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Cjjtl?attjjiMit aab jsoutjjrmi Published Wednesday and Satrurday . _ ?BY? ?STEEX PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, S. ?. t Terms: $2.00 per annum- -in advance. Advertisements. One Square, first insertoin_$1.00 JSvery subsequent insertion_ .50 Contracts for three months or long er will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect Will be charged for. The Suiater "Watchman was found ed in 1&50 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron Bow has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, *nd is manifestly the best advertising medium in Suinter._ Mr. J. J." Brennan, of Karby and Co., who returned yesterdav from a business trip of several days through >ortions of Barnwell, Aiken and Bamberg counties, reports that in some sections a number of farmers are plowing up cotton and planting com and other crops. The farmers have been influenced to this action largely by the generally unfavorable prospects of the crop, due to cold weather, excessive rains, and poor stands, but principally by the multi tude of bool weevils that already in fest the young cotton plants. It is a known fact that the weevils that hi bernate during the winter and sur vive until spring live until cotton be ? gins putting on forms by sucking the Juice of the young cotton plants, but heretofore in this state they have ; been so few in number in the early part of tjfe season that no attention has been-, paid to the little damage they have done. This year, however, Jthe. weevils are so numerous that the damage is quite serious and no ticeably apparent.* The abundance of the weevils now foreshadows heavy damage fo the bottom and middle crop, which usually escape, owing to the scarcity of the weevils in the early weeks of the cotton growing season. The weevil experts of the ; department of agriculture recom- i mend that as soon as the weevils emerge from their winter hiberna tion the cotton fields be regularly and frequently inspected and all weevils found?usually in the buds of the young plants?be killed, as by this practice a great many of the pests can be eradicated before they begin laying eggs, which they do not do un ? til cotton begins putting on forms. The weevils that live through the winter do comparatively little dam age, as they are not numerous in comparison with the millions that S infest the fields later in the season. It is the second, third, fourth and later generations of weevils that de stroy the crop.. They multiply by geometrical ratio, and one weevil that lives through the winter is the ancestress of many million by 'uly and August. To kill one weevil now is the equivalent of killing many millions in late July and August. Those, who have cotton will be well advised to heed the directions of the "government experts to inspect their crop frequently and kill the weevils found. ^ THE COUNTY COURT. A majority, if not all, of the read ers of this paper probably read and digested the argument of Mr. L. 4J. Jennings in . favor of the establish ment of the county court, which was printed in the last issue. It is good as far as it goes, but it does not make out a complete and convincing ease in favor of the pro posed immediate creation of the county court. To a certain extent his contention that the non-establish ment of the county court would ;<ot prevent the summary collection of some class of debts, to the injury and i unnecessary loss of honest but tem porarily embarrassed creditors, is ad mitted to be true, but the fact that the congested condition of the docket of the court of common pleas has re I suited in a temporary moratorium cannot be denied. It is also a fact, .or at least the writer has been in : formed and has reason to believe it to be a fact, that it has been the policy of the bar of Sumter to refrain j jj from, pressing those who have been j Unable to realize ou their assets and therefore unable to pay debts that they expected to pay and would have paid when due. but for conditions that were unforseen and over which they have no control. And the writer has been informed by those who are qualified to express a credi ble opinion that the congested con dition of business in the court of com mon pleas has served as a stay t<? in considerate and grasping creditors who were disposed to demand their pound of flesh in total disregard of the damaging effect that this policy would have upon the creditors. Mr. Jennings asserts that this opinion is not worthy of consideration. Fie. is entitled to his belief, but others have the privilege of differing. In the former article which served as the text for Mr. Jennings' argument, it was explicitly stated that that argument against the county court was adopted purely on the ground of expediency, in view <>f present conditions. We still believe that it is inexpedient to hurry the county of Sumter into the adoption of a county court until conditions, financial and industrial, become more nearly nor mal. There are other and perhaps more weighty reasons w hy the county court should not now be established. Brief ly stated, as a matter of individual belief, which, of course, may be un j sound and ill-advised, but which are believed to be worthy of considera tion by the voters, the county court i should not now be established for the following reasons: 1. The matter of expense. The advocates of the court estimate that the annual cost to the county will be approximately $10,000, which will ne cessitate not more than one-mill tax ! levy for this purpose. One earnest advocate of the court said to the writer, "what is one-mill anyhow?" We think it is just that rfruch more than any of us want to pay for some thing that we are not convinced is an absolute and immediate necessity that we eanhot get along without. It is claimed that the county court will so materially reduce the expenses of the circuit court by reducing the length of its terms that the county com*, will not be an expense, but an actual saving. This is pure suppo sition and remains to be proven. We have no faith in the assertion that the length of the circuit court terms will be curtailed?not in the next several years, at any rate. Are the people of Sumter county ready to assume the additional expense of the county court next year? 2. The question of relieving the congested condition of the docket of the circuit court so that litigation may be expedited, especially with re spect to damage suits and similar causes of action. This brings up the matter of why the docket is so con gested. It is due in a measure to the increase in court business, but in an even greater measure to the methods and practices of conducting the court iusiness that have obtained for sorm years. There is delay upon delay, time wasted and frittered away and little business dispatched. It is a matter of common report that it re quires more time to get business through the courts of Sumter county than in almost u.ny other county of the state. The writer has heard this statement from both judges and members of the bar?not one mem ber of the Sumter bar, but several have, in substance, admitted that tin loss of time has been inexcusable. Some lawyers blame the judges for not dominating their courts and forcing the lawyers to observe the rules and eliminate needless loss of time in the trial of cases. The judges place the responsibility for needless frittering away of the court's time upon the lawyers. The writer is not a legal expert and is not prepared to sav where the blame should be placed, but it is a matter of fact that the docket has become congested and that it seems to take more lime than necessary to get the business trans acted. Another matter is the practice of practically disregarding the sum mer term of court, at which, for many years, comparatively little bus iness has been disposed of?it being tlie habit to continue case after ease and frequently to adjourn the court after only a few days session, on ac count ?>f the heat or because th?* cases that were on the roster for trial on certain days had been passed over and the attorneys were not ready to take up the cases next in order. Will the county court alter these methods and habits? We have our doubts, and we 'do not believe that either the county court or the circuit court will clean up its docket. In the matter of tin circuit court the probabilities are. i that, having a less number ot cases to [try. the lawyers will feel free to give I freer rein to their abilities as legal technicians and strategists, and time will be less considered than now. if such a thing were possible. *'. In the matter of litigated cases, such as damage suits, to which Mr. Jennings had particular reference. The j damage suit industry is one phase of I the legal business that we have long I hoped to see entirely abolished l>y the enactment, by the legislature, of an employers' liability law, under which claims for injury and damage would be settled without recourse to a jury trial in court. Massachusetts. Ohio and a number of other states ha\e such a law and it has worked admirabl> to the gr?.-a1 benefit of liti gants and the |>ul>lic. if the refusal of tin- people of Sumter county, of any other- county, to establish addi tional courts to foster the bringing ?<! damage suits, will hasten the day of the adoption of an employers' liabil ity law, then no other reason need be advanced for opposing the connty court at this time. There are other grounds for ob jecting to the immediate creation o* the county court, but it is not essen tial to state them at this time, es peeially as this article is in danger of becoming unduly lung. SIFTIXG THE IMMIGRANTS. A committee of six has been ap pointed to rix the number of immi grants to be permitted to land here from each country under the new percentage bill. The committee was chosen by Secretaries Hughes. Hoov er and Davis, each picking two m< n to represent his department, thus assuring equal voice for the state, la bor and commerce departments. The plan is that the state depart ment will be concerned with boun j daries under the new political divis j ions in Europe; the labor represen tatives will deal directly with the matter of immigration, and the com merce group will have charge of cen sus figures and the allotment of im migration. This apportionment of re sponsibility should result in practical and efficient handling of the immi gration question at the sources and do away with some of the absurd jealousies and competition which have hitherto served only to confuse matters. With the plans of selection and ap portionment duly safeguarded, tic rest of the responsibility lies with the American public, and especially such parts of it as shall come directly in contact with the new groups of im migrants. For no efforts at restric- 1 tion or selection will be of any par ticular service in solving the alien problem if the American home com j munity still fails to do its share to- j ! ward welcome and asa'miia^on. GETTING ALL THE BUSINESS. The subscription swindler flourishes I in the summer. Ho comes to the door, gets your 'subscription to a magazine, usually landing you either with the worm of an abnormally low price, or with the dy of an appeal to I your philanthropy by wanting you] j to help him "get a scholarship." He j hauls in vour dollar or two and de parts. You poor fish, may either g?-t. i no magazine at all, or get it for half | the time you bought it for. A month- j old copy may be delivered at your i door once or twice?an" the publish ihg house never heard of von, when : vou complain. Against these fakes th^ American . News Trade Journal warns the news dealers. It tells them they have a ! duty to the community which sup- i ports them to issue warnings against j such fakes. And then it adds this; striking sentence, which contains a -sharp hint to the honest dealer in ev ery line: "The surest method of protection is to frt.ke all the subscriptions yourself. There is no chance then for the { crook. He can't get any business where you have It all." It is tho lazy community, where dealers and customers are too sloth ful of mind to do their own thinking, in which the crook of any kind flour ishes for his brief day. He can go 'hrough such a community and take money out of half the purses and j bank accounts in town and make his get-away before the dupes have wak- ; ed up to see what has happened. But the town that is so alive that j the honest dealers go after the busi ness hard, and where customers are alert and wise in values, presents scant pickings to the crafty outsider. 11 ? Schedule Changes Southern Railway System. Effective Sunday, .May 29th, train 117 will leave Columbia 1:00 p. m.. Kingvib.? 1:50 p. m., Camden 3:35 p. m., Kershaw 4:2$ p. m.. Heath Springs 4:-}:; p. m.. Lancaster 5:10 p. m.. arrive Rock Hill 6:1S p. re connecting with train 32 for Char lotte and the North; leave Kock Hill 6:30 p. m.. arrive York 7:Uf> p. m. Train IIS will leave York 7:11.". a. m., arrive Rock Hill S:0U a. m.. con necting with train 31 from the North and train 3U from the south and leav ing Rock Mill S:!o a. m., Lancaster 9:55 a. m.. Heath Springs 1U: Ia. in., Kershaw a. m., Camden 11:2s a. m., arriving Kingville 12::>4 p. an. arriving Columbia 1:50 p. in., corresponding changes at interme (i i i* e stal ions. Train 11.': will he changed to leave Claremont 7:22 a. in., instead oi 7:33 a. m.. Horatio 7:3y. Hagood 7:15 a. m.. state Parm a. ni.. Boykin 7:54 a. in., Camden S: 1 ?'. a. in.. Ue Kalb 8:40 a. m., Clyburn S :47 a. m., Westville S:53 a. m.. Kershaw :>:<is a. m.. Heath Spring !?::.':: a. m.. Pleasant Hill 9:3S a. tu., Elgin 'J:'.l& a. in.. 1 :master '.?:",.". a. m.. Cask??v !?2G a. m.. Riverside 10: ? 7 a. m.. Springdell 10:4u a. nr.. Cat awl in junction 10:52 a. in.. Ko.bb y 10: 5.S a. in.. Leslie 11-ofi a. ni.. arrive Rock Hill 11 :20 a. m. Train 114 will nave Camden 2.:5G ;?. in., instead of 2:52 p. in.. Lioykni 1 2 p. m.. State I'a i m ?".: 1 s p. in., Hagood 3:2G p. m.. lloi.it io ::::::: o. in . < Ma reinoni :: 4 2 p. m... I ?ixi** 35u p. m.. Wateree l:l'J p. m.. arrive Kingville 4:27 p. m., same as pres ent. Train 142 will leave Sumter 1 : 1 ?"? p. ni., instead of 2:e0 p. in.. Tourney 1:3". j). m.. arriving Surnter Junction 2iLu i?. m.. connecting with trains 1 17 and 11 1. S. H. McLctn. 1 >. P. A. That "big rum shakeup" was not cocktail.?Chicago News. Red Cross Home Service to Continue Office to Be Continued Until September 1st At a meeting this morning of the i Red Gross executive committee of the ISumter Fted Cross chapter which was called by Mr. L. I). Jennings, chair man, it was decided after a thorough 'discussion that the 11? tl < Voss Home Service be continued until September 1st. This office will continue t<> run I with its secretary, .Miss Mamie J. ('handh-r. in charge of the work. I There are funds enough on hand for [the maintaining of this office through [the summer months and it is hoped that a? the expiration of this period j of time that the financial situation 1 will he improved to the extent of [making the necessary arrangements j for the permanent establishment of {this office in Sumter county. The people are realizing as never before the importance of the place being occupied by this off.*?e and of the j work that it is accomplishing in [.community and county and they are [reluctant and not in the hast ihclin ' cd to give up ; his office. Cotton Mill Strike - Wage Reduction Said to Be Be yon*? "Dead Line" Fixed by Labor Organization _ I Charlotte. X. C. .May 2S.?A gen- j [eral strike to affect textile mills J I throughout the South has been de clared bj the officials of the United I I Textile Workers of America, Thomas ! P. McMahon, vice president of the national organization said upon his | I return here today from !\ew York where lie cantered with President 'John (..'olden and other officers. j .Mi-. McMahon however, steadfastly ' i refused t<> name even the approximate ? date when tin- strike order will be issued, further thai; to intimate that : it will be in the very near future. j Tlie impending strike it is officially ' stated, will be the result of wage re ductions in excess of..21% per cent in tic- textile mills, that scale of re duction having been fixed by the j union authorities, as the "dead line." j Mr. McMahon has been in the south for several weeks, most of the time I canvassing the various textile centers 1 a?d investigating wage reductions. President Golden also has spent con- ; siderable time in the south during the last five or six weeks. Mr. McMahon declared today that wage reductions have averaged about ".a to 55 per cent and in many cases have been much more drastic. There is "basloutely no reason" for th< se leduction.--. Mr. McMahon declared.! adding that in his investigations he j has gathered data on the cost of pro- i duction of various types of goods I manufactured in the mil's and has ! figures to show thai the reductions in w;?^;? s was without justification. More than I??.U?? mill operatives in Xorth Carol ian alone will be affect- J ed by the strike order. .Mr. McMahon said. Not all of these are organized, j but he expressed ahsoluie confidence : that the unorganized workers will walk out with the union workers) when the order is made effective. .Mi-. McMahon declared that the na tional organization had l.n besieged with requests and apeals by local textile unions in the south t" hurry ; the strike call, which, he said, would be announced from his temporary headquarters here by him as the. spokesman for the national organiza- ; tiou. He said that while the strike: would he called to become effective in ail affected mills practically simul- ? taneously, the walk-but might he put into operation in sonic centers sev eral days ahead of others. ??Open Shop" Policy. Knoxville, .May 23. LTnion textile workers of this city today voted to continue their strike in protest of the "open shop" ami a wage reduction of; 2l' u per cent by the Brookside Mills, employing about I.soo union laborers, which suspended operations April 11. i The mlils have announced intention ' Handy Across the Sea ' of resuming Monday under the "open ] shop** policy rind a considerable wage ; reduction, fnion officials stated to-.i - night, that they anticipated no vio-< President }l'didir<? Sends 3&CS icnee, but police have been placed on ' guard at the mills to prevent possible I Sage CI FnenOlV Greeting to disorder. English People JaSper Farmers j Washington, May SO.?President i 7 i mm Harding expressed the hope in the AbanaOIl COllOn message read at the simultaneous un - veiling <-r" three busts of George Wash Not Hundred Acres Planted in i::: ":: i! ; : presented by the, American people, thai the gifts may County.?Trying Other Crops ?? ? < ??? ? ? i reciprocation of j t he established friendship of the ~ American people for the British na Ridgeland. May 2 7.?Jasper county trow. farmers are no longer depending-._ jupon "King Cotton" for a living.; The City School commencement jThts year there are not over 100 l0 >?. rleId ;.. -hv ?}>er.3 Hoase lhi:; pacres. ii that amount, plant-d in year for the first lime since the uud ton throughout the entire county, for horium Of the Girls' High School was [the farm.-rs have learned well the completed. Precautions should be lesson that with the boll weevil and taken to guard against over-crowding ; low prices that it they are to make of the building and no extra chairs ?a living they must turn to other should be permitted in the aisles. :crops. As a. result truck farming is _ relatmmg the farmers attention, many The small daughter of Mr. an 1 [acres of truck having be,..i planted Mrs. Joe Wells who has been er: teal jaml already marke ed. Watermelons ?v in tor some time was taken to rare looking fine and it now" appears .-.jms-r on Monday evening where- an [ that sh: mu nis can be made by rhe; :;.vUV was taken of her, but as yet the ?first .,f July, which u ill be about twoj ,,hys:o:ans have not found one the cause >???? h'-i- serious Illness. She is weeks sooner tmiu usual. Live sw< potato crop is tin- largest bei ill abom lue ram? when carried pianted, several inousand acr?~-s uav-l., 0,., , I o ..l.d i,ng already been planted this year] by local farmers. Auoady a potato! fp :ht. Week ended January 22, ii curing house lias be?*n erect*1*! with' .;,; ton.GOo bushels capacity. Tin farm ers as a whole have little ready money but practically owe none and having learned to live at home are in better condition ax a wboie than ?-ver before in the history o;' Juspei county. If diversification of Crops makes progress in the iiexl y ar :i> rapid as i' has in tin- past, to :-?-. , cotton growing win a curiosity You Will Save Money by in ibis sect T?n of tin- state. .vj aiming nmes. ? ?untry surplus of idle freight ? cars amounted to more than 3u?,??Gj the la ige si number unemployed in j imnv: : :.a u a decade; Rre.'td and butter are cheaper, but a las. thai isn*': all tie- makin's of a sand wich.- - Milwaukee, Journal. Purchasing YOUR TOBACCO FLUES At The Cnele Sam needn'i be concerned ! about the poison gas that is be- j ing m'an \ if act u red by the other rut- : lions. In the < curse of tin;.-, pro- j ^^j^^^^^^l^ Sumter Roofing1 & Sheet roumni^_ . Metal Works Most, any me an airplan? bar!.-: up j Office and Works 11 Council St;. against Is the wrong tree.?Detroit Phone !<?74 Have both advanced. We thought it was coming and protected ourselves by the pur chase of AKKlLd Ur rlAJuK. 1 RICE, So if you want the best there is to be had in these staple articles, or in fact anything in the Grocery line, you know where to get it. O'DON fill! ? COMPaivi CLEMSON COLLEGE South Carolina's College of Engineering and Agriculture W. ML RIGGS, PRESIDENT ir>7l ACKES OF L.\X1). VALT1C PLANT OVKIt $2^W?.0??.tM). ENROLL)!ENT i9I9-*20, 1014. OPERATED FNDER STRICT MILITARY DISCIPLINE. DEGREE COUUS1-S VALVE OF \ TECHNICAL I SCHOLARSHIPS WD EXAMT ? , , Ei>V< vTION x . Agriculture, tSeven Majors) , NATIONS Architecture. j A technical education is the j . ChemTstrv. ! h*si insurance agamsl hard j ^ Ih. maintains 0:10 hun ehemieal engineering. ! ?uw*' :" -?;">. d ,.r; ?1 and seventy tour-year scholar r. " . I in:iv equal an estate ol ? .??..?. ? mps m the Vgriciiltnral and 'i.-v (. iv-il bngini enng. i 1 .... , . ! For tia- r.i?rairteii are the posi- '? ? ? onrs?is. Each scholarship I^JectncaJ Engineering. . , , ,1?, tions of poverty ami ooseurity. r means : , M.? ;.. pay .-v.. nses Mechanical Engineering: . - , . ... rP .... ... ' ! Times are hard in South ( am- : and ..?]>??> n?r [union mmortioncd J ext lie 1 n lustrv. . . ? 1 ? h'n.-> I.ut Iii' <-"st ot an ? ducat ton y ov? r the ft.ar line, hut th< Industrial Education. et-nison Cdh-gc is compara- ? -Xl"?? General Science. I tiveKr |a.\v; mum--., nt ty low to hej-h. o,m V.ar Agricultural Course. utoi'T rmifov j within the reach of any amhitiom . :! ' hips a:v worth $-10? ( Ol USES i..un?; ,.Kin in s??Ih Carolina. " "^...n of ? la. Tim srmolar A-riculrural. Scholarships free tuition and -hips nmsl be won by competitive Textile Industry. | rht, p;iVhmn. f,v the Cubed States i ..a : mm; which are held by Pie-Medical, .mve.nm.r,; i.. R. ??. T. C. stu- :,a<h G.miity Superintendent of Ed fhrthor reduce the - u'"lt",M Jul-V NIn- !t is worth SI'.MM CK SCHOOL ; ..till imUu. . VOur whih to try for one of these .lum* III?July '211 > os . Agricultural T??chers j I >?' nol allow the finan?nal ] Cotton Graders j diiTienlt ieS I? keep you from | Cr. .ih for examinations pass-d College Make-up; | ?mf?,ri;i?; colteg? ;bis fall to pre- at the county seat will be given to Removal of Cut ran;-.? Conditions. pare yourself for the opportuni- j those who .ti-.- hot applying for Agricultural Club Boys j ties thai lie ahead. rscholar-ships but for entrance. ff. o. r. c.?Clemson is a member of the ?;? mi mi: division of tb. Kescrve Officers Training; Corps. All IL ?.?. T. C. student-, receive financial assistance from the Federal Government, this reaching about $200 per year dm im; the junior and senior classes. FOR FI LL INFORMATION WRITE OK WIRE: THE REGISTRAR, CLEMSON COLLEGE, S. C. APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED LN THE ORDER RECEIVED