The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 14, 1921, Image 4
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sow has?'tfie -combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers, I
\hd is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
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CAPITALISM IX RUSSIA.
How ;are the mighty fallen! Lenine
the Russian dictator, yields to cap
italism and condescends to .. In mon
ey.
True, the capitalism he accepts i
not the "fj^ee capitalism" of the out
er world, but. only Estate capita'ism,'
and he is coining only silver money
not accursed" goST. - But these half
steps surely mean* much in a land
where the boast; has been that cap
italism -in -every .-form was dead, anc
that money was to be abolished for
ever. Worse still, Lenine proposes t(
establish savings banks, accepting
?private deposits and paying interest
on them.
No wonder - the dictator finds it
necessary to defend these innovation.1
and api>ease extremists of his owr
.party. He argues that the "prole
tariat dictatorship'' is still a fact
but thac it is necessary to yield some
what for sake of ultimate triumph.
**The proletariat," he explains, "must
solve the agricultural problem a.
whatever cost, and not permit the in
terests "of the whole laboring class tc
be sacrificed for. the privileged po
sition of a small :group."
It is the peasants, the Russiar
farmers,-who have driven Lenine u
these concessions by stubbornly refus
ing to -raise and ? deliver crop/ fo;
mere slips of printed- paper. The
peasants are a majority in Russia,
and no .government can eat or surviv.
without them. To save itself Bol
shevism has to pay them real monej
for thgifrcrops,vand, guarantee that
money in their hands shall earn
them itiore "money*'as it dees in less
enlightened lands.
Naturally the proletariat is dis
gruntled. Sacrificing its "privilegec
position" in the %iterest of "the
whole laboring class',' is exactly what
it does not want. But Lenine is' com
ing on,- and Russia is coming on. Th
-economic law still goes, even in lius
sia, and the economic clock is not tc
W-set back 4,000 years, after all.
THE WATERREE BRIDGE
GUARANTEE
For ^the information of Mr. Dabo*
and other citizens, who are interest
ed in the conditions of the guarantee
given hy the Sumter County legis'a
tive allegation to Richland Countj
Board- of County Commissioners t<
provide ail the money necessary t<
construct the approaches to the
bridge on the Sumter side of the riv
, the following unofficial explana
tion it* ventured, on the strength ol
the statements made, respecting this
giiaraiitee, by Messrs. R. B. Belser
and Ii D. Jennings.
.-t -r?. ? .i ' -
lhe -^mte?.etnfnty legislative .dele
gation gave a written guarantee that
the necessary;' rutifds would be pro
vided *"-fo construct the approaches on
the Sumter side ?f the bridge, it be
ing necessary to put the guarantee in
official form to make it legal and
'binding, and acceptable to the Rich
land Board of Commissioners. Tht
delegation gave this guarantee on the
pledge of certain financially respon
sible citizens to raise by subscriptions
all thb money necessary to construct
the approaches. The greater part of
the necessary fund has already been
pledge*! and will be collected when
needed. The balance is guaranteed
by those who have already mad
pledges. It is the understanding of
the legislative delegation, and they
are tfiemselves individually obligated
thereto, that riot a cent of public
money wHKbe-'balled for to be spent
on the approaches to the IW^teree
bridge. The agreement originally en
tered'into that the county of Sumter j
tirli'J be asked to. appropriate from the
Pliblic treasury no more than $37,500, j
the sum necessary to secure the Fed- j
eial appropriation of $75,000, for the
building of the bridge, will be carried
out in good faith. When the bridge
and approaches have been completed j
according to the specifications of the j
State Highway Department they will
be taken over and maintained by the
department, and will therefore m>;
thereafter become a burden on th?
county. This is strictly in accord with
the agreement formulated at the
mas? meeting last year, a: d those
who-were consenting,.parties to the
agreement now have m> just ground
for complaint.
The- Daily J&em -haS~never been an
J enthusiastic advocate
ate construction oi thv
ry causeway and bri<
there are other highw?
more importance and value .
county that could be given >?
erence, but as a decided majoritj v...
those citizens who were sufficiently
interested in the matter to attend the
aeeting specifically called to discuss
the proposition, voted to undertake
the construction of the bridge at th
earliest day possible on the terms and
conditions set forth in the agreement,
we have not further opposed the un
dertaking. We do not believe in cap
tious antagonism, for selfish or otn
er reasons, to any meritorious public
enterprise that receives the approval
of a majority of the people. \\'hi e
we do not believe or admit, that the
majority is always right, for the re
verse is often the case, we concede
that the majority is just as apt to be
right as the minority, and when the
majority decides that a certain course
is desirable* for the public, the wisest
policy for the minority is to acquiesce
with as good grace as possible and
to do, its part to make the under
taking a success. Factional fights
and bickerings never benefited any
'.'ommunity, and if we \\?:A to get
mywhere or accomplish anything j
substantial in highway development
in Su.nter county we must work to- !
gether. If we cannot get exactly
what we want instantly, the best thing
o do is to heip the other fellow get
what he is determinec to have and
;hen call on him to help us get what
we want as soon as possible.
We would much rather see money
spent on a bridge across the Santee
at Pinckney's Landing, with a good
road leading thereto from Sumter, i
than on a bridge at Garner's Ferry',
but as the Pinckney's Landing bridge
is an impossibility at the present
moment, there is no sense in blocking
the Garner's Ferry undertaking.
- LOWER FREIGHT RATES.
? ?
?n May 13 there is to be a joint j
conference held in Washington of J
railway executives, the interstate i
Commerce Commission and the coun- j
ry's biggest producers and shippers. ?
The conference was arranged, with
he president's help, by men repre
senting the manufacturers of build
ing materials. The latter insist that
:t is chiefly freight rates that are
holding up construction everywhere.
\n effort will be made to persuade
:he commission to sanction a reduc- |
.ion of rates on the principal mater
ais used in building.
All the evidence points to the de
sirability of a reduction not only in
:he rates referred to but in many
)tht-rs. The high rates have proved j
o be revenue-destroyers instead of J
revenue-builders. Chairman Clark of
.he Interstate Commerce Commis- !
sion admitted recently that raiiroad |
ates were at their peak, and "any
effort to increase rates will result in
less revenue rather than more." He
tnd his associates will probably ac
knowledge, in due course of time,
that the effort of last year which es
tablished the present rates has al
ready had that disastrous result.
Secretary 01 Commerce Hoover has
declared that rates in many case
are far too high, and have disor
ganized many branches of transpor
ation. Transcontinental ra.] trans
>oitation has suffered a severe blow
cecause, as a result of the high rail
?ad freigilt charges, the hulk of the
rafiic between the two courts is now
;eing carried by water, through the
"unama Canal. Many citizens will
lot regard that as necessarily a mis
"ortune. but it shows how far the
present freight rates have come from
accomplishing their professed pur- !
pose.
The railroads are not expected to j
oppose a judicious lowering of rates,
and if they are permitted to lower
wages there may be a general rate
reduction.
PINEWOOD VS.
WEDGEFIELD
Pinewood Ball Team Wins Bv
Big Score
Pinewood. May 10.?The Pinewood
hish school baseball team defeated
the Wedgefield team at Pinewood
this afternoon by the score of 17 to
9. The game was interesting through
out, and the large score was due to
the wet diamond, caused by a light
rain just before time for the game.
Batteries: Pinewood, Barwick and
DesChamps; Wedgefield, Brice, Net
ties, and Guliedge.
Tin- sane- teams play Friday at
Vedgefield.
Oppeln, May 10.?Insurgent Pol
! ish forces have crossed ever and e;i[>
? urvd the town of Kohela after hard
fighting. The population is fleeing in
panic Numerous casualties are re
ported at Krandrz in the railway sta
tion where the Poles drove out the
vbu mans after three days continuous
fighting.
Gr< ece would like to get ho d of the
gink who started the st.uy that Tu k
ey was "the sick man of Europe.**?
Richmond, Ind., Item.
How happy Yap could be with eith
er, were 'tother dear charmer away.
Chicago News.
666 cores Biliousness.
o
ve Tuesday
.cements Being
lertairixnent of
iMtJt ??nile in City?Com
mittee of Ladies
Named
Sumter is to play the par; of hos
tess on next Tuesday evening, May
17, when the 135 men from Green
iville, the personnel of the Greenville
! Business Men's League, are scheduled
j to arrive in our city at t'.40. Com
I mittees have been appointed and all
? necessary arrangements are being
made for the entertainment of this
I representative body of business men
I from "The Mountain City." The la
I dies of Sumter have shown an es
pecial interest this coming season and
are truly doing their part towards
the keeping up of Sumter's reputu
;' tion for typical southern hospitality,
j The following is a list of ladies wie?
j have been named as a committee on
entertainment und who have express
ed their desire and willingness to he.p
make the stay of these touring Green
ville men one of the most, if not the |
most, pleasant stop of any through- j
j out their trip in the state.
Mesdames A. E. Gregg, A. C. |
Phelps, D. G. F. Bultrnan J. .J. Wi.
liams, E. J. Karrick, Walter Minis, j
Misses Bessie Hood, Elizabeth Osteen.
Caro Truluck, Martha and Louise
Williams, Beaumont. Alice Moses, Na
pier, Tisdale, Reba Spann McKiever,
Obenchain, Guntbr, Kristianson, F.
Teicher, May Flemming, A. Purdy, I
Mesdames G. DeLorme, Walter Boyle, j
Beaumont, Scott Cain. W. D. Boykin. j
Begin. Ceo. Hutchinson, Kendrick i
Wilder. Ernest Huff, Brooks Huff, O. j
Blanding, A. Stubbs. Eugene Stan- j
sill, Harry Parker, C. F. Osteen, Fred
Nigles, Brooks. Carroll, Ferd Le\ i. ?
Ceo. Levy. T. W. McCollunr, Berg,
Hood. Kraker, Lern King, Ed. Mc- I
Caiium.
Refuses to Give
Up Auditorship?!
- ? !
T. Hagood Gcoding Keeps Of-.
fices, Reports Declare
i
A'.lendale, 'May 11?Reports from!
Hampton county are that T. Hagood ;
Gooding had reiused t'? turn over the !
office of county auditor to Jesse j
Thomas, who, clothed with a commis- !
sion, made demands upon him yes- !
terday morning. Mr. Thomas was re- ;
commended for the office of county j
auditor for Hampton by Senator W.
Fred Lightsey before the close of the i
last session" of the General Assembly, j
His name was sent to the Senate for j
confirmation by Governor Robeit A. j
Cooper and he was appointed. His '
commission, however, was held up ;iT
the time by the Chief Executive in or- j
der to give'---Mr. Gooding a chance to
clear up the charge brought against j
him by Hampton county authorities i
and the State Tax Commission.
The second hearing in the matter i
was concluded about ten days ago j
and Thursday the Governor rendered ;
his final decision, in which he declined ?
to reappoint the former auditor. 1
Hagood Gooding. When tin Governor j
reiusod to apoint the former auditor j
and issued a commission to Jesse J
Thomas, it. was thought by many in ;
this section that the matter was at an j
end. but the muddle continues. Mr. j
Gooding refuses to give up the office I
of auditor, it is reported, to his sue- j
cessor. Steps have been taken, it is j
said, to force Mr. Gooding to turn j
over the office of county auditor to j
the newly appointed auditor. The \
methods to be used have not been dis- ?
closed. Seven regular members of
[the Hampton County executive com-;
mil tee and three men carrying writ- '
ten proxies from other regular mem- j
bers met at the court house Monday, j
for the purpose, it is said, to take |
such action as is necessary to con- I
serve and protect the interest of the;
Democratic party. The meeting was!
called to protest against the action
of Senator Fred W. Lightsey in re- j
fusing to recommend the appoint- j
mont of T. Hagood Gooding as conn- I
rty auditor after Mr. Gooding had re- j
ceived a majority of the votes for the ;
I office in the primary of lt>20.
It is reported thai .Mr. Cooding ad
dressed the members: that he charged 1
Senator Lightsey with breaking faith '
in not sending Iiis name to the Senate j
and it was finally agreed to hold an |
other meeting May l? at It) o'clock. I
NEW YORK COTTON.
Last j
j Month Open ITijrh Low Pl?*?s* cioh? ;
j.Jan.. ..^4.1? 14.1? 14.02 14.02 14.2J ?
Mch.. . .14.40 14.45 14.:>2 14.22 14.55 I
May. ..12.77 12.77 12.5S 12.60 12.S0 ,
July.' ..13.20 13.23 13.00 13.03 13.24 j
Oct.. ..13.75 13.7$ 13.55 13.57 13.SO
[Dec. ..14.10 14.11 13.90 13.90 14.13!
Spots 1U up, 13.15.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Lust
vonth Onon Hferb TjOw runs* Close
Jan.. . .13.5$ 13.5S 13.52 13.52 13.71
Mch.. . . 13.SS
May. ..12.33 12.13 1 2. - 0 12.23 1 ir.-i ?i
[July. ..12.s.*> 12.S5 12.?7 12.<;S 12.SS
Oct.. .. 1 3.37 13.37 1 3.2i> 13.21 13.42
Dec. . .13.52'13.54 13.45 1 3.47 13.66
Spots 3 0 Up. \ l.SS.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
j January. S.63
March. 8.72
I May. 7.95
(July . $.24
j October. $.51
December . .. S.59
The only clue left by the Wall
street bombers was a horseshoe. \ui
now a suspect has been arrested but
the accounts do n:>i state whether or
not the shoe tits him.?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Europe seems to thin,k that America
should always stand a loan.?Nor
folk Virginian Pilot.
Man refused a kiss, shoots himself,
lie probably acquired less powder that
way, too.- -Bridgeport Telegram.
666 cures Chills and Fever.
BAD WEATHER
! FOR COTTON
i -
Decidedly Unfavorable in the
Southern States
Washington. May n.? Decidedly
[ unfavorable weather prevailed dar
ling last week f,,r ctton throughout
I the southern states, the national
I weather crop bulletin announced to
! day.
I "It was uns asonably cool,*' the
? bulletin said, "especially during the
I first halt' of the week, and heavy
j rains occurred in most localities from
[the Mississippi Valley westward at
I its close. It has been necessary to
I replant much cotton and the cool
'weather has prevented satisfactory
germination of the replanted seed;
consequently the stands are mostly
I poor.
i "Much cotton has been ki'led in
(Georgia, while the crop is. reported as
making poor progress in the Caro
linas; warm rains are needed in the
I southeastern portion of the belt.
* Planting is now-about two weeks late
in the northwestern portion, as a re
jsuit of the continued unfavorable
weather for this work.
"'Cotton shows seine improvement
in southern Texas, but the crop made j
poor progress in (ither portions of the j
state. Local improvement was re
ported also from a few places in Ark- j
ansas. hut the crop deteriorated in i
many places.*'
Roads Here and Elsewhere.
Salem, Black River, May ?i have
just taken a 330 mile trip by auto
to visit my daughter, who is one of
the teachers at Flora McDonald Col
lege, Red Springs, X. <'. Some of
my impressions and observations may
be of interest to readers ol lie- Item.
A broken spring near Mr. W. 1).
Rhodes' made it 'necessary to detour
by Florence. The road via Lynch
hurg, Cartersville, Timmonsville and
Ebenezer is one of the worst for a
continuous succession of bumps that
1 have traveled over in sonv* time* of
course there are short s*. -tches oi
good road just this side of Timmons
ville and just tills side of Florence. \
We saw the large ditching machine !
at work between Cartersville and
Timmonsville; they are building a Co
foot road between these two points.
The hard surface road into Flor
ence had men at work repairing,.it I
in two places, and we saw probably
50 places in two miles that have been i
recently repaired. It.is not perfect
ly even and I look for it to go to |
pieces under heavy traffic on account j
of the uneven surface. 1
From Florence to Darlington the j
read is good, but the Florence part j
of it is too clayey, was rough and
will cut up into ruts and mudholes
during wet weather. Darlington and
Cheiaw do not seem to have much
travel judging by the wornout condi
tion of the road between the two
low ns. About three miles of good
ro'au Pads into Cheraw.
The road from Cheraw to Dennetts
vilie and McColl across Marlboro
county is good, but better from Aic
Coll to Red Springs across Robins
county, X. C.
Tuesday we took a party to Fay
ettevilie, 29 miles from Red Springs.
Hood i-oad near.y all the way and
?fine for 7 miles into Fayetteville.
Hay wood street in Fayetteville just to
the northwest oil the A. C. station
is cue of the prettiest residential
sTeets 1 ever saw.
Seven miles tit's side of Fayette
ville the road crosses Eig Rock Fish
and little Rock Fish creeks on two
concrete bridges 4o feet above the j
water that have a cont.nuous para- \
pet on the south side, and a wide j
opening on the north where the road j
to Hope Mills leads off between the
two creeks. These beautiful clear- |
water sand hill streams have almost
precipitous sand banks thirty to
sixty feet right up from the water
and have a thick growth of mountain
laurel in every place a hush can grow, j
About a mile below the creeks come
together and live miles below empty
into Cape Fear river.
Except for the sand hills near
Fayetteville and some sand hills
about Little Fee Dee river beyond
McColl in Xorth Carolina, the coun
try and farming looks like Sumter.
Florence and Darlington counties
south o fthe railroad from Sumter
to Darlington. From Darlington to
Cheraw we cross the sand hills.
1 think the country around Maxton
Red Springs, McColl and Laurinburg
shows signs of better farming than
our county. There are certainly
more line country homes and well
kept out buildings an ding churches.
Coming hack through Laurinburg
the Court House town of Scotland
COUnty we were impressed with the
t beautiful towns and line residences.
1 Numerous cotton mills at McColl ami
["Laurinburg. Several water mills on
i this route. We struck S or 1U miles
j from Gibson tow.n il Cheraw where
the road is being widened, and what
I we saved in distance was more than
j lost in mud.
; Between Gibson and McLaurin's
; water mill is some very poor coun
Itrj and some fine lands; the develop
ment is not anything like so advanc
ed as (-n tin- Ben-nettsville road.
Cheraw streets are so wide that
!they will never be more than country
Iavenues, and it is not so clean a
! looking town as several of the oth
; eis we saw. but it has some line
I homes, and is worth w hile because
iof its historic associations.
Darlington is straightening and
building a M> or .'?<) foot road to La
; loa r.
Tin- corn and oat areas are larger,
i but there is still too much cotton
ev< rywhere. 30 or 40 bales of blue
I cotton is tied up in sheets and piled
'haphazard. Some in the weather
?just as hauled from the Held ta Mc
j Laurin's Mill. E. W. D.
' "The modern girl is bo der h .t is
?the same sweel ^irl underneath." says
a writer. Lnderneath what, pre.'.'
' A k ron I leacon Journal.
The resumption of cocked hats by
naval officers not only means a fur
jthcr return to normalcy, but to a nor
jmn'oy that is just as ridiculous as i;
I usVd to be.? Indianapolis News.
I C66 cures Rilious Fever.
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
Appropriation Voted For Enter
tainment of Greenville Boost- I
ers. Milk Ordinances
Introduced
Council convened in the council I
chamber Tuesday evening at S o'clock
Cor the regular meeting, there being
present Mayor Jennings and Council- j
men McCallum and Ralheld.
Mr. M. Goldberg, chairman of the !
entertainment committee for the j
boosters from Greenville stated to
council that the approximate cost for J
such entertainment would be around j
five or six hundred dollars, and want- j
ed the city to bear\ one-half of such
actual expense. Mayor Jennings and
Councilman M'eCalluin favored the
request, but Councilman Rafneld op
posed, for the reason that he did not
think it proper to spend the city's
frnds for a n atter of this kind, and
while he favored 'he coming of tin
boosters and their purpose, he felt
that the expense should be borm
from funds received through privat?
subscription. Mr. Raffield's objection
was overruled, two to one.
Mr. Eartow Walsh, president, and
Mr. C. M. Hurst, secretary of tin. I
Protestant Cemetery Association
wer'"- present by request to discus* |
with counei! matters pertiiining t< j
the laying of water mains from th< ]
city limits p.? the cemetery gates: tin |
rate to be charged by the city for
water, and whether the water pipe
should be laid b\ the city's force und
paid for by the association, or let b\
contract to a plumber. It was deem
ed inadvisable for the city to under
take this work for the reason that i.
now has work enough ahead to keep
busy for some time to come. Council
men McCallum and Rafneld both fa
vored making the association a rate
of 1:? cents per 1.000 gallons withoui
regard to a minimum, while Mayoi
Jennings opposed, stating that while
he was personally very anxious foi
the cemeteries to get water and at
the very lowest rate it could be fur
nished by the city, he was not pre
pared to pass upon the rate to be
charged until i; was ascertained what
the cos;, would i>e to furnish the wa
ter. His opposition was overruled
two to one. and the rate of 10 cents
established.
The Sumter Roofing and Sheet Met
al Works was granted permission to
uspend a sign in front of their plac<
of business on Council street, subject
to the approval of the City Manage!
as to its safety.
lb" minutes of the regular meet
ing of April 26th and special meet
ig of May 2nd were read and ap
proved as corrected.
Council ordered a refund of $4.50
street taxes to Mr. .J. M.. Chandler
and $3.00 to J. W. Williams, both ot
these parties having paid taxes be
yond the age limit as prescribed b\
the code.
Tlie reports of the police depart
ment and Civic League for the month
of April were read and received as
information, but no report from the
city physician.
A letter was received from Mr.
Wendeli Levi, Scout Master Troop
No. p. expressing the thanks of tin
I'oy Scout Troop to the city for th'
use df one of its trucks on ;i recent
trip to Florence. and enclosing i.
check for ?7.00 to pay for two days'
alary of the driver of the truck, bu
in view of the creditable showing
made by the Boy Socuts of Sumter.
and the disposition to aid this organ
ization as far as possible. Council or
dered that the amount be refunded t(
Mr. Levi.
The matter of tax exemption foi
the Acton Lumber company pur
chased by the VVm. M. Lloyd Co..
was again discussed by council, and
in view of the ruling made a! a meet
ing of council on January 30th, 11* 19
at which time this concern \va:
granted the usnal>five year exemption
from taxation, this ruling still holds
good, dating from the original exemp
tion.
The report of the City Manager set
ting forth the locations where addi
tional street lights are needed was
again presented for discussion. Mayor
Jennings and Councilman McCallum
were in favor of Installing the light:
with certain changes relative to arc
or, post lights, but Councilman Raf
field, while accepting the report and
the necessity for sind lights, fell tha
only f><> per cent of such lights should
l?e installed for the present, and tin
balanca after July 1st.
B. 1). Hodges. 11s;.. was nominated
by Mayor Jennings and elected by
council as a member of the board oJ
health to til! the vacancy caused bj
the resignation of lu*. E. S. Booth,
which was tendered on April LSth.
The clerk was directed to publish
a notice that on and after June Is
1921, the ordinance prohibiting th?
riding of bicycles a! night without a
light will be strictly enforced.
Councilman RafTie!d moved that
the Sumter Hardwood Company be
granted the usual live year exemption
from taxes, which was carried.
In the matter of electric cook
stoves and other electrical cooking]
facilities. Mayer Jennings was in fa- |
vor of the city keeping a stock and
Sellin", to pa rons at actual cost. !>ut. I
Councilmen McCallum and Raffield
were opposed for the reason that
they did not think the city should go
to the expense of laying in a stock of
.his merchandise to be sold at cost,
and as most of this class of merchah- j
dise is sold on the in stall men; plan: j
further, thai the city would be com-i
pelled to keep on i!s pay r dls addi
tional linemen to look after the in
stallation of such stoves, etc.. and also i
to look after any trouble which
might arise. The move was defeat- ;
ed.
Two ordinances in referencs P> in-I
-peetioq of milk. cow s. cte.. had their j
irst reading.
Council then adjourned.
Gabriele D'Annunzin is married.. Oh
well what could he do? Italy re
fused to fight with him. ? Seattle Post
! ntellig< neer.
The hum of industry has subsided!
into a **H*m!"?Boston Herald.
666 cures Malarial Fever.
SUMMER TRAIN
ING CAMP
Camp Jackson Wili Give Young
Men Opportunity to Obtain
Military Training
Columbia, May ?One- month of
free practical training will bo given
t<> a limited number of patriotic
youths th's summer at Camp Jack
son. Rased on the congressional ap
propriation for this purpose oh_y,
1.200 applicants will be tended this
training in each one of the nine corps
areas. This makes possible the train
ing of approximately 10.000 young
men throughout the country, and in
what will be known as :he Citizens'
Military Training camps, which, in
principal, embodies the plan of the
Platsburg camps, which proved <-o
popular and practical in 1913-14-15.
Young men who attended the Fourth
Army corps training camp at Camp
Jackson will come from the stat<-s of
North Carolina.. South Carolina, Geor
gia. Florida. Alabama, Mississippi,
Tennessee and Louisiana, and the
camp will open on J' * ISth.
side-ration of his time ?e taught
According to the p 'he gov
ernment pays all oxpen ,i train
ing, n return the cam e in con
five of the most cssent principles
of American citizenship "irst, ho*
to serve his country i. ace am
war. Second, how to i care of
his body, build up his health, and
live a happy vigorous dfe. Third
habits oi self-control, resourcefulness,
self-reliance, and other eemnts of a
manly character. Fourt disciplin-.
precision, and a sense of order. Fift" ,
cooperation and team. work.
The patriotic young man; eager
serve his country and make the m- s
of himslf, will naturr'ly want to ta te
advantage of this o. portunity. Ca. -
didates must be citizens ox" the Unit
ed States of good reputation, betweei.
the ages of sixteen and thirty-five
years, and physically able to meet the
requirements of normal training. Pro
vision will be made for all necessary
uniforms, equipment, arms and am
munition, whieh will be furnished by
the army without cost. There is no
exense attached to the training. The
railroad fare or mileage er route to
the camp and the return of the can
didate to his home will be provided
by the government.
There will be an abundance of at- j
tractions. Camps afford moving pic
tures, libraries, and recreation halls
for dancing and entertainments. At
tractive hostess houses are available
for use by the candidate for his visi
tors, friends and relatives, should he
desire to entertain them dduring his
stay in camp. Physical instruction
will stress the value of "Mass*' train
ing in athletics as recently introduced
at the West Point Military Academy.
There will be no standing on side lines
or watching the "stars" from the
bleachers. Instead it will be every
one in the game and a game for all.
The general plan of athletic training is
to bring out the latent physical and
mental ability of each man. Lads
who ""just* ne ver could" will be
taught "just how," so that upon re
turning to their homes they will have
sufficient knowledge to introduce
mass play in their schools or on th<?
"home lot." It is believed the bene
fits derived by candidats at the cit
izen camps during their p::od of in
struction will act as an incentive for
their comrades to attend a similar
vamp the following year. A brief re
sume of the 1021 program of train
ing for the red course or junior
grade comprises infantry drill, rifle ?
marksmanship, guard duty, camping
and marching, care of equipment,
personal hygiene, military courtesy,
athletic contests and military cere
monies.
Interesting demonstrations will he
'?endue.'.d at camps where men of the
regular army are stationed, in order to
give candidates an idea of the various
branches of,the army. Airplanes will
maneuver, field artillery batteries will
be seen on the march and in action;
engineer and signal corps equipment
will be explained and experts of the
infantry will demonstrate the use of
their machine guns, grenade trench
mortars and one-pounders.
In brief, the purpose of the Citizens'
Training camps is to increase patri
otism, develop self-reliance and add
virility to the manhood of the coun
try, to bring together young men of
all types, both foreign and native
born; to develop closer national and
social unity, to teach the privileges,
duties and responsibilities of Ameri
can citizenship. Application blanks
and information regarding Citizens'
Training camps can be obtained by a
letter addressed to the Corps area
commander. Fourth Corps. Fort Mc
Pherson, Atlanta, Ga.
Labor Fails To
Produce Letter
Chicago. May 12.?RaiKvay labor
today formally admitted before the
railroad labor board that it had fail
ed in its efforts to prove the authen
ticity of a letter alleged to have been
written by a Pennsylvania railroad of
ieial ordering defamation of ?abor or
ganizations if necessary in obtaining
[he desired information and request
ed permission to withdraw the let
tor from the board's records.
Speaking oi relativity, why is it
that (has stick so close to a dog and
rarely bother even the meanest men
?Tulsa Tribune.
Chaunccy Depew reached ST Satur
day on strong bull trading and ?s
expected to go to par.?Chicago Post.
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