, Items 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. and 32. 195,687.97 Time Deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings): 35. Other time deposits .j. 550,587.03 36. Postal savings deposits. 126.23 Total of time deposits subject to reserve, Items 33. 34, 35. and 36. 550.713.26 :>7 United States deposits (other than postal sav ings) including War Loan deposit account and deposits of United States Disbursing officers... 1,934.26 40. Bills payable, other than with Federal Reserve Bank (including all obligations representing mon ey borrowed other than rediscounts). 40,600.00 41. Bills payable with Federal Resserve Bank ... 54,000.00 Total. $1,168,772.14 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter, ss: I, O. L. Yates, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. O. L. YATES, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before Correct-Attest: me this 3rd day of May, 1921. GEO. F. EPPERSON, David Dear, Jr., Notary Public. H. D. BARNETT, W. B. UPSHUR, Directors. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF No. 10660. - Reserve District No. >. The National Bank of South Carolina, At Sumter in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business on April 28, 1921. RESOURCES: L a Loans and discounts, including redisco u n t 8, (except those shown in b and c).$1,413.839.11 Total loans.'. 1,413,839.11 Deduct: d Notes and bills rediscounted with Federal Re serve Bank (other than bank acc eptancea sold). 119,027.09 1.294,812.02 2. Overdrafts, secured none; unsecured. 2,032.49 4. U. S. Government securities owned: a Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) . 200,000.00 b All other United States government securities US,686.45 Total. 3I8.6S6.45 5. Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc. 18,900.00 6. Banking house. $32.770.30; furniture and fix tures. $2.909.93 . 35,680.23 8. Cash in vault. 15.264.30 9. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve bank. ... 47,245.42 10. Items with Federal Reserve bank in process of collection (not available as reserve) . 15,820.42 I I. Net amounts due from national banks. 2,522.24 12. Net amounts due from banks, bankers, and trust companies in the United States (other than included in Items 9. 10. or 11). 13,950.70 14. Checks on other banks in the .same city or town as reporting bank (other than Item 13) .. .. 5.148.51 Total of Items 9. 10. 11. 12. 13 and 14. S4.6S7.25 15. Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items. 371.00 16. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer. .... 10,000.00 Total. $l,7S0.433.78 LIABILITIES: IS. Capital stoek paid in. $300,000.00 19. Surplus fund. - 230,000.00 20. Undivided profits.$80,191.56 a Reserved for interest and taxes ac crued .5.598.39 85.789.95 c Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid 21,093.01 64.696.94 21. Circulating notes outstanding. 193,595.00 22. Amount due to Federal Reserve Bank (defer red credits). 20,554.SI 24. Net amounts due to State banks, bankers and trust companies in the United States and foreign countries (Other than included in Items 22 or 2:1) 1.615.50 25. Certified checks outstanding. 243.7S 26. Cashier's ehecks on own bank outstanding . . . 7,689.47 Total of Items 22. 23, 24, 25, and 26 . 30.103.56 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): 27. Individual deposits subject to check. 382,323.63 28. Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed). 3,000.00 31. Dividends unpaid. 74.00 Total of demand deposits (other than bank de posits) subject to Reserve, Items 27. 28. 29. 30. . 31. and 32 . 385.397.63 Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings): :*?:;. Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed).-. ISO,221.05 35. Other time deposits. 270,419.60 Total of time deposits subject to reserve, Items 33. 34. 35. and 36 . 450.640.65 3$. U. S. Government securities borrowed <.s e e note) . 11.000.00 41. Bills payable with Federal Reserve bank. 115.000.00 Total. $i,30.433.78 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter, ss: I, Earle Rowland, cashier of the above-named bankt do solemnly rwear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before Correct-Attest: me this 3rd day of May. 1921. MARK REYNOLDS. W. H. Yates, Jr., Notary Public. MITCHELL ?EVL 2 ! R. O. PURDY, & A . _ Director*